Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 38, Hammond, Lake County, 1 August 1907 — Page 1

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Lake County Times Jamestown Party Start on Their Eventful Trip in Highest of Spirits. HANDSOME PUM IS AT THEIR DISPOSAL Special Car a Triumph of the Carbuilder's Art Epuipped With Every Luxury Crowd Sees Junketers Off.

"With a dozen American Beauty roses for each of a dozen Lake county beauties, with twenty-five pounds of candy and whole loads of fruit and chewing gum, with the finest Pullman coach that could be secured turned over to them. The Lake County Times Jamestown party left on the Michigan Central railroad this afternoon on one of the most magnificent trips that a Hammond party has ever taken. Sharp on the hour of 3:47, the Michigan Central train which is to bear the junketers to their first stopping place pulled up before the station. The party was complete, every member being present and in the highest possible spirits. A large crowd of friends of tlio departing ones was present to witness the departure. There had been more than a ripple of excitement in the households which were to temporarily lose a member, since early morning. While the packing had all been done for the most part the day before, there were the finishing touches to put on, the usual agita tion which precedes the departure of persona bound for an "eventful journey." Everybody was on hand at the depot long before the hour set for the arrival of the train, and the party was In the best of spirits. When the train pulled up, the final "goodbyes" were said and the party boarded Its special car and the Jamestown "expedition" had begun. Special Car Arrives. The special Pullman palace car In which the expisitlon party will make the trip as far as Albany, N. Y., was brought to Hammond at about 8 o'clock this morning and was sidetracked in LftBORER BOY 111 ABOOi Is Roughly Handled by Mob of Workmen Who Wit- . ness Assault. In a mlxup a young laborer at the Standard Steel Car works this morn ing, John Koval, a diminutive water boy, but 14 years of age, was brutally kicked in the abdomen, and so badly Injured that he required the attention of a physician. It was several hours before he could proceed to his home in Robertsdale. Mlloska Ladicsorbity. was the brute who kicked the lad and he was arrested by Special Officer Wright of the company. The laborer and the boy seemed to be at odds for the past few days and their enmity took definite form th's morning. After a few angry words the laborer took up a handful of sand and threw It at Koval, and the lad responded In a similar manner. From sand they went to sticks and stones until the older man losing his temper rushed at the boy and started In to kick him. The lad fell to the ground writhing with pain and other laborers interfered, and for a time it went badly with Ladiscorbilty. They pummelled roundly and but for the arrival of the officer he would have been the recipient of his just deserts, llhe was brought to Hammond and arraigned before Judge MeMahon. He was fined $10 which he was unable to pay. Shower late this afternoon or tonlKht Friday fair; flight temperature rbnnsf.

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Edith Schortz and Elsie Hull, Aged 13 and 17, Lose Lives When Boat Overturns.

Two young girls have reenacted the tragedy that befell two Hegewisch boys some time ago when they were both drowned in the Calumet river near Hegewisclv while they were wading in the river and were fooling with a boat that capsized and threw them into the deep water. That makes four drownings of Hegewisch children within the past two weeks and the whole town is shocked by the news of the accident. The girls were Edith Schortz and Elsie Hull, ages 13 and 17 respectively. Miss Hull came out from Chicago to visit the little Schortz girl and the two weie out for a good time on the-rlver. At first they confined their fun to wading in the water along the river's edge and then upon spying a boat they

front of the Michigan Central depot. A porter is In charge of the car and in his letter of instructions he is informed that the party leaving thi3 city Is a special one and that they are to be given the best of service. This functionary is delighted with the prospect of having to look after the wants of eleven most attractive

young ladies and he confessed to Mr.l Dickinson, the local agent, "A'hd like powe'ful well to take dat trip all de way to Jamestown. Dat will suttenly be a jolly party." I.ota of Room for All. The Pullman car is called the Campania, and h'-.s all of the luxuries that the ingenuity of man has devised for the comfort of travelers. There are twelve sections and there Is almost room enough for each person in the party to have a section alone. There is a dressing room for the women and a smoking room for the men and the car is equipped with other conveniences for the comfort of the passengers. The Campania will be the home of the Jamestown party for the next two days and the roominess of the car will add to the comfort and enjoyment of the trip. As the eyes of the people all over the county will be following the Jamestown party during this trip, the rail roads will make a special effort to provide the best of accommodations in order to advertise the road. In The Lake County Times of yesterday contained the itinerary of the trip. By keeping a copy of the num ber, friends of the members of the party will be able to write to any of them with the assurance that the letter will reach them. LUMBER GDHPAHY- ' FORJAMMOMD Beckman and W. H. Gostlin Back of Project To Capitalize at $30,000. Owing to the extensive building operations going on in this city, it has been found advisable by a few Hammond business men to organize a now lumber company which will be known as the Home Lumber company, capitalized at $30,000. J. N. Beckman and son, H. C. Beckman, together with Postmaster Gostlin, are back of the project and will meet in the near future to elect the officials of the new concern. The location of the yards and offices has been decided upon but as the deal has not yet been sonsummated, they refuse to state where it will be. All of the $30,000 stock has been subscribed and there seems to be nothing in the way of pushing the plans to completion. It is understood that the erection of the office and other buildings will be begun just as soon as the deal for the land is closed. Those who are behind the project are planning to take advantage of the g-eat building boom which is now in Hammond and will probably continue for many months to come. The amount of building material used in this city during the last six months has been nothing short of marvelous and it is thought the demand is steadily increasing. Therefore the time was considered ripe to launch another lumber enterprise, making three in all now in business in this city. got into it and began paddling it. In some manner or another the boat was capsized and the two little girls wvre precipitated into the water bejend their depth. They could not swim and after a brief and hopeless struggle they sank beneath the surface of the water and disappeared. Some people near by heard their screams and got to the scene of the drowning too late to be of any assistance. The police are searching for the bodies and up to a late hour this af ternoon they had not been found. The parents of the little girls have been notified and are grief stricken over the affair. They have the sympathy of the whole neighborhood.

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BfACH YACHT CLUBS GET AFTER JE BRIDGES Use Influence Toward Removal of Stationary Structures Across Calumet. ,lThe state of .Indiana will -not pay any money to aid in the building of the drainage canal. Likewise the boat owners on the Calumet river In Indiana will make no effort to have the bridges opened and so the Columbia and Jackson park boat clubs are taking the matter into their own hands and have written personal letters to the commissioner of waterways asking that the stationary bridges on that government stream, the Calumet river, be removed. There are dozens of the owners of power boats who would like to make the trip from Hammond, Blue Island, Dalton and South Chicago to Gary and are prevented from doing so by the stationary bridges. On several occasions people have started out on trips for which they have made extensive preparations only to find that Hammond was as far as they could go. Their disappointment and disgust may be realized when they were stalled and obliged to turn around in the slime of the river in Hammond. The Columbia Yacht club of Chicago has several Hammond members among whom is K. C. Payne of the Lion store. It is believed that the government may be prevailed upon to compel the railroads and the city of East Chicago to put in movable bridges and as soon as that is done, the river will be open to navigation throughout its length to Gary. It is said that several times boats with cargoes have gone part of the way to Hammond only to find that the way to Gary was blockaded and that there is really no inland water route to the steel city. 0 DRONES FOR lEsniiiioiio Everybody Has to Work Including Father Police After Vags. The latest West Hammond reform that is being enforced by the village police, is to arrest every one who is not working unless he can give a suitable account of himself. This crusade against the loafers and would-be toughs was started last night when Andrew McMonagle who hails from the stockyards district was arrested and booked on a charge of vagrancy. Andrew has been holding forth in the peaceful little village for the last two weeks, and has not been working. The police asked him to go to work. Andrew replied that he was not acj customed to work and the result was the OrTiers Okroy and Johnson arrested the man and hauled him to the station, lie will be given a trial this afternoon before Justice J. J. Flynn. The policemen who arrested Andrew say that he has been bullying every body over the village and those not knowing who he was were led to believe he owned the village. When arrested. Andrew was without the filthy lucre to pay his probable fine.

TWO WRECKS WITHIN FEW HOURS South Chicago Scene of Couple of Smashups Rolling Stock Damaged " .(Special to Xuke County Tfmea.) South Chicago, Aug. 1. Two wrecks occurred on the B. & O. railroad in South Chicago within a few hours of each other, and while there was considerable damage to rolling stocks no harm came to human life. The first wreck happened last night at Ninetieth street, when an engine and three cars ran into an open switch. The second occurred this morning at Ninety-fifth street when cars that were being switched about, ran into four standing sand cars. The latter were piled up into one demolished heap, delaying traffic for the entire day. South of these tracks stood South Chicago's meat supply for next Sunday and it was only by good fortune that they were switched there early this morning or they would have been wrecked instead of the sand cars. In that event South Chicago would have been without its meat supply for next Sunday, as the meat market men receive their largest shipment on Thursday, put it in the cooler and sell it on Saturday to be used on Sunday, EPiDEfillC THREATENED Lansing, Just Released from Measles' Clutches, Now Has Another Scare (Special to Lake County Times.) Lansing, 111.. Aug. 1. The little village of Lansing, south of Hammond, is in the throes of a whooping cough epidemic and one death is reported this morning. Walter Feark, aged 6, died at 2:30 this morning from the disease after suffering for the last week. The funeral services will be held at the German Lutheran church at Lansing Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. This is the first fatality. Only a few weeks ago the measles invaded Lansing and seven deaths were recorded as a result of the Invasion. Now the whooping cough is making the rounds and several cases are reported today. Some of the children who are hardly over the measles have been attacked by the whooping cough, and it is predicted if good care is not taken of the children more deaths can be expected. The case of the little Feark boy was a most pathetic one. He had a severe case of measles and had barely recovered from this disease when he was attacked by the whooping cough which caused his death. A concert will be given by the children of the Primary department assisted by others at the Methodist Episcopal church on Thursday evening, Sept. 12 at S o'clock. Quite an in teresting program is being prepared. consisting of choruses, solos, duetts. speeches, rounds and drills. Admission adults 25c; children, 15c. Proceeds go to new church building:.

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RIVAL SHOW MEN 5 Vaudeville And Five Cent Theatre Compete; Fight For Business. , The rivalry between Brooks vaudeville show and the five cent theatre is growing fierce and it Is amusing to stand on the street corner in the evening when things begin to warm up and watch the fun. Last evening the Scotch bagpiper would come out of the five cent theatre show and blow his pipe, whlle all eyes were on him. The small boys gathered around and he was the center of attraction. Brooks got wind of the story that the bagpiper was going to do stunts in the evening and fearing that the crowds would be unduely attracted in the direction of the rival amusement place he hurriedly improvised a band and soon there were things doing on his side of the street. The crowd, lead by the small boys, gathered around the band and the "Hoot Mon" was left to blow his pipe in peace. The Scotchman went back to the show on the inside of the theatre only to reappear in a few minutes later and begin his strange music again. Brooks yelled his head off with the aid of the megaphone and the barker in the five cent theatre did the same. In fact it was hard for the crowds to decide which show was the best that they saw. Both Brooks and the five cent theatre have good shows and both are showing to capacity crowds every evening so the competition is evidently good for them both. Of course Brooks' show is of an entirely different nature than the show in the five cent theatre and it would naturally be thought that they would not be competitors but they are both after the crowds and there Is where the conflict comes. In the meanwhile if the public is looking-for entertainment, it had better patronize both of them. MISTER ELECTION HELD YESTERDAY Newly Incorporated Town Now Equipped With Full Set of Officials. The Munster election which was held yesterday was a quiet one and after the votes had been counted the follow ing officers were found to have been elected. Council i 1st Ward John Kraay n Jacob Bakker so 2nd Ward Peter Klootwyk .45 Cornelius Jabaay io 3rd Ward John Derles 26 Fred Miller 5 D. A. Jabaay 24 4th Ward Fred Lange 56 Clerk D. B. Schoon 51 Peter Molenaar 11 Treasurer D. W. Ansen 44 D. B. Jabaay 19 Ask the family apttaira to rabaerlbe

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Big Car Plant Increases its Output Incidentally Its Force. 1,5110 MEN AT WORK Or They Will Be When Extra Shift la Organized Workers I Hard to Get. me ornciais or tne standard Meei Car company are gradually lncreasing the output of the Hammond riant until it is expected that within a short time the plant will be running to its full capacity. Today the order went out to put on a night shift and a large number of men will have to be hired to do this extra work. While the men now employed number in the neighborhood of a thousand, it is thought that this will be Increased to 1.500 immediately and in the future will be doubled. The greatest difficulty now is getting the number and kind of men the com pany wants. In the first place there are not many men available and in the second place the men who are available are not always the best worklngmen. Capacity To He Ft ty Cam a lay. Men are being hired generally and the best of them are being retained. ine mring ana weening out process will continue until the force has reached a high degree of efficiency. ine capacity or tne plant is now about twenty-five cars a day and this will be increased to fifty when the night shift is put on and will be doubled when the plant runs to its full capacity. The progress that has been made so far is very satisfactory and soon Ham mond's biggest manufacturing concern will be supplying the railroad world with steel cars. The labor market is rather limited here, however, and the principal dlfI ficulty seems to be to get enough men 10 ao ine wortc. aiunareas or men couia secure employment at the car works if they - applied-and ft is eaid that good position are open to them if they prove their ability. The first consignment of cars manu factured by the Standard Steel Car com pany was shipped east Tuesday for de livery. The cars were of the hopper variety and are a part of the big order given by the Erie railroad. There were a whole train load of them and they made a fine looking sight as they were pulled out of the yards for their long trip eastward. It Is estimated that there were nearly sixty of them and more are to follow in a short time. BILLS JONES AS WET GOODS. Welshman Who I Soaked Get Ride In ' IOxprenn Wagon a Mrrrhandlne. Thomas W. Jones, a native of Wales, got a bundle of alcoholic spirits this morning and wandered over around Calumet avenue, where his gasoline gave out and he was unable to pro ceed. Officer Lamme happened to pass along that way and Saw Jones stalled by the wayside so he mane plans to give him a lift. Jones was a good sized 'Jag," and he was out of repair so badly that he had to be towed Lamme saw an express wagon passing so he hailed the driver and billed Jones as wet goods to the station house. Jones had read about other Jags having fine rides in automobiles, wheel barrows ana otner venieies ana ne made a feeble protest against being used as a piece of merchandise. He was landed, however, and now awaits trial. DEATH OF D0E0THY DRUMM0ND. Dorothy Bell Drummond, aged 2 years. 2 months and 22 day?, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Drum mond, died Tuesday evening at their home in 2C6 Price place. The little girl will be buried at Decatur, Ind. HIT BY CRANE; William Totten, Electrician, at South South Chicago, Aug. 1. The Illinois Steel Works, was the scene of a fatal accident this morning when William Totten. met his death in agonizing form. Totten Is an electrician by trade and in the pursuit of his occupation with the steel company, had occasion to climb upon a runway upon which a heavy crane is propelled. L'nder the rules of the Steel company nobody is allowed to mount the runway which is some twenty-five or thirty feet above the ground, without permission from the operator. Totten, thinking that during the brief moment he was obliged to be upon the structure he would be In no danger, siezed an opportunity when the crane was turned the other way, and mounted the runway. The operator ignorant of Totten's presence,

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Tiny Girl Throws One Into - Can of Deadly Fluid. USUAL THING HAPPENS Playmate is Severely Burned and May Be Scarred For life. It was the same old storv. Two littlft children were nlavlns- with motch and when the play had ended and the smoke blew away, one little child was so badly burned that It will suffer for weeks before entirely recovering from the effects, and may be scarred for life. Littlo Dollie Arder, 3 years old, and Charles Beach, 6 years old. were busy playing in the Arder yard at 9 Stata street when both of the children conceived the Idea of pouring gasoline out upon the ground about dusk last night and lighting it just to see it burn. BeIng out of matches the little girl went into the house to get them while tha Beach boy remained outside to Dour the gasoline on the ground. As the child came running out of the house she suddenly threw a lighted match toward the boy in a spirit of mlschievousness while he was bending over the oil can. It fell directly into the stream that was being poured from the can. In an instant the whole thins: exploded in the boy's face and he fell backward with a scream of fright while the girl ran into the house and told her mother of the accident. Ilend I'rlRht fully Humeri. A doctor was summoned Immediate ly and dressed the wounds of the un fortunate boy. The whole side of the lad's head was badly burned and all of his hair, including his eyebrows. was entirely burned off. His face was frightfully burned on one side, but as the entire outer skin can be taken ft It is hoped to prevt-nt the leaving of scar. Although he is suffering terribly, it is hoped the boy will recover. It '.Is' said that both children had been repeatedly waj-ned, abouf the; .usj of matches and that they had bfecn seen to light gasoline which they ha1 ponred' out Into the yard several times in the past few days W ithout the knowledge of their parents. Their love for excitement, led them into once more Indulging in the fun which terminated so sadly. CALLS BEEF STEW BOBSnpT SOUP And Then the Cook Lands on William Welch is Arrested. Because he criticised the cooking a restaurant in the business district of Ilamond this morning, William Welch made a bitter enemy irt the shape of the chef of the outfit, and before he got out of the place he was given a beating. The irate chef could not stand for any satirical remarks about his culinary output, and when the beef stew was calk-d hore meat soup, he took offense. The offense was violent In tha extreme and he larded a couple of soc dolagers on the "snoot" of the offender. Straightway the recipient of the soup and the blows, made straight for tha police station and swore out a warrant for the cook and he now languishes behind bars until his friends go bail him out. After that he will find out from Judge MeMahon whether or not he was warranted in a defense of his art. and whether unfavorable remarks about cooking do not constitute causa for assault. DIES Meets Death in Steel Mills Chicago. reversed the power and the great arm. oT the crane swung mercilessly around in the direction of the electrician. He tried to get out of the way, but it was too late and in a moment he was swept from the structure, his body being hurled against a wall and frightfully crushed and mangled before it dropped to the ground, a distance of about thirty feet. A dozen men witnessed the accident and rushed to pick up the unconscious form of their comrade, but he was beyond all aid. He is thought to have been killed instantly and probably without pain. The dead man was 29 years old. and leaves a widow and one child. He lived at 7408 Adams avenue. His "body was removed to Murphy's morgue at 1064 I East Seventy-fifth street.

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