Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 286, Hammond, Lake County, 21 May 1920 — Page 1

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THE FIRST BALL THE WEATHER. WOOD WILL FOR IS DI AIT A. Generally al tonight and Saturday little change la temperature. Oa atreete amd im-tttadi. Cj !ax cosy, SillnrM tor earxlsi t Ukmatvid waa. West Kumai CC VOL. XIV, NO. 286. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1920. HAMMOND, INDIANA V '33 ill 111

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Price of Sugar Hakes Their Products Almost Prohibitive In Price. nn.i.KTiv MNTTRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WSHlGTO, May I'rleen noired daring April, according to a Matemeat isaurd today ly the hurrau of laher atatiMies. A general advance of nearly 4 3-4 per rent in the -wholesale prlee of important I'omitioiJUIri heing rrirlxtererf . Kiiel anil lighting materials Increased It per wnl, while there a an ad mire nt S 3-4 per cent In food due to the high prices of misar and potatoes. Lumber and huildingj materialm went up - 1-4 per eent. j lo only one eroup. elwth and elothlag, mm there a net decrease in April as compared with the March price, and i that wan si decrease of lfi than I per j reat due lo a decline in ran -.ilk and I leather. ! f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NKW Yt.MiK. .May i'l With prices 1 f wearintr apparel ami sen era I mc'r- j bandise coming dow n all over tbe j country, the susiar situation was the nly "fly in the economic ointment" to- j lay. and it was indicated from vari- j us sources that the next big drive' would be op. sp'-culuturs in that com- j modity. j vxrriinn aiva"k rkporti:d ) The situation has been aggravated by the further advance of one cent a pound w holesale. brinj;inB suj;ar to the j highest point it ias been in years. Manufacturers of preserves from all I over the country, in convention here, have decided to take drastic action. Faced with sugar prices that would make their manufactured product almost prohibitive in price by the time it reached the consumer, the preserve men today declared they w ubl close their factories before they would bo "srauped" by the nugar speculators. .o fiiniiTAtit: iv sit; tit j "There is no shortage in stcar." said j M. Ulakemore. president of the Nat- j ional Preservers' and Fruit Products j Association. "Speculators have yelled ! chortaKe until they have scared tti,- ; public into paying these outrageous j prices, while all the time they have been . hold ins vast stock for higher and still higher prices. There is more sug-ar this yeatthan ever before. Furthermore the export demand is smaller. "Our members need 1'2".orn tons of sucar for tlm preserving season which is just starting, but w will close our factories unless th speculators cut their piees in half." 85 pioii (tat ! n i:iMUi; rf:i "Kight -li vc per ,-nt i( 'he entire industry is represented by The manufacturers' meeting litre. "Witnesses before the l.usk investigatingcommittee, which is delving into the sugar situation in .'.w Vork STate testified that the Cuban crop -was bought last year for about twelve cents a pound. It has since retailed between and .11 cents a pound. I-ewis W. Mmdford. a prominent su gar broker, testified that atifne r ! tnrougn nine Hands from producer consumer, each taking a profit. to GRAND LODGE NAMES OFFICERS Several of Lake pounty'e lead'rg- Odd 1 "iiowi iook jreminect parts In th Indianapolis meeting this week. Otto A. Beyer, of South Bend, was nominated tor grand muter rrthqut opposition at the closing gesalon today of the eighty-fourth semi-annual meeting of the Grand. Lodge. Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Indiana In the Odd Fellow building-. George K. Hershman, of Crown Point, was nominated for deputy grand master. Election of officers will be held at the November meeting of the Grani Lodge. Nominations for grand warden were:

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K4 H r- Clements. Mt. Vernon

Philip Ziercher, Tell City; George L. Woody, Uussiaville; p. j. Hunter, IaForte; Char'es O. Thomas. Bloomington; E. I. Brandenberger, Hammond; C W. MeRride, Jeffersonville, and K. P. Masters. Hamilton. W. H. Leedy. of Indianapolis, grand secretary was re-nominated for the position ana. his opponents in election will be J. F. Hood, of Mar fn, and H. K. Landis, of Indianapolis. W. A. Morris, of Frankfort, was renominated unopposed for grand treasuerr, H. A. Winterrowd, of Indianapolis, was nominated for grand representative for one year, and Will Erhardt. grand master, was nominated for grand representative for two years. A resolution introduced to change th meetings of the lodge from the semi-annual gatherings to annual ses- 1 sions was voted down during the clos--fng meeting of the grand lodge The assembly also voted down a Tesolution which would have discontinued the work of the supervisor until October 1. Dr. Jacob Goldman, of Kast Chicago, was appointed historian by a resolution adopted. Other business before the loilge was chiefly reports ef committee? The attendance was unusual'y -large for the May meeting, officers said.

Temple Stock Sale Lasts Eight Days a 250 Masons Discuss New Civic Building and Find Big Slice of New Temple Issue is Subscribed.

A!! of th- Muck for the . rod ion 1 lammond's new Masonic Tempi Will ho subscribed within tho iu.m eight d.ivs if plans laid List night at the Tempi.Association b.miiuct so through. It l!'nu I ically nssun-d that the plans mil pi through because the spirit .Mini enthusiasm shown at the. mi'otiti' will stop at no difficulties. Hiatal at the banquet were 2"0 pri'inint citizens of Hammond. Speeches I were made by the masters of two Hue 1mI;.-s, J. W. Morthi.i nd ami Harry M'lrneiiau anil Judge V. S. K-iter and Secretary George Malb-tt. Figures submitted showed that 37D subscriptions itit of iJie M.isonie m- nib, rsli i p of l.ni'U had taken care of $ 1 "n. suy already. The entire stock issue will bo $ I'M '.mm. la-cause if the semi-eivic nature of the new temple, it has bull decided to allow people outside of the lodge lo Bankers Are Skeptical As To Results 1 Have Little Confidence That Price Cutting Will Spread to Other Necessities I CHICAGO. May 2 Leading bankers here regard with approval the country-wide price-slashing campaign on clothing and other merchandise, but differ on the question id" whether these reductions will spread to other neces

siti.-s and bring about a general drop j legislation, ask. d for a special rub ni.ckin the cost of living. All agreed that, j "' oil; pri ibaiod for cons libra t ion w hile a -lowering of prices wotild do j tomorrow, with tiv hours for debate much to relieve present conditions, the jnd n' amendments m iib r, and then ,t best remedy wou d be a sp ly break- j " it" p.jssae. ing up of the nation's transportation! Uep. lUiin.-v. i,iii,in-,itic lender of th.-

tie-up and the restorati..n of the 1 ail - roads to their old-time efficiency. Conservative consideration was the kev-note of most of the statements niade. ! A price-slashing campaign was in- ! augura'.ed in Davenport. Iowa. M.diun. 111., and Kock Island. 11. today HOUSE VOTES FOR PEACE OY RESOLUTION f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 WASHINGTON. May 21. The bouse this afternoon passed the Knox resolution which would terminate. lh" war with the Central powers. The resolution was passed by the senate, last Saturday and now goes to the president. It is expected that it will be votoel and there is small likelihood of congress being able t pass it ov r the c-t. The resolution wn-- passed by a vote of 22S to 139. Fourteen Icnioerat.s voted for the resolution and two Republicans voted against it. Reps. Kelly ,,f Michigan and Fuller of Massachusetts were the only Rejmblioans to vote agajn.si the resolution. The l-mocrats who voted in favor of the resolution were Caldwell, Carew. Cullon. Ganly. MeKiniry, O'Connell and Mahcr of New York: Hud. dleston of Alabama. Ashbrook of Ohio, F.vans of Nevadc. ial!ivanand Olney of Massachusetts, llamnnll of New Jers- v j t,nd McLine of Pennsylvania. The Knox poace resolution is a substitute for the Porter resolution which the house had previously passed. "The passage of the resolution will require the president to state whether Jl intends to rolnirsuisb. tho extnxordirary wax powers vested in him by congress &s all out former war-time presidents have done .fter the termirtB,Uon of war, or if he intends to remain a diotfctor and use these drastic and obnoxius laws as a weapon to compel the senate to desist from its efforts to Americanize the treaty of peace," Chairman Porter, of the house committee on foreign relations, stated. GRAPHOPHONE FALLS ON A. J. MOXWELL IjOWKLL, Ind., May 21. A serious accident happened here yesterday when A. J. Moxell. manager of the Wilbur Lumber company, was quite badly hurt when he fell from a wagon and a gramophone fell on him. Mr. Moxell was helping to deliver the machine and when near the rail-

tneirroad track his horse became fright

ened and jumped, throwing him out. His injuries are very painful, but are not considered fatal. ANOTHER RESPECTED PIONEER IS GONE CROWN' POINT, Ind.. May 21. Th death of Mrs. Jaccb Pn-b:n., aged 75, a fi-rmer respected Crovn Point lady 10014 place in Chicago yesterday due to heart failure. She moved to Chicago three years ago. Th late Jacob 1 Probst died six years ago and their adopted daughter, Margaret Jansen, leaving two children, preceded her in death. A brother and four sisters survive Mrs. Probst, among them being Mrs. .Ifleoh Young of Hammond and Mr:-. Mary Kims' of Crown Point. The icmains will be brought here f.-r burial, though the arrangements have not yet been completed.

purchase sto.-k. Tt 1- conceded t,, ). an cxccln! tin osi m -iit. as it w ill bear ." per cent interest. The largo auditorium which will comfortably seat 2. "fill will br- us.-d t the og.- only on spoial occasions. ..t. ins it available for public inc lines the greater part of the tune. it i. Hammond's first larjre tneetin- place, a feature the city ha. keenly felt tin- need of fro,uont!y when trying to land con en t ions. Fifteen committees were apixiinted to put I'll tie- subvert pi ion canvass. Thev

are organized to care f.,r different lines! of employment and business find to ! mako the house to bouse c.anrnsses. J l'.v'ery person in Hammond will In siver; an opportunity to become a shar. hdd. r I in tht; association. Iurm the next j .K-ht dis the work w.ll be conduct. d intensivi-ly and reports will be re;.i4Mi from ihe (-..linn, , s at the meeting ilarti.ld I,,,,le. 1'ridiy .veiling. Mac of 2.S. STRIKE A f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 A ASHIMrn t.V. Ma, 1' I . 1 tonus leg t . islation, which w is given a fresh start 1 ! through the house est, rd.n- struck an- I stcrday. ,U"C rub rucU anconim i I - ;Tll snag in th tee today. Chairman Fordnry, of the house ways ai.d moans committie. 111 charge of th ' ' """" ' 1 "-'' ' demanding that tj.e bill b. lift I -pel) tO d i ussmn s, ght writ, that he and into it ,1 tax his colleagues m 011 wir proiiis. The rules count, 1 1 i . e favored the Ford- "'"" !'' "'. but was warned by P.ainey 'hat a fight would follow in the house - rtJ a overrid detertllined efi'i the action of t bo made to the rules committ co. j Indications today are that the bonus j bill will pass the lmuvo tomorrow, but J (hat it will bo permittoii to die in the s iiate, where the opposition to the stock dividend tax is ov.rw helming. DRY AGENTS TRAIL ILLICIT WHISKEY MEN f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO, May 21. Federal prohibition agents today started on tho trail of more members of a "million dollar whiskey ring." disclosed hero late Thursday by government raids in which 1 seven men were arrested and a score of toilers taken Into custody and quest lone,!. The "ring," it Is believed! hv the prohibition agents, constitutes the central organization of Chicago's illicit liquor traffic. Arrests, w hch may involve a numb-r of prominent citizens, are looked for at any moment. It is chnrge.1 bv the government men that tho "ring" leaders were engaged in a huge conspiracy to break the pro hibition law by means of issuing forged! permits to sell whiskey declared to have I been purchased bv the band from disJtilleries atid stored in warehouses here. The alb-gee) "ring" leaders seized were John R. Watson. Herman Strin, William Iaw lor, Joseph niumenneld. I Vivid Klumcnfield, Harry Iing and Alexander Ireenberg. BRITISH WANT PRICES CUT TOO IjOVDON. May Jl. Spurred by the price flashing campaign of American merchants, British labor launched a movement- today to pnri the government into forcing a similar price landslide in this country. The parliamentary committees of the trade union congress, the Labor party and the Cen. sumers Council are urging that a committee te appointed to determine the eau5e of high prices and to reoommend remedies that can be enforced. British newspapers are giving prominent display te- Americap dispatches telling of price cutting. DOWNEY IS HONORED Henry P. Powney of Hammond, the Calumet avc. fuel dealer and contractor, will be one of the Tenth district's delegates to the Democratic national convention at San Francisco. Charles M. Murdock of Lafayette will be the other delegate, while the alternates will be Miss ICdna Stemf of Oxford and William Laly of Valparaiso. IP ANGELES. Cal.. May 31. "William S. Hart, celebrated film star of the Western "Pictures." is suffering from severe injuries today as the result of an argument with a vicicun horse during the filming of a Movie" bruises scene. He has broken ribs. and lacerations. Hart was riding "double" behind another actor in a thrilling chase scene when the limb of a tree struck him n the face, knocking him fr-m the horse. The animal, frightened as Halt dropped riT behind, stru.k out with p-H iron-shod feet and kicked the star 4. ii. , j uneonixnousncsa

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They Hafl $10,000 to Distribute aad Joseph Wl Keen to Undertake the Job. ' The old, old Ksime worked aKain in Indiana Harbor yesterday when Joseph Kubackl. 3114 Cuthrie St.. lost $f97 to two lick stranserp. A few months aco l,j(ii) was lost in the same city in the same way. Kubacki inet the two strangers who told liim that they were looking for some one to distribute llft.iHin to worthy charitable organizations. As a euarantee of tood faith it was explained that a cash bond of JT0O would be required. Kubacki secured the J700 and completed the transaction at the l-ake Front Park where a roll of $10. nan was turned oyer to him. Three $1 bills and a wad of newspaper isn't worth $700 to Kubacki, to he says. STATE C. OF C. Jlenry A. Koberts, former state stal i.-ticiun, who is now a field director of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, is in Hammond in the interest of a drive to raise 13.7(H) which is Lake county's quota of a fund being j raised for use by the state organiza- ) t ion. I The movement lia- the end'rsement j of the Hammond Chamber of Cotn- ! pierce, and President Jes;-ie K. Wilson. J has appointed the following- commitI lee to (-..-operate with Mr. Roberts in j raising the quota for thi.- city: Ix-on-ird Knoerzer. C. H. J. Tiiorby, Dr. W. I'. Weis and Morris Iiellplain As the commercial organizations at I Gary and Crown int had no trouble j in taking rare of their rart of the county obligation, the local commit. ; tee predicts that Hammond's quota j will be raised very shortly One i-f the many things accomplished I during the past year was bringing I pressure to bear upon the Interstate .Commerce? Commission, so that Indiana, j a- well as the "Chicago Zone" got jus tice relative to freight rates. In the past the discriminatory freight rates has impeded a cost of over $1,300 a mile for road building alone, in Indiana. Indiana and the Chicago freight zone is willing to pay its just share ot i rates, but the state chamber insists there must not be discrimination against either, as to o-mparison to a number of other states. I 71 to this hour, a dozen or more r manufacturers and other business firms of Hammond have resp.mded to the call, and have done their part by taking membership. in the Indiana Slate Chamber of Commerce. j The committee is confident the ctty's n iota will be raised without much ef. i;; rt. or as soon as the principal busiss interests have been solicited. The ke County Times will publish a. I complete list of sub.-vribers m the fund when the drive Is completed. SISTERS APPEAL TO THE COURTS Absence of 1011a F. Armstrong from the city this morning prevented the hearing of a suit in Room . 2 of the Hammond superior court which would have presented the unusual scene of two invalid sisters appearing on opposite sides of a suit. The case Is that of Kmma S. Punnell against the Mutual Savings & Loan Association and F.lla F. Armstrong. Mrs. Punnell is 4-onflned to her bed and was brought to the court room by ambulance and carried upstairs on a cot. Her sister, according to AttorJ J ' ' ' ' "nr- an invalid n ' T1W at 1 nd ianP"1' ' attending ! A I lin Vt 13 ft t O n r rrt r.ntir.rv Her ab sence held up the trial. Mrs. Runnell says she gave her sister $1,200 to be invested in stock In the Loan Asso., for her and charges that instead of the chare being riaced in her name, the alster had them made out to herself a.nd Mra. Bunnell Jointly. The plaintiff insist that the money used in purchasing the shares belonged solely to her. The sister in a cross complaint declares that she owned half of the money which was received as an inheritance. She also fays that she and Mrs. Runnell were equal partners in the real estate business which hey conduct. For these reasons she claims that shehas a half interest in the shares. The Loan Association is holding alrfof having issued a check for the $1,200 and deposited it with a bank with the instructions to pay it to the one of the sisters which proves ownership. NEW B. R. T. IS STARTED Hammond has new local of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The organization of Local 962 was perfected at a meeting held last night which waa attended by ninety-nine trainmen. Officers will be announced later. The lodge takes the place of Local 731 which was the Hammond branch of the B. of R. T. until the snatch men's strike made it impossible for brotherhood to fulfill its contract with the railroads. The old charter was revoked when members refused fo obey the orders of lodge officials and return (o work. The charter disappeared mysteriously but now that it has no force through action of the grand lodge it has suddenly been found and is being sent to headquarters at Cleveland. See Brown's Big Flour inside page of this issue. Sale ad on o-20-2t Are you reading The Times?

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GARY PLUMBER HAS DISAPPEARED Creditors of Max Meerson Would Like to Know Where He Has Gone Leaving- a lontf list of creditors end his business affairs in a tangled state. Max-Meerson, a resident of Gary for the past ten ears, property owner and operating" the Meerson Plumbing Co., at 116 10. Seventh avenue, is the second (Jary business man to disappear during the past two months. Two months ago. Mathias Revest, president of the Home F.uildinj; Co., left the city leaving behind debt that will run into a $100,00ii. Much of this be borrowed from the foreigners on the South Side. Unlike ltevesz, Meerson to,ok hi.s wife and family and left for parts unknown. It is reported that he left

last Sunday. Although he was owner ot one or ttie leading heating and pluirbing- concerns in the city and believed to be worth thousands of dollars, his business is in a muddled state of affairs. According to information. Meerson disposed of his home for nearly $12.U0O a week ago. He also sold his automobiles early this spring. When Meerson came to Gary he took a position as a janitor and it is said his history would make excellent material for a novel. ."ON TRAIL') OF BALL GAMBLERS I 111 rERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES CHICAGO. May 21 One of the big- , gest detective agencies in the country will get on the trail of gambling at all Major league baseball parks, it was announced here today following a meeting of American and National League officials at which it was decided to bar all gamblers from the ball parks. I The league heads will make every I effort to eliminate the gambling evil j from baseball, it was declared bv Ran j Johnson, president of the Ame rican League, who attended the league with Garry Herrmann, former chairman o: the national committee, and President Stonehnm and Manager John McGraw, of the New Vork Nationals. Carl K. Ta Roche. 1 ft i SiMr y st.. an Krie sw itchman, was arrested last night by Officer King of Hammond Central police station for carrying concealed weapons. Otlicer King suffered an injured foot esirly yosterday when he saved the life of a horse balked on the Hohman st. crossing of the Michigan Central railroad. King managed to get the horse off the tracks just as a flyer swept by. but was injurod when the animal stepxvl on him. He was released from duty for a few days and last night ns he snt in a cigar store on Sibley st. a man rushed in saving that a s-vvitch-nan in the Krie otlices threatened to "crown" a couple "of the guys in the oflicc." King went to the scene of the reportd landing slaughter ajid arrested Roche on whom he found a 'billy" or black-jack. I.a Roche was released on $23 rash bail to appear in the city court May 29. RUSSIA SEEKS U. S. AGREEMENT By r&AlTE MASON. (STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! BERLIN, May 21. Russia, would go to great lengths to enter a full political and economic agreement with, tit United State, it waa declared by M. TcWCchorinv. foreign minister la th soviet government, in a wireless interview with the International News Service today. M. Tchiteherin lays the blame for the present war between Russia and Poland upon the Poles' desire for Russian territory. The statements of the Bolshevik foreign minister were made in reply to a list of questions which were transmitted to Moscow from Berlin by wireless. LEAVE FOR BIG TRACK MEET Al Wiicox. Hammond student at Purdue V, will take care of Hammond's track team after It arrives today. Coach George i Veenker and Cearing, ITimbrough and Stocker, will leave on the Monon 12:30 train today for Turduc, where they will take part tha following day in the all-state track and field meet. Over 200 entrants will take part in the contests and from past work of. his men CoaAh Veenker is confident that Hammond will come out with honors. GRIFFITH. Mat Seberger and sister, south of town, are contemplating entering the employ of the .s5?ociated Paper Products company. The Tcket boys are "nailing" everyone for the program this Friday evening in the tow nhall. The Evanston Trio come highly recommended, they have a varied program that is sure to please everyone. Vocal and- instiu mental music.

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(BTJLLETTIT) TOLKDO, o.. May 21. Four men were killed a.nd at lea-st six hurt in a street fight 'which broke out at the corner of 27th and AnnJn sts. here late this afternoon. An Armeniaji Ix-gnn shooting promiscuously during an argument is said to have started the riot. (BTTUXTOr) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 A ASHL'GTtN. May 21. "Jorge Miller, a liritish subjeot. superintendent of the Alvarado Mining Co. at Parral. CHihua-hua, is being held for $50,000 ransom by Gen. Villa, according to a dispatch to the st.ue department late this afternoon. (BUXXJSTXX) I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! IM'IA.VAII ILLS, I,,,l.. May 21. A priority order for the supplying of coal cars to Indiana immediately was requested jn a telegram sent to the interstate commerce commission today by John IV. McC.irdle of the public service commission. (BTXZtUETOT) I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I "WASHINGTON, May 2 1. The United States had a plan for war with Germany prior to America's entrance into the World War. S.-o-retary Ianids stated today before tho senate sub-oominittee investigating chargca against the conduct of the war by the navy. (BTJXJJnniT) T INTBft N ATION A L NEWS SERVICE 1 NLW HAVKN. Conn.. May 21. Heavy r;i.in and a lack of a breeze caused the postponement of the lirst of a series of six tuning up races between the cup nice contenders Resolute and Vanitie here today. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 CHICAC, May 21. Some of the city's best detectives were called upon today in an effort to solve a mystery arising from the discovery of enough nicotine to kill fifty-two men in the vital organs of the late George f. Speer. Chicago broker and banker who died on May fi at his Oak Park mansion, suppo natural causes. d! of ! I Farmer's Offer is Liberal Lowell Man ' is Willing to Part With Much to Secure Help for Farm Sixty-five dollars a month with a house, garden. 400 pounds of live pork, truck patch, fuel and horse and buggy re the inducements offered by Ceylon P-arhite, farmer residing near Lowell in his effort tc get a farm hand at once. Mr. Barhite wants a married man and will furnish employment for a year on hie stock and general farm. He placed his application with the Hammond employment bureau this morning. In the same mail came a call for a man frr-m Ray Aagaard. Crown roint. R. R. 1. Mr. Aagaard wants a single and leave. the wages open. He offers "popular wages" with .board, room and laundry. The em ployment will be steady. Two. men were waittnr at the emI ple-ymi-tit office when these calls were received. One man at once called the Krie to find when he could get to Crown Toint and not satisfied with the answer he started for Gary with the intention of going by lnterurban in order to be on hand early. "I can't take any chances on missing that job." he said. The number of men applying for work on farms is increa.wing steadily because of the slowing down of work in many plants due te lack of materials. Employment officials have been surprised to learn what a large percentage of factory workers have had years of experience In farm work. GAS RATES Gas consumers will have their inning in the matter of increased gas rates when a public hearing will be held Monday. June 21. at 1:30 p. m. in the Hammond Superior court building under the supervision of the Public Service Commission of Indiana. The meeting will be presided over by Commissioner Fred B. Johnson. Representatives of the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. have presented arguments before the Chambers of Commerce of Hammond. Whiting and East Chicago showing why their petition for increased rates in those cities should be granted by the commission. , The public meeting scheduled for June 21 will probably result in a final decision. RAISES PRICE OF NEWSPAPER NEW YORK, May 21 The New Tork Globe announced that beginning tomorrow the retail pri sts of copies will be three cents instead of two cents. Increased costs of labor and materials cited as reasons for the advance. The Globe is tle second afternoon paper in New York to increase its price, the Evening Journal having gohe to three cents several weeks ago.

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Favorite Sons Will Get Complimentary Vote in G.O.P. Scramble.

I'ltOHABI.K KI It ST 1IAI.I.OT AT CHITA GO 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 M cwd.. I . . A 1 Johnn, California 2ttO IlllaoU ....175 llutler, .New lark MKnax or Sprout. Pen aayl vaala Mr-" Mardia. Ohio ' " M Coolidge, Maaa aB I'oladexter, uaah ..... it Allen. Kanaaa 20 I'rltehard, . C arolina 36 To,' 7tZ !eal(eriofc '",, , "4 Necessary to aomlnatr 493 III I.I.KTIV (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! i UK UU. May 21 The aealth tm r, puhll.-nn national i-.nvmll.R reat profiteering was reaehed todu, nhra the owner of a 1 t-roum realdrare la aa rtrlunive neljrhhorbood ent a letter to Meerrtarr I,. W . Henley, mt the arrangement rMMmltlrr, offering ta reat the mansion for the convention week for J 2.0O0. ni i.i.i:ti ,...',,.NTE;RNAT,ON,- NEWS SERVICtl fllK tt.O. May SI Cardinal l.lhhoa. highest Roman Cat nolle dignitary in the I . may pronounce the lavorntlon at the opening: of the rraabliean national contention here, it waa reported today, following: Ihe aetloa ( the contention committee on arraaseinrnt ia sending a telegram to the cardinal asking? him to he present on the opening day, June 10. bii,u:ti f international news service i i: IORK. May SI Senator Hiram Johnson will direct hi own neat for the republican nomination nt faience three weeks hence, it waa learned today. He probably .will be the only active candidate on the grotlnd. Announcement waa B'ade today that .Senator Johnnon will addresr r k,Ir "" meetlna: In Chicago on Jaae 7, the nLght before the convention apena. With the exception of a few daya camii lorn Ing, Senator Johnann ban wonnrf j up his pre-convcnllon travelling. BM.I.KTIV ' INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON. May 21 Maai of the campaign a of the varloua preoIdentlnl candidates were aummonra" hy telegraph today to attend the open logon Monday of the acnatorlal Inveatlcatlon of campaign rvpradlliirn and contribution provided hy the flora h resolution panned ycaterriay hy the aennte . 111 t.i:ont.i: n. iioi.mf.s NEW YORK. May 21 Rarring unforseen developments and eleventhhour changes, the various political camps in New York expect Maj. Gen. lonard Wood to lead on the first ballot at Chicago with approximately 270. Senator Hiram Johnson and Gov. Frank O. Lowden will run second and third respectively with a few votes ietween them estimated roughly at 2". Favorite son candidates and complimentary votes will take care of the balance of the delegates on the first or trial heat ballot. rojiriRisoy of claims The figures in the accompanying table are based upon a comparison of ' the claims of the Wood and Johnson headquarters here and the concessions that each was willing to make today to other candidates. The figures are approximate, no attempt being made, of course, to put them on an exact basis. Contests to b settled by the credentials committee at Chicago next week, private understandings that may be reached between candidates or any number of things could alter the estimate, but barring all these the politicians who are handling booms nere anticipate such a line-up three weeks hence. They are basing plans on it. TH EV FI X Will, ItKGl'X After the first ballot the fun will begin. Whether one of the apparent "big three" will be able to swing 200 extra' ballots necessary to nomination, or whether the aenliiaant will mmmi r. a favorite ox a "dark horsav" hvamnte tlon on the knees of the Gfoda aa.it. la the hands of the astute nntltnM who are running things. In any event. It was predicted in political circles today that at least six ballots, probably more, will be necessary to bring out a winner. MAY GET .tOfl OR MORE Gen. Wood's claims are considerably far in advance of those of his rivals so far as early strength Is concerned. His managers estimate that h- will poll nearly 300 votes, maybe more, on the first ballot. The general's managers claim for him the entire or majority delegations from Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Florida. Idaho. Indiana, Maine. Maryland. Mississippi. New Jersey, New Hampshire. Rhode . Island. South Dakota, Tennessee; Utah. Vermorrt. and a scattering of delegates from other states, on the initial ballot. HAZY AS TO LOWDEX They concede to Senajor Johnson the entire or majority delegations from California. Michigan, Minnesota, Montana. Nebraska. North Dakota and Wisconsin. But the Wood men contend that after the first ba'lot. a considerable part of this strength will swing to their candidate. Both Wood and Johnson camps appeared today to be a bit haiy concerning Gov. Lowden's probable strength on the first ballot. They concede to him the 58 delegates from Illinois and they fear that he will swing enough Middle Western and Southern strength on the first ballot to bring him up near the leaders. If the favorite sons decide to and can deliver their delegations tn one else on the first ballot it will ma terially change the situation, but otherwise the above represent today opinions of the campaign managers.