Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 265, Hammond, Lake County, 27 April 1920 — Page 1

THE WEATHER 1 ll INDIANA Fair tonight nnri Ur4nttla;t froat tonight slowly rising temperature Wtintidaj,

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11181 QRAK TEMPLE MEMBERSHIP 203 Candidates For The Rope Hang Up Record For Orak. Cirak Tfrcrl's membership boosted to U118 yesterday when the 'argest cla.'f of candidates in th' hrst'.ry of the Hamm.-md organization was initiated. As "i I -ol"-t . . n delegations s-rrived for the Sj.r'Pg Ceremonial, j.ctuinn'i wrf fei."tfr.-() until h total of 2ir hail been rung up. -With fair xx cat her. llamn"ti'1' ftrfts would hair b-r"u ja'nunil xvth autornobl'es f the i?:P for htmoreds had p'aimod to be l'rsi:t from ail carts of Northern Indiana. Rain which cn'inuP'l the sva'or part ho Hav out a danio :i"r "ii Im of -.icvntinn t,. a ..rti'.in t-nt but ;von 1hn the Masonic Tompi wo.-- vrow.IeU the denrf . j 1 andidats and d drgm v-ns br-ftan arriving at t" t?!'nil" early mi t1'" day j rd the stream of arrivals -..tit iiuird i;nii! after t'n b.iTHTJft in ''i0 ronin'. j f-" uth Bend 5- tbe rrc-oid croud f'O j o:ti6 outsid" Hio I'a'iMi'ft rfpi-.ii, A,j S-.uth Short- tra-n. w!vr!i ''ad boen i t bartered, broug'it 1-?T and ninny ot'irs came l'i autoiiiolii'f-.. '!;!o;ic- alio b.3d a largr representation of sbrin. er. Hammond. Wbitins- !C:ivt I'lik-aei and Gary f;i of r-iar" our in force while Michigan fi'.y. liforf-. Mislv fivaka and ot'-er ci'.i-s -"'it .'ar?' crowds . The program went through wihrnit j s hitch except in connection of tip j parade. This f attire- i go tie rally illayed anyway, but yc-stertlay It was about to be cancelled when the ra'ii ceased at " o'clock and pieparatlons were haAily inadc for Jtasing: a. The life line war bitched to an atttomobiltf and the -anlidates took their places. Tecau?e e.t tr" y;ir eo ni i-ia;-- ii was j necessary to add nvre ph'" to tne me. In addition to th 2:n taken into (Prak Temple-. on nian. n will brVrg to a tempi" at London, i.'anada. wa. also given the work, lnakinij the tot a.! number ir.i' ia'ed UNDERWOOD SENATE MINORITY LEADERi: 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! TCASHlNliTOX. April .7 eienatoi Oscar l.'r, d-rwooe of tahama. was to. rfay ,f-:ol th-niotiatir lead- r "f tie senate h; a caucus of de moct a t ic sen Th elert'e.n e' ?'H3t"r tnde-rwi'od w as unanimous and by acrlammn ! ion . Th ratrtis adopted a resol n t 'on eiflrred by Senator Harris of U-ers;a. fel- ; 'eating Senator Mitch. k of N.-b- ! ta-ka. fo t n-e the Vtr s t nia . b w rk as floor le-ader le a . h f Sena IMai tin. ofi UNCOVER BOOZE ON F A" a pre'invnary to tl.e I-iurnham Ti'iuor 'aids last night federal prohibition atents led by U. f. Marshul M x bock and era nam Km it Bund" of Hammond ''entra! police station. SaMirdr.v nigh' mad" a trip of invest igat ion and profit of two small farms just outside Fast Hammond, where they urn-overcd three a; ills, six gallons of "moonshine" and j Vairels of raisin masii, Tho raid fol-j lowed a "tip" to Hammond police that j he farms were producing Hk liquor j which has been resionsible for a revel j of drunkenness In Kasi Hammond during i the pajt few weeks. K 't'hoe arrested arei eieorge; Iv.in. .fedin lvormte and Mike- Ihze. They are JieleJ n Hammond Central sial ion on charges of operating a still and will be arraigned in the citv court tomorrow morning. The farms are located on l-! f t een ; )i end Sixteenth avea . between Cab.: met snd Columbia ave. EXHIBITORS WAR AGAINST PRODUCERS t :mernational news serv::s:i CHICAGO. A pi il .'7. "War to the death." against mot ion-picture nroducei s said ! haw bought a great mini- t her of theatres throughout tit's ountry in Older to control boh tl-e (irodu- iiig and exhild'ing tub of the movi" h'lsis was (iei laren i-viav n;. i-mmi- i iters gathered here ;n a convention called bv Willard C Patterson, of Atlanta, Ga.. president of the -Sontlieasit-tin Theatre Managers' Association. Take The Timtrs and V-cp touch witli the whols world.

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CUMMINGS NAMED CONVENTION HEAD Homer S. Cummin?8. Tiomer S. Cumroings. chairman of the Democratic national committee, has been selected to preside as temporary chairman of the national convention at San Francisco, June 28. He will deliver the keynote address which will enunciate the party policies in the forthcoming camraipm. DID YOU HEAR THAT K W. A DAM?, xi-oe president of the Siphon I'rodii'-ts n.. rcturnod home after n extf-nded tour through Southern Indiana. Oh:o. and Michigan. TTIH silent pdirnoa.n on Faxette and Ifol.Jiian St. was knoi k-d galley-west last night bv a oio i- .-s autofst. It was ihrfe times and out for this silent bird. OKX. AYOOD will speak in Hammond a: Unity Hall on Thursday night -it 9 (.'clock, coming here from Gary. Othrr f-peakers will preinvde him. am! the mcctns will begin at 7:30.

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JF ,j -n-nj-: to create a little excite- j on the part of tbe City of Hammond to ment."ju.,t mention Carners Miik to Joe j the taxes levied upon 'he district emMyers, who ve,-v, very recently l,.-.-am ! hrsiceel w ithin the corporate limits of n Shrine-r. 1. S. V: sun th- door if the Twn of llfvi'!-. n.,t fP:-lened. j That it does not show- that t-ie tplaMi'tff "ity of Hammond has jueisd'ce.vi'TAIN ll.M,!,, veteran United j , ,on 01r the te rritory which was sought Ptate secret scr !ce Tna.u for Inriiana. to be annexed by the- ordmanee of April

! v a in Hammond on business over the!?. 1 er k-end. He b t r rd i orie of th" ' the s-r li e. t i? 1m years Jight.lv cleverest operatives in

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ri-.i: ha tre.t,t!e. getting anume to ride on his tand--m nvur-yc'e. The reason that Kd has lost the tandem cushion ;md ridti.g is rotich ou a bare rear s-al. ilie s oft'einig a reward for its return. (1.KL O. WAI.KUK, who enlisted in ii, e medical de-pa r; meiit of the United ! i a l e.p artm at Michigan c'uy on I"cb. 17. I ;:, and de.-se-rted a' Fort McDowell, 'a 1; f.. r n Art'il is being sought here b nrny aut'K.rit b-s. He gave his next of km as a o'!ii".. Miss Jloe, Smith of Hanunuad. He is iw only-one yais old. CANADA IS VINDICITI VE i i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WSniNOTON. Aon! Canada is ! a. tempting to destroy the A rl,.an ! pu'p wood industr. S'-nator Und ' wood, d" inocrat. -f Alabama, charged ' beferi-e the house committee on foreign j affairs this afternoon. H urged iml mediate steps to peruad the province j f.f Quebec to rescind Its embargo on j the. exportation of pulp wood to the ; I'. S. and In the event or a refusal, that the I. S. retaliate, as provided . in bis resolution adopted by the sen- ' b te . j The senator predicted that ? the i sittiution is n-'w remedied it w ould r". suit In "serious injury to American newspapers . COAL HEARINGS BEGAN TODAYi

ical student. With lfi ident ! fie-n t Ion : f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICC1 !iix,d r!- Needham. who worth. CHlCAi.iO. Apiil 2 6 Preliminary) $100,000. the police arc confident .liar- , hearing of remmal hearings against j risan dupd women througho.it the V . Francis S. Peab"ly and fourteen olh-is. t)is--ov ery that be -'poke seven ; er coal dealers indicted for ioU,tion languages and bad ta veiled a'l over; of the l.ever act. on charges of allec-1 tnt; w-orld. led them to believe he is in. J ei excessive prices, was begun today. ternationally known. Fifteen detect-! in an attempt by the government to j jvps will search safety deposit vaults t force the coal operators to trial In i today for more loot upi-n which the j,o- ; Indianapolis . i lice have se; a probable estimate ot i ! lent ilica ; i,,n were the chief actb-n? ! g-e hundred thousand dollars, taken bulav. The government, accord,

ing to Atty. W. F. Peters, represent-! mg the ooaT men. is to present Its case ' before the defense decides whether it! will fight removal proceedings or j agree to eo t- trial in Indianapolis. J 35.0CO UNDER ARMS IN MEXICO j -INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE SAN WTON'Ki, T.-x.. April More i ban ik'.ooi, men are now under arms against the Carranz.i, government In Mexico, according to a statement just issued by rt-volu t io-iary headquarters here. It is estimated this number will exceed 100 .000 within two weeks. These figures, it Is e-laimed. arc compiles! from verified rciiorts and do not include- unconfirmed rumors of d-feof ions Troiii ih. 1 v. Uxi'ul 1 a,n.s.

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f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE fUOWN I'OINT. INI)., April 17 iicorgo M. Foland. county auditor, has called attention to the fact that Mn-i day. May 3. Is the last day for the filing' of mortgage exemptions in the auditor's office. I nder tbe law a property owner Is j entitled to an exemption of $1,010 or J less on the assessment of his properly) valuation if the property is mortgaged, j At the present tax rate ot ji.io on each $10n, this means a saving of $16 to the tax payer. "The peculiar thing about "the mortgage exemptions," Mr. Koland faid. is thai the women are mwiu inuiui'ii in filing than are the men. The women pive ns less trouble in filing their papers. All the papers must be on j file by next Monday." j Soldiers and w idows of soldiers f j the. Civil War are entitled to an ad-! ditlonal exemption of $t.',,") on their j a.-sessments and these claims must be, ("iU-d by May 3. also. j ISSUE ft ARE HEARD Judge Hardy today Is he.aring the argument of attorneys on the demurrer of the defendants to the complajnt in the injunction suit of the City of Hammond against Treasurer Bradford ajid Auditor J-Vdanel to rrevent them from ol!e. ting ta.xos on property included in the limits of tho Town of Hessville. In the hearing: the "ity of Hammond represented by Attorney J. A"hfnj'rv. whde ih county ofliciaJs are repI ri s- rted by Fred i' "rum packer. Kdwin j T'riedrich and .1. E. Brown. The demurjnr which is the basis of th argument iwas filed April 5 and amended toda.y. 1 1 makes seven specitlc arguments against the rr,ntemti"riir of -ttier phtfm frf.t among which th following: 1. That it docs rot show any right Th?t It does not show whether or not any remonstrances were Pled fedioy--ng the. p-tssage of the ordinance and. j r filed, the outcome of the hearings on remonstrances. 4 Tr,at the def. ndant Bradford would ,,. , rP,orcd to collect county and MrU(-, tax- f-om the trrruory whereas J,h con,rla.int asks that the defendant j ,,(. rnj ljnri fn.n, collect. ng "any and all t taxes. I 5. That, it doep not allege, the terri tory is now on the ttx duplicate of I,a.k" I county as a part of tfie City of Hammum and unless it is listed as such the , ieferidant Bradford would be bound to oolVrt (he taxes. I Three suits are now in Ibe court deal, j :o(j with the Hammond-Ilessville annex-I ation controversy from different angles, j The first, thei quo warranto proceed t tigs ! i brought by the prosecuting attortiev; i gainst t he tow n'j officials is now in the ; supreme court of Indiana and an earH ' , . . , . j . j .j . -'ecis.on is expe-cted. I he second, irtan- : k.mus proceedings to have Uie propcrt y j returned on the Hammond tax duplicates. was decided against the plaintiff in the! Crown Point circuit court, but has been ! appeab'd. The present suit is 'to enjoin j the county officials from coj'e.-ting the j taxes and te force, them to turn eccr to ; Hamond any taxes already collected WIDOW IDENTIFIES SLAIN BURGLAR ' INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! i H 1 1 V. i ' , April 27. Mrs. Ida May! Needham. a wealthy widow, has iden- 1 titled .lames J. Harrigan. the scientific! i I burglar, who was killed In a revolver battle -with the, Chicago police sunda.v j as a man w nom she was aumi: :.- mar- , iv last vear. believing him to be a me-d- ! CHICAGO MAN IS ARRESTED (SPECIAL TO THE TIMESI WHITING. Ind.. April 7. Stanley F'ynn of Chicago, was arrested by officer Bellan on the charge of having no license on his machine. Being de void of cash he left a new tire and his wath as security for appear, ijce in court . John Kenprowski. arrested bv officer Bellan at 11?th street and Indiana boulevard, f.or passing a street car while unloading pas.-vngers was released upon furnishing a $25.0(1 bond. Txok for Brown's great sensational sa'e on another page of this paper adv .

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AND THAT DOESN'T COUNT WAR TAX INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 IM)I WAPOI.IS, I Ml . April 27 Prohibition drink gur.slrrn received the nornt Khork thry hnd experienced Mince July lt when they learned today that the Intllannpoli AaHoctntlon of Ketull DrnRRlst In itrnorcllnory senion duly nawemb. led. nil vtlth Ice erenra manuf acturrrn and non-druKglst fountain own. era In the aide line, hnd decided upon a new code of prices, to. will Iee cream aoiliia, 15 eent; nun. daea 15 rentm milk ahnkrM, IS eenta limited milk 20 renin; phoaphatea. cocoa cola nnd aurh, I) cent. And the -verdict waa unanlmoiia. Bealllea the war tax Is extrn. GARY TOT (ILLEO BY As a result of Francis Belrlger's driving in violation of the Gary traffic rules, little six-year-old Albert Slullock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Slid lock. 16S3 Vi -nnsyl vania St., Gary, is de-ad today. Beiriger gave his address at Griffith. I i:d. ! riayfully, the lad was bouncing a little 1 ru tber ba.ll on the sidewalk at Sixteenth ave. ami Broadway. He missed it on j one bounce and it rolled out on the street j and thoughtlessly he gave rha.se. All of a sudden, little Albert saw a machine bearlni? down upon him and becoming confused he tried to dodge out of itpath. ltede;strian turned Iheir eyes Sn horer when they saw him knocked to the pavrmrnt and thrown beneath the wheels and when they picked up his broken litt'e body they found him unconscious In a waiting machine bo was rushed to the hospital, where life, expired last night at midnight. lieirlger ,.,""-' 7-iced under arrest and vxkerito" -it.t linfy' police station, where he wjls charged xith assault and battery with intent. He later furnished a $2,000 real estate bond and was reea.sed. A'--crrding to witnesses, he was driving his car at the rate, of twenty-five to thirty miles en hour. At Sixteenth and Broadway. Ihe scene of the tragedy, a street car had stopped to discharge some passngers but Beiriger 3'aileJ to stop and passed the car. For months the Gary police have been (."ing everything in iheir power to get auioists lo comply with this ordinance and oLli-?r traffic rules and esterday after dozens of warnings have been issued and dozens of atresia, have been made, the first, fatality "occurred. A number rf others have been scvrj-ely injured because autojsts have failed to stop while stre--l cars are discharging passengers. A few heator lme- and the suspending of sentences in a, lot of cases would Put a stop to some of these practices. Beiriger's case w ;)) be t',.-d direct. Industries Nearly Back To Normal Switching 1n the Fast Chicago-Indiana Harbor industrial region haagain resunieel normal proportions and the industries which had reduced their forces e.r shut down because of lack of coal or material have again taken bare the men who wens laid off and are now working at pre-strike capacit y . The Interstate Stel nnd Iron. the rrnly industry which was compelled to shut down entirely because of a shertage of coal, has again called back the men who were laid e.ff and have resumed normal production. Other indust'ies which were compelled to curtail production are gradually calling back their men and are now practically all working with capacity forces. The Batimore and Mbio Chicago terminal railroad which supplies many of The industries with switching facilities is gttting the rust worn off derails and now. has practically all of its engines running. The striking switebme-n have not, however, returned to work and switching Is delayed at times because of the inexperienced m n w ho have been secured in large measure to take the place of the strikers . A feature of the strike which has not been general in previous strikes in the region s that the strikers are not idle. Most of the men have obtained work in some of the industries of the region ami assert that they w ill not return to switching until their riom;. .'is are met. The railroads are also firm in their stand and apparently the- switching personnel ,,f the t,Iumet district will be entirely different vvh n the strik. has finally blown over. WASHINGTON. Apr ! A peace resolution drafted by- Senator Knox has been working for ten days expected to he reported favorably to the Senate this week by- the senate for- j eien relations committee. The resolution on which Senator Knox has bee nworking for ten days will embody the principal features of the one reported by him from the committee on Dec. 20 last, and that passed : eccutlj by the house.

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in i.i.n ri (TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL) ItOSTON, April 27 Vigorous demands ,for Immediate action on wage requests were embodied today in a telegram tr the railroad labor board by representatives of 40,000 New- Kngland rail and st amidiip chrks. The message stated that continued delay in dealing with the wage demands might bad to "substantial interruptions" of traffic. ItlLIKTIV I INTERNATIONAL NEWS E ER"IC E ) LOS A NO KL KS, CAl... April 27 Kleve n i. V . V . members pleaded guilty, to charges of violating the criminal syndicalism act in fiupremt' Judge Willis' court today and will .be sentenced tomorrow. It was understood that they will he given suspended sentences. The charges, against three others wt re dismissed, on motion of the district a t torney . IU M F.TIV t INTERNATIONA L NEWS SERVICE1 niU'AtlO. April L7 The state grand jury drove a clenched fist at "outlaw" labor strike tactics today w hen it returned a blanket indictment to Chief Justice Kobort K. Crowe. In the criminal court, naming ten e.fficials and members of the Chicago Kxpress and Freight Handlers' union for "conspiracy" in sluggings and stench mobms thro wi nss . " HILJKT1V 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl Xi;w YORK. April 7 Announcement was made today that the directors of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation have decided em a quarterly stock dividend of two per cent, subject to ra t ifioat ion by stockholders at. their annual meeting on May If. SWELLED TO 500 GALLONS Cnder the magic of Ben Gould, Federa! prohibition agent, the. original few J barrels of raisin mash found on thefarms of the Fast Himmnid liquor la.v vmlat'- rs early Sunday morn'ng. grew I 1 1 1 1 .-? morning in the rl'y court to over a ') 0 c a H o n ? . The men plead gu'lty and were sentenced according to the extent of their illegal operations. George ban was fined $1,10 and sentenced te- ;n das in the coutity jail for havrng in h's posse ssion a s'.H- Mike pii,,-. not t!0 days and J2S0 for having in his possession several gallons or mash and a sii-l in I operation. .T hn Keinnte was sentenced to fiO days in the county jail and received a fine of $230. Approximately 50" gallons of mash and a still were found on his premises, a'-cotding te. f dral i"e ra t i vcf . CAR OVERTURNS; THREE ARE HURT Three wl! known boys B rdzc! Howell, nrv'rig Myer and Forest Granger, were quite badly injured lat night when the automobile in which they were riding, overturned. The Howe! boy had inv'ted the othev boys to ride home with him and they had accepted. Forrest Granger bad i limbed in the ear and Ktving Myer was standin son the running board. When runninir at a good rate of speed they trb-d to turn the corner at Harrison and lwis street. the car skidded and turned over, bury ins Ervmg under it . The box- were all able fr, go home., wheie they were given medical attention and it Is not thought their n.iuries will prove serious. T TO LEAVE HAMMOND Dr. and Mrs. T. "W. Ohtrlin. who have been sojourning at Martinsville for two xeoeks and later isited Mansfield, o.. I ela t i vos. are returned to Hammond and will reside at the I.yndora until their new home is completed. Speaking about the report which had gained circulation that he was to leave Hammond and reside in Mansfield. Dr. Oberlm said: "Nothing to it. I've been pinct icing medicine too many ycar in Hammond to live elsewhere" MORE MEN ARE BACK AT WORK ' tNTFRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) CHICAGO. April 26 Chicago railroads rtportd further increases m the number of cars handled and switchmen emvloyed in a statement given out by the General Managers Association today. Striking switchmen declared reports of the business being handled were over-estimated and reiterated their intention of staying out until their wage deruarids had been met.

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Irs. Herbert C. Hoover (l new photograph). Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover, wife of the former TJ. S. food administrator, does not approve of her husband being: a presidential candidate. She made this statement in unequivocal terms at a recent luncheon at Bryn Mawr coilesre, after she had been introduced to the president of the Bryn M?wr Hoover club. mm loses LIQUOR SUPPLY; CAFE MEN HELD Two Burnham saloonkeepers, arrested in early nmrn'tig raids by sixty pfohibition agents from Maj. A. V. Ualyrmple's office, a ded by C. S. Marshals from Indiana, xvcie held in $2.Ooo bonds each on charges of selling liquor hx United States Commissioner Lewis F. Mason ;.;-t":'day afternoon in Chicago. They are James r'oonpo. proprietor of the Burnham Bay Inn. and William Reynolds, proprietor of the Coney Issand Cafe. Several employes of the two places were helel hi smaller bonds. The federal atents xx-ere divided int to four croups of fifteen men each. While two groups swooped flown on t'ostello's and Reynold's places, the others raided the Burnham Inn. conducted by Ralph Hitchcock, and the Auto Inn at Gbn Oik. run by George "Weaver . A number of small bottles of whiskey, containing enough for one drink and priced at. i each, were found in the Burnham Inn. Twenty gallons of liquor were found -n other parts of th" premises. GERMAN FNANCE MINISTER WARNS Br FRANK X. MASON. rSTAFF CCPRESPONCENT I N SERVICEl BERLIN. April 27. Warning that the government is threatem-d with a financial breakdown was given the natiemal assembly today- by H'Tf Wn th. flic minister of- finance. 'Government appropriations to maintain present prices of food.'' he declared, "ares greater' than the total xalue of our h:;rv. st in peoi e time, "We face a deficit of one b'llmn marks (normally $2 j0. oon.ooo 1 in our postal service, find a deio-it of twelve billions i normally :;.oeo.(iii(i.oii0 ) ,,n our railroads." fb-rr Wir'.h complained that the cost of allied military occupation 1- wry high and demanded an early fixation of the reparations which Germany will he called upon to p-iy the allies. BOARD DENIES REHEARING PLEAS t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ! WASHINGTON. April 27. Tho railroad labor hoard today denied petitions for lnuned.ste hearing for the "outlaw" strikers of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and for ihe Chicigo Kxpnss and Freight Handlers Association. Chairman Barton also announced that the board will lako under consideration tho question of whether the short line railroads shall be given separate hearings or shall bo represented by the committee of the- larger carriers. Representatives of the "outlaws'" Ftatrd that R'S.ooO workers have pooled their interests and that Hie fight for ;t hearing will be oarrovj e.n. I H. MUNDT IS FOUND GUILTY Herman Murclt. a w-' I known Hammond yont.g man. in the Like- Criminal Court a! Crown Point, yc-'terday was f.ind gui'iy of viola t 'tig the state liquor law. by -Jtieiirc Martin Smith. Mundt was sentenced to 1 io 14 years in the slate prison, fined $23 and disfranchised for three years. The prison sentence was suspended dur'ng his good behavior.

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TljTATES Eyes of G.O.P. are Directed Today to Ohio and Hew Jersey. BT-tni,!,IAM PHILIP SIMMS I STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N SERVICE: "WASHINGTON. April 27 Massac'. usetts. New Jersey and Ohio today hole state wide presidential preference prt maries and a fourth state, Washingt i at a conx'ention. will select its deiega tes to the national caucus at Chicago A total of 125 delegates will be named St'KMI Of HITTF.lt STIU fitVLK The New Jersey and Ohio primariei are being watched from political heaelquarters in the capital with particulai interest. Considerable significance is attached by the republicans to thoutcome in these two states, the scene of a bitter factional struggle. In Ohio the main context 1s between Senator Warren c, . Harding and Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, a "fax-orite son'' and an outsider, xxho refused to recognize the old tradition of leaving "favorite sans" and ti'eir states severely alone, but who pitched and made a. hammer and tongs fight of it. IIFAHMMIIVT tl.AIVST WOOD Considerable resentment is expressed in certain circles against the action of (Jen. Weod irf invading Ohio, but it is admitted that while Senator Harding probably will get a good majority the general will very probably carry off second honors, w hich is all his back, era xvanted for him. In the event the votes of the Ohio delegation at Chicago switch over from Harding, the "Wood crowd want to be second choice. Another phase of the Ohio primaries being watched from the capital Is the comparative standing of Senator Htrani Johnson and Herbert Hoover. At Grips in New Jersey TRENTON. X. J., April 27 The "Wood and Johnson forces came te grips in New Jersey today In the republican preferential primary witii both sides claiming victory. Only the names of Gen. Wood and Senator Johnson appeared on the ballots. Voters, however .have the prix--ilege of writing in the names of other candidates If they desire. No democratic names appeared on the ballots. The principal fight centered about the selection of New Jersey's "Big Four'' for which there, are eight candidates. Four of these candidates are pledged fo Gen. "Wood, two to Senator Johnson ami two are pledged to vote for whoever wins the primary. A total of 28 delegates and IS Rt. ternates will he chosen. It will be late tonight or early tomorrow befoi definite figures can be obtained. Poindexter to Get Delegation BELLING HAM, WASH.. Aprl 57 The republican state convention convened here this morning to name its 14 delegates to go to Chicago. That poindexter will receive the tupport of the delegation Is almost an assure fact but considerable attaches as fo whom the "dark horse" will be. Second choice feeling runs high for Wood with Hoover some distance in the rear, and Johnson apparently far in the rear. BANDITS KILL BANK L DURING BOLD ROBBERY f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl SANDY SPRINGS. ML)., April 27 Armed with shot guns, a posse todaywas hunting for seven unmasked bandits who swooped down on the First. National Bank here late yesterday, shot and killed one of the directors, locked four men and a woman in the vault and made away with 5,000 It, cash and $24 000 in bonds. Frank M . Hollnwell, a director of the bank, was shot dead when he rose from his chair as the bandits entered the bank. Five other persons in th bank were ordered into the vaults and the doors locked and it was not until nearly half and hour later that the rob bery was discovered. The bandits drove up to the bank in an automobile. Twenty thousand dollars reward for the capture of the bandits has been offered by state and county authorit ies . PARIS FACES GENERAL STRIKE f INTER NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 PARIS, April 21. With a general twenty-four hour strike in all industries t-nd genera cessation of business scheduled for May 1. France today was faced with a possibility that the strike may extend beyond the usual May Day demonstration. The railroad workers are insisting that the strike on the railways be continued after May 1. They are opposed in this by the Federation of l-abor. The. miners have decided to continue their strike until their demands have been met. The printers announce they will go out on strike May 1.

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