Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 277, Hammond, Lake County, 11 May 1920 — Page 1

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LSI AS 10 PATE OF CARRANZA Mexican Rebels Expect to Establish a Provisional Government Within the Next Few Days. . 8.r BILLKTIV t1NTENT10NAL NEWS SERVtCEl WASHINGTON.' Mny 11 President WUtoi today railed a cabinet meeting for 3 o'clock this afternoon. It 1 understood that there will be a fall discussion of the Mfilran situation The question of recognition of a de facto (tirrnmril In Mexico may be taken up. BVILETIN rNTEKATIONAt NEWS SERVICE1 AN ANTOMO. TFi, May tl Fwds of the national treasury were selr.ed, f.en. Caadldo Aguilar. t nrronta a in-law waa Killed in battle and der Secretary of the Treasury Manael Amaya and K.lnterto Avilln. a trusted t'arranca llentenant, who were In rhartve of the treasury fond. w-re executed when t.en. Juan Merino, vrllo waa In command of some of the troops trains convoying: President nrransa nnd his government from the city of Meslro to era Croi revolted nt ltnba. A rr ( nil, aerordlne; to Information a-lven ont today at Ohrf goniiln headquarters here BCLIETIX IN1E-NATIONAL NEWS SE"V!CE1 EL PASO, TEA.. May 11 The fate of President t'aransa waa in doubt early today. Rebel headqaartera here rlalm they have received reports ronllrmins: earlier news statins; be had been captured nt Aplaaeo, In Pucbla, bnt another report, from rrm Cms, states that the fallen Meviean -aecutlve managed to break throoa;l the rebel lines there and Is msking a last desperate stand at a point tweaty miles from A era I rih with revolutionary forces nrr tieas. Trevlno and Benjamin Hill preparing to attack the 4J(0 loyal troops who are defending him, INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. May 11 The establishment of a previsional government by the Mexican rebels is cxpectM within a few days, according to the aefnoy of the revolution here. liov. De la Huerta. of Sonera. ti looked upon here as the mo.--t likely candidate for the office of provisional president. - Recognition of the C. S. will not be sought by the de . facto government, according to the revolutionary agency for it is belieeri that tins win ome in the natural course of events. Conflicting reports were received here as to the exact whereabouts of Fre-sident Carranza. but officials of tne evolutionary acnt-y gave little credence to the report that Carran'.si nad escaped antl w a3 again on hia-.ay to Vera Cruz.. All report.' received here indicate that the Mexican leaders is In the hands of rehels and will be taken to Mexico City, probably to be allowed to leave tlr country after it has "been ascertained that the treasury has not hern depleted. The revolutionary agency here today maintained that the success of the rvo!ntion is assured. Incomplete reports showed that only the states of Yucatan, Campeche and Chipas are still to declare in favcr of the revolution The administration Is proceeding with the utmost caution and with the 'iispatch of the Oklahoma to KfiWest today and with the presence of severa! destroyers along both coasts or Mexico it is believed here that the safety of Americans in Mexico is assured. All official reports which have '.'fn received thus far indicate that the revolutionists are maintaining order and that there have been no untoward events which would tunicate that American lives are jeopardized. The fall of Mazatlan on the West -ast of Mexico to Gen. Flores has been reported here, but the reports 1 v not speak of any battle in conneci"n with the capitulation of the city. The absence of news of a battle at Mazatlan was encouraging- to officials here for it had been feared that with a concentration of Americans in and around Maratlan, an outbreak might (cur there. GAS PRICES GO A-KITING TODAY 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) NEW YoRK May 11. Coincident with the announcement by the Standard Oil company of New York of an advance in the price of gasoline, it -vas learned today that John U. Rockefeller is having difficulty recriting a force of employes to care fr his Pocanteco Hiils estate. Low wages is the reason assigned. The price of saline to garages has neen advanced to "0 cents a gallon, an increase cf one and (ne-half cents, making the retail price 34 cents per gallon. The maximum wage paid on the Rockefeller estate at Tarrytown i St per day. It i? reported that about 4nfl men ate needed at Porantc-c-o Hills, Arc you reading The Trues?

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Slips Under Big Truck Is Killed Shocking End Comes to Man at Whiting After Driver Gave Him Ride. rSECLAL TO THE TIMES" "WHITING. Tnd.. May 11. It waa the pitiful fate yesterday of Kred Prucsser. 33 years old. of 9722 Av.tnue L. Chicago. to meet death beneath the wheels of a heavy truck from which he Attempted to alight, while on his way to secure promised work at the Standard Oil Kef.nery. He leaves a widow and two small children. According to the driver of the truck, Edward Ludwig, 2)34 South Halsted street. Chicago, Pruesser accosted him at Indianapolis and Ewing avenues, and asked for a. lift as far as Whiting. Ludwig operates one of the fleet of trucks transporting cement from the Eufflngton plant to Chicago and 'willingly offered the man a ride. At the comer of 12 1st and Sehrage avenue, 'Whiting the driver slower! down to- allow rruesser to ;et off. Witnesses sav the front fender w.is loos-e and as Pruej-scr stepped upon, 'it. preparatory to j leaping to the ground, his foot slipped, bis clothing caugh in the fender and he wa.p hurled tK-nfwth the front left wheel, which pued over his hcii. The man died instantly. The Kwly was removed to the undertaking rx.ns of Andrew L. Baran, 703 i-chrage avenue, and will be sent to Chicago today. ludwig was rele-ased by police of Whii,ing station, who exonerated hira of all blame. SHELL SHOCK VICTIM CREATES DIVERSION Unfortunate ex-Service Man ! Taken In Custody by Hammond Police. A big. strapping fellow, straight asj an arrow, and w ith sharp black ej es. clad in the outfit of a Rritish soldier was taJcen into custody at noon today by lMice of Hammond Central station. He was booked on a charge of iasanity. He stood at the corner of State and Hohman street, ha.ranruing first the street cars, which seemed to meet the J approval of his auditors, and then switched to more personal topic.-, relative to his service in the trenches during the most gruelling years of the war. His left ear hid been shot away. He is a victim of shell-shock. He said his home was in Seattle but gave a local address at 473 Kenwood avenue. He said his name is Sabn Karanabish, a Serbian. Hiss Filth Tatterson, in charge of the Hammond Red Cross, will attempt to locate the derelict's home and friends. HORSE STUMBLED; HE BEATS WIFE HOME . "A woman, a dog. an.1 a walnut tree. The harder- you beat 'em the better they be."' r.ut the argument of the rhyme failed to convince Judge Klotz in the city court snd Frank Droos. S3 Cameron avenue, was fined $110 and sentenced to 1:; days on the penal farm for assault and battery. The wife of Dross testified that he had beaten her almost daily for the past seven years. She could stand it no longer, she said, w hoii he lashed her unmercifully yesterday as the hor"e whi. h rhe was leading while- the husband gxii.icd a plow stumbled and oerthrew the plow. She appeared at the police station and a w arrant for Dross'' arrest- was sworn out immediately. The woman -was afraid to go home fearing hef husband would arain beat her. so two officers were sent with her. When her husband was sentenced and two court officers attempted to take him from the court room the woman fell to the floor in a swoon. An infant in her arms escaped injury, the mother holding it above her as jhe fell. The case was one of the most brutal which Judge Klota has had occasion to hear. "I will have no leniency for wifebeaters," said the judge in pronouncing sentence on Dross. WHERE'S YOUR DOG LICENSE? Wholesale summons will be issued after May 15 fc-r the appearance in court of all persons who have neglected to take out dog licenses which became due May 1. it was announced today. The police will no longer merely urge do-g owners to secure licenses but will prosecute in every instance where persons refuse to obey the law. PRODUCTION IS CURTAILED According to information, sericrjs curtailment of production in the Gary niills is evident as a result of tre" car shf-rtase. As a. result of the car fa mine, the mines are unable to fill coal orders and the coal shortage is seri ously affecting the departments.

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Allies Will Seek U. S. Advice on Spa Conference

BY EAR LF, C( REEVES FSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SEftVICEl LONDON, May 11 The. advice of the U. S. will be sought by the allies on the future policies toward Russia and Germany before the forthcoming conference at Spa makes any definite decisions, it was learned from an authoritative source today. All of the vital peace issues involving Germany will be threshed out when the allied statesmen meet the German envoys in Spa late this month. It is probable that some of the allied decisions, notably the future attitude of the allies towards Russia may be announced before the conference opens. It is understood that Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambassador to the U. S., has been instructed to discuss fully the Rutsian situation with the American state department. France already has handed to the German .government a full litt of the allied claims under the treaty of Versailles, and they will be pressed vigorously. MAYOR WALTER SCHRAGE SEEKS DELEGATESHIP Visits Rensselaer Yesterday In Interest of His Candidacy. RENSSELAER. IND., May 11 Mayor Walter Sehrage, of Whiting, candidate for delegate to the national republican convention to be held in Chicago on. June ?. waj in Rensselaer yesterday in the interest of his candidacy.

Mr. Schrase was accompanied by tiar- months will be down town again one encc P. Fate, of Crow n Point, formerly I nf these days if 'the w eather warms of this city and a strong booster rorlup a ijtUe. He managed to get out the Whiting man. and vote last weefc. In commenting up"n Mr. Schrage's , . . . " candidacy, Mr. FaK' states that .- he! GRADrXG Is being1 .done andtrae.k is strongly endorsed by the voters! are being laid on th site of the new of. Lake county, that his political j railway car equipment factory east of record is above renroaci an. mat! the Malleable Iron Works on Summer he has always had the interest? of'--treet.

his party at heart. Mr Schratre states that this disfHct -a-m he entitled to two delegates That he Vie nermifteri to rrnresent i tie northern section He nledires himself to support th wishes of the people of this district tf elected. Mayor Sehrage will remain h'-re until Tuesday cening and will meet the 1 republican politicians of the tenm con- ' gressional district w ho will meet here j for the purpose of selecting a chair- j man for the. district, and otherwise completing the organization for the coming campaign. It is expected that the chairman of each county of tn district will be present and upon them devolves the selection of he district chairman . SEYMOUR WAS LEGLESS BUT PERFUME FIEND Young Chicago Woman Makes Strange Complaint Against Husband. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. May 11. After charging that her legiess former husband usi "hypnotic perfume" to overpower and kidnap her, Mrs. Helen O'Leary Semour, youthful and pretty, disappeared today and her alleged aromatic exspousc'was lodged in a cell charged with adbuction. Eugene Udward Seymour, th human atomizer end reported exuder of occult odors, wa brn without legs and navigates on a pair of stilts. He is many ears Helen's senior. Nevertheless he persuaded her to marry him two years ago after teaching her how to play the saxophone. They separated after a month. Last Saturday Helen appeared at a police station and asked for a warrant charging him with kidnapping. "I was standing on a street corner when I suddenly detected the sweet, heavy oriental perfume with which my former husband sprays himself," she said. "Turning around I saw him standing before the open door of a taxicab. Then that sickening perfume filled my lungs. Even thing seemed to reel about Me. I lost consciousness. "The next morning I woke up in a hotel in Milwaukee to find my former husband sleeping beside me. I bad no money, but I found $87 in bills beneath my pillow. I took this and made my escape back to Chicago." After hearing the young woman's story the police isdised her to take out a warrant before a judge. But she suddenly vanished, and early today Seymour was arrested and a search started for her. He denied all knowledge as to her whereabouts. "I don't know what she means by 'hjpnotic perfume.'" he said. "I know what hypnotism is. having travelled in India, but don't know how to use it. I did not mesmerize her into going to Milwaukee she went there with me by appointment and then i-kipped out with my JS7." . .u Oslo ne s: that money can buy and effort can furnish

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rremier Millcrand, of France, is scheduled to arrive at Folkestone on Friday for a long conference with Premier Lloyd George. It i believed that the foundation stones of a final settlement onGerman affairs will be laid. On the following Monday the French and German delegates will meet in Faris to discuss the economic position of Germany and the allies plans for the reconstruction ot the devastated regions. After the Paris conference the delegates will adjourn to Spa where recommendations will be. presented by both sides as a basis for deliberations on the various questions. Roughly grouped the questions arc: 1 Disarmament. 2 Economic relief. 3 Guarantees by Germany for the complete execution of the treaty. 4 The allies "final claims." The Polish victories over the Bolsheviki probably will exert influence on the allies' decision regarding Russia. DID YOU HEAR THAT GARFIELD LODGE is preparing to put on an unusual initiation stunt at the meeting Friday evening. IN" spite of the backward season, the crop of violets on the sunny side of ihe sand ridges seem! to be as beay as ever this year. NOW that the primary battle Is over, Eric Lund figure that bis reconstruction period will be shorter and) less expensive than any other candidate's. THE Rotarians met this nouu i the Country Club for their weekly luncheon and are looking for a down town meeting place. ATTORNEY who has been HENRY housed CLEVELAND up for five CHAIRMAN" JHON HUCHEL of the I Hammond Country Club's entertainI bcrs rs have evidently forgotten the stag party weanesaay nignr. lew em 10 J bo thire sure or lhe"n be sa s John. ROTH rooms of the Hammond court . , , . i.. . , adjourned at noon today and, there will be nothing doing in legal affairs until after the smoke of the Indianapolis convention blows away. Then tilings will hum until the Chicago convention comes along. SEVERAL Hammond republicans, confused by the fact that the meeting plane had been changed, got into the wrong hall Saturday at Crdwn Point and came pretty near helping the democrats organize for their campaign before they realized their mistake. ALDERMAN PAT REILLT appeared before the Board of Works yesterday and asked that the street car company be requested to level up the rail joints in its tracks in the south part of town. South Hohman street residents, he said, are complaining because the jarring of passing car-, shakes the plaster loose from the ceilings of their homes . CANTON HAMMOND 55, the newly organized Patriarch Militant Eranch of the I. O. O. F. will hold its regular meeting tonight at I. O. O. F. hall on State street. The contract will be let for new uniforms. All members are urged to be present the only opportunity to inspect sample uniforms will be afforded night . as the toWHITING LAD SKATES INTO AUTO (SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING, IND., May 11 Edward Meissner, aged 8 years, 5'4 Clark St.. bought a new pair of roller skates yesterday and while he was rolling home he ran into an automobile driven by I'.en Spivak. 244 LaPorte avenue, which emerged from an alley so unexpetedly hat Edward couldn't stop his new skates. The fender tossed the boy to one side. He was taken to the office of Dr. Ueorge H. Hoskins. and later to his home. His injuries were pronounced not serious According to witnesses the automobile signalled loudly before coming out of an alley, paralleling Fischrupp avenue and which runs into New York avenue. The boy. skating south on New York avenue, failed to hear the klaxon and skated directly into the machine. The auto was stopped almost immediately. MONTH STRIKE IS ENDED Normal conditions in building was renewed at South Bend yesterday when I i a strike or employes in tne building trades, which ha? been in effect there for the last four weeks, was settled t' day by agreement. The employers have granted the tm-pk-yes an increase cents an hour, but have won their fight for an open stiop

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He Is Very Sorry Now, Why Not? Chicago Man Will Be More Cautious on Next Hammond Trip. Why Not? John Wfeynott, that's what he asknd, too, when he was arrested, was picked up this morning by MotoTcyclejnan Warner of Hammond Cenj-al police station, on a charge of driving a truck over Hammond's only boulevard Calumet avenue. In the city court Whynott waa arraigned today. We want to take good care of our Roul CaJ," said the judge, "Why not-" Warner brushed away a hasty tear as he bethought the heavy truck bowling along Hammond's pride and joy, "Why not make him realize his terrible act?" asked Warner. "Ten dollars," said tho judge, "why not?" , Whynott rode to his home, 2314 Van Buren street, Chicago, poorer but wiser. 5EKNEWS FLASHES BTILLITtN tlNTEBNTIONL NEWS SfWVlCEl NEW YORK, May 1 1. The White Sox were given a taste of the poency of Babe Ruth's hat in the first game of the seriejs with the Yanks her0 this afternoon, whe.n the big slugger hit a home run in the first inning, with Wally Pirp on first base. BTJIOiXTXH (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SESV1CE1 DBS MOI.VKS, la. Bishop Edwin E. Hughes in an address before th II. E. conference, declared that the only hope for settling unrest in the V. S. is the application of Gospel principles to economic conditions. BTjivirrrw , t INTERN At tON At NEWS SERVICE NEW YOilK, May 11. The conservative element of the Socialist, party won a decisive ictory in the national convention here this afternoon by voting , down overwhelmingly all proposals endorsing revolutionary tactics and dictatorship of the. proletariat. BTTLLETTR f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl EVANVILLE. Ind., May 11. Edgar Schmitt, chief of police. Captain of Policei Andrew Kriedlc. and three city detectives were arrested today in the government's round-up of members of an alleged "whisky ring" indicted by a federal grand jury. Several prominent city md county off! oials remain to be arrested, it is understood. Eighty men were indicted, most of them being already arrested and freed on bond. SQUABBLE OVER WHO SHALL PAY Agitated property owners of South Hohman street are battling hard to'convince the boardi of public works that the cily should assume the burden of cost for smoothing the caverns in the thoroughfare between Douglas and Caroll streets. "We won't pay. we won't pay," they chanted 30 strong at a meeting of the board yesterday afternoon. "Let the city pay let the city repair the holes. A little cement and some top dressing and everything will be fine. Hohman street doesn't need to be entirely repaved. We won't pay " It takes a lot of time to impress the boflrd and so in the future the property ow ners will be 'represented by Messrs. Bauer, Roth, Schwab. Kleihege and Dr. Ostrowskl. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday afternoon. May 17. It will be a Fhow down and either the propertyowners will win or they won't. "Hohman street must be made fit for traffic. We've got to decide next week because; the work must be done," said a member of the board. All pros and cons are urged to remember the day and lend their aid. W. HAMMOND'S SLEEP IS BROKEN West Hammond ? quiet-ude was-dis-tui'bed at midnight last night by the sounds of shots and shouting which lead people several blocks away to believe that a murder had been committed. It was all a mistake. Pi-lice officers saw a man loitering at the corner of 153rd street and Lintoln avenue and not liking his actions approached for an investigation. The man, who later claimed he was waiting for his daughter, supposed the cops were hc-ldup men and started to run. The officers gave chase and fired in the air to -scare him into stopping but he only ran faster. At last he reached him home where the whole thing was explained when the officers arrived shortly afterward. JOHN R. SMITH IS ARRESTED 'John R- Smith. 460 Michigan avenue, was arrested yesterday by Special Agents Chief 'Ben Strong of the I. H. E. and Lieut. Johnson and B. Jergens of the Nickel Plate. He is charged with grand larceny. Detective hope to link him with tbe recent whe-lesale theft of sugar and t.res from Nickel Plate freight cars. Other arrests are promised. The identity of some of the alleged thieves and those implicated with them will furnish st senume sennit ion. say police ( f fH'ii'.S. Smith was - released on bonds of u.ooa

PLANTS GET THEIR QUOTAS VERY QU CKLY All indications this morning pointed to a generous response, which Hammond will make this week for the Salvation Army. Throughout the United States, friends of the Salvation Army are at work raising a ten million dollar fund for hom; service, and Hammond is raising seven thousand dollars of this amount witlrj the assurance that most of it will be ! spent right at home, City Chairman Howard J. Gescheidler, this morning had reports to the effect J that the Lion Store, the Central Lumber j Ac Mill companV the Pa:ge Jones Chem- j ical company and the Xorthern States Life Insurance company have already i completed their quota- Inquiry at the I Simplex, at the American Maize Products company, at the F. S, Betz company, the Beatty, the Champion, the Standard Steel Car company and other plants and industries brought the answer that the Salvation Army cause is being strongly boosted in the respective rlants. Any other drive probably would be a failure at this time, but opinion is unanimous that the friends of the Salvation Army are justified in going before the people to ask Tor a small support of the big cause which the Salvation Ormy represents. All the average citizen ever fes of the Salvation Army is the group of preachers and singers at some street corner. The aveimge citizen has no occasion to step into a lower strata of humanity. If he would do so occasionally he would se the Salvation Ormy serving humanity along 14 practical points, to wit: v Relief for needy families, prison relief for families of prisoners, fresh air camps cad outings for children, homes for children, general social welfare work, free medical dispensaries, women's hotels, maternity hospitals, bureau for locating missing persons. ipdustrisl homes, "angels of the slums" in cities, oorps halls as rest rooms for strangers, free nursing service, household aid. LAKE GO. FOLK IN A WRECK Dozens of Gary people reached home several hours late from Chicago yesterday evening as a result of a wre;k on the Lake Shore near 18th street in Chie cago. With traiTic blocked for several hours, trains over the Lake Shore were routed through Pullman. Lives of over 100 passengers were endangered, many of them Indiana Harbor, Robertsdale, Whiting and Gary peo pie. when the train left the tracks near ltith street and bounded along the ties. When the engine rolled over on its side it brought the balance of the train to a halt. Passenger coaches were partly wrecked and thrown from the tracks, but remained right side up. The platforms were demolished and telescoped and it was found necessary to remove the passengers through the windows. It was nearly three hours before the tracks were cleared and traffic resumed. It is said that the wreck was caused by he temporary removal of a rail by section men and they failed to Bag the train in time for them to stop. WHITING MAN SELLS LYRIC THEATRE LEASE WHITING. IND., May 11 A. J. Obreshk, owner and operator of the Star theater, announced here today th. he has disp.osed of his lease on the Lyric theater, at 1128 Broadway, Gary, and contemplates improvements in his Whiting holdings which will, make it one of the finest cinema palaces in the Calumet region. The Lyric theater contains 650 seats and is one of the best equipped in Gary. The lease, which has still 6'i years to run, was purchased by Arthur Hall, of Lansing. Michigan, who makes his bow in Gary theatrical circles today. The consideration for the lease is said to have been J8J00. Mr. Obreshk will retain his Venus theater, 1070 Broadway, Gary. It has a seating capacity of 400. Immediate plans for the Star theater in Whiting, call for new seats, improved screen and projecting machines; and the addition of a first class orchestra. INTERRED IN GARY CEMETERY The funeral of Mrs. Nicholas Lynch, of 44-; Sibley street. Hammond, who d-.ed Sunday evening at St. Margaret's hospital following an operation, will be held Friday morning at S o'clock from All .Saints' church. Interment will be held in Calvary cemetery, Gary, in charge of Undertaker Burns. Mrs. Lynch was a member of the Rc-sary society and the L. C. B. A- of All Saints church. HARRY ARNOLD RESIGNS POST. The first desertion of the ranks of the newly elected Democratic county Central committee t-jok place yesterday when Harry L. Arnold, president of the Gary Trust & Savings Bank, declared that he could not accept th office of treasurer with which he haj been honored, due to the press of priate business in justice to Mr. Arnold, he whs nt present at the Crown Point gathering which earned him.

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Men Hunt $10 Per Diem Jobs And Won't Work on The Farms. GAUY SCREW A.D BOLT COMPAMT Chicago, HI . May 11, 19-0 Bninea Manager, LaVe County Times, mj Hammond, Indlaaa, Ienr Mrt It taiu oecnrred to me that aomethini; rootd lie done with the Idle labor that la at present drifting, aboot the country. A Paymaster of the fiary Sere 4c Bolt Company, we cannot use all the men that present lbcmselvrm, looking for jobs. .As the farmers are badly handles pped for want nf help, I thought that perhaps some of tbe Industries roil Id co-operate with you in niacins a part at leant of thin idle labor on fnrms nhere they would be of benefit to themselves and the community Mr. rott. of tbe Tribune, intrestcd writing to you as the oat who would best be able to take ear of this proposition. If it seems Rood to you and anything rould lie done, I nould like to hear from you, ionri very truly, UAII1 M RKW & BOI.T CO , Jt. M. MCACTKV, , Paymaster. LOOK 0" THIS PKTIRE Hundreds of men out of Jobs daily besieging factories in the Calumet region for Jobs paying them n dollar an hour -ihlch they can't get THEN LOOK ON THIS ' Hundred of Jobs offered farmers In rtrunty nt rood wssres with good board whlel the tdle men can get but scorn. An acute food shortage, with prj. pects of starvation is the gloomy 'picture which faces the people ..f the ' Central states unless something is done at once to get help to the farmers so that this year's crops will ltnt fall far below normal. ifuch is the conclusion reached after summing up the investigations which have been made by Schrumm Bros., in Indiana and neighboring states. OM.V KOK OW (O5rMPT10 The firm which studies farru conditions closely in Indiana, Illinois and Mirhigan has just finished a tour ef the:? states and the alarming statement is made that approximately ninety per cent of the farmers in the districts visited are planning to plant only such crops this year as they can tend themselves without having to depend upon outside labor. In brisf, th-y will raise little more than tney will neel for their Own consumption, r'nMS STRIPPED OK LABOR. Farms have been practically stripped of the labor which was so plentiful several years ago at the wages offered them. The high wages Paid by the factories in the cities during the war drew heavily upon the farm labor "supply and after the war the influx to the city continued in spite of the- fact that there were already enough men there to supply the needs , of the industries. ; Today in the Calumet region there are hundreds of men floating from one factory to another, never- work ing more than a few days at any os place. They generally belong to the common labor class ar"3 among them ate many young men of farm training who were drawn to the cities by the high wages only to find that they had no trade. HI DRKDS OIT OF WORK Kach morning the factory gates ar surrounded by crowds of idle men seeking jobs. At several of the plants it is no uncommon thing to see from. 300 to TOO men in one morning. The plant which pays the highest gf.to common labor is the one which has the largest crowd. Only a few car hope to be hired but some are always successful and all plants have a heavy labor turnover. The idea of $1 an hour seems to have obsessed all of them for that seems to be 'the goal all are seeking. For a while seventy-five cents drew the crowds but where men care for only a few days work a week this does -nv furnish them enough money. .HencJ the desire for $1. it is said. OITI.OOK 1 GLOOMY Out on the farms of Lake county the. outlook is gloomy. Farmers are in despair. The planting season is being delayed by adverse weather and when conditions are suitable the amount of work which can be done is limited becausa of the labor shortage. County Agent V. A. Place of Crown Point is appealed to daily by farmers who want help and are willing to pay good wages. Occasionally he is abie to place men with them, but of late such instances are rare. "I have calls every day for either married or singio men." said Mr. Place thia mornins. "Right now I think I could easily use a hundred farm hands and wneu farmers found the demand could be met we could place many more." ".NOTHING BIT TROIBLK" It is a significant fact that many of the men employed as switchmen before tbe recent strike have found themselves places on farms. The majority of them, however, sought jobs in the factories. "I'm tired of this kind of a life," said one member of the Hammond local, "nothing but trouble of some kind all the time here in town. I had my own property here and some money saved up so I jut traded for a little place up in Michigan and I'm going to settle down there." ANNOYS CHILDREN. Charged with annoying young children. Julian Garcia, 30 years old, a Spaniard residing at I 4 1 S Washington reet in Giry. w;is arre.ti at th'

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