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Giants Can Lose TlUO
Games and Land FlQQ

Would land the rag at Coosan's Bluff
Now, les SET.
The Cubs and Pitts5urs both nave
-FOUR remaining games to play Il is po-
NlOuS tina; both cannot win four
stra ght, as in the last one they NEE:
each other. The Giants have seven
games TO play.
II the Cubs should win four straight
and the Giants should win i've out OF
seven. and the Pirates should win three
fal that is possible under those cir
cumstances), the end Of the season
would find the clubs standing thus:
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80, "a oNl. ~ Inns VIII be S4.i!Nar :
s.ist appearance in a bout IN Boston IN
many Years
jim Stewart. the promising Local heavv-
""Eni. .e'; to d" Tor Jimmy De FORESTS
uAta.ag quarters. j; Auenhurs;, y. j. where
re viii &c; into condition for MS Sax round
bout with "k!d'' Mccoy. watch viii be
fought the National a. C. OF this citE.
on oct 10 De Forrest Will sup-rinteni
Stewards tra!ninr, and he Is confident that
his big pro;ege Will have no trouble in best
Jem pr!scol. the English feather; weight
champion. is no: going TO engage in any
six.round bouts in this c.ty or Phil ohia
hut intends 10 vait and get on a battle for
the teather-weiEht cham plonship tit!e WITH
Abe A;;ell before one OF the clubs IN Call
Of C0lma. Cal. is ready to match the lads
~, tur a twenty. .ye-round bout. the contest
to be decided the latter Dart OF This moath.
Eddie Hanlon ;he California ltght.weisht.
ately after his hard ;wenty-round bout with
oven Moran in san Francisco last night.
VAS awarded the decision. Hanlon said that
ne vas through with the fighting game and
would never aEain engage In battle Il
besides am no; as fast as vas few
wears ago. think | am doing wise thing
in leaving the business
jim Donovan. the clever middle weight
who IA. no: fought in a few months. was
sturdy Pt,seuTE fighter for six rounds in
Terminal 4 c. OF Brooklyn, on Saturday
5v-n!nr OCT. -
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Dot~o!t took lis fourth straight zane from
the Senator. yesterday ard looks a most GER
tain winners IN TIE American League.
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AQUEDUCT ENTRIES.

tspecia 10 The Evening Wo'lip
AQUEpUCT RACE TRACK, oct. l.
Following are the entries tol '1-mor-
row:
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Prssld.nt eutler HELMS oarsn...

President Butler Of Columbia. started A
subscription TO help out the rowing GREY o.,
The university by dropping 500 into the rsr
that vas pe.ns passed around, IL IL ca
lpcltd that The deficit Of 81. 600 vii. La
raised In few dsys ana the fall trainin.
work started. "s
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,OOO--- hats /ehries,
Price for the Biz Battle

S'tE. on Oct. 20. This viii be SI!livap's
many Years
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Baseball To-day, $50 +. M.--American
League Park \. Y. Amer 81 Washington -
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Spanish Queen won the Buckeye Stalks.
worth s. 900. for 10 trotters at the Column
bus Grand Circuit meeting. in heats IN.
time was slow, oa'i being the fastest hest.
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A match was consammated .ast night b
tween Young Otto" the loca. l!Sa;Ne!sa.
and "Kii'' Locke, OF Philadelphia. TheS
will box six rounds al the Roman A C.
stag Monday nisht. Matchmaker Sm!th.
4 the CUP, :ried to get Jack blackburn to
fused to make ma !ha' se g "a AMI Ike wss
Is confident tina; ne viii beat o'to.
The tNelve.round bout between Tommy
Murphy and Matty Baldwin al the Arm ~
\ A. Of Boston. on Tuesday nisa, did no'
attract as big a crowd the Murphy Bu
lolpn Unholz battle few months aSo. fol
Murphy only received Little over s""e t2r
ms share q the receipts. "hl.e ~, ~ f!s
his enI. Baldwin also drew Town tae ssm,
amour, as Murphy. The boys NIL probably
Dc rematchef.
While Fitzgerald. who fights Leach C7'ss
az the stag o: the FRrmony \. e. tomorrow
niSht, has another match on mis- hands. he
has been matched by mis- manager. Jimmy
K.ly 10 meet Tommy Gull, the husky New
At snow to be held oy the Armo-y \. 4.
81 Boston, N oct l3. Ya!s w!.. be The
N H'I t5 .i'T in II, ;r. rs, eat;9 ~bis' F'zse.a
ORR -ints1 AiT IN = s.%,. 49,, c, n.H. ~ nv
'Urk' Russo, and Harry Lewis. the
PaIladeI ph!a NEateis, slated 20 DO an
o,her one OF those bFo,herly love stunts foF
SIX rounds in Pi;tsburg to n.Est, which th'
fight fans o, that city Will surely 70 Wild
over and proclaim II as being the greatest
battle theg ever Witnessed between fighters
mis- viii be the third time they have met
In tne.y two prev iOus scraps they had tAt
spectators jumping up on their chairs ap'
plauding them while they wha.ed away at
eacn others body. MS a cinch the bout
gees the limit.
Jack Twin Sullivan. the clever Ugh
heavy weight OF Cambridge. Mass who has
been doing all his fighting for some time
before the California clubs Will leave Los
Angeles Cal. to-day for Roston. where he
has been signed up to meet Marvin Hart,
the Louisville heavy We !Eht for twelve
-ounFs before the Armorv ~ that
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CfANLEY KETCHEL. according TO
California reports. has purchased a
ne" maroon colored racing car
and is burning up the roads in a reck-
less manner thai has Barney OldfleId
Ioohln' like an OLD lady trundlins .
baby carriage. Here are a lew lines
IRON the coast describing ketcheI' S
latest fad:
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a NTOVrO p1EDC1 ,,,nacsr ~
"a NloNIo FlENl.l' manager Vi
~ IuSSif Nahmout. the Turk,
4 \ is b,vin, bis ou., trouhles
having Ills o""
Mahmout and his party arrived in
America a week or so ago, but up 20
date the heayvNeieht M. artists
Le!S H.''e eNiAcel no DNrl .lS eager
ness to .,,i.e'a vito .bs n,ossfvs
"''' 80
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HN IUN I'D TTERRT,
lG' y ussiff Mahnou,

CHoSS and Fitzgerald are nearly in
u shape fo' their fight at the Fair
mont Friday night. Cross has
been WORKING at New Dolp with Al
Kaufman and the famous maker OF
champions, Billy Delaney The latter
sizes Cross ~ as good material Willie
Fitzgerald is al Stafford exchanging
"ailops with Bert Reyes. who is a
nara training partner. Fitz says that
ne is right. and if he isn't eyaryerat-
ihS little he Will surely put up good
oIu tlnIe article Of scrapology
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
MERCHANT OFFERS
ANOTHER PRIZE TODAY
Who Inserted the Question
Mark on the Missing
Word Page?

Finding that the interest in THE
TIMES Missing Word Contest has made
hit with his patrons, one Hammond
business man has decided to give an
additional prize of 81 tomorrow. The
first person who brings in the name
of the advertiser who inserted an in
terregation point under the head OF
Conditions of Contest, will be given one
dollar. Answers will be received from
1880 to II on Thursday morning. Only
one answer may be submitted by any
one person.
The interest in the contest promises
to out-rival anything in the advertis-
ing line ever pulled off in this region.
Thousands Of people are reading the
advertisements every night and from
inquiries received at this office the
contest is going to be a hot one from
start to finish. The rules of the con
test are simple and should be observed
carefully.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
LAKE ROUGHEST EVER
Lives of Fishermen Are I'm
periled at Lake Front
Park.

The lake today is the toughest it has
been for years off the Hammond shore.
At the waterworks this morning the
waves are running mountain high and
have swept clear over into the park
pond, a distance of 100 feet from the
usual high water mark
A fisherman who is in the habit Of
putting off the dock at the water
worke and who is known to longshore-
men as Fisherman John, came within
an ace of losing his life this morning
when the wind changed at twelve
minutes of 8. AS it was he was
forced to abandon his nets and scud
for the shore. The lake was Iashed in
to fury the moment the wind changed
and the small craft was forced a half
mile out of her course before the land
ing could be made. When Fisherman
John pulled his boat ashore about half
a mile west of the dock it was filled
with water and the fisherman, who had
rowed for his life, was drenched to
the skin.
The man, who is a Slav, lives at Rob
ertsdale.
The park where the waterworks is
located is filed with debris thrown up
by the waves and Joe Kaspar declared
this morning that it would take two
men two weeks to clear it of trash and
wreckage after the storm has sub
sided. The breakwater back of the
pumping station is completely sub
merged. From the pumping station to
the government pier at South Chicago
there is clear view and it is possible
for the men at the waterworks to see
the waves, which must be at least
forty or fifty feet high, sweeping over
the pier.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
PRETTY BRUNETTE IS
SOUGHT BY POLICE
Miss Mabel Ecker of Nap
panee is Wanted by
Hammond Police.
SWEET SIxTEENAND HANDSOME
Missing Girl Has Been Traced as
Far West as Indiana
Harbor.

Mabel M. Ecker, handsome 16-year-
old brunette of Nappanee, Ind. is miss
ing from her home in that city and is
supposed to be in some of the northern
Lake county cities.
The Hammond police are on the loolx.
out for the girl. who is reported to be
unusually pretty, and of a type which
would attract attention on the street
or in any public gathering because Of It.
Ihere is a good deal of mystery in the
Ecker case that the police are not able
to fathom.
They received a wire from Nappanee
yesterday afternoon about O'Clock
asking them to be on the lookout for
Mable Ecker. The girl was described
as being about 16-years- a striking
brunette, with big black eyes, dark
complexion and very black hair. she
is a good girl the telegram went on
to say plaintively, and left a note be-
hind saying simply that she was 60
ing away"
ael distracted parents, with the aid
or the police, have traced the young
woman as far west as Indiana Harbor
and there they lost trace of her. It is
learned that she bought a ticket for
that place and got off the train there
Inquiry at the police station at In
diana Harbor failed to reveal any trace
OF the girl 1t is probable that she
may have left the Harbor and came
to Hammond
The girl weighs 12o pounds and is
about four feet tall She wears good
clothing. The police were not ad-
vised as to her motive for running
away.
The police of East Chicago and In.
diana Harbor spent yesterday in search
ing for the missing girl. Thus far thes
have received no information tina
might lead to a cIew.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
STILL NO WORD IS
RECEIVED FROM Mr.. BOYLE

Still no word has been received from
Robert Boyle, the missing Monon train
man, who disappeared on the night of
March II after he had drawn his money
at the Chicago office
What was a cheerful little home in a
fat at % West State street. where he
has young wife and three children.
the youngest of which is only two
months Old is now an abode of mis-
cry. Mrs. Boyle is care-worn and on
the verge of nervous prostration, try
ing to console herself and her children
with the words Papa is coming home
soon" AS for herself she has given
up hope of finding him alive and she
will in all probability make arrange
ments to move away from Hammond
She has sister living in Decatur, ILL.,,
whittier she intends to move unless she
hears definitely from her husband in
the near future.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
!
ISSUES THE CALL
Two Conventions VIII Be Held at the
Steel City on May 2 and Hammond
Is Entitled to Send Sixty-Six Dele
gates to the Meeting There-Elab-
orae Preparations Under Way.

Lake county democrats will make
May 2, 1908 the most memorable dav
in their history.
Thomas E. Marshall, democratic can
didate for governor of Indiana. u. s.
Jackson, chairman of the democratic
state central committee and Ben s.
shively of South Bend, ex-member Of
congress and one time candidate for
the governorship on the democratic
ticket, are some of the big guns that
are expected to attend the democratic
county convention to be held in Gary
on May 2.
What do you think of that?
County Chairman Hon. Ed Simon to-
day issued the official call for the
county convention, to be held at Gary
on May 2, and also for the nominating
convention which will select the joint
representative for Lake and Newton
counties. The county convention viii
be opened at 1 o'clock in the afternoon
and VIII be preceded by the Joint rem
resentative convention at IL O'Clock in
the forenoon. At the latter conven-
tion there will also be chosen fourteen
delegates and fourteen alternates for
the congressional convention the time
and place for which convention will
be decided by the district committee.
Hammond has sixty-six delegates to
the county convention.
According to the call the delegates
to the county and joint representative
convention will be selected on the
night before at mass conventions to be
held In sixty precincts over the county.
The conventions will be composed of
l13 delegates apportioned among the
different cities and townships on a
basis of one delegate for each twenty
or fraction over 10 votes cast for the
Hon. J. 7. Cox, democratic candidate
for secretary of state at the Novem-
ber, 1906.
Candidates for the following offices
are to be named at the convention,
eighty-seven votes being necessary in
each case for nomination
Judge of the superior court, repre-
sentative, treasurer, sheriff, auditor,
recorder, surveyor, coroner, commits
stone for first district, commissioner for
third district.
The apportionment of delegate
strength for the joint representative
convention, will be one delegate for
each one hundred Q0o) votes cast for
the Hon. John ". Kern, candidate for
governor at the November 1904, elec-
tion as follows: Lake county, twen-
ty-eight delegates. Newton county, ten
delegates. total thirty-eight delegates.
A majority of which will be necessary
to a choice.
Plans for the county convention in
dicate that it will be the biggest affair
of its kind ever held In this part Of
the state by any party
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
FORMER HAMMONDER
IN LEADING ROLE
Edgar Fleming to Star in
Greek Play at Wa
bash College.

Edgar Fleming, who is we'll known in
this city, and is the son of Rev. Flem-
ing, formerly of the Presbyterian
church, will take the leading part in a
Greek play that is to be presented by
the students of Wabash college during
the commencement exercises in the
spring.
The play-wa first produced in this
country number of years ago by
Harvard university in the original
Greek, but the play will be translated
into English in Crawfordsville
The play is a classic tragedy known
as Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophohocles. 1t
will be given on an elaborate scale and
will be the first attempt at suck a task
in Indiana.
Charlottesville is known as the
Athens of the west and the students of
Wabash college are doing their share
to maintain that reputation. Edgar
Fleming is known as one of the best
students in college and his assignment
to the principal part is considered quite
an honor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
WORKED LIKE CHARM
Board of Education Sees
Demonstration Made by
Extinguisher.

Representatives of the Liberty asso-
citation, manufacturers of fire appara-
tus, yesterday made practical demon
stration of the work that can be ac-
complished by the use of their fire ex-
tinguisher. The demonstration was
made at the corner of Fayette and Hoh-
man strets and was viewed by Supt
Mcdaniel of the city school system and
a number of the members of the board
of education. The test was made with
a view of interesting the school board
In the extinguisher for the purpose of
getting that body to introduce the ex-
tinguisher into the city schools.
fire was built of packing cases
which had been filled with debris for
the occasion. After the blaze had
burned fercely for a few minutes the
demonstration took a long tube filled
with the powder that does the business
and from the open end threw the con-
tents right and left Instantly the
flames ceased to burn.
The fire extinguisher company will
make a proposition before the school
board at the next regular meeting, next
Wednesday night.
Supt. Mcdaniel was enthusiastic over
the merits Of the extinguisher 1T Is
the best thing I ever saw in that line"
said he this morning TT beats the
liquid extinguisher a mile"
At present there is nothing of the
kind in any of the school buildings and
some of the board members have de-
cided that it might be we'll to install
some sort of a device to be used in
case of an emergency.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
RAY OF LIGHT WITHIN
THE GLOOM AT STANDARD
superintendent III. II. Douglas May Put
on Men Who Need Employment.

What is at least ray of light in the
gloom at the Standard Steel Car set
tlement was a proposition made yester-
day by Fl. b. Douglas. the superin-
tendent of the plant
In speaking of the conditions there
and the lack of work to the members
Of the board of the public works, he
said that there was enough work there
to keep about fifty men busy a dav.
He estimated that by employing such a
force and changing it every third day
that conditions may be relieved at
least a little bit.
Mr.. Douglas had heard of the re-
ports in Hammond that the company
elects tenants from the company houses
who are unable to pay their rent and
denied the foundation of the report.
saying that the company had resorted
to this practice only in a few extreme
cases where the tenants were unde-
sirable and unruly.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
Board Of Public Works is
Granted Permission to
Follow Different Place
TO DROP "PUG-NOsED" BRICK
Use Instead Full Block, Thus Dispens-
ing With Wagon Wear
ing Grove.

The board of public works this morn
ing granted permission 70 ]. L. Matson,
general manager of the South Chicago
City railway company, to try his inn
proved plan of pavement. The paving
for the beginning is however. to be
tried only as an experiment and if
it proves successful may be ordered
wherever the company lays rails and
vitrified brick are used
Mr. Matson in laying his style of
pavement with vitrified brick suggests
that instead of using the pug nosed'
brick which allow a groove on the in
side of the rail that whole brick be
used and laid against the rail with a
crown effect in the center thus doing
away with the grove which is hard on
wagon wheels and wearing on the
brick. This style is in vogue in other
large cities and is giving good sat
isfaction.
The awarding of the contract for
the Forsyth avenue sewer was de-
ferred until the twenty second of this
month. The city engineer was ordered
to draw up plans and specifications for
a sidewalk on the west side of Sohl
street from Carroll street to Fayette.
the walk to be five feet wide in this
stretch. From Fayette street to Mich
igan avenue the walk is ordered to be
six feet wide.
Plans and Specifications were also
ordered for a brick pavement in State
street from Oakley avenue to Holman
street. This new Improvement on one
of the main steets of the city will add
greatly to the appearance of the thor
oughfare.
Nine new fire alarm boxes ape need
ed in the city and a contract was en-
tered into by the board this morning
with the Gamewen people to secure
them.
The city engineer was ordered to
draw up plans and specifications for
II Inch water pipe connections in
Ruth street.
The awarding of the contracts for
the supply of the pumping station was
taken under advisement until next
week
The regular weekly grist of bills was
allowed by the board.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
PURCHASE NEW BOAT
Hammond Motor Boat Club
men Get Dandy
Launch.

c. E. c. Payne, John NJ Stinson and
Alfred Sherry of this city. all mem
bers of the Hammond Motor Boat club.
have purchased a private power boat
which will be one of the finest of the
kind in northern Indiana
The boat is 33 feet in length, draws
31s feet of water, weighs Is tons and
its gasoline engines have % horse
power. There will be sleeping quarters
for ten persons, cabin accommodations
for q and the boat has total capac-
ity of 35 passengers.
1t cost in the neighborhood of 81 900
and is seaworthy enough to enable the
owners to take trips on Lake Michi-
gan. In fact they propose to spend
their vacations on this boat and there
is complete kitchen outfit which will
make possible the cooking and serving
of meals on the boat.
The boat is not new one, it having
been in commission for a period of
about two years. 1t, however, is being
thoroughly overhauled and will be in
the best possible condition when it ar
rives in Hammond.
The boat carries 90 gallons of gaso-
line and this is sufficient for long trips.
The craft has been taken across Lake
Michigan several times and it is ex-
pected that the owners will make
periodic trips to all of the nearby
coast cities. such as Gary, Michigan
City, South Chicago, Chicago and Wau-
kegan, this summer
With this boat added to the fleet of
the Hammond Motor Boat club, it will
have an imposing fotilla and the in
tarest in this organization is expected
to be greater this summer than ever.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
BUTCHER BERENDT
IS INDICATED
Case Against Local Dealer,
Charging Short Weight
is Dismissed.
He DID NOT WEIGH THE MEAT
Clerk the Man to Whom the Blame
Attaches = Matter Will
Be Dropped.

The case Of the State versus Charles
Berendt. who was. charged with selling
meat at short weight has been dis
missed and has resulted in a vindi-
cation for the Hammond butcher.
There was a great deal of feeling
aroused over thes charges which were
brought by Mary j. Filan, against the
Hammond man for the reason that the
giving of short weight is about the
most contemplate piece of thievery
that could be perpetrated.
Everybody was interested in the out
come Of the trial and for this reason
there were many inquiries as to the
reason for the dismissal of the case
against the Hammond butcher
The facts of the case, was brought
out by the evidence were that the
meat was sold by Berendts clerk with
out the knowledge of the proprietor
The court held that Berendt could not
be held responsible for crime of which
he knew nothing.
A motion was made by the attorney
for the defense that the case be dis
missed before it went to trial but the
court decided that it would be better
that the evidence be heard in order that
all of the facts be brought out.
Accordingly the witness testified that
she had purchased quantity of meat
under the specified weight. She made
the purchase from the clerk while the
proprietor was busy waiting on other
customers. She was frank to admit
that Mr.. Berendt knew nothing of the
transaction.
1t was these circumstances that lead
to the dismissal of the defendant al
though there is no question of the guilt
of the clerk. The case has served as
a warning to any other merchant who
may be dismissed to give their Gus
toners the worst of the bargain and
it is likely that nothing further will
be done by the states attorney.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-15
CLUB SMOKER is
LARGELY ATTENDED.
Dutch Lunch Served to Guests Mt Uni
versity Club Smoker Last Night.

The smoker given by the members OF
the Hammond University club last even
ing was one of the most largely at
tended of any of the social sessions Of
this organization.
The club rooms were crowded and
during the evening a Dutch lunch was
served. Real college spirit was in evi-
dence everywhere and the singing OF
the old college songs We're especially
fine.
Two new members were taken in.
They are Rev. Rev. Charles Albert
Smith and DR.. Graham The session
continued until late hour when the
meeting finally broke up and was pro-
nounced the best that has yet been
given by this popular club.