Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 44, Hammond, Lake County, 9 August 1920 — Page 2

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STATUS OF CURATIVE TAX ACT

believed that they would bo successful in overthrowing: the act of the special session. An interesting feature in conneotion with the Marion county suit la that the assessment of personal property In

va BnlnR-ton township, the township in'

which the group of fnrniers lived which brought the a.-ii.in, ha.- been assef.iotl this year by the local assessor for $400,000 more than the JIM'I

, usscf jnif nt piui. tun norizontal lnI creaie .

Lake and Vigo Only Counties j That Have Not Legalized j Board's increases j

IRE CONFUSION IN TAX

HARDING WILL MEET COX ON ALL ISSUES Cr. O. P. Candidate Eager for Referendum On League Of Nations.

THE TIAIEg

Monday, Ausrust 9. 1920.

SITUATION MAY RESULT

I ! Conflict Arises Between the

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. . Aup. 9 Pf is- J r- . t j p.te th, effort, of aiar.n.s to m.k-' State and County Eoards. It ppeT that the Tu t hil I- K iper cura-j Horizontal Rllle Stands. five tan act would prove a failure, 'si actual operation so far proves that! county boards of review, that reIhey were wrong- and that the meJ- ; du-e th horizontal iticr-ase orders ere is working out satisfactorily. of the state hoard of tax commission er' to the present time all the lire ; m by n,allln(. reductions in towncounties with the exception of Lake, j ,,h,p sment totals, will work a and Vigo hare taken action to lefft!U r,,Ht burden on the townships where he m horuontal increases made , n(, reduction or only a small reduethe stats board of tax (ommistionen . ,un is mad accordmc to persons In for the purposes of equalizing as-sess- ; r)(hf. tuon witn tl) tax 9iration. ments and to lessen the burden of tax- j lt wa, pinted out today that the anon. Twentv counties have noted un-istap hoard of tax commissioners is der the terms of the Tut hil 1-K iper , ,,,,, ermined that there must be no react This is about one-fifth of t he rtm.t(on in revenue In any county from counties of the state. The action of;the amount that would have accrued the majority of these counties is eon- ! h(irj ,he horizontal orders stood. Conelusive proof that the tar mess ca .is- i e,,uerul ,-, where a hoard of review f: by the decision f the Supreme court ! ordcr!l veryin; reductions in the in holding the increases invalid, has j ,ownship h..riontal Increases in difhcen reduced to a minimum by tne ,' ft.r,.nt townships, the state board in special act of the legislature. j reviewing the order of the. county Sixteen of rha twenty eounttes IHv'bn(H of rPV,ew 1n pom m3. ratified the 1911 state board increases j n,r tssu, an order to make up for

ntinut makrnK any cnar.ces whatever. These counties are Sr. Joseph. Allen.

Vanderburgh. Wayne, Randolph. Pear- j b rn. Hendricks. Steuben. Decatur. Owens. I'ulaeki. Starke, Wells. Tike, i Spencer and Henry. Four counties' have failed to ratify or ; e1ii the tneraasrs but only I wo Johnson and Shelby have deliberately" wiped out '

the Increases. The other two. Marion

and Boone, have merely revised ttieij

Increases to some extent, but have not eliminated them entirely.

the deficit. VOWKH OK

The only method which the hoard can follow under the law

apply a horizontal

nuns, sufficient to provide the noird I

JJY J HART CA M TPKT.T. MARION, o. Auk. 9 With the ifsuea of the cnrnpiiKii clearly defined. Senator Warren C Hardinir, republican nominee fnr ptestdent. started today on the preparation of a series of addresses to be delivered by him from his front porch here which he und his advisers calculate will successfully combat all the aiiruments advanced by Gov. Cox on Saturday. Senator Hnrdiiiif whs quoted as saying he would lariiv meet rjov. i'nc on the issue of whether the American people are 10 be committed to the

league of nations with or without reservations. The referendum on this Issue, sounht by TreMdev.t Wilson, will result in a i republican victory m November, ncj cordiiiK to predictions pouring In upon the senator by telegraph from repubj lican leaders throughout the country. As one who served on the foreign t relations committee during the l.ir.x

buttle over the treaty of Versailles at Wavhin:ti.n. the senator Is well versed in all phases of the l-ai;u(. issue which he, like Pox. retard as the paramount fine of the campaign. The Ohio primaries will be held tomorrow. The contests for state off! ('(rs in neither the repubuenn or democratic rank hold in. ire local than

national interest. Not unt'l the , November election, however, will there be a real show down on whether Senator Harding or Cov. fox is to carry his home stat".

stateij, 1m 8ai(1. p,,Ml Hr(J ,-latminrf

IB ttt I Ohio and oolitleul hum u. ill

increase on vaiuo- the ie of ih.

dinner yowns, 'armloads of furs and Jewelry sufficient to satisty the hearts I of .U l-,er feminine admirers. j These exquisite creations are the re- j suit of hours of study and labor by the ' French designers, youns. and her! technical director, all of whom have made a deep study of the harmony of j color and the value of color comhina- , tions for screen purposes or in other j vords. they have dlscvered the exact value of color under the, Rlarins: liaht' of the Cooper Hewitts. I 'Tf one were to ludite my irowns !

j from the standpoint of street, wear and j availability, some of the color eombinj ations would Heern hideously nut of , place and clash outranous!y For this

reason many of the arowns worn

bv !

rue in 'The Forbidden Woman" have! .been created ;itid designed solely fori j use in this one picture, for by virtue . of the peculiar combinations of color I thev could not be worn for any otherj occasion . " I Mims Vi.iiris declares that picking ,

from Slight Co Tablet" relieve the Headache by Curing the Cold.

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TODAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

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'over exquisite materials, plushy velvets j dainty chiffons and cobweb laces is (quite, the most fascinating sport in the. I ' world and we nsree with her. '

the resu.t or these .,-i-(-ii..ns may . be seen at the ) I,uxi theatie in her I latest and irreatest play. "The For-' bidden Woman " I

TlIM TATK nOAHD

MANNIX REMOVED FROM LINER

1 INTFRNTIONAl. NEWS SEFVICE1 nriil.lN. A u mi ni 9. Arohhish-op Pan

'I J. .binn:x and one .-,f his secretar- I

wa tc h

republican und d' m'.-

cratic, vote tomorrow f..r i n.li a t ions

revenue, but covering the entire ooun- j , how much strength either the ty. .The state board a nifmberi repuW,can!I , democratic ticket will pointed out has for years had l"i'cr , mustpr in November. Whateer the

1 to order equalized assessments as be- , trome the t-e i. M . f,.e

of the hottest campaigns ever waged

As the set Is working: out it seems ' v,

tha.t he men who d-e- the law were far stph'ed and read antrht the senti

ment of the peojK of Indiana .' Thf i set made it i!"na! for counties to iccept or reject the increases, it was because cf th'S optional feature that I some were doubtful of the results . , These doubters failed to take :nto con- j sideratlen that the men cf the county 1 boards of review would tke the wise'

ar.d sensible view of the situation snd for the nios part legalize the increases They saw that in cases where the boards would fail to do this ei'her from political or othr reasons . th!oeai officials would have to take on their own shoulders the responsibility for the action .

.Of course, no matter whether thej increases of 1919 are legalized or not!

the result as far as the taxpayers are

concerned will be the same as a de-

ween counties or to issue horizontal

increase orders county-wid in t h i r j

effect. This now is the oniv power it

if I

ill the state's ev.'ii'ful history.

ins for horizontal increases, and

! must follow this method to make

anv deficit? In revenue.

GAR

MILLS

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S CATENAS WIN, 7-2 The same od store, the Satena Colts defeated the Thornton A. bv the score ,,f 7 to 2 i "r t-.i? ba a :n

i who was on the mound for the Colts, pitched a 'r-i ixht ball, i inc t lie Thor n ton A. C. but five scratch hits. ThllHw I I! ill l',nK "f I'v' who sto e j..ond and I LlVllI lUllithird twice M.n-h credit must be g;v-

THE JUDGE TRIED HARD TOO frank Webb, colored, ."ft;? Fjelds ave., Hammond, was bound over to the t't'mnml court tldav bv .ludce Klotz in the Hammond city court after viderice hir been heard i-hnrK:nif b to with the theft of a wrist wat- h. duiiri.oid ririjr and charm from the l-.irx P.oiids jiome in Kst Hammond. Frails, of course, denied It all but the . v idence against him was1 too str-jriK- He seemed hurt to think that his 'rnds should use hitu so. "Whv. !"ve boiitrht them whiskey time and time Kjrain," be said sor ro wf u i i v "Jest

th night thev says this happened

sj'ciii $2.50 for whiskey when I whs out wit hiier." he continued pintmc to Mrs. llonds. "She she me t.hat jewelry to keep for h -r whil" we were in rturnham and I tho.fjrbt I d keep lr a little Ivng-ei end mavbe I n-.'4 us.it to make them a Utile easier on m for the bills that I iun up at. the hou s . " The J-jdiie couldn't see It that way.

j ies were forcibly removed from the lln-i

I i r Flaltic off i.t.ieenstown oar ly today nnd were transferred o the British j destroyer yivern for transportation to j France, according to a dispatch from j Q'i'-enstiiwn this afternoom An earlier dispatch wiid that the Haltic was off Queenstown at mtdnUht and re- ' rtialnf d there f.,r two hojrs. althoijti I "he did not s'-grnai the land stations.

Coal Shipments Promised Regularly and Officials Plan to Operate a t Normal Capacity. Starting late last nisrht. the Amer!-

eti

( en to Atchison, the star first baseman lot" tne Sea ten as, who has pla.vefj ;i,ne

jrames for the Colts without an eiror. The Scater.as would I ke to arrange a

frame wi'h sotne fast Uikr County l a'; j

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team. The fasirr they aie. the t,etlr we like the.m Whit'iiit '..'ts and

the West Knds of West Hammond.

) ferred. Thone 1005-R and ask

- t for ;

can Sheet Tin Plate '"

ipo rty plant t

I "Hi

between ;in. 7 oclo..-K.

finit. amount of taxes must b- raised i wh,,h h,s h""n Practically during

sooner or later to meet the cost

the past two weeks.

! r a trn n w nm-r

on account ot t ne kjjt. J. J jLTi.X X

the taxpayers must-l

fivernment and

pay it. H now appears that less than fifteen

ee.,..,fi.. -,iii eii i . i , , . k. i . , v a c a 1 1 o n s.

creeses. In these counties tbe state board will tn all probability apply a county-wtde horizontal increase to raise the county duplicate up to the

coal shortag-e resumed operation at

rearly full capacity, several thous-j and men who have been laking forced.

having returned to work.

1 As the American Sheet ffr Tin Tlate j i plant is supplied their power from the.

1 Gary Works, it was forced to suspend (operation at a reduced scale whin tho . . . . , .1 . .- ... 1, . ..

p'aee u was before tn increases were - y ,T,. ."land Atilendurf rhree run,

WENT TO SLEEP

riiniiiiiiea . xuus rne t-euniy win nave.

the same duplicate, hut the assessment I reraiion

will not be distributed justly as part ot the increase will fall on property on which tbe state board did not order increases last year. The action of these few counties wtll cf course be pointed out by th men

vho were friendly to the. idea of hav

in- the legislature order straight out

!f sfallxation as a vindication of the'r stand. Yet these legalization advocates are not taking- into consideration 'hat their course would probably not hve stood a court test, whereas tho Tuthil'.-Ktrer method 1 regarded less Hnb!e to fall down under llriaratton than any other method The farmers' organization cf Marion county has made public that it -will bring: a suit to contest the right of the

ooaraa 01 review to legalize the in

creases. It was this group of men who

brought the suit which went to the

Editor Times: As a spectator of the hall firame betw'een tbe "old timers' and St r ipi i b sss. referred to in last ev-

! tnitifts paper, win sav. Peilbv mav

have had his bi: ft b t he scored two of the six runs. rioke fine run

The other

I old-timer couid not nfove th'r feet

tu. n-ri-. .M,tml.nti which i ' '"""I'll 10 s-ore any runs.

were also hit hard bv the coal short-j Ha1 -Vflrt frame of th- old timers; age will also resume operation t ! watchln the hits sent him while f normal capacity ft is reported, and bvi'n thl" instead of dreaming about the end of the present week will i, i selling stam ps. the old ba ts wou id ha ve j running at top-notch speed. ! w- "ut as it was It is reported that the teel mill of-j Ffme forgot he was. playing bali !n- i

Jflcials have received word from th'1" r's "ctate woke hurt up and had

,iV.j that rol will be shmred rorru - - uow -u mm wuere me oan nnaen

larly to the mills from now on and j steps have been taken to operate thej deparements full blast for an extended j period. Fuel shipments are also arriving- regularly to other industrial j

concerns of the reg-ion.

ACCUSED HUSBAND OF JEALOUSY

That "Jea.iousv and constant hnck1ms Y her husband and destrayd ir r social happintss and mental enjoyment is i;hftrr.-d by Mrs. "ora Krier who fiitd suit for di-iorce ttiay in the He. mraonii Superior court th-ouirh Attorney Charles M, Sands of ns.-i-ia-r. Mis. Krier resides in North t"t-.s.ii;i on Meadow Uuf near South Hoinnan st.. H nmmond . They wei e mart le.i n rfi-il-r CS-h. I'.'if. and separated A usrust 3. l!2t Mrs. Krier says that freq len'.lv her household duties cai'iri her awa.e from home tempo! ar'ly and that whn si;.would return, her husband. WilMani would accuse her of be'ru; out wi'i' other men. Her explanation.", coverins where she ad beri and who

SUES FOR SALARY Most folks ha'd taken it for granted that there wasn't such a thin as a hart'-ri'Jer a o more. Well thev were rt.istnketi. foi here is one s-jeinir for his w;ies. He is J'u.bert Rrown. Mr. Krown bi oufcht n;it in the oourt of Judk'e Fi iedrlclis. against Kichurd K s ler to collect three weeks' salarv. Thr .iustice found for the plaintiff whereupon t h i.-fendant npeaiod to th- Sup ri-'-r -ii of Hammond . Hrown a' -s" seree.i as j.itntor alonar with his har-keepir.n duti.-s.

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GERMANY MAKES

NEW OVERTURES'

CLARA KIMBALL YOUN

Forbidden, Woman"

"The

From th, F,moM Btory by Leoor. J. Coifs,

- rreoeonre-l ty puty, i m-it.c erincs e.ery-nrWe, one f tie m.t vrjmptuaus moHrn pte-nrti wr Mmi Te Queen of th- American S in a .y.h rrodnttirii, i!r-red fcy th, Ein -nundt of tne tiient dnmi.

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' IVTEPHATI0N4.L NEW? StSVICf TAR!.-". A u a us f --ilermaov adi- seve-"al 'i:v-ff ,-vti'i;

i o i n" the a : ', , i ' the H". - of Versailles. So U r c es cl o .- i

fee this 3f In v ! ew- . f ns of Pr.

h i s e -5 fo

s ntratn-n Soviet Pussia Wlli ,-ero-ince the treat v i- was learned from to the French for-i?n r n . o r. tn- n- u ral i ' v pruttat-t'n.t-r von Simons, the

fcistrc.t r.d future, ta Bany

Also Ruth Roland in tne 11th Episode cf "THE ADVENTURES OF RUTH" ftlonday and Tuesday only.

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?n -ci re: - - n s d e r t .1 -1 -f a

iry, fore-.trn o,e unoff !ai o. "d.-.-ih'e a-arn.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Ethel Clayton in "THE 13TH COMMANDMENT" SATURDAY Harry Murey in "THE SEA RIDERS"

1Kb' Germnov is n'tPTr'inr to pine.

had b him. sh.

with, says.

were tl-'

believed bv

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SUNDAY AND MONDAY Enid Bennett in "THE WOMAN IN THE SUIT CASE'

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ill Wmmiwmmm

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PASTIME TODAY Alice Brady in

"THE HUNGRY HEART Also Hearst Weekly

TOMORROW

"TRAILED BY THREE 3'T57l rJ!'.l', 3 A.'' ".P'A,-'."VKT.lr,.-!

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TODAY Max Linder in "THE LITTLE CAFE" Also "The Moonrider" TOMORROW YOUNG BUFFALO

SI-'F-TATOR,

AT THE DeLUXE

"The Forbidden Woman." which will

mess. But it is now believed that th"y! Visve cooled down and it is doubtful) whether they will carry out t heir j

fgllOil

th'eat. Evert if they should it is not j

MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Capita"! and Surplus $150,000.00

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Vhere Is My Money Safe?"

j be seen at the DeLuxe theatre today. I Tuesday end Wednesday, is said to (have an unusually elaborate back- ! stround for the display of Clara Kimi ba'l Younjr's Justly celebrated irowns, ' the value of which wardrobe is raid -o

i exceed twenty-rive thousand dollars and i

i includes price'es crea.ti in the wav I of even nc arow ns, afternoon frocks

IRVIN SHEAKS Dealer in Coal ,Feed, Salt and Flour

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All Biliousness, Headach0 and Constipation cone!

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amy ay vru,

eop;e htio save money by mating saenhces want to be sure that they can keep it in a safe place. Not around the house, not carrying ir. not burying it, not investing it in wildcat slocks but in a safe, secure place. The First National Bank is not only a faff place to keep money, but savings kept here will earn 3'V interest fcr the depositor. Besides, this Bank is a member of the Giant Federal Reserve System of the United States, and it is under the supervision of the United States Government.

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Just vhere do you keep important papers? Around the Hous. or in the deck at your office? Papers of value kept in that manner mav be stoien. mislaid, or be destroyed by fire. What vou!g you tl ink of a phc whet? von can safely keep your insurance policies, important papers, valuable receipts, army discharge papers, the deed to 3'our place. Liberty Bonds and stock certificates? A place protected from fire and burglars and still convenient. We hae such a place for you. A safety deposit box in our massive steel vault enn bo had for Jess than a penny a day. Take nc chances; have a safety deposit box at this bank.

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