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VOL UMES IN \. LIBRARY ARE
 ARRANGED D
Annual Report of Library sDi'
 rectors is Submitted to the - Common Council ss.

Within four weeks the reOrgan1zatto work. started abyg the directors ofs tlaa public. library in April 1911. will be completed; the 50,O0O volumes in the library outside of the children's room will have been re-accessioned. new hcard shelf list and a new author cat- alogue will ~haves been furnished and a new charging system established without interfering with the daily rou- tine to any great extent.
 The annual report of the library df- rectors,. submitted toa aa the Common Council Monday night, gives many ad- ditional facts concerning the library
 last. year The reorganization work was carried on by the Library Bureau
 and it's completion in four weeks will
 mean much to the library.
 The report shows g. total recorded
 circula ton for the year as 21S,6U,
 decrease of about four per cent. The directors regard this as .very natural. for in the work of reorganization and
 revision in cataloguing and shelf list. ing many books and classes had to
 be temporarily withdrawn. The li-:
 The report says: ssThe change in rules permitting borrowers larger pfay- ileges has been appreciated. In this department, next to fiction, the home circulation in arts and sciences am-' ounted to 10,7c7 out of the total 113,- 464 and the general literature 3,18.
 Cramped room Is mentioned in the following manner: "Under present conditions we are finding it more difh- cult to cope with ethe requirements Of modern library york; and feel the need of extension and adequate room. These are unsa tisf1ed necessities that the times demand to make the. library a more efficient educational institutioh.' ''
 It further reports: Material has been collected for school work, de- bates, work with the clubs, which show increased activities and many lists have been compiled on timely topics. Frequently. the. best material for the work is found in the periodicals and the. library has the. best of the impor- tant magazines in current numbers and. in bound numbers and these have been largely used.
 .'The special lists made, include: Ae- counting, corporation accounting, fac tory management. North Africa; Arr mold Bennett and some reviews of his books; boys, work with boys, business and factory management, reading list on California, Canada, travel and des- cription, stories of Canadian history and life, child study, selected list on Modern China, William DeMorgan, Charles Dickens, Egypt, Maurice Hew- lett. U. s. History, constitutional be-. riod, house building, immigration, Irish drama, Jews, list of authors who have written on or about the Jews, stories by Jewish writers and illustrating Jewish life and character. moderTi views of life and conduct, ,metallurgy and assaying. peace day.. photography, St Patrfcks day. scientific manage
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-20

sn1erit and business- efficiency, etc.ss Ss Tn connection with the reference de- |partment the report says: Tt is al.
 most impossible to keep an accurate record Ie of the number ef books used in asked which cover the widest ranGe of FSub5ects, some --ReQu4fin& considerable research work The Hbrery ranks next to the ptfffic schools, and should
 complement and supplement these in- esl tslt1cns in acting as a1Sterehpnss of |Hn ofriation for the people, The rec ords show; ascirculation e& l1, s74 books; used for1 reference work r sTfeveL &4fdes havesbeen placed fn the rack R ahe reading room,- aiding in reuG6eSs- tions for vacations. These 3no1u96 flake and river routes, ocean ArAxelv- [priental lineA trolley trtp1 eands n, <many instancesssare interesting zbeeE-y lets of traveh notes and are we'll Wfjf7s feAs.4 gE ssaff st ss5r,Ssci< saxzrsi The visitors on Sunday for reading Eand referenceswork numbep Ns3H. ses
 The work ofs-tfes cataIogae sdspart1 ment consisted Of the. a writing and. books z, TOO revisi6ns, 22,06O Eardar com pleting thes anafytical catalogue ok plays. revising anfs t1peWufting 16,4e0 cards f6r' the fietiohc c atal0eue, eso2it5s ting call ns1mbefx s>a siss7y 4sssv .ezs .S During the year 8so3ss volume ss ,Were
  icais bound by tfles library s0ovsrs- n1erfts z16cumentsy and gifts Dedueting I, ,404 vWfthdFaw9Is sgiyegsA neee7ncTeeoo1 of 1s63S nla1Eink aztctal of 57, ,z0S bock9 tliesf presents StockHofs sthet 1fbf1rysaThl spampl11e4s added werep@3s722s "a z@r es The 1ndustriAt collection nun1berA about s,62gy n0f which z29 wefe added this Year, purchased from the >.& G.. Bufnham fund. ,'tsa %,s4@k sr., -sThe snhmbeF oftbooirs bonadr.shave: am61ntHif tUs2,54k. This does~ not in- cludes 216 books recessed in the original covers with the flexible glue at sthe library: 2, 456 books weres mended. The registration shows s4 increases of 1eS& Fborfowers, ofFtl1esex 098gsTefeAadu du1tSs and 870i children. 2 css5 f.Ssss r.s fe e . Thes records4of the chi1dren'ss roepn Findfcate& ificfeaAed activities, -th<u there are many children who do not borrow books for home suse, yet oome almost every day to read Thus tho book fulf1s ats- miSsion although. it does not appear in the< s1a&tsfics ssffs: X eT1ie bulletin board has been very attractive. -sxpanF teechere comments ing on it's usefulneAP and purpose.
 Owing to the rem6vaI Of the lecture room ire seseape4 as n1entioned last yeHr the library was obliged to dis- and arts exhibtff6nsI sthes Ast swinfeF5 f6s nh hefewere 3. 3.476xabOokx added sby< <ptgy >cliases 98S gifts AzId pHblioaADcument& and a99 periodicalS bound bystbE liz F Twenty one. books were lost. and paid for lctatsof the total circnlstIse ofl s244esSs and 1,401 books were wursz ont and withdrawn.
 I75e safbFary fund shows . ba1snesS0f' $25, ,604s85 available for ten em6nth4 ending .Apfil51, 1918, out of $40,060.z7.s0nT hand ApTilg 1. s1ef2 sS Y
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NEWTOWN

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 Gnd peouioe and potted palms Urnn4od In the dining room A 57Gre6 button blossom was placed E6 nlaAe. A T. Blakeman read 1e oaIlont interpet1ng spaper .on: E16tofys of. Po5tnl MattAr insTiha
 XA6. sI1ag po4ox question.
 nGo6 with the result that the
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 funds for. aS inc q pole as
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 - ben the guest of Al5 p6rent6, ],
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 0uG11Vo5W. Carlson attended the o NI6 oa410n e1erc3oes Of the 1DuEY s1ofmal School, Tuesday r 15 <eolis Brenpan who hos gradu- - tl(lo lear at Syracuse University x01Rned to spend the summer at 1 nedne of NGlss Mary Haugh, Bots- 3 61,. Isonafd N. Johnson, George 1nmD and ". ". Wakelee are nG tAe1r home at the Grand " AlGxlnder. Steele, and two chii- AGn0 hem qpend1ag a few days 615ndt a&,s tetliels ,: N -ru-1-., W 1TR- ------vvv1S- . -~~-x~-~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-20
WESI'POR|.T'' {

W,estport, June 2o-Brought about through the, effortsof thef Women s Town Improvement association, con crete walks are now being laid for a distance of about 400 feet in Imperial avenue Contractors started their
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-20
rnll Bnsr HAND SOAP.

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 Ink Paint and Dirt. For tho Gf cl<fhAng. Large can 10 .couts
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-20

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 1n0jla0 by an upslghtly Wart.. n oaq.E be removed ih . fow daye
 Gt b1ln by 1sing cyru9 Wart tGe. fGf nale only s8t Tho Cyrus, poeD5 8g3 FA1rneld avenue and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-20
STAMFORD HIGH SCHOOL ]. EXERCISES THIS EVENING

Stratford. June 20 class of 1912 of the stratford high
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
WEST HAMMOND MAN
INVOLVED IN CHARGES

Jacob Katz OF West Hammond is
involved in daring check kiting'
scheme. in which mis- associates are
said to have secured $1,000 fraudulent
~ from three Chicago banks.
hatz is a lawyer, whose name ap-
pears in the Hammond telephone d.
rectory as "Katz & CO.. Bankers and
Real Estate. 34-154th street. West
Hammond He is member of the
Chicago Bar association and has of
fees at 40 North Dearborn street, Chi
cago,
A1frs. Katx stated to a. TlafEs reporter
this morning that her husband had no
guilty knowledge of the criminal acts
of his associates and was merely a tool
in their hands. She said that she had
no fear of the outcome of the case
against him.
One of the Chicago papers had the
following account of the indictment and
arrest of the men implicated in this
trouble.
The cleverest and most daring of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
HAMMOND GETS
NEW CONVENTION

hammond was yesterday settled
upon as the place where the tenth dis
trict republican convention will be
held on March IS. Chairmen from the
various counties in the district met at
Monticello, Ind. yesterday and decided
upon Hammond because Of its railroad
accessibility It has been decided by
the republican county central commit
tee also to hold meeting at Hammond
on that day 10 appoint delegates to the
state convention at indianapolis and
as y VIII be double-decker, and the
day before the county convention. some
politics will be played
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
DR.. SHANKLIN TO
CONDUCT INQUEST
Is Unable to Connect, How
ever, With Eye Wit
nesses to Tragedy.

Dr. r. nj. Shanklin of Hammond. who
has been commissioned to conduct the
inquest in the Tony Mengans the ItaI-
ian section hand, whose body was found
dead on the Gary & Western tracks.
near Kennedy avenue, sunday morning,
mas been unable thus far to get into
communication with eye-witnesses to
the accident
me body was prepared for burial by
ondertaker Burns. and sent to Chicago
yesterday afternoon for burial today
Although there were exe-witnesses to
the accident. the evidence surrounding
the case is almost conclusive that Mem
gans was accidentally killed by a train
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
BAR ASSOCIATION
TO Be REORGAN|zED
Judge Kopelke Takes In
itiative in Movement for
More Active Body.

meeting az the Lake County Bar
Association has been called for next
Monday morning at nine o'clock in
Room No. / for the purpose. as outIin-
ed by Judge Johannes Kopelke. of es
tablishing an effective organization Of
the Lake County Bar Association
1t is said that this movement started
as result of the fact that a number
of things have occurred recently 10
discredit several attorneys who are
practicing in Lake County and it is
believed that the situation ought to
be handled by the bar association
Probably the prime motive in call
ing the meeting is the general demand
that the Lake County Bar Association
be reorganized and made a live organi-
zation.
For year or two its officers have
not called a meeting and 1t Is expected
that the meeting next Monday will
either result in the election of a NV
set Of officers or in the calling of ,
meeting for that purpose.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
STANDARD OIL BUSY
ON THE NEW DOCKS

The Standard oil Company has
large force at work unloading material
at the E j. & F. tracks in Indiana
Harbor for the new dock which they
win begin TO construct at the earliest
possible moment. and rush to compile
tion as fast as IT is possible to do the
work and do II right.
be coming up>the canal as far as the
junction OF the main canal with its
west branch early this summer The
necessity for haste is The result Of thu
destruction during the winter of the
Standard Oil Company's pier at whit
ing, large part OF this being washed
away. II would cost an enormous sum
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20

hands of Charles Dick, a. T. -vorys and
ia G. Laylin. Not one OF the three is a
strong campaign general. and not one
has hold on popular imagination. The
Taft campaign in the state will depend
largely upon momentum. Undoubtedly
many thousands of republican voters
have not vet concluded which candi-
date they will favor
Governor Harmon seemed almost
certain of a solid Ohio delegation
TO the democratic convention at
Baltimore until few davs ago
W hen he opposed the Initiative and
referendum in a speech before the
constitutional convention. a rnajori-
ty Of whose members had been
elected on T. and n. piedg ges he pro-
vokeu storm among so-calle6 pro-
graaslve democrats. Woodrow VIII
son Is accordingly likely to have
some of the Ohio votes or the first
ballot Ed. II. Moore Barmons
state campa ign manager. is doing
MS best to put down the uprising
At this time, to Judge from reports
from the country al large Taft viii be
renominated through the advantages
of his position unless Roosevelt senti-
rnent develops into a Roosevelt STAN
pede-which is not impossible. on the
democratic side. it will be a case of the
allies against Woodrow Wilson. The
latter will be stronger than any of his
rivals, and will have to run against the
field
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
CAL UMET REGION
NEEDS HELP FOR
FALLEN GIRLS
Hammond Woman Finds a
Helpless Lass; Tells of
Cities Needs.
WORK FOR PhILANTHROPlST

That cities in the Calumet region are
in need of an organization which is
willing to work for the uplift of fallen
girls. products of the conditions in
those cities, was again forcefully dem
onstrated last Sunday when such an
unfortunate was placed in a home in
Chicago by Mrs. H, E. Granger. 4ss
Hamlin street, Hammond, after the
girl had been rescued by Chief of Po-
lice Peter Austgen.
The need for this organization is all
the more apparent when 1T is remem-
bered that this is not an isolated case
But for systematic work, and funds to
draw on many more girls could be
snatched away from the evil influences
in which their unfortunate circum-
stances place them. Mrs. Granger took
the girl to the Chicago Rest Cottage"
a place for such girls. at her own ex-
pense. and gave UP the greater part OF
Sunday to accomplish her mission
When the members of the local w. c.
T. u, of which Mrs. Granger Is the vice
president, heard of her work they at
once offered to reimburse her But the
fact remains that the women's Chris
tian Temperance Union, as the name
implies. Is an organization primarily to
promote the ideals and practice OF
temperance, and there is no organiza-
tion In Hammond whatever that makes
the rescue of fallen girls its sole mis-
sion.
Case Was a Pathetic one.
The case of last Sunday was a par
ticularly pathetic one. 1t is a common
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
Recent Negro
Murders and Crimes in
Gary's Black Belt.

February 26, 1911, Robert Dorsey
murdered John Borwn by behead-
ing him.
November o, 1911, william steele
shot by his wife Carolina steele;
recovered.
December Is, 1911, Jo Hess aud
Bud OwsIey broke into home of Mrs.
CaroIina Olds tyvhite ~voman) shot
her I'm Jaw. Hess was shot by her
son; both men sentenced to state
prison.
December .. 1911, Toy Van shot
and killed by Yip 10y tChinese tong
war).
June 20. 1911. May Marshall
murdered by George Davis.
December II, 1911, Lillian Smith
shot and killed.
February 10, 1912. Jack johnson
murdered by Robert johnson.
February 10, 1o1:, Harriet
Thompson murdered.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
.STARDARD STEEL CAR
co. GETS NEW ORDER
Railway Association Re-
ports Shortage of
$4,000 Cars.

The Standard Steel Car Co. has re-
ceived an order for sixty steel cars
from the Birmingham Southern rail-
road The recent order for steel pas
senger cars from the Pennsylvania rail-
road consists of fifteen suburban
coaches and thirty-five combination
passenger and baggage cars
There is now a shortage Of 23,011
cars. an increase OF 10.S17 cars over the
preceding two weeks period reported
by the American Railway association.
There is a decrease in the surplus of
cars that is also significant. On Jan
81 there was 55.592 cars. a decrease
Of 46,SS7 cars as compared with the
previous report. and 10o.763 as COM
pared with the same period in 1911
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
GIBSON CASE
ONCE MORE

In the matter of a new trial for AL
derman Walter Gibson, sentenced last
year in the Gary bribery trial. the bill
of exceptions was signed in South Bend
yesterday by Judge Vernon Van Fleet,
and filed in the Lake circuit court at
crown Point this morning. This per-
fects the appeal to the supreme court,
whittier the case will be taken accord
ing to Attorney Fl. s Barr of Crown
POINT. who appeared with Attorney
Boone OF Hammond for the defendant.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20

check kiting schemes. involving heavy
loss to many Chicago banks, extending
east, west and south, and planned on a
scale that would make "Get-Rich-
Quick Wailingford" confess himself a
second rate financier, was disclosed
Yesterday when the grand jury indicted
the following:
JAMES LAWRENCE HUSTON.
FRANK w. FOWLER
WILLIAM L SUTTON
JACOB KATZ.
MICHAEL WE'LL
Weif and Katz Surrendered them
selves late yesterday afternoon at the
criminal court building and gave bonds
in $4,000 each to answer the charges.
Huston was missing from his home on
South Park avenue. whence he was re-
ported 10 have fed three weeks ago.
Sutton, his brother-in-law. was heing
sought by detectiveszat a late hour last
night, but was said to be in the city.
CONTINUED on page nve)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20

to replace the pier and as 1t is TO be
abandoned anyhow it is economy TO
dispense with it now and utilize the
Standard Oil company's recently ac-
quired dockage property along the
canal
The dock is to be 900 feet long and
the piling will be driven forty feet
into the ground. The material now be-
ing unloaded consists of twelve by
twelve timbers, piling and Wakefield
sheeting.
Within few days the f. J. & f. will
lift their bridge so that the dredge
may pass through this will be set to
work as soon as the weather will per-
nit
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20

taken any active part in politics before
this year.
James r. Garfield of Mentor is. OF
course, for his former chief Garfield
was candidate for delegate to the
constitutional convention at the cleo
tion last fall but was defeated He
wasn't willing to indorse the initiative
and referendum plan that his district
wanted. so a man OF more advanced
progressive ideas beat him out
SO much for the organizers If Won
would know whether Roosevelt is still
popular with the people. watch news
paper reports of what happens after
Teddy's train enters Ohio at steuben-
vile early Wednesday. Mayb@ the
coioneTs popularity has waned We
may judge when we hear whether his
proximity tends TO electrffy the popu-
lace into thronging to the stations TO
see him, as of old
one thing is pretty certain. Ohio
VIII send a split delegation to the
1nicago convention. Without much
Teference to popular demand many
locaI offcfais and organization
chlefS who want to beat out the
democrats will pun for Roosevelt
because he is regarded as a vote
winner
FAFT"s OHIO GENERALS WON'T
STIR UP ANY ENTHUSIASM
President Tafts fortunes are in the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
DIR. SMITH ANNOUNCES

DR.. Frank A. Smith of Gary, county
coroner Of Lake county, another one of
the county officers who took his office
the first of January. today announces
his candidacy for denomination on the
republican ticket Though he has only
served the people less than two months
DIR. smith has given every evidence
that he Is an effcient official. thor
onghly capable of performing the
functions Of his office. and henceforth
as by precedent entitled to a second
term
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
LATEST NEWS
FLYER is WRECKED.

PhIIadelphia, Pa, Feb. 2O.-The
PENNSYLVANIA Special. No. 2s, the
Cnicago-New York eighteen hour
train. east bound. on the Pennsvl-
vania railroad, ran into a light en-
gine near Middletown, Pa. this
morning. Both engines were de-
moiished and the first car of the spe-
cial was slightly damaged. One fire.
man had his leg cut off None Of
the passengers was injured.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
TWO MURDERS
OCCUR IN GARY

Two persons were murdered in the
black belt of Gary, one late yester
day afternoon and the second late last
night Both of those dead are negroes
and one Of the victims assassinated
was an eighteen-year old girl who, it
is believed, was first attacked and who
was then strangled to death. The sec
ond victim, man of thirty five years.
was shot down in cold blood. The as
sassin made his escape and a dragnet
had been thrown over the entire Calu-
met region for his apprehension.
The murdered:
HARRIET THOMPSON, eighteen years
old. common law wife of David Jack
son, stranRIed to death In the pnr-
Iors of her home at 1647 south Madi-
son street.
JACK JOHNSON. thirty-1ye years old,
shot through the head. dying in
stantly, at the corner of sixteenth
avenue md Connecticut street.
Negro MInister is Accused.
For the murder of the Thompson
girl. Rev. William Steele. brother
in-law Of the dead girl is held at no-
lice headquarters and is charged with
the crime. Steele, who says that he is
the pastor of the Gary Colored Baptist
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
LOWER THAN
CHICAGO PRICES

Esg ana bntter prices in Hammond
are stiii hovering around the 40-cent
mark for the dozen and the pound re-
spectively- In one of the leading stores
in Hammond the price for the highest
class product is 80 cents. other stores
are cent or two higher or lower. ii
all depending how their supply market
is.
Prices on the whole are a few cents
cheaper in Hammond than in Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20
TEDDY TO BAT! OHIO ANXIOUSLY
WAITS TO SEE IF HE'S t. r. OF OLD
On Eve of Colonel's Key
note Speech, the State
Promises Split Delega-
tions to Both National
Conventions.
Conventions.

This Is the first of a series of articles
TO be written after close study of po-
litical sentiment and conditions in the
states Of Ohio. Michigan. Indiana Iln-
nos, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee
Louisiana, Mississippi. Alabama
Georgia. Florida, North and South
Carolina and Virginia. The articles will
appear at intervals of a few days as
Mr.. McNftt advances on his trip. The
series Will be written from an inde-
pendent viewpoint.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-20

Mayor Thos. F. Knots of Gary is
the choice OF the voters of Lake Coun-
tv for Governor of Indiana if THE
TIMES gubernatorial primary is any
criterion. Five hundred and twenty
seven voters were received for Gary.s
chief executive. whose friends in the
past few days sent in a perfect whirl-
wind OF ballots and they 1uttered into
THE TIMES Office like falling leaves in
autumn. Judge Lawrence Becker of
(Cnr ir1iI Cd az, rr1