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EDITION
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Thursday.
VOL. in. NO. 70.
HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1908.
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FIRST BIG MEETING
SHEATHES
ilPORTlT MEETING
IS ANNOUNCED
H. E. GRANGER.
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SUNDAY .
Mii Oil
pULLo
Noted Evangelist Visits W. B. Con
key Plant And Smashes $3,500
Stereotypes With Hammer
REVIVALIST
VERYWROTH
Printed Edition of His Ser
mons Cause Tirade and
Fears on Part of
Sunday.
Rev. William A. (Billy) Sunday, the
founder and dean of that growing
school of sensational, vitriolic, hat In
his ease successful, school of melo
dramatic evangelism; Billy Sunday, the
exponent of the "straight from the
shoulder" method of teaching the gos
neli Blllv Sundar. the hero of a thou-
1
Band pulpits, finished one of the Krenl- ;
et fights of his life here in Hammond
Inst Saturday, unknown to the people
of this city, when he rushed Into th
r:iereotyplng room of the YV. 15. t ou-
kev company and in righteous wrath
. -n- hpn 1 w hich were lielaii
used to print an edition of htM hit-
ninns which did not meet with Ms r.i- !
prnval.
iiviH It Was Au Outrnsc
"My reputation la at stake. I toi.l
never allow that edition of books u
so into sencM-al circulation. The plates
must be df-stroyed. The book mHrt j
be burned it is a shame and on out
rr.ge. -I will never stand for it." Ami
so saying, the famous revivalist picked
up a hammer and with vigorous strokes
to the right and left, the beautiful
.stereotyped plates were soon irrepar
ably destroyed, and with St. Paul, Mr.
Sunday might have said to himself:
;.: Full of old subtllty and all mls
i iiicf, thou child of the devil, thou
riiiuijr of ail righteousness. Wilt thou
nc.t ceuse to prevent the right ways
of the Lord."
W. B. Conkey, the proprietor of the
plant, looked on In unconcealed amaze
ment. The stereotypers were thunder
struck. The printers' devils were horri
fied as blow after blow, forced with
that athletic arm, were rained on the
plates which had cost hundreds of dol
lars to make. It is safe to say that
never in the history of the local pub
lishing company has there been such a
sensational proceedings.
Publishers Had o Right.
But the most sensational develop
ment was to follow. Sunday had a
right to destroy those books, even
though they were not his. That right
cost him $3,500 in cold cash. Mr. Sun
day explained to Mr. Conkey that as
soon as he saw a copy of the edition
he -was -mo outraged that he went at
once to the publishers, Herman, Poole
& Co., of Decatur, 111., and demanded
to know by what right they were
printing his sermons.
S. P. Herman and Edward E. Poole
the publishers, were looking, for Just
such a visit. It is known that they
expected; collectively, to be compelled
to tame the eminent divine with a
thrashing before they were through
with him. It is not known to what
extent they were armed or what was
their plan of resistance.
Sermons Were "ot Copyrighted.
At any rate Messrs. Herman and
Poole were very cool and collected.
They informed Mr. Sunday that his
sermons were, not copyrighted by him
and that they had as much right to
them as he did. They told him further
that they proposed to protect their
copyright in so far as it would give
them protection.
Rev. Sunday was at the boiling point.
He did not fight. He simply protested
that his sermons, as printed in their
book, had been grossly garbled. That
they contained things he had never
said, even in' his most passionate mo
ments. He asked the publishers if
they really intended to put out a book
that was so terribly inaccurate.
For the rest of that day Decatur air
was blue. The atmosphere was heavy
There was a terrible foreboding of
evil. But Sunday's good Judgment
finally got. the better of him and he
hired a lawyer to advise him. It may
be that he hired a lawyer to swear for
him.
At any rate, the lawyer Informed
Sunday that he was up against it.
Billy Wouldn't Stand for It.
The great William A. Sunday; Sun
day, the man whose militant preaching
of the gospel had made thousands
cower before their God; Sunday, the
man who had never met an obstacle
that he did not overcome; Billy Sunday
up against it? Never.
It did not make anq difference if hi
attorney was me attorney general o
(Continued on page 7.)
MBS.-WOLF-GETS
HER DIAMONDS BACK
Publicity Given By Times
Results in Valuable Gems
Being Restored.
HONEST MAN FINDS JEWELS
E. G. Seeley, a Teamster, Reads
The Times Story and Re
turns Valuables.
I Because of the publicity cf a Times
ad and the honesty of a man, 3Irs. Leo
wolf's diamonds have been returned
and nt present she is the happiest
: woman In Hammond. Mr. E. G. Seely.
U"5 State LIm street, the lucky man
feo found them Is also happy for Mr.
j v today presented hi mwlth a check
rr 100 as reward Tor the return of
I he jewels.
Mr. Seeley is an expressman, and not
long after the little chamois skin was
Cropped out of Mrs. Wolf's silver pruse
Mr. Seely came along and found It.
lie hastily examined the contents and
saw that he had found a. large number
of valuable jewels. - He took them borne
and watched the papers for the' an-
ouncement of the loss. He happened
o be one of the many thousand sub-
cribers for The Times and saw both
the story- of the loss and the ad'er
tisment of the reward in this paper.
Tells Mrs. Wolf of Find.
As soon as he found the Jewels be-
onged to Mrs. Wolf, he called her up
on the phone and informed her that
he had found her jewels. She was de-
Ighted to learn of their recovery and
Mr. Seely volunteered to bring them
right over to the house.
Mrs. Wolf directed him to go to the
store where she said Mr. Wolf would
write him out a check for the promised
$100 reward. Mr. Seely was formerly
an employe of Mr. Wolf's and he has
not yet claimed the reward knowing
full well that he can get it at any time.
Mrs. Seely in talking of the matter
fo a reported for The Times said:
Why of course we were glad to re
turn the jewels to their owner. They
did not belong to us and we were only
anxious to find out "who the real owner
was. We are very grateful to receive
the $100 reward and there is a great
deal more satisfaction in having $100
which comes to us honestly, than to
have the $800 worth of diamonds and a
guilty conscience.
SEND THEIR COXDOI.EXCES.
The last year's schoolmates of Harry
Ricketts of room 12 of the Lafayette
school and their teacher, Miss Rich
ards, deeply regret the loss and un
timely end of their belovea classmate.
110 Sit
SHOCKED
Shocking Story of Dug-out . Tragedy Strikes Citizens
of Community in All Its Horror as De
tails Became Known.
The community has now come to a
full aDoreclatlon of the horror of the
cave-in of the dug-out In Home wood
yesterday which cost the life of Harry
Ricketts, the 15-year-old son of Thomas
Ricketts of 39 Ruth street, and the
serious Injury of little Iouis Mott, the
son of Fred Mott, of 530 Sonth Hoh
street. The Borrow of , one death and the
suffering of the other boy, who barely
escaped a similar fate has saddened
two homes and has brought out expres
sions of sympathy from the hundreds
of friends of the two families.
There are several stories of near
heroism which have been related since
the terrible accident happened. So
great was the sympathy for the be
reaved parents that everything that
possibly could be done was done to
save the lives of the unfortunates. In
one case It availed nothing and in the
other it may be successful.
Is Much Better.
The reports from the hospitainoday
OCCOBSWCT WEEK
Young Republicans Ar
range to Get Busy in Ac
tive Campaign Work.
THINK TIME IS NOW RIPE
Will Help Senator Hemenway at His
Indiana Harbor Meeting on
Sept. 19.
The young republicans of Hammond
will start the ball to rolling Tuesday,
Sept. 15, when they will hold the first
big meeting of the campaign. There
are several matters of importance to be
taken up and there will be some an
nouncements made which will be of
great interest to the young republicans
ot Hammond.
Plans are now on foot to have a
speaker of national importance address
the young men of Hammond and the
surrounding cities some time the lat
ter part of the month.
The meeting next Tuesday Is for the
purpose of formulating plans to make
this meeting one of the most success
ful that the young republicans of Ham
mond have ever held.
There have not been many meetings
held -since the club was organized for
the reason that it was not thought ad
visable to begin the activity of the
club so early.
Interested In Caronalgn.
The young -men who are interested
in the enterprise now believe that the
time is ripe to begin the active ag
gressive work of the campaign and
frcm now on the Young Men's Repub
lican club of Hammond will be heard
from.
At the meeting next Tuesday the
matter of forming a party of young
republicans to go to Indiana Harbor
on the nineteenth of September and
help the boys over there entertain
Senator Hemenway, will be taken up.
The young republicans of Hammond
have been itching to get into the cam-
pagn .and from now on they will have
all of the" activity they could possibly
wish for. I . "
The, .meeting next Tuesday will be
held In the court room of the Superior
court. The members "ftf the5 tr!ub are
now working to get a good crowd out
to the meeting and the interest in the
new plans Is general.
Roscoe E. Woods, the president of
he club, will announce his appoint
ments on the executive committee and
it will be this committee which will
have charge of the plans of the club
from now on. ,
F. Richard Schaaf, the county chair
man, is now making arrangements to
have a big speaker here for the open
ing of the campaign and when the??
plans are finally made the Young
Men's Republican club will be depended
upon to entertain the speaker.
FLUNKY GETS AWAY
WITH THE JEWELRY.
Highlands Is Aroused By a
Robbery Testerdny.
Daring
A burglar, thought to be a former
"flunky" in the Lormier and Gallagher
boarding house, at Highlands, yesterday
in the absence of the occupants, en
tered the house and robbed it of valu
ables, taking with him a gun, gold
watches and other trinkets and some
money.
The men in the Lormier and Gallag
her boarding house "batch it" being em
ployed by the Lormier and Gallagher
Sand company, which is digging sand
near the E. J. E. railroad. Thus far no
trace has been found of the maurader.
are that Louis Mott is very much bet
ter. For a time he. was. delirious and
imagined that he was . still under the
falling banks of sand and he struggled
desperately to escape. While he was
being taken to the hospital it required
two men to hold the boy, bo great were
his struggles.
At the hospital It was found that
Louis Mott had inhaled a quantity of
sand and If the boy has a relapse,
It will be caused by the sand, which he
has breathed Into his lungs.
It appears that the sand around the
tunnel in which the boys were work
ing at the time of the accident, was as
dry as powder. When it fell, there was
not only the weight of two feet of
earth, but the fine particles of dust
filled the nostrils of the boys and
choked them besides.
Might Have Been Saved.
Had it not been for the fact that the
nose and throat of the. Ricketts hoy
(Continued on page 2.)
(IE
II
HIS HEART
Young Indiana Harbor Man,
Temporarily Deranged,
Commits Suicide and is
Found By His Mother
Shortly Afterward.
NO GOOD REASON
FOR HIS RASH ACT
Was of Steady and Sober Habits and
Had Work Complained of Illness
in the Morning and Remained at
Home Coroner's Inquest To Be
Held Today.
(Special to The Times).
Indiana Harbor, Ind., Sept. 9. While
sufferings from some momentary mental
derangement. Axel Zalberg, aged 23
years, last night plunged a leather
paring knife into -his heart' and com
mitted suicide. His body was found
a few moments later by his aged
mother, Mrs. Emma Zalberg, who noti
fied the police and Mortician Teal of
her ghastly discovery.
Suicide in Closet.
The deed was committed in a closet
adjoining the dining room of the Zal
berg apartments in the large three-
story building near the corner of Ivy
and One Hundred and Thirty-ninth
streets."' Zalberg is a forge operator at
the Standard Steel Forgings company
and has never had any trouble with his
employers. ' He is not a drinking man,
and' for this reason the police are un
able to assign any rnotlve for the deed.
Complained of Illness.
' The unfortunate man did not go to
work yesterday morning, complaining
of a slight illness. He decided that he
needed a day's rest and towards even
ing his spirits began to rise. He par
took of a hearty supper with his fam
ily at 6 o'clock last evening and while
the family was in an adjoining room
at about 7 o'clock, entered the closet
in which the passion for self-destruction
was satisfied.
Vsed a Knife.
Mrs. Zalberg and her daughter de
clared to the police that they heard a
short cry, followed by a sound of a
body falling heavily to the floor.
Thinking that Axel had fainted, they
rushed to the closet. He was found
face downward, doubled over a large
trunk, the cover of which was partly
lifted. One hand was inside the trunk,
as though reaching for ' something,
while the other hung limply by his side.
Mrs. Zalberg, fearing the worst, called
two neighbors, Carl Kalberg and. Her
man Nelson, to her assistance, and to
gether they lifted the suicide to the
floor. On opening the trunk the tell
tale knife was found, blood-bespattered
for fully three inches from the point
of the blade. A jagged hole in the
young man's left side, immediately
above the heart, completed the ghastly
details and convinced the awed specta- j
tors that life was extinct. Drs. Sauer
and Robinson were notified, however,
and arrived on the scene promptly.
They pronounced life extinct and de
clared that death had been instantane
ous. A call to ponce headquarters re
sulted in the response of Officers Weif
enbach and-Thompson, and the urgent
ordering of Mortician Teal's Red Cross
ambulance.
AYas Temporarily Insane.
The body was removed to the Teal
morgue. on Michigan avenue and the
trunk and knife taken to the Harbor
police station, where they will be re
tained pending the coroner's inquest.
The inquest will be held in Mortician
Teal's parlors this afternoon under the
direction of Coroner E. R. Gordon of
Hobart.
The unfortunate young man's mother
is convinced, she says, that her son was
temporarily insane when he committed
the ghastly deed and places no cred
ence in the theory that the suicide
was premeditated. Her evidence, as
well as that of the neighbors and the
young man's sister will be taken by
Coron er Gordon in an effort to secure
a true version of the ghastly sacrifice
of human life. .;-.-,
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
Mrs. Charles Green, 65 years old, who
had been making her home with her'
daughter, Mrs. Fred Cotton, 541 Tru
man avenue, died yesterday afternoon
after an illness lasting for several
years. She leaves two children, Mrs.
Cotton and W. H. Green of 213 West
Plummer avenue, who is an engineer
on the. Indiana Harbor railroad. The
funeral has been arranged for tomor
row forenoon, services to take place at-1
11 o'clock and the Rev. C. J. Sham of
the Christian- church to officiate.
Hammond Business Men's
Club Will Take Aggres
sive Action Tomorrow.
PROPOSE A NEW PLATFORM
New Planks Will Be Adopted and
Business Men WiirBecome
Boosters.
A meeting that promises to be the be
ginning of a greater and more definite
field of action for the Hammond Busi
ness Men's Club will be held tomorrow
evening and It Is ot great Importance
that all members attend.
During the past few months of its ex
istence, the club has been seemingly
groping around In the dark, but In that
time a process has been on with the
object of giving the club a platform to
to stand on. Such a platform may be
discussed tomorrow evening when the
club meets In monthly session in the
superior court room.
The Proposed Platform.
The platform that may be proposed
exists merely in its outline, but has
features in it that will tend to give the
Hammond Business Men's Club a
broader scope.
It is more than likely that planks of
the following nature may be embodied
in the platform.
1. That the club is always a boos
ter's club.
2. That it is pledged to support all
movements for the general welfare of
the city at large, and not be an organ
ization for the fighting of the Indi
vidual's battles.
3. That it stands for a Hammond
Beautiful.
4. That it will oppose the inconveni
ences Inflicted on residents along a
street on account of delays in house
moving.
For Street Improvements. . 'I '
5. That it is opposed to littering the
street by material which falls from
wagons and that it will agitate the use
of proper vehicles for (the rauling of
material. k
6. That It will seek to procure the
best possible railroad accommodations
for Hammond.
7. That it Will interest itself In the
location of new factories for Ham
mond and protect those already located
here.
8. 8hat it will Interest Itself in be
half of square deals in rent.
9. That it will oppose the unneces
sary tearing up of streets.
10. That the obnoxious habit of per
mitting loafers to stand on street cor
ners be abolished.
Xon-Partlsan In Politics.
11. That the club shall be non-partisan
in politics but that the club will
lend its support to such candidates for
municipal government as are pledged to
support a platform adopted by the club
and such proclamations that may be
adopted from time to time.
12. That the club Interest Itself for
ebtter accommodations from the city
treasurer's office in behalf of big tax
paying bodies in order that tax Jists
may be procured promptly and also" no
tices of improvement assessments be
sent out to property holders and thus
abolish the delinquent fines.
BEGINS SUIT FOE DIVORCE.
- Attorney J. G. Ibach, representing
Callie Kllngensmith, today filed a suit
for divorce in which Mrs. Kllngen
smith seeks a legal separation from
her husband, , Hilary B. Kllngensmith.
The case was filed in the Lake su
perior court today and will come up
for trial at the approaching term of
of court.
MAY GET
Calumet Region Probably to Have Western Traction
Company Operate Here and New Line Will
Take in Principal Cities of Region.
Special to The Times
Whiting, Ind., Sept 8. The Calumet
region may get another interurban
street car company with the opening
wedge is to be driven In Whiting.
A representative of a company which
he claims is operating in Leavenworth,
Kan., appeared before the council in
its regular session last night and pre
sented a franchise the kind which he
would like for Whiting to give him.
The Whiting council thought enough
of the proposition to hold another
meeting nexi Saturday night at which
time the matter will be further dis
cussed. Wilt Go Gary.
The representative, Mr Erb said that
his company proposes to operate in
Whiting, Bast Chicago, Indiana Harbor
and Gary and that local service would
be furnished Whiting. He had a loop
system outlined and asked for a thirty
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HMWriMMIiiHiiMMSHMlMMMMIMMMHHiiiMM
Prominent Hammond carpenter and
trades unionist, who has just been
elected business agent of his local and
Is widely known throughout the Calu
met region.
BRUTAL MURDER
AT
Walter O'Connell Accused
of Smothering New
Born Baby.
SHOCKING STORY IS REVEALED
Mother of Dead Infant Kept Board
ing House at Miller
Station.
(Special to The Times).
. Miller, Ind., Sept. 0. One of
the
most cold-blooded crimes ever commit
ted at this place was brought to light
last night when Walter O'Connell was
arrested on a charge of murder. The
victim Is the new-born babe, whose
mother is alleged to be Mrs. Paulson
keeper of a boarding house In this city
Startling Confession Alleged
After O'Connell's arrest startling
facts came out. The prisoner is said
to have confessed to Prosecuting At
torney George Bardon that he smoth
ered the infant and paid a man named
Cotton to bury it. Instead of interring
the remains, the man took them with
him to a saloon and called up the po
lice, and as a result O'Connell was ar
rested. Is Foreman in 91111s.
O'Connell is a foreman in the mills
at Gary and boarded at the Paulson
domicile. A singular thing In connec
tion with the story is that O'Connell
was to have married. Mrs. Paulson's sis
ter in a week. The boarding house
keeper's husband has been in the west
for two years. O'Connell Is in Jail at
Miller.
PRESBYTERIAX SOCIAL.
A social will be given for the benefit
of the First Presbyterion church Fri
day evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. V. S. Reiter in Webb street. A
program will be enjoyed during the
evening and refreshments served be
tween 5 and 9 o'clock.
year grant. . The fare in North t.
CHARGED
MILLER
ANOTHER
pTnrrr nan i mr
oinm ufln Lie
ship is to be five cents or six tickets'1" whlch Mrs- Arkans for the first time
lor a quarter and after operating five
years eight tickets will be sold for
twenty-five cents. He said that his
company after being established would
deposit $1,000 In a local bank as a
guarantee of good faith which the
company will forfeit at any time when
the service is not according to the
specifications.
The loop district that he outlined for
his line is as follows:
Beginning west at the city limits on
Standard avenue, east to Front street.
Or. Front street south to One Hundred
and Ninteenth street. On One Hundred
and Ninteenth street west to Center
street. South on Center street to One
Hundred and Seventeenth. On One
Hundred and Seventeenth street west
to Atchison avenue. South on Atchi
son to One Hundred and Twenty-first
street east to Front street. North on
Front street to the place of beginning.
HIS BOY:
LOSES
Highland Woman in Daring
Auto Ride Gets Her
Three-Year-Old Son and
Takes Him Back to Her
Home in Country.
ID THEN
WAXES ANGRY
Theodore Arkans With Aid of Kens
ington Friends Inveigles Mother
Into Letting Him Have His Son,
But Mother Can Not Stand For
Any Thing Like That.
A kidnaping story hlch goes beyond
the limits of fiction and stage craft
came to climax after midnight last
n.'ght -with scenes laid in Highlands
and Kensington.
The principals of the play which.
if it were staged, would ba depicted as
Theodore Arkans, a Highlands sa
loonkeeper, who formerly had a saloon
in Hammond under the name of Tom
Arnold, os kidnaper of his own three
j tar-old boy. Mrs. Arkans or Arnojd,
the wretched mother, who rescued the
child, snd John Nimitz on the Ridge
road as ihe daring chauffeur, who made
he rescue possible by taklr g the moth
er to Kensington on a midnight rida
to the. abode of the kidnapers.
The motive of the family drama is
unknown. Mrs. Aikans is known as a
respectable women in Highlands, while
it suffices to say that the husband has
found It convenient to travel under
two names. He hails from Kensing
ton and the police there have him
r-iarked.
Husband's Parents Take Child.
About a week ago the husband's
1-arents came to the Arkans place from
Kensington and pleaded with the moth
er to permit them to take the thre
ytarold boy along to Kensington for a
vffit.' r.eluctantl the mother leit him
tut of l.r care, and when her husband
tlisappoa:ed a few days ago she be
came anxious. -he feared for the wel
fare of her boy, and told her story
to John Ximitz. 'vho lives on the Ridgs
r;ad. Preparations to rj?scue the child
were made after ten o'clock last night.
Mr. Nimitz, who is also the justice of
the peace at Highlands, took his ma
cliine lo the Arkans place where it
was boarded by Mrs. Arkans and the
tartender, William Johnson, and in
half an hour the rescuing party was
in Kensington in front of the home of
Arkans' parents.
A Midnight Ride. ,
It was 11:30 iy this time and when
U.o mac line drc---v up a dim light was
seen burning in one of the front rooms.
The mother went to the front and
r8pped for admission. Nobody answer
t.l her call and she went to the back
doer. The remainlhg occupants in the
machine noticed that somebody stirred
i the home anl the light was turned
to brighter glow. Soon the Highlands
saloonkeeper appeared in the doorway
and addressing Mr. Nimitz said to
him:
"Is that you, John?"
"Yes."
"Well, don't you dare to move that
machine," and with that remark Ar
kans disappeared in the house.
Mr. Nimitz was prepared for the
worst and put his machine under full
power and sooner than he had expected
she saw Mrs. Arkans hurrying through
the alley carrying a bundle swathed in
blanket ran to the machine.
"Hurry, hurry," she urged Mr. Nimitz,
"for Arkans is going to follow."
And they did not hurry too soon for
the irate husband appeared in the door
way swearing vengeance. The machine
was soon out of his sight and the party
imade for the police station. The ser-
fant an1 Mr- naa a talK
heard of the unsavory reputation that
l.er husband has.
Husband Hurries Home.
After the conversation with the po
lice officials the party in the machine
hurried home, but on arriving there
found a big Stoddard Dayton machine,
In front of the house. The door had
evidently been broken open and the
party guessed rightly when It said that
the husband had procured another ma
chine and beaten them home.
The husband was at home and raving
about his wife's action and met her
with wordy abuse and blows. He de
sisted, however, before any of the
other men could come to the woman's
rescue and later went to the barroom to
which he invited the men in his hired
machine.
Mrs. Arkans took her baby and lock
ed herself and it in a. room while the)
husband went back to Kensington.
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HUSBAI