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ed Back Aims Blow at Corporations. SELECTED FROM MANY Bingham's Measure Chosen Devotes Three Type-Written Pages to , "Prohibiting" Combines. (Special to Lake County Times). Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 17. An antl trust bill was reported favorably to the senate today. This favorable report will-develop one of the hardest fights of the present legislative season. j Many anti-trust bills have been ln- , troduced In both the house and the senate, but the on reported today. Senate Bill No. 92 introjruced by Sena tor Hawkins, Is supposed to be the strongest one of the lot. Hence It was reported. This Is the bill drawn up by Attor ney General James Bingham. It is thought to embodv everv oosslble safe guard. It prohibits monopolization of trade, business, commerce, etc., or the attempt to monopolize trade, business. commerce, etc.; prohibits any restraint of trade of any sort for any purpose at any time; prohibits any collusion as to price, quality or goods sold, restriction on nuantitv manufactured. In fact, this bill takes three typewritten L pages in prohibiting trusts. Then It goes on to say that this Is a bill for the common good, and should be construed liberally as regards the statutes, and is supplemental to statutes already existing; and then it goes J f rther and says that it is supplemental to the common law, too, and -' should be construed liberally with respect to common law. It is a bill that is as drastic as Indiana human ingenuity can frame up and that's pretty drastic. ' Penalties are provided for any person, corporations, etc., etc.,""" violating the provisions of the act. Persons are to be fined and sent to 'jai!; corporations are to be fined and their charter forfeited. Foreign rtorations rlolnabusiness In this state are taken care of in good shape, too, as the penalty provision is that such corporations shall be prohibited from doing business in the state; and also that such a corporation cannot enforce its contracts with residents of this state which means that thev could not col. lect money due them from citizens of this state. 'Not only the prosecuting attorneys, but tne attorney general is given power to proceed against corporations that are alleged to have violated the law. He is given power to proceed against them in any of the circuit or superior court of the state oi trie state supreme court. And to be sure that he had all the power that was necessary, the committee reported favorably on the bill, the cavin s bin, introduced yesterday, giving the attorney general the power to originate quo warranto proceedings against any corporation that was al iened to be In violation of the law. The open sessions of both the house and senate aro far ahead of the com mittee work of the two branches now. and the activity of the members will De directed more toward committee work for a time than to work In the open session. By noon today over 300 bills had been introduced, and there Had been committee action on comparatively few of them. Most of the Important measures are now before the committees, and they will have to be considered there first. This anti-trust bill Is the first one of .importance to be reported back. The committees having in charge the public depository bi:is will probably have some open meetings before any bill is reported; of If not, will report "ome bill favorably In order that It may be printed. This, then, to form the basis of discussion in any public meeting. Samuel Pickens, attorney for the Pennsylvania railroad, said yesterday that the railroads would not oppose a lc"u"auie two cent fare bill. He seemed to think that the railroad cor "au aoout realized that the two cent iare sentiment was about the imst-i iiuug in me state, and this legislation was bound to come. "Thar. will K ..." -" " "i-position to a reasonaoie bill," said Mr. Pickens. By a reasonable bill It is thousrht v,l means a bill giving the railroads the right to charge a rate higher than two cnts a mile for all cash fares, though oniy two cents when tickets are bought. ' Senator Crumpacker, chair man of the railroad committee. Intro duced another two cent fare bill in the senate yesterday. PARIS' BIG RAILROAD STATION. There Is now being built at Juvisy, in tne outskirts of Paris, a station which It is believed will when finished be iha largest in the world. At Juvisy all the lines meet of the Paris-Lyons-Marseilles and of the Orleans systems, about thirty pairs of rails being interlaid. From this point radiate the line?, which carry traffic to southern France, to Italy, to Spain and to PortgaLi The new station covering all eso rails is to be built on the latest

Punishes Commission of Vile

Crime With Paltry Fine of Five Dollars. EVIDENCE IS COMPLETE, Sam Paymint, a Bartender, Makes Practice of Annoying a Sixteen Year Old Girl. blgnor Caruso is a tenor of inter national fame. Sam Paymint if thafs the way they spell It Is a Hammond bartender. Paymint possibly never heard of Caruso and there is small chance of Paymlnt's fame reaching the knowdge of the opera singer, Yet. they, Caruso, and Paymint have something in common. Both have been pursuing the same course of de generacy. The only difference is that the man lfestations of the Hammond bartender's degeneracy were infinitely coarser than those of the Italian singer, Caruso's offence was. impulsive; Pay mint's was studied and long practiced The" objects of Caruso's Indignities in the obscurity of the monkey house in Central park were women who had umbrellas and fists to defend them selves; the object of Paymint's loath some propensities was an Innocent child. .Paymint confessed in the police court this morning to a most dlsa-nst ing crime against decency and Judge Aicaianon fined him $5. The crime of which Pavmint stood confessed calls for severer punishment in law. In some localities it calls for a strong rope and a lamp post. Judge aicaiahon's explanation of his leri ent treatment of Paymint was that he "took compassion on the man's wifn ana cniid." - a . t . ' Awuiuing io witnesses who were prepared,, to testify Paymint tne last three months has been hanging about a certain bakery and lunch room at hours when the year-old daughter of the proprietor was alone in the store, that is between nve and six o'clock in the morning. Paymint grew bolder day by day, length the girl complained to father and he complained to the police. A watch was placed on the store and mis morning Paymint was caught. Judge McMahon fined him $5 on the piea of guilty. Until now Paymint has been stand jng tne early and late watch in Al Carters saloon in State street a.-uci ui me gin win nave no ..wtv, n iarther recourse to law. as he nnturoiiv - " J does not wish to make his daughter the subject of notoriety. 4. SirLtj.ti OJF THE TOWNPUMP"Ben, you vant to blow yourself voncef Here iss somediag for your wlstie," said the townpump to Ben Dell last night ns he was on his way home. "Yes, I might take a wash," answered the ex-fire chief taking: a sip more for politeness sake than for the thirst he felt. "Ben," continued the pump, i vant to gratulate you on your ability to be manager of der Ho I, man estate. Oh, saag nix, Gust he reed it in der Abendblatt, dat's how I know. I also heard you know how to do It alretty. Must you catch der rent too? Dat a goot, dat moost make you dink you vas going around In der shurch mlt a basket, but maybe you eo in no shurch, Ben. "It vas a goot blan you haf, all house bosses make it dat vay. You look so easy und you vill be pestered much by your renders, but always glf your ear but der repairs glf dem one after one. Ven dey pull your leg once turn around und pull dare two. Ven dey want a new bottom in der house fix oop a knothole in der casing und Ten you ro away sayt 'Dfr financial returns does not warrant der expenditure "Ben, vat you dink, I Tin a bet mit Heine. He say you vili nefer work und I stick oop for you. Do you dink I vill Tin, Benf "It may be hard for you, your hair Is srray allretty und der estate iss growing, but brace oop, here haf anodder one, und stick to it. If der Job las to disagreeable remember dey want mooch unskilled laborers in de car Want. Maybe ve can find someboddy else vat vants your job." Ben bad heard more than he cared for and made some remark about some people knowIns: too much of hi, business. Being ottered another drink he refused, sayinjt. "Do I look like a water tankf" Then he turned to go home and made a mental memoranda saying to himself, "I must order a porcelain doorknob tomorrow." 44 J

IS HALF KILLED il GARY MODS Two Austrian Robbers Set Upon Compatriot With Fists and Knives. (Special to Lake County Times). uary, ind., Jan. 17. Frank Strai ner, an Austrian laborer, was half killed by a couple or thugs last night in the woods near the Pratt hotel. "While asleep in his bunk another Austrian named Anton Lanter. set unon and attempted to rob him. Stratner offered resistance, whereunon l.ar, ter beat and slashed his victim with a Trnlfa An 1 : . ...... ai-uuiiiyiice VV LIU Was in wnitino1 . ..... e, icauiis ilia illfliUB would get the worst of it, lent a hand. The boarding house boss lent a hand. The and, not caring for trouble of that kind, threw the struggling-, slashing Austrians out bodily. So engrossed were they in their own difficulty that they made little, if anv. resistance and on landing in a heap outside, Stratner picked himself up and ran. Being unfamiliar with the ground ran into a brush-heap where, before he could extricate himself, he was over taken by the thugs and beaten again lhis time his assailants did not Eton until thev were nhvslcallv axhaustpd and they left their victim half dead upon the ground. He was found there a few minutes later and cared for by DrB."Valsh and Tomplin, who were near and were attracted by the cries of Stratner. Lapter was arrested this afternoon by Acting Chief Martin in a saloon in the south part of town. The identity of the other is known and Chief Martin thinks he will be able to locate him, as he has a clew to his whereabouts. TAFT GAVE A WHOLE DAY TO CHICAGO ENGINEERS. Says He Mill Decide Soon as to Whether the Drainage Board Will Be Permitted to Reverse Flow of Calumet. Attorney E. C. Llndley and Chief Engineer Randolph of the drainage board returned from Washington, Z. C, yes terday, where they went last Saturday with President McCormick to apply to Secretary of War Taft for a permit to reverse the flow of the Calumet rivor as a preliminary to the construction of the Evanston and Calumet auxiliary channels. They believe that th tvor department will issue the desired per mit witn certain restrictions limiting the amount of water taken from Tjiv Michigan for sanitary purposes. "We appeared Derore Secretary of War Taft by appointment Monday," said Mr. Llndley, "and he devoted the entire day to listening to our argument in answer to the unfavorable recommendations of the international n-ator ways commission. He said he would act as expeditiously as possible in nassing on our application for th utrsired permit and, while he gave no in timation or wnai nis oecision will be we lert wasmngion reeling that we had made a favorable impression." The drainage board at its meeting yesterday decided to offer for sale another $500,000 worth of 4 per cent serial currency bonds. Bids for the sale of the securities will be received by the board Jan. SO

TWO FREIGHTS lyiSHUP

Cars Reduced to Splinters and Engines WreckedOne Man Injured. DELAYS "SHOW" Passengers Aboard 11:37 Train Arrive in Hammond at 4:30 by Circuitous Way. A bad smashup between two freight trains occurred on the Indiana Harbor railroad last night at 12:50 a. m., in which an engineer was severely injured and may die and several cars were completely demolished. As a result the 11:37 theater train, due here at 12:50, but which usually loiters along the way and gets into Ham mond any old time, was delayed until 4:30 this morning, and after making the trip to this city over the Michigan Central railroad, its sleepy passengers were unfeelingly dumped off at Calumet avenue, whence they were com pelled to walk to their homes. The collision between the two freight trains occurred in the vicinity of the Grasselli Chemical works, southeast of East Chicago and delayed traffic for several hours. It was caused, evidently, by the confusing of the orders by the tower man, who allowed one of the freights to pass on down the track when it should have been held. No. 41 was southbound and No. 5461 was northbound and both were moving along at a fair clip when they come to a head-on collision lust in front of the Grasselli works. Engineer Is Hurt. The force of the impact caused Engineer A. Christner of Indiana Harbor to bump his face into the throttle and he was quite badly cut. The other engine crew jumped and escaped with slight injuries. The engines were both badly damaged and will require extensive repairs before they can be used again. Of the cars, several were smashed Into splinters and others were badly damaged, but will be patched up and put back into the service. It is said that at the time the two engines came together one of them leaped into the air but settled back on the track when the force of the Impact had been spent. Shortly afterward the Lake Shore suburban train with several Hammond passengers aboard, arrived at the scene of the wreck and was signaled in time to prevent another smashup. The irain was. however, romnpiio

hours of delay, to make the trip to Hammond over the tracks of the Michigan Central railroad, and at an early hour this morning these unfortunates aboard had to walk to their homes In Various parts of tte city, i t

Berryman in Washington Post. ILL SERVICE BEJPROIIED Now ThatCompanyIs ,to Receive Proposition, the People Wonder. Now that the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago street car company is to be asked by the Hammond councllmen and W. D. Webb of the Stand ard Steel Car company to extend its line on Conkey avenue to the car works the service between Hammond and Chicago will be improved. At tne present time there seems to be no excuse for the inadequate ser vice that the two cities have to con tend with, ine financial returns to the company warrant the putting on of two additional cars which would run at good profit. One of the employes waiting with his car in the switch on South Hohman street summed up the situation in the following: "There are at present only three cars running on this division. There is an extra car but it is held for emergency purposes. The three cars have two switches, one in South Hohman street and the other at the distill--In my opinion we could put on four cars and reduce the schedule if another switch were put in between the distillery and East Chicago. "Yesterday evening we carried on our trip from the Conkey plant to East Chicago 113 passengers. This of course was during the rush hour but on the average each car carried about 1,400 passengers a day. According to those figures a car earns for the company about $70 a day. "Last Sunday we started a car from East Chicago with eighty-five passengers. Think of it! Eighty-five people in one car, and we would have taken more but, honestly, we didn't have the room." CROWN POINT BANK MAKES ?60,000 BOND PURCHASE. First National Bank Takes L'p West Creek Gravel Road Paper and Cedar Creek and West Creek Township Joint Issue. (Special to Lake County Times). Crown Point, Ind., Jan. 17. The First National Bank of Crown Point and the State National BanK or Lowell purchased the West Creek gravel road bond Issue of $44,999.20 and the joint issue of Cedar Creek and West Creek township gravel road bonds, of 14, 599.20, offered by Treasurer Bailey this week. A premium of $100 was paid by the two purchasers. SENATOR LOSING EYESIGHT? The report was given out in Indianapolis yesterday that Former Senator N. L. Agnew of Valparaiso was losing his eyesight and that his law partner, E. Tinkham, was compelled to leave the reading clerk's desk in the senate at Indianapolis In order to assist in the Valparaiso office. The report, however, does not seem to be well founded, as Mr. Agnew's sight was good last Satunit. - , - cording to Attorney Crumpacker who appeared in tne Valparaiso court Against him on. that day.

Horror Piles on Horror on Doomed Island of JamaicaReports Received of Additional Shocks Fear of Pestilence Adds to Sufferers' Plight.

Special to l.nke County Time (Via Xew York.) .i-iT0' AV rlncr' Hn'- Jn- 17 The shores of the harbor of Klnsr.ton .1, Kojal did two ccuturic aSo, according to a private dispatch received by a large mercantile l.o.ue here today. The harbor floor Is said to be sinking and th water In ,, , one ,1MurtPea feet deep. Every wharf not destroyed by fire In kH1 i.u. - . ... . .

""7 me or oeeu rendered worthless. A second earthquake -hock almost as severe a. the first which devastate Kingston is reported here today la a dispatch from Jamaica. The second shock !r-.r7rtJ? hUye tumh1'd doWB ,or lrr toppllu butldlaKs. The death list Is now iut at l.."MM). A Rlantlo ti:ai .-e has swept Annota Bay, on the north coast of the lsand of Jamaica, according to a dispatch from Holland Bay just received. It is reported that the entire coast line ha. been changed and that ret stretches of beach have sunk into sen. White Bodies In Ilulns. Kingston, (vla Holland Bay,) Jan. 17. Ensrllah and Americans did not all escape injuries as first reported. The first systematic search of ruin, .tarted today brousht to HBht the bodies of a number of white persons, burled la the collapsed bondings. Some are believed to be Americans. More are certain to be found, still others must have been Incinerated la the conflaKra4Jon whica swept the business portion of the city. Xegro troops today are burulng the dead bodies. They are laboring night and day. Bodies by the score are stacked like cordwood and barned to ashes. The lights from those cremated were visible for miles through the ulicht More than three hundred have been cremated. " The wife of a commanding military officer was dug alive from the ruins of her home. She had been imprisoned for twenty.four hours and within a short time would have been roasted alive. . . Many Americans w ere found today encamped in a small park nader Iranro. vised shelter. The men are aiding In the rescue work.

ICE SUPPLY IS ASSURED

Hammond Concern Will Enlarge Plant to Triple Present Output. 10 NATURAL PRODUCT January Thaw Puts Any But Artificially Frozen Ice Temporarily Out of Question. Despite the January thaw that has prevailed for the past month a possible ice famine for Hammond has been staved off. Already the foundation is in the ground on which will be built an addition to the present plant of the Hammond Pure ce company, thus enabling it to triple its present output. The output now is twenty tons of ice a day, and even thus early the company guarantees sixty tons a day. . Thus far competition for the local field seems to be far away as none of the companies putting up natural ice have been able to find any that was thick enough. Thinks 'Twill Supply Demand. An official at the ice plant was asked this morning whether sixty tons of ice a day would supply the local demand during the summer time. In his opinion the amount is sufficient. A report was circulated that another artificial ice company was seeking a location In Hammond, but thus far nothing more has developed to relieve the situation that is looming up for next summer. Business men, especially the butchers, hotel and saloon men are ready to discuss the situation. They- depend either on the artificial or natural supply of which there has practically not been any this winter. One butcher in South Hohman street said, in speaking of the situation: "There Is no question at all but what the Hammond Pure Ice company will be able with sixty tons a day to supply the local demand, especially since the demand in ice, like arything else, is generally ' regulated by the price." "I see where highballs are going still higher if we don't get a good supply of Ice this winter," said a saloonkeep er this morning In speaking of the subject. "Don't talk Ice so early in the year to me," said a woman who keeps a lit tle restaurant. "It gives me the chills when I think of the probable price. Maybe they will freeze me out altogether." WORKERS SHARE PROFITS. New York, Jan. 17. The offer of th United States Steel corporation to the employes to subscribe for the preferred stock at $102 a share to the aggregate of 25,000 shares contains the following new feature: "If before Jan. 1, 1922, while in the employ of the corporation or of one or another of its subsidiary companies, a subscriber dies or becomes totally and permanently disabled, his estate, or he. if not disabled, shall also receive a pro rata amount of the special fund arising from forfeitures referred to in the original circular Jttor dated Dec 31, 1902, which mav have accrued at the time of Lis death or disability.

II THIEF BUT CANT HELP IT" Sam Plain's Porter Explains in. Note Reason For Absconding. CLAIMS KLEPT0I1 $ f Departs With $30 and Leaves Behind the Story of His Sweet, Sad Life. . " onen mat a man before committing a crime will s(t down and write out the details and in connexion give the history of his past lite. This, however, happened this morning when Walter Reslnck. alias Fred Jones, a porter, disappeared with $30 belonging to Sam Plain's saloon, known as the Broken Corner. lit his letter Resinck admits that he is an ex-convict and that he is a kleptomaniac His whereabouts at the present are unknown, although the local and Chicago police have been put on his trail. It is thought that he boarded the 5:45 Erie this morning and went to Chicago. Confesses Crime In Letter. The letter that tne self-confessed criminal left for Sam Plain is as follows: "Well, Sam, I have decided to leave you, as I see you are not satisfied with me. "You needn't look for me as I will be far away before you know anything about it. "I will tell you that I am not what I represented myself to be. I am an ex-prisoner of the state reform school of Illinois. My name is Felix Walter Itesinck as you will find on the books at the school and as I was only paroled I am returning on my own free will to serve the rest of my sentence and when I get an honorable discharge I will be free and you cannot do me anything. "Sorry, But It's Born la Me." "I am sorry I m doing this but It was Dorn in me. I am a thief. I am ashamed to tell it is true. "Fexil Pessa is my friend who I was with when you met me at the employment office and he 1b far away from Chicago and so will I be. "Goodby, Sam. I don't think you lose anything by me for the few dollars I took. My services were worth ten dollars a week to you and you know It. "Do not be sore at me and I will see you if I can when I am better off. "Goodby, tell your wife goodby for me, too. - Signed, Felix." The letter is fairly well written but shows haste in the writing of it. During the short time that Resinck was in Plain's employ ho suspicion came over him. His age la thought to be between 20 and 21. CANAL NOW OPEN TO SHIPS. Joliet, III., Jan. 17. Today mark the formal opening of the Chicago Sanitary District canal from Lake Michigan to Lockport for free navigation for any craft drawing less than twentytwo feet of water. This means that the ship canal from the lakes to four miles above Joliet will be a certainty, and that the most important work in the building of 'the deep waterway from th

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