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HAMMOND POLICE
ARE BADLY MYSTIFIED
Fort Wayne Police Chief
Seeks Data Concerning
Man of That City.
DAILY GASH PRIZES
SHANNON PREACHES
SENSATIONAL SERMON
Gary's New Masonic Temple
GIVEN HE TIES
Missing Word Contest is
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Baptist Evangelist Scores
Started on Page Eight
of This Issue.
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Doctors of Divinity
Last Night.
CdDEUS DANCING & CARDS
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Times Reporter Visits the
Standard Settlement and
Gets a Glimpse of the Real
Poverty That Exists in
That District.
TALES WIThIoME
OF I1SIARIG
Company Pressing Inmates of Tene
ments for Eent and There is No
Money With Which to Pay For
eigners Who Have Give to Those
Who Have Not.
"How are conditions at the Standard
Dow?" is a question often asked by
Hammond people.
To him, who would get at the bottom
of the local economical and sociological
problem the foreigners to gain
knowledge from the fountain source
instead of receiving it second-handed
from the printed page, a visit to the
Standard Steel Car settlement in its
present condition, would prove of im
mense value.
The heterogenerous community which
eix months ago was like an ant hill
breathes today as though touched by a
blight.
There is no work, the men are idle,
there is no money and no salvation.
vonaiuons at the Standard could be
many times worse, and yet there would
be no reports , of starvation coming
from there, but that does not prove
anything.
There are some who have money,
some who own their homes and a few
who have an income; but when' these
more fortunate ones are compared In
number with the army of unemployed,
not mentioning the wretched women
and half-naked children. The number
of more fortunate ones Is just large
enough to give foundation to that un
reasonable statement, which has been
repeated time and again by the for
eign prejudiced: "Why don't they go
back where they came from. The idea
of appealing for help when a Hunk
was found with a roll of money large
enough to choke himself and family."
Let Him "Who Doubts See.
Let the man who doubts the exist
ence of destitute conditions go to the
Standard and converse with the for
eigners in their own language or with
an interpreter. Let him picture him
self as an ignorant foreigner in a
strange land without money and sur
rouded by pauperized friends. What
he will see there in a two hours' visit
will satisfy him that something must
be done for these foreigners despite
the fact that the majority of them are
single and strapping big hulks and
despite the fact that Somebodywich
has a few sheckels.
A Times reporter, who had occasion
to visit the settlement yesterday, soon
found himself surrounded by a crowd
of foreigners. Upon his entrance in
the village the place seemed to be
deserted. Here and there a few half
naked children were playing in the
sand-plots, surrounding the company
houses. Any piece of material picked
from a garbage pile was sufficient for
them for a plaything for lack of
something better it had to be. They
were playing soldier and one of the
out-houses served as their fort.
"Xot Entirely Deserted.
Otherwise the place seemed deserted,
but not entirely, for two men were
seen sitting on their heels and leaning
against one of the company houses.
Noticing that they were being ap
proached they eyed the stranger sus
piciously. Could they talk English?
They did not have to answer for the
blank stare in their faces gave a plain
enough answer in the negative.
Going around the corner of one of
the company houses the reporter- saw
a man sitting on the banister of the
porch shinning his long stemmed meer
schaum pipe.
"Is that the best you can do, to sit
here and play with your pipe?" The
question was not seriously, meant, but
the man answered in all seriousness as
best he could: "Me no work, nothing
for three months. Me no spik English,
spik Yerraan. Me ungar."
The reporter spoke German to him,
leaving it to him, however, to do most
of the talking.
It was not long before the newspaper
man was surrounded by a swarm of
foreigners. What his position might
have been under other circumstances.
Investigating some crime there for in
stance which they might try to hide,
might only be imagined.
A Anger In Their Eyes.
"Go back?" Who will give us money
to go back, here are four men right
before you vtfio have been here for five
months and who have not worked an
hour. You tell us to go away from
Hammond and find work on the farms
' Continued on page 2.
SAYS HE WAS KILLED HERE
Local Authorities Do Not Believe
That Louis Miller Met Death
In Hammond.
Where did the police of Fort Wayne
pick up the Information that the hndv
of an unidentified man had been picked
up on the railroad tracks in this city
about four weeks ago?
That is the query that Is quzzling
the police of Hammond. ,
This morning the police authorities
received a letter from W. II. Anken
bench, superintendent of the Fort
Wayne police department stating that
a man was .found dead in Hammond
recently who had not been identi
fied. Neither Chief Rimbach nor Cap
tain Bunde know of such a case. There
is no such a find reported on Desk Ser
geant See's records.
The Fort Wayne chief says that
Louis J. Miller of that city, has been
missing .since January.
Parties who saw the body as it lay
on the tracks in Hammond returned
to Fort Wayne and identified a Pic
ture of Miller as that of the man found
in Hammond.
The police of ' the eastern Indiana
city sent a picture of Miller to Ham
mond and it is at the police station.
The local authorities are anxious to do
all In their power to help out the Fort
Wayne police, but after conducting an
investigation of the local undertaking
establishments, they are unable to
throw any light on the subject.
FATHER ID SON
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Jacob Madama Subpoenaed
to Appear in Justice"
Court at Griffith.
Griffith," Ind:, April'- 14. Special.)
There was a sensational rough-and-tumble,
knock-down, fight took place
here yesterday when Jacob Madama
and his son became involved in an
altercation and the son succeeded in
putting his sire to the bad.
Madama summoned Marshal Taylor
and after swearing out a warrant in
a justice court the rebelious son was
arrested. The details of the quarrel
were heard in Judge Liable's court yes
terday. The testimony showed that
the son avpeared to be in the right,
however, and the suit ended up by the
father paying the costs.
If! ADJOURNED SESS
Local Saloon Keepers Hold
Adjourned Meeting Dis
cuss "Dry" Movement.
The Hammond Saloonkeeper's assc.
ciation held an adjourned meeting v.
terday afternoon at which a declara
tion was inserted into the minutes
to the effect that the association ia
aware of the temperance agitation in
me county and that the saloonkeepers
of Hammond would make a united ef
fort to protect their interests. While
no particular candidate for a county
office was singled out the sentiment
as expressed in former meetings, was
repealed yesterday that a candidate
who is known to be against the saloon
would be bought by the saloon Inter
ests at the polls next fall.
Dan Shuck secretary of the asso
ciation, who was absent when the reg
ular meeting was called two weeks
ago, was present yesterday and oblig
ingly told the organization of his visit
at the meeting of the liquor dealer's
meeting held in Philadelphia last week
The secretary told the local organiza
tion that the Philadelphia organiza
tion feels itself so - strong that no
inroads could be made in their busi
ness there.
B. A. PEATT A PROUD FATHER.
B. A. Pratt, the Chicago Telephone
company's representative, was out from
Chicago today and reports that a bright
baby boy came to say "Hello" at his
residence last Monday. Mr. Pratt
doesn't seem any the worse for the ar
rival and says mother and Mr. Pratt,
jr., are doing well.
SPECIAL TRAIN GOES THROUGH.
A special train on the Monon passed
through Hammond this forenoon from
Lafayette to Chicago, carrying five
coaches of students who will attend
the opening game of baseball on the
south side this afternoon. It was im
possible to get a. line on the way the
bunch would "root" as there were both
Sox and Tiger aherents in the bunch.
FI6H
WILL LAST FOR THIRTY DAYS
Money Given Away on Exhibition at
Lake County Savings and
Trust Company.
The rules of the contest are
explained fully on page 8. , 5o
answers will be received before
7i30 Thursday viorning. They
will be numbered one, two, etc.,
consecutively as they come Into
the office until all answers are
numbered. The letters will
then be opened by number and
the first letter to contain all
the missing' words wins the
prize. The missing words and
the winners will appear each
day for the preceding day.
The Missing Word Contest Is now
on.
Drop in at the Lake County Savings
& Trust company and see the easy
money there is for some one.
One of the most Interesting pages
ever presented to the reading public
of Hammond is the eigth page of this
issue of The Times. It has been termed
the "Missing- Word Contest," and con
tains the announcements of fifty of
Hammond, East Chicago and Gary's
leading business interests.
From several of these announce
ments one word has been purposely
omitted and the first person who brings
or sends to this office a list of these
missing words on Thursday will be
given one dollar in cash. This page
will appear in thirty issues of The
Times, but each day different adver
tisements will be changed and one
dollar In cash given to the successful
contestant.. There will never be many
of these words left out just enough
to make the contest Interesting. To
day there are four words missing, and
no one, not even the advertisers them
selves, know whtit these words are,
with the exception of The Times "Miss
ing Word Contest" editor. After - to
day the number of missing words will
not be announced, but it will never
be large.
It will not be hard to -find, the places
where these words have been taker,
out, and a little thought will reveal
the words. If you don't get the prize
the first day, try it the next one per
son may win all or most of the prizes
if he or she Is bright and quick enough.
No one is barred from "this contest ex
cept the employes of The Times and
their families, and it is not even neces
sary to be a regular reader of this
paper to win a prize. Boys and girls
will find this an- easy and pleasant
way to earn spending money, and par
ents should give them assistance by
reading over all the advertisements, so
that none of the words may be missed.
The few simple, but necessary, rules
which govern this contest will be
found at the top of page 8. Turn to
it now and be the first to get a prize.
The money in new, crisp one-dollar
bills is on exhibition in the offices of
the Lake County Savings & Trust com
pany on State street.
HIS ABILITY TO FEIGN
DEATH SAVED HIS LIFE.
Justice Stachowlcz of IVest Hammond
Tells of His Ruse at AVleklinski
Murder Trial.
Justice Adam Stachowlcz of West
Hammond, was the principal witness
in the case of Stephen Lisula and Geo.
Polus, charged with the murder of
Village Trustee Henry J. W'leklinskl.
It was only the presence of mind of
Justice Stachowlcz in feigning death
after the shooting, that saved his life.
Stachowlcz told . of how he was stand
ing at the bar in Wleklinski's saloon
on the day last January when the mur
der was perpetrated. As the men en
tered he started to retreat when he
saw them shoot the saloonkeeper. Be
fore he reached the door they saw him
and shot. The justice fell face down
ward so the men could not see him
breathe and cried out that he was shot.
The men then left, believing their vic
tim dead.
Death Is the only penalty which will
satisfy the state's attorney in the case.
Assistant State's Attorney Rittenhouse
told the. court. He says the death of
the saloonkeeper was so delibately
planned that the extreme penalty
should be applied.
Lisula and Polus bore grudges
against the saloonkeeper, he said. They
began to plan the murder in December,
says the state. Both bought revolvers,
and going to the saloon called for a
drink. WliekinskI turned to get the
drinks and was shot. They confessed
their deed.
MAY PETITION CITIZENS.
. The commissary department, located
in the city hall for the purpose of help
ing the poor of Hammond, may cir
culate a petition In Hammond for the
purpose of securing subscriptions
toward the department if the plans of
Councilman John Pascaly are carried
out. The poor are coming In regularly,
applying for help" from - Councilman
John Kane. Seven were given aid today.
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tion papers from Indianapolis for the Gary Masonic Temple association, in
corporated at $100,000. The club will meet the forepart of this week for
the purpose of electing officers and transacting other business of importance.
The association was organized by a committee headed by Captain H. S. Nor
ton and Clyde Hunter. The plans of the building have all been arranged.
The first floor is to be used for business? nnmnsoc tvi conn nffi.oii
the remainder for lodge and club purposes. The plans ' call for a handsome
structure that will be a credit to the
WHITING L10 IS
HOW ON TIGHT
Metiritiiiir Insists
That Mayor Smith
Closes Lid.
GERRYMANDER QUESTION UP
Anti- Saloon League Insists That Sa
loons Will Have to Go Out of
Business There.
It has been rumored that the reason
for fitting the tight lid on -Whltlnc-
was that some of the city authorities
nave Deen threatened with impeach"
ment If they did not at once toks na
tion against the gamblers and slot ma
chine owners in that citv.
An effort to confirm this rumor was
unsuccessful but it did rlevpi th.f
the better element of the citizens of
wnitlng: went to Mayor Smith and
make the-request that he stop gamb
glin of all kinds.
Rev. M. C. Wright of the Methodist
church was one of the men who went
to Mayor -Smith and stated ' the sit
uation pretty plainly to him. Rev.
Wright, however, denies that there was
any threat of impeachment made and
ne denies that any threats were made
at all. - - - . .
He says the proposition was simDlv
put up to the mayor to close the gamb
ling places In response to the demand
or tne element which was opposed to
an open town. ;
Rev. Wright explained another rath
er involved question; that - regarding
the operation of ; the gerrymander in
the the third ward. ' Rev. Wrie-ht' said
that the ten or twelve saloons In Whit
ing would have to go out of business
as soon as 'their "licenses "expire re
gardless of gerrymander.
He aid that the city officials were
too slow and that the ward was not
divided until after the remonstrance
was filed. This nullified the' effect of
the gerrymander until after the two
years have passed by when it ' may
then by possible to have saloons In the
old third ward again.
DYER CREAMERY IS
GIVEN FOURTH PLACE.
Scoring Content at Indianapolis Shown
That Butter from There Is of High
Degree of Excellence.
Dyer, Ind., April 14. (Special.)
A report has just come to the managers
of the Dyer creamery from the seven
teenth scoring contest which was held
at Indianapolis March 26, that out of
thirty-five samples of butter sent from
different parts of Indiana, Dyer stood
fourth with 93. It will be interest
ing for St. John people to know that
butter manufactured by John D. Ter
pening of De Motte, formerly butter
maker at St. John, stood first in rank
with a score of 96. A score of 100
meaning perfect.
THEY DO
WANT ADS.
THE BUSINESS TIMES
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MOOS BEATS BOWMAN
MOTORCYCLE RAGE
Victor Does Nine Milekst:
e Sixteen Minutes WithVL
Ease.
WHO TAMPERED WITH TIRES ?
Bowman Thrown From His Machine
and Sustains Some Injuries
Which Are Not Serious.
Sports on the South Side witnessed
an exciting motorcycle race Sunday af
ternoon between two local contestants.
The participants, Fred Moos and
George Bowman, are the owners of
two Torpedo machines, and all win
ter long there, has been a. wordy rival
ry between the two as to who had
the best machine, "and wliifVi
make the best time. Sunday af
ternoon, they decided to put their as
sertions to a test. A good sized purse
was made up and each rider made a
bet on the side.
The start was made from the corner
of Hohman and Kenwood avenue, go
ing out to Stahlbohm's corner, thence
to Lansing and return, making a dis
tance of about nine miles. Mo6s went
over this course in sixteen minutes,
which is. considered remarkably fast
time for an amateur, besides, having
to , dismount to repair the connections
to the battery. Bowman finished about
a minute and a half behind Moos. . It
is said that Bowman claims some one
tamepred with his machine and an
other match will be arranged for some
future date' as" he is confident that he
can beat young Moos.
Bowman sustained several bad
scratches - as a result of a "bad 'fall,
while crossing the railroad tracks
tlong the course.
BIG SMOKER AT
UNIVERSITY CLUB TONIGHT.
Farewell. Tarty for Thre f
Clab'a
Most Prominent Men.
The members of the Hammond Uni
versity club will hold a smoker in their
club rooms on the third floor of the
Hammond building this evening. Great
preparations have been made for this
event, and it is expected that practi
cally all of the members of the cluh
will be present.
The session will be of especial im
portance on account of the fact that
H. B. Klingensmith. Charles W. Wil
son and Robert Clark are all old mem
bers of the club, will soon leave the
city.
DAMAGE WAS NOMINAL.
The fire department was called to the
home of Albert Haan, S57 Truman ave
nue early this morning to extinguish
a fire that broke out in the smoke house
setting the. wood shed afire. The dam
age done was nominal.
Theologues Are Called Squirt Gun
Preachers at Baptist Church
Revival.
The most sensational sermon of the
Baptist revival series that has been
preached in Hammond yet was hurled
at the heads of those who attended the
revival in the First Baptist church
last night.
Evangelist Shannon preached last
night from the scripture, "Where art
Thou;" While there was much for
church members to feed upon yet there
was a tender message for the erring
who have not yet expressed a desire
to be religious. Rev. Shannon, in re
ferring to Adam and Eve clothing
themselves with fig leaves, said,
"There are hundreds of others today
trying to hide behind the fig leaves of
their old dead works and a formal
profession, some of you say you .don't
like the way I talk; I don't like the
way you walk. When you walk dif
ferent, I'll talk different. The life of
many of our church members reminds
me, said the evangelist, of an old
Dutch man who "jlned the church,"
but he and his wife quarreled like cat3
and dogs. One day the old man got up
in the meeting and said "Before I
joined the church I was one " his
wife jumped up and said, "he is one
yet. The preachers who are holding
you got Into the church and you are
yet. The praechers who are holding
soft and easy jobs and laboring to
make it softer as the evangelist calls
it, got some hard hits. Some theo-
logs have D. D. put to the end of their
name which they say meant Doctor of
Divinity. It ought to be Doctor of
Vanity. These fellows I call preach
erets, or squirt gun preachers."
"What would you think of me if I
would go to a dance and you yould
see me there on the floor tripping it
oft with my arm around a fair haired
woman? - Tou's say that evangelist is
TofrLl?01 hypocrite.: ; So are you a
4nd ple?n5'P0rite' yu dancing church
jgame 'of cards you would say,
canon, you are a grafter. What are
Spa? . You, judge others and condemn
yourself in doing it," - continued Mr.
Shannon.
"You can always tell what a man
is by what he likes. If a hog tumbles
into the mud, he wallows and grunts
because he likes it. If a sheep falls
in, it bleats and tries to get out, be
cause it hats mud."
GOMMITTEESAPPOINTED
State Convention of Eagles
Arousing Interest in
Hammond.
The state convention of Eagles which
will be held in Hammond a month
from today to be in session for two
days, is at present holding the atten
tion of local Eagles, who offered them
selves as host at the last state con
vention, held at South Bend.
Five hundred of the game birds are
expected to be in Hammond on those
days and the committee as far as 'ap
pointed are leaving nothing undone to
make the event a success.
The committees selected thus far
and their chairmen, are as follows:
Arrangement Committee F. D. Coo
ley. Reception Committee D. E. Boone.
Social Committee Dave Hirsch.
Finance Committee Dr. J. D.
Ebright.
Advertising Committee Chas. Flagg.
Music Committee F. D. Cooley.
Refreshments Dave Hirsch,.
Treasurer for the Convention Chas.
Flagg. Secretary, Albert Fisher.
Dave Hirsch is already planning two
social evenings, one of which may be
spent In the ball room and the second
at a smoker.
Barnle Young's band will in all
probability furnish the music for the
two days.
The chairmen of the various com
mittees will meet tomorrow night for
the purpose of appointing their sub
committees. A. B. GILMAN IS
NOW ON TRIBUNE.
Fopalar Newspaper Man Takes l'p
Work on Big Chicago Daily.
A- B. Gilman and wife have moved to
Chicago where they are located at
Thirty-ninth street and Michigan ave
nue. Mr. Gilman resigned his position
on The Times lately to accept a desk
in the Chicago Tribune editorial rooms.
He came to Hammond from Boston and
during his work on The Times made a
host of warm friends through his quiet
and unassuming ways. Indeed, he Is
one of the most popular newspaper men
who was ever employed in Hammond
and the good wishes "of all who knew
will go with him in his. work t Chicago.
Hammond Brains and Capi
tal Will be Used to De
velop Large and Import
ant Industry in Great
American Desert.
VALUELESS PLANT :
UTILIZED
Heretofore Supposedly Worthless
Vegetation of Alkali Plains Said
To Be Valuable for Potash and
Other Properties it Contains Lo
cal Men to Organize Company. '
It Is a strange thing that 1 h. .in
volved upon a Hammond man
Hammond capital to make productive
,ne Bt barren wastes of the western
deserts, to utilize by scientific method
the one plant that grows In profusion
In soil that Is burned for 360 dun in
the year by the merciless heat of the
sun.
Sage brush, heretofore useless, one
of the few plants that will grow In
alkaline soils In spite of the numerous
handicaps that have driven less hardy
plants out of existence. Sage brush,
the one plant that breaks the monotony
of great stretches of desert will soon
become one of the great sources of
wealth of the country If Sylvester
Sparling, recently a chemist at Reld
Murdoch's plant In this city, knows
what he Is talking about.
There are half a dozen Hammond
men who believe that Sparling knows
what he Is talking about even" if he
does, live ift the fertile "Missesslppl :
valley and has probaly 'never seen a
sage bush growing. '
Company To Be Formed.
A company is soon to be formed
in
Hammond, capitalized at $150,000.
tha
stock of which will be subscribed
tirely by Hammond business men and
which will, in the near future, begin
the erection of a plant in Nevada that
will make the utilization of this weed
posible.
The principal product which to be de
rived from sage brush is potash. At
the present time most of the worlds
supply of potash is taken from wood
scraps, such as sawdust, bark, slabs
and the parts of trees that are not
available for lumber.
When this wood is put in a kiln and
reduced to ashes the ashes are found
to contain about 21 per cent of potash.
When the ash from the sage brush is
put through the process it is found to
contein 61 per cent of potash or nearly
3 times as much as ordinary wood.
This Is due to the fact that all desert
plants take up a great deal more min
eral than those which grow in a more
humid climate. In addition to the
potash there are also several other by
products such as wood alcohol, creosote
oil, acetone, etc.
Profits Are Large.
The enormous profit that will be
realized from the working out of this
process may be realized when it is
known that the raw material may be
had for the taking and the government
will be glad to grant the rights to the
ccmpany to all of the sage brush that
grows on government land.
All that is required for the manu
facture of these products is heat and
water and even part of the gas which
comes off will be utilized to convert
the liquid into vapor so that it may be
distl'led.
Hammond people have not been
aware of the fact that for months, in
fact, sjnee last November, local chem
ists have been busy in improvise
laboratories, oije of which Is located
In the home of Hobe Godfrey on Tru
man steet, where the experiments
have been going on.
In fact it is surprising that the gov
ernment revenue officers have not heard
of the secret distilling that has been
going on and suspected that Hammond
was Infested with moonshiners.
Great retorts have been constructed
and hundreds of pounds of sage "brush
have been shipped in with which
the
experiments have been carried on.
Some time ago a letter was sent out
to Carson City, Nevada, asking that a
man be hired to gather several hun
dred pounds of sage brush and ship
it
to Hammond, Indiana.
Thought That They Were Craiy.
The ranchman who collected
the
brush and consigned it to Hammond
must have thought that the eastern
chemists were crazy to want such a
quantity of the worthless weed that
that they would bo willing to pay $25
to have it collected and $75 to have it
shipped all the way to the Calumet
region.
He little knew that chemists were
sweating over hot retorts distilling the
liquids that were derived from the
plant and If their plans carry there ;
will" be factories built on the sterile
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