Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 5, Hammond, Lake County, 8 March 1919 — Page 1

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Income Tax Is Now Due

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Stats Tax Reform Bill Con sumes Time of Both Senate and House.

(Ey Iateinr.tionsl Hews Senrict.) ISBIANAi'OLIS. IND.. March G. Conferences to3twet.ii senalo cad hor.se cor.i-.T-.itt ics on ilia v:t reform bill wMc".i , st.-.cli a 3nagr wlieii t.1.1 i-.uuse la c ?ts--r;U7 rciasoU. to cccr.r in scuate avneRtlinsntc, will tein today anO. it is roped aa ?.g-reoment tie reached so , -. : Mil vrill bo iu ihc hands of O-cv. . -r-oarlch Veiorc the Tejislature adjourns t -ns file MotJay tiht. The house will Lira tefore it -oO.ay h2 reeial nppi"VilTiion h'U fox emenrroaco .a seacta r.cnOmetitE. II -hs action of the housa ... .' t ie tcx reform and teachers' salary , ills cau ho taken as a fevcesse, tuo -.v.pvcprlfioa wlii fo to conference also, ; -. -he scna'e Inserted practically all of '"..3 itf-aia strickea from ths hill hy the ' huse. The aerate yesvoruay paed 34 housj .U3 Including 1--C V-ll I37 KpreDcnta-1.-e Southard i f Lftporte. incrc-.sig the ; Je to Ue paid coun'7 shsriC-. for cr.rs o' o iaonere f'.om fcrty to 3lxty cints ! and If the hill hy I-Iiller of Marior. aa-tho-izintr the bcr.id of public safety ct fi -stela" cities to appoint women to thr. , yolice force. The house passed to:', sen- ; to hills, lnclttdin- tho measure to ere- t a.te a liveotock canitary hoard. j T. me -5 r.i:iEU:. i ,T PTATr t'AFITM. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., March 8, The closing hours of the scv-cnty-first General Assembly were,

marked today with feverish conferences between leaders, who sought to insure the passage of several important measures prior to adjournment next Monday night. The state tax reform bill became the center of practically all eircrt today, following a conference last night between the house conferees cn the bill. Governor Goodrich. Speaker Eschbach, Edmund M. YVVimuth, Republican state chairman, and Fred A. Sims, of

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Times Bi utir. At .State Capita:.. INDIANA ruUiJ. In :., March S. A 000 personal mjuiy judgment :blaind in t!io court of JiKige Heiter nt Hiiinmond two years n3 was af-':vrn.-l by iho appellate court in th ii. of Jo'.n S ( h t:i American .-t.il V'ui:nilv!'S Simplex plant). Scvh was setting a dog when an tincuar.led i-r caught bis hanJ. sevcrins 4 finfrt r?. lie was given $i0i'ft by a Jury :u TIeiter's court and the appt-!I;it i.ourt s'.istaincl the judgmont and adI - in! 1 est s. Attorney " . J. JUA'..pr f HumDioti'l i o't -s. ntt d Scch and IsomberK'-T it nu Pr-tt-rs of that city appeared in tli 'iit-'rcfi? cf 1 1 i t:ompan to h-ive the j ,;d criicii t vt nsule.

iHARRIETT ACQUITTED BY JURY! ! !

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"Now I'll Go to Hoyne," She Declares. West Hammond Police Indignant at Outcome of Trial.

MORTGAGE ON RECORD TODAY Walter J. Riley of East Chicago Figures in Big Bond Issue.

SOLDIER

SHOOTS

I'rani'is I'. Garvan. F.':ir.i::s P. Garvati r;f New York city, who ha !.?tti rector of the burenu of invotijr"tjor.s of the alien p.-emy property custdian'a office, been pointed alien enemy Tivrpt'rlv cu-todian tj sticcced A. Mitchtii ralr-ier. who bcnme r.tt"n;ey trci'ernl c;i March 4. Mr. Garvan". investigations into alien enemy holdings in every field of American businc-s have laid the basis for much of the activities of the- :.!ien er.orny property custodian curing the past year.

HIMSELF

ANDREW STACHOWICZ

: AN EFFICIENT GLERK I His Middle Name Is Effi1 1 1 ciency and Everybody in I W. Ham. Likes Him.

j What Jawasski Says About I Peace, Gen. Sherman 1 Said About War. 1 Notwithstanding that lie Lad benn j through the greatest wpr in hur.-.an hist -ry and escaped F'-atheless Ji'hn Javva?- ! ski. a soldier, 24 years old. of 106 154th ! iacc. West llamm.'nil. while coming i .-.at of the I(I.iup th'atro jesterday af torncin put hi hand m his coat j pocket and accident ly pulled tho trigger i 'f a rev ..Her which he had in his pocket ! ar.d idiot himself through the foot, i The bullet which went through .lawasski'a clothes pet them afire and i quite r.i, exciting time was had putting ! the flame (Hit. The injured roldier was i th. n taken to the office of Pr. Jones i vtcre.his foot was dressed and afteriv.ards he was taken to hi? home.

SOME MORE OF THE SAME T. V. Brown, -306 Torayth ave., an ayembler at the Edwards Valve plant and recommended to The Times as a reputable man, today told of his experiences In the West Hammond Jail. Arrested Feb. SS and released the night of the twenty-eighth, Brown declares that he came out of the call corered with rermln and was compelled to burn his underclothes and socks and send the suit to the cleaners. "I was arrested as being drunk hut I was sober," states Brown. "The third night I told the chief Z wanted to pay my fine. He said it was $11.00. A man, I presume was the Judge, was Bitting in the office. " 'Kls fine 19 311.50, Isn't ii Judge?' the chief asked. "The Judge replied that it was and paid that nam and was released. While I was in Jail a young fellow hy the name of Mike Koch of South Chicago was there. He said be had Tjeen lieia a weejc without any charge against him or a trial. He asked me when X got out to call up South Chicago 3C62 by telephone and tell his brother, Fred, where he was and to get him out. Z did as he requested."

SPErrAr. To Tr. Times. J CROWN POINT. IND. March S. In connection with the placing 011 record here today of a J2D.O00.O0O mortgage on the properties of the NeT York, Chicago and St. l.oui; railroad it was

I brought out that a l,:fVe county banker. ' Walter J. Riley of i;.st Chicago, is the

'individual trustee. This is considered! ; significant in that it shows that Lake j j county is breaking into big finance. " j i The mortgage is to secure what is t j Known as the second and improvement j I bond issue for that amount and the j ; corporate trustee is the First Trust an3 j

TODAYJI PLATE IS JUGOSLAVIA'S ! UIDnjrRA 1 i I L L E 0 f i& i - 'v.. I

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HAMMOND GIRL IS

RUN OVER BY AUTO

Miss Aurilla Wilcox, Clerk at Gibson Offices, Meets With an Injury. Miss Aurilla Wilcox, 17 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. "Wilcox

' of 38 Detroit St.. Hammond, while crossing Highland st. on Hohman st. jesterday morning was run over by an auto- ' mobile driven by E. J. Meyer of 1 Elizabeth street.

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Dr. Ante Trumbico. Pr. Ante Trumbico, who holds th post of foreign secretary in tho new Jugoslav ministry, is a Croat from Dalmatia. and was the most prominent leader of the Dalmatian Slavs in their struggle for liberty. Dr. Trumbico was for eome years mayor of Spaiato and represented this town in the Austrian parliament. At the beginning of the war he was abroad and soon started to organize the Jugoslav exiles in the great revolutionary ark against Austria-Hungary. When the Jugoslav committee was formed in Paris four years ago he became its chairman. In that capacity he signed th Corfu declaration.

M. C. Train Near State Line Drives Into Three Gary Hen and One Escapes. George Gizciar, age 28. 361 Fil-

jiaore St., Gary, was killed; Thos. j Matea. age 29. 335 Filmore st.,

tatally injured, and Jos. Paro, who lived with Gizdar, escaped uninjured, last night" when the three men were walking, in the path of a Michigan Central passenger train near the state line. Paro heard the approaching train, jumped to one side and yelled to his companions, but the warning was not in time to save them. Gizdar's remains were taken to the Burns morgue and Matea to St. Margaret's hospital. The three men were employed at the Tin Plate Mills.

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II-TAKCrlEIiE PKOrSF.TT SCIIZDUZ.3G p. lo.i.so oonfirre ; v." r" f: inibl i-:r.i 1 r I.ea'.r Iteiid.-r.ha'.;. :;id K'-'.r--t--ii.Uv-Tuii.iil. "f Mi htfta?. it. mii-J ;. v::i. of I ndmnai-olis. oil U' putr-io :n:

Wli-n the voters of W st ! Unni'-nJ to t':'... primaries f-t T;:- lay to velvet vanili.lnter- on t!v Cifz-n. Ueke t for . ity iffi'-'-s they will do w t U to '.asl a vote for Andrew Stachc wkz, "v -io seek. re -ei.M-; ion for : t y clerk. Andrew has i)'n city i !erk for four 'Hr. t.n.1 it has been ftriitlj b-isinr w;t!-. l.i.i.. U ;i-.,-it i n? lio- . ::' . ( 'r- Ins i.-. frit n ii of ;i"! taxpayers 0; 1i'i. ;j i-':oo!!i!o.!a t i n way. J" 1 , . vi is 'rd.- of !ii. offri . an- a .- -s.Me to the f'hlic and wi itt'-n as plain as the nos. on '-ur f.-o-.'. t 1; don t. take A mire w v -ry ion- t., giv.. tti.xpaj t-r ex:. . t inf .raia: In i.i.- fo'ir ji.nr, - ct;, c'n rk th'-re !.-a - n-'. r bio-ri the s ! i - ii t .--s t rvji -ctiem a.-t om .-: a. ir. v,-y. an . tT. ,a' (.r ! r iv a ! . tr. . tie ha.- ri'-'nt Moail 1 j r : c i -1 i.r !:? ov -i bus m s.j and di:-- ti..- Jot. of i-ity l! k as it i.-uht t ! uov.e. 1-; . i Ids njipori'-nt ad:,i ts

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H. C. OF L. TAKES TO HIS HOLE-BARGAIN DAY

Hammond Merchants Pre-i

pare Greatest Outlay of Bargains for Tues.

Tuesday Is Dollar Day in Hammond (nd the merchants hac prepared for the gr.r-t Vargain-fCf-t as they nor ; have before. Do yon know that tir-ris are omei4 nrt-1 mnry '' them, wearing dresses to-dv-that ihey boueht for a dollar on ; T''oVnr D.i in Ttammond last October?' Hiv you nnv ld'a of the many articles In use t' ilny that were bought for dollar at one of the previous Illtir lny ; sales. ) The merchants are competing to off. r public the greatest xalu.es for a d , l.i r. i The shrewd bargain hunter can afford to r" carfare fifty miles to take adf!iaue of the opportunities. ' Dollar Day is a 'big business day for J you. Mr .and Mrs. Consumer. You can; s'iok the harpoon into Old Mm H '. 1. i

THE JXJRT. Here are the members of the Jury that found Mrs. Harriett r.ofnbaum not guilty; Prank Kalcta. fireman. Jos. Munda. tobacco stripper Ed. I.ietzan. ex-soldier in uniform. Herman Wcimng. iarpcnter. Christ Weininr. carpenter. John 1'rehns. coal dealer. John Sonn'nlif rg. shoemaker. William Musehelsk, butcher. col Hayes, bill poster. John Vatko, farmer. William Uriety.ke. motorman. Aug. Zimmerman, contractor. Mr. Zimmerman was the foreman.

Mr. Meyer, who was driving an automobile belonging to George Wolf of 1007 Hyslop St.. had turned off Hohman st. on Highland ef. when he hit Miss Wilcox, knocking her down and running over her. Meyer at nce stopped his car and took th"? injured girl home where she Mas given medical attention and Jt was found that phe wis quite badly hurt. Miss Wilcox, who is' a clerk at Gibson, was confined to her home today. Her father is master car builder for the Indiana Harbor Kelt railroad.

, THE WAR IS OVER NOW

COOK FOUND GUILTY

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today. .. a rej-.-.rti-d that the the eonfer-!i.-t n:ght in t b- C.'-ve rnor'.- "I'i'Io , j.Tit,ivi-!it of the- iio-j--.- was e--:.l as bclnjr probably against tindule of intangible property, as fixed

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in ii" bill by th-- ;:eiin to and against, praelti.-aily a'.! provisiona which would plac intangible property on any other basis for taxation purposes than tangibles. It also wis rumored that in all probability the Jii.ooo annual .in larks for the tax rumm issioners, provid-.d for In senate amendments, would bo cut flown if 'he house bad Us way. MASTER'S JIMEREMENI. The famous Master's amendment, to provide that legal actum to recover certain forms of int an ibies. wouM not be valid unless the properties had been listed for taxation, would be stricken from the blil by tho boue. conferees, if possible, it was reported Several other changes were to li demanded by the house, it was known. There was alo indication among certain housi numbers that they would appose tho tax bill in Its entirety, but it was believed some wort of tax measure would be written on the statu-; books.

Attorney General Sees No ! Loophole and Says Ger- : man Is Banned. ISPE'-.M?. To TltK TiMl.s.l I INDIANAPOLIS-. IND.. March S. i Lie Sjtansbury. attorney general of In

diana, in an opinion, subtcit'ed y st rday to Horace Ellis, s: r-.tc su p--r i nt ..-nd-ent of public insi rue! ion. held tht the Gorman law recently .-paetrd by the legislature, rot only prohibit the ttaehiig of the German langiiiige in any elementary public. pr;ate or parochial school in the state, but. !s.-, prohibits tlie teaching of any subject in German in these schools. Tbere is nothing in th act. ;..rifr,

the attorney general lield. to prohibit the teaching of German or the teaching ; of cate.-bisr.i or religion. subject in the , German language by any person pro-; vidmg that this is not done m the t schools. cither public, private or j parochial.

LEAGUE NOTHING TO DO WITH DEFEAT

(By Znternational Kexi Serrlce.) i i KEENS HI" R '.. Pa., March 8 Questions invotv-nsr labor problem.-iand rot the lesguf of nations issue were the f; ctors that c. .tit r i !oi t e d to th defeat of John J. Jamison. IX publican candidate for congress in toe Twenty-second district, according to n statement hy Mr. Jamison today. Neither in any public utterance, nor in any of rny campaign literature did 1 make, any reference, to the president's league of nations. Mr. Jamison said. J. H. Wilson, the Democratic winner, has received a. message of congratulations from the president, "expressing gratification that he won on the league of nations."

FERRY SERVICE IS RESUMED (By Zatsrnatlonal News Sarvlcs.) vV YORK. March S. K. rry scrV'.ca between New York and New Jersey was resumed today, after the settlement of the harbor strike by union marine, workers and the railroad administration. T':gs. barges and other rrlft controlled by the administration jot under steam simultaneously ard more than 6.000 of the original 15.000 men who were on strike resumed the S ines. Prospects of n fu'l settlement ff :he strike are gooi.

j COLMARS CLAIMS CHAMPIONSHIP ! (By International News SetTlca.) j NASHVILLE, TEXX., March $. ! Johnny I'olmars. of Toledo, claims the j welterweight championship today, folj lo-vi-ig the refusal of Ted (Kidt I.cvi'to enter the ring for their scheduled j cig'it round bout here last night. Lewis i watched Colmar's weigh-in at 149

pounds and then rrated that he was too ill to fight. W I.WUESTKn The estate of the lat s John Daly, valued at 540,0, by the, provisions of th will, is benuested to the St. Klizabeth orphan home at Dayton. Ohio, to be used as a perpetual iid"W;r.ent for the institution.

WHITING MAN

IS CLEARED !

Spj;-. jAi. To The Times. WHITING, Ind.. March S. J . Ktnzial;. arrested by Officer Benak for having two quarts and one- pint of whiskey in his possession, which ha fc said to have brought from So. Chicago, was discharged on Thursday when arraigned before Judge Green.

MORE TROOPS ON WAY.

(By International News Service.) WASHINGTON. March S The transports America and Mount Vernon, carrying some 7.500 additional officers and men of the Twenty-seveif h ( N" Y.) division, have sailed from Brest and ale uu-5 at X"t York on March 13, it wis announced at the war depa rtment.

A Jury of twelve men. ini.-higlng a contractor, carpenters, a motorman. n fireman, a soldier, a bu her, a cobbler, a coal dealer and a farmer, last evening found Mrs. Harriett Rosenbaum not guilty of the charge of conducting a bouse of iii-rcpute t her home in 211 Plummer ave. . There wasn't a saloor.kefper on the Jury. The acquittal followed a trial attended by as many men and women as could gt within hearing. The police and many of the spectators expressed lnw d:gnation at the decision. Mrs. Rosenbaum upon hearing the verdict stated that she had instructed her attorney, Jos. T. Harringtort of Chiiago. to secure an appointment. with States' Attorney Mac( 'lay Hoyne the first of the v. erk so that she may mxk? her charges of graft on the part of the police to him in person. SHE DIDN'T TESTIFY. The counsel for the defense did not put the former resort keeper on the stand. Justice Chas. Toergef began the c in the sitting room of tlv living apartments back of l.is grocery store at 442 V. State street. More than a score of prospective Jurors xwro called and mary dismissed, including Frank Green, ev-oouneflmsn and former justiee. of the peace. The improvised courtroom and adjoining rooms were packed by West Hammond people and shortly before four o'clock, with eleven men accepted for the jury, (he Justice transferred the court to the council chambi i- at the city hall, two blocks cast. At the city hall tho twelfth juror. August Zimmerman, a contractor, was accepted ac foreman and tho trial started. CITY HAS THREE WITNESSES. Samuel K. Markman, city attorney, conducted the prosecution and told the court his witnesses were Policemen John Kosmala and Joseph l landowski and a Mike Koch, a nondescript bailing from South Chicago, but formerly a resident of Whiting. SFY THROUGH . "WINDOW. Officer Kosmala told of going in com-

MANSLAUGHTER

Jury Out All Night Brings in a Sealed Verdict for the Slayer.

The Laporte Correspondent Is Back on the Job Again.

(By International News Service.) J, A FORTE. IND., March S. Chester Kneislej, 15, was attacked by a rack of timber wolves, while driving home from near Walkerton last night em! this morning a posse, of 3 no men left AValkertou on a wolf drive. When the wolves attacked Kncisley his horse; became frightened and ran away, continuing until it reached home. two miles distant. Within the past week farms in the region of the Kankakee river have been raided by wolves, farmers reporting a number of sheep and lambs killed.

LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT

IMMIGRATION

SCHOOL

DARU AT WORK

(By International News Serrlce.) CHICAGO. March p. J. Norman Cook, charged with the murder of Billy

! Rradway, 50 year old admirer of Cook's i 17-year-old daughter Norma was found I guilty of manslaughter by a Jury today. The jury had been out all night. A staled verdict was rendered at 7 p. I it. yesterday before the jurors went to ' their hotel. The verdict was read in

court h 10 o'clock today. Rradway was killed on the night cf

August 20. 191S. He had paid marked l , .

attention 1o e,rma t ook and according ; to evidence offered by the defense, had

; been repeatftlly warned by Cook to ' ! cease hhs rll'ntlon to Norma. J On the night of August 29. Cook and ; Brad way met. They argued regarding j Uradw.i .'.' attention to the girl and in! the struggle that followed Bradway was j stabbed, dyinr several hours later In a , hospita". i The verdict carried an !ridtrmlnat j ; sentence, of from one tc fourteen j ears'

I In the penitentiary.

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SELECTING EXECUTIVES

(By International News Serrlce.) WASHINGTON, March S. S peedy enactment of legislation to prohibit immigration into this country for at least four years and to expel from this country enemy or otherwise undesirable a-Jients will be urged upon the nex" the 66 th congress by Representative Albert Johnson, of Washington, as chairman of the new Republican controllsd house committee on Immigration. h announced today. Such legislation was lost In the legislative jam that prevailed during the final days of the late congress despite the efforts of Representative Burnett, of Alabama, the then chairman of the committee to secure its passage. In his unsuccessful attempt to have the immigrant-exclusion and alien expulsion bills he sponsored, whether the Republican filibuster which killed bo much important legislation. Burnett was

! stronsdy seconded by Johnson. In com

mittee and on tho floor of the house, Johnson, as tho ranking Republican member of the then Democratic controlled committee, urged that the Burnett bills be passed before the sixtyfifth congress ended.

Prof. Spohn Said to Be Favored Candidate for Principal.

INCREASE OF CLERK ALLOWANCES

Dr. (i. I,. Smith, m-jmber of the

education, state. todav that I Provides for ti,'

the board has not d. tie, (..' county treasury t

upon successors i'or Superintendent McDaniel and Principal Motif. v. who

rs-no, I court, wa

Mr. McElroy lea-.es the first of April to begin his duties a.i assitsant superintendent of the public schools at Rockford. 11!.

Times Bcrea'-. At Statk C.rirAi.. INDIAN A PC LI S. Ind.. March 8. Senate bill No. 22. introduced by Senator Bown. of Lake county, which

payment from the the clerk three dol-

latB a day. instead of two dollars a day, for clerk or deputy for attending:

passed by a vote of 38 aye

and no one-s by the senate Thursday

night. I It was explained that the !ncreaf I "may" be allowed, as the word "shall"

It is rumored successor will be

Minneapolis schools, formerly teacher in the Hammond J.---

WOUNDED AT URN

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HENRY HUEHN HOIYI

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that Mr. M-Kkov's

i Prof. Spohn of the j

English I 1 School

( was stricken out by an amc ndtuent

GRIFFITHS IS BEATEN.

and very well liked by Hamjnd pec.-i By International News Serrlce.) plo who were bis pupil. i AKRON. O.. March v Johnny TilThe board of ducativt has a flood ! nnu. of Minneapolis, today holds a of applications for tho position of sU- I Popular decision vtr Johnny Griffith! pvrintendent to te;.,t firm. j of this city. The boys fynght n hard J2 round bout lat night in which Tilman

was the aggressor.

CHICAGO BANK

This Hammond Boy Fought Bravely at -Chateau Thierry.

Continued on page four.)

GETS BOND ISSUE

WILL DISTRIBUTE THE HUN FLEET

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AUTO SHOW OPENS MONDAY EVE AT 6:30

lion t forget, folks. The auto show opens Monday. At 6:.'PJ in the evening the big noise, the bright lights and all the music stai t at Liberty Hail. Tho decorations are in and everything is in readiness. Entertainer. from Coiisimos are goinj to give the opening performance. F.-ery make of auto sold in Hammend w.-iil be exhibited together with motorcycles and accessories.

Henry Huehn, son of Mrs.

Special To The Times. CROWN POINT, IND., March S At.

a special session of tho board of con.Mary M. intssi.iners kfd to,!',f tl..i f-titln.-ntat

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n jcini, i i i.i'8ii Rireet, came Home this week from Franco, where he was hit by shrapnel and gassed1 on the Marnn July Zo.

Henry enliited Sept

19. 1917

went to Camp Taylor. He was assigned

to the thirtieth infantry of the third division and reached France in March of la;t y-ar. Huehn started fighting

at Chateau Thierry July 1. and w as j wero as follows:

under fire the first engagement for ten days. His outfit lost Ljo men out of 200 and after falling back to be filled in was in action again the 25th. Ic was on that date that the Hammond bey received a shrapnel wound in the right leg and was gassed. While his lungs are still sore from the mustard gas he Is rapidly regaining normal health.

Commercial Trust and Pavings Dank of Chicago whs awarded the bond issue of the new county tubercular hospital. There were five bidders. The bonds bear

and 5 per cent interest and ran for five ;, cars.

Tne hospital will be built north of Crown Point. It. Hurty f the stale board of health will be here ir-;.t we.Cj to look over tho ground. The bidders

Tho Continental Trust & Savings cago First National Bank. Peoples' State Bank. National City Bank, Commercial Bank, .

( .--mm Bank,

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(By International News Service.) I'.M.'iS. March V-The allied powers I. eve agreed to distribute the surrendered German war fleet among the.ro-s--p.es, it was understood here today. This is in iine with the desiie of liu: r J-'i an -e and Itly. At the .-.-.e t!ni tho 1. S. an J Great. Britain a;o s ! to 1iii in nee vd with the necessity c.f eir.kinii the ship Coat fall to their lot POLISH PACKING CO. INCORPORATED The American-Polish Packing Company of Gary, has been i-rganllM with ). capital of llO.OoO and xvtl! soon beg'n biisin-:ss in Gary. The directors of the crrpany sr.' K&iuierz. Andrew Ka i.-ki and J. Kowalski.

Are you reading The Trmes?

Advertise in The Times and ad

I vertise again. Re

i J constant effort.

Bluma Lodge No. 86, I. W. S. 0. The next regular meeting of Bluma IxhIki will be hbl at East Chicago in I. O. O. I-'. Hall. Sundav. March Jth. a

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iUiti come Willi - '"" ""'n.oi'r.

urged to atieiid. ! on.br of President, i 3-i-it SAM A BALM AN.