Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 42, Hammond, Lake County, 6 August 1909 — Page 1

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WEATHEH FOBKCASX, IirmuliiK riUDdinru follow r-4 far aaowera, probably thunder itonu today and Saturday. EDITION VOL. IV., NO 42. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1909. ONE CENT PER COPY.

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KIUED, 15 HURT HEREOITY IN CAR CRASH 0

Street Car and Passenger Train Come Together with Tragic Results Last Night

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Conductor Otis Best of Hammond was killed and fifteen passengers injured at 6:30 o'clock last night, when a fast Pennsylvania train crashed infr a Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago street car on Indianapolis boulevard and One Hundred and Sixth street. The railroad crossing where the grewsome accident happened is one of the worst on the whole line, and considering everything, it is believed that the accident was unavoidable. At the time tiie conductor flagged the crossing not a train was in sigh.. An instant later, when lie had stepped upon the front platform' of the car as it started to cross, a fast dummy train rounded the curve and in a flash the street car was struck and demolished. WITH TEUKIFIC I'OIKE. The force with which the engine struck the car not only caused the front vestibule to collapse, but threw tiie body off thetrucks, turned it diagonally across tiie rails, where it toppled .over on its side. The fact '.bat tha

car turned over was responsible for all i ing in the neighborhood of Calumet of the injuries to the passenger.-, non? j avenue and Fayette street shot at his

of whom were hurt seriously. V hen

MANY LOCAL PEOPLE HURT

THE DEAD. OTIS BEST, 28 years old, residing at 305 South Hohman street, leg cut off and skull fractured ; died two hours after the accident.

THE INJURED. WALTEE WALENKI, 1006 White Oak avenue, Whiting; shoulder dislocated. MRS. GERTRUDE KLEM, 423 Indianapolis avenue, Whiting ; left shoulder and head hurt. JOHN CHRIST0WSKI, 5034 Forsythe street, right leg broken. FRANK AGASSE, Indianapolis avenue, Hammond; arm cut and bruised. EDWARD HENDRICKS0N, 342 Central avenue, Whiting; face and legs bruised. RICHARD KLEM, 423 Indianapolis avenue; left shiulder and head bruised. JAMES R. SPRIGGS, 241 Logan street, Hammond; internal injuries, right leg badly cut; will recover.

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Lake County Medical As

sociation Hears Splendid

Paper at Its Midsummer

Meeting at Lake Front

Park Yesterday.

Hammond Men of Affairs

JU HOT PRIZEFIGHT TAKES

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SHOT AT HIS WIFE. A' report to the effect that a man liv-

the car fell showers of glass was hurl- . ..V-..oRr t he--pa'if-trirfcf,n pSSwertgers, and many of the seats were twist-

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wife, Is being carefully hushed up by his neighbors- -ami friends.- - Th- bullet is said to have missed the mark, but this did not alleviate the feeling ex

isting between the couple. Xo report

was made at the, police station.

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RAGES OVER THE STREETS

Hammond p'-ople are much interested in the proceedings of the convention of the Indiana Sunday School association, which is now being held at Indi

anapolis. Rev. C. .1. Sharpe of this ; city Is takl"g a prominent part In the i events of the session, delivering an ' address yesterday. That the simple, unsophisticated re- j ligion of Christ, free from all the com-I iiexities of modern theolotrv. is the!

only panacea for all present day evils ; a terrific rate and narrowly missed was the assertion of Dr. F. D. Power of hitting several poles, there was no parWashington, D. C, who addressed the I ticlar Carnage done to either horses

delegates of the Indiana Sunday School association, which held its annual con-

The Paulson Tea and Coffee company had a bad runaway at 5:30 last night when the team of horses, frightened on Calumet avenue, started down that street, turned up Fayette and Anally raced down the Monon tracks from Fayette to Sibley. In spite of the fact that the wagon bumped over the ties at

Heredity, that vehicle, which has for ages carried the burden for most of what Is good and bad In man, was temporarily placed on the shelf yesterday by. at leas, one Hammond physician, Dr. 4. A. Jfoung, who read an able paper before the Lake County Medical society yesterday in connection with the society's picnic at the Lake Front park. The chains of ancestry evidently do not confuse Dr. Young, for his paper was almost a radical departure from the old and accepted theory of heredity. Citing the Scriptures to show that It was ordained that every organism should beget its kind, the author con

tinued in his arguments based along scientific lines that each new organism is separate and distinct from its parent. To use his own words: Cell" for Reproduction Only. "Stated in the simplest terms, the new individual is the result of the union of a single cell from the male parent with a single cell from the female. These two cells are in their turn derivatives of cells which, from a very early period of embryonic life, can be seen to have been segregated for reproductive purposes, and apparently for nothing elsa, and already exist at birth an He latent or, at most, very slowly increase. In other words, neither is the piecing together of contributions from the various tissues and organs of the body. Both are derived from germinal tis

sue, which is evidently set apart from the first so as not to be subjected to the performance of functions other than those of reproduction." -T Dinenae IS'ot Inheritable, Say Youn. Having laid down these premises, Dr. Young, to further prove his stand, said that gross mutilations of limbs or trunk

of either parent cannot reproduce themselves in the offspring. He cited the case of scientist, who to prove this, cut off the tails of long-tailed mice for twenty generations cut them off immediately after birth and yet the twenty-first generation were born with tails as long and with as many vertebrae as those of the first.

Delving into the science of heredity a little deeper. Dr. Young proved his theory that diseases, such as tuberculosis and smallpox are not hereditary. Altogether it was an exceptionally

good paper and brought forth a spirited discussion. Another feature of the meeting was the basket picnic. The ladies of the doctors had accompanied them to Lake Front park, and constituted the banquet committee, having arranged a most tasty lunch. The weather was ideal, and the occasion one of the most pleasant that the doctors have enjoyed in a long time.

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Marty Kane and Martin Lavin Go Twelve Rounds to Draw.

BOUT PULLED OFF ON Q. T.

Morris Champaigne of Hammond Introduces the Lads to the Specators.

Ill GET II DEEP TROUBLE

(Special to The Times.) Bumham, III.. Aug. 6. A fast twelveround fight was pulled off last night

in Bumham at which many Hammond

and Chicago sports were present. The

bunch had good luck and nobody got wise to the fact that a tight was being

run off in the little, burg until it was all over, and then no one cared. The bout was between Marty Kane and Marty Lavin, and odds seemed all in favor of Lavin until Marty Kane got wrought up and showed class and how the game is played. Morris Champaign of Hammond introduced the boys and then turned them over to the tender mercies of the referee. For nine rounds no one spoke and all that could be heard was the sound of the gloves hinging into each other, but in the tenth Kane slid a straight left over on Lavin which broke his nose and started the claret to flowing. (Continued on Page Three.)

Is Old Sol Responsible for the Great Number of Clothes Line Quarrels Begun in Justice Courts in Hammond?

WILLIAM WOLTER. One of Hammond's successful business men is William "Wolter, successful in business and successful in politics, and most successful in piscatorial pursuits. Indeed, Billy has been such a successful fisher of men that it landed him plump amid the cares and devious duties of office namely, city treasurer of Hammond. It isn't necessary to say that Mr. Wolter is a democrat, and that lie is going to run again, and his friends say it will take a hustler to beat him. There is no room for argument there. Mr. Wolter sells hardware, too, and good hardware, and is one of the best sixty-six players in the Calumet region, as well as being a crack shot.

CR1PACKER FEELS CANNON'S STli KlflG REIVED

vention at Bethany Park yesterday. Dr. : Power spoke upon the subject, "The Gospel for the Age." j Rev. G. W: Henry of South Bend, who was to have addressed the delegates yesterday afternoon, was unable to be present because of illness. The Rev. C. J. Sharpe o:' Hammond spoke upon "Primitive Churches in the Making." The delegates participated in a banquet at the park last evening. The t?v. L. L Carpenter acted as toastmaster, and toasts were responded to as follows: "The Institution," T. C. Howe, Indianapolis; "Bethany's Benefactors." Mrs. X. K. Atkinson, Indianapolis; "Service Rendered," Dr. II. J. Hail, Franklin, and "The Future." W. E. Hackleman of this city. The entire session at the park today will be devoted to a number of conferences upon various questions relating to tli e elementary work of the Sunday school.

t or wagon. j The driver cf the wagon maintains

that the horses were frightened by small boys while they were standing quietly in the street at Calumet avenue. Several times as the wagon turned the corners it almost toppled over as it swung around on two wheels. When the Monon tracks were reached the team started down the ties to Sibley street, when one of the horses fell down and they were easily held. Packages of coffee and tea were scatetred along the tracks and street, and although some of them were broken open, the company suffered but little loss. A big erowd witnessed the runaway.

BETZ AND HEYH TO GOJO EUROPE

Manufacturer Will Make

His Seventh Trip to Europe.

Washington. D. C, Aug. 6. Speaker Cannon yesterday announced the committees for the Sixty-first congress. Representative Crumpacker's name was stricken from the ways and means committee and the Indiana man, who has stood consistently for tariff downward,

will not participate in the framing of any more tariff bills as a member of the

committee in which such measures orig

inate.

The speaker allowed Mr. Crumpaeker to remain at the head of the census committee and in the ranking position on the committee on insular affairs. Crumpaeker had been a member of the ways and means rommittee more than a year. In the dying hours of the special session Just before the committees were announced the speaker handed down

the following letter which he had received from Mr. Crumpaeker and it was

read from the clerk's desk:

"Washington, D. C. July 23. 1909.

"My Dear Sir 1 hereby resign my

position as a member of the ways and means committee to Be effective at once. "E. D. CR I'M PACKER." In the place on the ways and means committee occupied by Judge Crumpaeker, the speaker appointed John W. Dwlght of New York, the whip of the house and a faithful and tractable follower of the speaker. Speaker' Indifference Shown. Mr. Crumpacker's resignation from the ways and means committee caused somewhat of a sensation and he was plied with inquiries as to the meaning.

LOCAL HEALTH HAN

GETS THE REPORT

Dr. W. D. Weis Hears From Lake Michigan Water Commission.

REPORT HAS MANY FACTS

Book Is a Valuable One and of Much Interest to Those Concerned.

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STREET GAR HER VOT

TO CALL STRIKE SOD

DEVELOPMENT 01 DAY IN STREET CAE CRISIS.

YOUNG BANKER DEAD.

(Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind.. Aug. 6. The sad news was received here last night by Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Tlnkharn of the. death of Fred Camp, Mrs. Tinkham's brother, who was assistant cashier of the First National bank of Bement. 111. His death occurred at the home of his father, William Camp, at Bement. and came after a long illness. The young man was well liked in Crown Point, where he had often visited. Dr. Tlnkharn left for Bremen today anil will not be at his office in Hammond until next week.

A big special in men's suits for Saturday only. Any $-'0 and f 1 S suit in the house, 515. Hub Clothing & Sboe house.

Land Compaq Sues. The East Chicago Land company, represented by Judge Hembroff of Indiana Harbor, filed this morning twenty cases for foreclosure of contract against parties that have failed to make all of their payments on property purchased on the installment basis. Judge Hembroff said today that there was nothing unusual about the filing of this large number of cases, that they had simply failed to make their payments and that they desired to have the contracts annuled. The total of twenty-two cases filed today, however, makes the total of those filed in one day a record-breaker for the past few weeks. The other two

cases tiled were: 5S43. Ashurst Betlford vs. Abraham Lipner and Albert Given. Suit on bond. 5S49. Joserh Phillipson vs. Max Smallberg. Salt on account.

Tickets on sale for the Hammond Sar.gerbund picnic at Summers Pharmacy, and Singer Sewing Machine store. 214 State street. tf.

Gentlemen wanted who are looking for good $4 shoes for $3. Apply at the Hub Clothing House, Hammond, Ind.

Two Hammond men, Messrs. F. S. Betz and Peter W. Meyn, leave on the 16th of this month for a two months' European trip, Mr. Betz making his seevnth trip to attend the seventh In

ternational congress of therapeutists, while Mr. Meyn goes principally for pleasure with the aim of visiting his former home in Freiburg. They will, however, spend most of their time together. Among the principal cities which they will visit are Liverpool, their landing place; Dresden, Hamburg,

Berlin, Leipsic, Vienna, Budapest, Constantinople, Muenich, Stuttgart, Friedrlchausen. Freiburg, Strassburg, Cologne, Hanover, Detmold, Freiburg, London and Paris. They sail on the Mauretania, leaving New York on the ISth.

Buried Tomorrow. Helen, the' five-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vonasch. 412 Oak street, who died last Wednesday, will be buried tomorrow afternoon. Services will be held at the home of the child's grandmother, Mrs. Ml'ler, 2S8 Price place. Interment will be at Oak Hill cemetery. The child had been sick ten days.

ElMrr.O'VES of two big companies voted for strike by majority of per cent, j according to early morning cKllmate of labor lender I ALDEHMAX B il'I.KR stated employe are conlderIoc proposition to enll u wtrike on Sunday to make an imprelon with leant powwible damage. j STATE board of arbitration arrived in ' Chicago und announced conference j with T. E. wiitcu, fiouth Hide trac- ! tlon head, and representative of wtreet car men for tiMlay. j UNIONS planned to receive nnnonnce- I ment of strike vote ut meeting and 1 formally notify traction bead of de- j clalon to strike unlc dlfflcultie nre ...i ... i I

V. v. MAIION, Iieau oi national iree car men" union, told The Tribune be believe law of Amalgamated ortennixat Ion "w ill Ik' followed In Chicago. He may come here tonight tr

tomorrow. TRACTION head reported condition unchnnged from their Mtandpoint. ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE SCHl'ETTI.EIl ordered r() new patrolmen' tnr u precaution, alt hough he doe not expect a trike. P. I,. I1ERGOFK of New York, "the Iteil Demon," remained In Chicago in the interet of hi strikebreaking agency.

that terms of peace can be agreed upon. It may be possible that communication by trolley between the cities of Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago may be cut off temporarily, at least.

by Sunday, as, it is said, that is the day set upon to call the strike if the negotiations in the meantime do not end satisfactorily. If the employes will agree to arbitration it is possible that there will bo no strike. As far as can be ascertained there were a large number of employes on this seetion of the lines who did not vote yesterday, but most of those who were able to get to the polls voted "strike." Following a conference of union leaders from three divisions of the union, ehaded by Presidents Buckley and Quinlan and President 15. A. Carter of division 206, representing the Calumet and South Chicago road's employes, a statement covering the nion's side of

the wage controversy was issued.

I The statement was prepared for the

labor leaders by Lawrence D. Bland, editor of the T'nion leader, official organ of the street car men of Chicago. It will appear as an editorial in today's issue of the Union leader.

Dr. W. D. Weis, secretary of the Hammond board of health, has received

a number of copies of the first report of the Lake Michigan water commission. He has taken an active part in the work of the commission, and the exhaustive report was possible only through the efforts of men like himself, who were willing to devote their own time, to solve the problem of pure drinking water for Hammond. The report contains all facts and figures ascertained by J. H. Brewster last year at the time when he made a thorough investigation of the situation in the Calumet region at the instigation of the health boards in Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago. While the report touches on the situation all around the lake, by far the largest portion of the report is devoted to the condition and Its cause in the Calumet region. It Is a valuable book, especially to those who would

better acquaint themselves with one I

of the greatest problems in northern Lake county. Every city official should know the needs of his community from a scientific standpoint, as well as from

the practical side. The report costs only $1 and is well worth it.

Is the Intense heat causing so many of the people of Hammond to lose their neighborly love? A most unusual number of "clothes line" case have been filed and tried in the Justice courts of Hammond in the last two weeks, and there seems to be but one psychological reason the heat. Yesterday in Judge Presfs court there were five of these cases disposed of at this single bar of Justice. All were of the same origin, an insignificant wrangle, some of them got to the stage of assault and battery and others went no further than provocation, but in every case where the temper got the best of the men or women's (mostly women) temper a severe fine was imposed ly the courtFirst among these cases in prominence was that of Sarah Gobltz. the daughter of a State street saloonkeeper, and her neighbor, Mrs. Ada Nlel. Say. Sarah I Too Friendly. The evidence in this case showed that that Mrs. Kiel charged Sarah with being too friendly with her husband. Sarah resented the charge with strong and impressive words. Then Mrs. Niel

forthwith struck Miss Gobitz in the ensuing controversy. Judge Prest found Sarah guilt of assault and battery and fined her $14.60. A warrant was then sworn out by Miss Gobita against Mrs. Niel charging her with, assault and battery, and the Judge assessed the same fine against her. Another case of this character was that in which Margaret Biegel accused Mrs. Mary Boyden of assault and batter In ..substance this- affair was brought into court because Mrs. Boyden assaulted Mrs. Biegel because Mrs. Biegel called Mrs. Boyden bad names and because Mrs. Boyden said Mrs. Biegel had stolen her chickens. . The defendant was fined $16.50 by Judge Prest. Thereupon Mrs. Boyden appeared before Judge Jones of Whiting and swore out an affidavit against Mrs. iBegel

charging her with provocation, and the case will be tried this evening. Both are residents of Roby in the vicinity of the ice houses. Another woman, Mrs. Katherine Bessen, seeks to have another neighbor, Charles Borem placed under a peace bond, because he has continually insulted and threatened to do her bodily injury, according to her story. It is believed that this case will be settled tomorrow by Borem's pleading guilty to provocation to save further trouble. Theodore Waminiski, the East Hammond baker, also came in for a share of the provocation fines today, for using too much sass to Constable Chas. Merryweather. The defendant has caused considerable trouble about the city lately in various suits and was given a stiff fine to the extent of $16.50.

DOGTOR FINDS

MICE JEWEL

Two Hammond men consider themselves in luck because fortune smiled on them despite the loss of two valuable stones, postmaster W. H. Gostlin this morning had the misfortune of losing a $150 diamond on the pavement in front of the Lake County Savings and Trust company. Only an hour later

The statement Is intended to be an i did he miss the stone. Two hours later

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I it was found by Dr. Chidlaw, who heard ! of Mr. Gostlin's loss. Mr Gostlin offered ! him $50 reward, but Dr Chidlaw found

Men's $2 fine, straw hats for Saturday only, 50c. Hub Clothing & Shoe house.

answer to both President Thomas E. Mitten of the Chicago City Railway company and to President J. M. Roach of the Chicago Railways companj". In

particular the list of cities In which j himself amply repaid In Mr. Gostlin's street car men receive higher wages j r,,,.,,, at havintc his lost treasure.

A little daughter of James Trost yes-

The Hammond poMce are now Inaugurating a crusade against livery men of the city and contractors who have been violating the city ordinance against blockading the streets. Persons living in the vicinity of the places have be,-.n complaining of the fact that the wagons left outside at night are not only blockading the streets, but the wagons anl other vehicles scattered about are unsightly objects. Tiie liverymen especially a r,. scored for this vlviation of the city ordinance because on many occasions they have mere Vehicles than they are able to take care of. and r.se,) uen t : y they ara forced to leave th- r.i in the streets. The police have been investigating this matter, and have resolved to make them clear the streets or suffer prosecution. Captain Hanlon has notified all of them that they will have to live up

to this ordinance in tiie future.

In spite of the fact that the employes of the Chicago City Railways company and the Hammond. Whiting and East Chicago lines voted overwhelmingly to strike at the polls yesterday, the people of the Calumet region, as well as the 2,500,000 in Chicago still hold out hopes

than in Chicago, which is part of the

statement, is Intended as a reply to the table recently issued by President Mitten showing cities in which the wage scale is below that paid by the Chicago companies.

A big neckwear sale this Saturday. 150 dozen Men's neckwear, a fine assortment of patterns in the latest designs, for this sale, 25c Hub Clothing & Shoe house.

terday found a valuable cameo stickpin on Hohman street, belonging to Newton Hembroff. Through a little ad in The Times Mr. Trost was able to give it back to the owner.

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A "Silver" dress shirt, the best shirt made for the money. $1. The Hub Clothlns Co

Under Advij

The board of pub-.c works this morning took the resolution for the pavement of Detroit street under advisement until August 11. Bids are ask-d for the Plummer avei.we sidewalks. The primary assessment roll for th Gostlin Ftreet sewer was adopted. Plans for the Wa'.than) street pavement were accepted. The p'-tition for the Highland street sewer was accepted. The primary assessment rolls for tiie Charlotte and Calumet avenue walks were accepted. Tiie bids for the new combination hose wagon were taken under Advlaement,