The Lake County times. [volume], June 18, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Page 8, Image 8

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Thursday, June 18, 1S08. -
FAIRBANKS WOflT
TAKE THE SECOND
TWELVE YEAR OLD
GIRUS HEROIHE
Helen Hartly Saves Life of
Little Baby Which Falls
Into the Canal.
GOES TO POOR FARM
AND DEATH ENDSALL
Waiting at tLe Coliseum.
Vice President Formally De
clares He Will Not be Can
didate Again For It.
Sad Story of Hardworking
Foreigner Who Came to
Gary Few Monhts Ago.
BELONGS 10 HEROIC FAMILY
TAKEN ILL WITH CONSUMPTION
4
POLITICIANS STILL INSISTENT
5 KwMj,: -
fsl
Withdraws His Name From the Con-
Another Member Stops a Runaway
Team In a Most Spectacular
Manner.
Then John Petre Is Landed in Lake
County Asylum, Death Com
ing Yesterday.
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vention By Use of Cautiously
Worded Letter.
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THE TIMES.
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East Chicago, Ind., June 18. (Spe
cial.) Had it not been for the pres
ence of mind and courage of twelve-year-old
Helen Hartley, a little baby
eight months old would undoubtedly
have lost its life. A little girl ten
years old and sister of the baby but
whose name couM not be learned, was
wheeling a baby carriage with the lit
tle one in it along the bank of the
canal near One Hundred and ''Fifty
first street. She stopped to pick wild
flowers, letting loose of the buggy
handle when she did so. Instantly the
carriage, which was right on the edge
of the steeply inclined bank, shot down
and into the water, the carriage turn
ing over and spilling the baby into
the canal, which was about two feet
deep at this point.
Helen Hartley Sees Accident.
Helen Hartley, who was a short dis
tance away, noticed the accident and
Immediately dashed down the bank and
into the water after the baby, which
she picked up but was having con
siderable difficulty in getting out with
her burden. The other children pres
ent screamed frantically and some men
who were passing on One Hundred and
Flfty-flrst street, which was some dis
tance away, came to the assistance
of the little heroine.
It is no new thing, however, for the
members of the Hartley family to do
brave deeds. It Is only a short time
ago that her older brother, George,
made one of the most spectacular
catches of a runaway team ever seen
in East Chicago. The team was run
ning like mad when George saw them
coming.
Stops Runaway Team.
He immediately ran out and swung
himself onto the tailboard of the wa
gon as easily and gracefully as a cir
cus performer swings onto a trapeze.
Making his way to the seat of the
swaying wagon he discovered the reins
were gone. This fact, however, was of
small importance to George, for he
never hesitated but went right out on
the tongue of the wagon, gathered up
the lines and climbed back to the seat.
Being an accomplished horseman he
was not long in subduing the run
aways. OOSTERS DISCUSS 4TH
Indiana Harbor Body Holds
Important Meeting
Last Night.
Indiana Harbor, Ind., June 18. (Spe
cial.) The Booster club held their
regular weekly meeting last night with
C. P. Burdick in the chair.
The only business of any conse
quence considered was the Fourth of
July celebration. They took up the
matter of a program and decided on
locations for the following races:
The 100 yard race for men Michi-
ga avenue from the Pennsylvania
tracks to Block avenue. Fat men's
race, on "Watling from the C, L S. &
E. tracks to Block avenue. The race
for girls of 16 years and under, from
Pennsylvania tracks to Block avenue
on Michigan avenue. Running race for
men, on Pennsylvania avenue from
Michigan avenue to Washington street.
Boy's race, on Guthrie faom Cedar to
Michigan. Hose races, on One Hundred
and Thirty-seventh from Michigan to
Cedar. Greased pig race on CAlar be
tween One Hundred and Thirty-seventh
and Guthrie. The following races
will also take place, but the club has
not yet decided on the places: Wheel
barrow race, three-legged race, bug
race, women's race,, potato race, egg
race and climbing the greased pole,
onations are Coming in fast, the com
mittee having already collected $600,
but they are anxious to have about
$1,000 to spend on the celebration.
The merchants are earnestly re
quested to turn out and take part in
the parade.
Anybody wishing to apply for street
priveleges for the day should com
municate with E. T. Higgins of In
diana Harbor, who is assistant, secre
tary Of the club.
CHILDRK WANDER
AWAY FROM HOME.
Indiana Harbor Tots Sent on a Begging
. Expedition by Father.
Illchara Hitchcock and Anna-Hitchcock
were picked up by the Gary po
lice after they had been on a begging
.expedition. They live in Indiana Har
bor and are sent out by their father to
beg food and money.
Although the little boy Is only five
years old and the little girl is only
eight, they claim that they walked all
the way from the Harbor to Gary In
order to get food to eat.
Last night the weary little tots were
given a place In the police station to
sleep and were given money this morn
ing with which to make the trip back
to Indiana Harbor.
A note was niset to the fahter In
which he was warned that If the chil
dren were ant out again he would be
arrested and Kfnt to Jail for allowing
if, notwithstanding th$ fact that he is
ucabla to work.
The sad ending of a man came at
ten o'clock yesterday when John Petre,
a hard working foreigner passed away
in Gary, after several weeks of Illness
at the poor farm where he was taken
shortly after his sickness became se
rious. Petre has been in the United
States but a short time and during his
stay here has suffered with the dread
disease, consumption. When he was
taken sick and knew that he could
not recover he struggled in a vain at
tempt to earn enough money to return
and die in the old country but was un
sucessful. Several months ago the ambitious
foreigner came to this county to seek
his fortune. He brought his wife with
him and they settled in one of the steel
towns In Pennsylvania near Pittsburg
Shortly after he was taken with . con
sumption and resolved to earn enough
money to get back to the old country,
Servia. He was unfortunate enough
however, a short time ago to lose his
job, and hearing of the wonderful pros
pects In Gary purchased a lot here and
resolved to earn the necessary money.
Before he was in Gary very long,
however, he was taken seriously sick
and it was deemed best for him to quit
work and go to the poor farm at
Crown Point, where he could be treated
Two daj's ago his case became so bad
that it was seen that he had but a few
days to live at the most and he was
brought back to Gary to his wife and
one child. Yesterday morning the end
came and he was removed to Jones'
morgue.
Taken to Poor Farm,
Before he became so sick that he
could not work any longer he had
earned within $33 of enough to take
him back to his native country and his
ambition was almost achieved. Now
his wife, who is a refinod, pretty, little
woman, is taken up the work, and she
intends some day to get back to her
home and relatives
WHITING JURY SAYS
10 NOT GUILTY!"
Sunday Lid in Oil City Gets
an Awful Dent Yester
day Afternoon.
SALOONKEEPER iS ACQUITTED
Case Is Similar To One Tried in
Hammond During Governor
Hanyl's Crusade.
A Whiting jury of twelve represen
tatlve citizens heard the evidence in the
test case In which Thomas Cerajewski,
whose saloon is at the corner of White
Oak and John streets, was charged with
the violation of the Sunday closing law
in Whiting, and after deliberations
which did not take more than five
minutes, the defendant was acquitted.
It is understood that all of the other
nineteen saloonkeepers who were ar
rested about a month ago will be re
leased as it is not believed a Jury could
be selected which would convict them.
The evidence against the saloon
keepers was positive. There could be
no question of the fact that the law
as it now stands was violated, but all
the attorneys for the defense were
compelled to do was to make the pre
tense of a case and the jury did the
rest.
The case In Whiting ia similar to
that in Hammond a few years ago
when a Hanly crusade was started
here and one of .the local saloonkeep
ers was arrested for keeping open on
Sunday. The jury in the case returned
a verdict of not guilty in about five
minutes and that was the end of the
Sunday closing crusade in Hammond.
The men who composed the jury
which thought Cerajewski was not
guilty of keeping his place of business
open on Sunday were all men of the
better class, as the following list of
names will show:
AVilliam Hooper, teamster.
William Reed, watchman.
Joseph Weywood, barber.
1m H. Seifer, merchant.
Z. Harper, laborer.
N. Migatz, merchant.
William Stewart, clerk.
Patrick Kern, cleric
Henry Goebel, contractor.
N. A. Goldsmith, foreman.
A. J. Judson, janitor.
James Nedjl, contractor.
Illogical Man.
The men who maTie jokes about
feminine irrationality and shortcom
ings, who consider women inferior be
ings, generally make an exception in
favor of the female members of their
own families. As all men do the same,
where, are the inferior women to be
found? Berlin Tageblatt.
Germany's Export of Feathers.
Germany sends 29,000,000 feathers
a year to England for millinery pur-Doses-
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CORONERJNVESTIGATES
Mystery Surrounds Death of
Louis Russell, Found
Beside Railroad.
Coroner Hoffman yesterday began an
Investigation of the death of Louis
Russell, who was found dead Tuesday
by the side of the Illinois Central
tracks at Brookdale. Russell was
found lying by the side of the track
with an ugly gash In the rear of his
head and at first was supposed to have
been struck by an Illinois Central
train, but later, upon investigation, it
was found that he had not been struck
by a train but is supposed to have been
murdered.
Russell Is employed as a bartender
down town and Is well known In
Brookdale, where he resides. Mrs.
Russel, his wife, is almost prostrated
with grief over the accident or mur
der and refuses to be consoled by her
friends.
The body of Russell was laid away
to rest yesterday at Mt. Olivet, the
Knights of Columbus having charge of
the funeral rites.
PLAYS WITH MATCHES
Does This Boy and Sets
House on Fire With In
jury to Himself.
Playing with matches might have
cost four-year-old Julius Schusa his
life yesterday had it not been for hn
mother's presence of mind.
The mother was in the back yard
when she heard her little boy. screanv
Rushing into the house she saw the
little fellow trying to fight a fire with
his little hands after he had set the
window curtains afire.'
- The mother . summoned the fire 'de
partment, No. 46 answering the .call.
The prompt arrival of the department
enabled the men to , extinguish the
flames before they could do any con
siderable damage. -
Julius later told his mother that
wniie sne was out ne naa round some
matches and that he had lit them, not,
however, intending to set the house
afire. Julius is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jonathan Schusa, who live at
S354 Superior avenue.
DESERTS HIS WIFE
ID IS ARRESTED
Andrew Doch, 35 years old, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Officers
Patrick Loftus and Patrick Walsh at
Eighty-seventh and Escanaba avenue,
on the charge of wife desertion. He
was unable to furnish bail and spent
the night in the police station to await
his trial, which was set for today.
Doch deserted his wife three weeks
ago and was reported to be out of
Chicago. Yesterday, however, the au
thorities learned that he had returned
and went to the neighborhood where
he generally spent his spare time and
saw him step out of a saloon.
Doch's wife lives at 852 Mackinaw
avenue and has one child, . ,
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616 LABOR DAY
Hammond Union Labor Men
Will Reciprocate For
Gary's Courtesy.
TRADES COUNCIL GIVES PERMIT
The Biggest Parade Ever Given in
Lake County Is Being Planned
For Steel City.
Gary fs to be tbe ticene of. the great
est Labor day celebration which has
ever been held In Lake county. Laat
year the laboring: men of the new steel
city, several hundred strong, came to
Hammond and helped to make the cele
bration the notable success which it
proved to be.
The members of tbe Hammond unions
then promised the Gary delegation that
they would do as much to make a sue
cess of the celebration which would be
held in Gary on the next Labor day.
The Hammondites expect to keep
this promise and already the Lake
County Building and Trades council
has endorsed the Gary proposition and
will do all in . Its power to make the
celebration a success.
The picnic grounds which will be se
lected will be somewhere on the south
side of the city, where sites have been
offered at the corner of Broadway an
Eleventh avenue and Broadway and
Twenty-sixth avenue.
AVIll Have Monster Parade.
One of the most gigantic parades
which ha3 ever been seen in this vi
clnlty is being planned and there will
be many other attractions on the picnic
grounds.
Of course, the Gary unions will have
charge of the celebration, but there
will be committees from the Hammond,
East Chicago, Whiting and Indiana
Harbor which will have something to
do with carrying out of the plans.
In fact the celebration on next Labor
day will be as nearly a Lake county
affair as it can be made, and it Is ex
pected that the great army of laboring
men. in the Calumet region will on that
day make the most magnificent show
ing that they have ever made In the
history of their organizations.
It is still rather early to be talking
of plans for Labor day, but it is an
indication that these plans are to be
laid well and that the labor unions of
the county will outdo themselves on
this occasion.
Laporte, Ind., June 18. Ground was
broken today for Laporte county's new
superior courthouse. The building will
cost $125,000. Its completion will give
the county superior and circuit court
houses of an estimated value of $500,
000. The superior court building is to
be Michigan City's part of the county
Judiciary.
The population of South Chicago will
be decreeased in the neighborhood of
three thousand Sunday, June 28, the oc
casion being the Joint picnic given by
the Swedish societies which will be
held at LaForte, Ind.
wILL
COlilSSK COMING
Chicago Harbor Commission
to Visit Hammond, Gary
and Indiana Harbor-
Indiana Harbor, June 18. (Special.)
The Chicago harbor commission will
be the guests of the Calumet Deep
Waterway .association on Saturday,
June 27. They will come to South Chi
cago and up the Calumet river to the
head of navigation in a boat. Automo
biles will meet the commission there
and go thence to Hammond. Launches
will thence carry them up to the river
to the crossing of the South Bend rail
way, thence back to Grasselli where
autos will meet and carry them to
the canal and harbor of Indiana Har
bor. Thence the party goes by tug
to Gary. Informal dinner at Gary but
no speeches inspection made to ex
amine into merits of harbors, river and
canals so as to include them in their
findings as a part of the harborage and
water terminals of the Chicago dis
trict. '
MILLS ARE PICKING UP
The United States Steel company yes
terday morning put on two hundred
men in various departments of the mill
and" conditions" are picking up to such
an extent .that the officials of the
steel company believe that they will
soon be swamped with orders.
The plant has been closed down to a
certain extent for the last six months
and the men put on yesterday were the
first that has been placed on the pay
roll since the .temporary close-downi
At the present there are 600 men at
work in the mill and at least two hun
dred more will be added during the
course of the next , three weeks.
."With few exceptions the men placed
to work yesterday were put in the blast
furnace department.
EVAHGEUST- -ENTERTAINS
BURNSIDE AUDIENCE
Rev. Karl Wendell, a traveling evan
gelist, hailing from Duluth, Minn.,
landed In Burnside yesterday where he
is holding meetings on the street cor
ners. ' Rev. Wendell is a young man
only 24 years old and has teen preach
ing on street corners for the last three
years:
His subjects are changed each night
and are very interesting. Rev. Wendell
does not confine his talks to religion,
but tells funny, occurences in between
that never fails to hold a crowd.
Large crowds are congregating on the
corner each night to hear the traveling
minister and so far he has gained sev
eral converts.
Rev. Wendell does not profess to be
a Methodist, Christian or Baptist, but
believes in a united religion for all
Protestants'.
Ancient City of Thebes.
The city of Thebes had a hundred
gates and could send out at each gate
10,000 fighting men and 200 chariots
in all, 1,000.000 rcen and 2,000 chariots.
X I.
ONE IS SLAIN
POLICE 'BATTLE !
Brothers in Row at Delphi
and Death is Result of
Shocking Fight.
MURDERER SLAYS KIS BROTHER
Quarrel Is Caused By Arrival at
Home of Roystering Friends Who
Are Not Wanted.
Delphi, Ind., June 17.- The first mur
der within tbe city limits of Delphi,
the eounty neat of Carroll county, oc
curred lant night between 10 and 11
o'clock when Frank Likens struck his
half brother, Amos Piatt, several fatal
blows about the head with n stove
poker at their home on North Market
street. Death resulted a few minutes
later.
According to the evidence developed
todny Likens, with two of his friends,
Jesse Franklin and Mack Lewis had
been drinking considerably during the
evenlus, nnd about 10 o'clock went to
I'latt nnd Likens home, where Franklin
was put to bed. Likens and Lewis then
went to an adjoining room, where they
were preparing to retire.
Engaged by Condition of Guests.
At this juncture Piatt returned from
town and was much enraged upon
learning that his brother had brought I
his friends in such a condition totheir
home to spend the night, and asked
Likens what they were doing in the
house.
During an interview with Likens in
the county jail this afternoon, he stated
that a spirited argument then ensued,
which resulted in Piatt striking him
above the right eye with an iron poker,
inflicting an ugly wound. The two
then scuffled for several minutes. Li
kens succeeding in taking the poker
from his assailant and dealing him
several terrible blows about the head.
Piatt fled from the. house and was
found by Night Watchman Scallion and
Deputy Robinson in an adjoining yard
some sixty feet from the house, where
he had fallen and was calling for help.
"Amos, do you know me?" Deputy
Robinson asked him.
"Of course I do, Robinson; for God's
sake get me upon my feet. I am going
to die."
"Who did this, Amos?"
"Frank Likens done it with a poker."
He asked for a drink which he was
given, and died in a few minutes.
.Knife Found at Scene.
Likens and his two friends are now
in he county jail awaiting trial, which
will probably be given this month.
Upon examination of the body of Piatt
it was found that he had been dealt
three ugly blows about the head, prob
ably with the poker, and a bad gash lay
just over his heart. A knife was after
ward found on the floor in the room
where the conflict occurred. The three
young men range in age num to iu ou
years and are members of families who
have always been respected. Franklin's
father is one of the Carroll county's
weathlest farmers. This is the first
trouble that any of the three has ever
been In.
Vice President Charles Warren Fair
banks formally dec'ared himself out of
consideration for renomination in a let
ter which was given out last night by
Joseph B. Kealing, his Indiana cam
paign manager. It is as follows:
"Indianapolis, June 16, 1908. Mr.
Dear Mr. Kealing: I appreciate
fully the compliment paid me by
my friends in their insistence that
I should accept a renomination for
vice president, yet my determina
tion not to be a candidate again aa
announced before the close of th.
last session of congress through'
you, is absolutely irrevocable. M
conclusion docs " not, grow' out ol"
any want of appreciation of th
honor for the vice presidency is
an honor which any man may well
covet. No one is obliged to step,
down to it.
"I 'have enjoyed the great honor
which came to me unsought and. by
the, undivided voice of my party,,
for all of which I am profoundly
grateful.
"This renewed expression of the
confidence of my friends touches me
most deeply. They need no assur
ance that I have come to the con
clusion I have reached deliberately
and I trust that the personal con
siderations which I have advanced,
will commend themselves to their
approval. I am the more confirmed
in the wisdom of my conclusion be
cause cf the fact that there is no
party or public exigency which,
would sem to suggest a contrary
course. '
"Accept for yourself and other
friends my grateful appreciation of
your generous, unfailing, and loyal
support. I remain, faithfully your .
friend,
"CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS."
IVot as Specific as Hughes.
It is apparent at first glance that Mr,
Fairbanks does not go to the full ex
tent fo Governor Hughes in his refusal
o consider himself as a candidate for
second place or to allow himself to be
considered for it. ' Mr. Fairbanks' letter
is carefully "worded and he docs not
say that he would refuse to accept tlifl
nomination if given to him.
There Is no doubt in the minds of any
of the republican ' leaders who know
that the letter was sent that the vice
president is entirely sincere In his de
sire not to be renominated, but at the
same time there is a feeling that hi3
announcement on the subject instead of
withdrawing him as a candidate, really
has made him one.
Thisiis merely conjecture on the part
of the 'men interested in the selection
of the vice presidential candidate. They
believe that Mr. Fairbanks will do what
his party wishes him to do, but it ia
easily appreciable that he cannot afford
for a moment to be placed in the posi
tion of being even recepticciy a candi
date for the ofilce.
Still In Presidential Race.
He still Is a candidate for the presi
dential nomination and manifestly can
not at the same time be a candidate
for vice president or even allow the
sugestion that he considers himself a
candidate to gain a foothold.
The party leaders accept his letter in
perfect good faith and know that Mr.
Fairbanks prefers not to be named for
the place, but they insist that they still
have the right to consider him available
in spite of himself.
THIS IS BIG DAY
OF CONVENTION.
(Continued from page 1.)
ses3ion held last night in order to clear
away for the main business of the con
vention and assure the balloting for
today. The delegates, however, did not
want It, and, feeling that Senator
Lodge can control things and hurry
matters along today, it was decided
not to press the matter.
Will Prevent Adjournment.
Today, however, Mr. Lodge will see
that the fight on the report of the
committee on resolutions is as short
as possible and that by 2 o'clock every
thing will be ready for Congressman
Burton to place Mr. Taft in nomina
tion. Should the lignt on resiunuus
last until afternoon, as it may do. Sena
tor Lodge will see that the convention
remains in session until at least one
nominating speech is made. After that
has started, it is certain that the dele
gates M ill remain at their posts and be
on hand for a night session.
The attitude of the Taft men was
plainly ' hurry up." No dallying is to
be permitted, if possible.
Told to Make Speech Short.
Congressman Burton of Ohio, who
will place Secretary Taft in nomina
tion, was notified last night that the
speech would be expected today, and he
was also notified, . politely, of course,
that the thing about the speech thst
would be most appreciated would be
its shortness.
Mental Medicine.
We know diseases of stoppinf and
suffocations are the most dangerous
in the body; and it is not much other
wise in the mind. You may take sarza
to open the liver, steel to open the
spleen, flower of sulphur for the lungs,
castoreum for the brain, but no re
ceipt openeth the heart but a true
friend. Bacon.