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The Prescott daily news., 1911-12-02
Local News

L. F. Beidleman spent yester- day in Texarkana.
 w. B. Garrett of Emmett was a visitor in this city today.
 Dr. c. F. Nelms, of Laneburg, spent a portion of today in Pres. colt.
 Miss Irene Murry of En- met spent today in the city shop ping.
 Dr. A. A. Reeder of Sutton. was a business visitor to Pres colt today. Attorney Geo. M. Lecroy and A. B. Montgomery. of Stamps, are in the city today on business.
 John Milburn of Gurdon spent last night in this city returning to his home this morning.
 Mrs. J. M. Garland of Emmet. is in this city, the guest of her mother, Mrs. J. E. Christopher.
 Walter Edwards came in this morning from St. Louis for a wis it with home folks near this city.
 Rev. c. H. Gilmore was called yesterday by telegram to Sioux City, Iowa, where his son is crit. ically ill.
 c. l.. Green was initiated into the first degree of Masonry at the meeting of the Blue Lodge last night.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-12-02
Notice

After November 27th all past due notes and accounts will pass
 from our hands to H. R. Me- kenzie and Lee Griffith for col lection. See us quickland save costs. .-McDaniel Hardware Go.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-12-02

Where your trade is appreciated
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
BULLY IS
ARRESTED
AND JAILED

Charles Greath. a member of one of
the toughest gangs that ever in
tested Hammond, and one of the as
sailants of Elmer Jackson and Eugene
Hodges, two colored men, last Saturday
night. was arrested this afternoon by
Constable Julius Taussig and placed
in the Hammond jail pending the arriv-
al of a bondsman. Morris Croak. who
Is named as the other assailant by the
two negroes. is still at large, but will
be picked up as soon Is he crosses the
path of the constable.
On Saturday night Groath and Croak
abused Elmer Jackson so badly that
he sustained broken jaw. The same
night they and their gang Are said to
have precipitated fight at dance in
West Hammond. On the same night
they broke up dance at Hegewisch
and still later, or rather early Sun
day morning. one of their number at
tempted to invade Huehn's hall. where
the Hammond Saengerbund was giving
its mask ball. On Sunday night the
same gang went to Lansing and at
tempted to break up a dance there. Ev-
cry member of the gang is marked by
the police department as a trouble
maker.
The assault upon Elmer Jackson, the
colored man. Saturday night as
especially brutal. Groath and Croak
stood at the entrance to the alley at
Ruff's hardware store when Jackson
came along When he made no reply
to their insulting remarks, Groath
jumped on him and tussled with him
and Groath hit him on the jaw with
such force as to break it. A little lat
er Eugene Hodge. crippled porter,
came the same way and was made the
object of a SNOWFALL said % have con-
tained a stone He was struck in the
CONTINUED on page fve1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
MINISTERS GATHER
Steps Taken to Organize a
Christian Missionary
Association.

The Rev c. J. Sharp of the Ham
mond Christian church and MRS. Sharp
entertained the pastors and their wives
or Christian ministers of the Calumet
region at their home yesterday. Mrs.
Sharp was hostess to the visitors. The
next meeting will be held at the home
of the Rev H. A. and Mrs Carpenter
of Whiting The meetings are sched-
uled to be held on the first Mondays of
the month.
The organization was perfected yes
terday by the election of officers. The
Rev. G. j. Sharp was elected president
and Mrs. Carpenter secretary.
Those present were the Rev NJ H.
Tremble of Gary. the Rev. Martha
Tremble of Tolleston, Mr.. and Mrs. Car
penter of Whiting and Mr.. and Mrs.
Sharp of Hammond
Steps were also taken toward the
organization of the Christian Mission
airy association OF the Calumet region.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
WILL MEET
ON SUNDAY

There will be another meeting in
Helms hall in West Hammond next
Sunday to carry out the work that was
started last evening when a mass
meeting was called to consider the
matter of framing a ticket
There was very little done at the
meeting last night. Henry c. Peters,
with a platform favoring an open town,
announced his candidacy for mayor. and
Con Moor announced his candidacy for
the office of alderman.
It is understood, however. that these
announcements did not meet with the
approval of the people of the north
side and that an effort will be made to
show both Moor and Peters that a
ticket could win without their names
upon it.
1t is expected that both will be pre-
vailed upon to withdraw their names
at the meeting Sunday Moor is conf
dent that he could be elected in his
ward, In which all of the resorts are
located. and is said to positively refuse
to withdraw.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
May FIGHT TO 0GET
GARY co. SEAT
New Angle is Seen in Spectacular
Court Fight. Will Hammond and
Gary Unite Against Crown PIT.

Hammond and Gary fighting side
by side against common foes That
is one Of the possibilities Of the most
remarkable court fight that the state
of Indiana has ever known, the Lake
county court fight.
If the fight develops along the lines
that some of the north end lawyers
think it will, Hammond and Gary will
declare truce with the understand
ing that Hammond is to have two adj
ditional judges and Gary is to have
the county seat.
THE WAY THINGS LOOK.
1t is almost unbelievable, but that Is
the way things are looking now 1t all
came about as a result OF the attitude
that Crown Point has taken in this
matter
1t looked as though the court fight
was settled in Hammond's favor until
Crown Point got into the game The
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
HAMMOND
IS NOT ORA,
STEPHEN!

Hereafter when Steve Bockman of
Ora. Ind, comes to Hammond he will
give the saloons a wide berth, SO at
least he promised Judge Barnett in the
city court this morning. He was ar
raigned on the charge of drunkenness
and pleaded guilty. but the case against
him was dismissed on his promised
good behavior in the future. He said
he had come to Hammond to visit his
son.
Pete Bennett was fined a dollar and
costs in the same court on the same
charge. He pleaded not guilty, but
several other charges of the same ma
ture were pending against him and
consequently Judge Barnett thought 1t
advisable to take him away from temp
tation by sending him to Crown Point.
In addition to his fine he was given a
Jail sentence of ten days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN
HAMMOND SALOON
John Hamburger Place Is
Damaged by Night
Blaze.

Fire broke out last night in the sa-
loon building occupied by John Ham
burger, 4S7 Holman street. Hammond,
and caused about 5000 worth of dam
age. The fire started in the kitchen,
but its origin is unknown.
Last night about $50 a false alarm
was sent in from the corner of Morton
court and Plummer avenue. Within
the past few weeks there have been a
number of false alarms, evidently sent
in by persons who were on mischief
bent. The fire department is doing ev-
erything in its power to catch the gull
ty parties and to bring upon them the
full retribution of the law.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14


the petition of the owners of land
which is a part of any city the same
may sunder itself from the city to
which it is Joined.
The measure would apply to about
5000 acres of land joining Hammond
on the north and extending as far as
the lake. The senate committee on
cities and towns has the bill under
but no action has been
taken on it as yet. 1t is understoo
the owners of the land object to it be-
ing made a part of Hammond on ac-
count of the taxation. The property
for the most part is farm land and IL 1t
were disannexed it would remain such.
The bill was slipped into the senate
hopper quietly and without the knowI-
edge of many Hammond citizens who
are anxious to keep the property a part
Of the city The fight to have the
property disannexed has been before
the legislature before. but no bill of
that character was ever enacted into
law
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

THE TIMES acknowledges the receipt
of the following communication this
afternoon:
To the Public-With reference to the
present fight in Gary for open shop
principles the Commercial club wishes
to make public its position in the mat
ter the reasons for its position and
what is expects will be the effect of
the open shop upon Gary and its future
This matter will not all be presented
in one statement, but will be extended
through several statements to be is
sued during the course of the next few
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
OLDEST WOMAN IN
COUNTY IS DEAD
Mrs. Hess, Aged "a, Dies Be-
tween Crown Point and
Cedar Lake.
Especial to THE TIMES. )

Crown Point, ind, Feb. 14.-Mrs.
Hess, probably the oldest woman in
Lake county died on Sunday morning at
the farm home near the halfway house.
at the advanced age of "a years. She
was the mother of 3 sons and one
daughter. living with her son Albert
Hess, where she died, one son and
daughter living in Chicago and the
other in H4isdale. formerly mayor of
that city. Old age and a complication
of diseases ascribed to her advanced
age was the cause of her demise She
was buried in the Crown Point GENE
terry yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
ENGINEER
EXPLAINS HIS
ATTITUDE
County Engineer Makes
Public a Statement Re-
Farding "Stone Road"
Controversy and Takes Is
sue With His Critics.

In a statement made to THE TIMES
today w F. Bridge stated the position
he and the viewers have taken in the
controversy over the paving of the
cross-country road between Hammond
Gary and Hobart.
Bridge said that the recommenda-
tions he has made regarding the use
of "cobble" stone for the building of
his experience with this paving mate
rial.
He claims that in the part OF the
state from which he comes '.cobble" has
been used with excellent results. He
admits that it is hard to bind this ma
terial. but he says that once it is
bound it makes the best road in the
country.
While he admits that the South
Broadway pavement is failure at the
present time. he says that this is due
to the fact that there was not enough
of the binder to fill the interstices
between the cobble stones.
He says the same is true of the
Indiana boulevard pavement which is
made of cobble stones and which is
also declared to be unsatisfactory.
Bridge believes that if road of
cobble is properly built and is given
reasonable period of time in which to
bind that it Will make a good road.
Bridge Answers Critics.
In answer to the claim of the fof1-
GERS OF the Ahlborn Construction Co.
that it was compelled to put fourteen
carloads more of the binder on the
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
SEARCHLIGHT TO BE
ISSUED SATURDAY

Next Saturday the first issue of the
West Hammond Searchlight, the new
paper that is to be started by Miss Vlr-
ginia Brooks will be issued The pa
per is to be printed for the purpose
Of cleaning up West Hammond
Miss Brooks is to be the editor, ana
she claims to have the support of
large element in West Hammond which
has stood by her in the fight for
cleaner city She also claims to have
the support of a number of Chicago
men who own property in the village
The new paper will be of four pages
and will have a patent inside. The
happenings in the village will be re-
corded in it, and its editorial policy
will be to fight the men whom Miss
Brooks believes have been plundering
the village.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
bL0OMHOFF
IS CLEARED
BY THE JURY
First of Noted Conspiracy
Cases in Which u. S. Steel
Was Plaintiff Results in
Acquittal of Defendant
Jury Out 20 Minutes.

1t took twenty minutes for the jury
in the case of the State of Indiana VS..
Charles Bloomhoff charged with con-
spiracy to defraud the Indiana Steel
Co, to organize, enjoy good smoke
and vote for the acquittal of the de-
fendent who has been on trial for three
solid weeks in the Lake Superior Court
in Hammond.
The case is one of the most notable
criminal prosecutions that have ever
been attempted in a Lake county court
With the discovery that the Indiana
Steel Co had been robbed of nearly
100000 by the padding of pay rolls.
through the alleged connivance of en-
ployes in the time keeping department
by means of which ficticious names
were kept on the roll: Charles Bloom
hoff, Walter Thomas and John Caldwell
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
SADALAC ON TRIAL.

Joe Sadalac is on trial in the Lake
superior court in Hammond on the
charge of shooting Lazo Maddish In 4
saloon brawl at Gary. The men are
said to have quarreled earlier IN the
evening and then Sadalac Is said 10
have left the saloon and returned few
minutes later with a gun with which
he shot Maddish The charge under
which Sadalac is being tried is that of
assault and battery with intent to kill.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
IMPORTANT CHANGES PROPOSED IN
INDIANA STATE CONSTITUTION.


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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
Renorted Very III.

Mrs. Cora Boney Dudley was reported
to be very sick in telegram which
Mrs. Ed Nee of the Hotel Carleton re-
ceived this morning from Mat Boney,
the father of Mrs. Dudley.
Mr. and Mrs Boney are both at the
bedside of their daughter, who is at
Centralia, ILL.,. where the Dudley Stock
company was putting on it's shows at
the time Mrs. Dudley, who is the lead
ing lady, was taken Ill.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
COMMERCIAL CLUB OF GARY
EXPLAINS POSITION FULLY
Cards the Public to Clear Up Cause For Recommending
and Adopting Open Shop Policy.

days. 1t will not deal in wind or
wild and incoherent statements, but
will keep right down to solid facts.
facts that cannot be disputed. facts
that will tell a story of deep inter-
est to all people interested in Gary's
future.
In the beginning we wish to say a
few words in reply to the assertions of
the so-called independent contractors.
These Independents have put forward
the claim that there has been a COM
bine of material men and contractors
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
GOOD WORK
BY THE JUDGE.

Judge Barnett in the city court this
morning gave another impressive les
son, that of carrying concealed weap-
onS is costly business. Paul Bucha of
East Hammond was fined $25 and costs,
amounting to $35. Recently man
from the same district was fined a
similar amount. Judge Barnett said
that IL the practice is not broken up
soon he will add jail sentences to the
fines.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

Newcastle, Md, Feb. 1.-THE
condition of Benjamin S. Parker, the
well-known poet, has taken a turn for
the worse and while the family and
physicians do not say there is no
hope, yet friends and relatives are
very uneasy. Mr. Parkers' son has
been summoned from Cleveland, o.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
WILL STIR
UP FIGHT IN
HAMMOND.

Indianapolis. Feb. 14-.An apparently
innocent bill introduced by Senator
Akin last Friday promises to stir up
an old fight in the city of Hammond.
Ind, over a proposal to disannex GER
tain lands now a part of the city. The
measure was introduced by Senator
Akin by request and provides that upon
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

Hammond men had killed of the Gary
proposition. and 1t looked like smooth
sailing for Hammond. The Hammond
lawyers proposed to pitch in and help
Crown Point to get a continuous court
as soon as it's bill was passed. but took
the position that IT would plainly be
jeopardizing it's interests to ask for
continuous court until after the Ham
mond bill was disposed OF.
CROWN POINT BALKs.
Crown Point lawyers got the idea
that Hammond was giving them the
double cross. Some one tipped it off
that Hammond would get it's two
judges, and then leave Crown Point to
its own resources. The Hammond men
strenuously deny this.
This morning the information was
spread among the Hammond lawyers
that the Crown Point delegation will
go to indianapolis next Wednesday for
the purpose OF defeating the Hammond
BILL
This made the Hammond men angry.
CONTINUED on page 81
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

Roanoke, Va, Feb IA. w. SPo-
well, 2S years old, of Buchanan, yes
terday killed his sweetheart. Miss
Maud West, 8 years old, with shot
gun and then turned the weapon on
himself, ending his life.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

THE TINES Is TRYING HARD TO
MERIT THE SUCCESS 1T HAS
ACHIEVED.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

Terre Haute, Ind. Feb. 14.-Hun-
dreds of people in Terre Haute have
been praying for the recovery of
eight-year-old Alonzo Cummings,
whose arm was amputated at hospi-
tai. Before taking an. anaesthetic he
asked that he might be allowed to say
prayer he had learned at Sunday
school. The boy was struck by a
street car while hurrying to school.
His arm was mangled and he was
severely shocked. AT the hospital 1t
was said he probably would recover.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

DIR. Yamai Kin is one of China's
most famous doctors. She plans to
reorganize the hospitals in China and
is studying our system in America
She brought with her number of
rare Chinese plants which Will be
grown in this country by the agricul-
tural department. She Is n guest OF
Secretary and Mrs. MacVeagh. Of the
Treasury Department at Washing
TOP
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

STORE
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
NEWS

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 14.-(Times'
Bureau-A delegation is here from
Crown Point to try to have the Van
Horne bill changed so as to provide
that one of the new Hammond super
ior court judges shall hold court both
at Hammond and Crown Point. They
called on Representative Van Horne,
but he says he wants to hear from
Hammond first before agreeing to the
plan. The real legislative apportion-
ment bill, prepared and introduced
tomorrow, gives Lake county one SEN
ator and one joint with Porter and
Jasper counties, and two representa-
tives and one joint with Newton. The
democratic caucus decided to make the
governors new constitution party eau
Gus measure and put it through. The
new local option bill is to be passed to
remove all doubt about constitution
ality of the Proctor local option law
The senate bill, amended to make the
salary of the Lake county commission
ers $1,000, was also decided to be put
through all platform bills.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. IA new
local option law will be drafted and
presented to the Legislature to re-
place the Proctor local option law
signed recently by the Governor.
The new measure will be presented
within the next two or three days and
advanced as rapidly as possible. The
matter was under consideration in
the joint caucus of Senate and House
Democrats last night, and it was de-
cided to substitute the new bill tDr
the amendment to the Proctor local
option law, now pending on third
reading in the Senate.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

CONTINUED on page seven.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

CONTINUED on page 81
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

POSSIBLE RAIN
TODAY AND TOMORROW;
MILD TEMPERATURES.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

Continued on page five.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14
CROWN POINT BALKs.

CONTINUED on page 81
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-14

Continued on page nve.1
The Detroit times., 1911-09-25
What the Box Scores
Demonstrate to the Fan

While the Reds were pounding
Rubc Marquard out OF the box,
rain and President Lynch prevent
ed the Cubs from getting even
one game from the 6eaneaters.
Who says baseball isn't an hon
est aame7 The Reds are pulling
for the Giants to win; yet they
knocked the Giants best twlrler
out Of the box and won their
game, 8 20 5.
Judge w. c. Adamson, con-
aressman from Georgia, suggests
Ty Cobb a. viee-presidentIaI can
didate on the Democratic ticket,
declaring he's a better baseball
man that Jim Sherman. Maybe
he's right.
Alexander the Great, held the
Cardinals safe at all angles, the
PhlIiles winning a. they pleased
by 8 70 2. lobert scored from
first on a wild pitch by Hugglns.
The 1912 list Of players for the
National league, handed out BY
President Lynch, looks like the
roster Of the first maneuver d.
vision az San Antonio; neither
seems 20 be on q real war footing.
Rain prevented the only game
the Cubs and Beaneaters could
have played. Barney Dreyfuss' OBJ
lection put stop 70 talk OF
double header, even " J. Pluvius
had permitted.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-25
CALL
A COP, PLEASE!
UMPIRE EVANS.
There Were No Umpire Protectors at
Cleveland When the Mob Got
Evans Sunday.
UMPIRE EVANS.

CLEvEAND. o.. Sept, 25.-Taespons
ibility for the attack on Umpire ,'BiL
ly" Evans at the close or the Ath.
letic,Nap game here yesterday, dur
ing which several excited fans ex.
changed blows with the umpire and
players, may be found to rest with
the Cleveland club management, II
was stated here today. Although a
crowd or over 10000 turned out %
witness the game, not policeman
was on duty on the grounds and when
the mob swarmed upon the field Il
was entirely uncontrolled.
The attack on Evans came so sud.
denly that he had to fight his way out
almost alone. Having given two cljse
decisions. ending the game. the Clcve-
land players had LETT the field Evans
walked away slowly, when he was
soon surrounded. He declared last
night that he probably struck the frst
blow When Evans had fought his
way to the tunnel leading to the dress.
ing rooms he met his last assailant
alone, and dropped him with a swing
of his catchers mask.
No arrests were made, although two
men who looked like Evans We're
dragged from street cars and roughly
handled.