The Lake County times. [volume], September 22, 1910, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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HAMMOND, INDIANA. THUKSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1910;
ONE CENT PER COPY;
GOUMTY
RR1BLE LOSS OF LIFE
If BU1D
STEAM &
TROLLEY 110S
42 Slain as Interurban Cars
Meet When Motorman!
Fails Turn in on Siding
Collision Comes on Curve
at 60 Mile Speed.
Erie ' Flyer Leaving Ham
mond at 11:50 .Yesterday
Morning Leaps Into River
Near Conant; Two Die; 25
Badly Injured.
Death Toll Is 42.
Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 22. Forty.
two passenger were Willed and a score
or more Injured, many probably fatal
ly, when a northbound erowded local
ear on the Fort Wayne A Wabash Val
ley Interurban line collided with a
southbound special car shortly after
noon yesterday while both curs were
groins; at hls;h rates of speed. Nearly
every passenger was killed outright.
The crash occurred at Klngsland, . a
little station four miles north of Bluff
ton and twenty miles south of Fort
AVayne, on the Blucton division of the
line.
The local ear was crowded with pas
sengers goand for the Allen county fair
at Fort Wayne. The southbound car
contained no passengers.
A misunderstanding or neglect of
OE HOG S
EXPECT HS
Doings in the Democratic
Political Camp County
Treasurer Candidate Will
Be Named bv Chairman
John Gavit Friday.
Two Killed on Erie.
The Chicago-New York flyer on the
Erie which left Hammond yesterday at
11:50 a. m. was wrecked near Conant,
nine miles .west of Lima, O., at 4:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon, killing an
aged woman and another passenger
and injuring twenty-five persons. The
smoker, day coach and two Pullman
cars left the track and were overturned
in a ditch twenty feet deep. The track
at the point where the wreck occurred
had recently been raised several times.
The cars were badly crushed and
from their position in the ditch the
fact that only one fatality Is recorded
is regarded as miraculous.
Twenty-five Are Hurt.
Twenty-five persons were more or
less seriously hurt. The left foot of
RECK
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ORIS
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Whiting Man Wagers With
Friend That He Can Drink
a Quart of Whisky and
Four Cans of Beer; Found
Dead a Few Hours Later.
(Continued on Page Eight.)
H. B. DOUGLAS
SAYS STORY
IS HOT TRU
E
Attorney John A. Gavit, democratic
county chairman, made a swing around
the county today to confer with ' the
leaders of the party relative to the ap
pointment of a successor to George
Kussmaul as nominee for county treas
urer. Mr. Gavit promised to make
the announcement tomorrow and re
fused absolutely to divulge the name
f the man today.
"Of course, I am looking for a strong
man as possible and one that shall be
atlsfactory to all the democrats In the
county, but I want to go over the
ground once more today to make sure
that everything is satisfactory. I will
be ready to make the announcement
omorro," said Mr. Gavit this morning.
John B. Peterson, after reading , his
morning paper and seeing that Colo
rado E., a three-year-old trotter, set a
new world's record yesterday at Co
lumbus, started out on another day's
campaign. He was expected In Ham
mond this afternoon.
Chairman Gavit grew confidential
this morning and expressed his firm
conviction that the democratic congres
sional nominee would win, this predic
tion having been based on the stand-
pat and insurgent war in the repub
lican ranks.
The democratic sixty-day poir has
practically been completed, and demo
cratic headquarters have been opened
in the First National Bank building.
Hammond.
IS CLAIMED
BY DEATH
(Speoia.1 to THB TiMia)
Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 22. -Fred
Rlechers, ft. young man living on the
Rlechers' farm', southeast of town, died
at the Michael Reese hospital In Chi
cago on Tuesday evening following an
operation for appendicitis. He was ta
ken to the hospital from this place on
Monday in at precarious condition, but
word, after th operation, to relatives
at this place stated that he was doing
favorably. A -relapse followed, how
ever, on Tuesday night. Mr. Rlechers
was about 30 years of age, unmarried,
and has been employed on the Rlechers
farm since his" boyhood. The funeral
will be held on, Friday at 1 o'clock, at
the German Eyangelical church south
of town. ; :( (
A report to the effect that a. num
ber'of men were "being laid off at the
plant of the Standard Steel Car Co
was denied by Superintendent Doug
las today. - .
Douglas admitted that things were
slow in the freight department, but
there is considerable activity In the
passenger department. The company
could use a few more riviters If it
could get them.
No new orders are coming in, and it
is not expected that business will pick
up until after the fall elections.
(Special to The Times.)
Whiting, Ind., Sept. 22. A wager to
the effect that Andy Schostrlch could
drink one quart of whiskey, and four
cans of beer, was made in James
Harzlik's saloon on Steiber street and
Schrage avenue, resulted in Schor
trich's deaj.h.
Schostrlch made the wager with
George Duasich, who boarded at the
Ilarzlik place with him. He did the
stunt, but did not live to tell the tale.
'It is said that witnesses told Schos
trlch he had better be careful, but he
said he could stand that much, and
rrre too. He went to bed shortly af
ter, and when he did not get up as
usual yesterday morning a man went
to his room and was horrified to find
him dead.
Schostrich's body was taken to Hell
wig's morgue, where an inquest was
held last night. Schostrich is a Croa-
tion, 43 years old. He has a wife and
daughter in Europe. A purse is being
taken up to cover the cost of burial.
The funeral being arranged for Friday
morning. ,
AUTO CAMPAIGN IS
PROVING A SUCCESS
Republican Leaders Grati
fied at Success of Or
ganization Meetings.
mm
TELliS RH
FALSEHOOD
YOUNG REPUBLICANS
HOLD MEETING
Committee Headed by J. W.
Morthland Vill Draft
Constitution.
A large number of the young re
publicans of Hammond met last night
at the headquarters in the Hohrnan
for the purpose of organizing a repub
lican club.
After the meeting had been called
to order it was decided to appoint a
committee to draft a constitution and
by-laws and to call another meeting
later in the week for the purpose of
electing officers. ,
The committee appointed consisted
of John W. Morthland, Carl Ames and
Attorney C. B. Tinkham. This commit
tee will probably call a meeting next
Tuesday at which the election will
take place.
Notices are to be sent out to the
members of the old organization, and
It Is expected that there will be a
large attendance at the meeting to be
held next week
According to the information which
came to the republican headquarters at
Hammond the automobile campaign
which is being carried on by County
Chairman F. R. Schaaf and State Chair
man Lee through Lake county Is
great success.
The meeting at Lowell last nitrht
was one of the best that has ever been
held in that city. In fact, the trip is
described as whirlwind success all of
the way through.
The thirty-day poll in Lake county
is being taken and Is nearly com
pleted. By the time the figures are
condensed a good idea will be had of
the political complexion of the county. J
BUSINESSNOT EXPECTED
10 INCREASE TILL HOV.
Uncertainty About Election
Causes Halt in Indust
rial Conditions.
PURIELLE
IS EXPECTED
HERE TOBAY
Eugene Purtelle, the promoter of
the Northwestern Indiana Traction Co.
was in Hammond today for the pur
pose of his attorney. He called J. K
Stinson up on the telephone this morn
ing and stated that he would be in the
city and would explain some of the
questions that have been raised re
garding his company and himself. The
interest In Furtelle and his company
has grown since certain revelations
were made as to his past operations
and it is expected that the stockhold
ers of the company will ask him i
great many questions upon his arrival
here.
In the meantime the bankers and
business men of the city continue to
compliment Tub Times for putting th
matter up to the people. They say that
If Purtelle cannot stand an investiga
tion of his mehods and pas business
career he is no worhy of he confidence
of Lake couy investors.
THE POLISH
VOTERS WILL
0RG1ZE
Hammond, Whiting, East
Chicago and Indiana Har
bor Polish Republicans to
Form and Incorporate a
County-Wide Organization
latest M&ws
Saginaw, Mich. Sept. 22. It is reported that 8 persons'
were killed today in a wreck on the Michigan Central?
railroad at St. Charles, Mich. At .the Chicago offices o$
the Michigan Central railroad ; it was said at 9:15 a. ml
that no word had been received here of any accident ajf
St. Charles, Mich. j
Madrid, Sept.-; 22. During a bnll.flght : at7 Majorat
the grandstand collapsed, burying hundreds of occupants,'
and i is believed a score or more, have been killed. The
scene was one of bewildering confusion.
Indiana Harbor Lawyer
Says Times Misquoted Ad
dress Made by His Wife
Before Woman's Club, and
Talk Is Printed Herewith.
(Special' to The Times.)
Indiana Harbor, Sept. 22. It Is prob
able that the resignation of J. A. Pat
terson, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
of Lae ounty, will be demanded today.
.Alio! -T2fn at a. meeuug neiu
last night at John' Jakush's bowling
alley, was given an opportunity to
make a statement regarding his wife's
utterancesxJefore the Indiana Harbor
Woman's club last week. During the
course of his remarks he admitted that
it had been tipped off to him that his
ietirement was desired, and that when
his resignation was demanded, it would
bs forthcoming, but that then, well the
republican party would best look out.
Many Leaders Present.
The gathering was not large but It
embraced a number of the leadrs
among the foreign born population of
the Twin cities.
Patterson confined his remarks chief
ly to a vlllincatton of Thb Times and
the Chicago Examiner and said that the
reports of the address In these news
papers had been garbled, and that they
were indeed "a pack of lies". He work
ed himself up Tnto a great rage and in
frenzied tones "commanded" Thb Times
"not to dare" to publish Mrs. Patter
son's utterances in full, although but
a moment before he had villified the
Steps for the organization of a Pol
ish Republican club of county wide
oiganization in Lake county were tak
en last niEht bv prominent Poles of
Lake county at a meeting In Hammond.
The meeting was held In the drug
store of Dr. R. " O. Ostrowskl, corner
Douglas street and state line street,
and a temporary organization perfect
ed. Dr. R. O. Ostrowski presided as
chairman and Attorney J. B. Brenza
acted as secretary. The principal work
before the meeting last night was the
appointment of organization commit
tees in the various cities of the Calu
met region. No action was taken as to
Gary, because it Is expected that the
Polish voters will act as a unit and co
operate with the county organization.
It Is estimated that there are in the
neighborhood of 5,000 and 6,000 Polish
votes In Lake county, the majority of
which lean toward the republican par
ty. It is the plan of the organizers
to form a permanent organization
which shall continue under a charter.
Following are the men who were ap
pointed on- the organization commit
tees for the various cities:
Hammond L Tarnogrodski and M.
Tomaszewski.
Whiting M. Pawlus and J. Bajer.
East Chicago John Krnpa and John
Such.
Indiana Harbor Dr. John Stawickl
and J. B. Borowski. '
REPUBLICANS 10 GATHER IN
GARY FOB MEETING TONIGHT
With the commanding; officer of the
Indiana republican, tate, county and
township candidates present, the G. O.
P. of Gary vrlll open the fall campaign
tonight In the BInzenhof hall, when
Calumet township committeemen and
their workers assemble to discuss and
hear the issues of the day.
State Chairman Lee, accompanied by
County Chairman Schaaf, Is expected
to arrive In the steel city some time
this afternoon, toward sunset. Gary
will be their day's terminal of an ex
tended county trip, and upon their ar
rival the state chairman and party
will be met by a delegation ot local
republic leaders.
Schaaf W ill Preside.
At 7:30 o'clock the meeting, the prin
cipal event of the day, will begin In
the BInzenhof hall. Township Chair
man George Manlove will call the as
sembly to order, and will then turn the
gavel over to Mr. Schaaf, who wtlU ,.
preside for the rest of the evening)
The state, county and township odm
manders will deliver some very Im
portant instructions to the workenB!
and they will probably give a resume
of the situation as they have foundWiU!
State Candidates To Be There '
Some state candidates have signified
their Intention of attending the Gary
meeting, but how many are coming la
not known. Ed. Fltzpatrick, clerk ot
the supreme court and candidate for
ree-lectlon, and John Reld, who seeks
the state auditorsnip," will be on hand
for the affair.
Some of the county candidates bsT4
signified their intention of being pre
sent, and word was received this morn
lng that Sheriff Tom Grant would es
say the journey from Crown Point.
Dr. Frank Smith, secretary of the Cal
- (Continued on Page Eight)
BAZAAR
COIHITEE
TO IE
BUTCHER MEETS WITH
T OT LOWELL
AGG
W. Thomas of the Simplex Railway
Appliance company stated today that
now new orders have been received
lately. He said that he did not look
for business to pick up until late this
fall.
He stated, that business conditions
are very unsettled as a result of the
Roosevelt speeches that have been
made over the country. The European
investors are afraid of American in
vestments owing to the agitation that
has been carried on.
There is an air of uncertainty about
the business situation that makes It
Impossible for the big corporations to
float their bonds and the railroads have
decided on a policy of retrenchment
that prevents the carrying out of new
projects. .
(Continued on Page Four.)
GARY GETS
NEXT YEAR'S
There will be a meeting of the Elks'
bazaar committees at the club rooms
tonight to take up various matters that
have come up during the week.
All of the committees are expected
to report, and it is understood that
there will be some interesting reports.
"The committees are all working
well," said John F. Reilly, who Is one
of the chief promoters of the fair, "and
we expect to put on one of the biggest
fairs that have ever been seen in this
city."
Reilly said that many people were
not aware of the fact that the bazaar
Is to be held In the new Hetntz build
ing, on North Hohrnan street, which Is
now rapidly approaching completion.
CHARLES L. SURPRISE
pinuTV miomrPOMiui
iiiUlill UUUiliLUU lllhll
Is-E verythmg From Private
Secetary to TJ. S. Com
missioner.
HMlOtlD CREDIT
EXCHp STARTED
Betail.Merchants.WiU Pu
Out a Blue Book For
, Members Use. . ' '
MEETING
(Special to Thb Times.)
Lowell, Ind., Sept. 22. While butch
ering a beef Tuesday afternoon Guy
Nichols, of the firm of Hayden & Nlch
ols' meat market, cut his left hand
badly with a sharp butcher knife, al
most severing his fore and middle fing
ers. The flesh was laid open and the
cord of the forefinger was completely
severed. Before he could brought to
town he fainted from pain and loss of
blood. He was taken to a doctor's of
fice and the injury adjusted. The cord
had to be spliced together and several
stitches were taken in the flesh. Nich
ols will be out of commission for a
short time.
LIE TO BE COMPLETE
WITHIN FEW WEEKS
In the course of a few weeks the
Gary & Interurban tracks on Fifth
avenue street car line will be complet
ed and in operation. The line will ex
tend from Fillmore street on the west
and connect with the Broadway line on
the east, thus opening up Fifth avenue
and establishing street car service in
that end of town with Broadway north
and teouth and Tolleston and Hammond
on the west.
The schedule for the new line has
not yet been decided upon. Only one
track wil be used at Dresant.
Gary has added to its laurels as a
convention city. At the meeting of the
Logansport Presbytery at LaPorte yes
terday Gary was chosen as the meeting
place next year.
Rev. A. C. Ormond of Mishawauka
was elected moderator and S. A. Carson
of Monticello stated clerk. A Hungar
ian pastor at East Chicago was receiv
ed into the Presbtery. -
The Logansport Presbytery includes
the northern part of Indiana and there
will be a large number of the pastors
of the church present.
Fifty Years Ago Today.
Sept. 22.
Prince of Wales inspected one
of Chicago's immense grain ele
vators, which at that early date
made the city famous.
Twenty-five Years Ago Today.
At the American forestry con
gress in Boston the United States
Chief forester announced that
there was an annual drain of
timber in this country equiv
alent to 50,000,000 acres of for
est. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
stated he hoped this country
would retain "leaves enough, to
hide its nakedness, of which it
is already becoming to be ashamed."
FIRE DESTROYS W.
HlMOflSTRUCTURE
T. Benjamin Suffers Loss of
Nearly Thousand Dollars
Through Flames.
Fire from an unknown source this
morning destroyed the story and a
half frame barn and several neighbor
ing outhouses located near Lincoln
avenue and Plummer street, West
Hammond. The born was the proper
ty of T. Benjamin, a peddler, while
one of the outhouses was the property
of a neighbor, G. Seidler. The damage
is estimated to range from $800 to $1,
000. The Central fire department went to
the assistance of West Hammond's vol
unteer department. The latter's efforts
were in effective because of lack of
water pressure. The Hammond depart
ment because of its steamer was ena
bled to play one sream on the flames.
That the Hammond office - of the
United States district and circuit courts
is the leading' deputy office in the
state, was an Interesting statement
that Charles L. Surprise, the local dep
uty, gave out today In connection with
the close of a four-year term that he
has served. More business is transact
ed in the Hammond office than in Fort
Wayne, Evansville or New Albany. The
principal source of business for the
Hammond office is the naturalization,
but the bankruptcy business and regu
lar court cases have been growing
apace, adding to tne income ana im
portance of the office.
Mr. Surprise is also United States
commissioner for the district, having
received the appointment In 1907. His
four years' appointment for this office
expires next year.
Besides his appointments, Mr. Surprise-
has put a number of other irons
in the fire, which have kept him busy
during his four years residence In
Hammond. For a time he was inter
ested in Gary real estate to a consid
erable extent, and in the meantime also
acted as administrator in a number of
bankruptcy estates. He Is now also
secretary to A. M. Turner, president of
the First National bank.
MASONS START ACTIVITY
FOR AUTUMN CALENDAR
The recently organised association of
Hammond retail merchants has de
cided to call Itself the Hammond Cred
it exchange, and as such It will com
pile a blue book in which every man
or person buying on account will be
rated as a good or slow debtor. T3
blue book, however, will be open only
to the members of the association.
A. meeting and smoker was held last
night in the city hall, and another
meeting will be held next Wednesday
evening. By that time it is hoped the
committee on location will have found
a place which will provide a suitable
headquarters for the exchange. It id
also planned to retain a professional
collector In connection with the ex
change. ;
The organization now numbers twenty-two
members, but the charter Is still
open. The credit exchange is, however,!
not the only object of the organization.!
It is affiliated with the Indiana State
Retail Merchants' association and as
such has a voice in proposing lawa tor
the protection of the merchants In gen
Incidental to the compiling of, the
blue book the exchange asks that those
who are in arrears in the payment of
their accounts make , arrangement lor
settlement in order that as good . at
credit as possible may be extended
WILL VISIT IN
EAST CHICAGO
(Special to Thb Times.)
East Chicago. Ind., Sept. 22. Notices
have been sent to the republican politi
cians of East Chicago and Indiana Har
bor, from County Chairman F. Richard
Schaaf, apprising them of the fact that
Mr. John Reed, candidate for auditor
of state, and Ed V. Fltzpatrick, candi
date for clerk of the supreme court.
have arranged to be in East. Chicago at
7 o'clock Friday evening, at Weiland's
hall, to meet with the East Chicago
politicians, and at S o'clock In the liar
bor at the Auditorium The purpose of
their visit is to assist in the active
work of thoroughly organizing the pre
cincts to get ready for the real open
4 ing of the campaign in these parts.
The past master and most excellent
master degrees were worked on four
candidates in the Hammond chapter
meeting last night. The Royal Arch
degree will be worked on three of the
candidate- next Wednesday.
The Blue lodge will hold a regular
meeting tomorrow night. A number
of candidates are scheduled to receive
a degree.
The Commandery will hold a special
meeting next Monday evening to con
fer the Order of the Temple upon three
candidates.
COMMITTEEMAN
RESIGNS
(Special to Thb Times.)
Indiana "Arbor, Ind., Sept. 22. O. B.
Lloyd, r isenting the thirteenth pre-
cinot othe republican city central
committee, has resigned and Monroe
Schock has been named to take his
place. Ill health is given as the cause
of Mr. Lloyd's resignation.
It is the intention of the ex-precinct
committeeman to take a trip for the
benefit of his health in the near future.
IITIIIG PAIR SEEK -
SHERMAN FOR OIL CLAIM
Whiting Men .:. Impressed
With Idea That Vice
President Will Pay. .y
. Hammonds on Outing.
Walter Hammond and his family
leave tomorrow for a week's automobile
trip through Michigan. They intend to
visit Kalamazoo, Jackson and Detroit.
They are looking forward to a most de
lightful fall outinr
Washington, Sept. 22. Two Indiana
men with an alleged claim against the
Standard Oil company for $150,000, who
conceived the idea that Vice President
Sherman had some responsibility in the
matter of payment were arrested at
the capitol Tuesday afternoon. They
were released Wednesday morning on
their rromise to leave town. Both men "
are cripples and gave their names as
Michael Inlk and Henry Gehrke. Inik
says he lives in Whiting, Ind. He says
Gehrke, who is ahout 60 years old and
ten years his senior, Is his valet. On
being searched at the , police station
several letters were found on Inik
which were written by himself and
Gehrke in such a manner as to make
them almost unintelligible.
Both men were so persistent at the
capitol in their demand to see Sherman
that they were taken in.
Any hard working man In Northern
Indiana can own a farm in Clark Coun
ty, Wis. that will support them as long
as they live. Talk to Lowell, 6011
Hartford Bldg., Chicago, 111,, - 3-18.6