Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 54, Hammond, Lake County, 20 August 1919 — Page 2

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polyglot foreign workers of t.h. Calumet! In by the duceFe of northern Indiana! w (, f , . mak excavations for u pretty region's Industrial and manufaetur.ng; re I1.......0 lor land. buiMms aud ( tVn amoved will be renters is planned in the survey just equipment rUone. New workers needed j sent to national headquarters of ,h.- r,,- call for ?l6..mrt ndditoinal m,hP ' ' M. ' lh " " " "d " tion-wide campaign ot the EpUcopal White a!so asks for a comunity house, j -t,U.-K knolls o , eak the present church by the Rt. n,v. John Ha.enUn extra oWgvnmn and 1a. worker for, ' n.onotony of the park.

White. t, D. bishop of the diocese oft Valparaiso for service among the sturrthern Indiana. The purvey eontm-i dents of Valparaiso university and the plates an appropriation of ?1".0hm for ,' r sidnt s of the tity. increased equipment in tre way of

rhurches. settlement houses, etc . and for addded clergy. This is to establish "point of contact' as these laborers nust be approached first through service, to their physical, mental and moral needs before the church ran minister '.dequately to their spiriiual needs. Bishop White asks that, the church In diocese be aidd through tho nationvide campaign to expand its work in iary where there are extensive rnanufactories in steel and tinpla.te, with an innual payroll of $4n.OftO.000. Cm Reach 1O0.0OO People. Including the suburban population. 100. QO rersons can be reached through the church's work in and about Gary lone. Many of these are declared to be sr.tirely unchurched. Many of them are foreigners. Their number is increasing -apidly. The nation-wide campaign's, plan for mobilizing its forces to expand Its work stresses this fact. The survey I calls for the completion cf the church j f.;r Italians now under vay in Gary and! the erection of a rectory and communi-j ty house in connection with it for social) COLUMBIA AND AMERICAN THEATRES Today . Paramount Picture Corporation Presents Refreshing LILA LEE Supported bv Elliott Belter "A DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF" ALSO TOM MIX in "WITH THE AID OF THE LAW" And a First Run Pathe News. Tomorrow The American Beauty MAY ALLISON 'ALMOST MARRIED' A flashing comedy of delightful originality. ALSO CHARLIE CHAPLIN In "THE FLIRT" And a Burton Holmes Tfarol Picture. fTa.B.B.a.o.a.B 71 It hit

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and educational work among the Italian population. An Italian rector and an Italian teacher must bo obtained to make effective use of this equipment. For the negro workers In the city the survey aks for JlS.OOf) to build a church and community house and enough more money to obtain a negro clergv man and a lay worker. For a settlement on the south side the mini of $5iV"h is asked. A community house Is needed by Christ church and Bishop

! White urges the purchase of land on the , cast side and in Ambrtdgt- for future parishes no that the church s work among: the foreign population may be I adequate in the future. Lay workers for scrvic" among me polyglot population of Fast Chicago. Whiting and Hammond are wanted. East Chieajo his a parish now but no community house. Such an establishment is urgently needed as is a mission j httpel at Whiting. A population of I'V I (M'O can be touched at Whiting and 35.000 I at Hammond, the survey indicate?. The total natton-w ido campaign ask mm m 1 tam0 hi hr j Opening his drle to smash the hifh j cost of living, investigation into the j hoarding: and over-charge of sugar, the j exorbitant ice prices and prosecution of; food profiteers ail over the county, was the day's duty of County Food Adminis-i tr&tor R. " Parry jesterday. j His firs steps was to reappoint all of i his former war deputies !n the county j and is now perfecting: an organization! which will he called in session In the! near future. At present Mr. Tarry is ; awaiting specific instructions from j Sra'e Food Investigator Barnard of Indianapolis and until then he is uncertain just how he will map out his cami paign. The state food department has not yet pointed out how foodstuff profiteering can be stopped. Instruction has hreen rceived from

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nmaiions ana suomu me same ror prosecution under the Lever act. After the evidence of violations are collected, the reports will bo sent In to the attorney general' office and the cases w iH be handled through the department of justice. As a result of the. investigations by a number of federal sleuths in Gary and elsewhere over the county several weeks ago. a large number of violations in profiteering will be brought to light. To discuss the ice rroblem, Mr. Parry will call a meeting of the ice men in Gary on Friday. Complaints are being made at the food administrator's office. j that people who have purchased coupon books, cannot get ice deliveries and he wishes to know the reason why. Other phases of the ice situation will be discussed. The following notice has been received for publication from the county food administration today. TO THE PTJBtXC The Food Administration is again organizing in every city, county, town and hamlet in the county. The punishment of violators, as it relates to hoarding, profiteering and waste under the Lever Act cannot b accomplished without the assistance of every man. woman and 1 1T ALUMET fRUST RATVTCC EAST CHICAGO INDIANA S : Capital and Surplus

child. Report to the Food Administrator in your city all cases of what you consider an unfair price In all commodities. PARK SUPT. HOLTZ

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Hammond's Efficient Park Head Puts Men at Work On May wood. Herman Holtz. Hammond's efficient park oinmissioner. -lias started on the task of beautifying' May wood Park. L'ncier his direction a gang of men "wlditional fl.iwer bvds and xhruh bery " 111 lv added and th public acquainted with trie acconiplishnieiitii of Mr. Holtz in the other parks may expect to And Haywood park another beauty spot next year. In recognition of Mr. Molti services the city lO'inril has authorized him to attend the meeting of the state association of park commissioners which will be hld in South Bend August 31. and p; A-nhf- I . He will have on apportrnity of learning some new- Ideas there and the men from other parts of the state wi1 no doubt get some good pointers from him. RULES AGAINST STANDARD OIL 1 INTLRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 WASHINGTON. Aug. The federal U.ide commission has taken action to stup the leasing 'of gasoline pumps and tanks to retail dealers by oil companies ou exclusive dealing leasing; terms "intended to stifle competition." An order to rejse this practice was today servel on the standard Oil Co. of Indiana. Tiv; order prohibits the company from enterI ing into contiacts. or from continuing I hffer four month to on.t-of nn1 of pumps and tanks, shall use them or.Iy for the handling of gasoline a:id products sold by that company. The leasing of tanks and pumps at rotitals below thse warrantable to insure reasonable profit, on the condition they would not be ued to distribute the products of competitor companies, the remmision ruled is "an unfair method jf competition in violation of law." C. T. COMPANY RATE 5 The Chicajro Telephone company w-il te asked to discontinue the new- rate schedule which was put into operation in Hammond while the government was operating the system. A number c-f increases were made in the rates and sinie the postal department relinquished control of the lines no reduction has been made. A resolution instructing the legal department to call the company's atention to the For Harbor People Thousands of you have become bond buyers. To those in the market for bonds we offer attractive issues, seven per cent interest. FIRST STATE TRUST & SAVINGS BANK 137th AND CEDAR. STREETS INDIANA HARBOR Capital and Surplus $100,000.00

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FOR INDIGESTION matter was introduced In the Hammond council Tuesday evening and carried unanimously. ROMA KICKS OVER THE TRACES Report Given Allies Says That She Will Refuse to Sign Austrian Treaty. By ROBERT J. PMW, (STAFF CORRESPONDENT 1 N . SERVICE! P.-.KI.S. Au. 2. lloumania wiil refuse to sign the Austrian treaty whn the pact i up for tlnal consideration m xt week, it was learned today from an authoritative source. At the sa.me time it is reported th.it Roumania is so: kin i? to build up a new confederation including Talond and I'krania. Roumania bases her objections to s:Kiiinx the Austrian treaty upon the fact that the new Roumania frontiers are not defined, but are left to the council of four. Premier Kratiano. of Roumania, is expected to issue a statement saying; that such action Is Inconsistent with Roumanias national dignity and that sh-' could not be expected to bind herself. The Roumania premier Is expected to contend that the work of donning the new borders shiuld be left to the league of rations and not merely to the representatives or the United States. .;rent rritain and France. Roumania is expected also to refuse to sign any special convention guaranteeing the riehts of minorities. In the meanwhile Roumania troops probab'.v will continue to occupy Transvlvanii and Bessarabia, althouch tbev will likely j withdrawn thirty m!ls from Budapest j as originally requested bv the peace conference. WHIPPET TANKS IN MEXICO i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' COLl'MBl'S, O. AUG. 2 Within I the past week. 10" one-mar. w hippet tanks have been ent to the Mexican 'border from t e V. P. army depot at East Columbus. Hf cf the tan!i.' j went to Pan Antonio and the rest to I port Bliss. Within the last few days I J.ftnft rifle, were forwarded to boiler points. BUSH TO GIVE HIS KEYNOTE. t INTERNATIONAL NfWS SERV!CE NEW ALBANY. INK . AIM 20 Lieut. Gov. Edgar T . Bush, candidate for the republican nomination for Governor, will deliver his keynote speech at a meeting here Friday night Sept. 12. according - announcement by M. P.ert Thurman. republican district chairman. COAL SHORTAGE STIRS EUROPE f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! PARIS. AL'GUST 20 The. ceel shortage In central Europe is now engaging the attention oT the supreme council nd it was understood today that an Effort will be made to speed up production In the Paar and Ruhr fields to relieve the situation before v inter. J. H. HUBLER DISCHARGED. SPECIAL T THE TIMES! VVHITIN'.i. IND.. AUGUST 20 J . H. Hubler. 1094 Atchison avenue, who was arrested e.n complaint of Helen Z'veigr. who charged grand larceny, was found not guilty and d.scliarged In the city court yesterday. The oung woman who had been befriended by tiie Hubler's. accused them of haidmg her personnel property to the value of $70. but the court found there xvas no evidence to support her charges. ANTHRAX AT MADISON I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! MADISON. INL., AUG. 20. Seven cows and hoi tes belonging to Henri' Bersch are ri'ad of Anthrax, believedcaused by drinking water from a stream carrying giue-factory refuse. A New Gary Law Firm A law partnership has been formed between Attorney George H. Manlove former city controller, at Cary. and Lieut. John Scott, with offices in thReynolds building. 520 Broadway. Lieut. Scott has recently returned from overseas service, of over a year. He was a member of the first division that was encaged In all the major battles and wears (w0 or three wound stripes. Before enlistina Lieut. Scott practiced law ;n Gary end the new law firm will be very popular. GARY BANKS CLOSE TO HONOR STEEL 2IAN Th banks of Gary :hp clo.eJ this afternoon in honor of the. death of Henry G. Hay, Sr., assistant treasurer of the U. P. Steel corporation, whose funeral was held at the home of his son. Banker Henry G. Hay, 730 Jackson street, the Rev. Tather Elliott of Grace Episcopal church, offteiating. The remains were shipped ver the Wabash this afternoon to Vincennes. Ind.. the former home of Mr. Has. for burial SOUTH CHICAGO MAN IS HURT. While rhanRinir a tire o nhis automobile at 2107 South Broadway yesterday morning; C. E. VanHorne of 235 E. Superior avenue. South Chicago as painfully injured. VwiHorn was under the machine near the rear wheel, when S. R. Tucker of 940 Cha.e street attempted to crank the car while it ias in motion. The machine mnvej nearly a foot, VanHorn beinst caucht heneath the wheel. While his injuries were not serious, it jrave him ronsiderabl piin and was attended by Dr. MHche!

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FINANCIAL COLUMN I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NKW ioKK. Auk. 10. Selling believ.j ed to bo clue to the unsettled labor con-j ditions, chiefly In tins steel indu.Ttria Is. j developed In the i took market, in tho final traiiliiK today and caused losses oi from : to I points in the active issues, whiH in the specialties losses of about ten points were sustained. .Sttel common fell to !)$. closing at OS's, a loss of over 3 points from the hijth of the morning. Crucible declined to 1 ."14 end Baldwin to 100 "i. Kelly Springfield, after dropping nearly S points to i;o. rebounded to 124. while AJax Rubber showed a loss e.f over eleven points at Its closing price of fcfl'fe- Sinclair rallied in the last few minutes to 633., j,nj T'nlfed Retail Stores from Sfl'i. rose to 81 . Central Leather was under pressure but after declining to SH't, rallied to 89'j. Keystone Tire, after selling down nearly 12 points below 63. rallied to 7n, at the close. Studebaker was finally Or.'-s; Mexican Petroh-um 1654. Atlantic Cult 1 4 2 2 and Marine pfd. lim. Government bonds unchanged; railway and other bonds weak Sales, ?50,2O1 shares; bonds. IP. ins.ftfift. Allis Chalmers " American far and Foundry 1201,g American American American America n Anaconda At h!on locomotive S1'3 Smelting 72 Pfef-I Foundry -Tel. and Tel. , "n 100 '4 6 4!i ss 100 t, 40 SI 154 ti'2 55 , 01 Baldwin Locomotive . Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Stee B Canadian Pacific Central Leather Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and North Western Chicago. Mil. and St. Paul - Colorado I'uel Crucible Steel 41'4 1"4 15 U Erie Cener! Electric Generi! Motors Gt. Northern Pr. Lackawanna Steel Lehigh Valley 160 --214U - - 4 -a j Midvale Steel f,V Y. Air Brake 1071.2 70s; New York Central Northern Pacific Ohio Cities Gas Pennsylvania pr(.sB dStee! Car Railway Steel Springs Readme Republic Iron and Steel Southern Pacific Sinclair Texas Co. Union Pacific V. S. Steel Westirighoue Willys Overland ... p.iii ... so .-- 4i SO ... S7 7oij ... 51 i ... S3'-; 1 2 1 4 ?Si2 ?1 ... CHICAGO I.ITE STOCK. HOGS Top. $21.00; heavyweight. Jis Zh'n 20. S3: medium w eight. $18. S3 -I? 21 'i.: lipht weipht. $IS 5i21 o: light "iphtc $is!.nof?2n.23: heavy packing lews' smooth. $lT.50fl8.25: packinff sows, rouh, $16.5017.50: pigs. $1(5.50 f?l.23. CATTLE Beef steers Choio and pr'me $15 00 -ij 1 S.50 ; medium and good. $1' 50-ff 16 00; good and choice. $14 001 TS00- commo nand medium. $3.50f 14 00. Butcher Cattle Heifers. $7 .25t?lS.on: cow. J7.25W13.7S: bulls. S7.50frl3.OO. Canners and Cutters-Cows n4 hfifm, $6 0017.25: canner steers. $6.25ff!.5i, eal calves (light and handyweighO. M 50fl 20.50: feeder teers. $S.00etl3 -SO-'stocKer steers. $7.2511.": stocker cows and heifers. $7.oofl8.75; stocker calve $s.0n?1125. Western Range CattiBeef steers, $11 23 W 1 6.50 ; cows and heifers. $3.O013.Oo. CHICAGO CASH GRAIN CLOSE. COtN No 2 mixed. $1.56-3 1.37: S mixed"! .!): 2 white. $2.00; 2 yellow. $, .9352.00: 3 yellow. $139: yellow. $1.93. . , OAT5- No. 2 white. 731 17.6,0; 3 white, 72-f 764c: 4 white. TlUfJSc. CHICAGO PKODTJCE. BUTTER Receipts. 7.672. No sessinn. EOG 3 Receipts. 11.060. No session. CHEESE Twins. lie'. :3H30-: ,,iries SflfTSlH: youne Americas. 5li i -n-if52e: bricks, j'--. 'n . It' nUM'M u - m "rOUETET Turkeys. 25c EIVE chickens. 31c: springs. Si 1 ?-"o: rasters. "I.-- ?eese. 20c: ducks. 2Sc. ' . -r.i iiMi r-sr?: New RlT.MUtS 1 '1 . . .... Ohics. $2.75 -5 3.00. CIAASE0 ,n 60 lbs "JffMc- 70 to SO lbs.. 251i 26c: P0 to 100 lbs . ":7 ?2;o; farcy. 23c: overweight kidneys. 140 t- 17'. lbs.. 15-51. e: coarse. 12 n 12 Uc. MINNIE PROVOST, 85, SQUAW, SMOKES PIPE A unique character appears in Lila Lee's latest Paramount picture. "A Daughter of the Wolf" which comes to the DfLux theatre todav and tomorrow. Minnie Provost is her name and she has been working in motion pictures ever since their beginning:. She is an Indian scpiaw and is still active and healthy at eighty-fte and smoke? her corn cob pipe with more vigor than ever. Minnie has an excellent memory and can tell some thmzs about her ancestors and her childhood days that would sem like ancient history to th most of us. She attracted considerable attention by" her work in Mack Sennett's seven reel production starring Mabel Nor. mand, entitled "Mickey." EIGHT HOURS A DAY laborers employed by the Hammond street department are now enjoying the eisrht hour day. A resolution was introduced at the meeting of the citv council Tuesday evening by the Street and Alley committee giving them the eight hour day to become affective at once. The men are to receive the pay they have regularly ben receiving for nine hours. HELP WANTED Slight increase in calls for rrfn !n certain lines of employment have been noted at the Hammond office of the U. 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