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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06
TWIN CITY
DEMOCRATS
To GATHER

There will be general meeting of
the democrats of East Chicago and In
diana Harbor in Wieland's hall tonor-
row evning. 1t is expected that there
may be some warm doing before the
evening is over and that the dove
which is usually advertised to partici-
pate in most political gatherings, will
seek a high perch. while the oratory is
at it's height, but will be on hand ready
to do its towering" at any time the
air becomes sufficiently calm.
The meeting is called in order to ar
range, If possible, a harmonious work
ing basis for the coming city campaign.
1t seems. according to some of the
prominent democrats, that certain eli
ques in the party have different ideas
from those entertained by certain Other
cliques TO the methods whereby VIC
tory may be lured to perch upon their
banners. Star chamber meetings have
been held advocating fusion with the
progressives disgruntled republicans
and any other little old bunch that Is
trying to break into high political So
ciety. The generosity exhibited by
those who favor this plan is not APP
proved of by old line democrats. who
believe that inasmuch democrats arc
the prevailing power throughout the
country today, that a straight demo
cratic ticket would be more in accord
with present conditions. IF ever the
democrats have been in a position to
! paddle their own canoe. now is the
time" say the leaders.
1t is expected that tomorrow nights
meeting will call out a large crowd OF
the followers of the doctrines OF
Thomas Jefferson. both straight and
left-handed
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06
{. CHICAGO FAMILY
LOSES SECOND CHILD
Scarlet Fever Takes Away
Edward Tobin-Three In
Home Still Ill.

Edward Tobn, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Tobin of the friedman
building, died Saturday of scarlet fever
and was buried Sunday IN Hammond.
The boy. who was nine years old, is
the second child the Fobins nave lost
within a week. of the same disease.
There are still three children, Mar
garet. James and Eileen, sick with
scarlet fever. and this morning little
Eileen was reported as quite seriously
i'll.
The scarlet fever has been raging
in the Tobin family for about ten days
The day after the first child died Mrs
Tobin gave birth to baby, and she il
not yet able to be about.
Every care that it has been possible
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06
OTHERS ARE WISE.

OTHERS ARE WISE.
Union Scout scrap. Country Club
Long Cut. Forex Plug Cut and Sweet
Lomn Fine Cut Tobaccos. have ttckets
good for premiums See the list. Union
Observation-Disclosures Tobacco Ca.
ARE YOU A TIMES READERH
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06
BRIDGE OVER
Canal. IS A
NECESSITY

A crowd of Indiana Harbor business
men and members of the Commercial
club, together with representative
Whiting and Gary men will go to
Crown Point tomorrow to impress on
the county commissioners the necessity
for a bascule bridge across the Indiana
Harbor ship canal. at Dickey Place.
1t is understood that there may be
some important developments in con-
nection with the Frick property this
coming year. and 1t is very essential
that Dickey place be in such shape
that communication between the prop
erty on both sides of the canal will be
possible.
This road when built constitutes a
direct thoroughfare from Indiana Har-
Dor to Chicago and the improve
ment for the road East from Indiana
Harbor to Gary has been decided upon,
and contracts let for part of 1t. and
construction work is now in progress
in another portion of this stretch of
the road, the Importance of the bridge
to the cities of Gary. Whiting and In
diana Harbor may be readily under
stood.
Street car franchises have also been
granted by Indiana Harbor and Whit
ing and a street car line is already in
operation from Gary to Indiana Harbor
When the bridge is built and the street
car line already built is extended via
Dickey place. 1t will furnish direct
transportation from Gary to Whiting
If the commissioners grant the re-
quest of the delegation which in all
likelihood will be done, an effort will
then be made to have the county coun-
Gil call a special meeting to pass the
appropriation necessary for the propos-
ed bridge, in order that work may be
begun during the present year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06

Mcguire in 6 innings: by Miller, II
3 innings; by Desmond. s.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06

ARE YOU A TIMES READERs
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06
STERhBERGS DEFEAT
CHEROKEE PLAYERS

1t takes more than nine Indians to
scare Matt Sternberg and his bunch OF
local ball players Everybody in In
diana Harbor knew that all the time,
but the Indians didn't. so Matt con-
WINGED them last Sunday by defeating
the Cherokees in a sided game. the
score being IL to 2. Desmond of the
Inland mill, pitched for the home team
and did an excellent job. allowing the
braves but five hits and striking out
eight. The attendance was small ow-
ing to the threatening weather.
The score:
INDIANA HARBOR
r. H. z.
Thomas, 2b. .,..........-.-.
GalNln, C.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06

!. Two-base hits-Tears, PeachoT.s,
D Sternberg and Killian. Struck out-By
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06
WILL CALL HOMER
ON THE CARPET

Mayor Tom Knotts announced this
morning that he viii summon Homer
J. Carr, editor fthe Gar yTribune 20
appear before him this afternoon 20
put up or shut up" The mayor Is
curious to know on what facts Homer
based a recent editorial in which he
lamented the violatio nof the closing
law by Gary saloonkeepers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06
GARY BULL MOOSERS
TO MEET TONIGHT

A call was issued to all bull moosers
to gather in the offices of Harry Hall.
Ogden building. tonight. 1t is report
ed that the G.. O. P. and Progressive in
terests are to Unite the city ticket.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06
GARY BOY STRUCK
BY A MOTORCYCLE,

A motorcycle driven by Louis Baxter.
Twenty-sixth avenue and Washington
street, yesterday ran down Joey
Michau. 10 years old He was badly
cut about the face and hands.
Ignatz Treco fell into a basement at
1921 Jefferson street. A cop fshed Ignatz
out and took him up to police head
quarters for treatment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-06
KNOTS GETS
ENDORSEMENT.

Entrants in the race for democratic
candidacy to city offices in Gary were
subject of debate at a precinct meet
ing last evening. Democrats of the
thirteenth precinct met in the rear of
the wabash Inn, a saloon, and indors-
ed the following men:
Tom Knots for Mayor.
Frank Bormann for city treasurer.
John Hamilton for city clerk.
The result Of the meeting did not
surprise anyone A f. Meyers pre-
sided
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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-04-05

in midair. Then my feet had found
the niche. | crouched and, cropping
forward with one hand. grasped a
stout tangle of vines. Releasing the
easement. | half dragged, half swung
myself into the opening in the wall. |
chung there n moment, trembling.
catching my breath. before | realized
that the dark mass Mt the back of the
niche was merely ivy. some of which
I had grasped. tearing quite a little
opening. and through this | could see
a blessed glimpse of blue sky.
Putting my eyes close to this peep
hole. ] looked downward and saw be-
low me the grass plots of the convent
garden. A great tangle of bushes was
at the foot of the wall, but in spite
of that it looked II dreadful drop. |
glanced owe my shoulder into the room
behind me and thought | saw Il shadow
moving down the floor. | do not know
how | turned myself in the cramped
space where / knelt. Al | could re-
member afterward was the feel of the
edge Of the rough masonry under my
fingers. the tearing of the ivy ms my
body crushed through it. the straining
of my arms as | swung downward. |
gave one mortified glance into the
depths of the garden. hen closed my
eyes and let 20.
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of the case from me. since the men
lawyers. police officers and even my fa-
ther-might very well have frightened
away my memory by their name of
going about 1t. But when | had been
so obstinate. she said, she had lost
her head and become angry and that
had frightened me. She said she had
tried in every way to reassure me. but
| had resisted all her offers of hospital
ity and finally, becoming hysterical.
had struck n glass of wine which she
had offered me out of her hand and
rushed out of the oom before she
could stop me or even discover why 1
had so suddenly fed.
Mr.. Dingley. father went on. had ex-
planned that he had been waiting for
me. as he had said he would, down.
stairs. but at the moment when l had
come he had not been in the sala.
/ could only stare at father. These
didn't cen to be at all the same ex-
%periences which / had been through so
short a time before. and yet when 1
considered couldn't contradict a thing.
The incidents were there, but somehow
they all sounded perfectly harmless.
/ felt bewildered. Beside these mild
looking facts my actions seemed those
of a madwoman.
Furthermore, father went on, Mr..
Dingley had said that when he went
through the sala afterward. searching
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Leaving the convent, Eleanora Fen
wick. II mothericss girl. Is plunged into
the gay social life of San Francisco
her mothers place as hostess to her IA
Tiers friends. of whom District Attor-
ney Dingley Is the closest. The won
ders of the constantly changing city
mystify her. and its strange people ex-
cite her curiosity. especially n stately
Spanish oma Ellie becomes the
only witness TO the tragic death of
Martin Rood. Il gambling house keeper,
later reluctantly identifying johnny
Montgomery. man about town, as the
person she saw with a smoking pistol
appear mt the time of the murder.
Circumsiantial evidence Is not strong
enough 10 convict the prisoner. who Is
being aided by the powerful. influen-
tial Carlotta Valencia. the Spanish wo-
man. Ellie learns she must take the
stand as the states chief witness. She
attends tue trial. but is not called.
Ellie being urgently requested by the
Spanish woman goes 10 the ~latter's
house with Mr.. Dingley, he remaining
downstairs. while Ellie timidly is led
10 another part of the house. Here the
Valencia woman tries TO prevail upon
her not to testify against Montgomery.
Finding pleadings and jewels unavail-
ing. she offers a drink to M~ontgonery's
acquittal.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-04-05
By
LUCIA CHAMBERLAIN

or color-to distinguish them. Yet in
my agony of mind | gave IL glance
down several of them. and on the
floor of the second a few yards from
me some small, light colored object
was lying. ! ran forward and stopped.
1t was the blue bow that had fallen
from my hair.
! picked il up with II rush of thank
fulness. This was an incident in a
fairy tale. 1t seemed an omen of safe
ty, and as held ii in my hand | fairly
ran along The passage and came at last
triumphantly out into the hall. which
remembered, broad and carpeted
with red.
Down the stairs | fastened, my
heart going quick with the alarms of
my escape, opened the door at the foot
Of it and came into the little entry.
AS | entered it ! fancied Il sound. 1t
was like Il step, very soft, so soft as to
be hardly audible, not behind me. not
ON the other side Of the door i'm front
of me, but somewhere beyond the en-
try partition on my right. 1t was
there, ! reckoned. that one of those
dark anterooms through which we had
approached the sala must be. The
flesh of my back was %pricking. but |
was almost safe. once let mt reach
Mr.. Dinghy and knew that somehow
he would get us out. With a great
effort | pulled open the heavy door
into the sala.
"Oh. r. | began. But then ! stop
ped. The room was so large that it
took me some moments to make sure
it was empty. Mr.. Dingley was not
there.
| stood perfectly still in that stu
pendous place. Everything in me
seemed to have stopped moving. too
my blood and my heart. And in the
listening pause there came again uI-
mistakably soft. stealthy footsteps.
sounding beyond the heavy curtain of
the door-sounding as if creatures
were gathering In those dark rooms
that lay between me and the outer hall.
didn't scream. | didn't want to.
| walked quite quietly across the room
TO one Of the heavily curtained win
dows at the back and pulled the hang
ings aside.
In front of me, not three feet from
the window. was the blank face of the
convent wall rising straight up. high
err than | could see. | looked down
ward. The stone pavement, which |
could just make out in the gloom, must
have peer ten feet below. Nevertlle-
less, | had a wild thought that, II the
self down the narrow cleft. and in that
mind | took hold of the window frame.
| had no hope that | could move it.
ever after ! had stirred the heavy
locks: but. with the pressure of all my
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III oiiN You Coulu.
the Spanish woman earnestly.
Let me see you make good your
Words Her voice was so sweetly
~ooaxiqg my hand hes.tatcd toward the
glass Then. us she thought ! was go
ing TO take 1t. something in the expect
ant. intense look of her caught me.
and u dreadful thought flashed into
my mind.
/ shrank back. NO" | said, II can
not
But she was fairly upon me with 1t.
She wa leaning over me. Drink
yes. drink She thrust it upon me.
NO. nor | cried in terror. Il will
not | flung M my hand with the
impulse to keep it OF me and struck
the glass and overturned it.
She stepped backward and set down
the tray with a clang. There was no
perceptible change In her face. but
suddenly she had. become terrible.
You shall never go out of my house,
she said.
My ears wouldn't believe. my enses
rejected, the meaning of those words.
You would not do such II thins-you
would not dare
She threw back her head until |
could see the great column of her
white throat swell and laughed. II
tell you, my pretty little girl. | would
fling away II dozen such as you for
only the chance IF saving him.
l saw that she meant It'll under
stood how well. | felt like a little dry
stick In n river. like a leaf in the wind.
! looked behind me. The windows did
not open into the outer air, but into a
tightly closed conservatory. The sound
that was struggling in my throat was
a scream, but suppose ii would only
call in some of her creatures before
Mr.. Dingley should hear. | looked
squarely into her face. n am sure
In that moment that | understood what
death might mean. II am going" |
said, very quietly, and walked across
the room toward the curtains.
She did not try to stop me. and every
unobstructed step | took forward |
thought with increasing terror What
Is 1t that she means to do" When |
reached the closed curtain the grasp
Of her hands, which | had dreaded. was
the least of my fears. The anteroom
was empty, but as | passed its thresh-
old heard her move across the inner
room, and then n bell rang away down
In the lower part of the house. There
Is no describing the feeling that was
In me when, with the sound of that un-
canny signal in my ears. | opened the
door into the grizzly maze of passage
ways.
| remembered that | had turned TO
the right In coming in, so now | turn
ed TO the left aud hurried down that
narrow, unlighted Way that led me Iii
rectly TO another door. But | remem-
Dered that and opened it and stepped
through into another hall. Here were
three branching ways. and it was only
one of these. of curse. which would
bring me TO the sala door. The 9th
ers might plunge me into heaven knew
what places of the house or what
hands. There was no time To hesitate.
must choose aud chance il. There
Was not II thing-window, furniture
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weight against it, slowly the two sides
of the easement opened out. As the
dusty names of glass swung away from
before me my eye caught Il singular II
regularity in the surface of the wall.
About ON a level with the window Sill
WAS a niche in the masonry perhaps
three feet square and looking TO be
tho depth OF the wall itself. The
back of it seemed to be made OF u
dark substance-darker than b bricks
through which shone twlhhills
glimpses of daylight.
| climbed upon the window Sill ana
,,t,ne hold of the upper edge OF n
~ tho easements. swung myself by
This. | felt myself lowering an iis'ant
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for me. the windows had been closed
and locked fast. and the police had de-
clared there was no hole in the on
rent wall and hat the wall itself
would have been Il difficult drop even
for n man.
l bounced upon this as n tangible
fact. Then some one in the house
must have closed and locked the win
dow again, and there was Il hole in the
wall. or how could | have gone through
it? The drop was very bad indeed, for
my hat was crushed out of shape"
Poor father looked very much puz-
zled. But about the wine-I don't I'M
derstand. Why did you do that?"
The answer was ready at my amazed
lips, but | stopped it, for now at last l
began TO see. | began to see how,
without that peculiar intent look with
which the Spanish woman had hand
ed me the w~ineglass or the menacing
gesture with which she had thrust ii
upon me. the episode of the wine that
had seemed to me so threatening be-
came Il mere empty courtesy, and in
deed, separated from the sinister ap-
pearance of the moment, not one cpl
sode that had taken place in that ex-
t%raordinary house which could not be
explained away. l knew past any
tried to bride me-, had tried to poison
me and, failing that, would have de-
tanned me by force if l had not got out
of the window. And If l should tell
him the whole adventure nov while it
was so burning fresh in my own mind,
with all its suggestive atmosphere, its
eloquent details, couldn't ! make him
see it as / saw it? No. The Spanish
woman had blown the magic breath of
her plausibility, her ingenuity, upon
the poor little substance of my true
story and had scattered it like ash. 1t
was too much of an undertaking, even
supposing it to be possible, to bring to-
gether the pieces again. And a wagner,
but even more insistent. voice prompt
ed: .'Then suppose he does believe me?
What will it mean to Johnny Mont
gomery" 1t seemed to me that l had
been enough of a Spartan as far as
that man vas considered.
l looked up at father and said. "She
frightened me the Spanish woman
frightened me, and sc l ran away"
How readily he took this up, showed
me it was the explanation he expected.
'.Yes. l know. 1t would be quite nat
ural," he said soothingly. You have
been much overweight, and this in
fernal performance has thrown you
into Mysteries. But that wall, child
an awful dsop.' He laughed a little.
but l could see how much moved he
was. Il hope to see that courage dis
played in Il worthier cause some time
did not tell him how worthy the
cause this time mad been, how. were
it not for that bold leap of mine. there
would have been no star witness for
the people tomorrow.
That evening father told me that Mr..
Dingley had said nothing had been
elected from the Spanish woman that
would warrant my appearance, and.
though father seemed veXed and dis
satisfied. he argued what could one do
il there was no evidence to fasten upon?
| did o answer. | knew it would
be of no use. Mr.. Dingley's explana-
tons We're so reasonable. But since
| had talked with father that morning
Il piece of news had come TO me which
had only succeeded in strengthening
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The Awful Drcp.

~ ONE: you have spoken of great
things you would do for him
u IL only you could continued
fha Nnunfsh xsrRfsun ga t.aaaffV
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The Refuae.

. COULD not tell how long a time
had passed. but gradually out of
complete consciousness grew up
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-10-10
GERMANS Love CITY
Residents Are Proud Of Frank
fOrt-On-the- Main.
Natives Pity 5erIlners, the Hamburger.
ere and the Muneheners--Jsws
Make Money In Capital Then
Settle Down In Frankfort.

There is an old saying known all
over Germany. How can any one ex-
list who has not been born In Frank
fort?" OF course the Frankforters
take this saying seriously, while the
rest of the Germans merely laugh.
The Berliner, for instance, is very
much like the New Yorker, and pities
every one who is not fortunate enough
to live in Berlin; the Munchener won
ders how anyone can exist outside Of
Munich, and the Hamburger clings to
the Rinnan-Alster as the most neces-
sary spot in the world.
However, the other cities, while
they believe firmly in their own
superiority, do not faunt it in the
faces of their neighbors as much as
do the Frankforters. The Berliners'
and the Hamburger superiority is the
naughty cold superiority that is char
acteristic of the north, while the Nun.
cheners is the good-natured, ELUSIVE
superiority of the south, while the
Frankforters is a go-between the
south combined with the overbearing
ness of the north. But just the same
the Frankforter is well-mannered and
kindly to an extreme.
Frankfort is the Mecca for the Jew
ish race. They drift into Germany
from Russia, long-bearded, long-locked,
poor and oppressed. They settle first
in Karlsbad and Bohemia, where they
work and save and starve to get to-
gether little gold.
With this little capital they migrate
to Berlin, where it is doubled, and
when this is done they journey to
Frankfort to settle down in peace and
comfort, free from molestation. A few
of the more enterprising ones step
farther to Paris or London, but the
good old orthodox Jew is satisfied
with Frankfort for haven.
Even in the Middle Ages was Frank
fort for refuge for the Jew He had
to buy the privilege Of living here and
was often mistreated, but somehow
the race fourished, and they grew
very wealthy and their money was a
stepping stone to all things,
Twice the town-folk burned the
Jewish part of the city, but the Jew
lived on, for no tyranny nor insult
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-10-10
FREES MAN YEAR IN PRISON
Son Confesses He Murdered Enemy
and Punished Man Who Tried'to
Prevent the Crime.

Chester, Ill.-Free after a year
in prison, but saddened by the
thought that his two sons must pay
the penalty for the crime once charged
to him, Samuel Meals returned to Pu,
laski county, upon being released
from the Chester penitentiary
Meals was sent up for murder. With
him went his son, William. ODE Meals,
another son, who was present at the
killing of Robert Chastine in gen
eral fight, escaped and was not caught
until a few months ago.
Upon capture ODE confessed that
his father, far from being murderer,
had tried to prevent his two sons from
killing Chastine.
On the plea of the son the father
was released by Gov Dunno at the
recommendation of the pardon board.