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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-09
BoWlinu PARTY.

Mrs. Charles Neuman will be hos
tess to a number of friends at the
Oaks. Wednesday evening. May "a.
Bowling will be the feature OF the
evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-09
SOCIETY
Imperial Dance.

The Imperial Dancing Set will give
their weekly dance at the Pythian
auditorium Tuesday evening. A large
crowd is anticipated. as this is an
orchestra dance.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-09
c. A. r. Ladies.

The ladies OF the G. A. r. are
making preparations Tor the floral
decorations of the Wharf. which takes
place May 30. in honor of the sailors
and soldiers who lost their lie by
water.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-09
Regular Meeting.

The Christian Endeavor Of the
Ferry will meet Tuesday evening al
the church. This is the regular
monthly meeting and all members are
urged 10 be present.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-09
Queen Ester Circle.

The Queen Ester Circle OF the
Wesley VI. +. church will meet al the
home Of Miss Laura Crago. Thurs
day evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-09
About People
Movements OF individuals 70 and
From the City

Mr.. W. F. Colmar. Of Woodlawn.
has returned from a business trip
through Western Pennsylvania.
Attorney Edward Horstman Is in
Washington. ID. C.. attending TO bust.
ness matters.
Mrs. Dan Holmes. OF Twenty.sec.
ond street, is suffering from bad
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Weisgerber. Mr.
and Mrs. Hennigan Schaffer. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Weisner. Mr.. and Mrs.
A Seibert. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Woeber. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Medick. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Medick and Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Schneider.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-09
Euchre Party.

a euchre party at the Columbia club
Tuesday evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-09

Boys-The only way 70 get the
living machine is TO buy Royal Blue
Flour. one aeroplane in each sack.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-02-16
Free
Envelopes

With every new subscription
taken on Farmers Sale Day,
Saturday, February rs, we will
give so envelopes with name and
address printed. Best quality
envelopes only furnished and
print anything desired on them.
No strings on this offer. Call
and leave your name and your
dollar and we will do the rest.
All subscribers paying up ar
rearages will be counted same as
new subscribers and given the
benefit of this offer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
SPEND s16,0OO,0OO At
GARY PLANT IN YEAR
Steel Corporation Adds
22,935 Employees and
Increases Payrolls.

New York. March 1s.-The annual
pamphlet report of the United States
Steel corporation for the year ended
Dec 80. 1910, issued today, shows a
volume of business done by all the
subsidiary companies during that pc
riod of $7O3.961,i24, compared with
$646 in 1909.
Expenditures by the corporation for
its main subsidiaries included about
$4,000, 900 for the Gary plant: about
$3,900,000 for the Tennessee coal and
iron property and for all other prop
critics a total of $4,000. 900. making a
grand total of expenditures for addi-
tional property. extensions, construc-
tion and development work at mines of
approx inately s53. 900. 900.
The average number of employees in
the service of the corporation and sub
salaries during 1910 was 21S.435, an
increase compared with the previous
year of 22,935. The aggregate amount
of payrolls for the year was s174.
.955139 an increase of s23,291,745 or
1873 per cent over the previous year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
EVIDENCE
WAS STOLEN
IN THIS CASE

Because the evidence against Hank"
Granger, a well-known character at
Thayer, was stolen. the case against
him in which he was charged with
keeping blind pig has been nollc
pressed.
According to the kankakee Valley
Review of Wheatfield. the sheriff and
prosecuting attorney found alcoholic
goods on Granger's premises and con-
fscated them in order to take them to
Kentland as exhibit "A" According to
the Review, trusted pals of Granger
went on the same train with the booze
and at an opportune time swiped it.
Granger Is we'll known in Lake
county and has hundreds of friends
UP here who visit him annually when
they go hunting in the marsh. He is
an uncle of Attorney H. E. Granger OF
Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
J. GlEnNON O|ES
AFTER HIS ILLNESS
Interment in Charge Of Odd
Fellows to Take Place
Tomorrow.

John McGlennen, PAS Michigan ave-
nue.. died at his home this morning at
$50.
The funeral services will take place
from the house Monday morning,
March 20. at 1880. in charge of the
Odd Fellows, of which Mr.. McGlennen
was a staunch member
The body will then be taken to the
lMonon depot and will leave on the
1897 for Delphi. Ind. where services
will be held at the Methodist church
in charge of the Odd Fellows Inter-
ment will take place at the Delphi
cemetery and the remains will be
buried in the family lot. Rev. Switzer
will offieiate during both services, the
arrangements being in charge of Tn
dertaker Stewart.
Mr. McGlennen was CO years old and
is survived by wife, Mrs. Mary Nc
Glennen. He came to Hammond four
yers ago from Delphi. Ind. his former
home. where he resided most all his
life. He was employed as painter
and belonged to the painters union
Mr.. McGlennen has made a host OF
friends in Hammond who extend their
deepest sympathy to Mrs McGlennen
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
EAST CHICAGO MAY
HAVE A BALL PARK
Fans Meet Last Night and
Perfect a New Organi-
Zation.
Especial 10 TIE TINES. )

East Chicago, March 1s.-East Chi
cago may have a ball park this year
after all.
Such was the hopeful report made
last evening at the meeting Of sub
scribers to the bali club held at the
city hall. Joseph Hartley was the pur-
veyor of the glad tidings, which un-
fortunately as yet include an If" But
IT is hoped that the if will be re-
moved between now and the next
meeting. which will be held at Abe
Ottenheimer's office Monday night
The organization was perfected last
evening the entire committee of FIVE
who have been instrumental in organ
izing the ball club being retained as
officers and directors. The officers are
Abe Ottenheimer, president. Thomas
Davis secretary and Joseph Hartley.
treasurer G. Mack Poland and r. III.
Alexander were named as directors. F.
j. Garrett was named as manager.
The bail park. if permission for its
use can be obtained, will be located on
the Graver Tank Works grounds.
which are all fenced in and which
would require only little grading and
the erection of a grandstand to make
the unavailable. Mr.. Hartley stated
that he had talked with the Graver
brothers regarding the proposition and
had received a favorable reply, but
that Messrs. Graver wished to give the
matter further considera ton before
they decided definitely.
The officers and directors are out to-
day collecting and getting additional
subscriptions. and 1t is expected that
they will know the fate of the ball
park proposition before the meeting
Monday night.
Mr. Ottenheimer win attend tomor-
row evenings meeting of the ofncers
and directors of the league, at whicf
I time 1t will be ascerta aimed whether IN
diana Harbor will be willing to re
lease T. J. Garret. who is on the In
diana Harbor reserve list and who las
year filled the post of left field on th'
Harbor team. The East Chicago clul
4 last night elected him as manager, SUB
icct to the will of the league
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
GARY HAS
TWO MORE
BAD FIRES

Gary was visited by two more fires
last night, one of a destructiv ma
ture, when after a false alarm from
the south side district the department
was called to the steel mills. where
the oil storage house from which oil is
pumped to all parts of the mills. mys-
teriously caught fire.
Both Gary companies were sent to
the mills post-haste and rendered vaIu-
able assistaHce-- in n=sexttngutshing .the
flames which were eating their way
to the rear end of the building, where
the oil tanks, gas oline and other ex-
plosive matter is stored.
The oil store house is a long one
story and basement building situated
west of the mill stables. 1t is con-
structed Of brick and is about 200 feet
long Luckily a strong wind was
blowing from the lake. otherwise the
buildings in the near vicinity would
have been in danger of destruction.
The mix and downtown fire compa-
MES bravely entered the burning build
CONTINUED on page dve.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
BOARD EXTENDS IT

The members of the Board OF Educa-
tion of Hammond met last evening anc
voted to extend the period within whlcn
Contractors Caldwell Drake may
complete the industrial training school,
one year.
The defendants (the members Of the
Hammond school board) in the HJunc-
tion case now on trial at Crown Point
then appeared before Special Judge
I,attee today and asked to file a supp'e-
mental answer showing that the con-
tract had been extended for one year.
:. The court refused to permit the filing
of this supplemental answer and it can
not be introduced as evidence in the
case Fred Krost a member of the
school board, was placed on the stan3
today and testified.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
REV. f. N. ELLIOT 10
ASSIST IN INSTALLATION
Rev. Walter Elliott, Form
erly Of Hammond, Takes
Important Charge.

The Rev f. NJ Elliott of Hammond
is at Peoria, Ill, where he was called
this week to assist ii the installation
services for his SOM the rev. WA1ter ~
Elliott. who ~ showS stnet pastor OF the
Grace Presby yterian church at Peoria
The services were held last Thursday
evening. AS his part of the program,
the Rev. Elliott of Hammond spoke on
the subject: The Charge to the Pas
tor"
The Rev. Walter Elliott was ordain-
ed about twelve years ago. His first
charge was in Indianapolis but he went
to Peoria from Auburn Ind
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
RICHEST FARMER DIES
NEAR merrill VILE
Eli Boyd, Pioneer, Passes
Away at Age Of "a
Years.
eGILBERT>
Especial to The T1MEs.)

Especial to THE TIMEs.)
Merrillville. March 1S.-Eli Boyd cne
of the richest and best knuwn tarnNlr,
- ft,fS part OF Lake tount5 died Inst
nighs Shorty after ten 20 clock. l6i.
Boyd was "a years old and is survived
by a widow. twin brother, three sons
and a daughter
Mr.. Boyd came to Merrillville when
he was a boy, and later when he be-
gan to realize the farming possibili-
ties near Merrillville he decided to re-
main there permanently.
He died possessed of 1000 acres of
land, and had friends wherever he is
known The funeral has been arranged
for Monday morning at ten o'clock
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
ACTIVITY is MARKED

There was considerable activity In
the real estate market during the past
week There were large number of
inquiries for property in the two new
subdivisions which Gostlin, Meyn &
Co. have put on the market.
The interest in property on tho side
streets on both sides of Calumet ave-
nue is remarkable. 1t is expected that
tt ere will be more development in this
part of the city than in any other.
Other dealers report considerable ac-
tivity and are making occasional sales.
]. S. Blackburn & Co. are selling lots
occasionally in their north side addi-
tions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
Smoker Tonight.

The University club of Hammond
will hold the regular Saturday night
smoker this evening at the rooms of
the club. Joseph Sontag, the chair
man of the entertainment committee,
has arranged a good program and no
tices have been sent out to all of the
members.
The word has been passed around
that these smokers are the best ever
and it is expected that there Will be a
large attendance. There will be re-
freshments and the usual form of en-
tertainment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
HAREM
SKIRT HITS
HAMMOND
Oh, Wow! Wow! Reporter
Gets Shock of His Life
Don't Crowd, Gentlemen!
Description of Garment by
the Snake Editor.

Wow!
The harem skirt hit Hammond today.
1t was shown, not on a motionless,
lfeless form but draped the figure
of a well known Hammond lady who
up and down one of the
show windows of the White Store.
And the new dress is thing of beauty
and joy forever. 1t will make the
Foung women of the city gasp for
breath when they see what they may
eventually have to come to if they want
to be in style. What it will do to the
men remains to be seen.
A reporter for THE TIMES was let in
on the secret early this morning. He
learned that the harem skirt was to be
perpetrated on the unsuspecting public
and questioned the proprietor of the
White Store about the matter.
Some slight alterations are being
made,' said Cohen, but If you will
wait about ten minutes / will sho "
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
NEWS

San Antonio. Tex, March 1S.-
Orders have been received here from
washington that Gen. Carter's
maneuver division shall hold itself in
readiness to break camp and take tho
field as If for actual warfare within
two hours. The order, when
promulgated to the staff and gradual
ly gosSiped to the line, caused much
comment, for the particular reason
that it did not come in the general
maneuver orders issued by Gen.
Carter, but from the seat of govern
ment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
ARKIN JR., TO
NEW YORK

Abe Arkin, the State street jewe1er,
IS in New York City where he is pur-
chasing direct from the cutters new
line of perfect diamonds BY getting
them direct in this way Mr. Arkin ex-
poets to have his customers the agents
commission. He will order full sup
ply of Easter goods at the same time.
ADV.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
Valpo Boy an Inventor.

The April issue of the Inland Print
er contains a. picture and a detailed
account of an invention created by T.
Edgar Dowdell of this city, now dead
stone" foreman at the Conkey print
ing plant at Hammond. The invention
is in the nature of a transfer type
case calculated in many ways to ac-
celerate the work of printers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
JOB IS NO
LONGER A
FAT SNAP

East Chicago. March 1S.-Good
morningi Have you resigned your po-
sition as deputy prosecutor yet?
J. E. Westphall of Whiting, not long
ago appointed deputy prosecutor for
Gary, has already done so. and there
by hangs a tale.
1t has only within the past few days
leaked out that the deputy prosecutor
ship is no longer the snap that it was
in former days. The crushing truth
has come home to Lake and Porter
counties. and 1t is expected that 1T will
be followed by an exodus of deputy
prosecutors in both counties. Nor are
deputies the only ones who will suf-
fer The prosecuting attorney hims elf
suffers equally with his deputies, for
the office is no longer a fee office.
Bill the Cause.
bul-was passed by the last legis-
lature Regulating" the office of prose
cutting attorneys. to which little at
tention was paid in Lake and Porter
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
Sullivan Recovering.

Henry Sullivan, 6S4 Sohl street
who has been i'll since the latter part
of January, was up and around this
morning for the first time since he was
taken sick.
Mr. Sullivan is weighmaster at the
Standard Steel Car Works, where he
had to quit work on account of his
nervous breakdown. He expects TO be
back at work again in about two
weeks
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
MANY SCOTTISH RITE
OFFICERS EXPECTED
Masonic Body to Convene in
Fort Wayne Monday.

Fort Wayne. Ind. March 1S.--It was
announced today by William Geake.
head of the Indiana Scottish Rite Ma
sonry, that at least seventy thirty
third degree Masons and officers of
the various Scottish Rite bodies of the
state will attend the annual meeting
of the Indiana council of deliberation
in this city next Monday. This will
be the first time the council has ever
met outside of Indianapolis. The main
business coming before the meeting
will be to recommend to the supreme
council that charter be granted the
Evansville Lodge of Perfection, recent
@ly organized During the last year the
three officers next to Mr.. Geake in
rank in the council of deliberation
have passed away. They are Sam b.
Sweet, Henry c. Adams and Lawrence
Van Buskirk. all of Indianapolis.
-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18

General A. l.. Mills is in command
Of the troops at Galveston He was
formerly commandant at West Point.
General Mills was one of the officers
promoted by Roosevelt over the
heads Of others. and whose advance
ment caused serious criticism. Presi-
dent Roosevelt gave General Mills
this preferment because of his gal
Iantry In action in the Cuban cam
paign. where he was shot through
the head. but continued. though en-
tirely blind, to urge his men Into
action.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
Dies Yesterday.

Dorothy Peters, the 7-months- old
daughter of George Peters, 213 Everett
avenue, died yesterday afternoon from
spinal meningitis.
The funeral will be held at the home
at 10 O'Clock Sunday March ~ Rev.
Claus will officiate. Interment will be
at Oak Hill cemstery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
.AGp GR4cE- -6Rxzr

Lincoln, Neb., Marcn IS.-Miss Grace
Dexter Bryan, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William j. Bryan, will be married early
in June to Richard l.. Hargraves. a
business man of Lincoln Announce
ment of the engagement was made
yesterday evening by Mr. and Mrs
Bryan The attachment of the young
couple. is of long standing and has
met the approval of their families.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
Condition Very Critical.

With no change for the better,
Charles Kasson's condition today con-
tinued very critical giving his family
and many anxious friends other en-
couragement but the fact that it is not
worse. He has been seriously i'll for
a week now. and has been in a semi
comatose state the greater part OF the
time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
SAYS TT IS UNTRUE.

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ralph
w Ross of Hammond stated today
that there is absolutely no truth in the
report which was sent out from Gary
yesterday to the effect that Prosecut-
ing Attorney Greenwa1d and ]. +.
westfa1l of Gary have had falling
oiyf
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18

Washington, d. c., March 1S--
Postmaster General Hitchcock will
announce soon the cities selected for
the establishment of new series of
postal savings banks, for which
100000 was appropriated by Con-
gress at the recent session. 1t is ex-
pected that Indiana will get at least
five fthe new banks.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18

Gonzales, Tex, March 18.-Repre-
sentative George F. Burgess, Dem.
ously i'll at the Plaza Hotel today
from a stroke of paralysis.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18

Anderson, Ind, March 1S.-When
Forest Agnew, twenty-one years old
was sentenced to ten years in prison
for several burglaries he shouted to
Circuit Judge Pagot: I'm get you
when l get out" The court raped
for order, whereupon young Agnew,
again addressing the court, remark
ed: II wish had gun right now.
The prisoner was Immediately hand
cuffed and sent to prison. 1t was his
second term.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18

United States Senator Tillman OF
South Carolina. IS in hopeless con-
dition of health. and all that remains
for him Is to await the end. His APP
pearance misleads everyone. but ply
sicians say he will never recover
from his collapse at Washington
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18

IF YOU THINK THAT THE TIMES
Is TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE
NEWS, YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WILL
EE APPRECIATED.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
Gets Sad News.

John P. Reed. 3T7 Truman avenue,
received word last night from his sis
ter, Mrs. Catherine Beirlein of Erie.
Pa. stating that his brother had been
drowned yesterday morning. Mr. Reed
leaves today to make arrangements
for burial.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18

Chicago, ILL.,, March 1S.-Peter
Names, so years old, 54S West 43d
street, switchman who was injured
Jan. II. while attempting to board 4
freight train on the Chicago & West
ern Indiana railroad at AID street,
died early yesterday morning at the
Wesley hospital.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
WOMAN
TRIES To TAKE
HER LIFE
Detroit Woman Drinks
Chloroform at Indiana
Harbor Hotel Yesterday;
Love Mystery May Be
Solved and Clear Up Affair
Especial to THE TIMEs.) }

Indiana Harbor, March 1S.-Consid-
cradle mystery surrounds the at
tempted suicide yesterday of Mrs. Car
rie Pottious OF Detroit, who took
chloroform in her room at the Lincoln
hotel.
That love affair which involves a
prominent Indiana Harbor man is at
the bottom of the narrowly averted
tragedy. is admitted by Mrs Pottious.
but the name of the man is withheld
by the police for the sake of his fam
fly. Both parties to the romance are
married. Mrs. Pottious having been
separated from her hus band for seven
months. She IS a woman of consider
able beauty. is 27 years of age, and
well connected both in Detroit and In
Lafayette, her father being c. E.
sister of Mrs. Lee Cater, whose hus-
band is prescription clerk at the Har-
Dor pharmacy, Indiana Harbor-
Chief Gets Newss
Mrs. Pottious has been living for six
weeks in Chicago Day before yes
terday she came to Indiana Harbor
where she registered at the Lincoln
hotel. engaging room there. Yes
(Coutiuued on page 50
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18

THE INTERESTING TINES AID Al
WAYS DENOTES THE INTERESTING
STORE
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18

You will say that a Lavender ciga,
cannot be beat. IL you try one.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18

Continued on page So
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18

CONTINUED on page 50
The evening times., 1911-08-10
BRESNAHAN MAY
BE OUT FOR GOOD

st. Louis, Aug. 10.-Manager Rog-
er Bresnahan of the st. Louis Ma
tional league team was hurt in the
game here with the Brooklyn team,
which was won by the former. Bres-
nahan was hit on the right ankle by
q foul tip in the sixth inning.
It was not until after the game
that the st. Louis manager realized
he was badly hurt. It was then that
the ankle and foot began swelling.
The injury then began paining him
so that he found It dimcult to walk.
The attending physician said, after
q preliminary examination, that prob
able one Of the small bones had been
shattered and than an X-ray examin-
alton would have to be made to de-
termine the exact nature Of the In
jury. II IL probable Bresnahan will
be out Of the game for some time.