Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 36, Hammond, Lake County, 31 July 1919 — Page 1

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U 10 M TV ,1 : J ) I? C k :a r li t' !J Report That Many Stockyard: degrees Were iiirewn Into the River. (CUr-LETir.) ' 'MTF.PAT10NAL NEWS C"?V!CE' CUICA&O, July 31. Despite tbe pros. r:;co of 6.CC3 trccps armed witb n'.ai i:o.ya:s, rif.es an. I bayonets tl:e liot rone, race riotinjr broJce cut ag-ain trday on tb9 soutb side v.-ben a mCb of rbita men attached reg'roes vrt.o soriglit to return to their work in the stock ;-r.rds. Soldiers of the rtate militia allcvred t":e colored workers to rasthro;ig-b the r-rpg to hd stoc!r yards and tha v-"hite r.-.rn immedJately r-ttcctcd. driving the Vlacks Ecuryir: tbroutfb tba mazes cS ' aciiaatown." As a result cf the reroved riotiij EEveral negroes vore sersrely beaten.' Reports that four blacks l:r been tilled, wers not vciiiied.

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riNTESNTIONL NEWS SESV1CE1 . . CHICAGO, July 31. Troops of ; the Illincis reserve militia are on. n fch- -s guard in Chicago's riot zone today . and reports indicate comparative i - n -qiiet in a district which, since Sun-i .. ,.. " day, has been seething with battles rctveen whites and negroes. Only . . sporadic "fighting is reported and j J J j ) there have been no killings since j early yesterday. - j

Tl KH CEESTS TIIESI. A withering hail if fire greeted the f.r?'. units of the t roops that . ner'-d 'ho ' i n '1 distric-s As th" : -r ' . :' d ti,. after their arrival fuilda'e of shots r iv.i". from door?, m indow.-: and a; t t s 'here i.ipers wero hiditg ery pos: ib!e pi i'- of ronalir "lit troops returned 'he iir. , bar . - v - in C'.rua'fies were r.-portei. Shor'.'.y afterward troops and n gros s;i!H clashed at 5th sr. and Rseir.'- avr. For the moiit part. !iow v-r. t!. arvi'.-al of th. troops was 'he jir.il f..r illr;oters to withdraw to their fcoir.fi er!- occasional shots f-o:u s'ra-, and 1

?. erg th, rf.iiro-i'l traeks oi.-.i. t here- j t r-:,vi-. t c r; , ni ter. ; t;- ,c. w . f J-XVS EISDirNTS USED. j.-ars ak.r.v an. o-o.-rs to sf-nd the troops into he riot ; Th . x. re ear.-, early last night and 'en m.in-,2.1'a ..'.-I.-.,.,.; Jf Ud'.. s later the first units had arr ivvd. ' r, u ; - r f , .,: .., -,-y midnight f.' e of the seven mobuized, n.t:,.-.l hay wi. t' 5' men's w--re patrolling the rio areas.' a! v,an-,. fl.

T..e . lnys .ailing of the troops cam. a . r t wo of expei tan. y and after Mayor. V i . Hale Thompson had persona!! v re-, 'ted Hid from Adit. 'ie:. Dickson. i Th- adjutant genera! today Is P-r-fonaliy directing the m i ' :! ia men who t.-e working in t'.cs- .".-"!. : a i i. n wun the police. Troops aide polio 'o disperse a; mob at 3th and Dearborn s's, .if'T, P'iin Banks, a r..-n, had bt :-n shot in j ti e abdomen. ! STABT TO BSIVE WEITS. Soldiers wer. nre-.i ui.un at 6"rd and (Cont inued page two.) AIR RECRUITERS DUE" AUGUST 10 Serg. Cramer Looking fcr Landing Place for War Planes Cominsr After Gary Stop. Recruiting Sergeant Ilobert Cram?r is now busy trying to :ind a i:ud.ii' rda.c for airplanes in Hammond. Ho; has made arrangements to have the war: dei artnitnt's air service rt pr. s. ntatic.-s ' h i e on August 10, following th.ar stop: an Cary. An airplane together with a p-rtab'e r' pair shop equipped with sj ire pa . t . j for planus is touring the principal ci'icoj of Indiana in the interest of the air I service. The plane makes numerous flights at each city while rhe wi.rksh ip 1 i. s.-t un in a nnhlie- place so th.-i! tls ' yr ung no n can get an id. a of th- katd '. of work they -would be riedng in car' I they enlisted in the servi. .-. j Sergeant Oram-T hoi-.es t.. ):avo tln-j Central school grounds for the exhibition of he shop anri repair parts and is try- j ing to get permission to use Maywood Fa; k as, a landing place for planes in the I exhibition Rights. It had he-en intended j te have the exhibit in Hammond around August 1st. but sev ral stops have lat. ly br "ii added to the seheduie so th it the Sale has been changed to August 10.

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to checke.i u;ri,. nvo f. ,,. An iiut- mobile behmging to a car repirer in th- employ of t'.ie Michigan '. '. ntrai railroad bad he-en lef' m th barn. Th- mau !ri..d to get it out but; the heat beam.- ereat that he was t ar -ed to abandon it just inside the door -..'; a :h" to. o. hiii" was burned wi'li id. t-uUdit:. FALLS ON JUST AND UNJUST ' INTERV.T!ONL K FWS SERVICE! IND'ANAl'OLI?, Ind., July .11. '"d.1 dollar tliuiiil'i showers" which '.'-'A in many sect i r.s .f the stiitc last ni:ltt ;...ef . !,.iay he nght j.-y to farnnis. rputs v. . r. reaeiv.d by the Fn't-.d j i-laii -s v.. at lor bureau bore today that j an inch "f rain fell in several counties ;o f.vliiLli ..roi'.s w r" ;."jf ring for iv r.t n a t . ; Il::r..;.t..rd. Fort Wayne, lf.-ai nt.-r. Lap ty and Weh r.-.i: :tv, Anderson. Cambridge t F'.oomf.eld all rcpurttd ;ti fall r-'ai thunder showi -.a r th-- ner'h. iii j art oi IT DIDN'T MAKE MUCH OF A DENT k: hat11 o;ir- ' e in b a t ii; !' v. but it h-!ps a M?of the stuff wh"-k ag the owners and ri vTh aleoh.il :s iv,t to vi-rase of course. ',- "o.ui-eis eo" t;-n were ;, ,n '' :- " ' o- im Last 'i'.ppe Am erf I as We J-o. .and s.oith ; plant. ; re'v- ! :- tax bei- ; w i t : n .- ;e i" tii th- Ham: government the regular ' "'n th s the ;ets r. e x p o On th nue. x of ten cents per bar:nor reh. as e1 for ,-en? per gallon.

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v 1-4 H 5 . STOir:; kiss costs urE. TJKICITTOV-N, Pa., July 31. rvanfc 5.c.-si stole a Xlzs from llttN I-Z-itiieriLia Rcr.:ar-sky and t'r.a act cost Iii3 life. Vallerio Vlrglni, tie t-irl's stiitor, in a deep :-z.gc told Ills frioart;: "I'll cpoil big kis3er." II'::r.Uea liis cun and taking- careful pin-. icr.t the 15111105 fjuarely In Rossi's niuntb. BOY SWALLOWS CAIIXI.. TAIIH-IOMT, W. Ta., July 31 Tuzz'.ed ty ar. aimen, of two.year-old ! C.-r.cat! 21. Il vccics, oursreons operated I c:i the child' ttoiiiaca and found that ! ha hr.d svtlioivcl 3 v.coden camel ; IV. at -r.s inoi-ntpd ra a .Voab's Art j toy. The ca.nv.-l c'.iu.trn.-.ired last May. ntIIL5d HILL in REFERENDUM 'Street Car Service May Be Resumed on Saturday 1 or First cf Week. . IMf-NATICNM. NrVS SERVICE 1 CHICAGO. July " i A rt.fcrn1ur.i d tu load to a sctr car strike wlK-n 13.000 strik-t'.-mtnt of rhioaf v' i ill b.:- h !,i to:;-. r.g mr!,y'.s vf th" surf.-fv and eltvatdl lines wi'.l for acceptance or rejection f the coniprMr.ifi- r.ftVr MibmittcJ by the ' traotion : n:r any rfHcials. Th refcrtiifium was -rdcro.: ty V. H. Maiitn. in-tf-rr.ational president of the cirmt-n's liiiion. aft r t-onfertsncea with unii.n l'-?id-cQmp.ttiy oiilcials and stal- ouihwr.or. and other union IraniT? are v"nfilct that the men wil! vot? to acc-pt t.;;? otfor. whih prov ides for wage inci i -ases ti- stxty-pc-n cnts from thp resent soa!v of fi.rty-pirht ents pt r hour, f,r th- isht-hour day with tmie rid a hi!f for ovfrtimo and other adjustment? in wr.rkinsr conditions. , a..o.tns w::i begin at o ciock to- - Rir,"rw anl cl.-.e at i p. m. Counti.-.s ' the ba-lofs wiii then begin and it i. :Kjr..ly ross,hio. jf tii. vote- of the men w:li b gin at S o'clock to- ; favorable, tint the strike will end -nie litii.i Saturday. It is not likely, ii .' evor. that e.-,mp'te service will be f i-urned before ii'Mt vvwk Should the men rj.. t the proposition red m SI present efforts to settle the '. ':-'ke will !-,-'..; failed and a prolonged . trike doubtless will result. MUST fflVE p,. fore Judge Pr.-st alone in ammond by wardens who are hovenng around i .ikf Ocorpe and the Calumet rive r. chief TH-ruty Fleming and Deputy ilker of Indianapolis are in Hammond t- iiav making the rounds. They are putting up sonic .-.gns warning the fishers, but it will take more signs than they have to cover the territory and give the iioai a fair warning-. Th- late'St gam 1 .w tcakes it necessary for erv fisheiinun to have a license even in his own i . ,wnsh ' p. Persons caught without their j .ape. ti will c- me in fi ctlie waters v.; fined, while those who i other Mates anel fish in f Indiana will get even heavier l:nrs. A nurn'i- r of -Ji, .eroiis arrested rentiy w. r. from South Chicago. Among i! i m was Fob Lamm, a cigar salesman, who we nt tish.ng while visiting at Camp 'unco last week. H- was rim d iihl.iia t.nd y i-Lcrday mail, d e'apt. Cuneo a check to settle the Pith The local deputie-s for Hammond arc iV. D. Barber and W. K. Der.nii.ton. All . stables tire nlso empowered to investigate and make arre-s's. Around Cary ivhere constable are pi. nliful a.- sparrows, the competition is said to be keen. There an- several local deputy wardens I,! ro also who keep watch along D i p r:ar ami huvi- even bee n reportd making arrests in Hammond territory. Many of th- victims arc children, who have no money, and it falls upon their a rents to pay their fines. It is seldom : hat a fish, rinae lakes much money ahl.g with h.m. se' that w h -n arrested he i. generally put to e-nsiderable trouble 1.. fore bo is ! 'eased. Men who are co:.i .-mod in Civ fact strikes often spend their idle time :h hiiig and these also arsuffe ritig at the hands of the authorities. I.-.ud objeiti.ms are b' ing raised from different quarters, but it seems ss though the only sure way to keep out of trouble with the game wardens is simply to purh.ise a license-. INDIANAPOLIS Co-ordination of .r.dus trial aetiv.t-.eg e.f the state penal institutions to obtain greater produei n is r.ow h. ing considered, following a mee ine of institution officials and the st;.f'e purchasing committee.

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iff! 2 7 . ly ITEEL ISSEf Demands of the striking employees of the Gary Screw and Eclt works will be presented to officials of that company by a committee of' steel workers today. j According- to information, they v.JU at r-rcrcr.t dtman-1 cn:y two things. For' ail rr.i-n l,u 1 off to re-inp tafed nnd: t!-.at artl rr.r'ioyccs l.v plvc-n ba.-k the; time and on half for ovt-rtim.', claitnod ' to have b" n taken cwny. j That Ciry fa cos a rrHimir.ary stcr-1 : f-xri'r.f- that is I:ko!y to trrow into mors-: tr r pi'f port ions v hen union rights will j I-- a.-:;"d of th.? ftccd rorroratlou in th-! comir.j month? is trpartn For f vtr.il years th? str.-l unt.ori ti.-ve been bnnd-nir together, in tl'Hr cf-! fort to put forth ti.oir dfrrtnnd.x to the ' Ft'ol coir.pany pffici-ils. In the past th' st'-td corpor: tion has b'-f-ti s,:e to cope with the uiid.Tijround agitaticn. bfit it is now n known fact that th. sfr-c! worker's or,;i niiat ion has bccoitie so stronjt, that it is only a matter of a short tin-.e he-n they will be abi-j to stand p.it on their (ii-mir.d. On aerount of the rerecy which is bninir maintair.e,! by the- f tee! wor': r orRanizaiion, it i alm." irrp.-.--&ibl to "get in on the in. id .;fIo;-,e." Th-j striking e:npirees of the Oary J Screw and Holt Works will not made kr.own all their demands, until the fu- .' ture when 1-. ' is ovidc-r.t thnt th steel workers as a Iodv will be determine,! in I thrir union rights from thj sterjl eori pcration. Some of the demands will be an eieht hour car v r.ii h the steei workers hive b. f n asking for years: or.e day's rest a week: stolition of the Zi hour shift: abolition of company unions and ph steal exainina t i in of apr-liean's for .-m-rdoyuient : a standard scale of wsges for all crafts and classifications of workers; loub'.e rates of pay for all overtime ,work and for work on Sundis and ho'id 1 yp. Providing .1 f ett'.-mcnt Is tpade by the officials of the Gary Screw- and Holts works and the strikers and they go back today, th. ir cth.-r demands will be taken rare of by the iron and steel workers when the situation comes to a head. At a monster moot Ins in which mos-t of the. sinkers were present, they- voted uri.'ininio'isly to remain out until the committee reached en agreement with the company officials. The walkout occurred last Monday morning and the. plant has ber, practical y id since. About la per cert of the plant is in operation it is said. If a settlement is rot. reached tod a v. there will be another monster meeting Friday evening, to determine what si, -ps -.v ill be taken. WHAT ABOUT OUR CITIES? Newark Gets $100,000 of j Cheap Foodstuffs to Sell to People. j r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! ; -VHWAHK. X. J- duly lib Mayor I . Charles I'. Cilien blazed a trail into the i f.ih cost of liing here today by throw - j ing onto the market $KH. fiOl orth -if! plain foodstuffs for sale direct to the consumer by the city. The food was ! I urchase-i! w ilh city funds from the ' Lr.ited States army surplus and the same j opportunity is r. pen to every municipal-! ity in the country. J The mayor ftimself opened the eatr.-J paign by selling the first strip of bacon j t . : v a mat: purchaser in one of th' I booths. He announced that every day j :! two hours in the forenoon and for . three hours in the afternoon food sales j direct to the consumer wi.i he con.iucte.i i in the thirteen fire houses of the city. I Over the door of the mayor's booth today was a. sign: "Newaik is cutting the hiirh cot of i li-.ing." A i -real crowd was c-ri hand, eager to i i.i ke ad a t.1 3gc of the low prices. Bacon sold ' r thirty-six cents a pound and 250 p-.undr- were disposed of in the first hour. The price in the city retail tnar- ' ket lar.yed from fifty to fifty-eight certs " ' pour .1 f-'ugar cured ham w ili be the next offering to th pub!.? and after that ant-ted epctables. City futhorities vtrnd that any attempt to buy the fe od nd re-sell it ! Would usult !n ruthb-fs exposure. STRIKE AT INTERSTATE. Men working on the eight-inch roller at the Interstate mill have walked out. They want an increase of $2.50 per day. I

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i "Babes In Woods" Found In Park Vincent And Marie Tell "Fairy Story But Finally Cough Uo the Real Facts. '!-i: p. il in iich o:!o r's a: a loy and a p;r! won found Wrdn;r in ir.-ii riton !': rk I y f'apt. Knoib.-nh at .":" a. r.-i. Th-.' o:!iee-r fazi d c n the two ""a:H--s in the Vcod" and w k tht i.i up. "1:at's the idea T" nske.l t!ie riptain. "Did eu th.r.k Ilirrtsou 1'ark w." s a p! pi!ir po; ch?" The lad. h ae hh t.-n as Vincent M.-irtm and . '.-e f ;ir..'-en, told ti.. 'aptain tkat t.!i.: .trtrl. Mar'..? r,"mp?!a. as bis s.lf.f i?t-r "'"! that tli y li-id coni fr.' tn Nw York, were put ...ff the train in H.-mrr.e.nd, and. ka vin.T r.o place to le-p. v nt to the park. Th, -irl told the same st-.r.v ai-d bo'ii w re taken to th po'ict. station for F-wItir. Ti.'-rc Police M.-itr-in rf offer put t h m on the prill and finally Vincent admitted that they s re iovrrs who lived within a few doors of each other on EiKhtcer.th st.. in Chicago, and c.'in-e out to Hammond penniless on Monday to pet work. Shelter was given them the first msht by a ro'4:l.'!S st. resident. T!-.elr parents were r,otiftd. nor no LIV While the Deputy Marshals Serve Injunction Papers, They Do a Little Booze Business on the Side. Before Deputy Marshal Frank Beam returned to Indian ipe.j :s today after serving the papers in tin- Stat. dire! Mecl Car Co. injunction suit, they P uked up several other matters winch have been awaiting their attcirier. in cities in the Calumet region. Three men unable to furnish bonds were tak, n wi'h th.-m to the Marion county jui, where they will r main until next Novembe r. Key Klii.cir and Martin Talesman,, who were, wu rht by d. puty aheriifs cpcrating a still between Crown Poiitt and Gary aboit two rnori'hs ago, were picktl up at Crown Point a:? th' y had :w rved die sentences giv,n them by the major of Crown Point. Titty h.ie two charges hanging ov r thent. Oipj is fcr u--in a sti'l in a building adjacent to .i dwelling house and the edher is f..r carrying on the business of a disUHer without lift, giving bond. John Vujakovlch. Gary's perjeUial be'Ctlegg. r. was aisi taken along. John Ltd also just finished service sixty days handed him by the Crown Point mayor for bringing whiskey into the state. He was ftrst iintud to Anderson's curt laM fill after he had b. en indicted for brii.gjee whiskev across the line Seplemb. r "0. At that time, v.ent to arrest him, Serircar.t Knott, wpl vh en Gary e ftieers ; he tried to shoot si sawed-off sh:tcun in the swamps at th and Tonne see sis. Two weeks fifter the el 'sc of the sentense which Judge vnbisoii handed him he "as caught by the sheriff m the Lincoln, highway .o with the exception . f two weeks. John has sp.-nt about -i! cf the last yi'i - in .'a-i- Fast night p.- asked Marshal luam if it was nil n-ht for him to e.-i; as much as lie wanted. The ma-.-I.n f '' Id Id-.i to go to i' and John did. H - spent vig 'uy-five vi i.s a' a lu.ich .o inter end said, "Now i,,) j-fudy t.i go b-o-k to jail f..-r a while." Guv- Pesko, A date, si St. Gary, was i!so arrested bv h - ni.-.rs.hal and brought before Cni-ci States C.mmlffiom r Charles Surprise. Ho is. th- man wis captured by Hammond police a week c-gj with two barrels of fifteen p. r Cent wiiie. He furnished l,iCG bond and was released until all.-d by the fed. ral grand Jurv-. "fio-.e Masaros, 35 40 Guthrie St., Indiana Harbor, who brought eight gallons of whiskey acres the line, was also nrrested.. He alsi furnished th.; $1,00.) bond .and was reh as d. SUSPECT IS ARRESTED AT WHITE HOUSE ; tN-enr," ticnal news service' VASH1N TON. J uly 30. A rral who admitted trial ne was oorn in Germany and who gave his n.me as ; Mafrk Lest. 2ft. of Baltimore, was ar- j rested by the White House this afternoon ou'side th sates e.f the executive mansion. The- rr.an was talking :n a bl.rg manner of labor and social questions an! was Washington asylirn for oh nt to vation. A e you read : -. Times P

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SI tM if 'A "HIGHER UPS" BLAMED FOR MY CRUELTY 7 tfiAV AP" 'I.-W ' it - 1t wv-e. Brig. Gen. W. W. Harts (above) and Maj. Gen- F. S. Stror.. UP GO PRICES OF MILK NOW Beginning tomorrow rr.orrur.g the price of milk in Hammond will be raised even with that paid in Chicago. Milk will be 15 cents a quart. 9 cents a pint, buttermilk 11 cents a quart, cream wiii be CO cents a quart, 30 cents a pint and 16 cents a half pint, skimmed milk 10 cents a quart and whippine cream 80 cents a quart. The milk dealers cf Hammond claim that as the Milk Producers' Association have raised the price of milk two and a half cents a qtrart to them in the past two months, that it makes these prices necessary. 1PLAIN Loud complaints have h-en made against the city authorities fit- permitting the Michigan Central Pai'road C. to tear up the- crossing n Hohman s'. with the exception of a strip of planking barely wide enough f-T one v hieh- 1 1 pass. "Everybody seems ta have a perfect r.isriL for ripping up Hohman si ." said a prominent Hammond business man toelt y. "The telephone com pan just got through laying a conduit along the street and then backtracked and has hevgun to tear, up the street eross-wis--. Now con-.eu the Michigan Central Traiire.id Company end instead of taking up half ihej crossing at one time, takes n all up but a narrow strip. The- crossing is absolutely dangerous and stn-b'-d- is going to get hurt there." II4ANY NEGROES PASS THROUGH ! HAIII.IOND E'"lde ntly -f the govhack home. opting theof Ten n e s - -at'on rome 1 ..ads Ham-maiden rroes hov, pa.r-.-c-i til r. mond today, headed south e chine, an old Ford, w h . h ha hastily repainted hud a large ogn on the tear bearing the s .ng'- w. id 'Tennessee." The rr.ael-rro w.v. jam-n-.eel with colored folks ' i:"' rent acres, probably members e.f .oi.- family who were seeking the quo t of the Tennessee hills in pref-i-e n. e to Chicago's strife.

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i L per mocm. 0$? ana 1 hi fcp?SL -- p. &2 Organized Labor Favors Drastic Action to Bring the Food Prices Down. NO EXCUSE FOR PRICES ."NTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, July 31. According to the latest reports available there is a very larg-e increase in The amount of butter, eggs and dairy products in the big storage plants over the figures of a year ago. However, the storage experts insist that this inerease is a natural one and U:at if it did not take place next winter's prices on these products would be absolutely prohibitive. Clothing prices also are far beyond reason, the advocates of radical action declare. Suits that sold a year ago for $25 r.ow are quoted at double that figure and further increases are in Mght. Thes manufacturers declare that this is due to increased costs cf raw materials and production. Labor leaders in many of their letters which are leaching W "Hshington. insist that it is at least in part due to increase'! capitalization of many manufacturing companies which "mjcted water in large quantities into capital stock." sold to the public. John Edwin Nevin istaff correspondent i n service WASHINGTON, July 31. "Reduce the daily increasing high cost of living or face bread riots." Thai, in effect, is the chief slogan now being impressed on President Wilson and his chief aides by national labor and socialogical leaders. It is expected here ihat President Wilson will, in the very near future, take drastic measures to end a situation that daily is becoming more and more intolerable. PSSSIDENT 13 KIPRXSSED. The president late last night and again today was studying the reports presented to him by Warren G. Stone and the advisory board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Their fiat declaration that a "wi-1- - spread spirit of unrest among all classes. especially among wage-earners whose vages will no longer provide adequate food, shelter and raiment for th-mselve.-t '.and families. " lias stirred the chief exei - t.tive very deeply, his friers declare. DANGER CONpOSTS COUNTRY. This concrete warning by the chiefs I af the engineers of the dangers con- ! fronting the American people furnished a complete summing up of many simi- : (Continued on page six.) HQ1 PETITION IS GRANTED SPECIAL TO THE TIMES INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. July 31. Th - state board of tax commissioners yesterday approveei twelve petitions t-T b-cal bond issues and denied three petitions. The petitions denied are: Rush ce.unty. Kipley township, Kuby road. ?13,e00: She-Iby county. Van Buren township, Scudder road. $3.cf'0 and Rus'i county, Fushviile township, Bcale road. 5 Cl.' 6f. The following petitions were approved: l'ammnd school oily, lir.OCOO refunding bonis; Frsrklin county. Highland townshop, .Vcllor road. 5". La Porte ccun:y, Michigan tow nship. Moran read. $1? "''': t'ulion county. I. 'hes.f r towns it. V.'aila'-e r id. $27.?m .- Sh'.lby cictiiy. ii- I.uren township. !a is roa.l, $"..f2l: Addison township, Moiieriy rot J. $ 1 " . fi l' 0 ; Noble township. W'ass-i read. J17 Ipjsh county. Orange township. Peck road, $17,000: Jackson township. MrManas road, S7.2A0: Monroe county. Bioniington township, school, $3,one; town of Bugger, ei,-; bonds, 5 3 Of 'f1 . Orange coun'y. Southeast townshii', school. 12.100.

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