Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 161, Hammond, Lake County, 26 December 1919 — Page 2

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THE. TIMES Friday, December 26, 1919.

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THE TIMES FINANCIAL COLUMN

GHKMRO CASH (ilUIV CORM N'o. 3 mixed, 140 fi 142 i ; No. 4 mixed. 138'a l33. No 3 whit. 1401 '0144; No. 4 white, 1SS3J139; No. 3 yel

low, 140142'i; No. 4 yellow, 133H139 H. OATS No. 2 mixed. 83 hi; No. 2 white S5iJS7; No. 3 white. SiSo; No. 4 white. 82l4 S5 1-4.

CHICAO OVEAL-50 to 60 lbs. 17c: 70 to SO lbs. lS'g"19c; 80 to 100 lbs. 19tl 20c; fancy, 21; overweight kidneys, 140 to 175'lbs. 100 13c.

BUTTF.ll Receipt.. 37SS tubs; cream ery, extra 65'i; firsts 57t)'63; packing stock. 43Ctf49. Iu;US Receipts. 1160 cases; current

Indiana Gardens

Roller Skating Rink

Forsyth. New Year's Prize Masquerade and Confounded Confetti. Come and skate the old year out and the new year in. Skating every night and Sunday afternoon. Send your children to the matinee.

receipts. B4f57; ordinary firsts, 661; firsts, G7(&6S; extra. SSfeJO; checks, V. ii 45. CHEKSE Twins, new. 29H1?30: dais les, 314JV4; yountf Americas, 31H32; longhorns, 31H; brick. 29M. UVK l'DULTRV Turkeys. 40; chickens, 24; springs, 27; roosterp, 19; geese 29; ducks. 29. ! l'. Ti K 'Receipts. 59; Minnesota and Dakota. Ohios, 3.303.40.

THE LAST CALL BEFORE INVENTORY

A Good Chance to Save Money A Few Players Left at Prices That Will Sell One Woodward Player, mahogany, new; should sell for $575.00; will sell before January QQ One new oak Cable & Son Player; one new mahogany Cable & Son Player ; should sell at 0 C 7 K flA $650 ; price before Jan. 1 st. 1 920 . O O U U REAL CHANCE. One Straube Player with Melo-Harp, slightly used, but could not tell from new. Can save you $150.00 on this" flayer. We have a few of our celebrated makes in Player Pianos left. Can save you the raised price if you buy before January 1st, 1920. Straube Player Estey Player Kohler & Campbell Player, Lindeman & Son Player. Call and look these over and you will buy. TALKING MACHINES. The celebrated Victor and Edison, Welborn and others. Make selection now and we will deliver for your Happy New Year.

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(1I1CAUO LIVE STOCK. By I' . S. Huron of Murkftn HfH'.S Receipts. 31000. Market active, mostly 10 to 15 higher; bulk, 1 3 . 4 ." Iil3.60; top, 13.75; heavyweight. 13.45 13.60; medium weight. 13.50,13.65; light weight. 13.3511 13.60; light lights 13. 13Q 13.40; heavy packing sows, smooth. 12.75'g'13.15; packing: sows, rough, 12.00y 12.75; pigs, 1 2 . 25 'a 1 3 . 25 . CATTLiE Receipts, 13,000. Market srood. steers and she stock steady; calves slow; beef teer: medium and heavy weight, choice and prime. 18.8320.00; medltim and t,oA lt.25ifflS.85; light weight, 4jood and choice 1 4 . 40 tg 1 9 . 5"; common and medium, 8.0014.40; butcher cattle: heifers, 6. 50 14. "5; cows 6.40?? 13.50; bulls, 7.75 11 .75; canners and cutters: cows and heifers. 6.J5W 6.40; canner steers, 6. 00 7. 75; veal calves (light and handy weight) 15.50 16.75; feeder steers, 7.00912.25; stocker steers, 6.0010.25; stocker cows and heifers. 6.253 8. 00; stocker calves 7.2510.50.

Allls CTialmera 4 97i American Car" and Foundry 141 American locomotive 106 American Smelting 36 American Steel Foundry 45 American Tel and Tel 962 Anaconda S Atlantic Gulf and W. 1 171 Baldwin Ijocomotlve 112 Baltomore and Ohio S3 S Canadaian Pacific 132';

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j Chesapeake and Ohio &"; Chicago and Northwestern 86' Chicago. Mil and St. Paui 38i ' loraclo Fuel 41 '4 Colorado Gas and Electric 62' i Crucible Steel 217U

Cuba Cane Sugar 51 U Delaware and Hudson 94 " General Electric 167 V, General Motors 337 Illinois Central 864 Lackawanna Steel 88 Iehlgh Valley 43 '"UMvale teel SO'--Norfolk and Western 96 u. Northern Pacific -0 Ohio Cities Gaj 4 iB Pennsylvania 40, Pres.se dSfeel Car 101 1

Hallway Steel Springs 991,; Republic Iron and Steel Southern Pacific 104 tT. S. Rubber 126 v- Pteel "Willys Overland 27

Sinclair Oil

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ASK WILSON TO DELAY SIGNING

(INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 3 WASHINGTON, Deo. 26. Members of the U. S. sugar equalisation boaVd have requested President Wilson to withold temporarily his signature to the McNary bill extending government control of sugar. It was announced at the White House today. The members of the board have requested that they be given an opportunity to voice their views on the bill to the president before he g.ves his approval.

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GROCERY and MARKET Phone Hammond 49

One holiday gone, another at hand. If ysu have gone your limit we are again to the rescue. Economy is the word. A few items listed below will assist you.

GROCERIES Coffee Our Leader, a good cup, 3 lbs. $1.33 Graham Flour, 5 lbs 39c Cluster Raisins (Table Raisins), pkg. . . .33c Cranberries, ripe fruit, 2 lbs 27c Sweet Potatoes, 3 lbs. j 20c Grape Juice 24 Pm bottle 23c Olives Large Queens, jar .35c Mince Meat Old Fashioned, 2 lb. jar. . .39c Kraut Smilax Brand, 2 cans 25c Sardines Cal. in Tomato Sauce, 3 cans. 25c Mustard Sardines Large cans, 2 for. . .35c Soap U. S. Mail or Brag, 10 bars 49c

MEATS ' Chickens Fresh Dressed Lowest Market 4 Price. Beef Chuck Roast, lb 15c and 18c Beef Lean for Boiling, lb. . . ; Fresh Ham for Roasting, lb 27c Pork Loin, small and lean, lb 26c Pork Butts, lb 1 24c Leg of Spring Lamb, lb 32c Lamb for Stew, lb 15c Leg of Veal, lb 22c Veal Shoulder, lb 1 8c Vea! for Stew, lb 15c Small Calf Hearts, lb 2lzt

Lots of odds and ends of Canned Goods t) be cleaned cp before inventory.

prices on dozen and case lots. We deliver quuitity orders.

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POLISH RELIEF DRIVE STRARTS IN HAMMOND TODAY

Mrs. Paul B. Liplneki, 600 Hohman street, has been placed In charge or the Hammond drive to swell the Polish Kellef fund which is a nation-wide movement starting today. She has her assistants organized and expects to be able to send a substantial sum from Hammond. In speaking of the relief campaign today, Mrs. Llpinskl said: "In the recent death of Curtis Gull! of Boston the American Polish relief committee of 14 Kast Forty-seventh street. New York, has lost one of its most ardent workers in behalf of the stricken Poland. He was formerly United States Ambassador of Russia and especially familiar with conditions In Russian Poland. When the war devasted Poland and left millions of people homeless and htarving he volunteered his services of this committee and was put at the head of the list of vice-presidents. Ills co-operation with Mme. Sembrich, the president and the other officials, proved of great value and his nervicea In this time of Poland's greatest needs will be sorely missed. Mr. Guild was three times governor of Massachusetts." Only a short time before his death Mr. Guild made the following statement: "Of all the unfortunate noncombatants who are suffering from the horrors of war, none are in so terrible a condition as the unhappy people or Poland. I am Informed by private letters constantly of cases not merely of cold and hunger, but of death from exposure and starvation. I know of no people no deserving cf our aid a.i the innocent sufferers in Poland."

TO PUTENT INPtUENZA. Colds cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE QUININE Tablets remove the Cause. There Is only one "Hromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c Adv.

PREFER CHARGES AGAINST POLICE

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) XEW YORK. Dec. 26. -Charges may be preferred again the policemen who yesterday arrested three women and two men who took part in the Christmas Day "amnesty" parade up Fifth ave. Miss Gladys Greiner. wealthy suffrage worker, announced that she would prefer charge against the policeman who arrested her. as she declared she and her fellow raraders were right In their "demonstration for the right of free speech and free assemblage." Miss Greiner and the other four defendants were arraigned today on charges of disorderly conduct and held under ball of $500 each for hearing Friday. The others arrested were Miss Mry Ehiffy. of Baltimore Dr. Gertrude Kelly, prominent woman doctor, and Samuel and Julius Friedman.

STANDARD BOYS GIVE $1,176.15. The Hammond Red Cross today announced that the Standard Steel Car Co. had completed lt3 canvas of employes and turned tn $1,176.15 to boost Hummond'5 drive for new renewal of memberships. A. W. Marlatt was chairman of tho work in the plant and was assisted by Rry A. Tweed le. There are still a number of plants which have not reported axd .Miss EHiu latterson, in charge of the Home Service section, desires that all workers having funds collected for he organization turn them In

at once.

FEAR TROUBLE

I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I SAi JKRANC1SCO, Dec. 2b. Reports

In marine circles here today expressed fear for the IT. S. shipping board steamer West Kasson, ten dnys overdue at Hampton Roads frum Rotterdam. She sailed from Rotterdam Dec. 4 and was due not later than the 16th.

SCHOONER ASHORE

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 SAN Jr'RAN'CISCO. Dec. 26. The schooner Okanogan, owned by Balfour Guthrie & Co., has gone ashore on a reef In Honolulu Bay, according to cable advices received here today. The cable said Capt. Saxon and a crew of fifteen or eighteen men had landed safely. The Okanogan carried a cargo of nitrates.

POLICE NOTES On a charge of carrying concealed weapons. Edward Fitzgerald was arrested in Hammond yesterday by Hammond police. He furnished bond and the matter has been continued In the police court until January 5th. P. Clingby was arrested by police officers at the Majestic hotel In Hammond thi morning, charged with intoxication .

LEADERS SILENT ON STRIKE'S END I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SFRVICE1 CLEVELAND. O.. Dec. 26. Leaders of the steel strike In Cleveland this afternoon refused to confirm or deny a report that a big break Is Imminent In the strikers" ranks here. The report became current after a Joint mass meeting of four of the locals involved in the strike was called for tonight. Some of the individual members of the union declared that at this meeting the men would vote to return to work. Their leaders, while admitting the possibility that the men might take a vote on the question Insisted that they would decide to remain out. It was said that the four locals have a membership of 5.000.

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Bteel team which has three former

high school stars turned out to be a tie and Veenkers is not so sure that his team can win from a team Composed entirely of old stars. The high school will depend upon their team work ti overcome the imiicidual work of tho nlurnni. -

present building and will in-luie swim ming pool, gymnasium, auditorium and other new features according to present plans.

HAD FINE TREE

One of the finest Christmas tres in I

Hammond yesterday was that which Myrtle Kleiger, thirteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Kiieger h1 st her home, 703 Webster ave. Her father selecte4 her the largest one ii u. .ild stand in the home and then permitted her to do the trimming' .- ... jid.i k a hand now and then. The result was an excellent reproduc- i i .n of an outdoor scene which would have done credit to a much older and more experienced decorator. I

GAME WARDENS ARE KEPT BUSY Hunting licenses, or rather the absence of hunilng licenses, ar- causing lake county residents no end of trouble. Dally, companies of m-n are corraied by tho game wardens and found without licenses in their possession entitling them to the ripht to hunt. Ferrets are. also tab.,o when they arc used to hunt with. As a household pet they may be all right but when used to trace the wary hunny to his burrow, they are all out of favor with the game wardens. Yesterday Game Warden I,. D Barber had three men linel in Judsre Laube's court In Gary for hunting with ferrets. The men who drew finiir--, were Joe Stinski. J ichin rochaiski and Mike Kuvalka.

HESSVILLE WOMAN STRUCK BY AUTO A man by the name of Cole, employed at the Simplex and driving a Ford, ran down Mrs. Mary Clunds of R. R. 1, Hessville, at the four corners, Hammond, yesterday. fhe was knocked down and badly bruised ,about the body. Strangers saw that she received medical attention. It is alleged Cole failed to stop and see how badly the woman was hurt. She will recover.

The funeral services of John W. Rider, 376 A. lams street, Oary. whose death occurred at the Mercy hospital Tuesday evening following an Illness of pneumonia, was held at the home this morning. At eight o'clock services were also held at the Holy AngeKs church. The body was shipped to the former home at Jollet, 111., for burial. -Mr. UMer had been a resident of Gary for the last ten years. He i"survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Rider .

COMMITTEE WILL i PICK ARCHITECT j Th" Masonic Building Committee Is j meeting this afternoon in the Masonic i Temple to choose an architect for the additions upon which the Masons hope to begin construction early In the spring. The new additions will be; erected west of and adjoining the

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Eyes Sore? If your eyes or lids are sor; if they itch, burn or feel dry; if your vision is blurred, your eyesight dim; if you are obliged to wear glasses, go to your druggist and get a bottle of Bon-Opto tablets. Dissolve one in a fourth of a class of water and bathe the eyes from two to four times a day. Sound, comfortable eyes and improved eyesight will make the world look brighter. Note: Doctors say Bon-Optd strenrtbens eyesight ya in a week's time in many iogtaocea.

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Today "THE VIRTUOUS MODEL' With Dolores Cassinelli. Tomorrow DOROTHY DALT0N in 'The Female of the Species'

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6 ALL STAR ACTS 6. EXTRAORDINARY FEATURE. "The Great Leon & Co." Presenting the "Oriental Miracles" The Best Act of Its Kind in Vaudeville. ROBERTS AND WESTON Two Clever Boys.

LEWIS AND BARD0 Comedy, Sieging and Dancing.

JAMS AND WEST Dancing Oddity.

TOM THOMAS Comedian.

LITTLE CARUSO "A Night in Venice." Reserve your seat for the Midnight Show New Year's Eve. Continuous Show Thursday 2 to 11.

New show iionda.v. Wednesday and Saturday. Mr.tinee dally at 2:30 p. m. Night 'con 'lruous 7 to 11. Sunday and holidays continuous 2 to 11.

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Today The last episode of "ELMO THE MIGHTY" Also "The Barriers Between, with an all star cast. Tomorrow NEAL HART

DeLuxeThsatre Today and Tomorrow OLIVE THOMAS

"THE GLORIOUS LADY" Also Wm. Duncan in the 1 3th euisode of "Smashing Barriers." Sunday Cecil De Mille's Production "WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING" Monday and Tuesday ELSIE FERGUSON in "THE PARISIAN WIFE"

Wednesday WALLACE REID

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H. S. VS. ALUMNI AT CENTRAL TONIGHT.

Coach Veenkers Is worried over what

the Alumni team will do to the Ham

mond high school team when they clash

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J co.i-ge basketball. j The last ganue with, the Standard

New Year's Day Cecil De Mille's "THE WHISPERING CHORUS"

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The Return Gf the Railways to Their Owners Heavy buying of equipment is expected as a logical result of the government's decision to return the railroads on March 1. Ordering of equipment will swamp the steel mills of the City of East Chicago (already booked months ahead with contracts) and stimulate further numerous other local industries. General American Tank Car Corp.. Standard Forgings Co. (axles). O. F. Jordan Co. (roadbed spreaders and ditchers), E. B. Lanman Co. (nuts and washers), American Steel Foundries (car castings), and the Locomotive Superheater Co. The City of East Chicago more prosperous than ever in 1920. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK EAST CHICAGO INDIANA Member Federal Reserve System Capital and Surplus $125,000 00

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Maturities of three years and less; Denominations of $300, $500 and $1,000. Clip the Coupons in January and July and collect your. Income at this Bank. Prompt Payment. Just the place for that Bonus. Safety, Good Income Rate, No drop ping below Par. Buy Now. First Trust And Savings Bank

EAST CHICAGO INDIANA CacitaJ and Surpliu, $60,000.00