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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08
DEMISE ATTRIBUTED
TO TYPHOID FEVER
J. A. Teegarden Whom Mrs. John
Davis Accuses, Enters General De-
NAL; Says Family Would Put Up
Job to Collect Insurance Dam
ages Which They Are Not Entitled.

There are sensational developments in
the case of John Davis. who died sun
day night following an accident. suf-
fered while employed in the Inland
Steel company's mills at Indiana Har-
Dor.
Incidentally DR.. Teegarden of Indiana
Harbor is put forward in a bad light by
the widow of the deceased.
The physician on the other hand, de-
niles fatty most of the story as told by
Mrs. Davis and says her reasons for
maIigning his motives have no founda-
ton in fact, but are the result of a de-
sire on her part to get money to which
she is in no wise entitled.
Mrs Davis claims that her husband
died Of the injuries he suffered in the
accident. while DR.. Teegarden declared
he died of typhoid fever and said he
would make out d death certificate to
that effect. The widow claims, the ply
stefan had an Interior reason for as
signing typhoid fever as the cause. and
that this reason was the protection of
the Inland Steel company from liability
for the death. and of the insurance COM
panv from its obligations to make good
on 1000 accident policy held by the
deceased in his wife's name.
DR.. Teegarden. it was claimed by the
widow, is in the employ of both the
Inland company and the Continental
Casualty company in which her husband
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08
CHARGE FRAUD IN
GARY REALTY CO.
Well Known Real Estate
Company in Gary Gets
in Court.
FOREIGN CLIENTS PLAINTIFFS
Charge That Realty Men Have
Misrepresented Sales They
Had Made.

Several sensational cases were filed
this morning in Justice of the Peace
Fftzgerald's court in which one of the
most prominent real estate firms in the
city is alleged to have used fraudulent
methods in disposing of their property
to foreigners. There have already been
seven cases filed against the Gary
realty company and there will un-
doubtedly be as many as a dozen more
filed in short time if the present plans
Of the attorneys for the plaintiffs Har-
ris & Bretsch, are carried out.
The context of the charges are that
the firm misrepresented the location
and value Of certain property which
they disposed of to the foreigners and
that they made other assertions in re-
gard to the sale which were entirely
false. The sales were mostly made by
agents of the company to people liv-
ing many miles from Gary where they
were unable to see for themselves what
property they were about to purchase
and ascertain it's value. AS soon as
they began to arrive in Gary they
f1ocked to several of the attorneys of
the city and demanded that their money
be refunded. Harris & Bretsch had
their desk piled high with the abstracts
and deeds brought into them by for
eigners who claimed that they had been
frauded. The latter part of this week
Attorneys Houren, Seton and Kennollet
will also file a number of cases against
the Gary Realty company with prac-
t:cally the same charges that are en-
bodied in those of Harris & Bretsch.
Nearly all of the stories of the for
eigners were the same but the COM
plant referred to is that of John Nizan
and Stephen Vorkulitz VS.. the Gary
Realty company: Here the complaint
alleges that the Realty company claim
ed to own the steel mills at Gary and
that If the prospective purchaser would
investi in a lot that they would insure
his employment while he was in Gary
That they could work for at least two
or three years at wages of from 81 tc
So per day, and because of the harC
times which exists at the present they
readily grasped an opportunity to Sc
cure employment They also represent
ed the lots according to the complaint
to be but five minutes walk from thu
steel mills, which would necessarily b,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08
IS AFTER new SURVEY
Representative E. D. Crun1-
packer Introduces a
New Resolution.

Representative Crumpacker has In
troduced resolution in the house at
Washington providing for prelimin-
airy survey by the war department of
the Grand Calumet, from Calumet har-
Dor to the mouth of the river, in the
northeastern corner of Lake county.
He would have the board of engineers
in the department Investigate with the
view of recommending the Improvement
of the river and harbors along the
south shore of Lake Michigan from the
Calumet harbor to the east line of Lake
county. The scheme is not entirely
new. The government has made one
preliminary survey of the Calumet and
has done some work on the channel of
the river. Mr.. Crumpacker believes
the time will come when the govern
ment will see the advisability of de-
veloping the south shore of the lake.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08
DELEGATES ARE ELECTED
Hammond, Gary and Whit
ing to be Represented
at Meeting.

The Chicago Association of Commerce
has taken hold of the matter of the poll
luton of the water of Lake Michigan
and at conference of delegates from
all of the cities in the Calumet region
which will be held at the Great North
ern hotel in Chicago. April IL. there will
be delegates present from Gary, Ham
mond, Whiting and East Chicago.
At Gary DR.. T. B. Templin and
Thomas E. Knots were selected to rep
resent that municipality, in Hammond
the matter will be taken up soon aud
delegates will be appointed to represent
this city. in Whiting the Commercial
club will take the matter up and ap-
point their delegates, and in East Chi
cago the delegates will be appointed by
the president of the Boosters club.
The meeting is to be one of the most
important from sanitary point of view
that has ever been held in the west and
instead of considering the matter of re-
lief through the medium of the drainage
canal it is proposed to interest the CT
ties which will never have access to
this canal and get them TO adopt the
system of sewage filtration instead of
poluting the water of the lake.
DR.. T. B. Templin will address the
meeting on the advantages of the
sceptic system of sewage publication
and will illustrate the system that Gary
lis installing
The governor of Indiana will be
asked to appoint several delegates al
large to attend the meeting and rep
resent the interest of the stat as a
whole in this most important matter
| 1t is believed that If the interest OF
ali of the smaller cities in the region
about Chicago can be aroused in the
advantages of sewage filtration that the
lake water will some day be as pure as
| it was before the white man came and
polluted 1t.
It is understood that the delegates
will be royalty entertained by the Asso-
citation of Commerce and it is expected
that the meeting in Chicago viii be ar
epoch making one from a sanitary
standpoint.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08

In the first subdivision when in reality
they were forty-fve minutes walk
from the steel mills. The complaint
also states that the foreigners illiterate
and ignorant, unable to speak the Eng
lish language. unused to the ways and
customs of this country and Ignorant
of the wiles and trickertes OF the
shrewd agents of this defendant. That
they made these false representations
for the purpose of cheating and de-
frauding the plaintiffs and hundreds OF
other foreigners whose names are un-
known to these plaintiffs The de-
PENDANT in the case mentioned was from
Youngstown, Ohio, and paid his own
car fare to Gary. It is expected that
the cases will be tried the latter part
of this week.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08

tracks and Washington street in Gary,
force of twenty hoboes were put to
work. many of them against their will,
to fortify the sides of the cofferdam
until the water could be pumped out
of it.
on month of rest and recreation at
the county Jail. were very much put
out when they were compelled to get
out and fill sand bags in order to pre-
vent the collapse of the cofferdam.
They were forced to do the work,
however, and were then fed and paid
off by the city. AS a result of the
successful effort to save the dam, the
water on the south side has gone
down several inches in spite of the
heavy rains of the past few days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08

was insured. The physician admits that
he is the Inland Steel company's ply
stefan, but denies any connection with
the casualty company.
The accident which caused the al
legged injuries which. according to Mrs.
Davis, We're responsible for her hus-
bands death. occurred on March rs.
That part of the mill in which he was
employed was filled with escaping steam
at the time. and Davis, his vision OBJ
scured by the heavy vapor, stumbled
while in the act of walking across the
floor, and fell heavily. He was badly
hurt about the head and body. accord
ing to his wife, and the next morning
was unable to arise from his bed. DR..
Teegarden was called into the case and
attended the injured man. Later he was
removed to a hospital, Dr. Teegarden
still attending him.
He died Sunday and when the widow
learned that the physician was about
to render a death certificate naming
typhoid fever as the cause, she demur-
red She declared it a scheme to cheat
her out of the money due her on the
accident policy and likewise hurt her
chances in a damage suit against the
INQUEST and DIR. Teegarden admitted
that it might be as well to inquire into
the cause of death more closely by
means of an autopsy, and proposed to
hold the autopsy himself. according to
Mrs. Davis. She again demurred and
insisted upon an inquest by the coroner
which was accordingly held, the inquest
taking place yesterday at Indiana Har-
Dor.
The finding was that Davis came to
his death from pneumonia, either as
the primal, or the secondary cause
The verdict also found that the body
showed marks of the injuries his " lfe
claimed he had suffered
DR.. Teegarden in giving his side OF
| the story said: THE man was my pa
tient for a week before he went to tbs
hospital, coming to my office and ask
| ing my advice for both himself and his
children. He mentioned the fact thai
he had sustained a fall while at his
work and said that he had suffered The
| loss of a toe nail. He thought little 81
the injury, however, as he did not take
the trouble to show me the injured
member He was consulting me about
an intestinal disorder that afterward:
developed into typhoid fever. The find
ing of the coroner's jury that pneumo,
mia may have been the secondary caus;
of death, or the primal cause does no
affect my diagnosis in the least. Pneu.
mcnia frequently follows intestinal dis
Iorders.
AS for my protecting the Steel com
Ipany that is ridiculous. The case il
the first place was not a company case
and in the second place I did not trea
the patient for any injuries he suffere'
while in the employ of the company
The family would never have though
of attributing his death to an acciden
If they had not held an accident polio,
and when the mans sickness was re
iported to the Casualty company, as il
customary when with holders of poll
cies to do, he gave a signed statemen
to the effect that he was i'll of fever
As to my wanting to hold the inquest
1 did not dream of such thing unit
the family requested me to hold it.
did not want to hold it. as I was IN TIL
4employ of the Inland Steel company an
II wanted some one else to officials
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08
FLINTS MAKING BIG HIT.

The Flints, who have just closed a
successful week at Towle's opera house
In Hammond with their hypnotic per-
formances, have created a furore in
Michigan City where they are per-
forming this week for the first time
Hammond has been the only city in
Northern Indiana which has had the
pleasure of seeing the F'lints in action
They have, however, visited Lafayette
during the past year. The Flints have
established the reputation of drawing
some of the largest houses in Ham
mond and they promise to break the
record in Michigan City.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08
COMMITTEE REPORTS ON
FIRE STATION LOCATION.

East Chicago, April s.-(SpeciaL)-
The committee appointed to look into
the matter for site for the location
of a fire and police station for Indi-
ana Harbor have reported. They have
decided upon a triangle lot on the
southwest corner of Elm and Guthrie
streets, with 126 feet frontage on Elm,
and Ill on Guthrie and ninety-six feet
in the rear. The lot belongs to Mrs.
Mary Crawford and the deal is being
put through by w. ]. Tiley, her agent.
The price agreed upon is $1,000. The
council has sanctioned the location and
work will be begun in the near fu-
ture, as soon as possible after the pa
pers are signed up.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08

Have you ever tried an al In The
TImesr Try one and see the results.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08
GARY CLUB MEETS.

There was a meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Gary Republican
club at which the first draft of the
constitution and bylaws was made.
The committee put considerable work
on the document and another meeting
will be held in the near future at
which the constitution will be finished
and later presented to the club for its
approval
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08
BRYAN CLUB MEETS
AT GARY LAST NIGHT.
Forty Members Wax Enthusiastic
Over Speeches Made.

The South End Bryan club, of Gary,
a political organization recently
launched, held a great meeting last
night at their hall and over forty
were present. Speeches were made in
English, Roumanian and Polish and
the prospects for a good club was en-
couraging.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08
HOBOES FREELY USED
Gray Authorities Put All
Tramps at Work
Yesterday.

In an effort to protect q cofferdam
which was being constructed for the
purpose of receiving the surface water
which has accumulated in large guam
titles in the vicinity of the Wabash
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-08
The Born Leader.

Many a man who was born to be
a leader has been out of a job most
of the time because he couldn't find
anybody who wanted to be led.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

FEDERAL COURT &eets Firss Non
dav a. Jure z1si Deeemaer- T. e
Siies, Isl-rsA ii Se A1@kzi
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4. Oldham. clerk.
CIRCUIT COURT-Nsefs tire second
NoHdav n M&rcs and september.
". A. Raaae. JueEs.
S8ANCERI 0OCkf-Ns cts Fourth
Aarday IA Nay and November. l.
AL.sNase $500 HsHP
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
MUNICIPAL NOMINEES.

Fer Mayer. AdlsL
For Marshal e r Temple.
For Treasurer g Il k@g@
Fer Aldermen -ToWu- larwc , Il
EaHshec. Ward ~ f-FesleT
tes, ward Ne w Geo so, Ned
". 81 '. SoEeU e Mard No a
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For Exeoul CuW -In~n-
a. asgu-H p Gtay. War 10. T.
T. HaFk1s. WI 10. - . ~ ,
Ward 10 IS . Darhisoa. Wae 20
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06

THE NhlhIhES
Presbyterian-Ree. ". ID. Hedtesten,
passor Preaching every Sunday
morning and night.
t,resbyterAn, Us A.-Rev. w. L. At
kis@on, pastor; preaching every
sunday morning and night.
Baptist Rev. W. A. Borum, pastor:
Services every Sunday morning sna
night.
Metaodist-Rev II. S. spragins, pastor
Preaching every Sunday morning
and Elshf.
Epsoopsl-ssv c. d. Brown, rector
Preaching every Hrstaad third sun
DAYS in each month.
Primitive Baptist Rev. A. b. Morris,
pastor. Services every hrsf satur-
cay AMI sunday in each month
SECRET SOCIETIES.
I. 5. Gatarixht Lodge No. 80, r. 9 A.
M.-SEaeed communication n mr..
Thursday night la each month. u
Ia. ThomlsoE, W. VI; Wilmer hen
nedy, SECRETARY.
lafayette Chapter No IS, X. A: NJ
Regular conyocation thru lnafs
day night in each month II. a
Moore. II, p; Wilmer Kennedy, sec
Benz. Springer Council No. ii, b.
M-Msets third Thursday night u
each mouth. :. II. Logan, l. l.. W
Wilmer Kennedy, Recorder.
Oxford Lodge No. 80, NO. WI. z
Moore, @. 4; G. NJ. Knight, elsTk-
Oxford Lodge No IS, h. OF P-Meeu
every Monday night. &C: hurs'
&C; r. s. Adams, X. Of X. & =
Knight Of Honor-Meets every nrs
and third Tuesday nights IN eacl
month. X. r. Fades, Dictator :
NJ Howry, Reporter. e;
The Civic League meets the trst TN
day night in each month
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
For Sale.

Ny little farm of 100 acres in
one mile of Oxford. Terms easy
! Apply to Mrs. b. z. ZEE.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
ForSale.

One 20 H. P. Boiler and En-
CINE, 10 Saw Gin and outfit win
Elevator attachment all In goou
repair. For terms and prices ap-
nv b f. l.. LINKER.
TIE EAGLE 81 90 per year.
The Globe-republican., 1908-02-20
SHIPPED THE GENUINE ARTICLE.
South caroInian Had Got Whisky In
tended for Dispensary.

tended TOR DISpenSdTy'
When a South Carolinian wants
good whisky he does not as rule
buy it from the South Carolina state
Dispensary, but orders it direct from
the distillery, the whisky being deliv'
cred to him by express in what is
termed in the State -four full quarts.
A week or two before Christmas
well-known man in the central part OF
the State ordered -four full quarts,
and on its receipt was surprised to
find out that 1t was not as good whis-
ky as he had been getting.
Accordingly the man most concern
ed wrote a letter to the distillery, tell
ing them that mistake had undoubt'
eddy been made. A few days later
he received the following self-explan-
atory letter:
Dear Sir:-Yours of the sixteenth
instant to hand, and we hasten to
apologize for an error of one OF our
shipping clerks. The clerk in ques'
ton expressed to you four full quarts
of the brand you ordered intended for
the South Carolina Dispensary By
express to-day we send you four full
quarts Of the genuine article. Again
craving your pardon for the error and
soliciting your further favors, we beg
to remain,
Yours very respectfully,
The Globe-republican., 1908-02-20
ONE DOLLAR YEAR in ADVANCE
THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1908
RapId-Fire Justice.

Yankee dispatch characterizes the
court rulings Of Toronto magistrate
who is reported to have got through
with forty cases in forty minutes. He
was once asked how he managed 1t.
you must have some system" was
the suggestion.
81 never allow a point of law to be
raised" was the magistrates prompt
reply. "This is a court Of justice, not
court of law.
mot so very long ago a young at
torney wanted to quote law against
my sending his man down for six
months. He wanted to quote Mathews,
think.
"'Well,' said I, Mathews may be a
great authority on law, but guess he
hasn't as much authority as | have in
this court! Your man goes down for
,ix months. youths Companion.
The Globe-republican., 1908-02-20
SPOILED THE FOND FAREWELL
Cruel Interruption That saddened
Loves Younu Dream.

Prof. G. A. Hill of the National OBJ
servatory was describing the duties
Of an astronomical corps during al
eclipse.
"The eclipse" he said, may only
last five minutes. Each man in the
party has certain line of work map
ped out for him during these precious
minutes. One man makes hurried
pencil sketches. Another man pho
tographs. A third man takes observa
lions, while a fourth jots down hi!
remarks.
"And so 1t goes. An Astronomical
corps during an eclipse is very busy
body. An interruption would be as
unwelcome to it as-as-"
Prof Hill smiled.
can interruption would he as unwel
come to it as it once was to youn9
friend of mine in Elizabeth.
"My friend according to the sto@r
was calling on his sweetheart, VIII
lived on Elizabeths outskirts.
"As the young man was tain
leave for the night, his voice, IS Il
stood on the piazza, rose passioa2tcf
In the still air.
Just one, he said. Just one
Then the young girls mother III
terrupted, calling from her bel~oo
window:
"'Just one? No, it amt quite tla
yet. But it's close on to II, 50
think yed better be goin just h
same
The Globe-republican., 1908-02-20
WHY HE WANTED THE RECIPE
ingredients Of Mlnce Pie Made Sub.
lect of Bet.


ject of Bet.
Once, when | was reporter" said
David Belasco at holiday dinner, 81
spent two days with gang Of .ramps
in order to get material for an article
on tramp life.
These tramps were a merry lot.
They had as many stories to tell as
he end man Of minstrel snow. The
excellent mince pie that we have just
been eating reminds me Of a mince
pie episode told by one Of the wan
cerers.
HE said that a friend Of his, one
cold day in January, knocked at the
iitchen door Of a farmhouse.
"'Well,' said the farmers wife.
You here AGAIN.
Eyes, ma'am,' said the tramp re-
spectfully. 4 want to know, ma'am,
ii you'll be kind enough to give me
the recipe for that mince pie that
had here yesterday?
"'Well, the idea' cried the farm
er's wife. Land sakes, man, what do
you want that recipe for?'
"'To settle bet, replied the
tramp. My pardner says you use
three cups of Portland cement to one
Of molasses, but | claim it's only two
and half"
The Globe-republican., 1908-02-20
New Ambulance Was at Work.

An exclusive hospital, where money
alone can obtain treatment for pa.
tient, recently added an automobile
ambulance to its equipment.
Shortly after the machine had been
installed the directors held a meeting
and listened to reports from the ply
sicians in charge. The new ambulance
was doing good service. 1t was superb
or, more expeditions and more COM
Portable than the old two-horse affair.
The officials then examined the
books, and Indignantly questioned the
man in charge concerning several en-
tries, under the head Free Patients.
There are county institutions where
all such cases can find accommoda-
tions," roared the chairman indignant
ly.
The others sternly nodded assent.
1T was cheaper to attend them
here,' explained the physician In
charge, "for they we're run over by our
new ambulance. Boston Post.
The Globe-republican., 1908-02-20
disadvantage of Hazel Eyes.

"Hazel eyes see worst said the oc
ulist.
"How do you know"
This case Of glass eyes tells me for
one thing. Look these eyes over. Don't
you see how hazel predominates
among them?"
1t was true. Among 100 glass eyes
forty.seven were hazel and the rest, In
little groups Of ten or twelve, were
blue, brown, gray and black.
There are, you see, four times as
many hazel eyes as blue ones, brown
ones, black ones and so on" said the
oculist. THAT proves conclusively
that hazel eyes come to grief, come
out, four times more frequently than
any others.
"A hazel is perhaps the prettiest
eye, but let US thank our stars that II
has been denied to you and me-"