Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 16, Hammond, Lake County, 7 July 1911 — Page 1

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WKATUKH. FAIR AND WARM TODAY AND TOMORROW ' . ITION ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Number 2 Centa CofrJi .VOL. VI., NO. 16. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1911.

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Walter Hammond Points Out That New Water Mains Will Not Give City Any Greater Amount of Water Pressure. In speaking of the plans of the Hammond city council to build new water mains in Hammond, Walter Hammond stated today that he did not believe that it would afford even temporary relief trom the intermittent water famines to which the city is subject. Mr. Hammond said that while it would provide for the more satisfactory distribution of water over the city, that the quantity of the supply would be no greater, for the reason that it will ail have to come through a 36-inch main. If a new trunk line of pipe were to be built through to Lake Michigan some relief might be expected, but under the conditions he said that he did not believe that the city would get much relief. , Mr. Hammond says that it would cost 1100,000 to extend a main down Columbia avenue to the lake front. Even then the water problem would only be solved for a few years. "The city of Hammond has a way of doing things half way." said Mr. Hammond. '"When my father proposed the development of the present pumping - station along the lines it was built the people condemned him and said that the plant was being built twenty-five years In advance of the needs of the city. "It has been only ten years since that tints and already the city finds it necessary to build extensive additions to the plant, buy new pumps and build new mains.'' ; ' 'Mr. - Hammond said that he agreed with The Times that the. only way to ; effect a permanent solution of the water problem is to; build a -water tunnel Into Lake .MWhigan forv-a distance - of two miles and then extend. IV through to Hammond." " Mr. Hammond pointed out that at the bearing before the committee at Indianapolis when the question of giving Gary a court came up that Mayor T. E. Knotts of" Gary ridiculed the water ' supply of Hammond and pointed out its Inadequacy. "DIAMOND BILL" TO BE TRIED AUG. IB Special Prosecutor Whinery Announces Date For Perjury Trial. Special Prosecutor "William J. Whinery stated this mo'rning that the trial of "Diamond Bill" Frailer on the charge of perjury would come up in the Lake circuit court on August 16, at the special request of the attorney's for the defense. Attorney "Whinery stated that he is of the opinion that Attorneys V. J. McAleer and A. F. Knotts would be in duty bound to defend him. Two cases against Chief of Police Martin of Gary remain to be tried. , Martin Is charged with assault and batter by Join Upshaw and "Will La cy. These cases will probably come up before Special Judge Hanly some time in October. SENATOR'S BLOOD SAVES WIFE'S 'LIFE. keLo& . United States Senator Luke Lea, f Tennessee, saved the life of his wife, who was dying for lack of blood, by submitting to the draining of a quart of blood from his aria Into the arteries of bis wife's arm. She Is recovering.

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Angelina Napolitano lies in a little cell at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She awaits two events: One, the birth of her child, which Is to come in July; the other, her own death by hanging, on August 9. j Last Easter day, while her neighbors were singing anthems to the risen Christ, Angelina was passed through the agony of death. Her husband had sold her for dirty money into white slavery and was attempting to deliver her to the agent of that nefarious traffic. , Then she slew her husband. Three weeks later she was indicted, and, upon her own confession, convicted and sentenced to the gallows. The judge was about to set a date for the execution, when someone whispered something into his ear. He paused, thought a moment, and then named August 9 for hanging day one month after the expected birth of the child. Is this yet unborn fatherless child to bp robbed of its mother by a blind and inhuman code, crystallized into a dead letter which the judge did not dare to disregard! No, no! "Let the mothers of America rise in surging protect against this outrage. Write your appeal for the life of this girl-wife direct to Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, or to Uriah McFadden, Esq., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, who will forward it to the Governor-General. Do you hesitate? Go and look at your sleeping child or children or think of a little mound in the cemetery; that will nerve you to help poor Angelina Napolitano and the life that slumbers within her. It is beyond the pale of human imagination to see justice in hanging this woman for this act. Let the father or mother of a child as yet five months unborn think for a moment of the state of mind this mother must have been in when driven to a choice as she thought she was, between the unspeakable degradation of the white slave and the sin of murdering a brute. She -chose the latter. ' Never can the sin of capital punishment appear more brutal,' more heathenish, more deadly to the spirit of Christianity, than if inflicted in this case.

Aged Pastor, Who Preached in Tolleston and Crown Point, Dead Rev. George Heintz. Rev. George Heintz, whose death oc curred this week, was born August 14, 1833. in Germany. At the age of 19 he came to this country and settled in Monroe, Mich. After a few years he entered the theological seminary at Co lumbus, Ohio, and prepared himself for the ministry. His studies were com pleted in 1860. He first became an as sistant to the Lutheran pastor at Fremont, Ohio, serving at the same time a small congregation in Hancock county of the same state. His first regular charge was in Mercer county, Ohio, where he remained ten years. For the following nineteen years his labors were confined to Crown Point, Ind., and vicinity. Through his constant, energetic and self-denying labors the Trlni(Continued on Page 8.) CROWH PT. HAS ITS FIRST COUNCIL MEET New Ordinances Are Introduced; Bonds of Officials Accepted. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., July 7. The city council met last evening for their first meeting since their election, and all the members qualified for their respective offices. The bonds of the clerk and treasurer were accepted and approved by the mayor and council. Lengthy rules and ordinances were passed to govern the conduct of the councllmanic body and were unanimously passed. A new ordinance defining disorderly conduct within the city limits and Jurisdiction, and fixing a penalty of $25.00 for a violation thereof was passed by tua council and hereafter it will be a punishable misdemeanor for .uj i-rrson to disturb the peace, engage in riot, fights, quarrels,- challengers, use of indecent language, make unnecessarily loud noise on the streets or beg thereon. The ordinance was unanimously passed and will be strictly enforced. Martin J. Smith received the appoint ment of city . attorney, to qualify an1 give bond at the next meeting of the council. . The mayor fixed the penal'bonds of the bonded officers of the city in sums ranging from 812,000 to $500. of finance was appointed composed of Councilmen Salisbury, Bielefeld and Krost , and Councilmen Salisbury, Krost and Donnaba were also appointed on a committee to secure the necessary stationery and records for the new city corporation. The board adjourned to meet next Monday evening at '8 o'clock to take uj important matters.

Civilization

Gives Credence to Carpenter's Story Regarding the ' Ghastly Spectacle , on Erie V Freight Train; Suspects -Held in JaU T " Z'" Sheriff Thomas Grant was In Hammond today and told some further facts about the mystery of the dead man on the train. Grant says that he regards John Bremer,' brother of Attorney August Bremer of Crown Point, as a most creditable Informant. Bremer is a carpenter and was working on a milk platform when the Erie freight train went by. Bremer declares that as the train went by he noticed that a man's head was protruding from one of the cars. As the train . approached Bremer looked more carefully. He noticed that one foot was also protruding from the car, that the man's face was covered . (Continued on page 8.) LAD IN SUBURB IS HIT BY rMORCYCLIST Son of Mrs. Thomas Wiley Injured When He Collides With Machine. (Special to The Times.) .Robertsdale, IndH July 7. A motor cyclist by the name of J. A. Anderson was arrested here last evening for knocking down and running over Thomas Wylie, a 15 year old boy of Roby. The boy was getting oft the car in front of his home when Anderson came along and knocked him down. He did not stop to see how badly the boy was hurt, but kept right on. An automobile which was. also passing at the same time followed him and when the occupants saw he did not turn towards Hammond quickly telephoned to the Robertsdale police station to stop him. Officer Joe Htfllhak, who was in the station at the time, arrested him. A few minutes later the street car which the boy had alighted from came along and the motorman, conductor and several passengers Identified him as the man. Anderson claimed to be riding from Hammond to East Chicago to see his sister. A warrant was sworn out for his arrest by the boy's mother. HAMMOND MAN HURT Edward Gerard of Hammond, engineer of the miniature railway at the amusement park, came near having Ills left ye put out yesterday afternoon while playinpr ball at Lake Woods park. A swiftly pitched ball struck him Hqiiare In the eye, and he had to go to Gary to obtain medical aid.- It is feared that the eyeball is permanently injured. K. P.s to East Chicago. The K. of P, lodge will Journey to East Chicago this evening where they wlll exemplify the third degree. A large number will make the trip and the woifi will be given to two candidates. After the routine business is disposed of, a social hour will be held.

YES. ITS HOTTEST SUMMER IN U YEARS. AND ALL THE FOLKS WE , KNOW ARE AT WITS' ENDS IN TRYING TO KEEP COMFORTABLE

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Everybody Is trying to figure succeeded. Many, like to stretch Have you noticed how all the folks sit on only one side of the street car nowadays? ' Tes, thats it! The sbady side. . They're all . there, fat men and' b-: 9llberawhAM;pp4r0.oAkav9 al weak, ; all' Intermingled an sqoeeied so tightly "that every time aomebodr; moves the - whole line does- Jlkewise. On tho other side of the car is "the long, empty seat in the .bright sutithlnj where one can get one's neck done crisp, or puffed with nice, soft water blisters. ' CREWS TIE (Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., July 7. As Judge Walter J. Riley in his auto approached the crossing of the Indiana Harbor branch of the South Shore, with the spur of the Indiana Harbor Belt, which leads into the German-American car plant, he 'noticed a Harbor car standing on tba crossing and a gang of workmen with steel- saws' working beside the car. Industriously sawing at the rails. - - ; . . Judge Riley alighted and asked what was the. trouble. He was told that the workmen - engaged in sawing the rails were employed by the' railroad in putting in another track across the South Shore right of way, and that the (Continued on page 8.) COACH KENNEDY OF YALE FACES FICHT "ESS?: The factions of the Tale student body and faculty that have been opposing the return of Jcha Kennedy as coach of the crew have redoubled their eiZorts since Ell's disastrous defeat by Harvard last week. One of the insurgent factions wants to bring bat as head rowing coach, Jim Rodgers, ex-Yale oarsman and iootball captain.

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out on the ground in a grassy, shady This whole heat wave is jonly a,, mat ter of high and low js"essur'daxeai, our weather sharks " telt '-un. st wehave a low pressure area pi ipware. If Ifa a nig pressures-are -we get 'a cold .W'ffvw,-lmot a.5y,9s?.c'i!a ;:JC-i.thAt t here's a . Jow jrcasure area ion- tap a-t the present; writing. Winds and colliding areas have something to do wlt It, but its question cf the highs and lOWS. " : , ' ' ' The hot wave that is now sojourning in our midst Is an area of low pressure coming down from th Canadian north HI10I - ' - (Special to The Times.) " East .Chjcago. , July JT. Wesley J. Reed of Hammond has bee awarded the contract for the Methodist church, the contract price being $21,950. Some ' few. changes were made in the plans of the structure, but it has not been -ma terially changed. The contract , in- ) eludes everything but the heating and;' figures on - the heating ' plant will be received later on. Work on the building will be started immediately and it j will be carried forward as fast as pos- . sible. ' The agreement with the land : company who donated the site calls fori j the.competion, of the foundations by I Oct. 1 and the building, under the same 'agreement, is to be under roof by May ',1 of next year. - It is the intention of the trustees, however, to have the enI tire structure cempleted before next year.! ENTERPRISE BED CO. MUST ENLARGE PLANT Business at This Institution Is So Great That an Addition Is Needed. George Locklin of the Enterprise Bed company is looking forward to a busy season. In fact, tile business of the firm has grown to such an extent that it will be necessary to build a twostory building, 100x200 feet in dimensions, and two stories high to take care of it. i Mr.' Locklin is1 adding a number of new lines to those which he now manufactures, among which is a line of porch swings. -"His tent bed, which he placed on the. market, a few years ago, has attained great popularity and promises to be one of. his best sellers. Mr.-Locklin is now the sole owner of the Enterprise Bed company, his partner, Mr. Fox,having retired a year ago. Following this Mr. Locklin determined on an aggressive campaign for business which is bringing results.

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pictures show how some of them spot. .OtlKn nrefer the water. west, where we always though it .was cool and woodsy. It seems that 4('.ng the summer these areas circulate about In the upper stratas of air, and moved by'some vagary or other, one of;.them wUI suddenly star off on a little explor ing trrp'.-of ita- oisriu .-That's"' where we come in. - ; ' - , -. The surest way to keep comfortable in this kind of weather is to take a cool bath dally, in the morning is possible. wear light clothing, eat easily digest! ble foods, drink plenty of water, and don't look at the thermometer. COM "Some Ash, Street Taxpayers," whose communication questioning the motives of the board of public -works in the matter of,the Ash street improvement which appeared in the column, "Voice of the People," in The Times, last night, was,, according to the members of the board, based on a misunderstanding of the situation and the laws relative' to procedure for improvement ' In brief the communication stated that a petition for the improvement of Ash street, from One Hundred and Fiftieth street to Huehn avenue, had been defeated by a remonstrance, and that subsequently a similar petition which provided for pavement only as far as Hoffman street " had been defeated In the same manner. The communications then stated that the board "Allowed them (there are only Jive on the street, who want the improvement) to take a petition for one block,, something that has never been done, in ' Hammond before."' And it further: "Now what we would like to know is why the . board of public works is so anxiously to put in this one block that they even resort to telling untruths in order to win, by telling the residents not' to file a remonstrance until the 'street Is started, when they know we have only ten days after the petition is tiled to remonstrate. Is there some member of the board, who holds large Interests in the Ahlborn Construction Cimpany? And' Is 'that 'company so poor that it has to resort to such methods to get contracts?" Saya Majority Roles. Adam R. Ebert, president of the board of public works, when Interviewed this morning said: "It is positively immaterial to the board whether taxpayers want an improvement or not. All the board has to do is to act on the petitions and remonstrances that are presented. In the Ash street rase I personally told some of "my friends not to Insist on a pavement this year if they could not get the entire street, thinking that by next year ttte majority of the property owners wanted the improvement. My argument was that a big contract can be done for less money than a small one, but after two petitions had been (Continued on Pace 5.)

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FAEMER IS HITNG. Virginia, 111., July 7. The body of James Teney was discovered hanging from a bridge east of town with the hands and feet tied. He was recently found similarly bound and gaged in the woods, but told nothing of his assailants. Teney. was a farmer. The body was sent to his mother at Bath, 111. HIGHEST IN YEAES. El Paso, Tex;, JoTy 7. The Rio Grande la higher It-has been for years. In the lower part of the city the river is out of its banks, and several Mexican houses have been carried away, but there has been no los3 of life. The United States immigration office is threatened, and men are at work strengthening the levee there with sand bags. . Abov El Paso considerable damage has been done to the valley farms by the flood waters. . JOHN W. GATES DYING. , Paris, July 7. The condition of John W. Gates, who is ill at a hotel here, is extremely serious. .He has suffered a relapse and early today was in a comatose condition. His r.hyslcians declared it possible that Lis son Charles, who is on board the Mauretanla hurrying to' Europe, will not reach Paris in time to find his father alive. Since Gates returned from London Dr. Doyen has performed seven operations for the removal of a tumor in his thr-.-t. COOK WELL SEEK POLE AGAIN. La port e, ind., July 1J- Dr. Fred erick A.- Cook, arctic explorer, who was in this city for a few hours, wait ing for a train, authorized the statement that he would make another dash for the north pole, stating that he. would, confine future expeditious I to a limit of three months. "Dr. Cook Pole could not be establshed with' pinpoint accuracy . lor , the f reason i .thtit the sun, being so low on. the horizon, causs a distortion Jot ,$ie . light, and that i radius of Hteittr S&lAa'i closest the pole can be fixed. ' " DOG WAR PERSISTENT Although the dog squad is unable to find but few dogs running around without tags and muzzles, the dog war is still on. Through the vigilance of Chief Austgen and his department 745 dog licenses have been taken out so far this season. Every day a new dog owner Is located and he Is requested to take out a license. About 20 people who owned dogs and never paid a dog license before were made to purchase a tag thi year. The chief thinks there are fully 7$ dog owners in Hammond yet who hava not taken out licenses and he still continues to warn them or get rid of the dogs. A man by the name of OConnor living near the Fort Wayne depot was found to have been harboring two dogs and he was arrested yesterday for not paying a tax. CONTRACT IS LET Architect Mac Turner of . Hammond, yesterday let the contract for a $16,00tl store and flat building which will be built by Max Brozowskl on Cedar street in Indiana Harbor. Callahan and Schock got, the contract. This is but one of the splendid operations that are going on In Indiana Harbor. . . AMERICAN, WOMAN . AT BRITISH COURT I '-:-;-v v; .. ..v.i. -.. "Wheeler Mrs. Host Wheeler, wife of the ? charge d' affaires of tb3 American embassy at St, Petersburg, has been j presented at the court of St James by Mrs. Wfaitelaw Reid.

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