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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
ERIE CAN NOW
ISSUE NEW BONDS
Application Granted for 5
Percent Collateral
Trust Security.

The Erie railroad was yesterday
granted authority by the public serv-
ice commission of New York to issue
$50 600, 600 in per cent collateral trust
bonds.
The application of the Erie for this
permission has occupied the attention
of railroad financial circles for some
time, and the decision Of the commits
sion was awaited with interest. The
granting of the application, however
is accompanied by conditions of unus-
ual severity. First. a collateral trust
indenture shall be prepared and sub
mitted for approval by the commits
sion. Second, that an equal amount
Of the bonds may be exchanged for
coupons falling due during the period
from Jan. l. 1909, to Jan. 1. 1913, upon
the Erie Railroad company's general
lien and converting per cent bonds to
the amount of s11,3S0.0O0.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
WEST HAMMOND WOMAN
SUFFERS FROM ALTERATION
Some of Missing Checks Lost by Saloonkeepers Wife
Are Found by Neighbors in Alley Near the
Home of Woman

It develops today that Mrs. Rosie
Kriesel Of West Hammond was not
robbed of the checks and money which
she was taking TO the bank for her
husband Joe Kriesel, a West Hammond
sa1oonkeeper, whose place of business
is 335 One Hundred and Forty fifth
place but lost them while she was suf-
fering from temporary alteration
of intellect.
The case was a very peculiar one.
When the facts became known yester-
day Mr.. Kriesel loathe to explain the
fact of his wife's mental condition. and
yet anxious TO have the loss of the
checks given the widest publicity so
that he would not lose the amounts
they involved, gave their.loss the great
est publicity through THE TINES.
When he was asked to explain the
nature of his wife's sickness and the
reason for her being out of her head,
he stated that undoubtedly she had
been drugged. In spite of the close
examination he was given by the re-
porter. Mr.. Kriesel maintained that his
wife had been drugged and would give
no other explanation of her condition.
subject to Spells.
Today. however. the fact became
known that Mrs. KrieseI is subject to
spells of the kind she had Saturday,
and during one of these periods of men
tai alteration she lost the checks and
the money.
OF course, she does not remember
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
ONE MAN
is KILLED
Wires Down in 500 Places
Between Hammond and
Huntington.

FATALITIES IN STORMs HAMMOND,
The Calumet region is In the grip of
another storm. This particular kind
of storm is aimed at the telephone
and telegraph wires I'm the city and the
weather man is chuckling with a Me-
phistO's delight as he sees the damage
wrought. One man was killed, Morris
Langman, of Hammond, who was run
down by a MOnOn train.
The recipe for making n storm of
this kind the most destructive Is as fol-
IOyys:. The weather man must be in an
exceedingly ugly frame of mind as he
sits in his tower and pulls the levers
which regulate the weather.
The first thing he does is to open the
rain lever to mist notch. He advances
, it to the drizzle notch and then gradu-
ally opens the cold air lever. He
chuckles as the drizzling rain turns to
sleet and then to snow.
Slowly he turns on the cold air until
the temperature is down to Is or 20
degrees and then Mr.. Weather Man dis
covers that the rain on the trees and
telegraph wires has frozen and in doing
so has accumulated and enormous
weight of snowy ice.
lee Weighs Down Wires.
It was Just this ungentlemanly con-
duct on the part of the weather man
that has cost the telegraph and tele-
phone companies thousands of dollars.
In fact, there is never a winter passes
that there is not at least one storm OF
this kind that is exceedingly destruc-
tive The storm last year cost the rail-
road, telegraph and telephone COM
panies thousands of dollars for wire re-
pairs and new poles
1t is a peculiar fact that these storms
are usually accompanied by high winds
which complete the work of destruc-
ton as the wires cannot bear the strair
of being swung back and forth with
their heavy loads of ice.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany reports that the wires are dowT
in 500 places between Hammond and
Huntington. Large gangs of linemeT
are at working repairing the damage
but it is not expected that service viii
be restored until tonight.
Communication Interrupted.
The Postal Telegraph company en-
ployes report that of the eighteen wires
they usually have to Chicago. there ar
only eight in operation. The compan!
Continued on Page Five.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15

COMPACT
IS ENDED
U. S. Steel Corporation May
Invade Car Industry and
It Is Hinted that It Will
Erect a Plant for Making
Steel Cars.

A dispatch, significant N tone and
being especially Interesting to Ham
mond because of the Standard Steel
Car company, comes today from Pitts
burg. It reads:
AT midnight the ten-year agree
ment entered into by Andrew Carnegie
with the makers of steel cars expired.
Steel car makers can now buy their
plates where they see fit, and at the
same time the steel corporation, which
succeeded Andrew Carnegie and as
sumed all his agreements, is no long
er bound not to build a steel car plant
of its own.
Carnegie agreed, if the big firms
making steel cars would but buy their
plates of him on a sliding scale, to re-
frain from the manufacture of steel
cars. This agreement was signed ten
years today and the steel corporation
when it took over the Carnegie prop
critics also assumed the agreement.
Efforts within the past two weeks
to have the agreement renewed have
come to naught The steel car people
claim they have suffered through the
agreement and want prices which
they claim, the Independents will give
them The corporation has declined to
reduce its price and the Pressed Steel
Car company and the Standard Steel
Car company, which practically control
the making of steel cars, have asked
independents for prices. At the same
time it is hinted that the steel corpora
tion will at once erect a plant fol-
making steel cars.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
MAY BUILD
FINE BLOCK
IN SPRING
State Street Property Own
er Negotiating With J.
Lipman for Lease of
Three Story Structure, to
Be Erected in Spring.

Mrs. Peter schultz, the owner of VAL
uabIe state street frontage on which
her flower store is now located, an
nOunces that she Will In all probability
The building, which she proposes
to erect, will have rs feet front and
three stories high. There will be a
regulation basement under the build
ing, which will be used for a store
room.
For some time Mrs. Schultz has been
figuring with Mr.. Lipman. formerly
the manager of the Lion store fur
niture department, on lease of the
building, but they have been unable to
come to terms.
Waiting for Tenant.
AS the matter now stands Mrs.
Schultz is only waiting for a tenant
when she will authorize the erection
of a building, which will be a credit 10
the city. She has had several applica-
tions and it is very likely that the
contract for the new building will be
let in the spring.
Mrs. Schultz will use % feet of the
store space for her flower store, and
will rent the so feet remaining. She
already has the second floor of the
building spoken for and will use the
third floor for a hall.
Mrs. Schultz believes that some OF
the buses houses, which are forced out
of the buildings owned by Jacob Rim
bach on Holman street. where the Lior
=+o-a - - ba a1lorra5 will ba o1pIf-
cants for quarters in her new store.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
BAL MASQUE At HUEHN'S
BRINGS OUT BIG CROWD
Saengerbund Fdeia Funct on Was Scene of Elaborate
Festivities Last Saturday Night-Many
Prizes Awarded.

Huehn's hall last Saturday evening
was the scene of a social event which
has not been surpassed this season, in
its line
The Hammond Saengerbund- -Fidelia
Singing society gave a masked ball
which brought together record at
tendance. Rarely were prettier and
more picturesque costumes displayed at
a Hammond masked ball than last Sat
urday evening.
In many instances considerable time
and money had been spent to produce a
dress that would be fitting for the oc-
casfon One hundred and sixty people
appeared in masks, not including those
who came unmasked In addition to
the large number Of adm ssion tickets
that were sold long before last Satur-
day more than 800 were sold at the
door.
1t was a gathering teeming with fun
and frolic, which was kept up until a
late hour.
Fifty Dollars in Prizes.
Fifty dollars were awarded in prizes
fifteen dollars going to the group win
ming the first prize and ten dollars tc
the group winning the second prize
First second and third prizes were
awarded to individual ladies and gent
lemen. Among the novel costumes was
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15

how the checks were lost, but it is
believed that her handbag was opened
by her unconsciously and that the wind
blew the checks and the paper. money
away or perhaps she threw them away
not knowing what she was doing.
Gus Bikowfski found one of the
checks and at once returned ii to the
owner, but Frank Kochinskfs boy
found the other and took it home. At
first his father said that the check had
been destroyed, but afterwards he went
which have been recovered, were found
blowing about in an alley near Kries-
els place, and it is believed the 9TH
ers are still blowing around unless
they have been picked up by some one
else
Two Checks Found.
The two checks, which have been
found. involve s3O.O1. They were made
out by John Joyke, the treasurer of
the village of West Hammond. and
one of them was made payable to
Frank Fleming. Mr. Kriesel has a
good description of the other checks.
and has stopped payment on them in
the banks of Hammond and the sur
rounding cities. He will greatly ap-
preeiate the favor if any other checks
which are found, indorsed by him, are
returned to his place of business.
One check of $3.50 has not yet
been located. and there are several 9TH
er smaller checks still missing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
BORN ON n. P. TRAIN

The west-bound Nickel Plate train,
which passed through Hammond yes
terday afternoon, was a maternity hos
pital for a little while and a st. Valen-
tines day baby was born in the day
coach a few miles east of Hammond.
Mrs. August Miller is the baby's
mother. With her husband and three
other children, Mrs. Miller left Decatur,
Ind, bound to new home in Cumber-
land. Wis. When Chicago was reached
a doctor, who had been hurriedly called
a Claypool, reported that the mother
and baby girl were doing nicely.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
FOUND DEAD IN SLEEPER

Hammond people, who were board
ing the Michigan train last night, got
their share of excitement in the Park
Row depot.
A man, believed to be F. l. Wood
ruff of Atlanta, Ca, dropped dead, sup
posedly from heart disease, on Michi-
gan Central passenger train bound for
Detroit last evening. He was prepar-
ing to retire in Pullman sleeper when
he fell dead causing excitement among
the passengers in the car. He had
boarded the train at the Park Row
station. The body was taken from the
train at Sixty-third street Business
cards bearing the name IF. L. Wood
ruff, Atlanta. Ca" and a check book
and other papers bearing the name
were found on the body.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
Calumet Region in Grip of Ice, Sleet
and Snow Today and Great
Damage IS done
RURAL MAIL
CARRIERS MEET
Association Takes up Sew
eral Matters at Ham
mond Gathering.

The Lake County Rural Mail Car
riers' association held their bi-monthly
meeting in Hammond, in the Superior
courthouse yesterday, and elected new
officers for the ensuing year. Despite
the bad weather there was a good at
tendance, there being members present
from Crown Point Lowell. Dyer and
Hammond. Robert Ahlgrim of Shelby
was admitted as new active member,
while Joseph Miller, who retired from
the service recently, was elected an
honorary member.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President-Elmer E. Ragon, Lowell.
Vice President = Roscoe Chahfee,
Crown Point.
Lowell
Next Meeting I'm April.
The next meeting of the organiza-
tion will be held on the second Sunday
in April. There is considerable inter
est in the association. has accom-
plished much in the past for its owr
benefit and also for that of the ser
vice.
The term of office of Joseph Miller
expires today. he having been in the
service since August Is, 1905. He wa.
patrons exceedingly good service. H,
is succeeded by Joseph Munster 0,
Munster. Mr.. Miller is now connected
with the Merchants Publishing com
pany of Kalamazoo, Mich.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
RETURNS HOME.

Miss Nora Dykman has returned to
her home in Chicago over an over Sun
day visit with the Misses Reilley at
their home in South Holman street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
RECE|vERSHIP CASE
ORDERED DISMISSED
Attorney H. F. McCracken
Loses Out in Swada
Case From Gary.

Did Judge Virgil S. Reiter this morn
ing Indicate his disapprOvaI of the
manner in which Attorney H. F. Nc
Cracker conduct himself In the case
of Albert Pick q Co. vs.. Frank j. Swa-
da, where the lawyer is alleged to have
appeared at various times as the attOr-
ney for both the defendant and the
plaintiff when he peremptoriaIIy or
dered the receiver TO report and be dis-
chRrgeds
There was a sensation in this case
in court Thursday when the tilt be-
tween II. It. McCracken and. Everett
G. Ballard, the attorneys in the case.
became 50 heated that Ballard called
McCracken jackall, and McCracken
came back at Ballard by calling him a
jackass.
Grounds for Dismissal.
Ballard is now representing Frank
J. Swada and based his request for the
mismissal of Walter S. Ross, the re-
ceiver, on the grounds that there
should have been no receiver appointed
in the first place, as there was over
$4,000 worth of property to secure the
$4,000 liabilities.
bd4ldru Grained lHdt Inere ndd Deen
gross mismanagement under the re-
ceivership, and after he had submitted
long typewriter argument in the
matter for the consideration of the
court. Judge Virgil s. Reiter promised
to decide the matter this morning
The result was that the case was
decided in favor of Frank ]. Swada
and the receiver was dismissed. Con
trary to expectations Judge Reiter die
not make any comment on the case
when he rendered his decision.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
DAUGHTER TO HAVE
Been MARRIED SOON
Family Resides in Philadelphia-vic-
tim Lived on Conkey Avenue and
Was On His Way to Attend Chris
tan Science Service in the Ham
mond Building.

One life was snuffed out yesterday
IN Hammond owing to the storm which
swept over Lake county.
Morris NJ. Langman, Al years old.
bookbinder. employed in the Conkey
plant, was struck by a Monon train,
way to attend the Christian Science
services in the Hammond building yes
terday forenoon. Although not a mem-
Der of the Christian Science body, Mr..
Langman was interested in its doc
trines, and despite the inclement
weather yesterday morning. set out to
attend the services
The family of Langman, his wife and
two daughters. the elder of whom was
to be have been married in a short
time. live in Philadelphia, but the
father and husband. had come to Ham
mond in order to follow his trade as
a bookbinder.
Walks in Front of Milk Train.
He had lived in Hammond for four
months and had made his home with
Mr.. and Mrs John Hunt, 215 Conkey
avenue. He left the place in due time
to walk toward the Hammond building,
1
hand of him, evidently think that he
would see all trains coming in his di-
rection. However, the southbound train
| due in Hammond at 9:19, was late and
as it came toward Langman he stepped
out of it's way into the track to his
right, failing to notice the northbound
passenger. due in Hammond at 9:36.
| The pilot of the engine struck him in
the back and killed him instantly. The
train was brought to stop and the
body brought to Hammond where it
was given into the charge of Under
| taker Emmerling.
The inquest was held al 10 o'clock
this morning ard later in the day Mrs.
Langman of Philadelphia was expected
to arrive, to arrange the funeral.
Mr.. Langman was known to his HAM
1 mond friends as a sober and industri-
! Gus worker, and in his short stay here
had made quite a number Of friends
sympathy is expressed for the bereaved
family, especially for the older daugh-
ter. whose wedding was announced for
celebration within a short time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
CALI.ED FROM HAMMOND.

called to Rochester Ind, and left for
there today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
Has REEN ILL.

Mrs. August Schneider has been quite
Ill with lagrippe the last few days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-15
WEATHER.

snow and colder today,
with high northeast TO
north winds.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-02-15

MY old friend and co-worker, Bruce
Wolverton, of Portland, Ore, writes
me under date of February b, as fol-
lows: 81 am writing you now TO
get your judgment as to the best kinds
of apricots to plant for this climate
and market. am thinking OF set
ting out an orchard up the Columbia.
What three varieties of peaches would
you recommend to last through the
season? Would you prefer Delicious
and King David to Spitz where there
is no irrigatiOn?"
We have tried several varieties of
the apricot on our fruit ranch, and,
answering from our experience, there
is but one I would recommend for
commercial purpose, viz, the Moor
park. The Budd and the Alexander
are both prolific and the trees are
hardy but the fruit is small as COM
pared to the MOorpark; the quality is
decidedly inferior and they will not
sell nearly so well. I have not had a
large experience in raising apricots
and am not trying to give anything
but my experience. The books on
horticulture tell of other apricots, but
these books are just as accessible to
friend Wolverton as to myself.
do not fully understand the inquiry
about peaches. l am not sure whether
friend Wolverton has reference to
home use or for commercial purposes
If he means for home use, l would say
that no three peaches with which l
am acquainted will last through the
season. 1t will take something near
a dozen varieties to do that. If l
were aiming to have peaches to last
through the entire season, which will
run from early in July to November
LIST, I would begin with Alexander or
Arkansas Traveller, then follow with
Hales Early, then Champion, Foster
and Early Crawford, then alberta and
Late Crawford, then Wonderful, Sal
way and Heath Cling. The Triumph
might be dropped in after Hale's
Early and the Columbia after the
Champion. / had in my old peach or
chard about 25 varieties, and we were
never without peaches from the first
ones ripe till the frost got so heavy
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-02-15
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT


either for or against it. Many testi-
monials are given in favor of this
beautiful apple, but l am not able to
add mine for lack of experience.
have been able to sample the Delic-
ious and can say that it is large
beautiful apple and is delicious. If
were planting a new orchard
should certainly include this in my
selection.
About the first of January of this
year l heard an objection to the De-
licious, made by a good man in whom
l have great confidence, that put me
to thinking. His objection was that
the Delicious while very fine apple
in quality early in the season, de-
Perforated very rapidly and that near
the close of winter it became decid-
edly insipid I was not able to say
whether this objection was we'll
founded or not. I had few Delic-
ious sent me last fall and l had but
one left, SO held it to well into Jan
uary and can say that l could not de-
tect the least deterioration. I am
convinced that my friend was mis-
taken in part at least. But this OBJ
lection is not a very serious one, for
if an apple will hold up in quality
till after the holiday trade is over, and
will during that trade sell as the De
licious is reported to have sold, and
| know sold in Seattle, it would prove
a very profitable apple to grow.
Whether it would be wise thing
to grow the Spitzenburg extensively
up the Columbia river, where friend
Wolverton has land, do not know.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-02-15
The u. S. POMOLOGIST
COL. GEO, b. BRACKETT, say

COAs GfSOs os 96AO01 Soy -
always told you 1 consider Delicious
the best Of all varieties you have in
troduced."
of this famous Stark Delicious apple
viii be sent on request. Delicious is
the greatest quality apple of the day;
selling at 500 more than Jonathan.
Delicious trees are healthy. hardy,
dependable everywhere, and bear in
comparable quality fruit. Without
Delicious no orchard is complete.
Send for the apples and our book,
1.-THE Apple Delicious" which shows
Delicious and King David in full col
or and tells about other profitable
sorts. Stark Trees are best; grown
on scientific principles in our 10 nur-
series and each tree has the Stark
reputation of "a years behind it.
Stock is most complete and of high
est quality; apple, peach, pear, cher
ry, plum, grape, gooseberry, currant,
black berry, roses, Norway Maple,
etc.,-everything. Write today for
the Stark Fruit Book
STARK BROS BOX SO, Louisiana, Mo.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-07-08

Lorin H. Long, one of the esteem
ed residents of ehe count, died at
his home in Hayes township Sunday
aged so fears. He was born in War
rensville. Ill. Sept II, 184J.
His father. Edward log, was a
native of Berkshire, England. His
mother was Martha Dietrich Long,
also a native OF England. They mar
ried in their native country and emil
grated to America about lS45, set
Ting in Du Page County, III. They
afterward removed to Kane county,
that state, where they resided until
the death of the father Lorin Long
was quite young when his parents re-
moved to Kane county, where he was
reared tn manhood. lie receiv, a
such educational advantages as were
afforded by the district schools, and
remained under the parental roof un-
til his marriage. In the spring of
1870 he came to -.chinson county.
Kan, and took up eighty acres of
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-07-08
TWO MORE TEACHERS ARE
CHOSEN FOR CITY SCHOOLS
New Music Teacher and Principal of
Lincoln Building.

The board of education met last
night and elected two new teachers
for the city schools.
Miss Jessie Weber, step-daughter
of L. H. Ingersoll, a graduate Of the
University Of Wisconsin, was chosen
to superlntend music.
R. NJ. Prizer, a graduate Of the
agricultural college and Of the state
normal, was elected principal Of the
Lincoln school. ]. A. sempsrote who
was elected for that position goes
to the Garfield building as prInci-
pal, succeeding Prof. RObb who did
not accept the place.
Janltors we're elected: s. Leh-
man, high school $40. W. E. Edmund
son, Garfield $50; s. Yearger, Lin
coin, S35; H. Eyer, Mckinley, 3S5.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-07-08
L. H. Long Of Hayes
Is Taken by Death

government land on section 2S, Hayes
township, where he has since resided
In Kane county, ILL.,, on March 49,
1859, he was married to Miss Ar
minda Farr, a daughter of Hugh
Farr, of that county. Mr.. and Mrs,
Long were the parents of seven chill
dren.
Mr.. Long was Mason, member OF
A. r. & A. M. lodge NO. S5S, and a
Workman, member Of. No. 145. He
has been township officer and school
board officer many years and no one
In the county stood higher than he for
integrity and uprlghtness. He was
esteemed and trusted and richly de-
served the high position he held as a
good citizen, good neighbor and a
kind father and husband. A host of
friends mourn his passing for he was
one of the men who made Dickinson
county an empire.
Funeral services win be held at
the home Tuesday at 10 a. m.