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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29
PRIMARY LAW PLANS
TIMES BUREAU.
AT STATE CAPITAL.

INDIANAPOLIS IND. Dec. 2a.-As
was forecast in these dispatches. the
Democratic state committee trailed
along after the Republican state com
mlttee and issued call for the reor-
ganization Of their city committees
and the election Of city chairmen. BY
taking this action. the Democrats full
ly approved the position of the Re-
publicans that the Democratic primary
law is fun of inaccuracies. uncertain
ties and non-understandable provi-
sions.
There is a rising belief that the leg
islature will do lot Of carpenter
work on the primary law at this ses-
sion and patch it UP so as to make il
workable or repeal it altogether.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29

of steel to fall further and further
behind. indicating a reduction in out
put and earnings for December as
compared with November.
The United states steel Corporation.
because of coke shortage. is reported
to have closed nineteen blast furnaces
for the time being.
The big steel companies are loaded
down with orders for future deliv-
cries. Yesterday the Baldwin Loco
motive Company was reported in the
market for 10000 tons of steel to be
used in the manufacture Of munitions
for it Is understood, the French gov
eminent.
1t was reported yesterday also that
the French government had placed an
order for $1,000 tons of shell forgings
and that Italy is negotiating for 10000
more tons. still another report was
that contracts for 10000 tons Of shell
forgings had just been let by agents
of France TO small manufacturers in
the Central West and that the allies
are making inquiries for steel in 5000
to 5000 ton lots for immediate deliv-
cries
! Because of the transportation treu-
bles. the Iron Age, out yesterday. said;
Production. shipments and earnings
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29

day. IT directs that where a national
guard regiment is called out OF It's
state for war service a reserve train
ing battalion to NIL vacancies at the
front shall be organized.
Power With President.
IF for any reason" the order says.
there shall not be enough reservlsts
or enough voluntary enlistments to
organize or to keep the reserve bat
talions at prescribed strength, suffi-
cient number of the unorganized mill
tia shall be drafted by the President
to maintain such battalion or lesser
unit at the prescribed strength"
The language follows closely that
Of the national defense act. in which
the unorganized militia is defined as
including every able-bodied male cIti-
zen within the prescribed age limit.
The national guard regulations
which will be amplified in great de-
tail later. also strike at the problem
OF dependent families of soldiers.
single Recruits Preferred.
Recruiting officers of the national
enlistment or married men or those
with others dependent upon them
such persons are TO be accepted only
for reasons IN the public interest. mer
who wish to become officers Being the
only class specially excepted.
1t is provided in the regulation:
that no officer of the guard hereafter
shall be recognized as such under the
defense act unless he shall have sub.
scribed to an oath binding him to obey
orders of the President and Governor
Of his state.
After three years active service OIL
when the organizations are disbanded
national guard officers may pass late
the national guard reserve.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29
Motion Picture Adaptation OF 'OLIvER TWIST" Max

the title role, and that the Cruikshank
drawings have been used as the models
i'm building the backgrounds for the ac-
ton OF the play. Going still further
in their determination to preserve as
far as possible the spirit of the original,
the producers have actually reproduced
on the screen exact replicas of some
OF the situations which were depicted
I'm the original Illustrations, and every
player in the cast in making up for
his or her role has approached as
nearly as possible the exact lines of
the drawings.
Though "Oliver Twist viii live eter-
nally as a story and has been sue
cess an a. play-Marie Doro herself
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29

arose at the time Of Dickens death.
when Cruikshank declared that it was
his drawings Of the characters for the
original story. THE, Adventures of Oil
yer Twist" which inspired Dickens to
complete the novel in it's present form.
This claim was Indignantly denied by
the admirers and supporters of the au-
thor.
Whether the claims Of Cruikshank
were true or not is Of little concern to
Us toda,-, but the controversy itself IS
of interest in view of the fact that
''Oliver Twist has been adapted as a
motion picture by the Jesse l.. Iaasky
Feature Play Company for the Para
mount Program, with Marie Doro in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29

starred in the title role in the great re-
vival of the play at the New Amster-
dam Theater, in New York. during the
Dickens Centenary in 1912-neverthe-
less the reality of the authors descrip-
tions of the character depended upon
the readers imaginative powers, the
Cruikshank drawings limned only the
high lights of the story, and the stage
productions ceased with the fall of the
curtain. With the motion picture YER
sion of the story the characters are
brought to life and experience a new
Immortality, for once enacted before
the camera they are Interchangeable.
Sincerely approaching the response
bility which devolved upon them in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29
GIANT GARY
INDUSTRY
To BUILD
American Locomotive Co.
Ready to Erect It's Mon
ster Plant at Gary in the
Very Near Future-Big
Thing for Region.

That the American Locomotive
company viii build this coming spring
on its site in Gary is now accepted as
a foregone conclusion.
In New >york financial circles 1t is
pointed % that the new management
Of the company is ready to proceed
with the plans.
Two months ago President E. J.
Burlington of the Illinois steel com
pany testifSing in the Gary harbor
opening suit at Valparaiso said that
the locomotive company and the
lad their plans drawn and were ready
10 build on their Gary sites.
Has site In Gary.
The American Locomotive company
owns a 130-acre tract in the north
asst part Of Gary. near the coke ovens
80 the Illinois steel company North
of the site the National Tube company
wiil build its plan this spring.
a New York dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune reads:
NEW YORK. Dec 2s-welI inform
ed people who predicted the recent
change of management Of the Ameri-
can Locomotive company says that the
company is giving serious considera-
ton to adding largely to plant facil-
ties by constructing new shops It
Gary Ind. The company already
owns several hundred acres there. and
now for the frst time is in a financial
position so good that expansion can be
considered
Like many other companies which
have prohted Unfortunately from tho
war. Locomotive has piled up enorm-
Gus cash resources. Before the war it
carried less than 50. 600. 900 Last June
it had SO. 800. 600. Next June. present
untitled orders of $4,000. 600 indicate.
it will have s17.00O.000. SO that plant
Of no small proportions could be built
without borrowing. It is not thought
likely that construction will be start
ed until after the war.
At present there are no locomotive
building plants very far west Of the
Ohio river. but there is no good rea-
son why the Chicago district. whose
position in the whole steel industry
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29

making a permanent motion picture
record of the Dickens characters, the
Lasky Company before filming one foot
of this Paramount Picture made a
painstaking study of authoritative data
on London at the time of which Dick
ems wrote and of both the Cruikshank
drawings and of the earliest available
editions of the story itself. In addition
to starring Miss Doro, who had already
created a sensation In the stage YER
sion of the play, the producers engaged
two of the best known character actors
in the country for the important roles
of Fagin and Bill Skies in the persons
of TuHy Marshall and Hobart Bos-
worth, respectively
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29
S30,00O,000 TO
Be CAPITAL Of
STEEL COMPAN
The Inland Steel Concern
Will Reorganize and Will
Give 21a Shares in the New
Company for One Out
standing.

The Inland Steel Company proposes
TO give what amounts to stock divi-
dend of $50 per cent to its stockhold-
ers. This means the distribution of
stock of a par value OF s15.OOo.OOO. and
explains the steady advance of the
stock from 200 to 400. with the jump
Of the past few days from 400 to 1852.
A new corporation viii be formed
under the laws of Delaware. 1t will
be capitalized at $so.OOo.000. Tor
each share of the old s1O.O0o.O00 stock
viii be given two and one-half shares
Of new stock. There will remain S.
600. 900 of stock that viii be held in
the treasury for the present.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29

has been 50 enormously enhanced at
Gary and Calumet in recent years.
should not have such a plant. The de-
STABILITY Of having manufacturing IA
cilities Of great scope nearer the cen
ter of the country rather than along
the eastern searboard has been made
patent during the demonstration for
industrial preparedness.
The same sources of information
hint that. along with putting up new
plant, the company may dismantle two
of the present plants. which are poorly
situated.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29
MOTHER OF GREAT GERMAN LEADER
TOOK PRIDE IN SONS ACHIEVEMENTS

Field Marshall Won Mackensen,
commander of the Teuton forces in
Dobrudja. who has just routed the
Russo Roumanian forces and now
threatens drive on Bucharest, the
capital of Roumania, is regarded to-
day as one of Germany's foremost
generals. Many of her military sue
cesses in the east are attributed to
his sagacious campaigning. Mrs.
Won Mackensen died in her ninetieth
year. She took great pride in her
sons achievements.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29

for December will fall considerably
short of Novem
A per cent. advance has been an
nounced by bolt and nut makers and
one Of s. a ton by a leading producer
Of bars. plates and shapes.
The earnings of the United States
Steel Corporation for the last quarter
Of the present year were estimated
yesterday by some al from 100000
600 to S110.00O.0G0
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29
ALL j. s. HELD
FOR ARMY BY
DEFENSE LAW
New Regulation Places All
Able Bodied Men Between
Is and As Years of Age
Subject to Draft Into the
Service.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.-Every able
bodied male citizen of the United
states between eighteen and forty-fve
years is subject. without further act
Of Congress. to be drafted into the
army. it became known today.
Under the national defense act the
militia bureau of the War Department
two months ago framed the regula
ton. which was made public only to-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29
WILL HEAR EVIDENCE

Charles r. Hughes. one Of the three =
members of the workmen's compen-
sation board viii be in Hammond next
week to hear the evidence in seven
cases. His court viii be in session orc
January 3rd. 4th. and 9Th.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29

Official notice of the plan was is
sued last night and stockholders were
notified that an adjourned annual
meeting will be held January 80 to
ratify the plan. The First Trust &
Savings Bank is designated as deposit
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29

"HE characters which Charles
Dickens described in his novels
A have become immortal. Some
of them are used today as de-
scriptive adjectives. Fagin, the teacher
of thievery in "Oliver Twist" furnishes
an adjective to the English dictionaries.
1t viii be remembered that at the
time Of the writing of "Oliver Twist"
which first appeared in Bentley's Mag
azine in 1897 and 1888, George Cruik-
shank, the well known illustrator made
his immortal drawings of the charac-
ters which Dickens had so marvelously
described. There are many who will
recall the great controversy which
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29
Hammond Furniture
Hnsnital

32s North Holman st. Phone 2457 for
up-to-date UpholsteriLg. Furniture Re
pairing. Mattresses made to order. All
work called for and delivered.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29
tory for the old stock.

tory Tor the old stock.
Some new financial arrangement
was inevitable. since the earnings and
surplus have outgrown the old struc-
ture. Earnings are now running in
excess of $1,000. 900 a month. or more
than 30 per cent a year. on the old
stock. The fiscal year just closing
will show nearly 100 per cent earned
on the old stock.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29
FUEL LACK IS CLOSING
US. STEEL. FURNACES
Temporary Trouble Indi-
Gates Reduction of Deem
Der Earnings.

Scarcity of fuel due TO lack of
transportation facilities has closed
blast furnaces and forced deliveries
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29

KENDALyILI4E - Side walks In
Kendallville have ben kept clean as n
result of a ruling of the council that
the walks with snow on in the morn
ing viii be cleaned by the city and.
charged to the property owner.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-29

CARY-City council voted an issue
of 100000 bonds TO be spent in the
completion of a city park system.
The Parker post., 1916-10-21
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
MINERAL PATENT.
7. S. Mineral Survey No. 1870.

u. >. Mineral Survey No. 1910.
Serial No. 031067.
U. S. Land Office, Phoenix, Ariz.,
Sept. 13, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that In pur.
suance of an Act of Congress, ap-
proved May 10th, 1872, Thomas
Bouse and r. McMahan, citizens ! of
the United States, the former a resi-
dent of Arizona, and whose Post Of
flee address Is Wenden, Arizona,
have made application for a patent
for 1900, 1900, 1900, 1900, 1900, 1900.
1900, linear feet respectively upon
the LEOPARD, L4GAMENT, BLUE
SLATE, HOMESTAKE, COMMOD-
ITY, SENT AFTER and tBLUE BELL
lode mining claims, bearing gold sill
yer, copper and other precious
metals, situate in the PLOMOSA
MINING DISTRICT, Yuma County,
Arizona, and described by the official
plat and field notes ON file in the
office of the Register and Receiver
of the Phoenix Land Office, Phoenix,
Arizona. as follows, to-wlt:
LEOPARD LODE.
Beginning at Cor No 1. whence
quarter Cor. to sections s and 7, T.
7-North, R. Invest, C. S. r. Merid-
ian, bears N. 70 deg "a min. wv,
290.58 it, Thence s. l26 deg. 81 min
w, 600 it., to Cor No. Q; thence S..
SO deg. 20 min. E. 1900 ft to Cor
No. 3; thence N. 26deg. 81 min. E.
800 fit. to Cor. No. "A; thence N SO
deg. 20 min. w. 1900 it, to Cor
No. 1, the place / of beginning, con-
tanning 20.661 acres.
LIGAMENT LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
with Cor. No. 2, Leopard Lode, this
Survey, whence quarter corner ito
sections and 7, T. 7-North, R. IT.
West, G. & is. R. Meridian, bears
North, l deg. 49 min. 20 secs. w.
59O60 fit. Thence S. 26 deg. 81 min.
W., 800 fit, to Cor. No. 2; thence s.
No. 3, thence N. &c deg. 81 min. E.
800 it. to Cor. 4; thence NJ 6S fdeg.
20 min. w, 1900 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
the placeof beginning, containing
20.661 acres.
BLUE SLATE LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, Identical
with Cor. No. 4, Jaguar Lode, Sur.
No 1857, whence quarter corner to
Sections and 7, T. 7-North, Range
17-West, G. & S. R. Meridian, bears
North 22 deg. Is min. so secs. E.
1898 TT. Thence S. 26 deg. 81 min
w. 600 ft to Cor. NO. 2; thence S.
63 deg. 20 min. E., 1900 fit. to Cor.
No. 3; thence N. rs deg. 81 min. E.
500 fit. to Cor. No. 4; Thence N. SO
deg. 29 min. w. 1900 TT. to Cor. No.
l. the place of beginning, contain
ing 20.661 acres.
HOMESTAKE LODE
Beginning at Cor. No l, Identical
with Cor. No. 2 Commodity lode,
this survey, whence quarter corner
The Parker post., 1916-10-21
WILD CAT.

Beginning at Corner No. /, whence
quarter corner to Sections and 18,
Township North, Range II West,
Gila and Salt River Base and Merid-
ian, bears South 20 deg. II min. so
secs. West 424.3 it. Thence North
81 deg. 43 min East 900 1T. to Cor
ner No.2. Thence South % deg. II
min. East 1900 ft. to Corner No. 3.
Thence South 81 deg 43 min. West
900 tit. to Corner No. 4. Thence North
% deg. II min. 1900 fit. to Corner No.
l. to place of beginning, containing
2066l acres.
JACK RABBIT.
Beginning at Corner No. | whence
quarter corner to Sections and Is,
Township North, Range II West
Gila and Salt River Ease and Merid-
ian, bears South 22 deg 25 min. East
721.09 fit. Thence North SO deg. 10
min. East 600 fit. to Corner No. 2.
Thence South 81 deg. so min East
1900 TT. to Corner No. 3. Thence
South 30 deg. 10 min. West 600 ft. to
CornerNo,4, Thence North 81 deg.
90 min. West 1900 fit to Corner No. l,
to place of beginning, containing
20.661 acres.
The adjoining claims to this sur
vey ON the North and West sides are
the Big Swede and Adele NJ lodes,
respectively, both of survey No. ~2170,
and on the South by Standard and
standard No l lodes, unsurveyed
Other boundaries unapprcpriated Pub
lie Lands. There are no conflicts
With adjoining claims The appli-
cants herein expressly exclude and
except from this application the con-
flicts in the same survey with
claims hereinafter mentioned, to-wit:
Peekaboo lode conflict with Flying
Dutchman lode, 5.629 acres.
Peekaboo lode conflict with Hail
Storm lode, 1929 acres.
Wild Cat lode conflict with Jack
Rabbit lode, 6.943 acres.
Reference is made to each conflict
TO the official plat and field notes
on file with the Register and
Receiver, United States Land office,
Phoenix, Arizona.
THOMAS f. WEEDIN,
Register
First pub. Oct. z, last pub. Dec. a.
The Parker post., 1916-10-21

to Sections and IL, T. 74North,
Ranges II and 18 West, G. G S. r.
M Meridian, bears S. 66 deg. 05 min
40 secs. w. 1529.55 it. Thence N
26 deg. 81 min. E. 600 fit. to Cor. No.
2; thence s. SO deg. 20 min. E. 1900
feet toCor. No. 3; thence S. 26 deg.
81 min. w. 600 ct. to Cor. No. 4;
thence N. 63 deg. 20 min W., 1900
it, to Cor. No. 1, the place of begin
ming, containing 20.661 acres.
COMMODITY LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. /, whence
quarter Cor. to Sections Z and IL, T.
7-North, Range II and 18 w, G. &
S. r. Meridian, bears S. S5 deg. 48
min. 10 secs. w. 1133.51 ft. Thence
N. 26 deg 81 min E. 600 fit. to Cor.
No. 2;thence S. 63 deg. 29 min. E.
1900 TT, to Cor No. g. thence S. 26
deg. 81 min. w. 900 fit. to Cor. No.
4; Thence N. SO deg. 20 min. w.
1900 fit. to Cor No. 1, the place of
beginning, containing 2O661 acres.
SENT AFTER LODE.
Beginning at Cor No. 1 whence
quarter Cor. to Sections and 18, r.
7-North, Range Invest, G. & S. r.
Meridian, bears S. II deg. 4S min.
80 secs. w. 1559.35 fit. Thence n.
63 deg. 20 min. W., 800 #. to Cor.
No q; thence N. 26 deg. 81 min. E.
1900 fit to Cor. No. 8; thence S. 63
deg 20 min. E. 800 ft. to Cor No. 4;
thence S. 26 deg. 81 min. W., 1900
#. to Cor. No. I, the place of begin
ming, containing 2O.661 acres.
BLUE BELL LODE.
Beginning at Cor No 1, identical
with Cor. No. 4, Blue Slate lode,
this survey, whence quarter Cor. to
sections and Z, t. 7-North, Range
INVEST, G. & S. R. Meridian, bears
N. 28 deg. 08 min. 40 secs. w. 1861
fl. Thence S. 26 deg. 81 min. w.
$40 #. to Cor. No. 2; thence S. G3
deg. 29 min. E. 1900 ft. to Cor. No.
8: thence N rs deg. 81 min. E. 6OO
ft. to Cor No. 4; thence N. 63 deg.
20 min W., 1900 ft. to Cor. No. |,
the place of beginning, containing
20.661 acres.
The adjoining claims to this survey
on the North and West sides are the
Paradise No. 2, and Jaguar lodes, re-
spectively, both of Survey No. 1857.
Other boundaries unappropriated Pub
lie Lands.
There are no conflicts with adjoin-
ing claims.
THOMAS F. WEEDIN,
Register
(Fdrst pub. Oct. Z, last pub. Dec. %
The Parker post., 1916-10-21
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
MINERAL PATENT.
U. S, Mineral Survey No. 1863

U. S. Mineral Survey No. 1868.
Serial No. 03106S,
united States Land Office, Phoenix,
Arizona, Sept. 13, 1916.
Notdce ts hereby given that In pur-
suance Of an act OF Congress ap-
proved May 10th, 1872, Thomas Bous
and R. McMahan, citizens of the
united States, the former a resident
o. Arizona and whose Post Office ad-
dress is Wenden, Arizona, have made
app tcatdon for patent for 1900, l.
1851, 911, 1900, 1900, and 1900 linear
rect respectively upon the FLYING
DUTCF1MAN, PEEKABOO. HAIL
STORM, RED DICK, WILDCAT, and
jack RABBIT, lode mining claims,
bearing gold. silver. copper and other
precious metals, situate in the PLO-
MOSA MINING DISTRICT, Yuma
county Arizona, and described by
the official plat and field notes on
Tile dn the office of the Register and
receiver of the Phoenix Land Office,
PhOendx, Arizona, as follows, to-wit:
FLYING DUTCHMAN
Beginning at Cor No. l, Identical
with Cor. No. 3, Peekaboo lode, this
survey, whence Cor. to Section z, 18,
II, l3, T. IN, R. II and 18IWest,
G. & S. r. Meridian. and bears
South SO deg. min. West 1914 it.;
ThenceNorth61 deg 43 min. East
600 #. to Cor No g Thence South
2S deg. II min. East 1900 fit. to Cor.
No. 3; Thence South 81 deg. 43 min
West 500 tt. to Cor. No. 4; Thence
North % deg. II min. West 1900 ft.
to Cor. MOL, to place of beginning,
containing 2O661 acres.
PEEKABOO LODE.
Beginning at Cor number l,
whence quarter corner to Section 7
and lS, T. NORTH, Range Invest,
G. & s. R. Meridian, bears South %
deg. IL min. so secs. West 424.3O
feet. Thence North 81 deg. so min.
W. 636.6 feet to Cor No. g. Thence
South 81 deg >43 min. West 1857
feet to Corner No. 3. Thence S. 81
deg. so min. East 636.6 feet to Cor
Nc. 4. Thence North 81 deg. 43 min
East 1857 fit. to Cor. No. /,
the place of beginning, containing
1883, acres.
HAIL STORM.
Regnning at Corner No. l, whence
quarter corner to Sections Z and 49,
Township Z North, Range II West,
Gila and Salt River Base and Nerd.
ian, bears North 43 deg. SO min. Eas
2S6.3 it. Thence South 81 deg. 43
min. West 600 fit. to corner No e.
Thence North % deg. II min West
911 TT. to Corner No. 3. Thence
North 81 deg. 43 min. East 900 ft to
Corner No. 4. Thence South 2S deg.
l. min. East 911 ft. to Corner No.
to place of beginning, contain
ing 12.549 acres.
RED DICK
Beginning at Corner No. L, whence
quarter corner to Sections and 18,
Township z North, Range II West,
Gila and Salt River Base & Merid-
ian bears South 7S deg. "a min.
East 383.75 fit. Thence North 81
deg. 43 min East 600 TT. to Corner
No 2. Thence South % deg. II min.
East 1900 fit. to Corner No 3.
Thence South 81 deg. 43 min. West
600 it. to Corner No. 4. Thence
North % deg. II min. West 1900 #.
to Corner No. ! to place of begin
ing, containing 20.661 acres.
The Parker post., 1916-10-21

First pub. Oct. Z, last pub Dec. 2.)
The Parker post., 1916-10-21

(First pub. Oct, Z, last pub. Dec. 2)