Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 151, Hammond, Lake County, 9 April 1908 — Page 8

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MANY PEOPLE SEE SHOCKIfiGAGCIDEfn Lawrence Killoran Killed by Lake Shore Train at Harbor.

BEATING TO QUAKER CITY Chicago Man Out, of Work Is Killed While in Search of Employment. A man whose Identity has not yet been fully established but who Is believed to be Lawrence Killoran, presumably of Chicago, was killed last night In full view of quite a large number of people at the yards of the Lake Shore railroad In Indiajia Harbor. Killoran with a companion, John McDougall, was beating his way on a freight train, bound for Philadelphia He was a boilermaker by trade, as a union card carried In his pocket would indicate, and had told his companion, whose acquaintance he had made on the short journey between Chicago and Indiana Harbor, and who was also beating his way east, that he had been Idle for a long time and that he was going to Philadelphia in the hopes of finding work. As Indiana Harbor was reached, the pair, who had been shivering on the top of a box car on a fast freight, decided that they would try and get aboard a train where they could find a warmer berth inside. They accordingly alighted and started to walk toward the yards. Killoran was walking between two tracks near one of the rails, and McDouagll was beside him. A freight train which both of the men in the darkness took to be standing still, but which was in reality moving slowly, was encountered and the engineer shouted to the men to get out of the way. McDougall jumped In one direction and Killoran in tho other. Kllloran's leap was fatal, for it landed him squarely in the path of a passenger train going at rapid speed. He was killed instantly, his body, however, being scarcely mutilated at all, outside of a gash on the head and T " .

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of his legs. The body was removed to Teal's un dertaking rooms where an Inquest waa begun this afternoon. The man's personal effects included a card bearing the name Lawrence Kil loran, 6123 Wentworth avenue, Chicago, and his companion said Khlloran was the name he had given him. The Englewood police were, however, unable to find anyone at the address named who knew Killoran. His union card bore the inscription. "Local lodge No. 1," and the registration number was 60,920. McDougall Is a painter by trade and his home is In Boston. He was held as a witness for the coroner's inquest. CITY GERRYMANDERED Whiting Finds Itself Baffled by City Officials. Residents of "Whiting living in the third ward, south of One Hundred and Nineteenth street, awoke this morning to find themselves in a new ward. A special meeting of the Whiting city council was called last night for the purpose of dividing tho old third ward which was the largest In the city. The new division adds an additional ward to Whiting which is known as the fourth. The underlying reason for this division was the recent activity of the temperance agitators in Whiting who succeeded in securing enough signatures for the dry district. The creating of the fourth ward is a counter-action of the temperance agi tators. Since the county commissioners have not taken any action on the petition for a dry district, another petition will have to be circulated. It is thought that the "drys" might win in the new third ward, but that their efforts will be in vain in making the fourth ward dry, since nearly all the saloons are located there. At the meeting last night Joseph Vacha of Robertsdale was oppointed as a regular policeman in -the place of John Backus. Vacha being a Robertsdale man and there having been some twenty applications before the Whiting men for the position, considerable feeling is worked up among the, friends of the other twenty applicants. Raphael's Simple Diet. Raphael considered that a meat diet was not good for a painter, and therefore lived principally on dried fruits, such as figs and raisins, with bread.

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Foreigners Destitute in Magic City Are Very Few. There are a number of destitute for eigners in Gary and although there have been no bread lines formed there has been a great deal of vagrancy and it has been necessary for the police to take care of some of the beggars. About the closest approach to a bread line is the large number of foreigners who make daily visits to the rear of the hotel where they wait for the scraps of food that are thrown out by the hotel employes. Today six of these men were arrested and taken to the police station for the reason that they made too much of a disturbance in their scrambling for the food. A great many of the foreigners have decided to join the army and provide for their support in this manner. They have been sent to Hammond and those who have been naturalized are recruited, providing they , have the proper physical qualifications. CONDUCTOR ASSAULTED Lake Shore Freight Car Slashed by Bums at Pine Station. John Hoffman, the conductor on a Lake Shore freight train was attacked by three bums who drew razors and slashed him fearfully when he attempt ed to compell them to leave the train in the vicinity of Pine station. The conductor on the freight saw the men get on the train on the east side of Pine station. He walked over the cars and ordered them to get off. In stead of obeying him they attacked him and all three drew razors and slashed at him righ and left. He was badly cut before the train crew finally arrived on the scene and interfered In time to save his life. They succeeded In capturing John Alda alias Harry McDonald and put him into a box car where he was made a pris oner and taken to Miller. The Injured conductor was taken to the L. K. & M. S. hospital at Chicago, where his injuries were dressed. The prisoner will be arraigned before a justice at Miller. The case was to have come up before Judge Westergreen this morning but was postponed in order that the extent of Conductor Hofman's injuries might be learned. Have yon ever tried an ad la The Times f Try one and see the result. West of

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KEEP THEPtl BUSY County Commissioners Ad journ Their Meeting Last Night. VIEWERS MAKE REPORTS Farmers Petition for Bridges in Throughout Many Parts of Lake County. Crown Point, Ind., April 9. (Spe cial.) The County Commissioners ad journed for their regular three days' meeting last night. Mr. Krimbill of Hammond being absent on account of sickness, at Hot Springs, Ark. The following business was transacted at their two day's session. In the matter of the gravel road petition of S. B. Meeker, et al, for gravel road in Center township the petition was granted and the bid of Charles A. Prettyman for the sum of $10,100 was accepted. A petition from the people of Scherervllle, asking that a flag-man be installed at the crossing of the J. C. C. and St. L. railroad tracks there, was considered, finally granted and an order issued to serve notice on the railroad company to carry out said action. A petition by the voters of the third ward of Whiting objecting to the further granting of saloon licenses in said ward was considered and granted. This action puts about seventeen saloons out of business in that city. The commissioners granted the franchise presented by members of the Business Men's association of Crown Point in behalf of interested residents, for the use of Intersecting cross roads along the proposed route of the Crown Polntary interurban line. Report of View ers on John Brown road, accepted and road ordered opened to public use. On account of remonstrance . to road pe titlon of John Adank, reviewers were appointed, namely, T. E. Stonix, C. B. Benjamin and John Ilannabohm. Same odred in petition of Bert Belshaw, re viewers. Silas Hogan, George Kenney and Frank Alton. Petition for bridge over Boyd ditch on Range Line road. Granted. Same order for bridge on township line between Winfleld and Eagle' Creek.' Same order for bridge In Eagle Creek over Singleton ditch The regular grist of bills were ordered paid. Some saloon licenses were granted and the commissioners recommended a meeting of county coun cil on April 25 to look over the situa tion and site the proposed new bridge over the : Calumet, near Gary, Ind., and recommended that that body appropriate $50,000 of county funds for its construction. Columbia.

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Plumber Bosses ;Say They Are -Not Handicapped by Strike. - "There are no developments in the plumber's strike as far as the boss plumbers are concerned," said A. J. Campbell today in speaking of the situation brought on by the recent walkout of the union Journeymen plumbers. The boss plumbers say that they are not handicapped in the least by the strike as there are hundreds of men who would take the place of the strikers if there were work enough. Work is slack anyway in the building line and consequently the boss plumbers are not pressed for help. No developments are expected until ney building goes up when the Journeymen plumbers will call on the other building trades unions to tie up the work in a sympathetic strike. When this occasion arises it is expected that the other building trades will have to take a Btand one way or the other. - I ESCAPE Wreck in the Pennsylvania Railroad Yards This Morning. Thomas Stuppe and Earl Karlson, engineer and fireman, respectively, on a Pennsylvania switch engine at South Chicago, had a narrow escape from sereve injury when they Jumped from their engine while it was In the act of overturning. As It was they were both slightly injured and their engine, which be longs in the Pennsylvania yards, over turned. . The accident occurred about 4:50 this morning while the engine was on the main track and was due to the spread lng- of the rails. The trainmen both noticed the danger in time to prepare themselves for the jump. Traffic on the main track was tem porarily delayed owing to the accident. TRADE SIGHT UNSEEN; ONE MAN STABBED An argument about the value of their respective pocket knives which they were about to trade "blind," led to a' stabbing affray in the boarding house at 8932 Strand avenue, between John Ernach and Malo Jrlch. Jrlch plunged his knife several times into the thighs of Ernach and then made his escape. Dr. J. A. Brandon of the Fifteenth pre cinct. police , station was summoned to dress the wounds of the foreigner. Avenue

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Gary Commercial Club Holds An Important Busi

ness Meeting and Forcible The Gary Commercial club held a meeting In the Binzenhof hall last night that was " characteristic of this progressive organization which, with a membership of 200, . has a paid secre tary and charges $25 for the initiation fee and $20 a year for dues. The great question of the scarcity of houses was taken up and carefully considered. Edward Farrington, the secretary of the club, brought In a report in which he said it would be prac tically impossible to locate any more industries in Gary until -there were houses with which to accommodate the growing population of the city. He said that a great many manu facturers looked with favor on Gary, but when the matter of supplying homesifor the laborers and their families came up, the same old snag was struck and it was impossible to further Interest the manufacturer. A committee composed of the following men was appointed to investigate conditions and use every means in its power to interest capital in the building of homes in Gary. Homer J. Carr was made chairman and W. A. Wirt, J. A. Brennan and J. Glen Harris were the other members. Speeches were made by a number of members of the organization and it was unanimously decided to use all of the influence of the club in the future to Interest capital in the building of homes in Gary. Another matter of Importance discussed by the Commercial club was that of bringing the Gary & Interurban Electric Railway company to time and force the completion of its lines in Gary. There were some heated speeches by several of the members who demanded that the franchise of the company should be forfeited if something was not done toward completing the line In the near future. Captain H. S. Norton of the Gary Land company, made one of the most significant speeches of the day when he startled the members of the Commercial olub by. the statement that the failure of the Gary & Interurban com pany to build Its Broadway line might mean the end of the pre-eminence of this street as a business thorough fare. He pointed out that the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Interurban company had proven its reliability by

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Does Things in a Manner. living up to Its promises in every re spect and, by the energy with which it carried forth the work of constructing its line. He said this company was now engaged in building a branch road along the west line of the first subdivision to Toleston and if transportation facilities were first offered to this part of the cly and the service was superior to that of the Gary & Interurban line, the people would settle in that vicinity, close to a good resience district and close to the subsidiary concerns which are sure to be located north of Toles ton. The originality of this suggestion and the force with which it struck the members of the Commercial club, startled them and a committee was at once appointed to investigate the kiiid of a franchise the city really has given the Gary & Interurban company. This committee 13 composed of Clarence Bretsch, chairman, C. V. Rldgley, George McGinnlty, C. H. Maloney and George Bardon. It will be noticed that most, or all 1 of these committeement are lawyer and when they make an examination and an Investigation of the franchise, which was granted in the fact of the opposition of the Gary citizens a year or so ago, they will report to the cUib and this organization will then hire an attorney to force the company into an agreement to complete the work in a reasonable time or compel a forfeit rue of the franchise. I The rails and equipment of the line was criticized and the attitude of tbe Gary town board was looked upon with disfavor. A committee was appointed to confer with the board members and find out what they propose to do in this important matter. X Never since the granting of the franchise to the Gary & Interurban company have the business men been so aroused to the necessity for talc-. ing immediate action to insure the Installation of traction service and the developments of the next few weeka will, be watched with Interest -Lona-Llved Microbe. The microbe fiend will be confirmed in his fussinesa who learns that some hardy microbes can live over two centuries on the land and longer1 yet in the water,

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