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,VOL. n. NO. 159.
United States Justice Will
be Dispensed in Hammond
' For the First Time on
That Day Four Cases on
Hand.
JUDGE A1EBS0I
TO BE ON BE
Will Act in Dual Capacity, That of
Adjudicator both in Circuit and
District Courts Latter in This
Case Considers Only Citizenship
Cases of Which There Are a Few.
For the first time in the history of
Hammond, its federal court will be
convened next Tuesday. It will be the
first time that the elegant courtroom
in the federal building will be thrown
open for practical use.
Hon. Albert B. Anderson, judge of
the United States district court, will
preside and will also act as judge of
the United States circuit court, thus
officiating in a dual capacity. Other
court officers will be brought from
Indianapolis to assist in the formal
opening of the courts.
Just how long the court will be in
actual session at this time is a mat
ter of conjecture as there are several
cases in the United States circiut court
for which a jury may be summoned.
The complaints in the cases w411 be
read 'and the issues stated on Tuesday
and if a jury trial Is demanded the
court 'j"iH . b adjourned u ntU -tha. -j ury
Is selected from, the entire state.
In the United "States district court
there . will only be petitions for final
citizens' papers and it is expected that
a number of other applicants will be
present to hear the questions that will
be asked the petitioners so that they
may be prepared when they come be
fore the judge at a later term.
The petitioners for final papers are
John Joseph Sullivan of East Chicago,
and Samuel Stark of Whiting, Peter
Senzig of Hessville, and Dahn Bartu
szewlcz of Indiana Harbor. Applica
tion for receivership in an involun
tary bankruptcy petition will also be
heard by the judge.
Four cases will be presented to Judge
Anderson in the circuit court for final
consideration.
The first case is that of John L. Good
vs. the Chicago, Indianapolis Railroad
company, Attorneys Marvin Hart of
Chicago and L. I . Bomberger of this
city appearing for the plaintiff, with
Field and Kurry of Chicago, and Crum
packer and Crumpacker of this city,
for the defendant. The case is a per
sonal injury suit. In this case briefs
have been submitted to the judge by
both plaintiff and defendant regarding
the questio.n of jurisdiction of the fed
eral court in this matter. Judge An
derson has already signified his in
tention of remanding the cause to the
Lake Superior court, the removal of the
same to the federal court having been
based upon the act of June 11, 1906,
commonly known as the federal era
ployers liability act, which was re.
cently declared unconstitutional by the
supreme court of the United States.
The second reason for trying the case
in the federal court is asked to be
annulled on the ground that both the
plaintiff and the defendant are resi
dents of the state of Indiana.
The second case is that of George
"Wilk Vs. the Block-Pollack Iron com
pany of East Chicago, McAleer Broth
ers apearing as attorneys for the
Continued on pafce 2.
THEY ALLJALL OOffl
The Hissing Word Contest
Proves a Corker Again
Today.
AH the contestants In Fridav's ml-
ing -word content fell down and at
all the answers received at tUe Time
office there vrn not one correct. The
full lUt of missing words was as fol
lows James Clements ad "colors."
Clinton Rarkett ad "will."
Hotel Carleton ad "bath."
i. W. Hunter ad "21.'
BUI I.ux.ton ad "repairing." .
. Several contestants had some of the
words right, one person had four, hut
fell down on the Hunter ad. The prize
money of $1 villi go over to Monday and
the first person ffueaslns; Saturday's
missing; words will get f2.
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luLUUm victim
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New Lumber cheaper tfria.n 3ridSiand. Let
THE POLICE DOUBT
ROBERTS HOLDUP
West Hammond Man Says
He Was Robbed and
Assaulted.
IS BADLY BEATEN OP
John Roberts Tells Weird Story of
Experience While in Intoxi
cated Condition.
"With his head fearfully battered up
and his forehead badly gashed John
Roberts of 154th street and Forsythe
appeared this morning In Judge Mc-
Manon s city police court to answer
the charge of drunkeness brought
against him by the Hammond police.
Roberts was arrested last night at
the corner of Condit and Uohman
streets by Officer Hanlon. He was badly
Intoxicated and in asking for protection
told the police that he had been set
upon by two men in the village of West
Hammond, beaten and robbed. His
story was rather incoherent and the po
lice locked him up to await trial this
morning. Roberts said that he had
stopped in a West Hammond saloon
to get a glass of beer and exposed some
bills. He claimed that he was followed
out of the building and attacked.
Judge McMahon was inclined to take
little credence in the man's yarn, how
ever and fined him Jl and costs for
drunkenness. The West Hammond po
lice came over to attend the trial and
doubted Roberts' story. They pointed
out the fact that if he had been held up
that he would have made a report of it
at the West Hammond police station
instead of wandering over to Hammond.
Roberts works in the Hammond Glue
works and has a brother who Is em
ployed at the W. B. Conkey plant.
PROGRAM FOB CONCERT
Mrs. Lawrence Becker, chairman of
the charity concert committee, which
win Jb&j&s&LAt.. Towle's 'next JSKednea
day, has announced the program, Tvhfch
is as follows:
Voice Springtide .... Reinhold Becker
Violin Scene de Ballet .... . .De Berist
Dramatic Reading "The Uncle."
As Recited by Henry Irving
Piano
(a) Romanze Shuman
(b) Impromptu Chopin
(c) Valse Op. 42 Chopin
Voice Hindoo Song..... Dvorak
The Bee Schubert
Child Impersonations
(a) Hush Nesbit
(b) The Raggedy Man Riley
(c) The Chatter Box.......
Original Monologue
Piano
(a) Etude E Flat ..Liszt
(b) Reminiscences Liszt
Pianiste Mrs. Edith Lillian Clark.
Soprano Mrs. Charles J. O'Connor.
Reader Bessie Guion Drake.
Voillniste Ruth Ray.
Accompanistes Mrs. Anna Ray, Lil
lian L Russell.
REPORTED YET MORE
NO MORE PRESISTENT
I The rePrt wlu not down that Con
, pressman Crumpacker is to succeed
I Representative Watson on the ways
and means committee. Mr. Crumpacker
denles tha he aspired to the berth on
this committee but the following mes
sage from Washington has another
tune:
Washington, April 16. It was de
cided today that Representative Crum
uacker will succeed Representative
Watson on the ways and means com
mittee Mr. Watson intends to resign
from the committee as soon as the pres
ent session of congress ends.
The speaker has decided that he will
not appoint a successor to Representa
tive Brick on the appropriation com
mittee now. '
Will WATCH THE
COMPLETION OF WORK
Those who are interested in the sage
brush tests which , are being made to
finally establish the proportion of pot
ash and other products that can be ex
tracted from this desert plant are go
ing to Chicago tomorrow to watch the
chemists complete their work.
It is understood that tney are un
able to agree as to the exact per cent
of potash they are, able to extract from
the ash of sage brush and the entire
corps of chemists will make their tests
tomorrow for the purpose of coming to
an agreement regarding the matter.
All of the Hammond men who are in
terested in the proposition will go to
the city tomorrow to look after their
Interests. An announcement will be
made in the near future of just what
; products and in what proportions they
( are to be found in the ash of the sage
' brush.
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MILL IS JOJPEfl UP
East Chicago in Clamor of
Rejoicing Over Good
News.
The Republic Iron and Steel com
pany will open up Monday after a
shut-down of about two weeks. The
eight-inch, nine-inch and eighteeh-inch
mi?! will be In operation and it ls.be
lieved by Assistant Superintendent Mc
Gaff that the work will continue about
live days. This will mean work for
about 600 men, a day and a night shift
being employed.
As the last work was given to the
puddlers, the bushelers - will have a
show this time, scrap iron being used
instead of pig iron. The new bushel
er furnace recently Installed, and whose
purpose it was to do away largely with
the necessity for bushelers, has been
tried on several, occaslans. and has
not, it is understood, proved entirely
satisfactory.
1TIS ARE DEFEATED
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Porter Co. Saloon Forces
Are Successful in Re
publican Primaries.
Valparaiso, April 19. (Special) In
one of the most heated republican prl
mary elections that has been held in
sorter county in a numDer or years
the saloon forces succeeded in defeating
the antis and the board of county com
missioners whom the anti-saloon forces
expected to punish for knocking out
the remonstrance in the second ward
were all renominated.
The fight was a bitter one and today,
just before the Porter county conven
tion, the anti-saloon forces are crying
fraud and are claiming that 250 dem-
oevrats were permitted to vote.
Clayton Wood the canjJidate ' for
sheriff, was exceedingly popular and
was nominated by a majority of 1248
votes. The issue in the primaries was
the liquor question and the saloon
forces used every available bit of
strength that they could get together.
Gus Anderson defeated L. H. Robbine,
Andrew Brickel defeated John Rltter,
and Amos Lontz was renominated with
out opposition for the offices of county
commissioner. The victorious candi
dates are all saloon men.
Guy Stlnchfeld was renominated for
the office of surveyor. C. V. Oyen gave
him a close run until the last returns
were in and then it was found that
Stinchfleld was nominated by a ma
jority of 529.
There was a big vote polled and there
was a bitter fight on in all of the town
ships over the election of township
trustees. The most peculiar fight was
in Morgan township, where the vote
stood 66 for Goldbreath and 6o for
Frank Benton. Just as the polls were
about to close three breathless men
rushed up to the polls and cast their
votes for Benton.
There was a contest and an effort
was made by Goldbreath to keep out
the last three votes but he was un
successful and the nomination for
trustee went to Benton.
The Times has m larger circulation
j than any five papers combined in the
Calumet region.
THE DOVE.
CONCERT SUNDAY NIGHT
Big
Musical Gathering
Huehn's Hall For
Society.
at
Tomorrow night will mark another
mile-stone for the Fidelia Singing so
ciety and they will hold their annual
concert and entertainment at Huehn's
halL It will be a 'great, program that
will be-given--by Barnle Young's or
chestra, as follows r
Part I.
Overture Leichte Cavalrie
F. von Suppe
Ochestra.
Sonntag Ist's Simon Breu
Chorus.
Potpourri Deutsche Volkslieder
- .E. Andauer
Ochestra.
Freie Kunst ..J. H. Stuntz
Chorus.
Polonaise Es Dur C. M. V. Weber
Piano Solo Herr Julius A. Gerwen
E. Fritsch and B. G. Young, conductors.
Part II.
My Rosary Ethelbert Nevin
Cornet Solo Herr Fr. II. Leverenz
Gondellied Carl Isenmann
Chorus.
Selection
Soprano Solo.... Frl. Dora Otto
Die Muehle lm Schwarzwald
Rich Eilenberg
Ochestra.
Am Woerthersee Thomas Voschat
Walzer Cho r mit Klavierbegleitung.
SHANNOIUHE SHAM
Tirade of Villification and
Insult Continued by
Fakir.
Irreverent ballyhooing and vile lan
guage used within the sacred precincts
of a house of worship were the tactics
pursued again last night by Shannon,
the pseudo evangelist.
In defense of the language used in
the presence of women and children he
said last night "This dirty crowd would
not understand me if I did not use vile
language," and continued to use lan
guage that would make men blush because-of
its shamelessness. Shannon
gloried in villifying the press and used
the sanctity of the church as a physical
safeguard for calling reporters op
probious epithets that he. dare not use
outside of the church. Shannon's foul
remarks were heard by many innocent
children who delighted him by tittering
and giggling at his disgusting lan
guage. He built such a superstructure
of vituperation about his text that the
latter was entirely lost sight of.
REMAINS BROUGHT TO
HAMMOND TODAY".
The remains of Harry Jones, who
was killed at Rogersford, Penn., last
Tuesday, arlved in Hammond this morn
ing from the east for burial which took
place this afternoon at Oak Hill cem
etery at 2 o'clock. Although he was a
resident of East Chicago the young man
who was only 3 4 years old, was well
known in Hammond. He was a member
of the East Chicago lodge of Elks and
was in good standing at the time of his
death.
Macauley in New York World.
JASPERITES RACK DOWN
Rensselaer Checker Team
Evidently Afraid of
Hammond.
Much to the regrot of the Hammond
Checker club and their friends who an
ticipated a warm contest this eveningJ,
with the Rerisselaer team In Hammond,
the game- was "declared off today by the
Rensselaer team.
J. S. McFarland, captain of the Rens
selaer team, sent a message to Colonel
LeGrand T. Meyer informing him of
nis team s inability to be present in a
body. Bloom, the champion of the state
and member of the Rensselaer team, is
among those who is unable to attend.
The tournament is consequently post
poned for an Indefinite period. Consid
erable interest has been worked up in
Hammond and no doubt a good crowd
would have witnessed the performance.
NO RESULT IN CONFA
Representatives in Strike
Question Meet Again
This Afternoon.
The representatives of the Master
Plumbers' association and the Jour
neymen plumbers met last evening at
Landefleld's establishment in Indiana
Harbor and laboriously perused the
rules which had been prepared by the
members of the Plumbers' union in an
effort to learn which could and which
could not be accepted by both parties.
As a rule was read that was objec
tionable to one or another of the par
ties to the dispute, it was marked, and
in this manner it was expected that
the real points at issue could be de
termined. Another meeting is to be held at
George Vermett's plumbing establish
ment this afternoon and the work of
going over the rules will be continued.
There is still little chance of an agree
ment between the two contending par
ties and it will require considerable
negotiating before a settlement will be
possible.
The strike involves every shop in
North township and Is causing a great
deal of difficulty among those engaged
in the building trades. The one hope
ful sign is in the inclination of both
sides to . get together and talk over
their differences instead of airing them
before, the public.
BARNIE YOUNG GETS
SOME NEW CONTRACTS.
Barnle Young's orchestra manages to
keep pretty busy despite the depression.
They will give a concert and dance at
Lowell, April 30, at Central Music hall.
Crown Point, and on May 2 will give
a concert and dance at Strattan's opera
house In Hobart. This Is Barnie's sixth
annual tour of Lake county.
WILL BE EMPLOYED
ON LOCAL PAPER.
J. Roy Morrison, of Whiting, who has
been acting as city editor of the La-
Porte Argus-Bulletin, will come to
Hammond to accept a position on the
Dally News next week.
us prove it Paxton Lumber
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EASTER SERVICES TO
BE HELD TOMORROW
Ascension of Christ Will
be Celebrated in all
the Churches.
CATHOLICS CHURCH PROGRAM
Elaborate
at
Programs To Be Given
Both St. Joseph's
and All Saints.
With solemn pomp and festival the
ascension of Christ will be celebrated
in many of the Hammond churches.
especially n the Catholic and Episcopal
houses of worship. Elaborate exercises
will be conducted in St. Joseph's church
where the altars are one mass of
flowers and ferns and have been dressed
in gold lact fitting the great occasion.
Every altar has its quota of the fra
grant blooms, Easter lilies and white
hydrangea and predominating.
Holy communion for the young ladies
of the Sodality will be served at 8
o'clock mass where the sermon will be
in English. The sermon at the high
mass will be in German and both will
be preached by Rev. Father Plaster
who will be unassisted at either mass.
Father Plaster will wear the hand
some new vestments recently donated
by the altar society. The vestments are
in white heavily embroidered in gold
and will be worn tomorrow for the sec
ond time.
The music will be unusually good,
the surpliced choir and the big choir
of adult voices, having been long In
training for the event.
At All Saints there will be the usual J
Easter festivities. The surpliced choir
will sing before and after the 8 o'clock
and the 10:30 o'clock mass and the
main choir will sing during the cele
bration of the high mass. There will j
be children's mass at 9 o'clock.
Rev. Father Barret will have the as
sistance of Rev. Father Hartnett of St.
Joseph's college at Rensselaer at the
high mass. Father Harnett will of
ficiate at the high mass and preach the
sermon for this celebration. The music
here will be of a speciaj nature. .
The altars are elaborately decorated
at All Saints as at St. Joseph's.
At St. FauIs Episcopal church, prepa
rations have been in progress for some
time there will be especial music. St.
Agnes Guild has donated a new set of
altar hangings which arrived a day or
two ago from New York and will be
used on Easter Sunday for the first
time. They are of white silk, richly em
broidered. The altar will be decorated
in lilies and greens.
There will be holy communion at 6
o'clock, again at 8 and the children will
gather at 9:30 for Sunday school serv
ices, the same as on ordinary occasions.
The usual 10:45 o'clock services will be
held.
At the Lutheran church both of the
choirs will sing Easter music. In the
morning the members of the German
class which was confirmed last Sunday
will make their first communion and in
the evening the English class will par
take ofr communion.
ILL HAVELARGE DITCH
One Million Dollars in Value
Will be Added to
Worth of Land.
The preliminary steps were taken
yesterday at.Laporte, Ind.. by Attorney
Frank Pattee of Crown Point and Run
dell W, 'Burns, a Chicago attorney to
wards the filing of a ditch petition
which, it is expected, will result in the
construction of the great ditch, recently
described in The Lake County Times,
which will drain all of the swamps at
the headwaters of the Little Calumet
river.
Most Lake county people do not ap-
fpreciate that this is not only one of
the greatest engineering tasks that
have been taken up by the land owners
in this vicinty but will make available
for cultivation thousands of acres of
fertile land which are now inundated
every spring.
The canal is to be constructed from
Deep river and the Little Calumet
river near Hobart to a point in Lake
Michigan near Dune Park, where all of
the surplus river water will be drained
off. The ditch will be in Porter county.
three miles from the Lake county line.
Mr. Pattee said this morning that
there had. been little opposition en
countered among the land owners in
the territory affected and that he
thougt the value of Lake county farms
would be increased a million dollars by
the building of the ditch.
HORSE RUNS AWAY
ON H0HMAN STREET.
A frightened horse hitched to one of
the draying wagons of Verne Parker
caused considerable excitement in from
of Loederach's Jewelry store on Hoh
man street this morning. After the
animal had injured Itself quite severely
and broken part of its harness it was
finally calmed down. Fortunately no
one was injured.
EDIT!
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ONE CENT PEB COPT.
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CHAPTER :
IH OSLER STORY
Little Family Abandoned
by Bigamist is Now " ;
Broken Up.
TWO BABIES AT DRPHAIIAGE
Deserted Wife Reduced to Want,
Obliged to Give Up Two of .
Her Children.
Today furnished a sequel to the th
Walter Osier abandonment case when
the little family of the man who la
-now paying thepenalty of his misdeeds
in xthe Michigan City penitentiary, was
broken up by poverty. , ;
, This morning two of the .babies, the
oldest of whom is four and the young
est a year old, were taken to an or
phan asylum at Lake Bluff, Lake
county, Illinois, while the baby, who
is quite 111, was left in the care of the
mother.
Mrs. Osier, who is a plucky littlo
woman, has made a living for herself
and babies by taking in boarders,
since her husband was sent to the
penitentiary. At first she did very '
well, but the closing down of the miUs
and the resultant depopulation of the
town, deprived her of her source of
revenue. One after another her board
ers left her to seek work elsewhere
and the result was that she was soon
in destitute circumstances.
The Missionary society of the Meth
odist church learned of the case and as
they had no funds which could be de
voted to this purpose, the good women
of the organization helped Mrs. Osier
out from time to time. But this could
not go on indefinitely and with hef
little brood to care for. It was im
possible for the mother to leave her
home and go out to work. She could
not leave the children alone in the
house. Neither could she take them
with her. So it was decided to put the
town girls in the orphan asylum, and
Mrs. James Whitby and Mrs. I. E. Dick
inson accompanied the family to the
institution this morning. -
Yesterday the little girls were made
jubilant by a complete new outfit, In
eluding everythlng-that was needed to
make them .warm ; enough .and preseuil
able. , Their delight, especially over
their new shoes and stockings, knew
no bounds. They accompanied theijj
mother and their two benefactresses,
on the "choo choo" cars with the same ,
eager delight, little realizing that the
end of the journey, meant separation
for them from the mother who has
struggled so bravely against want, in"
their behalf. '
However, Mrs. Osier is not so down
cast as she might be. She look3 for
ward to better time when she and hei
little brood will be reunited, for it is
far from her intention to give them'
up. She believes times will pick up by:
fall when it is her hope to again re
sume her occupation of keeping board-)
ers. In the meantime she will do what-
ever odd pieces of work come her way.
The Osier abandonment case was on.4
of the most widely published cases that
has sullied the court annals in many
a day. Walter Osier lived In Ham'(
mond for some years with his wife and
children when he bundled the little',
family off to Mrs. Osier's home town"
and proceeded to make love to a res
pectable Lake county girl whom he
afterwards married. Mrs. Osier No. 1'
was informed of the step by friends
and came to Hammond to prosecute her'
husband. At first he denied having"
ever known the little woman and his
children, but the evidence was over-'
whelmlngly against him and he was;
forced to admit his guilt. Then fol
lowed an appeal on his part to her to
take him back and forgive him, which
involved a proposition to give up the
girl he had so recently married, of,
course.
Mrs. Osier No. 1 refused to listen to
his pleadings and the result was his1
trial and conviction in the Lake super
ior court. ,
OOTLOOKlSPPiOliSiNG
Crown Brewing Company
Looks Over Field to Lo
cate in Hammond.
At the conference between the Ham
mond business men and manufacturers
and representatives of the Crown
Brewing company of Crown Point the
outlook for the location of the big
brewery in Hammond, the story of
which was told exclusively in these
columns last month, looks very prom
ising. A good deal of stock in the
concern is being taken here and the
prospect is exceedingly bright. The
Times' story was ridiculed by one of
the Crown Point papers, but that, of
course, made no difference with the
Crown Brewing company.
L0FTIS FOUND GUILTY.
William Loftis. who has been on trial
in the Lake superior court in connec
tion with the Cohen hold up case, was
found guilty to day by the jury.
Sentenced has not yet been passed upon
him. however.
I0THER