Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 26, Hammond, Lake County, 26 July 1913 — Page 1
LAKE COUNTY TIME WBATHKH. UNSETTLED TODAY AND SUNDAY. WITH PROBABLY SHOWERS. Z TIMES WITH YOU VOL. in., NO. 26. JULY 26, 191$.- EIGHT PAGES. SATURDAY AND "WEEKLY EDITION WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF NIGRTTTA, HIDDEN IN CAVES IN MOUNTAINS, WATCH SOLDIERS BURNING AND PILLAGING THEIR HOMES IN CITY
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Are Mrs. Delia Adams, and a Went Hammond woman, who took a dose of bi-chlorlde of mercury, with suicidal Intent one and the same party? Every precaution was taken to hush up the West Hammond affair. The woman la said to be recovering. The name of Mm. Adama was brought up in an inquiry made by her mother who lives at Koute. She Inquired over the long distance telephone regarding the report that her daughter had taken poison. Tha West Hammond woman is said
to have taken the poison in a fit or an Iter after a quarrel over some matter with her husband. This Is said to have occurred about last Tuesday. The family happened to have the bichloride of mercury in the house Its use having been . prescribed by some physician for some food purpose. After the quarrel, the woman Is said to have taken a number of the tablets and diluted them In a tumbler full of water. She drank the
poison unseen by her husband, and then told him about her action. H immediately summoned a Hammond physician and the latter's skill promises to save her life. The near victim previous to taking the poison had eaten a heaty meal, and this fact was In her favor when the life saving methods were applied. Bichloride of mercury Is remembered as the fatal I poison which was taken accidentally vjft-'by a Georgia banker.
CANDIDATES , EXPRESSING
THEIR VIEWS '. Municipal ownership, particularly of j a gas and oTectrto light plant has taken on the nature of an Issue among tha democrats. Tha position of Dr. W. T. Howat appears most prominent owing to the positive stand that he has taken in favor of a municipal gas and electric light plant. He made this clear to tha voters in an open letter. Mayor Smaller had made few or no statements as yet savoring of a platform. On this question his position can be construed however to favor a municipal lighting plant in a modified form, for in giving approval to the deep ewer pumping station plans he endorsed a project which is said to be large enough and partially designed to supply the street lights with electricity. This plant in fact is to serve several purposes, another one being that its furnaces shall be converted into a garbage nclnerator. He has never been known to speak of going into this business beyond the street lighting matter.
Judge McMahon's platform touches i the problem in a remote way. A change! Hammond TTOOp Hold EleCof the constitution would have to be 1 .. brought about first as municipal ow- tlOn 01 UlllCerS. nershlp Is one of the things that he! would submit to the people through I Twenty-five boy scouts from Ham-
the initiative and the referendum. i Paragreph fl-re of his platform says, "I am unqualifiedly in favor of the I. A R, and will as far as possible introduce It ln all matters, adminlMterinx V oltv ff ! r n hlrtnnnv nl
Junctnon with Public Utility Commls- j ,scout "".i8 at (;ry"tal jon Michigan, where the scouts have forty ' . 'acres of land and a big building used Paragraph seven says: "Realising1 ... . . f ,, . . . . . . . , as dining room and amusement hall in that this municipality is subject to the! rajn Weather llmitl.tlons prescribed by the state j utr'hela thelr rfi.r .lclegislature It will be my con-ant aim tjon of oflPICfip. ,,t nlfrnt and tbe sueto see liberal and progressive legisla- eB,ful can,lidates were: William Lawtion in behalf of cities like Hammond. ! Bon Pr,dent; James McGulre, Vice . I T- i A . 1 1 . . 1 1 . , 1 W -
SEWER Geta a Black Ky e Co n n mrl Advlne ff oe dlnge of Board of Works Are Illearai. There is now in the hands of the anti-deep sewer financial commttee a written opinion from Attorneys Whlnery and Gillett relating to the Deep Sewer Project, that Indeed, Is ' very encouraging. The opinion covers a number of type-written pages but' suffice it to state in their language, ' that the proceedlns of the Board of ; Public Works are Invalid. We want every anti-deep sewer property owner as well as sympa- ! thisers to be present at 8 o'clock Tues- I day evening, July 29, 191S in Long's hall, 1ST State street. We have mat- i tare to bring before such a meeting that . will be instructive and of vast1 importance to all. Tell your neighbor about this notice and get him out. The attorneys opinion will be read in open meeting. It is worth hearing and a classical document. Adv. COMMITTEE. Om your flafcfnar ud tevrlasr rrlpa always take a f(kac of Union Scent Scrap along. Its good for either ehew-Ina-or smoking. M .nie-Seottea Tob. Co.
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Women and Children of Ni?ritta Watching Ac Bulgarians Filliaging Their Hoinea as They Hide in the Mountain Caves. Few wars have seen so much misery as is endured in the present struggle in the Balkans. The massacres and atrocities at Nigritta were among the worst recorded in civilized times. Women and children were among those butchered and thousands v.-are left homeless by th torch.
SPLENDID IS GIVEN
Musio holds the center of the stage at the Redpath Gary Chautauqua today. ) Bohumlr Kryl and his famous band gave a concert this afternoon and tonight there wllf.be antther one. Winter Concerts for Gary. Tha excellency of the Chautauqua music gives an Idea of what can be expected at the series of winter concerts that the Redpath bureau is to give In Gary under the auspices of the public schools. It is probable that the first concert will be in December and the list of artists Include such notables a Fannie Bloomfleld-Zelsler. And if the patronage warrants It ever Madame Hcbuman-Helnk, Paderewski, Louise Homer and other great figures of the musical world will come to Gary under the auspices of the Redpath people. Got. Folk. Here Tomorrow, Former Governor Joseph Folk of Missouri, ever a potential candidate for the democratic nomination for the presidency, will lecture at the Chautauqua on Sunday afternoon. In the evening there will be a sacred concert by the Mozart company. BOY SCOUTS ARE TO CAMP mc-nd are to enjoy camp life this summer. Two are already there. Eleven start next Monday led by Prof. Woodbury of East Chicago end twelve more leave in two weeks under the care of ! the Scoutmaster Rev. Floyd H. Adams. and John Guerts, Treasurer. Three new members v--r.?. recived last night and took the pledge of allegiance. The new Baptist church looks good to the boys as It will have a fine big "gym"', baths, and game rooms. Just now they are holding forth ln Baptist Hall over the Lion store. TRY SECOND TIME; FAIL After a second attempt to live together which evidently was a failure Mrs. Dora S. Thurow of Gary has filed a divorce compalint ln the superior court asking a separation from her husband. Emll H. Thurow and the custody of the two children. She Is represented by the Gary law firm Seabright & White. The Thurows were married In Februarv 1904 a t Piano. 111. Fiv veam wr rtl irnroorf t tr.r. Kt month later they remarried. The her wife alleges cruel treatment ln divorce complaint. Seabright and White also represent Joseph A. McKee of Gary who asks' a divorce from his wife Nora McKee. They were married seven years ago and according to his complaint ln which he charges abandonment, they lived together two years. La Vendor cigars are pronounced excenttoMU? o4 -by. all amokerev Jdr
EDDIE MARSH PASSES AWAY Noted Hotel Man of Hammond In Past Dead At Hegewisch.
Edward Marsh, 55 years old, proprietor of the Delaware Hotel, at 132nd st.. and Wolf Lake, Hegewisch, and formerly proprietor of the Marsh Hotel In Calumet avenue. Hammond, before the street was paved and his place was a sort of ' half war house and fa-rmere exchange, died suddenly yesterday, supfmm v,rt rti.. Ha ... old-time politician and was well known to the sporting fraternity in Chicago. He has been proprietor of the hotel ever since Its removal from the world's 'fair grounds, where it had been the Deleware state building. "Eddie" Marsh was a note Republican politician In Hammond and was supposed to control the vote 1n the Calumet air pocket where he lived. He moved from Hammond three years ago. WEST HAMMOND THE DOG DiuS Rather Unusual Experiences Take Place In The City Across The Line. Queer things are happening in West Hamomnd these dog days and causing caustic comment by Idling citizens at the old village hall, i Tony Bublls danced the Tango wit his wife In the upper flat ln 38 ttr-th street and when the owner, Jacob Fllas, came to protest opened the door with one hand and hit him with a can of beer with the other. Tony was arrested and his trial came up at three o'clock today. Frank Jaquls and Sasey Volwltz, typical tramps, struck - West Hammond early today and In an attempt to hold up Officer O'Keefe were placed under arrest. At the station one tried to pick the pockets of Officer James Buckley while being booked. He was slapped on the wrist. Silly Season In Full Swing. Alderman Richard Zimmerman and Jim Hansen got het up, on the subject of the slit skirt and Its effect on erring mankind and Hansen had Aid. Zimmerman hailed up before Judge Stachowicz for provoke.. The case Is set for August 1. . Two Hammond girls were found asleep by the wayside the other morn lng. One had her shoes ' off and both Bhowed signs of a wild night They were held for a day on a e&apge of dis orderly conduct and then Sent home with a repremand from Chief of Police Okraj. The hobos were fined a dollar and costs when they sobored up by Judge Adam Stachowicz who has the other oases set for the near furture The Judge says that dispensing Justice in WBt Hammond Is no cinch. Knife Victim Recovering. Mike Tobalovich' of East Hammond, who was seriously Injured in a stabbing affray early Wednesday is reported as gradually improving at St. Margaret's hospital today and unless complications set in from the four knife wounds he will recover. The three East Hammond men who attacked Tobalovich are still being held by the Haenmondpolice.
ATTACKS GIRL AID ESCAPES
A man hunt in which police and
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la" "er lne Ina" had assaulted Cecelia King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward King of 43S0 Northcote avenue. The man was cornered back of the B. & O. C. T. shops, but pulled a gun on the crowd and made his escape. He left his hat which is now In possession of the police. One arrest was made later, the prisoner being Paul Flanders of 4831 Wegg avenue. Upon being looked over by some who had participated in the chase and who got a good look at the culprit when he was cornered, Flanders was released as the wrong roan. The girl was seized and knocked down, but she was otherwise unharmed, her screams bringing to her rescue Mr. Knight in front of whose house In Northcote avenue the incident occurred, and others. Cecelia had been spending the evening out, and at about 9 o'clock was on her way home. Suddenly a man sprang out of the shadows and seized her in his arms. He knocked her down and she screamed. When he saw that help was about to come to the girl, he took to his heels, running In the direction of the car shops. About half a dozen men pursued the flying figure until he was cornered, when he turned upon tnem and P01"41" a a"un ln helr dlrection, told them that the first man who moved his way was a dead man. This had the effect of stopping the chase and the man escaped ln the darkness. Those who saw the fellow describe him as five feet 11 inches ln height, and weighing about 1S5 or 140 pounds. He wore a black hat, the one now held by the police, gray coat, blue shirt, and black trousers. The pojlce were at once notified but by the time they could reach the scene of the trouble, the man had been lost sight of. A dragnet was at once established to prevent the fellow making good his pret-away, the police of Hammond, Whiting, Gary and South Chicago having been notified to be on the watch for him. A number of men believe they would recognize him If he is arrested. Officers Keri and Toth have been detailed on the case for the local department. DOUBLE TARGET FOR GUNNERS Members of the Hammond Gun Club will hold thpir seml-weeklv shoot at Sharpshooters park Sunday afternoon and among the Interesting features will be the second try-out of the double .target trap. ' The new trap was tried out at the last regular shoot and considerable Interest was evidenced among the . members in , the target event, considering that It was their first attempt, some good scores were made. J. M. Gardner Dead. Joseph M. Gardner, 68 years old. employed on the city street department, died ,at the family residence at 79 Plummer avenue yesterday morning at S o'clock, following a lingering Illness. Funeral services will be held at the All Saints church Monday morning at 8 o'clock. The Rev. Father Barrett will officiate and interment will be made at St. Joseph cemetery. He to eiinrrred by a widow.
BATTLE OF AUTOISTS
MYSTIFIES POLICE Autoists Engage Revolver Duel During Chase From Hegewisch to Chicago. Mystery surruds a revover battle which took place between the occupants of two speeding automobiles in Hegewisch. last night, and the police are conducting a city-wide search for the It Is. be lieved that a, "kidnaping- migbt IhaVe been responsible for the exciting chase,' and it Is declared that a certain Hammond autoist knows more about It than he cares to tell. Policeman George Jones was standing at One Hundredth street and Avenue Li when he heard the revolver shote coming from Swing avenue, a block away. Two automobiles flashed by at a sped of sixty miles an hour. The first car contained two men and three women and the second contained three men. Jones ran to Ewing avenue, where spectators of the shooting said that Just as the' first car reached One Hundredth street a man in the front car stood uo and fired three shots at the pursuers. Some said that the fire was eturnd by those In the rear car, but Jones declared he heard only three shots. Both cars continued at terrific speed toward Cricago, and Jones telephoned to the South Chicago police to have the Ninety-second street bridge swung open to prevent the automobilists from proceeding farther. The bridgetender refused to open the draw, butvstretched the chains across and stopped twenty automobiles. Jones was unable to Identify, any of these. CITIZENS COMPLAIN. Complaint is being made by vehicle owners because the Monon railroad ha. had the Russell street crossing closed ,i ..... t-, , . r for nearly three das. The gates were lifted this noon. bridge gang will close the Clinton street crossing to put In new crossing planks, ties and sidetrack rails. The foremen say they have the permission of the board of public works to block the crossings while the repair work Is under way and that they can not work to best advantage If only part of the crossing is to be completed part at a time. Those who make the complaint however insist that the board should not have permitted the company to close the entire crossing. PORTER COUNTY GRAND JURY Valparaiso, Ind.. July 26. Still today the grand Jury Is, busy with witnesses. The last of about fifteen from Kouts were examined today. It is said. and allowed to return home. The Jury, according to report, will make an ln-
vestlgatlon to the affair at Hebron, I continue at the rate they have so far. when J. R- Lewis, of this city, was hit j within one week he has sent five cows with a hammer in the hands of Taylor) and one horse by Wells Fargo express Eaton. No session will be held today, j ag well as crates and boxes of goods. Prosecutor Fablng would give out no j The employes of the company in Hamstatement this morning, except that j monrj have had to transfer these ant-
the proceedings would probably last all of two weeks. NEW HAMMOND CO. TIME! BIHKAIT. AT STATU CAPITAU Indianapolis, Ind., July 28. The Hammond Shade & Curtain Fixture Co. was incorporated here today for $10,000 for manufacturing purposes. The directors are S. J. Gill. J. M. Stlnson and J. T. Zltz. A Gas Ranee does away With OlrV-a No. lad.. Oaa SI Co.
The Pennsylvania flyer from Cincinnati, which went through Riverdale at 9:15 this morning, was partally wrecked at Eurnham when the flyer'smogul struck the d-rail neex Cnllman avenue and turned over completely, attracting the biggest crowd in the shortest order Burnham and Hegewisch has ever seen. 'None of the coaches left the rails, and beyond a few bruises and shocks, no passengers were injured. The train consisted of two baggage, two express, two day coaches, a diner and four Pullman sleepers.. No blame for the wreck has been attached.
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Stockholder of Gary Traction Line Asks Appointment of Receiver For Merged Properties
Valparaiso, Ind.. July 26. Many of Jobbing enterprises heavily In debt and th important interurban electric lines ( non-dividend-paying, operating through northern Indiana i Alleges Xon-Consent. are threatened with a' tieup through He declares that because of the merthe action yesterday of Ferdinand C. ger the profits accruing to stoekholdRaff of South Bend, who filed appllca-'ers from the operation of the Gary & tion in the Porter Circuit Court asking ' Interurban will be greatly diminished for the appointment of a rcelver for ( by the operating expenses of these the Gary & Interurban Railway com-j roads, which are maintained at a profit pany. Paff also asks for the dlssolu- so small they will never be able to tion of the merger whereby this com-'liquidate obligations. pany recently absorbed the Gary A I Haff specifically alleges that the mer-
Connectlng Railways company, the Val-' paraiso & Northern, the Goshen, South Bend Sc. Chicago and the Chicago A. New York Air line, all electric inter-
urban railway systems. Judge A. D. be changed from the present tnanageBartholomew set the case for Septem-Jment and that a receiver be appointed, ber 8. ; (The defendants named in the cornIn his complaint Raff states that he plaint &r Mayor Lmuel Darrow of La-
owns 5.040 shares In the Gary Inter-' urban road. He asserts that the earn-i ings of the road last year were $94,000; that the merger roads are merely stock El LEAVES LAKE TRIP FOR Til Carrying a fat suitcase, said by some to contain greenbacks and yellow eagles, and by others to house the famous golden brown-hued lull-dress suit, a smllfng darky -porter last night trotted behind Alderman Tim Englchart of Gary, who was head-id 5z railway depot. In company w Englehart, Big Tim last night Detroit, from where he will set sail on the bounding main for various ake ports. The Two Dnken Wilt Meet. After traversing the American end of the lakes, the Duke of Ridge Road will invade Canada, an dat Ottawa, he will cal on H. R. H. the Duke of Connaught, governor-general and commander-in-chief of the Dominion of Canada. Just what will happen when his H. R. H the Duke of Ridge Road shakes . 1 . . V- . 1 . - . . I- . f . , , . ' k no w , du v i rienus i " "V ! h lth" BeU h,lm P' 1 Soth Broadway lots or else persuade with him. Troops to Be on Hand. Big Tim expects to be gone for three weeks, returning ln time to take a hand ln the opening of the Gary city camjaipn. The militia, It Is said, will be on hand when the Gary duke arrives at the Canadian port. But the houshold guards will be there as a mark of hon-
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or and not for the purpose of watching usual routing at en ..'ciock MiH i. ornand nailing down things, whi?h they ing when the 'juzzer on the switchare said to do when some of the Gary board sounded. city hall contractors take a jaunt into "Papa, papa." plta led an agitated Canada, voice, "send the boys quick, my house Is on fire."
BOSSIE WANTS RIDE; EXPRESSMAN SWEAT A farmer somewhere around Crown Point will have moved his entire farm, wagons, live stock. Implements and household effects to Michigan City by the first of August if his shipments t mgis to the Michigan Central where they are about as welcome as a snowstorm ln May. The last cow arrived this afternoon and Insisted in being carried over to the Michigan Central. Finally the expressmen gave in and loaded it into a truck. The cow looked spectacular to say the least on the trip down State street. COMBKATIOJi. Von can smoke and rbevr "Country CI Tib." Nothing better. Save the Coi pons. See premium list. McHte-Scot-4 tea Ton. Co. .
ger was effected without the consent of all the stockholders of the Gary & Interurban. Raff asks that the control of affairs porte, the railway companies, F. W. Wood of Gary C. W. Chase of Chicago A. C, Miller of Valparaiso and Frank N. Gavitt of Whiting, TWO MEN DIE ; FROM. SHOCK Birmingham, Ala., July 26. Donald A. Kenney, a chauffeur, and Christophed Gustin, an Iron molder, were killed last night by an electric shock at the local hall of the Loyal Order of Moose. An Initiation was in progress and It is said that an electric shock was a part of the ceremony. In some way, not yet explained, Kenney and Gustin. It is stated, received too much current. It was at first thought the two men fainted end they were hurried to a hospital, where both died shortly afterward. THIS FIRE CALL WORRIED LI AD GREEN And His Daughter Got Mighty Quick Response. Z. D. "Pap" Green, who as switchboard operator in the Central fire department station, receives the alavn.n that com In is quite accustomed to the frantic cries that coraj over the telephone. He has probably heard more of this nature than any other man in Hammond. While Me answers with a word of assurance ho presses the button thit sends the norsi-s to their po)o ln tne various departing nts. He was prijaed ;o go thtouiTli the It was the fireman's daughter. Mrs. James Bowen, residing at ft Sumim-r street. Fire from an unknown source had broken out in some excelsior In the basement anj had a fairly pood start before It was diacovereil. A neighbor's little girl called Mrs. Bowen's attention to It. The damage does not exceed $75 in value and Is covered by Insurance. "I surely want to thank the hoys for their prompt response," said Mrs. Bowen to The Times today. "But for them we might have lost our place." When the alarm came Into the Central station, "Pap" Green dispatched Nos. 1 and 4 to the scene of th trouble without any furher explanations. ! "There was no need of giving any 'further instructions or making explanations" said the veteran fireman. "I i was satisfied that the departments i would hurry no faster nor work hard er a-t a place of mine or my family than they do for any one else." For real good vnlaen ask yonr denier for I nine Sront Scrap. The bent chew ln the world. McHle-Scotteu Tob. Co
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