davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
Case in Prest's Court.

sauIted Richard A. Long in the Gibson
wards appeared in Judge Frank B.
Prast,s court this afternoon and plead
ed guilty TO the charge. He was fined
81 and costs.
He is ALLEGED to have hit Long with
c,ub and the victim of the assault
has been in the hospital ever since
" q Hitzell, another man who was
beaten al the same time has sworn out
. warrant for McBee's arrest. 1t is
understood that Long Will start sun
- recover damages for the injuries
he received.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
WILL PLUGS
GET SMALLER?
New Rule of Selling Enforc-
ed by Tobacco Trust.

The American Tobacco company has
sent notice to all dealers that here
after all plug tobacco will be sold >at
so much a dozen plugs instead of the
former method of selling by weight
All of the common brands will come
under the new ruling. Some dealers
see in the move a plan to reduce the
size of the plugs later. Under the new
plan they say there is nothing to pre-
vent the manufacturer from slicing off
an ounce or two from the largest. Last
July, when the tax on tobacco was
raised. the trust Immediately reduced
the weight of the 5 cent package of
smoking tobacco from / 2-3 ounces to
l II ounces. Because of this some deal
ers expect a similar action on chewing
plug tobacco.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
Prisoners Released.

Adam Chelapi and Mark Ferdin, two
Gary foreigners who were arrested in
correction with the murder of Peter
Mullen, We're released from jail yes
terday by Sheriff Grant, after having
been incarcerated over five months
The two foreigners were arrested by
the Gary police on suspicion and II
was thought for some time that they
were the real murderers. but the trial
several weeks ago held in the superior
court proved that they were innocent
and they were accordingly released
YESTERDAY
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
ACTION On
SALE VAS
DEFERRED
Important Meeting of Board
of Education Takes Place;
Erick Lund Is Lowest Bid
der by Big Chunk on New
School Building.

Definite action on the sale of the
Central school property and the letting
of the contracts for the proposed in
dustrial high school were taken under
advisement for an indefinite time last
night at the meeting of the board of
education. A meeting will be held next
Monday night, at which the contract
bids will come up for consideration and
also the sale of the school property.
Erick Lund of Hammond was found to
be by far the lowest bidder on the gem
eral contract for. the building. He
was the only Lake county bidder, and
with his reputation a reliable con-
tractor he will undoubtedly land the
contract. The remonstrance of the for
ty-eight taxpayers was read and placed
on file The remonstrance asked that
the board rescind all action in the mat
ter of the sale of the Central school
property.
Committee Reports.
A. NJ. Turner appeared before the
board and stated his position pros
pective purchaser Of the property eth
er as whole or in part. George Eder
submitted a bid of s4o0 for the south
twenty Ave feet of the school property,
which abuts his property the north.
The board also read the communica ton
from the committee. consisting of J.
F. Balckmun, j. j. Ruff and J. Floyd
Irish. who were appointed to act as
appraisers in an advisory capacity. The
suggestion of this committee was that
the undivided property frontage OF 222
feet with a depth of 14O feet. should
sell for $3.50 a front foot. This COM
mittee further advised that il the board
sell only part of the frontage that the
north fifty feet sell for 5000 and the
south fifty feet for $500.
Turner Explains Position.
Referring to statement which ap-
peared exclusively in THE TIMES some
time ago, Mr.. Turner said to the board
last night:
that IL twenty-five property owners
were opposed to the sale OF the prop
erty. that l would not press the mat
ter. did not know of the remonstrance
until late this afternoon, and in look
ing 1t over I find names that are un-
known TO me and the names of other
men whose opinions I respect very
ential business men have come to ms
urging me to stand pat on my offer
II may be that some of the signers arr
Influenced by the thought that the up
building OF this part of the town woulf
be to the detriment of State street
which, of course, would not be an nm
Continued on page nve.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
No Clue to Thief.

No clue has been discovered yet by
the police to the burglar who entered
the Parker and DeWeese residences
last Tuesday night. Chief Austgen Is
of tn opinion that he came from chi
oooo and that he was back there be-
fore dalight Several weeks ago when
some of the houses north of Homewooo
,,era entered it was learned that the
thief had pawned one of the stoieh
wstches by eight O'Clock OF the same
,orninex following the burglary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

There will be meeting or the TOWN.
ship assessors OF Lake County on Dec
81 to select a delegate to the district
meeting at LaPorte which will be held
on Dec. 90.
The delegates to the district meet
ing will then select a delegate to go to
Indianapolis to lobby in favor OF cer-
tain measures which the assessors OF
the state would like to have passed.
Assessor b. f. Escher of Hammond
will attend the meeting at Crown
Point. 1t is understood that an effort
will be made to have the influence OF
the township assessors felt at the next
meeting of the legislature.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
SUED IN CHICAGO.

= Corp0F9t1ons Operating IN Lake
County have been made defendants in
the Cook county superior court in Cni-
cago in damage suits.
Joseph Woskowicz vs. Chicago, Lake
Shore g. South Bend Ry. Co., case $10,-
900. Comerford & Cohen attys.
Wadyslaw Czecziotka VS.. Hammond
Glue Co. ct al; case $4,000, same at
torneys.
In Circuit Court. George Parks VS..
Indiana Steel CO.; case, s25,ooo, Beach
& Beach, attorneys.
Antonio Basso, admr of Maria Basso,
decd VS.. Cal &So Chicago Ry Co.,
case $4,000, Lynn, Baumer & House,
attorneys.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
Child Is Better.

LeGrand Meyer. the eight year old
son of Attorney LeGrand T. Meyer. is
reported to be better today The boy
has been sick with an attack of ty-
phoid- d-pneumo onia
The infant daughter of W. Hankey.
who is sick with pneumonia, has been
taken to Chicago where an operation
was performed which is believed to
have been successful.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
Divorce Suit Filed.

A divorce suit was fled in the Lake
superior court in which Nelson Ponyard
has brought an action against his
wife. Annie. 1t is alleged that she
failed to keep the house clean and that
she forcibly evicted him from the
house.
The couple are from Gary. and At
torney J. j. Mccarthy has filed the
action. The couple were married Dec.
"a 1907, and were separated Aug. 5,
1909
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
Dies After Long Illness.

Mrs. Mary Lipps, 50 years old died
this morning after a two months III
ness. She made her home with her
daughter Mrs. Frank Baker, 235 East
state street In addition 10 ner
daughter she is survived by her son
John Baker.
The funeral has been a-ranged Tor
next Monday morning services WIN
he held at All Saints church at elsht
o'clock and interment will be IN 81.
Joseph's cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
Good Advice.

The fellows that took their money
out of Indiana and invested 1t in lands
will be interested to learn that they
could have made "a per cent on their
money in the last ten years by buying
good old Indiana soil And had they
bought sand lands at current prices in
Gary ten years ago they could have
made about one million per cent Moral.
Keep your money in Indiana and help
develop the state-Chestert Tribune
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

Word came to Hammond this noon
that a man named Johnson had been
shot and killed by man named Wade
at Kouts. early this morninfi. The men
the shooting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
Located in New JERSEY.

Charles Sturm who left Hammond
for the east last Monday is now per
manently located in Elizabeth \. ]. In
going east he stopped at New Castle,
Pa. and Philadelphia.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
MAKE SHOCKING
ACCUSATIONS
Prisoners Confined in Crown Point
Jail Make Ugly Charges Against
Police of Gary

experiences at the hands of Chief
Joseh D. Martins men that the Judge
ordered the matter to be probed
STORIES CORROBORATED.
AS result of THE TIMES investiga-
tion the fact is established that
prisoners are beaten almost to insen-
sibility, they are threatened with
death, strange devices are used for the
purpose of torture and in one case at
least a prisoner was strung up by the
neck in an effort to force a confession.
Yesterday a TIMES reporter in COM
pany with August Bremen, a Crown
Point attorney, who was taken into
the Jail as a witness to the converse
ton, interviewed a number of risoners
with the following result.
AIonzo Taylor who was arrested on
August 10. 1910, said: "Chief Martin
and a man they call Slim took me
into room in the police station at
Gary and demanded to know If L had
not stolen a certain sum of money. ]
told them 1 knew nothing about the
theft
GETS FIRST DEGREE.
Il was informed that it would &C
hard with me if I did not tell the
truth. They then took me back to my
cell and between one and two O'Clock
in the morning Chief Martin and an.
CONTINUED on page eighty
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
Shoot Omitted.

Although last "Wednesday was the
dav for the regular shoot it was ON
n1itted 1t will depend on the weather
whether one will be held this month
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
Schools Close Today.

This afternoon the public schools of
Gary will be closed until after the
holidays. Sessions will be resumed
again on Monday January 3 Most Of
Gary's Sc teachers vii leave the city
for their Christmas vacation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
Divorce Case.

ing their matrimonial difficulties in the
Lake superior court this afternoon.
Cruel and inhuman treatment are al
legged.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

THERE'S A CHANCE THAT you
OUGHT NOT TO POSTPONE THAT
sssH0PPING- ANY LONGER. READ
THE TINES ADS AND SEE IF THIS
Is NOT so. ~
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
WATER men
DISCUSS The
SITUATION

An interview with the chief clerk of
the Gary Heat, Light & Water com
pany reveals the fact that in the three
years that the water tunnel and pump
ing station of that company has been
in opera ton the people of Gary have
been subject to inconvenience from
needle" or sslush" ice
This is a positive refutation of the
claim made by the engineer of the
Hammond plant that all of the other
pumping stations on the lake are both
cred with needle" ice in the winter
time.
The United States Steel company
built the plant of the Gary Heat, Light
& Water company as subsidiary to
the Indiana Steel company. 1t built
the plant at cost of approximately
$500, 900
It was Gary's good fortune that the
great wealth of the United States Steel
Corporation was available for the pur-
pose of providing an adequate and a
reliable supply of water
Solution Is Possible.
However, the Gary Heat Light &
Water company has demonstrated that
a solution of the problem of fighting
needle and "slush'' ice is possible 1t
has demonstrated that something is
necessary to insure a reliable supply
of water at all times.
If the city of Hammond. any por-
/ tion of it burns down Mayor Becker
and his false economizers will not be
able 10 say: The problem of needle
! ice was impossible of solution, for the
! city of Gary has solved the problem and
three years test has proven this fact.
/ comma riSOQ with the dinl< V
! intakes of the Weston Glucose company
g nd the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad is
ridiculous. The claim upon which the
criticism of the Hammond water de-
! partment is made is that it has pre-
! ferred to extend and patch up it's pres
Continued On page ive)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
Latest News

New York, Dec. 16.-Because his wife refused to give
him wheat cakes for breakfast John Hynes shot her
death and then fatally shot himself.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

him wheat cakes for breakfast John Hvnes shot her
death and then fatally shot himself
Indianapolis Ind, Dec 16- Times Bureau. PRO
ceedngs started in the federal court here for the
seizure of ten of bad eggs in the possession of A
Aaronson of Gary which were shipped from Chicago
commission merchants. Proceedings taken under
the federal pure food law Deputy United States Mar
sha Lon Boyd Gary today to seize the ten
of spoiled eggs
South Bend, Ind. Dec 16-The South Bend Cham
Der of Commerce will join agitation for the lnvestlga
ton of the rates and practices of the companies
The question is before the interstate commerce COM
declared in favor Of the movement and in the last few
weeks the plan has been indorsed by local commercial
organizations all parts of the country Action III the
direction been taken By the board OF directors
of the South Bend Chamber of commerce
Washington. Dec 16.--Republicans have agreed upon
plan whereby the holiday of the house will begin
after next Thursday sessio the to continue i
til Wednesday, Jan. 4. Later possibly IN January,
evening of the house likely with view to
facilitating the administration S Legislative program
Syracuse, n. Y. Dee. 16.-A heavy snowfall a gale
of blizzard proportions and temperature below zero are
causing much suffering throughout northern New York
today The cold snap the fist severe one OF the WINTER
foot of snow has fallen the last twenty hours
and hundreds of roads blocked by drifts, cutting off
communication with the rural districts Trains III the
northern counties are running with difficulty.
Paradise, Kan. Dee. 16-Ear Ward, who ropped
the State bank Of 5O0 killed himself when trapped IN
cid slxvsa ar1nss
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
PAPP To
Be SUED
FOR S307

1t is asserted that a suit for $307.50
is to be started against John Papp and
John Pascaly by Anthony Ambrose, his
brother and his stepfather, John Staric
who claim that this amount is due them
for work they did at the rate of $3.50
a day while they were seining the Lit
tie Calumet river.
The men will allege in their COM
plant that John Papp and John Pas
caly were given the contract for sein-
ing the river in order to rid it of the
German carp: that the plaintiffs were
employed at $3.50 day to do this work
and that they were never paid the mon
ey that is due them.
1t is understood that John Papp re-
ceived $50 month for experimenting
the work of seining the river. In this
connection stories are told of midnight
trips in which wagonloads of fish were
taken to Chicago to be sold in the Jew
ish quarter.
Why Keep Fish Alive.
1t is understood that suit will also
be brought to recover SIS for wire net
ting which was used to make live
box in which the fish were tU be kept
until it was convenient to take them
to Chicago and sell them. The only
reason for keeping them alive is the
fact that it is only the live fish which
bring good prices in the Jewish quar-
ter
The Home Lumber company had a
bill for lumber against Papp and Pas
cay, but it is understood that Pascaly
paid this bill out of his own pocket
The law requires that the fish which
are caught while the river is being
sened under orders of the state game
warden are to be given away to all who
apply and under no circumstances are
they to be sold. The game fish are tt
be turned back into the river
| Fred Donnelly of Kouts. Ind. is the
| game warden who has jurisdiction over
this territory. and it is understood that
| Papp is acting under him In the mean
/ time a number of other disgruntle6
democrats have bobbed up who claim
/ they were promised the appointment o.
! game warden in this district
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

Paradise Kan Dee. 16-Earl Ward, who robbed
the state hank of $780, killed himself when trapped in
cfar71fipld lv posse.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

ADVERTISE AND
AGAIN II THE TIMES
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

ARE YOU READING THE TINES.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

Continued On page five.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

CLOUDY TO-DAY AND
SATURDAY: NO CdANGl
IN TEMPERATURES.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

Continued on page ase.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
GETS FIRST DECREE.

CONTINUED on page eighty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-30

lie in the form of bitter opposition
from those with whose profit it has
interfered. The cry has been raised
against it that the government must
not do for it's citizens at a less cost
what private interests are ready to
make them pay for at higher prices.
Now. I believe fully in the private de-
velopment of irrigation projects which
the government can not undertake.
There is a large and legitimate field
for such work. But the essential thing
is to make homes on the lands, not
to enable individuals to profit from
the necessities of the men who make
those homes. There is no more war
rant for objecting to the reclamation
of arid lands by the government than
there would be to protest against the
government for patenting agricultural
lands directly to the actual settler, in
stead of through a middleman, who
ton. The men who assert their right
to get something for themselves at
the cost of the community instead OF
by service to the community we have
always had with us, and doubtless
we always shall. But there is no rea-
son why we should yield to them.
The reclamation service has not done
so, and that is the chief reason for
the attacks upon 1t.
ct don't think that there is one
among you who is a better and more
thorough going Westerner than 1 am.
There has been no support given to
the conservation policies so welcome
as that which came from the west,
and none in the west more welcome
than that which came from Colorado.
There are men and organizations in
Colorado, and I mention Delta in par
ticular, whose support of the conser-
walton policies has been of the great
est value to the nation. It has not
always been an easy thing for them
to stand for what was right, to stand
for the real ultimate good as against
the seeming temporary good; but
they have stood for it steadily never
theless.
From the standpoint of conserva-
ton, the east has wasted much of its
own superb endowment; and as an
American, an a lover of the west, /
hope the west will profit by the casts
bitter lesson. and will not repeat the
mistakes of the east. The east has
the effect of the waste, which now
puts it at disadvantage compared
to the west and it is sorry. Most OF
the capital and very many of the
men now attempting to monopolize
your western resources are from the
east. The west should learn the les
son of the casts mistakes and II
should remember that conservation in
the west will help the west first and
most, and that the movement for con-
servation is most earnest, most vigor-
GUS and most effective in the west and
among western men. That is one
strong reason why the conservation
policy has come to stay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-30
PARSONS is THERE
Salina Survivor of OsawatOmie
at Dedication Exercises.
Was Member of Party Plotting
Lane to Topeka.
TELLS OF OTHER DAYS
Refers to John Brown and Their
First Meeting.
Says AbOlitiOnist Displayed in
Battle a Goodness.

Salina, Kan, Aug. 3O.-One of the
survivors of the Battle of Osawatomie
is Luke F. Parsons of Salina. He now
is IA xes-s old. and today is present
at the dedication exercises of the John
Brown battlefield. He has lived in
Kansas since before the war most of
the time in Saline county. He is a
son-in-Iaw of the late Samuel Dexter
Houston, who was a member of the
Wyandotte constitutional convention
and who died here recently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-30
Saturday OdOrS.

ASK me to go to the theater any
night in the week except gasoline night
and I'll CO." said the man.
What night is that?" she asked.
Saturday. Women get their gloves
home from the cleaners on Saturday
or else clean them themselves the last
Of the week, and the gasoline fumes
haven't had time to evaporate. Half
the women you meet in a crowd on
Saturday night carry a gasoline odor
about on their gloves. In hot, stuffy
place that is pretty bad. On Monday
night gasoline still perfumes the air,
but it is getting faint and I can stand
it. but not on Saturday. New York
Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-30
MOTHERS EMOTIONS"

"My little grandson often comes up
to show me how large the muscles of
his arms are.
"He was a delicate child, but has
developed into strong, healthy boy
and Postum has been the principal
factor.
IT was induced to give him the Pos
tum because of my own experience
with it.
II am sixty years old. and have
been a victim of nervous dyspepsia for
many years. Have tried all sorts of
medicines and had treatment from
many physicians, but no permanent
relief came. 1 believe nervous dyspep-
tics suffer more than other sick people.
as they are affected mentally as we'll
as physically.
IT used to read the Postum adver-
tisements in our paper. At first I
gave but little attention to them, think
ing it was fraud like so many I had
tried, but finally something in one of
the advertisements made me conclude
to try it.
81 was very particular to have it
prepared strictly according to dfrec-
TONS and used good, rich cream. 1t
was very nice indeed. and about bed
time said to the members of the fam
ily that 1 believed I felt better. One
of them laughed and said. That's an
other of mothers notions, but the no
ton has not left me yet.
ST continued to improve right along
after leaving off coffee and taking
Postum, and now after three years
use 1 feel so well that I am almost
young again. 1 know Postum was the
cause of the change in my health and
I can not say too much in it's favor. I
wish 1 could persuade all nervous
people to use it,
Read 1.-The Road to MELVILLE" found
| in pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever read the above letter? A new
g. UNur<xw
are genuine, true, and fun of human
interest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-30
RASH APPEARS AGAIN.
Summer Eczema and Hot Weather
Skin Troubles Demand Prompt
Treatment With Pos1am.

treatment With P0Sam.
All skin troubles which are prevail
emit in hot weather-rashes, infiam-
nations. so-called summer" eczema,
itching spots. hives. pimples, etc, de-
mand the use of poslam for their
prompt eradication. Their causes are
found in overheated blood, skin irri-
tation, digestive disorders, etc. In
some persons the eating of fish or Der
rtes in certain months always brings
them on. For clearing the complex
lon. red or inf1amed noses, sunburn,
mosquito bites, burns, etc. poslam
should be used in preference to aught
else, surprising results being noted
after single application
The readiness with which posIan
heals small surfaces and minor trou-
bles Is but an indication Of it's rapid
action in curing eczema, letter.
scabies. itch, ETC.. on hands, limbs,
scalp or any part Of the body.
special 50-cent package Of pos
lam Is prepared for minor uses, and
this, as wen as the regular 81 jar, is
on sale by all druggists, particularly
Rosser Drug Co., and Fred A. Snow.
But free sample, which will AFFORD
a convincing test, may be obtained by
mail. by writing to the Emergency La
boratories, 80 West 25th street, New
York City.