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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
INSULTS HURLED
FROM The PULPIT.
Twelve Members OF Baptist Congre-
cation Leave Church In
Disgust Last Night

are after the loaves and fishes. They
don't have revivals, they can't have
them.
The most of them are suffering from
fatty enlargement of the ego. Their
churches should be called the church
of the holy resters; they love to sing,
o, to Be Nothing and favorite text
is, Take thine ease" In olden times
they pray in the supper room. Such
churches are well united, they are
frozen together
Evangelist Shannon said, "one of the
converts wants to join the Baptist
church but wants to dance" The
evangelist said, NO" but the applicant
said. Il can join the Presbyterian
church and dance" Yes, the Presby-
terian church is full of dancers so
is hell full of Presbyterians with their
feet hanging out of the windows"
If any of you people want to do
something you had better get a pay
day move on you. I am going to hike
out of here Sunday. 1 am not going
to stay around here among these beer
guzzlers."
Your city is talking about char
ity. If these beer swillers had saved
their money they would have some
now and would not be praying on the
good people. The city dads license sa-
looms to rob the poor man and then
turn around and tax the decent people
to keep them from starving to death"
The only difference between Ham
mond and hell is that Hammond has a
river running through it,
At the close of the service the deac-
ons and trustees gathered around the
evangelist, but the nature of the con-
versation was not made known. The
evangelist told several that he thinks
it is time to cut loose and he will do
it tonight.
One confession last night and one re-
ceived for church membership.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
WICKER PLACE ON FIRE.
Farmers Flock to Wicker
Farm To-Day to Help
Qusnch Blaze.

Between seventy five and hundred
farmers gathered this morning on the
big c. G. Wicker place near Highlands,
to assist in putting out a fire that had
started in the barn. Half the village
left at the first alarm and the men
yelled in to the farmers and thus gath
ed numbers all along the road so
that when the party arrived at the
scene of the fire there was small
army ready to lend their assistance.
The inmates of the farm house, to-
gether with the first arrivals succeeded
in getting out the stock so that none
to save the barn. The latter, filled as
it was with hay and other inf1ammable
material offered was no chance to cope
with the flames, although a hose was
attached at the Libby Mcneil & Libby
sailing station nearby, where there is a
steam pump, and water was played
upon the blaze.
Once or twice it was thought that
the house would be ignited. so fierce
was the heat and the air was filled
with burning embers and bits of fly
ing and blazing straw. which lighted
on the roof and threatened TO extend
the conf1agration.
Men were stationed on the roofs
of the house and other out buildings to
protect, these and here the hose and
numerous pals of water drawn from
the well nearby, did good service.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
WLEKLINSKI SLAYERS
GET THIRTY YEARS
Stefan Lisula and George
Palus Pay Penalty For
Their Crime.
TRIAL OF SHORT DURATION
Occupies But One Day in the Hearing
Murder Committed Last
January.

Stefan Lisula and George Polus,
who have been tried for the murder of
Alderman Henry j. Wleklinski in his
saloon in West Hammond. Wednesday.
January %, were both found guilty
and sentenced to 80 years in the peni-
tentary. The trial was a brief one and
was held in Judge Windes court in
Chicago yesterday.
1t was generally expected that Lisu-
las at least would be given the death
penalty, for it was he who fired the
fatal shot which caused the death CT
Henry Wleklinski, but he was let off
with 80 years Imprisonment.
Although both of the murderers are
young it is possible that neither of
them will breathe the fresh of freedom
again. George Polus is 20 years old
and when his sentence is completed he
will have passed through the best
years of his life and will be so years
old.
Lisula is now % years old and for
the next so years will have an oppor-
tunity to ponder over the days of hate
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
CANNOT GET CLUE TO
IDENTITY OF MfSCREANTS.
Detectives Still Working on Window
Breaking at HessvilIc.

The Michigan Central railroad de-
tectives are still working in an effort
to discover the identity of the young
men who threw stones through the
windows of one of the passenger trains
last Saturday.
The train was moving along at a
rapid rate at point near Gibson when
three young men jumped up out of
the bushes and threw large stones
through the windows
One man was hurt with flying glass,
although the missiles did not strike any
one. The matter was reported to head
quarters and the road detectives were
at once put on trail of the young men.
Should they be apprehended there
are likely to be pretty severely dealt
with
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16

As n result of the insults cast at
them by sensational evangelist named
shannon, who has been holding alleged
revival services at the First Baptist
church, twelve young women of the
church and congregation last night
decided to leave the church.
The city of Hammond was called
hell by the speaker. who proceeded
to denounce many members of the
church and insult the others in a way
that shocked the auditors.
Insult was heaped upon the Rev w.
H. Jones, the former pastor of the
church and opprobriums dealt out to
the members of the Baptist Athletic
league, an organization which has done
of its members white livered and half
rotten and said that they ought to be
in the insane asylum.
It is reported today that If the re-
vival continues with Shannon at its
head that the congregation will be
split in twain, and number of Bap-
lists have signihed their intention of
leaving the church.
Rev. Sharp, pastor of the church, dis
claimed any responsibility for the ut
terances of Shannon and tersely said
in answer to the question, What do
you think about it?" I'm not saying
anything about it one way or another;
the church invited shannon"
Shannon started the excitement by
saying to f. W. Bump the chorister:
Brother, If you have any of those
dancing, cardplaying church members
in this bunch don't you bring them on
this platform again" At the close of
the service twelve of the young women
of the church congregated together
and decided to leave the congregation
for the present. The evangelist an
nounced last night that there would
be congregational singing tonight. He
said, Let these dancing hypocrites go
TO hell where they belong. If were
some of these girls 1 would go out and
play with the CATS that's where thew
belong. Some of these young brainless
apes here, white-livered, haIf-rotten
fellows. going around with cigarette
with a piece of fire on one end and a
fool on the other, they ought to be in
the insane asylum. This Baptist
church." said the evangelist, has the
dry rot. You talk about athletics and
your gymnasium, it is a humbur
Any preacher that advocates such
stuff is a humbug. He ought to get
up before the congregation and say.
Good evening, humbugs: I am a hum
bug and / now proceed to expound
upon humbuggery."
That is what some of those Chicago
university fellows are doing. They are
after the fleece. not the sheep. They
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
SPIT on IHELOOR
IF YOU DO At HOME
Uncle Henry Bicknell Per
petrates a Sign That is
a Hummer.
REBUKES HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
Druggist Resents hi Manners of
Crowd of Youngsters and Posts
Sarcastic Notice.

Spit on the floor If you do at
home" is the sign that Uncle Henry
Bicknell has just hung up on the walls
where all of his customers can see it
in the drug store
Like Everett True, Uncle Henry has
his outburst, and when one of them
comes on it frequently takes the
above form or possibly a spasm of
characteristic vituperation.
Uncle Henrys drug store has be-
come the favorite loafing place of a
great many Hammond people The
Homewood people wait for their cars
there, the high school boys talk over
their games there and the people from
all over the entire city do their down
town telephoning there.
Mr.. Bicknell has a surprising amount
of patience. He will tolerate an in
justice for months at time before he
finally breaks forth like a volcano:
and there there is sure to be something
doing.
Other Classics From Henry's Pen.
Only short time ago Uncle Henry
had noticed that the store was full of
people who were waiting for a chance
to use the telephone while some giddy
girl was talking to her best feller."
That was too much for the genial
Hammond druggist In half an hour
he had prepared a sign which read as
follows: When you use this phone
don't visit with the whole dam family
and all of the neighbors Cut it short
There are others waiting"
He got a great deal of satisfaction
out of that sign, but already it is so
covered with pencilings that the words
con hardly be read An ultimatum on
the subject of vadalisms may be ex
pected almost any minute.
But the latest outburst came when
crowd of high school boys assembled
in the drug store and each contributed
conspicuously to the collection already
made. The floor had recently been
scrubbed and Bicknell was mad.
When they left, and the druggist saw
what had been done, his rage was
controlled only by his desire to write
good sign. He scratched his head
and Spit On the Floor if You Do at
Home" was the result of the inspira-
| tion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16

and bitterness which finally ripened
into a determination to kill an ac-
quaintance. He will be 50 years old If
he lives before he will be a free man
again.
Seven For Death Penalty.
Seven of the jurors for the death
penalty and the final verdict was a
compromise obtained after several
hours of argument. The verdict came
as a disappointment to the scores Of
the friends of Wleklinski's family who
had confidently expected that the men
who co1dly and brutally murdered the
West Hammond saloonkeeper and
who's guilt was so clearly established
should have been hung.
The crime for which the two Ham
mond young men were sentenced was
committed Wednesday evening, jan
uary %. George Polus whom it is said
had trouble with Wleklinski along
about Christmas time and Stefan Lisula
who also had a grudge against the al
derman walked into his saloon and
ordered drink.
Just as Wleklinski placed the liquor
on the bar Lisula drew a revolver and
shot the saloonkeeper in the neck and
the heart The bullet in the heart
caused his death instantly.
Two shots were also fired at Justice
Adam Stakovitch who was sitting in
chair in the rear of the saloon, but
both shots went wild. 1t developed
later that the two young assasins had
also planned the death of officer Okray
against whom they had a grudge. Car
bolic acid found on their persons leads
to the belief that they intended to COM
NIT suicide in the event that they
should be threatened with capture.
The young men made an effort to
escape in a buggy but later abandoned
it and went to South Chicago in a
street car. The local police telephoned
to the South Chicago police to be on
the lookout for the fugitives and the
two young men were arrested in a
spectacular manner at the corner of
Ninety second street and Commercial
avenue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
NEWS OF THIS
MISSING YOUNG GIRL

The police of Hammond and East
Chicago are still shy on news that
would lead to the whereabouts of pret-
ty 16-year-old Mabel Ecker, of Nap
panee, who has been traced as far as
Indiana Harbor by her people. The
mystery surrouning the disappearance
of the young woman has not been
cleared up any more either by addi-
tional details from her parents in Nap
panee
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
BOARD TAKES JUNKET
TO SIXTY THIRD ST. TODAY
Citizens and officials VIII Examine
Pavement In Chicago.

The members Of the board of public
works accompanied by a number of
property owners along South Holman
street, left for Sixty-third street this
afternoon where they will examine the
pavement in that vacinity. The pave
ment IS a kind of Westrumite and is
looked upon with favor by a number
of those who own property along South
Holman street where the thoroughfare
is soon to be improved.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
HAMMOND MAN
HELD TO GRAND JURY.

George Eddy, OF this city, I'm COM
pany with Edward YoyveII, of Spring.
field, were held to the grand jury at
Gardner, ILL.,, today for stoning Chica-
so G. Alton trainmen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
BUSINESS MEMS CLUB.

There will be a meeting of the Ham
mond Business Mems association to-
night in weis hall. 9S State street
Every business and professional man in
Hammond is earnestly requested to be
present. Important business will be
before the meeting.
E. T. JOHNSTON. Secy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
CHURCHES
ARE REvILED
Sensational Preacher De-
nounces Members Of
Baptist Athletic Club
in Questionable
Sermon.
SOME OF
SHANNON'S INSULTS.

Told the girls of the Baptist
congregation who danced ''tO
go TO hell where they belonged"
Denounced Rev. w. HI. Jones,
former pastor of First Baptist
church, as a humbug.
Said that shell was full of
Presbyterians with their feet
hanging out of the windows.e
Called the Baptist Athletic
club a hrmbug and said that
the church has the dry rot.
Said that some of the young
ladies of the Baptist church
AshouId go and play with cats
where they beIonged.v
Called some of the young men
OF the church ssbraInIess apes,
white IGvered and haff-ro4ten,
who ought to be In the insane
asylum
Called the suffering and
hungry foreigners at the stand
ard Steel Car works ssbeer
swilIers."
Said that the only difference
between Hammand and hell was
that Hammond had river run
ming through 1T.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16

THE SUN DOESN'T SET ON A nav
WHERE SOME ONE DOESN'T COME
TO THE TIMES OFFICE AND SAY
THEY GOT RESULTS FROM TIMES
WANT ADS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16

IF YOU HAVE TIME TURN TO
PAGE AND READ THE WANT ADS.
1T WILL PAY YOT.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16

THOUSANDS TESTIFY TO THE Eff
FTCACY OF THE TIMES WANT COL
UMNS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
HARTMAN GRABS
READING RAILROAD
Obtains Control of Big Coal
Road, Making Length of
System 81, 400 Miles.

New York. April 15.-Edward H.
Hartman, Wizard of the Pacifcs" ap-
parently has transferred his interest
to Eastern roads, and, according to
statement which will appear in the
Wall Street Journal tomorrow, has en-
gineered project which Will place the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
company in the Hartman list and give
the Baltimore and Ohio an entrance in
to New York City over its own rails
and make him a billion dollar rail
magnate"
The Wall Street Journal is so GER
tain of the correctness of it's informa-
tion that it comes out with the asser-
tion that unless obstacles not now in
sight turn up the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad will acquire entire control of
the Reading company and secure a
direct outlet in New York, and the en-
tire project will be engineered by E.
H. Hartman and his friends"
Total Capital s1,717 100000.
If this information is correct and
the obstacles not now in sight" do
not turn up the Hartman roads and
their capital and mileage will repre-
sent the following:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16

Told the girls of the Baptist
congregation who danced 'tO
go TO hell where they belonged"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16
WEATHER..

Fair and warmer tonighty
Friday increasing cIoudi-
ness and warmer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16

Denounced Rev. w. HI. Jones,
former pastor of First Baptist
church, as a humbug.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16

Said that "heH was full of
Presbyterians with their feet
hanging ont of the windows.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16

Called the Baptist Athletic
club a hrmbug and said that
the church has the dry rot.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-16

and bitterness which finally ripened
into a determination to kill an ac-
quaintance. He will be So years old If
he lives before he will be a free man
again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12

ground in this city, but either at
mont apparently failed when the mathe-
matiOians at Princeton were unable TO
nFlre out that II was as great a distance
nom lthaca 70 Princeton as from Princeton
70 Ithaca. The breaking OF Of arrange
ments Ter the annual Cornell Princeton foot
ball game came because the Tigers didn't
want 70 make q trip 10. Ithaca just a short
time before the Yale game and subor-
dthated some Of that desire TO mingle with
their fellow ~oollegians 10 the wish to win
the Yale game. Princeton, however, plans
70 mingle With Cornell In baseball and In
ueok q perhaps some day In rowing.
Oddly enough, what the Princeton under
Graduate paper finds 10 put forth does not
entirely agree with the average outside
Notion OF what is intended by President
Wilson Of Princeton. Most persons believe
that DR.. Wilson 10 opposed 10 long schedules
and would willingly limit athletic COMPETE
ton 70 . more sensible length OF schedules.
10 was believed at the time that Princeton
Withdrew from the intercOlleR late basket
ball league that his opinion was the deter
mining factor in that withdraw wal. However,
when President Wilson spoke 10 the Chicago
alumni recently he was not o~utwardly and
obviously opposed 10 athletics in what he
sald' although his language may have been
just the least bit i%ronlcal.
We have been mistaken" said he on that
occasion, in %supposing that athletics
absorb the attention OF undergraduates and
keep them from the more serious and i'm
portant duties OF the university. OF course
the athletic teams are very much engrossed.
particularly the football players, whose
practice Is not over when they have left the
Held, becAuse they are called On to spend
evening after evening as the playing sea
son advances ~familiarizing themselves with
the signals and the strategy OF the game,
Ike men intent upon geometical problems.
II 10 dliioult to see how amid such alb
sorptlon they are able to attend to the
university work at all.
But the great majority Of the under
graduates are not too much absorbed.
They talk about athletics a great deal and
might profit greatly by e~nlarRing their
oonverSation with other things; but ath-
is not their business. After they
have sat an hour or two on the benches at
the varsity field watching the practice Of
the team, as they are made to feel bound
In patriotic duty to do, they are free for
what they please. Their serious business
Il the satisfactory organization Of their
life, It's organization for their indi-
and collective comfort and satisiac-
lion, We speak OF the many 'undergradu-
ate activities and they are indeed innumer-
able. but this Is Of necessity the chief OF
them. Undergraduates, like the rest Of US,
are bent upon getting the best that
b going In the life about them, and they
concentrate their attention upon the or
ganlEations through which they are likely
10 obtain It,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12

time anything Is stolen. the bearded Rus.
sian explained, il when the Waterman
helps himself to some fruit,
The special policeman showed one N
these pushcart Easements. Only two
pushcarts we're In sight, both covered with
black oiloloth covers. The owner NJ NJ
dismal placel who leaned up against the
door with the air Of q man OF leiflre AMI
who could speak no English, explained IN
his own tongue that the owners NJ 'lo
carts had had them out from s lin IN that
morning and would not take them ont
again until nearly 5 In the evening, ia
stay out until nearly midnight.
The Ghetto gets up early-the house.
wives do at least-and goes late 10 bed and
when the housewife starts out after rolls
and milk between 4 and 5 or 3 and N me
morning there Is the alluring pushcarl win
It's hces and ribbons or it's fancy china
and kitchen things 10 tempt her.
Trade slaokens generally early IN thu
afternoon, the most profitable season Of
all being when the workshops, stores and
factories empty out their EMPLOYEES from
q to ! O'Clock or later
No one dreams Of paying the asking
price for anything. Twenty cents. on.
plodes a woman gazing at a second hand
teapot with affected scorn and turning
away. She gets il for 10 cents, which /;
about what IL Ia worth. Strange Ia Sav the
pushcart men lucky enough TO get a position
where there Is the most competition ara
said TO make the most money, and the shnps
fronting the long lines Of pushcarls .ro
more prosperous than some Others.
"A lot Of the stores said the special
policeman. "set up a pushcart in front NJ
their own door TO attract business. no. il
wouldn't be like that in any other part oi
the city maybe, but down herr It's Tina
fashion to buy from the pushcarts and In
~patronize a store only when the pushcau
hasn't got the goods. Women 60 from cart
10 cart shopping, just as women 30 shopping
from shop 20 shop along Sixth avenue and
Tw~enty-third street, and both mon and
women shop as much and more az night
than during the day
In Orchard street, where there is not a
foot Of space left between the solid rows Of
pushcarts, night ia turned into day by Tho
rows Of big reflector gasolene lamps srls.
pended oyer the ~pushcarts, and just nov,
with the Passover feast 10 be celebratei
in a few days, the pushcarts deal ling in
bright, new Kitchen utensils are among tina
most dazzling and prosperous The average
pushoart merchant, according to the police.
man, thinks he does pretty we'll il he clean
$3.50 a day. Few make more than that. and
in the winter, or for three months n tha
year, their receipts often drop TO a fraction
Of that mount.