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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
MASONS WILL PICNIC
South Chicagoans Will be
be Hosts at Big Doings
at Hudson Lake.

The members Of the South Chicago
Masonic fraternity have decided to hold
their first annual picnic and reunion at
held under the auspices of the local
fraternity and the proceeds will go
towards the expense of building their
new hall and clubrooms at Ninety-first
street and Exchange avenue Another
object OF the picnic is to bring about
a closer affiliation among the members
families and to form a general reunion
The picnic will be given August Is.
The different committee have been
appointed and everything is assuming
what looks like successful proper
lions and the members are confident
that their first attempt at giving a
reunion picnic will be an unlimited
success. Tickets for the round trip are
only rs cents and forty cents for chill
dren, so there need be no reason why
everyone should not take in the affair.
The first train will leave Englewood
at $40 stopping at Grand Crossing.
South Chicago, East Side, Whiting, In
diana Harbor and Gary. Owing to the
fact that a large number from South
Chicago will be unable to leave on the
morning train an afternoon special
will be put into service by the Nickel
Plate road to convey this crowd to
the scene of the festivities
The Mason's band from Whiting, Ind.
will board the train al the oil city and
will play lively selections both going
and coming from the Indiana resort.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
CHAMPS" IN MINNESOTA.

Minneapolis Aug. 4.-Nat Emerson,
the western tennis champion, had
hard time today in the opening round
of the annual northwestern tourney at
the Deephaven courts at Minnetonka,
and narrowly won out over S. Stell
wagon, a 17-year-old Minneapolis boy.
The veteran was in the hole three
games in the first set before he real
lied that the youngster was danger
Gus. Stellwagon captured four games
in each of the two sets and sent near
ly every game to deuce.
l. T. Waidner, the present holder of
the Northwestern title, is on the ground
to defend his laurels, and the Chicago
man will probably meet the Cincinnati
crack, who defeated him at Chicago
last week. Waidner's preliminary match
with a local man scheduled for today
was postponed and will be played to-
morrow. Emerson and Waidner will
play in the doubles, which open to-
morrow.
Ideal weather and a large gallery
witnessed the opening of the premier
tennis event of this section, but only
mediocre tennis was in evidence, the
only enthusiasm of three hours match
es coming when Stellwagon made his
excellent showing against the cham
pion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
sOX GET ANOTHER WHIRL.

Denton Tecumseh Young, the seventh
wonder of the baseball armament, gave
those White SoX another whirl on the
merry go-round in the opening game
of the series on the South Side yester-
day. Boston winning. to 1. ''Hirman,"
as the old warrior is affectionately
styled by his fellow wearers of the Red
Hose. allowed four hits, the first of
these coming in the fifth round. And
to make the trimming truly artistic the
old man tackled thirteen different hit
tiers, for Jones. driven to desperation.
summoned out the reserves as early
as the seventh round.
To squirrel the ground it
looked like a deal sure shutout for
Comiskey's SLIDING athletes. but the
rally in the seventh which introduced
such eminent sluggers as Jawn Ander-
son and Jacob Atz. aided materially in
sparing the home boys the stigma of a
calcimining. In that session a pair
of doubles and a slip by Wagner with
Ats long fly counted the solitary
tally.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
DISCOVERY IS
STARTLING ONE
Coroner Declares That Members
Were Severed With a Butchers
Saw and That They Belong to an
Eighteen-Year-0ld Girl-Start to
Find Clew.

grewsome murder mystery, which
promises to be one of the most batting
that the Chicago police have lately been
called upon to solve. was unearthed late
yesterday in the finding of a pair of
severed legs of young woman in the
old Illinois and Michigan canal near
West Thirty-third street and Lawn
dale avenue. DR.. Warren NJ Hunter.
coroner's~ physician, who examined the
limbs, gave it as his opinion today that
the murder was committed within the
last week and that the legs had been
hacked and sawed from the body with
butchers saw His official report
spurred the police to action
First Thought To BE a Hoax.
AT first the authorities were inclined
to believe that the work was that of
medical students who had thrown the
portions Of the body into the water
as a hoax, but when the physician re-
ported that he could find no evidence
that the legs had been severed from
a cadaver or had been been treated with
any solution such as is used in medi-
cal colleges, they started to work on
the murder theory. The fact that the
water is not within miles of any medi-
cal college added strength to the theory
that a brutal murder was committed.
Police start to Find CIews.
Inspector Dorman of the Maxwell
street station. together with detectives
from the Lawndale district. in which
the body was found. started early to
seek clews in the battling mystery.
The particular part of the canal in
which the severed limbs were found is
known as Mud lake and connects with
small slip. This will be dragged by
policemen in the hope of finding the
other parts of the dismembered body.
Wrapped in Part Of Mans Shirt.
The only key to the solution of the
mystery is a section of a mans shirt,
in which part of the legs was wrapped.
The collar of the shirt showed a faint
trace of indelible ink outing the letter
CO. and the size of the garment was
IA. The police think the shirt may
have belonged to the girls murderer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
SPORTING NOTES
GAME FULL OF GINGER
Stocker Colts and Indiana
Harbor Team Cross
Bats.

Indiana Harbor. Aug. 3.-(Special)-
The game of ball Sunday between the
Stocker Colts of Chicago and the In
diana Harbor team, was not remarkable
for its spectacular features. The game
from the start was too one-sided to be
as Interesting as most of the games
have ben this eason. The Colts never
had a look-in from the tap of the bell
to the finish.
Indiana Harbor went out and by
hard smuggling, coupled with few
errors by the Colts, gamered seven runs
in the first four innings. All the Wis
itors were able to gather in the same
length of time was a lone solitary
score.
Ford pitched his usual good game.
allowing but six hits. two Of which
were in the ninth inning and coupled
with a base on balls and a sacrifice
Melted two runs for the enemy, but
these could easily be handed them as it
brought their total score only up to
four, while the home team already had
eleven safely tucked away. Ford also
was some pumpkins with the stick
making two two baggers. which
brought in two men each time.
III NAAO oOSOhd anu llAlA u AilHluSS OTU
struck the side out, not permitting
more than three men to face him in the
second and four in the third Murphy
was also warm batting member, max
ing five hits in his five time sat bat
Hughes caught for the home team, CAL
wins finger not being quite we'll yet.
By the way, Hughes has become quite
popular with both the audience and
the players. Calvin took Stunberg' S
place in right field when the latter was
knocked out in the fourth inning.
Heider, who pitched for the Colts,
was not very effective, twelve hits be-
ing made off his delivery. His support
too. was ragged, the whole inheld
making a number of costly errors.
Verden, catcher and Reese, first base
man. did the best batting for the Chi
cagoans. getting two hits each, but
that was not sufficient to beat the Har
borities Sunday, as they certainly had
their batting clothes on. The final
score was Indiana Harbor, IL; Stock
er Colts, 4.
The following is the lineup:
Indiana Harbor-Jones, second base
Murley, centerfeld; Haskell. third base
Nel1is, rightfeld; Ford. pitcher; Stern
burg, right field; Calvin, rightfield
Hughes. catcher; Nyland, first base
Barney, shortstop.
| Stocker Colts-Verden, catcher; Jack
son, leftfeld; Carr. second base; Reese
first base; Cochran, rightfield; Pace
centerfeld; Van Dyke, third base; KEEL
Ter. shortstop; Heider, pitcher.
Struck out-By Ford. IL; by Heider
Z. Hits-Of Ford, 6; off Heider, II
Umpire-Hughes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
NOTIFIED AUGUST 18TH
John w. Kern Will Make
One of Two Speeches at
That Time.

Indianapolis Ind, Aug. 5.-(speciaD
1t is probable that John w. Kern
will be notified of his nomination for
vice president on August 25. This date
has practically been adopted although
a change might be made. An early date
is desired that the notification celebra-
ton may be got out of the way before
the state fair. The exercises will be
held in the coliseum at the fair grounds
and Bryan will make a speech-the
first of the two speeches he will make
in Indiana this campaign. Arrange
ments are now under way to make the
notification event one of the chief
events of the campaign Democratic
clubs from all parts of the country will
be asked to participate in mammoth
parade. A big celebration. it is thought
will do the Hoosier democracy some
good
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
COMPANIES WILL
STAND BY GARY
Fire Insurance Adjusters
Agree to Satisfactorily
Pay All Claims.
CITY WILL PROTECT TERRITORY
Good News Is Received Today By
Those Who Suffered in the
Fire Sunday.

Gary will not be deprived of fire in
surance That was the decision arrived
at yesterday when J. j. Hogan, chief
adjuster for the Franklin Fire Insur-
ance company, and w. F. Holmes, chief
adjuster for the Fidelity and Metropoli-
tan Fire Insurance companies, appeared
on the scene of last Saturday nights
disaster, to take an inventory of Gary,
south Of the Wabash tracks, as to
Gary's possibilities in a big fire.
Fear Was Expressed.
When the big fire broke out last Sat-
urday night it was feared that the in
surance companies would withdraw
from the field south of Gary, and if
this would have been the case it would
have stified all building operation in
the city.
The Fidelity and the Metropolitan
companies are setting the pace and. of
course. the other companies will have
to follow suit. Some of the local
agents may pull off insurance here and
there but not enough to affect the in
surance in general.
To Protect Territory south.
The city has taken steps to protect
the territory south of the Wabash rail
road and this added materially to the
optimism that the insurance companies
have maintained toward Gary's danger
zone.
The insurance on the buildings that
were destroyed last Saturday will be
paid without question by the insuring
companies.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
LITTLE DEFEATED BY HARMED
Champion Successfully Defends Ten
mis- Title at LOngwOOd.

Boston, Aug. Harmed having won
permanent possession of the cup played
for champion against Little today on
the Longwood courts. The latter was
never for moment in the running
After his decisive defeat of B. c.
Wright yesterday it was expected that
he would give Larned at least hard
fight, but such proved not to be the
case, for Larned was at his best.
At the net. overhead. in the back
court, the national champion was al
most faultless. playing with a dash and
an accuracy that carried Little COM
pletely off his feet.
The first set found the games at 3
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
NATIONAL LEAGUl
CUBS WERE WHIPPED.

Philadelphia, Aug. 4.-From victory
TO defeat in a jiffy was the fate of
the worlds champions today. and be-
cause Reulbach weakened for an in
slant in the seventh inning the Cubs
were whipped, to 2. The defeat put
the champs in third place. Just when
they seemed winning hands down, in
spite of their own failures to take adj
vantage of their opportunities. luck
turned against them. and one base on
balls, given at the worst possible mo-
ment. caused Reulbach to throw away
the game.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
STABBED IN HIS BACK
Grown Point Lad Rolls
Over on Knife and is
Seriously Hurt.

Crown Point, Ind, Aug. ESPECIALLY
Fred Decamp, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Minor Decamp, living on North Main
street. was quite seriously injured last
night in one of the most peculiar acct
vicinity.
Young Decamp was lying out in
front of the house on the lawn with an
open knife in front of him, with which
he had been playing. He forgot that
the knife lay open and rolled on 1t.
The blade entered his back to a depth
of over an inch, DR.. ]. c. Gibbs was
called to look after the wound, which
was a clean stab. 1t is not thought
that any serious injury will follow.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
MISCELLANEOUS BALL GAMES.

At Centralia, Hl.-Chicago Grand
Leaders. 7; Centralia White Sox. 3.
At Sterling. IlL-Mendota. s; Sterling
Infants. 6.
At Muscatine. Ia.-Muscatine, 3; Sub
urban Islands, 1.
AT Steward. Ill.-Paw Paw, 6; Stew
art 2.
At Ferdinand. Ind.-Ferdinand. IL;
Holland. 2.
At Carlisle. Ind.-Carlisle. IS: Jack
sonville. 8.
At GRANVILLE, Ill.-Grayvile. 10;
Evansville Elites, o.
At Jasper. Ind.-Jasper, Is; Hunting
burg, 2.
At Newtonville. Ind.-Newtonville s.
Liberal, 7.
At Hazelton. Ind.-Patoka, II; Haz-
elton, II.
At Decker. Ind.-Decker. 3. Inoa, s.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
OPENERS AT JEFFRIES SHOW
Preliminary and Semf-Windup Have
Been Arranged for Friday Night.

Los Angeles, Aug. 4.-One prelimi-
nary and a semi-windup will be carded
before the Mcfarland Brock bout of
Friday night. AL Vogt and the Young
Harlem Coffee Cooler have been signed
for the curtain raiser and Kid Trendall
and Bubbles" Robinson will meet in
the semi-windup. Trendall is the boy
who attained some reputation around
st. Louis under the same of Harry
Trennell when the old West End club
was in operation.
Brock is gradually winding up his
severe boxing and works in public at
Venice with Kid Webster and new
boy who has been labeled Kid Tough.
Mcfarland, as usual. does his work at
the Vernon South Side club
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
JOHNSON AFTER THE GAMBLERS
President of American League Opens
Up War on Baseball BettOrs.

Efforts to stamp out gambling in
baseball will Immediately be made by
the American league. President John
son of the league will today issue a
bulletin to every American league club,
calling attention to the prevalence Of
betting and asking each club owner
to enforce the section against betting
in the league constitution to the letter.
President Johnson figures that in
order to discourage the gamblers it will
be necessary to apprehend everyone
caught making bets at the ball park.
If the city police cannot be trusted to
enforce the order he viii recommend
that the club owners assign big force
of private detectives to ferret out the
bettors and those receiving bets.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
NOTES OF THE MINOR LEAGUES.

Worcester and Lawrence are having
it nip and tuck for first place in the
New England league.
The vicksburg team is making a
great fight for the Cotton States league
pennant, but it begins to look as
though Jackson had it on them.
The South Michigan league is hav-
ing one fine race. Saginaw is leading
with a percentage under 900 and Pay
City is last with over 400.
Buffalo and Baltimore will have to
work overtime If they succeed in hold
ing Providence in check. The Grays
look mighty strong for Eastern league
honors.
The San Francisco and Oakland
teams in the California state league
are outclassed. San Francisco has won
but out of 80 games played and Oak
land out of SO.
The South Atlantic league never has
had such a one-sided pennant race as
points ahead of Savannah which team
is 100 points ahead of Columbia
The race in the Northwest league has
been a big surprise this season. Seat
tie. always a contender for the flag in
past years, is falling the bunch, while
Vancouver, considered an outsider, is
going forward rapidly.
Extra inning games must come in
punches. A sixteen-inning game in St.
Louis, the same in New York, a sew
entertaining affair at Albany. twelve
innings at Lowell II innings at Mont
real, 10 innings at Toronto and ten
innings at Rochester. all comprised in
the record for one day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
PLAYERS MAY FOOT OWN BILLS.
Eastern MaEnates of National League
Figure ON Saving Scheme.

Eastern magnates of the National
league are planning to make the ball
players pay their own expenses on the
road. and 1t is probable that this will
wo into effect next year. A report from
New York last night stated that the
owners of the clubs were figuring on
placing their men on the same basis
as actors, who always pay their own
hotel bills and other expenses
They even go so far as to decide that
the players shall purchase their own
uniforms and bats. This is also keep
ing in line with the acting profession.
where the actors buy their own cos
tunes and "fxings." A loud and con-
tinued roar is expected to follow when
the players get wise TO this plan of the
magnates-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
CHILD ACTS AS CHAUFFEUR
Crown Point Girl Can Guide
Auto With Consum-
ate Ease.

Crown Point Ind, Aug. 5.-(Special.}
Little Virginia Salisbury is Crown
Points, and probably Lake county's,
youngest chauffeur. and she is becom-
ing an adept in the art of handling
machine. driving her fathers Ford
runabout like professional.
Crown Point has also two or three
women who can handle an automobile
as well as their husbands. and it is
not an uncommon sight now to see a
machine driven by a member of the
gentler sex. This, a few years ago.
was considered one of the impossible
ties
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
PLANS TO TRY INDICTED
THURMAN UNDER WAY
Special Jurfes Called for Aug. rs to
Hear Case Against officials.

New York, Aug. fudge Watson
NJ. Rogers of WATERFOWL. who will
preside at the extraordinary session
of the trial term of the supreme court
for hearing of the race track cases,
served notice today on Jacob Bremen
commissioner of jurors of Brooklyn, to
draw special panel of 100 trial jurors
From this panel will be chosen the vari-
Gus juries which will hear the cases
presented by the Kings County grand
jury.
The order also states that panel
is to be drawn for a special grand
jury to be ready for work in August,
when there is usually no jury in ses-
sion. This was proof that the Brook
lyn officials are preparing to continue
their vigorous warfare against betting,
and that the special grand jury will
be on hand to observe how the law is
carried out when racing is resumed
in thi ssection on Aug. Is.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
AWAIT EXAMINATION
Of DOGS BRAIN
Two South Chicago Children
Bitten by Animal Sup
posed to be Mad.
CANINE DIES VERY SUDDENLY
Man Attacked By Brute Yesterday
Afternoon Captured By
Police.

The relatives and friends of Ruth
and Eva Sinclair. nine and four years
old respectively. are anxiously awaiting
the outcome of an examination of the
brain of dog who last Sunday at
tackled the two little girls and bit
them.
The two children live at zoos Com
mercial avenue and while on the street
last Sunday were bitten by a dog be-
longing to John Kavanaugh, 1852 Com
mercial avenue.
Dog Locked Up.
When this was discovered the dog
was captured and locked up in the
basement of the Kavanaugh building
to await developments as to the ami
mails condition.
Yesterday it died without signs of
rabies, but the carcass showed some
very unusual cause and consequently
the brains were taken from the head
and sent to the city physicians office
is anxiousIy awaited by the children
and their family living in the greatest
fear.
Another Man Bitten.
John Novak, 81 years old was bitten
yesterday afternoon by a dog owned
by Michael Sanda. 1926 Green Bay ave-
nue. Novak was walking along the
street near his home at 1927 Marquette
avenue when the dog attacked him
biting him in the left arm.
The animal was taken in custody by
the police and is now at the station
where developments in its condition
are awaited
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
SUNKEN FIRE BOAT WAS
FORMERLY IN SOUTH CHICAGO

The fire boat Illinois. an old South
Chicago fire boat which was stationed
at the Ninety-second street bridge be-
fore the advent of the Michael Conway.
was sunk in the Chicago river yester-
day and three firemen on the boat mar
rowly escaped death.
The Illinois was in South Chicago
few weeks ago. while the Conway was
undergoing repairs and members of the
local boat are well acquainted with the
boats captain and his crew.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
GARY TO GET FIRST
CLASS PROTECTION
Money Will be Raised I'm
mediately For Building
of Fire Station.
Is CIRCULATED
Trustees, By Citizens Consent, Will
0verstep Limit of Bounded In
debtedness for Building.

Gary will temporize with the fire
hend no longer.
AS soon as it is possible to nego-
tiate the necessary loans, Gary will
have fully equipped fire station as
soon as the building can be erected.
Impellec 70 action by the recent serf-
Gus confia grafton, the board decided to
procrastinate no longer in providing
the property in this city with adequate
fire protection. The building will cost
$4,000 and Will be located on the prop
erty which has been decided to the city
by the Gary Land company at Massa
chusetts and Seventh avenue
Overstep Bonded Indebtedness.
Heretofore the drawback in the cree
ton of the building has been the re-
striction by law placed upon the bond
ed Indebtedness of town. This diff
f1culty has been overcome, however. by
the circulation of petition among the
property owners, which, having been
signed by a majority of the taxpayers,
gives the trustees the right to incur
the debt. This petition is in the form
of request for the fire station. stipu-
Site for Building.
The building will be located on the
northwest corner of Massachusetts
street and Seventh avenue. 1t will be
constructed of brick and two stories
in height. For the present the struc-
ture will be used as combination fire
station, police headquarters and city
hall. The fire department will have q
full equipment, including a steamer
and the other requisites of an up-to-
date station. In the rear will be To-
Gated the police department. On tbs
second floor, for the present, will be
the Offices of the city officials. In the
future, however, when the city hall i.
constructed, the building will be USED
for the central station for the police
and fire departments and the second
floor will be used for the dormitory anC
probably a gymnasium.
Negotiate For Loans.
The trustees will negotiate for loan!
at once and it depends on their sue
cess in getting the money how sool
the building will be started.
1t is the intention Of the city of
fcials at the present time to get tn,
building competed Dy THIS Iall, so ina
the fire station can be established an,
| the police will not have to spend an
| other winter in the shack that ha
been used for a police station eve
| since the birth of the city. 1t is ex
pected that the appointment of fir
| chief will be made within a few weeks
as there are now a large number o
applications on file.
Chemical Engines Arrive.
At the present time it will be som
relief to the property owners to fee
| the protection of the great chemica
engines which have arrived. One 0
| them will be used for the protection o
the first subdivision, and the other 70
| the south side. A demonstration o
! the efficiency of the machines wa
| demonstrated by an agent for tn
American-La France company yester
day morning The chemicals worke
| in extinguishing a bonfire to the en-
| tire satisfaction of those who wit
messed the exhibition.