Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 1, Hammond, Lake County, 18 June 1913 — Page 1
THE WEATHER. GENERALLY FAIR TODAY AND THURSDAY. EVENING EDITION VOL. VIII., NO. 1. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1913. ONE CENT PER COPY. Back Numbers S Cents Opr.) EPIDEMIC OF EMILY DAVISON, MILITANT SUFFRAGIST, STOPS THE KING'S HORSE IN ENGLISH DERBY
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(Special to The Times.) Crown Point, June 18. Ten indictments by the recent grand jury which was in session at Crown Point against eight Lake County saloon keepers reveal the line of investiga tion which that body made before it adjourned. , Five of the saloonkeepers are in business in Gary. They are charged with having perjured themselves in securing their last licenses under which they are now operating, the indictment going into the necessary requirement regarding length of resi dence in the United States. WHO THEY ARE. The ten indictments returned were igainst the following: John Rudolph, proprietor of the Halfway House between Crown Point (Continued on Page 15.) HTTBER GETS NEW CAR AND AGENCY Henry Hober, '31 Warren street, drove in. to Hammond yesterday evening ' from Kaalrtkaxoo with" one of the "swellest" autoa seen in Hammond this season. The car la a Michigan 40 and Is direct from the factory at Kalamazoo, where he closed negotiations for the agency yesterday. The machine ha every late equipment, has a gray colored body and gray leather upholstering to match. Mrs. Huber accompanied her husband on the trip. They arrived in Hammond at 8 o'clock. In the evening after having been on the road since 9 o'clock in the morning. SMITH CASEON TRIAL. ' (Special to Two Times.) Crown Point, Ind., June 18. A battle for life will be fought in the clrcult court of Lake county when Mrs. Grace Smith is tried for the murder of Clarence Murphy in Gary April 3. before Judge McMahan. The case .came up yesterday and will be well under way by the latter part of this week if nothing unforseen prevents it. LOOK! LOOK! LOOK for the red tent ad on page 15. MAYOR'S DAUGHTER WILL GO TO EUROPE Miss Edith Harrison. Miss Edith Ogden Harrison, daughter of Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Chicago, will spend the summer tn Europe. She will be accompanied by Miss Catherine Barker of Michigan City, who is heiress to lortune of $30,000,000.
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Just m the leaders m a bunch of nine thoroughbred horses swept around the bend at Tattenham Corners at Epsom Downs .suddenly Miss Davison, slipping under the double line of guarding rails, made a leap, sprang out to the course and caughtat the bridle of the king's horse Anmer. Jones, the king's jockey, his mount and the woman came down in a heap.. So sudden and rnieapected was Miss Davison's act that spectators did not at first realize what had happened, and kept on talking and laughing and paymg attention to the horses sweeping by. The photograph was taken just at the moment when Miss Davison, the horse and toe. jockey came down and hefore she had touched tho ground in falling. Arrow points to Miss Davison . r -
PLEGtM PUTS PEP IH
THE .MEET WHAT THRT DID. Eartwood and the mayor clash on a , matter of parliamentary law in the opening and the declston ' waa lt joBQberts.'' auai taiwltysltJi. one "good" cigar as a warer. ' : Oscar Plageman shows he's a live one.. . Council finds $2,600 too high for the scraping and painting of the three bridges that span the Calumet and the board is authorized to readvertlse for bids for each bridge separately and altogether. Appropriate $100 for lighting of Harrison park Saturday night, when the Indiana society is here. $155 to pay the salary of the marketmaster, and $15 to pay dues to the Municipal League, which meets In Gary on the July 8, 9 and 10. A boss barber with a light and pleasing touch shaved and shampooed the city administration last evening in the presence of fellow alderman in the Hammond common council and a small but appreciative audience. To com plete the ceremony Mr. Plageman, the tonsorlal artist, aforesaid clipped the beard from one he was wont to call the "ciar," J. H. Kasper, city engineer. You can t tell me that his majesty out there is giving us all the water pressure he can. I know better," shouted Oscar. His lively remarks came in the midst of a languid session of the council at which eight of the fifteen aldermen were present. The glooms dispersed and the joys tumbled in, happy to And the old body back In Its old state of mind with members sassy as ever and ready to mix. Plageman found fault with the city for the Inadequate wat er supply. Its failure to police the railroad crossings and laxity In enforcing the laws that govern the roads. He combined -the two complaints in his speech. Kaspers Goat Loone. "I tried for two hours to wet my lawn this morning," he said, "and at the end of that time I hadn't accom plished anything. The stream I got was so small- and limber that you couldn't water a 2x4 plot of grass with it I know that we're not getting 70 pounds of pressure from Kasper and I want the board to see that we do. We have let that old czar run things as he blamed pleased and Its about time he la brought to time." Goen After Rallmadn. After caring for Kasper. Plageman started In on- the railroads. He advocated that the city police the main crossings if the railroads cannot he made to. Eastwood arose to remark that Hammond people are reckless and endanger their lives by refusing to obey the gates of the flagman. Plageman remarked that after a few citizens had spent a night in jail the town would educate itself in sort order A communication from the teamsters In regard to the dangerousness crossings was read. It called" attention to these points: 1. Fitness of watchmen; 2. Efficiency of watchmen. 3. Enforcements of speed law. 5. The ordinance requiring unobstructed views from the approach of a crossing. It asked the council to see that these are enforced. Are People to BlamcT Eastwood remarked that as many of the teamsters are the worst offenders at the crossings, refusing to obey flagmen and cursing them when they close the gates while the train Is still quite aways off. The alderman stated that he believed the people of . Ham-
mond to be partly to blame for the negligence of watchmen In that they have trained them to keep the gates up till the last minute. He stated that most of the fatalities come about through carelessness, a running in under or around the gate or cutting through a train. But he stated that it is the duty of the council to bring the roads to time. Robde Tell About the Water. . John Rohde, president of the board of public works, has a theory on the water shortage that he believes to be worth investigating. Rohde says that he has found that two flats In the same locality tell different stories, one family without water of sufficient force and the other with plenty. He believes that a great deal of the trouble lies In the plumbing. "If we put on 80 pounds of. pressure at the station It will tear the pipes right out of the ground . In v Kobertsdale," said Rohde. "We can do it If the people Insist, but the mains can never stand it. they will blow up and leave us entirely without water." . I
EVIDENCE II GARY
ACTION 4 Judge V. S. Relter in the superior court this forenoon heard some of the evidence in . an Injunction case in which Charles H.' Maloney of Gary Is seeking to enjoin Mrs. Jennie Patten, also of Gary, from building on a lot wriich she bought from him, but which she did not according to his contentions, improve at the proper time. Mrs. Patten has begun the erection of a building on the lot which is now partially completed. The lot in question Is described as No. 12, in block 32. in the Gary Land company's first sub-division .... . i , . o. iie injunction is me outgrowth of a suit tried two years ago in "Valparaiso before Judge W. C. McMahan. At - that time, the court held that Maloney did not have to give title until the lot, according to the contract un der which it was bought was improved, and on the other hand that Mrs. Patten did not have to pay a 25 per cent increase which Maloney demanded Inasmuch as, the land company had raised all lots in that sub-division and he still claiming title to Mrs. Patten's lot because she had not improved it. The case was continued this noon until Thursday morning. FRIENDS ARE INTERESTED Assured by his friends that he could make a successful campaign, William Kolb, the present deputy treasurer in Hammond, has announced himself as a candidate or the nomination as city clerk on the democratic ticket. Mr. Kolb has friends in all parties and go 9 into the campaign fl'lth good city hall experience. NO ACTION IS TAKEN. Though but a few days have passed the Prohl tragedy whiqh stirred Hammond as nothing of the' kind ever did before it is almost erased from the public mind. Though the memory of John Prohl as a man and citizen will always be retained In the minds of the present generation it is regrettable that the incidents surrounding his death and the warning they -give are passing. The Hammond city council discussed the railroads and the tragedy at a meeting last evening but no action was taken. The inquest into the death of Mr. Prohl promised to be a most thorough and final accounting, but it developed today that no new evidence has been secured by the coroner or his deputy. LOOK! LOOK! LOOK for the red tent ad on page 16. Tour fuel bill will be less If you cook with Gas. No. Ind. Gas & Elec Co,
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- Providence. R. I, Jane 18 MIm Linda Arnold, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Omley Araold, married Marquis Max St roam t. In St. Joseph's Cathedral. Amsterdam. Holland, June 18 IJgrue International dea Association Tonristes Ccngraw opening; her has Bernard Van II. Schllts as American representative. Discussed world aoto routes. Sew York, June )8 New HamburajAmericaa liner Impe rater arrive here largest liner In . vrrld. bring dlstlnarulahed -awnaeiVWasr H!ffff2,i Chicago, June 18. St. Louis, Peoria and Northwestern stockholders held meetlae here to act on purchase Caeeupln County Railway and - propo sition borrow $10,000,000 for completing railway. Venice, Cal June 18. Venice Ex ploitation Bureau established for purpo putting end to race suicide, Population nearly ten thousand with only six births month. Springfield, 111., June 18. Two mask ed bandits held up the Illinois Central nla-ht Diamond Special, en route to Chi cago from St. Louis, tea miles onutlr of here at midnight, fought a pitched bat tle with a posse of deputy sheriffs and city policemen. They got no loot. GARY CRIPPLE 13 BADLY INJURED Crutch Slips in Hole and Mike Leki Is Laid Up in Hammond. Mike Leki. 1546 Monroe street, Gary. was painfully injured at the corner of State and Hohman streets, Hammond, yesterday afternoon, when one of the crutches, which he was using, . went into a hole in the catch basin, Leki falling heavily to the ground and suf fcrlng a wrenched back and wrist., . Lem is a crippie and conducts a shooting gallery on Broadway, Gary, where he Is well known. He was In Hammond transacting business and was on his way to the Gary & Ihterurban car when the accident occurred. As the end of the crutch went through the hole In the catch basin it snapped off, his weight being thrown upon it and fell heavily to the ground.- He was taken care of by the Hammond police and after being given medical attendance was placed on the 5 o'clock car. Leki used to work as a miner, "and a number of years ago was badly Injured,, when he was crushed by some falling coal. Leki was confined in the hospital nine months and the Injury left him practically helpless. Leaves for Farm. Rev. C. P. Meeker, the Chicago evangelist, who has preached In the revival tabernacle at Hoffman and Cedar streets on Jhe north side for some timo. has let for his farm in Michigan whem he will rest the balance of the 'week at least. Rev. Meeker may return to the work in Hammond which he has so successfully started and carried through many prosperous weeks, but it Is not a certainty. In the meantime the meetings will continue. Beginning tonight special services will be held in the tent of a co-operative nature in which all the faiths on the north side are interested. Rev. Fuller will have charge, and 1 though it is not to be a union meeting all churches are invited to participate;
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(C) Underwood & Underwood. II. A. Strauss of the Construction Engineering firm which bears his name, together with three of his head men, visited the site of the Baldwin Locomotive worka yesterday to look ovni hOrnTreu nd , . Tho H. A. Strauss Company has the contract for putting In tho foundations of the main building to be erected by the locomotive concern, and Mr. Strauss and his party came direct to the offices of the Calumet Kennedy and the Philadelphia Land companies. where they were escorted to the Bald win site by Fred T. Bussee. one of the acrenta of those firms. Inoulry developed the fact that work on the foundations is to be begun within a few days, unless some unfnmeen difficulties arises with refer ence to the procuring of water, which is now beinir drilled for. The engi neers in charge of the well that is to (Continued on Page 15.) !AD FIRE ACROSS THE RIVE A mare, a colt and a valuable horse burned alive today in a fire ' that de stroyed a stable in the rear of th Brusel Bros." grocery house 348 North Hohman street, Just over the river., Th fire taxed the ingenuity of Chief Dil Schneider's men from departments N09. 1 and 3. They labored in the hot su during the noon hour and the heat o the fire combined to make their task even more strenuous. By dint of hard labor and strategic methods the blaze was confined to th barn, which was completely razed. Tw boys who were seen playing with matches are said to have started th fire in a loft which was over half full of hay. The police are attempting t ascertain the names of the boys. Th damage Is given as J650. COUNTING NAMES ON PETITIONS "Pros" Forge Slightly -to Front in Sewer Battle. In the counting of names on petl ttons for and against the deep sewe system Otto Duelke, the city clerk finds the remonstrance to total 1.26 and the others considerably less. His statement knocks the props out from under the first appraisement of 1,900 which, was made at the time of presentation. It Is now a matter of th-i survival of the fittest, as boh sides have about the same number of signers. Conjecture gives hise to the opinion that the pros are easily victorious for so many errors are to be seen in the petitions of the antls. Chew I'nlon Scout Serap. Everybody's dola' It. MeHle-Scotten Tob. Co. Adv.
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(Special to Tbi Times.) Crown Point. Ind., June 18. Threo miles south of H-immond on the Panhandle tracks near Rlverdale Attorney Courtright of this city nearly lost his ife and lost a new touring car as th 1 result of a gateman's gross blunder. ! Mr. Courtright owes his life only to his agility. He was crossing the tracks at Riverdaje when he was signaled to stop on account of an approaching passenger train. He had Just crossed one set of tracks and directly on another when the flagman signaled him to halt. Courtright slowed down his machine and come to a stop as diredted when he saw bearing down upon him a freight train that was doing some switching. The engine of the auto was dead and the Crown Point lawyer Jumped out and tried to puBh the carl across the tracks but the brakes were I set tight and hard and the big car could not be budged. Courtright then had the pleasure and satisfaction of seeing the big freight bear down on his machine and brirsh it aside like so much chaff in the wind. In the opera- i tion the body and top of the big and new touring car was demdlihsed beyond repair. Courtright says It was one narrow escape and that he had to go some to escape with his life. Dr. Mary K. Jackson the Hammond practitioner, will summer In. Europe as representative of the.W. C. T...U. hos pital of this city. She will leave to morrow for the continent via New York and will return In the late summer or early fall to place the findings of her observations abroad at the disposal of the hospital, which will then be in operation in a temporary home while the $60,000 building is being erected. Care of Infants a Feature. Mrs. Jackson is to make a special study of the care of infants, a special feature of the Frances Willard hospital. It is impossible for the president of the W. C. T. U., Mrs. H. E. Granger to go abroad, but she will make an exhaustive Investigation of hospitals In Chicagof which will be valuable Dr. Jackson has made a study of the subject and knows Just where to go for certain phases of the work. Her trip should result in great good to the cause of the union. She will be a Cook's tourist a part of the way, but ENGLAND'S KING AND PICTURES TAKEN King and Queen
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While attending the wedding of Princess Lulse of Germany on May 84. ifing George of England and Queen Mary posed for a photographer in the royal palace at Berlin. The picture taken is shown above. The king, in honor of the occasion, is dressed in the uniform of a German cuirassier. Ths dress worn by the queen is of cloth of gold with a long train of the sams material. Her majesty wore a diamond tiara and ropes of magnificent diamonds round the neck, with a diamond pendant composed of two enormous stones.
Crown Point Youth Pinned Beneath Overturned Auto
(Special to The Timks.) Crown . Point, Ind.. June 18. Alfred, the twenty year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Teach living on North Court street met with a serious and probable fatal accident yesterday when ar. automobile he was driving turned turtle pinning the young man underneath the machine crushing him and causing severe internal injuries from which he will likely succumb. He has been assisting his father. Contractor Teach in some gravel road work near Valparaiso, having charge of a force of men and was taking several of them in the machine to lunch. Machine Strikes Rot. Going along at & good rate of speed the machine struck a rut in tlje road deflicting the front wheels, , throwing the auto to the side of the road whera it turned over into the ditch. The other occupants of the machine escaped with more or less serious bruises, but the steering wheel kept young Teach from extricating himself from the overturning automobile and he waa pinned directly underneath. Parents Rusk Tc- Htm. Tho news of the accident was telephoned his parents and family here, whom rushed to the scene with physicians last evening, the young man's condition being too serious to transfer him here, the doctor's last evening considering his chances for recovery doubtful. Later a report this mornfnf? states that the injured man passed a fairly comfortable . night and his chances of recovery looked brlghted this morning. there are some places that she eares to visit which are noi on the Cook t i route. r- . Is Her Donation. Women of the "W. C-- "J. TT.; are fery, grateftrl-tv Mrs, Jackson for her 4ona--tion to the cause. She Is 15 pay her own expenses. Mrs. Jackson says that there are many other Just as vitally Interested in the Frances Willard hospital for Hammond as she is and that the town will be surprised at the way . In which the project booms when once well under way. Busy for Lights. A force of laborers are busily engaged In excavating for the ornamental street lighting system on West State street and according to the progress which has been made during the past week the contractors are making an effort to rush the Job to completion. Voik Is now being done In putting in thf foundations and widening the side 'valk on bo'h sides of State street to th-.i extent of two feet. The Jarvis Electrical Company who secured the lighting contract have a number nf electricians on the Job, laying piping and wire. QUEEN HAVE THEIR , IN KAISER'S PALACE of England.