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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
BIG SALE OF
STEEL BONDS

New York, Aug. 24.-Yesterday's re-
port of sales at public auction include
2.000 United States Steel sinking fund
per cent bonds, which went at 1925
and interest The sale at auction of
such a quantity of bonds-$2. 600. 600
worth in all-cou1d not of course pass
without remark, and considerable cur
iosity was excited as to the origin of
this particular block of bonds The
public auction sales represent to a
large extent the liquidation of estates
by executors or trustees, but the ques-
ton was still left open to what
particular circumstances necessitated
the selling of such large block Of
high class bonds.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
GARY NOW TRYING TO
OUT DO CROWN POINT
Little Out of Town Trips
Are Causing no End of
Gossip.

Gossip about Crown Point being the
haven of affinities is said to have
brought to light the fact that Gary
holds the Marathon record when 1t
comes to affinities.
That there is more affinity work GO
ing on in Gary than in any other town
of its size in the state is the gossip
handed out by one who knows the in
side history OF the town. Married men
with married affinities and young girl
affinities; wives with bachelor affini-
ties; and affinity circles within circles
are declared to exist.
AS a matter of fact it is said tina,
the higher the social plane in Gary the
greater the number of affinities
Stories of trips to Chicago, Deep River
Michigan City. etc. are causing much
gossip in Gary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
STEEL WAGE
INQUIRY ENDS
Borah Investigation in Chi
cago and Gary Has
Working Facts.

The Borah investigation of the con-
ditions under which employees of the
steel plants of the United States Steel
Corporation work was completed yes
terday. The inquiry has been in pro-
gress for nearly two years by the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor at
the direction of the United States Sem
ate. Investigators have been seeking
information at the plants in Chicago
and Gary. The statistics include the
wages paid workmen and the hours
they work. The report of the investi-
gators will be printed and made public
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
COMPLAIN OF
AUTO SPEEDING

Residents of the east part of Gary,
Aetna and Miller are complaining of
the excessive auto and motor machine
speeding in the Fifth avenue road be-
tween Broadway in Gary and Lake
avenue in Miller. Charges that as
soon as a car gets by Broadway the
drivers let it out to speeds varying
from thirty to fifty miles an hour are
made
Owing to the fact that the Gary end
of the Fifth avenue road is in the best
condition and the balance somewhat
broken up the Gary end of the stretch
is the favorite of the speeders. Gary
police do not patrol this road on sun
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24

ture outputs and prices. contracts this
week in pig iron and rails including
heavy tonnage for next year deliveries.
Rail Earnings Good.
Earnings of the Chicago steam
roads continue rising and lake traffic
indicates profitable returns TO vessel
owners. Current orders show we'll in
farm machinery and wire and In both
branches production involves day and
night shifts. Wider bookings and in
quiries appear in general machinery,
heavy machinery. electrical. brass,
wood and leather working.
The markets for raw materials are
unusually strong.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
Leaves on Vacation.

Dolled up like 100000 candlepower
light in a fog. L. j. Parry C"Spike")
Of THE TIMES sporting page, left town
today. He was not pursued by Sheriff
Grant either and unless fire. pestf-
lence, famine or other acts of Provi-
dence intervene he will be back from
a vacation spent in the Lake Superior
region in ten days. He will go via
the Manitou where he cannot see a
newspaper TIL he returns, leaving in
structions only to be posted the re-
suits of the Hammond Lapor;e BALL
game on Sunday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
WATER MAKES
CONTRACTORS LOSE
Shea & O'Shea Encounter
Difficulties With South
Bend Sewer Job.

South Bend, Ind. Aug.-Less than a
quarter of a mile of sewer remains to
be laid Meade street and unless
something unexpected develops, the
the giant drain will be finished this
fall. Shea & O'Shea. OF Hammond.
Ind. contractors, have just been grant
ed partial estimate of $1,6eo.33 for
their work. With the granting of the
estimate, the sewer had been laid as
far as Indiana avenue. and must be
continued to Calvert street, a distance
of approximately 1900 feet. The Ham
mond firm has been working on the
contract for more than two years and
because of the water encountered in
the excavations is said to have lost
heavily on the contract.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
Come<ce and Labor
CHICAGO TRADE GOOD
ASSERTS DUN S
Demand for Breadstuffs,
Iron and Steel Show In
creased Buying Power.

The Weekly Review of Chicago
Trade, published by r. G. Dun & Co.,
says in part:
1.-The more seasonable weather and
sustained favorable crop reports in
duced wider activity in production. dis
tribution and transportation, and the
gratifying evidences of general trade
expansion now appear distinctly en-
couraging-
THE greatest activity of the year is
seen in the markets for the principal
breadstuffs. Iron and steel develop
ments were notably good as to both fu-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
ISSUE CALL FOR
THEIR CONVENTION
Bull Moose Party Decides
to Put Full Tickets in
the Field.

A general call for a convention to
nominate a prosecutor and representa-
tive was issued today by County Chair
man Charles Davidson of the Tom and
A. F. Knots Bull Moose party of Lake
county.
Bull Moose men will meet in their
respective towns and precincts on the
evening OF August 90 to name delegates
for the Joint and judicial conventions
as well the county affair. All of
these powwows will be held in Ham
mond at one o'clock August 81.
The call is signed by Mr.. Davidson
and Oscar Dinwiddie OF Lowell. the
latter being secretary of the party.
This call is the first Official notice
that the Bull Moose men had decided
to put a prosecutor and Joint repre-
sentative in the field.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
Jergans Is Recovering.

Barnie Jergens, the driver for the
American Express company, who was
accidentally injured at the Michigan
Central depot on Tuesday evening of
this week when several boxes OF ex-
press fell on him. is able to be up
and around again. He was taken to
st. Margaret's hospital. where it was
found that he was badly bruised.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
Meets Next Tuesday.

The Jefferson club is scheduled to
hold a regular meeting on Tuesday
night of next week. Plans will be
discussed for the holding of the Lake
county convention on the afternoon or
Sept. 8. at which thirty delegates and
thirty alternates are to be elected
frame Lake county for the tenth dis
trict convention at Lafayette.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
On the Majestic Register.

e. c. Allen. Akron, o.; F. e. Armour
Cole, o.; Leslie Jones, goldman. Ind.
JAG Jrasek, Milwaukee,; Lewis s. and
Paul T. Smith, Greencastle; NJ Good
man, Greencastle; p. NJ. PurseH, In
dianapols; John F. Hoffman, South
Bend; Frank Stout, New York, n. Y;
". Kerner, Danville; j. Daley, Dan
Vile; z. B. Wood. Fit. Wayne
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
= 81 3
From the Diary of ST. Lence

TIL great bull moose an his cohorts
er bein' shown up t hev battled fer
tn Lord in jest ez unprogressive style
ez tn corruptest republican tibet ever
lived.
Takes more'n a punkin show t sat
isfy er Teller nowadays fer er county
fair.
Not an accident or an arrest occur
red to mar the success of the county
fair this week. which is considered a
remarkable record considering the i'm
mense crowd In the city and the fact
that there Is always a certain number
of undesirables and hangers-o ac-
companying like events. The police
were given little trouble and lawless-
ness at the fair grounds proper was
practically an unknown quantity. Ger
tainly the 1912 fair broke many rec
ords in point Of superiority over other
fairs.
The Crown Point baseball team will
move back to its own stamping
grounds on Sunday after quite an abb
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24

burner. causes particularly obnoxious
and dangerous fumes, and this to-
gether with the impoverishing of the
air of oxygen makes a bad combina-
tion," say experts. IF connected with
chimney by means of a pipe, the
danger from gas heaters is greatly
1essened."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
Will Return in Ten DAYS.

Judge Lawrence Becker. who is in
Montana looking after his private in
terests. Is expected to return to Ham
mond within the next ten days 1t is
confidently expected that he will be
back in time to take part in the tenth
district congressional convention.
which will be held at Lafayette on
Sept o. Mrs. Becker. who spent a
week at Ottawa returned to her home
yesterday afternoon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24

days, when the heaviest speeding oc-
ours, and consequently the JOY riders
may whir1 by without fear of being
molested.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
MISS McoNNELL ENrERrAnNs.

Sorority girls of the NJ Tau Beta
Club were received at the home of Mr..
H A. Mcconnell. 2s Doty street by her
daughter Miss Edythe Diversions in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24

the way of games and music were en-
joyed. A luncheon was served at 10
o'clock by Miss Mcconnell. Those
present were the Misses Rose Ruschly,
Marie Carter, Marie Robbins. Ethel
Brown. Marian Dunegan, Edythe Nc
Connel1 and the sisters Laura and
Alma Hess.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24
TO SEE HoLBRooK-LEAN SHOW

TO SEE HOLBROOK-LEAN SHOW.
Miss Kathleen Larson of 1888 Gar
field street will attend the Military
Girl at the Ziegfleld Theatre tomor-
row evening in company with her
cousin Miss Florence Doyle of
Evanston. Miss Larson will visit at
Miss Doyle's home tomorrow.
Mrs. w. Lucht. 3o7 Michigan avenue,
returned to her home today after a
week in Milwaukee.
Miss Mile Bince of Mt. Carmel, Ill.
who has been the guest of Mrs. P. L.
Davis for the past few days has re-
turned to her home.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-24

by the Secretary of the Department Of
Comegce and Labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-01
HIGHEST IN 20 YEARS.
Prices of Food Products Are Estab-
fishing New Records.

New York. May 1.-The wholesale
and retail price of beef has reached
the highest roint in 20 years in this
city. Prices have been climbing steadily
for three weeks and packers say that
with corn at 81 cents bushel the
farmers are not feeding cattle.
Potatoes, too, are selling at record
prices and scarcity of production / >
given as the cause. A washington
market dealer said today that If 1t shad
not been for the importation of the low
grade English potatoes recently there
would have been a potato famine in
New York The marketing COMMITTEES
of the state food investigating COM
mission has been told that there Is an
extreme shortage in butter. w. Z.
Skinner of Denver president of the In
ternational Livestock Exposition asso-
citation, who is in this city says:
I'VE have got into bad shape in this
country through not having been pre-
pared for the period through which we
passed during the last five years. I
mean the farming Of the range. IN
other words the range has almost en-
tirely disappeared and most OF the land
formerly given over to grazing has been
settled by farmers. The farmer has
not yet adjusted himself to livestock
growing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-01
Finn IN CONTROL
The Pittsburg Boss, Head of
the Roosevelt Forces,
Has Complete Mastery of Penn
sylvania Convention.

Harrisburg May 1.-The Republican
state convention insession today is un-
der the control of the Roosevelt forces
headed by former State Senator William
Finn of Pittsburg. Before the conven-
ton adjourns it is planned by the
Finn men to put through program
that will be progressive from top to
bottom.
The regular Republican organization
which has lost control of the state or
ganization as a result of the primary
vote cast on April 13, has but one can
didate in the field, Charles F. Wright
of Susquehanna county, the state treas
1rer, who seeks a denomination.
The Roosevelt slate for the four can
didates to be nominated for congress-
men at large is as follows:
Fred A. Lewis, Allentown; John M.
NORM, Pittsburg; Arthur Prupley, Car
Isle; Anderson H. Walters, Johnstown.
The caucus last night selected Henry
G. WATSON of Pittsburg for state chair
man to succeed Henry f. Walton of
Philadelphia and w. Nevin Dietrich of
Chambersburg for secretary of the
state committee to succeed Harry Baker
of Harrisburg.
The Penrose men have held no eau
Gus.
The convention adopted a platform
which lauded Roosevelt and omitted
mention of President Taft or the work
of his administration. These congress-
men at large were named: Fred E.
Lewis, Allentown; Arthur r. Ripley,
Carlisle; John M. Norm, Pittsburg;
Anderson H. Walters, Johnstown.
The Platform.
The platform adopted by the con-
vention says that financial and indus
trial combinations that dominate the
life of the nation have grown up since
the elimination of the first special
privilege human slavery.
'tThe guiding spirit of the American
people, the platform continues, had
raised a Lincoln to destroy special
privilege of his day. The same power
now raises another leader, Theodore
Roosevelt, fashioned by temperament,
character and human experience to. di-
rect the battle against special privi-
lege of our own time.
''Obeying the clear mandate of the
Republican voters of Pennsylvania we
pledge our support to Theodore Roose-
Welt for the Republican nomination
for president of the United States"
The party is pledged by the platform
to these principles: Direct primaries
for all candidates for public office.
Election of United States senators by
direct vote. Limitation of the amount
that may be contributed and spent in
any general election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-01

Effective May I. the office of super
intendent of motive power is merged in
that of vice president in charge of oper-
alton. Mr.. John Purcell is appointed
assistant to the vice president and will
handle mechanical department mat
ters.''
Mr.. Purcell now is superintendent nf
the Santa Fe shops in Topeka His
promotion will bring him to Chicago.
His successor at Topeka has not been
named.
The appointment of John Purcell as
head of the mechanical department.
comes as no surprise to railroad men
in Topeka. It was predicted by the
State Journal many weeks ago that Mr..
Purcell would receive the place-aIso
that the position of superintendent of
motive power would be abolished.
Mr.. Purcell, who has been superin-
tendent of the Topeka shops of the
Santa Fe, started as an apprentice in
the Topeka shops 2S years ago. After
three years of this work he was made
gang foreman-the youngest gang fore
man at the time and probably the
youngest foreman in the history of
the Santa Fe mechanical service
Later he was made foreman of the
east erecting shop and then assistant
general foreman. Later he was appoint
ed roundhouse foreman. He was trans
ferred to Argentine, as roundhouse
foreman and after few months in that
city was made general foreman. From
this position he went into service as
assistant master mechanic. After his
appointment as master mechanic IN
Argentine he went to Fort Madison,
Ia. as master mechanic of the Chi
cago division. In April, 1902. he re-
turned to Topeka as superintendent of
the Topeka shops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-01
she CHASES JINx
Bill Dryers Daughter Drives
HOOdOO From Park.
Has Never Seen Father Lose
Game of Ball.

Perhaps it is a lucky thing for To-
peka that William Dwyer, manager of
the Lincoln 'Lopes didn't bring his six
year-old daughter Anna to Topeka
with him. It was Miss Anna who
broke the hoodoo that has been par-
suing the Links since the opening of
the season. She arrived in LINCOLN
at midnight Monday and witnessed the
game with Wichita Tuesday. The
Dryers won their first game that day.
In all her life Anna never saw her
father lose game of baseball. Every
time she sits in the grandStand Will
Jams team is on the won side of the
contest she sees staged Despair ask
ed Dwyer to bring the little miss on
the present trip but William said not
guilty. He knew Mrs. Dwyer would
have something to say about taking the
child about the country as a mascot.
So there is yet hope for the Kaws.
Even last year Miss Anna never saw
her fathers team lose a game. True
she didn't attend many of them, but
every time she witnessed a contest it
was win for Des Moines. When Mrs.
Dwyer and the two children were on
the way to the home of the Despains
Monday night, William told the team
that perhaps it didn't mean anything,
but that by taking his daughter to the
game next day he hoped to win it. And
the result of the game proved he was
right.
He Roomed With Lee.
Dwyer began playing professional
baseball when he was Is years old.
He married that fall In all the time
since Mrs. Dwyer has never seen him
in a uniform and he says if he were to
go home in his arena togs his wife
would probably call the police, think
ing him a suspicious character. Some
day William hopes she will go to see
him break up a contest.
Tt was eight years ago that Dwyer
broke into professional baseball. And
the man who was his "roomie'' on that
occasion is Lee, the former Macon
shortstop, whose home is in New York
but who, just now is eating up hot
and third base. When the men met at
Lincoln last week there was a tanning
that caused both men to be out later
than is allowed by club discipline. It
was the first time they had met since
they were teammates and roommates
back in New York.
Dwyer is hopeful of making a good
showing with his Links, now that the
hoodoo has been broken. The loss of
ing blind, as far as seeing a baseball
is concerned, after the season started.
Last year he was struck in the back
of the head by pitched ball and his
eyes are affected as result He open
ed the season with Lincoln at Denver
but was forced to give it up. His in
capacity cost one of the games played
on the mountain trip.
Warm weather and work will do
wonders with the 'Lopes, according to
their manager, and he believes he abs
good club. He says the Lincoln fans
have stood nObly by the team through
the run of hard luck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-01
UNDERWOOD WINS.
Alabama Man VIII Have All But Two
Florida Delegates.

Jacksonville, Fla, May Oscar w.
Underwood has won the Florida presi-
Dental primary over Governor Wood
row Wilson if incomplete returns from
the balIoting. are not materially
changed.
The count of votes has been slow.
The Third congressional district
(Pensacola) went for Governor Will
son. 1t is indicated he received a ma
jority of 1000.
Voting in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga, May Primaries to
determine for whom Georgia's vote in
the Democratic national convention
shall be cast are being held through
out the state today.
The names of Woodrow Wilson,
Oscar Underwood, Champ Clark and
Judson Harmon appear on the bal
lots in most of the counties.
1t is conceded that the real contest
is between the New Jersey governor
and the Alabama congressman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-01
investigation as of unreasonable ant

investigation as of unreasonable and
unwarranted length.
House met at noon Considered mis-
cellaneous legislation on regular cali
endar Appropriation committee failed
to report an appropriation for the COM
merce5 court.
The bill proposes reduction Of the
salary of the secretary to the presi-
dent from 81, 800 to $4,000, the old fig
ure and the abolition of the depart
ment of commerce and labor of the
bureau on manufactures and statistics.
1t is further proposed to abolish the
mints at San Francisco, New Orleans
and Carson City, New, and the assay
Office at Boise, Idaho, Charlotte. n. c.,
Deadwood, s. d., Helena, Mont, Sc
attic, Wash, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
San Francisco would get an assay Of
flee in lieu of it's mint.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-01
CONFERENCE CONVENES
Bishop Warren Calls the Methodist
Delegates to Order.

Minneapolis, May 1.-Standing on
a platform with 20 other bishops,
Bishop Warren of Denver formally
convened the NJ. e. conference in the
presence of $50 delegates.
Thousands of ministers and laymen,
who were not delegates contributed to
forming what was said to be the larg-
est assemblage of Methodists in the
history of the church. Delegates from
Finland, South Africa, South America
and Asia, some of whom were dressed
in native costume, were brought to-
gether when Bishop Warren, the old
est active leader in the church, or
sdered the roll call.
1t was pointed out that this marked
the one hundredth anniversary of the
conferences to which regularly elected
delegates were sent, as after the or
ganization in Lovely Lane chapel in
Baltimore in 1884 all ministers voted
.at the conference and it was not until
1912 that membership to the confer
ence was. restricted to elected dele
gates. Today's session marking the
opening of the months program was
devoted largely to devotional exercises
and preliminary business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-01
THEY ARE IMMUNE.
Omcers of the Titanic Can't Be Pun
ished for Contempt.

Washington, May III. Bruce 1smay,
managing director of the international
Mercantile Marine, and c. H. Lightoller
and J. C. Boxhall, officers of the I'll
tanic, were immune from subpoenas
issued by the District of Columbia su-
preme court requiring their presence
to testify in a civil action brought by
Mrs. George Robins, of New York, and
contempt proceedings will not be in
stituted against them, it was declared
today The three men were served with
summonses yesterday but went to New
York after engaging counsel to repre-
sent them
Contempt proceedings were threaten
ed but it developed that because the
Englishmen were under subpoena from
the United States senate no other pro-
cess could be served on them for a
period of "a hours after their release
by the committee.
No Chance to Find Butts Body.
Halifax, May Thirty embalmers
worked today in an iInprOvised morguer
preparing for inspection, more of the
unidentified dead, in whom centers the
fragile hope that relatives still search
ing for Titanic victims, may find their
kin.
The unidentified list, with the ex-
ception of two tentative identif1cations
made last night still stood at so when
the work was resumed. This was the
official total as estimated from White
Star lists George Widener, of Phil
adelphia, has left Halifax apparently
convinced that the body buried at sea
was that of his fathers valet and not
of Mr.. Widener.
Major Blanton Winship, U. S. A., said
he had seen the unidentified dead and
had given up all hope of finding Major
Rl1ft'S bOdY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-01
TODAY'S BALL GAMES.
Western League.

Lincoln at Topeka. clear. $3.50 p. m.
Wichita at Denver, clear, $3.50 p. M
Des Moines at Omaha, clear, $3.50
Sioux city at ST. Joseph clear. $3.50
p. m.
National.
Philadelphia at New York. clear. A
p. m.
Brooklyn at Boston. clear, 3:15 p. m.
Chicago at Pittsburg, cloudy, $3.50
: Cincinnati at St. Louis. cloudy, 3
p. M
American.
New York at Philadelphia, clear,
3:45 D. m.
Boston at Washington. clear. $3.50
p. m.
q Chicago at Detroit, cloudy, D. m.
Association.
Columbus at Milwaukee. cloudy. 3
p. m.
Toledo at Kansas City. clear, D. m.
Louisville at Minneapolis. cloudy, 8
p. m.
Indianapolis at St. Paul, cloudy. 3
D..