Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 214, Hammond, Lake County, 28 February 1910 — Page 1

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LATEST NEWS

LIMITED DERAILED The Twentieth. Century Limited on the Lake Shore railroad frorft : New York to Chicago wm derailed near Olmsted Falls. O., early today, while running: at high speed. Several of the passengers were reported injured. One of them suffered a fractured shoulder.

SEVENTY-FIVE REPORTED DEAD

Spokane, Wash., Feb. 28. Seventyfive persona are reported dead buried

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important meetings of the year a "1ta' twentflve f?mllles Week from nex Thursday, When the Relief trains have been dispatched annual election of officers will be fro h.",! an,d points . and details of the disaster,, thus far held and the name Of the Organization meager, were expected to " be received

will be changed. It Is understood that President W. G. Paxton will not permit his name to com &. before the association as a candidate for president and . some other officer will have to be selected to fill his place. 4 ' A POTEST FACTOR. The organization, under the progressive polices outlined by President' faxton and. Secretary E. F. Johnston, has been a potent factor in the progress of the iommunlty and has accom? pllshed more in the past year than the organization did in any other period .of its history.,',.1.,.-" ' An effort will be mad to nominate, and electa Vi niu; fcr , lHAofftcOf

gan'tatlon are now casting about for some person who is capable of filling the office creditably. TO FIGHT IBiSURAJiCE CO. The only' other ' matter which will come up before the organization isone which has been called to the attention of the association by James Bingham, the attorney general of the state. Mr. Bingham is of the opinion that there is a combination of insurance companies in the state for the purpose of controlling rates, and he is after evidence that will enable him to proceed, against them under the existing' laws of the state. He has sent a circular to Secretary E. F. Johnstone in which is briefly outlined a number of statements of the

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. Judge V. S. Reiter announced today that the case of the Hammond Savings & Trust company, which Is seeking to enjoin Matthias Boney from occupying quarters in a building owned by A. H. Tapper and which has been rented to the trust company, will come up on Friday. ' : ., ,, , - At this time the Judge says that he will listen ot an oral argument In which each of the parties to the controversy will be given one hour. e Judge Reiter has been looking up the law1 on the subject and admitted this morning that the case is a unique one In many particulars. He said that he would listen to the oran arguments, on the'ease and then he win render his decision. .'. . " This will hold oft the case for another, week, and in the meantime the work of remodeling the building for banking purposes Is going on. The decision of the Judge will be awaited with interest.

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Chicago Telephone Co. New Men Clash With Employes of Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. on Hohman Street Saturday.

Victor Shaw, a special policeman at the Standard Steel Car works, was, according to court testimony, the victim of a vicious assault by Al. Atkins, an employe of the factory last Friday evening. The latter was fined $15.55 in Justice Kaske's court last Saturday afternoon and will be arraigned on the charge of robbery in the city court to-

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.The trouble it seems grew out of the fact that the special policeman - Insisted on his orders that Atkins leave the jplantby the use of a, particularv'TJi'e r$,mrt tli at ens ued' J4waW short as Atkins grabbed his older opponent, and . throwing him to the ground, took his revolver from him. The charge of robbery against him in the city court is taking the revolver.

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Whiting Police Trying to , Solve Mystery rin Which ? Preacher's Son and-Medi-x cal Student Has Disappeared in Chicago. ,'

(Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind.k Feb; 28. The police of this city have been asked to "use their efforts in solving a mystery; - Richard J. Miller, son " of .- the Rev. Josper Miller of Jacksonville, 111., and a student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, has disappeared, and his friends and relatives fear that he has been slain. Miller left the place where he is rooming 524" Ashland avenue, Wednesday Inorning. with the expectation of visiting friends In Whiting, Intending to return to Chicago the same day. He never reached Whiting, so far as his brother, Thomas E. Miller, has been able to learn. . ! Miller had more than $100 In his pocket when he left home. One of his friends saw him In the Wellington hotel Wednesday, and this is the last trace that his brother has been able to get of him. The young man is a senior at the medical college and due to graduate this year. His brother Bays that he never took a drink of liquor and is ne."plussed by his disappearance, He had cards and letters in his pockets which would identify him had he been hurt and taken to a hospitah

Lake County's Assessors Send Out String of Deputies Tomorrow for Their Annual Task of Getting Personal Property Lists.

If you see your neighbor moving his piano into the basement and depositing his jewelry in the coffee pot. Instead of wearing it. you may know that it is about time for the township assessor to start on his work of listing personal property for taxatipn. The township assesors are anxious that everybody should be ready with an inventory of all of their goods when they call. A great deal "depends upon the assistance that the public gives the township assessor as to whether . or not his work is difficult. , The law only requires the assessor to call but onec and he will be losing time if people are not ready but ask him to call again some other time. It is not likely they will be and more ready the second, third or fourth time than they were the first time he called. The law requires all personal property to be listed every year, between March first and the. fifteenth day of May. which only gives the assessor sixty-five days in each township to do the work in. The assessors' task Is not an easy one, nor is It the most pleasant for the reason that a (Centtaaed cm page five.)

A bloody encounter between linemen of the Chicago Telephone company, who came here to take the places of those who either quit or were let out some time ago, and linemen of the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Co. occurred last Saturday at the corner of Hohman street and Wilcox avenue. Bad blood among the union,, men of both companies growing out of the fact that non-Hammond men had supplanted the telephone company's gang, brought about the. clash. . About ten men are said to have been involved in what was a bloody fist fight, and one arrest was . made and a number of other John Doe warrants were , issued. - The man arrested was Michael Dugan, a lineman for the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Co., living at, 277 Fa ette street. He Is charged with assault and battery and is put under-a $100 bond to' appear for trial next Thursday. The complaining witness against Dugan is A. J.. Smith, one o fthe telephone company's linemen. The electric light linemen are said to .have -outnumbered the tele-

t phone men and several of the princi

pals were badly beaten up. The reports as to which side was the aggressor are conflicting, but it is known that the fight became general after it had been started by two.

KUTTON

GETS !EY1 CONTRACT

Architect , J. T. Hutton has just 'secured the contract to make the plans for Peter W. Meyn's new home, which is to be built in Glendale park, and will cost in the neighborhood of $20,000 to $25,000, Including the property. Mr. Hutton expects to have the plans drawn up in the near future, and it is hoped that the new home will be completed during the coming summer. This will make a splendid addition to the palatial homes that have been constructed by Hammondites recently. The style of architecture and the nature of the construction have not yet been determined upon, but the building will probably be of brick.

FIVE SALOONKEEPERS PAY THE PENALTY Whiting's New Democratic Mayor, Is Making 'ithe Boys" Obey the Law.

(Special to The Times.) Whiting, Ind., Feb. 28. Five Whiting saloonkeepers paid the penalty on Saturday night for violating the 11-o'clock closing law. The violators who were healed before Judge George W. Jones on Saturday night were: Louis Poznlechke, of Front street; Andrew Donkovlch, of Front street; Fred Drahaus, of Steiber street; John Kostolnick, of One Hundred and Nineteenth and Center streets, and John Bartusic, of One Hundred and Nineteenth street. All pleaded guilty with the exception of Bartusic, who plead not guilty. His case was continued until tonight. The other four were each fined $1.00 and costs, which In all amounted to $23.00. They all paid their fines, and left the court room sadder but wiser men. coming to the conclusion that It does not pay to violate the law In Whiting.

BURGLARS BUSY Iti SOUTH HOHD

Thieves Enter Johnson's House Last Saturday Afternoon. Burglars last night entered the home of Ralph Johnson, a son-in-law and next door neighbor to August Schrieber, in South Hammond, and got away with about $35 worth of valuables, including $1 5in cash. The burglary, which was apparently the work of hobos, was committed some time between 5 and 9 o'clock in theveYning, while the Johnsons were visiting- with the Schrlebers. Entrance had been secured through the rear door by means o fa skeleton key. The silverware and one other jewelry case belonging to Mrs. Johnson were left untouched. The burglars, however, did get $15 in money, a gold watch and chain and two rings. They were able to make, their

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iaiss jcn;saoetii nort-.Lnes at , Her Home Last "Evening. .

(Special to The TiMs.tv x .Whiting, Feb. 28. Mrs. Elizabeth Holt, 76 years old and for twenty years a resident of Whiting, died last night after 9 o'clock at the home of her only son, William Stenhouse, on Pennsyl vania avenue. Mrs. Holt was a widow and was married twice, her second husband having died about ten years ago. Bhe was sick nearly a year and her death is mainly ascribed to old age. The funeral has been arranged for Wednesday afternoon. Services vrlll be held at the Stehouse home at 1 o'clock. Interment will be in Oak Hill cemetery at Hammond.

Indiana Insurgent Wants Nomination

Receives Bad News. Word has been received by Jacob Schloer and his family, 39 Ruth street, of the death of Mrs. Mary Schloer of Chicago, wife of Charles Schloer. The latter is the brother of Jacob Schloer and is quite well-known in Hammond. Mrs. Sh'.oer's death was due to Brlght's disease. The funeral will be Wednesday in Chicago an interment will be In Rose Hill cemetery.

Evansville, Ind.. Feb. 28. Charles W. Wittenbraker, former prosecuting attorney of Vanderburg county, has announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for congress in the first district. He wants everybody to-know that he is an "insurgent" and that he is opposed "first, last and all the time" to the re-election of Cannon as speaker.

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One of ,the. most exciting games of the season was the contest between the First Regiment team of Chicago and the Hammond Athletic association team of this city. The score at the end of the game was 28 to 27 In favor of the Hammond five, and the 'game was all but won by the. splendid playing of

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the local aggregation in the last half. And if the game was all but won in the second half it' was plain to be seen that it was lost in the first. The score at the end of the first half was 20 to 11 in favor of the' First Regiment team. , . ' - It was difficult to overcome this disastrous lead that theX-isitors secured on the jump, and while the magnificent effort on the part of the Hammond boys to redeem themselves in the second half .was unavailing, it made the game one of the most spectacular that has ever been witnessed in this city.' ' TTmptrlng. Was Rank.. - , It is hinted that the umpiring of the Chicago umpire was partly responsible for the result, and there were times when it seemed .as though his decisions were rather rank. Hunter played the game ofXhe season, Pollard was a regular dynamo of energy, Schillo played a great game and Morganau was in the game every minute of the play until he was taken out in the last half on account of an

injury to his neck. Gescheldler and ! Blocker both played star games. I

The interest in the contest- may be imagined from the fact that there was not a seat. in the place left untaken, and even standing room was at a premium.

UNIVERSITY CLUB'S ' ANNUAL ELECTION Large Attendance Is . Anticipated at Meeting of Club Tomorrow.

Death of Mrs. Albright. Mrs. Cynthia Albright, who was born on the 4ta of July, 1858, at Valparaiso, died Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. August Dothfuchs, 840 Clark street, Hammond. During the twenty-one years that she has lived in Hammond Mrs. Albright has resided practically all the time on the north side. Mrs Albright had been confined to her bed since October of 1908. She leaves to mourn her one son and two daughters, John Albright and Mrs. August Rothfuehs of this city and Mrs. G. -Bliss of Omaha, Neb. The funeral services will be held at the German M. E. church 8hursday afternoon.

Herman Berlin Dead. Herman Berlin, a resident of Hammond for many years, died early this morning at the home of his daughter, 459 Kane avenue. Since last September he has been troubled with cancer of the stomach and this disease caused

rHis death. The funeral has been av-

ranged . for next Wednesday, servlce--to 6e held at the home and interment at tXk Hill cemetery.

The annual election of officers In the University club of Hammond club of Hammond "will take place in the assembly room of the, .Hammond high school Tuesday evening. At this election a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and one director will be elected. Under the provisions of the new constitution the meeting Tuesday is the only regular meeting of the year. Other special meetings may be called, but the annual ..meeting is the only regular session of the year.. This makes it of extraordinary Interest to the membership, and a large attendance is expected. The meeting is also of considerable Importance In view of the facth that the club will soon occupy its new quarters In the Tapper block. Render Annual Reports. The officers and committees will be called upon to make their annual reports, and the exact conditions of the affairs of the club, financial and otherwise, will be made known. The membership committee, which has been holding several sessions a week, has made excellent progress and will.- have an Interesting report to make. The committee on furnishings and decorations, which has been given the responsibility of furnishing the new quarters, has also held several sessions recently and has Its work fairly well started. The treasurer will he able to report excellent progress in the collection of delinquent dues, and taken all in all the activity in all of the departments of the club is greater than It has ever been before. The meeting Tuesday is sure to be an Interesting one and a large attendance is anticipated. - -

LIFE CHEI

Louis Kurtes Sends Bullets Crashing Into Peter Vojak's Eye and Peter Is Still Alive Though He Carries. Bullet in Head.

That human life is held cheap among? a certain class of foreigners In the, Standard district was again demonstrated when Louis Kurtes, a Croatian, drew a gun In a trifling argument lasts night and deliberately fired at Peter Vojak. The bullet, from a 32-calibei revolver, lodged directly under the 'eye, and it is only by the merest good luclc that the victim Is alive today. Dr.. A. A. Toung, his physician, even has hopes of pulling him through, although , at the present time his condition la; serious, with the bullet in his head. It seems that Kurtes, who Is only 2 years old, has all the tendencies of a cowardly bully. He has been In this country for two years, and it now develops that he has carried-a gun for a long time and that he.frequentiy made threats to use it. Is Under Arrest Now. - Last night- he met Peter Vojak and his two brothers In Ambros Urbanlc's saloon at 1060 Columbia avenue and Immediately charged the Vojaka with "picking" on him while at work. The Vojaks were not seeking trouble, and told'Kurtes so. He Tlared them to step Into the street for a fight, and with that he stepped backward toward the door. Having reached it he drew his gun and fired point blank at Peter Vojak. He then attempted to crouch behind a sidewalk to protect himself from any bullets aimed at him, and in order that he might shoot from ambush. Made Ills Kwcape. He did not stay in this position very long, for he soon left for his room in one of the company houses. He did not stay there very long and was about to leave when he was placed 'under arrest. He was taken to the police station, while the injured man was hurried to the hospital. Kurtes is being held in jail pending the outcome of M victim's condition.

Cubs in Town. The Chicago Cubs passed through the cltf Saturday night over the Monon en route to French LlcV Spr.ngs. where . they, will, go into training for the baseball season, which opens la April.

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