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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
BURIED FROM St. PAULs
Arthur Spafford, Who Met
With Accidental Death,
Laid to Rest.

Arthur Spanord, the ls-year-old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Spafford. 144
Doty street. who met an accidental
death last Tuesday at Evanston, ILL.,,
was buried this afternoon. Services
were held at st. PauTs Episcopal
church, the deceased having been a
member of the choir of that church
The choir sang at the funeral services
in the church and six of its members
acted as pall-bearers. They were
Messrs. r. S. Caller, Raymond Fox. H.
Conkey. M. r. Church. Gordon Wood
man and Charles Golding.
Rev. Charles A. Smith. rector OF the
church,, took occasion to preach an i'm
pressive sermon on the life of the young
man last Wednesday evening, and ac-
cordingiy there was no sermon in con-
nection with the services of today.
Interment took place at Oak Hill
cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
X0IH'h TO TALL
ROADS LEAD THERE
Question of How Many
Ways a Man Can Get
From East Chicago
TO nAMM0NO FOUGHT OUT
In Latter Town, By Belligerent Gary
ites-Local Man Ends
Row.
TO nAMM0nl FOUGHT OUT
Especial to THE TINES,


East Chicago, eb. 11.-How many diff
ferent ways can one get from East Chi
cago to Hammond and how many differ
ent ways can one get from East, Chi
cago to Whiting were the momentus
questions which started a fight yester-
day afternoon in front of the First Nat
fonal bank between three gentlemen
who told the court later that they re-
sided in Gary, Ind. Theodore Kruczow-
ski. Paul Tonkowiez and Leon Teszetk
came over from Gary yesterday morn
ing to attend the stock sale at one
Hundred and Ffftieth street and North
cote avenue. but made their ffrst mis-
take when they got off the South shore
Interurban train at Raiiroad avense.
1af Axsllsr "a fez5|Il
the car and proceeded to stop III every
one thereafter in a vain attempt to
make East Chicago as dry as Gary. by
drinking UP all the booze in this fair
city
AS stated above the original purpose
of the trio was to buy few cows.
chickens and goats at the stock sale,
but they never got that far In fact
as near as they came to the sale at all
was the corner of Forsythe and Chicago
avenues, and incidently it took them
from 10 o'clock in the morning until
o'clock in the afternoon to cover the
distance there from Railroad avenue.
When Forsythe avenue was reached the
row started. Paul asked Theodore, who
Is an old man. how many different ways
he could get to Hammond and Whiting
The old man informed him to the best
OF his knowledge. but Paul wasn't sat
isfied and called Theodore liar and
fnll xh,
gent one on tn Gear. Right there is
where Leon got in the game, and he got
in plenty with a stick he had antici-
pated to use in driving home the cows.
He let Paul have one with 1t on the
side of the face, which Jared that gen.
tleman considerably, but not to the
extent that he left the old man alone.
He gave him anoher blow. At that time
a young unknown from East Chicago,
built somewhat on the lines of Jim
Jeffries, stepped up and landed one flush
on Paul's Jaw, and the subsequent pro-
ceedings interested Paul no more After
ending the fight the local man walked
usostentatiousiy away.
In the meantime Cashier Funkey of
the First National bank had telephoned
the. police station and Sergeant Leo
Mccormack dispatched Officer John
Maldrowski, who arrived on the scene
just in time to prevail on the three
Garyites to get off car they had Just
boarded and tarry a little while longer
in the hub OF the Calumet district and
be presented to His Honor" Mayor
Sch1ieker. D The men from the magic
city were SO Impressed with the hospi-
tality shown them here that they in
sisted on contributing s11.s0 each for
the maintenance of the city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
MORE DISCUSSIONS
OF STATE LINE ST.
Attorney j. A. Gavit Re
ports Condemnation Pa
pers Are Ready.

The opening of State Line street. as
TAR as the Hammond side is concerned
was one of the principal subjects for
discussion by the board Of public
works this morning. City ATTORNEY
John Gavit, who was at the Meeting
said that the papers necessary in the
first step for condemnation proceedings
were practically ready. and City Engi-
neer Peter Lyons submitted blue print
outlining the course of State Line
street from Sib1ey street north to Plum
mer avenue The 61ue print shows the
various buildings which must be moved
or cut off to clear, the way. Including
barns. there. are about seven. the wor-
ley property being at once the largest
and also the <one which will be most
affected
In assessing benefits and damages,
as far as the Indiana side is concerned,
the board is inclined to spread the
DEMENT'S along the entire length of the
street for that territory lying between
state Line street and the alley west of
Holman street. The assessments for
the benefits to this property are to be
light. and it is hoped that by this
method considerable money can be rails
ed toward the payment of real damages
that are incurred.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11

BIG DEAL
IS CLOSED
Minas & Co. Buy rs Feet on
State Street Adjoining
Present Location = Will
Enlarge Store, Making It
Biggest in City.


Another big real estate deal was put
over by Gostlin. Meyn -
the proprietor OF e. q. MinAs &. Co,
one of Hammono's iarge department.
stores.
The property which Mr.. Minas has
purchased Is just east of his store, on
State street, and Will give him a from
tage of 175 feet. 1t is understood that
Mr. Minas is buying this property now
for the reason that he thinks the time
is ripe to make the purchase and that
he does not intend to build on the
property in the Immediately future.
When he does build, however. he will
have one of the largest, If not the larg-
est, department store in the city While
he has not as much street frontage as
the Lion store. his store is three stories
high and the total amount of floor
space available will be larger when
he has built over the whole property
Room for Expansion.
In addition to these holdings the an
nouncement was recently made of the
purchase of considerable frontage on
Sibley street. NThis will give Minas a
frontage on both State street and Sib-
ley street and will make his store very
accessible from both streets
The consideration for which the pron-
erty was purchased is not vet made
public The deal has been in the pro-
cess of negotiation for several davs.
and the fact that 1T was finally con-
summated did not leak out until TODAY
Shortly after the Standard Steel Car
company located in this city w. d.
Webb. acting for himself and several
of the officials of the company. pur-
chased seventy-f1ve feet on State street
for s12.500.
Shortly after that Mr. Minas made an
effort to purchase the property to the
west of him from w. c. Paxton. Mr
Paxton refused to sell except for a fig
ure that Mr.. Minas thought was ex-
orbitant.
The deal fell through and Paxton
built on his property. Mr. Minas was
then compelled to look to the westward
for the property he so badly desired
for future expansion
1t was understood some time ago that
he was negotiating for the purchase
of the Webb property, but it was onlv
today that the facts about the deal he
came public.
The property which Minas has lust
purchased has a two-story brick build
ing on it, but it is understood that this
building is to be destroyed as soon as
the lease with the present tenants ex-
pires- The lease runs for a little over
a year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11

ON FOUR
CORNERS
Mother Racing After Man
Carrying an Infant Child,
and Shrieking for Posses
sion of Baby, Exciting In

father carrying away his infant
child and a mother following. plead
ing for it's possession, caused little
excitement and revealed what may be
a domestic tragedy.
The incident occurred on the four
corners yesterday afternoon, the prin-
cipals being Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burk
and their infant child. Mr.. Burk is
the owner of a saloon at 542 North
Holman street and was inclined to
be reticent about the whole affair. He
still has possession of the child whom
he secured yesterday by strategy
Husband and Wife Separated.
1t appears that the marital relations
between the Burks has not been of the
pleasantest of late, no attempt being
made by current reports, however, to
lay the blame on either party At any
rate Mrs. Burk sought shelter under
a separate roof in West Hammond and
took her youngest child with her. The
fathers affections for the child, judg-
ing from his actions were, however. as
strong as those of the mother and he
schemed and plotted to bring it back
under his own roof Watching his op-
portunity he went to his wife's resi-
dence in West Hammond yesterday and
the mother being absent, he took his
child with him 1t was not long be-
fore the mother discovered the absence
of her child and she accordingly set
out upon the trail of her husband Near
the four corners she caught sight of
him and she quickened her pace, but
to no avail, the husband accelerated
his speed in proportion to hers. The
mother continued to follow. however,
calling him "kidnaper." The atten-
tion of pedestrians was arrested for
time being, but the looked for climax
did not occur, in the business strict
at least.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
CREATE CONSERVATION

The letters which were sent out by
Principal, F. D. McElroy of the Ham
mond high school informing the par
ents of the standing of their children
after the first half of the school year
is completed has aroused a great deal
of interest.
The telephone was kept hot all day
by parents who had no idea that their
children were not doing the work that
is required of them, and by other par
ents who were pleased to know that
their children were doing better than
was expected.
The sending out of these letters will
be made a regular thing in the Ham
mond schools and will serve to keep
the parents posted to what their
children are doing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11

tcontinued on page nvs.,
TO So. BEND

r. d. McElroy. principal of the Ham
mond high school, went to South Bend
today to attend the meeting Of the
highS school principals of northern In
diana The meetings are to be held
Friday and Saturday.
High school principals composing the
association are expected to be present
from Hammond, Gary, Laporte, EIlxhart,
Goshen, Huntin gton, wabash, Peru, Lo-
gansport, Lafayette, Kokomo. Marion.
Anderson and Michigan City.
Friday morning will be spent in Wis
itirg the South Bend high school, with
luncheon at noon at the Elks' club. At
5 80 o'clock in the afternoon the prirl-
cipals will hold a discussion of the
work observed during the day and
will supplement the discussion with
experiences bearing on the work. At
$40 o'clock dinner will be served at the
Elks' club. The evening will be spent
according to the wishes of the guests
Saturday will be spent in a round ta-
Bile in the office of Isaac E. Neff, prin-
cipal of the South Bend high school.
variety or topics will be discussed.
the various subject to be presented by
principals are: Mid Year Graduation.s
"Post-Graduate.' is the Elective Sys-
tenn Overdoneg" Social Life in the High
school,. 1.-The Question of Final Exam
ination.' .Interscholasties and the Fa-
Guilty Coach" What Constitutes Good
Order. in the High school7" stand
ards and Value of the North Central
Association The Industrial Education
Movement SOLID Sessi ons" and The
Noon launching Period
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
SEVERAL BUY AUTOS

The interest that is being takan IN
the Chicago automobile show bv Ham
mond people is greater than it ever
was before in the history of the show.
Among the local people who pur-
chased machines are DR.. Lauer. Mayor
Fred j. Smith and c. j. Bader. all of
Whiting, who bought E. NJ f. ma
chimes: Al Hudson of Hammond. who
bought Firestone machine of E. E.
kunert, and Frank Deming and VIII
liam Ahlborn, who both bought ma
chimes.
Among those who simply visited the
show are E. c. Minas. W. B. Conkey.
Harvey Gostlin and wife, Victor Dyer
and wife. August Schneider and c. e.
Olhausen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
COMPLETE
REMONsIRAnCE

Attorneys Crumpacker & Crumpacker.
representing the demonstrators against
annexation to Gary, have completed
their remonstrance against the proposed
annexation and the document will be
filed some time next week
As the town of Miller was only an
nexed few. days ago. when the Gary
city council passed the ordinance, the
demonstrators have until Feb. II or IS
in which to file their remonstrance
y The remonstrance has been sent to
those who are. fighting annexation in
Miller, and will be returned to Attor-
neys Crumpacker & Crumpackerz for
fling today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
OYER SUCCEEDS MARSH
Congressman Crumpacker's
Idea About Federal
Appointments.

In speaking of the ]. w. Dyer pen-
sion agent appointment the Indianapo-
lis News says:
While no formal appointment has
been made it is understood that Albert
10. Marsh, United States pension agent
for Indiana. will be succeeded by John
W. Dyer, of Hammond. 1t is under
stood also that the appointment is sat
isfactory to Congressman Crunpacker.
of the tenth district and that Mr..
ICrumpacker requested that some of the
larger federal appointees to be named
should come from congressional dis
tricts now represented by republican
congressman. 1t is said that Senator
Beveridge has agreed to this plan.
The principal large federal appoint
ments that remain to be made are of
revenuesc collector at .Terre Haute, rev.
enue coffeofor at Indianapolis and
United States marshal FOR indiana. At
Terre Haute John r. Bonnell has served
two terms as revenue collector. At In
dianapolis Elam Neal has aaerved one
term. n. c. Petit has served two
terms as United States marshal. There
are only two districts represented by
republicans in congress, and they are
the sixth and the tenth.
Marsh has served two terms as PEN
sion agent. and his second term ex-
pired on Jan. 21. 1T is probable, how
ever, that he will not leave the Office
until his quarterly. settlement has been
completed. Mr.. Dyer, who. it is under
stood, is to succeed him, was a soldier
in the civil war, having entered the
union army at the age of fourteen
years. Mr.. Dyer is a banker. and a few
years ago was a candidate for the re-
publican nomination for state treasurer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
BLODGETT'S
PRESSIONS
Staff Correspondent Of Big
Daily Reviews the
Situation.
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL

TIMES BUREAU.
AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, Feb. 1.-THE In
dianapolis News is out today with an
article signed by w. II. Blodgett and
bearing Crown Point date line, in
which the loss of Mayor Knott's ofic-
ial head is put forth as probability
Of the near future.
The story has to deal with the pro-
posed impeachment of Gary's chief
executive and the efforts of Prosecutor
Charles E. Greenwald to out Knots
from office for alleged illegal acts in
the ''blind tiger cases.
the article in full is as follows:
The Lake county grand jury has
prepared an affidavit, signed by every
member OF that body, charging Thomas
E. Knots, mayor of Gary, with mall
feasance in office under section 1862,
Burzs revised statutes. Otto ]. Bruce
of this city. special prosecutor appoint
ed Nv Judge sMcMahan to assist Prose
caf2 ar1ss 2Heen1xa m fhe.
Ada1Nth, and 1t is expected he will f31e
1t bsrore the court IN a few days.
The law requires that immediately
on the fling of this accusation, the
court, within not more than ten nor
less than FIVE days, shall summarily
hear the testimony against the accused
and, If he be found guilty, deprive him
OF his office. and render judgm ent
OF $500 against him in favor of the
prosecuting officer.
Knots is charged in the articles
OF impeachment with neglect to perform
his official duties in allowing blind IT,
gers and open saloons to exist in Gary
in violation of the law; consiparcy in
permitting and taking part in the trial.
as city Judge, of blind pig operators
to thwart the efforts of the grand jury
to send them to Jail; and because of his
refusal to issue his mfttimus and send
them to jail, as the law requires.
LAW ENFORCEMENT MOVEMENT.
The conditions leading up to this
proposed impeachment of the Gary
mayor were brought about by deter
mined effort on the part of the law
abiding citizens of Lake county to have
the liquor laws enforced. When Gary
was young there were a large number
of saloons. some of them as notorious
as ever existed in the western mining
towns; the Anti-Saloon League, under
(Continued on Page Threel
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
BAD AS ORPHANS.
Police Sing: "There Is No
Room For U.s.

Forced out of the quarters which
they have occupied in the superior court
building for many years, the police de-
.partment today retreated to the squad
room, where it hopes to remain housed
until the new quarters in the city hall
building, now under preparation, are
completed The removal to the new To-
cation was necessitated because of the
work of the stone masons who are re-
modelling the front of the superior
court building.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
DEDICATE STRIP TO
HIGHLAND STREET

The board of public works this morn
ing at its session put on record the
fact that Gostlin. Meyn & Co. dedicated
- strip of property six by seven feet
to be used in the opening of Highland
street across the Erie railroad tracks
The strip is dedicated to give the
street the proper width at the point
where it runs into Hart street
The contract for the purchase of an
additional sewer pump to be located
at the Holman street bridge was rati-
fed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
SUBJECT rs TYPHOID
Lake County Medical Socie-
ty in Session.

The Lake County Medical society at
It's monthly meeting yesterday after
noon took up the subject of typhoid
Dr. w. G. Greenwa1d Of Indiana Harbor
leading the discussion with an able pa
per on the subject While the topic af-
forded good opportunity to discuss
1t from local standpoint the profess
sional men did not take it up in that
manner. There was a fairly good at
tendance. taking into consideration that
doctors are quite busy at this time OF
the year 1t was decided to hold the
next meeting at Gary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11

Izssr ~ 81 u sssss she ~ es
disposed OF by the trick OF having fau1-
~ indictments returned, the attorneys
for the Gary saloonxeepers are now up
against proposition to fight the cases
out in court
With preponderance of evidence
against some of the proprsetors of the
Gary blind pigs the only recourse that
is left is to take a change Of venue
to some other judge and to get Bruce
out of the way. The developments will
be intensely interesting.
AS the cases comes near their trial
the blind tigerkeepers are growing
more and more restless, and they now
fear that the immunity bath admins
tered by Mayor Knots will be of no
avail to them in escaping punishment
at the hands of the higher court Most
of them have long since become re-
signed to their fate and believe that
they will be compelled to spend a GER
tain length of time in the county Jail
before they are through with this af-
fair
At present the south end of Gary is
closed up tighter than a drum and it
is almost impossible for a person to
purchase liquor. There are said to be
several speak easy" places, however.
run In the old-fashioned way but there
are no open violations of the LIQUOR
law at present 1t is not thought how
ever, that any Of the proprfetors could
be induced to open now through fear
Of Deputy Prosecutor Bruce if they
were urged to do so by the entire city
administrat ton.
Further reports from Crown Point this
afternoon. are to the effect that Spe-
cial Judge John B. Peterson will hear
the cases which come up on Feb. 81 and
%.
The motion to quash the cases was
overruled and this means that the at
torneys for the blind pig propritors will
have to go to trial. The effort to have
Bruce put out of the way and another
special prosecutor appointed in his
place has failed.
Bruce is assisting Attorney J. NJ
Smith, who is Prosecuting Attorney
Greenwald's deputy at Crown Point.
There is a formidable array of attor-
neys representing the saloonkeepers
IN these cases. They are Attorneys
Manlove and Carver of Gary, Attor-
ney Houren of Gary, Attorney d. E.
Boone of Hammond, Attorney w J.
MacAleer of Hammond and Attorney
Abe Ottenheimer of East Chicago
1t has been remarked that there is
enough resourcefulness in this lineup
TO accomplish most anything.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
BOARD AWADRS
$500 CONTRACT

The West Hammond village board at
Its meeting last night awarded the CON
tract for the cleaning of the West State
street 24-inch sewer from the state
line 10 Lincoln avenue. to William
Kleigehe of Hammond. The contract
involves about $500.
The session last night was a short
one, and little other business was taken
up.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
IS INTERCITY
CONFERENCE
East Chicago Wants Right
of Way Open to All
Competitors.

The. Hammond Business Mems
association, followed closely on the
heels Of the Hammond Manufac-
turers' association in declaring that
it was in the public interest that
the Hammond, Whiting & East
Chicago Electric Railway company
be granted the franchise through
the Gibson subway and over For
syth avenue to East Chicago.
The approval of the Green line
project as opposed to the granting of
the franchise to the Gary & Interurban
tGavits line),' was made, however.
subpect to a guarantee from Mr.. Ira
"A. Cobe of the Consolidated Railway
company that the line and the service
Is to be rehabiIitated at once.
The principai feature of the n,eetf,se s.
Was tae fact thRfssif 81 - Il, III G i<sz
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11
WOULD AO0PI
TWO CHILDREN
John and Annie Repko De-
sire to Gain Legal Pos
session of Boys.
ONE ABANDONED BY FATHER
Grandparents Refuse to Care For It
Other Orphaned On Both
Sides.

John and Annie Repko may or may
not have it in mind to start a private
orphanage. but through their attorney,
d. j. Moran, they have petitioned the
Lake superior court to sanction the
adoption of two children of separate
families.
One was John Harkulic. aged IA
years, whose father and other are
both dead. The child has $s1S.75, which
his guardian, Charles Greenwald. is
holding for him. "a
The other Is that OF John Cizvak.
whom Mr.. and Mrs. Repko desire to
adopt under the narne Of 1eseph Rsp-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11

Apx the dele gaflon from East Rchi-
ce oSshad reala( (issfon in coming to
fia mmond fQ, pre4ent their views on
the traction queS ion. They pointed
out that the routes hat is now sought
oy the Green linNsand the Gary e. In
terurban line Is th8bnly remaining OUT
feL from East Chicago to zthe south.
other words, = E9Fsyth avenue is to
6 chIcaso aE Eoadway Is to the
CIV of Gary
The gentlemen If1am East Chicago:
A. -. Lundquist. GiH49es Fowler. Judge
TN. c. Hembroff ana George Wv Lew
IA Stated Mnequiyocalk that East chi
ease would not grant a franchise to
sny4 traction line whose franchise did
not$Proyide that any6ther interurban
1could use the. &prsyth avenue
roNN under fair and e table terms.
9Hs put the proble,ain a new light
TO be business men Of Hammond. The
co-Aperation of the city of East Chi
cago@nd the city of Hammond is abb
solutefy necessary before this question
can be solved. for the reason that any
franchise that might be granted will
have to meet the APPROVAL of the city
councils - both cities.
BECKER CAN'T DICTATE.
For instance: There is considerable
sentiment in East Chicago in favor of
the Hammond, Whiting and East CHI
cago line. The fact is pointed out that
this line will build the much desired
extension to Indiana HarboT within the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-11

THE TIMES COVERS LAKE CoUN-
TY FOR NEWS WITH A FINE TOOTH
COMB AND GETS RESULTS.