Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 44, Hammond, Lake County, 8 August 1913 — Page 1

EE LAK iVENING H rROBABLY THUNDER SHOWERS AND WARMER TODAT. EDITION ora cunt FKu ' xpy. .(Back Itumbera 1 Cents Copr.jr VOL. VUL, NO. 44. HAMMOND, INDIANA. FBID AY, AUGUST 8, 1913.

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WABASH Til RUHS Mi DOWN

Accident Happens in Gary; Decedent Found With a Hammond Address on His Person, But no Name Is Given. An unidentified man was killed on the Wabash railway tracks near Fifth avenue in the Ambrldge district of Gary last night. It is thought that the victim went to sleep under a box car and that he met his death when a freight engine moved the car. A Hammond Address. The remains were taken to the Gary Undertaking Company's morgue, 633 Washington street. Papers found in the clothing bore the names of Henry Kaedker. Evergreen Pork, 111., and J. A. Raplogae, 615 Oakland avenue, Elkhart, Ind. The address, 11J9 Walter st, Hammond, Ind., with no name Included was also listed. The victim is probably 30 years old, 5 feet 7 inches. 160 pounds, light hair, part bald, light complexion, smooth shaven, wore light underwear, brown coat, kahkl trousers, clean brown shirt in coat poket, black lace shoes, no hat found. Picture of Little Girl. Undertaker Klnch found In the clothes a Kodak snapshot of a little girl riding astride a horse in a paved street. A blank bank note on the Illinois State Bank of Crete bearing the following inscription was also found on the clothes: "Bessie 57695. E. Mets, Nlles, Mich. Owned by W. P. Smith." There also followed two words that couldn't be made out This is believed to refer to a registered horse or bull dog. IDE FOIL Herein is printed a tabloid novel that tells of the rapid rise of Silverwood Phelps of Miller, Indiana. It is a sort of "From Jumper to Tuxedo," rags and riches, tale that has a heart throb In each chapter. To quiet the fears of speculating readers it is well to say In this foreword that the story is complete tn one issue. Preface (From the U. S. Patent Gazette). 1,069,462. DINNER-PAIL, SILVERWOOD THELPS, MILLER, IND. Files Dec. 31, 1910. J. William Nlewkirk, Gary, assigned one half. Serial No. 600,321. Elaborate arrangement. ChaptTi The Flrmt. Noon! (always start with an exclamation point). Booming whistles, scurrying crowds, ud the clatter of overhead crane (Contiinuod on pare four.) A recent enactment of the legislature is to be pressed into enforcement at once by Frank 0'Rourke,,city sealer. The law compels housewives, restaurant keepers, etc., to wash clean all bottles before returning them to the milk dairy. KAISER'S SON FOR ALBANIAN IHRONE? A Prince Eitel Friedrich. In German political and diplomatic circles there is much discussion of the rumor that a son of Kaiser William, namely Prince Eitel Friedrich, will be chosen with the sanction of the powers as the future ruler of Albania. Other names hare been mentioned, too, but no definite information Is

DINNER PHIL AGAIN

ENDS S6-DAY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD

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New York. Aug. 8. John Henry Mears of Chicago, the special commissioner of a New Tork newspaper, who left New York early in July on a trip around the world, arrived in New York last night with a record that beats by 3 days 22 hours 7 minutes and 37 seconds the beat previous time for such a Journey. The former record held by Andre Jaeger-Schmidt of Paris was 39 days 19 hours 42 minutes and 37 4-5 seconds. Mears' time was 36 days 21 hours 35 minutes and 4-6 of a second. He was behind his schedule by fourfifths of a second. This time was lost in getting through the crowd of friends and admirers that surrounded him as he left the Grand Central terminal. ' . Mears is a Chicago man," living at 1426 Hyde Park boulevard, in , that city. " ' , ..... PROMISES TO BE BIG FAI8JHIS YEAR Reservations Crowd Crown Point for Fair Time; Horses Arriving. (Special to Thb Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 8. Room reservations are already being made at the various hotels in the city for the r four days and three nights of Lake County's big annual fair, the proprie tors stating that the reservations are being made mijch earlier than usual, which usually means a big crowd of non-resident attendants at the yearly show. Refreshments stand and concession men are already applying for the choicest locations to cry their wares, and everything points to a recordj breaking fair this year. The city is already filling with the usual crowd of people that follow and (make their living at the various fair j circuits, which Is also earlier than cusj tomary. Two car loads of horses arI rived over the Panhandle yesterday to ! put In their time training previous to the three days racing and the speed management expects to have every stable and stall filled with fast ones ere the start of the first race. PLAN LABOR DAY BOXING MILL An elaborate boxing show in which two well-known flght rs will be seen in the main go Is being planned by promoters this week for the afternoon of Labor day, and according to the arrangements this morning: the show will be staged at the former Hammond theater, provided the work of remodeling the Interior of the building is completed by that time. Just who the promoters have signed, up for the windup has not been made public, but thy promise two fighters of considerable class and will put on a card that will rival anything ever staged in northern Indiana.' Labor day being a general holiday, it is thought that the Hammond theater will be packed to the beams. Gilleri Arrested. Jmes Glllen, 24 years old, formerly of Hammond, who is said to have a police and Jail record, was arrested on a petit larceny charge by Chief OkraJ of the West Hammond police force yesterday morning and is held for trial before Judge Stachovitz tomorrow, t Gillen was caught In the act of takthe copper wire from motor colls In the old electric light plant by the chief of , pollcev He. told the official that he had Just come in from Dayton, Ohio, and that he was out of money. He formerly lived In Hammond and Capt. Rimbach identified him as one with whom he had to deal when he f wa& chief of police of Hammond.

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SERVICE WANTED Towermen and flagmen for night and day work on Monon railroad crossings in the city of Hammond. Apply M. T. Smith, foreman. Sibley street depot. Chickens are coming home to roost in the general manager's office of the Chicago, Indianapolis ' and Louisville Railroad. Complaints, newspaper rotists and appeals have been fired in volleys until officials are awake to the im portance of making amends with the I people of Hammond for neglect and carelessness In the past. The Very Klnt Move. That resolve Is signified by the above wand ad which was .inserted in The Timss classified columns today by M. T. Smith, foreman of the section gangs out of South Hammond. "les, admitted Mr. Smith, "we are going to clean out the Incompetent men. Not all are unworthy but those who ! are must go." It Is one of the tragic notes of every day life that when this advertisement of the Monon railroad is read by the old and tottering men at the shanties and towers it will cause their hands to I tremble and their eyes to wander from the paper. To them there is no future. A watch shanty represents the Jumpinff off place, their Waterloo. They can make no protest against a civilization that fails to provide for them. No one would hear them if they did. Smith ts ' Determined. "But" gald foreman Smith, "I can't keep the old fellows if they don't do their work. Of course the public must be protected." That the Monon intends to earn back the favor of Hammond's traveling pub lic and the city council which is leg islating against it is evident In the construction of new gates and the repair ing of crossings. To satisfy Alderman Oscar Plagenujn and other warring councllmen the Monon will now have to dispense with Its morning and evening dummy or not let It stand for hour at a time belchlug1 smoke into Russell street he-rnes." It also must see that cars are kept back from the streets. R. B. Robertson, general agent of the Monon railroad was In Hammosd today conferring with W. A. Barkmas in regard to conditions. He looked" over the situation, talked to men of prominence and returned. He would say nothing other than than "there will be some changes." LIFE IS AGAIN IMPERILLED Erie Switch Engine Bears Down on Hammond Funeral Procession. Gross neglect on the part of an Krie railroad engineer at the deadly Clinton street crossing which only two months ago claimed the life of John Prohl, nearly resulted in another rat as trophe to the funeral procession yes terday afternoon, when the engineer of an Erie switch engine failed; to heed the signal of the crossing watchmen and came within a hair's breath of striking a carriage of mourners. The funeral procession was that of Genevievo Camp and was In charge of Undertaker Charles Neidow. It was proceeding west on Clinton street on its way to the German Lutheran church. At the Clinton street crossing assistant .W. H. Brooksj in an auto con taining flowers ?vas given a signal to I proceed and no sooner had the procession started across the tracks, than a ! lone switch engine was noticed bearing I down upon them. t The flagman did all in his power to ! flag the engineer to stop, but the en I gineer paid no heed to the warning and ! came straight ahead. Without a sec ond to spare, the carriages and autos J drove to safety, the engine cutting the funeral procession In two and barely missing hitting a carriage containing five mourners by a close call. It is said that the engineer laughed j and was going about 8 miles an hour ; when the engine struck the crossing. In all It was a norrow escape and because of pure neglect. MINAS EMPLOYES HAVE OUTING Employes of the E. C. Mlnas com pany enjoyed a half day holiday yes terday afternoon in the event of their annual picnic and outing which was held at Lake Front park. Employes of the store, their families and friends, numbering in the neighborhood of 200, spent the outing in picnic fashion and report a very enjoyable and pleasant time. Two special cars were used in conveying the employes to the park. which was decorated with American flags and presented a gala appear ance. Two long tables were spread with an abundance of good things. after which water sports and games were enjoyed during the evening:.:

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ARTIST'S -FORMER WIFE INTRODUCES THE LATEST FAD ON NEWPORT BATHING BEACH

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Alra. Henry Bott. Mrs. Hehry Hutt,, the former wife of the well-known artist, as she ap

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est fad Introduced by her, and which the four hundred at Newport are rushing to have made for their use on the beach. Mrs. Hutt posed for many of her husband's pictures of beautiful women and was at one time declared by

him to be the one American woman who FATHER'S

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Oil City Lass Comes to Region to Search for Father

Who Is Well-Known Carpenter; Declares That He Disappeared in Night Attire on May 27; Foul Play Suspected by Man's Relatives.

Miss Josie Guzik, 17 years old, a mere slip of a girl, uninitiated into the ways of the world, came alone to Hammond yesterday from her home in OJl City, Pa.. In search of her father, John Gu zik, a carpenter. She will solve if possible the mystery of his disappearance on May 27 from the Mike Janeczko saloon and boarding house in 21? 155th street. West Hammond. ; First LEADS AUTOISTS ON LONG JOURNEY Carl G. Fisher. Vice President Carl G. Fisher of the Lincoln Highway association and owner of the Indianapolis speedway, recently lead a party of Indiana autoists over che proposed Lincoln highway, which ia to connect both ends of the nation with a well built roadway over which automobile touring parties will be able to travel from ocean to ocean. It was the first time a party of autoists had gone over the long route. Several millions of dollars have already been subscribed toward making the highway & reality, and a tifi ia now before the U. S. congress calling for a large contribution for

. J- w iff 'A ; . vf U her poke bonnet with roses, the lat eclipsed Venus In beauty. DISAPPEARANCE public knowledge of her father's disappearance was made hv Ml n,,.iir and one of his fellow-boarders to Thb Times last nleht. Was Il Spirited Away. Guzik faded from the face of the j earth in his night shirt. Every bit of : nis clothing, tools and personal effects remained behind him. A watch, a rator ' and $200 were missing. Koul nlav (a suspected. He was last seen going to !hi s room on May 27 by a f ellow-board-i er. The next mornlnr everything was j found in the room save Guzik. his night j shirt and his hoard. Josie.- his daughter,, fears that he Is gone forever, but j that all may know in what manner he went sne is toaay studying the evi dence and offering valuable aid to the police. Why he should have left without his clothes amazes the authorities. Girl Beirtm Drtertlve Work. A resident of West Hammond for ten years whose friends were numerous, Guzlk'a disappearance excited comment among the carpenter's fellow workers at the time. In East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Gary he was wellI known, having worked on buildings In those cities. That some chance acquaintance who remembers him by sight but does not know his name, may be Informed, Miss Guzik gives a description of her father as follows: Five feet 3. weighs 140 to 150, age 50, dark complexioned. WILL BUILD THEATER. (Special to Ths Times.) Whiting, Ind., Aug. 8. M. Rothschild, one of the proprietors of the Model Clothing House in Hammond has plans completed for a new theater which he Intends to erect on One Hundred and Nineteenth street, . in Whiting. The building is to be a one story brick structure, having- a frontage of thirty-two feet and a depth of one hundred and twenty feet. The stage of the theater is to be large enough to accomodate high class and large vaudeville acts, vaudeville and "movies" are to be the attraction at the house. Mr. Rothschild already has a prospective lesee and Intends to let the contract in the very near future. . Cook with Gaa. save money and time, and banish dirt. No. Ind. Gas Klee, Co.

CSpeclal to The Times.) Whiting, Ind.. Aug. 8. Miss Alma Mettler, a telephone operator, stuck to her post last night at the switchboard. alone in a fire. Through three wild demonstrations of the elements wh,lch last ed from eleven at night till dawn In the morning she answered all calls, realizing the Importance of service In a storm. She plugged away after the building had been struck by lightning Land taking shocks and all, the flames came through the floor, the atmosphere grew torrid, firemen arrived, smoke filled the room, but Alma still stuck to her Job. Says She Was Safe. "I am expected to stay on the Job," she said. "I think It Is fine to do some-

NSPECTOR GRILLS CITIES

OF CALUMET REGION

A clean-up, thorough and complete. of restaurants, confectlonarles, hotel toilets, street cars, alleys and streets must take place in the cities of the Calumet region If they are to escape the prosecution of state inspectors. Official On Tour. F. W. Tucker, state Inspector of foods and drugs, has Issued' an ultimatum after a three day tour of the Twin Cities and a day or so In Hammond. He finds a grave laxity in essential matter of cleanliness In the different cities especially In Indiana Harbor. It la Criminal. Unsavory odors attacked the well trained nostrils of Inspector Tucker on eveyr side- la Indian Harbor,., "There Is but one clean restaurant In the city, he stated. "In one we found a row of vegetable ; cans, opened and partly emptied. When you call for beans, peas, or tomatoes they hand you a case of ptomaine poisoning and hare the nerve to charge you ror it. an a bakery shop I found a fellow kneading (Continued on Page 4.) Brooklyn, K. Y, Ang. 8. Mrs. Aloyalua O. Hair ran, alater-ln-law of Queens Boron President Connolly, la ulng for temporary alimony and coun sel fee says huahand handcuffed her to Magistrate Harry TMlller. for two hours, after retnrnlg from funeral. Called It a Joke. Cleveland. 0 Ang. S. Kieentlv hoard of Investment Bankers' Association of America meeting here to plan for annual convention next October, select ticket of officer and board of governors. Milwaukee, Wis,. Aug. 8. Extensive plana made here for entertainment of Cardinal filbbona during visit to convention of American Federation of Catholic Societies, becauae believed It will be hta last visit. Cardinal la 70 and aaya he docn not expect to live much longer. v York, Aug. 8 Gunboat Smith and Jim Flynn meet at Madison Square Garden tou'ant for ten round. Smith asya he will win victory which will put him In line for heavyweight championship. Flynn equally confident. London, Aug. S. mhnaaador Page taking advantage of preaence of American physicians here attending International Congress of Medicine, com pleting plana for waging loo,uow world-wide war against dlseaae. Moacow, Aug. 8. Aa result confer ence hela here ny lenninn l id railroad lines of Russia and Japan time to circle globe be mensurable reduced. All-Russian route through Vladlvoatock be eliminated. Passeng er ualng route, however, will misa j Great AVal Iln vicinity of Pekln, China. ; London. Aug. S. Members fashionable cluba in London engaged In merry war over brunette and blondes. Some one posted notice "Shun, my brothers, the long tongue of the short woman; beware of brunette's babllng," in leading club's library, which started dis-euaalon.

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ct -i , t" x ,-J governor and served one term, being SchOOlS tO Be Improved. defeated for re-election. Hi, mal The district school around West jcationa for handling the difficnlt Hammond are to receive a coating of diplomatic Situation fr Mesico ar paint, inside and out, before school not known. He ha never bad any opens in September. A meeting of the experience with the peculiar Latindi&trict board was held Thursday at American temperament or foreisrn which this was decided upon. No oth- relations ir particular, and does cot er business of importance came up. SpeaJcJSjJiyjiilfcsy -"

thing like that. It makes one feel kind of good to know that you don't shy at danger." Damage estimated at JS50 was done by the fire In the basement and in the walls of the telephone building on Chicago avenue near 119th street, which is owned by Dr. William Putman. Irene Putman, daughter of the physician, came downstairs when smelted smoke and found that the basement was afire. Lightning had struck electrical apparatus In the building and traveled down and started the blaze. Miss Mettler routed out the fire department whloh did noble work In the storm and saved the block. How she escaped Instant death when the lightning descended is a mystery to the layman who does not understand the safeguards of a switchboard. INSPECTOR TUCKER'S REPORT "Indiana Harbor hu tnt ran res. taurant la which a man can eat sanitarily and comfortably, tao rest are not aa they ougrfct to be. The alleys are dirty. MKaat CWftg anst clean up. Th eonfectlonarlea and candy at ore are the wonrt offenders there. "Hammond ta reported by the traveling public to have n Military tolleta In her hotels, dirty ,treet ear mswi -depots. - It In foM Ctktit niMh -. of the !. t rtvatu here eetntntna starchy nhttsne to replace erea man dcheapn It. "Gary la the best ' of the quartette." Of Wilting Mr. Tucker did not ay. Mother Loses Fortune. By the suicide of Ruby Musselman in South Chicago on the 10th of June, it .develops today that her mother will lose a large fortune due her from the girl's father. Mrs. Charles Gordon, the mother, is well known in Hammond. Her daughter took bichloride of mer- ! cury. The estate which was to come j to the daughter and the mother now 1 goes to an aunt. PRESIDENT AWAITS REPORT OE LIND 1 John Lind. Before taking any further action with regard to the Mexican situation , President Wilson will await the report f John Lind, his personal representative who has gone to Mexico. Mr. Lind was born in Sweden in 154 and came to this country st the age of fourteen. He served as . member of consress on the Republilican side at the same time that W. J. Bryan was in congress and later ! became a Bryan Democrat In 1H93 i he left congress and nractked law in his state. In 1899 t.e was elected

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