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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18
SIXTH OIL WELL coon.

SA<A n JILL " ELL SOODs
The sixth oil well was drilled in
Oakland City by the Rodgers-R Riggs
company. The well, although only
partly in the sand. has showing for
a good production. The gas pressure
is heavy and is estimated at 1900. 900
cubic feet Many companies are pre-
pairing to enter the field in the spring.
READY FOR OPTION ELECTION.
The foes of the saloon in Hendricks
county are expecting an election under
the county local option law the latter
part of February or early in March,
and to that end an organization has
been perfected in Danville. Within the
last ten days there have been several
meetings.
is REFUSED A LICENSE.
A liquor license has been refused
Rudolph Barringer of Frankfort, who
wished to sell liquor in the First ward.
This was the third time the remon-
STRANGE has been held good, twice in
the commissioners court and once in
the circuit court.
TO CONSERVE FORESTS.
The Indiana Hardwood Lumbermens
association before adjourning it's an
nual convention, appointed A. w. Guth-
RE, of Indianapolis. and Samuel p
Burkholder, of Charlottesville, mem
Der of the state board of forestry a
committee to talk with Governor
Marshall on the maintenance Of a for
est reservation in Indiana. The gov
ernor in his message recommended the
sale of the state reservation in south
ern Indiana and the appropriation OF
money for a lecturer TO travel over the
state emphasizing the Importance Of
tree planting.
INDIANA GIVES $3.50.
! ]. w. Lilly, treasurer of the Indiana
branch of the American National Rec
Cross society, announced that he would
forward another $1,000 draft to The
National Red Cross headquarters TO
italian earthquake relief. This viii
raise the total amount forwarded b!
the Indiana branch to $6,450.
CLEANS FLUE WITH POWDER.
The chimney at the home of DAME
Chupp northeast of Morocco. becam
clogged with SCOT, and in order t.
clean it out Mr.. Chupp placed abou
half a pound of gunpowder, Tight.
wrapped in a cloth, in the lower par
of the chimney, and set fire to it. Tn
explosion blew the chimney down AM
burned Mr.. Chupp's eyes so seriousl,
that the sight may be permanently af
fected.
FARMERS SCHOOL ENDS.
Purdue university's annual school 70
Indiana farmers at Lafayette. the sew
enth assembly since 1903, closed tn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18
UP AND Down IN INDIANA

other day. and nearly 1000 students, |
young and old, returned to their homes
in different parts of the state. The
ages of the students ranged from eight
years to eighty-fve and as for creeds,
nationalities and politics there were
many represented. The success of this
all records for attendance being shat
tered.
TO HAVE STORMY SESSION.
There are more than hints at head
quarters of the Indiana United Mine
Workers at Terre Haute of exciting
times at the international convention
which will meet in indianapolis Tues
day. Owing to the discomfort among
miners lin a number of districts with
the international administration of
President Lewis l would not be sur
prised if the convention is the STORM
lest ever held" said President Van
Horn.
CELEBRATE FOUNDERS DAY.
Evidence of the interest being taken
in the celebration of Foundation day
at Indiana university at Bloomington,
is shown in the action of the NEEDLES.
In their meeting to make final arrange
ments for their appearance in the an
nual procession they voted to cut the
hair of any member of the class fall
! ing to report
INDIANIAN A MILLIONAIRE.
Tim Spellacy, formerly of Hartford
City, one of the first operators in the
Hoosier oil fields, and known in every
oil field in the United States, has made
himself a millionaire since leaving the
Indiana field, which he helped to de-
velop He left for Alaska, where he
expected to find oil, but he returned
minus what little he had made in In
diana He located in the California
field and prospered from the start.
RETURNS SEALED VERDICT.
The jury at South Bend in the case
of Thomas w. Bechner. charged with
embezzlement of more than $1,000 from
the Vandalia Railroad company, and
in which there have been many alega-
lions relating to rebating, reached q
decision at 1925 o'clock. The verdict
is a sealed one and will not be opened
until Monday morning in the superior
court by Judge Vernon Van Fleet
TO GIVE GREEK PLAY.
one of the novel features of the com
mencement program of Wabash college
at Charlottesville, next June, will b.
the presentation on the campus of th'
"Antigone" of Sophocles, by the mem
beers of the Junior and senior classes IL
Greek, under the direction Of Professor
Daniel Dickey Hams, head of tn
E Greek department of the college
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18
THE. CREAM OF THE
Morning News

Scandal recalling the John A. Cooke
case is exposed by the revelation that
a man ordered to the penitentiary a
month ago by the supreme court is at
liberty in Chicago.
Few shurtleff republicans and demo-
Gratis will attend the inaugural cere-
monies of state officers at Springfield.
Mayor Whitlock of Toledo appeals
for an equal suffrage plank in Chi
cago's proposed new charter.
..Alkan Pete" secret service oper-
ator working on the packers inquiry,
is transferred from the case because
of his popularity.
Chicago federation of labor cham
pions an amendmtnt, designed to pro-
tect employees. to liability law.
Girls scorning suitors on the Rose
bud reservation seek Chicago husbands,
while the bachelors thus lighted search
here also for wives.
One hundred and fifty persons die of
pneumonia in Chicago in week.
w. L Seeley, a former bank exam
iner of Ottawa, Ill, is found dead In
his home at Seattle Wash, beside the
bOuy OF Ills Wlle anu QduEHteTt WHO
had been murdered
New York City is throwing away
$2O, 900 yearly because of short
hours and easy bosses in municipal
employment, according 10 a statement
made to the board of estimate.
Doubt is expressed in Washington
whether even If indictments are re-
turned against the publishers of the
New York World and the Indianapolis
News tht men can be brought to the
national capital for trial. and prece-
dent shows it is not probable such ac-
| ton can be taken.
President elect Taft in an address to
the negro Y NJ. c. A. Of augusta, Ga.
! tells his hearers that the race must
work out its own problem and he finds
encouraging signs in their condition in
Georgia.
The American flag in Cuba will bt
| hauled down Jan. 2S and on that date
/ General Gomez will be inaugurate6
president of the island
officers of the American battle ship,
Missouri and Ohio are dined in Athen.
by King George of Greece.
Wall street market for the week i.
highly irregular. but the close shows
net gain of from one to five points
Generals of the wheat market ar,
working to create a buying and holding
sentiment at prices above the basis o
the worlds prices. Corn and oats ar,
easy and provisions higher.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

county or any two counties as pro-
vided. should be given an opportunity
to erect such schools. The bill pro-
vides that the tax levy for schools may
be raised to 5 cents in order to raise
the necessary revenue, provided it is
not available out of existing schoo.
funds of the county.
One woe follows another with great
rapidity. The office seekers who are
camping the trail of Governor
Marshall were a little disconnected
when they learned that Mr.. Marshall
will appoint only competent men and
not those whose chief recommendation
is ability to hustle at the polls. But
the blow that almost killed father has
fallen. The governor will not be able
to make any appointments before the
1st of March.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.

171S-Death of Archangello CorelIi,
one of the early famous novelists.
1s16-Genefal thanksgiving in Eng
land for peace. following end of
Napoleonic wars.
39-Massachusetts legislature re-
elected Daniel Webster to the
United States senate
1S61-virginia legislature appropriated
s1,o0o,e00 for the defense of the
state.
1ST4-Eng and Chang. the famous Sia-
mese twins. died. Born in 1911.
1sS5-Seventeen patients burned to
death in the Kankakee Ill.) insane
asylum.
1S94-George w. Childs, eminent PhiIa-
delphia publisher and philanthro-
pist. died. Born May u. 1929.
1907-Dominion government voted $780,
600 for the relief of the Jamaica
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18
THIS is MY 47TH BIRTHDAY.
Ezekiel s. Chandler.

Ezekiel s. Chandler Jr., representa-
tive in congress from the fpst district
of Mississippi was born in Hamilton
county, Florida, Jan. IS, 1852. When
he was eight years old he removed
with his parents to Mississippi. He
was educated at an academy at Iuka,
in that state, and attended the law
department of the University of Mis-
sissippi He was admitted to the bar
when 10 years old, having previously
had his disabilities of minority remov-
ed by the chancery court, and began
the practice of his profession at Iuka,
removing a few years later to Corinth.
When rs years old he served as a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18
RANDOM
THINGS AND FILINGS

We note that the Hammond water
is getting considerable press agenting
these days.
If you can't afford to put cologne in
the lake water, it might help it some
what by sprinkling a little Calumet
river water in it.
IT is NOT CONSIDERED GOOD
ETIQUETTE TO LEAVE YOUR SPOON
IN YOUR CUP, BUT NEITHER is 1T
ETIQUETTE TO TAKE 1T HOME
WITH you AS A SOUVENIR.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18
With TheLegislators

In speaking of the proposed redis-
tricting of Indiana. the indianapolis
News says:
One of the portions of the state
where there are sure to be changes,
if anything at all is done. is the ex-
IRENE north eastern portion-up about
Lake Michigan.
For example, Lake county, with
Gary and other growing communities
there, now has a voting population of
nearly 10000 G9,4s4 whites and sixty
tire negroes) and has a point senator
with Porter county, which has a voting
population of 5,258. The population of
Lake county would entitle it to two
representatives in the place Of one, two
senators and joint senator"
bill to be introduced by Represen-
tative Mitchell of Salem this week will
make ii possible for every county in
the state to have an Industrial high
school, where manual training and do
nestle science is taught Mitchell pro-
poses that if the county desires il may
order an election TO decide the question
of whether the school shall be brought
into existence. A provision is that
two adjoining counties may vote to
erect one school to serve both counties
Manual training is becoming more
popular and Mitchell thinks every
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18
breaking the News.

Mr. Millionbueks-That young man is
calling on you very frequently, daugh-
ter. What does he do for a living?
Daughter-He's looking for posi-
ton. father.
Mr.. M.-what sort Of position2
Daughter-Life companion TO a young
lady father.-Boston Transcript
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

democratic presidential elector. and for
ten years he was a member of the
democratic executive committee of his
county Mr.. Chandler was first elected
to congress in 1900, and has been re-
elected four times, practically without
oppostion
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

The woman who makes a scene
over IOng-haired viOIinist
laughed at her husband for
acting the same way when a
shOrt-haired pugilist appeared
ON the street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

The first stage of matrimony is
when a woman kisses her hus-
band to find out whether he has
been drinking. In the second
stage, IL she does any kissing
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

Did you ever have "a big days
of odds and ends to do and
then find some person call
himself your friend and take
up all your times
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

There will probably be mere
eIOpements In the future, for
when the airship Is perfected
the lover will have fine
chance to get away when he
asks his girl TO fly with him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

THE WOMAN WHO COMPLAINED
THAT HER HUSBAND KEPT HER
AWAKE ALL NIGHT NEGLECTED.
TO STATE THAT SHE WAS INSANE
LIZ JEALOUS AND THAT THE POOR
Mn HAD A HABIT OF TALKING IN
HIS SLEEP.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

This was the menu at a dinner to an
Austria Hungarian official recently:
Paprike szalona, szuz esirke paprikas.
toltol kapozta, maloez proscenyl. and
turos csusza. My word No wonder
they have trouble in the Balkans
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18
sample of Some Hog.

]. A Jones's big hog weighed 1913
pounds after killing. That is some
hog. And he tastes fine, too, as the
Review folks will testify Joe never
forgets this family journal.-Jefferson
(Ore.) Review.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

Queer things happen tn life. Suppose
thousands of persons have on as many
occasions. said, Z could just die
Waiting" but the other day when a
man keeled over and curled up he was
doing a two-step
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18
seeing strnwberry Homo.

Mr.. Waiver Dial escorted Strawberry
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John l. Norton
Saturday night.-Conyers (Ga) Free
Press.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

And upon looking them all over we
do not find where the lines fell in
easier places for anyone more than
Theodore Burton, who got it so easily
that Mr.. Foraker must have g-gnashed
his molars.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

George McManus, the 'Newlyweds"
artist, is just married. SO, again, you
can ask what does a batch know about
babies and will-well, ask your own
questions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

NO ACTION, WHETHER 1T is FAIR
OR FOUL, TAKES PLACE WITHOUT
LEAVING A RECORD SOMEWHERE.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

earthquake sufferers
1ses-John r. Walsh found guilty of
misapplying funds of the Chicago
National bank.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

1t is quite probable that Mr. shively
will furnish some good copy for the
Who's Who? writer's in the magazines.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

Coal shovel wearing out?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-18

it is preliminary to asking for
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-02-12
When a Jaa Is Not a Joke.

So absurdly lacking in a certain
phase of humor is the Partisan that
he sees nothing laughable or joyous In
rolling about cutters or hiecoughing
midnight songs or embroiling himself
with his fellows while under the in
fluence of strong drink.
That engaging product Of social
America who comes into the club, hol-
low checked and livid, remarkins;
Gee, but l was pie-eyed last night"
has few counterparts there. To have
been helplessly or even conspicuously
drunk in a public place is a thing
which a Frenchman would be prone to
hide rather than exploit. A strange
and immoral race! Nothing has struck
me more forcibly than this general So
briety--a dull, gray word, by the way,
whereby to describe a characteristic
of the blithest people living.-Collier's
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-02-12
Fishes of the zambesl.

Two important collections of fishes
recently received at the London Nat.
ural History museum will permit for
the first time a complete study of the
ichthyology of the Zambesi region of
Africa. Among the 1853 specimens Of
the two collections, 10 new species
are represented, and they give total
of 40 species of the Zambesi. Among
the most interesting species of the re-
gion are fresh water representatives
of two essentially marine genera, the
pipe-fish and the shark.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-02-12
GENERAL NEWS.

The murder of Miss Clara Rosen in
Ottumwa, Ia, remains a mystery. Ten
suspects have been arrested, among
them negro against whom the police
claim to have some evidence.
Mrs. Agnes Brewer Miyoshi Brogan,
formerly the wife Of a Japanese noble
man, now the bride of coachman in
Ann Arbor, Mich, gave up her rank,
fearing efforts to gain her rights would
ruin the chances of her son to obtain
his rightful position.
Secretary Garfield of the interior de-
partment told house subcommittee
that the limitations placed on the Sc
cret service had not hampered his in
yestigation of land frauds.
Six were killed and others injured
when New York Central train
dashed into group of track walkers
in Gotham.
G. A. Severance, instead of F. B.
Kellogg, will represent the government
in the suit against e. H. Hartman and
others.
The United Mine Workers Of Ameri-
ca In convention at Indianapolis, re-
elected Thomas l.. Lewis as president
The California assembly rejected
the Drew bill which was intended to
prevent aliens owning lands in the
state and was aimed chiefly at the
Japanese.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-02-12

table. / will never be without this
medicine in the house. Mrs. SAM'L
LEE, 1928 Fourth ST., Louisville, KY.
Another Operation Avoided.
Adrian, CAT suffered untold
misery from female troubles, and my
doctor said an operation was my only
chance, and L dreaded it almost as
much as death. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound completely cured
me without an operation. LENA v.
HENRY, r. +. ID. 8.
Thirty years of unparalleled sue
cess confirms the power of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
cure female diseases. The great vol
ume of unsolicited testimony constant
ly pouring in proves conclusively that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is remarkable remedy for those
distressing feminine ills from which
90 many women suffer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-02-12
PERSONAL.

President-elect Taft upon sailing
from Colon after inspecting the Pana-
ma canal said he was highly satisfied
with the progress of the work.
William ]. Bryan was not hurt in an
automobile accident as reported from
Tampa, Fla. He says there was no
accident
Gov. Haskell, who is under indict-
ment in connection with the town lot
frauds, was given an ovation when he
arrived in Muskogee to give bond.
1t is announced at the headquarters
of the National League of the Civic
Education of Women, in New York,
that Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish has Joined
the organization, which means that
Mrs. Fish is opposed to women's
suffrage.
Capt. Edward F. Qualtrough of the
battleship Georgia, part of Admiral
Sperry's fleet, has been court-mar.
tailed on charge of intoxication.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-02-12
FACES SERIOUS CHARGE
SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN
SCHOOL is INDICTED.
A Federal Grand Jury ACCUSES Him
of EmbezzIement Of Government
Money While In Office.

Guthrie, Okla. = Samuel M. Nc.
Cowan of DeGraff. Kan. one OF the
best known Indian authorities in the
country, was arrested here yesterday
on a federal grand jury indictment
charging him with embezzlement and
misappropriation of federal funds
while superintendent of the Indian
school at Chilocco, Okla, from 1904
to 1908. He was released on bond.
The indictments, which were re.
turned on Friday last, consist of nine
counts alleging embezzlement and
five for making alleged false vouch.
ers. The charges allege that Nc.
Cowan converted money belonging to
the Indians to his own use, and also
took grain and live stock and that he
made false vouchers, thereby secur.
ing money from the United States
sub-treasury at st. Louis.
Mr.. MCGOWAN was superintendent
of the governments Indian exhibit at
the Louisiana Purchase exposition at
st. Louis and at the time of his ar.
rest was preparing to go to Seattle
to take charge of a similar exhibit to
be made at the coming Alaska Yukon.
Pacific exposition.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-02-12
WILL TEST 1T IN THE COURTS
President Roosevelt Sets Forth Gov
ernment's Views or AntI-Jap
Legislation.

Washington, d. "The policy
of the administration is to combine
the maximum of efficiency in achiev-
ing the real object which the people
of the Pacific slope have at heart,
with the minimum of friction and
trouble, while the misguided men
who advocate such action as this
against which I protest are following
policy which combines the very
minimum of efficiency with the maxi
mum of insult, and which, while to-
tally failing to achieve any real re-
suit for good, yet might accomplish
an infinity of harm"
In this language President Roose-
welt yesterday in telegram to
Speaker Stanton of the California as
sembly set forth the government g
view of the anti-Japanese school leg
islation now before that body.
The president stated that the bill
gives just and grave cause for irri-
tation and that the government would
be obliged Immediately to take ac-
tion in the federal courts to test such
legislation, because 1t is held to be
clearly a violation of the treaty obli.
cations of the United States. The
telegram to Speaker Stanton was
sent only after conference with Sen.
ator Flint and Representative Kahn
of California and F. X. Lane of the
interstate commerce commission.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-02-12
READY TO DO HIS DUTY.
Prospective Juryman Was Even An,t
Ious to Be Called.

Walter G. Goodson, an attorney OF
Macon, Mo-, attended circuit court at
oskaloosa, Ia, one day recently, and
which differed from the Missouri prac-
tice. "On the day of opening Of court
the judge lines UP the petit jury and
asks If there are any members who
want to be excused" said Mr.. Good
son. "The day was there every man
with one accord began to excuse him.
self. One said he had just purchased
a farm and that he had to start his
hands fixing 1t UP. Another said he
was a candy salesman and that his
house would fire him IL he didn't keep
on the road. A great big woodsman
said he was unable to read and write
well and that he wasn't certain he
knew enough to be Juror.
Fully half of the men summoned
had one reason or another why It
would mean disaster to him to servo
at that term of court-all but little
fellow at the tail end of the line. This
man was a hunter and he had lived in
a cabin on the creek all his life.
"'Have you no excuse to offer? said
the surprised judge.
mo, sir
Haven't you got sick mother-in-
law needing your attention.
No, sir; amt married.
What about your crop2'
"'Dont raise anything
No fence to fix up?'
Haven't got fence on the place
"'You think you can spare the tie
to serve on jury two weeks?
"'Sure.'
"The judge sat while and meditat.
ed. Reaching over he whispered to
the clerk, who shook his head in per.
plexity. Then the judges curiosity
got the better of him.
You're the only man who's got
the time to serve your country as a
juryman,' he said. Would you mind
telling me how it happens?
Sure not said the little man
promptly. I heard you was going to
try Jake Billings this term He shot
dog O. mine oncet.' New York
Sun.