Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 302, Hammond, Lake County, 12 June 1911 — Page 1

NTY TIME WEATHER. POSSIBLE SHOWERS TOMORROW MORNINQ AND COOLER. H EDITION ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 2 Cents Copy.). VOL. V., NO. 302. HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1911.

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Well Known Farmer Three Others Have ERIE FLYER GETS

Train Hits Crossing at 60 Miles an Hour and Gives No Warning Signal

Cupidity and criminal negligence on the part of the Erie railroad company resulted in nothing short of a coldblooded murder In Hammond last Saturday night and as harrowlhg a spectacle as ever transpired in the region ocurred when without any warning signal whatever the Wells Fargo flyer on the Erie due from the east In Hammond at seven-twenty-five and goins between fifty and sixty miles an hour struck Henry Krogman a prosperous North township farmer and hurled him Into eternity without a moments warning:. With Krogman was killed a fine i team of horses and a big grain wagon ; crumpled into kindling wood. Others Had arrow Escape. The sickening tragedy which nearly claimed the lives of three others took 'place on the "Death Trap Angle" of the i Erie and Chespeake & Ohio crossings ! on Columbia avenue about seventy feet j north of where the C. & O. angles the 1 thoroughfare. Had the road been wida enough to permit the passage of two vehicles Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Parry and son who were motoring in the same direction as Krogman and directly be- ; nlna mm would have met the same fate. Perils of the Cronlng. The attention of the farmer and the autolsts before crossing the C. & O. tracks was engaged by a C. & O. freight -"pulling east out of the yards and Indirectly the C & O. train was probably responsible for the gruesoma accident as when Krogman passed the first railroad crossing, his attention was occupied by the oncoming freight. The distance between the C. & O. and the C. & E. crossings Is about seventy UKLCODNTY BOYS COMPETE! CONTEST Gavit of Hammond and Wicks of Gary Both Win Their Points. Hammond and Gary both earned a place In the lnterscholastlc track and Held meet held last Saturday In Chicago under the auspices of the University of Chicago. Bernard Gavit, the Hammond high school star, won fourth place against a field of forty-eight In the mile run, and earned a silver cup for himself and a point for the Hammond school. John Wicks, Gary's classy pole vaulter, broke his own record by three Inch es,. vaulting 11 feet 4 Inches and tleing with Sunderland of Lexington, Mo., and Taylor of Hyde Park for third place. There having been a tie, Gary was given credit for one-third of a point. Harry Taylor of the Hammond high , school was In the pole vault, but dropped out when he had vaulted 10 feet 6 Inches. "Eggle" Crumpacker, also of Hammond, was entered In the low hurdles, but did not finish in the finals. About twenty-five Hammond people attended the meet. i MORGAN HAS HIM AS MONEY POWER AIDE Geo je V Bauer, of the alrst Nat?ontl Ban New York, is J. fierpont Morgan's closest associate among the motey powers of Wall street. No big deal Is ever englteered Mr. Morgan that he has not the advice and assistance of Mr. Baker.

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and Horses Killed, Narrow Escape FRESH VICTIMS feet. The danger of the first crossing passed Krugman drove to his doom, the Parry auto about twenty-five feet behind throttled to low speed waiting for the farmer and his team to drive over the Erie. The northwest angle of the highway-Erie crossing is acute with the result that Krogman approaching the railroad had it to tha rear of his right shoulder. When the vehicles crossed the C. & O. the Erie tracks were clear both ways. JVo Whlxtle Was Blown. r Then the siekening horror occurred. The farmer and his team were almost upon the tracks when the driver of the auto glancing to the right saw tha flyer coming on without a sound at lightning speed from the east not a hundred feet away. He gasped a shout of warning that froze in his throat. The engine had not given a whistle note of, danger, its speed seemed to accelerate instead of diminish and Jt was as if the train was hurled at tha doomed man and horses. The tick of a watch before the flyer was on him Krogman realized his awful peril and faced with death urged his horses by a maddened slash of the reins. Spectacle Mas Fearful. It was too late. Just at the moment of the collision the engineer Jammed on his air but caught the team and wagon full on the rails. Man, horsej and wagon it seemed In a thousand pieces of crunching, grinding, screaming, crashing hell were catapulted in the twilight air over a hundred feet away with the express unable to come to a (Continued on Page 8.) DD FELLOW fflORIAL More than 300 Odd Fellows were n line yesterday in a march to Oak Hill cemetery, where the three link fraternity held memorial services' in remembrance of their deceased brethren. There w visitors from Hegewlsch, East Chiyfeo, Indiana Harbor and Whiting, who took part In the ceremonies of the afternoon. A band of sixteen pieces headed the parade, and furnished excellent music for the occasion. The services were held jointly by Moltke and Calumet lodges. Attorney E. G. Sproat of Hammond, who recently received the Initiatory do gree for Odd Fellowship, delivered the memorial address. He was Introduced by Francis Cooper. The Rebekahs would have taken part In the day's program, but were pre vented because of two funerals of mem bers of their order. Wfil SCHNEIDT ACCUSED OF WIFE BEATING AGAIN Fireman at Calumet Ave. Station Brutally 111 Treats His Wife. A case was filed In Judge Presfs court this morning charging William Schneidt, a city fireman, with assault and battery with intent to kill, kill. Aggel E. Schneidt, his former wife, from whom he was divorced made the affidavit this morning. The case came up before Judge Prest and was nolle prossed there and taken to the city court before Judge Barnett, where Schneidt was placed under a $200 bond. Schneidt left for his former wife's home last night a little after 9 o'clock, and seemingly went there for trouble, for as soon as he arrived he started a quarrel and brutally struck her In the face with his fist many times and Injured her to such pn extent that she was unable to leave her bed this morninfc Schneidt also faces another charge In Judge Ames' court filed and venued from Judge Presfs court before the divorce was granted The case was filed on April 8th and he was put under a surety of the peace bond at that time. The case was continued and continued and hung Are until It was taken to Judge Ames' court, where it will come up Wednesday, June 14th. THIS SEWSPAPEH IS THE TRADE PAPER OP THE CONSUMERS OF THIS CITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO Bt'Y THE HOME SUPPLIES.

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Crew of Sand Carrier Trapped When Boat Overturns Eight Miles East of Gary in Lake Michigan; Bodies Not Recovered. SEASON'S DROWNINGS IN HEGION.S The gale that brought Gary relief from the intense heat yesterday morning was responsible for one of the worst lake wrecks of the year. Four men, caught like rats in a trap when the sand carrier J. W. Marshall overturned off City West, a fishing hamlet eight miles east of Gary, went down with the foundering ship. The remainder of the crew of twelve were flung high on the shore by the wavcj and were rescued by fishermen. A score of patrolmen from the Indiana steel mills searched the shores of the lake all yesterday but so far no tr.ce of the bodies of the men have been found. Crew Caught Below. Most of the crew were below when the Marshall turned turtle and those who escaped were forced to dive through the rompanionway as the ship began to settle. The IJend. DOXOHl'E, MARTIN, Chicago, mate. LANG EM AX, CHARLES, assistant engineer. WISEMAN. JOHN, wheelsman. JAKE, GL'S, fireman. The vessel had taken on a heavy cargo of sand at Gary, and on the way (Continued on Page 8.) LAKE SHORE GIVES SHABBY TREATMENT Hammond People Left in Chicago Because Company Takes Train Off. Probably in the neighborhood of 100 Hammond people were scurrying around Chicago last night trying to find some way to get out of town and return to Hammond. A lot of them were disappointed and were forced to stay In Chicago all night. Without even having the decency to notify the newspapers of the city on Saturday that the train would be taken off, the Operating department of the Lake Shore loop took off the 12:28 suburban, regarded as a fixture In Hammond, and left scores In the lurch. Agent Duffner of the Nickel Plate says that he received no official notification of the taking off of the train and responsibility for the shabby treatment of th road's patrons rests higher up. Many people from other points on the stub were disappointed. There is but one way for the people of Hammond to retaliate and that is to cease patronising the Lake Shore whenever they find Is possible. HORSE THIEVES BUSY. Sam Belzer, . 423 Sibley street, and Jake Diamond, of Hammond, were more victims of horse thieves last Saturday night, when each of them had a horse stolen from his barn. Belzer'8 horse answers the following description: Gray and white mare, 10 or 12 years old, and weighs about 1,300 pounds. Description of the Diamond horse Is: Bay mare, 1,200 to 1,300 pounds, 6 or 7 years old, white star on forehead; buggy was painted black, rubber tires and nearly new, harness also new. Two men were arrested this morning who are thought to have taken the horses. They have been working at the carnival at West Hammond and were leaving for Gary this morning when arrested. They will be held until evidence can be found to hold them. MASONIC SMOKER. What is denominated as a "grand smoker" will be pulled off in the Masonic templa tonight by the members of Orak Shrine. The primary purpose of the emoker is to afford an enjoyable entertainment for the members of th" rhrine and the secondary purpose is to boost the coming trip to Rochester, N. Y. where tho Shrine ceremonial wil be hcM. Elster's orchestra of Hammond wil! furnish the music and a number of singers and entertainers from out of town will be employed to furnish entertainment for the shriners. The smoker is to be for Shriners only and wil be the first affair of the kind that has been held here. Following the meeting a list of those who will take the Rochester trip will bo made up. THE TIMES CAN GET YOU A QIRLT

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Miss Edna McCandlesa, of Atlan-I ta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. McCandless, of Atlanta, is on of the beauties of tha Southern East Chicago Man Makes Life Miserable for Owners of Pretty Ankles at Merry-go-Round Show and Is Arrested. (Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Ind., June 12. John Not, a gentleman of patriotic tendencies and a great love for the ladies, got himself in bad yesterday by giv ing free vent to his predilections, and was arrested. He was making himself particularly obnoious at the merry go round that Is stationed near the post office, amusing himself by grabbing the ladies who went whirling by him on the merry-go-round, by the ankles. Every now and then he would pause long enough to proclaim himself the "grand Fourth of July" and then, a particularly entrancing ankle would flash into sight and he would make a dive for it. Besides being objectionable to the victims from a standpoint of propriety, the pastime was exceedingly dangerous so Officer Harry Nangle who was In plain clothes, dropped over to whera the ardent and patriotic one was making his loud noise, and collared him. WILL HAVE HAND IN WORLD PEACE MOVE S. N. D. North, former director of the census, has been appointed Btatistlcan for the three branches of the Carnegie endowment fund for world peace International law, economics and intercourse. H takes charge July 1.

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country. She is a tall and willowly blonde. Though her admirers are counted by the score, she laughingly declares she is not engaged. TWO ARE HURT IN LOWELLRUNAWAY Farmer's Teams Affrighted Peril Lives of Several - . Men Saturday. ; Speclal to Th( .Times.) Lowell, Jnd.r- June J?. Three, teams iiTa runaway on the. CieOrge "CTiftSHe farm last Saturday nearly caused two fatalities. Jacob Hoffman, Mr. Christe's hired man is laid up . with a broken collar bone and several ribs broken and the son of Mr. Christie was also badly bruised. Mr. Christie-his son and hired man were each driving a team to a cultlva tor,. Hoffman being In the lead and Mr, Christie in the rear. The latter stopped his team to replace a wire on the fence. and the animals took fright and dashed forward into the cultivator driven by Mr. Christie's son. He was hurled from his seat and the two teams then set out tpgether and soon overtook Hoffman and his team. He, too, was thrown from his seat and lay unconscious In the field until Mr. Christie could come to his assistance. The three teams did not run very far, but the corn cultivators were considerably damaged. Dr. Iddings was summoned and In his machine was able to make a quick run to his farm. An examination showed that. Hoffman liad sustained a broken collar bone, three broken ribs and other bruises and scratches, but it will be some time before he will be over the results of these. Knows What Happened. Fred Biener was arrested at Hohman street, near Truman, about 3 o'clock, this morning, by Officer Poppen for drunkenness. He was brought before Judge Barnett this morning and was fined $1 and costs, amounting to $11, which he paid. - Biener was carrying a beautiful package this morning when he was arrested and at the trial this morning he said he never knew what happened until he woke up and found out he was locked up. Biener Is a single man and is employed as a switchman. Wade Pleads Guilty. William Wade, who was arrested last week for forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses, will be tried in the superior court by Prosecuting Attorney Ross instead of being tried before Judge Barnett in the city court. Wade pleaded guilty to .the charges and his trial will come up at the coming session.

HAMMOND TO HAVE SAKE FOURTH AND QUIET ONE

Hammond's Fourth of July promises not only to be safe and sane, but quiet as well. The holiday is less than a month and plans for a celebration attractive to the whole city would have to be under way now for a success, but thus far no organization of any kind has anonunced that it will take the lead in providing fun. The probabilities are that a number of church or lodge picnics will be held, but there Is nothing to promise a city celebration. Several causes are responsible for UUs, the principal oue, of which is that

ROCKS BOAT IN THE LAKE

(Special to The Times.) Whiting,' Ind., June 12. The boat rocker, one of the most dangerous pests to acquatic sports, made his appearance In Whiting on Saturday forenoon, but thanks to a kind providence, his two near victims one of them his sister, escaped with a drenching, though they might easily have lost their live. The only mitigating circumstance in favor of the offender, George Hilliard, is his age, he being only twelve years old. He has all the symptoms of a full (Continued on page 8.) It is reported from a reliable source that the deal by which A. S. Stanton was made a member of the school board was framed up in a saloon. If this Is true the man who is to help to guide the destinies of several thou sand school children was selected as a result of a conference held in a wet good3' emporium. There are additional .facts about the deal being made public every day, and it would not be surprising that by next fall the grand jury will be asked to Investigate the whole transaction. The six councilmen who "stood pat" for Walter Hammond were invited to go to Cedar Lake yesterday, where they had a chicken dinner at-Elayon a ana took a ride on the lake. i-iWfcalker. or not a plan f action was determined upon remains 10 oe seen. There will not be another council meeting until a week from Tuesday, and until then nothing can be done. In company with the Cedar Lake party was George Dobin and William Ahlborn. BIG PICNIC IS PLANNED August 10. Paste that date in your hat for the Elks of Hammond are go ing to put on the greatest picnic ha ha ever been held under their auspices. The picnic is to be held at one of the nearby picnic grounds and it is expect ed. baring bad weather, that the big est crowd in the history of the lodge will be in attendance. One of the innovations this year will be the raffling of a Buick coupe which Is now on exhibition in the Hein'z garage. This is sure to attract a grea ' deal of attention. The necessary committees will soon be appointed and will early begin their efforts to make the affair a great success. The plan is to raise money for the Elks building fund. DOZEN ESCAPE DEATH A dozen young men and women nar rowly escaped death at 3:30 o'clock yesterday morning when two horses drawing a hayrack in which they were riding were struck and killed by an Illinois Central mail train at East 103d street, at Kensington. The pole of the wagon was broken off and the horses were knocked ten feet from the tracks, leaving the wa gon standing on the edge of the tracks, Board Adopts New Plans. The board of public works at its ses sion this morning adopted new plan for th epaving of Hamlin street, and i petition for a pavement on Manila av enue was also adopted. A confirmatory resolution for the opening and extension of Carroll stree was adopted, and the same action was j taken for Monroe street. A resolution was adopted confirming the primary assessment roil for the Chicago avenue three-quarter of an inch water pipe. there Is no demand to warrant the undertaking on a big scale. The public is also growing away front the idea that the only way Independence day can be properly celebrated is by drinking red lemonade and eating peanuts and running around In a picnic grove mixing with a crowd until the individual is worn out and tired. Another big factor as far as Hammond is concerned are the many railroads and means of transportation to- get out of the city in almost any direction. It has been so long since Hammond had a big celebration that a change this year would be well received.

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Alleged to have stolen 100 from his friend, J. J. O'Conner, when in a state of intoxication. Warren F. Starkey, a switchman, was placed under arrest last night at the Lash hotel by Captain Hanlon. Starkey gave his address as 2140 Mellard avenue, Chicago, and claims he did not steal it from O'Conner. but simply picked it up and put it in his pocket when O'Conner dropped it on the sidewalk. During the evening O'Conner had been drinking heavily, and meeting Starkey, went into Haase's saloon to get a drink. O'Conner asked to have a check for $100 cashed, and when the two left Starkey made the remark that "he would take care of it for O'Conner, as he was drunk. At Indiana avenue O'Conner missed the money, and upon meeting Officer Poppen, they- made a thorough search, but the money could not be found. The police were then notified and Starkey and O'Conner then went to the Lash hotel, where each went to his room. Officers Bunde and Elnsele were then detailed to go to the Lash hotel and search Starkey and his room, finding nothing on him they made a search In the room, running their hands all over the carpet Elnsele noticed a little bump under the carpet in the hall outside of his room. Putting his hand under he pulled out $101 in bills, which was the hundred Starkey took from O'Conner and the other. $1 was given to him by O'Conner earlier In the evening. O'Conner was then placed under ar rest and was' booked at the station on a charge or larceny, prosecuting At torney Ross will file his case in the superior court,, apd he will be tried at the comng term of court. JUMP INTO SEA. Corona, N. Y.t June 12. -A gssolina launch with a picnic party of four men and four women aboard burst Into flames in Flushing bay, a mile from shore, shortly before midnight last night. The rain of blazing oil set fire to the women's clothing and each man seized the woman sitting beside him and plunged overboard. None of the women could swim, but the men managed to keep them afloat until aid came from ashore. The women were badly burned, but will recover. FIFTY ARE POISONED. Bridgeport, Conn., June 12. Between fifty and sixty of those who partook of a supper at the First Baptist church here Thursday night havo been attacked by ptomaine poisoning. A salad of which all those. attacked ate is thought to be responsible for their illness. SIX DIE IN FIRE. Liverpool, England, June 12. Six persons lost their lives in a factory Are at Litherland near here today. HURT IN WRECK. Fort Wayne, Ind., June 12. Dan J. O'Xeil, Tony Vernon and Mrs. Mary Cleary were seriously hurt when an interurban car crashed into a city car. John Wilklson, 49 years old, was hit by a city strcM car and instantly killed. At Seymour, Ind., Walter Montgomery, 21 years old, wss run down and killed by a traction car five miles north of this city. HE AND SUPREME COURT DIFFERED Is it Judge Daniel Thew Wright sentenced Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, the labor leaders, to serve Jail sentence. - The U. S. Supreme Court overruled this decision. . .. -

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