Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 163, Hammond, Lake County, 28 December 1907 — Page 8
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8 THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES Saturday, ' Dee. 28, 1907.
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IB USE'S METHODS HAVE BEEN REVEALED
20,000 Stockholders Who Contributed $3,000,000 Now Wise. FRENZIED FINANCE SEEN Co-Operative Construction Company Paid In Stock and Sells Stock for Material. - A foil l,Ja of the manner in which the promoters of th r'-!.M K,t. v,,.v v,,rk Air I. in.- railroad ami the Gary and Interurlan railroad, which Js- ii ,-!-struct and operate the Gary street railway service, are doing business n:s:y he had from a New York tel. gram. Inside facts and the secrets of the company have been revealed as a result of the differ. nc s h. twe, n the company and the Ii.mo,.. k company which had taken up the task of selling air line stock. "These secrets came to UsV.t through the sudden closing In an. I about -i) other citi.s in the United States of the elaborately furnished ollieos of the C. II. Hancock company. "The disclosures are hkely. it was declared, to explain many things not hitherto comprehended by the 20,000 O! more persons who contributed about f3,000, 000 toward the construction of this "most advanced project of modern times, marking- the dawn of a new era In the field of transportation," the prospectus. "The Hancock company it was the .selling agent for the the road. It had a monopoly to quote appears stock of ' of that business nut only in the .United states but in the whole world, until the somewhat sudden cancellation of Its contract about a month ago. Its president Ir; C. II. Hancock, a young and energetic book a.t,r-nt. "Hancock, it was learned, was hacked by the Co-operative Construction company of Faporto, Ind., which holds the contract to build the road; that is to say, the Price concern, or officers of it, held about $30(1,000 worth of the $1,000,000 capital of the Hancock company. "Hancock became known to the promoters of the Air line; scheme through an advertisement in the newspaper.calling for the services of men able to sell stock. He took the agency for New England. He made a contract to handle all the stock that was issued and to be issued. "That contract was made with the Co-operative Construction company because that concern was taking practically all the stock of the railroad that was issued In return for work done in the line. The total cost of this construction was to be about $150,000. In short, the Co-operative company was to build the line, be paid for its work in the stock of the company and to sell that stock through the Hancock concern, of which It was the principal stockholder. "Details having been arranged. Hancock enlisted the services of Charles Foster, who was well known to J. I. Price and to Alexander 11 Miller, president of the railroad company. Mr. Miller formerly was the president of a bank in Aurora, 111. "Foster had charge of the agents employed by Hancock and for some months was very successful in aiding In the disposal of the stock. He was made vice president of the Hancock company and was premised a salary of $30,000 a year. $10,000 In real money and $20,000 In stock of the Hancock company. Last September Mr. Foster became convinced, so he said, that the Hancock concern could not make any money under tho terms of Its agreement with the construction company namely, 23 per cent commission on the money taken in, and to pay out of that commission all the expenses of advertising and of maintaining offices. Mr. Foster resigned and immediately thereafter the Co-operative Construction company canceled its contracts with Hancock." INFORM u Dakotan Doesn't Know His Own Name, Age cr Parentage. CTden-o, Pec. 2v Having arrived at v. period of life when lie naturally becomes curious on the subject, a man who brieves that his mt;;io J:l:Iy pos-sii-ly he Kdward Crissma n. or something like that and w ho fee's sure that he lives In Wilmot. S.D.. has written to Clerk Salmor.son of the m ;rri.iiv lie t;se departun nt of Ccok county in an attempt to tlt..l out who Lis parents are. He not only d-n s iv-t k;;w who his father is. but a Is-. is ignorant as to who hi,- mother ni-aht !. He also v : . tits to kn-'W his own aire, as well as that f his tdstt r "Car: ." He thinks ! e was h irti in Ci.;. Mis h tt- r follow -s"Pear Sir: I lave hen trying to find out h.e? e it :y folks are. i .t do jv.-.t kfow for re what th--ir names are. 1. th.er. fore. ,; not know- f,.r -are v. ' it my cu l.ame is. I ;.a e h-o--n I '- 1 son-,e that my mme is Khib ChrM- ...... ar.d 1 y etlors, F'.wurd Cri.T-T-.au. I thir.k iliM.:rd Cr;.Mnatt is rl-cht. Wo :'.d .: ph.-'i.-e t- 11 me which is T i f : It. a:.-1 ph as- t. i: my I have 1. lst r m.m. I Carry Yissman. Would J phase tell h. r oc-v My father's 1. .im.", a-; far as I know, is .1. V. Criss:i -n. W.-uhl yo;i ; h as. t-ii me If that is right or not? "W't- ;".d you please tell m my taothrr's rata. '' Would you please send me a Il-t of the names, for I have not seen i-::y u i..y I-lLs for jxari?"
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HER KINDNESS REPAID Mrs. Laughlin's Interest in Miss Nolan Rewarded by $10,000.
Chicago, Deo. 2S. Light was thrown yesterday on Mrs. Ruth E. Laughlin's "charitable interest" In Miss Anna Nolan, the 63 year old spinster dying at St. Bernard's hospital. A warranty deed was tiled for record transferrins all th old woman's property to Ruth F. Barnes, which is Mrs. Eaughlin's maiden name. Ihith has been divorced twice. An attempt. (1 purchase of poison for Miss Nolan was another development in th. ease, wlih li involves Mrs. LaughMr., and aocu lhe, Utorney M. I. r?rown. 85 years old, A. F. K'.'ili v. a broker. Thv arc 1 by the police with having furn1 Mis Nolan liquor until she Is at point of d-ath. tl Att the rney Brown said last night that fson was prescribed by a reputable physician, and was to have been used In small quantities to stimulate the nctlon of the heart. The deed conveys the property to Ku'h H. ihirnes for "the care, board, rlothlnjrr, maintenance support, and nursir.K" of Anna M. Nolan, In accordance with an agreement entered Into with Miss Nolan and the Barnes woman. It Is situated at the southeast corner of Fifty-ninth and Aberdeen streets, 24x12.') feet, and also Includes the residence property of Miss Nolan, at 1221 Fifty-ninth street. The two pieces are worth about $10,000. As Mrs. Faujrhlln looked after Anna Nolan for three weeks before the police forcibly took the sick woman away from her. It will appear that she was compensated at the rate of a little over $3,000 a week. IMninrn Ilerrlf for Kind Ilrnrt. Wh. n arrested Mrs. Laughlln said: "I simply looked after this poor old woman out of charity, and the neighbors will tell you so. Tills Is what I Set for having a kind heart." Frown and Mrs. Faugrhlln went to St. Bernard's hospital yesterday to see Miss Nolan, and was told the woman was too low to receive visitors. They were told that Miss Nolan probably would recover. John Olson, 18 years old, a boarder in the home of John Oberg, who rents the four rear rooms of Miss Nolan's t'at, told the police that a week ago an unidentified woman, whom he met in Miss Nolan's flat, gave htm a note to take to W. A. Jungks. a druggist. The druggist told the boy that It was a request for poison, and refused to nell it. Mr. Jungks corroborated the story. "I can explain that," said Mr. Brown. "The physician who was in charge of Miss Nolan's case prescribed arsenium, or it may have been strychnine, for a stimulant. He failed to make out the prescription in proper form. Later, a prescription was made out properly and the drug was secured. "I don't desire at this time to go Into the details of the conveyance of Miss haughlin is my client. Miss Nolan has said repeatedly that she would leave her property to whoever cared for her. The conveyance was worthless until Miss Nolan's death. It was obtained In a perfectly legitimate manner." SOLVES B0N MYSTERY Part of Missing Colton Securities Found in San Francisco. San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 28. Stocks and bonds, which are part of the missing Colton securities, have been found. They never left the state of California; they never were out of the custody of the California Safe Deposit and Trust company, and, in fact, were found "in the vaults of the depository yesterday. It was on account of these missing securities that J. D. Alzell Brown and Attorney Walter Bartnett was Indicted. Thus a hunt which encircled the world, Involving the principal banks of London and New York City and some of the largest interests of the world, has returned to its starting point namely: the vaults of the California Safe Deposit and Trust company. Identify Bond ami Stocks. Custodian Cushion sent out a hurry call yesterday for Barclay Henley, tne attorney who represents the contestants of the estates of Mrs. Ellen Colton and Assistant District Attorney Hoffman Cook. Both Identified the lists. of bonds and stocks which were found In the bank as part of the missing securities. Cook imposed secrecy upon the bank, as it is believed recovery of part of the papers may Invalidate most of the Indictments which thus far have been ret nrned. The indictments charge the bankers with, having embezzled the Colton securities, among them being those found yesterday, and with having taken them out of the state contrary to the laws of the state. If these men are charged with sending the securities out of the state and they are afterward found in the bank, it is contended by attorneys that it will invalidate all indictments. Valued at T1iouh:iui!.m of Dollars. It could not be learned just what securities had been found. but It Is 'earr.ee. they are valued at several thousand dollars. In the preliminary hearing of David Walker. president of the California Safe D( posit and Trust company, n two e-k.' extension was ordered by Judge I u"an t strrday morn in sr. Assistant District Attorney William II. Cook and W. H. Chickeri-g. Walker's attorney, agreed tu tile extension. Paradise for Dogs. In Paris dogs are treated as weh as human beings are. Tbey wear auto rr.ebl'e togs when they go motoring. They have a hospital, and they even have a goo -sized cemetery, with monuments and headstones and ia scriitions and mortuary wreaths.
TENANTS PLAY A TRUMP
One New York Tenement Owner Notified to Obey City Health Law. New York, Dei". 28. The rent strikers turned a new and unexpected weapon on the landlords today when they came down on Dr. J. Wasserman, lesse and landlord of the tenement at 68 Stanton street, with an order from the board of health requiring him to make extensive repairs to his plumbing and comply with, the health regulations. The house is the starting point of the rent strike and its example will be used to guide other tenants in con-1 ducting their opposition to landlords t all over the east side. The landlords now fear an outburst of board of health orders at the instance of the sriklng tenants. Dr. Wassermann is a dentist living at Rivington and Allen streets. Shortly after he was notified by the board of health this morning, he was visited by a deputation of his tenants. He showed a disposition to compromise. If they would agree to raise the cost of the repairs to the house ho stipulated ho would lower the rents to the figures they had set. Compromise In Hefueri. But this did not suit the tenants. The committee filed out, wagging their heads, saying. "No, no." Soon a report spread over the east side that the first landlord had offered to settle. It was received by the excited men and women with cries of triumph as a sign of the tenants winning. The organizers of tha strike said this morning that they at last were begin ning to get the big movement In hand. They had been working day and evening as missionaries, trying to band the tenements in each house in a unanimous compact to refuse to pay rent. Their organization is inadequate to handle the work. While they had been awaiting the organization of over a thousand tenants In more than 200 houses, they have so far completely organized only eleven houses with 414 families of tenants, a slight fraction of the entire number. These eleven houses, however, are all unanimous. Every tenant in each one has agreed to stand by his fellows and take evicted tenants in for shelter, stand for eviction himself if needful, and pay no rent until the landlord agrees to the strikers' terms. Tenant Stand Together. They have In each case presented written demands on the landlords. As yet only two arrests have been reported. Besides Dr. Wassermann. the landlord at 216 Cherry street, gave his replyHe agreed, it Is reported, to lower his rents In case other landlords should do the same. The tenants say they will stay on strike until they get a more definite assurance. Evletlon Starts Strike. It was from 107 Allen street that the first eviction took place today, when the family of Hyman Beitler, who is out of work and behind in his rent since Dec. IS, was put out. The eviction brought about the strike in this building, at least. The tenants were startled by the fight of the women and children on the sidewalk, and decided they would Join the strike. They made a common agreement, and took the homeless family in among theg, presented demands on the landlords for lowering the rents and the return of the Beltlers to their Hat at a lower rental, which they would be batter able to pay. Already there has been a rush on the part of landlords to evict tenants at present in arrears. Five families at 6S and 70 Stanton street, the original starting place of the strike, were served with notices, although the month had still several days to go. They are likely to be thrown out bag and baggage. The general refusal to pay rent will. It Is believed, glut the Municipal court witli rent cases after Jan. 1. S BONAPARTE BROKE ? Not Yet; Baltimore is Amused at Attorney Gen eral's "Crimp. Washington. D. C, Dec. 28. Attorney General Bonaparte has Issued a statement saying that he could appreciate the effects of the financial depression, as it had caused him the loss of considerable money. It was authoritatively stated yesterday that the Attorney General did not lose this money in speculating, and. further, that he does not own any stocks. He had backed a personal friend who went into business for himself; rather, he had "helped out" the friend, to use the exact words. The financial stringency made It impossible for the friend's business to succeed, eo the attorney general's money, which, he advanced, is gone, for tne present, at least. llnltirnore Amused at Statement. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 2S. Attorney General Bonaparte's statement that the recent financial flurry put a crimp in his available financial resources caused some interest and not a little amusement among those who know of Mr. Bonaparte's resources and methods. The attorney general is generally regarded as a rich landed proprietor, and as there has recently been a great boom in real estate ir. tins city the attorney general has not yet suffered In this respect. Striken Clone nnrgaln With Y. S. Mr. Bonaparte has also the reputation of being a very chse operator. Becently when the c-overnni-nt wanted a piece oj his property which farmed part of the site selected for the n. vv eustom-hivase all of trie owners accepted the government's prlc- h.r.g before it was possible to strike a bargain with Mr. Bonaparte. The burned district com mis ion also had a run with Mr. Bonaparte when, they bought in property fcr the r-w city docks,
GiRL MARRIES INDIAN
Wedding Takes Place After an Engagement Lasting Eleven Years. Denver, Cola., Dec. 2S. Closing a romantic betrothal that has lasted eleven years, an dsurvived extraordinary obstacles. Miss Cora Marie Arnold of this city lias J .1st be n married in Santa Fe, N. M., to Albino Chavarria, a full bk.o.l-d Indian. The ceremony was witnessed by the bride's sisters. Misses Lillian and C-r. vie e Arnold of Denver. It was p.r'.um.. 1 by It..-v. K.-ndon, a I're.sby t-rian clergyman, after a score of ministers of other denominations had refused to sol-mnize thc nuvrlage during the last ten yeats. Fell la I.ove at Firkt Mstht. Chavarria is chief of the Santa Clara Indians, a tribe of the Fueblos in New Mexico. He brought a band of hi: tribesmen to I u aver in IS.''", and they camped in the city park. Miss Arnold was one of the many young women who Went to "see the Indians." A soon as she beheld Chavarria she fell in love with him. Slie made frequent visits to the camp, and at last invited the chief to call at her horn.-. The Indian's first visit to his sweetheart was the. cause of a bitter family disagreement. Objection was made to Chavania's race, his character being above reproach. Miss Arnold announced her determination to marry her dusky lover despite family objections. Almost Disrupts the Tribe. After a. vain effort to get a Denver minister to marry them the couple went to Santa Fe, but there also the clergymen refused to officiate. A new obstacle appeared in the opposition of the chiefs followera to nis marriage to a white woman. The tribe was nearly disrupted in the quarrel that followed. Miss Arnold r turned to Denver alone and since that time Chavarria has made frequent visits to the home of his Pance. In an effort to lreak the engagement, (h-orge M ihier. Miss Arnodl's stepfather, threatened to disinherit her, but she agreed to give up her third share of his $100, n00 estate without protest, and still declared the would marry the Indian. In April. FJ05, Mr. Wilder, broken by disappointment over the family trouble, jumped overboard from a steamer in the gulf 01 M- xtio rn.d was drowned. He had kept his word, leaving a will in which he disinherited his sti pdaughter, Cora. Finding that Miss Arnold (dung to her Indian lover with a iidelity that nothing could shake, her sisters at length consented to the marriage and the tiiree women went to Santa Fe last week where a minister finally had been secured to perform the ceremony. Chavarria is fully civilize.. religious, fairly well educated, and well to do. lie speaks the Indian and Spanish languages, but does not undo. stand English, and Miss Arnold set to work to learn the Spanish after she met him. Chavarria owns a lai go farm ne ar Taejs, N. M., which he cultivated himself, and, it is understood, that the couple will make their home there. He is 4a years old and his wife is a few years his junior. BACii Eig Men Would Reverse President's Verdict in Brownville Affair. New York, Dec. 27.- That the individuals behind the attempt to have the federal courts reverse the decision of President Roosevelt in the historic Brownsville raiel case are men of national prominence, and republicans as well, was admitted today by Chase Mellon of the firm of Ward, Mellon & Wooiibridge of 32 Nassau street. Mr. MelKn admitted that his firm had been retained by certain "wealthy gentlemen" of New England, and not by Oscar W. Beid, one of the discharged negro soldiers, who is the plaintiff in the suit brought against the Fnited States in the United States district court in this city. ,'T am not at liberty to tell who the gentlemen back of this action are," said Mr. Mellon. "They will disclose their identity at the proper time, and somebody will be surprised. Says Ilepublicanit Lend. "They are all men of national prominence and some of them are republicans. They banded together in an informal organization for the purpose of seeing that poor individuals received the rights guaranteed them by the constitution of the United States. They selected the case of lleid because his dismissal appeared to Hum to bo a particularly tlagiant case of violation of the constitution. He' was dismissed without a hearing after he had been exonerated by both the coroners and the grand jury. He is a very poor man and could not seek redress himself, so these puhiic spirit.-,! gentlemen decided to take up the fight for him. They will help any other individual, black or white, who has been treated in the same manner. Tn-se gent bam n are withholding their names at p-n s- r.t because they do not want tie- public to attach any p.diti. al significance to tie ir action. I can state positive ly for them that politics do with it. Th.-ir" aetl-.n in g higher ;:,.in th animated it." by so met hi! Method in His Oraticn. It is said that the la: John Hay was or.ro the subje ct cf a car,e reservation, and st co J while the spokescan of the docor? made a srtech thai ran into aa elaborate oration. A friend alten?r.ar.j coninjenttV- to the diplomatist oa the length f the spevch. "Yes." replied Hay, he didn't want tne to L-ve the cane till I really needed it."
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DELANO HITS :CTS
Head of Wabashlroad Asserts That Thj too Much Centraln. Chicago, Dec. 2?. J"Pelano. president of the Wabashd, criticizes what he terms excentralization of railroad mani in an article in the current issie Railway Age. To a defecganization he attributes the jof railroad officials to keep Ir touch with the n- e-ds and se; of the general public. For th; reason, he says, the public do. mow as much about the difficuhrtilroad management as it shouh "With reference to tilons be tween the public and Jlways," says Mr. Delano. "I tht organization of the managerurallroad property is, on the win defec tive. There is an exceitralization In railroad mana, which results in a few men bry much overloaded and unablejal with many problems which night to deal with as patiently afully as they should. "This makes it lmposf the executive heads of manroads to meet with the leaders lie opinion in various communed hence these same executive ofte less in touch with the needs : community, and the leaders 0$ opinion in each community kts about the difficulties of raUperation than they should. ; Would (;lve Local twem. "What is needed iny operation is an effective lo'-govern-ment, with a good dealiority by local officers, combina which there should be an int supervision. But when thiil supervision takes away frolocal officers all important de-it makes the operation of the raatore dif ficult, while greatly fling the functionaries who are cwitli the sole responsibility." In speaking at the : of unsettled financial' condapon the railroads, Mr. Delano sa business on the Wabash lines ! Toledo seems to have been redunt 10 per cent, while that on lilt of Toledo shows a greater de He says that he believes the ler mark has been reached, andhe business of the country wly improve from now on. ) W. B. Biddle, third isident of the Hock Island-Frisi", another contributor to a sym; on railroael conditions In the Age, declares that carriers sh.permitted to confer and agree oites, rules and regulations. Arguen for I'nlftfen. "Every one familiator interestctl in rates knows tTormlty is as necessary as is pu and that this can only be obty conference. Chaos would Che adop hi M tion of any other pliscriminations would be unav and the shippers would be theo protest. Rates made in this nwould be subject to the same rc the commission os those esd independently. There is eument in favor of it and none 1 it that I can see." i FIEE AT SHOW GIRL. Monterey, Ind.. Dec. he explosion of a gasoline lanig an entertainment in the pi school Thursday night burnerath one girl, fatally injuredjer, and slightly injured a seorddren. Miss Clara Hammer! IS, who was playing a piano, iviit by the burning fluid and bto death Miss Margaret Fox, ageas standing near the piano singer cloth ing caught fire and slued fatal injuries. The school building yed from destruction only throug work. EXPENSIVE CU1 Garrett, Ind., Dec. 2fte weeks ago the wickedness ostt, Ind. was as a thorn in thof Adam Stewart. Mr. Stewart id is, 1 pillar in the Baptist of Gar rett, also clothing mere Today he rejoices thresldents of Garret have seen tht." al though the wholesale con of the unrighteous has cost h suits of clothes. i The Rev. Daniel Shai Baptist minister, began a ser, revival meetings In Garrett theks ago and Mr. Stewart annothat he would give every? man fas con verted a suit of clothes.; The meetings have Jurd. All through the sermons artations of the Rev. Mr. ShannnCOO who now have religion llsttagerly And as they drank In the of the minister night after nisy were convinced that theirs ha lives of sin' and that it behoove to be better men. They decldew, at a time, to embrace the fad there was much rejoicing eac; as the unregenerate breathren d up a few times and admitted Hey had seen the error of their xvl were thirsting for righteousnf It was nicely calculas the reformation of the 200. Ijht Just enough went over to path of virtu re to keep the nie evenly balnn. e l as to results, was no "crowding of the mof The suits of clothes would n .fn out until aft.-r the meetings fcr. Then, when th'1 2r,0 nuad been reached th" rush of con t "ppd. So the Ke-v. Mr. Shar,n T'unced that his m.-etings were :' Two hundred C"nvc rts iilately besi'-ged the Stewart sti were. f.:t'd to suits of elothe-sj'.y the supplv ran out when a df had b. en supplied. Mr. Stf-w. unced that h-- would s.-nd for ! suits, which rire- on the wav. I there hive been no ba eksi i J rf ia "1 y a.vor- these who, are wjbr the
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