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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
BIG BLIZZARD COMING,
SAYS WEATHER BUREAU.
Gro"nd Hog to Face Blast From Medi-
cine Hat IL He Ventures Out Late
This Evening.
Especial from ChIcaso.l

BY all the goosebone signs and the
official weather prophecies. Mr.. Ground
hog is coming out OF his hole this af-
ternoon to grub for worms and lay in
wait for unwary puliets until his regu-
lar spring season of high living be-
gins.
If he is a wise old Mr.. Groundhog
he viii wear his winter weight under
garments and his lined overcoat.
And he viii follow the illustrious ex-
ample of Mr.. Hiawatha and bring his
mittens and his snow shoes with him
when he leaves his winter quarters.
If perchance the official weather
prophecies are right, Mr. Groundhog
Will need no smoked glasses when he
takes his annual February squint In
the direction of the sun this afternoon.
He and snow storm are to make a
Joint appearance, and It IS prophesied
that the snowstorna will be SO thick
that not even an electric light will
cast shadow. Chicago and its sur
rounding territory are to have a dark
day that will satisfy any and all of the
Groundhog family.
The snowstorm is to be a regular
blizzard if the government weather
prophets know their business 1t was
Matched at Medicine Hat two days ago
and has been gathering strength down
across the Dakotas and Minnesota. It
Is due to arrive here with the milk
train and the papers this afternoon.
The following is the forecast:
Saturday, snow. with decidedly
colder weather. Cold wave, with tenn
perature 10 degrees below zero. Sat
urday night, fair and cold. Sunday.
fair and cold; brash to high northwest
erly winds Saturday and Sunday"
Yesterday watts another famous mid
winter spring days. with a minimum
temperature of 27 degrees and a max
imum of 80 degrees.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
CALL BACHELORS BARNACLEs.

Boston, Feb. 2.-The following petit
ton from the unmarried women of the
town of Wakefield has been received
by the legislature:
We the unmarried women OF the
town of Wakefield. petition your hon
orable bodies for a law levying tax
on bachelors, said tax to be graduated
as follows: From twenty to twenty
five years, So; from twenty FIVE to thir-
ty years. sic; from thirty TO thirtv-
five years, SIS; from thirty-fve to forty
years. $40; over forty years, chloro-
form in large doses.
And your petitioners further repre-
sent that bachelors are a barnacle
growth on the ship Of society, impeding
its PROCESS and of no earthly use ex-
cept as pallbearers.
We are not advocating this law be-
cause we are single; that concerns US
the least. If you don't believe it, ask
US and see.
1t has not been decided to what COM
mite to refer the petition.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS
MEN APPROVE |. C. PROJECT
Believe That Close Communication
With Hegewisch VIII he ms Good rs
the Locating of a New Industry Here.

THE LAKE COUNTY TINES story re-
garding the project of the Illinois
Central to build a road to Hammond
and install a suburban service aroused
a great deal of interest among the
business and real estate men of the
city who realize the Importance OF a
good service to Chicago and especially
to Hegewisch where the new Western
Steel Car and Foundry company VIII
employ several thousand men in the
near future.
One Of the local real estate men real
izing the Importance of this move took
steps at once to confirm the report
and found the TINES story correct in
every detail. Attorney Meyers OF the
Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend in
terurban. was in the city today and
stated that the work Of purchasing the
right of way from Hammond to Chi
cago would begin next week and he too
stated that the road would be in run
ming order by next summer.
This together with the fact that the
Standard Steel Car company viii be
manufacturing steel cars by that time
indicates that Hammond IS to have un-
precedented prosperity next summer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
AND THE CAT CAME BACK.

Ireland, Ind, Feg 2.-WhiIe William
B. Morgan, postmaster, was preparing
to go to bed Thursday night he heard
a noise at the well. On rushing out
TO learn the cause. he saw the house
cat trying to get drink of water out
of the bucket. The cat was so fright
ened at the interruption that it upset
the bucket and went tumbling after #
into the well. Mr.. Morgan drew IN
the bucket hurriedly. poured the water
out, and asked his wife to bring a
lamp.
When the light shone on the water
in the we'll Mr.. Morgan let the bucket
down again. The cat swan to the
bucket, caught hold of the side and
held on until Mr.. Morgan drew 1t safe
ly to the top. The cat was almost
drowned, but was able to purr its
thanks TO him and lick his hands in
gratitude for safe delivery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
BULL AS GUARDIAN.

Blufrton, Ind. Feb. 2.-The survey
ors for the Cincinnati, Button Chi
cago traction line were driven from
the farm Of Homer Houtz in Rock
Creek township yesterday by an in
furiated bull. They are now looking
for a matador so they can complete
the surveying across the farm. Houtz
questioned the right Of the men to
work on his farm. One Of them told
him they had papers from the govern
ment which granted them the privi-
lege of working there He believed the
men to be testing with him. and he
Immediately went TO his barn and turn
ed the bull into the field. The survey
ing party made a hasty retreat into an
adjoining field. The man with the
surveying instrument sat on the fence,
and Houtz yelled TO L.m 70 show the
bull the papers from the government
Some arrangements VIII be made TO
get across the Houtz farm. Every
farmer in Rock Creek township is
lighting the road. as # will cut through
their farms diagonallX
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
EARTHQUAKE DUG A WELL.

1t has just been discovered that the
upheaval of April is did funny things
to the wells IN the courtyard in the
rear of the San Francisco mint. For
years prior to April IS these had been
ordinary, we'll behaved wells. yielding
water plentifully when a steam pump
was employed. But now they are
spouting artesian wells. from which
a steady stream of water flows when
no pumping is done. This was discov-
cred yesterday when the pump was
taken out for repairs. the courtyard
being flooded within a short time.
The wells were bored many years
ago. and are about 175 feet in depth.
There was apparently subterranean
connection between them, for the
pumping Of water from one lowered
the water in the other. Normally the
water was within thirty feet of the
surface, and that was the condition
when the pump was taken out last
March. Yesterday, for the first time
since March the pumps We're again
removed, when it was discovered that
the water flowed freely.-San Fran
cisco Chgonicles
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
B0WSER'S VIGOROUS PROTEST
AGAINST $1,000 LICENSE BILL,
Although Opposed by Saloon Element
In His Election He Says There is An
other Reason For His Opposition.

When the Mattingly $1,000 license bill
came up in the senate at Indianapolis
yesterday and as soon as the reading
Of the measure. section by section was
completed. Senator A. ]. Bowser vas
recognized and he made a vigorous
and elegant speech against the hin
The Indianapolis Ne, saws thar he
began by saying that n. ~ abso-
lutely unbiased, and to subsr. 4a bfs
statement in this regard he said tbo+
on the first day of November the Anti-
Saloon league at South Bend has a.
sued a circular In which it was sta+ad
that he was an unfit man to be elected
to the general assembly. as he repre-
sented the saloons. Senator Bowser
read the circular to the senate.
"On the very same day that this cir
cular was issued" said Senator Bowser
the saloon keepers of Lake county met
and declared that I was a temperance
man and was unfit TO be senator
My opposition to this bill. therefore
IS not because represent either Of the
two classes that oppose 1t. am on
posed TO the measure because it is
simply revenue-raising measure Rv
no stretch OF imagination can I CON
ceive it to be a bill to further the
cause OF temperance or to upuft the
victims of drink. There is not rav
of hope in any provision Of this meas
ure for the drunkard and his children.
The money that the state will derive
will come from the pockets of the vic
Tins of the saloon after all. and the
saloon man will simply work a little
harder TO lure his victims. The bill is
an invitation TO the blind tigers to
continue shall vote against this
measure because my conscience so die
tates."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
REvERSES LOWER COURT.

indianapolis, Feb. 2.-That rail-
road company is not responsible for
injuries sustained by passengers when
a train is standing still through the
carelessness of another passenger, and
that a railroad company is not held to
the same degree of care under all cir
cumstances, is the theory upon which
the appellate court Wednesday revers-
ed the case of P. NJ. Rose against the
P. c., c. & St. L. Railway company, ap-
pealed from the Clark circuit court.
Rose boarded P, c., c. & St. l..
train at Louisville for Jenersonville
and alighting at the junction to change
to train bound for New Albany. on
the platform of the car he slipped on a
banana peel and was injured in the
fall He recovered damages and the
railway company appealed
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
Speculation AS to Govern
or's Attitude on Pet
Measure.
ANOTHER IN BALANCE
Cities and Towns Law Hangs Fire
Nei-Ser Proposed Acts Show
Party Influence.
Especial to Lake County Times,.


Indianapolis. Ind. Feb a.-There is
no change in the status OF the metro
politan police bill which is now up
for its second reading in the house.
The governor and senate are stiIl
thought to be against 1t. But whether
the governor will fight TO the last ditch
for his pet measure remains to be seen.
1t is thought by some who know the
governor that he VIII not fight too
hard, as the metropolitan police law.
especially in Hammond. has given him
so much worry that. to a certain ex-
tent. he would be glad to be rid OF it.
OF course, II would not be advisable
for the policy that he has maintained
to openly advocate the abolishing OF
the metropolitan law
Although considered TO be a party
measure, the lines on the first vote
were not too strictly drawn
1t will be remembered that Ed Simon
(democraD. Lake county 3 representa-
tive. voted against it, as did also
Schuyler Dwyer (republican). Lake and
Newton county's representative As
yet Senator Bowser is non-committaf on
the subject. prefering not to speak un-
til 1t comes his turn to vote, but those
who came to Indianapolis from Ham
mond during the session OF the legisIa-
ture, say that Bowser promised TO give
Hammond what the majority OF the
voters want and that with the demo-
Gratis in power in Hammond and a
strong saloon element. the sentiment is
against the metropolitan police law.
Cities and Towns Law In Balance.
The cities and towns law Is also
haiigfng IN the balances ana Il is ex-
pected that by next week enough
amendments will be added to IT to turn
it loose. 1t is not expected that party
lines Will be drawn, as the fight seems
to be for lower government expenses.
for this reason it is advised that the
city judgeship be dropped and the Of
flces Of the board of public works be
given back into the hands OF the coun-
cilmen.
The men who are holding the offices
under the present law do not propose
to sit idly by and see themselves de-
throned. They are fighting hard to
prevent the abolition of any offices.
Mayor Becker OF Hammond and Mayor
Guthrie Of Muncie are already here ar
guing in favor of the law and asking
that II be given what they call fair
trial" Nearly every representative and
senator is receiving letters from mu-
nicipal Office holders asking that they
be left undisturbed
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
Max Gross Gets Suspicious
at Critical Moment
Nabs Sharper.
IS AN OLD OFFENDER
Paroled Prisoner From Penitentiary
Wife Heartbroken as She Be-
heved Husband Reformed.

Max Gross. a butcher at 9o47 Com
mercial avenue. nipped the little con-
fidence game Of ]. A. Murphy,a bogus
check worker. right in the beginning
Of his operations in South Chicago.
The town was easy graft for forgers
and utterers of bogus checks until a
few months ago. but the number of
cases where business men were vic
timized became so great that every
check offered In a South Chicago store
is the subject Of the closest scrutiny
Murphy walked into Gross butcher
shop Thursday afternoon and made
small purchase. offering in payment
a check made out in the name of James
Kelly. Gross got suspicious and held
the man. He forced Murphy into
room back of the shop at the point
Of a gun and called the police. Muir
ply attempted to get out of the back
window and dropped into the arms of
a couple of policemen. who took him
to the fifteenth precinct station.
Captain storen of the South Chicago
police at once recognized the prisoner
as an old offender and called him. by
name. Murphy, who was protesting
his Innocence and trying to convince
the police officials that his name was
Kelley, wilted when Captain storen ad
dressed him as Murphy, and admitted
that he had been sent to the peniten-
tiary for passing spurious checks three
and one-haff years ago. on charges pre-
ferred by residents of Woodlawn, when
Captain storen commanded the Wood
lawn station.
ParOled Eighteen Months Ago.
Murphy further declared that he had
been paroled about eighteen months
ago to his uncle. He asserted that he
had been living an honest life since his
parole. and had got married and settled
down. He gave his address as 1889
Champlain avenue, and his wife was
sent for.
Mrs Murphy left the bedside of her
mother. who is said to be in a dying
condition. She was heart-broken at
finding her husband under arrest. as
she had believed him to be thoroughly
reformed.
On account OF the character of the
charge and the possibility of Murphy
having victimized other business men
in South Chicago, he was held at the
station without being booked. while the
officers searched for other possible
victims. This morning evidence was
heard against him in Judge Good
now's court. and the young man was
held to the grand jury
Murphy is twenty-five years old.
about five feet six inches in height,
with sandy hair. and is apparently SUI
fering from a disease of the eyes that
gives the lids an inhamed appearance
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
ROYAL LEAGUE FUNCTION
AT HARROR A SUCCESS.
Although CIine's Hall is in Darkness
Until 1880 O'Clock Because of De-
ranged Machinery, When Lights are
Finally Turned on All is Delight.
Especial to Lake County Times.l

Indiana Harbor. Feb. 2-Although
the machinery in the East Chicago
Electric Lighting plant broke down
early in the evening last night, and left
CIine's hall in darkness until 1890
o'clock. the first grand ball given by
the Harbor Council Royal League, was
the greatest event Of the season. over
two hundred couples were in attend
ance.
The grand march at 1920 was led
by Mr.. and Mrs Herman Weiskopf.
Music was furnished by Prof. Knoch
of the Harbor and was perhaps the
best ever heard in this place for dano-
ing.
During the evening C. E. Fowler in
troduced James E. Hardin of Chicago,
who is advisory archon for Illinois
and is also a member of the supreme
council. Mr.. Mardin gave an address
on The Good of the Order" which de-
lighted the guests. The gentlemen
who received and helped to make the
evening a delightful one for those
present, were: Messrs W. w Moberly,
c. P. Burdick and DR.. w. l. Hughes.
The committee on arrangements to
whom most Of the credit is due for the
complete success of the event was
composed of Messrs. ]. F. Bevans, c.
l. Fowler and William Calvin.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
DIsREGARDs DAKOTA DIVORCE.
Connecticut Court Frees Husband Des-
pite Wife's Decree and Re-
marriage.

Stanford, Conn. Feb. Fudge
Ralph Wheeler Of the superior court
has handed down a decision in the case
of Samuel A. Weed VS.. Daisy c. Weed
of Stanford in which he gives the
plaintir a decree of divorce on the
ground Of desertion.
Mrs. Weed went to Dakota in 1896 and
got divorce from Weed and married
again. but the first husband refused
to accept the decree and five years ago
brought the present action.
After the Dakota divorce Mrs. Weed
married Charles +. Bates OF Stanford
and has children by him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
BOYS TO REFORM SCHOOL.

Michigan City. Ind, Feb. 2.-Judge
Tuthill yesterday morning sentenced
five boys of the East Side Boys In
dustrial school at Plainfleld. to which
place they will be taken today by Pro
baton officer Joseph oliver. The boys
were implicated in the theft OF copper
wire from the Michigan Central rail-
road several weeks ago out of which
grew the cases against A. Cohen, who
was charged with receiving stolen
goods and buying junk from minors.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
PAPER AT THE REFORMAToRY.

w. II. Whitaker, superintendent Of
the Indiana Reformatory, has almost
completed preparations for a daily pa
per at that institution. which shall
furnish the inmates all of the best
news of the day without sensational
ism or undue prominence to the shady
side of life. A new cylinder press has
been put in and all that is needed now
are few compositors. The paper will
be four columns wide-eleven by ff-
teen inches. The name now in use for
the weekly. The Reflector, will be re-
tanned.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
STANDARD STEEL ENLARGES

Butler. Pa. Feb. 2.-The Standard
Steel Car company is making arrange
ments for large additions to its New
Castle plant, which promises TO employ
1900 additional men. The main build
ing viii be 100 feet in length Ma
chinery viii be installed for the man
ufaeture Of motor trucks and the as
sembling Of steel car frames. This
work is carried on now n New Castle
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
WILL ATTEMPT TO BREAK WILL

A case has been started in the Lake
: circuit court with a view of breaking
the Will of the late George W. Young
ne case is brought in the interest of
Lane Young, the 12year-old son of
the deceased by his second marriage.
ana VINO was bequeathed only So by
the Will The estate is valued at
S20,ooo.-Valparaiso Messenger
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
WHOLE BLOCK BURNS.

Especial to Lake County Times1
South Chicago, February "A
fire which started late this after
noon in the residence of Ii. w. Gustine
at 9S2S Aevnue HI destroyed an entire
block of houses at a loss of over s25.-
OOO.Three fire engines were present
at the scene.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
BARNEY YOUNG AT AUTO SHOW.

Barney Young begins a weeks en-
gagement IN Chicago this evening when
he Will conduct Young's Chicago or
chestra at the Automobile show which
Will be held at the First Regiment
armory. Young's Chicago orchestra
is composed Of Young's members of
the Chicago band and number OF his
Hammond players,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
Engineers Say That First
Estimate of Twelve
Millions Is Low.
ADD FIVE MILLIONS
It is Believed That Canal Should Be
Built With View to Cities
Future Needs.

Washington, Feb. Eff the Calumet
river is to be turned backward in its
course from Lake Michigan to form
drainage canal into the Mississippi, as
planned by the sanitary board of Chi
cago, the international waterway com
mission insists that the cost Of the
project shall be increased by $5,00O,0OO
The local Illinois engineers estimated
that the sum of s12,OO0,0OO would COW
er the cost Of this great work, but the
international board including in its
membership some of the ablest army
engineers in the country, regard that
project as crude and certain to be in
sufficient to meet the needs of the
future
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
Board Looks to the Future.

They say that it can scarcely dispose
Of the flood water of the section to be
drained, even in It's present sparsely
populated condition, while If the in
habitants multiply as expected the Cal
umet river under the local engineers
project would actually be forced back
ward and into Lake Michigan. just as
1t goes now. in spite of all the expen-
sive Improvements. So the internation-
al board is prepared to recommend a
project costing in the aggregate $17,-
100000.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-02
THE WEATHER.

Fair with cold wave to-
nfghtJ temperature about
EeroJ Sunday fair and
colder.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-22

of the community and we may look
for an early report, which it is believed
viii present the claims Of Hawaii in a
right light
Respectfully submitted,e
(Sig) JAMES F. MORGAN,
Vice and Acting President, Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce.
Those present were ]. A. Kennedy, J.
p. Cooke, F. ]. Lowrey, ]. NJ. Dowsett,
E. H. Wodehouse, J. F. Morgan, will
lard E Brown. w. T. Lucas, NJ. p.
Robinson. G. P, Wilder, F. L. Waldron,
A. Gartenburg, z. A. Berndt, c. NJ.
Cooke. E. w. Jordan. H. A. Parmalee.
George F. Davies, Alex, Garvie, H. p.
Wood. T. ]. King, E. D. Tenney, w.
L. Hopper, William LAM, IT. Give
Davies, w. Pfotenhauer and G. w.
Smith.