Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 200, Hammond, Lake County, 11 February 1920 — Page 1

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SCHOOLS ARE BADLY 2,000 Hew Faces Come to Hammond Within the Last Year. With the ermine 'f the second sepitfr ..f t"ie Hammond puruie s-ho15 fr - i nK.tjtiCeinrn' is made mi increase oi j , ..." pup; lis over th- same p-rnl a ywr '. The. report i-i" additions t d figure dni-s n-'i intlv K 1 1 1 I - rsarten and 1 ! I. the e;t .---.tioo trad With adapt - re.tio of three find vnc-haif to the ; this h-'i that llainivnii has f,-i!-v'j 2.000 in l"'!MJ lat.ioti in 131?. I 'her ar now 2 pupils it) th" In-

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v Mr last yesr. i nso nK'ii" wmj i .'k'- the anriounrrrri' lit of rrnsai figures J n.ni Wa?h;nf.n en? of goat interest ir the city. S MONKOE NOT STJRFBISED. This masnificfiil increase should irnl . wind'T." fa d Superintendent of j o (!...,. Monroe. "Hammnn'l is gnmins I .1 fro wins rapidly. On y.-ir .-ipo th" t '.r1 schools contained 401S students. 'l'":a; there are 7.5r,n and that does not! 1i Vide the beic.nnei s' grades. Perhips ti largest individual school gain was t j ndnrd school, where an increase of) r is recorded. Fic n; school facilities ; tt entry-iy inadequate u cope witn tnc rapid increase in pupils. The situation v ill grow wors unless we sake up and ; i something- to Increase tfie number of hcol buildings." KJ5T WXW PmOfiLEMS. T roldems copf ron'.itiff the school board end upon which action miift be t?.kn this year, it is said, may be summed up ? -- follows: risfosal of the Central s-chor-1 propAddition? to Ws shin.cton cliool to care f..f pupils now attending Central school, v ho will be ejected when the property 3 ahajidoned. Vdditlons to Industrial hish school. Xew buildings in Lincoln and Standard iistricts. HIT STANDARD SCHOOL. A. C. Berry. Hammond architect, workt f in conjunction with Perkins. Fellows .? Hamilton of Chicago, has been com- ) 'issicned hy the school hoard to prepare j I ans ror a modern t wem y-room sch'?ol the Standard district. The est!-j loated cost of the building will bs $100.i.nii. A second building of similar design nd cost w;l! be erected to replace the I. :iccln edifn e w Ksch was destroyed by f-! e. MENACE TO LIFE. In he matter of an addition to Indus- ,)! high school. Superintendent of iioois Monioe ssjfi; "Present aecomi da t ions at the high school are barely .';iTir lent to car" for one-half the num-b-r of students now enrolled. Overi iowded conditions are not alone a menace to life, but class routine is materiti'y disarranged and hampered." The school board has placed Central y- oo'd properly on the market and be--usa of its ad antag'-ons business locai. .on a buyer will probably come forward b- fore long. A new tMfh'r for the department of b;any has not vet been obtained, although there were three applications from outside instructors for th position. Ji;i to contracts with their sehools which refused the teachers to leave, the chair r' mains vacant. COPS RAID RAISIN STILL AT GRIFFITH Prohibition enforcement ofTicers last r.ight raided a farm tienr Griffith and found two stills, one of them hot. a doron boxes of raisins and seven barrels of mash. Officers O'Xeil. Kafehl and Trtanj of the East Chicago police force accompanied the raiding party. The three men taken in the raid all live in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. They are Miko Vignevich, 4?50 Alexander ave.: Sam Vainovioh, 3903 Il-m'ock St.; and Mik .Sekuhch, 37152 Cedar st. The raiding party arrived at the, farm house about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and waited until 11 before the three men returned. The stills had been in the farm house for about three months, according to a 1ii.:ssirns, but had been ) , operation only a mU part of that time. It is reported that one of th" men was j-'hot in the shoulder h The raid occured on th fa owned by Mathias Heifer. an officer, i formerly j W. H. WHITAKER DEAD f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE J INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Fen. 11. William H. Whittaker. 2. widely known prison authority is dead at his home l,re today of pneumonia. He former. iv war- superintendent of the Indiana :-date reformatory at Jeff erson ville and I is reputation as a penal expert gained for him the commission of establish ing the District of Columbia reformatory and prison farms at Occoquan. Vs. where he was in charge f,,r a period cf years. .

GAINS

Hammond Man Shot In Holdup Fails to Throw Up Hands j When Ordered and is Seriously Wounded. In a tussle -with a foot-pad wh" held him up last night. John Sk'abinskl. 5714 Maffai'hufftt's avemi'. of Hammond w.is shot in the shculflT and seriously wounded. At .4." p. m. S'klablnski left the pool room at 117.4 Columbia a enue on !-! way home. He noticed a ymitiK man follow ins and had jut turned info Massachusetts avenue when he was ordered to throw up b's hands. Shlabinski made a lunge at the highway man and grasped the ou t -t i e tehpistol. The ti fought hack and rth for srvmal minutes until the thief finally broke loose and shooting J S-klahinski in the shoulder he took $12 i from the victim's pocket and fled. ;ir. J A. .!. MiHor attei ded the wounded man. j Aceovdinp to a description civen the j ; ponce in,, tmei is aooiu .. years n:n. . I five feet. si inches tail and we iK is ; I.'ift poll nils. 11 w . r prey sweater at and dark cap. Janitor is Found Dying Tludolph Xeltch, jani'or in the First .National Hank building, was found early, this morningr in a small room beneath I the stairs oil the second floor, overcome by gas. Ho was rushed to St. Marffar's hospital. According to reports at a hite hour this afternoon he had not retained consciousness. A scrub woman cleaning the stairs had reached the second floor landins when she detected the odor of escaping- gas. Beneath the .stairway is small room it'd by the jantor. She pushed open the door of the room and found Xeltch lying: unconscious on the floor. She. immediately notified surrounding offices and among those who gathered about the strtiken man was Kenneth Davey. S.vut Kvecutive. Awaiting the arrival of ;h'Binbulance Iavcy applied first aid. but in vain. --lcoi iiinj; io luiri fif-es HFL xo rnier i the room, a rubber hose whih connected a small onr-hurr.er stove with tho gas pipe had became disconnected. Whether or not it was a case of attempted suicide could not b dete-rmined. The policy theory is that Xeltch jn an effort to light ! tl-e stove accidentally disjointed the hose land h.-fore he could rea.-h the door sue- I climbed to the fumes which filled thai i room long after the man had been r- ,-.,, ,j Xeltch lives at ."5 Plummer st. with his wife and one child. HAVE YOU MADE TAX RETURN YET? There are approximately 4. (() peopie who have yet to make their income tax returns through the Hammond offlee of the Revenue Department, j March 1 7 Is the last day on which the j payment can he made without bavins a penalty aai"a. I nn leave twenty six days esv lusive of Sundays and holidays for this long string of tax-pay-ei s to file slowlv through the office ,f j Deputy Collector Ptelhorn. Mr. Ptelhorn announced today that whereas the department allowed six deputies last year to attend to the individual 'income tax returns', only two have been allotted to the Hammond ofj i.-e this year. I .r.-.v readily b- reen j that these me,, are to have their hands from now on a they rnu-t ha nri le j an average of ..vcr "7c per day. The ' S'tsh durin-r the ? I.!,ne days p-r'.niie- I es to be even gie3ter than last year, j At present the office Is averaging about 25 per day where the number I should be olo.w to inn. Tills year the department has mailed the blanks to alt persons who made out reports last year Many poo,... seem to have disregarded this convenience and -many come to the off:-" -villi out bringing their blanks with th-m. Mr. Ste'horn wishes all tax-pavers to bring with them the blank.-' who h th-y received through the mail as they already have the name, addreses and fie number staicpcd on them. Both deputies w.-ll be at the office th federal, building ail day from now until the elope of eolIect'ie.riH , Attention i called t" the penalty of ' "j per rent, which is added for fa'.lur It" real:.? the return before Man-ii 17,th. : anl a- many iieople may no( he a -: ri i.a i n f -d w ith other penalties eon- ! ti-cted with the law they aie herewith appended: " 0r Moklnjr J-nlse or Imdnlrnf Ilrtnrn .not. exceeding Jl'l.mn) or DO! e XCeeri - ing one year's imprisonment, or both. In the discretion of the court, and. in addition. 50 per cent of the tax evaded. For Falling to Make Return on Time.. Not more than Jl.noo. and, in addition 23 per cent of the amount of tax due. Kor Fulling to Par Tnv When Hue. or I nilerntatement of T Through N egligenee. Five per cent of the tax due but unpaid, plus interest at the rate of 1 per cent per month duriing the period ih which it remains unpaid. Take The Times and keep ouch with 'uie whole world. la

SHOW CITY'S AMAZING GROWTH

'GARY MAN FLEECED s IN NEW GAME Coffee House Owner Buys a New License and Police Seek Sharper. Whene Steve Pops 5. propr'etor of a. pool room and coffee house at 1,40 Adams st., Gary, transacts Mislness with ! stranger in the fu'ure he is from? to b, more careful. It was two weeks aco. while Popa was working at the old stand, thflt a Hashed a policeman!! star on the inside of hu coat and informed him that his jl!:0 license was past due. I '"Alright. I'll rfltch'um a new lirense." satd Steve, handing ovr $4 40 to tha i Strang. -r anj j,, return rocnol a re. eipt. ! ne hunjr the lii-pnse up a', the top : of th" cigar counter and never piv it i another thought until a city emploxe j inform,! him the oMkt !- that h- hid not Taken oit his 1 r2 lie.-ns.v -ny, j tak-'uni lu-en.-e out ' u o weeks aid I '..par, pointing to Ih ;, ), VP th, r,caj- ch iicnse The paper proved to he worthies? it is used by the p.p. compiling the n-w city directory as a contract for- .lertiing. eross the Cot f,r it w printed 120 in big red leter? and Steve thought it was good. Today the pc!io are making a citywide search for the stra riRer as it is '''"'vm tnaf. he ),as l!e-c-d otlor f if n-rs by thv snjiin name. rL E TONGUE GETS WARYCK IN COURT Hammond Grocer Resents Being Called Crook by Whiting Man. ' -""' -m. wr.o runs a grocery anu market on White Oak avenu iiammonu. claims that he Is sn hones man and resents the slanderous state ment which Stanley Wryck is leKed to have made in which Steve was' branded as a "crook.- To clear !,;; pood name Mr. S..hiekl has hrouclit ) nuit for damages in the Hammond' superio rcourt. j Waryck n!so lives on White Oak ave. j but within the city limits of Whitinc. ' Sohiesk; says that he was doinc a fln-J business at his store nT;i January 1?.' i - " io nave made j (the statement. "Steve Snir.a-i . ; ... n a crook.' A number of persons are said' to nave ncen present when Stanley unbosomed himself with the result that many believd the assertion and now Steve says he has lost no less than twenty-five good customers who base transferred their ttaue. elsewhere. , Steve insist, that his reputation prior to that was pood but that many now believe be Is not to be trusted. He believes that S.V'HIO would be suitable reparation for the dam.n- h., nis gooa name. His complaint ai fled by Attorney John M. Stinson. DID YOU HEAR THAT OWING to the fact that Thursday is Lincoln's birthday, the West. Hammond city council has postponed iis regular j meeting until I-Yiday evening. THE board of directors of the Hammond Country Club met last night, dealing with important matters. BALI.. MOO 1 ; II HA I a bachelor fori ' fl" first time in many moons and has r.othing to do but push Texaco. Wife &n,l 'laughter in Califor nia. inxmov : ,. H.MMONV people are perilled by jcy niiirHttinn uue io t lie neglect of pronert v- , owners in sweeping of snow. Pad falls have been reported to the au . hor i . i. s. A WOM AN entered a certain Hammond drug store the oth.-r day ainl asked f.-r! fsn ounce of opium, worth about S.'.n. she had no p.-rsenpt ion and was ,.f ,,,,ns,, 1 turned down. , THE American -Ki.,n basket ball r,-..in and fans were hugely disappointed to get worn irom l,-woi) today that the Lweti team is unable t me up f night on ' account of sickness. DAN VOREIS, former deputy revenu cojleetor at Hammond, has laid aside his coal mining business long enough to help o-it in the revenue oOV r during the cenve '.a rush. . i A M'MIiKl; of prommen Hanurtotid Democrjts ar- planning to go to !,al-,,r',. Monday veiling to hear ex-S.-nator M jfltn l,.u ' .of beautiful whiskered fame, pening spe.-h of his campaign j m p ? , lor trio xice presidential nomination. ATTORNEY H. C LEV E LAN D is slowly recovering from the severe heart attack vvmch he suffered several wee.'Ks ago. Jt Will he some time yef before he can step out in his old brisk ste again. CENTRAL school kiddies found a dt spot and officially opened the marble s.-.-,. sn today. This w ith the robin seen at Dyer last week is certain evidence spring is jut around the corner. :hnt Are you icadir.1; if.e"inic'j!

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ORGANIZES WOMEN DEMOCRATS OF U. S."; SAYS HARMONY REIGNS IN THE RANtKS

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Miwi Margaret Vale. Misunderstandings which led to the formation of the Women Democrats of America have been dissipated, according to Miss Margaret Vale, pponser of the society, and a permanent organization has been effected. The society, which will co-operate with the official party agencies, rational, ;tate and local, has bem approved, according to Miss Vale, by Mrs. George Bass, chairman of ti women's bureau cf the Democratic national committee.

Suffrage Trembles In Balance .'INTERNATIONAL NEW? SERVICE' WASIIINirn ". Feb. 11 --The Keder a suffrage a me rid m-tit . 'he right to vot- in nut is trembling- in the bal for ratification purpos. mo-. women . na I elect ions. 1 uo Xeediny ' i seven more states out of a total of tn yet to be heard from and m.tny of these doubtful it is bee inning to Took as tlioughi only the heroic infervent on of one or! both of the hi parties ran save the! measure from defeat insof.n as thei 19C0 presidential ejection i.- concern-i ed. j This intervention. It is believed lier, j may ultimately come about, for will".' woman's suffrage generally consider-, ed eventually inevitable and with soyi

sixteen million votes dependent there-: Wilso nis deeply incensed ov er i n pu o- .... . . , . -.r.i. A;rirrt.- i rtftvls case.

on. ma e politicians i.ere are prepared to resort to, drastic measures to prevent their particular party from! hnving to bear the blame f defeating! .......,,

Today Idaho wl ! cast her vote, fori is bound to leave a doubt in the minds, or against national woman's suffrage. ; of the pub ic as to the pros iden t's f u - j Tommorrow- Arizona's l-g'.sia ture. in - lire capabilities, which is entirely un-, special Sfssion. will do likewise. On i founded and ,t is -understood that thisj Monday New Mexico will follow sutijis the view- the. president takes him-i and though none of those states is j self. j considered a certainty, the national' At no tine since bis Illness, has the j woman's party here is hopeful. Ok!-j president been Incapacitated and hisj honia probably will vote next. Gov. I friends fear that the. action taken by.

Robertson of that state having been. j urged to call a special session of the ' legislature for I'-f . -- . As Oklahoma J has already adopt'1' woman's suffrage, it Is believed she will ratifv the fed-I eral amendment. Maryland" legislature, it is announ - ced. is in regular session tins month , . . ,t,, ,,, ratifv ,,. ' . . ; the remaining states, t onnecticut, orI ,)P,aw-are. West Virginia and WaB.nston. ,,1P ftltre ,s very hazy. In some of these states, th.e gover nors are opposed to th" amendmen and refnsed to call the special session necessary to pass upon it. THESE BOYS ARE j I ' Word has be. i f run Bugler ,1 IV ed by J'ti E TiMs ! A. Ein-e -n Kins. '.-I. who e. son . , f : le of e-'-i i . s s . - r v i n g ! c-i v air - . ''CIS. no- of his said Mru West of trd duty -a.n across j Mr. and Mrs. S. ba: ' t- ' Gnriield av... ,, .i-.m, ... , tn Troop M. F-.ur'h i , '''. '.' I. Alb-n. II I liiu r Bit'sei.. ,;i r--1 P"t 11" e.s al-ng .i a : ing si ,. b ohna r 1 '. r.- on o iwhib- i.e and So I Covington. Kv.. j along the Mexican j Som custom ..ill. having p -'istol practice. The b..vs ask. , : . - lew -",.-v , Mi,t a nd ilisniotm' un;. I their . !." c-i; and hit '"'" '"it! , tie cent, r seven times as i'a-t a they cr uel l hoot. The ,.. -s also say ll v r. : pretty lonesome o-it there and tha" :'e.--v- w.'uld love to haar from some lonesome girls In Hammond and w ill be cla.1 ir, answer q'l tf,t-ers Joseph writ'-i t'lelchillg anpeaX

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Ui. .A-KBHaV s n n lass a a m .m 8 H S3 9 BSS SS K 8 SSSIS89 8S&S38BBBai2a eiBasaBsiUBeRannai aisssaaa2aas2BBk -a aaaaRiiBBRaiHiik - stsaaaassfsawa' - .sasKisggssf gar " " 8 IB B WILSON IS NGENSED OVER STORY Angered at Baltimore Physician for What He Thinks Is Unethical Deed. (INTERNATIONAL NtVKS SERVICE I V S ! 1 1 NG TO N, Feb. 11 President i. suing oi no- ""' it was learned from his intimate friends today, Friends of the president declared ! ni ii. e iinhlishinir of the diagnosis Dr. Young may arouse new lumma which are baseless, The diagnosis was published wlthout the consent of the president, wnicn action, friends of the president said. j borders on the unethical, it is known, ' Ht Tr. Grayson has kept a complete msioi ' - has been withheld because the presi dent did not desire to have his ments laid before the public. aili THROMBOSIS WAS WILSON'S AILMENT INTERNATIONAL NEWS .SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 Great interest was created here today by a copyrighted article In th.e Baltimore .Sun which declared that Dr. Hugh Young, of Baltimore, has HnnounceJj that President Wilson's illness was! to due to crobral thrombosis a blood lie brain. -tides stated that the presirp.v ering from impairment ,;t i-.i- lift leg and left arm, but that at no time, lias his mental capacity beer, impaired. It. Grayson, th.e president's phy s: ,-iar.. who called Dr. Young into con ' vi.M-jtion. refused to comment on the su'tatlon. retusea to 'statements. 5 j 7 r. Grayson said lie would rot even r I ir,k at Dr. Y'-ung's statement. i T!-( i w as no denial of I r. Young's statement, but it was learner that. Dr. j Young ' ad sought t- revise his inter-j view hut found that it. had been pub-! iished. Don't throw youi papei a-.raj without reading the want ad page,

POLICY TO WIEXICANIZE HR. WORKERS

Union Head Condemns Treatment Under U. S. Ownership. (BTJIeLETIN) By MJXBRED MOEEIS. STAFF CORRESPONDENT J N SERVICE) WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. "W will deliver an ultimatum to Director General SClnea thaft our demands be granted or we strike," said J. B. Malloy, grand vice president of the Maintenance of Way Employes organization, this afternoon, following" a conference of the conimlttaa aent here to meet with Director General Kinea. bv mil mi En ionni. tSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I N SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON. F-b. I 1 I ecla ring; railroad maintenance of way employes have been ignored in their appeals to the railroad administration to have their wapes leveled up to a w ace w here a man can support his family, where an American should." J. Y.. Malloy, grand vice president of the Fnited Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way and Shop Fmployes, denied today that his organization was breaking its agreement by calling a strkie for February 17. Malloy declared the railroad administration is reducing the railway workers to the "Mexican standard of living'" by the small rates of pay, and declared the agreement granted his union covers hours of service and work ing- conditions only and does not refer to wages in any way, shape or form. Malloy said the railroad administra tion for the "past eighteen months has been asking the officials of the t'nited Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and shop laborers, who represent these men. to wait a few weeks until an investigation of wage demands could be made."' t The different boards bureaus and bureaucrats of the railroad administra tion have held mighty conferences and many investigations and have at last decided "that as the average daily wage of the section men as reported by the Interstate Commerce Commission is (Continuum on page Ave.) Captain Welch Back on a Short Visit "Warmly welcomed hy a host of admiring friends, ('apt. Wm. Welch, one of the 'star performers for liberty in Hammond ! during the war. arrived in th- city today for a short visit after b ing five months in hospitals in France and Maryland as a result of five years overwork. Capt. Welch has resigned from the army and has a fine oner in th" electrical business in 7ew- York, which he has accepted. His experiences after going to France were many and varied and in addition to the arduous war work he did in Hammond during- the war resulted in his h.-alth breaking flown. Mr. Ae! -h will toiu him here tonight, she having been in Top.-ka by reason of her father's serious illness, and the estimable couple will remain on a visit until Friday. T EL The necessity for mid-western cities to adopt daylight saving regulations conforming to those of the East and a d'is- ' eussi.-n of the daylight ordinance now before the Chicago city council will be j (he topic of an address by . H. Tohty of the Tobey Furniture Company and s j dire-ctor of the Chicago Association of I Commerce. Ho will speak tomorrownoon at the regular weekly luncheon of the Hammond "hamhor of Commerce at the Chamber of Commerre rooms. Thos. J. Hogan, a Chicago alderman, will speak on the subject of daylight saving also. It Is the hope of the Hammond Chamber of Commerre that the eitjes of the Calumet district will adop ord-nances similar to that drawn Such action is ne.-essf up for Chicago. is poirved out. unless v r wish to pr up wfh many inconveniences t.-ia'. are .-in.-e New York. Phiiad.-I rastern cities have pro :i:l t" arise in a lei other h-I -I i 1 1 wrh i rn ii they he. diffef-lice of saving regulations which, come effective, will cansi two hours in time between she.--.- , jijes land those of the Middle Wes. i Those desiring to attend the luncheon Will notify the secretary of the Chamber j "f Commerce, phone Hammond . si not ! later than la o'clock t on -,..rr - w morning. j i T A T XT T1 V "FT "FT'T'PF) TO THE OFFICE In a spirited clr. to ... a ssii'ani. Frank Parkey of the Gary lire depart ment was .lrted to The office of trustee of th Firemen's Pension Fund in liiry this w eek-

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FOR STRIKE" Shopmen President Says a Lot of Jails Will Be Necessary. (INTERNATIONAL NEr5 SERVICCJ DETROIT, Mich.. Keb. 11. Allen K. Barker, grand president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance) of Way employea. d' ciared today that his organization would pay no attention to any injunction issued by any federal judge. In this country to prevent th? strike of 300,000 of his followers on Veb. 1Z. RAPS OOTIaNHSKT. "The, government, when rt suits tha purposes of the fellows 'on the hill,"" he declared, "tells us the war ia over and th Iyvnr act doeS riot apply. an1 also when it suits their purpose tells us the war is not over and the T,ever net is effective. -Xo Injunction will deter us. The strike order has been issued and it cannot be recilled. -WXX.I. DISREGARD LAW, "They will need a lot of jails, Barker declared, commenting on tho report from Kansas that officials there would invoke the new industrial relations law ajrainst. members of the brotherhood In that state who went on strike. "We shall disregard a.nv Tower that tells us we are ne.t. free to strike," he added. Barker sa.id that this organisation would not be influenced by any rtion taken by any of the other Tailrosd organizations in their controversy with th railrcad administration u wag? demands. U.S. TO ACT INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CI1 AYASH1NGTON, lt. 1 1 a ,ovt-rnmer.t forces were being mobilized today t prevent a nation-wide strike oa the railroads. Director General Hines Traji to rive Yi'.r answer to the ultimatum of the railroad workers, presented yesterday, demanding increased wages. The director general was also to me with, a committee of ten of the Brotherhood cf Maintenance of Way employes to discuss the strike of that organization which has been set for Feb. 17. Atty. Gen. ralmer was prerariua- tf act under the Lever law to prevent strikes by injunction if necessary. Bavk of all cf th rT"Parations w President Wilson, considered the court (Continued on page five). NEWBERRY TRIAL HAS NEW ANGLE f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Feb. 11. The govrrnment .took a new tack today in steering the prosecution of Senator Truman H. Newberry and his 121 campaign aides, taking up the candidacy of James W. Holme, Henry Ford's primary opponent. A dozen witnesses were placed on the stand to testify that their signatures to petitions placing Holme in nomination were forgeries. The government contends that Holme was induced to run by NeA berry's managers and paid for making the race. Special Asst. Atty. Gen. Dai ley announced that lie would prove that the petitions containing the forgeries were circulated by agents employed by the Newberry senatorial committee. The defense today made a determined light to have stricken from the record the testimony late yesterday of former Gov. Chase S. Oshorn. They were unsuccessful except on one motion, the court ordering stricken from the record a reference to II. A. Hopkins as a ' financial sewer." Police Magistrate Edward Jefferson of Detroit described an effort made by At-d-nmui Fred W. Cast at or, one of the defendants, to secure his a.id in persuading H. lme to run. The ease with which money could be "picked up" in Flint during 131S described by Wilson Young. ANNOUNCES NEW Bishop Alerding Makes Catholic Church Charges Effective Feb. 18. FT. WAYNE. Ind.. Feb. 11. Bishop Alerdine, of the Catholic church, has announced four appointments as follows: The Rcy. John O'adnik, now at Ls Porte, to S'. Adciborfs church at South Bend: the Rev. Ignatius J. Gapczmski, of Saere. lk-irt hur.h at Gary, to suc- ! . eed the Rev. Mr osadntk at La Porte: j - he Ucv. T'--oiil fhcmnia. assistant at j St. Adelliert's nt South B-nd. to the Church of the Assumption ih N w Ch i - ago: i i;ev. aio stus jarka. assist ant at St. Stanislaus church. East Chicago, to be assistant teethe Rev. Mr. Osadnik at St. Adalbert's at South Bend. The a npoipi nien's 'become effective February 1.

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