Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 45, Hammond, Lake County, 27 December 1919 — Page 1

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Murderous Wood Alcohol Concoction Takes Terrible Toll. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEFV1CEJ SPRINGFIELD. Mass.. Dee. -' Soxtv-nine persons. Including several v omen, are dead today in Western New Kng'.and as the result of drinking "fake" . hiskey. believed to have been made of -,.o..d alcohol, colored with burn'. sui;ar d flavored with extract of rye. Score of others-arc in hospitals in horrible ,Wny, blindness being the worst feature cf the cases. The victims died terrjble deaths, most of- them becoming paralyzed. TET TO WAS. IT PUBLIC. With the death toll mounting hourly, police and federal revenue author- . s of Connecticut, Massachusetts and v . v York VC'M making frantic efforts urn those who have the deadly tiuid i.i 'heir possession. Thirty-nine are dead 1n Chieopee, : t-een in Hartford. Conn., six In Uol- : (.i and two in Springscld, .sold ros 512,000. I'he authorities have discovered thnt as "ne i,msl- lot of "fake" whiskey . . t rue1 the heavy toll of d- ath and t ;-ufrrins throughout the t.'-jnnec-:'-. ut valley. The shipment was mad': '-.in New York by automobile V elvc l.irrells, which, brought around $12,000. is said. The first delivery was Hart- ' rd. which was the distributing point w r the concoction. Krrm Hartford, the 11'f went out by taxicab and auto truck vii Christmas eve. The men resre.nsible traded on the Christmas festive spirit. VICTIMS PAEALTZED. Victims dropped in the streets, died i: their beds, bUiiled, and in many instances in violent convulsions. Most . f them were without medical attention. They had been plunged in agony, and the end cam so quick that they were unable to summon aid. All of the vic:.ms showed the same symptoms. Aut..si.i tiavo been performed, but th ; nhorilies have not given their finding. The first manifestations of the outrage r. i eand in Hartford, where 1 he atten:i e: cf the police was drawn to the . . -uhs of persons who dropped in the tri.-fts suffering terrible acony tinder t ; -,ter!ous but identical circumstances. followed the deaths in the Massaoasetts cities. The fake whiskey was retailed for fifty 'T-s a drink and right drinks were . lally sufficient to caue death. It is -.miatrd that enormous sums were r-nie from the sale of the deadly con-.-i-uon. IX DIE TS CHICAOO. CHICAGO. Dec. 27. Coror.er Teter it rfman and Health Commissioner John pill Robertson Joined today in plans for drastic campaign to punish those found ; lilty of selling wod alcohol as a bevrage In Chicago. Six deaths -as a result of elrinktng wood nlcohol have occurred here during the past twenty,""r hours. '"oroner Hoffman and Dr. Robertson - id they would enlist the aid of author- . i"s In other cities and hoped to make ' he drive n gainst venders of the poison rink nation-wide in scope. OVER 500 HOIS MADE CHEERFUL BY RELIEF BODY That tlie Gary strikers' relief committ; did soma mighty good work on iiristmas is shown by the fact that . or 600 chickens were d.stributed anions iic. strikers, besides feeding between 60O ; nd 600 families. In addition to the special ration, the i lief committee distributed 500 pounds vt' sugar. 750 pounds of candy. f.O) pounds of r.uts, SO cases of oranges and i.". cases of apples. This distribution v as made possible by the special benefit uance held by the women's auxiliary of l ie local steel council under the direction v.- the relief body. Roams Streets Naked, Shot Dead by Police ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WICHITA. Kan.. Ikc. 1 hr e policelir. 11 have been suspended and. accord,u to County Attorney Conley. they will he prosecuted, following the shooting to i("ii by police officers a few nights ago of Paul W. Strieklnad while he was r aniinK the streets in a nude condition. Strickland, who was twenty-three -ars old. was a draftsman in the county ci.jiineer's office. Receives Postcard Mailed 13 Years Ago. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE AKDMOKE. Okla.. Dec. A postcard, travel-stained. rumpled and worn, was received a few days aj.ro at Marietta by Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Vorville. just thirteen years after it had been dropped in a post office at a North Texas town. The card was addressed to the Norvilles at Oklahoma City, thirteen miles north of the Texas line, and traveled at the rate of a mi'e a year after crossing the Red River. No data was available to chronicle 'he wanderlncs of the postal card, which bore a mesrnse of conpratulaSen to the Norvillc3 on their marriage.

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TROOPS MOVE SOON III 1,1.1: IV FollowiiiK u conference held le tlrM part of the c-k. It was learned this mcrnins: that Mayor Hodge hnnileil ("of. MnpcK a copy of 11 letter that Hud iicen forwarded to Major general Wood i.nklnK that tlie troops who have been stationed in the city for the past two1 imoiiIi be removed l the fi.rt of the ; j cat. I i In an Interview with Mayor ltoelxe this morning lie m.iilt 110 denial statins that aiirh n litlrr had been written and I tin It wan on it way to he war ilrpurli.ient. lie did not divulge the contents of the letter. v In nn elTort to reach Col. Mnpes it vns learned that he was out of the city on Kcme mission. Just when the troop uioeuiect will occur is uncertain, but : it i unite evident ttia. they will sl'irt to leave nome time after the first of the J car. The order in empectcd to come through from the war department at . .my time now. ; From what can be learned it Is said; that the remninine detachment In l.ary ; will be ent to Fort sherldi.n to take' up their w inter quarter. It Is ulo said j thnt all the troops are not io be rcmoved at once, but will be weeded out, company by company. i ! PRESENT GAS RATE REMAINS IN FBRCE SAYS COMMISSION 1 Public Service Body Sees! No Chance for Utliity to Lower Bates. j ("TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAP1TAL1 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Dec. 27 Tl.e Northern Indiana Oas & Electric Co. has been authorized by the Public Service Commission to continue in effect its present gas rates in Hammond, Whiting and EaFt Chicago after Dec. 31, 1319. The present rates of the company were au . 1 thorized by the commission Dec. S, 191 In respect to any possible enanges In the rates the order says: "The commission, however, will entertain Mt any time, a petition from any interested parties for a readjustment of taid rates." The summary of the ru'iing by tie commission follows: "(in Nov. 3' 1P1T, the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. filed with the Public Service Commission of Indiani, its petition praying- for an increase of rates for R.as m the cities of Hammond, Whitins and East Chicago. Indiana. "The commission, boinn fully advised in the matter, granted the prayer of the petitioner and authorized the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. to file its schedule of rates and charges, the same to be in force and cfUct until Dec. 31. 1013. "The commission is of the opinion tlwt the costs of labor and material of all kinds which enter into the maintenance and operation of all such utilities, have not been reduced; that it would be finan--ally impossible for the petitioner to operate on rates existing: prior to sa'id order puttinii into effect present rates, und that said present rates and charpes e-hould be continued until the further order of the commission." I CHILDREN OF STEEL STRIKERS HAD TREE 1 Th Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers yesterday had a Christmas tree for the children of strikers' families at the new headquarters in Uwanow Hall at the corner I of 13Tth and Deodar sts., Indiana liar- ; bcr. The party was provided for by donation received by the National strike i committee and was only one of several which wen; hell in th.; different strike Icfn'ers of the country. Each of the children was given a jrenj ( reus supply of candy, nuts and fruit from a large Chrbtnias tree. About 5n0 children were present. FOETY PPJSONERS IN COUNTY JAIL 1 SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! ' CROWN Pl.JNT, Ind.. Dec. 27. i Only forty prisoners are. confined in 1 the county Jail h-re, the lowest number that has been recorded In many . years. There are two Rood reasons lor the deciei'e ..1 the numb r. 1st that there has i.'-en a gradual -.ii nrr (rf since the statt- v ent dry an 1 second that th is ;!.. i,ty of wiitS ali over the coun'y keep the nvda.e busy and out of tnlsccief . a bisr ma. tority of pri.'ieis row bro.mht to tr,e county e c -mie from Gary. PLAYED TO A SMALL HOUSE Direct from the Cort theatre in Chleapro. "Lomhardi Limited" played to a ) fair sized h u at the Gary theatre in j Gary last ni'-'ht. After beinff out of ' comedy for three weeks on account of j Illness Grace Valentine cf filmland 1 fame was back irl the cast. Leo Carrilli the famous Italian impersonator and the entire Cort theatre cast appea red . SHIP REMAINS FOR BURIAL The remain of Mrs. Anna Past'an. ft1 9 Jefferson street, Gary, whose ileal n "ccurroii Wednesday roorninir following a paralytic stroke, was shipped t the former hom at Gas City. Ind., . n yesterday niornlr. for b-.iri.l. Th -Ic-ccrrcJ wa? 03 years oli ar.d is survived by one son G'.en IPastian .

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EAR THAT IN spite of the; fact that sneaks robbed the contribution kettles four limes this year-the Salvation Army was ebb- to spread even more cheer this Christmas than in former years. KOIjKS who are accustomed to seeing I'.d. Warner, the mou rcje'e cop, in his Id lops hardly know him with a natty police unitoiin on. He looks darned rood. ATT V. DAVK TOOXE Is just setting t-o he will notic cotnmon folks on the ! I reel once more. 11- lias b en swelled ui sonn-thiiiK awful s-ince that prandson was born last week at the OrillUh home. JUDGE VIKC! IL S. l:KITEll claims i he the right to be the happiest man in Hammond for he entertained his children and grandchildren at a Christmas dinner Sunday. The whole bunch is laughing yet at his funny stories. BILL AVASILMSEX. representative of Wolfe's Plumbing Co., in this dis- ' trict. is still I'residcnt of the n. tl. ! ARTHl'It IJNSEXMAXN was appointed as the 1&110 victim by the li. t. I'resident. niLI. KIF.TZMAN still loves to eat home-made pies and says that a certain "Olive" helps the taste. JOHN' ECCRKT the w. k. I.'on Store shoe Nil in;in, s still putUnR :n to sleep, with his melodious voice. JOHN' CUM MI WIS too If a flying trip over the county Christmas Day and f.naly landed ir a good town called Lowell. John ptais.s the v. C. T. U. for their pood work in the county. PAUL Ml'Scfl Kl.KlVH'I, cashier of the West lianun m l Tiust and Sav.nsbank. announe. s that every employe o; the bank received a bonus for Christinas amounting to tn ppr (-nt. of his yearly salary. The. whole for-e is happy. FP.OM the stuff which City Chenvst Lockhart finds in the drinkintr wat.r, Hammond peop.e should chew- their water thoroughly until the new filtration plant Is purchased. Mr. McFarland of the MrElroy Motor Supply Co.. says his committee whl soon be ble to announce when Hammond's big auto show will be held. W. E. REX TP. KW. father of F. H. Pextrew of the Music Mart, is confined to his bed with a stubborn case of pneumonia but is doing- as well as can be expected . AI'DITOR Mac Foland and Judpv Nicholson of Crown Point were in Hammond Friday evening- locking over the town. MPS. ANNA LIN'SEXMANN ono of the Lion Store' speedy ready-to-weir salesladies Is oonteiriylatmii a trip to French Lick to Ijtve her vocal rheumatism treated . CHIEF Peter Ansttren is rniphty proud these days to think that through the efficiency of his force the city has been rid of the worst tram? of rob. hers and auto thieves that cver operated In these parts. MAYOR pan Brown says that Santa Clans was more than pood to him this, year even thoujrh someone trie,) to get tiway with his Christmas turkty. C. W. SMITH of Puffalo, N. T . . has just accepted the position ns manntrer of the Strauhe Piano Music Co. Mr. Smith conies t0 Hammond with a I arse experience In the mush- line. SOME people are wondering if it Is not time for some enterprising citizen to revive the scheme for the widening f the Calumet river. FINDS HF'SETF LEGALLY DEAD ! fNTrONATIONAt. NEWS SERVICE! LAPOKTK. Iud.. Dee. 27. -Twenty-five vears aero Wrr. McDonald disappeared it the ae of forty. Ten years ao in the TiI'orte rf.urts he was declared 1erlly dead. Yesterday McDonaVl. writinc from N'cv York City, where he is said to be a wealthy business man, broke the Ions silence hy writing to inquire if any of his relative" ar.- alive. f,. was advised hy vlecraph that his mother, father, sister and brotV-r bad passed way and that be j : ".i..-,," 5.,, far as (no law is concerned. Th i:ns McTVuiald. a brother, is the survico of the family :nd the brothers wii! be united Xew Vears Day. MONCN ROAD CLAIMS OLDEST CONDUCTOR ! IIMTf-A-iOHL NEWS SEUV1CE1 j ORLEANS. Ii,.i r'C. 27. The oldest I conductor in the world, defying "poo" i Osier and the th.eorv attributed to him, ' is operating the Mot ,.n train which 'makes three round trips daily between (Means and French Llek. He is John Pills, and he Is "spry" despite his eightynine years. Pill helps out as brakeman ; whenever the train is converted into an "aecompi"datiom" and is frequently seen i ridins atop a swayinff box- car. He lives jwith bis wife lure. Rills has beep in I the Morion service forty years and was a pioneer railroader before that. HE'S SIXTY-THREE f lwTrp.TIOJAL NEWS F"?VlrEi WASHINGTON. Dee. 27. President Wilson will e(.!fhr:ie his sixtv-thirl I birthday tom..rr-v . The occasion will i quietly observed at the White House, j Numerous messujres of congratulation have already beep received. One year a?n the president observed hi? birthday in Europe. The president was born Dec. 28. 1S36, in Staunton. Va. NOTICE The following pTovornmnt food-stuffs will be for sale next Monday at the Central fire station. Truman ave. and Hohman St., IDrnmond. Peas. No. 2 cans, pe-r dz Jl.ti Tomatoes. No. 3 carts, per dor 1.32 Navy bejins. l'l-!b. bajrs .75 Neov is tl.e time to stock your pn:ro--s. Yen 'von't !',:c? stara ntside us vc ! -i-p a n'. e -.varrn r-or.: to w ait in. 12-27 DANIEL BROWN, Mayor.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 LOXIii'N', I 2T Tin -llimsv, barebacked, low-bbdiccd and short-skirted crowns pn mote scandal, they l.ne to sin, they create evil detlres and advertise many instances their wearer's rvadint ss to prat fy them." Thus commented P.ev. Father IV rr.ard Vatic ban. author of the series of sermons on -The Sins of Society when asked for his opinion of the aich bishop of Faris db t dir. ot.na; wo.t:en to rebel r-int Indecent fashions. iN.li m:s iioiiy m sin i, "T iry way of till i:ki n tz." sa.d Father VauKlmn. "modern f-i!.i"ii fi'e a injurious to a woman's body as to her soul. Girls of today are net hy.enie in their liab'.ts." "In no sens" of thword ar they pVoperlv ol-. tlied or shod . Tio'lr left cannot be dry nor their bo He warm. It would seen thnt their aim in life is to invite i,..se!K';ner nrtnb of micruh. HNHRSOND P. 0. ill BE ENLARGED) Extensions find onlnri; Hammond post llieo bu $ 1 .0.i"0 when conipbotd n in a biil recently mtro.linK Woo.l m ;iie hous-' of i ments to the itlll!- to ((.St r- i i oV..i, d for d.l.y I; ;.. i 1 i s- n i a ; i , s. This bill follows os. !v after th r - it)cti..rt of a biU by Mr. Wood for a $5011,000 postofik-e building m East Chiciipro. ' The bili. known as lbuse Itill 11271. ts entitled "A biil provuiinK for the extension and enlargement of the postol'ico and court building at Iiaiamond, Indiana." and reads. ".! it enacted by the striate and house of representatives o fthe United Stat'-s of Am. ri i in oitsress asscmbb-d, that the iv-cr- ry of the Tr'.-iiiry be, and lie js la .-'..(., authorized and directed to enter jut,, contracts for th- ( niartrcn.en;, .xtension. ri.niodeit;r, and improvement of the Cnited States postofhoe and -oiirt buihliiiK at Hanmiond, Indiana, which said enlargement, extension, remoilr 1 i n n. and improvement, shall cost th sum jof JlJO.riOfi when omp!' te,i. "Sec. 2. That the plan.?, specifications ftid estimites for such ext nsiou and enlargement, shall be mad- and according to law." The present postofflce biiihlmc- wns erected thirteen years ago h n tlie v. - cipls were $.'.2. "00 a year. The r.c. ipts h;tve incriiised since that time to $230,aiiO a jc-ar and the numerous new features which have '(,-n add'd to tlie postofllce d' part meiit, such as Costal Savo-sr-; Pank, i'.arcel 1'ost. C. O. D. and Insurance features. War Savings Stamps and Internal ItrvoittH. Stamps, lui'.e 'ncrensed the work ('' the Hammond '.lib... out of ali proportion to the buiUlinK "d the department is now crowded to such an extent as to interfere with the eflitioncy of the service. The extension which has been asked would be a o no-story buildit.K just north and adjacent to the present huiMintr, sixty by eighty feet, to he used for workroom in handling the ma:!. The present wtukroom is sivty by tort-seen feet. The: construction would be placed so as not to interfere with flic liqht from the norih windows in ti e fMi.y order room of the present building, which v.-.uld throw the front- about tw. nty tV t farther l'roai the street than th'- present Oakley a vo. fron'. Tl-.e ir .-ut driviway for p-oipt and scriJin- of mail would, also be letaiiK .i. fID FIRST STILL NEARLY A ii;!TH Tlie Gary p-diee um arllie-1 the first still in rr:-.rl month y.-attrday afternoon w hen a sotlad of police made up of Captain Vodicki. Iee--tie H- wmt r.lsner and Kettisr. raided a h-.u.-e at 1237 Adams St. A Mtisi! still, ready to be p-.K in oieration and a quant it of l'tOioT- u;.s cor lis.-.. 'd. J..o Str.rk".: wt ai rr -:.! and ..-,',;' -1 on a ciirirj... of vi-. -latii.g the state liquor la w.

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in .New England being placed aboard a shipped soon. "Down with the govepnuiem: was u:c cj j vi into;

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to fasten upoa th.-m and drag- tlisrn uown to an early grave. .is dimoam: I am told on the best authority that thousands of y iris slip in''1 eor.sum;tioii and drop into j.ncutU"'iia ulo n, if they would pay let,? attention to f i-';i-iorr and more to health they ruisht i ve to see a second or third Kenerat ion . I would say to any prirl wantinr to et married:: Dress modestly. IV ar jur;o If modestly. Create in man a 1-spected reverence for you and have noth'r, to do witli animsl dane s careers. If :r.a'-t i.iS.-s ai r.iade In heaven, God our Father, if you will let ii'.-t, will brine jou in rontat t wi,b the man w!u will make, you ieen of 'nis heart and ni stre,-s of his ho, is . In tlie long run vice cannot compete with virtue. It is too h av:iy band:-.-.pp. d." IfiyOR BROWN HAS ! ' CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR HIS PEOPLE Mayor Da n Drown has slipped another i basant su. pt. f o over the people of i oimmo.'id. Today he uim.iUiio'S that he ii..s just ie. (iv..l anetin.r carload of kovrr.metit food si uff vhich will be sold at usual low prices. Th.s t:;n- lie has ;.ci.jed to use the Cei.tial tire sta i.ui on Tru titan a ve. a.s the i..-.lribttt : ni p. int. This will provido inro siielter for the pi-eplc who wait tlo ir turn to buy the jfoods. The (roods will be placed il salo Monday morninp. When the jat shipment was receive.1 several we. ks ap,, it was saol to be the lln il one but it seems that as the cantonnpnts are vacated smaM stocks still ; . tr.itin. These are b. ;np shif-peil to the .e:;ira! wan Ionises and cities which showed the rmht spirit in lic'i ir.K to disi: ib-ne the surplus earlier in the year are li. ing given the bene lit. ROBERT PATTERSON AND IRENE LOTZ WED Robert Patterson, a nephew of Mr. : and Mrs. L. Cux, of S-:3 Hohman st., Haiitrond. and Irene Punch Lotz, the daughter of Mrs. Wm. !,.-t7. of 122 I Carroll street, were married December 22. by Jii.l'o Potneroy. of Ch.cago. 111. ' Robert Patterson is very we'd known : in Hammond, a graduate of the- HamHiKh School and now' employ.: d in the office of a "h mieal fictory in West Hammond. Irene I.otz, alt'cuich not ! having lived in Hammond, di.rins the ! Hifrh School period, has male- many I friends and is quite well knwn. She attended St. Joseph's. a boarding- ' school for girls at Tipton. Ind.. for two years . The iou-ii coo pi" lire at the present liviusr with Mrs. Lot.. 132 Carroll street. They r-eeive the congratulations of. tlc-ir many friencs. TIMES EDITOR AT in in First word was received today from Editor I'. A P .t ry of The Timks who left Friday m.or.ing- for Corpus Christ i Texas, to rest up ar.d recuperate ir. ni ' nn attack of sb-epintr sickntss. The ! twelve hours late, so t h e y were; j son Vaus'nii. reached Corpus Chr.stl. I twelve hours later, so they were thoroughly tired from the tr!;. Mr. Parry sas they are r.io !y locator! and ! that he already feels slr.'nCT. Don't :hrow ytv;: tinker awaj st ithcui reading the want ad .pas

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train at Hartford. Conn RnK-bovit-i i-vmnitliizprs as thev were being: rushc.l to New York to await the departure of tne second soviet ari:. Changes Made By Fourth Session of Board Received ' By Auditors. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN IMINT. Ind.. Dec. 27. Final rssossments made by the fourth sess on of the state tax board have been forwarded to County Auditor Govrije M. Foland. Following is the list: Chicago Telephone Co., 24,2C".73 miles at $74 per mile. Jl, 7.5. 516. Joseph IC. Utilising Central Investment i - .any Co., iv.ist Chicago, lots J. o, nd part of lot 4. block 1. in section 2'i. township 37. range 3 .were assessed at $47,000, final assessment Jlo.ooO. Lots 5 and 6. same block and section, were assessed at $30,000, final 425,000. F. S. Eetz t Co., f.nat ass. ssment personal), reduced from $752,270 to J5'.)1).1'50. William Graver Tank Works, reduced from $720,710 to $5V,'.'J0. Oary-Hobart Traction Co., reduced from $ 112.350 to $'JS.f00. Gary Screw A: Poll Works (personal), reduced from $120.7 35 1" $t.t9.'.'2o. ";.iumet Puildiiii; Loan Association, cancelled iissessnient of $20,26:!. Reid Murdoch Co. (personal), $629,415. reduced $1 13,000. Hammond & Suburban Realty Co., land assessed at SlOti.lld, reduced to $n3,7SS. Cancelled present assessment of $7000. hapin (O ("o., Hammond (personal), siojO.OeO to $535,0110. Inland Steel Co.. $16,610,000 as against assessment mad-- by tax board, 1 4, S 10, -800. Indiana Pipe Line Co. Whilinsr corporation pipe line and telephone, 20,432: Fast Chicago, $35,705; Hammond, $23,114; IIie.hl.ind. $5S.T93: North township. $42.770; Griffith. $S5.?fO: St. John. $12.S27; T-ioss. $in:),lS6; Center. $112. S75; Winin: Id. $ 1 3 1,707. Total. $;-23.010. GARY JITNEY CASE i,i SUPREME COURT; TO SET PRECEDENT! The case of Gary Jitney's Union vs. the City of Gary, in which the. Gary jitneys are putting up a "stiff tight" to rctairt their rights to pick up and discharge pHssetic. rs on Uroadway and the four other streets mentioned in ordinance 7SS, section 3. now before the common council of Gary, was hied in the btate supreme court yesterday, according to Joseph Conroy of Hauunond. the attorney of the Jitney Drivers Union. According to Mr. Conroy the Gary jitney men rate is the first of its kind in the stale of Indiana. The case will test the power of the city council as to whether the city of Gary ha.- the power of abolishing the public service render-, ei l..y the jit ney s. Mr. Conroy's opinion is that il is entirely up to tbi public to delern-.ine as to what kind of service in transportation they want, which he believes will favor tho jit ney men. The records filed at the state supreme court will bo placed upon advance ducket and it is believed that the case will he called before tlie city council will be an!-? to paes or adopt the ard inn nee. Should the council adopt the ordinance with its amonduicnrs b' f ore (he state supreme court is able to give its decision, the Lake county superior court ruling passed in favor of the ji'neys. i however, will permit the jitneys to carry' on their usual business until the. higher j courts decide the issue. The Times' want ads bring astonishir.2 results if their users are 1 to be believed

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Employers Re-Clsssify Positions in Order to Eliminate "Labor". Two thousand jobs and position in the Calumet district are waiting for applicants, according to United States Employment agents at Hammond and East Chicago. The nature of the work varlts lr"'ii labor to highly paid oillce managers and superinteudonts, but the Industries are unable to secure enough men to Ail their needs. The greatest scarcity is in the laboring ciass and although many industries aro paying higher wages to labor than to so mi-skilled workmen, the average, m&u ee nsiders himself Just & little better than a laborer and prefers to work for less money than to be classed us a laborer on the company's pay roil. HS-CLASSITY JOBS. Some of the industries are (retting around tha labor shortage somewhat by a re-classliieaiion of what lias always been designated as labor. It has been found that nun prefer to be employed as sorters, helpers, and other designations even though they do labor work, i 'he industries are humoring the -workers in this matter and now only a small i-art of the labor work in the. Industries conies under the class of labor on tht .niployment roll. "1918 MODELS" TSOTTBtZSOJEB. A special class of workers, known in industrial circles as the "1918 machinists." is causing more tian usual trouble in employment circles. Men who, because of the shortage of skilled workmen during the war were employed to do certain Work which .ordinarily was the work of hif-hly skilled machinists, now consider themselves expert machinists and industries are unable to use them as such under present conditions. These men are unwilling to work for less than .killed workmen's waires ! ALL CLASSES NE2DID, Draftsmen, accountants, blacksmiths, and practically all classes of highly i:t4llr'1 Dlon ar? in demand and Ropd salarfr-s are offered, but the Indiistn.s I'li-e unwilling: to pay skilled workmenj waffes to semi-skilled men. P. Uirr Mnu nnr hut nun raUL L CHARGE United States Commissioner Surprise thi.s morning- issued warrants for the arrest of Phillip and Julia Kovarich of 312 Fred street. Whiting on a charge of making- wine. Phillip and Julia are reported to have made the wine which caused the death of Steve Mlkulos of North Harbor, Indiana, on the nipht of December 5. Mikulos. after partaking freely of the wine, set out for home hut wandered onto the Pennsylvania tracks near the Standard Oil laboratory and was killed. When first arraigned Philip and Julia claimed tho wine was the property of roomers but investigation proved otherwise. They were held under $1,000 bond each. R. G. SCHiDT & CO. WILL PLAN TEMPLE P.. G. Schmidt and company of Chicagro were chosen as the architects for the $300,000 addition to the Hammond Masonic Temple ut a meeting of the building committee yesterday afternoon. Schmidt and Company have de. sig-ned a number of Masonic buildlnps, most important of which are Englew. od Temple and Medinah Temple of Chicago, Pittsburgh 'lemple .-rod Reading Temple in Pennsylvania and the half million dollar Temple at Bloomintfton, Indiana, which is now under construction. Plans, sketches and specification will be on exhibit at the temple this evening when Past Masters night will be celebrated. J. B. Hinds of NewYork City and I. E. Dickinson of Grand Rapids are already in the city and several other Past Masters are expected to arrive before evening. GARY COURT OPENS MONDAY Following a one day vacation over Christmas, the Gary Superior court was again in session yesterday. No business was transacted beyond the diposal of several special cases and hearing: of arguments on motions, and court wa adjourned until Monday morning. LOOKED LIKE OLD TIMES It looked like old times at the. Oary polire station this morning. Four names were on the docket for Intoxication. Drunks who are now brought to the police station, have all the app aranreso f peoplo who have been dopd. The booze that they now nt to drinsr not only makes them want to f't?ht. and sleep, but as tho effect wears off they get deathly sick. -Last week one prisoner almost sue. u-rlv-d. he was in such rtiicry '.

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