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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
A Pitiable Affair.

Mrs. William Helmke. the young
mother Of 121 Douglas street, West
Hammond. who died last Wednesday
evening shortly after giving birth TO
her first born, was buried with her in
fant this afternoon at Oak Hill ceme-
terry.
The death Of the young woman and
the pitiable circumstances surrounding
# has evoked much sympathy in a large
circle Of friends. Her husband. Will
liam Helmke. is prominent in ,he Nam
mond Saengerbund- -Fidelia and its
members marched in a body tn the
cemetery 81 the funeral procession.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
POOL ROOM IS
DOING BIG BUSINESS

The Arvey and Tark poolroom and
brilliard hail. 267 East State street. in
the odd Fellows building, was opened
to the public today. The proprietors.
past master. have spared no money in
appointing an up-to-date amusement
place which will be known as the Biiou
billiard hall In connection with the
amusement parlor. the proprietors will
conduct a retail cigar and tobacco
stand.
In connection with their big display
ad in THE TIMES last evening, the firm
issued coupons. which if presented are
good in trade tonight only The firm
will be glad to get these coupons which
appear in the lower left hand corner of
the ad.
The billiard and pool tables are the
regulation Brunswick Bake -Collendar
built in mission style. the pool tables
having the additional feature of return
gulleys. The Bijou billiard hall with un-
doubtedly be a popular place this even
ing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
SHABBY
DEED Of A
DETECTIVE +?
Accepts Hospitality of Tired
Woman on Hot Day; She
Cooks Chicken Dinner for
Him, Then He Causes
Husbands Arrest.
Tim Englehardt is angry!

Tim EnSlehardt is angry
He is more than angry. he is mad.
He is in a fighting mood and there is
one man in Hammond that he would
just as leave take a fall out Of as to
sell a dozen lots in South Gary. and
my how Tim does like to sell lots.
This is all very unusual for Tim En-
glehardt is not known to have COM
batative disposition. He generally goes
along in the even tenor of his way, and
it takes considerable to get him riled
up.
But this time Tt mEnglehardt was
sold. He says he was sold by Hugh G.
Strumpher. the head of the Calumet
Detective agency, and when he and
Strumpher meet again the little man
will probably find plenty of room for
the the big man to pass.
Tim Englehardt is the proprietor of
the corners of Broadway and the Ridge
road. He has some good friends out
there in the persons Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert B. Jansen.
Represented the Railroad.
The other day Strumpher happened
along and stated that he was repre-
senting the railroad in the matter of
some street crossings. Mr.. Englehardt
did not know Strumpher from Adam.
and he courteously offered him the use
of his carriage to look over the ground
In the meantime he gave Strumpher a
couple of good cigars and suggested
that they go over to Jansen's for din
ner.
Englehardt says that it was 100 de-
grees in The shade al the time, but new
there was nothing too good for Mr.. En-
glehardt's friends and she cooked a
chicken dinner for Mr.. Englehardt and
Detective Strumpher.
After the dinner was over Mr.
Strumpher was asked to have a lit
tie near beer" according to Engle-
hardt and he accepted the invitation.
The party had little of the alleged
temperance concoction and then left the
place.
A day or two later Mr.. Jansen was
arrested for keeping his place of bust
ness open and selling beer on Sunday.
Strumpher was the prosecuting witness.
Talk about being mad. Tim Engle-
hardt was whole hornets nest when
he discovered how he had been fooled.
Others in the Net.
Shortly after that W. C. Fredericks,
Frank Holly and William Knoth were
arrested by the same parties for the
same reasons. The detective agency is
composed of Hugh G. Strumpher John
Robuck and John Mcconnell and it is
understood that it has cleaned up sew
eral dollars in this manner.
But if you see Tim Englehardt don't
ask him if he knows of man by the
name of Strumpher or YOU will precipi-
tate a riot as sure as fate. The more
! think of it. the madden I get" said
Mr.. Englehardt. the other evening.
1t is the dirtiest trick l ever heard
of. There that poor woman went and
cooked that fellow a chicken dinner
and gave him the hospitality of the
house and he turns around and has her
arrested on a charge like that, just tc
get his witness fees. 1t is an out
rage"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
GARY WAITRESS IN HAMMOND
BURLEsQUE SHOW LAST NIGHT

girls as the waitress who had been
serving them with corn beef hash all
summer IN Gary restaurant. They
say she was a good waitress. Poor
"Pickles"
Nine Days Rehearsal.
To tell the truth. the snow was pass
ing poor Only nine days of rehearsals
had failed to take the rough edges off
from the show and 1t was all that poor
May could do to keep the ends of the
double sextette from getting tangled
up AT times when the whole chorus
was expected to respond to it's cue, only
one scantily clad grille would hop into
the limelight and would nearly throw
a fit until she was Joined by the rest
of the troupe
The long. lean chorus girl and the
short chubby one were equally i'll at
ease. and May Howard. poor old girl
was up a stump. What she said to the
team at the end of the first half of the
game must have been a-plenty
The perennial German comedians
with their Jewish accompanist were
positively without merit. and the big
gest joke Of the evening came when
some disgusted person in the rear Of
the house yelled. oh, pretzel"
Test of Endurance.
The show worried through the sec
ond half with the play in the audi
ence's territory. The game became a
test of endurance on both sides, and
finally the curtain was rung down with
the company essaying a spirited" fin
ale and May Howard yelling for the
stage hands to hurry up with the cur
tain.
The management of TowIe's theater
should be absolved from all blame. for
the reason that it has no way of de-
termining, this early in the season. the
merits or demerits of the productions
that have been booked year before
hand It is one of the lemons that are
handed out to the public occasionally.
even in the best managed theaters in
the country.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
Looking for Gang.

Detective Follitt of the Wabash from
Peru, Ind, together with Chief Mar
tin. started out this morning on the
trail of train robbers who recently
robbed a Wabash freight car of $1,000
worth of merchandise near McCooI.
There having been other robberies in
this vicinity, near Gary, on the B. and
o. and the Wabash. and the finding Of
the abandoned covered wagon in the
woods this week. leads the police to be-
lieve that the gang is not far away.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
REAL ESTATE
MARKET IS
QUITE ACTIVE

The real estate market for the past
week has been the most active in two
years. Gostln. Meyn q Co. have sold
in the neighborhood of twenty lots in
Homewood and have sold considerable
property in other parts of the city.
The sale of the $50 feet of Holman
street frontage near the Paxton Lum-
ber company, and the prospect that this
property will be the site of a fine new
brick business block to be devoted to
exhibition purposes by the +. 5. Betz
Co. was printed exclusively in THE
TINES last week. It sets new high
mark for property in this locality.
This sale, together with the others
that have been eonsummated. make the
total sales of this company for the past
week aggregate 10000 or $4,000 worth
OF property.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21

Crown Point, Ind, Aug. 21.-Jack
Guzik, who for two years, under the
name of Jack Miller, wooed the pretty
heiress, Victoria Ullman, 1902 Lake av-
enue, and married her Wednesday night
in Crown Point on the courthouse steps
by moonlight after being trailed all
over the county when they were hiding
al Cedar Lake. is now facing arrest on
the charge of having led double life,
counting Miss Ullman and supporting
q wife and child at the same time
Police of Chicago and Milwaukee have
been ordered to arrest the cigar broker
who welded the Ulman girl and then
fled with her to Milwaukee.
l. W. Ullman. brother Of the runaway
girl, charges that Guzik, who IS said
by his sister to have disappeared stimuli
taneousIy with $500 from the family
strong box, is a bigamist, having de-
serted a wife and child in Chicago
Ullman became suspicious yesterday
when conflicting messages began to ar
rive from the fleeing couple. lie came
to this place to assure himself that his
sister had married the cigar dealer.
While looking over the marriage rec
ords he found a record of the mar
riage of Guzik to Rose Lipscultz of Chi
cago in April, 1907.
Hurrying back to Chicago. he found,
he charged that Guzik had recently
deserted his wife and 1S-months-
baby, leaving them penniless A war;
Continued on Page Eighty
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
Heimbach Fined 81.

Charles Heimbach was fined 81 and
costs for provoking an assault. The
complaining witness was Fred Happier
man of the cleaning and dyeing estab-
lishment The trouble arose over a
skirt. which Heimbach claims was torn
while in the hands of the cleaners.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
WHITING WINS FIRST
Especial to THE TIMES. J

Whiting, Ind, Aug p. p. m.-Be-
fore big crowd at the annual tourna-
ment of the Northern Indiana Firemen's 5
association Whiting won the champion
hose race (dry run) in 81 seconds The
prize was SIS and a silk banner Val
paraiso was second and RoberssdaIe
third.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
Gary Case Venued Here.

The case OF the state of Indiana vs..
Alexander Rodman. which was venued
to Judge Ames' court from Judge West
ergreen's, has not yet been set for trial
and warrants have not yet been issued
David Johnson of Gary is the com
planning witness, and the action is saie
to be retaIiatory one as a result Of
Rodman's having Johnson arrested
charged with setting fire to his house.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
BUSINESS
MEN GIVE
OPINION
U. S. Steel Subsidiary Cor
poration's Desire to Get
Franchise in Hammond
for Gas and Electric Privi-
leges Excites Interest.

THE TINES story of yesterday to the
effect that the Gary Heat, Light and
Water company would invade Ham
mond came like thunderbolt out of a
clear sky. No one suspected that any
corporation would dare to compete in
this district with the doughty c. H.
Geist. who has built up such a power
full corporation and such a magnificent
plant.
In fact. it is appreciated that no con-
cern which was not identified or affli-
ated with the United States Steel Cor
poration and has not the facilities for
furnishing cheap electricity and gas
would dare to buck the Northern In
diana Gas and Electric company.
The principal interest in the prom
ised invasion of this field by the Gary
Heat. Light and Water company is the
fact that its officials promise cheaper
light and fuel. Some of the maya
zines which have written descriptions
of the utilization of producer gas in
the enormous engines. which create
electric power and in this manner har-
ness the fumes that formerly escaped
from the belching blast furnaces, state
that enough electricity will be pro-
duced TO supply a city of million in
habitants
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
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WHAT CHIEF AUsTGEN SAYS.

Regarding THE TINES ar
ticle, which appeared Thursday
revealing conditions In the city
, parks, Chief of Police Peter
Ausfgen had the following to
say;. "I heartily approve of
3 what THE TIMES had to say
B about sPOoning In the parks.
want the young people of this
, city to know that they will have
B TO keep within the limits of pro-
prfety or suffer the consequences.
, 1 know of two cases where all
that saved two very young Ham
, mOnd girls from arrest and
disgrace was the fact that their
B parents are regarded as respect
. able.
, The article was not exagger-
D ated in the least, and 1 regard
conditions as they have been In
the past as deplOrabIe. The ar
ticIe in THE NEWS, declaring
that conditions are not bad,
was, In my opinion, merely tax
ing an opportunity to fight the
other paper. If they had printed
the story first conditions would
would probably have been Just
as bad as THE TIMES made
them out to be. Regardless of
the actual conditions in the park
what looks bad to one paper is a
dream to the other.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
SOUGHT IN HAMMOND
WE'D At CROWN POINT
Despite Their First Objection to Cigar
Maker, Wealthy Parents of Girl
Promised to Forgive Them Upon
Their Return = Eloping Couple
Were Thought To Be in Milwaukee
BULLETIN.)

Crown Point, Ind, Aug. 21.-JacOb
GuEik, the cigar dealer, who eIoped
with VictOrin Ullman, was arrested by
Deputy sheriff Fred Furnan AT Cedar
Lake last night and was brought to Jail
here.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21

Tickets on sale for the Hammond
sangerbund picnic at Summers Phar-
macy. and Singer Sewing Machine
store. PA State street.-tf.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
SeeIks Market Here.

If this is true there is little wonder
that the Gary Heat, Light and Water
company is seeking a market for its
product in the cities of Hammond, East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor.
Several of the Hammond business
men were interviewed this morning re-
garding the matter and all of them
seemed to welcome the competition of
the Gary company providing it meant
cheaper gas and electricity.
A. NJ. Turner said this morning that
he did not believe that any individual
could come into this field and compete
with the c. H. Geist Co. He said that
he did not believe such a company could
float its bonds. If however. the Gary
Heat. Light and Water company comes
into the field. backed by the United
States Steel Corporation, he is of the
opinion that there would be a cutting
of prices and that the result would be
profitable to the general public
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21

WILL MEET
IN SEPT.
County Officials to Take Up
Appropriation for 100000
Superior Courthouse Ex-
penditures Next Month at
County Seat.

On the 18th of September the Lake
county council will meet to take up the
consideration of the appropriation of
$4,000 for the remodeling of the Lake
superior ocurt house at Hammond.
Members OF the Hammond Business
Mems association have been working
industriously with the members of the
county council and have discovered
that. with possibly one exception. the
councilmen recognize the justice of the
claims of the northern part of the coun-
ty for better court house facilities and
Will vote for the appropriation.
At the time the proposition was ad-
vanced for the remodeIing of the court
house at Crown Point at a cast of
100000, the people of Hammond, with
out exception, favored the Improvement.
They realized that a county of the
Importance of Lake is entitled to have
the best kind of a corfu house that
money can buy, to say nothing of the
fact that there was a pressing need
for larger quarters and more modern
building.
Crown Point Reciprocates.
In view of this fact it is not sur
pr1slng that the county councilmen
from the southern part of the county
are ready and willing to recognize
Hammond's claims and show their ap-
probation of the fact that the Ham
mond building is now too small to per
nit of the transaction of the legal
business that is done here.
Architects Beers & Beers Of Fort
Wayne have drawn plans and specifca-
tions for the remodeled building, and
will have their estimates of the cost in
the hands of the councilmen before
their next meeting.
The features of the remodeled build
ing building were set forth in THE
TIMES in an issue several months ago.
and consist principally in the utiliza-
tion of considerable space that is now
going to waste by providing an extra
court room and the charging of the
county branch offices here.
The Hammond men who have the
matter in charge are confident that the
appropriation will be made and the i'm
provement should be completed by next
summer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21

Go TO the Hammond Sangerbund Fe.
dalia picnic. Sunday. Aug. %, Hudson
Lake. Ind.-tf.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
MERCHANT
INJURED IN
AUTO M|SHAP

William Bieker. one Of Hammond's
We'll known business men. was run
down by automobile and slightly
injured on North Holman street this
morning by an automobile belonging
10 Dr. Parker. a Cleveland man. Biek-
er considers himself fortunate in hav-
ing escaped with his life
The accident happened near the wa
bash tracks on North Holman street
where a branch office of the Bieker
company is located team of horses
was htched along the sidewalk when
it suddenly became fractions and ran
away
Mr. Bieker saw the accident and
stepped into the middle of the street
TO watch the course Of She runaway
down the street. III an instant ne was
struck by the automobile containing
DR.. Parker and his friends
Run over BY Car.
The Hammond business man was
rolled along the ground and was fin
ally run over by the machine He was
able to jump TO his feet but later
inspection Of his person revealed the
fact that he was quite badly bruised.
That no bones were broken is regarded
a. miraculous
The automobile stopped ana Dr.
Parker made an examination Of the
injured man. Mr. Bieker took the
name and automobile number Of the
man and machine. but he stated to
THB TINES this afternoon that he did
not hold the driver Of the machine
responsible for the accident
He was able to go TO MS work this
afternoon and believes that in a few
days he will have recovered entirely
from the accident The runaway
horses We're soon captured ana peace
and quiet in this part Of the city was
restored.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
Tapper Favors Competition.

Anton Taper said that he welcomed
a competing company that would have
the backing that the Gary Heat, Light
and Water company has. He said that
he believed Hammond could and should
have 6O-cent gas and cheaper electricity
just as indianapolis has and if the
Gary company would contract to pro-
vide these necessities for a reduced fig
ure, he believed it should have con-
sideration from the people of Hammond.
Peter Davis and John Kane. both city
officials. said that they thought a com
pany which would agree to supply gas
and electricity at a reduced cost would
have no difficulty in getting fran
chise.
Peter Davis said that the contract be
tween the Northern Indiana Gas and
Electric company to supply to the city
of Hammond with street lights would
expire next year and if the city could
get its lights cheaper from the Gary
company. so far as he is concerned. it
could have the contract.
Scores of other people have said that
they would welcome the new company
if it meant cheaper lights and gas
Leading engineers have pointed out
that cheap electric power generated by
the producer gas engines at the plant
of the United States steel Corporation
would make possible the sale Of cleo
tricity forp over 10 scores of smaller
industries in the district that would
find it cheap. clean and profitable to
use purchased power rather than man
ufacture it themselves. This is one Of
the possibilities of the future
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
HURT
IN SERIOUS
RUNAWAY
Indiana Harbor Broncho
Causes Injury to Two
Popular Hammond Girls,
and Both are Taken to ST.
Margaret's Hospital.

Two popular Hammond girls, Leona
Reed and Bertha Beuhler of 657 Sib-
ley street and 26S Price Place respect
ively. were severely injured last even
ing shortly before ten o'clock, when
they were upset in runaway on Hoff-
man street. In the rig at the time of
the accident were Ollie Sirlin of In
diana Harbor, a young man who came
to Hammond to spend the evening at
the Reed home. William Reed. brother
of Miss Leona Reed, and the two girls
who were injured.
Mr.. Sirlin had procured a one-seat-
ed single horse rig at the Maxwell
Livery at Indiana Harbor, and in com
pany with two other young men came
to Hammond. The horse is said to
have been broncho, which took
fright at the shadow Of a telegraph
post in front of the Walter Earle place
at 337 Hoffman street, while the merry
party was on its way TO the home of
Mrs. Adelsperger on Pine street, a sis
ter to Miss Reed. They had a guam
tfty Of ice cream with them and their
coming was awaited at the Adelsper-
ger home.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21
Coincidence In Injuries.

The two boys in the rig escaped
without injury. but the girls were
hurled onto the street car track.
Strangely the girls sustained almost
the same kind of injuries. although
Miss Reed seemed to be injured most
severely. Both suffered deep cuts in
their upper lips. a cash across the
nose and other bruises about the face
and head Both bled profusely, while
first aid was administered to them at
the Earle home. They were later re-
moved to st. Margaret's hospital. from
where they are reported to be as well
can be expected
Miss Reed is employed in the Office
of the F. S. Betz company and the
news of her injury there caused much
regret among her friends there
The horse which caused the accident,
tore itself loose from the rig which it
had upset and ran toward Indiana
Harbor being captured at East Chi
cago, however.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21

May Howard came to Towles opera
house last evening with a double sex
tette of high-kcking (D, rollicking
(?), frolicking 90 vivacious CD SOU
brettes (???). That the show was per-
mitted to proceed after the first act IS
due to the kindly indulgence of the
audience, who really felt sorry for May.
Miss Howard knew the show was
fierce. without any reflection on her
age, she has been in the business long
enough to know, and the average per-
son would not have gone through what
May did for the whole box office re-
ceipts.
The Passing Show" was the name
of the production. and there surely was
no mistake In the name, for It is prob
ably passing away as a theatrical VEN
ture at this very minute.
May Howard has been in burIesque
all her life. Some of the old bachelors
who purchased tickets on the front row
remember when they were sowing their
wild oats fifteen or twenty years ago
they used to see her cavortfng around
on the stage at Sam T. Jacks
In Her Element.
SO 1t was natural that May Howard
her own. 1t was not called the "Rouy
Pollies, The Broadway Maids" The
Boston Bellies" or any of the names
that are usually given to a burlesque,
for the uplift movement seems to have
gotten the best Of May and it must be
said that the show was clean and that
it was a cross between burlesque and
musical comedy
When the girls came out on the
stage they seemed to feel a great deal
like the average girl who makes her
debut on the bathing beach in an alb
breviated costume in the presence of
about a thousand pair Of eyes To say
the least they were uncomfortable and
they showed it,
A number of Gary people who were
present recognized one of the dancing
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-21

Generally fair and warmer
Saturday; sunday Increasing
cloudiness.