Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 214, Hammond, Lake County, 27 February 1920 — Page 1

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THE WEATHER , FOR IVDIAK A Knlr twalght' and .- Ivnlitf, f icfpl nrofcnkly mnn 1wrdny In Nertncrn prtln; rising teui1'triline, Read By All the People Who Want All the News INTEUTATIOKAJb SXWS SSTICS. Oa streets and ntwuttidi. 3 pat copy. Delivered toy cerrte? t Hammond and West Vtmmosl, 60a per moBth. VOL. XI V, NO. '214. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, .1020. HAMMOND. INDIANA

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ANK'S ANK HEAD MISSING ATVALPO. Cirectors of Val;oand Hohart Banks Called to Meet Shortage Which is t o be Made Up. (BULLETIN) T ALVA It AISO, Ina., Feb. 27. Direct-; . s of tlie Farmers State Bank and the j 7 :..bil Bank, which were closed yester- ; ' 'J by stte bank examiners, today an- ! i r.cea dspos'.tors would lose nothing-, i s Icprs of the banks already hare offered . :tvrn over property of value sufficient i cover part of the shortaffe, scid to be. . - . i thin 92GO.0OO. ' ' SPECIAL TO THE TIMES" I S HI AM.lS. Ind., Fob. -i. M-et-of ih hoards -f directors rt the mer 5a'e Bank of Valpirais-J and th Hobart Bank of Hoba.rl. v bicb j, . -. ri .seel by ord'" cf t 't ,o L. r.uss. au'li'er nl sia'.e. cr called, b-...;---n .jr.-j..r t v)n?'1-c 'i-."ius "" hav-i-h yorkli.-.JdfT? nis sr'-M a ?hi-vi- : fsiiiraf-i at $220.00". nccortiinc to it ifi-J.n t i -d by Mr. Kl itis" fron. ' '. -!.rk- W. i.'utno. c!rk vf th s!at! 5 .:' department, who is in Valparaiso ' r jr an mvestigat ionMr. Klauss ?afd that he bhv"!" that f ' ! r a large pari of tho a:iKl lort -. . .-an bs made up by jtssnir!is on to'-khol3ra. Th banks, h al. ! . a surplus of about $25. . and this. -- 'f-d to tJte capital would cover $l'0.0" ': The shortsg". CO UTROLLED BT OARDTTXR. "ii.o two banks, coat re Hod by William '. liaiciner of Valparaiso, w-e ordered ' sed by Jlr. Klauss whti l,. B. iroll?i n and C. O. Welah, examiners, ropoft J .1 shattagr of more than S-f'O.OO'i V. .:isday aftr suing over the booW.s i , ;h bank. The fianmiiTS inforni'il . Klauts tha H"nry AV'mnrKuth. ca 5-h : c" the Farmers Slate Hank, had ij..led th"re was a shor'age f about . 'VJt'O but that Mr. iaraner "as not 1 '. n " silo-'" the exaini. .'ii was 1 to last Monday. - corditij to the rreord? of the state t. ','v departinT.V the Farmers State I Vt k '.vas a na'ional bank prior to Nov. t-. i:l$, on whi-ii da'e v. ith a cnpitalj... .ion of $T5.'00. Tlie Hobart bwt.k is private institut'fen with a cspitalizat'.n of $10,000. Mr. Uivdnt r owns the lijbart bnk and about 75 per ."nt of t':e stock of the Valparaiso bank, and is 1 i; -ident of both instttu; ionj. loan or $100,000. t ih time r,f the exatninatinn of the " D&raiso hank, rf'pt. 0, lf'10. according i . 'he records, it wan ho-n hat a loan ,i IS I t.'O.OOO bad be. o mad1. The batik v. mfortiied that u js a rula of the 1 ; nk department that no loan to ati !n- .!. id-ia! shall e.-eed 20 per cent of the K.iik's .'pilalization. Tito 'v k was ni- !;; "d to red'ce the loan a '. once, and r .'.! jd that it would do 5... The Valparaiso bank ai the 'oe of V i?;ne5S Dec. 31. l')19. in ii s'atemeiit. f'.i.-,-. d loan;" and diem:ns "r ITk-;-:-i..i,t, atid bond? and se.-ni lues of $2T:.a'M.i;, and demand deposits agRreitatinr 5-. '.'.'.360.5;!. Last yar the bank ie- . i-, 'd dividend of $13 a share. Its ori. ..ation is said to be made up of v ;ihy busirie" men. Henry Kmsey 3:;. an. pres;d'?ti. of Valparaiso I'niver-r-.iv. t a stockholder and director of th. ha' k. and tli depositors, it Is said. I'.i'.jde many students of me university. Vicordir.g to the records of the stale - k department, Gardner is under 57. ."-'oi bond, provided by the National y Company of New York, and V.'in- . d t'h provided bond o'" $S.O00. SPECIAL SESSION OP TO GOODRICH ' INTERNATIONAL SEWS SERVICE i ,Mil.N'AI'OUS, IND.. Feb. 27 The in-st: r of calling- a special session of the Indiana general assembly today rests with Gov. Goodrich. The governor maintains the strictest silence as to his plans, at thou Kh it was the "con-c-ps'K of opinion at a meeting of Ue71 tbiioan candidates attending- yesterday that "it should be avoided if at all po---iiile." The Republican committee stands recorded by unanimous vote against special session and with sentiment in the governors conference RS.ns calling- the t-xtra meeting- of la--. -makers if it is avoidable, it wan I,, ii-ved by persons close to the governr that a call is not likely to be sued. It is believed, however, that e srovernor win jret tne opinion ot -ialative leaders before making his uv s KMl. B ALSTON TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT tl!TrRuTomi. NfWS SERVI'F ULKHAKT. IND., Feb. 27 Formal announcement of the candidacy of Samuel M. Ralston, former governor of Jndiana, for the Democratic nomination for president of the I. S. wa mode today hy the Klkhart Review-. The announcement, if was sahl. was Tofid- v. ilit !": consent of Mr. Ital-toa.

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SHE TELLS LATEST VALUE OF FOREIGN MONEY TO BANKERS s t . " 3Iiss S. 51. Hamant. When 110 banks irf the Mississippi valley want to know the latest value c the franc or mark they ask Miss S. M. Hamant, manager of the forligrn exchange department of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, located in Cincinnati. Miss Hamant is the only woman filling one of the six positions of this -kind in the whole XJnited States. All others a.re held down by men. Miss Hamant receives en an average of one telegram every two minutes from clients "and her lorn? distance telephone conversations v.ith bankers in other cities amount to nearly three hours each day. EAST CHICAGO HAD HIGHEST DEATH RATE Hammond Was Second In Fin Death Ratio for Indiana Cities. TNrr.y.POTIS. Ind . jvb. i'7. tnflu-!

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Miza caused 1'!"'' deaths in Indiana during' i , ... t' e minutes drew neare- ti e thne to j.miarv. a.-eordin to tr.e ntMv report ' 'h n th I"""nt ';OUrt ,'.!nl so she began to erv soft'.v the state b-ml of H-ah;.. XmrinK J apprcaehea. many divorce case Pe- Th ,rain w!li,tl. and p:)f,in . 1 the month there w -e cases of the!'" w"rk"1 tn'' d"c;"" '" roomsthns;RK comes round the hend ".:,!, d.sease reported from tift;.-t.uie conn-I 1 l of the Hammond superior .... ho a,,on As i; draws to a st"i t.-s. The Pre-eedina- month. De- ember. I "'"'. The follow inB suits have ."n Tnrn.r bur5t out rrv,ns, T1,'p fin. v. as n.,t marked bv a large 11Umb- ) dismissed 'by Judjfe P.ettertn Kcom 1 ..c be?an , rjn. ..xn a"board -of of infiuenr.:.. the state total m"Unu of ftl"nt:,r want,'" I ? -ld a trainman. He rerouted tlie

I - ns ninety cases, reported from twenuntie-. i ; h t h : rt j -: hree j .1 aiiuiry there wei last ear. 11?, j.-fori iiidi.-ate tiial ouble th nun.iief of cases with pre.' ticaliy three timcf: as many deatns. j he total number ot cases of influenza reported during the firs-: month of last year was 10.948. from Rhty-foi.tr counties, with SSS deaths. Cneumonia caused more deaths during January, of this year than during the same month of last year, according to the i-.-tioi is of the board. The total numbe;- of deaths from pro umonia this Januaiy a b'1-, w hile lr-tst yea r duntiK ' he s.-itiie month the disease caused ."11 d.tiil-s Pecember. 1319. reports indicated T- deaths from the disease. The total number of deaths in Indiana from ali causes during January was with a state death rale of 13 per (-tit. The number of deaths by miportin' at;e, frdlows: Vnder 1 year old. 4 43: 1 to 10 years old, 2SS; 10 to 20 years old, 116. and o year old and over. 1."I6. The total number of deaths in rural districts, with a population of 1.701.17:', was 1 . 7 ft 7 . with a death rate of 12.5 per cent, l'riwti deaths, from a population of 1. 24(1.900, totaled J.PJ4. with a death rate- of 15.3 per cent. The highest death rate for an Indiana city during January was r.O per cent for East 'hicago. The death rates of other important cities of the state follow; Indianapolis, 17.7 per cent; K vansvillo, Iri..-,; Fort Va ne, Tert Unite, 10.1; ssouth Rend. 24.2; Gary. -Pi. 1 ; IWmniond. 33.1; Munoie, 21.?.; Ki.'hni'.mi. !.!; Anderson. 11. S: Klkhari. 20.1; Mi. higtm City. 15; Lafayette. 2-..; Kokomo, IS.tf. IRVING A. C. DEFEAT PRESBYTERIANS At the Presbyterian church gyru. tne Trving A. C. defeated the PresbyterIan church gym team '.ti u close and fast game. The fust half of the contest 'broke even with the score being H and 6. Tne second lia ' was foutrht oio.se and hard, but tic fast v. o. k tod on the Prcsbyteriatis.- which enabled the Irving-.t hi' ti-s t "tid the cmc, 16 to 21'. The free throws of Swingle and rosbronog-h were marked features of the game. The lineuup follows: Presbyterian Hammond, r:'. Vorland if. Swetzer, c: Mnron. rg: Stewart, If. T. A Kosh-.. C.--SV ingle, uh. cp Kathh rf; TleP.alph. !! !"-: Keel' If; -.If.

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Farmer Wounded By Boar Attacked by a -icious boar and caught ! j Ol filcli a manner that escape was pof- I j Mbie only after companions hearing hi- i 1 calls for help had driven the annua! ! -iv;iv, John Melzer, OSO l."...th pi.. West Jiamtnoiid. received nui-oi ons lac-ra-I tiotis and bruises in a d'-Hi.. rate fight for ioi life yi-sterday noon. j M"!zor, who only reeemly ret m rn.-u if. on the army, crks on a farm tieiir, J 'olton. 111. "i'esteraay noon aft r his companions had entered the farm Bouse i'. r dinner, he noticed that a boar had broken from the pen in which he was usually comined and was attaeklns other boss with his sharp tushe?. Without stimmotniiK any of the other farm workt . i -j Mi licr li-awJ tlie fence and tried to dine the t.,ar back into his pen. It proe,l more of a tusk than he anticipated for the enraged animal turned on him and soon had thrown him to tie-K-ioimd. In spite of Mek-.er'H efforts to j pi-ott-ct himself the lie ir repeatedly bit J h;ni on the b-KS sm.l iina'.ly closing his powrful ja s ou the man's right i t just above the knee carted shaking him ltobutl. At this hineture help arrived j cist in time to save Jl-licr's life. As I it was. the flesh on his g was g sighed j and torn by the b-ar"s sharp teeth, i Melzer was taken home where he re- . ived sursica! attention. He is now c rtftned m his t-d and It will be a lonn tune before he will be able to walk .-riTin. Gary Man Says "Make i It Brief1 J J (SPECIAL TO THE TIMESi TNPINANAFOuIS. 1NIX. Feb. 27 The proposal to call another special session of the legislature is not meet - ?"g with the hearty approval of many r the nnsta'e !' publicans. mot or npsta'e Republicans, mot of v. '.om say tbst It w il! be imposrible to limit it t twi week', as proposed by Governor Goodrich. "T don't think the session can be 1 limited." j si-ntativ j I am tn f j lloSRlhle. j feirty da;. j are liab-e said J. frnni T.al v or O ' J : I thinic '. and te. tO llH'oe 'en 1 la i r is, t epre- . cotni t ;', "a i tohug h J I'tits it as brief as ' v. til run the full ail torts of thinss DIVORCE . CASES ARE DISPOSED OF l p u"U... - ....... John Pafusic' June :nith vs Phillip i i i v .Tile Smith . In Room 2 Judsc Hardv has entft. j.idsinent in the f. ".low in k -ae: I -ii;. .m.ii .m i with tare and .u-t.-dv of child. N"l j remarry within two years. J j ' kah h, Rcder vs Tlarbey K. Reder. ! divorce with custody of two children. I Husband to pay -'' per month for up- i ) port of child: ft, i-nl may isit the.u i ; t w ce each mm; it. j -tell a s-'mith v. "hi, i -er Sm;tli. dtd. Hi.st.and support . i- Jurirh. dit wo ch .hit en. $300 alihiony i. . rce ami tuste.j;, ,,f i b- pay $40 per m m:ii fo F'a a Jur ieh vs. Ret. voroe and custody r.f il Husband ordet'd to pa; and Si.i pe children. Roy Nut granted r month for support of the R 'u N" j t i n 1 , divoret TOO WEW CIVIL SERVICE APPLICANTS The Civil -Seixice I'ommissi'Oi invites special attention to the f;,.-t that t in examinationff heid recently in Haiaj mond. Ind., and other cities throughout ! the country, for laboratmX assistants, t Navy Department, for physicians, Pani ii ma t'anal Serv'ce and for teachers, Indian Fervice, applicants were not secured in the number desi-ed. and that these examinations M ill agawi be held i on March 3 and 4. March 17 and .March 21 respectively. Persons interested in these or other eam. nations should apply to th" Seeie;ary of the I', s. Civil S'-r ice P..;u-d o.! the locai mst office for d -tailed information and application blanks. WELL WE DON'T WANT HIM riNTERNATIONAL NFWS SERVICE AGRA PRIKTA. MKMl'u. Jack Johnson, former heavyw I.-,.!, O-l -.' .fc.H . Oil, ch.ampion. has f.'fii an application in Mexico t'ity for Mexican citizenship papers, according to advices reclved here. It is said th-t en investigation is under way to determin - the charges against Johnson in the V. S. ami to ascertain whether he would be a desirable citizen. Officials in Sonora Johnson comes to tho phsc il under a- r- ! state that border he a in t 1 ru .

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STATUS OF ERRING GIRL A MYSTERY Here's a nice Win. Won Out? The principal f Illinois. Mrs. cr of Oary, Mis little game entitled players ar the rtate Jones, probation offihum IJoiit'V. probat ion officer of Hammond and Mis.. Kdith Turner of Kankakee. IIS. Miss Turner, a pretty auburn haired cirl, wh.- says her age is IS, was wnt Id the rirl'r correction school at enea. 111. After sprndms; some time there she was released and went to Gary. In i the Steel fity the bright lights lured as they gleamed in 'he soft drink cabi t et .- and the crash of music from the nick'. I pianos n-nved irresistible. Kdith Turner was arrested (liars' i f disorderly t.neei to the frown Now when her pet one day on a . ond'i x and sen - Point jail. t iod of penance at j the county seat was nearly come to an end. into the game steps Mrs. Jem'f j who. ha? been paid, is probation of- i fi cr of lary . to rid the cf It is Mrs. Jone.s' duty j if what are ,n her es- ! timatlon rerniclous !nfluenee,a. Fhe j thought that it would be well to jend Kdith Turner aek to tli Hen"' liouse i f correction a?ain. Hut while in Jail Miss Turner ha? o'com 1 ! years age and had. acrorair? to tne uw, e n tT-fi rir majority. The officials at Geneva, thir is where e state of Illinois comes in, said they j lo-i' willing to take Miss Turner back j into the fold. Hut there was one coni dit v-n. and that was .that Gary officials I must brinir th Rirl to the Iiiinois-Indi-ana line or else place her on a train bound for Illinois and s-he would be as the train pulled over the state !i.n. The latter plan was adopted. J Two cr three days before the ghl j w9 to .e released by the Oc-wn j v,,irst c?"cers. Mrs. Jones went to th (ounty p(.at an!j by" some means or otht .-,.(4 i,,P The girl was spirited to the Hamj rone;!.;gT irMf Bosr, i:ond pri-bation officer. Toda;.- the Illinois authorities had "iade plan?; to inert the l.'io renns'atiia west bound train. . At the stat .oti ",n Hammond tv. o wo:i:cn paed tin ;

;ti: d dqnn the platform. On- of them , vr in Bur-,ian!. it i5 ..aid. ;;-e nr.. ! 8n "nr of ,!- Til aunt '. i -;.,r of a soft drink saloon mo;t-i ' Tiv ma .1. Martnsoi.. r,S Sibley,.,.. Jha ,,St, nr n thots-J d !- I street. Ffe tn;nute5 before the train , aud in nartinc Wth it h" fel;

two other 'Adies enter upon tli. s. ene. They are Mis Kdith Tartar. TvHrt tn hk tent V, a " i- . J'1 - , nMJ j eeeompanyinsr her. Mis? Lena P.irger I p: obation off.cer. They tali The sir! remon-trates 3. fhe nays they can a j;vnile delinnuen. ura-nst rt' urn n et h.'dil her as eause the law says site is no longer juvenile. Reside where are the pa - . pers? !ie will not return. ,i as ,.aH a-ain. Sudden'y an rushed up and the werpins (Kir! th: w herself cm the trainman ni shoulder. A train shouted his warninr liea an to mo e . a and the wheels nin.i'e a;,.t nnd tii'- train was out r-f sisrhi. i in th -! pht Iforin stood the s'rl. ;..-r nunt. ij..;I t tt'-le. two other- women and Miss Lena j ie.rger. I Now there jou ate. "Who won out'.'" Gary Sees Shake-up In Police

" t in the Hammond superior court. H. r When th Hoard of Safety goes into ' omnnla int filed by A ttorneys Kb-tst ,v session In Gary this afternoon a big Tinkham stales that she and ,..nn sh'.ke-up is promised in the Gary po- Honda w ere married in A 11311-1. 1 ! 1 .;. iice department. It is understood that' and separated February 2.". IP20. the resignations of four members of; to fits of ungovernable nng-er and ar the department will be asked The j to fits of uncontrollable anger and resignation of Captain James McCart- ; ,-ae- ami during such fits he frequentney Is already in the hands of Thomas u struck ami "grievously wounded

J. Gordon, president of the board. The names of the three other members of the department are withheld and will not be made public until after the meeting this afternoon. There Is a general suspicion as to where the three are. but nothing authentic can be learned. Major W. V. Hodges, who is bej lieed I in the to have caused the shake-up lepartnient was out of tlm city Lias morn'ig and learned. The ma; attending the ses Municipal League th. cause was not ! "i- is in I nd ianpol s ion of the Indiana1 f which he is presi- , lo-nt and attempting to reorganize. ll is said tha" the shake-up has been brewing for some time an! came near! coming to head several momhs figo. 1 but for some unknown reason or other' was postponed. When asked if lie knew anything j regarding the shake-up. Chief of Police ' 1 I-orbis stated tlmt FiaTi mat ne Knew- nnininsr ! except that cant. Me irtney had handJ ; . n his resignation. It is understood that the other three changes will eiecut in the ranks of the patrolmen, those who had Inside Information regarding the shake-up this morning were speculating as to who will be appointed to fill the vacancies. MeKmb Saturday ' lung. 'y Lodge. P. m. and Supp'f .' 1 soi s w t ! . t

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Fell For Old And Woozy Yarn i 11 I Burnham Saloonman Gives Away Thousand Dollars To A Foxy Stranger. I ,,,, nf th u.ir.Un cr rracU..d i crnol.s. lie simrlj gave ! . j Gp liav wk. the story sm-. a I straneer who had been har.trinsr around j t!ie piac jons enough to eet on cood j t,-ms with the .proprietor, came i aH uni ....ntirfr.n rail. forn,..i mi Pronrietor that a fellow has i-ist j shown him several case? of real red ! li'lU'-r which could be boujrht for th trivial sum of SI.'1"", a hargan . H s v:i-iim ptomntlv bit r-ml anxiously urg -j'd him t' hurry out. and set the stuff i and he would pa y hi-n the money, j .pj.a-- idly vvilline the stranger lef ! teh iib..n for a while but re-appeare.l jw'tli'the information that the boose j i w ne tw iibl not part with it unless i the .-ash' as la.d down fust. Tie also sntormeo Other fellow the saloon man that a.nwns even then dickerinjr ' the lot. This brnusrht tin- desired re nit and in a few minis; 'he cold i.t-h had ' ii tti'n.-d over to ;!, aSr.t v .ill ot-d'-i .- t - heal I h- other fellow to i;. Yvc',;. the- story ends right th re for oothingor heard of Jl.l'ce. ha? r.ieen : th - since h 3 rfttt. en s eon the NEW DIVORCE SUIT IN HAMMOND COURT I lr htishand's ungoi ernab'e t . .. : 1 is given as the principal reason oi Maeg-ie Ponds in askitinr, for a divorce bet." She also says he- threatened 1" take her life and unjustly accused her of being too intimate with other men. They have no children and their home prior to the reparation was at. r..o Merrill avenue, Hammond. TAX FRAUD DISCLOSURES ' I IN1ERNAT10NAL NEWS SERVICE: I i'HICAGU. Feb. 2. -Numerous iis- j closures concerning income lax fraud sr.- expected t-da- as the result t-X j the indict uieitt of two prominent ";i- j cngo attorneys, .-iiargir.g perjuij . fraud in the return of personal income tax statements for PG6. 1 iv.nei J S.i.usi.-r. .1r.. and hey are Chai'Jes Weinftdd. The itiil n'lmrtit- tire regard,, das the Eo nment's "..pel--nig gun in us invet iuat 1 her.-. .ii 1 f falsi tax statement s WILL REDUCE , PRICE OF MILK I IN f ERNATIONAL NEWS SERVi 1 ti fi ,;t . Feb. 27. 1 Pica o milk dealers will reduce the price of quart bottle? flf.-n cent; to it ei-nt... ni-.v. Mo!da. ' was announce. I t.-la.i . Tak? Th-s Ti'ncs Mt! keny -. touch v'.h tr." whole world

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i 'H A e !.'- ...... " -"i ..w -..S. . .. I 34il - i six is- 1 ' ; a WILL MILK PRICE BE EDUCED SOON? Reduction of 45c Per Hundred is Fixed By the Milk Producers. from Aurora pr cc of milk ... i-.d that the ma; be es:- nni i6 ignored :. Wisconsin ; in Klgin price of i i du.-t ion li e action of da iry mh. ' tn.- r- taih rs. Miik producers of l'lim. a '. d I ml oi n.i , a t a ni.-f 1 1 today. fld the vln.-!f sa mil!; for March at Sl'.loi. of 4-i cents a hundri March price last year i pound:-, v a S i a The liundi d. The dairymen a il S'5 and t lottois held out for $'.'.7-. A mise price of $2.fn was r"i'ti to the proditc.-rs hy the efir m tteo of the i o-otierating mar cotnpany, the sioiiina; ,iei.,..y prod. ticers associ;. tt-Ti. t. t tie i the Indiana ; - i iio as '' -t d sellinffi cuM con-1 hniit loss ! No word has come ;, prod ucers a to w hat t to prices. 1'ajrymen claimed wi at $6't and $70 a ton t ii et their dairy farm this price. Several a enounced that t h y wou'ei 'Hilt if forced to yd .pt the pti. e . . . I'otl s a t : f. decln ; eij oy The xrsors of the T!--) i'vm-li-'n the coa t tempt in? in pa ny. :iirv i iniri.-in v to h-iy thro mpany. it i to d.al irec t with t IM rv: n. who Nestle of -!;- i st rike s u u a - threaten to refuse to s,.tj n . '.onpti ti' suti.-iiies a lart;e prut cut'i d ist t i Im to The threMtn.w.t:id s'l-oo.isly an'.ct liic mi'! t i n i '.' oca " o. ETY WOMAN T TELLS A QUEER STORY Pittsburg Woman Said She Had Appointment With Bainbridge Colby: f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE; NRW V t RK, l-'eb. 27. M ; s. Louise Latimore. said to b. a pit t btiri-h society wommi. is he'd witli(nt bat today uhile police investigate stories sic t.id f'dlov. ing li-r arrest on a charge ,.r ,,-,. taitnng more y under fab--- pn tenses, stpe took h' r lifteenj ear-obl daughter, Maeear, rli her into the ccR m he n citifuieel at -) police station. -Tit.- w om ,n to;. I pel ice sin-- h-ol .-in .tntnieii uitn lia in : r t 1 o! li . new retary of state, ami Tint jirv at his office shoueil she liad In-Id a onsultaI ion with him a few la s pg.-. Mi-an-v. hi!e a police oR'.cer from w a r; hnn.re. 1'u.. is waiting to take h--r th.-ie to fare a charge" of obtaining fi.m a Swarthmoi-e w ontan under fal. pretenses. DEATH DF MRS. RK0DA L. KENDALL Mrs. Khoiia L. K'-neiall. v. it r f .'ot ti Kendall formerly of Hammond, where Ho y had many f ri. nds. . d i',l of briuiclu.'il pr.eunionii at the late Soldiers' Home at Lata;, et'. Iml., 1 Mr---. Kendall is survive,; t.o-i randcliihlren. iliree 1- h ';d re n, a l.i r. -I her. s 1 t -he. . ami -.i.-ce.'- in Ne-e vt ; . : iiT to

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T OUTLOOK Railroad Union Leaders Consider Situation Extremaly Grave If Wilson Sips Bill. Ill I.I.ETIV. INTERNATIONAL. NEWS SERVICE! WSHI.TO, Feb. 27 The tbIIronil union and farm orgualratloaa hleh have gone on rerord ngalniit the I iiinniln-4T'eb bill rr plnnninK tr alta.k the eoifitltittionality of the bill ly court action In event the president sisna the measure, it was learned today. Proceeding; neeklng to enjoin the uovrrnmcnt frm turning back the railroad to private ownership March I may be filed. At the White Home It wm learned that l.lrnn i:. Plumb, attorney for the railroad brotherhood, ha flied a brief rjth the president nltnrklng the 'Onlitutionaifty of the bill. I I?V M 1 1.1 )lt ED MORRI. i STAFF C0RPESP0NDENT I. N. SEPVICE! ; WA.SIIIN'iTtJN, b. Kailroad union leaders who have been working to prevent a nation wide strike today expressed alarm at the outlook. 1- is admitted now- that there i:shi.il prospects of averting a strihe ! 400. "00 maintenance of way . . -i p. eyes and shop laborers if the ..; . j ilent signs the Cummins-llsch I w tihout providing; a special wac tri' ' unal and guaranteeing immeaiate . . ;" lief. j The Brotherhood of Railway Ckrks j with a membership of oOO.Oon, includi ir.g steamship clerks, freight handlers. tation and express employes, is j also threatening strike .action. j WHAT lEAIIKRS I'KAB, t Tlie fear of th lefder is that the strike of one union will extend until there is a nation wide stoppage of w ork -o disgruntled are the Workers in all organizations. in event the president Signs te 1 i ummins-Ki-oh bill there Is also danI per. it w;is stated today, that the senates ' t "ir,nt to a srneral strike will be so 'stronsr as to force concerted action by the fourteen organizations In the new j vatlroad alliance despite all cftoit- or I the leader? 4j prevent it. I iii Not; o ii mi l.. Significance is attached to the far' I that all fourteen in the reports r-f thir separate confrer.ces submitted I to C J. Uanlon. secretary of the al-

J liance. announced that their future e distri-j course hinecs on the pre;irjnt's act-compi-o-' ion on the i.'ummins-Ksch bill. Miiended' AH trtind lodge officials of the Unlve rem- ! ,eii Rrotherltood of taintenance of

nu ! Va" Kmpio.ves and Shop Laborers, the Order of Tlailroad Kelepraphers. the Rrotherhood of liailroad 1'ierks and til0 -'"" er of Kailwny .Siprtal men ate J-emaining- in AVashington to attend the mass meeting to be called as soon s tP president takes action on the ''immins-V-isch bill. Onyi the chief executives of the other organizations ' remain. These, however, Have mil authority to act. President Wilson will send a rote f the representatives of the; Rattroad Workers explaining- his attitude, when he takes final action on the rai'road bill, it was learned at the White House today. The bill has not yet be?n returned to the presiucr.t by the attorney -general. "The measure is srbjert. tutional attack on thrte Plumb said today. to const ifouuds." ARCH 9 CITY'S BIG SHOP EVENT 1 1 iiinoioi .- next, cicat merohs ndiama -ve.it will ;,e the tig Hollar Day Sales scheduled for Tuc-daj. March ! . The -iCes w -c a great success last year and two years ago and many inquiries have already been received from the people who are anxious to barn wheth cr they were to be continued this year. The I'.ollar Liay Sales are sandwiched in between seasons at the close-of winter and in the fail and offers opportunities to merchants to redjee their slocks an.l t the same time for the public te purchas-e cheaply articles of -tatde value. I'edlar Hay sales, have hnc-me more difficult Y Ulc merchant each year because of :he incrajeil prices in commodities) so that this vear the fact that an article is offered for $1 should indicate that it is a bars a ilt worth looking into. Advertif-cts are already pt-eparins copy for their special announcements and olAf ts have 1,etn advised to get iu early a possible as because of paper shortage, space in f editions, of The 1 imps announcing- the ,?ab les evii! naturai'. iiinitrd. WEEGrFMAN IS SUED FOR DIVORCE IINT-tRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! Cfl .;.v ', Feb. 27. Charles If.

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