Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 86, Hammond, Lake County, 27 September 1907 — Page 1

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STEAD OF CHRISTENING Voklar Infant Which Was to Have Been Baptized Next Sunday, Will be Buried in Michigan City Tomorrow. REST OF THE FAMILY HAVE ABOUT RECOVERED Absence of Clothes on the Voklar Line at the Usual Early Hour is What Attracts Attention of Neighbors to, the Fact That Something is Wrong. Instead of a happy christening party in Michigan City next Sunday, a funeral cortege will wend its way tomorrow to a. cemetery on the outskirts of the town In the wake of a white hearse in which tho little form of what was to have been the object of the christening, will lie in its tiny casket. It had been the intention of Mr. and Mrs. Voklar, the parents of the child who was suffocated by gas yesterday, to christen the infant at Michigan City their former home, Sunday. Instead, tho body of the child will be taken to Michigan City for burial tomorrow. The father went there today to arrange for the 1 funeral. It was the parents intention to christen the child Lillian, and it had been so named, but unehristened. Coroner lloskins of Whiting held r.n irquest late this afternoon at the home 144 Doty street. Sun Ivors Oat of Danger, The survivors, Mrs. Voklar and two children were revived and oit of danger by 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Today they are ujv -and around the house, Mrs. Voklar and the youngest child Wilbert, pale and weak. Tho older surviving child, Mildred, three years of age, recovered tho quickest from the gas asphyxiation, although die was the most effected by it and In the gravest apparent danger. Unable to on account of her youth, to realize the crises it had undergone, or the gravity of the family's affliction, the little girl was lively and playful today. It is Mrs. Voklar's recollection that she and the children were overcome botweon S and 9 o'clock yesterday morning. The victims were discovered by Mrs. J. II. Spafford, a neighbor, 11 o'clock. The mother and three children therefore inhaled gas for a space of from two to three hours. Linen arc Kinpty. It was Mrs. Spafford's solicitude over Mrs. Voklar's household affairs which led to the discovery. It was wash day with both of them. Mrs. Spafford had her clothes on the line shortly after 8 o'clock. She watched for Mrs. Voklar's line and not seeing tho clothes hung suspected that something out of the ordinary was the cause. About 10 o'clock she was half-minded to g" to the Voklar house, to ascertain the cause of the delay, and now partly blames herself for r.ot doing so. But, when the clothes failed to appear by 11 o'clock she no longer hesitated. Going to the kitchen door she knockel. Getting no answer she entered. Mrs. Voklar and three children were stretched on the floor unconscious. The third child, the dead Infant, six weeks of age, was in a baby cab nearby. Its death Is attributable to this fact; that it was raised higher than the others where it could Inhale more gas, and in addition it probably had less vitality. (Special to Lake County Times. South Chicago. Sept. 27. In a collision at the White River Lumber company's docks at the foot of Ninetysecond street, early this morning. tlw steamer Sport was cut in two by the freighter McLouth. and sank in the waters of the Calumet river. The accident took place at 3 A. M. today, and the only person on board the Sport at the time was Charles Wyrie of the firm of Wyrlo & Foster who had chartered tl-.e boat. Mr. Wyrlo was in tho cabin at the time of the collision and rushrd on derk. as quickly as possible. He felt the boat sinking beneath him and rushing to tho side made a frantic leap from the bout to the docks and managed to Just make It as tho rear nd of the Snort sank with a splash and the forward end likewise tipped into the water. The Sport was tied to the docks at the time of the accident. The McLouth. Inward bound was attempting to turn In the river, when an undertow carried It in an opposite direction and the heavily loaded freighter crashed prow

15. LAUBEIS INDICTED Murder Charge Withdrawn and Malpractice Substituted Admitted to Bail

The grand Jury today returned an Indictment against Mrs. Bertha Laube, the Hobart midwife, who is alleged to have caused the death of Mrs. Frank Brock of Lake Station, by criminal malpractice. The new indictment charges her with criminal abortion and by an agreement with the attorneys in the case and the Judge, the first charge of murder was withdrawn. The crime with which Mrs. Bertha Laube is charged is serious enough, as ,the penalty is Imprisonment from 1 to 14 years, but unlike the former charge is a bailable offense and Mrs. Laube was permitted to furnish bail to the extent of $5,000. It is said that she will be able to furnish bail in the amount fixed by the court and will be released as soon as the ball has been arranged for. Mrs. Laube has not been confined in the police court, but has been held in the custody of several bailiffs who have been guarding her in her home. It is said that there are to be some sensational developments when the case is finally brought to trial and that the trial will be watched by people all over the country who are well acquainted with the people connected with the case. It is said that public sentiment is about evenly divided among people in the vicinity of Lake Station, where Mrs. Brock lived and that some of the people are inclined to condemn Mrs. Laube while the rest place the blame on others who are said to have been connected with the case. The child least effected, Wilbert, laid nearest the door, consequently, he got the greatest share of fresh air which entered under the door sill. The day before the accident Mrs. Voklar suffered from headache and had not fully recovered from it yesterday. She was consequently weak when she started the family washing. Two gas Jets were burning under a wash boiler, the steam from which filled the room. Thinks Children Asleep. Before realizing her dizziness and faintness, Mrs. Voklar noticed two of her children on the floor, but supposed that they were sleeping. Her last recollection is staggering to a chair. When found she was prone on the floor. The father, Albert Voklar, arrived home between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.--iy this-time Lis ttlfe and t,wo children 'had partly rev! ved. Mr. Voklar's first Inquiry was about the baby, and was shocked when told that It was dead, which fact he had not been Informed of. Mrs. Spafford stated this morning that when she first entered the Voklar home she could not detect the odor of gas. but the steam from the boiler, the water from which had overflowed and run to the floor, was overpowering. Dr. Weis, the attending physician, says that the steam In a measure absorbed the gas and made Its presence unnotleable. Mrs. Voklar said today that she had or. two or three previous occasions called the meterman's attention to the defective stove, complaining that gis escaped from it. The last time n? three or four weeks ago when the meterman came to collect the money from the meter, a 25 cent measured affair. The meterman. she asserts, left without examining the stove. Mrs. Voklar. mother of the dead Infant, with combined philosophy and pathos in bemoaning her loss today, says that if any of her three children had to die she preferred that It be te youngest, for it had not lived long enough to awaken the same attachment as the older children. INFANT DIES. The four months' old chold of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tremor. residing near the steel plant, died yesterday and was burled today in Oak Lawn cemetery. t W II A T II I" II Unln tonight and j ! SBturdarj colder by Saturday night. or. into the side of the smaller steamer. The sharp prow of the steamer plowed directly through the side of the Sport, cutting the timbers as if they wen paper. The rear end of the Sport as scon as the McLouth was backed free, sunk like a stone, as it contained th-s I machinery of the steamer.. The for ward end was lashed to the dock and topped over so that or.ly the prow is out ol the water. The Sport was owned by Dav3 Summer and was chartered by the Wyie & i'ester company to carry provision between South Chicago. Indiana Harbor and Gary. The company which chartered the boat is In the wholesale groctry business and were loading up the vessel with supplies. They had ov?r $1,000 worth in the hold and wej awaiting the sailing orders. The steamer is a total loss and was valued at about $5,000 by the owners. The lods to the Wyrie, Foster company is fixed at about $1,200. A wrecking company will clear away the debris and will try to raise and save the machinery for the company.

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BRIDGE The South Bend Interurban Promises $25,000 Struclure Over Calumet at Sohl Street in Exchange for Paving Exemption. RAILWAY S ATTORNEY APPEARS BEFORE BOARD OF WORKS Enumerates Streets Over Which it is Planned to Lay the Tracks City Officials Will Take the Bridge Proposition Under Advisement Improvements Ordered. A $25,000 bridge over the Calumet river at Sohl street is the offer that is made to Hammond by the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend railway company in exchange for exemption from street pavement in Hammond during the next fifteen years. Ihe dicker is hanging fire and seems at this time to be only in the nucleus. F. J. Lewis Meyer, the company's attorney, appeared before the board of public works this morning and made the proposition both parties agreeing that it would be taken up for further consideration as soon as the street railway company had decided upon a route for the loop that the company intends to make through Hammond. Mr. Meyer and several of the road's officials were here today inorder to go over the various routes. Plan of the Loop. It Is the intention of the company to establish a large loop beginning on Kennedy avenue in East Chicago and going south on this street as far as Gibson. In Gibson the course as now planned will lie over the new road "hich Is an extension of Summer,-Sibley "and State streets, and which Will provide for accommodation from the employes in the Gibson yards and the workers In the Standard Steel plant. Running east the line will in all probability come up as far as Sohl street or Oakley avenues very likely the former. Running north on Sohl street the company Intends to cross the river on a $25,000 bridge for which it is ready to appropriate the money im mediately.. This bridge will provide wagon traffic and have an alley for pedestrians. Running north from the river the loop line will connect with the main line coming directly from East Chicago. Mr. Meyer will appear again before the board next Monday In order to ask for the time extension for the building of the main line. he having showed the city officials last week that he is entitled to the ex tension. City Sealer Report. Hammond's city sealer, A. J. Dawdy, made his first monthly report today In it he stated that he had inspected thirty-nine places, charged fees amounting to $20, and collected fees amounting to $13. "T.. fie also regis tered two new dealers. In answer to a petition, presented by representative masons and ex-Mayor Knotts, who have erected substantial buildings on Muenich court, the board Instructed the city engineer to draw up plans and specifications for a six foot walk and brick pavement in Muenich court. The assessment rolls for the May street local sewer, section B, from Columbia avenue to Carroll street, was placed on file for public inspection. The same step was taken in regard to the assessment roll on the Pine street local sewer and the Chicago avenue main sewer section B. The time for these remonstrances has been set for October 14. MRU ON THIRD STORY 10 BIX IS begun Reed & Bump, contractors, are erecting their scaffolding on the Firsc National Band building In preparation of their construction of a third story to the buliding. The cornices that are now on the building will be torn down and the building continued in harmony with the other two stories. The specifications in the contract call for completion of the work by Jan. 1. The entire floor of the building has been leased by the Chicago Business College. AUTO DITCHED; THEN LOOTED. I An automobile nwiiii,! hv Annerson Bros, of Chicago, and being driven from Kokomo to Chicago by the parties who hired it, was overturned and ditched near the Little Calumet last night. While the auto was left unguarded, three men on bicycles, so it was afterwards ascertained, got off their wheels and stripped It of three tires and two lamps. The owners of the auto, Apperson Bros, offer a reward of $100 for the capture of the thieves and the return of the stolen stuff.

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ILK DEALERS EIIIER lilTO C01I Whiting Dispensers of Dairy Products Organize for Mutual Benefit.

WHERE DO PUBLIC GET OFF? New Eules Provide One Trip a Day Higher Prices Black List for Slow Pay. (Special to Ijike County Tim en.) Whiting, IruL, Sept. 27. If you lived in Whiting and was a user and pur chaser of the lacteal fluid, eommonlv called milk; if you had a family of young children and milk was one of the most important of the . articles of food used dally, what would you think if you were put face to face with an ultimatum something like this? 1 Hereafter the milkmen will make but one trip a day. The cost of dis tribution is the greatest expense of the milk dealer and by cutting out a trip a day the profit on the sale of the same quantity of milk will be greater. 2. To make the business a real good thing. In other words to make it a regular John D. Rockefeller proposition, the milk men have decided to raise the price of milk and cream. Just how much, is not yet given out. The profits made in this way added to the profits made by the saving on a trip a day and the profits formerly made,' will make the business a bonanza. So lionK Credit. Milk men will no longer permit their customers to run bills. Any one who runs a bill of more than $1 will be blacklisted and none of the other dealers will selL them milk. Regarding the use of formaline and the steps that will be taken by the milk dealers to prevent dirt and disease germs from getting into the milk no action has been taken. There was no agreement that milk should be up to the standard regarding its contents of fat. There was nothing done about the old practice of passing off skimmed milk for milk and rich milk for cream. In fact the Whiting milk men have organized for their own interests and their interests alone. The meeting was an enthusiastic one from what could be learned. was held In. Goebel's opera house last evening where the Whiting Milk- Men's association was formed. Each dealer will be compelled to furnish heavy bonds to Insure their sticking together through thick and thin. The next meeting will be held Sept, 30, at which the Whiting Milk Trust is expected to become a fact. Police Learn That Slayer of Lillian White Was in " le Steel City at the Time of Memorable Crime WILL TRY TO CONNECT negro with assault His Composure is Shaken When Asked to Describe the Manner o Little Girl's Death Will Be Sweated This Afternoon When Po lice Hope to Wring Confession. (Special to I.Jike County Time.) Chicago, 111., Sept. 27. The Schrader case has again been called to the at tentlon of the rublic since the arrest of the negro. Richard E. Walton, who is believed to have murdered Mrs Lillian White Grant and whose presence In Gary at the time of the death of the little Schrader girl leads the police to believe that perhaps he was guilty of this as well. Walton was caught in Springfield, III., yesterday afternoon and arrangements were made this afternoon to bring him to Chicago where he will be sweated and an effort will be made to wring from him a confession of guilt in both the case of Mrs. Grant and the Schrader girl. After Walton had been questioned as to his connection with the murder of Mrs. Grant and he had denied any connection with the crime, he stolidly answered his questioners. His composure was shaken, however, when he was asked to describe the murder of Lizzie Schrader at Gary about a month ago. Walton, the police say, was working at Gary at the time and it Is said that nets have been spread for him for days In case he should return there. However he denied a personal attack on the child.

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KATE GIBSON'S

"OLD BOARDER" FOUND DEAD William Davis, Well Known Throughout Calumet Region Succumbs to Heart Failure; Coroner Will Hold Autopsy Today. DEATH ENDS A LIFE OF DISAPPOINTMENT Oldest Inhabitant Can Scarcely Recol lect the Time of Old Man's Advent Into This Region Occasional Remark of Aged Character Hinted of Early Romance. William Davis, one of the best known characters of the Calumet region, about whom there is woven a mystery as to his antecedents and where he came from, was found dead near the shanty of Katie Gibson, with whom he had boarded for the past thirty years. The old man was over 80 years of age. and was personally known to scores of people and was second only in reputa tion to old Katie. He left the shanty yesterday after noon to fix a nearby fence and when he did not return to supper, Katie notified a neighbor and the search was commenced. He was found lying in a field apparently asleep, but investiga tion showed that he was dead. Under taker Emmerllng was called to remove the body, and Captain Bunde of the local police went along to view the remains. Death was probably due to heart failure as there was no marks about the body to show that the old man had been a victim of foul play An autopsy will be held by Coroner Hosklns today. Came lu the Early Days. Only the -oldest inhabitants of this section remember the coming of the old man. He was well educated and arrived on a tramping tour from some eastern city, it is said. From hints and little bits of conversation let drop by the old man at times, it is thought that he was the son of rich parents, and that his exile cime through the ob jection of the parents to his prospec tive marriage to a poor girl. Because of this objection the girl refused to marry him and shortly afterwards died heartbroken. The young man then left the scene of his trouble without asking his parents for any money, and wan dered from place to place until he finally landed in Hammond. In some way he met Katie Gibson and took up a residence with her in her shanty, where they managed to get enough to eat by doing odd Jobs. In winter he wore instead of boots, a bag of rags which he wrapped about his feet. His clothing was patched and mended until scarcely a bit of the original garment remained. 'For the past few years he spent much of his time sitting on the edge of the river and absently staring into the stream, probably thinking of his early childhood days. For the past few days he seemed to have grown older and seemingly brooded over his wrongs. During his long stay with Mrs. Gibson he never told the full story of his lif unless perchance to the partner of his exile, old Katie, and the real truth may never be known. EPIDEMIC OF BOBBERIES (Special to Lae Connty Times.) South Chicago, Sept. 27. Three robberies occurred yesterday morning. The first was at Eighty-fifth and Superior avenue, when Adam Maszewski, 3221 Wall street, was attacked by John Drawback. Loss, $20. The second happened at 13334 Michigan avenue, when robbers attacked Edward White in his home at the above number, they secured $10 and a gold watch. . The third, Adolph Carlson, 13447 Superior avenue, assaulted by bandits who left him for dead after robbing him of $50 in money and a gold watch. WHAT "PRINTERS INK" SAYS OF HAMMOND AND THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES. "Hammond, Ind., Is a thrlvIns manufacturing town located In the center ol the Calumet region, twenty miles from Chicago. The 10OO census credits the city vrlth 12-370 population bat it has Brovrn since then. THE LAKE COUXTY TIMES Is Hammond's dally newspaper, four editions of which are printed daily, amountlog In the nesregate to more than 10,000 copies. THE TIMES has the advantage of location to make It a good advertising nied- 4 lam." Printers' Ink, Sept. 25.

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Willie Gluth Rendered Un conscious by Sitting, on Spiked Tin. A serio-comic drama, which, has left a bad tasts with the principals and rather serious results with one of them was enacted Wednesday noon in the German Lutheran school, corner Oakley avenue and Sibley street. It was the old game of "Johnny get up that was played on illiam Gluth in the second room by his two school mates Lawrence Thieman and Fred Rabenhorst. For some time Thieman and Rabenhorst were figuring how they cculd produce an electric Jump out of illie Gluth whose seat is in thMr neighborhood. Taking a piece of tin they drove three eight penny nails through It. Samuel Gaehrlnger, the teacher noticed the preparation and confiscated the harmless looking con traption from Thieman and later it happened that Rabenhorst was called to the desk and while the teacher's eyes were averted Rabenhorst took the spiked tin with him to his seat. Shortly before 12 o'clock when the teacher asked Gluth a guestion, Gluth standing up to answer and that was the opportunity for Thieman and Raben horst. The bristling tin was Placed where Gluth should have been and Jn high glee Thieman and Rabenhorst waited for results. lhe second and third act of the drama portrays young Gluth half un conscious from tho pain and the cul prits in succession struggling on the teacher's knee wlle he measured a rawhide over the ulterior Thieman and Rabenhorst. Gluth was taken home to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Williais Gluth who live near Hohman street and tho Ridce road. uauciiiiorsi ana i nieman wno are sons of Chas. Rabenhorst on Murray street and Frank Thieman on Beal avenue respectfully were severely reprim anded when their story was learned at home. The Gluth boy isrecovering. COMPLETE WALSH ROAD v-ib. oe.pt. n. exactly at noon yesterday the last spike was driven in the Chicago Southern railroad, about a mile south of Danville, thus connect ing what are known as the John It Walsh road with this city. - The usual,, elaborate-, ceremonies at tending the driving oil the last spike on a new railroad were lacking. Instead of a golden spike, such as was driven on the Union Pacific and other roads by the highest official, to the accompaniment of brass bands, waving banners, and tinkling wine glasses, on the Chicago Southern an Italian section hand drove an ordinary iron spike into the last tie, In the presence only of the section foreman and the gang of laborers. When the last blow was struck on the spike tho section men, gave a cheer and the foreman knocked out the bung of a keg of beer. Ballasting Yet to He Done. As soon as the keg was empty the section hands resumed the work of tamping ties and spreading ballast. To finish the ballasting and surfacing of the roadbed so trains may run over It will take several weeks. The first regular freight train may commence running in a month, but it will be at least six months before passenger service Is inaugurated. No passenger equipment has yet been ordered for the new Chicago Southern road, which connect at Terre Haute with the Southern Indiana, but arrangements have been made to use the tracks of the Chicago Terminal Transfer railroad company from Chicago Heights for both freight and passenger trains of the Walsh road. Times want ads bring results. (Special to Luke County Times.) East Chicago. Ind., Sept. 27. Nick Jerman, his wife, five small children and 20 boarders were ejected from their place of residence on 143rd street between Todd and Railroad avenues for the simple reason that she owed Edfward King, her landlord, $14 rent for half a month. The writ of ejectment ' was executed by Constable Otten In the pursuance of his duty and was issued by Judge G. E. Jones. It is said that there had been some trouble between the landlady and the landlord and as he had a lease that was peculiarly adapted to the sudden ejectment of his tennants he was able to get quick service on Mrs. Jerman. The house is a large one with a saloon down stairs where Edward King the landlord, ran the saloon and tended bar. The rooms upstairs were occupied by Mrs. Jerman and her 20 boarders. It is hard to figure out how they all got Into the t-n or eleven rooms that there are up stairs but proof of the fact that they did occupy them was plain when the personal effects of the twenty boarders and the family were dumped into the street. Xe Place To Go. The Jerman family was unable to

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TO ATTEND Twenty Local Masons High in Order, and as Many Moro From the Outlying Region Will Participate in Great Celebration Today. LARGEST INITIATION THAT HAS EVER TAKEN PLACE Event To Be Held in Chicago at Coli seum in Honor of the Recently Elected Imperial Potentate of North America, Frank C. Roundy of Medinah Temple. There are about twenty Masonic shrlners in Hammond and in nmlltir.n there are about as many more In tho various cities In the Calumot region and it is believed that with a vtry few exceptions all of them will be present at the great celebration that is to be held at the Collstum in Chicago in honor of Frank C Roundy, Imperial Potentate of North America, A. A. O. N. M. S. Mr. Roundy was elected Imperial Potentate last June at the session of the Imperial council. It Is the first time that tho Medinah Temple of Chicago, in exlstance sinco 1882 has had this honor. Consequently the ehrlners In Chicago and vicinity are all elected and they plan one of the most spectacular celebrations that has ever been held by a secret order in Chicago. 1,087 Initiations. In addition to the big doings tittendent on the felicitation of Frank C. Roundy there will be the Initiation of 1,087 candidates and as many others as are voted upon in the meanwhile. Thi3 is ths largest number of new mem bers that has ever, been received by a Masonic order in the I nUed StateS." AlleppO Temple of Boston now holds the record when on June 27. 2907, S6S, new members were admitted The itceipts frcm initiation tur. alone will be 54.350 and the Chicago temple will bo the weathle&t in the world. Tho Indianapolis delegation and delegations from various other points along the Monon railroad wi'l participate in the celebration and left that city this morning at 8 o'clock. Where They Hull From. Srlners will be taken on the sperial train at Frankfort, Delphi, Montice'.io Monon, Rensst laer and Hammond. Tho Lafayette contingent will get tiio special train at Monon. In addition to the Indiana delegations will be the Saladin of Grand Rapids, i.Ioonlah of St. Louis, El Kal.irt of Cedar Rapids, la.. Tcbola of Rockford, III.. Tripcll of Milwaukee, Moslem of Detroit, and Osman of St. Paul. Visitors from various sections are expected on the excursions being run into the city, and the chances are that all of them will be dined at the Auditorium at midnight tonight. Thir p'an Is now under consideration and will ba decided definitely at this morning's meeting. For Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock there has been arranged a banquet at the Annex, at which 300 members will be seated at $15 a plat. Imperial Potentate Roundy will maVe a sperch. find any place to take their goods as houses are as scarce in East Chicago as they are- In the other cities In the Calumet region and so they were compelled to camp out In the street In the vicinity of the city 1 all for the Jirtt day. Finally Mrs. Jerman and her family of little tots went to Indiana Harbor where they are staying with a brother-in-law and the boarders are scattered to the four parts of the city. Mrs. Jerman says she had $100 in the bank at the time of her ejectment and that King refused a tender of th rent. She also says that all of her boarders are now so separated that it will be difficult to collect the $100 or more dollars that she has coming from them. She is titter in her denunciation of King for putting her out and says that he merely took advantag-; of a one sided lease to embarrass her and get her out of the house. The costs in the case were .$6.50 which is nearly half of the amount that was due for rent. The ejectment took place at about nxm yesterday before Mrs. Jerman had the dinner dishes washed. Tomorrow's most profitable classified advertisement "alight us well be yours."

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