Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 298, Hammond, Lake County, 7 June 1921 — Page 1

tTT"r CENTRAL 1 v TUB WUTHUL I IiurrraaUiv oloollbeaa ta',bt and Wednesday with probnbly nhowrr In Mtith and wrl portion, not audi chance la te-mperntore. BliTerd by Camera In Hammond ad W. Eunauml SOr- per month on txet and. news stand 3c per copj. on it. U! LEAVES RAILS VOL. XIY. NO. 29S. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1921. HAMMOND, INDIANA

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City Leaders Believe However it Will Range From Three Hundred To Five Hundred BT JOSEPH O ron.F. ,T4tr corp'S-onc-nt in. sfrvicei PCEBIX Colo.. June .av of terror and suffering. Pueu.o was astir today In on optimist :.- mood. The c,tv and 1" citizens' n-rv have been restored. s all fpar ot further Heeds have ben allayed. s the racing angry waters cr th Arkansas and tountain rivers autos'd. buoyant courage Pvai,?. For the first time since Thurs-day r:ht, citizen.' slumber was not disturbed by alarms of food?. The r burning. rusT.ing water., of th- eddying currents replaced by the hum of motor patrols and the buzz o. attempted business resumption. T- total number of dead bodies covered and identified early today thirty-one hut estimates of t!.e death toil r?m '"in t- 30 . fh div brok fair and warmer and d-p-t t'he favorable effect tl.es-.-weather conditions had upon the P'opls, it opens up another menurr thr.t rr.ay prove disastrous ihan the floods themselves. DEAD IXPEH nEHni. Disease, contagion and epidemic are the dangers. An anti-fly campaign has been started but It is almost a hopeless battle, i-.., animals are burled under wreck age In many parts of the etty and stench from thee carcases Is already pervadin the community, sncrcly handicapping th- cleanup work. The water supply is a'i 1 inadequate and water may be used only for cooking and drinking, it being necessary to boil the latter. Sanitation experts of the United States "Public Health Service are putting forth every effort t.. prevent the outbreak of -epidemic. Smallpox, diphtheria atfd typhoid fev-r are reported from several of the stations. John P. Cornell, in charge of sanitary work espre?s-d the hope early today that the threatened epidemic could be avoided but he said that thdebris, decaying vegetation and mass.3 wreckage under which we-e hundreds of dead animets may he too much for his men to rope with Willis Parker. city commissioner. (ated today that the property loss in, the flood will reach in the neighborhood of $;0.0P0.0n0 ard that loss or ;ife is impossible of accurate estimate. He be'.ieved however, that at least ,'rj'ee hundred p-rished. Hundreds ot rersons ere trapped in the rush ot water . CITY'S tRf.ENT nCD5. Parker stated that the present urgent needs of the city are gas. water, light and communication service, though the Utter was rapidly being restortd today"There is no difficulty at present 'n obtaining food, but keeping It in rendition without ice end the fact that ie. are virtually without water ft to drink makes a serious epidemic possible." Firker ale irges that money be eer.t Fueblo at once. -Food can t-t. gotten in all right." he nu. "but the lack cf financial assistance will hamper the work of relief -Parker declared that it-Ti of looting were exaggerated. saying the military had had little trouble ;n that respect . Pueblo is rising from the death and (Jeitru-tlen. despair and devastation of the west's worst flood. it i slowly but surely fhsk.rg off Its shroud cf mud and slime. It is so engrossed 'n being born again it has r.o time to mourn of its misfortunes. Locking for a needle in the proverbial haystack would be child's ptav compared with the. task forced upou the seeortd largest city 1n Colorado. Only those who have seen with their ewn eye the appalling destruction can even have a slight conception ot what r.aa to be done Immediately if the survivors of wate- and fire are to escape death of ptei!cn-e. ALL MIST WORK. The city is nearly one hundred per crt buey in reconstruction work. Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Xewlon. military commander In the city, has ieeued a proclamation requiem? mil able-bodied men to go to work. "Vis iting sightseer must shoulder a p- . arid sbflvel or leave the city,'' New Ion , ..ntmfsi! an trHf ra Ivor., issued tn I the military forces to keep a vigilant! i watch for slackers. Forty-three cents an hour has been fixed by the city government as the -u-age for laborers cleaning up the mass of wreckag. GRANT INCREASES 'SPECIAL T0 THE TIMES1 CROWN POIVT, Inrd.. June 7. Eake county's share of the lr.creasB lr pay to the flva superior, circuit and, criminal court Judges will be. only J2,300, It tii shown at a meeting of the eoar.ty commissioners yesterday. The remainder of the increase, will be r-orne by th state. The county commissioners said they would issue i'r order todav granting r. raise in pay from $.0" to JT.Ooa a year to the. judges as provided by an tnaetment of the recent legialature.

Did Yon Hear That XKXT t i k the last year anl gosh, how the dread it. f the school children i'.o FRANK ; P. Fl II VWA I.D ,f Whr'ntr state factory inspe'or. inspected Mich-, igan C:ty plants yesterday. APvTHfR '.schmitz of" r.ensseUer. has acceptcfi a position in iii;i;:nond. Tcp, there are still Jobs, here, ORAK TTTMPI.K will send n whole trainlond of Shrimra to the ltg oonci.ive at Dos Moires next week. Fnni FFCKMAN" is urinew Ford roadstf-r with tl Oil '.. trade mark on the ir.g h. brand so Jloorhead ?iic. Ir.. niF.l HOCK, the ostoopath. 1? bark at his office in the First National Hai.lt building after spending sometime at Hat i !s ("reek. MioV.. WT-ST HAMM'")NI voted f.ftv -t.fty in the C..U county jujsship However. Thornton township to ; in fa', or of ?;'.'. Tlimps elect on. ont i! m's t:oTire fame of th i'lo-it ;i.-iu.-7 !mitijmet region reached tliicago. "Sand Ihino Mo.-nshin Cili it there. is v hat they ALTHor'Ut If. .. Piddc the earmarks of an open gV the ghost of lcrt Shcarun to haunt h:ni. 1 ' chain; sti'I iail 'or. JIM H'A"'l MI' 'HF.IjSTI.rTTnn left Sundty n ! gh t fcr Frcncii Ilck. "el. .-ter. th- mini reader. Jim iio-.v to br!t the -a IimJ. A SENS AT I' '?r circle-' Vhen th" di----ir.! w n c rra t erf .t Fill McAb-cr t( he dingus hi s-ed has been rutl'.n: w . f 1 1 . API) sights of the town Toting man buttoning cf young woman's dress on Hob ma st. while she- g.-.ises in department store window. T'HE high school 1- considering the establishment of a class in Greek fir those business men who are forced to cat down'to'Ati at noon. c, FOR '"".E HUT-r-T Is leaving for Virginia nty, Stontara. where lie roes on a. gold prosri-ting tour and will probsbly be aay si1 summer. THE dentists extracted all the conceit cut of the lawyers cn Sunday and o.iaim to hsvn the ot-.'y A -I golf team in any of the professions. THERE will be a council meetins tonight. Tf the school board or water works mean anyth'np in your yoUng life come up to the meeting. HARRT MATS', the "Miracle Man.' ! going to s'fle in I.aPorte, near where be started to drift from when he first stsrted to a-'ejuire notoriety. THAT re'-taurant on Hohman s. a few doors rnrh of the. city hall, is thlatent to redu-o prices. The lunch room has reduced from -cn to fifteen fen's or an order. THERE'S a Methodist camp meeting down near "i":nami-, Ind., and 1t must be tht they'o converted fv.c ""ark. None of his playmates have heard from him for a month. IT teca.tr-. known Sunday that th Rv. J. r. Parrett. pastor of the First Pre-sbi-terian church in Hammond for last, four years, has accepted a call in another city. toTIT Is It that fbe waitresses at the Sheffield f venue road houses say "There"' with that triumphant air when they place a mess of green and odorous onions before you? T. A. AFT5RT, the north side druegift. who in becn working faithfully to c'ltab-irh University Extension classes In Hammond, reports scores of applications as a result of the campaign. MISS n-OR MAE HACIvETT. the Monon t yr v.-r' ter. " ho v on the Chicago Trih's $T'i.f"',0 beauty prize, has shown h'r good Hoosier trn-e by declining all off fry of movie picture concerns. fOMKr.OfT was kidding Pete pavls about Uie IVavis in Jasper county who was accused of murder. "Yes, they accused him." said Pete, "and they tried him and the jury Inside of thfc minutes found him 'not guilty.'" GEN K SIT AVER of the fnU"h Shore Auto Co. has turned detective. He gave bond for an Indi.'ina Harbor customer who speeded, not wisely but too wU, and now- he looking for the n fine which w-as paid, but not recorded. CFFM fiOTK'll has left the X'eEuxe to play the orKfn in the Parthenon and his place at tin- T'eLuxe has been tak-n by his bro-hr, Paul, who was 1 ..!! or of the orchestra at the ijrpli:um theater before that house closed. ''!m and Paul arc very popular. IT. Ti. GRANGER and a number of other Spr.nlsh war vets are going to Iogansport to, th.e state convention w ith a plan to build a half million dollar home, for ex-sol Jicrs in I-ake coun ty. The ots of tho slate have J100,-c 000 in the building fund. FRANK MARTIN was pretty busy today. Me had to prepare for the expected c'.afsh with his fellow councilmen at the meeting tonight on the water question and also round up somo more democrats to help fill out the tables at the baniuet Thursday evening. C. C. F.CNHAM'S activities in the life insurance and palm beach suit field- are gr. fitly hampered tlies.. (ny lv a h-ft -r.ess .f l-oll . He has al-ra-iy put ip w more are coming i :i ighr of them and . He has sent a spirit message to Job for a little sympathy,

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There was much speculation in the! Calumet Region yesterday over the visit' of Charles M. Schwab, the steel magj nate. to Indiana Harbor. Mr. Schwab , 5ippCCJ Jnto town and out again very ! quietly. He visited the Ir.land Steel .!-. ..:.l. t. oi.-l. i .1 .. I H"1"1 vvil" me diulk uiuihcis oil mi i inspection trip and local magnates do; j not know what significance to put on I Sthwab's visit. He was the guest j i of A. R. Erskine. president of the i Studebakcr Corporation in South B?nd. j ast night. B IS OPTIMISTIC f 'STrsiv .1 r-rsAt. .rV3 SERVtCf 1 " SOUTH HK-VD. IN I'.. June ; After :?ing that tl.e t'.io worst slump ye--t rs. "liarlc-s M. c;cil industry was In it had been in forty Schwab, president of the Ik-thlehem Steel Co., voiced an optimistic prediction for the future a' i dinner given in honor of A. II. Erskinc. president of the Studebakcr corporation lure last night. ' Tho present industrial depression." Mr. Schwab said, "is the best thinsr that has ever happened to the United states. It has ended a long period of manufacturing without considering cos t S. "V must b-i'ld a new Industrial fabric and that fahri-: must b- built up"n a basis of eeonomy. liermany is orcanir.ed industrially an-1 neer before have German workman ben ?o 'vll'.ir.g as they are nuw to v!e a full day's work for a full day's pay "Capital end labor mut work in hand as it has never done before am this will result in a greater prosrer;t than we have tier had before. jir pel; wnt D POLICE ARE NOT SORRY Calumet Region Officers See Breakup of Bad Railroad Gang I Railroad rrtice cf the Ca!umt re gion were elatd yesterday wjion ;h learned that the three K"t th;cag--men lniictd by the federal pran i jury for robbing b--x cars had been sentenced to prison by J-ide Oe;g r at Indianapolis. T!iy believe the -or . vietlon- hav broken tho .-c! of pod lann Harbor's crgan:?e,i gang of r:-.; robbers-. The three, rr. en sntersrer Trro rrrzr Mlhalik, S'aniey Tv mbrow?ki and W : -!rr Maids. Maide. a. mere bj , na hown to be tii lead-r of the (cane. He if a paroled reformatory inmate and preferred the prison sentence to returning to the reform school. Mhal.s was found to b the fepre of the gang. lie opcated a. store and is worth cioye to o'.-'ff. Pombrowsk! 1s a widower with three children and Vs friends sought to obtain leniency because of hii depend"-'its They told how they would place the 1-! ior:n in the hand? of Uie court to he eared for while he was in prison. Testerday Pornhro-vski appeafcej nt the federal building in Hammond with his offsprings in tow. He announc 1 hhs decision to take them along to Indianapolis and let the judge decide what o do with them. Commissioner Charles Surprise informed him taht the court wou'J probribly refer the matter n the State Hoard of Charities who would undoubted'- decide that Im-bro-wski was unlit to have them and wculd take them away from him p-r-manently. , P'ombrowski had not counted on such a turn and decided to take his medicine as i.t had been handed to him. He took the youngsters b,".rl: to Indiana JI: rbor before starting for Indianapolis. TO REDECORATE COURT HOUSES (SPECIAL. TO THE T1VEM CROWN P'INT. Ind.. .Fine 7. The marriage mill is ' be redecorated The county com mi -sior.o I s at their mieting yorrterday arinr;mced that h:d.-ii-oii-fl iie asked tor the re m O' i e 1 1 n pr of ft p'rtion of the interior of the i-.-u." j uo.jse as weti HS io: r t-ijei-..n rt w '.'li. i Judge Miles E. Norton's court room la to be, rearranged. Th.ere are tatJ fcr several hundred people' In the court room and a portion of this space will be turned into office rooms. The entire build ng is sadly in need of redecoration. especially the clerk's fice where the piattler has fa'.. en on the walls tn spots. BOUND OVER TO CRIMINAL COURT The expose of "shocking" conditions on riummer avenue, Hammond's black belt, did not materialize this morninc R hen Ed Winborn and Ed Mays, arrested several days ago for engaging !n . shcoting affray, were arralan'd in the Ue.mm.--nd ft v court, ch.iri-ec! with .sho.i? inir with 'nfent to Th j rr.en w aived cxaminot .on and wer bound nvt to the criminal court. Both have furnished bond off 1,000 each.

Flood Leaves Pueblo Main-Street Sea of Mud; Thousands Homeless

""""w If'""' -. vp. li ft View of Main street, roeblo, and When the recent flood swept ever the Coioraoo city of Pueblo it. rosp to a depth of eifrht feet in the bvisiness section, styee-pinf-before it smaller wooden buildings and leaving: the others coat WANK ENTERTAINS S At the Chamb'r of ( '. imnr-rff riyinthis noon, the Hammond Kiwanis club entertained the notary club at a limner which included a si'i-lt of f-oper-;ori. so " d ff 1 lowsli : p and fr-i'ertvty. Ke'fl.rians and K;wanhip. s'at'd side r v s fiet sh -w ed nt t h -Tv . a.l t i t ude and he things they said th.it the two- crcatiira tions. rather fr-.nn being t wo c-ronnsi of men lit a.t:o ron icir.'-ti with each, other are two clubs wivsisj v.- purpoe Is to w.--rr; t s- tner tor he betterment of the i-nmnumiy, and i" know anl understand i.-j- h oth'r. The dinner w as a real lot. fc-tst. The Kotsrla. motto, -He. profits n-.o. t who serves b- s.r." and the slogan of the Kiwanis club, "We build." sin w- the similarity of the. two gre'urs, and show that thfy sre working ior th' same ends. The? speakers were Judse V. S. Rclter, president of the Kiwanis club, and Fred '.'runipacker. president of the Rotary club. F.-oh expressed- tho feel ing of brotherhood eti'l the desire to work dub. ' It tog. t her w hich permeated cadi Judge lie-i! cr : i id : iiniifini to .-eo two such organlr:i t ion.; as the Kiw.niis and Rotary club;-, breaking bi end together, and exchanging idea-:. It in unusual to find two groups mimed with the same thought ami ideal j for the betterment of the community. "It is a different thing to build en deal community life. Sinh a result take- years of toil and (Mrimei-t and .! n.-ncis on lie thara'-(.r of people which make un the community. Thec I two clubs grow from tl.e idea of gathering togeihr groups with the community at heart. Judge. U.-it't- eh-fd With expresions of the k.ndliest feelings for Iloiary, ami rxnrfM.eil m behalf of the liw;:iii.-3 club the hope that the two would go hand in hand for the ad-vano-mcut and development of the city. Mr. (rumpa-ker tion r'i!. In behalf of the notary club. iie '"ii'I"r?cl all the scntimeiis -xprcs-d by Judge Re iter. "I am unable t.-, the fee'.lng of appr tary fee's for -he t ;-nd"d to our in.-ivib itv of : ,. anil pres adcriua'ely eciation that Role ml " cr-: t 'rig e.rr--. Wo jl -. in .1 i:-..- v..;king f,.,r a i oouiv.i nit y great i-rc-f i mi. Mm. Hammond haj tK. Wc liav- too iuestion of amalgamation and the absorb of amal tea ma i i"u ai d the a ft? Hoss ilk- at hand. Wo Hon of Hessilli- at hand. Wo ha c civic problems Midi as' the vat--r wrks and school system to work out. I lieve thr.t the spirit of these two olub will do mo)-"- to solve these, problem than anything ise. We- ha e a minion purpose, our clubs stind for tl-.e i-amo things goodf'-llow ship and service." ..Mr. I'runir-i'-iiir closed with extending the thanks of the Rotary club to their host.s for tho spicnM i t ception tendered them. The silent boost was irivin by George Guyer, nnd was won by Albert l.amprell. William M"l.lr l.-'.' gave a boost, a cigar The welce ino f n by W ill's eni ( v e ii.rr.e r ! is e'ub. The taine-d nuring for earn one loesent. t h Fotar'n r w n"? gi - 1", oo . )-. : rciiH n of t'.e i n noitei of tlie I.iv.an1 i o . llliii We-j-o fill'--tlie. meal V- seT.eri solos from Mis C-iI Abblett.

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'.V' it'AlV 1 i- - - vC ff7. fc5 V"i V' fci'-V the Mineral Palae which is tald to house the world. ed with mud and alime to a depth of a foot or more. The streets were veritable seas of mud. Property damage in Pueblo alone is estimated at $10,000,000. A third of the city wa? left homeJ J i j I Baby Bandits Rob Peddler Near Shelby Ind. Harbor Man Loses $400 at Point of Gun to Lads He Befriends CROTVN POINT. Ind. -Tune T. Th sheriff's office forc was called To Shelby cn Mondav afternoon and came hacU with three labv bandits who had pulled off a stick up at Shelby about i i 2 eVi.cU oti .lonoay. ine ia:n ranging in age from ifi to is had held ,JT, can if nam -r inuiana namer an'i jfter taking b'twee-i three and tour j hundred dollars from him. tied l.im 1" I a tree all" li'ke-d for IMiciey wnere they attempted to hoy a ticket for Montana. The hoys are Frank Radios of White Oak. Mich., the brains or the gang. Ismao Straswicz and Tan's Sapik of Indiana Harbor. Radios was in the employ of Vfllam wno drove a truck through the county gathering rroduce. They had batched up the ho'd-up on Sunday and Radica had asked Villsm if Straswicr. and Svapik could accompany him on the trip. When thry reach, ed Shelby the boys told Ye'.lam they were going into the woods to hunt game. Instead they went ahead of him and at; he drove by ran out and made him hand over his money at the point of a revolver. When they attempted to buy a ticket at Shelby the agent h e -came suspicious and telephone Sheriff Olds. They were held here pending the arrival of the a ut hori t les from .Newton county where tne hold up was staged. NEW AUTO SALES COMPANY The Szabo Auto Saies in a newcomer to Hammond. The location is in Paxton block. "30 Hohman street. the , Mr.' Szabo is a familiar figure in business activities in the Calumet region and is) proprietor of the Fast Chlcasro Auto Sales, which has under his direction grown to be ore of the city's most projeperou s i.m --"1 ncsse --. His M-rmon. Hup and Chevrolet clientele lias grown to such an extent ii. was found necessary to establish a Hammond branch. Tt not a speculative venture of fr. Szabo's. hut an answer ;o a d'.f'nct need and his hus -nes in Hammond bids fair to grow to even greater proportions than his East Chicago business. The new display room and service station opens today for business and the management Invite. .j the inspection of every Hammond and Rake county citizen. Express Appreciation The Rake. Cojnty Times: W'p. the members i the Fnircd Spanisli American War Veterans of America. Ernest R. Puhlman camp No IS. v.-ish to express our thanks for your co-operat'.on and valuablo assistance, in making the memorial day services a success to which your Individual efforts contribute.! to so greatly. it'.r t'oppks and apprectat'on for yeiu- ;--e-f-on."l effo"t.. f rn a k n z ''. no-mrr'a: i-i if" s;i .-a : s f:i -.-: 1 v o iserved. H. E- GRANGER. Cha pi in.

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:, -St'. A is S4.ss2ft III r-. f-j, ty- 4,- , the largest mineral collection to less by the flood, which came when the Arkansas and Fountain rivers overflowed their banks and when the hiph water broke dams and reservoirs in the district. E MEN ENJOY NCI Men-.brs of the Fake Co-jnty Branch of the National Association of lAt Underwriters held their la.t meeting for this season Monday afternoon at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce ! rooms. About thirty insurance men l from Hammond. Gary. Fart Chicaco I n-d the south r art of the county were -n J j,rr?rnt C. C F.onham cf Hammond, superintendent of agents of the Northern State life Co.. was tclec'ed to represent the Take county trsn.-h at the fss-ociatic-n's state convemi-'n which ! will be held September 8 t W Faden. Ind . Following the luncheon ar.d rus-!nFj Fission. Pr. Campbell, 'nrtru-for In mathematics at the Armour Instltuto snd an insurance expert reputation, took charge o t'.cn box which was uiat one of the r'cent met:rg;--been passed around the ta of national f the quesjgiirated at .dips had hies and ail having c.uestions w hich they wished answered, handed them In. After Pr . Campbell l ad answered the written cjuestions ard the one whim naturally arose during discusI slop the beys began shoo g them in rapidity. Thry covered ail phases of the insurance game. Sometimes the speaker answered them and again the salesmen spoke up and gaie the'r views on them. Altogether it was an unusually int'resMnp ard instructive session. The membership of the a s - sociation is increasing st-ant y and it is tiopea soon to embrace every lite Insurance worker in the flinty. ! No more meet, ngs wm r c l :d un'i cr the summer month. E t M F . A ON . i f,r vs S DETROIT. MICTf . June RViLt , The Ford Motor Company today announced another reduction in the list price of all types of Ford cars and the Ford truck to take c.ffet Immediate.!-. The list prices V. O. F. IHtro't now a.re as follow r: Touring car. 41S: Rune'liou !. 57": Cuipe. C3'; Sedan. JTfO: Chas.-.j, JCi'i anl Truck Chassis. $"lf0. A. sttiten-.ent acceinjiinirg the reductions sn: "The big reductions last fa!! were made In anticipation cf low- materia! costs which wo are not cettir.g the benefit of. and thin fact, together with increased tnanufa. airing ff:c!.r.c-y snd the unprecedented rhrnar..! frr Ford cars, partii-n'.arlv i-ir,':ig t.he pst 5 memtlu: p'-rn:;-;T n-,;.nu 1.1 r-roduo tiou. h-te made a-.,:, le y; ,-Oif r p::-. roc act ;en i n 1 nie ei - a - e 1 y. W a gets or 1- orn wot amen w reduced, the s-atemerit says no.

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Defective Frog and Spreading Rail Cause Grand Rapids Express To Be Ditched. A defective frog was tr. cause ot a lucky wreck or, the Michigan 1 , -tral at Calumet Park about two hundred feet from the interlocking lo"-'t at the foot of State t-trciet. Hammond, late yesterday afternoon. 'V train, a Grand Rapids flyer. v ' s traveling west towards Chicago p.mo was making fairly good spetd. The three coaches and the tender wer derailed, the two center curs sliding down the hank and tilting in th-' ditch. Had the train been go;r. g faster the 1o,b of life would proba'n' have been great. Four people were seriously mjurc-i and about eighty passengers v ere bruised and shaken by the rro.-h. Several minor injuries n-"-r dressed e :i the scene and the passengers ve--ebie to proceed to Chicago on the special relief train sent fi om K'nsingt ..-i. Traffic was not interrupted. Tl-.e injured: Hn. Mnry Dahler. Decatur. Mich., injured internally. Taken to S' . ilargaret's hospital; will recover. O. K. Herman. Chicago; both knf-s smashed. Hammond hospital. W. F. Fee, Chicago, crushed leg; Chicago hospital. Mrs. Klorenee Hash, Michigan City; both hips broken; Chicago hospital. Several passengers were -ut and bruised who refused to go to hospitals. The G. R. and T. train number 8312 left Hammond at 5.14 after taking ot several passengers. About five minutes later the engine struck the free at the tower at Calumet crossing. Instantly the coaches left the rails and after bumping along the ties for a short distance slipped into the ditch. The engine did not leave the vail. The forward coach and the parlor car in the rear were also derailed. tu' they remained In the right of way Jus' off the tracks. All of the injured were, in the two center cars. M'ss Agnes Harper of Tho Times advertising: department was a passenger in the third coach but escaped injury A special train from Kensington was made up and arrived en the scene about seven o'clock. The injured were rushed to Chicago. All of the passengers wire able to complete the Journey an hour after the wreck. Wrecking trains from Kensington and Gihson arrived before dark, ard the track was cleared this mornlna. The accident occurred on the extr-r-i-. tiorth track and did not block trarfio for ary length of time. It was reported today that the ra'.s at the scene of the wreck were about to be replaced wh'n the crash cam. The north rail w-as twisted from th ties in such a way as to throw the cars in the direction of the ditch, rather than cn the south tracks. Thousands of people soon gather'd from Hammond and West Hammond short' after the wreck occurred. Chief Nit?, of tho West Hammond p- -llee was in personal charge at the S'-ene and many Hammond and wv tt Hamme.-id eoftr.r; were rushed to the wreck by the Hammond roller depzrtmcrt . r WET OFFICER THEY SAY Is Tan Mallcy, alleged Gary "t-bo.-.ze runrer now in the employment of the prohibition enforce ni'nt. office at Hammond. That is the question that has been on the mine!" of Gary pollen official and othrs f-r some tune and thy would appreciate -ome official information fiom that department. Itef, re wearing the official stsr of a national prohibition cnfrircemer,' officer. 1'a.n 1;, reporters ;0 have been mixed up in several shady liquor deal and at ore time sub:--,! r.sed to appear before J.idge Anderson '-. the fed -a I court t f' explain e,..,h;n t.u:rg6. Fast night Tn ssjir. eame into the limelight cf thc Oary filiee department. According to a p.-.t.e e rcr "rt ir.ua by Of'ice-.- Martin. ?,!all.-.y a: rested a "bocu - i jnr.fr'' on V,'. t Fifth avenue near ("ark road. Tt-.e ho -:-.e runnc-'s machine arried a rPchlgan ! cense but with M.iiloy arguing with the pfj fleer and getting an ay )n such a . hurry with his prisoner t.i? fftcer : failed to get the number. t pon riuestloning Malloy as to w'-a-. authority he bad :n r.rr"rt:rt tyo . boo;:e r-.ir.ncr. he stated that id working out . f the cd'r-1 .-.ff Hamir.cnd. opejr.'d h'a coat, fa;-bet , tt.-ir. jumped Into the ma :b,.v tPd whisked bis p 1 1 s e . r. c r my. MMOVS .SAYS 0 , G. J. S.mons, group ci.cf of pieb'.P.I tion agents in northern Indiana. loads J emphatic denial of Malloy' connection ! with the prohibition forces which op- . trato out of Hammond, when Informed of the Gary man's statement today, j ''Malloy worked as an agent tor a j time ii,!e- Captain Van Hoc?" p-a.r.ed Chi of Shije p... "V.'hen I Joe o . er ti e Harniro.r.d o.'f. tn I i.c-k av v his bads') and creucntials. H is r.ot corrected with the pre h : b. t . on forcea e'f r.e.rthern Indiana." ROAD BONDS SOLD ' SPE"''- TC ThE TIMES1 cr.OW.N POINT. ft.J . June 1 Countv T-ea'-j'er Bradford today aoid the $:.n.. '.n,i ire ne'e i-.fo road (Eagle Creek I boeds thc Peon e Stale eank "' n Po.n-. snd the Jlt.rtno .1 1. i- r. 1 K.m i-..'1 ' e..e - 'leeki hen da to the First National bank of Rowel 1. 1

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