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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-05
DETACHMENT Of Towns by Posters.

DETACHMENT Of Towns by Posters.
While town officials are struggling
with the billboard nuisance. it is hoped
that some regulation will be made Of
the poster evil. There is not a single
reason why posts. poles, fences, street
trees and buildings should be defaced
by posters-we repeat. not single
good reason-yet such vandalism is
allowed. Were it forbidden there are
plenty Of people who would gladly help
to enforce the ordinance. Many would
also tear OF the offending cards or
posters did they know they were with
in the law in so doing. Never in the
history Of small towns has the privi-
lege been so abused. Rains and wind
scatter them after these plasters are
stuck to the poles all over the town.
only adding thereby to the slovenly
appearance of many districts. Such
posting should be positively forbidden
by ordinances sufficiently drastic to
protect the appearance Of the city.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-05
WASHINGTON NEWS
STATED IN BRIEF.
TELEGRAPHIC CHRONICLE OF
STATE HAPPENINGS.
GOHL MURDER TRIAL BEGINS
Aberdeen Murder Case Expected to
Bring Out Much Sensational Test
imony.-Suspect's Record Bad.

ABERDEEN-Ther opened in the
Superior Court of this county at
Montesano, Monday morning, MUIR
der trial which, if rumors and present
statements are to be believed, VIII
surpass the Guinness murder farm cpl
sode and establish a new criminal rec
ord for the entire United States.
William Gohl, until his arrest some
weeks ago, agent of the local Sailors
Union, is specifically charged with the
murders of Charles Hadberg, sailor,
and John Hoffman, formerly cigar
manufacturer of this city, but it is
thoroughly believed by the sheriff's
office, the police department and mu-
nicipal authorities of Aberdeen that
before the trial is over horrible
story of crime and corruption exist
ing some years ago in this city. will
be revealed and that not only will
other murders be brought to light, but
that more names, at present well
known here, will be dragged into the
affair.
Bearing a history that has several
times crossed the police records, Goal,
If accounts are to be believed, has at
last reached the end of his rope, but
has saved enough to hang himself
The prosecution feels confident of the
outcome. It has massed a great vol
ume of evidence, both circumstantial
and absolute, seriously damaging to
Gohl.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-05
Business Building Bricks.

Limitation is the sincerest flattery."
Don't flatter your competitor by imi-
tating his selling idea.
Every order that you allow to go out
to Rears Sawbuck makes your trading
center retrograde 100 per cent. be
cause it takes money from home and
keeps the consumer from your door.
A salesman should have the ability
to- create desire for his goods in the
face Of absolute uncertainty.
The only sort Of dust you can sue
cessfully throw In some mems eyes is
gold dust
fyou are permitted to participate IN
the social life OF a customer don't over
DO It.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-05
TOWN AS A. STOCK COMPANY.
Ohio Village Has Board 81 Directors,
and Only Stockholders Can Vote.

Ohio Village Has Board Of Directors,
and Only Stockholders Can Vote.
A village Incorporated as q stock
company, governed by a board Of d.
rectors and where only stockholders
are voters. is the very latest In the
world of model towns" This village
is Birmingham, a part OF Florence
township. in Erie county. O.
Incorporation has eliminated all the
unsatisfactory features which have
made Utopian 'commonwealths" fall
ures. The communistic idea-that of
all being equal and sharing equally
which has been the very foundation OF
these unsuccessful communities. is en-
tirely outside the structure Of this new
village. In it none but property hold
ers can be stockholders. and none but
a stakeholder has a vote in the cleo
ton of its governing officials. The
idea. too. of common fund. or store
house, which has been feature with
most of the communities. has been
eliminated from the government Of
Birmingham. Each family is separate
from its neighbors. both in its manner
Of living and in the matter OF worldly
goods.
In applying for its Incorporation pa
pers the formal name. Birmingham I'm
provement company, was given. This
will enable the village to have all the
city improvements. at the same time
eliminating red tape, favoritism and
incompetency Of officials.
In an address at a recent meeting
the attitude of those interested was
expressed by one Of the officials. who
said:
I'VE have come to the decision that
the trouble with village government
is that he votes of persons who have
not dollars worth of taxable proper
ty-many Of whom cannot read or
write-have the Sa me value in an cleo
ton to vote public money for improve
ments as the votes Of property holders
who regularly pay large taxes. For
inStance-and this is true condition
pay 500 annually. but my hired man
goes to the polls as the windnp Of a
weeks drunk and willfully votes away
my money on what perhaps may be
unnecessary expenditures Our aim is
to keep such matters in the hands OF
those directly interested through an
investment of money in land or i'm
proved property"
This village. which is capitalized at
only $500. will spend more than that
amount in installing a natural gas sys-
TEN. A system of assessments is a
part Of its bylaws, and by them the
deficit on this work will be made up.
This is the only means by which
Birmingham. with its 500 Inhabitants.
can get this city convenience. the gas
company having refused to stand the
expense Of installing the system. A
sewer system, waterworks and paved
streets are being outlined for installa-
ton as soon as the funds will permit.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-05
Guard Airs Woes.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bunch Of Ma.
tional Guard officers gathered here
Saturday to tell their troubles to Gov.
ernor Hay, and as usual the Governor
refused to discuss the matter, al
though it Is understood he will act
early on whether or not Adjutant- Gen.
eral Lamping shall be removed, OF
whether other officers shall be asked
to resign. There seems to be a belief
that Lamping has failed to make good
as Adjutant-G General.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-05
No Place In Town For Growers.

A man who stands on the street cor
ner chewing and splitting, telling how
the government should be run, cursing
the town. finding fault with his grand
mother because she was a woman,
claiming that the merchants are To-:
Of thieves. that the lawyers and news
paper men would skin man to a fin
.ish. and a whole lot more, is nui-
'sance and an abomination. Any town
pestered with one or more such wor.
thies would be justified in exercising
cowhide authority on the bosoms Of
their trousers. No one is obliged to
live where he is not suited. II things
don't suit you. go where they viii. A
growler and a sorehead N q town Is
an enterprise killer every time.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-05
Weller on Trial for Murder.

TACOMA-Charles Weller has been
put on trial before Judge Chapman
for the murder of Mrs. Schulz. Mrs.
Weller, his divorced wife and daugh.
ter Of the murdered woman gave out
a signed statement denying that Veg
Aer had any real affection for his
children, citing instances of his neg
iect OF them and declaring his present
protestations were only for the sake
of gaining sympathy.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-05
State Board on Reforestation.

SEATTLE-Governo M. E. Hay
will, within the next few days, an.
nounce the creation of the state COM
mission on forest legislation, consist
ing of IL members. The duties of the
commission will be to make an ex-
haustive study of the logged-off lands
problem, forest fire protection, refor-
estation of lands untitled for agricul
tural purposes and similar matters,
embodying their Investigations into a
report to the Governor, which report
will be transmitted to the next legis-
lature as basis for forest protective
laws.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-05
Ask Yakima County Divided.

NORTH YAKIMA - Charles F..
Bailey, Of Granger, and Sam Keller,
OF Toppenish, as chairman and secre.
tary of county division committee,
have issued calls for county division
caucuses in all precincts east of Union
Gap on May II. The line proposed
to divide Yakima County would make
all the district east of Union Gap, in
Guiding the Sunnyside irrigated dis
trict and the Yakima Indian reserva-
tfon, new county.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-05
Commissioner Smith Completes Map

Commissioner Smith Completes Map.
NORTH YAKIMA-A. L. Smith,
civil engineer and water commission
er for the state, has just forwarded
to Olympia a new map showing the
irrigation projects in the Yakima and
Columbia River Valleys, including
those completed, under construction,
and projected. The map, which is
colored to show the lands under each
canal, is to be printed in an official.
publication of the state and is con-
sidered the most valuable map of the
irrigated district ever compiled
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-05
Town Will Get Fortune.

DAYTON-Dr. Mercel Pietrzycki.
pioneer physician, capitalist and phil
anthropist, will spend his fortune, es-
timated at 100000, in beauifyinr his
homo town, Dayton. and in providing
Tor young and women Of the North.
west . technical training school.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26
TWINS IN BABY CAB
HIT Ry ERIE FLYER
One Child Is Tossed so Feet
And Plays With Sand
While Mother Weeps.
Especial to THE T1MEs.) )

. Griffith, Ind, July 26.-Fate played
a strange prank with year-old twins.
the sons of Mrs Peter Monticello, an
Italian woman. living on Main street.
west of the Erie tracks. last evening
One of the children may die as the
result of injuries which it received
yesterday, when the baby cab in which
the twins were riding, was struck by a
west-bound Erie passenger train The
other boy escaped unharmed. and sat
on the right of way playing in the
sand while his frantic mother raved
over her injured boy
Mrs. Monticello was on her way to
the grocery store and was wheeling
the twins. The passenger train was
somewhat late and was fairly we'll un-
der way when it came to the cross
ing. The woman says she did not no
tice the approaching train until it
was about on top of her She gave
the cab a push to send it across the
tracks and she herself ran back An
dren was hurled no less than rs feet.
The train was brought to a stop. and
nearly all the passengers rushed out 70
learn of the accident. At first it was
thought that the boy, who is now dv-
ing, was not SO severely injured, but
he grew worse during the evening
Or. Iddings of MerrilIville was called
and administered to the child. The ac-
cident happened at 4:30.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26
BUILDING DIFFICULTY
IS PUT OUT OF WAY
Agitation Over Alleged Fire
Trap Is Stopped and Re
construction Goes On.

Otto Knoerer Is repairing his State
street frame building near Morton
Court which was damaged by fire a
week ago. Mr.. Knoerzer having as
sured Charles Arkin and the other
property owners in the neighborhood
who were inclined to object to main
tanning the building because they fear
ed it as fire trap, that he would re
pair only so much of the building as is
necessary, and make it as safe as pos
sible under the circumstances the agi-
tation has subsidized
Mr. Knoerzer has three tenants in
the building who are established in
business and 1t is to protect these as
much as himself that he is making the
repairs. The main part Of the building z
was found damaged comparatively lit
tie. and repairs on it do not conflict
with the city ordinance which provides
that no permit shall be issued to repair
building which has been damaged
more than sixty percent.
The story and a half frame building 2
and some of the frame annexes which
were badly damaged viii be torn down
completely.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26
TOLLESTON STREETS
LOSE THEIR IDENTITY

The opening of Fifteenth avenue for
a distance of four miles west of Broad
wayy Will mean the loss of identity and
the blotting out of more than a score of
Tolleston streets, some Of which have
been on the map since the civil war.
Last evening an ordinance was intro
duced into the city council to do away
with all of these streets. Until they are
officially obliterated the city attorney
cannot take steps to open the thorough
fare.
1t appears that every time a new sub
division was plated along either side
of the center line of sections g. s. 7 IL
and II which is also the center line Of
the avenue TO be extended. the various
property owners gave that portion of
the stret fronting their property a diff
ferent name. Consequently Fifteenth
avenue in the west end of the city now
has nearly a score of names Here are
some of them and they are enough to
tie up the whole postal department
Grant street. Washington street. 16eth
street. 43rd avenue. Woodlawn avenue
3rd avenue, Indiana avenue, Sangamon
street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26
CLASSIC
ENGLISH
USED HERE
Especial 70 THE TIMEs.)

East Chicago. July 26.-No one here
seems TO know them and when the news
struck town that an 'eloping couple
from East Chicago had been arrested at
Fort Wayne" there was some specula-
tion. The Fort Wayne News tells the
story as follows:
Hannah Poirson, filthy old hag
and Mike Higgins, fit running mate
for her were up on vagrancy charges.
They had eloped from East Chicago
several days ago and were begging on
the streets here Saturday. The male
drew s. and costs and the females :
case was continued one day as the
stationmaster had run out of disin-
fectant."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26

Dying from a self-inficted bullet
wound, Gary's first settler and oldest
inhabitant, August Block, 81 years
old, father of Deputy Sheriff Geo.
Block of Hammond, now lies in his
home inside the Indiana Steel COM
pany's gate awaiting his end.
The pioneer trapper and fisherman
who has resided in what is now Gary
for the past quarter of a century de-
cided last evening to end his life. He
laid down on his bed at nine O'clock
placed a 38 calibre revolver to his
left ear and pulled the trigger
BULLET IN JAW.
The bullet plowed through his skull
and located in his jaw. His daughter.
Mrs Rice Davis of Austin. H.. who has
been taking care of her father was in
an adjoining room and when she heard
the report she rushed into his hoom
and wrested the pistol away from him.
The steel company's main office was
notified and Alderman Emerson Bowser,
superintendent of the corporatio $
police left his seat in the city council
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26
HUB SORE
OVER THE
PROJECT
Especial to THE TINES }

Crown Point, Ind, July 26.-The de-
cision rendered by Judge Barr in the
Gary and Southern injunction matter
caused general disappointment in
Crown Point last night and was an
ticipated that work on the road would
not be delayed by further legal pro-
cess. and that after the two postpone
ments a lnal decision would be made in
the matter.
The whole proceedings looks like
horse play and the Crown Point citizens
who have donated money toward the
exploitation of the road and further
more boosted Gary's pet schemes in
every conceivable manner are getting
hot under the collar at the opposition
given the interurban by some of those
who ought to be interested in Gary.
The Gary bridge, and fill across the
Continued on Page Eight)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26
BRYAN VISIT
SECUTED BY
POLITICIANS
TIMES BUREAU.
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis. Ind, July 26-Republi-
can leaders are of the opinion as
strongly ever that w j. Bryan will
not make Democratic campaign speech
es in Indiana this year, in spite of the
decision of the Democratic carnpaielt
organization the other day to extend
an invitation TO the Nebraskan to do
so. They are still pointing out the diff
Guilty which Bryan would have in max
ing speeches on the Democratic state
platform, but they say that this is not
the only grounds they have for beljev-
ing that Bryan will not come
One man who ought to know what
re is talking about said yesterday that
Eryan has all of his time engaged be
tween now and the date of the state
election with Chautauqua lecture dates.
and that he could not accept the Indf-
ana invitation without canceling some
of his Chautauqua lecture dates This.
he said he was not likely to do be-
cause Bryan is just now at the height
OF his drawing power as a lecturer
There is a belief among the Repub-
licans that the invitation from the
Democratic state organization will not
, be sent until several weeks from now.
BY that time, they say. Bryan's time
will be so taken up that it will be easy
for him to answer that while he would
be very glad to come into Indiana and
| make speeches for the grand old Demo
cratic party and assist in the election
of his friend John ". Kern to the Unit
| ell States Senate he finds that his time
has been so filled with other speaking
engagements that it will be impossfble !
for him to come to Indiana. or words
to that effect.
| The invitation, has not been sent and
no one seems to know when 1t will &C
| foI ward. When the Democratic cam
paign committee decided the other DAY
to invite Bryan it was given out mai
Stokes Jackson, Democratic state
chairman would extend the invitation
at the proper time. No one seems tc
be able to tell when the proper tins
will arrive, but the Republicans be-
lieve that the proper time" will bt
when the Democras are sure ha Bryan.
time is so taken that he would have
to refuse They say this situation
would be the best thing that could hap
1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26
GIRL MAKES
SHOCKING
CONFESSION

A 15-year-old girls confession of in
tirnacy with men. and the arrest of
four, one of them a married man, was
the sensation of the day in police cir
cles this morning. The four men who
were arrested and placed under 81. 900
bonds each until next Thursday, when
their cases will be tried, are:
William Hall. SO years old; married; !;
employed as foreman at Standard
Steel Car works; lives at Alb State
street.
Fred Basso, 19 years old; single;
lives at 447 Summer street; works at
Standard Steel Car works under Hall.
James Filan 20 years old; lives in
Hammond; under 5000 cash bond await :
ing trial in the September term of the
superior court on the charge of petit
larceny
Friedrich Meyers IS years old; lives
in West Hammond.
Fifteen-Year-O1d Girl to Testify.
The four defendants were representa-
ed by lawyers who asked for a con-
tinuance. The complaining witness is
Annie Zimmerman. the 15-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Herman
zimmerman. residing on Plummer ave-
nue. The father is employed as a la
borer in the city water department
The arrests, with the exception of
Meyers was arrested early this, morn
ing.
The attention of the police was di-
(Continuad OIL gage nve.D
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26
]. {. IbA(;R
TALKS OVER
CAMPAIGN

\ Attorney G.. Ibach, who is. the acndi-
date of the democratic party for the
office of appellate judge, stated today
that he had not begun his campaign as
yet, but he has attended mentions
in various parts of the state. and he
is very enthusiastic over the prospects
from the democratic point of view
Mr.. Ibach stated that he would make
no prophesies as to the outcome of
the election over the state, for the rea-
son that many things might happen
in the three months that precede the
campaign, but from present indications
the situation was never better.
The Hammond attorney says he has
discovered that there is a great deal of
opposition to Beveridge on the part
of the old-line republicans, who do
not like his attitude on the tariff ques-
ton. They have taken President Taft $
view of the situation, that the tariff
law is the best that could have been
enacted.
Mr. Ibach reasons that, in view OF
the fact that Beveridge practically con-
trolls the state orga nization and the
principal issue is the election of the
United States senator, lack of cohesion
on the part of the republicans in thelI
attitude towards Beveridge will be dis
astrous.
Mr.. Ibach says he has noted new
spirit among the democrats of Indiana
that seems to indicate that they are
confident of victory. However, he re
iterated that he was not banking his
all on being elected. and stated thai
if he fails he will be found at the ole
stand in the Hammond building, prac-
ticing law.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26
MRS. Il. 3. CRAWFORD
DEAD At GROWN POINT
Aged Woman Would Have
Been 100 Years Had She
Lived Till 1912.
Especial to TIE TINES.

Crown Point, Ind. July 26.-Mrs.
Crawford. the aged widow of Judge H.
b. Crawford of Hammond now in
Florida died at the county farm yester-
day at the advanced age of 81 years,
she being born in the year 1872 The
funeral will be held a Crown Point
today, the interment being at the Crown
Point cemetery
Mrs. Crawford has been an inmate
of the county Institution for some time
and was the oldest woman there. Her
death was due to old age. She has
relatives in Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26
SMASHED HAND RESULTS
IN DAMAGE SUIT

Ignatz Bogden. through his attor-
nees, McAleer & McAleer, has started
suit against the Standard Steel Car
company to recover $4,000 damages
for injuries to his hand.
Bogden was working at a planer
when his hand was caught in the ma
chine and was badly lacerated and torn.
He claims that he has been unable to
use it since. and that he has suffered
a loss of wages, amounting to $1,000.
a result.
1t is alleged that the planer was
not properly guarded and that the
company could have used safety appli-
ances If II had desired to do so.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26

OCCURS At
PINE LAKE

Leo Henry Hanlon, Of Chicago, six
teen-year-old nephew of Police Captain
William Cudmore and Detective George
Cudmore, was fatally wounded yester-
day at Pine Lake, near 1aporte by the
accidental discharge of revolver
Young Hanlon was with Andrew f,
Hafer. friend, and the latter had a
revolver which Hanlon wanted As
Hafer handed the weapon TO him the
single cartridge in the cylinder ex-
ploded. The bullet went through Han
ions right eve and penetrated the brain.
He was taken TO a I.aporte hospital and
died early last night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-26
EARNS NEARLY $1,000 BY
SELLING PENNY PAPERS
Hammond Boy Has Put
Away Hundreds Though
Only Sixteen Years Of Age
By Sheer Industry and
Zeal.

Cxtry, uxtry, paper mister, all about
the big hght"' You can still hear it
If you on the streets on the night
of July 4th. The names of Johnson
and Jeffries were on every lip Hun
dreds OF men were discussing the pro-
gress of the championship battle of the
age. The flash of the telegraph pre-
ceded even the most progressive news
paper The result was known to some
men minutes before THE TINES green
sheet appeared the street, but the
majority of the fans wanted to see it
black and white, just like the fans at
Reno had seen the black put it on the
white.
"Uxtry. uxtry. all about the big
fight" it was Edwin Fitzgerald Ham
whose clarion tones arrested attention
In a glance his big blue eyes spied
the prospective customer and passed
up the fellow who relied on getting
his information second hand
Has Big savings Account.
Adwin Fitzgerald cleaned up" SIS
on the night OF the fight and the fol-
lowing day. They were good days. But
Adwin has had many good days He
makes them good and that accounts
for the fact that this hustling 15-year-
old newsy has saved up $500 in two
years, the net savings Of his industry.
Nor is this all. for he has an extra
s35 which he saved up in Chicago when
links in Chicago. 1t did not need the