Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 307, Hammond, Lake County, 16 June 1913 — Page 1

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(Special to Thb Tihu) Crown Point, Ind., June 1. While Joseph Helnrich accompanied by his wife and Mrs. Adam Reder was driving from Scherervllle yesterday afternoon In his new automobile, the touring; car became unmanageable and went into the ditch hurling: out all the occupants. Mrs. Hcinrich was quite severely Inlured Internally sustaining: two broken ribs and other Internal hurts. The other occupants of the machine were

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Gary and Whiting Poles were arrested by the Gary police today and yesternay following the discovery that south end merchants and saloonkeepers had been victimized over Sunday to the tune of $3,000 by cashing fraudulent Checks. The story is the old one, that many of the Gary business men will cash any kind of check without worrying whether it is good or not. Five Are Arrested. The following were arrested: JOE MARCHINAK, 728 Shhrage MAY BE IT IS DR. BELL'S WATCH Whiting Man Makes a Wonderful Catch and Tind." " (Special to The Times.)' ; ' Whiting, Ind., June 16. The one best bet in the fish story derby for 1913 came into the limelight In Whiting today with the return of an amateur fisherman from an early morning, cruise. The a. f. has chance No. 32 In the contest. He tells of catching a carp, which, when opened, proved to be a sort of swimming safe. It contained among other valuables a beautiful gold watch and chain of great value. KENTUCKIANS WANT TO GO TO SENATE Governor McCreary (top) and J. C W. Beckham. Governor James Bennett McCreary of Kentucky has announced bis candidacy for United States seivator to ancceed Senator W. O. Bradley. Republican. He will contest in the primary with former Governor J. C W. Beckham.

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badly bruised and shaken up. The auto came out much the worse for wear and suffered heavy damage. The road, at the scene of the, accident is deeply rutted by the passing of many machines and Mr. Heinrich was endeavoring to get out of these deep ruts when the machine skidded and went into the ditch. Mrs. Heinrich was rushed home in another machine and medical attention administered to the party. R avenue, Whiting. WALTER ARCHTVAK. Gary. JOE NO VIC H. alias Jlmieeiewz, Gary. THOMAS PEALICHTSKT, Gary. Some of the Poles were arrested by Detective Shonski, while others were nabbed by Detective McElfresh. Discovery that the checks were a forgery were made when a Polish woman called up Contractor J. Woseliesh, whose checks pass as currency in the Polish (Contlwea on Page T.) CITY LOSES "MtlOWtf FAMILIES Hammond is about to lose two of its well-known Homewood families, the Ruhstadts and the C. A. Taylors. Mrs. Ruhstadt and her daughter. Miss Fannie, expect to leave early this week for Florida In the hope of making their home in that state. They have not yet decided in what city or town thev will live, having deferred this matter until they have had time to acquaint themselves with the different parts of the state. Mr. Ruhstadt. who Is in business In Gary, plans to Join them next all. They have rented their Webb street home, having reserved only enough room to store their household goods. C. A. Taylor of 33 Warren street, whose resignation as agent for the Indiana Harbor Belt at Gibson, went into effect on April 1st, returned to Hammond last Saturday evening from Winnepeg, Canada, where he has been in the meantime In his new position as agent for the Canadian Pacific. He came home to help his family get ready to move into the northwest. They expect to leave Hammond in ten days. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor leave tomorrow for Buffalo to spend a week there. Upon their return Mrs. Taylor and her daughter will go to southern Michigan to spend two weeks with relatives and friends. Mr. Taylor will go directly to Canada. Their sons, Hugh and Charles, who went Into the northwest in the middle of April to take up government farm claims, are already located, having found desirable prairie- land in the Saskatchewan province. A Curb Market. Frank O'Rourke, market master, is well aware of the fact tht he is up against a stiff proposition with his city market. Yet O'Rourke is sure that he will make It win. If the people will not visit the city hall grounds Mr. O'Rourke may ask the council to let him sell from the curb downtown. He laments the fact that housewives are not more eager to accept an opportunity to buy very cheaply the fresh produce from the farm. He realizes that all that keeps them from doing so Is the fact that it is much easier to telephone the grocer. However, he is not discouraged with the outlook, for on the three days of market farmers have sold well arfd cheap. Want Laborers. L. P. Knoerter, of the Calumet Licensed Employment Agency in Hami mond, finds It hard to get day labor ers at the munificent wages of $2.50, and at the same time finds It difficult to convince manufacturers and other employers of labor that they must pay that price. A year ago day labor was to be had for 1.90. In comparison 1913 is Just sixty cents more prosperous than 1912. subscribe: for the Tutsa,

FIGHT HAY El Shocking Altercation Results in One Man Being Brought from . Indiana Harbor to Hammond Hospital with Broken Skull. Charles Moore lies at St. Margaret's hospital dying as the result of an altercation in which he and Ivan Friend of Indiana Harbor indulged in Saturday night at 10:30 o'clock. Friend, after the trouble, gave himself up to Sergeant Barker to await the outcome of Moore's injuries. Moore suffered a fracture of the skull, caused by being knocked down by Friend. Friend has lived for several years In Elm street, Indiana Harbor. The parties to the trouble were strangers to each other. The trouble occurred at the corner of Michigan avenue and Fir street. 'Contl"wd on Page 7.) FIRST ROUND NARROWS FIELD TO EIGHT June Cup Play at Country Club Brings Out Some Good Sport. One remarkable feature of the: first round In the June cup flight at the Hammond Country club last Saturday afternoon was that out of the sixteen men who qualified in the preliminaries the Saturday before the eight winners were the donors of handicaps. The men who will compete In the second round and who eliminated their opponents on Saturday were Messrs. Cox. Oberlin, Barry, C. A. Smith, Hill, Sawyer, Parry and Qroman. The results were: Cox, peat Dyer, S up and 1. Oberlin beat Scott, 3 up and 2. Fox defaulted to Barry. Smith beat McAleer, 2 up and 1. Hill beat Chapman, 1 up in 19 holes. Sawyer beat Gauthler, 4 up and 3. Parry beat Cleveland, 7 up and 6. Groman beat Thomas, 6 up and 4. The winners of the sweepstakes were Wolters, first; Oberlin, second: Ames, third, and Osborne, fourth. The results: Name. Gram. A. Merrett ...110 C. G. Clarke 161 Set. 90 107 87 101 91 84 81 92 100 83 86 80 86 82 85 76 E. -P. Deming 129 C. A. Anderson....: 123 C. G. Klngwill 129 J. F. Sawyer 120 Carl Ames 107 Charles Hicks 126 W. HI Crawford 116 F. D. McElroy Ill F. Hammond ....118 T. W. Oberlin 110 C. A. Scott .128 William Osborne.. 136 W. D. Ray 127 William Wolter 115 TRIES TO FLIP FREIGHT TRAIN Michigan Man Has Narrow Escape in Hammond. While trying to flip a freight train at the Hohman street crossing yesterday afternoon, George M. Johnson, 1S06 Cass avenue. Grand Rapids, Mich., miraculously escaped from ' being thrown beneath the wheels of a Michigan Central train when he lost his hold and was tossed to the ground. Johnson suffered a painful scalp wound and Injuries to his chest and was taken to the Eagles club rooms, where he was given medical attendance. Competitive Exam. A United States civil service examU nation was held In Gary Saturday for the- purpose of filling a vacancy in the rural free delivery department out of Shelby, Ind. All those who passed the competitive test and -won a place are in line for the next Jobs that are handed out by the postofflce. Similar examinations were held in Crown Point and Shelby. The highest grade made In these three tests will get the Shelby Job. A Wright Play. Myrtle Champaign Wright of Hammond has one of her recent offerings to the photoplay world on exhibit at a local theater this afternoon and evening. It Is a domestic drama known as "A Woman's Way." WHY ARB TOO NOT A TIMES READER!

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HUGH BURKS BAD CONDITION Alleged Bad Man in Crown Point Jail Makes an Affidavit. (Special to The Times.) Crown Point, Ind., June 16. Hugh Burns, who caused a sensation at Schneider two months ago when he held a posse at bay after an unsuccessful attempt on his part to shoot his wife, will not be tried until the September term. He has made an affidavit asking for a continuance stating that he is in no fit physical condition on account of the wounds that he received In the shooting. It is remarkable that he is living even now, owing to the many bullets he got. One wound in his leg has not yet healed. He is under a $5,000 bond, and unable to furnish it he is compelled to remain In Jail. Attorney A. Halleck of Rensselaer, EMANUEL'S MOTHER COMING HERE INCOG.? r - Margnerita of Italy. This is a new photograph of the charmine mother of King Victor Emanuel of Italy. It is nftnored that she is coming: incog, to America on an extended visit,

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"a nd Sir. George Gould at the pof who Is a cousin of Mrs. Burns, will as slat In the prosecution of the case. He Is well acquainted with the alleged persecutions to which Mrs. Burns was subjected by her husband. He motored to Crown Point last Friday, accompanied by Mrs. Halleck and A. S. LaRue and Miss Nellie LaRue of Rensselaer to confer with Deputy Proseuctor August Bremer at Crown Point about the case. HOSPITAL BOOSTERS ARE BUSY Mrs. Almena Parker-McDonald, head of the Francis WUlard hospital of Chicago, will address a mass meeting of citizens at the South Side Presbyterian church; Hohman, near Douglas, tonight a 8. Ladies of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union are holding the meeting that the plans and purpose of their non-sectarian hospital may be made public. Mrs. Parker-McDonald will answer any and all questions about the Francis WUlard hospital that is to be built in Hammond. Papers of incorporation for $60,000 were received some time ago and the subscription of stock started. The question of choosing a site is now holding back the project, but it is expected that the location will be definitely decided before long. Conkeyville is bidding strong for it through its official society, the South Side Improvement association. Another place in a more central locality Is heing advocated as the ideal spot. PROUD OF THEIR RECENT SUCCESS Where members of Baumgartner Court, ,C. O. F.. of Hammond meet, the successful state convention held in Hammond last week is still a popular topic for conversation. They feel that they have a right to be proud of the success they made of it. "It cost us over $700," said George Kussmaul, one of the trustees of the state court, "and we footed the bills without calling on the business men of the town or any one else to assist us to entertain the delegates. Usually a convention is entertained one night, but we entertained the visitors on three consecutive evenings. They were all agreed that they never had a better time anywhere, and as a matter of fact they were nicely received by the Hammond people. That includes The Times, too, for the generous 'space it allowed to cover the event." Tour fuel bill will be less If you cook rith Gas. No. Ind. Gas & Elec, Co.

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IS PROMISED Country to Swelter for at Least 48 Hours More. Warm weather with clear skies over the greater part of the country is predicted for the coming week by the Weather Bureau. "There will be scattered thunder showers the first part of the wek along the Northern boarder," the weekly bulletin says, "and by the middle of the week showers will set in along the east gulf and south Atlantic coast. It may cool oft a little by Thursday. CASE ON TRIAL '(Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., June 16. The annexation question raised two years ago, when Hammond attempted to take in all that rural territory in North township not belonging to some municipal corporation now, Is to go to trial at last. The question, which Is divided into three cases, representing the three districts to be annexed was set special--ly for today before Judge W. C. McMahan at Crown oPint in the circuit court. The trial of the cases may take only a few days, or two weeks. The compromise between the city and the farmers, which was talked of last week has fallen through apparently. At that time it was suggested, the suggestion coming from the farmers, that they would agree to an annexation providing that the judgment would not , become effective until two years hence. The city undoubtedly would have listened to something of this nature, and there is still a remote possibility of Its being revived. The remonstrators saw to It that their strongest case would go to trial first. This case Involves the territory around Hessyille and has. Calumet avenue for Its wester, boundary: line. This district also ha fne" most remnttrtors, and for that reason the latter Insisted on having it as their first case. TEAMSTER (Special to The Times.) Black Oak.. Ind.. June 16. S. C. Kel l ley, a teamster, was round in tne woods near here yesterday in an un conscious condition. He was prostrat ed by the heat while chasing a cow. The cow is 111 today from the unseasonable exercise it underwent after breaking out of its pasture. Kelsey Is better. He was carried to his boarding place in the home of F. B. Scheldt and attended by Dr. Petrie of Tolleston. CITY SIZZLES II TERRIFIC HEAT Then Swarms of Mosquitoes Come at Dusk to Make Life Unbearable. Every breath of air in the Calumet region yesterday was fried on both sides and baked in the middle. Ozone sizzled going down and steamed coming out. It took the starch out of linen and the crackle out of a new dollar bill, caused the discarding of all orna mental adornments and absented regular church goers from their congregations. East Hammond tenement dwellers were hardest hit by the heat wave which .descended Saturday and staid I over Sunday. They moved out where j the breezes could strike them and slept on few segments of sods to be found thereabouts. The long uniform company houses at the Standard looked like a section of New York's east side except for the fact that -they are built with breathing space between and long stretches of open country on two sides. But nevertheless the occupants moved out into the open. Exit Meat Enter re. A cooling breeze from the -west saved the day. It came in the noon time, while this pile of brick and mortar, known as a city, was experiencing Its first 100 degrees of the year. It broke up the humidity in the air which would have caused "more "than one prostration before the day was over had no antidote been administered. As soon as the sun was down mosquitoes rose in swarms and did their little part In making life a burden. Hundreds were driven from lake front by the pests and by 8 o'clock the beach was deserted. .

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Shocking Occurrence Puts Ban on Pleasure Seeking at Lake (Special to Tm Traces.) Cedar Lake, Ind., June 16. While dancers at different resorts were in revelry engaged, tne black waters of the lake acast with the glimmer of a thousand shore lights sucked out the life of three men here on Saturday night. Two others had narrow escapes from watery graves and the remains of the three who lost their lives still linger beneath the waters of Cedar Lake. DROWNED IN SO KEET OP WATER. The .shocking tragedy took place lata at night when a row boat containing five men was overturned and three of its occupants were drowned in tiilrty feet of water. The news of th'drowhpread across the - water ;Jlka ewlldfire and in but a short time doxens of boats filled with men, started search for the victims.., Up to an early hour today none of the bodies had been recovered. The victims are: EDAVARD O'MARA. Monon, Ind.. 24 years old, single, employed as a timekeeper for the Monon steel gang at Lowell. Ind. CRIST KALROUS, Monon, Ini., 21 years old, employed on the Monon, near Lowell, Ind. NICK KALROUS, Monon, Ind., brother of the second victim 23 years old and employed with the extra steel gang near Lowell. ON WAV TO TRA1X. 1 The tragedy occurred Saturday evening about 9:30 o'clock, 100 feet from Clark's pier on the west side of the lake. Shortly betore the five men were laughing and joking and started across the lake with the intention of taking the Monon train home. Just how the bo&t capsized has not been learned but It is said that the boat was over(Continued on Pace 8.) REPRESENTS U. S. AT MARITIME CONGRESS Andrew J. Montague. Andrew Jackson Montague, a former governor of Virginia and now a congressman from that state, has been appointed as one of tiie delegates from this country to the international conference on the unification of maritime law, which will meet at Brussels late this summer. Congressman Montague is a lawyer. He has held numerous political offices in his state, beginning with U. S. attorney for the western district of Virginia, under President Cleveland'? administration. He was bom in 1862 and is a lifelong Democrat. .

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