Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 198, Hammond, Lake County, 9 February 1920 — Page 1

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AFTER LOVE Two Women Said to be Involved in Life of Gary ; Man Who Killed Himself j Today. Flaelr.K the bane! f a Z she,t sun against the side of his head, the butt end of the gun against the floor. Julius Grathouse. 42 years old, pulled the trigger and blew out h;s brains in Gary eariy this morning Although all evidence points to sute;de. the police are lookjnc for two women, involved in hislifc. One is Theresa, Montague, of Akron. O . sa d to ba the mother of an illegitimate IS months oid child, who disappeated ."ral weeks ago and the o.i.s. Newman, alias Milan, who has been acting as The ciead man's house U.eper feince the disappearance of his . ..ir.monUw wife. The shootinp i believed to have oc..,,rr darlv this mornio?. Grathouso's iodv was found in the bed room at his; r. t at 45i5 Harrison street snoniv ; . ter o'clock. It was lying Dcnimi; ,-)rf,,ser with the single barrel shot. gun laying across hi chest. The topW his head was blown ofT. Acconiins to the in vest nation, fol-; ;.,, mK the suicide, it was learned that; Mrs. Newman, who has been acting! as his housekeeper and took care oi, t:-.e child, brought the child to m, hnm of Mrs. Fred Mnslander. 49Adams tt.. said to be a relative yesterday afternoon ar.d left the bahy. statin that she was going to a show. n1 would call for it b'r in the eve-; ning. She has not been seen or heard, i f since. Mrs. Moslander waited uivil nearly 11 o'clock and when the Newman woman; failed to return she put the child to y;p and retired. This morning: she v n to the Grathouse home wrrere no one respondel to her rap at tne floor. alarmed she called a neigh-t "or. John Wyatt and aiscovere'i i n-s ,- body

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The paliee were summoned and ' or-j parkins; p.- for hia autotno.-ii-: ti ureter Evans cal'd. In bis inve-ta-'- fery until spring . t on. he stated that. th evidence point-! Saturday n'Kht the Kry keeper d to suicide. The po'ice Iarned thatjbean to worry and so he called thTheresa Montague, before leaving for . Hammond central police .station. Akron. O.. on the scond of this month, tjot a oar down here that seems hd lived wi'h Grathouse for the lonesom. Name Is Maxwell. Il!:ntwo years. They lived 'n a state of i oit ii.-n9, tag."

common law marriaee it :s sa.d and ,o. them the child was lorn. It is also. said that the Montac woman was lied to Akron on account of an ill i. a r,e and that in I hat t v she has a h usband. The body was taken to r.orgue. ; '""'. i i i I TVDID YOU HEAR THAT 1 1- n. VAUGHN' of Valparaiso, well ' known bre was tapped yesterday on, 1 outhside car for $75 h v js carrvir. "on the hip." 1.. I.. ROMBBRBRR. attorney for the school bostd. i preparing a broadside ' li, the matter of the hoards p.si'.ion ' on the teachers' salary q'jes' on. THE P. A. Parry s have returned from -a trip to the Gulf of M-mco, taken for. th ben fit of Mr. Parry's hejilth. which, is much improved in consjence. 1 CEUTA IN c haps are wondering what will become of the local "red do" Huh , , . . row that old George Hutst. the organt-j ration's president, has located in Chi - ,-a tto. Pin K M SHANKl.IV was caiied

, a8y Saturday because of the serious Ail'ti K. Rarker. grand president of the ".ns-s of his brother at l-'rankfort, lud. J broth 1 hood, announced the strike orAn operation was needed. i (J r ftf;er numerous .-..mtnunica t ions HOI.l-IS HUNTER is pressin up his from J. V. Malb.r in Washington, who bathing suit preparatory to bucking the was sent t that ct'y '.. c- ridie t r.eg... .loU'TS on the Gu'.f of Mexico next week. ;.iatiOT,3 w!.(, tll.. railroad a i-o m is; ra t ion A tidal wave can be expected : . and who advised !h genera! committe-

THE dissolution of partnership m the , firm of Bunde and Binsele ne local crark "dicks." created a big flurry where the loop hounds congregate. A TTOR.NET' E. G. STROAT vv as back I his office today for the first time in i,jee weeks. The -flu" hit him hard. but he hnj been too busy 10 wtigli himeif arui learn just how mucn rd! 1! took. HERMAN HERMES Is preparing to! ftuit the Calumet region for good. H plans to leave soon for Oakland. alii.; The west coast gains one of the county's ' gteatest sport fans, while Hioimond will , miss him sadly as soon as the ba-eha'l season opens. GEORGE STEI.HORV. Hammonds deputy revenue collector, is heartily in ; favor of Rev. Hawthorn's idea of having j a choir of voices selected from the dif-j -.erent churchfts of the city. He has had j considerable experience in choral work j and believes an excellent choir can bc'j oiganired in Hammond. j NEW COUNTRY CLUB AT GARY It was announced Saturday afternoon that the golf links of the new i Gary Country Club will be completed i in time to play folf July i. and that ! the llPO.OfKi club house will be finishei by Labor Fay.

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Herb Has Egg for Breakfast Nobody Knows When It Was Laid However, But It's a Good Story. It was an expensive breakfast that Herbert I,. Wheaton. cb'rk of the lake Superior Court, enjoyed this morning. To be explicit. Mr. Wheaton ha.! among uilifi' t limps, one homo-gtown egg value $14. The mvstery is quickly explained rd the profiteer price of v e; egg can be laid at ihe door of the hen house alone. The Wlu-atons have twenty-one chickens (Wheaton calls inert fovvlsl, and sin.e October the united efforts of the hennery have product d but one enf, the ege: that was eaten this .a. m Keel for the brutes (Wheaton calls lliem brutes) cost the $11. Heme the expensive ).;" a Kf ast. Senate to Reconsider The Treaty nv j. nnT rtMPiir.i.i.. ' STAFF CORRESPONDENT I N SERVICEl WASHINGTON. Feb 5-ii-nnj,ut-3t!"n of tlie peace trtaty was ai;reod upon by a majority of the senate this a 1 1 erncon . A motion by Senator l.odiie, the r.epuVilioan leader, providinir for a suspension of th& stat rules to permit a recoup irjern t ion. wa? adopted by a ral ir'on of Republican and Ienicrat ic .-enator-s favoring ratification. A roti call was t-iade necessary to secure the adoption of the motion when Senator Norris. Republican, of Nebra ska, objected to unanimous consent a suspension of the ru'es. or i i CAR THIEVES TRAPPED IN HAVEN THEY SOUGHT Three, men drove into a n.?r'h s.de (.-irae .-aturaaj- ni'Miinn nuu ivia me keeper of thf cars they wanted to rent Tne Hati.rrond police called the Chi- I (K picP and found that the car had been Sto;ei, . A detail was asijnsd to lay in wail at the garage. The am-hu!-ii was s'Ki essfitl . When the sm-.ke had cleared the car thieves awoke in - fntral station with a charee against them of grand larceny and b it n i n 5 a stolen automobile across the state 1-ne. They uiv their nam as as Alee poleuak, Pearle.rn street. Hammond. John Ital-nskv. 1717 .South Jefferson. ..Hammond and Ale f is'rowsky. 5 W. ' 13th Street, "'hteaifo. Shop Men's Strike Order Is Issued INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 I'iKTRUlT. Mich., l'.-b. 9. --An ord-i 1 , tor a g-n-rai i"riKn 01 ..'oi.toin memner-i; of ,hf Brotherhood of Mamtnnr. of I . . ,, ... , I iav employes and Railway .-hop Work- : is was issued todsy for Tuesday. Feb. j ' 17. at a meeting of the geii.-r.ti clnir- ' men of th nrgaii!7.a ; ion here l.;d,l. men here th i 1 ilope of n t.TVO-lble et t leni Oil! HODGES USES THE LID Mayor llou dr. to i I pni'li-- boxing m Gat; . against his poii .. The Athletic .-!-.;, hi. h pi. a n nto Ke. -Goats" Io, and Iienni. .ts next show was refused a p WROTHY AT METHODISTS NKW YORK. Feb. Th M-th-o.Mst Kpiscooal church will get nttle if any sunpor fr..m New York club women in its war on i-icai et smoking by women, according tc ileclarat. ions of members of the State Federation of Women's "lubs. now in convention here. "We are supposed to have free speech, liberty and pursuit of happiness and why does everybody want to take them away from us?" demanded Mrs. John Frances Yawger. former pres dent. M rs. Mugent Grant, another ex -president . also protested, saying that women had a right to smoke. "After prohibition what next?" she exclaimed.

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HOLESALE SECRETEI East Chicago Man Asked to Explain Presence of Red Eye in Dyer Home Basement. Peter I.ivovich of liver and OorR" T.losky. who resuies a,t street and Alexander ave.. Kus fhicaso. were; i'a!Iei before 1". S. t 'ommissioner "hari ies Surprise at the Hammond federal. : huilding today to explain the present- 1 f a largre iiuantity of old fahi( i ; red li'juor which was riuM-overed m the ! basement of the I.ivovich home. They i 1 were also asked why they had tailed j to report possession of th stuff as. ; required under the new prohibition i ct. j August T.. M'ahn. chief revenue ini specter in cliarpe of prohibition en for-1 cement in this district, accompanied by' ''apt. Tten Strong of the Hamniom! ; i ::. went to lycr on Saturday and ; ccurril the l.elp of Henry (.". r-atter-' , man who is town marshal and black-' j smith. The party proeteded to the l.ivnvioh home to search for 5-o,uest-; ; ered liquor on w hieh tltey had received ' : b tip. l.ivovieb was away and his wife oM the visitors th.l' they )i a rj come on a; wihi goi.se chase. For a loni; time it :., keij as tii.oiih "l.e w at r.-t h.t J ft! ally it wa discovered that a secret com pa rt men r had be. n p.irth on..l with i piaster hoard in the basement and when Hi" false wall r-n.ov. d enough I. o:-l--d ' whiskey- wiis fo ird to :nake t . o :o-tp-; i me; automobile loads. ; : Mrs. l.ivov ch th'-n made a chance , f I front and assited that it was hfins ; stori ii there for another person who?.nan;e sh naive ri .-i r- U r, - v; -..;.-., did not knot cpco and later chanK"d it iptr a soft : drink place. ,. raid which wa i'..t "ti h'S place recently failed to reveai anyfhititr of : ti criminatini? n,i t u re He admits o-An rship of the liriuor a r. i ' says that he moved it to the I.ivovn-h ' liome in order to prevent it from he.; intr seized in any raid which mttjlit ! happen to be d rrtr toward h.s p!a' e He insisted thai it was entirely for his, own use and tnat he was unaware ofi th aWr requiring him, to report the' amonri in his pos.-ess-.jn. 1 Klosky is an uncle of Micky Illosi.y The young man who drove hi autoit.o-' bile -nto the machine of Attorney 1'avel Itoone last, summer while ttyins; to evade officers with a load of liquor, j Both men were place.! under hop-Is i to appear before the federal grand 1 jury at Indianapolis. 1 NEW MINISTER AT I CHRISTIAN CHURCH pciv .-fit - p s t e cna 1 1 o-i 3 s j an r h !,n h w.i i ! . thete h-i. been I (minister of tl;e htiI announced Jan-iary Is j U' h spec u ' t ion j 1 f !)fl'-.r W O ' 1 1 d he. as t ' 1 who h-s s r e- j The p-ilpit riiniii'- ' ; tee (-onsift ine the hoard of Kl 1-r? 1 and finance committee have he.-n busy ' and after corresponding; widely with linen f-oii! Texas to New V-itl:. filial!;. 1 f.omd neat home the man who 111 thetr ' j-id -; erne n ' . can 1 -ike up tiie wt.rk .ml I . a t rv it on to c-oniiniei .-.jccess . Th'. I i e w 4 , A' II lit. t . M. itMIIIIWIV is an ever growing church and ! -1 l'..!!'es a iiijii vvi o ..an keep up a stead ' J forward pace. There have been 2t I a ided to the membership in the past t vv.. Sunda v . . i In Rev . Sniithron. the christian ; .-hui-ch has a man who has been cm:-i-.-nilv .--.... ssfui in a field simi'ar t . i),is lie has in five v a s iiiit th--Hatve. . ii.irch fr'-'.n a sniall :; .n once - ti lo a g.- o I st i on j .h.rch a'-' lo sirpoi- .'el' a lei eirr'. c. i 1 h it 1 j losslo;, ,-v ! 111 . li . He a Id- -I I!" . I to their ineiitl.ers'i:p and stt aighrtene,; j out th'- building iu-li itc5 ne . I!--1 j has the unstinted commend. u -oi of . j G. Kindred of Enclewood. A. .1. .eilar j of Chicago Heights and all who know i h : m and his work. I He will hecin his work March 7th . j There will he no gap'1 between the two i in -ti 1 s : r ies . The christian .-hunts is read v to vvf jcnie and back their new i leader and mo.-i he irtiiv commend h.m 'to t he p u h lie. i Don't throw your payer awa? without reading the want ad page.

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MORGAN FAMILY THREATENS TO DISOWN YOUTH WHO WEDS TWICE-MARRIED BEAUTY

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Mr. Lawrens Hamilton. "Whr marry if yon can't choosp your own wife?" Is the reply I.awTer.S Morgan Ilamilton Rives to the announcement that his parents, Mr. and ,Mr. William Fierson Hamilton, threaten to disown him unless he eives up his liride, formerly Mrs. Gertrude Warren. Young Hamilton is the jrrandaon of the late J. P. Morgan and in line for some of the family fortune. The new Mrs. Hamilton had been married twice hefore. She won a beauty contest in St. Louis several years ago. She is thirtv-four. Hamilton is twenty.

Hammond Thinks of Having Landing Field for Planes

Ti; of m a k i i Ham - 1 mond a ian'itnir sta'ion on ti..- pro-! posed a:r r-oi?.- v.1.,. h ;s to ox.ivl from coast t const v "'h lords up in the air h.iv.- spied out Sohrnm's pickle patch as a io-ical landinir site, as several of them have already landed there without even ;j n i n v : t itt i on . It will he up to Hammond to finance the pioposiUon. A Hunt f..ry acres o ground w : j 1 ho reou;'ed. an 1 thN v. i 1 1 have to be i 1 1 u til ' tia t --d wiih about so electric limb's with t cfl.-i 1 , ,rs, to lie jlac'd in a iin'e. V';th Hammond's Il'ihm.in street and fn'umet avenue ornamentd with be-iul i c 1 1 1 eject rlc lights it wiil he an chv matey- 'or tite airmen to pick out the Hammond landing s t a 1 1 o p, . Some consider it too risky a venture as air t r,i n s por t a t io n ;s t,q yet in Its im'oyo. T'ey s,o- buyitig and s'll!!) )-al tstate arid used a:it' s is safer and perhaps ,s far more remunerative, and t !, it v if diff icult to pc :s u ad i'"e n --..ney barons to part with tli- i 1- "Huliion'' when the thing hasn't even entered tie e per-i nve n ! al FRISCO HAS A SERIOUS FIRE TOOAY lTFRNT10NL NEAS SERVICE S. N I'U A N1 'IS' ' h ' A I . . l-'el Kireinei, toil.1V wcle se:Icll'.n 1 h. rums of lh- Ibrkshire II. ,f 1 for t bodies of ir.or- t '" i! 'lor-.-n p. r l,ei .- v ,1 to h.t v - per - oni w io it t rw pi th- str.iciui-- eat 'v t-.da;. ' ...ice 'v or o a - aei u Scores are in, ti.-- 1 o-m al- f u ff r 11. g e ,.,., i.m r and from iiij..rie-s sustained fi- .rii jumiiitic ."r..m upp.-r '.ny win .tows Three bohi.'s !-ai h.-.Mi recov

ered at ti . 1". ' I'.liouing is the order which has been - Ai,st te et.ttie fire fighting force--111 broadcast in ordr to secure the of the city was cal'vd out to c on ba t i l1"7'" of l---l--r. farmers, . , " i o.intiK rcial organizations and others: the tire. i The r.erksh i" ;ina r' nt'ii t ;s amor.c;, Ilee-iiise of th- ! pi p-ra ' I ve necessity the misi ; a.-i: iona '', city. j'o pro.u- greater iiiovement or" bulk At bast twenty ft re men have been iiiin. the gram loading tailroads strserious'y injured in lighting the fmnie. u.g ih- s at.s of Illinois. Minnesota. Tv.-i-t v-tiv e .Uv-h'-r.- i, t! !'. rk- .Mui'npte Mis-ourt. 1,.-. a. North I'lakota. s'rtir 1 .- r - !! t-i 1'.; .rt'-i .mo some s. - u' h I ' . k . ' a . N bra - h a . 1 iklah oma. Col -

1' iiah. irij'.rct - ANOTHER FLU DEATH. - ! The funeral of George Nelson. J-.in!-rj member of the .., -o, ate shop at :; 1 ' W. Fiit't avenue i-i 'liiry. who pa-se-I away at the Mercy i."-pi"rl folb.wtnar 1 a s'-.oo .;-,,ess of the t'u. was lv; nt ' v." i ' ; ; a f.'s t'hapei v r-lav morning . , iat-i's t'hapei v roav mornmu at .o'i,ifk. The remains were tlon t taken to Hammond from where th.-y w ere shipped over the Mom.n to th" former '.y.me at Mo:,tic'-il( for burial. Are you teiaine IV.t; Trsor

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stage. One of the more cautious of Flam-riori-i's h n;i nc i ers, d uring a discussion ; of the project spoke up and said that if wirpianes over Hammond ever got as. thick as th railroads, people would j go to bed at nif;ht with a mortal far f a trr:h'e, spill right on the roof, a ti y hour of the night. j Another men lier f the group, men-; t tone. I that t might be necessary for v ry f-iiow to put a roof light on; bis house a 1 protection against beingj t-viped by the planes. j The protect is only in thj talk stage.: so far. and in all probability a com-, mutee w ill he a'ppomted to get in tone hwith Washington to see jtistj what sort of an arrangement could be male. If anything does come of it.' it will be the happy privilege of Hammond people to finish their supper' here and breakfast in New York City t lie follow ire day. or supper in Ham-,' rood and luncheon jp San Francisco.' and the expense oh. well, it couldn't to- more than that of a modicore suiti of riot lies. j IS HASTENED in r- ler to liasten the mov ement of 1 gr.nn crops from the western J's' to e t. ri'iina) mark'ts. Walker I . Hines. rt - or u-u-ml ..f raiita.ads. has issued ' :l" "'"'.'' wnicu became, t.tecltve loditv ' " 1. 1' .o-.t-no pi o ', I i Hi g su tit the situation. nt b" cat to re ..rad". t iscnsin. Kan-a:-. Ark-jn sis audi , vas will give pi-cfereiK-e and priority' , : turn.shing of box ears for bulk j oadmg from lVhruarv to 1 si., bisivc. afer providing for the load'-! ,g of b-ss than carload lots f mer- j , hi, iidi -e. prin- paper, wood pulp and! ,,1!;1r -phis i:k-uis that to the extent! , . ,llrv to fill requirements, ail avail- i 1 h-x i'ir t-.iuipment s-uiTabh- for the; . ,. .. handlinir these commo.b-ies will nlin' d to this .-;.).- ,.f c,-u i pnien 1 . " j Advertise in Tne Timea and adr?nisc a'ain. Results come wit'.i constant effort.

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SITUATlOi INTERESTING No One Man Can Dictate Issue of Great Party Says Herbert. HE WORE VEST IN THE WEST WASHINGTON, Feb. ? Tt was rumored about G. o. P. headquarters that Frank Hitchcock came hack from the west with a lartre number of pledges from prospective, delegates in his vest pocket. As Hitchcock has yet to come out in favor rf any candidate, this report caused -onsid rabSc speculation. "I am not now ami pi ohn b! y sha'l not be committed to any candidate, until the convention meets in June," said Hitchcock. 'At lest a dozen cand dates will ro to the post in I'hicago. Tt is anybody's fi c h t . I shall wait until sentiment so crystalizes as to point to the winner. I shall bo for him." f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ) NEW TOHK, Ke. 3. There was considerable, speculation about Tlepubilran headquarters o-r the AVa.shing'on report that th. re has developed a coolness 1 between Mr. Hoover and the White i House over a p.i rt of Hoover's statement which was read with unusual in'.eres-t by politicians. It Is: "I do not bebeve In mor than two great parties. Otherwise combinations of groups could, as in Kurope, cause a din?er of minority rule. T -Io helfnyo in party organizations to support great ileals and to carry out great issues and i consistent policies. Nor can any one man dictate the issues of grreat rarties." Some observers saw in that last, sentence an indirect rebuke to President Wilson for his attitude, in the treaty tight. SITTJATIOW M-rj-DDLED. Instead of clarifying as a result of prominent persons coming out (n the open with eipressions of their political views and beliefs, the presidential po:. teal situation has become more obscure and muddled than ever as a result of the over-the-weck-end activities, according to the privately expressed opinion today of party leaders on both sides. The principal developments which have caused this are: 1. Herbert Hoover issued a s'a'ement declaring that hn is not a candidate, but which did not state that h would not accept the nomination on either ticket. Tils Ilepnhlican or Pemorrati- leanings were left as much in the dark as ever. 2. Frank Hitchcock, the former chairman of the rteptihlican national com mittee, returned from m tour of the West and reported that he found the stock of Senator Hiram Johnson in creasing in favor and the lessening of enthusiasm for Gen. Wood. 3. A split is threatened in the ranks of New York state Republicans by William M. Bennett's declaration that he will make a fight to go to the Chicago convention as a delegate q; large and that he will support Senator Johnson's candidacy. 4. A sta'ement from the campaign manager of Tr. Nicholas Murray Kutler that "Dr. Vtut'er is almost alone in doing the thinking for the Republican party." caused considerable .omment. The Hoover announcement was easlly the most sensational development of the vv-ek as viewed hy the forecasters who frequent the various headquarters here. After' radir.g the pror ou nccmen! , the general question asked was; "Well, is Mr. Hoover a candidate, and if so. which side is he on'" FLU BAD AT EAST CHICAGO Flu and pne.jtnonia caused 5! deaths jn the Tw'in Cute dm- 115 Ihe m -nth of January. Of tiie.se are attributed to pneuinonia and 2 ;o flu. Other deaths bring the to"il for ihe city to S3, the largest number of deaths for a month since October. 1?1?, when 'he f.-i raged. Rir'.lis for the same period were 107, ?f whom e5 are girls and 3? h"j,. Indiana Harbor is the. 'lonv- of 1 girls and 22 bo;, s. while 17a st I'hci! . had 'Jti girls and '.') bo vs. I.i'tring ihe month there were n accidental deaths, of w-hmh 3 were a: the Inia.nd Steel from carbon monoxide poisoning. 4 bv burns at tiie Sinclair plant, and J from burns at the Interstate mill. The record also shows S deaths from tuberculosis. 7 from stomach and intestinal trouble, ,7 f'nm cancer. 4 premature birth. 4 still born, t heart trouble, I tvphoi.J. 1 abscess and 1 malnutrition. Most of the deaths aMribute.j to on- 'amoma occurred during 'be early part of the month, while practically all deaths from flu occurred after the Hijth. The worst of the. flu epidemic has passed, however, and health officials anticipate lew -additional deaths from tu.a.t cause.

HIS ARMY RESIGNING POSTPONED

Maj. General's Backers Seem to be Rather Up In The Air. BIXI.F.TIX. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE JEHSKV CITY, . J., Feb. MaaV letters from all oifr the eountry are reachtns: (.nr. Kdnnrd I. F.dnards. Jersey's "wet" governor, urging him to become a preiiidentinl candidate on h liquor platform his secretary aald todf'T" H'sldenta in ermont, Texas. VnhlnKlon and Florida are among the (loirrnor'a boosters. BY T1II IIAM mil. IP SIMMS. 1'STAFF CORRESPONDENT I N. SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. S The resignation of Maj. Gen. Eeonard Wood from the army has been indeflnitelv postponed. Following the Chicago conference of his managers it was decided that there was no immediate need for him to quit the army to carry on his campaign fer the presidential nomination, and. pending developments he would ailow matters to stan,j ag they are. BOOM HITS HFltmHNDO, At Wood headquarters here, it is admitted that the friends of hackers of the general are at variance, one camp holding that his oom cannot make proper headway so long as h remains an army commander others maintains if anything;, his position offers certain advantages. Should ths Iieniocratic administration take him to task for his utterances, they believe the reprimand would act as a boomerang, hurting the Democrats mors than it would the general. WOOD HIMMll.K IXDKCIDED. It is understood that Gen. Wood himself, has beep as much in the air as to what ha should do as anyone, and that he is personally inclined towards leaving the army. He is said to bs absolutely onposed to taking advantage of his official position to promots his candidacy. Nevertheless, for the time hejn- h has accepted the advlca pf 1ns managers, and the majority of these appear to feel that there is no immediate need for him to resign his post. Should the contingency arise later on they say it would then be ample time for him to shed his uniform. Having reached this decision it. is understood Senator Borah's letter to the genral requesting him to state his position on the treaty of Versailles ami League of Nations, was brought up by his managers. Inquiry at Wood headquarters here revealed the belief that he would send the senator a reply at an early dae. Asked if there was a possibility of the Kenera! resigning; befora he answered Borah. George C. Peck, in charge of headquarters here. replied that he would personally be very much surprised should he do so. Meantime the air through which the W ood boom is sailing is srtne w ha t bumpy. Mississippi Republicans, according to a tHegram from Terry W. Howard, director of the Wood campaign in that statee. are almost unanimous in their support of the general. State Chairman Col. W. O. Ligon. in a letter, established the figures at ?7 per cent pro. On the other hand word has rearhed Washington that bittr opposition to Wood is developing in Oklahoma in which state his managers at first hoped to corral al! the Republican delegates. According to reports from the South w-est a bitter fight is on between Na ional Committeeman James G. JIcGran of Oklahoma and Jake Hamon, a millionaire oil operator, a new-romer in RepuhliUm politics in those parts, and as a result Oklahoma once exceedingly friendly now seems disinclined lo eat oht of the general's hand. VETERANS URGED ' TO KEEP THEIR E Notice from the War Risk Insurance Department has bee;n received at the Hammond Red Cross office warning; exservice men not to be misled by erroneus statements now being circulated to the effect that all government insurance will terminate in five years. War risk insurance is permsnent and f ' is said to h- the best and most reasonable insurance obtainable today. If former soldiers and sailors have no-cance-lle.l their policies to a civilian statu? they should do so at once. Insurance 1s investment and the government through its insurance to former service men offers the. best possible in a necessary investment. The Red Cross in Hammond has offices in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce in the Citizen's bank building. The services of the Red Cross are free, I'roceedings for compensation and disability ma v be tiled with the Re. Cross, Many service man do not. knon of the advantages that lie in securing these benefits even though they did lea . e tiie army apparently well and in good heaith. Go to tho Real Cross, buddies. lt next, jret nejt;

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