Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 243, Hammond, Lake County, 27 March 1919 — Page 1

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THURSDAY, M ARCH 27, 1919.

INTERNATIONAL NFWS H'LL I.KASKU WIRt SERVICE".

On streets and news stRufla. c r-er oopy. Delivered by carried S Ha-mmond an1? West Hammond, 50o per month.

HAMMONl

" IN COUNTY I WILL WIN?! i i I

Westing Held :

i - - ' ir"" "1 iwnm iinr

D . ON RECORD FOR SOLDIERS BUILDING VIVIU Ant

tpt pitufi nil i pppi p hm. nciTPPi CONTRASTS j - -, -T IM DCOHai

ill UUL!

Spirited Mass

at Hammond's Liberty Hal! Last Night.

"Which will be the first city in Lake county to build a soldiers', and sailors' memorial home as pro-j vided for by the last session of the j legislature? Crown Point and1 Hammond have both entered the; race which means a lot to the w in-

YEP, CHARLEY WAS THERE "WITH THE BELLS ON

"Hello, is Charlie in there?''" hailed a man, standing outside in a hallway in an Indianapolis rooming house. Patrolman Charles Young and Sergeant Bates of the police force were inside, searching for whiskey, so Young answered: "Yes, Charlie is here." The" stranger thrust in an empty half pint whiskey bottle and a half dollar. Young reached out and grabbed him by the arm, and the startled one said he came to buy some "Booze." But he was too late, as the police had confijcated the whiskey and the dispenser.

iWHOLESALE J LOOT FOUND

BY i

DETECT1V

to sill! mi L

MODEL TO BE ASKED TO TELL OF DOCTOR'S ACTIOXS TOWARD MURDERED WIFE

Thousands of Dollars worth

of Valuable Goods andjnjana HarbGf ShCCKed TO-

Gallons of Whiskey Dfs-

covered in Raid by Police at Bumham.

day By Double Crime; Two Kiddies Are Orphaned.

ner.

Led by John W. Dyer, the ; HinTMfTr

. civil ill"" i its-i

youngest drummer bo of the

War, the soldiers and sailors Hammond last night went over the top in a new drive at Liberty Hall. There was pep enough in the mrv eting to take the rot z laraT palace bv storm nr.' a far more Important

structure for Hammond's 4. ,-tn-n a soldiers' ami sailors' V. I'.-mse was unanimously n;-i

' OFFIC li;

11 wrr. despite the

e-v

IT GUILTY

iF MURDER

f freight oar bandits -ht to bay in th Calu-j 'hi'f Special Agent Au-j f 1 ho X. Y. Central, his i .i ''nxon nn.l John No- j v-o of Chii-f of police- '" rs K'-smala and '

West Hammond. The

and

i'iOO fightlm: communit y roved. CHCSTir:.

fthiT. a mvt

ts'.nstic musing. A new balt.e cry

vp?i heard ami the biff men of the oit with nil the kin of the (iouirhb.iys and g,.hs presort and the latter thorns-! vs w nt on record for ft memorial h'T-ie for the young men and business men of the city and neighboring communities ,:, n reward for patriotism and an incentive to make Hammond a bete. place to live In. f X live temporary organization was efeetcd rs follows: 'ri s. Floyd R. Murray. S( cy. George Perm r. Treas W. P. Patton. The committee appointed to push the memorial buildir. is as follows: Ir.

H. I- Sharer. Juugo . s. t. , q-.,,, Rr-wn. V. W. Meyn. J. E. Kit raid. . - J V II. !. Voorheis and Floyd Murray. Tney are in session this ..ftern-.n. j jl J. W. UTEK CHAISMAH. j

ti, mwtiie was called lor th-.i l'U

pse ruch

can I." obtained and what is to tl".v. with it. 1-resident Murray of the temporary orrmlzation oren"'! tl.o meeting ar.d in

troduced John YV. Dy-r as the p

oiTicer of the me-uinsr. iivfr went to it powerfully

remin.led the audience that Hammond

nrnmlse.l K'nercils thinss

lwvs when they

rieclared that it was up to th

,,-ns of Hammond

promises now. n -. - 9-i r rr-

BOONE BUS nxuxi. oruij. ,

In respondinfr to Chairman Tyr a rail for an expression of sentiment from those prerent. Attorney I'aniel I'.oene paid his customary hl?h tribute to thpatriotic spirit of the men who ontored active military s-vi.-e. and those who hrcked them up at home. Ho d 'Cared

.:int Hammond owed it to its patri ..

r, to show Its arrreclatior

V . nsoTiil memorial in t

'- - ft - -

Judge Says No Evidence of Foul Play in Death of Earl Hughes. !SPEC!AL TO THE TIMES

mNS.SKl.AKU. J I i -. i'i n ini trial of l;tn ii-irti:. s.-. cnHred with the ! murder of Karl Hushed, a Mmn brakeim.m. last O- tober. resulted in the free-

j im if Ilarttutt. Jud-je Irwin said he (

I was not convince,! that there had been ! foul play in Hush's' l-ath. ! Th,. .,.rv .- l--red Hh'.I. the Monon

1 Xf do with ; u Pr' runni;;i' wirn:ii;n me vwur ti

-riother l..t t hfl.J h e c n lirai i met v irion 1 v ! :! 7. ;, . , assist'! r.t -. ; v. rn ra ?.. r r. I ;

Nltz's r. :-:i. Via r.dwsk i r-i

men arrested riv AntlrcT Zjihol. 13 40l Ave. Steve .!;, his brother. Cicfirrre I,:da, 13Cth St

O-ref-n Bay. Amli Hende 1T5 Florence nve. For the Iqst two months the ra'.!roads around Ha;ynr."n.1 have been lrsln hundreds of dollars worth of poods through theft. Last .Sunday

inornin? AUR':.t Zielke. chief rpeclal ! GeOT

r.gtnt found u e.".r with, the seal broken on the H'irsliiT. sidetrack. Zlelke

with two of hi), special police nniied refusal of his wife to effect recon-

tn car shut and awaited d-.'vel-p-ments.

Towni ed bv s,

d.-. evenlnjr th e:n:r three m- i

(BTJTjLETIIT.) 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SPRVICE1 EATAYXTTE, lad., March 27. John W. Ilodson, machinist a.: tho Monon railroad shops here arid oae of the most prominent Odd rtllowa in thi3 tcc'Joa cf Indiana, muruercj hi wife, Edith Eofiion, 33, by slashing- her throat with a razor and ended his own life today by the came means. The crime was die. covered by a eon Willacy, aged 17. when he returned at noon from school. Hotlson had been suffering from a nervous breakdown. in the presence of his baby son,

e Marley, 3442 Michiran

ave., Indiana Harbor, crazed at the j

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j ciliation after several months of j

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Champagne at $30 a Pop on the One Hand and Thousands Begging for Horseflesh on the Other.

Audrey Munson, famous actress and artist's model, on beach at Venice, Cal. Miss Audrey Munson, famous as an artist's mocel and a motion picture nef.ress, may beafked by authorities to help them unearth a motive for the murcer of the wife of Dr. Walter K. TVilkins, New York physician. Wiikdis is awaiting trial on a charge of killing- his wife, found beaten to death m the yard of their Long Poach, L. I., home. Miss Munson and her mother occupied, until a few months afro, rooms in the hous?. owned by Mrs. Vvilkins in New York. State officials bf-lieve that Miss Munson may have overheard conversations between Mrs. Wilkins and her husband which will throw some light on the murder.

a v.-

conduct-, the :'r'v

as foil ws: "On the ritht of .October 2i

whil; my train wis in tl- si-iini; at

l:os!ivn, Hartnett mmo

were rewa

1 I com" ur to the : i t- i.. .- u it j

ear and pry th" door open with a crow 1 I 'bar. The t!:bv,-s then entered the car i shots into her body, then turned j

land threw o-,:t two

oatm".il and started off

I .iriKp ana ins two men pave cnase i m ins uam. ; and canpht Andrew Sabol. They fired! M,.u ;or) .:!,; 9 fVw min-

1 utes. Mrs. rIa:?.ey died at the

lndred bags of th on himself and put a buUfit iff with it. b r

sliots after the other two men wh

u: Harttiett. His story was

ISIS.

man felt n-d as the water wa. rr,-v Qary hospital about S o'clock

1 . . v '-iii' 1 . ' ' i i j 1 1 1 u l '.it.-,.

liled on-- of them, so they put on

r 1 oots iii'l

Viii 'n card 1 to ri-

with a

nd asked that far Monon

live. )

meetintr was railed lor th-.' 1'U -of Vtin, the Public know why : VI j CHfi an edifice should be built, how : I iS-0- VSLcUll

URGES SP!

v.T te 1- f o r for a dead b-. !y out the rn.'.r.'.body must hav hut Inter th- f !iO:r." olive a'l

Throup;

m en

1 CAPTAIN HEARS SHOTS. j Capt. of l'oli'-e i:. J. o nonncll, of In- ; diana Harbor, was crossing the street

near the above number v. 'ion he heard

l ine snors nreu. ouit rs in inej vi iiuiy ; also heard the reports following: one

I another in qui'.k succession. Judce (i. ,

H. Ileilaiid lives on the l'.rst floor and

this family were suddenly start!

:-siuim:

a nd

I ha .1

waded around in th" I three hours looking j 'ojt c"'Jid find nothing 1

tt. They th-oisrlit the :rk, in the quicksand ! o -.- was found t his w. ;i.

Andrew the three other

were arrested. From Andrew's Zi- Ike. Ms men ard the two V.

H-ire.moi.d officers re.ov--red 5trlen KO"(ls to the value cf $,".''). j Some of the property recovered Is as t follow: several hundred h.-itrs of flour

containing one hunlref: pounds ea'-h: j Wounds. Hlttle I'lph, tw

I several hundred cass r-f canned peas: ! y0ars old. was in the room

at once sent

What Will New

and Watjon Say? ,Both Parties Speculate on What Indiana Senators Will Say Regarding The League of Nations

A. G. Anderson DrmC,,B,SES.',,ONOtNT 1 SERVICE) BERLIN, March 27 The man who comes to Germany in the expectation of finding a nation mop

ing in abject repentance will be

disappointed. At least if he makes Berlin his field of observation. Counting- the amusement advertisements on the theatrical page of th Berliner Taseblatt shows: Theatre, 33; vaudeville and cabaret shows. 11; fancy dress balls. 5; permanent circus. 1. 1,000 PICTX7RJE HOUSES. Then thre are approximately 1,000 movlnp picture- houses now In operation, several concern balls and countless public dance halls, foremost among which is the Forffeous Palais du Dane on Belyen Straps, In whose elided gllttaring salons Berlin's tang-o liiards foregather with elegantly, but scantily gowned ladles of the demlmonda, amid the popping cf champagne corks at $30 . pop. A long row of luxurious automobiles and soft cushioned carriages, all privately owned, await tha revelers in front of the ralals. MOSTIiT LIGHT OPERA. In the theatrical world serious drama at present plays but an inconspicuous part. Out of the 33 theaters advertised in the Tageblatt, 24 are described s light opera and comedy. These ara excerpts of the bills: "The Merry "Widow." "The Count or Luxemburg," and a new German riot with the sensational title "Susan th Virtuous." To all thesa attractions must ba added cafes without number, all filled to capacity In spite of exorhltant prices. PIINTT OP HOT HOUSES. "-"Owing io "coal shortage (which lnct-

(Contlnued on paga two.)

TWnTATIAPDT.I? Tnrt.. March! certed backing.

27. There is considerable specu-

hy lation in both Republican and

low. It was evident at once that some, j Democratic political CKCleS Acre tragedy liad occurred. j ag tQ ;ust what is back of the C0mSUSHED TO GARY EOSPITAL. ' .

Capt. O'Donnel! rushed up the stairs ing Ol l-ie uuiiu vjtaiv.

and

he is not opposed to a league of nations but that he believes that under what is

now being commonly referre d to -as the J

ilson draft the 1. nited States would'

to tn-H

called for frvio: ,

it i-

to make good their ,

:i

Covenant Now in Hands of Drafting Committee of Five.

nho-j; fifty bushels t f grain: severs. ( tain

cases of Cognac brand?-: nine window panes; thirty gallon Jugs or whiskey; 1.0"0 yards of fine white linen: thirty

kimono.-.-, innumerable stockings, shops a m bug oxfords; paint brushes: hundreds j JM of bans of salt: suits of clotliinK; bags , J jj of eatmeal. and fifty children's dresses, j w U

reac

f .v.r.w it Hcr-rec'.atior. by erect

r- . -tl ln t..o furni itf

g a USeiul IllPin-'in"

toe contemplated Community House.

'If we fail o back the boys now it vS- v, equivalent to saying. 'Now tb.it HVj ar is ovci we no longer care for ,'nur welfare or interests,'" declared llnnne. Ho expressed confidence that Him-r-.,r,r,,' would be for th- boys.

Alderman Heckleman said that he did ' not dcubt but what the council would do t the right thing. COKBOT rOK QUICK ACTION. Mr. Uootie explained that the funds j fr.r- the proposed building would be rais-i

ed bv a tax lnvy made by the city of commission.

Hammond. un4r the law enacted by th recent session of the legislature, j

which authorized cities or counties in

John Edwin Nevin , TArF COPRESPCNDCNT I N. SERVICE I'AKIS. M:. :ch 2 I'resiuent Wilson :-i.-iin ernpha.l7.-,l the necessity for haste when the -biir four" the presid- tit and Premier I.loyd ;.orgo and Clemc-nc-iiu and Orl.-md. m- t at the presidential resi'lem-e today to discuss the questions

,nd the west.rn iront'.er

or reparati--of Germ.-vry

A t-f riplete agt metit has Iwn j

he.l bv the ltHiiuo or nations com-i

in the

' hands ' posed I lb :

i..r, Th- covenant is now

if the draltmg ornmittee. c.omf Lord C'C-.I of Kt: gland; Col. M. , f th" United Slates; Veni.elos.

Wtien the officers went to the houses. Pohda's seven children and ! Andrews' five children, each h"d on . one of the stolen dresses which the ofl !iorf allowed them to keep, t Two ketrs of whiskey holding one I hundred gallons each were dug up j from under Andrews' hou e by the officers, who had to work on their

"J- knees as the house Is only about three

feet from tne grounn. r These four men .".re being held In the West Hammonl jail awaiting the arrival of the Cnit -.1 States Government inspector when the men will be tried In the. U. S. district court in Chicago.

1 surrender Its sovereignty. The senator i does not believe that the proposed draft j will pass the senate. He says he has

nd found both man and woman on the jj g New and James E. Wat-1 ,alk(Cd . t0a num ,cr ,ead,n lo-.r with blood fiowlng from their 1 . , J, i crats m the senate who are opposed to

o and a half ! S0n to Indiana IOr tne purpose in ; the present dratt ot the league of na-

The cap- , ,itrCcpQ in rep-.ird to the!

for Ir Cot tor. but ; b av.--- - KOOKE3 HAS OPT1N KISD.

Marley died before the doctor arrived. proposed league OI nauuus. .Merriu -Moores, u-pumiran congressj , I man from the Indianapolis district, (Continued on page, two.) j The 3peCulation concerns thehoweven say8 he ,3 k.epin an ..open

Question Of whether the action of-lnd" on the league of nations subM j- i Congressman Moore takes the pothe Indiana senators is indicative j sUjon that president wiison should r 4.v- :,, A, Vc T?p-ntVi-i have a fair opportunity to work out a

, plan for a league of nation?

licans in the Senate will be when

COUNTY HASP IN

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premier of t Ireect-; and I-er Iinand '.ar- j i. iif!, of France. They are revising the 1 whole document occording to interna-; tior.:i! b-gal reepilrenientf. ; Wh--n the tirnft is ompleted it will r(, r-.fr rred back to the h agtie of patlons

(Continued on page seven.)

AOAINST EXCESSIVE

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ei-pci( lent WliSon exorej-.i, llliinr.i being delighted with ih developments j r.nl highly pleased at the progress made, J

TY if. step-, he said, would be ot Deneim to the entire civilized world.

The greatest concession to certain J American opposition was the absence of j

WIDOW'S WAR RECORD WORTHY OF COMMENT

jMrs. Bertha Grieme, Aged

PEACE DEMANDS

absolu-." clause giving any member

nf the league the right to withdraw from the organization if it should be

Sixty Years, Champion Knitter.

VICTORY LOAN LAKE COUNTY

(BTJZ.X.ETXIT.) WASHINGTON, March 27. Many bankers of tho middle west believe that tha Victory loan should carry five per cent interest. Secretary of the Treasury Glass said today, discussinghis recent trip througrh that section. "They thought that the 'V should stand for 'Five' rather than for 'Victory'," ho satd, -with a amlle. However, he added that tha middle west was fjptimistlc that the loan would sro over wtth a bang1, regardless of the rate of Interest: offered.

the question of ratifying the treaty

Oral Arguments Heard Yesterday by the Appellate Court of State in Famous Law Suit.

Oral arguments were heard yesterday by the appellate court at Indianapolis in the famous "Fowler bank" suit of

(INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LONDON. March 27. I'lans are under way to prepare public opinion ngalnst the execution of excessive

peace terms for Germany, it is learn- j etl from trustworthy authority in Par-

is. said a Central news dispaton irom that city. It will be pointed out. accordingto this source, that a "reasonable" peace Is necessary to avoid bloodshed In the next generation.

recessary to take such ncti ground of national interest.

-n

on the

NEW SHIPS WILL

BRING TROOPS HOME

Lake County will be required to buy thirty-nine and one-half million dollars worth of Victory Loan bonds in tha coming April drive. The amount was fixed yesterday. Real tanks arc to be used in the drive and.are coming to Lake County. Three tanks are to be used in the coming campaign to stimulate the selling of

bonds. One tank win start at South

plan for a league of nations. Should i

the Wilson plan be found unsatisfae-1

torv. he savs. then it would be UP to the j tha cou"ty. C. 13. Tinkham represented TV.tnrt States sena-e to nr.mnse. a bet- 1 t!l county and Gavit. Hall and Smith

Of Peace and the league of nations; tor r;an. of Whitir.g the four defendant banks. . 4 , . eor.? I Congressman Moores is one of the! "VVhen the Iiana Trust & Savings IS presented tO the senate. , dcIesatJon of flften conpreKSmen nnd ; Hank of Indiana Harbor became lnSPXCTJI.AT10N OVER SPEECHES. senators chosen by the congress to at- j solvent the Cltisens Trust & Savings. In other words, there is no one who! tend the Interparliamentary Union at ! ,he First National, the Indiana Harbor

can t-H y ;iu ' i iv.i i -.in v , "i- . ...i . . i... n . . ..n - v. . . ., ..... . . . 1 1 tors New and Watson have come into says he will have an excellent opporIndiana to tell what they think per-j t unity to study Kuropean conditions at Fonaily of the prorosrl league of na- this time in regard to the league of nations, or whether they .have any con- tions plan.

DOCTOR GROMAN LOSES AUTOMOBILE !

REFUSE HALLER , LANDING PERMIT

Germans allotted to the T'nited states lorlic nnd wristlets for motherless boys

was pu: Into commission yesterday at : in service. She then turned her time to

under its own motive powrr; a second will start at Lafayette and a third at Newport in Vermilion County, all leaving tlu-ir stations on April 1. DATES AND TOWNS X.ISTED. Tho schedule for the counties to b

I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1

LONDON, .Marcn ... me Germans . win ho oommissioned Saturday, it was have refused to permit the landing ot j stat.,j. The Capflnistere has arrived General Haller's two Polish divisions' t p,ltther.d and the Prinz Friederich

at Dantzig, suggesting icai mey ..e ; Wiihelm. Zeppelin. Pretoria and Graf

landed at Memel. Libau. or Koenigs- . Waldrseo have left Hamburg, the

berg, according to iniormation receiv- announcement adds.

ed here this afternoon.

(By Mrs. Daisy Orang-er.) Mr. Lertha Grieme. litO Indiana ave., first president of the German (now Francis Williard) W. C. T. U.. has done more knitting for the Ked Cross thin anyone, in Lake County, if not Indiana. Pcing a widow, her three only sons in the serv-

j ice, she was alone and devoted all her INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) I time to knitting. WASHINGTON, March ' 27. The During the early part of the war, Mrs.

steamer. Cleveland, the first of twelve ' Grieme furnished the yarn and knitted covered by the tanks and the date for

j appearance in each county leMlows:

The tank starting at South Bend

PpHhp.nl, en the Thames river. Lon- ! knitting sweaters for the Tied Cross and

don. it was announced at the navy d"- i during the remainder of the war she partment today. Three more, the ra- i knitter one sock a day, and sometimes tricia. Kai.- and Augusta Victoria, I nearly two. making several hundred

weaters. Besides other loyal work and the giving of her sons, being sixty years of age. Mrs. Grieme has n splendid war record. She bought Liberty bonds and Ft amps. Mrs. Griemo was born in Germany.

The seven passenger Cadillac automobile of Dr. II. C. Grornan of 61 r.imbach avenue. Hammond, was stolen from in front of a drug store at the corner of 35th and Michigan avenu, Chicago, last night. Dr. Grot-nan. who had been at a banquet in the city, was on his way home and had ftopped at the drug store only a few minutes, leaving his car in front but wher he came out id had disappeared.

NEGRESS IN HOLDUP. Leonard Manclapanl of "02 Webster avenue. Hammond, was held up last

Lend and visit all th northern countl.ts I right at the corner of Oakley avenue

PROPOSAL ILL STARTLE

GREAT BR

TAn

and Fayttttes street, at the point of a

Kun.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI LONION. March 2 7. A proposal that

fthe government meet' the present finan

cial crisis by taking over unearned increments due to the war was rut forward by the Daily F.xpress today In a "two column spread." It was pointed out that the war had enhanced the value of ships, mines and industrial plants, increasing the capital in a way entirely distinct from the

question cf income where excess profits

1

ored negress, went through .Manciapani's clothes.

INTERNATIONAL N EWS - SERVICE ) PiF.KLIN, via LoNDuN. March 27. Karl KaaUky stated today that he will have completed the compilation of documents dealing with war guilt

The vessels, which are of the passenger type, will be brought to this

NOTICE. j country for conversion into troop

There will be a meeting held at City ships. However, in orcier tnai tne trip

Rail Monday evening, March 3lst, for j may not be lost, all will be loaded the property owners of Truman ave. to with troops to their present capacity dlscusj the improvement of Truman ava. on the way over.

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

ill

be at Goshen on April 2; Warsaw, April 3; Columbia City. April 4: Albion, April 5; Lagrange, April C; Anj"lf., April 7; Aubrn, April S; Fort Wayne, April 0; recatur. April 10; Ulufflon, April ll; Huntington. April 12; Wabash. April in; I'eru, Arrll 14: Logrwisport, April K; Rochester, April 1G: Plymouth, April 17: Vnm April 1: Wiramac. Anril 10:

Rensselaer. Arrll 20: Ket.tland. April 21: Publish them is not known

Crown Point. Hammond and Gary. April ? nnd 23: Valparaiso, April 24: and La--rte. April 25.

A light colored negro held the gun . nipped in the bud by the Income

while his companion, a very light col- tax

The stern facts were outlined that the government is pledged to the most expensive social reform and that raising the Income tax would "break the back" of the ordinary taxpayer. The government, furthermore, must pay 300.000.000 pounds annually In Interest on the national debt and the money must be found this year, unless the government

continues the system of floating debts

WELL, WHAT THEN?

days

within a few

them over to the, government. Whether or not the government will

and will then turn and using the capital thus secured.

Take The Times and keep touch with the whole world.

in

Kautsky was appointed by the origi

nal SocUlift government at Berlin tl investigate the archives of the German foreign office and recently revealed to the P,.rlin correspondent of the International News Service that his Investigation showed Germany responsible-

THEY DON'T

WANT HIM

GENEVA, March 27. "Get out and stay out." shouted a crowd of Austrians as the train carrying former Kmperor Charles ef Austria. passed Feldklrch station on its way Into Switzerland

& Savings banks, ail of East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, agreed amons themselves to liquidate the defunct bank. With the consent of the auditor of state and the insolvent bank they started to pay depositors. Among the depositors was the county which had deposited $15,000 in the bank

before it became Insolvent. The Citizens Trust & Savings bank went to

rown I'oint and agreed with the coun

ty board of finance to pay tha $15,000 end told the board they would send the de-posit in the form of a cashier's check of the Citizens Trust A Savings ban which was acting as the liquidating agent for the other banks. In a day or so they forwarded the check to the county treasurer and In accordance with a previous agreement he indorsed it and sent it back to the Citizens Trust & Savings bank for deposit. A few days after, the county claims, the Citizens Trust & Savings bank notified the county it was withdrawing payment and refused to pay the deposit. The deposit had been entered by its bookkeeper and the entry was later scratched off, it is declared. August, 1914, Attorney Tinkharn started suit for the county against the four banks to recover not only tha cashier's check but also on the theory that It had deposited the amount In the Citizens Trust & Savings bank and was entitled to interest and also on tha theory that the bank had promised to ry it. The suit was tried during the Marcll term. 1915, before Judge Re iter but not decided by the court until May 29, 1916. Judge Reit?r decided against the county and In favor of the banks The county appealed and 1hoase h been pending in the appellate court. A decision Is expected within thirty days.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI LONDON. March 27. Defying; the mandates of their leaders 60,000 Welsh coat miners have gone on strike, said a dispatch to the Star today. The Star, In the caption oer the story, cH It a "revolL1'