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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-02
HoLLENgvTLLE.

MIS-. Wesley DtdhkeuSnlp re-
turned Tuesday to her home near
Martinsburg. She was accom-
panied by her niece, the little
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Threlkeld.
Mrs. Cecil Mallory is quite i'll.
Willett Welch and family Of be.
yond Rowena. spent several days
last week with relatives in this
vicinity. Two daughters, Misses
Lena and Minnie, remained here
for longer visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. CauthOrn
and daughter, Dora, attended the
family reunion at p. r. Cauth-
orn's Wednesday, and since then
have entertained the following
relatives: On Wednesday night
James Walden and family, of
Green Ridge. PettiS county; on
Friday Wallace Bybee and family,
of Santa Fe; on Saturday and
Sunday. Frank Cauthorn and
family of Mexico.
DR.. and Mrs. j. |. Kirkland re-
turned Saturday from visit with
relatives and friends in Kansas
City. They went up with their
grandson, Champ Creason. who
had been spending part of his va
cation here.
Miss Otie Baker begins her
seven months term of school at
Gatewood this (Monday) morn
ing.
Dave Neale, John Rudasill.
Gene Edwards and Miss Mamie
Lipps will leave next Monday for
the Kirksville Normal.
Claude Slonaker is visiting at
the home of his brother. Homer.
near Buell.. Mrs. SlOnaker return
I'd from there about a week ago
and says Homer has fifty-one
acres of fine corn.
Mrs. Clarence Berrey is still
very sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. VI. Dawson
visited at T. L. Fullers in Paris
Sunday and their granddaughter.
Miss Della Fuller. accompanied
them home.
Mr.. Senica Atkinson. who had
been helpless for several months
from a paralytic stroke. passed
away at four O'Clock Saturday
morning. The remains were laid
to rest on Sunday at Mt. Zion
cemetery, near Cecil, Monroe Co.
He had long been a member of
Antioch Christian church and
lived a consistent Christian life.
We extend sympathy to the be-
reaved wife and children. and to
the large circle of sOrrowing rel.
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Reed spent
Saturday and Sunday at Pearl
DawsOn's, in Centralia. Mrs.
Dawson is very i'll.
1t is still dry, with no prospect
in sight of an early change. Ponds
are dried up and cisterns getting
low But it might be worse. A
letter from north Texas says they
haven't had good rain since
May. The thermometer has reg.
istered as high as 107 in the shade
fgrass was weeks ago dry enough
to burn and shade trees a foot
{ and more in diameter are dying
A fair grain crop was made be
fore the drouth began.
Z. f. Pierce has his big new
IL house ready for the painters.
= McGee Bros, delivered IA 19l
ID hogs to Powell and Mundy Al
d $7.75.
{ j. g. Crawford delivered 81,
y wagon loads of $50 ID. hogs Il
Il Powell and Mundy at $3.50.
j. W. Blum delivered 10 81;
e ID, hogs at 1915 per cwt.
d Milt Householder sold t,
S. Viyion one good mule for $3.50
Milt Householder bought o
: Peter Albright a horse for $135
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-02

J.W. Weaver and Miss Lena
Weaver leave in a few days for
a visit in Fort Worth, Houston
and Galveston, Texas.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-02

We are sorry To learn that Il.
c. Gibbs of AuxvaSSc, father OF
Rev. +. S. Gibbs Of Mexico. is in
very bad health lately.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-02

Charles Howard is the guest VI
his brother, L. P. Howard, Of
AEoberlg, this ENeelr
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-09-02

Col. Green Clay and w. w. Fry
of Mexico and DIR. j. G. Parrish
of Vandalia arrived home last
week from a visit to their mining
land near Joplin. A few days
ago a rich pocket of zinc and lead
ore was discovered on the land,
by the Katherine Lease Co., OPP.
Grating thereon. Mr.. Fry tells
the Message that he has great
hopes for the property-and here
too, we hope the find is more than
q pocket and that it may make
its owners rich.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
WILL
SETTLE The
QUESTION
Meeting Takes Place on
Thursday Night to Dis
cuss Possibilities in the
Building Line for Local
Lodge B. P. o. E.

At a meeting. which is to be held
in the Elks' club rooms next Thurs
day, the question of securing building
site will be taken up and settled. The
Elks of Hammond have been figuring
on securing new club rooms for some
time. and since many of the members
visited Michigan city and saw the
splendid building of the order there,
the sentiment in favor of a home for
the local order has been growing.
Time for Elks to Get Busy.
The members of this society are also
Of the opinion that IN view of the fact
that many other of the fraternal and
benevolent societies of Hammond are
housed in their own or improved quar-
ters, it is high time that the Elks were
doing something.
1t is expected that there Will be a
large membership in attendance, and
the matter will be thoroughly and
finally thrashed out. Many of the mem
bers have expressed themselves as con-
vinced that the present quarters of the
order are entirely Inadequate.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
CORONER TAKES
UP EXPLOSION
DR.. E. R. Gordon of Hobart
Not Satisfied With Inves-
tigation of Death.
DIFFICULTY IN GETTING FACTS
Company Officials at American Maize
Products Company Can Not
Give Reason.
Especial to THE T1MEs.)

Whiting, Ind. April 26.-The inquest
held here by Coroner E. R. Gordon of
Hobart over the body of Charles Wem-
Der, who died as a result of an explo-
sion, has not yet been productive of a
verdict Although Coroner Gordon has
encountered some difficulty in getting
at the facts. and gained access to the
American Maize Products company's
plant at Roby. where the explosion oc-
CURED last Wednesday, only after con
siderable red tape he is not yet salts
fed with the investigation and has
reserved his decision until he can probe
into the cause a little deeper.
VIII Continue InvestigatiOn.
The circumstances in connection with
the explosion are hard to make out.
The company officials We're unable to
state definitely just what caused the
disaster. but gave it out as their opin-
ion that It was due to a fire on the
floor below. but there is room for
doubt on the grounds that one side
of the elevator was blown out when it
happened. There is all the more room
for doubt in view of the fact that a
similar explosion occurred nearly two
years ago.
Before making his decision, Coroner
Gordon will investigate the chemica
reaction of ground or powdered corr
pulp under pressure, as was the case
when the explosion occurred.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
JUDGE IS GOING
TO EUROPE
Hon. w. w. Mcmahon Sails
for Hamburg Wednesday
Via Deutschland.
GOES ON IMPORTANT MISSION
Hamomnd Clients of Law Firm Ex-
pect to Reap Handsomely
From Investment.

TIL Pabst Theater Ensemble, which
presents Der Elbonkel" in German
this evening at the Towle opera House.
under the auspices Of the Saengerbund-
FideIia, arrived this afternoon on the
1854 Michigan Central. and were re-
ceived by delegation of members from
the local singing society, who prompt
ly took them in charge. Four automo-
biles were held in readiness to begin
a pleasure and sightseeing trip through
Hammond and Lake county The local
reception committee was composed of
Mesdames William Woltr. William Thum
and. Otto Klmperer and Messrs. f. c.
Miller, Markmiller, Otto Duelke and
Carl Helms.
The trip lay first through Hammond
thence to Crown Point from there to
Gary and back to Hammond again. via
Indiana Harbor
The company has eighteen people
and practically all of them went in for
the ride. They put in the greater part
Of the afternoon on their trip and en-
joyed it immensely.
They will appear this evening, and
the singers have every assurance that
their efforts will be greeted by a big
house
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
FOR YOUR HEALTH'S SAKE
SUNSHIN

The sunshine is Gods great
agency for health. Disease germs
live and lurk in darkness and
filth. Sunlight and air destroy
them as surely as do the most ef-
fective germicides made by man.
For 12 years a "health register"
has been kept in every house in
Paris. A study of these records
shows that overcrowding and in
sanitary conditions do not favor
the spread OF consumption as
much as does the absence of sun
shine. Old, dirty, and even dilapi-
dated houses with plenty of SUM-
shine showed fewer cases of tu-
berculosis than some of the new
and costly apartment houses with
narrow courts and containing
rooms from which both sunshine
and air were almost excluded and
where there were many servants.
Many of these expensive houses
were found TO be veritabIe breed
ing places for consumption.
If the sun is shining throw up
the shades, part the window cur
tains, and give its health promot-
ing rays a chance to flood every
accessible corner of the room.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
GRANT UP At
COUNCIL MEETING
Three-Cornered Fight May Be Pre-
cipitated at Meeting in Gary and
Interurban Franchise Matter
City Official Says Many Points In
Times Story Are Well Taken.

A special council meeting has been
called for tomorrow evening to pass
on the Gary & Interurban franchise
The opening of the meeting is expected
to precipitate a three cornered fight
in which the friends and enemies of the
franchise will lock horns and the east
Sibley street property owners wedge in
a petition against the franchise on their
street.
The only thing certain today is that
the franchise will not be passed tomor-
row evening This certainty arises out
of the fact that it would be legally
incorrect to pass the franchise at one
session.
Just what the council will do to the
franchise is matter of conjecture.
few members are expressing any opin-
ion, it would seem that to some to
them, at least. it is quite satisfactory.
0ae city of.sciai tiiis morning, H. speak
ing of the flaws exposed in THE TINES
last Saturday evening. said that many
of the points were well taken 1t is
possible that the grant may be given
without much alteration. and that the
promoters will ride to victory on the
wave of enthusiasm which Hammond is
at present manifesting for interurbans-
Father Barrett still Leads in Fight.
Whether the East Sibley street prop
erty owners are doomed to disappoint-
ment. their efforts to have the route
turned away from their doors is
problematical, but their fight is the talk
of the town today.
Father Barrett of All Saints church.
who is leading the fight in behalf of
the safety of over 1000 children who
attend the schools along Sibley street.
took occasion to speak of the matter
to his congregation yesterday morning.
He urged all of his Pensioners who
live on Sibley street or who send their
children to All Saints parochial school.
to sign the petition which was await
ing signatures in the school office. He
urged them to appear at the council
meeting tomorrow evening. and in that
manner show their opposition to the
franchise on Sibley street
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
DOCTOR CALLED
MYSTERIOUSLY
Frank Horner Believes That His
Neighbors Put Up Job on Him, But
Doctor Thinks Differently and One
Move Might Have Sent Some One
Into Eternity.

DR.. J. A. Graham and Officer Charles
See had one Of the most hair-raising
experiences at o'clock Saturday morn
ing that has been recorded in the re-
ports al the police station in some time.
Along about o'clock in the morn
ing, according to DR.. Graham. he was
called to the telephone by a woman
who asked that he call at the saloon of
Frank Horner, rs Calumet avenue, i'm
mediately
AS the Horners were not the regular
patia-.ts Ct DIR. Graham, he suggested
that they get their own doctor. The
woman at the phone rang off. however,
before DR. Graham could find out what
was the matter.
In few minutes the doctor received
another telephone call, and, upon going
to the phone, heard the voice of a man.
Come over to Horner's saloon quick. I
can't teli@yoa what is the matter, bur
come over quick"
The doctors curiosity was aroused,
and he decided to make an fnvestiga-
tion. He got up and dressed. and went
over north of the river on Calumet
avenue to sec what was the trouble.
Could Raise No One.
W men lie arrived at the G1OIneT resi-
dence. he raped repeatedly on the
door, but received no answer. The
excitement of the people who had called
him and the lateness of the hour made
the doctor think that almost anything
from a violent death to a natural one
could have taken place in the interim.
After trying his best to get into the
house, he finally decided to call the po-
lice. He did so, and officer See respond
ed He, too, made fruitless effort to
arouse the occupants of the building.
Finally they turned his searchlight into
the windows, and there they saw the
form of a man lying on the bed.
1t was decided to break in the door.
| The house was no more than entered
when officer See was confronted by a
naked man, who covered him with a
revolver. In the belief of the doctor
and the officer, Frank Horner was
under the influence of intoxicants. for,
as the officer cast the light on his face,
! it was terror-stricken, and his eyes
stuck out of their sockets. He had evi-
IDENTIFY taken them for burglars.
Bad Move Meant Death.
/ The situation was certainly a bad
one There was officer See covered by
a frightened mans revolver and the
other members of the house-breaking
/ party were afraid to make a move to-
ward Horner for fear that he would
/ shoot See.
| DR.. Graham spoke up and said: q
thought you wanted a doctor. What
is it that you want" Horner. how
ever, denied that he had called for a
| doctor.
Mr.. Horner was called up on the tele-
| phone this morning, and said that the
! facts as stated above were true, ex-
| cept that he had not called the doctor
and neither had his wife, to his knowl-
! edge He admitted that some of his
neighbors might have put a job UP on
him.
| The fact remains, however, that the
/ door was broken down, that See was
| covered with the naked mans revolver
and that Horner says he is going to
( take up the matter of paying for the
I broken door with the brewery agent.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
CLUB WILL SEEK
NEW QUARTERS
University Men of Ham
mond Arranging to Have
Their Own Home.
FEW EQUIPMENT PROMISED
Dance Parlor, Billiard and Pool
Room and Kitchen To Be
Among Features.

The members Of the University club
of Hammond have plans under cOnsid-
Grafton for the renting Of new quar-
ters in the business district for club
rooms. With membership Of nearly
half a hundred the rooms which the
club now occupies on the third floor
Of the Hammond building are made
quate.
The membership is gradually increas-
ing. and there is a strong sentiment in
the club in favor Of a policy of ex-
pansion. a number of propositions
are under consideration. and special
meeting is to be called Tuesday even
ing at which they viii be discussed.
As the University club was organ
lied for purely social purposes. many
Of its members are Of the opinion that
its possibilities viii only be fully de-
veloped along this line when it is pro-
vided with more adequate facilities for
the encouraging of sociaIbility among
its members.
Accordingly the new quarters Of the
club Will be equipped with a dance hall,
billiard and pool room. reception rooms.
library, shower baths. kitchen and
serving room.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
ENTERED BY ROBBERS
Police Notified of Jewel
Robbery.

nue.. Hammond, notified the police sun
day evening at $50 that the house had
been entered by burglars and had been
robbed of a quantity of jewelry.
The losses consisted Of a gold ring
valued at So a gold pin, valued at
$3.50. and lady's black handbag. val
ued at 81 The front door Of the house
was left open while the family was Wis
iting at neighbors, and il Is believed
that entrance TO the house was gained
in this manner.
Officers Bunde and Hanlon were de-
tailed on the case.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
THEATRICAL PEOPLE
SEEING THE SIGHTS
Pabst Theater Ensemble
Taken Over Lake Co.
in Autos Today.
MET BY RECEPTION COMMITTEE
"Erbonkle" Company Appears at
the Towle Opera House
Tonight.

In about week hence Judge W. w.
Mcmahon. head of the Hammond city
court, will be out in the briny deep.
And the genial dispenser of justice,
strange to say, is not going to ireland,
either,
The Judge is hieing himself 70 Ger
many
With Deutsches Woerterbrich and
a supply Of lemons in his grip, for it
Will be his first tussle with salt water,
Judge Mcmahon viii leave Hammond
on the 1876 Erie tomorrow for New
York whence he will sail on Wednes-
day for Hamburg, on mission for the
law firm of McMahan & Conroy.
VIII sail Wednesday.
Judge ". w Mcmahon will sail from
Hoboken. n j., on the Deutschland.
and will take up an important matter
with the firm of Roberts & Richter of
Hamburg. During his absence Attorney
Henderson will act as special Judge of
the city court. Judge Mcmahon expects
to be gone about six weeks, and looks
forward to a splendid trip.
1t is understood that Judge Mcmahon
is looking after the interests of a
number of Hammond clients who ex-
pect to profit handsomely by an in
vestment which he intends to make for
them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
EAST CHICAGO MAN THINKS
COUNCIL RAILROADED DAMAGES

but one against it. 1t is TO be pre-
sumed that this vote was Lewis. Al
bert Lewis bases his request for re-
straining order on the fact that it is
against the law for the council to make
an appropriation under a suspension
of the rules without the unanimous con-
sent of the members of the city coun-
ell
The fling of the case comes as a
great surprise to the people Of East
Chicago and the neighboring cities. as
there was no hint of irregularity in the
making of the appropriation at the
time of the holding of the meeting of
April 10.
In fact, the public would probably
never have known about the matter
had it not been for the action of Al
bert Lewis in applying for restraining
order to prevent the payment of the ST.
500 damages.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
AUTOISTS
Will Get IT
Calumet Avenue to Be Made
Safe Thoroughfare for
Hammond People.
Where can you beat this?

-~NAA
The police have decided to begin an
active crusade against the violators of
the speed ordinance. Yesterday two
motorcy yclists We're arrested and
brought to the police station, and to-
day plans We're formulated for stopping
scorching on Calumet avenue.
The Hammond police believe they
have the most novel and effective way
of stopping scorching that has yet been
originated. The bumps of Glencoe will
not be in it. and the old plan of tieing
a rope across the street is antiquated
alongside Of the plan of the Hammond
police
1t is no other than to have the Calu-
met avenue fire department in readi-
ness at all times and turn a three-inch
stream of water full and fair into the
face of passing automobilists who will
not stop and who persist in a viola
tion of the speed ordinance.
Shoot Hydraulic ProjcctIIe.
The plans are all being arranged by
Chief of Police Austgen. lie win have
the hremen ready to cooperate with
him. A line of hose viii be run to the
nearest FIRE plug. the water will be
turned on and the Eszzle e. sfe-laose
will be turned off In other words, the
police will prepare a three-inch water
gun. which viii be kept loaded all aft
ernoon and ready for immediate firing.
Officers will be stationed a distance
of a quarter of mile away, moth north
and south of the fire station When an
automobile is discovered going at too
rapid a pace he will signal TO another
officer in the vicinity of the fire sta
tion.
The officer at the fire station will
signal to the driver of the machine to
stop If he does all will be we'll and
good but # he attempts to run away.
as most of the drivers of machines do,
the signal will he given to the fire lad
dies. in waiting and Immediately the
passing auto driver will he bombarded
with a three-inch hydraulic projectile,
which will be thrown under so to so
pounds pressure and If he is not halted.
it will be a miracle.
NIotorcycIiSts Arrested.
Chief Of Police Austgen thinks this
will be about as good a means Of halt
ting some of these reckless Chicago
and Hammond automobile drivers as
could he devised.
Yesterday B. G. AIcAllister. 81 years
old, was arrested by Officer Homerich
at the corner of State and Holman
streets for scorching with a motor
cycle. Lionel Wales aged is, was also
arrested, and. while McAl1ister was
fined s6, Vallas was found not guilty
and was dismissed.
The police have been given strict in
structions to keep on the watch for vio-
lators Of the city speed ordinances. and
it is expected that many arrests will
be made in the nea~ future. This viii
possibly include some of the Hammond
owners of machines.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
BOARD APPROVES PLANS
City Engineers Doty and
st. Pavement Specifica-
tions Considered.

The board Of public works this morn
ing approved the plans and specifca-
tons prepared by the city engineer for
the Doty and Williams street pave
ments, from the State line east to Ly-
man street The plans and specifica-
tions are in accordance with the new
law. and adapted to the wants of the
property owners, who want a sand
foundation and a brick pavement with
asphalt filler.
The matter of widening Calumet av-
enue has been taken under advisement
until next Wednesday, April 2Sth.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
FIVE TURNED OVER
TO JUVENILE COURT
Make Confessions to Many Petty
Robberies - Hold Forth in an
Abandoned Box Car-Truant Of.
GER Muzzall, on Account of Large
Territory, Is Almost Helpless.

East Chicago. Ind, April p. The
citizens Of East Chicago and Indiana
Harbor are aroused over the long ser
les of crimes which have of late been
perpetrated BY boys and by the large
number Of boys involved in the depre-
dations to which confession has been
made. The police admit the problem
is one with which they are unable to
cope because the law places offenders
under 16 years Of age, as is the case
with the majority of the youngsters in
volved in the present juvenile crime
wive, without the pale of police juris-
diction and under the supervision Of
the one truant officer who acts for the
entire county and who is unable TO
handle all the cases which are called
to his attention. Within the past six
weeks no less than eighteen cases of
young boys who have confessed to ser
ieas crimes. have been taken n bs- the.
police of this city.
Mayor De Briae on Saturday held to
the juvenile court the following gang
which has been breaking the seals of
cars and stealing grain and fruit. and
in fact everything they could lay hands
on. and which had its headquarters in
mold boarding car on the abandoned
tracks of the c. L. S. & E. road: Frank
Bokopenski. oscar Shower. Peter jan
iski John Bernis and Vincent Cajok-
owski. Albert Lazarzick, the other
member of the gang who was arrested
and confessed, was paroled to his faith
er, as he is wanted as a witness against
those who are alleged to have received
the stolen property.
Higgins Wants Jurisdiction.
Chief Higgins has plan which he
may urge in the near future. Of vesting
the police departments Of each city
with authority over its own delin-
quents instead of turning over the
county's entire crop to one official as
is no wthe case. He declares it is diff
ficult at best to get hold of the truant
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