Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 53, Hammond, Lake County, 21 February 1920 — Page 1

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IADE THAT Adoption of Conference Report Will Pass it on to the Senate. I i ' H I I. LET I V. MNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! W.SHINiTO. Ffb. 21 "I here is little likelihood that congress will he able to reach an agreement that nlll Insure a prompt disposition of iht nrltn of wane demands of the railroad worifM," declared a letter emitted to President Wilson today by a romwiCIrr of three repreaentalliea of tha railroad lahor itrrulm' tlnna. BT J. mm (1MPBEI I. ;strr cor respondent i n. servicei WASHINGTON. Fee. 21 By a ma-i-rity rangir.g from 11 to 50, the conference report on the Esch-Cummins r. U to govern the return of the railroads to private ownership on March 1 was expected to be passed by the house today. Labor leaders anfl government ownership advocates opposed to ,he cora-l-romise measure admitted there was -.ant prospect of preventing; the house from adopting the conference report mhodied In the bill. UEBTF, IS LIMITED. The house.iras to meet at 11 o'clock t'i:a mornins. an hour earlier than ue- . i.sl. to take up the report. Debate iv a to be confined to five hours, the exponents, and proponents ot . the bill 10 share equally in the exchange of .rgurr.ents. A stormy session was anticipated. In the conclusion of the debate it was agreed a vovc should be taken ,o decide whether the report oe audited, or recommitted to conference '-ith recommendations that It be further amended. A final vote was ev.e cted about six o'clock. :'!! TO HEAD M PPORTER. Rep. Esch, of Wisconsin, the Republican chairman of the house interstate and foreign commetce committee, was to lead the supporters of the bill. The fight -was expected to be made largely on party lines, although Rep. Sam Ravburn. Democrat, of Texas, a member of the committee, has urged his . olleagues on the Democratic side not to attempt to stand in the bill's way. Considerable Democratic opposition v li promised, however, because It was claimed by leaders of the minority the guaranty cf a. 6'i per cent income to the railroads, proposed by the bill, would result in increased rates amount ig to an additional 11.250.000,000. Adoption of the conference report n the house -would pass it on to tn senate whose Republican leaders are also prepared to jam it through. Republican leaders of the senate, as -veil as of the house are making the prediction that the bill will be on its iv ay to the president by the middle of next week. TOWN LOTS IN PORTER COUNTY jO BEGGING Dune Land Parcels To Be . . Default at Recent Tax Sale. VALPARAISO. IND., Feb. :i Hundreds of town lota in the aand dunes of this country are going begging be--ue the owners have refused to pay t?xeg cn them teat range from 9 cents to 18 cants . lot. Few person., .id ,or delinquent property at the recent tux sal here. Soma years ago several towns In the aand dunea along the lake shore erf platted and recorded here. Hundveds of the lots" were sold entirely rem the plata as they appeared on pjper. Then it was discovered tia was Impossible for the owners to find i heir lots. A regiment of ctvl' engineers could, but this would be r yr avpenia. Then came the tax salea, and the tax titles were bought by others ignorant of the situation. Finally, it seems, the whole country has ben enlightened and tax sales are held :n va'n. John O. Power, of Hammond, ownr of many lots near Dune park, has fgured that the Calumet ditch. 2i0 fe.t wide, will take in many of his lots, and ethers would be assessed heyond their real value, so his holdings have gone into the pot with the rest of the delinquents. The assessed valu of sand dune lots ia about $12. S.-me have been o',d for J"3 in years past and then '.carded. Some have been given mvay. and one firm here bought seveial lots at $5 each. looking to a bright future when the National Dune park would grace the vicinity, but at present the park project is ded far as Porter county is conI ctrrnaa.

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DID YOU HEAR THAT ATTOnXKT P. E. HOONF. ha-s been

t in Valparaiso a pood deal of the time " fi r two w eeks on If gal business. j CLAUDE Nicholson, a. Crown Polm. constable, was in Hammond today on ! business. E. V. LINDEN, of the Simplex offices. ; has gone to Railway, X. J., his place being taken by his brother. J. 11. Liuden. G. H. AUSTEN, of the Simplex plant, j is driving a new Chandler coupe and j-W. H. Spcllman has a new Chandler. j HARRY PORTZ Fays tliat if his last t name wa O'Xeil he'd be on the way to Detroit right now if he had to walk every step of the 'way. i A NEW grocery store has been opened j up on State Iine arid Doty st. by M. i Salatnon with the Homew ood-West Hami inond district as a feeder. If. C. MERRIUj. a wen-know n carfe nter. who fell nd broke his leg sev- ; ral months ago, is able to hobble about j on crutches. I PEPl'TT CORONER H. J. WHITE ' sragged his right hand on a nsil and !has it all swathed up to prevent infecj t:on. OCCUPANTS of houses on property which will be occupied by the new Masonic temple are preparing: to vacate in order that construction may start soon. J. F. WEBER, examiner in charge of the United States Employment Service at the court house in Hammond, has resigned and will return to Milwaukee, Wis. A SWARM cT strange. Ion-winded, sickly looking buys is trying to take possession of the court stenographers' quarters In the court house. The bojs are preparing: to fumigate the rlace. SOME Hammond business houses make a practice of collecting: a cent extra as war tax on articles that ate rot taxable and tUy Veep no check on the tax either. A plain case of criminal profiteering. i ATTY. FRED HARNETT tboujrht Reds. I were, bombing- one of the Cliicagro ctirt ' rooms while he wa- l.tlp-ing: in a. divorce i suit the o;.- f'ay. It proved to he merely a newspaper photographer taking a flashlight of the woman in the case. STEVE FIWTXSKI. who succeeded Joe Okray as engrinecr of the West Hammi'tid sewage pumping; station. Is now conducting: a series- of us: with e'ectirca.1 equipment instead o" the old stcajn pumps. JUDGES Re.it er. Hardy and Gillette ot al eng-ag-ed in an interesting: discussion of the value of snow shovehng; an an exercise, especially for their neighbors, yesterday at the Commerce luncheon. O. A. KRINBILI the telephone maneter, is on a furlougrh in Mexico City and a pcstel card shows him a spectator at a. bull f.pht viewing the toreadors, ricadors and thing's. He will have Rome new -ways of throwing- the bull when he Rets baci;. GRANT INSPECTOR JOTiX J. GLEXDENXINO of Indianapolis Is in Hammond this efternoon and the Masons are showing; him around. He inspects the Chapter at 4 o'clock and the Council at 7:30 o'clock. A big" supper will be inserted between the two at 6 o'clock. GETS $20,000 FOR BREACH OF PROMISE INTERNATIONAL NEWS IERVICI! NEW TORK, Feb. 21. A verdict of tao.000 has been awarded Miss Virginia Eckhart. a pretty twenty-one-year-old girl of Ietroit, in her breach of promise suit against Hugh J. E. Elakely, a wealthy exporter of this city. Miss Eckhart came here in 191 to omplete her musical education. She met Blakely soon after her srrivat and 'lie showered attentions upon her, giving j her a dtaxnond engagement ring. Ac(cording to Miss Eckhart. Blakely repi resented himself a widower with a mothjerless boy. However, she declared, she saw him in a notei witn a woman wnom he admitted was his wife. Legal pioceedings followed. SHACKLETON MOURNS PEARY j i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 LONDON. Feb. -1. The world has 'lost one of its greatest explorers, de- ! dared E:r Ernest Shackleton. discov erer j oo the South Pole, in paying tribute today to the memory of the late Rear j Admiral Robert E. Peary, discoverer of j the North Pole. "T regret that his dej clmitig years were embittered by th ; controversy aroused by Dr. Frederick I Cook. who. in my mind, was undoubtedly rt. imposter. T had admired Admiral I-Vary's indoinir.able spirit from youth. I met hi.ii last in San Frantisco in 1917 'just three davs before America's entry into the ",ar. The announcement of his ricath causes me the greatest sorrow.'' CHILD VICTIM OF ATTACK ! f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! JFRINdllt.LU. .Mass.. h eo. Zl. im victim of a. brutal attack while on an errand for her mother, twelve-year-old Yiifiinia. Walker was found fiendishly slain near her home early today. The body, which j frozen stiff from the cold, was found on a pile of blankets among some unused sleighs In the r-ar of creamery where the 1-ttle ijit 1 had ioae for a bottle of milk.

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Werner Is Shot By Constable B. I-. Werner, of the Werner Parkins Co.. at 1300 Broadway. Gary, is confined in the Mercy hospital today with a bullet hole in his shoulder as a result of. the injured man attempting: to eject a constable from the store who was serving a warrant on the store owner. The shooting occurred yesterday afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock. Armed with a warrant and accompanied by Mike Loter, Constable Eli Rodocovich went into the store to serve the papers cn the proprietor. At that lime Werner was busy. According: to the story told by Rodocovich, Werner ordered him out of the store and called him a lot of viie names. They then had a struggle in which looter grabbed the pun from Rodocovich, fired the (fun and the bullet struck Werner and lodged in his shoulder. Rodocovich stated that lie did not start to f.ght until Werner had struck at him and nit hitii over the head with a cleaver, inflicting: a wound thai nedcd the attention of a physician. According; to Werner's story, "Rodocovich and Loter came into the store and Rodocovich came behind the counter and started to scuffle. After Rodocovich pulled his Eim I threw him down on the floor and called my clerk to tet the gun. At this that man with Hodoruvieh grabbed the revolver nd shot me." The police were ca.!ledin on the case ar.d took the thre men to the police station. After being; questioned Rodocovich was released and Loter, who gave his address as Ross, Ind.. is being- held charged with shooting- with intent to kill. COAL SHORTAGE IN EAST IS ACUTE 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON". Feb. ;t Acute srt ages of coal are being felt by many of the public service corporations end public utility corporations in the Eastern states, officials of the national committee on gtas and electric Fervlce and representatives of a number of individual companies declared here toOay. Philadelphia. New Tork atin coston are more seriously affected, it w as j atated, with companies iti several ofi the smaller towns and cities in dually serious straits. Confiscations of coal recently for the railroad purpoaes after it had been shipped to public utility concern Is one of the principal causes of the short ages, it was declared. Another cause la stated to be the comparatively larre tonnafte that is being exported to othercountriea. CRIMINAL CASES FOR NEXT WEEK rtFECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT IND.. Feb. :i In the Criminal Court of Eake county. W. O. '.Thomas, deputy prosecuting attorney. has made the following settings for the week of February C3, lS-'O; HONDAV, FEB. 23. J"0 State vi Thomas D. Williams. TIEM1AV, FEB. 24. 8? ftate vs Tom W. Spencer. 859 State vs Joe Chancik. IP10 State vs Ike Douglas. HEDEsDAV. FF.B. 2.V 1011 State vs Hugh Conroy. 1012 State rj Stanley Moore. 1013 State vs Beatrice McFarland. 1009 State va Rudolph Phew. (15 State vs Phillip Miller. THIRnn, FEB. 26. S44 State vs John I.. Waik. : S6S State vs Albert Taiiau. WEST HAMMOND CITY CLERK BUSY Cleik Andrew Str.cno wit X of Wet Hammond is busy now collecting the special assessments cn property of the city. In ofder to care for the rusHi he now keeps hi rfr: e at the c: ty hali pen Wedr.e.'.day evenings from 7 to 9:0 o'clock for the heneflt of resident"? of the north part of tow,n and on Tuesday evenings he is at the police station from 7 to 9:30 f r the convenience of residents of the south part of town . For collecting the regular city taxes. I Peter Anker, the collector, has announced that he will be at the citv- ! hall on F'ebruarv 'z an dllaidi 9 and 16. He will aisc be at the police sta- , tion on Februaiy ZZ and March 13. HAS MISS WILSON LOST SINGING VOICE I I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. - Reports that Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the president, has lost ber singing voice as a result of war work cuold not be confirmed today at the White House. Miss Wilson is a guest at the Grove Park Inn. Asheville. N. ., havIng been there for the past two weeks.' According to White House information! Miss Wilson is enjoy ing a period of recreation. During. th president's; illness Miss Wilson remained t-ontin-; ually at. the While House asiting' Mrs. W ilion In her care of the presi- ! j -dnu

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BEJADE Wet Blanket is Thrown Over Building Prospects in Caulmet Region. Although building prospects in the Calumet legion have never appearedi rosier than nt. present because of the apparent willingness on the part ofj builders to u.ake the investment in; spite r.f the prevailing- high prlces.j labor difficulties now looming; large; treaten lo throw a wet blanket over! the whole business unless an amicable I adjustment can be made before the i building season opens. Demands of four of the crafts of the ' Building: Trades Council now in the! hands of the employers call for wape j increases which the employers tay citinot be met. Lathers, plasterers, parnt-j ers and laborets are ashing that t lie wage be increased to $10 for an eiphthour day. The lathers in addition; favor cutting down their set day f rom j thirty bundles to twenty-five or twenty j seven bundles. j Other crafts, it is said, are waiting-: to see what the outcome of this ini- j tial ficht will be, and in case the' four crafts win similar increases wm oo j manded. Those making- the demands j say that the employers must meet' them while the contractors insist that! it is Impossible. A finis hfight isj threatened and it is feared that a rep- I etition of the lahor disputes of last! summer will occur on' a. larger scale) this season with the resultant demoralization of the building industry for the year. - . A Tetter from ,the Builomg; Trade Council to the Times present a rvwuf ! situation. The following; letter is self-explanatory: j In answer to your article in Ti'E ' .A.KK Cot ntt Timf.s of Friday. Feb. 2. under the caption of "Opinions Kx pressed Conflicting." and in answer to vour question of. "Will 1P2" I'.e a G ?d ! Puilding Tear in Hammond?" i We believe that through the careful procedure of the contractors in all the' various crafts, they are in a position! to answer this question more accurately than any other source and from I that standpoint, we would state that first a good building year w ill depend entirely on the deposition of the vari-'j ous- crafts employed in building".' Granting that the cost of material hasj been decidedly increased durintr the last twenty-four months. It has not increased in any excess of the labor and freight rates involved in the handling of all classes of materials. Nor has it increased mora than the journeymen mechanics' ray as up to the present time. The labor at the present time represents almost exactly one-half of the cost of any building operation. In other words, if a structure was to cost J1P.PP0 $5,001 of this money would be pent directly with the crafts doing the final erecting. The Building Trades' Employers' Association since Nov. 14th. have had special committees working constantly with the vie wof arriving at a fixed working condition for building op erations during the ensuing ear. This business of the Employers' As- ! sociation has been carried on energetically through a paid secretary and every possible stone has been turned! with the view of stabilizing; conditions so that a good building year ift Hammond and the Calumet district! may be assured; as our organisation j is designed for covering the entire. Calumet district and is affiliated with' tl e Gary organization and at the present time there has been no definite conclusion arr.ved at. We will state tlia tsevral of tha crafts have made demands for an Increase of 13 per cent or J2.00 per day per man ana in aome instances nave, demanded a reduction in production! of from 8 per cent t o!6 2-3 per centj in output. There are some of the. crafts who are conservative and do not hesitate to express themselves through their officials to state that their present wage fc8. which is most, umvrrsaiiv i.um, satisfactory and should he maintained, lowever, they feel and so state that. n the event of any other craft receiving an advance in pay. they shouid he entitled to as much. On this question the contractors fee! that ail crafts are entitled to equal pay and that if sober thinking among the various crafts should prevail, we have no doubt but what the present demards of J10 a day by the lathers, plasterers and sheet metal workeis w ill be eliminated and a uniform rate of pay which -now prevails will prevail throughout the -eason. However, if such should not l,t the case and the crafts who are most vitally interested in a good building season see fit to create strife and turmoil against their ow n interests and in this way hampering the growth! and deveiopu-ient of their own district it will certainly put the entire matter on their own shoulders ar.d beyoinl the reac hof any contractor or real estate dealer of this district. The mention by t.vo or three ofj your people quoted in the paper ofj money being easy, we do not believe j refers to any particular time other; than the piesent. We do iow from the contractors' standpoint that there i's ben inn or tlnee meetings heTd by people who handle iarge arnounU

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GERMAN RV. WORKERS Will Not Permit Few Thousand Workers to Strangle Sixty Million People. (INTERNATIONAL NVS SERVICE) HAMBURG. 1 en. 21. -If a. few thousand railway workers, believe they are in a position to strar gle sixty-million persons because they control the country's traffic arteries, 1 as minister of defense, announce fhzi 1 will not hesitste their bones in two." Her Noske, minister of defense declared in a speech to the Social Democrats on th ethreatened railway strike. Noske continued: "1 am clothed with power that no one before me bad and acainst which I fuupht both and hefoie and duiirig; the war. But now I must te what I previously combat ted." "A dictator!" cried nunieious members of the audience. After the shouts had subsided, Noske added: "This dnn not mean that my opinions have changed, but the circumstances' have changed. I am called an 8 rch-muroerf r. but no one can quietly witness the foolish, stupid experiments in economics the radicals are now atteinpti ntf."' TO GIVE ADDRESS Edward Kidd to Speak at Marion County's Labor Convention. fTIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL! INDIA NAPOEIS. IND.. Feb. 21 Edward Kidd. of Hammond, state secretary of the Labor Party will speak at the Marion county convention of tha Labor rarty which will be held Punday, February IJth. in Painters hall, "10 North Delaware St.. Inriiiapo)i. the sessions opening at ?:"0 o'clock in the morning. Leaders said that officers of the party in the county will he named, but a ticket will not ta s'lec-ted at this time. Charles S. Rogers, chairmsn of tha Indianpolis organization eommltte of the part-, announced that all labor organizations, women's clubs ar.d o'hr progressive organisations hav been invited to send delegates. Each party member is entitled to a seat. A mass meeting will be held Sunday afternoon in Painters hall, which will he addressed by local speakerp. Francis J. Dillon, state chairman, will speak Sunday at Vanerburg county convention in Evsnsvilie. It is expected that a full county ticket will be nominated there. On Monday. Mr. Dillon will address a mass meeting at Linton. A large attendance is expected, as many Green County miners are expected to declare a holiday to join in the meeting. A woman's auxiliary of the party in Indianapolis is being organized, leaders in the work being Mrs. Jennie Mosely. Mrs. Francis Dillon and Mrs. Christian Carlson. The first meeting is to be held March "nd, in Morrison Hall. Indianaro'is. CLAIMS HE CAN CONTROL SEX 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI LONDON. Feh. n Dr. Julian Huxley, formerly of Texas, a grandson of the famous biologist, after a long series of experiments, has discovered a preparation which he believes will control the sex of unborn infants and protract the youth of adults, according to the Daily Mail. The preparation works upon the thyroid gland, but the details have not been made known. of money for loan purposes who hava practically stated that unless things become more settled among the labor circles, they would not be able to finance the business for the coming year. In so far as the contractors entire life and existence depends upon The building business, he becomes vitally affected when building operations are affected either through labor or financial reasons. This same thing is true of the various c-ralts. In other words, a good stable, smooth operat.ng condition for the contractor means the same identical condition for the Journeyman or vice versa. At the piesent time, as is always the case with contractors being a class ot men who make a living In an occupation which involves more or less chance and r sk. they are inclined to lie optimistic from all outer appearance, but at the same time, they are very much in doubt and afraid that under the present conditions and High cist of materi.-il an (i'li" possibility of a fiat 25 p"r cr.t increase of $2.0'i per day' per man for al Imen cmployed on every building, the outlook not good: but if the matter settics down to a uniform working condition, the demands for homes and buildings in the Calumet district for the coming year, together with the number tliat will be built, will undoubtedly exceed the fondest dreams of a'i contractors and ral e-tste men of the entire Calumet district. Wishing for a prosperous and successful building year during 192'). we are. . Tours very truly. x .Building T: ades Einpiov,,

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illL BOB ID m IK j But He's Going to Get Mar ried This Evening Just the Same. Re rail, up Serseant Robert G. Cramer and Miss Hannah N c',el, SGu Douglas avenue, V et I lainiii'nd. are to be mat t ied tl. s evonirov provided Boh c;m spare the time and straighten out the inter-state d:ff icultic a which have arisen. He is busy as can be handling the big recruiting drive, and arranging for a swell haul let next week Yesterday ie toie himself away from h;s duties Ions: enough t.- take h;s prospective bride to Crown Point and Set a marriage license. A ri anige merits had been made to have the ceremony performed by a minister at the bride's home in West Ha.mnond. The question arose as to whether it w uld be legal to tale iri Indiana license into Illino.r to have the Knot tied. After consulting authorities it way deeded tliat it mould not be proper. Unwillingto give up the idea f a homo wed. ding he considered hav'.rg it done first in Illinois to satisfy the better half end then come across into Indiana for t second and clinching ceremony. Then again he thinks sc-me of allowing the $2 he .pent at Crown Point go to waste and bpy a new license at Chicago. At a late hour he was still in doubt. Cramer is todav- one f the best known young men in Hammond, having e rne here over a. year affo when the Army resumed recruiting. Miss Neckel also has a wide circle of friends who have foreseen the match for some time. Phe has been employed in the toilet preparation department at the Eion Store. OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASE Physicians Dereliction Investigated by Health Commissioner. 1 - I Contagious- diseases repi rtcd during I the past, week show a decline over the preceding week. The situation as re- ' fleeted in the tiiubfr of cases reported j is satisfactory thnt many complaints I have been heart! where transmissable diseases are said to be treated by physicians who fail to make any revert to the board of health. A flagrant violation of the etate law which compels a physician to report M-nmedietely any case of a cntagiuos disease treated by Iiim. has been found in Hammond, according to reports eul ent . Dr. Willia niA . Fuchanan. secretary of the Roard og Health, has begun an investigation to determine the truth oX these rumcT. His attention has been called to a. small pox case in Web. ster avenue in which the attending physician has failed to report and consequently has allowed th chouse and its inhabitants ta e.-ape quarantine. The number of new cases of small pox. while n'-t alarming, has risen. And it is hinted that some of these cases may be directly traced to members of some stricken families w-ho were allowed freedom from confinement and thus offered a p'-ssibie carrier to the germ. Cases of transmissabl diseases filed during the week are srnlal pox. 5: sca--let fever, 6 and mearleo, In The Courts George Diackert vs. Falker Porter j is the title of a. suit cn promissory ! note filed today by Attorneys Guy J White and G. E. Sheerer. I The Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co. i has filed a suit on account against the 1 Automatic Safety Device Corporation I through Attorney M. D. Met?. Suit on promissory note Via been filed by the Holy Trinity Branch No. 925 of the Polish National Association against Martin Koeal et al. Attorney J. M. Stinson represents the plaintiff Divorce from her husband. Ed. Junior, has been granted Lillie Junior by Judge Hardy in Room 2. Her maiden name. Lillie Thomas, was restored. Suit for possession and damages has been filed by George G. Lugasan against Earl It. Clubine. It is an appeal by defendant from the court of Justice Reiland of Indiana Ilaibor. George and I.ura, Downing o'f East Chicago have filed a petition to adopt Pearl. Bertha.. Arthur and Wilfred Dow ning, minor children, whose parents are both dead. Attorney w. J. Whinery is representing them. An appeal from the court of Justice E. P. Ams has been filed in the superior court by the defenda it i nthe suit on account of William vninn against the Calumet Coal & Supply Co. Joseph Kowalski has fiied a suit for possession of personal property against Alex V.tA er through Attorney Abe Otteaixeiiner.

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$9267 AS RREGULAR State Accountants say Fees Were Charged When Graham was in Army. CRAHAM NOT AT HOME. I E"( orner Joseph Graham na i ot at hi heme in Hammond to- j day shta effort rrf made to grl J his version of the rhargr made the atntr board of accounts. However, Mrs. 4. rah am has ainaTi j been In close touch Tilth his nf- i fairs roronrr. mi Inclined to j regnrd the charge liarbtlT. "Dr. j (.raham wa summoned to bring, i hi books to Indianapolis for r- ' omlnntlon." she anld. "hut n hen he I appeared at the appointed time with hi" attorney, the persons Tilth Trhom he vras to meet did not appear. I can say that the ofTI.-e nnt n. wasronlueted according to preeden( and Inquests were held only tn rases where it had been the practice of farmer coroners to do so.' sihe added that the state hoard objects to allowing fees for inquests over deaths which occur In pobllc places hut said thnt the bonrd of health had Invariably refused to issue death certificate in such cases and had referred them to the coroner. I understand the present coroner. Dr. Elans, is following the same coarse which Dr, Graham did," she said. fTIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL INDIANAPOLIS. IND., Feh. Z 1 Charges of a sensational nature ate contained in a leport ot' the state board of accounts presented to Gov-rn'r Goodrich yesterday by Jesso E. Esehbash. state examiner, relative to alleged irregularifles in the Lal.e County coroner's office in 1M7 and l!1f. As a result of the findings of Walt, r .1. Twiname and, Hugh l.. Studebaktr who made the irtvestigation. Joseph A. Giahara. coioner from 1M6 to December Si, 1518. is charged with $9.isi.;:;,. CASES I GRAHAM' ABKM'E. According to the report H. C. Green, acted as coroner from November, 3T17. when Graham entered the army. Graham did not return until January, 1P1I1. The report sets out that during November and December. 1917. Green acted as coroner and also as constabh. Prior to that time he was constable. The examiners allege that the coroner's office was run in a high-handtd fashion and that the f8x payers of tha county were required to pay for inquests held in the cases of hundreds of rersons who" died from natur;-! causes. Although most of the actions held irregular were transacted during Graham's absence, he is held responsible as he w as under bond. here i nrTui.nn report. In detailing the charges the report reads: "Fees on illegal inquests. .. ..13.442. la "Excess fees for special con stables "Fees for constables upon illegal inquests "Illegal fees collected by deputy coroner for holding autopsies "Fees paid Norris A. Dobson, constable . . "Fs paid Claud Nicholson, constable "Fees raid Joseph Vodick. constable "Fees paid various physicians for holding unneces 1.4:0. 3 Cej.S" 1 03. "11 1.343.3" sary autopsies i,6:?.f", I Total i?. 267.4', The torcner is allowed a credit of JS6.10 for services In connection w the Michigan Central wreck cases. CHARGES DEATHS w 13ft E N ATI B A I.. The report whic covers L'i'mi typewritten pages sets out hundreds of t Continued on pago five 1 LABOR BLACKLISTS SIX SENATORS BV MILDRED MORRIV STAFF CORRESPONDENT 1. H. SERVICE! WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 Six ser.atois for first place are tied on the American Federation of Labor's congiession al blacklist it was learned today. These senators are Srnoot. of Elan. Meyers, of Montana: Sherman, of HI -iiois; Thomas, of Colorado; Cummins. ft Iowa, and Underwood, of Alabama. These men lead the list of those who will he bitterly opposed at the poils by the A. F. of L. The firt named throe along with Pome-rene. of Ohio. King, of Utah. Phipps of Colorado: Lodge, of Massachusetts and Penrose, of Pennsylvania, who are not up for re-election have the blackest anti-labor records in the sena'e. federation officials an nounced today. IOWA CITT, la.. Feb. 21. Purdue slaughtered Iowa's basketball five 1' night. 40 lo fi. The Hawkeyes, than to Shimek's good basket shooting, held the visitors fairly even in the first half, which Purdue, captured 17 to.)!). Tiiv .1 Stf "V Ui nfan UL lOOB two.