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n n n Irl OS N.C.3 Missing N. C. 3 PLANE IS MISSING U. S. HEARS Tears Entertained for Safety of Crew; Search Is Made for Her. AVIATOR'S WIFE STILL HOPEFUL WASHINGTON". May 13. "I shall not give up hope I feel that he roust be alive." Mrs. John H. Towers, wife of tha commander of the misslns since early Saturday mornins. with these words today hravely hid her evident distress over the possibility that her husband may have sacrificed his life In an effort to win trans-Atlantic aerial honors for h'.a country. Mrs. Towers had kept an all-night vigil t her home la this city, being in constant touch with the navy department for a message from hor husband. But In view of the fact that none came, she refused to weaken and smiled bravely at her two-year-old daughter, who has been taught to li?p "My daddy's flying 'cross the ocean." BULLETIN.) By JACK VEIOCK fSTFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE HOKTA, Azores, May 19, (6:30 a. m. New Tork time). Ten destroyers and the battleships Texas and riorida were scouring the seas northwest of the island of Corvo, ICO miles from here, this morning, in a systematic effort to locate the American seaplane NC-3. missing since Saturday morning in her at tempt to reach the Azores. , Up to this hour nothing whatever has j teen heard from her though the torpedo , tender Melville, which cruised here from J wnhtaS Xt'v-?ne la i touch with the intern ational news sERvicEi , m I riTTTHTTOW r 1 O "WflTTT W ASniWUlUlt, iilAy 17. ia-; rii department OnlCiaio were lliu.iy j aDcrehensive today for the safety j of the crew of the NC-3, the navy anlane from which no word has Viopn Tpceived for more than 50 hours. No confirmation has been received f an unofficial London report that Commander Towers and the seaplane's crew has been saved. The last report from ment her reaching- the navy departwas at 6:15 Saturday morning "(Continued on page three.) LAKE COUNTY s ORGANIZE1 rA h. t-.oT-manont r, r c-a n 1 - 1 CAni town lation of the County Contractors As- , ,i .,-. iikpn saturdav rterCUV.ouvu ' .v.--.. i mp-tinir of contractors at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. The tody which in the last few weeks had that name was merely a Cecil uaiiift i...v tmnorarv affair formed in order that i

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handle 'negotiations In the recent strike cf the building trades laborers. The new association has a number of projects in view other than the handling of labor difficulties. It is believed that by co-cperat'on among the construction and material men, building will be expedited and the contracttors and public will both be benefitted. A committee was appointed on organization to prepare the by-laws. The members aro Lee Granger, president of the Tri-City Electric Co.; T. D. Crawford, president of the Central Lumber A- Mill Co., J. F. Wilhlm. contractor, C. R. See. of the See Teaming' & Sup ply t;o. ; .vi. .v. LiicKover. general con- i tractor. Mr. Granger, chairman of the

committee, said that he believed the ; ing a sack of seed potatoes from a mercommittee wouhl be able to hold sev- I chant in Bay City. Mich., Mrs. Mike eral meetings the first of this week to . Rozanskt found a pocketbook containing do the-ir work so that before the end , $200 when the sack arrived. Ehe is eijof the week a meeting could be called j deavoring to get in communication with to consider their organization plans. the owner-

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-s s.v -- N. C. 4 MAY ABANDON HER FLIGHT WASHINGTON. Ittay 13. The NC-4 j will top off from Horta for Puata delj Oada aad then for Lisbon as sooa as ths I weather permits. ! Tollowln? the recadpt of advices stat- ! lnff that ths ETC -4 had been ordered to ; assi3t, If practicable, In the search for . the mlssinr NC-3, the navy department j this afternoon received ths f ollowin? ; message filed at 11:36 a. m., Washington time, from Admiral Jackson, at Funt.i j del Cada: 'Not practical send NC-4 in search.! sha -will proceed to mnta del Gada as , soon as weauvr penu.iB( jici-aiiv .u flight to Idsboa." (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. May IS. The NC-4 may abandon her flight oerseas in or der to assi st In the search for the mtss- ! in? NC-3. j She made ready to start at 7 a. m. I New Tork time, but duo to cable delay j 1 r T t . . : ...il 1 T ;

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from St. Johns, X. F.. .at 5:55 yesterday Continued on page three.) NOBODY WANTS pnunrn VVHIKY UUllULU liilluai . Hammond Distillery Makes Objection to Paying Taxes on 117,000 Gallons. INDIANAPOLIS, Ir.d , May 13. Arthur Weiss, treasurer of the Ham mnd Dlstimns Cmpan'- anJ Jesse r" ! MB attorney for the comrsny apreared before the state board of tax ,

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... , . predicament the company is In. belni? i thl. possessor, but not the owner, of 117,000 gallons of whisky and gin. it was explained that the liquor wos stored in the government warehouse in bond owners of the receipts could not be

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ternal revenue agents and can .not he taken from the warehouse until the Federal tax of $C.40 a gallon is apid, they said. Instructions Prom Sims. Fred Sima, chairman of the commiss!on 5,alj would instruct the local asssssor3 In Lake county to assess th"? whisky and gin to the holders of the receipts and have the Lake County treasurer notify the government warehouse officials that the assessments were made and that local taxes must be paid before the liquor is removed. Mr. Sims said he was informed that the price of the whisky was SO cents a gallon, to which would be added the Federal tax of $6.4n. The assessment for the liquor probably will be fS.70 a gallon. Don't Want It Now. The distilling company officials were doubtful whether the holders of the receipts could ever be located. They said ) they had the names of the original cwnc r s whi"h they would giv the local assessor. As it was probable that in many cases the receipts had been sold to persons who could not now use the liquor, such as former saloonkeepers in , the state, in all likelihood they will not take the liquor out of the warehouse. DATED 1829 i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BLOOMSBURG. Pa.. May. Mrs. I. K. Miller and Mrs. Eva Kuppert. of this place, have an Easter cpg dated 1 8 2 'J . They also have a large collection of egsi beautifully etched with names of persons of several generations ago. Some of the eggs bear the dates of 1S10. 1541 and IS 47. Jhey are in excellent state of preservation. FIND $200 IN "SPUDS." INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 TATLORVILLE, III.. May. Purchns-

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7 f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, May 19. The NC-3, the missing naval seaplane, has been sighted seven miles from ! Punta del Gada, Admiral Tackson . , . , this afternoon advised the navy department. He gave no further details except that she was traveling under her Own power. . hibition law, which is to become i effective July 1, was provided in a ! resolution offered in the house this j afternoon by Representative Sab'"bath' of minois' on the &ai that the end of the war and the I inauguration of peace had elimj inated any further necessity of the j lawriNTER NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PUNTA GRADA. May 19. Only adverse weather conditions prevented the seaplane NC-1 from completing her flight to the Azores successf uH u Commander p. ... TVia NT 1 lpft trip water at Trf 1 He iNU-l IcIC me water at ire passey Friday evening and proceeded on her course, passing all stations without trouble until she reached the vicinity between Stations 17 and IS and found fog banks, said Bellinger. There she landed on the water and is safe. IMANY ROBBERIES REPORTED TO POLICE POCKETS PICKED OK 150. While Harry Davis of 556 Kenwood avenue. Hammond, was getting on a street car at the corner of Sibley and Hohman street. Saturday night, some one picked his pockets of $150. GKT ftlSO AT nt'XGE'S. Some one entered the home of Bernhard Runge last night between 7 and 9 o'clock and a.fter ransacking the whole house stole $120 and a silver watch. Lntrance was gained through the back door which was opened with a skeleton key. HELD IP OX BRIDGE. Howard Dike, while on his way home Saturday night about ten o'clock was stopped on the bridge by two men who asked him the time. When Dike took out his watch to te'.l them the men took the watch and walked away, warning Dike not to follow them. TWO WHITING MENARE ,HURT Steve Lavish of WhHing, while riding on the rear of a motorcycle driven by Matt Pavich, also of Whiting, was badly hurt Saturday night when the motorcycle ran into an automobile which was standing on Ind anapolis boulevard. Lavish, who was badly cut about the face and his left arm Injured, was talcen to his home-

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PENS TODAY I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, May 19. Ths Eixty-sixth cong-rassi Senate Republican, 49; Democrats, 47. Total, 99. Prssldent pro tempore. Senator Albert B. Cummins, Iowa. House Republicans, 237; Demo. crats, 194; Independents, 9; Prohibitionists, 1; Socialist. 1. Total, 435. Speaker Frederick E. OUlett, of Massachusetts. (BULLETIN.) WASHXNQTOW, Way 19,Xffortt to obtain rotes were started la the Sixty, sixth Conffrers this afternoon when Sep, SCann. of Illinois, introduced a constitutional amendment providing; that there shall be no abridgement of the right of suffrage because of sex. (BULLETIN.) WASHINGTON, May 19. With the reading of the president's proclamation calling it in extraordinary session the sixty-sixth congress entered upon the first page of its history promptly at noon today. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. May 19. The 66th Cnogrcss Is now in session. The repeal of the luxury taxes is provided introduced in the senate today by Senator Wadsworth of New Tork. A similar measure was Introduced in the house by Representative Moore of Pennsylvania. On the house side Representative Gilletr. Republican, of Massachusetts, was sworn in as speaRr: Representative Cannon, of Illinois, the veteran former speaker, administering the oath to his newest successor. The new and re(Continued on page three.) FLYING TO RELAND Intrepid Australian Aviator Left Newfoundland Yesterday to Beat NC-4 in a Direct Flight. t INTERN ATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 19. Risking his life in a deperate effort to be the first airman to fly direct from North America to the British Isles, Harry G. Hawker, an Australian, is somewhere over the North Atlantic today, and at last reports was speeding successfully towards his goal. Flying In a gigantic Sopwlth airplane, carrying a 320-horse power Rolls-Royce motor. Hawker, accompanied By Mackenzie Grieve, left the Mount Peal aerodrome at 12:55 (New Tork time) on Sunday afternoon and hoped to alight on Irish soil about 10 o'clock this morning, (New Tork time,) if his machine could maintain an average speed of 100 miles against the wind. The distance is 2.000 land miles, or 1.TS0 nautical miles. Up to 7 o'clock this morning (New Tork time), the. Sopwith plane had not been heard from. Tha weather was favorable when the great Sopwith plane roared skyward, followed by the cheers of an enthusiastic crowd, but conditions are so changeable over the North Atlantic that it could not be predicted that HawkT and Mackenzio Grieve would be so favored all the way across. Hawker wis disappointed that Capt. F. P. Raynhain. who has been here for over six weeks, awaiting favorable weather, could not start the flight with him. Raynham's machine a 2S5-horse-power Martinsyde was smashed In an accident just before Hawker hopped off. Hopper Is not only contending for the epochal honors attendant upon such a flight as he undertook, but also for the J50.000 prize offered by the London Dally Mail. DEATH OF JOHN URBAHNS John A. L. TJrbahns, formerly of Valparaiso, but who has been employed at the Metal Thermite Co., as yard clerk at Hammond for some time, died at his home. 203 Truman avenuek yesterday. He was 40 years of age and loaves a wife and two children. The funeral Will take place tomorrow afternoon to Valparaiso with Neidow directing. WHERE IS HE? The Red Cross seeks information about Will A. P.j-iak. last address 572 Hohman street. A message from relatives In Hungary awaits him at the Red Cross headquarters.

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Sopwiths Get Code from Hawker By EAJtLE C. REESE (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON, May 19 (2:50 p. m. New York time.) A code message received by the Sipwith aeroplane company this afternoon was interpreted to mean that the Sopwith plane, piloted by Harry G. Hawker, is still flying and has a good chance of reaching England. This announcement was made shortly after a statement from the Sopwith Company that it had received a "gratifying" message regarding Hawker's attempt to . fly across the Atlantic. The admiralty a few minutes later gave out a copy of a wireless

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bore some evidence that it had been sent by Hawker's plane, which has a wireless apparatus capable of transmitting messages about 250 miles." At this hour the air ministry was without any information regarding Hawker's progress and stated that no reports had come from its watches along the coast of Ireland.

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ship off the Scilly Islands, which fe. . i. s i fO(J istw- i-,,'- - 1 A '! StS tK'- ....- ' - ,Ht v is? 5 v"- : band's safety," said Mrs. Hawker. "I believe he would purposely refrain from sending any reports on his progress as he is very anxious to beat the t American flyers and he would naturally fear that the information would help h:s opponents in the race." E ARE BADLY E Increasing activity in house construction found Hammond away short on carpenters this morning. II. J. Dcrner. examiner hi charge of he Hammond branch of the United States Employment Service, was swamped with calls for men. By noon he figured he could place 125 first class carpenters but had no nearby surplus to draw from. He has managed to get in touch with several other agencies in the state and is receiving some favorable replies. Evansville has a surplus of carpenters and was prepared to send tn men at once. However, it Is thought that Hammond contractors will not be willing to advance transportation on such a long trip. Construction work on Fayette street Is expected to open up next week, providing an opening for many laborers. Thesa of course must bo union men and here it is feared another shortage will develop. It is thought that the Hammond hod carriers local will no- be able to suprly the demand and importation may be necessary. Industrial usants are having considerable trouble in placing soldiers who apply for work. A number of factories have Informed the employment bureau that they will hire only returned soldiers. Mr. Derner is able to send plenty of soldiers but few of them E?em inclined to stick with the jobs. Many take a place, spend ten or fifteen minutes looking around and then walk out. Often ten men will be sent to an employer ar.d only one or two will stick. Car Robber Arrested. Kesimier Zuk. a Gary Russian, was last night arrested charged with robbing cars on tn.'; Wabash raiiroad 01 Gary and brought to the station where this morning he is being sweated by the police.

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Harry Hawker Flies From Newfoundland Yesterday Across Atlantic With No Ships Beneath Him. (BULIETBT.) riNTERNATIONL NEWS SERVICE BEOOKLYNS, England, May 19J(noea Wew York time). Harry a. Hawker was 150 miles from the Irish coast at 11 a, m. Now York time, eaid a message re, ceived at the aerodome this afternoon. Hawker apparently is flying at less than 100 miles an hour, but barring nc. cideuts he should reach Ireland before 1 o'clock this afternoon, mow York time. (BULLETIN.) r ,UNIERNTI0NAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON, May 19 A. J. riia, LotU don manager of the Sopwith hureaa of operations at the air ministry, announced this afternoon that Hawker is expected to land in Ireland instead" of continuing on to Erocklands, England, where plans had been made to receive him at the aerodrome. (EULLZTIU.) T"NT'$NAl- NEWS SERVICE ST. JOHS.S, IT. P., Llay IS. TJpoa receiving the report that Harry G. Hawker, Sopwlth pilot, end his navigator. Commander Grieves, had been sighted off the coast of Ireland, Capt. Kaynham of the Martinsyde plane, which smashed up In attempting to start the Atlantic flight, sent the following cable to Hatrker this afternoon. "Congratulations to you both." The Martinsyde plane, is was definitely learned today, cannot be repaired. (BULLETIN.) Earl C. Reeves iiTJi?RRESP0SDENT N- SERVICE LONDON, May 19 (9:40 a. m. New York time), Harry G. Hawker, Australian pilot, who started from Newfoundland at 1:55 yesterday afternoon in aa attempt to ay to the British Isles, has been reported 400 miles off the Irish ooast, according to an unofScial report received by the Sopwith aeroplane plant at Brooklands, England, today. Officials of the Canbury Park Sopwlth plant had a confirmation of the report and no word from Hawker, but said they were confident he would succeed. By EAKL C. REEVES STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE' LONDON, Eng., May 19. The thoughts of the entire nation this morning were upon the greatest race in history the competition between the British and American birdmen to win the honor of being first to cross the Atlantic by air. Great crowds gathered about the newspaper offices in Fleet street early this forenoon and other thousands clustered about news agency tickers awaiting some word from the Sopwith plane bearing Harry G. Hawker and Commander Gieve eastward toward tre Irish coast. NO WORD TBOM AUSTRALIAN. No word had come from the Sopwith plane this forenoon and as the afternoon approached and the time ncarcfl when the dare-devil Australian pilot was due to reach the cosst of Ireland, the size of the crowds increased, and in the air ministry little work was beinsr done. oiticials axe pessimistic. Officials, of the . air ministry were frankly pessimistic over Hawker's pros(Continued on page three.) MANY DIVISIONS WILL COME HOME INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. May 19. The Sixth and Seventh divisions, composed of regular army troops, have been relieved from duty to prepare for return to the Un:ted States and will embark late in June. th war department announced this afternoon. At the same time the war department reecived from General Pershing the following schedule of the order In which other divisions are to be sent home : May 80th. S6th an 3 3th, 5th, 51st. 4th, Cth and 7th. 40,000 THROW OUT OF WORK INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW Br.ltFui!!'. Mas?.. May IP Demanding higher wages and a shorter workday, the International !'ni"n ,f Pteam Operating Dr.jrine.-i-s of x:' -ity went on stride t"1ay. t; in "'1 many cotton mills and throwing o it "J work about 4'000 persons.

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