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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
STRIKE HAS
BEEN CALLED OFF
Lcal No. lit Has Meeting
Which Brings Import
ant Results.
Especial to THE T1MEs.l

East Chicago Ind. Feb. 22-The sta
tionary engineers strike against the
Republic Iron and Steel mills. which
has been of years standing, was de-
clared off last Saturday afternoon at a
meeting of local No. Il. twenty Of
whose members were affected by the
strike.
Rtpeated efforts had been made on
both sides to bring the strike to a
close but without success, and it drag
ged along for month after month until
the men on strike had to seek out other
places to work. Even with the strike
declared off there is no gain apparent
as far as the strikers are concerned.
The strike was brought on about a
year ago when the Republic began
cutting the wages of it's stationary
engineers and also requiring of them
that they do their repair work while
running machinery. Before this order
was issued the engineers took time to
repair their machines on Sunday aft
ernoons. When the company refused
to pay for their repair time the strike
ensued.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
BAPTISTS WIN
Conquer Whiting Team at
Basket Ball.

The Baptist Athletic league third
tea mplayed the Lincoln Athletic club
of Whiting and beat them by the score
of 90 to 13. last Saturday The first
game played between these two teams
resulted in the score of "a to 5 in
favor of the Lincoln Athletic club.
The tie game will be played off in
the Baptist Athletic club gymnasium
next Saturday. On that occasion the
Baptist Athletic league first team will
play the ex- -NormaIs Of Chicago
This game will be fast one and
the attraction will be one we'll worth
seeing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
Had Pocketbook snatched.

Mike Babick was feeling pretty good
yesterday when he got into a quarrel
IN the Standard district and before he
finished had thrown three bottles at his
neighbOr one of which hit Landon
Bene, Servian, on the head. He was
was arrested and was fined 81 and
costs, amounting to Sill There were
five witnesses in City Judge McMahon's
court this morning to testify in the
case.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
COURT BILL
VETOED By
GOVERNOR
TINES BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.


Indianapolis. Ind. Feb. Ex-Governor
Thomas r. Marshall. as predicted on
Saturday by THE TINES, used his ex-
ecutive perogative today and vetoed
the Gary, Hammond and Linton court
bills. as well as several other minor
court bills over which there has been
a less furore. In his message vetoing
the Gary court bill he declared that
it is not always the best thing to
make litigation easy. He said that he
had not yet made up his mind whether
Gary was to be a great success. or a
great failure. and said that as Lake
county had two county seats already,
others We're not necessary. The gov
ernor asserted that he did not see how
if another court was established that
the lawyers could take care of busi-
ness in three courts In vetoing the
Hammond bill he said that there were
plenty Of courts in Lake county now
that no county should have more than
one county seat. and that an excess OF
courts is not conducive TO the best
interests Of litigants He intimated
that Lake county should be in sepa-
rate circuit by itself. and there seems
to be chance that Crown Point may
now get her continuous circuit court
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
BAD ACCIDENT At GARY
Plate Glass Window Falls,
Cutting Two Men
Badly.

Two men were injured in Gary this
afternoon, one seriously, when a plate
glass window, 12x14 feet. fell and
broke while they were trying to place
it in the window of a store at the
corner of Fifth avenue and Washing
ton street. The injured ere taken to
the hospital. They are;
GEORGE LINNt bruised by the fall
ing glass, cut about face and hands.
Removed to Mercy hospital.
JOHN BUSHY, badly cut about face
and hands, taken to Mercy hospital.
There were a large number of peo-
pie watching the men at work and
many of them narrowly escaped acci-
dent when the glass fell The work
ingmens efforts to save the window
are probably responsible for their in
jury.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
THEATRE OPENING
BIG SUCCESS SATURDAY
Playhouse Draws an Immense Crowd and Many Patrons
Are Turned Away From Theater at
Evening Performance

The opening of the Bijou theater,
Hammond newest amusement place,
was a decided success Saturday night,
the crowds which demanded admission
to the new theater We're 50 large and
beseiged. the theater so persistentlp
that when one show was over it was
almost impossible to provide an exist
for those who were in the theater
The crowds continued to throng the
theater lobby all day Sunday. Nothing
like has ever been seen in Hammond
before The funny thing about it all Is
the fact that none of the other the
aters seemed to suffer as a result of
the competition. 1t seemed to be case
of The more you eat the more you
want with the people of the Calumet
region
As is usually the case on the first
day of the opening Of a moving picture
show the operator of the projecting
machine did not seem able to properly
focus the machine As a result the
pictures were blurred
The trouble was remedied the next
day, however. and ever since. the pic
lures have been. excellent. The pro-
gram of a comedy sketch, the dancing
girls. an illustrated song and the two
moving pictures proved very attrac-
tive to the crowd and it is safe to say
that the patronage of this theater will
prove its popularity in the future.
Freels and Craick he proprietors
who have been working so dilligentIy
for the success which they are now
enjoying a1e very well pleased with
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
BID LETTING DEFERRED
Hammond Brewing Com
pany to Let Contracts
Peacemeal.

The bids were opened Saturday for
the construction of the plant of the
Hammond Brewing company. which is
to be built in this city. After consid-
erable discussion about the matter the
directors of the new company decided
to let the contracts separately
In this manner they say they will
be able to save several hundred dol
lars. The bids were solicited sepa
rately. That is, they asked for bids
on the masonry. the plastering and the
plumbing separately and the bids OF
some of the contractors were lower on
one part of the work, while those OF
other contractors are lower on anoth-
er.
The bids will all be let next Satur-
day without further delays and it is
expected that the work will be rushed
to an early completion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
INLAND STEEL COMPANY IS
NOW MUCH IN L|MEL|GHT
News From~New York Is Anxiously Awaited AS to the
Expected Cut in Price of Steel and Size
of the Reduction

considerable alarm upon the situation
and prophesied disaster to some of the
smaller manufacturing concerns.
The Independents must follow the
larger concerns in the matter Of prices.'s
he said. IF 1t becomes a case Of sew.
eraI successive reductions until the
price is cut below what it costs the
smaller plants to manufacture, they
will have to drop out"
In general the feeling among such
local steel officials as were left in
Chicago was that the volume of trade
would be greatly increased by the re-
duction OF price and the open market,
and that an era Of improved business
conditions would follow. The cut will
enable contractors to purchase for
work already undertaken and to push
such work rapidly to completion.
Nowhere was the arrangement
thought TO be permanent one. but
rather subterfuge to permit the plants
to put on the market a stock on hand
which was likely to be affected by tar
/ iff legislation on the part Of congress.
/ The situation in the steel Industry
was unsettled" said Clyde NJ Carr, vice
+ president Of Joseph T. Ryerson & Son.
/ There was need for some such action
as was taken IN the conference in New
/ York. The action taken viii clear
the atmosphere and pave the way for
| better business conditions in the next
two or three years to come. The Gre
alton of an open market cannot help
but have a good effect upon business
! conditions"
IN labor circles there was general
feeling that cut IN wages in the steel
/ plants was imminent, but nothing could
! be learned to confirm this fear.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22

Greatest Show on Earth" Guarded
By Lonely Woman Who Makes Sad
Attempts to Get Show Ready to
Go on the Road, While ALI Re-
monstrances Are in Vain

Working about the crumbiing ruins
of the old G. III. Hammond cOmpany's
packing plant, where circus band wag-
Ons. animal cages, tent poles and 9TH
er show equipment Is stored and where
the ruSting side tracks are filled W lth
the railroad coaches that once carried
a budding. sGreatest show on Earth.@
a fraiI thin woman works all alone, day
after day, getting the show ready for
the road.
The woman is Miss Hargraves. the
sister of the owner of the equipment,
who apparently has lost her mind wor-
rying over the financial reverses which
the Hargraves have met in the past
two years and in her mental wander
ings still believes that the show will
soon go out on the road and tries to
prepare for that long -looked-for event
Seems Mentally Deranged.
Miss Hargraves is a fran thin wo-
man of, perhaps. 45 years of age, al
| though her worries may make her seem
| older than she really is. There is the
peculiar CLEAN in her eyes that some
times indicates mental deraneement.
The two men, who are in the employ
of Hargraves to look after the prop
erty, say that the poor woman imagines
the whole equipment of the show is
being stolen piece by piece. which is
more or less true, and IN worrying over
the show, in which she is said to have
an interest, she lost her mind.
Sunday afternoon, when the watch
man, who is employed by the G. n.
Hammond Co, was making his rounds
he caught a glimpse of woman S
dress as it disappeared in the door
way to the large brick building former
ly known as the hog house.
There she goes said he. and
will have to get her out of the build
(Continued on Page Two.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
Try to Get Rates.

An effort will be made to secure an
excursion rate on this day and it is
possible that If this is done a number
of the business men of the city will
take advantage of this opportunity to
see the most beautiful city in northern
Indiana.
superintendent Mcdaniel said today
that the annual field and track meet
would be held on this day as usual and,
of course. this will make the attraction
of the trip all the greater. The stu
dents OF the Hammond high school are
| looking forward with a great deal OF
interest to the South Bend trip.
| The schools in the association will
have a defamation contest this time
| instead of an oratorical contest. This
change was made at the solicitation OF
some of the other schools of the north
/ ern part of the state According tc
the agreement which was made Satur-
day the association @wiil alternate witt
declamations and ofatoricals.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22

as he smiled and shook my hand upon
asking him for the privilege of taking
a reading of his hands.
His one question was "Win it be
printed. in the papers?" When informed
that it would be printed in THE TINES
he seemed well pleased and was will
ing that l should take the impressions.
ANXIOUS ABOUT THEM.
When one of the Impressions failed
to show clearly he seemed anxious that
another should be made.
His demeanor is that of an absolute
simpleton. He has childish nature,
the forehead high in the center and
narrowing to the temples, showing the
criminal cunning, the thin lips, the
shifty eyes the bulging of flesh at the
base of the forehead all show the de-
generate of the worst and most
malignant type
He acts like a man who is just be-
Continued on Page Five.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
HAMMOND REPRESENTED
Epworth League Meets in
Convention at South
Bend.

South Bend Ind. Feb. 22.-One hun
dred and fifty delegates, representing
the cities of the Chicago district, met
in South Bend yesterday at the con-
vention of the German Epworth league.
Chicago. Elgin. Peoria, Milville. Dan
Vile and Champaign, ILL.,. South Bend,
Goshen. Laporte Michigan City and
Hammond were represented. DR.. c.
w Hortzler of the Mast Theological
seminary Berea, O., addressed the con-
vention on Our Boys and Girls" The
district superintendent, J. A. Mulfinger,
is in charge. The program includes
addresses by DIR. William Burns, Mrs.
f. Kracher an dthe Rev. J. A. Dickman
of Chicago. the Rev |. Fongs, Laporte,
and the Rev. ". 3. Rueckman, Ken
daIIyiIle
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
Used Beer Bottle on Head.

The returning prosperity in Ham
mond is shown by the fact that the
number Of drunks is gradually in
creasing. This morning City Judge
William W Mcmahon fined three of
them for becoming too conspicuous. H.
F. Hogan broke a window in Long s
place while on a drunk and is charged
with assault and battery. He was not
yet tried. Ed Wolf was fined s11 for
his Sunday afternoon spree. Frank
Hawkins is another who went over
the 81 and costs route this morning
Auut but Wolf will go to Jail.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22

The Inland Steel company Of Indiana
which is one of the strongest of the
Independent steel manufactures and
which is exceptionally strong because it
has facilities for reducing its own ore
Corporation. is now in. the limeight
since the war between the trust and
the Independents has begun
At the Offices OF the Inland steel
company, the largest Of the independ
ents. there were rumors that the cut
in steel would be from $40 to s12 a
ton. Another rumor was that the cut
was to be from s6 TO IS No official
confirmation could be obtained for any
Of these rumors News from New 7 York
was anxiously awaited
Say Wages Must Go Down.
At the Inlands office the opinion that
the cut in the price of steel would be
followed by a reduction of the wage
scale throughout the manufa cturing
plants. both of the steel corporation
and the independent plants. was free
~ expressed No prediction as to what
this reduction Of wages would be was
ventured. that matter being entirely
dependent upon the amount of the cut
in the price Of steel. From other
sources 1t was rumored that the cut
in wages would amount to about II
per cent.
Officials of the Inland Steel com.
pany declared that the arrangement
| was undoubtedly a temporary one
brought about by the program OF con
gress to readjust the tariff Some sor
/ Of reduction had been anticipated To-
! months because Of the condition o
! trade.
one leading independent looked witt
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
KNOCKS OUT
MARRIAGE BILL
TINES BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis. Ind. Feb. o. = Ham
mond cannot become a Gretna Green.
The Wickey bill. providing for the
granting of, marriage licenses in su-
perior court towns, was sloughed today
in the house and effectually disposed
of. The Crown Point justices are hold
ing ,jubilation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
DATE FOR MEET
IS SET SATURDAY
Supt. G. M. Mcdaniel Back
From Important Meeting
at Michigan City.
MANY WILL ATTEND FDOM HERE
Delegates From Lake County Are
Well Satisfied With the City
of South Bend.

superintendent c. NJ. Mcdaniel of the
Hammond high school attended the
meeting of the directors of the North
ern Indiana Oratorica1 association at
Michigan City. Saturday.
The most important thing that was
done at this meeting was to fix the
place for holding the next track and
field meet and defamation contest at
South Bend on May Is
The delegates from this part of the
state are very we'll satisfied with South
Bend, and it is expected that a large
number of Hammond. Whiting, East
Chicago and Gary students will take
advantage of the low rates on the
South Shore interurban line and will
attend
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
IS DEAD
Frank E. Truedell of Mar
BILE Street Dies After
Lingering Illness.

"a years old, died last evening at his
home after a lingering Illness He is
survived by father. mother. four broth
ers and two sisters. Mr.. Truedell was
employed as a private detective on the
z. J. & f. railroad.
The funeral has been arranged for
next Wednesday afternoon. Services
VIII be held at the home at l o'clock
and will be in charge of the Rev. C.
J. Sharp of the Christian church. In
terment will be at Oak Hill cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
Hammond Man Worth $500

Statisticians have figured that ma
tnre man is worth $4,000 to the COM
munity. Frank Grechulski is worth
only 5000. according to the suit which
Attorney McAleer filed in the Lake su-
perior court this morning.
Grechulski was killed in the Monon
yards in this city some time ago when
switch engine was shunted down the
track upon him. His attorney sued for
$500 and the case was settled by Attor-
ney Peter Crumpacker today for $3.50.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
SUFFERS INJURY.
Emil Pontius Is Badly
Mangled Saturday.

Emil Pontius. employed as machin-
ist in the Gibson roundhouse. was in
jured last Saturday evening when his
arm was caught in the cogs OF two
large wheels. The flesh was partly
torn from his arm. causing intense pain
to the injured man. He was removed
TO his home on Sheffield avenue in En-
merling's ambulance.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
Board in Session.

The board of public works was in
session this morning, but there was no
work for them to do. They adjourned
for the day, this being Washington's
birthday anniversary. The other city
departments in the city hall closed this
afternoon in order to take advantage
of half holiday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
GAGLE IS
LOW TYPE
Of HUMAN
Expert Palmist and Crimi-
nologist Reads Pervert S
Palm in Crown Point Jail
on Saturday and Finds
Gagel a Degenerate.

CWritten Exclusively for THE T1MEs.)
(BY ALVINO1
CPaImist, CIairvOyaDt. CriminalOgist.)
William Gagle!" The jailer's voice
rang out through the jail corridor and
the other prisoners, well disciplined,
stepped back into their cells and closed
the great iron doors after them. leav-
ing the man who is to be tried for the
most brutal and fiendish murder in
the history of Indiana sitting in the
great Jail corridor by himself
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22

the response they have had from the
people.
incidentally the publicity, so far as
advertising is concerned, as given ex-
clusively through THE TINES and every
one who saw the crowds throning the
theater Saturday and Sunday nights
may know of the pulling power of the
advertising columns of this paper.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
SEEMED HONORED.

AS I was shown into his presence his
eyes glowed and sparkled as though if
it were the greatest honor of a mans
life to be so interviewed. The fear
ful seriousness of his crime did not
seem to display itself upon his face
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22

Those who took baths yesterday got
out of the tubs with their fingers at
their noses and went around all day
feeling that they had taken bath in
q sewer The sale of toilet waters
was the best that the druggists of the
city have known in months
One of the Hammond BARRIERS stated
yesterday that he did not see what
he would do unless the condition of
the water improves. 1t smells so bad
ly that If the customers turn up their
noses every time a hot rag is ap-
piled.
There is no sign of relief One of
the BARRIERS started out on a tour of
Investigation at the lake front Sunday
and it is possible that the BARRIERS
union will take up the matter and use
its influence in securing an improved
water supply of water and in putting
an end to the abuses which are re-
sponsible for the condition of the wat
er supply.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
HAMMOND MEN
MEET WITH BANKERS
Messrs. Conkey, Turner and
Fitzgerald Attend Ban
quet at Annex.
ADMIRAL EVANS IS A GUEST
Great Fighter Addresses Financier
About the Greatest Cruise
World Has Known.

John E. Fitzgerald, W B. Conkey
and A. Murray Turner of this city at
tended the meeting of the Chicago
Bankers club at the Annex hotel last
Saturday and listened to Rear Admiral
Robley Evans.
Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans, for
the first time since the United States
battleships started on their memorable
cruise around the world, deigned Sat
urday night to reply to the magazine
writers and other critics who claimed
that the armor belt of the American
war vessels was below the water line.
Admiral Addresses Bankers.
In an address before the Chicago
Bankers club, he declared that if the
claims of the critics of the navy were
correct and that the armor belt Of
] the ships of foreign nations was twice
as high as it was on the fleet that he
/ commanded. then the armor belt on the
| foreign vessels must be over their
| smokestacks. With unusual fervor he
| branded as unwarranted and unjust the
criticisms that had been recklessly
spread broadcast in this respect.
The Fascination of War.
Admiral Evans was introduced DS
George F. Roberts of the Commercial
National bank as the man who hat
/ inherited and assimilated all of thu
brains Of the American navy from Pau
Jones down. Mr. Roberts spoke of th'
fascination of war and the create
fascination when the scene of comba
was on sea, and congratulated tn
bankers on having as their guest o
honor "the greatest naval man in tn
world today"
The Hammond men were especial,
delighted with the evenings entertain
ment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
MAY MAKE NEW
PRICE SCHEDULE
Some Shop Owners Figure on Using
Patent Nose Holders for Patrons
Relief-Hammond People Shun
Baths and Prefer to Go Dirty Be-
cause of Rotten Water.

.sTry One of Our Western
Glucose Face Steamings. One
Dose of Nux VOmica With
Each Application
1sPatent Nose Holders Used
In This shop While We sham
poo Your Head.
.sBaths 20 Cents. Distilled
Water With Which To Wash
or The Lake Water. 25 Cents.
Toilet Water with Which to
Take on The Smell of Lake
Water, rs cents. Total .65
Ccnts.r
The BARRIERS in Hammond have re
belled over the condition of the Ham
mond lake water. One of them sal
yesterday that he believed his sho
had lost SIS from customers who usuall
have their faces massaged or thei
heads washed and who refuse to hav
this done while the water smells s
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-22
WEATHER.

Increasing cIOudiness to-
day, with rain at night
and on Tuesday.