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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
TITLE To
7 LOTS IS
INVOLVED

The title to seven lots and nearly 800
feet of frontage on along the north
side of West State street and on either
side of Morton court, in the original
town of Hammond. property worth s25.-
900. is involved in the case of W. +.
Bridge vs.. Henry Schrage.
The parties to the controversy are
w. f. Bridge, who owns tax and spe-
cial assessment titles to the property:
Henry Schrage, who purchased the
property from Morton NJ. Towle and
Morton NJ. Towle, Jr.. who does not
claim the property, but who is protect
ing his interests
II appears that when Schrage bought
the property from NJ NJ. Towle he took
it over to satisfy certain loans he had
made to Towle. Towle had not paid
the taxes and assessments, and the
property had been sold 20 w. F. Bridge.
who had paid them. schrage bought
the property with this cloud on the
title.
From that time on there was a race
between Bridge and Schrage to pay the
assessments and taxes as they came
due Sometimes Bridge paid them and
sometimes Schrage paid them There
has been a question to owned the
property ever since.
At one time Schrage, recognizing
Bridges claim to the property, made
overtures to him to settle. All Schra &c
was willing to pay. however. was the
amount Bridge had paid out plus per
cent interest. Bridge refused to settle
on this basis.
Finally Bridge filed suit to quiet
title. and the case is now being tried
before Judge Virgil s Reiter. Bridge
is represented by a Hammond attorney
and Schrage Is represented by Whiting
consul
The case is Interesting and important
for the reason that when title to the
property is finally auieted in one Oh
another of the litigants it win doubt
less be improved and will aid in the
development of the street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15

cagO
A complete reorganization OF the
freight handling system in Chicago,
project involving the expenditure of
at least twenty five millions Of dol
lars, has been undertaken by fifteen of
the railroad companies entering Chi
cago.
The immediate effect will be an al
most incalculable relief of traffic con-
gestion caused by the chaotic manner in
which freight is transferred between
the various roads over which 1t is con-
signed.
Under the new plan. which involves
the purchase of the old Chicago Belt
line. the amount of freight carried
through Chicago will be diminished by
at least fifty per cent. The clearing
yards now owned by the Chicago Union
Transfer company will be the main
clearing center under the new system,
but there also will be an auxiliary
clearing yard at South Chicago.
w. III. Lyford One OF orfginators.
The effect of this project said
VIII II. Lyford last night. is difficult
to measure. but ii will be tremendous.
And 1t is one more argument IN sup
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
DEMOCRATS
ARE TICKLED
special 10 THE TrMEs.)

(SpeCial 10 THE TTMEs.)
Crown Point. Ind. March Is. -- The
democrats of this township have issued
a call for a meeting at the courthouse
assembly room for the purpose of or
ganization and to select delegates to
the organization meeting to be held at
Hammond tomorrow. The democratic
brethren are reported to be very opti-
mistic owing to the republican presi-
dential situation and for once give the
Roosevelt big stick the credit for
knocking in the head great deal of
the assurance the republican party has
OF victory this fall And for once they
are about right.
The meeting tonight will be the first
meeting of the democrats in this sec
tion and will probably mark the open
ing OF their campaign.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
T. S. DAVIS DEAD.
Especial to THE TIMES.

Hobart Ind, March 15--T. s. Davis.
who has been seriously III for the past
few months with tuberculosis. passed
away at his home on South Main street
at 3:45 yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Davis
was As years old and moved here from
Hammond year and a half ago. Since
his residence here he has been con-
Quoting a hotel at this place Besides
his wife he leaves three sons and three
daughters and one grandchiId to mourn
his loss.
The funeral services will be held at
the NJ. e. church at o'clock on sun
day afternoon. and the interment will
be at the Hobart cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
Will Be Tried Today.

Emil Halweg. who was arrested in
West Hammond on Wednesday night
on the charge of assault and battery
with intent to rob John Arden. was
taken to Burnham today to have his
trial before the magistrate there. An
effort will be made to change the charge
from assault and battery with intent
to rob to plain assault and battery. on
the argument that Halweg attacked
Arden because he resented statement
ma adeehy Arden in Burk's saloon at II
West state street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
TWO HAMMOND
MEN GET PATENTS

The issuance of letters patent from
the office at Washington has just been
made for the patents granted to Otto
Knoerzer. president of the Champion
Potato Machinery company, and to Ed
ward A. Lukowski.
Mr. Knoerzer's patent is builders
scaffold, which is designed to eliminate
the danger of slipping scaffoid. Mr..
Lukowskis patent is an improved beer
tap.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15

The Lake County Medical Society at
the Gary hotel last night set foot on q
movement to procure a county patho-
logical and meteorological laboratory
to be located in one of the cities in the
north end OF the county.
1t is intended to ask the county COM
missioners to make an appropriation
sufficient to cover the expense of furn-
ishing the labortory equipment and to
pay the salary for the first year of the
expert to be employed.
All Health Officers to Assist.
DIR. E. E. Evans of Gary. president of
the society, named every health officer
in Lake county as a member of the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
Await Relatives.

The remains of James Griffin col
ored, who died at st. Margaret's hos
pital early yesterday morning of pneu-
monia following a short illness, is be-
ing held at Emmerling's morgue await
ing the arrival of relatives who live
in Mississippi. On account of the Sc
we're weather 1t is not expected that
they will arrive much before Monday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
Recovering There.

J. Campron of Hegewsch. who sus-
tanned a broken hip from fall on state
street yesterday morning is reported
getting along nicely at st. Margaret S
hospital this afternoon and will be able
to be taken back home in about a week.
The accident occurred in front of Long $
restaurant. Mr. Campron slipping on the
pavement while he was in the act OF
boarding a street car.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
OPENS FREE CLASS

The Chicago Business college in
Hammond tomorrow opens a free class
at o'clock. This is feature that
will be conducted every Saturday in
the school from tomorrow until the 1st
of June, and will undoubtedly prove
very attractive
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
Reporters Bring Quarry to
Earth in Hammond; Great
Detective Work Is Done
by Cleveland Press Man in
Past Few Days.
He WAS A PRINCE
OF GOOD FELLOWS
GRAY GETS A RAISE.

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Ralph Ross received a telegram
this morning from the prosecuting
attorney at Cleveland inquiring
about the truth of the statement In
some of the Cleveland papers last
night to the effect that Reporter
Gray had been arrested. Mr. Ross
answered denying the statement.
while Mr. Gray received telegram
stating that his salary had been
raised as an appreciation for his
good work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
Adopt Resolution.

The Hammond board of public works
this morning adopted a resolution for
the pavement of Charlotte avenue from
May street to Wilcox avenue. steps
were also taken to provide sewers in
Hickory street and Kane avenue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15

r ACK CKSONVILLE, Fla. March 10
A The Postmasters' Protective Asso-
citation of Florida will do it's duty
by President Taft at the Chicago con-
gates.
That is to say. Taft will get the votes
In case the convention machinery is in
hands of his friends. A contesting &
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
Preacher Is Recovering.

Rev. Arthur Hoffman of the First
Presbyterian church of Hammond, who
was recently operated on for appendi-
citis is doing nicely and is expected to
make a rapid recovery. He is at st.
Margaret's hospital. where he will have
TO remain for week or ten days long
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
Lodge to Meet.

There will be degree work In the
Blue lodge at the regular meeting this
evening Two candidates are to receive
the order of the temple degree on Mon
day night at the regular meeting of
the Commandery. The mark master
degree was conferred on two candi-
dates in the Chapter on Wednesday
night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15

delegation Will go
TO Chicago to vote
for Roosevelt and
the contest will, of
course, be decided
not on its merits,
in accordance with
the wishes of the
dominant faction.
As you may al
ready have guess :
ed. the desires of
the 10000 common
every day republi :
cans of Florida are
-4 -.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
Eleven Initiated.

r Eleven candidates we're initiated in
to the Hammond den of Bears a the
regular meeting last night. Owing to
the bad weather an early adjournment
was taken.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15

Editors Note-This article Is writ
ten by correspondent who is per-
sonally Investigating political condi-
tions in the central and southern
states, particularly the latter. wherein
President Taft expects to poll solid
convention vote in his fight for re-
nominate The situation is reviewed
from a strictly non-partisan stand
point)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15

NOTHING - OF GREATER lNPoR-
rANCE TO YOU THAN TO KEEP
POSTED ON PASSING EVENTS IN
YOUR LOCALITY BY READING THE
TIMES EACH EVENING.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
Getting Along Nicely.

Paul Epps, who submitted to an ap-
pendicitis operation at st. Margaret s
hospital early this week, is reported
to be getting along very nicely, and
apparently will have a speedy recov-
cry.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
DEMOCRATS
PREPARE
CONVENTION
Taft Roosevelt Noise Must
Give Way to the Demo
Gratis, Who Next Week
Will Hold Their State
Convention.
TIMES BUREAU,
At STATE CAPITAL.


Indianapolis, Ind, March 15---While
all of this hullaballoo about the nomi-
nation of either Taft or Roosevelt has
been occupying the minds of the people
for the last several weeks. they have
lost sight of the fact that the demo-
Gratis going to hold their state con-
vention in this city next week. But
the time of the convention is so close
at hand that it Is now beginning to att.
tract~a little attention.
Opens ON Thursday.
The democratic state convention will
be held here on Thursday, March 21.
opening at 3 o'clock in the morning. 1t
will be one day convention, the old
plan Of devoting two days to the work
having been discarded by both parties.
on the night preceding the convention,
however. there will be separate meet
ings of the delegates from the various
districts at the state house. for the pur-
pose OF electing from each district the
following: One member of the commit
tee on rules and organization one
member of the committee on creden-
tials. one member OF the committee on
resolutions; one vice president of the
convention; one assistant secretary of
the conventions: one presidential cleo
tor and one contingent elector; two
delegates to the democratic national
convention. two alternate delegates to
the national convention.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
DOCTORS
TAKE STEPS
What Can Be Accomplish
ed by Proposed County
Pathological and Bac-
THEOLOGICAL Laboratory.

Make daily reports of lake water
for Hammond, Whiting, Indiana
Harbor, East Chicago and Gary.
Free examinations and determ-
fnations I'm diptherfa culture cases
thus obvintfng necessfty of sending
to Chicago or Indianapolis.
It Will ennble the cities OF Lake
county TO make daily examtnations
Il Nas<le ~ HI sh1pRed hate rrGlsn-
ExamfnafIon or anfmais supposed
to have been suffering from rabies
can also he made In the laboratory.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
Board Holds Meeting.

The West Hammond village board
held a. meeting last night and decided
to canvass the returns of the primary
election, which was held on last Tues
day, tomorrow. Outside of that only
routine business was transacted.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
Tenth District Meeting.

Immediately following these district
meetings the committees thus formed
will hold meetings and prepare their
reports and have them ready to read to
the convention as soon as the session
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15

ored brother seems willing to go along
and do as he IS told.
One negro officeholder, Joe Lee, has
become so powerful that the postmast-
ers are little afraid of him. He is a
collector OF internal revenue, and he
performs his work so well that there is
no chance to get him removed. He is
an expert parliamentarian, and can
conduct convention as well as the
next man. He absolutely controls the
negro faction. and should the post
masters endeavor to hand him the dou-
Bile cross at any time, he could start a
row that would be felt in washington.
The patronage of Florida is dispens-
ed through II. S. Chuob. national com
mftteeman and chairman of the state
central committee. He is the monarch
of the Protective Association. He is
highly spoken of one of Florida s
most popnlar ri
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15
DEMOCRATS WILL AID
WILSON AT PRIMARY.

Florida democrats. of whom there
are about 10000. leave everything to
primaries Delegates to the national
convention will be selected on April 80
by the people. so there is little chance
for deals or combinations in Florida
The majority of the plain democrats
are believed to be for Wilson Oscar
Underwood has gained some strength
on account Of being southern man.
Senator Nathan p. Bryan is for WI
son, Senator DUNCAN Y, Fletcher Is on
the fence.
r. I. Mayes. ps,bli.fer of the Pensa-:
srss1aJ zctrsal and rlsaisHaaas aor fsse ta1fns
district conaTnittes. Is doing active work
IN Western Florida for Wilson. He is
a candidate for delegate TO the Bafti-
more convention. and viii easily be
elected at the primary
One of the big issues in Florida is
the drainage of the everglades. Tt Of
course. mas no connection with the
presidential campaign. but 1t is inter
esting Florida folks considerably more.
The reclamation project was first
made prominent by Napoleon Bonaparte
Broward flibuster in Cuban war days
and elected governor in 1904. Money
received from the sale of state lands
was devoted to digging drainage ca
nais TO let the water out OF the great
swamps.
In the center of southern Florida is
Lake Okeechobee, the surface of which
is over twenty feet higher than sea
level. Two rivers empty into the lake.
and in wet seasons 1t floods the coun-
try. The canals are designed to tap
the lake and stop the foundations.
The holding up OF a report of govern l.
ment engineers at the instigation OF
land companies brought on the recent
scandal still fresh in the minds of all.
The country at large may have
formed the idea that the plan to re-
claim the everglades is chimerical
one. but Florida people believe other
wise. The scandal cannot stop the
really meritorious enterprise of open
ing for agricultural use much of the
rich aIIuviar land In the everglades re
gion. Of course. there is also great
area that cannot be reclaimed.
Governor Albert w GiIchrist has
round1y criticised Representative Clarh
for involving his state in scandal, but
it seems the general opinion that Clark
did well TO turn on the cauterizing, bu
purifying light of publicity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15

to conSiderat tfon. The Postmasters' Pro-
tective Association has usurped the
place of the party. 1t doesn't want any
party, except In name
prsses fhfrft members, or whom four
'teen are postmasters. Two are United
States rnarshals. one is a receiver for
the United states land office. one is a
register for the land office. one col
lector of customs. one a collector of in
ternal revenue, one district attorney,
one census supervisor, and six are ne
gro federal employees in union positions
The members OF the committee
draw total of s5s,S4s in salaries
from Uncle Sam yearly
The state convention was held at
Palatka in February. General contest
ing delegations were on hand, the eff
forts of the postmasters to steam roll
the state for Taft having met with op-
position in many places. Roosevelt is
the popular choice and is even the IA
vorite of many Florida democrats. but
the postmasters cared never a. fig for
that.
ISSUE TICKETS TO
FRIENDLY DELEGATES
The contests were settled with amaz.
Ing ease. The method adopted might
well be employed at Chicago.
The committee decided to allow nc
one to enter the convention hall whe
did not have a ticket Then tickets
were issued TO such delegates as ia.
vored Taft All the res. had to sta,
! outside.
The delegates who We're barred out
without choice to establish the Jus
tice of their claims hired hall, held I
convention Of their own. and chose 1
delegation of ten to go to Chicago ans
| vote for Roosevelt
Negroes have not yet been disfran
chised in Florida although they ar.
not exactly encouraged to vote TIL,
Postmasters Protective Association
let's the colored brother In on tn,
ground floor iE politics--when the col
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15

The four Taft delegates in Missouri
contested by Roosevelt.
Taft claims two more delegates In
Virginia. now ciassed uninstructed.
Cummins has two delegates In Iova~
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-15

TIMES WANT ADS ARE ron
sERvICE-T0 YOU,
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lContinued on page five.)
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-01-30
HOUSE HAS PASSED
METAL TARIFF
MEASURE
lnsurgent Republicans Voted
With Democrats
VOTE WAS 2lO TO 1909
Bill Makes Reduction Of About IS
Per Cent in Duties on Steel
and Iron

Washington, Jan. 29.-The vote in
the House passing the metal tariff
bill is impresslve-210 to 100 being
a two-thirds event The bill found as
many as 20 republican votes among
the progressives, but three democrats
all Of Colorado, voted against it on
account of the low lead duties. This
action looks quite harmonious on the
part of the democrats, but it is I'M
derstood that the harmony Is more
specious than real.
To many democrats the duties on
pig iron, lead and zinc ought not to
be there at all and to others they
seemed very much too low and all
told it is understood that the party,
inside the camp, has been quite at
variance. Tariff legislation such as
it is, has followed only through the
great capacity Of two or more lead
ers TO compel the party to accept the
bill framed There seems TO be no
program as yet in the Senate as to
what shall be done with the bill. 1t
is. Of course, possible for the demo
Gratis and the progressives TO get to-
gether as they did last summer, and
thus take from the hands Of the regu-
lar republicans the power Of affecting
the measure.
The democrats in the House came
quite to the fore with appropriation
bills late in the afternoon. the army,
the agriculture and the pension bills
being reported. In the agricultural
bill there is an appropriation Of 81
0O0, 900 to buy forest land in the APP
palachian ranges and S2S4.S00 to use
in exterminating the gypsy-moth pest,
the reduction being a slight one from
former years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-01-30
CLARENCE BARROW
INDICTED FOR
BRIBERY
Charged With Tampering With
Mcnamara Jurors
SECURES BAIL AT $4,000
Trial Set for Thursday-Lawyer OAR
row Declares He is Innocent of
Charges Against Him

Los Angeles, Jan. 30.-Clarence S.
barrow, union labor attorney, was in
dicted yesterday for bribery and cor
ruption Of jurors by the county grand
jury, which for four weeks has been
investigating allegations of bribery
OF the trial jury in the Mcnamara
dynamite case. Two indictments
We're returned containing four
counts. Two of these counts charge
barrow with the bribery and attemp-
ted corruption of Robert Balm, the
first juror sworn to try James b. Nc
Namara. the confessed dynamiter and
murderer, now serving a life term in
San Quentin prison. The remaining
counts alleged the bribery and cor
ruption of George ~ Lockwood, a
yenireman summoned in the McNa-
mara case.
Bert Franklin, a detective who is
alleged actually to have passed the
bribe to Balm and Lockwood, is ac-
cused of the same offenses in infor-
nations filed some time ago in the
superior court Franklin's trial has
been set for February o. The max
imum penalty that could be imposed
on Mr.. barrow for conviction on all
counts is S0-years Imprisonment and
fines aggregating 10000 He is UNI
der $4,000 bail, but last night the
former chief defender of the McNa-
maras said he was glad the suspense
was over and that he would face his
arraiqpmant on Thursday in the Gil.
perior court with an equanimity born
of his innocence.
Judge Conrey received the indict-
ments and ordered bench warrants Is
sued The warrants were served on
Mr.. Darrow in the courtroom, and
the judge asked Deputy District, At
torney w. Joseph Ford what he
thought would be a proper amount OF
bail This is very serious
charge" said Ford "and | would sug.
gest the highest amount compatible
with its degree Of gravity" Ten
thousand on each indictment" said
Judge Conrey laconically.
Darrow apparently greatly relieved
left court with his attorneys This
is something | never had to do be-
fore" said Darrow, as he shook
hands with several friends but |
think can beat IT," I'VE have to
prosecute the case, not TO discuss H."
said Assistant District Attorney Ford
and he declined TO make further com
ment. The grand jury will resume its
investigation.