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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
SHE SUES THE DOCTOR
East Chicago Lady Brings
Suit By Hammond
Attorney.

One of the most sensational suits
which have been filed in the Lake
superior court recently is one in which
Mary Hop of East Chicago is suing
DIR. Jacob Goldman of that city for NAL
practice.
In the complaint which Mary Hop
has filed through her attorney, George
B. Sheerer she alleges that through
the careless. unskiIlful, negligent, will
full and unprofessional conduct of the
defendant her whole body and system
have been poisoned and she was made
sick and sore.
She alleges that as a result of his un-
skillful and negligent conduct it be-
came necessary for her to have an op-
Grafton performed on her face and jaw
in which the bone in her jaw was
scraped
She says that this operation will dis
figure her forever. She asks 5000 for
medical attention and $4,000 damages
She says that the infection began
shortly after she was treated on the
18th day of July, 1908.
She says that she was made sick and
sore and she bases her claim for dam
ages on the fact that she was incapici-
tated for work during her illness and
will never recover from the effects OF
the poisoning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
MENACING FIRE
THREATENS RESIDENCE
Blaze In Alderman Walter
Hammond's Home Does
Much Damage.
CHILDREN DISCOVER THE FIRE
ficial Burns Hands While Trying
to Extinguish the Raging
Blaze.
CHILDREN DISCOVER THE FIRE

A menacing fire, which for time
threatened the beautiful home of Coun-
Gilman Walter Hammond. 704 South
Holman street, this noon. caused $500
damage in the building and Incidentally
caused Mr. Hammond TO suffer severe
burns his hands and face.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The house is heated with a hot water
system. and how fire could start in
the second story when every when ev-
erybody was downstairs at luncheon is
q mystery to the family.
Discovery Was Timely.
Had it not been for the timely dis
covery made by one of the children
the damage might have been consider
able worse. Mr. Hammond rushed up
stairs and upon opening the door found
the south bed chamber in which the
IRE broke out mass of flames.
The contents of the room were so
badly burned that they will have to be
discarded while the room itself will
have OF be furnished with new wood
work. A box alarm was turned in
whereupon both departments. Nos. ]
and 4, answered With the applica-
tion of the chemical the flames were
soon under control Mr.. Hammond viii
have to have his hands bandaged for
some time. and while his face was also
touched by the flames the burns there
were not serious as or his hands
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
PLANT IS NOW
COMPLETED
Globe Station Industry,
South of Hammond,
Is Completed.

The plant of the National Rendering
company at Globe Station is now com
pleted It seems but few months ago
since the word of the destruction by
fire of the old plant was received and
yet the new plant is now completed and
In operation.
The National Rendering company is
a subsidiary concern of the Nelson
Morris company OF Chicago 1t is in
charge of Tom Robinson and handles
a large number of dead carcases every
day for rendering purposes.
The new plant is built of brick, while
the old one was of wood. 1t required
400 men, working as fast as they could.
to build the new plant in the rapid
time that it was constructed.
The new plant is located on the south
side of the river. while the old one
was on the north side. Why that
change was made is not known. The
plant is located on the Panhandle rail-
road and has good shipping facilities.
Forty five men are employed con-
tinually in the new concern, and it is
said to be the most complete render
ing plant in the country. The new
plant has an electric lighting plant of
its own AS to whether the concern
has adopted a deodorizer remains to be
seen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01

STOLEN?
GUESS NOT!
DR.. William D. Weis and His
Faithful. Equine Cause
Some Excitement at Po-
lice Station, But It is All
Over Now

DIR. William ID. Weis, recently a candle
date for the office of coroner on the
democratic ticket, thought his horse
had been stolen last night and reported
the fact TO the police station, but Ii de-
veIoped this morning that the horse
had merely walked away from his
hitchins post while the doctor was bus
isy engaged with a patient and WINS lat
er picked up by a man by the name of
LuIowski. who thought yShe horse had
strayed away and who placed 1T in his
barn.
The incident would not have worried
the doctor If it had occurred at any
other time than at 4 o'clock in the
morning. The doctor not only was con-
vinced that some one had stolen his
horse. but he was compelled to walk.
home at that unearthly hour in the
cold and that was not conducive to the
best of humor.
Weather Man to Blame.
The trouble was all caused by the
sudden change in the weather. DR..
weis' horse was standing out In front
of a residence at 43o Stanton avenue
VIII enthe weather man suddenly pulled
the cold" lever and the temperature
dropped twenty degrees.
That was too much for even doc
tors horse and she started off down the
street to get a little exercise. o course
she was gone when the doctor came
out of the house.
| A little later Mr.. Lukowski. who hap
pened to get up very early that morn
ing, saw the horse and buggy and took
| it for granted that it had strayed
away. He put it in his barn and made
up his mind to turn 1t over to the own
| er the next morning
That is how It lapsened that the 10
] lice got n renort . . ste;en doctarsl
rig and the cntht vas recoFer49 III:
morning
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01

ARE SELECTED
James j. Nedjl at Whiting;
Nose Specter at East
Chicago.

1t Is unofficially reported that James
j. NedH is to be the next postmaster
of Whiting and will take the place of
Charles ID. Davidson who has had the
Office for the past two terms.
The information has also been given
out that Nose specter is to be the next
postmaster of East Chicago. He is to
take the place of Mrs. Mary A. Ross
ever since her husbands death a few
years ago.
In neither of the cities in which the
appointments have been made, has
there been much of a fight for the Of
fee. In Whiting, James j. Nedje was
the only candidate outside of Post
master Charles d. Davidson.
viii Please Them All.
Davidson hardly expected to have the
office for the third term and Mr. Nedje's
appointment will give general satisfac-
ton Nedjl is a union brick layer and
this is the first case where unions have
been given such splendid recognition
by the distributors of federal patron
age.
In East Chicago there were num-
Der of applicants for the office. These
included Nose Specter. Harry Mccoy.
A. G. Slocumb. William A. Fuzey and
Judge B. NJ. Cherry.
The race for the office gradually mar
rowed down until Nose Specter and
Harry Mccoy were the only ones who
We're considered to have a show. Har-
ry Mccoy was prominent in the last
political campaign, but he has not been
active politically before and so the
appointment went TO Mr.. Specter. who
has large number of friends in East
Chicago.
Although there has been no official
combination of the report of the selec-
tion of the above named men for the
postmasterships in Whiting and East
Chicago there seems to be no question
of their selection.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
MORE DAMAGE SUITS
ARE BEGUN TODAY
Railroad Company and u.
S. Metals Refinery Made
Defendants.

There were three personal injury
suits filed in the Lake superior court
this morning. In one Joseph Wills is
suing the United States Metals Refining
company because he happened to fall
into a kettle of molten metal, and
two other suits were brought by Mike
Bernald and Nicholas B. Bernald, father
and son, because the 9-year-old son and
a playmate were fooling with sig
nal torpedo when it exploded and in
jured them.
Joseph wills has retained George B.
Sheerer as his attorney, and is asking
for $4,000 from the United States
Metals Refining company. He says
that he was standing on a platform
over a kettle Of molten metal and
was attempting to hoist what is known
as a syphon from the vat when the
platform gave way and he was precipi-
tated into the kettle of molten metal.
AS a result his feet and legs were
burned until the flesh dropped from
them and he was injured to an extent
which will make him cripple for life
AS a result he wants $4,000 damages
from the East Chicago company
Father and Son Have Grievances.
Mike Bernald and his son. Nicholas
have a grievance against the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad as result of its al
! legged negligence in leaving a number
of signal torpedoes on handcar where
they were found by q. couple of Indi-
ana Harbor boys and exploded in their
/ hands.
| P. A. Parks is the attorney in this
case and he alleges for his client that
when the boys found the torpedoes
where they had been carelessly ant
negligently placed by the employees OF
| the road the at once decided to exam
| Inc them. In attempting to open ons
| of.them it exploded and the boy was Sc
badly injured that he will be disfg
ured for life
| The father says that he was put tt
considerable expense and suffered con
! siderable mental anguish. AS a resul
he files a separate complaint in which
he asks 5000 doctors fees and 81 SO!
damages.
The father, who appears for the boy
he being only 9 years of age and no
| of legal age, asks $4,000 as re
suit of the explosion of the torped,
and the disfiguration of the boys face
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
EXPLOSION TAKES PLACE
Fruit Dealer Gets a Scare as
Result Of Accident
Which Took Place.

AS q result of an explosion which
took place in the confectionery estab-
lishment of ]. Sbrogia, 80 State street,
one Hammond business man has decid-
ed to have his gasoline lighting sys-
tenn taken out and will install cleo
tricity.
One of the clerks in the store was
standing under a gas jet last evening
when without warning there was an
explosion. a puff and the room was
filled with smoke and the fragments
of the mantles which were over the
pipes.
According to Sbrogia the lights had
been burning very irregularly during
the evening and the explosion was
what finally happened. At first the
clerk thought the gasoline apparatus
had set the store on fire and he made
a bolt for the door When he saw
however. that there had been no dam
age done he went back in and turned
off the gasoline. This morning he or
dered that the gasoline plant be taker
out and electricity be installed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01

Washington, D. c., Nov. 30.-Herbert
L. Satterlee of New York, who is a
son-in law of ]. Pierpont Morgan, has
been asked by President Roosevelt to
become assistant secretary Of the navy.
to succeed Truman H. Newberry, who
will enter the cabinet as secretary of
the navy tomorrow.
Mr. Satterlee was volunteer lieu
tenant in the navy from July until
Nov. 7, 1898, as chief of staff to Captain
John R. Bartlett, U. S. N, retired. who
was then in charge of the coast signal
service He was born in New York
Oct. 81, 1863.
Mr. Satterlee has been interested in
the New York naval militia for long
time. In 1896 he was colonel and aid
de camp and aid to Governor Black
He is president of the Naval Reserve
association and general counsel of the
Navy league of the United States.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
MAY CLEAR Up
KIDNAPPING CHARGES
Accusation Against Robert
Shaw Gets a Decided
Set Back.
BOY WITH HIS STEP-BROTHER
Only discriminating Evidence Against
Shaw Is Statement He Is Said
to Have Made.
BOY WITH HIS STEP-BROTHER

The kidnapping charges against Rob-
ert shaw, who was accused by Mrs.
John Dunievy, of having been impli-
Gated in the abduction of her 12-year-
old son. John, received a setback this
morning when 1T was learned that the
boy was i'm Cleveland, o., in company
with his step-brother, Fred Bell.
The trial of Shaw, which was set for
this morning in Judge Prest's court,
was continued until next Friday or
possibly until next Monday when it is
expected that the boy will be back and
all the witnesses in the case can be
summoned in order to secure a con-
nected story.
The only discriminating evidence
against Shaw is that he is said to have
made staetment that he would lay
his hands on the boy at any time.
Conflicting Evidence Expected.
That there will be conflicting evil
dence is warranted by the fact that
Fred Bell, who with Shaw. was
boarder at the Dunlevy place, corner
Howard and Morton avenues, that he
states in his letter to the mother that
the boy followed him on his own ac-
cord; that Bell was about to leave
Hammond and that the boy accom-
panied him to the depot; that when he
was on the train and the train was un-
der good headway that he noticed that
the boy, too, had gotten on the train.
The boy disappeared more than two
weeks ago and until he was heard from
through the Cleveland police last Sun
day his folks were very much worried
about his mysterious disappearance.
Shaw was placed under bond last Sat
| urday on presumption of having been
| implicated in the boys disappearance.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
MEETS
FEARFUL
ENDING
TT. Wayne Railroad Brake
man Slain Between Ho-
bart and Gary Last Night
in Horrible and Sickening
Fashion.

To be scattered over thirfy-three
miles of railroad track, from Hobart to
Chicago, with one of the legs of his
body serving as a cushion of one of
the huge engine springs, was the hor-
rible fate of A. Smith, 25 years old, a
Pennsylvania brakeman, yesterday,
whose home is at Defiance, OEio.
His head. shoulder and one arm were
taken from the engine last evening at
Liverpool and from there were taken
to undertaken C. P. Jones morgue at
Gary, where the mangled remains were
placed in a mail sack and sent back to
Hobart.
The unfortunate victim of the rail-
road accident was working in the
Pennsylvania yards at Hobart where
the engine from his freight train was
switching.
Inquest This Afternoon.
1t was dark in the yards and he did
not realize the c1oseness of the west
bound fast passenger train due at 1927
Accidentally he stepped into the track OF
the approaching train and without be-
ing seen by anybody, was dashed te
pieces. His absence was not noticed
until Conductor Fink was about ready
I to start out. He called for his men te
find Smith. and in going back for hin
they discovered his hat and glove
They realized the awful truth and inn
mediately telegraphed to the dispatcher
who ordered the fast train to stop a
Liverpool. There the train crew mad,
their first discovery of the accident.
Coroner Gordon was notified and Sc
the inquest for o'clock this afternoon
He ordered the remains strewn alons
the track to be brought to Hobart i'm
mediately, and for several hours thu
section men searched up and down tn,
track to md the mangled remains
This morning a leg was shipped bacl
from Chicago, it having been carried
all the way on the trucks
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
CONTROLLERS WILL
WATCH RESULTS
Ten Year Waiver Assess
ment Is Impractical and
May Be Doomed.
HOW IT WORKS IN HAMMOND
Buyers of Bonds Hate to Purchase
Paper Which Entails So Much
Red Tape.
HOW IT WORKS IN HAMMOND

When the state legislators begin
picking the city and towns law to
pieces this winter at Indianapolis the
city controllers all over the state and,
in fact, all city hall officials who are
connected with the issuing of i'm
provement bonds, and all contractors
who are alive to their own interests
will watch what will happen to that
section which provides that the prop
erty owner may sign ten-year waiver
in paying his improvement assess
ments. 1t means much to Hammond.
Meant Well, but Oh! My!
The section as it stands today is i'm
practical, although the trainers of it
probably meant to serve the best in
terests of the people in presenting it.
They may have been men who We're
unacquainted with the issuance of i'm
provement bonds and in that way the
theoretical was left to hamper the
practical.
should BE Limit to Waiver.
The difficult with the section as i
stands now is that it gives the property
owner a right to sign a ten-year weiv
er for any amount no matter hov
small it is. The result is that city will
have to issue improvements bonds TO
these small amounts which incurs no
only a lot of work but which almos
makes the improvement bonds a dru,
on the market. Buyers of bonds hesi
| tate to purchase paper which entail
so much red tape at the end of eacl
six months with only few cents prof
to it and coupled with unnecessar
| energy.
How 1t Works Here.
In Hammond, for instance, when tn
Improvement season is on one perso
| is kept busy for days at a time hllin
out the blanks for the improvement
bonds. The remedy suggested is tha
the particular section In the cities an
towns law be so amended that waive
| cannot be signed less than a particula
amount. Setting this amount at a rea
sonable limit would still prevent an
hardships on the property owners. an
would relieve the city officials frol
much useless work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
FOUNDERS OF SCHOOL
PRAISE HIS TALENTS
Anticipate Growth of University to
Such an Extent That Judge Gill
lett May Be Induced to Become a
Member of Faculty Some Time in
the Future.

Judge John III. GiIlett's connection
with the LincoIn-JefYersOn College of
Law as an instructor is a possibility
to which the dean and other faculty
members are looking forward with the
greatest satisfaction.
Judge Gillett is non-committal as to
the relationship that may be estab-
lished between himself and the school.
admitting, however, that negotiations
are on now whereby he may become
connected with the institution to such
an extent as to deliver one lecture
a week, this to be on Saturday nights.
While Judge Gillett is reticent about
his possible connection with the Lin
| coin Jefferson College of Law it ap-
| pears as a well established fact that
in the future he will be one of the
regular teachers in the school, if only
for an hour a week at first.
Negotiations on for Some Time.
That the Lincoln Jefferson College OF
Law has been negotiating with the
eminent jurist is an open secret. and in
circles where this has been discussed
it has reflected great credit upon the
faculty for attempting to connect sc
brilliant legal light with the school
| especially when it is only in its be
| ginning. On the other hand 1T wa:
said that it augured well for the fu
ture of the school, which is incorpor-
ated as a university, and which will il
| the course of time become one, to b'
| in a position to retain the services O.
a man like Judge Gillett. 1t was point
ed out that the founders of the schoo
were not only highly appreciative o
the ability of the supreme court judge
but also that they were in sympath!
with the teachings of representative
Indiana man.
Term Expires Dec. 31st.
Judge Gillett's fame as jurist an,
an author on Jurisprudence has ex
tended far beyond the bounds of TIL
state and the men who are now trying
to incorporate him as moving spiri
in the school knew of him long befor
they set foot upon Hammond groun
with the idea of establishing univer
sity here.
Judge Giiletts term in the Indian
supreme court does not expire unit
Dec 31st, after which all his time vii
be his own. In the interim, however
he can easily arrange to give his Sat
urday night lectures in the Lincoln
jefferson law school.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
SERIOUS CHARGES BROUGHT
BY SOPHIA VS.. JOHN

Hammonds daily matrimonial diff
Guilty cropped out in the way of a d.
vorce in which Sophia Carroll is seek
ing to have the bonds of matrimony
severed between herself and her hus-
band. John Carroll.
Mrs. Carroll alleges that John is a
habitual drunkard. She says that he
has called her a dog and other vile
epithets. One of the tragedies OF
married life which was brought ou by
this case is the fact that for two weeks
at a time Mrs. Carroll alleges that
her husband would not speak to her
She says that at times he became so
angry at her that he would threaten
to kill her. They have one child, year
and two months old, and the mother
asks the custody of the child.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
POLICE BOARD HOLDS
THEIR REGULAR MEETING

The police board held its regular
monthly meeting last night. but out
side of allowing the salaries for the
department and allowing a few other
bills there was no action of any mo-
ment taken.
According to the statement of one
of the members they are little con-
cerned over what the future might
hold for the commissioners In the way
of any action that the legislature may
take.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT

The city council will hold its regular
meeting this evening, this being the
first Tuesday of the month
Several ordinances which will be up
for their second reading are up for
this evening, among them the one reg
ulating the smokestacks in the city and
the ordinances declaring various ac-
tions a misdemeanor The latter or
dinance includes the section making it
prohibitive for anybody to wear large
headgear at any public place of amuse-
ment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
BOYER HELD TO
THE GRAND JURY
Former Hammond Man "In
Deep" as Result of Coun-
terfeiting Crime.
LAST OF GANG IS CAPTURED
United States Secret Service Gets En-
tire Bunch In It's Clutches
For Keeps.
LAST OF GANG IS CAPTURED

The United States secret service de-
partment in Chicago has cleared up one
of the most intricate and deeply laid
counterfeiting plots of this decade. The
arrest of Harry Michae1s and Gus Boy
er, who formerly ran photograph gal
Iery on State street, Hammond, was to-
day declared by the government opera
tives to be the last step in the rounding
up of the gang.
Captain Thomas I. Porter, chief of
this branch of the service, and his men
have jailed the entire band, recovered
all of the counterfeit SIS bills and got
confessions from most of the coiners.
Captain Porter headed the squad of men
which closed this big case
Get All Guilty Ones.
With him were Operatives Lawrence
Richey. Peter Drautzberg and Don
Wnkie, all experts in their line. The
latter is a son of Chief Wilkie, head
of the department at Washington.
The prisoners were held to the feder-
al grand jury in $1,000 bail.
Following the surrender and confes-
sions made yesterday by Harry Mich
aels and Gustav Bayer. Captain Thomas
l. Porter of the secret service be-
lieves the last of the Wheed- Brown
Westcott gang of counterfeiters who
have been operating in Chicago and the
middle west and south are accounted
for.
Michaels, in statements made at th'
| federal building said that he was in
duced to pass the bad bills by Ed
Wheed.
How They Were Trapped.
He and Bayer sent Captain Porte
a letter from ST. Louis dated Nov 2
in which they stated they would cal
| at his office Dec. 1. and were sending
| him all the counterfeit money they ha,
at this time in their possession Cap
| tain Porter received the letter Satur
day and s3so7s In nsceuaterfeit- -hsl lsx sss
terday.
AS soon as the letter was received Sc
cret service men began tracing Mich
aels and Bayer They found that the
had come to Chicago
Michaels and Bayer are thought t
have realized they were close to ar
/ rest, for they got into communica ito
| with secret service men and arrange
for a surrender. They admitted pass
ing $1,315 in bad money in Chicag
and seven other cities-St Paul, S
Louis, Hot Springs, Ark; Memphis
Little Rock, Grenada, Miss, and Ne,
Orleans. They returned a big packag
of unpassed counterfeits to Capital
Porter from ST. Louis.