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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
Nerve and the Directoire

A prominent writer says; You will
need all your assurance the first time
you walk out in your new gown" She
means you viii nave to know you are
absolutely fit. or you viii not be able
to wear Il with satisfaction. If you are
too fat this assurance viii be lacking,
for if the directoire reveals anything it
reveals fat Consequently stout ladies
are in duty bound. out Of respect 70
their own peace Of mind. to reduce
and reduce quiekly-for time is short
Exercising and dieting being out OF
the question as too tiresomely long
winded and not desirable anyway as a
sure means Of reduction the question
arises, how shall any except very slim
ladies fit themselves to wear the new
mode with the necessary assurance. The
answer is Marmola-1z ounce, no more,
no less. mixed with = ounce Fluid Elk
tract Cascara Aromatic and 8 y ounces
Peppermint Water; all of which any
druggist VIII supply for a small sum
This pleasant mixture helps nature
to taqe off fat quickly. many losing a
pound a day. and yet owing to the do
nestle character Of its ingredients. it
can do no harm. Take a teaspoonfuI af-
ter each meal and at bedtime and test
for yourself the truth of the state
ment that with MarTnola alone one can
reduce any time as much or little as
desired without fear Of causing either
wrinkles or stomach trouble. 1t pro-
vides the means whereby you can train
down to the mode without interference
TO your diet or your habits.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
THIS is MY 4OTH BIRTHDAY.
Rraud WhifIock.

Brand Whitlock, the author-mayor
of Toledo, was born in Urbana. o.,
March 4, 1869, the son of a prominent
Methodist minister. He removed to
Toledo in 1887 and for three years
worked as newspaper reporter and
editor From Toledo he went to Chi
cago, continuing his newspaper work
there, and in 1898 he accepted politi-
cal appointment and went to Spring
field, III. In the meantime he had be-
gun to attain some success as writ
er of short stories and magazine ar
ticles. He studied law and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1894. In 1897 he
returned to Toledo and began the prac-
tice of his profession. He became a
leader IN the reform element of Toledo
politics and was an ardent admirer of
the late Samuel Jones, the Golden
Rule" mayor of the Ohio city. In
1905 Mr.. Whitlock was elected mayor
Of Toledo by an overwhelming majority
of votes
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
With The Legislators

The county officers lobby has re-
turned to town. At o'clock this
morning Colonel Wallace of Washing
ton. Ind. one of the county officers,
was seen scouting through the corri-
doris of the state house trying to hunt
out anything that might be happening
The hotels are crowded with county
clerks. county sherifes, county auditors,
county recorders, trustees and all the
pap-suckers of the county system.
There are two bills before the house in
which they are greatly interested One
Is the bill to repeal the sheriffs in
and-out fee law passed earlier in the
session, and the other is the bill to
repeal the bill passed not long ago
that for the benefit of the county
clerks. Both of these bills were vetoed
by Governor Hanly, and both were
passed over that governors veto. Both
are graft bills pure and simple. The
clerks bill is especially obnoxious to
the taxpayers. AS was shown in the
News Of yesterday, it gives to the
clerk between forty and fifty different
kinds OF fees that now go to the treas
ury Of the county. and the county is a
great loser. There is yet time to pass
the two bills introduced by Represen-
tative McGinniss that will repeal the
two obnoxious bills that were passed
over Governor Hanlys veto, and that
is the reason the county officers lobby
is here in such rce.-Indianapolis
News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
Gnve His Words For It.

Seaman's return tickets are issued by
most British railways at seaport towns
to sailors at reduced rates. A rather
we'll groomed young man demanded
one to Birmingham; the booking clerk
at Hull demurred.
"seaman's returns are only issued to
sailors" ne snapped
We'll, I'm a sailor" was the reply.
I have only your word for that.
said the clerk; how am to know it
is correct2"
How are you to known came the
answer why. you leather-necked
swivel-eyed son OF a sea cook, If you
feel my starboard boom running foul
Of your headlights you'll know I've
been doing more than sit on a stool and
bleating all my life. and you'll haul in
jour Jaw tackle a bit"
Give him the ticket said the pas
senger superintendent. who had over
heard the dialogue; he's sailor, right
enough Tit Bits.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
THE CREAM OF THE
Morning News

Harmonious relations between the
builders and carpenters union. in Chi
cago, are restored. and lockout is
averted-
No proof is found of a milk trust, and
defense will today urge Judge to throw
the case out of court.
Government case against Standard
Oil Company, in Illinois, will fail if
court rules out tariff "a" of Alton road
today.
Fixing the minimum salary Of school
teachers at considerable advance on
what Is now paid is the aim of bills
to be introduced in the Tlionis legisla-
ture.
Ten persons perish in an early morn
ing fire in a New York tentment.
Headquarters of a gang of Long
Island Sound pirates" are raided and
$4,000 loot seized.
United States Senator Stephenson sec
ures majority of one for reelection b
Wisconsin legislature. but blunder OF
his managers allows prize to get away
All day rain soaks visitors and ruins
/ decorations in Washington, but the
weather man promises clear skies fol
/ the inaugural today BedraggIed thong.
i are good-natured, despite damaged fin
! cry and loss of sightseeing trips.
/ Those who expect a reactionary pol
/ icy from President Taft, will be dis
appointed; personal quarrels of the las
administration are to be dropped, bu
principles will remain.
President-eIeet Taft and Mrs Tai
spent the night at the White House a
guests Of President Roosevelt
Thousands call at the White House t,
say good-by to President Roosevelt
Women gathered in capital break re
cords for numbers and never has sucl
an array Of gowns been seen in the city
Receptions and entertainments ar
many.
Fairy garden is fashioned in the Pen
sion Building for the inaugural ball
Chicago will give a lusty cheer 70
FIVE minutes today when President Tai
takes the oath of office.
Kansas attorney general gives ruling
on pending Observation-Disclosures bill a
It effects insurance rates.
Further advances are scored IN graf
and provisions; live stock higher.
/ American Railway Engineering an
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
Heart toHeart
Talks.
TIE SOU. OF A CORPORATION.
NY edwin A.sNYE
C0pyTsghk. is0e. by American Press
Association.


The trial Of Patrick Calhoun on the
charge OF bribing San Francisco's su-
pervisors In behalf of the street rail-
way company of that city is a notable
case.
Brave Lawyer Heney has put Ruef,
Schmitz and other go-betweens in peril
OF their liberty.
Now he is after the "higher-ups."
One OF these principals is Calhoun,
and the spectacle of a railway presi-
dent in the prisoners dock is a unique
one.
But Calhoun was only ffgurehead-
a fancy fgurehead. The railway COM
pany is owned in the east. Calhoun
is q salaried man. The salary is big
one, enabling Calhoun and his family
TO hobnob with high society.
It 1s charged that from first to last
Calhoun paid as much as 100000 to
the supervisors for special privileges
granted his company.
But
Where are the directors Of the COM
pany? 1t Is not likely their hired man
would pay out that large sum for their
benefit without their knowledge or
consent. 1t may be Heney will get
some more of the 'higher-ups"
So far as Calhoun is concerned, he
was probably between the upper and
the neither millstones.
As manager he must earn dividends
on lot of highly watered stock. That
meant he must give the people the
least possible service they would ac-
cept without public riot, grind the
employees and buy tmmunities and
concessions from thespublic officials.
Well
| Has it not been the accepted saying
among high fnanciers that a corpora
ton has no soul?
| Proceeding upon this theory, that a
corporation Is an impersonal thing,
without conscience or ideals, many of
the public service corporations have
not hesitated to buy, beg, steal or
force whatever they could from the
public.
BUT A CORPORATION HAS A
SOUL.
It Is composite soul, made up Of the
individual souls of the men who con.
duct its enterprises. If these men
have conscience, vision, decency, then
the soul of the corporation is an hon.
est soul; otherwise not.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

New York, March 3.-The first cut
in the wages of the steel workers as
the outcome Of a price war between
the trust and the independent com
panies was announced yesterday.
The Lackawanna Steel corporation,
one Of the largest independent concerns
in the United States posted notice at
its Baufalo shops yesterday of a reduc
ton of about 10 per cent in the pay of
its employees, extending from the ranks
of unskilled labor up to it's office forces.
Announcements by other companies
OF corresponding cuts are expected
daily. At the offices Of all in this city
it was admitted that the question of
reducing the pay of employees was be-
ing considered, and that a scaling
down on an average of 10 per cent in
each case would probably be ordered.
Finance Committee Meets.
At the offices OF the steel trust it
was said that the wage subject would
not be taken up until after congress
had acted on the tariff.
Big Companies stand Pat.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 3.-The mon
ster independent iron and steel con-
Germ sof the Pfttsburg district-the
Jones & Mclaughlin Steel company.
Ltd, the Pittsburg Steel company and
the Midland Steel company-represent
ing in all more than 500. 600. yes
terday decided to stand pat" on
wages This in spite of the fact that
the big Lackawana Steel company at
BuaTol, one of the strongest indie
pendents, had declared fiat 10 per
cent reduction in wages yesterday.
Each of these three Pittsburg con-
Germs held quiet meetings yesterday and
each decided that there is but one
| thing that will force them to cut
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
March 4.


1671-Joseph West became governor of
South Carolina.
1766-An association called the Daugh-
ters of Liberty formed at Provi-
dence, R. I.
1777-Button Gwinnett became presi-
dent of Georgia.
1791-Vermont admitted to the Union.
1S37-Chicago chartered as a city.
1S49-Zachary Taylor inaugurated
president Of the United States
1S54-St. Paul incorporated as city.
1S61-Abraham Lincoln inaugurated
president of the United States.
1S7s-Seven persons killed in tornado
in Kentucky.
1SSS-Alexander H. Stephens, states
man, died in Atlanta. Born near
Charlottesville, Ga, Feb. II, 1918
190o-Death of Archbishop Hennessy oil
Dubuque.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
a winters Tale.

Nine. De Navarro praised at a lunch
con in New York the American wit
1T was horribly cold the other after
noon" she said, "A bitter wind whirl-
ed the dry snow through the air. The
policemen had read. swollen faces. and
alb the teamsters. as they drove. kept
slapping their poor frost-bitten hands
against their breasts.
Getting into my hanson I said to
the driver:
This IS real winter weather, isn't
it?'
The driver nodded and smiled grim
ly..
"I give you my word. ma'am,' said
he. I amt seen butterfly all day. =
Washington Star.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
TWO DEMOCRATS IN CABINET.

in
fact will doubt make
paw the air. As Washington contemporary
that
It is certainly freak Of politics that atBryan
pledged
Rooseveian policies
OF lines traditions appoint
ment these the
the anthesi democracy
It is living picture
through the
of Office
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
FIRST WAGE CUT IS MADE
IN THE BIG STEEL WAR
Lackawana Company Reduces Pay of Men, But the Big
Companies Stand Pat and Refuse to Par
ticipate in the Reduction.

wages-that, tampering with tariff at
Washington.
Last night B. F. Jones, jr., president
of the Jones & Mclaughlin Steel COM
pany Ldt., issued the following state
ment:
I'VE have not considered the ques-
ton of reducing wages. Our future
action in this connection will be gov
erned by general business conditions,
and by the terms of the tariff bill about
to be introduced into congress.
Wallace Rowe, president of the Pitts
burg Steel company. says: ''Tht matter
of a reduction in wages has been con-
sidered by US and we have decided to
take no action until there is some
further developments in iron and steel
conditions.
Interested in Tariff.
I'VE are specially interested in what
the congress will do with the tariff
on metals. The action of congress
ton of iron and steel wages of the fu-
ture."
W. @. Fownes, president of the Mid
land Steel company, the other large
independent. said:
while we are not crossing bridges
until we come to them and do not care
to discuss the wage question, we will
do as others do in this matter. II the
cutting of wages become prevalent the
Midland Steel will be forced to cut"
An official of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany who will not permit his name to
| be mentioned said that while all an
nouncement must come from New York
| that he did not think there would be
any move made here to cut wages in
| the corporation mills; at least, not until
something had been done to the tariff
| by the Washington solons.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

Maintenance of Way Association will
take steps to protect the timber supply
Wall street traders are inactive,
waiting for inaugural address.
Snow and rain force worlds champion
cubs to do indoor training at West
Baden training camp.
Dougherty and Tannehiu of White
Sox, first players to sustain injuries in
training camp at san Francisco.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
HAs BIG RUILp1NG BOOM.

What promises to be the most i'm
portant building season in South Bend
during the last ten years was inaugu-
rated this week when workmen began
razing the buildings on the site on
which ]. NJ. Studebaker will erect an
eight-story office building. Within an
other week the Oliver Opera House will
be vacated and workmen will begin re-
modelling that structure into an eight
story building.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

The McGinniss bill to repeal the act
passed earlier in the session giving to
county clerks transcript and other fees,
was engrossed in the house in the
morning session today after a heated
debate The bill came in with divided
report, Greiger and Coble having
signed a minority report for indefinite
postponement
The clerks graft bill was vetoed by
Governor Hanly IN 1907. and was hur-
riedIy passed some time ago by the
present general assembly over that
veto, Greiger demanded that the Me
Ginniss repeal bill be printed, and Nc
Ginniss moved to table and the molten
carried.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

Though in some instances the
glory Of a woman may be her
hair, 1t does not in most cases
stack up to that OF her hat.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

The court bill lobby that succeeded
in getting the court bills passed early
in the session passed again in the SEN
ate over the veto of Governor Marshall
did not do the unexpected. 1t was be-
lieved fro mthe start that the repub-
Hcan senate would pass these bills over
the veto Of the democratic governor
but If they succeed in having them
passed in the house it will indeed be
a surprise. Senator Bland, who was
the hardest worker in behalf of the
bill to give Linton a superior court
lives in Linton. The papers of Linton
are abusing the governor shamefully.
It should be borne in mind that the
whole state is not interested in these
court bills, except that the whole state
has to be taxed to pay the cost of ad-
dftional judges that must be appointed.
These bills Will cost the state at least
$40, 900 a year. and the taxpayers of
the whole state must settle the bill, and
that is one of the reasons Governor
Marshall placed his veto on them. The
democratic house should stand by the
governor. 1t was expected that the re-
publican senate would try to embar-
rass him as much as possible. 1t is
now up to the democratic house to in
dorse the governor, says ". H. Blodg-
EFT.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

the fish houndering in a swag on the
swaney farm. The fish was fifteen
inches long. and Mrs. swaney could
hardly hold it. as it fought to free it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

The thing that makes a man
great is the aduIation of men
who are not great but just
common, hard-striving every
day men.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

Anyway Eve never had occasion
to worry Adam by asking two
or three times a day If she was
the only woman he ever loved.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

The real Ieiress after all is the
one whose face Is her fortune.
1t generally lasts and her reIa-
tiOnH can't spend it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
RANDOM
THINGS AND FILINGS

The funny part of 1t is that lot of
fellows think that digging the Panama
canal is just ike setting out an olean-
der plant in the back yard.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
sabbath Days Journeys.

on Sunday evenings Andy Sailors
improves his personal appearance some
what by adjoining himself in his very
best suit and then plods gaily across
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

SOMEBODY HAS INVENTED A MA
CHINE THAT WRAPS UP MONEY.
WE SHALL CONTINUE TO WRAP
OURS UP, WHEN WE HAVE ANY, BY
ROLLING 1T BETWEEN THE THUMB
AND FIRST FINGER OF THE RIGHT
HAND.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

The Indianapolis News took a lovely
rap yesterday at the Gary court bin. as
Wei as the Linton creation, and adj
vised the democratic house not to pass
the bills over executive veto.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

Mary Gardens gown and her build
are creating somewhat Of a sensation
in New York. Not having seen either.
we shall have to pass up judgment
for the present.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

That Hammond theatrical company
will never set the world on IRE until it
produces a play that has to be cen
sored.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

We regret to note that the author of
Pears Soap Is dead. but Lydia e. Pink
ham lives on. though she died many
years ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
The Uplift in DeIaware.


How they made the pies fyl One
fellow ate four whole pies at 10 cents
a slice and asked for more. These SO
Gals are moral benefit to the COM
munity and have refining influence on
our young men.-EllendaIe Cor. MIL
ford (Del) Chronicle.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

the valleys and mountains to where
widow woman lives having two good
looking daughters. - Licking CMo.)
News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

Holman street Gossip
When the weather is fair people
thank Providence, but when It's bad
they damn the weather man.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
CATCHEs Bass ~ ARMs

Mrs. John swaney. the wife of a we'll
known farmer south Of Bloomington.
caught a large bass IN her arms to-
day. The high waters Of Clear Creek
had gone dawn. ana Mrs. swaney found
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
DEATH STRANGE COINCIDENCE.

Exclaiming II know he is dead" Mrs.
J. w. Humphrey OF Knoxville, Tenn,
suddenly expired on a train at Oakland
City. while hurrying to Mt. Carmel, ILL.,.
to be at the bedside OF a son, Ray Hum
phrey. who had been seriously hurt. 1t
developed later that the son and the
mother died almost at the same instant.
Mrs Humphrey formerly resided here
and also at Princeton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
DOG TAX IS LARGE.

That Gibson County has her full
share Of dogs is shown by the fact that
yesterday the township trustees turned
over to the county auditor the sum of
s2,271-40 as the amount due the tuition
fund from dog tax collections
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

William Morgan, paroled from the
Jacksonville reformatory, was arrest
ed in Greencastle today and while being
taken to jail on an old charge he
escaped from the officers. After an
exciting chase he was recaptured west
of the city He will be returned to
Jeffersonville tomorrow
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04

Asking that she be granted legal sep
aration from her husband for a period
Of one year Maggie Bredeweg of Terre
Haute, brought action in the Circuit
Court today against John Bredeweg
The plaintiff alleges that her husband
has been guilty Of cruel and inhuman
treatment. She states that her husband
has property valued at $4,000 and an in
come Of 500 month.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
FEAR SMALLPOX SPREAD.

DIR. D. G. Wybourn of Sheldon this
morning reported the appearance of the
first case of smallpox in that place.
Across the Wells County line. but a few
miles away, there are q score or more
of the cases, and health officials have
been bending every effort to keep the
disease from getting into Allen County.
II is said none of the cases are serious
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14
Washinnton's Sprinu

The first thing that greets the eyes
Of a stranger alighting from the train
at Cold Spring. village resting snug
ly in the highlands of the Hudson. is
Washington's spring, inclosed by three
powders in the rough. which. as one
approaches. are seen to contain tiny
pool of spouting water. An inscrip-
ton in relief upon the bronze plate
announces that General George Wash
ington, in frequent visits to the Ameri-
can troops encamped near by during
the war of the Revolution. drank OF
this spring and gave it it's name, Cold
spring"
The encampments referred to were
principally upon the famous Constitu-
tion island, just below. to which was
attached one end of the great chain
which was stretched across the river
to West Point and checked navigation
by the British warships during the
Revolution.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14
DOING THE CAR.
A Display of Quick Wit by the Come
dian Msrtineff

dian Martinez.
The Emperor Nicholas of Russia
was once sold as follows:
During an interview which Martinez,
the comedian and mimic, had succeed
ed in obtaining with Prince Volkhon,
sky, high steward, the emperor walked
into the room unexpectedly, yet with
a design, as was soon made evident.
Telling the actor that he had heard
a specimen of them, he babe him
mimic the old minister The feat was
performed with SO much gusto that
the emperor laughed immoderately ana
then, to the great horror of the poor
actor, desired to have himself taken
off,
It's physically impossible" plead
ed Martinez.
"Nonsense.' said Nicholas. Il insist
on its being done"
Finding himself on the horns of a
dilemma, tue mimic took heart of
grace and, with promptitude and
presence of mind that probably saved
him, buttonel his coat over his breast
expanded his chest, threw up his head
and, assuming the imperial part to the
best of his power, strobe across the
room and back; then, standing opposite
the minister, he cried in the exact
tone and manner of the ear:
'Volkhonsky, pay NJ. Martinez 1000
silver rubles"'
The emperor for a moment was dis
concerted; but, recovering himself
with a smile, he ordered the money
to be paid.