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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
KNOTS TO RUN
INDEPENDENT

The Times learns on the best of
authority that Tom Knots has de-
cided to kiss goodbye to the
democratic organization in Gary
and Lake county and will run on an
independent ticket for mayor of
the city of Gary. He has permit
ted the Crolious democracy to
usurp the field and acknowledges
Crolius as master of the situation.
Knots is now making overtures to
Gary republicans to stand for elee-
ton with him on a Knots ticket.
It is understood that Richard L.
Winkler, hitherto considered a re-
publican, will tie up with Knots
and run for city clerk. In case he
isn't elected, Winkler says will
leave Gary at once and study med
icine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
Loss NOT SO GREAT
AS ANTICIPATED
Closing Day of Lake County
Fair Brings Up the
Receipts.
lSnecial 10 THR TIMEs.l

Crown Point. Ind. Sept. 4.-The fifty
first annual Lake county fair closed
last night, proving somewhat of mon
ey-losing venture to the society, and
in some respects a disappointment to
the people who attended The weather.
which was at no time favorable to the
drawing of good crowds. the breaking
OF contracts by the amusement concern
and the raise in the price of admission
are now regarded as the three prime
factors that materially lessened the
gate receipts. and although the society
viii not lose the amount first antici-
pated. the deficit will be large enough
to make them do some tall fnanciering
to pay out.
Yesterdays crowd was about half the
size of that which usually congregates
on the last day Of the fair. but the
heavy rains Of Thursday night made the
race track soft and muddy and only one
race was pulled off in the slowest kind
Of time. the majority of the race horse
owners refusing to enter their steeds
to fill out the afternoons program OF
races.
one adverse condition after another
has confronted the management. and
the event which started in such an
auspicious manner on Tuesday and bid
fair to be a record-breaking one, ended
/ last night in what to the management
/ seemed near-failure.
| The finances Of the society have not
been adjusted as yet, but It is antici-
| pated that they will be found on the
small side of the ledger when the re-
cepits and expenditures are balanced
Meet at the Labor Day picnic a.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
NEGRO TRIES
To WRECK
THE FLYER
Dope F'iend Arrested After
Being Seen to Place OBJ
structions in Watering
Trough-Has Bad Police
Record.

Mike Durham, a negro dope fend,
was arrested yesterday by Special Of
ficer Dolan of the Michigan Central
railroad at East Gary on the charge
Of attempting to wreck the Michigan
Central flyer.
At a point near East Gary the Michi-
gan Central railroad maintains a long
trough where the engine takes water
on the fly. A pipe is lowered into this
trough and the water is scooped UP
while the train is going at the rate OF
twenty five to thirty-fiv miles an
hour.
The crime with which Durham is
charged IS that Of placing number Of
hard wood sticks OF wood IN the trough
These might easily have caused consid-
erable trouble and possibly wreck II
they had not been discovered.
Caught In the Act.
Durham was seen to place the OBJ
struction in the trough and it is said
that there will be several reputable
witnesses to appear against him wher
the time comes.
Durham lives in Terre Haute and is
Sdld 70 nave pad ponce record 1T
fact. he admitted to the police that he
had killed another negro and upon be-
ing found guilty he served three years
in the penitentiary.
When arrested and searched a guam
tity of cocaine was found on his per
son. He admitted that he was addicted
to the use of cocaine and that he coulc
not get along without It.
To the Gary police the negro look.
like a bad actor and they will be only
too glad if this offense will serve t
get him out of the community for {
number of years.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
Schools Open Tuesday.

Two days more and the Hammond
public schools will be open for the year
Of 1909-1o The school teachers have
been getting back from their vacations
and there are scores of them who have
arrived today.
Many Of the students who have been
working during their summer vacation.
have quit their jobs and are now ready
for their years work in the schools.
Others. who have been on summer
vacation trips, have returned and in
another week Hamm nd's population
will be increased by practically all Of
its people who have left the city for
the season.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
Sewer CAVES IN;
| MAN KILLED

The news was brought to East Chi
cago by boy. Joseph Spaulding, who
summoned doctors and ambulances. and
the first report that spread through the
region was to the effect that ten or
fifteen men had been killed
Contractor F. G. Proudfoot has the
contract for the sewer and has ex-
pressed the deepest regret on account
of the disaster.
All East Chicago at the Scene.
A boy who brought the news to East
Chicago was greatly excited. and re-
ported that twenty five men had been
caught In the cave-in and We're buried
alive under tons of sand. The alarm
spread like wildfre, and in an incredi-
bly, short time it seemed as though all
East Chicago had arrived upon the
scene. Many Of the spectators lent a
hand, and with spades and shovels
helped in the work of rescue. The
sewer builders who had been fortunate
enough to escape from the ditch before
the cave-in caught them were working
like mad to extricate their brother
workers, and in this they were given
added strength by having the cries OF
their comrades imprisoned in their liv-
ing tomb.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
BOY LOSES
FOOT UNDER
CAR WHEELS

Dewey Bunting. a 12-year-old East
Chicago boy is at St Margaret's hos
pital. Hammond, because of an accident
in which he lost his right foot.
About o'clock last evening Dewey
was on his way to meet his older broth
er and had waited at crossing to let
a wabash train pass.
He did not notice the approach of an
other train from the opposite direc-
tion. He retained enough presence of
mind to save his life. but his right
foot became caught under the wheels.
He was hurled to the ground and
bruised about the head. unable to move
until the entire train had passed over
his foot At the hospital it was neces-
sary to amputate the foot above the
ankle. His condition otherwise is not
serious.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
BREAK GROUND FOR
LOWERING OF SEWERS

Lavene Brothers, sewer contractors.
this morning broke ground at the corr
ner of Holman and Sibley streets for
the lowering of the 1s-inch sewer from
Holman street to Oakley avenue. The
sewer is now only seven feet deep and
should be five feet deeper. The work
is being done now in order that there
shall be no delay when the Gary inter-
urban enters town with its tracks.
Some people who noticed the work
were under the impression that ground
was being broken for the interurban.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
PRICE Of BEEF TAKES
ANOTHER FLIGHT SKYWARD

Back to the bird seed diet for those
who object to paying for a vicious
jump in prices of meats.
The doleful message that the price of
beef had advanced all the way from 2
to 3 cents a pound came to Hammond
last evening and was emphasized this
morning by the Hammond butchers.
who got a good whack at the Sunday
dinner marketers
In the language of the trade, the
best grade of dressed beef ribs and
loins were increased in the wholesale
market 2 H and 3 cents a pound The
next best grade was increased 4 cent
a pound. and the cost of the cheapest.
or the third. was left unchanged.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
KEEP The BIRD CAGE
ON F|DO TILL OCT. |

There have been a great many in
quiries at the police station regarding
the date of the expiration of the may
or's proclamation ordering the muz-
zling of dogs.
Chief of Police Peter Austgen said
today that the proclamation is in force
for ninety days after it was issued.
AS 1t was issued on the 1st day of
July the date of the expiration of the
ninety days will be Oct. 1.
This means that there is still nearly
four weeks that the canine population
of the city will be compelled to wear
the muzzles that have worried it SC
much
In the meantime the police depart
ment will see that the dogs are muz-
zled, and any of those who are found
running about without muzzles will
be liable to a violent death.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04

The wholesale prices of No. ribs
were advanced from IA to 1914 cents a
pound, No ribs were raised from u 4
cents to 13 cents, and the third grade
remained al 6 cents. No. l loins were
boosted" from 16 to 10 cents. and No. 2
loins We're posted at 1411 cents as con-
trasted with 131s cents two days ago.
Even the first two grades OF rounds
We're bumped" from ~ and 81 cents
to 10 and cents a pound.
StiII Higher in Retail shops.
These figures are even higher in the
retail market. No. l ribs, which retail
de from Is to 1s cents a pound, sell
today at IS to 20 cents a pound
CONTINUED on Page Five)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
ANOTHER
CAR LINE
WANTS IN
Indiana Northwestern Trac-
tion Co. Incorporates at
Indianapolis With $5O,OOO
Capital Stock From La
fayette to Hammond.

Another interurban line will soon be
seeking admission to the city of Ham
mond. 1t is known as the Indiana
Northwestern Traction company, and
will build from Lafayette to Hammond.
The company which will build the line
was incorporated at Indianapolis with
capital stock of $50 900.
This is the first interurban that has
come to Han)nond. and in fact to Lake
county, from the south 1t will give
Hammond perfect communication with
Lafayette and all of the intervening
farming territory, and will greatly add
to the Importance of this city.
A dispatch to THE TIMES from Indian
apolis is to the effect that the incor-
porators are William Bancker, Curtis
D. Memer. Jacob l. Timmins of Month
cello, George Gof of Rensselaer, and
George A. Askell Of Chicago.
Details Looked for Soon.
1t is expected that facts concerning
the reliability o&the promoters and the
extent of their financial backing will
become known in a few days.
Local real estate men and the bust
ness men OF the city have often won
dered why the capital could not be Sc
cured for the construction of a line
from the southern part of the state to
Hammond, and the news that such a
venture is projected will be of interest
to every citizen of Hammond.
1t means that Hammond will be the
interurban as well as the railway cen
ter of Lake county.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
Lange Has Hopes.

Young Lange, one of those who had
been unfortunate enough to escape un-
harmed, was one of the most agitated
of the workmen. 1t was reported that
his father had been killed in the cave
in, and although torn between hope
and doubt as to whether the man known
to have perished was his father, he ex-
pressed the belief that his father, while
undeniably one of those caught in the
ditch. was probably not the dead man.
He explained that he believed his ia
ther had been working with the men
whose cries were still to be heard com
ing from under the tons of quicksand.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
SAYSLODGE
|SST|L[ IN
THE FIELD
Alleged Clandestine Mason
ic Lodge Still in West
Hammond Organizer
Burns Is Said to Have
Left City.

Has the alleged clandestine Mason
ic lodge in West Hammond gone to
pieces?
Attorney H. A. Bixby. one Of the
members, says he does not know who
are the officers or what has become of
the money that has been paid into the
treasury. He says he joined with the
understanding that this lodge would
entitle him to the rights and privileges
of the Masons In the Hammond tenn
pie
He says he has found that so far as
the Hammond lodge is concerned, and
the great order of which it is a part.
he is an outlaw Mason and that he does
not propose to continue his relations
with this order.
Carl Heinz, a West Hammond saloon
keeper. was suggested as a person from
whom information might be secured re-
garding the alleged West Hammond
lodge.
Mr.. Heinz was seen this morning.
The West Hammond lodge is still in
tact" said Mr.. Heinz. I'VE hold meet
ings regularly, and while the member
ship of the lodge is very small, we are
still in existence"
To Meet Thursday.
Our next meeting" said he, will be
held next Thursday, when Richard Ma
rino Of Chicago will be out to give US
a talk"
rs it true" he was asked that Mr..
Burns. the man who started the West
Hammond lodge. has left the city?"
I think he is in Milwaukee," was
the reply.
Another of your members said he
thought Burns was in Minneapolis. .
was the next suggestion" But Mr..
Heinz insisted that he was in Milwau-
kee.
do you know what has become of
the funds of the order?' was the next
question, and Mr.. Heinz said that so
far as he knew the funds of the order
were in the hands of local authorities
Mr.. Heinz claims that his lodge is
chartered by the Universal Masons
whatever that means, although he ad-
mits that the order has no standing
with American Masons.
There are some of the members OF
the West Hammond order who are be-
coming skeptical about the lodge they
have Joined in view of the revelations
that have been made regarding clande-
slime lodges in other parts of the coun-
try.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04

See Gary. Ind, from new sight-see-
ing automobile of United States Land
company. It meets all trains.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04

Meet at the Labor Day picnic at
Spring Hill Grove, st. John. and we
will have a good time-9-1-zt.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
Panic Seize Workmen.

Twenty-Five worl6men were in the
trench at the time, and most Of them
realized the approaching danger. They
ran along the trench screaming, not
knowing where the wall would break
first, and yet realizing that the cave-in
was imminent A score managed to es-
cape
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04
Especial to THE TINES )

East Chicago. Ind, Sept 4.-One man,
thought to be Charles Lange. 232 VIII
cox avenue, Hammond. was killed, two
others injured and a. score escaped
death by a hair at 1 o'clock this after
noon, when the big sewer on One Hun
dred and Forty-eighth street, near AL
der street, caved in.
At the hour of going to press one
unfortunate victim. trapped like rat
under the debris, pinioned under heavy
planks with the water fast rising to
drown him. was crying for help. Fifty
hands were eager to help him, but
great care had to be taken in the res
cue work in order not to bury him
deeper.
Jet Pump Refuses to Work.
There was no absolute proof that
the dead man was Charles Lange of
Hammond. the doubt having been en-
phasized by the denial of Langes son,
who stood on the bank. The man was
buried partially under the debris and
could not be identified definitely.
The two men who were injured are
foreigners. one being Mike Benchck OF
Cedar street, Indiana Harbor and the
other, Frank Fiesta, living in the Okla
homa district.
The cave-in was due to the fact that
the jet pumps refused to work. The
sewer is being laid in trench TWEEN
ty-flve feet deep. and a minute after
the pump stopped working the water
forced the bottom of the plank wal
into the sewer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04

Unsettled with cloudy weather
and local rains tonight or to-
morrow.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-04

CONTINUED on Page Five-)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-22

he knows here, George and Carl Per-
niger, were out of own. he was asked
to return the next morning. It was
not believed he would come back but
he did and then a message was sent
to the Georgetown bank asking for
description of A. Brown. When
the answer came back 1t was found
that instead of being a young man,
the real owner of the draft is a man
of more than 40 years. The youth
was accordingly taken into custody.
When searched, papers were found
on him, which indicated that his name
was Campbell and he Immediately
acknowledged his identity, request
ing that his parents be not Informed
of his trouble.
But while admitting that the draft
does not belong to him he refuses
to state how 1t came into his posses
sion. One of two things must have
happened, however Brown either
lost the draft and the letters or they
were stolen from him by Campbell
or confederates.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-22
CIRCUIT COURT
GR|NDS AWAY
VI. ANDERSON is ACQUITTED
OF ASSAULT CHARGE
III. a. Jones and Sam Sharp Forfeit
Bail by Failure to Appear-Frec-
water Man Who Sold Liquor In
Dry Precinct Before County Voted
Local Option is Being Tried To-
day.

After being out less than two hour:
the jury in the case of NJ. Anderson,
farm laborer, charged with assault
ing Mrs. William Neuman of Helix.
brought in a verdict of acquital last
night. The Introduction of testimony
was completed soon after O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. A recess was
then taken until I o'clock when the
attorneys made their arguments and
the case was given to the july.
II. A. Jones of Echo, who was in
dicted on the charge of stealing q
saddle from Asa B. Thomson has for
feited his $1OO cash bail having fail
ed to appear in court Monday. Sam
Sharp accused of assaulting Walter
Brooks with a pitchfork has also for
feited his bail which he deposited
when arraigned before Justice of the
Peace Parkes, several weeks ago.
The case of V. A. Townsend, chars-
ed with selling liquor in Freewater
when that precinct was dry and before
the county was voted dry. is now be-
ing tried. The jury was secured bv
II o'clock and the taking of testimony
was commenced at 1870. Though the
offense of which this man is accused
was committed three years ago the
trial promises to be contested with
much vim on each side.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-22
COURSE Of AGRICULTURE At
PENOLET0N HIGH SCHOOL

A course in agriculture is to be es-
school. Formal actin towards this
tablished in the Pendleton high
school Formal action towards this
end was taken by the school board at
a meeting last evening and a compe-
tent instructor is now being sought to
take up the work in the new course
1t is the intention of the board. ac-
cording to DR.. C. j. Smith. one Of the
leading members Of the body. to Of
fer a four years course in agricul-
ture. making the course as strong as
the time and facilities will permit.
The course will cover instruction in
agronomy, animal husbandry. dairy
ing, horticulture and kindred sub
jects. 1t will also include work in
such subjects as chemistry. zoology.
entomology botany and others bear
ing upon the general subject of ag-
riculture.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-22
Clifford Pinchot Says President
is Pledged to Support Poll
CieS of Roosevelt.
THE ROOSEVELT POLICIES
ARE REAL POLICIES
Are I'm Accordance With Sentiment of
the PeOple--Prcsent Administra-
tion Is Called Upon TO Carry Them
Out-Ex- Pardee Gives
Out Statement-Makes Special
Mention Of Clause in Taft Letter
About Legal Authority"

Los Angeles, Sept. 22.-Chief For
ester Pinchot today made an indirect
reference to Taft's recent decision in
the Pinchot- Ballinger controversy
when he declared Roosevelts con-
servation policies are the policies Of
the people who will demand of the
present executive that they be carried
out. In closing he said: "As a ma
ton We are coming to a realization
that the Roosevelt policies are the
real policies. Further President Taft
is pledged to support these policies,
and his administration is called upon
to see that they are carried out"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-22

AT this time a tentative course for
the high school has been adopted.
However. ii will be submitted to
President Kerr of the oregon agricul-
tural college for revision. Also Pres
ldent Kerr has been asked to recon-
mend a proper party to serve as in
structor in the high school and to
have charge of the work under the
new course.
BY the establishment of the agrI-
cultural course no addition to the
faculty of the high school will be ne
eessary. There is already a vacancy
in the science department and the
new man will do the work of assist
ant in science and also instruct in
the new subjects.
Work in the new course will be ia
Ken up just as soon as the instructor
can be secured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-22
COOK HAS NO BITTER
FEELING AGAINST PEARY

New York, Sept. 22.-"Are you
willing to meet Commander Peary
personally and take up with him the
controversy which is attracting the
attention of the entire world?" To
this query Cook replied: THAT is
rather a personal question, and I am
not ready to answer at this. time.
have no bitter feeling against Peary,
but he is not the judge of my claims.
There will be a higher authority than
he" 3
Cook announced it would take two
months to get his scientific data in
shape for submission to scientific
board. He will present the data to
the University of Copenhagen. as the
Danish government was the first to
recognize his claims. He says he in
tends to lead a quiet live hereafter.
He wants no more exploring and will
not seek the south pole.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-22
SPANISH AND MOORS
HAVE BLOODY FIGHT

Gibraltar, Spain, sept. 22.-The
fiercest battle of the war between the
Spaniards and Riff tribesmen is pro-
crossing today according to advlces
received here. The tribesmen defeat
ed yesterday, retreated, reformed their
lines and renewed the attack this
morning. The Moors are fighting
against the Spanish advance. The
Spaniards are reported forcing the
tribesmen back. The slaughter has
been terrific and the country is
strewn with dead Forty thousand
Spaniards ana fifty thousand tribes
men are fighting in an arid country
and under blazing sun. The wound
ed are dispatched Immediately as an
act of mer>>, There is no details or
the losses except that the Spanish
lost twenty of their higher officers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-22
ATTEMPT TO CASH ANOTHER MANS
DRAFT LANDS YOUTH BEHIND BARS

a. l.. Campbell, young man of 10
or 20 summers. whose parents live at
College Place, near waila WalIa. Is
now being held at the county Jail
on the charge of attempting to cash
a draft which belonged to another
man. Forgery will also be added to
the charges against his as he forged
the name of A. Brown in endorsing
the draft.
The piece of paper called for 5000
and was drawn by the Citizens Bank
of Georgetown, Washington, on the
Seattle-National bank, in favor of
Alfred Brown. 1t was rendered the
Boston store in payment for some
goods purchased by Campbell and
Notwithstanding the fact that he had
two letters and a postal card which
had been written to A. Brown and
Alfred Brown, he was looked upon
with suspicion by the clerks at the
store.
The draft was first presented Mon
day evening and as the only persons
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-22
OREGON POSTNIASTERs
CONVENE IN PORTLAND

Portland. Ore, Sept. 22.-The post
masters OF Oregon opened their sec
ond annual convention here today.
Needs OF various offices throughout
the state will be announced and plans
for the betterment of the service will
be discussed. Postmaster General
Hitchcock will speak tomorrow on
Economies" and the procedure he
wishes followed in the postal work Of
this state. twenty-five per cent Of
the officially registered postmas,ers
are present and more are expected to-
morrow.