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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
SENT TO PRISON
FOR CRIME Of
HIS DOUBLE
New Yorker Had Snow White
Hair and Van Dyke Beard
Like Alleged Forger.

Pittsburg, Special: A remarkable
case OF mistaken identity, leading to
the conviction and sentencing of an
innocent man whose home Is in New
York city to the Western penitentiary
for five years on a charge Of forgery.
came to light when ]. c. White. Sc
years old. was released from the instt-
tuition, where he had served a year and
a half. White had never been in
Greensburg. where he was supposed to
have committed the crime, until he was
taken there and tried in the fall OF 1906.
The man who really committed the
crime. forgery to a deed for property,
is alleged to be a well-known criminal,
James Riley. the exact counterpart OF
White.
The New Yorker owes his
ton and pardon by Governor Stuart to
to Michigan to secure proof that White
was there on days when the swindler
was operating at Greensburg.
Immediately after being released
White left for New York, where friends
have secured a position for him. The
give his New York address or to name
his friends.
1t was about three years ago that
Riley appeared at Greensburg, West
moreland county. with another man,
whom he represented as his soninlaw.
anu lOlQ farmers tnaC ne wanted TO Duy
several farms for his soninlaw. He
took options on half a dozen farms and
then went to William Blank, a wealthy
Greensburg broker, and arranged for a
loan of $4,000. Soon afterward he APP
peared with an alleged deed for one of
the farms worth s14.0 900 and secured the
loan. The deed was a forgery.
Soon after Riley disappeared White.
who was travelling for a New York
firm. arrived at the Fashionable Hotel
Lincoln, here. He was there for sew
eral days, when one night the hotel
detective discovered n game of poker
in progress in his room, he arrested
White. Next day the local papers print
&c pictures of White. AS soon as they
saw the pictures Westmoreland county
, people declared that White inc Riley
we're one and the same. Blank and
others from Greensburg came here.
Jaw White. and positively identified
lin as Riley. In spite of his protests,
White was taken to Greensburg. where
ne was placed or trial for forgery. con-
ficte1 on circu1nstantial evidence and
sentenced to serve five years in the
Western ~penitentiary.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
GIRL PLAYS FIRST
BASE LIKE A MAN

Pittsburg. Special: The Antler base
ball team of Parnassus. a few miles
up Allegheny river. has just signed
a new first baseman. She is Miss
Myrtle Rowe, aged IS. who has proved
herself a wonder. She is right handed.
but oats left handed.
II think the batter has great adj
vantage when batting left handed"
said Myrtle today. You see the body
is swinging toward first base as one
hits at the ball and the batter is al
ready in motion the right way. That's
why ! bat left handed"
The attention of Charles Phillip, of
the Pittsburg club. has been called to
the girl and he has promised to in
struct her in pitching. as Miss Rowe
wishes to become a pitcher.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
dLLWERMORE

New York. Special: j. L. Livermore.
the youthful operator whom the cotton
exchange credits with having made
$1,000 0 i'll his successful coup in July
cotton completed. is by no means a
novice IN the articles tricks of
speculation in cotton stocks aud grain.
1t became known that when only is
years old he concluded a highly sue
cessful stock market operation in a
New England bucket shop which re-
suited in closing the concern Although
only 80 yearn old now. he has been
operating in speculative markets for
is years. From Worcester. Mass. ne
went to Boston, where his tactics in
speculation and his successful coups so
aroused the managers OF alleged ex-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
My ILady's Lid.

My scat!
Where die she get that hat?
Who ever did
Invent q lady'a lid
Like that?
Who had the nerve to roll 1t out
And stretch it more and more.
From centerplece to rim. until
1t spreads from shore to shore,
And likewise lifts its summit up.
On birds and other wings,
Above the earth ntil 1t scrapes
The LIQUIDS and other things?
Who added to Its wondrous width
OF brim. 50 that h space
Could easily accommodate
An automobile race?
Say, who done that?
Who built her hat?
Who made 1t something never seen
On earth or in the sky,
A fiat of wide extended plain.
A mountain towering high? "
Cut wider doors. for her to get
Inside OF any place.
And put the ceiling on the roof
To give her nodding space.
Push up the oud TO let her stand
Erect upon the around,
And shove the wide horizon back
To let her turn around.
oh. weirdly witching, Woody hat
That ffattens out and towers
Who ever saw a thing like that
A pancake filled with flowers?
A hat contagious-spreading? Yes.
That names the Merry Wild:
And she who falls to catch 1t should
Slip out and change her lid
Gee whiz!
What a wonder woman Is!
And my scat!
Where DID she get that hat?
New York Herald,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12

changes or bucket shops of New Eng
Ian hat orders were issued to take no
more trades from him.
81 am not always successful" he said.
More frequently than otherwise I am
unsuccessful in my operations. but 1 am
quick to discern the tact that I have
gone contrary to the trend of the mar
ket. 1t is safe to say that 60 per cent
on the remaining 40 per cent 1 make,
as a rule. large nrotits. II 1 think I
discern a movement in the stock mar
ket, for example, I will sometimes try
three or four times. buying or selling
small lines as the case may he, but IL
the market does not RESPOND to my
testing tactics I will run quickly. tax.
ing my losses"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
coop GARDEN, MAcH1NE1eY ctNpay
NEW wORK o 81 % o o.

New York, Special: The president OF
the United States. the governor of New
ment Of the east and the commandant
of the Brooklyn navy yard, are honor
airy members of the Machinery club. of
New York, whose rooms will soon be
opened or upper floors of one of the
Fulton terminal buildings, at No. so
Church street.
the club. representative Of the metal
and machinery trades OF 1877 cities.
In addition to two floors in the build
ing the club will nave a roof garden
that will command a magnificent view
of the Hudson river and the hills Of
New Jersey.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
Syringe Jocund Beauty

The Jocund beauty of the spring
That lies In lifting birds and danodil..
In sweeping waves of frothy green
Along the hil!s.
And vivid stains where runnels flow
The Jocund beauty Of the spring is here!
So say the blithely piping frogs.
So chanticleer,
And so the soul within. It sings
OF life. how llghtened: love, how doubly
The jocund beauty Of the spring
In here. II herel
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12

been put upon he boards. Moreover. 1t
Marie in the leading role"
The woman's face was a study. ABB
solute surprise was her first expression.
a surprise SO intense that the manager
could not but think 1t genuine.
Then anger. deep and o~verpowering,
mastered her. She trembled and her
voice thrilled the with a feel
Ing of fear.
Jean must have stolen It," she said.
"Oh, my play. my play-that I should
have worked over you n loved o so
many years just for this!"
1t was like the wall Of a mother who
has reared her first born to manhood,
only to see him cut down before her
eyes!
The manager took a pile Of typewrit.
ten sheets and handed them to tho
wo1nan She devoured the pages with
her eyes.
THE name is not the same" she said.
II changed that. as well as some
other things that needed changing" he
said.
She gave him just one contemptuous
glance from her strange eyes and he
felt his self-confdence collapse like a
toy balloon.
The manager unused. After all. this
strange woman might be the solution
of his difficulty. In q kinder voice he
said to her: perhaps we may accom-
plish what you wish. for this same play
is billed again for Thursday night, and
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
Brave Captain eridIey.

From the st. Nicholas.
On the morning of the battle (try as I
may, it seems 1 cannot get away from
that day. Captain Gridley was so i'll that
the little commodore offered to excuse him
from duty; but, gallantly. as is charac-
teristic Of the man, he replied: Than
you. Commodore Dewey, but she is my
ship and 1 will fight her" And he did.
although. t%lguratively speaking, he was q
dead man before he went on the bridge,
and days had strung themselves into but
few weeks when he was ordered home
on sick leave. He came up out of his
cabin dressed in civilian clothes and was
met by the rear admiral, who extended
him a most cordial HAND. A look OF trou-
bled disappointment fitted across the cap
tain's brow. but vanished when he step
ped to the head Of the and.
looking over. saw. not the launch. but a
l2-oared cutter manned entirely by officers
of the Olympia. There were men in that
boat who had not pulled a stroke for
a quarter OF a century. The stars and
stripes were at the stern and a captains
silken coach whip at tho DOW; and when
Captain Gridley, beloved alike by officers
and men. entered the boat, 1T was "up
oars!" and all that just as though thew
were common sailors that were to row
him over to the Zafiro. When he sat
down Upon the handsome boat cloth that
was spread for him, he bowed his head.
and his hands hid his face as First Lieu
tenant Reese, acting coXswain, ordered.
Shove off; out oars; give away"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
'pk.,M 0ltpyuAMt NO mr 70 nyvxH m7n yu HAVE Ma, ny Play. =

thud, thud ns she walked over the tiled
l1oor. Her extreme In
creased as he neared the mysterious
door which shuts off the manager from
all lesser mortals. and when she was
ushered into his presence she was trem-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12

Where are you going with Fldo?"
I'm going to take him to the dry
cleaners; he hates to be washed SO
bad"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
FuIoN TERMINAL -
CLUB 81 10 COUP 2O~ AND az FlpoES
My Boston Girl.

She wrote sonorous Latin verse,
She knew Greek roots cratic;
She quickly solved equations. too,
Both simple and quadratic.
And she could read with greatest ease
Whole lines hieroglyphic.
In fact her mind was quite a store
OF all things scientific.
She talked On opics most abs:ruse
With aplomb quite dumbfounding,
Her fund of esoteric lore
Was really most astounding.
But when she made a birthday cake
l am a loath contestant
Her friends who CHANGED to eat of 1t
Are not yet convalescent.
In 1871 Benjamin Franklin founded
North American subscription libraries"
the Library Company of Philadelphia,
which he called 1.-The mother of all
Mort American subscription Ii
braries."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
For Those Who Fail.

TUT luoSo VINO ran.
"All honor to him who shall win thu
prize
The world has cried for a thousand
years,
But to him who tries. and who fails and
dies.
1 give great honor and glory and tears.
Give glory and honor and pitiful tears
To all who fail In their deeds sl1blim.
Their ghosts are many In the van OF
years,
!; They were born with time in advance
of time.
oh. great is the hero who wins a mama.
But greater many and many a time
Some pale-faced fellow who dies in shame
And lets God finish the thourht sur
lime. ~
And great is the mar with a sword un.
drawn, az
And good is the mar who r~efrains from
wine. ~"
Blu the mar who fails and yet sill aph..
Lo! he Is the twin-born brother of min.
Joaquin Miller.
In Saxony practically all OF the live
stock is stall-fed 300 days Of the wear.
and the largest portion the full 9es
days. y
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-17
DOG CASE TOMORROW
r. G. Miller Arrested Today
On Warrant Sworn Out
By Officer Homrich.

Yesterday was r. G. MilIers day In
the famous dog controversy. He had
Officer HOmerich arrested and fined for
assnuIting him and HOmerich paid the
fine. Today Is Officer HOmrich's day.
He had r. c. Miller arrested for pro-
voking the assault and the the trial
will be held tomorrow morning in Judge
McMahan's court.
1t is understood that Miller is plan
ming the third action and that his at
.torney learned the name Of Homrich's s
bondsman with the idea Of beginning
action for damages against the officer
with the idea of recovering on the
bond.
The dog killing was the talk of the
town Yesterday and today the outcome
Of the various cases is being watched
with the greatest interest. The police
have been going ahead with the
slaughter of CANNES as though moth
ing had happened and yesterday they
even shot Officer Schaadt's dog.
The officers dog was found running
around in the street without a muzzle
and the officers no sooner saw 1t than
they shot it. Today Homrich is said
to have a Grape on the door.
W. J. Whinnery, the attorney for Mr
Miller was asked If he proposed to
start suit on officer Homrich's bond.
His only reply was that he did not
care to talk for publication
He was asked if he was representing
Mr. Miller in the case which will come
up tomorrow and admitted that he was
When asked, however If he thought
there was show of defeating officer
Homrich in the case he again refused
TO be interviewed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-17
ARE GOING TO NEW YORK
Jolly Party of Indiana Girls
Go Through City
Last Night.

Four young women in an automobile.
making a tour from Chicago to New
York. stopped a THE TIMES office this
morning on their way to New York.
having begun their trip from Chica-
go this morning.
The four girls are taking turns about
at the steering wheel. each one being
a good driver and somewhat of ma
chinist The machine is owned by Miss
Potter. who drove from Chicago to
Hammond.
The machine stopped in Hammond
long enough 50 that few repairs
might be made and the tourists at
tracted a good deal of attention The
car was piloted to Hammond by four
Chicago autoists, who. after showing
the feminine crowd out of Hammond,
returned to the city. The next stop for
the New York tourists was Hobart.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-17
WILL ELECT OFFICERS
At MEETING TONIGHT
Spirited Electioneering Be
ing Done by Statemakers
For Leadership.
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS MADE
Congressman E. D. Crumpacker Will
Address Gathering of Repub-
licans Tonight.
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS MADE

The final arrangements have been
made for the meeting of the Young
Mems Republican club in Hammond
tonight. Everything points to the fact
that there will be a large crowd pres
ent. The interest in the meeting is
great and it is being discussed on the
streets everywhere.
Congressman e d. Crumpa cker will
b present and good campaign speech
is one of the certainties of the even
ing. the program which will be car
ried out will be, first the reading of
the minutes of the last meeting sec
ondly, the singing of parodies by the
quartette, then will come the report
of the committee on constitution and
bylaws and the adoption of the same.
Followed by Election of Officers.
The vocalists Will entertain the crowd
again and their singing will be fol-
lowed by the election of officers The
meeting will be called to order by
Temporary Chairman John Morthland
but after the election of officers the
new president will preside and will
conduct the rest of the meeting.
The election of a secretary and treas
urer and a vice presidnt will then be
taken up and disposed Of
After the elections Representatives
E. D. Crumpacker of Valparaiso will
address the crowd and his speech is
being looked forward to with consid-
erable interest by the young repub-
licans of the city.
A number of prominent republicans
in the city are expected to be pres
ent and look on while the younger
men are at work and taken all in all
the meeting tonight will be an exceed
ingly important one
1t is reported that there will be
several tickets in the field and some
ROT eleCtfOneerine Is IN king placa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-17
JOHN WALSH, "PED,'
TELLS QUEER STORY
Says in Crown Point Last
Night That He Found an
Affinity in Hammond.
.ELKS KNOW NOTHING OF YARN
Belief Exists in Hammond That John
Is Stretching the Long
Bow.
lSpecIaI to The Times }

Crown FONT, July 17.-Who is the
Hammond girl who oficiated at a we'd
ding ceremony in the Elks' club rooms
in Hammond and who believes this
story that John Walsh told in Crown
Point yesterday?
John, the old soldier in the Khaki
suit, who claims to have walked from
New York to San Francisco and back
again as far as Crown Point. on his
way back to New York March %. has
been telling some yarns compared with
which those told by the gang holding
forth around the courthouse square are
as naught But the one that almost
choked even he was tod at Crown
Point yesterday when he said that he
had married a Miss in the Elks club
rooms in Hammond He was there with
all the trimmings, how il was part of
the contract under which he was walk
ing that he must find a girl on the way
and marry her upon a few hours ac-
quaintance. how he had found this pre-
scribed affinity in the affinity pro-
ducing city of Hammond, how he. being
an Elk, escorted her to the club rooms
and how one of the best people on
earth performed the ceremony
]
cause it was so sudden and for the
hundred and one other reasons that a
bride is supposed to blush for.
Place for Shivery Music.
/ There was a heart touching para
graph in the story and "shivery" music
would have been just the thing had he
told the story on the stage. lie had L
tear himself away from his bride O
a few hours With fond look into hi:
big blue roguish eyes she bid him
John-goodsped on his journey, hoping
that by next week or a few days afte
when he should have completed hi
] travels, he would return to take he
! home to New York where he would liv
on Fifth avenue.
He told his story to a finish in hi
careless manner and told several more
thinking that he had found creditors
when in fact. they merely were al
awestruck audience at his marvelou
ability at reeling them off.
John, upon leaving Crown Point
said he was going to Huntington. an
If he ever gets there will undoubtedl,
tell a string of new ones or revam
some of the old ones. He had done /
in Hammond and in Crown Point an
upon leaving the county seat had n
special grudge against Huntington an
consequently it will have the rar
privilege Of hearing some of John
ventures.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-17
HE CERTAINLY WAS
BADLY FRIGHTENED.
Iapses When Hydraulic Chair
Goes Through Floor.
Veil it certainly was a surprise

Well it certainly was surprise,
If you were setting in a barber chair
in a barber shop with your feet on the
footrest and the barber at your throat
with a keen razor and the chair brakes
through the fioor-WOuId't it Jar you.
Well that's what happened this morn
ing to a customer in Frank Roth's
shop on Holman street. while strang-
er was being shaved. The heavy hy-
draulic chair crashed through the floor.
which, by the leaking of water, had
rotted and been weakened by the
weight of the chair
The man wasn't hurt, but he was
frightened.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-17
SALOONKEEPER DIES LAST NIGHT

Matthias Schmitt, a saloonkeeper at
PAS Gostlin street. died last night at
his home after an illness lasting nine
weeks. At the time of his death he
was surrounded by his immediate fam
lily and a number of friends. In the
be ginning of his sickness he was i'll
with typhoid fever from which he re-
covered, but which left him in a very
weak condition. The funeral has been
arranged for next Monday morning at
10 o'clock when services will be held
at All Saints church after which In
terment will take place at Greenwood
cemetery. Mr. Schmitt and his family
moved to Hammond from Dyer about
four years ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-17
WOLF KILLED IN CITY
Policeman Dispatches Real
Live Wolf Which Was
Not Muzzled.

II has been known for some time
that there are a bunch of Indians in
town, although they have not been on
the warpath of late. 1t will surprise
the people of Hammond, however. to
learn that a wolf was killed in this
city yesterday afternoon.
No kidding. real live wolf was
actually killed in Hammond. 1t was
found prowling around in the alley
north of state street and was dis
patched by Policeman Freddie Franks.
Fortunate the animal did not attack
any of the pedestrians in the vicinity
and so far as can be learned it did no
harm The wolf was a young one
which was given as a present by Jacob
Kasper to a Hammond man. who in
turn gave it to a negro family living
on state street.
1t Had No Muzzlc.
Yesterday some one reported to the
police station that there was a wolf
running loose in the alley without a
muzzle and looked as If 1t was going
mad
Officer Franks was dispatched to kill
the animal He found that the negro
was only too glad TO have the animal
killed of and so one Of the former IN
habitants of the prairies was dis
patched.
But to tell the honest truth. 1t did
not take very much bravery TO kill
/ that wolf All wolves are not fero-
cious This was anything but wild. but
| it was in the best interests of society
(! to have the beast shot and so it was
1 put out Of existence
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-17
Mother Overcome; Faints.

AS the little white enclosure sank
out OF sight. the mother was unable to
retain her composure any longer. not
even the sympathy of her other rela-
tives could assuage her grief She fell
to the ground in a faint and did not
come too for over an hour Seeing his
mother unconscious, the brother also
tainted and another friend Of the fam
lily collapsed. The funeral of the child
killed by the Monon was truly one of
the saddest ever seen in the city. The
grave was simply banked with flowers
1t is reported that the Monon rail
road company has offered to settle
with the parents of the dead child for
their loss.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-17
IRON ARRIVES HERE TODAY.
Contractor Is Able to Proceed With
Work on TOvvIe's Opera House.

After being held UP for two weeks
through the non rival of the struc-
tural iron for the basement Of Towle's
opera house, tn contractors were able
to proceed with the work today The
material came this morning and is now
being put in position. The other
work has been delayed and may cause
weeks chance in the date of the
opening of the theater.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-17
.P|T|FUL SCENE At
BABY'S FUNERAL
Overcome With Their Grief
Mother and Brother of
Dead Child Collapse.
IMMENSE CROWD ATTENDS Il
Report That Railroad Company Ha:
offered to Settle On Account
of Death of Babe

Pathos and suffering blended held
sway at Concordia cemetery yester-
day when the baby remains of the
Youngest son Of the william Gluth
family was buried amidst a large con
course of sympathizing friends and
heartbroken relatives.
The scene at the graveside as the lit
tie coffin containing the body of baby
Walter Gluth was lowered in the last
resting place beneath the shady oak
trees. was pitiful one and productive
Of an unusual occurrence