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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-15

society will entertain the members of
the East Chicago and Whiting socie-
ties tonight at the tabernacle on Calu-
met avenue. A short business meeting
viii open the evening, after which an
informal program has been arranged.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-15
INSTALLATION OF GARY AERIE:
BIG EVENT IN EAGLEDOM.
City 10 Participate In Organization
Sixty Pledged to Join New Order.
Especial to Lake County Times.)

tSpecInI 10 like county Tfmes.1
East Chicago, Ind, August 1.-THE
East Chicago Eagles will journey TO
Gary tomorrow night for the purpose
Of installing an aerie in that city. 1t
is said there is a large number OF
Garyites. some sixty in all, who will
join the order as charter members. and
the event will be an important one for
Eagles all over Lake county.
Messrs. George Reiland, Abe Often
heimer and w. /. Cherry Will have
charge OF the installation. and Mayor
Darrow of LaPorte VIII be the speaker
of the evening.
The members of the order viii have
their usual good time on this occasion
and it is expected there will be many
visiting Eagles from surrounding
cities.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-15
WANToNLY SHOOT HORSE.

william Wisniewski. a saIoonkeepe1
at Gibson complained TO the police to-
day that two young men. whose names
were unknown. shot and killed his
horse. The animal was in a pasture
near his house and the young fellows
were shooting in the vicinity. Three
shots were found IN the animals body.
After they saw the result OF their
craftsmanship the young men ran away
but the police have & good description
OF them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-15
STARTS THREATENING BLAZE.

Three boys, a box of matches and
the camping cut spirit, nearly caused
the loss Of thousands OF dollars to the
knickerbocker Ice company last night.
The timely arrival of Matchman Cook
is all that prevented this. AS Cook was
patrolling the grounds he saw a light
near House No. , and on investigation
found that the fence surrounding It was
ablaze and that the flames We're rapidly
approaching the big structure. The
watchman extinguished the blaze and
soon found three unknown youngsters
near the scene. When he questioned
them they admitted that they had
started the fire in their camp near the
fence and that it had gotten the best
of them. They We're sorry for what
they had done and We're not prosecuted
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-15
CRIME REIGNS
At GIBSON
Negro Says He Was Re-
lieved of s1O7 BY Dusky
Highwayman.
At POINT OF REVOLVER
Second Robbery at Yards Town
Within Two Days-Inadequate
Police Protection.

A reign OF crime seems TO be on at
Gibson during the past few weeks. and
early last evening a holdup took place
near the railroad depot and the victim
claims TO have been relieved or s107.
The alleged highway robbery occurred
almost in broad daylight. while the
robber. At the point OF a gun. forced
his victim TO turn over the contents OF
his pockets.
Marshall Glover, a well-to-do colored
man with a reputation for thrift was
walking toward his home from work.
AS he came along the railroad track
near the depot another colored man
approached, and when he got close TO
Glover. he suddenly turned on him and.
pulling a revolver out of his pocket.
pointed IL at the iatter's head and told
him to deliver up his goods
The attack was so sudden that Glo-
Yer did not have time to defend him
self and there was nothing TO do but
obey the order of the bandit. and he
complied While he was confronting
the revolver he noticed that several
other colored men were hanging
around in the bushes.
Warned 20 Keep StiII.
After the highwayman took his mon
ey Glover was warned TO make no OUT
cry. and the bandit with his accom-
plices fed towards Hammond.
Glover reported his loss and stated
| that he recognized the bandit as man
known as Dan Stratton. former fore
man in one OF the yards at Gibson.
The police of Hammond at once start
ed an investigation, but Stratton had
made good his escape. He is described
as being about 80 years OF age, 5
feet inches in height and weighing
about 10 pounds.
This is the second robbery at GLIB
son within the past few days Yes
terday morning negro grabbed. s33 Ia
money and a check for s25 from a
workman's hands near the same place
and made a getaway. Without polica
protection the camp Is a wild place and
crime runs riot at win.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-15
Northern Indiana Volunteer
Firemen's Assn Meet
In University Town.
LAKE GO. REPRESENTED
Teams From Robertsdale, East Chi
cago, Whiting, Indiana Harbor,
Crown Point and Lowell.

The Northern Indiana Volunteer Fire
mems association meets today at VAL
paraiso, the occasion being the annual
gathering of the different teams to
contest for prizes and trophies aggre-
eating over $1,000.
Following are the cities entering
their volunteer teams: Robertsdale,
East Chicago, whiting, Indiana Harhor,
Crown Point, Lowell and Valparaiso.
For the last two years the Crown
Point team have landed the meet and
the other teams this year are determin-
ed to wrest the honors from the county
seat team. The Lowell team has been
working hard and those who have seen
them in practice say they have a win
ner, the same reports however, come
from Crown Point and according to
their claims they will put out better
aggregation this year than any prcvi-
Gus year.
The Program.
Following is the days program:
Executive committee meeting at
Central hall, 900 a. m.
Dress parade and inspection, 1000
a. H.
Champion hose race (dry) 1870 p m.
Hook and ladder race, $3.50 p. m.
Wet hose test, 4:30 p. m.
Firemans foot race, Goo yards) $50
p. m.
Balloon ascension, 600 D. m.
Fireworks, 1880 p. m.
Firemans ball ct Empire hall. $50
p. N.
Rules of tournament:
Sections 25 to %. sections 81 to 50
sections 80 to sc.
(Wet instead Of dry).
/ The committee is composed of Franz
\ Wise. chief; Fred Shoemaker, captain
4 Frank Faley. treasurer; Thies Claussen
I secretary.
Large delegations from Whiting. Eas
/ Chicago and Indiana Harbor Ief
| Whiting this morning on the Penn.
! sylvania road for Valparaiso. -Four
extra coaches were put on to accom-
modate the big crowds. According Il
reports from Valparaiso this morning
fully $500 viii attend the tournament
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-15

c. A. Williams, the Hammond switch
man who was struck by train at the
Gibson yards yesterday died this morn
ing at eleven o'clock at st. Margarets
hospital where he was taken after the
accident. Williams never recovered con-
sciousness after the anaesthetic was ad-
ministered. The body will be shipped
to Massachusetts tomorrow after the
inquest is held at Stewards morgue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-15

WEATHER-LoeaI rains tonight;
showers followed by fair Friday.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-15

$4,000 people will read your ad IN THE
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Preas VIC AII Omen.

The Associated Press officials re-
ported no further trouble on their pri-
vate or leased wire service and the
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Total, YESTERDAY lO,O4O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
3=@%=3" < Aladdin of London, the Lodestar < rnn
By Max PembertOn
 

i men covering from the lash, the men beaten so that they cut the flesh from their faces. That's what happens 10 those who go against the government, dear Alb-bnt not to you because you love me-
 She clung to him hysterically, for this long vigil had tried her nerves and the shadow of discovery lay upon her all ways. It had been no surprise to her to find Alban in Warsaw, for the Reyolu- tionary committee In London had in- formed her friends by cable on the very day that Count Sergius had left. She knew exactly how he had come, where he had stopped, and when to seek him out But now that hts arms were about her, she dreaded a new separation and was almost afraid to release his hand from hers.
 You will not leave me, Alban, she said-za new dignity coming to her sud- denly as though some lesson, not of the school, but of life, had taught it to her you will take me to London with you yes, yes, dear as your servant. That is what my friends wish; they have thought it all out. I am to go as your servant and you must get a passport for me-for Lois Werner. and then if you call me by my own name no one will know. There we can see MT. Gessner together and speak of my father. I will promise him that tnlS secret snail never De known. He will trust me, Alban, because prom ise him.
 Alban stopped and kissed her upon the lips
 "No," he said, 'the work must be done here in Russia, Lois. I am called to do 1t and I go now. Let me find you at the same time tomorrow, and I will tell you what have done. God bless you, Lois. It Is happiness to be with you again."
 Their lips met. their arms unclasped reluctantly. A single tap upon the panel of the cabin brought that merry old fei- low Herr Petermann, to open to them Alban told him In sentence what had happened and hastened back to the hoteI.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-14
Farmers Union Department

the poorer classes of farmers; but
1t Is still worse that foreign people,
aided, abetted and protected by their
government, should be permitted to
do this thing. The newspapers for
some years past have had accounts
of trials in federal courts of persons
charged with holding negroes in peon-
age, that is. mining companies and
other corporations and in some in
stances, perhaps, planters who having
negroes employed had advanced them
money or sold them supplies and fore
ed them to work out the debt. 1t
was right and just to try and punish
any one guilty of in any wise enslav-
ing any person, white or black, by
whatsoever process. But is not our gov
ernment aiding, abetting and helping
the bankers of New York to make
poems of the poorer cotton raisers
when it supplies these banks with mon
ey free Of charge with which to buy
mortgages on the growing cotton crop?
And is it not just as bad to permit
English or other foreign capitalists to
supply money for such nefarious pur-
poses?
American citizens peoned to foreign
capitalists, and their own government
does not even protest!
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-14
THE POWER OF COTTON.

While cotton was cultivated fifteen
hundred years before Christ by Hin
doos and is cultivated to some extent
by other countries, it is in the south
that over three-fourths Of the worlds
supply is produced. With our youth
skilled in every detail Of cotton grow
ing-seed selection, plant breeding,
fertilizing, preparing the seedbed, cul-
tivation-we may confidently expect
the south to continue to hold a prac-
tical monopoly Of the worlds great
est staple crop, and at the same time
continue to increase the yield to meet
the ever increasing demands Of civili-
zation. DR.. Walter H. Page, OF the
Worlds Work, is correct in his pre-
diction that I'VE are in sight Of the
time when the cotton growers OF the
old slave states will become the most
prosperous tillers of the earth" 1t is a
question of increasing the yield per
acre, reducing the cost per bale, i'm
proving the fibre, and maintaining
a fair price for the products.-Ex.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-14
ARE COTTON RAIsERs PEoNED?

Does British money run this coun-
try, debating it's financial policies and
manipulating it's industrial interests,
or not? Mr.. Hadden, an able lawyer
of Atlanta, Ca, in an address to the
American Bankers Association in ST.
Louis, last fall, made statement sub
stantially as follows:
British capitalists furnish New
York agents with money to lend to
southern merchants to advance sup
plies to southern farmers.
"The farmers produce the cotton,
and before it was harvested the
mortgage that rested upon it from
ground, was hurrying it on to the
Britishers who furnished the money
for it's production"
It was but recently when the gov
ernment was asked in the British par
lament If it was true that an organi-
zation Of farmers had been perfected
in the United States to control the
price of cotton, and requesting infor-
nation as to what steps the govern
ment had taken in the matter. The
reply was made that the Lancashire
spinners were not at that time uneasy
about the movement, and that the
government would be governed by the
spinners.
Putting those two things together,
it looks as though the English spin
l.
their government, were taking good
deal OF dish in the business of the cot
ton raisers of this country. 1t is bad
enough that our own government
through its treasury department sup
plies New York bankers with money
to loan on cotton crops before they
are planted, thus helping to enslave
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-14
COTTON MARKETING PROBLEM.

After a thorough tour Of Texas,
Arkansas and the territories, Ham
den NICK. Fulgham, representing the
bureau Of the census department at
Washington, D. c., dealing directly
with ginners' cotton statistics, is firm
ly of the opinion that the Farmers
Unions in those states will solve the
marketing problem of the cotton plant
er. He traversed Texas from the Pan
handle to Houston.
SIN the state of Arkansas alone"
he said, "they have already built six
ty warehouses, which have a storage
capacity of 10000 bales. In Texas
they have built warehouses in the
same ratio, and it will be possible for
the unions in that state to hold 100000
bales in the future if they so desire.
These unions are building warehouses
all over the belt, and many bankers
and merchants own stock in them.
This warehouse plan of the unions is
the only practical one that the cotton
producer has ever advanced.
"The Farmers Union is much stron-
ger in Texas, Arkansas and the ter
ritories than the Southern Cotton AS
sociation. The union represents only
white farmers, and it is as strong and
as enthusiastically conducted as any
labor union could possibly be. The
Southern Cotton Association for the
most part is looked upon as the asso-
citation in which the big cotton planter
is interested. The cotton producer
of the south in the near future
will control the marketing of his own
crop as absolutely as the steel trust
and the beef trust control the regula,
ton Of their outputs.
'T believe that the final report Of
the census bureau, April 1, will not
be far from 12,400,000 bales, which
will not, Of course, include linters."
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-14
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

w. A. Morris, chairman, Sulligent.
Alabama.
Campbell Russell, secretary, Rus
sell, Ind. Ter
w. s. Miller, Lake Creek, Tex.
James M. Butler, Topeka, Kan.
I. N. McCollister, Many, La.
STATE OFFICERS.
Georgia dquarters-BarnesviI
r. F. uckworth-President.
w. P Quinby-Vice-Pres
J. L. Barron-Secretary- Treasurer.
J. L. Lee-State Organizer.
G.. M Davis-Lecturer.
J. G. Eubanks-State Business
Agent.
Alabama. A. Worley, president,
Guin, Ala; E. J. Cook, secretary-treas-
urer, Pell City, Ala.
Arkansas. B. Lewis, president,
Jonesboro, Ark; Ben L. Griffin, secre-
tary-treasurer, Conway, Ark.
Indiahoma-J. A. West, President,
Shawnee, o. t.; B. G. Hanson, secre-
tary-treasurer. Shawnee, o. T.
louisiana. N. Holmes, president,
Bernice, L.; ]. w. Boyett, Jr., Sec
treasurer, Tanhill, La.
Mississippi-J. M Bass, president;
Hazlehurst, Miss; G. w. Russell, Sec
retary-treasurer Hazlehurst, Miss.
Tennessee. E. Montgomery, pres
ident, Greenfield, Tenn; j. T. Brooks,
secretary-treasurer, Atwood, Tenn.
Texas-E. A. Calvin, president, Dal-
las, Texas; B. F. Chapman, secretary
treasurer Dallas, Texas.
South Carolina-O. P. Goodwin,
president, Anderson, S. c.; B. F.
Earl, secretary-treasurer, Anderson,
South Carolina.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-14

ify a two cent passenger fare; it
merely suggests this reduction, and
leaves definite amounts within the dis
cretion Of the railway commission.
1t is believed that when the hearing
begins month from now numbers of
interested citizens will be present and
that the meeting will be a notable
and an exciting one.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-14
SHOULD THE FARMERS UNION GO
INTO POLITICS?
(From Farmers Union Banner.

Y
I say no. Not as an organization,
but it is just as much the duty of ev-
cry farmer to study politics" after
he has joined the union as it was be-
fore.
He is not disfranchised-he is not
cut off from exercising that privilege
every American citizen loves and cher
ishes because he has done what all
other laboring classes have done
formed an organization and is demand
ing square deal" He will be called
upon by the politician and expected
to go to the polls and cast his vote
even though he is a member of the
Farmers Union.
Politics should mean the art of real
iZing an ideal in the state by the
establishment and maintenance Of good
government.
That class of people more highly
appreciates and has a greater respect
for good government than the farm
ers.
Examine the criminal records and
you can see.
The farmer contributes more for the
support of the government in proper
ton to his means than any other
class.
A few years ago when the president
was forced to call upon the patriotism
of our country to defend our flag"
the plow boys were there by a large
majority. Then why should not the
farmer have voice in politics wheth-
er he belongs to the union or not?
Every true citizen has a civic as we'll
as a moral and financial obligation to
perform.
So it is his sacred duty to study
civics-look into the political situation
and be prepared to find out if the
candidates are going the same way he
is going. They howl on one side:
Don't go into politics, and they howl
on the other side: Don't go into busi-
ness.
Go back home and raise some more
cotton and we will tell you how to
vote and what your cotton is worth.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-14
ORGANIZATION OF FARMERS.
Dublin Courier-Dispatch.)

"The newspapers are printing ac-
counts Of big organization Of farm
ers in the western states" says the
Savannah News. "It is separate and
distinct from the Farmers Union,
but apparently has the same object
in view. 1t is called The American
Society of Equity It's strength is
mainly in the middle west-in Illi-
nois, Indiana, Nebraska, Wisconsin,
Kansas, Iowa, and Oklahoma.
''It is stated that it's purpose is to
bring about an improvement of the
highways, secure agricultural schools
for the training of farmers sons, to
obtain better transportation facilities
and better freight rates, but the real
purpose seems to be to force an in
crease in the price of farm products
by holding back the products from
market when the supply seems to be
greater than the demand. 1t is pro-
posed to do this by building ware
houses in which to store the prod
ucts.
eve have three of these organiza-
tions now, namely, the Farmers Union,
the Southern Cotton Association and
The American Society of Equity What
their fate will be is an interesting
subject of speculation. There have
been similar organizations of farmers.
They failed in their purpose, chiefly
for two reasons, namely, the impos-
sibility Of getting even majority of
farmers to become members and the
difficulty of keeping them wholly dis
connected with politics"
1t seems to us that too many of
these organizations are being sprung
on the public One good one is bet
ter than a half Dozen Too many
organizations with the same end in
view will have the effect of creating
rivalry that will do the farmers more
harm than good. The Farmers Union
is capable Of looking after the needs of
the farmers and all OF them should
, Join. 1t appears to us that it would
then be best to let the other organiza.
tions alone.
In union there is strength and the
farmers should organize. They can
join too many clubs, however. Just
as man can become a member of
too many secret o@derg.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-14
FARMERS UNION PETITION.
Railroad Commission Will Pass Upon
Reduced Fare Within Thirty
Days.

Georgias chance Of getting a two
cent railway passenger fare will be set
tied so far the state railroad commits
sion is concerned within the next thir-
ty days.
The commission decided at it's ses-
sion March 5th to give immediate at
tention to a request flied Monday by
the Farmers Union of the state asking
this reduction. Notices will be sent
out Wednesday summoning representa-
tives of every railroad in Georgia and
also officials OF the Farmers Union
together with such private citizens
as may wish to be heard to be present
at a meeting of the commission one
month hence.
At that time the request Of the union
will be formally laid before the rail
way Representatives and the latter will
have opportunity Of showing cause, IL
any they can, why the request should
not be granted. AS to the detail meth
DDS of the hearing nothing has yet
been worked out. The petition Of the
Farmers Union, In fact, does not spec
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-14
NATIONAL OFFICERS.

c. S. Barrett, president, Atwater,
Georgia.
J. E. Montgomery, vice-president,
Gleason, Tenn.
r. HI. Mccullough. secretary-treas-
urer, Beebe, Ark.
L. N. Holmes, chaplain, Bernice,
Louisiana.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-14

ROSTER OF NATIONAL AND
STATE oFFICERS OF THE
FARMERS EDUCATIONAL AND
COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMER
lCA.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-04-03
L|NEMAN OUTW|1S THE MEXICAN
 RURALES
Gets On American Side Of Line And Laughs
 At Captors
(Trom Tuesdays Daily.)

YUMA. Ariz.. April 1.-After dccoy. ing the Mexican officers who held him captive across the international line, where he told them to go to thunder, Walter Bennett an American telephone lincmau. employed at the Lower Head. ing. walked into Calexico and tclc. phoncd the commandante at the Head ing his most expressive disrcspccts.
 Bennett appropriated suit case be longing to Charles Bullard at Lower Heading. In troublesome warrant, sworn out by Ballard. the Mexican government described Bennett's taking away as stealing, and Bennett was locked up in an adobe jail.
 When Bullard realized that this would mean five years in n squalid Mexican prison for the American of fender. he tried to withdraw his war. rant. hut the commandantc would not lct him. They strapped poor Bennett | marched him on between two ruralcs for Enscnnda by san Diego.
 They were not nice ruralcs and Bennett did not love them. No ruralcs are nice excepting Emilio kostcrliizsky. Anyhow. although these were not nice ruralcs, Bennett talked kindly to them, and knowing the road better than they themselves knew il. he gently dccoycl them across the international line. Once assured iha, he was on American soil he informed his captors of this interesting fact and telling them that they were only half baked and then some. hc bid them to go jump over a jack rabbit into somewhere in search of climate hotter than Alaskn's They replied that they couldn' | bear to part with him, and were about to start something. when two Americans arrived, and by the | persuasion of six shooter and meat axe they saved inc situation. Also they cui Bennett loose from the pinto, and he hurried into Calcxico to telc- Plonc his compliments ,o the command. ante at Lower Heading. Now, there fore, if ever hc and Bullard rib m q family reunion Bennett is determined that the happy occasion shall be ccle. bratcd on American soil.