Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 219, Hammond, Lake County, 4 March 1920 — Page 1

THE WEATHER FlE lv;lA Vhuh nn;l much -':it litni;,f-1 I'riil.-y fni- -t-rit ijoiv In tTrMio utlli poll km; oililrr Tilth a rold ae In north ami mitral lortlon.

Read By All the People Who Want All the News DTTTSSATIONAL NEWS FULL LEASED WISE SKBVICE. Cn streets and ne-wsstsn&s. 3 rr copy. Dellvzrad by errtr i Hammond and West Ftam jnl, SO f:-r month. VOL. XIV, XO. 219. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1920. HAMMOND, INDIANA

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WALKOUT DECISION RESTS ON

1 1 WORKERS WILL DECIDE AS TO STRIKE

Representatives of 400,000 Maintenance Men Discuss Strike Today in Chicago. ' INTERNATIONAL NES SEtlVICEl CHICAGO, M. -troll 4.- ln tlie outcome r! e. meeting held !;rr.i today rl a rt'vc1s!on whether 4111 Omi railroad workers cf the country will o on strike and seriously interfere with the operation of every railroad system in the e-.tin'ry. Defying their grand lodee officer. CO1 representatives of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of AVay Men and Railway Shop 1-a.horrrs mot to consider whether tliv would ov-rrivia thc-ir -hi"l's in I'rcine their demands on the railroads, regardless of a promise mad'- by the union chiefs to President Aik-tm that r.o strike woull o --ir. ' The men are grow weary of reverie "It promises," sail AVtn. Corbick, of the rotten Belt Railroad. "I am holding my men in rheck w ith difficulty. Most I maintenance) of i Ilir-n Ret Je t ha.n $2 a d-iy, mkins th'm the least raid of nil railway emp!ee.s." Among the officials attending' th conference are B. V. Fredlnb-; rg. Illinois vntral railroad, of lu-iiariar." lis: t. av. lp kinson. Houston & Texas Central, ll-rntead. Texas: T. J. Cap??. nit-rt:av-t.onal chairman. Internationa? & Great Northern railroad. Austin. Te.as: I.. II. (idem, Texas & Taculc. and J. II. Marfjuelte of Texas. eamsters Ask for a New Scale -rp.e t er.msters of the K; .anion, which i:ie;u,h- Km'. .' 'hie 1 ap-i, In- j

ri-ana Harbor and A V hi tine, hare f-rcnc- f ter h . b--en found Someone kindly deed a new aRrecnien! to iI'.i'ts in (-"ill. ; j-sit'd it on the desk of proba'e Com-1'-'1, lumber and butl-IuiB material... I miss i--n- r John Agnew in Ilooin 1 of the which .-alls fer a scale of r'titi an j superior court. l'hit if nappy once hour and an eight -!vu r d-y. The j res- ( n,or. en' ag"-oemen. which Is i'i r feet unt.l ! A-rM 1 cal's for a scale of ;,;r, ,-'r.t. j' THE nw undertakins establi.'hniont rn hour and a nine-hour dy with 1'ni"" Hohman sr.. befns built for the K1.11 ours pav. The n'-w crc,-nv-T al merlin-s. i pr..Cre.-?in; sl-wly. "We ,-alls for 'time ai.d a half f.,r ail over, ha 1." earthly idc when we ill be Cfeht hour?. !"hr' rs Knimcrlmg Kxpiess drivers rai'h'l a nw attre!- t'"la."n,ent on February IT'.h which calls fori hEXLn'; nTN.'t he" IIoo er vacua substantial increase and tire pn.'ral j ho,1(fht of th5(.

T'-anis-ers ellt hk .ci .-..1 iii-vi'i lay 1. when their picsenl ar . lr -a.: runs ou.. The increase asked by i the general teams-t. rs Ins n--t : t hx'nj'' t. Tided, but sitv-e, the pres.-n: 2:i'"nfi!! j ef 50 cents an hour ws to id- i w y- ir , ago it is expected that approximate!;.- a j 60 per cent increase will h' asked. I It is reported that the Hammond teams' era submitted mi rig ri-em. -i: for 73 j f-n:s an hour but later w.thdrew it. Gary teamsters ar e also re poo" 1 i Vj 1 a-k.ag fir SO or R3 cents. 1200 Men Wanted as Laborers Do yei know where there's an idle man? Twelve hundred laborers an-1 numerous skilled workers re wanted by the various industries in the 'nhini'-; elis1 rict. according to r'i-U"!s which have ter-n placed with the Vnited States 1 ee I Lmplo'-ment office at l'ast i'!o as -. 'I;r- ; wage, offered for lahc r varies fi' in 13 j cents an hour to 61'n c nt"t in 'h- ind us- ' tries and TO cents for o-lis' 1 1: cti- n arid j building work. Thei labor shortage has been considered 'he lab iOi:s f serioiis tor the past several ith. . rewhen the foreign laborer' b'-gsn ' nun to the old country -in-', in spi" of 11 efforts to tnc-t. the labor demand by an influx of Negroes a-ol AbM-ans the condition has bee .tee wci 111,: i'. a: the piesent time the '.tulustri- s of th- t g:.n fre meeting a r. al ct ir is ia Co ir e;,ieavors to continue t heir pt -s- v t -ale of production. Various lab.-r saving deviees are being installed m 'he pHtit. tlie most extensive plan in the distro-t h'-ng that of the Jt.land" Steel f.-r use r f powdered coal by which they hope to eliminate the need for a large number of laborers. The. calks for skilled labor 11, elude boilermnkers. nmchini.-ts. m--biers, bia- ksmiths and helpers. In the f.mab- calls are included domestic, .hamb.-rnv.ids. stei.ographers and rest uiri'iii work-is. GAS EXPLODES; SEVERAL HURT t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CLEVELAND. March 4. Several persona vre injured by tlie explosion of gasoline in a warr-hou.se near the , Owen Tire anil Rub'a-r plant at Bed- j fe-rd this morrtrr s . W--rkmen are i.e. ( lir-ved to be billed ill til" rlillls Of the-w-s re-h ise bit oil :! i m.a t ion of the p. -delai ed iy flames which fol lief w a lowed the explosion.

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DID YOU HEAR THAT OFFICER GEORGE T. HAN.AN. of Hammond Central i t 1 i -.- station, is seriously si -k home. 4.il Becker St.. suffering an attack nf pneumonia.

TEES PAT oninjt's council mating J was remarkably short. K r ryt hing fb-i ishe.i at in o'clock. AM.'naa Heckle nia.li was absent. INCREASING intercut of women In oip- affairs since the vote is at ham! is shown by the mimbT turning out for meetings of tho . iiy nmnci!. IK a prii-.e nfF given to the sptck-and-spamiest new building in Hammond. John Sehmuesser. w itli the cold loaf automobile 'j'lgrt. ouM be a claimant for first honors. jtn. and Jin; CHARLES A UK IN". w he bav. boon touring the southern states arid Cuba for the last six weeks. .r or.c more back in Hammond ready for another brisk business year. THE l.'r.iied Cigar store's change, of location in the old Klolgho building was made without interruption of business and ail that remains of their old quarters is a p.le of brick in the basement. I'KTE EAEWENS. the Studftbaier dealer, has been pretty sore all day today. Yesterday he went to Chicago to get three -a rs which had be-on promised him but h" found that somccne else had l.catrn him to ilinn. M. MAbK',. proprietor of the State street ladies' wen- s'ore, is the'kins of optimists. In spi'e of the snow storm and blizzard predictions he smiles confidently and today advertises his spring opening f--r Friday and Saturday. JACK rrAHKKTY. business aSent for til" lluildil: Troir-s Laborer.1' Vnlon. p'c'.ed up on-- of those p'ar extinct animals, a real rst-ue bargain, three months no and it ha increased ju?t 100 per cent in value since then. OLD EUI'" l.l'XD has just received a letter from no mb rs of the rompany he served V.1M1 1:1 ilie war pskins him to ronie ba.' k and t e his old job as crperal. He's wait it ins to s' how th neriii race turns our c-norc ne answer JOHN" M. ST1NSON" believes that r-ii is the great fit- 1 -f the future and that the industry i yet in i's infano. He b'-lie s thi' all factories eventually I in'! I---- e.ju-pped with oil burning dej ices to t ke t he place riHL Gr.KFNWAI.DS niisinjc muff2'?.7j sinii at the Lion Store and it look'd -so w'-n ,n him tint sixteen more s-'i rne ?t;,ie suit have been trat d to the; puhl which Fred gave. iiiloriilF: Hl.in'KlE. superintendent of 1 .... .. (the Hammond water vol department. r f to a"-k. "Are hii act ua 1 11 ted with the f;,ci that the Ni-rtiTern States Life ' Insurance t'o. 5i3 a branch eab.-e in the j city hall'.'" And noth.lig more would he , say. MRS. AVA LTL Jl BIELEFLLD. who is sojourning i-i C.tlifort.is. keeps her hus-ha.n-1. the- c;;y treasure;-, freuii getting lonesome! by seding him presents occasionally. Aesterdiv- he- i'reif-fi a box of oranges and a big bag of Lnglish w alnuls. 'AITAIN BFA' rOLLARD and his fast American Legion quintet will meet Ihe equally fast Morris A. C. basketball (am front Chicago at Central gym Saturday Tiight. Car! Row by, former Hainicoii i high school s'.idi ni. is maniger of the invading live. S. LFA'TN" 1 '1,1. is the name of a new real estate, loan am! insurance firm, h-oated in Room 3 of -ho lake County Trust fv Sa nigs Bank building. Mr. L-v:n is v.i II known in Hammond, having been 111 bu-iness here for about t w el v e yea 1 s. GRKYTR 1"N PS n the lookout for ueek Molor.-V . h- 1 of the road are again speed 111ania.es. This ops Lull- and Warner vi-r the hishwnv s of !-cii 1 opera: Hammond. A third mil be add'-d lat-r if th-- eiii" 111 of th- common council . an so, ,11 ed. IT is ' vp". l-fl-C'l this w oo, ip ip a, tl Hammond. : to. I t '.at w ord w i H be i-e-froi.i 1 el :a na po! is ap--m oloy -ii'ii t acent for r 1 tiow n has had fi v e W : r-pl o l ion from mn v ho s---k the -n--e. Ti e li-t of names forwarded to the Lmplov i:u i,t Commission f.f Indiana, it, hid'-, lid Kr.nr. Fre-d .1. Millies, AVlIliaoi . Har, bar' . Normati 11. Hamtiictt. olid V Al A V n J. i 'u pp. 'It BROWN the other 'lay tossed n can of pork and beans into the ed k!,.v.. in th- tire- barns where iidueiing a sale- of government A m.t.u'e later ih, v was a ter-ph-s-c ii. Tlie interior f the stove no d. New slogan lit city hall : pol-beli-. !o- is ; fo..,is. r i n . ;-; p Was !-,!! "Brow tl'; beans have p- p." The mayor will have i-.noth.--r car load of tho variety on sib- within a f-vv dav s. J. C NOWICKI. the live mr-nacer of the AV'ache-w iez brokerage department, was .lust two hours shaving the other oiri-ii's after inserting a "Houses for Sale" al in T-i" Timfs, AAithout himjsolf seeing the nd in cold print lie sold Itvvo of the houses over the phone and then finished shaving. Some court plaster was n-'cessarv to hide 'he effects of

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Bringing Blizzard I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. March 4 A Ala roll blizzard reported as the worst experienced in many ivar". is sweeping eastward from the Kooky mountains and will prevail throughout the Middle West by nightfall, according to reports received here today. J Already train service lias been disrupted at Minneapolis and points west and northwest of here, according to telegraphic reports. In a number of; places trains are reported as enow- : bound in huge drifts. Telegraphic and j-aiir.;fl service has been seriously j interferred with and in some places j entirely cut off. Several towns in the; direct path of the storm have been a I - j most completely isolated. j The storm comes on the heels nf a; balmy spell throughout the Middle West, which was taken for a sijjn that winter was over. It is not. $750,000 OF FARM LANDS SOLD Unprecedented Activity is Reported from Crown Point in Acreage Deals. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES rr.owx i'oint. 1NLV. March 4 Monday and Tuesday. March 1st and 2nd. were record breakers In Lake) county and three-fourths of millian' dollars -worth of property chanted 1 handa on these days. The sale? of; farm properties were the heaviest ever , know n in Lake county, according to sides recorded in County Auditor John- ' son's office. James i:'aj-k, commission-! er and owner of valuable farms in the' southern part of the county disposed of two farms of Z2'1 and CfCi.Tl acres respectively, - cm h Fold to- Klctrard1 Hopkins for $33,000 and the other to" Herman L. Nussman. brought County; Commissioner F.Iack $51. 2. " i Avm. Jesse lavis. of . htcago. of valuable farm lands sold i; to A'irgii A. Trice, county aj Lake county for $15.'i'i'h Otlier sales recorded were: AVa,!t"r L. Sanger to Sam: Hoagiand. IS:! acres for .V'o",' .John G. F.ohliiiR t John : inp ?S acres. JIC.Oii. o -,v r r j acres' renc DolCFrank AValleski to Charles K wait. Jtn acres, J 3 2. :'. Tost' Auguet Guske to acres. Jll"". 1 'a is SrisraH to .' h a r 1 e s G ke. Si AA'il!iam Scniiiinr. ' 32r acres. $36,700. Michael Miller to a s s t u s Tat H.o acres. ;.H4. Miles King to Ldward Wosdl.e. e" acre.., 512.000. Th Lauerman heirs to Joft-h - Nusenian. 13 1 acres. ?33.S"a. Her ry Tt ibold to Felix II. BeMs'.e. 2F"- acres. J2L33S. John AYc liner to Frances , . La r gen. H4 acres. $.20,300. Fred Kreiter to Clifford H. Sawyer 2S0 acres, $".7,300. Frances A. Largen to John L. Tow. ers. lto actfs. fif'.SOO. Theodore Kit ins to otto Maase. 120 acre, $33.5if. Bernard K. Tee to Henry 120 acres. $24.00". V a 1 Leonora M. Clark to coll. 20 Oacres. $!fi.50n. Orin R. AVorsley 10 t Pav i ln-is-i Ta scher. ;S0 acres. .4 03. . Haver Benjamin F t-(;i-.ris Ma-i. acres. $23.fOii. Many more, smaller disposed of, the major t raets, portion were of the property being the southern part, the county and 1 'enter and St. J of bn Townchips. Nearly two hundred thousand dollars in mortgages were also recorded. Many of these being on the farm transactions. Tpe office force of the county recorder's office experienced ore of the busiest times in their history. About three hundred and twenty-five papers of different desert pt ions being recorded on these tw o days. Here are j Late Census Figures I INT' PH. TO'AL rewS SERVIrE! AVASHINGTON. March 4 rrelimiti ary population figures were announ-. ced today by the census bureau as fol- ' lows: Bloomington, 111. H20 copulation,; "g.cr.8: 1310 population. "3,768; increase. ".870: ill per cent increase; 1000 population. C3.2St!. j Peoria. 111. 19-'i population. 76.121 : j 1010 population 6ii.?30. increase D.171;' 13.7 per cent, increase; pjOp population 3H.1"0. Cedar Rapids. Iowa lC'l'i population! 43.5S6; 1910 population. 32.S11: increase 12.733: ,8.9 per cent increase; 1300' population, 23.606. Believue. Ky. 1920 population 7.37?; 1910 population 6.6S3; increase 606. 10.4 per cent increase; 1000 popula-' tion 6.332. Beaumont. Tex. 1P20 poptilation. 33.-! 351: 1910 population. 20,4'i: increase 14,711; 71. i per cent increase; 1900' population 9,427. Advertise in The Tinjrs and adeffort ;an furnish.

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NEWSPAPERS ALARMED AT NEWS PRINT STATUS So. Bend Newspapers MayHave to Suspend Shortly If Paper Doesn't Come. Roth th South yesterday annoiino just enough paper thent one w rek P.end newspapers ed that they had on band to run with a decreased with no paper in number of pates. iKht. They .are putting fort !i every effort to pet. the paper, and if It is not forthcoming a temporary suspension of both patters will be forced. accordingto the South I'.end Tribune. The TiMFts has iiad two carloads of paper on tli" road from the llastern mills for sfver.il weeks and not a word lias beep heard of them since and its supply on har.d i.s visibly decreasing. Newspapers are pretty much in the same boat over the newsprint supply and the situation ia a nightmare to publishers. MILLION FARMERS DECLARE THEIR WANTS Important Gathering Completing Organization in Chicago. t INTERNATIONAL CHICAGO. March ME 'AS SERVICE 1 4 Org-an :za t ion of! the American Farm tlnrnn. Association. w-3.5 completed here today. The fnllnwincr proRratn e.f aims of the federation was tentatively adopted: National laws to prevent strike. Healing with tariff qu'ilions as they cpn'y to farm products. Investigation of conditions surrounding--TrrM'j!l livestock prices, and foreign competition and of foreign trade relations. Takine; of measures asrainst reciprocity with Canada. Cam pain 1 rig for lower freisrht rates. f-veking of better relations witli the peckers aiol consumers. Opening of an office li A'a s li 1 n c t on te keep A funcany o n for !: 1 v. a 1 c h on a 1 1- ci i r, ' ion. ;--rd of $ :,nii.nfiu w as the work of the and It. was anno has been promise -.Con I that J the I 1 . no; nori t year PRESCRIBING WHISKEY I Chicago Doctor's Office Was Crowded With Men Coughing for ooze. ' IVtfNTIOVl'. 'HIi'AGi'. March NrWi SF"virri j 4 Nil -ii" to -l - raids 1 f ede ra 1 pr -d do t ion agent -1 a c ! i - e r on tmy- 1 inn v ne 111:1 p e of selling w?ro fore-) -suit of thej "a 1. w b.o is; m a n y c r : - f r 11 in 1. n t i , " , pres. Seen arret said ri--t b.ns fo here 1 01 uiy t of Pr. R to ha-.-- v, lh; 1-K.r tipi a : fiea tes la i fo r 1 I r- i ira 1 that ha g I 'i f t er u Gnu sly vv V hen the it w r 1 1 e 1 s ii!-n, a'l t e re in Pr. 'dry" a sent S t ejl t arfice d. ills a pica ppear. price s c r i p i was sai. ion. ha- e b u $1 ENGINEER 13 KA J JN ( AKI I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SESVICEl i KhlZAKKTII. N. J.. March 4-A life- . !eo hnnd. officials- today I.ej ,.Vr. dr -ve i th- --Rhiladelphin 11-. ! Railroad of New ,lr c rack Cent ra 1 express, pat ja danger si-nal and into a local tra nj I near here last o'-lit. causing f-mri i deaths. The er 2 .n-'-er. Win. S. Sell. : fenitid dead in his crushed cab, is be- j ii'-ved to have di-d fr-u" heart failure,; p: or to the orash. ' An invriicnlinii : d'-lerm no this is now under wa . Sl.it. ni'-uts bv 1 ai' road att;n lies vi'i-ivr-'l llan t he ll e . : irr, a : v ; -l rcalnst ! JUDGMENT RENDERED. Judgement for 'he plaintiff was- renf'eied by .Bulge Reiier in ro- ni 1 of Cm Hammond superb r eoait this morning in the suit on a- count fried by the Stevenson Benko Co.. against H. R. Linvilie. The amount involved was $131.13 with intej est. Attorney J-!,;! Gretnwald appeared for the plaintiff. POTATOES ARE SKY HIGH ' 1 N T T U A T 1 0 1. A L NCWS SERVICE CHICAGO. March 3 -Potatuos were quot'-d in Chicago today at $130 to a hundrr dwf iirht. or 73 cents a peek wholesale. This is the highest figure for potatoes registered here. Bight receipts were given as the reason. A CORRECTION In East nie-ht's Timfs an erorr was made in the S -ifer I-l.i ritiur" I'otiipanv 's ad crtise-mi p . The r,d. r-lated that a $13.75 Mattress was offered for $15. S3. It fIi'hM have read a 45 pound Felt Mattress for $15. SS.

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Union Labor Organizers Busy in Gary Other Cities in the Calumet Region Note Presence of Union Evangelists. Steps which are being taken by the union 'off.ciais of the Steel Worker's unions to re-organize the defeated workmen in Gary and other manufacturing cities of the Calumet region, may load to another nation-wide strike, if the l.adtis are successful in their endeavor,, it was learned yesterday. It is said that t litre are now more organizer in Gary than there were during the big- .f-el strike and the reorganizing of the steel workers if Ik-ins pushed rapidiy forward. Th? forces now at w-.-rk an- the Amalgamated A ssociat ion of Iron Steel and Tin AVorkeis. the Independent Industrial 1'nion and the American Federation of Labor. The oriranizTS are urging the "all e-ne union card" idea, the same plan adopted by the I'nit'd Mine Workers' union with every man employed in the steel mills belonging- to the samel union with one .ncral card. j A coord nip to labor leader?, 7" per cent of the men who were on strike in Garv ii'i" members of the.Ama!-. gainaud Association. EROW TO BE TRIED MONDAY Will Be Dealt With as Private Citizen Says the States Attorney's Office. GRANT RAITPS. MI'"'1T. March 4 "If Cum mo row is gtiil'y of any violation of the law !-e will be pUtltshee." says Liquor Inspector Patcrsnn, of this' district, according to United States' District Attorney Mvron H. AYa'ker.. j i'.i 11: 1.0 -v was sent by the Department e-f Justice at Washington to take! Walker's place over a v-.c-.k ago in iu-i v e st:ga r(nc tl-e a il ged "whiskey re-j belhon" in Iron county of the upper! Michigan peninsula. According to RaCrsnr. AA'alkcr al.-O . staled thi-.- afternoon that he knew; of the investigation that the govern-, ni'-nt was making of i.'li hi nv- row s move' men'. j i.nr.nN 10 ivr,STii. vi'i:. I James R. Green, of tir: attorney' general's office at hnniiis, arrived in, Grand Rapids ou r r 1 1 e sd.i y mi.i tl!n;i and immediately went into ce.nferencft with I '1 05 1 cu t i :ig Attorney Cornelius' Hof'iu-. I "Gieen told me that 'ummerow , woulei hr d-a!t with as a private citi-j z n. and his connei tion with a f. eral office would liave nothing to do: with the ease." said HofT 111s. after the moetiiig with Green. "'irtf-n told me alio taat h w oubl s- c tl'.e case tli rou h." II I. l-l 1; AV Mill M . According t e lloffius. wi'.en .'ummerow ih-mands an e-.amination np-j.i ;i rt a ' g r.n--. t 11 1. in police court !-,H morning, toe c.urt will he adjoin ned 1 uulii 'the first of 10 t wci k. H-.f-! fins w 1 : 1 issue ,c vv arrant for Cum -1 in- row's arrest before the 1. titer's ap--t earane-' iti court this motniuk. 1 Cuiomerow will bo reprt s.-nii d by Attorney .io'in .1. Sina'enski, who woiked with the government agent here during the re ent "Red" raids, j In a statement last night Mr. .-'mo-! b-nkl pioinised "some real n-i t ions. ' CASE IN COURT SPECIAL TO TH C TIMC5 1 I M.r.ARAISo. IND.. March 4 The; e. f the Hvansvi'le Brewing Co. vs.) h. Tally and Swanton, bondsmen,! decided in th' Superior court yes-i ay afteinoon by the jury in favor: h..- f .. f ,-nda i-t s. iinith w n s ti Lalie ity saloon keeper, look the bank- i ey law. aid the hi i-witig coniimny ; lie bondsiiien for tie- amount; lhe jury holding the bondsmen in! particula- case, were nut liable. s- m l w a te rd of t rcli I rut. d e. e tins DIDN'T LIKE GRIFFITH SHE IS NOW DVORCED. ' She said she wouldn't live in Griff'.'.h." was the luief explanation given by ;. D. .Tarrett ivlioi ijur-st iored regarding tlie separation h"tu i en him and l-.s wife. Na. ini. vvhe-i r.uli'.i in his suit for divorce in R-.c-in 1 of the Himmoiid superior court. Jr-.rrett vv as and still i;- an emp!..iv'r of the Indiana Ripe Lino C". at its Griffith pumping station. Ho says that Mrs. Jarrett did not like tho town and because ho did not want to move from the place she packed up and took the two children to li- r parents' home near Vriiondale. Ind, The divorce was granted. Mrs. Jarre! t w ill have lhe custody of the children, but they may visit thojr father or he nay visit them at will. He will continue to support tin m. Don't throw jnur pd-c: twaj without readins the want ad page.

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JIM SMITH WINS

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LOSES CAR; HI ll John Cheioh, i?(3 Washincton ave.. :a.r-. had a Ford Sedan. 1'rivinR nlon'i Summer street, just east of Korsyt he, t the car struck a idle of ties ;md ii.set Into the ditch brside the road.: John wasn't hurt. He talked, coaxed; and plead with the Ford to liht it-' self. !(. even o'Jp,, the little inn-' chine. Irut a I-Vird i-n't as imiresior.-I able as a mule so ail John's talk was; unavn.tlii.ir. lb- left. Into the ear of a nan at Granger's. 41 Hohm.m Hammond, he told his woe. M mcntly John's tale was pitiful, a.nyway, the two returned to the place w lo-re t!i' Ford lay. .Surprising to say, there was: no Ford t be seep. It had disappear1 d. Sleuths from Hammond V ntral : station were called. They sra.roheil everywhere. Vnd'r the ties, back of; the telephone polo; under the porch of; a nearby house, in fact they scoured; every available nook and cranny. Hut I no Ford. "Plain ca.se of abandonment"' said the sleuths, for his Ford. John is btiil lookini 1AVE A HEART MR. CITY DAD! AA'est Hammond's aid'rmen relenteel a little m their licensing campaign to raise funds tor running the citv. but added a new source of levenue when they held a special session AVed-l i-esday evening. Some of the license ! fees iiad beep considered too high and j for this reason th ordinances were! reconsidered. j AA'ho.i the first ordinances were pass' ed last week it was decided to tax wholesale meat dealers JjOO in.tttad of $100 as was pVovided when the ordinance was fir.-t elraftcd. Th al-oerm-n after some deliberation voted to put the fr-p back to $10') which they ltelieve the packers will now pay without protest. The vehicle tax ordinance was also changed so that the fee for a one-horse vehicle is $3 and $10 for a two-horse rig. As investigation disclosed that the fees already fixed wrie not going to net the ain'.iint necessary to keep the admiui.-ti ative wheels rcvolvinj. tlie councilm'n decided that it would be necessary to place a. lie use fCe on manufacturers of gelatines, fertilizers and c hemicals. This ordinance covers the four leading industries of We;t Hammond. The- lic-nsc fee was xol at $300. The, aldermen also mad arrangements whereby money could" be borrowed by the city treasurer in -order te, prty e.f the anticipation warrants which will be issued to pay for property to be acquired t"r the ,-ity by tile Board of I'aik Commissioners. nir SHOULD SAY SO Hammond now lias a Veiiow Cah line- sho v ing ail of the class of' lhe tax- ! i'-ao S'-rv i.-e affoi-led in (he lai ht cit- ! ;es. A. 1 1 . Kunert and Sam Cstie-i w.-i !t pre tlie pr, pirietors of Ho- new i Veiiow (';.'.) Co . , mi'i garasre located at j libl l ayette stirtt. Two of the- hand- ' some Shaw type of taxi-cabs ha.e ben' I v ed a rid plaeerl in An ed ner is expected Mat ch 20. and otiieis ' v. ill he added from t me to I .me as the j g- "vvth of the biisii.ss v ;. i rants . J c'.-r years the telepkoti" number 1311 has been called the iai n iinb-r in i Hammond and when The A'eliovv Ca'rj t'o. took rharsr of Cie garage th---,- i were careful to see- that the old f de- i phor.e number was letatned. The v i w ill continue to operate tho garage arid Mb -hcl in tire busin-e-s. The taxiea'br. ate specially des'gned for tlie service and are equipped with j t lie game ICtid .-f mete-is used in i'i.ieago . Chiiago rates will also a: pi.'- -I thirty cents for the first one-thi:-. m'le j rnd ten cents for each additional one- j third mile for one pa-r-iicer, l-'o oh additional passenger 'he. r.i'o is r w e r. t v cents a dde d t -t a ! . ha - g e f--r ope. The no t.-r i r'-ad whin tl-ej passenger enters and alic lit f-.-ru the I .ah and the drii'i s ci-e i c.-cpt s f r the fa re coll e. t e d . A. SCHROEDER IS DEAD Andrew- S hroedcr. who for a r." nihrr of years iiad been ernployed a- a switch tender on the j. H. 'R . railroad died Wedncsdav evening at rive -'c!ok I gt h's home-. 4 it n Truman avenue, nam- j mond. He - fifty-four yours old! ard h ave-" a wife am! several ,di:ldr r. i The funeral .-.ill be h.-b! Mi.nil.i v oiorn-i i ng from St. J".-r-;di's ehunh nr Ihmr.iond a nd. i n t e rni e n t will be in St. J..spii's cemetery . STILL HOLD PRIZES Titr Times i still holding several of the prizes wlu h w.-r awarded to pupils of the Hammond schools in Hi" c- ntest for the he.t r ec.'-uiting essavs ro:i.-i. I'd hy th'- Wa r Department . Some of the contestants v.-ere vidently lied informed that, the prize." would be distributed by .The Timhs. Winners ate requested to all at this -office as early as possible.

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I Will Prevent if Possible Enforcement of the Volsted Act. IBTJUXTIK) I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEHVICEI WASHINOTON. March 4. A test Tot in the house today on the wet and dryquestion resulted in a decisive victory for the drye, 234 to E6. The vote came over the vig-oron objection of the drye, who evidently wanted to encape a record vote on a resolution fcy Hep. Egaa of News Jersey to eend the legislative appropriation bill back to the committee with, instructions to c'rike out of It an appropriation of 54.500,000 for prohibition enf orcement. Eman's resolution also provided for the repeal on June 30 next of the Volstead enforcement law. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. March 4 The state of New Jersey filed today In the U. S. supreme court a bill of complaint asking that the prohibition amendment and the. A'olstead enforcement act be declared null and void. Joseph .V LanIgan. assistant attorney general of New Jersey, filed the bill of complaint, which was drawn by Atty. Gen. McCran by the authority of Gov. Ea-.rarCls elected on a "wet" platform last November. A I'TllR YOI.STI3AD AC T. One of the objects of the suit is to prevent V. S. Atty. Gen. Palmer and Internal Revenue Commissioner P.oper from enforcing the A'olstead act in Nrw Jersey. Atty. Gen. McCran. of New Jersey, will appear in tho supreme court on Monday to proceed with the suit. New Jersey charges that the eighteenth amendment is null and void for these reasons: A l i:DMF.T NOT PROrER. That the eighteenth amendment Is rot proper under Article A', of the constitution. There is no power In congress to propose an amendment regulating conduct and morals and that Article V. permits only such amendments as are alterations or additions with the scope of the constit u t i o n . That there in no power in t!f stat to ratify an amendment such as the eighteenth . That two-thirds of the members of b -tri house, ot- congress "did not deem such an amendment necessary" within the true intent and meaning of Article V. of the constitution. i 1 r:i.iii uioA MTTi:n. . That the prohibition contained in tb" amendment is legislative matter under Article I. of the constitution, and i.ot properly an amendment under Ar'icle A". That as legislative matter it was rot properly passed by congress and submitted to the president of the F. S. and is therefore void and of no effect. That irt 21 states. South Dakota. Oregon, Nevada, Montana. Oklahoma, Maine. Missouri. Michigan. Arkansas, (.'"lorado. Arizona. California. Ohio, Nebraska. North Dakota, AVashington, Mississippi. I'tah. Massachusetts. New Mexico and Maryland, the legislatures have n-t ratified as provide by the constitution of such Mates, and that therefore 1 h ree-f ourt lis of the states have not 1 a titled in the constitutional s e use. PLAINTIFF GETS DECREE After bearing the iictirs of testimony given by both sides in the di--, oree suit of Grover Horn against Rearl I lorn. Judge Belter. In Boom 1 of the Hammond superior court, late yesterday ruled in fav or f the plaintiff and granted him a decree. Th court evidently v..,s pot influenced Mb, h bv the denials- of Mrs. Horn of authorship of letters written to Delbe; t Sciiertnerhorn. "the other man." or of receiving letters whirh bet e her address and his signature. The court refu-eoi to grant her petition to have l.er artotney fees taxed against her hu-L and . W. H. CURTIS .IS DEAD W. II. '!-). s who rjm to Hammond r-eeentiy from R.: . lies te r, died AVedne.-day morning at n:;ie o'clock at the home of h s son S. . Curt if. 421 Indiana avfr.n. - Infirmities attending old age were responsible for his derni.-e. He would have been eightyfix years old had he lived until April 2. He leaves tw.- sons. Sidney 0f Hammond and Charles of Chicago and three daughter.". Mrs. .Maud Cartwright. Mrs. Elsie petcrstejn and Mrs., El va Matliirse.n. all of Chicago. The body will be taken to Alliens. Ind.. ne-ir Rochester w he re hut ial will take place: Saturday feu enuun . SIPPLE FUNERAL The funeral of Conrad Sipple. who d 'i yesterday, will he held from th home of hir- son-in-law, E. Ullrich. 415 Lv on street. Hammond. Friday at 1:33 o'clock and from the German AT. K. church. Tinman street, at 2:'i0 o'clock. Interment wil! be made in Oak Hill or met cry . Don't throAv jroui papei a-vaj vithout readine the want ad pace,