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Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-12

AT A COURT OF PROBATE HELD at Norwich, within and for the District Present-NEISON J. AYLING, Judge.
 Estate of George "; Jillson, late of The Executrix exhibited her admin 1stratlon account with said estate to the Court for allowance; it 18th erefore A. D. 1911. at 10 o'clock in the fore noon, at the Probate Court Room in the and the same is, appointed for hearing tlse same, and the said Executrix is directed to give notice thereof by pub fishing. this order once in some news paper having a circulation in said Dis trict at least six days prior to the date. of said hearing, and make return
 NELSON J. AYLING. Judge.
 The above and foregoing is a true
 Attest: FANNIE c. CHURCH,
 naay12d Clerk
 AT A COURT OF PROBATE HELD at Norwich. within and for the District of Norwich. on the 10th day of May. Present-NEISON J. AYLING, Judge
 Estate of Alonzo ze, R. Abern: late of
 The Administrator exhibited his ad- n1inistration account with said estate to the Court for allowance; it is there
 Ordered, That the 2oth day of May. A. D. 1911, at 12 o'clock noon, at the Probate Court Room in the City of Norwich, in said District, be, and the same is, appointed for hearing the same. and the Administrator is directed to give notice thereof by publishing this order once in some newspaper having a circulation in said District a least six days prior to the date of said hearing, and make return to the Court
 NELSON J. AYLING, Judge. .oI The above and foregoing is a true
 Attest: FANNIE c. CHURCH,
 may12d Clerk.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-12

s200,000 fully 100000 acres Of zood land within a. short distance of Savan- nah can be drained and made pro- ductive of cotton to the annual taius of more than s5,000,0o0.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-12

The government records Of 1s0s show that of the 36S companies reporting fo the interstate commerce commission. no less than 347 operating 15s .s57 r7iId5 of road and carrying over half A bf1- lion passengers went through that year without a single fatality to 9, passer- ger or a train.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-12

It Is claimed by competent authority that in 1910 rats cost Great Britain s75.000, 900. Besides the economic kses. it is said rats carry contagfon to arl alarming extent and that plague might te prevalent among the vernDin for a long time before it became epidemic among human beings
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-12

scheme is on foot 10 establish a free public library in Kusla LumpDe. Federated Malay States. for s11 races. 1t is hoped to raise Sf50.0e0 10 cover all cost, including a handsome build ing or a site granted by governmerf> The scheme has received approval n high quarters.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-12

A few years ago Newfoundland whai- CTS commenced operations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and in course of time the whales that frequented the gnif and adjacent waters were practically annihilated. Small bait fish have there by been freed from their old enemies, with the result that they now take fo deep waters and do not come into fHe bays and shallow waters for refuge
 An contemplating Bangkok busiDess man is getting machinery from Eu- rope to start making pineapple pre- serves. It is said that pineaDpIss in Siam are far superior to those grown in any part of the Straits Settlements. where the canning industry is carried on very profitabIy. There Is also talk of another industry being started at Bangkok and il is likely that p1ztu fish preserved in oil win become c profitable article of commerce as sara dimes
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-12

WANTED-M girl for general house. work; good cook and laundress; good wages to the right party Apply to Mrs J. w. Ross, 1S4SChurch St., WilIimantic
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-12

cash prices paid. Address c. F. Dick inson, General Delivery, Norwich, Conn.
 may11d
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-12
Politics in Legislative Action.
Important to Farming Industry.

He said they had come down here neither for fun nor pleasure but were here because they were interested in a question which they believed is of the most vital importance to the farm ing industries of the state. He said that although Connecticut was called manufacturing state it was also true that they were not a nonenity as an agricultural state
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
HAMMOND LOSES TWO
OF ITS INCEST FAMILIES
The Lawrences to Go to Ur-
bana, Ill, and Hatches
to Florida.

Hammond will lose two of it's best
families, one al least temporarily and
the other permanently. This morning
W. w. Hatch, his son, Ray Hatch, Mrs.
Ray Hatch and their children left for
Chicago. where they will take the train
for Pensacola, Fla. They expect to be
gone until some time in the summer
The w. w. Hatch & Son Construction
company has a large amount of i'm
provement work at Pensacola which it
is doing and which he expects to COM
pIete before his return to Hammond.
The George w. Lawrences expect to
move to Urbana, Ill.,, where they will
reside in the future. Mr.. Lawrence re-
Gently secured some valuable farm
lands there and also has a hardware
store in the city of Urbana~ They have
lived here for seven years.
His residence in this city will be
vacated and rented or sold. The loss
of these two families will be felt by
their neighbors and friends in this city
and is generally regretted.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
Death MAKES SAD
IhROADS IN FAMILY
Especial to THE TIMEso

Whiting, Ind. Jan. 26.-Death has
made great inroads in the Bartlett
family in Lake county in the past few
months. The first death was that Of
George Bartlett, who lived in Ham
mond and died several months ago.
His father. Henry Bartlett who
lived in Whiting with his son. Thomas
b. Bartlett, became despondent after
the death of his son, George, and,
about two weeks ago. hung himself to
railing which led to the basement of
his sons house.
Mrs. George Bartlett went to VAL
paraiso to live with Frank B. Bartlett
following the death of her husband in
Hammond and later went to live with
Thomas Bartlett in Whiting, and died
there of pneumonia.
This made three deaths, one of
which was violent one, in the family
of the Bartletts within the past few
months. Mrs George Bartlett was 95
years old at the time of her death
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
PROCTOR
OPTION BILL
SURE THING
House Advanced Proctor
Local Option Bill and
Makes It Special Order
Of Business For This Aft
ernoon.
TIMES BUREAUh
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 26-The
house advanced the Proctor local op-
tion bill yesterday afternoon and made
it special order of business for 3
o'clock this afternoon when it will be
placed on its passage. 1t will go
through the house and will be deliv-
cred to the governor for his signature
within the next day or two.
The republicans made desperate ef-
fort to amend the bill when it was call
ed in the house yesterday afternoon,
but they could not accomplish any
thing. White. of Brown county, offered
an amendment aimed to keep territory
now dry from becoming automatically
wet after this bill becomes law. This
failed, the motion to lay the amend
ment on the table being carried by a
vote Of 81 to 43. Clore. Higgins and
Murriman, democrats, voted with the
republicans.
Oldaker of Wayne and Fayette. of
fered an amendment which provided
that in counties where there is a city of
more than 5000 population the city
should be one unit and the rest of the
county should be another unit, and that
in counties having no city of 5000 or
more the entire county should remain
the option unit. This amendment went
Continued on page seven.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
MEETING
SHOULD Be
BIG MAGNET

Inc joint meeting of the Hammond
business Mems association and the
hammond Manufacturers association.
which is to be held at the courthouse
tonight, is attracting considerable at
tention.
The controversy between the mavor
and the members of the board of public
works and the city council has aroused
"a great deal of interest. The board of
public works has taken the position
that steam pump should be installed
regardless of any consideration of the
advantages of electrical pump
The council believes that. If the
original cost of installation Of an cleo
trio pump is less and the cost of power
and maintenance is less, the electrical
pump ought to be given some consider
alton.
In view of the fact that the city is
greatly in need of better pumping IA
cilities the business man and manu-
facturers will probably insist that the
deadlock be ended and that some kind
of pump be purchased.
The consensus of opinion seems TO be
that both sides of the controversy
ought to be heard in an open minded
manner by the business men of the
city. and that before any action is tax
experts on the question should be
heard
If the claims of the electric pump
men, that they can save the city large
sum of money, can be substantiated it
is the prevailing belief that they ought
to be given chance to prove their
claims.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
LATEST NEWS

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 26 (TimeS
Bureau )-House will vote on Proc
tor local option bill this P. M. Clore,
and Merriman will vote with
and Wider, Grimmer,
Van Horne and Grieger with Demo-
Gratis for bill. Bill will pass and go
to governor at once for signature.
Was expected brewers bill to regulate
saloons would be reported for passage
in senate but no report was made
today. Gov. Marshall sent legisla-
ture message accompanying offer of
DR.. Robert w. Long and wife of this
city to give state two hundred thous-
and dollars worth of real estate to
this city If state. will build state hos
pital in connection with state uni
versity school of medicine and main
tain it for benefit of people of whole
state. Governor recommends state
accept offer. Estimates would cost
state $25,000 annually to support
hospital.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
SPECIAL
ACT FOR
HAMMOND
: aess1tkse1eN0e -

Henry Whitaker and Conrad Mark
mueller returned from Indianapolis
this morning, where they have been
lobbying in the interests of the move
meat to limit the power of the mayor
and board of public works by giving
the council the right to initiate legis-
lation
1t has been discovered that under
the provision of the cities and towns
law. in the case of cities of the third
class. the city council and not the may
appoints. or rather elects. the mem
bers of the board of public works.
The cities of Hammond, Lafayette
as cities of the third class under the
law was amended. however. at the be-
hest of Mayor Becker to provide that
they shall not beconss cities of the third
class until after the next municipal
election. In this way one part of the
law nullifed the intent of the other
part.
1t is understood that the state associ-
alton of councilmen now propose to
urge the passage of a special act of
the Legislature which will permit the
cities of Hammond. Lafayette and
Richmond to take their standing as
third-class cities.
Whether enough pressure can be
brought to bear on the legislature to
secure the passage of such a measure
remains to be seen. The councilmen's
association will demand some measure
of relief. and 1t is possible that it will
coe in this form
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
JOHNSTON
v BE The
\ new N|E||:.!N||| CASHIER

After holding a number OF directors
meetings and considering several ap-
plications the directors of the Citi-
zens' German National bank have Sc
lected Harry Johnston. of one of the
Lowell banks for the office OF cashier
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of E. S. Emerine.
Johnston will be employed at a good
salary. but the principal advantage to
him of his new position over the old
one lies In the fact that in the larger
Hammond institution there is better
opportunity. Hammond is wider
field than Lowell. and Johnston will
have good opportunity to extend the
influence and enlarge the business of
the Hammond bank
Johnston has been in the banking
business in Lowell for ten years He was
formerly the agent of the Monon rail-
road in that city and is regarded as a
self-made man. His long experience in
the banking business has made him
thoroughly conversant with every de-
partment of it,
Very Popular.
Furthermore. Johnston is one of the
most popular men in Lowell He is
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
LAYS BLAME
FOR VICE ON
HAMMOND
President of West Ham
mond Village Board Calls
Public's Attention to Some
Very Pertinent Facts Not
Generally Known.

IF the sO-called respected citizens OF
Hammond would refuse to permit their
property in West Hammond to be rent
ed for immoral purposes it would go a
long way towards eliminating vice in
West Hammond"
With this statement President John
Hessler of the village of West Ham
mond hit the nail on the head. He de-
clared that some of the people who
would rise up in holy horror at the
idea of an invasion of vice in Hammond
do not seem adverse to indirectly col
lecting tribute from this Infamous
business by getting enormous rents
from buildings that are used for i'm
moral purposes
Hessler said: 1T would cause ter
rible scandal if the names of some OF
the owners of property which is used
for this purpose were to be made pub
lie. The list includes men high in po-
litical life in Hammond and many o.
those who stand well socially there
Get Tainted Money.
In every case except one, the prop
erty on which these resorts are owned
by well known Hammond people. The
list includes one township officer. one
city appointee, well known Hammond
|
known property owners and busines.
men.
West Hammond is the dumping
ground for Hammond" Hessler con
tinued. Most of the resorts over here
are managed by Hammond people, ant
* Is Hammond people who corrupt thu
village and necessitate periodical clean
ups.
| IF the people of West Hammond
were left to themselves they would b.
fairly decent, but the people OF Ham
mond come over here, put slot machines
| in the saloons. rent their property t
resort keepers and even run the re
sorts themselves.
John Hessler was dead in earnes
about the matter He ridiculed th'
"holier than thou" attitude of the peo
pie of Hammond towards the village
and said that the village wants the ais
of Hammond to make 1t better, and no
worse.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
VILLAGERS
SWARM TO
GATHERING
West Hammond Mass Meet
ing Is Largely Attended
Last Night; "Clean Up
Village Before You Turn a
City," Says Miss Brooks.

Aroused by the alarm of a lone and
fearless girl who appeared in the graft
and tax-ridden village of West Ham
mond, to set UP a new standard of
municipal righteousness, half of the
voting population gathered at Mika s
hall last night to hear and discuss the
issues which will be decided next Tues
day by voting for or against city gov
ernmenr-
- s'Efean up tine vf1Tage or west HAM
mond first before you attempt to saddle
city government managed by the old
political clique. onto this shamefully
mistreated community was the defy
that Miss Virginia Brooks the leader
in the opposition to the city form of
government, hurled at the West Ham
mond politicians who are fathering the
city movement. And practicing what
she breaches, she laid before the peo-
pie a petition to States Attorney Way
man of Cook county in which he is
asked ito investigate the municipal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
UP TO "READER."

THE TIMES today is in receipt
of a most important letter from
West Hammond signed "A Read
err" 1t brings most serious
charges. To print it would make
this paper criminally liable. Yet
if the person who wrote it will
send his name instead of writing
anonymously this paper will in
vestigate the scandal and print
the letter in full if the charges
are true. For the thousandth
time it seems to be necessary to
reiterate that no self-respecting
paper prints anonymous letters.
We will protect the authors there
of but names must accompany
communications as an evidence of
goo dfaith.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
LEGAL MAZE
ENvElOPS
THE CASES
Incidents in U. S. Steel Mill
Payroll Cases Verge on
Sensational, and Jury Is
Kept Busy Trotting in and
Out of Courtroom.

Events followed each other in rapid
succession in the trial of the payroll
cases in court yesterday. The state
suddenly moved to dismiss the case
against Walter Thomas. one of the al
legged coEspirators. in consideration Of
his testifying against Charles Bloom
hoff and John Caldwell, the other two
conspirators-
As soon as Thomas was dismissed he
was called to the witness stand by the
state and began to testify. The de-
fense raised the question of his COM
potency as a witness an basel its OBJ
lection to his testimony on the ground
that the law provides that there must
be prima facie evidence of a coaspira-
CONTINUED on page eight.l
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
BOTH SIDES ARM
FOR BIG CONFLICT
Gary Strike Situation Grows More
Serious, Union Leaders Flock to
City to Take GeneralCharge

Gary is now feeling the weight of
the iron heel of a general strike order.
While the order is being directed
against individual contractors it's effect
is not lessened any.
What have already been labor COM
plications were further mixed up yes
terday Afternoon when union men were
called off buildings being erected by
Contractors Maxon. Fishel and Gal
lagher and Williams.
A New Force Enters.
The latest move on the industrial
checker board in GARY is that made by
heretofore~ qaiscient associated building
trades council.
Until now the strike has been con-
hned to five unions. roofers. fathers,
plasterers. sheet metal workers and
Collins McNulty faction electrical
workers.
still Same Old Strike.
Yesterday the strike enlarged. 1t
was a new off shoot but still in all it is
the same old strike.
Heretofore the unions that are mem
bers of the associate building trades
remained neutral. The battle until yes
terday was between the employers and
the building trades department of the
American Federation of Labor compris-
ing the five unions mentioned.
Then the plasterers went over to the
associated building trades and being
members of that body it now has the
right to command it's support. The
effort TO get arbitration for the plast-
erers has precipitated the new difficulty
and involved the additional unions.
Some Big Developments Tonight.
This evening the Employers. Builders
and Material Mems Association will
hold an important meeting According
to member it may be decided to either
fCOntfnued on page eIrhtl
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
SMOOTH
= -rzr rs@A-ss
WORK Of
STRANGER
Series of Money Order
Blanks Are Filched From
Edwards, Ind, Postoffice;
Merchants in Calumet Re-
gion Cities Warned.

ts>peCiAt - ~ iMhs.l
East Chicago, jan eff a smooth
individual about thirty years of age,
five feet, eleven inches in height. One
hundred and seventyfive pounds in
weight with smoth face, black hair,
dark eyes and tin box comes in to
your place of business and presents
you with money order to cash, turn
him down
IN short be cautious Of cashing a
money order for any stranger for a
while. as there have been doings which
makes a money order, thing to be re-
garded with suspicion.
Money Orders Stolen.
Last Saturday a block of money order
CONTINUED on page eighty
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26
Latest Developments in
Gary Building Strike.

General strike against three Individual
contractors declared yesterday after
noon
More general strikes against individu-
al contractors Will be declared today.
Frank Greenwald of Whiting, president
of the Associated Building Trades
District Council. and w. c. Hunter of
Hammond. district business agent for
the carpenters, and James Nedjl of
whiting, state president of the brick
layers, arrive in Gary to take COM
mand of the situation.
Employers, Builders and Material Mems
association meets tonight to take ac-
tion ON individual general strikes de-
clared against President NJ. l.. Mnxon
and two other contractors yesterday.
Special meeting of the carpenters' un.
ion tonight.
At toniSht's meeting of the employers
ii may be decided to replace every
union man in Gary by non-uniOnists.
President Greenwald, of the district
council, sends ont agreements to in
dividuaI contractors. Such as do not
sign will be subjected to the general
strike order.
President NJ l. Maxon. of the employ
ers, whose men were called out yes
terdny, says that he would not sign
agreement until arbitration commft-
tee gave him permission.
Commercial club industrial committee
continues with its probes, hearing
testimony from contractors and union
wOrkmen.
Rumored that American Federation of
Labor may finance the Gary strike,
which would prolong 1t indefinitely.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26

CHOSEN
FOR FRAY
Especial to THE TIMEs-)

Crown Point, Ind. Jan. 26.-Thirty-
nine eighth grade pupils who are con-
sidered the best spoilers in the county
for their ages will gather at Crown
Point February 4th. week from
next Saturday to participate in the
county spelling contest The three
best spoilers will be selected to repre-
sent Lake County in the tenth district
spelling match and from the latter
contest representatives will be chosen
for the state contest. The district con-
test will be held at Monticello on
February IS. but the date for the state
contest is still to be decided
The travelling expenses to the dis
trict and state contest will be born by
CONTINUED on page eight
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26

Portland, Ind, Jan. 26.--Robbers
who entered the postofice at Geneva.
discovered by Night Policeman Baker
before the safe could be blown and
fed without securing any booty, leav-
ing their tools behind. The knob of
charge of nitroglycerin placed, but
not discharged.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26

The attachment case, in which Fred
Rothfisher and others have brought an
action against Herman Kohler and
which was fled in Judge E. p. Ames'
court, has been venued to Judge Ja-
miesons court in East Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26

If Ycu THINK THAT THE TIMES
IS TRYING TO GIVE you THE
NEWS, YOUR sUBsCRIPON WILL
RE APPRECIA TED
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26

THERE'S A CHANCE THAT YOU
OUGHT NOT TO POSGPO~E That
"SHOPPING" ANY LONGER. READ
THE TINES ADS AND SEE 1T THIS
Is NOT SO.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26

Washington, Jan. 26.-This was
the day set for arguments before the
United States Supreme Court in the
cases of Samuel Gompers, John
Mitchell and Frank Morrison, who
were sentenced to twelve, nine and
six months respectively for alleged
violation of an injunction
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26

Los Angeles. Cal, Jan. 26.-Yell-
ing like Indian warriors and firing
promiscuously from pistols in both
hands, two masked bandits boarded
an inbound Beach suburban car on
the outskirts of Santa Monica shortly
after O'Clock last night, and after
robbing twenty-five passengers and
seriously wounding one of them,
were routed and forced to fee by a
single shot. This shot wouno-G one
of the robbers and, although he and
his companion escaped in the brush,
the wounded one was captured when
he attempted to board car to come
into the city for medical treatment.
His wound betrayed him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26

Chicago, Jan. 26.-Fifteen thous-
and pounds of turkeys received here
from Texas were destroyed by health
inspectors yesterday. The turkeys
were taken from the Western Cold
Storage Company's warehouse and
were said to be consigned to a st.
Louis firm.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-26

Washington. Jam z6.--That an
offer of 100000 was made to the
New York Journal of Commerce on
condition that it publish an article
favoring ship subsidy legislation, was
Subsidy Investigating committee yes
terday.