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The Lake County times., 1909-12-18
LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS
What the Little Friends of The Times Want Good Old Santa to
Bring Them for Christmas

Crown Point, Ind, Dec. 16. 1909.
Dear Santa Claus: Come and hear
me speak Friday afternoon. Please
nrlng me big doll, a buggy. a hood
70 go to school, and be sure to come
friday afternoon Come in room
nrst and when We go in room three
come with US. / have little sister
and brother. Don't forget them. please.
win rove. RUTH BARR
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

IOIIesLon, Ind, Dec. IA, 1903
Dear Santa Claus am twelve
years old. Ny birthday is the 18th of
december. Christmas Is very near so I
thought I would send you istter 70
let you know what want. Dear Santa
Claus. I wish you would bring me a
ring with a red set, a sled a pair Of
leggfngs, a lace collar and some cream
hair ribbons. Please do not forget to
bring fruits, candy, nuts and cookies.
and please bring me an Eskimo doll
and a Christmas tree
l remain your chum
DOROTHY WOLDT.
T. 5. l only have one sister. Please
for mamma and papa
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

DON'T forget the empty stockings
especially those that have holes in
them and have been frequently
darned.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

YOU don't notice any good Jobs 60
ing to republicans from the ONCE of
Gov Marshall That ''nonpartisan-
ship plea doesn't carry further than
the statehouse steps.-Indianapo
Politician No, you can't even see
them with a pair of binoculars.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

BOSTON Herald speaks of the
N. Y. N. H. and H. Ry. as the New
York, New Haven and Hating.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

LAKE county people are buying
Christmas presents at home, If you
don't believe it, visit the stores and
see for yourself.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

THERE are nearly four hundred
thousand people on Uncle Sans pay
roll, counting the postoflce at Hess
vile.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

EVEN before hanging up its NUM-
cipal stocking Gary gets a Christmas
gift OF another big miI.-Chicago Tn-
bune- All of which goes to show how
different our little pet Gary is from
other cities.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

THE man who blankets his animal
IN winter time, is the man who gets
a credit mark on the big book that
is kept Over Yonder.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

THE display advertising In the
columns of the TIMES indicate that
the poor consumer is some pumpkins.
especially at this time of the year
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18
Hammond Ind

4ss Kane avenue. ma AiAN'
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

CONGRESS is marking time by the
hay foot, straw foot method, until
after the holidays and simply draw
ing its little old per diem.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

THE political pot is fairly seeth-
ing. Somebody ought to turn down the
fire or there won't be any pot left.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

THOSE who think that Mr.. Hemen-
way is out of politics Just because he
is going into the life insurance busi-
ress, have a rude shock coming to
them.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

THE more you consider the Loose
Cook story, the more Dunkle it seems
and you may have to go to the Woer-
terbuch to dig this out.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

IF somebody could hand Hammond
stocking full of pure water for
Christmas present, we would feel i'm
PEELED to get out an extra at three
o'clock in the morning.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

ROLLER skates have been barred
from the sidewalks In Washington
The other kind will be permitted
however, i. e., the skates supplied at
the wet goods houses.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

ST. LOUIS man wants to have the
months shortened. Probably dead
tired Of hearing that there are only
so many more shopping days until
Christmas.
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

THE Gary & Interurban now sees
its way clear into Chicago and doesn't
care who knows it though Mr.. Castle
man guarded well his secret for
time
The Lake County times., 1909-12-18

THE weather man seems deter
mined to make it a happy holiday
time for the small boys and 1t is to
be hoped that his energy will hold out
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
LAND SUITS KNOCKED OUT
RELATION or UNITED sTATS1 TO
FIVE TRIBES REVIEWED.
Demurrers in Eastern Oklahoma Title
Cases Started BY United States
Are Sustained.

Muskogee, Okla.--Judge Ralph
Campbell has sustained the demur
rers in the suits brought by the United
States to set aside various deeds and
leases made by citizen allottees in
the Ave civilized tribes in eastern OK.
Iahoma, and thus settled a legal con.
troyersy that had been the cause OF
considerable concern in that part Of
the state.
The court reviewed the relation OF
the United States to the five tribes
since they became a nation. and found
that no vestige of title to the lands
allotted them now remains in the
United States The demurrers In
volved the question of the citizenship
of these Indians and the court de-
clared them to be citizens OF the
United States with ell the rights,
privileges and immunities of citizen.
ship. 1t is held that the United
States cannot maintain these suits on
the principle that 1t sustains to the
individual Indian a trust relation,
such guardianship being incompatible
with citizenship, national and state.
Finally the bills were held bad be-
cause numerous defendants are joined
in each bill who were connected with
many distinct transactions regarding
as many distinct tracts of land.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
'cURTIss wins SPEED CUP
American Aviator Takes Important
Event at Rheims-Farman in
Record Flight.

Rheims, France. Glenn H. Cur
tiss, the only American aviator at
Bethany, won the international cup
of aviation. the most important event
Of Aviation week. He covered two
laps Of the course, 20 kilometers. or
1912 miles, in Is minutes SO 3-5 sec
onds. This is at the rate of 47.65
miles an hour.
Bleriot, his most formidable com
petitor, made the distance in Is min
utes Sc Is seconds. Latham did not
start.
Lefebvre, flying in Wright biplane,
also tried for this event, but his
time was comparatively slow, being
given at 20 minutes SO 20 seconds.
Betheny Aviation Field, Rheims,
Henry Farman. the English avn
ator, a hitherto unknown quantity
in the aviation contests, in q biplane
OF his own design. broke the worlds
records for duration Of fight and dis
lance in heavier-than-air machine
and won the Grand Prix de la Cham
pagne-the endurance testify re-
markable fight oficially recorded az
E111.7S miles in three hours, four min
utes, IS 2-5 seconds.
He actually covered an extra ten
kilometers and remained in the air ten
minutes after 1880 o'clock, the hour
that the timekeepers, under the rules.
ceased to keep a record of the flight Il
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
BANK PRESIDENT ARRESTED
Ebert w. shrk Of Upton. Ind. Taken
into custody--s25.coo Misap-
propriatsd Is Charge.

Chicago. Elvert w Shirk. presi
dent OF the First National bank OF
Upton, Ind. whose institution is said
to be short $250.000. was arrested in
the Calumet club Friday by federal
officers.
The banker is charged with hav.
ing misappropriated $4,000 of the
banks funds through drafts made
payable to himself.
A warrant Tor Shirk's arrest was is
sued by United States Commissioner
Foote on complaint of Wesley M. Ben.
nett, special government bank ex-
aminer, who has been investigating
the affairs of the institution since
100000 of the banks funds was
missed simultaneously with the dis.
appearance of Noah r. Marker.
cashier.
Marker returned to his home city
some time ago and said that he had
had full authority in handling the
banks funds as he did and that he
was in no way to blame for any short.
age that might exist.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
SEMI CENTENARY OF OIL
Golden Anniversary Of Drilling OF
First Well in World Celebrated
at Titusviiie.

Titusville, Pa, Aug. 2S-Fifty years
ago today petroleum was struck in
the first oil well ever drilled. The
momentous event took place on what
is now known as the Emory farm, just
south Of Titusville, and today this
city is celebrating the golden ami.
versary in fitting style. The program
includes band concerts, speech-mak-
ing. and all manner of amusements,
and the fete will wind up this even
ing in blaze of glory.
1t was Col. Edwin w. Drake who
drilled that first oil well. He drove
a pipe down to bed rock at depth OF
Sc feet, and from that point the
drilling began. At one time Col
brakes money gave out, and had it
not been for r. d. Fletcher of this
city the discovery Of the artesian
method of obtaining oil would have
been delayed several years. MT.
Fletcher came to the assistance OF
Col. Drake, and on August % the
drtll tapped vein of oil which lay
691a feet below the surface OF the
earth and produced 40 barrels day.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
v0LIvA A PRISONER N JAIL
DoWIEiTE LEADER IS LOCKED UP
At WOODSTOCK.
Must Serve Six Months Unless He
Pays $4,000 Judgment for
Libel.

Woodstock, Ill.-Still determined
% remain a prisoner six months
II necessary, Wilbur Glenn Voliya,
who, since the death OF John Alexan-
der Dowie, has been general oyerseer
at Zion City, prepared to make him
self comfortable in the McHenry coun-
ty Jail.
The leader of the Dowieites was ar
rested early in the morning at his
home in Zion City, and he will have
to serve six months in Jail or pay Il
Judgment of $4,000 rendered against
him by Judge Robert Wright in the
circuit court of McHenry county in
favor of Phillip Motherill, formerly a
resident of Zion City, but now a farm
ar in Montana.
The judgment was awarded in suit
for libel and SANDER that Motherili
first brought in the Lake county court
a little over year ago. He contended
that the Dowie leader had slandered
him In a public address made to the
Zion City congregation. at big tent
meeting.
Voliva, while ioulning at the
Woodstock jail will receive treatment
like that accorded all prisoners in
small jails. He will have as compan.
ions In his stay an alleged horse thief
and an alleged keeper OF a disorderly
resort at Harvard, III. He occupies
the same cell in which Eugene v.
Debs. the socialist leader was con-
fined during his Incarceration there
for violation of the Injunction during
the great A. r. U. strike of 1894
In one cell next to Voliva is William
Craver, who is sojourning with the
McHenry county sheriff because he
operated a disorderly resort, It is
charged, at Harvard. On the other
side is Gus Morris, who is accused Of
having stolen horse.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
NUNS FAIL TO SAVE SEVEN
Children Perish in orphanaae Flames
Despite Heroic Rescue Of $50
SiE Other Inmates.

New York.-Firemen making a
casual survey in the buildings of st
Malachy's Catholic orphan asylum.
Rockaway park, over which the smoke
Of a dead fire was hanging Tuesday,
came upon the charred bodies Of seven
children.
News Of the discovery shocked the
little community, because it had been
assumed that all the $50 or SO of little
ones who were in the orphanage Mon.
day night had been saved by the hero
ism OF the Sisters of st. Joseph and
nearby residents.
It was proved by the discovery that
when the sisters ran to the head of
the lines formed for fire drill children
In the rear ranks, crazed with fear,
acted as do dumb brHtes. They
plunged back into the flames, burrow.
Ing under mattresses or getting behind
doors.
y Five children had concealed them
selves under mattresses and two hid
beneath clothes in a closet. All were
;suffocated, physicians say. before the
flames reached their bodies.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
FOR NEW DRAINAGE DITCH
Four Iowa Counties Contemplate Fro
iect Which Will Cost at
Least $4,000.

Iowa Falls, Ia.-On the sixteenth OF
September the members Of the boards
Of supervisors Of the counties OF
Franklin, Wright, Hamilton and Har-
din will meet in this city to go over
big drainage proposition. II the
joint drainage board decides to es-
tablish the ditch and district, one OF
the biggest drainage Propositions in
this part of the state will be started.
It is estimated the big ditch will be
twenty-seven miles long. of which sew
en- or eight miles will be In this coun.-
ty. Nearly a million yards OF dirt
will have to be moved, and at an es-
innate of cents yard. this means
an expenditure of $4,000. It is fig
ured that the ditch will drain $4,000
acres of land lying in the above coun-
ties. About mile OF the district
is in Franklin county.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
UNCLE SAM HITS LIARS
Collector Loeb Teaches Returning
Tourists That Honesty Is the
Best Policy.

New York.-Collector of the Pori
William Loeb, Jr., has determined t.
teach a lot of people who tell petty
lies to Uncle Sam, that honesty is the
best policy.
The customs law allows passen
ger to bring in dutiable goods to the
value OF 800 free, provided the arti
cles are set forth in declarations, bu:
many persons have been found guilty
of failing to declare these little things
Hitherto they have gone unpunishet
but a score or more Of passengers
were taken to the customs house Mon
day and made to pay duty on prop
erty which, il they had not attempted
to conceal it. would have been admit
ted free.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
FLOOD TAXES 1900 LIVES
THOUSANDS or OTHERS MADE
HOMELESS IN MEXICO.
Property Damage Estimated Between
s5,Ooo.oo0 and $4,000, ooo-Aid
for the Sufferers. Il

Laredo. Tex. With partial re-
establishment of communication with
the hooded section Of northern
Mexico. previous reports as tn loss OF
life and property damage were con,
firmed II is believed III leas. 200
lives were lost. Semi-oflicial adsiceS
state that 400 dead bodies had been
recovered In Monterey.
The food waters OF the Santa Cat.
arina river continue ON their rapid
course and to add to the horror Of the
situation the rain commenced 10 fal.
and caused untold suffering 10 the
thousands Of homeless Feoss vino had
copyrighted on the various .,lazas
their only homes In the extreme eiacr.
gency. The destructive Hood due TO
the continued fab OF rain FOR Sc hours.
swept everything before !. and hardly
vestise is left CT what was & few
days ago a conglomeration OF small
huts swarming with families.
Every effort was made in Monterey
10 shelter the women and children.
Homes were thrown open to the suf-
ierers: the police station. many of the
hotels and private cIubs. as we'll as
The rooms OF several organizations
were placed at the disposal OF the All.
thcrities and for HE greater part the
Women and children were cared foi
However. lrany Of the men were com
relied to sleep in the open i'll the vari
Gus plazas. Both Zaragosa ard Hid
algo plazas We're alive with people
throughout the night and var,
:hrong congsegated in this vicinity
which is on high ground. in order ~
witness the rampage OF the mira:
ture Niagara as il swept onward after
completing its work of destruction
Pitifui scenes are reported aaanng
the women ard children Many won
en- have beer separated from their
husbands: mothers froE, their chill
irea without knowledge of the where
abou.s OF one another. ard scenes OF
The most profound grief are witnessed
en- all hands.
While as. yet there is no scarcity CT
food and Monterey is amply able to
care for its destitute. there is fear OF
shortage in the near future.
1t is understood that an appeal for
aid has gone cut from the city OF
Monterey One statement is to the
effect that Consul General Hanna has
appealed 10 tie authorities at Wash.
ington requesting that a general ap-
peal be mada by the federal govern.
ment through the medium OF me
press requesting monetary assistance
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
SAMUEL GoMPERs REBukE1
Is Informed That European Labor
Doesn't Care for His opinions---
Austrian Gets Sarcastic.

Paris.-American labor and Samue
Gompers, head of the federation ir
the United States. received sting
ing rebuke in the International Trades
Unions congress Monday when Euro
pean delegates, in the presence O,
Mr.. Gompers, denounced what they
termed Americas equiVocal attitude
toward joining the international move
ment.
Nr. Gompers needed all his old
time energy to repel the attack. He
insisted that the problems and policies
oi American trades unionism were Sc
int! mingled with American traditions
and ideas that Americans could il
spare the time to encounter the influ
ence of European leaders where the
trades unionism tendencies were tenn
peramentaily different.
Nevertheless, as an evidence 5na!
the United States was anxious for In
ternational cooperation, Mr.. Gompers
introduced a proposal favoring werld
wide organization which would "de
fend the rights and interests of ALL
The clash came over the question OF
the exact status Of Mr.. Gompers and
the American Federation of Labor IL
the conference
Mr., Gompers explained that for the
present he was merely an auditor bu.
was ready to give his opinions. II
has been the aspiration Of the Ameri
can workmen to come into closer con
tact with the labor movement in Eu
rope, as they were profoundly attached
to the cause of solidarity of labor.
Hueber, an Austrian delegate, We
hemently characterized Mr.. Gompers
explanation as mockery. He, like the
others, had been under the impress
sion that the Americans meant bust
ness and that Mr.. Gompers was the
official delegate from that country.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
FOUR ARE HURLED TO DEATH
Trolley Car Strikes Auto Near st.
Louis and Party Of Relatives
Lose Their Lives.

ST. Louis. Five persons. four
Of them closely related, were killed
Monday when an automobile in
which they were riding was struck by
fast passover train Of the Chicago.
Rock Island & Pacific railway, ~
miles west of Vigus Station, on the
sCreve Occur lake road. st. Louis
county.
All victims of the accident were
residents of ST. Louis. The dead
were: Theodore F. Witte, Theodore
F. Witte Jr., Mrs. Carl Klinge. Miss
Halcyon Campbell and Frederick O..
Witte.
The two men were brothers and
offlcials of the Witte Hardware Com.
pany, one of the Oldest mercantile es-
Establishments of the city. Mrs. KlinSe
was their sister-in-law. s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
GREAT NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
To Be Held at the Fair Grounds in Des
Moines Is Attracting More
Than National Attention.

Des Moines, Aug. 80. The great Ma
tional Tournament of the United
States Army to be held on the fair
grounds at Des Moines, September 20
to Is. and which is to be opened on
Monday by President Taft, is attract
ing more than national attention. The
military attaches of the British,
French, Austrian, Italian and Russian
legations at Washington and a spe-
cial detail OF five officers from the
Royal Canadian army will attend the
tournament to witness the maneuv-
ers and report upon the mobility OF
United States troops to the armies Of
their respective countries.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03

The convention OF cattle breeders OF
the United States which has been
called to meet at Denver next Janu-
airy will have for its chief topic the
rising price Of beef. There is said to
be danger that meat will 60 to pro.
hibitive prices, and this the cattle
men are anxious to avoid. Effort will
be made to reawaken interest in the
ranching industry, which has fallen
on OF late. The effort will be viewed
with favor by all who relish that diet
which is referred to in the Scriptures
as food for strong men. s5s \.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03

Has anybody found a missing bal
loon? II not, the government is "out."
An airship Of this style broke from
the moorings at Mount Weather, Va.
the signal service observation station,
floated on at a height of q mile or
more and has not been seen since.
Wandering balloons are not Of much
value in themselves, but any one who
catches this one Is asked to return to
the owner, as it may then be "hitched"
again and made Of use for n1eteoro-
logical purposes. 5
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
AUTO MEN DEFY DEATt
beside to Continue Speed Races De
spite Loss Of Lives in
Recent Contests.

New York-Despite the seven trag
edies of the recent motor races al
Indianapolis and the two at Brighton
Beach race track last week, state
:ment from the Motor Racing associa
ton announces that another 24-hou
speed carnival will be held at Brighton
Beach this fall. and that nine makers
and dealers have promised to entel
cars.
The association regrets the recent
adverse criticism Of automobile rae
ing" and declares that the accidents
at Brighton were not due to any flaw
in the track.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03

The Jews who suffered during the
recent uprisings at Kisheneff and 9th.
er places in Russia will not have died
in vain if the appeal OF the Russian
ministry, signed by Premier Stolypin.
for an amelioration Of the condition of
the Jews brings from the car q modi-
fication OF the restrictions now Inn
posed upon a prosecuted and abused
people. The day is not distant in
Russia when such occurrences as re-
Gently blackened the history Of that
nation will be regarded with horror.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
Iowa Bank ID Robbed.

Mineola, la. Two masked men held.
up F. H. Nipp, cashier Of the Mills
County German bank, late Tuesday
afternoon and escaped with $500 in
cash The cashier and two farmers
we're kept in the back room of the
bank by order of the robbers while the
second man took the money. 81
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03

Confidence in the immediate future
is revealed by the fact that big ship
building company has received an or
der for the construction of a steel
freighter 524 feet long, with a carry.
ing capacity Of 5000 TONS Many cost
~ steamers Of this description have
been lying idle this year. on the
Great Lakes, but investors know that
when business brightens there will
be brisk demand for all the tonnage
afioat. and that others will be trying
to place rush orders" for new boats.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
The ever Changing Waist Line.

b~ eVSs Sh0is8S'S SsS'SskH
Consider the mental agility 1t takes
to keep up with ones waist line. One
goes to bed at night in the sweet as
surance that it will be under the arms
for the next two or three months at
any rate. and awakes to learn from the
headlines in the morning papers the
waist line is positively at the knees.
There is absolutely no use in prognos
ticating anything about it any longer.
That the waist line occurred at the
waist was an axiom accepted as I'M
questionably as that the earth re-
wolves on its axis, but In these days
Of higher criticism it is likely to be
anywhere 1t bloweth where it list
eth.-Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, in Ameri
can Magazine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
Mary o. co,dren Home.

Iowa City. Aug. 28.-The Mary O..
Coldren home for aged women is the
name given the institution founded by
Stevens A. Coldren, q local philan.
thropist. The name is that Of Mr.:
Coldren's mother, a pioneer Of this
community.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
No Infallihle Method

A leading mathematician OF France
gives another warning that there is
no infallible method Of doubling ones
stakes after a loss. "All one can do,
says he, lis to combine ones play SO
as to have great chance OF winning
a little and a little chance of losing
much. and many chances Of losing
little
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-09-03
RooseveIt's Old Cook Dead.

Montclair, N. J.-Hester Campbell
a famous Scotch cook. who was EN-
ployed for many years in the family
of former President Roosevelt, died
here Tuesday at the age OF 96. She
was especially noted for her recipe Of
Johnny cake"