Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 63, Hammond, Lake County, 31 August 1920 — Page 1

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NEGROES UP PENN. STAT1 THE WEATHER. FOR IMU.WA Thunder ihonera In South portion this afternoon; fair tonight and Wednesday! cooler tonight. iLJLl?lL Delivered by TEHIS carrier, 50o per month; on street and at new stands, 2o per copy; back num. oers, 3o per copy. VOL. XIV, NO. i:J. TUESDAY, A UO UST :n, 1920. HAMMOND, INDIANA

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Uary has a bunch of mournful ex-'! S ER ICE. CHATTED WIT THE "M A Recnctables and ex-deupiy sheriffs to-; TTK MAYOR" T WO HOURS BEFORE Jay. They iost their commissions yer- i HE WAS ARRESTED, t'lday because of their i p u tt J re-j cn'. activities in harassing hunters i BY DOROTHY THOMPSON' .ir.d fishermen of Lake county. (STAFF CORRESPONDENT I N. "SnviCEl R. D. Fleming, ehirf ft.h and gam I Copyrig ht. m. l;y The T. N. S . warden of IndianH, was in Lake coun-j CORK. Aug. l"' i By Mail ) Surely ty the latter part of last wk in- j "u occupy a vei y dangerous position, vest.'gating rorors of irregular worn' I said gravely t Terence McSwiney.

r. the part of Gary constables. H f ur.i many of the report. to b true and at or.ee communicated with Sheriff , Lew Barnes. The she-rill w as indig-! r.ant and at once issued orders. revoK- , ir-g the commissions of the offending ; ceputy sheriffs. Yesterday Deputy' Clem Hentges made the rounds in Gary' nd took up the commissions. ! At the same time C"iistable P. Per-j fn of Gary, revoked the commissions; cf a'.l of the city s numerous deputy ' constables. Al. D. Barber, of Hammond. H. Ed-m---nds wf Hebron and John Randall cf Mcnticello, are deputy fish and game wardens for this distiict. They are completing the investigation which Warden Fleming instituted. It is expected that a number of constables and deputy sheriffs will be prosecuted as socn as the evidence Is compiled. It is said that the constables have been operating along the river In the vicinity cf Hammond, Hessville and B!ack Oak. The usual stunt was to p:'K up fishermen and demand that they shew- the.r licenses. If the flsherma nhad none thy were placed un'.r arrest and started towards the C"urt of one cf the Gary justices of the peace. Sm'tiries the fishermen paid money to the constable whicn j ".as accepted as "bond money" and it also said that some were actually fined in court although the court records do not show the proceedings. Game Wardsa Fleming bands out this interesting bit cf information: No constable, r.o sheriff, no chief of police or any city or county official has th right to demand of any man rtis lieense to hunt or fish. That right -s alone given to the fish and game wardens of the state, but it Is being illegally used by a number of constables and deputy sheriffs in Lake county. Justices who are behind these law violations will also be prosecuted. In order to aid in cleaning up the iliegai practices, all persona who have been molested by constables or deputy sheriffs while fishing in Lake county recently are requested to communicate e or.ee with either of th local game wardens. Mr. Barber may be found at ?"5 State ft.. Hammond. His telephone number is 233 . .-c.'is' good cases have already been reported . HEADS OLD SETTLERS Annual Meeting of Lake Co. Pioneers Held at Crown Point Fair Grounds. ESPECIAL TO THE TIMES) CRtrtc'x POINT, IND., Aug. 31 The annual meeting of the Old Settlers and Historical Association of Lake coun'ty was held last -'aturday at the Fair Grounds with a fair attendance. Mrs. ! an-i' France Kiibof of crown Point Mr. and Mrs. Joshua p. Spalding or Lowell were among the older members! nresent. Mrs. Kilbom n i ne t v-f on r i are of age. was trulv entertaininc i with her reminiscences of early hap-i

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graph of Mrs. Soior. Robinson. first white woman of Lake co'inty and other interesting re-lics. A. F. Knotts. of Gary, historical secretary told of h'.s search for and finding of ti.e grave of Solon Robinson at Jacksonville. Fla. He also called attention to printed blanks which have been prepared and distributed n the effort to collect Information for a life sketch of residents of the county. Mrs. Etta W. Wilmer, treasurer, made h"r annual Teport. I.e Grand Meyer, of Hammond, read a very interesting paper upon the history of Cedar Lake. This paper is one of a series, of which we have heretofore heard two; "The Bench and Far of Lake County."" by Hon. Johanr! Kopelke. and a history of IoweIl by Mrs. Cornelia A. Dvvyer. Others in the series will be heard at succeeding meetings of the Association. Mr. Bailey of the Gary public Mbraiy gave a short talk on the. work of the American library association during the recent war. The following officers were elected: Le Grand T. Meyer, Hammond, president; Mrs. Mary Benjamin, Crown Point, vice-president: Mrs. W. E. Pinvviddie, Crown Point, recording secretary; L. .1. Bailey. Gary, historical secretary; Mrs. Etta W. Vilmer, of Crown Point, treasurer. Among those who have been members whose death occurred during the past year are Mrs. Susan G. Wood, of Hammond, and Mrs. Henrietta C. Gromann. of Crown Point, who was S'cietary at the time of her death. WANTED: Press Feeder, apply at The Times. s-26

Last Interview With Cork Mayor Before He Was Arrested

Woman Reporter of I. N. S. Given Long and Exclusive Interview Early in Month. NOTE: TO THE SUBJOINED EXCLUSIVE ARTICLE JUST REACHED THE N E W YORK OFFICE OF THE I. N- S. BY MAIL. IT CONTAINS THE LAST INFORMAL CONVERSATION OF TERRENCE MS W I NET, THE LORD MAYOR -OF CORK. WITH AN AMERICAN REPORTER. DOROTHY THOMPSON. OF THE LONDON STAFF ill- T 1 I T - 1 N ' ' t- T - . ... . ......... ! lord mayor of thta city, in the course Promotion For Hammond Young Man John Flynn is Made Supt. of the Grasselli Chemical Co's Virginia Plant. Another Hammond loy' success was announced this weeit when the Gras selli Chemical Co.. sent word from itsi headquarters at Cleveland. O.. that John P. Flynn had been made superintendent of the GrasselM Chemical Ca plant at Clarksburg. W. Va. Mr. Flynn is the son of Mr. and Mrs?. Edward J. Flynn, Z2Z Flummer avenue, Hammond. Mr. Flynn succeeds Edwin W. Eakin. who. after sixteen years in the ser. viee of the company, has been retired on pension. He had been Supt. Eak:n's assitsant for the last five, years. Mr. Flynn entered the service of the Oraaselli Chemical Co. whea a mere youth. He served five or syc years as chemist at the East Chicago "plant and wajr then transferred to ":'.- if bhurs s chief chemist. When he was made assistant superintendent of operations, fie years ago, he also held the title of superintendent of the department of chemistry. By close and conrtant etud he became an expert chemist possessing a profound knowledge gain, ed by practical work, studious research and applied theory. He also has a broad working knowledge of plant operation. Practicaly all of his time since he left school has been spent In the employ of the Grasselli Co. The only exception was the fifteen months which he spent in the U. S. Army during the world war. He spent five months in training at Camp Lee. six months on active duty in France and four months as a member of the Army of Occupation, stationed at Coblen. Germany. He was a member of the Evacuation Hospital No. 14 and saw- active (service, beginning at the battle of St. Mihel and ending with the Argonne drive which wound up the war. iCavanaugh Could Not Identify Hirr Superintendent Edward Cavanaugh of the Newgard Electric Company and others who last Saturday saw- or came in contact with the payroll bandits were yesterday unable to identify eitht f the two men who were being held by the Chicago roilce as suspects, Although one of the bandits wan seen clearly by these neiei up ana cou a oe Identified without trouble the others a P pear to have been less distinctive 'ncl he victims could not De sure mat eltner oi the two men held are the wanted. The Chicaeo nolice are now- work ing on a clew offered by the finding in Toledo of a Hudson automobile which wa stolen from Chicago. It Is understood that the persons who took the machine to Toledo will soon be under arrest but there seems little I likelihood of connecting them with the East Chicago holdup. LAWYERS MEET IN ME MORI AM A special meeting of the Lake County Bar Association wiil De heid Tuesday. September 14. in room 1. of the Hammond superior court in memory of the late Attorney Dak id E. Boone. Recently a committee on resolutions and program was appointed composed of Attorneys Joseph Conroy. J. K. Stinson and Glen D. Peters. The committee has completed the program which will differ from the us. ual memorial exercises which took the form of a testimonial meeting. Representatives of different parts of the county have been assigned subjects dea'ing with different phases of the interesting pedsonality of Attorney Boone . Of enpecial interest will be the dedication of original lines in memory of Mr. D. E. Boone, which were written by Mrs. Estelle Lovelle- Welch.- wife of Capt. Wiliam Welt i, who had became a warm frien dof the attorney during the time he was stationed at Hammond as recruiting officer for the U. S . army . The committee extends an invitation to the friends of Mr. Reone and the public in general to attend the meet- i ing. 1

of a 1 ngr exclusive interview. I A strange, almost mystic smile stole I

over h.i natures and in his eyes there seemed to be. for Just a second, a flash i o, premolion. "Yes. I suppose so." he lei lird "low ly. then added with another smile. "If I were to think about it . V . Two hours after I left '..' city ha'l ! P. vv &s raided by the 1.1.I tary. Tht lrr uii.ayor and ten oirtra tre arrested. All of them refused to recognize the coiitt martial before which they weie arraiKned. MrSwiney declared boldly that the court, was illegal and that the only aticmies with authority to arrest him or Lis fellows were those of the "Republic of Ireland." He refused to accept a sentence. "Dead or alive. I shall be free in a month.' he fairly shouted to his captors. "For I shall not take a morsel of food until I am released." Terence MaeSwincy was elected lord 'Contained on page five). COAL STRIKE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE J LONDON. Aug. 31 The referendum of the Federation of Coal Miners has resulted in a majority in favor of a general strike, according to the Cen- ! tral News today. The balloting was I conducted for two days last week. Robert SmilUe head of the miners" organization, predicts a complete stop! page of work in the British coal fields by the midle of next month unless' the Brit;sh government agrees to th demands. The rhlef demands of tthe men ar a wage increase of fifty cents a day and a decrease in the price of coal to the public. A certain per centage of rrofit? on coal now goes to the government. The miners want to abolish this source of government revenue, by lowering the price of fuel. A meeting of the Triple Alitance leaders of the miners, railway snen and dock-workers, was calledfor VJ'sd i in n " o n iu eunosurr me result "i the miners vote. T NEW HOTEL At a meeting of the business men held at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce rooms last night, the building of the new hotel was given a boost by Hammond Business men. AH the detailed plans for financing and subscribing the preferred stock of the Hammond Hotel and Improvement Company were carefully gone over, and at the conclusion a vote was taken unanimously recommending the purchase of the stock to Hammond oitizens. The meeting was well attended and it only remains for Hammond citizens to yericusly put their shoulders to the wheel in order to Insure the erection of a new- nine-story hotel for the city, beginning early next spring. Boost! Boost! And help a worthy project, and help build up the city was the rp.irit of the meeting. For twenty-two years Bereolos Bros, h&ve been in the hotel business in the city of Hammond and have made a marked sueecs in operdting the Majestic hotel and the Main hotel in build. ing?t that greatly handicapped them in thlr efforts to give good service to the public; and based upon their knowledge and success :n the hotel business for that period, they now offer, if gien the support of Hammond citizens, to build for the city thlw new hotel. It is the patriotic duty of every Hammond citizen to give them hearty support and purchase stock in the newHotel company, which presents not only an opportunity to make a good investment. but a great opportunity to help jp-build the city. That the time has arrived when a modern hotel should be erected in the city of Hammond Is com e Jed by every one. and the opporunity is now giv en to as.-?ist In making the new hotel an accomplished fat. This is a large undertaking and requires the assistance and the support of al! of the people of Hammond. PERU THREATENS CHILEAN WAR LONDON. Aug. 31. Peru is threatening war against Chile, according to an exchange telegraph dispatch from Rome to the Chilean charge d'affaires. The Chiiean diplomat notified the Italian government that Peru is buying arniii and ammunitions from France, and is massing 3 Pft0 troops on the Chil- , ean frontier. According to the Ex change Telegraph correspandent. the Chilean charge d'affaires alleges that a steamer, bearing arms and airplanes is at Hamburg, ready to sail for Callao. RUSS COUNTER OFFENSIVE LONDON. Aug. 31. The Russians who have opened a counter-offensive on the Polish la 1 1 le-f ront. arc once again driving upon Warsaw from the Northeast according to the fololwlng soviet war office communique, wirelessed from Moscow today. "We have recaptured .Rieik and also number of vil lazes "2 miles southeast of Rieiosto . " Utelsk is 10. miles northeast of War. saw.

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Machine Guns Planted To Sweep Streets BY DANIEL O CONNELL (STAFF CORRESPONDENT I N SERVICE! BELFAST. Aug. 31 Twemy-on' persons have been killed and ll'H'i wounded in the street righting that has raged in this city since last Saturday e en.ng .

Hiifast Is an armed ramp. Machine j weeks' enaction In Wisconsin and the gun'- have been planted to sweep lhe;p,ctz plant is getting on in a fashion princ p; l streets. Soldiers, fully euuip! until he returns.

' ped for field service, are posted at a'l J strategic points. , Desperate liots occurred during the,

right and this morning. Volleys were; reaches Hammond addressed to "Manfiied from revolvers and stones were' 8ger Football team, care of Monnett s

hurled. As quickly as police d'sperser! the rioters at one locality street fighting broke out somewhere else. Finally the troops took a hand. Sol diers with loaded rifles appeared the scene and some semblance of orUer was restored During th night the sky was lurid with the flames of burning houses. Twenty residences were destroyed. The occupants fled. Sme were attacked in their flight. Most of the ship work ers are idle, roaming th streets in bands . The first contingent of troops, rushed here from Curragh barracks, was ! unable to cope with the disorders n1 more reinforcements had to be brought p' The fire ho!" wer eut nd the flrern"n unarie io cpecg ine conl bagrations. Looters wrecked saloons, seizing great quantities of whi3key which was drunk on the spot t Maddened by drink the rioters fought until they collapsed In the street. There was a steady exodus of Sinn Feiners from the city during the morning. R-BOY IS FATALLY HURT BY AOTO Francis, the seven-year-old boy of ' Joseph Doppier the Indiana Harbor contractor, is today hovering between life and death at the Mercy hospital at Gary as the result of a fractured skull which was received yesterday afternoon in an automobile accident. Doc tors report that the little fellow has just an even chance for recovery. The accident Occurred at the corner of 135th and Grapevine sf.. in Indiana Harbor as Herman Kantor was driv ing from Michigan avenue to his offite at the corner of Guthrie and Deodar. I The child stepped in front of the ma- I chin0 and was knocked to the pave-! him to the office of Dr. C. C. Robinson where medical service was giver, and the child was then yerH. to the hospital . PARIS PAPER PRINTS APPEAL TARIS. Augurt SI. An appeal for the release of Lord Mayor McSweeney of Cork, from the Brixton Jail in London, where he is confined by the Bri;lh government, was printed cn th first page of the Matin today. "McSweeney's death will convince the world that England is implacable an I confuses criminals with saints." a d this newspaper. COURT RULING FAVORS BABE RUTM $ f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI NEW YORK. Aug. 31. Justice McCook in New York, supreme court, today granted Babe Ruth, famous NewYork Ameiioan League baseball club's slugger, a temporary injunction pre. veniirjg the Educational Fiim Co. from exhibiting motion pictures without th home run king's consent. The temporary injunction is the first move In a suit for $1,000,000 for damage brot by Auth againvt the company, which claims has been surreptitiously making the pictures. FRANCE ALLIED WITH WRANGEL f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ' LONDON. Aug. 30. A twenty-year defensive and offensive alliance has been arranged between France and the nnti Bolshevik de facto government in Southern Russia headed by General Wrangel. according to a Stockholm dispatch printed today by the Daily Herald, the official organ of the British labor party. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS Owing to the new additional ndTinrri la the c-ot of labor, print paper and all other material used In the publication of IhU piiper, we nre compelled to lnTne the price of display ndvertlelng 5 rent per Inch to merchant, jtroeeriea. markrU, and drug tores. Thin Increase will take effect "Wednesday. Sept. 1t, THE UklIOIATV rHITIf, D n buhp(j i o., n ni iniEKs or THE TIMES EWSPAPtR!

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WHY tell a girl you would die for her unless you carry a lot of life insurance. juTies Bill Kinney. ALFRED HICKMAN and family, who j 1 1 re r- u'XZii tateiiif.' 111115 in zr;u cv-h. , have returned to Hammond. THE Crown Candy Co.. has rented old Daily News build'ng on North hman St.. and Is opening a distrib uting place there this week. CHARLEY SEE Is back at the sergeants desk at the police station cf.ter being absent two weeks on his annual vacation. CALUMET avenue boosters will have band concerts there when another sum mer rolls around they declare. Well those birds ian tackle any proposition. "FLYFPY" MONNETT is doing a two FOOTBALL time is coming and every day or go some inquiry or challenge Smoke Shop.' RESIDENTS of the Lyndora subdivision have cause for rejoicing in the recent a'-; of the Hammond board of j works in ordering street lights installed at last. FUNNY sights of the towc Two 10v ear-old boys bathing In the park near the Industrial high school with nothing on but old window shades wrapped around their waists with strings. SOMETHING must be the matter wi-h the fishing season. We haven't heard a single story out of old John Milllkan's place cn State street this season. HAMMOND Is sending a bunch of county fair fans to the Laporte county fair, which begins today and continues until Friday afternoon. Some good horse, racing is on the card. TWO of the Lewis street's weedgrown lots look a little better since Jimmy Trost and S. E. Swaim had the growth cut between ine sidewalk and curb on their properties. THE challenge sent by Orak to Medinah Temple for a ball game at Harrison park, Sept. 11, is about as scorch ing a pice of literature as has ever been drawn up around these parts. LUCIEN HIRSCH, a well known Hammond boy who has been with a northwestern railway surveying outfit in the west since January, is expected home this week end for a vacation. I THE Sin Case & Martin pies seized I by Deputy Marshal Mybeck at Gary on Saturday because saccharine was used instead of sugar, have been stored in the basement of the Hmraonl I federal building. ORAK TEMTU.E.is scouring its membership list for every man who ever I piayea rnseoan in an ruwri io pick I a winning team to pit against Medinah Temple's tracks at the big Shrine picnic at Harrisen park. Sept. 11. ATTY. 1. I. Modjeska Is expected back from Wisconsin today so capacity fans cream Griffiths week. n'est will be starts on his staged before vacation next BUGS were noticeably absent at the band concert in Harrison park last week The delay of the program due to the fact that the chairs were late in arriving probably feoed the nats into thinking the concert had been called off. AN IMMENSE crowd was at the Roby Speedway Sunday to witness the automobile races. Much interest was aroused in the race between the I'nsp roadster and the eight-valve Indian motorcycle. EVERY now and then someone asks what has become of th- pavilion which the city council ordered the board of works to build this vear in Harrison park. It was also to be used as a warming up plricc for skaters in winter. S ERG . CRAMER'S right hand w as just beginning to recover from last week's motorcycle accident when onof his recruiter'. Private Andy Rrinck hail an ankle sprained in the same way. Now there are two cripHes in the crew . ANOTHER New York story A Hammond business man hired a taxi to take him to a business house near the Battery. The driver said: "Where are you fiom?" "Indiana." answered the Hammond man. The driver said: ' I've never been there. Is it an open town?" COLD weather has made the Hammond bathing beach ft poor financial proposition this year and Joe Tralebas. the custodian of the bath house is planning to st.irl'tearing clown the pier this week preparatory to closing up for the season. SHOLTO HOWATT, a former Hammond high school football star, will resume his studios at Northwestern next month and will try hard for the football tram. He weighs 1 1" pounds and has been doing some bird summer training to get in shape. HAMMOND man who had parked his car on Wabash avenue in Chiongo the other night climbed into the machine and started for Hammond. He didn't notice that a man who evidently thought the tar was a taxi had got in the rear seat and fallen asleep. As the H. M. wa-5- parsing Phil Schmidt's place at Reby he was startle by an outcry from I he rear seat. The ontisr- hd com'- to and was jelling "Here lemme out, whash you tryin to kidnap me for?"

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Bleeding Milkman On Bicycle Held Up By Two Negroes In Gary Following a shot which rang out In 'he still night air In Gary early yesterday morning, a hatless and excited bicycle rider, peddled down Virginia street, calling, "police," and yelling "murder" at the top of his voire. Residents were aroused from their slumber and scantily attired flocked the street to learn the trouble. At the police station. Walter Y'ovanovich. 1600 Virginia street, was breathlessly relating the incidents or being held up by two burly negroes. He did not get far into his story however, when Sergeant Knott noticed Yovanovlch'a blood stained trousers and his deathly white face. "Why man, you are shot." spoke the sergeant, "better let ua fix you up before you go on any further." But Tovavovich did not stop and with a return answer of "guess maybe I am' went on with his story. According to Yovanovich who delivers milk on a bicycle with a wire basket attached to the front of his machine, he was delivering his milk when he started to pass two negros on Virginia at. Without warning the two colored bandits kicked the bicycle from under th rider, Yovanovich taking a nasty spill. He was up on his feet In an instant however and charged after one of the pair of highwaymen. While engaged in their struggle the second negro drew a revolver "and fired, Y'ovanovlch falling to the ground with a buifet in his groin. It was then that the two negroes fled. Yovanovich picking up the machine and rode to the police station calling for the police. Upon learning of his injury, the police sent him to the Mercy hospital, where after the bullet had been removed yesterday morning, Yovanovich dressed and then went home to his family. METHODISTS HIT IDJESKA'S PLANS They Want Contest on Belman Lawn; Atty. Gavit Ready to Eat Too. Atty. I. I. Modjeska. is ina quandary. He is promoter of the much heralded Sproat -Griff iths ice cream consumption contest. He had it all framed and now the Methodists have knocked his plans all-v west. Methodists and all of their friends, which means the public, have been invited to a lawn fete which is to be given at the W. C. Belman home by the church next Friday evening. Ice cream and cake are to be the refreshments. Then some one was inspired by a real press agent idea. Why not lift the ice cream contest and have it staged as a drawing card on the Glendale Park lawn? Modjeska was approached this morning. He was told that as both Attorneys Sproat and Griffiths were Methodists, the cream fest should be made a Methodist affair. Modjeska protested. "Why its impossible," said he. "I've gone and made all arrangements for holding that contest a week from Saturday afternoon. We're going to have it at Summer's drug stole at 2 o'clock sharp. Gee. that's loo bad. Here I've reserved the tables, ordered extra Quantities of ice cream and had contracted for the deputy coroner, a doctor, an undertaker and plain clothes policemen. I had even ordered rain -oats for the protection of spectators, or auditors whichever you call them, who occupy the ringside seats. It's cost me some money to cancel that engagement.'' Then he had an idea. He recalled that Griffiths is going away tomorrow. The Methodists, however, wouldn't listen to this for they had talked wiiii .Griff and he seemed about half willing to delay his vacation. Anyway he had agreed to a substitute in ca he con' j not he there. So Modjeska finally yielded and i! Spioat ?ind Griffiths agree the bout will be staged at Glendale Paik on Friday evening. The Methodists are not caring if Griffiths does back out for they have two more men who can sub for him. Either John Gnvii or Frank Martin, they say. can make Sproat sweat. Both have estahiish-'d ice cream and fish i coords in the past and after they have decided the iu.---tion of who can cat the most ice cream are willing to start on fried perch lor the supremacy. BURGLARS ENTER BRIDEN HOME Bvirg:ars entered the home o"f Ge-. Briden. 113 Fayette street. Hammond, last night and got away with nearly $100 in cash and a dozen silver spoons. The money was in two lota and the thieves evidently knew where it had been kept. One lot had $rtrt in bills and the other was $3s.afi in chanae. The robbery was not detected until tn's morning when a front window w.i found open. It is thought to have occurred between midnight and 1.3't a in. thi3 morning.

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That Held Up Gary Penn, Depot rSPECIAL TO THE time-; HORART. IND.. Aug. 31 Cutting the telephone wires leading to T'je ou'j side world so that they would not interfered with in their work. u-o heavily armed negroes held up th" night agent and yard clerk in trie Pennsylvania depot here this morning early ar.d succeeded In making the.r escape without any interference. The r loot included several hundred dollar in cash, tickets and a gold time piece belonging- to Ralph Holhster, the yard clerk . The pair came in a big automobile and it aided them in making a quick getaway. They stood cn no ceremony during the robbery which was pulled off after the rtains had gone through except the 1:30 eastbound. The bandits made the two office men stand and deliver and went about their work in business-like fashion. The Pennsylvania employes noticed Night Marshal Ralph Traeger as soon as possible, but all trace of the men had been swallowed up. The 3ary police believe that the negroes are the same bandits who held tip and robbed trie Gary Pennsylvania station last Wednesday morning. HEIGHTS STORE One of the heaviest store raids in this vicinity recently was reported to Hammond police this morning by the Chicago Heights police. The Lassen Bros., general merchandise store was looted over night of sitock valued at over $20,000. The robbery was discovered long after the thieves had departed and as ye-, the police have no clue which would lead to their apprehension. Entrance to the store was gained through a rear window where the bars were ben: apart fas enough to admit the body of a man. Goods were then pased out through tht window and evidently carried some distance as no automobile . tracks could be found in the alley. The list of articles stolen include the following: 350 Men's suits to retail at J57.60 each. 225 Indies' skirt"? to retail at $11. 9S each; 75 boys' suits to retail at $15 each; 30 dark silk dresses to retail at $25 each. 20 Ladles' suits to retail at J40 each. DID FLOATER MEET WITH FOUL PLAY! The probality that Torn Herakovich. the floater who was found in the Calumet river near Cline avenue in Indiana Harbor last Sunday nigh was murdered is being investigated by the East Chicago police following the report of relatives that the dead man was known to have had $3,00L A brother of the dead man arrived East Chicago yesterday afternoon ar.'l positively identified the boy as that of Tom Herakovich of South Chicago, the same whose name was on the pocket knife which was feund pinned in vest pocket. The man had been missing for about a week, he said. The dead man had planned to leavefor the old country and wa known to have $3,000 in the bank. The bio-t-.r did not know in which bank the morey hod been kept nor whether it had been drawn out. If the money nin been drawn from tr.e bank, as investigation will probably show within .1 few days, it is considered probabi1; that the man whs murdered. Efforts will be mad at once t- trace ths bark account . TWO DIE IN AUTO COLLISION ROCHESTER. IND.. Aug. Mi.-s Mabel Mclntire, are nineteen, was kii. ed and John Sanders, age tvven y, wafalally injured when an aHt-m-bi'.--driven by Sanders was in ool'isiu i. vviih another machine In the boulevard near Lake Manitou. Miss Mclntire suffered a br-k"n nee. Sim'ets el ej on the wy to the h -total. Other occupants of the l i .-i oi ooiobtles escaped with sl'ght tnjuvies . INDANA DEMOCRATS WILL WELCOME ROOSEVELT (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEJ INDIANAPOLIS. Tnd.. Aug. 31. In. di.ina democrats todav were eompietins-plnn-for a general celebration to accompany the firing of the fir.t bit g::n in the campaign in tnis sttae whn Franklin D. Roosevelt, democratic candidate for v !ee-pres'dent, speaks a; Toml-nsin Hal1 ton'ght. St, tie candidates and party lead--.' w:i! meet the nominee ppn;i his ai.-ivi. f;-om Delphi aT oVioofc tnij cve.i.nv. Women leaders of the party will hava

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