Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 75, Hammond, Lake County, 14 September 1907 — Page 8

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THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES Saturday. Sopt. 14. 1907. RAILROAD EARNINGS GIIjM3,282,76l Interstate Commerce Commission Issues Statement of 12 Months' Business. DEHANDSTO BE HADE 10 fiULERJF TRIBES Raisuli Will Not Free Caid MacLean Until That is Done. Of z v KAUFMANN WOLF, Hammond, IIND. EXTRA SPECIAL if If FOR CASUALTIES SHOW INCREASE BIG INDEMNITY IS WANTED s A.' v'- '' ' All Told, Victims Total 103,324 of Which Number 10,618 Are Killed Outright. Moors Threaten French and Will Assemble Still Larger Force at Casablanca. V 4 GREAT PURCHASE OH

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Washington. IX C. S. pt. 13. The report of earnings of th country's railroads for the year ended with June Su was made public today by the interstate commerce commission. The official figures show also that the roads have done a phenomenal business, and that their profits for the year were greater than ever befor In the history of the country. f'naiinltlm Show IJtjc Icerenne. The report also shows that the casualty list of the railroads last year was larger than any previous year. The victims of the railroads for the year aggregated the enormous total of 1 OS, 32-1. Of this number 10. CIS were killed outright and the balance of nearly 100.000 were maimed. Only 359 passengers were killed last year, as against 33? passengers In the previous year. The number of passengers Injured, however, increased slightly, being 10,764. One passenger was killed for every 2,272.041 carried, and one was Injured for every 73,276 carried. The past .twelve months formed n banner year for the roads so far as earnings go. In that period the gross earnings of the various companies from the operation of 222.340 miles of line were $2,325,765,167. being $243,2S2,761 greater than for the year 1905. Their Operating expenses were $1,536.877,271. or $146,275,119 moro than in 1005: The following figures present a statement of gross earnings in detail end show the increase of several items over those of the previous year: Vaaneasern I'ny Ilulf Itllllon. Passenger revenue, $510,032,583; Increase, $37,337,851. Mall, $47,371,453; Increase, $1,943,328. Express, $51,010,930; Increase, $5,861,775. Other earnings from passenger service, $11,314,237; increase, $274,095. Freight revenue, $1,640,SS6,655; Increase, $1S0,G13,S17. Other earnings from freight service, $5,645,222; Increase, $504,936. Other earnings from operation, including unclassified items, $60, 004, OSS lncreaso, $7,6S4,9.!9. Gross earnings from operation per mile of line averaged $10,460, the corresponding average for the year 1905 being $$62 less. The operating expenses assigned to tho four general classes were: For maintenance of way and structures, $31 1,720,820. Maintenance of equipment, $328,534,C5S. Conducting transportation, $836,202,707. General expenses, $59,725,230. Undistributed, $646,S56. Oiteratiat; Expenses Increase. Operating expenses averaged $6,912 per mile of line, this average showing an Increase of $5.03 per mile in comparison with the year 1905. The income from operation or the net earnings of the railways amounted to $7SS,S87,S96. This amount exceeds the corresponding ono for the previous year by $97,007,642. The net earnings per mile of Una for 1907 averaged $3,54S, for 1905 $3,189, and for 1902 $2,99S.

The amount of income attributed to other sources than operation was $256, 639,591. The amount of dividends de clared during the year was $272,851,567, leaving as the surplus from the opeia tlons of the year ended June 30, 1906, $112,334,761. There was much building activity in railroad circles last year, more than 6,000 miles of track being added to ex istlng lines. On June 30 the par value of the amount of railway capital outstanding was $14,500,000,000. WANTS IJjjUL HER Rev. C. M. Sheldon Anxious to Run Ship Like His Topeka Paper. New York, Sept. 14. Upon his ar rival In America after a lecture trip abroad the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon of Topeka, who gained fame as the au thor of "In His Steps." declared that if he had the money he would build an ocean liner on which no liijuor would be sold. "It would be a temperance ship, said he. "Just as I endeavored to make Christ my editor when I ran a newspaper. I would endeavor to have Him for the pilot of my ship." The remark was caused by the amount of drinking on board during the trip. The minister saw much of It at meals and also in the smoking room. "I would build a ship at Newcastle." Bald he. "From the laying of the keel until she slid off the ways and until she was completed I would see that she was built In what you might term a strictly moral manner. Sha would not be christened by the breaking of a bottle of wine. "When she was launched no liquors would be permitted on board, and there would be no gambling or other vices. In the second cabin of the St. Louis, on which I came I came In the second cabin there were 247 passengers, and J saw much drinking. "I think a steamship such as I suggest would pay. People who do not drink do not care to be seated at a table where wine Is being drunk at meals. . It is objectionable to them, and they would rather if the opportunity were offered to them, to travel on a phip where no intoxicants are aoId." .

Tangier, Sept. 1 3. Ralsull, the Moroccan bandit who holds Kaid Mclean in captivity, has astonished tho British authorities who are negotiating for the release of the sultan's adviser by the extravagance of his demands. The bandit no longer asks for Hritish or other protection in return for the release of MacLean. lie is more ambitious and is der.iaiHl'ug that ho bo made governor of the hill tribes inhabitating a great part of northern Morocco. Furthermore, he seeks compensation for a multitude of flocks and herds which he alleges have been taken from himself and his relatives; Insists that some of his former friends be put in

chains, and wants to be supplied with magazine rifles and ammunition. Sir Harry Maclean is reported to be well. He now has his own tent and bed ajid his own servants. Moors Out for Revenge. Reports from native sources receiv ed here declare that the majority of the Moors are not daunted by the crushing defeat inflicted upon them by General Drude, and that they have announced their intention of assembling In still larger numbers near Casablanca to obtain revenge on their French and Spanish conquerers. The Moors continue to sell the Jews who were captured at Casablanca, handing them over to their friends or others upon the payment of small amounts. The smuggling of arms continues in the vicinity of Cape Spartel, in spite of the vigilance of the warships. Oudja Sheika Arrested. With the object of repressing all In cipient rebellion in western Morocco in the vicinity of the Algerian frontier. the French authorities at Oudja have arrested the former and present sheiks of Oudja and two other ringleaders in the agitation to foment anti-French feeling. The four Moors arrived at Lalla Marina, Algiers, in chains, and will be handed over to two Imperial Moorish kalds for conveyance to Tan gier. CHALLENGE FOR SHARP Senator Invited to Combat With Histories of Nations as Weapons. Atlanta, Oa., Sept. 14. Unless the plans go askew it will be left to a learned board of university professors to decide by an academic examination what the answer is to two great ques tions which for the time being have driven politics into the background in this part of the country. The ques tions are: Is "Tappy" ignorant? Is Williams a "whiskey soak"? The "Tappy" of the first question represents Sidney Caesar Tapp, editor of the American Republic, and the Williams of the second represents the newly elected senator from Mississippi and democratic leader in the lower house of congress. Williams has declared "Tappy is ignorant," and Tapp has retorted "Williams is a whiskey soak." Intellectual Duel to Decide. Arguments for and against each proposition have been thrown around in hot letters and editorials for some time, until Editor Tapp has declared to settle the question of his Ignorance or erudition, and likewise that of Mr. Williams, by a conclusive test of scholarship. Today he formally challenged the new senator to compete in an examination with him on either the principles of American government, the history of England, the history of Greece, or Rome, or any other old history that living man has heard about. Tapp stipulates that a board of professors from Harvard, Princeton, and Yale shall preside at the examination and act as Judges in the intellectual duel. Slnr on Hrudltlon Annoys. Tapp in a recent editorial described John Sharp Williams as a "Whiskey soak." The epithet angered friends of Williams in Mississippi, and they began writing letters to Tapp in whlh he was called a "contemptible cur," and charge was made that he had never been to college. This latter charge greatly annoyed Tapp, who says he has a college diploma and is as erudite as they make them outside of Boston. Tapp recently came into prominence by alleging that the trusts wanted to assassinate him because of his editorials against their methods. Xuts to The i'iaro. Too. Taris. Sept. 14. The Figaro this morning publishes a long letter frora Mustapha Kamel Pasha, leader of the Egyptian "national party," to the British premier, reminding him that today, Sept. 14, Is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the British occupation of Egypt and urging him to remove the "stain upon England's name by the fulfillment of the long outstanding promise to turn Egypt over to the Egyptians who long since have been capable of cavern In sr themselves.! i

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ILLIill FORCED TO QUIT; COMING HOI Arctic Explorer Starts for North Pole in Airship but Breaks Down. LANDS ON A GLACIER TOP Rescue Party Work Two Days in Getting Balloon and Car Back to Camp. Tromsoe, Norway, Sept. 13. Walter W'ellman is returning to the United States after making a disastrous effort to start for the north pole in his airship America, , Mr. Wellman arrived here last evening from Spitzenbergen on the steamer Frithjof, bringing the airship with them. All of the party are well. Major Hersey, the only member of the party not on board the Frithjof is returning on a fishing boat, the Gatbred. The belated attempt to sail the airship toward the north pole was made on Sept. 2. . The wind had blown steadily from ' the north for weeks. Despairing of a southerly wind and feelWAIiTZB TOLLMAN., ing keenly the disappointment of being compelled to give up the project, Mr. Wellman decided to make a trial trip in spite of the unfavorable weather. Start in Bad AVeather. Accordingly, on Sept. 2, even with bad weather in prospect, the America was taken from the balloon shed and with Mr. Wellman, Engineer Vandman, and Mr. Reisenberg in the car, an ascent was made. When the airship left its shed it was anchored to a steamer, the Empress, which helped to tow it toward Vogel Bay island, two miles northward to Camp Wellman. The motor was found to work splendidly, and when it was started drove the America ahead of the steamer. It was found that the airship answered its helm well. Encouraged by this circumstance Mr. Wellman ordered the anchor ropes to bje cut adrift and the long waited for moment when the aerial craft should begin its voyage northward arrived. Disaster Comes Quickly. Disaster came speedily. The wind from the northwest increased to a gale and a driving snow storm set in. The airship, unable to force its way against the storm or even to hold its own, was beaten back southeastward over the mainland of Spltzbergen. So precarious was the situation of the party in the car that Mr. Wellman. to prevent serious disaster both to himself and his companions and to the airship, opened the valves and descended upon a glacier some distance inland. The landing was made without serious mishap and the car quickly anchored. Rescued With Difficulty. A rescue party from the steamer reached the glacier an hour and a half later and had considerable difficulty in

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3, ft i: vsk: .- s.c A ,1. v.X. r y'U Ben Grlnnell and Lulu McConnell In "Piff Faff Pouff." saving the airship. The balloon por tlon had to be cut in two and the car was taken to pieces in order to enable the rescuers to transport them over the hills and fissures to the. sea. After two days' work this was successfully accomplished, and on the evening of Sept. 4 the members of the expedition got back to Danes Island, whence they sailed for Tromsoe Sept. 8. Mr. Wellman says he will make another attempt, with a new airship, in 1908. Second Time He Quits. It Is believed that the impractica bility of seeking . the north pole by means of a dirigible balloon has been demonstrated to the complete satisfaction of all persons interested and that further attempted dashes of this character will be abandoned. This is the second time Mr. Wellman has quit. He made one "dash" for It on foot when he was in northern latitudes with some Norwegian companions In 1898, but after he had traveled 200 miles from his base he fell into a crevasse and broke a leg, and had to be brought back on a sledge. His first balloon attempt was made in 1906, and all was apparently readyon the Island of Spltzbergen, when, on August 2S of that year, the following announcement was received from Mr. Wellman at Hammerfest, Norway: "I have decided not to attempt a voy age northward this year on account of defects in the mechanical equipment of my airship. According to the an nouncement made last winter in anti cipation of such possibilities, the expedition will continue next year. My party is completing a great balloon house and other features of the plant, and making experiments with a view to the campaign of 1907. This year will be one of preparation and the next will be one of action." Build a Xew Airship. But it was not. Wellman returned to Paris, and also visited the United States. Meanwhile he had a new airship constructed in Paris, with improved motors. He was to have left Paris April 11, and the polar trip was to be made in the summer. But he did not make his start for the north till the end of May, so that he arrived in Spitzbergen on June 8, and July 4 found him still getting ready. On July 5 a storm came and did so much damage that again he was delayed. However, he assured his friends by wire that his start would not be delayed longer than the middle of August. The middle of August came and went, but there was no news of WZLLMAX'8 AXB 6ETP AUXEICA. the commencement of the aerial "dash. in fact August SI found him still wait ing for a favorable conjunction of clr cumstances. The wind was contrary, Till it should blow from the south,, of course, Wellman could not fiy north, and it was blowing steadily from the north. Sept. 6 found the breezes still floating in a southerly direction, and the ominous announcement went forth.

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11 at semi-offlcially, that if the breeze did not take an opposite direction by Sept. 10 there could be no dash this year. Then came the news of yesterday announcing the final abandonment of the project for this year. LUSIIMIA FAILS TO WflEST SPEED RECORD Makes Run in 6 Hours and 29 Minutes Better Than Lucania's Time. DEUTSCHLAND STILL QUEEN Practicability of Turbines for Fast Ships Proved Expects to Make 25 Knots. New York, Sept. 13. Amid the screech a,nd din raised by hundreds of river and ocean craft assembled as a reception body, the giant turbiner Lusltania of the Cunard line steamed into port on its maiden voyage, and was warped into its dock about noon today, with a new record of five days and fif ty-four minutes between Queenstown, and New York. The big ship left Queenstown, the nearest trans-Atlantic port to New York, at 12:10 p. m. Sunday and arrived at the Sandy Hook lightship at 8:05 a. m. today making the trip In six hours and twenty minutes better time than the previous Queenstown-New York record of five days, seven hours and twenty-three minutes held by the Lucanla of the same line. To Make Record Later. The Lusitania failed to lower the hourly speed average of 23.58 knots made by the Kaiser Wilhelm II of the North German Lloyd line, though it covered the distance between ports in an average of 23.01 knots, which is a record for maiden voyages. Captiin Watt said that when the time comes for record making, after the machinery is in thorough order, the Lusitania will be tho empress of the soas. The Lucanla, also of the Cunard line, and the previous record holder, which started to pace the Lusitania with fifteen minutes advantage at Queenstown, reached Sandy Hook tar at 9 o'clock tonight, thirteen hours behind the new ship. i Gets a XoIsf Greeting. When the giant Cunarder swept up the bay it was given a clamorous greeting by an immense fleet of steam craft which had congregated off the quarantine station to await its arrival Nearly every one of the yachts, towboats, and other steamships was crowded with passengers well supplied with horns and other noise making devices, and at times even the shrieking steam whistles were almost drowned out by the toots and cheers. The Lusitania presented a magnificent picture as it slowly drew up at quraantlne. Its keen, high bow, beautifully summetrical lines, and finely modeled stern marked it a true greyhound. The first sight of New York which the passengers on the big steamship gained was one of welcome. From the highest point of the towering Singer building on Broadway there had been strung a series of signal flags which In the marine code spelled "Welcome." The fluttering greeting was 600 feet above Manhattan's great thorougnf are, and could be seen far down the bay. The Lusitania's passengers included Robert Balfour, M. P.; Mrs. Potter Palmer. Robert Goelet. Mrs. Richard Croker, and several officials of the Cunard line.

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per yard PARDON BOARD KEEPS SIEHSLAJDPRISOSER Former President of Milwaukee Ave. State Bank Must Serve Term. TERM EXPIRES 7 YEARS Convicted Banker Makes Request Unattended by Daughter, Son or Attorney. Chicago, Sept. 14. Paul O. Stensland, convicted bank wrecker, will have to serve seven years eight months and a few days more in the .Toilet penitentiary, according to a decision which was handed down by the state board of pardons yesterday. Stensland appeared in person before the members of the board. Not one other person appeared in his behalf. His daughter, Mrs. Inga Sandberg, was not at the penitentiary. Neither was his son, Theodore Stensland, or his attorneys. Through the subtle undercurrent of news transmission which is in operation in all penal institutions in the country Stensland was made acquainted with the fact that his move for liberty had failed. The decision had not been given to the reporters over fifteen minutes before Stensland knew that the plans of his friends had failed. When he realized that he would have to serve his full term of fourteen years, less time deducted for good behavior, his shoulders drooped still lower and as he walked out into the penitentiary yard, where the bright sun was shining, he stumbled slightly, then sundenly held himself erect and walked to the library building, where he is employed as a messenger. Cashier Henry W. Hering's name was sent in to the board also, as he is eligible to parole, and his application was returned without discussion. In making public the facts In the Stensland case, the members of the board departed from their usual rule, but Chairman E. A. Snively said that as the. public was greatly interested, the decision would be made public at once. Beyond the formal typewritten statement giving their decision, the members of the board, which now consists of but two persons, as Commissioner of Public Works John J. Hanberg, the third member, has resigned, refused to express any opinion in regard to the Stensland case. "Did Stensland make his health a basis for a plea for liberation," Mr. Snively was asked. 'I won't be put on the witness stand. The statement that the board has issued is sufficient," was the answer. However, it was learned that two physicians who had examined Stensland at the request of his daughter had submitted opinions in which they stated that unless Stensland was released he would die in prison within a short time. In contradiction of this was the statement of Warden Murphy and the prison physician. Dr. Fletcher ! that Stensland was in as good health as he was the day he first entered the ; prison doors. The decision of the board was a simple statement that the member of the board had decided that Stensland should serve his full term. It was said yesterday that the board could rescind its decision at any time. It Is considered unlikely that Stensland will make another move for release until another year has passed. State's Attorney Healy submitted a report of Stensland's case, which was neither for nor against the prisoner

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