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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
THEY TELL OF "PLUGGING" CARS
Chicken Feed Mixed with Grain. So
They Declare.

T. p. Bevan. an elevator man from
Chicago, testified that the main profit
of the elevators was found in the
plugging" Of cars and that from 100
to 200 bushels of chicken feed was
mixed with the grain in each car. L.
J. Forsythe, formerly a state grain
inspector for Illinois, and later man
ager of an elevator for the ROsenbaum
company in Chicago, said he had
learned the tricks of the trade while
in the elevator business, and would be
'all right now if anybody hired him.
He said he had been discharged as
state grain inspector on account of poll
tics. He also testified to the plug
ging" of cars and to the mixing of poor
grain with good grain which was
shipped by lake.
Q. w. Mosher, eX-state senator, and
connected with the Northern Grain
company. Of Manitowoc, stated that f.
Weyerhauser, the big lumber merchant
of Minneapolis, and a director in the
Great Northern road, was largely in
terested in the Northern Grain COM
pany. that the company had been or
gained fifteen years ago and had paid
big dividends. He admitted having
money refunded to his company by the
railway, but had always supposed the
refunds to be legitimate.
State Railroad Commissioner John
". Thomas told OF his investigation
of the books of railroads doing bust
ness in Wisconsin, of an alleged large
| amount of money upon which the com
panies avoided paying taxes. f. w
Gilman and E. c. Mason, expert &C.
countants employed by Railroad Com
missioner Thomas, told of their inves-
tigation of the books OF the railroads
operating in Wisconsin and of their
discovery of large sums of money in
the form of alleged rebates, mention.
/ ing the Armour Grain company par
ticularly as being credited with large
/ sums.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
RELIGION OR PROSPERITY?
Which Is 1t That Has Caused an Ex-
ceptionalIy Honest Payment
of Taxes

Anderson, Ind, Nov. 81. = County
Treasurer Quick reports that he has
collected on the November instalment
of taxes 1921, 1852 and that the de
linauency is far below the record of
previous years in Madison county. The
payment of the instalment in April
last was regarded as exceptionally
good and it was said at that time that
religious wave following unusually
large church revivals prompted many
people to lose no time in paying their
taxes.
Since the November instalment has
more than equaled the April payment,
1t is presumed that the religious feel
ing is moving the taxpayer, or else
he is prosperous. The religious senti-
ment is being challenged by some of
the political newspapers, which con-
tend that results from political condi-
tons are responsible for the good
showing by Madison county taxpay-
erS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Short stop Billiards.

New York, Nov. 21.-Two games In
the 1872 shortstop billiard tournament
were played here, In the afternoon
game Frank Hoppe, Jr., of this city,
an elder brother of the young 1871
billiard champion, Willie Hoppe. made
his debut, but his opponent, Tom Gal
lagher, also of this city, proved to be
too much for him, winning by a score
of 400 to 274. The night game be-
tween Harry Cline, Of Philadelphia,
and Alexander Taylor of Chicago, was
won by the Philadelphia in his
twenty eighth inning by the score of
400 to 30.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
PR0TECTORATE SENTIMENT
of the End Is Showing It.
self in the Queen of the
Antilles.

Havana, Nov. 21.-The sentiment in
Cuban industrial and financial circles
in favor Of the establishment of
strong United States protectorate over
the island is crystallizing. There are
two independent movements for this
purpose, the instigators of which are
gathering signatures TO petitions to
President Roosevelt opposing the idea
of annexation. pointing out the inabili
ty of the Cubans to direct their own
affairs unaided. and declaring that only
by a protectorate can Cuba be pre-
served for the Cubans.
1t is reported that a considerable
number of signatures has been secured,
but they are being kept secret pending
the development of the movement
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Law RUN BY THE MOB
Another of Those Cases in Which
Probably Mob Law Is the
Better Method.

Center, Tex, Nov. 21.-Dick Gar
rett, negro who killed DR.. Paul last
Saturday, will be executed today. Aft
err the funeral friends Of the murdered
man were so wrought up that an at
tack on the Jail was imminent. The
accused sent for District Attorney
Imboden, waived all his legal rights,
and requested to be hanged
Judge Davis agreed to take up the
case today, accept a plea of guilty, pro
nounce sentence and let the execution
take place Immediately. Company NJ,
Third infantry, from Beaumont, has
arrived. and proceeded at once to the
Jail. but everything is Quiet.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
SUGAR TRUST ALSO GUILTY
Convicted by the Judges Order of Ac-
cepting Freight Rebates.

New York, Nov. 211.-The American
Sugar Refining company was found
guilty by jury in the United States
Circuit court of accepting rebates
amounting to $4,000 from the New
York Central railroad. Joseph H.
Choate, for the defense, declared that
there was no precedent in United
States law for such an enormous fine
as the statute against rebating pro-
Yided.
The defense offered no testimony.
After Judge Hollis charge the jury
took the case. and in accordance with
the instructions of the court rendered
q verdict of guilty. The jury was out
an hour and a half.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
DEATH ROLL IS FIFTY
Eight More Names Added to Those
Who Went Down with the
Steamer Dix.

Seattle, Wash, Nov 81. = To the
death list of the sunken steamer Dix
eight new names have been added,
making the total of fifty known dead
as a result of the disaster Parties
are still searching along the shores
and in the vicinity where the Dix went
down, but no bodies have been found.
To the list Of missing compiled Mon
day the following have been added
Joseph Bucher, ship caulker, Seattle,
George Burns Qongshoreman), Frank
Gordon mill hand, and - Rogers
(blacksmith)-all of Fort BIakeley; ].
w. Geal, Caulker, Sherlock; William
Butterneld millman), August Hansen
Qremanl, Joseph Borbun (bIacksmithJ
all of Port Blakeley.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
GOMPERs is ENDORSED
His Political Ccmpaign Policy Meets
Unanimous Approval When
Voted Upon.


Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 21.-Amid
scenes of enthusiasm the American
Federation of Labor convention in
dorsed the political policy of Prcsi-
dent Gompers during the last cam
paign and urged continuance of ac-
tivity along independent lines, strongly
condemning, however, the idea of afiil-
iating with any special party, and
going on record as opposed to forming
a national labor party. The vote was
practically unanimous.
Subsidized shipping which involves
the enlistment of the seamen employed
thereon as members of the naval re-
serve was roundly denounced at the
session. it being declared that this en-
listment was forced and was simply
conscription. Japanese, Chinese, Kor
can and Hindu labor were included
in a sweeping denunciatiOn of Asiatic
immigration and a demand for further
extension of the exclusion laws.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
String to That Remuneration.

Buffalo, Nov 21.-William j. Con
ners, chairman of the Democratic state
committee, said: The interview with
William Randolph Hearst, sent out
from San Antonio, Tex, in which he
is quoted as saying L will never
again be a candidate means that he
Will never seek the governorship Of
New York again. He has told me the
same thing. Mr.. Hearst is, however,
a loyal Democrat, and if the party de
mands his nomination for higher hon
ors he will honor the call"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
A President

OF a bank, who had worked himself
up from position as office boy to the
head of the institution, gives the fol-
lowing advice to young men:
As youngster. I was full of pranks
and jokes. but always natural and
never ashamed of anything I did, and
never lied. One day the president Of
the bank called me into his office, and
wanted information as to who put
mucilage on the cashiers stool. I
promptly acknowledged that I did To
the remark he made I attributed my
success in life. Young man., said he,
If you keep your system as clean and
healthy as your mind you will never
have any trouble getting along. That
made me think. and when 1 got home
I asked my mother what he meant by
a clean system. When she explained
that the body must be healthy and
free from impurities for the brain to be
clear, and that was the reason she
gave me medicine. I understood. Since
then I have seen men, whom I know
possess more ability than I, not able
to attain their ambition because they
were irritable, nervous and impatient.
and made themselves generally IN
plSdSent Oue TO notnlnS else but a
disordered stomach. and a system full
of impurities.
1T is hard TO realize why men, and
especially young men. permit them
selves to get into this condition. when
so many old and known system puri-
fiers can be bought at any drug store.
Take the Quaker Herb Extract, for
instance. I use it nearly every year.
just on general principles. and ii is
surprising how different you feel after
your blood has been sluggish and cir
culates freely again
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Will Probe Frisco Fire Risks.

washington, Nov. q. = Secretary
Metcalf, of thedepartment of commerce
and labor, has directed the commits
stoner of corporations to make an in
vestigation of the action of the fire in
surance companies in the settlement of
claims for losses resulting from the
earthquake and fire in San Francisco
and other places in California. George
f. Butler, of Ross, Cal, has been APP
pointed special agent to conduct this
investigation in California.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Graft Indictments at Frisco.

San Francisco, Nov. 21.-The grand
jury has returned two more graft in
dictments, one accusing Peter Duffy
of perjury and the other charging Su-
pervisor Fred Nicholas with agreeing
to take bride. Duffy is a hanger-on
about the courts, and was formerly
elevator man in the hall of justice
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Roosevelt Wants To Be shown.

New York. Nov. PA cable from
President Roosevelt declining to sus-
pend his order discharging the colored
troops of the Twenty regiment
unless the facts as known to him are
shown to be false, but expressing his
Willingness to hear new facts bearing
on the case, has been made public here
by Gilchrist Stewart, of the Constitu-
tiOnal League
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Thousand Passengers Fog-Bound.

Philadelphia, Nov. 21.-With more
than 1000 passengers on board. the
American line steamship Haverford,
from Liverpool for this port, has been
fog bound in Delaware bay since
Sunday. The steamerpasSed in the Del
aware capes Sunday morning, and ow-
ing to the thick weather was compelled
to anchor short distance inside the
breakYa ~
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Bow Robhed of G. ooo

New York. Nov. 21.-Floyd KILLER.
a 15-year-old messenger employed in
the Jersey City Office of the Standard
Oil company, was knocked down and
robbed of $1,000 belonging TO that COM
pany, while carrying It from the office
"a bank IN Jersey City.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
they Are An Gathering Corn.

Greenfield, Ind. Nov. 21.-John L.
Try, contra ctor. has been compelled TO
stop work on public improvements be
cause he cannot get laborers or teams.
Corn gathering is using up all Of the
surplus labor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Fatally Shot while Hunting.

English, Ind, Nov 21.-John Stur-
geon, Il years DID, unmarried, son of
Robert Sturgeon. near this city, fatally
shot himself while hunting. He fell
off a fence backward and his weapon
was discharged, the load entering his
body. He died two hours later.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Inventory Business Procreases

Paris. Nov. 21.-The net result Of
the inventory operations conducted
throughout the country yesterday show
that a total Of over 1900 inventories
We're made. In only a few cases were
there serious collisions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Perhaps Thev,u ston Now.

Sedan. Ind. Nov. 21.-The boys at
Garrett have been troubling the town
officials and the officers Of the inter-
urban line by showing a handcar to the
top of the grade in West King street
and then riding down. Fred Schultz
hess, s years old, fell off the car on
one Of the downward trips, and the
car ran over his neck, causing instant
death.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Fake Promoters Uncovered.

Milwaukee, Nov. 81. - The Daily
News says: las the result of a signed
confession now in the hands Of United
States District Attorney Butterfield
the existance of a thoroughly organ
lied gang of fake promoters has been
uncovered, and arrests will be made
within the next twenty-four hours in
several Of the cities of the country by
federal officials
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
They Ate Wild Parsnins.

Washington, Pa, Nov. 21-Two for
eigners are dead and thirty-six are
violently i'll, several of whom will die,
at Millsboro, Pa, from eating wild
parsnips. The men lived at a board
ing house and the parsnips were pre-
pared for the evening meal.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Seven Italians Killed.

Bluefeld, w. Va, Nov. 21.-Seven
italian trackmen of a gang of nineteen
engaged in removing a slide on the
Dry Fork branch of the Norfolk and
Western railroad were killed as the
result of big slip of land. The men
were swept down the mountain-side
and into the river.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Police Commissary Murdered.

Kungur, Russia, Nov. 21.-While NJ.
Posochine, the commissary of police,
was conducting dOmiciliary visits he
was shot and killed by a man whose
house was being searched. The muir
derer was arrested.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Mail Thief Arrested.

Richmond, Ind, Nov. 21.- Com
plants by Richmond business men of
letters being tempered with and money
extracted have eliminated in the ar
rest of T. d. Engelhart, a mail carrier,
by a United States postoffice inspector.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
They Took Long Chances.

Kokomo, Ind. Nov. 21.-There was
wedding here in which the bride
and groom met for the first time at
the altar. The brtdegroo mis- Frederick
Hagen, postmaster, merchant and
wealthy ranchman of Birdseye, Wyo.
The bride is Miss Julia Nickum, of
Eokomo. The courtship was carried
on by mail.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Commerce Board DeIving for
Proof of Gram Mixing and
Freight Rebates.
LUCK 1T HAD AT MILWAUKEE,
Testimony as to the Plugging" of
Grain Cars Is Heard.
Ogden Armour Fails to Know of Any.
thing Wrong State Officials
Make Charges Sugar
Trust Found Guilty.

Milwaukee, Nov 81. Interstate
Commerce Commissioners Charles A.
Prouty and Franklin X. Lane held an
examination of several Milwaukee rail
road and elevator men here in pursu
ance of the LaFollette resolution
passed at the last session of congress.
Information is desired in regard to the
alleged mixed grading of grains and
the relations between the railroads and
the grain interests. The first witness
was A. X. Taylor, of the firm of Fag
& Taylor, operators of elevators and
leaders in grain. His testimony was
that there was nothing crooked in his
business. Similar testimony was given
by Herman FRANKIE. of the FRANKIE
Grain company; p. J. Owen, of Owen
& Co; II. NJ. Stratton, of the c. R..
Lull company. all of whom said they
did not deal with scoop shoyelers, )"
as they were not reliable, not doing
business all the year round.
j. Ogden Armour Testifies.
J. Ogden Armour testified that he
owned both elevators and many shares
of railway stock, but knew of no ia
voritism shown him in any way by
the railways in which he held stock !;
nor did he knew of any rebating.
Men Who Make Accusations.
Then the men who allege that they
do know of crooked practices had
their inning. Secretary Of State Houser
told as to the Omaha railway that
there was a combination between buy
ers, and that to offset this the Mon
doyi Advancement association organ
lied its own elevator company and paid
the farmers in the vicinity the high
est prices for their grain. In retalia-
ton for this the Northern Grain com
pany threatened to put in a big depart
ment store in Mondovi and forced the
merchants to withdraw from the eleva-
tor company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
Shot His Wiz in the Leg.

Terre Haute, Ind, Nov. 21.-William
Froggett, while intoxicated shot
through the door of his home, a bullet
striking his wife in the leg. He es-
capped arrest.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
German Bank at Mextco,s Can,..I

City Of Mexico, Nov. 21.-On Janu-
airy 1st branch of the Deutsch- Sud
Americanische bank, of Berlin. will be
established in this city. The bank viii
have q paid-up capital of 100000
pesos
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
FROM DOWN
THE STATE
Telegraph News by Direct
Wire from All Over
Indiana

Petersburg, Ind, Nov. 21.-The grand
jury. examining into the charges
against Shirley Irwin and William Au-
berry, confined in jail in this city and
accused of train wrecking, by which
three lives were lost, has returned in
dfctments for murder in the first de
gree, one for each death. The wreck
ing of a Southern railway freight train
occurred on the night Of July -, near
Muren station.
Row with Miners; Then a Wreck.
That afternoon number Of miners
boarded a freight train for Oakland
City, and trouble developed between
them and railway detectives on the
train, in which the miners were worst
ed. That night the miners returned
to Muren, and several of them showed
much temper because of the trouble
with the detectives. At 3 o'clock the
following morning a through freight
train was wrecked by spiking a switch,
In which Maloy Capehart, son of Rev
e. NJ. Capehart, of Wlnslow, fireman
on the train; John Tanning, brakeman,
of New Albany, and a mechanic named
Mooch, of Missouri, were killed and
eighteen cars were demolished.
Labor Union Helps Prosecute.
The trainmen's association all over
the country Immediately took action,
and excitement ran high. Pinkerton
detectives were brought into the case,
and a month later the arrest Of Irwin
and Aubrey was accomplished. The
danger of lynching was so imminent
that they were transferred to the Indi-
ana reformatory for safe keeping,
where they remained until the present
grand jury began the investigation
which has culminatd in the indict-
ments.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
FRAUD is THE CHARGE.
Roundup at Chicago of Men and
Concerns Whose Methods
Are Wicked.
DID a LAND OFFICE BUSINESS
But the Sleuths of the Law Have Their
Grip on the Operators and
Nothing Is Doing.

Chicago, Nov. 21-Several under
writing companies which are alleged
to be the largest fraudulent concerns
of the kind ever operated in Chicago
were raided here by United States mar
shals. assisted by postal inspectors,
ard seven men accused of promoting
the fraudulent enterprises were arrest
ed. According to the federal authori-
ties the men accused of operating the
swindles had many victims and OBJ
tained nearly $1,0O0,OO0 by the scheme
The names of the men arrested and
the companies with which the federal
authorities say they are connected fol
low:
Men and Concerns Involved.
W. j. Root, president; w. H. WEIGH,
vice president, and w. D. Hulburt,
secretary, of the Central States Under
writing and Guarantee company; Chas.
Endicott Brown, president of the Pru-
Dental Securities Corporation Brokers;
Frank S. Winslow, president of the
American Corporation and Security
company; Ezra c. Barnum, president
of the National Stock and Guaranty
company and the Bankers Credit and
Mercantile company; David c. Ow-
ings, National Stock and Guaranty
company.
How They Worked Their Graft.
The plan by which the swindles were
carried on, it is alleged by the fed
eral authorities, involved representa-
tons that the underwriting and guar
anty companies had given trust com
panies certain assets and collateral Sc
curity to indemnify bonds given the
investors until the time the bonds ma
tured. The corporations were given
bonds at maturing periods all the way
from twenty years to forty years. The
government officials say that the men
arrested never entered into a propo-
sition in which less than 100000 was
involved and that they in many cases
obtained as much as 100000 worth
of stock to underwritc.
Two Other Men GobbIed.
Late last night two alleged COM
rades of the men arrested earlier were
arrested in connection with the al
legged fraudulent schemes, as follows:
George !. Monroe, arrested in his home
at Joliet by a United States marshal;
Frederick C. Struckmeyer. The arrest
in Milwaukee of \. Cameron was re-
sponsible for the arrest of these two
men. While looking for evidence
against Cameron the authorities
learned that Monroe and Struckmeyer
had been using the same office as Cam
prOn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21

F. n Hickok, agent at the Wabash
depot, went to Chicago on business for
the road this morning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21

who has been on the sick list for the
past week, is able to be around again.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21

NJ H. Kerger is spending this week
with friends in Kankakee. III.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21

the Chicago Junction local office. was
the guest Of Chicago friends yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21

T. Stone, bill clerk at the Wabash
depot, spent yesterday with Chicago
friends.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21
RAILROAD NOTES.

G. c. Arens of the Pennsylvania road
Is on the sick list this week.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21

The Indiana Young Mems Christian
Association meets this week in FIT.
Wayne. 1t is stated that there will be
present not only the ordinary number
of delegates to the railroad association
of Indiana, but an extra large attend
ance of friends of the association. ].
X. Russell of the Lake Shore Is to pre-
side at one of the meetings, and SUI
perintendent Blair of the Nickel Plate
is among those who will participate in
the night session. and 1t promises to be
one of the most interesting conventions
in the history of the organization. 1t
viii be in session four days, beginning
Nov. % in the afternoon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21

Roy Kerger, bill clerk at the Chicago
Junction Office, transacted business in
Chicago yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21

William McCreary. switchman on the
Nickel Plate road. has been appointed
night yard master at the Fort Wayne
yards.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-21

o. c. Carter, general freight agent
of the Monon line, was in indianapolis
Monday on official business. He re-
ports the freight traffic of the road as
utilizing to the best advantage every
locomotive and car the company has
for service. The stone traffic for the
last few months has been very heavy
and its coal traffic is we'll developing.
With the other lines of freight handled
by that road it is one of the busiest
single track roads between Chicago and
Louisville