Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 203, Hammond, Lake County, 16 February 1912 — Page 7

Friday, Feb. 16, 1912.

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NOTICE 10 TULES REAPERS. notice: to advertisers. Readera of tho following- edTerUaementa wno wish to eommunletU with advertlaera wtaoit Identity la ot rerealed. ahould follow the lnatrctlona to address them by the key letter a"ten. Rnuuttti at this office to the Identity of anonyraoua advartlsera can not. In Justice to the adveniaara. be answers-! Simply follow instruction Am f. It 1. no.alhle It is advised ha all elKMatfled ids should eltlier be, mailed or aent to tna vfflce. The Tlmea ; will not be reapoaalble for error ad a taken over tha telephone. FEMALE HELP, WANTED First 'class woman cook at Y. M. C. A. restaurant. Gibson. Must have good reference. Also woman aisn washer. 16tf WANTED Experienced hand Ironer or shirt finisher. Bick laundry Co.. Hammond. 15-2 ANTED Experienced bindery girls at Conkey plant, also girls to learn; must be 16 years of age; steady work, good wages. Apply at once, W. B. Conkey Co., Hammond. MATT1 TTTTTP T" . ' WANTED A young man. is years oi age, of good morals, to learn the credit business. Must be a hustler ana witling to start on a small salary. A good opportunity for the right gentleman. Apply in person to Mr. Barnett, care Liberal Credit Clothing Co., Hammond. IStf WANTED Experienced grocery clerks for Saturdays; chance, for permanent position. Apply Friday evening to Dave Lovgren, Lion Store grocery. WE CAN START OFF WITH 3 OR 4 good boys if they live at home with their parents and don't smoke cigarettes. We could put them in where they could learn the finest finish. The opportunity la a good one for the boy that wants to learn hand work. F. 3. rfeti Co.Haramond, Ind. . 7tf FOtt ALT5. OK SAU.-HH)OQ learn oi or. . - - . . .

cheap. W&ltaker & wens nvery. son Pana, State st.. H.immond. 16-2'. '

FOR SALE Parlor pool and billiard table, 3x7. weight 400 pounds. Phone j I130W. 830 Afla si., nammona. ioFOR SALE Only millinery store in Indiana Harbor; price $75 for quick sale; first class trade. Inquire 190513Tth St.. Indiana Harbor. 15-3 FOR 43ALF. Two-story flaA building

with saloon and stock, on accovnt ofiman an w,fe with two children. Ad-.i.-... tt Tim.. nammnnH i dress Immedlate'.y box 150, Times,

FOR SALE One of the best 440-aere farms in Foster Co.. N. Dakota; good buildings, easy payments. For particulars phone 58S or write Myron Landis, care L, H. Bryant. SALOON FOR SALE Good location, manufactures all round; will sacrifice if sold this week; license good until Oct. 1, or will sell license with. small stock very cheap; good reasons for selling. Address S S X, Times, Hammond. 12-6 FOR SALE Some good household furniture. Call evenings corner Commonwealth and Michigan ave., Indiana Harbor. L, B. Seeds. 12-5 FOR SALE Truck farm and 8-room house at 'Flint Lake, near Valparaiso. Address 4910 Olcott ave.. East Chicago. FOR SALE The right place for new and second hand goods bought and aold and exchanged is Hammond Knrnltnre Co., 242 R. State at Hammond. Phone 543. FOR SALE One of the best groceries and markets In Hammond; doing thirty-two hundred per month. Address C M C Times, Hammond." 7tf FOR SALE Old papers. 5 cents a pun. - die. at Times office. Hammond. FOR SALE I have acre tracts and lots for sala Immediately south of the new Baldwin Locomotive Co.'i plant. For particulars, address R. L Miller, 30 K. La Salle st., Chicago, 111. 3tf " " FOR BALE Second hand houaehold gooda at a give away price. Call Ooldn Bros, atorage house, Fayette and ohl at. and aak for Ur. Sourbeer. man ager. . tf XIONEY TO LOAN. MONBT TO LOAN on furniture, piano. horses and wagons from 1 month to t year. Loweat rates and aasleat terms. Calumet Loan Co.. 212 Hammond bidHammond. Ind. Phone 321. ItONET LOANED SALARIED EMployaa and others at loweat ratea on their own plain not. Borrow $5. pay back $$.50, Sea ua about any a urn. Lake County Loan Co., room 28 Rimbach block, over Lion atora. Hammond, Ind, J hone 218. BUSINESS CHANCES. BUSINESS MEN? DO YOU WISH TO sell your business? I have customers calling that may want yours. List It with J. L Uhlik, 206 Reynolds Bldg., Gary. Phone 267.

FOR RENT.

r i xwo irKO momrn rooms steam heat anj bath. Hammond. . 100 Russell St., 16-2 roil RENT Two furnished rooms for lljrht housekeeninir. 1SS Ptummpr ave. Hammond. I I6tf for RKXT-Three furnished rooms for sht housekeeping. with private 16-2 bath. 097 Oailey ave., Hammond. FOR RENT Flat, telephone In, six rooms, 3 closets, pnntry, bathroom. pnntry, bathroom. hot and cold water, gas range, hot water range, gas lights, 4 beds, carpeted, everything complete to right people. 222A Fayette si., Hammond. 16-2 FOR RENT Upper flat, 264 Plummer ave. Inquire "49 Claude st.. Hammond. FOR RENT Two furnished rooms for i light housekeeping. 3414 Commonj wealth ave., Indiana Harbor. 16-2 FOR RENT Store, suitable . for any business, with four living rooms In rear. Call 446 Hoffman st., Hammond. FOR RENT Three rooms furnished for light housekeeping. 345 Kane ave., Hammond. Inquire In the rear cottage. FOR RENT Furnished room; suitable for two; heat and all convenience. 15 Doty st., Hammond. Phone 1137M. FOR RENT Upper flat. 264 Plummer ave. Inquire 749 Claud st., Hammond. tUK KCM-turnisnea room m prl-1 vate lamuj. wun or wunout Doard. Young men preferred Hammond. 13 Sibley St.. ! "- , FOR RENT Furnished rooms; gas, water and electric light. Call 336 Indiana ave., Hammond. lOtf FOR RENT Five-room cottage, newly furnished, complete for light house- i Keeping. 201 Chicago ave. Hammond. I 10tf: phona 1078M. FOR RENT Large south front room, very comfortably furnished; all modern conveniences; on Williams at., Hammond. Phone H55. 8tf FOR RENT At Whiting, S-room flat; modern. Inquire 400-119th at.. Whiting, I id. 5c fare to all facries. 2tf MISCELLANEOUS. YOU'RE TO BLAME IF U FORGET THE name. Rooming and boarding house broker. List it with J. L Uhiik, 206 Reynolds Bldg., Gary. Phone 267. W. A. DIBBLE E, painter, paper hanger and decorator. Best of materials furnished. Prices reasonable. Give me a trial. Phone 114SM. 424 Indiana ave.. Hammond. Ind. 15tt , I - ' ! I 'WILJL. PAY CASH FOR GESERAL - - - stocks, clothin. shoes. R W. John- - - . 14LOST AND FOUND, Fox terrier, black spots oi cenIX) ST ter of back; $5 reward. Return Blue Ribbon saloon. Watllng and Block ave., Indiana Harbor. 15-2 WANTED TO RENT, WANTED Furnished flat or four or 5 rooms, or two .rooms with board, for Hammond. ' 1 iuu.mj tirvixnij juut-ida u t.fcttwti ' vi nunc luwin wii.il ur wimuui housekeeping privileges, by April 1; aittlc ua"c Aita,5t iuujua Harbor. 15-2 WANTED TO RENT In! Homewood, a 7 or 8-room modern house with barn or garage; must be in desirable location; possession wanted i at .once. II. II. Times, Ham-' mond. 14-3 LE(LAL NOTICESnotice TO NON-RESIDENT. the MAih iv lauiAiNA,- vUAh.K COL W1I. l.N X Hr, LAK K SUPERIOR COURT, ROOM NO. 1, JANUARY TERM. 1912. CHAS. J. KALBERO VS. HAZEL HELEN IC ALB ERG. CAUSE NO. 8676. ACTION TO DIVORCE. Now comes th plaintiff by I. Leon Gold, attorney, and flies his complaint herein, together with an affidavit of a competent person, showing that the defendant. Hazel Helen Kalberg, Is not a resident of the S:ate of Indiana. Said defendant is therefore hereby notified of the pendency of said action and that the same will stand for trial at the next term of said Court, and that unless she appear and answer or demur therein, at the calling of said cause, on the 8th day of April. A. D. 1912. the same being the 2Sth day of the next term of said Court to be begun and held in Room No. 1. in the Superior Court Building, at Hammond, in said County and State, on the second Monday of March, A. D. 1912, said action will be heard and determined in her ab sence. " In Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Hammond, this ?th day pf February. A. D. 1912. ERNEST L SHORTRIDGE, Clerk L S. C. By Roscoe Hemstock, Deputy Clerk. PETITION OF BANKRUPT FOR HIS DISCHARGE. IN THE MATTER OF PAUL POPOVICH. BANKRUPT. NO. 106, ' IN BANKRUPTCY. ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON. District of Indiana, ss: On this 2nd day of February, A. D. 1912, on reading the petition of the bankrupt for. his .discharge. . , , . . It is ordered by tho Court, that a

hearing; be had upon the same on the I1h Aav nt March A TV Kill Viofnro

.... . . Tfrn. i i rn fP,. of nine nVlneV In Iho r.rnrnn and that notice thereof be published twice m THE liAKK UUUMI TIMES, HAMMOND, a newspaper printed in said district, and that all known creditors and other peisons in interest may aPPear at th!am9 "me .and Plae show Cau,s7 lf have, why t nd the Pra - Vr ot th said petitioner should not f u Ana i 's lunner ordered ry the Court -oun, mai tne Gierke snail send ' m'1 to a11 known creditors copies of sa,a petition and this order, addressed t0 them at their places of residence as stated. witness, the Honorable Albert B. Anderson, Judge of said Court, and the seal thereof at Indianapolis, in said District, on the 2nd day of February. A. D. 1912, NOBLE C. BUTLER. (Seal of the Court.) Clerk. PETITION OF BANKRUPT FOR HIS DISCHARGE. IN THE MATTER OF EDWARD SNT- I DER. BANKRUPT. NO. Ill, in BANKRUPTCY ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON. District of Indiana, ss: On this 2nd day of February, A. D. 1913, on reading the petition of the bankrupt for his discharge, it is oraerea oy tne court, That a hearing be had upon the same on the , 19th day of March. A. D. 1912. before 1 i said Court, at Indianapolis, in said Districti at nine o'clock in the forenoon. an1 that notice thereof he m.hlish.H twice in THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES, HAMMOND, a newspaper printed in said district, and that all known cred itors and other persons In interest may appear at the said time and place and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted. And It Is further ordered by the court, that the Clerk shall send by mail to all known creditors conies of 1 said petition and this order, addressed

to them at their places of residence aslTGc; turpentine, 54c; summer

stated. Witness, the Honorable Albert B. I j Anderson, Judge of said Court, and' the I seal thereof at Indianapolis, in said District, on tho A. D. 1912. nd day of February. NOBLE C. BUTLER, (Seal of the Court.) . . Clerk. PETITION OF BANKRUPT FOR HIS DISCHARGE. IN THE MATTER OF CLARENCE E. HALL BANKRUPT. NO. 109. IN BANKRUPTCY. ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON. District of Indiana, ss: On this 2nd day of February, A. D. 1912. on reading the netitiou.ef the bankrupt for his discharge, It is ordered by the Court, That !,..!. k j . v. ' liau "I'U'J l ,l BCLIIIH Oil 1iT, vr.,.v. .,, w v.-., wfc . 1 '. 191.. DQttirO -id Court, at Indianapolis, in said Dis trict, at nine o'clock in the forenoon. and that notice thoreof be published twice in THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES, HAMMOND, a newspaper printed In said district, and that all known creditors and other persons in interest may I appear at the said time and place and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted. Ana it is rurthor ordered by the Court,, that the Clerk shall send by mall to all known creditors copies of , eaid petition and this order, addressed to tht-m at their places of residence as stated. ttuness, me Honorable Albert B. Anderson, Judge of said Court and the eedi inereor at indianaDolIs in District, on the 2nd day of February, I ' -A.- Lf. 1917. ? NOBLE C. BUTLER. (Seal of the Court, Cierk. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS SHELBY. Lots 4 to 6, blk 81, George W. t Lloyd to Ann Stilson .1 HAMMOND. Lots 32 and 3, blk 1. redlv Hoff man's 1st add, William Brahos to Louis M. Helnta 1.900 Lot 24. blk 1, McHie's add Fred L Wyman to Fayette B. Hall. . . Same as last deed. Max 1 KHn 1 to same as last deed.. l.iso Lot 99, Stafford & Trankle's Grove add,. Theo. .Moor to Fred W. Grady , Same as last deed, Annie W. Grady to Theo. Moor Lot 68 and N M lot 67. Stafford & Trankle's 8th add, Gustav Klmling to Louis H. Stafford.. LIVERPOOL HEIGHTS. Lot 14, blk 6. Matthais' add. New , Chicago Real Estate & Investment Co. to Hugo P. Eckerberg INDIANA HARBOR. Lot 22, blk 13, 3d add. Welbur Theise to Anna M. Hackett.... Lot 24, blk 10, 3d add, John F. Eekstrom to Frank E. Paulson Lot 26, bik 51, Jacob Budziak to Frank E. Paulson Lot 26. blk 51. Jacob Budziak to Stanlslaw Wroblewskl Same as last deed, Stanlslaw Wroblewskl to Jakob Budziak..., Lot 2. klk 14, 2nd add. Weroneka joe 100 450 160' !75 :t5 Zurawski to John Murzyn NEW CHICAGO. 5,100; Lot 25, blk 3, 4th add. New Chicago Real Estate & Investment Co. to H. P. Eckersburg.. SCHNEIDER. , Lot 5, blk 2, William's add, Bert Branstetter to Carrie C. Coneil Same as last deed. Nancy A. Osby to Mrs. Francis C. Doty....... wo 75 125 . LAKE STATION. Part blk 3. Franklin T. Fetterer '- to John O. Cavender 1,500 PRODUCE 31ARKET. Butter Receipts, 7,115: tubs: cream - ery, 30c; ; price to. retail dealers, 33 Vie; prints, 34J4C; extra firsts, 23c; firsts.

2Sc; seconds, 26627c; dairies, extra, 2a; firsts, 26c; seconds, 24c; No. 1 ladles, 24c; packing stock, 22 Egrss Receipts, B.B79 cases; miscel

laneous lots, cases included, 2628c; rases returned, 25 27c; ordinary firsts, 823c; firsts, must be 45 per cent fresh. Sic; No. 1 dirties, 25c; checks. 24c. Potatoes Receipts, 61 cars; Wiscon sin, 98c102; Michigan, $1.021.05; Minnesota, $1.02 1.05. Sweet potatoes Illinois, par brl. 4. 00(8 5.00. Veal 60 to 0 lb weights, 7c; 60 to 95, 7$t4c;'80 to 100 lbs, 8llc; 100 to iin IIIAc Dressed beef Ribs, No. 1, 20c; No. 1 loins. 24c; No. 1 round, 10c; No. 1 chuck, 8H : No. 1 plate. 6c. Live poultry Turkeys, per lb, 14c; ehickens, fowls, 13c; roosters.. 9c; springs. 14e; geese. 15c; ducks. 10c. Beans Pea beans, hand picked, choice $2.60; prime, 02.50; "red kidney $2.95; brown Swedish, long, $2.00 round 2.25. Green vegetables Asparagus, dozen bunches, $2.503.00; beets. 50c per sack; cabbage, per brl, $1.752.75; carrots, 60 65c per sack; cucumbers, doi, $1.00 1.50; cauliflower, $1.252.00 box; celery, $1.001.50; horseradish. S3 50c per doa stalks; lettuce, head, per brl, J2.0010.00; leaf, 274e per caso; mushrooms, 2535c per lb; onions, $3.00 3.50; per 100 lbs; parsley, $8.00012.00 ner brl: peppers, crate, ii.ao' j.oj; radishes. IS 30c per doz: spinach. $6.00 7.00 per brl; pieplant, bunch, 2535c; string beans, $1.503.50 per hamper; tomatoes, 2.00g3.00 per crate; tur nips, 65c per sack; watercress, 20c per doz. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Cattle Steers, $6.00 8.25; heifers $4.255.25; cows, $3.404.65; calves. $7.00S.O0. Hogs Good to prime heavy, $6.15 6.27 hi; mixed lots and butchers, $6.10 6.2S; fair to fancy light, $6.016.20; roughs, pigs and stags. $3.006.50. CHICAGO OIL MARKET. Wholesale prices of carbon and other oils: Standard white, 9Uc; perfection 9Vie; headlight, 175, 12c; ocene, llc etalne, 18c; V. M. P. naphtha. 11c; gaso line. 13 Mc: machine gasoline. 23c; raw linseed oil. single torls. 76c: 5 brl lots 5 brl lots 75c; boiled, single brls, 77c black oil. 7c; winter black oil; 8c. These quotations apply to brl lots f. o. b. Chicago, QASH GRAIN MARKET Winter wheat by sample: No. 2 red $f.00i:02f No.' 3 N. 99 He $1.01 No. 2 hard. $1.02 1.06: No. 3 hard $1.001.0$. Spring wheat by sample: No. northern, $1.12 1.14; No. 2 northern, $1.081.12; No. 3 spring, $I.001.07 Corn by sample: No. 3, 64?64i4c No. 3 white, 64 U ?r64 Sic; No. 3 yellow 63tt65c; No. 4. 61462ic. Oats by sample: No. 2. 5245!c No. 2 white. 83ti53ic; No. white 62V4ffi5$4c; No. 4 white, 4852c standard. 534 4J53 Vic. DICTOGRAPH EXPERT MISSING (Continued from page one.) defense. The state has evidently known of the stenographer's disap pearance for more than a fortnight bu no inkling of it was made public. On Tuesday Attorneys McAleer o Hammond and Bretsch of Gary, pur puant to the state statutes, notified Special Prosecutor 'Hodges that they would take Hlmmelblau's deposiion in Chicago tomorrow. ' , Then came the story that Hlmmelblau was missing. It is stated that he has been missing frem the offlees of the Pullman com pany, where ho was employed, ror some two or three weeks and no trae of him was learned at his boardins house. . Bretsch Aeusea Tbe State. "You can say for me," said Attorney Bretsch of counsel for Mayor Knotts, Alderman Bowser and others when questioned as to the stenographer's alleged disappearance," that if Hlmmel blau is missing' that the state got him out of the way so as to avoid our tak ing this . deposition tomorrow. The state feajed to let him be put to the test which we - were to have made of his stenographic ability." Waa Hlmmelblaa Kidnaped? On the other hand there are intimations that Hlmmelblau may either have ben intimated or -there stands the question that is being asked: "Has HimmeWao been paid to get out of the way? "Whether Hlmmelblau has been bribed, kidnaped or intimated out of the way." said a Gary man this morning, "the state has original notes which can be read by another stenographer and there are the records that he testified in the previous trials." ReoaUa Pre lone Disappearance". The apparent disappearance of Hlmmelblau also recalls the disappearance of former Detective Schmidt and oth? important witnesses In the Knotts murder conspiracy trial. In the blind pig cases witnesses never appeared in the courts. ACTIVITY AT OTHER END OF THE LINE I Continued from Page .i will be started between Gary and Valparaiso. . Whan completed the - line will be 166 miles long and will be onu of the most direct between Indianap olis and Chicago. Officials of the com pany have hopes of completing th road and establishing train service within two years from the date con struction work Is begun. Entrance to Chicago will be made over the tracks of a company already In operation in that city. ' The company was organized June : of last year at a capitalization of $100, 000. It is planned to increase the capital stock to $6,000,000, avhich represents the amount of the bond Issue that is expected to be made. Elmer lj. Blnford ot Greenfield Is acting a. J president and -general- counsel of tho company at the nresent time, but i U

said that Frank ' M. Fanvre, well known in Indiana traction circles, will be named as his successor within the

next lew weeks. John A. Sharer la vice president and chief engineer of the company. Because of the rivalry between two Indiana cities for tho line, no decision has been reached as to the exact route between here and Chicago. TWO MORE BLAST FURNACES FOR GARY (Continued from Page L) 6, a week from Monday, and this will tax the steel producing sources even greater than It is at the present time. Jnllet find South Chicago to Help. To relieve the situation the Chicago general offices of the company have been considering the advisability of importing hot metal from Jollet and South Chicago blast furnaces. This would mend matters. As it is. the eight blast furnaces are unable to supply the pig iron require ments and the demands of forty-two open hearth furnaces. Were there more steel and Iron available the big battery of rolling mills of Gary works would have a greater output than is possible at this time. Must Alo Supply Thla Industry. It was announced yesterday that the first steel will be drawn from the new ly lighted open hearth furnaces on Feb. 26, the day the rail mill is to be placed in commission. Preparations are also being made to supply the demands of the Gary Bolt and Screw works, which will begin operations with 1,000 employes in four or six weeks hence. This concern will use hundreds of tons of steel billets daily. WHITING LADY FOUND DEAD III BED (Special to The Times) Whiting, Ind., Feb. 16. The sudden death of Mrs. James Clark of Davidson Place, found dead in bed yesterday morning, came as a great surprise to the family and many friends. Mrs, Clark's health has been poor for some time, she having previously suffered a partial stroke of paralysis, which has effected two of her Angers. At present however, she seemed to be gaining strength, and her husband was quite optimltic as to her condition. Yesterday . morning he awoke about 3 a. m. and attempting to talk to his wife, received no reply. , He arose, and lighting the lamp tried In vain to arouse her, but found it to be an impossibility. - Dr. Doolittle was summoned, but upon his arrival found M's. Clark to have been dead for fully an hour. Coroner Smith, of Gary, held the Inquest yesterday and gave a cerebral hemorrhage as the cause of death. Mrs. Clark who is 43 years old was widow, previous to her marriage to Mr. Clark, about two years ago. Since coming here from the East Side to live she has made scores of friends who will regret greatly to hear of death, i The funeral has been arranged for Sunday afternoon, when services will be preached by a Swedish Minister from South Chicago at her home at 1:30 p. m. Interment will be at Oak Hill cemetery In Hammond, where the remains will be laid to rest beside those of her first husband. CREW HAD NARROW ESCAPE (Continued from page one.) According to statements of railroad men, the switch engine on which Knlterton and Polen were working should have- been in the siding twenty minutes before the passenger train approached, as it was known the latter was due. ' Trlea to Prevent Collision. The engineer of the pasenger saw the danger and made an attempt tprevent a collision. The brakes were thrown on and the passenger train is said to have slid over the rails for a distance of ' a square. Passengers were thrown about' inside and badly frightened. No one was hurt, however. The switch engine was struck as it reached the point, of the switch, in the rear of the cab, which vaa reduced to splinters. The coal tender was overturned and hurled from tho tracks and the engine was derailed. The pilot of the pasenger engine was shattered, but It did not leave the rails, thougn the boiler head was. burled in the wreckage of the other engine. Passengers left the train and took College avenue cars to the city. ! FOREIGN BORN TO UNITE IN POLITICS (Continued from Para tcampaign on a systematic basis. Every one of the 10,000 estimated foreign voters In Lake county before they came to America carried a musket in the armies of Europe, they have mill tary discipline" and the matter of or ganiaztion would be one of the leasproblems confronting the leaders. Te Establish A vrapaper. It is also planned to establish a foreign newspaper in Lake county, which shall attack vice, graft, streat Improvement robberies and other eviU which prey upon all citizens but which the American-born have been unable to eradicate. National! tie Are Banded. Some of the plans were disclosed at a meeting held at Rudolph Marass's south end Turner hall In Gary last night when the "All-Salvation Polltl cal and Literary" club waa born. A charter will be asked for In a few daya from the secretary of state. Frank Zawadzkl, one of the direc tors in the National Polish alliance. and f ermerly a Chicago police . lieu tenants Louis Gerkovich. President General of the National' Servian Alli ance, Dr. John Pavelich. a Gary at torney and formerly member of the Austrian parliament 'and privy Councilor to the emperor. John Keseric, and

Rudolph Jdarasz, formerly an officer in

the Austrian array. Zawadzkt was elected president. John NastSch. a Servian leader, vice president, I Zager, secretary and John Marich treasurer. SEVERAL HEW TEAMS KNOCKING AT DOOR There will be an important meeting of the Northern Indiana Baseball association tomorrow afternoon in Indiana Harbor at which Michigan City, Valparaiso, and LaPorte. will be rep resented, with a view of Joining the organization and making it an eight club league. It is rumored that the steel mill at Gary wants to affiliate with the league, but It Is not known whether there will be a representative from this organization present or not at tomorrow's meeting. The American Bridge company team has already sig nified its desire to come in, and it Is understood that this organization wll be represented. Indiana Harbor was chosen for the place and 3 p. .m for the time, as Indiana Harbor is more conveniently located for the representatives from the new cities desiring to Join, and the afternoon was arranged for in order that the representatives be given an opportunity to return home the same evening. The men will gather at Matt Sternberg's cafe and will later adjourn to a place not yet selected where they can' be alone for the discussion of their . business. ( If the new cities to be represented ! at the meeting decide to Join and thx.i i. i i league is made an eight city affair, ! A. , . . ,,, there is no doubt that some Important changes will be made in the methods j 1 of conducting the organization. The prospects this year are bright for a splendid base ball season. Michlgan Jiy. iai-one ana iprii.o lng good base ball towns, and the old towns embraced within the league last year having demonstrated their ability to hold their own in this respect. With the present prosperous outlook It 'j altogether likely that the attendance will be greater this year than last year and the season accordingly even more prosperous. . STEEL PROFITS DROP: ANOTHER POOR REPORT As an indication of what the ateel business has been among lndepenaent companies in the last year the recent report of Republic Iron and Steel, snow ing that Its preferred diviaena was nui fully earned In the last nair or isn, and tbe report of the Lackawanna Steel company, now issued, are ot importance. The Lackawanna report shows for 1911 a total Income of $3,$35 042. or $2,914,194 less than in 1910. The cut In Income was not far from 50 per cent. The Republic's net earnings from operations in six months ended Dec. 31 were $1,470,000. drop Of nearly $500.000. or more than 25 per cent below those of the corresponding period of the preceding year. It is considered that these reports furnish a fair Indication of what other Independent steel and Iron concerns made In the last year. The United States Steel corporation made a com paratively poor showing for 1911. earn ing so small a margin over Its common dividend that fears of an early cut are entertained. The Impression grows that the Republic company will be forced to reduce or pass Its preferred dividend. i Report for 1-ack.awanna. The Lackawanna steel report for 1911 and the changes trom the figures for tha preceding year follow: 1911. Decrease. Total income $3,035,043 $2,914,194 Int. on bonds, etc. 1,750,000 20,771 2.934.9G5 484.663 2.450,302 Balance l,2So,042 Deductions 1.202.239 Surplus S2.803 Increase. Company' Unfilled Ordera. At the end of 1911 the Lackawanna had unfilled orders calling for 289.971 tons of material. This was an Increase of .63.868 tons over the amount . reported at the end of 1910. Numerous steel companies have re ported increased orders on their books. but prices have been so low In many cases that there is little, if any, profit in handling the business. FIRE THREATENS ' PURDUE BUILDINGS University Damaged by Early Morning Blaze. Lafayette. Ind., Feb. 16. Purdue Lake County Title

(abstracters) ABSTRACTS FURNISHED AT NOMINAL RATES f. B. IdOTT, Fresldeat rSAlla: HAMMOND. Vfce-FreaideM J. S. BLACK MUM, Secretary A. EL I At FUt, Treasurer SDWAJU) 4. uUt, Maaaio

Secretary's orflce 2 Tapper Bloc HAMMOND

THE HAMMOND DISTILLING OO. DAILY CAPACITY 25,000 GALLONS

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BORROW THE MONEY OF US AND PAY THEM ALL; $$ LOANS $$ made on Furniture, Pianos, Horses, Store or Office Fixtures from one month to one year, on the Lowest Terms and the Easiest Rates, with privilage of a most ample Rebate if paid before due. ASK US. $10 and up. We loan anywhere in the Calumet District. Calumet Loan Go. 212 Hammond Building Phone 323 OPEN EVERY EVENING. UHWt??tTfh!aIharmacv J . building. The blaze was burning j . fiercely on the arrival of the fire depart"c"-" , T.' mems. r ivc lumiJeiciicB nui uai.jL- ! ette were summoned to help put out -th Maze. Tha entire basement of the bundlng was gutted and the first floor badly damaged by smoke and water. Klre plugs near the building were froz en ana for a while it appeared that the building would be burned to the ground. The damage Is estimated at $3,000. Mail Service Grows Worse. As a result of some of the cock-eyed "reforms" introduced Into the postal service by Postmaster General Hitchcock, who has hit upon tho brilliant plan of sending soma mail by freight. Gary people receive their out-of-town newspapers and exchanges several days late. For Instance, newspaper mailed In Hammond for Gary, eight miles away, now take from three to four days, while newspapers from South Chicago are sometimes five to seven days on the way. First Steel Laid. The first ateel on the Hobart-Gary electric line was laid on Wednesday when the Nickel plate spur was extended about 150 feet for the accommodation of the car and the unloading of material for the ear batn.-Jlo.jai t Qa zette. NOTHINO IS OF GREATER IMPORTANCE TO TOU THAN TO KEEP POSTED . ON PASSING EVENTS IN TOUR LOCALITY BT READING THB TIMES 1ACH gVENiyq. THB CHESAPEAKE OHIO RAILWAY OF INDIANA. Leavlaur Ttme at VlannaMd. Ind. Effective Jan. Ttn, 1812. Snnfeet to Change Wlthont Notlcn. S:la pro. DAILY. Linmi tor Cincinnati. Washington. Baltimore. Phil, adclnhta. New York. Richmond. Norfolk and Virginia and Nona - Carolina points. Local for Clncln- . niTT-v Jnatl. connecting :23 am DAILY S witv F F v jj ! . . 'Ited for the.Eaav 13:38 am DAILY. Local for Cincinnati :40 pm DAILY. Local for Chicago. S:!5 pm DAILY. Limited for Chicaga and Wit :17 am DAILY. Local for Chicago.. Sleeping, Obaervatlon-Parlor and Dining Cars on Limited Trains. Sleeping Cars on Night Trains DON'T GO TO LAW Our Abstract wtli show you whether you are buying lan or a law suit. ALLMAN-GARY , TITLE COMPANY St to DIXWIDDIB. ALLMAir BROS. CAPITAL $100,000.00 Abstract of Title to Land lit Lake County, Indiana. OFFICES: 658 Broadway, Gary, Ind. Allman Block, Crown Point, Ind. BRANCH OFFICE: Chicago Title . A Truct Company, Chicago, IIU & Guaranty Co. HAMMOND AN i CROWN POINT, IND