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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-07

estimated at between $1,000 and $1,000.
The blaze was discovered at about
six o'clock. Mr.. Seifert had just got
ten out of bed and he smelled smoke
Falling to discover any fire inside the
house, he went outside and found the
roof blazing. Mrs. Bert Clapper who
lives next door telephoned for the fire
department when Mr.. Seifert discover
ed that the blaze was too large for him
to cope with, although he made a vail
ant effort to subdue the names by
means OF a garden hose. When the de-
partment arrived however the roof was
all In flames, the fire having gained
considerable Roadway before the sta
ton was called.
In the mean time Mr. Seifert had
aroused the other inmates of the burn
ing building and these scrambled hur
riedly into few clothes ana went to
the Clapper home next door, whence
they watched the destruction of their
belongings.
What caused the blaze is not known.
The fire department thought 1t might
have been that the chimney caught
from the furnace but it is said that Mrs.
Seifert had not started the fires for the
day so this seems hardly likely.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-07
AGED PIONEER
DIES At MILLER
John Green, Well Known in
Hobart Township, Pass
es Away.

The funeral was held this afternoon
of one of the oldest settlers in Lake
county when the last honors were paid
to John Green. for more than a quar-
ter of century a resident of Hobart
township.
Mr.. Green, "A years old. died on Tues
day evening at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs Jennie Allen, at Miller He
had been Ill for some time with a pa
ralytic stroke. The funeral was held
this afternoon from the Allen home.
Services were conducted at the Con-
gregational church of Miller by Rev.
Carey Interment was at the Blake
cemetery, East Gary.
Mr. Green was born in Sweden. He
came to Hobart township 81 years
ago and where his wife died IN 1903.
The following daughters survive:
Mrs. Jennie Allen of Miller; Mrs.
Hulda Ekeman of silver Hill. Ala; Mrs.
Albert Carlson of silver Hill, Ala; Mrs.
Samuel Johnson of Chicago, Mrs. Alvin
Ostrand of Chicago. and Mrs. Harry
Arvesen of Miller.
Sixteen grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren also survive.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-07
RECORD IN
DEST|TUT|ON
Children Without Fire or
Food, Mother of Babe
Without Shoes.
Especial to THE TIMEs.)

whiting. Ind, Feb. IA very bad
case of restitution was brough to light
yesterday, through the arrest of Blozy
Grabosky of Schrage avenue. Grabo-
sky was arrested yesterday morning
by detective on the 3. & o. C. I. L.
Railway while in the act of stealing a
sack of coal off the cars standing On
the b. & o. tracks, near Schrage ave-
nue.. The man was arraigned before
Judge Atchison and was fined 81 and
costs. In default of same he was lock-
ed up in Jail.
When Sergeant Collins went on duty
last night he discussed the situation
with Grabosky and was informed that
the latter had committed the theft be-
cause the family were in very poor
circumstances and possessed no fuel
with which ~ heat their humble home.
Sergeant Collins sent an officer to
the Grabobsky home to investigate and
learned that the family are in dire cir
cumstances. They reside in a base
ment on Schrage avenue near John
Stanish's saloon. The family consists
of Mr.. and Mrs. Grabos and three chill
dren the eldest three years old and
the youngest five weeks old. The
father has been employed in the labor
pany until about three weeks ago when
he was laid off. Since then he has
made a fruitless search for work and
the family have been reduced to pow
! erty. An investigation by the police
officer showed that there was no fire il
! the house and no fuel to burn. The
supply of victuafs have also becom.
exhausted and in addition to being
cold, the wife and children We're also
very hungry. The wife is also without
shoes. Grabosky in his broken Eng
lish told OFFICER Collins how with hi.
children freezing, he became desperat,
and decided to steal enough coal Il
! heat up their squalid quarters and
thereby fell into the clutches of tn,
law.
| The wife and children waited pa
tiently for~the return of the husband
and father, but he failed to put in al
/ appearance and when Mrs. Grabosk.
| learned what had taken place 1t adde.
considerably to her misery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-07

margin either lost money or was forced
to buy the stock outright to save him
self The fellow who had bought the
stock outright at so, so and mas
high rs rs just had to hang on until the
stock went up again.
A good many of these budding specu-
lators have been going around with the
seats of their pants out In the past
four years in an effort to hang on.
Even men of considerable means have
been crimped to hold fast to their
acquisitions.
1t is safe to say that there has not
been a more persistent nightmare in
the entire community than American
Steel Foundries stock 1t has kept more
men awake nights than any other
pernicious influence in the community.
Get Good News.
And now the news has been received
that these investments that have been
barren for the past two years are at
least to bud and bear fruit to the ex-
tent of 2 per cent per annum.
The holders of these stocks are even
hoping that it will get back on the old
per cent basis so that they can sell 1t
for somewhere near what they paid for
it,
And there are other stories of stock
investments to be turned up in Ham
mond. There are men who turn pale
at the very mention Of rubber
American rubber got the dollars of q
number OF well-known Hammond peo-
pie.
No wonder real estate is becoming q
popular investment when these expe-
riences are so common to say nothing
of the local companies that have beer
failures.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-07
BAD FIRE
IN EAST
CHICAGO

Magoun avenue one OF the best resi-
dence streets in East Chicago, was the
scene of considerable. excitement this
morning when fire broke out in the
two story frame building owned and
occupied by Bert Siefert and three
other families .....--.-.--s .-..-..
AS the fire. occurred early in the morn
ing, most of those. within the. house
had not yet arisen. and while all eScap-
ed some were obliged to do SO only
partially clothed. .e.
The other families in the building
were those of Fred Lingo. Fred Dram
and William E. Crawford, The roof
on the building was wrecked and most
of the furniture ruined by smoke and
water. Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford, who
only recently moved in, were the only
senss to save any considerable part of
their household goods. The loss is
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-07
DRAWS OUT FOOT
SORENESS AND AGONY
Also Fine for Bunions, Germs and
Callouses-EZO for the
Feet Only % Cents.

Thousands bless EGO. Thousands OF
discouraged. footsore people who tried
other things without success now JOY
fully boast of strong, vigorous feet
that never give out: that can stand the
hardest kind of day without the least
symptom of an ache.
No fussing; no bother: just rub on
soothing EGO. pleasant ointment, and
no matter what causes your foot misery
EGO will draw 1t out and blessed relief
will follow at once. Get EGO at drug
gists for Corns, Bunions. Caliouses, or
any foot trouble and If 1t doesn't do az
we say. money back from Summers
Pharmacy. Great for rough skin. chilli
blains. chaps and frostbites.
Ask for EGO FOR THE FEET.-Adv
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INVESTORS HAIL
NEWS JOYFULLY

SContinued from Page oneD
there is no preferred, of per cent and
everybody felt good. Then 1t cut it's
dividend down to per cent per an
mum. and then for a year and half or
two years it suspended the dividend AL
toG ether.
Well. the fellow who bought on a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-07
FANCY.

Father walked the baby. stepped
upon n tack. but VI. claimed Kim down
with a chew of UNION SCOUT SCRAP.
Nellie s. Tob. Co.-Adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-07
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
Favorite opera in New Guiso.

The Chimes of Normandy by Robert
Planquette, the favorite light opera of
two generations on both sides of the
Atlantic, has been chosen to iuaugurate
the career Of the Aborn Comic Opera
company. a new, separate and distinct
organization of 50 singers, founded by
the Aboru management 10 pcrpcruate
the traditions Of the Paris Opera
Comique in the new world, ana it VIII
be presented for the first time here in
extreme spectacular form at the Au-
ditorium Saturday afternoon and even
ing.
70 mount the three acts and five
scenes, Rcisig, late of the Manhattan
Opera Co.. and r. Dodd Alderman
OF New York were specially engaged.
while Edward r. Temple. has supervis-
ed the staging of the big production.
Heading a east Of unusual strength
and ability will be Miss Gladys Cald
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11
Fortnightly Club Year Book.

The year book for the Fortuightly
club has lust been issued. The motto
for the season is Hope for the Best,
Get Ready for the Worst, and Take
What the Committee Sends. Officers
for the season are: President, Mrs. G..
Il. Walker; vice president, Mrs. Kate
uolton; secretary, Mrs. F. l. Lane;
treasurer, Mrs G. B. Hall; program
committee. Mrs G. b. Hall, Mrs J. +.
Ward, Miss Eva NJ. Larlsin. The sub
iects for October are vacation expert
ences BY members Of the club: Oct. 10,
Experiences Of Trips in California by
s. 4. Pierce; Oct %, Pure Food Law,
Mrs f. H. Davis: Nov. II, Book Re
view, Miss Eva NJ. Lafl6in; Dec. 3,
Illustrated Lecture. from the Atlantic
to the Pacific Over the Canadian
Rockies, Rev. c. r. Rice, d, d., Dec.
II, Gettysburg, 3. T. Phelps; Dec. 81,
England "reminiscences, Miss Jessie
Judd; Jan. Il, Helen Gould Shepard,
Mrs. J. Holmes; Jan. %, The Promised
Land, Mrs G.. H. Walker; Feb. 4, The
Midlands of England, Rev. Alfred +.
b. Ward; March I, Joan of Arc, Mrs.
Leslie Converse.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11

Mr.. and Mrs c. r. Prentiss and has
lived all her life in West Brattleboro.
She attended West Brattleboro acad-
envy, where she graduated. and after
wards took a business course at the
Clawson Hamilton commercial college
She taught at Leland and Gray semi
nary, Townshend, and for the past two
years has taught in Derby, Vt, in the
commercial department.. Mr.. Smith IS
son of Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Smith of
Guilford street He graduated from
the Brattleboro high school in 1906
and from Norwich university in 1911,
in the civil engineering department.
He is now with the Vermont Marble
Co at West Rutland as assistant super
intendent They left Immediate after
the reception for a wedding trip of
about three weeks, after which they
will live in West Rutland. They receiv-
ed very handsome wedding presents,
including silver, cut-glass and linen.
Among the out-of- town guests besides
those already mentioned were Mr. and
Mrs w. L. Howe of Wilmington, Mr..
and Mrs Dwight II. Smith Of Putney,
Mrs III. s. Prentiss of Windham, Mr..
and Mrs. f. NJ. Butler of East Jamaica
and Mrs. H. p. Jones of Windham.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11
WESTMINST ER.
Mrs. Jane A. Fem.

Mrs. Jane Austin Fem, 76, whose
serious illness has been recorded, died
early Wednesday morning, not having
regained consciousness since she was
stricken a week before. Mr. and Mrs
Fem came to this place to live in
May, 1887. Mr.. Fem died 10 years
ago and since then Mrs. Fem and her
daughter, Mary, had been inseparable
Mrs Fenn was a consistent member
of the Congregational church in this
place about p years, devoted wife
and mother, an example to all who
knew Of her pure ana upright life,
she leaves "a monument OF good and
kindly deeds.
Besides her four children, w. $.
Fem, Mary Fem, Mrs. Carrie Nutting
of this place and Mrs. r.. X. Harris
of Palmer, Mass, she leaves two
brothers. H. X Austin of Akron, Ohio,
and James +. Austin of Weston, also
TO grandchildren.
Last summer it was the joy of the
two brothers and Mrs. Fem to meet
at their old home in Weston after be-
ing separated 20 years. Funeral ser
vices win be held at the home Friday
afternoon at O'Clock, Rev. Alfred
Ward officiating.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11
BILLINGS MEMBER OF
PROMINENT LAW FIRM
Former Brattleboro Boy Resigns as
First Assistant Commissioner of
Patents Now i'll New York.

Cornelius {. Billings, a former Brat
tleboro boy, who was graduated from the
United States Naval academy in the
class of 1856, having been appointed to
that institution by Judge James NJ. Tv-
Ter in 1882, has resigned his position as
first assistant commissioner of patents,
to which Office he was promoted by Pres
ident Taft from that of assistant com
missioner, to which he was originally
appointed by President Roosevelt
Mr.. Billings has entered the well
known law firm Of Seymour. Seymour
& Megrath for the practice Of patent
and trade mark law before the patent
office and federal courts with offices i'm
the Empire building, Il Broadway, New
York city, and the McGiu building.
Washington, d. c. The new firm will
be known rs Seymour, Seymour, Me
grath x Billings,
| The other members of the firm are
! John 5. Seymour, commissioner of pa
/ tents during the second administration
of President Cleveland, Frederick Sev-
mour, who for a long time has been in
| general practice before the New York
state and federal courts. and William A.
Megrath of the naval academy. class
Of 1883, and subsequently, a law officer
in the patent Office during the admins.
tration of three successive commission
ers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11
FREEZING WEATHER
DAMAGED LATE CROPS
Tobacco Growers Worked Hard and
Saved Yield-Garden Vines Cut
No Damage to Peach Crop.

The cold weather of the last two
nights has caused much damage in and
about Brattleboro to late crops. TIL
growers of tobacco in Vernon. Gull
ford and Putney spent two busy days
getting that crop under cover and
barely saved it. Every available man
was in the fields and union hours were
ignored.
Tuesday night was considerably
colder than was last night In West
BrattIeboro Tuesday the mercury went
down to . and field corn and late
sweet corn was hard hit while such
cucumber and tomato vines and plants
.as We're not under cover ended their
usefulness. At Newfane Tuesday night
the thermometer registered %. but it
was not nearly as low last night III
though there was another, but lighter.
frost.
GuiIford aud some Of the hill sec
tions of Bra tlcboro suffered more
from damage last night than on Tues
day night and many a gardener who
did not cover his vines Last night
Imourns his carelessness today.
The Miller farm at Dummcfston re
ported this morning that the light
frost of Tuesday night did no damage
to the big peach crop and the same re-
Iport came from other growers of fruit
in this locality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11

Miss Fall, daughter of Senator and
Mrs. Albert B. Fall Of New Mexico, is
considered one of the prettiest girls
In Washington society, and like her
father she is intensely interested in
Mexican affairs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11
G0MPERS WAS
STAR WITNESS
Tells of Efforts to Influence
Congress in LabOr's
Interest
MANUFACTURERS
WERE VINDICTIVE

According to His Statement-Auege
That They Antagonized Everything
He Advocated, No Matter How HUI
name.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11
HOME WEDDING IN
WEST BRATTLERORO
Helen E. Prentiss Became Wife of
Denton j. Smith of West Rut-
iand-Double Ring Service.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. r.
Prentiss at West Brattleboro was n
scene CT n very pretty wedding yes
terday afternoon when their eldest
daughter, Miss Helen Elizabeth Prem
tiss and Denton James Smith were
married by Rev. George F. Prentiss
Of Florence, Mass, ali uncle Of the
bride, assisted by Rev. Henry Lamb
Of the West BrattieDoro Congreaation-
al church. The ceremony took place
at o'clock, in the presence of about
80 relatives and intimate friends. The
double ring service was used and the
bride was given in marriage bv her
father The wedding march by Men
delssohn was played by Miss Coruelia
Cushman of Newport, Vt.
The bride was becomingly attired in
white messalne silk, en- train, with a
veil caught with a single white rose
and she carried bride roses. Her only
ornament was a pearl and ruby pen
dant. the gift Of the groom. She was
attended by her sister, Miss Ruth
Prentiss, who wore pink marquisette
over pink silk and carried white as
tiers. The best man was Herman
smith a brother of the bridegroom.
The ceremony took place in the par
Ior, which was beautifully decorated
with laurel leaves and hydrangeas,
| festooned from the four corners of the
room. The dining room was decorated
| with asters. Refreshments were serv-
Cd there by Miss Gladys Stellman and
Miss May l. Thayer, both of West
Brattlcboro, Miss Sophy Phillips of
South Hanover. Mass, Miss Bethia
4 Hubbard of Center Brook, Conn, Miss
i Mary Kilburn of Derby, VT, and
Miss Cornelia Cushman of Newport
Mrs. Smith is the eldest daughter OF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11

well, who, last season, sang Yum Yum
in the Aii-star east of the Mikado who
has been especially engaged for the role
of Scrpolette; Ethel Bell. the young
est, prettiest and most winsome prima
donna on the stage has the part Of
Germaine; Frank Deshon> in the quaint
dramatic character Of GasPaFd. the
miser; Charles Tingle, as GreneehiauX:
Albert Wallerstcdt. rs the MARQUIS
Fred G. Holmes. as the Baltic and
J. c. Dounellv as the notary
The scenes have been built on the
cyelorama plan. ana a wealth OF armos
and costumes, imported from Paris and
Berlin, viii render the stage pictures
noteworthy The production wiz eiaho-
rate upon the opening scene Of the fish
ing village ON the Normandy coast.
with boats navigating on IN eyer-ac-
tive cxpansc Of water, the fair episode
with It's multitude Of incidental '-si.le
show diversions, including Grubcr y
Animal Actors, an elephaa, TWO
horses. a pony and a dog; Gaspard sur
rounded bv the armored ancestors Of
the family, and the final picture Of the
apple orchard in full bloom, with its
beautiful songs, and choruses intoned
under tho showering blossoms, arc bat
} a few of the unusual features claimed
for this presentation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11

The best happiness that man 5
knowledge gives him has always been
waited for.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11

You see somebody you never saw be
fore every time YOU step out upon the
street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11

WASHINGTON, Sept. II. - Samuel
Gompers, president Of the American
Federation of Labor, appeared late
yesterday as witness before the
House lobby investigating committee
beginning an inquiry into organized
labor 5 efforts to influence legislation
in Congress.
Mr. Gompers, questioned by his
lawyer, Jackson II. Ralston. gave the
committee a detailed statement of the
aims and purposes of the American
Federation OF Labor, frankly told of
its efforts through a legislative com
mittee to influence Congress toward
the enactment of legislation favorable
TO the workers, and declared that in
this effort opposition Of the National
Association of Manufacturers always
had been encountered. The only
evidence that I and my colleagues
ever have had as to the existence of
the National Association. Of Mauufac-
turers. he added, ''was vindictive
antagonism to everything we advo-
Gated. no matter how humane
At the outset of his testimony Mr.
Gompers was asked to state the aims
of the American Federation of Labor.
cit aims, he said. Ito relieve the
working people from burdensome long
hours Of toll; to protect them in their
work. protect their lives and healti .
to improve their material moral So
clal and political standing; to bring
! about better condition for the toll
erS Of our country as n reward for
= scr,ices they render to society,",
Tracing the history of legislation
for the benefit of labor, Mr.. Comp
ers claimed credit on behalf of the
federation for the work Of legislative
committees i'm Washington and in
many states Of the union. assertir,
that all labor legislation was con
stantIv being uraeJ unon LEGISLATIVE
bodies through argument bv renra
sentatives Of the working people.
The witness said the American Man
ufacturers' association had not nj
ways been an anti-uuion or anti-Iabo7
Organization. ... e.
AS a matter Of fact. - he said
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11

Mass, to attend the agricultural col
lege.
Mr.. and Mrs II. p. Chase, Mrs. Hell
en- Bovnton and Miss Halle Thonp-
son, with james Clough rs chauffeur,
came on a trip to this place Wednes-
day. calling ON old friends briefly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-11

Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Walker will
leave this week for Utica, n 7.
Miss Katherine Thwing of Holyoke
has returned for a five weeks stay.
Mrs. Abbie C. Cook of Hinsdale, n.
H., is a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. IL. s.
Bond
Harold Pierce. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. \. Pierce, left Tuesday for Amherst,
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
MAINLY PERSONAL

EMr. and Mrs. Peter Hovely Lant
Father Burlebach of Brawley tool
dinner at the Oregon today while max.
ing tour of The valley.
Y +. S. Gott and family will leave to-
morrow for their former home, Clyde
Texas.
William II. Strang, formerly with
the government service in connection
with water works in the Philippines.
has joined his brother, j. r. Strang,
the live Holtville real estate man.
Y j. c. Cole, formerly a big cotton
buyer of Texas, has taken up his
home in the valley and promises to
take a hand in the cotton industry
here.
The teachers of the Mt. Signal
school will return to their homes for
the holidays, Miss Hardison going to
Los Angeles, Miss Britain to San
Diego. =
Miss Lulu Collins. daughther ,/of
Postmaster and Mrs. c. w. Collins,
is home from school at Los Angeles
for the holidays.
J. l.. Evans and family from Mem
phis, Texas, are among the new set
tiers in the valley this winter.