Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 218, Hammond, Lake County, 3 March 1920 — Page 1

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THE WEATHER Read By All the Peopie Who Want All the News FOR INDIA 4 Kb In onlM warm, er In south portion; Thursday ruin or hk.v and colder. INTERNATIONAL NEWS PTTLL LEASED WIRE SERVICE. On streets atid aawsatanfla. 3t per copy. Delivered toy errtr t Hammond and West Bunmoil, SO 9?r montb. VOL. VI V. NO. 2 IS. V K I N KS I ) A V, MAI fCII 3, 1 920. I L ALMOND, INI H AN A PARKING ORDI E PASSES FIRST READING

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COUNCIL HAS BUSY SESSION

Many Matters of Vital Interest to City's Welfare TaKen Up By Aldermen fmpulforv heat top i'f rnr'if"'!'dilation of trafie. prohibition of cards .! 1r certain public places, and' ;- probability of re-no, -n ms: the I I suuablle with the str- -t car ompanv . r the sot en-cert fare formed the hen. spots around which arsniivtit o, n- : red at the matins 'f Hammond ci'v council Tuesday cvenini:. Tie votes v hich left decision to the ven.ns foa- ' f.-d th- session. nlv th heotinff ordinance, which was . id up by Itoklomnn's "X-'" .ft th- last j .: eion. minat:d to :ot tb rough IhfJ r- ding-. Th'F riifanc makes t (.' m- j j. isory for landlord's who rent ti'nini j .-i artmcnts to keep impTa;.ure of: Uvins room.s up to the proper point, j mpcrturp of room? routed far husi- j r must also ho m:iirta'ncl at a. fix ! t- ordard durinc certain hmtrs. A fine j tot to escwl $ 1 "0 is pr-ov idod for vioIrtinrrs of the nrlinanc. ' The new- traffic ordinance which had j Vrn held over from the 1 r. meetinjr! in order that certain ch-utces n.isrht be I t'ade. managed to tret throngli Prst read- j ji-R, but was hfhi up on siispeTi.-i'iou of 1 lies. The ordma:ieo designates c-rtain streets of the city as main thrroui;h1'aYes on which traffic ha? the ris'nt-of-way over that on intersecting streets. f-'ifrns at the crossincs will ik?iin:it in i which direction tndic is to hae pref. ,

nepce. Tlie oprositi'n deei,ricd on the 1 added r- the Himuioni city fire de-s-t 'ion which forbids parkinir f t t "JU: a r t men t . The new iiirvnent con- . loobileis ivi.tbin certain linru. Car? vu; tiata i two- cointmia't-n hose and rot be permitted to stop on either !ie J fhemic1 trucks. c the sffree.t along the Russell st. switch The machines are six-cylinder each. n Hchman St.. or thir -seven and one- . r,h horse pow er and have a speed of 50 h-ilf feet on either s-de ff the sien at ; miles' an hmr. Each carries a 2-foot thi Minas stop on State St. This is J extension ladder, and a 12-for f. roof T'anned to prevent traffic h'ins? tied tip 1 ladder. Other accoutrements are two Vecauso of cars being- parked on both band pumps and nO-eallon chemical -ds c.f th streo's wh le two stwl s tank. Ka-h machine takes the place f are passinr. It was !i.v.t n that j of thren horos which means a s ax-inn 1. - 'isr such conditions it wou'd he im- j (,f approximately $7.25 a diy. T'-ssib'e for th fire 1 rucks to f,"et , Tests will be made before the Board i' rou ph. I of Tuhlic Works this afternoon. At

oe ortt'nance also requires mar ma(Continued on pa,'e fiv. OLDEST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE CIVIL WAR VETS I? I - "St CO 4 V On. Isaac R. Sherwood, above, and Gen. Charles Manley Stedman. The two oldest members in the house of representatives today are f - rmer generals ami saw service in i. e Civil war. Gen. !r.ac R. Sbert.i&n, Demoerrtt of 31t!o. is eirrhiyfc.c years cf Eqr. He enlisted in the i.or' hrn forces in 1SC1 ss a private. fo:;ftht in forty-throp 1 ai'.i"'. tva:s m-.-ationed ten times in jrcnera! or-c.e.-s for Kallant conduct and was n-, rstered out a briprntiier general. tcr. Charles Manley Stedman. I)emocrat of North Carolina, is rcventy-nine. He enlisted in the confederate army ,nt th. befiinninff of ti-e Civil wnr. -vss v.-c .on! three t mes and lie;;! "-.e yank cf Lrifradicr Kf.eral at the !'.oe of the conflict.

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LAD OF THIRTEEN IS CHAMPION CORN GROWER OF STATE

. ? Preston Moody. Preston Moody of Fremont. Ind., has been named junior corn champion of his state by Purdue University. He raised 147.3 bushels of corn on one acre of pround. He hopes to

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make enough money (rrowmjr corn for faiiintr to take his pipe out of his ta PBV his way through hifrh school I mouth when he saluted him and Murand college. He is now thirteen j phy turned red. changed the subjec t to years bid. i the ChateauThierry encasement ft,

Chief Nill Happy? Yes, He's Tickled Did you notice that happy loc.'K on the faces -f the Hammond firemen this riprri'im? Xo. "VeK, you should have seen the joyful expression on the face of Fire Chief Xi!l. The reason is that toddy two new. powerful. and 'brilliantly painted and polished pieces of fi appa ratus were the same time chief Viii win ;,.i, o pi new chaufeurs. Tiiere u 1 a 1 1 o n as : o whom the ; much speck y m e n will he . It wsiq 'hro-inh the fors the former Hoard of Works romnr-sed 1 - i of Charley r.uthman, Ora Highland and j W'MMam Haman. that the new aldii t'ons to ti'.e Hammond tire department I were ade poss'.'b'e. one tru. k alifadv -ontracted for bv trie present Board and which wOll arrive In Aub- i ust and the acquisition c-f a new- jixiindcr f.iiick roadsier fop the use of i he ;,e chief wiU. '.pun their anna', j complete the motot izaGon of 1 he city's I Pre d--pa ; t men t . j A'! ti-.e mot or eim-ptnent norr In us- I and tlie t wo machines which nriived ; t' day are tlie product of the American. : J.aFrancp Fire Kn -ii pmen t Go., of KlI'rra. N' V'.rk. Tiie two reeenf additii.tis will be .;nt, one t, ..Gatdatn Georce Under at "'oninany No. 2. ftohertsdale and one to Captain Henrv Pet- i is. at Company X-. .1. 'alumet and i II iff m a n s t r er ( s j illinois ets 3 00m Edwards j oilU'ACO. March I ).reparjd today to n i II s no i s 'wets" at Springfield. 1 the presidential candidacy petition I of Gov. Kdward 1. l-'d wards, of Xew .Jersey. Ti'.e pi tit Ion bl.irs ll'.'"1') SIRnatures obtained since Saturday. ; Gov. Ktlw.-inis sent the following: telegram to ins barkers here: 'First step forward for personal lib-J erty taken by the Vnislaturc in X"v .It-i sf-y. t' i ; 1 carry same fiht to San Francisco convfntion. Idea of personj al liberty greater than any man. I i am with you to the end iir this fight I for A mer can ism." LAMP RE LL SECURES CHICAGO SPEAKER V.ce-prej'idr nt I a n. pre 1 1 of the H 1 mmond Cliiiriirii'-r of Co-nno rce has reached out and a.-quir-d as a speaker for t-'morrow's l-ir.'-linin of tlie Hoard at tie 1'hanibi;- of Commerce rooms. J. Kent Green, assistant to .Ind etc- ' 'Is on. of the municipal court of ChicaKo. Mr. Green will ii:su.--s a 11 opportune problem in "i '. imiercial Arbitration of liusinest.s li-simtes." As a member of the commercial committee (if the Chicasro Association of Commerce, the speakers is particularly well fitted to talk on a subject which lias of late srown int - prrcater prominence . X. xt week the principal address will be made by John W. Thomas, vicepresident of the Gr -.ti hike Trust Co. of Chii.-iiro. M.-. Th. mas has recently returned from Mexico and will teli of trade conditic-ns in the border country. The Time?' want ads brin as-tonishin-,-re"ults if their users are to be believed.

Folk See A Joyous Reunion

"It is a Little World," Saidj Eric Lund When He Met j His Co. Commander. ! Teople who chanced to he in the vicinity of the motor repair fhop on exhibition in front of the Hammond recruiting station yesterday noon wit nessed a Joyous reunion when Eric 1 Iund and Jeremial J Murphy reeoir- 1 nized each other. , . . ; Murphy who i. now

. . tin 'i ,ia ii i imt'i t. i ti mtici Iter Hill jrccant of enuinet i s now accfmi- . , , A1 , . mrht by Kdward A. N wack. a special panvinp tlie truck, was formerly oapT . asent of the state food and drug detain cf engineers and was Mr. Lund s . , . , . , . . i partment, on a charce of violating the

month of his s r ice overseas in the world war. In a few minutes after tiie effusion of sreptir.es had subsided the two were swapping yarns in trieat style wli le ijuite a crowd i.f interested bystanders pathered around. Murphy, of course is Irish, he fhrws it whether he opens his face or not. Kric spoke of the t:me Tllrphy bawled him out in camp whi'-h Kric trot his first ticket te the hospital and also won his promotion i o corporal . i The tell; pgr alternated from one tc the other as? they related how the Huns had laid oT on Ju'v 14. 1917 fhecause ' it was a . French holiday but started the fireworks at 11:15 that nisrht. It was the heaviest harrno of the war. hey said, and offer the work of the i'.ritish to prove it. From July 1 t' i ' IS, the fun lasted, hut Kric was not I there at the finish. 3"heir company was dointr regular infantrj- work and j Murphy had stent the corporal with the j siquad to which Ki in beb.reed away 1 u t In front tc work on trenches, j -'We had plenty of licrht," sa id Kric. ! ' for the shells breaklnsr a'bove us made it seein like we were standing under a j street lamp." The corporal was kil led vnd the men wit a the rxcption of Kric were for beatiner it back. "Put you says. Men, we'll stick as loni? as there's a can ' f beans in the hunch: and you took chart" of the squad." finished Murphy. Kric acted as eo-noral durinsr th's enastement and was tiien promoted j to the job resrnlail;- but be received ; the honor in the hospital for on the ! r'Kht of the 17th he stopped a machine! Erun bullet and took the count. j Sei-jit. Murphy took part in Ave ma- j jnr enuascements. tnree or tnem witn Kric In the rank?. Through all his campaign ins: he was never wr-imded. althoueh he savs Ii" often imagined he'd never see his little old home on Twentielh street, in Philadelphia azaln tin the first day of the Ma rue the 00mI panv lost 110 men killed nd wounded and of these, who went overseas with the unrt fnly twenty checked out at the demobilization camp. SAVES PASSENGERS South Bound Flyer Engine i Found With Main Axle Broken LAFAYETTE. 1P. March 3 -The presence of mind of James H. Kah'ey. engineer on the Morion Kailroad. prohnllv prevented a disastrous wtek carlvi toiay anl saved the lives of scores of passengers on south-bound passenger (r;in Xo 3. A the train passed through I'.rookston. he noticed something wrnng with one of the main drive wheels and 0:1 investigation discovered' the main ax''1 broken. Engineer Kaiuey was completely unnerved wnen be realized the disaster that had threatened the train. Old-time railroad men can not account for Kahley's ability to stop the train before a wreck occurred and declare the hand worked with K'ahley. of Providence i U. S. MEAT IS ENTERING GERMANY f I N T f !i N T t O N A L NEWS SERVICE1 A SHI X GT( 1 X. March 3. Products of American pack in if houses are lindin their way into Germany, it was revealed today in figures compiled by the department of commerce, showing the exports of meat products during: January. This is the first time since Ihe hi Kinninfr of the world war that Germany's imports of riicnt. products from this country are listed s parately in the returns. Germany's larpest purchase of these conunodi t ies in January was larpre. of which 1.21S. 041 pounds., valued at $331.453, was shipped. Paeon to the amount of 1.161.34$ pounds, valued at $320,235. was also shipped there in January, top tlirr with 1,400 pounds of ob-o oil. BIG LOSS FOR FLORIDA ! IMTE"NlTIONAL NEWS SEPVICEi JACKSOXVI I. I.E. FI.A. March 3-The recent cob! snap wicutTi.t great dam-; age to early truck and citrus fruit' extending throughout central and into i Southern Florida. Temperatures ofi 3 1 above at Miami and 32 t Tampa, ostablisheil new records and Inflicted ! losses ostima:d at $.-,.oar.oo.'.. The i thermometer at Fort IVarce reached i a. low record of 3 3 above zero.

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Cummerow Says It Was A Frameup

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Tress dispatches from Crand n.apids, Michigan, this morning relate the arrest of Ceorue F. H. Cummirnw, forj mer Cary and Crown 1'olnt man ani now chief of the Grand Kapids office j of th.fl department of justice. While in Gary, Cummerow was democratic j city chairman and well known in puliI tical circles all over the county, j Yesterday he returned from Iron I county, Mich., where he went as speci j'l oii i,t v i i'i .iyron 1 1 . waiKer. 1 nuP" states district attorney. n con-iift-iujii w i ia w nisKev rcoc ir-n. - liquor law. Cummerow was taken to police headquarters and release,! without ball to j a.ppear In police court tomorrow inorntinR. He declared the affair a "frame- ' up." According to Nowack the department of Justice aerent invited him into his room and gave him a drink of whisk ey. INVITED ON COMMITTEE F. Kichard Sclisaf o' Gary, chairman of the last Liberty Umn organization for Lake county has received a letter from Governor Goodrich askinir him tf serve on the stale commission to consider the plan for providing a state memorial building: in Indianapolis to house the national headquarters of the American I.erjion and other patriotic orpanizations. The. governor appointed Cbarjej. K. Coffin, president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Indianapolis citizen's committee on the war memorial, to serve as chairman of vr Ptate-wide commission, and John H. Reynolds, executive secretary of the Indianapolis Cbamher of Commerce, as secretary of the commission. BADER FUNERAL TO BE HELD FRIDAY fsPECIAL TO THE TIMCS1 tVHITIXC. IND.. March V-The fnnI erat of Mrs. flallus 3. i:adr will be 1 1 held Friday tnorninc from the home of her sister, Mrs. Frank Zimmeramn 1417 Jefferson street. T.aPorte, Indiana. Requiem hifrh mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph's church at hil'iirtc at f o'clock. The many Whitinc friends of Mrds. Kader will leave Whiting- at fi:3? a. m. Friday ir.orninp arriving in I -a Porte at R:3rt. ""I HOW STOCKS OPEHED I IN rLRNTIONL NEWS SERVICE! XEW TOKK, March :t. Ailvanres of from fractions to four po;nls were ruade at Ihe openinic of the stock market today, although dealings were very quiet. All the, oil shares were in demand. Mexican Petroleum advancing four j.oitits to 171 Pan Amerioan Petroleum I 1 2 to S4. poval iHitch one point to PKi-z, and Tns ''"iimniiy .1 '4 to I 7S Slcil common sobf hiK-b.er at Paldwin was "4 hiclier at UiJr-,, and Crucible rose two points to 1 f- 2 . General Motors advanced "t to "ll1. while Stuib bakrr at and Pif rce Arrow at showe.1 u, turns. WILSON TAKES AUTO TRIP INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. -March 3. Vor the first time jn nearly six months President Wilson left the White house today and went for an automobile ride. "The president wan a ompanieri byMrs. Wilson. I'r. Cray T. Gravson. bis physician, and the usual se r r t. service operatives . Great, secrecy was observed at the White hou.-e concern .nfr the 1 1 i r . The two bi'r White bo-tse i :i r - w o r e iirouiibt around to tlie r".ir entrance and tinobserved except b a few persons, the president and Mrs, Wilson emerged and entered the first car. br. Grayson also entered this car. Secret service men followed in the fj cond tar. HOLLAND SAYS NO THANK YOU riNttHtiAtlONAL NEWS SF.RVICEI EOXIxi.N, March 3. Holland's replyto the allies' second "kaisir rote." which w a.-? dispatchet! from The Hasruo yesterilay. again declines! to surrerxbr tile former Gorman emperor o- to dcporl linn, but suggests lh.it he be Kept under stricter surveillance by the Pu-ch government, according to a dispatch to the Haily Express" fro-n The Hague today. j Advertise in The Times and aci j vertkc . ayjain. Results come vr.-'r j r-nstant effort

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Palmer in Presidency

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A. Mitchell Palmer, standing:, photographed white pleading: before U. S?. supreme court in government's suit to dissolve the packers' trust. Isador Kresel, one of his assistant, is at the right. In announcing his candidacy for tht; Democratic nomination for president in a telegram to Secretary Hi ram Ij. Oardner of the Georgia stats committee, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer made it plain that be upports the record of the pres-nt administration "in every phase."

IWANT ALL VEHICLES LIGHTED UP

Aid of th Hammond fh archer of onimerce In frrur'ni the passage i f a state law to require all vehicles t carry J'Khts wh 'e trm-c'ln; on the ii-'frhwayj at n'jrht was so'.'sjlit u:'.-r. day by M. E. .No'blet of T nd :a m r-H i. secretary of the State A utomohile sSOciatiTi . Mr. X'lhicr i)Kt w-h I'resident Jesse 'Alison of t;, i"barrber of Commerce and the members of the BUterrnihitp. com'tiittee re-entiy apPO:nt"ri 1o co-operate with the seato ai-Jocial ion . Tr. Xohlef pays lhat the 1 od : an f pol . i office has rceive,j many letters from all parts of the state n which tuntorists and drivers r-f other vei 1 lea :) v well, have n ked that tlie State Automobile Association pet (behind a tl'l reqtii riner such 1 frhts which are n i. required no won Vehicles other than automobiles. Ed. Ttob'lrifr, ore 0" the members r-f th.e cottim'ftee, said t h a t he believed such a law would seen to be a matter of protection not on'v to automobiles but to other vdnrVs as well. Practically ail rnoti-risis have had the experience to turnlnsr a crner on a country road and suddenly f!'id;nir a horse drawn rirr direetly ;ih";i. whi-. h bad hitherto been out of the r':tme , f tlie 011 1 a rti ' ; e' h ert d ; o. ii . M.iny . f these inclents result d : sa ct riM s 1 -, ar-.d could have been avoided If t;e ve!i;.Te ahead had carried lirrhts. Afr. Xohdet also a n n o '-tice tha- the new liiehwav w'hich . asses throuuh Hammond from Lima. Ohio, in Ciii .1co. and is known as the Huntirirt nM.i nitr-u-Cil er trail Is slrr-nilv half-wax-marked. It is expected that the work of markinp; tlie entire fo-:te will be completed i ntiuie t have if st ov:j rn the new lijn a'l'n t'ail ron:--- ar.d pu ides . SEEKS TO EASE UB OH GERMANY Earl C. Reeves STAFF CORRESPONDENT I N SERVICE hoNI)(i. March 3. - Prvmii-r Nitii nf lialy is said to have advocated to thej council of premiers the waiving. of (b r- j many's war i:idomniy. the Times stated tiday. The Times indicate th,-it thc r.-ported a'tiludo of the Italian premier' in.iy have a. jhi.ee in tl;o manifest.) on European economic conditions wbi-h the council of pr miers is pn parinB: for publication. Tin- couiK-.l of premiers has taken action on two bis: questions while Premier

Milh-rand of Franco was unavoidably I Kiliott. one of Chicago's most, pn.-n ina'osfnl. ent and medical experts. Ir. E!ii't First Clos' r relations with Soviet I w.a3 commissioned last summer by the J:ussia. ' I government at the suggestion of Col, Second Economic assistance to Gcr- c.orgas t... sr- to Ecuador and make a

;iriI ni ia r: y i,t vnrli ri'V-nr itc'iiioff, Thf r--' urii cf lrc?r-;r Mi!', r- ; tlu from Paris is a 11 ii -usl - a v: i'i d 1 .s France has been v igorously opposir.c ' such action as the council evidently cont empla ' s. Take The Tines -nd keep ':.; touch vtrh the whole world.

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Will Support Administration

CV.'?r, , , Rich Booze Haul Made by Accident Six East Chicago Men Haled Before Hammond Official With Large Revenue To Pay. That Eat Chlcaeo's foreign hern has bee., friBhtepc. nil! of making 'i'luor m Lake county and has s.-usht. -reener fields is shown by the- porter county arrests of six men. Two stills and nine barre's of li quor were confiscated and two men' fcivmar their names as Georpe SabMoh and Joseph Kekieh. both of Indiana Harbor, were arreste.l in Liberty town-s'-tp by w . P. Forney sheriff and I Charles Walsh, of Wheeler, constable,! Gc-orce f.elach. George Gordon. Ea.orl Kf-KRlvi.'li a-id Frank v;ch werei atr-sted in 17ast '"hicato and were1 taken to Valparaiso by sheriff For-! I")'. A . I.. Melahan, a revenue ayentj and Captain o" I on nell. of the East! Ciiicayo police department. Sheriff Forney said that Sahlieh and Kckich admitted their Rnilt and said that Ihe other men were connected: with the manufacture of lifjuof at the si iils. Gordon w as then arrested and according to the officials, lie m-cussed the others. l.'-lach is said to be an East "iic;io 1 a 1 estat" man. lii" mttlioi :'-a in vest I; :i f d after a man. who was passing the home of Walsli in an aufomidoie. ran over a! chicken and stopped to pay for thej fowl. He s-aid that he fhoucht that I a sti'l was heiuer operated on property l-r.ucht by a. Gary syndi-ate of foreigners for the al!eCe,l purpose of opera 1 ins- an orphans home. Six barrels of liquor were destroved and three barrels and tlie stillsl w r re bronchi to East Chicago as cvi-1 The vtiHs aiv l-i-th n.o.lcrn and nre said to be valuable. Currants, rais-j ins and grapes were belni; used in the manufacture of liquor, the officers say. .The men arrested are Austrians. rM'O ni nn orniinrp mi 0 ulud Alburn FAMOUS DOCTOR Dr. Chas. A. Elliott Will Lecture On Ecuador Before Church Club on Sunday. t K M Shank 'in anrourors 1 da1--(ti ;il ii, !i8. il'd for the tv'-vf meet - mx of th,- M..u's Clult of tiie Presbyterian church on Sunday c-, ening ono of the most, interesting speakers who has yet appeared befr-re the club. The speak' r will he rv. Cha.- A. -1 u t'. y r.f th' y 1 5 n w f"-v,:r v h . h razi :;i !v-i;vlir nrnl na.!'- n Ar y s' uly nf 1 ii:int; ntul iis i n li a 'm i-Mi 1 sr- - :;,-'J ijh:j,;;iI ; a . 01; r.i -p M s jip'1 V::;:i(!or i M :- H'jSjor t of t h p ;j d - The ytetl' ;. h e x pe, t to t '1 r n out in fore, Ih.e e. ture of !r. Elliott's. Better call up Timrrs and have it sent to your houe rvery nifcht. Tnen you'll be sure It will

NEW TERM

Palmer Said to be the Latest Choice of President for His Successor. nv Air.i.iM riiiM.ip simms 1 STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N . SERV1CE1 WASHIXGTOX, March 3 One year from tomorrow President Woodrow Wilson will take leave of the "H'hit House, end pen in hand, resume the life of a private citizen. He will not be a candidate for a third term, thosn whose minds "go along" with his decla re. In the meantime the democratic party has decided to move on to San Francisco without him. F.ri;cT mx; 11 ok hts. Tli is does not mean that the party has decided to ipnore him as its leader, hut that candidates for the presidential nomination o the Democratic ticket will throw- their hats into the ring as fast and, freely as they choose, with the full approval of the president, and that (inly at the convention next June will his choice be made known. Men close to the president are convinced that between now and then h will neither make an official statement reg-ardinsr his own political intentions, nor come out with anythingwhich might be taken as an attempt to name a successor to himself. PAI.MKR GIOK'H XOW! The president's mind remains per. fectly open on the subject of candidates, those who reflect his opinion say and they cite incidents To prove It. AVm. H. McAdoo, for a long time was spoken of as his choice for the Democratic, nomination, they point out. Then it was Herbert Hoover, until Hoover came out strongly in opposition to carrying- the treaty of Versailles into the campaign, when his stock wared. Now, aeenrdtner to possip. Atty. Gen. A. .Mitchell Palmer, whose candidacy has just been announced, is the favorite. EVI'KIT ItOMB FHOM HIM. Political forecasters ar expecting the president to make no such political move as to Rive his personal support to any candidate prior to the convention in San Francisco. At. the convention, however, they expect him suddenly to toss one of his (Continued on rag Rvt ) O'DONNELL NEW E. CHICAGO CHIEF Kdward .1. o'Ionn"il. who has been acting chief of the police, department of East Chi'-aco, since the illness of Chief T. 1. Williams has been promoted to the position of chief, following, the resipnat ion of Chief WilliamR. Captain 'lannell had charge of the force during the steel strike of last fall and receive dmuch praise for the manner in which the situation was handled. H" will take office at once. NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY MAKES HER YOUNGEST OFFICER 4 . vV 1 .-:. IK y - t 1 t - it ex X.vliss Anita Pollitzer. Miss Anita Pollitzer of Charleston. S. C, who has just been made, secretary of the legislative committee of the National Woman's party, is twenty-five years old. She has t! e distinction of being the youngest of the party's officers and is said to have a wirier acquaintance with n-orr,! ers of conjrress than any other your.?; vvr.man in the country.

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