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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
NOW HERE is WHERE
ALEXANDER SHINES
Gary Negro to Be Tried For
Murder in Judge Reiter's
Court Monday.

A murder trial that is likely to be
replete with startling incidents will be
the first thing to be taken up in Judge
Virgil S. Refers court next Monday.
The case is one in which George Da-
Wis, a colored man from Gary, is charg-
ed with the murder of May Marshall.
his paramour. Davis is charged with
cutting the girls head off with a razor.
Attorney Alexander Green, a colored
Gary attorney, will represent the de-
fense, and Deputy Prosecuting Attor-
ney Ralph w. Ross will represent the
state
Davis was indicted by the last grand
jury. for the crime which is alleged to
have been committed several months
ago. He has been in jail ever since.
1t is expected that practically the
entire negro population of Gary will be
present at the trial. Judge Reiter will
spend the next week at criminal jury
work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
C.P. RODGERS
IS ANCHORED
At HAMMOND

Charles E Taylor. the chief mechan-
ism for Cal p. Rogers. who is making
a coast-to-coast flight for the Hearst
$4,000 prize and who is close to
Rodgers. said today that it is extremely
improbable that Rodgers will attempt
a flight today from Hammond.
If the wind goes down this afternoon
so that Rodgers can have enough time
to make the flight to Chicago before
dark he will start, but it seems i'm
probable that it will.
Rodgers has had enough of night
flying" said Taylor. "and he has never
attempted it but what he got into trou-
Bile. When he alighted in South Ham
mond he got into such a bad place that
the machine had to be moved before he
could start again."
Taylor went on to say. Even If the
wind died down by 4:3O or o'clock, 1
doubt whether or not he would start.
He might not have time to get to
Chicago before dusk.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
WINDSTORM
SWEEPS REGION

A gale which at times reached We
Iocity of almost forty miles an hour.
swept the region from the lake all dur
ing the night and early morning, en-
dangering lake traffic and doing some
damage land.
In the night. before the temperature
dropped, the high wind carried fine
rain. This ceased shortly after mid
night.
The weather man declared he was
delighted" to announce that the series
of thunderstorms and rain had been
finished but was reluctant to send out
little note of warning to the effect
that it would be we'll to keep your
weather eye on an overcoat.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
WHITING TO HAVE
COMMERCIAL CLUB
Especial to THE T1MEs.) }

Whiting, Ind. Oct. 7.-Whiting docs
not pretend to be behind her sister ci-
ties. SO the movement is now on foot
for the organization of a commercial
club
This need has been realized for a
good while. with the result that the
realization has now borne fruit
On Thursday evening number of en-
terprising citizens got together and
discussed the need of a commercial
club. one which will be up-to-date, and
carry on its dealings in regard to mu-
ner.
enthusiastic and decided to lose no time
in the organization of said club A
committee was accordingly appointed,
consisting of Attorney John c. Hall,
Fred j. Smith. DR.. A j. Lauer. Walter
Schrage and C. A. Hellwig.
1t was the work of this committee to
perfect the preliminary organization. 50
notices were sent out to a large mum
ber of our citizens to inform them that
a meeting will be held in Waters hall
next Monday night, for the purpose Of
organizing the club, electing officers
and drawing up bylaws.
1t is the aim of those interested e
have not only commercial men as mem
bers. but all who take a lively interest
in the affairs Of our city may sign up
1t is expected that there will be over
a hundred present at the meeting Mon
day evening, as much interest is being
| manifested in the movement now on
foot
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
WOULDN'T HE make
YOU litter THOUGH?
Chicago Man Wants $4,000
For Uplifting West
Hammond.

OF course. the people of Hammond
and the better element in West Ham
mond are standing by Miss Virginia
Brooks in her crusade in West Ham
mond. They also have enough conf
dence in her to believe that an at
tempt is being made to victimize her
in the suit which was started against
her by John F. Delaney, an alleged
Chicago newspaper man.
According to the Chicago Tribune:
Virginia Brooks was made defend
ant yesterday in a suit in the circuit
court to recover s2,472. John F. De-
laney says she owes him this as back
salary. He insists he is the real up
litter of West Hammond. but that
Miss Brooks got all the credit
Delaney asserts he not only edited
published. and mapped out the policy
of Searchlight, Miss Brooks reform pa
per. but carried practically all the
Investigations which made Miss Brooks
famous In fact he says he's the real
Joan of Arc and that Virginia Brooks
is only a name
1.-The accounts sued on are principally
for work done in connection with
Searchlight since Feb. Is. Flora P.
Brooks and the West Hammond inn
provement association also are de-
PENDANTS. A part of the accounts are:
Edited Searchlight under name of
Virginia Brooks at request of the de-
PENDANTS. eight weeks. at SIS week
5000.
".Reading copy on searchlight eight
weeks. at IS a week-sio.'
Writing graft expose of West
Hammond in five issues of Searchlight
at s25-s125.''
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
Especial to THE TINES }

Especial to THE TIsfEs)
Crown Point, Ind, Oct. 7.-FolIOwing
the action of the Crown Point city
council in extending the franchise of
William III. Seaman until July 1 of next
year, the county commissioners this
morning granted extension for an
equal length of time.
Next to building the pyramids in
Egypt the construction of the Seaman
line is the next most extended project.
The Crown Pointers, realizing the mag
nitudc of the task, were willing to
grant the extension.
The faith of the good people of the
Hub in Seamon is only equaled by the
faith of the people of Rensselaer, i'm
Eugene PurteIle and consequently they
were only too glad to give him any
length of time necessary to complete
his line.
viii ]. Davis for instance. has no
faith in Seaman. That is because Da-
Wis lives in Chicago. where they built
the Worlds fair in the same length of
time that Seaman has been the job.
Davis is quoted as saying that 1t is
nothing short of crime to give Sea-
man any more time.
Forfefts Franchise.
granted Seaman extension of his
franchise. they made 1t dead certain
that by the 1st of July the road will
be built. They hedged the promoter
of this line about with all kinds of
provisions that evidenced his good
faith.
If the old gentleman does not have
the line built by July l he will have to
suffer terribly He will be compelled
to forfeit. not $4,000 in cash or a $780,
| 900 bond but his franchise. Think of
| it. He will have to forfeit his fran
| chise.
| In addition to helping seaman out of
a hole again the commissioners author
| ized the F., j. & Z. railroad to build
| steel or concrete viaduct over their
| tracks at the Ridge road This will
replace the old wooden structure that
has been built at this point and will
/ occur simultaneously with the improve
ment of the Ridge road.
! A number of road contracts were let
yesterday. The William Crocker road
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
Especial TO THE Tines }

East Chicago, Ind. oct. Involving
professional man of Hammond as
partly responsible for her downfall.
Annie Schmidt. the 16-year-old Ham
mond girl. who was arrested in COM
pany with Truant officer Isaac C. Stan
ford of Hammond yesterday morning
in some rooms over the Chinese laun-
dry in Olcott avenue while both he and
the girl were intoxicated. made the
startling statement to Deputy Prosecu-
tor Joseph Meade today that her ex-
cuse for being what she was was that
she lived in Hammond. She asserted
that is was impossible for a girl to lead
a virtuous life in Hammond. where ev
erybody seemed in a conspiracy to
more than one girl out of twenty in
that city who was not on the downward
path. Her statements to the states at
torney when brought out in court. 1t is
stones to the cellar
The girl seemed considerably broken
when she made some confessions to the
lawyer. They would not look well in
print. and placed the responsibility for
her downfall upon conditions in Ham
mond. she made some amazing charges
against one man in high official life
also.
stanford was yesterday placed under
$4,000 bonds on two charges, one of
extortions and the othet of enticing a
young girl into disorderly house. He
has little to say over his disgrace. ex-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
OTHERS INVOLVED
IN SCHMIDT CASE
Cities of Hammond and East Chicago
Are Rocked to Core by Scandal In
volving Isaac Stanford Victim of De-
-bauch Involves Other Prominent Men
in Her Downfall.

cepting that 1t was a frame-up. The
police. on the other hand. declare that
there is no question that Stanford was
Intoxicated when he was taken into
custody. The girl claimed that she
and her companion had drunk Al bot
ties of beer in whiting. and that aft
they had come to East Chicago they
men. drank canned beer and whisky.
She showed half a dozen blue ribbons
which she claimed to have taken that
afternoon from beer bottles whose con-
tents she had helped to consume.
The girl came out with a fat-footed
charge that she herself had carried SIS
on more than one occasion to Stanford
from her father in order to secure pro-
reformatory.
The Brandenburg woman told Dk2-
uty Meade. he says, that the Schmidt
girl was in the ha bit of visiting them
on her way to Whiting to meet Stan
ford and that on Thursday she did so
before meeting him in the White Swan
saloon at 10th street and Indiana
boulevard, where the pair are alleged
to have spent Thursday afternoon to-
gether in wine room. The Schmidt
girl claims that while there Stanford
had taken undue liberties with her.
She says that her meeting with Stan
ford Thursday was ostensibly for the
purpose of accompanying him to Gary
to point out to him Cora Fleisich. In
the Mariootch resort.
Stanford claims that he wanted to
ind the girl 70 SO od her back to- the
reform school.
Stanford win be giveh a preliminary
hearing before Judge Riley on Mon
| day
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
LATEST NEWS


Lacrosse, Wis, Oct. Two thous-
and people of Black River Falls, vic
TINS of the flood which overwhelmed
the town yesterday, are today with
out food or shelter. After passing a
night on the hills watching the wa
ters from the flood of Black River
wreck their town, they sent out an
appeal through Mayor McGill to the
people of the country for assistance.
The town is cut off from the world by
telegraph and telephone and it was
only by restoring to the expedient OF
sending a man up a telephone pole
on the edge of town that the cry 70.
help could be sent out.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
CLUB WILL BUY
Z A SAFE NOW
Cash Register in University
Clubrooms Is Tapped
Once More.

For the third time the cash register
of the University club has been robbed
Last night 50 was taken and there is
no clue to the robber. One of the
keys to the cash register is missing,
and it is believed that the thief who is
responsible for all of these robberies
has the key.
Last summer the cash register was
robbed of SIS, few months ago some
one opened the cash register and took
out all o fthe credit slips.
The robbery last night leads those
who have investigated the matter to
believe that it is the same thief who
has robbed the club on former occa-
sons.
The matter is regretted exceedingly
by the officers OF the club and Presi-
dent David Emery stated today that
he would purchase safe in which the
funds of the club could be kept dur
ing the night time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
seaman RECEIVES
HIS EXTENSION X

in Eagle Creek and the Brennan road
were let to Contractor A c. Huber for
s3s,So0 and $4,000. respectively. The
Smith road, in Ross township and the
Fisher road. in Winfield township, were
let for $1,000 and $4,000 respectively,
to William Croman and S. A. Smith.
Especial to THE TIMEs.)
Crown Point Ind, Oct. 7.-Halleck
w. Seaman and w. H. Bicknell. presi-
dent and hackers of the Gary and
Southern Traction company, appeared
before the county ommissioners yes
terday with a petition for an extern
sion of time on their franchises for the
completion and operation of the road.
The gentlemen reported that they
have recently been successful in SELL
ing the bonds for the building and COM
pletion of the road to Otis & Hough.
the Cleveland Ohio, bond buyers, the
only condition imposed upon them be-
ing that they secure the necessary
time that will absolutely insure them
the period required to do the work.
The men disclosed the contracts for
the purchase of these bonds upon this
condition. by the Cleveland concern,
which appeared to be bona fide and
stated that the minute the commission
ers and the city. of Crown Point grant
Gu Their pctlliOn Ludl WOih WOulo pc
commence and go on uninterruptedly
until the line was in operation.
The commissioners practically
agreed to be guided by the action of
the Crown Point city council in the
matter, and the Gary and Southern peo-
pie appeared before the members at a
meeting last evening, and after prov
ing their sincerity and good faith to
the mayor and council. an extension
of time to July 1. 1912, was recommend
ed. upon condition, that if the work
| was not done at that time all negotia-
| tions between the company and the
grantors would be severed and the
! franchises void. An ordinance grant
| ing Mr.. Seaman the extension of time.
upon these conditions, will be passed
at the next meeting of the council.
| The county commissioners will meet
this morning to again take up the
matter with Messrs. Seamen and Bick-
nell, and will in all probability follow
out the recommendations of the Crown
= f(-oufIn,rad o1 n Co \
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
HAMMOND MEN
GET PATENTS

Patents for a canopy couch and a
fence post have been awarded respect
lively to Emil Lehman. who is employ ed
at the Enterprise Bed company's plant,
and John E. Hussey, a Hammond car
penter. residing at 52s Hoffman street.
AS the name implies. the canopy
couch Is on the order of the tent cot
now being manufactured by the En-
terprise Bed company. and has the ad-
vantage in that it can be used indoor
as well as outdoor.
The fence post patented by Mr.. Hus-
sey has slots in which the fence wire
is placed A locking bar moving verti-
cally in the post is designed TO place
the wires under tension and to hold
them in place.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
MARsHALL,s STATEMENT.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct 7.-(Times
Bureau .)-Governor Marshall issued a
statement today that the constitution
case can be appealed. He says if the
decision of Judge Remster, declaring
the act unconstitutional is correct, it
would give courts power to enJoin
the holding of constitution conven-
ton and tie the hands of people SO
they never could get new constitu-
ton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
An Honor for Fred.

Fred Ebert of Hammond has been
made assistant coach of the Wabash
college football team. This is consid-
cred a great honor in college circles
and is tribute to the ability of the
Hammond boy. He is also financial sec
retary of the team. Ebert is doing well
in school and is a great favorite among
the boys.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
10. KOONTz
HAS VARIED
EXPERIENCE

James o. Koontz, whose distinction in
Hammond is coupled mainly with the
facts that he claims to be the only
Hammond man admitted to the United
States supreme court and that he sells
patent medicine plaster for a liveli-
hood. manages to keep himself in the
limelight despite the fact that he is
sitting out a court fine and costs in the
county Jail
Rather than pay the fine. he decided
to go to Jail. but in the meantime he
has been figuring on how he could get
out without having to pay. Yester-
day he authorized his attorney Henry
b. Alexander of Gary, to institute ha-
beas corpus proceedings in the Lake
circuit court and according to Alex
lf.<ar,t i.,1 -, I,,<r o
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07

oscar Borchert tens 4 good story
story about Captain George Hanlons
hunting trip this morning. Hanlon
went out on Wolf Lake this morning
to see if he could get some ducks.
The wind was blowing a gale and the
boat rocked fearfully. In moving about
the boat Hanlon fell out and Fortunate
ly was in shallow water. 1t required
a hours hunt to locate the shotgun
which had fallen in the water. That
ended the days hunting. The doughty
captain got a ducking but no ducks.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
Up to Chicago Police.

No further cIews have been learned
in the whereabouts of Lille Malm, the
16-year-old Blue Island girl who left
her home there week ago today. She
left Hammond for Chicag go last Sun
day night and is thought to be there
still. The Chicago police have the case
in their hands.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
Will Return South.

Henry Kramer, son-in-law of Henry
Bicknell. has returned to Hammond
from a business. trip to the south. He
expects to take his wife back with him
this trip as the baby is now old enough
to travel. Mr. Kramer is in the bust
ness of manufacturing barrel slaves
for the export trade.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
CALL ON COUNTY TREASURES

indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 7--(Times'
Bureau)- I'm order to relieve the
financial stringency of the state treas
ury, the state board of finance has or
dered all the county treasurers to re-
NIT twenty-five per cent of state funds
on hand to reach state house before
Nov. 1st. The state must have money
to pay bills.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Crown Point. Ind, Oct. THE fol-
lowing marriage licenses have been is
sued here:
Toney Narkes. Anna Salenetti. Gary.
Grant Barber, Celena Schureman. Kan
kakee, Ill. John Loehrke. Ida Sparks,
Gilman. Ill. Joseph W. Moose. Lillian
Z. Rathmann. Chicago. Louis P. Wer-
del. May j. Boyles, Davenport. Iowa.
Theodore l. Townsend, Pearl Phillips.
Indiana Harbor. Fred Corbine. Anna
Buchfeichrer. Deep River. Ind. Dan
Manor. Katie Mearinac, Indiana Har-
Dor, Ind
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
HAMMOND MAN ELECTED.

indianapolis, Ind, Oct 7.-(Times'
Bureau Rev. A. F. Briggs, superin-
tendent of the Hammond district, was
elected by the Methodist conference
at Terre Haute as delegate to the
Methodist general conference at Min
neapolis next May.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
NEW GARY COMPANY.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct 7.-(Times'
Bureau. )-The Oakwood Realty COM
pany of Gary was incorporated today
with capital stock of $4,000. In
corportors are T. E. Knots. r. N.
Davis and H. j. Curtis.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07

Celebration of Fire Proven
tion Day in Hammond
Public Schools to Be One
of More Than Name; Valu-
able Instructions Given.

Resolved, That 1 will make every ef-
my use; that l viii make it rule of
my life to see that matches are not
left where there is any possibility of
them being ignited: that | will not
throw burned matches carelessly about;
that / will not use gasoline where
there is fire, that ] will not permit any
rubbish to accumulate in any place
that will endanger life or property;
that l will fully master some plan of
action that will be of service in case of
fire; that l will never start fire where
there is danger of it spreading.
Every boy and girl in the Hammond
schools. and in every school in Indi-
ana will be asked next Monday to sub
scribe TO the above resolutions and
carefully observe them.
Next Monday is Fire Prevention day,
and according to a proclamation issued
by Governor Thomas Marshall for In
diane, and by Mayor John d. Smalley
for Hammond the day is to be observed
by everybody. especially in the schools.
Everybody is expected to do something
danger of fire.
VIII study Fire Prevention.
Superintendent C. NJ. MCDANIEL has
given instructions to the various school
principals to have a Fire Prevention
day next Monday. No uniform pro-
gram has been outlined for all the
schools, but in each room a period will
(Contfnre5 on DO Uo -
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
ONE ON CAPT. HANLoN.

(Continued on page Sd
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-10-07
WEATHER

RAIN TODAY,
PROBABLY THUNDER
STORMS.
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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1911-09-01

the south, is greatly appreciated
for the words of condemnation
that it contains, and especially
for the broad, patrtoic spirit that
it. breathes touching the late
primary election for United
States Senator.
It is closely allied to manly
courage and patriotism displayed
by the Southern soldiers who
after four years of hard fighting
found themselves overwhelmed
by superior numbers, and accept
ed in good faith the arbitrament
of the sword, took the oath of
allegiance to the government Of
the United States, and made the
best. ciuizens the world ever saw.
The men who did the fighting
on both sides said the war was
over and 1t was.
That was after the greatest and
bloodiest war of mordern times
had been fought to finish, COST
ing the nation a million of it's
noblest sons and eight thousand
million dollars.
If our fathers could say let US
have peace in the face of such
conditions. surely we are a race
of degenerates not to say as
much after the passing of bit
ter political campaign in this
state.
True, one side failed: the peo'
pie have spoken in thunder tones
but as this is government ruled
by the majority the result of the
recent primary should be accept
ed in good faith, and we believe
it will be.-Star Ledger.
So aptly and elegantly express
ed and we breathe the same splr-
It.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1911-09-01
Opening of School

AT 9 o'clock Monday morning
Sept. II, the Starkuille Graded
School will begin its 1911-12 ses.
lion.
! There will be an interesting
srogram arranged for this occa-
on and patrons and friends of
me school are cordially invited
D be present. Come out and in
apect the great improvements
hat have been made in your
school building and let the teach
rs have your encouragement
ad cooperation in this great
ork of training children for
ssrther usefulness.
- IA. Lamb, Prin.