Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 231, Hammond, Lake County, 18 March 1920 — Page 1

THE WEATHER TOK 1.DIA A Bala and wanner tonight u Friday.

TTY1F7 Read By All the People Who Want All the News n XXTXKXATXOITAX. NIW3 TULZ. LEASED WUS SXKTICX. On B"treeta aikd acwHtinei 3 n copy. scUvarad ay earrlsr is. mmmoiid and Waal Xammoad, HO pet montto. VOL. XIV, NO. 2: 11, THURSDAY M AKCII 18, 1920. HA MMOXD, INDIANA 7 A FW P La iLJ ills JiS A? a a AX At

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FAR SHORT N REGIO Gary Steel Corporation Employees Report Half of Income Tax They Did in 1919 Ieom tar returns from cities of t the Calumet region this year are exl rtcted to fait far below the amount received last, year. Although records jt not available t? show just how much the slump will be in tin district v is a!d by reveuu officials that the .rop will be market). Strikes are said t. have played lrgs. part in cutting down the revt.ua which the governm-nt would othmiH have, received. Not only were i':e Incomes of the working men reduced by the periods of idleness, but the plants affected also suffered through, curtailed production. This Is ne best shown by the returns from t ,e Gary steel mills. A branch office v. as opened there by the Revenue Department to receive the tax from the employes. Only about 3.500 of the 12,- "') emp'oyes filed returns this year. The government receive between .- r0 and $80,000 in revenue from the lat.i of the mills whereas last year they paid over 1118.000. Hammond and Gary share the honor of collecting- the lowest possible tax oti cent. Each city had an unmari led man whose income was just mouih over J1'00 to make him eligible. The Gary man earned fl.00rt.2t in 191. There were several who paid to and three cents. These "joke' t-ja wera expensive propositions for t '.! public. In the first pla.ee the etnr'oyer bad to keep record of the eal- ?! received and furnish the employe a total at the end of the year. The nploy spent his own time and the irne of the revenue officials in filling out and filing the return. The offir:!'i had to make out his return in triplicate arid forward the money to Indianapolis where more record keeping i necessary before the money is ?nt to Washington. If tha revenue officials had followed tha usual custom of having these tax payers purchase money orders for t.jf amounts to forward to Indianapolis it would have cost then) three vents to pay their one-cent taxes. The rush of taxpayers continued until after 11 o'clock Monday night st 1! : Hammond office and since then a i. v have been straggling in each day . spying they had just hard about the ' ini-om tax. These men are paying m Zh pes- cent, penalty which attaches to delinquents. TRAIN CREW QUITS Because B. B. Williams, of South HarT'cr. a foreman at the Mark Manufactur-li-.g Plan', wa discharged without a harge satisfactory ro the men, several . lo.-.omotive engii.er.rs end firemen left

FOREMAN DISCHARGED

' their work yesterday and declared them-j opening of tiie sale and In spite of the t'ivifi on strike limit "Williams 1i re- J disagreeable weather It got off to a (employed or a specific reason for hisjgood jrtart . As yet the firm has been "charge is furnished. One of the stnk- j unable to find anv n-om in Hammond : s claims tne number who went out is I in which they might n!r b'ls'.ness 'evnteen .while th plant officials place a rain. me number at nine.

! Plant, officials aie not worried and do ! w i- Cvilltl-l in- iiivn v,n tinnt, u, i i.iaiui itnat ?n men nave quit work. According vi officials, the number is no greater .tthan is quitting each day and the v&vanlsr.s ha.e already been filled. STEEL WORKER IS KILLED BY CRANE

.Toe Morovieh, a former resident ol j such an extent over the railroad tracks Indiana Harbor who recently moved ti that trains are having: to be de:-ured South Chicago, was killed at the Mark j in King-man county, 40 miles south of Plant yesterday when ha w as crushed j here . Wires are down and only meaby a crane. Morovieh was thirty-four gre reports have keen received of the j eirs of age. Deputy Coroner F. H . j damage done . Mn-li will hold an inquest tomorrow, j

BRITISH OCCUPY MsMl1 M T " T "X 1"Si T UUJNOlAlN I llUJfljtj (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 TiONDON, March IT Fighting companied the British occupation of ! Constantinople, it was admitted in thej . . . . . -nmAnnt !-'! afternoon bv A IVWUI-W V ...... .. rf .

Isenar Law, government leader. Nine Turks and two F,rlt4sh werei CHICAGO, March IS. With neither i lulled in the skirmishes. I ceremony no rmourning the body of Tha British now dominate the tele- j rapt . Clifford M . Bleyer, slain by Ruth araphs. postal service, the Bosphorus j Raniall. was taken today from the unaniS will continue to do so. Law stated. : i-ertakMiir rocms where it had hen i.ntil peace has been signed. (since the tragic ending to iys secret

GOV. LOWDEN IS ILL NENOMIXEE. Mich.. March 18. Gov. J.t.wden. c-f Illinois, Is In bed today .fferlng- from a heavy cold contracted big tour throuajh the tipper peniriu'sr and he hs cancelled his sspeakLij, date at Esaoiata,. ' "-. '

JoHnson Has Blood In His Eye i i California Senator Says He I Will Henceforth Give No j Political Quarter.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON'. March In. Senator Jjiram Johnson came back to Washington today with blood in hi? oe. As soon as he has cast his vote against; tintreaty, it w3 announced, he would return to the fray and henceforth show no quarter to what he dubs the "trick"' politics of political machines. The senator's ire was aroused by what, he termed the "fake primary" in Minnesota, fostered, he charged, by a political machine favoring Gen. Leonard Wood's candidacy and which he claimed lasted but one hour. At Wood headquarter.h re the. inclination was to treat the matter merely in the light of practical politics. George C. Peck, in charge in the capital, smilingly declared that Sen. ator Johnson ought to feel himself lu.-ky to come out of the Minnesota primaries as weil as he did. Senator Johnson broke off his MmhiRan campaign in the middle to return here and cast his vote against the ratification of the treaty. Ho said he would return to that . at and later carry his fight into other states as soon as the situation here permits. WOMAN STEPS Serious Accident on Gary & Interurban Car in Ham mond Last Night. a;pri"K lyni a m-.n inn ' j i y si mterurban street rar at Summer end K"n- l ndy ave. las night, Mrs. David Hay", ! S74 Wilcox at., was thrown to the pavement and seriously injured. She was j taken home in the police ambulance. Her ! condition is said to be critical. I The street car on which sh was fP pa-ssenger had come to a stop if Kennedy ave. and Summer st. whi!" the conductor received orders from Gary . ia a t-Me-i phone-pole box. The motorman was i given the signal to proceed and we:? joined by the conductor, who leaped on- J to the front platform. Mrs. Have did j not realize until too late that she had j arrived at her destination because of the j darkness, and becoming confused, a'tempted to leave the moving car by the j ba'k door. Sh- was on her wpy to visit s son in Hess-, ille. j KOVACH BROS. j CLOSE-OUT SALE j Within ten davs. according to nres- j ent plans, another room will be vacant j ,n the. old HeintK block at the corner of State and Horman streets. Hammond j am-ther step in preparation for the er- i e.-tlon "f The "big hotel and theatre b-.iiiainar on th site. Kivih Bros, who rondu't a gent's fjiniehing store in the second room north of the cTnev have started a big clo.ng out sale. The proprietors have allotted j-ist ten days for the disposal of their complete ste-ck end n order that there will be no hitch in the program they have slashed prices to the 'bone. Today marked the "yyjJST HARRIED BY FIERCE DUST STORMS ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ) DENVER. Colo., Match jg.. gale that swept down from Wvomtng and across ""olorfido and Nebraska today, reaching velocity of 70 miles an hour, in some ,utions. did much damage in Eastern Colorado, and Western Nebraska. Building'" were raze.i and crops iipr" ed . WICHITA. Kan., llanh IS. I'tiveu by a high w.nd. d-.it; and sand was reported this afternoon t be drifting to i SAUNA. Kan., j storm whi.h at. no March IS A dust n caused the darki fweeping Western i nesst of t'v.itKiit it i ' w Kansas At points dust dr'fts reTil e sernbie mid-winter snow dri.ts. damage in wheat is enormous. CAPT BLEYER BURIED roinsnce and piacea in a vault n a cemetery here. Xeither Co. Charles E. Bleyer. the father, nor Mr. Andree Bieyer, the widow, waa present at the interment. 1: waa reported.

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IS OF VITAL Realizing the tremendous importancf ! Hammond's building prospects of hav. ii;g tlie best informed men of the community present at the es'-Kn of tlv Chamber of Omnt'Tee housing commit- !(' Kriday evening. the coiiimil tc charged with the task of bringing thfi men together haj mailed individual invitations to sc-ort-s of representative men. If each man responds to his inv:ta'.ion there will be represent .-it i v-s of labor, finance, emplojers and liiiiterial men present. Tiie invitation ntfop each man to be present at ";"i o'clock t'rid c-enin. The following loci nil! be expected i,, be there to s-peak for the financial ic-t-rest si A. J. Sw anson. Anton Tapper. Theo. Moor. W. Belman. Frank Hamti ond, Iavid T. KnviT, J. N". n-ckman. Paul B. Kipinski. A. 1. Wei!, c". s. Fletcher. Josph Thompson, M. Fiothschild. rtiul I, Musch-lew -icr. Inv ita-ins wr--ilso extendixl to the secretory and treasurers each of the Kirst Polish Puildins i- I.oan Assn., HAmmond Huildinir v I .mi) Assn., Homo Ptiilding & I.i-att Assn., Sobteski Building & Loan Assn. .Mutual Savings1 & I.oan Assn.. West Hammond . Building A- lxan Assn. ' The lollowing men have beeti asked to represent the building trad, s unions: G. W. Cupp. John Mear. Krl C. Mh.tton. J. J. Scherer, I.inton P. ilousU n, George Flegter. diaries Shad--. W. 1 . Ra;hore. Emmets Uee.i. Howard W. Mbtieh. J. C. Keller. Thomas Harle. Other branches of the building industry wiil be represented as follow -: General contractors: M. A. tii-k-ver. George Pearson & Son. Mortis P.ror., i". S. Khoads, Rilfus I'anriT. ,J. 'J. Meyer: , (j, A. Johnson, J. F. Welbelri A Son, I',. Dzikowski, Joe Miller. G'-orec Bates, Guv Voung. Otto llerhold. Philip Tnull'm. Peter Tanis. James Harhaugh. Mike I,;ss. Tames Johnson. Beck Ac H-pnr. Frank G. A'tH. P.oy '. t'lark, John F. ihihn, J'aul M3gnsk, J. K. L'opplT, Pettii Pros.. J. v. Hee.. Arfhit.-cts: J...verh T. Hut tun & Sou A. C. K. trj. Mason cent ra.-ioi : M. G. l.i". r'-, Paul Ahlborn. Wolf Bros., Wilhelm A; Mil-la. William Vi-gt. Shade & Wall, A. F. i"-rlFon. Frank c; i' .den t.,ff, H-nry Ahlborn Ai- Son, Cut sine contractors: William F.aeniiv, Ifammond Monuments tv'ork. Cement bloi-k": hit" Pf.-s., Ja.k' GOideu, Concrete Product (V. Electrical: T r !-.' y Kkrtric Sen ice Co., F. J. Ju-rge ns. li dtana Eiectrf '., liiirns-Polloek -;i'cti i.-al Manufa. ; urins Co.. Jarvis Elecrical Co., Standard Elvtric Co. Hilda. William Yog'., Shade & Wall, A. 1". r.uf.'. Lumber: Hammond Lumber .':, Xiome Lumber Co. Materia!: P.iekr B- s . John F. TenCederholin Pros , Da id Johnson. Cement contrai-tors: fie.-kman Supplv Co.. (Jus W. Wiehclkorn. t'arl Frisk.. Mill w-ork: Central Lumber - Mill Co.. Hsmniond Pattern Works. Plumbing and heating;: Ontral Plumbing Co., John O. Donaldson, George Aust. gen. B. A. Seifert. John H. Ford. Walter J. Walsh. Max Schmidt. J. H. McGuire Henry Me An Jiff e-. J. A. Dorse-, John Androt'f. N'orbert Stone. William Zimmerman, Campbell Construction Co. Plaster contractors: Harry Pot's. John Otto, Ole Anderson, Albert Buse. John Pons, Oscar Martin, William Rough t . Lather contractor: John Myslivv . Roofers: Calumet Roofing Si-Fo Products Co. Sheet Metal: Robert J. Fads Hammond Cornice Works. Star Sheet Metal Works. Koad contractor: Shea & Co. Teaming stippl: See Teaming Co.. John M. Dahlkamp. William Prohi. SOLDIERS MEMORIAL I COMMITTEE WORKING tlrad'ial'.y the proposed soldier's and; saiior's memoiial building- which, isj proposed for Hammond Is taking shape, j The Memorial committee has been hold j inp meetings regularly since appoint-! el by the city council and it is he- J iieved that something; definite will breached within a f'-w weehs so that, a report, may he made. ' Already the committee has received ideas from a number of architects and still more are to he submitted at the next meetin-. Fro mthe mass of plans suggested the committee will select tne one 'which apparently best meets the requirements of Hammond and recommend it to the council together with estimates of cost of construction. j The problem of selebing- a site to be recommended is a difficult one as the peculiar layout of the city makes it hard to choose any particular lotatioii which vili he easy of access and satisfactory to all parts of the city . Sevoia! sites are in view but tl c committee has made no a' tempt at making a choice. , PERHAPS B. L. T. WANTS SOME When the proprietor of the Linden Hotel at "4 Washington street tn 'iat;inserted a classlfld advertisement in the Gary Times he was unaware that B. I,. T, of the Clocapo Tribune would m-r- com nn ent on it. in the column "A Line ' T p or Two." Tirs is what B. T. . T. says: WHERE DO THEY GET IT? (From the Iake County Times I Fer pale or trade, a biir payinr hotel and hoard In a house; 4S roomers, aiwav

WIPORTANCE

He is Active Candidate for The Shrievalty

. - .--.jt k. v5N-ft'-" " v. '.' i I - - - X i.. unit i; iiirthiit Pryce Wlnta'-icr. r'-cardul us one of t V stroll t;o,t contenders f.-r the re-puhlii-3ii nomination for sheriff is inak - , ing "tie ,,f the liveliest canvasses ever knowti in the county. He (s the ounger brother of K-S'heriff Whitaker and h.-.s j.n -s'le.l nil unusually active life. Subsequent, to hsr connection with the iiv-ry business, he was foreman at the Standard Stcl i"ar works m Haminon.l and was later deiiuty to t iff f..i 1" months, enjoying a brii'iant x cord , there. Since !ea,in the sheriff's office hhas been chief .f pol:cc :itid. health officer at the- Kdwa-ds Valve plant in Urfist I'hicapo. w I.inni men are1 employed, i u - e.. .j n. a man w li. made so many enemies tht be was shr,t te detli. It is said th.-i every one of the, i r.no men will vot" for Whitaker. I n j quelling election arfother disorderly j ..titbrtakn., iwU.liM WWr -iVemte-si ti'l j waning a fislit. for law and order at ' cry possible opportunity during his career in the I'alui-n't r-e!.n he ha;made a sjr''.'t record and his whole lite pbows V hat he, v.ei'd cj o it !ect- d Sheriff ..f Lake ee.lltv. ; Mr. Whitaker's frord-. 3n, 1 hey come fretn parts ef the i-eimt"., sa v ; that tt miiltla will eve,- r f be I W'lut will the Central sch -: proper- 1 t v hr:nc when It Is a ene.j ,.ff to the 1 h-?h-st bidder on the men itijr of Ap- ' 1,1 I1'? That is the quest 'on e ! h.-, t n t; much di-er-c opinion amonK il,.mm..iiil j real estate experts. i The buildiiis: itself wtil remain Intact and in posse.-ii..n of the h , ol trustees ' but the property su r c: n d i ns . compris;nsr elrht foot lots will be s..ld and ; the money used fo,- new s. ho ! build- j iriEs badly needed sn the May w I and ! Lincoln r hool districts. t The method of .'.Isposins the land is ' eloete. A buyer nay bid for the , w- !.ce e-.p(,- ;,ts. a i ; ing in dp- h from -7(i t o i r'i f per ach . i H s pi-.-.- w -II ..e held under adviretnent iiiii'l ail bids for separate bts are . tn. T? the totl iiid pr- posed h indi- ! vi.Iual li: ers exceed ttiat of the buy r ; offering to pniciiase the whole eight , l-.ts then they will be jo id to the in- j dividual purchasers. : For the frontage ! t the northeast ' i orner if Hoht-inn and Favette the, I s ice per ft.-nt foot will probalnv he; ar.Hift.l $!..'i'c ti, $l,."o.i. hts.d' it :.ia - ts. at a ftpure n- htsrli is f I.''"'" P' ' i f. ti' foot. The present f t..-"sitien t of the Lli.i, Store property : u nK"tia!l a r. the street s $27.00'i f.-r 50 feet. The assessm llf is c-r.-' sidered remarkably low- and one realt man ventured to say that the propertv was easily worth twice as mtieh. ' With the selling- of the Central school ; roperty the children will be moved to! Wai-hinsttori s.-lic-l white a wine- to' that building- w ill he soon under (-on- ' struct ion. Cemral si ho.,; bu .dint w.ii he dev.-t- 1 c.l entirely to ocatioitai w.rk . Class-; c- now attcmltup c-.-wd.-d Industrial httih s. ho.d .-riKSKed in manual traintie, f b.- r praec e. and kind red subj " ts v , ' be t ra n f e t i f d to Central t school. The h-Hldtns will onttnue al- i to house the nijtht s. hoo; and she i f.uperin.tf ndent' offices. , : There has .icon nc word beard from the parti that once before broke op plans to set jhe prcte and who .-etioris were indorsed bv the Cnlterl States s.ipreiito eiont wiii.'n ha.n.1ed oown a x ci ( ,i in the case, entitled f'..-w, i- s th- Hammond St lim.' B ard, i favorable to the oppooi t ion . Times n-oA's service 13 thf oc:: that money can buy and i.or.cs: effort tin furnish.

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FINAL ACTION ON PEACE PACT DDE TOMORROW

nv j. nn r c ampbki.i. i I STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! ' i WASHI Ni ITO.V. March IS Final act-j tion fin the peace titaty by the senate, i is scheduled f..r tomorrow, four months! after its first deieat. on November j I?. j Senator Lodge, the Republican lead-; er. served notice he win bold the senate in session tonight if necessary that ili- resolution of rn t ific-u t hn m.-'v be i whipped into nn,,; shape bo fore the, end of lod.ijV session. J I'nder th, rul.s of tie- senate the, resolution v.ouid !; o .er a day or utttil tomorrow. A ssis-nsion of the rules would, however, permit a final cot e in It l.y ' totiig not. anticitnited, ii Such a vote is -. c-r, until tomorrow . Seint.-ir I.odqe plans to get rid of all pending t cse r at urns and amendments and .f other loose ends of the treat.v s i t im t ion at t... lay's session so hat a final vote ill come not later halt fomoi row-. I'effat of the treaty for a second Mire-, despite last hcur efforts to force ratification, is generally anticipated on all sides. AND HE RODE IN YELLOW TAXI 010 THIS Ml His name may be O'Ho'.loran er Tlogan or .Ici.e. Whatever it is. It can no be divulged, but there is no doiiivt that be was Irish. For convenience it may be well to name him fXPIsnk. Yesterday throughout th length and hi.adth of the world wherever dwell tl,- sons and daughters of Ireland they i-.i'herefl t., s'msr and dance and rem ember the day of St. Patrick. And1 perhaps, if they were geographically tot innate they drank to the greatest I -ishmnn. And Iiammoinl is a part of h w o r 1 d . I'B'.a.tik. he shall be kr.own ' ii'il'an:;, M od on a street corner of ih main thotoughfare in Hammond. IP- was filled with spirits. It was niirht ami hti.li time that, he began to -lebrate the day. Ol'.iank was more Hms a -tranger in the city and he stood on the corner, rocking hack and forth, memories of friend-' .11,1 the r'o--ant ct .-hra t. tons of past year i-mw.lnl upon him. He sighed and a taxi parked a few yards down the street, rolled noiselessly un. The door iing open before him and O'l'.lank stepped int- the cab. "Ar.Mind the tow n. around the tow n." a i . l tV Blank, r'tntn i seen t i y. "You won't stf.p at Kclley's plac nor Mac's, nor Mo- Shamrock Inn. but just drive and I I! arsv w- th mvself and settle the IrHh question. .lust drive 'till I tell you to sop. we're arelahratin' of St Patrick's dav. so drive and damn ex 1 . e r( se .' ' i O'Blank was in splendid spirts and: full of the same. And as the cabby wlllitiKly circled the town and doubled, his tracks O'Biank grew more and more eloquent. 'Twas a convei.tion of1 one assembled in the taxi to settle, the Irish question. There was con- j siderable opposition and the debate' w axed hitter. But O'Biank and the I freedom of old Ireland always won and. th" opposition time after time rose! only to fell under a storm of rhetoric; a-ol an accumulation of facts of years" standing-. , When the tasi register showed that; O'Biank owerl $17 the cabby called the. ( cMed Irishman's attention to !': fact. They had drlu n over miles of.' Hammond's finest streets - all ob'ivious' of the Gaelic crusader who had been, ttglitinc so vialantly for Ireland. i "Drive me to State and Hohroan," said O'Biank. They arrived and O'Biank stumbled! out. He fejt good Ireland surely was free. now. His titanic battle withi parliament In the confines of the taxi-; cab had not been for aught. ' 'Twas a wonderful beating:- I gave em. eh. boy?'" And the cabby assented as he reached out and took the $17.' O'Biank replaced his pocket book and asked for a match. The driver dut: for the light. O'Blank's eyes surveyed tli" cab's exterior. His eyes widened. He staggered a little hiccoughed a' couple times -peered again at the can from which be had just alighted and ripped out a string of curses that; turned the lite glare of the street lights to purple. Some curses may be printed, but an Irishman's never. And O'Biank had some choice epithets of his o w n . The cabby leaped to his seat after thrustir.c a match into one of f Blank's w aving hands. 'And to think.' gasped O' Blank, between curses, "to think I've been ridtiK around in an Orange cab. By -1" He was still curshntr when the Yellow cab droe out of fight. RIOT IN N. Y. STRIKE 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NEW VljliK. March IS.- -Knives. bia-k-Ja-k an-J brass knuckles figured in a small riot today between striking jhoe-tnaViere and strike-brnnkers in Brooklyn. One man wa se riou.lv '.njtired and others were bruised and i.Uit. I'ui.ie bloke up the battle.

Rl I.I. F.TIN, f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 Till: H K. Hand 1 p. m. The danger of a omniunlut revolt throughout all Germany grentFy lucrenaed toil a . nri oriUnt 1 late adTlrea reaehliiK here. Practically all of Weten t.rriimn.T now in in the hnnd of etreniists. The Communist moement has spread to the agricultural districts of Meckllnburg. evri great estate have been seized from their owners by peantmt soviet. The Latest News From Germany Bl I.I.KTIN. 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! ni'.RMV, Marrh IT llrla?rd) ?iolet has hern established by the Communists nnd Morkina;men at -W 11helmshnven, aerordlns: to "olTlcl l" Information received hrre today. Quiet has been restored at Munich nnd Kiel, snld admires from thone cities. BIXI.KTIN. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl AMSTKROAM, March IS Following j the examination of his new home at I lliiorm, the e-kaiser derlnred to his i friends today that he is confident he will pass "the evening of his life quiet, ly as an obscure rltljien." BV I.I.KTIN. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! r.tnii, Mtiirh IS The ti r r m a n : rhiir'ge d'alTairs, Wilhelm Mayer. Tas informed from Stuttgart today that resident I'bert, of .ermany, nou hi not return to Berlin until after the meeting of the National Assembly ut Muttjtart. He Mas ndvlsed thnt there is arent dnsrr of the Bolshelts seizing power temporarily in Berlin. BVLI.KTIN. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 LONDON". March JS The Communist movement in lirrmany Is spreadinc ncrording to advices received here from t.rmmli sources Just before noon. Agrlcultural workfru nre proclaiming oiel. ricil In Mm klrnlirrs the Communists a number of estntt-s. Bl' I.I.KTIY. INTERNATIONAL. NEWS SERVICE! PARI. March IS The allies have reached the definite decision not to ndianee a slnjjle foot Wjond their present military lines in Germany unless some fw turn In German affairs .-irtuaily thrraiens n resumption of the wnr. It t a s learned In official circles today. 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE r4.ni?. March is Gnstav lnkr, minister of ilefense in the i:bert constitutional government, has stone to Berlin from Stuttgart to Innuanrate military measures naninst the Spnrtarlsts. It Tins rrportril from Berlin toil n T. : BEEKEEPERS TO MEET AT HUB State Apiary Inspector To Address Convention at Crown Point. (SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN 1HJ1NT. lnd.. March is. Beekeepers of 1ake county will meet at C'own rvint on Wednesday, March 31. at which time C. O. -Yost. ttttt" apiary inspector of the diision of entomology, the department of conservation, wtll address the convention; Frank X. Wallace. Mate entomologist, probably will attend. The meeting primarily is for the purpose of determining a date when a. tour of inspection of all bee colonies In the ci utity will be made by Mr. Vsi. In their talks lo the convention the speakers will cover thoroughly all phases of the beekeeping industry discuss the principal diseases ana tneir character;sti. s to which bees are subjec'. tl how to manuipulaie the hives to obtain the maximum amount of honey, and in general conduct a school of instruction in bee culture. The convention is) free and it is earnestly hoped that al! persons in she county interested in bee culture will be present. ! SUCCUMBED ! TO TEMPTATION i When Edwin W. Mfsha i. j eara old of K'7.5 Prairie a enue. ;hh ag . came 1 to Gary on a church inspection, h' wa-i i unaware that he was headed for the state penal farm near lnd ta na.po! is j w here he is to- spent the next six I mon t hs . ! Tin.- morning on a charge of larceny itiie yoing man was found guilty in t t he G a ry itv tourt and fried a sum ! J 1 1 i and sentenced f penal farm . ix mon t h in the According to t - Gary 1 he ot 1 sp. cf-ion of til" trth street in T he te M .fhn M : a me ii.ak an ine ' list 1. ; . ef i eillll a ; 4 10 W. seemed . 1 1 e s t n n . N o one to be around so he took the door and walked i os me across a drawer w i knife, opened n . T n s i d e 1 . e tii rmie money

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AJICIDE Spartacist Movement Grows Soviets Spring up all Over Germany. (Bulletin.) flNTEPNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LONDON, March 18. .An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam today stated that according to telephone messages received there from Berlin the rumor is current in the German capital that Wolfgang Von Kapp, who resigned yesterday as chancellor of the German revolutionary government, has committed suicide. (Bulletin.) i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I LONDON, March 18. Fighting in the streets of Leipzig has been continuous since 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, according to a Central News dispatch received here today. Barricades have been erected in the city's thoroughfare. Twenty persons were killed in an attack on the railway station at Nurnburg. The attack was repulsed. At Rostock, a German seaport, the workers made a surprise attack and captured the military barracks. -" mu.u'n. INTERNATIONAL NUWa SERVICE The reai diu.'Mion in Berlin today was unknown as no messages had been received direct from thnt city front midnight up to this nftrrnonn. nm-e-oms reports from open hasten. The Hague, London nnd Paris nnd clsrvrhere Indicated thnt the Spartacist movement was still making hrodnn; and that It bad gained impetus frm tr rollapse of the rriolutlniiirv regime of on Kapp and i on I.euMoii,There were conflicting rumors to the fate of ton Kapp. One unconflrnied report from Brrlin stated that he hud committed suicide after flcelna the city. A later report had ham arrested by the $partarlsts. BV FRANK MASOt 1 STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! (-' KBLIX. March 17 11 p. m. Threa of the ciif leaders of the German revolution Chancellor von Kapp. Gan. von Luettwitz. and Col. Bauer have all fled from Berlin, it was learned tonight. Von Kapp and Von Luettw itz left immediately after they hand ed thetr resignation to Vice Chancellor Scbiffer (of the old Kbert constitutional government). Gen. von Seecht. who was left in the command of the revolutionary troops, promise: to remove them from Berlin immediately. The situation Is very had. STREET FOBTIFTF.D BY WIRE. t.'ter der linden, the chief thorough fare in central Berlin, Is filled with barbed wire entanglements and ma. chine guns. The Reichswebr (troops supporting Kbert g-ovarnmenti is threatening to attack the Baltic troops (supporters of Von Kapp) unless they are withdrawn forthwith. It is estimated that there are about ,'.o.t0O Keichswehr troops in Berlin and their environs. Their leaders claims to have enough soldiers to crush the Spartacist movement. Spartacist leaders control the strike situation however . l)HltD Ol STIG OF AOSKK. Spartacist chiefs called upon Herr Scbiffer demanding the dismissal of Von Xoske nd the revision of the Kbert government. Leaders of the Independent Socialists demand the surrender of all persons responsible for the Von Kapp uprising so they can be iried for tigh treason. They insist that no amnesty shall be declared The Communists ask the demobilisation of the reiclvswehr on the ground that these troops are reactionary and untrustworthy. This request was rejected with the explanation that if the Reichswehr were disbanded, there would be nothing to prevent the Spartacists from seiz'ng power. TERRIFFIC BLIZZARD STILL UNABATED T INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 VANCOrVEK. B. C. March IT The terrific blizzard driving it's way through the Canadian prairie provinces has not abated today, according to reports received here. The wires are seriously impaired. It is reported. In Manitoba the blizzard Is said to be the experienced there in years. LOOK LIKE LAKE MICHIGAN Tf the water continues to rise at the rate it has the past two days 'n th Calumet River Valley. Gary's Call, met T'ark will resemble Iake Michigan, more than it does a recreation ground It is now under four and five feel of water and all that is needed to make p sn excellent pkating rink. Is a good freeze-