Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 29, Hammond, Lake County, 22 July 1920 — Page 1

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DIV IDED 01 WAGE AWA THE WEATHER. FOR INDIANA Fair and continued war tonight and Friday. TIM lIlvJL1 Hi 1 ! . Oa streets and nawsstancls, 3o per copy. Delivered by earlier id Hammond and Wear, Eiiiunonci, BOo per mouth. VOL. XV, NO. 29. THURSDAY, J ULY 22, 1920. HAMMQXD, INDIANA LEI1S MM

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Many Vital" Matters Have To Be Settled Yet at Second Special Session BULLETIN' INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! INDIANAPOLIS, 1ND-, Jul y-- Just now Ions the special session of the Indiana legislature will continue appeared today to rest entirely with the upper house. The lower house hn dis posed of nil emergency measures, hut the senate has still to consider the I nrativc tax bill, the Johnson home j rule tax bill und 'he memorial mean- j nee. The house disposed of the momorial. home rule and appropriations bills late yesterday und is ready to ad- : Joern sine die. but will consider minor ; measure before It until the senate i completes its labors. fTIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL? INDIANAPOLIS. INI).. July 22 Mem brs of the Indiana. Genera! Assembly J are now looking- forward to another j week of the second special session. When the session convened July 12 it j was the hope of the administration ' leaders that the business f the m-et-l ing could be disposed of in less than one week, but it soon became evident j that the questions to be threshed out were of such importance that hasty action might prove unwise. It now appears that the session can not anjurn before the middle of next week r,d possibly later. Majority leaders have been lotfi to admit that they did not believe that the session could be ended this week. Yet there are vital matters which are not yet settled and this means that the session will have to continue. TAX TOPlf MOST IMPORTANT The most important of these to'the! public welfare 13 the tax Question.1 Night conferences have been held by either the house or senate majorities! nearly every diy of the session and' ernest attempts have been made to settie the, serious tax tangle resulting) from the decision of the supreme court in holding the horizontal increases PLANE CO. BE GETS IN COURT CROWN POINT. 1 N D . . July 22 Two rnportant cases regarding the American Road Plane Co., of Lowell were filed in the Circuit court at Crown Point on Wednesday. The company j which has recently been incerporated in j Indiana for $323. "00 and who are turnir.g out about 10 road planes a day at their plant at Lowell have filed twoj suits. Bernard T. Backman et al vs. j Joseph W. J-ee for an injunction and Vern N. Dyer et al vs. American Road Plane Co.. asking a receiver. Some very crooked work has been gojng on and the stock holders are fearful that their interests are in jeopardy. Roberts & Hershman filed the case on Wednesday and orders were issued by Frank C. Fattee, judge pro-tern. REALTY OPERATOR SHOT; DIVORCEE IS HELD Lexington Hotel in Chicago Scene of Murder of Wealthy Michigan Man. CHICAGO. July 22 Max C. Polndexter, a wealthy real estate operator, or South Haven. Mich., was found shot to death early today in his room in the Lexington hotel here. Miss Ora Walters, a pretty divorcee of Memphis, Tenn., who occupied an adjoining room .and who claimed to be Potndexter'g secretary, was arrested and held by the police for questioning. Miss Waters told the police that Foindexter had commitfd salr-lde as the result of losing $.'4.'oo in nil speculations, but later admitted that poindexter had threatened to kill h'r aflf 1attacking her with his fists. She displayed a black eye as evidence of tin at tack . Mrs. Eolndexter when reached at her South Haven home said she had r.ever heard of Mis.? Waters nor that her husband had a woman secretary. Poindexter's attack on her 1 1 1 luw(l a quarrel brought about by the action of another real estate man at the fi-Mei in paying atte ntions to her Mi.s.s Waters said. She declared that Potndexter had brought her to Chicago on a promise of establishing her in an apartment here the police asserted. "I wish he had taken me with him wnen he killed nirnseit ' tne young woman said . Poindexter was reported to have been well known in Mississippi and other southern states. FUNERAL OF MRS. BOTHWELL The funeral of Mrs. Charles Bothwell of Ross Township will be held on Friday afternoon at 1:30. old time. The interment wi'l be at Ross cemetery-

L OF LATE FRANK B. LEWIS TODAY AT WHITING ; V 1 s V ,1- ; , -jv, r a e - f v THi: LATH V. II. LEWIS "WHITING. I NR. July ZZ Attended by an immense concourse of mourners the funeral of the late Frank B. Kewis plant superintendent of the Standard Oil Co., was held from the family residence 343 LalVrte ave. this marn-ing-. The gatiiering- was so large that the services were held outdoors. Kev. Ivey. of the First M. 12. church, speaking: from the porch. The floral offerings were many and especially beautiful. Mr. Harry Glair sans- th funeral solo. All the directors of the -Standard Oil Co. were present and six honorary and six active pall bearers served. The Whiting: city police and fire depatrment escorted the funeral procession. The funeral party was accompanied to Orville, N. Y. by Mrs. Lewis" mother. Mrs. Dempsey of Windsor Park and her brother, Mr. Pavls. in addition to the bereaved widow and daughter. FISHER WINS FIRST LAP III Averaging nearly 40 miles an hour, the Cole eight driven by H. B. Fisher, v.as the first car to whiz across the tape at the Shades of Death yesterday afternoon at the nniih of the first lap of the Reliability race being staged by the Gary Auto Dealers association. The. time for the trip of 115 miles was 3 hours and 45 minutes. Close on tiie heels of the Cole waa the Franklin driven by C. W. Hopp, who took Ins car over the tape four minutes behind the Urt'lfr. The Cadillac entry finished third. Of the smaller cars the Huick driven by Dorman took a first and in the fourth class the Overland driven by Baddel came in a w inner. The Overland driven by Baddel was a surprise eif the day. beating the time made by the Cadillac, whoso time was 5 hours and 5 minutes. The Overland made the trip in 5 hours and 2 minutes. Only one severe accident is reported djr:ng the entire trip. A Feerless driven by Wendell was overturned at a sharp rune. 5 miles north of Morocco. Ind. No one was injured. Much interest is being displayed in the mitcoms of the return trip tomorrow and a monster crowd is expected to turn out on Broadway to await the cars at the finish about 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. LIVED IN REGION FOR SIXTY YEARS Mary Jane Chick Expires This Morning at St. Margaret's 'Hospital. Death claimed one of the oldest residents of the Calumet region this morn ing at 5.T.0 when Mrs. Mary Jane ("hick, for 60 years a resident of the Hessvil'e district, died at St. Margaret's hospital following injuries she received six weeks ago when she fell 1 in her garden and sustained a broken hip. Mrs. Chick was 73 years of age and widow of the late Charles Chick who was killed in Hessville in 1313 in an automobile accident. Mrs. Chick was born in England tn 1847 and came to this country when a mere child. She was married in Chicago two years after the ig fire. A son, Charles Arthur and a grandson. ;e.,rge. survive the decedent. Two brothers and three sisters also mourn hr. W. It. Watts, of Ross, Charles Watts of Hessville. Mrs. George Schneieler. Saxony Mrs. Julius King, of Hessville and Mrs. W. G. Chick, of Hessville. The funeral arrangements have not yet been concluded. TWO GET REDUCTIONS V " Rcassesments of two Lake Co,, cor-rorations-by the State Board of Review resulted as follows; Gary Heat Light and Water Co.. reduced from $.190. nno to $296,300. Home Building Loan & Savings Association of Hammond reduced from 113,130 Jo' 10.150.

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CASEIS ON TRIAL Liquor Main Factor in Trial of Sparida Zarin at Crown Point. m I.I.KTIN Sparida Zarln was found Kullty manslaughter by a Jury after being out ten hours last evening. This carries with It n sentence of from 2 to '21 years. Nick. Diiuo wovli'b. the allepe.l Gary murderer was placed en trlnl today for the shooting of ti. Vastrovlch at a wedding party. rrPEClAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT. INI)., July 22 The trial of Spardia Zarin of Hammond for the murder of Joe Harsenl also of Hammond, whom he shot in an alley at the back of the llarjeni home, waa held on Wednesday and the jury is still debileratinn: as to his fate. Zarin had gone to the home of Harseni in company with Joe Svitamovich and they both demanded liquor from Harseni who refused to give them any as they were both under the Influence at the time. The trio sot Into a heated argument and shots were tired which killed Harseni . Sparida Zarin says he did not shoot Harseni and Svitamovich alleyes that he did. Evidence was very strong a;rainst Zarin. Edwin C. Knight, the county pror attorney defended Zarln. LEGISLATURE . ni u.ErriN) The Hon,, ditch bm vrns passed anl now goes to the governor for sixnature. I.VDIA.VAPOLIS. Ind.. Jury 22. Fallowing the defeat ,in the house today of the Reardsley resolution calling upon the president of the U. S. to re-e-tahlish federal contrc-1 of the coal industry and the pasage of several minor V.lls by the senate, both houses of the legislature adjourned to allow the members to get tr-gether and to agree on the bills still hanging- fire.' The house adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and the senate until 2 o'clock this afternoon. The. Beardsiey resolution, which was regarded as being a product of the administration and which weiuld be used as campaign material next fall, was defeated by a vote of sixty to twenty-three and was marked by the absence of debate of any kind. Some members ef the house declared that it 'was almost certain President Wilson would refuse to heed a request of one slate which would affect all the others end should a critical fuel situation ari?e next winter republicans could point out that an effort was made on the part of a republican legislature to fo'ree the president tc- take some steps to relieve the situation. On the other hand Ti few members of the lower body declared that the resolution was a bocmeranqr and that if it passed and was- used ns campaign material, democrats would poin out that the republic can legislature had th power to pass any laws they might want to prevent a serious coal shortage. Among bills passed by the senate was the Johnfon house measure legalizing action of county commissioners in the sale of hospital bonds. The vote was 30 to 0. FOR DRY PRESIDENT Big Demonstration at Lincoln When Prohis Name The Great Commoner. BULLETIN" t INTER NATIONAL NEWS SERV1CE1 BOZKMAN. MONT., July 23 William Jennings Hryan, ho w. nominated Wednendny by the prohibition party ns their, utandnrd bearer, will arive here thin afternoon. BT ARTHUR E. BAENZIGER STAFF CORRESPONDENT I.. H. SERVICE1 LINCOLN. NEB., July 22 No word has yet been received by the National Prohibition convention leaders from Wm. Jennings Bryan in answer to their telegram notifying him of his nomination. Duplicate telegrams were sent to Pony and Bobeman, Mont., where the commorfer was supposed to be last night. It was learned here that Mr. Bryan left Pony where he lectured last evening before the telegram was delivered and would not know of the conventions selection until he returned to Bozeman, early this morning . Most of the convention leaders spent the night around headquarters waiting for the reply. The platform committee was the only group able to carry on its work. The members fontinued in session until 3 a. m. and then joined the crowds in the hotel lobbies and at the telegraph stations. All w-ork will remain at a standstill until word is received from the commoner. This is expected any minute. Mr. Bryan was nominated by Marie C. Rrehm. chairman of the convention, following a thirty minute demonstration during which every state standard was torn from its fastenings and placed in the triumphant march around the auditorium.

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DRUGGIST Xelson is mourning a wrecked electric. A Schulze bakery wagon smashed into it. TOUR reporter noticed a dog chasing a cat yesterday and it was so hot botli were walkint'. A NAVY recruiting wagon has pitched tents near the court house for a short session in Hammond. "A BROKEN pipe may be a nuisance." sail a customer to Mel Monmtt. "but I'm one of those guys who likt-3 a vvtt cellar." THEY say its getting so dry in West Hammond, the people over there have to pin their postage stamps on the letters they send out. ED F. IiF.MI.N'G is chaperoning a cluster of Hammond golfers over the Chlcajro Heights Country club course tot'.aj. JOHX GAVIT. attorney with offices In the Hammond building, returned last night from Saginaw, Mich. He motored there and baik. was gone two weeks and tays lie now feels fit as a fiddle. IN CASE Cox is elected Norman Freeman ftj sure of either the L'. S. niarshaiship or revenue collectorship for this district. That is provided lie isn't elected sheriff. IF John Hughes wasn't all set to vote the prohibition ticket he knows where he can put h s hands on the finest lot of elderberries ;ou could see in a day's march. J. K. STINSON and Iave Roone. Hammond attorneys, have returned from their Mississippi "plantation." They failed to bring any watermelons wiite your own ticket. ONE of the most enthusiastic visitors at the Boy Scout camp is George Hanr.auer of the I. IX. belt. O"orge ran dig up time for scouting even when he works JfC hours out of the 2 4. TH13 Hammond Country club is wrestling with the problem of how to deal with West Hommanef children who over run the golf links in flocks and droves at the peri! of their lives. S. ..ft; STETLOW, 3S4 Cedar Htreet. nowyr training at Oreat Ikes station, hae a ance-4 from apprentice sea man to seaman, second class. aiftordThjf to word received here. PR. T. J. KASSETT wants to know why all the raving about Babe Ruth. "You never heard of him making two home runs in one time at bat, have you?" Queries the doctor? MRS. EAD3' friends announce that she has a hen out to beat the record of Herb Wheaten's world famous fowt. According to friends Mrs. Eads' hen laid feur eggs in one day two hard and two soft. BACKERS of the Robey motorcycle race track, to be opened Aug. 1, announce that the ultimate cost of the rsicincr nlmit will He: nrimnil SI.-.OOOO J Speed kings the country over are makj mg application for entry in the races. U W. SIMPSON. Sibley street humorist-barber, is always cracking a wise one. Yesterday he startled pattens by remarking dryly. "I don't know anything about keys, but I'm an expert on locks." DOC SHARKER went to Marion to hear Harding notified today. The betting around town is that Sharrer will be up on the front porch where he can hand the senator a drink of water if necessary, only nobody will take the short end. ED. GOEH RINGER was giving a subpoena served on him by Julius Taussig for not paying his dog tax. the once over. "That pup died a year ago and was buried on the fifth of June, 1013." said Eddie. "I know Vaute I attended the funeral." A GUT was reporting to Sergeant See at the police station that his car had been stolen. "What kind of a car was it?" said Chas. "It was a flivver." he asserted. "I don't care so much about the machine, but I ha4 just put 1? gallons of 20 cent gasoline in it." MRS. HUBBARD, well known member of the W. R. C. distinguished herself at a recent outing of that organization. "With six hits out of seven clAnces." Mrs. Hubbard, who 'played second base on the winning team, estab lished her reputation as the local "Queen of Swat" say her friends. F. J. MOORE. 110 Doty stree t, tells j about a neighbor, who tacked up a sign I on his front porch and was surprised to see passers-by stop and laugh every time one of them surveyed the sign. I'n st cad of "Oarage, for Rent" the sign had been changed by some practical j joker to "Gariiage for Rent." VIRGIL S. REITER. Jr.. and Freddie Beckman, accompanied a couple of Chi- I cago artists to Miller beach early one morning. The object was to study the color scheme of the rising sun. They hadn't been waiting Ions when a policeman appeared. "What kind of a party is, this," he ineiuired. "Wet are waiting for dawn." said one of the crowd. "Dawn? Who is lie?" o-sked the copper, suspiciously. WHEN a woman rushed up to Detective S. Singer and requested him to arrest a man who approached her in the lobby of a local hotel and a.sked her for a 3ime. Singer raused to investigate. The man was pointed out. Singer approached him. Explanations followed. There was no clock in the hotel lobby and the man had merely inquired the time, seeing that the woman. wore a wrist watch. He had aold and instead of "time" said "dime."

Harding Greeted By v Thousands Republican Presidential Can didate, Makes Stirring Plea for Americanism.

IMUNCII'Al, POINTS Of 11AII1IN(.'S KKINOTK SPEECH LEAGUE OK NATIONS riedges republican party to early peace, tobe: followed by an a.-ociation of nations for international justice. Repudiates President NNiilson's league in its e n t i re 1 1 . PKOH'urilTIoN Mo-Ids nit little hope- for "wets;" warns that if elected he will be a "constitutional president" and rigidly prohibition legislation now on the t-tatutes. SUFFHAGK Urges immediate ratification and e-peration of the Federal suffrage amendment. ,A!iOH AND CAPl'iUh Warns labor that it must give a full day's work for a full day's pay, and warns capital that it must be more sympathetic with aspirations of the workers . RAILROADS Reiterates- republican oppesition te policy of government ownership. BULLETIN' f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 MA It I ON, ., July '11 Before an anllenee of party lender and fellow Ohioans which filled (iarfleld Auditorium and overflowed thousand atronic Into the park and field surrounding It, Senntor Wurrrn Ci. Hardin, formally ncccptel the republican nomination for the presidency here this afternoon mill In n ringing upeeeli hi firat klnee the Chle-Hgo convention outlined the course which republican policy will K'urmp In the 10-0 campaign. Peace flmt and then an uasocintion of nation for International ti.,. Is to be the republican policy, aa outlined by Senator Harding. The candidate accepted at every point the challenge lnsued by the demoerut. rmpbnilird by the Wilson-Cox conference, to make the prrridcnta league of nations the paramount of the campaign. Senator HardinK announced hiinnrlf and bin party ua ready to go before the people In a referendum on the queKtlon. Senntor Hnrdlng'a speech the openIn; gun of the campaign wua in reply to Senator Lodge's hrt spaech of notification In which the M:iachusetta aenator warned the candidate that no campaign In the history of the republic ever inlviolved graver Isaacs than this one. Senator Hnrdlng made rnnatic reference to President Wllson'a league of nation and ttthe whole trend of Wllaonlan polit ies. "No surrender of rights to a world council or it. military- nllinnce." he aid; "no assumed mandatory, however appealing, ever shall "unimot, the sons of this republic to war. There Is a sanctity l fhat right e not delegate. " Pointed reference waa also made to one man rule and "autocratic tendencies of government." "In the name of democracy." said Senator Harding. " e established autocracy. Our first committal Is to rP. store popular representative government. onc ,, hiK rnoUKh lo run this rrmt .so,..kii ... - j nere neer oas oeen one." (BT A. O. HAT WARD ,!?Ir,7iOR,?E,SPON0.ENT I. N. SERVICE I .-w.iu.v. unic-. July 22. .With the declaration of the principle "Ameria. ways nrst." and a solemn pledge of loyalty to the flag. Senator Waru'"Ud:ns bran the day upon which he received official notification nai ne has been selected by the publican party to be its candidate refer president or the U. S. All Marion was awake and stirring when the senator, at 7 o'clock this morning assited in the formal raising of an American flag on a fiag-poie which stood during the 1890 campaign in the front yard of the Canton. Ohio home of Wm. McKinley. The ilagpole had been loaned by the citizens of Canton to the citizens of Marion for the Harding campaign, and was Imbedded in the Harding front yard. Assisting at this ceremony were about 1,000 women, members of the Harding for President Club, who will participate In the ceremonies to be held in Marion today. A short time later within the shadow" of this flag, the senator received nearly 200 women suffragists who had came to plead with him to ue his influence with the republican members of the Ter.essee legislature to stand solidly in support of the ratification of the national suffrage amendment. The plea was ve.iced by Alive Paut, the militant suffrage leader of Washington. D. C. Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer. of New York, and Miss Sue White of Tennesfve. The senator notified his visitors he had anticipated their wish by sending a telegram last inght to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. suffrage leder. at Memphis, telling her that if any won; of his would have influence with republican members of the Tennessee leg islature. and it should be asked by them, he would urge as strongly as he could that they she-uld stand together in support of the amendment. The day opened with ideal weather with tne nejt i fieation ceremonies. It was clear and cool. Marion was gayly cecorated in honor of the occasion. A'ong the broad avenue in front, of Senator Harding's home and the principal thoroughfare of the town a court of honor was erected. Through this court the marching thousands passed on their way to the Garfield Park, where the notification ceremonies were held. AH through the morning Senator Harding reviewed the marchers whose ranks were being augmented constantly by arrivals on special train on the railroads, on interurban cars and in automobiles -

HARDING MANAGER TO TAKE BIG PART IN G. O. P. CAMPAIGN

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j Harry M. Daugherty. j Harry M. Pauphcrty of Ohio. I Tvho managed Senator Harciir.jr's j pre-convention fiht, will he a i prominent figure in this year's 1 nrpsiriontial rnmnnifn. H will. howeer-, be subordinate to Will H. Hays, who will continue as chair1 man of the RepuUl-can national committee. 5mi)IEVVS FLASHES BULLETIN 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I WASHINGTON. July 22 President Wilson today was asked ti intervene in ths coal strike in Illinois . Dr. F. C. Honnold, of Chicago, and a committee from the Illinois Coal Operators Association, conferred at the White House with Secretary Tumulty and laid before him a statement of conditions lor submittal to the president. They will have a later conference with Secretary Tumulty after the president has considered the matter. BULLETIN f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I MANSFIELD. O.. Ju'y 2 In an explosion at the coal pulverizing department of the Mansfield Sheet and Tin Plate C., today, seven men were badly burned, one of them. Prank Kine, dying soon after. BULLETIN (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl MADISON. WIS-.. July J2 Senator Robert M. LaFollette today repudiated the republican party the party which thrice elected him governor of Wisconsin and twice senator from that state in a signed editorial in LaFollette's Magazine. Declaring that "the old parties have failed." Senator LaFollette in the editorial urged the formation of "an aggressively progressive party," without which, he says, "popular government connot long endure." , BULLETIN 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I COLUMBUS. O.. July 22 Dr. G. T. Harding. Marion. Ohio. 76-year-., old father of U. S. Senator Warren O. Harding, republican presidential nominee, has volunteered to go to Tennessee, If necessary, to urge republican state legislators to ratify the federal suffrage amendment, it was announced today at the National Woman's Party headquarters. BULLETIN r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' WASHINGTON, JnJy 21 n Increase of 20 per cent In passenger fares and n Inrrenae of from 9 to 10 per cent In freittht rates, -was asked this afternoon by the railway executive- In petition presented to the interstate commerce commission by Alfred II. Thorn of the railway executive's association. The increases nre risked to meet the wage increase gra nted ' railroad workers by the railroad labor board. PRESIDENT ASKED FOR AID Blf LEGISLATURE INDIANAPOLIS Ind.. July 21 A con current resolution calling up the president of the U. S. to take cognizance of the critical fuel situation and reestablish federal control and zoning of the coal Industry, passed the senate of the Indiana legl;ature this morning by avote of 26 to 15. The resolution was introduced by Senator Beard ley of Elkhart county, a republican, and caused a storm of protest on the floor or" the upper body of the legislature. The senate majority is republican. The resolution was concurred in after a motion to postpone further consideration of it until March 1. 1S21. introduced by Senator English ef In-dianapoli.-'. had been defeated by a vote of 21 to IS. Debate on the resolution was exceptionally bitter and members of the senate almost engaged in personalitie. several times. Senator Eisner of Seymour, Jackson county, was one of the most active in opposition to Senator English's motion, declaring that "we all know the inability of the governor and his administration to handle the present coal situation."

Council Reconvenes Today and Award May Be Sent To Referendum

BULLETIN' rorMH.NiTioNL NEWS SERvicEi B 1 ,S , O , July 2Z The 2,3IM members of ,he "ut,a- organisation, the folumbos Yardmen's Association here, ,BVC rejected unanimously the wage award announced by the federal railroad board, according , ..nnon.eemen, made by B. s. VulMmn. pre.ldent of the association, f allahan .aid association members will rrtuPn t work until a ,h.lr armond. are ( RV OJLMANPARKER) f STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N .'frr, CHICAGO. July ..-Representatives or the railroad unions, after a hot session which lasted until earlv todav. were divided over the question of acifting or rejeting th wage award granted the rail workers by the U S railroad labor board. SEVEN IIEPOKTED ACCEPTING Seven of the unions, including three of the four largest brotherhood wor. reported to have accepted, or favored accfrtance of ,he award Jn ,s tirety, and without reservations. Seven others, it was declared, favored refering the award to the rank and fih; of their organizations with the recommendation that it be accepted. TWO EAVOlt REFERENDUM Two were reported to have decided in favor of ordering the award to a referendum of their members without recommendations, one to have rejectee the award flatly: and to have ordered the taking of astrike ballot, and two to have failed to reach a decision on the isue. MAV GET CONCERTED ACTION It i- possible that concerted action by all the brotherhood repre.-wntat! vci may yet 'be agred upon, perhaps on a compromise agreement, sending the award to a referendum vote of the 1.SOO.000 rail workers of the country. Many of the brotherhood chiefs declared they would work for this as the grar.d council reconvened today. HEBERI.INfi ACCUSES CARTER Many bitter disagreement.- occurred during the all-night meeting, and at times the union chiefs made hot verbal attacks on each other. At one time S. M. Heberling. president of the Switchmen's Union of North America, arose and declared that W. S. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, who was leading & fight for acceptance of the award with out reservations, should be barred from the conference if he persited in the arguments he was making. HOW THEY TOOK IT "Here, is "the way the tinlons rtru" reported to be diiided early today: for unresi rvt-d acceptance of the award Brot herhe-od of Railway Traiamen; Brotherhood of Locomative Engineers; Swithchmen's Union of North America; United Brotherhood of Maintenance cf Way Employes and Railroad Shop Laborers; Brotherhood of Ii comotive Firemen and Engineers, and the Master:', Mates and Pilots of America. IV PARTIAL FAVOR For referring the award to the rank and file with a recommendation that it be acepted International Association of Machinists. Sheet Metal Workers International Alliance. Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; the Freight Handlers. Express "and Station Employes: Biotherhood of Railway Car men of America; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America and the Internationa! Brotherhood of Blacksmith Drop Forgers and Helpers. TELEGR ATHERS REJECT For referring the award to the rank and file without recommendations Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen and the Railway Employes Department cf tiie American Federation of Labor. , For rejection of the award and the ordering of a strike ballot Order of Railway Telegraphers. Undecided Order of Railway Conductors. INDEBTEDNESS CERTIFICATES ARE ISSDED For the first time in the history of the city. Hammond yesterday, through, the Board of Public Works, authorized its city comptroller to issue certificates o? indebtedness totaling more than J2T.0OO. The adoption of certificates of indebtedness provides a unique method for construction companies and other debtors of the city to acquire funds before completion of work contracted. ,In the presert instance the Williston Construction Co.. of South Bend, will be granted certificates for an amount not greater than 65 per cent of the cost rf work already completed on tha Hammond streets for which the company holds contracts. The South :&end firm will present these warrants to local banks as collateral for tha ame-unt specified. In spite of tiie fact that Chicago banks refu-d to recognize certificates of indebtedness Issued by that city local bankers said no difficulty would urise here over legality of Hammond's certificates. A. J. Swansc-n, president of the American State bank said, "There i? r.o legal objection to the issuance of these certificates. They do not increase the debt of the city are non-interest bearing and merely recite that a debt actually exists that was incurred after it had been authorized ay a lawful appropriation." The body of Mike Skokorski, Chicago man. who was drowned Sunday while trying to save the life of Miss W. Land of Wagoner, Okla.. was discovered on the beach by officer Connely and Wood yesterday afternoon, where it had floated ashore.

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