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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
Testimony Is Heard.

Andrew Schroeder. who was arrested
on a warrant sworn out by r Tallman
a week ago was tried before Judge
Barnett this morning in courtroom No.
3 of the superior court
The ease was heard and on account
of other matters of Importance the ar
guments will not be heard until Tues
day morning, Oct. "a.
Attorneys Gavit and aMrtin appear
ed for the city and Attorney w wills on
for the defense.
Schroeder was arrested on a charge
sworn out by Mr.. Tallman for doing
plumbing work without a license
which is a violation of the city ordi-
nance
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
FOUR BONES
FIRST DAYS
PROCEEDS

Every banker in Hammond is scratch
ing his head today.
The Ave banks of Hammond have put
up $50, 900 worth OF low interest bearing
bonds of approved type in order to
qualify as postal savings bank depos
itories.
This will give them the privilege of
dividing the 81 which was deposited in
the Hammond postal savings bank up
to 3 o'clock this afternoon.
According to this the FIVE banks in
Hammond will each be entitled to de-
posits amounting 10 so cents. To Sc
cure tf,ese deposits they have on de-
posit in their vaults $4,000 worth of col
lateral.
The f1rst depositor at the bank was
John Henry Bartlett, 1875 Logan street.
Mr. Bartlett Is 12 years. of age and
was on hand at the bank at o'clock.
when the postoffice opened this morn
ine.
II IS not known how much longer he
had waited. When Assistant Postmas-
ter Otto Rabe asked him how long he
had been there he replied ~Oh. quite a
while"
The next and only other depositor
who appeared at the postal savings
bank was H. c. Bunneil. aged 13 years
who lives on Michigan avenue. He de-
posted later In the morning.
Despite the fact that the first days
deposits amounted to only 81. the postal
authorities are confident that they will
increase later on. 1t is expected that
the bank will be patronized principally
by foreigners who want the backing
of the United states government tc
safeguard their deposits
Otto Rabe says that the government
has sent $4,000 worth of certificates
of deposit. so that il probably antici-
pated must larger business than ii
actually got
The advocates of the postal savings
banks thought that the new institution
would bring large amount of money
out of stockings and from under mat
tresses, but evidently there Is not much
money kept in these places in Ham
mond-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
FEET ON CAR SEAT; ARRESTED

VALPARAISO, Ind, Oct. 21.-John
Shusterman, florist, and Arthur
Sanders. chauffeur, of Chicago, today
filed suits in the Porter County Cir
cult Court, each for $4,000, against
the Grand Trunk road for alleged
false Imprisonment. The men were
enroute to New York, when, they
claim the conductor assaulted them
with a blackjack and had them ar
rested because they refused to remove
their feet from the seat.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
WHY GEO. DAVIS
HATED CROWN POINT
Gary Murderer Watched in
Jail for Fear He Would
Suicide, Resents It.

BY innuendo the enemies of Sneriff
Thomas Grant took occasion to make
1t appear that his management of the
county Jail is responsible for the fact
that George Davis, the Gary murderer,
when asked If he had anything to say
following his sentence to hang for the
murder of May Marsha said: "Ah'd
rather be hung now than to go back
to that Crown Point jail"
No explanation was made Of this re-
mark. 1t was given all of the pub
licity possible and the few readers OF
certain paper, which has regularly
attacked Grant, were led to believe
that Davis had been the victim of some
sort of 5arbarism that made death
preferable to Imprisonment at Crown
Point.
II was case of get Grants goat
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
OPEN SHOP ISSUE
MAY Be FORCED
Ingwald Moe Of Gary Asks
Order IN Court Against
Hammond Contractor.

An attempt to force the open shop
issue in North Township following its
adoption in Calumet township is seen
in the action which has been started
sby Ingwaid Moe of Gary to enjoin J.
III. McClay Of Hs mmond from interfer-
ing with Moe in the erection of the
Given and Elian building in Gary.
The employment Of non-union men
on the Given building in open shop
Gary resulted in strike of the union
men on McClay's jobs In closed shop
Hammond
McClay has a quarter of million
dollars worth of work in progress In
Hammond and says he does rot pro-
pose to have his Hammond jobs tied up
on account of the Gary job.
So be has insisted that Ingwald Moe
to whom he sublet the Gary job, en-
ploy none but union men. Mr.. Moe
does not agree to this and in his COM
plant he alleges that McClay pro-
hibits the plaintiff and his men from
continuing to carry out the terms OF
his contract and that he has used force
and violence in 50 doing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
Will Get No Mercy.

Men who ruin little girls. and are
convicted of the heinous crime,
need expect no mercy from Judge
Gridley in the Chicago criminal
court. before whom Jim" Finne-
ran of West Hammond is on trial
on just such a charge
1t was reported around the GRIM
inal court building yesterday that
the Judge last week had sentenced
a fellow to thirty years imprison-
ment for running a little girl At
torney Day, who with John F. Reil-
ley of Hammond. is prosecuting the
Finneran-scase, was the states at
torney in the case last week and Sc
cured a conviction which resulted
in a sentence of twenty years. The
criminal then asked for a new trial.
which was granted him. He was
again convicted and sentenced to a
term of thirty years by Judge Grid
ley.
The aefsn.ssss = sz,a IL :a,zve -
mfffed that the attat1< on sister su-
perior Eusebia of st. Margaret's
hospital. TO intimidate her. was the
worst possible mistake. The bar
room tactics not only turned the
limelight on the case in the Chicago
papers. but it brought home to the
court the fact that here was a case
which was being desperately
fought.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
lawyer TRIES To
confuse Witness
If Finneran is Convicted by Jury, Pre-
diction is Made That He Will Get
a Heavy Sentence
,By STAFF CORRESPONDENTS

Dealing in personalities at the close
of a protracted cross examination of
the prosecuting witnesses in the trial
of James Finneran, the Hammond
electrical worker accused of the ruin
of little Evelyn Florin. Attorney Rit-
tenhouse of the defense, in the Chicago
criminal court. denounced three Ham
mond men Interested in the case as
cons pirators, yesterday. Attorney
John F. Reilley. Captain Emil Bunde
and Chief of Police Peter Austgen
were accused of .-rehearsing. drilling
and training" Clara Scheppman to give
her testimony given on Wednesday
and Thursday.
BRUTAL WORK OF LAWYER.
The aggressive and brutal question
ing of clara Scheppman concerning
her familiarity with Hammond and
West Hammond, by Rittenhouse, show
ed that he was trying to prove that
she on the various excursions with
O'Conner in trips in the latter's buggy
could have been on the Indiana SIDE
other absolutely insignificant coutra-
dictions and incongruities were the
only apparent results of days exer-
tion by the lawyer who. through his
Attorney Roughhouse" by Chicago re-
porters.
HAMMOND GEOGRAPHY.
Geographical Hammond, the names
of its streets, their length and char
-acter was the subject of the morning
3ConfyD11ed on page 81
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
HESSLER
SUED FOR
ISLANDER

Miss Virginia Brooks today started a
s25.000 slander suit against John Hess
Ter. the president of the village board
OF West Hammond. who is alleged to
have charged that Miss Brooks stole
$4,000 from the village
The suit was started by Attorney
Patterson. who has represented Miss
Brooks in a number of matters. Miss
Brooks says that she will press the
case to the bitter end
She says that If she did not resent
the charge that has been made against
her that the people of the village, who
have faith in her, would begin to sus-
pect that there might be some truth
In the slander.
In the case OF the writ Of mandate
which has been secured against the
village trustees TO compel them to hold
the election of city officers, the court
today ordered the vacation of the judg-
ment on the plea of Attorneys At
wood, Pease and Locke that they did
not have an opportunity to make a
necessary amendment OF the complaint.
Plead No Funds.
1t is understood that this amend
ment is one in which il is stated that
the village has no funds with which
10 pay Tie 6AIthStS oI al tletIlOI Ii
is understood that the attorney for
Miss Brooks will answer that the ex-
penses will have to be paid out of the
general funds of the village.
The will GO to trial again
Monday, following the vacation of the
| judgment 1t is understood that the
village trustees will take an appeal ,ir
case the court orders the writ of man
| date to issue
| In the argument of this case yester-
| day Attorneys Atwood. Pease and
| Locke stated that Attorney Patterson
| had been guilty of sharp practices IN
taking advantage of the ending of tbs
court term to prevent an appeal from
] being taken. Trouble was threatened
for time, but the court finally reprov-
ed the attorneys and the matter was
dropped.
| Miss Brooks has taken up the mat
ter OF getting a separate postoffice fol
West Hammond with Congressman w
| w Wilson of that district and he ha:
promised to do all he can in the mat
ter
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
ENGINE GOES DEAD
AUTO|STS IN PERIL
Especial to THE TIMES)

Lowell Ind, October 81. = Pinioned
In an automobile. whose engine
had died, Nate Brown of Lowell sat
helpless on the brink of eternity while
imminent destruction in the form of an
on-rushing passenger train sped toward
the powerless car on unprotected
country crossing. near Shelby.
OF Its own volition the machine.
which had placed the life of four men
In Jeopardy. coasted slowly from the
place of danger to the base of the
grade, with but a margin of a few
inches on the side of safety as the pas
senger rushed by.
Five Are Weak.
Five strong men were rendered weak
and helpless by the adventure, four who
had jumped to safety with the warning
OF the approaching train, and one
whose escape was blocked by dead
engine. helpless stearing gear and
closed doors and who for a few mo-
ments sat In the path of death with full
knowledge OF its approach and his peril
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
ONE KILLED, 4 HURT
IN BOILER EXPLOSION

four severely burned today by a boiler
explosion at the plant of the Western
Steel Car & Foundry Company, One
Hundred and Thirty-sixth street and
Ontario avenue. Ofhcials of the COM
pany said that none of the injured
men was expected to die. They also
denied man had been killed. The
cause OF the explosion was unknown
and an investigation was started at
once. The injured men were taken 10
St. Margaret's Hospital at Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
DIVORCE
BRINGS OUT
SENSATIONS
East Chicago Couple in the
Hammond Superior Court
Dig Up Skeletons and
Present Them to Public
View by Lawyers.

The Lewis divorce case yesterday in
the Lake County Superior Court at
Hammond brought out some exceed
ingiy sensational testimony. 1t re-
vealed the dual life of Mrs. Blanche
Lewis, the common law wife of Dave
Lewis the well known East Chicago
hardware man, the strange story OF his
meeting the woman with whom he lived
Tor four years in resort at Gibson
and number of other interesting in
ciderrs of her career.
When Mrs. Lewis filed her complaint
1T appeared that she had been tricked
into living with the East Chicago man
on the promise of marriage; a promise
which was never kept.
She told in her complaint how the
knowledge of the fact that she was not
married to Lewis. when her friends and
neighbors supposed she was in law
fuf wedlock. grieved her exceedingly
and hurt her conscience.
Other Side shown.
But the actual trial of the case re-
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
HAMNTCND MAN
rs .HONORED

Lafayet-vr. Ind, Oct. 21.-The North
ern Indiana Dental society yesterday y
selected KendaIvilie for next years
meeting and named the following off,
GERS:
Glenn Shideler, South Bend. president;
. Il. Leagally, Lafayette. vice president;
j. w Bowyer Logansport. treasurer,
Robert Giliis. Hammond. secretary. and
". c. Bunyan, Kendaiville, supervisor
of clinics.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21

Boston, Mass, Oct. 21.-Rev Clar-
ence I. V. Richeson. pastor of the
fashionable Emmanuel Baptist church
and occupying a cell in the Charles
street Jail charged with the murder of
Miss Avis Linneii, student OF music,
today is reported to be a physical and
mental wreck. To add to his woe the
chairman of the finance committee of
his church was delegated to ask him
to resign today The crime OF which
Richeson is accused is one of the most
diabolical in the history of the state.
Richeson is alleged to have given Miss
LinnelI cyanide of potassium in order
TO get her out of his way so that he
might marry Miss Violet Edmans, at
whose home he was arrested.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
DETECTIVES CROOKS; BURNS

New York, Oct. 21.-"NohoGy
takes the word of detective" said
Detective w j. Burns in his address
before the Politics Club of Columbia
University, because most detectives
are the worst kind of blackguards
and crooks. If you want to be de-
tective get a good reputation first. ;"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
Jury Disagrees.

The two cases OF Charles Thrailkill
were tried before Judge Barnett in
courtroom No. this morning before
jury and this afternoon the jury dis
agreed.
The case was pos tponed a number of
times and the defense asked for a
jury. The case will be tried again be-
fore Judge Barnett and was set for
Saturday, Oct. IS. Thraillxill was ar
rested about two weeks ago on a
charge of violating a city ordinance.
he having done an amount of plumb
ing work without license.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
A BIG CELEBRATION,

Members of st. Paurs German Lu-
theran congregation have made ar
rangements to entertain the visitors
from neighboring congregations at
their homes tomorrow afternoon and
evening. Most of the visitors who are
coming for the Wa1ther centennial
celebration are expected to arrive in the
afternoon, but there will be visitors
from Laporte and Valparaiso who will
arrive in the forenoon and participate
in the morning services Many ate ex-
pected from Gary and Tolleston
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
Had Killed one Man.

At Cedar Lake, few minutes before
the Monon train. which passed through
Hammond at $50 Thursday afternoon.
had killed C. \. Beckett, a civil en-
gineer. whose leap for life lacked but
same small margin of being successful.
With the blood of one human life, the
engine rushed on to another only to be
cheated by miraculous interference
in the closest span from eternity man
ever knew.
Didn't Henr Train.
According to the story of the motor
lists. the train was heard at the identi-
cal moment that the engine of their
machine had ceased to make any audi
BILE disturbance. simultaneously four
men jumped to safety, leaving the hor-
rer-stricken Brown to await the expect
ed. which didn't happen Then came
the slow response to gravity which
brought the ear and its occupant into
retreat but a few inches in the clear.
There was no hilarity on the homeward
road.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21

THE HOME NEWSPAPER OF LAKE
COUNTY is THE COMPLIMENT BE-
SLOWED BY ITS READERS ON THE
TIMES.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21

You will say that a Lavender cigar
cannot be beat, II you try one.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21

TIMES WANT ADS ARE FOR
SERvICE-TO your
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21

CONTINUED on page S.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21

Try a Lavender cigar. It's good:
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-21
WEATHER.

GENERALLY FAIR,
MODERATE WINDS.
CONTINUED COOL
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20
UNDERWOOD FAVORS
FULLEST PUBLICITY
Democratic Leader of House
Makes Statement Regarding
Holding of Caucuses.
By Leased Wire to The Tribune.


WASHINGTON. Aug. 1s.-Democratic
Leader Oscar w. Underwood gave out
the following statement tonight:
Some of the Republican members OF
the house, well as some Of the press,
have INDUCED In some criticisms OF what
they choose to call secret caucus rule.
In some instances these criticisms have
been leveled at me personally.
For many years II has been the Gus
tom Of all parties to hold party eau
cuses with a view to securing harmOni-
Gus party action In former times 1t was
customary for such cases to pass res
olutions that It's passage should be kept
secret. No such resolution has been
adopted since I was made chairman OF
the ways and means committee. Nothing
has occurred at any Of the caucuses
which. II given the fullest publicity.
would have embarrassed our party or
any member of It,
IT see no objection whatever TO open
Ing the press gallery at our caucuses and
allowing the newspapers to carry full
reports OF our proceedings. l am one
OF those who believe that the fullest pub
Lefty concerning all public matters Is
essential to good legislation and good
administration OF the laws"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20
NUMBER OF CUSTOMS
HOUSES TO BE REDUCED
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated PreSB,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-If the treas
ury departments plans for redistricting
the customs territory of the United
States are approved by congress, the
number OF customs houses Will be re-
duced from 124 TO seventy three and many
collectors who now hold important po-
itical Offices will find themselves reduced,
Anbany. n, Y; Syracuse, n. T.; Allan
"a. Ga; Wheeling. w. Va; Sioux City,
a; Burlington, Vi; Dubuque, Ia: st.
Joseph, Mo-; Chattanooga, Tenn; Day
ton. o.; Paducah. Ky; Lincoln. Neb.,
Knoxville. Tenn. and Houston. Tex, are
among those which would be reduced TO
supports In new districts,
Some new ports OF entry would be ere
ated. among them Springfield, Mass.
Cincinnati, Louisville, ST. Louis. Mem
pills, Evansville. Omaha, Kansas City,
Des Molnes. indianapolis, Nashville and
Grand Rapids There are now no ports
of entry In Indiana, Kentucky. Tennessee,
Missouri Iowa Utah or Nevada.
Names fourteen customs houses would
be reduced TO four; Massachusetts from
eleven TO four: New York's from ten to
Six, VirGinias from seven To two; New
Jerseys from six TO one; Florida's from
cigfnt to four and California's from four
TO two
In some instances the collection dis
trlcts of important collectors would be
enlarged and deputy collectors added to
their staffs.
Assistant Secretary Curtis IN charge OF
|customs. who devised the redistrictng is
sanguine that congress Will approve IT,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20
TWELVE MEN BURIED
BY CAVE-|N IN MINE
Hundreds of Comrades Work
ing Frantically to Recov-,
er the Bodies.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
DULUTH. Mimi, Aug. 1s,--r Is re-
ported that twelve men were buried In
a cave-in In anime at Hibblne, Mimi.
early tonight
a special from Hibbing, Mimi, TO the
News Tribune says,
Twelve men are buried under hun
dreds OF tons OF earth. stones and debris
and believed to be dead. Over a hun
drod OF the miners co-wOrhers arc work
ing frantioally. themselves In danger CON
tlnuously. In an effort to dig out tho
bodies Of their unfortunate comrades
hoping that some OF them may still be
alive In cave-in which occurred at IL
o clock toniGht at the Buffalo and Sus-
duehanna omen pit mine at the cast or
Railroad street.
At the place whore the disaster oc-
Cured the bottom of the pit was ap
proxImately $50 feet below the top OF
the bank and about 80 feet from the bot
tom and 116 feet from the top Of wide
ledge. on which was being operated Il
steam shovel,
The first intimation that the bank was
In danger OF sliding came when few
tons nf earth dropped and half buried
the steam shovel. The men detailed TO
uncover II a few seconds later were
themselves buried beneath second
slide. Three more men commenced dig
ginB for them. and n call was sent for
the second track crew from the lower
level They had Just arrived and com
menced work on diegins out the men
already buried when, without the slight
es- warning, the bank caved In from
the top burving the entire gang. with
the exception OF three men who made
good their escape. Every man available
is working to recover the bodies.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20
GIRL MISSING AND
POLICE MYST|F|ED
Miss Addic Mitchell Leaves
Home in New York and
Fails to Return.
/, The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Aug l9.-The Now
York police fear they have another
Dorothy Arnold case on their hands.
Miss Addie Mitchell, 35 years old,
daughter of the late Caleb w Mitchell
noted gambler and once president of
the village of Saratoga, n, Y, has been
missing in this city since Monday. No
trace Of her is known to any of the
members of her family. The girl had
been living with her sister for nearly
two months up TO the time of her dis
appearance,
AT the apartment where the girls
have been living with Mrs. Marjorie
Sheldon. it is learned that Miss
Mitchell left the house in taxi-cab
about Q o'clock Monday afternoon,
She was expected home for supper at D
0 clock, but has not been seen or heard
from since.
The missing girl had no love affairs
so far as her sister or Mrs. Sheldon
knew.
That Miss Mitchell had no intention
of going away for any length of time
is clear, her sister said, because she
did not take any extra clothing with
her. II is also doubtful whether she
had any money.
Caleb Mitchell, the girl S father, was
known throughout the country rs a
gambler, at which he is said to have
made fortune. In January, 1902, he
committed suicide in front of State
Senator Edgar Brakett s Office IN
Saratoga. where it was said he had
gone with the intention Of killing his
foe His two brothers and mother
died by their own hand, and it was
said that he had been haunted by the
idea Of suicide.