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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-13
EXPLAIN ACT CUTTING
TERMS OF TRUSTEE
Attorney General Honan
Writes of New Law to
Town Officials.

Thomas NJ. Honan. encouragement
has written a number of letters in the
last two weeks to explain to boards OF
trustees in Incorporated towns the pur
pose of the act of the recent general
assembly which curtails the tenure of
Office of approximately one-half the
town trustees of the state. Under an
act of 1909. town trustees elected that
year were to hold office for four years
from January. 1910. The act Of 1911
contemplated that the trustees should
thereafter be elected so to have at
least one holdover member on the board
all the time. and to do so. cut in half
the terms of about half the number in
the state.
The approach of November. the legal
month for holding town elections, has
found the greater number of the towns
unprepared for an election. Under the
1909 act. had 1t not been amended, nc
election would be held this year.
Provisions of the Act.
The new act provides that IN towns
where there is an even number of trus-
tees the half. who received the highest
number of votes in the election of 1905
shall continue until January. 1914. Sue
cessors must be elected for those wht
received the lowest number of votes
Where there is an odd number of trus-
tees. the majority who received tbs
| largest vote in 1909 shall hold over. ant
successors shall be elected for those re
, ceiving the lowest vote. The attorney
/ general holds that where a trustee ha.
been appointed to fill out unexpire1
term. his successor shall be elected
whether the man he succeeded did O.
did not receive among the highest mum
! Der of votes two years ago Further
the election of a successor to such al
! appointee shall not figure in the de
termination of the number to be electe,
on the basis of the majority vote.
Corrupt Practices Act.
The new corrupt practices act passed
by the last general assembly will hav
it's first workout In the approachin
ELECTIONS. From Bartholomew count,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-13
HAMMOND MAN
INTERESTED IN PARK
G.. A. Schmidt Asks For
Receiver on Riverview
Park.

That George A. Schmidt the Ham
mond baker and his father William
Schmidt are among the principal stock
owners of Riverview Park, the famous
Chicago pleasure resort was rev ca led
this week when the stockholders aske i
for a receiver in order to get an ac-
counting from the park officials whom
they accuse of fraud and conspiracy.
Howard Howes of Chiago was appoint
ed receiver by Judge Charles NJ. Walker
before whom the bill was filed.
The three park officials who are
charged with conspiring to defraud are:
Paul w. Cooper. president.
Nicholas P. Valerius, vice president
and treasurer.
William NJ. Johnson. secretary
Cooper is the owner of 220 shares IN
the company. valerius OF PAT shares
and johnson of IFS shares.
The petitioners in the bill are William
Schmidt, owner OF 205 shares of stock
George Goldman. owner of so shares
and Augusta Miller. owner of so shares
The total holdings of the complainant
are s55 shares.
Summed up briefly, the charge
against the officers is that they consplr
| ed to throw profits which ordinaril,
would nave come TO the company 1rSSt
| into the hands of concessionaires and
then. by secret agreement with The
owners of the concessions, they shared
| in their profits. In the season just clos
| ed, it is alleged. the Riverview compan,
lost even $4,000. while the Monito
| and Merrimac concession made a prof
| of s150000. The accused officers ar
| said to have got IA share of. this $3.50 0C
as we'll as a large part of the profits o
other concessions.
Concessions PROFIT by PASSES.
| According to the bin the scheme wa
| worked by issuing a large number o
| complimentary passes to the park. l
! is said that last season 5000, 900 of sue
passe were printed. These passes mean
a loss to the park company. but the
| had the effect of increasing rather tina,
diminishing the profits of the conces
sions.
WHY ARE YOU NOT A TIME
READER?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-13

comes a report that the provisions OF
the act are preventing persons in
number of towns in that county from
announcing candidates. for trustee
ships. Many of them have declared the
act makes politics too risky for them.
A dispatch from Columbus, the county
seat says the incorporated towns In the
county are meeting with difficulty in
obtaining enough candidates to place on
the tickets for the election.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-13
INDUSTRY
l ~ D IA ~ A

Terre Haute-The Commercial club
has reached an agreement with a COM
pany which is to establish a manufac-
tory to make amusement park de-
vices
South Bend-E. Louis Kuhns, sos- lin
la of the late Jacob F. aStudebaker, has
been appointed manager of the big
New York branch of the Studebakeg
corporatfon.- and with Mrs. Kuhns, has
gone -to4take up his new@t3tYties. Fer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-13
Higher Courts Record.


The supreme court handed down the
following rulings and decisions:
1880 John ]. Martin VS.. koppitz
Melcher Brewing Company. Dekalb c.
c. Affirmed. Myers. J.
2fs67. Federal Union Surety Conn
pany ct al VS.. Indiana Lumber and
Manufacturing Company. Laporte c. c.
Affirmed. Morris, J.
22003. Charles Blocker VS.. State Of
Indiana. DAWSON. Spencer c. c. APP
pellees' briefs. Granted
! .ur vovr uranrNr, THE rvrMnaV
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-13

gravel road bonds at par at ~ per
cent, bonds to be santedated six months.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-13

WHY ARE YOU NOT A TIMES
3EADER2
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Trying in vain to save the life of her
daughter. whose clothing caught in TIRE
shafting of a cotton gin. Mrs. j. ID.
Wilkes sacrificed her own life and that
of her baby Wednesday at Reidsville, Ga.
The little girl screamed for help as she
felt herself drawn into the machinery.
Her mother. who was nearby, sprang to
aid her She, too, was caught, and the
baby. which was III her arms. was hurled
to the floor and killed. The mother and
daughter died soon afterwards.
REPRESENTATIVES of $500 locomotive
tiremen employed on 81 Western railroads
and the general managers who have been
comforting over dispute as to the wages
to be paid on certain class of engines,
failed to reach an agreement and the
wages will continue the same. A year
ago an arbitration board gave firemen on
engines with a 24-inch cylinder or over
and on compound engines weighing over
2l5,0o pounds, 1915 per day. The general
managers claimed this was a mistake, as
many of the engines with equipped with
| super heaters that reduced the amount
! of coal burned to the same level as the
smaller classes of engines. The fremen
| wanted an Increase of 20 per cent in
! wages in lieu of the award of the arbi-
! tiers.
The guests of the Savoy House. a
| hotel on AcuShnct avenue, near Union
| street. New Bedford, Mass. were given
! a scare early Thursday by II fire that
| broke out il Il store adjoining the hotel
| There We're about dozen guests in
| the hotel and nearly all of them fled
to the street in their night clothing
| Although the Fir" did not reach the
hotel, smoke and water caused a dam
age of about $1,000. The fire broke
out in the store of the American Cloth
ing Company, crept between the parti-
lions of the building, IA wooden struc-
ture and communicated to the rear o'
the turntlre store of the c. f. VIM
Co. The cause of the fire is not known
The entire loss by fire, smoke and wa
ter will not exceed $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27
Cut in Pullman
Sleeping Car Rates.

Chicago, JAN 25.-Announcement was
made yesterday from the Pullman Co.
Offices here that arrangements have
been completed for the application next
Wednesday of their new rate rules,
which include nation reduction
Of 20 per cent in practically all upper
berth rates and cut ranging from
"a cents to 81 or 20 per cent. of all
lower berths. The new tariff. which
has been filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission, provides that where
lower berth rate is $3.50 the rate for
the upper berth shall be $1.25 and
where the lower berth rate is more
than $50 the upper berth rate shall
be 20 per cent. less.
new feature of the rate scheme
is the establishment of an intermediate
lower berth rate. Heretofore a rate
Of 81 so has been collected for a GER
tain time and distance and the next
higher rate amounted to so cents more.
In the revised tariff rates, s1.75. $2.25,
etc, have been put in wherever it was
necessary to bring about an equaliza-
ton of lower berth rates.
New tourist sleeping car rates also
have been filed. There Is no change for
lower berths in these tariffs, but in the
matter of upper berths there is a cut
of 90 per cent. with q minimum upper
berth rate OF 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27
THE YELLED PROPHET.
He Was the Most Noted impostor OF
the Middle Ages.

The celebrated "Veiled Prophet of
history was d Moslem fanatic whose
real name was Haken Ibn Hashen.
He was born about the middle of the
eighth century and became the most
noted imposter of the middle ages,
He pretended that he was an embodi-
ment of the spirit of the Giving God
and, being very proficient in jugglery
(Which the ignorant mistook for the
power to work miracles). soon drew
an immense number of followers
around him. He always wore gold
mask, claiming that he did so to pro-
tect the mortals Of this earth, who, he
said, could not look upon his face and
live.
At last, after thousands had quilted
the city and even left the employ OF
the Caliph al Moidi to join the fanat-
ical movement. an army was sent
against the "Veiled Prophet" forcing
him to flee for safety to the castle at
Keh, north of the Oxus. Finally.
when ultimate defeat was certain, the
prophet killed and burned his whole
family and then threw himself into
the flames, being entirely consumed.
except his hair, which was kept in h
museum at Bagdad until the time of
the crusades. He promised his faith
full followers that he would reappear
to them in the future dressed in white
and riding white horse.-Portsmoutll,
N. H., Daily Chronicle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27
Texas Oysters Are Green.

what makes the oysters of Gal
weston bay turn green?" exclaimed l..
Ii. Wood, state fish and oyster com-
missioner. in Houston Monday. as he
repeated a question. what makes the
Wildcat Wild"
''Its natural. Green oysters. first
discovered last season, proved the best
that have ever been found in Calves
ton bay, and yet for long time no
one would touch them. The general
presumption is that some element in
the water pouring down the rivers
caused the phenomenon. and l suppose
that is correct, but now you have
distinctive wonder in the oyster indus
try Green Galveston bay oysters are
real oysters with flavor as distinc-
lively rich as the color is startling"
Mr.. Wood was in Houston to meet
his chief deputy. J. c. Canty, of Gal
weston. a conference to determine
upon a course for the more adequate
policing of the coast waters was on
the program. In recent report Mr..
Wood recommended the use of more
boats and the employment of more
men to protect the fish and oyster in
dustry in Galveston, Matagorda and
LaVaca bays
"In Galveston bay. more than any
where else" says Mr.. Wood. they
are now farming under the foamy
waves An oyster fisherman files on
the bottom of the bay. He plants his
oysters, green or white, fences off his
preserve and waits for his crop
Sometimes they even fertilize the
fields, under water to help the oysters
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27
JURY DISACREES
In Schenk Poisoning Trial
At Wheeling, ". Va,
Final Vote Said TO Be: ACquit-
tai Eleven; Conviction One.
Mrs. Schenk Remanded.-- May Be
Admitted TO Bail.

| Wheeling. w. Va, Jan. 26.-After
struggling Tor more than "a hours with
| the mass technical and sensational teS
/ timony, the jury in the case of Mrs.
Laura Farnsworth Schenk charged
with poisoning her husband John q.
Schenk announced late today they were
hopelessy divided and could not reach
| a verdict Judge l.. s. Jordan i'm
portuned them to make further efforts,
but at 5.o4 p. NJ, he discharged them
and the long drawn out trial resulted
in a disagreement. Tonight Mrs.
Schenk is again in Jail. despite her
hopes that she would be a free woman.
upon the verdict II the jury.
The final vote taken by the jury aft
err their long session stood IL for
acquittal and | for conviction. On the
first ballot. taken within five minutes
after the jury retired at $50 Wednes-
day evening, eight voted for acquittal,
three for conviction and one refused to
vote.
On the second ballot there were nine
votes for aequittal and three COR con-
viction. From this status the number
for acquittaI was gradually worked up
to II. one of the jurors. il is report
ed. came over at the night session
Wednesday, while another changed his
opinion today.
The juror who prevented verdict
was Isaac Heyman, salesman for To-
cal provision company. From tile out
SGT he held that the accused was guilty
of the crime with which she was char@-
ed, and it was generally recognized by
the others that there was absolutely 70
chance of changing his belief.
The failure to arrive at verdict
opens up world Of possibilities. While
a new trial will be necessary, it is gen
orally conceded that the task of Sc
Letting d Jury Will be most difficult.
Virtually all of the evidence Ill the pos
session Of either side has been brought
out and there are few who have not
formed an opinion.
There was rumOr tonight that both
the state and the defence will ask for
a certification of the second hearing
before Judge II. G. Harry of the cir
cult court There was also runor
that charges of bribery and attempted
bribery had been made by members of
the jury after their discharge but
several of the jurors subsequently &C.
MED the rumors vigorously.
Mrs. Schenk was remanded to jail
after the mis- trial The amount of bond
required to secure her liberty pending
a second trial has not been determin-
ed upon, but will be fixed at once.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27
IF YOU NEED A MEDICINE,
YOU SHOULD HAVE THE BEST.

Although there are hundreds of pre-
parations advertised, there is only one
that really stands out pre-eminent as
remedy for diseases of the kidneys, liver
and bladder.
DR.. Kimer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest, for the reason that it has proved
to he just the remedy needed in thoes-
ands upon thousands of even the most
distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly
because its mild and Immediate effect IS
soon realized. 1t is gentle, healihs
vegetable compound.
DR. Kilmer's Swamp Root Is a physi-
clans prescription for special diseases'
which is not recommended for every
thing.
4. Sworn Certificate of Purity Is with
every bottle.
For sale at all drug stores, III bottles Oh
two sizes-ffty cents and one-doilar.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27
EARLY REPORT EXPECTED
In Famous Boundary Dispute Between
Towns Of Hiram and Denmark.

Portland, Me. Jan. 26.-The nearly a
century old boundary dispute between the
little towns of Hiram and Denmark in
oxford county will be settled early in
March, when the commission appointed
by the supreme court to determine the
matter is expected to file its report. AT
a recent hearing it was agreed that il
the commission could find certain origina
marks defining the boundary. which have
been lost for many years. they should
be accepted as determining the matter
This has been done. Valuable tracts o
timberland are included in the disputed
territory. which has been the subject o
endless litigation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27

MISS MADELINE r. JILL
President of the c. f. Society, Gardiner
and Free Baptist churches have put forth
every effort in the local arrangements to
make the meeting a success The follow
ing is the program for the convention:
AFTERNOON.
1.3oAPraise and Devotional Service, led
by Albion Endeavorers
2OQ-Two by Two Evangelism, Ne"
Movement, Rev. L. A. Davis, South
e.ao-The Endeavorer's Place in Missions.
Rev. B. F. Turner Ha,loweh ~
2.H-Discussion open to all, led by Kew.
Malcolm Dana, Hallowell.
Vocal duet, b. F. Stuber, Miss Ida
Gowan.
Offering.
SU-Address: 1.-THE Essentials of a Sue
cessful Christian Endeavor Society"
Rev. Francis Z. Clark. d. D.. LII D,
Boston.
40o-Business.
4.30-Reception to DIR. Clark.
5.0-Convention Banquet (for delegates
EVENING SESSION.
G.4o-Organ Voluntary. Mrs. Moody
7,10-Praise and Devotional Service. Rev
E.. A. Davis, assisted by the young
peoples orchestra of the NJ E. church.
7.30-Election of Officers.
Selection, Choir.
Offering.
Vocal Solo. Mrs. Hiram Burgess
Address: Thirty Years of Christian
Endeavor." Rev. Francis Z. Clark, d.
D., Ill. D.
Closing Moments, led by Rev. E. A.
Davis.
The presence of Rev. Francis f. Clark,
d. D.. LII. D., founder of the Christian
Endeavor adds much to the interest of
the convention, as this is his first appear
ance in this county and his two address,
es are being anticipated with much pleas
IRE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27
RECIPROCITY TREATY.
CONTINUED from Page 0ne.)

The intention of the commissioners
to remove all duties on printing paper
and wood pulp was effected so far as
the Dominion government could do it
outside the limitations existing in the
laws OF the Canadian provincial gov
ernments. imposing duties on wood cut
on crown lands in Canada but it would
appear that the American duty Will
he only upon the comparatively small
ueoportion of Canadian pulp or wood
ct o. auch crown lands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27

steamers from Aparri or Manila.
When one of the steamers anchors
there the cattle ere paid for in cash,
ranging from SIS to $40 head. Some
of the residents then take the steamer
for the first port on the Island of Lu-
zun, bring some onicns and garlic with
them and do the purchasing for them
selves and their friends.
The women wear peculiar head
oress made of ccgon grass to protect
them from the sun and rain and with
out one exception each one lifted it In
salu1ation. For three months OF the
year the islands are typhcon swept
and no steamer can approach them
and other times. though regular mai
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27
ROYAL TELEPHONE PRIVILEGES.
King George Has Exclusive Use OF
Trunk Line When He Rings Up.

KING George possesses certain priVil-
eyes as a use- OF the telephone which
are the exclusive right of the sovereign,
and are not shared by any other mem
Der of the royal iImily or by any other
person in the kingdom.
When the king desires to speak over
a trunk line he has the right to claim
priority Of service over all who may be
waiting to use the same line.
In order that the nature of this priv
ilege may be understood it is necessary
to explain that usually q person re-
quirii,g to use a trunk line, unless he
is fortunate, has to wait for at least
half an hour until other callers who
have requisitioned the line before him
have finished their conversation. for
each caller is allocateG the line in his
turn. But wien the king acquisitions
trunk line lns majesty is never kept
waiting at the nost more than three
minutes, which is the time limit for a
trunk line call, and directly the call III
progress is completed the line is given
to the king.
There is notice in the trunk eX-
change at the central postofficc to the
effect that royal dockets are to take
procedure over all others, notice
which requires Il little explanation. In
the trunk exchange the calls are not
handled as they are in an ordinary ex-
change. They are dealt with in the
first instance by operators WHIP sit at
either side of a long table. in the cen-
ter of which is ii sort of trough that
revolves on an endless chain.
through, the table operator writes
down the number of the exchange re-
qUired (say. for example, 10 Central
Paris) and puts the docket into the
trough. lin which it is carried>down to
the end of the table with other dock
cts; here they are all gathered up and
distributed to the operators at the
trunl. line sWitchboards. each docket
being dealt with in the order it has
come ill.,
Directly. however. = call comes
through from the king the operator at
the table puts a red stamp bearing the
word "royal' on the docket. which Is
passed down the trough and sent t.
the operator who is working the re-
uuired trunk line. and she must deal
with it at once as soon as the actual
call in progress over the line is fin
ished. The rcd stamp is only used tc
denote C. call from the king.
Three minutes is the time allowed
| for a call except when the king is us
| ing a line. His majesty has the priv
| ilege of doing so without any time linn
| it, and an operator must never on an,
account interrupt conversation wher
| his majesty is speaking.
AS a matter of fact. the king. Wht
| has had occasion recently to use thu
| trunk lines rather frequently. rarely OF
| never exceeds the ordinary time limit
| The king knows how telephone
| should be used, and observes the rules
laid down to expedite the traffic owe
| the line which even business men yer!
often neglect to do.
His majesty speaks rather si"wi
and very distinctly, but not loudly, s.
that his listener has never to ASK nm
to repeat a wcrd. 1t is the experience
at the trunk exchange that the royii
calls are very quickly cleared.-Londol
| News.
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the group, passing between them and
the Island of Formosa on their way to
Nagasaki. Yet comparatively few
Alnericans have visited this group OF
islands," sale DR. Louis Ottofy, who
has recently returned from this part of
the archipelago.
''Santo Domingo has a population of
about 2000 and is entirely different
from any other town in the Philip
pines In the first place. all the build
ings are of stone and Whitewashed.
The roofs are made of cogon grass,
closely trimmed so as to afford no pur-
chase to the severe typhoons which
sweep over the islands.
1.-THE streets are about twelve feet
wide, many of them paved with stone
stone walls extend along both sides OF
the streets their full length, giving
them the appearance OF lanes. Inc
walls are about three to five feet in
height, broken at intervals for en-
frances to the yards, which III turn
are separated from each other by stone
walls. Most Of The yards were clean
and exceptionally neat and attractive
THE provincial building, pfesldencla
school house, church and the parochial
school are all built of stone neatly
wnitewashed, and the grass-covered
plaza fenced by "a low stone wall. wa
the acme of neatness.
unlike most Filipino towns there
were no pigs or goats ct large: thee
arr confined to walled in sections be
low the level of>the streets. | noticed
but few dogs and they seemed to b'
well fed There isxnot single China
man in the town: in fact. FOR that mat
ter. not one on any of the islands
amorg a population of about 5000
There were but five white ncn there
the priest, who has been there> 10
ltventy-seven ycacs; the, governor, wn'
I was told is a Spaniard; two SPAN
ards who are cattle buyers, ana OH
| American connected with the ourea'
OF public works.
! There is not single store III IN
town. The sole industry is the ralsih'
OF cattle. which are called Tor o.
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The agreement, to become effective
must be put in the shape of law aman-
datory t. the existing tariff acts in the
United States and in Canada and it
will require sharp work to accomplish
this, so far as Congress is concerned
in the brief period of the present SEES
sion vet relna ming.