Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 126, Hammond, Lake County, 13 March 1907 — Page 8
THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES
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FOR CEHTHALJZAT10N
President STtckney Would Knock Out State Rights Relative to the Railways.
PEOPLE COOKING UP A PANIC
Wants Uncle Sam to Assums the Whols Regulative Power.
President Hill Willing to Sell to tho Government Predicts a Failure in Management Ilis Valuation.
FIFTEEN GREEKS DE0T7N
' Washington, March 13. A. B. StickBey, of St. Paul, president of the Chicago Great Western railroad, -who has arrlTed here from the south, in an interview 'discussing the railroad situation, said: "The people are now laying the foundation, firm and. strong,
for a tremendous panic." Stickney says j he does not believe that the crisis will be reached within the next two years, but he took the position that it will certainly come, and will be even more disastrous than the panic of 1S93-04. States Are Getting Too Busy. He declared that if the present railroad agitation Is kept up all the railways are threatened with bankrupty and that in 1909 hundreds of thousands of men will be thrown out of employment. The great unrest in the financial world, President Stickney said, is not due to the policy of President Roosevelt, Imt is brought about by "hostile legislation by the various state legislatures." President Stickney contended that the only solution the railroad problem is to grant all the power to regulate the roads to the federal government. "Wants a New Department. He urged the establishment of a department of "interstate commerce," Its head to-be a member of the cabinet, and he asserted that the present interstate commerce commission is a failure because the power to act is placed In the hands of too many men. He said that he believed far better results could be secured if the entire matter were placed In charge of a cab
inet officer with power to enforce the
laws now on the statute books. Effect of a Small Decrease.
"A decrease in the average rates of only a mill per ton a mile," he said,
"would wipe out all the dividends, and
a further decrease of a mill and a
third of a mill per ton a mile would
be equivalent to all the interest on
their bonds and other indebtedness. During the past six months the wages of all employes, which constitutes about 60 per cent, of the operating expenses of railways, have been Increased fully 10 per cent., and unless railway rates can be increased 10 per cent, to cover this increase of wages the leading railroads will be forced Into bankruptcy." HILL IS WILLING TO SELL
First They Capsize a Ferryboat in Their Excitement Over a Man Who Fell Overboard. Redding, Cal., March 13. Fifteen men lost their lives in the Pitt river here. The men were all Greeks employed In the construction crews of the Sacramento Valley and Eastern railroad. The Greeks, an Indian named George Wesley, and the foreman of the crew, Charles O'Neill,, started to cross the river on the new ferryboat of the company. When the boat had reached the middle of the stream the Greeks for some reason unknown bunched upon the end of the boat. This causvd the boat to rise on end, and the men were thrown back. They then piled up in a bunch at the other end and one was washed overboard. The Greekes then In their excitement rushed to one side of the boat and capsized It, drowning fifteen o.! them.
JUSTICE COMES AT LAST
SHE IS A HE COED CEUISEE Goes Twenty-Two Knots an Hour and Was Completely Built and Commissioned in Two Years. Washington, March 13. United States naval officers will watch with Interest the entry into Hampton Roads May 8 of the Japanese armored cruiser Tsukuga. This ship, with a speed of about twenty-two knots under natural draft, which is better than any United States cruisers can do, was turned out from a Japanese shipyard by Japaneseworkmen.who are just beginning naval construction. The Tsukuga was in commission and on the high sens two years after her kell wa3 laid down in Japan. Xo such speed of construction as this has ever been attained in United States shipyards, at least when naval work was involved, and he best Brit
ish record, in the case of the Dread
nought. Is only slightly better than
mat made by the Japanese in, th
building of the Tsukuga.
Man Who Allowed Ilis Agel Father To Be Hanged for a Murder He
Did Not Commit. Albuqerque, N. M., March 13. Sher
iff N. M. Denny, of Otero county, N. Mitchell, alias Henry Russell, a stockman, charged with murder conirnitted In Hood county, Tex., thirty-three yearn years ago. It is alleged that Mitchell allowed his aged father to be convict
ed and hanged for the crime in 1S7-1, upon the testimony of a rancher who recently admitted on his deathbed that the old man was innocent of the
crime and who said that the son was the guilty man.
Mitchell senior was SO years of age
when he was executed. Mitchell, alia3
Russell, has been taken to the county
Jail at Alma Gordo to await the ar
rival of officers from Texas.
Louder Than Words.
Mamma I saw a little boy speak to you in church. I hope my little girl
had more manners than to talk back. Elsie Oh, yes, ma, of course I had! I just put out my tongue at him. Jester. Unpardonable.
From the Lips of Babes.
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The Young Lady Are you two young- j sters twins? j The Boy (indignantly) No. She's a'
girl. Sketch.
WANTS THE ENGINEER'S LIFE
LYNCHERS ARE BAFFLED
Law Did Not Work Fast Enough, for Some "Enraged Citizens" State Militia on Guard. Manchester, la., March 13. The state militia was called out to guard two black robbers arrested for blowing up the bank at Masonvllle, March G, from mob violence, and Sheriff John Hennessy has asked the governor for more aid. Company D Is now on guard with instructions to shoot. The action followed the ousting of the grand jury which was declared illegal, and which therefore cannot indict the men held. Enraged citizens soon formed a mob and are bent on lynching the men.
MiscnOant Who Has Tried Six Timej to W reck a Certain Train on a Line in Missouri. Clinton, Mo., March 13. A sixth attempt to wreck the Clinton line passenger train, a local on the St. Loui3 and San Francisco railway, has been made here. The passengers escaped
with a slight shaking up. This time the wrecker, who it is thought seeks the life of Frank Silvers, the engin
eer, was bold enough to enter ,ie Clinton railroad yards, and while t 3 train
was at the station threw the round
house switch.
This switch Is an eignth of a mile
from the station and barely 100 feet from the round house. The engine
struck the switch at a speed of fifteen
miles an hour, and struck the tender of an engine standing In the round house, smashing pilot and headlight
and forcing the second engine into the wall.
Don't Ask the Repair Man AboiitBuick Automobiles He is incapable to render a verdict, as he sees so little of therh. Ask the Buick Owner. He knows- that is, he knows how to operate and oil them, for that is aH he needs to know. The Buick simply requires operation gasoline and lubrication. A child can operate a Buick. The Buick responds so quickly to every touch of tho hand and foot. . Why Spend $2,000 or $3,000 for a car when the Buick will accomplish as much, and more than many of the higher priced cars? I "played tai?" with a number of them last season. CATALOGUE and DEMONSTRATIONS FREE. G. (5V. THJDGE, Representative Lake and Torfer Counties,
(Long Distance lclcplwnc.) VALPARAISO, INDIANA.
FRIEND, HAMMOND, I N D.
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Buf&arian Premier Assassinated.
Sofia. Bulgaria, March 13. M. Fet-
koff, the premier, while walking in a
public garden was shot to death by an
assassin, who has since been arrested.
He Is a dismissed employe of the Agri
cultural bank. The motives for his
crime are not known, but In some quarters he is believed to be the exe cutant of a political plot, while other people believe that he acted out of
personal revenge.
Death Mars the Trip.
St. Louis, March 13. Word Is re
ceived here that Charles Gordon Knox,
secretary of the St. Louis Commercial
club, died at sea on the steamship Frinz Joachim off tVe South Caro-
ina coast. In confpany with other
members of tho Commercial club Knox
left St Louis Feb. IS for Charleston,
S. C, and with Chicago, Cincinnati and
Boston Commercial club members em-
baiked on the Prinz Joachim for Fana-
ma. On the return trip Knox was
stricken with typhoid fever.
All He Wants Is What It Would Cost to "Heproduce." Minneapolis. March 13. rresident James J. Hill, of the Great Northern railroad, made one of the most sensational statements ever given out by him when he appeared before the Sundberg legislative committee and declared without qualification that he would be only too willing to have the United States government take over his road. . He stated further in his testimony that if the government should go into the railroad business it would be nothing short of a lottery, and the country would, as a matter of fact, have an "elephant" on its hands.
"Then,' said he, "the government would be obliged to engage in another
lottery to get rid of the elephant."
"Why do you say that?" asked Attorney Manahan, for the committee which is trying to ascertain the cost of
the railroads In the state.
"I make the assertion because It is so," said Hill. "If the government
liad charge of all the railroads in the
country congress would be kept busy making appropriations night and day.
and the districts with poor representa
tion and sparse population would be
left In the lurch. This would mean
that the districts in question would
go to seed as far as the railroads were
concerned, and that the railroads
would get rusty, figuratively speaking,
and become less and less valuable"
Attorney Manahan then asked Hill
what it would cost the government to
secure jcontrol of the Great Northern.
The witness replied that it would cost
upwards of $40,000 per mile to "reproduce" the Great Northern, not counting expensive terminals, docks and other property. Counting all of the property, he said, it would cost about $GO,000 per mile to "reproduce" the road. Hill used the word "reproduce'' guardedly, not declaring that he would sell his road for either $40,000 er $00,000 per mile.
Millions of Acres for Entry. Washington, March 14. The presi
dent has sent a letter to the secretary of fhe interior modifying his order of July and October of last year with
drawing certain land from the coal en
try. Under the president's order about 2S,000,000 acres of co.al lands will be
immediately opened to entry.
"That new boarder . Is perfectly hor
rible, lie kissed me In the dark hall
last night?"
"Oh, I wouldn't make a fuss about
a little thing like that."
"Neither would I, but he begged my
pardon and said he mistook me for tho chambermaid."
Well Intended.
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"Goodby, Jessie!"
"Goodby, Auntie May. I hope I'll
be a great big girl before you come to
make us another" visit" Woman's
Home Companion.
."After all, madam, we are but microbes in this great universe." Harper's Weekly.
YOUR TAILOR SHOULD BE PARTICULAR. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT. ASK MAYMIE,
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MAY BE YOUR "LUCKY" DAY, BUT, UNLESS YOU READ "THE TIMES WANT ADS" YOU MAY NOT FIND IT OUT .
Prince a 31 odest Hero.
The Hague, March 13. Prince Hen
ry of the Netherlands has announced
his decision to decline to accept the
proposed national testimonial for the
assistance he rendered in saving the
lives of survivors of the British steamer Berlin. He tell the promoters of the testimonial that on that occasion he merely did his duty as a Dutchman,
and cannot permit special recognition
therefor.
Road Men Cheer Bryan.
Pittsburg, March 13. The fourth annual convention of the American
Roadmakers' association opened in the Carnegie Music hall with 2,500 delegates present. William J. Bryan wa3
greeted by hearty applause on his ar
rival.
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Strike 3Iethods in Poland. Lodz. Russian Poland, March 13. On March 10 some strikers shot and seriously wounded a girl whom they suspected of being a strike-breaker. Yesterday thv entered the house where this girl was being nursed, cut her throat and escaped.
Saloons to Kest Four Hours. Jefferson City, Mo., March 13. The senate has passed the house bill providing that all saloons shall close iaily throughout tte state between 1 md 5 a. ra,
Ex-President Casimlr-Perler, France, died at Paris of heart ease, was 59 years old.
The improvement in Archie Roose
velt's condition continues.
Two Italian shopkeepers at Monroe,
La., were shot by negro robbers. One of them, Frank Lombard is dead, and
the other, Joe Dallio, is near death.
The National Coopers' association met in annual convention at St Loui3
with members present representing
eighteen states.
The Cheese Dealers' Association of
the United States held its annual meeting at the Planklnton House, Milwau
kee.
After extorting an extra dollar for
waiting on a banquet of the Commer
cial club, Chicago, the waiters demanded an extra $2.50. Then the club
members fired the waiters and did the
waiting themselves.
According to an admission of one of
its members a coal trust exists in
Ohio in violation of the Valentine anti
trust law of the state.
Frank Gotch won from Farmer Burns in the Auditorium at Omaha in
two straight falls, catch-as-catch-can.
There is little, if any, change in the
strike situation in the great lakes ship
yards.
Riotous strikers and their friends continue to say whether street cars
shall run at Louisville, and the street
cars do not run.
The steamer Panama has arrived at
Colon with fifty-three representatives
in congress on board, and all well.
In spite of the fact that "John
Brown's Body" was ringing in their cars from a number of solons the Kansas legislature refused to appropriate
16,000 for a monument to his memory.
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