Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 62, Hammond, Lake County, 30 August 1910 — Page 1
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Another Shocking: Automobile Acci
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SEASON'S AUTO . ACCIDENTS IN REGION KILLED IN REGION O INJURED IN REGION 81 MACHINES WRECKED 42
One of the worst automobile accidents of the season in this region took place at East Gary at noon yesterday when an east bound Pennsylvania train crashed into the touring car containing four people. "" The car belonged to F. J. Woodke, a wealthy manufacturer of Toledo, instantly killing hia wife and injuring him and his brother. THE DEAD. WOODKE, MRS J. F, 38 years old; killed Instantly.
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THE INJVRED. WOODKE, J. I-, 42 years old;
bruised and kne dislocated. WOODKE, ANDREW, brother of J. F. Woodke; Internally Injured.
The party was on It way from Toledo to jump out of the car.
to Chicago, Intending to go from here to Milwaukee. The Woodkes left
Toledo last Friday In the touring car and expected to reach Chicago last
night. SCENE NEAR LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool, the scene of the accident, Is half way between Gary and Hobart.
and lies on the main automobile route to Chicago. The point -.where the road
crosses the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks Is flanked by trees, and a high embankment obstructs the view. The road at this place Is considered one
of the most dangerous near Gary and is on the direct autmoblle route from South Bend to Chicago. Deputy Coroner E. R. Gordon who first gave news of the accident stated that he was called to the scene Immediately after the accident ! and at once began an investigation as to the causes of the accident. ALL THY TO JUMP. J. . Woodk. stated that the party was crossing the tracks at low speed, owing to the dangerous crossing, and that none noticed the flyer until It was upon them. Mrs. Woodke, who was in the back seat, screamed when she saw the train, and made an effort
The husband
artd Andrew "Woodke jumped out and
Business den Respond Gen
erously and the Result Is an Attractive Assortment of Awards; PopularityContest Puzzles.
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LAKE COUNTY GUN CLUB
HILL HAVE MONSTER SHOOT
The list of prizes to be awarded in connection with the Labor day picnic at Douglas park. In Hammond, is now complete, the business men of Hammond having responded generously. After re-considering the popularity contest for young ladies, the picnic committee decided to abandon this plan and substitute It with another. The first plan provided for votes, but the committee fears that this would be a nuisance on the grounds, as everybody would be approached to spend money whether he wanted' to or not. The sub
stitute plan provides a chance drawing for a gold watch, donated by J. E. McGarry; a. mahogany rocker.donated by E. C. Mtnas & Co., and a Detroit Jewel circulating water heater, donated by the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric company, provided the winner lives in the district, supplied by the company. A fourth prize consists of a camera, donated by the Summer's pharmacy. Chance tickets will be sold at the entrance of the dance pavilion, one ticket to be retained by the dancer and the
other by the committee. The dancer
.holding the number corresponding to
the lucky number held by the commit
tee receives the prize.
. Here la the List. The list of prizes for the other events
Is as follows:
1. 50-yard run; for girls , under 10
years; first prize, neckpiece and muff, donated by Morris A. Dobson; second,
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BALLYHOO
Shriners Perfect Plans . For Circus Parade Business and Professional Men Will Have "Elephants to Ride Upon;"
Lady Marjorie Erskine, who has been found dead on 4 moor in Scotland, was
a daughter-of te Earl and Countess of Buchan. She gave up society five years ago and . became a ntirseT Two years ago the sudden breaking off of her engagement to marry only two days after the engagement was announced created a sensation In English society circles.
EIST S IDERS
s3',iiaJSaaljrua club tournament for the four take County organizations, will be held on Labor Day at Sharp-1 shooter's park In Hammond. Ample provisions have been made to accomodate a large crowd and no less than forty-flve shooters are expected to take part. There will be twelve events. Shooting will begin promptly at nine o'clock In the morning. Refreshments and a substantial lunch will be served on the grounds. There have already been three Inter club contests, among the four clubs who constitute the county organization. Each team is composed of five men and the standing of the teams as a result of the shoots Is as follows: Popular Springs Gun Club shot at 375 broke 344; Gary Gun Club shot at 375
broke 340; Lowell Gun Club shot at 375 broke 336; Hammond Gun Club shot
at 75 broke 333.
The Hammond Gun Club held one of
its biggest' shoots of the -season -last Sunday. There were an unusual num
ber of entries and excellent scores were
made. The scores for the day were as fallow: , Shot at. Broke. J. Nimetz 125 115 Frank Martin 125 . Ill Brown 125 ' 90 A. Buse 125 112 Wm. Schrum 100 91 P. Warnimont 50 34 Frank Williams' ...... i. 125 116 J. C. Becker 125 112 E. Jaques 125 92 M. Haehnel 60 45 J. W. Newell 50 47 W. B. Fenstenmaker. . . .100 80 Frank Hammond . 50 38 J. D. Newell 50 ' 33 Joe Schrum 125 110 C. Williams 75 61 Stalbaum 100 61
Nimetz, Martin, Brown and Buse were
visitors from the Gary Gun Club.
HOTHGHILDS write reoi
STOCKHOLM
' Adolph HIrsch of the Model Clothing store Is in receipt of a several very
interesting letters from the senior
member of the firm
is now traveling In the Scandinavian peninsula with Mrs. Rothschild. The last letter was written from
Stockholm, and
BUILDING
WILL BE
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HE1I101TH HOT
WHAT JOYS AWAIT
Youth Disconsolate Over
Close of Vacation Will Find Compensation.
PHYSICAL TRAINING SPECIALTY
Supt. McDaniel to Introduce Other
New Features Into School Work This Term.
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Improvement Association
Will Meet Tonight to Discuss Agitation Against Pnjpos&taik Believe Times Theory Is Right.
"Elephants to ride upon," the refrain from a popular song, will be doubly popular in Hammond on Saturday, Sept. 10, when a dozen staid business and
professional men of Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago will ride seven jungle
Jumbos and six camels in the shrine ; parade in connection with the Gentry Bros.' circus. Other shriners equayy prominent will appear on horseback and in chariots, while still others will
fill the various roles which are usually considered the best money getters at a circus. Orak temple held a meeting last night and practically perfected the plans for the big show, but another meeting is to be held ' next Monday evening,' at which' final arrangements are to be made.
It was also announced last night that
the Jones Dishwasher company had in
creased the list of prizes by donating a family dishwasher, which Is to go
to the person holding the lucky coupon. A numbered coupon is attached to each
i 50-cent admission ticket.
1 These Will Ride.
j According to the announcements the
; following are to ride the seven ele-
phants: Wm. H. Gostlin on Jumbo, F.
N. Gavit of Whiting on Mazuma, Dr. G. S. Hilliard of Whiting on Katydid, Wm. Ellis of East Chicago on Katydidn't, Chas. Olson of Chicago on Jijibu J, S. B. Guyott of East Chicago on O'Shea. The camel riders will be as fojlo'ws:
Hammond, Ind., Aug. 30. The. village of Ilessvillo was threatened with total annihilation by fire this morn
ing, and only the desperate efforts of the volunteer bucket brigade, assisted by fire department No. 4 under Assistant Chief William Nill, saved the town. The property, of Irs. Frank Hess, including a house, barn and four hay stacks located on the turn toward Black Oak, was wiped out, and four other houses were touched by the flames. One of the four houses belongs to James Yanes and another to Charles Miller. ' v Hammond, Ind., Aug. 30. The case of Mrs. Margaret Lathrop against Charles H. Straight of Cedar Lake, which was set for trial in Justice Prest's court for yesterday afternoon, did not come up owing to an unavoidable absence of one of the attorneys. In the case Straight is charged by Mrs. Lathrop with having obstructed the public highway, and it has attra cted county-wide fame. Denver. Colo.. Aus:. 30. Despite his busy day in
Denver yesterday, Theodore Roosevelt was up early this morning, the special train bearing him to Osawatomie,
ivan., oemg aue to leave nere ai i :-o. xue txip lu voaa tomie, which will be reached at 9:35 a. m. tomorrow, will be broken by an hour's stop, at Pueblo, Colo., where Mr. Roosevelt will lay the corner stone of the Young Men's Christian Association building. Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 30. Robert Carother, who fell from a St. Louis street par on his way to the train that was to carry the body of his wife to Casey, 111., for burial, died in a St. Louis hospital and was buried at Casey. Rome, Italy, Aug. 30. A strong earth "shock was felt throughout the departmen of Calabria at 3:15 o'clock
this morning. The inhabitants, awakened irom sleep, nea panic-stricken into the streets. No casualties have been reported. ' '
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ERECTED
The report which was current last week that Hugo Freels would lose his opportunity of opening a popular priced
tSu ,-i.u.j i. I vaudeville house In the "new Schutz M. Rothschild, who .
i ouuuiug, Kfii Mate s.rt, was uemeu
yesterday by Mr. Freels and today by Arthur Schutz. The plans for the build
ing are at a standstill at present, but
wilier ucstnueu ; a rthur Schutz assured Thi Times that
the city and Its fascinating beauties in , the Duilding would De erected this fall, glowing terms. Mrs. Rothstfhlld and I
another lady in the party expect to be In Oberammergau for the passion play tomorrow. Mr. Rothschild may spend a week in Holland. The Rothschilds expect to sail for home some time during at latter part of this month.
K. OF G. WILL HOLD IMPORTANT SESSIOfi
F. J. Sherlock, Special National Agent, Will Address Gathering.
Xotice has been sent to all the members of Unity council. Knights of Columbus, of an impromptu meeting to be held this evening at 8 o'clock. The occasion for the meeting is the presence of Frank J. Sherlock, who is a special national agVnt of the order. John Carroll, the grand knight of Unity council, has promised his brother knights an interesting address by Mr. Sherlock nd urges them all to attend.
OEPilOGRllTS UEET
TO ELECT DELEGATES Not Enough Present to Go
Around So Outsiders Are Named.
Hammond democrats held a meeting last night In Huehn's hall for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention, to be held In Gary tomorrow and the convention to be be held on Sept. 10th, at which time a candidate for joint senator and representative Is to be chosen. It was necessary to choose 104 delegates and an equally large numberof alternates, but there were not enough democrats at the meeting" last night to go around. The number, however, was filled out by appointing democrats as delegates who were not present. The meeting last night was a routine session and shorn of any extraordinary features. - "
If you see a youth with a forlorn
"last-friend-gone" expression, rememb
er that only seven days remain before he must again continue his daily school
sessions, and that he is as yet unaware of the new features in store for him. Instead of spending his. entire time In finding what happened In 1492, or if ab -- cd equals 16 -- 1, the young American will be allowed to develop his physical body and mechanical ability. During the coming school year Prof. H. C. Buck, late of Springfield training school, will hold the newly created office of supervisor of physical education. Supt. McDaniel believes that by training the body the brain Is benefited and that time taken from-studies for exercises will be more than made up thrugh the mental stimulus thus derived. Prof. Buck is expected to take of place of Hahn of Boyville fame, although he will not continue the Boyville work. The supervisor of manual training
will be Prof. Harold Everly, another newcomer with a thorough preparation and practical experience. The art of writing has of late years been almost lost during the universal changing of methods. Supt. McDaniel is contemplating abolishing the present attempting to abolish the present system ofvriting and has appointed a past master In penmanship to supervise the work. All told, five competent instructors will have charge of specialties In all the ward schools. Mrs. Felkner, now abroad, will again be the teacher of art, while "Prof. Learning will continue in the musical work. The teachers are returning to Hammond enthusiastic and eager to be at work.
Thoroughly, awake to their opportunities and interests, the East Side Improvement association has called a special meeting for this evening' to be held at the Lafayette school building. The purpose of the meeting -is to deiscuss the uncalled for agitation which has been raised in some quarters against the East Side park. Members of the East Side Improvement association are not alarmed that they may after all lose the park after the council had passed the appropriation ordinance to its second reading.
but the association wants to get together to correct some false impressions which the opposition is attempting to disseminate along with the petition against the park. TIMES Hits Natl on Head. "I believe Thes Times hit the nail on the head in its article on the question last night," said a prominent member of the association this morning. "I am confident that the petition will fail, and I also know that the facts in some instances are being misrepresented to some of the signers."
The article in The Times last night stated that the petition was circulated
not so much because the agitators felt they were helping the city, but rather because they figured they could in that
way take a slap at Gostlin, Meyn & Co., which holds the mortgage from Joseph O. Morris. Mayor Becker, it was also said, would rather see the project fail than carry because he has never been strongly in favor of it, but the failure coming from an outside source would give him an opportunity to wash his hands of it. Mayor Becker himself negotiated the deal with Joseph O. Morris and, according to well Informed real estate men, secured the lowest possible price and the argument of the agitators that too much money is offered for the property falls flat. As to the pther argument, that the park is not properly located, the East Side Improvement association an dother east side property owners are thoroughly satisfied that it is Ideally located.
CHAMPIONSHIP RESr; . : IflJBEE RACES Motor Boat Club Sets Dates For Final Speed Events of Season.
Three races, which will decide the championship of the Calumet river, are to be held during September, under the auspices of the Hammond Motor Boat club. The first race day will be September 11 and no limit will be placed as to size and power of boats contesting. The distance is fifteen miles
and the start Is to be at 9:30 o'clock. For Sept. 25th the two remaining races are scheduled, one is for small boats only, while the other will include any craft of the motor variety. The championship will be decided by a percentage of records made in all of these events. The loving cup, now being exhibited in the McGarry show window, is to be the reward.
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Miss Tillie Peitsch, 540 Plummet Falls From South Side Elevated Train in Chicago
NEW DIPHTHERIA CASE REPORTED The diphtheria epdemic which was confined to the vicinity of the Conkey plant has spread and the latest case is that of Ellis Granger, the eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Granger, 56 Hamlin street. Dr. Gilson, the attending physician, pronounced the attack light, as have been the other cases. A quarantine was established by Dr. Wels, the health officer.
UUISIN6 WILL OBSERVE LABOR DAY
The Labor Day celebration at Lans
ing will again have the Barnie Young
concert band as its chief attraction.
Upon that day crowds from the villages upon the Ridge Road and farmers
from miles around will gather at Lansing' for the anual holiday. Speeches
concerts, games and shows are planned of the day and dancing is the principal
feature for the evening.
Mrs. Pannenborg to Move.
Mrs. C. Pannenborg, 4 4 "Webb street,
will make her future home with her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Stoeckle, 808 Pine
street, Michigan City. Her daughter,
Miss Maud Pannenborg, will go with
her. Jesse Pannenborg, her son, will retain his residence in Hammond.
Mrs. Pannenborg has been a resident of Hammond for fifteen years.
ME R006RT THE
WRONG WS REER
So Rival Saloonkeeper Tries
to Lick Him and Is , Himself Licked.
Mrs. Pietsch of 540 Plummer Ave. was called to Chicago yesterday by the serious injury of her daughter, Miss Tillie Pietsch, who was thrown from a moving elevated train shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday morning. The young woman, while not believed to be fatally hurt, sustained painful and serious injuries. The accident happened at the Forty-seventh street station of the South Side elevated, and was caused by the! young woman attempting to board the train after the gates had been closed. Her injuries included a sprained back and numerous pain
ful bruises. EMPLOYED AS WAITRESS. Miss Pietsch is employed as a waitress in a Chicago restaurant. She was late and as she reache'd the-platform. Intent upon boarding a train that had pulled In while she was mounting the
Jealousy, prompted an East Ham
mond saloon keeper to commit an as
sault upon Mike Zirisch In the former's
place of business last evening. Ac
cording to his own story Zirisch was a bridegroom of a few hours and giving
a wedding feast at his home In a com
pany house. The foreigners was buying beer in large quantites. The saloonkeeper, whose name Is unknown to the police, was jealous. He
did not covet Mike's ffrau or his lands, but the trade in wet goods which Zirisch was giving to another. So when the cause of his envy entered his place he attacked him. Zirisch terminated the argument by using a beer bottle as a means of defense and the saloonkeper fell to the floor unconscious. Later the saloonkeeper phoned to the Siandard Steel police telling them of the assault but omitting his name. This morning Zirisch was brought before the 'city court and he told the entire story but as no one appeared against him was discharged. The police were unable to get the saloonkeepers, name from Zirisch.
stairs, was about to start up. The gates were already closed and the young woman made a dash to get aboard the nearest platform. She clung to the gate shrieking for the guard to open it. The train started and panic-stricken, the young woman did not let go, but clung desperately to the handle. When she reached the rail guarding at the end of the platform, there was not sufficient room for her body between it and the car and she was roughly brushed from her hold to the rails. GUARD .FAILS TO HEAR CRIES. The guard did not heard the younu woman's screams at finst, as he had turned away to call the next station. The clinging figure was thrown from the car by the iron 'rail and hung at the side of the platform, vhlle the rest of the train, now slowing at the guard's signal, was passing by. The last car went beyond the station, and the woman fell to the tracks and to the little platform at the end of the station, built for tho purpose of catching persons who may be dragged by the trains. tContincfld Ou paga qt.
HEALTH OFFICER -WILL INVESTIGATE
.NOTICE. Teamsters Attention! A special meeting on Wednesday night the 31st at Roth's Hall. Important business. Do not miss it. 3-30-2t T. HARLE, Secy.
Complaint having been made to Dr. W. D. Weis, secretary of the Hammond board of health, that the quarantine regulations in the so-called diphtheria cases in the Sauors and Rice families were not being strictly adhered to. Dr. Weis today set on foot an Investigation an3 will take steps to strictly enforce the law in this respect. v He declares that the quarantine will not be lifted until after the regulation period. Is over, which will probably be some ten days yet. There seems to be some question as to the disease, buf Dr. Weis does not propose to take any chances.
BLOOD POISOING -FOLLOWS SCRATCH Small Cut on Thumb Develops Serious Trouble For Grant Hunter.
Trip Is Delayed. E. F. Johnston, secretary of the Hammond Business Men's association, received word yesterday from the fan and ventilator manufacturing company which is interested in a Hammond location that they expected to be In Hammond today and that their trip yesterday had been unavoidably delayed.
A severe case of blood poisoning developing from a surface cut upon the thumb to what appeared to be a large felon and then finally an affection of the entire system, is causing anxiety a'mong the friends and relatives of Grant Hunter. The process of evolution from a harmless scratch to a serious illness has taken place in less than a week. For twenty-four hours Mr. Hunter has been delirious and requiring the constant attendance of a nurse. , Dr. Weis, the physician in charge, although making no definite prophecy, seems hopeful for the recovery of tho patient.
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