Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 68, Hammond, Lake County, 7 September 1920 — Page 1
OPENS 'AMPAIGN THE WEATHER. FOR IM1IANA ttmettlea wmtli. with showers tonight and WedBeadayt slightly ntrmfr in North, east portion tonight. rrn CANDIDATES SPEAK TO A On ertxeete and, aewsrtavad", 3o pT oopy. Dell vrl by carrier In lunaoit and Watt XtmmoMi BO pet urotb. VOL. XIV, NO. 68. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1920. HAMMOND, INDIANA mil mm
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Ford Sedan Hit By Mo Flyer at Conkey Avenue Crossing Due natsunlerrtandins ef a crossIn a- -watchman's Biynala. Dr. Edwin W. Hrseh and his two sisters, Josephine ant Hstltie. i&29 Ipdlana vnue, Chicago are m Ms.raret's hospital. Hammond, suffering with Injuries which may prove fatal. The three wer riding in Ford sedan which was struck Sunday evening oy Monon passenger train Xo. ZO. at the Ccnkftv a,Tenti crossing. The condition of Tr. Hlrseh is critical. His skull was fractured, a shoulder Jpurt and h was otherwtse, bruised. An h'irr and he wa otherwise bruised. An operation was performed Immediately after ha was taken to the hospita! and a piect of tione which was pressing on 'be brain was removed. Slight hopes are entertained for his recovery. Miss Josephine is the more seriously Injured of the two girls. She has a broken leg and collar bona and is also beiievexl to have jruffered a hemorrhage of the brain as a result of ft blow on the baad. Her sistar had fire ribs broken and a lung was crushed. She is covered with bruises. wnl XZXtE OW TISXT Tt. Hlrseh and the -two girls had j accompanied their brother, Albert Hirsoh ( id his finance to Hammond where they rpr.t the afternoon at the home of heir cousin, JYank Bernat, on Van Purer, s'rest. They had Just Tjod. supper aid at about 9 o'clock Dr. Hirsch and 'he nrl. started home in the automo- , hi! Trina ir. ana -Mrs. crriwi ""u ber Hirsch were to walk to the Monon dpo?. Train JO was late and ws running at a rate of about 18 miles per hour when It approached the crossing. The fagman. John F. Prang, says h signaled the driver of the car to stop and "en turned to face the other way. He S:d cot see the accident. There are no gates at the crossing. SXetZTAI. M3STJNDEB.STOOO Other witnesses say the signal was given in such a way thai the watchman appeared to be directing the driver to come ahead. When the engine was about ?a feet away the automobile ran upon he crossing and stopped directly In front of the ttain. The engineer whlslerl frantically, but it was too late. The closed car was hurled about 300 feet and reduced to wreckage. Dr Hirsch has not been able to talk since the accident and his version of the affajr mav never be known. Witnesses! tev ne apparently qiq nut see iur inun approaching until it was too late and pen stalled his engine in an endeavor to back off the track. Others say the machine approached the crossing slowly and Ftopped and express the opinion that Hirsch believed the watchman was standing on the east side of the track and it would be safe to approach the po'int where the flagman was standing. The sravtchman waa on the west side of the trtack. NCREASED VIOLENCE lil B. R. T. STRIKE
- crowd Saturday evening. Tile attribute NEW YORK, Sept. 7 Increased vK-.jt to the change from band music to l?nce marked the ninth day of the'th Jfu, orchestra and auartot. It Brooklyn Rapid Transit strike. Theipr0vPd BO popular thev are going to worst disorder occurred when a bout have more JazI nexl Saturda v eVcning. 15 men in two automobiles opened j
fire upon the men's club roomy at the East New York car barns, where about 600 itrike-breakers are quartered. The attackers, the police say, were armed with automatic pistols equipped I with Maxim silencers. Police reserves rf o r . . t-nahert tr Hm nc erto and hjk a f i-rk.ru fled fnnc- unon their nursuers. The police commandeered a utomobiles ! and gave chase and a thrilling runring fight developed. About 10 shots were fired, but so far as veno n no one was wounded. The attackers est p"d
Small bands of marauding strikers " "e grounds at eacn performance bebarrassed the company by tampering cause ihey can't stand the noise and h sipnais. greasing rails and cut- I Hares of shells. It make? thorn all will-
t'nir trolley wires. i MANY WOMEN REGISTER THERE CROWN POINT, Ind. Sept. 7. The registration in Crown Point on Saturday In which the women as well as the rren registered was gratify'ng and trough most of the women had rtgtered prior to Sept. Ath. there were many who went and registered in their own precincts. Had the women known thst it was only necessary to syear t8' 'hey were ovr 21 years of age. possibly more wouid have registered, however, they have another chance Iti October . BARN BljR2,ED' DURING STORM 'SPECIAL TO THE TIMES 1 HOBART, Ind.. September 7. Durns the storm Sunday morning the arec barn on the Ed. Tracker farm. ho ! five mile.'! east of here was struck !v ! ghtning and burned to the ground. Besides the loss of the building, two of horses, one ?.". farmitis machinery fd about 60 tons.cf hay were crsied .
ATTT. Gerald Gillett took his 1520 TsciHon yesterday. He ent it and 130 on a ringside seat at the Dempsey
I fight. MAYOR BROWN' has Secured the store room under Unity hail for his next ' sale of government canned meSLt, "hich i will open Thursday i weea-ena musi nave orrn j livelier than the police blotter indicated fer about one man out of ten on th. ! street packs a disfigured eye today. 0 . AMON'G the registrants on Saturday was a 91 vear old ladv. Mrs Burch of Harrison street. !io is one of the ardent suffragists of the city. THE Hammond Country club course is being put ln superb shape 'his week for he interctty match between Chicago Heights and Hammond. HAMMOND people who Labor dayed . ... tne Dig neio meet given vnere vaa icvra kinds of a humdinger. HAMMOND police force now has three motorcycle cops. Two of them are new to the public and speeders are having an awful time trying to pick them out. UNCLE JOHN BARGE was at the phone yesterday at Monnett's Smoke Shop for the Dempsey-Miske fight and was busier than a cat with a piece of fresh, liver. LAKRT HA K WOOD, who has Just rsturr.ed from a visit to England, says the British simply cant understand how the United States even happened to go dry and all Tjut refuse to believe that It Is dry. AFTER a visit to Ohio, where he surveyed the political situation. Dr. T. W. Oberlin tjaya there is no au-ea'.ion Son the eVlilt S.it vow will have In ask him anent the result. CH AIRMAN" Clyde Cleveland of the i H&mmord Republican organixation estlmllM that rim. to rr .Vl H 1 f ff the vof-rea-istered Saturday. Th. registration wti right around 4,000. REX HIDT la crowing over a lot of poor ginks In the composing rioms of Th Time today for picking the winner, the round and the blow In the Dempsey-Mlske fisticuffs and If that Isn't going some, wtiat is? AltONG those who registered Saturday waa Mrs R. Hojnackt, mother of W. J. Hojnackl, 1T Cameron street. She La years old. but Insisted on walking ,,. , . , ... v. IV UiC yu. "lift J' IUH t J itldvl i. V 1 m,uv s for the election. JITXJE Ted Kloti this morning resumed his regular Job in the city court. He has been gadding around New York and several places in Canada for about a month. Post cards are still arriving from him. AMON'G the attract ioris slated for the Shrine nicnic Saturdnv are Hunter ,.ho-,,. -tw.- n.r. ber, the "sweet singer of the Standard." and the wrestling match between "Slim" Parker and "Shorty" Van. HAMMOND Demia.Ta'fc have leased the! big reception room on the first floor of the Hotel Mee as headquarters for the present campaign. The-room was formerly used a a dining room and will ac- I commodate a large crowdt j ' i MRS. RAT DOWNEY and bahv of, Hessville eteppto Into an open sewer at ! Slblev street and Howard avrnue. Sun- ; j day evening as they wore killing time j (awaltln for a train The onlv Iniurv I J was "suffered by the baby who ! finger twisted. had SOUTH HOHJiAX Ireet merchants I renort a wonderful olekuo in the concert Y ESTER DAY wound up the season at the Hammond bathing beach. Custodian Joe Tratebas is busy today nailing up the bath house and bringing the portable stuff to the regular winter storage quari ters. Not a person was in the water yesifraay eitner at nammonu. w nn,n" or Indiana Harbor. HAMMOND peopVi, who have seen the ' Battle of the Tanks" which is put on by the First Division circus at White City. iay that many people arc carried '.ng to vote a bonus and badge of bravery to every btoy who went through that j kind of stuff. 1 ACCORDTXG to the RensseUer Re- i publican Mr. and Mrs. "Billy" Huff of Hammond came Saturday evenitiT for a visit with friends here, being the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duvalll. Mr. Huff is in the Jewelry busltiess at Hammond. After leaving this city. Mr. Huff located in Indianapolis where he and his family liwd for several years. They have lived in Hammond for about three years and will return to that city this evening. HAMMOND young man had what he thought was a date in Chicago with his girl there for a musical comedy. He was in the lobby of the theater and the strains of the orchestra greeted him and his companion. She was rather vexed at being late. "I told you we would be late." she said. "The music has begun. Sh-sh' That is that heavenly ninth fymphnnj !" "Zazzo!" he grunted. "Well, thank God, we missed the other eight.' kotici; See Brown's big sensational sale on canred meats, fruit and vegetables or anotber paift of th:s paper. 3-7-S
Expect New Price On Coal
'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! TN'DIAXA POLLS. Ind.. Sept. 7 Follow irg the decision of three judges in the federal court here late yesterday that I , U - 1 . , "" Pw-r .o rejulaie me coal industry within its own j boundaries, the newly created coal and food control commission today rushed ... j Indiana wi'hln the next tn days. Judges Fran. es E. Baker. Ferdinand I A. Ge.ger and E A. Evan, denied the I "jnctin sough' by the American Coal , M,ning Co.. to prevent the operation of j the commission, which was created bv j the recent special session of the Indiana legislature to relieve the coal shortage and reduce prices. The petition of the coal company, understood toTOve represented the Indiana bituminous coal operators association, was dismissed without prejudice that (he record might show only that the state may regulate such an industry under Its police powers. The decision sets a precedent regarding the police rower of the state. A similar suit filed by retail coal dealers is pending. 7 LAST LONG III GARY! i Quartette of Young Bandits f Kun Amuck at Fifth Ave. and Clark Road. thought we would come out to ? nd p,ck 0,,t something woft.- ! ! at is what Edward Hayes; ii " " " ''ual lur a" pera'e Chicago auto bandits declared.' following their arrest at the Gary police station early yesterday morning.! Other members of the gang were book d as Patrick O'Donnell, 23 yfcars old;' Joseph TiSrsen. 20 years old. and Kd-! ward Baxula. 19 j ears old. ail of Chi- I cago. It wa at State and Lake afreets in
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Chicago that the quartette stole anj Oldstnobile automobile and after' Captain George Wellington treeter. stripping the machine of its speedo-' lh8 kln!r nf squatters, yesterday remainmeter and clock, which they aold, theyj on ni, house boat. "Vamoose." purchased a tank full of gasoline indi1n ,h F.ast Chicairo canal while his
proceeded to Gary. It waa their intention to drive to Detroit after "pull-
.ng a ,ou ,n uary, ,e tne machine Michigan." and then In the face there then steal another machine .n overwhelming odds conducted an ordDetroit and return to Chicago and dis- , t or v retreaT
I pose of the second stolen machine there . It wsi at Fifth avenue and Clark) road that the "four young bandits ran' amuck. It was while they had stop- j ped to view an auto accident that thej police arrived on the Job and ques-j tloned them. "Were driving through; and loji the road." said the Wily Hay-j ea to Captain Vodicka and Detective I Sergeant Eisner. "Alright, follow u and we'll lead
! you into Gary," returned the captain, j Trust company, nine policemen, six i arJ of mora,jt. ;ni3 the general eduI but seemingly the bandits did not care ! Plnketton detectives and a number of ,ational VBl,, of .,)oh H study.
to follow at the clip taken by the police cur and lagged behind, evidently I trying to elude the police car as soon they would be aule to turn off the road . At that Captain Vodicka ordered the Police car to atop and waited for the cftr containing the bandits to catch up w'th them. "Guess you'd better come to the station with us." said the Cap-, tain after he had found a gun on Haj'.' At ,n' station they confessed that1 they had stolen the car and were out, looking for something easy. All have' t records in Chicago end were turned! ' ever to the Chicjfo authontiea late last night . NEW THEATRE FOR WHITING j (SPECIAL TO THE TIMES) ! WHITING. Ind.. Sept. . Whitinj In to have a 1.000 vat theafre. TT is j reported that the "Venus Amusement Co.." of Gary is to build an up-to-date modern theatre of about one thousand seats In Whiting. A. vi . uoresnK wno nas oeen tor a number of years operating several the. atres in Gary and also the Star in Whiting, has purchased a pie.ee of property. 60x120 feet, next to Slovinfc k y Do m . Mr. Ubreshk states that the theatre will have modern heating and ventilating system. Will -.tart building as soon as the plans are completed. HARBOR MAN IS TVT A TIP! TiT'PTTiV'n A TSTT j Peter Anderson o7 Indiana Harbor. ! was made defendant in a suit for damages which was filed today in the Hammond Superior court. The plaintiff, is Carl Schmult. a minor, by his next friend, Rudolph Schmult. According to the complaint which was filed by Attorney P. A. Parks. Anderson had a dog at hi home which was "accustomed to attack and bite mankind." On August 19. the dog bit Carl Schmult on the left foot and at other places. The plaintiff asks for $5,000 damages. SHERIFF BARNES BUYS GARY HOME rSPECIAL TO THE TIHESJ CROWN POINT. Ind.. Sept. 7. Sheriff Barnes has recently purchased a handsome home in Gary, buying the Charles L. George residence at 66S Buchanan street. Gary.T Sheriff Barnes expects to move his fmlly there at the expiration of his term as County Sheriff which will be January 1st. He wilt he associated with his brothers Frank and George, in the real satire business.
SHOCKING
ACCIDENT AT Dairy Head Caught in Belting and Arm Torn From His Body. j ,,..r, .nr , -nm aust a parlner ln the Matson Sanitary ! Dalrv rd.. at Atchison .venue and In j d,Anapol!s boilieVird, met w.th a dread f . ,!dcnt At h!, p,ac nf b,,,lneBS. on Sundav .fternoon. in whwh his left ,rm was frn from hia bo3v t . . . chinerv used in pasteurizing the milk.! and while In the act of adjusting a belt which had s-llpped off, got his hlrt leeve caught and the machinery being in motion he was hoisted to the ceiling. His screams attracted the attentlon of some one in the daify, wh shut off the machinery, and three men officer Nulolkiewicx. firemen Ollit
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1 Weigand and a man from the Whiting) look charge of the bank and everything garage rushed to the scene. The i Therw was $442 on the table. It i-s nou !aight of fitnaust. hanging in the air jut the police station Kearnev was re-
was appaling and they made haste and jwith great difficulty had the victim! l disentangled and to the floor. He i i was rushed to the office of Pr. Shlmp. j i who was also assisted bv Dr. Doll, ! where it was? found necessary to rush the victim t0 St. Margaret's hospital after giving him fir."t aid. The arm! was crushed ana completely severea ust below the shoulder with the ex- ! ception of a small piece attached skin, i I irVink w rtif-oef off with m nair of , weeiere. In addition to this his rib were badly crushed. In spite of Mr. lienaust I age ne neing nearij vrnij . and the awful shoe be received i' j was a'd at the nospuai j-Diirruay he would survive. IHE CAPTAIN NOT TAKING army headed by "Gen." W. H. Nlles, took possession of the Doestrict of i Cap'n Streeter Saturday filed su'f in ! the District court at Chicago against j the present owners of the property for l6.0OO.noo and asked that they be elected immediately. He hJho gave notice that he would take forcible possession of I be property on Labor day. When the Cap'n s armv advanced n 'he property. "7en." Nlles carrying i ! larte American flaii. thev were met by ; an attorney for the Chicago Title & voliiutecrs. 1 he i.en. piantf-a tne nacj . and looked around for help, asking.! Where 1 the American legion." (let ting no reply the "(Jen." sensed that i the battle was lost and with ' It's no j i use to flgiit the government. Ihe police) and the thieves who stole this propertl. alone." he began the retreat, Since Captain Streeter is now loo old to personallv take possession of the an(1 forCe of arms as be has done in the pRSt. il is predicted that the present sun will be the final chapter in Streeter's long tiirht for the "Deestnct." LOWELL STAGES k ' SPECIAL TO THE TIMESI IjOWELL, Ind.. Sept. 7. One of the' largest crowds ever present at a public! event in this vicinity turned out yesterdav for the picnic which w?s held under the auspices of the loweil post of the, . . . , , , .. . .merican uegion. 11 is estimated mat 1 over 3.000 people were in Oakland park. The speakers of the day were Wnrren T. McCray. republican candidate for governor, and Congressman TM 1R. Wood There was nothing of a political nature in rbeir speeches. Hoth lauded the work of the American soldiers in France and commended the purposes of the Legion. The baseball same between the Lowell team and a team from B;flier. II!. . was won by Beeher. the score being 7 to 4. Refreshment booths which were run by members of the Legion dl good business and it is believed that the proceeds ,rom ,ht and other s""" n-t the noys jane pront. The day's events cfbsed with the big dance which was giv en Tli the evening I at the Lowell opera house TWELVE DIE IN DENVER DENVER. Colo.. Sept. 7. Continued investigation today by Adams county officials into the head-on crash between two trains on the Denver and In -terurban Electric Railroad Just outside the Denver city limits yewterday after, noon that has cost twelve lives and injuries to 100 persons, is expected fresult in several arrests for criminal negligence Failure of the outgoing crew to obee ordrs Issued to them at a switch sid ing a few minutes before the collision I, is fa!d by orrivials or the company to have been the cause of the crash.
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MONSTER PICNIC
(other car, a Ford with Indiana license NOTICE TO READERS 2f'4!70 also went into the ditch but es. On and after this date a charge ?orcapd serious damage. The name of
special death anonuncemt nts. obituaries. " lodge and society meeting" Insei,.ed in tblr paper wili be made by t'n.; business office.
Bell Sticks Up A Park
Last Night 1 "Doggone it. why wasn't I bom a ; holdup man instead of a policeman." sighed Officer Howard Bell of the Himj mond motorcfe'e squad, last night as he wistfully viewed a fat sack of monev which he brought to the police station along with a couple of prisoners. Bell has just pulled oft the unpredenteri stunt of raiding Coy's Park singlehanded Coy s Park is thv old refreshment stop located on Standard a v.. in ihe southern outskirts of Hammond or In it Hrssvtlle? The two corporation haven't decided -which can rlahtly claim ihe place. Reports had been coming n regularly j from the womn of East Hammond who j claimed that their husbands were spendj ing all of their earnings at the resort j Ijist nighl Bell strolled into the place, : The games were )n progress, the most popular being a chuck-a-luck dice outfit. A felow named Kearney was in charge. Bell ha? Just pulled off the unprecedent I leaned on bond. -ft w.a, s0 easv lt mak me au?h, SRys Bell. RELIGIOUS TRAINING At the weeklv luncheon of the Ham nd Rotary Ciuh held at the Lyndon monfJ Ro,arv Ciuh nHa , thf. Lyndora Hotel, today the Rotarians went on recjord In favor of th inauguration of a trainings in the I course of religionschools The matter n-at presented by' Rev. Liicklider. o" the Firm Baptist church a member. The fact was brought out that the course of trainwrp proposed Is entireiv non-denominational, that the cost is to be borne by voluntary subscription. that the use of certain, rooms in the
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public chools twice a week has been Friday from P o'clock to 4 in the aftergranted bv the Hammond board of ed- 1 neon .he several supervise' met the ucation. 1 'echer of thrs grades ln groups and
Rev. Licklider brought om the fact that the City of Gary has been a pioneer in this field t work and that the fact i,f universally recognised that such training has been of great value in building up 'he moral fibre of the pupils of the schools. The Caltimft Federation of Churches and Missionary societies, consistin gof 5i organizations has formed the Calumet Council of Religious Education consisting of l.noo members who have this matter directly in hand. The work has been started in Whit- ' ing. EM Chicago, and Indiana Harbor land i Just being Inaugurated in Warn, t rrond . i The support of the Rotai v Ciuh was ! gained on the broad principle that rei Hgious training is valuable in promot ing nefter cuizensniT. a respect r r law and order. b;Kher general stand EAST ARE IDLE I r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ' ! flLKKSn.tKRB, PA.. Sept. 7 Pi- : incts 1. 7 and ? of the 1'r.ited .Mine j Workers of Arnrnoi fa'ltd to lesp ml in 'h s whole hearted manner today '-O. call of union I'-ad. is to break he Insurgent strike iind go hack to ' he mines About 100. 000 mine workers remained in idleness and production is only about 3 pr cent normal. Districts 7 and ft followed the Insurgents lead iimt k.pt their lines intact Here and there a colliery was able to get started, but as a general proposition the strikes in these diftrlcts remained unhrokin " n -;trlct 1 the 'tuation was ..rne brighter for the union leaders. Severa.1 Mk- collieries operated with a man force that wa almost normal. .. II... . V. . .hi.rV, V.l ' in tne Wyoming vaney. in i-"in' .-..j Uv rmna rw was workina: about K'li per cent normal, and the l.ehigh and Wilkesbarre started three collieries that have been Idle since S'-ptember 1. HARDING GOES THROUGH THE CITY Senator Warren G. Harding paid Hammond his first 1 istt since revelving the n-iL-is4nninl n-lr,ltr,aflon '. - However, he aid not stop ana as ms I vt; it wa.- unannounced there was no recepnon committee at the repot. Tiie 1 senator passed through the city at 2:.;o 1 o'clock lour timel over the Erie rail road. A special train of four coaches was used. Mr. Harding is booked for. an inspection of Ft. Sheridan at Chi-! cago and possibly a couple .f short , speeches before leavinar for Minneapolis where he is to speak at the state fair grounds tomorrow. TWO AUTOS MEET ON POINT ROAD Two automobiles came together on ' the Crown Toint road a few miles south of Hammond ye.";erday. One machine a roadster, owned bv Mack Pruijt and j W illis Havers, both colored, of Joliet. was badlv damaged when it was thrown into the d'tch. Both frames were broken at the front axle. The the driver of thli car was not learned. The jilor'd lads biarned 'he other fellow for the wreck and Insisted he jj drunk .
00.000 MINERS IN
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Public Service Commission Issues an Order to that Effect Saturday. taSECIAL TO THE TIXSI HOBART, IND.. Sept. 7 -New rates for the Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company are established 'n an order, the public service commission has issued, applicable to Valparaiso, Hobart, Kouts. Chesterton and Wheeler. The rates are intended to yield a 7 per cent return for the company on a tentative valuation of J225.00O. The commission said It found that j the company, while having set up a aeprectation account, paid for replacements and renewals out of operating expenses, thus making an excess showing as to operating costs. The commission directed the straightening out of this account. The new primary business telephone rate for Valparaiso is H with residence single line rate at fi. :-. ! Hobart. business, $3.50: residence. ! J2.I5; Koufe and Chesterton, business, i $2.50: residence. 12: Wheeler, busij ncss $3; residence, 'X ?S. FOR NEW YEAR The Hammond city schools arc off for what promises to tie a successful term. Pupils met their teachers tod;i y nd. were signei to thir respective room and grades. They were given lists conj isiiHUK the titb-s, of books and the sup plies which will be needed for the u-rtn's work. AH teachers elected to positions in 'he schools are t their pom of duty and the .school? start with no vacancies to fill. went nr the outline of instruction. Superintendent Monroe gave out a new course of study which was prepared by committees appointed t the close of the last school year. Miss 4 kinson, the n. pexlsor of health, explained to leathers and principals what he desired to acuimp lish in the newly created department of health and hygiene in the schools. TI is." Irene Tronberth, the iew music supervisor met with favorable reception by the teachers and great things are already expected from this department. Mr. Stanford Conant. tt. recently elected principal of the Fmnkitn school, has secured a residence in Robcr.sdale, and with almost all entire HiHnre in the teaching siafT of that school -.Mil suon have llie work there organized ami 111 running order. Saturday there was a public meeting of the entire corps of teachers, suJ I'crvisors an.l principals in the auditor ium of the Central school. Superintendent Monroe delivered the'audress of the occasion. It was an interesting meeting rnd with the subject of "School Mor;'.lc" the superintendent outlined many things which the schools can do to merit the confidence and support of the patrons and the taxpayers who provide for the expenses. He explained the new features ef the school system and gave rin.-.l directions for the opening of schools. Principal Spohn and assistants wire busy throughout the wctk registering and classifying the hih school students. Over six hundred were enrolled hy Saturday and it is expected that two hnnrtr,l and f . ...:m . - T " ' .- . . - . . ""'it w III LgihKT todav. Class work in th.? high choot starts Wednesday mwnin; and biirh ! school puruls delaying to .-o'er promptly w ill find tiiem.-. lv eS considerably handiI capped in beginning the term's ,ir. 1 There will be some delav in getting ' the new "cottage" schools of which th. school board erected 20 during she summer to cure for thf pupils in the Lincoln and Mnywood districts. The Maxwood school will be in .-"ossion during the leek, but Lincoln will not be in ful session until next Monday. However, were registered fn both schools this morning. While the registration is not complete in all the schools, it is -xpe.-tcd that the enrollment will be cons'rierablv larger than last year. Members of the board of education expressed themselves as confident af a successful school year. "V have a splendid corps of t..-(ih-ers." said one of them, "the several school buildings have all been thoroughly gone ..ot and put in san-t.irv oondttion and we a." anticipating ,1 most successful school vcar." POLE FRONT PIERCED IN 'INTERNATIONAL NFWS SERVICE 1 PARIS. Sept. 7 The Polish front I has been nietced in Galicia anrt f.en Wrangel's a nti-Bolshevik forces on the Crimean front have been forced back, according to claims made in a ' soviet war office communique wir Its-, sed from Moscow today. . ' j It says: "Southeast of Bre:n-litovsk fighting , has continued with alternating su - j cess. West of Hruhiesof we drove ; back the enemy and captured 2m pris. ! on. r. In the sector of Rohatyn i iGalician front! we pierced the mem.V1 1'tifs .ind occupied Pod k a mien 130 m'L: j southeast of lmV ryl capturing; some. ! prisoners I
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Campaign Tent Wholly Inadequate to House the Big Crowd
The Farmer-Labor party eempaii !n Lake county opened with a smsh yesterday when about three thousand people from the various parts of the county journeyed to the lake front at Indiana Harbor to participate in the Labor Day picnic under the auspices of the Lake County Central Lbor Union and to hear the political apeeches which formed the chief Item of entertainment . WEATHER THREATENING Although the day was anything from promising the weather man' waa lenient and Just at the time set fot The starting of the parade in the morning the aun burst through, the rain stopped and the picnic promoters began smile. The threatening weather no doubt kept many from the picnic Mi: there were enough present to fill trt" park and make '.htnga Interesting The parade formed as scheduled .1' 139lh and 140th streets Just off oi Cedar and then marched to the lakt front over Cedar, Guthrie and Michigan. TEXT AJ HEADQIARTKH The big campaign ten which h..u been put up m Hammond during la ' week and prepared for quick mov. -ment throughout the county wat at the lake front but du? to failure m the tent man to get there it was necessary to gtt the big tent "up a bsst they could. It was put up after a fashion but had it rained would have been entirely inadequate to hous. the crowd which packed the park. It was used as a headquarters for signing uP new members of the party and organizing Farmer-Labor clubs jn Ets 'n cago and Indiana Harbor. HASJY IEKtHI0 H EA It P After the parade ihcrt we.-c -. speeches and again in th ait-.i, the crowd stood for several !i i! . while speeches were made !v M'Hii,, running far congress, .and date, fir governor. Zion, Alty. St. yens of in diarpolis. and H. K Granger, of Hir mond. Each of the aptakeij w.ii optimistic foi the succes.- of 'he parlj and predicted, particularly ir l.aK.county that ihe Farmer-Labor part'" will make u clean sweep . Atty. Granger staled that there are already enough votes plua,fcd lo carry ih? county but in order tr be on tin st.rcde and keep the volts which ha' f neon pledged an aggressive campaign will be waged. , CLOSE TO SOCIALISM East Chicago and 'Indiana Harh are believed 10 bt the strong-hold ; ihe Farmer-Labor party and efi'or.. yesterday were directed toward the . 1ganization of a club in each r.d ; the city. Fifty nv-n were sgnod r.i the East Chicago club and a few of V-c Indiana Harbor leaders assured thsi Indiana Harbor would have hundreu.before the end of the week. The foreign people are being particularly ar-pc-.Ied to to Join in the party cut according- to H. E. Granger the foreign people are very favorable to the organization These people are mostly of a socialistic tendency, Mr. Granger stated, and the Farmer-Lanor party comes c1os r to Socialism than either of the other two parties. M'CII.I, omiRH CHECK As a start for the county cam;aif,r fund the women vesterday sold tags at a dollar each and before evening had taken in more than $500. Mr. McGill offered his personal check for $.00 If the ladies should collect SS011 by tagging- Thi wcampuign will he (ioubt that there will be sufficient funi dolbt that there will be sufficient funds to conduct "a strong- campaign WAY TO STATE 1 .1 it BY GEOKGE R HOLMES STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE I MARION. O., Sept. 7 Senator Warren G. Harding left Marion today lor Minnesota, where tomorrow he will deliver an agricultural speech at tne Minnesota fair. It is the firsi departure from the front p r h program aid the candidate's first speech of the campaign outside of Ohio. The senators special train pulld . v of Marlon at 7:.'tn a. in. Aboard 1 were Senator and Mrs. Harding; Gcre Christian, Senator Harding's 5 . -retary. and Mrs. Christian, Jinim -. Sloan, secretary service ope rtiv. ; members of the Hrdin,; headuu irtera sta. ' st enojrfa pliers and newspaper correspondents . Only one speech is planned on th; 1 rip, that being the one at the rn r tomorrow. 1' is probable, thono. 'hat the candidate wit! be forced t make some nhort talks from the rear end of the train en roule Senator Harding's train will aT'i" in Chicago at 2 p . in. The senator will leave the train a' Englewood. on the south side, and motor straight Fort Sheridan, where he will he the guest of MaJ. Gen . Leonard Wood for several hours. Chicago proper wt'l not see the candidate. The party will pick ur 'be train again at Deerfield station, north of Chicago, at 6 p. m . . and proceed to St. Paul, arriving there nt 9;1 a m. tomorrow. The senator will speak at 1 :Sn p. m. and leave at 11 p. m. to return to Marion. Senator Harding planned m utilize the ftme on the train in working on speeches. He has two speeches to doliver from his Marion froit porch "1 lisi of this week, one to a Detroit delegation on Friday, and notIicr to a delegation of Northern Inl'ana republicans on Saturday.
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