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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
Escapes Drowning.

John Axleman. 80 years old. living
at 1850 Jackson avenue, narrowly es-
capped drowning off the Seventy ninth
street pier late yesterday afternoon
Axleman was fishing with a party Of
friends when he lost his balance and
fell into the lake. A rowboat which
was in the vicinity of the accident was
pressed into service. He was rescued
and taken TO the Jackson park hospi-
tai, where he lies in a serious condi-
ton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
TUG MICHAEL CONWAY" IS
RETURNED TO STATION.
Had Been Undergoing Repairs and is
Now in Good Trim to Fight Fires.

The fire boat. Michael Conway"
which has been undergoing repairs for
the last month. arrived at the Ninety
second street bridge yesterday in the
pink of condition.
The Chicago" which has been sta
toned at the bridge during the re-
pairing of the Conway" was sent back
to the Clark street bridge.
The Conway" is one of the trimest
boats in the city and her fremen are
doubly proud since she has been re
paired.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
Leaves for Canada.

Miss Edythe Hayes. 1920 woodlawn
avenue. left yesterday for two
months trip through Canada. Miss
Hayes objective point will be Onta-
rio. where she has a large number of
friends. large crowd OF girl friends
accompanied her down town yesterday
afternoon to wish her goodbye
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
HERE AND THERE IN The CALUMET REGION

ing the stove, which became overheated
and caused the explosion.
The fire department as notified i'm
mediately after the accident and ar
rived on the scene in plenty OF time
to stop the flames before they at
tanned much Roadway.
Mr.. Acker is the local manager of the
Chicago Telephone company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
Gallistel School Undergoing Repairs

Extensive repairs are being made on
the Gallistel school One Hundred
and Fourth street and Ewing avenue.
The entire heating system of the
school is being replaced with one of
the latest designs, which will be much
more adequate for heating the big
building
The fues IN the engine are being
overhauled and all old seats in the
rooms the being replaced with new
ones.
Edward Kalinski. the head engineer
of the building, has charge of the work
that is being done inside the school
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
KING TO OPEN GREAT DOCK.

London. July king Edward jour
neyed to Bristol today to be present at
the opening of the new Royal Edward
Dock at Avermouth The foundation
of this dock was laid six years ago by
the prince and princess of Wales. 1t
is one of the largest in the United
Kingdom and was constructed by the
corporation of Bristol at a cost of
about 500 O0O. 600.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
Gas Stove Is 0verheated.

An overheated gas stove in the home
OF Friedrich Acker. 395 Ninety first
street. exploded yesterday setting fire
to the draperies in the house and en-
failing a loss of about 800. The ser
want who was getting dinner ready
had walked away and was not watch
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
Briefs.

The case of Robert Shepard charged
with abandonment by his wife, Nettte,
was continued until July IA, before
Judge Girten Of the South Chicago Mu-
nicipal Court.
Fire Of unknown origin this morn
ing totally destroyed the two story
barn owned by Bart Van Toll in the
rear OF his residence at 9733 CONNER
cial avenue. The police are investigat-
ing the matter
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
Young Boy Is Bitten By Dog.

Walter McHug. years old, 1881 Nor
gan street, was bitten in the left arm
by a dog while walking in front of
the home of Julius Denes. 1859 West
Seventy FIRST street. YESTERDAY.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
ARRANGE FOR A
BIG CELEBRATION
Gary Commercial Club Will
Hold an Important Bust
ness Meeting Today.
BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA
Gary Harbor To Be By Far the Most
Important on the South
Shore of Lake.

There is no event which is so sig
nificent in that it marks one of the
final stages in the growth and build
ing of the new steel city of Gary as
the opening of the Gary harbor and the
matter of arranging a celebration with
its characteristic energy and aggressive
ness.
| Circulars are being sent out to the
members of the club in which they are
notified of the celebration which Will
be given on the occasion of the opening
Of the harbor when the steamer E. H.
4 Gary the leviathan of the United States
Steel company's ore boats. will arrive
in the newly completed harbor
To Hold Special Meeting.
There will be a special meeting of
the club at the Binzenhof hall on
Wednesday, July at p. m. when the
matter of arranging for the celebration
Will be taken up.
The circular goes on to state that
no matter Of equal Importance will
come before club for the remainder Of
the year and the attendance of all OF
the members is requested
The opening of the harbor by the
arrlVdl OF the T. II. JdIy the ldNlcl
part Of July is the real beginning OF
an era of production in the great steel
mills 1t is an event that should be
commemorated in the manner be-
fitting its Importance Every business
man and property owner is deeply in
terested
The members are requested to give
their assistance by being present a the
meeting and aiding in making the ar
engagements for the celebration. The
circular is signed by H. S. Norton
secretary.
HarbOr An Important One.
The Gary harbor is one of the mos
important on the south shore of LAX
Michigan and with the enormous
amount of tonnage of iron ore which
is TO be brought in to be convertec
into steel in the new steel mills. it i
expected that the Gary harbor vii
quickly become one of the most i'm
portant ports on the great lakes.
The program will include the recep
ton of the officers of the boat and
banquet will probably be given a
which the officers Of the United State
Steel company will be present. 1t will
be the biggest event since the famou
banquet of the Commercial club whe
Governor Hanly. James Watson an
other notables were present
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
GROWING BUSINESS
CAUSE OF CHANGE
The South Chicago Times
Compelled to Move Into
Larger Quarters.
At 9O49 COMMERCIAL AVE.
Calumet Regions Livest Newspaper
and Best Advertising Medium
on Ground Floor.

Inadequate space necesitated the
moving of the office of The South Chi
cago Times. Room IS, Lincon building,
to larger and more convenient quarters,
9049 Commercial avenue. Increased "a
cilities and light. together with the
location on the ground floor, will en-
able US to handle with greater dispatch
the increased business in all depart
ments of the paper.
The present location Of THE TIMES
puts it in the very heart of the South
Chicago business center and at the
transfer point of all the street car
lines running throughout the Calumet
district, and in the future partons will
find admittance to the Office an easy
manner.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
Business Has Grown.

There has been a steady Increase in
the various departments Of The TINES
since Jan. l. 1908 due in one respect
to the annexed territory in which the
paper is circulated. The field, which
is known as the Sixty-third street dis
trict, comprising such suburbs as Park
side, Bryn Mawr, Grand Crossing and
portion of Woodlawn. has been en-
tered since the first of the year and
the paper has grown in favor to such
an extent that advertisers have taken
advantage of its columns.
As an advertising medium the bust
ness men throughout the great Calu-
met district have shown their appre-
citation of the results attained from
time to time, and as a faint idea as
to tho patronage accorded THE TIMES
the second quarter of the present year
Notwithstanding the stringency Of the
times, a few facts and figures are given
! below:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-07
Makes Great Gain.

During the month of April The South
Chicago Times edition, being only one
of the three papers published by the
Lake County Printing & Publishing
company carried 2,5o5 inches, and esti-
mating 20 inches to a column would
slightly exceed 125 columns. In May
there were 1880 inches. or "A columns;
June, 1900. or IS columns. making a
grand total Of PA columns Of adver-
Using, which is more than NIL the other
publications. in the Calumet district,
com bined, carried.
The above figures prefer exclusively
to display advertising and does not in
any sense include reading notices and
other classified and minor advertise
ments
/ A special feature of the advertising
now running in the columns Of THE
TIMES is the page Of display ads carried
in addition to the other permanent ad-
vertisers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24
TO FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF
 OIL BUSINESS IN MEXICO

City of Mexico. Nov. 2s.--It Is de- clared that during the coming year. q fight on a large scale will be waged in the Republic of Mexico for control of the local oil market and of the rich and vast fields which experts declare will be opened up. These chief con- tesfants in this struggle will be the Standard oil Company and s. Pearsons & Sons Limited. an English corpora tion
 New companies, however. are con- stantly acquiring immense tracts ale though most of this ia being done very quietly. The latest to enter the Mex ican field is an Indiana polls corpora tion capitalized at 40SOO,oOO pesos.
 Ii was made public today that this company had acquired concessions from the Federal Government and from ina State of Chihuahua to explore I0,- 000. 900 acres of land in the eastern mart of that State. Drilling operations will commence Immediately. The pres ident of the new corporation Is ". K. BelIis. of Indianapolis, Alfredo Terazas of the State of Chihuahua being vice. president. And\ T. R. Trozel of the same state treasurer- Mean. while it is stated that syndicate headed by W. R, Hearst and James R. .Keene have acquired rights over 220, 900 acres In eastern Chihuahua.
 The Standard oil Company Is report ed to have recently purchased large tracts of oil land in the State of Tam aulipas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24
GATUN DAM SINKS
SENSATIONAL REPORTS FROM
 PANAMA IN CIRCULATION.
Sometime Ago it Was RumoRed That UndergrOund Lake Had Been Found There--Heavy Rains
 Cause FIoods.A

Panama. Nov. 2S.-Sensational reports were In circulation here today to the effect that what is known as the south toe of the Gatun dam of the Panama Canal had sunk. Some time ago rumor had it that an underground lake had been found there at a depth of 2l6 feet. The dam at Gatun already has been built about forty feet above sea level.
 Lieutenant Colonel Goethals, chief engineer of the Canal Commission, tele- phoned the Associated Press. that a slide had occurred at Gatun. but that 1t was of no great importance, being similar to other slides that have taken place during the rainy reason at sew eral points along the canal. For the past twenty days. 1t has been raining continuously throughout tho Republic. The Chagres River is flooded and all the railroad tracks at Gatun are under water. The floor of the pumping sta tion Is submerged to a depth of more than five feet. and the lock sites also are flooded. The pumping station was used to keep the lock sites clear from water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24
A REVISION
JUNGLE JOE" TALKS OF THE TARIFF.
The Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives Places Himself on Record Rs, FavOrIng a
 Tariff Revision,

Chicago Nov. 23.--Joseph. G. Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representa- tives, placed himself on record today in favor of a revision of the tarin. The words of the Speaker came at the con- clusion of a luncheon given to six rear admirals of the United States Navy by Alexander H. RevelI of Chicago, in the Union League Club.
 In a few introductory sentences, Speaker Cannon declared himself in favor of an efficient navy and army for the good of the republic. On tho taEif question his words were:
 Amy change in the revenue laws of the country is generally followed by a depression of busIness. Three years ago I followed the lead of Theodore Roosevelt. who declared that there should be no revision of the revenue laws. which means the tariff, until af- ter the next general election. His policy was not to change existing con ditions. The Republican platform on which the national contest has been won, says revise the revenue laws. That revision should be with due re- gard to protection and penalty against discriminatory nations. As a member of the next House of Representatives I am going to, so far as my vote Is concerned, see to 1t that the policy of the Republican Party on this question is written in the national laws as promply as possible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24
A MONSTER MEETING
MADDOX sUPPOETERs CARRY
 BURNING TORCHES.
Politics in Atlanta Are Growing Warm Over MayOralty FfGht--NHOod- ward's Supporters VIII
 Meet TomiRha.

Atlanta. Ga. Nov. 2a.--The most ex- citing political campaign In the his- tory of Atlanta was marked tonight by a moneer nlass meeting in tho Inter- es Of the candidacy Of Robert r. Mad- dox. independent candidate for Mayer against James c. woodward. the reg ular Democratic nominee.
 Several hundred supporters oE Mr. Maddox marched to the meeting with burning torches and the capacity of the theatre in which the meeting was held was taxed Samuel N. Tnman presided ak the meeting. Mr. Maddox addressed the large audience on the issues of the campaign and was re eeivad with deafenIng applause. He counsel for the Georgia state Fedora ton of Labori Charles W. Bernhardt former presfdent ok sA2a Atlanta Fed eration of Trades and other nronals nent speakers. The large audience was made up of all classes of AtIan- fass citizenship.
 Tomoriow Is. the last day for reg istering for the etection. which is to be held December 2. and indications are 1.500 that of any previous State or municipal election. Mfr. Maddox has, the support Of every daily newspaper in the city and in every ward clubs have been organized in the interest of his candidacy. stenographers. and others being employed in the head quarters of each ward. Atlanta is in a fever of exciteQent over thls cam paigri and some bitterness has been engendered by the partisans of the
 A mass meeting in the interest of Mr. Woodward will be held tomorrow night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24
TAFT MAY USE
 BOOT IN SOUTH Shake-up at the Pie Table. MANY CHANGES ARE EXPECTED New 0ficehoIders in Alabama and
 Tennessee. Joe ThOmpsen is said to. Be Booked
 Fer . Rest From Posatieal
 Activity And others May
MANY CHANGES ARE EXPECTED
BY ALFRED .. sToprn

Washington. D. C., Noys za-sema of the Republican politicians who have recently talked with President : elect Taft at Hot Springs are strong Y of the impression that he 10 going to have . shaking up in most Of the southern States. and they appear to be positive that many men now powerful in the party councils are going to ba sent to the rear and theiF places fiil- cd by those who are in better .stanG- ing.
 Alabama ana Tennessee are said to be two states in which practically a new deal is to be made so far as selecting men upon whom the next administration can rely for advice and guidance In local appointments.
 From the talk heard here already the indications are that Collector Joe Thompson in Alabama. will be request ed to step aside. Tn addition to be- ing looked upon as somewhat insf- ficient as . political manager tt is understood that Thompson's estangle- ments with Acting Judge Oscar R. Hundley and the Southern Steel Com pany have been called to the attention of Judge Taft in a way that an ex- piosion may be looked for In tho course of q few months.
 Evidently there is lot going on which may well cause the Repubil- cans in Alabama to watch develop ments closely between now and the month of May.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24
. STRONG CHARGE
or TENNEssEE FEDERAL JUDGE TO
 GRAND JURY.
Judge John E. Mccall Refers te Reel foot Lake Tragedy and to Kill |,
 iug of Former Senator
 CnRmack

Memphis. Tenn, Nov. 23.--Tn charK. Ing the grand jury in the United States Court here today, Judge John E. Mc- Call, after recounting the killing at keelfoot Lake recently of Captain Qulnten Rankin by a band of night riders and the shooting to death of former United States Senator Carmack at Nashville. charged the citizens of this State in general with what he termed as the alarming conditions which now prevail"
 T am inclined to think that we find this state of affairs existing because our citizenship has taken so little in- tefest fin the enforcement of our criminal laws" he said,
 Who among us can believe that if the perpetrators of either of these ofs lenses had felt that tha severe penalty of the law as applled to the real facts In zach case would surely be inflicted by the court upon them without delay. that either crime would have been
 Both of those offenses ara wholly without the Jurisdiction of this court yet as citizen of Tennessee. charged with the responsibility of administer. ing the law in one of the courts of our dual government, I feel that I may properly refer t0 these most recent and regretable occufrences In order to impress upon you, gentlemen of the jury, the importance of teaching tha citizenship of this country the belated lesson that all criminal statutes whether State or Federal, whether of enforced"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24
Y. M. c. A. RELAY
eSsake is Delivered To 1eresadeng
 Fnaa~weI4 A WhHta Home

BaeSsake ts Delivered To President
 Roosevelt At Waite aomms.
 Washington, Nov. 23--President Roosevelt at s:4s o'clock tonight. re- csived' at the White House from the hands of Gordon Leech. the last boy runner m the relay run from New York to Washington. the silver tube containing message to the President from Richard C. Morse. of the Inter- national Y M, c. A.
 Attlred in rad sweateF, light treus- Srs and tennis shoes. having finished an exciting tennis Eame only half an hour. before. the President was seated in his private office in the executive offices when young Leeeh. clad In running attire. wag ushered in by Rudolph Forster. one of the PTeas- dents secretaries and John D. Sieinan of the local Y. M c. A.
 T believe in athletics as a means to an end and see no reason why men should have round ahoulders. commented the President in accepting the message.
 When told that nearly 1000 speedy boys had handled the message since 1t left New York Friday afternoon, ne maniHested great interest. Ehe President after a brief conversation with the young man, gave him one ef his photographs bearing his auto graph, Secretary Forster said that the contents of the meaBage would oa made public tomorrow.
 The message left Now York Friday afternoon at { O'clock and reached Baltimore late Saturday night IL re- mained in Baltimore until 3 o'clock this afternoon when the run was re- stunned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24
FEAR TROUBLE IN TENNESSEE Outbreak Expected Any
 Minute. FEUD BETWEEN TWO COUNTIES Prominent Citizen is Warned to
 Leave State. Despite the Action of omclals, Night Riders Are Active Again and
 asCitisen Is whipped.
FEUD BETWEEN TWO COUNTIES

Nashville, Tenn, Nov 2s--A dispatch from Ttptonviffe, Tenn, says the feel ing in the night rider section of Tipton County Is very bitter against the people of Lake County, and serious trouble is feared.
 Lake Vance. of Lake County. had bus iness at Samburg, Saturday. and while there stopped at the Pratt Hotel. He was grossly insulted by residents and yves told that the sooner he got back to Lake County the better 1t would be for him. Others informed Vance that the people in this district didn't want to see any Lake County man over there-that they were forbidden that county. Vance was armed with q repeating shot gun and Is generally known as dangerous man when aroused.
 c. C. Thomas has received an anony- nous letter from a friend in obion County. advising him to leave the State of Tennessee. The letter was mailed on an Illinois Central train, and read:
 MT. Thomas: AS q friend. advise you to leave Lake County and the en- tire State of Tennesse. Tn case you fall to do so. you will be sssassinated be- fore the first of next January"
 The letter is signed by straight dash. This makes the fifth missive of this kind Thomas has received He takes the matter seriously and says he Is fully prepared for trouble. He has taken a very active part in the efforts of the State to suppress the night rider lawlessness.
 There is a strong feeling in this coun- ty that virtually amounts to a pledge that If Lake County citizen comes to harm at the hands of any of the alleged night riders. og their friends, while on a peaceful mission in obIou County. q summary vengeance will be attempted. Practically every man in the county ia now armed with the latest and most deadly of modern fire arma.
 The hardware firms here report that ammunition is being bought for all cat- ibers of pistols and riiiessand shot guns. and 1t Is an apen secret that fully iae os the best improved pistols have been ordered within the past month. There Us tsnss f4eilng of sxpactaney
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24

purchased by the Standard and he saic he believed twenty Co twenty-dve co.'s cerns were bought In Cleveland.
 How many did you keep in orzfs 7 tionT'
 Amy of taem3'
 q should have to think ths er"
 Were not most Of them dsA ntled9"
 The smaller ones we YH in con- struction and the larger we con neeted with our plants. We ran the Clark, Echurmer and Company, the Clark, Payne and Company and Hanna, BasiinBtcn and Company"
 The witness could not recolIect whether any of these except Clark, Payne c Company were operated in 1880. He could not say whether he eavc the stock Of the standard oil Company in payment for that of the Devoe Manufacturing Go.
 Replying to Mir Kellogg's question whether the brothers of Joseph Macy operated The plant of the Devoe Com pany for several yeary after the Satn- dard bought it. Mir. Rockefeller said that he assumed that the organizers of the Dcvoe Company. continued It's operation. It might have been. lie said. that Mir. Carley operated inc Chess-Cariey Company after the gtan- dard had bought it.
 Pitcairn and Mir. Vandegrift of the Imperial Refining Company did not con tfnue as manager of the Imperial after 1t was purchased by the Standard oil Company.
 T think the business was conducted In the same manner" said Mir. Rocke- feller. elf
 Controlled Other Companies.
 The witness said that after theStan- dard oil Company purchased Warden. Frew a Company and the Atlantic Re- hnery of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Mir. Warden, Hr. Frew and Charles Lockheart became stockholders of the Standard and continued in the manage ment of those companies He could not recall whether the stock of the Standard was exchanged for stock of the Atlantic Refining Company.
 Who controlled the Standard oil
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24
COMPLETES ORGANIZATION.
New Railway EmpIoyes Department of American I.ahnr Federntinn

New Railway EmpIOyes Department
 of American Labor Federation.
 Denver, Colo, Nov. 23-The new Railway Employees Department of the American Federation of Labor, organ ized in this city last Saturday. held a brief session today. completing it's or ganization and then adjourned to meet in Chicago the second Monday in January.
 H. B. Perham. President of the order of Railway Photographers was made permanent president and P. J. Elan nery, President of the International Association of Freight Handlers. Secretary. The constitution and by laws will be completed at the Chicago meeting.
 President Kirby outlined In his ad- dress today the work accomplished by the department. The treasurers report showed the organization has received about s7.OOo and expended $6,000.
 President Gompers spoke for the American Federation of Labor and he advised the delegates not to do any thing during the course of their de- Alterations that might injure the cause. of the trades union movement. no mat ter how much it might advance the cause of some individual building trades organization.