Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 108, Hammond, Lake County, 24 October 1910 — Page 1
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Contractor Hit by Touring Car Is Perhaps Fatally Injured in Automobile Accident: Collision on Co lumbia Avenue.
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Two serious automobile accidents occurred in Hammond in the past 24 hours. A moment of indecision may cost Peter Bok his life. Last Saturday evening shortly after six o'clock he was struck by an automobile driven by W. C. Belman, cashier of the First National Brink of Hammond. In the machine at the time were Mrs. Belman, Miss Alta Adkins, and Creighton .Belman. The accident happened at the entrance to Glendale park, the Belman party being on its way home. How It Happened. Bok who is a carpenter by trade (Continued on page eight.) " TWO ARE HURT. A bad collision between a horse and buggy and a vehicle occurred last night about 8 o clqf k on Columbia avenue, near Moss street, in Hammond. The automobile was occupied by Fred Feulecke, 9237 Houston avenue, South Chicago, and J. Ludolph, and was northbound. The rig was occupied by Alex Katona and his son, who live In the second house south of the Ridge road on the west side of Columbia avenue. The buggy was smashed to splinters, . but . Its ocupanta ncapd -with- a few scratches and bruises. The machine was damaged to the extent of $150, it having been thrown to one side, the wind shield smashed and the mudguards bent. Both Katona and Feulcke charged each other with having been on the wrong side of the street when the accident happened. The wreckage lies on the west side of the street and those who have seen it are inclfned to believe that the autoist was at fault. Directors of Chicago-New York Air Line Company and Co-Operative Construction Company Visit Calumet Region. A. C. Miller, Ira C. Wood. L E. Wood ward, Charles P. Burton of Chicago, Joseph T. Kinsley of Philadelphia, F. Erxmeyer of New York, W. J. Hennessy of Boston, G. C. Goodrum of Fall River, and E. J. Fairfield of Minneapolis, officers and directors of the Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Rail, road company, together with officers and directors of the Co-Operative Construction company, are visiting Hammond and Gary this afternoon. They .are looking over the Gary & Interurban railway, with which the Air Line has close operating agreements, and Are studying conditions in the Calumet district. Tomorrow they will Inspect the Air Line, on which track is now being lad at a pont three mlles south of Chesterton and sixteen miles east of Broadway, Gary, and look over the Valpa raiso and Northern railway, also under construction, in which the Air Line owns a controlling Interest. In another year it is expected that these three related railroad properties will have been connected, operating under one management, and that Air Line Iriterurban cars will be running from La porte, Valparaiso and Chesterton into Gary and Hammond. The Air Line directors met this morn lng at the Chicago ornce or the company and re-elected, the old officers as follows: A. C. Miller, president; Ira C. Wood, vtce president: L. E. "Woodward, secre tary and treasurer. A CLEAN PAPER. FIT FOR TOUR
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Infection of a corn has driven Senator B. F. Shively, of Indiana, from the campaign. He was laid low in Bloomington and sent to a hotel. There physicians ordered him home for at least a week, until he shall have recovered from the trouble. RUNAWAY ENDANGERS MANY LIVES YESTERDAY Horse Belonging to H. W. Roberts Collides With Train and Is Killed. A runaway horse, belonging to H. W. Roberts of Truman avenue, dashing down Sibley street, from Calumet avenue and running north on Hammond street, where it was killed by a westbound Michigan Central train after it had lost the harness x and buggy in a collision .with a telegraph post in front of the Central block, threatened the lives of many people yesterday afternoon shortly after 5 o'clock. The horse slipped and fell on Calumet avenue. In jumping to its feet it tore itself free from the hand that held it by the head, and it then started on Its-mad career which -ended with. Its killing. 1 ' " By the time it reached . the Nickel Plate tracks half of the harness was torn off, and the buggy was trailing behind hitched to the horse with only one trace. It seemed as though the frightened animal would lose the harness and buggy momentarily. At the corner of Hohman and Sibley streets several people tried to stop the animal, but failed in their attempt, when they were driven to a place of safety. At the four corners were a score of people, many of whom were just about to board a South Chicago. They did not realize their danger until the horse was nearly on top of them. They scattered in all directions, all escaping without injury. After the horse ha5 lost its harness and the vehicle it continued its dash northward and collided with a Michigan Central freight train, which was just passing. The impact hurled the horse back ten feet, causing a fatal wound. LOOK FOR STEEL MARKET TO RECOVER Orders From Railroads Must Begin to Come Shortly. During the past week there has been signs of a reawakening of railroad In terest in the steel market, which in the very near future will mean the Increasing of operations In the plant of the Indiana Steel Company at Gary. This must come sooner or later as many of the roads are now making Inquiries as to orders placed some time ago. A western road has forwarded specifications on 23.000 tons of rails that have been held back for two months or more, and has placed an order for a; fair tonnage of track fastenings. One of the important trunk line roads is in the market ' for 30,000 tons of open hearth rails for early shipment, and small orders aggregating 6,000 or 7,000 tons have been placed. Some of the important interests in the steel industry have had assurances recently that the railroads would become liberal patrons of the steel markets as soon as the arguments for Increased freight rates have hen concluded. Considerable purchased will be absolutely necessary by many of the roads, for the have allowed their supplies to run down to the lowest possible point. Making Progress. The Indiana Harbor Belt Storage and Forwarding company is making goo progress with their work. One of the buildings, which is being used as a storehouse, has been re-roofed and the walls are being made weatherproof. The company is looking forward to a good business here, '
AF A searching Investigation of the justice courts of North Township has begun by order of Judge Willis C. McMahon after revelations had been made of a gross miscarriage of justice in Harlan's court In East Chicago. . Judge William C. McMahon, formerly of the city court of Hammond, has been selected to make the investigation and as a result a score of justices, constabes and shyster lawyers are trembling in their boots for fear of arrest and imprisonment. The investigation recalls the probing of the methods of the justices of north township under the vigorous prosecution of John O. Bowers when a number of well known men were either act-ual-ly sent to jail or were placed in the. shadow of the prison twenty years ago. Stars Inquiry. The matter was called to the attention of Judge Willis C. McMahon at Crown Point when the six childrea ofl Mat Trazer of East Chicago were -tak en before Judge McMahon at Crown Point, then sitting as juvenile Judge, and he ws compelled to turn his children over to the court because his salary had been tied up by garnishment proceedings an dhe was unable to support them. The Times printed the story x of the dramatic affair in Justice Harlan's court when Trazer said that his money had been unjustly tide up and that the court would have to make provision for the support of his children. Cfic Involved. Edwin T. Wells brought a civil action against Mat Trazer to recover $116, due for groceries, in Justice Harlan's court in East Chicago. The lawdoes not provide for the garnisheeing of a man's wages to collect a grocery bill although a board bill may be colected this way and the complaint read that the money was due for boarding, odglng and entertainment and judgment was recovered under this law. This was in spite of the fact that the bilLwas ' six years old "and had been outlawed. These facts were all developed by the investigation that Judge McMahon's court. It was further discovered that the action was brought by the Calumet Mercantile agency, in whose offices Justice Harlin has his desk. Wiiys E. Roe is the attorney for the agency, and is implicated in the case, as he represented the plaintiffs. J. E. Stone, a constable appointed by the commissioners to serve ' papers from Harlan's court, is also implicated. Stone was never regularly elected. Inquiry road. Judge W. C. McMahon said that he would recommend to Judge W. C. McMahon, judge of the Lake circuit court, that proceedings be brought against those involved In the matter of charging them with conspiring to get a justice to do an unlawful act. Any attorneys mixed up in the case will have to face disbarment proceedings. An idea of the, scope of the inquiry and the number of people it will Involve may be had from the fact that there are fifteen other similar cases in Harlan's court, and that Judge McMahon has been authorized to investigate every justice court in the township. ED GIRL AFTER ALL As a result of the action which Mary Tracz brought against Anton Machiskowski, as a result of his alleged failure to marry her when he had promised to do so. and the threat of a suit for breach of promise ,the unwilling suitor was finally brought to time and has decided to marry the girl after all. The settlement of the controversy occurred in Judge Green's court this morning when the young man was haled in on the charge of disorderly conduct. j He was finally persuaded by Judge Green that it would be best for himself j and the girl for them to get married j and so today he and the young woman I went to Chicago to get tlte marriage license. Tt is pvnpftfld that thAr will return J this afternoon and then Judge Green will marry them. This will end the matter so far as the court Is concerned and the charges will be dropped. Saloonman Sick. Thomas Hamilton, the saloonkeeper on State street, near the Nickel Plate tracks, is reported to be very sick at his home. He was in a Chicago hospital for a time, but was brought back to his home a week ago. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the order of Eagles.
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James R. Garfield, Interior Secretary in Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet and known as a leader among the Progressive Republicans, is speaking in the Indiana campaign. His aim is to help elect legislators pledged to the re-election of Senator Albert Beverldge, counted a Progressive. Next
week Me. Garfield returns to Ohio to Republican stats ticket. (KESETH ELECTS ITS NEW 6FFIGERS The election of officers of the congregation of Kneseth Israel took place in the Jewish synagogue in this city yesterday. Sam Abelman was elected president of the congregation for the sixth time in the'history of the church. A. Diamond was elected vice president, William Stieglitz treasurer, A. I. Cohen secretary and the following were elected trustees. M. Peltzman, L A. Berezniak, Chas. Arkin and A. Schlensky. There was a large attendance at the meeting, and the congregation ex tended its thanks to President Abelman, under whose progressive leader ship the congregation has been pro vided with a new synagogue. DETECTIVES GATHER AT LOWELL. Lowell, Ind.. Oct. 24. The annual meeting of the Lowell Detective asso ciation was held in the town hall Saturday afternoon, President Charles Bailey presiding. After the usual amount of business was transacted officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Charles Bailey; vice president, Ja,mes Black; secretary and treasurer, Albert Foster; executive committee, C. T. Bailey, T. A. Wason, Henry Worley, G. B. Bailey, Albert Foster; captain, Eugene Duckworth; lieutenants, J. M. Turner, G. B. Bailey, Emil Ruge, .V.A. KIchols( W. J. Nichols, James Black, Grant Hayden, Michael MJller. Otto J. Dahl. ' Fifty Years Ago Today. Oct. 24. Remarkable feat at blindfold chess in New York. Louis PalBen, celebrated chess player, while blindfolded played four games simultaneously. At the end of three hours and a half three of his opponents resigned, and shortly afterward the fourth agreed to consider the game drawn. AU of Palsen's opponents were strong players. Twenty-five Years Ago Today. Ravaging prairie fire in the Texas Panhandle at its height; 500.000 acres burned. In some places cowboys were compelled " to ride Into lakes to escape the flames. Dr. Clemence S. Lozier. noted woman physician and suffragist. demanded the right to register in NVw York and was refused. ' She protested against "taxation without representation." .declaring that she had "paid taxes like a man" for fifty-live years.
On friZ speak daily for two weeks for the ' ii FIZZ" WHS The honors of the season for the Hammond Motor Boat club goes to E. J, Miller and his boat -Fizz." After sev eral weeks of delay the "Fizz" and the '-Louis S." owned by Seestadt Bros, aad Wm. Leyzte came to an issue yesterday forenoon and aquatic honors were decided over a fifteen-mile course. The result was a surprise to nearly all, the "Louisa S" having been the general favorje, and in order that there might be no interference for the two speedier boats, Moonshower withdrew his boat from the race. Miller holds the cup for a year, when he must contest for it again. The winner of the cup must be won three times before it becomes a permanent possession. The engine rating for the "Fizz" is 20 to 24 horsepower, while the hull is a semi-racer. The engine is a Goshen. The Emerson engine of the "Louisa S" has a rating of 32 to 40 horsepower, but the boat is of a runabout type and a larger boat over al. Both hulls were build by the Outing Boat company of Wisconsin. The "Fizz" in the fifteen-mile course gained a mile on the "Louisa S," the time for the 'Fizz" Tiaving been 54 minutes and 48 seconds. The time for the "Louisa S" was 59 minutes and 24.9 seconds.- The start was made at 11:07 a. m. Miller got a tenth of a second start on the Seestadts. On the outgo ing trip Miller drowned his carburetor and lost at least six minutes. The "Louisa S" passed him and reached the upper end first. In turning for the return lap, the "Louisa S' struck a post in the water and bent its propellor and this defect acted as a handicap for the boat. Miller was at his own engine, while Grant Hunter piloted the "Fizz." In the "Louisa S" Frank Seestadt was at the engine, while Henry was at the pilot. The race was run in the best spirit of sportsmanship, and while each boat met with an untoward handicap, the decision is final for this season. Felt at Home. Last Monday week a man giving his name as Ed Williams applied for work' at the People's barber shop. His price was seven dollars per week. Friday night the proprietor paid him seven dollars and a dollar and a half more for good measure. Meanwhile he had i fed and roomed Williams, who was wont to frequently remark, "I never felt more at home." Today Williams let his familiar feelings go too far. Inducing the proprietor to help his wife with some chores, he hastily relieved the shop of three dollars in cash, three good razors, a strop, a hone, a shirt and other articles too numerous to mention. Then he shook the dust off his feet, and it's goodby Ed, for he went away. THERE ARE SIX COPIES OF THE TIMES SOI.IJ IN HAMMOND FOR EVERY COPY SOLD BY ANY OTHER PAPER. IT GIVES YOC THREE TIMES AS MICH NEWS FOR ONE CENT AS OTHER PAPERS DO FOR TWO CENTS.
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Hammond, Oct. 24. August Mehlsckmidt, an old
resident of Robertsdale, died last night at St. Margaret's hospital here, at the age of 70. He leaves a widow.
lhe funeral will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 1 o clock from the Evangelical church in Robertsdale.
Denver. Colo.. Oct. 24.
ficial of a labor union that the buildings of three local newspapers whose pressmen are on strike, will meet de
struction before the publishers win surprised the Denver Trades and Labor assembly at a meeting yesterday.
Evansville, Ind., Oct. 24.
a well-to-do merchant at Rockport, Ind., committed sui- -cide by taking morphine. She first went to an undertaking company and bought her coffin and burial garb.
International Aviation Field, Belmont Park, N. YM Oct. 24. The second international aviation tournament for the world's supremacy of the air may end in a fiasco. A fight of the foreign aviators against holding the race for the international cup, the feature of the meet, developed today. Alfred LeBlanc, of the French team, withdrew from the race, declaring the course was a deathtrap and the meet badly managed all around.. The officials were on the ground trying to placate the angry entrants. New York, Oct. 24. A Vienna dispatch from Athens says that a revolt has started in the Greek capital against the assembh The streets are filled with crowds and troops have been ordered out by the constitutional -authorities. The being is being acclaimed the leader of the people as against the assembly.
(10 01 COUNTED BOI 'MBS "SOW" Grace Cameron Only Redeeming JFeature at Towle's Last Night. The "only redeeming feature of "Nan. cy," which played at the Towle Opera House, last evening, was Grace Cameron. The show came to Hammond touted as a high class production. The newspaper notices from some of the large cities were favorable and the terms whtch the show came to Hammond were such as to lead the management to believe that the show was a good one. The facts are that the show was exceedingly poor, and about the only redeeming feature was the star of the cast. The play, written by H. C. Kerr, was a weak effort, positively lacking in anything to warrant its production as a high class comedy. Manager Manderback of Towle's Op era House said: "We will occasionally be caught on a production of that charac ter. TTe do our best to provide the best attractions obtainable, but in spite of our efforts we and the public will sometimes be stung. Want Honest Criticism. Manager Manderback said that if the newspapers would only make honest criticisms of these plays it would be more difficult for the show manager to put it over the house manager and the public. The very fact that Grace Cameron appeared in this play seemed to guarantee it as a .high class production, but even the character of the cast is not an infalable criterion. The show which appears at Towle's next Sunday is the "Girl in. the "Kimona," and is positively a first class attraction. Its long run In Chi cago is a guarantee of its quality There is a large company of forty peo pie, and it is a musical comedy of high class. POT NEW FORCE OF Wl AT WORK The manufacture of glue, one of the most important industries of Hammond, will begin again today. The Hirsh-Stein Co., which manufactures a large amount of glue, will put on an extra force of men today to take care of the business. Most of the men employed in this department are retained in some other capacity in the plant during the summer months, when it is too hot to manufacture glue. The Hammond glue works has been manufacturing some kinds of glue during the summer months, but it has lately t ken up the manufacture of all kinds of glue and the plant Is now running full force. Glue is manufactured from bone, and the manufacture of fertilizer is usually carried on at the same time. The manufacture of fertilizer is also one of the important Hammond Industries. IF THE WORKER. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DOESN'T ADVERTISE TODAY, YOU ADVERTISE FOR HIM IN THE TIMES TOMORROW! AND THE SAME DOUBLE CAPACITY FOR SERVICE HOLDS TRUE OF ALL THE WANT AD CLASSIFICATIONS,
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Mrs. Jane Abnev, wife of BUB Charles J. Williams a well known blacksmith living at East Chicago had a. miracuous escape from death about six o'cock near Gary last . eveningt, when the buggy which he was driving was struck by a Hammond-Gary electric car at Clark road. Williams was thrown heavily to the ground When the buggy was overturned and passengers in the car who had felt the shock of the car strike the buggy, rushed out of the car expecting to see the mangled' remains of the man. Williams was picked up out of the ditch and was taken aboard the car and placed on a seat. Although he had no visible bruises nor were any bones broken, Williams who is an, elderly man, complained of severe patois in the back and it was thought that he had internal injuries. He was brought to Gary in the car where-a a physician attended to his injuries and was later taken to his home. The accident occured near the Gary power house. Williams on his way to Hammond was driving a horse hitched kto a. light buggy when he met an auto mobile. As he turned out to let the automobile pass the lights dazzled his eyes and he did not notice the approach car which was behind the automobile. The buggy was struck and thrown completely off the track and Williams was t'.irown heavily to the ground. The horse escaped injury save a few cuts. SHARP BELIEVES !H A U AL HELL Hammond Pastor Denounces Theory That People Make Own Hell on Earth. Higher critics of the present skeptical era have attempted to quiet the fears of erring mortals by pronouncing hell as a condition of punishment on earth, C. J. Sharp of the Hammond Christian church denounced such theories in a sermon last evening. Hell, fire, brimstone and the other chemical processes practiced by the dominant leader of the associated shades were discussed by the minister in a most terrifying manner. "Reason and justice demands an eternity," said Sharp. "How foolish is insignificant man with his uilimited ignorance to say, 'There is no heir." .Approximately S00 were in the audience. In 'speaking of this demonstration of interest upon his announced sermon the patter raid: "Maybe people aro i.itci r:-.lcil in hell becrti.se they think their folks f re there." r IF YOU THINK T1.4T THE TIMES IS TRYING ' TO GIVE YOU THIS .NEWS, YOUR Sl'BSCRIPOX WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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