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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
FUNERAL TO TAKE
PLACE TOMORROW
Late Louis M. Scherer Will
Be Inferred at Oak
Hill Cemetery.
The HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Many Hndsome Floral Offerings Are
Sent to 0dorn the Ca
tafalque.

The funeral arrangements for the
late Louis NJ Scherer have been com
pleted, with the exception of the ap-
pointing of the pail bearers in the X
Of P. lodge, of which Mr.. Scherer was
member. This will be done this
evening. at a specially called meeting
of the lodge.
The honorary pall-bearers have been
selected from his fellow workers in
the Lion store, and the baseball dia
mond, all of whom were his personal
friends They viii bear a wreath at
tached with satin ribbon which thev
will lay on the casket at the grave as a
token of esteem
A floral piece. representing a broken
wheel, has been forwarded to the late
home, 442 Piummer avenue, by the en-
ployes of the Lion Store. and another.
a pillow, has been offered by the heads
of the departments in the store
The funeral cortege will leave the
home tomorrow afternoon and arrive
at the Baptist church at o'clock.
where the funeral services will be held
after which it will wend its way to
Oak Hill cemetery for fnterment.
The honorary paIl-bearers are as fol-
lows; Dave Lovegren, c. E. c. Payne.
E. J. Miller, f. Brincken. all of the
Lion store, and Clarence Eder and ROY
McCooI
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
MAYOR BECKER COMING
Work on Gary & Interurban
Franchise VIII Be
Rounded Up.

The return Of Mayor Becker from
Battle Creek. either tomorrow or sat
urday. is expected to give the work on
the Gary and Interurban franchise.
which is now pending before the board
Of public works. a new impetus. The
board has already reduced the most
glaringly undesirable features i'm fbe
franchise, but it realizes that there is
still need of some pruning and insert
ing on the instrument one of the
provisions, that the board viii insist
upon is that Of furnishing bond for
forfeiture if the road does not ran it's
cars from Hammond into Cary within
the specified time Of nine months. Then
there are other things in the franchise
as for instance, the phraseoIogv Of
some Of the sentences. in order that
the document may be explicit and denn-
fte.
1t is not at all unlikely that the
franchise may be signed up next Mon
day. although none Of the board ,rem-
bers are ready 10 commit themselves
to this today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
JUNIORS TO GIVE PLAY
"a Case of Suspension" to
Be Given at High School
Auditorium.

The junior class of the Hammond
high school will give a musical pro-
gram and class play Friday evening. at
the high school auditorium. The plav
is farce comedy, entitled "A Case of
Suppression" Mrs. Stanley T. Sutton
has been coaching the cast and the
class expects to make quite a hit with
the piece The proceeds of the affair
is to go toward the annual senior
junior banquet this spring. and tickets
are being sold at % cents The pro-
gras is as follows:
Music-High School Orchestra.
Solo-Mildred Collins.
Recitation-Floyd Monnett
Messrs- Minard Whitaker.
Monnett and Hunter.
Observation-Disclosures Dessemeir.
Solo-Rulo Minard.
Piano Duet-Misses Mae Arlzin and
Laura Hess.
Music-High School Orchestra.
Farce Comedy-''A Case Of Suppress
sion"
Dorothy, Alice. Mildred-young ladies
of the inary-Mildred Collins. Fer
rol Dickover. Clara Kahn.
Harold. Tom, Jack-Undersradu
of nearby ege-Walter Kennedy
Julius Meyn. Floyd Monnett.
Miss Ophelia Julkins. of the Facul-
ty-Lois Boyce.
Prof Emilus Edgerton Raymond
Zoll '''--'
Kathleen, an eccentric maiden-Ma-
bel Van Bodegraven.
Jonas, the Seminary "Man"-carl
Bauer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
Officials in Town.

Attorney F. J. Lewis Meyer and Hugh
Wallace, attorney general and etao
Wallace, attorney and general rnanaz-
er, respectively for the South shore
line. were in Hammond today going
over the. proposed route for their feed
er line coming in from Gary. Their
plans at present are to the effect TO
come in on Indiana avenue and cross
over IT TO their main line west Of the
old G. H. Hammond plant Before
striking Hammond proper the line
wants to come in over a private right
OF way, which is 10 lay between the
Michigan Central track and the Grand
Calumet river.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
COAL FAMINE
EXIST LOCALLY
Anthracite Scarcity Would
Create Hardship if Cold
Wave Came.
DEALERS CAN'T GET SHIPMENT
Jobbers Blame Dealers and Dealers
Say That Patrons Won't
Pay Them.

Very few people are aware of the
fact that there is hard coal famine
in Hammond. They little realize that
if a cold spell should strike the CITY
it would be impossible to buy ton of
hard coal
Fortunately the weather has re-
mained warm and there has been no
pressing demand for the anthracite.
Had the weather turned cold vester-
day or today some Of the best known
business men in the city might have
found it necessary to go around town
and borrow a supply from the neigh
bors
The fact that famine has developed
in this city is due to the fact that
many of the coal shipments were de-
Iayed. All of the dealers sold out their
stock simultaneously
The fact that there was no hard coal
in town developed when some of the
dealers tried to borrow from the others
and found that they too were in the
same boat.
The solution of the mystery is the
fact that collections have been very
poor The miners will not ship coal
because the jobbers will not pay for 1T
the jobbers won't ship beuause the
dealers will not pay for it. and the
dealers can't sell because they are I'M
able to get the money out of their pat
rons for the coal that has already been
sold.
OF course, some one along the line
will have TO loosen up and when that
time comes everything will run along
smoothly again.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
OWN 25O ACRES Of
CHOICE PROPERTY
Are Getting Ready for Big Things
Location Is Desirable Both for
Factory and Residence Sites
Terminal Tracks and Grasselh Are
North and South Boundary.

East Chicago, Ind. April 1.-THE
new land company, organized on ex-
tensive lines. is about to be born to
THIS region. It is to be called the CAL
met Kenndy company of East Chi
cago. and an idea of the magnitude or
the enterprise may be gained from the
fact that its paid in capital stock
reaches the enormous sum of $3.50. 1000.
The Offices will be located at Chicago
and Kenndy avenues, in the building
recently occupied by the East Chicago
company
Articles of Incorporation for the nev
concern will be filed today in Indian
apoIs and for this purpose Walter ].
Riley. who is the president of the new
land company. left late last night for
the state capital.
Serving with Mr.. Riley q wee pres.
ident and secretary. respectively. are
John E. Ryan and Frank T. Malonev.
the latter two of Chicago. Mr.. Riley
himself needs no introduction to dwell
lers and business men of the Calumet
dlstrlet' he having been long and IA
Vorably known in his capacity as an
expert authority on realty values with
the East Chicago company. Mr.. Riley
VIII have active management of the
new company.
Getting Ready for Big Things.
The concern has purchased from the
East Chicago company approximately
700 acres of choice land This tre-.
Continued on Page seven.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
Must Change Plans

The architect representing Jacob
Rimbach made the measurements of
the lot, which is being vacated at the
corner of Holman street and Rimbach
avenue. and discovered that the lot is
two feet wider at the rear than it is
in front and consequently all of the
orders for structural steel will have to
be changed.
If this fact had not been discov-
cred when it was. the work of con
structing the building might have been
delayed indefinitely. 1t would also have
involved considerable expense and the
structural iron would have had to be
made over again
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
REV. HORTON HONORED
Grown Point Divine Elected
as Alternate at Laporte
to Denver Synod.

Lake and Porter county men were
elected 10 important positions bv the
member of the Logansport Presbyterv
= the meeting. which was held in,I,a-
porte yesterday.
Rev. z. r. Horton of Crown Point
was elected an alternate to the gener-
al synod, which is to be held in Dem
Yer, and A. .. Bartholomew of Valpa-
raiso was elected as a Law delegate to
Denver. Rev. Snook Of Hammond has
returned from the meetings.
A dispatch from Logansport saws.
"The Legansport Presbytery closed
its sessions last night with the cleo
tion Of the Rev. ]. C. Barrett of Rens-
selaer as moderator, to succeed DR. T.
B. Donaldson Of Laporte. and the Rev.
= H. Smith Of Rochester as permanent
clerk.
The Rev. George A Plug of PIyn-
outh and the Rev II. B. Hostetter Of
South Bend were elected delegates to
the general synod. 10 be held in Den
Ner- The Rev. !. G. Barrett Of Rens-
selaer and the Rev. L r Horton Of
Crown Point were elected alternates. 4
= Bartholomew Of Valparaiso and W.
NJ Fisher of NIishawaka were chosen
lay delegates to Denver. Their alter
mates are l. p. stevens 70 Logansport
and Arden Hayes Of Union Mills.
The business Of the session yester-
day was devoted to the hearing Of re-
ports and the ordination Of George z.
Parisoe of Chicago to the ministry. He
VIII accept the pastorate of the church
al Remington. The next meeting of the
presbytery viii be held at Plymouth"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
MIKE GETS TRAIN RIDE
Unfortunate Indiana Harbor
Man Taken to the State
Capital.

Postoffice Inspector Fletcher took
Mike Gravozic, who is charged with
opening registered letter that did not
belong to him, to Indianapolis with him
last evening.
Gravozic's attorney made a desper-
ate effort to have him released on a
writ of habeas corpus after he had
been arrested on another pretext when
he was really wanted by the govern
ment oficialys
The postoffice inspector, however. ar
rived before this could be done, and the
Indiana Harbor man, who was held by
Chief Higgins for day or two await
ing the arrival of the authorities.
turned him over
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
UNCLE SAM LIKES CITY

The Importance of Hammond in the
eyes of the government is shown bv
the fact that the postoffice department
mas authorized James NJ Woltz, the
United States postoffice inspector in
this district. to move from Logansport
to Hammond to live
Inspector Woltz is a fine man. and
his residing in this city will make it
the headquarters for the inspection
service in this section of the state.
hammond was chosen as headquarters
Tor Mr.. WoItz on account of the fact
that it not only has the best railroad
facilities in the state, but because Ham
mond and East Chicago have the two
north and south railroads which run
through this section.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
Goes to Jury.

The case Of Smith vs.. the National
Fire Proofng company. which has been
on trial in the Lake superior court for
the past two weeks. viii go to the
jury today
As the jury has in the neighborhood
Of 300 interrogatories it will probably
be late tomorrow before the Jury viii
be able to report. unless the court takes
the case from it.
This case is one of the most hotlv
contested suits that have been tried in
the local courts this year and all of
the parties to the suit will be glad
when it is over with.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
Furniture Blocks Trffc

Charles johnson. a conductor on the
Hammond, Whiting and East Chica 20
street railway. reported to the police
that a furniture wagon. belonging to
Burke's dray line Of Gary had tipped
over AZ the corner Of Calumet avenue
and one Hundred and Fiftieth street
and was blocking the traffic.
Captain Hanlon went out to inves-
tisate, and after unloading the furni-
taFe he helped move the wagon of the
tracks SO that the car could pass.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
HAMMOND GIRL
IMPOSED UPON BY HIM
Alleged Trifer Is Hailed Into Judge
Prests' Court This Morning and
Confronted By His Wives Who
Were Deceived By Him-Defendant
Printer at Conkey Plant.

Inc officer is here, I guess, you will
nave TO 60" this was the exclamation
that Mrs Charles Ikner of Hessvflle
made TO her husband, Patrick H. Bet
tenbender, alias Patrick II. Burns. when
she realized that the fact that he was
a bigamist was known and the officer
was there to arrest him.
The arrest was made by Constable
Bob Grant, on warrant sworn out BY
William II. Slehaur of Chicago. a brot1-
erin law of the Chicago woman, Mrs.
Ida Steinhaur, who believes she is the
hrst wife of Patrick II. Bettenbender.
Mrs. Charles Ikner was formerly Miss
Alvina Dillner. Afterwards she mar
ried Charles Ikner who was late kin
ed on the railroad in the vicinity Of IN
diana Harbor.
After the death of her husband. Mrs.
Charles Ikner met Patrick II. Betten-
bender, a printer, who at one time
worked at the Conkey plant. in this
city, and They were married in Mfiwan-
kee.
Takes the Name of Burns.
Mrs. Ikner was informed by Betten-
bender that his name was Patrick II
Burns and, so when they came to Ham
mond they lived in the vicinity of
Hessville under the name Of Burns.
Mrs. Ikner admits she learned soon
after her marriage that her husbands
name was Bettenbender. not Burns. and
that he had a wife living in Chicago
from whom he had not been divorced.
That seemed to make little difference
In their happiness. for they decided TO
Keen wi
however, that he was constantly in
danger of arrest and so. when Consta-
bic Bob Grant arrived last night and
made the arrest, neither We're sur
prised.
This morning, bright and early. Mrs.
Charles Ikner and a lady friend were
at the police station to see the Dris- /
oner. She peered through the prison /
bars at her husband and. although she /
knows he stands charged with bigamv /
she conversed pleasantly with him ana
did not seem to be at all ashamed of /
the predicament in which he found him. /
Bonds Are $1,000.
The preliminary hearing was held in |
Judge Prest's court this morning. and !
the prisoner was bound over under 81
GOO bonds. Despite the fact that Bet
tenbender did not tell her that he had /
another wife at the time she married /
him. Mrs Charles Ikner seems to be /
wrapped up in the alleged bigamist (
and spent most of the morning trying .
to secure bonds for him.
She half persuaded one man to go on !
the bond, but it was afterward found +
that his property holding were not
sufficient From present Indications
Bettenbender will have to remain I'm
jail until his case comes to trial.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15

EXPLOSION
TAKES PLACE
Fred Martinanti of Scatina
Fruit Store, Victim Early
This Morning of Danger
Gus Gasoline Accident and
Receives Burns.

Fred Martinanti, an employe in Paul
Scatena's fruit store, was the victim
of a bad accident this morning when
he attempted to light the gasoline
lights in the store early this morning
In lighting the gasoline lights it is
necessary to generate the gasoline in
the same manner as is done in the
case of a gasoline stove Fred Mar
tinanti poured little gasoline in the
generator from an oil can and lighted
it.
After few minutes he returned and
thought the fire in the generator had
gone out. He felt of it and decided
that it was too cold to generate the
gas for lighting.
Accordingly he took the oil can. part
iy filed with gasoline, and started to
pouring more gasoline in the generator.
when there was terrific explosion
and the oil. which was contained in
the can, was thrown over his whole
body.
Dashea Water on Self.
Martinanti rushed to the front of the
store and dashed water over his face
and head and extinguished the flames
on his clothes. When the can explod-
ed the bottom of it hit Martinanti in
the face and caused an ugly wound
In fact, if Martinanti had held a bomb
in his hand and let it explode it could
not have been more dangerous.
Fortunately the place was not set on
fire and Martinanti was able to put out
the fire on his clothes so that it did
not destroy them. However, his face
is badly burned. and there are large
blisters on his hands as a result of his
experience with the dangerous explo-
sive.
Had the can containing the gasoline
been larger it is hard to tell what !
would have been the result
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
Sixteen Year-Old Missing

The parents of Elizabeth Kuisman Of
Hessville have reported to the Ham
mond police that their 1svear-oId
daughter has been missing for some
time. She IS said to have had a o,ar-
rel with her mother. and the parents
fear that she has found bad compan-
ions
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
WEARY W'LLIES HAVE
A SEPARATE ROOST
Authorities Do Not Believe In Hous-
ing When Them in the City Jail,
and Consequently Special Shelter
Was Provided for Them-Was
Locked Seven Times.
Especial to THE T1MEs.l

Whiting, Ind, April 15.-It is not
questions of state which confront two
Whiting aldermen. They are having
their troubles over matters which are
more important than those affecting the
municipality which they represent.
Instead of cooping up her hoboes in
the police station. as they do in Ham
mond and East Chicago. the officials of
Whiting have a shed which they call
the hobo she'd where the unfortunate
Weary willies are allowed to sleep.
Now it so happens that Alderman
Frank Long is opposed to giving the
hoboes. which pass through Whiting, a
place to hang out. He wants none of
them, and acting on the belief that he
would rather they go through Whit
ing without hesitating he bought
paddock and put it on the door OF the
hof,o fo,rro
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
Kozocik for Hoboes.


Now it also happens that Alderman
Mike Kozocik believes that the wander
ers who go through Whiting ought to
be given at least place to sleep. He is
of the opinion that it IS better for
them to sleep in the hobo house than
in his barn or cellar. where they may
be tempted to get away with his per-
sonal property.
He is also of the opinion that if AL
derman Long has the right to put a
paddock on the hobo house he, as an
other Whiting alderman, has the right
to tear it off.
Consequently. while Alderman Long
has put on the lock five times, Alder
man Kozocik has taken an axe and
knocked 1t off as many times It is
hard to tell where the matter will
end.
1t has been suggested that the two
aldermen settle the matter with a duel.
in which the weapons shall be the bath
ing of hoboes at an arms length. The
man who bathes the most hoboes will
be able to settle the problem of where
they are to sleep according to the die
tates of his own conscience. and the
city of Whiting, which is now in a
turmoil over the question, will be able
to think of something else.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15
WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight and
Fr1dayJ not much change in
temperature.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-15

Continued on Page seven.)
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-05-25
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue of the authority conferred
upon me under the provisions of a
deed of trust executed by Eugene
Adams and his wife, Minnie L. Adams,
on the second day of October, 1906, to
secure the payment of a certain in
debtedness there mentioned due to r.
Young, and which deed of trust is re-
corded in Book X, page 144, of the
Records of Mortgages and Deeds of
Trust on lands of the Second District
of Perry County, Mississippi, in the
office of the chancery clerk of Forrest
been made in the payment of said in
debtedness and having been requested
thereunto by the said R. Young, bene-
ficiary, l, as trustee in said instru-
ment, will on the 7th day of June,
that being the first Monday of said
month, 1909, within legal hours at the
front door of the Forrest county court
house, proceed to sell at public outcry,
for cash to the highest bidder, the fol-
lowing described real estate, with all
improvements thereon and thereto be-
longing, lying and being situate in the
city of Hattiesburg in the County of
Forrest and State of Mississippi, to-
wit:
Lot No 8, in block No. 13, Yellow
Pine Park survey as per map on file
in the chancery clerks office of said
Forrest County.
Witness my signature this May IS,
A. D. 1909.
S. V. ROBERTSON,
5-15-3tw Trustee.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-05-25

| tie Ora Bell, of Laurel, were in Hat
tiesburg yesterday to attend the fu-
neral of their relative, Mrs. Emma
Boiling.
Mrs. T. B. Wright and little Jean
ellie are at home after two weeks
visit to DR.. and Mrs. Rowan at Wes-
son.
Miss Ora Robinson, of Brandon, is
the guest of her sister, Miss Media
Robinson at Mrs. P. A. Carter's, on
Bay street
Mrs. j. H. c. Cook, who has been
visiting relatives in Augusta, re-
turned yesterday accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Ben Stevens.
{. !. :.
Misses Ruth and Mary Neal and
James Neal made a short visit to
their aunt, Mrs. Robert Rawls at
Rawls Springs this week.
:. :. :.
Lieut. Eduard Field of the U. S.
army, who has been stationed in the
Philippines for two years, is here Wis
iting his mother, Mrs. Robt. Field.
:. {. :.
Mrs. Mary Belle Poole-Mason and
little daughters have returned home
after a pleasant visit to Laurel, where
they were the guests of DR.. and Mrs.
]. w. Bailey.
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| The Parent-Teacher Association of
Ward 2 will meet tomorrow after
noon at $3.50 at the Court street
school building. All interested are re-
quested to attend.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-05-25
The New Gem and
Crescent Theatres

on Main street are indorsed and visit
ed by the pulpit of Hattiesburg and
patronized by its entire white poplia-
ton, plenty of fans, well ventilated
and fire proof with exits to the street
in front and rear of threatres. AL
ways Five Cents. AS strong as the
Rock of Gibraltar, is the New Gem
and Crescent Theatres. Presenting
High Class, Refined. Moral and Up-to-
Date Moving Pictures, Plays, Dramas
and Comedies and magnificent Illus
trated songs and music for the small
admission of FIVE CENTS. Entire
program changed every day.