Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 15, Hammond, Lake County, 5 July 1907 — Page 1

I? Contrast S&ssrl&srs 9430 SM Silas - - - 1080 Total, Yestsrdaj 10,510 DITION VOL. H. NO. 15. FOUR EDITIONS DAILY. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1907. ONE CENT PER COP.Y, LEAVES TRAIL OF SUFFERING "Fourth" Claims Many Victims in Vicinity of Hammond. FIRE GUTTS LAKE COUNTY I HIS THE HAGUE CONFERENCE FRONT AND REAR VIEWS BIG BUILD CELEBRATES SWEET WAY American Plant at Indiana Harbor Visited by $100,000 Blaze. Every Settlement Within Its Hammond Citizens and Guests Pass Fourth Accordinsr to Taste. Borders Furnishes Its Quota of Enthusiasm.

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Numerous Mishaps, Not Down on the Blotter, Undoubtedly Take Place, CASUALTY HKCOIID FOIl THE CALUMET IIEGIO.V. Cedar Lake, lud. Three Injured. Two by firework and one by 11 rearm. C'heaterton, Ind Two Injured by flrrnurkn. Crowu Point, Inl-Two Injured by firework. Eaat CbleuKo, Intl. Two Injured, one by blank cartridge and one by a torpedo. Hammond, Ind. One Injured by firework. 'West Hammond Two Injured. One by L rearms and one by firework. Indiana Harbor, Ind. Two Injured. One by fireworks and one by Kimnowder. Lowell, Ind. Two Injured by flreworka. A'alpnraiso, Ind. Sir Injured. Four by fire works; two by firearm. Wheeler, lad. Two Injured. One by fire work and one by toy pistol. Eleven are known to have been injured hereabouts yesterday in celeDratIng the Fourth of July and it is thougnt many more were hurt whose Injuries have not been reported. Cedar Lake seemed to head the list of unfortunate Fourth victims, having three to its credit. t As he was lighting a cannon chacker at the Cedar Luke picnic yesterday, the cracker exploded and Willie Gordan, aged 9, is minus two of his forefingers on the right hand. Frank Morris, aged 16, of Chicago, while attending a picnic at Cedar Lake yesterday. was accidentally shot through the hund by a 22-blank cart ridge. A physician was summoned and the wadding from the cartridge was extracted. While discharging a Roman candle at Cedar Lake yesterday afternoon, 7-year-ohl Louis Connors pointed It at his sister, Mary, aged 12, and one of the bulla of fire struck her in the corner of the eye. Two Serlounly Hurt sit Harbor. At Indiana Harbor two were seriously injured. Henry Harmes, a youth of 18, was holding a lighted cannon cracker in his hand when it exploded, splitting open two fore fingers on his right hand and making amputation necessary. Frank Harbst, aged 30, was lighting a cannon cracker when it exploded unexpectedly and tore off the tip of his right forefinger and also badly burned ills ch"st. Charles Olson of Fast Chicago was bending over a common cracker when it exploded, burning him about the face. It is feared he may lose his eyesight. Thirteen-year-old Stanley Washinski of Fast Chicago was touching off a cup of powder and didn't get away quick enough. The powder Hashed up, burning him on the hands and arms. Probably the worst accident of any, happened in West Hammond where John Rohat. aged 16, was cleaning a S-ealibn'' revolver, it accidentally exploded, tearing through the left hand and splitting several of the small boi.es and burning tue hand. Bohat was taken to St. Margaret's hospital where he is receiving medical attention. Casualty at Hall game. At the ball game yesterday, Joe Long was touching off a cannon cracker and when it failed to explode In what he thought was the necessary time, he went to light it again. It went off, burning him about the hands. Another accident took place in West Hammond when young John Prismivich. exploded a giant torpedo. Some of the little stones imbedded themselves in his face. The boy was removed to his home on Forsythe avenue where he ia being cared for. Several other minor Injuries are reported but none are very serious. At the Indiana Harbor celebration foreigners with revolvers were allowed to run on the streets and discharge their weapons and practically no order was maintained. When the excursion train went back to the city from Cedar Lake yesterday afternoon, two young men were sitting in one seat, one with his head band aged ana tr.o oi.ner wun nis arm in a sling, and It Is likely that ther were victims of the days festivities. WEATHER FORECAST. ShoHrrn and probably thundrrtortus tkfx afternoon nod tori i x Si t ; Satiinl.iT showers fallowed by fair and cooler.

FIVE GRANES ARE RUINED

Flames Threaten to Consume Other Departments, But Firemen Man age to Control Them. A bad Are broke out In the plant of the American Steel & Foundry company at 2 o'clock Thursday morning. The blaze was started by a heater in the foundry department, and before its ravages could be checked the damage amounted to $100,000. The most dam age was done to the foundry, which was practically a new building, being not quite a year old. Five electric cranes, valued at $12,000 each were totally destroyed. Losm Not Fully Covered. Manager Wright stated this morning that the damage was only partly covered by Insurance, but It is not cer tain how much the total loss will be. Ihe fire destroyed everything in the building which was inflammable and much of the iron was so badly twisted that parts of the steel construction will have to be rebuilt. Soon after the starting of the fire the flames spread to the other buildings adjoin ing and it seemed only a matter of time until the whole plant would be consumed. Good work by the firemen, however, prevented this, and the pat tern shop, the contents of which are valued at $200,000, was not touched. Place Inaccessible. The place is so inaccessible that the firemen and horses had a long and hard journey before they could reach the Are. After they got there they had a bad fight before them because of the nature of the buildings and the danger of working around the huge machinery. They finally succeeded in con trolling it, however, and the great heap of smoldering ruins of steel columns and tw9te.t machinery which was left made an Imposing sight. - There was no one in the building at the time the fire broke out as the plant had closed down for the Fourth. The firemen were not able to leave the smoldering mass until 9 o'clock, lest the flames break out afresh. About 1,500 men are thrown out o employment by the destruction of the foundry. ALL READY FOR hm UNVEILING G. A. R. Will be Given Due Honor on Occasion of That Ceremony. Indianapolis, Ind., July 5. Practically completed is the program for the unveiling of the monument to Oliver Ferry Morton, that has been erected on the east plaza of the state house, by the Morton monument commission, appointed under an act of the general assembly of 1903. The commission will meet next week to decide, definitely upon all of the features of the program. It is to be distinctly an old soldiers'' day. The old soldiers of the several G. A. R. posts over the state, headed by the members of the Morton Post, No. 1. of Terre Haute, will take part In a parade and will be given the posts of honor during the entire day's observance. Cooperating with the eld soldiers will be the members of some of the battalions of the Indiana National Guards, which will then be in camp. The unveiling ceremonies will be held in the afternoon of Tuesday, July 22. The principal address will be by the governor, uetore nis address, the Rov. D. R. Lucas, secretary of the commission will give his report as secretary showing the amount expended, etc. Dr. Warren King, president of the commission will make a few remarks, present ing tne monument iu smie. james Whttcomb Riley will probably read a poem, and there will be music. After the governor speaks, those of the governors of other states who see fit to respond to the invitation to come to the unveiling, will be Introduced, and be asked to make a few remarks. That night, at Tomlinson hall will be held a monster campfire of the old veterans. It is the intention of tvje members of the commission to make this the largest and most elaborate campfire ever held in the state. No arrangements have been completed for the speakers at that meeting as yet. In reply to numerous Inquiries as to the date of the opening of the squirrel season, Deputy Game Warden Walt Stratford says that the season does not open until August 1. He recently received a communication from Chief Deputy E. E. Earle asking him to make special efforts to protect the Quail In this vicinity. Any sportsman learning of violations of this law is requested to renort the matter to the nearest

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GIRL MY YET MR! SITE Wins a Point in Case Before Judge Honore--Millions at Stake, . Before a word of testimony has been taken Miss Walletta May Yeakle, the fourteen-year-old niece of the late multi-millionaire. Colonel George T. Cline, has won the first important steps in her fight to wrest the site of Gary, Ind., from the United States Steel corporation. After rigorously denying her claim and charging an extortion plot the trustees of the $3, 000, 000 estate have been forced to concede every point she has made in the fight thus far. Yesterday the demurrers filed by the trustees whereby they raised the objection that the girl had no title to a large share of the Cline millions, were withdrawn. They were called up for argument before Judge Honore of the circuit court by Miss Yeakle's counsel, William Ritchie, but the attorneys for the trustees quietly asked leave to file answer and pulled down the demurrers. Her right to sue was thus established. The court already had caused an order to be entered practically enjoining the trustees from disposing of any of the $800,000 worth of property of the Cline estate still remaining in their hands. Must Post $25,410. But the stroke which caused the trustees most embarrassment was when the court required them to post $25,410 for the girl's security, representing a portion of her share of the proceeds of property already sold by the trustees without regard to her rights. The trustees were considerably taken aback at the courfs unusual procedure. Big Men Implicated. The girl charges the trustees with conspiracy and fraud. E. II. Gary, head of the steel trust, and Frank J. ! Loesch, president of the Chicago Bar i association and general counsel for the ; Pennsylvania railroad, were brought into the case on the charge that they had j knowledge of the Irregular proceed ings. Frederick A. Marx, the attorney j and son-in-law of Loesch, was charged with misrepresentation. It was alleged ', by Miss Yeakle that, although she never heard of him until two years later, he pretended to represent her at the time the will was probated. The bill's story of the sale of the site of Gary. Ind., by the executors to the United States Steel corporation is highly unsavory. William T. Smith was sent to New York by the executors to negotiate the sale with President Gary. However, Gary is alleged to have caused Smith to be replaced by an ! agent of his own, and the purchase of 1.172 acres at $420 an acre was closed. Miss Yeakle maintains that the land sold to the steel trust for $459,390 was actually worth $1,172,000. Colonel Cllne'a Will. The provision In the will of Colonel Cline. the eccentric multi-millionaire, upon which Miss Yeakle hangs her claim, ia to the effect that at the death of Mary Yeakle, the girl's grandmother and mother of Aquilla R. Yeakle, her estate should be divided among her heirs, regardless of any will she might leave. She was made heir to one-fourth of the Cline estate, but died. Miss Yeakle resides with her mother and stepfather. Judge Louis C l Schwerdtfcrger, at Lincoln, 111.

CURIOUS ACCIDENT AI DYERJES1ERDAY Huge Auto Bams Carriage in Rear-Blacksmith Needed to Septate Vehicles

A serious accident was narrowly averted yesterday at Dyer when a huge automobile struck a buggy containing Herman Tenternacher and his wife and daughter, on a narrow bridge over the river. The chauffeur of the machine managed to bring it to a stop after he struck the vehicle and the forward wheels and bonnet of the auto prevented the carriage and its occupants from being hurled over the rail into water. The Tenternacher party was driving along, obvious to the fact that the machine was approaching in the rear, and the first they knew of its proximity was when the forward wheels of the auto plowed into the rear and lifted them from the ground. The machine was brought to a stop, and although the horse tried his best to free the rig from the mixup, it was im possible. So firmly imbedded between the wheels of the carriag was the bonnet of the auto that it was found impossible to separate them until a blacksmith arrived and took the carriage apart. The names of the auto party could not be obtained. No one was Injured, but the women were badly frightened. Talking ADVERTISING to some merchants is like talking medicine to a child. There is an excuse for a child, it doesn't know any better. But the merchant ? Is it possible that a man with the intelligence and energy to start a business, could remain ignorant of the value of judicious advertising ? Is it possible that an intelligent man would refuse medicine because of its cost ? Would he rather die than pay the price ? It is just as foolish for a merchant to refuse to adver tise because of the cost as for a man to refuse medicine because of its cost. It means, eventually, "failure" to the one, and "death" to the other.

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SOUTH SHORE CLUB HOLOSJELD MEET First Annual Event Attended by Nearly Fifteen Hundred Persons. ( Special to Lake County Time.) South Chicago, July 5. The first an nual field meet of the South Shore County club was attended by nearly 1,500 persons. The festivities began early in the day and wound up at a late hour with music and dancing. A large beach parade was part of the program and was participated in by most of the members. The first event was a clay pigeon shoot, in which J. H. Amberg, N. A Howard, N. S. Burkland, C. M. Raymond, W. R. Drennan. A. D. Curtis, W. O. Johnson. G. II. Hoxie, A. W. Conover, Walter D. Oliver, Lawrence Hey worth, jr., and Edgar F. Olson were among those who took part. Amberg won the twenty-five bird contest. breaking twenty-three. Howard was victor of the ten bird shoot, puncturing nine of them. The swimming races proved to be very interesting. Wampler won the 100 yard senior in 1:15 1-5, with Rich second and Walsh third. Bornaman won the hundred yard intermediate in 1:16 4-5 with Rich second and Edwards third. Laughlln won the 220 yard senior in 3:07 4-5 with Kahoe second and Healy third. One of the big events of the day was the rowing race of the first, second and third divisions of the Illinois naval re serves gig crews which was won in the orders of their numbers. In the roko contest Dr. W. J. Nixon Davis and C. Gillespie defeated Dr. Wil liam Nelson and John Beauchamp. Beside many water sports in which about fifty or more women participated. games of indoor baseball played outdoors, golf and other amusements were indulged in. WOODMEN'S ENCAMPMENT FURNISHES ITS ROMANCE. Xavier Coleman of CassvIUe and Jennie ! Moreland, Both Here In Connection With HarriHon Park Doings, Are Married by Judge Prest. Judge Frank Prest Wednesday took upon himself the heavy responsibility of joining in holy matrimony Xavier Coleman of Cassville, Wis., and Jennie Moreland of Buffalo, N. Y. The affair was engineered by Guy Whlte, who directed the couple where and how to get the marriage license. When thi3 necessary adjunct had been secured Judge Prest was called to tie the knot. The ceremony was Impressive If the 1 judge's friends have given a correct ac count of the affair, and they all agree ! that Prest "done fine. The happy couple were in the city in connection with the Woodmen encampment and they consider their marriage quite romantic. The judge is more dignified than ever today and his friends are compelled to be careful how they speak to him for fear they will be held in contempt of court. When you come acroM a circular In your mill box, what do you do with ttt Throw It away of courae. When jru ee the contents of that circular printed In a newspaper, yon read It. t'p to date adTertler know that newspaper j advertising 1 genuine. It reaehea the 1 spot. Circular adveptUlng folia npon tony crouEd,

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Has Splendid Celebration Attended By 1,000 Strangers Lowell Also Spends Joyful Day. Lake county was eminently patriotic yesterday and there was not village, town or city within its borders but what had some sort of characteristic diversion. In many places appropriate orations were enjoyed and there were picnics during the day and 'reworks in the evening in every town, which did credit to the community that called these places home. What the Harbor Did. Probably no patriotic celebration throughout the country was better attended than the one at Indiana Harbor, which was a success In every respect. The forenoon was devoted to speaking by prominent citizens of East Chi cago and Indiana Harbor, after which the monster crowd adjourned for dinner. In the afternoon the program consisted of races and other contests. The principal events of the afternoon were as follows: 100 yard dash Won by D.Saunders; second, John Jones; third, Harry Daly. Time 12 seconds. Old man's race No. 1, fifty yards. First, James Harper; second, L. Lans ing, third; Peter Leonard. Time 10 seconds. Old man's race No. 2, fifty yards First, James Harper; second, Peter Leonard; third, William Saunders. Time lO1, seconds. Boy's race, under fifteen years, fifty yards First, Paul, Pveid; second. Jack Johnson; third, George Smith. Time seconds. Girl's race, 50 yards First. Anna Warner; second; Isabelle Erlckson third, Ethel Glegg. Time 9 seconds. The 100 yard dry-hose raef run for time by fire departments of East Chicago, Whiting, Indiana Harbor and Robertsdale, was won by the Roberts dale team. Time 23 seconds. The 100 yard hook and ladder race was won by East Chicago department Time not known. There were several other minor con tests, such as pie-eating contests, etc, The evening was devoted to fire works and dancing. Those who at tended the celebration at Indiana liar bor left well satisfied with the time shown them. Fully 1,000 out of town people were present. Lowell Celebrate. About S00 people gathered at Oak land park at Lowell yesterday to enjoy an old-fashioned Fourth of July cele bration, and those present report one of the best times ever held in the park. The forenoon was devoted to speaking by citizens from the little city, and when 12 o'clock rolled around the crowd all took to the woods where they enjoyed elaborate home-cooked dinners on the green grass. In the afternoon the Lowell baseball team met the Hegewlsch team, which they easily defeated by a score of 9 to 6. The game was characterized by ragchewing throughout on the part of the Hegewlsch bunch, who continually howled that they were not given a square deal and that the umpire was favoring the Lowell team. Dancing and fireworks were the principal attractions of the evening. CALUMET SUPPLY CO. GROWS UulIdingH to be Doubled In Size and Office Force Increaned. Gary, Ind., July 5. The Calumet Supply company has begun the erection of a large addition to several of their building.?. The additions planned are nearly as large as the original build-1 ings. The office force has teen Increased, a young man from South Bend being brought in to attend to the clerical work In the office. Mr. Staples, who comes over every Tuesday from South Bend reports a more than saiisfactory growth in the business of the company and points with pride to the excellent equipment of teams and wagons that Is being Increased monthly. The young Buttons who runs errands for the com pany is a metropolitan Innovation that is a pleasing contrast to the-crude conditions that meet one In most of the local offices. Thei's was of course equally crude until they woke up to the lack and made the improvement. B0NEY WILL GREET OLD FRIEND Mat Boney has received a letter from an old comrade, Louis H. Westerman, of Ellsworth, Kan., whom he has not seen for the last thirty-five years, saying that he will be in Lake county within a few weeks and If Mat i3 still alive and on earth he wanted to see him. Mat has written back telling his old comrade where he is located, and It Is safe to say that when the two old chums are reunited the greeting will be a hearty one. Mr. and Mrs. Celeste Barber of Creston, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Palmer yesterday at their home In Sibley street.

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Some Few, However, Sidestep and of Such Treats the Following Record. Hammond proper certainly had a safa and sane Fourth of .July, as the records of Chief Rimbach go to show, and with the many visitors in the city. throughout the day, the banner for good behavior and police, vigilance be longs here. Not a serious accident of any kind marred the day and in fact there was only a very minor bit of trouble reported, wherein a young man received a slight burn while setting oft fire cracker. The night before the Fourth was a bit noisy. In fact it was as lively as the day Itself, and the string of intonations from the car tracks kept things on the move. One tiling was missed exceedingly and that was a municipal display of fireworks and a band con cert. However, there were several individual exhibitions that were enter taining. Open house amongst the clubs and the residents was the exeeptloa rather than the rule. Red Eye Geta In Deadly Work. There were a number of Hammond's citizens and guests who, filled up with triotlc feeling and a little red eye to .. Mich an extent, that the bulls were' compelled to take a hand. George Frasier of 707 Ash street, felt as snappy as a fire-cracker and he started in to make things merry, and after a few arguments and mlxups, was landed in a quiet place In the county building and th's morning it cost him $6 for the peace and quiet. Esta Walker of 204 Sibley street, got dry as Could be from the smoke and dust of the celebration and copius draughts did Esta send down the winding path tt wash It -down. The load was too much for Esta to negotiate and as $11 was too much money this morning," he will take a trip over the road for a couple of weeks. Pamplca llooe Cornea to Grief. Oscar Johnson came down from Chicago yesterday to help out the Woodmen in their celebration, but on the way from the depot to the park he stopped several times to see If thaj Hammond booze was as good as that handed out along Clark street. It wasn't and Oscar started to cut up. rough at the park and the generalissimo of the soldiers had him sent to limbo. Tills morning they did not prosecute him so he was told to make tracks for the bl village as quickly; as possible. Thomas E. Wilkes of York City, came a long way to celebrate th Fourth of July, and when he saw Hohman street It brought back to his mind thoughts of Broadway and the Bcwery, It was so different. It Is not known whether he tried to drown his sorrows or take a bath, but he had to be helped to the basement of the police station. The usual eleven bucks for Tommy. Another Honiealck One. John McMullln from Alleghany City, Pa., was another one of the guests who was homesick. He missed the smoke and dirt of his home city so much that he tried to stir up a little of the murkysoil and and he bit the dust. And Johnny fared likewise to the tune of $11 in good money. Joi n Schroeder of West Hammond, came across the line with the uplift feeling that Is so firmly Imbued within all residents of that burg, end he would not touch a drop. He was going to celebrate, however, and he brought along his colt's and started to blaze away, but alas, there stood a blue coat but a few feet away. He got out of it easy with a $1 f.ne. A neighbor of John, Joseph Koach, pinched a painter's ladder on Sibley street to have soma fun with It and he went to the police station to keep John company. Ills trial is yet to be. Jacob Tilas had no fire-crackers to shoot off so he bought a revolver to make a noise with ,and he faced Judge McMahon on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. The same old eleven slmoleons for Jake. Little Elmer Vanosdole ran away from his good mother In Dyer and started to make Evansvilie, Ind., by the shoe leather route. He got as far as Hammond when he thought that was fr enough, and he Is now awaiting the call of his mother at the police station in fear and trembling. It Is rumored that she is carrying a concealed weapon In the shape of a slipper, but the police will not entertain tha charge. And that la how some people enjoyed Independence Day. R. L. MILLER LIKES W00DLAWN--BUT. R. L. Miller, formerly of Hammond and still Interested in real estate hereabouts, came down from Chicago today to close a deal in West Hammond lots. Mr. Miller and family now reside in Woodlawn, and Mr. Miller's main oflco is In the Stock Exchange building He likes his new home and Its surroundings and Is quite chummy with the neighbors but Is appalled at the prices for everything from sliced Lac to plumbics-

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