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Millworkers Will Try to Render Aid to Stricken Countrymen. It is said today that a number of Italians and Sicilians who are emjloyed In the mills at Gary are starting a. movement today to take contributions among their number for the aid of their suffering -countrymen who were killed In the terrible earthquake at "Messina, Italy. It is said that a num- ' ber of the local Italians are from the city of Messina and have relatives living there, and are much concerned over their safety. Only meager details could be learned today as to the nature of their efforts In aiding their fellow countrymen. INJURED RAILROAD MAN IS DOING WELL. Charles liughea Will Recover at Mercy Hospital Soon. Charles Hughes, the railroad man -who Tuesday night was injured at the South Shore station by falling down the stairs of the basement, is reported to be doing very nicely at the Mercy hospital today. Hughes sustained a fracture of the collar bone and at first It was thought that he might be Injured internally, but his condition is Vvery much Improved today and his injuries will not prove fatal. WILL PREACH ON "NEW YEAR." Gary people of the Baptist demonination will hold services in the Gem theater on next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The Rev. G. W. Griffin, pastor of the Windsor Park Baptist church of ' Chicago wil lbe present and will preach on the subject of "A Happy New Tear.'. Sunday school will be held at 10 o'c'ock. GARY BRIEFS. The R. & Sz. for largest display of Christmas goods, Fifth avenue. tf The regular meeting of the real estate board of Gary will be held Monday noon in the Gary hotel, where the monthly luncheon will be served. There are several matters of importance which will come up for consideration. Cut prices on Rubber Ware at "the R. & Sz. Co., Fifth avenue. tf The Gary Commercial club will have their regular meeting Wednesday. A full attendance is desired by President Norton, as among other things the much talked of superior court will receive a little more consideration. Secretary E. F. Johnston of the Hammond Commercial club, and Tiro Kf. moh, formerly of Hammond, stopped oft at Gary last night on their way back from South Bend. NOTICE. Gary Hotel Barber shop open on Sundays from 8 to 12. F. P. DEEM. Shoe Sale on now. See the R. & Sz. The Politician's Ideal. In the opinion of the average politician the ideal form of government would be one under which everybody could have a public office. Shifting the Blame. According to all accounts the Cameron Highlanders militia are a fine body of men physically. Not long ago four of them occupied the least crowded seat in a full compartment on a Scotland railway. Just as the train was moving off a diminutive little clergyman jumped into the compartment, and tried to edge himself between two of the Highlanders. Not finding it very comfortable, he turned to the one on his right, and said: "Sit up, please. You know that according to act of parliament this seat holds five." The Highlander looked at; him for a moment, and then replied: "That may be a richt enough for your kind, sir, but shairly ye canna' blame me for no bein' constructed according to act of parliament!" 623 BROADWAY Edith Shaw Soubrette Mack & Relgier Comedian BEGINNING FRIDAY MATINEE Beaham Sisters Singers agd Dancers Lew Walsh Comedian Change of Songs and Pictures each day GARY HOTEL BARBER SHOP How Under N;w Management FIRST CUSS 1ATH R0DJI3 IN COM EST! OH Tfee only Six Chair Shop la Gary 3 Clean Towels for every Customer Service tne very best A trial order will convince you . F MEM, Mv

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Better go over to the Armour cold storage station next Monday and take a look at some of the porterhouse steak yu cant afford to buy, The goose-stealing epidemic has ' grown to be such a fad amone- th colored folks that chicken coons in tne future will have no attraction for them. As long as they are trying to extend Broadway out to Crown Point why not try little harder and stretch it out to Xiowell. It will be a chiliy ride for those who have to ride on the water wagon, but let us hope they will stick it out. If the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend interurban run their first car over the line tomorrow it will be another good resolution that the company has kept. If every man in Gary was taken for his own valuation there wouldn't be half enough halves to go around. Let us hope that the Gary youngster In ringing in the New Tear will use the soft pedal on the tin horns. Have you noticed the happy smile on the Gary coal dealers' face today. in a day or two some long whiskered person will arise and declare he predict the earthquake. Up to the hour of going to press no one has been arrested in Gary for spitting on the sidewalk. FORMS A CORPORATION Hammond Man Organizes Building and Loan Co. at Harbor. (Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Dec. 31. Indiana Harbor has a new building: and loan corporation, organized hv Attr Paul Lipinski of Hammond, for the benefit of the Harbor foreigners . Sobieskl Building and Loan association, incorporated, is the name of the new concern, and while as yet their affairs i are. in a constructive state, in a few; months sufJU-i'.-rt; stock will hav hwn I subscribed to wnnit th substantial loans.

The charter for th ofrani.Hnn .Jeralle back salary and commissions

received yesterday, authorizing a capi- i tal stock of 1200,000, comprising 2,000 shares of $100 each. In an interview with Mr. Lipinski yesterdav hp iri that upwards of 300 shares of the stork had already been subscribed. kWe pe cto sell the stock readily to boarders in tne roreign district of Indiana Harbor, and perhaps to a few residents of Hammond," said Attorney Lipinski. Meetings of the new association will be held in Yvaro's hall, at One- Hundred and Thirty-seventh and' Deodar streets, every i naay evening. ine orticers for the ensuing year, as eieciea at a recent meeting of the sociation, are as follows Frank Zurawski president. Thomas Tvanos Vice president Jacob Slowikowski, secretary. Leon Orvechowski Treasurer. All of the officers are well known Indiana Harbor saloonmen of unusual financial ability and will be assisted in their work by a board of nine directors, the personnel of which will be made public; within the next two or three days. ALASKAN BIRDS IN CALIFORNIA. Strange Visitors Brought to San Ber. nardino by Big Storm. At an early hQur this morning several flock3 of Btrange birds numbering thousanda came into the city on the wings of a big rain and wind storm, and this morning the bodies of many of the fowl were found lying inert in tne downtown streets and in the parks, says a San Bernardino rnrro. I spondent of the San Francisco Chronme air was filled last night with cries of strange fowl which, attracted by the electric lights, roosted upon the buildings or fell exhausted in the streets. Investigation to-day showed that many of the birds were of AlasKan variety, and the I for their presence in this latitude is flf.b, ? L WCre engaged ln a Ions night to the southern zones from their northern summer haunts and had been deterred from their route by heavy winds and rains. The most noticeable birds were the northern phalorpe and the night herons. The former birds t.J". 7 Seen outlde of Alaska or In the far south.

Small Boy's Adaptation. the proud distinction of owning one "Things, aren't always what they of the very few horses on the island, sound," remarked that very clever got alarmed for fear that he would devil, Edwin Stevens, in Henry Sav- lose his bearings in the recent smoke, age's production, as he drew a patent on the veracious accounts of sober leather shoe over his cloven hoof. "A citizens took the binnacle from the teacher of my kid days put this puzzle vessel and strapped it alongside the to us once: j seat of his wagon, fearing that the " 'Now, boys, the word 'stan" at the weather might become so thick that end of a word means "place of." Thus he would lose his bearings and have we have Afghanistan, the place of Af- to navigate in what was worse than a ghans; also Hindoostan, the place of fog. It is currenjly reported that he the Hindoos. Now, can any one give shouts at his team to turn to starme another instance?' j board or port, instead of the more " 'Yes, sir,' eaid the smallest boy, ' conventional landlubber terms usualproudly, T can umbrellastan, the ly employed?- Kennebec (Me.)

pmce ior umoreuaa. capable of Intense Heat. The electric furnace is capable of at taining a heat of 7,200 degrees. Thig is a fearful temperature and will melt almost everything solid known to man. In comparison with this heat, a redcot iron bar would be called cold. i i ft

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Magic City Records Many Important Events in One Short Year. Gary's second New Tears will be cele brated tomorrow in a fitting manner, as tne people of the city believe that enough has transpired In the past year ior tne good of the city to warrant the celebration of the day. During the past year such momentous events as the opening of the Gary harbor, the cringing in of the first boat load of ore, the lighting of the furnace fires, the construction of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of residences and buildings, and other things which have brought Gary into the limelight have transpired. On Gary's second New Tears the metropolitan airs of a city have been assumed in place of the shacks, crude business houses, tents, etc., which marked the city a year or two years ago when the construction work had just started, and the city had air the earmarks of a new western mining town. Many of the pioneers will spend the day considering the events that have transpired since the last Neaw Tears was celebrated. GIVES UP TH REGISTER Jurschak Relinquishes Hold of Machine Claimed by Brewery. (Special to The Times.) Jiiast cmcajro. Ind., Dec. 31. Frank Jurschak, a former driver for the .tsartnoiomae & Roesing Brewing com iiny, nas relinquished his possession . 1 l"e ca3a reester belonging to the Drewe,7- -rschak was recently acPt eprf i -T tH-.ll of the brewery o leaving in nip possession moneys be longing to the corporation. Jurschak has vigoriously denied this o.uu in aaaiuon to keeping the cash register, has refused to make any settlement whatever. He claims tha the corporation also owes him coftsldThe brewery officials concede this, but declare that thir indebtedness Is much Iess than his and it is therefore only 3USt tnat he first make settlement. Tha register was taken from the ex

ex-:drlm on. a. ; writ of : replevin, served bjr a local constable. On a former trip

i lo urscnaK nome on Forsyth avenue, the constable was refused admittance. .Jurschak, asidsted by two women, threatened to throw him from the nous if he attempted to enter. The .constable returned to his attorneys. somewnat disgruntled, and explained n,s failure to carry out instructions by as-iP'eaalnS in-health Attorney Willis E. Roe, who repre sents tne brewery interests, declares that unless Jurschak pays his clients the amount due them, prosecution will be filed against the ex-driver's bonds men for the amount of his indebted ness. SHOCKED IN HAUNTED CHAMBER ,vsi"i, rngni, However, Was Not Caused by Ghosts. John Leech and a member of the MHIais family once stayed a night at Cowdray hall, in England, where, many guests being present, the two friends had no alternative but to accept beds in an' isolated room supposed to be haunted. In the middle of the night Millais awoke, believing that some giant was shaking him violently by the shoulder. This was supposed to be the favorite device of the ghost. He rushed into a corridor and found Leech sitting there trembling and declaring that he would not for the world go back to his room. They spent the remainder of the night in the corridor, but in .the morning said nothing of their experiences. In the afternoon there arrived an evening paper telling of a violent earthquake in the locality. The earthquake was what the two visitors believed to be their ghost. "Navigates" His Farm. A story which almost parallels that told of Capt. Gray, the sailor-farmer of Toddy Pond, who is said to carry a compass on his plow to run the furrows straight, comes from Cranberry Isles. One sea CaDtaln. who onva Journal. A Little Learning. ,vEarnest Female Professor I hear you are a great ornithologist. Professor I am an ornithologist, madam. Earnest Female Then could you kindly tell me th botanical name for whaJeZ

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Merchants' Platform, Pro posed by Indianapolis Body, Meets With the In J a. r uorsemeni 01 iary ana Hammond Civic Societies IVEffflTIS PUBLIC SPIRITED Sixteen Planks Proposed By Assoeia tipn Deal With Reforms That If Adopted Would Be a Grand Thing For Business Men and Tax-Payers All Over the State. The merchants' platform, proposed by the Merchants Ansodation of Indian' polls, and eaderaed by i-Ivlc and com mercial organization all over the state, lnclading- the Hammond Busineaa Men's clnb and Gary's civic organisations "ill propose enough sowd legislation In the coming session of the legislature; that by the adoption of these measures alone, the legislature wonld be a most creditable one. The movement is public-spirited, ab solutely nonpartisan and fathered and promoted by the business interests of the state. The merchants' platform has sixteen planks, all of which would be appli cable In every county lu the state, with the result that many of the of flees would be placed on a business basis, The sirteen plans are as follows: - The Sixteen Proponed Planks. No. .1. To provide a uniform system of county township and city accounts and centralize "their supervision ln the state auditor. ' No. 2. Require the governor to make stated examinations of the books of ev ery county and city office. No. 3. Require the county auditor to audit before making1 settlements. ISO. 4. Par to the county commis sioners appropriate salaries and require them to give bonds. ; No. 6. Kequire the county auditor to give an adequate bond. ivo. b. uut on extra allowances to public officers. No. 7. Forbid public officers profit ing from public contracts. jo. 8. , nequire county- officers to keep a public fee book. No. 9. Require sheriffs to feed pri oners at actual cost. . No. 10. Require the state auditor to audit the school funds. No. 11. Compel the collection of fines and forfeitures due to the school fund Pot Proseentor on Salary. No. 12. Put the prosecuting attorney and his deputies on salary. No. 13. Compel the payment of all fees into the public treasury. No. 14. Require the courts to be re sponsible for the drawing of Jurors. No. 15. Require preliminary exam ination of jurors for special venires. No. 18. Authorize gTand jurors to make a presentment to the governor when the conditions warrant, and require the governor to institute special investigation and prosecution in such cases' and to present the facts to the legislature. The planks are all important, but some are even more o than others. Roughly, they may be divided into two classes: those affecting the public funds and those affecting our courts and the dealing out of justice. Among the latter, plank No. 12 is one of the most important. It would make the office of the prosecutor and his deputies a salaried office. The fee of the prosecutor under the present law is fixed, not on the investigation of crime nor on the trial of criminals, but only on conviction. And that fee is identically the same arrfunt wnere conviction is secured after weeks of trial in a single case in the crim inal court and in the police court where scores of convictions are often secured in a single hour. The prose cutor's fee for a month's trial In the criminal court may be nothing if no conviction Is secured. And the chance of conviction is very much less in the mportant cases where stubborn defense Is made. But the prosecutor's fees in the police court may amount to hundreds of dollars ln an hour. The present system, therefore, furnishes an incentive to prosecute minor offenses to the neglect of matters of public interest. And in large cities Is greatly overpays the prosecutor. J For Good Speaking Voice Don't contract the throat when speaking. Try to keep it free, the cords flexible and easy to manage. Don't forget that it is worth practicing in the privavy of one's room to learn the natural register, the tones in which the voice works best. By these exercises there is not the slightest danger of becoming declamatory. A declamatory style of conversation is a horror, but much will be gained if one tries the experiment of making a tone reach the next room without raising the pitch of the voice. This means deep breathing, chest expansion and head held erect. Without these three it Is impossible to have a good speaking voice a fact worth remembering.

survey ifi mm PROGRESS f1

Many Routes Will Be Gone Over and Best One Will Be Selected by the Com missioners Surveyors Are Working Daily. CROSS Hi REGRQSS THE LITTLE CALUMET win uive the Kiver a New and Eailroad Bridges Where Possible Thousands of Acres Will Be Re claimed By This Enormous Project. For the past ten flays Guy M. Stinchfield, surveyor of Porter county, residing at Valparaiso, and a party of engineers, have been in Garv and the vicinity of Dune Park, taking the actual survey for the Burns aitch. It is the Intention of Mr. Stinchfield to take a complete survey of the course of the ditch from its source to the mouth at Lake Michigan. Other surveys will also be made, but it is thought that the first line will be the one that will be used as it will be the most direct route and one from which the most benefit will be derived. If the line is changed hy other surveys it will deviate, but very little from the one now being laid out by Sur veyor Stinchfield. it will probably take over three months , to make the actual survey of the ditch,- said Mr. Stinchfield this morning. "Of course, we may have Inclement weather which will delay the work, but we expect to be through In that time." ADOut four miles of the proposed ditch has been surveyed. Mr. Stinch neid and his men have been setting stakes and getting their noints near Dune Park for the past ten days. '.In one place, southwest of Dune Park. which is about eight miles east of Gary, the line crosses the Little Calu met river six times in about 2,60 feet in the various curves and bends tha river takes ln its course. This will change the entire course of the rivers at that place and the waters of the rivers will have the ditch as their fu ture bed. Will Enhance Real Estate Values. The Burns' ditch, when completed, will reclaim thousands and thousands of acres of swamps land in both Lake and Porter counties, although it Is one of the biggest propositions ever con ceived and promoted by Gary brain, and it is estimated will cost $200,000. The benefits which will be derived to the land owners will be so great that the cost will be a small Item It Is not known as yet just where the ditch will cross Broadway at the preset time, as the survey has not reached that point as yet. It is the intention of the surveyors to strike as many railroad bridges as possible, thus essening the cost of constructing oth ers. It is also the intention to cut through the little Calumet, about five miles east of Gary, through Dune Park to Lake Michigan. HARBOR RINK ACTIVE Confusion in Rink News Does Landefield an Injustice. It was erroneously reported at the fflce of The Times that the Landefleld skating rink at Indiana Harbor1 has been closed. The report was probablv the result of confusing the Indiana Harbor skating rink with that at Gary, which burned down, or that at Whitng, which closed down. The Landefield skating rink and bowling alleys and billiard parlors combined, are the largest in the entire Calumet region. The building is con ducted of brick and the first floor is used for the skating rink. The rink is well patronized by peo ple from Gary, East Chicago and Whitng on account of its accessibility, and lso because it is one of the finest places of its kind in the entire region. Mr. Landefield. ia an enterprising amusement promoter and deserves the splendid success that he has enjoyed thus far. The fact that the Gary and Whiting rinks have closed down has made the business in the two remaining rinks, of which the Landefield is one, all the better. His Professional Way. The new waitress sidled up to a dapper young man at the breakfast table, who, after glancing at the bill, opened his mouth, and a noise issued forth that sounded like the ripping ofT of all of the cogs on one of the wheels in the power house. The new waitress made her escape to the kitchen. "Fellow out there insulted me," she said. The head waiter looked at him. "I'll get it," he said. "That's Just the train caller ordering his """"xUcfast." Nashville American.

Coughs That RacK Little Lungs should be stopped immediately with a reliable cough remedy. Otherwise they may permanently weaken the lungs and cause untold harm. Dr. D. Jayi&e's Exp eetpr amkt is known by mothers all over the world as a safe and effective remedy for Coughs and Colds. It has likewise been successfully employed in cases of Croup, Pleurisy, and kindred ailments for three-quarters of a century. Your druggist sells it in three size bottles at $1.04), 50c and 25a Dr. D. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge is a safe and reliable medicine for expelling worms.

Higher Courts' Eecord Supreme Court Minute. 21342. John O'Malley vs. George B. Quigg et al. Lake S. C Appellant's brief. 21364. Peter Georgopoulos vs. James Georgopoulos. Vigo C. C. Appellant's brief. x Appellate Court Minutes. 6981. Charles W. East vs Zachariah Amburn. Madison C. C' Appellant's brief. , 6963. Wuls'chner-Stewart Music Co. vs. Walter Helft. Vigo S. C. Appellant's reply brief. 7036. Irvin Robblns & Co. vs. Lee Irons. Hancock C. C. Appellant's brief. 6478. Evansville & Southern Indiana Traction company vs. Evansville Belt Railway company. Vanderburg S. C. Appellant's reply to appellee's additional authorities. 6991. Charles Steele vs. Michigan Buggy company St. Joseph C. C. Appellant's petition for- oral argument 6667. Judson Harmon, receiver, vs. Augustus L. Perkins. Rush C. C. Adpellee's additional authorities. Appellate Court Suit. 7109. Myrtilla Kemery vs. Eunice -seigler. Dekalb C. C. Record, Assign ment of errdrs. Notices C2 balow Modern Way of Looking at It. "The first sign of what we call civilization," says the Philosopher of Folly, "is when a nation stops killing people by hand and starts doing it by machinery." Old and True Saying. Imitation is the sincerest flattery. Colton.

T PARIS RESTAURANT 724 Broadway Extends to the public a cordial invitation to call and inspect the most beautifully appointed and up-to-date restaurant in Oary. WE WILL GET YOUR PATRONAGE BY DESERVING IT From years of experience ia the business wo have learned how ta please you. We buy the very best Meats and Supplies the Market affords, for our Kitchen, hence we only serve the best. OUR PRICES ARE WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL Order a juicy steak or a cut off of one of our royal roasts, for a starter. Quick service at our large lunch counter is the rule. YOU CAN GET THE BEST CUP OF COFFEE ONLY AT THE PARIS OPEN ALL NIGHT.

An Electric Fan1

WILL KEEP THAT FROST OFF YOUR WINDOWS South Shore Gas & Electric Co. Phone 10 . 147 S. Hohman Street

Verra TV eel! ; Some men may fear their consort's ire: I know just how they feel. But what if they were once to hear My wife say, "Verra weel!" On matters great an' sma" I hear, Amaist wi' every meal, My wife's cold voice sae crisp, sae sour. . As she says "Verra weel!'' Sometimes I want to hae my say. I own wi' faltering seal, On some sma' thing about the hoose, But hear her "Verra weel!" "Now here's Jack Johnston out fro toon An, wife. I hope you'll feel Life gieln' us a cup ' tea," How short her "Verra weel!" It's no tae kirk I'll gang the day In vain I would conceal My tremblln" fear to have it o'er. Her crusty "Verra weel!" Sometimes the Thistle that's my club Keeps me sae late I'd kneel To ask her pardon when I come," But she says, "Verra weel'"

I ken I'm a DUlr. sinfu man But I'd rat ner face the diel Than have her with that stony alare Say shortly, "Verra weel!" Frances Teptiel in tha ron.... uJ lie SCIENCE Is applied In otr dairy. We have more than complied vrltb tbe state pure food taw. Still oar prices are no higher than yon pay else where. THE HAMMOND DAIRY CO. Cor. Oakley Are. and Clinton St.