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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-24
JACK JOHNSON HAD TO JUMP
New Motor Car SkIdded and Had
Smash-Up in Trial Spin

Elizabeth, N. j., May 24.-"Jack"
Johnson the heavyweight pugilist bare
ly escaped serious injury here early
yesterday morning, when his new au-
tomobile skidded over the slippery
asphalt paving at Westfield avenue.
The car crashed into the gutter, badly
denting itself, and then finished the
trick by banging into big tree. John
son and ais friends escaped by jump
ing. The car was repaired after four
hours work at Reeds garage.
The side of the machine was badly
damaged and Johnson was much put
out This is the car he purchased
with the money made in his recent
bout with O'Brien. The car will be
Shipped to England in few days.
Johnson agreed to be responsible for
the damage done to the tree.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-24
MARBLE WORKERS STRIKE
More Than 100 Leave Work at
Manchester Depot Mills.

Manchester, May 24.-Because the
company refused to grant them a
nine hour day with 10 hours pay,
more than 100 employees of the Nor
cross G. West Marble mill at Man
chester Depot struck last Friday af-
ternoon, but present indications are
that those who already have not re-
turned to work would soon do So
When the demand of the men was
made known to the officials of the
company, it was met with PROPOSE
ton to give nine hours pay for nine
hours work, or 10 hours pay for 10
hours work. This was declined by
most of the men. Four employees did
not join in the strike and six OF
those who went out resumed work on
Saturday. 1t is understood that six
others have agreed to return to their
labors. The strikers include polish
ers, rubbers and cutters.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-24
SACRED HEART SCHOOL
Honorable Mention, Palmer Method
Buttons, Pupils Certificate

The A. N. Palmer company of Bos-
ton, Mass, nave conferred honorable
mention and awarded Palmer buttons
to the following pupils of the Sacred
Heart school.
Rose Lassor, Agnes Morrat, Ernest
MarcouX, Rose Durand, Ida Rousseau
Eva Pellerin, Eva Menard, Alice Mar
tel, Victorine Noel. Edward Brin, Del
in Lapierre, Ida Bourgeois. Yvonne
Roy. Pupils certificate for rapid,
legible business penmanship awarded
TO Rose Lassor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-24
HAITIAN REBELS ACTIVE
To Towns Near Dominican Fronties
Seized.

Cape Haitien, May "a, (By Courier
from Monte Christi. Santo Domingo)
The revolutionary movement Is
spreading. Gen. Camacho, the for
mer Governor of Monte Christi, who
is working in unison with Gen. Quiri-
to Felice for the overthrow of the
Government, has attacked and seized
Guayubin and Dajabon, which are
Isituated on the Haitian frontier, the
Dajabon River being the northwest
boundary between Haiti and the Do
minican Republic. There has been
| fighting between the revolutionists
and the loyal forces at Monte Christi.
The fate of Jose Bordas, Governor of
Puerto Plata, is not known, but it is
reported that he is either dead or a
| prisoner.
Communications are interrupted,
and Government troops are expected
to reach the disaffected district by
sea.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-24
Card of Thanks.

We wish hereby to express our sin
cere thanks to our neighbors and
friends who so kindly and sympathet-
ically assisted us during our recent
bereavement, and especially the en-
ployes at Coopers mill and the
Knights of the Maccabees.
Mrs. Joseph Roy and Family.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-24
THE NEW ARC LAMP
Specimen Of improved Light at the
Putnam House Corner

Bennington cannot be counted as SO
very far behind the times II getting
new things electrical can be made to
count in her favor.
The Magnetic lamp recently IN
stalled at THE Corner" is a sample
of the lamp officially adopted by the
City of Boston after a very careful In
vestigation of all systems of street
lighting and is probably the only one
of this size burning regularly any
where in the country except those just
contracted for.
TIE City of Boston has made a hve
year contract for $500 of these lamps
at s1O3.54 per lamp per year and Bcs
ton gets more light for less money
than does any city in the entire coun
try."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-24
Bennington

Remington 5 2 1O50 90 *-13
Stolen bases, Windle, (2) Engle-
wood, King. Winter; two base hits,
Englewood. King, OMeara; double
plays Englewood to Watson (2); ba-
SEES on balls. of viele, 6. off Corey, 1:
MT by pitched ball. Watson; struck
out, by Viele Z, by Corey 3, by Sauter
4; umpire Gay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-24
CAPTAIN WASHED OVERHEARD

Valparaiso, Chile, May 24.--The
Dutch ship Nederland. which sailed
from Melbourne, Australia, for Fail
mouth on March %, has arrived at
Coquimbo in distress.
Capt. Sparud. four seamen and
boy were washed overheard off Cape
Horn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-24
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours.
For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair tonight and Tuesday.
Moderate temperature.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
PETITION
FOR CITY
DUE TO-DAY
Eight Hundred Signatures
Will Be Laid Before Gary
Town Board as Soon as
Soon as Possible; Parties
Work Together.

There is a chance that the incor-
poration petition asking that Gary be
made a city will be presented to the
board of trustees today. In case 500
signatures are obtained, which number
represents one-third of the voters, the
documents will be laid before the town
board.
Both the republicans and the demo-
Gratis are working hand in hand to
secure the necessary number of names.
On the republican side Pontius Heintz,
John Burke and others are busy Sc
curing the required number of sigma
lures. Chairman Hugh E. Corbett and
r E Houren of the democratic forces
are engaged in the same work and
when they are through, the various
papers will be combined into one petit
ton.
After the petition IS presented it Will
be the duty of the town board to order
the marshal to take a census of the
town within thirty days. If it is shown
that there are a number of inhabi-
tants in Gary to make It a city an
election will be ordered to determine
whether the voters wish Incorporation.
The regular municipal election VIII
follow this if the voters decide in the
affirmative which they surely will.
The petitions were drawn up Friday
and Saturday. by the committees ap-
pointed by the respective parties.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
MACHINES GET TERRIFIC
NALLOP|NG IN INDIANAPOLIS

mer and tongs. At that time Clarke's
chances looked better than those of
Gauss, but after Taggart made his
stand clear 1t seemed that the rank
and file of the party took a notion that
this man was the proper time to give
Taggart and his gang a beating, and
they went at it in earnest. From that
time on Clarke's chances began to
dwindle. The Taggart crowd worked
harder and harder. 1t had one of it's
members elected city chairman to direct
the campaign and the entire organiza-
ton was made up of members of the
Taggart machine.
But the gang was whipped. When
the votes were counted 1t was found
that Gauss had won over Clarke by a
plurality of more than $500. So both
sides showed the machine where to head
in. Both machines are demoralized. Es-
pecially Is this true in the case of the
democratic machine. Tom Taggart has
been routed completely, and 1t is doubt
| full if he viii ever be able to recover
the same degree Of control of the par
! ty in the city that he formerly had. The
result was brought about by the abso-
lutely independent voting on the part
of the voters in both parties. Indi-
! annapolis politics has been purified and
cleaned up, and there is a general opin-
ion that 1t will stay purified and clean
! ed.
1t is believed also that the defeat OF
Taggart in this city will make trouble
for him in the state. Taggart has fol
years been able to control the party
organization in the state and to do with
it as he pleased. 1t is known that he
plans to retain control, too. But thi.
| jolt will. it is believed, cause him Il
/ loosen his hold on the party.
This taken in connection with The
! fact that there is a strong movement
on foot among the antiTaggart anti
ring democratic leaders TO take th'
state organization away from Taggar
when the state committee is re-organ
lied next winter make it look like
Taggart is going to have the fight o
his life TO keep from being dumped
entirely. In every district in the state
the plan is being perfected. and it i
said that the anti-Taggart people be
lieve they will be able to elect not les
than nine members of the state commit
tee. This Will be enough to give then
control of the committee. and they viii
then be able to organize and carry OIL
the campaign without the able assist
ance of Mr.. T Taggart.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
CLIFFORD
PASTES MIKE
AND IS JUDGED

When Clifford Clifton a ticket col
lector employed by the Sells Floto cir
Gus appeared before Judge Fitzgerald
yesterday he questioned the right Of
his honor to try him
Take him back and throw him into
the dungeon" commanded the frown-
ing dispensary of justice. Then the
minions OF the law took the recalcit-
rant prisoner back to Chief Martins
hotel until he learns better than ques-
ticn the authority of court.
Clifton was arrested on a warrant
sworn out by Mike Nastich a foreign
er IS years old, charging him with
assault and battery. Young Nastich
had entered the big circus tent with
some of his friends and came out later
to ask his brother to come in. He
again attempted to enter the tent
without showing his ticket, when the
trouble occurred in which Nastrtch re-
ceived a blow that made him think
the circus mule had kicked him The
! trial of Clifton came up last night al
the police station and he was fined
$11.90 and costs by Judge Fitzgerald
, which he paid.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
CIRCUS CROWD ORDERLY
Four Thousand People See
Performance in Gary; No
Arrests Necessary.

Last night was one of the quietest
nights that Gary has seen for some
time" said Chief of Police Martin this
morning. Even with the large crowd
of people who attended the circus we
rad no occasion to make a single ar
rest last night"
The circus crowd was an orderly
one and after the evening perfor-
nance was over the large crowd dis
persed and went to their homes with
out the least trouble. Chief Martin
had several extra officers sworn in dur
ing the day who We're stationed at the
show grounds, but as far as order was
concerned there was no need OF their
presence there.
1t is estimated that fully 1000 peo-
PIE saw the show at the evening per-
Torrance. The circus will exhibit In
Hammond today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
TO PASS ON THE PLANS

The Gary Commercial club is to hold
a meeting next Thursday, at which the
architects of Gary are to be asked to be
present in order that they may get the
clubs idea for plans for the proposed
club house. The club intends to make
its new home substantial as well as ar
tistic. and it is expected that the com
petition will bring out good work
1t is also probable that the club will
take UP the matter of entertaining the
visiting delegates Of the Indiana FEEDER
alton of Commercial Clubs. There has
been some talk Of chartering a steam
boat and take the members out for a
boat ride on Lake Michigan to Michigan
City and return.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
News That Brainy Business Man
Will Be Candidate for Mayor
In Gary Brings Enthusiasm
JOHN HAD TO GO
HOME IN BURLAP
East Chicago Man Has
Many Vicissitudes While
Enjoying Swim.
Especial 10 THE T1MEs.)

Indiana Harbor, Aug. 10.-John
stockhouse of 1905 Grapevine street
went to the Calumet river yesterday
to enjoy a swim. The water was fine
and 1t was a lot cooler in than out.
So Mr.. Stockhouse remained just as
long as he thought 1t compatible with
the laws of hygiene. and in the mean
time he failed to notice a stealthy form
that crept among the bushes near by.
where his shoes-a swell pair of pat
ent feathers just out OF the shop-and
a daisy pair of sox, of a pattern that
the most fastitious candy kid might
envy, reposed a short distance from
the rest of his garments.
1t was not until he emerged from
the raging tide, that he even thought
of such a thing as stealthy form.
The idea was suggested to him, how
ever when he looked at the spot where
before he entered the river, the suns
rays had been flashed back from the
shining patent feathers. and noted that
they were no longer there. His sox
were gone Likewise his weskit, con-
tanning a gold watch and chain with
1ocket in which was portrait of him
self. Likewise everything.
"A barrel! Barrel! Ny kingdom
for a Darrell" said Mr. Stockhouse,
after he had sufficiently recovered from
the shock to articulate.
But there was no barrel in sight
so a few moments later when he dis
covered his coat and shirt and neither
garments. lying where the purloiner OF
his sox, shoes and weskit had dropped
them in his flight from the scene OF
his crime. they were doubly welcome
However, a thorough search of the vi
cinity failed to reveal the sox and
shoes and exc the weskit. Mr.. Stock
house was obliged to wend his home
ward way in borrowed shoes that were
twice to large and a pair OF stockings
! which bore a close resemblance to bur.
! lap bags, in texture, shape and color
Sergeant Quinlan took a careful de
scription of the missing garments, bu
| is withholding the details, lest publicity
! Interfere with the apprehension o.
the culprit. If the thief can be caught
wearing the stockings, splendid cas-
of petit larceny will be established
against him.
Meantime Mr.. Stockhouse. while h.
naturally hates to lose such peaches
is even more concerned about hi
watch.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
TINES BUREAU
AT THE Staff CAPITAL.

Indianapolis. Ind, Aug. 1o.-The fin
est exhibition. of plain and fancy in
dependent voting ever seen in the state
was given in indianapolis the past
week, when both parties nominated city
tickets at primaries. And machine poll
tics never got a more severe walloping
that the one which the voters admin
istered on that occasion. 1t affected
both parties alike, for the republican
machine got it's" as well as the demo
cratic machine.
The republican machine favored the
nomination of w N Harding for may
or 1t is even charged that the brew
cries favored him and that Crawford
Fairbanks, the Terre Haute brewer, who
pays as much attention to indianapolis
politics as he does to his own home
town. put up $4,000 for Harding's cam
paign fund 1t was generally under
stood, also, that the city administra-
ton would be for Harding early in the
campaign, and it was believed thai
Mayor Bookwalter would come out fol
him. But none of this happened.
on the other hand, Mayor Bookwaltel
kept quiet and did not take any hanC
in the campaign. In fact if the ad
ministration took any hand whatever
1t was for Shank, though there is M
evidence on the surface that 1t did any
thing. Harding was defeated by Lev
Shank, an auctioneer, by an overwhelm
ing vote. and Harding is now raisine
the cry that he was double crossed a
the last minute. At any rate the part.
machine, which was out for Harding
| early in the game, was licked to a fin
| ish. For time it was feared that tn
machine would resort to ballot fraud
| to nominate Harding, and this belle
| became so strong that on primary da-
an injunction was obtained to proven
primary election inspectors from de
stroying the ballots after the count wa
| completed This finally removed al
danger of frauds in the count.
In the democratic fight the Taggar
machine backed Charles b. Clarke,
lawyer for the nomination for mayo
| against Charles 4. Gauss, a member o
the Legislature. Tom Taggart came on
| openly a few weeks go and declare
for Clarke and advised all of the demo
Gratis to support him. This, of course
was an official order to his gang t
get behind Clarke and push hir
through, and the gang went at it ham
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
OUTING FOR GARY ELKs

At meeting of the Gary lodge Of
EIks, last evening, it was decided that
the outing which the members had
previously planned would be given at
Flint Lake, Valparaiso on Sunday,
August 21st.
Arrangements are now being made
by committees for the outing which
will be given to the members and their
families and it is expected that a large
number viii take advantage Of the
trip Flint Lake is surrounded by high
bluffs and is one of the beauty spots
Of that county The outing party will
probably charter a special car and
make the trip over the Pennsylvania
railroad Others will go by automobile
big picnic dinner will be one of the
features of the outing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10

charges that the arrest is the result Of
plot Rev. Ghoston has two children
one of them a son who has grown to
manhood These children. Mrs. Ghoston
says, are the son and daughter of Mr..
Ghoston by his first wife.
Her accusers say that he is not leg
ally married to the colored parson as
she fails to produce her marriage lie
ense. Ghoston says that the license
is in the possession of the minister
who united them in parrfage and that
he viii produce it at the proper time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
Return With No Fish.

Attorneys Franklin and Fetterer of
Gary and Attorney Bozarth of Hobart
have returned from a fishing trip in
the Kankakee river country. Contrary
10 the usual stories. these hapless fish
ermen returned without a single pisca-
torial.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
FIRST MEETING
ON FRIDAY

The first big republican meeting for
the Gary municipal campaign is sched-
uled for next Friday evening. to be
held in the Binzenhof hall There is
to be much organization work to be
taken up. and every republican is asked
to turn out. There will be good speak
ers. and all together the occasion prom
Uses to be an interesting one,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-10
REFORMER
IS RUDELY
TREATED
Fourth Gary Man to Come
to Grief at Hands Of the
Vicious Element; Wife
Saves Charles Edwards
From Being Shot by Thug

The fourth Gary reformer to come
to grief at the hands of the tough
element in Gary is Charles Edwards
colored, 18th and Washington street,
who was undoubtedly saved from be-
ing shot and killed when his wife
stepped between him and Charles
Jackson, a negro dive keeper who
drew gun and was about to shoot
Edwards. Just previous to the at
tempted shooting, Edwards was at
tackled by Jackson's twenty-four year
old son who broke a chair over the
reformer's head.
Confronted BY Dive-Mnn.
Last evening about six o'clock when
Edwards was leaving his home which
is above Jackson's notorious house of
III fame, which was permitted to be
run by the Knots administration, was
confronted by the negro dive-keeper
and his son.
Edwards says that Jackson com
manded his son to attack him and
obeying instructions the man picked
up a chair and dealt a terrific blow
over Edwards skull and while he re-
ceived no perceptible injuries the chair
was smashed to pieces Then Jackson
drew a gun and was ready to fire when
| Edwards wife rushed in between the
two men it'll the result that the nor
torious black as disarmed.
! Warrants were sworn out for the
Jacksons and later they We're arrested
The case comes up before Judge Town
siey this afternoon.
King First Victim.
The first victim Of the Knott's ad-
ministration was Rev Shepherd King
one of the respectable colored Gary
men engaged in the work of reform
His place was set af1re at night a few
" eeks ago and the miscreants evident
~ attempted to have him burned alive
Sunday morning the resort of Dav!
| Johnson on Washington street was Sc
on fire but the blaze was extinguishe,
IN a few minutes much to the relief o
the insurance companies. Johnson &C
cused A A. Rodman another reform
e. and had him dragged out of his be,
at three o'clock Monday morning on
warrant charging him with arson. Rod
mans case comes up today and he vii
be defended by Manlove and Carver
The accused man who earns his liv
ing honestly charges that the arres
is plot Matched by Johnson and other
who are endeavoring to get revenge.
Yesterday the wife of Rev. Ghostor
another reformer and pastor of one 0
the Gary colored churches was arrest
ed on charge of adultery Mrs. Ghos
atom whose husband is now in Chicag
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-17
ATTY. MEYER rs
BUSY AGAIN
.continued from Page onel

tcontinued from Page Onal
Bend the appellee. The facts in the
case are that the city of South Bend
thirty-five years ago granted the rail-
road company a right of way for
double track. About year ago, how
ever. the city repealed the ordinance,
Having the company only a single
track right of way. The company pro-
ceeded to double track nevertheless and
an action was brought by the city.
The railroad company asked for an
Injunction. in which the Judgment was
in favor of the defendant. The COM
pany appealed, but the supreme court
affirmed the judgment of the lower
court in favor of the city of South
Bend.
Some of the points decided by the
court are. to-wit:
What the Court Held.
The legislature primarily has con-
troll over the city streets; they being
highways of the state.
Legislative control of city streets
being a part of the police power. can
not be surrendered or contracted away.
The grant to a railroad of the right
to lay its tracks in street is justin
able only upon the theory that a rail-
road is, in a sense, a public highway.
The grant of the right to use the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-17
Was Exaggerated.

Mrs. F. A. Schmidt, sos Logan street.
called up THE TINES and stated that
the story, which appeared in local
paper, regarding their being overcome
by coal gas was greatly exaggerated
and that it was so sensational as to
cause numerous neighbors to become
solieitious as to their condition.
Mrs Schmidt says the only person
who was at all in danger was Mr..
Schmidt. The story was to the effect
that, If this and that had not hap
pened and so and so had not come TO
the rescue the family would have died
Of asphyxiation.
The truth about the case is that nc
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-17
WILL OUTLINE PLANS
F. D. McIlroy Will Give
Stockholders of Betting
Co. His Proposition.

The stockholders of the McIlroy
Betting and Hose company will meet
at the public library tonight to hear
from F. B. EIroy regarding his plans
for the building of his new plant in
Hammond
It is said that practically all of the
stock of the new company has been
subscribed and what stock is left has
been spoken for by various people about
town.
The purpose of the meeting tonight
is to have Mr.. McIlroy explain just
what he proposes to do in regard to the
building of the Hammond plant. Mr..
McIlroy will also explain the possibiii-
ties of the business in this region to
the stockholders.
The meeting is open to the stockhold-
ers and any one else who is interested
in the plans for this, the newest OF
Hammond's industries.