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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13

LaPorte, Ind, Dec. 13-Whether or
not the Chicago New York Electric
railway will be built is a matter of
conjecture Some things have been
done Other things remain undone.
If the alIuring and roseate predictions
of the projectors come to pass the
road viii be constructed. The scheme
is so gigantic as to appall the average
man. OF course everything may be
possible in the twentieth century, and
this road may become the marvel Of
advanced civilization. To state what
is considered a patent fact here is to
make the unvarnished statement that
with few exceptions there is little
faith that the entire road will be built,
though many persons believe that the
first branch of the system, LaPorte to
Chicago. and possibly Goshen to Chi
cago. will be constructed. There is
more reason for this belief The COM
pany has laid the preliminary plans
for the consummation of such a project.
Ofices have been established here,
large corps of engineers is kept con-
stantly a work. men of local standing
have become identified in various ca
pacities and a large amount Of money
has been put into the channels of trade.
There has also been a considerable ex
penditure of money for construction
material. one of the purchases being
Rumley traction engine, for which there
was a cash expenditure of $1,000. while
a number Of deeds have been recorded
for right of way.
large number of options have been
taken for right Of way The largest
purchase of land was recorded in the
sale OF what is known as the Thomas
farm to the company, this tract of for
ty acres having been secured for the
erection of mammoth power house.
This was also a cash transaction, and
was IN line of the company's published
plans in the building and operation of
the first branch of the system, which,
If constructed, will represent an ex-
penditure roughly estimated at $780,,
100000.
Colonel Hoard Is AHable.
The companys principal representa-
tive here is a suave gentleman who
bears the name of u P. Hoard, and
who enjoys the appelation of colonel
He is a gentleman of pleasing address
and has engineered a large part OF
the company's work in this section of
the state. 1t has been ascertained that
the route for the line has been sur
veyed in whole or in part in Porter and
Lake counties. but beyond the taking
of options very few deeds, it is said
have been recorded showing the actual
purchase of right of way in the two
counties outside of LaPorte. There
has been a show of actual work in the
building of the line. and the first shovel
of dirt was thrown with much display
of ceremony. A special train brought
down a crowd of Chicago people, two
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
CULTURE MICROBE
THREATENS GARY
Esperanto Club" Is Form
ed With Nine Charter
Members.

Gary IS seriously threatened with
the culture microbe The first case
developed last night when an "Es-
peranto club" was organized. Before
explaining to the uniformed Just
what an Esperanto club is it seems
well to enumerate the officers of the
new organization, which bids fair to
turn the steel town into a center of
learning as we'll as a center of in
dustry.
Mrs. c. c. Moody was elected presi-
dent; Miss Eugenia Knots, vice presi-
dent; r. R. Quillen, secretary, and c.
L. Wildermuth, treasurer. r. c. Knots
acted as chairman of the meeting. Mr.
McLane. recently from Harvard where
he was a charter member of the Har-
ward Esperanto association, will act
as guide to the novices.
Mr.. McLane is the young civil engi-
neer who, on his advent in the Gary
community, startled the Huns and
Polaks by the fittings of his tent
which contained all the comforts of
home and then some.
To go back to the purpose of the
Esperanto club. This is to promote a
universal language that will be the
first step toward establishing a uni
versal brotherhood of man.
The movement started in Harvard
university and has become the fad of
the hour. The tongue embraces fea-
lures from a number of modern Ian
guages. Thus far the club has but
nine members, but the enthusiastic
nine declare this is but the nuculeus
to an organization which will play an
important part in the ultimate realiza-
ton of the clubs object.
In the meantime Prof. Writ, who has
been appointed to the superintendency
of the public schools of Gary will be
sent to Europe by the United States
Steel corporation. He will leave in
April for an extended European tour
and expects to return in August and
enter in September upon his labors in
the new city. He will spend his time
abroad in study and research in noted
colleges and universities, his idea be-
ing to have a full knowledge of the
languages that will be represented in
the schools of Gary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
GRANTS AID DIES IN POVERTY

Huntington. Ind, Dec. 12.-George
G. Pride the last survivor OF Gen L.
5. Grants staff, was found dead in a
rooming house in this city Tuesday.
Mr.. Pride was born in New York June
l. 1925. His father was a quaint char
acter told OF IN The Last Days Of the
Knickerbockers."
Educated. possibly at Yale, he was
an engineer OF marked ability, and.
for about two years he was at the
head Of Grants engineering corps He
never was enrolled as regular army
officer, but paid his own expenses.
Pride came to Huntington in 1881,
and for many years he has lived on a
government pension of s25 month.
His body is being held in the hope that
some relative may be found.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
LITIGATION IS DROPPED
ON BIG H0AGLAND DITCH
Work of Constructing the SIsO,0OO
Drain In White, Benton and Carroll
Counties to Begin at Once.

Word was received in this city
Wednesday that the litigation which
has retarded the building of the Hoag-
land ditch, that is to drain 400 square
miles of lowland in White, Benton and
Carroll counties has been ended and it
is expected that bids on its construc-
tion will be received about jan 10. The
drain is to cost $4,000 and the work is
to be let in four contracts. One of
them called for the removal of rock.
but the others are merely for the exca-
vation of a ditch in the black loan
Local contractors are interested in
the job and several of them will bid
on It,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
LOOK OUT FOR
INCREASED TAXES
Next Year the Time of Rev
elations; Raise Is Pre-
dicted.
Especial to Lake County Times).

J..
Indianapolis, Dec 13-The tax payers
Of the state would better put the lid
on with reference to their real estate;
or they may get their taxes raised.
Next year is the year that a revision
is made OF the real estate valuations
all over the state. Every four years
the real estate is valued and this valua-
tion stands as the real estate itself
until revaluation is made four years
later.
In 1903, the valuation for the real
estate in Indiana was about $500, ,000,-
900. Since then no change has been
made. OF course this does not affect
the valuation on the improvements,
which is changed in different cases
from year to year.
Nothing can be estimated with re-
spect to what changes will be made
over the state this year under the re-
valuation. The valuation four years
ago raised that of the previous four
years by about S50,OO0,000 There is
every natural reason, to believe the ad-
advance will be as great, and another
reason in the attitude of the governor.
to believe that the advance will be
greater than that four years ago.
At the last session of the tax board,
the governor showed that he favored
the further equalization of taxes.
The county assessors of the different
counties first makes the re-valuatton:
this, then will be passed on by the
board of review, and this in turn by the
of review and this, in turn by the
state board of tax commissioners. At
the coming meeting of the tax com
missioners with the county assessors.
in January. the matter will be brought
up and discussed by John c. Wingate,
the republican tax commissioner.
The state board has the right TO
eQualize the real estate valuation all
over the state. Some of the members
Of the board have been gathering data
for some time. and it is supposed that
when the tax time comes, they will be
able to tell the value of land in diff
ferent parts of the state.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
YOUTHFUL YEGGMEN
TURNED LOOSE
Whiting Lads Join in Rob
berry Plot and Justice
Lectures Them.

The capture of Dave LaBounty, a
15-year-old Whiting lad and his con-
fession and implication of a dozen
companions in the police sweatbox
yesterday afternoon, exposed a gang
youthful robbers who had been sue
cessfully working in Whiting and
whose last plot was to rob the Whit
ing postoffice last night.
LaBounty was also wanted at Ply
mouth, Ind, for burglary, but when
the police there learned that he had
been captured they decided to waive
their claim on him, because OF his
youthfulness.
Petty burglaries had been frequent
of late in Whiting. among the more i'm
portant ones being the entrance of
Mettier's building in Fischrupp ave-
nue.. The robberies consisted mainly in
lead pipes and brass faucets, which
were sold to junk dealers. Some of
the other boys who were implicated
in the robberies are George Curtin.
Martin Peterson, Alfred Langmyer and
Cleveland Dickinson.
They and a number more were taken
before Mayor Fred Smith who. in his
kindness and leniency, instead of
prosecuting lASIls leCIuTeO Inem very
severely and made them promise that
henceforth they would mend their
ways.
1t was through the talk of Martin
that it was first learned that there was
plot to rob the postoffice A post
office robbery is thing at which even
a hardened criminal balks because he
can estimate the consequences, and 1t
is evident that the lads did not realize
what they were about to undertake..
Although the boys have been releas-
ed the authorities are keeping a sharp
lookout for them and their behavior
last night was exemplary The Off
GERS may even go farther and seek to
establish q relationship between the
work that the boys have been doing
and the work that has been done ia
robbing the New Buffalo postoffice last
Tuesday night.
The boys range in age from u to 16
years and LaBounty seems to be a
leader among them.
The parents OF the wayward boys
We're very much disturbed when they
learned Of their childrens' ways and
felt the notoriety more so because most
of them belong to the better class in
Whiting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13

so much is being said in the state at
present. viii come UP for discussion
and Will be led by Sam D. Symmes Of
Montgomery county.
Roads and road tax will be discussed
on the second day. One Of the features
OF the meeting will be a question box,
into which trustees can place questions
asking for information on any sub
tect and the queries will be taken up
and discussed
A. F. Dalton, secretary of the asso-
citation. who has been sending out the
circulars. states in the latter that "the
trustees Office is the most important
in the state"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
AETNA POWDER MILLS.

Further reports from Aetna concerns
ing the explosion at the powder mills
at that place Monday morning. are that
no deaths have resulted and that but
a few were injured, mostly by flying
glass.
The lives of 200 employees of the mill
were endangered when the 5000 pounds
OF nitroblycerine exploded in the sepa-
rating room at the MILL
Many Of the men had just started
work and were thrown to the ground
by the force Of the shock The towns
OF Hammond, Whiting. Hobart. Miller
and Tolleston were shaken as by an
rthquake.-yalparaiso yidette.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
FIVE MEN INJURED By LAKE
SHORE PASSENGER TRAIN
WOrkmen Struck at Pine Street Station
Ind.) Crossing as They Emerged
From behind String of Freight Cars.

Five men were injured Tuesday
night by a Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railroad passenger train at
Pine Station, md. Several others mar
rowly escaped being hurt The in
jured are:
SUPPLE. CHARLES. 80 years old, 1853
Buffalo avenue; spine injured
CHUSE, JOSEPH. 80 years old. S335
Mackinaw avenue; hip dislocated.
SANNICTE, ALEX. ~ years old, 1894
Mackinaw avenue; let ankle sprained.
YEDINSKI, JOHN. 25 years old. s940
Michigan avenue; face and hand cut.
WILKOWSKI. JOHN. 40 years old, S52S
Mackinaw avenue; face and hands
injured.
The men were trying TO cross the
tracks and the approaching passenger
train was hidden from view by a
string OF freight cars.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
Also Want More Pay, in
Appeal Made to Chi
cago Council.
ASK FOR AIR BRAKES
The Public Is Vitally Interested In
Length of Time We Work,
Say Employees.

Local employees of the Hammond.
Whiting & East Chicago Street Rail-
way company. which is operated in
conjunction with the South Chicago
City railway, are interested in the de-
mands that are being made of the
transportation committee of the Chi
cago city council. believing that what
ever concessions are secured in Chi
cago viii apply here as we'll.
A committee of representatives of
the local divisions of the Amalgamat-
ed Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees appeared before the
council body and asked that in franz
ing the ordinance their interests be not
forgotten.
Among the street railroad leaders
present were ]. II. Larkin, president OF
division 241; C. w. Mills, recording
secretary of that body; NJ. C. Buckley.
prominent in street car union circles
and a working motorman; T. J. Sulli-
van, recording secretary of division
260. After the demands had been pre-
sented the committee voted to refer
the demands to the Arnold commission
with instructions to take them up at
once with the union leaders and TO re-
port as soon as possible.
Terms Asked by Workers.
The principal requests of the street
railway unions are:
That in drafting the ordinance
the local transportation committee
look after the interests of the en-
ployes so as to secure for them
satisfactory conditions.
That a minimum and maximum
work day OF eight and ten hours
respectively. within twelve consec-
utive hours, be established.
That the minimum pay for all
trainmen be 33 1-3 cents an hour
That trailers be eliminated.
That vestibules be installed on
all cars throughout the year, in
cluding open cars.
That there be a proportionate
increase in wages in departments
outside of train service, with nine
hour workday and time and one
half for overtime.
That the most modern air or
friction brakes be used on all cars
and that ratchet and hand brakes
be abolished.
Reasons Given by LarEin.
President Larkin submitted the fore
! going program OF changes, and gave
reasons for adopting 1t. He said the
committee represented 10000 electric
railway employees, who were anxious tc
improve their condition. In reference
| to the eight-hour matter, Mr.. Larkir
| said:
1T is our contention that the publ,
| is vitally interested in the length Of
time a street railway trainman is com
PEELED to work. 1t is important 70 tn,
patrons of any line whether the train
mans vitality is on the ebb becaus,
OF too long daily service. 1t is Ger
tain he becomes a less efficient operator
after the eight hours have passed. W.
hold that the safety of the travelling
public demands that this change b,
made"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
TO LISTEN TO
TOWNSHIP TALK
Trustees Of Entire State
Will Convene in An
nual Session.
SCENE At INDIANAPOLIS
Good Speakers Are Secured and Inter
change of Ideas VIII Be
Indulged In.

Richard Schaaf, as trustee of North
township, has received an invitation to
attend the sixteenth annual meeting of
the Indiana township trustees, which
is to be held at indianapolis on Dec.
is and 10.
The attendance Of every trustee is
required and Mr. Schaaf has given as
surance that he VIII be present, es-
pecially since he is the chairman Of the
executive committee. 1t is also expect
ed that the other ten Lake county
trustees Will attend.
Good speakers have been secured for
the two days session, one Of them being
T. A. Cotton, state superintendent OF
schools, who vii speak to the thousand
or more trustees who are expected to
be there. on subjects relating to school
matters.
Amos " Butler. secretary OF the
state board of charities. will have as
his topic "Poor Relief"
The present ditch law about which
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
IS It Promoting
Or IS II BUILDING? !?
La Porte the Nucleus of the Chicago-New York Blue
Print Electric Line, Guessing as to What Man
ner of Men They Are Entertaining

bands played. and Hon. George e.
Clarke, OF South Bend, a gifted orator
and leading attorney at the bar in
this section, delivered an address in
which he graphically and eloquently
pictured what would be done in the
consummation of the gigantic project.
A clergyman offered prayer, and sew
eral score of men, with camp equfpage,
began work the day the first dirt was
thrown. Possibly several miles have
been graded. Several days ago the com
pany, by its representative. Colonel U.
p Hoard, appeared before the board Of
county commissioners and petitioned
for a franchise giving them right to
use certain public highways in which
with the main line He obtained the
signatures of two members Of the
board to a franchise, but as 1t has not
been made a matter of record It lacks
validity.
Plans In the Air.
In the meantime protests have been
filed against the granting of franchise
and the matter is now In allegiance,
with the prospect that the petition will
be denied. Mr.. Hoard says that the
spur Will be built and that the com
pany win purchase private right Of
way If 1t does not resort to condemna-
ton proceedings. The aldermanic body
Of this city has already acted in the
matter of a franchise, one having
been granted covering a period Of fifty
years. This will enable the company
to put down tracks in the streets in
the laying OF the spur line, for which
the company yesterday authorized the
announcement that the steel had been
purchased.
The proposition resolves itself into
two things: It is the purpose of the
company to build the road or the pro-
ject is a babbie and shall collapse.
subscriptions Pouring In.
Private advices received here are to
the effect that thousands upon thou
sands of subscriptions have been made
for stock in all sections OF the United
States. Branch offices are being in
stalled with amazing rapidity in all
of the large cities, colossal sums have
been expended for advertising, a month
~ paper is issued to exploit the pro-
pect. stock brokers are pushing the
sale, and as the sale of stock progresses
frequent statements are published
that there Will be an advance in the
share price.
The feeling here is largely pessim-
istic, though in justice to the company
it may be stated that there is a belief
that one branch of the system will be
built OF course there is the con-
tingent possibility that ultimately the
company may pass into hands
which may coDsun1Ynate DlanS which
f1nanciers and railroad experts say can
not be realized under the present meth
Cd of procedure.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
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Reports to Louis Heintz from the
bedside Of his son. Fred, who is down
with typhoid fever in Tampa, Fla.
say that the young man is improving.
Young Heintz, however, was still un-
able 10 write himself His father has
advised him to sell the outfit he took
with him TO Tampa, excepting his tent
and organ, and come home as soon as
hs is able.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13

Eureka Camp OF Modern Woodmen
No 5o54. will hold its semi monthly
meeting this evening. At this time the
annual election OF officers will take
place and there was quite a little
speculation today IN Woodmen circles
as to the next occupants of q number
OF the various Offices.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
LIFE SENTENCE FOR NURDERER

La Porte, Ind. Dec. 12.-Anton Lam
bert. aged p. today was found guilty
of murder in the second degree and
sentenced TO life Imprisonment. He
was taken TO Michigan City to begin
his sentence. Lambert killed Jacob
Schwartz Of New York, a Jewish ped
dler. at South Bend last May, follow
ing a quarrel. Lambert once stabbed
his brother, and had been in the re-
form school for burglary and grand
larceny.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
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Obser-
U0tionS

1 see the street car conduct-
Ors are going after more pay
, and shorter hours and I'll give
, them a lift on that deal when
, ever they want IL. If there is
} anybody wOt needs my help its
the rope PuIleF. One feIIer
told me the other day that he
was getting a good thing but
he had TO work sixteen hours
a day TO earn IL and of course
we, the general public, get the
} worst of IL. Everybody knows
} that a man cant do his work
right when he's SrOEgy with
sleep. With all of the cross
fngs there are to be crossed
) IL is wonder that there are
; not more cars getting smashed
} up. Give even the conductor
} his dues an when you find him
} Grouchy and sassy just figure
) that he has been working over
, time and has been trying to do
, tyventy-six hours work In every
tNenty-four and then gets SIX
hours sleep besides. I'm for
the eight hour a day for eOnsl
, Huxtry: All about the train
crashing into street car; ten
killed. Conductor asleep. Ar
, rests follow.
, Rain tonight, turning to snow.
Colder tonight. Decidedly cold
D er Friday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13
A RECORD BREAKER,

The Lake County Times yes
terday printed 744A inches of
advertisements. The Hammond
Daily News printed $685. inches.
The business accepted by The
Lake County Times was accept
ed at the standard rates based
on circulation
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13

The Financial News in The Lake
County Times Is not only the latest, but
La authentic
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-13

Rain tonight, turning to snow.
Colder tonight. Decidedly cold
er Friday.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-03-21
Why WAS ROBERTI sATlCA GIVEN HIS FREEDOM?

~ OBERTI SATICA, the slayer of Al
ijandro was discharged by Justice
of the Peace Minor of McDe tmitt
with a clean bill of moral health
n the trusty rifle with which he did
the killing.
This practice of discharge ig persons
accused of grave o~ffenses before Justices
Courts should be stopped, if in no other
way than by act of the Legislature.
In this case the victim was shot in the
back, and a second time while lying
mortally wounded upon the ground.
1t is claimed by the defendant, Satica.
hat the dead man had made threa ats TO
the effect that he would kill Satica. This
evidence. we understand, comes from the
defendant alone; but whether it was suf-
ficient to justify the revolving cruelty Of
the killing should not be within The
province of a Justice of the Peace to
consider. We nave our District Corrts
to pass upon the legality of such *
cuses, even if they are true; certainly
Satica could have been in no danger from
an unarmed man who was then going
from him and was forty feet away, and
with his ba * turned. But IL he was,
and was justified in killing his victim, his
justification should come from a high
er source than a Justice Court. In short,
he should be put on trial for the homi-
eide and his acquittal or conviction
should follow according to the law and
evidence.
1t is shocking to contemplate a killing