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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
ANOTHER CHECK
FORGER OPERATING
Several Business Men Vic
Tins of Misplaced Con-
f1dence.

Another clever check forger made his
appearance in Hammond Saturday
night, and after drawing s25 on two
bogus checks, he made his getaway
before being detected. His name was
signed to the checks as r. c. Brown,
and from all appearances he was not
an amateur he took number of
matters into consideration before he
started operating
The forger had clever makeup and
appeared with a dirty face and clothes,
SAYING that he was employed on coal
wagon for Walter Sonl and wanted to
cash check for his weeks wages. His
first victim was he Norris drug store.
49, state street. where he secured
$3.50. on account of being very busy
Mr. Norris thought nothing of the
bogus check. and the money was readi-
Is handed over To the forger
He then went to the saloon of Peter
Steuer 22o Indiana avenue where he
drew the same amount on check ex-
actly like the one that was cashed in
the Norris drug store. lie bought sew
eral drinks. where he left soon after
wards and has not been seen since
His description was given to the police
yesterday afternoon but vet nothing
has been learned that will lead up to
his arrest.
Taking advantage of the opportunity
that the checks would not go through
IL 0NGk until Monday morning Brown
! foresaw that he would have the best el
chance in getting away. Monday
morning the checks went through the
Lake County Savings and Trust Co.
I where at once they were found to be
] bogus checks. AS Set-only two checks
have come through the bank, and the,
/ are waiting for more to come in.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
Chief Political Events
of the Day in the Nation

President Taft challenged to test
of state primaries by Roosevelt cam
paign manager at Washington. Nc
KinIey wants to know If Dixon acts
on coloneFs authority.
Roosevelt letter to Frank A. Mum
sey. declaring his Willingness to ac-
cept nomination, is given out in New
York.
Accusation against Taft managers
that they are seeking to influence
federal employees in fight for dele
gates brings unqualified denial from
Taft headquarters.
Secretary of War Stimson. in
speech at Chicago, fiays Roosevelt as
menace to nation and says Taft is
greatest of progressfves.
Colonel Roosevelt. at oyster Bay,
receives repnrts that his campaign
Z Is rapfdly advancing. :
Pinchot and Brown stump North
Dakota for Roosevelt and La Fol
1ette. respectively.
Secretary Nagel will campaign In
Indiana for President Taft.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
HOW PLANTS
ARE WORKING

1t is estimated that the Simplex Rail-
way Appliance company is now work
ing TO co per cent of its capacity. This
Is double what has been done during
the past year.
In the neighborhood of 400 men are
being employed The plant employees
between 500 and 700 men in all depart
ments when it is running fun force.
The Standard steel Car company Is
increasing It's force of men rapidly in
preparation fer the opening of the
freight car department. 1t is estimated
that between 200 and 800 men are now
employed at the plant. but this will be
greatly increased in the next month or
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06

The necessity for haste is made ap-
parent by the recommendations or
Colonel Zinn to the war department in
which he advises Indiana Harbor as the
logical point for government improve
ment but specifically states that the
city must own dockage The board OF
engineers meets March ~ in Chicago,
and Mayor Schlieker and c. A. West
berg have received notices to attend,
and unless the mayor go before
the board of engineers and show that
the. city has title to canal frontage.
the entire matter will probably be
postponed until the next session Of
congress. at which time there may be
entirely new complexion put upoa
the matter and Indiana Harbor and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
YOUNG LADY BADLY
HURT IN RUNAWAY
Miss Loie Hughes of Crown
Point Nearly Faces
Death in Accident.
Especial to THE TIMEs.)

Crown Point, Ind, March 6.--Whilc
driving home from the township
schools where she had been teaching
music and singing Miss Loie Hughes
of this place and well known by the
school public in Lake County suffered
severe injuries as a result of a run
away accident on Monday night AS
she was returning from Winfield the
horse she was driving became fright
ened and became unmanageable throw
ing Miss Hughes out of the rig, she
sustaining painful injuries a re-
suit. Her face was badly lacerated
and she was brought home unconsci-
Gus, remaining in that condNGon nearly
all of Monday night. She is somewhat
improved today, which will be wei
come news to her many. friends.
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Continued on Page T..
EX- ALDERMAN DEAD.

John Brennan. formerly an alderman
of Hammond from the Roby ward,
died suddenly in Chicago this morning.
Brennan was well-known all over the
Calumet region. He was in the saloon
business for thirteen years in Ham
mond He leaves two brothers. Martin
Brennan. now a saloonkeeper inN Ham
mond. and Ed Brennan of Chicago. The
funeral will be held at Urbana. Ohio.
on Friday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
REGENERATION IN NUTSHELL

f1rsshsIHAIlON IN NUISHELI~
Here are some OF the salient
points OF the new registration law.
soon to be put into practical effect:
Ordering. establishing, changing.
dividing or consolidating precincts
must be made before or during the
court in 1912 and notice must be
given of such changes before or i'm
mediately following the session.
The appointment of registration
inspectors for precincts, with notice
OF appointments by the county au-,
ditor are to be made by the county
missioners during the April ses-.
sion.
Inspectors must qualify within
ten days after receiving notice of
their appointment by commissioners
The auditor is required under the
law to fill all vacancies in the Of
fee IF registration inspector.
At least ten days before the May
the county chairman shall nomin-
ate. in writing. one registration
clerk for each. of the places of
Five days before the May session
of the board of registration, the in
spector SHAH appoint the clerks
May 3. one hundred and eightieth
day preceding the election. is the
and is known as the May session
of the registration board.
Sept. 5, the sixtieth day preceding
the election, is the second oppor-
tunity for registration, and is known
as the September session of the
registration board.
Oct. 6. twenty-ninth day preced-
ing the election, is the third and
last opportunity for registration,
of the registration board
All applications for registration
must be in person.
All persons entitled to vote must
be registered in the precinct where
they reside.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
FOUNDR|ES
SHOW BIG
LOSS NOW
American Steel Foundries
and Simplex Show Earn
ings $7,O00,000 Less Than
Year Before, Due to Traf-
fic Recession.

The American steel Foundries and
simplex companies passed through an
exaoting period during the seventeen
months which ended on Dec. 81. The
gross sales were Sl4.300.562, or at the
rate of sf0,o94.514 a year. compared
with s17.i73.74o for the preceding year
Actual earnings for the period under
report, after ordinary deductions and
provisions. were Ss5. .452, but from these
there has been deducted and covered
into the bond sinking fund S240.9s in
accordance with the indenture securing
the bonds There has also been de
Quoted the sum of $103.502, to bring
the inventory of raw materials down to
tanning Dec 81 The bond sinking
fund is in reality profits set aside for
the payment of the company's bonded
debt
Hammond Plant IL Per Cent.
The steel castings plants were opcr-
ated only so per cent of capacity dur
ing the entire period of seventeen
months. and fer six months only 40 per
cent We're in operation. while in enc
month the percentage dropped to 80.
At the Hammond works only IL per
cent of capacity was operated in one
month. and during the fiscal period il
did not exceed 80 per cent
The largest portion of the business
originates from the building of rail
way cars and locomotives. Car build
ing last year was less than so per cent
of the year preceding and only 33 u
per cent of the calendar year OF 1907
During the period bonds of the amount
of sss.Jo04 par value were purchased
from the SINKING fund and retired. and
the balance OF the fus1dsASrIlI paIrchass
at least Szes.4o0, making the total re-
tired or provided for to Dee 31. s1,343.-
oee, out OF the original issue OF $4,000
600 Manufacturing. selling, admins
tration. head and district office ex-
penses have been deducted, as we'll a.
all interest and other charges, includ
ing s1.2s9,241 for repairs and mainten
ance and s332.6s6 for depreciation o
fixed properties.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
BOARD PASSES
ON LICENSES
Especial to THE TIMES.

Crown Point. Ind. March 6, - The
county commissioners expect to let the
contract for the construction of a num-
ber of county roads at the present ses-
sion. Among the roads which will re-
ceive the consideration of the commits
sioners is the Mclaughlin road. the
Mott road. the ,Gorman road and the
Sutherland road.
All of the renewals and transfers of
saloon licenses were granted without
protest. Yesterday the county commits
sioners visited the poor farm and made
their quarterly inspection.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
J|NGO BEER CASES
ON TRIAL TODAY
Judge McMahan Surprises
5 Defense by His Change of
Venue Appointment.

Attorney w. j. McAleer went To
Crown Point this morning to try :he
Lowell blind pig cases The well
known Hammond attorney is however.
up against one of the toughest proposi
tions he ever tackled in his whole pro
fessional career.
The affidavits were filed before
Judge Willis c. Mcmahon but on ac-
count of the well known attitude OF
the court in urging the vigorous prose-
cution of such cases change was tax
en- from Judge McMahon-
The defendants in these cases are
Louis Berg Jasper Hull and Frank
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
BUSY DAYS AHEAD
FOR POLITICIANS

Lake County is preparing for its
first registration Under the new In
diana law all voters who have not
registered on one of the three regis
tration dates, May 9. Sept. 6 and Oct.
6, will not be permitted to vote The
purpose of the law is to prevent the
colonization of voters and to de
termine in advance who is qualified to
vote.
The first step in preparation of regis
tratfon will be the action of the county
commissioners next Monday in estab-
fishing the new precinct boundaries If
there are to be any changes
Precinct Changes Planned.
1t is understood that there are to he
a number of changes in the precinct
boundary lines in Gary and East Chi
cago and there may be one or two In
Hammond. The county commissioners
viii follow the recommendations of the
county chairmen of both political
parties In making these changes.
AT the April session of the board the
registration inspectors will be appoint
ed by the commissioners in every pre-
cinct in the county. At least ten days
before the May session of the county
commissioners the chairmen OF the :
spective political parties. John Gavit
for the democrats and Charles John
son for the republicans, will each
nominate one registration clerk for
each of the precincts in the county.
Five days before the May sessions
these clerks shall be appointed by the
registration inspectors
Three Chances to Register.
This completes the organization OF
the registration boards in the various
precincts. The county commissioners
| will make the purchases of registra
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
INJURED MAN
WILL RECOVER

b. Edmonds. $50 Erie street. who was
severely injured at Calumet Park yes
terday noon, is reported getting along
nicely at st. Margarets hospital this
morning and that he is practically out
Of danger. Il was thought at first that
his injuries might prove serious, but
his internal bruises were not as serious
as was thought. Edmonls is employed
as switchman on the Indiana Harbor
Belt and it was while he was coupling
cars yesterday noon at Calumet Park
that he was caught between two cars.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
MONON TRAIN
DERAILED
Especial to THE TIMES. }

Burnham, March NO. 337, a south
bound Monon passenger train, due in
Burnham at 1927 and in Hammond at
1882 a. m, was derailed on the Penn
sylvania crossing here on Monday
morning owing to break on the truck
of the combination smoker and bag
gage car. The interlocking system was
damaged TO some extent and some of
the passengers were shaken up, but
none of them were seriously injured.
The train was delayed an hour
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
TIMES TIP
STRAIGHT
AS A DIE
Charles Campbell of Shelby
vile Gusts Lee, Now at
Head OF Roosevelt Move
ment;; T. r. Managers Not
Satisfied.
TIMES BUREAU.
At STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis. Ind, March 6.-Charles
Campbell, of Shelbyville, has been
selected by the Roosevelt management
as the head of the Roosevelt campaign
in Indiana, to succeed Edwin NJ. Lee,
who has been in charge of the move
me1t IN this state ever since it was
started few weeks ago. This became
a fact yesterday when Campbell arriv-
ed here from Chicago and admitted to
some of his friends that he was to take
charge of the Roosevelt campaign In
Indiana
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
Meeting Tomorrow.

The South Side lmprovenent associa-
tion viii have a meeting at the Wal
lace school building this evening al S
o'clock sharp. II is expected that there
will he a large attendance for the rea-
son that the interest in .he work that
Is being done IS growing considerably
The members are urged To be pres
cit and bring with them any ideas they
may have for the Improvement and de-
veiopmsnt Of Tie territory covered by
tEe association
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
BRAKEMAN INJURED.
Especial to THE TIMES. }

Crown Point, Ind. March N-John O.
Royston, a brakeman on the Erie rail-
road, suffered severe injuries yesterday
while on duty for the road. DR.. Black
stone was called to care for the in
jured man and badly dislocated ankle
and other external injuries were found
upon examination. Royston's home is
in Huntington. Ind. where he was sent
last evening
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
G[ENN0N IS
NOW RAb|D
TAFT MAN
Roosevelt Boomers Who
Met in Hammond Yester-.
day Anger Hotel Man.
Use Lobby and Then Dine
Elsewhere.

Last Monday John Glennon. the pro-
prietor of the Majestic hotel In Ham
mond was a rampant roaring. raying.
reactionary Roosevelt republican. To :
day he IS an ultra conservative. dyed
in wool Taft man..
Incidentally 1t might be remarked
that the progressive republicans met at
the Majectic hotel yesterday afternoon
1t seems. however. that their patron
age of GIennon's hospice was not ap
preciated.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
Great Expectations.

Yesterday morning Glcnnon was in :
formed that the town was to be in :
vaded by the hordes of progressive re
publicans of Lake and Porter counties.
He had an important conference with
the chef, the mattresses and the clerk.
Preparations were made to test out
the capacity of the dining room. The
steward was instructed to lay in
enough supplied to feed a regiment of
soldiers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06

Representative Adamson, of Geor-
gia. declares he will press his reso-
luton IN the House for an inquiry
by the interstate commerce commit
tee into charges that railway and
shipping com nbinafions intend to use
the Panama canal TO stifie competi-
tion in freight rates
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
TIMES Was Right.

Several days ago it was stated in
these dispatches that this change was
to be made, and the announcement
created a good deal OF talk in political
circles. Some denied it. But the story
was true. as yesterdays Developments IS
have shown
1t. was shown at that time that the
Roosevelt managers in the east were
not satisfied with the restfes which
Lee was getting in this state,.-and the
story was that they had become dis
couraged over the fact that Lee was
not delivering the goods" it was
said that he had every-possibles means
at his command with which to make
the campaign, but that the results were
not satisfactory. This is understood to
be the reason for the change.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06

The Lavender Cigar is home prod.
uct. None bettsr-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-06
Denfed-But.

1t was known. too. that the Roose- :
Welt headquarters in the east had sent
a telegram. to Campbell asking him to
take charge of the Roosevelt move
ment in Indiana, and that Campbell
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FAIR TODAY AND
PROBABLY THURSDAY.
RISING TEMPERATURE.
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Thrce Chances to- Rexfafer.

This completes the organization OF
the registration boards in the various
precincts. The county commissioners
will make the purchases of registra
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-16

fort and benefit
to any woman in
need Of such a
remedy. Mothers
Friend Is sold at
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-16

forms a huge air shaft which makes It
unsafe for steamers.
The walls OF the Corinth canal are
200 or 300 feet high. and the canal
depth is only 26 feet, and the biggest
Of steamers cannot go through IT,
new company has recently taken pos
session of II. and IL is said that II
viii be deeDened and made available
for vessels OF heavier tonnage. This
company bought the canal for less than
$4,000, 5 although oS II cost something
The COrinth canal is a beautiful
ditch with great green walls on each
side and breaklFaters and light houses
by an iron bridge 10 feet high and
this IS crossed by the chief trunk rail-
way, which runs from athens to Pa
tras.
Built for American cotton.
Our next trip VIII be across Europe
and into Great Britain. We want to
see the ship canal at Manchester,
which connects the chief cotton mill
ing center on earth with the Atlantic
ocean. Only a few years ago our cot
ton was all landed at Liverpool. and 10
had to be carried to the Manchester
factories by rail- Now the steamers
can go right up the Mersey and thence
through great locks to the doors Of
the factories. The Manchester canal is
50 miles long. 1t Is ~ miles shorter
than our canal at Panama. Within
that distance the ships gre lifted up
about so feet and that In five great
locks which rise one over the other.
This canal goes through some OF the
most beautiful farming country Of
England. Leaving Manchester, you
sail out OF a region OF mighty ware
houses and factories, Into a land OF
farms as green as Ohio inaJune. The
fields are divided by green hedges, and
upon the rich grass fat-s cattle are
feeding. Every now and then yeu pass
a manufacturing town. You 60 under
one great railroad bridge after anoth-
er, and finally drop down TO the Aer-
sey river with its vast shipping from
all parts OF the world
The Manchester canal is in many re-
spects ike that Of Panama 1t is a
lock canal, and IL was cut out OF the
rock The excavation, however
amounted to only 100000 tons
which was a bagatelle in comparison
with the hundreds Of millions we have
had to take out
The canal was begun with the idea
that II would cost about S4O,OOOO 600.
Tt really cost over $4,000, 600, and new
ertheless the Manchester men told me
that they thought II a paying invest
ment. Before 10 was built the city was
railing off IN business and commerce.
Since then 10 has grown like a jimsOn
weed or the tabled gourd of old Jonah.
At the beginning the traffic on the
canal was only a little over 500, 900
tons. Five years later II had tripled
In quantity, and in 1907 il was more
than 100000 tons It Is estimated
that it now saves in freight rates three
or four million dollars a year to the
trade Of Manchester and thus enables
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loopyright 1912. By Frank c. carpenter)

what other nations have done IN canal
building. / have gone through the great
est Of such works which have vet been
created; and during my recent trip
around the world I traVersed the Suez
canal, the canal of COrinth in Greece,
the Grand canal Of China, which runs
from Tientsin for 1000 miles southwark,
through the most thickly populated
country on earth. This last summer. on
a flying visit TO Europe, I visited Hol-
land. which, as everyone knows, is cut
up By canals; and I have made my way
through the big ditch the kaiser dug to
give the German navy an outlet from
the Baltic, and also over the Manchester
ship canal, which carries our cotton from
the sea right into the heart of old Eng
land I have obtained also recent in
formation as TO the plans Of some
mighty ship canals which the Russians
propose TO build connecting st. Peters
burg with the Black sea, and Of other
schemes which wiz make almost every
part Of Germany accessible by steamer
or barge.
The Great-GTandfather Of All Canals.
We shall begin our travels on the 9th
er side of the globe. Our own canal will
he The newest thing upon earth. The
ual we shall first visit is gray-haired
the washing or almost 3OUO years.
the great-grandfather of all canals.
Il was commenced long before Christ
and. according to the Chinese records,
was not finished until more than 200
years before the discovery OF Amerie'i.
The southern part O. it, which / visited
in 1900 extending from the Yangtse
south to the city of Hangchow, was con
structed only a few years after JERK Va
lem was taken by NebuchadnezzaE at
about the time that monarch was chew
ing grass In the gardens Of Babylon
The upper part. extending from the fel-
low river to Tiemtsin, was completed by
the emperor Shitsu Of China IN the same
century that king John of England
granted the Magma Charta, while the
central portion dates back to the days
when the Tarquins we're emPerors OF
Rome.
The Grand canal is 1000 miles long. It
begins at Tientsin and runs southwark
Tor a distance greater than from New
FORK to Chicago 1t crosses Two rivers,
the Hoangho and the Yangtse, which are
50 mighty that they would make the
Chagres look ike a 30 cent creek, and It
cuts ITS way through a territory having
a population more than twice as great
as that OF the United States.
he canal is dotted with cities and
towns There are walled cities at every
lew miles. and some Of them contain a
million OF people or more There are
towns OF a hundred thousand each whose
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-16
BOSWELL ELKS HAVE
ELECTED OFFICERS

Roswell \. NJ, March 1s.-The local
lodge or Eiks has elected officers for
the coming year as follows:
Exalted ruler John R. st. John: es-
Slime; lecturing knight r. q Nisbet.
treasurer Claude Hobbs: esteemed low
al knight, A A. Ririe: secretary. 81.
K. Cooean; tyler. Herbert Lowry: trus-
tee ~, w. w. Phillips; representative
TO grand lodge Fred c. Hunt; alter
nate representative to erand lodge.
Dr. j. H. enkins. Last year the Elks
took IN 90 new members. The lodge
has a membership OF PCS
RIOS" en- IS planning to have a land
city.
The p r. Q. society have elected the
following officers for the coming wear.
President Mrs. ]. 7. Mcclure; vice