The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-14
Up and Down in
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BOUGHT WORTHLESS LAND.


office near which the property was sup
posed to be- was discontinued by the
government long ago. The advice re-
ceived from Texas was to the effect
that II the deeds were legal the proper
~ they conveyed was not worth the
price paid for it.
The agent had promised to take A
numbr of purchasers to Texas to show
them their land, but he can not now be
found.
GLIDER CONES TO GRIEF.
Walter Davis. OF Richmond. a TWEEN
ty-year-old boy. yesterday made a
trial trip in biplane glider which re-
sembles flying machine in general
makeup. but lacks an engine and is
equipped with stationary rudder.
Davis seated himself in the machine.
and 1T was raised in the air by means
OF pulling with a motorcycle. a rope
one hundred feet long being used, The
machine rose twenty feet, and the rope
attached to the motorcycle was cut
loose Davis did the glide act very
nicely until heavy air current turn
ed him over and the glider skinned
to earth. taking a few yards of fence
that lay in it's downward part Davis
was unhurt. but the gliding machine
was wrecked.
POOLE TRIAL STARTS TO-DAY.
John w. Poole. the Benton county
farmer charged with the murder of
Joseph KEEPER. farm employe, whose
body was buried on the Poole farm
near Lafayette started in the circuit
court at Lafayette Monday morning
on an indictment for murder in the first
degree Poole admits killing Kemper
and burying his body, but he says the
killing was accidental Poole's plea
Will be insanity, and he will also seek
to convince the jury that he did not
kill Kemper Intentionally
WOMEN FAINT AT FIRE SALE.
Two women tainted yesterday in the
jam of women who attended a fire sale
| in a Connersville women's furnishing
establishment. one Miss Genevieve
Smith, fell in the crowd that was
around an attractive counter and was
severely trampled.
When the rush was at its hight d
man was orderd to guard the stairway
leading to the basement to prevent
more than cellar full from descend
| ing at once One large woman, an
noyed by the delay calmly climbed
over the high railing at the top of the
steps. and dropped to the floor a few
feet below. She was soon lost in the
crowd in the basement
| HAS a Guilty CONSCIENCE
| Charles Fl. Jones a business man of
Washington. has received a letter from
conscience stricken person, who for
warded a dime In payment for a peacl,
stolen from in front of Mr.. Jones
store. The letter was unsigned. but
the envelope bore the postmark of
Seattle, Wash, and was as follows:
Dear Mr.. Jones-Been to Gypsy
Smiths meeting. Enclosed find 10 cents
to pay for peach which / filched in
front of your store several years ago
| PENTITENT
HELPED BUILD MONITOR.
David Edwards. of Kokomo, age
sventy-one. workman on the turret OF
the famous Monitor of civil war fame
! is dead at the home of his son. the
Rev. r. r. Edwards. He formerly lived
in New York City and was employed al
lthe Delamater Iron Works. where the
Monitors turrent was constructed. He
was an intimate friend of John Erics-
son. the inventor. and was taken to the
vessel as confidential employe. who
| knew the secret OF the Monitors me-
| chaanism.
is THE EARTH A GLOBE.
whether or not the earth is globe
is still troubling the minds of scientific
men OF this country and Europe ane
the United Stated is making number
of observations in various parts of this
country to help solve the query. a
Angola Ind. party of scientists work
ing under the coast and geodetic sur
vey bureau Of the department of com
merce and labor is taking observation