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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

secret order building for colored
m ners. This is asshandsome new two
story structure. fifty designed and con-
veniently set upon an eminence.
A well supplied commissary under
management of d. S. Acuff. affords
convenience to the people here and
prices of goods are not in excess of
those of the city--a fact ELECTED by a
comparison Of price sheets
In this connection it is a fa9t worthy
Of note that Cliff mines offers an ex-
oellent invitation to an Industrious
vegetable grower and dairyman. Super
tendent Morgan is anxious to induce
some enterprisiyg gardner to locate
here. He proposes to- clear off land
fence it, build a home thereon and
guarantee market right here for the
vegetables, fruits and dairy products.
In fact this should prove an immigrant
drawing card to all the mining camps
OF this district, for the miners them
selves have no time for gardening and
must buy for their families.
Park for Fairgrounds. we'll shaded,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

excellently equipped and have proven
successful every year since they Were
opened In 1904 by j. II. Morgan, pres
ident of the company. and his asso-
ciates. The mines are under the imme-
date management of Superintendent
A. w. Morgan. The Rratt seam of coal,
SO rich and well known. has here a
thickness of 3S to 40 inches and at
fords most satisfactory returns to the
miner for labor performed and the
consequence is that there is an air of
satisfaction in the camp. About one
half of the men employed are native
whites, the others colored. The man
agement declares there is never any
disorder here and no need of the serv-
ices of peace officer.
The three drifts now have a daily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

and the young men of the state who
possess the calibre of Superintendent
Morgan, himself an alumnus of the
Alabama Polytechnic institute at Au-
burn, have much to stimulate them in
;his splendid outlook for future USE
fulness,
In welfare work the East Pratt corr
pany is fully awakened, and already
the Gift camp presents an air of com
fort and convenience, which is at
tractive to labor. No camp in the dis
tIict has more modern, comfortable
and convenient houses for the miners
than. has Gift Besides improving tho
houses built in the earlier days of the
camp the company has this year con-
structed 25 houses of three and four
rooms each which are real models.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

these, gravitation does the work. There
are no coal burning locomotives for n
are never molested by water. There
ere no coal Burning locomtives. for a
quiet but powerful gasoline dump
rropels the mine cars, delivering them
TO the tipple as fast as men in the
r:.nes can load them. There Is a con-.
sequent absence of noise, save tha''
caused by the tippling of the tipple
Neither dust nor gas have ever been
discovered in Cliff mines to harass or
jeopardize life or limb, and so Cliff
mines and the men who work therein
are particularly blessed.
Most Excellently Equipped
These mines. though not among the
larger plants of the district, are most
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

They are weatherboarded, painted.
ceiled within. of fireproof roofing
closets and crates and are rented at
merely nominal figure to employees
at the mines. These houses are we'll
apart and front upon wide street or
elevated ground Deep bored wells Of
purest water afford perfect health.
Other Attractions
An excellent school for the children
Of white miners is successfully taught
by Miss Killian, who for two years has
given excellent and satisfactory serv-
ice. The patrons of the school declare
her work to be superb. The colored
children attend the school for that race
at Arcadia mines close by.
Another peculiarly attractive feature
at Cliff is the combination church and
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
SMALLPOX BRE AXIS
OUT ONCE MORE
Girl in Family Attended the
Hammond Business
College.

The smallpox scare has cropped out
in new place in the Twin Cities. and
this time Hammond is also. involved.
Three new cases were discovered
yesterday at the home of Henry Calla-
han, engineer for the Cudahy plant,
at 4216 Carey street. The cases are
those of his three children-a Ctherine.
aged IL; James, aged. .. and Eliza
beth. aged Z. Catherine is said to have
attended the Chicago business college
in Hammond and has been attending
school since she came down with the
smallpox week ago. although not
continuously. The rest of the children,
there are Ave, including a relative who
lives with the Callahans, go to st.
Mary's parochial school in East Chi
cago. although only one of them has
been attending school since Catherine
was taken sick.
The result of this new outbreak is
that the most stringent rules are to
be enforced regarding the vaccination
of school children. No child will be
allowed to attend school unless vacci-
mated. either at the parochial or pub
lie schools. The authorities are not
authorized to enforce the vaccination
directly. but they do have the say so
whether or not children are allowed
to attend school. ana they hope by for
bidding the children to attend to bring
their vaccination about. No charge
will be made for vaccinating school
children.
The physician who attended the
Callahan children diagnosed the cases
as smallpox and called in DR.. Hersko-
vitz, who corroborated the diagnosis.
The latter said that at a recent meet
ing of the boards of health of the vari-
'ous cities of Indiana it was declared
| that smallpox which has once appeared
in a town can scarcely be controlled
until all the inhabitants have been vac
| cinated or have had the disease.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
SPEAKERS SHOW
MUCH RESENT TMENT
Elements of Various Parties
Declare They Will Unite
Against Democrats.

Political animosities were nourished
on the fertile ground of discomfort at
the Cline street church last evening,
and before the meeting was long un-
der way a socialist or two, a bull
moose and elements of every other
party were on their feet denouncing
the others opinion.
A speaker advanced the opinion that
should the deep sewer go through as
proposed it would have the effect of
welding all factions of all other parties
together to overwhelm the democrat t.
at the next election. He stated that
many are dissatisfied with the failure
to straighten South Holman street, the
Calumet avenue widening and the clos
ing of Johnson street.
Other opinions volunteered at the
meeting so fast that it was impossible
to accurately record all of them were:
That the deep sewer will be unneces-
sary after the dredging of the Calu- :
met river. which will eventually come
providing a current swift enough to
carry the sewage into the lake. that
the estimate that connections will cost
but s1175 is ridiculous as "a man
wouldn't crawl out of hole for that
price," and that the change in city
official who laid a sewer on top of the
ground two years ago is too sudden to
be sincere; that the expense of Install
ing pumps and maintaining them would
be an extravaganza not to be toler-
ated unless the deep sewer can be laid
for less than 100000. and that the
| property owner away from the deer
sewer who has a three feet sewer in
the street will not be benefited.
Many of these were contradicted
some supported and other not ever
considered Taken by and large the
| meeting was one of the most radical
| in civil gatherings in many political
J campaign-
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
CITY FATHERS TO
HOLD NEE TING
Closing of Johnson Street
May Be Brought Up at
Gathering.

City fathers are expected to decide
the fate of vehicle ordinance. a few
appropriation bills and an act prposed
by Frank ORourke. city seaier at
meeting of the council tonight
1t is possible that a matter now in
committee may cause citizens of the
north side to wait upon the councilmen
tonight In the closing of johnson
street many have found cause for
strenuous objection.
The saving virtue of the closing or
dinance is the CLAUSE that it can be
ordered down by the council at any
time they see fit. Its object, accord
ing to the company, is to stop women
and cildren from crossing eight rail-
road tracks. North sideia ay that as
these tracks have been put in by the
companies over a public highway they
are taking easy way of acquiring
valuable property and preventing the
city from opening Johnson street and
interfering with the building of
switches.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
THERE'S WORK FOR
YOU HERE, vERGIE

Lawrenceburg, Ind, May 90
Miss vergie c. Poppin. an athletic
7-year-old girl, employed at the
sheriff's residence, arrested Canada
J. Brooks, aged 40. husky junk
buyer. and hailed him to the county
Jail. several blocks distant, and
locked him up there. There Miss
Poppin charged Brooks with being
intoxicated and with having
brought public humiliation to her,
because he had made comments on
her new spring hat. that were heard
by other girl companions with
whom she was walking In High
street. These comments. she said.
caused sth e irls TO giggle. TO her
modification.
When Brooks staggered and near
ly fell against an aged woman, Miss
Poppin seized Brooks by the collar
and marched him off to jail with
the remark: I'm going to lock you
up, as it's a pretty howdy-do when
women can't travel in this city
without having a drunken loafer
like you insult them
Brooks attempted to break away
when they neared the jail, but a
crowd soon gathered and several
men helped the young woman re-
tain her held on the prisoner and
accompanied her to the prison. In
police court Brooks was bound over
to the circuit court by Judge John
w. Probst, on the charge of being
an habitua1 drunkard, and in de-
fault of $500 bond he was sent bacR
to Jail.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
HAMMOND LADY
IN ERIE WRECK
Mrs. Anna Holcomb Is In
jured When Trainmen
Are Killed.

News reached Hammond last nigh
that Mrs. Annie Holcomb,- 307 SibIey
street, was enc of the victims Of The
Erie wreck near Prebie, Ind, yester-
day morning. when eastbound pas sen
ger train No. went into the ditch
killing the engineer and fireman.
Mrs. Holcomb was riding in the day
coach and was awakened when the
engine and baggage car left the rails.
She was thrown across the back of a
seat and injured both of her arms and
back Her injuries consisted of painful
bruises. Mrs. Holcomb was on her
way to Springfield, and is employed as
housekeeper for John Younger. 307
SibIey street She is we'll known in
Hammond and her many friends who
knew she was on the wrecked train
We're worried concerning her safety
The engineer, j. r. Dickinson, and
his fireman, Willard Hosler, both of
Huntington. met death.
Probably Disobeyed Order.
Although slow orders were out to
cover a cross-over from the old main
track to a three-mile stretch of new
track, No. S hit the crossover at for
ty miles an hour, and the engine and
tender and express, mail and baggage
cars crashed into the ditch. Engineer
Dickinson was caught under the en-
gine and buried in the mud. Fireman
Hosler jumped, but was caught by a
pair of detached truck wheels.
A relief train was dispatched from
Huntingt with doctors and under
takers. The bodies of the dead were
returned to Huntington.
Ehe Erie is double tracking its old
main line. The cross-over and new
track at Preble were completed Satur-
| day and No. the first train
| through from the west Engineer Dick
| inson had signed slow orders covering
| that point.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
('HAR[EY
IS AFTER
KNOT | s
JOB
Former Prosecut-
ing Atty. is Formal
Candidate for Ma
yor of Gary

Ex-Prosecuting Attorney Charles q.
Greenwald late yesterday rang up THE
TIMES office and announced his candi-
dacy for the republican nomination for
mayor of Gary. 'I have decided to
make the race" said Mr.. Greenwald
over telephone, so you may announce
that am candidate"
For some time there has been talk
that Mr.. Greenwald would be in the
race with A r. Hoover. Judge A. c.
Huber and DR.. Frank w. Smith. all OF
whom are willing to make the repub-
lican race.
Mr.. Greenwald formerly resided in
Whiting. He was twice elected to the
Lake ond Porter county prosecutorship.
Mr.. Greenwald has a stronger hold
among the foreign population than
Mayor Knots has.
is FIRST OUT OF THE POT.
Greenwald's announcement is the
first real sign OF political activity on
the republican sidezof the fence. but it
is not thought he win be permitted 10
get by without fight. 1t may be TAX
en- 1Of Z dHiCa tAdt Lie A-PtOSECutOE
has been over the situation long
enough to know fully where he stands
on the proposition. for he is the great
est little fence-builder imaginable.
Greenwald has always been considered
one Of the cogs in the Knots machine
until the past year or two. and it is
known that up to the time of Mr..
Greenwald's removal to Gary, he and
Mayor Knots were very friendly. The
Greenwald announcement will have a
tendency to bring other candidates out
into the open, and the fur will no
doubt begin to fly soon.
Mr.. Greenwald's familiarity with
foreign tongues such as are heard on
the south side will draw a lot of the
foreign voters to his standard.
Anyway when he says he is going
after the nomination you know the
fight is on.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
WILL HAVE A
CELEBRATION

A celebration to take place at the
opening of Hammond's city market.
Thursday. May %. if Frank O'Rourke,
market master, can bring influence to
bear upon other city officials. In case
City Attorney Gavit returned from VAL
paraiso in time today O'Rourke and he
expected to take survey of the situ-
alton among the truck gardens to the
south of town.
Green goods will. be plentiful, straw
berries abundant and fresh, fowl cheap,
according to the dope at present. In
the meantime market prices In Ham
mond are the highest in many a week,
having gone up in the last few days.
Round steak is % cents sirlofn and
short porterhouse 25 cents. and rump
roast % cents.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
CITIZENS MAKE MANY
CHARGES AT MEETING

Yelled charges of graft popped out
in caustic criticism of the city admin
istration, it's officers and its official or
gan. at another of the quasi-secret
meetings being held by the anti-deep
sewer associations almost nightly in
various parts of town. A demonstra-
tion at the Pine Street Presbyterian
church last evening was attended by
65. who came and went through three
hours of debate. Nearly everyone
voiced some resentment of the admin
istration, spoke for or against the deep
sewer, offered excuses and inferred ex-
cesses in the matter of initial cost.
40I ON One List.
Exhibiting 401 signatures on one pc
tition of remonstrance and stating that
others contained nearly as many, AL
fred Simons called the meeting to order
with % present. In subsequent speeches
made by c. E Brewbaker, E. w. Din
widdie, Jake Ham and others ii was
proposed that committee. composed of
all members of the association and all
friends of anti-deep sewer, visit the
city hall Thursday and present re-
monstrances TO the mayor and board of
public works. A committee of seven
was appointed to attend to this.
Alderman in session will also receive
visit from the anti's if their plans de-
velop. 1t leaked out at the meeting
last night that ways and means in
which the city can put in its own uni
versal deep sewer at a cost of 100000,
leaving $4,000 for extras, have been
Investigated by the association. 1t was
apparent that the members last even
ing considered the difference between
100000 and the city's estimate OF
s675.o0o to be significant. 1t was stat
ed that I'VE want to see that the money
goes into the deep sewer and not into
somebody's pockets"
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
The Meeker Revival.

One of Dwight L. Moodys able CO.
workers viii speak with pictures at
the north side tabernacle at Hoffman
and Cedar streets tonight, rain or
shine. The revival led by Rev. Meek
e,r a pastpr from the Ghetto district.
who has reputation for mission
work, will be interrupted from time
to time by stereopticon lectures and
musical Programs.
The north side is in the midst of a
festive as well as religious season, for
the Rev. Fuller of the Pine Street
Presbyterian church is conducting a
novel and effective series of meetings
in the tabernacle
SparIing's orchestra from the high
school plays twice a week and on Sat
urday evening Messrs. Hammondtree
and McKee of Chicago will sing They
are well known singers, Hammondtree
being principal tenor in The World
in Chicago" pageant, and Mckee a ia
nous s~evangelistic worker.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
Plan Is Explained.


The plan was explained after the
meeting by one of the speakers. He
stated that the city could secure some
local men, buy its own machinery, es-
timated at $4,000 and sell the dirt for
the filing in Lake George at $4,000.
That the contractor who had the filing
in job may get the deep sewer con-
tract and have the $4,000 worth of dirt
given him was feared.
BY keeping a derrick at work dig
ging and another one handling the ma
terial and filing in we can do the work
with three shifts of fifteen men," said
one man who has advanced the plans.
OF those present last evening no two
seemed to be of the same mind and
apparently agreed only on one thing
and that the matter of opposition to
the, deep sewer proposal of the city
council. Property owners from all over
town were present, although the meet
ing had not been advertised except by
announcement of officials. 1t was in
tended that the meeting this evening
in the Lafayette be kept a secret Some
of those present last night said after
the meeting that they did not care to
have the city officials come and tell
them what they wanted and read a
lengthy letter of technicalities to con-
vince them that they are to get their
moneys worth in the big sewer and no
rake-offs are included
1t came out in one of the talks that
the notice stating that all remon-
strances to the deep sewer must be in
by such a date was printed in an OBJ
scure part of a paper with small cir
culation under small heading"
Fortunately said the chairman. lit
was seen in time for some one to start
a wave of opposition and have the time
Iod
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
DEAN SAYS He
HAS MORE DOPE
Bribery Scandal Accuser
Now in Chicago Keeps
Posted on Gary.

Detective T. B. Dean, who is known
for his work in the Dean bribery
scandals at Gary, was in Chicago on
Sunday. Mr.. Dean is now one of the
division chiefs in the government
secret service. He has travelled all
over the United States during the past
month but he is fully alive as to the
doing in Gary.
Knows Cary Doings.
He appeared to be we'll informed on
the contracts that Bill Cain received
corporation official who went there to
pave the way for him, of the doings
of Mayor Knots, Tom Costello, form
erly Gary newspaper man. Gary
school board contracts and the official
who is in on them. of Cy Howell and
his contracts and of the inner work
ings of the United States steel corpora
tion including recent traction doings.
Promises A Sensation.
Dean left Chicago. for the west. He
also spoke of Harry Moose. who is now
in Michigan City prison.
Dean also visited at the Ohio state
prison at Columbus, where he is said
to have gotten from a convict informa-
tion regarding the existence of "dia-
mond" fence in Gary and the purchase
of stolen diamonds by some well
ticians.
There will be some hot stuff let
loose soon." was his parting comment.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
Ready to Shoot.

Finishing touches were put on the
Hammond police departments new
shooting gallery north of the river on
Holman street this afternoon to be in
readiness for the first shoot of the
season tomorrow. Captains Hanlon
and Rin1bach. who are laying claim to
be the crack shots of the squad, will
be given opportunity of demon
strating their eagle eye and if they
don't come out on top of the list. as
they say they will, it is evident that
they will have to hit for the back
woods
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
Will Have to Wait.

AS much Fire Chief Dilschneider
would like to have a new auto fire
wagon and a modern areial ladder ap-
paratus and as much as the city Of
Hammond are in need of them. the
city will be compelled to wait until
913 before the board of public works
will be able to make an appropriation.
The board was unable to see their way
clear when the appropriation was
made and it came back marked no
funds.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
Lad Passes Awav.

Martin Miller, the 5-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Miller, residing
near Oak Glenn, ILL.,, died at the fami-
ly residence yesterday evening at 10
o'clock, following a lingering illness.
Funeral services viii be held at the
residence Thursday afternoon at /
o'clock The remains will then be
taken to the Thornton church, where
services will occur at 1:30 o'clock In
terment will be made at Oak Glen.
cemetery.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
CONDUCTOR
BADLY HURT
Goes Between Cars and Is
Crushed by Bumpers.

Harry Lister, Monon freight con-
ductor. whose home is in Lafayette, is
in dying condition in a hospital at
Hammond. as the result of an accident
he met with near Shelby yesterday He
was in charge of Train II. A drawbar
pulled out and Lister went between the
cars to chain them together and was
caught. His chest was badly crushed
and he was rushed to the hospital at
Hammond. His wife is at his bedside.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
co.
GROWING
BY LEAPS
Especial to THE T1MEs.l

Crown Point, Ind, May 20.-Frank
b. HIGHWAY, county superintendent OF
schools, has sent his report of the
school enumeration of Lake county for
1913 to State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Greathouse, and some very
interesting figures are presented in it.
The population of Lake county in
creased last year about ten thousand,
the bulk of it being in North township,
l.44s. and Calumet township, 1,024.
Lake county's population on the ratio
of may no wbe said to be abous 110.-
OOO
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
SELLS PART
OF EFFECTS

Trustee Charles Surprise today sold
some of the personal property in the
Calumet Institute at public auction H.
j. Postlewaite bought in the typewrit
ers and some small desks at $675. his
figure having been a trifie above the
appraised value. The bids for various
book plates were rejected, as Trustee
Surprise hopes to get a still better fig
ure, or some other form of settlement
for the creditors.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
B. Young in Canada.

Barnie Young, the bandmaster, is in
Toronto attending the national conven-
tion of musicians as a delegate from
the Hammond organization. He writes
of many interesting things he is see-
ing in Canadian cities.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
Who Is He?

Chief Austgen received telegram
from the Jackson. Mich, police this
morning asking information of Charles
3. Raniff of that city, stating that he
had been injured in this vicinity yes
terday All the railroads were noti-
fed, but so far no trace of Raniff can
be found in Hammond. II may be pos
sibIe that the man nave have been in
lure dat the railroad yards at Indiana
Harhor or Gary.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
Death of Infant.

Norma M. Davis, the infant daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion l.. Davis,
S75 Erie street. Hammond, died a the
family residence early this morning
The child had been i'll only short
time. Funeral services have been ar
ranged for Wednesday afternoon, when
the Rev. C. j. Sharp of the Christian
church will offfciate at the residence
at o'clock. Interlnent will be made
at Oak Hill cemetery.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20
OTHERS ARE WISE.

Union Scout scrap. Country Club
Long Cut, Forex Plug Cut and Sweet
Lomn Fine Cut Tobaccos. have tickets
good for premiums. See the list. Union
uade.-McMie-scotten Tebacco Co
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20

After fourteen years as chief oh te
United States secret service. John Il.
Wilkie has announced his determina-
tion to resign soon. He will accept a
commercial position in Chicago.
Chief Will<ie is native of Elgin.
Ill. Before he entered detective work
he spent several years as reporter and
editor in Chicago. He was connected
with the Chicago Times and Chica go
Tribune from 1877 until 1898.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20

Is your house cold when you reach
home? Get a Gas Heating Stove.-No
Ind. Gas & Elec. Co.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20

4 CLEAN PAPER, FIT FOR YOUR
CHILDREN TO READS THE
TIMES.
The Lake County times., 1913-05-20

met loss.