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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
LAST BOAT BUILT TO
Be LAUNCHED SATURDAY
Repair Work Only To Be Done in
South Chicsgo-Change of Policy
Will Affect Hundreds of Workmen
and Will Be Heavy Blow to Com
munity at Large.
Especial to Lake County TIme..)

South Chicago, oct. 16.-Construction
work in the American Shipbuilding
yards here. viii be abandoned beginning
next Saturday after the launching Of
the new freighter. VIM. A. Hawgood.
After that time repair work only viii
be done by the company in the South
Chicago yards.
The change in policy viii affect sew
eraI hundred South Chicago workmen.
as there will be decrease In the num-
her of laborers needed at the yards. One
hundred and fifty men have been layed
Off this week and since the strike last
July. total OF 400 men have been
layed Off The ship yards OF South
Chicago, have been one OF the main
stays of the community and the radl-
cal change affects the community
vitally as thousands of people look for
1t for their daily support Repair work
has always been a large feature in tho
operation OF the Zig plant. but has
always been secondary to the oonstruc-
| tioR work. Some of the largest ships
-that ply the Great Lakes now have
been constructed In these yards. ana
| the company was considered as an Inn
portant factor I'm ship building circles
all over the, country.
The william A. Hawgood, the last
boat to be launched in South Chicago
will make its maiden plunge ne
Saturday at noon. The boat is own.
| by the w. A. Hawgood company .
Cleveland. O.. and the daughters of N
of the company's directors. has bee
selected to christen the boat.
The launching Of a boat has always
been festive occasion in South Chi
cago, and the event next Saturday prom
ises to be largely attended. both for
the usual sight seeing and on account
Of it being the last boat to be launched
here.
A large delegation of out of town
people Is expected to be present, among
them the owners of the boat and their
friends A sister boat Of the w. A.
Hawgood was launched about two
months ago and IS now in commission
| as an ore carrier.
While the boat to be launched Sat
urday is a general freighter It will be
put to hauling ore from the upper
ports to the mills in South Chicago and
Cleveland.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
PLAN IMPROVEMENTS
TO COST 100000
Michigan Central Railroad
to Spend That Amount
in Hammond.
DEPOT AND DOUBLE TRACK
Work of Laying Tracks, Grading,
Leveling and Paving, Going on
at Present Time.

1t viii be a matter of surprise to
many of the people of Hammond that
the Michigan Central railroad has be-
gun improvements in this city that viii
cost the railroad nearly a half million
dollars before they are completed and
will transform the heart of the city.
In cold figures the improvements are
to cost $500. 600. This amount is TO be
spent for the laying OF another set OF
double tracks through the city, for the
grading. leveling. soding and gardening
of a strip Of right OF way through
the built up portion of the city.
The road is also building a depot
and according to the terms of its agree
ment with the city will not only pay
a portion of the cost of paving Plum
mer avenue and Logan street but will
put in cement walks along the com
pany's right of way on Plummer ave-
nue..
The depot. in which the people OF
Hammond are more interested thar
any of the other improvements thai
the road is making, is already in the
course of construction. The cement
foundations are being put in and the
work on the walls of the building viii
begin next week.
1t is safe to say that the Michigan
Central railroad is doing more to beau
tify the city of Hammond and make i
attractive TO the man who goes through
on the train than all of the other road
in city combined and all of this is il
addition to the almost perfect servic
that is offered on Its passenger trains
The sheds that have lined its righ
of way from Holman street east ar
being removed and thus one Of tn
gl eatest disfgurements that the cit
has known is soon to be a thing of tn
past
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
BIDS ARE TOO HIGH

AS the board of public works adver-
tises and re-advel tises for sewer con-
structien. the handwriting on the wall
which spells combine" upon the part
of the contractors, becomes more plain
with each instance. At the meeting this
morning the board had to reject two
contracts that were above liberal
estimate of the city engineer In the
sewer construction for East Doty
street It is not by any means the
first time that the board had to reject
bids for contracts because they were
too high according TO the city engi-
neer's estimate. The contractors, how
ever, open the palms of their hands
and with eyes turned upward say sol
emnly: Not guilty. not guilty, we
need the mon. for less ii can't be
done" The board passed Improvement
resolutions for 1S-inch sewers in Mer-
riIl avenue sections A and B, also for
a sewer in Field avenue. The Douglas
street sidewalk was accepted by the
board this morning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
Especial to Lake County Times.)

South Chicago, Oct 16.-The suicide
theory is advanced by several who saw
the terrible accident at Ninety ninth
street and Commercial avenue when
Mas Bodsgard, 9943 kchange avenue
was run over and l. family killed by
one of the Irondale cars OF the South
Chicago city Railway company, at $50
last night. Others, however. claim that
his death was purely accidental and
that the man. being confused in trying
to cross the crowded street at this
point. stepped directly in the path Of
the oncoming car.
The crushing of the man under the
front wheels was witnessed by hun
dreds who saw the peril Of the mans
position. Many turned IN horror as they
foresaw the inevitable. and could not
be induced TO witness the tragedy. The
body OF the foreigner was ground to
pieces under the front wheels and the
car was brought TO a stop before the
rear wheels reached him IN fact II
was brought 70 a standstin 50 suddenly
that the passengers were thrown from
their seats when the air was applied
with all the force possible. The car
was running at about half speed and
the quickness with which ii was
brought to standstill was considered
remarkable.
The fact that the motorman did not
realize that the man was IN danger
until he was hit by the car. substanti-
ates the belief that the man was 8 de-
siberate suicide. There Is no doubt but
what he might have been confused BY
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
SHARPS SHOOTERS PARK
SOLD TO BREWING CO.
Big Deal Which Has Been
Hanging Fire, Consum-
mated Yesterday.
LAND CONTAINS 20 ACRES
Buildings Will Be Remodeled and
Park Used as a Summer
Resort.

The Sharpshooter's park deal between
the proprietors, Muenich and Schreiber
and the Columbus Brewing company of
Chicago of which mention was made in
THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES several weeks
and which has been hanging fire
since then, was consummated yester-
day afternoon, with w E. Hutschen-
reuter- as the representative of the Co
iumbus Brewery.
In the point of money involved, the
deal is one of the largest that has taken
place in the neighborhood of Ham
mond for some time. About twenty
acres are involved and while none of
the people interested in the deal are
giving out any figures, it is thought
that $4,000 has been paid as the price
of Sharpshooter's park.
In statement to The LAKE COUNTY
TIMES, the management of the Column
bus Brewing company said that in buy
ing the place it is contemplated making
1t a first class summer resort. The
buildings now on the place viii be re-
modelled, some of them enlarged and
additional ones put up. The brewery
will also erect beer depot on the
place While nothing definite has been
arranged the management hopes that in
time the street car nne VIII De eN-
tended to Sharpshooter's park. Mr..
Hutschenreuter will be in charge of
the place.
William Fredericks, who is now in
charge, will vacate as soon as his new
place at the corner of Columbia ave-
nue. and the Ridge road is completed.
The foundation work tor this road
house has already been completed and
will, when finished, be two stories
high and 24x62 feet in dimensions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
IS t SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT?
Mas Bodsgard Instantly Killed Under Wheels of Iron
dale Car at Ninety Second Street and Com
mercal Avenue.

the heavy traffic, but If he had not been
crazed with fear he could have es-
capped injury No one In fact. paid any
attention to the position that he was in.
until he was seen to bolt directly onto
the track Of he oncoming car. He was
sruck by the front of the car and
hurled across the track. It was not
thought that he was even badly bruised
by the car hitting him. and with great
agility he could have escaped the
wheels
No reason has been advanced as yet
for the possible motives as his family
life was supposed to be perfectly happy.
He had not had any trouble as yet in
regard TO labor. but seemed TO be the
victim Of melancholia in the most pro-
nounced type. Al times he is said 10
be as happy and contented as possible
and again would feel so despondent
that il was feared that he would do
himself bodily harm. It is not known
were he was going at the time of the
accident. but it is thought that he was
headed for town where he usually met
some Of his companions and spent the
evening with them. The victim leaves
a wife and several children 10 grieve
over his loss.
The body OF Bodsgard was taken to
p. Murphy's morg1ie AT s35s Commercial
avenue where the inquest was held at
II O'Clock this morning. The number
OF the car was s02 and the conductors 5
name was Everett Cape The motorman
operating the car was a P. Brothers
/ of 152 Ntnety-second street
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
City Atty. and President of
New Telephone Co. Will
Regulate Provisions.
WILL POST A BIG FORFEIT
Company Agrees to All Demands of
Board of Public Works-Wll
Probably Get Rights.

From the present outlook it seems
that there is nothing to stop the efforts
of the Inter State Automatic Telephone
company. which is trying to gain an
entrance into Hammond. Thus far the
company's Representatives have agreed
to everything that the board of public
works thought reasonable to ask for,
and at this mornings session c. J. HUFF.
president of the company, agreed to
meet with City Attorney L. T. Meyer
next Saturday TO draw up a franchise
that shall include all the provisions of
the board. as to rates in and out Of
Hammond. and the laying OF cables
overhead and underground.
Mr.. Huff also agreed to deposit a GER
titled check of $1,000 or a nquidating
bond of good faith to the extent of s10,-
600. Also that his company would for
felt all franchise rights in the event
that the company would sell its fran
chise.
Mr.. HUFF appeared before the Gary
board yesterday afternoon and said that
thus far he has been favorably received
and anticipated no trouble in gaining
a franchise in East Chicago, Whiting
Indiana Harbor and in fact throughout
the whole Calumet region.
Speaking OF the franchise Mr.. Rohde
chairman of the board. said We car
give the petitioners nothing more in
the way Of privileges than the Chica-
go Telephone company has; we must
be sure that they do not intend tc
peddle the franchise and we must have
/ assurance that the line will be built
within a reasonable length Of time and
through the system Hammond people
are assured Of ont side connections"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
SENIORS PUTTING ON AIR.

Greencastle. Ind, Oct Wishing
to distinguish themselves from the
general run Of college men," the SEMI
ors in DePauw will soon bloom out in
novel wearing apparel. The character
Of the taboo" has not been decided
upon as yet. but IT will either come IN
the nature OF hat bands, caps or sweat
er vests
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
.LEPORTE MAN A SUICIDE
,sDec,nl to Lake County Times.

LaPorte. Ind. Oct. 16.-with the
awful fear in his heart that his health
was being slowly undermined. and that
he was the victim of a strange malady.
Andrew Wing of this city, walked
from his house out into the street this
morning and put two bullets into his
heart. After firing the two shots. he
walked a few steps and fell 10 the
ground dying before his relatives
reached his side. The man was well
known in LaPorte and leaves family.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
BRYAN WILL LECTURE
Especial to Lake County T.mes.)

Valparaiso. Oct 16.-It was an
nounced here today that William
Jennings Bryan will lecture on Oct
tober 80. in the college auditorium. The
lecture will be given for the benefit
Of the Christian hospital and already
the demand for tickets is large. Mr..
Bryan has chosen as his subject, The
Average Man" A committee of the
city officials will welcome the dis
tinguished orator.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
other Routine Work.

The matter Of providing for the inn
prevement of several Of Gary's streets
was taken up aAd the progress of the
Improvement of those which have been
ordered was reported
The final resolution confirming the
vacation of parts OF the streets where
the Gary & Western railroad runs
through from Madison street to Broad
way was adopted. This closes Wash
ington. Adams and Jefferson streets
and the adjacent alleys for the width
OF the right of way.
When the final resolution confirm
ing the vacation of the gravel road in
the western portion of the city, north
of Toleston, came up, r. L. Miller filed
a remonstrance through his attornev.
Mr.. Pattee, of the law firm of Pattee
g. Fancher. Mr.. Miller objects to the
vacation of the street on the ground
that the road is a means Of access to
a piece of ground which he has de-
cided TO plat in the near future. The
matter was taken under advisen1er
by the board and it is expected that
some compromise viii be made between
Mr.. Miller and the United States Steel
company. which is asking for the va
cation of the strip.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16

Columbus, Ind, Oct. 16.-Local deal
ers in grain have at last begun paying
81 a bushel for wheat. and all dealers
in the county are now paying that
price. Grain men predict that the price
Will go to at least s1.20.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16

Any method of telling people the
advantages OF your store is advertis-
ing. The method that tells the most
people most effectively mt the lowest
price Is the best advertising.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
NO QUORUM PRESENT

Owing to a lack of quorum the regu-
lar weekly council meeting did not take
place last evening. Mayor Becker and
Councilmen Kane. Eastwood and
Schroeder were the only members OF
the body who We're present.
The finance committee was cue TO re-
port on the matter OF making the an
nual allowances according to the city
taxes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16

WEATHER-Genera fair tonight
and Thursday; moderate tempera-
ture.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
Outcome n NIyatery.

It is positively impossible to deter
mine what is going to be done about
the matter and no one has the slight
est idea when telephones will be in
stalled in Gary.
President Knots said yesterday that
the Chicago Telephone company had
sent in a franchise that might have
been accepted if it had not been for
the fact that it contained a provision
that no other telephone company
should have the right to string wires
in Gary during the twenty-five years
of the life of its franchise. 1t was in
timated by Mr.. Knots that this OBJ
stacle would positively have to be re-
moved or the franchise would be let
10 the Automatic company or one of
the several other independent COM
panies which are in the field for a
franchise.
The plan of the board to meet at
p. M. on Tuesday instead of p. m.
on Saturdays proved to be a very wise
change.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16
TRUSTEES OBJECT TO
CHICAGO TELEPHONE CD.
Will Not Grant Any Concern Exclu-
siVe Right for Twenty-Five Years
Delay Causes Business Loss to
Merchants and Contractors-Other
Routine Business Transacted.
Especial to Lake County Times.)

Gary, Ind. Oct 16.-The town board
OF Gary met at it's first regular Tues
day evening meeting yesterday and
again failed to bring relief to the tele-
phoneless city of Gary.
Amendments were offered by the
various companies which are seeking
franchises and others were demanded.
After the matter was discussed for
some time 1t was decided to hold a
special secret meeting to discuss the
matter in all of its details.
c. v. Ridgley. of the law firm of
Hodges & Ridgley, who is represent
ing the Automatic Telephone company
presented an amended franchise that
is said to be a great Improvement over
the one which was first offered. The
rumor that the Chicago Telephone COM
pany would bring pressure to bear on
the board of trustees to get Immediate
action was unfounded. So far as the
telephone companies are concerned
they do not care when the franchise
is granted so long as it is granted to
the right company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16

It fss-the people OF Gary, however.
who would force the board to act. If
such a thing were possible. The city
of Gary has now grown to such size
that telephone communication is posi-
lively necessary.
If one of the officers of a construc-
tion company on the mill site desires
TO call up one of his foremen who
happens to be in South Gary, it is now
necessary to get on a horse and ride
three or four miles to find him.
Every business man in the city is
losing valuable time. and as the city
grows the loss is becoming greater
every day An effort on the part of
a representative of the Chicago Tri-
bune to elicit from the board mem
bers an intimation as to what they
expect to do in the matter was fruit
less and he was informed that the
board members themselves did not
know what they We're going to do
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-16

Total, YsshrdsI II.24 4S
The Jasper news., 1907-01-03
HARRY 8. WOLF, AGED ~, ELECT.
ED, TO CONGRESS.
Defeats Republican Party Leader n
Baltimore District That Had
Not Gone Democratic In
Ten Years.

Baltimore, Md.-From q newsb0y
to a>successful lawyer and seat In
congress before he is q years old,
the youngest man that ever sat in
the house. is the record of Harry B.
Wolf, who was elected recently to go
% Washington as representative of
The Third district Of Baltimore.
Mr.. Wolf not only defeated an old
campaigner, but he carried a district
That has not gone Democratic in ten
years. His opponent, w. w. John
son. is leader in the councils OF
The Republican party in Baltimore,
md was postmaster Of the city when
Wolf was an urchin yelling: Extra,
nister?"
Nobody can tell johnson how to run
campaign. He has been in scores
Of them. He was president of the
United Republican Clubs of the city.
and he ranked SO high in his party
hat any gathering of the clans with
out Johnson was Hamlet with the
melancholy prince left out. Yet the
'newsboy" candidate beat him by 1856
votes in total of 31,557 cast, and to-
day the young lawyer is the repre-
sentative in congress of half the city
of Baltimore"
Day and night Wolf worked. He
listed almost every home in his dis
.rict, and on the last day of the cam
| ralgn he sent out something like
5000 letters to doubtful voters. He
was ever ready with the glad smile,
and he has a handshake that is win
ming. He made. about six speeches
every night. He knows how to handle
men, and has magnetic personality.
All the foreign element in his dis
trict fiocked to him to a man, because
he lives among them and attends to
their affairs that get into the courts,
He is at their weddings, their fu-
nerals, their christenings, and their
beds of. illness, not because he is
The Jasper news., 1907-01-03
BOY PUBLISHES A NEWSPAPER.
lndinana Youth Edits and Prints
Semi-Monthly Sheet.


Attica, Ind.-There have been many
examples OF boyish thrift and enter
prise. but one Of the most remarkable
is furnished by an Indiana youth, j.
Frank McDermond. Jr.. of this city.
now in his thirteenth year, who is
publishing a lively little newspaper.
He is thought to be the Youngest
newspaper owner and publisher in
the middle west
His father says that the lad has
always had hankering for news
papers" He learned to like the smell
of printers ink as soon as he was
cid enough to walk into one by him.
self Then he told his parents that
he was going to have paper of his
own. He would not rest, and his
persistence has resulted in his pres
ent venture.
Every two weeks the Clipper now
appears in Attica, and the people have
learned to look for 1t. II is a 6x9
eightpage paper, and is devoted
to local news. The advertisers
of the town have taken liking tc
the lad, and rewarded his pluck by
generous purchases of space In the
little paper. The subscription rate
The Jasper news., 1907-01-03

Some Strange Superstitions.

In New England the sailors carry
as a talisman bone taken from'a liv-
ing turtle, pebble from fish hawks
nest or small bone from the head of
a cod. In Texas superstitious people
carry small bone from a fish's head,
but the luck is only supposed to
come after the charm has been lost.
In Massachusetts the most common
talismans are the claw of crab and
the left hind claw from a crows foot
Brandon Sun.
The Jasper news., 1907-01-03

The most persistent superstitions
in the world are those that are based
upon the habits of animals. If one
is walking at night and spider web
brushes the face it is supposed to
mean that ghost is following, but
in daytime it tells that stranger is
coming. The neigh of horse is a
portent of death, which will come
from the quarter to which his head
is pointing when he neighs. The
hair of dog. the skin of snake and
the pelt of a black cat are believed
to possess medicinal qualities, while
the handling of a toad is said to give
warts. German Canadians are full Of
superstition. A white spider crawling
toward one, the bowling of dog,
the sight of snake-ali foretell
death. The killing of toad or the
growing of a hen foretells rain. If
the geese fly high, look out for a
gale If the cat washes her face 1t
means that visitors are coming. If a
bee stings-kill him and the wound
will not swell. The black tooth OF
hog and the blood OF a black hen
have curative powers.
The Jasper news., 1907-01-03
A Fair Guide and a False
BY Waiter e. Grogan


your she asked hurriedly, pointing
at Barestro.
HE is my guide"
"Your guide! Then you are in
danger, sir-in great danger! He is a
traitor, scoundrel, villain! He is
spy for D'Eaubain!"
/ swung round at that and slapped
my hand on my pistol Barestro opened
his mouth wide at the lady's dlsclo-
sure of his guilt, and was about to
speak when he saw the movement of
my hand. Suddenly ducking his head,
he charged straight at me, catching
me about the center of my belt. When
had recovered my breath, he had
flown down the stairs and was racing
up the main street. The innkeeper
also had disappeared.
! turned to the lady.
Madam" said, 81 have a duty to
perform. l must question you. These
rogues have said you are French
spy
Yes. How clumsy a device! AS
though they could expect to blind you,
Capt. Netherton!"
Although a pretty tribute that went
straight to my heart.
"My name is Grace" she com.
menced.
Most apt" I murmured.
This morning l escaped from Cor.
bora
"This morning." l exclaimed, jump.