Hammond Times, Volume 9, Number 28, Hammond, Lake County, 11 September 1920 — Page 1

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E Bankers and Factory Heads Expect Conditions To Grow Worse Instead of Better BY FRANK MASON fSTAf CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! BERLIN. Sept. 11 With 4.500.00(1 rf her workmen Idle, Germany faces a black winter. Last winter the country was menaced by political riots. The ration is threatened during the coming winter with food and labor disturbance?. The chief danger comfrom unemployment and the empty dinner pail. Only the railroaders and the coal miners are working; to full capicty. Idleness in other branches of industry Is increaolng dally with the companies laying off large numbers of men. N.TIO!S TO OPERATE FACTORIES The minister of labor announced today that 60.000,000 marks will be appropriated to assist the unemployed. This is an addition to 13.000,000 marks already spent for that purpose. A law is being drafted to enable government commissions to opetrate idle factories where it Is possible to do so. The government is planning to engage as many as possible unemployed in useful work during the cold weather months, but warning has been issued that no unnecessary plaxes will be filled. SOME OPTIMISM IS SHOW?! While the situation looks black and there Is a great deal of pessimism, some of the members of the government are optimistic. They point out that: 1 The September quota of coal for France, pledged under the Spa agreement is now assured. 2 Tha Russian retreat from tne Frussian border relieved the danger rf an immediate Bolshevist uprising in Germany. 3 The cuarrels of the radical leaders are splitting up the Independent Socialist party and allays the danger of a counter-revolution. BANKERS PESSIMISTIC 4 The miners are working overtime. For the most part bankers and manufacturers are pessimistic and they see little hope. In fact they expect conditions steadily to grow worse. A week's investigation in financial and industrial circles has brought resuits which may be summarized as follows: 1 Following the embargo by the allies against the shipment of coal Into Germany from Sileiia, It is alleged that a new Polish conspiracy has been discovered which Is to culm"-...., in' the "violent occupation" of Upper Silesia about September 15. Bl"SI'ESS IS STAGNATED 2 Business is stagnated. Because of profiteering and high wages Germany is unable to compete in the world market. Domestic trade is passive and the situation ha been further I flueneed by a consumers' strike. Unfavorable exchange rates prevent exportation ol German goods. 3 The government is failing to collect taxes. Instead of carrying -out the present adequate taxation laws new compulsory loans are being proposed . 4 The government has increased the output of currency, upsetting the standard of paper money values. The world i being flooded with paper marks. The lat reichsbank report shows that the issue of marks last week was 1.7P9,O00,pn0, increasing the government deficit $34. no, 000 at the present rate of exchange. Finance ministry officials admit the possibility of the mark returning to its old gold basis . 5 Business win not be stabilized until there !s a settlement of the amount of reparations that Germany !s to pay. 6 The government's control of food will end Sept 15. The absence of food cards will increase the opportunity or fod dealers to profiteer and to increase the suffering of the poor Berlin, fearing foor riots, has cancelled the order for closing down the public soup kitchens. The government a;rniunces that it Is arranging for extensive food credits and is arranging to pay half of the amount through the export of potash . 7 The seecessionist movement in Bavaria is getting stronger. If It Is carried out and a separate state is established, economic chaos may resuit. S Germny's crops, on the average, ar slightly less than thse of 191. There are no raw materials, no markets and little or no coal. Industries, such as those producing shoes, textile? and steel fabrications! are working on part time. ASKS FOR A RECEIVER Max Weber of Indiana Harbor, purchased afourth interest in a pool room and rooming house August 4. Today h filed suit in the Hammond Superior court asking for the appointment of a received and the dissolution of the part nership because he war not permitted to enjoy h;s interest in the hus!ne.s. Affr a short time he says Andro ?arki"an ard the other two members of the firm 'iecldrd to keep him out . They took entire possesion and excluded him. He want? the property scld and the proceeds divided so he can g?t hi? money back. M;Mihn and Conjoy are acting as hi sattorneyw.

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FINALLY LOCATED I.VniAN.MPaiJS, lnd.. .Sept. 11. Stoughton A. Fletcher, millionaire father of Miss Louisa Fletcher, who was found working as a servant on a. farm near Ipswich. Miss., after having been missing since Thursday, was overjoyed j today when he received first informa- i tlon of her discovery through the In- j ternational News Service. j Later, when additional details were I conveyed to Mr. Fletcher, he stated he had just received a telephone mes sage from the srrl's tutor. Mr?. Fritz I stating that Mis. Fletcher had arrived in East Gloucester, to take charge of the runaway girl. Mrs. Flet.he.r sped from Indianapolis to the coa-t town when word first was recei ed that Miss Fletcher had disappeared. j Mrs. Fletcher will remain in the) east "until sh ha? Louisa in hand." j said Mr. Fletcher. "It looks like a ! spanking case to me," he added. WHISKEY FOR BABE KIMMEL FOR WIFE And Mike Took Either Helping When He Needed A Stimulant. Mike Bragail ha a baby which will he a. husky woman some. day. Since 'May she has consumed at least two jugs of moonshine besides getting an accidental nip from her mother' private bottle of klrnmel. Mike has a little store on Dearborn street. Hammond and yesterday the police dropped in for the third or the fourth time this year because people had reported he was selling liquor. A Jug with about two "shots" of moon, shine in tt was found under the counter. The wife's kimmel bottle was also discovered. In police court this morning Mike Insisted that he always kept some liquor on hand for the baby and that hie wife had her ofn stock. Officer Singer reminded him of finding the Jug'emp ty only a short time ago whan hs visited the store. This piled on the baby the responsibility of drinking a Jug of liquor in about ten days. Judge Klot was plainly skeptical. He decided Mike should pay $50 and costs which will set him back $S0 In all. HOW ALLIES PLANNED TO BT NEWTON C. PARKE PARIS, Sept. 11 The most amazing plan of startegy proposed by either side in the woVld war has just been revealed by Gen. Estienne, famous French commander, with permission of the French war office. The allies, Gen. Estlenne now makes known, planned to shatter the supposedly Impregnable German line of defene the wide and swiftly flowing river Rhine by the use of turtle tanks great amphibious monsters cap able of operating equally well on land and in the water. The counted, thus upon taking the German positions By surprise, sending forth tank squadrons by night to navigate the river, emerge upon the opposite bank ml then open fire upon the enemy's rear' while large forces of infantry were j croesingin boats. The idea of these crawling monsters, says Gen. Estienne, dates back several years, but he and other French inventors only concentrated their mlndj on the subject when the caterpillar tank was proved successful in land warfare. They found that it was first necessary to construct a tank slightly heavier than those in land operations and absolutely water-tight. The details of his invention are being kpt secret, but It Is said that repeated tests have proven its practicability. WANTS DAMAGES FOR BARBERSHOP i Anaelo Staykovich runs a barber shop j on Cedar street. Indiana Harbor. He ! rents the ground floor room of a buildj ing owned by Mike NIksic. Last April Nik fie rented the second floor to a photographer and cut a big hole in the roof to provide a skylight for the picture gallery. The Job was not finished the first day and during the night it rained. The water ran through Into Angelo's barber shop, spoiling the varnish on the chairs, diluting the hair tonic and otherwise cluttering up the place. Anj gelo is sueins? Niksic for $1."00 damages in the Jlsmmond Superior court. McMahon and Conrjy are hi? atorneys. BEAT AND ROB ERIE LABORER George IjambscpMilos. a laborer, who had been staying in one of the camp ears in the Erie rsilroad yards. wn. hld up iate last night and robbed. j mbsopoulos is in St. Margaret's hos pital suffering with .riou. injuries ficm the beatins which hi? assai!nts administered. He ays three nr-n attacked h!n !n the. darkne? and took $153 in cash which he had in his pockets. He was utlabie to furnish the police with a description of the thuwe.

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Insurance Claims Paid In Lake Co. Four Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Paid Beneficiaries in this Locality. A summation of the life Insurance distributions by insurance companies in the United States and Canada in 1?19 by the Insurance Press shows that total distributions were $1,843,51(1, iioo. Indianapolis, Evansville, Ft. Wayne, South Mend, Lafayette and a few other Indiana cities, according to the tabulations of the Press, are transacting a rapidly increasing volume of business. According: to the Usurps complied

by he Press, claims paid by insur-' ance organizations in Indianapolis In 1919 were J2,o5.00O; Evansville, $76''.01"'); Terre Haute, $563, "00; South Bend. 1521, onnn; Muncie. $443,010; Rich mond. $401.00n. and Fort Wayne, $Jo8,(100. Hammond ad. the Lake county cities with $194,noo, Gary next with $105,ooo; Indiana Harbor $71,000; East Chicago $44,100; Whiting $34,000; and Lowell $17,000. t MIDDLE WEST TO FOBEFOM The Tress says that Indiana, Iowa and Illinois now have more insurance companies than has New York. The. largest amount of Insurance paid on a-single life in 1919 was $400,000 carried by Hnry Frick. ot New York and Pittsburgh. A constantly increasing demand for life insurance is indicated by the tabulations of reports of fifty-four life Insurance companies, covering new paid for business in July. 1920. which showed an increase of $3?. 502. 472. or ;o.g per cent over the business ot 1519. Policies are being written for larger average amounts than before the high cost of living arrived, the Press cays. Some of the laiger policies paid In Indana In 1913 are shown to have been on that of Oscar J. Oehlkuch, Evansylle, J14S,04. and Hal H. Dronberger, Terre Haute, $60,779. To the estate of Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. T.. $S5.000 was rad. large: claims i ixdiaxa Poller claim ot 110,000. r more paid In 1919 in cities of Lake county by the tabulation of the Press are shown to be: Theodore P.. Henderson. Hammond, 110,000; Indiana Harbor. Dr. George Orf. $10,000. In addition to the tabulation in Bloomington to a name not given a claim of $10,oo was paid. Claims amounting to $3$, 16 were paid to unnamed parties in Evansville. In Hammond, to the estate of an unnamed principal S30.no was paid, and 'n Huntington. $12.5000. Nine claims were paid in Indianapolis to unnamed parties, aggregating $1205O0; one fiaim in Kokomo of $34, in. in Marion two claims aggregating $24,857: in Muncie two claims aggregating $57.S4; Richmond, one claim of $18,3X1; one claim in South Bend of $20, Hi. and la Valparaiso one claim of $15,00. TWO RATES Representatives of the various industries of East Chicago, who have been in Chicsgo during the past three days with representatives of the East Chicago Chamber of Commerce protesting egaifst the existence of two freight rates within the Chicago switching district returned last night well satisfied that the interstate commerce commission will grant their request for a single rate. The industries of the region became alarmed when after a 40 rer cent increase had been granted to the railroads by the interstate commerce commission th-Illinois state utilities commission authorized a rate increase of only J3 1-3 per cent for intrastate business in Illinois. This caused the industries of the Calumet region although in the same switching district to pay a higher freight rate than the Chicago competitor?. Even of graver ronsequence was the possibility of the Calumet region of Indiana being excluded from the Chicago switching district. After a three dys' h-aring the railroad representatives conceded the reint before the interstate commerce commission and admitted that all rates in the Chicago switching district should be uniform. The commission took no action, but since the railroads agreed not to contest the request of the Calumet region industries f.-r lower rates the representatives are 'certain that the ruling will be favorable to the Indiana industries. In order to adequately protect the interests of the local industries as far ns freight rates and traffio rules are concerned plans are now being discussed for the formation of a Calumet Industrial Traffic league similar to the traffic league in Chicago. Those w no attended the hearing in Chicago on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday were: C. L. Lingo, traffic mannger of the Inland Steel: W. H. Hammond, assistant traffic manager of the Inland Steel: W. A. Sohr.wtler. general traffic manager of the Graver corporation; H. E. Jackson, Kat Chicago Chamber of Commerce: R. C. Slater, traffic manaJT of the Hubbard Steel foundries: Rrt Anderson, trafile manager of the Green Engineering rompany: C. A. Westberg, East Chicago Land company.

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BY GEORGE It. HOLMES MARION. O., Sept. 11 Senator Warren G. Harding launched attacks upon the Wilson administration along two fronijj today. Addressing a delegation of nearly 50 Chicago and Indianapolis business men from his front pjrch thia morning, he charged that a "bungling administration which could not even run its own business, has put its haml on the throat of American business.' and all but strangled it with "weird economic theories and Socialistic tendencies." He pledged himself if elected, to let legitimate business alone and run the government on a business-like basis. In a later speech to a delegation ot Northern Indiana and Michigan , republicans. Senator Harding asserted that America has narrowly escaped losing her Monroe doctrine or going to war to preserve it. He said that America was being deceived about the Monroe doctrine article of the league of nations covenant. The covenant, he explained, is written in both English and French, in parallel columns. In Article XXIV dealing with the doctrine Senator Hard ing declared that the English text said one thing and the French another. The French version, he asserted, "does not guarantee the integrity of the Monroe doctrine, and in case of controversy would subordinate It almost to the point of complete abandonment." Senator Harding combined the two addresses into "a message to the business men of America." and compared the entrance into the league of nations with the signing of a business contract . "Sixty per cent of our manufacturers arc little plants. Only 25 per cent of them dt business as corporations. When we come to analyze what we mean by American business we lind that we mean the daily work of the nation. "We must summon the best abilities of America to put America back on the main road and remove the debris of the last eight years. The day of the one man war poller form of government must yield to the sound practice of the republic. "American business has suffered stag gering blows because of too much med ling by government and it is equally true that good government has almost died on our hands because it has not utilized the first sound principles of American business. "The government has engaged In prodigal waste. It has engaged in ail- kinds of costly bungling experiments of government management and ownership of 'enterprises. The American people pay. , "Democracy has done nothing in years to cure waste and inefficiency; it has rather addd to them. We are the ineffective prodigals of the world.'" Turning to the Monroe doctrine and the league of nations. Senator Harding said that when the original draft of the covenant was made no mention of the doctrine was found therein'. When President Wilson returned from Paris on his first trip. Senator Harding declared, he found America very strongly reversed the doctrine. "So when the president returned to Paris," said Senator Harding, he made cr pretended to make a concession to the reverence of the American people in connection with the Article XXI. E. Chicago's First Jury Of Women Constable John Pora of Indiana Harbor is 'now laying claim to the honor of subpoenaing the first jury of omn that has been called in Lake county. Yesterday he subpoenaed I'-' women to appear next Monday at vne o'clock to serve as Jurors in the juatice court of Judge G. E. Reiland The r' it ne .f provocation in which A-ina Maieh complains against nna Mi'mn Since both parties l the action are w e. m e n it was decided to call a Jury of women. W. A. Fuzj". who is attorney for the plaintiff anc? A. C. Folea. attorney f-.r th? defendant, are reported ti hav bent their best suits to the'tfil-o-rt and made arrangement,? for s;-,-nd-lrg t full morning next Monday 'n the barber's chair. LAKE CO. TAX LEW TWELVE CENTS SPECIAl. TO THC TIML51 CROWN POINT. IND.. Sept. 11 The tax levy for Lake county during the year 1921 as fixed by the co.unty council will be 12 cents upon each $1"" worth of taxable property, according to announcement made here today. The above tax is levied for the purpose of raisinc revenue f.r the county fund, gravel road fund and county deft bund, by January 1st there will be $127.S9H.2S in the county fund, it is understood. This is the estimated savings during the year 192". Thirty thousand dollars is to he taken out of this fund to pay for v ting machine? oid'-red fr the ermine! election. Tlvs ha? been decided uporij by the members of the county emm-i cil at their recent meeting s. a means' of taking care of the debt as the bond Issue for tbes machines have oven cancelled on account of no sale.

Plans For Lake Co. Yet Vague Senator Hiram Johnson Has No Definite News of Indiana Trip Just Now. That the plans of Senator Hiram Johnsot. r a trip ln'Lake county thisfall to sn.-ak for Candidate Harding are still in the hand? of the ropub'lcan state central committee Is indicated by the following letter in answer to one of inquiry from C. G. Kingwill of Hammond. Lake, county ; manager, when the senator was campaigning for the presidential nomination. My dear Mr. Kingwill: It was more than good of you to write me a you did under date of Aug. 21. My plans are still vague and inchoate, but I am hoping to come into Indiana in behalf of the republican ticket during the campaign. If I do come into 'your state, I shall be more than delighted to come into Lake county. I want to express to your people, there, my appreciation of their very great kindness to me in the presidential primary. And when I have such a very delightful recollection of my brief stay with you. that I am most anxious to return. Most sincerely yours, HIRAM W. JOHNSON.

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HEAR CASES Judge Samuel R. Artman. chairman of the board, will be in Hammond next week for the purpose of hearing cases arising before the Industrial board of Indiana, under the Workmen's Compensation law. The schedule of cases is as follows: Monday, September 13th: 4435, 5 p. m. Standard Oil Company VS. VispOCB. Acc. 167 1S2, 3 p. m. Informal. Acc. 163119, 3 P. m. Informal. Ace 1S2650, 3 p. m. Informal Acc. 1S1764 3 p. m. Informal. 132. 3 p. m. Christina Wengatr vs. Fenestra Construction Co., Lump sum. Tuesday, September 14th: 4552, 9 a. m. Tureotte v. Leonard Construction Co. 44SS. 10 a- m. Boganskl vs. r. S. Betz company. 4525. 10:30 a. m. Drozda vs. Hubbard Steel Foundry Co 45S2, 2 p m. Grammenos vs. Edward Valve Manufacturing Co. 4559, 3 p. m. Dr. Robinson v. Roy C Clark. 440, 2:30 p. m. Babanoff v. Standard Steel Co. Wednesday, September 15th.: 4204. 9 a. m. Chakoa vs. American Bridge company. 4 359, 10 a, m. Olson vs. Gary Sere and Bolt Co. 4563. 3 p. m. Mauk vs. General American Tank Car Co. 4620, 2:30 p. m. Foster vs. South Shore Motor Express. 4356. 10:30 a. m. Kutis vs. Interstate Iron and Steel Co. NEW TREAT FOR THE SPEEO BUGS Lake county speed fans have another rich treat awaiting them tomorrow afternoon at the Roby Speedway. Two ni.:ts have been held this season tit the oid race course and the croud has b"en -iven some high class exhibitions in automobile and motorcycle racing. Tomorrow's card is for motorcycle races only. Some of the world's fastest motorcycle tiders have iirnej up for the events. Prominent in list are H-;l Inrknjrst. Walter K-.rn. Curly Frertrick?. Otto Walker, Warren Crop, Paul Anderson and Joe tValters. The majority of them are well known to race enthusiasts of Chicago and the Calumet region and their presence guarsMee? race? with plenty of pep. Several of them participated in the 200 ml'e race at Marion. Ind. MANY LICENSES ARE TAKEN OUT SPECIAL TO THE TIMES f ' CROWN POINT. IND., Sept. 11 Hunters? and fishermen broke al! previous records in taking out licenses during the month of August according to County Clerk Herbert Wheaton . During the past month, the clerk's office issued a total of 521 resident licenses. 250 resident fishing licenses and 5 non-resident license. The resident licenses cost $l.no and the non-resident licenses $1.". A total of $763.9" was taken in from license issues during the month which! has been forwarded to G. W. Mansfield head of the state department ot fisheries and games. THREE DIE IN HOME FIRE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 GRKATNEi'iC. . Y.. Sept. 11. While Lo Kam-.nski blade ineffectual efforts to ies-ue his family f:-'m their burn'.ng home early today Mrs. Kaminfk. and two children were burned to d ah. K,imin?ki hlni If n a so bdIy btirned tha' he wa? taken to the Flushing hospital in a dying condition. 'nly one member of the family escaped unhurt John aged 6.

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COL. L: T. Meyer will make a church address in Whiting tomorrow night. CERTAIN nan says his red nose made him very popular the la.?t few days until he informed his Inquiring friends that it was Just a summer cold. THERE ain't no such thing as a black and red German flag any more, points out a local man, Germany has a new flag and It is white, red and gold. VER REDMOND, one of the young eld timers of The Times composing goes on the payroll of the Poatlewaite Prlntery beginning Monday. BILLT ROBERTSON, formerly of thisi city, who has been writing editorial copy for the Lafayette Journal, has resigned from that paper. HOWARD HATHA WAY of Crown Point, who is attending Purdue university, came up from Lafayette just on purpose to attend the Slirtner's picnic. AN ERIE caboose caught fire yesterday evening and was hiked to the Highland street crossing so Bill Nill and his laddies could take a hand in the affair. TWO tickets were sold at the Erie depot for the Harding special tod,-y. E. W. Wickey of East Chicago bought one of them and it is hoped that a Hammond man got the other. WELL: WELL! The sidewalk across the Erie tracks at Highland street has ben completed at last. And the high school pupils had to get along without It only a week. 'WHO'S dead at the postofnee." querried an anxious voice over the phone yesterday. He was worried over the fact that the federal building flag was at half mast and upside down. HARRY JOHXSON is not saying much about his presidential preferences until his folks have had a ch.-vnee to tryout Mrs. Harding's famous waffle recipe made rublic recently. MUSICAL critics say that between the women discussing canning operations and the children, it was hard to hear the softer strains at the Harrison park band concert last night. THIEVES entered the Star Sheet Metal Works. 2S5 Sibley street, late lat night and stole 75 bars of solder, a pair of stock shears and. a set of tinner's tools. The articles were valued at $30. THE Apparel Mfg. Company has a sign up on Hohman street bearing the legend "Boy wanted 16 years" and Joe Ibach shakes his head and thinks that's a long time to want for a boy. FRANK S. BETZ got a postcard from Lyman, asying he had caught 57 pounds of fish in one day at Leeh Lake. Minn, and expected a wire saying he had caught a whale. At A LATE hour this afternoon the Sproat-Grimths ice cream gorge was still up in the air. Promoter Modjeski was being hard pressed by Shriners to transfer rthe match from Summer's pharmacy to Harrison park. PHOTOGRAPHERS for the "House Beautiful" were in Hammond yesterdaytaking pictures cf the beautiful Paxton home on South Hohman street to be published in an early issue of the magazine. P. O. EMPLOYES will have another chance to wipe out the sting of defeat administered by The Times gang several week ago. The two teams clash on the Harrison park diamond Sunday at 1 1 o'clock. A HAMMOND man, who got away unknown, made quite a stir at Crown Point the othr day by attacking the cement policeman at Court and Joliet Mrcets and his machine came out second best. DR. T. E. BELL, upon arriving In tow n from his summer vacation at Lake Winnebago. immeSvtely began to inquire whether in the meantime Gov. Goodrich, had called another special session. THE Chicago Heights golf team arrived in the city at noon today and after being the guests of the Hammond golfers at a luncheon is playing the second of a series of inter-city matches with the Hammond team having won the first match played at Chicago Heights. ELLIOTT CONROT took the place of the cat Friday night at the DeLuxe theater when he got up from his seat In the front row and walked across the stage. for this act Elliott is $10. Of ahead, and two young men have more respect for his nerve thn ever before. MART MOBAN, public health nurse for West Hammond, announces that the Traveling Health clinic of the Chicago Tuberculosis institute will be at the Went worth high school at 1 p. m. Sept 16. Wilson Ruffln Abbott, clinician This clinic is for everyone and is eup-t ported by the sale of the Red Cross Christmas seals. HEARING that Joe Tratebas is folding up the bathing beach and putting it away for the summer remind? Jim Candy of the girl whose mother kicked on the bathing suit daughter was going to use. "Well. I'm going to wear that onepiece bathing suit or nothing." the girl stormed. "In that case wou'd better wear the bathing suit." mother calmly retorted. fT TOOK nearly two years for Judge I.Hiry of the Indiana supreme court to pet his bosom friend Judge lbari of Him mond into a bt-i f match and !v tire up from Indianapolis e,-terla here to rlsy the match. The to were golf cronies when Judge Ibach wm on the appellate bejich

21 -PLUS IDEA If You Didn't Give Specific Age You Must Correct It Or Not Vote

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Sept. 11 Women and men who registered last Saturday as being "21 years old, plus instead of giving their speciac ages will be ineligible to vote in November unless they correct their statement or. the next registration day, Oct. t. This waa the decision of the state election commissioners, one a republican and one a democrat, who met yesterday and prepared an interpretation of the age feature of the registration law on request from sereral counties where, many women and some men. ticklish about their age, went oa record as being "21 plus." The opinion is given by W. w. Spencer, democrat, and William H. Thompson, republican, who. with the governor as the ex-of-flco member, comprise the atate board of election commissioners. Maurice E. Tennant, as a member of the ttats board s legal commitee. also concurs in the opinion. WEXTIFICATIO.V CONSIDERED It is the holding of the coramlsaloners that the law requires each voter to give hie or her exact age. Tp.ey contend that the purpose of the requirement is to establish identificationof the voter as well an to ascertain that the voter is of legal age. They assert that the giving of the wrong age might permit fradulent voting. Should a man or woman of 53 years." for example, regiser aa "21. plus" it might be possible, suggests the commissioners, for some young voter to go to the polls and vote in the name of an older person who had given his or her name incorrectly. "We beg to state that It is our-opin-ion that a proper compliance with the registration law of Indiana," reads tha opinion of tae commissioners, "requires that an applicant for registration sha;; state in writing his or her age on tha last preceding anniversary of his " or her birthday. It is not considered sufficient to stgte that the applicant w as 21 years or over on a certain date prior to the date of regisratlon. S?e Sec. 10 of the registration law of Indiana." . PASSED I JOHSOX .. It is reported that in Johnson county the republican and democratic county chairmen agreed not to raise the age question, and to permit women, if . they t'i oo. e, to conical their true age. The question arises as t whether thf registration was improper in th? precincts where the registration beards accepted the registration of .persons who were known to he -riving an -Incorrect age. The state election cj-a-r..l?sioners answer this by sayin, :h-it such a registration probably w u''i stand, unless on election day. .ome t is hou!d challenge the right t.-i v v o; a man or woman who had n-t oomp'ied strictly with the age requirement inn thus r'glstered improperly. "It is risky for those who did nit give their correct age to let their record stand, because their right to rote might be challenged on election day. My advice is for those who gave the wrong age to avail themselves of the oportunity on Oct. 4 to correct their statement and thus avoid a chance of being challenged." said Mr. Spencer, one of he commissioners, last evening. F TO GIVE TESTIMONY Senate "Slush" Committee Will Send Marshal for Jessie Burchard. (CHICAGO, Sept. 11 Unless Miss Jessie Burchard. who charged that democrats were soliciting $40 contributions from girl clerks in the revenue department, appears today before the senate "slush fund" commitee, a U. S. marshal will be sent to enforce her attendance . Miss Burchard, according to word received here, has consulted an attorney at Minneapolis and has decided not to appear. She is the witness epended upon to reveal the foundation of charges that girls in the internal otflce at Aberdeen, S. D., were being assessed for the democratic campaign fund and the committee is determflijed to compel her attendance. Gov. James M. Cox has been called upon today by Senator Walter E. Edge, of New Jersey, to retract ) his charges that the republicans were raising a ' $ 1 5. no. poo fund to buy th presidency," and that contributions ti the fund "desired to settle industrial disputes with the bayonet." Senator Edge declared that the healing, after calling witnesses named by Gov. Cox's representative, had failed to uncover any evidence to substantiate the charge. "Gov. Cox owes it to the America people to withdraw his extravagan statements or stand convicted f descending to the most despicable type -t professional politics imaginable," Ed" declared. Wm. Wrigley. Jr., Charles Pie, former head of the shipping board, ani Fred C. Barbour. $00 a 'i eek campaign fund collector. are witnesses subpoenaed for the hearing today. Af ter today's hearing. It was announce I. the committee will adjourn until Sept. 22, when it will re-convene! prcoably in Pittsburgh. EAST CHICAGO DIVORCE SUIT On July 24. Albert Paul of Gift Chicago decided it waa time to disappear. He was "in bad" with the C S. government because nf ome ii'.rgal !!q ;or sale.- and failure to mske out -Inicm-' reports. When he lefi h" took $3 o of his wife's money Tiday the w t Kozi Psul. fiied suit for duoroe-o th Hnmniond Superior court. . s .v t!,ev were married in October. 13 '7 She wants a decree and a c'ar t;' ttwo pi-eea of East Chica- pri;vs:' worth Sio.oni which r.tf ayj :vr h'jband fo: ccd hei to turn over to h;:n .

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