Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 168, Hammond, Lake County, 4 January 1917 — Page 1

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DEATH OF GIT IS Coroner's Inquest Fails to Establish Any Additional Evidence Post Mortem Results Puzzling "Spec- - ialists" on the Stand. How -Mike Pustarits, tlie giant foreigner of Whiting:, met death Tuesday evening in the offices of the Hammond Medical Specialists at S3 State street, is as great a question in the minds of aui unities following: the coroner's inquest this forenoon as it -was after the postinotem failed to reveal any convincing evidence, other than congestion of Mood which might have been due to electrical shock. The presence of Pustarits. a patient of Dr. George Farver of the institution, in a room fitted up with a rheostat at the time he was stricken, leads to the natural conclusion that electricity was the cause of death. Kvidence at the inquest showed, however, that the rheostat carries only a hundred volts of indirect current hardly enough to prove fatal. Agreeing that the foreigner, who weighed 200 pounds and stood six feet high, was alone in the room at the time and was found groaning on the floor, in a kneeling position, Manager K. Pilli s her. Dr. George Yates and Sam Kr- j lich, an attendant, told the corc-nt.T they were as much mystified by the sudden d aih as anyone. There being no evidence to dispute the statements oft the ihree men as to the circumstances, and in view of the fact that tlve post-mortem, has not determined but that the death might have been from natural causes, it appears that there is no case against, the "specialists," 1 That the Hammond Men's Specialists have acquired a fortune in Hammond in three years is a notorious fact. The concern, which is patronized largely by foreigners, is owned by E. Pillischer, the manager, and is said to have a revenue of more than $3,000 a month. In the last year rillischer purchased the building in which his offices arc located at a price of $13.&00. and he is building a $26,000 building in Gary for the branch at that city. Farver, the licensed physician necessary to make the business legal, and XT. Yates, who is relieving him owing to the former's illness, were at the inquest today, although apparently far from well. Attorney yr. .T. McAleer appeared at the inquest and questioned the wit- - . . - Ttltt J.fl tUf nesses. Lr. ai " k--stand. He said he graduated from the Push Medical College and had prac'' tired medicine for fifteen years in Knglewood. Chicago. . He stated that h frst saw the froeigner in a kneeling Position in the small room where an attendant had taken him to prepare for a treatment. Yates had erne to Hammond to relieve Farver -who was ill. Farver was next on the stand. Tustarits. he said had been a parient of the Hammond Medical Specialists three years ago for two months and again in August, of last v-ear. His case -was diagnosed as torpid liver. 'Pustarits was a powerful man," said Dr. Farver, "but his heart action was sluggish and he 'Svas addicted to over-eating. Recently his brothe- died vry suddenly and he told me he feared h- would go the same way." Sam Ehriich. the attendant, told the coroner he ushered Tustarits into the l.Ule room and told him to prepare for a treatment. "When 1 came back a few minutes later I found him on his knees, groaning," said Ehriich. "I called the doctor who was to have treated him. He died a little later." EXPECT REPLY TO L UjXDON. Jan. 4. Persistent reports from Italy and Switzerland that Germany is to make a reply to fhe allied refusal of peace terms and in that reply will list its demands end concessions aroused the greatest interest here, today. Lugano Swizerland had reports of thi snature. From Rome came news that the newspaper Courrier Delicino asserted receipt of information that G'ermany was preparing a counter reply which won'1! be "less ambiguous" as to conditions of peace and permitting a first point of contact in peace progress." Both of these reports served to strengthen the belief printed in dispatches yesterday that Germany is now on the brink of a social and economic breakdown and that her peace proffer come through absolute necessity. One theory which found support in certain quarters today says that the Vnited States Ambassador Gerard' onference with Imperial Chancellor Von Bethmnnn-llollweg had to do trith a German note.

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Miss Elizabeth Asquith. Hiss Elizabeth Asquith, daughter of the ex-premier of England, is engaged to marry Hugh S. Gibson, first secretary of the American embassy in London, according to a report circulated in the English capital on Christmas day. Miss Asquith has taken a prominent part in many war charities and entertainments in aid of various Red Crosa cterprisea. THE PASSING show! T1IR hulls are not disturbed bv the peace prattle I "MISS IUanche fniith." says thPittston, (X. Y.i Gazette, "the bride's sister acted as maid of horror" PC Hi thing dressed ? Wonil-r how she was SEC. IA.VIELK calls the attitude ot the allies a colossal iblunder AS the sec. is a colossal blunder himself lie ought to know whereof lie speaks. NUMBER of our best people are gring out to Calofirnia ' Pd'T not to call on old Hi Johnson. IP" Europe had a few more philosophical fighters than philosophical writers. GRAND KAPHAS girl sent to deliver a message by her mother six weeks ago has just shown up i Till.-1, as we understand it. beats both the Western Union and 1'ostal records. HALF hose for -women are to be the thing this summer WHICH half? WK dread to think of the cost of a fatted calf for a prodigal son these days. A MAN can bei orne resigned to most anything even a slate legislature. PATiOoNS draw more husbands than bachelors WEEI the poor fellows have to go somewhere to buy aicohol to heat TIIK baby's food nights. QUFCKN KLIZABKTJI taxed of over a two weeks' growth beards TOO late to it'll Ils thiH mv i,,ni e had to have something j TO till up spare with. ! I DRUGGIST MURDERED ( By I lilted Ires. CHICAGO. Jan. 4. A mysterious ax murder confronted the police here today when the body of Otto AVintermeyer, a druggist, was discovered in the rear of his store on West Madison street. His skull was crushed and beside him lay a bloody ax. Vjntermeyer was reported missing and when the police made an investigation they found the body. The crime is believed to have been committed by dope liMnds. COMMUTES SENTENCE TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 4. Governor Ralston today commuted the sentence of Dan McKellar of Lake county to two to fourteen years for burglary. McKellar had been sent up for ten to twenty years for burglary. HEMBROFF REAPPOINTED (Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT, IND., Jan. C. The office of county attorney was the only one of the county appointive offices to expire within the close of the year. Attoruev Newton Jiwilroff who held the office was reappointed b.uiid on Dec. CS. by the old

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LOBBYISTS FLOCK TO INDIANAPOLIS Third House to Be Very! Largely Represented at Legislative Sessions. TIMES BlHK Vl, AT STATE CAI'ITAU lNIIAXArL.IS. ISO.. Jan. 4. Already the lobbyists and "rooters" have arrived and more are coming m cnid every train. There are some for the brewers, some against the brewers, some for the railroads, some for the banks and trust companies, some for the insurance companies, some for the traction companies, some for water, gas, electric and power companies, and some many, in fact, for all kinds of intvi Amnnar the number are many of the same old faces tnat nave

appeared here at every session f.irl'"ort of aKeiicies to promote morality manv vears. It seems that no session I a progress in Hammond was suggest-

of the legislature would be a success , without this usual crowd of lobbyists and care-takers of the big interests. DISCUSSES Hammond Lawyer Not One Whit Alarmed Over Suit Brought by Gary ManIs Eager to Get Case Started. After Attorney D. E. Boone settled a divorce case for J. A. Dunlap of Gary, former proprietor of the Stag saloon, 1004 Broadway, and subsequently saved lunlap from being sentenced to Michigan City prison as cnmiodiiv sane, because he attmepted to kill his . , : .. f the iianimnna ' -"r opinion of oth-?r lawyers wa3 fully entitled to the two thousand dollar fee which, according 'to Mr. Hoon. was agreed upon between himself and his client. For several months he was engaged in handling Dunlap's business for him, finally selling a farm for hirn at Battle Ground for a thousand to fifteen hundred dollars more than Dunlap expected to get for it. Dunlap filed suit In the circuit court at Crown Point this week, alleging that Attorney Boone collected $5,600 in negotiating the sale of Dunlap's saloon. The complaint ask"s for an accounting. Kpeaking of the case today, Jlr. Boone said he is equally as eager ai Dunlap to get the financial affairs of Dunlap settled and that he has ample proof that a delay in the matter rests with his client. Mr. Boone says h will be able to show that he paid out about $1,1j0 in Dunlap's cases at the direction of the court, that he holds in escrow J750 to Tay bills against Dunlap's former saloon business an(J that all told he has in his possession about $1,700 which Dunlap can have upon settlement of his various accounts. Dunlap was in the county jail awaiting trial from May until Sepetmber and it was during this time that Attorney Boone on Dunlap's order sold his property. ARRESTED II y I nlted Pr. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. C. A warrant railing for the arrest of Bernard W. Lewis, Pittsburgh lawyer, who is be lieved to have been In the taxi which stopped at the apartment of Mazie Colbert, artist model, the day she was murdered was sent broadcast this af ternoon. The warrant accuses Lewis of having defrauded KIwood Powell ""-'. - PoMce deny they connect hini with complicity of or in tre murder Kself. Information has come to them, the police said, that leads to the belief that Lewis was in the machine lat Lewis is connected with the Kind-ley-Lewis Coal Company. Effort to get in touch with members of his family in Pittsburgh immediately were futile, the telephone operators saying that the received was "off the hook and they don't answer." The family is wealthy and prominent socially. "WEATHER. I nirlllril and Miightly eolder tonight. I. "nest temperature silently ahoie 'reeling. Friday prohably fair ami colder. Moderate arisililr wind most. northeast 1 north.

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Hammond Helps And Keeps Her Own" is Slogan Suggested by Speaker at Members' Council Luncheon Today Noon, ie co-operative civic ,'I today at the weekly Chamber of ommerte luncneon "by H. f. Mobley, director of agricultural extension for the International Harvester Company, in a very forceful speech anent the "Thrift" campaign. 'Hammond Helps Anj Keeps Her Own," was the sentence advanced by Mr. Mobley as indicative of the spirit of the movement. Fifty men were present at the luncheon. Chairman MeDaniei introduced the speaker and Mr. Mob'.ey in his introductory remarks showed himself to he in sympathy with the cause of this community of assembling the resources of the city for the benefit of the whole. Put he did not advise that a cut and dried program be laid out. "To inspire the people to strive to do is furnishing the motive power for Initiative effort," he said, fine of the most enduring things of this world is evolution, the gradual, sturdy growth. When 1 see anything suddenly come to a head I am inclined to class it as tran-i sient. While we should have a plan j and a method they should not be so : definite that they are limited. If you j want to get together to do something draw up a simple contract, put on a : campaign, and get ( every man and j woman to pledge, first a stipulated i sum, and second, to give an hour of time a-week. If a thousand people give an hour's time a week you will have one year's work done every week. It Is rot relatlvelp hard to get money but it is hard to get personal effort and time. "An incorporated body of men will direct the work and there will be various groups of all the agancies that county for morality and progress in your community. An educational campaign to prepare the field should come in advance and whatever you do don't lay down hard and fast rules. "Don't go into the material side alone but into tre social, moral and spiritual as well." Mr. Mobley spoke of better financial opportunities for the people of tlje city, home ownership and industrial rhurrh life, as some of the things to promote in su-h a campaign. He said that while a renter may be a splendid man he doesn't have the profound life of a man who owns the ground on which the foundation of his home rests. In closing he said that Hammond's assessed valuation in briik, mortar and land is $12,000,000 while its valuation in school children based on the insurance valuation of a man or woman is $13,000,000. popuumoi of STATE PLACE! AT 2,816,817 WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 The Bureau of the Census in the final report issued at the close of the year, estimates tha the state of Indiana now has a population of 2,754.042 whites and 62,773 colored. The last official census, taken in 1910, gave Indiana a population of 2.639,961 -whites and 60.913 colored. The estimates of the 1916 population of various Indiana cities compared with the census figures for 1910 are as follows: An demon 23.tlrt lledfortl 10.341) lllooiilinalon 1I.3K! Uracil 10.315 t oliimhu O.aU t'rnwrortlsvllle 11. KM 22,47 N,7I S.S3S W.340 N.M3 JM171 ; Knxt t hloiigo 2S.74.1 1!.0!S 19.2N2 1 1.02S !!,! 17 n.!:ut S,34 27.5O0 .S.514 20,925 10,272 !33,50 10.412 17.010 20.0S1 10.525 1 0,050 1 0.350 10.027 1 1.SM) 24.005 20.U20 0.4411 10,010 22.324 0,5IM 53,H. 5S.157 K,7 F.lkhnrt 21.SCM KIwood II. 02 ' Kvnnvllle . ! port Wayne j Krnnkfort ,ary tionhen iinmnlod . . Huntington I Indianapolis ...... 76.07H 7.l: JI.RiM! 3S..-,T0 N.JKV. 2tl,17I 1 ,!"i.0 271.7HS 10.412 20,l:tO 2i.i"a 13.202 2 1 ,IM 1.,N34 1 JefferMonvllle Kokomo Lafayette Inporte . . . . I.oirnnnport Marlon ..... Mlchlgnn City 21..M2 Mlshmvnkn 1.3.1 M uncle 25.424 e Albnny 23.2i Newcastle 13.241 Peru 12.4IO Richmond 1 24.H7 Shelbyvllle South Ilenii Terre Hnute Ylncenne - 10.IMI5 . .' .!4 I I1.0h:i - A .730 According to th latixn of th h. state j'lVi last six year." sed bv 1' f 5 white and 1,- ... ' !Uj has increa S colored

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Mr. Hen LABORERS ARE OUT ON- STRIKE Both the International Xead aefininsf company and. the United State Metals Refining company of East Chicago, have labor troubles on their hands today, many of the laborers ha Tiny walked out. It Is not known at the time of grolnff to press just what the demands are or to what extent the strike will spread among; the workmen. IV is probable that each of the above plants employ upwards of two hundred men each. BANDIT IS NEW PLANS n W EBB MIIXKR I nlted I'rens Start Correspondent.) KL TASO. Jan. 4. Adherents of Krancisco Villa are already arranging details of a Mexican provisional government to be set up by the bandit chief. Officials, have been appointed to write laws and a tentative seat of government has .been chosen, according to information in the hands of U. S. authorities here today. Copies of a now proclamation issued by Villa have been secured by federal agents here and are iAjiv being translated. United States authorities department agents are investigating recruiting in this city for revolutionary banda of Mexicans following the receipt of a letter by a Mexican from Guevedo, leader of one of the bands now hovering below Juarez. In the letter it was admitted that 2S men recruiting in ths vicinity elude government uegnts and are now awaiting Villa's orders. START NEW YEAR WELL Orders for six Dodge Brothers automobiles, placed by Chapin & Company, of Hammond, opened tfle business year for the Bunnell Auto Sales company Tuesday morning. Business aggres siveness by both concerns is revealed in the whole sale deal. Chapin & Company, largest manufacturers of cattle feed in the United States need the cars in their various territories, and rather than scatter their sales over the United States decided to "trade at home," knowing that Bunnnell can deliver the goods every time. As an opener the deal augurs well for the new year. E. X. Bunnell, head of the biggest automobile house in northern Indiana, is working out some plans whii h will make possible stil' greater growth and deveh his concern. unc nt

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UERV If 7 EST WAR MEWS (Hjr I nlted Prens ( ahlrtram.) PKTK OCi HA I , Jan. 4. C apture of MH prlxoner, three cannon and nine throw em and bnmlmrillDir morf a rm from Teutonic forces oa the height near Hotm'h, Konma, la, was announced by the war office today. I By Vnited I"re ( ablrsrum.) IIKKI.IV, Jan. 4. ChRrsea that the mother superior of the t.ermnn Home for Ileaconesxe at Ildcharent, more than HO yearn old, na Interned by the lloumanians and nfy delivered after Cierman occupation of thr capital, was mnde by the official press bureau today. By I'nlted Prena Cablegram.) LONDON, Jan. 4. Indication that the 4. reek altuatlon la by no mean? nettled w ajlven In dlnpatchea from Athena today. Kins: ton. atantlne'a government, It wi anld. Is haling difficulty for granting complete acquleoence of ail demands of the entente's latent note because of certain eiirrentn of public opinion." The allien blockade of tireere Is ntill enforced and will remain o until the tireek gov. eminent compiles tvlth all de mnnda. I By Vnited Press.) NEW iOIIK, Jan. 4. Keports of a iierman commerce raider In the Atlantic were Riven added eolor today by atorlea of officers and pas. aengers who arrived on the French l.lner, Enpange. They told of the ahlp changing Ita course suddenly when entering the Bay of Blscap, nfter having sighted an unidentified vessel at night. All lights nhoard were extinguished when the unknown ahlp began asking the llner"8 name and destination. PATROL TO BE SHOW FEATURE Cant. Orrio E. Crossey of the Ham-; mond Orak Patrol, and Keinhardt Elster. leader of the drum corps are handing out a stiff program for the men to follow for the next few weeks in preparing for the Shrine Minstrels that wiil be held at the Orpheum theatre on January 22 and 23. The proceeds of the show will be used to take the patrol and drum corps to Minneapolis next summer and the boys are putting in some hard work to become proficient in some of the new and intricate drills that will feature the Minstrel Show and set a pace for the other Shriners at Minneapolis. A lot of new instruments have been ordered for the drum corps as more men are constantly being enrolled and Potentate George C. Locklin intends to have the best drum and bugle corps at the imperial council session. Both drum corps and patrol will" be Keen in the minstrel parade on Monday, Jan. 22. and both organizations will take part in evening shows. the STAGE DOOR JOHN PROPOSES MARRIAGE A young chap named Hggan. who is employed at one of the big industries in East Chicago, became so fascinated with one of the "Four Roses." a vaudeville act which t?ayed in Hammond the lasthalf of the holiday week, that he proposed marriage to her a la Wilson, by note. The girl pleaded for time in which to look up his "pedigree" and he is anxiously awaiting her answer. Hogan. who displayed a wad of monely to a wide-eyed stage hand, did not give his first name nor his address to anyone excepting the apple of his eye. A live ntirupa?" 'or :co;Ir who are tlll on earth that's Mliat THH TIMES 's.

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RES0L0TI0I IS OPPQS Senator Lodge Comes Out Boldly Against Entangling Alliances (BULLETIN.) United Press Cablegram. KOMI, Jan. 4. The newspaper Conrrler d,e Italia announces that the foreign ministers of Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey are assembling in Berlin for an Important conference. (BULLETIN.) United Press Cablegram. AXSTEXSAH, Jan. 4. The Cologne Tolks Zeitung' today confirmed the statement credited to Count Adrassy that Germany's peace terms are now in the hands of President Wilson. BV J. V. "VODER (I'nlted Prei Staff Correspondent.) AVASmN'GTON', Jan. 4. Declaring that "the people who are fighting the war ought to make their own peace" and correcting slightly his remarks during his speech in the senate yesterday. Senator Lodge opened the fight this afternoon against the passage of the Hitchcock resolution endorsing President "Wilson's note to the belligerents. "Endorsement of the note with the idea of world guarantee of peace would involve such entanglements in contravention of the traditional American policy of aloofness," Lodsa de clared. He pointed out that the Germany reply to Wilson sought a conference of belligerents and rejected the idea of any immediate consideration of a world peace enforcement league D'BOW SUES FOR $5000 Louis De Bow. bailiff in Judge W. T. Hardy's court, who received three bullets from the gun of the maniao Mik. Inik. today filed suit against the crazy man and his guardian, Fred J. Smith. His complaint, which recites the shooting by Inik in the courthouse December 4. was prepared by the law firm of Crumpacker S- Crumpacker and ask.i $5,000 damaged. J. Low received three bullets, any one of which, came v.ithin an inch of being fatal. Inik is now in the Hichignn City penitentiary for the criminal insane. George P.obbins, who was also hurt by one of Inik's bullets, filed a $3,000 damage suit several weeks ago. WANTS CHANGING OF BOOKS STOPPED TIMES BI'REAV AT STtTK CAPITA! INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 4. Ttepresentatlve E. C. Davis of Lake county, proposes to introduce a bill to nuke a change in the school btok law. "The change that I am particularly anxious to make in the law," said Mr. Davis, "is an amendment that will stop the changing of school books so often. Under the present law books can be changed every few- minutes, and up in my county. where there !s a large number of school children, the changes are very expensive. My idea is to limit the changes to once every tti years, and then only if the changes are needed," A live newspaper for people who are till on earth that's what THI2 TIMES Is. HE TAKES OFFICE AMID DIFFICULTIES Thomas Campbell. . Thomas Campbell, Arizona's new Republican governor who was elected by the scant margin of thirty-two votes, was duly inaugurated on January 1. But when he sought to get into the executive office he found the door locked. George P. Hunt, the Democratic incumbent daring the past five years, held the keys and refused to turn them over to Campbell. Hunt says Campbell was not fairly elected.

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