Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 25, Hammond, Lake County, 18 July 1911 — Page 1

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SUSPECT BY POLICE

South Chicago Lieutenant Gets Man Suspected of Implication in Tolleston Bank Bobbery and South Chicago Job. (Special to Thb Times.) South Chicago, III., July 18. In nabbing Peter J. Koonan off a Pennsylvania train here this morning as he wti en route from Crown Point to "(Chicago, Lieut. J. L. Mooney believes that ha has landed one of the men who fVti Implicated in the attempted dynamiting of the Tolleston State Bank last ivrk and who also was a party to the told attempt to rob the Cole & Young Jewelry store at 9143 Commercial averiue. Noonan is e-idently a desperate character. When arrested he was found to have a bandaged foot and lie refused to let the police take off the ibandage. Later a wound was found In h member as If from a bullet hole. He was taken to the Chicago Central 6tatlon for further examination. Ills mission In Crown Point is unknown but It Is belieed he went down there to get the lay of the country to pull off another bank robbery. The police here ar elated over the capture. WRECK ON , - NICKEL PLATE , The -Nickel" Plate passenger train due to leavs Hammond about 10:15, was delayed about an- hour at Hobart Saturday" nfsrbt by a small relht wreck. '-Thf, V?-sr rit ef frelghr car. leftth alis and brocker t1e"tfctcr BAILEYl FINDS HIS ORA TORICAL MA TCH i " ... v 1 ' t ' ' The Btar of Senator Bailey, Intellectual leader of the Senate Democracy, is waning. No longer does tne eloquent Texan speak unchallenged for his colleagues. He is interrupted and even flatly contradicted, and John Sharp Williams. Senator from Mississippi, is one whose hand has been foremost in Bailey's repudiation. Williams, one of the best rough and ready debaters in Congress, is looming up as Bailey's probable successor in the leadership of the Democrats.

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LITTLE INTEREST TAKEfi III VILLM ELECTION Combine Offers Miss Brooks an Office, But She Turns It Down.

ELECTION MAY HOT GARRY Up To Noon Today Only 250 Votes Have Been Cast For City Form of Government. The West Hammond special election which is being held today for the purpose of changing the village form of government to that of a city is a quiet one. At noon today only 230 votes had been cast. The law requires that at least a majority of the votes cast at the last general election are necessary to the success of the city plan. This means that over S50 votes will have to be cast in favor of the city plan or it will not carry. The indifference of the voter seems likely to decide the issue against the city. The people of West Hammond have already voted twice on the city proposition and each time it has been defeated by the connivance of those who opposed making the village a city. "Wfcat'a th Uaet" This is believed to be the trouble with the election today. The people are saying, "What's the use. The city plan will be beaten one way or another If certain people do not like the tickets that are framed." No one seems to be opposed to the city plan at the present time. The trouble Is that it seems, Impossible to get out the vote. The polls close at four o'clock and unless enough votes CContinued on Pare 5.) DEEI 111 Four men ware injured, one of them perhaps fatally, when a scaffold dropped a distance of twenty feet In the Ambrtdge district of Gary shortly after nine o'clock this morning. Three of the victims were removed to the Mercy hospital. The injured are: Joseph Cnllen, 23 years old, single, 9747 Commercial avenue. South Chicago. Skull fractured, will die. Taken to Mercy hospital. Walter S. Coboy, 26 years old, married, 9507 Commercial avenue. South Chicago. Injuries about chest. Taken to Mercy hospital. . William Schnlts, 24 years old, single, 1740 Pennsylvania street, Gary, arms Injured. Taken to Mercy hospital. II. I Beebe, 28 years old 729 Adams street, bruised and Injured about arms, Gry. Taken to Mercy hospital. The men were employed by Contractor Maxon who ' Is . erecting 38 houses for the American Bridge vompany. All of the four who were hurt are shlnglers and were working on the roof of one of the structures. The accident occurred in the unnamed street two blocks west of Ambrldge avenue. Dr. White was called and after he had given the victims attention they were removed to the hospital. i CITIZENS DEPRIVEDOF WATER Conditions in West Ham mond Approached Perilous State. Another wall went up from the water famished residents this morning be cause of lack of water. For a number of hours it was impossible to draw water from the faucets on the second floor, and In many places there was no water on the first floor. In West Hammond conditions are still worse. The village has only four Inch mains and In the outlying districts It Is out of the question there to get water during the day time. West Hammond gets Its supply from Hammond. After the midnight hour when Hammond is asleep many of the West Hammond residents rise from thir slumbers to put away a supply of water for the foll..ving day. The extraordinary lack of the water this morning was due to a partial breakdown of one of the pumps at the pumping station. The pumps are being run day and night at nearly full capacity. During the month of June the average dally capacity of the pumps was eight and a half million gallons of water. The new pump which has been ordered but which is far from installation as yet will have a daily capacity of fifteen million gallons.

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CADY DESLYS. WHOSE BEAUTY OVERTHREW A NEW YORK; HER BOY KING. WHO STILL LOVES

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Oaby Dearys. Parisian toMfiSTWoKaktt

tug at is coming to the United States. , The ex-king, who has been whUlng Uaby is appearing at the Alhambra theater,, la coming along. Gaby will winter garden. She sails Sept. 17. r

DR. WHITE IN AUTO SMASHUP LAST NIGHT . j . . j PhySlCian RUnS Car IntO , Curb to Escape Collision With Touring Car. SEASON'S AUTO ACCIDENTS IJT REGIOTI IXJtRED IX RRGION Al'TOS WRECKED ....... .as .29 What might have been a serious automobile accident was averted last night when Dr. H. J. .White ran his machine Into the curbing to keep from hitting a large touring car. Dr. White was rraking a call and was driving east on Sibley street when he met a large touring car driving north on Oakley avenue. On account of the building at the corner of Sibley and Oakley neither machine was able to see until they were almost on top of each other. Seeing no other way to avert a collision .Dr. White turned his car Into the curbing, smashing the car up considerably, i The other machine did not Btop and as soon as tlvey saw Dr. White's car they turned on the gas and on account of it being dark the physician could not see the number. He did not know this morning whether it was a Hammond ear or a Chicago machine. Dr. White's car was wrecked and smashed up pretty bad. ' The rear wheel was wrecked and the fender was twisted off. All that "Doc" could say this morning was that one machine was no more to blame than the other and is consoling himself by' thinking "it might have been worse." PLAIT BIG AUTOMOBILE . PARADE An automobile parade which Is to include every machine In Hammond, Kast Chicago and Indiana Harbor is one of the curtain raisers that is planned for the annual Elks' picnic which will be held at Kindel's grove on Wednesday, August 16. Two beautiful lap robe are to be given away as prizes to The owners of best decorated cars, and this Inducement, it is thought, will stir up the enthusiasm for some novel decorations. The parade Is to be headed by a big band and will drive through the main streets of Hammond, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. , At the last fibular meeting of the Elks this month all the committee: are to report on the progress of the work and final plans Sire to be made for the -big day.

APPLE KILLS CHILD Lowell, Ind.. July 18. A little daughter of Will Buckley died yesterday morning as the result of eating a green apple the night before. . The news so

shocked the child's grandmother, Mrs.! Ollie Sanger, who is sick, that she is In a critical condition and grave fears are entertained as to hert recovery. Lake Woods Park Manager a Hustler. Gerald Berry. Gerald Berry, manager of Lake Woods park, who has more than any other one person made the resort a success, has had considerable experience In park construction and in park improvements. - He is a civil engineer and has been connected with some of the largest summer parks In the country. He constructed the royal gorge and the scenic railway in Riverview, Chicago; the scenic railway in White City, Chicago; scenic railways In White City, Syracuse, N. Y and White City, New Haven. Conn.; the scenic railway In Luna park, Hartford, Conn., and the spiral thriller in Sans Soucl, ChicagoHe is a graduate of Columbia university and cornea of a prominent eastern family, members of which , came to America as early as 1665. Mr. Berry has been offered the position of engineer for the construction of two new rides at Riverview park. Chicago, for next season.

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KINGDOM. COMING TO HER. WILL COME. TOO

nt For- - away his exile in London, where bo In the cast at the New York 10 AUTOS SECURED FOR ANNUAL JOY RIDE Chicken Dinner at Cedar Point Is the Lure For University Men. Ten automobiles have been promised for the third annual joy ride of the i University Slub to Cedar Lake. It Is i expected that this number will be increased to IS before tomorrow. In view of the fact that a larger number of acceptances have been re i celved than ever before it Is expected j that at least 15 automobiles will make the trip. A number of prospective members have been invited and will go as the guests of the club.. The dinner will be held at the Cedar Point hotel thl year. This is the most beautiful point on the lake and is much more accessible by automobile. Jack Haines, the man ager, has promised to spread a feast that will be the best the club has ever had. The party will leave Hammond at four o'clock on Thursday and expects to be back in Hammond by ten o'clock. This Is by far the most enjoyable ou of doors event of the year and the mem bers are enthusiastic over the prospects. RAILROAD MAN READS BAD HEWSIH TIMES Is Informed of Nephew's Drowning Through Story in This Paper. Oscar Bteineck, one of the two men who drowned in the Lake of the Wood near South Bend vesterday as a result of a sailboat capsizing as mentioned in Thb Times yesterday was a nephew of E. G. Steineck, 422 Truman avenue of Hammond, a yardmaster for the Indiana Harbor Belt. The Hammond relative read the particulars in Thb Times yesterday evening. The deceased, who was single and twenty-nine years old, was asosciated with his father in the hardware business at Bremen and was a frequent visitor in Hammond. Mr. and Mrs. Steineck of Hammond left for Bremen on the B. & O. railroad today to' attend the funeral at Bremen tomorrow afternoon. ' WHY' ARE READER? YOU NOT A TIMES

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Sharpshooters' Park Inn, Stopping Place for Autoists

and Marksmen, Goes Upin Smoke; Two People Nearly liose Lives; Feed Wire for Gary & Interurban Burned; Traffic Is Stopped.

A disastrous conflagration of unknown origin In which two persons nearly lost their lives burned down one of the most noted road houses in northern Indiana at Sharpshooters park in Hammond at 1:30 a. m. this morning when the building known, as the Sharpshooters Park Road Inn and club house was left a pile of dying embers. The loss will reach $5,000. Bntldinc Then Ablame. The first notification of the blaze happened when an alarm was sent in at 1:45 to department No. S and 4 who responded by a magnificent run. They arrived, in time to find the inside of the lub house already gutted by fire and a fearful job in front of them. Th firemen had a number of obstacles to contend with They had to ARE ACTIVE Hammond to Have a Num ber of Handsome New Structures in Shape of Business Blocks Next Year. Building operations In Hammond are progressing under more favorable conditions. The Schutz theater building is ready for the second floor. The terra cotta arch over the main entrance is being put in and it Is now apparent that the building Is to be one of the most attractive in the city. The Ruff building is rising rapidly and Is to be a splendid structure and a credit to the city. The pouring of the concrete on the third floor of the Gorman-Muenich building has begun. The residence of Jacob Rimbach is about completed. Judge Reiter's residence Is rising rapidly and will be ready for the roof shortly. John Schwab's residence Is about completed. The bids will be opened for the $30,000 Monon depot shortly and it will probably be completed before cold weather sets in. The residences of J. W. Callahan, Max Klein. E. P. Johnson and the double house of Ben Brocker are progressing satisfactorily. The extension to the new LlncolnJefferson university is practically completed. One of the big building projects planned for next year is the construction of a two or three story ' building by Schrum Brothers on their property on south Hohman street where Welgand's store Is now located. This building will have 50 feet of frontage. Those who will build next year are Otto Knoerzer, Otto Negele. Eugene Grlswold and a number of others. From present indications this fall and next spring promise the greatest building activity in the history of the city. SPEED PROGRAM FOR COUNTYFAIR OUT $600 Pacing Stake in Last Day of Fair Promises to Bring Out Fast String. (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind.. July 18. The I .a "ice County fair race program has been decided upon and shows a good card of races for the three days. The purses are good and should bring a string of horses for miles around to compete In these events. Following Is the program of races for the three afternoons: Wednesday, Aug. 23 2:35 class, pacing. $300 purse; 3:00 class, trotting, 1200 purse. Thursday, Aug. 24 2:24 class, trotting (stake). $600 purse; 2:25 class, pacing, $400 purse; 2:35 class, trotting. $300 purse. , ,. Friday, Aug. 252:17 class, pacing (stake), $600 purse; 2:17 class, trotting (Continued on Page 7.)

BUILDING OPERATIONS

HOUSE BURIED

EARLY TODAY get their water from Calumet avenue and use a lead of over H00 feet of hose. Upon arriving they had to fight against the Gary & iMterurban high tension wire carrying 12,500 volts which had been broken by the Intense heat. The line runs from the drainage canal at Blue Island to Gary and the power house had to be called and tha current shut off before the firemen could go ahead. They had the-n to wait until the power was cut oft as the electricity gave a fireworks display that was too dangerous to go near. Had Got Too Great Headway. The Hammond departments worked hard to save part of the building, but the flames had gained a half hour headway and it was impossible to save any of the building or contents. The fire Is thought to have started in the kltchei as the fire raged most fiercely in that part of the building and lighted (Continued on Page 8.) LATEST NEWS DROWNED AT MICHIGAN CITY. . Michigan City, Ind., July 18. Go-. ing beyond the life line at the bath'', ing beach while Lake Michigan was rough yesterday afternoon, Frank C Burke, 30 years old, an attorney ot Lincoln, Neb., who, with his sister, Miss Rika Burke of Lincoln, was visiting relatives here, was swept oft his feet by the undertow and drowned twenty minutes afterward. Ilia body was recovered in four feet ot water by the life savers. '. i MOTORCYCLIST WILL , DIE. ; , " Laporte, " inS'J lily 1 w-e Salvelsln, 23 years old, riding his motorcycle at a 40-mile an nour clip, collided headon with an automobile near this city, receiving injuries which proved fatal. Salvelsin's jaws were broken and mashed, nearly all of his teeth knocked out, his scalp laid open and his body bruised from head to foot. Tetanus serum was ad ministered at the hospital to prevent lockjaw but the victim died without regaining consciousness. WOMAN CAUGHT AS E0BBER. Benton Harbor, Mich., July 18. In an exciting battle between safe robbers, one of whom was a woman, and a sheriffs posse, two safe blowers were wounded. One, however, succeeded in making his escape. The other and the woman were caught and are now in Jail. Both prisoners refuse to give their names. The police claim that the trio is part of a gang which have been operating in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio during the last year. DROWNED IN THE WABASH. Lafayette, Ind., July 18. Fred Coffenberry fell from a fishing boat in the Wabash River and was drowned. New President of Nation s Educators.

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