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iVOL. n. NO. 18. II THE GIRLS Plenty "For of Accommodations Gentlemen Only" If one for Female Clerks. THEY ARE 100 FUSSY" Women Who Have Rooms to Eent Close Doors to Their Own Sex. An occasional contributor to the columns of The Lake County Times and one who has made a close study of this community, pays attention to the homeless problem In the following letter to the editor: "'Rooms for Gentlemen Only.' Lots of thera in Hammond. The sign stares one in the face from numerous windows of homes about town, some of them in the most select residence portions of the city. But tho card "Rooms for Ladies Only' is conspicuous by its absence. Why? To the writer's personal knowledge there are scores of quiet, ladylike yuuus women whose dire needs would be met and their spirits rejoiced, could such a sign greet their eyes. To tell the plain truth, Hammond folks treat the working girls of this town in the shabbiest manner possible, 'Uentlemen,' oh yes, they can find rooms at every turn, and the best is considered none too good for them, even though my gentleman is out till midnight five nights in the week and comes home, when he does come, with his skin full of bad booze and a breath like a buzzard's. "But rent a room to a girl? Never! with a big big 'X.' A night or two since, along about dusk our' door bell rang and a slim bit of a girl, apparently 17 or IS years of age, stood on the door step, and hesitatingly asked to sen tho lady of tho house. She sank gladly into a proffered chair and Judging from our appearance, I suppose, that she was in no immediate danger 3f assault, repeated the same old story ff weary tramping from street to itreet in search of a place to lay her head and tired body. She worked In one of the city's. large industrial plants, received very good wages she said, 'for a girl.' and was able and willing to pay a reasonable price for a quiet room in any respectable house. Ours was the tenth house at which she had called since supper, and her daily work was of a character to keep her on her feet from 7:30 to 5:30, and as she expressed it at that moment she was 'just played out.' Looking at her face it was easy to believe all she said and them some. We succeeded in securing for her a comfortable room in a neighbor's house we having none vacant. "Scores of girls are in just 'the position of tills caller of ours. They simply cannot find shelter in the homes of Hammond. Why? Well, my wife, who happens to be a woman, herself, explains it something like this: "No woman wants a woman roomer around the house. They're too fussy. It's Mrs.' can I wash out a shirt waist, or can I clean my kid gloves down in the kitchen? It's this thing or that all the time. They are home night, after night sitting around taking in everything, or else they bring a pack of fellows home with them and sit out on the front porch giggling and talking till. 12 or 1 o'clock, then like as not have to stay homo the next day and nurse a headache. No, no women roomers for inc. I'm sorry for the poor girls who can't find a home anywhere, but I don't, propose to turn my house upside down to please any girl. Why don't they get married and make a home of their own?" And there you are. "But honest, it does seem a trifle tough on the girls, doesn't it? Why don't some of those Women's Aid Societies which never seem to aid anybody, turn their attention to this crying need of their own sex tinder their very noses? "With a dozen churches called Christian, it would scorn as though the many lady members, with their soft and silken talk and togs might put self aside long enough to see that their honest working sisters have a place to lay their tired heads. Th but ir neighJesus of bora might 'talk' some, Nazareth would be satis: "Hammond, July 7. led. HANK. MRS. REILLY EUHT BY FALL. Defective l'lankiu at the Nickel Plate Iepot Cauwes a Bad Vail. Mrs. Mary Reilly, the wife of exMayor Reilly, was the victim of what may prove to bo a serious accident while she was waiting for a train at the Nickel Plate depot In this city yesterday. Mrs. Reilly was on her way to Chicago and was about to take the train when she slipped on the sand where the excavation is being made for a new depot and fell in such a way as to severely strain herself. She did not think she had been so severely injured until she was part way to Chicago and then was taken so III that she was compelled to return to this city on the next train. An attempt was made to find a doctor in Chicago, but failing in this. Mrs. Reilly came back to Hammond and was attended by Dr. Howatt who at once ordered her to bed-

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Glidden Tour of Autos Will Kiss Its Hand Next Wednesday. T STARTS T01RR Big Buzz Wagon Event Includes This Section in Its ItineraryWill Pass Through City. Tomorrow will see the start of Glidden tour from Cleveland and the the entries numbering about seventy-five, are already on the spot, with motors and boilers in shape for the gruelling run to New York. Hammond will get a ciiance to see the tour in action, on Friday, when they pass through this city. The local motorists will probably be out in full force and will escort the contestants through the city and see them safely on the way to Chicago. j The "Westwart Ho" trip will "be started bright and early Wednesday morning. The first day's trip will be from Cleveland, Ohio to Toledo and on Thursday the run will be made to South Bend, Ind. Friday morning the run will be once more under way and Chicago will be the goal for that day. Tho bunch will pass through Hammond by way of Calumet avenue, and ill probably pull through Sibley or State street and thence to South Chicago by way of Hohraan street. The contestants will be made to feel at home In Chicago during their two days' stop. There will be banquets sight-seeing, small dinners, theatre parties and other amusements. Free Drink anil Gasoline. At the Chicago Automobile club open house will be the order during the entire visit of the tourists, and the members are planning to give the visiting motorists and friends the time of their lives. The race meet at Harlem, too, will attract the attention of many of the visiting tourists, and incidentally many thousands of Chicagoans who own neither an automobile, a hand car, or a wheelbarrow, will visit the track to see the great series of contests. One of the features of the meet is the twenty-four hour race,. In which high power cars are entered In large numbers. To some this kind of racing is about as Interesting as are the crazy six day bicycle grinds in New York. Yet there are thousands who want to see the finish and are interested in knowing what particular car can go the distance. The short sprints are likely to piove a source of thrills, and it is this feature which will attract the throng on both days. On the whole, there will be plenty to Interest motor enthusists during the last of the week. TITLE TO GARY'S HEART IS G000 Competent Lawyers Find No One Has Claim to Section Ten. Investigation by a committee of citizens of Gary, the steel trust's "wonder city," discloses the fact that the controversy over the land titles which at first alarmed tho property owners is ill founded. The suit attacking the title of section ten. which includes Gary, was brought by the widow of Nathaniel P. Wright of Chicago. Wright is said to have obtained a deed to the land in 1 S-t 7 from one W. S. Proudfoot. who alleged that the land was held in trust for him by Susan W. Sinclair. It is declared, however, that lie did not own the land and the woman did not hold it in trust. In any case, the land in question was sold under foreclosure by Henry W. Bishop in 1S75 to Joseph Domuberger, a citizen of Chicago, and by him in turn to Washington Libby in 17. Libby conveyed it to Moses J. Richard, who sold it to John Gunzenhausei". Gunzenhauser's deeds call for the entire section, and he has held the title without dispute for twenty years. Lawyers declare the Proudfoot deed to Wright was worthless. The title also was guaranteed by the Chicago Title and Trust company. To settle all possible question, however. Gunzenhauser had a suit instituted, ca'iing upon all who disputed the title, to appear in court. Service ws had upon Mrs. Wright, who has since ttconw Mrs. Caroline P. Summerville. Lawyers took advantage of the lowance to buy a quit Mrs. Summerville for $ yers induced her to sue to have the quit claim set aside, convincing her that he really held a title to the land. It is this suit that is to be heard in Sep- j tember next, but lawyers of the steel! company declare tiiat there Ss no tion that it will be dismissed. ques -

j at Jackson Park Thursday. They will A few desirable offices on the flftii leave from Bieknell's drug store at 10 floor of the Hammond BuildinK are ir j o'clock. Only members of the congrereat. They nil! be finished and ready j gation ere invited to attend but are

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South Chicago Justice Helps Unfortunate Wayfarer on His Way Home. WALKED Ml GUTHRIE Sick and Weary He Finds Shelter in Box Car and Is Arrested for Vagrancy. (Special to Lake County Times.) South Chicago, July 9. A poor unfortunate by the name of Thomas Baker was dragged to tho police station U st night on a charge of vagrancy. The man had been found sleeping in a box car of the Pennsylvania railway and was tried before Judge Girten yesterday afternoon. "He told a most pitiful tale and told it in such a manner that ho impressed all those who heard him of his truthfulness. The man looked so haggard and worn that a physical examination was ordered by the court. It developed that he was suffering from a severe attack of asthma due to many hardships and exposures. Baker said that he was on his way to South Bend having traveled here all the way from Oklahoma on foot. He had gone out there it seems in an attempt to win a fortune in the far west, but hard work soon caused him to lose his health and broke down his rugged constitution. Penniless and sick he started on his way home and has been on the road for many weeks, he gave up completely when he reached Soiith Chicago and was taken to the station. Judge Girten and Attorney Poster opened up their hearts and purses to the man, they with a number of other officers of the court gave him enough money to take him to his home in South Bond, provide himself with medicine prescribed by the doctor, and set ihim on the train bound for home. It ; was a touching scene when the man j got on the train and vowed that he j would never forget the kindness of ; those who had helped him out. He cried j like a child being so affected by the j little kindness shown him after he had ; been knocked about by a rough heartj less world. A party of people left from Hammond Sunday morning for Cedar Lake where they spent the day on the lake. They drove home by way of Crown Point. Those in the party were: Mr. and Mrs.

five years' al- j Samuels. A. Wolf and Mr. Conn of Chiclaim deed of j eago. Miss Wolf of San Antonio, Tex., 5. Other law-i Mrs. Jackson of New York and Mr. and

Mrs. Carl Mr. and inond. Kaufman and son Alfred, and Mrs. Henry Faber of HamThe ladies of the Home and Foreign ! j Missionary societies of the First M. E. ! church, will give their annual picnic asked to let sorae member of the so I asked to let ciety know.

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CURRENT GARY LOOKS FOR A DOLL SE Election and Scarcity of Money WuiH Cause Business Men to Retrench. New York. July 8. Former Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, sails for Europe tomorrow for a brief holiday. He was asked today how he viewed the financial and commercial outlook. "It would be surprising," he replied. "if with the prevailing conditions there would not be some diminution in the volume of business during the rest of this year. The business of our own company in the last six months has exceeded that of the first six months of last year, and we know that 1906 was a big year. "I had all the presidents of our constituent companies here last week for a general talk over the situation before my departure. Every one was exceedingly optimistic. They could see nothing ahead but sound conditions and continued prosperity. Despite this, I look for some contraction. Election Will Curtail Business. "To begin with, next year is a presidential election year. This has always had the effect of causing the curtailment of orders the latter part of the preceding year, and the first part of the election year. Business men do not care to undertake, new enterprises or order quite so heavily in the face of uncertain political conditions. "The second point is that we have been doing too much business for the amount of money that has been available to finance our needs. It is well known that various corporations, among them many railroads, have had difficulty in securing capital required to their continued growth on the scale that has prevailed. The steel corporation, fortunately, has not experienced this difficulty." JUD1CQUS DISPLAY is a n important factor to successful advertising1. Compare the styles and display of the ads in the Times with those of other papers. Note the uniform display of each ad. AH the important points brought out in the correct maimer. No fancy, foolish ornamentation. No fifty different kinds of type jabbed together in miscellaneous contortion in one ad. For attractive, neat and well balanced display advertising for quality in advertising the TIMES stands unequalled in this region.

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South Chicago Railway Preparing to Give Territory Eetter Transportation. ANCIENT ARKS i MORE Bams and Power House To Erected at Ninety-Second Street. Be South Chicago, July 9. At last the little rock-a-bye cars which have been running on the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago street car line will be taken off according to information received from South Chicago today. The South Chicago Street Railway company is building twelve new cars at its barns in South Chicago, four of which will be used on the Hammon ' line, four on the Whiting line and four on the South Chicago line to Hammond. By building the new cars, it means the old cars will soon be a thing of the past and the company has given out the information that when the new cars are once put into operation, a big bonfire will wipe out the old ones. Formerly when the new cars were put on, the company would take two cf the little cars and by splicing them together, convert them into one laige car. This, however, is not the case In the construction of the cars which are now being built. The street car company, finding its barns inadequate for handling the cars, has decided to erect new barns at a cost of $200,000 on the corner of Ninetysecond street and Buffalo avenue. The new car barn will be equipped throughout with the latest improvements and all modern conveniences will be utilized. The building of the new car barns will necessitate the erection of -a large bridge on Ninety-second street, wnich will be constructed as soon as possible. During the construction of the bridge, the viaduct will be used as a means of transportation for the cars. AN UNSUSPECTING WOMAN GAVE HIM THE CHANGE. The First National bank reported to the police this morning to be on the lookout for a man who is wanted for forgery, having worked the old, old game upon an unsuspecting boarding housekeeper. He said he was a contractor and would have a large force of men to board there the first of the week. Extracting a check from his pocket, drawn up for $35, he said he would pay a week In advance, and the unsuspecting woman gave him his change. After receiving his money the man decamped and since nothing has been heard o him. The check in question was made out payable to the order of H. S. Crouse on a Michigan City bank. The check when presented to the bank for payment, was quickly recognized as a rank fake and was turned down. At the bank they refused to make public the came of the woman who lost her money. The police are using every effort to locate the man.

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Y EliO S00 It is Believed in Gary That Tom Get Even For A. F. BOARD ISJNOOHCED People of Gary Wanted Steel Company to Get the Traction Franchise. It la understood that there Is to be a reckoning all around In Gary on account of the action of the board of trustees in awarding the traction franchise to Frank Gavit instead of to the H a m mo nd -G a ry co m pa ny . It is not so much that the steel company is chagrined at its failure to secure the franchise which it iVeslred only in order that It might give the people of the new town an ideal street railway but it is apparent that the company was knifed by some of the officials who were supposed to be In its employ. A. I Knotts Ousted. It is a well known fact that A. F. Knotts was recently ousted frojn the $10,000 position which he held with the company during tho early period of the building of tho town but lie was permitted to retain his position as one of the attornevs for the company. It is rumored about Gary today that it was Knotts who persuaded his brother Tom to take the attitude lie did towards the Steel corporation and that the awarding of this franchise to Gavit was Knotts, way of getting even. Not only the officials of the Steel corporation but tho people of Gary generally are outraged at the action of the board and there has been much unfavorable criticism since the franchise was granted. " People Are IMitnl I fled. The people of Gary generally are with the steel corporation. They are all loyal to the company that lias made their prosperity possible and almost to a man they were confident that the awarding of the franchise to the Gary-Hammond company would insure the building of an up-to-date line. It appears therefore that the board acted as they did in the face of a strong public sentiment and this lends some motive for their opposition to the company. In searching for this motive the recent unpleasantness between the steel company and Knotta and the vindictiveness of the man is suposed to have had a great deal to do with tho matter. It is commonly believed that there will be some beheading done in the near future and that the Knotts regime in Gary will soon come to an end. TEH YEAR 0L0 GIRL yiCTHOF FIEND Edith Peterson Assaulted in a Vacant Lot Assailant Jumps Train. While walking through a vacant lot in Michigan avenue, east of Calumet, little ten-year-old Editha, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar F. Peterson, was the victim of a serious felonious assault shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. The little girl was attacked by a man, apparently 20 years of age. who threw her to the ground and assaulted her. The child was on a berrying tour and had been gone from her home at hZl Michigan avenue about one-half hour. She had strayed Into the vacant lot some distance from any house in search of tho fruit, when the brute suddenly sprang from a clump of bushes and bore the child to the ground. Thoroughly frightened, she screamed as loudly as she could until the man placed his hand across her mouth to prevent further outcry. The assault was then committed and the little girl maltreated. Her clothing was almost torn from hc-r body and she bore other marks of her encounter with the fiend. The man ran as fast aa he could towards the Michigan Central tracks. The little girl, thoroughly weakened, staggered as best she could to a nearby house, where she told her terrible j story. A physican was called and she Iwas placed under his care while the j policemen were notified of the case, j Captain Austgen Immediately went to i the scene and traced the man to the j tracks, where he found that the culi prit had Jumped a freight train. The j captain followed the man as far as Gibson and found that he got off the j train at that point, and after a search f of the camps and territory in that section found that he took another train to some point further on. The police of Indiana Harbor, Michigan City, East- Chicago and other surrounding cities and towns were notified and are on the watch for the man. He Is described by the little girl as being about 20 years of age. of slim build, wore a checked suit and a black felt hat.

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GAS STRUG GROWN PO Abandoned Artesian Well Gives Up Its Secret After Many Years. SMALL BOrSDiSCDVERY Applies Match to Leak and Flam a Burns all Night Possibilities in Sight. Speetal to Lake County Times.) Crown Point, July 9. A crowd of boys in the Court Home square made a discovery yesterday which may lead to developments of vast importance to Iike county. That ia no more or less than that a supply of natural gas underlies Crown Point. Some fifteen or sixteen years ago an attempt was mad to secure an artesian well in the public square. A tdiaft was sunk over three thousand feet before tho venture was pronounced a failure. An eight inch iron pipe still remains In the hoi and protrudes several inches above tho ground. The top of the pipe was plugged, it was thought securely, with wuoj and cement. Diseovererf Through Boj's I'rusk. Yesterday several hoys noticed a hissing noise coming from th top of the pipe and detected an odor of gas. Out cf mere curiosity on of the boys lit a, match and held it near the top of the pipe, only to be startled by a burst ot flames which shot up several feet la the n(r. The pressure of gas Is stron-r enough to maintain a constant blaze, and it was left burning through the night. The attention of hundreds oC people was called to the light on the public square which seemed to coma from nowhere. Well ltorer Kept Secret. Old timers now recall that the contractor who dug the old artesian well hole' had dropped many hints that he could give Crown Point something worth more than an artesian well, if ha chose, but that he had been hired to dig for water and nothing else. There Is now talk of having an exfxlr.-ed. oil and gas driller come and "shoot hole with nitroglycerine or posMbly sink a new shaft in which the object of the search will be oil or gas. Should gas In any quantity be discovered, it will be of vast benefit to the industrial and commercial future of Iike county. STANDARD STEEL ENLARGES nuns Business Increases so That Hammond Plant Will not Supply Demand. In spite of the fact that the Standard Steel Car company has constructed a large plant in this city, the business of the company has increased to such an, extent that enlargements will be made to the plant in the east. The Butler Times has the following: to say about the activity In the east: "A large-sized addition is being built to the east end of the old car wheel works building on Fairground avenue which will considerably increase tho size of that building. 'During" the past few weeks addi tions have been built to a number of buildings on the car works property in the west end. The work ha3 beta done quietly and without any public announcement, but the new work in this line which has been done will add largely to the acreage covered by, buildings. "With the exception of a very small tract at the north end of the property, the car works land is nearly all covered, with buildings or railroad tracks needed in the operation of the different establishments located in the enclosuro and but little more in the way of expanse can be made In the territory now occupied. The new section where the experimental car wheel works is being erected and which is being filled and leveled may be used for future enlargements, though what will be done In this particular no one can tell. However, the company is spending a large amount of money in the vicinity of the new experimental works In the way of grading, etc., and this work may indicate that the company has some development In view for that part of the property in future. "Car building business generally has been exceedingly active the past several months and the possibilities are that next year will see even greater activity than this, as railroad companies are already commencing to place orders for delivery next year, with the Indications that the volume of business will be exceedingly large. It is not thought that the presidential election wiii have any effect on the car building Industry the coming year ard a prosperous twelve months is looked for in 1&03. WKATHCR FCIIVXAST. Showers fair; sit lit tonight; Wednesday temperature cliuu&ea.

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