Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 259, Hammond, Lake County, 22 April 1912 — Page 1

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New York, April 22. (Via Wireless from Cape Race, N. F.) Sixty-four bodies of victims of the Titanic wreck have been recovered by the cable ship Mackay, Bennett. All. have been Identified and will be landed at Halifax or transferred to a White Star liner and taken to New York within the next few days. SOME BiniED AT SEA. Other bodies, without identification marks of any kind, taken on board the Mackay Bennett, were buried at sea. They were in such condition that it would be impossible to take them to land. This information was flashed tonight to the Cape Race wireless station from the Mackay Bennett, which is under charter to the White Star line to search the scene of the wreck for the bodies of the victims or to take any possible survivors from fishing beats that might have picked them up. The names of those whose bodies have been recovered have not been sent, but it Is expected that they will be re IDENTITY . ESTABLISHED ,The identity-, of tbst wrecked shin, debris of which were washed ashore, last week, was established this morning, when Joseph Kasper and other employes at the Hammond pumping station picked up some life-savers marked "Flora M. Hill" on the shore. The Flora M. Hill, a freighter, was foundered on the ice off the twocrib in Chicago and the occupants escaped by walking . oyer the Ice to the crib. Last week, as mentioned In Thb Times, a crate of canned goods and pieces of ship timber were picked up on the lake front. More merchandise continues to be washed along the Calumet and Hobart township shore line of Lake Michigan after the report of'the debris on the Hammond and Whiting branch, and Saturday and Sunday four coffins, scores of automobile tires, boxes of hosiery, mirrors and silk underwear were cast up by the waters. It is believed that the stuff came from the steamer Flora Hill, which got into trouble with Lake Michigan Icebergs, off 'Congressman M. D. Clayton. Congressman i'. D. Clayton, of Alabama, is chairman of the houae judiciary committee which recently caused the arrest of Henry M. A. Page, a New York importer and British subject, charging him with criminal libel. Page U alleged to have laeued a pamphlet In which he declared that "all congressmen are crookB." The trial will begin. In Washington April IS, and will doubtfcas .be sensational.

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ceived at Cape Race tomorrow. SHIP LADG.X WITH COFFINS. Mackay Bennett was chartered the day after the wreck and sent from Halifax to the scene. She was loaded with coffins and supplied with undertakers In addition t her crew. J. Bruce Iimay tonight declared that the Mackay Bennett would remain on the scejie of the wreck until the last hope of recovering more bodies had been exhausted. He said she would not attempt , to take soundings or locate the exact spot where the Titanic went down, as the great liner had sunk in a spot where the water was 2,000 fath oms, or about two miles. TWO. OTHER SHIPS EAlt. In addition to the Mackay Bennett, two other ships are hovering near the scene of the Titanlc's wreck. They are the Bremen .and the Rhein, German ships on jthcir way to Europe. From the Rhein came the first news of bodies being seen In the vicinity. A wireless from the Rhein, intercepted and relayed by the Mackay Bennett, was to the ef feet that eight . bodies had been seen on the ocean, in addition to debris and wreckage from the Titanic. Three icebergs were also sighted near the bodies, EAR GARY waukegan. and which went down to the bottonv but with no lives lost, aft er a several days' battle with the ele ments last February. n JOlorTl- tbe MHIerif e. At the tin pl.xte mills beach of Gary four coffins and much silk underwear was found. The finders started selling their stuff as soon as they got the boxes opened and there was no lack of buyers. Goods waahed ashore at Miller beach ana found by members of the Carr and Sabinske fishing colonies included hosiery and silk underwear. Heretofore the thrifty finders started peddling the merchandise and today about 100 Mlllerites are running around wearing the fluffy silken .cloth next to their skins. Twenty-five cents is asked for a $2 suit. Most of the merchandise thrown up by the lake at Miller bears the mark of the Cooper Underwear company of Kenosha. NICKLEPLATE TRAIN Unidentified Man Wlio Turned the Trick Is Shot by Policeman. An unknown farmer on the morning west bound Nickle Tlate train was robbed of a sum of money last Saturday. Pursued for several blocks after he is alleged to have snatched a roll o. billa from the farmer, an unidentified man about 28 years old was shot and wounded by Policeman Collins of the Twenty-Second street station shortly before 10 o'clock Saturday morning. The wounded man jumped upon the seat of a passing pxpress wagon and forced the driver to hurry away. He escaped. " A tail of blood was found along the pavement. The , thief is believed to have been wounded in the leg. Docors' offices are being watched, as the police think he will spply for medical attention. SeixeM Roll and Fire. . The " farmer who lost the money retContlnued on page 7.) Special K. 0. Meeting. A special meeting of Unity council. Knights of Columbus, is called for his evening by Grand Knight Joseph Roy, the occasion being a visit from William Fox. state deputy, who is making a tour of inspection of the councils in the northern part of the state. Gary council is expected to Fend a large delegation and a big attendance from I'nity council is also expected. A good evenings program has been prepared for the occasion. Minister Gets Auto. The Rev. O. J.. Sharp of the Christian church 'is enrolled among Hammond's auto enthusiasts this year, having recently purchased a flve-tpassenger-Ford, which he now drives 'with considerable dexterity. The machine afl'ords the busy minister much needed relaxation, and already It has proven itself an aid to his church work. 1 .

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ter. When proof aa brought that ad sister, they immediately went to The mother was given the custody father agreed to contribute to their TELLS OF PLANS. iifohn, Ci. Shedd' was -in-. Hanamo&d today and told of plans for trfe building of a race track and autonoblle speedway in the vicinity of Roby, In the city of Hammond. John G. Shedd is the owner of a large amount of property" in the vicinity of Wolf river, and is a director In the Knickerbocker Ice Co. He said that it was proposed to have two race tracks at Roby, one within the other. He said that the smaller Inside track would be a turf track for horse racing and the outside course would be of brick and for automoa mile track and the brick track will be a two-mile track. Mr. Shedd said that there was nothing definite abonut these projects except that they are projected and may be carried out it enough capital can be Interested in the plan to put on the Improvements. Mr. bile racing. The turf track will be Shedd's land will be used. Hi SHOVES I'M IN WATEHF DITCH But After the Votes Were Uounted miss 'Brooks Was the Winner. Miss Virginia Elrooks was victorious in her fight for election to the office of president of the board of education of the south district in West Hammond and John J. Brehm was unanimously elected or the same office on the north side. ' Miss Brooks' fight was won only after a scrap as those who were opposed to her put a number of candidates in the field. Running against Miss Brooks for the presidency of the board was Frank Wiland, who is said by Miss Brooks to be illiterate; Frank Titkowski, a supporter of Miss Brooks, who did not now that his. name was going on the ticet.'and Constance Kobesczka. Miss Brooks found that she would have to call on the women to save the day for her and she did. The women came out in great numbers and it was their votes thvt elected Miss Brooks. One of thp women voters became incensed at the actions of Julius Le?sner and shoved him into the water of a nearby ditch. There was considerable fcoling displayed. The other members of the board are to be K M. Woszczynskl. mayor nf the city of West Hammond, and John Byborczyk. Brehm's election on the north side was in recognition of his service on the school board which has resulted In starting the building of a fine new school house. Parker Gets ContractVerne Parker, the Hammond teaming contractor, on Saturday closed for a ten thousand dollar contract with Proudfoot Bros, of Chicago for grading and road buiiglng work in Laporte.

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-hlcbperlod two Ruch. of Clncinj Jid twentyvaa formerly Jt 'they are hatt - four years, 4 aecret, Ruch i fua :opted daughtha young coupl!3er half brother tha dlvorca jurtf- and . were freed. of the t little, children, hut tha aupport. r - As announced exclusively in The Times last fall, the Erie railroad expects to move bag and baggage out of Hammond and build its yards, shops and coal storage warehouse on a site which was recently purchased to the northward of Crown Point. Thb Times today has several fresh developments in this matter. It is advised by A. B. Dickson, the general freight agent at Chicago, that the deal for the purchase of several acres of land from Charles Daugherty, Frank Meeker, Gostlin, Meyn & Co. and others has just been closed in New York. In addition to this, The Railway Age Gazette today prints the following item, "The Erie has ordered 2,300 tons of structural shapes for a coal storage plant at Hammond."Mr. Dickson explained that Hammond is not meant in the above item, but that the new coal storage plant,' which would have a capacity of close to 250,000 tons of coal, will be built on the recently acquired ground at Crown Point. He declared that the prospects that the present Erie Coal storage plant, which has been so objectionable to the neighborhood of Sohl street, would be moved out in the near future are good. Regarding the Erie railway yards, which cut the city of Hammond In twain and result in the blockading of State and Sibley streets, he said that this might not take place for two or three years. The new yards will not he built for some time at least. The purchase of the site for new yards will be welcome news to the people of Hammond, however, and will mean a great develop ! ment in that section of the city, which has stood still for the past ten years on account of the objections that have been raised to the Erie yards and coal storage warehouse. On the other. hand. Crown Point at last will become a railroad town and large numbers of the men employed in the yards, shops, etc., will live at the countv seat. Steal Sunday Feed. George Steles, residing on Doty street, reported to the police yesterday afternoon that some one had broken fnto his ice box some time Saturday night and stole in the neighborhood of $14 worth of provisions. The police took up the case at once and learned that this was the third time that the ice box had been robbed. Although he. does not know for certain, Mr. Steles suspects a certain party. WHY ARE YOU NOT READER I A TIMES

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EYE WITHE 3 S ' IN HAMMOND TELLS STORY J. Will Belshaw.of Lowell was in Hammond today and -told of the terrors of the tornadoes which swept Lowell yesterday. , ;'I .noticed a big twister coming towards our house at abput 6 o'clock," said ' Belshaw, "I told my wife to take her three children and go into the cellar for safey." "She was doing this when I noticed tfiat the tornado turned to the northward and just grazed the edge of Lowell. l admi that I was greatly excited until I saw' it turn In another direction. I believe that the .loss of life in Lowell would have been terrible if it had not turned. "I saw the black , ' funnel-like cloud destroying everything with which it came in- contact. I saw trees two feet thick rooted up and others broken .off. The tornado was filled with branches of trees, lumber -.irom barns It had destroyed, and other things it had. picked up. - "The tornado ' which j VSfwas moving In a northeasterly on. From reports that came ' thirom -father parts of the neighbor ifeod'tor nadoes were moving ia ot!he'ri.'.darH? 1- im .... .' . . ' jjtfhis leads me to - beliey'Jtfia' dbe?r In various parts of: -fnittt-)p Each -.area of low' pnessurevstind to develop Its-own tornadoes. " "After the tornado paseeci'!Vrail of such enormous size came-ljown that a number of windows rf our house wf re broken. I have eard of hail as large as hen's egg I do not '-ben.ve. these ,stortes,--i-Jnit i this hall was as large ; as a good sized hickory nut. J ! : "The storm istmckiterroft. into the hearts of evefybody-who jfarw It, and T am fohfldeht "that ?lf .at had.jiot 'been '4ror-?the'"-almot''r:ovl4ential change in the course of the tornado that was approaching Lowell that the village would have been de stroyed. As it is. over $100,000 worth of damage must have been done to the bar barns in the vicinity." LER IS FEELING THE EFFECTS ALSO i The storm that caused so much damage down below the Kankakee tore things up in the Little Calumet marsh about supper time last night and, according to spectators a regular cyclone raged down near Miller. A whirlwind, which is described as being about seventy-five feet, came tearing along. It uprooted old .oaks that have defied the! storms of a Iialf rpnhirv It tnr thei i

rooofs off of house, and it worsted Ki"? on the ground "here it up-rooted barns'and chicken coops. everything in its path while, the head ,-, , ,. . , ., . , iOf the cloud was rent with lightning. People living in the south end of Mil- . ler got first sight of the cyclone as it Hail As Large As Hens' Eggs, came racing up through the marshes j Thunder clap followed thunder clap back of Aetna. It proceeded in a north J and. the lightning frequently found its easterly direction, just skirting Mlllrr. 1 mark. The funnel shaped clouds were and going across the Wabash and B. & rise and dip and finally came together. O. tracks. ' I Hail as large as a nen's egg smashed ' Much damage was done at the Zelll- i windows: Innumerable trees were upbor farm in the Miller marsh, ftnd the rooted and snapped off, houses, barns, roof of Gus Larsen's cottage was car- hen roosts( corn cribs and wind mills

rled away. A harnU;r on the Wabash track was blown nearly 100 feet. DOYLE IN TOWN ' TELLS GF" SHOOTING Tl TTn.mw.AnJ T Former Hammond Lawyer Says He Was Victim of Assassin. Gerald A. Doyle, formerly of the law firm of Bo-one & KoyTe, the young man who was involved in a sh6oting affair in Chicago, which resulted in his getting much notoriety, was in Hammond toda'," Settling up some of his affairs," as he said. Doyle still claims that he was the victim of an assassin and says further that he knows who the would-be assassin is. He ays that a Hammond man is Involved. He declares, however, that for the sake of the friends and family of the man that he will not make his name public, Doyle, says that he will be in Hammond today and tomorrow, and that he will then leave for California. He says further that the charges that were. made against him, to the effect that he had been guilty of some questionable business transactions, are untrue.

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E (Special to Thb Times.) Lowell, Ind., April 22. A cyclone beginning somewhere in Illinois and sweeping in a northeasterly direction, cutting a swath from twenty to fifty miles in width, spent itself in Lake County, after having done thousands of dollars worth of damage, in and around -Lowell. Many Have the Narrowest Escapes. Telephonic and telegraphic communication has not yet been entirely re-established ,but as far as is known now, there were no human lives lost In the Lake County territory. Dozens of people however had narrow escapes and at Morocco in Newton county nine persons were crushed t3 death in the ruins of their homes. .Damage Runs Into Thousands. At Grant Park on the C. E. & I. railroad on the Illinois side due west of Lowell, the Curtis Brick works were razed to the ground, fifteen houses were torn from their foundations, one man Henry Banks killed and six people injured. The damage there is estimated at 1150,000. . In Lake county the damage will run into the thousands. '' ;0ne F&mily;Dug From Debris. ; i r'Some;:r the -ewoapes-ihsT "people vjing in the vicinity of Low'ell had are miraculous. The whole David Brlckman family living on the Hummel farm north of town was In danger of being wiped out. Like a house of cards, the building crastied together. Brlckman did not happen to be in the house at the time, but when he heard the crash, he at oce began to dig his family from the debris expecting to find every last one dead. Finds Them All Alive and Unhurt. He found them all alive, somewhat the worse for their experience, but without fatal, injuries. Even a two weeks old infant escaped. The mother and two other children were also saved. Lowell has never had a similar experience and yesterday evening after a day of sunshine, when heavy clouds were seen lowering over the southwestern portion of the county nothing serious, was anticipated. Twister Starts About Six O'clock.' About six o'clock the storm broke in all its fury. The sky assumed a greenish cast and a terrific; wind, rain and hall storm set in. Two funnel shaped clouds were seen bearing down on Lowell one of immense size while the other was much smaller. The narrow end of the funnel seemed to be dragwere either up-turned or demolished. Storm Baged For Half Hour. The storm roared like a water fall and the rain and hail were blinding. The storm continued for nearly half an hour, although the damage was done In a few minutes, and when the last clouds passed away, the sun set In splendor as it has not done- this yt-ar. The city of Lowell itself this momsnowed pieniy 01 evidence or me oycIone. although the damage here was not so bad as in the open country districts. Search parties were organized immediately after the storm to canvass the town for fatalities. The electric light and telephone service were put out of commission temporarily, but by this evening this service was largely established again. Great Damage In Lowell. Some of the Isolated cases of cyclone damage in and around Lowell are as follows: Mrs. Wheeler Wood, barn completely demolished. - Harry Alyea, new barn blown down and scattered to the winds, two new buggies demolished. A flying piece of timber struck a cow and knocked off one of her horns. Seigel Hayden, old barn blown to atoms, new barn blown off foundation, and wrecked; outhouses demolished and forest trees uprooted and splintered; orchard ruined; residence building moved two Inches oft foundation and the windows in it smashed. Charles Stepheins. porch torn aw&y.

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wlndos smashed, cow, chicken and p4 sheds demolished. ! 1 . Buried Beneath Much Debris. , David Brlckman, residing en . . th Hummel far mnorth of Lowell, house blown down, while Mrs. Brlckman and her two weeks old infant lay in bed. She and three children buried : under the. debris, two year, old baby cut in the neck and face., and ten year old daughter injured in the back. Mother and baby escaped practically unlnjur ed. Brckman was not in : the . house, when the cyclone struck it. He escape ed injury. The barn containing horsea and cows was completely destroyed. Big trees were either uprooted or sanp ped off likt reeds. Patrick Buckley, tarn . demolish and the debris carried fifty feet front the foundation. ' . House Shattered By Lightning. William Jones, house struck by lightning and a moment later by tha cyclone which moved it six feet from its foundation. Lightning bolt entered room in which Mr. and Mrs. Jones were sitting and passed-out through a window leaving Mrs. Jones unconscious qn the floor and the room filled with electrical fire and aulphur. Mrs, Jones wit revived and it is not believed that she will suffer permanent injury. Charles Taylor, barn damaged. ' William McCarty, barn damaged and, orchard destroyed. , . v . f , ; August . Weathers,', fioors ' and - windows smashed, little fdrl struck In th face.-.:iHFA''-fl'lng .nHie.'ffi-ii Addison "Clark, -big; barn -demolished! . One Cow, Killed In Wreckage.' Albert Foster, barn demolished and one cow killed. . , Joseph Eich, living on the', A. : G. Plummer west of Lowell, . barns and outbuildings ruined,, farm having been In the direct course of the cyclone. Jonathan Oster In West Creek township near state line, house and barn and other outbuildings demolished. Henry Surprise, barn and other buildings damaged. Telegraph and electric light poles were up-rooted and live wires on the ground set fire to corn stubble and fences. . Had the cits of Lowell been hit with the same force that struck some of the . farms west of town, fatalities would have been inevitable. Scores' Seek Shelter In Cellars. Every frame building in the path of the unbridled elements trembled from roof to foundations. Scores of people sought shelter in their cellars realising that an effort to save themselves elsewhere would have been folly. For most it was the first experience in a cyclone. Many people saw the funnel shaped clouds, the lower end dragged like a rope and at times it semed to be a cracker on a mighty whip. There was no rain or hall in the lower end, for this part , of, the cloud wos composed of dust and dirt and debris which were being whirled forward like a solid mass. Occasionally a piece of Jmble would fly off the (Continued on page five.) MISS QUIMBY FLYS ACROSS CHANNEL Miss Harriet Qulmby. Miss Harriet Qulmby, the first woman in America to :iy In an aeroplane, recently flew across the English channel from Dover to a point near Boulogne-Pur-Mer In France, making the trip In two hours. Xdlsa Qulmby Is the first woman to make the perilous night from England ta th continent. ,,. - . -

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