Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 30, Hammond, Lake County, 23 July 1906 — Page 1
THE
LAKE
COUNTY
TIMES
VOL. 1, NO. 30.
HAMMOND, INDIANA MONDAY, JULY 23, 1906.
ONE CENT PER COPY.
BLOOD RU
RUSSIA
Murder, Riot and Pillage Reign Supreme in Czar's Empire.
TROOPS ARE IN REVOLT
Soldiers Deserting the Cause of the
"Little Father" and Joining the Revolutionists.
CHASES BOYS;
LOSES
LIFE
Overworked Street Car ConPays the Toll of Duty.
WAS AFTER "FLIPPERS"
Load of Sunday Roysterers Oblivious of Tragedy in Their Wake.
(Special to Lake County Times.) New York, July 23.--A special from; St. Petersburg says the streets of St. Petersburg are running with
blood and that scenes resembling the
commune of Paris are being enacted
Mutiniers are reproted in nearly
every garrison and in many places
soldiers are deserting and jioning
ranks of the revolutionists. The soldiers who are supposed to be loyal to the Czar are preserving an attiof stolid indifference and refuse to obey orders. Fires of incindiary origin are breaking out in all parts of the capiand little effort is being made to extinguish them. The revolutionary spirit seems to be spreading to all classes. A report that the rioters were marching upon Peterhof could not be traced to a resource although such a thing is considered possible. All workmen have gone out on a
strike at Moscow and business is at
a standstill.
Last night was one of terror in St.
Petersburg and Moscow.
The Douma which is in session at Viborg is breathing defiance to the
autocrat of the nation and the rethat come from there are en couraging the revolutionists to great er fury. Riot, pillage, murder and incen diarism reign supreme, and in th
midst of it all the Czar, who is not being informed of the real facts, has
confidence in the fidelity of his peo
ple and the stability of the Empire. HAMMOND MASONS HELP
ELGIN ASYLUM REFUGEE
Franklin H. Sage, Victim of Pernic
ious System of Illinois Institution
to be Sent to Clevland by Loca
Brethern Tonight.
"I am leaving Hammond tofor my old home in Hartford, Conn., and before going I wish to express my thanks to the Lake County Times for their courtesy and aid and to His Honor Judge McMahan, and to the Masonic fraternity for their kindness." FRANKLIN H. SAGE.
LOVE IS BLIND.
Tired out by long hours and a trySunday's work in which chasing flippers from his car was added to his regular duties of collecting fares, punching transfers and running ahead of the car at numerous crossJohn Petrie, a conductor on one of the trolley cars of the South
Chicago City railway, lost his life while trying to get several small
boys off the blind side of his car.
He was overzealous in trying to
warn the boys, who were stealing a
ide, of their danger, and yet too
tired to look out for his own safety
His twelve to fourteen hours of work
were nearly ended when the accident happened but instead of going home
for the few hours of much needed
est, he was taken to the undertaker
Conductor Petrie, who lives at
10309 Avenue N had reached 105th
street on his way north when he no
ticed several small boys clinging to the blind side of the car. Realizing their danger he shouted to them to
ump off. Just at this time the boys
saw a Hammond car coming toward
hem from the north and knew that
it would be impossible for them to get off until the Hammond car had
passed. The conductor did not understand why they were so slow in obeying his order and determined to
go over and see that, they left the car.
Passengers Did Not K as he leaped out from the rear
platform of the first car in order to
et on the trailer, the Hammond car
struck him.
It was found upon investigation
that Petrie's neck had been broken
in two places and death must have been instantaneous. The body was taken to a near-by undertaker's
where the inquest was held this
morning.
On the Hammond car was the usual crowd of roysterers who were returning from a good time in ChiThey passed 105th street joking and laughing and did not realize that the car in which they
were speeding homeward had snuffed
out a human life. Even the conand motorman did not know
that the accident had happened and
went on to Hammond entirely ob
livious of the fact that their car had
beet the cause of a fellow workman's
death.
FATHERS SEEK
VENGEANCE
South Chicago Girls Said to Have Been Lured to Hammond.
Young Men Are Arrested in South
Chicago But Cannot Be ProseThere.
ARRESTED "DOWN AND OUTS"
ARE EXAMINED BY DOCTORS.
Pitiful Case at the Police Station Where the Misery of the Under World is Brought to Light by Officers.
Dr. Sharrer was called to the postation this morning to attend to several cases among the prisoners in the city jail. It was a bad looking lot that faced the local physician. Frist came Riley who has a bad case of "snakes". Riley told the doctor that he knew "they" were coming for him this morning and wanted to know what show a man had in a place like this,
pointing to the iron bars which pre vented every means of escape. His eyes rolled as he said, "I'll bet they are out there now" and tip toeing to
the window he peeped out carefully and then came back somewhat re
assured. The doctor asked Riley if his parents were living while the ex
amination was in progress and the
man thinking he had been asked
about his liver insisted that his liver
was alright.
The next man to be examined was
the big nogro who had been badly
pummeled in an attempt to resist
Officer Elsner. The burly fellow had a bad looking eye over which several stitches had been taken. He was
cautioned to have the stitches reas soon as the eye was healed
and then the doctor dismissed him. Last of all came Leo Starviki whose nervous condition caused the police to fear that he was either gocrazy or was about to have an
attack of delirium tremens. The doctor soon decided that there was
nothing very serious about the con dition of the man and he was per mitted to go his way.
One "batty," another badly bruised
by an officer's club, and still another
"up against it" and crazed with
grief, are samples of the cases that are brought up from the under
world every day and exposed to pub-
lic gaze by the activity of the police.
SPEECH OF THE TOWN TANK.
NO SHOOTING IN GARY.
Jim Gill None the Worse for a Little
Disturbance in Tolleston.
CITY WATER IS RANK.
The case of Franklin H. Sage, the old gentleman whose story of escapfrom the Elgin insane asylum last week and making his way to Hammond, was told exclusively in the Lake County Times, arrived here Satmorning, has at the instance of Judge MeMahan, been taken up by the local Masons, of which order Mr. Sage is a member. The local organiwill send Mr. Sage to Clevetonight over the Nickel Plate, that being his request, saying that he has good friends in that city where he will be able to get cleaned up and get some new clohtes. A committee of the Masons took
charge of the old gentleman this morning and took him to the office of Attorney W. J. Whinery in the Hammond building. After they had been in session for half an hour they
Continued on 2d page.)
Early this morning a report was circulated that Jim Gill of the firm of saloonkeepers Stoker & Gill of Tolleston had been shot and killed this forenoon. At last reports the
tall, lank Irishman who is known throughout the entire county was enjoying a hearty meal this noon. The rumor of Gill's death probhad its origin in threats made last Saturday night after Gill had thrown out a number of drunks who were shooting his place to pieces acto the style once very popin the Black Hills. Gill is one of that class that is "just as gamey as they make them." He jumped into the thickest of the fray snatched revolvers right and left and booted the drunken rioters into the street. They promised to return and even up with him at
which he laughed. His relatives in Hammond were very much disturbed by the report this morning. A special to the Lake County Times from Tolleston this afternoon confirmed that later report that Gill was unhurt and doing business as usual.
Look at this. Ain't it a peach? Betcher life. Where did I get it? Well, I didn't get it from your friend, the Town Pump. Say, that guy is on the blink. I didn't get it in West Hammond, or Cedar Lake either. An' I didn't carry it out from Chicago. If anybody asks you, I got it right here in little old Hammond. Hamis all right and I don't stand for no knocks. Didn't have to sneak in through no cellars or climb over no transom, or stall no coppers, or bust into no drug stores to get this... An' say, ain't it one you could recomto a friend? Ain't it one you could take home and stick up on the mantel piece and call the neighbors to come and take a look at it? There now None o' that. I paid for it all right, all right. I didn't see you comin' around and sayin' my money was tainted. My money was on the bar every time I hollered. Town Pump, eh? He's all to the mildewed cabbage. Ain't got a look in. Wot have they been tryin' to give us around here, anyLot of con talk about nothin' doin' on Sunday? Cheese! You to the bat facAs long as a guy is right and has got the price, what's the difference? Have we got to be bothered with a lot of weepin' Willies that want to make a cyclone cellar out of this burg and push us out on Sunday? Say not! Say!. Give's 'nother!. Wot!
Got enough, eh? To the ice box with you! Who's doin' this anyhow? Wot's that? Well, when you come that on me, good night!
ELLIS SPRINGS IT ON HIS WIFE'S FOLKS.
Confirms News to Wife's Parents Already Given Them by the Lake County Times.
WHITE HOUSE
SCANDAL
LAST MOMENT FLASHES
(Special to Lake County Times.) Crown Point, Ind., July 23.--Ex-Thomas J. Wood of this place, was siezed with an apoleptic stroke in his office shortly after two this afternoon and fell to the floor unMr. Wood is a very heavy man weighing over 225 pounds and has been subject to weakness of the heart. About ten days ago he had slight stroke from which he reeovAt this time (2:30) he is still unconscious. While two physiare working over him, they exlittle hope that he will live Miss Alice Sohl of Hammond, is a
of two South niece of ex-Congressman Woods.
Saturday evening in consultation Chicago 0 0 1
with the local officials with the idea Brooklyn 0 2 0
in mind of prosecuting two young Batteries--Overall, Kling; Mclntyre;
men of South Chicago who are said Ritter.
to have induced the two girls, each
of whom is not over 15 years old, to R. H.
accompany them on a buggy ride Fii- Pittsburg 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 *--7 9 day night, which ride is said to have New York 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--1 7
terminated in the four young per- Batteries-Liefeld, Phelps; Wiltse,
Two irate fathers
Bresnahan.
There is something decidedly
wrong with the drinking water in Hammond. It has a taste as though
every fish in the lake has been dead
for the last six months including
number of whales and several sharks
Complaints come from the entire
town. To filter the water is useless; the taste still remains. Even after boiling it it is no better. What litgood there is in the water evapoand the odor remains. It is intolerable even to bathe in while the stuff is so rank. The superinof the waterworks will have to get busy.
TOLLESTON GETS STATE BANK.
(Special to Lake County Times).
South Bend, Ind., July 22.--Je-A. Ellis, the Chicago automobile
enthusiast, who married Miss Ida M
Platz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Platz of this city, at Hamone day last week, arrived here yesterday with his bride in his auto. The couple went at once to the home
of the bride's parents to receive their
benediction It is thought that the parental blessing was forthcoming
for when Mr. Ellis was seen at his hotel this evening he wore a broad
smile and seemed the happiest man in
this city.
Of his marriage to Miss Platz, who left this city several years ago to go
into business in Chicago, the genial Chicagoan was not averse to talk. He said he had intended to keep their marriage a secret until they had made it known to the bride's parent's upon their arrival here. He seemed somewhat irritated that it had been printed in the Chicago papand was at loss to account for the information reaching the Chipapers until shown a copy of
the Lake County Times printed on the day of the wedding and giving
the story of the affair for the first time. "Well, I'll be hanged," ex
claimed the motorist. "I wonder how they got it." Mr. Ellis said he is now perfectly happy and is not so much concerned about the fact of his marriage comout before he wanted it to as
some people think. He said his re
lations with his former wife had been far from friendly for more than a year before he finally parted from her three years ago, since which
time he has had nothing whatever to
do with her. "If two people are
married and are not congenial there is but one thing for them to do get a divorce, he said. A man will
meet his affinity at some time or oth
er and 1 am sure that I have now
found mine."
Ellis said he intended to make a short touring in his touring car and
then to return to his home in Chi
cago.
Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia, post
poned; rain.
0
Egan, Grady; Dorner,
sons becoming intoxicated and stay
ing at the Wolf Lake Club House
here all night, returning to their
homes Saturday night.
The men who were in Hammond
Saturday night are Fred Gust and St. Louis
Ernest Borch and the girls names Boston
are Hattie Gust and Emmn Borch. Batteries
When in Hammond the men were O'Neill.
accompanied by Sergeant Pearsons
of the South Chicago police force. AMERICAN LEAGUE
The two young men, who were ar- Washington 0 1 0 rested in South Chicago Saturday on St. Louis 0 0 0
warrants sworn out by the fathers Batteries--Falkenberg, Heydon; Pow
of the two girls and charging as- ell, O'Connor.
sault, are Frank McFadden and Jos
eph Beterman. When they were ar- New York 0 0 2 0 1
raigned before Police Magistrate Detroit 2 0 0 0 0
Foster in South Chicago Saturday Batteries--Hogg. McGuire; Killlan,
after their arrest, their cases were Warner.
continued and they were released on
bonds of $3,000. Can't Convict in Illinois.
It is thought that it will be a hard
R.H.
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 *--3 7
Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--1 6
Batteries--Dineen, Armbruster;
matter to convict the young men in Townsend, Kittredge.
the Illinois courts and this fact ac
counts for the visit to Hammond of First game
R.H.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--0 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0--4 7 Coombs, Powers; Owen,
the fathers of the victims. An at
tempt was made by a Lake County Phila
Times reporter this morning to ascer- Chicago
tain what Ed Schnaudt, the propri- Batteries--
etor of the Wolf Like resort, had to Sullivan.
say about the affair, but the reporter
was informed that Mr. Schnaudt Second game
was in South Chicago "on business" Phila 1 0 0 0 0 0
and would not return until after- Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0
noon. The man at the White House Batteries--Dygert, Schreck; Altrock,
could not tell what Mr. Schnaudt's Sullivan.
mission in South Chicago was.
It is said that if the fathers of MRS. P. M. CONGER FAILS IN
DR. J. T. CLARK'S BROTHER DEAD
Word was received this morning in Hammond of the death of W. H. Clark at the Kalamazoo, Mich, asyfor the feeble minded. W. H. Clark was a brother of Dr. J. T. Clark and Mrs. Margaret Hastings of this city. The latter left this morning for Kalamazoo and Dr. Clark, who is at Peacock, Mich., was notified and will go to Kalamazoo from there.
The deceased had been in the insti
tution for one year.
The First State Bank of Tolleston of this county was incorporated last
week with a capital stock of $25,000,
with G. J. Bader as president and Julian Youche of Crown Point as cashier.
The prospects for business in Tol
leston are naturally
account wire becoming out of order, but
of the growing town of Gary only
Fred Heintz, who is giving
miles east of it, and Mr. Bader
CURLEY OFF HIS TROLLEY.
"Curly the Dare Devil" failed to
make his slide last night at the Wolf
Lake club house on account of his
of Whiting and Mr. Youche of Crown
the free
attraction to the patrons of his skatrink there, promises
Point, seeing the
opportunity grasped will appear twice next Sunday in-
Both men have been in active stead, to make up for the disappointbusiness in their respective
ment of last night. At 3 o'clock
nd with their names at the head Curly, the Dare Devil, or as he is of it and growing business of the also known Prof. O. M. Kimball town the new bank will carry on a will make his slide for life and
the girls cannot obtain a conviction
in the Illinois courts they will bring
the cases to Hammond.
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
SILK WORM DISPLAY
IN LION STORE WINDOW.
Takes Six Grains of Morphine But
is Saved by Doctors Untiring EfThreatens to try it Over as Soon as Possible.
A Thousand Silk Worms Can be Seen
Weaving Their Cocoons--They
Feed on Mulberry Leaves.
most conservative line of business.
HAMMOND HORSES GO SOME. In a tryout at the Pullman track yesterday afternon, Ferndale, PostGostlin's mare, paced a mile in 2:16, and another in 2:17. MattSister Fistavia trotted the mile
in 2:19, 2:20 and 2:21.
the evening the famous fire slide. The new skating rink which was opened at the Wolf Lake club pavillast Saturday night has drawn large crowds.
Holding six grains of morphine
in her hand, Mrs. P. M. Conger liv
ing at 620 North Hohman street,
stopped long enough to say "Well,
here goes" and swallowed the poison.
The enterprising owners of the Mrs. Conger was taken to her home
Lion store have gotten in an un- by the police late last night and tounique attraction which is ward midnight she took the mordisplay in their front windows be- phine. Before taking it, she called
ginning this afternoon and evening. in a neighbor who hardly realized
They have imported a thousand silk what Mrs. Conger was about to do
worms from Peoria, Ill., for the ex- until it was too late. The neighbor
press purpose of showing the people ing lady immediately called on Dr.
of Hammond how silk is made. This Weis who arrived in bare time to
is the first time an exhibit of this rouse the woman, who begged to
kind has been made here. The dis- be left alone as she wanted to sleep
play shows worms in all the different Other neighbors were called in who
stages of silk culture. The mul- walked the unfortunate woman for berry leaves with which the window hours until she was out of danger.
is strewn form the food on which Upon surviving she said that while
the worms live. All day yesterday she may have failed this time
the worms were feeding and it is through the doctor's care and skill,
expected that by tonight they will she would make another attempt and
begin to spin. This of course is the then hoped to succeed. Her hus-
most interesting stage of the work. band, P. M. Conger is at Kalamazoo,
Before the busy little workers weave Mich., where he is ernployed on a
for themselves the cocoons from fruit farm.
which they never emerge they throw
but what is known as "spun silk" MRS. BEREOLOS ASKS DIVORCE,
after being manufactured. This
will be a beautiful sight when all Mrs. Gus Bereolos filed suite for
the worms begin to spin. They will divorce through her attorney, W. J. be kept in the window until Satur- McAleer, in the superior court today
THE WEATHER.
Fair and continued cool tonight and Tuesday,
day night, when it is expected all
the cocoons will be completed and in readiness to send to the manufacturIt will be worth the time spent to watch the wonderful work.
charging her husband with cruel treatment. She asks an alimony of $5,000, custody of her daughter and $500 a year for the support of the child.