Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 226, Hammond, Lake County, 12 March 1920 — Page 1

Read By All the People Who Want All the News THE WEATHER T'tli 'N.u i.o-nl i.vi nnd wuci colder tiKiight; utuitl.; fair. DfTERNATIONAl NXWS rtTLL LEASED WIXS BEBVICE. Oa streets newittnfi. a per copy. tellvred T carrier i txHininoTxA and Wsss J'uma'jsl. Sunt-r xnontb. VOL. XIV, XO. 226. FIvIDAY MAKC1U2, 1!20. HAMMOND, INDIANA 0

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Hammond Merchant Who Killed Man in Self Defense Dead in State Penitentiary of Pneumonia. fSPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT, INT., March 1? Jos Marino ex-service, man, former Hammon confectioner sentenced last year for manslaughter to the Indiana penitentiary Is dead of pneumonia at Jeffrsonvlile . Warden Thomaa Piatt of this place, brought the news back yesterday. Merino, -who "as g-assed while in service fell an easy victim to flu-pneumonia. Marino was sentenced la Judge Smith's court, being charged with the murder of Cornello Fonte, -who was a roomer in the, Marino home In Hammond. Mrs. Marino his relation, was later found murdered and the whole affair ivorel of the work of the Italian tlack hand. The double slaying was a nlne-day sensation In the county and Marino killed Fonte in oelf defence, fretting a one to fourteen year sentence. Marino was with Lieut. Col. Koos vfU'n division In France and had Just returned from New York where he, had arrived from overseas. lie fought gallantly with. Comptsy . 26th Ks, First Pivis'on. lSefo'8 enlisting he. was proprietor of a Trult ;ore at the corner of Calumet and Thornton avenue. Hammond. He looked forward to his furlough with Hammond friends and called at the Fonte house on Sunday. At the time Fonte, with several friends were in West Hammond. The rarty had been drinking: pretty hard and Fonte wai in quarrelsome mood. Marino had not touched a drop and Fonte's party was very noisy. Marino tried to quiet them and Fonte caPed h'.m a vile name. A quarrel ensued find Fonte plandred Mariners, uniform. "You're a hunch of slackers." Marino cried, "to say anything against me." Fonte then went for Marino with knife and frying pan, saying, "I 31 kill you." A little girl in the house ran to a neighbor's to phone for the police and while the station was being sough, three hots rare out and Marino ran to the neighbors, saying. "thy are going to kill me." He took refuge in the house and Chief Austgen and his men took the pa-rty to the police station. WOMAN CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS f INTE. NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) TORTLAXD, ORE.. March 12 Dr. Esther Fohl Lovejoy. prominent society and club woman, of Oregon, and widely known because of her work in the devastated regions of Europe, particularly Serbia and Armenia, has announced herself as a candidate for the Democratic nomination, for congress from Multnomah county. THEATRICAL MAN IS MURDERED tlNTTHNATlONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, March 12. Police to4ay eaxched the city for two. well dresee4 young men who last night shot and killed (William Mills, manager of the Crawford theatre, as the latter stood In the theatre box ce-intlng up the night's receipts. No attempt was made to rot the theatre and the mr-tlve for the murder Is shrouded in mystery.

Titled American Enters Fray For Prohibitionists

BT ri.OYD MVCGTUFT rSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I N. SERVICE1 LONDON. March 12 William ' Pussyfoot") Johnson Is in danger of being overshadowed in the fight to make flreat Fritaln dry by Viscountess Astor, despite his spectacular entry into th" fray. Viscountess Astor. who already has op-ned hr campaign in parliament, is l!.rinin'l to see th" battle through to a finish although hr pirns .-ire less drastic than those of the, extremist, facion led by Mr. Johnson. In outlining her attitude today she declared that she js 110t a prohibitionist In the strictest sense of he word. x hlle she wans to -see the British Isles "bone dry" she believs that res- , tr rilon and control of the drink question should be the first Mep in the gradual refotms t hat would evmualty errl in prohibit ion Mich a - the I'niied SH te.s Rt pr. se;;t . The American horn viscountess tak s a practical xie-v of the temperance struggle. She declare? that she is not a "woman with a mission." b.tt merely trying to "do her bit" 10 make the people happier. 'While the whole world is apparently moving towards prohibition I think that England today is not ready for it." declared Viscountess Astor. "Pro hibit ion !:M s want a whde apple or" none. I v i 1 ! Accept half an apple or j even a quarter of one, j 'I fill to see w lic-e jptoxic.-Uing j liquor has done any pood in this w or hi. I T helieve that i's effects should hei minimized as much as possible and its u restricted. The iirp.nant thing Xm to protect the coming generation

W. HAMMOND

PRETTY WELL COVERED N 1! More l.n'j of bu:vtie.s w li leu must pay the!.- tin;-" toward keeping up the running cpe uses of the It y of West Hammond were imlud.d in still anothfr license ord. nance w Inch was passed by the. city council last evening. The aldermen bcl.eve they novv have the field pretty well . i.vored. At prev oils meetings separate ordinances had born passed for rail) line of bi.-smess 1 : ; t the- alderm-ii decided last night that they would save time by making a clean sweep of the remainder by Including it in "nc bill. The high .'pots o fthe new ordinance are the Hammond C -untry Club which Is soak;i for J20a and drug stores, which are to be taxed $3 art. West Hammond b.:i. n- drug stores as ye; but It is reported that o;i Is to be opened soon and the n,annsr in which the tax i laid on indicates that the aldermen look with suspicion upon the new business. The attitude Is explained by the remark of one alderman who figured that they should make the newcomer pay the equivalent of a near-beer saloon license in addition to a regular business fee. Other fees fixed in the ordinance are a. follow: "Restaurants. $12; Faint and wall paper. $;. ; paint or wall paper, $ 1 "1 . shoe dea'er. $1; bill poster. ;; dance or public entertainment. $. for each day; cloeTii'itl contractor. $;." : fire arm and ammunition dealer. $.",ii; lore ,Tid rooming house. $5"; public garage, ice cream man ufacturer, $C5; plumbing contractor. J u 9 and Jl for each permit. street hawkr. $ per day; theatre. $12.i0 for three months. $30 per year; Cleaners fl.nd dyers, Jl11; vehicles selling tea, coffee, etc., $5; distributing advertising bills, each distributor. $10 per year; auto salesroom. $ln0; auto storage. $10 for each four cars; auto accessories, $23; coal dealers, f2b; drycleaners. J ID; flFh dealers. $23; retail fruit peddlers, $5ri; wholesale fruit dealers. $73; ice dealers, $23; harlI ware dealers, $23; jewelers. $23; laun dry tuMness. $10; photograph studios. $23; printers. $13, real estate and insurance brokers, $23; real estate or insurance. . brokers, 13. LATEST CENSUS FIGURES OUT "WASHINGTON". March 12 -The census bureau today announced the follow ing preliminary population figures for 1320: Chattanooga, Tenn., t-.iZ) population 57S33; 132'1 Increase. 29. S per cent increase; 1910 population, 44.604. Cambridge. Md.. 1520 population, 7467; 1.06r increase. 16.14 pr cent increase; 1010 population, 6.4A7. Macon. Ga., 1020 population, 52.323; il.S60 increase. 2:e2 per cent increase; 1310 population. 4'".65. Shelburn, Ind.. 1020 population. l.Slt; 241 decrease; 11 7 per cnt increase, 1310 population. 2.035. Coatesviile, Pa., 1020 population, 1 515: 3.401 increase. 01 per cent increase 1310 population 11.0S4. Waynesboro, p'ranklln county, Ta , 1320 population, 0.72"; 2.521 increase, 25 per cent Increase; 1010 population, 7.103. LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS TALKS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON. March 1 2 V,"ii eless telephone conversations bewteen London and New York "within a few- weeks." were predicted today by officials of the Marconi wireless comapany as a result of the successful tests that have, just been mado between this el'y and Home. from drink. No father wants his children to fall under the influence of alcohol . "There is another feature; The work Jnginen mii'i li.i e some- recreation other than the degrading bestiality "f booze. 1 i i interests can never i,e looked after so long as the hre, ries are in charge of our liquor hus'ne-.., Th" first step, t her- fore, is state w i.-1 Mi 1 n of breweries. ! 1st 1 1 i e r je and public houses . "When they are operated by the state public h'i.--e,s must be made to proide go.-tl food. tea. coffee and cocoa and push the sale of uvr-se, as wtll as beer and whiskey. "Public house owners now aim to fi'l up the customer with liquor to the point of intoxicptton. The breweries and public houses can be obtained only by pu:e!iv.se. The British love of fair play weuld not permit confi -cation. Tin' vcti'rs. I bi'liee, should hae su'nmitted to them by d is t : let s. three choices: ia Con Uir.ua t ion of the liquor busMi. ss us at prt".fn: ; 1 1 State w net sh 1 ;i and control; (ci Prohibition. "When the truth dawns upon the workingnian be is going to demand changes so as to hflp create a better England. He is not going to be the alcoholic bully who deprives hj own ofi'snring of possible advantages. Pcrs Mially 1 do not pose as 'my brother's keeper.' 1 have no wish to pichibit any person from having bis glass of beer. Put I am deeply interested in arous.ng this nation to its manifest duty of rlfansing itelf of John Barleycorn's worm features and heritage."

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Box-Car Thieves are Rounded up

Hammond police and special agents for the I. li. it. and Nickie Plate railroads yesterday acomplihel tin firt s-tep in an effort to round up a gang of youthful box-car thieves who have been uctUo heie since last July when they arrested four buys and two men. Andy Solea. 373 T. anted avenue, father of one of the boys, was fined $tn" and costs and sent need to sixty days at Crown I'oint in the city court this morning on a charge of receiving stolen property. H is alleged that f-ugar and butter stoh n by his son from the freight cars uas used in the home with the knowledge and approval of the father. John M.-iiko. 372 Mollis avenue, was fined $23 and wis and sentenced to thirty days at Crown I'oint "ii a charge of p"tii laneny. lie was the oldest of the band. Henry Kubicki. 22 years old. of 32" Ames a en tie, wa arrest, d with the others and charged with receiving the stolen property, v:M be arraigned tomorrow before Judg- Kh t.. Cither arrests are expected during the d 3 y. I,ast July a series of raids upon the freight cars loaded with butter and sugHr standing in the yards of the I. 1 1. I?., and th Nickie Plate, began t worry detectives of the two railroads. Prom the wasteful method in which the raids were conducted it was plain that boys were the miscreant?. Trap after trap was s-n hut all baits failed to land th" quarry. A week ago Sunday the last raid of the. b"X-sir bandits was was Wednesday evening Skufal.iss. a city alderman m rf ; e, 1 t when Sam called the Hammond police headquarters and said that here was a boy at his home w ho lied at IIS1? Columbia avenue and whose father refused to allow him In the house. The boy was taken to the Central police station and a talk oer the phone with the father brought the statement that "my son is a little thief and I don't want him." The boy was questioned and m a startling confession, police learned the na.mes of the oilier members of the youthful band .'ho. for months have been robbing freislit car.", automobiles parked in front of the Lyndora hotel and grocery stoies. Wood at Indiana Luncheon Gen. Leonard Wood Makes Address Before Coluinbia Club Members. tSPECIAL TO THE TIMES INDIANAPOLIS. IND., March 12 Approval of the peace treaty, with reservations that will Americanize it. better pay for school teachers, freerjom of courts from political influences and a national department of public health were among the things advocated by Leonard Wood in a ,-peech de'lvered here today at a luncheon given in his honor at the '.d-i'ibus Club. "Hold on to the cons tilut ion," the General advised. "Just f'T the present, conditions the w orld ov or are very uneasy." he said. "Thrre is a curious feeling of unrest throughout the world. We want to hold on to the traditions and policies which have mad us what we are. We want to hold on to the constitution: we want to stand for law and order; we want to stand against class legislation; we want to stand a.gsinst any autocracy cf wealth or any autocracy of labor. We wa'nt t progress, but we want no blind ap in thedark. We want to know Ihat our feet are on the ground. Keep our ideals high, our ryes to the fiont and llH jump too rapidly im'. now. Hold on to the things we know are staple. Go ahead, but Know definitely -a here we ere going We want to keep up our public schools system. A e want to p.py our teachers better, but you are not going to find anything that is new e-r f tattling. You know the people who t'.nd so many new things are the peop'e who do not know about the. things that, have gone before. The more igt orant a man is the more prompt, he is in passing out new adice and new ideas." LEAVES $500,000 TO HIS WIDOW f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CI i 1 1 A' i' . Mae. h 1 2. Approximately S.V.iO.tn'iO is lefi to Mrs. nd:ew BJeyer in the 11 of ("itToid M. P.le- , wealth".' Ch'ingo aderlising man, who w.th M s.-- P.ulh Thindall. hr.i'it ",'ul d;vo-ee. who was found slain in trv" la Iter's apartment. The w.il i'a'.e.s his nl:i estrte to the w id -tv -"!o my dear wife And ree." it reads and makes lie- the sole executor. MAY RENEW WAR AGAINST TURKS t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI LOM'oN .March 12 The possihi'lty iif a renewal of th- war against Turkey by the- allies was pointed out today by Maj. (Jen. Maur.ce, in a rciew of the- Asiatic situation. Maj. (leu. Maui ice w as director of operations at the war office during the world war and it was his task to analyze th" big military movements for the press. McKiuley Lodge, F. & A. M. 1 .)' P. M . Saturday r-rterroor!. s.x U. A. Supper a; 3:3'". evening opening at 6:. 10. Thirty F C. Ail Masons are welcome. I?RKl MORfiTXAl'i W. M.

150TH STET TO BE PAVED BEFORE FALL

Before fall, unl-rs difnVul' te not is. ihlo at present arise, Hammond will ha another concrete 1 hovmighf n ee, ,-i diort cut to r.at Tiic:ig.i. The Him-u-.oiid Hoard of W.jri.s Ire- lei 1 he .mt rac; t or the p i mg & Co.. and it is pi'i f 13(1 in: i 1. SI., a imp! ovc-iip-nt as soon n pftinit-. The pa envtit nil! e Last Chicago lux". Win! C i 1 utm"l n ". c, in II unn Will hook up with tinstreet which w.is oomn Yhe iinpnn einr-iit wtll le r 'ml from IHik e t. nd. HiiT" ii n -v.- onirr. I'd !a.t -tall c.et properly ov, nei s in the neighbol'ho.'d of $75,nf'(i, but real ( - t.-pe n, n who s-the gri-.'i' alue of tl.e p riranent pa.eineiit to Ihat rot t of lie- 1'iiy say that tin- proprty ia hi -i t ion.-! will increase nvre than 'he rost of the i 1 : ! ", -I'll , i -.1 1 ; p ; , This pawnor,! has I.e.-a iie,.,ie.l bndly for years, but has luen hi hi up bi-car.se cf the fact that until reieptiy it was In Id that the alue of th" land abut i ing ir would pot justify th- cost. There sire a number of large acreage tracts reserved 1'or factory sites which arc. affected. Now that a number of industries have already purchased sites from these tracts (t he-ome.s necessary for Ihe.'i", to have . well-paved oif let before the-, sls.ii building. It was sa i this morning thai the t'jm.el ('ompiny. an industry vhi- h ma r, u fa ure - pressed s--t ! iar e,i,is and owns : n nces fust id" .dittn'.ita n-.e., will probably build in Hammond w iiou ho new srieet 5 ,.pe.,e,. "That street will mean !u-re poi.plf.'if H-imniond," said a real c'ate dialer this tip ii un . "I know of many people in E-st I'liieam ;ind Indiana Harbor who ere connected with the IndusttPs th.-re rod would like to I i e- in Hammond. They- keep lie ir residence there Ik cause thrje i-s no co'-.i pacd s't-ct connect, ng the two c.i 1 :os." Mayor Lrowti has been a strong campaigner for good streets in Hammond nr. d has urged consistently that every street possible be improved. "people don't Fee pi to reallroj thej value of a Cood street to their property." lie said today. "I-V-lks don't waul to live along a string of rmidhr Ui li.e. luaj.y of our fctfeets aio4 Th' will move t-i the part of tow ti which hat the best strer t and 'he only way we can bring the ha, kward s.-e'.,rs it tothe standard of othei psr'.s of tui' n i by lmpinv ing llm streets. That ri'ii'-'iit ";i 1,0 St. will hit me pretty hard through s- nie p.. p. crty I hae on it, but I ! 1 c-rtain tin' I will m:r than get jt le,, through i m. re a sei alua n-n." WILL COUNCIL GET AFTER AUTO POKER? Ordinance Must Be Amended If All Games of Chance Are Stopped. NVtit Tu'sd.T- ew-:-,- the Hamtnon 1 fiiiiiiel w;il take up M, "I- Kiown's pc: iiidniiii'.f acain tiie one tu oh ihi; 1 n r dlte and cards in c-ci-ii puhip' pi ! e.-'. It is aimed to f.-p gi.'i.vling in -U-sin-tn ond . v ell. tho ord naive w x have f h amended. It. must also -niiude automcblles with the ri.ee mid cards fir "auto p-.ker" has arrived. J ist : est e rda . in spit- of lh floppy wt.it her, four men si-od a; the coiner r-f .state and 11 "l'l'ian ,ie'i. ami m my the jit lie-, and tw 0-0:1 I'nat t l;.n.g ed lifll'l- a- ill" ft ', -er.- p.ass-d. Auto 1 ,.-e ne jiiar- - i-e th" ea-'ls. The fo ii- in a-lvame .1 - rod uron the eld'! in T-l'iii h rai h man was t,k s-'-iec'. "nis ,11110 a it passed . Thus 11-1 was to take th" fiist one. , ; tl-e net, .Ice the third, and Ait th- fourth 1 11 . "Jitney on tin.t f-no." si '1-J ,-ss 21137 buzzes past. 'i'ii-' mens that tinrest must grab -a- i; f tue n iiniirrs nhi"h pa.'s in nun. V-11. A go?342 and walker away in rlr;'i-t : .Iff '.i w -. '2'') an 1 Art die .".'.222. lid's pair of a '-- won o ej- Joe's t-n? and A i t's d - i. es . Th :o are alsi. s'raiht-, full he.11.se-. ihiee a'ltl 'n il t.-f a kind .and unlike tie or g na! p-.ker. h'.e , f a hind. In the cae of a tie ,-in Indiana num-ii-r iiiwy s takes plrce-dence o e r any other Stale. Th" -anie l as tir- a- j.o. h 1 1 t "c - al en .md horn e f... 1 11 w hen an off of the law- s.. -. 1 ,.; moie men standing whe-io iiaiT'- 1 pi 0- iew- .1. he pi a y w - i 1 la-'. II S i -p 1 1 1 is e oil JURY CAN'T AGREE ON A VEROICT After rie ; i of i a !i. g f some t me on tl.e evdence so' mitt' d in t'ue daina ! suit of Veronica Mocka'tis against the Mi' liigati Central R. I! . 'v. the jui;. ireturuerl into court this morning and announced to .lodge Reiter that they were unable to a s roe up' n a verdict. The jurors seem to have boon pretty evenly divided on the I'liiortlnn as to whether William Mokaitis had exercised ordinary care and preca ution in a ppi-o.-K li p - (iratt street cr--?s;rg in Toile .stop lit the tone -.e met h s death. Witnes- for th" pla ntiT testified 1 -had taken these pi eca u t .on;" while her testified for th.e defendant to the effect that be had not. .lud-e p.eiter dismissed the Jury- ard the matter will hae to he tried a; a in.

Capt. Strong

I Resigns From Police Dept. Captain lr.junu.'i it. Ft rone, for nrlly a. decade a m--mbrr of tlie- Hammond ! police lb-part mciit. bus tendered his rc-l i igii-'ttion to "hn f of police Ausfgen. He j w III hae Monday. Oilier than to say j jshat he wruild con:inue in his life's : ;iork. ('np'ain S-r-mg d.clmed to make J ! fr,i t'uef i-.innii. t. on his phiii for 1 lie ' li'u'ui'. II- i.h loioi- ri, eootimi-" to', l I ' s ele in 1 1 1 1 : i : col ii I. j ' J 'e.,rh ss, g.u;i. ; n 1 a man "four : I mi'i-i n ." t'a pi. -un Strung, during his ten! -. ' irs ounvc! ii.m w.th iliiiim -nd police 1 i i ! iod th' ir work, has won frier.d- and : i i i ssa r ; I y net a few enemies. He wili he a di-iiiiet loss :o the department and i w ill h m .- a meli. hard ti, 1111. j 'apt a hi Strong cut-red the Hammond , j polio- department Orietifr 2 1, iOl'l. He j Ihes l ist ingiii' het lomsflf in many en-j ) counters, v. ilh i riininals a nd during the' ! sink" tiois t'ollowieg th- v. -ilk-o.it. a'j j the plan: of th- S'l'iitliird Sioi Car Co ' ! Iiiyt (.ill th- niiitii.i r iii v. he'll he h mdh'-ij . jcriiicnl situations ii s sp.-, iaily i-i-in. ! in. -tided. It '..ill be ifi .ilh-d Ihat at one : (t-me i ii t-;t (t 'lie rioting he was stlr- ' ' round' d by a gienip of tv.o'i'.e or tif -tn J 1 ( cited wom-a, r-i H-.J friend"! of j the strikers, many of w ;p" m . ariio.i bi.es I of I'fii ,iept'Cr. They w ere ben: upon i i i 1 blinding Imn with the pepper and the j j graceful m tnner in which the captain i 'tri'-ated lihnsilf from die grasp of the j agitated Amazons has become tradition j j .it polio" Ip-adqunrters. Many other j pl'ieky ih'eil.- are , red i ted to him. J ' t aptun .S'rons'.s guri d'l-l w ith .less j ( ) i-rlt , i'put''d l'loJ-T of a gang "" j il' -k-cir b.indi o. and in who h the !- i I r was .-hot d'"n!li h is- ln -n v. nern i in the uiiin" h it'v i m-nts of til" Hamir.ond P"Lce u-partm-n. McAdoo is Mum As An Oyster Says That He Stutters when It Comes To Discussion of the Liquor Question. r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE t V" Ah'HtNUTON". March 12--Wi;iiam G. McAdoo is no prophet as to the probable "wet" and "diy" lineup at the next I i'"nniei a t Ic eonuivjem, lie frankly said so here, and aided he v.ou.'l ret indulge jp prophecy. "Ton tell 'em I stutter." ejaculated the astute McAdoo. he emerged from Secretary of the Treasury Houston's office and was besieged by his f I ieil'b . 2-Ir. ri'-Adoo's retort ive provoked by some inquisitive friends w ho sought to find out w hat McAdoo s thoughts were of W. .J . Bryan's campaign to align all "loyal diys" f r the expee'ed battle on the convention floor at San V ranoiseo next summer. Mr. McAdoo shied away from dtscdss'ou of the Hqvor question wife, adroitness. To his former associate at the treasury, however, he ijelj-.-er-e ! ivms'l; of some pithy points on t! e I'nir-ir teo(oc. These- i :i f or m --. i rema: '.-..-n i .-. said to hae indicated lie mi'.ir. he inclined to declare himself ,i ;', laoring light wine and he' r . FANIELS. BLAMED FOR r MEcNATIONAI. NEWS SERVICE I W SI 1 1 NelTi ' N. March 12 Secretary of t -,e Navy l'aniehs a s r-sponrih'e for confusion -in tiie cor.-ivl!! of ships v Inch resulted in unnecessary losses o tiring the war. Admiral Sims declared today before the f"na subcommittee m -. est iga t ng the charges .'.gainst the nin y department. Admiral Sims said tha t after the Pritish admiralty had worked out a convoy system which the allies adopted. Secretary Ihariels attempted to put into effect a different plan f America :t ships. DEATH OF i YOUNG MATRON; Mr. Mary K"lt in zvk. wife of Max j Kol t n-zv k. d:d ;rste;day a 'terncoii j at their hoioe, S3 Crovt t street of j blood-poisoning. j Mi". K'-iluti' 7.) U win- is hut twenty V ears "f age. leav es besides he;- bus- j hand, two little- ch.li.-en, one three -years ond one eighteen month? of age. to mourn her. j Tie funerai will be held from the) St. Casniiir's church tomoi r-w- morn-i ing at elzht o'clock. Interment will j be lie-id in Holy Cross cemetery- in j charge of undertaker Jasnowrky. ! ' i CROWN POINT MAN ' ON DIRECTORATE ;rr.ciAL to the times: CROWN PolNT. ind.. Maieh 1 2. - Karl J. Crawford of thi't city was elected a director of Indiana Retail Shoe .M-al'"i ? at the rla pool Hotel m Inelian.ipolis. The occasion being the anil jal convent'on. i bTicer- ejected were: President, K-lear Hart. Indianapolis; first vicepresident, Charles Wheeler: Cambridge City, second vice-president. Paul S. K'i'hn. South F.end: seere t a ry -t r-a "n , -rt. c. f ; . Young. Indianapolis: in - '- o: s. 'i' tin- E. V'aile. Kol;- in..: ('h- il" Un tin r M .p. ic. Kar'o.I. ("raw ford, of Crown P.. ni; M - Kanous- and hi ank Conrad of T-i re Haute.

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PROTEST WATER FILLS GROUNDS Tlie water is bring removed from the i Vntra! school grounds. Put it also .see ms f be filling bp again as last as i; ; removed. The yanl is still flooded. Thi nioiinrg two garden 1: "se were put iu net ion a.s siphons to ('raw Cue wat"r oer t h" concrete w :. 1 1 and into the m w r. It took hour to flood the grounds for an n e rink w !. n the fire hose uiuii r pr- ssure was us- rl. It wili take many I inn s that number of hours to drain it with two lilt'e hose of less than an inch diani-ter and no pressure. It 'till slops over th- low places in th' wall e .a: m-a ily . Patrons .t th- v, ;, ,o 1 a v l,e. n comliiaining ai -o u ! t u" cotioitiou of the l.'enira! school pny ground which is noth.ing in- re than a mudh.de -ivhen the laie-r is ! -.'-. Xuiv th" v a'.f: ha- rh'-n until ih- y on t: -1 rs ha- i niy a f' w sloppy high spots on whi- li t i ilispoi I Hit i-i-c!v(s. For some reason no means of draining 'he yatd was provide,! w heu the old coin ret" f- neo foundation was const not .-d and ; ea r after yeJfr it fills and forms an unsightly spot during '.' t vc.it!'.' r. WITNESS IN NEWBERRY CASE COLLAPSES Vote Fraud Trial Involving Senator May Be Called Minstrial. 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ' . Gr.ANH P.APII'S. MICH.. March 12-j The Newberry vote fraud and com-pir- I acy trial. in oiving Senator Ti utnan 1J. i Newberry ar.d St co-defendants., may be , ceciared off. with a in v.- trial of the I case to follow at. some future time,! as the result of the collapse on the. j witness stand today cf Paul H. Kmc. manas-r of th- N wherry senatorial , tampaign anl star v, iuk.-- f r the ele- ' fcn.se . I King was l airi'-'l fro r, t' " coartI r-om. a limp bundie c.i e n -iusted n'-r-i '" s. af'er a pitiful ain pt 'f t-n i minutes to fac- th" mv t;' cro.-s-r xj animation of tl.e eo e i n m e r. : at"rney.. lie took the witness stand w lien i Cue day's session opoioi de,-pi;e his ) weakened condition rlijo to a nerv- us 1 collapse three flays j In the event t'iit K .ng t a-io.'t ssain ! take the w it ti ess stand it, ijio;i ;i that 1 either a. mistrial wi i he ci'V-1 by Judge Session:-, or that a'! of King's , testimony iii! lie st.,ek-ii out. and that the defense w ill incir a rtagger- ; ing blow. in fact, th- case for S'ei- , a tor New berry and his p..i;ttcil b'tic'iI men will shiink to no case at ail. i DEMPSEY'S'WIFE ! ' IN CUSTODY llttPMflONM. NEVA'S SERVICE I PAN 1-Tl Ni ISi'O. i'!,. March 1-- : M a ". 1 r"- l'eu-pse-,-, di.'tceii wife- of 1 I .-mpsey. l-e;j". yv. eight ih.impion.l 1 ariiv'd ii !'' todav ir on 1 ia .luana ', . . , i Mexico, in c onpany w . t r. vpe,-;,) i Agent ; t'rr of tit- d-partn:-!!' of j :tice. Orr j is bringing Po rt Car'dn'r. a fri-ivl of j t.lie fighter, w h,o is u'l-g--'! io have en- , i der.vored to "tamper with a gov rrn- j Pie-it Wit!ie;.f:," tl'ie WltUC.'-r I" illg MlS. Le m p se y . .' Orr dec'aied that 0'(iiir tried to. 1 P i-.-i: i'le Mrs. rvinpjey t--. "fi";" testi-1 mony to be given l.ere i' li'n the trial, of tMnpsey and K.'jnie h"- m.-nag-r. 1 mini s up on Mr ri h 2't for "."-acktr- I isn:.'' 1 EMERSON HAS I EASY PICKING r.I.OOM INCTt. N. Ind.. M.inl the first game pla: ' A t 'daystate basketball t .:''" . Km liary defeated Ve-ed-iv ! -' c . 33 12. In in t -1 son of Lo 13.

Sims Asks That Hoover Be Called to Testify

t intF -NTI0NAL NEWS SERVICE i W ASl 1 1 Ni ITON. Manii 12 -Admiral P.-n.-on. chief of naval operations during the war. expiesseil los ".surprise ami disappoint mc ni that t" d-fnute plan of opera lion of the combined fori es of the alhc.l naval forces has b. en taken up and deoiderl on mug eia, now," in a cable to Admiral S;ms at Loude-n late in September T.'K, Amdiral Sims yesterday told a senate com n, i i tec investigating his charges against the navy department. The cablegram was in response to recommendations by Sim:,, that a battleship force be sei.t to rcinfotcc the l'.ritish grand fleet. Admiral Ren son pointed out to Sims the ijir.v iilin; ui s of Co" navy O-piirt-ment to split out ra-al defepse for Mich a purpose because "our strategic situation require.; kee.nng the battleship force concentrated." Renson urged on Sup.- the ncce.-sity .f ai ranging -some definite plan of operation, at the earliest, possible date, and if nothing can he done this fall and winter, as socn as lire spring of IflS opens." Latex. Sims stated, a battleship force was sent and he pitd high tribute to its Kill.; with the Priiish. To move this ccntei Eon "that the allies barely escaped a peace without victory." Admiral Sims asked the senate committee investigating his charges against the navy department to call Herbert Hoover, former food adininisI

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"PROWS" Quietly at Work Over Country to Elect Favorable Congressmen. WASHINGTON, March 12 The reaction against national prohibition, which so far has been confined almost exclusively to fi-attn states which iv-re- never "dry" by state law-, has se,-v -d to create a righting organization of ".vniskey, beer and wine nidi w ho !...vc forgotten their differences for the present and who are now uni-t-d into one great organization. IMMW.V WETS ACTIVE. Reports leaching here are to the e'fect that in Indiana the "wets" are planning to bring out a candidate n gainst Representative Luhrir.g in the irs.t. or Kvansvil'e, district, and arjainst Representative Kairfield in the Twelfth, or I'ort Wayne, district. Roth Representatives Luhring and I'airfiekl. having voted for prohibition all the way through, are the targets for particularly vicious attacks. IV OTHER INDIANA l)linKTS. Iii other Indiana districts, the "wot?" ate quie-tly trying to find available candidates who either have not announced for prohibition, or who wi'l Cive the "wets" assurance that they v til vote to increase the alcoholic content of leer. The campaign has l-eon so quiet that it has not attracted much attention so far. In addition to a large legal -staff, c.mpriMr.g some of the ablest lawyers in the nation, who are fighting tooth and nail in Washington and else, v. hero for court d:cisions against the, ' igh t cent h amendment and the Volmi ad law. the "wets ' are quietly per 'ecting organizatiotis. in r.early every MatAO OPEN i AIII'AH.NS 'VET. The. campaigns are not being nsprl in th'- op n. but quietly litre anil there they ,-re endeavoring to put up candidates- f -r the house and err.te w ho will ote for a higher alcoholic, content for beer, or i ho v iil vote 'or Ll't wines, or where it j. possible stead law. They are having some success in this plin, it is already evident, f.-r repo-ts reaching Washingtoi iiid'cat"' that the satcor. wi'l ag.iMi this year be lss,,P jn ma,,y iocal ti w l-.o will vote to re pen i nc olca w p;i i n -. ii vii t.nr.xT nni.AMXuinv In most of th.e recent campaigns, th- "drys" with their mangitirrnt organization were sure of every man v. ho came to the congress. They knew ! uig before voting tim- how he jttoO'i on prohibition qu-rtions and if ha was rot right the entire power of th.e anti-sahon organization was directed against him. Put it is now evident that not so much care is being exercise, and that in some. Mates men are being groomed for congrersomal honors ahout w hose stand on I qur there i.a some element of uncertainty. The "wets'" do not. of course, hope to win enough seats m the next election to rpeai the olst-ad law- st "' r-ut by picking up a few in every state, they hope rventually to be ai.ie to muster enough vote? in the congress to upset prohibit ion in its pre: en t form. KANSAS FARMERS ARE HAPPY ' P'TERNATIONAL NFWS SERVICEI TO TEX A. KANS.. March 12 Kansas farm-rs were in a cheery mood today. Reports to the state Meteorologist heir indicated that the state had enjoyed a "million dollar rain" rlurins the night, the wheat badly needing mo'c tu re . tiat-.r, "Of the many men who rouM speak wi;ii intimate k now led io of the situation in 1017 there is oio at present in W;-shington who pave me. wlun I arrived in London, my first realization of the p.-ssihle eiefeat of the nines in a short time." Admiral Sims said. "lie pointed out to me then this very fact which I am emphasizing that is the shipping situation was such that it would soon be impossible for the allies to obtain the essential military supplies and the food to keep them going until American effort could become effective. "The one man. above all others, who ha a hern familiar with the world's food and shipping: position in the past five years, and villi administered the food resources of this country during the war. it obviously ia a position to Mate with authority what the situation was in April, 1?17, and I should, therfore. like th.e committee t0 call Mr. Hoover at its convenience before I ptoceed further, in order that there, may be n0 doubt in mind that I have substantiated the part of my letter in which I describrd the gravity of the i risis which we faced in 1M7 and point ed out how near to ;astor the lacK of action by the department at that time brought us." The chairman of the committee. Senator Hale, Republican, of Maine, intimated that Sims' request would be act. d on in the near future.