Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 51, Hammond, Lake County, 17 August 1920 — Page 1

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oi ssrnr Ticket How Presents A Com-i plete Rosier or Names For Campaign r-riure niiBFAil at HfTE CAPITAL! INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. Aug. 17 -De-; velopmems connected w.'h t-; r..in! cf the two vacancies.- ti. J.mu-j cratic state t.cket have d-.bcU-eeJ 'i fact that mar.y prominent, uvmocrats! believe that the paity has n.- C.di-.cc i to win in Indiana this year, ticnjaia.a Eoesee of Evansvill. democratic state chairman, in desperation ovtr the sit uation retorted to drjft.ns mvfnous j anl was able to ann-june last jsatur- . day that two men had boeu . fcurd. to sacrifice thcn-.sel es on the a.ur i party loyalty . i BOSS-E &IVK5 OVT j Mr. Eosse announced that Daniel C. j Mcintosh of Worthlng-ton had agreed ; la accept the nomination f .T bt;e eu-; perintendent of public instrucriorr made vacant by the resignation from the j ticket of Miss Adtiaide S. Baylor. Ed-! Y ard "W. Felt cf Indianapolis was se-j curad to become thj party candidate. lor Supreme Court judge, the vacant JuQEeir.ip nomination resulting ::om j the death of Judge Iaws ,n il . liarvcy. ! Mr. Br-ssc very carefully rt?fi'a;ne-i j from making public the real fcis in' Connection with the tiling of th.' va-i cancKS. me 'tu.n .a. . ther was no ; wild famM' on the part of d. era; ft at tho two vacant piaces ou tac, t "e' et keel Vautv doomed ! The nomination f-r the school o..:co ered to Edgar X. rias.-cins r.i Yiuecnnes u 1 date f-r who was an avovvca canthe place o,ivrr the seleet r n of Mian Baylor lat sprint . but Mr. IJaskir.3 declined with than.es. it

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i unaerstcc-fi iocrats. cx boeiters from Hair..-. nd. M. J. COIiE-n ci tnc tiammou-i ru.tntimate friends that he refused ":E;ist Cn,c3s,( &nd Garv. have arrans-, ture Exchange on State street, has grabplace on she, ticket because he r"- ,d for special accommodations over the! bed off a big batch of furniture at a

that the party 13 uaomea 10 u:ii4i '"'i th election. Folic-wins the declination ef , Mr. HaskinR the democratic icaatm . hurriedly about for a candidate ar.ei 1 eventually secured the promise of, vounc Mr. Mcintosh to Sic the gap , n ;n- i.cic-t. - jo - . : was absolutely no compc-tit um . lTders eventually agreed that Judpo l e.t, an -u i'-j - -- , rot refuse to make the race and so j the old judge was draft' d for the judi-j cial vacancy. , KEADY TO TAKE DEFEAT j The democratic ticker- now presents ; a comflete roster of i.amcs, but it 'j not a group of enthusiastic, confident candidates. The drafted men are ready, to take defeat gracefully for theyj aa nr,t cinEct election when they agreed to accept the. vacant nomir.a- j tion. according- to persona in close; toych with the situation. j HAMMOND'S CAMPAIGN LANDS THIRTEEN . j FrOm All PartS 01 ReglOn j Alltftist ArP fiflthprpd In for Speeding. Hammond's campaign against earelees automobile drivers gees merrily! on. Police have received orders to bring all violators of the traffic laws.! The task is a big one and many of course are managing to evade m pc- ,

lice, but the number of arrests lsfeors had su'-ccded in getting under increasing daily. I the foundation of the house and into a Thirteen violators were rounded up sr.iaii excavation in which the still

yesterday. - j East night the officers made a clean- j up of cars which were traversing the ; streets without tail lights burning. : Seven of these offenders were arrest-j ed . Three of them paid when arraigned before Tinkham this morning. I and costs 1 pcial Judge; They were j Pusell M. Oltz. ?Tj Park Flae Ham mend; Isadore Zeplovitz. Carroll s" Hammond. Er.zie liahn, 350 Washin g.'on 'st ..'Gary. The others who either i f rfeited their b r is 01 will be tried later were Joe Goldstein. 516 John st.. Whiting; John Ferry. Aurora. Iil.;; Pierre Guthridge, Hegewishch; Frank,' Cok. Maine Hotel, Hammond. Speeders included James McCormick F. W. Smith, and A B. Winters t Chicago and L. T. Daniel of C .dumbus, 1 Ohio. Daniel paid JU. Winter's paid! 115 and the others failed to show m ; court today. George Jansen and Charles Heis, I both from Cincinnati were caught driv ; ing their trucks on Calumet blvd.i They paid $10 fines and went on .their way. HAMMOND DEMOCRATS MEET TO ORGANIZE Hammond democrats will meet this;

evening to perfect their city organi-I iDOULaI iJCUU lnUESUaV WASHINGTON. Aug. 16 President ration. The meeting will be held in! Excursion oer Soutn Shore line to Wilson has induced former Gov. Samthe offices of Ib ich. Gavit & Stinsfn' South Bend Thursday, August 13, fcr uoi T. McCal!. of Massachusetts, .f

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building. A chairman, vice e ha irma n. i Han-.mor.d 10:13 A. M . returning aftsecretary and treasurer will be selee- j er evening meeting. Round trip fara ed and plans will be laid for the city'a; from K amend 23S . from East Chihare In the county campaign. There Jcago, S2.S9, from Gary. $2.55. includwill also be some preliminary dis-ling war tax. Ladies invited. Ail

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BUYING RAILROAD EQUIPMENT FOR JA? GOVERNMENT

I J. F. Strr. J. F. Starr, coriS-ultin.r: enpr.wn" of the Japanese army and navy, has arrived in Sun Francisco to purchase S25.C0O.OOO worth of broad fra;e railroad equipment to be used in broadening out the railroad from Kcte to Tokio 1 Lake County emocrats To See Co y noro m-., Will fin ivitgaiiuu vt ui vjt j From CaluEist Region I to South Bend. mine r.t Jam... s i Bend dclega in the crowd which pr C". when h-.- fpa. on Thuisduy will bo Gov. Sout iuife-i lion of L.ale: cou: d mSouth Shore electric line and many democrats from other parts of the cour.tv are piar.r.ir.i; to join them. Extra C!i"s will be placed on the! train v.-hie h leaves Hammond at 1 13 1 lock. A special fare of 12. 9S has 1 icen granted . Th;: train will reach 1 youth JJ- r.1 in P y of time f-r the nncr before attins: in the aft r-iSi.,-,rs t., h.iv-.-ter.d;ng tJu. nr?. n,--.n. Gov. C ,01.no(.n ar,d (,v ()elop.a. ior ox win sp.'ak both at-! oning. The Lake county j I stav until the close! t f the ever.ms m-c-ting;. Thi!f t, th- f..s. ai,pearar.ce ,-f the u.mc.cra..;c presidential candidate in xorthern Indiana and his foil -wers in Jake co.jn.v pian to giVt. him a warm fecepUl-in , DYER MAN ADEPT AT- HIDING STiLL Federal Dry Officers Also Put Gary Man Under Arrest Fedral prohibition officers esterday home of 1 afternoon descended upon the John Marcus near Dyer and although! they found twenty gallons of whiskeyj ,n the fcast:ir'cnl tney were una"'c i find any trace of the still which they j were reasonably sure John -had secretI ed somewhere about the house. A close search 01" the premises failed to disclose anything suspicious and the off-crs were read v to give up the search when some loose sand drew their attention. I Shovels were procured and after -n hour's hard wor the prohibition orwas being e pc rated . found through the 1C V'"""' pint rv floor outi 1 tn permit c ne per-i cnly laree er.ou 5on tn H 1 e e z e

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Mike Burich as 3833 v it -.ir.gtwn St.. Gary, was arrested for transporting: lif lor. He Uce(! a motorcyelr and sidv car as hi? e on veya nee . jr A 0 lirn Q HQTTIITC rWlinrnO 10 II L IUIUIILIIU wl - STARTS AUG. 20! CROWN POINT. IND., Aug. 17 The annual sersion of the Lake County Teachers Institute will be heid in the assembly room-of the h gh school building. Crown Point, Inc., August 30 to September 3. The following Instructors have been selected to date: Prof. Pobert A. Armstrong, dean of English, West Vir ginia University. Morgantown. W. Va. Miss Emma Colbert, Teachers' College, i Indianapolis. Miss Ciarena Hunter, supervisor music, Mur.eie. Ind., V. A. j riace. county agent of agriculture, of f Crown Point. Ind. ! All teachers of Lake county are cori dially invited to attend this institute. i Governor Cox In ,, , m j the Derr. cratic Rally. Tram leaves J ar welcome on this trip. adv.

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jvh. lin.u !-;vr' '1 lilt' I.. I - ii a b;g trip ! DAYIl II HAL!.. I" ' H.ii,:iii .in ni r'i il --t li. .. ,' in.s iu.i.i?. Jc.-Ulii). If n ! ri.in vT.ltY Iv. AVE is now pu:tins a .. iiii.iiii e of j ,.p liit.i li. : .-ale of jn nixbil' s lor th L.Uf v.ounty Auto i.i s. llol.man hi reel. THE iron fence- aroifnd the AVentv.i r:h 5cr.-.,i! -rounds in Wst H.immon J i ;.i-- b i r. tr -U d to a handsouic new nat . j of t rang'' i-:nt. J 1 EAST t.b'.ey street, which developed; a lot of bad rut;, during the w nter is ! jjn.g i vpaii i d b the lontract .ts, who i laid the i'.iicimn! last summer. E. It. a. ul J. I". Ja-fb-'i'ii cr.route- by boat from Dftr;it to Eui'fal ' li "m hei.-.-o th. y i ;i! motor witii their families to Nov ork E.'tt-n. in.l 1 HAiIMONI ?pf ei i.: ' on the look out ta- cm J r.i w Chicago Hvighls i c-e-i-ae i-f them will liave warr.fd to ic ,tabl. s on x h" ni.-r.t n-a-l-.' i: to j K- r than thov do down He hrhan street. EDW'AKIi KAY and Harry Vardon. British golf crackr, v ill r'.ay at the ?--uth Btnd Country club Au?. 23. and tome cf th" local fans will motor over to sua the sport. WITH hi? fruit crrp towards til- market Ju has returned from hi.una can once more dev .- o the Orpheum theater. ?Afcly started Mi. !-..-:: tetter j I'.iiism firm his attention i FETER MANDEE. a Michigan Ceiit,t hm.in w.-ll known here, died in I Morey hc-sp.ta! "f i uuiv'3 ru.-tat..-,d ; when he waf crushed be'tvect two J freight ars. ST.-.N in in us: Mac' sirit i

I says: "This block v ill bo occupied by -3 the American Trust & Savings bank e-i. a.t!tT about June 15." It doesn't say what a j year.

Ku-.krupt sale and is planning a quiCK disposal on Friday and Saturday. - THE American EeSion ofTieiils do not know as yet just what their r.et procoeds on their minstrel sn. us. wee end will be oxc.-pt m a F-n..r.l v ay t.ia: they arc- well satisfied with the result. rr T. BEEISLER of Kenwood po: cards trr-m Atlantic t n :ebn u.u,, ma, he cannot send pictures of bathing beauties there "You just can't gH them." oe sa s. ATTY. Edwin Fritdri.-h, after beinp tost to his friends for se tc-ral days dropped the old man. CTiarl'-y, a post .-ard from away up in the White mountains of New Hampshire. Of course ho 10 enjoying himself. TOXIOHT is the city employes. If indicated at the 1 eral raise of pay rr. port a r.t one or a:, the ouncil does as 1st meeting a per.-f-.r police, firemen. clerks. I through. 1 borers and all will be vot WHILE motoring through .outh Bend Sunday. Civde Cleveland n.'t a oar which passed him like a streak. Ho was bar iy able to recognize the driver as Erie si,-.rr,AT u-h.i was heading for Hammond after spending a vacation Clemens, il.ch. at Mt. WOGGLES GOEHR1XGER and others who c!a.;m to be n?h(.rmen are referred (to Chris Krieger. janitor of the Ham rr.or.d building for information as to how it is rcailv done. Chris vis down to Plymouth Sunday and pulled in 211 pOUf'lSi C-r PlUe glU5, croppies s-ucii stuff. t-,q,- SHVNKLIN" offers the latest For acc ssoVy. East week while the cv-nklir and Rev J - Farretl and anklms and Rev. J. family v.cre at Koontz Eak' Ind.. Parrett lost the switch key to his Ford. tlrs. Shar.klin gave him ope of her 'tirl- , and tho lizzie traveled right along , ... . for se r-r.t-! oavs uniil a Key could be . ronvjvial fellow who was sitting in a , cheap restaurant, evidently under the j j impression that it was a lodging house. because he paid no hood whatever to the j waiter who solicited his order. In the ! midst of hi? nap a hungry customer j entered, took a s-r-.it at a nearny lanie and ordered in oyster stew. "One stew !" bawled the waiter back to the cook. An ther patron who had noticed the slum bering ne nudged him. Pardon me. said, "but I think that guy's pagin' you." A LOCAL stenographer had just returned from a siese at a hospital. One of her admirers who happened to meet her began an apologetic conversation. "I wanted to come to see you." he began, "but when I called up the hospital they told me that the doctor had put a ban . n your having any visitors." The man is very stingy and the stenographer had long been wanting to "bawl him out." "Yes," she admitted, "they wouldn't let j me have callers, but they didn't put any I ban on flowers.' silent. The young man was McCALL ON TARIFF COMMISSION untepnational nfws service accept an appointment as a member of i the U. S. tariff commission, it was an-j ncunced at the White House today. i McCall was named as a recess ap--poiatee. but refused to take the posi-j

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BDARO ACT;:pcial to the time?) CP'V.VN ', i.ST, I:id., Auj. IT. Cojiity Aud.fcr G. M. Foland today ri-iOii e-1 t,if- ff-Ilo ing- commumcafon trom the Stite Board of Tax Commis-.-If-m Tf pf.ro. ' the rf- ent acts of th" Lake County Board of R ie-w in reducing: th? assessments on Calumet f.w nhip acreage to the original aetrfsment be-fore the 100 per cent increase was made: To Ororpe M. Foland, Auditor of I.ukr (ouutv, Indiana! You are hereby notified that the State Board of Tax Com:v.i?sione rs uPn i oniid. ration of the, equ-iliitlan of afffSfmcnts of property as between the several counties of the state, Doth as to pi rsonal property and rca! estate, pur.-uant to the provisions of the Tutthi'.l-Ksp. r Act. lv.'W approve the action and orders cf .ur county board c;f review, coa-.'cnir.j in special sessif.n and cert ficd to this board and that the arsei.'mcnts of property, b,.l!i iral and p. rsonal, made to comply with the i iders adopted by y..ur county boaid of rev iew foi the var 1S1!. be and are hereby approved. fated this ith day of August. 15J'"1. Fred A. Sim.-. Chairman. LOWELL CAR HIT BY PENH. FLYER Occupants Escape Vith Minor Injuries In Rail Crash. FECIAL TO THE TIMES' VAET'AnAISO. Ind.. Au?. IT Two n.en. c. aiming Gary as their homes, and Giving their names as George Brown and I e Hall, are ,n th" Fort,r county charged with the 5tealr.g of a Ford automobile belonging ; Harold Kenyon. of Kouu. They we plac ed under arrest in Lima. Or.;.-,, and were in possession of the car wrl.n arrested. " Sheriff Forney went tf. E.n.-i and brought them here wr!K,lr Kenyon 'went to Eirr after j;f Kur and is . now en"'utfi home with the machine which wa stolen in Kouts iart Wednesday n:ght . ADVANCE RATING FOR 22 TOWNS! Many Indiana Cities Benefit Over Last Census Two L. C. Cities Move Up. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Aug. 17 22 Indiana cities have" adcanved in classification as a result of population increases appearing in the 1020 census or because of greater property valuation, according to statistics of the legislative reference bureau, made public here today. Twelve of the cities rars into higher classes, because of larger population changes and ten cities receive higher ratings from the retppraisement of property made in lulii undtr the new tax law. Changes in the c-lassifleat ion of cities affects the salaries of city officials and provides for different organiiaton of city government. Cities affected by the changed classifiration are as follows: Third class to second class Hammond and Muncie. Fourth class to second class East Chicago. Fourth class to third class Elkhart. Kokomo. Logansport and Marion . Fifth class to fourth class Bloomington. Clinton. Columbus, Connersvllle, Crawfordsville, Elwood. Frankfort, Goshen, Jeff erson viUe. Lebanon. New Castle, Teru. Rushviile, Sheibyville and Wabash. GRIFFITH CO. GETS BIG LAPORTE ORDER GRIFFITH. Ind., Aug. 17. The Griff.'th Foundry company has just received an order from the Rumley company of LaPorte that will keep this loncern busy for a year making gray nen castings for the Rumley machines , bince the completion of the buildings at Griffith orders have come practically unsolicited, and according to the statement of Frank Wachewicz. who is vice president of the f iundry, additional buildings must be put up immediately. The company has just voted to construct a malleable plant which will occupy a space of 90x255 ft. and the architect is now working on the plan. While several large contracts have been received, the Rumley contract is the biggest and will keep the plant running day and night, accord. ng to. Mr. Wachewici. and it is necessary to make immediate additions to take care cf the work. Dalrymple Passes Buck on Burnham to Brundage Maj. Dalrymple. prohibition commissioner, "passed the busk" to Attorney General Brundage for liauor violations in Illinois in a letter yes-I terday. He stated in the letterthatj conditions in Eurnham could be la id j at the attorney general door. Ht said his agents had made numerous! raids in Eurnham. but that on thenext day the saloon keepers resumed business.

NEW TRAVELS' IN DAY COACH NOV ' INTERNATIONAL NEW- 5 ERv ! CE ' lC A.t, Aur. IT. Kven Kr-uh-liraii national hra."quarters, now M-fiiK n 7CVOV eiini!::ien f-mil for Illinol.n, arc prartteinc t'eonomy. Wruutoi' llariy S. pn, tvbo left for Marina last nlKiit to confer w-;th .cnntor Harding. I.i.-iaura ted the innovation by refef.inc to (.ike .- cetion of n I'uIImun Including, upper r.nl berth hleli bod been i r - served for htm hr headquarter. Senator New refused the upper berth, declaring he nld ride ok an ordinary perfton . At lennt. that : hnt th.- pre n teen I a' the mmpr.Isn offires here dii.c!oKed today

WE THINK HE'S POOR AT FIGURES Just Think What He Wou.'d Have Char-ed I' H Had Cver;!ePt, Probably $1.50 .-o,?',f w r. e i lv:onri,n ' has frank 0 u ,1 : n : no foil.- rf a cararre man w iio Martin s pr at. "H, s eith'r hor.est rr poor at figures. I can't U '. whicl-..' .-a: r, Frank. I't week Frank and hi." family f.ivvered up tn Th Bells. Bate one nitrht. r.gitt after a rain, the car started to f!:p down a soft embankment .but stopped, poised at a dangerous angle. It looked as though they would be forced to camp nith a farmer, but finally help war summoned from the neare.t town. A fellow came v::h five gallons of gas and a set of tire chains f' r the flivver, per Franks order. H" was a happy cuss. too. He .--ang and whistled all the time he was Jatk'r.gr up the machine.-putting on the chain" and running it out 0:1 the road for Frank. Tne mud was ankle deep . Martin asked shout the cos! of the ra. and chains and put th" question which was bothering him most : The fellow scratched head and finally said: "Oh. make it 9Ac; I ain't been in bel vn- long." LOS DEMOCRATIC CONi BY HARR V L. ROGERS 'STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N SERVICE! COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 17 State and county leaders of the democratic party in Ohio gathered today at the state democrat o convention to receive inspr ation from Gov. James M. Cox. the.r presidential nominee for the vigorous campaigning which they all admitted is ahead if Ohio, one of the pivotal states. ;s to register in the Cox column in November. They flocked to the state house to shake hands and congratulate h.m on his nomination, many of them not having seen him since his victory at San Francisco. Most of these leaders had fought bhoulder to shoulder with "Jimmy" as they called him. since his entiance into state politics nie..-e than fen years ago .and his success they regard cd as something of a personal triumph. Gov. Cox. by the way. is tht firs.t Ohio democrat ever to have been nominated for the presidency. If the results in Novemb-r prove leaders as good as their promises Oiiio will register its twenty-four electoral votes for Cox and Roosevelt. There never has bi en a tim in the history of Ohio democracy, declared John J. Whilacre, of Canton, chief ot the financial committee for Ohio, when all the factions were so well united. The s.gnificance of the Wh.tacre statement is apparent when it is recalled that in 1914 he was the leader of a group of democrafs in a factional fight against Cox. He was himself a candidate fcr the g j i.ernato -ial nomination against Cex and pol.ed S0.O00 votes . Whitacre. to demonstrate publicly the renewed friendship with Cox, invited the democratic nominee to pass Sunday with him st his residence near Waynesburg. O.. after his speech at Canton, near-by on Saturday night. Gov. Cox" said he would accept it posMble . FOLES ADMIT THEY LOST GROUND INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LONDON, Aug. 17. Admission that the Poles lost ground "in front ot Warsaw, although in other sectors of the front they pushed the Bolshevik tack over considerable distances." is contained in a statement by the Polish legation here at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The sector "in front" of the Polls capital la that Immediately to the north. , FIRST BIG LEAGUER TO BE KILLED BY PITCHED BALL 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK. Aug. r.. Ray Chapman is the first major league baseball player to be killed by a pitched ball. to far as modern records show. Semipro and amateur players have been killed in such a fashion, but major leagues have been free from ruch accidents . FOR SALE Sweet corn. Ernst Guenther Farm, Black Cak Road and ; Saxony ave,, Hessville. Ind. No delivery. Phone 1377-Y-4 S-17-3t

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RADIUM DISCOVERER MAY SETTLE IN U. S.

it--4 i,f s s- 4 3 3 , -i -x f . Mine. Curie. It is reported that Mme. Cune, who discovered radium, contemplates settling in the United States, where she will have greater opportunities for carrying on her experiments. One of Mme Curio's most recent dicoveries concerns tht ernr'oyment of a eras .btained from radium in substitution for tfc actual radium itself. BAND CONCERTS FOR Civic Leaders Are Ackod to Contribute to a Worthy I Fund ! More band concerts for Hammond, j The Kamntond Retail Merchants AssoJ --jalion. lead by- President Adoiph j Hirsch and Secretary J. B. Ortt. are i solicitirg a fund for giving band con-, 'verts in Thursday evenings, beginning 'A.ig. 15 to hept. 9, in Harrison Park. (They have received quite a number of I contributions and every business and ! prolessiona! man is asked to subscribe. ! "This is a city-wide venture." said Mr. ! Ortt. "and we are. going to have the best band we can get for the money. 'The committee in charge of the sih- ! ffcription list is composed of Messrs. i Will Sehloer. A! Wa'z and Ed Bates. U.S.L lit LLETIN i !WTrrvixlONAL NEWS SERVICE ANTAEIU Aug. IT At the end of toilay'n contc.HtH the point worr aaior-g the principal icntcndrm Ktood: t nitcd Ktatex, tSOVal Kinland, 'Sit Enliintl. li; Svtrdrn. 1 3 V' I France, 11. BY JACK VEIOCK e-T,.rr ro'ESPONDCNT I N SERVICE! I VTII'T-PP 4,.- 17 A m r t f H r! n f : I - letes continued toaay to pile up records toward a victory in the seventh Olympiad, now in progress here. Gloom was inte rsparscd with joy in the early events, first when Sol Butler, the star negro jumper of Dubuqu?. la., pulled a muscle in his trials, and second, when K. W. Landon, ef lh,i New York Athletic Club, set a newOlympic record in winning the high jump for the American team . His leap was meters. .01 of a meter better than the mark made at Stockholm in 1512 by Alma W. Richards, also an American. Disappointment came also in the 5.01)0 meter run when the four American starters failed even to place. Th" event went to Joseph Guilli mot, of France, in 14 minutes. 55 3-5 seconds, creditable time. The records for the distance is some seconds under this, but Guilleariot ran a good race. Finland and Sweden monopolized the other thiee places of the event and two Englishmen finished fifth and sixth. The Americans were badly beaten. Expressions of surprise and pleasure followed the trials in the 110-meter hi.rdles when Harold Barron, of the Meadowbrook Club. Philadelphia, ot:'ran Earl Thompson, the Canadian star. Thompson recently clipped a fifth of a second off the world's records for the-110-yard event and was regarded as a certain winner, both in trials and finals. Four Americans qualified for the event . WILL BEGIN BUILDING IN MARCH Hammond's new modern hotel will be under construction by March 1 of next year, according to the announcement just made by the Hammond Hotel & Improvement Co. The hotel came a step nearer re&li-j zation yesterday when the company employed Michael F. Edelson of Chicago, an experienced stock salesman, to act as sales manager of the company's issue of 7 per celt cumulative preferred stock. The company, through its sales "manager, will put or, an active campaign for the disposal of this stock immediately and it is hoped, that w-ithm the next ninety day the' stock will be sold. With the completion of the stock sale, actual construction work win be taken up and it is believed that befsre the close of the winter this will be under way.

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surprise 2nd Europe Is ti ni I.LKT1 united T V" f0r-' ri", L: r t" nial iha " arm, " ta",-'d T lc Bl'LLETIX rv. i .v . 1:,, P m The off.co ,oh denied thi afternoon thr re.,rt , :1, BrMa. ha Dccn by t!ir liumlar.!. . EV EAMLE C. REEVES Russian army wh.,h ha3 bei R JU1 " the salts 'f Warsaw f. r thrte daya has overcome the- stubborn rester.c. of the relish defenders and em roi toe city, it was announced in a S v.et y ar , ft, ci- radi.7i-a.n w.r, leased from -l.-ecw t.oay. The ra.io gram wht. h ,,as plckt' u' '-' the s .wrnmcnt ,r. .c.-.- btatior. w as g.v. n out Ly the British government at 1 p. m . foI1 ,,, . "The l-.tart of Warsaw has been oceupie d . " I'OI.I.H (.OI'.MUR THRfST "he Poles began a s.ncs of counter t..rut:ts northwest, north and cast cf the city, and cm. mod to have st .pped the Russian o.-.iush. That the s.tuation in Warsaw was critical. howcvc-v-as shown by the fact that the British and French missions left tne citv and wtni to Pol n on Saturday evening. ii.e follow ing reprrt was received '! Monday afternoon: "The Poles are righting gallantly, southeast of Warsaw the Bolshev.k have been defeated and are in full Might. The inner ticnch.s ai e holding everywhere." A KEI'OUT KKOli nF.RLI.X Eeil.r. reports that the Russians that crossed the frontier of West Prussei Lav.- advanced 2.' miles int WC6t Prus sian sci!, captured Lobau. They ar-i moving upen the mighty fortress of Giaudcnz on ti.v Vistula river. Ac-co-ding to Geirr.an dispatches the Poltu on Monday were, violently counterattacking in the region cf Plonsk. northwest of Warsaw and were successfully resisting the Russian thrus's south of Cholm. The latest P,,l,sh war office communique received here fdlows. FAORAHI.U TO POLLS "Fisl-.ting along the Bug river is favorable to the Poles. The Russians that crossed the Bur; near Vlodava were thrown back across the river. The Polish left wing delivered a sucic.ssful counter thrust near Mlava. We repulsed the enemy south of the lower Bug.'" (Vlodova is 116 miles southeast ot Warsaw. Mlava is 50 miles northwest of Warsaw ) . Unofficial advices from Warsaw that the- Poles were counter attacking cn three sides of the capital and had stemmed the Russian advance at least for the time being . The Poles were using all available reserves unde the direction of veteran Frenc h c IT icrs . COXFI SIOV Ot ER SITI ATIO.V t ,..'-rNlA?NT,0NAL NEWS SERVICE! LONDON. Aug. 17 Much confusion over the real military situation on the Warsaw fighting front had arisen earlier in the day as a result of a Central News dispatcli issued at 10.50 o'clo-k saying: . "A Bolshevik official statement announces that Warsaw has been occupied An immediate investigation by the International News Service bureau was unable to secure official confirmation ef the fall of AVaisaw. British military experts offered the explanation that the off. cial statement had come from the Vilr.a command in southern Lithuania, near the UPoIish frontier. British army officers who are in close, touch with the Russian-Polish military situation, said that the "official state,:o" cai r.ed b yilv- Central News Service was not to be credited. The foreign office was still without news, as to the course of the RjssoPoiish negotiations at M.nsk up to noon.. Foreign office officials were pla.nly mystified a the Russians had guaranteed the Poles both free wireless and courier communication with Warsaw. Belief was expressed that the Russians m.ght. be "stalling'' in hope of capturing Warsaw before the negotiations were completely under way. It was pointed out, however, that the Poles, finding that, their defenses were holding and that the Rus. s:ans were suffering heavy losses in futile attacks, were also inclined to deiay before entering a'tuai peace discussions. VHITI BEGINS DIVORCE That her husband would go for many weeks without speaking to her, is charged by Mrs. Dorothy E. Hathaway in her complaint for a divorce from Joseph V. Hathaway, which was filed this morning in the Hammond superior court. Probably she liked his silent spells just as well though for she also says that he would Quarrel with her. j call her vile and Indecent name and j also strike and beat her. They wern married May 15. 1515. and separated j June 30. 1920. She desires to retafn j the custody of their child and asks j the court to grant her $15 per week i for its support and $5iif alimony. Mr. J Hathaway is employed at the Standard ! Oil Co. plant in Whitinp. Attorney Phil Oreenwald represents the plain-

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