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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-16
KIDNAPPED GIRL
TELLS WEIRD STORY
South Chicago Sensation Is
Uncovered Near Pine
Station Today.
RESCUED BY SECTION BOSS
Kidnapper Flees From Men Who
Rescued the Girl and Is
At Large.
Especial to THE TIMEs)

Pine Station, Sept. 16.-The escape of
Miss Laura williams, 9726 Avenue NJ,
south Chicago, from the hand of her
kidnapper at this place last night, was
the most exciting affair that has Oc-
Cured here since the killing of the
wild man a year ago.
The story which Miss Williams tells
of the kidnapping, reads like a story
book. She says that she and a school,
girl friend, Miss Blanche Spear, were
walking down the B. & o. railroad
tracks whe nthey noticed that a man
was following them at a little distance
behind.
Tells Queer Tale.
Finally the Spear girl left her friend
and went to her home while the Will
liams girl continued down the track on
her way home She says that the man
walked up behind her and suddenly
blindfolded her.
According to her story this happened
in the afternoon after school. She said
that the man had big black revolver
and threatened to shoot her if she
made an outcry.
She says that they walked all the
way to Indiana Harbor and that just
before reaching that place the man re-
moved the blindfold from her eyes
The pair passed through Indiana Har-
Dor and the man kept warning the
girl not to make an outcry or he would
shot her, while If she obeyed him she
would not be harmed.
After they passed through Indiana
Harbor they came to Pine Station and
here they saw Charles Dittman, the
boss of the section, and his wife. The
man ordered the girl to walk ahead of
him for a hundred feet and not to
make an outcry.
Ask for Protection.
Just as the girl passed Dittman, how
ever, she screamed and asked them
for protection. At this juncture the
man who had kidnapped her disappeared
in the darkness.
The girl was take into the Lake
Shore depot where Agent E. C. Kern
Joined Dittman in a search for the
kidnapper. The girl was taken to the
Dittman home by Mrs. Dittman and
was restored to her parents today.
They were overjoyed to see their
daughter. The girl said the man who
| forced her to go with him. said he
knew who she was and he also knew
| her cousin, Jennie Koontz of West
vile, Ind.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-16

when You advertise, you must re-
member that you have to reach q class
that has the buying propensity. That's
the class THE TIMES reaches. There's
m0me class to that class
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-16
UNION MEN
MAY GET G0MPERs
Trades and Labor Council
Appoint Committee to
Confer With Leader.
SOME DO NOT WANT HIM
Question of His Visit to Hammond
Arouses Some Debate in
Meetings.

1t is understood that "Bob" Evans of
the Trades and Labor Council, suggest-
ed to the members of that organization
hat an effort be made to have Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, come to Hammond
and speak on the issues of the cam
paign.
While Mr.. Evans suggestion was ta-
ken up and a committee was appointed
to see if he could not be secured for
this city, it is understood that there
was far from being a unanimity of
opinions as to the advisability of hav-
ing him speak here.
Activity is Resented.
While the leaders of the Trades and
Labor Council are democrats or So
cialists and are using their influence to
the last extremity to affect the local po-
litical situation regardless of the effect
it will have on the unions, there are a
number pof members of this organiza-
tion who deeply resent this activity on
their part and will discourage every ef-
fort they make in a political way.
There are hundreds of union men in
the city who do not believe that Evans
or any other local leader or even
Gompers himself, should dictate to
them as to how they shall vote on the
presumption that they are no able G
form heir own opinions on political
subject.
According to them Gomperss inf1u-
ence in this community ends when he
seeks to further the political ends of q
particular parry at the cost of disrupt
ing unions all over the country
They say that if Gompers should
come to Hammond he would receive g
chilly reception on the part of a large
number of Iaboring men in this region
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-16
H. c. GARR|S'
DESERTS FAMILY
Alice Walters Said To Be Wife of
Peter Baker, Famous German
Comedian, Lures Millworker Away
From His Home After Stirring
Career In Harbor.
especial to THE TrMEs)

Indiana Harbor, Ind, Sept. 18.-'T'd
go to the ends of the earth to find and
punish the woman who wrecked and
ruined my home," said Mrs. III. c. Gar
ris of HemIock avenue, as she recited
the details I'm the tragedy of hearts
which resulted in her lawfully welded
husband. prominent miIIworker, de
sering his family and eIoping with a
local character.
WIFE OF COMEDIAN.
The woman who created havoc in
the Garrfs household is Mrs. Alice Wal
ters, according to her own story. but
is really the wife of the famous Irish
comedian, Peter Baker Mrs. Walters
herself has had varied theatrical ex-
perience and has often thrilled vast
crowds by her wonderful daring in
balloon ascensions- She arrived in the
Harbor about year ago and met Gar
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-16

TELEPHONE YOUR NEWS TO THn
TIMES.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-16

Fair tonight end Thurs
days no decided change I'm
temperature.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-16
PEOPLE HAVE
LITTLE CONCEPTION
Amount of Work Done By Present
Board Has Never Been Duplicated
By Any Set of Officers Since Lake
County Was Started Over Seven
ty-Four Years Ago.

Crown Point, Ind, Sept. 16.-
The county commissioners yesterday
made an inspection of all of the gravel
roads which are being built In north
ern Lake county and the jaunt they
were compelled to make to view all of
the extensive improvements which are
under way In this county covered an
immense amount of territory.
The people of Lake county have but
little conception of the magnitude of
the public works. which is being un-
dertaken by the county commissioners
of this country.
Build Ninety HiIes.
1t is a fact that nearly hundred
miles of gravel roads are now being
built or contracted for and will be
built in the near future. This is in
addition to the appropriations for
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-13
Air viii Be Sung for the First Time
in Public at the Grand Opera
House This After
noon

Vy HE latest addition to the songs of
California is MY California Belle"
n by Emma and Melvin Bartlett. Mrs.
Bartlett's music is of the kind that is
easy to sing and easy to remember, and
the words which Mr.. Bartlett has writ
ten are like a picture of a California
twilight. California color and California
atmosphere are the attractive features of
MY California Belle and there is a
touch of sentiment that will add to the
popularity of the piece.
The new song will be sung for the
first time in public this afternoon by
e. Colt Albertson, with the Buster Brown
company, at the Grand opera house. Fol-
lowing are the words:
MY CALIFORNIA BELLE
Copyright 1907 by Melvin Bartlett)
Where the sun forever shines upon the pillows
Where the orange groves golden, where
the willows
Are coquettng with the summer breezes calm,
Where the SHOWS are high upon the high
Where the sea breeze comes at eve. where
roses dwell
o, It's there that would be-
In that land beside the sea,
with my love. my own, my California belle
(Chorus)
You may search from Shasta southwark
Seek from Tahoe to the sea,
Meier you'll find a sweeter maiden
Than the one who waits for
In her cottage meath the palm trees
In that land ] love we'll,
For the one who there is waiting
Is my California belle.
When the golden moon is rising DER the
mountain
When the nightingale is singing to his mate
When the night breeze softly ripples the
fountain,
I shall meet her there beside the rustic gate
Where the orange blossoms shed their fra
grant perfume
Ger the shady path we know and love 80
we'll
There our loving vows were said.
There she promised to we'd
She's my love, my own, my California belle.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-13
DISSIPATION LEADS
OLD ARMY SURGEON
TO BRINK OF GRAVE
once-Noted Physician in English SER
vice and Orderly Under Eight
ina Bob" Evans 5egs to
Be Killed

Rigging daily to be killed, aged Dr.
Michael Heating, formerly in her ma
iestv Queen Victoria's service and also
proud of having been Fighting BOD
Evans' orderly at Annapolis, is frank to
saw that dissipation is the cause of his
downfall.
The aged doctor is now patient az
the county hospital, where he is al
fiicted by locomotor ataxia. WniIe talK-
ing of bygone days and his military SER
vice he sorrowfully faces the setting sun
of a long and eventful life. fhe past ma
laid heavy mortgage on his. closing
days.
His brother, DR.. James F. Heating
rms a fish market at Santa Monica
Both were brilliant men and the cause
of their failure is shown in the fact tnat
when a small legacy came to them from
ireland recently they spent 1t In rlotlng
until the last cent was gone.
They are accustomed to exchange let
tors in Greek. so that outsiders may not
learn the secrets of their riotous past de-
scribed therein.
Roth men. it is said, have performed
many wonderful surgical operations both
in the English and American army and
-
Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ire
land.
Now 81 years old. he talks enviously of
the freedom Of his brother. who is nine
years his junior. DR.. Michael Heating
breads becoming a county charge, but
appreciates Superintendent BARRIERS kind
ness and the care of the physicians and
nurses. They realize that had self-con-
troll been exercised in the life of this old
army surgeon fame might have been
won by him.
Heating was surgeon in charge of the
Wallingford barracks, England. where
COCO soldiers and citizens were under
his charge.
In 1871 he was orderly to Bob Evans
at the Annapolis academy, Evans then
being lieutenant commander on shore
duty there.
For awhile Heating was at Mare Island.
but the last five years have found him
In Los Angeles and vicinity, for he seems
to believe that his best friends are here.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-13

nous Hope-Jones Co., IL soon to be in
stalled, and competent instructor will be
appointed to open up that department.
The work Of the choral union has
fiourished under Prof. Bacons leadership,
and each year two choral works have
been rendered, With orchestral accompan-
iment and solUists from abroad. Dudley
Bucks Coming of the King" Bruch's
Fair Ellen" Haydn's Creation" Han
deps Messiah" (twice,) Gounod's "St.
Cecilia" mass, and Rossini's ''Stabat
Mater are among the works already
presented.
This year the union undertakes the
most ambitious work yet attempted,
Mendelssohn's Elijah" which is to be
presented first at ClaTemont on January
IL, then at Los Angeles on January ID.
The soloists will be as follows: Soprano
Madame Genevra Johnstone-Bishop; con
tralto, Madame Nouna Rocca Robbins;
tenor, Mr.. Abraham Miller; basso, Mr..
Herbert Witherspoon. perhaps the great
est Elijah in America today.
Two of these soloists, soprano and
tenor, sang their respective parts when
Mr.. Bacon conducted the Elijah" SO sue
cessfully eight years ago.
Expect Surprising Effort
It is safe to say that they viii surpass
their own efforts of that day, and that
the other parts will not be behind them.
All who have heard the chorus work
Of the choral union of Pomona college,
under Prof Bacon, unite in expressions OF
highest commentator for the precision
of attack, for accuracy of Interpretation,
fire and vim, and above all, the true spirit
of reverence with which all these ora
torios are sung.
The chorus seems to be engaged IN an
act of genuine devout worship. This 10
as 1t should be, and yet how many con-
ductors pay no attention to the religious
side. which is foremost in the composer
intention, and simply regard 1t as per-
Torrance for the entertainment or aud'
ences at so much head.
The orchestra will be made up OF the
best musicians that Los Angeles AFFORDS
headed by Arnold Kraus as concert mas
ter. When it is considered that soloists
and orchestra alone, for this rendition
cost $1,000, it will be seen that no expense
is being spared to make it a musical event
of first rate Importance in Southern CAL
ifornia.
AS stated above, the oratorio is TO De
rendered at Pomona college with fuil
orchestra on Thursday January IL, and
on Saturday, January IS, special train
will bear the choral union to Los Angeles
where the work will be repeated, with
the same orchestra and soloists.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-13
MISCREANT POISONS
VALUABLE SETTER
shandon Ben, Prize Bench Dog, Dies
After Eating Meat Found in
Owners Yard--Had Won
Many Trophies

Shandon Ben, an Irish setter belong
ing to Paul Pipers of 1900 Roxbury street,
was poisoned by some unidentified person
early yesterday morning
The dog was one of the best of his
breed in the United States, and was well
known to dog fanciers throughout the
country. He has taken first prize at all
exhibitions in which he was entered not
only for being the finest and most intel
ligent of his class, but also for being
the best dog in the shows. He was en-
tered for the exhibition which is to be
held in Los Angeles in February.
Ben was turned into the yard early
yesterday morning for his usual exercise
and found a piece of raw meat. which he
ate. A short time afterward he was
found suffering great pain, and a littla
later died.
Pieces of meat in which strychnine
crystals were embedded were found in
the yard Detectives who are working on
the case are positive the dog was pois-
oned by someone who was jealous of the
animal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-13
ACTIONS OF HUMAN
SEINAPHORE AMAZE
TALKATIVE TOURIST
Fastener Tells Native Best Method
of Taking Care of Strange Beings
Who AmbIe Along the
Streets

''Did you ever see such a country?"
asked the eastern man of the native son
as he balanced against the corner of
the building at Second and Broadway.
NO" replied the native, 81 never did"
Neither did l." replied the easterner,
brushing his eyeglasses on and looking
for the top of the Chamber of Com
merce building. in one respect It is
unique"
In the rainy season." asked the ma
tive.
mo. in the inhabitants" responded the
truthful son of the effete. II refer to
your pedestrians of the talking habit.
Now back east we have EN- locked up.
We tote 'em into a cellar an pour oil
on their troubled spirits with shotgun.
But here they toddle around. Why, 1
never saw such stray herd-since the
train left Arizona"
The native son had already pulled off
one glove, and was looking for a nice
soft spot on where he might land with
his signet ring on his opponents head,
when the other continued
Complain Of BabbIers
ITO explain a little more fully, my
friend, / refer to those men who go
around the busiest portions OF your beau
tiful city talking to themselves. l think
1t Is business cares which hanF upon
their brows. They babble real estate,
loans and prices, as far as 1 can catch
as they float by. Rather, I float by,
as they really ne1er see anyone. If
you don't turn out you get run over.
It's the dim, purplish limit, 1t is. And
gesticulate? They're human soma
phores. You have TO sldestep or get the
uppercut attachment.
Instead OF having boulevard for au-
tomobi.es, from Pasadena here" con-
cluded the stranger, why not build a
covered bridge for these mono-conversa-
tionalists to amble along and thus avoid
the risk of their being chewed up by
autos at street crossings, or using the
collars of their fellowmen for door mats?
They at least should be made to wear
six-ounce gloves, to avoid injuring their
fellow pedestrians with their absent
minded gesticulaitng.
So saying the stranger sidestepped the
sweeping arm of nativa, who passed
by, babbling eoftly of the real estate
market and the Sweet buy and buy"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-13
OLD SMOOTH BORE
TELLS OF BATTLE
AGAINST GRINGOES
Cannon Used by Gen. Flores Against
Stockton's Men in 1S47 Now
Decorates Court House
Grounds

$50 today you Gringoes feel pretty
cheerful" remarked the old smooth pore
I'D in front of the court house he mas
seen many years in California ana pear
upon his bulky iron barrel an inscrlptiod
to the effect that he was brought 10 Cal
ifornia from Mexico in 1918 and was cap
tured by Commodore Stockton III the
battle of LaMesa January 8, lS41'
Eyes, / was with General Flores ana
his Californians sixty-one years ago.
continued the old ironsldes I'VE waited
for them at the San Gabriel river They
weren't talking so much of owens river
those days. Commodore Stocktons SIX
hundred were plucky; wore canvas SHOES
hand made by themselves, at that' ana
used man-power vehicles.
1--WE were trying to keep you Grlngoes
out of Los Angeles with Fremont coming
from the north, too. On January you
foreigners encamped at Los Coyotes'
can still see you coming through the
willows and mustard. while we were on
the bluffs waiting for you with Picos ana
Garcia's squadrons of horse.
"Our two nine Founders did make thar
ford look like a geyser for a time wheh
your people started across. But you
played the British square trick on us
with a Yankee corral in the center for
wagons and cattle, as the sailor men
called II.
I'VE retired after two hours sweat bath
TO Canada de los Alisos, and January ?,
about school time. 9 o'clock, Stockton
came to toward Los Angeles with his
squares My brother and did the best
we could. but we didn't come up to Giles
pies Suffer- gun.
"That ,Gringo iron foundry at singh
discharge took nine of our Califorians
out of their saddles. The battle of the
Mesa was over by o'clock in the after
noon. and on January 10 the Gringoes had
possession of the ciudad of Los Angeles.
Well. those days are over But mind
YOU whack up your taxes. II you do. we
old fellows won't say anything
And the nativ Californian by the court
house. drowsed away in the warm Cal
iforn;a January sunshine.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-13
GOODS KINGDOM WITHIN"
SAYS ROBERT BURDETTE
Church Delivers Interesting Ser
mon on the Coming of
the Dawn

Rev. Robert ]. Burdette of the Temple
Baptist church preached on the topic,
1.-THE Days of the Kingdom" taking the
double text, THE Kingdom of God Is at
Hand" and 1.-The Kingdom of God Is
Within YOU
THAT was nearly two thousand years
ago." he said, land ever since the de-
struction of Jerusalem, in every genera
ton, men have said, as they read the
signs of the coming as Jesus spake them
to his disciples: This is the time; these
are the signs he described; all the condi-
tions are fulfilled in this untoward day;
surely the kingdom of God is nigh at
hand
rs the promised kingdom. then, a
hooking mirage, whose limpid waters and
waving trees still evade the weary pill
grim, or is the Kingdom to be forever at
hand7
Must we wait through hoping and dis
appointed generations of the children of
men, gathered one by one to their ances-
trail dust, until absolute perfection of
mind and body and soul covers the earth
as with a garment before our glad eyes
behold the kingdom of God?
with the child Jesus in his arms, old
Simeon saw the salvation of God, the
light to tighten the gentiles and the glory
of Israel and cared to wait no longer
and to see no more, but was ready to
depart in peace, for the tender face or
the king had rested upon the heart OF the
priest. We wait and wait, and we doubt
and question; we ask for such signs as
unbelief demands; we ask for dictionary
instead of a Bible, and for blurred and
decaying fingerboard at the entangling
cross roads, instead of a star shining for
ever in its faultless course across the
fields of night.
"And while we wait and question and
doubt, and say, Give us a sign, 10, the
harlots, sinful, penitent, forgiven, believ-
ing and grateful. go singing into the king
dom of God before us.
LAS 1t was said to them Of the old time,
ii may be said to us today, 'Ye can dis
Germ the signs of the sky; can We not dis
Germ the signs of the times?
How Should II Come?
"The Kingdom of God! Do you wait.
expecting to see 1t come with the scream
of the seven trumpets, storm of hail and
fire and blood, falling of the stars, smok-
ing of the pit, crashing thunders, light
nings and voices?
',The kingdom of God comes as the
morning glowing above the mountain tops
like an unfolding rose. calling the world
out of the shadows into the effulgeuce of
endless day. 1t comes with JOY and sing
ing: love, mercy, peace, with clasping
hands before the dawn. glad heralds of
the kingdom of our Lord Christ.
while men are waiting for a sign and
moaning. This is the midnight of the
world, To- the day star hangs above the
EASTERN neaks, calling In it's far reaching
voice of silence to all who will hear. The
morning cometh?
"And while the souls that are weary
Nth waiting are crying. When will the
long night be gone and the morning
dagn?' 10, the very shadows of death are
radiant as the Sun of Righteousness en-
folds the earth in garments OF glory
dom Of God be not within you, you will
never behold it"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-13

realize the fruit anu purpose of their
iabors and are going to save the civil
cation gained by such tireless efforts. Tit
world will have I, listen to their story OF
woe and grant standing room, at least,
for all the children OF men.
This globe is not overcrowded, as has
sometimes been stated. but the land that
the God Of Nature prepared for the many
has been and still is monopolized by the
few.
Traces the Trouble
yet, my friends, l must remind you
that the present conditions have come
about gradually, largely through inherited
wealth and tendencies by men taking ad-
vantage of situations and opportunities.
Had we been in their places we would
have done the same thinT. Further, ex-
listing conditions of wrong and injustioe
will never correct themselves and must
necessarily be righted slowly. Concerted
action is the SUI RENE need of the hour.
All who love humanity must join hands
and hearts for common good.
.Orthodox religion has utterly failed.
why? Because 1t has neglected the saw
ing of men here and now. On the char
acter of the individual members Of the
home the home depends. The dishonesty,
selfishness, idleness and inharmony OF
one or more members of the home circle
destroy the peace, well being and power
for good Of an entire family.
THE nation-any nation-is but large
family, and the success or failure of this
great republic depends on the character
and intelligence CT the individuals living
under its 'bonny flag of red, white and
b.ue.
Does socialism promise us these char
acterist tics? Is it not true that selfish
ness and avarice are threatening our
civilization?
Problem OF Prosperity
"And what the next generation will be
which Is born under such conditions as
ton to those who are interested In he
redity ana prenatal influences.
81 will grant you that life In the main
seems to be a selfish struggle for per-
sonaI ends but there are shining ex-
ceptions. of course.
mo man nor woman must sleep during
this transition period of the worlds his
tory.
1--WE who have brains and health mus
use them in batting with and for hui
manity'
In speaking of the high place of women
DIR. Bell Continued:
For nearly forty years L have beer
studying the character of Jesus Christ
And I have long since come to the con-
clusion that he is the grandest, noblest
and best socialist I have ever known
He is my ideal socialistic leader. And
that is why l have no faith in any so
clalism that has not the purifying In
fluenee Of woman in It,"