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the w. c. T. Z. will occur Friday, April
II. at the building on 9th street. 1t is
naming debt on the w. c.. T. U. build
ing.
A motion made by Mrs. Clayton +.
Emig and unanimously carried. set forth
that 1.-The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union deeply appreciates the moral
support many of the business men of
Washington have given in signing the
letters sent out by the union favoring pro-
hibition in the District Of Columbia
1t was decided to hold the annual meet
ing September % and 30.
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Gen. Stoessel Begins His Term,

ST. PETERSBURG, March T-Lieut
Gen. Stoessel, whom a court-martial re-
Gently sentenced to death on charges of
cowardice and treason in surrendering
Port Arthur to the Japanese but who's,
sentence was committed by Emperor
Nicho as 10 ten years imprisonment. yes
tes'lay began serving his term in the SIS.
Peter and Paul fortresseS
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Objects of the Experiment.

them
Objects of the Experiment.
Most emphatically, though a large
number of our own people. who can see it
| only as a matter of bringing so many
| laborers into the state. are Of the opinion
that it IS not success. The experiment
| had for its object, first. to secure an adj
vance guard of satisfied people who could
write home to their friends and relatives
and tell them of the advantages of living
! in country that possesses such rare
natural advantages and is developing in
dustrially and agricuturally at a wonder
full rate.
In the second place. the object of the
experiement was to call the attention
of this country to the inadequacy and
absurdity of many OF the provisions Of
our immigration laws. which are being
| violated almost hourly at the great ports
| of entry. l was determined to make
| such a demonstration as would, if pos
| sible, bring about an intelligent revision
| and establish beyond question whether
state was to be treated on the same
| basis-and even often at Disadvantage
with labor sharks. who are bringing peo-
| pie in violation Of law into this country
/ to be bought and sold like so many cat
tie. I planned this undertaking also with
view to demonstrating the advisabilty
and practicability Of examining the emil
grants at the ports of departure rather
than at the ports of entry. under the
| sanction of their home governments.
/ Ills means 10 examine yhe record of
| every man before he starts for this counr
try, because. under present regulations.
| the vilest criminal is able to enter any
of our ports and the officials take his
| own word to his record.
Another object of the experiment was
! the immediate Improvement by object les
| sons. If possible. of the labor conditions
| in the cotton manu1a curing plants. Be-
/ fore l began this movement 20 per cent
of spindles were standing idle for
lack of operators who could not be OBJ
tanned anywhere in this country. The
effect of putting several hundred new
people into different cotton mills caused
an almost immediate return of. many of
those who had been formerly employed.
and in short time the mills were again
operating with full force. there Is now
no need of importing foreign labor The
| agitation resulted in the enactment of a
ten-hour law without opposition on the
part of the mill men and voluntary in
| crease of wages almost to the standard
prevailing in New England. which two
| things, coupled with the fact that 1t has
been demonstrated that labor could be
secured to settle shortages. brought about
the desired result. In these regards the
| experiment was a success,
Opened to Foreign Trade.
| The most reaching object in max
,t,;=
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Bobys Tailoring Shop. 507 nth St NV turns
out the best So spring suit in the city.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
CLUB IS COMING SOON

Captain H. S. Norton, of Gary called
up County Chairman F. Richard Schaaf
on the telephone this morning and in
formed him that the Marquette club
of Chicago with a military band,
would come to Gary on special train
and would help the republicans in the
new city celebrate.
Plans by which the Hammond dele
cation will go to Gary after they have
heard Mr.. Taft speak here are being
rapidly formulated. Mr.. Taft is ex-
pected to come to Hammond by way
of the Michigan Central railroad from
Michigan City.
Mr.. Taft will speak from thirty to
forty-five minutes here and will then
go to Gary over the Michigan Central
Immediately following the candidates
special train will be the one from
Hammond which will be composed of
ten coaches and will carry all of the
Hammond republicans who contem-
plate making the trip
Arrangements will be made at once
by the members of the local republic
an club to get a quantity of red fire
and torches and all of those who have
Watson caps will wear them. Pugh's
band has been hired for the occasion.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
HAMMOND WINS
ITS FIRST GAME

The Armour Square Intermediates
of Chicago and the Central Park Ath-
letes of Hammond played a. game Of
football before a good-sized crowd at
Harrison park yesterday, and Ham
mond won by the score of S8 to
The Hammond team showed its abil-
ity and is the only team which now
represents Hammond. The teams were
about the same weight, but the local
boys outclassed the Armour Squares
in speed and in every point of the
game. Coach Coles work was appar-
ent throughout the game. The lineup
was as follows:
Heiser, re; Zimmerman, TT; Smith. rg :;
Mccarthy, C; Lindley, lg; Young. It;
Vonn, le; F. Meyers, OBJ; Mason. fb;
Livingston, rh; Meyers, III.
Heiser showed that he has not for
gotten how to play the game. F.
Meyers made a fine quarter back run
for a touchdown in the first half. AL
though the wind was against Livings-
ton in kicking during almost all the
game, he showed that he is a punter.
Coach and manager Z. Cole has a team
that is a winner and one that Ham
mond can be proud of. =
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
COMMERCIAL CLUB
GETSPLUM FOR VILLAGE
Building of Brewery Here Was
Prophesied By The Times Over
Four Months Ago, But Was De-
MED In Crown Point, However,
Stock Is Being Subscribed.

Through the efforts of the meus-
bers of the West Hammond CONNER
ciaI club In general, and Henry Ahl-
born and E. A. Kinkade I'm particular.
the Crown Brewing company of Crown
Point, will be moved to Hammond
where a plant costing s150,0O0 will be
built at once. This was predicted I'm
the Times four months ago and de-
MED by the Crown Point papers.
This is the first fruit of the activ-
ity of the West Hammond Commercial
club and Hammond Brewing compsny,
as the new concern will be known, In
expected to develop into one of the
most important industries in West
Hammond.
The new brewing company is TO be
located on a strip of land between
State street. the Michigan Central rail-
road and IRELAND avenue. The Crown
Brewing company is now owned by L.
Sonnenschein of Crown Point, and will
turn over his assets in the old COM
pany to the new one and receive a
share of the stock for them
Local Capitalists Interested.
One of the splendid things about
| the location of the new industry In
| West Hammond is the fact that all, or
nearly all, of the stock is TO be sub
scribed by Hammond capitalists.
So far there has been $4,000 worth
of stock subscribed by Hammond busi-
ness men. One of them took $4,000
worth of the stock and another took
| $4,000 worth. There is still offered for
| sale $4,000 worth of the stock minus
the amount which is paid to Mr.. Son
nenchein for his accounts and for his
| business.
The Crown Brewing company, Of
Crown Point. brewed $4,000 barrels of
| beer year and disposed of ii not
| withstanding the fact that the plant
| was a mile and a half from ny rail-
road and all of the hops, the grain. the
coal and the other things which went
into the mnufacture of the beer had
to hauled that distance by wagon and
the manufactured product had to be
! shipped to the depot by wagon.
The promoters of the Hammond en-
terprise are of the opinion that the
saving that will be made as result
of the new location will in itself pay
a dividend to the stockholders.
The new plant is to be constructed
of brick and will employ fifty or sixty
men al the very start. The local COM
pany figures that it can make better
beer for less money than any of Its
competitors in this field. The Ham
mond company will not have to main
tain costly branch houses in any of
the cities of the Calumet region, but
will have the product shipped to the
carious saloons over the county by
means of auto trucks.
L. Sconnenschein is an old brewe.
and with his improved facilities will
. be able to make quality of beer that
can not be improved upon. All of the
saloons in this region Will be supplied
with great facility and the success oil
the enterprise seems assured from the
very start.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
FUNERAL TAKES
PLACE THIS MORNING
Funeral of Aug. Voss Takes
Place From st. Joseph's
Catholic Church.

August voss. the 16-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Voss of 81 Sib-
ley street, was buried from st. Jo-
sephs Catholic church this morning.
Requiem high mass was said by Faith
er A. Badina after which the remains
were taken to Greenwood cemetery.
The deceased was a member of St
Aloysius society and the funeral was
conducted under the auspices of the
society. The requiem high mass was
said at s o'clock, and many friends of
the family and the deceased were in
attendance. Many beautiful floral offer
ings decorated the coffin of the boy,
they having been sent by the numerous
friends OF the society
Masters Edward Knoerzer. George
Kussmaul and Lewis EmmerlIng acted
as standard bearers for st. AIoysius
society. while Messrs Harry Weis
William Schloer; Leo Knoerzer, Will
liam Manteufel, Ernest Hauber and
Martin Schwartz acted as pall-bearers
Much sympathy is expressed for the
bereaved family which suffered the
loss of the young man. especially since
everybody was in hopes that he would
recover from his sickness, which has
lasted almost three years.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
COURT MEETS
Lake County Lawyers Are
Notified of Arrival of
Judge Anderson.

The announcement is made for the
benefit of the lawyers of Lake county
that the United States federal court
will be in session in the federal build
ing in Hammond tomorrow.
Judge A B. Anderson will sit as
Judge, and 1t is possible that a jury
will be called to try what cases will
come before the court. The announce
ment is made by Charles Surprise, the
clerk of the court.
Mr.. Surprise says that all applica-
tions for second papers will have to
be deferred until the next session of
the court for the reason that the law
requires that the papers shall be filed
at least thirty days before election,
and this session of the court is con-
vening within that period.
There have been about seventy five
applications for second papers, and
these will not be granted until later
in the year. All of the lawyers over
the county who have occasion to tran
sact business in Judge Anderson s
court may do SO tomorrow.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
CONTRACTORS MAKE
THEIR EXPERIMENTS
New Era in Street Paving
Begins in Hammond
This Week.
SOUTH Holman ST. ON WAY
Property Owners Take a Great
Deal of Interest in Work
Being Done.

new era in street paving began
in Hammond this morning when the
McGovern company, which has the paw
ing of South Holman street, laid the
first macadam asphalt filler over the
rolled stone. A preliminary expert
ment was made last Saturday over
twenty feet in accordance with speci-
fications suggested by Engineer White
of the company, but this, according to
the board of public works and the in
terested property owners, was unsatis-
factory and a new plan was adopted
this morning which promises to be
successful.
The plan tried last Saturday was
that of spreading the asphalt ma
cadam filler over the rolled stone.
which, however, contained no binding
The result was that when the steam
roller went over the new pavement II
began to crawl" as the contractors
call it. The surface could not be com
pleteI.J leveled and the asphalt maca-
dam would spread unevenly under the
roller. While this was not impracti-
cal entirely. it was unsatisfactory as
long as a better plan remained to be
used.
New Plan Is Satisfactory.
The new plan tried this morning was
that of binding the macadam stone
with screening and then putting the
dressing on. This dressing is two
inches thick and will be covered by I
thin layer of the dressing. Dynamite
sand will be used on top.
| This being the first time that as
phalt macadam is being used in Ham
mond, the process was certainly inter
esting to the property owners along
the street. and all day spectator!
watched the laying of the pavement.
The filler is prepared in hug
mixer, which is located on a flat ca
on the Monon tracks, south of Doug
las street.
The contractors are satisfied tha
they will have the pavement finished il
| the specified time November Is.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
MEMBERS PLAN A
PREDICTION RALLY
Young Mems Republican
Club to Give a Smoker
at Chopin Hall.
CANDIDATE TO Be PRESENT
Young Men of Hammond Are Com
plimented By Mr.. Watson for
Their Good Work.

The members of the Young Mems
club of Hammond are plap-
ming prediction rally for this week
that will bring all of the members of
the club together for good time.
Although the date has not been def
initiy set it will probably be held next
Thursday at Chopin hall. There will
be music by the quartette, a solo by
one of the members and some one will
be selected TO "pound. the piano.
The affair will be an informal one,
there will be no business transacted
except that arrangements will be made
for the Taft meeting here next Satur-
day and the trip to Gary where Mr.
Beveridge speaks in the evening.
Refreshments of all descriptions will
be served and it will be an opportunity
for all of the members to have arousing
good time. The work of the campaign
has progressed so satisfactorily thus
far that the meeting will be in the ma
ture of a jollif1cation meeting.
To Be Smoker.
There will be amusement for all and
later in the evening the meeting vii
develop into a smoker. County Chair
man F. Richard Schaaf and many o.
the candidates will be present anC
while there will be no set speeches
some of the candidates will take thi.
opportunity to talk things over.
The young men of Hammond hav,
taken a more prominent part in thi'
campaign than in any other that thei
efforts are appreciated Is shown by tn,
remark that James E. Watson mad'
to Prosecuting Attorney D. E. Boom
at Crown Point.
The Young Mems Republican clul
of Hammond have made a splendi'
showing. today said the candidat
for governor. They are the Hyelies
bunch in the whole state. If ther
was club like that in every county
I would be as good as elected
Everything the members of this or
ganization have undertaken has been
success and everywhere they go the
| inject the finger into things tina
makes everybody liven up.
| The club is going to have a buffe
lunch next week and 1t is expecte
| that there will be served hundre
members present. Everybody will b
shown as good time and every youn
republican in Hammond is invited
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
TAFT WILL
bE: IN GARY
SATURDAY.
Republican Candidate For
Presidency, Senator Bev-
eridge, Senator Hemen-
way and James E. Watson
Are Coming.

This morning the glad news was re-
william Howard Taft, the republican
candidate for president of the United
States, and the man who will probably
occupy the presidential chair in the
place of Theodore Roosevelt, will be
In Gary on Saturday, October "a, and
will speak there, along with United
state Senator Albert j. Beveridge,
james Hemenway, Sames e. Watson
and other of the greatest political fig
ures in the United States.
The Crown Point republicans ar
ranged the greatest barbecue that has
ever been held in this part of the state
and now the Gary people are planning
a celebration which will eclipse ev-
erything that has been done in Lake
county so far.
County Chairman F. Richard Schaaf
| is the hero in Gary today. 1t was
through his efforts that the National
Speakers bureau was persuaded tc
| cancel an engagement in which Mr.
Taft agreed to speak before the Ham
! ilton club of Chicago on Saturday anC
permit the speaker to appear in Gary
where. according to Raymond, in the
| Chicago Tribune, tho republicans viii
poll enough good republican votes tC
win the state over to Taft.
With the splendid capacity for do
| ing things that has characterized the
business men of Gary in everything
| they have undertaken, no one doubt.
that Saturday, the 2sth of October
will be a red letter day in the histor.
of the steel city.
No city in Indiana has been favored
| with a greater galaxy of great mel
than will appear on the platform a
! Gary next Saturday. 1t will eclips'
everything that has yet been undertak
en- in this state.
The republican candidate for presi
dent will speak, there will be the juni
or and senior senators from indiana
on the platfofn, the republican can
didate for governor of Indiana will
speak and there will be dozens o
lesser lights who will make the meet
ing noteworthy one.
Mr.. Taft will first speak in Ham
mond, probably from the rear end o
his special train at the Michigan Cen
trail depot and then he will be con
veyed to Gary, where he will be take
to the hotel to rest before the meet
ing.
A special train will leave Harmon
on the Michigan Central railroad whic
will convey the republicans from thi
city to Gary, Where they will hear tn
speaking.
The meeting will be held in tn
. Casino and skating rink there, whicl
? it is estimated. will hold $500 peopl
: It is believed that the enormous ha
: will be easily filled.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
TOM MARSHALL TONIGHT
lsnecial to THE T1MEs.l

Indiana Harbor, Ind, Oct. 19. = Hon.
Thomas r. Marshall of Columbia City
is to make his final appeal to the vot-
ers of Lake county in an address to
the democrats of Indiana Harbor this
evening. The meeting will be held in
Cohens Auditorium hall and arrange
ments have been made for the ex-
tensive entertainment of the honroed
guest
Attorney P. A. Parks, leader of In
diana Harbor's' democracy, will have
charge of the meeting. He will first
introduce Hon. Robert E. Lee, state
labor commissioner of Louisiana. Mr..
Lee is said to be an excellent speaker
and will doubtless place his argu-
ment before the public in the best pos
sible way Following the conclusion
of Mr.. Lees address Hays Whiting
Military band which has been engaged
for the evening, will render sever
al selection, awaiting the arrival OF
Mr. Marshall from his Hammond meet
ing.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE
THEIR OWN CANDIDATE
George A. Meekison Decides
That He Doesn't Care
What Party Says.
FILES PETITION ON SATURDAY
Is First Squelched Is Mr.. Meekison,
But Later Takes the Bit
In His Teeth.

At the eleventh hour a democrat has
been found in the person of George A.
Meekison, who has the temerity to run
for the office of prosecuting attorney for
Lake and Porter counties against
Charles Greenwald.
George A. Meekison is the man who
tried to get the democratic party to
put him in the field against MIR. Green-
wald during the recent democratic con-
vention but the party leaders frvwned
on MIR. Meekison's ambition as they
thought 1t would hurt the ticket.
At that time it was believed by the
democrats that Mr.. Meekison had been
effectually disposed of and they did
not think 1t politically expedient to
let man advertise himself during a
whole campaign when there was no
chance of election.
He Makes a Pronis.
They patted him on the back and got
him to promise not to file a petition
by which his name would be put on
the ballot week or two before the
election Mr. Meekison was apparently
squelched but he must have thought
the matter over for last Saturday, the
last day he had in which 70 file the
petition, he walked over to the county
clerks Office and demanded that his
| name be placed on the ballot.
Mr. George A. Meekison has been IL
Whiting about three months. He came
| from Valparaiso. where he has beer
attending the law school. His home is
in Napoleon, Ohio
When Mr.. Meekison saw that there
was not going to be any effort on tht
| part of the democrats to put candi
date up for Office a spirit of politica
adventure seized him and he decided t
run.
He Breaks Promise.
| He was sat on but that did not ent
matters with him. He has now f1le'
his petition with it's 25 names at tn
office of the county clerk and he Is
| full fedged democratic candidate wit
all the advertisement that he will ge
| with it.
The democrats are nonplussed. The,
do not know whether to own the nev
candidate or to disown him. Some o
them are not even sure that he is
democrat 1t is one of the most pecul
lar situations that has ever develope
in local politics.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
TEN YEAR OLD BOY
IS BADLY BURNED

Shirley Tratebas of 26 Russell street,
the te1-year-Oid son of Joseph Trate-
has, who Is employed as n special police
at TowIes opera house, was severely
burned at 1890 n. m. Saturday, while
lie and Arthur BreuckneP were trying
to heat a quantity of asphalt over a
bonfire in the vicinity of Muenich court,
where it is being used as filler for
the brick pavement.
The boys secured an old syrup can
and put the asphalt in 1t. They then
put the can over the fire and melted
the asphalt The parents of the Trate-
bas boys do not permit him to handle
matches and the matches. with which
the fire was started were secured by the
Breuckner boy at his home.
1t seems that in some manner while
the boys were handling the can of
heated asphalt it became upset and the
hat material was poured over the right
hand of Shirley Tratebas.
Flesh Was Cooked.
The flesh on the hand of the boy
was literally cooked and all of the flesh
on his hand was burned off. He was
taken to the office of a local doctor
where his wounds were dressed. The
accident is so serious that the doctor
does not know yet whether the cords
of the hand are burned so that member
will be rendered useless.
1t will not be known for some time
just what is the extent of the injury
The boy has been in great pain ever
since the accident and when the hot
asphalt was taken off it literally took
off the flesh with it.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
ERIE TRAIN IS DELAYED

Crown Point, Ind, Oct. 1e. Train
No. on the Erie west-bound and due
in Hammond shortly after o'clock
was held up for two hours this morn
ing near Wilders because of the burn
ing of the big bridge over the Kan
kakee river. The structure with all it's
trestle work was set on fire because
of the burning of the marsh and IL
the engineer had not noticed the
blaze in time serious would have been
the results. The train was detoured
over the Panhandle.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
MARTIN LUTHER LECTURE
WAS WELL RECEIVED.

The lecture delivered last night at
the First Methodist church. by Rev. F.
A Holtzhausen on Martin Luther"
was well received and very instruc-
tivee.
It was listened TO by a splendid au-
dience with the best attention. The
career of the great reformer was made
to stand out in cleaness. The moral
greatness of the man was thoroughly
established The lecture was worthy
of the theme.
The Lake County times., 1908-10-19
". ]. BRYAN TO SPEAK

William J. Bryan is scheduled to
speak in Hammond tomorrow morning
fro mthe rear platform of his train at
the Monon depot His appearance is
set for 1880 in the morning, a rather
early hour to be stirring up patriot
ism, but democratic leaders hope to
have a good delegation at the depot
nevertheless.
Bryan will pass through Indiana on
special train over the Monon, and
will speak in Louisville tomorrow night.
Tom Marshall. democratic candidate
for governor, will be in Famond to-
night, to speak at the North Holman
street tent. After finishing here he
will go to Indiana Harbor. His Ham
mond speech begins at 7:30.