Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 11, Hammond, Lake County, 29 June 1907 — Page 1

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GREAT COITESJJflGES FIERCELY an didates for Jamestown Trip are Scouring the City for Votes in Hard Effort to Win.

II 15 RUMORED MANY VOTES ARE WITHHELD Only a Little More Than a Day Left and Victory May Coma in the Sprint at the Finish.

There ar nearly fifty Jamestown contestants left In the rare after weeks I of effort on their part and the contest has developed Into the most spectacular one that has ever been held in the county. If you have not been approached by somo young lady with a plea that you subscribe for The Lake County Times and help her make the trip to Jamestown, you must live in a cave a thousand miles from nowhere, for there is hardly a nook or corner in the city that has not been searched with a microscope for possible votes. And those who have been liberal will not have occasion to rue their actions for In a short time, in fact by the end of next month, the whole party of twelve young ladies and their friends will board The Lake County Times rpeclal car and start on a journey that is unequaled in all that are offered this year. If the friends of the contestants only knew how each of the candidates for this trip have set their hearts on winning, and if they only knew how happy some will be and how disappointed others will be when the result is announced, they would get busy today and Improve the time between now and next Saturday at 10:00 a. m. in helping these young ladies to win the contest. As it is the race has become one of the most Interesting that has ever been held In this section of the country. Hundreds of the readers of The Lake County Times -who have helped one candidate or another, look for the standing of the candidates every evening before they read the news and there are always changes in the situation that are Interesting. This is no national league pennant race with one young lady a mile In the lend of tba ratL .. It is a. reeular White Sox race with the pennant anybody's up until the last game. There were rumors of rotes being withheld, of coups In this or that vicinity, of this or that young lady's suspicious activity and it all adds to the Interest in the contest. From the Inside It is as impossible to pick the winners as it Is to those who have not been counting the votes daw by day for the past two or three months. It is possible to state but one tlhng definitely and positively and that is that the contest has ben a splendid success both for the contestants and the paper. The yonng ladies have gotten results and with their success has come the success of the paper. Only a day and a few hours left and then the result will be known. Sunday will bo the crucial day of the contest. It will be on Sunday and the first few hours of Monday that the votes will begin to pour in with such rapidity that it will take several clerks Just to count them. In some cases the race is so close that a thousand votes may dt-eide whether one or another of those who are at the Ion will take the trip. As in any other race it is frequently won by the spurt at the finish and r.o one realizes this so much as the young ladies themselves. Out over the county there Is increased activity in every district and the votes are coming hi by the ten thousands. In some cuffs it appears that there can be no question of the result and in others ,it is a toss up as to whom the winner will bo. It was repotted this morning that there were two young ladies whose names are on the list but who have not been floured in the running have enough votes to give the leaders in the race a tussle tor their positions. This report cannot bo continued but it is possible that such a condition could exist. It is but an illustration of the possibilities of the situation.

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Series of Accidents Occur, One of Which Proves Fatal to Victim. 15 STRUGKJY CRANE Laborer Swept By Huge Arm Under Wheels of Traveling Gear at Standard Steel. A series of bad accidents occurred in and around Hammond yesterday, one of them resulting in a death, George Toyn, Jim Vargo and John Babarozki, being the victims most badly hurt. Babarozki died on his way to. St. Margaret's hospital being terribly mangled while at his work at the Standard Steel Car shops. Babarozki who was known to be a good workman and a man always to be relied upon, was assisting a craneman Jn the main steel building. The pair were engaged at the time inVAvcying some oil tanks from one end of the shop to the other. The victim was riding on the crane assisting the operator when a sudden swing of the ponderous arm threw him off and he fell beneath the wheels of the . traveling gear. The swinging of the crane thrvw him to the center of the track stunning him so that he could not escape the wheels of the on-coming cran o AVituess. No one witnessed the accident but the victim was seen a few minutes after by R. A. Fleming the operator of tb,e second crane. Fleming dropped his lpad immediately and proceeded to push off the man's body with his own. The man was cut so badly, however, that he died a few minutes later. Tho accident occurred at 7:30 o'clock last night. The man's case is a most pitiful one considering the fact that he had arrived in this country but a few months ago from Russian Poland, filled with ambitions, so his friends say. He landed in this country in March, forced out of his native country by a strike at the factory in which he was employed and be came to this country to make good. He leaves a wife in the old country who is laboring in a factory to support five children until her husband could send for her. It is doubtful if she can ever be notified and must continue the struggle without ever knowing the fate of her husband. Other Sufferers. Jim Vargo, an Italian employed in the Fitzllugh-Luther Locomotive works was another unfortunate foreigner who received a bd injury yesterday while at work. The man was grinding a buggy bar on an emery wheel when an end of the bar caught In the wheel, forcing the other end P with great force and badly injuring his face. His ear was almost cut in two and the cheek was badly lacerated. Vargo was taken to the hospital where It was found that his wounds were all superficial and he will soon recover. George Toyn Is an employe of the Chicago, Indiana & Southern and was injured while at his work at Indiana Harbor. His injuries will not prove fatal, although he will be confined to the hospital for several weeks. Toyn was staking out a car when a switch engine struck him and threw him sevj eral yards to one side of the track. The force of the impact dislocated hi3 hip. NEW OFFICE EOOMS IN HAMMOND BUILDING. The offices of the Hammond Elevator company are belntp moved to the fifth floor of the Hammond building;. The second floor will be laid ont in otRpea similar in else and arrangement to those on the third and fourth floora. The fifth floor ia laid out exactly aa the second floor was, with suites of offices in the front and the ofilce of the company in the rear. Mrliie hall, which tho fifth floor waa formerly called, baa ben done away with. Prospective tenanta In view can ace the nevr ofilcea at any time. The editorial rooms of THE LAKE COUXTV TIMES will be situated fn the rear portion of the second floor.

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The dedicatory services of the new Methodist Episcopal church are to take place tomorrow morning. Bishop William F. McDowell of Chicago is to preach the dedicatory sermon and in the ceremony of dedication will be assisted by the pastor. Rev. L. S. Smith, the presiding elder. Rev. I). M. Wood, and Rev. Dr. Parr of Indianapolis. The Methodist church was organized here in 1SS3 and has been ministered over by nine resident pastors, pictures of whom are given elsewhere in this issue. The new church when completely finished will cost in the neighborhood of $30,000.

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Assaulters of Mesdames Prindski and Suspinski Still at Large. QUE- SUSPEGT-CAUGHT He is Eeleased When Women Fail to Identify Him Folice Still Search. The two ruffians who held up and robbed Mrs. George Prendski and Mrs. Stande Supsinski made their get-away yesterday afternoon after the desperate crime at the state line, although they were closely pursued by the police of this city and officers from South Chicago. Immediately after the two women ran to the saloon of Louis Kollwitz and reported the affair, the police were notified by the saloonkeeper, and Captain Bunde and Officer Louis Eisner were sent to the scene by Chief Rimbach. The officers found that the two men headed north along the railroad tracks and at once started in pursuit. The police of South Chicago were informed of the affair and a squad of officers started towards Hammond, but the two men escaped the cordon drawn by the officers. Captain Bunde picked up one hobo who answered to the description furnished by the women and he was sent back to the station while the officers kept up the pursuit. The whole length of track and surrounding country was searched up to evening for the culprits, but they were not found. It is thought that they took to the woods after following the railroad for some distance and may have a cave or hut along thr prairie between Hammond and Chicago. It would be very easy for the men to secret themselves in the camps and huts along the Calumet river. One Says MYes;" Other "Xo." The man who was apprehended by Captain Bunde was confronted by the two women and one of them picked him out as being a party to the robbery. The other was just as firm that the man was not one of the bandits, and finally won her sister over, and the man was released. Both women were badly bruised and marked up by their encounter with the highwaymen. The robbers bore the women to the ground and struck them with their fists and with the revolvers and otherwise mistreated them by choking them when they refused to pass up the money. They were able to give a good description cf the two men and the police of Chicago and surrounding cities together with the Hammond force are looking for them. One of the men was described as being about 24 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches tall, wore dark clothes and soft hat, and had a smooth face with about a week's growth of beard. The second man was about the cam a trc as the first: was about 5 feet S Inches tall, wore a black stiff hat and also had a week's growth of beard on his face. It is thought by the police that the men were a couple of yeggmen. dropped off some passing freight train In or about Hammond and they immediately started in to do a little side work to get money enough for grub-stakes. It is not, thought that they had singled out the two women and" were probably surprised at the amount of money carried by the wo -

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NEGRO HAS RAZOR; IIOI DYING Another Gary Fight Ends Disastrously Cuts 12Inch Gash. David Butler, age 18, was sent to the South Chicago hospital this morning suffering from wounds received while In a fight at Gary, where he received. & .cat In JLs "hip. -evei twelve, inches long and also: a slash over the right eye. Butler who was found lying on the street In a semi-unconscious condition with blood oozing from the cut in his hip, was weak from loss of blood and was on the verge of dying. At Gary where he was previously employed as a teamster for the McAugley Construction company of South Chicago, he became Involved in an argument with a negro and was slashed twice over the eye and again on the hip with a razor, inflicting the wound that will undoubtedly cause his death, as the hospital authorities have little hopes for his recovery. Butler is receiving the best attention, but this morning he was unable to talk, being so weak from loss of blood. Dr. Webb of Gary, who dressed young Butler's injuries, took thirty stiches in the hip, so it can readily be seen the wound is quite serious. FAREWELL FESTIVITIES GREAT SUCCESS Celebration in Honor of Judge Tuthill Proves Highly Enjoyable, The farewell banquet and theatre

party given in honor of Judge Tuthill, j as Clarence Jackson and said he rewas a srreat success. 1 sided at 419 Sibley street. He claim-

Part of the thirty-two lawyers who attended went to Chicago in the a. ternoon and attended the baseball game. They met the rest of the party at the Tip Top inn on the ninth floor of the Pullman building. The spirit of the banqueters ran high and according to the testimony of nearly all of those present it was not due to the fact that any considerable quantity of liquid spirits ran low. There was little time for toasts or speech making as the party desired to get over to the ioatre in time for the performance of "li.s Man of the Hour." Judge Tuthill. however, was called upon for a speech and in a few words expressed his appreciation of the honor his guests had shown him. "The Man of the Hour" could not have been more appropriate if it had been written for the occasion. It is a political story involving a Judge and the whole party was delighted with the production. After the show the party returned to their homes in Hammond and unani mously voted the affair a great success. men. They probably were too wise in the game to follow the railroad tracks very long as they must have known that the police would take up the trail as soon as it was reported. It is figtired that they either took to the woods or swung on a passing train and are now In some distant place. The women are at their homes today suffering seivereiy from their rough experience.

JJ six-. C- . ; t v voow- . Photo by Johnson. 10 "BAD U START P Pair of Four Flush "Desperadoes" Begin Something They Can't Finish THREATEN 10 SHOOT Flash Firearms When tfemand for Drinks is Ignored Then the Coppers Came. A man claiming to be a conductor in the employ of one of the local railroads nearly caused a panic in several saloons about Hammond in the vicinity of State street yesterday afternoon when he threatened to shoot everybody in sight because he was refused a drink. The man, with a companion, first appeared about 3 o'clock, and after a lot of loud talk, demanded that the barkeep dish out two drinks to himself and his friend Immediately under penalty of a terrible death. The bartender paid no attention to the pair but kept on serving a number of customers, when the man reached into his hip pocket and said he was going to shoot up the place. The patrons at the bar immediately found they had business in another section of the city and all tried to get out of the door at the same time. The men were finally pre vailed upon to go out without revolver display and they started for another saloon. Here they tried the same tac tics but the police had been notified that a bad man was shooting up the town and several officers were sent out to look for the man. Officer Frenck discovered the two near the Erie tracks and when they saw the bluecoat they started to run. Frenck caught one of them and he was brought back to the police station, where he gave his name 1 ed that he was a conductor and thought j he could scare the police. With a loud. ; boisterous voice ne toiu mem wnat ne was going to do when they placed him before the court. He went before Judge McMahon this morning and was fined $11 for his conduct. EXPECTED IMPROVEMENTS ASE NOW EEALITY. l'lrst w Car Between East Chicago and Standard Steel in Service. Will He followed by Others; Company Trepares for Big "Fonrth." The long expected Improvement in the service between East Chicago and the Standard Steel Car company is now a fact. This morning the first car and a new one at that in charge of Conductor J. Austgen and Motorman Eddie Edeidner left the car barns and made the trip over this route. Car number 329 is one of the big ones that have been promised for so long and is a beauty. It Is longer than any that have yet been run over the tracks of the South Chicago City railway and will help a great deal in carrying the increasing traffic on this part of the l!ne. There will be three other large cars ready for service before the Fourth j and they are all to be put on this run. j The street car company is planning to handle the largest crowds that have ever been carried on its lines in any lone day.

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A Semi-Ofiicial Statement s j From the Gary Land Co. Reassures Purchasers. TITLES NOT AFFECTED Mrs. C. F. Sommerville in Complaint Against John F. Sawyer Alleges Fraud and Misrepresentation. One of the Chicago papers which is very near to the officials of the Gary Land company has printed what appears to be a semi-official statement of the land company's attitude towards the recent coup of the Ilam-' mond lawyers who secured title to part of section ten at Gary. The wide publicity given to this transaction has caused considerable reluctance on the part of prospective purchasers to buy Gary land for fear that other land may have clouded titles. The article says: Tlie rumor stirred up in Gary during the last few days, which created for a time a general uncertainty concerning all titles in the new steel city, loses practically all of its danger upon investigation. The report that the land mentioned was In the heart of Gary and covered a big portion of the town was without foundation. The property in question is section ten, which is located south of the Michigan Central railroad and east of Broadway. The greater part of this section is owned by the steel company, which never has even platted nor offered its holding for sale. This is entirely apart from the plant and principal property of the steel company and refers to only a small fraction of their interest. The facts in tho case are:. On June 13 Mrs. Caroline F. Sommerville filed in the Lake county superior court her bill against John F. Sawyer, alleging: That defendant procured by fraud and induced plaintiff to execute to htm acquit claim -deed of said premises, purporting to convey the same to the defendant in fee by then and there falsely and fradulently representing to the plaintiff that she owned no interest in said real estate, excepting a mere technical claim which was unfounded and a mere Cloud on the title of said real estate. Says She AVaa Deceived. Said defendant further falsely and fraudulently represented to said plain tiff that said real estate was of no value whatever, consisting of sand hills. sloughs and unproductive wild land. That said defendant approached the plaintiff under the claim and guise of desiring to become her attorney in enforcing said claim; that plaintiff be lieved all of said false and said fraudulent representations and relied on them, and had no opportunity to verify said representations or ascertain the contrary without great expense, she at said time being a resident of the city of New York. Plaintiff further says that she, at the time she was so approached by said defendant, knew nothing concerning said land or of her interest therein and relied on said representations and false statements of fact made by said defendant. She Sold for $23. Plaintiff further says that said defendant well knew that his said statements were false and untrue at the time of making them; that defendant made said representations with the intent to defraud and deceive plaintiff and for the purpose of Inducing her to convey said real estate to him for a nominal consideration, $25, which was the amount paid by defendant to this plaintiff for said conveyance. Plaintiff further says that said real estate is of great value at least $500 an acre and that defendant well knew this at the time he secured the deed for $25. Basis for Her Claim. Mrs. Sommerville, it will be noticed, makes no direct attack upon the present and innocent purchasers of lots in this section. An examination of abstract shows that whatever claim she apparently has in this section is based upon the following facts: Mrs. Sommerville was at one time the wife of Nathaniel T. Wright, who claimed to hold an undivided one-half interest in the property at the time. Wright and his wife were not made parties to certain foreclosure proceedings through which the title comes. Many good lawyers assert they were not necessary parties. However, to meet all these objections the title was quieted by John Gunzenhauser. the then owner, by the proper court proceedings about one year ago. All the necessary persons were parties defendant, including the Wrights. Third Persons Secure. The time has expired within which an appeal from that decree might have been made and ail the third persons who have purchased undr that decree are secure in their titles in the opinion of good lawyers. Therf is nothing novel in the point claimed to have been raised and it was not discovered by any "bright young lawyer." The point was raised by almost all examiners of the title and objections waived by them. Some of the best known and (Continued on pace 5, column 5-

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Rumor Opens Old "Jericho But Facts Close it up Again. PLAH IS HOT Mayor Busse Would Net Stand for the Transplanted Bettin? Pang a Minute. A rumor got louse in South Chicago and Hammond yesterday that tho old Roby race track, which was abandoned to the bats and .sparrows several years ago, was about to bo rchabillt!ltetl ului uHain devoted to the pur pose for which it was constructed. The rumor had a plausible air and many were found to tuUo it seriously. Several persons, loosely described as" "Chicago race track men" were said to have been seen inspecting the dilapidated buildings and fences and tho weed-grown ellipse over which tha horses usd to cavort in the "good old days" when the place furnished an exchange for some of the speculative capital of ChlcaKO and employment for nearly all of the shrewd or able bodied men of Hammond who were alive to their opportunities. The fact that Mayor Husse in & complacent mood after election said that he believed in the restoration of, horse racing his belief of course contemplating the betting adjunct, outside of which there is no objection to the sport. There are no race tracks avallaMa within the corporate limits of Chicago. Washington purk is no more and Har lem, Hawthorne and Worth are out in the country over wliich States Attorney llealy, pledged to suppress racing and keep it suppressed, exercises the final guess. States Attorney llealy is Inexorable. He is as determined now as he was on the day of his election to keep his word, or at least so it w ould seem from his recent utterances. Mr. llealy also exercises prosecutive Jurisdiction over "Chicago, but It in not probuhlu that the machinery of his office would have much effect within the city in the face of Mayor Pusse's tolerance, connivance or protection. Beyond Ibc Fence, Chicago, The backstretch of the Itoby rac ' track marks the state line. Eeyond that fence lies Chicago. The mooted plan was to move the grandstand and betting ring from the Indiana tide of the track to the Illinois side, where the bookmakers would be out of tho range of the guns of Governor Hanly and behind the breast works thrown up by Mayor l.ussc's "belief in horsa racing." Thoe who evolved the plan, if such a plan really was evolved, evidently did not place the right interpretation upon Mayor I!u.se's remarks. When Mayor IJusfe said he txliev-d In horseracing he was thinking of Washington; Park with its air of fashion and gen-' tility and Its gorgeous Derby which meant so much to Chicago in a busi-' ne.s and social way. It is not likely that Mayor Buses would stand for the Roby subterfuga long enough to boil an egg. However, all doubts on the subject' were dispelled when John Condon talked over the telephone last night. Mr. Condon, although bund, can ses more into the future of racing around Chicago than any t.th?r man. For good and sufficient reason he abandoned Roby even before he had to. Mr. Condon said: "Absolutely nothing In it it Is ridiculous on the face of it. ho you suppose the Illinois authorities would stand for such an arrangement one minute? It is an old plan and one I had handed to me fifteen years ago. Some persons may have teen discussing such a plan, but it is a niera dream a pipe dream." That settles that. The Glucose trust can have Roby and all the appurtenances thereto belonging. KEV. U. M. WOOD, Ii Presiding Elder.

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