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Putnam patriot., 1909-09-17
THE PUTNAM PATRIOT September Y 1909

their being separated by open feans
 After Bartlett left camp with Hen
 derson and their division Marvin and
 | remained with our divisions twenty
 hours longer and tlish followed. When
 We reached Ranietts camp he broke
 pslt and went en and Ye turned ia. By
 this arfH.eeneut the advance parry
 was ifsysllng whiie iiia main party
 wss asleep. aBd vice versa, aHA wss tn toueii wi.h iHy advance parry every
 f'xeAlg four bnnrs
 had DO reasm fo coWplain 6f the
 going fer fhe eest two rlarehes though fer le7z neriensed party less adapt- able sleffeFs Hs sfzs perfect equipment
 if would ialge bees aa imDessibilty
 Last Werss to Marvin.
 At one Is0.ifloa at fhe end of the sec-
 1fd march Marin obtained satis-
 factory sight fer latitude in elear
 weather. which placed ns af s5 x.
 This result agreed very satisfactorily
 with Inc dead rel kealmg ef Marvin.
 Bartlett and myself Up tt this time
 ibe slight altitude of tine sun had
 made fl mol worth while to waste time
 in observations
 On the next TWO marches the going improved. sand Ne covered good dis
 taHces In on. of these marches lead delayed us q few hours. We finally ferried across pn tie ice cakes. The next day Bartlett let himself out, evidently for record. and feeled off plump twenty miles. Here Mar yin obtained satisfactory sight on latitude. which gave the posit on as Sg3s. Of beyond the farthest nofth of Sansen and Abruzzi. and showed that we had covered fifty minutes of lati- tude Iii three marches. Tn these three marches We had passed the Norwegian record of s6fI by Nansen and the ltai- Ian record ef sG34 by eagni. From this point Marvin turned back in command of the third supporting party. My last words to him were. "Be careful of the leads. my boy" The party from this point comprised T men, : sledges and g1 dogs The north march was over good go. | ing, but for the first time since leaving | 1aid We experienced that condition. freauent over these ice fields of a
 hazy atmosphere iu which the light k equal everywhere. Ali relief k de stfoyed. and II Is impossible to see for | any distance.
 Tn the ueXt march We encountered l the heaviest and deepest snow Of the | journey. through Il thick. smotlfering mantle lying in the Impressions If | heavy rubhle lee 1 came upon Bart l letI and his party. fagged out and temporarily discouraged by the heart raeklng work of making road. l rallied them bit. lightened their sletIges aud sent them OH, encouraged again.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
l DON'T HAVE To RESIGN"
SAYS ALDERMAN SWANTON

If Mayor Becker felt the thrills of
victory after successful opposing the
metropolitan police law, he did not
show it last night at the council meet
ing, when Otto DueIke. city clerk, read
the mayors appointments for the new
police board There did not seem to
be enough of interest in this to cause
him to draw an extra Whit from his
cigar. but it was his time for exulta-
ton just the same.
The bonds of Anton H. Taper and
George Drackert, democrats. and Coun-
Gilman T. Swanton. republican, mem
bers on the commission, We're readily
approved by the council. A five-thou-
sand-dollar bond was required, which
was signed by George Eder for Mr..
Swanton; Adam Ebert and John F.
Krost for Mr.. Drackert. and William
Aeigehe and Thomas Hammond for
Mr.. Taper. The new board members
took their oath of office this morning
in the clerks office in the superior
court. and were to meet in the private
office of the chief of police for their
organization and for transaction of
business al 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Appointed for Two Years.
An ordinance introduced Mayor Beck
er regulates the salary of the police
commissioners, fixing it at 81 so annual
ly for each member. The rules for the
passage of this ordinance were sus-
pended, all present. with the exception
of Councilman Swanton, voting for it,
The official appointment as read last
night provides that the members hold
office for two wears
Councilman Swanton emphaicaly de-
MED to a TINES reporter last evening
that he would relinquish his office as
councilman. owing to the fact that he
Is now a member of the new police
board.
Indeed, I do not intend to give up
an elective office for one of appoint
ment, and there is neither cause nor
law why I should do so" said Mr..
Swanton
Another ordinance introduced last
night by Mayor Becker was one amend
ing an old ordinance and provides that
the board of public works shall here
after regulate the salaries of those con-
nected with the Hammond water works
system.
In presenting, this ordinance" said
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
GAVIT's BOY IS BETTER
Hammond Lad Afflicted
With Typhoid Will
Recover.

The word comes from Valparaiso TO-
day that Edwin Gavit, the son of At
torney and Mrs. John Gavit. of this citv.
who IS afflicted with scarlet fever while
attending Valparaiso university. is verv
much improved and is resting easily.
Or. Loring. who has charge of the
case. stated yesterday that the case
was one of the worst he has seen in
two years. but the change for the bet
ter IS very encouraging.
Elwin Gavit was taken sick Sun
day and careful diagnosis of the
case left no doubt as to what allied the
Hammond young man. He told his pa
rents that he had been exposed to sew
eral cases of scarlet fever. as there is
quite an epidemic Of it on the hill where
he is going to school
The result was that Sunday he was
taken with the dreaded maladv and
now his parents will be happy If he re-
covers from his sickness with no per
manent evil results Elwin Gavit is
rooming with Professor and Mrs. Agar
and his roommate is Mr.. McGfrr. a
relative OF Attorney W. ]. McAIeer of
Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
NEW COURT CALENDAR
Judge v. S. Refers Plan
Works Admirably for
Attorneys.

Judge V 5. Refers new plan for
setting the court calendar for only a
week in advance is working admirably.
BY this plan the setting OF the cases
may be done in manner better suited
to the attorneys, who try them
The settings are announced each Fri
day for the next week. and this gives
the attorneys weeks time in which
to prepare for trial and get their wit
nesses together.
The case Of Silas vs.,the Western Glu-
cose company, now the American Maize
Products company, was settled out Of
court, and was dismissed with the
consent Of bomth OF the attorneys.
Tomorrow the case of Spear vs.. the
Republican Iron and steel company will
be taken Up and tried. The case OF
Hohlick vs.. the Interstate Iron and
Steel company was settled
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
GOMPERS
D|SOWNS
OFFICERS

Msssrs. Reed, Murphy and Sullivan,
grand officers of organized Electrical
Workers, whom the members of local
No. 2So. were led to recognize because
they believed that they were recognized
by Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, were
disowned by Gompers yesterday in a
statement made to a committee from
the Buildings Trades and Labor as
sembly and members of local No ESQ.
The conference was held yesterday
afternoon in the Kaiserhof hotel. Chi
cago, where the situation as it exists
in Gary and Hammond. was laid before
the labor chief. Instead Mr.. Gompers
recognized Grand President f. J. Nc
Nulty. Grand Secretary P. w. Collins.
both Of Springfield. Ill, and Grand
Treasurer J. e. McCadden of Buffalo as
the grand officers of the Electrical
Workers. These men recognize Presi-
dent Finneran Of local No 571 and its
secretary, Mr. Carmody.
Would Like to See All United.
Although President Gompers has rul-
ed against Reed, Murphy and Sullivan.
he has in no way stigmatized their
followers, who were led to believe that
these three men We're recognized by
them On the contrary. he argued that
they showed their willingness to be
union men. and that they should be
welcomed in the central body His de-
eision was received in this spirit BY
the committee from the Trades and La
Dor assembly. and an effort will be
made to bring the electrical workers
all into one fold
The committee will make their re-
port to the assembly this evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
HAS A NEW MANAGER
Martin j. Krause of Ham.
mond Succeeded by
II. Jenter.

The Chicago Lounge company. which
was formerly under the management Of
Martin J. Krause of this city. is now
under the management of H. Jenter Of
the Hammond Bedding company.
1t was learned today that there
would be a re-organization of the Ham
mond Lounge company in the near
future. The Chicago Lounge company
is a stock company. and Martin ].
krause was the secretary and treas
urer OF the company.
H Jenter will assume Mr.. Krause's
position, and 1t is understood that the
latter will retire from the active man
agement of the company. The change
took place about ten days ago and the
plans for the reorganization will be
announced IN a few days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
BOARD FIXES NEW SLATE
Times Prediction Regarding
Hanlon Is Verified
Today.

At the first meeting of the new board
of police commissioners this afternoon.
composed of Messrs. Taper, swanton
and Drackert, the following slate of
officers for the police department was
chosen by the board after due delibera-
tion:
Chief Of police-Peter Austgen.
Captain of police-George Hanlon.
Captain of police-Fred Rimbach.
Secretary Of police-Henry Shafer.
Night sergeant-Lou De Bow.
Austgen and Bunde were the former
captains. and See and shaeer the secre-
taries. Bunde and See will travel beats
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
TO BUILD NEW ROAD
Calumet Traction Company
of Hammond Is Incor
porated Today.
TINES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis, Ind. March 1.-THE
Calumet Traction company of Ham
mond was incorporated today to build
a street car line from Hammond
through East Chicago to Calumet. The
incorporators are W. J. Riley of the
East Chicago company. ". P Ijams e
Lee Keating. Patrick Harapan and Ed
war; Bailey. The company is capital
ized at $1,000
Walter J. Riley of Indiana Harbor is
well known in this city. but the other
men are not so well known. The des-
tination Of the road is spoken Of as
Calumet
There is a Calumet west of Ham
mond, along the Michigan Central rail-
road. and another along the Chicago.
Indiana and Southern road. east of East
Chicago, and it is thought that the
Calumet east of East Chicago is the
one meant.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
SAY IT WILL BEAT
.INTERURBAN SERVICE
New Line Will Send Its Trains Over
the Nickel Plate Railroad and
VIII Cross Broadway, in Gary,
Over It's Own Tracks at Tenth
Avenue.

When the Gary and western ra3l-
road completes its schedule and begins
running trains between Gary and Ham
mond, the two principal cities of Lake
county will have the finest suburban
service in the region.
There will be twenty four trains in
all twelve each way, and they will be
run so as to provide the best accom-
mediation for the men who may desire
to work in the Gary mills and live IN
settled city like Hammond.
The officials of the Gary & Western
railroad have assured the workingmen
that the service viii be so fast that
the running time between Gary and
Hammond will be reduced to twenty
eight minutes.
The Hammond business men are
hardly able to appreciate what such :
frequent and splendid service means to
this city The pssgie CT Cary snsyv7-
edge their inability to provide homes
Ror the thousands of workingmen who
are now and will soon be EMPLOYED in
the Gary mills.
Keeps workingmen at Home.
Hundreds of them are now living in
South Chicago and the other cities of
the region. The cheap and rapid trans
portation between Gary and Ham
mond will make this city the logical
home Of the surplus population of
Gary. The Hammond business men
argue that this will mean more to the
people Of Hammond than a new indus
try and steps should be taken at once
to provide attractions for such home
seekers
Another fact about the Gary and
Western schedule. which will be Of in
terest to the people of Hammond, is the
fact that the employees of the offices
of the Indiana Harbor railroad at Glib
son will be able to come home to lunch
at noon when the new service is in
stalled.
Railroad men say that the new Gary
& Western suburban service will have
the service given by the Chicago. Lake
Shore & South Bend interurban line
beaten beyond comparison and that this
line will have to run branch direct
ly to Hammond if it hopes to retain
the interurban business between Gary
and Hammond.
The Gary & Western trains will pass
through Hammond on the Nickel Plate
railroad and viii cross Broadway over
its own tracks in the vicinity Of Tenth
avenue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
EAGLES NECK SAVED.
Valparaiso, Ind, March II

Valparaiso, Ind, March II.
B p. m.-William Gagel.
pervert strangler and the
arch-fiend, who slew 12-year-
old Lizzie Schroeder, of Tol-
lesion, was found guilty Of
murder in the first degree
this afternoon in the Porter
superior court, the jury be-
ing out one hour. He was
sentenced to Imprisonment
IN the state penitentiary for
life, the question of his san
ity undoubtedly saved his
neck. Upon hearing the YER
dict, Gagel displayed some
emotion and was about to ad-
dress the court when he was
taken out of the courtroom.
Attorney Boone, of Ham
mond, made the most impas-
stoned plea for the safety of
womanhood ever heard in his
argument before the jury.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
St. Patrick'S Day Memories
BY Dennis A. Mccarthy

Here in the strangers city
The winds blow bitter and keen,
But over the sea in Ireland now
know that the fields are green;
know that the fields are green, and the snow
From the hills has melted away,
An the blackbird sings, an the shamrock springs
On dear St Patrick's Day!
I know that the bells are ringing
From many belfry quaint,
In many chapel the 'sagart' tells
The glory of Ireland's saint;
From many cabin, 1owly and poor,
From many mansion gay,
The strains arise to the list'ning skies
Of sweet "St. Patrick's Day"
know that the boys are gathered
Outside the village green,
Where many feat of stalwart strength
Enlivens the sunlit scene;
And who would be blaming an Irish youth
For letting his glances stray
To the 'cailins' dressed in their Sunday best
On dear ST. Patrick's Day?
Here in the strangers city
Are fortune and fame galore,
The poor mans son may win if he will
A measure of golden store;
But ever when springtime comes again
| wish | were far away
Where the SUR flows and the shamrock grows,
On dear St Patrick's Day!
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17

Announcement was made yesterday
through the state department at Wash
ington that Edward ". Winslow of
Chicago has been appointed consul to
Stockholm, Sweden. The appointment
was made on the recommendation of
former President Roosevelt Mr.. Wins
low was born in West Chicago. and
has lived in that city virtually all of
his life He is familiar with consular
work having served four years at
Stockholm. Since 1900 he has been in
the stock and grain business. and he
formerly was a member of the board
of trade. His residence is at 13s Rush
street Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
FIND MANY
VICTIMS
BlOodhounds Are Taken
From Hammond to Trail
Bold Thieves.

The quiet little city of Crown Point
was thrown into a turmoil this morn
ing by the discovery by Postmaster
Farley of the fact that the safe con-
tanning Uncle Sans valuables and an
other safe containing some Of the rec
ords of the town of Crown Point had
been dynamited early this morning and
that stamps and money to the amount
OF S45 had been taken, while the
cracksmen are believed to have made
their escape with a horse and buggy
owned by ex-County Treasurer Leroy
Bailey
The town of Crown Point did not
awaken to the fact that it had been
visited by bold cracksmen, who appar-
emily had no fear of arrest. until Post
master Farley went down to the office
this morning and found 1t in the wild
est confusion.
Then the news spread rapidly by
word Of mouth. and it was not long
before there were half a dozen resi-
dents in the county seat who claimed
either to have heard the explosion or
to have heard the cracksmen whipping
up tn horse as they drove rapidly out
OF town, in westerly direction.
wild Runors in Hammond.
The news spread about Hammond
this morning alsomt as quickly as 1t
did in Grown Point, and the first re-
port was to the effect that the bur
glars had robbed the postoffce. the
First National bank, the town safe and
then made away with ex-Treasurer
Baiieys horse and buggy
In fact, the impression was given in
the first reports that there was not
very much left in the county seat but
the courthouse and the Crown Pointers
know that Gary is after that
The story which was finally confirm
ed about the robberies was greatly
modified. however. and it is now known
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17

Crown Point is Invaded by Burg
lars Who Commit Crime This
Morning by Wholesale
HORSE AND BUGGY FOUND.

. Crown Point, Ind, March IT.
. The police authorities at VAL
paraiso telepboned Sheriff Grant
? here that the Bailey horse and
. buggy had been found three
miles west of Valparaiso, hitched
. near school house, early this
morning. Pennies stolen from
, the postoffice here were found
, In the buggy. The station agent
, at the Nickel Plate depot states ,
, that two men bought tickets Mt
Valparaiso for Chicago and took
the a. m. yvest-bound Nickel
Plate train. These are believed
TO be the men who cracked the
safes. The Hammond blood
hounds are doing fine work. They I
tratled the horse and buggy to I
, the HenderIOng factory. where
, blanket and tin box, contain
Ing stamps, had been lost or 4
, thrown away. and went east fol- 4
lowing the exact trail taken by 4
the thieves. They were heard 4
from at L o'clock at the county 4
poor farm
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17

Get in the push! Have you seen our
line OF Go-Carts and Carriages? The
prices are less at SPIEGEL's. South
Chicago's leading Furniture store-tf.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17

! Mayor Becker, Il have aimed to cut off
$500, which is paid the city controller
from the water fund as clerk in the
water department. We had to do this
in the past in order TO give him a
reasonable salary 1t was just simply
make-shift, but now that the cities
and towns law has been amended so
that he can get a fair salary, we want
to do away with this $500 appropria-
tion. The ordinance was promptly
adopted.
"InsurSent" WOlter Makes a Move.
City Treasurer William Wolter. who
is the leading "insurgent" as far as the
democratic organization is concerned,
served notice on the council last night
that he. as city treasurer would here
after retain the interest accruing from
special assessment funds He said that
he now had $4,000 in the treasury and
that he expected to add the interest
thereof to his private account
This has been the practice under for
mer administrations, but when Mr.WoI-
ter went into office there arose a oues-
ton as to the legality under such
procedure. Mr. Wolter kept his hands
off and asked for special appropria-
tions to pay his office help until the
political rupture came between himself
and Mayor Becker. Mayor Becker even
looked with disfavor upon these special
appropriations, and Mr.. Wolter is now
ready to go after the trust fund interest
in retribution.
Dir. WOiter Has Decisions.
A committee. composed of the city
attorney, j. A. Gavit; Messrs. j. c.
Becker, J. NJ. Turner and Walter Ham
mond. reported that in its finding the
city treasurer was not entitled to this
interest. Mr.. Wolter. however in ex-
planning his position, said that he had
court decisions allowing him this in
terest. The regular city council meet
ing an appropriation ordinance for 5000
was passed for the benefit of the city
treasurer for the purpose of defraying
his expenses for office help.
The saloon license of c. R Hendrix
was transferred to Ed. Marshall. and
the draying license of G. w Wallace
was transferred to F. w. Franks.
The council ratified the contract be-
tween the board Of public works and
the Lynchburg Foundry company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
Mss A4Ry NcEAnw

Miss Mary Mccain. the 17-year-old
girl who rescured nine children from
the water when the steamer Slocun
burned near New York in 1904 viii be
presented congressional medal for
bravery in Washington this week. Miss
Mccain was born in ireland A. 49,
time of Slocum disaster she had been
IN this country only two months. She
was taken with scarlet fever soon af-
ter landing in the United States and
had been only three days out Of the
hospital on North Brother island when
she rushed into the water and dragged
out nine children one and two al
time She is now a hospital nurse.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
cOnsiderate Little Girl.

Please. Mr.. Keeper. will it hurt the
elephant II give him a currant out of
my bun life
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17

New York. March 17.-For the first
time since its organization in 1901 by
J. F. Morgan as the billion dollar steel
trust, the United States Steel corpora
tion is to make cut in the pay of
it's workers.
The reduction according to a state
ment yesterday by an authority high in
the councils of the gigantic combina-
ton IS to range from Is TO 20 per cent
Of the wages scale now in effect in
all the company's plants and in those
of all its subsidiaries 1t is to en-
brace every boy and man in the service.
excepting only the highly paid execu-
tive heads In all, an army of more
than 100000 wage earners will be af-
fected.
Cut in Effect April Is.
The cut, according to present plans
is to go into effect on April 15 Tt Is
five to ten per cent greater than that
made by the independeffs at the be-
ginning of the rate war between them
and the trust. 1t was practically de-
cided upon last week In fact. il was
the sole topic of discussion, it is said.
at the meeting held at that time in
the offices of the trust in this citv be-
TWEEN the heads of the various subsidi-
airy concerns and those of the steel
trust proper
To Blame Tariff Reform and Panic.
Whether it was based solely on bust
ness conditions or was the outcome
Of some deep laid political plan for
which the corporation has been noted.
could not be ascertained If the pre-
mature disclosure of the dlscision does
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
FORMER GARY MAN
SLAIN BY TRAIN
Patrick Hartnett Struck by
Nickel Plate Train Yes
terday Afternoon.
HAD WORKED IN HAMMOND
Erie Switchman Is Hit By West
Bound Passenger Train
Last Night.

Patrick Hartnett, sS years old en-
ployed in the Standard Steel Car works
was instantly killed yesterday after
noon near the east gate OF the plant
when he was struck by the west bound
Nickel Plate train. due in Hammond
at 4;36- 1t is thought that Hartnett
was formerly employed in Gary, as il
has been found that he has papers and
clothes in Polish boarding house at
Ninth avenue and jefferson street. As
nearly as can be learned from Gary
he formerly worked for the superin-
tendent of the electrical department. in
the steel mills.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-17
U. S. Steel Trust to Reduce
the Pay of 100000 Work
ers in all It's Plants From
l5 to 20 Per Cent on April
10, so Story Goes.
TARIFF HUNCH is
TRUE REASON

Poor Business Is Given as Real Cause
But Wall Street Believes Differ
emily and Labor Men Are Told
That Eastern Pig Iron Men VIII
Reduce Puddlers' Wages.