Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 199, Hammond, Lake County, 10 February 1920 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Foil lDIAA Generally fair tnltil; colder In Northeast portionT M4r4y onaettled. UNTY "Do a Good Turn Daily" Ask a Boy Scout He Knows

IT

CO1

TIMES

- i in elf

INTEEWATIONAL NBWS TVT.I LEASED WIRE SERVICE. Ob nntii ead anrututi. s per copy. Delivered r carrier i Einmoul a4 Wait XuLm'jil, SO per montb. VOL. XIV, NO. !!!. TL"l-:siAY, FE13KUAI?Y 10, 1020. HAMMOND, INDIANA.

CRISIS AT HAND

WILSON 10 TAKE UP May Take Legal Steps In Present Maintenance Strike, (BUUZTIN) fNTf NATIONAL NEWS SVICE1 WAfeHIWOTOW, Teb. 10. Prealdeat 'WUm -wrlU take Tip the matter of tne. eae4 watfe demn.a lor railroad wort. era today. Secretary Tumulty liaa lield a louf conference with Director (renei-al Klaea !nd will lay the entire matter before : the prealdeat today. ni threatened atria e of the maintenance of way employe 1 regarded at !the WTilte Konee a a aerlons Bltnatton ' becauae it may open tke way for other rlkef. The "Whit Xmi take the attitude . that this atrlae la Uleral becauee a hlrty.day notice haa not been given and it waa Intimated that the president may take legal tep to preTent the rtrlke. WASHINGTON'. Feb 10. The T'"" tia of increased wages for railroad : workers reached ft climax today. Chief tans of the railroad brotherhood? and unions vre prepared to demand that Director of Railways ltir.es give f 1 answer on their demand?, which ,h-y have been cc-nsiderins in conference lor a week. Littla hops was b.eld mit by the labor iaders that any tncr?iss would be granted and the best they expected was .-..me Email adjustments in wages a. l..-tween various clause? of workers. Yrry were prepared to take their dv tvends to President Wilson and remind V-im that be bid promised. .ction to l.-duc livirc costs, if Director General G;nes fin-ally reject! th demands. The, ..h.efs today openly admitted they feard thy would be unable to hold their men i,, leash. They predicted sporadic una ;'horii!4 strikes with the, danger that :li?e might spread to a general strike if the workers received no concessions. leaders maintained that the, order for e :.rik of maintenance of way employe for Feb. 17. would be an incentive to other workers to strike. Offic.als of the railroad administration prof.ssed to be little worried by the threatened strike by the main'enanoe of way men. declaring that this class of workrra is poorly organized and can be easily I replaced. Demands for the wage increases will b made on the private owners immediately after the rai'roads return should the administration' final answer be rejection and the cost of living not sufflently reduced in the meantime. Most of the railroad union loaders are .opposed to strikes while the railroads 'remain in government control, but they edmit that general strike 1s plajine'1 i' the wage demands of the men are Mill unsettled after their reurn. BOY SCOUT ARE BUSY Thing began to happen yesterday n the first, day's drive for a better and bigger Boy Scout organization In iia mmond. The week's goal of JS."0'10 to provide material to carry on scouting during the cfiminj summer months was given a genuine boost when the treasurer of the financial campaign committee announced that over J."00 had been collected from doctors and lawyers atone. Every business man. merchant, office man and every home w;H be given an opportunity to contribute to the fund which will mean so much l the scouts of lljramoii'l. In the windows oi" the I. ion Furniture store is displayed work of pract'.cal scouting. Handy knots and knots most intricate, signall ug first aid. a nd other evidences of the value of scout l. -fining in these windows were the accomplishment of Troop ;. A s. miliar display and the work of Troop 1 11 is in the windows f the Northern Indiana Cas & Kleetric I'ompanj. Father and Son banquet will be celebrated at the riiaraliT of ( ommetce looms tomorrow i i;'n' It is expe.-tt-.i that, a complet- statement f the suc- ( ..sis of he vaj-iouH ionitniti in the drive will then he S) ;agfd oe reciutit n!i'..ti?h a toneii .;' .1 Scout Executive Da fined to his be.l by hrts a telephone at knows what i? gome as ever. con -grip his il io w a nd j on just I h e sa m e ' GARY LAD IS MISSING Chief of Tolice Forbis of the Gary department asked his een to keep ,-!cs watch for 11 year -old Victor Carlson and son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Carlson, 840 Van Buren street, who disappeared last Friday noon and has n,)t been seen or heard of since. Aclotding to the description given to the police the lad wore a gray mackinaw coat and a gray undercoat, cordoroy ).i.ii!s. black shoes pp.! s:ocwitig-. rubbers and a blown ca:-.

DEMANDS

BOOSTERS

Hammond Man After Tom Marshall's Job

. Here's a Hammond man with his h.it u the ring Flwodi Vah . n ton wants to be nominee f,,r vjco president of the I'nited States. According to his friends, his name vill be prevented at the RePublican national convention in Oiieago June S. V campaign has kegtin to secure (Hi- hundred names upon a petition circulated in Hammond and which will allow the name of the candidate to ap pear upon the ballots permitted by SHARRER GIVES UP RY. POST Quite a furry will be caused among the medical and surpical fraternity by the news that Ir. H. K. Sharrer has resigned his post as district surgion for the New York Certral lines. a duty which he has acceptably filled for 34 years or ever since he became a citizen of Hammond, and in that time he has cared for hundreds upon hundreds of railroad patients. Ir. j Sharrer gave up the post because of: the fact that his other duties are tool Drrss nc tor htm In -rtrttir.,, ti.i w ill in all probability be retained hy the N. Y. C. an honorary as a consulting anrgency position, an the N. Y. C. railroad job is considered TJ 1 1 e a s i n - acure. there will terest in who is be considerable into be ir. Sharrer's successor. It is understood there will be numerous applications. BURNHAM MYSTERY CLEARED UP Red Raids Bring to Light I Murder of Two Greeks In 1917. Th recent Reil raids rlrd un two murders which orcurred near Pojrnham In April, 1917. hlef Investigator Morris Wilson. The Chicago state attorney's office last night announced he has confessions from four men now under arrest, and search is being made for a fifth man. Those in custody are Michael Remkus. Rurnham saloonkeeper, charged with being an accessory; Alexander Bucknr, Joseph Deleski. and Frank Zajar. George Raykich is being sought. On April IS. 1M7. Paleoioras Serdachakls and Paul Pelepio. Greeks, were shot and killed and 5am Kanguros was shot but recovered. i The Greeks were robbed of js. Im-j mediately afterward the men involved, entered the army and no trace of the! murders could be obtained. j Zagar was arrested as a Red andj feigned insanity. Mr. Wilson. with Detectives Thomas M. Dooley and Edward Anderson, of the Hegewisch s'arion. uncovered evnience or tne murder and the men were arrested. Shortly after the murders George Bayklch disappeared. His wife, who has since disappeared. appeared in mournins and said her husband was dead. Remkus is said to have furnished Zagar with the bullets used in the kill - ing. COUNTY TAX SALE LIGHTLY ATTENDED SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN Vol NT, lnd. K'ii. jOThe county tax sale starred on Monday am: was lightly attended and ihe bidding was no- a fast and furi.j-is a :o former years, a.s the choice ps's ..f i i pn.perty were not nearly so num. rous as in day s gone by. The sale was in charge of County Treasurer Bradford, assist .-d bv Deputy Auditor Will Whituk-r. Ed. C. Glover, who acted as as-nt for several ou'side. parti's, was one of the h'aiest bidders. Julius Greisei, j y, Riown. and some others bid in qui'e a lei of real ctn'e. COULD GET MORE NOTORIETY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE, I.OMn.iN, F' b. ie. An h.v I el--3ra ph dispatch from Amsterdam today says the former German oira.i pt-mce lias tel-graplieU to President Wilson and the head" of the allied governments saying he, is willing to statin trial iii.vtm of th German officers who were manded bv th- allies last v.e.k. de(There w t ! rearlv :'"0 names allied list, it.clu.lirs that ci own prince i "f th I THREE DIE IN ONE FAMILY ISPECIAL TO THE TIMES) IIESSYILLE, lnd .. Feb. 10. Mrs. Katherine Hrinr. for many years a pettier of Hessville, where she is well known and leaves many friends, died a las tnight at her home. Her daughter. Mrs. Charles I-rank or Lansing, did at St. Margery's hospital S'indav and was buriel this afternoon. and her son. John Leinback. of Hammond, was buried last Friday. Mrs. Greiner's funeral will be hela from the home in Hessville Thursday afternoon at 1 :.1u o'clock. Interment will be held in the Hessville lemeiery in vlu.se of Vndtrmker .Neivlow.

IN RAILWAY

the preferential toting sstem adopted by the stare of Indiana. This is rrobablv the first instance where a member of the Washington family has allowed his name to go before u national political convention since our first president. Any person man or woman in Hammond who would like to take hold of this matter should write to M. G. Todd. Oak Tark, 111. DID YOU HEAR THAT CHARLEY CRUM PACKER, who hasi had considerable experience with chick-j ens. says that Herb Wh- aton was lucky j to get baek even an egg in return forj the money he spent on them. II. F. Mc FAR LAND the hutl:ng down Mw n representative of the McIIroy Motor Supply Co.. wears a sad face when! Hammonds automobile, Fhow is men tioned. He bad his heart set on big a ft air and he hates another year. to think of waiting

''HARLES iil'RPKIE has decided he) to accommodate an affair of the prr." wiil become a newspaper reporter of he' portions Hammond is capable of putever moves to another city where an I tine on. Right there the preparations

f-vor Ttiove to anthor oopening- in his own line do.-s not present I Itself r-.nL.h a . ,.-..- - . ... ii.cn'. " 1''. jfcw.'u too. a pretty good one KOSCOE- WOODS sas that since that mint employe was pinched for carrying away money in his wooden leg, l,e notices that bank attaches of Ilaniinond cji-.i suspicious glances at .all lisjtors who they ihmk may bo wesring cork limbr.. RILL AHLRORN" leaves tonight for Florida for a little recreation, but in making his preparations he Med an api plication for a passport to ('uha "lusi as a precaution.'' "I might happen to fail in wi'h a bunch," said Hill. HAN'S I'ERNER. former Hammond employment a,gnt. is oner, niore riding j the (ren Line to work, this time to the J General American plant, and sajs it . seems like old times THE two new members of th Police Pension Fund trustee rif.,-td Mondny night are George Hanlon and Fred Fandrie. HEN-FIT WHITAKER. form-r sheriff of lyke county and well-known Hammond man. has been appointed sals manager and distributor for the Lavender Cigar Co. The Lavend -r plan is a' .71 Hohman st.. and Ed Simon d- nt of the compaiiv. presiSINCE thy eut down the vic for. e in West Hammond Chief .Toe Nt'z relieves th" monotony of th dull da y by traveling beat part of the time. "The oi l town ;s not what sh usej to b," j he sighs. SCOUT COMMISSIONER HARRIS.. Levi Golden. Scoutmaster of Troop u'. ! and several Scou's held the eroivi for hours vesterday while they showd their' skill tirn in the window of Store. the Lion I-'urni-THOSE little square kno's on t h lapels of the old scouts are there be- j cause the wearers have promised to do a good turn daily this week. Wat. h ! Hv-m fall over themselves 'rying to1, make g'Xd their promise,.. W. E. REXTREW. well-known Hammond business man, has lft for San An'onio. Texas. II is accomnaiJed bv I his son. F. H. Rxtrw, who will re- ; tmin xvith his father for eome time. Mr. j Rett re w Sr. ha. b-"n unwli for .vrtaJ n-.onths. HAMMOND school teachers may ex pert the announcement of the cho. In board's revision in the salary ID few days, ii i reported i SPEAKERS NAMED FOR POLITICAL IVIEET Big Time Expected Opening of Hammond Republican Club. Judge V. today froti l i 3 ! com in S. I'.f iter re I lie Reptt bl i d a s t a ' ' let ter cena n tee at Indiana n nou n - ii seli f Lin--ing the speakers who ha." i.'.u cted for the big celebration of tin's birthday which is to he held ; c 1 u b 1 I i v the new Hammond Republican Thursday evening. Hon. Archibald Hall, a noted spaker of Indianapolis will deliver the principal address of the evening. Lie has j been active in former campaigns anj I is recognized as one of the best plat- ' form men of the state. II" will cover h .. ,....ol ,. o,. .!,,, ...-,.,..;..!, pub! ican ism. Mrs. Charles A. Busier will speak on "Women's Work in Politics." Mrs. Rutep : secretary of the Woman's Bureau at the Indiana Republican heiul quarters. She is well known to Ind - tana club women and for a number of years has taken an important part m j ,.f welfare work and the advancement the cause of woman suffrage. 1 A ciowded house js expected when the meeting opens day evening at th at S o'clock Thurst the Chamber of ComThe cfimmittee in charge merce rooms. of the celebration Is arranging for, some other entertainment and some matters of importance may b brought

NO AUTO SHOW FOR

HAMMOND Committee Unable to Find Structure Big Enough to Put On This Year's Show. Hammond is to hae no automobile show tins year and as a result, fcreat clouds of gloom have settled oxer motor enthusiasts who had been looking forward eagerly toward the day when the big event was to be pulled off. Early in the winter a committee composed of Ed. liohlingl George Hut chison. I'.. G. Purham. A. J. Walz and! Art Snodfrrass. was appointed to do the1 preliminary work and pft the big ida under way. The first tiling to be considered was the show room big 'noush j Hopped Each member of the eommit- ! t" t an i."n expres.' iy oe.ega-e.i to find the quarters and each man shakes his IichiI sadly today. Many suggestions were receivee oit as yet the committee i. no nearer the object of their search than when they started. There are about eighteen automobile manu iacturers represented In Hammond who would wan spac tn the show. It is figured that each of j these should require floor Kpaco measi urir.g about tiOx.in feet. The Hammond j Country Club house was measured and I found too small. The I.yndora hotel i w-as suggested by the management does rot care to have it used f r such purposes. The Country C'uh would accommodate only about eight exhibits. Euiidingi proposed or in course of construction in Hammond were considered for a while hut it became evident that the automobile season would be i well under wa".f"te any of thenij were ready for the show. The possi- i hility of holding the exhibit under it mammoth tent has also been thought" of and tniaht even yet he tried if ev-j i hihitors prove willing to take cnances on the weather. j While the outlook is gloomy, the comj mittee is still willing to receive sug- ' gestions from anyone who thinks he i may have a soluth t ins problem. n for their perplex- ! OAS NEW IINTENTIONAL NEWS SERVICE! I NEW YORK. Feb. 10 With traffic: conditions already at a standstill as; a result of the recent blizzard, an-I other heavy snow storm struck New' York early today. The snow- fall was; accompanied by a high wind which began to pile up snow -drifts in the! streets that already resembled scenes' from the Swiss Alps. The thermoms- i ter registed 30 degrees above zero. Rapid progress had been made dur-J ing the past -t hours by an army of 12.fi'"1) snow shovelers and more than l.OO'i trucks in clearing the main ar-1 ter ies of traffic, today's storm presented new difficulties. Two army f.ame-t iirow ers were tried! out as a means of melting the snow and ice. but they did n't prove satisfiertory. TH!NK PARjy . WILL SPLIT OLD PARTIES I j and i ar' INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ; t'Ailo. Feb. l't The liheral 'HI react i lo be patty. Pla: party J. A . i o ti a I eight. opary forces of the country are pl I in'o two equips by a ihird is for the formation of the new were announced here today by Hopkins, chairman of the Natexecutive committee of forty-j Hopkins, who is t have active I charge of the creation of sentiment for the new party is to be joined here to morrow by George I. Record and Amos Plnehot, fit her leaders of the movement. Before tin end of the week Hopk ins announced today expect t.i enlist

NEW YORK

NO STORM

the -.port of a score or more "liberal" oi radical" bodies which will hold gJJfJJ FEIN conferences in the middle nest. The J

Nonpartisan League. Farmers Associaj tion j Lab vyiiou-i brotherhoods, the newparty, the Single Taxets an! i many others, according to Hopkins,, tare to be gathered into the tanks, of, the new party. ' j We w ill be a second party, not Rl ': third party." sad Hopkins. "The Rp.J publican and Democrats are the samthing. It will be a party based purely I on an economic platform," Don't throw yjur p-yct awaj without rcadinj the want ad pa.

WAGE QUESTION!

HAMMOND

AND

GARY MEN TAKEN Four Prisoners in Custody of U. S. Marshal on Way to Marion Co. Jail. I'eputy l S. Marshal Falter My beck left this mornintr for Indiannoiis with four prisoners who nave been confined in the jail at Crown l'oint while torts have been made to secure he;r iclease on bonds. No bondsmen were found so they ate being: transferred to the Mar. on i-onity jail to await their appearance . before the federal raiid jur. Two of the men were Ralph I5 rdea and HoiH.ce .l . J.i'-h-ou Hammond who hold the honor oi bring the principals in the first case to be filed in the federal court in Indiana for violation of the statute against interstate commerce in stolen automobiles. They were arrested tally in h'ceraber charged with stealing the automobile of William May who resides on Indiana avenue. Hammond. The two men had been confined in the frown point jail r.ince December 20, and in that time had admitted several other car thefts and through their confessions ";tpt. SiiunK of the Hammond police has been able to locate several stolen machines and return mem to tneir ow ners. iney navi aiso been used as the states x ltnesses in prosecuting purchasers oi tne itoien machines. Steve Popich and Tom I.edencan. . of ions Washington St., Gary, were the other men taken to Indianapolis. They had been in th" Crown Point jail since January 16. having been taken In a raid by I". S. Revenue Inspector Mlahn and Capt. Strong on a farm three, miles south of Hammond where tlTey had been operating a still. E OF 0L0 VIET DAYS Phil Schmidt Sued for Contract Breach by Brewing Company. Phillip IT. Smidt has been seed for I J!'""1 by the Standard Brewing Cora- ! par.y. The company alleges breach of ' contract in that Smidt contrary to an agreement signed January 24 , in which he was to sell no ! draught beer than that supplied by the Standard Brewery and only fifty . per cent of all bottled beer, broke the contract and during the years 1514. j 15. 16. 17 and until April . 1?1S. sold ail kinds of beer. According to the ! petition filed in the Hammond superior court yest'rday the agreement between i the brewery and Smidt was to be ef- ! fecfive until December 31. t?.!". In ! the contract it was stated that Smidt ! was to receive $1"0 cash in advance i every year dhring the term of the coni tract and that saloon fixture", base - I ment ice hot. signs and pltimbins i were to he installed by the brewery. D. tifT. No. J. Moran is attorney for the plain-: The case will be heard in Room HENRY'S TESSA IS- GONE HENCE Hence He Has Begun Divorce Proceedings in the Superior Court. H -ni y A . M. Petersen in s petition filed in the Hammond superior court (yesterday asks that bis mariage to Tc.e Mote, alias 'I ess a i"torsen be declared nnlie and void. It was one of those unhappy Crown I'o nt nuri n ges . Ilenrv says that on or alvo.t O to- ! hee . 1317 he and Ts wei niar- , ied at Crow n Point . She w as : hen J Tessa lloieomb and Henry sav.-- that ite j w edded in good faith thinking her single. Later Henry discovered tha' 1-a was already married to a man named Lewis Mote. The case wi.l ! heard in Room No. 1- The attorneys f..r the plaintiff aie Bontberaer. Veteis and Morthland. Note to attorneys: Tessa may be found at the Woman's Hone just outside lnd 3napo!is to i hich she was sentenced in the Ham mond city court to spend n ti'ty da;. . on a statutory chaige. The police '..-it-id her at. 2SS Sibley street, niasluerad'.r.g as Mrs. Mailiall. RAIDERS BUSY . INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! !.'"'NI"N, l-'eb. 10. Two hundred .Sinn Feuiers attacked and captured the Castle - Martyr poll, e station in Cork, seizing a Jarg- quantity of arms and ammunition. said a Central News dispatch from. Cork today. Five Sinn Fein prisoners were being detained in the police- station when the attack was made. The British military authorities at Cork baye begun a vigorous search for the raiders.

HO

HEARD

EW THEATRE

WILL BE A CITY ASSET i ' $300,000 Bein gSpent by the Chicago Theatrical Agency for Amusement Palace. Hammond's newest and most modern theater will be the Gregory ineater now undr construction in the block on the west side of Hohman st. It is estimate,- that the building will! cost around SSO'i.OnO. The seating pa- i pacity of the theater w ill be i'.TOO. ! Elaborate interior decorations thatj have met with much facr in the eastj will be employed throughout. The1 ! balcony will be guiltless of the presence of a single support i nc column ri.iA

i through the application of modern! wi,h futh Rend planning to spend I Cantilever construction. i ' 4,ino.nQO for building construction in j The theater proper will be a pproxi-' ''le next twelve months and 3.000. OOP I mately jnxisn feet. This will permit a'.''1 next Hve years, and with Flint.

permit a stage on which can he presented legiveil as cinema. timate productions as j Trip lobbv will open from Hohman St., an entrance of attractive d?im beinj constructed between the Lion FurniI ture store and the Hammond Restau rant. A new front will make the four shops extending from the theater entrance t the alley on the north, considerably brighter and more brisk looking. It is expected that remodeling; on the stores will be completed within two or three weeks. When the work is finished the Newark shoe store will occupy the corner store on the. alley and opposite the Model Clothier shop. Adjoining will be the Fnlted 'jKar Stores niche. Incidently -it is said that this store to be occupied by the United Cigar people js the only one in their nation-wide chain that is not on a corner, which speaks well for the stability and buying power of Mr. Hammond Man. Lacderach Brothers jewelry store and the p.rahos restaurant will continue to occupy their present site.. The theater is being erected by the S. J. Gregory Theatrical Corporation, now operating theaters in Chicago Heights and Chicago. Several weeks ago the corporation leased for ?5 years the entire block bounded by Sibtey street, Hohman and the alley on the north. The property fronts 167 feet in Hohman. hut presnt improvements include only PS feet of the frontatre.

1914. i the Lion Furniture store beirig- left inother! tact. The architects for the new build

ing are Rapp & Rapn of Chicago. It is the expectation of the builders to open the theater about July 4. GARY GREEKS SET 1 j ' 350 SerVCe Men in Gary Overcome Objections to Their Post. fTIMES BUHEAU AT STATE CAPITAL1 I INDIANAPOLIS, 1ND Feb. 10 Aj charter has been granted the Leonidas j Tost. No. 253. of the American Legion,! at Gary. composed of about 350 i Greeks. Application was made some j time ago but was referred to the nat-j ional officers, when it was found that' all applications are Gree,, a. clause; of the national constitution forbids1 class membership. Some members of; the Legion at Gary protested that the! post planned to conduct its meetings ' b , , "j ticers granted the charter with the con riition that the post hold in the English language its meetings and that it not confine its membership to former service men of Greek nationality. LABOR PARTY TO PERFECT ORGANIZATION Members of the Executive Iloatd of the Lake County Labor Party will perfect the city organization in Indiana Harbor at a meeting in Ywanow Hall at the corner of 137th and Deodar st., next Sunday afternoon, and will give a report of the progress, in organization which is being made in the county. It was originally planned to have represntatives of the National Labor Party present but the convention at IndianapoLv has made it impossible for any of the national leadj eis to be present tn Indiana Harbor, j OrganiH'ion of the city patties is ', already under way in Whiting; and (Gary and as soon as ;he Harbor or-! t ganization i completed the county ofjf.cials will begin work in organizing J Hammond. Crown Point and East Chij cago. Labor leaders report that exIcellent progress is being made tn getting .the men lined up for the labor ; party and predict that the new party will be a decided factor in the coming campaign. Advertise in The Times and advertise again. Results come with constant effort.

CHARTER

HOMES

j ARE AT A PREMIUM Prospective Owners Are Dead set Against All Kinds of Profiteering. Tf the plant of the Standard Steel Car Co. should close down it would be something of a calamity. But it would not be nearly as disastrous es a suspension of Hammond's building opttralions. This and other facts have been brought cut in a notable contribution on thsubject by Woods. Martin & Co. in an advertisement which appeaj-s in today's isue of The Times. The ad is of interest to every person connected close. y or remotely with the home building business and takes up all i f'na OI ,n situation. i OTHEB CITIES ACTIVE Mil h.. starting on a campaJgn to spend Sl.OOO.t'O'J a, year for five years it can bo seen that Hammond would be out if step ir ji. curtailed its 151') building operations. A careful survey of the situaton indicates that Hammond people are willina j to pay the prevailing bish prices for : modern homes but thev do irir-i-t that there be no profiteering- on the part of material men, owners of xacint real estate or labor. BRIGHT OUTLOOK TOR TEAS. Not only are there indications of tremendous building operations in the flo-.vii-tow-n business a.nd industrial districts, but neighboring cities are getting busy. The Inland Steel Co. expects :o latin. -h its million dollar home buildina project on the land reeen;y acquired frop.i the Vhiladelphii Land & Improvement Co. But the best new s for Hammond 1 the fact that the Standard Oil Co. plen to loan its employes sufficient funds to build 50 houses, all of which will be b'nJt in Hammond because of the lack of vacant residential property in Wh'ting. Th-so iOi) houses will cost not less ;han S2.OOO.00O. Other building project, aro in the pro- ! motion stage and there is the possibi'itv that Hammond will double its population in the next five ye-rs if the building business is encouraged. SOUTH SIDE BOOKIJTO. In Kenwood building operations arc assuming remarkable proportions. Chas (Continued on page five). HEW SUITS IN HAJii Land Owners Say Damages Awarded by Board are too Low (BULLETIN) fSPEC(L TO THE TIMES ClOWW PfltWT Tn.l VK 1H. Th. park . . Hltt heirs are euliMr the O-ery board for S9O,00O for forty-live aeree of ,. . . . , , . for S 3,000. More trouble today loomed abend of ihe Gary park commissioners in their efforts to condemn lands for park firposes when two suits were filed in the I r.-i mniond superior court today by persons who hold that the damage awarded by the board were away too low. The plaintiffs in the suits are Charles Crumpacker and Me end Mrs. E. P. Ames o.' Hammond. The eompia in s which were filed b Attorneys Oruniparivr. Frledrich eCi u in packer slate that Charles Crumpacker owns thirty-live acres of land in fh icinity of the proposed park and that five aires had been included in Ihe tract. Mr. and Mrs. Ames own seventyseven acres, nine of which have beef condemned. The board allowed Mi. Crumpacker $720 damages and J1S00 foi the Ame hind. Plaint it's m both cases claim thatth laud is worth $1."iio an acre and sta-e that the balance of their holdings which would otherwise be valuable for industrial purposes has been cut off in such a manner as to greatly damage it. For this reason they ask that the court review the awards. Mr. Crumpacker believes his damages should be fixed a-J-'i.OOO, while Mr. and Mrs. Ames ask lor $50,000. Both had appeared at the meeting of the commissioners on Jan -t and asked to have their damage raised, but say that the board refused. The original suit on a similar basis which was tiled by the Tollesion oi i Club of Chicago lat fall will be hir": soon in the Hammond superior coui". It was to be tried before Judge Reiter, but on mo'ion for change of judge. Attorney Jesse Wilson of Hammond has btren selected

BEGUN IN