Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 72, Hammond, Lake County, 11 September 1919 — Page 7

Thursday. Sept. 11. 1919.

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Harding; arraigned President Wilson for. having referred to senators who refuse to rocpjH the treaty of Versailles) without amendments or reservations at i

"contemptible quitters if they do not see the fe-iurtP through." He cited the war record of congress, which he snid .showed that there were not "quitters" in cither branch.

By a majority of four to one. citizens of West Hammond voted yesterday to make the added tax levy for purchasing Tavk. grounds and erecting a community build'.ns as a memorial to their soldiers and sailors. Rain cut down th number of voters

during the morning, but dur:nst the noon V ALTER SCHWERIN hour and following the voting becanvj more lively. There were 520 votes cast, i tm p A HTf TT 0"RT"P of which 430 were in favor of the r'o- .WXV XlUIfXXi. jeet ar. i only one hundred opposed. The plans have already been prepared for "Walter Schwer.n of Hammond, who the new building, which will ba pat- jft the citv five yearg afJO to jojn the terned after one of the best community , ..e(i..Jiar armv ia back again from 1S centers of Chicago. It is rlanned toj1)il)nlhs servjce lth rershinf-8 Kirgt expend about $40,000 on the grounds and! i,;viRion. He has been in" Cologne, buildinn at the Mart and everything is j Germanv which he calls the most l-eing planned so that additions can be , b(.autlfuj citv and c!rtain 1)as an in

roads as funds are aval tame. The West Hammond city council will

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take up the matter at its meeting this evening and it is expected that work on the project will started as soon us the bonds can be sold.

j tere.t:ng- story to tell. He helped j at the Galveston flood, was on the

Mexican border and has a wonderful lot of experiences to tell of his travels in Europe. He is on a month's furlough .

TAXPAYERS TAKE FURTHER ACTION Further steps toward beginning court action to prevent county officials from collecting taxes under tho present ascefsment were taken at a meeting' of tax-payers which was held Wednesday evening at the Hammond city hall. About seventy-five were present and President Charles Friedrich of the organization said that scores had spoken to him since the last meeting and expressed willingness to join in the inovi merit. Henceforth the organization will be known as the Xorth Township T-ix Equalization Society, the name having been selected from a number suggeted at the meeting. Twelve citizens volunteered to carry petitions for membership subscriptions. A fee of fifty cents will be asked of each signer to help pay thi expense of carrying the matter throufcrf

the courts. Larger subscriptions w ill 1 be accepted. j

ilr. Friedrich has been digging into ihe county books and was able to present some interesting figures on the cmount of taxes paid during the last three years by prominent citizens and corporations of Xorth township. It is to bring about an equalization of taxes whereby each person or organization will pay on a just assessment. Several small property owners were present and

ACCEPTS LOCAL

PULPIT

Hev. C. Sehaeffer from Dayton. O., who preached in the Evangelical 1mmanuels church on Sibley street last Sunday has accepted the call from the congregation to be their pastor. He will enter upon his work here about the first of October. He has been very successful in home mission work and his daughter. Miss liedwig Sehaeffer. is also a great mission worker and will leave

in a few months for India to enter upon! Texas Co.

Allis Chalmers 43 American Car and Foundry 134 American. Locomotive 09 H

American Smelting T7 American Steel Foundry 39 " American Tel. and Tel. WO, Anaconda 6SS Atchisoa 00i,

! Baldwin Locomotive 12sv

Baltimore and Ohio 4- 54 Canadian Pacific I023, Cenaral Leather 30 U Chesapeake and Ohio 55 Ti Chicago. Mil. and St. Faut 42 Crucible Steel 1S2 Distilleries Securities S2 Uenerat Electric 166V, General Motors 235 Js Gt. Northern Fr. 86 v; Illinois Central 93 ' Lackawanna Steel S3 '2 Lehigh Valley 401 Mldvale Steel l X. T. Air Brake 112 Xew York Central 2 X. .T., X. H. and Hartford 31s, Xorthern racific M Ohio Cities Gas "S Pennsylvania Pressed Steel Car 00 Railway Steel Springs $ Reading "sl Republic Iron and Steel 01 Southern Pacific 100', Southern Railway

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the work there. The Immanuels church

considers herself very fortunate in securing Rev. Sehaeffer for their pastor.

Union Pacific j 121 17. S. Steel 17. S. Steel Prfd. 11 4 s Wcstinghouse 5,1'J Willys Overland 3S1 Sinclair 60 CHICAGO UTVX STOCK. HOGS. Receipts. 22.000. Market, better grades mostly 50o lower, packing grades steady. Top. $18.00: heavyweight.

Kotarians annual picnic the women s

egg race. The impediment the egg was too much of an Impediment, financially speaking. The skirted contestants simply refused to take any risks with their previous freight, so they walked

showed that their assessments had b.?en j the lengtn or tne coarse, raised from fifty to a hundred per cent) "I don't know what the prize is worth, in the last year and It was comraoi ft 1 but I do know what an egg costs,"' one bear of those whose property had ben j explained.

rppraised at a figure nearly twice what j it would bring on the market. .

Xo on has teen willing to accept th--l cretaryship as yet and Mr. Friedrich ' Is going it alone. The petitions for niembership will be started this even

ing and the results will be announcl nt the next meeting which will be held Wednesday, Sept. 2 4.

MORE FOODSTUFFS

are coming;

Mayor Brown received word today that the second carload of government foodstuffs was on its way. It would have been here today but for an error which had been made in filling the order which caused some delay. v In tho carload are 20.ono cans of bnkd beans, string beans, peas, corn and tomatoes, and 5.000 pounds of navy beans. Xo meat will be t-old this time. "I see ;." shipped back a lot of their bacon. ' sid the major. "We could have sold that here easily. We ordered a hundred eiates of slab bacon and th-y sent uonly eleven crates and it all went in a hurry"" As soon as the second carload of goods arrives and has been transfer!', d to the store. Mr. Brown will announce the opening'of the sale.

Price of Eggs Spoils Sporting Event. I INTCRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE!

CLEVELAND. O., Sept. "Eggs Is! eggs" these days. I 1

This fact intervened and caused fall-' , r r n m 1 7 SO medium weight, $16.50 '.f

ure of the feature sporting event of the Mc no- light weight. 1 16. 73 ft 18.00; light

picnic the women's J lights $16.5017.50; heaving packing

sows. smooth. $14. 753 15.25: parking sows, rough, $14.00 14.50; pigs, $16.50 r 1S.00. CATTLE. Receipts. 12.000. Market, very little trading done; bulls weak, others steady. Beef Steers, medium and heavy weight, choice and prime. $15.75 U 17.50; medium and good. $1 1.00 & 15. 30; light weight, good and choice. $13.75r 17.75; common and medium. $S.25f? 13 50. Butcher Cattle: Heifers. $6. 301 14 73: cows. $6.25tri3.50: bulls, $7.0u i 12.00. Canners and Cutlers: Cows and heifers. $5.35fT 6.25: canner steers, 3.73 ft S.25. Veal calves, light and handyweight, $19.75 21.25; feeder steers. $7.25 rp-12.25 ; siocker steers, $6.7510.00; stocker cows and heifers. $6.50 ft 8.00, Western Range Cattle: Hccf steers. $7.50 1? 12.50; cows und hiifers. $10. 75fl 12 25. CHICAGO CASH GJlAirf CLOSE. f I NT ERN ATION AL NEWS SERVICE 1 CORX. Xo. 2 mixed, $ 1.56 Vi it 1.57 : 2 white. $1.6V4 1-37: 2 yellow, $1.56',., frl.SP; 3 mixed. $1.5t".: 3 white, $1.56; 4 yellow, $1.55 H 1.36 Vi; 6 mixed. $1.54. 15V2; 6 white, $1,54 0" 157; 5 yellow.

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HARDING SAYS ITS PERILOUS TO US f IMrRNATlONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. The league of nations covenant as now constituted "is one of peril to the republic." and to accept it unaltered "would be a betrayal of America." Senator Harding, Kepubl:can. of Ohio, a member of Hie senate foreign relations committee, declared in

NOTICU. Notice Is hereby given that the Board of Public Works of the City of Hajn-

mond, Indiana, will receive bids up until September 24th. 1910. at 11 o'clock A. M.. t for furnishing 60 tons of 6 inch pipe and 25 tons of 4 inch pipe, same to b j cast iron bull and spigot water pip.it

(Class "B", made in accordance with the American Water Works Association Specifications, and to be furnished in twelve (12) foot lengths. This pipe to be delivered to the City of Hammond f. o. b. cars, Hammond, Indiana, E. J. & E. delivery. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. A certified check for per cent of the estimated cost of said material is to accompany the bid. C. H. LUTI MAN, O. V. HIGHLAND, AV. C. HAM AN. Board of Public Works. J. A. M.VLO. Clerk 9-11-18.

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IINirSATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I CHICAGO. Stpt. 11. VEAL. 50 to SO lis.. 22c: 70 to Krt lh.. 2,:fj25c. SO to 100 lbs.. 2Rfi 27c; fancy, 2Sc; o rweight kidnejs. 140 to 175 lbs., 12 -ft 13c. CHICAGO PEODtJCE. BUTTER Creamery extraj". 54'c: firsts, 497 32'c. EGGS Current receipts, 37 i? 'f 4 3 li c ; ordinary firsts. 3m?39o; firsts. 431-.?' 44sC; extras 47c. LIVE POULTRY Turkeys. 30c; chickens. 29:j'W31c: springs. 28c; roosters. 21c; geese. 22c: ducks, 25c. POTATOES New Ohios, $3.00 3.20.

Here is a fashionable frock for wear at this between season time of

year. It ia made of black paulett? ! satin, and it may bs noted here fii: satin is one of the most popul ir 1

W. HATITIOND MEN WAVE HEARINGS Karol Mlrhalaki, Aleks Gor.-:ki and Felix Miller, all residents of East Hammond, who were arrested a few days ago by Chief Special Agent A. A. Zielke of the I. H. B. railroad police were brought before V. S. Commissioner Charles Surprise this morning. They were charged with breaking of seals on railroad cars, containing interstate shipments o ffreight. All had a'gned confessions prior f being turned over to the V. S. Marshall admitting that they had entered many cars and had stolen thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. They waived a hearinK. Michals'.i and

Gnriski were able to furnish $2,000 t bonds each and were released but Mil- j ler could furnish no bond and was ta- t ken to Indianapolis where he will a- 1

wait the session of the grand jury in November.

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