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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-05


speaker forgetting ihat the pr"p"Si''oI
related only to apartment houses IL
wa" given the same amount VI APP
pause ihat had Deeh Accorded inc
preceding speaker
i1'haro h"SKihs' supervisor ant
an 'N-m'op'f OF the council a'S'
spoke asaihst the matter declaring J.
would work hardshlp on the poor
man. forcing MN /" uchS ms 'hi'-
dreh proper food Mr.. iosNlnH quote
Mayor ''"NH"r 81 New i"rN III iaF"'
81 has attitude ana closed with re
quest mat u" acti"h be tilheh
AUGUST M'I''' Hoau "l 'he p"''u W
pupIlc WORKS TOOK the moor To sup
port 'ht RESOLUTION ana 'il'h "'"'r''''''
Neiu came /" the rescue ny Ih"Nl'S
'hai the motion De ialu on the t'p''
unul the general MANAGER ana tue
board oil pupHc WORKS couId SuPpN
the c'hu'll win more ud'd' ms
method OF d"uSlhg the RESPONSIBILITY
appealed To the council ana the mo-
ton passed
W. H. Mason a. HiEe owner OF nan
cock real estate, told the 'ouhcll thd'
II meant N-''"oo To the CITY TO put J."
the meters ANA repeated the tnIod'
of }. {. Donahue regarding the sprlnF
elections.
Mr. St"cklN told the cnunci that l'
had been grossly miSreprescnted ~
this lieht. that ne was p"wefIcSs be
fore the attacks that were being made
ON him. but that through 1t all ne had
only the best interests of the city AT
heart.
Mayor Makes Heated Address.
Mr. Stocily presented report ol
the work on Front street and this gave
rise to another hght. Alderman oIala
rose and said that in his opinion 1t
would he better TO arpltrate the mat
ter with Mr.. g. -. Hanchctte and Of
tered motion that the condemnation
proceedings be dropped. Alderman
Bran at once seconded this motion
and il looked like II would go through
The mayor at once took the iloor ana
in a very heated address took an OPP
posite view. lie declared the matter
had now gone too far for any course
except a fight in the courts. Alder
man Oiala asked If Mr.. Hanchctte had
understood the city's propositions and
Mr. Dodge said that he certainly MAJ"
'Tbp ru1NCr stated the council had gone
on record in favor of condemnation
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
'Rull HEADED JURY
OUT "a HOURS
Benjamin Mays Fate Still
in the Hands of the
Jury.

The jury in the case of Benjamin May.
charged with entering the car barns of
the Gary & Interurban railroad for the
purpose of committing a felony. had
been out twenty-four hours at noon to-
day and failed to arrive at an agree
ment.
Judge Virgil s. Reiter, who was in
South Bend. had asked Judge Becker to
receive the verdict If there should be
one Shortly before noon Bailiff John
Agnew called Judge Reiter on the long
distance telephone and asked him how
much longer the jury should be kept
out
The Judge informed him that IL il
had not arrived at a verdict by D. m
today that ii should-be discharged. In
the meantime Attorneys Sheehan and
Lyddick, who defended May, take this
as a good omen and do not believe tina,
their man will be convicted. The worst
they expect to get is a disagreement.
The court attaches refer to this
most bull headed bunch of jurors tha,
the court house has seen in a long time
The same jury was out fourteen hours
before they finally arrived at verdic'
In the case of Paul Prince VS.. Taper
Beemsterboer and others.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
INJUNCTION CASE
TAKEN UP TODAY
Gary Land Condemnation
Questions Are to Be
Aired in Court.

Judge Lawrence Becker is expected
to be back from Chicago at four o'clock
this afternoon in order to take up an
injuntion preceding in which Ballard
& Stantn. represetig Edward Greiner,
hope to be able to enjofn the Gary &
Connecting Railways Co. from proceed
ing with the condemnation of certain
land.
Sine time ago the Gary Connecting
Railways Co. started injunction pro-
ceedings against Edward Greiner for
the purpose of securing a right of
way through his land.
The court issued an order in which
he found that the railroad had the
right to condem the property and ord
cred it appropriated as prayed for in
the complaint.
John NJ Beckman. Morris Reiner and
Fred r. Smith We're appointed the
appraisers and they were to meet at
the South Side Trust Bank in Gary this
afternoon to make the appraisemen.
Following their failure to preven:
the condemnation of the property Bal
lard and Stanton have now sought &c
enjoin the appraisers from proceeding
further The case will cme up In Judg.
Becker's court at four o'clock this aft
ernoon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17

Personally appeared before me.
Stephen A. Cross. a notary public in
and for the county of Cook and State
of Illinois. Meyer Himmelblau. who
after being first duly sworn. deposes
and says as follows:
I met Mr.. Thomas Fart Dean on or
about May 1st. 1911 at 61s First Ma
tional Bank building. Chicago. Ill. hav-
ing been referred to him by Mr. Bloom
of this city. 1 was hired by Mr. Dean
to act as a stenographer In Gary Lake
county, indiana, and the next day left
Chicago for Gary; met Mr.. Dean at the
Gary Hotel where he registered me at
this hotel j. ]. Jones, Chicago. room
ais. Mr.. Dean had shown me tho dicto-
graph and the workings of it upon my
arrival, he speaking in one room and
listening in another. About three or
four days later l was requested by Mr..
Dean to take a record on Mr.. John
Nyhoff who was then the member of
the board OF public works. This rec
ord was taken. 1 was alone In Room
s1s, Mr.. Dean being in room 3o4, witt,
Mr. Nyhoff. After the conversation
was ended Mr.. Dean had returned from
down stairs, where he and Nyhoff had
gone. Dean came to my room and ask
ed/me how I had gotten along. 1 saio
that had heard part of the conversa-
tion and had taken 1t down In my notes
The next morning Mr.. Dean came tc
my room with a long hand memoran-
dunn in his hand and we sat down to-
gether and he asked me 10 open my
book and read just what I had taker
down of the conversation. AS we went
along he would write down in long
hand on sheets of paper the essentia
parts of the conversation as / had
taken it. We then pat paper in the
| typewriting machine and I started tc
write the conversation as Mr.. Dea 1
/ dictated 1T from the memorandum
| which he had This conversation filled
up about four pages of paper
Mr. Dean then produced new short
hand book and asked me to take type
written sheets and Write them mp In
shorthand In the new shorthand book
| and he destroyed the old one.. Mi
Dean himself destroyed the origina
fnotes of the conversation as I hat
| taken 1t by tearing them up. The inl
writing in the shorthand book Mr.
| Dean wrote out affidavit. himscIi
putting In my name that the notes Il
the book were the original notes of fhs
Nyhqm record and that they had beer
| taken on such a date and in such
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
HEAVY VOTE CAST
IN TIMES PRIMARY
Bulk Of Ballots Yesterday
Cast For Becker, Knots
and Watson.

The fourth days balloting in THE
TIMES gubernatorial primary brings a
total of nearly seven, hundred votes
cast of which over one third go to two
men. T. E. Knots of ,iary and
Lawrence Becker of Hammond. re-
markable coincidence is noted in their
case and that is that each man doub-
led his vote over the preceding day.
Mayor Knots of Gary still leads in the
balloting- Another quite remarkable
fact is brought out and that is there
is far more interest among the demo :
Gratis than among the republicans. The
mails today are bringing many vot es
and messengers are fiocking with the
final ballots. The totals Will be an
nounced next Tuesday. but absolutely
no ballots will be received after Mon
dav night
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
TEN THOUSAND NAMES
EXPECTED NEXT WEEK

Nearly / 700 names have. been signed
10 the petitions in the Lion store alone
asking for fve-minute street ear serv-
Ice In Hammond. The petitions. which
have been circulated in the various
manufacturing plants in the city are
being literally signed.
1t is expected that by the middle of
next week 10000 names will have been
secured on the petitions. 1t is under
stood that. those who are back of the
project for better service intend to rent
halls in all parts of the city end have
public meetings in the interests of i'm
proving the service.
There will De advocates OF the i'm
proved service who will explain its ad-
santages and answer any arguments
that may be raised against the new
plan
The public generally is aroused over
the project and ii is believed that pub
lie sentiment will force the installation
of better service even though the fun
nve- minute service is not established.
There seems to be some misunder-
standings regarding the proposed plan
which will have to be thrashed out In
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17

public meetings before the demands on
the street car company are fully formu-
lated
For instance. the business men on
East State street do not like the idea
of having the cars run only one way
around the icop, IL they are right in
their assumption that they will run
only one way.
They say that the city service ought
to run both ways around the loop.
They say that IL the cars ran only one
way that the people who transferred at
One Hundred and Fiftfeta street and
Calumet avenue from the East Chicago
cars would never reach State street
They ask that the cars run both ways
around the loop so that a person could
get on the city cars, afte transferring
from the East Chicago cars and ride
either by way of Hoffman street or
State street from Calumet avenue
Those who are back OF the movement
for better service seem to be very well
satisfied with the progress that has
been made so far and it seenis that
some Improvement in the service is al
ready assured.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
LAWYERS
HIT BY A
TAXI CAB
Messrs. Greenwald and Man
love Of Gary Have a Mar
row Escape Last Night.

Two we'll known Gary attorneys were
badyl shaken up and bruised last night
shortly after O'Clock when q taxi
cab, driven by Chauffeur Williams of
the Williams taxicab line, struck them
as they were crossing Sixth avenue and
Broadway The injured are:
GEORGE MANLOVE, $50 Madison
street. offices in the Reynolds build
ing. thrown several feet; injured
about the knees and legs.
CHARLES GREENwALD. TO jackson
street, prosecuting attorney, thirty
FIRST judicial district offices in the
Brennan block; hit and thrown
against curb. badly shaken up and
bruised
Escaped Serious Injury.
Messrs. Man1ove and Greenwald had
just been in a tea and coffee store in
the east side of Broadway. They were
crossing to the opposite side when the
taxicib bore down upon them By
ISLANDERS assisted them to their feet
and although both are able to be out
today they feel quite sore" Witnesses
declare that they had a lucky escape
An investigation will be made to de-
termine whether Williams was exceed
ing the speed limit. OF late taxicat
and automobile drivers have ignored
the city speed ordinance and there is q
mania on the part of many automobil.
lists. especially doctors. to fly past ths
Sixth avenue corner. the brusiest II
the city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
.BETz CANT FIND
LADS NON SMOKERS
Has Fine Jobs For Young
Men Who Don't Smoke
Cigarettes.

+. S. Betz, the surgical instrument
manufacturer, has not been able to get
boys who live at home. have good hab-
its and do not smoke cigarettes.
Betz said today. I'VE have some fine
positions for boys or young men who
are willing to come in and spend some
time learning to make surgical instru-
ments.
The work requires so much skill and
care that II is hard to find the right
kind of men OF boys to learn the trade
In Germany and other foreign countries
there are hundreds of skilled fnstru-
ment manufacturers. men who learn
the trade and hand the art down to
their sons and their children's children.
But here in America it is hard to find
employees who will do the work as 1t
should be done, although we would be
willing to pay well for their services
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
NEW IDEAS
ON WATER
SUPPLYING

New ideas on pure water supplies and
sewage disposal were brought back to
the Calumet region yesterday by repre-
sentatives of Hammond. East Chicago
and Gary, who attended the fifth an
nual meeting of the Indiana Sanitary
and Water Supply association. which
met at Indianapolis on Thursday and
Friday
The object of the association is the
study OF the sources of wstfer supply In
the stslts Of Indiana, their conservation
and puriacatioIr but Within recent
years the scope of the association has
widened to such an extent that other
related subjects are taken up with
equal interest
Hammond was represented by DIR. w.
ID. Weis. secretary OF the board of
health. white East Chicago was repre-
sented by G. L. Kirk, superintendent
of the East Chicago water department.
Gary was also represented by a number
of representatives
| Men who are recognized the world
over as experts, read papers and made
addresses, among the subjects being a
| paper dealing with the sanitary survey
/ of the Ohio river by Jay A. Garvin,
1 water chemist of the In6iana state
board of health: report on the con-
dition of the White river, with sugges-
tions on sewage disposal by Fl. E. Barn
| ard report of the committee on
| stream pollution and sewage disposal
| by r. l. Sackett, professor of sanitary
engineering at Purdue university. An
| interesting phenomena was discussed in
a paper by DR.. W. G. McGee, who has
| charge of investiga ting soil water for
the United States department Of agri-
culture. the paper dealing with the
diminishing we'll supply in Indiana A
| most interesting address was made by
George w. Fuller, sanitary expert of
New York, his subject dealing with
sewage disposal.
ArrnnGes for Hammond Meeting.
| All the ideas and theories expounded
at the meeting are of the greatest in
terest to this region. because the Calu-
met region has many problems to solve
in this line.
While at Indianapolis DR.. Weis made
! tentative arrangements to have some OF
the big men in Hammond to address the
Lake Michigan Sanitary association
which meets in Hammond on April 4fh
land for which he is making arrange
ments now. Among the men whom he
expects to have at this meeting are DIR
| Jordan. president of the Indiar<a state
board of health; DR.. H. f. Bare1ard, In.
diana food and drug commissioner: r
l. Sackett. professor of sanitary engin-
eering. Purdue university: Charles b
Burdick. sanitary and hydroulic en-.
gineer of Chicago. DIR. George B Young
commissioner of health Chicago. DR.. j
n. Hurty OF the Indiana state board o
health, and Prof. Severance Burrage OF
Purdue university
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
EXPECT
INTERESTING
SESSION

Members of Unity council, Knights
of Columbus. are looking forward to
an interesting session In Hammond
next Monday evening. when the sec
ond degree will be conferred upon a
large class. At this meeting Joseph
Roy. the grand knight, Will also In
former the council whether or not the
class receiving the second degree will
be admitted to the third degree at a
joint initiation with the Gary council
on the following Sunday. l. Harry
weis. the new lecturer of the council,
also has a number of features for en-
tertainment which he will give for the
benefit OF the lodge on Monday night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17

place when in truth and in fact they
were not the original notes.
During this time while IN Gary
made records on G. A. Wnliston. Em-
erson l.. Bowser. Anthony Baukus.
Bolice Szymanski, szymanski, ST. and
John McFadden and Walter Gibson.
These records were made In the same
manner with the conversation with
ness I'm each case TO the conversation.
In the first conversation with Bowser
in the room with me as "a witness was
Harry G. Moose. At the second con
vefsation with Bowser the witness
was S. J. Watson. In the three con-
versations with Bolice Szymanski
Ralph w Julian was one OF the witt
nesses and DR.. Hosmer another. In
the Walter Gibson record the witness
was DR.. Hosmer.
In all of these records 1t was i'm
possible for me to hear enough OF the
conversation so as to put them in
shorthand and make any sense. In
fCoufinued on naRe m
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
Charge MADE THAT
dean FAXED NOTES
Himme1b1au Stenographer In Bribery
Cases Makes Serious Allegation
Against Employer
ACCUSES TRANSCRIPT FORGERY

The tower of bribery evidence,
against Mayor Tom Knots and other
Gary city officials which had been
built up by Thomas B. Dean, the
franchise seeking detective Of dicto-
graph fame, was shaken at the base
this morning when it became known
that the defense declares that Meyer
Himmelblau one of the states star
witnesses, in an affidavit signed by
himself swears that he and Dean had
faxed the alleged photograph records.
Himmelblau young Chicago
stenographer according to lawyers
for the defense was on the receiving
end of the dictograph. when Dean,
and some of the men whom he claims
he has bribed. were in Deans room.
discussing the bribe.
HIRED ny DEAN.
1t was his business to make steno-
graphic record of the conversation as
he heard It. ifSianothcr room over the
EU1EJ0&rHQH. 8ut<NLS lf19 Dr4p8ry 4cuHF8o2
xitutfy rest on the dIctogrsph evidence,
fIImrne eiblsu- klsns stfth been weye the
prinsipaI .swfsnesses< : Now H1frnelbfad d
has bolted apd IS In tn eopposing camp
resting securely under the protecting
wings of the attorneys for the defense.
Himmelblau will probably never set
foot on Indiana soil again. while any
dictograph cases are pending. fearing
arrest on the charge of perjury in the
Williston and Gibson cases. In the
Williston case which was tried at Val
paraiso the jury disagreed, while
Walter Gibson the Gary councilman
was convicted at Crown Point largely
on Himmelblau's testimony His case
is now pending in the supreme court
and will take on an entirely new
aspect there because of Himmelbaiu $
cofession.
Inasmuch as TIimnel,lau will not
come to Indiana again, the attorneys
| for the defense. and the states attor
l -
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
HIMMELBLAu
MAKES SWORN
STATEMENT

''Mr. Dean had me make fake
notes in every case and the
original notes are not now In
existence
Dean destroyed every original
shorthand book that I took notes
in while on the other end or the
dictograph and had me make fake
notes.
There was never taken by me
any dictograph record on Thomas
E. Knots the mayor.
Mr.. Dean said, when Mr..
Knots signed the franchise that
the Job they put up on him did not
work out the way they thought it
was going to work
Dean himself made all of theso
records. ...s y
In all OF these records Il wa
impossibas for me to hear enoneh
or che sse'nveTsz t m so - = f( ~ 5
them IN shorthand and make any
sense.
Mr.. Dean instructed me that
in case / found it impossible to
write any of the conversation
from the dictograph to continue
writing so that to give the impress
sion to the witness in the room
that was getting all the conver-
sation."
Extracts from Himmelblau's
AFFIDAVIT
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
DONALDSON
Is RELEASED

John Donaldson, who was auaran-
tined at 2s7 Sibley street for number
of weeks owing to smallpox with which
he was afflicted. was released from
quarantine this week. The quarantine
was raised on Monday of this week and
the house thoroughly fumigated- It is
not thought that the disease has spread
any farther in Hammond. At least
there have been no signs of it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
Return From Funeral.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Shea and their
daughters, Misses Fannie and Florence
of 33 Webb street. attended the funeral
of their relative, Mrs. Charles Shea, at
Rochester, n. Y. this morning
Mrs. Charles Sea was a sister-in-1aw
of Mr.. Sea of Hammond and died last
Wednesday at her home after a long
Illness. She visited in Hammond at the
time of the death of her nephew.
Charles Sea, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn
as Shea.
The Hammond family went to the
bedside of the dying woman d week
ago last Thursday.
WHY ARE YoIl NOT A TIMES
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
RETIRES FROM
DRAY BUSINESS;

Harvey Marchant one of the veteran
drawing and expires smen in Hammond,
has turned his business over to Martin
Stroman. his nephew. who now runs the
business Harve" as he Is known to
his friends around town. is laid up at
his home on Russell street with sick
ness. He has been in the draying
business for nearly twenty five years
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
Realty Market Quiet.

While there are q. large number of
inquiries for real estate In Hammond
there have not been many sales. Cost
lin. Meyn & Co. report only a few sales
of minor Importance, and the j. s.
Blackmun Co. has done nothing to
speak of. The ]. s. Blackburn Co. Will
be in it's new office in another week.
The office is located next to the Citi-
zens Germany National bank
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17

THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE
TIMES MORE TIMES CIRCULATED
EVERY DAY THAN All. THE OTHER
DAILY PAPERS IN LAKE COUNTY
PUT TOGETHER
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17

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, 1912-02-17

Frances Rose. Cleveland girl who
who Will next season terminate a
fve years engagement singing opera
tic roles in Berlin. has announced
that she Will accept long American
engagement with Gatti-Casazza and
the Metropolitan opera company. She
nd never seen grand opera pro-
duction until she went 70 Europe to
study There she has sung the title
roles in several Strauss operas
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
POLITICS
SURPRISED
BY BOMB

The first real political sensation of
the year in Lake county politics broke
today when Alexander Jameson of
Gri5ith. trustee of Calumet township
announced his candidacy for the repub :
iican nomination for auditor of Lake
county.
This makes public the frs. opposition
to the candidacy of John A. Brennan of
Gary and brings to the surface, the
volcano that has been rumbling for
some time about the audltprship II
presents an: interestire sequences pf
sventss not al OF which can be made
public now.
Was Well Received.
When John a. Brennan first an
nounced his candidacy it met with
cordial and enthusiasts reception
Leaders from all parts OF Lake county
1ad in his pre- announcement campaign
promised him support and on the rep
reservations made the Gary man, he
got into the field All seemed serene
for a time bat the news developed
that secret forces were at work agains'
Mr.. Brennan. the county seat furnish
ing their origin.
Brown May Rum
Then the news came that Mat ]
Brown, commissioner aDout 10 an.
nounce his candidacy and Mr.. Brown
sid go over the county to size up TIL,
situation. He found a great many o
the leaders told him frankly that the,
were for Mr.. Brennan and the expected
announcement was not forthcoming
Next the name of William Water 0
Whiting, county councilman wa
brought up. but Mr.. Water mad to b
shown where he was not being mad
stalking horse for some one else
Now comes the Jameson announca
n,ent and 1t is declared that 1T will b
followed by others. Friends of MI
Brennan declare they will not be sur
prised to see three or four candidate
In the race before long, paving the wa
for an announcement from the friend
Of Mat ]. Brown.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17

WHY ARE YoU NOT TIMES
RF:ADER7
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17

Continued on page 50
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17
The Sensational Affidavit

CONTINUED on page 81