Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 31, Hammond, Lake County, 24 July 1919 — Page 1

BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY ma FAIR WEATHEK HTURATIOHAIi SCWI rUXX. X.EASXD WZSS BXBTXCTi. I HAMMOND, INDIANA. I Oa street a&d tiwnltsCi, 3a per copy. Delivered by carrier la Hammond and Wart Zammond, SOo per month. VOL. XIV, NO. 31. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1919. DID YOU HEAR THAT

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Jr. a claims to the father and son golf c oampionshin at the Countrv ClnH t only disputed by John Rockman and j h:s .son Fred Tnat ought to make a Rood foursome g HERBERT COOPER, the w. k. Scouti aster, declares that if the ten-year-old ' hioago boy who was lost in the woods bad been a Hoy Scout his starvation ' "Would never have happened to him. KOT Moi'ool has decided that h'n anybody offers to give him a ride in a blimp ho w ill start a 440-yard dish a j top speed in the opposite direction. FRANK CHERPRON. Times telegrrt-!-j pher. r. ho was in the loop when the j Vinffoot burned, was so sickened by the sight that he couldn't write a story about! ItDR. E. F. OilDLAW has his Ideas j ebout civic and township governments i tnat tako men's jobs away from them j becausa they went to war. and he can't fee any other reason. Doc lost two whit serving his country. M. I. LI DWIG. who writes insurance for a living, will bit up with his pros-I r-cts until three in the morning and ( land Ihcm out of sheer wearlress. J. J. RUFF, the hardware man, hat son whom he will back as an cater against anybody. When the laddie goes , ii-to a restaurant ho orders the whole b.M of fare. PR. CTRL'S CAMPBELL. Hammond's vouran physician, who recently went n-y-Ur the knife after being afflicted for forty years, is getting along splendidly and wonders why he put it off so long. fraxk Mclaughlin, who bought j : : rty Hall, has nearly completed his V !: and Frank worked just as hard -is the rest of the men in dismantling the huge plant. ROSCOE HEMS TOOK. the deputy ''.. k cicris. is gemng oetter from a Jens siege of typhoid, but he shudders! v, henever he thinks of what he said to the nurse. j OSCAR BORCTTERT. who Is guarding lie Annette Kellermans at Lake Front Park, believes in letting young people 1 e a good time and Out of the thousands who swim there he has only had t- tail one girl down and he simply told h-r to pull her stockings up. FRANK DFCOMR. one of the old-t-mcrs hereabouts, while not jilting Hamr;i,nd. his first love, has put a nice little rco of money in 'Whiting property v hich he believes Is a comer. TUDGE J. H. GILLETT is at a St JWc ':iarium for his health, and G. H. f-'heerer and the judge's son Gerald, who 'f-itcd him. say he is getting along Tiicrly. v FAIL MOORHEAD has found his r:.ilt-n Ford sedan and says it was pretty r e!i battered up. but the insurance com-r.-'ny is doing the right thing and Paul 1 jMles Texico all the more. FRED tXDNOVAN. the restaurant man. r ho went lame yesterday when his kneeenp slipped, is an old wrestler and it was j when Fred was on the mat that he re- I civcd his first injuries. LEO "WOLF, one of Hammond's merpliant princes, deplores the conditions of the streets. "About the only thing" to do." he says, "is either tp ride tip and ".own Fayette street or go out cf town. rR. E. F. JONES is one of Hammond s doctors who is a great fisherman, but n er catches any. Doc is one of th lucky chaps, however. Every now and then some fellow calls him in and says "Doc. I'va got a nice mess of fish for you. Can. you come down?" OFFICER SINGER says the greatest t'at on tha whole force (with reverse English) Is guarding the gas devils on l alumet boulevard on a hot Sunday at the spot where they are not building that bridge. R. C. PIERCE, the local golfing hound r ho gets sore when he ha a string of anything but 4s on his card, wishes the Western Open had been a little later h's year. JOS. L. HX'MPFER says that he helices If peorle quit hoarding; sugar, soap ord a few othwr retail commodities, and if the profiteers quit speculating, th'r jrices would ease up. V.. X. BUNNEL is driiinK one of those new fangled square erneied Fords which Henry bas heen '.alkir. so much about Trtely. IR. tV. IT. M1T.-SCH. who holds a lieutenant's commission In the medical corps, was in Hammond a few days this v eck. THE School Board has cut down expenses by moving; the superintendent's cCe e from the Kder building: to the Cential school building. HVRRV FOLK, stenographer in Room 1 Ore of the Hammond superior court, is ep.i-yiniT a vacation in the 'vicinity :f 2i.rr.s-. i!le. O. FF.RG. ARTHVR PETWILER. of For; Vane. is acting recruiting sergeant at' jr-.mmend while Sergeant Robert Cramer pp"nds two days in Indianapolis gettin;: ready to push the a iation campaign. REV. C. M. BROPIE is pushing ths work on the new Baptist community lii-use in East Hammond and espect.T soon to make the welcome announcement cf Its completion. CAPT. STRONG, of the Hammond police force is covering his usuil amount of territory once more. hain recovered from the bad case uf sunburned feet which he contracted at th: Hammond beach. OFFICER CHARLES CARLSON", of the police department, now has to share, his "nigger catcher-' reputation wlt"i Officer Lute. ATTT. D. E. BOONE has a new Moon touring ear and is all set for another big smash up. IXC GRAHAM is getting disgusted with the county coroner job. Outside o." j twenty drownings in the last two liripnllja b has UtU to fjo. '

CARMEN WILL REFUSE JTHSS offer: Furthen Conference Is Ar-i ranged But Principals ; Are Not Optimistic. j -,r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEHVICH ! CHICAGO. July 24 The threatened strike of employes of the Chicago sur- 1 face and elevated railwav Mnes seemed further from settlement today than ever : before as a result of the flat refusal of ' the employes to accept a compromise i offer of wage increases to 62 cents an i hour. I 1 The men are demanding S5 cents an ! hour and an eight hour day and declare ! they will accept no other settlement. ; The present wage scale Is 4S cents for a . ten hour day. Although the compromise offer has been rejected, further conferences be- , tween leaders of the employes and offi- I cials of the railway lines arc to be held. 1 Those familiar with the situation, how-1 ever, are not optimistic that a basis of: settlement will be reached. At the regular meeting of the. Lake County Centennial Club in Hammond last night George E. Hershman of Crown Point made one of the best talks on Odd Fellowship heard for sometime. Speaking without notes Mr. Hershman held the attention of the members for over an hour. A very large delegation of past grands of the out of town Lake County I. O. O. F. lodges were present and at the close of the meeting Floyd Saxton, the secretary, reported the receipts of dues amounting to $54 fur the evening. Much important husiness was transacted, which included the consideration of the new by-laws and preparations for the degree work, which will be rut on by the staff just organizing. It was decided to hold the next regular meeting at Lowell lodge I. O. O. F. oa Friday, Aug. 8. Sam Lucas of Gary, past grand of Steel City lodge I. O. O. F.. was appointed chairman of the social committee with full power to arrange some appropriate entertainment in the near future. Tast grands of East Chicago who have not sent in their application for membership should do so at once, as the club aims to secure a double centennial in memblrship this year. Joseph Cohn of No. 4720 Olcott avenue is authorized to receive applications and dues. GEN. KAAN IN COMMAND CAPITAL Former Lake Co. Boy Says Race Insurrection Is About Over. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. July 24. Maj. Gen. Haan. commanding; the Federal troops j patrolling the capital to prevent a re currence of race riots, today pronounced the disorder at an end. and said he looked for no further trouble. Secretary of War Baker. Gen. March, chief t.f staff, and Gen. Haan were ti decide today when the soldiers will bi withdrawn. It was believed that thv would be held here another night to assist the police. There were only two flare-ups during last night. A negro is reported to have shot at a white woman in the southeastern part of the? city and another negro is said to have fired at a motorcyclist passing Thomas Circle. There were no organized clashes, and the streets were practically deserted long before midnight. TEACHERS' UNION IGNORED BY STATE r INTERNATIONAL tiF'S f"--:El LINTON. Ind . July ;4. The co-called teachers' union recently organised by- instructor of schoo'.s in Stockton township, outside of Linton, is not recognized by the state, according: to a letter from Jesse I'ochbach, examiner of the htate board of accouts. in reply to an app-al from Trustee Jas Roach. The trustees asserted Roach could employ only 'b.ome"tutors and n.ust meet their demand for wajrr increases, even ut the cost of cuttin; the school term to si xmonths. Kschbach instructed Ro.--.ch to use his "own Judgment." but declared the demands unjust. PARK LAND FOR MEMORIAL I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I W I NAM AC, Ind.. July 24. A 43-acre of park land adje-ninsr Winamae has been offered to the ounty as a memorial to the county's soldiers and sailors. Don't throw youi paper awaj without reading the want ad page.

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Miss Mary Cunningham. Miss Mary Cunningham, a cousin of President Wilson, is called the "Heroine of Courtrai" because of her bravery and endurance during ths German occupation. Her life during that time was a nightmare. She survived winters cf near starvation and staved in her horn? which was riddled with bullats ur.til the happy day of liberation came. Miss Cunningham is an Ulster woman and is nearly eighty years old. OIL PLANT IN (EUXXTXIT.) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 BA TONNE, N. J., July 24. The explosion of a tank car act fire to several ether ciri reitilting In a aeries of explosion and a fir at the plant of the Texas Oil Co. hara today. Six or eight parsons were Injured, according to first reports leceived by the police trut th:a were no fatalities. The shock of the explosions was felt for two miles. Two city firemen were among the Injured. The flames are spreading and threaten to destroy the entire plant with a loss of more than S7,0O0,C3O. T Ind. Harbor Man Accused by Two Girls in Crown Point Court. Tony Baginski, 3903 Beach street. Indiana Harbor, was placed under arrest today on serious charges. This was to have been Baginski's wedding day but he was taken to Crown Point before Judge e. m. Norton in the juvenile court. Two girls of tender years, one nine and one ten. accuse Baginski of a shocking crime and he will face them in) the Crown Point court this afternoon. CLEINCEAU FACES I'm m r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI PARIS, July Premier Clemencea.i fpced the greatest cricis since he formed his present ministry when he rose in the chamber of deputies this afternoon to defend the gov ernment's p.ilicK x against heavy attacks. Several sections of various French parties which had tried unsuccessfully during the war to down ihe "Tiger were expected to combine against him The general impression is 1ba (he prrm i'r will need all of his Kreat parliamentary skill to avoid d. feat, but th-t h. will rise to tl.- crisis once more and confound his critics. The Petit Journal crystallizes the tone of French press comment this morciii: when it says: The cabinet will resist the attacks' The Socialists arc basin their hcp-:. tor the overthrow of the ministry on the success of the coup by which Food Minister B.'ict was forcer! id rttdgn froi.i the cabinet. LASTED UNTIL MONEY RAN OUT I INTERNATION'1. N-WS SERVICE 1 PARIS. July 12 i By Mailt. The strike of the Midinettcs in the fashionable costuiiK rs shops of the Rue de 'a Paix lasted until American !- fliers' money ran out, according; to some of the Paris weeklies. The doughboys gave all 4n their sympathies to the strikers. whirled them about In taxis and took them to the races at L"n?'-hsmp3. When their supply of francs ia:i low the jjirls returned to work. 4 WAIT TED Girls to foli circulars. Aply Times office, Hammond, Trldsy doming at 8 o'clock.

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rSPECIAL TO THE TIMES) , CROWN POINT. Ind, July 2 4. Big show here tomorrow night and bu!iec muh, the show has SOME press agent: How come? AVell. it's thisawayl Now. give a listen and fireman, fireman, save my child! Introducing thw press agent, who s:iy: "Just now Crown Point Masons want some loyal support from the county Masonic bodies. r are tinancir g a $30,000 tttuple here, now nearing completion. "Now. we want to sue you the, castor oil in a capsule. "On July 2Sth. Friday of next week, we are going to put on the biggest vaudeville show ever staged in Lake county. It will be a dinger. There will bo six bi' ;i.-t. including the famous Iinpcri:;! (.Quartette that have made the Victor records amouJ. 5ai:o the eloci,:-t magician on the stage today, a comedy cutriloquist. a duo of musical comedy entertainers, a humorist, and last but not least. Hunter & Shaw, the Rig-Time Banjo Girls. Can they dance 7 Oh. Roy: They o:ui more th.in dance they can .--hiiiir.iy ! "THE TICKETS ARE A DOLLAR. ND N WAR TAX. EVERY TICKET WILL I5FY .If.-T TWENTY-FIVE PRICKS IN' OUR NEW TEMPLE. AND IK TOF KP.INO THE GIRL. FIFTY URICKS EESIDES THE GIRL. v'Thc r.igh's arc swell for riding, and the roads are in dandy shape. (We'll say they are.) And tho Masons guarantee that the show will be the very be t that money can buy. Th?y don't want your smacker a? a donation. They want you to come down ar.d see the fun. And don't forget those twenty-five brick?." Hammond Eoy Decorated for Gallantry in Action by Marshal Petain. Coporal Ir.ing Ohaykcn. foimer Times sporting writer, who i. listed when th -I war broke- out and has three service stripes to hia credit, is back home and j found a surprise awaiting him. i It is a Croix de Guerre with a personal letter signed by Marshal Petain. the j great French general, for Kallant work j done by "Izzie" a year aso when his out- ; lit. the Twelfth field artillery. Second j division, was in the thick of the fight j in the Chateau-Thierry sector. The citation and medal were given Chayken for the Kallant rescu of wounded under! lire. He has two citations and fcugnt ' on four battlefronts. Chayken came b;.ck on the Augusta Victoria and was discharged at Cam;) Mills. His letters in The Times have s v vx -v : i : 1 ; 5 , 4 f 3, V - Is-- . 4 - s C'PI.. IHVIXG CHiVKK, furnished interesting reading for thiu--ands. MOST DECORATED DIVISICJT. The Second is the most decorated division in the American army. Its historian has a whole hcaf of citations orr.fnatulatory tclegrnms from genet aN. f.el-1 mar -h;ils. presidents. (n-l kings. It is composed of the Ninth and Twrr.lv -third mia-Mr.- or.-ini.ntion-. Fifth and Sixth i-vu-iiv s. Second -n-;-nors. and the Te!:'th. Fifteenth arid Seventeenth artillery reirinints No school history will be complete v. hich does no, include srci t ! lorious achieve iivnts of these out 'its. FOTJ&ET WITH MOEOCCANS. It is Just a year since the Second d vision vvss re-'overi" c from jrs impor - tant r-art in tho bat lie for SoissonV. eeu. .vir.nsiio e.e mhj ni.ti ui v .is indecisive rngaKctnrnt e.f the war. Tli" Sec --nd attacked on July IS. shoulder l -shouldr with the First division, and the First French Moroccan division. In towards the fierce iljjl-Mns I lie Sr o:i 1 ru.-hed the ere-mv back ten rnd a hai" kilometers (about six miles I. captured (Continued on pag two.)

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General Boehm. General Boehm has taken over the communir-t srovcrnmer.t in Hungary, according to reports from that country. Bela Hun is said to have fled. Boehm was formerly commander of the Hungarian umy. 50 LIBERTY TRUCKS GO THROUGH DYER i i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! I DYRR. Ii.d.. July 21 Another biB U.I

convoy pnsticd throu Dyir this morninfj on its way from Chicago to c'e.mp Knox, Ky., via Lowtii and Lafayette in command of Lieut. Andrew Kearney. There were 50 Liberty -trucks - composing; companies 631 and 6 75 nd carrying; 130 mn. The convoy stopped here for a time and hen wont south on the Dyer-Cedar Lake road. I Lincoln Highway Consul A. Stammell ! LOOK FOR HIGH COAL PRICE SOON Coal Shortage Next Month Is Predicted by Coal Authority. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! REAPING. Pa., July "4. If the crs win higher wages by the den-.ands which they are contemplating to make iri August, higher prices will be inevitable at- the fired blow to the public, it was said at the convention of the Pennsylvania Retail Coal Dealers Association, in session lure today. Wellington Bertolet. the secretary of the organization, made the remark in his opening address and the coal dealers all shook their heads in assent. 'There is no liklihood that coal prices will come down," said Mr. Bertolet "Coal is moving upward. There will likely be a coal shortage before long and if the small buyer does not get his supply now he may suffer later on. "One of the things the coal dealers l ave learned is that they are working on too closa a margin and there must be hr. increase In the price of coal to give the coal dealer a bigger margin of prof.ts." Tl NEW GARY DIVORCE CASES Demanding divoroe and a too judg-ri'-nt. Mrs. Florence Mark, a well-known Gary and Indiana Harbor woman, filed suit through l;er attorney. William M. i Dunn, m the Gary superior court thl.s morning The complaint charges her husband, Sainw'l Mark, with cruel and inhuman treatment, that he struck and beat h"r. knowing that she was afflicted with nervousness and heart trouble, that while confined in a Chicago hospital he refused to pay- the bills and compelled her t) seek employment for her own support. i Another divorce case was filed bv At - torrev Pur.n. Marv Wilmoth vs. lerald I T. Wilmoth. They wero married m ! May. 1 :il 1 . at Cambria. Pa., and separated ! in June. 1312. The plaintiff states that her husband has not supported her slr.ee ! that titii". was guilty of crurl and inbun ar. treatment, and would have killej ! In r on one occasion had it not been f-f il.rr sister, who Interfered. j j -pj jy CLEANERS STILL OUT The fit ir s t r l k ; n r dryGary. They iiif ree nun :-!eanr!s are still nre demanding a hi tier worklnz 1 ond itions. Only two of the drycleaning establishments have signed up. it is learr--

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I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE J WASHINGTON. July 2. To! meet the country's war debt taxes; on the American people will run as! at present for the next ten years i unless there is unforeseen changes J in the conditions in the opinion of Secretary of the Treasury Glass expressed this afternoon. TO SEE ALL G. 0. P. t INTERNATIONAL NfWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON. July 14. President ; WiUa ..ill Vie nfrirn.ai with Republican senators in an ei oi t to convince them the peace treaty should be ratified without reservation d' ppite the situation created i.v the nr. T.ni of former 1 'resident Taft. hajinc Hepublican doente o, tiony; thnt Jix reser the 1'agrue cf r.ivr.tion. be. mafic ir. I he covenant. i This was plainly indicated ; the j white houc today whr-n it was piair.ly announced that the president would carry out his prog;r;ii:i of meeting the J Republicn members of the up"" "r liouse and when it was allowed to bvium 'Known that the pref;ednt wa? aware of i Mr. Taft's stand before the pulilical ion ! of his letters to Chairman Hays of the I'.epublican national committer. The preslJenv was to re-ume his cnI ferences with the i- pubtu-an s-nators i probably tomorrow, it was stated. lie had no appointments for !od.i, havins decided, on the advice or Rear Admiral .-.,.. t tnr ,i rrr.mal r.'i - i-iiin ' ar a- Gron: h,s personal ..i. -lan. The president had arif li from a sick bed to continue hi3 oonfertnevs. U was pointed out, and while his condition was again practically normal. Pr. Grayson was reluctant to lia-.e htm ubjact himself to further strain at this lime. It was ptated. WAR VET DIES Andrew Schweiger Passes Away at His Home Today. Andrew Schweisrer, veteran of the : Franco-Prussian war and probably ' the oldest active carpenter in Maramond. diel at three o'clock this mornj ing at his home, Sfi Hanover street. I Peath followed a long illness with . V.a .fAmirli Mr. Schweiger w as born in Alsace, j France, seventy years ago. He served ! in tne r rencn army aurinn me rrnn - co-Prussian war and when the Ger-

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ntans dictated their harsh peace treaty w jdth. in 1S70. he fled to America rather than s0 dense is the grew th of small trees live under their domination. Mr. j anj matted ivy and grapevines that at Schweiger came almost imnit diatc'y ; an places it is practicaly impossible to to Hammond and had been enpnped In j sot. farther than ten or fifteen feet and arpentcr work over forty years, lie) in rnany instances it is so dark and oohas had his part in creating scores j jects are almost indistinct at throe feet of the buildings of the city. ' away. . He leaves a wife, two sons. U il- i.uto stuck to his task, wormins h '

I lia and Em;l. and one daughter. Mrs. j Henry Haage. and four grandchildren. ' all of Hammond. The funeral will bo j held Saturday afternoon. Short ser- ' vices will be held at the home at 1:30 I o'clock after which final services will be held at the Evangelical Lutheran lihurch on Sibley street. Burial will I be In the family lot at Oak Hill retn- : etery Undertaker Nfidow in charge. HOW STOCKS OPENED f INTERNATIONAL NE'.VS OCRviCE) NEW YORK, July 2 4. The stock market was . extremely strong at. the opening today, gains of frcm 1 to 2 j points being made in many of the activc issues. Stromberg Carzureter was the feature, moving ur sVen points to 100, dropipng t o37 and again advancing . to 104. j Calirornia Petroleum advanced more than two points to 5I'-i: Pan American! Petroleum to 115'i: United States Steel I ! common advanced one point i and Crucible 2 jioint s to 1 4 4. to 112S . United Retail Stores, listed on the Exchange today, gained 1 !t points to iniU. while American Tobacco advanced 5 points to ;o3'-j arid Lnlted. Cigar Stores 2 points t 201. Marine common ! advanced nearly 2 points to 64 V LUKOWSKI GOES TO GARY Eriwrd A. Lukowski who for the last five or six years has been running an undertaking establishment at T,04 lVMh street. West Hammond, is opening another plaee at lfiS" Connecticut stre-t, tiary. He- is moving his family there but will continue his W. Hammond business also.

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IAN HUNT SUCCESSFUL J Daring Officer Stalks Desper ate Negro Through Jungle. Trailing his man Indian fashion through probably the densest jungle in Lake county William Lute, Hammond motorcycle cop, dragged forth George Bates, a negro, last night ending a thrilling i man-hunt in which every available member of the Hammond force had been engaged forovertwo hours. Bates is Charged with '. feloniously assaulting Miss Hanna Quant an fTinlovp. of th Kinrlel Grove resort on N. Sheffield avenue. TWO "VOaiiEN AONE. i:s Quant and Mrs. John Kind! were alone at the resort Wednesday afKruoon. At about 3:30 o'clock Mi;;s Quant vent into the kitchen and ,tartled to find a negro waiting: there " hat do you w ant here?" were her first won!-, and the fellow answered: "I ....it j fi-j The .-ciari ; . in : r ! i u r.te p-at 1 iolcntly her fp latched and ;:irtcd to retreat o the ncrro. a ai! slim her. As she struggled ce. neck and breast wer her clothe.- nearly torn from her body. The man managed to j draw a revolver, she says, and pressed ; i: ."gainst her breast. Just then Mrs. 1 Kindel wn attracted to the kitchen by ilie noise and the man soon had his bands full. For some reason he failed to s,hoot but began slashing about with an ugly knife. Otie of ibese thrusts eaurbt the small finger of Mr?. Klndel's i right hand and sliced olT the end of it. ! ECEEAM3 WIEE rH.TJITI.ESS. ! Fighting desperately the two women j ir.r-.naged to t.-.-st off the assailant tonp "nough to get .into a bedroom vvher-i I they locked themselves in. Their cal'.s ' for help were without avail as the placi ' ir at a hnc some spot between Sheffield avenue and Lr.ke George. The negro , soon afler appeared at the bedroow winj dovv and -en- trying to force up the sait when the women saw an auton-.o-i biie cominjr down the street. Jlr.stily opening the door they managed to e-cape to the street whereupon the j colored fellow ran for the thick jungles i to the north of the grove. Mrs. Kindel at once telephoned th l Hammond police station and Officer : Lute was on the ground in less than ' five minutes. Other members of th-; police force armed with shotguns ar- ! rived Inter. LuU- was able to take up ' the nian's trail r.t once. ; KILE THROUGH JUNftLE. i It was a most trying task. A slisht marks in th-c-rss or weeds were the only means of following the path. The stretch of . 1 tV, . h icUc t is over a nine i"ng rn,.iValcnt of several city clocks i:i way under bushes and vines wnere n . tr. fnrr-p a rassage and I. E Illlt'llSll'il " - -. tt-iA norm ; two hours later emv-ieu j end of the thicket triumphant. His man I was found cowering at the edge of t.." i jungle, afraid to risk the open country ! .-ml the guns of bis pursuers. "O. no ! boss I knov s brttah." was the f-llow s I rcptv when asked why he didn't run. BATES IS IDZNTiriED. i Rates was caen to Tie house at Kini del s grove a i-l positively identified by the woman as the man who had attark..i them. He was brought to the police j station where he declares his inrnKtencj as usual. He. insists he had started for I Chicago with another negro. He waited I outside the house when the other fe'.j j low- went inside, he says. The other ! came out and told him what h- had i don" when upon he became frightened ' ai d run int- the hrj:-h 'i'he women say differently. rSECIAL TO TME TIMES! CBvOWN POINT, Iad July 24. Jodj?e M. J. Smith o-rerruled the motion filed by the conasel for tha four Tollestoa bani murderers here today to set aside the juelsrment and the bandits -will meet their doom In the death house on JTov. 1. Jade Smith said that he had given the hoys 24 hours to think orer the question as to whether they wanted to nlead sruilty. It in understood th tha defense will take the case up to tie supreme court now. HAYES DECLINES TO COMMENT i I INTERNATIONAL NrS SERVI'El INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. July 24. Will H. Hayes, national chairman of th republican national com in it tee fday declined to discuss William Howard Taft". letters to hi:u setting fort'i proposals for "middle ground" reservations in the peace treaty to obtain Its ratification by the senate.