Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 185, Hammond, Lake County, 24 January 1907 — Page 3

Thursday, Jan. 24, 1907,

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GARY NEWS

J. A. Brennan of Philadelphia arrived here yesterday morning and expects to spend several days In this vicinity. He Is arranging for the erection of his building at the corner of Sixth avenue and Broadway. The Falkenau company is making rapid progress in the erection of Mr. Hyman's cottage at Seventh avenue and VanBuren street. He expects to be able to move his family here by the middle of February. Robert Orosz, the Hungarian restaurant proprietor, has taken a contract to cut into cordwood the timber growing on the town site. He already has some fifty men at work and the landscape is rapidly changing its appearance from wooded hills to bare stretches of ground cut up frequently by street and alley intersections. Drs. Walsh and Templin are working over-time these days. Small accidents and slight attacks of illness in the different camps keep them busy both night and day. Most of the territory can be covered only on foot and the doctors have lost all enthusiasm for the class in physical culture that was projected some time ago. The Hanley Casey company, who were awarded the contract for the plumbing in the 300 houses being erected, have opened up their local headquarters in a large frame building just west of the Falkneau company's planing mill near the Lake Shore tracks. The electrical contractors are located In a new building at the south end of the "Falkenau camp. Mrs. T. E. Knotts has planned the house to be erected for the postmaster and his family and the postmaster expects to let the contract for its erection at an early date. It will front west on Adams street at the corner of Seventh avenue. Mrs. Knotts declares that all her desires for the simple life has vanished and if she ever gets into a real house again she will have had enough of camping out and Its charms to last to the end of the chapter. Perry Ulrich of the firm of Ulrlch & Bacon, real estate brokers of Chicago, came over from Toleston for a short visit this morning. His firm is back of Walter S. Boss in the subdividing of the sixty acres recently purchased of John Gunzenhauser along South Broadway. Their engineer, Mr. Norlin, expects to attend the meeting of the trustees Saturday afternoon to obtain definite information as to what they will demand in tiie way of preparation of the tract before approving the plat. The laying of water and sewer pipe goes on without hinderance. The water mains along Eighth avenue has been laid for several blocks east and west of Broadway. Inasmuch as there are no cross alleys excepting along Fifth avenue It Is necessary to run the cross mains along the other avenues. They are laid between what will be the curb and the sidewalk line so that even here it will not be necessary to disturb the street to get at the waer pipe. Green & Sons Co., of Wisconsin are the contractors on the sewer and water pipe laying. CROWN POINT NEWS John E. Luther left yesterday afternoon for California, A special term of Lake circuit court will begin next Mondty. The Forester's Installed their newly elected oiilcers last evening. Crown Toint has a new social organization called the Q. K. C. club. Mrs. Cellste Malllett is visiting a few days with friends in the city this week. Mis3 Pearl Keiser, daughter of Geo. F. Keiser, is reported quite 111 with an atfack of lagrippe. W. E. Vilmer is attending a meeting of the executive committee of the Indiana state photographer's association at Indianapolis this week. The lecture by Rev. Francis Lybarger at the Central Music hall last evening was well attended and proved quite entertaining. Albert Houk. it is reported, will soon move his grocery store to the room recently vacated by Maurice Miller in the Heide block on the west side of the public square. MARRIAGE LICENCES. Issued since Jan. 22, 1907: Jas. R. Collins, Chicago 40 Marie Christman. Kankakee, 111 24 Jos. Kresel, Chicago 31 Anna Novotnty, Chicago 20 William Newman, Hammond 26 Tessle Knoblach, Hammond 21 Francis E. Dayliss, South Chicago... 21 Mary M. Malliette, South Chicago... 18 BLACK OAK NEWS Frank Costic spent today in Hammond. F. B. Scheldt is spending a few days In St. Johns. Simon Koedyker is a new subscriber to The Lake county Times. F. B. Scheldt has had the interior of his place of business repainted and decorated. Miss Laura Rissig was called to Hobart last night by the serious illness of her mother. When the Telephona Was New. In 1S77 there were just 7S0 teles' tone ia tiie United SUtA.

EAST CHICAGO NEWS

Albert DeW. Erskine was an East Chicago visitor yesterday. C. O. Funkhouser, has accepted a position on the Indiana Harbor railroad, having made his first trip yesterday. S. L. Llewellyn president and general manager of the Interstate Iron and Steel company, spent yesterday at the East Chicago plant. The new office building of the Davison Foundry has just been completed. and work now of moving in has been begun. The new office has all the modern equipments, and everything arranged for facilitating business. An employee of the Chicago Terminal Transfer railroad was injured yester day afternoon while working in the ma chine shop. He had his hand smashed. He was taken to Dr. Schlieken's drug store, where he received medical aid There is a movement on now for the organization of a building company. Their object is to form a company and erect homes for sale, for investment This project would certainly be a good one, as East Chicago now is in great need of more homes. Many are forced to live out of town on account of not being able to get suitable quarters. Chas. Johns, superintendent of the Interstate, while working around the yard Sunday morning, fell Into the sewer. The cover from one of the manholes had been taken off and on account of so much steam, Mrs. Johns did not see the hole. Two men who were near by assisted him out. At first his Injuries were thought to be quite serious, but Mr. Johns was able .f be out yesterday and says he is getting along nicely. The charity pedro party given last night by the Auxiliary of the Eastern Star, was well attended. Ten tables were filled. Miss Fannie Cohn carried away ladies' first prize, Miss Pogue, ladies consolation prize. Carl Thomas won gentlemen's first prize and John Dacey was given gentlemen's consolation prize. Twenty dollars was netted which will be placed in the treasury and distributed as needed. DYER NEWS Night Operator J. Burge made a business trip to Chicago Heights yesterday, Trustee John A. Wels of Schererville was here yesterday in the interest of the public school. Nick Kaiser had the misfortune yes terday of spraining his ankle while on the Ice looking after the ice crop. The cold weather doesn't seem to agree very well with the Monon trains as most of them are more or less late. Members of the Sunday school here, are busy arranging for an entertain ment to be given in the public school In the near future. The exact date has as yet not been set. Taking cold foot batha at this time of the year is not very pleasant, yet Tony Kaiser had the experience the other evening while trying the strength of the Ice on the creek. ST. JOHNS NEWS Jos. Thlel spent Wednesday at Joliet. Mrs. Wm. Koehle returned from Hammond yesterday. Andrew Bohling Is visiting relatives at Chicago Heights. Mr. and Mrs. John Ilaacke spent Wednesday in Chicago; Mrs. Frank Thiel returned from Chicago Wednesday evening. Miss Helen Gerlach returned fronr Ilammond, Wednesday morning. Jacob Dahlkamp of Chicago Heights, was a St. John visitor yesterday. Mesdames Peter Schumacher and Andrew Doctor ' returned from Hammond yesterday. Ben Dahlkamp has given up his position with Michael Stark, and is now working for Ben Klein. James Murphy, who was reported missing some time ago, has returned from a sanitarium in Hot Springs, Ark., where he was compelled to go on account of rheumatism. He did not think It necessary to notify his relatives of his whereaubts, as he had gone to the same place on several different occasions, when he became sick, and thought that they would know of his whereabouts. When during his abscence his oldest boy took sick with pneumonia, his relatives inquired and located him at Hot Springs. Mr. Murphy will take up his position as foreman on the C. I. & S. 11. R. again, as soon as his health permits. TOLLESTON NEWS Prcf. Waldron is on the sick list. O. C. Borman transacted business in Gary yesterday. Albert Borman of Hobart was in town yesterday on business. William Kunert and brother, Walter, were In Hammond today on business. The bank fixtures are all set up and by next week it will be open for business. Albert Kepocke met with an accident Tuesday while at work in Gary. He was nailing up a timber and the ht-ad flew off the spike he was driving and struck him on the lower lip, with suf-

ficlent force to cut a deep a painful injury.

rash, making Contractor Gallagher with a large force of men, has erected a saloon building In Gary within one week and it is now ready for the gravel roof. Mr. Gallaxher and his men worked every day this week in spite of the cold and stormy weather we have had Tuesday they were the only carpenters who ventured out. HOBART NEWS Miss Mary McAuliffe, who was seriously 111 with pneumonia for several days, Is greatly improved. A number of local Foresters will go to Wheeler this evening to attend the lodge. Several candidates are to be initiated. The local court of Foresters have begun making preparations for their annual masquerade ball, which is always held on Washington's birthday. M. Wagner of Ainsworth has moved his family to Hobart and will take charge of the Gus Kuschlnski saloon on the corner of Main and Fourth streets. Word received from Dan Scholler of Seneca, 111., Tuesday evening states he will be moved to a hospital In Chi cago today. His condition seems to be no better. Hobart now has another new business firm. Seward Lightner and Gib Bullock yesterday formed a partnersnip ana nave opened a real estate office In the town clerk's office In Main street. A new time schedule went Into ef fect Sunday, Jan. 20, on the Pennsylvania lines. The only change that affects the local trains at Hobart is the time of the Sunday night excursion train, which leaves at 6:38 instead of 7:28, and that 'of No. 9, is now a regu lar flag stop for South Chicago, Englewood and Chicago passengers. ROBERTS DALE NEWS Little Agnes Atchison with tonsilltis. Is very sick Henry Hatt of Indiana boulevard is on the sick list. , Lawrence Fick of is on the sick list. Harrison avenue Mrs. E. C. Holmes of Harrison aveune is very sick with lagrippe. Andrew Bedga of Indiana boulevard is confined to his home on account of sickness. George Dorsch left for Shelby, Ind yesterday where he will spend several days in hunting. Mr. and Mrs. G. Payne and Mrs. N. Burns and son Oliver, were Chicago visitors last evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Buntshuh entertained several of their friends from Hammond yesterday. Alexander Meyer of Indiana Boule vard, who has been sick for some time went to Alexander hospital in Chicago yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Kohr and Edwin Farr attended the banquet given by the Lake County Medical society at Hammond Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Freese of Rob erts avenue are entertaining the form er's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs Henry Freese of Kingsbury, Ind. LOWELL NEWS Mrs. H. II. Dumond of Chicago is in Lowell, the guest of her mother, Mrs Koch. Robert Fuller has gone to Columbus O., to enlist in the United States regu lar army. Mrs. Cecil Johnson, a patient in Chicago hospital the last six weeks has returned home, greatly improved in health. While trimming a hedge yesterday Herman Hayden had the misfortune to have a thorn fly in one of his eyes causlner a serious injury from which he is a great sufferer. Prof, and Mrs. II. B. Dickey enter talned the pupils of the first year high school Wednesday evening. Abou sixty were in attendance. Refresh ments were served and a fine time is reported. INDIANA HARBOR Henry Landsfleld visited friends in Chicago last evening. E. R. Hagerty was the guest of En rlewood friends last evening. Charles Johnson of Hammond was Harbor business visitor today. Henry Rosier of Chicago transacted business with O. P. George today. Mrs. U. Hardesty was called to Chesterton, Ind., last night by the serious illness of her father. Daniel Michaels of Chicago Heights made a number of business calls at the Harbor this morning. Mrs. J. K. Lightbody and daughter. May, attended a lecture given by Gillian, the humorist, in East Chicago, last night. John Flood, state agent for the Home Fire Insurance company, of Indianapolis, made a number of business calls here this morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. F.evan will be the guests of friend Chicago this evs-

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DAY'S GRIST IN SOUTH CHICAGO

GHASTLY FIND EARML1ET Corpse of Kupka Child, Thought Killed and Concealed Is Discovered. BODY SHOWS VIOLENCE Girl's Story That Boy Was Run Over and Thrown Into Wagon, Seems Plausible . The body of Walter Krupka, the lit tle South Chicago boy who has been missing since Dec. 15, at which time it was believed that a passing wagon had run him down and the driver had thrown his body into his wagon and disposed of It somewhere between South Chicago and Hammond, has been found. Marks of violence on the body Indicate that this theory was correct and that the child may have been mur dered after his Injury. The body was discovered this morning in the big slough west of the Calumet river and south of 106th street by a workman on his way to the In ternational Harvester company's plant in South Deering. Hody Chopped Out of lee. The slough where the ghastly find was made covers about thirty acres. It is never dry and the rains of last week made It a large pond. The cold weather frore It over, and the body, whose discovery was at once reported to the police of the sixteenth precinct station by the finder, had to be chop ped out of the ice with axes. On account of the frozen condition of the body, an exact determination of the character of the wounds or marks on it could not be made. It was taken in the police ambulance to Charles Leseberg's morgue at 10104 Avenue M, and the coroner was at once notified At 2 o'clock this afternoon a represen tative of the corontr's office arrived at the morgue and began an investi gatlon. Disappeared Dec. 15. Little Walter Krupa, who was looked upon as somewhat weak intellectually, but who was nevertheless able to go on trifling errands, was sent by his mother on the afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 15, to make a purchase in a grocery near his home, SS45 Commercial avenue. That was the last seen of him by his parents. On his failure to return, search was made for him and his disappearance was reported to the police, with a minute description of his appearance and the clothing he wore. Child Saw 111 in Run Over. A little neighbor girl, Hanna Blaomencranz, related a tale of having seen the child, who was ten years old, run over by a wagon driven by a Greek or Italian peddler, who picked up the unconscious form and put it in his wagon, driving rapidly away. This story was looked upon by those to whom the little girl told it as being the work of a childish imagination, and little attention was paid to it by the police, who adopted the theory that Walter had wandered away, perhaps to visit friends and would turn up in a few days. Search Is Made for Wilson. This story of the little girl is now regarded as the true one, as marks on the body Indicate violence readily attributed to such an accident as she described. Search Is now being made for a wagon resembling the one the girl described as the police believe the man who drove it is the one who placed the body in the slough. The long time elapsing between the little boy's disappearance and the recovery of his body will make the tracing of the wagon and Its driver extremely difficult. All Clews Faulty. After Walter had been missing several days his parents began a systematic search, and the police bulletin published his portrait. Several promising clews "were run down but without result. Police of nearby - towns took up the search, and Whiting and Hammond were the scenes of efforts to locate the missing boy. It was at first believed that he had tried to reach an aunt in Whiting, and reports that he had been seen on street cars running between Whiting and South Chicago were numerous. Absolutely nothing of a definite nature was learned of his whereabouts until the discovery of his body this morning. The identification was made positive by the child's parents, who were taken to the morgue by the police this forenoon. Harvey Frahm, 9S34 Strand, was removed to the South Chicago hospital yesterday suffering with pneumonia. Michael Dundas and Reamor Gaylor were given fines of $10 and costs each Ins: at a theatre party to see Grand Mogul" at the Colonial. The C. E. Fowler left for Ft. "Wayne. Ind. this morning where he will attend the annual convention of the advisory council of the Royal League of this state. Mr. Fowler is the advisory archon, the highest ofP.ce in the state. John Shannon, who Is employed In the coal office of the Pennsylvania railroad went to the basement to fix the furnace fire and as he opened the door, he found the place in flames. He soon had the fire extinguished and it wta Xound that kindling and waste wbi-

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municipal court this morning on disorderly charges. EAST SIDE WILL HOLD JUBILEE TOMORROW NIGHT. Improvement Association Prepares Elaborate Program of Toasts, and an Elegant Menu Will Me Enjoyed Covers for Seventy-Five. Covers will be laid for seventy-five guests at the banquet of the .ast Side Improvement association at the St. Elmo hotel, 992 Ewing avenue, tomorrow night. The committee having the arrangements in charge have framed up a menu and program that will mark an epoch in the life of that attractive suburb. Walter M. Krinbill will act as toastmaster and the toasts will be responded to as follows: "The Municipal Court" Judge Chas. X. Goodnow. "Track Elevation" Alderman P. II. Moynihan. "The Torrens System" Abel Davis. "Benefits of Organization" Repre sentative John J. Poulton. "The Drainage Canal" John J. Hanberg. "Street Improvements" Alderman John S. Derpa. "The East Side. Tast. Present and Future" Ernest Hummel. "Parks and Boulevards" Senator A. C. Clark. "Our Lake Front" Edward Watkins. "Taxation" County Assessor Walter E. Schmidt. The officers of the association are: President, E. B. Macy; vice president. John P. Gallistel; treasurer, Charles A. Anderson: secretary. Robert E. L. Brooks. Smothered Under Coal. Edward Gogezobh, 21 years old, an Austrian laborer in the By-Products Coke company's plant in South Deering, was smothered to death under a pile of coal Tuesday afternoon. With several other men, Gogezobh was engaged in shoveling the coal into dump cars, when without warning a huge mass slid onto him, completely burying him. Before lie could be dug out he was dead. The body was taken to Murphy's morgue at 9353 South Chicago avenue. The dead man lived In a boarding house at 10814 Torrence avenue. ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE. Howard Crompton Held for Luring Young Girls to Enter Dives. Howard Crompton is under arrest at the South Chicago police station on a charge of furnishing young girls for the resorts on the Harbor avenue. He was observed by Officer McAvoy, who travels a beat in South Chicago's tenderloin, in company with Margaret Butler, whom he took into one of the places on the street. McAvoy questioned the girl, and on the strength of her story, last night arrested Crompton in the down town district. The girl is detained at the Harrison street annex. The case against crompton was called in Judge Goodnow's court this morning and continued until Saturday. SOUTH CHICAGO LOSES TO LAKE. liaMketball Game is Played at Besse mer I'ark. South Chicago high school lost to Lake high school In the basketball game at Bessemer park last evening. in one of the fastest games that has been played in the high school league this season. The score was 36 to 38. Lake had the better of the game in the first half and held the lead. Its fast team work and excellent basket throwing did the business, although South Chicago struggled valiantly. Athletic Director J. A. Ellison, of Bes semer park gymnasium, who coached the South Chicago five, had nothing but praise for his boys after the de feat. The result of the game is to tie Lake high school with Englewood high school. The line-up: Lake South Chicago. Wildauer R F Murray Goldstein L. F Handberg McCormick C Thomason Roche L. G Todd Carr R. G Llndberg COSTS $25 TO CALL MAN THIEF. W. F. Walkovlak Awarded Damages Against F. Semrau for Defamation of Character. The case of W. F. Kalkovlak against F. Semrau, in which Walkovlak asked SI, 000 damages for defamation of character, was decided In the plaintiffs favor by Judge Goodnow in the munic ipal court this morning, but damages of only $25 were assessed. Walkoviah worked as collector for Semrau, who conducts an installment furniture store. A dispute arose between them over the payment of $9 by a customer and Walkovlak was discharged. Walkoviah alleged that Semrau prevented his getting employment In another place and referred to him as a thief. were near the furnace had caught Are. The loss was small and the volunteer fire department was not called. Went Week Without Sleep. There are many marvelous instances of persons not sleeping for years and years. There wa3 the Archduke Otto of Austria, who died not long ago. He once made a het of 10,000 florins that he would not go to bed or sleep for a whole week, and he won the wager. He took two hot baths a day, and at the end o the week looked fresh and

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