Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 158, Hammond, Lake County, 22 December 1919 — Page 11

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In ai Around -GARY-

NO VACATION FOR JUDGE

Judg-e Greeii-.vuld of the Gary Su-' perior court, has decided that there wi.ij

bf no holiday v;u-;i :.m this year. There will ba court every day except on Chiistmas daj costlyfire" AT MILLER

CiiicI Grant of the Gary fire department Is today investigating the par- ' tieulars of a fir which .completely ! destroyed the Mackenzie cottge at Mil- i : Beach a an early hour Saturday I morniner. It caused a complete loes f S1.SO0. The owners had Insured

ihe cottage lor the above amount last summer but !t expired a few days ago. The cottare was considered one of the hest at the. beach. I twns con-

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and Avoid

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stiuci iaie in Uiu summer and waa one vl the very lew cuttaiiea at the beach wilii an "uid open nre place." Today at It jtlnremsniubSo ToUuy uil that remains of the buldi lit? is thu ruined tiru place. All the luiuituiii in the culture, including a, piano, vktrol.i, cr lamp, th.iita anu tables, were J s.i'jj . u . te.irly Friday t t n iiiyr Colonel W . S. .Maprs and party had yt-iu tu the dunes loboyKaiiiiiK and hud occupied the cot. t.agt. lluvevtr, beiore leaving tiie totugo the tire place was bankeu with sand. f GARY'S HEALTH RECORD GOOD Gary still retains Us record of bein one of the healthiest cities in the stale according to the regular weekly repoit of the health officer. Two cased -of scarlet fever and two of trachoma were reported to the health office last week. One case of diptheria, too late for the previous week's rport was made, making three cases of tnat contagion for this we'ek.

and Hped on to safety. Looking around after he was 500 yards away, he spied two young lad.s with rifles runnig across-the road. He raptured them and brought thef to the Gary police station. They gave heir naiiii a as Harry and Walter Marsh, 11 and 13 years old respectively. Their case was turned oevr to the attention of the juvenile authorities. Hall said the tul!et did considerable damage to the t ar.

LIVE NEWS. FROM THE TWIN CITIES

session next Saturday, at which time a class of ten will be given the four degrees. Refreshments Will be served tonight. LEGION TO MEET.

ATENDS SESSION AT THE CAPITOL C. O. Holmes of Gury lett for Indianapolis today where he will represent the local "Y" at the meeting of the state executive committee of the Y. M. C. A. This committee composed of fifteen representatives from various- Y. M. C. A. organizations over the state meetl:; in Indianapolis several times each year to discuss Y. M. C. A. work.

CHICAGO AN GIVEN A GOOD SCARE TThfla flrtvtng- along: East Fifth ave., Gary, in his high powered Hupmobile roafister Saturday afternoon, Robert B. Hall, 2241 S. Vabash avenue. Chicago, had a bit of excitement that he w ill not .forgret in soma time to come. . A shot from a rifle rang- ou and in a flash later, the bullet spattered against the od yof the car. Hall ducked, turned on more juice, thinking he vis beln attacked by assassins

CONTINUE DUNES EXHIBIT The exhibit, of pictures from the saini dunes, which has be enshowlng at the ary y. M. C. A. for the last week will be continued until Tuesday, accordingto George l'inneo, in charge of the x-ihiblt.

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How they "electrify

and "thrilir -both the

giver and the recipieni! Yet, there's nothing shocking about themExcept, perhaps, tHeir great variety of prao tical uses-many new uses lately devised to meet your 1 920 home

problem?, beautifully and efficiently. . a.'.LVv:

No longer are your gift desires limited to an electric iron or vacuum cleaner. They are here, of course, but with them such an array of daintier things? which so completely please the feminine heart to receive and the masculine heart to give. Here's a partial list of a few of the happy, useful gifts waiting for your choosing. i; ,

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PYREX GLASS BAKING DISHES WEAREVER ALUMINUM

VELOCIPEDES T KIDDIE KARS BICYCLES CARVING SETS

cKENZIE

CALUMET BLDG., EAST QUCAGO, IND.

PHONE 65.

TWO HAivlMOND MEN ARE FINED

Two Hammond men, William Hoin and J. C. McCarthy, were found guilty and fined $10 and costs before Justice Laube in Gary Saturday on a charge t

violating the state flwh and game laws

They were arrested by a deputy game warden while out rabbit hunting. A

lerret louna in their possession was

taken along as evidence. McCarthy

claimed that he. only used the ferret

to catch rats and never hunted with

it and Hoin admitted that he was us

ing- the ferret to hunt with.

GAS PRESSURE

IS VERY LOW

Low gas pressure was the cause a

,' number of persons being overcome in

. Gary yesterday.

t The first report to be made to the police was from the Kirk Hotel. When the pressure went down, the gas jets , that had been burning went out and when the pressure went up again the

gas was still turned on and fnied th rooms with fumes.

i Dozens of persons In different parts

of the city were more or less effected,

ARMY TRUCK IN AN ACCIDENT

While driving over thirty miles an

hour the driver of a U. S. army car had a miraculous escape from death and

serious injury ai nui avenue and Adam street in Gary yesterday, the machine collided with a Gary street railway car.

Outside of a few brtitses the driver escaped injury. The truck was wrecked

LOOK FOR MXi HO

The East Chicago police are today looking for a negro who last night attacked Margaret Crow, 4213 Carey street, Indiana Harbor and Mary Cowash of Valparaiso as they were on their way to the Pennsylvania depot shortly after six o'clock. As the two girls came to the corner of 139th st. and Euclid avenue the negro stepped out and grabbed Margaret Crow by the neck. IBoth girls screamed and the negro ran. Officers Mukar, Uazar, Fano and Kondat who were detailed on the case were unable to find any trace of the man.

The Kust Chicago pos tof the American Iogitm will meet tonight in the Auditorium to discuss matters which have come up since the last meeting which was held about a month ago. Considerable routine business will be taken care of and plans for dances, entertainments, etc'., will be discussed. It is likely that urraugemeuts for a Xc-w Y ear's lOve celebration will be made.

C. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LISTS PLANS

lion of Workers; Varied Industrial Deelopmcnt. Department of Business: Enlarged Commercial Centers; Buy at Home; I5usines3 Harmony; Trade Extension; Fire Prevention; Regulation of Nun. resident Dealer? and Peddlers; Productive Advertising; Public Contracts; Control of Solicitations and Subscriptions; Enlarged Vision of Future Doe!opn:ei)t and Growth; Hotel Facilities; W. 11 tiuiU Street Pavements; Better Credit Systems; Salesmanship Talks; Retail Prices and II . C. L. ; Merchandising Methods; E gi.h.tion Protecting and Encouraging Business.

PLYMOUTH

SNOWED

TO ELECT OFFICERS. The East Chicago Royal Arch Masons will tonifrht hold their annual election of officers at the Masonic Temple and will make arrangements for a full-day

(Continued from Pace One)

Membership; Better Acquaintance with !

' Each Oilier: i'ore Active Worker.-': A j

CKer Orsaniz 1 1 in of Departments; j Prompt Payment of Dues; Enlarged FiI naneial Budget ; Departmental and In. dividual Efficiency; Program of Work. Department of Indu.-try: Informational Trips to Plants; Industrial Exhibit: Correlation and Co-operaCon of Interests; Eqtiitable Taxation; Eduew-

UNDER BY WHITING

(SPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 WllITINt;. led.. Dee. 22. Whiting high swamped Plymouth hiKh Saturday nitrht on the local floor by a 41 to 4 score. Tho downstate biys were completely baffled by Whitine hijrh's at-U-ck. Whiting expected a hard game with Plymouth, as the visitors came

with a good reputation. Vater was the stellar performer 1..1 Whiting; hig-h with six field goals and his marvelous floor play. Coach Hart f.aid the team work and passing- of Whiiing hifrh was not up to the usual standard, due to the weakness of the opposition. The defense was superb Plymouth only made one field g-oa. Fenger high school of Chicago, who v.us to play Whiting high's fast second tea.:., cancelled at the last moment for v, reason whatsoever. Whiting high-s see ond team have won seven straih' games and have not been defeated. Willing high's first and second teams ha. shown some real basketba)! thi,? year unii'-r Coach Hart's efficient training. The lineup and summary: Whiting- High (44) Plymouth Hih (4 K.-kich lit' Stevens '."!i: .-.-en 1.F- ,.. Roberts. e. Benson C , Bask" Vater RQ . ,.- Clou:i Mathews IjG Bel: Field goals: Whiting Kekich, 2; Thiessen, 5: Benson. 6; Vater, 6. Plymouth Stevens, 1. Free throws: Robertson, 2 out of 7. Iteferee: Haulicek. Car Schurz higu school, Chicago.

Don't throw your paper a.-xi without reading the want adpasr

SUITOR BEATS HIS FIANCEE Claiming that her suitor had beaten her into unconsciousness at her home at 1648 Jefferson street, Vivian I-ove. colored, was found to be in a serious condition by the Gary police yesterday afternoon an dtoday is under the care of a physician. She swore out a warrant for his arrest today.

A small plot of blood was the only evidence which the Gary police had to solve a stabbing affray with Saturday afternoon. They were called to the vicinity of 16th avenut and Georgia street In response to a report of a stabbing; affray. They found one woman who claimed tahe had seen a man laying in the alley and had seen another man making his getaway down the alley. Upon making- a search the police found a clot of blood in the alley where the victim had1 been stabbed. As he , disappeared, the police believe that his

injuries were not very severe.

Market

Cleanliness and Quality the motto of the

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Cash and Carry Quality Store 3607 DEODAR ST., INDIANA HARBOR. TEL. 1102-J. The Very Best of Everything. SPECIALS UNTIL CHRISTMAS. Patronize the Union Labor Market Trade at this Union Market

59c 74c

The very best Rib Ol 1 p Roast. Ib.. 2 From No. 1 steer beef.

Best Candled Eggs, per dozen Best Creamery P-ntt-pr nr lb . . .

U. S. Mail Soap, CQI Your choice of all O A C 1 0 bars for , Steaks, nice and tender 2 w

Brag Soap, 10 bars

39c

Limit 20 Bars. Armour's Milk, 2 tall Ol

43 c

Small lean Pork Shoulder, lb Small lean. Pork Loin Roast, lb. . . . .

Pure Lard, 2 lbs. for

cans for Best Santcs Coffee, fresh roasted, lb ... .

Swift's White Naptha 7 f .p Soap, special at, bar. . 2' Pure Fruit Preserves, O 3 large jar

Sugar with order of ? !k. (

m . n.i d i tor

native rot rvuasi, JL O C Thi3 is no soup meat.

TffiS IS A STRICTLY UNION MARKET.

24 27U 65c

All kinds of Fresh Dressed Poultry at Lowest Prices in Town.

o r Our own cure Brisket Corned

JtC Beef, 2 lbs.

31c

Veal and Lamb, best obtainable at Lowest Market Prices.

CROWN POINT

Mr. and Mrs. Julius Greisel were in Chicago on Saturday and wltnesed the Tershlng parade there. Dr. Claude Pettibone of Indianapolis is in Crown Point for the Christmas season. Manager Bartholomae announces a benegt performance at the Crown Treatre on Tuesday evening for the Breist family, who are left in rather straightened circumstances, caused by the death of the husband and father. All of our people hsould attend and help Jn every way possible the unfortunate family. Quite a few Crown Pointers are contemplating Joining the Gary Country Club which is soon to be byilt near the sub-station at Dottaville. Crown Point has quite a few golf enthusiastls who anticipate much sport when the course is completed. Nettie Slayton, the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Slayton, and whose brother has just recovered from the small pox. became a victim of the disease on Saturday and is quite sick at Vhe home of her grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Heiser. Amos Dyer Allmon. who attends the University of Michigan," eamo home on Saturday to spend the holidays. R. A. Waterkotte of Hammond, a representative of the International Correspondence School of Scranton, Ta., was in Crown Point on Sunday. Sir. and Mrs. Carl Ling and Miss Margaret Hixon were in Chicago on Saturday doing Christmas shopping.

HOW STOCKS OPENED .

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK. Dec. 22. -Trading was Quiet at the stock market opening today, with rrices generally showing upturns of from fractions to over two points. Steel common rose 1 4 to 105 i. Republic Steel one point to 115 and Baldwin to 105 The rails were in good demand. Southern Pacific Felling up to Reading to 78. Pere Marquette to a new high record of 2$3,i; while fractional gains were made in the other railread issues. Mexican Petroleum rose one, point to ""2 '4 and Pan-American Petroleum oe point to 107 -2 . The tobacco shares continued their advance, Tobacco Products advancing IH to 9 3V4. and United Retail Stores 1 to 924. U.' S. Industrial Alcohol rose to 108, General Electric two points to 168 and General Motors one point to 338. The coppers were quiet.

Open Evenings

CLOSING OUT CHRISTI

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5 AS SURPLUS

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LAST NOTICE Sale Closes in a Few Days. Hurry.

Act quickly-Prices still lower. Now is the time.

USTEN!

DURING the LAST DAYS of this great SALE we are marking STILL LOWER PRICES on many INSTRUMENTS. We want to make a clean sweep of the stock. We want to SELL every INSTRUMENT on our FLOORS. PRICES that will CONVINCE the most SKEPTICAL are being MADE. A CALL at our STORE will CONVINCE you that NOW is the TIME to BUY your PIANO. The COST

jof manufacturing PIANOS is INCREASING i by leaps and bounds. The output of piano fac-

J tories is being curtailed and because of the

prosperous condition 01 me touuwy mere la a big demand for pianos. You undoubtedly will have to pay more if you wait. Buy NOW and save MONEY. COME in TODAY and select YOUR piano. In a very SHORT TIME your opportunity WILL be GONE, perhaps NEVER to COME AGAIN. Our STORE has been JAMMED with EAGER, shrewd BUYERS, snapping up these BARGAINS about as fast as our sales force can wait on them. Bargains in Players NOTICE The prices on Player-Piano for the next TWO DAYS. We will make a wager that there len't a House in the United States that will duplicate these prices.

$G50 Player, used, oak case $700 Player, used, mahogany

case

$550 sample Player, used , $850 demonstrator, 25 year

guarantee

LIBERTY BONDS TAKEN AT FULL PRICE

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nx2- , zz .- - -w5sgs j A NEW STARCK-KENMORE

Because of our Immense factory output and our tremendou8 resources, enabling us to buy in large quantities and for cash, we are now able to offer a few of our celebrated STARCK-KEN

MORE PLAYER-PIANOS for only $445. j This Is a high-grade standard Player-Piano, guaranteed by the P. A. Starck Piano Co.

$12 ptrr month

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$600 new Underwood Player Pianos, fully guaranteed

LIBERTY BONDS TAKEN AT FULL VALUE

Bargain Prices on Pianos Next 4 Days

Some of these Pianos are just like new; others are just the thing for beginners. NOTICE THE EXTRA H

CUT for the last 2 days.

$400 used Vose & Sons upright

piano, special (StFZ?

el? &

piano, in fair

price

I $475 used upright

playing condition, price

$300 used piano, Lyon & Healy,

mahogany case,

special , , .

$11

$95

As Low as

1.00

$375 used Kurtzman upright piano,

mahogany case, stool Cfl

Per Week Pays for used piano. Start your first monthly payment Feb. 1st.

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and delivery free

$350 sample piano, mahogany or

oak, special to lub CIf members . . tBi? f-

$400 model, used, oak

case, upright

SPECIAL DISCO UNT FOR CASH To those who can pay a little more down during the next few days, we have an unusual opportunity, BRING $100.00 CASH v" ee what it will do in this sale. You'll be pleasantly surprised at the chance you will have in mcneysaving Bargains. 1 SO New Pianos and Player Pianos included in this Sale Don't miss this opportunity. Come in now come before it is too late. They are all for sale. Small used Upright Pianos will be sold as low as $57. Prices have been reduced. Used Player-Pianos as low as $165. First come, first served. We will not play favorites. One man's money is just as good as another's. The bargains will naturally go first. Be here early don't delay or you may be too late. Make your selection. Tell us how you wish to pay. This is the letter and spirit of this sale. Remember, this sale closes soon. Open Every Evening During This Sale. Manufacturers Starck Upright, Player and Grand Pianos.

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IrlANUFACTURERS STARCK PIANOS, PLAYER-PIANOS AND GRAND PIANOS Open Evenings

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