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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-23
CONSERVATION Of
STATE RESOURCES
Governor Explains Plan to Give
Vermont First Right to It's
Own Power.

Montpelier Jan. Ex-Governor
Fletcher, speaking to the Farmers
club tonight cnterel into further
details regarding his recent message
regarding the right of eminent do
main. lie said ,he believed that every
corporation within the control of the
public service commission should be
compelled to furnish ana deliver pow
or to the people of the State who de-
sire It.
Referring to the proposal of a con
Servation commission he asked What
is tho use of the state going to all this
expense If these corporations are not
to be under the control of the public
service commission? It would simply
be to use the credit to aid other
states You cannot constitutionally
forbid tn" taking of this power out
side the state but YOU can mo lily
special charters so as to prevent It.
There is no such provision i'm the
charter of the largest power develop
ment in the state. If you pass such
general law as ! have indicated it
will bring these companies under con-
troll. If these charters are to be con-
sidered contracts it must he rcmem-
bercd that there is reservation in
them all,
"'rho companic., thnt have these spo-
cial charters are content, having in view
the increase I'm prices that is certain to
come. to make contracts for the present
calling for not more than half the maxi
mum laws.
"Nou need protection and You need it
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-23
sCHENK GETS A DIVORCE.

Wheeling. w, Va. Jan, 2o.--John O.
Schenk. multi-milionaire pork packer
was granted an nbsolu e divorce from his
wife. Laura Farnsworth Schenk, and
given custody of his children to-day In a
decision handed down oy Judge H. d
Kervey Mrs. Schenk was arrested NO
vember ., 1910, on a charge of attempting
% poison her husband by administering
arsenic. After a sensational trial the jury
disagreed and the woman was released
ON $1,000 bond. Both Schenk and his wife
had filed suits for divor~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-23

A Berlin special says a steamship rate
war may be declared between north
trans Atlantic and south trans-A Atlantic
steamship pools in consequence of con-
cessions granted by Austria to Canadian
Pacific to operate an immigrant line in
competition with Austro-American line
out of Trieste. The scheme of the Cana
dian Pacific is Of great consequence to
the United States in view of the fact that
the concession will cause cheap rates and
throw, every month, 2oHo immigrants
Austrians, Servians, Turks and Monte
negriis, into America via Montreal, as
soon as the Balkan situation is cleared.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
CARNEGIE MEDAL
GOES TO HAMMOND
Mrs. Louis Burkhalter Gets
Bronze in Commemora-
tion Of Husbands Deed.

A beautiful bronze medal the award
of the Carnegie Hero and Pension Com
mission has been received by Mrs.
Louis Burkhalter, 457 Indiana avenue
In commemoration of her husband 5
heroic death which occurred last sum-
mer, when he and Walter Webster
tried to save Mrs. Paul Mastellar and
Miss Neda Hemstock from drowning in
the. Kankakee river. All four drowned.
While the popular verdict has at all
times given just as much credit to
Walter Webster for an heroic death
the commission has not yet seen fit 20
comfort his widowed mother either
with hero medal or a pension Mrs.
children are on the commissions pen
sion list and the friends of the family
are glad to hear that the commission
has seen fit to. further honor her hus-
band.
The medal is three inches in diane
ter an dis inscribed on both sides. A
quotation from XIV 13 Greater Love
hath no man than this that a man
lay down his life for. his friends" APP
pears on one side. This is the stand
Ing quotation for all Carnegie hero
the Rev. F. II. Adams on the occasion
of the funeral sermon in Hammond
The United States seal and the Illinois
state seal are on the same side. Ar
embossed picture of Carnegie, and al
Inscription of award appear on thu
reverse side.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
BIG BUILDINGS FOLLOW.
WATCHMAN
IS KILLED

Another shocking accident swelled
the list of fatalities at the Standard
Steel Car works when George Schuster,
employed as a night watchman, was in
stantiy killed by crane load of steel
which fell upon him Efforts to revive
the victim were without avail and the
remains were removed to Stewards
morgue, where an inquest will be held
today.
The accident occurred about o'clock
as Schuster was making his rounds
abou the plant. He was walking be-
meath a crane and it sis said that he
failed to hear the warning given by
the craneman above him. The crane
man released the lever which dropped
the heavy load of steel below. Schuster
was standing directly beneath the crane
and the heavy load struck him full on
the neck causing instant death. The
blame has not been fixed
Schuster was As years old and was
well known among the employees OF
the car plant. where he has been en-
ployed as watchman for nearly a
year He owns a small farm on the
Ridge road. south, of Hammond, where
he is survived BY a widow and fve
children Funeral arrangements are
being made for Hriday afternoon and
interment will be made at Oak Hill
cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
$50 MASONS
AT BANQUET
Eighty-Seven Candidates
Receive Degrees.

Fort Wayne. Ind, April 17.-Eighty-
seven candidates today received the
Scottish Rite degree from the fifteenth
to twenty-second. inclusive at the sec
ond days session of the annual spring
Masonic convocation here. About a
hundred candidates will receive the
final degrees up to and including the
thirty-second tomorrow. Last night
$50 MasoDs participated in the annual
convocation banquet held in the Scot
tish Rite cathedral. at which J. b. Har-
per presided and at which addresses
were made by William Geake and a
number of other prominent Masons
from all parts of the state. There IS a
notable number of visitors present at
this ce,nvocatioa and 1T is believed that
the number will be augmented tornor-
row when the higher degrees are ad-
ministered.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
STORE WILL
: 60 OUT OF
BUSINESS

The White store. which enjoyed the
reputation of being Hammond's store
de luxe. is going out of business. Ar
rangements have been made for clos
ing out of business. Arrangements
have been made for closing out sale
to begin next Tuesday and to last un
til May 10th. BY that time the man
agement hopes to have disposed of a
stock which it says is worth $5osooc.
The sale probably Will be one of the
bargain sensations of the spring sea-
son. as all the stock is new and of the
same value for which the store had
reputation Cost prices Will prevail
and in some instances the management
says it will reduce the price below the
cost to insure quick results.
While the store is primarily a ladies'
shopping center, il also carries line
of mems underwear. hose and shoes.
What future disposition will be made
of the store building has not yte been
determined. The White store people
still have a two and a half year lease
on it The location is one of the most
desirable ones in Hammond and ii has
been suggested that 1t would lend it
self for 5 and 10-cent store or large
grocery and meat market
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
Clean Up!. Clean .Up!!

Street Commissioner John F. Kuhl-
man. who is in the midst of an alley
cleaning campaign, says that he has
had splendid cooperation from many
people. The work, however, is only
half completed and his wagons will
have to go through all the alleys again
because some householders are just
awaking to the fact that the spring
cleaning Is on. They are beginning to
throw rubbish in the alleys now that
they have been cleaned up. In addi-
tion to eight city vehicles the street
commissioner has five private teams in
employ in helping in the carting of the
rubbish. The private teams Will be
laid off next week and the balance of
the work will be finished with the city
wagons.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
HUNGER STRIKE
IN SENATE CAFE
Democrats Object to Paying
Dime for Cut of Pie.

Washington. April 17.-Small cuts of
pie at 10 cents; tiny mounds Of rice
pudding at Is cents; 20 cents a bowl
for soup. and jump to SO cents for a
portion of cold meat has started a
hunger strike in the senate restaurant.
Democratic senators who for long
years have been compelled to pay
prices that looked reasonable to re-
publican members of the millionaires'
club in charge of the restaurant have
begun an inquiry to just how fat
the profits of the management are and
cut prices down to a more popular fig
ure.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17

So the advertisement which will ap-
pear in the papers in q week or so Will
state that the board will receive bids
for the sale of the central school
property and that three proposals Will
be received. These are follows:
FOUR PLANS FOR SALE.
l. The board will sell the property,
1sa feet on Fayette street by 225 feet
on Holman street. together with the
building The appraised value being
$175.ooo.
2. The board will sell the property,
1913 feet on Fayette street by 225 feet
on Holman street. without the build
ing. The appraised value being
Is155.ooo.
8. The board will sell the property,
1A0 feet On Fayette-s street and 371 on
Holman street. without the building
The appraised value being $4,000.
4. The board will sell the building
for $20.o
The appraisal was made by Peter W.
Meyn, J. s. Blackburn and e. S. Elmer
line yesterday afternoon. The property
will be advertised to be sold for the
appraised value or more
Thus THE TINES report that the pro-
ject would no longer he tied UP by
litigation has proven correct and be-
fore fall the work on the new building
that is so badly needed will probably
go forward.
BIG BUILDINGS FOLLOW.
The sale of the high school property
will mean the Immediate utilization OF
the entire 225 feet of frontage fol
business purposes for the reason that
no purchaser would dare to tie up &c
much money without planning I'M
provements that would pay the carry.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
FRANCHISE IS
PASSED IN WHITING
Gary & I. Gets Another Leg
to Use in Getting En-
trance Into Chicago.
Especial to THE TIMES. )

Whiting. Ind. April 1.-THE passage
of the Gary & Interurban franchise by
the Whiting city council last night.
gives that corporation another leg on
which to get into Chicago, its ultimate
terminal
Tre Green Line company's franchise
asking for a renewal and an extension
to the Indiana Harbor limits was ad-
vancel to the second reading.
According to the Gary & Interurban
franchise. it must have its line COM
pfete in Whiting twelve months after
the completion of the bridge over the
canal. The life of the franchise is for
term of "a years, instead of A years
asked or by the company. A scent fare
is provided in North township and a
10-cent fare to Gary
The line enters Whiting on Standard
avenue and continues east to Front
street, then north on Front street to
11sth street. west on 10th street to
the corner of Schrage avenue and 11sth
street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
TAKES THE
CASE FROM
THE JURY
Damage Suit Brought in U.
S. Federal Court in Ham
mond Collapses When the
Mother Admits Careless
ness in Calling Child.

Judge A. Is. Anderson took from the
jury the case of Harry Slavenski VS..
Irving Jackson of South Bend who was
being sued for $4,000 damages on ac-
count OF the death OF the plaintiff $
fve year old child.
The reason for the courts action was
the collapse of the plaintiffs case
when contributory negligence was ao
mitted by Mrs. Slavenski when she
testified that she had called the child
to cross the street In the middle OF the
block without taking any care to safe
guard its transit through the traffic.
A nurse who was counted as the
best witness for the plaintiff testified
that she sat on the porch of a house
across the street and saw the automo-
bile strike the child as il darted from
in back of a wagon. She admitted that
the automobile was not going at high
rate of speed.
1t seems also that Just as the child
was about to be struck by the auto
mobile neighbor gave piercing
scream which caused the driver of the
car to look around instead of combining
his attention to the driving of the car
Thus it was the negligence of the
mother in calling the five year old
child to cross the street alone. the
woman's scream of warning which did
not warn and the distracted attention
of the chauffeur which caused the
death of the child. There being nc
case the court instructed the jury te
return verdit for the defendant.
The plaintiff was represented by Le-
Grand T. Meyer and a Chicago lawyer
and the defendant by Peter Crum-
packer OF Hammond and Roming and
Miller of LaPoEte.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
BILLY SUNDAY SICK.
Evangelist Suffers Nervous
Breakdown.

South Bend. Ind, April i7.--As a re-
suit of nervous breakdown following
his strenuous campaign in Wilkes
Barre. Pa. the Rev. Billy Sunday. the
baseball evangelist, is confined to his
home at Winona Lake. and will not be
able to open his campaign in South
Bend on schedule time. The date for
the opening of the series OF meetings
has been changed to April 81, and the
executive committee is of the opinion
the opening may be delayed even long
er. Mr.. Sunday is not in a serious con-
dition. although members of his family
are inclined to view his illness with
concern. 1t is understood the evaEge-
list was anxious to begin his work in
South Bend next Sunday, as he had ar
ranged but his attendants refused to
listen to any such plan.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
BURNS SHOWS
SOME VITALITY
ullet-Ridden Outlaw Said
to Be Gaining Steadily
Each Day.

Hugh Burns the central figure in the
Schneider shooting on Monday night
who is in ST. Margarets hospital in
Hammond suffering from a number of
bullet wounds is showing remarkable
vitality. He has not yet passed the
crisis and is therefore in great danger
of either pneumonia or blood poisoning.
Ir the meantime however he seemingly
has a fair chance to recover. His wife
whom he tried to kill. and Frank Par
son a Schneider resident who was hit
by one of Burns bullets are both get
ting along alright as their wounds
were not fatal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17

ing charges.
This means that this project alone
will stimulate building operations to
the etxent OF $150.000 in business
blocks to say nothing of the $260.00o
that tho manual training school will
cost. Not In years has Hammond
faced such a building boom as will be
caused by this movement
1t will be noticed that the board is
receiving bids for the. whole property
and not for any fraction of 1t. This
precludes the purchase Of the property
by any single Hammond person.
A Hammond syndicate might buy
[thesproperty but IT would have to raise
$500. 900 to do II: $4,000 for the prop
(erty to the 40 foot dopth and the rest
for the building. And II = Two story.
building were to be erected over a
frontage great 1t would look like
the Rimbach building and would be
anything but . credit to the street. Not
less than three story building should
be erected on the property.
MUST FORM SYNDICATE.
It is possible that some Hammond
real estate Arm may bid on the prop
erty as a speculation figuring that it
could sell out the frontage in 25 and
so foot parcels for a handsome profit.
III IaCt IL Is generally COuCeueQ lndt
much more would be realized from the
property were 1t to be sold out in
smaller parcels so that the smaller in
yestor could take a chance on it. Those
who could bid on property that would
involve 100000 are few.
But the property is to sold at once
and fund for the building OF the new
manual training school will be realized.
This will be added to that which has
been raised by special levy that to-
gether with bond issue enough money
will be raised for the project and the
purchase of a school house and play
ground site on the north side.
The hand of the board has been fore
ed by the pressure of public sentiment
which demands that something be done
at once to increase the school facilities
of the city. Crowding In certain schools
| is intolerable and many complaints
have been made to the board on that
account.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
SHOCKING FATALITY
OCCURS At LOWELL
Ernest Burdett Falls From
Second Story Window
and Strikes Skull.
Especial to THE TIMEs.l


Lowell. Ind, April 17.-Ernest Bur-
dette, the two-year-o1d son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Kerns. living on East
Commercial avenue, fel from a second
story window at 5 o'clock Tuesday
evening and alighting on his head OH
the cement walk and crushed his skull.
He lived until 1890 o'clock yesterday
morning when he died. never regain
ing consciousness. The mother was
in another room and knew nothing of
the fatal accident to her little son un-
til a neighbor who witnessed it ran
over and told her. 1t was a severe
shock to the parents of the little fell
low Funeral services were held at
the home today at o'clock. Interment
in the Lowell cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17

Los Angeles. Aprn lf.-When the
history of the recent Maxican revolu-
ton is written UP itswill be found that
two pretty Texas H1rls-Miss Patricia
Bates and Miss leslie Strickland
have got their names into the story by
reason of tfre3r herfic service as Red
Cross nurses when ehe trouble In Mex
leo City was 1t It's horst.
The Misses bates and Strickland had
all sorts of thrii1ing experiences. CIV
ing aid to the wounded under fire on
Feb. 7-sBloody su3day' it is now
called In Mexico-rhnning the gaunt-
let of rain OF shot and shrapnel in a
taxicab. living .in- house that WAS
struck and badly bhattered BY ! shell,
and keepiue sa t1e1s work 81 mercy an
the time
The relatives of Miss Strickland in
Los Angeles saw her name In the list
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
hammond SCHOOL
BOARD TAKING
DECISIVE STEPS
Will Sell Central School Property as
Soon as Possible to Prepare for
M. T.. H. S. Building

that has taken in the direction Of
training school the action of the
Tuesday evening authorizing the sale the
trail school property.
training school building will
accepting the Hutton plans Of having
newp pans made s q detail that will be taken later
building
alleged be i'm
months inactivity that resulted
in placi a
ORDERED DISMISSED
no for a schoolb al
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
Shoot on Sunday.

In order that it may get an early
start and take advantage of the good
weather. the Hammond Gun club will
open up its season at Sharpshooters'
park next Sunday afternoon. Last
year the club had a very successful
season and this year prospects are
brighter than ever, they expect to
increase their membership. The first
shoot will commence at 1880 o'clock
and all the members are earnestly re-
quested to be present.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17

of Americans dead in the first dis
patches sent from Mexico City, but
were overjoyed a few days later to re-
ceive wireless message from her tell
ing them she was safe. The young
women have just arrived in this city.
They expect to return to Mexico
soon. Miss Bates has not heard from
her father, who is the owner of a large
ranch in the republic. for two months,
and is anxious to learn of his safety
She is one-fourth Castiiian herself
Don't forget that my great-grand-
mother was the queen of SPAIN" she
said
Miss Bates nursed one war CORE
spondent. Leslie Sutherland of the New
Work Sun. back to health. He had beer
Eshot in the leg United States Minister
Wilson assisted them to get to tn,
coast in safety.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
A NEW SUBDIVISION.
Especial to THE TIMES. }

Crown Point, Ind, April IA brand
new up-to-date subdivision of high
class residential lots will be put on
the market by Ben f. Hayes of this
place. who. in deal closed yesterday,
became the owner of the 17-acre tract
of land on East Joliet street-formerly
an athletic park-and owned by the
Pettibone estate. Mr.. Hayes will put
the property on the market and subdi-
vide it right away.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
AUSTRIAN HEIR
CRITICALLY ILL
Archduke Ferdinand Victim
of tuberculosis.

Vienna, April lit is reported
from Trieste that the Archduke Franz
Ferdinand. heir to the throne, is Sc
riously ill. having again been attack
ed by tuberculosis, from which he suf-
fered twenty years ago.
The archduke. who spent the last
three winters in Switzerland and the
spring on the Adrbatle coast, is now
stopping at Miramar, near Trieste.
His condition is said to be critical.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
Bow Is Found.

Word was received from Mrs. Lucas
S3e East 63rd street, Chicago, VINO
called at the Hammond police station
last week in an effort to locate her
son, who mysteriously disappeared
from home. to the effect that her son
had been found by a police officer in
Chicago and was back home again
In her letter she highly compliment
ed the Hammond department and said /;
II want to thank you for your kind
ness. as / was treated so kindly when
/ was at -FOUR station. I think your
chief there is a good. kind man, so dif-
ferent from some OF the men in the
stations here"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
Death of Babe.

Earl l.. kerley, the 15months-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Keriey. 1147
Harrison street. Hammond, died yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock following
short illness Death was due to
pneumonia. This evening the remains
will be placed on the e:45 Monon train
for Lenoir City, Tenn, where funeral
services and interment will be made
tomorrow.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17
Bows Were Shooting.

Residents residing on West State
street near state line We're startled by
a number of shots about midnight yes
terday 1t also called the attention of
officer Kunz. who investigated the
shooting and found that it was the
prank of a number of boys who did
the shooting and made their getaway.
No arrests were made.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17

Charles Forrest Curry. the new
representative from the Third dis
trict Of California, went to the state
capitol in Sacramento in 1886, pro-
Tossing Republicanism and wearing
q long black frock coat and huge
black sombrero. He still sticks un-
swervinsly to all three attributes.
He is known in his state rs q sort
Of perpetual candidate for governor.
by the largest majority of any con-
Rreaunan tram his skAAA-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17

SHE WON'T object to YOUR smoking
I'm HER parIor IF YOU Use FOREX
SMOKING TOBACCO--McHie-S
Tobacco Co.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17

PLAY GOLFf You Will enjoy the
game more II you take a supply of
COUNTRY CLUB long cut tobacco on
the links with you. Try it.-McHie.
seotten Tobacco Co,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-17

Is your house cold when you reach
home? Get Gas Heating Stove.-No
Ind. Gas & Elec. Co.