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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
SUSPECTS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY

Two brothers, John Kiglan and
Frank Kiglan, were arrested in East
Chicago Sunday on suspicion of being
check forgers and fugitives from jus
tice who are wanted in Chicago. 1t
was represented that the men had been
arrested in Chicago and jumped their
bond
Some one who was acquainted with
the brothers tipped 1t off to the po-
lice that they We're in town and the
officers We're sent to arrest them. The
East Chicago police followed up the
tip and arrested the two men. after
which they communicated with the
Chicago authorities who said they
would send a detective out to identify
the suspects. The men later confessed
to the fact that they were wanted for
the crime as charged and when the
city detectives came to get them they
waived extradition-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
OLD OFFICERS
REFLECTED
Annual Report Shows Loan
Co. in Good Trim.

Old officers in the Hammond Build
ing and Loan association were re-
elected at the annual meeting last Sat-
urday night in Weis' hall, and the an
nuai reports showed the organization
in fourishing condition.
Henry Pickert was elected to fill the
unexpired two year directors term of
A. w. Graves, the latter's office having
expired with the maturing of his stock.
L. T. Meyer and John Liesenfeld are
the other two year directors. The one
year directors are F. Ewert. J. w.
Weis and ]. w. Reed The directors
elected last Saturday to hold over for
xhree years are b. F. Bump, Henry
Radloff and Joseph Voss. The re-
elected officers of the board of direc-
tors are w. c. Belman. president: John
l.. Rohde. vice president A. F. w. Fed
der. secretary. and p. w. Meyn. trea-
surer.
More than 1850 are enrolled as sub
scribers of stock in the association.
which speaks for the popularity of it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
BICKhELL SUBMITS TO
SERIOUS OPERATION
Veteran Hammond Business
Man Critically I'll in
the South.

4 Uncle Henry Bickneil, who is one Of
the most issteros4iag ehasa tiers that
Hammond has ever known and who
left few weeks ago to visit his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Henry Kramer of Nacodoces,
Tex. was taken seriously Ill immedi-
ately after his arrival there and was
compelled to undergo an operation.
Judge Virgil s. Reiter received a
night letter from Mrs. Nellie Kramer
this morning stating that the opera
tion had been very successful and that
Bicknell would probably recover
The doctor diagnosed the case as
bladder trouble and found after the op-
Grafton that his diagnosis had been
correct Bicknell is not expected back
in Hammond for several weeks
He has left the store in the care OF
clerks. Bicknen did not feel we'll for
six months prior to his leaving Ham,
mond for Texas. and it is hoped that
upon his return he will be in the best
of health and spirits.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
FLOOD NOW
IN SOUTH STATE
Waters at Lawrenceburg Do
Immense Damage.

Lawrence burg, Ind. April 1.-Prac-
tical1y the whole city is under deep
water today and more than fifty build
ings are known to have been carried
away The Knippenbnrss.ca s.carriaga fac-
tory burned during the night. Owing
to the warnings of flood danger. how
ever. it is not believed there Will be
any loss of life here.
During the fire the foctory buildings
were torn from their foundations and
carried about FIVE squares, by which
time the buildings had burned to the
waters edge. The water supply is
plentiful for refugees, who fed to the
highlands. but it is not believed there
is enough food for more than two days
on hand The flood came when the
levee broke Saturday afternoon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
MOAON STARTS
TRAINS AGAIN
Hoosier Limited First of
Through Trains South
Since Flood Began.

The Monon today established train
connection again between Chicago and
Indianapolis, via the Big Four from
Lafayette. and also hoped to get its
Louisville trains through tonight and
tomorrow.
The Hoosier Limited was the first
train to be started out over the Monon
since the food to reach the capital.
From Lafayette. however this train
had to be routed over the Big Four.
The Louisville line is already opened
as far as Bloomington and by tonight
or tomorrow morning 1t is hoped to
get the trains through. The south
bound train scheduled to leave Chicago
at o'clock in the evening is going to
start for Louisville.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
FORCES FAMILY
OUT OF HOUSE
John Juhas of East Ham
mond Was a Bad Man.

After forcing his wife and children
into the street and declaring that he
would kill them. John Juhas of East
Hammond was arrested by the Ham
mond police last night. He was taken
to the central station in the police pa
troll and booked for intoxication and
disorderly conduct
This morning he was arraigned be-
fore City Judge Barnett and found
guilty. He was fined So and costs.
amounting to SIS, and warned If he
ever molested his wife or children
again that he would be sent to jail
for six months. His wife appeared as
complaining witness and stated that
she feared he would do her bodily
harm. The trouble was caused by Ju-
has coming home in an intoxicated
condition.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
SOUTH BEND WANTS
THROUGH SERVICE

F. Lewis Meyer, general counsel Of
the South Shore route. piloted ten
South Bend city officials about Gary
this morning. The South Benders came
up in a special ear and are en- route to
Chicago to confer with the /. c. r. r.
officials.
South Bend wants through interur-
ban express service to Chicago. Gary
is the present terminal of the Chicago
express service and passengers from
points to the east have to change cars
at Gary. An effort will be made to
have the. I. C. assist in getting the de-
sired service.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
STANLEY SURE
HE'S WOUNDED
Tells Judge He Cares Not
What Doctors Say.

Stanley Victairsky of West Ham
mond. 80 years old, who attempted"
suicide by firing blank cartridges be-
cause Josephine Kowalski, 81 years
old. 1918 Milwaukee avenue. Chicago
refused to marry him, insisted when
arraigned before Municipal Judge Sa-
bath yesterday that he had shot him.
self. The case was continued to have
the man examined by city physician.
He is married and has two children.
I'm shot, judge, and i don't care what
the police say" said Victairsky. The
bullet entered near my heart DR.. Ed
ward Wells testified that he examined
the man. but could find no bullet
wound.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
SIX YEAR OLD CHILD
TELLS AWFUL TALE
EBridgeworlker in Jail on
Charges Brought in City
Court Today.

Absolutely the most sickening and
revolving charges ever brought against
anyone in Hammond were preferred
against A. L. Palmer, 216 Pine street.
who is employed in the American
Bridge works at Gary by his 6-year-old
daughter this morning. Hardened to
tales of crime and moral degeneracy
they are, the Hammond police were
shocked beyond measure at the abhor-
rent turpitude of the father whose
alleged foul deeds against an innocent
child are unbelievable and unprintabie.
Palmer was bound over to the superior
court and taken to the Crown Point Jail
pending further investigation of the
shocking case by Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney Ralph Ross.
The child first told a neighbor of
her parents acts, while the mother lies
on a bed of pain in ST. Margarets hos
pitaL officer frost served the war
rant on Palmer while he was at work
in Gary. The prisoner refuses to talk.
The little girl has made full confess
sion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
NEGRO IS
SENT Up
FOR L|EE:

Andy Bailey. colored. charged with
the murder of Ada Fair, a Gary ne
gress. appeared in Judge Lawrence
Becker's court this morning and plead
ed guilty to murder in the first degree
and accepted a sentence of life i'm
prisonment.
Bailey was represented by Attorney
II. E. Granger and when asked IL he
had anything to say, refused to make
statement. At the time he was ar
raigned he attempted to make speech
TO the court, asserting his innocence
and setting up the fact that the kill
ing was an accident
He was told to make his pleas at
the trial He accordingly pleaded not
guilty. However, he changed his mind
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
Dies from Cancer.

Following an illness at St. Marga-
rets hospital. Mrs. Ella Deaner. a we'll
known and respected resident of Ham
mond. died yesterday morning at $50
O'Clock Death was due to a cancer.
This morning the remains were ship
ped to her former home at Grand
Junction, Mich. where funeral services
and interment will be made tomorrow.
Mrs. Deaner has been in i'll health
for a number of months and was re-
moved 70 st. Margaret's hospital in
hopes of getting relief from her con-
slant suffering. Very little improve
ment was shown and her condition be-
came critical. Sunday she suffered a
relapse and passed away early yester-
day morning She was 56 years old
and is survived by two stepsons. Fred
and Peter Deaner, who reside on East
State street
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
ANOTHER OF
THOSE WARNINGS

Hammond residents who own chick
ems were given their first and only
warning this morning that unless they
keep their chickens from running at
large arrests will be made and prose-
cutions will follow. The first violation
of this city ordinance was reported this
morning when Joe Mallett. 352 Henry
street complained that neighbor
chickens were permitted to run at
large and were destroying his lawn.
The police investigated the case.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
BUILDING BOOM STARTED
IN TWIN CITIES THIS
SPRING SHOWS MUCH LIFE

Seldom has yielded the improvements and
about Indiana Hbor and East Chicago factories and mills than
promised for this all sides being
peed erection The
Republic mills East Chicago quite
men cost at the former plant the nghbohod and at the lat
about $4,000 Thirty thousand dollars has been
out by the Grav Tank works for buildings etc. and the Green
ments and is planning something like $4,000
Cities
its
investment $4,000
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
Especial TO THE TINES }

Crown Point, Ind, April L.
Harold H. Wheeler, Mayor of Crown
Point and one of the best known pub
lie men in Lake County died last
night at eight o'clock at the Battle
Greek, Mich sanatarium where he
was taken last Sunday.
Mr.. Wheeler's trip was made in the
hope that treatment at the famous
Michigan health resort would prove
beneficial. but he collapsed in the
train as he neared his journeys end
and death was imminent
END NOT UNEXPECTED.
With Mr. Wheeler on the trip and at
his bedside at the time of his death
were his wife and son and DR.. Schaible
of Gary. They saw that the end was
reached the sanatarium and the long
battle he had fought for so long came
as no surprise to them.
For over 3, year Mayor Wheeler has
been in miserable health. EverythinE
that could possibly be done to restore
him was done. The most eminent
specialists in the country were con-
suited. Mr.. Wheeler was taken to a
Chicago hospital last winter and there
he submitted to an operation that at
first gave some promise but later it
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
NOW rs 1T,
OR rs IT NOT?
Educators Get Different
Wires About Meeting

Despite the fact that County Super
intendent Frank f. HIGHWAY report
ed to THE TIMES yesterday that Arthur
]. Deamer had Informed him that tho
Northern Indiana Teachers association
would meet at Indianapolis as usual on
the 3rd, 4th and 5th of April, Super
intendent c. NJ. Mcdaniel of the Ham
mond schools has received a telegram
from Deamer saying that the meet
ing has been called off.
Deamer is the chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee and is presumed to
know what Is going around 1t is now
up to Superintendent HIGHWAY and
superintendent Mcdaniel to compare
notes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
B. J. CLIFFORD DEAD.

Benjamin ]. Clifford, best known in
Jasper county for his work in reclaim
ing thousands of acxes of swamp lands
and for having built a railroad from
McCoysburg up into Lake county, died
at the Rensselaer, hospital Sunday
morning at $50 o'clock after an ill
ness extending over almost three
months. starting in apoplectfc
stroke. Five days after he was at
tackled his devoted wife died from
heart failure.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
DONNAHUE rs
AFTER PARDON
Lake Co. Murderer Wants
Out of the Penitentiary.

Relatives of Frank Donahue, sent
up from Lake county for life SEN
tence in the Michigan City penitentiary
for the murder of John Northrup, who
was lured from Benton Harbor, Mich
to Lake county and killed. are renew
ing their efforts to have him released
on a parole. There is little likelihood
however, that they will be successful
The convict's mind is affected and there
is little hope for his mental better
ment. The prisoner has always pro-
tested his Innocence.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
DO Record Broken.

According to Sergeant Oscar Boron
ert this morning 1.511 hobos have been
lodged at the Hammond central sta
ton since the first of the year. break
ing all previous records. OF this num-
Der 63S were booked during the month
of March, making an average OF near
ly 20 dodgers a day The police cannot
account for the large number of So
journers as the weather has not been
as severe as in past years. Last year
the police lodged in the neighborhood
of 1000.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
ANOTHER So DONATION

THE TIMES acknowledges the receipt
of So for it's flood sufferers fund from
Phillip Buettner. proprietor or the
East Lawn greenhouses, sos Michigan
avenue. The money has been Tor
warded
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
GARY TO ANNEX
MORE LAND

Ridge road property owners under
the craftsmanship of Tim Englehart
Yesterday afternoon met at the Engie-
hart hall and decided to ask the city
council to annex two sections south
of the city The council will then be
asked to redistrict the city so that the
entire district below the Little Calumet
is in one ward.
1t is said that Mayor Knots plans
TO redistrict the whole city IL he can.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
KILLED BY
STEEL GIRDER

Struck on the head by a steel girder
which was being swung into place by
a crane, Fred Schier, 23 years old. SS37
Houston avenue. South Chicago, was
instantly killed yesterday while at
work on the new Ninety-second street
bridge over the Calumet river He was
employed as a laborer by the Great
Lakes Dredge and Dock company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
HAVE INTERESTING
MEETING LAST NIGHT
Hammond Chamber of Com
merce Will Meet Hence
forth Monthly.

Members of the Hammond Chamber
OF Commerce who failed to attend the
general meeting last night missed sew
erai good things, among them an in
teresting resume of the new public
utilities law by Judge Lawrence Beck
er and a pithy address by President "
s. Reiter on what the body has ac-
complished and what it stands for in
Hammond
Believing that general meetings of
the membership should be held more
frequently. it was unanimously decid
ed to hold such gatherings at least
once month. with set program for
the evening. BY invitation from the
Indiana Harbor and East Chicago Com
mercial club, the health committee of
the Hammond Chamber of Commerce.
along with other civic bodies of the
region. will investigate the feasibility
of providing a county ISOLATION hos
pital. The committees are to hold a
conference and then to report back to
their respective organizations.
Election Next Week
Judge Reiter in his address called
attention to the annual meeting of all
the members on next Monday night.
and the election of directors in the
place of eight whose terms expire
This election is to be held on the fol-
lowing day from ) o'clock in the aft
ernoon until inthe evening At the
same time he promised that a special
committee would MAKE an exhaustive
report at the general meeting about
the activity of the Chamber of. Com
merce during the past year. He pre-
dicted that it would be interesting and
a revelation to the membership.
Judge Becker in response dwelt on
the need of just such organiza ton
in Hammond the Chamber of Com
merce.
This is not an organization merely
for few business men retail mer-
chanst." he said. this body aims to
give expression to the sentiment of the
entire city and to be a guide for our
! public officials. When such big pub
lie improvements as the proposed deep
sewer system. which. when completed.
on both the north and south sides of
the river VIII cost the taxpayers not
much less than $1,000. 600. are con-
| templated, it behooves the taxpayers to
| find out Just what is going on Every
man whose property is benefited by
the natural growth that this communi-
ty and who is benefited by the activ-
ity of this body. owes it to himself and
/ the city to have membership in the
+! Chamber of Commerce"
| Approves of New Law.
In his discussion of the public util-
! tiles law made few brief comments as
I he read extracts from tn claw and
! added that it is a fair measure both for
/ the taxpayer and for the corporation
/ and that all that is needed is to have
n unmiased state board. The new law
Judge Becker pointed out, recognizes
/ the fact that public utility companies
| in order to be successful must have a
monopoly. and that the board assumes
| to regulate the monopoly
/ Rev. j. Sharp made a brief oral re-
| port about conditions as he and Messrs
| Rohde, Simon and O'Rourke found
| them in Peru. saying that Hammond
| relief car was very acceptable.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01

new tile warehouse just completed is
80 by 160 feet in dimensions. built of
steel and corrugated iron A pattern
tContinued on Page 81
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01

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, 1913-04-01

Is your house cold when you reach
home? Get a Gas Heating Stove.-No.
ind. Gas & Elec. Co.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01

DON'T HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A
1T TO A TINES AID
AND GET RESULTS THAT COUNT.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01

The Green Engineering companys
improvements include several buildings
and the necessary equipment. Some OF
these are just about completed, and
others are in process of construction.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
Mayor of Crown Point Col
lapses on Michigan Cen
trail Train and Dies Last
Night at the Battle Greek
Sanatariuna.
A YEAR Of SUFFERING
COMES TO ITS Close
tEI LII LETIN.l

(BULLETIN.l.
Crown Point. Ind, April 1.-The fu-
neral of Mayor Wheeler Will take place
on Thursday afternoon at /: o'clock.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
LATEST NEWS

Constantinople, Turkey, April L.
Turkish government today unreserv-
edly accepted terms of peace proposed
by European powers
Cairo, ILL.,, April Cairo prac-
tically under martial law today in
desperate effort to stem flood. Mayor
and citizens patrol committee took
stringent methods to make all men
work
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01

Arrced with authority from Presi-
dent Wilson Instantly to set in mo-
ton everv govern mental 7gencv to
relieve SUFFERING Secretary of War
Garrison ard Ma Tor General Wood
os the u 6 army are in charge OF
the relief work in the aood-stricken
districts Of Ohio Secretary Garri-
son has power TO order federal
tr,ops into Ohio as nav be neces-
sarv This stem probably will not
have to be taken
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01

ADVERTISE AND ADVERTISE
AGAIN IN THE TIMEA
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
END NOT UNEXPECTED.

tcontinued on Page Sd
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CONTINUED on page 81
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-01
WEATHER.

FAIR TO-DAY
AND PROBABLY
WEDNESDAY.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-14
Farmers Educational
I'M and Operative
iii Union of America

The "palmy" days of childhood re-
call many spanking.
Buster never took the place Of
plain. steady, everyday work
Don't insinuate that the girl who
wears a blazer got it at fire sale.
He who never takes any advice will
be quite consistent If he never gives
any.
The way to make life a success is to
plan for, work for, and live for the
things desired.
1t is folly to suppose that all things
come to those who wait for some
thing to turn up.
Next to getting the man she wants,
a girl enjoys getting the man some
other girl wants.
Praise, and you will have good
hands. Find fault and you must have
to do your work yourself.
One year with. another, for most
people, crop rent is better than cash
rent. More fair all around.
What the farmer wants more than
credit is cash with which to close up
his credit deals of yesteryear.
That the course of love doesn't run
smooth is demonstrated by the fact
that it's a rocky road to Reno.
No matter how much mans back
may itch, he doesn't like to be
scratched when he is running for Of
fee.
Don't tell a friend in trouble that
every cloud has a silver lining, unless
you have time to stop and find it for
him.
1t is small consolation to the ball
player to realize that the members OF
the militia are also called out on
strikes.
The race is not always to the swift.
but it is just as well to bear in mind
that the tortoise never repeated that
little performance with the hare.
Anxiety is one Of the worst of wor-
ries; therefore do not stay IN town
unnecessarily long and worry the wife
or mother over possible accidents.
There IS one thing to be said In
favor of the egotistical mamie is so
busy talking about himself that he
seldom has time to talk about his
neighbors.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-14

tary outlaws more rapidly merged
into general roars.
Mr. Shaw appealed in advance for
the cessation Of applause and told
the people that they would get out Of
the theater half an hour earlier II
they did not applaud until the end
of the play; that II you laugh loudly
and repeatedly for two hours you get
tired and cross. and that you are sor-
~ the next morning that you did not
stay home
Have you noticed" he wrote. that
people look very nice when they
smile or look pleased. but are shock
ingly ugly when they roar with
laughter, shout excitedly or sob loud
ly. Will you think me very migrate
full and unkind II I tell you that
though you cannot possibly applaud
my plays too much at the fall of the
curtain, yet the more you applaud
the performance the more angry you
make me?"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-14
PRINCE WAS MAD 40 YEARS

little colony Of farms and workshops,
out of which he made a fortune. He
began the construction of the temple
with the object of accommodating
5000 of the faithful of'the $4,000 who
we're to be saved when the end Of
the world came
He promised his followers that he
would live forever, but he died before
the tower was finished. II remains
unfinished today despite the fact that
over 100000 was spent on it. The
building remained unoccupied until
1906, when it was taken by an Ameri-
can named Mills, who adopted the IT,
tie of Prince Michael" and proclaim
ed himself the successor of "Jezreel"
About three years ago Prince Mi
chaefs followers were evicted, hav-
ing failed to pay the rent to the own
er, a contractor who had taken over
the building on the death of "Jez-
reel"