Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 75, Hammond, Lake County, 15 September 1911 — Page 6
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6 THE TRIES. Friday, Septi 15, 1911.
Crown Point Mews
Happenings of a Day In Lake County's Lively Capital
SHUCKS
From the Diary of Si. Lence
Sugar hez got so hiph now thet Mrs.
HI Mighty's gal. Kliiabeth Elinora, kin. In the meet still
carry er pound er two hum frum tfc' grocery store without feelln.' humiliated. Sum lawyers 'ud defend a skunk er a rattlesnake ef the pesky critters smelled er rattled like a piece o' money. It's all off with lots o' perfesslonat men if they wuz enny detectives at them conspiracy cases f Valpyraiso.
large delegation from thfg place will attend the affair. This city used to be ace high in the firemen's tournaments around Lake county and tSe local vol
unteer company has a case of trophies
on exhibition which they have won on several occasions. Crown Point dropped out of the county association four years ago on account 'of being unable to put a team in the field that year and has never competed since. Interest
prevails here and
Crown Point may put a team In the field next year to go after additional trophies. Crown Point was visited by a severe electrlca. wind and rainstorm last night, the second In two days, and although no particular damage was done, the storm was severe enough at times to keep residents on the anxious seat. Rain fell in torrents and the farmers are today complaining of too much water for successful fam work.
cases did not excite much irest In kept and being unlocked they pulled Crown Point. In adldtion to the law-lout two empty drawers and In their yers, the defendants and a few other! haste overlooked a lower drawer which interested parties there were not over contained $279.
Don't forget the baseball benefit dance at Central Music hall tomorrow evening. Everything has been donated for the occasion and now it's up to you to donate your attendance. It's also safe to write it down down "a good time was had." Miss Bessie Raasch, public librarian, leaves today for a week-end visit with Miss Mabel Betian of Michigan City.
The waterworks committee of the city council, composed of Krost, I.)onnaha and Rietman, will make an endeavor to put the waterworks system on a better paying basis than heretofore, and a man well informed in such work will be detailed to make a thorough canvas of .the places supplied by city water and obtain an accurate account of all water used and in what way. The council is also considering
the matter of putting the business un-j def the control of one man. subject of.
course to their jurisdiction. which j The management of the Lyric photoseems a wise move as the business f play house has provided beautiful done and the amount of money invol v-T souvenirs for the lady patrons of the ed makes a condition where the entire house this evening upon their annlverattention of a supervisor is necessary. I 5ary celebration of the opening of the
work will be commenced at once on : Lyric theater. Japanese ware of every the recording of the water taps used j description will be given to each lady
in Crown Point and each resident will! patron this evening and a general
le expected to supply and give the drawing of the larger pieces of the art necessary information to the investiga- v. are will be one of the features. Three
tors. It is expected that the October j pood reels of motion pictures will also
assessment, list will contain the new.be shown. nd raised rate of taxation for water-
Miss Margaret .iaaoK leu yesieraay for Rockford, 111., to resume her studies
at the university there. Miss Maack
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is v ' a iir . iiiuii j .... i a . i . . . ...... . i i. . . v.. and will receive her B. A. degree this
i year.
be
service. Although Crown Point will not repreented at the annual meeting
the Lake County Volunteer Firemen's Association at Hobart tomorrow, -a
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DIES OF BROKEN HEART Young Woman Finally Succumbs After Living With Broken Heart For Ten Years.
. Ten years ago a beautiful young woman was to wed the man of her heart. Her sole aim was to be the happy wife of the man she loved. The had built a cosy bungalo; Iier house
hold linens and all her reminine sewing ! day-
was nearly complete -when to her con- I Levi Bailey
A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Foss on Clark ptreet yesterday. John says he's musical enough already to sell a piano or two on his own accord. Dr. Harry B. Harvard transacted business in Hammond yesterday. Miss Mary McMahan. daughter of Judge and Mrs. McMahan, will enter Wisconsin university this year to fit herself as a full-fledged journalist, intending to specialize In that line in her course of study at Madison. Mrs. Jol-fti B. Peterson Is a Chicago visitor today. ' , Sheriff Grant took his regular "chain
gang" of prisoners to Hammond to-
ten or fifteen witnesses in the courtroom.This morning the theatre of events in the Gary bribery cases was shifted from the. Steel City to the staid old county seat of Lakee, Cfown Point. As a result Gary Is somewhat normal this morning, a condition it has not been since a week ago today when . Mayor Knotts' arrest started the working of
the graft net. ! Took Five Anton to Haul Them. Shortly before 9 o'clock this morning five autpmobiles carrying the arrested city officials, their big legal staff and the prosecutors wended their way across the country roads to Crown Point twelve miles to the south. Word of the coming of the autos went in advance of them, end at every farm yard gate there was a little gathering to see the Gary men pass by. This Is not the first time that the farmers of Lake
county have witnessed such a spectacle.
Wild M(kl In the prelude. A prolonged thunderstorm last night
that was attendod with vivid electrical displays and constant thundering fitted
in well with Gary's stormy . existence at this time and made a fitting prelude for the second series of events that begin today. The night was one of the wildest. In the history of the city. Before midnight the whole south end of Iake Michigan was streaked with lightning flashes. At the beginning of the new day the storm became more violent and the display of the elements shifted to the east and to the south. Hleep was impossible for more than an
hour, the skies were constantly lit up
by the lightning flashes and the con
tlnual bombardment in the heavens
outrivaled the customary stage thun
der. Spooky Kvents a Bad OmeaT
Those who gathered at the city hall
this morning to witness the leaving of
the city officials for Crown Point joked with the foreign aldermen over the
spooky events of the late afternoon and
the night. tTnusual atmospheric man!
festations produced dampness in many buildings, unsteady electric lights and
the ringing of electric bells. At the
Gary hotel streams of moisture trick
led down the front of the'-building and in the corridors dampened walls and
ceilings were the rule. In the city hall the same conditions obtained, the
council chamber "sweating" the most
Some one suggested all of these unus
ual things as a bad omen. "Even the Wall Arf Kearfnl."
'Whv," exclaimed one bystander,
"even the Gary hotel is sweating be
cause of the awful things its walls
have heard."
This statement' was received bv tha
arrested ones with an uneasy laugh
The Palace, of Sweets was also entered by climlng the transom on Hohman street and opening two cash registers they took 10 leaving lc. in each drawer. Here they . overlooked about $200 which was kept In a desk which the thieves did not see. They tried to make their escape by climbing through the transom on State street but finding
a screen over the door they got out by
he same door as entering.
From the Palace of Sweets they went
across the street and entered th Ham
mond Shoe Shining Parlor by breaking"
a glass in a rear window and took 23
n change. The took $5.00 out of the
cash register and $15 from a cash
drawer underneath the counter which
hey broke into by cutting away the
lock. . -
The police are working on the case
this morning and have obtained a few
clews which may lead in the arrest it
the guilty parties. It is estimated that
the thieves got away with $160 worth
of merchandise and money in the three
places.
Another robbery was reported to the
police this morning which happened on
the north side last night but the de
tails have not been learned.
blowtng with considerable fury for a
hue, tiot continuing Jong. Some
imps of trees were torn awav and a
few signs blown down, but aside from s
hese minor damages there seems to I
have been none from the wind.
REALTY
AUCTION A
SUCCESS
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and William Randolph
- sternation, . she began to put on . flesh. are sitting as grand Jury members at She came of a family who became very j the Hammond courts this week, fat early in life, but this did not worry I Mrs. C. A. Uncoln will return today her as much as it did the man she was j f rom a three days' visit with Mr. and to wed. He with a more critical eye Mrs. W. D. Wilcox at Hyde Park, saw what she would be In a few. years. councilman - John Donnaha tranHe looked at her father, naa weigh - Sacted business in Chicago yesterday, lng nearly three hundred pounds; at! , ....,... her mother who weighed over two! Mrs. Inora Hart and daughter. Marhundred, aud at her sisters all of them ! jerite. attended a party given by Mrs.
over two hundred. He saw their faces ijawrp"LB v'v '".x
with their tripple chins, their great
unweildy forms, and threat rolls of fat and it killed his affection for her. Break lie Kagagement. The man suddenly grew cold. Hi sold his business and moved to another city. The young woman was stunned and was slow to realize the cause of her lovers faithlessness. However she finally came to realize it and the blow broke her heart. She gradually failed in health and after lingering for ten years she died as a result. Had she only have known of the wonderful Downs Ortssity Reducer she could have taken off her great rolls of fat, as also
could the entire family have done. But alas, she did not know, so after ten
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Treasurer Albert Maack transacted
business in Chicago yesterday.
Contractor Rader expects to finish
the contract of laying water mains on Ridge and Union streets the first part
of next week.
GRIFFITH.
Ray Southworth has returneed to his
work at .Toilet after spending a short
time with his parents here.
Charles Bothwell and son Benjamin
of Ross were Business callers here
yesterday.
Miss Laura Lennertz visited her 'c ter in Crown Point Wednesday evening.
Lightning struck the barn ; on Mr.
Koedyker's place, near Ross, during the
electrical storm Wednesday night.
Miss Mary Christenson has been
spending a few days at the home of J.
W. Hough. She will return home to day. .
S. Swets, road supervisor of this part of St. John township, is repairing the old gravel road which extends on
east from the end of Main street.
A musical society has been organ
ized by Miss Amstutz. Its purpose be
ing both for amusement and study. The
society will meet once a month.
BRIBERY CASES ARE
NOW PUT ON TRIAL
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e filed today and only in the cases of
storm DID BIG DAMAGE
(Special lo The Times.)
East Chicago, lnd., Sept. 15. East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor were vis
ited by a terrific stom last night which
demoralized the telephone service, ex
tlnguished all the electric lights, both
In the streets and houses, and flooded
many basements.
The storm was probably the wors
of the season, for it combined all the
elements which go to make up a se
vere storm. It rained torrents and
blew great guns, and the thunder kept
up a continuous cannonading which
accompanied as it was by lurid light
nine which kept the Interiors o
houses as light as day, brought terro to the hearts of even those who ar
generally unmoved by disturbances o
this nature.
The greatest loss suffered was by the
telepb,onecompany. The entire Magou
avenue service was out of commission
the cable supplying the houses alon
this thoroughfare north of Chicago avenue having been killed. Fifty men
were set to work this morning to re
pair the damage. L. Bates of Hammond and Herbert J. Treen of East Chicago being in charge of the gang. The full
the streets of Hammond and the neigh-j extent ot trte damage had not yet been boring cities tomorrow and advertise ! ascertained by the wire chief,,who said
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WOMAN TO MANAGE A SKATING Rltl
(Special to Thb Times.)
East Chicago. Sept. 15. East Chicago
is to have an innovation In the matter' of the conduct of its skating rink. Be- j
ginning Oct. 14, the opening of tha skating season, a woman will be in charge. Mrs. Peter Stirling has been asked by George H. Lewis to act as manager of the rink, his object In introducing a woman manager being double one. In the first place, Mr.
' Stirling is a capable woman of execu
tive ability well known in East Chi
cago. Second, and all important is ina fact of having a woman of good standing In the community, to chaperon the girl&Jfhd young women who patronize the rink. Mr. Lewis is well aware that the tone
Lena Park, Starke county, Indiana a of skating rinks of all ernes oot.i m
city that was destined to be Gary's ri- the Calumet region and throughout the
vai, go Its promoters promised to the country, needs elevating, lie is awara unway, has sunk in the dust and in a that careful mothers have been pron?
little while all that will remain of It to believe that this popular amusement will be a memory. is a pretty good one for their daughters
t'pon the application of the Farmers to keep away from because of the
State bank of Knox, Henry C. Rodg- promiscuous character of the patrons
ers of Starke county has been appoint- of such places.
ed receiver for the town. Its assets Last year to overcome objections on
consist of a couple of factory buildinars. this score, he permitted mothers and
dwellings and many lots located in the guardians of children and of young
wilderness. j women who patronized the rink, ;o
Lena Park was promoted by a crowd enter free of charge and occupy free
or real estate speculators. They sold seats in the gallery. This proved a
hundred of lots at high prices to Lake very successful arrangement, but Mr.
county people and Chicago buyers were Lewis desires this year to go further many. Offices were for a while main- than that. He proposes to have a worntained in the Knotts building in Gary. an on the floor to whom girls unattend-
it was surprising to see how people ed Can bring their complaints if.unwelpoured their money into land said to ,.om attentions are paid them by young
be worth no more than $80 an acre or bovs. and if the latter indulge
and for which some of them are said jn questionable remarks. Moreover his!
io nave pain uroaaway prices for ... i i ucr. mr -n ara
and eves open for "breaks" In conversa-
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FORMER GARY MAN DEAD III CHICAGO
Word has been received in Gary of the death in Chicago of Henry Fellows,
until August 15 chief clerk at the Gary
hotel. Mr. Fellows passed away at
St. Luke's hospital on Wednesday, Information to this effect having been sent by his sons to Manager Harry Sommers of the hotel. Mr. Fellows was connected with the hotel for more than a year. Before coming to Gary he was in the drug business. While comparatively wealthyhe sought light work because of the delicate state of his health. A year ago he underwent a serious operation at his home in Colfax, Iowa, and has never been well since. The remains will be taken to Colfax for interment. Mr. Fellows waa affiliated with the Masonic lodge.
STIEGLITZ PARK. Help your wife by buying her a labor-saving Gas Range today from the Gas Company.
cow-patch lots.
HOBART TO DRAW ' CROWDS - i
THE TIMES IS TRYING HARD TO MERIT THE SI CCESS IT HAS ACHIEVEIJ.
MILLIONS OF FOLKS USE ONLYCASGARETS
tion and in conduct, and In future the youth of East Chicago must see to it
that they behave themselves. If they
hope to have access to the Lewis rink.
In selecting a person for this responeiKlHtr XT r- Tvla r.nffniT.AH til f Tie-
cessity of choosing some one who was They never hare Headache, Bilious
sufficiently broad to discriminate imjtween innocent fun and license. Mrs. Stirling Is such a woman and the young perple""need have no fear of having their god times lessened by the presence of so genial a chaperon while
mothers may
ness, Sluggish Liver or Bowels or a Sick, Sour Stomach. No "fcdds how bad your liTer, stomacH or bow-els; no much your head aches.
feel assured that when hw miserable and uncomfortable you
the sale still further. Auctioneer Fryerhofer said that he was greatly pleas- j ed with the publicity that his sale had
received through the medium of Times advertising.
He said that he had positive evidence
that the people who came from the
neighboring clth?s as well as many of those who came from Hammond learned of the auction through The Times.
The presents which were given away
yesterday were very much appreciated. The gifts were not confined to those
who purchased lots, but were given to anyone in the crowd who was lucky enough to draw a prize.
There are forty lots left in the sub
division and it is expected that these
ill all be sold out today. Saturday and
Sunday. Those who attendeH the sale
had a great time, and It U expected
that the crowd will be a large one this
afternoon.
it might take a couple of days, or'lt might take a week in bringing things to rights. , The electric lighting company also had Its hands full, but most of the disabled service was restored this morning. No damage to" houses struck by lightning, nor any serious damage by wind was reported, the wind, while
THIEVES USE
STORM FOR TRICK. (Continued from Pace 1.)
suit, size 35, valued at $12; one dark suit, size 37, valued at $27; one brown coat and vest, size 38, value $25; two
dozen cuff buttons, valued at $10; two dozen pair of black hose valued at $6;
two dozen four-in-hand -ties, valued at $10; two pair tan shoes, button, valued at $8; two soft hats, valued at $6; two dozen white handkerchiefs, valued at $2; two suit cases, one brown and one black, solid leather, valued at $11. They took the suits out of tho window and an unknown amount of money out of the cash register including about 50 nickles and other change.
They went back to where the safe was
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fun exceeds the limit of discretion, it will he promptly curbed and the offend -
Hobart wil be tho center of attrac- if persistent in their infraction of tion in Lake county tomorrow, owing h rules of good conduct, put out. to the tournament of the Northern In- , t diana Volunteer Firemen's association SUNHAJM. which will be held there. I gtop carrying coal and order a Gas A big program has been prepared Range todav from the Gas Company, and suitable prizes will be awarded to H Bales of Hammond made a busithe winners of the various contests. ne.ss trip to Burnham Wednesday even-
jne nouerisaaie ana w lining veiunieer jn
departments are expected to be present
to represent the north end of the county. The day's program is as follows: Prog ram. - 8 a. m. Reception of visiting fire departments by Hobart volunteer fire department, headed by Hobart band. 10 a. m. Parade In charge of marshal of the day. L 11:30 a. m. Awarding of following prizes: . To departments having largest percentage of its members present at roll call. x To the neatest appearing department in parade. , 1 p. m. Champion hose race, dry run. First prize, $30 and trophy (silk banner); second prize, $20; third prize, $10. 2:30 p. m. Hook and ladder race. First prize, $18 and trophy (fireman's trumpet); second prize, $12. 4 p. m. Dry hose test. First prize.
$18 and trophy (aluminum fire hat);!
second prize, $12.
Coupling contest. First prize, $5;
second prize. $3.
i p. m. Official awarding of prizes
and trophies to winning departments.
In the evening there will be dancing with music by Sterling's orchestra.
Miss Mamie Burnham of Center avenue Is spending a few days visiting friends near Globe Station. The Hammond shoppers Wednesday were Mr. and Mrs. J. Nickles, Mrs. P. Feak. Mrs. Gustafson, Mrs. Luke Reed. Mrs. George Phillips. Mrs. J. L. Smith and Mrs. R. Rau. Mr. Slovic of Hegewisch spent yesterday here on important business.
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anyone. ian now ana. soon you will the attorneys avail themselves o
win nave rcgainea youj youtnrul ap-'the additional time that has been
pearance. It is recommended and sold j granted them to perfect their applica
in tnis city by the Lion Store, in their I tion for a change.
drug department.
The preliminary hearing of these
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