Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 47, Hammond, Lake County, 12 August 1920 — Page 1

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Cabinet Council Summoned to Consider the Decision of France. BULLETIN 'INTERNATIONAL NEWSSERVICE! LONDON, Aug. 13 Official annoonrement that the Rutan h out - . .n 1 1 - mi coBtalaw iriaw-unnn's . d im the .ovlet war office xommu.Uiw received at the foreign office thl. trrnoon from Moicow. BULLETIN flNTERNATIONAL NEWS V'cf1 LO.VDOX, Aug. 13 The Brltl.h Federation of Coal Miner, today voed approval of general .trlke In the United Kingdom If the -action commlttee" co-idera .och a dra.tlc tep necessary to prevent a new war. Ot account of the critical new Eur--i. .- Prrmirr Lloyd Go'I b. cancelled plan, for hi- vacation in Switaerlund. BT EARLE C REEVES LOXDOX. Aug. 12-War cloud, again loomed ominously upon the horizon today. A cabinet council was summoned to consider the decision of France to sever ail relations with the Soviet government of Russia, and to throw French support to the de facto government, established by General Wrangel. the anti-Bolshevik leader m Southern Russia. ... wave of alarm has swept Great Britain as a result of the unexpected action of France in breaking away from Premier Lloyd , George s policy of conciliation. LABOR COUNCIL IN SESSION The British labor council, which 1 v-orously opposing any and all war r,;,6ure3 against Soviet Russia, was rastily called into secret session to consider action in view of the new French attitude. Premier Lloyd George, who has been r.ak'ns tremendous effort to restore J, ace in the east and prevent a new ar from sweeping Europe, was plain1 anxious. It was announced at the ..'-en'-er's official residence, at No. 10 Downing street, just before noon, that no French note relative to France a new Russian policy had yet been received fvom Paris. Owing to the seriousness of the ln(Continued on page seven.) New Hotel For Point Assured Clarence Fate Head of Comj merce Chamber, City's - Livest Booster. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT, IND., Aug. 12 That the very lively seat of the capitol ot Lake county is fast getting away from Its long established titles of "the classic county seat" and Sleepy Hollow" and developing into one of the regular places between Indianapolis j and Chicago, and between r risco ana New York is shown by the fact that a fine new four or five story hotel for Crown Point 13 at last going to become a reality instead of a dream. One of the chaps who is doing most to liven up the hub is Clarence Fate, president of the Chamber of Commerce. Clarence is a live booster and gets the ether fellows to boost with him. That was one reason he was elected president of the chamber. The other reason was Crown Point's neod of a new J-.otel. Unless Fate can put that over they will mark him down as a failure CLARENCE FATE and he realizes it. ' For that reason the hotel is bound to go through. In other words. Crown T-olnt will have a hotel "sure as fate." "Anyone -who has not lived In Crown Point, has not lived." is the way ho expresses his faith in his home town. When Fate starts to tell about the thincs Crown Point is doing .he never mentions himself: he always says Crown Toint or "Chamber of Commerce . "Intalklngovcrthethings jCoatiiiaed on page seven.)

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RAVllOXP ZOLU here on a visit, says Tampa has it all aver Si. Petersburg, as a winter resort. . MAJOR K. N. Burr and Attorney Harry W. Call of Gary were Hammond' visitors last eveningROBERT F.RESSLER of Kenwood has gone to the Atlantic sea coast for his summer vacation. HAMMOND grocers hearing that the rrice of sugar is to break in the near future will believe it when they see such a state of affairs. IRVIN EETZ was the cynosure of all eyes last night when he appeared on the streets driving his new Lexington Thoroughbred. HERBERT LAMPREL, superintendent of the American Glue company here. who has been in the hospital for two j weeks. Is convalescent. THEY pinched John Schmuesser for speeding while John was on his way home from Bill Kleihege's fishing camp, but Jacob Schloer knows the full story. THE directors of the Hammond Country club held a business meeting and new memberships reported, Presidt-nt Kent W. Bartlett, presided. WALTER LAMBORN is forgetting the real estate game for a few days while he and Mrs. Lamborn visit with friends in Ohio. A FIVE minutes conservation with J. G. Ibach.. Jr.. fails to elicit anything very favorable about the present condition of the retail lumber market. TV. H. POTTER of Hammond and daughter, Mrs. B. J. Steelman. are. according to news dispatches, registered at the Pennsylvania hotel in New York. THE tenth 'district democrats had a large time yesterday at Cedar Lake, here they held a joyous summer picnic "WHILE selling advertising Joe Meyer has also time to aay a few words about Lake "Winnebago, whence he has returned from a vacation trip! PAUL MOORHEAD. who wsjghs 100 odd pounds, has taken up tennis to reduce in flesh. "Texas sales growing so," says Paul, "I gotta keep in trim to take care of them." HARRY GRIMMER, the band concert promoter, announce that the musical treat for next Saturday afternoon and evening will be bigger and better than the first one. JOHX N. BECKJIAN is more emphatic than ever that he doesn't need his glasses to take A. M. Turner's measure at golf, but Murray disputes the statement. FORMER Judge E. P. Ames of Hammond, doesn't care what happens now he has six acres of ground on the outskirts of the Athens of Indiana, and that's Crawfordsville. P. V. 1LEY"N. who counts that day about lost on which he doesn't land a new factory for Hammond, is working on another such surprise party for the city. FLOYD MURRAY, who is one of those handling business arrangements for the American legion minstrel show, would Just about as soon drill a company of the greenest rookies. CITY ATTORNEY YV. "W. McMahon will leave his grand children home 'next time he goes on a vacation trip. He is back from St. Joe. Mich., and wears splints on a finger which he broke when he caught it in a locker door at the St. Joe bath house. SO FAR Attorney Fred Crumpacker's friends are sadly disappointed at the result of his fishing trip for which he promised wonderful returns. He has been away nearly two weeks and only one small fish has come from him and the recipient swears it smelled like a fish shop. SID KAUFMAN is authority tor the statement that selling autos and being an end man in a minstrel show don't jibe worth a cent, but he figures that if he sells autos . to ten pex cent ofthe people seeing the "Jollies" in three day" his partner Harrington will be well satisfied. BODIE, the photographer, has set out to show he can do anything photographic. Capt. Bunde, who does the finger print work for the police is working nights now, so Tuesday Bodie photographed the prints loft by the rogues who burgled the Colonial Sporting Goods store. DR. ONIS O. MELTON announces with pride that he has bcn electaii president -of the Fishermen Liars' association, which is composed of Hammond fans. Roc has stated that he caught cats weighing as much as 25 pounds up in Michigan. He says his position is insecure though. FRANK WACHEWICZ, who has just returned from a vacation which he spent in Canada sa s the season has been v ery dry there and is hno for persons suffering with the asthma. However, it wasn't the dry feature particularly wnich caused Frank to hang around so long as he-isn't bothered with asthma. ' JOS. C. SCHWEISETH. well known here, writes from Coblenz. that he would like to hear from some of the girls. He went through the entire war as a- first division soldier and is now attached to headquarters. Prov. Dis. Det., Fort Alexandra. Cotjlerz. Germany. "Far from home and no one to write me," is Joe's plaintive message.

SHOWS WHAT CLASS 41-46 CAN DO r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' I KUAN A. I M,., AuK, 111 When Harry WtlKon. of rii-knry vllle. III. rrvelvm his decree of A. II. from rollrn-e of Liberal Art unl Science oT the Univerly of Illinois tomorrow, he will cumplet u whirlwind record In iuu t riculu tluu . VVUnmi furled nt Ihr university an a Ofihuire laat fall and la coining oat n rotor now at the clone of the auninter eealon. Wllboa la 43 years old and hits been u member of the Illinois General assembly for three consecutive sessions.

Wm. Rippe New Bank Cashier Estimable Young Man Succeeds M. M. Towle, Jr. In First National. Patrons of the First National Bank were plea.antly surprised today when they found William Rippe smiling behind the cashier .ign and Paul H. Fedder occupy'ng the atsitant ca.shier's booth. The change was made at the meeting of the board of d:iiMr of the bank, when M. M. Towle. Jr.. had a.-ked to be relieved of the catshiership. Mr. Towle who is the son if the founder and first president of the bank, ha been conected with the institution f-r many years, but has found that his personal affairs need more attention than he can give them outside of the work as cashier. His resignation was accepted . Both Messrs. Rippe and Fedder are well known to the bank patrons as both have been connected with the bank for fourteen years. They worked up to their present positions from messenger boys. Prir.r to the change Mr, Kippe was assistant cashier and Mr. Fedder was second assistant. SEEK NEGROTO LYNCH HIM f INTERNATIONAL NES SEV!CE1 DESOTO, Mo.. Aug. 12. Folowing t trail of blood, a posse of angry farmers today tracked a negro, charged with criminally atacking 12-year-old Gertrude Wilson, to a clump of Woods about three miles from here. His capture was expected momentarily and threats "of a lynching were made. The girl was attacked near her hom at Vineland. The negro stopped th horsw she was riding and carried her into the bushes alongside the roadway, according to reports. A posse was formed and scoured the Woodlands during the night. The negro, doubling back on h:s tracks several times, eluded his pursuers until early this morninir when, nearly exhausted he was found near the farmhouse of T. M. Pollute. Pollute fired upon him with a shot-gun. wounding hirn, it was reported, in the body. From the Tollitte farm-house the negro, leaving blood tracks, was easily followed with a pair of blood-hounds. Latest Census Figures Out f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl WASHINGTON. Aug. 12 Prelimin ary population figures were announced today by the census bureau as follows: Marion county, including IndUnapo'lis. Ind.. 1320 population. 348.061; in crease 84.400 or 32 per cent. Green county, including Linton. Ind. 1920 population 36,753 decrease 114. or 0.3 per cent. Onondaga county, including Syracuse N. Y., 1D20 population. 241,465; in crease 41.167 or 20.6 per cent. Salt Lake county including Salt Lake City, Utah, 1D20 population 159. 2S2 increase It. 856 or 21.2 per cent. Ct-ntralia, 111. 1920 population 12,. 431; increase 2.811 or 28 ptr cent. CHARLIE WON'T SAY MUCH INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. August 12. "A gentleman," says Charlie Chaplin, "can say but little where a lady i concerned. I'd rather not say much about the divorce." Charlie was here today to escape the lawyers ard the process levers from California, who seek to attach to his person numerous papeYp bearing on tne divorce tuit brought by his wife. BRITISH SHIPS IN FINLAND INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 COPENHAGEN, Aug. 12. There is great anxiety in Petrograd over the arival of a British naval squadron at H.-lsingfors. naid a Helsingfors dispatch to the Tidende today. M. Zinovieff. president of the Petrograd local soviet, has issued a proclamation charging that the entente is urging Finland to attack Petrograd. AMERICANS . LEAVE WARSAW INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 LONDON. Aug. 12 Virtually all the members of the American colony at. Warsaw have now evacuated the city, said a dispatch from the polish capital to the Manchester-Guardian.

Road Plane Case Aired In Chicago Lowell Concern Chief is Arrested in Chicago on Confidence Game Charges. n ' 3tEC i A L TO THE 7IES! tOWL'f.L. I.V.O.. i.g. II The troubles of the Aroerlcnn Road Plane Co. which had been partially aired in the Crown Point courts and which have stirred up this place for some tinvi reached Chicago yesterday when Joseph Wells Lee, inventor and head ol the American Road Plane Co., was arrested yesterday on charges of operating a confidence game. When Mr. Lee appears at the S. Clark st station in Chicago this morning to answer the charge made by H. H. Hoffman, a printer, 712 Federal st. his troubles will only begin. Hoffman sus he gave Lee i'il'i two years ago to purchase tirs at a "reduced rate." lie got no tires and no refund, he says. FACES BIO (HAKI.K When the $210 charge is disposed of Mr. Lee will face accusation by stockholders of his a'.Irgd "oneman corporation" that he attempted to swindle them out of 1137.000. This was the statement last night of Attorney Victor K. Roberts of Lowell, where Lie's factory is located. "Mr. Lee came to Lowell in May, said Mr. Roberts. "The company had been organised in Chicago and incorporated in Delaware tor $300,000. "A 'dummy board' consisting of Lee's son. Robert Stuart Lee; James Hartnett a Chicago attorney and Lee's stenogra pher. Delia F. Sager. handled the transfer of stock from one corporation to another. "Lee had been paid $45,000 for his patent rights by the (list corporation A month ago the- dummy board was found to have given Lee stock certificates for $137,010 for the Canadian rishls of his patent. t'lllMTKATH COtP "He nas forced to turn back the stock certificates. There is but $11800 i worth of stock outstanding. This coup, had it not ben detected, would have gien Lee absolute control of the company." Attorneys Loui3 Heile and Edward J. Hes have been retained by Chi1 cago stockholders to pnh trie charges. Lee was released on bonds of $1.0lo He is i3. and lives at 1145 Warner ave.

USES ALL HER SHOTS ON HUSBAND MILWAUKEE, WIS., Aug. 12 Accusing her husband of associating with other women. Mrs. Jack Brlnkman shot and killed him here today as he was leaving the St. Charles hotel. She fired five shots into his body. The Brinkman's registered at the hotel on August 9th from Newark. N. J. They are also said to have lived In riainfleld, N. J. e Mrs. Brlnkman told the police that she had intended killing herself as soon as she shot her husband, but in her excitement used all the bullets m her husband. MINERS TO RETURN TO WORK r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl KANSAS CITY. Mo., Aug. J2. Kansas miners are to work immediately, according to an announcement by Alex ander Howat. head of the miners in this state, received here from Pittsburgh. Kan., today. The strikers, Howat announced, will go back to the mines not at his direction, but upon their own accord and under protest. ' The workers have been idle for two weeks in protest against the five day week cpnalties levied by the operators . The International Mine "Workers investigating committee !nt to the Pitts burgh field several days by International President Lewis, wos enroute to Jndianapolls today, having completed its woik at Pittsburgh. WARSAW BATTLE TO BE DESPERATE PARIS. Apg. 12 Advices from the eattern theatre of war indicate that a grand battle for "Warsaw will be precipitated alon the whole Polish battle line, it was announced at the foreign office. The Daily Soviet war office communique had not been received by wireless from Moscow up to 1.30 o'clock this afternoon. ONLY THREE AIR SQUADRONS LEFT INTERNATIONAL N Ews" SERVICE LONDON. Aug. 12. The Polish army hag only three aerial squadrons left intact, accordingto Lieut. I. S. Woodhouse, of Arthur, Nev., formerly a San Francisco newspaper man. and Lieut. Edward O. O'Donnell. of Detroit, "both members of the Polish aviation force. The officers have just arrived in London bringing the latest word of the American Kosciusko." squadron which has been fighting on the Polish front: RIDES TO DEATH ON OWN HORSE I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I LONDON. Aug. 12. Walter Winans, member of a millionaire family of Baltimore, Md.. died suddenly today whildriving one of his own horses In a trotting race it Parsloes Park, Ilford. Winans collapsed just as he waa passing the winning post. He called out "catch my horse," and then fell on-conscious.

SHE NEVER BATTED AN EYE I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 ST. LOUIS, MO., Aok. 13 Aroused at 3 a. an., Mrs. Henry Seollln, wife of the president of the Seullla Steel Co, watched burglars make off with liquor with a nre-

prohlbltlou value of H4.CHK) without ! mat me an outcry for frar some one In the family "inlKht le shot in nn pt-nipt to run them off.' Mrs. -ulHn watched the robbers carry 1 the liquor from her cellar for over j an hour. When they had drpnrlrd j lie ealled hrr husbnnd and the po- j llt-e. i YOU CAN CALL E EDER With Atty. George Eder sitting as special judge, the trial of John Smith the colored barber of PI u miner avenue, was held in the police court this morning. John was arrested when s;x bottles of whiskey were found in his place Monday afternoon. It will be reSnenibered that John managed to ctr.ash the bottles with a stove poker. However, the bottle necks had been saved Smith was charged with selling liquor and with having it in his possession. The firsf count was dismissed, after he had entered a plea nf guilty to the second charge. Judse Eder gave lr.m a fine of $.-o and costs and a suspended jail sentence of TO days. FINALLY OECIDEO TO PLEAD GUILTY Since the Hammond council passed the new o;d, nance regulating the weights of loads which can be haulev on trucks over the streets of the city the police have been wondering what would be the outcome of the first arrest made for violation. Yesterday Charles Fend. S17 Roby street, Chicago, was iirrc:'ied by officer Ed. Warner, when he came driving along Indianapolis boulevard, with a heaj. truck and pulling a loaded trailer.' The "ordinance forbid3 the use of trailers. Fencl was hauling cement. H:s employers promised to be in court this morning and let it be known that they were going to show that the ordinance was wrong. Every thing was set for a stiff legal battle when Fencl finally appeared today and entered a plea of guilty. His boss had changed his mind Fencl paid Hi, TWO BRING- IN 73 CARDS t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 INVERNESS GOLF CLUB, Toledo. O. August 12. Douglas Edgar of Atlanta, and Bob McDonald rf Chicago led the early st irt. ,-s today in the first round of the .p--i ?n!r rliini ionship at the Inv ernets golf club, with cards of 74 l.l :ar Is the holder of th Can.i-ian open championship. Cards: Mcdonald OCT . IN. . . EDGAR OUT. In 43434 5 45 436 4453 5- 444 4 37 73 .55345443 5 38 . . 3 3 5.3 4 4 4 5 4 35 73 Edgar aided h-,s card greatly wit'i Etrdie threes at the tenth and eleventh holes part four. He laid long seconds elope to the pins. Chirk Evans w in third positi. n w ith a card of 74. HUTCHINSON MAKES NEW 69 IVERNESS GOLF CLUB. Toledo. O.. Aug. 12. Jack Hjtchinson. Chicago, led the field in the first round of the open golf championship today with a card of 33-36 33. The score equalled the course record which was made by Hutchinson in the qualifying rounds. Walter Hagen, present champion, did, a seventy-four. MILLERAND TAKES TRIP PARIS, August 12. Despite the critical trend of European affairs, Premier , Millerand today fleft for a ten days trip .through the liberated districts of Frame. The premier gave no evidence of being disturbed over the sensation caused in Great Brjtaln by France's new Russian policy. Claude Hubler ws arrested yesterday evening at Hohman and Russell sts.. Hammond, by officer Naugh and charged with reckless driving. Hubler liveg at 5S1 Summer st. He was released on payment of $20 bail and will be heard next Monday. A.Lindley, 1505 W. USth street. Chicago, was arrested by officer Warner last night for driving his auto past a street car at Forsythe corners while passenger-? were alighting. His-trial was set for August 21. ' Dan Crocker. 1124 Monroe street, who was picked up by officer McCarron at State and Hohman streets, late last night and booked for disorderly conduct, was fined 10 in police court this morning. Andrew . Jesinger. 345 Dne street, was the only drunk to face Judge Kloti this morning. He was arrested last night at Hoffman and Johnson streets, by officer Wollak- Jesinger was given, a fine and costs totaling lli.

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Police Are Working On New Murder Body of Man Believed to Be Dino Sanitelli of Gary is Found by Road-side. With his skull crukheJ and Uiree. bu.ict .vu'.iilda in Ilia body, u IUuii was found dju.g ut the side of the rvd. two uiiiua east of Uhica.-o Jieigbto laat r.ialil at Ll.iJ o'clock. Idenliiicalion is only parlly .ttu.bhbtVid Lhus far. but friends beliovo h.ui lo Ua-.e been a Gary Italian, vshutc Iirsl uaiiiH wj-b Frank. When found ihc man was tartly able to iLic.ik and died before police could Bet a connected story from him. Abuut Ihe only words which were of value to tile officers were his whispered statement that he had been shot by a nc.ro named Taylor. Chicago Heights police are working on the murder which is believed may Have Mine connection with the recent trouble between negroes and Italian residents of the city. The body was discovered huddled at thu roadside ha.ing apparently been thrown from a moving. automobile. The road leads from Chicago Heights to D cr, Ind. Only meagre identification clues were found when the man's clothing was searched. In one pocket was a small card bearing the words "Hammond lt'J'J-W." In another pocket was another card with the single word Dino." Hammond police were notified at once and Capt. Bunde found the number to be that of the telephone of Ed Babcock, 4S8 Summer street. Mrs. Babcock informed the police that her husband was at work. She was told of the murder and when Uic man was dcscribed as an Italian she recalled that Mr. Babcock's sister had marrird an Jtalian named Dino Sanlilli. Tho discription fitted him in every respect, she -aid. Santilli lives at 630 Washington street, (Jary. When the Hammond police commuiwlated with the Gary officers. Santilli utis Icrattd without difficulty. Shortly before noon today Santilli came to Ham mond and in company with Ed lia".' cock went, to Chicago Heights. . They believe they know the man. but d- not remember having heard Ms lat name. They remember him only as 'Frank. Uabcock recalls giving the ma:i his telephone number recently so thai he might get in touch with him in. case he came to Hammond. . The description is as follows; Italian, about 2S years old: height. 5 feet. 6 inches; weight. 160 pounds; stout build; aark complexion; brown eyes; smooth shaven; black and bushy hair; freckles on face; blue and white striped shirt; brown suit; gray cap; low tan fchoes; no collar. Feeling between negroes and Italians of Chicago Heights has been running high for some time and deputy 'sheriffs were called out last week to patrol the streets. A National Guard company was also held in readiness until ap

parently the trouble had subsided. In the first place an Italian girl was struck by a motorcycle driven by a negro. Later it was said that a negro had attacked an Italian girl. More trouble threatened when a packing company brought in some negroes for construction work. ATTRACTIVE FEATURES AT MINSTRELS Tonight is the big night,. The opening night of the three night run of the American Legion's big show I "The Joules of 1320." The coi.ume:. j have all been given out, the stage re hearsal being helS this afternoon, to be followed by the oieslia rehearsal, after which there will be nothing to cio except to wait for the opening curtain, to gie Hammond theatre-goers the biggest treat they have had for mapy a day. A special feature in the second part of the show will be the toe dance to be done by Genevieve Gauthier. Another feature wili be the monologue to be done by Alex. Robb. a director of the Joe Eren Production Co. 4Mrs. Lydia Wo!ten Van Gilder assister by Mrs. Jlikesch is to do- a specialty number which her friends arc anticipating. ' There are still a few good seats left for each of the three performances but they are going fasrt. so if you have not already made your reservations, you had better hurry to the Orpheum theatre box office and get them. The show will be given at the Orpheum theatre tonight, tomorrow night and Saturday night. BOY, PAGE OLD 'DOCVORONEFF!' GREBNSBURG. Ind.. Aug. 12. A big ape thought to have escaped from a carnival, or circus, la causing areign of terror in Westmoreland County. In the vicinity of Hunker, New Staunton, and nearby mining towns the people already have vision of a repetition of Joe's murders 0f the Kue Morgue. Several posses, accompanied by bloodhound hav tried during the laat few day to track the bigsimian flirwB, but without success. The dogs find no trouble In getting the scent, but Always lose it .at the foot of wooje high tree in the thickly wooded sections. The- description of the ape is the same as that given by poker players who were interrupted while enJoying a game ia a well-bidden cabin..

Weight of Roof Iron On Seal fold Causes it to Give Way and Men Fall. SPECIAL TO THE TIES WHITING. Ind.. August 12 Tho worst accident which has happened a the Standard Oil refinery here in a Ion-, ttme, took place shortly after thr o'clock yesterday when three men err. ployed as boiler-makers were killed b failing from a tank scaffoid. Ti. dead are: JOSEPH 1.1 KATICH. Chicnco. " , THOMAS O'BRIEN, WI04 LanKley n e., C lilt ago. C. W. STEVENS. M2 West 6:ir,l trect. ( hirago. MAX TEKHIBLV MANGLED Lukatich and O'Brien were l.v nbut unconscious and were tak.n to t . Standard Oil Company's hospital w he their injuries pro.ed fatal soon afte Lukatich was not identified unr.. th:s morning as he was almost mane led beyond recolnition, by being hu. :- ed beneath the heavy iron. " The tar. men were working alnne at the ti:iu , ' the accident. Lukatich identinc by his check number. SCAFFOLD FALLS INDER WKK.II' Themen were employed in the. eie. tion of a tank and were atop of j s a: fold upon which a large pile of roo' iron for use in the construction of th tank was loaded. It seems that th weight of the iron was too murh foi the scaffold and the three men w er precipitated to the ground, a distanef of nearly 20 feet. Stevens ,JS k; led tnrtantly and. dead when takfrom the debris.

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m FROM f0i, licit Br WILLIAM M. MALLABAH ! STAFF CORRESPONDENT I N. SERVICE LONDON. Aug. 12 Premier Lb.j ' George today sent a communication to M. Kamaneff. one of the meir.l..iof the Bolshevik trade mission, regard ing the delay in getting armistice an . preliminary peace negotiations starteu between the Poles and Russians a: Minsk. The premier quoted a Polish state ment saying that the Polish govern ment had not received any instruction regarding the Minsk parley, a repo, from the British mission in Warsa was then quoted to the effect that, the Polish government had made r. peated cffoits to get into wireless com munieation with Moscow- regarding th, plans for the conference, but thai Moscow refused to receive the messages, j Premier Llovd r.nr . . i say that he had been informed by th: cnuFn mission that Polish officers :i the battle front near Siedlce were' notified that the Russian delegation ha.i ai rived at Minsk and not finding- u.i.v cf the Folish envoys, announced the;, would wait for them until 10 ocloci; "Wednesday morning. "The Poles had notified the soviet gv err.m. nt that the P. iisn delegation would not leave for the front unfl Wednesday evening." said Premier Lloyd George in his letter. The pimier epressed the hope that M. Kamaneff would send instruction regarding the reception ot the Poliii envoys and their freedom of action in using wireless to communicate with their home government. "Refusal to allow the Poles to use the wireless arouses suspicion and it is not conductive to a peaceful solution of the crisis." said the premier. Members of the Russian mission in London lefuse to make any statement regarding the delay in the Minsk negotiations. It was understood that they were in communication with the premiers office during the morning. CARNIVAL OF BARGAIN Merchants w hose .-tores are on t est. State irtrcit. Hammond, are i rer:n' to show the. ' pubiic-buj w. that r-y elmply taking a few steys; around the corner off Hohman st:et. the iieit b.i;gains in the city -v:i; t encountered. In order to put iho campaign over big. they have u;:ltel in whit they term a carnival of batgnlc. The event opens Friday and while it is Leins advertised for that day and Saturday. :t is said that the same prices will proDably prevail throughout the remainder of August. . The merchandise which is being specially priced for the campaign is all from the regular stocks and in many instances Is being reduced away beiow market value. People have been waiting for these sale this summer and indications are that they will attract swarms of bargain seekers. MRS. ROSENBOWER SEEKS A DIVORCE Abandoned with five of her ten chile ren on her hands. Mrs. Anna Rosenbower of Hammond, is asking for a divorce in the Hammond Superior court. She Beys she and Alfred Rosenbower were married January 15. 1S97 and that he deserted her February 1, 1918. The. husband is also said to have bea'.en her with his fists. Mrs. Rosenbower asks for J3.000 alimony and an order from the court reqjiring the hui'bana to pay for the maintenance of the five children now la her custody.

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