Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 99, Hammond, Lake County, 23 September 1912 — Page 1

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VOL. VII., NO. 99.

HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1912.

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Views Showing Construction Work on Mineral Springs Race Track Near Porter, Ind.

Unusual Accidental Shoot- j ing Occurs at Lowell; Vic-; tim of Bullet Not Expected J to Live; No Arrests Made; by Sheriff. ;

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(Special tp The Times.) Lowell, Ind.. Sept. 23. William Gray, 21 years old. a deaf muta, believing t'nat hp was at his own door at U o'clock last r.l.ekt. hut in fact at the door of a nf-ighljor, was taken for a burglar, and failing to answer questions or heed warnings shouted at him he was shut at and probably fatally injured. The discovery of his Identity revealed the tragic mistake thai had been made all around, hut the victim who was taken to the Wesley hospital, in Chicago, has been unconscious of it all, and will probably not live to realize what transpired. Hoy Had tiood Character. The only explanation that can ba given for his conduct, in tryinsr to enter a neighbor's home instead of his own. is that he came home, probably under the influence of liquor. lie is said to have been in Cedar L,ake in company with other I."we:i boys, end to have .-ame home on the late Monon train. Where he spirit the time from his arrival in Lowell until the time of the accident, no one has explained yet. Everybody in Lowell who knows him and his family is satisfied that he w:s the victim of his own misfortune and the mistake of Grover Lloyd, the man who fired the phot. Gray was employed on the seetton. and his character was above suspicion. The whole affair is

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GIVE SUCCESSFUL HARVEST PICNIC Manager Wm. Coy Pulls Off a Most Successful Event.

More than 1,000 people attended the annual harvest picnic at Sharpshooters' park yesterday afternoon and evening, several hundred of picnickers having come out from Chicago. A good program had been provided for the day by Manasrer William Coy, among the events being a crop contest, and a pacing race. Only two heats were run for the race, two horses having been entered, one owned by Henry Whitaker, which he drove himself, and the other owned by William Coy and driven by Robert Matthies. he race was run on the public highway. The Hammond Rifle club also held its regular tournament, and the prize on this was carried away by Grant Hunter. The following awards werei made in the crop contest: Onions William Wlcley, -Summits vllle. Pumpkins P. Cintchak, South Hammond. Potatoes George Bergener, South Calumet avenu". Corn George Berge.ner, South Calumet avenue. 'arrots John Zachan. Saxony. Squash Fred Romp?ke, Saxony. Melons William Hopp, Saxony.

RECORDS BROKEN M ORPHEUM

Franklin Murphy and Nathan Scott. AmoiiK the new national committeemen who have Uutci named to laic. the places of those deposed by rtsaeon of Uielr leaning toward Roouevelt. are iorrner Governor .Franklin Murphy of New Jersey and former U. 3. Senator Nathan Scott of Weit Virginia. Murphy succeeds Borden. Jj. Whitinr and Soott takes the place formerly held by William J. EdwardsThe - deposed committeemen will work within Uie ranks of tbm A'jurcijjtuyfluam,

Nine thousand, one hundred and seventy-eight people paid admissions to hoc the performances at the Orpheum theatre last week This comes very near breaking tlm record. The attractions were exceptionally good. Iint night tluT? were fiOO people turned away at the first performance and every seat was sold for the second performance. Tt is thought that as a result the people of Hammond will get in the habit of making reservations for their seats by telephone to avoid being disapointed. Four big Acts of vaudeville are on the program this week. "Within the Law," with the Chicago company, did a big business at the Hammond theatre last evening. The show made a good impression. Beginning with tonight tlie Hammond theatre is to have three reels of pictures, an orchestra of four pieces and a cabaret entertainer on every night of the week that is not given over to the legitimate attractions.

OFFICIALS NAMED FOR 1NDIANARAGE MEET Leading Executive to Act for Mineral Springs Jockey Club.

Leading racing officials for the approaching race meeting in Indiana were named by the Mineral springs Jockey club yesterday. The choices raado undoubtedly will meet with the approval of horsemen and the public. All the men named for executive positions are well known on the American turf. J. It. Malone, who will hold the position of presiding Judge, Is a member of the Chicago board of trade, has for years been connected with trotting meetings and also has had experience with the thoroughbreds. Mr. Malone is i'manckilly interested in the track and possesses particularly good qualifications for the important position he will fill. Clint C. Riley, associate editor of Daily Racing Form, will be the associate judge. Mr. Riley is as well known to turfmen as any official in the United States and Canada. He has been actively connected with the racing of thoroughbreds for a great many years and has held executive positions on Chicago tracks when the pport

MORE PPvAISE FOR IT.

The new TIMES dictionaries arousing enthusiasm. Kverybody who buys praises them and there is no cessation in the demand fT them. W. C. Belman, former superintendent of the Hammond schools and now cashier of the First National bank of Hammond, says: "Kditor Times:"I have examined the new Websterlan dictionary which you are using in your 'educational campaign. I commend you In your choice of so valuable and usable an article. Its varied features, several of which are new in small dictionaries, together with its mechanical construction, make it very serviceable to the average reader. Its terseness, clearness, fullness, are to my mind Its stror.tr features "Very respectfully, "W. C. BELMAN."

FILM COMPANY TO STAGE HEW DRAMA

West Hammond to be Shown Up by Moving Picture Company.

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CONDUCTOR ON G. S S. IS INJURED Unusual Accident Takes Place at Crown Point Yesterday.

Crown Point, Ind., Sept. iS. (Special) W. Jackson, a motorman on the Gary & Southern Traction line, met with a most peculiar and painful accident on Saturday, which, on account of Its freakish and unexpected nature, has become the talk of the town. As Jackson was swinging his car up Main street, the governor ball on its steam roller became dlsloged, and a flying piece hurled its'-lf through the on the Jaw and rendering a very bad cut on his cheek and lower Jaw. The accident happened most unexpertedly and a second's change of time would have saved Jackson his injuries. He was cared for by 1 r. A. C. Farley, and is reported recovering from the peculiar accident.

SENATOR GORE COMING TO SPEAK A regular roeetilje; of? the Jefferson club is called for t; ';rrow evening, and nol"oriTy't"hrvim-mbers. but all democrats In the city are invited to attend. Arrangements will be made for a smoker to be given in the near future. The democratic speaking campaign is to open early in October and County Chairman John A. Gavlt already has the tentative promise of the speaker's bureau to get Senator Gore for Oct. 5 or thereabouts. Newton Baker, the successor to Tom L. Johnson, the late mayor of Cleveland, is also booked to speak in Lake county.

Funeral of Mrs. Archer. The funeral of David D. Archer of Highlands was held from the family residence yesterday afiernoon at 1 o'clock he remains were then taken to the Ross cemetery for interment.

J. J. COHEN RESIGNS HIS POSITION

HUMANE SOCIETY MEETING A special meeting of the Lake County Humane soeb-ty iri oall.d for next Wednesday evening and all members are requested to meet In the office of Or. Lena B. Watson in the H&mmond building. Isaac Htanford. special officer for the humane society, acting for the organization, this morning placed Oscar Everson. 12 years old. the son of a widowed mother residing i.t 2 G 0 Cameron street in Hammond. in the People's hospital in Chicago, where the boy is to receive treatment for spinal curvature. The authorities there held out some hope for his recovery.

It is reported that a moving picture company is to get a picture of West Hammond and all of the actors in the two years' drama that has been enacted there. Miss Brooks, the mayor and others prominent in t !u- work of cleaning up the village are expected to be stars in the cast. Some of the actors In the regular employ of the company, are to take the part of the white slaves. Things are very rjuiet in West Hammond today. The end of the Messniaker inquest eliminates all of the preliminaries and now all that remains is grand jury hearing looking to the indictment of Ft ankle Ford and Henry Foss, charged with complicity in the death of Messmaker and the federal Inquiry into the violations of the Mann white slave act, on which charges Foss and Con Moore have been arrested. The preliminary hearing of Mayor K. M. Wosczynski on the charge of accepting o bribe was to have been held before Judsre WhittenhurEc of Burnham last week but. was postponed for the reason that the court has enjoined both Justices Wittenburg and Green from trying cases until after the hearing involving them Is over.

ERIE DRAKEMAN HURT AT GRIFFITH

Thrown from Box Car and

Painful Injuries Are Sustained.

Griffith, Ind., Sept. 23. (Special). Quite a serious accident hapened to J. Iiavis, an Erie brakeman, while switching in the yards here, Saturday

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jcussion of the brain, as he has partly host his sieht. He was taken on to i

j Crown Point, from which place he was (sent to the hospital at Huntington by

the fast train. Davis has worked both here and it Hammond as operator, and was well known and highly regarded at both places.

Serious Accident Takes

Place Between Crown Point and Hebron, When Large Touring Car Turns Turtle; Women Hurt.

Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 23. (Special)

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when a tdg touring car turned turtle east of this place, and the occupant of the car were pinned beneath tbu

wreckage. The injuied are: MISS NEVN NICHOLS, Hebron, le fractured. MISS WILMA NICHOLS, Hebron, bruised and internal injuries. MISS CLARENCE SHOLT, Chicago, bruised about head and arrrs. Unknown woman, slightly Injure! about the body. Dr. Smith, the driver of the car, was unhurt. The physician, whose home Is in Palmer, was going to Hebron with the four ladles and in turning a corner at high speed his steering knuckle brok and the automobile was overturned. All the occupants were pinned beneath the car. Just how badly Miss Neva Nichols of Hebron is hurt is not definitely established. Farmers living near the scene of tho accident came to the assistance of the

unfortunate and they were taken to

Hebron and given medical attendance.

UNITY COUNCIL LEAGUEJIIAMPIONS Splendid Work Is Done by the Knights of Columbus Ball Tossers.

Death of Young Girl. Florence Miller. the 15-year-old adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Miller. 443 Sibley street. West Hammond, died at the family residence this morning at 11 o'clock, following a lingering illness. The lun'-ral will be held from the family residence tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The remains will then be taken to the German Lutheran church, where services will be held at 2 o'clock. The services at both the bouse. Church will be conducted by Rev. erkle and interment will be made at Oak Hill cemetery. She was taken ill more than a year ago, and sinco that time has been in very poor health. Tuberculosis was the cause of her death and at no time was very little .hope given for her recovery.

It will be with tonslderable surprise and regret that the people of Hammond will learn that .!. J. Cohen, the manager of the White store since its establishment three years aKO. has resinned bis position and Willi leave Hani mond. Mr. Cohen resigned on Aug. 2.1, the resignation to take effect Nov. 1. He will engage exclusively In advertising work in Chicago. It has been through the efforts of Mr. Oohen that the business of the White store has been built up to its present large proportions, and he had to make good by the most perslsitent diligence and hard work. Mr. Cohen has become known in Hammond not only as a clever business man. but as orfe of the most ingenious advertisers in the business. His windows, his original idea, and above all, his well written newspaper adds have brought an enormous amount of business to his store, which he has set on a high commercial plane. Cohen and his estimable wife leave Hammond with the best wishes of a host o friends.

Winning the first game by the score of 7 to 4 and the second by f, to 4. I'nlty council yesterday afternoon, at the H. A. A. grounds, atjainst the Pullman Klghts of Columbus cinched the pennant for tho season in the K. of C. Suburban league. Desmond pitched the first gune and Van A 1 bade the second, McShane having caught both games. By wi nning the championship in the league. The I'nity council team wins the silver cup that was offered at the beginning- of the season and a purse of $100. John Carroll managed the team throughout the sea-on and the lion's share of the credit goes to him for Maide management and executive ability. All the league players and the officers will enjoy a banquet in the near future, at which time new officers are to be elected and plans made for next year's seasons. The schedule this year consisted of twenty games, and I'nity council played all b it one and won lfi out of in. one game remains to be played with Chicago Heights. In the first game yesterday ("liarles Gaynor, playing with Cnity council, starred with a home run. Both games were clean and snappy and there was a good attendance.

COUNTRY CLUB NOW HAS WAITING LIST

Astonishing Success of the Hammond Country Club Since Its Inception.

Hammond Country club has reached the 200-mark and there are now eight names on tho waiting list. The nonresident list is rapidly tilling up. and it is expected that loo members will be signed up shortly. This assures the club of an income sufficient to keep it going in nice shape, he Michigan City Country club has a membership of only 7.1, the membership of tho Lake County Country club is only about 100, so that the Hammond organization is by far the largest in northwestern Indiana. The accessibility of the Hammond Country club and also the fact that its projectors built it along broad, 'liberal lines is believed to he responsible for 'the fact that It has become so popular.

IMPORTANT MEETING TONIGHT There will be an important meeting of the directors of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce at the rooms of that organization on the third floor of the Citizens' National Bank building- this evening. There are a number of matters of great importance coming tip and a full attendance of the directorate is requested. The membership committee of which C. J. Sharp is chairman is planning a campaign for members that is expected to attract a great deal of attention and result in the increase in the membership by at least 300. A program of entertainment has been provided for the meeting which 13 to celebrate the close of this campaign and the increase of the membership.

New Officer Resigns. B. H. Hllger. who was appointed a member of the West Hammond police department at the last council meeting, last night tendered bis resignation to Mayor K. M. Woszczynsk i .The latter accepted it and already h is applications to fill the vacancy. Mr. Hilger offered as his reason for resigning the fact that there is no system in the department, a fact which Mayor Woszczynski admits, but which he says cannot be remedied all at once under the present circumstances.

Husband Arrested. On a warrant sworn out by his wife charging him with assault and battery William So (trader was arrested by Constable Phelps yesterday afternoon. The -rial came up before Judge Prest this morning, the defendant being found gu'lty art! fined $1 and costs, amounting to a total of $12.25. Schrader resides at S40 Johnson street, and besides cruelly mistreating his wife, he drove her out of the house.

Bowling Season Opens. The bowling season :n Ha nvinond will open up with a big three-"a me series tomorrow night, when a quintet of Gary pinmen will Invade Cox's alleys for the first time this s ason. The Gary pinmen hail from the Pastime alleys at the Steel City, and from latest reports expects to make things interesting for the Hammond aggregation. Several weeks ago the Hammond pinmen defeated the loming bowlers at tlie Pastime allevs, and v.-lien the curtain drops tomorrow night they expect to get two out of ' oe three games. MINE OWNERS REJECT GLASSCOCK'S PLAN

Council to Meet.

To Speak at Hobart. The only definite speaking date on the calendar of Chairman Johnson the Lake county central committee is that ot Congressman K. D, Crumpacker at Hobart on Sept. 27. It is understood that other speakers have been assigned to lake county, but no dates have yet been given them. Fred Fiiedlcy. in charge of tho headquarters in Hammond, is a busy man t bese days. lie is getting out lots of printed matter, i i e. king up the pidl books and doing other work of that character. The headquarters is also the rendezvous for the patty workers who discuss the situation there.

A special meeting of the members

of the common council has been called j for Tuesday evening at h o'clock. Although there will be a number of irnportant matters taken up. it is not;

known at present just what the important question of the evening will be.

UNION SHU T nnd you obould mingle, lie ware and try It while you're Mingle. Sie the ticket and get . Well, send for oar prrmlam list.

Meeting McKinley Club. A meeting of the McKinley club, the republican city organization in Hammond, is called for tomorrow evening, and every republican is invited to be present, whether tie is a member of the club or not. The meeting is called for 7:30 and will be held in the republican headquarters in the hall on the fifth floor of the Hammond building. A program has been arranged for tomorrow which will be of Interest to every republican voter.

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William E. Glanscock. Th efforts of Gov. William E. Glasscock of West Virginia to bring togetner the mine owners and their employes in the strlka district have proved fruitless. The governor submitted two plans of arbitration. Tba miners expressed willingness to abide by either; the operators declined both. Mine owners say they will fight to the end recognition of the union and interference on thj part of U state.