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Two Ois in Rail Accidents and One Is Asphyxiated At Harbor. iu m.ktin.i Churl- nakrr, 310S Block avenue, rotor, arrestrrf at the XlrMtan Control depot n Mammon thU noon a'fter he had purchased a ticket for the east. Officer Singer took Baker In custody n the near answered the description o the murderer. Baker mnffMfdNo the Hammond police that he had killed the man and -n oman. Five people, all of whom met tragic deaths ,are today occupying slabs at the undertaking rooms of Burns and McGuan, Indiana Harbor. A negro and a negTess were murdered in cold blood at 3108 Block avenue at six o'clock this morning; a Roumanian was deranitated and dismembered on the Lake Shore tracks yesterday aft- j ernoon; a negro had his skull iractured in a railroad accident on the I. H. B. at the Michigan avenue crossing last night, and the fifth man was asphyxiated by gas. The dead, are Giles Baker, , colored, 3103 Block avenue; Happie Tobin (negress). colored, 3103 Block avenue; John Clarion, Roumanan, 3733 Beech street; Clayton Person, colored, 150th and Alexander avenue; and the unknown man asphyxiated by gas as Adarnschik's place night before last. Police Even Are Horrified. ... . . m hv nhone to the Harbor . ! lIIIU tan" r . . nation at 6:30 th.s '"V,,.," ;; ' ' . ; - o T t hpIU I had been a tragedy in me - d boarding house right across from te inland mill gates. 31U8 Block ve- , Offers were at once sent to the J, Ue where it was found that G.le. ,tKH-. colored, who was proprietor ot he place, and a colored woman. Hap,V Tobin. apparently his paramour, had been shot and killed while toF,thPr in a room at this number. The story obtained that the murderer, who is supposed to be fharle Baker, a negro from the fth. who lately came to Indiana H iiber, but who is no relation to the rdered man. had as his former , Jetheart the woman. HaPPie Tobin. When he found that clandestine r,a-,-,. existed between the proprietor o. i.e restaurant and his friend, Happ.e, , ... ,va- filled with jealous, insane rage :.,! at once made plans to vn v ,th the man who had won his form,,r sweetheart. He Got Up Early For Deed., ArHnY afan early hour thi. morniM., he armed himseif with a pun. vTnt to the room where they were ..,,r,o.-d to be sleeping and forcing an intrnnce found them together witu ..Verv evidence that his information h,d"been correct and that the two. w.-e living together as man and wifeWithout hesitating or waiting for explanation, he opened 'fire cm the vur and with well dfreeted shots soon ...duced the pair to but pled iae!. of humanity. He then left the house and without interruption made his wav to unknown parts. It was a half hour before the police received information of the tragedy and bv that time Haker was probably well on his way to safety. A good description of the man was obtained however. and the police forces of neighboring cities are assisting in the -parch for the murderer. Negro Killed In N. Y. C. Yards. Ye.terdav afternoon the chief clerk of the New York Central lines at Indiana Harbor informed the police that a ngro had been killed in the elevator vards. about eighty feet east of the freight depot. Officers Ptruss ana Hiehl responded and found that a man had been hit by passenger train No. 1. -west bound, and that he had been horribly mutilated. His head had been severed, arms anl 1,gs cut off and hardly enough of the body remained for identification. Investigation. however. developed that the man was John Clanch. a Roumanian, who with his wife and child lived at 373.1 Ueech street. He was an employee of the Portland -ment -o.. at Buffington and had laid ..ff yesterday. He was out apparently for a walk when death cams unforon and instantaneously. The engineer said the. man was waTVmg outside the track until the train was very near when he stepped ,tr directly in front of the engine. Death By Fractured Skull. About 7:30 in the evening- a member ofr the fire department made report to the police, that he had heard that a man had been struck by a train on tContinued on page five.)

A DAY OF HORROR CThis has been a day of crime and tragedy in the Calumet region eight dead and eleven injured. CAt Burnliam one was shot dead in a roadhouse for defending a girl and another wounded. !At Gibson a conductor and a brakeman met shocking deaths on the rail. CTAt Indiana Harbor a man and woman were kilted ( by a jealousy-razed negro. CAt Hammond ten people were hurt, one seriously, in street car accident. CAt Indiana Harbor a negro was killed in a railroad accident. A Roumanian was killed on the Lake Shore, and an unknown man asphyxiated by gas. WANT CEDAR TREES CUT DOWN Br Inlted Press.) IXDIANATOUS, Ind., Nov. 23. On account of the great damage to apple trees, caused by cedar rust, some apple growers of Indiana are advocating that a bill be passed by the next legislature ordering all cedar trees in the vicinity of orchards be cut down. Such drastic action Is not necessary, according to a statement made to tne t'nited Press today bv H. J,, nodgrass. assistant ftate entimologist. Spraying of appie trees is the proper method of elimination of cedar rust, according to Snodgress. The trees must be sprayed several times a year and must be given careful attention to be kept free-from rust. This method has been tried in other I fruit .r'tirn and has been found efjfH y ciated. - - - - - - TERCENTENARY OF REFORMATION .A FAYETTE. Ind., N"ovT23. Before the German Eutheran pastors of the Northern Indiana and Northern Onio districts of the Missouri synod concluded their annual conference here, the Rev. John Bauer of Fort Wayne announced a plan for the celebration of the tercentenary of the Reformation, to be observed in October, 1917, throughout the country. Mr. Haur's proposal probably will be adopted by all tn congregations of the United States. It includes programs for churches, Sunday schools and Lutheran parochial schools. The four-hundredth anniversary of Luther's proclamation at AVlttenhere. October 31. 1517, will occur October 31 of next year, and that is the date set for the general celebration in tni country. PROBABLE BRITISH "FOOD DICTATOR" -A 5 v . , 1 Lord Devonport. , Great Britain is awaiting anxiously to learn who its next "big man" is to be. He will be "food dictator" and popular belief points to Lord Devonport as the choice. He will have absolute power as to the distribution of food throughout the land, in order to conserve tie supply, threatened through the depredations of the German U-boats.

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G01DUCTQ Two Indiana Harbor Belt railway employes were killed in the Gibson yards at 6:15 this morning. They were: B. C. BASTIN. 33. conductor; married. GEORGE J. GILBOSS, aged 30, switchman; single. Gilboss and Bastin were between two freight cars aiding each other in chaining them up, as one had no draw bar. An engine backed Into the string of cars from one end and crashed them together. Boh men were killed Instantly, their heads and chests crushed. There had only been a spare of two or three feet between the cars and escape was impossible. Gilboss boarded with a family at Sohl and State streets, and Bastin lied at the Windsor hotel in Hammond. Bastin has a wife and daughter In St. Louis. ONE HIT BY AUTOMOBILE TRUCK Wm. Graham, young son of Mr. and -Mrs. A. T. Graham. 3419 Fir street. Indiana Harbor, was hit by a motor truck yesterday aftern oon at 5:30 o'clock on -Michigan avenue near the Central Drug Store. It is sa id that the truck was driven by one of the Johnstone Bros., a nd that the boy, on an errand to the drug store, ran around a street car standing there and dashed directly in front of tne moving machine. The boy was taken to the office of Dr. Robinson where it was found that his nose was broken and that he was severely bruised in a number of places. First aid was given and he was taken to the home of his parents on Fir street. It will doubtless be several weeks before he will be able to resume attendance at school and enjoy nis usual activities. ALL ARE INVITED 'ity officials, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, architects, builders and contractors and every one interested in the housing situation are invited tonight to a meeting held at the assembly room of the library. Chicago and Baring avenues, to hear an address on "The Child and the Home" delivered by one of the. most prominent club women of this country and an authority on problems of this nature, Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon, author of the "Indiana Housing Law" and other. standard works. Every seat at the assembly room tonight should be filled. This Is a vital question in this city and one that is sure to occupy large attention in the not far distant future. Any information that citizens and officials can obtain should be sought eagerly In an effort to solve this all important question. ?.7rs. Bacon comes to this city under the auspices of the civic section of the East Chicago Woman's Club. The meeting is an open one to which, the T( nr-ral public is invited. Neither ba i v. t.-:v r nor any other circumstance, should prevent a large attendance tonight. GILBERT ISCONFIDENT E. S. Gilbtrt of Indiana Harbor, member of the Chamber of Commerce, has taken the Universial Portland Cement Company at their word and at $150.00 per day has guaranteed to solve the cement dust problem. Mr. Gilbert has worked out a device which he thinks will do the work. He says that it can be installed within a few weeks, would not require expensive machinery and would cost but little to operate. He has taken the matter up with the cement company and negotiations are pending whereby the officials of the Buffington plant may consider his scheme. NOT FILED IN TIME Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Gary Park Case. The supreme court has dismissed tne appeal of William P. Oieason and others from the order of the Lake superior court granting a temporary injunctim on beiialf of Prucilla Carr and Albert C. Carver, enjoining the city of Gary and the town of Miller from buying lands belonging to Gleason and other for a Joint park for the city and town. The contemplated park included the lands of Carver and Carr, as well as those of tne appealing parties. The supreme court does not consider the merits of the controversy, but dismisses the appeal because of the fact that the appellants failed to file the appeal within the term of the Lake superior court at whii-.i the temporary injunction was summed, as required by law in taking- an appeal from aitemporary injunction. If yon'H adverti your holiday har B-nfrtit we will iret le opl to shop PTrr. fce time ni Bet hilar-

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If Stuff's Off! Pay the Bet. LAKEWOOD, N. J., Nov. 23. Charles E. Hughes, who is here on a vacation, last night telegraphed his congratulations to President Wilson on his reelection. The message read: The President. The White House, Washington, D. C. Because of the closeness of the vote, I have awaited the official count in California, and now that it has been virtually completed, permit me to extend to you my congratulations upon your re-election. I desire also to express my best wishes fora most successful administration. The Times' suggestion that th" date of Indiana primaries be advanced from March until lat in the summer or early in the fall has teen enthusiastically received all over the state and republican as well as democratic editors and political leaders have announced they. are for it. It was The Times that first pointed out in a story from Gary the strain that would result now from starting at once to jrt -ready for the March munrc:ip&l.prm&3 imiaedfatal)--. after the national election was finished. The suggestion that the legislature advance the state was well received throughout the state. When Thb Times story reached Indianapolis the several news bureaus there immediately sent it to practically every newspaper in the state. Endorsed liy Indianapolis Mar. The Indianapolis Star in speaking of the suggestion states in an editorial captioned "The Voters Will a.iy Amen": " "A report comes from Gary that politicians in that city are preparing to ask the legislature to amend the election laws so that primaries will be held in September instead of in March. They may expect the sympathy of a long-suffeving public. "The would-be reformers contend that the present schedule makes a candidate carry on a campaign durin.; eight months after having spent several months in the contest to get the nomination. They consider that to be too great a strain on the efforts and purse of those who seek public office. They might add that it alio is a severe train on the public which is expected to listen to the candidates and to uecide between them. "We got the national and state elections off our hands last week and already the candidates for the city contest are getting !nto action preliminary to the primaries in March. The election will not be held until next fall. The Gary idea of holding- the primary next Septmeber sounds very attractive to those who have just done their duty as voters. "The people, in fact, probably would he willing to go further than the mere proposal to move the primary election up to September. If the question were put to a referendum they probably would be overwhelmingly in favor of imposing heavy penalties on any man who would declare himself to be a candidate more than thirty days 4n advance of the primary. They might be willing to go so far as to make it a gross misdemeanor for any one to suggest or speculate on candidacies or t.. discuss politics in any form at any time previous to thirty days before the primary election." The Gary headquarters of the Salvation army is now located at 7Sth avenue and I.eleware street after being for several years in the old Mercy hospital building in North Carolina street. Headquarters are rn charge of Captain and Mrs. Thomas Noble. Yesterday afternoon the local branch of the army had a pleasant visit from Adjutant John Purdue, for several years in charge at Gary, but who left in to become commandant at Lafayette. Adjutant Purdue has since been transferred to Bloomington. Ind. After leaving Gary Mr. Purdue was promoted from captain to ensign and when he took charge at Illoomington he was advanced to adjutant. Adjutant Purdue called on many of Ills Gary friends yesterday. A live newpper for people who are till on earth thafu whnt THK TIMKS ''-

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A recent snapshot of Trince George and Countess Nada. A romance which i sure to result in a closer union between the royal houses of Russia and Great Hritain is the way dispatches describe the wedding of Prince Georce of Battenburg' and Countess Nada Torby, daughter of Grand Duke Michael and Countess Torby, of Russia, which has just taken place in London. Kr George and Queen Mary and other members r,f niUfU ...i r . i .L.

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HERE'S WHAT MADE FRANZ JOSEF THE SADDEST OF ALL RULERS.

His wife, "the good Elizabeth," was assassinated in Switzerland by an anarchist. His brother Maximilan was executed in Mexico. His only son, Rudolph, was a suicide. His sister-in-law, the Duchess d'Alancon, was burned to death at a charity bazaar in Paris. His favorite grandchild married against his wishes and her love ended in the shooting of her rival. The heir presumptive to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, were assassinated, bringing on the general European war cf 1914.

VERV L&IE3T WAR 1S illy t olled rablecram.) 1.0M0, Nov- 21 V uccew.ful air rnld ilnt German hydroaeroplane and Urmao naval force at .eebrugge nan announced in an admirnltj- statement today. 1 eaterday. It wa declared, naval aeroplane dropped homli over the aeroplane shed at the Ilelglan port now held by the German and also on the (irnnan deroyer anchored alonar the Hole. A destroyer wnw hit and the nheds damaged Tit the bomb. (By Vnlled I're Cablejtram.) ATHENS, Nov. T.i. French murines took charge of the IVIoponncntt railway Ktation. Illy Inlted I'rcsn Cablegram.) UOV1K. Nov. Iteplylnsf to tlie central power", the Holy Sea haa stated it" Inability to consider An". trn-Gcrniana pronuncltamento to Poland's autonomy before conclusion of pence proceedlnR, it wan unilrmloinl today. Illy KI. I. ;KOT. i Hy I nlled lre. V sHINIiTON, Nov. 2:1. leitruetlon of the (treat Hrltlxh honpltal hlp Hrltannic. seriously threatened today to enter into the tangled of submarine compllcnUlons between, the I filled States and Germany. ny Inlted Press Cablegram.) Itr.RI.IN (via Wireless to Snyvllle.l Nov. 23. Two hundred railroad cars were among the booty which Austro.Cierman troops captured at Craiova. Iloumanla, according o the war office statement today. It l sold the situation In YAall'arhla we "unchanged." "Kusslan patrols advancing south of Sroorgon, after a strong preparatory fire were repulsed,-' the statement .aid. "The weather Is beeom. Ing brighter and there Is nrtlllery activity between the Baltic and the Forest of the Carpathians. On the east edge of Trensylvanln there were engagements of reconnoltering detachments." In Dobrudjn along the lnnu"e artillery fire was reported at several places. Illy United Ires Cablegram.! By Inlted Press Cablegram.! I'ARIS Nov.. 23. Lieut Buyne. rter brought down his twentyecon' eeroplane In an aerial nct-

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UNITED ROYAL WAR ROMANCE tion, it was reported Into day's official statement. The night was calm along the entire front, the statement said. Hy T nited Press Cablegram.) AMSTERDAM, Njov. 23. Charles Francis Joseph, new ruler of An. trO-Hungary will ba proclaimed 'Kaiser and Koenlg Karl I, nr. cording to German newspapers received here today. Reports from Vienna said the arrival of Kaiser AVinielm and Czar Ferdinand was expected at Vienna today. The erown prince of Turkey sent as the Ottoman empire's representative at the funeral of Emperor Franz Jo. seph, Is expected within two or three days. Hy I'nlted Press Cablegram.) LONDON, .Nov. 23. Gen. Sir Beckwith Hale; reported artillery tiring during; the night on both sidrs of the Ancre, and also In the neighborhood of Hahuterne, in today's statement. ANOTHER PLAYGROUND ACCIDENT 'Special to Thb Timef.) riOBAHT, 1XD.. Nov. 23. While at school yesterday afternoon. Miss Kuth Gill broke her collar bone and received internal injuries by falling from one of the playground swings. The accident was caused by the breaking of a chain while tne swing was in motion. L. 0. T. M. HEAD IN THE REGION MICHIGAN' CITV, IN'D., Nov. 23. Mrs. Alice B. IjOcke of Denver, Col., supreme lieutenant commander of the j. O. T. M.. is touring the state visiting district rallies. Sne was in Hammond yesterday and is in Elkhart today. Michigan City Maccabees planned to attend the Hammond rally, but owing to other engagements were unable to be present. ! COMMERCIAL HOTEL LEASED KEXSSEIiAEK, IND.. Nov. 23. C. P. 'Palo n nd famllv RTB tO mOVC tO CrOWn I'oiut the first of the year, where Mr. Fate has leased the Commercial hoted of that city for a period of five years. Although Mr. Fate will make Crown Toint nis home he will not give up bis restaurant business here and will place a manager In charge of his business In Kensselaer

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Girls Flee As Revolvers Bark At Byrnliarn Roadnouse Early Today. The hour of a drizzled dawn, in Burnham today saw the murder of one roadhouse guest and the wounding of a bartender by members of a party of six young men who fired more than twenty-five shots and escaped in an automobile. The vicious incident took place shortly after six o'clock. Joseph .Hogarty, aged 25, owner of a cigar store at 50 East Twentysecond street, Chicago, was killed instantly as he rose from a chair at a table in the Burnham Cafe to punish one of the sextette of youths for a remark which, according to the ethics of Bohemia, was considered an insult to the two girls he had escorted to the place. SHOT FROM BEHIND. Thrpe shots entered the back, one lodged in the neck and the lifth in the arm and Hograrty fell to the floor dead. Kid Conlon. a barUnder. waa shot twice in the hand. The two men and two girls with. Hosarty and two other couplta wh. were in the room at the Uine fled throng-h the various exits. Th? revolver fire followed them but although a shot passed through the flounce or . STirl's shirt, none was injured. Chan, liers. pictures and windows were si,,: tered by the volley of fliot.s brought the aitiUeiy tii.ar.lay close. The six young- men ?ft;1r; i' ai't; ll6&ne"lu7uErfri-i i.-.!," it .r.... speeding: dangerously over the v.pavement in a downpour of rain. Th I'.urnham police found the vicinity ,, Center street where the Burnham oa' is located, in a state of panic and r Three chaufteurs and two quests Wei arrested as witnesses but the girls or Hogarty' s party and one of the fe'low8 were Sne. Hob Ganie, who with the two women had gone to the Burnham Inn at three o'clock hi a taxicab, remained. It is known that Hog-arty carried no weapons. iVIayor John Fatten of Burnham anl Hitchcock are owners of tne ft urn ham Inn. Authorities -tated todav that it Is believed thu stockyard.-. Vane d'l the shooting. TEN HURT, m ui psqsiuo SI 1VQ JO Ten people were shaken un an.l bruised and one man seriously injured last evening during the rain storm when a southbound street car on Sheffield avenue near Kindel's Grove ran into the rear of a aorse drawn wagon loaded with coke. The right side of the front vestibule of the street car was smashed in. Edward Kaufman. 113 Weft State street Hammond, was standing to the right of the motorman and following the impact it was found his rigiit leg had been broken and he was otherwise, cut and bruised badly. An ambulance carried -Kaufman to St. Margaret's hospital. Knoi-ketl Oft" Viairon. The drivvr and his two helpers w knocked off the wagon by tho force of the collision. The trio sustained minor injuries. Joe Sytkouski, luStl Hurley avenue. Hegew isch, owner and driver, was bruised about tne, legs. Carl Gill. 330 Towle street, and Frank Pdrlnck, 183 Gostlin street, who were employed to aid him in transporting the coke from the Standard Oil plant in Hegewisch, were both bruised. Motorman Joe Beck was blinded by the rain on the window and as the wagon ahead had no lights did not set it In time to avoid the accident. 1! stepped back however and was not hurt. One of the eight men passengers who rode in the vestibule was bleed in u from a cut caused by flying glass but he did not give his name. Others of those on the front platform were, bumped and slightly hurt while many oT the passengers in the body of tho rar received severe shock1?. AFFIRMS DECISION I Hf I nltr.I Pre. I.N DIANA POMS. Nov. 2;!. The Indiana appellate court yeslerday affirmed the decision of the Iake supeli'T court approving the petition of receiver for the Indiana Trust & Saving-; bank of Indiana Harbor. One of the stockholders endeavored to prevent approval of the petitions. Tms Times has the largest circulation In th cnuntv.

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