Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 219, Hammond, Lake County, 27 February 1919 — Page 1

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HAMMOND. INDIANA.

THE TIMES' Bureau at SlaJ Capital for All Legislative News.

THURSDAY. r'KM.lWUY U7, V.iV.t.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS I L'LL LEASED WIRE SEliVXCE.

. ...u u:r carried la Kamzaona ana On streets and news studs, &c per copy. West HasiK,on4, 50c per month.

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World Has Never Faced Such a Situation, Three Hundred Million Needing Feed.

By CHAE.L2S EDWARD BU53ELX. (Exclusive Cable by JL N. S. and the Xondoa Dally Express.) j LONDON, Feb. 27. Food orj chaos! That, in plain terms, is the situation . iu practically all of! Europe east of the Rhine. j Help must come with organized' relief on a scale unknown hereto-; tore, with bread, meat and clothe-i ' for millions and then millions j more or the world will face the; certainty of terrible distress over j vast regions ar.d the possibility ol ; a storm that will shake the whole

structure of modern society

TROUBLE STTIfE.

IPALMER NEW

mow GENERAL

(E7 International News Service.) WAfiuNirrov, Vih. Th- ap- ' ;nt:n-itt of A. M Ui'holl r::!n:fr. alten J .p-:rty u Median, as at t-t-!ey-a.' r.crp!. t succeed T!t':i:;s '.'..it; 1 ; r;. . v.aj

' anoour.c ed today. ; The now attorney general is .1 n.ni e , !f lVtm !am.i. lie has been a mom- ! ; b-.r i t'.o Vnite-1 St'.if. ansr.'sf?: ' j in- is ; la--, yer and has had : ori-moe . i -s a busm- s e.-outi ! ' Alvxamkr Mitchell Palmer wa ,.rn i ! at Moosehead. l"i. May A. J.-7-. a o'i .' I -'f Sdraiit ! a-i'l Caroline Palmer. ( Hp crMiiaa t-0 with honors in ir A. I'. ,

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WHAT CAN YOU SUGGEST? (By Iatornatioaal News Service.) MARION, IND.. Feb. 27. Thomas Pickerill, prosecuting attorney, would like a receipt for stopping the sale of Jamacia ginger. Pickerill says that since Indiana has become Sahara-like, topers are imbibing freely of the gir.ger-stiiff, offering as an excuse for their drinking, t'j.e "flu" and fear of pneumonia. The prosecutor learns from those who have drunk the concoction that one or two swallows

REPORTED STARVING'2

hen Wilson Set Foot On U. S. Soil

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EXPECTED Moonshine Battle Results In Wholesale Slaughter In South Last Night.

tyww vtvwnnmissiaxjrth ariuwjBi.- wsaxtysaj-rvM siii3gjm(M!r'jaraa President and Mrs. Wilson on gang plank going: from cutter to shore at Boston.

And maybe shake it down. Anyone r t9iv oV.nnt ihinas as they really

,.! In Kurope wilt seem t j the uniniatd to be an alarmiv or cx-iRgorator. r:,at is be':au.-ff the world ha nrvr i.. fore facfd sitch a situation and has ' r.'iiins in ls experience to.Mft aj .nipaHson on. 1 can only assure you j n.-. one in these past few wcc'ks

,"" V--n in F..ris and lieard the re-

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ents of League Glean Little News from Banquet,

An enormous cro.vd turned out to greet President and Mrs. Wilson on their arrival at Boston from their trip to Europe, the lirat Lu-

ropean trip ever made by a United States president. The U. S. S. "(iet.rtce Washington" conveyed the president home. The party va taken from the liner to the

dock in the cutter CKssipee. The photo shows Wilson in the middle of the cnjr plank jroinj; ashore. Mrs. Wilson can be seen at the right end of the plank.

A. Mitchell Palmer.

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i.irk this foreci:

'-xtravajrant. MILIIOUS ARE DESTITUTE. Of 400.000.000 pcjpJo in Kvirope. 1, WW 'hat 300.000. 0"O are now

sr.d ir:arr;ed Kobtria

Dixon, of Kast' n. Md., Nov. 1

I'aiuicr was adnntted to ins liar iu

He Y.hs bit !i director of the

Btl.Lt.TiN- 1 (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, reb. 27. President Wilson vcill nicie one more puWlc

liot speech before he goea abroad In the ,

Metropolitan Opera House In New York oa tae nleht of March 4. He will go

County Sheriffs Want j Army Nurse 60 Cents for Meals In Citation

(International news Serrlc.) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Feb. 2 7. Twu officers are dpad. another Is eerltwsty wounded, and three youths, two of whom iro suffering from wounds, have been j illed at Fort Payne, Ala., as the result of a desperate battle which followed raid on a moonshine still near Ider, on Sand Mountain, Tuesday nirht. Chief of Police Eeldon little and Deputy Sheriff Scott of that section were instantly filled; Sheriff Andy Chitw.jod

t as snot in the arm and body. Jimmy j illevins, a 14-yeaf-old youth, found at ; one of tho three stills which were raided. I was brought to Fort Payne. Later his I brothers, Harry and P.ichard Blevir.e, ' about IS and 10 years, respectively, were ! captured by a big posso of armed men , '.-ho began tho search for th-m immcdli ftt ;ly after news of the battle reached I f ort Payne. The older boys are held ! both in connection with the moonshiner i md shooting the officers. Feeling in tho i Alabama town and furrounJins; section is high, but it is thought trouble will b I averted. : j As the frrand Jury Is in session it is j expected that immediate action in th case cf the U'.evins boys will be taken. It required twenty automobiles which l hunted the alleged murderers of the ofi ficers.

Straudaburgr National Uank, Scranton , aij-ectiy from the opcr house aboard

j Trust Co., t'itiz.-ns G.is Co.,FTr!iud5-1 tJj9 Oeorffa Washington, sa.ling- tor! it Is ; hurgr iva!r Co.. and iho T-.tcrn nal : early oa the morning of March;

Representative Fifield of Lake County Presides

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pere eight.

SARFLY

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j61st to tii-. d'.'rn cniti'f j 2Sth T'ennsyivanii di.tr: i p.-in'- 1 3'iiis;-' of tii'i 1

c'ainiis in Apr ft 331". find rfs-in-'il ..-pt

; 1, Uir,. '3i !tpv..;j.t...l ;.! pr.", r- ' ty i'ii iv t Oil i ti uml'r tlie " i i -.! i ; i ir v,i'i". ( 'he -i;or,-.y ail'' by Pr--:d. sst Wilsi.ti j Oct. K1T. I'almT has '---:: a m?mj bcr -f the rxi ut ivo c'-r.'.iiiii""o ol' thi j Den-cn ratlc N'attotnl oomtn: ':? firn-e I 1312. He i a member of the Society ' for Fri-Mvls and lrir.5yi vania 1'-r Aii v-i.tt ion. His lioni" is in S-.: an l'.''ir.

T:ie ;irrid i .l scoil tlv iiMtntia

n timmbtr of the . nl, --n,T,i,rTnint came from tha

: -s. from the tcflaT following the presl-

He w:,-? ar- aeat. cinnar with the members of tha

; two congressional conunlttees on for-

eig-n affairs and relations last night.

at Public Hearing on Masters' Bill Last Eve,

l in- t.KTIV.j I I Among the speakers at the pufclic

(By International News Service.) j hearing were Gso. M. Poland, auditor, 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Bothlaad Low Barces, aherlff of Lake cona'y, ,and w Williams, trustee of Cnlumet ' sides of the league of nations con-, township.

troversy still have their biggest cards to play.

This was the conviction at the! inma

International News Service. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. For "con-iE-Saus Asr"i5ni unoi. fire." itlss. Bea.tr rica McDonald, a reserve army nurse. whs awarded a distinguished service cro:ss by- Secretary of War l:aker this afternoon. Tho prrrr. tat Ion was made in the secretary's office in the presence of many members of the general staff.

ASSEMBLY

Miss Mcpomild. who vas ?t

!ied at

. Times lb r::av. ; At Srrs .'.ip:ta!,. ' li!!WVor.l TNI V.M.

Illllhp'f: I -' I coun1 V

lOUeStOXiman w.-, lot!,;,n. ,.-.t,,y ,t w,., am.oun,-!cap:tol t0,iay when the details of;-,:lr,)UPiIlw, .f wil!,h ,:;w.f IS Jailed With Liquor fS "f h" 'Ah'tC ! the discussion at President Wil-jid.

i in His Coat . I

killed by fall from

:T.--The i irmn:c!it f. :

t vrre 'n f..or of the en

tic !:;; n-. .t ?roteetion to ja British canity hc. r:t:C. Muck to her ! i i c : i - tl.rous--h-ut the state. : post during' a nipht air raid by the

!' ' t K n h-.inc.-" f keep publi-C Hur.s rnrinff for the wcundd until she tcrk co!:k ilnrm.c the war P'riod, oven '. was struck down by a f r-i smcn- of a '.'lotipii s-!i.'- i-r' their ,-v!ons in payln? shell and losing: the siph1 .f ...ne eye.

"a'" c e.p n5" s wore technically In vioat.cri ft" i-if-w:ir st'itule.-. It w9s V.r-u yh t out till' a preat nojtrt'ity r-xts's in the type of food

r ed pris-.t-Ts in the jaiis throughout- i rill I Tf IO

GETS DOWN TO WORK

Whit the V

y ou'.dn't looic well in print.

ropovieh. of Tolle5toti. ws r- :

"S;;:::::::RAiiWAY watch tower

; son's dinner to the toreign reia-j Ma-u-r s.mnt.. ,ti. j tions committees o both houses j .':T became IcnO'.vn. prison-r" dnrm.sr I TREE DISCUSSION TAKES PLACE. ' P-o nod. t- 1-P'tl TV,.- pi-'"idevt - avwai "f nv inteii- : tt..; rtini'- . m. r-..

hi v ot 1 no in ; - rm-i : inn i i " ' .

'l-.r .tnt" : nd i

unnaii, ' seiiSi-s of i-T-ini-' on tho ! h:e to fee.! the

v.-;i lic p'-ni ral j n that 't v. a? 1mpv.5-i- ; ri"-!. : .-cb i ia:.' !y on I

SHELBY

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l-. jf'-t a quantity of ilquor in a , tu.r.morl Baloo:v One of the harflies

! -o 1 'n I!Cl-t of th

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him m.ke th purchase av l toho-v- . g , . Smith DffWS 25 TpP.t i

rnnr.-i.-'i across trie line tn.

cvi and tit'led to Officer Far.drei. took r..povi.-h weeping to th? ra- ,

"and I Ju

T d-n't drir.k." b said.

nird to put a cou.-i-- of awa

i that I would h'iv t tn tn

o rom aa tne'j '. 1. 1 ne.

to His Death From Stairway.

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,vi5i f--' yeirs

was held for trlah Tho 1 r.rf.y well, if? e

furrii

l P.a't'a V?rnon ;

! ma tnt.vner f -r ' .,t ! '., vas killr-d yes

MASS MEETING OF SOLDIERS AT HALL

Tuesday Evening Date of j is

Gathering at Liberty Hall to Discuss Plans.

i r'n:i'yl',Mtila R. I t e : d y w i'.en a tan-'

's:;r t ' the stnirw.-ty ,it ti; n -i- et ' j 'r" t"wer r.i v w ty. U- f-fi? to the -itid, n diftftn--.-- cf t . tity-f;ve f"et. ! ! .: Hi- sk.i.l n : : y . d : j n.d "ne ijiej hre- house later in fUaln: . I Margaret's liyspitd! w tthout i?a'.n- ,

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( - '11The decajed rna j! was th Mr. an.-l Mrs. i.n.cwn C. Si,.,: sur . ived by ,i w if atci ch'ld

and s'-c brothers ar.d sisters. The. w't--,-.v raj Mis IZV. I.n rence bef-n---- ).-?r

j mat r;ase and the chil i is Walter, age

months. The brothei-? and sisters

are t.-onn, rnti. nr.war.i. .mi s. ltuia L'i.-h.'n-. Eatr.-JC and Cla-ly.". The funeial will be held from the

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Th" faet i ha

itartiing i-i-il'''11 d- mam! ("r rut . - i,-,n ; c- 'nt itc but h:s i,'T.c-o-.i-r' ssi oi a th

or l.odi;-.' nor Sena

tl,e,r hands m tl nnwiient of th-'

a ....j ,-. , re '-.n! m 1 1 s last :uic wa r s mv.--; l.-d o the fr-resi. discussion I nn i hih.-r. 1-di

leaCUO of tJHt oj- I i-l. NI.,CII W.L- Ii. -f ;

n i-i-w lii't' K' .- n ! j !-:ni (

h.Vbk--- ai.-t ; ! ii" commit

derid.-l ur:t

in.

!.- en: ire

- licht of

yhief eXec:p.ic

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i th.- r-t-esidei.-. ni.-i-ie no : i .a s.-i s :n in'

nts as the ba-its tor a t. loji-in 1 1 c ni ..,t,., i f he h'.'iF.i-- : ! riiniili' r, !'; '- th: i-.n. Kd to the l. 1:0' i H'-fiUtllS is llo- .-, "-nr- weri- not Kiven .-Ii- riff?, auditor i dinrer. Neither Sena- rind e-mn;ty f: u 'p.

Knos re. -a ,ed I d'-r!iiii e. 1 'ci v. tn e

ijiscus i.n The only : j-oke bef-v the c-i

T-iayeij a ccc prcio , r ..I'l' -i

the ..iy. the erd s .- day limit that now pre- j i-outv y I vi1;?. The - ho rd of acounts, m a ' J.c-.-irdi'iK M i sent out hist July, said it txatn- '

w r i ii n" " j Mii-ri v.'-iiicl tmt leak

i :!; r rj,.'nv, .-. nf I , '-,ht-c off '-ii's livt

V p- ri "I. .-.'H-h'd : '"lldiC hi! - !l,i-:.s. IHii' SS such ff:-:a'ls iit by r. .i-.-ii'- -'.' i'i;d suc'i o-C at hi;-''" r rnt's titan 1 :s of iMat-ritis t J. rr : -. 1 i .; prices, j tl.-; he.-.rins;. , The Jv;i - lat-j W d in sd.j y. r-asre. i-i its e-,..se of ! t'trt'Ush src-nid rfniinj the Van Auki ti

(Br International News Serric. INlJlANAI-OX.IS, IND. Feb. 27. Thestate senate, sitting as a committee of the whole, will take up the state tas reform measure at 2 o'clock Mndiy.

j The senate today adopted a motion ! tnade by Senator Kiper to this effect, j following remarks by I.icut. Gov. I3uh i l-.u declared :

imt.i "wTr 'o.f J:'fcr Well Known Lake Co. Boy! "u i; J"r ty to make a goo4 h--x ' , r.f i . . Villi.. -

KILLED

Dies in Shocking Street Car Jam.

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c -ljllt ies U md m ith I r-ersotis 1 s

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s-enate btil. t - stride n-it the word "rr'sn" ii. th" h'irh f-chcwl laws .u,d sub'tiMite the 'rdi "tttod'-r't foreign !anyuase." Ii l !;i i'-'l ti e bill will pa. th.- ho-i-,. .u.'l ti.'.o: th- -:id- (ju.-stii'ii of ; r rr i ti in the rr!iiii !! have b-'en -oi'.c l. it i - ht i-eed. It v5 expeyfed i.-it 'he so-en.' a i -; ria i ion bill w ii

r.; i oduc -i in th - h o 1 1 s - yr- -hi; . and p'-obtldy Mill I acted or: uns.i rsi hi ( th-- t u !.-.. niph' i--n of tio--i I., ii.-e- 1 a tr- yiropf -t t--ine-rrow toff'.t.

ut of it

ome wise ti.t hgiylatiot) should

passed." The senate passed, S3 to S. the bill fithercd by Senator Puncari providing

' 'hat primary elections be held In March h'helby I uiW. for sc. era. j ar.? a j ins'cad of Maj, the TUtts bill to mak

treet lar conduct-.r for the O'r-ry Street ! unllorm - !aw for transfers of share

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F c f nrL- in r. t- r . , -r i - J it. . i.tii

Mas last night a' 0:ia hilled ' . 1 v.'v .. ' T

; j i j i 1 1 1 - - uic ti''ii 1 1 1 a in artier f :t llftrnmoinl ! on ihr- ito nf n.n - tt t.t-:..,

atcnuc i encampment at Itaccoon Creek in Fark

oounty.

iiiir. off the t !-; h-v -a 're.

' ou-t to adjust if a Hroadwav

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eolorri!

"lliiinri " ,

''" snl,l to br Jtm brents!- , ,tlr(,,rP,i nt her home, Uutls

?Iisnchi:rtt Vfniio, '"- ' trrnoon. hc IinI been bit on the heml with nn are and h id Ie-n murI-re.l

.me time Mie live.l alone nn

bellereil rotitM-ry rrn the motive.

SBAND'S ESTATE IS

DEDICATE NEW CLUB

RESTORED!

!Y MAY 1

i War's End Bring's Olad-1 Hammnd Collntl'' Clubi A "rm"l

Association Holds An

in a rear :.d collision

car atid l;roadway c'yr .at H: mid Urea j .. ay.

It- tro;,e:- "ti the Hammond car. ofj The Beardsley btil. increasing tax oa vim h l-u!h:r was th-.; .-nductor. had ..... i,;i,.. , .

ie wnt Jon trucks 200 per cent came up for third ar, run irtadins this nnrni-ir nn.l r-o hi

,hy Motormfn Job,, K-ne.-.-. vbo lo't con- f.rdtr of special business fer n o'clock ; t-el of h car fr.-m a def.,iv rescue . ,om.jrr,-,.v morning. h-cak pinned Fuller V.ve.-n the rear! T1, ,K,l!S,; k(Ilcd thc bl11 rr,vld,.)lr I v.,A front t the ,v.o car.. Tie ws J for insn. rtion cf Tnocc.nr;. COnstruct,ou. rushed to Mercy l:o,p.'::,l r.ere he Utrd whcn it ,.aill. tIU fer secotvl read..,g. a,, - Si!ort y attc- arriving K,M,elis ar- ; pas,,, th ,lV:asurc KiPS v!,e rompins.;r,Jiin ih!di,fK:il,,.fl,Ig,l!Pr. jt.on and describing the duties of re: -

.mi. r u c-i v. i.i: ins .in-.- arm cnnaren ( taln sUtc

rrsiaeu ar. i-.ast i.ipiitn avenue. Ife I

: formerly resided at Shelby and I.otrcH j

, and in the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Fuller, who now resides at Shelby and ! tjinelt

; tioti dj aeaiers. recently iot Decause or

and county officers, when it

! came up as special order of business.

Representative Adam called up th

bill regulating eg traffic and which would prevent fraud and misrepresenta-

lnque tt-t!J 1-e held.

j 'ate r--1 .k

tderiee in Ca'.U'net Park at one Saturday to i.'on-:ordi.a cme-

BOWEN TO PLAY H. H. S.

ness to Crown Point Girl in Paris.

Important Meet.

News Nuggets

'-ROWN- 1'OINT. Ir.d . Feb.

"ff;cer arid mn cf the army, navy

pud marine corps are urged to attend

a man"? meeting at l.iueriy nan i uorUy evening to prepare for the organ!-j rstion of a club. j Men from overseas and c a flips ah'tte. , rrfi wanted and there will be no dis- j 1 'notion as it is a recognized fact that, j -o.ee a man put on the uniform he had j

no choice a. to whether he would ?ee the fighting fronts or not. The plan for an armory buildiiijr M fast growing in popularity. The soldiers and sailors would like a gymnasium with showers, a billiard hall, a few sleeping rooms, a tank and reading ar.d writing rooms. The city wants .a big auditorium and the two can ha combined. A new Ftate law provides that the city can levy a tax to build a memorial building. The organization could get a char-i-r from the Worlds AVar Veteran's Aifociatton.

s ! MAYOR BROWN FAVORS I AT HAMMOND FRIDAY ;EH; &3

T.ie Ilan-mona Country Club Assocla-ti-n-the thirty men who bought the Star-Spangled Girl.

DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW

I .ar !. a'. T:3'. Bo-wen was one or tne Tp11? Mpmhpr Council of ; 1 unncls'up '" thc Chi as !c;iSH5' leiib XTItmfcl.j -UaiiLil U1 I T!;is m.l be Hammond s last game

j Vetore tne loatnam-i i n- 'jo. I.March as well as her last same at I home this year.

' ReT.- .- r

yromids and built the club house last before s;c;iin . tugl.t showed their sterling lojalty to

) was Mm -.on i j;uuo tn. or in 5 cii.,'-- "-". i- ooi,6 t.. iunu a.

- 1 i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maitin Ru- ! once the club house destroyed by fire. The lUnr.iioml high school hasket - , ilo,ph ,.avB learned that the country; Ninety per cent of the sloc't was rep-

! resented at a aneeting in the Chamber

of Commerce at which President H. K. sharrc-r presided. Jacob S'cliloer. Otto Gerstach tr.d

! hall team will play the Rov-i l:Sii lrtrne arwj estat of h"r husband's

! s iiool of South Chicago at ti t cnt' al i father in Alsace, lir.s been restored to

C-ihool gymnasium Friday evening. l" i the family since the armistice was

Hammond Chamber of Commerce So.

I

GAS STOVE BLOWS.

Mayor Frown at the members council luncheon of the Hammond Chamber

or" Commer

in the

! This morning the gas stove

this noon spoke against ; home of Mrs. Josephine Sebler at 1-

signc-d. The e.tate has beer. Sn the hands o

the Ui-rmans sines the Kranco-Prus- ill Bridge were appointed a commit -sian war. almost fifty years ago. It S tee to go over the ruins of the club

house today and make a survey for the adjustment of loss. M. A. Dickover will

has been carefully preserved. Mrs. Wjekershelmer was born near!

Cr.- wn TV. int. She was pradiated from the own Point high school and from Indiana h'niversitv, where she was editor of the Arbutus. She speaks

work with them and the committee with the prestdnr-t v. ill immediately let the contract for reconstruction of the club housn, and it. is estimated It will be ready for dedication by May l. The

(By International Netvs Service.)

! lack of a constttution.il majority and i it was passed, ill to i Th? house voted down the bill seeking to pro ide better water service for t Fast Chicago and ncinity. i The bill providing for recording o" ; discharges of soldiers, sailors and m- ' Tines was advanced to engrossment ! when it came up for second reading.

Margaret Ciison of this city is weari BIG FIRE IN BROOKLYN ing eight golden stars on her arm !

oanu. r-gnr or ner twelve brothers,: all of whom were in the wa-, w"ere j killed In action. One other brother lost;

both arms, another l ad one arm and a leg. the third an arm and the fourth

(By International News Sertrioe. NEW YORK. Feb. 27. Twenty f.:,-

nien were burned or overcome by

the effort of eoncress to repeal the daylight saving law. Acting on the mayor's advice thc- members council passed resolutions upholding the law which will be forwarded t-- representatives of this district :h1 senat-irs.

i The council vot---d :n lavor of the r.r SnTr- t garnishee bill before the state legisla-

NOTICE.

International Association of Super

v:scrv Foremen cf Locomotive .it Car turc. Dept'will meet at "VVeis Hall, Friday A representative of the Am. 1.xeve.. Feb. :Sth, at 8 p. m. I press Co. gave a talk advising slupM. It. GERDER. T'res. j prs as to means of avoiding daw.ge 2-?T-? H. A. S.VVPSELt., Secy. j md loss ,n shipment

Ogden street, in some unknown way r p!oded. blowing out the window in the kitchen, but injuring no one. Th" Hammond fire department w called and soon put out the small Are which was started.

I lr! loi-,,!. .- ...., ajjUStment f the furniture and equip-

...11 t..-. ..lrlr. V,.- tV.r.

Better call up The Times and have it sent to your house fvery night. Then you'll be sure it will be there.

the worid war. her Paris borne

a mec,-a far American soldiers on lea of auser.-.c from the front. ".uther Rudolph, a brother. .a.- be n Franc for twi:u; montl s. and

, mitte. appo.nted by President Stechr.an l of the ("ounfry 'lub.

i The agreement to rebuild vas made; six toes on .v.-h foo couditioral in that the Country Club'

is reported wounded, degree undetermined. Miss Gi'son's parents reside, at San Antonio.

The Sarge Fainted. (By International News Service.) NEW YORK, Feb. 27. Uenardo Gialiano. En, laborer, was charged with the theft of a wrist watch,. But the fcb'tter at centra' station doesn't explain the difficulty the Berilllon department hsd with Cnardo. who has six perfect fingers n C3ch hand and

story loft building in Brooklyn. The were caught in a back draft. Thv wers rescued by comrades. Ten. including the acting battalion ch'.e". Ledgate and Captain McCormick wet o taken 1 r liospitals suffering from sov?re burns. Two hundred families living tn nearby frame houses fled their homes when the f.ro broke out.

nstrui'tion w iit 1-v required to meet the r-'nt

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work there. I r. Wickershe-mer to -k specified by the h a-e. an i!-m ht-reto-pivt in the fighting from the beg:n- ' tor" o erloohed. ning cf the war. and received h' nor j The Country Club Association rea wards from the French government In ' elected II. II. Kharrcr president and

according m?de Otto Oersbach vice president and resemative Mann of Illinois, f A. F. Rohrcr secretary-treasurer. speakership.

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(By International News Serrlca.) WASIMNOTON". Feb. - The renns Ivania congressional delegation today polled IS votes for representative jil-

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Harry, the Water! (By International Nsws Ssndcs.) NEWARK. N. J.. Feb. 27. One hundred dollars a quart for Imported champagne! If you want just one glass j ou mjy have it for Newark hotel and restaurant owners here have decided to charge the figures in view of the high taxes, v, . t they will mt Jump the price all at once.