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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-23

also. but he didn't have to take stand,
and so he escaped trouble. Such luck,
1t may seem a cruel trick of fate to
President Taft apd his supporters that.
although Gov. Chase s. Osborn indorsed
the reciprocity policy, he managed to
get away with IT, and In now hghting
tooth and nail for Col. Roosevelt with
Popularity nndimned II Taft must
suffer why not Osborn7 Why are the
fates so unjust,
Osborn is a Rooseveltian sort OK per-
son. and that may account for his
ability to keep the people with him. In
Michigan they say the names Roosevelt
and Osborn would sound well together
at the head of the republican ticket. II
elected vice president, who knows but
that the presidency might fall to the
portion of the ambitious man from
Michigan in 1915?
TWAS THIS MAN WHO
SWATTED LA F'OLLETTE.
Most people outside the state rem en-
Der Gov. Osborn as the man who lam
basted Senator La Toilette good and
hard a few weeks back after consent
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WHITING MAN COMES
TO MYSTERIOUS END
Especial to THE TrmEs.l

Whiting Ind, Feb. 23.-The death
of Jacob Mikkila, age 81, of John
street, and Davidson Place. occurred
from very mysterious cause. on Wed
nesday night On Tuesday night about
II p. m. the police received a telephone
call to the effect that man who was
evidently intoxicated. was lying In the
vicinity of John street and New York
avenue. officer Pinkerton was sent
to the scene, but upon his arrival,
found it impossible to get the man TO
walk or get any answer from him to
numerous questions.
1t was apparent that the man was
evidently suffering from injuries, SO
Pinkerton called up the station an
secured help and as Whiting lacks the
necessary patrol the four men carried
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pensary. Here she was attended by
DIR. S. l. Townsley, who pronounced
her condition critical Both hands.
both feet and one ear were badly
frozen.
STARTED ON SHOPPING TOUR
Miss Menza left Michigan City at
o'clock "Wednesday morning for a
shopping trip to Chicago. Owing to
the severity Of the storm the South
Shore interurban car on which she was
a passenger did not reach Calumet un-
TIL o'clock in the afternoon. and it
was found impossible to go farther
After being directed by the conduc-
tor Miss Menza started for the Lake
Shore Station nearby, intending to con-
tinue her journey on the railroad. She
had gone only a short distance when
she lost her way and started back for
the car she had just left.
Unable TO find the car in the blind
ing whiTl of. snow, the now thoroughly
terrified woman started along the right
of way, hoping in that manner to reach
the car. She was headed in the wrong
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LAKE CO. TO HAVE
CHAuFFEuRS UNION.
Machine Drivers to Ask $40
Per Week When Union
Is Organized.

Lake county is going to have a chauf-
feur's union. One is in the process of
formation now as result of meet
ing that was held last night in the
Fayette street garage, Hammond.
1T is estimated that there are in
the neighborhood of twenty-five or
thirty professional chauffeurs in Lake
county, and Al Dietrich, John E. Fitz-
gerald's chauffeur, has been appointed
as the business agent for the proposed
new union.
The chauffeurs are now getting SIS a
week and 1t is understood that they
will ask $40 week soon their
union is organized. Eight Hammond
chauffeurs attended the meeting last
night. and 1T Is believed that the new
organization can be made strong one
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The Manufacturers association of
Hammond is having a session at the
rooms OF the University club in Ham
mond with A. L Drum. of the Ham
mond, whiting & East Chicago Rail-
way company. this afternoon.
The conference was the result of the
agitation that was started by the man
ufacturers' association in the interests
of better service in Hammond. Drum
was presented with the monster petit
ton which bears nearly 10, 900 names
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-23
H.S. TEACHER
IS FUGITIVE
FROMARREST'
Prof. w. G. Mackey of East
Chicago High School,
Against Whom 49, Year
Old Allegheny Girl Makes
Charges, Flees from City.

G. Msrkey teacher of English In
s-th~s sFsapes ssasieEgo High school reported
20 be . Fugitive from justice has been
released from his duties by the Board
of Education and with his young wife
and fourteen months old baby has left
East Chicago.
The Mackey case is a nine-days
sensation. charges against the young
professor have been brought by an
eighteen year old girl In the Allegheny
(Pa-) High school, They are very seri-
GUS.
About ten days ago the East Chicago
Board of Education after reading
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BOUND OVER
WITH NO BAIL

Rev. William Steele. pastor of the
Nineteenth avenue Baptist church, was
today arraigned before Judge Wilder
muth in the Gary police court and was
bound over to the Lake superior court.
without bail. the charge being murder
Rev Steele confessed to the murder
of his eighteen year old sister in law.
Harriet Thompson, whom he strangled
to death in her home at 1647 Madison
street on Tuesday afternoon.
1t is understood that the state will
ask the death penalty for the clergy
man.
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[ h e ir eventful
lives to capture
the state delega-
tion.
The reason is
easy TO find. Taft
advocated recipro-
city, and the word
reciprocity tastes
like poison in the
mouth of the ave-
rage Michigander.
Possibly Roose-
Welt would have
advocated Cana
dian reciprocity
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Submits to Operation.

Mrs. J. Heidtmann, 4S4 Plummer ave-
nue., who has been i'll for some time,
submitted to an operation at St. Mar
garet's hospital yesterday. She was
reported as getting along nicely and
her chances for a speedy recovery were
cousfdered good.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-23
LEVI HUTTON
ANNOUNCES

Levi Hutton, Of the second district of
Lake county, at present county COM
missioner from that district. today an
nounces his candidacy for denomination
TO that office
Mr. Hutton since he made his first
race has won host of friends who be-
lieve that he is entitled to the usual
precedent-a second term of office at
the hands of his party.
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(This is the second of a series of ar
ticles from a correspondent who is per-
scnany Investigating political condi-
tions In the central and the southern
states, particularly the latter. wherein
President Taft expects TO poll a solid
convention vote in his fight for the re-
nomination. The articles will be writ
ten from strictly non-partisan view
point.)
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Mrs John w. Springer. who was
divorced by her husband. wealthy
president of the Continental Trust
Company of Denver. after Frank RI.
Henwood had shot Sylvester Won
Phul In u quarrel over ner affections.
is said 10 be anxious for a reconcile
iation. Friends of the couple say IL
may be brought about. Mrs. Springer
is now in Chicago. her $4,000 alimony
almost all spent
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ny VIRGIL M'NITT.
(For The Tfmes.D

~ ETEOIT, Mich. Feb. 23.--Michigan
IS for Roosevelt. Taft support
- ers privately admie it, while pub
lcly preparing to put up the fight of
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THIS NEWSPAPER Is THE TRADE
PAPER OF THE CONSUMERS OF
THIS CITY-oF THE PEOPLE WHO
BUY THE HOME SUPPLIES.
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GOVERNOR EXPECTS
FIGHT FROM ENEMIES.


If Gov. Osborn gets his law passed.
the Stair -Alger-Denby crowd will i'm
mediately throw II into court, where Il
will stew for months TO come or until
delegates to the national convention
have done their work. His enemies
have a good case. and Osborn knows 1t.
but it's a popular move and the people
seem willing to stand for the expense
of the extra session.
The "oid-time" boys have fixed up
an especially diverting fight onEthe side
In the candidacy of Frederick z. Mar
tindale. now secretary of state. who
Graves Osborn's present jah.a OF course.
II Osborn is made Teddv.s running
mate. hAsn not care so much II Mar
tsndaIe gets the old 5ob-provided the
progressives stand for it-but IL there
should be no vice presidential nomina-
tion IN store, Osborn would want a
chance for a second term as governor.
Straw votes are the order of the day.
and they show Roosevelt a heavy popu-
lar favorte. Lincoln day banquets
We're replete with straw votes as you
might say, and results were the same
everywhere.
Well. supposing the people do want
Roosevelt; what will the Michigan
delegates to the Chicago convention
want? No one prefends to know right
now
That's one OF the beauties of repre-
sentative government Tt has many
fascinating mysteries.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-23
INTEREST
IN ELECTION
INCREASED

Interest in the coming city election
in West Hammond is waxing. The
contending forces are beginning to
show their hands. On the one side will
be the old ring, which feels that it
must stick to the political ship or take
the risk OF having a lot of crooked
work uncovered. On the other hand.
the reform element is striving to get
into power and clean up the city so
that the new administration may start
with a clean slate
There WILL be fwo tickets in the xield
and already the contending forces are.
jockeying for position In the race. The
old gang knows that il dare not come
out into the open and make a clean
fight. so it Is looking for dummies to
put into office, men who can be relied
upon to eat out OF their hands when
the votes are cast and they get their
election certificates.
The two tickets will be the "citi-
zens" and the peoples" The .citi-
zens' ticket will be dictated by the
residents of the north side and the
peoples" ticket will be selected by
those In charge OF political affairs on
the south side.
Plan Coup.
Knowing full well that no member
of the ring could hope to get enough
votes on the south side TO make a
showing the plan of the ring is to get
out enough candidates on the peoples
tickets to split up the vote and then
the north side votes will elect
Consequently, K. NJ. wasehzynski.
the real candidate on the peoples tick
ct, the man who has stood for reform
all of the way through. is opposed by
Joseph Goyke and A. B. Krzyzanowski.
two candidates who are believed to be-
long to the gang
The theory of the reform element is
that after these three candidates get
to fighting among themselves and di-
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USED THINGS THAT TOU DON'T
WANT CAN BE SOLD IF YOU AD-
vERTISE IN TIE TIMES
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that Wilson could not carry the state
against Taft. Gov. Harmon runs a
poor second to Wilson
Gov. Osborn has called special ses-
sion Of the legislature to convene next
week, to pass a presidential primary
law. as well as a workingmen's COM
pensation act.
The governor is pretty likely to be
disappointed in his hopes for presi-
Dental primary this year His enemies
are whetting their knives and rolling
UP their sleeves. in preparation for a
legal fight to keep the proposed law
from becoming Immediately effective If
passed The constitution says that no
laws. except emergency measures to
provide for the public safety, may take
effect until ninety days after final pas
sage.
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Holding Joint Session.

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Officer frost will take the boy back
to Laporte some time today or tomor-
row.
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Plan Coup.

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FAIR AND WARMER
TODAY: SATURDAY
UNSETTLED WEATHER
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-06-06
DEVELOP LONG MILK PERIODS
Much Depends on Breed, Individual
Character o. Cow and Feed
One Coco Plan Given.

The length or the milking period
OF q COW depends largely or the breed
the individual characteristics OF the
COW and her feed. 10 is generally be-
heved By dairymsn. however. that the
length OF the drst milking period or a
heller viii influence the milking peri
DDS OF her life. and 20 this end tina
first milHng period is prolonged a.
long as possible.
In developing a mixer the plan is 20
keep up the milk flow clear up 20 with
in two or three weeks OF calving the
second time IN order 90 fix the habit
Of long milking periods. The milk
drawn viii often be IN too small
amounts TO pay for the time and trou-
bic spent In getting H. IL the heifer
comes OF good stock II Is well "a
give the plan trial az any rate.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-06-06
DAMNOTTS

Cement makes the best foundation
for the separator.
Intelligent care OF cows brings nb-
eraI rate OF interest.
Clover or alfalfa seem 20 contain
Just what the dairy COW needs.
About the best fertilizer that can
be found Is good barnyard manure.
Fed 20 hogs. skimmiik has been
fourd TO be worth As cents per 100
pounds.
The great secret in Keeping butter Ia
20 have 1t made right 70 begin with.
then keep II cold.
There are. or should be. four sources
of profit In the dairy busfnsss-butter
fat. slrimmilk. calves and manure.
There Is nothing that viii build up
the efficiency OF the dairy bherd
quicker than the use OF a pure bred
sire.
No man Is IN q better position 70
build up his soil than a dairyman. II
he uses wisely the forces at his com
mand.
No more feed should be given than
me COWS will eat UP clean. but It "a
equally important that they have all
they WIN eat.
Usually II takes about rs per cent
Of what a COW eats for her mainte-
nance. The way some people feed II
takes much more than that.
The average milk COW will drink
from 50 70 100 pounds % water Der
esys aad TIE mere ne ean induce Ger
- exa1h tha hsetaR fee 90 miak aeA
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-06-06
FATHER COURTS FOR HIS SON
Odd Way O. Mating Couple IN Ser
Ma-Brldearoou1 Sees Wife on
Wedding Day.

Bosnia. Servia-A humorous plant
often goes UP ON behalf Of the bride
groom. whose presence A. a modern
wedding seems merely TO be tolerat-
ed. But the bridegroom's case 10
sometimes even worse. for in certain
parts OF the globe he may not be pres
ent even az his own betrothaL The
following passage IS firm Chedo Mia
tovich's interesting account Of the Gus
toms OF his countrymen. IN "Servia OF
the Servians."
Tt is the duty and privilege OF ev-
cry Servian 20 choose a wife for bis
son. AS soon as the boy has reached
his eighteenth year. the Servian peas
ant asks his friends. conhdentally 20
help him find a proper wife. He him
self visits assiduously ali the fairs IN
HIS own and neighboring districts-
dressing better than usual-sne
watches the girls dancing He makes
careful inquiries about the families
that have manageable daughters
In some parts OF servia the young
unmarried women carry a special
mark In their headgear-generRny a
open 20 proposals.
When the father has chosen q
promising girl. he ascertains. through
a friend. whether the parents would
\ consent 20 give her 20 bis son. n he
/ receives an encouraging answer, he in
/ vites relatives or friends 20 90 with
/ him on the requesting errand" They
/ start out, dressed as well az can be-
! The father carries a fat wheat cake
and a bunch Of flowers. One OF the
/ company must carry a pistol for Il Is
customary In Servia % announce ev-
cry joyous event by firing rides OF
pistols They arrive st the girls
house before supper.
After eating and drinking-in which
the men alone OF the two houses par
| ticipate-and some preliminary con
versation. the father OF the prospec
tive bridegroom draws from his bas
the wheaton cake. puts the Gowerl
upon II, and places the whole upoE
the table. He then takes from hii
money-bag some gold or silver coini
and places those. too. upon the cake
Brother. let Us not precipitate thr
J matter" the girls father will thel
say. let me first and out what ~,
daughter says"
He then goes out 20 consult hi
wife. This Is only for appearance. a
the matter was practically settle.
when the father was encouraged Z
come TO beg" the girl.
After more or less suspense. IN
door opens and a male relative bring
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-06-06
LOSES HIS PRETTY POLE

William E. Ellis. the barber. was
about the m1ddeSt. saddest man in
town last week and il was be-
cause some miscreant OF practical
Joker had robbed hin of his pretty
oaroer-pole. the same one over which
ne had spent hours of hard work to
make a thing of beauty. So much
wrought up was the usual genial ton
serial artist that be swore that be
would shave no msn til that pole
was returned. All day Friday he
loafed while the hairy faces and
heads of male humanity grew ugliel
as the hours passed. Mr.. Ellis ever
went so far as to declare he woulc
leave town if that pole did not come
back.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-06-06
GUARD cHEEsEs BY PAaAFFIN
Protecting Coat Prevents consldsrzeis
Loss Of Weight 81 Evaporation
heehcd % New.

Nearly all cheese OF the caeddar
type made ga the United states 10
parafnn before Il reaches the public.
Yet n r. not more than SIX years since
n bscame a genessl practice. and less
than ten that rararining 20 protect
from loss OF weight was tirst brought
90 the attention or cheese handlers.
At first the process was In order 20
improve the appearance. but when II
was found that the protecting coat
OF parafan % a great extent prevented
the considerable loss OF weight By
evaporation II became the usual treat
ment. A circular. 70. tSt. bureau o.
animal industry. recently issued By
the United States department or agri-
culture discussing the methods and
results OF paramning cheese. con.
cludes that Il IL an effective way o..
preventing losses in weight. and tns
growth OF mold; that for one 20 ter
seconds in a paranin bath &C 220 dc
grces r. is aufn Client. that treatment
on the third day after coming from
/ the press gives the best results. and
I that cheese should not be allowed q
remain IN a warm curing room roi
\ more than one day after paranning-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-06-06
SEEK NEW LIGHT ON PleMiES
Curious People Found 20 Be Undue
trious and lntsIilg ent-ENpedt-
ten 20 Visit Them.

London.-Fresh and interesting In
formation regarding the habits and
conditions OF life o. curious pigmy
race viii be sought by the new expedi-
ton Co Dutch New Guinea. which Is
now being planned Ia London This
strange race or people we're nrst seen
by white men when the recent expeci-
tion under Capt c. C.. RawMng pens-
trated into the heart OF the island
Rawlings expedition comprised SIX
Engdshmen and was sent out BY the
British Ornithologists' union. Their OBJ
lactivs was a long range OF snowy
mountains. called the Nassau range.
but between them and Il lay 50 miles
OF absolutely unexplored country and
or the most dirdcult kind 20 negotiate.
Dense forest covered most or tt. inter
sected with rivers which for one half
OF the year were torrents and the other
half nearly dried up river beds.
The piEmies were FIRST discovered
near the Kapare river. one OF the I'm
mense streams which. rising In the
Nassau mountains. make their way
down 90 the sea The japanese sol
diers who accompanied Rawiing as
bearers spied a couple OF the little
pigmies one day in the hills. The pig.
mics bolted at once. and an exciting
I chase took place. which ended IN
their being captured. and two days Ia.
ter more were surprised and surround.
I ed. They proved 20 be sturdy men,
averaging about four feet. eight inches
high. and much better developed than
the tribes encountered IN the plains
I They were also Industrious. and de-
7 cidedly more intelligent. They had
neatly constructed huts. and after
some time 10 was discovered that thsy
had words IA their language % denote
numerals up 20 ten. words entirely
lacking from the language OF the
plainsmsn. Although the most siren
nous search was made only solitary
hUts could be found. Strangely
enough. no children and only one
woman. who was being escorted to be-
new eeme from Der wedding. were
Sea-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-06-06
SCENES IN EUROPE
Many American Tourists vs'1
Swftzsrlan6
AaeS - sntFnItabIs Lssrs and Psxaun
ard observation-disclosures NafSonai
Gxhibition 90 8s Asi6
az 8eruo IN 1904

Bsrne. swfsxeriand1--An reeds tead
% Switzerland and % the border lRn&
between Switzerland and othsr coun-
tres where here are mountains Gnd
lskes ard fnviEorsting and curative
springs and baths. The lakes q XII
larucy are ano and The mountains and
passes picturesque. Tie Welsh aoun-
tains are not % be ignored Ths Eng.
llsh lake country. with SIS Wintcrs
mere. Grasamsre. ThirinerA Ryta1
water. DerwentWater. - snrancing.
Scotland. TIA mountains and likes n
literature and IN fact historic. poetic.
tragic. with their chain o. castles non
Glasgow 20 Edfnboro. the latter che ot
the most fascinaiinE Of cities. AZ In
vits the tourists ere. but there ~ oaly
one Switzerland. or. rnthsr che AfpiEs
land. for the lakes and The Airs we're
90 greatly insistent that they could net
confne themselves 90 tho country &C
he Swiss. but Tapped ever into Ger
many and Austria and Italy. and east-
ern France has the Jurs mountains
which are ambitious foothula Of tha
highest % the Alps.
For those Who make stops at Lo1-
don and Paris perhaps ths best routs
T % Switzerland % 60 take a car az ne
/ Lyons station in Paris. whiri throuEa
7 me great Burgundy and Chabiia and
/ Champagne country nud land az
Geneva 10 is best % travel 81 daY.
an the landscape is worth ne seeing
+ and arriving Ar Geneva in the evening
I Gre W.T. 81 one % wise take hotaI
I rooms fronting on Geneva Laka. or
. LAC Leman. 90 give o. the French
name. and from window or portico
che early sun win make such a speo-
tacie OF Mont Blanc. the monarch q
peaks. az car BE- seen az no other time
or place. Then there is a trip b.
steamer 90 Lausanne. % Chuon with
,ts old castle. immortaized 20 history
and hy Byron in his Prisoner OF can
fon"
It ia a fascinating ride through
Lausanne and other towns and over
the Bernese Oberiand % Berna. tke
/ quaint capital 81 this country o. quaint
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-06-06
Excellent Type Of Guernsey.

an exchange. To is necessary 20 keep
the cream free from anything that
would faint or favor 10. and above an
20 have everything around the dairy
and milk house sweet and clean.
have always sold butter 20 private Gus
TONERS On Saturday; just enough 70
keep them supplied during the week.
/ have never received less than rs
cents & pound. and often have had
the price go 10 80 cents. Usually 1
averaged 40 pounds a week during
the summer. I have had the good for
tune never 90 need artificial coloring
The breed and feed have a good deal
20 do with this