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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
N. N. TOWLE IS
SENT TO ASYLUM
Founder of Hammond Loses
Mind, and Family Is Com
PEELED to Detain Him.

II. M. Towle. one of the founders or
Hammond, its first mayor, its first post
master. the man who did more than any
other citizen to make Hammond the
principal city of the Calumet region
the man who at one time was rated as
a millionaire, is hopelessly insane and
has been taken to Logansport TO the
ASYLUM. His friends hope that his
detention there may be but temporary
For a number of years Mr.. Towle has
been in delicate health. His mind mas
been failing, and while he has had lucid
intervals his condition has rapidly
grown worse.
The family has done everything pos
sible to give him the care and attention
that he required. but Mr.. Towle has
eluded those who We're watching him
time and again, and has wandered away
| from home. At time he has grown vio-
lent.
/ The aggressive, energetic, alert busi-
mass man who practically controlled
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19

F. ]. Lewis Meyer, general counsel
for the South Shore line, in letter to
the city council answered the charges
against him and the council made IN
recent edition of the Lake County DEM
ocrat In substance, he emphaticaliy
denies the charges, and holds the char-
acter of the old and new city council
above reproach.
The article in question was printed
earlv in January after the city councli'
with the exception of John Kane, had
voted to refer the franchise back TO the
hoard for amendments. The newspaper
article charged that the franchise could
have been passed had Mr.. Meyer come
across with a certain sum of money 10
some of the councilmen.
Nothing Done on Franchise.
In his letter Mr.. Meyer also toucnes
on the proposed amendments. and says
that he hopes to convince the council
that they are out of place.
In the meantime nothing has peer
done with the franchise. 1t has gone
back to the board of public works ane
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19

Delbert Wanzer, a negro, who shot
William Williams. porter, In Os-
car Plegeman's barber shop several
months ago. was discharged in the Lake
superior court this morning for the
want of a prosecuting witness.
William williams, after the shooting
was found to be a negro of very bad
reputation, and when he was confront
ed with his record in Indianapolis he
disappeared and has not been seen in
this city since.
Wanzer in the meantime has been in
Jail at Crown Point awaiting trial. The
facts which led up to the shooting
showed that Williams had insulted and
assaulted Wanzer's wife, and while
wanzer was not justified in shooting
Williams. it is said that these mitigat-
ing circumstances and the fact that
Williams was known as bad nigger'
weighed in the balance In Wanzer's ia
vor.
Another reason why Wanzer was dis
charged is the fact that he has al.
ready spent several months in jail ant
| has been severely punished for ris rasl
act. He also was severely injured b,
his own gun when he was making hi
escape.
| Wanzer has always been known as
| quiet, aw-abiding citizen, and has sup
ported his family in creditable man
her. Under the circumstances it
not at all surprising that it wa
thought advisable to release the pris
oner.
1t is understood that Wanzer will Sc
cure employment as soon as possible
and will remain in the vicinity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
GARY man
IN MYSTERY
At LAPORIE
Well Dressed Young Man of
Is Lies Unconscious in
County Jail-Induced to
Leave Train and Held Up
On Way Home to Gary.
Especial to TIE TIMEs.l

Laporte, Ind, Jan. 19.-Police off,
GERS of this city are puzzled over the
mystery of a well dressed young Gary
man. who was found on the streets
early this morning and now lies .semi-
unconscious in the hospital ward Of the
county Jail.
name. but during his most lucid mo-
ments declared that he was on his way
from Logansport to his home in Gary.
On Lake Shore train last night he
became acquainted with stranger.
who induced him to leave the train,
after telling him that It was Gary.
After the couple got a block from
the station, the stranger drew a re-
voIxer and held up the Gary man.
The latter foughtN desperately, but
was hit over the temple with the butt
end of the gun. robbed of his vaIise.
overceat. watch and s27 in money. The
Gary man then lapsel into unconscious
ness and was picked up later by a
patrolman on the beat
Papers on the man give the name of
Mrs. Dennie Nugent, 6653 Jackson ave-
nue. and corner Thirty-fifth street and
Halsted. Chicago. Then follow the
words. sister lives there" Sheriff Aus
tins Is investigating the case. The man
has parts of his index and middle fng-
er missing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
THAT'S WHAT
THEY ALL SAY

Editor The Times -
enclose check for So in pay
ment of years subscription to
The Times. / could not do with
out The Times, as it is the best
and cleanest paper that l have
ever read. 1t is always boosting
Lake county and that ought to be
appreciated by everyone who lives
in the county.
Yours respectfully,
C. J. WILLIAMS,
Hobart r. r. No. /.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
F :. LEWIS MEYER DENIES
CHARGES He IS ACCUSED OF

that body has not yet done anything
with it, nor has Mr.. Meyer been back
personally to take up the question of
amendments. Mr.. Meyers letter is as
follows:
January Is.
To the Mayor and Common Council of
the City of Hammond:
''Gentlemen-I am informed and. in
fact, have noticed the article in The
Lake County Democrat of date Of Jan.
7th, in flaming headlines. charging me
with saying that the members of the
present city administration, and in par
ticular, charging that the members of
the common council have approached
me for the purpose of graft
II want to deny in total every charge
made and desire to state to this hon
orable body that / have made no such
| statement. l want to state further thai
| have not addressed a single council
/ man either in the present or past ad
ministration, and neither has single
councilman talked to me on the sub
| ject of this ordinance pending befor'
fContfnuad on mage f1ys.y
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19

Manager Manderback of Towles' op-
era house 5ustifies the booking OF bur-
.lesQns ,ehoFe RS<hss Groap< zthetzk k11eSs
3 III h =
pack the opera house. He admits that
he would rather run musical comedy
interspersed with an occasional good
drama, but he says that a rule these
shows are losing propositions.
Mr.. Manderback says that he expects
some criticism every time he puts on
a burlesque show, but the critics are
usually those who never attended q
good show In the theater in their lives.
DO They Want 1t:
With the manager of the theater 1t Is
a case of give the people what they
CONTINUED on page nve.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19

the town twenty five years ago. is today
a mental wreck, and the old residents
of the city who knew him in his prime
are today filled with pity and sympathy
for the old gentleman who has left the
scenes of his former activity and is now
an inmate of the state institution.
Time was when the Towles ran the
general store, the meat market. the
postoffice, the city government and
owned hundreds of broad acres in the
city of Hammond. In fact, there are
four subdivisions in the heart of the
city, which has since become the busi-
ness district, that were laid out by
Towle & Young.
In later years Mr.. Towle made some
unfortunate investments, and so great
was his belief in the future of Ham
mond that he over-estimated the rap
idity of its growth and became involved
financially.
One after another his schemes failed,
and he lost money ui.sil his great fort
une was finally dissipated. AS this and
that enterprise failed and he lost hun
dreds of thousands of dollars and the
worry over his financial affairs began
to affect his mind.
He grew childish and finally his sor
took over the management of his af
fairs and was appointed his guardian
During the past year Mr.. Towle's men
| tai condition has become so bad that h'
was a heavy burden upon his family
who have done everything possible t
alleviate his condition.
! This finally led to the determinatiol
| to have him sent to the asylum and h
was taken there yesterday
! The most universal sympathy is voic
ed by every one for the family.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
OPERA HOUSE
| MANAGER TALKS
Declares That If Patrons of His
House Want Buriesque, He
Will Give 1t to Them
CHIEF AUSTGEN
ON BURLESQUE

"Give us n chance to get around to
1T. Owing to the strike. 1 have been
too busy to look into the nature of
the burlesque show of last Saturday
night. A policeman is supposed to
be at every show. The man who In
assigned to this work is not a regu-
lar mon on the force. He Is paid by
the opera house people and Is
clothed with police power to keep
law and order.s
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
Hammond Man There.

The Knights of Columbus will have
a special meeting this evening to elect
a financial secretary and transact 9TH
er business Friday night the new of
ficers will be installed by District Dep
uty Moran of Hammond. A smoker will
follow.-yalparaiso Messenger.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
new TROLLEY TO
EASTERN ILLINOIS
Hammond, Chicago Heights and
Southern Traction CO. are to
Begin Work in Spring
40 REPORTED LOST
Especial to THE TINES )

NSpeclaI 10 THE I1MEA)
Philadelphia, Jan. 19.-It is said that
forty persons lost their lives In a fire.
which broke out shortly after noon to-
day In the fOur-story Ellis building.
occupied by G. E. Shedacl<er & Son,
manufacturers, and four other firms,
all employing girls. A dozen bodies have
been recovered.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
He WOULD
REGULATE
AnAl0
| 5AfdURs 5
Mayor Lawrence Becker
Submits Praiseworthy Or
dinance to City Council
men Last Night, But They
Kill It.

An ordinance introduced last evening
at the regular session of the common
council, by Mayor Becker, to regulate
and raising the city license from $3.50
to $3.50, and furthermore vesting him !
with power to pass on the fitness of i
the character of the proposed saloon |
keeper, was turned down by the city
council by a majority vote.
The councilmen voting for rejection
were Moriarty, Whitaker Eggers, Kahl
Cotton, Schultz Sturm, Kane Lauer.
Markmueller and Hubbard. Those in
favor of the ordinance were Pascaly,
Papp and Hover, Councilman East
wood being absent.
Would Not Affect Present Saloons.
The ordinance as drawn up would
not affect any saloon now in business.
provided the place is continued by the
same owner as saloon. 1t regulates
the number to twenty in each ward. and
| in no ward would there be new licenses
| granted when this number has been
| reached. AS long as the number stays
| below this figure new places might be
| opened, the ordinance however, not to
affect dry territory already fixed in
Hammond. Another feature of the pro-
1
! that the application be made to the
| city controller and that he submit it to
| the mayor, who will then pass upon
the fitness of the applicant. Ii is ap-
parent that this may may not be a
desirable feature, it all depending upon
the character of the man who passes
Judgment and whetfser he would make
this power subserve his political inter
ests, or rather the welfare of the com
munity. The ordinance raises the H.
cense cist to 500, bringing it up K
$3.50
Fix Health Board Salaries.
An ordinance was passed last nigh
fixing the salaries of the members OF
the board of health. The ordinance fol
by the last legislature, and on accoun
of this the secretary of the board
which office at present is well file
by DR.. w. d. Weis. receives ridicul
: iusly small salary as cimpared wit
E the other board members The stat
4 law privides that the salary of the sec
retarv should be two cents per capita
n according to the last national census
: and Hammond having had little NOR
/. | than $4,000 population in 1909. the sec
: retary Of the board of health Will re
e ceive a trifIe over S240. The secrctar
2, heretofore has received $500, and I'll
o burden Of the biard. with all its wor
and worry in times of epidemic an
n pure water and sewage problems haS
e fallen onto him, together with all Il
abuse that goes with the office. At ths
: the office has always been considers
tContinued page nve.5
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
ANOTHER
FROM GARY
Calumet Region Cities to
Form Links in Another
Traction Chain.

As the result of the incorporation
at Springfield of the Hammond, Chi
cago Heights and Southern Traction
company, and the decision of the
promoters to begin the construction
In the spring, Hammond will have
another interurban line and, with
Aooess TO the hustling manufacturing
city Of Chicago Heights by trolley,
the fact that Hammond is in the CEN
ter and not on the edge Of tbs great
manufacturing district will be en-
phasized.
The incorporators were William s..
Bed Of Chicago, Edward r, Davis,
Joseph Orr and Andrew Ward, and
Alfred Van Steenberg of Lansing.
The capital stock is 100000.
49,. no BUILD IN SPRING.
e u the purpose Of the incorpora--
- - : !. .rlu5to - =
49, 1k=z<.szzsssssrAe-s1essstz
soxu ,.s--4.ss % lie Irssls1E III s;ag1
Heights to Hammond, going through
Glenwood, Thornton. Oak Glen ano
Lansing. These are all good towns
and the country intervening is vel
populated. The road will be bull
without fail, ad the promoters say the,
VIII have 1t in operation early mex
fall.
LINE TO MOMENCE.
Another line the promoters propos
building, and which will be of grea
bsnent to Chicago Heights, will ru'
from Crete to Momence. Connectio
will be made at Crete with the Chi
cago & Southern Traction company
giving through service from Ham
mond to Momence.
W. S. Reed. one of the incorporation
Con IN raxr rra AXal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19

DOES NOT
IMPROVE
E Foreigners Eeave Stones
and Weld Clubs During
Brushes With Police-In
Some Departments Plant
Is Practically Tied Up.

The situation at the STANDARD is not
improving. While the strike is con-
fined to the foreign laborers who bring
the materials to the place where they
are assembled in the cars, yet their
quitting has prevented the other work
ers from doing their work and the
plant is practically tied up.
While there is no rioting at the plant
the Hammond police have had several
brushes with strikers and last night |
were compelIeN {. pxa sssvess . iss-<sl !
the crowds after an arrest had been
made.
Mike Bescheui, IS years of age, threw
a piece of ice into the crowd of work
ing men who were leaving the plant
last night at O'Clock ana was at once
arrested
AS soon as the police took him in
custody the strikers gathered about
and tried to prevent the police from
taking him away. The police, however,
| soon forced their way through the
crowd.
Hnnion Is Hit.
During the melee some one hit Cap
tain Hanlon from the rear. After the
crowd was dispersed it left a num-
Der of large clubs Some of these Were
/ deadly looking weapons. heavy enough
| to fell a horse.
| This morning Peter Zuber was ar
/ rested for carrying concealed weapons
Again the strikers tried to prevent the
police from taking away their prison
er. john Herman, who is said to b'
the leader of the strikers, stepped IL
front Of the men when they were abou
to interfere with the officers and tolt
them not to intefere with the ofdcer
of the law.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
CHORUS GIRLS
SHOCK CLERGY

Because of the conduct of chorus
girls with n burlesque troupe that played
engagement at Newcastle Saturday
night, the ministers of that city will
ask the authorities to put a stop to the
appearance of objectionable theatrical
companies there hereafter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19

OF AXE
When o o
anfor
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
CHIEF Will
INVESTIGATE
Moulin Rogue Show Threat
ened by Waukegan, ILL.,,
Chief Of Police.


Waukegan, ILL.,, Jan. 1e.-The
appearance here OF the Moulin
Rouge burlesquers marked the
extreme indecent limit for such
shows, which have been numer-
Gus here lately. AS a result Chief
of Police Connolly has notified
the opera house management
that such shows will no longer
be tolerated. The chief says he
would have ordered the Moulin
Rogue burlesquers out of the
city had he known how rank
they were.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19
NEGRO IS
FREED IN
THE COURT
p Prosecuting Witness Fails
to Show Up in Famous
Shooting Case and Delbert
Wanzer Is Dismissed
From Custody.

L. u = q
L - lconsiderahIex
kkl=tAaz eee1sss @rekeeSETese erSxslsAs.t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19

CONTINUED on page five.,
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LINE TO MoMENCE.

CONTINUED on page five.)
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tContinued on page fve.5
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-19

Fafx tonight and Thursday,
rising temperaturey saixhtly
below freezing tonight.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-03
REFUSED APPOINTMENT
j. Noble Hayes Would not Accept
Place offered by Mayor

J. Noble Hayes, who spends his
summers in Bennington, last week
refused an appointment by Mayor
Gaynor of New York City to an im-
portant place The New York World
in speaking of the mater said;
The only information which fur
nishes a line upon the kind of men
the mayor-elect is seeking for his of
fetal family was the statement yes
terday that he had offered place in
the Municipal Civil Service Commits
sion to ]. Noble Hayes, and the re-
port of several days ago that he had
rendered the post of water commits
sioner to William b. Ellison. Both
men have declined
The fact that the mayorelect Is
after men of the stamp OF Hayes and
Ellison has created intense uneasi-
ness among the dyed in the wool ma
chine men. Mr.. Hayes is one of the
foremost lawyers of the city, City
Club man, eormer counsel of the
Commission on the Laws Delays and
now has in hand considerable reform
legislation resigned to expedite liti-
CATION in this city. His desire to put
through this legislation was the rea-
son Mr. Hayes gave for declining of
flee He called on the Mayor yes
terday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-03
Her Husbands.

II is said that before man has dis
covered the color of a girls eyes she
Is planning her trousseau and leading
him to the altar-but
The bachelor girls destination ne
cessitated their going through Wood
lawn cemetery in New York. a por-
ton of the city they had never before
visited They stopped for a long time
on the bridge which crosses the lake
to admire the wonderfully well-kept
banks, which slope down to the edge
of the lake, with here and there some
artistically arranged shrubbery serv-
ing as a background As they cast "a
last look at the island, situated at one
end of the lake, which is so tiny that
one wonders how the large willow
tree standing at the waters edge with
its dropping branches hanging so low
that they sweep backward and for
ward in the water with the wind, could
possibly have grown there, one of the
bachelor girls was heard to remark
to her companion: Wouldn't this be
an ideal place to bury ones husbands
and come and weep over their
graves?"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-03
NEVER TOUCH THE SURFACE
What Happens When Drops OF
Water Are Scattered on Top Of
Hot Stove.

II is impossible to throw few drops
of water on a redhot stove. The water
can never touch the stove at all. What
is seen is few drops rolling rapidly
over the surface, gradually getting
smaller until they disappear. Ii the
drops are on a perfectly level place
one can see under them to the other
side of the room, thus proving that
they are not in contact with the stove
itself.
What actually happens is that the
bottom of the drop changes at once
to steam or yapor on coming close to
the hot surface, and this vapor is sup
piled by the drop as it gradually goes
away. So the drop rests on a cushion
of vapor until it is entirely dissipated
This state of water is known as the
spheroidal state, and is of interest on
account of its popularity and seeming
ly paradoxical behavior.
The reason why the drop Is not i'm
mediately evaporated or changed TO
steam is also very interesting. The
water vapor that intervenes between
its under surface and the redhot stove
is very bad conductot Of heat and
consequently the full intensity of the
heat cannot get into the water itself,
only the amount transmitted through
the vapor being available for this pur-
pose.-The Sunday Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-03
EDWARD P. WESTON
AGAIN TO CROSS
CONTINENT
Will Make Another Try For a
100 Day Record
IS TO START IN FEBRUARY
Will Walk From Los Angeles to New
York, Starting There Because
of Winter

New York, Jan. Edward Payson
Weston, the veteran pedestrian, an
nounced yesterday that he will make
one more transcontinental walk and
that he will get from ocean to ocean
within 100 days According to Wes-
tons present program, the start will
be made at Los Angeles, Cal. Feb
ruary l., at p. m. The plucky ped.
estrian has selected this city as the
starting point because of the many
pleasan@memories he cherishes of its
enterprising and public-spirited citi-
zens The actual start from Los An.
geles will be westward so that San
Ia Monica, a California coast city,
can first be reached In this way the
ocean to ocean circuit will be liter
ally covered With the Pacific ocean
rolling at his feet Weston will then
turn eastward for his transcontinen-
tai dash
When the walk ends on the steps
Of the City Hall in New York City
May %, Weston will thus both tech
nically and actually have walked
across the continent from the Pacific
to Atlantic
One interesting feature of the walk
is that when it begins, Weston will
be in his list year and that it will
end in his 72nd year. He will cele-
brate his T2nd birthday on March Is
en- route.
At this season, the extreme south
ern route is the only available course
to insure success. AS there are no
recognized post roads between Los
Angeles and Chicago. Weston will be
compelled to follow the track of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail
road having secured the permission
of the railway officials This will
enable him to crafty long cherish
ed desire to visit the famous Grand
Canon of Arizona and the petrifed
forests in that vicinity
Weston's previous performance,
when he covered the continent be-
tween March IS and July IA. of last
year in l05 days, was generally con-
sldered a marvellous success by the
public
During the latter part of the jour
ney however, Weston encountered
almost insurmountable obstacles in
the shape of series of unlookedfor
storms and intense heat He was
greatly handicapped, moreover, by
having to freqently double on his
trail. Hence his record was 1915
days