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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
BIG POWER
co. FORMED.
Capitalists to Build Plants
in Indiana Coal Fields.

indianapolis. Dec. 23@T. \. StiIweIl
and other capitalists have organized to
establish several power plants in the
Indiana coal fields and are backed by L
capital of $1,00O,000.
1t is proposed to use the power for
running city street cars, interurban
cars and mills and factories and also
for lighting cities ana towns within a
radius of sixty miles of the power
houses.
The first plant will be established
near Bedford, in the heart of large
coal supply. and others will be built
where there will be plenty of coal at
the very doors. The company has
acquired coal lands in several locations
and expects to begin the work of con-
struction once
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
GRAND JURY
ADJ0URNS:
z IN Tolls
Times Story Last Night Re-
garding Number of Per
sons Indicted by Lake Cir
cult Court Grand Jury at
Crown Point Is True.

Crown Point, Ind, Dec 23.-It is now
practically known that the grand jury
has indicted an even dozen Lake coun-
ty people. This was made known first
to the world through THE TIMES last
night.
This makes the grist of the present
grand jury, which has been in session
at Crown Point for several weeks, in
the neighborhood of fifteen indictments
for the session.
This is a large number than have
been issued by any grand jury within
recent years. This fact alone bears
out the general belief that there is a
sensation in store when the final ar
rests are made.
Heretofore the work of the grand
jury has been to indict few murder
ers and others charged with major
crimes. but the very fact that in the
neighborhood of fifteen indictments
CONTINUED on page three.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
IMPORTANT
STATEMENT
IS ISSUED

The following communication was
received at this office this afternoon
from officials of the Employers. Build
ers and Material Mems association Of
Lake county:
This differences between the En-
ployers, Builders & Material Mems as
sociation and the Trade Labor assembly
of Lake county. located in Hammond,
arose from the threat of the local No.
SIT of the McNulty faction of electri-
cal workers to put a member of this
association out of business. This ac-
ton by the McNulty faction resulted
in bringing into Gary members OF the
Reid-Murphy faction of electrical
workers, all of whom carried union
cards. and were regarded as union men
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
To Have Special Meeting.

There will be special meeting of the
Hammond Business Mems association,
at the request of the Lake County Bar
association, in the rooms of the Lake
superior courthouse, at which the ques-
tion of providing ways and means for
securing additional court facilities will
be taken up.
The meeting win be called by Secre-
tary E. T. Johnston, who expects to
send out notices next Monday The
Business Mems association is expected
to give the Lake County Bar associa-
ton its cooperation in the effort to
secure another Judge for Hammond
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
WANT BETTER
LEGISLATION,

William T. CHM, secretary and treas
urer Of the Indiana State Building
Trades Council, whose convention he
attended at Indianapolis this week. has
returned to Hammond and is now busy
gathering material for the legislative
committee of the council The state
body went on record for better laws
for the union laborers and it is up to
Mr. CHM to secure copies of good laws
which have been adopted in other states
or proposed there. The legislative pro-
gram contains among other things a
better child labor law, and a more COM
plete employers liability law.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
ARRANGE
PYTH|AN'S
RECEPTION

AT its meeting on Monday, Jan. 2, the
local K. of P. lodge will begin to make
arrangements for the entertainment of
the district convention of the knights
of Pyhtias, which meets in Hammond
on the 18th of next month.
The district which is to meet in Ham,
mond is known as No. 3, and com
prises the counties of Lake, Porter,
Newton and Jasper. No estimate can
be given at this time how man of the
plumed knights are to gather in Ham
mond. but the number may range any
where from 100 to 500
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Wagner Makes Hit.

Freiburg, who came out from Chi
cago to throw Ernie Warner a local
boy, twice in forty minutes at a local
theater. failed to throw him once in
that time Eddie Wagner made a hit
with his clever boxing and promises to
give a good account of himself at other
local stays and boxing exhibitions He
was scheduled to go six rounds with
Dick Manz, but simply played with his
opponent for four rounds, when the
latter gave up the battle. Riese won
VITO falls from Mortz, and Art Stewart
and Kid Muz boxed a three round draw.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
So. SHORE
CAR HITS
c. I. ENGINE
Especial to TIE TIMEs.)

East Chicago. Dec. 23.--Car No. 81
east bound, of the South Shore line.
with ten passengers aboard. crashed
into a car attached to an engine on
the Terminal railroad in front of the
Republic Iron and steel Company's
plant at $50 o'clock last evening.
Fortunately none of the passengers
nor members of the train crews was
injured but all were badly shaken up
and frightened. The car, which was
one of the smaller coaches operated on
the Indiana Harbor branch of the
service, was somewhat damaged, but
after being taken to the barns at Calu-
lContinued on page eighty
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Current Number Out.

The current number of the Calumet
Journal of Commerce is fresh from the
press, and contains a well written his
tory of the Lake superior court as well
as many of the lawyers therein The
articles are we'll written and many fine
things are said of those whose pictures
are given. The book is neatly printed
and a great credit to it's enterprising
editor. George r. Streeter
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
CHILDREN ARE
RECOVERING

LeGrand Meyer, the eight year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Meyer OF
Doty street, has practically recovered
from the severe attack of pneumonia
with which he was confined to his bed
for several weeks.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
NJ. II. Hankey of Mason street is some
what recovered from the relapse which
she suffered several days ago. While
she is not yet entirely recovered the
family is not quite so much alarmed
about her condition as it was several
days ago.
Leo Kussmau1, the seven year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Kussmaul. who
has been at ST. Margaret's hospital
where he was quite sick. is recovering
and may be out next week
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
HAMMOND WINS
IT'S FIRST GAME

The Hammond high school basketball
team met and defeated the team from
the Lane Technical Institute of Chicago
by the score of 33 to %. The Ham
mond team gained the victory in the
first half. and while the visitors took
brace in the second half they were
unable to turn the tide.
The visiting team was a speedy ag-
gregation. but they were unable to
cope with Hammond and acknowledged
the superiority of the Hammond five
Weimer of Hammond was the particu-
lar star of the game and made eight
or nine of the goals.
The Hammond team consisted of
Blocker, center; Weimer, forward
Graves. guard; Springer, forward
Crumpacker. guard. The game was
witnessed by about 125 people, and
the high school cleared "a neat little
sum from the game.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Few Calls for Charity.

Applicants for aid from the town
ship trustees office have not been so
numerous this year as compared to
corresponding period last year. At
present Trustee John c. Becker has
about forty persons on his roll who re-
ceive aid monthly. This number shows
an increase of four compared to last
year. The season, however, is still
early and it is probable that more ap-
p1ications will come in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
NUMBER REDUCED.

The number of men now employed at
the Simplex Railway Appliance Co, in
this city. has been reduced 80 per cent
on account of the lack of orders 1t
is understood that there are not more
than $50 men employed at this plant
at the present time.
While the officials of the Standard
Steel Car company refuse to give out
actual figures al to the number Of men
that are employed, it is understood that
there is very little activity except in
the passenger car department
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
REUNION
TO END The
PARTING
Crown Point Woman Will
Meet Her Niece on Christ
mas Day Whom She Has
Not Seen for Fifty Years;
Aunt Is Now 86 Years Old.
Especial to THE TINES }

Crown Point, Ind, Dec. 23.-After
nearly a half century of separation,
during which time persistent, untir-
ing efforts had been made by each to
locate the other, Mrs. Rose Martin of
Elgin, Ill. and her aged aunt, Mrs.
Charts Knoll, of this place will be re-
united on Christmas day.
The whole story is an interesting
one, tinged as it is with pathos and
human interest. 1t was during the
stirring days of the reconstruction
following the civil war forty years asv
that Mrs. Mary Kernoll Knoll and the
mother of Mrs. Martin, the late Mrs.
Malvina Kernoll Dillon became sepa-
rated.
Family Lived mt Richmond
At that time the family lived in
lContlnued three
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
RAU IS GUILTY.

Five and half weeks of criminal
work in the Lake superior court in
Hammond were completed yesterday
when the jury in the case of John Rau,
charged with stabbing an Indiana Har-
Dor saloonkeeper, found him guilty He
was found to be "a years of age, and
it is expected that the Judge will pass
sentence on him in a few days. The
case was bitterly contested on both
sides and the defense filed a motion
for a new trial
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

IS BROUGHT
TO LIGHT
East Chicago Public Official
Hit in Resolutions Smoth-
cred in Council Meeting
Aldermen Give Out Docu-
ment For Publication.

Indiana Harbor, Ind, Dec. 23.-The
promised sensation which was smoth-
cred at last Monday nights council
meeting, has come to light. Alderman
Carl Anderson, who, with Aldermen
John Calvin and Ferdinand Ketcik,
signed the suppressed resolution, hand
ed THE TIMES a copy of the document
with the request that 1t be published
incidentally, Mayor Schlieker has
called a meeting of the councilmen for
tonight to investigate the inferred ac-
cusations the resolutions contain
While the document does not make
any direct accusations 1t insinuates
things against Street Commits sioner W.
C. Harding, who is referred to in the
lContlnued on page seven.l
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Goes to Seattle.

Judge William w Mcmahon has gone
to Seattle on business in connection
with the paint company with which
he is connected and stated before he
left that he would not take any fur
ther steps in Investigating the jus
tice courts of the township until he re-
turns.
He will then complete his investiga-
tion and make his report to the bar
association Judge Mcmahon expects
to be gone several weeks.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
A Fine Painting.

K. Nj. Chambers, tho artist who is
painting the famous Rheinstein Castle
in }. L. Walkers buffet on State street
has finished the moulding and it is in
teresting now to see the mountains and
foliage come into view under the ar
lists brush. He works daily and ex-
poets to to complete the picture early
next week. The picture is probably
the first and only one of its kind ever
introduced in Hammond-Adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Interest in Meeting.

Considerable interest is being taken
in the matter of the good roads meet
ing which is to be held in the city
hall tonight for the purpose of boost
ing cross county road of asphalt
macadam.
1t is expected that there will be a
large attendance The interest in hav-
ing a cross county which will become
famous throughout the middlewest has
attracted considerable attention.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Remember George

Popcorn George. Hammond's blind
"newsboy,'' has number of boxes
around town in which good fellows are
dropping in their small change. George
is deserving of help for his industry,
and If you can contribute to his live
lihood you will be checked in on the
good book.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Stores Close on Monday.

Monday will be observed a gen
eral Christmas holiday in Hammond
The banks, postoffice and all the stores
will close. The schools have vacation
The municipal boards will not meet and,
in accordance with its custom, THE
TIMES will not issue any paper on Mon
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

Washington, D. c. Dec. 23.-Repre-
sentative Crumapcker declines to COM
nit himself to a House of any par
ticular size in advance of a meeting of
his committee. He thinks there are
very strong reasons why the House
should not be made any larger than 1t
is now but he does not expect it, in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Fasteners on Visit.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Ingersoll of
Lancaster, Pa. arrived here this morn
ing from Philadelphia to spend the
Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
p A. Parry at their home, Al Warren
street Mrs Parry is the daughter of
Mr. Ingersoll, who is secretary of the
Pressed Steel Wire company, one of the
prosperous manufacturing concerns OF
the east.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
BOARD TO
GUT OUT All.
LUXUR|ES
Special Meeting of Board
of Education Held Last
Night; Members Decide to
Eliminate All Unnecessary
| Features.

Answering one of the demands OF the
public which is reduced expenditure
in the building of the proposed indus
trial high school, the board of educa-
tion at an adjourned meeting lastnight,
ordered that Supt. c. M. Mcdaniel to
confer with Joseph Hutton, the archi-
tect in order to eliminate every feat
ure in the new building which for the
present would be Superfiuous or lux
ury. These include the auditorium and
swimming pool, etc, making the cost
about $2400OO. No attempt was made
last night to give an accurate estimate
of the possible reduction.
The board will hold another meeting
next Tuesday evening, this being prob
ably the last one that Judge Joseph
Ibach will attend before resigning.
Review Bids for Moving.
The board at it's meeting last night
also reviewed the bids for the moving
of the Central school building. The
bids that the board is considering are
those of Grove Bros. of Chicago and
William Pepperdine of Hammond. In
their bid Grove Bros. agree to do the
excavating, masonry and underpinning g
at $4,000. By combining the Pepper
dine bid and the Grove bid for the
moving only the board could save $500,
! (Co2+'nned on page fve.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Girls Give Tovs.

The Misses Florence and Edna Find
ling, sisters of Artie Finding, have
brought to this office a number of toys
for the poor children of Hammond,
which are remembrances of their baby
hood days and they have outgrown
them They Will be turned over to any
society which cares to call for them for
distribution, and the generous young
ladies deserve thanks for their pretty
deed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Holds Meeting.

The village board of West Ham
mond held a meeting last night, which
was purely of a routine nature. There
We're no matters of Importance under
consideration and the session was a
short one
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
BETTER THAN GOING
TO JAIL" /" SAID KNOTS
Gary's Finance Board Is
Organized; Mayor Knotts
Is Made President.
THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS.

81 move you, Mr.. Mayor, that the
mayor be made president of the
finance bOard.~-Alderman Castle
man.
81 second that motion."-Alder-
man Walsh.
ssTkis is better than going to jail.''
Mayor knOtts
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
CRUMPACKER'S BA|l|W|CK
IS SHIFTING IN POWER

view of recent developments. TO be
held down to any such proportions. In
fact, 1T looks to him as If there is
beginning of a center rush to boost the
unit so high that no state will lose a
member. In the very front line of this
center rush will be found many of the
Continued on page seven.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Cleveland Man in Gary.

CSC hanna. = cleveland politician
and late superintendent OF streets un-
der former Mayor Tom L. johnson. has
been in Gary the past few days sizing
up the city. Whether the well known
democrat intends to locate here cannot
be learned.
Mr.. Hanna is friend of Alderman
w s. Feuer. who used to be a political
light in Cleveland before he attained
prominence in Gary. At the present
time Mr.. Hanna is interested in a
street flushing machine company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

Macon Ga, Dec. 23-While unknown intruder,
white man. wrestled with his mother in their home
outskirts of Macon last night Wichte Smith, II
old seized his fathers shotgun and blew the strangers
head
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

Wabash, Ind, Dec. 23.- Motormen interurbans
running through Wabash arrested today and will be
tried for violating the ordinance requiring
nterurban to dead stop at certain street
crossings The nterurban ompanes will fight the ordi
nance, claiming they will paralyze the time schedule
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

IF YOU THINK THAT THE TINES
Is TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE
NEWS, YOUR SUBSCRIPON WILL
ne APPRECIATED
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

Valparaiso Ind, Dec. 23-The grand jury summoned
inquire into the fatal shooting of Albert Johnson of
Wren, Ohio by Jacob Walters at Kous Dec. Is, for al
legged relations with Mrs Walters, dsregarded sugges
ton of the and yesterday held Walter for trial for
murder in the first degree.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

USED THINGS THAT YOU DON'T
WANT CAN BE SOLD IF YOU AD-
VERTISE IN THE TIMES
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

THE INTERESTING TIMES AD AL
VANS DENOTES THE INTERESTING
STORE.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23
Latest News

Hammond, Dec 23-Th rec divorce have been
tried IN the Lake superior court this morning Edine "
Turner the wife Of Eugene S. Turner the Hammond mail
carrier who is in the west, granted divorce
this morning Milton w Hoge of Gary granted di-
vorce from Florence Hogle, and Thomas Sterling
granted divorce from May Sterling of East Chicago
This completed the grist of divorces today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

Laporte, Ind, Dec. 23-John Hecker of Gary arrived
here yesterday in search for his boy 10 DID, who
disappeared from home His parents fear that he has
met foul play They had hope that the boy left Gary
with an Uncle Toms Cabin show that played here
last night The father sent word ahead to the police to be
on the lookout for the boy and arrived yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

Chicago, Dec. 23.-The big stockyards fire ragged
its funeral pyre all night breaking out afresh at
today, when of the walls of warehouse No. fell and
warehouse No burst into flame The latter is the last
portion of the gigantic beehouse that started to burn to
destruction yesterday morning. Chief Horans body
found at 93O p The twentyfourh body taken out
today at 6:O5 and three others at a.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

Continued on page three.5
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CONTINUED on page seven.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-23

Continued on page eighty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-03

Oh | thought it would he said with great salts
faction Then he took off the hat.
CONVERSATION even of the best is road in
- hilly country. 1t winds in and out, up and
down, and goes long way to reach its destination.
Twilight had fallen and the talk had travelled gura
lively many miles, when Jonas sitting bolt upright,
uttered these critical words:
anet, You should get married.
WHY" she asked.
Because it is the right thing to do; because it
isn't right for waste the best part of life
IN this loneliness; because
She stopped him. Let the other reasons 60, she
said gently. l viii marry.
Even when there is a who would give his all
for you, man unworthy but willing to do anything
that he may live in Your love a who knows no
thought but that it may aid your happlness' This
was a long speech for Onas, and the words rushed
out though they had been committed to memory
He paused an instant and then asked the question,
d" What terrible thing stands in the way?
The most terrible of all things pride, she said
oh, Mr.. Jonas, pride vanqu1sh anything, even
love-
But / do not see
OF course YOU don't You never hammered
and melted wonan's heart YOU do Your gold and
other precious things.
- have heart" he declared
You have she replied warmly. ID big, generous
heart. You have been far kinder to Us than anyone
else
Good Jonas was in the air: but he rnethodi-
cal man impulses did not belong his steady, plod-
ding enthusiastically patient nature So he Went
back for a start Let us get this straight he
said. Now. If i man is
Let us She interrupted. Let Us get it straight,
and then YOU will not blame me. You the only
one have for my condolences and 50 shall tell YOU.
First Is my pride Why not: Isn't my family as
good as any: You viii admit that What then
We are Door But there Is no disgrace in that
Really Mr.. Jonas, our poverty Is most honorable.
L i not SO
Il IS exclaimed Jonas with conviction, most
honorable
XIHEN the war broke out my father went to the
" front. she continued. He served through
those awful wears served splendidly, they all said
none was Drawer than he: and then when he rushed
forward at Petersburg-yO know the story-ever
since then he has been alive only IN That is
what my father did gave everything for his country,
and am proud OF him and proud to be his child.
What did his father do He STAYED home and grew
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-03

rich, and now he is up on the hill
with servants and carriages and
everything that money can buy,
and we-and we live down here
as best we can with nothing but
the pension.
Jonas wondered what the father
of Rupert Holmes had to do with
the present situation; but he
ventured no interruption and
continued to listen intently.
Suppose now" she went on,
Il should be willing to marry
him. Just suppose it, because |
am not Well, should not have
enough to buy decent wedding
dress. From the start ] should
be dependent upon his money.
His people would look down on
me and my poverty-on me, the
daughter of a soldier and hero.
with more pride than they ever
had or ever will be able to buyl
And the other people, how they
would stare and say, oh, yes.
she married well, and now she is
putting on enough airs to make
up for lost time | could not
stand it. You know l couldn't,
Could |, Mr.. Jonas?"
OF course you couldn't" he
declared gravely.
Really this should have been
clear enough even to the imper-
feet understanding of Jonas; but
he was inexperienced. and IN his
hope and eagerness took too much
for granted. Very absurdly, he
thought she was. in the kindness
of her heart, eliminating a GER
tain broad shouldered young man
from the situation.
Did you get the ring?" ne
asked with something of victory
IN his tones.
She did not express the sur
prise and pleasure he expected.
" Yes" she replied, and after a
DauSe land I shall return If -