Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 52, Hammond, Lake County, 18 August 1913 — Page 1

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Frank Stavager, 5027 Alexander ave nue, Oklahoma, a trusted foreman for the International Lead company was arrested Saturday by Sergeant Mike Gorman of the East Chicago police station, charged with larceny? For some time past the company has been missing gold and silver bullion extracted from the lead It smelts. A watch was set but the thief could not be discovered. No one suspected Stavager, who was trusted Implicitly. Jeweler Gives Clue. His undoing was brought about through tha aid of a South Chicago Jeweler named Stewart, doing business at 3046 Ninety-second street, to whom Stavager applied to dispose of his Illgotten gains. Clever work on the part of Sergeant Gorman accomplished his arrest with the stolen goods on his person. ' The foreman visited Stewart's place early last week in company with another man. his ostensible object being (Continued on Page 8.) A very serious accident occurred yesterday at the Linde Air Products company's plant, 145th street and Kennedy avenue, j!ast Chicago, in which one man was fatally injured, and oth- . ers. It Is understood were hurt, and . serious damage to property done. The man who was fatally injured was Joseph Gargos. He was taken to St. Margaret's hospital where after lingering for many hours In agony, he died this morning. It was lmposible to obtain a statement of the accident from the Linde Air Products people thi morning. LATER Oaficlala . f the,, company deny the explosion but say that Gargos was injured by being struck in- the abdomen by a flying bit of steel as the usual Sunday repairs were being made. A Little Drama. A man in Hammond lost his wife and a neighbor at one and the same time last evening. It is reported that the wife is back, but that cannot be confirmed. But it is doubtful if the neighbor ever will be seen in these parts again. This neighbor coveted the other's wife. He started to elope with her on his motorcycle. They were detected by the husband, who 5ur'shPd a revolver. The neighbor jumped at him, a fight ensued, the husband was knocked down, and the assailant ran. The wife had left screaming when the struggle commenced. In exchange for his wife the husband got a perfectly good motorcycle which he didn't want. The drama was enacted near St. Margaret's hospital. A Gas Range combines convenience nd economy. No Ind. Gas & Elec Co. IS SISTER-IN-LAW OF HER OWN SISTER Mrs. Hallie Couch Calloway. Miss Hallie Sloan Couch of Texas, whose sister is the wife of Congressman Oscar Calloway, has just married E. Gilbert Calloway, brother of the congressman. This makes the congressman the brother-in-law of his own brother and Mrs. Calloway the sister-in-law of her own sister. The romance started in Washington where Miss Couch was visiting the Calloways when the brother of the congressman also came for a visit. No time was lost and they are now returning to Texas from whence they came only a short tim Biro with no idea of matrimony.

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HARRY K. THAW ESCAPES FROM MATTEWAN

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VBSTJ FOX) New York. Aug. 18. Harry K. Thaw has enjoyed one day of freedom and he will probably never be confined against within the jurisdiction of the New York authorities, who have held him as an insane man since he killed Stanford White in this city on the night of June 25, 1906. His well planned escape from the state hospital for the criminal insane at Mattewan during the milkman's visit yesterday morning, is believed to have placed him outside- the state, where he .is a free .man unless the authorities in' the pJoe to wtlch he its fled adjudge iilffi. Insane. J" ' ..." Lawyers . seem to be unanimous today in the opinion' that there is positively no hope for the extradition of Thaw if he is found In any other state. His whereabouts was altogether a subject of conjecture, the theory being, however, that he la on board a yacht, seeking to escape to Europe, or else still In hiding in New England. The Mattewan asylum is only thirty miles from the Connecticut line and the mys0 AFFAIR "Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain," had nothing on Indiana Harbor as a "deserted village," as the latetr apepared this morning after the mammoth steamship, Theodore Roosevelt, crowded to the guards steamed out of the harbor, and fourteen of the 1 big coaches of the South Shore, ditto as to condition, had started with their loads of humanity for Michigan City to attend the annual picnic given by the Inland mill employes. Previous to these departures the city had never presented so busy a spectacle. Never even when the mills and factories are disgorging their workmen by the hundreds and thousands, on thieir way home from work, have there been so many people on the streets at the same time as appeared this morning. But Instead of the grime and sweat of toil everybody who appeared was in holiday attire, laden with hampers and baskets of good things to eat and variously encumbered after the manner of people who are jgoing out to spend the day at a picnic. The crowd was in the height of good spirits. Everything was propitious for the "time of their lives" for everybody. The weather had been kinder than it usually is for these outings, the Inland people having heretofore been rather unfortunate in this respect. This fact, coupled with the fact that there are more men at work right now than is usual at this time of the year had a tendency to swell the crowds of merry makers, until for a time it looked as though, generous as had been the provisions to take care of the crowd, there would not be accommodations for all. This caused no end of worry among those who had not been forehanded enough to provide themselves early with tickets, and to be early on the scene to grab the cars the moment they made their appearance. However, all were finally taken care fContlnued Pas S.)

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terious high power car which carried Thaw away probably crossed well within an hour, or half that time, at full sp?ed. Darting past 8n attendant who had Just opened the gate to the asylum grounds for . the milkman to enter, .Thawfeaped into ,a slx-cyllnder automobile which stood throbbrn-g opposite thfe entrance,' and disappeared in a whirlwind of dust in the direction of the Connecticut line. " A second automobile followed him. Barnum's breathless declaration a few moments later at the asylum brought Dr. Kleb, the superintendent, to his feet like a pistol shot. Within a moment he was standing at the telephone and as Barnum poured the story into his ears repeated it qver the wire to police head YOUNG WOMEN IN MEN'S BATH SUITS Visitors nt Miller beach yesterday vrere amed to see three comely young vromen plunge Into tbe surf garbed In men's hoflilng suits. The m;tt were srmlrw and leglens and the appearance of the women in the costume drew a big oroTid. Sonif Indignant MUIerltes are said to have gone post haste for the tovrn marshal, but they didn't And him. CHICAGO LAD IS DROWNED IN WCLFLAKEi Max Negele's Sunday Expedition Causes His Life j Ending at Roby. j i Unable to swim and wading out beyond his depth into 15 feet of water Max Negle, 15 years old. residing in Chicago was drowned in the Wolf Laki River at Roby yesterday afternoon. After a search of nearly 24 hours the Hammond police and a party of searchers have failed to locate the bod y. The drowning occurred about 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Wolf Lake River near Phil Smith's place at Roby. Young Negle had come out from Chicago and was spending the day at the lake. It is said that he was unable to swim and waded Into a drop off where the water is nearly 15 feet deep. His cries attracted the attention of a number of people nearby who failed in their effort to reach his body before he went down for the third time. Work was started to locate the body with grappling hooks but no trace of it has been found. The boy's parents were notified and. are nearly prostrate with grief.' DROWNS SELF IN CALUMET Andrew Vacolke, 45 years old, a laborer employed In the stock yards, committed suicide by throwing himself Into the .Calumet river yesterday near RIverdale, 111., where ha boarded.

MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1913.

MADHOUSE IN tanva. zi, 271 IT quarters. Mattewaa became the cen ter of a widening- fipple of telephone and telegraph alar(ns as Dr. Kieb planned pursuit. He might as well iave tried to chase a twelve-Inch shell. ' Th. ten minute btart. the high power of the ear In which Thaw made iitk flight. "theTiearness of the Connecticut, state line and the Inferior powtr 'of , the pursuing cars militated against, him . and made the case hopeless. Thaw's escape ended a fight which he has kept up for the last ix years to gain his freedom by legal process. It is conservatively estimated that members of his family have spent nearly a million dollars in defending

him at nis trials for the slaying of have cost the state of New York nearStanford AVhite and in attempting to ly half a million dollars.

w i Washington. Aug. IK. .Is rob Gonld Schurman, United states minister to Greece, retires from diplomatic service to resume duties as president of Cornell university. Vienna, Auk. Emperor Frans Joseph is h.t. Has ruled sixty-flve years, vrhlch Is record in modern history. Feels Hne. smokes two rln dally. Chicago. Aug. IS. National Fraternal Congress and Associated Fraternities of America, holding senarate sessions here, hat villi adopt agreements to amalgamate, then meet jointly to ratify merger. White Plains, ". V.. Aug. IK. June grand Jury held over to consider Sing Sing conditions, resumed hearings. Will look into causes of recent mutiny when convicts threatened to burn prison and murder guards, if necessary, to make escape. Baltimore. Aug. 1. Republicans, democrats and progressives will enter candidates for the short term lulled States senatorshlp of Mar) land. Ronton. Mass.. Aug. IS Arbitration commission which will attempt to reconcile differences between manag ers and employes of elevated railroad I began work. Men light for recognition of union. 100 HORSES AT FAIR. (Special -to The Times.) Crown Point. Ind., Aug. 18. With nearly 100 thoroughbred race horses, aggregating in value into the hundreds of thousands the Lake Countyfair speed program promises to be the classiest thing in its line ever conducted and if the big field of starters in the three days racing Is not productive of a few thrills it wont be because the horses aren't fast or the entries plenty. Neve rbefore- has such an array and speedboys, greeted the visitor to the training stalls, with more arriving as the big fair starts and Supt. of Speed A. Donnaha has his hands full carina; for the wants of the horsemen and arranging the big: details for three days racing.

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(Special to The Times.) Lansing. Ind., Aug. 18. Impeded by heavy shoes and handicapped by a lack of skill as a swimmer, James Marrow, aged 35, fought heroically for the life of his jounger brother, lavid, in thirty feet of water at the old clay le this afternon.' With the last spark vitality spent he sank to death clasping his brother to his breast. Neither came to the surface again and ! th e bodies have not yet been found. The StufT of Heroes. James, the elder brother did not die as he had lived. He was known as ! shiftless, a lout of bad repute, who had ibut one relative in America and that ! his brother, an opposite in type. David in his twenties was a model for ln-

s "1 1 dustry, fervently admired by his older v's " I brother. That he could give his life W f -V'jlfor David is thought to be the thought

J that caused James to smile at the last. Double Drowning; Witnessed. Spectators saw it all but could not reach the men to give them aid. David i had arone in swimming in the clav hole at the Illinois brick yard. He was regularly employed at the Globe Station refinery but had taken a day off. His brother lolled on the bank In lazy fashion watching and when David, taken with eramos. called to him. ran to the bank and plunged in regardless of the fact that he was fully clothed and not a good swimmer. Filled Otaers Bars With Cher. He reached the younger man's side calling out words of cheer and grasped his body in his arms. David was pow erless and the fight for life revolved on James who did his best. The elder Marrow is a married man but his wife remained behind him In Scotland. The young was single. They lived at Bernlce. News of the tragedy is spreading throughout the surround j lng country. STEP FORM Unless some public spirited .citisen, man or woman, appears on September 13th,to take the post mastership examination, the post office at Highlands will be closed. This is an ultimatum as Arm and decisive as Uncle Sam ever handed down. Sometime ago the post office de partment announced that an examina tion would be conducted in the Ham mond post office for the Highlands postmastership. Not even Peter Knoy, the Incumbent postmaster at Highlands though enough of the office to qual lfy. Then Uncle Sam got mad. He sent word to Jacob V. Bodegraven at the Hammond postoffice as one of the examiners that unless there were aprllcations at th next examination tre post office wil: be closed. NSPECTORS CHECKING OUT SHERIFF Francis J. Reinhard of Indianapolis, and Orville C. Jarvis of Crawf ordsville, field Inspectors, traveling out of the state accountant's office, arrived in Hammond this morning to make a re port on the sheriff's office for the year 1912. These inspections are matin where ever there la a change in the incumbency- of the office and in this case It is really a checking out of exsheriff Thomas Grant. The reports are made not so much with the idea of looking for discrepancies or erors, but rather to show the amount' of the business, that an office has done within, a kiven time. The two field men worked in the main office at Crown Point for about a week and having finished there canse to Hammond. They expect to have a week's job or more of it up here. In as much as the sheriff's office report is taken from the records of the county clerk, the latter's office is incidentally also being backed up. Mr. Reinhard undoubtedly will find old acquaintances among the Hammond Masonic fraternity, as he is a member of the famous Indianapolis Rapier Commandary which recently won tho first drill prize at Denver and three years ago Chicago. Is at Death's Door. Mrs. Anna Dales, a well-known Crown Point woman, and sister of Mat Boney of Hammond, Is reported to be dying. Mrs. Dales is 63 years old and has been In feeble health for a number of years. She has two children, a son and a daughter, the latter being Mrs. Grant, the wife of Dr. L. Grant, the Crown Point dentist.

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.(Back Numbers S Cent Cy. Two Hammond people were hurt In a Chicago hospital last Saturday. Shortly after leaving the room of her husband, Archie, who Is confined in the Post Graduate Hospital In Chicago, afflicted with appendicitis, Mrs. Archie MacLeod, 410 Cedar street, Hammond. met with a serious accident, Saturday night, when the hospital elevator, which she attempted to board, suddenly started downward, pinning her betwen the floor and the wall and breaking both her legs, above the knee. As a result of the accident, both hus band and wife are confined In the same room at the hospital. Robert MacLeod, 23 years old. brother of Archie who accompanied tha wife to the hospital, received a severe bruise on the back of his head, when the latter struck against the Iron rail. The man, according to witnesses, was the hero of tha occasion, as the support he gave his sister-in-law, prevent ed her from dropping down the shaft and meeting certain death. Archie MacLeod the husband, has been afflicted with appendicitis the past month, and he had Just past the crisis, but news from his bedside this morning indicate that his condition la again very grave. Last week the MacLeod family par ticipated In a Joyous wedding when Miss Margaret MacLeod became the bride of Harry Fryman, but as a result of the acident to Mrs. MacLeod gladness was turned into grief. Mrs. A. N. MacLeod mother of Archie, has been in feeble health the past weejt, and It is feared that the latter Incident will greatly worry her and add to her Illness. News from the hospital this morning states that the Injured woman Is in serious condition. JOHN WEDS NEW BRIDE H. L. Wheaton's rollicking baritone sounded over the wire from the county clerk's office at Crown Point "he looked Just like a spring, chicken," he was saying. ,.. ; ".( - Whtv, looked lika a. fcpring. chicken?" demanded the city room of Thb Times, viva voce, all together and anlmata. "Why, John Younger, the Times man." "Huh! Well. what's he been doing? Is he in Jail?" "Worse and more of It. He got married." "Again? What the helldoyouknowabout that?" Yep, he got a license here Friday to marry Mrs. Alice Runyan. He kinda put one over on you, eh?" Mrs. Younger Is the daughter of the late Hiram Green. ItBSCRIBE FOR THE TIME. RESIGNS JOB THAT FRIEND MAY HAVE IT ' . y " 4 " t 7 V--"- , CoL , William T. Kossell (top) and Gen. William H. Bixby. To allow Col. William T. Rossell to be promoted to the rank of brigadier-general before his retirement on account of age on October 11, Gen. William H. Bixby, chief of engineers of the U. S. army, has resigned. President Wilson has appointed Coi. Rossel) in his place. Gen. Bixby would not have been retired until December 11 next, and if he had not voluntarily resigned Col Rossell would have been retired with only the rank of colonei.