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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
WINTER SEEMS TO
HAVE CONE TO STAY
Additional Snow Falls in
Hammond Last
Night.

The fact that winter weather has
come TO stay seems to be indicated by
the additional fall of snow last night
The snow last night was not the light,
fine snow that fel during the recent
zero weather, but was the heavy moist
ure-Iaden kind.
Today the skies are still grey and
heavy, indicating that there are other
snow storms on tap before the weather
moderates. The coal dealers are still
doing a land office business, and they
all report that business has never. been
better. The prospect Of long winter
will make the harvest for them rich
one
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
GOSTLINS
BACK FROM
THEIR TRIP

Mr.. and Mrs. ". H. Gostun arrived
over the Monon railroad from the south
this morning They are both in the
best Of health and Mr.. Gostlin, espe-
cfalIy. says that ne is as Fl as a fiddle.
The cold from which he had been suf-
fering previous to his leaving for Hot
Springs. Va. left him Immediately aft
er he left that place for Aiken, S. C.
From Aiken Mr.. and Mrs. Gostlin left
for the south and visited several 9TH
er cities. They finally returned this
morning and surprised the members Of
their household here.
Mr. Gostlin says that one has to 60
away from Hammond for a while to
appreciate its wonderful advantages.
There are lots of more beautiful cities.
in his opinion, but there are none that
are more progressive.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
CHRISTMAS
MAIL RULES
mot to Be Opened" Is Mes
sage if Written.

Washington. D. c.. Dee 10.-It has
been decided by the classification com
mittee Of the postoffce department that
the words, Not to be opened until
Christmas day," or similar inscription.
may be written only on such parcels as
bear postage at frst-class rates. but
packages that are mailed a third class
or fourth class rates may bear the same
inscription, provided that it is printed
or stamped on them. When it is writ
ten on the parcel with pen or pencil.
the words are held to be personal
communication from the sender to the
addressee, thus making the matter
subject to hrst-class rates
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
PROMOTER
FAILS To
SHOW Up
Hence County Commission
ers Wait Around in Dis
gust at Crown Point ,and
and Franchise Is Not
Given to Chicago Men.
Especial to THE T1MEs-)

Crown Point, md, Dec. 11.-One ad-
venturesome traction promoter has
been rudely awakened from his fond
dream Of securing franchise from
the Lake county commissioners while
they Were not looking and then dispos-
ing Of it to some one who might pos
sibly build the me
That awakening was experienced by
a Chicago broker by the name of Pur-
tell, who presented an abomination of
a franchise to the county commission
ers and asked that it be passed.
After the commissioners had pared
the franchise down until it looked like
a respectable document, they informed
Mr. Purtell that they would award it
to him only providing he was able to
show them that he had the proper
financial backing.
Fails to Make Good.
Purtell said that he could furnish
the references apd that he would re-
turn to Crown Point if they would hold
an adjourned meeting with the proofs
of his ability to construct the line.
The adjourned meeting was held and
the suave Mr.. Purtell didgnot show up
with his references. The result was
that the commissioners after waiting
around Crown Point all day went home
in disgust and the county was saved
from another interurban promoter.
over in Whiting the same result
might have followed the demand of the
council that Castleman furnish proof of
his ability to finance and build line
to Indiana Harbor, but the councilmen
there with perfect accord thought that
this was unnecessary, and they gave
Mr.. CastIeman all he wanted and all he
asked for
The contract for the county printing
was let to Burford & Co. al Indianapo-
lis.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
NOTICE.

Members of the Hammond Saenger-
bund-Fidelia are requested to meet to-
morrow afternoon at 1880 at the place
Of B. Kammerer. corner Holman and
State Streets to escort the remains
of our former member. the late Fred
Kunzman.
The meeting is called at the request
of many who desire to honor charter
member Of the organization.
F. S. MILLER,
President.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11

Mrs. ]. NJ. Turner who has charge of
the sale of the Red cross stamps in
Hammond. reports very satisfactory
progress in the sale. It is especially
encouraging to her that q number Of
Institutions have bought UP wholesale
lots Of the same - use them for their
daily mali. The indications now are
that Hammond will make fine show
lng with its generosity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
KUNzMAN EULOGIzEO
IN MANY HOMES TODAY
Generosity Not the Least
Virtue of Deceased
Hammond Man.
HOSPITAL M0URNS FRIEND
Funeral Has Been Arranged For To-
morrow Afternoon; Inter
ment at Oak Hill.

Now that Fred Kunzman, is among
the dead his name is eulogfzed in hun
dreds of homes, and not the last place
where his untimely death is mourned is
st. Margaret's hospital His integrity,
and glad hand" were his most ap-
Parent virtues, but others are coming
to the surface now, not teh least of
which was his unbouhded generosity.
1t is for this especially that St Mar
garet's hospital has cause to regret his
death for he was a friend of the in
stitution, and now in the hour OF the
family's grief, the kind sisters would
add their appreciation of a departed
benefaetor. 1t was pointed out at the
hospital today that while the larder
there was filled by wholesale purchas-
ers, little of which trade went to Mr..
Kunzman, he did not permit week to
pass bx since the foundation of the
hospital in 1890. that he did not send
a certain share of supplies for the
charity patients, This is only one of
hundreds of instances where he has
been a friend fn deed.
Funeral Tomorrow.
Hundreds Of people have gone to Nei-
dows morgue since Thursday night to
view the remains OF thelf ITlepd anC
the funeral tomorrow promises to be
a large one. Three organizations viii
march in the funeral cortege which viii
lead from the home. IS state street t
Odd Fellows han. and thence to OaH
Hill cemetery. Services will be con
Quoted at the late home at / O'Clock by
the Rev We'll. after which the body
will be taken to odd Fellows hall fol-
the lodge rites there
The pallbearers will be william
Kuhn, d. Devorak. Robert WerIey
Fred Dietrich. William Elsner an
Carl Brueckner.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
PROMISES
TO help
The PLAN
Judge Virgil S. Reiter Be-
lieves Scheme of F. S.
Betz for Home Building Is
Good One, and Will Pool
With Others.

Judge Virgil S. Reiter approves Of the
plan Of f. S. Betz to provide homes for
the workingmen in Hammond. He
stated TO E. f. Johnston, secretary Of
the Hammond Business Mems associa-
tion that he has twelve lots on the
north side. in Hammond. which he
would be very glad to have pooled with
others on a scheme of that kind.
1t develops that +. S. Betz got the
idea of building a small two-room
house on the rear Of the lot. while the
property is being paid for, by seeing
similar plan carried out in Messina.
Italy where he visited after the earth-
quake.
The Betz idea seems to have gained
favor with large number Of Hammond
business men who have read of the
plan in THE TINES. Mr.. Betz first sug
gested his plan to Peter ". Meyn. Of
Gostlin. Meyn & Co, and Mr. Meyn
has had plans drawn of the cottage
which it is proposed to build on each
lot
Could pool Interests.
1t has been suggested that if a num-
Der Of Hammond real estate owners
who have blocks of lots on the north
side would turn Ihem over 10 d COM
mittee for sale under these conditions
that the population of then orth side
could be easily increased by 1000 peo-
pie and the value of the business prop
erty in this section of the city would
be Increased in value.
Any other owners Of cheap north side
lots who viii agree to pool them with
others in a plan to supply homes for
the Hammond Workman are request.
ed to report them to THE TINES Ham
mond seems to be on the way to the
solution of the problem Of providing
homes for the people.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
ATTEND
Banquet
CHICAGO
Many Hammond and Lake
County People Leave for
Chicago, Where They Will
Be Guests at Notable
Gathering of Hoosiers.

Today thirty or more members and
guests of the Indiana Society of Chi
cago will journey to the city from Ham
mond where they win attend the fifth
annual banquet in the gold room of the
Congress hotel. Covers will be laid
for 900.
There has not been a social event in
months that has attracted so much at
tention as the banquet tonight Some
Of the guests will 90 to Chicago this
afternoon and dress for the evening at
the hotel, and others will dress at home
and go directly to the hotel from the
train.
The list of notables who will speak
has made the program one Of the most
attractive that has ever been given by
this society. With James Whitcomb
Riley, James E. Watson and George
Ade, to say nothing of George Barr
McCutcheon, w d. Nesbit, Charles
Major and scores of lesser lights, the
affair promises to be a brilliant one.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11

He saws that finally he was told that
he was behind in his dues SIS and he
was suspended for the nonpayment of
dues He further alleges that the de-
fendants. whom the complaint names
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
UNION HEADS
TOACCOIJNT
IN COURT
d. L. Farmhouse of Gary
Charges Officers of No. 571
Electrical Workers With
Conspiracy and Misappro-
priation Of Funds.

1T appears that the local union, No
81, Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers, is involved in more trouble. The
other day a suit was filed by Phillip
McCabe Of Gary in which he alleged
that the officers of the local union had
boycotted him and were trying to drive
him out of Gary.
Today two other suits We're filed by
Attorneys O'Donnell and Norton of
Gary in which it is alleged that there
has been q conspiracy on the part of
the officers of the union to misappro-
pirate the funds of the union. and ask
ing for an investigation by the Lake
superior court of the accounts of the
officers.
These suits seems 70 be the result
of Investigations that have been car
ried on by Attorneys O'Donnell and
Norton of Gary, and Judging by the
allegations in the complaints there is
very warm time ahead for the union
and its officials.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
Many Present from Here.

Among those who will be present
from Hammond are A. NJ. Turner, w. G.
Paxton, Dr. T. W. Oberlin John F.
Sawyer and c. c. Deming, who are
members. and Judge John H. Gillett.
who is one of the guests of honor
Others who will attend are Leo Wolf
c. Kaufman, William Thum. T. s.
Betz, Peter Meyn, Lawrence Becker W.
j. McAleer,. w B. Conkey, P. A. Parry.
Otto Knoerzer. Roscoe e. Woods. John
f. Fitzgerald, ". D. Webb, A. NJ.
Turner. S. f. Swain, DR.. H E Shar-
rer. F. Richard sehaaf. E. F. Johnston.
Peter Crumpacker. L. [. Bomberger,
w. f. Bridge, G. NJ. Mcdaniel and Judge
Virgil S. Reiter
From East Chicago the guests are
c. L. Kirk, George w. Lewis and Walter
J. Riley, Judge William w McMahan
of Crown Point is also invited The
banquet will be served at o'clock, and
it is expected that the program viii
not be finished until late this evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
SAD DEATH
TAKES PLACE:
THIS MORN.
Wife of Hammond Council
man Dies at Her Home
With Prayer on Her Lips
for Wandering Boy, Who
Disappeared.

With prayer on her lips for her
wandering boy, Mrs. Magdalena Kap-
tur, wife of Councilman John Kaptur,
745 Hickory street, died this morning
at her home after FIVE years of suffer
ing from asthma and cancer of the
stomach. 1t was the only regret of-the
dying mother that she could not lay
her hand with a blessing on the head
of her son Stanley, her first born. now
% years old, who suddenly disappeared
four years ago from the Polish sem
mary at Detroit. Mich, where he had
been preparing himself for the Catho-
lie priesthood
Waited in vain for Return.
In vain she had listened for each
approaching footstep that came to the
house In the night time for the last
four years thinking that it might be
her son returning home after sending
the cruel message to his parents four
years ago that he had abandoned his
studies and that they would never see
him again. Once she heard that he
held a clerical position in the navy
department and that he was stationed
at a point in New Jersey.
Lived Here Eighteen years.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kaptur We're mar
ried twenty three years ago, they hav-
ing been natives of P6sen. Germany.
They emigrated to this country in 1883,
and have resided in Hammond for the
past eighteen years. Mrs. Kaptur was
the mother of i've children. Stanley,
Joseph, Lottie, clara and Martha. the
latter having died three years ago,
when she was s years old. Mrs. Kaptur
was a member Of the Ladies auxiliary
of the Polish Alliance, and a parishion
er of st. Cashiers Polish Catholic
church.
The funeral has been arranged for
next Monday morning. Requiem high
mass will be said at st. Cashiers
church al o'clock. and interment will
be at Holy Cross cemetery
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11

David L. Farmhouse Of Gary is the
plaintiff in one Of the cases filed today.
Farmhouse is from Gary and alleges
that he has been a member of local
union No. 571. International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers, since the
2Sd of July. 1909. He says that he was
initiated on that date and paid an in
itiation fee of $50.
He says that he was entitled to a
card and a copy of the constitution
and bylaws after he was initiated, but
that he did not receive either. He
says that soon after his Initiation ne
was informed that he would have to
pay 81 day for permit 10 work. Not
having a copy Of the constitution and
byla VS. he says he paid Martin II. Car
mody. James J. Finneran and Robert
OConnor s93 in cash before he found
out that he was not required to pay
the 81 tax.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11

Warmer today and Sunday;
with snow probably turning
to RAIN
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
Stamp Sale Encouraging.

econtinaea on page nve.'
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
BELIEVE THAT.
MINISTER HAS
BEEN KILLED
FRIENDS OF REV. JAS. A. BURKS,
OF FORT SMITH, ARK, ARE
SECURING COUNTRY IN SEARCH
OF MISSING PREACHER.
BY Associated Press.

Fort Smith, Ark, July 3O.-That
Rev. James X. Burks, Presbyterian
field missionary, was robbed and
killed, was the belief of friends who
have organized posses and are scour-
ing the country in the vicinity Of
Howe, Okla, in a search for the
missing man. Yesterday Mr.. Burks
went to his apartments at the hotel
at Howe to prepare for a trip TO
Mena. Ark. When he did not reap
pear in a reasonable time, an attache
of the hotel went to the room. found
a partially arranged trunk, bat Mr..
Burks had disappeared. The search
for the missing man continued until a
late hour last night and was resumed
early today, but although several
persons whose actions aroused sus-
piciOn have been aiken into custody,
no trace of the minister has been
found.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
SITUATION IN
SPAIN REMAINS
VERY CRITICAL
BARCELONA STILL IN THE
THROEs OF REVOLUTIONARY
MOVEMENT AND $4,000 MooRs
PRESSING EXHAUSTED FORCES
IN MOROCCO.
BY Annotated Press.

Madrid, July 3O.-Spanish crises at
home and abroad continued today to
present many alarming features, with
Barcelona still in the throes of a
revolutionary movement and an army
of 10000 Moors pressing SPANS de-
feated and exhausted forces in Mo-
rocco.
The reports from Barcelona were
ominously meagre and from round
about quarters. But the revolution
airy movement appeared to have
passed its climax. Government troops
were reported to have the upper
hand. The artillery had been con-
suited with mercileSs effect leaving
back and capturing the main bodies
of rioters and driving the remnants
to outlying sections. The scattered
fragments of information, coming
Madrid and frontier points,
were doubtless censored and lacking
in exactness, but they gave details OF
a bloody conflict between 10000 rev.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
4 SUCCESSFUL
FLIGHT IS MADE
BY D. WRIGHT
WITH LIEUT.. FOULS OF SIGNAL
CORPS AS a PASSENGER, HE
ATTAINED A SPEED OF FORTY
TWO MILES AN HOUR.
RY AsseeIated Press.

Washington, July 30.-OrviIle
Wright this evening made the ten
mile test flight from Fort Myer to
Alexandria and return, with Lieut.
Benjamin D. Fouls, of the signal
corps, as a passenger. His speed
was forty-two miles an hour, making
the trip in fourteen minutes and
forty-two seconds and breaking all
speed records over a measured
course.
He attained the height once OF five
hundred feet, but the average altitude
was two hundred feet. The start
was made easily and amid cheers the
machine rose and started on the
course. flying as straight as an arrow
for Alexandria
President Taft was one Of the most
enthusiastic spectators.
The descent was easily made.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
MEXICO CITY
EXPERIENCES 4
SEVERE QUAKE
SIX KILLED IN THAT CITY WHILE
THE SHOCK WAS FELT FOR A
DISTANCE OF ONE THOUSAND
SQUARE MILES.
BY Associated Press.

Mexico City, July 30.-Central
Mexico for a distance Of one thou
sand square miles experienced a Sc
we're earthquake today. Reports of
loss of life are incomplete, but off,
cially believed to be killed, and
more than a score MORALLY injured.
The towns OF Acapulco and Chill
pancfngo were destroyed The first
shock was 50 severe that it caused
many bells in cathedrals 70 toll and
the second shock caused tall build
ings TO sway and cracked the walls
of many.
Six people were killed in Mexico
City during the second shock and
four were injured so badly that they
cannot recover,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
az AssoeIated Pcs.

White Plains, n. Y, July 30-Harry
ThaW spent two hours on the stand
today. He was closely questioned by
Jerome regarding his exaggerated
ego Jerome read letters saying
Thaw never listened to arguments
anG could not be convinced. An eX-
pert commented on ThaWs express
Ion, and said it was far beyond nor
NAL, in a letter to Jerome.
Justice Mills, presiding on the case,
asked several questions that seemed
TO ruffIe Thaw.
They are going to argue to me"
said Justice Mills, that you show an
exaggerated ego You have good
counsel, but 1 notice you interrupt
him, making suggestions. In your
former litigation yOa changed coun-
sci frequently. Don't you trust Mr..
Morschauser? Haven't you felt you
could better conduct this case?"
mo" answered Thaw, except per-
haps in the case Of Mr.. Hartridge."
MAY SUE FOR DIVORCE.
Neither Harry K Thaw nor his
counsel, Charles Morschauser, show
ed much interest today In a report
that Evelyn Thaw intended to begin
a suit for divorce as soon as the
present proceedings clOSEQr
1T is the arst intimation we have
heard of such suit" Mr.. Morschaus-
e said. and we haya received no
notice at all from MT.stf Thaw OF her
Mr.. Morschauser said that so far as
he knew, Thaw had no intention Of
suing for q separation or divorce.
viii he contest his wife's suit"
the attorney was asked
'Why, certainly, if she brings it, d"
he continued. She has always been
well treated. At present she is re-
ceiving from the Thaw family 5000
a year"
It. is alleged Mrs. Thaw viii base
her suit on the revelations of the
present trial, regarding Thaw's alleg-
ed conduct at the house of Susan
Merrill. Mr.. MOrschauser called at
tention to the fact that ThaW had
denied these stories
LAS for the Mrs. Reid said to have
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
Secretary of War IS
Visiting i'm Nashville

ing active movement. If a tariff bill
shall be passed the probabilities are
that there will be a very positive
business development in a number Of
ways that are now in a measure
quiescent. 1t is probable that a tariff
bill Will be passed, and that when it
is criticized, not through uHljtical
spectacles, but from a true business
understanding, it will, on the whole,
be found much better than has been
foreshadowed in a large part OF the
public press"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
II. K. THAW SPENDS
TWO MORE HOURS
IN WITNESS CHAIR
BY Associated Press

Memphis, Tenn, July 30.-One man
was killed and ten others more or less
CINE crashed into a car at Rayburn
street and railroad avenue early to-
day.
An inbound suburban car was
crossing the railroad tracks, heavily
laden with passengers, when a switch
engine of the Frisco system pushed
two box cars, hit the street car and
turned it completely over.
The dead: Allen R. w. AmbIe,
conductor of the street car.
The injured: Robert GiIlspis,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
TRI=COUNTY FAIR
STOCK SELLS FAST
$2,275 SUBSCRIBED
Switch Engine Crashes
Into Memphis ST: Car

slightly hurt; ]. A. Blackwell, badly
bruised; w. A. Conaway. sixty years
old, seriously injured internally;
Miss Florence Gartrell, bruised; w.
B H. Blanley, Moreland. crushed;
Woodson Blackwell, head cut, not Sc
rious; z. l.. Jetson, bruised; Alma
Barberia, cut and mashed; c. E. Ow-
ems, back wrenched; one year old
child OF Helen Hargrove, badly bruis-
ed. Motorman Bailey claims his air
brakes refused to work when he dis
covered the Frisco train bearing
down upon his car and he found 1t
impossible to stop. He stuck to his
post and escaped with cuts and
bruises.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
BY Associated Press.

Montgomery, Ala, July 3G.-After
the passage of bill presented to the
legislature today and referred to the
house committee on temperance,
every club of whatsoever kind must
agree to eliminate liquors for sale,
drinking or any other use, before
charter will be given, and If there 3
anything of this kind after licensed
the charter can be taken away and
the club declared an outlaw. Mem
bers will not be allowed to keep or
store liquors either In the club
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
CONFERENCE REPORT IS
SUBMITTED TO HOUSE
Bill to Eliminate the
Social Club i'm Alabama

rooms or near them for consumption
by themselves or others, or for dis
tribution or division among guests.
Neither shall any club permit gaming
on its premises. For violation its
charter, by agreement at issue, is an
nUlled. Unless promise is made on
application for charter that none OF
the laws will be violated, no probate
Judge can issue such authority. Mem
bers violating the provisions win be
punished as those convicted of keep
ing or maintaining unlawful drinking
pieces.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
TAPP SERIOUSLY ILL.

Atlanta, Ga, July 3O.-A telegram
from Denver today says that Sydney
G. Tapp, Liberal party candidate for
the presidency at the last presiden-
tial election, is dangerously i'll in
the western city. The message, which
came to Taps law partner here, did
not state the nature of the illness, but
said that Mr.. Taps condition is
precarfOuS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
SEN. FORAKER
To REPRESENT
D. NJ. CARTER
.IiLL APPEAR FOR FORMER
ARMY OFFICER IN AN APPEAL
TO THE UNITED STATES SU-
PREME COURT.
BY Associated Press.

Chicago, July 3O.-AnnOuncemen
was made yesterday from the Office
Of Horace c. Stone, counsel for the
defendant in the suit of the govern
ment against Captain Oberlin NJ.
Carter, Lorenzo ID. carter, Stanton /.
Carter and others, that former Sena-
tor Foraker also had been retained
to act as counsel for Captain Carter
in an appeal and cross appeal by the
government and defendants to the
United States supreme court. Carter
was an army officer and served a
term in prison for alleged completely
with Greene and GaynOr in tae Sa-
vannah harbor fraud.