Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 26, Hammond, Lake County, 2 August 1919 — Page 1

CO' ww hp BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY WARMER WEATHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS FULL LEASED WISE SERVICE. Oa streets ad newsfHnfj no per copy. Delir-ared by carrier In Hamraond tad Wert Hammond, 50o per month. VOL. VIII, NO. 'J6. AUGUST 2, 1919. TEX PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION. r2323 11 life HIS G AY THEY'LL CRUSH THE PROFITEER? RFMFS

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Plan to Sell Wheat and Have U. S. To Make Up the Difference. riNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 j WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The, "big push" against the high cost of i living was resumed today with re- j doubled vigor. The house having; deferred its five weeks recess at I the request of the president, was. ready to speed action on the halfj dozen pending resolutions seeking j to bring down the cost of necessi-! ties, in addition to rushing legisla-j tion necessitated by the critical; railways wags situation. The senate also was prepared to give; Its attention to rending relief measures and the president's special committee j was whipping into shape its report for j submission to the cabinet. WHEAT PROPOSAL VP. nother meeting of the special com- ; r.ittee has been called for Tuesday and. .... .v, TnKno rarns. head of the " 'It. irtvt - i 1 mted States Grain corporation, will at-j t-nd today gave rise to the report that j serious consideration was being given ; to the plan to sell wheat at the market; price with the government settling the. Inference between that and the $2. 26 per l bu.-hel guaranteed me i-ami Inihel guaramecu TALK Or .CBTJSEINO PBOFITEEB. in the meanwhile in the sub-comm -commit- j of the special committee was nuking t . A in its plans to crush -V-,-freer. And in this work it will have '.Me co-operation of the entire machinery rf the department of justice The as- - (Continued on page eight.) Scores of Houses of Whites ; Are Burned Near Stockyards in New Race Flare Up. (BTJLLSTTN.) "'NTERN ATIONAL NEWS SFRVIfF i CHICAGO, Au?. 2. After a careful lavetigatlon Adjt. Gen. Trank S. Elcisen . today reported to Gov. Frank O. Itowflen that he believed I. W. W. with i their faces blackaned were responsible ; loz the disastrous fire in the "back of the yards" district early today. Gen. j Dickson Informed the g'ovemor that th Investigation Indicated strongly that the radicals, taking- advantage of the recent race riots, had applied tha torch in an Mcnirt to discredit the negroes and incite the white pormlation to further anti. negro demonstrations. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, Aug. 2. From forty t3 sixty homes of white families in! the district "back of the yards"! , J I Were Darned tO the ground Or seri-! OUSly damaged, hundreds were Sav-i ed in thrilling: 1 OCrilflp O vt rl m J i j, vvvo iuu iaut ; homeless and the efforts of the entire fire department were taxed to day by a sweeping fire of supposed i incendiary Origin. An area Of Six; blocks was devastated. j LOSS ZS HEAVY. j Fire Attorney John K. McCabe esti-j matrd tho loss at between $250,000 and! $-no.eoo. McCabe immediately ordered r.n investigation into reports of In-er- , , i The military authorities and cordons , of police had difficulty in handling a throng of 50.000 excited spectators. SSTE3AL EEPOETXD KIESINO. T-vo women, a man and several children were reported missing nnd possibly iacl In the ruins. Soldiers, police and i f'.remen be-pan a search of tho debris aa j noon as the ruins began to cool. McCabe later announced that he had : found witness who had told he had i seer, a negro fire one ihe buildings

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60 HOMES ARE FIRED IN CHICAGO

snl asserted he was convinced tha fire,Keady that they will never be allowed in? the work of a coterie of no s roes j to reach .there. Such action, he des -eking revenge as a result of tho race dared, was illegal. riots. J There was little change In the s'.tBAJD HI 6 OT AT 5TEOHOES. uation today, the only material difThe statement of Frank Karenz'.ak ference being a few more policemen (.Continued on page five.) off their beats

THE OLD FARM IS DEARER THAN EVER

It Cost $8,000 for Farmer to Buy Back His Place But All the Bowrnans Say It Was Worth It. SPECIAL TO THE T1MES1 LOWELL, Ind., Aug. 2. Regret over selling the old homestead and premature homesickness which attacked every member of the family before the time came to move caused T'red Bowman to pay out $3,000 in cold cash' to have the deal cancelled. Mr. Uowman owns liO acres of good farming land in West Creek township. He wanted to move to town. About a month ago B. I". Cariin. one of the heavy land owners of the towr.bi.ip and president of the Lake County Farm Bureau, closed a deal for the place, paying 5200 an acre. As it dawned upon the Bowrnans that they were boon to leave the old homestead they begun to regret the transaction and before long the whole family was actually sick. Just pure homesickness. Bowman was trying to persuade Cariin to call it all off. but Cariin had been wanting the place for a long time. However, when Uowman finally offered him $S.00fl more than ho received for the- place Cariin could no long-er object and Bowman now owns the land once more. He bought it back at $250 per acre. Which is a fair price for West Creek land. DUE TO PROFITEERING Atty. General Comes Out in Bold Statement As to H. C. of L. Causes. 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) WASHINGTON'. D. C. Aug 2 AttorGeneraj Palmer said that the ln. vestigations in the high cost of living to date had emphasized that course there is a certain the increased costs attributable to natural economic forces, the majority; of the advances are due to profiteering. ' This phase of the subject has been made' the special object of attack by the law enforcement branch of the government., which is under Attorney General Palm-! er's direct control. In this connection, pressure was being brought to bear on President Wilson to make available ex-! cess income and profits records of . certain chains of wholesale grocers, food-1 stuff dealersjand packers throughout the' country. Section 25" of the revenue law provides that while these returns, "shall constitute public records" they shall be open to lnspectton only upon ' order from the president and under rules ' -ru! According to some of the officials who yesterday participated in the conference which appointed the Hines committee, the records of the treasury show that certain firms dealing in foodstuffs, clothing and footwear have returned statistics admitting they made last year from 100 to as high as 1.C00 per cent profits i over all previous business years. It is claimed that most of this profit actually : resulted from profiteering. Were the ! president to allow these figures to bej come public it was argued by those who favored such action criminal prosecu tions might become necessary in some cases while in practically all others pub- . lie sentiments would be so aroused against the profiteering that those guilty would be subject to boycott that would ruin their business. In this connection it was pointed out that through similar methods I rices of meats and eggs werei0 driven down forty per cent in New Tork city a few years ago. This is one of the suggestions that : wilt be considered by the Ilines ctmi rv.Tta rflhr i tn have tiA nriee of milled flour reduced below cost. the ,sst3 re&uUins Preform to be mace: up by the setting-aside of the differences between the buying and selling figure ; frfm th funcls appropriated by congress j to Ket-i n ttci i'iivs ui. rtu'.i."uoi 1 . . , .- i . . .. ' j- f I jjosiions ca:i lor iituuii siu

FOOD ADVANCES

price control boards by congress and forjbpr jS 191S. at Crown Toint and althe licensing of all persons carrying on.. non-support, saying the defend-

h an interstate trade m tooastuns. The. Hines committee was authorized t,- rren.ire a memorandum outlining a comprehensive program to force prices down and th.e mcTbers f.t!l!-comn?.i,t; lee exprcssca tne nope niiti. uuv be able to finish this report not later than next Monday. piTT A vrpp -ill illlj Vylii-i.li t-TXj IN LONDON STRIKE I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE IiONTiON. Au;?. 2. The failure of the general police strike, officials say today, has strengthened the hands of the government in dealing w'ith other labor disturbances now in process of development. Striking policemen who planned to meet at Tower Hill and to voice march to i Downing street their demand have been warned by Chief Mac-

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i Car Men by Tight Squeeze, Vote in Referendum to Go Back to Work. (BULLETIN.) By a vote ol 67 to 22 the Green LI a a car men voted not to go back A work, and the prophecy in these column that local street car men would stand pat was shown to be true. They will have to stand by the majority, however. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) CHICAGO, Aug. 2. The clang of the motorman's signal gong and the jingle of the conductor's cash register is being iieard In Chicaeo's streets today for the hrt time .inc. earlv last Tuesday morn- I liiK liftecn thousand elevated ana lovfltri and street railway employes, who went on strike four days ago, ara back at work and street cars are running on regular schedule. The end of the strike came after an all-day referendum election in which the men voted by a majority of 3S6 votes to accept the wage compromise offer of the traction companies. I There were 12,334 votes cast, of which 6,36) were in favor of the proposition and 3,974 against. Elevated railway employes carried the election, a plurality of surface line employes voting against the proposal. Immdiatcly after the result of the vote was announced. W. D. Mahon, In ternational president of the carmen s union, officially declared the strike off and instructed the men to return to rlt. Within five hours regular suriface and elevated car service had been, resumed I Under the terms of settlement which ' the men accepted employes of the suri face- lines will receive wage- increases from forty-seven to sixty-five cents an ihour, while elevated employes are given ! an advance from fifty to sixty-seven : cents an hour. The eight-hour day with j time and a half for overtime also is ' granted the men. I Irnmdiate hearings by the state public 1 utilities commission on the application i ni the st-eet railway companies to m-

while ofjrr(,ase fares will be held. It is consid-

percentage ofjCred certain that fares on the surface ,

fiWhi. tr.'1'nes will be Increased to seven n . ,

and eievatea rares to c.gru CrIilB. x..,. Tho ' present scale is five cents for surface arld gjx cents for elevated Granting of I he wage increases, it Is estimated will, cost the companies J s.u'ju.ih") annuauy Hnd the proposed advance in fares is er- . , tn arl1 fh:s arn0unt to the companics' revenue. The strike was attended by no disorder. RECKLESS WITH DISHES int0 Cafe With Companions and Drunkenness Charge is Result. Anna Stewart of Virginia Collins cf Thomas Hanson of : S" Condit street. 14S Sibley street. 43 Indiana avenue and Joe Pwnt of 250 E. State street. i T-t u r-rt TV, n A UPr rtrfPtid lflt nHht at the Union Restaurant by Officer Fanigan of the Hammond police, charged with be'ng drunk and disorderly. These, two men and two women had lieen throwing dishes and had brok- ' c n everything they could get a hld , j of w hen the off'cer arrived and put j j them all under arrest They all pleadd guilty to a charge J drunkenness in the Hammond city court this morning and we-e fined $15 each by Judse Klotz SAYS HUBAND IS BOOTLEGGER VALPARAISO. Ind . Auk 2. In the c.rcuit court toda-, Florence E. Tess n? Chesterton filed suit for a divorce from her nusoana. jonn r i '53. .-in. ' . ! .-. recites that they were marnea ocmant uses liquor to excess, and fritters his earnings atfTay ln that manner, and has been guilty of bootlegging, bringing booze into Indiana, contrary to the law, and selling it. MILLION DOLLAR FIRE IN DETROIT tlTi'P NATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI DETROIT. Mich., Au-x. 2. Damage estimated at more than $1,000,000 was caused last r.ight when the Wadsworth Manufacturing plant, ln the east end of the city was almost destroyed by fire and other business houses slightly damaged. The fire is thought to have been caused by combustion and originated In t lie pa'.nt shop of the W adsworth Cornpany. The Sibley Lumber Company suffered $100,000 loss and the "Inside Inn" Hotel was totally destroyed. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE J INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. July 30. Requisitions for SI. 000 pounds of sugar from the million-pound shipment coming here from the war department surplus stores have been received by Stanley Wyrkotf from f'rov. Goodrich.

WOMEN IRE

PHANAGE UNDER FIRE L10UTH Julia E. Work Home m i Whish 6 Lake County Children Are H Court Limelight.

Children Are Housed inifor 8 raise and th finance committee!

PLYMOUTH. Ind., Aug. 1. Suit by. injunction to restrain the board of Mar- j snaa county commissioners from paying , further mor'c to E. Work, for , ! the care, training, or discipline of de- i iiMuotl, dependent or nrnhnn children

at what is known as the Julia E. Work'v.mch amounts to htlJt nine e,nt, m-r

i Training School. omtim d-sienaierf . - o i unsuisiur, norm or nere, ana to rrstrn in aid juifa e. work from recciv-

sharpX?Sw"nsmut:dnin ZHV hn" as ' , SUcn purposes, was instituted in the The members of the noliee fe,ree 1(rr-

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Tulr sald'T thl im'rtr l-V:u!d, ieom9 ia,taace3 'price, wer. ouiy j juna orK lurtner aa ertisir.g saia , ahead and work out the schedule which -bout a cent lowr institution as an orphans' home. or;thc. wcre prPpar,ng at the time the ! lower on .he pound. . training school, declaring that it is not: COUncil meeting was held. The new! bttt.t.etttc . ' Properly organized or incorporated , echcdule has not bc,n made public, but i r.NTEJJSS serce . ' either, under the state laws, and is not j lt ,3 undcrstod that they will ask fori WASHINGTON, Au. 2. Tho senate ! entitled to public patronage or support j , 150 p(,r month for patrolmen with pro-j this afternoon passed a resolution Intro-j under the laws of Indiana, and that Mrs. ( portionate increases for men of higher duced by Senator Myers of Montana, or.1 Work, the matron, is an unfit person to ; rank j derla th- banldjl aa(1 currency comrait. have charge of dependent, delinquent or j . j t,e of ta. MMt to lnvestig.ate tB9 ! orphan children under court decrees. . . - amount cf current in etintm ri !

Tells Bow She's raid. William O'Keefe appears as plaintiff in the petition for the injunction, and is . ... I V., T I. IT- f... &. Marl,nu, attornoy,. thouK it is reported that a considerable number of riymouth and Marstiall county citizens are back of the proceedings. Mr. O'Keefe institutes the suit as a citizen and a taxpayer. He sets forth that a contract has been entered into between the board of commissioners and Julia E. Work by which the lalter is paid 30 cents per day. forthe care and training of each of the children entrusted to her by the courts of Marshall county, and it is to restrain further payments under such contract that the suit is brought. 1 t i - J ,t , V. i . tVi enntraet is U- . nd oid for the reason that - , socalled. or the Julia E. naM nr traininr school. v onot a legally organized orphanage or I training school, but is a private institu-j nnor,ted for profit CHIIDBIK TMATID CaUW.lt. The petition recites the accumulation of a considerable amount of wealth by Mrs. Work, on the profits of "Brightside." and points out that these profits have been accumulating, "orphan, de(Contined on page Tour.) TEE! HEE! POSSE' AFTER BOOZE BANDITS lNTr RNAHONAL NEWS SERVICEI TOLEDO. Ohio. August 2. Whiskey valued at 110.000 was the loot of automobile bandits who bound and gagged Mrs. Fred Klostemeier today and and looted the cellar of the home. It j is alleged that the l-.quor was in stor age for a wealthy Toledoan. An armed rosse is scouring the countryside for the robbers. HEALTH CLINIC IN W. l Frances "I Brown. R N.. public j health nurse for West Hammond. wishes to announce that the traveling j health clinic of the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute will be in Wet Hammond Tuesday. August 6th, at 2 p. m.. Wentworth school. She ayi; "We would like it to be well attended, as we feel sure that we can help a great many people through the clinic." BAN JOHNSON PROMISED FIGHT MNTfRHATtCNAL NEWS SERVICE I NXW TORK. Aug. 2 A bitter internal fight, with a possibility that the courts may be appealed to ultimately, loomed up today in the Arr.er- j ican league over the case of Carl j Mays, the Boston pitcher, bought by j the Yanks. "If P.an Johnson keeps Mays out of our line-up for the balance of the! st-iiso:. by his suspensir.n. I will promise him one of the best little fights baseball has ever seen." aid Col. T. L. Huston, half owner of the Yanks today. "And belieie me we will fight when we start.'" If President Johnson does not lift the suspension by Monday Col. P.uppert and Huston declared they will go to the courts and request an injunction prerenting the league president from interfering with the New York club's utilizing Mays" service. Don't throw your paper away vithout reading the want ad page.

HAMMOND TUESDAY

POLICE ARE ANXIOUS OVER WAGE SCALE

Hammond may soon find itself face to face without police protection if members of the force carry out their threat to strike unless the city council grants the new wage scale which they are drawing up. The matter will probably be brought before the council at its meeting rest Tuesday. At the last meeting of the council "hen the 1920 budget was considered the point of raising the wages of firemen and policemen was brought up. The Art- ! men had already turned in their nf titlon i naa reported back that owning to the ! shortage of funds an increase of $2.50 ! per nior.th was recommended for the i privates only. -When it cj-me to incorporate this in I the budget a lively discussion followed i ns jt was ,hrlt jn cas- tho rt.m, Bot a raise, the tiolice force should also vave nn increase. Tt ws flr.a-.n- nc-reeet 1 f nit; i i 1 1 j i iif n h. ..! ra p. $2.50 .,.. .u. , . , ti.i v i" ntiti ui': i:)vi ciieu insi living, tm;. t ....... 1 l l .ui . fd t( livln aiv, inorrfl! th(1 rro "nrfs in of th(. new. sralc darf d thev woul, . .. . . . .. . . GARY ALSO DEMANDS STIPULATION Contractors Refuse to Give Wage Increase Without ... Being Protected byContract. Action of Gary contractors last night refusing to grant the wage demands Is!, :,..-... ZZ.r "Z . v. . , v . i . m . u ui m oDminins " " I agreement with them stinulatinir the1 Uma for the new-schedule was t I hold good, completed the shut-down of building work in the Talumet region. j Thc ,-arpenters refused to sign any agreement or appoint members to a I committee with power to act on the mattcr. ' Members of the Buildin? Trades Employers Association met in Hammond Friday afternoon and discussed the sit-, uation thoroughly. A resolution was; drafted setting forth the position of the. , ! contractors and today this was sent to ! j the officers of the union ln the different j i eities. It states that he conractors must ! I have some assurance that the wage is t j ) remain in rorce tor a specinen time in order that they may figure safely on building jobs. The resolution closes by urging the men to appoint members of j the committee as before suggested, j promising that construction work will start immediately after such action is j taken. Should the carpenters decide to ap point men to sign the wage agreement' it is said that work may be in progress Monday morning but a refusal! again wll mea nn complete shut-down for nn indefinite period. Lumber yards today, acting with the contractors, are refusing to send out any material. ' This is the first friction that has ever come up between the contractors and the carpenters and it is hoped that the matter can be smoothed out before construction work in the region receives a serious set-back. ROUND -RIM FLIGHT NEXT WEEK 1 1NTF3SATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CLEVELAND. Ohio. August 2. Another week will see Lieut. Col. R. O. Hartz again on his way on his round the rim" flight of the United States. Col. Hartz is in Cleveland. O. waiting for the production of repair narts for his Martin bomber in which he is making- tne ."um nigrn. lie win . - . vo r..L- v v u -. (start iroiTi vu..nnr v i ... hts machine was wrecked a week ago when a forced landing was made in a fog. He will fly to Cleveland and from Cleveland to Mount Clemens. Michigan. Addressing the Cleveland Aviation Club. Col. Hartz declared: "'There is but a thin guarantee agatnet wars in the future, end the greater burden of winning the next conflict will fall on the air service. " HIS NAME IS GRUNVALD With the arrest of a South Chicago nan in Whiting charged with obtainng money under false pretenses, giving his name as "Atty. S. H. Greenwald." Hammond and Gary people having the same name have been greatly embarrassed lately by the ' publicity, especially since it was gen erally taken that the man was some of their relation. Investigation has shown that the man" is not an attorney, but an insurance agent and that although he gives the name Greenwald. hi3 real name is Grunvald. Don't throw your paper awaj without readins the want ad page.

TOUGH LUCK, MAJOR, IT IS i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NEW YORK. Aug; 1. Maj. I. W. Insley, of Rich Hill. Mo., who arrived here today on the Zeelandia, went for two years in France without seeing a bathtub. When he went to get jnto one on the Zeelandia, his foot slipped and he fell, suffering two broken ribs.

POT SHOTS AT H. C. L. (BULLETIN.) riNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON, Ang. 2. A serloaa eiiag in marketing war department u.v- ! J "I " L ! - r i -.-" .. . securi aavantaga of material reductions la price vrae con. "1"!, . . pc" OQC9 " 1 . . . ! I xaareaa 01 tae ultimate 'Z':' -l.tJ.- . " "! " " ! amount of currency in circulation and ! to make recommendations as to the widom of withdrawing currency in clrcuution. . sonatora declared that inflated currency is the cauae of the high cost of livingind stated that an investigation by the banking and currency committee will provide a remedy by offering' a plan to withdraw currency without causing' a panic. (BULLETIN.) I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) WASHINGTON. Aug. 2 "X am told," aid Congressman Igoe, "that come men are now maJdnfr profits greater than dur. j '.tig. the war period, when heavy profls were excusable ln part, because of the ' risks run. X have evidence that in some i casec rents have recently been boosted seventy to seventy-live per cent or - ... h.t, fn.fl , J i - - o to alara contracts pledging themselves to bear a proportion of any future Increase in taxes. That is an intoUerable condition " FIVE HARBOR II ARRESTED Beer and Whiskey Found Loaded in Auto by Hammond Police. Five Indiana Harbor men' wera ar -

J rested last night on (Jostlin street in President Wilson todav remained s i Hammond by Captain Strong of thojiiudcd in his offices in the white h..,r-

j-iiiuonu i.uii- uwrBra nn loiaunj t.ie liquor law. J!1;."1!" are Jordan Pristof. of 3473 Pennsylvania Ave.. John Steva 3501 Pensylvania Ave., Jack Muntca.1., of 3432 Pennsylvania Ave.. Pan Cosmi 3401 Pensylvania Ave., and Nick Roc.in. of 3177 Pensylvania Ave., Indiana Harbor. Three sacks cf beer holding about four dozen bottles each and two quirts of whiskey was found in their automobiles. When the men were searched at the Hammond police station it was found that Cosma and Korin each had a revolver on them, so a se.perate aTidivit was sworn out charging them with carrying concealed weapons. Each man furnished a $:;nf bond to appear for trial in the Hammond city court Monday morning NEW LAW FIRM FOR i r PUIPAPfi l. umunuu East Chicago has a new legal firm, consisting of Messers J. A. Meade, who hs practiced law in East Chicago s'nee 190S; Ray Royce. for seven years w-ith Beach and Beach in Chicago, and Captain Allan P. Twyman. 'aptain Twyman enjoyed an extensive practice before enlisting at the beginning of the war. He organized Company L and was in the service twenty-six months. The new firm Meade, Royce and Twyman is beinsr given all kinds of good wishes for its success by its friends today. FUNERAL OF MRS. F. LUCHT The funeral of Mrs. F. Lueht who died Thursday at St. Margaret's hospital will be held from her lite residence. "57 Doty street, Hammond, nn Monday afternoon at one o'clock from there to the Friedens Kvangelical ehurch at two o'clock. Interment will be held in Oak Hill cemetery In jharge of Undertaker F.mmeriing.

IUST SOON

BE FOUND Congress to Have No Recess AH Other Hatters Except Living Costs To Be Dropped. John Edwin Nevin ! i staff correspondent i h. serv ice i WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. ! The entire industrial structure of the U. S. -was i threatened with I disruption today. complete ' w age-Workers, unable longer to make both ends meet, were H.. manding wage increases ranging in l'1 i cases as high as 100 oer cent. Business men, familiar with conditl0n msisted that the grantiEg of these incrpa;pc mn-t in.v,'t,M A - 1 mCfeaSeS mU Wevitably ada t0 Constantly Soaring high COSt Of living "Might As Well Starve " . . , ' lne WOrKerS declared that tflCV 'might as well starve entirely as ' n 1;. , A, to tr.y t0 hve on wht they now are i receiving," and threatened natioij w; j cfr:v. The administration has dronred other matters in an endeaor to flmi some way of reducing living costs. Day's New Developments. Congress, relegating all other business to the rear, is seeking causes that are responsible for the national unrest. Concrete developments of today weras follows: Railroad employes on the feder.iHz-i lines have demanded wage increases every b-anch from the engineers to th. track walkers. To enforce thia demand shop workers already have struck .,- many systems. Holding Secret Meetings. Street railway workers in many cii; .- of the country were reported holding secret meetings to demand a scale oi" ) wages equal to those just put into efj feet in Boston and Chicago, j Attorney General Palmer was ln coi.i ; rr.unioation with Federal District atte.rnivs throughout the country in an e -I fort to bring about nation-wide pres. -j cution of profiteers in food and clothin.. j Woolen Prices Going Up. Tri-vate messages from Boston drii'ed that w oolen. prices were to be advanc ed in the near future from $3 and $4 a yard to $4 and $5.i0. This will result in one-third nt least advances ln clo'.hlng prlees next tutumn. Lea-her prices are reported materia?:advanced as the result of large orderI from Europe. 1 Wilson BuSV At Last. inspecting nports from vcrious depar ments touching: on livintr costs. Amrrc the wfr, thr r01,orls from the ui trade commission dealing with the raf' ing industry. One of the reasons assigned by tlv in vestigators for the high eost of n -tain meat products was the enormo'iexport trade now being carried in th.-" line. Figures for the, month of Jure, available today were characterized f "significant." No Sentiment For Embargo. However, there appeared to be cr little sentiment among congressional leaders for any embargo on exports it this time. IS CURED Gypsy Healer and Fortune Teller Promises Cure for $2,000; Now Missing. Tom Lescisin of 1276 W. 16th avenu.v Gary, has had a nervous breakdown fo,more than a year. He had taken various treatments but nothing ever did him air. sood. He had a Gypsy fortune telier at 13tn Avenue, near Broadway and sh to .i him she could cure him for two thousand dollars. Lescisin was at th? end of his ro. and thought that if she could effect i cure for $2,000, the price would ho cheap at that. Tom scraped the money together an-! took it to her. She told him not to say anything and to return the next da v. This he did. hut yesterday the ryps" woman had flown for parts unknown. The case was reported to the police by Anton Pillar, 1324 Garfield Ave Instated that Lescisin was slightly de mented and the police do not kno wrether to believe the story or not, They are investigating tho case. A e you reading fht Times?

GARY MAN