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Hammond Assessors Wres-, tie With Vexed Question Before Tax Board.

J CI df ';'. '.airl as a.skf.l to TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAP1TAL1 j f-ubr-onas tor he crret of any friU! INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 17.; in ,hp -it wh v.- . , ,1 on Sanrtavs wh-n all t':i.- procprlcs in How to list the whisky m bond! t:;p ti:y aro rlSl.d. snie f tho fl.,.u owned by the Hammond Distilling h5 ar'' b" "K.kins; mon-y . , I har.ci over Jist -bv srllmtj Rroi-Tl' . Company, put out of business DVj The crmTrs insist th;U lir,t , n:y ti , the' dry law, has been giving the! fr,!it 'aicr. s-n fnnt ana can,;, (but anythinsr else patrons si---k in t',' Hammond assessors some concern., ,vay of Kroorl,.s. l.oteotivos wm in Of the numcorus Questions put to the: f.msat tomorrow and tvicrn'o state board of tax commissioners one is j mined for arrest, by an assessor at Hammond who wish'.-; -,

to know how to tax whisky held in bond there on which thc federal tax is niori than JSOrt.000. It appears from the asisor's letter that the owner of the whisky thinks It should not b taxed by he state, but it will be taxed, and probably at a high valuation, tor v -ky is commanding a high price nowa-, day?, even in states tnat are noi itsaoj -dry." up to the owhess. . i The local assessor was advised o, . Frd A. Sims, chairman cf the state ta j fcoard. to place a hiph value on th: ( whisky if he had difficulty in finding whr.t it was v.orth. Then it would be ; up to the owner of the liquor to come in j proc it if the valuation w-to too h:g.i. i "(Continued on page- two.) REPUBLICANS ILL REPEAL LUXURY TAX .. n.i . t i i . i Lttuc crnvirFl

TV'ASHINGTOX. May 17" Speedy re-; 268 Highland St.. by I. Tanis Jr.; $25 e.-) ; --i-n j cottagro at 10 Con key ave.. by Hare is i Pal of the luxury tax- the American j & Mri. ?oon (.(,m 9t r nc,..v0r ; people are r.ow pa. rug was promised b j gt b. JT j jroisj,:,.v: $3.;, c. !fir:,r. ,t 1 Bepresentati ve Mocre, of Pennsylvania, ' 97 Oonkey ave., by II. Anderson ; $3ii'0 who ranks second in the membership of cottage at 103 Conk-y ave.. hy II. An- , 1 derson: $11"0 cottage at 104 Py. r l! , the House ways and means comm.ttee. , h y, Moore, who is one of the chief Iteu- , py(-r llU.,, hy u Anderson; $5500 cottenants of Representative Mann, of 1111,-j lage at 112 Dyer bld.. by 1. Ander-

nois. who is expected to retain 111s icau-1 , w,. nr-anl'Kion in ' ersh.p of the Repubhcaa orbaniation in . the House, said tnat as soon House met on Monday at noon, he would j nrrf nr.. a resolution calling for the re-' c . 1. i.iii veal of Uiat section of thc revenue bi.i " i embodying the luxury taxes. K.epuMican leaders of the Senate de- j elared that the luxury taxes should be j at once wiped out and their repeal was. j therefore, regarded as certain to be one; of the first accomplishments of the! Eixty-sixth fongri. MESSAGE DEALS July 1 Edict May Be Set Aside Is Latest Report for Washington. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON. May 17. It is understood hero that President Wilson's message to congress next week will deal specifically with war-time prohibition. The president, it is reported, will point rut to congress that the enforcment ; of prohition on July 1st might seriously ; urset industrial conditions. Atty. Gen, Palinrr will be, called upon for a legal opinion as to whether the right is lodged w ith the president by j the. constitution to s'f aside the wartime measure by an executive order. If the attorney general's decision is favorble, this probably will be done. Other wise congress will be urged to act. Additional topics discussed in the message are: Woman suffrage, taxation government economy. appropriations, the railway, telegraph and telephone situations and employment for discharged soldiers. SETTINGS IN CRIMINAL COURT j OROWM POINT, InW ray 117. Thee criminal court settings for the week of May 19 in Judge Smiths court are as follows: N'o. 561 State of Indiana vs. John Geety ele. Tueseday. May 2". No 453 State vs. Joseph Marino. Wednesday, May 21. y0 553 State of Indiana vs. Samuel S mpson. Thursday. May 13jv.t 56- State of Indiana vs. William A nderson. Friday. May 23. No. ."36 State of Indiana vs. Gust Tolas. jv0 ;,37 State of Indiana vs. Jim GaIiarel. No. 52S State of Indiana r. Vinferi T i i ' k a s . xo. 530 State of Indiana vs. Fete D.mitrl. State vs. Angelo T'appas.

WITH PROHIBITION

FRUIT DEALERS ARRAIGNED BY GROCERS

.Thc n;' ur"v ; the prai Ui'p i t i 1 .i " i-r tl in by 'rrl.i ir: fr;iit stcro;; who 5!1 trocori.'s n i:r.i'.a; s nix. th fi'U ts .'f tlifir c'rjr.'t ::', writ- si ill tmlav !'.".! I'f'is. A 1 1 ' r . HARGIS & MOORE BUILD 19 COTTAGES Straube Piano Co. to Ere Ob $18,000 Addition to Big Piano Plant. Bui Id nip in Harrttond is going on as usual in spite of th soaring j. rices of (material, llargis and Moore hae taken . i out permits fur six cottau.'s on Garj tield ave.. to cost S2300 ojt.-h and thirj teen cottages on Van. Buren st. to rust j ll'SOO each, a total of $47. :.) for the ; nineteen cottag'-?. j This morning M. A. Dicko t took out a permit for an JlS.f'OO addition to be : I built to the Straube I'iatso Co. plant. ! The following are the other building, j permits taken out with Building. C-. r -.- missioner Vis: $3000 cot tag at f.fcj 'Eaton St.. by W. E. Elrick; $3000 cottasre at IIno Monroe ave., by V. II. I Tayne: ?C30(j cottag-? at C77 "Vcbsiri ave.. by C. i. Cenard: $3500 cottage at; son . ijivi wnaf a-t 1- .' ? i.u.. o.. j IJ- Anderson: $3000 cottage at 2"o Bf-vvis f ut) u: Mcvrris avc., ,,y j. Talarek; cttta &t S7S White Oak avc. hy A Swer-s; $1000 cottage at M C-stliu st. !' J. 1'awliuke; $ lol'O rot'aso Hohman St.. by t.fo. Bates; and ' -' 2 50 cottage at 103 Dyer LIvd.. by C. j rtarson. f$Q BLAME T? ATT "ROATl XV2-LiXvVii.i j Coroner Graham held an Inquest this j morning over the dfath of B. Mitrowich, i whose body was found in the Erie yeards ! .at Hammond last Sunday morning. Mit-ji j rowich. whose home was at Gibson, v. is j j j not an employe i.f th railroad com-j j nanv but was trespassing when he in.-t , ', death. The verdict terms the death : cidental and attached no blame upon i the railroad: j May, thus far. has lAen the quietest i in years in the coroner s office, Whr1 I the coroner is Ken- rally tailed to itivi-s-tigato about a dozen deiths a we-:k tlvnumbcr for May has averagwl on!;; three or four a week. ONLY TWO MAKE APPLICATION FOR JOBS With the romantic fen.ti:res of war service rfinoved, Hammond girls do not st'em anxious to learn nursing. Only two ay plications have he, u receive,! nt tt. -Margarets lospnai tor entrance in j the training- school for nursep wiin n (will be opened there soon. During the war many girls were anxious to volunleer as Ked Cross nurses, but on learning mo long preparatory training tneyj must jo through, they changed their f minds. The opportunity is now offered to lea.ni nursing in peace times and thus le prepared to enter ti.e held if war ever comes again. Applicants for the probation term will be receive,! at the hospital up to June 1st. FINED FOR MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION For malicious destruction of property belong. ng to the Gary Iand Conipany three Gary men. Mike Smar and George Pallas, were arrested and in ti e Gary c'ty court this morning were fined $2'J each. The third man. Mike Pi.h. was released on $000 bonds for his appearance in court. MOTOR POLICE EQUIPPED WITH NEW MACHINES Speed fiends and whiskey runners j tire warned to beware a 1 Taramond's , motorcycle cops, receive their brand new machines today, Foth Iute and Warner' claim they can elo better thai sixty j miles an hour on thc new motorcycles. ' and if you remember how proud you t were of your first long pants you will know how thro hard-working motorcycle cops feel todav. '

Willowdale, Its Dogs, Horses and Dead Master

" ' T ." 1 V . 'Al V A A No V A' S T - Hera's What Neio Con &re 1 1 r o Intends to Do 1 Ey J. BAST CAMPBELL t ST- FF CCRESPONDNT I. N SERVICE imonj 'no hrst legislative moves to be made by tlio Ilepublican majority after the sixty-sixth congress cor-veacs iu cstraort'iaary etssioa oa lelonclay at noon are: nepoal of luxury taxes. j Immediate rettvin of telegraph and , telephone liucs to private ownership. i Investigation of Postmaster Gsneral Enrlcr.ca'a conduct of those lines. j Pacsae cf general defiiciency hill, with ricTor providing- for S730,0O0 or SB- i COO.COO to meet heavy deficits incurred by vail "C ad administratioii. i Passag-e of enndry civil bill with $GG0,COCCCO for Ehl'jr.lc beard. j pnssare cf amy ana navy oius on ; mucli mQfiCa police basis eUmlaatiutr navy bill Secretary Er.niel3 bmldiag- program and reducing the army to 10C.CC0. Keturn of railroads to private owner- ! ship. SaJo of sMp3 constructed by shipping .,ta lntsrcsts. Merchant marino development uaaer UUui l-UVHto J f Fassag-e of woman stiff rage amend'meat.

Passage of bill lor enforcemsat cf na- ! tional prohibition. j. nNJL()hKJiafi'XL NEws SERVICE, Sepclal tariff legislation to project; nt;' V 'KK. Ma.v i7.--s..,.re'arv of flysstnffs, potash and other industries N.xy ,,.,,, ,s v, h,, arriv d hero toda.v developed during the war. 5 from Kunr. declared tha.t a. f.rnrol Keclamaticn of land for discharged Jiav ,,iriKlhi.. l, :,!!... rr..,v,b:-.- woil soldiers, S50C.0C0.CC3 to be proposed for j,,,., a , r;u.s. ,; hint ic llicht. He sail that ptirpose. i that the tiiiHinp that befell fi- P-.1 will 'not ! t.r th- navy's plans. It ' is Huntington. At a recent no .-; ing of tj,r,UKji li.-i .. th.at the P-1, r .ov at Kock-

the Pommercial Association of Huntlrgt..n it v as ! cided t avl: Mayr McGrewto proclaim May 27 as "Kat Killing Day." THEY'RE HERE! SPECIAL TO THE TIVE31 EVANSVILLE, I-d., ISiy 17. Seventeen-;. car locust: have appeared ir. Vandcrbwrff count7 and tamers are talt'us- steps to f e-l't the pests. Cii-rleo Karcs, a "!:U3ir.css man of tliis city, cwns a ceven-acra tract of land a few miles below here, which he visited yesterday, and his eyes wero greeted with myriads cf The insects, the brush and vegetation beinj coverei. They were too younj- to fly.

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.. , ii v ... -.'V- . i '"ft" r 'i - 5.' . i"' .. ... V . . , ... j 1 iJi 4 TWO LAKE CO. HEN PAROLED SPECIAL TO THE TIVESI I INDIANA r d. IS. In i , May 17. Cnvern-T "drii-h has j.rjrole.l and rer.i tt.d the r'.ne of l'.itri. k J. M-irphy. j who w:;s :- r.t fi'.m the I. ''! s-jporior ' i-oiirt. Jiitic 2 7. to the state farm for; i i n" j ear nr.. I lir.ed $20 and est- for p. lit larceny. It was reported to the ' Govern' r t',it a position aw n r.- h.ru. A nar.de has also bi-en erant.-.l to . .. , 7, ,.nni i. ,.r rohl.f ry in 1 !-. Lake .-u ; i i. r cm t . i-m '' er 2. ar.d was sente n'-ed to t'i! 1 ; f i ;- na t o ;-y for live to :'o.rii(:i jear". J' hii.-on'. ' yesisl.t is fnil.nir and lie : .' lo taken to his : i.-!rr s liotm; in Detroit. SEEKS TO IMPROVE THE GOLF LINKS ' Improvement" !;!( n ar eno tM to 1 the r."lf links of the Hammond I'euntrv '! :! rank with the best in th...:;n:iy VV , ' i be lli'idc f.-ilowiti the j 1 revarn T 1!. .1. SL' ehnan, jr-sident of j ; the t!a!i from French 1. ck. Mr. Stcel- ; man vo lit to the fain, us re:o.;t Frtii!:,;.' a;,.! is sto.d.v in.it the links wi'.ii t he I v i.. w i i making a ruim'o. f of importi .M.t i i; iiiK-s iii the Hammond gt ounds. DANIELS PREDICTS A TXF.W TT.Tf-HT .ill make the attempt. ALIENATION CASE IN CIRCUIT COURT iSFECUL TO THC TIMES! CP. OWN P. PINT, Ind. May 1. T! e HubT-Kraui vvald tri'il from Cedar Lake has taken up sever-il days in the j .tr-'siit ..iirt th..-- wee k. I Fiber is siing Krautwald f ' r alienation of his 'w.fes afl'e. tioi-.- in i 3V ?l'.e..M .la :n -aces. .ttoi'ti"is lirme. ii.rsi.nian & Vyvr are the .u.nl talent in the case. Times news service is the best that money can buy and honest effort can furnish.

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f v. r .i. v, W . jT q . ,1 - V' -5.' . .. A -TP. Will J ; atrical i "FHv Pnrr.iiTnllf T.nnT ' Illness at Home in Chica go Iast night. j Will J. Davis, master of Willow-dale. ! rhe famous Crown Foir.t horse farm, and 1 !etora:i theatrical 11. an, di d at 7:30 7:30; i o 'cluck l.tt night at his home. 4740 : Grand b..ul- an!, of a complication of ti 1 ! m.-n t i tnn( rinilimwl hv i i 5 .ipo fvfrj ........ - ... ..... i;.-ne ;. .u. .11 un; ucus.'ie -its u:-' I ,t.- v,-. v-,., r,.... v.i, .., .j'.v-.i, i j 1 - j f,.iv, in.! t. 1 - i ..u.htcr-m-law, Mr. and Mrs, will J. invis Jr.. and a group of friends. Mr. Bavis was takn ill with a severe ! cold, followed by an attack of Jniluenza. j s.-.veral months ag;. ills recovery lelt I him in a v.-f ak condition, and in Marclu I to' tlir-r with William A. I'inkerton, th3 j detoi-tivo. he w -nt to Hot Springs, Ark. l-e-!ins no better nfttr a two weeks' ! stay, h returned home. REMOVED TO HOSPITAL. His condition grew steadily worse. hov, e 4-r ind he was removed to the Pit shy terian hospital under the treat-m.-n of It. r.'i trani W. Sinr v who uia;.-.os.d his trouble as hardening of the arteries and stomach trouble. When it le..-am- obvious tint the end was near, Davis was again take:: to his home. Hoi was s'ini- 'onsi.ious for a week before! the end came. j ! was of Welsh-Irish stock: his fathr. Thomas Gleason Davis, was a builder, of railways, with a residence in Ann Arbor. Mich., where Will J. was born 1 l-'-b. S. IS 14. The eld. r livis was cmivviih the construction work on the Michigan Centra!, Michigan Southern, .-oid Northern Indiana roads, and can ti into Chicago on the first work train to reach the city from th est. DRUHtKES IN CIVIL WAR. Th.i family moved to Kikhait. Ind. win re he v.ent to school until the Civil war aroused his spirit cf adventure. Ho (Continued on pace ten ) N. C. 4 t , ' loivi $ 'J- i The NC -

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IKULIETI.,'.) PUNTA ML GEADA. Azcresratay 17. Tlia American Eeaplar.o DC-4 vras sl?Iited eff the Island of TZorcs 11:30 (Azores time). ' (BUliETIIT.) ; rMJTrPNATIONAL vr,.,- "JE.I'r. I ST. JOEN3, 27. p.. Kay iv. Harry G. Hawker, Eiltlsh aln ir.a aud Capt. T. P. KayiUiam, Australian flyer, announced tkis inornin? that tiicy toouUI likely start their trans-Atlantic JLigfct for th Eritlalx ; Isles tlUs aftemocn. Tl.cy were prob- j chly Influenced la this decision by the i jiunp off by the Americans yesterday. j . I OTJiiETISr.) j , f INTERNATIONAL NLA3 EFRV'eri t ,XgL,VJli-F', 4 j"ui5, cr laatietl taere at tills lior.r, navy uepartmeat officials said at S:45 today. Station 22, over whicn the KC-4 passed at B-.10, Washingion time, is only seventy-five miles from Uorta, i wliiclx 13 a provisional stepping placa. i

Punta Delgada Is the objective, If pos- " ' ' i j (EX7I.I,EXTIT.) ' fSTER NATIONAL. SERVKE, . ! L0DON, y 17, 5:40 p. PH. : TEEPAS3BY, w. r., nay i7saa- AH three of the American swlches, cake, stveet chocolate and coffeo ! "ciii.au Sw.xj kept Etcaininff hot In thermos bcttle3 PeaS Which left TrepaSSey, JT. F j made up the menu cf the alrwcn on the last night, have reached " -1 American naw nnan-nns r.r, . & ' icamia l;;

trans-AtlanUo flig-ht. Only to of the ;lx members of the crew were allowed ; to snateh any sleep. The navigators and I radio operators were ordered to keep oa duty continuously. (BTJXLETIIT.) 'INTERNATIONAL NFWS EERVICE1 LOI7DON, Hay 17 The United States , battleship Arkansas ha3 sighted ono of the navy seaplanes flying- to the Azores, said a wireless dispatch reacl-ing- here today. (BULLETIN.) ' WASHING maintained a speed close to eighty miles ' tea miles in i , excess ct the average rate expected. j Etation 13, over vhich the NC-4 'passed at 5:45, is lefts than 300 miles i from land. (BULLETIN.) LONDON, 37 17.-Urited States n.ival. headonarters here naval headquarters here today , nounced the receipt cf a trireless dls- ' patch from the United States battleship! f y-V nma ttatinT A-rrta. : j - " lean nyers iiui Deen sijniea. abater xnis . .v. t nuuvuuvcutcuu ub nui.;iniv titc oca bc j meat beinff made that noae of the flyers j j had been sighted but that the battleship! Arkansas had left the Azores to meet! J the flyers. (bul"l7tin. Washington, liiay it. The nc-4 j passed station 13, 000 miles from Trepj assoy at 5:15 this morning1, the navy de partment was noTifled. Ths NC-1 passed the same station at 6:14. The last re. port freni the NC3 at this time was that sl10 passed No. 13, 6C0 miles out at 2:23 a. m. I i Th9 message came from the U. S. S. I 1 Columbia, stationed at Horta la the ! Azores ana was received oy tns navy j department at 0 o'clock, FEATURES OF THE BIG- HOP Left Rockaway, New York. May S, ! , arriving' in Halifax same eveuinrr. j ; Left Halifax for Trespasser, Iay j 10, makinfr 460-mile flight same day. j Left Trespassey for Azores Rlay 16. I ' Distance of total Cig-ht from Kock- j : away to Plymouth, England, 3,025 i j nautical miles. j Distance of the trans-Atlantic ley ! ct flight, 1,352 nautical rr.llss. j j Stopping- places: Halifax, Trepassey, Horta (Azores). I FLIES OVER ATLANTIC ; ' - y 4 Just Before She Started

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1.309 Kile Trip lasts Utt! Over 15 Fours, SO Miles an Hour Made. ' Azores, their first Stop, acCOPcV'"' , to dispatches reachine London t'-' ' , - t i'('1JUOa li J a temoon. The last Seaplane ' ' j arrive landed at the Azores at 1 :;. p. m., it was stated. (BULLETIN.) r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' WASHINGTON, May 17. The NCpasscd Station 13, OZO miles ont frc; Trcpassey at 6:14 Vathingloa time ar ' at 5:1 a. m. the I7C-3 was reported betv.rea stations 17 rnd IS, and off he (BTJLLETTSr.) WASHTIcaTON, May 17 The SC. "arrived' RtKorta at 130 Asorea time j (3:20 tVashinsrton time), accorflinj to 1 a messagre to the navy department. It j was fceiieved b ynavy department officials that the tinio given indicated the ! hour when the n;. n An effort to f,, ' vv ' ?" cf th ;ims W3a (There is & ctie-enc t . r approximate1 iy 1 our hours In time between the jkmroa , v H , .Azores and the eastern UrJted States. 1 VTlgJx aVmt 4Vclock in the ZoTin Azores.) ,. . i3 noon ia 'Wajihln!rtoa it Is (BULLETIN.) riNTER. NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 ! PUNTA DELGADA, Azorc. ' May 17. The American seat?l.r.e NC-4, in charge of Lieut. Corr.rnandtr A. C. Read, alighted k: the ! harbor of Horta, capital of the Is land of Fayal (Azores group) :-i 1 ;25 this afternoon (9:25 KiV.V i Ycrk time), having made the 1,3X! mile trip from Trepassey, N. F., in j fifteen hours and 18 minutes. The NC-4 made tremendous ! speed, arriving ahead of schedule, i (Fayal is in the center of the i Azcres group), just a short dis- ; tance from the island of St. Michael, on which Punta Delgada i is located, i Lieut. Commander Read maintained an average speed of about it i tnicl page nine.) OCEAN "V'...'avlr -fcT-a .4 x Flight.

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