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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
Eyewitness Tells
How Ball of Fire
Led the Tornado

The first story of an eyewitness of
the hurricane at Omaha came from
T. r. Porter, a newspaper man. 1t
Is vivid and thrilling. 1t gives some
faint idea of the force of the wind
and the disaster that it carried with
1T. Mr.. Porter's story is as follows:
was standing on the porch cf
my residence as the storm blew up.
In all its fury and grandeur 1t pass
ed within one and one-haIf blocks
of me. 1 never knew or realized be-
fore the force of "a wind.
saw one house picked up bodily
md hurled a quarter of a block. 1t
landed against a house in which
my wife was at that moment
dug my wife out of the ruins.
unfnjured. fifteen minutes later.
saw houses collapse like cards
in that awful wind.
looked mt one large hous. and
1T actually disappeared before my
very eyes.
As I looked I saw another large
three-story house cut cIeanly In
twain IL by N giant sword.
saw n cottage come sailing
through the air many, many feet
above the ground. 1t struck the
ffth story of the Sacred Heart Con-
vent. The sailing cottage smashed
the south wing of the convent build
Ing as If the latter had been made
of paper
In the van of the great, black
towering storm cloud there rode n
great white ball of twisting electric
Ere. Ii flashed menacingIy. 1t was
terrific in it's appearance; 1T was
superb In its grandeur. 1t gave one
some idea of the mighty forces of
Nature unbrfdIed and free.
And as the storm came n billion
humble bees could not have equaIed
the humming noise-it seemed like
a humming noise to me-that came
with 1T.
The storm lasted but few min
utes. The damage was all done I'm
those few minutes. The sight of
the wreckage left I'm the path of
the storm was appalling.
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Latest News
(Snecial to TILE TIMES.

(Speca to MES
Peru, Ind. March 25-Unless the Wabash river falls
this city is danger and u ndreds Of lives will be lost
The river has overowed it's banks and help has been
wired for Urgent calls sent to Rochester to send
all the boats and oars the town. The situation here
appalling and unless help arrives soon catastrophe will
ensue.
Omaha March 25Ths family f John Ppperdine formerly Of
Hammond city escaped
death the by huyng their the
Dundee Park district wrecked Mr. Pepprne his
children before it
crashed off its foundation and down about their Neighbors
Pepperdine the National
Packing company formerly assistant postmaster Hammond His
$ a daughter o Mrs E. Phillip Of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
A. N. TURNER FAMILY
IS SORE AFFLICTED

While A. NJ. Turner was in the east
removing his daughter, Miss Margaret,
from a school, where contagious dis
eases were raging for fear that she
would be quarantined, his wife was
taken severely i'll with tonsilitis.
She was quite i'll last evening and
an effort was made to reach Mr.. Turner
in the east. 1t was finally found htat
he was his way home and that he
had leftintime to be in Evansville by
this time.
1t was then concluded that he must
have been delayed by storms A mes
sage finally reached him and he will
arrive in Hammond at the earliest pos
sible moment 1t was learned today
that Mrs. Turner is much better.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25

Columbus, Ohio, March IS. "Levee busted, goodbye
we're going the last words that Of Dayton
Ohio this The evee broke this morning flooding the
city and drowning many people Water rushing through
like will carrying people and buildings des
ruction. The main business section under three
feet deep with muddy Of Great Miami rush
ing through the hotels and office buildings No telegraph
communications obtanable telephone from Phone
10 miles that loss Of life earlier reported is
exaggerated Ten thousand people said be homeless
and thousands are fleeing from the city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS
ASTONISHING FIGURES

A copy of the annual report of the
United States Steel corporation for
warded by Chairman Elbert H. Gary
to this newspaper enables THE TIMES
today to print comparative figures
showing the steel production at Gary
as compared with the rest Of the cor
poration. The figures show that Gary
is unusually favored and is steadily
coming to. the front.
Here are the comparisons that tell
the facts:
Coke production Tons.
By-product coke made at
Gary 2.4eO,s54
Total by-product coke for
the corporation. ......... 5.164.547
Total beehive and by-prod-
uct coke production of
corporation .....1e. e.71e.3s7
Pig Iron Production
Total pig iron production at
Gary 1.o93,57S
Total for corporation. 13. .e90.329
Open hearth ingot production
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DERE[|CTS
SLEEP OVER
PIG STYE
Nearly 100 Inmates Packed
in Quarters for 35 Await
Opening of Lake County's
New Almshouse With
Anxiety.
Especial to TIE T1MEs1

Crown Point Ind, March 25-Of all
the people in Lake county looking for
ward TO the completion Of the new
one is more eager for the event than
the inmates of the present old institu
tion. The conditions under which thew
and superintendent Neunfeld and his
assistants live are bearable only be-
cause there is hope for escape from
them. Down and out as the paupers
are they probably never had to live
now. The prospects are that in another
six weeks SO, they will all be
housed in the new buildings
The awful conditions prevailing now
re better understood when it is ex-
planned that three persons now occu-
py the space which was originally in
tended for one. Ninety-six inmates
now occupy buildings which were orig
inal1y intended to accommodate only
thirty-five.
Superintendent Father to His Charges.
1t is for this reason that a number of
men are compelled to sleep over re~
modelled pig sty which overlooks the
barn yard. that others have a dormit tory
in the attic of an old damp and diia'pi-
dated cooling house. that others, abotit
Is. are compelled to sleep in tent,
this being the consumptives' colony.
The regular dormitories are crowded to
suffocation aS
(Confinued on Pare %
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
ANOTHER R. R. WATCHMAN
IS HIT BY ENGINE

according to the story told by wit
nesses who saw Smith struck, rolled
and dragged and when he was exam
ined at ST. Margarets hospital, it was
found that his injuries only consisted
of severe bruises ABOUT his head and
body.
The accident happened shortly be-
fore o'clock last night as Smith was
preparing to go to his supper. His at
tention was called to a deg the
Michigan Central tracks and it was
while he was chasing the animal. that
he failed to hear the I. H. Belt switch
engine which backed down upon him.
Smith was hurled to the ground, roll
ed and dragged "a considerable distance
and witnesses to the accident, turned
their faces with horror. expected Smith
to be ground to pieces. When picked
up he was still conscious and he was
rushed to St Margaret's hospital in
Burns ambulance where a first it was
thought that he was internally injured.
A consultation showed that he luckily.
escaDed with severe bruises about his
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
H AR B 0 R LADY
IS SAFE

Albert S. Brown of Omaha. Neb., who
is visiting his sister Mrs w. H. Hart
of Indiana Harbor. this morning re-
ceived word from his wife of her mar
row escape from the tornado which de-
vastated a large section of the
Nebraska city and the confagration
caused by which, was still burning
fiercely at the time of writing.
The letter was a great relief to Mr..
Brown who had been raising heaven
and earth to get some word from his
family, and who was at a loss to know
what to do, until he could get some
message as to whether they were dead
or alive. He dared not return, lest he
should upon reaching Omaha find his
home destroyed and his family missing,
in which case he would not know
where to locate them, and he could
only wait for letter, as the telegraph
wires were all down, or for further in
formation in the newspapers. He had
finally decided to wait for some word
until this morning, when If this failed.
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body and a painful bruise on his head.
This morning Smith was reported
getting along nicely at st. Margarets
hospital and although his injuries are
still painful. he will be able to be up
and around again in short tine. 1t is
said that Smith did not hear the APP
preaching engine until it was nearly
on top of him and that 1T was i'm
possible for the crew to bring the en-
gfne to a tsop. in time to avert the ac-
cident. Smith lives at 42S Sibley
street
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
SHOOT
At TWO MEN

The lake front at Indiana Harbor
was treated to little excitement yes
terday afternoon about four o'clock
when a number of shots were fred by
police officers after the fleeing figures
of two suspects, thought TO have been
responsible for a burglary which had
Occurred the night before in a Block
avenue drygoods store.
The men stopped when they heard
the firing and allowed the officers to
ca tch up with them and arrest them
"A the station they gave the names of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
RAILROAD
WRECKS
REPORTED
Pennsylvania Railroad Suf-
fers Two Wrecks To-day;
One Is Near Adams, Ind,
and the Other in Ohio;
Weather Continues Fierce.
RIVER SIX FEET
ABOVE NORMAL

At the rate the Little Calumet river
is rising at Black Oak it will go over
the road by night The river is six
feet higher than normal There is less
apprehension. however. than there was
in 1908, the year OF the big flood. be-
cause the Nickel Plate tracks have
been raised two and a half feet and the
E., J. & E. railroad has put in solid
embankment which will act ss a dam.
The Grand Calumet river is high
of public works this morning ordered
the emergency pump at the Holman
street bridge to be put in operation to
prevent basement foods.
Heavy snow, driven by a high north
wind approaching a gale, came upon
the region early today. making rail-
roading extremely perilous.
Reports were circulated this morn
Ing that 40 persons had been killed
in wreck on the Pennsylvania on the
'zizfssa4o4sls<s sisses risuf tise ssto.ry wzs
discounted later when it was learned
that the engine and rear sleeper of
west-bound Pennsylvania train No. 8.
Columbus to Chicago. plunged into Mad
river at the edge of West Liberty early
today, but the sleeping car fell at the
side OF the stream and the passengers
crawsed through the windows and
waded I'd shore The other six coaches
OF the train remained on the rails.
Bridges in Bad shape.
The two days heavy rain had swol-
IContfnued on paEe Sd
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25

GROWING
CRITICAL
Rains Flood Calumet
and Kankakee River Val
leys; Great Damage Done
by Floods in Central and
Southern Indiana.
NO DAMAGE YET.
Especial to THB TINES )

Especial to THE .T1MEs.)
Shelby, Ind, March 25.-The flood on
the river is two feet above the roads
way and within six feet of the rails at
ing fast, but at this time IL is no high-
er than 1t was last year at this time.
No debris is coming down the river.
indicating that not much, if any, dam.
age has been done SO far. No reports
of damage at any other point have
been received up to date.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
TELEGRAPH TOWER
BLOCKS TRACKS

A terrific wind that prevailed last
night in the neighborho9d of Hamlet.
on the Pennsylvania railroad, blew
tower across the double track and
blocked all traffic for several hours
Wires in that section were down and
telegraphic communication was i'm
possible. An extra crew went out
from this city. one from Plymouth and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25

Another startling grade crossing ac-
cident occurred late yesterday after
noon when lone l. r. Belt switch en-
gine backed down upon watchraan
Henry Smith at the Michigan Central
crossing on Charlotte tstreet. He
miracuiously escaped instance death
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
RECENT CROSSING
DEATHS IN CITY

Nick Foster. crossing Waterman
on Conkey avenue. Killed Dec. II,
1911 by an Erie train while trying
to warn some school children of the
approaching danger.
John Smith. crossing watchman
ON State street. Killed Nov. :. I91:
when an Erie switch engine backed
down upon him.
George Parker, - PIummer ave-
nue., crossing watchnan ON Holman
street. Killed Jan. 6. 1913 by an
Erie freight train
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
Little Done at Meeting.

Very little was done - last nights
meeting of the Hammond Chamber Of
Commerce. The weather resulted in
a small attendance of the directors
and consequently matters of i'm
portance were taken up.
President Virgil S. Reiter said that
he expected the next meeting would be
quite important, as there is an accumu-
lation of business that must be at
tended to.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
RAILROAD
INJUNCTION
CASE IS UP

The injunction case in which the
Hammond Whiting & East Chicago
railway and the Gary Interurban
railway are contending for the right
to build tracks on Chicago avenue
comes up before Judge Bartholomew of
the Porter circuit court in Valparaiso
tomorrow
manent. The temporary injunction
was granted by Judge William C. Nc
Mahon at Grown Point
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another from FIT. Wayne to repair the
damage to the wires. Several hours
elapsed before the tower at Hamlet
was removed sufficiently to allow
trains to pass.
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Christopher Comides and Pandoles
Divas. Both the suspects are Greeks.
Officer Lewis while patroling his
beat night before last in Indiana Har-
Dor. noticed that a window had been
broken in the dry goods store at 3116
1C,nn tinnnd On pn C
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-25
TRAINS ARE LOST.

As far as Lake county was concerned
two Monon passenger trains were lost,
neither the Louisville train, due here Mt
6;37 a. m, nor the Cincinnati train, due
at 7s33 a. M, have reported MP to
noon. The north-bound train due at
IL 1:4Oy which IL made MP of = Cincinnati
section, was up at Indianapolis mad
started out without the Cincinnnt1 Sec
tion. 1t arrived here about tvventy
minutes to twelve. As far ~ can be
learned the trouble Hes south Of Indi-
snapolis, but whether II IL due - wash-
outs or NOT could mot fss cviAffrme1E q;
owing to storms I'm various parts OF the
stnte Is also having wire trouble. The
milk train, due in Hammond at 8s47,
pulled In about twenty minutes late.
Indicating that there In NO serious
trouble between here and Lafayette,
where 1t IL made.
Reports from other sources are to
the erect that rising streams In the
middle and southern parts of the state
are washing out railroad bridges and
tracks.
Reports from nearly every section Of
Indiana show that the entire state is
III the grip oA the WOFSt uoou III years
and in many places the high waters of
1883 have been surpassed. Thousands
of acres of land in every river valley
are flooded. Thousands of homes are
surrounded and owners have fled to
higher land. In many cases rescuers
carried out the residents in boats and
1t is feared that when the more remote
districts are heard from the death list
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SEND IN YOUR TRIAL SUBSCRIP-
TION TO THE TIMES FOR A MONTH.
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WHAT GARY'S
BIG MILLS DID
LAST YEAR
Tons.
Total coke production. ,49O. .S54
Total rail production. . 46S,SO1
Total open hearth ingot
production .... Il .669, $50
Total pig iron production. 1,O93.55S
Total miscellaneous finished
steel production. ....... S17,702
Total black and galvanized
sheet steel production
(sheet and tin plate
miIis) 139,52O
Total fabricated steel
bridge planD S3,O1S
The cement plants production is
not listed separately In the annual
report.
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WEATHER.

UNSETTLED, WITH RAIN
OR SNOW TO-DAY AND
PROBABLY WEDNESDAY
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The San Francisco call., 1913-10-08
:: Little Bobbie S Pa :
Bv WILLIAM F. KIRK

enemy & helped the knight onto a
new horse.
1t was the rugged soljers that won
the battels then. the saim as it is
now. sed Pa. The knights in them
days was yung aristocrats, Pa sed
& even If thay did lern how to swing
sword or throw speer thay dident
have hard musseI & thay cuddent
have lasted very long in a flte. 1t was
the old round headed huskies that did
the reel fiteing then. the saim as now,
Pa sed. Thay fought and died, but
lthey fought like reel men, & just be-
Klaus they dident happen to know any
crate fiters or poets thare deeds was
newer spoak of. A knight wud fite
about 10 minutes If he cud pick out a
soft spot. Pa sed, & then heswud take
a long haired poet hoam to dinner
with him & the poet wud drink sum
old wine and rite about Sir Lancelot
holding off part of army. Thsy
fought thare battels the saim way
Teddy Roosevelt shot big gain in At
rica, Pa said, with a lot of huskies all
around them to help them to a place
of safety when the going was hevvy.
Doant tell me. Pa sed, about them flte-
ing knights.
I saw you try to lick the janitor
onst, sed Ma, C and I doant think any
poet wud evver rite anything about
yure fiteing ability
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-08

r WAS reading story last mite wicf
was rote by Mister Walter Scott a
: 1t toald about a crate iter MANNED
the Black knight. 1t toald how he
was SO big & gallant & strong & fast
that nobody had much chanst aggensi
him in .conflick. 1t sed that wer
his long sword flashed in the air mer
was sure to fall on every hand
| / toald Pa & Ma that / wud like IL
be Black Knight like that. but tha1
thare wasent any chanst to be Black
Knight any moar.
Thare is good deal of truth il
| that, Pa sed. The only black fitel
that Is living now is Jack Johnsing, &
he is in jail half of the time. This
| isent filing age. Bobbie. sed Pa
This is a age were everybody has tc
work like blazes six days in the week
& on Sunday they sleep hour later
| look at the conick picters. & go fol
a trolley ride in the evening ora trir
to Coney island in the afternoon. The
age OF heroes & knights Is gone for
ever, Pa sed
1t seems too bad, too. sed Ma. Wen
was a littel gurl used to dreem
that wen / grew up was going tc
marry a knight. Littel did dreem
what the future had in store for me
Ma sed. If I had known that
wasent going to marry knight,
wud have married Herman Schultz
He was only delivery boy then, Ma
sed, In our littel hoam town. but he
is milyunair out in Wyoming now.
Pa Just laffed. because he knew Ma
dident meen 1t. I cud have been a
knight II I wanted to. Pa sed, but the
only thing is that a knight can't get
a Job nowadays. Imagine a knight
going into stoar on Broadway &
asking for job knighting. & he
wud have to stand up in the Subway
all the time. Pa sed. beekaus no reel
knight wud set down & let a lady
, stand up.
Another thing. Bobbie, sed Pa, has
often calm to my mind. think thare
was awful lot Of bunk written &
printed about them old knights. The
stories tell how they rode on thare
gallant horses rite into the thick of
the foe, & cut down 20 and 80 men
wich dident have any armor on. The
knights was all dolled up in steel
stick them, SO thay got a long farely
well, & wen one of them fell lot OF
rugged soldiers fought back the
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Snap-sh OF 5
By LILLIAN LAUFERTY
zxA1k1tS E~x4O< = LIN > 2
MAIDEN MEDITATIoNs

The woman who is interested only
in herself probably never looks at her
soul with half as much careful atten-
ton as she bestows on her first gray
hair
The girl who thinks it would be
living probably does not know that
the woman who kills time or the
woman who drugs her own soul does
more painful work than her little
sister of toll ever has to do.
If your husband speaks to you in a
tone containing 10 grains of sharp
ness, and you reply in a tone that
holds II grains Of bitterness. pray
don't be taken Off your guard by the
explosion that results.
A coquette is a rose from which
many lover plucks worm eaten
leaf. But the thorns remain to prick
the lover who marries her.
X v n
When woman says. BE my
friend" she means, Il love you.''
Before marriage the man talks and
the woman listens; after marriage the
woman talks and the man listens
or else they both talk and the neigh
bors listen.
1t isn't the length that makes the
poem-or size the man. Al good penny
Is far better than bad dollar.
Some husbands seem to love their
automobiles better than their wives,
At least. they seem to study them
more carefully.
1t was never written in the book of
doom that we should worry and cam
plain and suffer and sulk- We help
ourselves to gluttonously large por-
tions of these charming commodities.
=
Who knows how far ahead we
women would get in the world IL 1t
were not for the hobble skirts inter-
ference with our progress.
They say we have no sense of hui
mor-we women. And yet think OF
our English cousins who break laws
to prove themselves capable of max
ing themi
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|Superfluous Hair
So-called Liquid Depilatories
Expensive at Any Price

Makers of worthless connections, so
called perfumed or otherwise, adver-
tised as liquid depilatories, can we'll
afford to reduce their prices from
$1.00 to SOC and still make money, be-
cause these concoctions are raade of
quicklime or other equally cheap in
gradients.
Such connections cause hair to
grow out again coarser and sitter
after each removal. IL you don't mind
the risk you take in using them, why
pay even the Soc, when you can pro-
cure a years supply OF the ingredi-
ents of which they are made from any
drug store for five or ten cents?
Begin using De Miracle today and
avoid possible permanent disf1gure-
ment and needless expense. 1t is the
original liquid depilatory and alone
contains certain ingredients which
give the power to rob hair OF its
vitality. II your dealer will not sup
ply you, send $1.00 direct De Miracle
Chemical Co.. New York.-Advertise
ment
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-08
Smooth, Hairless Skin
Follows this Treatment
(Toilet rips)

Among the home-beauty helps,
none, perhaps, is more important
than that which will free the skin
from obnoxious hairy growths. A
simple method to rid the skin of
unsightly hairs is to make paste by
mixing powdered delatone with
water and applying for about two
minutes, then rubbing off. With it
comes every bit of hair, and when
the skin is washed it will be firm and
free from blemish. Results are more
satisfactory if the delatone is bought
in an original package.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-08
Continued From Yesterday
CHAPTER xx-Continued

Burke's voice came merciless.
Il mean Mary Turner" he said
slowly.
Demarest was shocked.
But. Burke" he expostulated.
she's not that sort"
The inspector sneered openly.
How do you know she ain't?" he
demanded. We'll. anyhow, she's made
a monkey out of the police depart
ment, and, first; last. and all the time.
I'm a copper And that re-
minds me-" he went on with a re-
sumption of his usual curt bluntness,
Il want you to wait for Mr.. Glider
outside while l set busy with the
girl they've brought down from Mary
Turner's fiat"