Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 60, Hammond, Lake County, 28 August 1911 — Page 8

6 THE TIMES. Monday, 'August 28, 1911.'

SHOTGUN CRUSADE 01 ROBBERS i

Certain residents of Connecticut i street In Gary between Fifth and J Eighth avenues have declared that the j will arm themselves with shot guns as i a preventive to the burglaries and at-j tempted burglaries that have occurred; in that street recently. The latest rob-j bery took place Saturday evening when the home of Harry Hardenbrook who j lives at number 2 3 was broken Into and , ransacked. Not oniy did the Harden - j brooks suffer from the ravages of the thieves but clothing Jewelry and nick nacks to the value of several hundred ;

dollars were taken from the boarders and roomers. Saturday night between eight and nine there was no one in the Harden- . brook timet During that time two or possibly three housebreakers were at work. Ono fthem stood guard In front of the house and was observed by Mn. Carpenter, a neighbor, who paid no particular attention to the man .at the time. Four watches, several suits of clothes, family jewelry, silver plate and suit cases were secured in the raid. In their eagerness to get the contents

from one suit case the thieves slashed j it to pieces rather than take time to i

open It. They loaded their booty , into uit cases and thus left the house without suspicion. ' Entrance was effected through a rear window, opened but screened. Hugh Craiblll and John Punlop. roomers, lost heavily by the pilager's visit. , Craibill said that a few rights ago he noticed a prowler in the vicinity of a nearby residence but the man was frightened away. Connecticut street is less tVkan 400 feet distant from the Gary police headquarters.

appeared to be Americana. They entered the place at about 9:30 o'clock and ordered three bottles of pop. The bartender had to go back some distance to get the pop out of the ice chest. He served the pop and the strangers left the place. . An hour later they returned and again ordered a round of pop. It was when the bartender's back waa turned upon opening the Ice chest that one of the men attempted to push him into the box, the others drawirig their revolvers. Wrtbllskl was too quick for them, however, hitting the first man with one of the bottles, and staggering him. The fellow recovered his equilibrium, however, and managed to escape with his two companions who evidently did not care to take a chance on doing battle with the agile o4e. who could

swing a bottle with such telling effect. , The bartender described two of the men as dressed in black suits with black slouch hats, while the third wore a brown suit witlbrown cap. Two foreigners Perorted having been held up the night before this occurrence, at Michigan avenue and Euclid, by men who pointed revolvers at them. The highwaymen relieved them of 50 cents and a watch.

Most Recent Photographs Showing Progress of Work on Gatun Locks, Panama Canal

ONE TRAMP WHO DOES GOOD WORK -, (Continued from Pare l.

ATTEMPTED HOLDUP "AT INDIANA HARBOR Saloonkeeper Baffles His Assailant, However, With a Beer Bottle.

(Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor. Ind., Aug. 28. There Trffsn a-t tempted hold-up here Saturday night when three men entered the fa'oon of Ien Kurick. 1(518 One Hundred and Thirtyseventh street, one of them wan trying to push the bartender. M. Wribliski. into the ice box" while the other two pointed revolvers at his head. The men were frightened away, however, when Wribliski. seizing a bottle of pop. hit one of the men over the head, causing all three to run. The hold-ups were all-strangers, and

cials on all the big lines in the country, and the good wishes and esteem which these nwn expressed for him. Many

of them were letters of appreciation !

for his prompt actions In averting railroad wrecks and accidents. . ' Warning Young Boys. Although "A No. 1' believes that he will never be able to control his desire for rambling, he has reconciled hlmseif to his strange life, and Is now devoting it to missionary purposes for the benefit of young boys who are about or have listened tii the lure of the rumble of the car wheels. He has sent hundreds of young fellows whom he met in his travels home to their mothers, having in his own

way Impressed them with the vainness

and emptiness of the life he is leading

His words carry weight for he is per- j sonally a man of clean character. He i

would be a welcome visitor in the best i

and cleanest of homes for he has io bad habits. He -despises the professional hobo, he himself claiming no other distinction than merely being the most traveled tramp in the world, who is trying to do some good. Also -u Author. His cause of keeping young boys off the road is strengthened by two most entertaining bogjts of which he is the author and which he sells for twenty-

Vfive cents apiece. The book is full of

anecdotes of his own career, and entertaining as they aro the reader finishes them with an entirely different conception of tramp life than had be

fore. The first of his books is entitled

"Life and Adventures of 'A No. 1' ' being a true story of his wanderings all

over the world. The second book 1 entitled HoborCarr,p-Kire-Tales" a story of the hardships of tramp life. "A No. 1" first cauht the fever of the wanderlust in 1SS3. During that time he has traveled 4S8.125 miles. He has-been around the world three times. He is a linguist and speaks and writes four language?, I'r.glish, German, French and Spanish. He has prevented more than twenty wrecks, wears a forty dollar suit of clothes and a gold watch. He keeps his name a secret and does not chew, smoke, drink nor gamble. He lias clippings frm all the leading

route No. 6. Auburn. Mrs. Hlne was 4 native of Ohio, coming to this state in 1861. to spend the remainder of her life as the wife of a farmer. In a short

note preaclng the text Mr.. Miles say a

of the author: '"All about her new farm home up In Dekalb county were the forests anj the birds which soon came to be her veryown.' Her husband was a busy man, unable to devote his time to their study.., but he, too, was a nature lover and fully enjoyed with her the com-

j panlonshlp of the birds. And she,,would ' take her work out Into the woodfs that , she might not be absent from them ; when they expected her. They dwelt.

together, these birds and sweethearts, with the children, that, one by one. were given to them, v five in all, I believe, until fourteen years ago, when he died. .) "While sitting In the twilight, waiting to Join her own mate, she madA this department and all the people of her adopted and loved state of Indiana her debtors by writing for tis, In her own sweet way and wtih her own haryl, the following stories of these life long bird friends of hers who by the la of nature, she expects ere long to bii a last farewell."

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papers in the world in which he has been featured scores of times as one of the most Interesting characters living He has a continuous passenger train record of 815 milSwhk-h he made in 1893 from Belle Plaine, Iowa to Denver,

t ol. He also hojds the champion tramp j record which he made In 18!4 when ha'

went from New York to San Francisco a distance of 3,2o0 miles in eleven

days and six hours. The Police Gazette j which sent a reporter with him award- j ed him a gold medal tor me teat. ' His total expense for car fare since

jlSS3 amounts to $7.61.

In summing up the character of ,-A No. 1" he gives one the impression of being a strange character In a class by himself whose mainia for roaming has cast a pall over his life which has separated him from his friends, home and fireside. No one is looking for bim but the tombstone which he bough" years ago in anticipation of a railroad wreck in which he will be killed.

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A FEW DIMES FOR CAR FARE OR; POSTAGE IF YOF'RE ANSWERING' ADS- A FEW DIMES FOR YOFR OWN . "WANT IK YOU'RE ADVERTISING ' TN THE TIMES-AM) THE ISlil, RF.- '

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I HU I .1 1 1 (1 "M 1 t J I '.1 . , .1U. rt. 1 lift V could reduce the cost of living. especially in the northern part-of'flie ibtate, says George W. Miles, state fip'u and game commissioner, if they would

use more fish as food, because ti!h in that part of the state are numerous, easy to get and cheap. Mr. Miles brings out this point in his annual report, which Is just off the press. This

; novel suggestion will undoubtedly atj tract a good deal of attention, especial-

! ly among .the people of the counties .in

land game, every county in the state

Is taken up separately and, a 'map is given showing the 'townships, 'railway connections'and other'drtails,' and there

Is added a series' of letters' from- per

sons living- In different .parts " of "the i the excursion

counties, descriptive of'the tppography-J

fcnd of the game to be found. ' " The department devoted to birds, nlustrated by colored plates, and taking up more than half of the report, wil' appeal most strongly to the average reader. Prefaced by An introduction by the commissioner. In which he makes a

It was a merry company of 1.141 souls,' not counting" the sailors, that ' sailed out .of 1 Gary' harbor . yesterday morning in" the S. S. United States for . South Haven. The occasion was the lake" excursion given under the auspices of the Gary Elks lodge. All t of Lake county was represented among the excursionists.; " . The boat did not leave the harbor at nine... o'clock as was planned. Instead she cleared port about half past ten. , South Haven was made at four o'clock

and a one nour limit was placed o the shore leave. The steamer cleared from South Haven at five-thirty arriving In Gary at ten minutes of eleven. The weather was exceptionally fine and this served to make the trip an Ideal ' one. . It Is exported that ' the lodge wilt realize some $300 or (400 as a result of

ROBBERY REPORTED. (Special to The Times.) East Chicago, Aug. 28.-v-Barnejf Trampske on Saturday reported to the police that he had been lobbed of $145

in cash and a check for $20 drawn On

personal appeal to .the -farmers of the' the;. FirstClumeti,Xrust andSavings

state to protect the birds, the section

takes' up ever)- bird known to Indiana and treats of its habits. , The author of the -text of this part of the report Is Jan Ij. Xlne. of Rural

bank. The robbery Is said to have oc

curred at 1 o'clock In -the sYternoon. but the police seem to know Utile about the details. Payment on the check has been stopped at the Calumet bt,nk.

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wise business man' does not get overheated in hot weather. He uses Bell Telephone Service. There is no need of his rushing through dusty streets in the broiling sun when he can sit in his office and use the telephone. , The Bell Telephone is a necessity at every season, because in addition to a superior service, it has Long Distance connections which are invaluable.

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which there are' many lakes from

: which fish may be taiten. In ' his report' Mr. Miles says: Jt' Is well known that an acre of i water will produce food of " much greater value than acre of land.' It has 'been' estimated' that' "there are" in the

lakr, arid streams of Indiana three hundred thousand acres of "water suitable for fish the rearing of fish. These waters. If ' properly' treated,' will ever be it great value to the people of the state." " ' Mr. Miles proposes to do his first part by trying to Induce residents of the state to realize the great value of this source of food production, and, second,. to assist in multiplying the number of fish in the streams and In trying,

i to make the streams a suitable place

for flsh to live in. He proposes to uu this without appropriating money from the state treasury, contending that iv

can be done witn tne tunas already provided by the state fish and game, laws. He would add to the present sourco of revenue derived wholly from

hunters licenses and by licenses to nonresidents qf the state, .the collection of a nominal license fee from resident fishermen. He endeavored to have the recent general 'assembly enact a law providing . for such a license ,fee but failed. j He has . recommended that a law be ; passed giving the commissioner power to set aside parts of lakes, certain bayous and .other, places as fish hatcheries, they be protected as the state now protects Its game preserves. where Hungarian quail, pheasants and other game birds are propagated. f The report of Mr. Miles will be found a source of valuable Information ta sportsmen and fishermen. The las.es at the state are taken up and treated according to their location and the nature

of the fish contained in them. Information concerning camping and hotel facilities Is supplied. The treatise on lakes gives an Interesting geographical and geological study of the state In this respect. Jn ihe- part of-the report devoted to

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