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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
SUBMIT MODEL BILL
POSTING ORDINANCE
American Association Visits
Gary Board in Interest
Of Trade.
STREETS TO Be LIGHTED HOW?
Officials to Go to Chicago TO Inves-
hgate Methods of Illum-
ination.
Especial to Lake County Times,

Gary, Ind, Dec. 6,-Representative
of the American Bin Posters asso-
citation appeared before the members
of the Gary board Tuesday and sub
mitted what they deem to be a model
bin posting ordinance.
ust what they propose to ask for in
the way Of privileges is not known.
but 1t is understood that the Gary or
dinance is an ideal one and Will prob
ably be copied by cities ali over the
country.
1t has not been definitely decided 10
allow the posting OF bills in Gary at
all and some OF the city officials think
that the move OF the bill posters is
to prevent the exclusion OF bin post
ing altogether.
In many cities over the country the
bill posting problem IS big one Or
dinances cnrtailing the activities of
the man who is responsible for the
flaming signs and posters have been
passed and their enforcement urged.
but in spite Of this the appearance
OF many otherwise attractive districts
has been spoiled.
1t is the purpose Of the Gary board
to thresh out this matter carefully
before any action is taken. and II
bill posting ordinance is passed il VIII
indeed have to be model one.
How 10 Light streets.
The city officials Will go to Chicago
tomorrow to investigate the matter OF
the best way to light Gary's streets.
Whether they Will decide upon lights
on poles, hung ar wires. or on orna-
mental posts. is not known. but 1t is
understood they are interested in the
island" system of lighting the wider
streets. This involves the placing OF
concrete islands III t9e center Of tho
streets upon which the posts support-
ing the lights are 70 be placed
The salary Of city Treasurer L. A.
Bryan was raised from s25 a month to
$1,000 year. This came as a welcome
Christmas present to him and will en-
able him. to hire an assistant to help
care for the work Of his office
The matter Of hiring a chief OF the
fire department was taken up and the
application of Joseph r. Feeley was
received. One thousand feet of hose
was purchased. 1t is planned to buy
a steam fire engine for the down town
station and a chemical outfit will be
purchased for the substation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
GEIST SELLS GAS PLANT.

The Geist syndicate which owns or
controls gas and electric light plants
IN Hammond and other cities in this
section Of the country has disposed OF
his plant ct Valparaiso TO a group OF
Grand Rapids capitalists headed by c.
,. Kelsey cf that city.
The new company viii be known as
the Valparaiso Lighting company and
viii make It It's policy to deveIope the
plant ard make it nrst class in every
respect
Not much will be done this winter.
however. on account of the weather.
but in the spring many improvements
and extensions viii be put in. Sew
eraI miles Ct pipes VIII be laid and a
new engine Of greater power will be
installed
The new management viii retain H. d.
Hayden as manager and the same Of
fee force OF employees viii be retained.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
TRAFFIC ON ERIE
DELAYED TODAY
Thirteen Cars Derailed and
Take Fire at Athens
This Morning.
TRACKS COMPLETELY BLOCKED
Accident Causes All Passenger Trains
To Be Detoured-Telegraph
Wires Melted.

Athens, Ind. Dec 26.-(Special Dis
patch to THE LAKE COUNTY TIMEs).-
Traffic on the Erie railroad was com
pletely tied up for several hours this
morning when a freight train. consist
ing of seventeen cars, figured in a
breakdown, thirteen of the cars catch
ing fire, blocking the tracks and de-
stroying all communication by wire at
point two and half miles west OF
this city The accident was one of the
worst ever experienced in this section,
and all trains were detoured between
Newton and Rochester by way Of Van
dalia As result all of the west
bound passenger trains will be many
hours late and the schedule completely
upset
Shortly after o'clock this morn
ing a westbOund extra freight. No.
1915, had a breakdown of one Of the
trucks on the fourth car from the
engine and thirteen of the cars were
derailed. The cars contained gasoline,
coke, coal, and lumber and the indam-
mable material at once caught fire, the
gasoline car exploding, throwing the
burning liquid over the rest of the
cars. In a flash they were burning
fiercely and the train crew could do
nothing to save them. Luckily no one
was injured. A wrecking crew was
sent for and arrived in few hours,
but could be of no service, as the fire
was burning so rapidly that the heat
drove the men back each time they
went anywhere near the cars. The
coke and coal cars were like big fur
naces. Engineers at once figured on
building q track around the wreck IN
til this is built the cars will have to
be detoured. 1t is thought that it will
take about twelve hours to clear the
track, as the fire was still burning this
noon. So hot was the blaze that the
telegraph wires along the stretch Of
track were melted and all communf-
cation cut off at this point
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
ENDS A SAD CAREER
Inmate of Strand Dive,
Weary of Her Life
Ends it.

South Chicago, Dec. 6.-(SneciaD-
Mary Kulba, "a years old. and an in
mate of a Hungarian dive at 9O4O The
Strand, despondent because Of the life
she was leading and remembering past
Christmases filled with innocent enjoy
ment in which she could hereafter
never know a part. turned on the gas
when she retired Christmas evening
and was yesterday found dead in her
room.
The woman had been married and
was separated from her husband and for
some time had been living IN the
Strand resort She spent the evening
preceding the tragedy apparently IN
the best OF spirits. but at o'clock
yesterday morning when Kate Kruza
went to her room to ascertain the cause
of her not getting up. she found the
room door locked and gas was escaping
out Of the crevices Of the door in such
quantities as To be easily detected in
the hallway. The Kruza woman sus-
pecting that the inmate had commit
ted suicide, summoned aid and the
door was broken open. revealing the
body of the Kulba woman lying dead
upon the bed.
The body was removed TO Murphy's
morgue at 10 92nd street. An in
quest was held today al 10 o'clock.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
BIG CONCERT TONIGHT
Large Church Society Event
by Swedish Lutherans
For New Organ.
(speciai TO Lake County Times)


South Chicago Dec (speciaD-
One Of the largest church society
events ever given by the Swedish
Lutheran people Of South Chicago will
take place this evening at the Chelten-
ham Swedish Lutheran church when the
musical cantata bethlehem" viii be
rendered.
For the last month Prof. John Lind
berg has been training a chorus OF
over fifty voices and it viii be a rare
musical treat for those who attend
Among the individual numbers will be
solos by Walter McDermott. the tenor
singer of South Chicago. and John
Nordstrom of the East Side.
After the performance silver col
lection viii be taken up the proceeds
of which viii go toward the fund the
members are raising 10 purchase a new
pipe organ for their church. Already
a large sum has been collected and
after the collection is taken up this
evening the fund is expected to be com
plete.
The Cheltenham church has a seating
capacity of nearly 600 people and this
is expected to be filled this evening.
A large number of Swedish Lutherans
from Chicago viii be out this evening
&c attend the festivities. Rev. a. f.
Bergstrom is pastor of the Cheltenham
church and no little credit is due TO
him for the undertaking this evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
MILK INSPECTOR PAYS
SOUTH CHICAGO A VISIT

South Chicago, Dec. 26.-(SpeciaD-
The milk inspector made visit to
South Chicago Tuesday to look after
the sanitary condition of the South
Chicago milk depots. After spending
the entire day here he reported only
one depot that was unsanitary and that
was at 1923 Ontario avenue where the
milk was kept in a filthy basement.
The inspector reported to the authori-
ties and the milkman was called to the
city milk inspectors Office and was
fined $40 and told to keep his place
clean hereafter. This he consented 10
do The milk inspector will make it
his business to come to South Chicag go
a. least once a week to see that the
people get good milk and that all the
milk dealers keep their depots clean
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
SLIPS AND LOSES LIFE
Intoxicated Man, Unable to
Keep Footing on Ice,
Run Over.

Gary, Dec. 26. - (SpeciaD - Michael
Walsh, who is known in this city as
something of a rounder. ended his life
today when he was run over by a G. L.
S. s. Z. train which he was trying to
board at a little place east of Gary,
known as Dixie.
The slippery ground caused him to
fall and he slid under the train as he
was trying to board it to return TO
Gary. He worked few days for the
Norman Galliger Construction company
recently and then quit and began
to drink. His intoxicated condition is
believed to be partly responsible for
his death.
kilograms are being sent to various
places about the country in an effort to
locate his relatives and inform them Of
his death.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
WANTS TO SEE 1T ''POP''
Pole Puts Dynamite in
Stump Watches it Ex-
plode-Tn Hospital.

Gary, Ind. Dec Especially
lenti Dejeski, who was employed by
the Walter S. Ross company, put a
blast of dynamite under stump and
then watched 1t until it exploded with
the result that he is now in Mercy
hospital with a bad cut on his head and
a badly lacerated shoulder.
After Dejeski placed the charge un-
der the stump instead of retiring to a
safe distance. ne stood near the stump
to see what would happen. The
stump was pulled np by the roots and
after rising in the air to a consider
able height, descended on his head.
He was picked up for dead, but fin
ally regained consciousness and it is
thought he viii recover. Dejesk is
single and of Polish nationality. He
lives at the corner of Seventeenth and
Massachusetts, avenue
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
lSDecial to Lake County TIme..l

- Lake County Times.)
indiana Harbor. Ind. Dec. 26.-Early
Ci'iis 'hl2s morning a fire started in
the business section Of this city. which
Tor time, threatened tie entire dis
triet and finally resulted IN the de-
strue OF a large business Mock and
the enI = stock Of goods Owned nv its
four tenants. The names Of ~ busi-
ness men who We're burned oYt ond
their losses follow:
David Miller, clothing store. se am
Jacob Frank. owner ST the hft.ff5r,o
$4,000
Walker & Barrett. grocery ana mar
ket S2.5oO.
Il Radtke. saloon, $1,000.
). J. kaeh, grocery and market Sron
The IRE started at about 500 in tha
morning and IS believed to have be-,
caused by sparks from defeettya
chimney. The fire was first not.coa
by 7. +. Lewis. the merchant pat~ol.
man, who said that tile fire seemed n
have started in the Getting between
Millers store and Radtke.s saloon.
There was a strong wind blovire
and BY 7.SO the entire building ana
the stock Of goods owned hy the vari-
Gus business men who were located
there. had been completely DESTROYED
AS soon as the flames were diseov-
cred, an alarm was turned III and tha
local volunteer department responded.
An attempt was made TO blow tbs Ere
whistle but 1t was not in working
order and so the only alarm was the
blowing Of the whistle at the mills.
me IRE department turned out and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
AFRAID OF NOTHING
THESE PEOPLE CAN DO
Methods Employed by Concern in
Selling $3,Ooo,oO0 Worth Of Stock
Expected To Be Questioned-Not
Enough Business Done is Reason of
Losing Contract With Big Concern.

President Alexander c. Miller of the
Chtcago-New York Electric Air Line
railroad, issued a defiance yesterday to
the officials Of the G. H. Hancock COM
pany The Hancock company had the
selling agency for the air line COM
pany until two months ago
Methods employed by the air line peo-
pie in selling the $3,000.000 worth OF
stock throughout the country We're ex-
pected to be divulged as a result of the
break with the Hancock agency. Mr..
Hancock lost his stock selling contract
because he had not sold as much of the
stock as had been expected
We are not afraid of anything the
Hancock company may do" said Mr..
Miller They can say nothing that
will hurt US They We're in charge OF
several districts until two months ago.
but we decided to let some one else do
the work. Whatever may happen TO
them cannot affect u.s."
Hancock, it is said, was backed by
the J. ID. Price Construction company.
!, Virich holds the contract to construct
4she ten hour line between Chicago and
= w York, The Price company took
Atspck in the road in return for the work
= construction and turned it over to
Hancock to sell. The services Of Chas.
Foster We're secured. He was made vice
president of the Hancock company and
was promised salary of $40 600 a year
He was successful at first in disposing
OF great deal Of stock through agents
in every state.
IN September Mr.. Foster concluded
that the Hancock company could not
make money under its agreement and
resigned his position. The Hancock
company got % per cent commission on
the money taken in and paid out of this
all advertising and office expenses.
Shortly after Foster resigned the Price
company cancelled Its contract with the
Hancock company
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
MRS. SHADE WINS PIANO
Outstrips Her Rival in
Minas Contest by Over
1000 Votes,

The great voting contest which has
been carried on by Edward c. Minas
came to a close Christmas eve and the
successful contestants have been
awarded etheir prizes.
In addition, however, Mr.. Minas has
proven his generosity by awarding
smaller prizes to those who ran a good
race, but who We're not fortunate
enough to win the first prize
In the contest for the piano Mrs.
Francis Shade won the piano, but Mrs.
Charles Surprise ran such a good race
that Mr.. Minas gave her a handsome
davenport In the contest for the doll
Rose Riley was the winner, but Mary
immerman got so many votes it was
decided she should have a prize and
she was given a fine Teddy bear.
The Outcome.
The outcome of the contest was as
follows: Mrs. Francis Shade. 51.776;
Mrs. Charles L. Surprise, 1890; Mrs.
Isabella Vanderhof, 2.23O Mrs. Grace
Gabler. 1878. For the doll Rosie Riley.
1924; Nellie Carroll. 3.21S; Helen Bierk.
1856; Irene Schroeder, 3,7S6; Mary Zim-
Zimmerman got so many votes it was
Mail, Doya1l Dunsing. 1899, Basil Dib-
lee. 562.
Among the contestants for the doll.
Riley. Carroll and Schroeder were each
given dolls and in the contest for the
Irish Mail Basil Diblee was given a
Teddy bear.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
WHITING CHURCH EXERCISES.
Oil City TunefuI with Anthems and
Carols Telling of the Christmas
Tide.

Music, vocal and instrumental. made
Whiting melodious with Christmas
anthems and carols, Tuesday night.
At the Congregational church there
were exercises for the children with
the usual Christmas tree, decked with
tinsel and lighted with coIOred cleo
trio lights. The program was en-
joyed by both young and old.
At the Methodist church the pro-
gram was rendered by the choir and
the children. Here too, was Santa
Claus
At the Sacred Heart church Christ
mass was observed yesterday by two
high masses, one at ; o'clock and one
at 10 o'clock. The services We're es-
pecially beautiful and Christmas mu-
sic was rendered at both.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
MRS. PULLMAN PURCHASES
THE ARCADE BUILDING.
Acquires the Property at n Cost OF s58.-
000-SeEtiment Supposed 10 Have
Suayed Her in This Deal.

Pullman. Dec. 6.-CSpeciaI) Mrs.
Hattie Sanger Pullman. widow u the
late George n. Pullman. has purchased
from the Pullman company the Arcade
building and ground In Pullman for
$4,000 The property is at the north,
east corner Of one Hundred and
Twelfth street and Morse avenue. ard
is on lot 221x24s1z feet
Mrs Pullman is said to have been
largely Influenced by sentiment in the
purchase Of the property which was one
Of the most conspicous structures in
town Her daughter. Florence Pullman
Lowden. recently purchased, over ninety
buildings there at an aggregate eon-
sideration Of over s25000- The Pull
man company was compelled by court
decree TO dispose OF eli its property
there not directly connected with its
business.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
GREWSOME SIGHT

East Chicagoans who happened to be
on the street last Tuesday afternoon
witnessed the novel sight of a dead
man being stood up on the public
highway. and being photographed.
The deceased was James Horvat,
40 years old, who died last Sunday in
Hammond as the result of typhoid
fever.
When the funeral procession arrived
at the foot of Olcott avenue in Chicago
avenue, the train was stopped and the
coffin hauled out of the hearse.
1t was put in a standing position
and a local photographer took the pic
ture at the request of the relatives.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
BUSINESS SECTION ABLAzE
Indiana Harbor Visited by Bad Fire Christmas Morn
Ing Which Threatened Destruction of Commercial
Territory-Five Firms Heavy Losers

later on with the assistance Of the
department from East Chicago they
fought the flames valuantly. Sam
Banente was one Of the hrst Of the
f1remen to arrive. There were 50 few
Of them. however, that they could not
handle the hose properly and il be-
came tangled and caused some delay.
In the meantime the fire had gained
great headway and it was soon seen
that il would be impossible TO ex-
tinguish it. The attention Of the
Jiremen was then turned 10 the i'm
portant task Of saving the surrounding
buildings.
The burning embers blew for 4
block across the Fulton fat building
and the postoffice The heat was so
great that it melted the plate glass in
front Of several store houses and Leo
0rdners saloon and 5. l. EisIers gro
cery were saved with dincuIty.
Unfortunately the proprietors ,of sew
eral Of The stores We're out of the citv.
Mr.. walker of the firm Of Walker and
Barrett. was in LaPorte 10 spend
Christmas Mr., Barrett was in chi
eaS0 with relatives. Mr. kach was
also out of the city TO be at the bed
side of his dying father-in-law
Already Jacok Frank is figuring on
hUilding and says he VIII put up a
brick building larger than the old one
There viii be six stores in the new
building instead of four and the
building viii be a credit TO the city.
Most of the merchants had insurance
sufficient to cover their losses.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
SAM ABLEMAN IN
ROLE OF SANTA CLAUS

sam Ableman was the best Santa
that the poor Of Hammond have seen
in many year Chartering a wagon
last Tuesday, he loaded it down with
groceries and more than a hundred
sacks OF flour, and then began making
the rounds through the poor district OF
Hammond.
He was welcome visitor wherever
he asked for admittanee and none of
the poor were overlooked
In the Hammond building a number
of people cIubbed together and added
their mite to the load that sam Abel
man took out
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
OPENS BARBER SHOP.

\. Jordan. a Chicago barber has es-
tablished himself on the fourth floor OF
the Hammond building. He opened his
shop today. With a good trade in the
Hammond building and the assurance
OF others not in the building. Mr.. Jor-
dan hopes TO make a success OF the
place
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
WILL RESUME MONDAY.

Although the Standard Manufactur-
Ing company laid Off all hands IN tho
sewing department for an indefinite
time. Manager II. NJ. Faber has assured
his employees that work would be re-
sumed- next Monday Orders for the
new year have been coming III So fast
recently that the management decided
To reopen the sewing department i'm
mediately
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
WILL EXHIBIT HIS EAR OF CORN

Delphi. Ind Dec, 26.-B. c. Clore. Of
Johnson county. who raised the champ
lon ear Of corn shown at the national
corn show in Chicago. in October. and
after the exhibition bought the ear at
auction at S245. VIII exhibit il at the
corn show TO be held in this city Jan.
+ and 9. The price he pair for the
car is equivalent TO $4,000 bushel
of corn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
WE'D AND SURPRISE FRIENDS
Miss MOIIie Pinks Becomes the Bride
of William HOrnecl&eF.

It VIII be a complete surprise to the
friends of Miss Mollie Pinks and Will
lam Hornecker to learn that they were
married yesterday, Both the young
people are well and favorably known
here, the bride being the eldest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pinks, and
the groom being a brother of George
Hornecker, the owner of the. Hornecker
Motor Cycle Co. where the groom is
employed They have the best wishes
of their many friends.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
COINCIDENCE III ACCIDENTS.

Muncie, Ind. Dec 26.-Dr Harvey
Mitchell, eighty-seyen years old. one
of the city's old ard wealthy residents
fell on the ice and a hip was broken.
Owing TO his advanced age. II is feared
he may not recover. DR.. Mitchell fell
exactly fifteen years ago to the day
and broke the same hip in the same
place.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
WEDDING WITH FEATURES.

Muncie, Ind. Dec. 26.-The minister
who married her parents, on the same
night Of the month of that year twen-
ty-hve years ago. and at the same hour
married Miss Kitty Cooper. daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Cooper. to EN-
met Mann. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Mann. The minister was Rev. ". ".
Ross,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
HUNDRED AND NINE YEARS OLD

Thornton, Ind. Dec 26.-Hugh Watt
died here at the age Of 109 years.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
WEATHER FORECAST.

Probably showers or snow aurrfes to-
night or Frfdays warmer tonight;
colder Friday night
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-07-06

tenor desordenes que pudieran ocu
rrlr en- dicho puerto. Ell yorktown
seguira allf hasta nuevas 6rdenes. El
"Dubuque' ha Sido mandado de Puer-
to CortGs, Honduras. la Ceiba, para
que este mas pr6ximo al mencionado
centro. Ell "Paducah" tenfa orden de
salir para su puesto acostumbrado en-
las Antillas; pero Sc le ha nandado
ahora que espere 10 que ocurra cerca
de Acajutla. Ell ministro de Marina,
Metcalf, dispondra que salga mafiana
para la America Central, otco buque
de guerra"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-07-06
N-umero 1873

propjedad privada, pertenezca 4 nue
trales 8 beligerantes.
2.-Aumento de autoridad para Ell
Tribunal permanente de La Haya
cue entiende en- los lligios interna-
cionales.
Con esto, y con el espetdculo, va Sc
puede dar por bien empleada la Con
terencla; porque Ell espectaculo es in
teresante y es hermoso y es nuevo.
La fanilia humana estard allf repre-
sentada, casi toda; no faltara mas que
Ia rama negra. Detras de esos pie
nlpotenclarioS, que van discutir Y
banquetear, hay una colossal clientele
de latinos, de teutones, de slavos de
amarillos; y detras de ella, como dice
el Tribune de Londres, de hoy,
con expression feliz, luna procession
de fantasmas de todos los campos de
batalla de la histor ia.
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