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Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13

ointment ana ndQ UQ0 ufSC SOOQ
nights sleep in three months. used
about two lots Of Cutioura Soap and
Ointment when you could not see
a mark on my face or neck. will
gladly recommend the Cuticura Rem
edes to anybody. VIM. Silver, 346
West 3Sth St., New York. Mar. /, 1910"
In another letter Mr.. Silver says,
"My case was Of about two years
standing. After using Cutioura Soap
and Ointment for about three days I
saw decided improvement and was
entirely cured in two months"
For the prevention and treatInent Of
itching, burning, scaling eruptions and
the promotion Of permanent skin and
hair health, Cutioura Soap and Cuticurs
Ointment are absolutely unrivaled In
purity, efficacy and economy. A singl,
cake Of Cutioura Soap and box Of Cuti
cura Ointment are often sufficient.
Sold throughout the civilized world. Potter
Drug Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston. Mass.
AS-MaiIed FREQ. latest CutieuTa book. . Guide "
tho Treatment OF the Skias
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
TWO SONS OF FAMILY DIE
OF TYPHOID ON SAME DAY

FRESNO, Aug. 12.-Death paid two
visits to the home of A. A. Blasingame
in this city today and deprived him OF
two sons.
Henry Blasingame, the first of the
victims, passed away this morning
shortly after / o'clock as the result of
typhoid fever contracted while in the
Taft oil fields last June. The de-
ceased was 25 years old.
About seven hours later Chester
Rowell Blasingame, 1S-year-old
brother of Henry, also died of the same
disease,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
SIx-FOoT MEERSCHAUM PIPE
SEIZED BY CUSTOMS MEN

NEW YORK, Aug. ia meer-
schaum pipe of marvellous proportions
has just been added to Uncle Sans
assorted collection of seized customs
packages. 1t was seized at the Brook
iyn pier by an Inspector, who detect
ed a steamship employe trying to get
it ashore under his coat.
The pipe Is about six feet long, with
a bowl a foot high. Experts declare
its val1e is about 5000. The steamship
employe told the customs men he paid
SO for it.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
G. A. R. MEN OF KENTUCKY
NOT TO ATTEND REUNION

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 12.-Five
hundred veterans of the Grand Army
of the Re-. bile have declared boy
colt against railroads for alleged dis
elimination in charging the veterans
an excessive excursion rate to the an
nual national encampment of the G. A.
r. to be held in Atlantic City next
month and as a result this state for
the first time will not be represented
at the reunion.
The Women's Relief corps and the
Daughters of the Veterans have an
nounced their intention of joining in
the boycott.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
THREE COMPANIES FROM
AMERICAN LAKE CAMP

MISSOULA, Mont, Aug 12.-Three
companies of the Eighth battalion,
which is part of the Fourteenth 'infan-
try, are due to reach Fort Missoula
tomorrow from American Lake, the
scene of the army maneuvers. One
company will be assigned to duty on
the Flathead Indian reservation, under
Indian Agent Fred Morgan; the other
two companies will be detailed in the
Clearwater forest.
Forester Greely, who returned here
today from the upper Bitter Root val
ley, reports that pack trains and men
are moving toward Clearwater forest
over the Lost Horse creek route.
The troops will march over Lolo
pass, and, it is expected, will effect a
iuncture with the foresters' brigade in
the heart of the Clearwater reserve.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
FLOATING COURT IN
ALASKA ENDS WORK
Japanese Fined for Illegal Sealing
and Fishing

SEWARD, Alaska, Aug. 12.-United
States District Judge Cushman, who
has been conducting a floating court"
aboard the revenue cutter Rush, has
completed his work along the Aleutian
peninsula and is on his way back to
Seward
While at Alaska the court disposed
of three Japanese schooners seized by
revenue cutters for violations of the
government fishing and sealing regula-
tions.
Twenty-eight Japanese, the entire
crew of one schooner, We're sentenced
to serve three months in jail at hard
labor for illegal sealing in the waters
of the Pribyloff group. Another
schooner was fined $400 for illegal fish
ing and a third was fined $500 for hav-
ing failed to clear from the customs
house when ordered.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
TROOPS ORDERED
TO FIGHT FIRES
General Wood Directs Two Bat
taIionS Be Withdrawn
from ManeuverS
FLAMES THREATEN WALLACE
Mule Train Will Penetrate Mon
tana Forests Where There
Are No Roads
FLAMES THREATEN WALLACE
fAssoclated Pressl

WASHINGTON Aug. 12-Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the
army, has directed that two battalions
of the Twenty-fifth infantry be with
drawn from the maneuvers at Amerl-
can Lake camp, washington, and re-
turn Immediately to Fort Wright at
Spokane, Wash, to fight the forest fires
along the line of the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific railways in West
ern Montana, Northern Idaho and the
Flathead Indian reservation.
No more troops can be withdrawn
from American Lake without abandon
ing the maneuvers, but General Wood
said he would even do that If necessary.
A pack train of army mules, equipped
to penetrate the national forests where
there are no wagon roads, has been or
dered out from Fort Russell at Chey-
enne, Wyo., and will rendezvous at
Missoula, Mont.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
CHICAGO POLICE DISCOVER
SECRET COCAINE BUSINESS

CHICAGO, Aug. ia systematic,
secretly organized cocaine business, do
ing business on a large scale, was dis
covered by Inspector Hunt of the Des-
PLANES station yesterday, it is said,
through the confession of William
Kahn, arrested on a charge of selling
the drug.
Kahn admitted he was one of three
subordinates, and gave the names of
those operating the syndicate. Other
arrests are expected, though this is
difficult because the law requires that
the violator must be caught in the act
of dispensing the drug.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
CHICAGO PACKERS TO PAY
TAXES ON $10,OO0,0OO

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Chicago pack
ers will pay taxes on $10,000,ooo worth
of personal property inside the Union
Stock yards this year. This was set
tied by the board of review yesterday.
Armour & Co. will pay on an as
sessed valuation of $4,025,000, which is
the same amount as last year; Swift
e. Co. will pay on an assessed valua-
ton of SO, ,450, 900, which is $300,00O more
than last year; Morris & Co. $1,150,00
the same as last year, and the assess
ment of Libby, Mcneil & Libby was
raised from $4,000 to S460,000
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
MAN KILLS HIMSELF BY
JUMPING FROM WINDOW

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-John q:
cLaren, aged AZ, member Of local
real estate .-rm, committed suicide to-
day by throw'7e himself from the
fourth story window Of the residence
of his cousin, DIR. A. R. Shands.
His friends say that he had been
suffering from severe nervous trouble
brought on by financial reverses.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
PLEADS GUILTY; ASKS TO
BE SENT TO SAN QUENTIN

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 12.-After pleading
guilty to a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill,
"Col." G. w. Hesse begged the court to
send him to San Quentin, where he
stated he had served a term of seven
years for manslaughter.
July he attempted to kill man
named John Walsh, in a livery stable
in Coronado, by shooting at him with
a revolver. The episode was the result
of an argument. After shooting at
Walsh, Hesse fled to his room in a
lodging house on this side of the bay,
and attempted to commit suicide. He
will be sentenced next Monday.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
DIPLOMACY TO SETTLE
MONETARY DISPUTES

BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 12.-The PAN
American congress has approved new
convention obliging the republics to
submit to arbitration all pecuniary
claims they are unable to settle amic-
ably through diplomatic channels.
The Venezuela delegate declared he
signed this proposal under reserve and
with the understanding that diplomatic
appeal should be had only in the case
of a denial of Justice.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
OLD RESIDENT DIES

SAN JOSE, Aug. 12.-Mrs. Clemente
Colombet died this morning at her resi-
dence on East Santa Clara street. She
was 76 years old. Mrs. Colombet
came to this state from Missouri in
1S46, and in 1851 she was married to
Clemente Colombet, who arrived in
California from France in 1874 and
who died in this city twenty years
ago with FIVE grown sons and one
daughter surviving
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
FEED BRITISH TORPEDO
BOATS WITH AMERICAN OIL

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-The new
British oil burning torpedo boats are
to be fed with the best fuel OBTAIN
able in New York city The admiralty
does not intend to trust to the poorer
grades which reach the English mar
kets.
The British tank steamer Petroleum
has just arrived here from Weymouth
under charter to the crown TO take
back to England a cargo of the oil for
this purpose. This is the first cnarter
of the kind in the commercial history
of the port. -
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
SUSTAINS INJURIES BY
BEING THROWN FROM BUGGY

SAN JOSE, Cal, Aug. 12.-s. R.
johnson, the well-known capitalist, re-
siding on the Alameda. was injured
seriously this afternoon by being
thrown from his buggy, his horse hay
ing shied at a car. He was conveyed
to his home, and the full extent of his
injuries. has not yet been announced,
although it is believed he is injured
internally.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
COAL NEAR, JUNEAU IN
GRIP OF FUEL FAMINE

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 12.-With
millions of tons of coal lying untouched
in the Katalla fields, Juneau is in the
grip of a coal famine.
The steamship companies have ex-
hausted their retail supply. and the sit
uation is becoming acute. The city has
a small supply and is selling meager
lots to those who are in greatest need.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
FORMER CONGRESSMAN DIES

GRIDLEY, Cal, Aug. 12.-Marion
Biggs, member of the Fiftieth and
Fifty-first congresses from the Second
California district, and one of the old
est white settlers of the Sacramento
valley died here today. He was an
extensive landholder and founder OF
the town of Biggs. He came to Cali
fornia in 1850, and was 81 years old
He is survived by two sons and three
daughters
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13

IL until my race was a
mass of raw flesh which
kept me awake all
night. After going to
my family doctor, he
not helping me, I tried
another Doctor but
without success. After
doctors failing, q friend
recommended the Gu
ticura Remedies. That
night, after washing
my face and neck with
Cuticura Soap, I ap-
piled some Cuticura
A..1 A. g. 4
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
FIRE NEAR CLIFTON, ORE.

ASTORIA, Ore. Aug. PA report
was received today from Clifton,
twenty miles up the Columbia river
from here, that a forest fire was rag
ing in the live timber near that place
and that the damage already done'Was
heavy. People living at and near Cliff
ton were removing their household eff
fectS
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
AFTER BEEF TRUST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-The gov
ernment's official trust buster" w. S.
Kenyon, assistant to The attorney gem
eral, will leave here Sunday for Chi
cago to resume charge of the depart
ment of justice case against the So
called beef trust.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
srRANeLEs ON FALsE rEErH

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 12.-While
sweeping yesterday, Miss Lille Hunt
accidentally dislodged her false teeth,
They became lodged in her wind pipe
and she strangled to death before help
could be summoned.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
CAPTAINS BODY IN BAY

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.-The
body of Capt. M. c. Jensen of the
schooner Evelyn was found floating in
the bay today. 1t is believed that Capt.
Jensen fell into the water accidentally
last night while boarding his vessel.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
ARCHITECT. ENDS LIFE

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.-With a
gas pipe in his mouth, Rudolph
Schultz, an architect. was found dead
in his room today. There was nothing
to indicate the cause of the suicide.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
pRorEsr PULLMAN RATES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-Allega-
tions that the rates exacted by the
Pullman company for upper berths in
sleeping cars are exorbitant and un-
reasonably discriminatory were made
in petition filed today with the in
terstate commerce commission by the
state of Indiana, throught its attor-
ney general, James Bingham.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13

You can buy It. perhaps ar many places. but
there's one BEST place to buy it-and that
place advertiseG.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-13
ITCHING RASH ON
FACE AND NECK
Cured - Scratched Until Face was
Mass of Raw Flesh-Use Gu
ticura and had First Good
Nights Sleep In 8 Months.

"An itching rash broke out on my
face and neck, so bad that scratched
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-18
The Republican State Platform


effect in legislation
difference between the
should be
with MCKINLEY tariff that
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deposits Of Alaska shall DO kept the
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the liberty asV Of ' any man without hearing
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the
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for factory Inspection
schools We enacted ss s.n n control OF the ssats
penal Institutions we crested railroad sonmssl0a we
political control and distributed
money to
OF american eeamonw .a
with viii did William
as collector a.
seas s1 of n psnsa san ps Of
sas TO the discharge OF n great presidency broad
and the grasp of % anna we inaorse his
genuine Drosrsssass lsslAsl0n wis, ~ AND sound
and sincere men in public office We nde
which deserves unqualified
DIeage o @ people
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-18
MAC FARLAHE WAS A VERY
BUSY CHAP YOU BET

the control he figured selling out at
high figure and had another set of
legal lights making the necessary prep
arations for the sale.
Listed among his high finance and
other accomplishments was the fact
that MacFarlane was an expert steno-
grapher and shorthand writer of
great ability. When he blew into Gary
he told some people that he came from
Arkansas while others he told that he
was from Texas and Oklahoma. Yes
terday a number of Gary people to
whom MacFarlane gave bad checks
were notified by attorneys of a Gary
bank that they would have to make
good the amount themselves.
Charmed the Ladies'.
MacFar1ane claimed to be graduate
of the Victoria college, Manchester
England and if he was not he certainly
possessed an education and an engi-
neering training far superior to the
average college man. was mag
netic conversationalist and courtly
i was his bearing that he could charm
many women with whom he came in
| contact It is said that some Of his vic
| tins have set the police on his trail and
! if caught he will be brought back to
Gary to answer charges of obtaining
money under false pretenses. However
as he is very clever he will probably
never be located.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-18

Further acts arising concerning the
short but meteoric career of John Mac
Fariane. civil engineer, bible class
president, journalist. advertising ex
pert, social lion, orator, cooking expert
and promoter of high finance schemes
and whose ten weeks career here cost
Gary citizens an average of 5000 a week
was one of the most consumnate ras-
Gals that ever landed in the city.
A civil engineer employed in the tin
plate mills declares that he knew Mac
Farlane in the northern Minnesota
ore ranges where he operated under
the alias of 'McEwen.' MacFarlane
alias ''McEwen," was employed as cook
in a construction camp In fact in
Gary he always boosted of his culinary
knowledge and frequently declared
that he had attended a cooking insti-
tute. He frequently prepared choice
repasts and was more skilled in that
line than the best house wife.
Had other Schemes.
| 1t has also been further learned that
MacFarlane's high finance schemes en-
braced the swindling of some Gary
| people out of their business assets. In
fact it is alleged that he had one set
of lawyers, to whom he misrepresented
| things at work on devising schemes
whereby he could control a certain
process and then after he had secured
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-18
SWEET FLAVOR T|CKlES THE
PALATE OF AMERICAN PEOPLE

Sugar consumption of the United
States in the fiscal year just ended was
larger than ever before and was also
drawn more largely than ever before
from our own fields and plantations in
both continental United States and in
the non-contiguous territories. The
quantity Of sugar consumed in the
country during the fiscal year just
ended was, according to estimates OF
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of commerce and labor, ~ Lii
lion pounds, speaking in round num-
bers, or an average of 50 pounds per
capita. On only two occasions. 1909
and 1907, had the consumption crossed
the seven billion line, and only on four
other occasions. 1908, 1906. 1906 and
1903. had the total passed the six bill
lion line
In supplying this largest quantity of
sugar even consumed in the United
States. Hawaii Porto Rico and the best
beet sugar fields of the United States
contributed in each case larger guam
titles for domestic consumption than
ever before. the Philippines contributed
larger quantity than at any other
time since annexation while the con-
tributions of the cane fields of the
onlted states were signify less thah
in several earlier years.
The. contribution of the beet sugar
! fields of continental United States te
| the consumption of the fiscal year
| 1910, was 1,o25 million pounds, agains'
| 967 million in the high record year
| 1907; while the cane sugar product o,
| the United States contributed $50 mil
lion pounds. against s29 million il
! 1909, the former high record year. A.
a consequence of this increased supply
| from Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philip
| pine Islands and the beet sugar fields
| of the United States, the quantity o
| sugar imported from foreign countries
| fell from 410s million pounds In tn,
| fiscal year 1909. to 1913 million il
1910.
In the calendar year 1909 the quan
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-18
DAV|SO
GETS JAIL
SENTENCE

Gramico Daviso the Italian who
slashed the throat of 3 year old Mary
Urso, whom he claimed as his wife re-
ceived his trial before Mayor Knots
in the police court yesterday after
noon Daviso was fined $500 and
costs and was sentenced to a six
months term in the county jail.
The little girl who has now fully re-
covered. was in court and was not
anxious to push the charges against
Daviso 1t was by her request that
Mayor Knots suspend the jail sentence
of the italian If he would consent TO
leave the country. This Daviso was
glad to do and promised to leave the
nited states and sail for Italy at once.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-18
Ovr the Hills.

Over the hills and far away
A little boy steals from his mornings
play,
And under the poisoning apple tree
He lies and he dreams of the things
to be;
OF battles fought and victories won
OF wrongs o'erthrown and of great
deeds done
OF the valor that she shall prove some
day
over the hills and far away
Over the hills and far away!
Over the hills and far away,
It's oh, for the tolls the livelong day!
But it mattered mot to the soul ahame
With a love for riches and power and
fame!
On. oh man. while the sun is high
on 10 the certain joys that lie
Yonder where blazen the noon of day.
over the hills and far away
Over the hills and far away.
over the hills and far away
An old man fingers at close of day:
Now that his journey is almost done
His battles fought and his victories
won
The old-time honesty and truth,
The truthfulness and the friends OF
youth
Home and mother-where are they?
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills and far awayi
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-18

and see what the provisions of the
statutes were in such cases.
After somewhat superficial exami-
nation of the statutes however he was
unable to find any provision under
which he could be held. If Crawford
had procured the poison and made ii
available for his wife 1t is probable
that something could be done.
There is, however. no evidence to
this effect. 1t seems likely that Craw-
ford will be held responsible only by
public opinion, which seems to be
unanimous that Crawford did as little
as he could to have the life of the
woman who had taken steps to take
her own life
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-18

ttty produced in the United States
was. according to figures of the de-
partment of agriculture. 1,025 million
pounds, against 70 million in 1909, q
decade earlier. or FIFTEEN times as much
in 1909 as in 1899.
The growth of beet sugar produce
ton IN the United States during the
last IL years has been much more rap
id than that of cane sugar, the beet
sugar crop of 1898 having been 90 mill
lion pounds. and that of 1909, 1,O26
million; while that of cane in 1898 was
7oS million pounds, and in 1909, $50
million pounds.
The quantity of sugar brought from
the non contiguous territories has also
largely increased meantime, having
ben in the fiscal year 1900: From Ha-
wall. sos million pounds, against LII
million in 1910; from Porto Rico. rs
million pounds, against $50 million ir
1910; and from the Philippines 4s
million, against 176 million in 1910
making the total from the non-contig-
uous territories in 1900 about 627 mil
/ lion pounds. against 1856 million ir
1910. or practically three times as much
in 1910 as in 1900
Adding to the domestic sugar pro
duct in the calendar year. 1909, the re
ceipts from the on-contiguous terri
tories and the imports from foreign
! countries in the fiscal year, 1910. anc
deducting the quantity shipped from
continental United States. gives tota
consumption of 1850 million pounds
+, an average of S1.S6 pounds per capita
the largest, with two exceptions, in tn
| histor yof the country. In 1870 tn
per capita consumption was 327
pounds; in 1890. 81 pounds; in 1907
the high record year. s2.61 pounds; an,
in 1910, as already stated, S1.Se pounds
Meanwhile the share of domestic con
sumption supplied by foreign suga
| has fallen from an average of rs pc
| cent prior to 1900 to 81 per cent Il
1910.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-18
NOW FOR
The EAGLES
PICNIC

Sunday, Aug. 2Sth, has been set by
the Eagles for their big annual picnic
to be held at Kindel's grove Numer-
Gus committees have been appointed in
order that all the details may be look
ed after and preparations are now I'M
der way.
The badger fight. of course, will be
a feature. and Henry Elsner says that
the fercest one that can be procured
from the state of Wisconsin will betset
against the dog
The following committees have been
appointed:
rangement-Frank Cooley. Dave
Hirsch. and Henry Elsner
Refreshments-F. d. Cooley. j. L
Walker. Mic Snyder and Jacob wiker.
Printing-Barney Young and Al
Fisher.
Prizes. d. Ebright and Walter
Pepperdine.
Ice cream-George Brahos and vii.
liam Brahos
Candy Wheels F. Cotton, Alberr
Fisher and S f. Parker
Lunch-Dave Eirsch. Alvin Green and
Harry Reitzer.
Dance-Harry Burge and Henri,
Burge.
Athletics-Duke MacArty. Waite
Pepperdine and Arthur Schultz.
Confetti-Albert Truhn, Henry Els
ner and Harry Reitzer.
Soliciting. d. Ebright. Walter Hill
brich, Walter Pepperdine and William
Drummer.
Ground committee-Paul Lipinski, G
Hanlon, Oscar Borchert, Jacob Wikel
Joseph Smith and Ed. Abbott.