Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 295, Hammond, Lake County, 2 June 1913 — Page 1
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SCENE IN FRONT OP HAMMOND CHRISTIAN CHURCH YESTERDAY WHEN REGION FLOCKED TO CITY'S AID IN CONTEST WITH CHICAGO SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Religious Contest Stirs Calumet Region With Remarkable Fervor Yesterday
The Sunday school attendance contest . between the Calumet Avenue Christian church of Hammond, and the Jackson Boulevard Christian church of Chicago resulted yesterday In victory for the Indiana congregation. Hammond was awakened from its slumbers at nine o'clock by the religious activity induced by the blare of brasses. Brass bands, automobiles, and special cars from nearby points swelled the Hammond attendance to 1,202. The Chicago church mustered 631. The Rev. Cecil Sharp of Hammond, who
challenged, was enthusiastic over the victory. The Rev. Austin Hunter of the -Chicago congregation admitted defeat, but attributed lt1n part to tricks. The Hammond Sunday school had only 300 members one month ago when the contest opened. The next Sunday the number had doubled, and one week later It was tripled. On that Sunday the Hammondltes asserted the Chicago church held a joint meeting with another Sunday school and In that way unduly Increased its attendance. Every
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ROBBED OF $400 0NSTREET CAR Sad Experience of a Hard Working Foreigner Yesterday. Pickpockets made a big haul -on a Hammond, East Chicago and Whiting Street car yesterday afternoon when John Adamenjk, 185 Gostlin street, Hammond, was robbed of a roll of bills
containing $400. Adamenjk had the
money whan h and took a st
Hohman street and transfered on a
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the car at Gostlin street he first discovered the loss of his money. The loss of the money, discloses a pitiful case as Adamenjk had scraped and saved to pay oft a mortgage on a small cottage which he had purchased. He has no knowledge of how the money was taken and the police were unable to find any trace of the sneak thief.
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Miss Lucy E. Macdonald of Princeton, New Jersey, who recently visited her friends, the daughters ol President Wilson, at the Whit House, is to be a June bride and will be married early in the month to Dr. Herman G. Pitta of ProvideneB, Irxia Island,
Baumgartner court, C. O. F., which is to be host next week to .the state convention of the Indiana Catholic Order of Foresters has completed all arrangements through its committees for the event, and Is ready to bid welcome to the visitors, 300 of which are expected at least. Two years ago when Ham-
i mond landed the convention, Baumgart
ner court decided to' "do it up brown" and to make the coming event excel all others in the state order's history, and the program indicates that the committees, headed by Joseph W. Weis, chairman of the executive committee, have left nothing undone to make the occasion a memorable one for the visitors. ' BoilnrM Hti Can Help. The merchants in the business district who wish to aid in giving the town an appropriate appearance by decorating can get suggestions for this from Mr. Weis. The program for the
three days is as follows: MONDAY, June ith. 3 p. m. Meeting of the state court in the C. O. F. (Weis1) hall, on State street. 8 p. m. Stag party for delegates and members.
TUESDAY, June 10th. 10 a.m. Solemn high mass at St. Joseph's church. Sermon by Father George Heldman of Collegeville. 11a.m. Formal opening of the Convention. lp.m. Convention re-convenes for afternoon session. 8 p. m. Entertainment for delegates delegates and members and
their families or ladies. WEDNESDAY. June 11th. 8 p. m. Requiem high mass at All Saints" church.' " Convention
sessions or the balance of the forenoon and afternoon. 7 p. m. All delegates and their ladies ladles to meet at the C. O. F. hall and to go from there to Nelson's new pavilion for a fish supper. Iadlea Are Remembered. . In making up the program the ladies have not been overlooked. A reception and entertainment committee, composed of Mesdames J. W. Wei. Leonard Knoezer, Michael XAuerman, John Sherer, George Kuasmaul, Michael Kplb and John Stephen, will look after the visiting ladies. On Tuesday afternoon this committee will provide auto rides for the visiting ladies and after this recreation, a team is to be served at the Hammond Country club. On the preceding evening, while the men are enjoying a stag, the visiting ladies will
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Lowell, Ind., June 2. Ralph ' De
, Fries, station agent for the Monon at
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Seattle, Wash Jane 2.- University Washing-ton' ronlns crevr started rant to wrttt honor intercoleslate matches
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South Bend, Ind., June 2. Miss
Irma Hootman of South Bend and Guy
Cotton of Elkhart won first places In the annual oratorical contest of north-
1 em Indiana high schools held . here
Saturday night In conjunction with the northern Indiana track meet. , Second places went to Miss Gladys Garwood of La port e and Harold Lavelle of Mlsha-waka.
Belman. !. June 2i Bit
wireless station Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. 6,000 feet loaar opened today. Transmits messages as quickly aa cable.
Death of Babe.
New York, Jnae 2. New canning law compelling manufacturers put contents and their weight on cans becomes
effective.
Following a brief illness the Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. David Morteleus, 63 Gostlin street, Hammond, died at the family residence yesterday morning. Tn eral services vere held from the residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock and interment- was made at
jOsk Hill cemetery.
'about 6 o'clock Sunday morning with
' out regaining consciousness. He had
been In poor health for some time,
which brought on melancholy was the
cause of the deed. Mr. De Fries was
young man about 20 years of age and was liked by all who knew him. He
fixed up all his books at the station and took all the checks to his home and put them away carefully showing
he had pre-meditated the deed. He went to his room and there com
mitted the deed. He left a note address
ed to his parents telling them not to mourn for him as he would be better
off. The young man was unmarried.
Newport, n. I June 2. Secretary ; Natry Daniels here opening Naval War College. Will be nrged to eatabllah ! navy yard at Narrangasett. I
CITY PRESS HEAD IS DEAD
THE DEAD.
FRANK MARTIN, agent for L aler Auto Co. at Louisville, Ky. THE INJURED. Four unknown men. Three In the Martin car when It overturned. One In an overturned car on Cobe race course near South East Grove. Unknown woman, thrown ont of car near Lowell. Gustave Weatberg, Lowell two fractured ribs. Biddy Smith, Lowell bruised about head and shoulders.
Dr. Buchanan's Car Ditched Near Lowell
THE INJURED. MRS. S. A. BELL, Hammond arm dislocated, head cut, thumb dislocated, shoulder scraped and Internal Injuries. WALTER BELL, her an badly out about mouth, face and hips, and fearfully bruised.
Hammond autoists returning from
the Indianapolis races report a terrible accident south of the Kankakee river Saturday night, in which one man was
killed and several badly injured. While going sixty miles an hour in an Alco
car Frank Martin, head salesman for f overturned.
Louisville auto company, was killed
The party was returning from the In
dianapolis races and It is said was In- I The
toxicated. - . "Lowell.
(Special to Thb Times.) Lowell, Ind., June 2. Two serious automobile wrecks took place nar this city yesterday which resulted In severe-injuries to several people, threw the town Into excitement and caused startling rumors to be circulated.. While trying to pass the auto driven by Dr. S. A. Bell of Hammond, near the Carsten place. Dr. W. A. Buchanan, also of Hammond, was unable to avoid
the skidding or his car, and It was
speed' of his machine Martin, threw on
all bis power and tried to catch up with a car headed for Chicago. Knowing the road, a Chicago man spoke to his friends and they waved a warning to Martin to slow down. Martin gave no heed and mils after mile the cars raced, until at a bend in the road the car behind struck the banks of a ditch
Bow It Happened. - two doctors were driving to
Dr. Bell and, hl Witf-apd-Jwo
ln"an apparent -aitempt'To" show that ctTtdf'eu' wers-ahead and Dr. Iae!u.tn
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Washington, June 2 Arbitration treaty with Spain expires; will be renewed.
London, June 2. Harold A. Sanderson succeeded J. Bruce lunar, (rescued from Titanic) as president International Mercantile Marlnel company.
London. June 2. Home rule bill for Ireland bill presented for second reading House Commons. Bitter discussion expected.
WOMAN HURLED FROM MOTORCYCLE Three Machine Collide at Crown Point. Crown Point, Ind., June 2. Three motorcyclists were quite severely Injured and their machines badly damaged yesterday on the corner of Court and Joliet street directly In front of the Linton & Merrill furniture store. The riders, a young man and woman from Chicago on one machine, and a rider from Chicago Heights, collided on the corner, both machines going In opposite directions. The three were
thrown to the ground by the force of
the impact, the young woman striking her head against a . nearby telephone pole, rendering her unconscious for a time. The machines were - wrecked. The parties refused to reveal their identity and left the city as soon as possible to avoid further publicity and
notoriety.
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ANOTHER BUSY VEEKF0R THEM Work of Much Importance Is to Be Done at "Board Sessions.
(Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., June 2. This will be a busy week at the county seat. In the first place the county commissioners began their June session this morning. The. state board of tax com
missioners are scheduled to meet with county board o'f reviews on Tuesday and Wednesday, and on Wednesday and Thursday the county council is
also scheduled to meet. '
Among the road contracts that are
to be let this week are the L. Harry Weis road In North township, known
as the State Line street in Hammond,
the Dreesen road In Robertsdale and
Whiting and the Copeland road In
West Creek township. Contracts are also to be let for the South Hohman stret bridge over the Little Calumet river, for repairs on the Grand Calumet river bridge . nortli of Miller, for a retlning wall on the Lowell creek west of Halsted street, and for repairs on the Burns ditch
bridge west of Lowell.
TWO ARE BADLY HURT.
(Special to Tbjb Times.) Lowell. Ind.. June i. As "BiddySmith and Qustav Westberg were coming from the north In a single rig an automobile, without lights and containing several persons, ran into the rear end of the buggy, smashing the hind wheels and otherwise wrecking the vehicle. The occupants were thrown to 1 the hard stone road and Westberg was considerably injured and bruised and it was thought one of his ribs was fractured. Smith escaped with a few scratches. A young lady in the auto was thrown out into the
ditch and considerably bruised and
sustained a cut over the head. The auto sustained but little - damage and after picking up the young lady re
sumed Its Journey toward Irowell. Of
ficer Belshaw was phoned to stop the parties and he stopped John Seramur and party a few minutes later. They denied that It was their auto which
ran into the buggy, but stated that It was one that came up behind them. These did no show up In town. A lady in the auto admitted that she was In a wreck and had her head cut. Mr. Seramur was permitted to go.
and his wife and Walter Bell, ' son ot
Dr. and Mrs.' Bell, were In the Buchanan auto. The machines were going about 26 miles an hour when Mrs. Buchanan asked her husband to go around the Bell car, . which - .he attempted to do. The car skidded on the wet grass at the edge of the road and took the ditch. The machine bumped along for about two rods, when, in trying; to avoid a telegraph pole. Dr. Buchanan overturned the car. Its occupants burled beneath it. Dr. Buchanan climbed out little Injured and first took out Walter Bell. Tbe latter was cut about the hips, face and mouth. He was badly bruised, but no bones were broken.
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Harry L. Saylor. Many newspaper men in Indiana heard with regret of the death of Harry L. Saylor, head of the city press bureau of Chicago, from whom they had received their training. Mr. Saylor was stricken with death at Indianapolis after the automobile races.
RID OF SMALLPOX. Munster, Ind., June 2. As far as is known, the town of Munster is rid of all smallpox. There had been patients In the various homes ever since last February. Judge H. F. Kaske, who is the health officer, fumigated the last two places this morning. These were the homes of Peter Kooy and O. Roper. In th former place Mrs. Kooy was. sick and In the latter, Tom Molenaar, a son-in-law of Mr. Roper. Neither of the two patients had been vaccinated.
FIVE HURT NEAR BRIDGEPORT Five persons were injured, one seriously, .when an automobile carrying three men collided with a buggy in which two women and a girl were riding two miles least of Bridgeport, Ind., yesterday afternoon. The automobile went down a slight embankment and turned over. The buggy was demolished. The injured:." Fletcher J. Misner, Richmond, Ind.; Internal injuries and bruises; serious. William Tan Rtter, Richmond. Ind.; bruise dand cut; not serious. Mrs. M. K. Fletcher, Bridgeport; cut and bruised; not serious.'
Helen Fletcher, 11-year-old daughter
of Mrs. Fletcher; cut and bruised; not serious. . i Miss Ruth McCloud, Bridgeport; Injuries to head; may be serious.
8 MACHINESWRECKED. (Special to Thb Tikes.) Crown Point. Ind., June 2. It was noted by parties going around the Lowell-Crown Point race course that there were eight disabled automobiles and ' several people Injured. ' In on Instance one was was quite badly hurt. The rain In -the morning made the road quite- slippery, which was the cause of the aocidents. The Injured machines were on their way from the -Indiana-polls races.' ' ' " YOUNG AVIATOR
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SIX INJURED j jATPRINCETON Princeton, Ind., June 2- Six men were injured1 near here Saturday when an automobile driven by Joseph Cantwell, foreman of the Southern Railway shops, plunged down an embankment. Cantwell sustained a broken collar bone and severe injuries to the chest. A. E. Camp, chief dispatcher; W. B. Franklin, foreman of the Southern coach department, and John N. Hopkins, a local druggist, were badly bruised. The accident was due to the breaking of a steering knuckle.
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