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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
TRACTION
COMPANY
QUITS GAME

The project for the Construction of
an electric line between Gary and
Hobart. which was promoted at the
time the Seaman interests and the Gary
and Interurban promoters were fighting
for the control of South Broadway. and
which was organized under the name of
Gary Traction Co. has been abandoned.
The decision to abandon the project
came when Seaman and the Gary and
Interurban company got together on a
compromise regarding South Broadway
a. NJ Turner was reported to be the
head of the Gary Traction Co. but he
denies that he ever authorized trc use
of his name in that connection.
He says that the promoters of the
project talked the matter over with
him to take the presidency of the pro-
posed new company but that he never
agreed to do so
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
G. & 0. Runs Trains Over the
Erie; De Weese Is the New
Agent; Chas. Heimbach
Supplanted by the Com
pany in Telegram Today.

Following the announcement that
the Chesapeake & Ohio Of Indiana. for
merly the Chicago. Cincinnati & Louis
Vile Railway company. has entirely
abandoned the use of its track in Ham
mond from the point of the intersec-
tion of Calumet avenue 70 the lndi-
ana-Ilinois state line and Calumet
park. the property owners on the south
side in Hammond have token steps to
have the right or way of the old G,
c. & l.. vacated, thus carrying out the
plan of track elimination which has
been advocated by Attorney L. L. Bonn
berger of Hammond
Developments have come thick and
fast since the ChesapeaI Ike & Ohio rail-
road purchased the Chicago. Cincinnati
& Louisville a few months ago. For a
long time the Chicago. Cincinnati &
Louisville railroad has been using the
tracks of the Erie railroad for freight
purposes.
Since the purchase. however, the de-
cision has been reached to run the pas
senger trains of the Chesapeake &
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01

GOOD SHOW TONIGHT.

Tonight the attraction at TowIe's
opera house will be McFadden's Flats,
a comedy that is said TO have made mil~
lions laugh The yellow Kids
feature of the play and introduce
number Of musical features. The play
is expected to attract large attend
ance as this is the first appearance in
Hammond in number of years.
Harry Fields. in the Shoemaker. will
be the attraction a Towle's for a matt
nee and evening performance on sun
day This is a comedy of great inter-
est that is expected TO make hit here.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
SIDES WITH BELMAN.

karl kaufman. of the Lion store is of
the same opinion as ". c. Belman re-
garding the sale of the school prop
erty. He believes that only the fifty
feet at the corner of Holman and Fay
ette streets should be sold and that
the fifty feet next to the Eder build
ing should be sold This would make
it unnecessary for the school city TO
move the old school building until it is
worn out and would provide the neces-
sary amount for the building of the
new school
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
Sentenced For Life

judge N1rglI 5. Reiter this afternoon
sentenced Ivan Beliff. the man who
killed Simon Nesteroff, the Gary baker.
to life imprisonment. This followed
the verdict of the jury several days
ago in which Belif was found guilty
of murder.
The case was unique in the history
Of the local courts for the reason that
from the time the case was called to
the time the verdict of the jury was
returned only twenty-seven hours
were consumed
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
NOT YET APPOINTED,

A successor TO Frank Shine, who re-
urea from the police department as
chauffeur today to take the position as
superintendent for Young's Elastic
Rubber Roof Paint company. has not
yet been appointed by the board of DO
lice commissioners. None will be prob
ably appointed until the 18th of this
month, when the board meets again.
In the meantime Chief Austgen and
Captains George Hanion and Fred Rim
bach drive the machine
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
ELKS LOOK
FOR GOOD TIME

Past masters night in the Hammond
Elk lodge this evening with DR.. T. F.
BELL the first exalted ruler. in the
chalr. promises TO bring out good at
tendance. The ceremonial of burning
the mortgage ON the building lot will
be carried out this evening. There will
also be initiation of three candidates.
they are K. A. Born, August Kamradt
and J. NJ. Powers The evenings ses-
sion Will be followed by a spread.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
Bank Deposits for Month.

The bank deposits for the five banks
of the city of Hammond equaIed 81
$50. 900 at the close of business yester-
day at the end of the month 1t Will
not be possible to make a monthly
comparison of the deposits until next
month, as the last statement was made
in the middle of the present month.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
CHANGE MAY FORCE
c. 3 0. TO GET Off
SOUTH HOFFMAN ST.
FACTS ABOUT c. & o.
OF /. CHANGES.

Chesapeake & Ohio of Indiana
abandons the old, Chicago, Cincin-s
natl q Louisville tracks in Ham,
mond. First passenger trains run
over the Erie railroad this morning.
Movement is started by south side
side property owners to force the
abandonment of the right of way
of the railroad from Calumet avenue
TO the state line.
Failure TO buiid n depot in Ham
mOnd In accordance with its con-
trnct with the city Will be the
means by which 1t Is hoped to ne
compIiSh this great Improvement to
the sOuth side.
Arrangements with the Erie Is
believed to pave the way for a new
Erie depot in this city. Four extra
trains day Will make this neces-
sitS.
Charles Heimbach. the efficient
local passenger agent of the C.. c.
Il l.. railroad, is notified by tele-
gram to turn over the office to A. VI.
DeWeesc, agent of the Erie.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
WILL DISCUSS
ELECTION

The West Hammond village board
Will not meet until next Thursday
evening. when a number of matters of
Importance Will come up. The board
will take up the matter of several inn
provements and may also discuss the
question of the coming election which
IS TO decide the question IS to whether
or not the village will become a city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
OPEN NEXT SATURDAY

If everything goes well the Straube
Piano company expects TO open its dis
play room and music store in this city
next Saturday. The object is to have
the display rooms open for the holiday
season. which is already begun.
The new store rooms viii be very at
tractive and not only will there be
pianos of all kinds on display. but pho
nographs. records and sheet music Will
be sold
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
Jury Out.

The jury in the case of Mia Cha
Itch, charged with the murder of Peter
Mullen, went out at 2:3O this afternoon
and up to the time of going to press
had not returned a verdict
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
WORKING AT MODEL

Roscoe Hemstock, who was employed
in the office of United States Clerk
Charles Surprise during the weeks pre-
ceding the campaig gn when the natural
ization papers We're being issued. is
now employed at TIE Model Clothing
store. where he will remain until after
the holidays
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
Latest News

Michigan City, Ind, Dec.1.-John H. Barker, mil
lonalre builder president of the Haskell Barker
Car Co. of this city director of the First National bank
Chicago, and heavy stockholder in railroads,
lies precariousy i'll at the Barker home here He is
theatened with pneumonia
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01

Washington. D. c., Dec. 1--Wth fourteen rat bites
her body Leibe Lewis the year old daughter of M.
Lewis of this city is dying of blood poisoning. short
time ago Mrs Lewis awakened by the chd's cries.
Lighting the gas the mother big rat disappear
physician was summoned and the wounds cauter-
lied. but the child did not escape Infection
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
TRACKS ARE ABANDONED.


This resulted in the total abandon
ment of the newly built c.. c. & l..
raildroad between Hammond and Calu-
met park. When the residents of the
south side including those on Calu-
met avenue. jefferson, Madison. Hob
man and state Line streets heard that
the c.. c. & l. tracks had been aban-
doned they at once became interested
in the matter of having the tracks
eliminated
The people on Calumet avenue have
been especially aggrieved for the rea-
son that switch engines of the G.. G.
& L. have made it a practice to switch
back and forth across Calumet ave-
nue.. one OF the finest streets in the
city, and have made traffic across this
street extremely dangerous.
The syndicate which owns the Calu-
met Heights Subdivision was also a
sufferer as a result of the building of
this railroad through that sub division
and its members are now enlisted with
the forces which hope TO bring about
the elimination of these tracks
MANY ARE INTERESTED.
George f. Rickords has a large
amount of acreage which has been
practically ruined by the building Of
the railroad through the south side
residential district. There are a whole
series of blocks of lots south of Con-
key avenue. east of the Monon tracks
and west of aCiumet avenue. which
have been injured by the railroad. O
Then there is the property bounded by
Conkey avenue. Holman street. the
Monon railroad ard the G., c. & l..
tracks, which has been injured by the
railroad The Zachau estate and all
of the owners Of lots in Glendale are
interested in the elimination of this
railroad.
Steps are now being taken to organ
ize all of these property owners for
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01

Victoria, B. c., Dec. l. = Two slight earthquake
shocks felt here at II 80 o'clock last night No dam
age has been reported
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01

Ohio of Indiana over the Erie tracks
through the city of Hammond and over
the Western Indiana railroad 70 Chica-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01

Cherbourg, Dee. 1t is reported that an American
picket boat of the division of the United States
Atlantic fleet here has been sunk by the fierce gale raging
along the Seven said to have gone down
with her The storm of unusual violence and the ships
of the American feet forced to stand off shore under
full pressure. The crew Of launch from the French
armored cruiser Duplex was saved by the sailors in
launch from the battleship Louisiana
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
Ge~Er~a &[lxo1

n of n New
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
taIIIFI FIIId NIVTI VI IIFSt II dV NJ
MANY ARE INTERESTED.

CCon:ir->-6 on page two.)
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Continued on page five.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-01
THE WEATHER

FAIR AND CONTINUED
COLD TODAY AND
TOMORROW.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-27
INDIAN POW WOW
OCTOBER 8 TO IL
Four Thousand savages VIII Gather
for Big Time With Whites
as Guests.

SPOKANE, Wash. Sept. 27.-Four
thousand Indians, representing all
the tribes in the northwest, west of
the Mississippi river, will gather in a
national convention on Spencer farm
and race course at Toppenish, Wash.
south of here, October to IL. The
federal government has sanctioned
the pow-wow, at which the sgectacu-
lar features will be the sun and religi-
Gus dances of the frontier days and a
series OF races with Indian riders on
Indian ponies. George Minenah Is
president of the association, which
takes in the tribes in Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, North
Dakota and South Dakota and British
Columbia. George Wesley, one of the
famous Yakimas, is vice president,
and Lancaster Spencer, the wealthiest
Indian in Washington, is secretary
and manager. The latter says the ga
thering will be the largest and most
important since the days of Old Te-
cumseh, the Great There wilk be In
dian races for purses aggregating ST.
600 and feasts and other entertain
mont features, at which many white
men will be guests of honor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-27
PERSONALS.

Hazen |. Sawyer and George Hassal
are in Des Moines today rransacting
business.
James c. Davis, OF Des Moines, has
returned from a trip to New York
City.
Frank Moeller left this morning for
Kahoka on business.
Charles Findice was called to
Montrose this morning on business.
Jacob Frank made business trip to
Wayland this morning.
John Elgin was business visitor in
Wayland this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Long of Ft Mad
ison, were city shoppers yesterday.
j. R. Comley was in the city
this morning from Rutledge. Mo-, on
business.
G. E. Harding was in the city this
morning on business from Quincy.
B. B. Henon was called to this city
this morning from Donnellson.
D. L. Reid was in the city this af-
ternoon from Burlington.
L. Brodsky was in the city this
morning from Pennington.
W. ]. Mullikin was a business caller
this morning from Downing, Mo.
Miss Alice Brown was city shopper
this morning from Wayland.
R. E. Barber of Denver, H., was in
the city this afternoon on business.
Mrs. Cowgirl and Miss Theolia Cow
gill returned to Des Moines, after a
pleasant visit at the residence of Jesse
w Webb.
Phil H. Brennan has gone to Chi
cago for a weeks visit with relatives
DR.. c. Fl. Fegers is in Chicago for
a few days visit and not to reside, as
has been enormously stated.
Quincy Journal: John Honack
aged II, who for some time has been
an inmate of st. Yincent's home. went
to the home of his daughter. Mrs
Mary Till, of COS Jackson street, this
morning, sat down on the back porch
pulled soda bottle half filed with car
bolic acid ont of his pocket, drank 6
lot of the liquid, then lay down ant
/ died fifteen or twenty minutes after
ward He was temporarily deranged
at tie time, according to the verdict Of
the coroner's jury
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-27

For Long and Useful LIfe.
If thou desire to take the best ad.
vantage of thyself. keep temperate
diet, use moderate exercise, observe
seasonable and set hours for rest.-F
Quarles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-27
Shot Herself.

MOUNT AYR, Sept. -Despondent
over a love affair, Miss Otto. the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William OF
to, committed suicide by shooting her
self in the head with 3S-calibre re-
volver at the home of her parents
near ere. A note was found,in which
she bid her parents farewell, and said.
Il cannot live without Harry 1t is
said she was in love with Harry De-
wore. She was musician and one of
the most highly respected young wom-
en- in the county.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-27
rhs Get There Spirit

OTTUMWA, Sept Pin less than
three weeks Ottumwa citizens have
raised $4,000 toward enterprises
for bigger and greater Ottumwa.
100000 was Ottumwa's share of the
Iowa City-Ottumwa interurban road
and the balance was raised to provide
a factory site and pay freightage of
shipping the Moline Pump company
from Moline to Ottumwa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-27
Bull Terriers as Mourners.

Three bull terriers followed hearse
conveying the body of an old dog fan
cier named George Laceby of Smith
street, Remington, as far as footing
cemetery the other day. They wore
Grape bows and on their cloth coats
was written: Following cur master
to his last resting place. London
Evening Standard
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-27
Divorce statistlcs.

In England and Wales, to every
100000 of population. there are an
nually granted two divorces; In Ire
land, less than one; in Italy. three;
in Scotland, four; in Germany, fifteen;
In France. twenty-three; and in the
United States, seventy-three.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-27
Labor.

II 1t were not for labor men could
neither eat 80 much nor relish so pleas.
antly nor sleep SO soundly nor be so
healthful nor so useful, 30 strong nor
so patient SO noble or 80 untempered.
Jeremy Taylor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-27
Slow Proaress In China.

Even in Honan city, distant only tw,
days by rail from Picking, lump silver
the same cumbrous currency that has
been used for centuries. is still en-
ployed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-07
HURLS DEFIANCE AT
DAVENPORT COUNCIL
Police and Fire Commission Refuses
to Reinstate Discharged
Employe.

The Davenport police and fire com
missioners have declared themselves.
In letter read to the city council by
City Clerk Hugo Moeller and which
was subscribed to by Henry jaeger, a
member of the commission of three,
the position of the board is given rel
alive to the request made by the coun-
Gil that Gus Feers, former assistant
fire chief, be given a rehearing. The
letter in full follows:
my attention having been called to
the last council proceedings in refer
ence to the matter of Fireman Feers
and in the temporary absence from the
city of the other members of the po-
lice and fire commission, take it upon
myself to answer the same, and I wish
to state that the city clerk informed
the council by word of mouth, at a
meeting of a committee of the whole,
that our body had at a special meet
ing held on Aug. 4, after due and care
full deliberation. decided that we
would not give Feers a rehearing nor
reinstate him. Now this should and
does end the matter. But in connec-
tlon WISH 10 say Jnat II is the ann
and sworn duty of this board to keep
up a high standard of police and fire
men, and We only put men Off the de-
partment for what we consider just
and sufficient cause, and I believe this
boards judgment and official acts, TO
say the least, are fully as good as the
aldermen who persist in finding fault
with our decisions, and we will there
fore not be governed nor swayed by
their likes or dislikes, but shall con-
tinue to do our duty as we see it, re-
CARELESS of politics.
No action on the communication
was taken by the council, the letter be-
ing merely ordered filed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-07

merits. 1t will also promote greater
it's provisions for selecting employees
solely on the basis of fitness for their
work and by it's provisions for efficien-
cy records to serve as a stimulus to
employees and a guide for promotion
and removals. Wisconsin has found
that it's state civil service law has
brought economy, first by insuring to
the state the time of many employees
who, in certain seasons, would have
been engaged in politics; second, by
preventing padded pay rolls; and,
third, by saving the time that depart
ment heads, under the spoils system,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-07
Forced to Leave Home.

Every year a large number OF
poor sufferers whose lungs are sore
and racked with coughs are urged
to go to another climate. But this
is costly and not always sure.
There's better way. Let DR.. Kings
New Discovery cure you at home.
1T cured me of lung trouble"
writes w. r. Nelson of Calamine,
Ark, when all else failed and 1
gained Al pounds in weight. It's
surely the king of all cough and
lung cures" Thousands owe their
lives and health to it. It's positively
guaranteed for coughs, colds, grip,
asthma, croup-all throat and lung
troubles. Fifty cents and 81. Trial
bottle free at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-07

must give to office seekers. Wiscon-
sin has recently extended the civil
service law to take in the game war
dens.
TT is not enough for decent citizens
to get into a fine frenzy about corrup-
ton In our legislature. Let us do
something to extend well-tried sys-
TENS making for good government.
Let us vote for the little ballot propo-
sitions next November, for the cor
rupt practices act, the initiative and
referendum, and the comprehensive
state civil service law. Let the people
express their demand for this legisla,
ton and 1t will come"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-07
JUST ONE LONELY SLEEPER
An Unusually Quiet Night for Local
Police Department.

Only one man was in the city Jail
last night, it being the first time in
many months there has been such a
dearth of boarders. To make it the
more unusual the one man who was
there was merely "a sleeper who could
have stayed elsewhere had he so de-
sired and in that case every cell in
the place would have been vacant
AS a general rule there are at least
half dozen in Jail all the time, ma
jority of them being fellows who are
getting over the effects of the jag of
the night before. When the sleeper
departed this morning, he left only
officers there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-07

would be amended at the next session
of the legislature
Mr.. Robins simply pleads for hon
esty and efficiency in the public ser
vice. He held the large corporations
responsible for the corruption of mem
bers of the city councils and state
assemblies, but it was rarely that the
ones that should be punished were
reached by the law. A referendum
law would destroy the usefulness of
the professional lobbyist.
Spells System in Illinois.
Mr. Fleming urged the voters to
vote Eyes" on the little ballot ques-
tons He said in part: THE Lorimer
senatorial committee hearings and the
Browne trials have brought out evil
dence showing how patronage In the
public service may be used by a boss to
secure a vote in the state legislature
or to provide a living for legislative
politician in need of money between
sessions. Mr.. Lorimer, in his speech
to the United States senators last May,
told them that he had built up a great
political organization in the metropo-
lis of Illinois. But he forgot to tell
how, in building up the machine, he
had used positions of public employ
ment, including positions under the
state government, as spoils for the re-
ward of organized workers. The state
grain inspectors. mine inspectors, live
stock inspectors and factory inspec-
tors are still under the spoils system.
So are the statehouse watchmen,
clerks and other employees in the cap
itol, the guards and others at the Pom
tiac reformatory, the Joliet peniten-
tiary and the Chester penitentiary, the
game wardens and the game farmers,
and all of the rest of the state en-
ployes except those of the charities
service. 1t was a good thing for the
publication of politics when the en-
ployes of our state charitable institu-
lions were placaAT 'Fr the merit sys-
~ ~ KY good for ILL
..o.e pU1rIcs TO nave the rest of the
state employees placed under the merit
system.
Open Competition.
'The Peoria conference on the
breakdown of representative govern
ment in Illinois declared for the en-
actment of a comprehensive state civil
service law as one means to the res
toration of popular government. More
over, comprehensive state civil serv-
ice law will provide open competition
for all wage and salary workers of
Illinois to win state positions on their