Hammond Times, Volume 9, Number 4, Hammond, Lake County, 20 March 1920 — Page 1

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S HELD A Variety of Problems Are Threshed Out and Many Difficulties Forseen. . HI&H SPOTS OP BUIXDINO MEETING. Reprc scntativ es of building trades out- s iTu eh -man-is for $1.25 an hour. ! Material men defend inrrcaff! in .. rniiKi'is from 10(1 to ::9 r cent, j I Real estate men point out acute do- j ) and fT house? and d'mtnishtnsr sup- j I'-. J Hankers threaten to curtail loans if i -otling costs coinnuo to sour Manufacturers tall attention to. need! r--' homes for thousands of r.ew employes. 'IcMcral sentiment in faor of granting J :a nor demands for big increase in pay. . Very pronounced sentiment Fgainst! ai-v limit of production ty union labor. I Fr-qucnt assaults on preat!ing reck(.ss spending and lack of saving by public. .abr-r principal purchaser of homes. . en at. prevailing high rrices. unions tune. Krcaunt attacks on materia! men by both contractors and union men. Vdmissions by lathers' and plumbers' representatives that production is curtailed. Meetir.fr spirited, well tempered, talks ri-o!rate. Oeneral desire for a solution. RESULT: The consumer, the middle ipss, due for a pinching between the .tper and nether millstones of high t rices of labor and materials and the resultant certain increases ia rents and prices of all improved property. Althoug-h none of the various recommendations made were acted upon officially at tho housing meeting at the Hammond fliambor eftommerco Friday .veiling, much g-ood is expected to come of the discussion as it has set the people tnmkin; on a problem which Is vital to the development of Hammond. One of the largest crowds ever present at a -i-ecial meeting braved the storm to t.- 'end. Representatives of labor organizat .ons, building contractors, lumber and material men. banks and building and ben associations were present and all talked freely. One of the questions bich came up early as expected was be demand being made bv building . rafts for increases in wattes which will bring the scales up to $1.15 per hour. The tradesmen were able to present figures showing that, the increase in i. ages In thti last three years had not kept pace with the increase in the costs of materials. Materials, they showed, had gone up 1"0 to 300 per cent, whereas warcs have advanced only 75 per cent. The great objection voiced by the opros Hon seemed not against the increased va;n. but against the decreased production which has been demanded bysome of the crafts. The consensus of (Continued n page two. (FROM P. H. BICK) Editor Times: I wish to reply to Mr. tBelman's remark on the house. Ibuilding committee's report which was read last night at the meeting to which hetook exception by these remarks. He statd ho did not believe there were about frrco hundred perwple in ftie city of Hammond whe would have one thousand ill. 000) or up to buy homes with. In all fairness to Mr. llelman I wish to say this. I believe his remark was made w ithout thought and due consideration that If at this time there are not two hundred people Who can pay $1.0"0 cn a ho-me h"w- are we going to build one thousand homes as a great many have said were demanded. Or let us say even five hundred homes. I still maintain there are two hundred eople in the city of Hammond that can pay enn thousand ($1,000) on a home. T am simply replying to his remark ir. defend the committee who were ap pointed by the Chamber of Commerce to ascertain what the immediate de- j rtiands ef homes were, (but still confine ; myself to Just the record kept in our , office and I can prove to Mr. Belman j r to anyone els-e that we have about j thirty pecple who are demanding ; homes who can pay from 1 .0 00 to $5,000 cash. I cannot answer for other real estate firms, but I will say this, that I went f.- them personally and asked them to be conservative and give me from their -ecords the amount of prospective clients they had that could pay from a $1,000 up on a p e. e of property and I believe that they have given me a conservative figure on immediate demands of hemes. I added a possible 50 per rent, of those who might buy direct or usually buy direot. I will say this, am 1 right or wrong, when we say there are two hundred thirty-two people in the city of Hammond which has a vopulalion very near 41.00, if there i Kt two hundred and somewhat people; who could pay $l.e00 on a home. When public opinion says there is t 'east five hundred homes needed to meet the immeriate demands. Further it is an absolute fact that unless th buyers of homes this year have from $1,000 to $1,500 cash, they cannot buy. V e have m-t be able to build homos tContinued on page two

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IS PLAN Organ Nations of the Hammond Housing Corporation, or better still half a dozen such corporations, to finance building- operations Is the solution for Hammond's housing problem offered by M. Kotschild. one of the city's leading merchants and ftanciers. He has been discussing the proposition with others lately and the idea has met with the hearty approval of scores of other business men. One of the great drawbacks to build ing in Hammond according to Mr. Rothchild. is the fact that none of the contracting firms is financially aMe to go into the market to purchase on such a scale as would command the lowest price for materials. As a rule their building operations are confined to a very limited scope and they must he able to get their investment out of one house before they can start on the next. It is to help thesec ontractors that the Housing Corporation lias been evolved. The ordinary bungalow now in great demand is selling at $5,000. he says, and the contractors fay these houses cost $5,200 to erect. However, it Is necessary to tack on the additional $800 to care for the heavy discount when they sell their second mortgage in order to get their investment out of the property. "Placing the cost to the purchaser then at $5,200," says Mr. Kotschild. "the building: and loan associations will advance half of the amount and the purchaser will advance not less than $500 as first payment. This would leave $2,100 for the Housing' Corporation to carry. Capitalized at $100,000, it would be possible for the organization to handle fifty houses." "Now," adds Mr. Kotschild, "here is where, we could do still mo re good. We would not build one or two houses at a time. "We would go into the market and contract for the material for those fifty houses and get the benefit of the lower prices through buying at wholesale. Then our building would be' conducted on a wholesale scale also. Ten houses would be built at a time and in that manner the contractor could take advantage of every saving which would result from keeping his men eon.itantly- employed. The houses could be built quicker and also cheaper. Suppose than we have six or more corporations organized in Hammond. We could make a big reduction in the house shortage." Mr. Rothschild, from his conversations with others, believes that (uf majority of merchants of Hammond would gladly take stock In a housing corporation and be thinks that factories, especially those desiring to locato here should subscribe heavily in order to help provide homes for the men they will draw to the city. Latest Census Figures Out INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. March 2o The census bureau today announces the following preliminary 1?20 population fl g u r e s : Selma, Ala. 1320 population, 13.609; increase. 1,958 or 14.3 per cent; 1910 population, 1 3.649. Schenectady, N. Y 1920 population, S8.723; increase 15.597 or 21.8 per cent; 1910 population 72.826. Hamilton, O. 1920 population 39.673; Increase 4,396 or 12.5 per cent; 1910 population. 35.279. Valley City, N. I). 1920 population. 4.6S6; increase 80, or 1.7 per cent; 1910 population, 4.606. MEN IN CITY COURT Henry Kubicki. 527 Ames street, who was accused of receiving stolen property in connection with the theft of sugar and butter from the I. H. B. and C. & O. railroads, was fined $60 this morning in the city city court before Special Judge George B. Sheerer and received a suspended sentence of 160 days. Kubicki recently won considerable fame through his possession of a "seven passenger Ford." Raul Pibinski. 15 Grant St., Gary, will learn his fate next Saturday when final arguments will be completed. Sibinski is charged with stealing a mackinaw and neck piece from a warehouse of the I. 11. li . where he was employed . ARREST TWO WOMEN SHOPLIFTERS After having stolen enough dry goods in Gary and Hammond to start up a small store, Anna Gavoran. -twenty-three vears old. and Agnes Rozinski. thirtyfour years old. 1537 Connecticut St., Gary, came to grief yesterday when they were captured red handed shop lifting in Goodman's department store. At the Connecticut st. residence the police found five trunks full of merchandise which they had stolm. Some of the fcoods was identified as belonging to the Dion Store in Hammond. The women were placed under arrest and t barged with shop lifting.

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Attempt Made to 1 Rob Bank!

(SPECIAL TO THE TIMES 1 BYER. INIb, March 20 Another attempt was made last night to rob the First National Hank of IHer. Whenj Cashier A. W. Stommel reached the; bank this morning be found that en-! trance to the bank had been madej through a jimmied window and that! two holes had been bored through the' steel vault door. That is about as; far, however, as the burglars got.! l They evidently gave up the job in dis-: guest. This Is the second attempt' made in a year to rob the bank. j DID YOU HEAR THAT THE sale of salvaged army goods at 57 State st.. draws large crowds of bargain seekers daily. MR AND MRS. CHARLES Sl'RPRISE who have been enjoying a little vacation m Oklahoma are expected home tonight. FRITZ EIlEltT i.s one of the booster committee for the big Phi Helta Theta banquet given in memory of the fraternity founders in Chicago March 25. F. RICH A RI Snr.UK has accepted Gov. J. P. Goodrich's invitation to be a member of the state war memorial committee from I.ke county. OXE objection to widening Hohman St. in the business district, is that it would be necessary to remove thee cute old hitching posts in front of the Model clothing store. SEROHVNT JOHN OKKAT, of th West Hammond police sighs for the good old days when he used to be one of tho town trustees, chief of police, and referee, of all the prize fights. 51AXY people stopped to look at trie two-seated canopy top surrey which was hitched in front of the Uon Store for several hours the other day. Horsedrawn vehicles are a rarity. OTTO KjVVUSS, auditor of state, rpent some time in Hammond this week attending to business anil also tacking a few boards on the political fence ot J. AV. Fesler, gubernatorial candidate. VORIC is progressing nicely on the addition which is being built to the norlh side of the federal building to allow room for expansion of the working floor of the post office. THIS week s issue of the National Underwriter" devotes much of its spate 'o a specrli delivered by H. K. Shnrr r last week at the American Life C"iivention at I'ren'h I At k. JUDGE 1 LARRY R. Ti'THII.l. of Michigan City, once head of the Hammond superior court, is to be a candidate for surname court judge on the Republican ticket. EDWIN FREDERICK, the young Hammond lawyer who gave an oration at the McKinley Club in East Chicago the other night, is receiving congratulations by the wholesale for his splendid t ffort. AVHEN Walter Mo'umsey leaves his j watch at home after this he will try to i keep Roy MeCool posted. Chief Austgen ! won't have so much trouble either if he' wears it in his vest all the time. Any- j way, he has the ticker bade now and all's w ell. GEORGE STEDHORN. deputy reverue collector, scc.ffs at the story in the Detroit papers regarding the man who paid two cents income tax, Jieralding it as the lowest paid. "Why, one man at Gary walked a mile and paid one cent," ho says. "He really owed only fourfifths of a cent." Emil Shultz. "73 Hohman St., will be: tried" Wednesday morning for violating, the liquor law. It is alleged that he; sold whiskey to a man arrested Thurs-! day by police of the Hammond Central ; station on a charge of intoxication, j Schultr denies that the red lirpiid in! the half pint bottle found on the man is anything stronger than grape juice.' The "evidence" has been turned over; to the city chemist for analysis. He j was released on bonds of $3,000. j The Federal Hotel case, involving two keepers of a house of ill fame, two inmates, a visitor, has been continued to next Saturday. William Trice, prominent Hammond 1 man, who was a. ested yesterday on j charges of felonious assault and carry j ing a lewd object, prohibited under thej statutes of Indiana, was released from the Hammond city jail at a late hour last right when Mrs. Earlier Schneider, keeper of the bouse at "00 Fort Wayne avenue, where it is said Trice was a roomer, signed bis bonds for $2.70". l'olice would make no comment on his release. Friends of the parents of the girl whom Trice is alleged to have attempted to seize, threatened to "get him when they appeareil in the court room yesterday morning as Price was arraigned. The prosecuting attorney would not divulge his plans but hinted that the state was by no means idle.

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Mrs. Keddington. Mrs. Kecidinton is th? only ; womat: in New York, as far as is ; known. whose grandmother and ; granddaughter are both living-. Th . ; former is eighty-seven ami lives in ! Brooklyn; the latter is only a few tiavs olfi. WELL HE WOULDN'T STAY MURDERED Two Hammond Youths andj i West Hammond Police Put ; To A Lot of Trouble. j West dTannnond V,at the most obstinate murder victim i:i the world. He refuses to stay mu.-d' : ) and 8 s : often the cae ho ri a situ.iti-u nr..-'-K wh!c".l makes the p ,t,-e off joe; s ft-t 1 sheepish, hi nat:ie ;nkn'wn . The affa r wa ' pr.-cla imed Tuesday evening when tin-. H.-i:i).m..tid Centra" Htat on ro .-iv.-.l ji --,. i i from Hn lliunmon'l . Th" man at the other end of the wire, a West Han.iu.i.d offi.-e; . wa-: excited. 'i'-.vo r i ti e t i-rs h;id j;st cri-)SS'.-fi 1 1,0 .--'at.' ! ne They l,ad ;!;t and k; ing an a rjrtimc nt . A into Hammond, lied a mm d;:rF r-1 w .-i being used in ' he esca pe The Hammond on'; y star;P(j out t" inter. . ;t the f.;g,tiV.--. If- found them, two w-,ii k own o-tii men of Hammond, at a p;as,,!ine tKlmg station, reclmrgin tl. ir car. They wre placed .irukr nr: ' .-!, tai' i lice stati-m and ';.. ked, , the story b ;t the buoks d Roth men f-iii' d g r-n te hear if their f 01. ! u ct . e p.r. tr 1 o .or. o t S ' I o W . t surprised ne of I he in explained. He an,l his pal had eiiaa--"(l in a fr.rndly "cr.ip" e-itrio with a We.-.-t Hammond man and when the time come fo st j aight.-n up the a count the West lliinmond man was $420 In the hole. The Hammond man had with him so he urged the k.rr ;,i w: te a check for $.",i'i0 and l.c w.utld make the change. The $0 was handed ocr. whereupon said b-srr made -a break f r the door without making g ,,d his loss. He was purs led. stopped nn l " th a well aimed blow .'retched oit on the floor. Tiie no-ney was obtained from him and the winners hastened t- Hammond . They seemed shoo'o,i to learn that the man was dead and .-;:,'! more so to find lie ha.d been shot. The llammoril officer telephoned West 1 ! im-ni'--id police the news of the arrest aii'i received in turn i r. forma t i . n that tiie victim had been taken ., the nvrfrue. Shortly afterward th" telephone rang fiiT.iin. It was West Hammond. "Turn them loo;,e." was the curt order. Then by way 1 -f illumination came the additional information "The fellow just got up and walked out of the morgue." EAST CHICAGO LADY SUES HUSBAND Emma O'Donnell, of East Chbag has filed suit f-.-r separate maintenance against her husband James tVI-nnell. They were married Oto'v r 30. 190? and separated March 6. 1920. in her complaint he accuses h.m rf having improper relations with another woman and say.-i be has failed to provide properly for her and the'r child. On several occasions, she says he j1M5! assaulted, choked and beat h-r. She desires separation from bed and board and $2.1 per week allowance. Meade. Roce A Twyman are her attorney... Sol Katz. administrator of the estate of the late Max Hess, has tiled a suit on account against the Ind'nna Grocery Co., c-f 4Slh Alexandr r avenue. Rust Chicajro. through AtV-rney I 1. M .1jVska. SOLDIER RECOVERS FROM INJURIES Sergeant Ifobnrt Clark stationed at Camp Grant who was injured in on -cidfnt in Gary, this w -. k when he attempted to dodce a Ko'-.j tt nek. w as able to leave the Mercy hospital yesterday, having full y rd overed from hi.inj u ric s .

Newberry Is Guilty Says Jury

lUM.KTIV. INTERNATIONAL N FWS SERVICE 1 f.nM H riIS, UK II., Mnreh 20 "rnnlor Trtiinnn H. Xrwhrrry wa urn. tfnefil tt txsn yenr ImpHsonment in l.rnvrnn-orlh nnd n llnr of l0.OO by Jude ( Inrmrr Seiloiis thli nfternoon In the 1 . M. dltrrit rourt here. The hrnlfiirf Imposed iipoo him was the limit iimlcr the Imv. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI GRAND KAI'IHS, MICH.. March 2P Senatf,r Truman Newberry and a num)r t of his campaign leaders were found guilty In a verdict returned before Judge Clarence Sessions in the U. S. district court. The charge was conspiracy. Others of the eighty-five defendants who participated to a minor extent in the Michigan 1318 senatorial campaign were found not guilty. Mc Laughlin Passes Away At Hospital East Chicago Physical Director Dies After Accident; Driver Surrenders. 1'rrrk McLaughlin, the physical director cf the Garfield school ot Kast Clt'cago m ho was struck by a taxi last Thursday niqht. died at 7:30 this mornin:r from a blood clot on the brain and. a tnciji-ol skuil. He had been unconscious from tiie time of the accident and only his t xcrllent physbpie and strength enabled him to live as long as he did. 1 1 i.-5 life was despaired of yesterday aft'Ttti'L'ti after an examination bad been tnrole by a specialist from Chicago. Tho body will be txken to the family residence at 4433 Baring avt. and will .-main until tor.ight, when, it will be taken to Colu:tbus, Ind., his former home, for burial. .Short services will be i:e:d for friends at 7:30 this evening-. l. Harper, the driver of the taxi, who disappeared after the accident, gave i-irnsrlf u p in the. police station yesfer-j day and was released on $1000 bond for appearance at the coroner's inquest. Harper, acording to his statement, was dazed by the accident and walked the s! roots aimlessly for several hours after I he accident. H says that McUaughlin ran in front of te machine as he t-weried to miss him and that he struck both McLauphlin and the street car. HE LISTENED TO THE SWITCHMAN And Now Bennie Tapper Is Out Ten Dollars, And That's All. This is an elastic gold brick story, telimt: how lleniamin Tapper, the astute T. linie. succumbed to the ravishing: voice of a mr -n. and a switchman at that, w ho spol.-' softly and walked like-j v. ISO. Bennie was lollmg about his store, 136 Sibb y st.. estcrday nfternoon when two f. t rangers entered. Said one. "What's our price for O'Sullivnn's rubber 1. re-Is?" "Well," says Bennie, "they're 75 cents if put on th shoes and CO cents if you put ihrrn on yourself." The man laughed sarcastically and enjoyed a confident yawn. "Ha. ha. that's g. od," he said, "you charging 60 cents. Why, I can show oU O'Suliivan" heeds nt any 5 and In ce-nt store in Hammond. Ha. "na. thass good." Tho outrage.,! Bennie grew eloquent. "Say. you're so smart, I'll bet you $10 to your $5 that yen can't show me any genuine- u'S'u lli tin's b.e-Is ill a 5 anel 10 tent store." The man's companion was made stake , holder. Bennie coughed up his ten bucks and the defamer of legitimate shoe ' (h-eilrrs his rive spot. The three of them vent to a 5 and 10 cent store in State st. Well back into tho store' the trio paused. "Show me." I said the smiling Bennie. "Right away," J said the man as he lifteel first bis right j foot and then his left. To Bonnie's startled gaiie was presented the man's shoes neatly adorne-d with a p;iir of I'Sullivan's ge-nuinc rubber hcrls. Ten dtdlars was quite a price to payfop a glimpse e,f the switchman's shoes, and today Bennie is nursing a splitting hen eiache. The Hammond "Hotel case involving a Hammond school teacher, a confesseel : thief who made restitution for goods stolen from the teacher, then living at the Hammond Hotel, and later brought suit against the teacher to retrieve an allrgetl over-pay n.ent in making restitution, ane 'which hail attained the r roport ions of one of the mos tnetor-j i.ns cases ever heard in the city court was elt-eided this morning before Judge K'e.fz. The court sustained a plea in abatement filed by the attorney for the defense ami one of the most bitter and acrimonious battles In fie hlstery of the e-!ty court came tej a close after nearly ten weeks duration.

BELIEVES HIS WIDE ACQUAINTANCE WILL WIN A SENATORSHIP

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J. Y. Sanders. J. Y. Sanders of Louisiana has at last set out for his life's goal, a seat in the 17. S. senate. He has risen step bv step in politics with the s;natorship in view, and his chief asset is personal acquaintance with afvvt 75,000 voters in his state. The Latest News From Germany nil.I.KTIV. ( INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI I.O.MIOX, March SO The r.nmn Krnrrnl utrike has endede. the government huvlnK .accepted the workers' terms, according; t n Ileuter dispatch from Ilrrlln Jnte this afternoon. The termit Include wide concrwsions to the worker, the dispatch snld. Xl'LLETIX, 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE i P4R1S, March 20 The Ilolsherlstn in Germany nre tendlly KalnlnK gronnd. according to official reports Muhmlttrd to the council of anibasaa dors todny. The council dlscnsscd the German situation nt Irmth, but the conference -was secret nnd no Ktatemrnt wna f -sned regnrdlnir any decision reached. Premier Mlllerand presided over the session. nii!ETi. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE, A MS I I'.ROAM, March 20 German Communists have weir.ed the Industrial town of Gelsenklrchrn, in Westphalia, said n dispatch to the IN ieue Ileetterdamsche t'onrnnt IoUiit. Si thousand armed Spnrtacfsts are reported moving upon Iusseldorf. Arnicel workmen arc stiil in control of Kwsen where 30O were reported killed in fighting hctween Communists and German troops yesterday nfteTnoon. BII.I.ETIV. f 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ; (Olll.l-AZ, Murrh An army of 4(.MM) armed and well triiincel Communists has hcen mnsseil in the Kulir district, ready to move toward llcrlin at n favorable opportunity, according to Information reachinrr ofTicerw of the American army of occilput ien toilny. Many of the CommunintM are ex-wold-Icrs. It was said that they are ready to "act" in the Ilubr district or to move to flerlin If a Ilolshrvlst coup Is deemed fensihlc at this time. The situation is described as "most serious."' Iiri.I.ETIlV. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE j I.OMION. March Another nulhreak of flhtlne in hieh a dozen persons were killr. flared up in llcrlin when a detach ment of llattic troopm supporter of the von Knpp revolutionary movement drove through the city Into tlfvnndrrplnti In motor lorries in search of food, saiel a lierlin dispatch to the Ilally I'ipress today, j Crowds of workers attacked the soldiers who were hard pressed opening a lane for the lorries to pass throucrh. Later a tank was plnecil at llrandrnhnrsc arch commanding streets in the central port of llcrlin. Humors flew thick nnd fast in llcrlin that Mrnncer detachment of H.-il-tle troops intended to re-enter the city to avenge the death of the officers killed when their motor ear was bombed. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 l,OMI(l, March More than I.trttOI persons havr been killed and wouneled in fightlnK at Kiel, nrrordlnc til an KirhniiKr Telegraph dispatch from lierlin this afternoon. The whole ltuhr district of Western Prussia Is said to he In the hands of armed Heils. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I,OM)(. March tcvrral hundred persons were killed anil wounded at l.elpr.is: when a souadron of army planes bombed the city, -aid an Kxchanite 'I'eleRraph dispatch from Ilrrlln this afternoon. 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ' I.O.MM. March HO Lord Kilmarnock, the HrHIh choree liifTalrs nt llcrlin, has issued a statement that no aupp!les nor credits ill be extended to Germany unless order Is restored at once, said a news ncency dispatch from Herlin this afternoon.

STILL REIGNS IN GERMANY

Estimate Made That at Least 2,000 Have Been Killed Since Revolution Started. (Bulletin.) LONDON, March 20. Report, were current in Berlin early today that Herr Cottens was leading a Red army towards Berlin, said a dispatch to the Express. (Bulletin.) By Frank Mason. BERLIN, March 20, 10:30 a. m. Twenty-five thousand Red troops have been massed at Korpenick, on the outskirts of Berlin, the foreign office announced this morning. All the available Reichswehr (government troops) supported with artillery, have been ordered to take up positions on the high ground between Berlin and Koepenick to defend this city. BV KRtVK MASO irFT CORRESPONDENT 1. N. SERVICE BERLIN, March ) 11 r. ,n. Leaders of the workingmen today demanued a controlling voire in a'l leg -lation. meaning a dictatorship by thproletariat, as one of the eleven con ditions for calling off the genera strike. The strik' was still In effect i... night. - It is reported t' a th (Bolshevik sympathizers! Spa-ta. have i tanks ready fo,- operation against IV government buildings which are now occupied by troops supporting th--Ebert constitutional government The Spartacists are said to have secured thousands of rifles, many michine guns and pnat quantities :' ammunition from the Spandau a-sc-i al. hut this could not be verifier! because the telephone line had been cut. Newspapers tonight estimated th-i' at least 2.000 persons had been ki ! since the counter revolution bro. last Saturday. The Berlin press !s virtually wanmous in the opinion that there ( . be Bolshevism unless the Spartacist movement is broken within the m-vi few days. The general strike ?fc,s more thorough than at any other tin,since it began, ami is accompanied by disorders. Ctowds attacked cabs and street cars, dragging- men and w,. men passengers into the stree. Street car men were seized and b--: en because they did not quit work There was much shooting; in ;ru quarters of the city. On account of the menacing- d sort ts President Kbert may not return until Sunday night trom Stuttgart Some of the Baltic troops (suppofers of the fallen von Kapp regimtreturned to Berlin on Thursday nig.r.. They tried to seize ;, motor car a c ' fighting followed in which hand g-en ;de-s were thrown. Attacks by workers upon w, il rfr-t eel persons became so frequent thai many of tho middle classes discard-d linen collars and put on their shabbiest clothes before venturing into tor (Continued on paec eight. IS DISCOVERED IN SAND INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE: CHICAGO. .March ZL Chicago -"gold coast" section was aroused to day by a mystery started with the fimling of the frozen body of a wcoi dressed yomiu- woman buried in the sand on the lake; front near F.al. e Shejre drive. tli city's most '.lihi-Mi-able residence t boron t; h fa re. One of th young woman's hands protruilmg from th- sa nil h-d to discovery of the body. N'o marks rf violence were apparent. DRIFT IN OPEN BOAT FOR DAYS f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NEW YORK. -March 0. After drifting for four days anil nights in an boat. ("apt. J. Ci. l-etersein ami six tin o bTS (if the crew e.f the Amerie an sciiooi-. cr Jeremiah Smith, which sunk T,0 ini edt Sandy Ho,-k. w e re; iandeel h, i-e ;,, l i e by the American stem.-r HiM-r.-c-vh:e-h picked them up at S'T. The .!:--. mial. Smith was bound from -N-w porr News, Va., for Cuba, wi'h c ai when he ITALIANS ALLEGE FAVORITISM I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 CH1 "AG" . March -o . --Ii.ili.iii rei ei tits of Chicago have tiled a pr.-t.-si -'.ain'-t the govei mro-nt ruling that 1 r may hae a. yearly- allowance- of te;i t ' ' lems of w in" for re-iiyious l,-.-tia!s. The . S Tit a pre'tcst te'dny to t'olf,'ir...-n'-ci JoPti W. Raiiey. derlarmir that "fi-re just as much tradit inn for tiie rr' wine; by Italians as tie ere is by i Jcvy s ."

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