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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
.ELKS TO TAKE UP
QUESTION OF HOME
Ways and Means Committee
Is Appointed to Look
After Matter.

Next Thursday night is the real i'm
portant meeting in local Elk circles,
for on that evening the lodge will
decide whether it will accept the plans
proposed by the ways and means com
mittee appointed at the session last
Thursday evening.
The local Elks mean business, not
less than $685. worth of business
and possibly a good deal more. for they
are out now with the noble aim OF
getting their own home. The ways and
board of trustees have the preliminary
plans in hand and they will get to-
gether soon with a view of talking
the matter over. Should they in the
meantime come across some desirable
property, which could be remodeIed
they will also be taken into consid-
Grafton.
The plan to build a club house is no.
of recent date. 1t has been hanging
fire now for several years. and NIGH
have materialized had the panic not in
terfered. Now, however, there seems
to be nothing in the way to carry
them to a successful finish.
The ways and means committee IL
as follows: Judge Y. S. Reiter, Georg,
B. Sheerer. Lawrence Cox, DR.. E N
Shanklin. DR. T. W Oberlin, W ]
McAleer and A. NJ. Turner.
The board of trustees-Dr f NJ
Shanklin, Lawrence Cox and George A
Dobbins.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
WEEK IN REALTY DULL STREET CAR CO. SUED
Six Real Estate Transfers
All That Are Made
This Week.

of the various districts in Lake
county. Hammond seemingly shows the
least activity in real estate circles. It
seems like the quietude reigning before
a storm. and everybody who knows
how TO discern the distant rumbling
knows that things are shaping them
selves for a big activity
with the exception partial transfer
Of the holdings of Thomas Hammond
to his sons. Walter and Frank. not
more than six real estate tansfer were
recorded this week. and these wers
only Of minor Importance But thai
is not atken as the criterion for the
future Hammond. with the balance OF
the country. is rapidly recovering from
the panic. and real estate men are bas
ing their predictions on inquiries thai
are coming in more frequently now
and options that are being secured
Despite the present sluggishness of the
market. values have decreased but lit
tie. showing that Hammond real es
tate has an intrinsic value, and tha
anybody who buys now is buying a
| bargain price.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
DR.. v. D. WEIS LEAVES FOR
WASHINGTON ON IMPORTANT TRIP

DR.. w. D. Weis, secretary of the
board of health, left today for Wash
ington. D. c., on an important mission
in company with city officials of Chi
cago. Their mission is one for the
betterment of health conditions in the
Calumet region and Chicago. and they
will approach the war department,
with whom they have an appointment
for next Monday afternoon, to lay be
fore that body the facts and figures
showing the damage to pure drinking
water done by the Great Lakes Dredge
and Dock company. They will try to
convince the war department why fur
ther contracts to this company un-
der the old conditions should be pro
hibited. They will tell them how that
company refuses to live up to its con-
tracts, which provide that they must
haul their dredgings far enough out in
the lake so that it may not interfere
with the purity of the drinking wat
er, and how instead it has been dump
ing its dredgings near the Hammond
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08

If the story is true it means lot
for Hammond, in whose little suburb
Roby, the American Maize Products
company is located.
Rumors, emanating apparently from
authoritative sources. are afioat in
financial circles to the effect that a
merger of all the independent glucose
manufacturers in the country is un-
der way. The new corporation viii be
a competitor of the Corn Products Re
fining company.
According to reports the plants con-
cerned are the American Maize Product
company, whose plant is located at
Roby, Ind; the National Candy com
pany, whose plant is at Clinton, Ia
the Hubinger plant at Keokuk, Ia, and
the Irwin Bros plant, located near
Indianapolis
Consumption of Corn.
Part of the plan of the new organ
ization will be to increase the consump-
tiOn of the American Maize company s
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
DOOM SUNDAY ATHLETICS
Last Football and Baseball
Games Have Taken
at Park.

Harrison field, Hammond's leading
athletic park. where in the past thou
sands upon thousands of people have
witnessed exciting football and base
ball games, is doomed.
The people of Homewood will be
very much pleased at least to learn
that the city has begun the improve
ment of Harrison park to Waltham
street This Improvement viii be in
the nature of lawns and an athletic
field, but the old gridiron and diamond
viii disappear.
1t has been decided to enlarge the old
athletic field and there will be no
more baseball and football games al
lowed there. The high school boys
will be permitted to do their track
work there, but that will be the extent
! of the uses to which the park will be
put.
The large crowds, which gathered in
/ the park eevry Sunday afternoon last
4 year, were very distateful to the peo-
pie of Homewood. and the noise and
/ commotion will not be repeated this
year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
Barbara Ponick Wants Five
Thousand From H, w.
& E. G. Company.

Barbara Ponick has brought suit
against the Hammond, Whiting and
East Chicago Electric Railway COM
pany "a recover $4,000 damages.
The accident III which Barbara Pom
lex was injured happened April 10.
1909 The complaint states that Bar
bara Ponick, in company with her
husband, Andy Ponick, took passage
on q street car and when they ar
rived at the destination in Hammond
signaled for the conductor 70 stop
The conductor gave the proper sig
nal TO the motorman and the car came
to a standstiIL Just as Mrs Ponick
was about to alight from the car the
motorman is alleged to have started the
car and caused her to be precipitated
to the street.
As a result she is said to have been
bruised, and through her attorney asks
for $4,000 damages
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
AMERICAN MAIZE PRODUCT co.
REPORTED TO Be IN NEW MERGER

plant to 10000 bushels of corn a day.
which will bring the daily consump
tion of the consolidated companies up
to about $4,000 bushels a day. or about
half the entire amount used at the
present time
The name of the new company has
not been chosen, nor has it been de-
cided where the main Offices will be
located, but it is said they probably
will be in New York.
Denial by an Official.
D. B. Scully. vice president of the
American Maize Product company, said
last night; Z have heard nothing
about such a merger. and am inclined
to doubt if anything of the kind is
contemplated. I think I should have
been advised if such plan was on
foot, and 1 assure you that no word OF
it has reachedft has reached me-"
None of the officers Of the Corn
Products Refining company were in
the city yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
rOR YOUR HEALTH'S SAKE
GOSPEL OF FRESH AIR AND
SUNLIGHT.

Five million people now living
In the United States are doomed
to fill consumptiVes' graves un-
less something is done to prevent
It. AS each death means anxiety
and grief for a whole family, it
means there will be over 10000
600 persons rendered miserable
by these deaths.
This is why medical men and
sanitarians are preaching the gos-
pei of fresh air and sunlight, of
cleanliness and right living. They
are telling US to see to it that our
homes, stores and work places
are kept clean, that they are we'll
ventilated, and every possible pre-
caution taken to render our in
door life as nearly as possible
like that of those who live In the
open air.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
LAKE COUNTY FARMER STARTS
OPPOSITION TO BIG AUTO RACE

attitude of Alfred Foster of Lowell, who
is appearing before the county commits
sioners and the county council with a
demand that the Chicago Automobile
club be prevented from rolling the road
with a spiked roller
VIII Help the Road
The purpose of this is to render the
surface of the road more porus so that
it viii absorb the taroid which will be
sprinkled on it. The taroid is prep
aration that will make the road posi-
lively dustless and viii be great i'm
provement for months to come
If the county was compelled to make
this Improvement it would cost several
thousand dollars. After the spiked
roller is run over the road and the
taroid is sprinkled over the street. it
viii be rolled SO that it is as smooth
and dustless as it ever was
The objectors to this plan do not seem
to realize that it is as desirable for the
auto racers to have smooth road as
it is for the farmers The members Of
the county council viii thrash out the
proposition today. and probably after
! due deliberation the 100000 automobile
race viii be permitted to go on
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08

water intake. DR.. Weis goes before the
war department provided with affida-
Wits to that effect Hammond and
Chicago men have laid the matter be-
fore their representatives in congress
and have urged them to assist them
in their stand before the war depart
ment.
VIII Urge Regions Needs.
DR.. Weis Will also take other maps
and statistics pertaining to this re-
gion with him, all of which will be
laid before the department with a view
of showing those gentlemen what the
needs of the region are and that it
needs the protection and cooperation
of the department.
In the Chicago party win be Dr.
Evans, and the city board Of commits
sioners, and possibly other officials.
while DR.. Weis goes alone from Ham
mond. They left Chicago on the Penn
syIvania limited this afternoon, which
leaves Chicago at $40 and they in
tend to begin their return trip again
on Monday evening
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
FORTY SEVEN
IN THEIR lST
COMMUNION

Forty pupils of All Saints
school Will be admitted to their first
communion tomorrow at special serv-
ices. which will begin at 8 o'clock. This
is the largest class which the school
has admitted yet 1t any one time, and
is an indication of the congregation's
growth
During che latter part Of this week
the children have been In partial re-
treat to prepare themselves for this
memorable day in their lives. and at
the church elaborate arrangements
have been made to add fitting climax
to the season.
High mass will be said at a m.
at which time the days sermon will
also be preached.
A large attendance is expected for
these services, not only by the mem
bers Of the congregation themselves
but also from many outside visitors.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
AUTO VAN STRUCK BY
PENNSYL VANIA TRAIN
Three Drivers Have Narrow
Escape at Hobart
Yesterday.
CAME FROM so. CHICAGO
Belongs to Frank Boiling, Who
Was Moving Family to
Chesterton.
Especial to THE T1MEs)

Hobart, Ind. May 8.-The large au-
to moving van, belonging to Frank
Boiling, was hit by the fast east-bound
Pennsylvania train, No. 16, yesterday
morning at the station crossing and
the three men on the seat narrowly es-
capped with their lives. The van was
heavily loaded with furniture, being
transferred from South Chicago to
Chesterton. The train was not noticed
until upon the tracks. when the van
was stopped, but the reverse was un-
comfortable.
The only damage done was the cut
ting away of the cooler and a barrel
for a water cooler was substituted so
the van could proceed on its journey.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
POSEY GIVES ''NETS"
MAJORITY OF l,45O
"Pocket" County Breaks
Record in Joining Ranks
of Anti Optionists.

Mount Vernon. Ind, May S.-Posey
county yesterday expressed its desire
to have licensel saloons, giving the sa-
loon side of the option issue ma
jority now placed at 1850. This south
westernmost county of Indiana. famed
for its mythical "Hooppole" township.
makes the sixth county to vote in ia
vor of the licensed sale of liquor, and
th6 margin for the liquor cause is the
largest thus far given on that side of
the issued
A heavy rain Thursday night stopped
farm work and as result almost a
total vote was polled. Farmers voted
almost to man, and the overwhelm-
ing majority shows many of them must
have voted the wet" ticket Fifty-two
saloons are affected by the result
The majorities by townships follow
'Drysr-Smith township 25: Robb
%; Point. Al. Total majorities for
"drys," IS.
Majorlties for the Robinson
township. s44; Bethel. 5; Harmony. 81
Lynn, %; Marrs. S9S; Center, 5, Black
1872.
Total majorities for vets" s1,53S
This places the net majority for the
vets in the county at 1850.
The wet" victory had been fore
casted for some time for the reason
that a committee of skilled politica
workers of both parties was in charg,
of the wet campaign, while minister:
managed the dry" campaign.
Only one newspaper published mat
ter for the "drys." while the wet
committee did not use a single line il
any of the papers.
The "drys' were greatly disappoint
ed in the vote in the upper townships
where they had expected heavy majori
ties.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
FIRE DEPARTMENT
BLOCKED TODAY
Indiana Harbor Railroad Is
Found by the Police to
Be Offender.
WARRANT FOR ARREST SERVED
Fire In Dixon's Place and Firemen
Are Hindered By Street
Blockade.
WARRANT FOR ARREST SERVED

Continued violation of the ordinance
prohibiting the blocking of street
crossings has at last resulted in seri-
Gus damage, and on every hand where
the circumstances were learned it was
hoped that the offender would be given
a severe reminder.
Fire broke out this morning in the
rear part of the attic of the David
Dixon building, 365 Sibley street, and
the fire department, having been block
AIDED at Oakley avenue, it is estimated
that several hundred dollars worth of
damage was added which might have
been avoided. In this particular case
the police have found the Indiana Har-
Dor railroad to be the guilty offender.
and the central department. which went
by way Truman street and Oakley av-
enue, had to return and come down
by way of Holman street.
Arrest Warrant Served on Company.
A warrant for arrest has been served
on the company, and its representa-
tives will be brought into court to
answer
The building, which was partially
destroyed, is owned and occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. David Dixon. It is thought
that the fire was due to an over-heated
chimney, which passes through the
rear of the two-story frame residence
The roof will have to be replaced
entirely. and considerable repairs will
have to be made in the upper rooms
Considerable damake was also due by
water.
Both the central department and
William Mil and his men from No. 4
answered the alarm.
The roof on one of the adjoining
houses was also somewhat damaged
by the heat of the flames.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
Will Appeal Case.

Jake Teitleman was this morning
found guilty of committing an assault
on the person of Louis Heckelman and
was fined 81 and costs, amounting to
S1210.
The assault took place when Jake got
into trouble with the driver of an ex-
press wagon. who was sent to get a
piano which had been attached and was
being removed with the sanction of the
court.
There were several witness and it is
said that the case against the Eas
Hammond man was a very good one.
1t is understood that he viii appeal and
has fled his appeal bond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
CLASS MEET TODAY
Freshman Sophomore Will
Contest at Harrison
Park.

The freshman sophomore meet which
was to have been held in Hammond
at Harrison park a week or two ago.
will be pulled off this afternoon, the
weather permitting.
The referee and starter win be Pro
fessor McElroy. The judge Of the
winner will be Professor a. L. Spohn
the Judge of the second man will be
Julius Meyn and the judge of the third
man viii be Otto Hudson.
The ttmekeepers will be Professor
w. A Hill. Hollis Hunter and Walter
Sohl Floyd Murray will be the CLERK
of the course. Joseph Ibach and Ed
win Friedrich will be assistant clerks
There has been considerable rivalr,
between the two classes, and the NEE
this afternoon promises to be well at
tended.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
CORONER'S INQUEST
IS HELD TODAY
Helen Wilson, Neighbor's Girl, Tes-
titles That Suicide Had Told Her
She was Abused By Mother and
Was Not Given Enough to
Eat.
NN~NNNN%NNNNNNNNN.

The information was received
, in Hammond this afternoon that
} the Hammond police officer,
} HOrIback, who was sent TO in
} vestigate the death by suicide
} of Olga Bornar, has discovered
} that she purchased ) cents
} worth of strychnine in drug
} store on One Hundred and Nine
} teenth street. whiting.
1t is understood that Coroner
Gordon, In making the post
, mOrtem examination, had the
, girls stomach removed and sent
} to India hap0Hs for analysis.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
A. P. Wall Verv Sick

Mr.. A. P Wall. sos Michigan avenue.
who is a well-known contractor in
this city, was taken seriously i'll to-
day with stomach trouble and was re-
moved to the hospital It is said that
lie is in very precarious condition
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
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Whiting, Ind, May S.-W hat induced
16-year-old Olga Bornar of this city to
commit suicide yesterday afternoon?
Was 1t because she had been mistreat-
Cd by her parents, or because she was
disappointed in her childish love affair.
or because of both?
These were questions that presented
themselves this morning at the inquest
conducted by Coroner E. r. Gordon of
Hobart, the questions having arisen
from testimony which came from var
fous sources. The inquest has been held
open pending further investigation and
a chemical analysis of the poison which
the suicide swallowed.
Mother Finds Her i'm WOodshed.
olga. who is the daughter of Ger
man parents who have lived in this
country about two years. was sent out
yesterday afternoon by her mother to
go to the woodshed. AS she failed to
return in a reasonable length of time,
her mother went to look for her and
found her PROSTATE on the floor, semi
conscious and in a dying state. The
mother took her into the house as best
she could and was assisted by Mrs.
Probadinski, a neighbor. They assisted
| the girl to her bed and offered her a
glass of water. She died soon after.
The news Of the girls death spread
| quickly through the neighborhood, and
many rumors We're passed back and
| forth olga never was considered an
| exceptionally bright girl and for some
time she seemed to be rather moody
and gloomy.
Said She Took "StuT."
Helen Wilson, a little neighbor girl
testified at the inquest that she had
sponek 10 Olga on Thursday and that
the latter had told her that she had
taken some stuff, as she called it. but
! that she would take more on Friday
According to Helens story, Olga said
that she had been abused by her moth
er; that she had to sleep in the base
ment for four nights that she had not
been given enough to eat for three
days There is no other proof to sub
stantiate this report, however. Another
report has It that olga being in love
with a certain young man, whose name
does not appear in the examination
wah chided by her parents for this
Whatver it may have been. the troubles
were too much for Olga's mind, and ac-
cording to her threat to little Heller
| Wilson. she took more of the stuff"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
LAKE SUPERIOR COURT
New Cases.

5655. Paxton Lumber Co. vs.. Max
Smallberg ct al Foreclosure of
mechanics lien
1856. Barbara Ponick vs.. Hammond.
Whiting and East Chicago Electric
company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
SENSATION
is CREATED
Work of Mysterious Strang
er Is Brought Out by
Arrests.
Especial to TIE TIMEs.)

Crown Point, Ind, May 8.-Every sa-
ioonkeeper in Crown Point. excepting
Frank Young and Frank Kindberg.
were arrested on federal warrants
sworn out by United States Deputy
Revenue Collector c. L. LaRue of Ham
mond, on the charge of selling beer in
kegs in quantities over four gallons
The following were the saloonkeepers
who were fined and the amounts which
were assessed against them, which ere
in proportion to the amount of beer
they sold in this manner.
Four Are Taxed High.
Henry Schmidt, 1924; John Foss. s1S5;
Edwin Laws. $175; Elmo Mann, $140. The
charges against these men were that
they would receive orders for beer and
then notify the brewing company,
which in turn would deliver the beer
to the proper address.
The saloonkeeper would then make
a note of the transacation and the
profit would be charged off from his
account This is against the law, and
the government was not slow in fol-
lowing up the case. 1t is said that a
stranger appeared in Crown Point a
few days ago and made an investiga-
tion. and the result was apparent yes
terday when the arrests were made and
a settlement was made for the amounts
stated above
Bad Case of Nerves.
The Crown Point saloonkeepers are
having a bad case of nerves these days
They are bounded day and night by the
temperance element, which is continual
ly trying to catch them upon this or
that violation of the law, and then to
have the government officers come in
and compel them to pay out a large
sum of money in fines is almost too
much.
1t is said. however that the saloon
keepers themselves viii not have to
stand the loss. but that it will be
charged up to the breweries. which
were a party to the transaction.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
RIOT AT BALL GAME
Especial TO THE TINES

Especial TO The TTMEa)
Brooklyn, n. ", May S.-A fist fight
on the diamond made "A big riot In the
PhiIadelphia-BrOOkly game this aft
ernoon, during which spectators took
part and police were called.
Further particulars may be obtained
In The Times sporting extra.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-08
WEATHER.

Partly cloudy and warmer
todnyy probably showers
Sunday.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-10

learning not only my daily lessons, but
getting ready to fit into niche when
Unjust finally give up study for society
Mother says it can't be done but |
claim that college, il you use it right,
is just the place for girl to learn.
how to adjust herself to any condition
OF servitude she may be thrust into
Occasionally a learned gentleman
rises to ,deplore the passing of marriage.
among college women. recIing off stat
istics more or less correct to uphold
his dictnn. Many girls are engaged
to be married during their college
course. Several years ago a little.
freshman from Hawaii was found to
he engaged, and when the girls Won
dcrnd how she could plan so calmly to,
wait four long years, with only annual
visits To her home, she answered: "Evoa
We're both 50 young, John and l, that
we decided we ought to wait. Besides,
! needed education for marriage quite.
as much as for anything else Wise
reasoning for a demure 1I-year-nld. But
that again is the attitude that college
fosters.
Best of all. the 1909 college graduate
takes with her as have her predeces-
sors, the desire to be of service some
where in the world. Just where and
how may besvague, but the very desire
is the best guarantee that she is ready
for real life N. y, Post.