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Officials Retain Counsel and Remon strance Against Scheme is Being Widely Circulated in Towii

CITIZENS GIVE OPINIONS Matter Will Be Taken Into t Lake Circuit Courts Reasons Given.

The town of Miller will fight an Hexation.' .

It has employed the law firm of Cnunpacker & Crumpacker to fight the case and it will go the limit in

an effort to avoid being gobbled up by Gary. It is said that nearly three-fourths of the people, of Miller are opposed to annexation. They declare that .Miller is four miles away from the

heart of Gary and they are decidedly

opposed to "benevolent assimilation" by a city four miles away when there cannot possibly be any good come to

Miller,

Mill

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i result of the annexation.

citizens eay "that the only people of Gay can make a

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W. C. Belman of First Na

tional Bank Says That

Business Man Should Use Caution in Dealing With Presenters of Paper.

There have been no more forged checks received at v the Lake County Savings & Trust company since yesterday, when a number came In from Tolleston and Chesterton. It Is appar

ent that the forgers were clever enough

mane their get away after thev

to

naa passed the four checks that were later found to be forgeries, r'

STRIKE

Committee of Arbitration Said to Have Taken Up

Questions at Issue, and

Prospective - Terms Are

Not Made Public.

The strike Is not settled yet, accord

ing to the meager Information that

comes from the Standard Steel Car district this afternoon. It is understood that a committee of the strikers and Superintendent Douglas have been in a conference all morning. y It is reported j that Superintendent Douglas will grant the men a straight daily wage of $2.50 and that they are holding out for $3. It Is said that they also have the alternatative of working at piece work for the old schedule of prices. There la Much Secrecy. There Is a great deal of secrecy being maintained by both sides. The Idea seems to be that the terms of the agreement should not become public until they are ratified by the men. .- Mayor Lawrence Becker has been active in the negotiations for a settlement between the men and thelr employers. There was little trouble at the plant today and the situation seems to be. well in hand.' . . V v

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tioQt&o.ivalng to the people of Miller, ' Is that 'Gary may include In its corpor. ate limits all of the territory that is likely to be developed industrially with the development oft the region' as a whole. WHERE GARY GETS 100,000. 'Tot three years Gary has made the boast," said a prominent Miller man today, bitterly opposed to annexation, "that it will be a city of 100,000 inhabitants In five years. The population has not yet come to the original city of Gary, extensive as it was, and now the city officials are trying to annex the whole northern part of Lake county in order to make good the boast." "Even Indiana- Harbor," he said, "has not escaped the envious glances of the new city, and before Gary quits an

nexing territory it is believed that it

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SCHMF WILL HAVE

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PPSITO

The precinct committeemen who will be selected in various parts of he

county tonight will met in Crown Point

next Monday ror the purpose or or

ganizing and the selection of a coun

ty chairman. ;

It Is understood that there will be no

opposition to the candidacy of F. Rich

ard Schaaf, who, during the last, general election, was .able to lead the party in this county to such a splendid

victory.

The precinct t committemen will. ., be elected tonight and the delegates to

the district convention will also be se

lected. These will go to Crown Point and will form the county central com

mittee.

The county central committee will

then Belect a chairman and a secretary. Richard Schaaf is . the present county chairman and Fred Crumpacker is the present secretary.

bank of Hammond said this tnorning;

Merchants about the city and In the

county should; be more careful about

accepting checks from people with

horn they are not acquainted. "I think I am safe In saying that

there Is not a, merchant in Hammond who has not been v victimized at one time or another by these crooks. These people buy a suit of clothes, a ton of coal, and even groceries, they tender a check in payment and then the merchant finds that the check Is no good.

"The checks are rarely made out for more than $15 or $20, and the temptation to sell the goods is so great that it overcomes the natural caution of the proprietor of the store." , Mast Be More. Cautious. Mr.-Belman is of the opinion that a greater degree of caution on the part of the merchant would make it impossible for one of these fellows to operate very extensively. The danger of heing caught would be too great. However, in view of the fact that the First National bank does approximately $5,000,000 of paper business in a month and there is not more than an average of three or four bad checks a month received, and these for "small amounts, it shows that" the checking privilege is not abused to any great extent..

There is more of Uncle Sam's money counterfeited than there are bad checks

written.

Lake County Men of Affairs

Gary's Mayor Closeted With His Adviser and Anti-Saloon League Leaders in Gary

H. H. WHEELER OF CROWN POINT. Probably one of the best-known men from a 'professional standpoint at leat in Lake county, is Harold H. Wheeler, ex-clerk of the Lake superior and circuit courts for long over a decade. Mr. Wheeler learned so much law and received such a rich lore of legal training and broke in so many lawyers at the Lake county bar that when his term of office expired there was nothing left for him to do except to practice law himself, an this he did, forming a partnership with H. S. Barr. Mr. Wheeler is prominent , socially,, fraternally, professionally and politically. He is very long on popularity and Is incidentally another Lake county man who got his start slinging type, for Mr. Wheeler is a son of Editor J. J., Wheeler. '

ft HIE C. TO IKE

DIG EXPENDITURES THIS YEAR

GALLED TO

Indiana Harbor Secessionists Will Have Gathering Tomorrow Afternoon to Find Out How Strong the Sentiment Is.

STARTLING

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Every Effort Is Hade ' Keep Meeting a Strict Secret. V

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Indiana Harbor, Jan. 29. Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock a united effort will be made by those agitating Jie proposed .divorce of Indiana Har

bor fri Tt Cv

A mysterious conference between

(the powers that be in Gary and the

representatives of the Anti-Saloon league in Lake county was held in the office of T. E. Knotts, mayor of Gary, this morning. Those who took part in the conference are Colonel A. C. Mayo, T. E. Knotts, Tic Englehart, Otto J. Bruce. Attorney Matthews. The meeting was a secret conference and every effort was made to prevent the . fact of Its being held from becom

ing known.

NOTHING TO '"O -tv;--

POOLROOM IS GOIiTIHOED AGAIN

Martin and Tark Case Comes

Up in Justice Court Today.

USE OWN PATROL

Shriners Hold Next Meeting ' Two Weeks Hence. When the Shriners of Orak temple hold their next ceremonial session.

which probably will be within the next six weeks or two months, they hope to put en the work with their

own patrol and their own team and to the music of their own Shrine band. Plans are now under way and it is expected that the drilling: of the patrol will be takenup in the near future. The Shrine band is already organ

ized and participated in the last ceremonial parade and session.

The case of Martin Tark. formerly of

the firm of Avery & Tark, has been continued until next Tuesday. Tark, who had a partner's inetrest in the Bijou poolroom, which has since . changed hands, is charged with having permitted boys of minor age to congregate and play pool in his place. The place Is now the property of Smith & Smith. Tark. who is under bond, has gone back to ' Chicago, where he will establish himself in business. His partner, Avery, has gone to California..

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PASSES MAY

John 11. Dwyer, Father of

Former Representative, Dead at Lowell Today. .

(Special to The Times.) Lowell, Ind., Jan. 29. John M. Dwy

er, the father of Representative Schuy

ler C. Dwyer of Lowell, and himself a

former county recorder, died at his

home last night. Mr. Dwyer was 75

years of age at the time of his death.

Mr. Dwyer. was qne of the old residents of this county. For some time he had been suffering from a paralytic stroke and his death last niglit was not unexpected. For some time Mr. Dwyer was employed in the pension office at Washington. He was an old soldier and a member of the Twentieth Indiana volunters. He lost a leg in the battle of the Wilderness. Mr. Dwyer's son has been one of the influential politicians in southern Lake county. At one tim ehe represented the county in the state legislature and was succeeded by William H. Kliver about two years ago.

mond. Whiting and East Chicago Elec- story ornce irauamg.ana-.uMiacwn,-trie Railway company, states that his ' . Te of flee Uuildlng is necessary on

account oi tne great numoer oi addi

tional motormen and conductors and office force that will be required on

company has authorized large expend!-

tures to be made during-thls year for the following extensions of new lines, rehablitation of tracks and overhead lines, purchase of new cars, construction of new office building, power substation, etc., affecting East Chicago, Whiting and Hammond. Within the next two or three weeks ground will be broken at the company's car house property on Gostlln street for the construction of a new

account of the proposed extensions of the ' tracks of the Hammond company. Tile office building as planned will contain the most modern conveniences for the employes of the company In the way. of reading room, library, shower baths, etc. The new power substation will con-

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GEE SHIT

IS THE FIRST THROUGH

TRIED THIS P. M.

Mrs'. Gil Swets in the City

Court. The trial of Mrs. Gil Swets, 415 Cedar street, which was continued until today, was set for trial at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Swets Is charged with having violated the quarantine law by sending her children to school when afflicted with the measles. She is charged with having done this despite warning from Dr. W. D. Weis, secretary of the board of health, and he Is accordingly the prosecuting witness' in the case.

ACTION ON THE FRANCHISE IS EXPECTEO NEXT WEEK

One franchise, in particular the South Shore line and the electric light and power contract, are hanging fire before the board of public works and action on them is expected next week. It is expected that the South Shore line franchise will go before the council at its meeting next Tuesday night, but of equal importance Is1 the electric light and power contract.; The board has sought to confer with Mayor Becker on these questions for the past week, but the mayor has been unusually busy. The board has been furnished copies of the proposed Northwestern Traction franchise, and while, no action on this is lmminert, this franchise may be another problem that the board will have to dispose of some time this spring. The board will defer action on this matter until the company has been granted a franchise through the county. The petitioners have been before the county commissioners to make ap

plication, but withdrew their petition just as action was about to be taken. They will appear before the county commissioners again at one of its fu

ture sessions to renew their applica

tion. Fornythe Avenue Choice Route.

The' Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Street Railway company now has plans to extend its system from its southernmost point at the Standard Steel Car plant north into East Chicago,

over Forsythe avenue, and from there .via One Hundred and Forty-first street

to Indiana Harbor. The Forsythe route In Hammond ter

ritorv is a choice route, and inasmuch

as it would afford the Gary & Interur

ban a point at which to branch oft! from their main line into East Chicago, there

would result a rivalry between the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago line and the Gary & Interurban if the latter proposes to enter East Chicago in the

near future.

The Hammond Motor Boat club and John Lowden in particular are taking great pride in the fact today that one

of their number, Mr. Lowden, has had the honor of taking the first private

craft through the new ndiana Harbor

and Ifest Chicago canal. "v

Mr. Lowden made the trip in his mo

tor boat, the "Gee Whiz," which he purchased some tim$ ago from Grant Hunter. 'He .was accompanied by Wm. Gordan. They wre not quite a le to cover the entire distance to the lake, but" they got as far as Indiana Harbor. It was a rather cold trip, but Mr. Lowden and his partner, Mr. Golden, thought the honor well worth the hardships of navigation. The canal route promises to be a popular one with local motor boat enthusiasts next summer for a short trip from Hammond to the lake. The nevigators will then be enable dto enter the lake and follow the shore line to South Chicago, where they will again enter the Grand Calumet river asd come back to Hammond via Riverdale.

If you smoke a La Vendor Cigar once you wilPalways call for them. .

PROSPECTS FOR BIG REALTY

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BUS E

GOOD

The real estate market in Hammond has been comparatively active during the week. The sale of lots that have been reported by The Times from time to time show that there is an abnormal

amount of actual business being done

for this time o fthe year.

The prospects are that there Will be another great building k boom. V While the price of lumber and building materials is hih and the cost of labor in

the building trades is also prohibitive, it is not believed that the cost of building will be reduced in the near future. .'. . . Conseouently- the plan of thos who

have it in mind to build is to go ahead and swallow the medicine. Last year

the building operations in Hammond

were considerably in excess of 750,-

000, and it is expected that this year

will see the passing of the million dol lar mark.

THEY KISS

AND MAKE UP

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orgiUiiAation v t-dj wj i

putting of the' project through, f r :

An attempt will be made to hare

some or the largest taxpayers ana ;

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property owners present - to give

eclat to the proceedings which will beheld in Schrieber's Union hall.

Wit,!. BE THE TEST. The meeting will serve to demon

strate the extent to which sentiment

in favor of secession exists. Those agitating the project claim that this has been steadily spreading, but there are others who laugh at the idea and declare It nothing mire than a flash In the pan, which will result in nothing.

ARGUE OVER WAY.. In the meantime there seems to be

soke .diversity of opinion among the lawyers as to Just what methods of proceedure will be necessary to effect the separation, if the latter goes through. Some declare that legislative action is necessary, while other, assert that the city council has the authority

to separate the two towns, provided the

people express their appribatlon by a

referendum vote.

that he ' has nothing to do with th conference. Sixty inore subpoenas wer Issued from the Lake circuit court yes

erday and it is understood that they

are made returnable Monday. This makes it apparent that tho action of the "blind pig" operators In going into Mayor Knotts' court and pleading guilty, Is not having any effect ort the action of the grand Jury. Prosecuting Attorney Greenwald Bays that

the seslson of the grand Jury will con

tinue all next week. t

GRAND JURY

Hi

IS ON

WORKING

BLIND PIGS

(Special to The Times.)

Crown Point, Ind., Jan. 29 The

grand Jury is still grUiding away, hear

ing the testimony of subpoenaed wit

nesses and givln gno intimation that

the end of their Investigation is in

sight. It was noised around today that the Gary blind pig cases are not the

only cases- being Investigated by the present Jury, and that one or .more

"skeletons in the closet" locally are be

ing unearthed and Investigated, "With a possible chance of trouble for those

concerned.

It Is declared by an Interested party

this morning that Gary Is not the only

black feather in the flock and that when

the Indictments are returned into court and arests made there will be some

gasping done.

Printer Meets His Wife and

Everything Is O. K.

Charles Sampson, 1012 Monroe street

a printer of this' city, was arrested

yesterday afternoon on charge of wife desertion, the charges having been

preferred by his spouse. As the two met In the city court yesterday afternoon they decided that it would be better to make up and, as the wife told the Judge that she was quite able to take care of herself against physical violence. Judge Barnett decided to dismiss the case. The couple will go back to Chicago whence they came

CODUCOR

CLEARED OF CHARGES

Louis Troy, a street car conductor on

the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago line, was discharged in the city .court

this morning, where he was charged,

with assault and battery. The prosecutlng "witnesses were John Kwoewas-

korski ' and Alex. Korpen, two West

Hammond men, who charged that th

conductor put them off the car recently by using force. They had no evidence to Identify Troy, and It was also lacking In other material points.

6005 ARE TAKEN INTO CITIZENSHIP

LaVendor Cigars are -pronounced exceptionally good by. all, smokers.

RAISES DELICACY

J. Gero Sells Fine Sample of

Edible Fungus.

J. Gero of Hammond raises mushrooms in the old buildings of the G. H. Hammond company for his own use. He has ben very successful so far in cultivating this delicacy and his crop has ben so large that he has sold boxes of mushrooms to his friends. Mr. Gero was asked If he expected to take up the cultivation of mushrooms extensively, and he said that he was only growing them as a side line. He says that it is sa expensive to raise them thst he doubts that there would be any f raoney in it. .

Since the beginning of the campaign of 1908 there have been 6,005 foreigners in Lake county who have declared their intention of becoming citizens of .the United States. ' When the fact is known that previous; to this time there had been only about 200 declarations of intention, it will b seen that the national campaign of 190S was the beginning of the wholesale naturalization of foreigners. The applications for second papers to date have been only ISO in number. This is due to the fact that most of those who have declared their intention of becoming citizens have not yet been in this country the required two years to make them eligible for their second papers. However, a class of fifty-one will get their second papers on April 1 when Judge A.-B. Anderson opens the next session of the federal court 1 In this city.