Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 4, Hammond, Lake County, 22 June 1911 — Page 1

LAK COUNT WEATHKR. FAIR AND WARMER TODAY AND TOMORROW. IME hi EDITION VOL. A7!., NO. 4. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911. ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Number 2 Centa Copy.. ROYAL HORSE GUARDS RIDE JUST AHEAD OF STATE COACH IN CORONATION PARADE

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Yard Conductor Gives Up His Life, to Save Fellow Worker on Indiana Harbor Belt and Fails. Dead Man Seemed

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William G. Muhx, a yard conductor in the Gibson yards, last night made a vain but heroic effort to save a fellow worker's life, and in doing so was killed simultaneously with Charles Flemming a switchman, whose life he attempted to save. He lived just long enough to see that he had failed. The accident happened at 8:40 on what is known as the "rip" track or repair track. As far as could ha learned today there were no eye witnesses to the accident. J. F. Bucey another switchman was nearby but he did not see how it happened. A. B. Brandt was the engineer who had charge of the engine which backed tip a string: of cars and he says he re CROWN PL WOMAN STRICKEN BY PARALYSIS Mrs. Fannie Abrams Victim of Attack While Working in Garden. (Special to Thk Times.) Crown Foint, Ind., June 22. Mrs Fannie Abrams. a widow lady living at her home on Main street was stricken with paralysis yesterday afternoon about six o'clock while at work in her garden, and at this writing is In a precarious condition. Mrs. Abrams. had Via- innn i n tia -Vac. f V..1K some time and it Is thought that the hot weather ,?s partially responsible for her present unfortunate condition. Mrs. Abrams is an aunt of Mrs. Herman J. Lehman and is well-known throughout Lake county. Hot husband was one of the pioneer brick manufacturers of the district. STRUCK BY AUTO. (Special to The Times.) South Chicago, June 22. George Mar tin, 22 years old, was struck by an au tomobile at Ninety-third street and South Chicago avenue late last evening and his right arm was badly fractured. He claims that the machine had no lamps. He was taken to a nearby doctor's office and his wounds dressed.

TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN TO HOLD CANOPY OVER QUEEN MARY WHILE CROWN IS PLACED

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The Duchess of Sutherland and the DucLess of Portland, two of England's highest born and most beautiful women, will bold the canopy over Queen Mary while the crown Is placed on her brow.

ceived a signal from Muhr. The supposition is that Muhr. thought Flemming had taken notice of tne signal, and when he saw that Flemming was in danger he jumped Into the opening to drag Flemming out. BODIES ARE fHlSHEH. Muhr and his crew wore at work last night separating tjje "O. K." cars from the damaged ones on the. "rip" tracks. One of the cars which caught the victims had a bumper while the other had none. Both were horribly crushed, and Flemming in addition lost his right leg. The dead bodies were taken to Burns morgue In Hammond Immediately after the accident, and arrangements were made there to send the body of Muhr to Freeport, 111. today for burial. PLEMMISG LIVED IX EAST CHICAGO The relatives of Flemming who live in Milwaukee and Waukeshaw, Wisconsin

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TIMES BIREAr, AT STATE CAPITAL. Indianapolis. June 22. Daniel B. Luten, president of the National Bridge company, was granted a Judgment In the federal court against Alexander & Gerber, .bridge contractors, for " $1,654 for an infrlngmntr on a-patent-' ia the construction xf a concrete bridge at Lowell. It la understood that the contractors delayed the work for some time In the hope that some of the patents on the bridge might expire, but according to the court decision they were nevertheless guilty of a violation. TWO BANKS GET BONDS Two Lake county banks have grabbed off some of the Panama canal bonds. They are. First National bank of East Chicago, $5,000 at 102.75; Indiana Harbor State bank, $5,000 at $102.69, puctes of Fbrilarul

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J. E. Fitzgerald and P. S. Beta Purchase Tract of Land for $100,000; Will Be Used for Country Club and Residential Purposes. Through the consummation of one of the largest real estate deals v In the history of Hammond by which 144 acres of ground within a mile of the heart of the city and Immediately adjacent to the finest residential district of Hammond was purchased from the Chase estate by John E. Fitzgerald and F. S. Betz for a consideration of $100,000. Homewood is to be protected from undesirable neighbors, an "in town" country club is projected and West Hammond Is to have a new residential district. Negotiations Pending. The deal was made through the agency of Fred R. Mott. but the actual purchasers are Eetz and Fitzgerald. For six weeks the negotiations for the purchase of this property have been going on. This morning at 11 o'clock the money was paid over and the deeds have already been recorded. The property has been held by S. B. Chase and llorare Chase for the past twenty-one years. It was sold today for less money than they paid for it, owing to the fact that the development of the local industrial district toook place In Indiana instead of Illinois as was expected by the Chase brothers when they bought the property. Plann of Purelinsiern. In the belief that West Hammond Is not yet large enough to, absorb, by In dividual purchases, any great number of lots, were this property to be subdivided at the present time, but with an abiding faith that the Tillage across the'llneils destined to grow and prosper, with the development of the regioS" aaSaj wTioTeT"a fomrne ltasereTir"tn--vested tn enough land for a townslte. The Inception of the deal came with the growing fear on the part of certain large property owners that the land across the state line, opposite Home wood, mlht he sold to Investors who would not be particular about the way In which the lots were -marketed 1 and that saloons, disorderly houses and (Continued on Pago 5.) FUNERAL OF JOE SMITH WILL BEJELD HERE Remains of Unfortunate Electrician Brought from Council Bluffs. The funeral of .Joe Smith will beheld from the home of his sister, Mrs. G. Meyers. 294 Towle street, Friday afternoon, June 23, at 1 o'clock. Services will then be held at the Evangelical church at 2 o'clock. The Rev. "Well will officiate. Interment will be held at Oak Hill cemetery. The funeral will be in charge of the order of Eagles and the Electrical Workers' union of Hammond, No. 2S0. Mr. Smith was injured at Council Bluffs, la., last Saturday, when he was climbing a telegraph pole. He was on the top when the pole snapped, falling with him to the ground. He was taken to the Edmondson hospital, where he was found to be Internally injured and In a serious condition. He was until Tuesday, when he died, from the effects of the fall at 2 o'clock. He is survived by a wife and two children and a sister, on Towle street. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith, his father and mother, of Crown Point. FRUITMAN GOES ON 'S Alleged Horse Thief Bound Over to Superior Court on $500 Bond. Joseph Mlsacher, who had a preliminary healing before Judge Ames yesterday afternoon and was bound over to the superior court on a $500 bond, was released last night after Salvatore Calderone of the firm of S. Calderone & Co., fruit dealers, 676 South Hohman street, agreed to go his bond. Mlsacher was arrested in Chicago for stealing a horse belonging to Jake Diamond and was caught at the time he was selling it at, a horse market for $80. Misacher seems to have a past record, he having been arrested once before for larceny and a number of his chums are said to be a gang of horse thieves.

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Ono of the most Interesting parts in the coronation parade will be taken by the royal horse guards who ride Just In advance of the royal coach. These tall soldiers with their silver helmets, white buckskin breeches and patent leather Jack boots make a striking appearance.

(Spec ial to 1ms; Times.) East Chicago, Ind.. June 22. No more prize fights for Fast Chicago. - Chief ia. jMeCrtcJ."" is authority for this statement and he declares the ultimatum to be. final. This will prove, a sore disappointment to a bunch of Chicago tight fans who had expected to come out to attend a match between Slossenberg and McGoorty, which has been widely advertised to take place at Lewis' rink, Wednesday evening of next week. It may also dash the hopes of a few pickpockets and sneak thieves who were so successful at a recent fight- at Hammond. In relieving those over-burdened with money and jewels, of their valuables. AbnotntVIy Nothing Doing. "You may say for me," said Chief McCormack this morning, "that there is absolutely nothing doing in the fight line for East Chicago. This is posi ALL RIGHT WHEN PAVEMENT RIPENS? Peter W. Lyons' says that the ' approaches to the Hohman street bridge, which are already cut up by the traffic which runs over'lt will be all right when the pavement ripens. According to Lyons it was necesary to apen thes treet to traffic before the pavement hod set. He is of the opinion that the street will eventually be all right. He also declared that the street had been properly rolled and that the work had been done by the city to hasten the opening of the street. DEATH OF A. D. HUNTER. Andrew D. Hunter, grandfather of Atty. John F. Sawyer of Hamond, died at his home in Chicago Tuesday night. Mr. Hunter was a retired contractor and was known among the old residents of the city. He frequently visited In Hamond. The funeral will be htld Friday at ten o'clock. Mr. Merchant: Sooner or later the public will read your state of mind from your advertising. If you are not advertising t h e public makes up its own mind.

tive and final. If the promoters' of the match scheduled for Jiihe 2 ' at tempt to pull anything- off It, wilf be stopped . and all parties. t it AxrewUed if it takes every" '"officer 6 The" " force and a squad of special police to do the trick.. We have not been Informed officially that a fight on that date Is contemplated, nor has our permission been asked, . but the affair has been widely advertised in the newspapers, Vd now Is as good a time as any to pull up the roots and kill the weed. A number of protests have come to me from citizens who object to the fighting game being permitted, and the wholesale dirty business at the last fight in Hammond, has been a lesson to us. "The one fight that was allowed in East Chicago was in the nature of a tryout. I did not especially like the looks of the crowd that came up from Chicago on that occasion, and I propose to stop the game right here and now." COP SLAYS HUGE DOG MEHAC1NGTHE HARBOR Ponderous St. Eernard, Unmuzzled, Nearly Provokes a Riot. (Special to Thb Times.) Indiana Harbor, June 22. By shooting a mammouth dog belonging to Constantine Grochowski who conducts a saloon at 3712 Cedar street. Officer Harry Nangle yesterday called down the wrath of Grochowski and his friends, and a demonstration ensued. In an astonishingly short while a mob of several hundred was assembled some of whom took sides with the saloon keeper, while others sided with Nangle, declaring the dog to be a menace. The dog, a ponderous brute weighing over 250 pounds and -said to be the largest dog in the state was of mixed breed, with a pronounced strain of St. Bernard blood. According to the polico he was without a muzzle and had been acting particular snappish and vici ous. They assert that the animal had been snapping at passers by and horses for the past few days. He would then retire Into the building and wait another victim. The officers assert that the dog had a little habit of grabbing horses by the nose and that a few days ago he attacked a man riding by on a bicycle. The saloonkeeper on the other hand denies that the dog was Ill-tempered or. dangerous. Some of the neighbors bear him out In this, while others agree with Officer Nangle that the animal was dangerous. Be this as it may, Officer Nangle calls attention to the fact that the dog was without a muzzle and that good-tempered or not, he was within his rights in shooting the animal. The latter died hard, four bullets having entered his body before he succumbed. The crowd that assembled following the shooting committed no violence, but its members confined themselves to loud talk and threatening gestures. . . why are tou not a times reader:

(Special to The Times.) London, June 22. "Be strong and of a good courage, observe the commandments of God. and walk in His holy

way. Fight the good .fight by faith and lay hold on eternal life, that in this world you may be crowned with success and honor and when you have finished your course receive a crdwn of righteousness which God, the. righteous Judge, shall give you in that day." With these impressive words spoken by the Archbishop of Canterbury there was brought to a close In Westminster Abbey today the ceremony of coronation then all symbolic rites with which George V. becomes, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, king, defender of the faith, emperor of India. God Save King George!" rang forth THE LAST CAMPAIGN Gary Tribune Sues Constable Because He Neglected to Serve Writ Which Would Enable Plaintiff to Collect Judgment. Dick Winkler, the erstwhile candidate of the democracy of Lake county for the office of county clerk, succeeded in getting his automobile, the big black one, out of the state before the Gary Tribune could attach It for an alleged debt of $110.60 and thereby hangs the tale. ' .This explains a. suit for damages which the Gary Printing ariaTPublishing company has brought against Jess S. Smith, a constable in Calumet township, and William A. Cain and Thomas E. Knotts, his bondsmen. According to the complaint Smith was elected Nov. 8, 1910, duly qualified (Continued-on-page- 8.)" CONSTABLE CHARGES TWO SHILLINGS FOR FEED And in the Future Contractor Carrigan Will Bolt His Horse Down. A. B. Carrigan, painting contractor, when ready to leave Lansing yesterday afternoon, where he has been doing some painting work for Lansing people, found his horse had wandered away away and was nowhere to be found. At noon he had unhitched the horse and had tied it with a weight along the wayside, and the horse's nostrils, catching the sweet odor of oats, wandered into a nearby oats field. The village constable was notified and he took the horse and locked it up I in the village hall annex. After roaming around for half an hour Carrigan came across the constable and inquired if he had seen a stray black horse. He was informed that iJiis "black beauty" had been locked up. would be required to pay two shillings' damages. Carrigan did not know what amount two shillings was and thought it might be $25 or 30 for all he knew. Finally he was informed that that amount was only two bits and the damage was paid. The captive was then unlocked and Carrigan left Lansing satisfied. BILLINGS IN SERIOUS SHAPE C. H. ("Josh") Billings, who has been at ' St. Margaret's hospital now for a number of days, has not yet shown any Improvement. He is having all the care possible, but his heart, liver, kidneys are working just enough to keep him alive and not enough to build him up. At times he Is delirious and altogether his condition is a precarious one. His condition Is subject of inquiry and sympathy among a large circle of friends. DOG CRUSADE KEPT UP Few dogs are found around on the streets any more and the dog squad. Instead of killing seven or eight a day, are now only able to get a couple. This morning only two dags were killed. The public knows the sentiment of the police by this time about leaving their dogs run loose and are keeping them locked up. There are still a number of people who have not taken out dog licenses and they are being watched and unless they dc out tags they will be prosecuted.

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from seven thousand throats wjthin the historic Abbey. The trumpets sounded, the chimes of St. Margaret pealed, the great guns of the Tower of London boomed distantly down the river, and the waiting crowds outside took up the acclaim boisterously, THE START FROM THE PALACE. The seething, feverish' metropolis lay down to sleep last night tense with expectancy of the morrow. Before dawn this morning the city was astir from center tov circumference. The throbbing of the sunrise guns at the Tower and in Hyde Park Armory found the streets filled with excited, chattering crowds on their way to the Hall and other localities wherever a glimpse Could be expected of the day'a pageantry. Buckingham Palace, naturally.

(Continued on Page 4.) WIRE SAVES GIRL'S LIFE. Swampscott, Mass., June 22.-r-A slender telephone wire which she grasped as she jumped from a railroad viaduct to escape death from an approaching express train Baved the life of Mary Arribea, a school girl, here last night. In the street far below the viaduct an automobile was speeding by and only for the support of the wire she would either haya been dashed to death on the pavement or crushed beneath the machine. She clung to the wire for several minutes until help arrived. E0BBEES ABE CAPTITItED. Memphis. Tenn., June 22.- The three masked robbers who during the night held up a north-bound Illinois Central passenger, train on the outskirts of Memphis and forced the mail clerks to surrender a registered mall pouch, were sought in the city today. The men niade thir escape and the train proceeded after the Information of the holdup 'Owns te,!4 phoned to the cityJ-Hiattenistrw5 IAP0RTE BOY RUNAWAY. Elgin, 111., June 22. Jack Busche has awakened from his dream of becoming a great circus acrobat and today is on his way back to Laporte, Ind., his home town. With him are his mother and sweetheart, Irene Mackler, whose search for him ended here. A year ago young Busche ran away to become a great aerlalisf.. When his mother sighted him he wore an apron and carried a knife t'j symbols of service in the circus mess tent. TWO OVERCOME BY HEAT AT HUB (Special to The Times.) Crown Fbint, ' Ind., June 22. Although yesterday was not the hottest day of the season and did not approach the 130-degree mark set by a May day. it was hard on outside workers. Martin Rudolph and son, Luther, employed, as masons on the new Leroy schoolhouse, were . both prostrated by ' the heat and, though not in serious condition, will not be able to work for soma, time. Closing Exercises. f Closing exercises for All Saints' parochial school were held last night at AU Saints' hall. Many of the school children took part. The invitations were restricted to the parents and relatives of the graduates. C. M.SCHWAB SAYS GATES SOLD TRUTH Charles M. Schwab declares John W. Gates gave the true story of the steel trust formation by a deal between Andrew Carnegie and J. Pierpont Morgan, which Carnegie declared to be untrue.

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