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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12
STANDARD
GETS NICE
FAT ORDER
Standard Steel Car Co. Gets
Order of Fifty Passenger
Coaches From Pennsyl-
vania Co.; Local Plant Has
Orders to Get Ready.

The Pennsylvania railroad has or
dered fifty passenger coaches from the
Standard Steel Car company. AS the
Hammond plant is the only one which
manufactures steel passenger cars, 1t Is
expected that this splendid order will
come to Hammond
The capacity of the Hammond plant
liz only one steel passenger car a day
when the department is running full
force, SO that ii can be seen that this
Is big order.
1t is also a fact that while steel
freight car will cost from $500 to $1,000
each, that a passenger coach Will cost
from $4,000 to $4,000.
This makes 1t apparent that this or
der alone involves in the neighbor-
hood OF $1,000. 900. 1t will mean a large
distribution of wages. as moro of the
cost of a passenger car goes into wages
than in the case of a freight car.
To Get Busy. sg~ szss-~
The local management of the stand
ard Steel Car company has received an
order to hurry mp in it's preparations
for the opening of the Hammond plant.
A sample freight car Is now about
completed and will be ready for inspec-
tion- This will be the beginning of
great activity at the Hammond plant.
It is expected that the company will
begin taking on men in about two or
three weeks.
The Standard steel Car company has
done so little for Hammond since 1t
located here, as a result of prolonged
shut downs, that the opening of the
plant will be an equivalent to the locat-
ing of big industry here.
1t VIII be better than that on ac-
count of the fact that the plant Is built
and ready for the employment of a
force of men that is expected to reach
at least 5000. when the plant is run
ming at full blast.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12

Seldom has SO shocking a tragedy
occurred in the Calumet region as the
double asphyxiation of the Misses Sc
Tiger and Mills at Robertsdale told In
these columns Saturday. DR.. Frank
smith Of Gary, who conducted the in
quest, has not yet rendered his verdict
In formal manner, but speaking Of
the evidence that had been submitted
to him, he said that the verdict can
only be statement that the girls
came to their death accidentally. their
death having been due to asphyxiation
caused by escaping illuminating gas.
It Is learned that a pulmotor was hur-
rfed TO Robertsdale to try and resusci-
tate the girls but they were too far
gone.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12

GENERAL
RULES

That = candidate may not spend
money Tor beer, other intoxicants,
cigars, Or any other kind of re-
freshme,ata, either for voterA, for
meetings Of comtttees other gath
erfnEs of political workers, and ne
may NOT. I'm q saloon or other places
"set 'eui MP" to cigars, drinks or
other things delightful to the cam
peign hunger on, the law provides
that any person who solicits any
thing of value from q candidate or
his agent in return for political I'm
nuence, whether the thing solicited
II or In NOT given, Is liable to Dunish-
ment under the law, the purchase OF
tickets TO entert Rinments. shares of
stock. contributions to worthy
causes, or to bull ding or other f,lnds.
when 1T might be construed the pur-
oh ase or con ntr1b1tion WAS made for
the purpose of affecting votes In
prohibited; n committee may not
assess n candidsste for urinary or
election purposes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12
CONSIDER POLICE
PENSION FUND

The members of the police pension
fund will hold a meeting this evening
at the police station and besides the
regular routine work. election of trus-
tees will be held for the ensuing year.
The pension fund has been growing
considerable during the past few
months and the members are looking
forward to a prosperous year. With
the exception of few donations re-
ceived from few Hammond business
men, the fund has been kept up by its
members.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12
Candidates CUT OUT
Cigars AND BOOZE
Men Running For Office Can be Arres-
ted For Buying Cigars and Booze
For Moochers

dTnEEs BUREAU.
AT STATE CAPITAL
Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 12.-Sa-
loonkeepers in Indiana as a result Of
q law passed by the last democratic
legislature will lose hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars this year during
the political campaign and candidates
will save as much.
EVERYTHING BARRED.
Campaign cigars and booze are
barred by the new corrupt practices
act, according to an opinion just CIV
en- By Attorney General Honan In
answer TO questions asked by Alvah
J. Rucker, of this city, who is can
didate for nomination.
Rucker said he wanted to know just
what was permissible under the law
and what was prohibited. The opinion
of the attorney general is sad blow
to the CRATER, panhandler end cam
paign tmoocher," all of whom have
ho,Irishad In the past at the expense of
eardidates.
NO CANDY FOR KIDS.
According TO the Interpretation by
the attorney general of the corrupt
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12

street to Calumet avenue. northward on
Calumet avenue to Hoffman street
ward on Hoffman street to Holman
street and southwark on Hohman>street
10 the Standard plant
The advantages of this route are
enumerated by its promoters as fol-
lows:
Has Many Advantages.
/. The tracks are all laid and it will
not require the driving of a single
spike to install the service.
.. The proposed route circles the en-
tire manufacturing district of Ham
mond and then connects 1t with the
residential districts of the city.
3. The fve-minute service would
embrace the entire business district Of
the city and would promote business
activity.
4. 1t would require only six cars to
furnish this service. and these could
be of the smaller type generally used
for city service.
s. There are now enough furnouts
along the proposed route of the new
city service to permit of its installation
without double tracking the entire line.
Connects Depots.
6. Every important factory in the
city would be within easy walking dis
tance of the fve-minute service.
l. Every depot in the city, including
the South Shore suburban depot. the
Pennsylvania loop suburban service, the
wabash depot the Michigan Central
depot, the Monon. Erie. Nickel Plate, C.
& o. and Lake Shore suburban depots
would be instantly accessible to the
people of the whole city.
s. Every church. every school of any
consequence. every theatre and every
important business house would be
within easy walking distance of this
service
g. It would promote the development
or the suburbs as ideal residential dis
tricts
10. 1t would develop the whole city
New Transfer Points.
Now having established the proposed
Continued on Page 10
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12
.cASTLEMAN
ACCUSES A
BANKER NOW
Gary Awaits Return of
Banker Hay, Whom
CaStleman Accuses.

Everybody In Gary II waiting the
next move ON the latest political
checkerboard. President H. G. Hay,
jr., of the Gary state bank was ne
cused I'm the Gary councu Saturday
night by Alderman Cast1eman of
buying the vote of one alderman to
secure the passa,cc of the high IL
eense ordinance last Marcsh. Hay is
oEt of town attending a funeraI hut
will be back tonight or tomorrow.
Some interesting Developments are
expected when he returns. Az =
member of the Gary Commercial club
the banker has been active In the
movement to oust CsstIeman because
of general unfitness.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12
WHITING GROCER
rs DISCHARGED
Especial to THE TINES J

Whiting. Ind, Feb. 12.-Judge R.
Atchison has given his decision in the
case of John Furtyo, a grocer of East
11sth street. which he has had under
advfsement for about two weeks.
Furtyo WAS arrested by sanitary Of
fcer j. W. Ault on the charge of hav-
ing In his possession a barrel of vine
gar which was not up to grade. It
was proven by Ralph Townsend of
South Chicago, the dealer from whom
Furyto purchased the vinegar, that
when the test was made the vinegar
was frozen and that as soon as it was
thawed out it again went back to it's
normal state, which, was strictly up to
grade. On the strength of the evil
dance Furtyo was discharged
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12
Meeting Of Shrine.

There will be a meeting of Orak
Shrine at the temple tonight at which
the question Of setting the date for the
next ceremonial will be taken up. The
trip to Los Angeles will also be ex-
piained by the agent for the railroad,
and it is expected that a number of
people from Hammond will attend. =
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12
Another Quiet Sunday.

The police department experienced
another quite Saturday night and sun
day, and with the exception of the ar
rest of two drunks nothing important
occurred. This being their first offense
the drunks were released and ordered
out of town.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12

The case of the state of Indiana vs..
James McLelland was continued in
Judge Barnetts court this morning
and will come up for trial Monday
morning. Feb. 10, at O'Clock. Judge
Barnett has the case under advisement
and If McLelland has not violated his
agreement the case will be dismissed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12

Jsdgs wHns G 1rc1Iahzn of zGrowns
Point is trying criminal eases today
a number Of these cases have gene
over. however, and the trial of civil
court cases will be taken up tomorrow.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12
NOTICE TO READERS.

Don't forget to send in your bal
lot in THE TIMES primary for
governor which appears on anoth-
er page. No matter what your
political afIaliation you are entitl-
ed to one vote. The primary will
end Saturday, February IT. Adj
dress your BALLOTS to the
POLITICAL EDITOR,
TIMES,
Hammond, Ind.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12

Marguerite Sylvia. the singer. Is
single again. She has been granted
a divorce from William David Mann
whose only business. she told the
Chicago Judge who granted the de-
cree. was being my husbaad."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-12
Trying Criminal Cases.

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UNSETTLED MONDAY;
LOWER TEMPERATURE:
TUESDAY FAIR.
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Case Continued.

CONTINUED on Page 81
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According TO the Interpretation by
the attorney general of the corrupt
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27

IF there is one thing that wins the
l heart of layman who is accorded
the privilege Of shipping on board
United States navy vessel, says
writer in Leslie's, 1t is the showing
made by the enlisted man. He is the
lad who stands by his officers in the
coming tower, below the water line in
the torpedo room, at the highest point
Of the fire control mast, or in the
depths of the sweltering fire rooms.
The intricate modern warship sounded
the death knel of idleness and ignor-
ance. A man to be Of use in the navy
today must be ambitious, intelligent
and trustworthy in every sense. One
who has not those qualifications soon
learns that he must "buck up" If he
is to be part of the great machine Of
which we are so proud.
No factor has contributed more to
the marvellous evolution Of the navy
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27

WASHINGTON chief industry
w today of the town of Bethlehem
In Palestine is the manufacture of ar
Hcles of religious devotion and orna-
ments from mother-of-pearl, according
to the report of the American consul
there. The methods and tools used
are mostly quite primitive in charac-
ter, as are also the buildings in which
the workmen carry on their trade.
The principal products are carved
shells on which religious scenes are
depicted, beads and rosaries. The ma
terial known as pearl waste" from
which the two latter products are
made, is very largely imported from
the United States, and the American
market also is the largest purchaser
of these goods. The large carved
shells are sold mostly to tourists in
Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and since
the demand for them is not so good
as for beads and higher grade of
workmanship is required to produce
them, this side of the industry is los
ing ground to the manufacture of
beads.
A bead workman's outfit is print
tive, consisting of files, borers and a
simple wooden device for holding the
irregularly shaped pieces of pearl
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Baby Finger Prints System Favored

IF an increase in the number of aban-
i doned infants in the city should oc-
cur, 1t is more than likely that there
will be adopted by the district au-
thorities a system Of finger print
Identification of all infants born in
public institutions. Such a system is
now in use in New York, and other
cities are contemplating its adoption.
The results have proved encouraging.
The system has the Endorsement Of
DR.. William c. Woodward, district
health officer, and George S. Wilson,
secretary Of the board of charities.
The only thing which stands in the
path of the adoption Of the finger print
Identification system in the national
capital is the small number of cases
Of abandoned children. 1t is hardly be-
Heved that the number would justify
the introduction of the scheme, which
would entail the expenditure Of rath-
sr large amount of money.
''The plan is an excellent one" said
DR.. Woodward. at has been given an
extensive trial in New York city. Re-
ports Of the experiment as made pub
lie in recent numbers of certain maya
zines show that the system is sue
cess
The plan is to take Impressions of
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Mysterious Cave pweIIers.

The sentiment that accompanies the
common desire for the preservation of
historical relics Of the American In
dams, who are fast passing away or
being merged into the civilization of a
new century, is now being manifested
in reference to the preservation Of the
home Of the cliff-dwelling Indians,
whose history is as mysterious and un-
recorded as that Of the lost tribes of
Israel. Various theories have been
propounded regarding the cliff dwell
ers. Legends have it that they are the
descendants of Montezuma. The popu-
lar theory is that the Indians began by
living in caves, the homes that nature
had provided, and then, with the
natural ingenuity Of man, proceeded to
excavate caves high up in the side of
the cliffs, where they might be safe
guarded from attacks and where their
supremacy would go unchallenged.
Americans know very little Of the his
tory Of the cliff jewellers or Of the
place where they formerly lived. If
the Indians know, they do not tell
Harriet Quimby in Leslie's.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Good Showing Made by Enlisted Men

than the manner in which this particu-
lar man has bucked up and within a
comparatively brief period changed
the personnel Of the sailors to as fine
as that Of any in the world.
Here is an example worth repeating
Six years ago an officer, who is now on
board the cruiser Washington, was in
charge of liberty party of ESQ men in
New York who had shore leave for
twenty-four hours. At the expiration
of that time less than half Of them
were in fit condition to return to the
ship. They had gotten themselves
into all sorts of trouble. Last summer
the same officer took an equal number
Of men ashore at New York. 1t was a
liberty party in exactly the conditions
of the previous one. But it served to
illustrate what a change had taken
place in the navy in these compare
lively few years. Every man returned
to the landing at the appointed time
Instead of passing their time brawlins
about, as had been the fashion in the
time before, it was ascertained that
these men had attended theaters and
gone to the museums-in short had
seen the city in the way any ordinary
red-blooded Citizen might who had
that interval to spend in New York
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
SEA LION SUPPLANTS DOG
at Gateway of a California
Mansion.

Hillsboro, GAIA weird story to
the effect that a real live sea lion had
found its way from the ocean beach
to Uplands, the Hillsboro home of
Charles Templeton Croker, has been
going the rounds in San Mateo county.
Up till a few nights ago the report
was received with considerable skep-
ticism, albiet many motorists are said
to have steered clear of the Croker
gateway, at which the new watch
dog" was supposed to have installed
himself
The monster of the deep may have
departed for regions where there is
more congenial society than that of
Hillsboro millionaires, but that he
was there in spirit and in truth, even
if more in spirit than in truth, is no
longer doubted.
What greater confirmation of the re-
port is needed than that he was al
legged to have been seen by members
of a jovial stag party returning in
the cold, gray dawn from a midnight
revel at a polo club? AS rule po-
loists do not run to sea lions, but
they are pleasing variation of visions
of pink crocodiles and blue lizards.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Live Frog in Stomach Nearly Year

A LIVE frog that crawled and clawed
"A and croaked, lived for nearly a
year in the stomach of Mrs. L. v.
King OF Dean Wood, suburb Of
Washington.
After clawing away at the lining
Of the woman's stomach until it was
raw with pain, almost strangling her
as it climbed into her throat, and
fairly reducing her to a living skeleton
it was finally extricated by physicians
Of the Emergency hospital. They used
large pump.
The frog is now preserved in alco-
hol 1t is a weak, colorless, wrinkled,
shapeless specimen which bears a
faint resemblance to the normal frog
Its legs are long and scranny and thin
as toothpicks. It measures, all told,
about seven inches.
Just as 1t was breaking out OF the
egg, the tadpole was swallowed by
Mrs. King in well water last August.
Weeks passed before the woman real
lied there was some living animal IN
her stomach. She consulted doctors,
but they laughed at her.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
FREEDOM is SPURNED
MINNESOTA CONVICT DECLINES
ALL PRoFFERs OF RELEASE.
He Is a Man Of Good Habits and I'm
pulses, Has Considerable Money
Saved, and Gould Have Been
Free Long Ago.

Saltwater, Minn.-The man whom
America, who refused to leave prison,
has a counterpart in the Minnesota
state prison. Frank Johnson, 'lifer"
In the penitentiary here, declines all
proffers Of freedom thrust upon him;
has declined them for ten years. 81
will not go from here; intend to die
in prison." he said when offered a dis
charge.
Johnson is "a years old; has served
longer than any other 'lifer" now in
the prison, his term having begun be-
fore the sentences Of the famous
Younger brothers. He has been indif-
ferent and contented while other ifers
clamored for release. The law passed
in the interest of the Younger broth
ers, which made thfrty-fve years the
limit for a life prisoner, brought no
consolation to Johnson.
Johnson came from Sweden and
worked in brick yard in Minneapolis.
Thirty-six years ago, while drinking,
he shot to death one of his close
friends, and for that crime was SEN
SCAOS0 OA I'll LIZ 4OtOy III
in the second degree to life imprison-
ment. having pleaded guilty. The pris-
on record does not reveal the name of
the man he killed.
Johnson has been a model prisoner
ever since he entered the prisons
doors, and he is in the trusty class. He
is not required to do heavy work, but
now assists about the engine house as
a wiper. His intellect has declined IN
der long incarceration.
That the prisoner is a man Of good
impulses and probably the victim of
mere circumstance is the belief of the
prison authorities. Warden Wolfer
says that years ago Johnson loaned to
friend funds to send for the friends
sweetheart in the old country. The
young woman came, and was married
to the friend located on homestead
near Graceville, MINI. She and her
husband have prospered and are now
possessed of considerable property.
Under the law passed in the interest
of the Younger brothers a few years
ago, thirty-five years was made the
minimum sentence for a life-term per
son. Under that law a person serving
twenty-three years, seven months and
eighteen days, with good time allow
ance, may be paroled, upon the action
Of the state board of parole with thu
unanimous consent of the state board
of pardons. Johnson has persistently
objected to any movement for his re
lease.
Johnson has more than 81 ,22S to his
credit in the state treasury, earnings
for Overtime, and the money is accu-
mulating. He has refused the offer of
a bosom friend near Graceville to
make his home with him and rest the
remainder of his days, an offer made
from gratitude.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27

the fingers Of all infants born in public
institutions, especially in charity
cases, from which issue most Of the
abandonments. These finger prints are
filed on cards, together with minute
descriptions of the mothers Of the In
fants. If after leaving the hospital an
infant is abandoned, a finger print Il
Immediately taken and the files are
searched for the corresponding print
If the finger print is identified, the
description Of the mother is given to
the police, who starts hot upon her
trail.
The finger-print files are kept in
some central place, the various hos
pitfalls sending in cards for every infant
born. 1t has been clearly demonstrate
ed that the print taken of a child's fin,
ger is sufficiently distinct to make out
the lines easily with the aid Of an or
binary magnifying glass.