Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 74, Hammond, Lake County, 14 September 1920 — Page 1
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REPUBLICAN LANDSL 7T THE WEATHER. FOR INDIANA timet tied probably fair Wednesdays but luucb change in temperature. Oa etreets and newsstands, Cc per ocpy. Zelivored by carrier m ilimaioiiil and Wen. liiajnooo, 60c per month. VOL. XIV, NO. 74. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1920. HAMMOND, INDIANA fell 1 01 DEATH era
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AVE NOTICE that Tern Mclghan is in town again and gosh how the women do hate him.
Shocking Crimes Committed
in Gary Last Night. .
Gary's alarming wave of crime and death last night added another murder to its increasing total and put another highway victim in the Mercyhospital with his throat sliced from ear to ear. He will die according to
Feminine Jury Convicts Transgressor Women FindSister Guilty Of Provocation and Inr pose $10.00 Fine The first Jury of women ever assembled n Lake county and what is behoved ;o be the lirst !n Inu.ana yesterday afternoon sat in the justice court of tic-urge E. Rowland at Indiana ll.irbc r in
the ease of the State of Indiana vs.
True rode on he paid 5 cents fare, that -lma Jiirrna,; and after hearing the was in Boston. Then the next was a testimony returned a verdict in less Green line car and he paid eight. lhan icn minutes, finding the defendant
gui.ty and imposing a line of $10 and
VEKXOX PARRV. the Crown Point monumental contractor, was in the city today closing up a contract.
GEN. MGR. TAYLOR of the F. S.
Letz company has resumed his duties
after a pleasant two weeks vacation.
COX AND HARDING GREET WESTERN VOTERS FROM TRAINS
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:HE LAST street caj- that Charley
SOMEONE threw a brick through the costs,
! front window of the new store of the
Co-operative society at 267 State street, last night. Police are investigating.
THE Lake County Bar association enjoyed a banquet at the Chamber of Commerce at noon today and after dinner held a business session wilh election of cfHccrs.
death will be the nineteenth homicide in the city of Gary alone since the first of the year. H.VnD NIGHT FOR. POLICE It was a trying and busy twentyfour hours for members of the Gary
police department. No sooner had j Uon will bo held at Harrison park Frithey solved their first homicide and i day evening. A record breaking crowd captured the murderer, when a report ' js expected. reached the station that a man had been held-up and his throat cut in! LOCAL republican, who watches the darkness of an alley. On account I things pretty eloireiy says he wouldn't
of the victim being unable to offr'be a bi
a description the police were unablejover Niagara Falls in a barrel to get a to run the assailants to earth. (little more publicity. i
EDITOR 13 KILLED For years the south side colored belt
have not been thrown into a state o,
NEARLY all of the old saloon build
ings on State street In West Hammond
commotion and excitement as theyi "veu c.osea tur a year nave were following the shooting and mur-1 r,fcopened as 0ft drillk Parlors and are der of one of their prominent leaders,! aoinS a good business. J.. D. Cook. 38 years old. editor of thei city's colored paper, the Cmry Defend- GEORGE EDER. JR., has disposed of
er, early last night. It was after he had throiicrh th left Inn? Viv C
a brother-in-law. in the rear of thelrj law and entcr Politics.
drug store at 1751 Washington street, that Cook ran nearly two blocks to
the corner of 17th avenue and Broad-
Twenty women, subpoenaed by Constable John Fora for jury duty, appeared at the court room a few minutes before 1 o'clock ahd in a few minutes 12 of them had been seated in the jury box. Unlike a jury of men none of the women attempted to escape jury duty a:id both attorneys in the ease accepted the en-
!. PJiVl witnout contest. Those- subTHE fifth and last band concert to be ! I'oer'acJ .for jury duty who were not given by the Retail Merchants associa- sc'!ecU'J evidenced no joy at being re
leased and in a few instances teemed -,1 V, . j . . . '
Tho women who served on the jury are all prominent in Indiana HarBor society and most of them are wives of prominent business men. They listened
surprised to see Gov. Cox go attentively to all of tho evidence and
apparently weighed the evidence according to its merits since several attorneys who were present as spectators at the trial expressed real satisfaction over both the verdict and the despatch with which it was reached. The testimony of the witnesses and borne out by the defeinda.it herself was to the effect that Mrs. Mirmak had en-
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Senator Uardinj; (left) shaking hands with western voters from rear of his train, and Gov. Cox (arrow), photographed in west during his present tour.
Senator Hardinp last week enjoyed the experience of shaking har.dj with voters and talking to them on the issues of the day
from the rear of a special train. He liked this so well that he thinks of taking: several more trips oefore election day. The
photo at the riht shows Governor Cox in r. pose that has become familiar to western voters d'-rins recent weeks.
tereu an ice cream Darlor in whi.-H Mi-
his property here and will leave shortly Mirmak and Mrs Mau-hn w. r. t-.L
teen hot! With his fami!' for i'rida where he j ing and after calling Mrs. Maicha vile C. Carter has acciulred property. He will practice j names struck her. Since the charge
iaw dim enter pontics. w as one or provoke and the evidence r a ,77; . T . , ' A I fuIIy Pved tho charge the jury reC. A. SMITH and M. I . Ludwig had . mained out less than ten minutes bethe time of their young lives on Satur- fro returning a ,r,!i,, ..f
way where he fell over dead on thej?a'. when attended the Northern j 510 fine. The maximum punishment is
side walk. Carter, his assailant, had
; Indiana picnic of the Northwestenrf $20.
agents at Lake Maxinkuckee.
fneaked out of the bade door and ts-j
CapCd- S. GREEN WALD of the Minas FurniFully & thousand r.egroes had gath-jturc company, cla.ms the honor of beercd about the body of the dead negro ( int; lhe champion mushroom hound of editor by the time the police arrivea ; Hammond. He went out last w eek and and swarming the black belt, stood J lountl thrce bushels of them. around in gatherings, discussing thej murder and shooting. j ONE Hammond couple with a new SLATEJl IS CAPTl'KED j baby are having some words as to In less than five minutes, Captain ; whether they will ra.se her to vote the Vodlcka, of the night force, threw his ! democratic or the republican ticket, the forces over the city, notified the police. Parents being of different political faith, heads of the surrounding cities and
carefullv euarded all out-goinsr trains' Jt-Lfu i. -viiut.i .OiUO.N of Crown
and street car lines, as it was
that Carter would attempt to ga:
freedom by slipping out of the
Blood hounds were also put into use warning if he hadn't sassed the court, i
in running down the murderer. For two hours search was instituted OXE of the sights of the town Bill in every section of the south side and Hastings trying to move a motor-car by on a tip furnished by Officer PfafT hand so he could get it out of a jam shortly after 11 o'clock. Captain Vo-i'on!y to find when he couldn't budge it. dicka and Chauifeur Seberger sur-j tha his brakes were locked all the
The court room was packed at the time for the trial to begin and it was necessary to turn many away. Most of those present were women although a large number of men. among them several attorneys, came to see how women would conduct thmselves on the jury The lady jurors showed no uneas-mess and voiced no objections to posing for several pictures which were' snapped during the course of the trial
Those who served on the jury were: Mesdames D. W. Dupes, forewoman; F.
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100,000 Affected By This Strike American Car Co. Employes Are Affected Ey New Strike Order.
SPEEDY HAMMOND MAN GETS THIEVES
lEXTRA
CHICAGO, Sept. 14 One hundred i bis Hudson coupe, but
(BULLETIN) 'lJTro.4TI0N, NEWS SERVICE HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 14. -
C F RPTiwirV "Protir Tte Connccticut house this afternoon, ! TTW w el A yjin sPeciaI S8s:n' ratfied the womanV
1 -unicijc ameaaaieni cy a vole 01 ilo ter Automobile Thieves, to 11. , . - The senate this affernoon also rati-
i:.;..!"w,".5I "ammo Eed the suffrage amendment. 33 ta 0.
it was only
thousand men employed in plants otj through prompt action and some real the American Can Co., at San Fran-j movie stunts that he was able to regain cisco, Seattle. Indianapolis. Baltimore. I it Sunday after it had b een tr-len at
Diamond Lake, 111.
Mr. Renwiek and family. S. E. Thorsen
Valley !
motored to the lake Sunday. Th'ir three tars were parked and the picnickers were having a gay'time nor theui when their attention was attracted to the lake Ity a drowning. They went to the beach. AS fh f.Vrilrm.-.iit piiKl.t. -4 t.
is system of pay-:, " 0-.0 ...j. 1 nursen im wage scale of ! Snce in the direction of
mo macnines.
Lidiua1 . ..vac- v4. w t. ii labcy, .H. jt. Critfeared ; Point, was among the culprits fined by E- L. Markey. Elmer Jones, Ren P.op ain h:s Judge Klots at Harrison parS- Saturday. ) J Lees, C. C. Robinson, F. Saut r i city, j He would probably have escaped with a j ir- L. Rudolph and Miss Leila Vance.
rounded a house at 1432 Geor and captured the slayer.
FOIXD IX BED
tia st.
"HAPPY New Tear" was heard often
Carter was found asletp in bed witnjhere yesterday. It was Rosh Hashanah, his clothes on and it is evident thatthe Jewish festival new year, and one he was getting a rest preparatory to' of the most important days in the Jewtlipping out of the city during the; Ish calendar, as it is the first of a series middle of the night. He offered noof holidays. resistance and told the police that e' intended to go to the police station! M' G- L- SMITH, who submitted to in the morning and give himself up.an operation for tonsi'.ills in Chicago The police do not believe this storyi 'ast week, is back home again recoverhowever. I ln from il3 effects ar.d his many friends Carter was taken to the station ' liop for his rapid recovery from rheu-
wbere ho was booked on a charge orltnatism now
murder after admitting that he shot Cook. The dead man and the slayer both married sisters and for some time lived In the game house. It is un-
CALUMET
AVENUE TO CELEBRATE
CHICAGO Telephone company rejects that the pay station boxes at the Michigan Central. Nickel Plate and Monon
Thursday evening will be a big onon Calumet avenue. Hammond. That evening the Hammond Civic Improvement Association, the official horn-
- " part or the city will i put on a big celebration which is the!
j.isi 01 a series
Kansas City and Waukegan, Maywood and Jol;et, 111., are affected by a strike
. 'i'--"J' -----.ana family and Mr. and Mrs
11. H..1.C .. ; .ms oi me company at -ew-
I ark. N. J. Between 6.000 and 6.000
men employed by the company here walked out at ID a. rV today. The Newark Machinists have beea out for two mojths demanding abol
ishment of t lie bonu
ment and a minimum
0 cents an hour be put in force.
No w age demands were made by the The Renwick coupe was Just then excChicago men. their strike being a sym- cuting a fade out over the crest of a pathetic walkout. 'iibtant hill. Renwick ar.d Thorsen iprang in the Hal-twelve owned by Thor
sen while Valley boarded his Podge and the pursuit was on. The race lasted two miles, to the secret regret of Renwick. who has always extolled the speed of his Hudson. He thought it might have lasted several miles longer anyway. In frit of a
I larm house at a cross roads he driver j of the fleeing Hudson suddenly turned it Charlie Chaplin Thinks He 5nto th-e dUrh- The pursuers were s TToc! Trriirlot fPvi nil rrVi ' '0"Se bthin1 that they were unable to HaS i rOUbleS inOUgll oP .d ran past, but Renwick made a J USt at Present. I dnilS lP and managed to curb his j machine and keep it from going to NEW YORK. Sept. 14 Charlie smash.
TRICK CANE AND LEMON PIE'
(BULLETIN) f'PEtl't TO THE T1M-.S CROWN POINT, Ind., Sept. 14. fa answer to a telegram of inquiry directed to the State Board of Election Commissioners today, the Lake County Board was notified that the republican party would have the top lever in the voting machines this year. Two years ago the democrats had the top position.
Republicans in "Barometer" State Win Nearly Every Office.
(BUXiETZlS) 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! AUGUSTA, JCalua, Sep;. 1 JRcpiiblicaa politicia.as declared today as tabulation Increased the size of the rcpubli.
j can landslide in th rtata election, that
the 2taj.no vote seals the doom of President Wilson's league of nations. The lecgue was the big issue la this rometer a ate." She figures ffave the first line oa tae petition cf American wives ad mothers toward the international pact. Women voters swelled the republican rents la rendering tho verdict against the league. ,T,.rJ-.ll?2AT,0NAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHKfCHON, Sept. Pre Eldest Wilson will not change his policy in d. manding tutit the ratification of the league of nations be the dominant issue cf the presidential campaign because cf the swetpinjr republican victory in Maine it was stated a: the White House today. The president wia not Interfere In the campaign and wUI permit Gov. Cox to W3-9 tto campaign tfter his own plans, but will stand ready to aid In whatever way Gov. Cos wishes, it was said. lack cf osffaaizatioa by the democrats in McdcG was given ta administraUoa circles as tie cause of the epublicsa victory.
(BULLETIN)
(INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NEW XOSJC, Sept. 14. Oeorge T White, chairman cf the demacraUc aatioaal committee, was not at all perturbed today by returns showing Kalne had gone c.verwhelmingly repubcaa in the state elections. "Ca a certain morning la November ocj time for rejoicing will come and la the meantima we gaie cheerfully upon today's republican demonstration and do not begrudge to them at all," said Chair, man White.
BIXLETI.V UOSTO.V, Sept. 14 Vou are already oK-cted." ai. the of u trleSrani sent to Senator Hardins by Gey Cool. Idse today after reading of Ike VrpubUean landKlide in Maine. The vote of Maine ibo that tbe noiura for the 11101.1 part have trone republican, saiJ the goveraor. The election demoiiirutc that the peopde are tired of the cadonnl drmonadc adatltaiatrtion," he added.
GONE
MAN ACCUSED . IN COURT
Chaplin was in no inood for throwi
The thieves, two
young men who had
lemon meringue pus today. lie had ' " '-: m the same party as the young laid away his working clothes, includ-! -'an who was drowned a few minutes ing mustache ar d trick cano, and was before, scrambled Irm the coupe and engaged in tha .serious pursuit of try-; ran into the farm house. Thorsen TVn-
calculated ta kc.-i l" " e-al,- "- ancy loljowed and cam.n-erl
Calumet avenue in the limelight. " conferences with his lawyer regard-j them. The sheriff was called from EibA big auto parade win start the p-o 1 5nsr his doni0i5tic doubles with his' crtyvillc and took charge of the culprits gram. The parade u, schedal. d to I Wlf"' Mr ChiipUn outlined his pliS; ' ! approved style handcuffs and evervleave Michigan avenue at T CO o'.-'n. '-' as follows: thing.
and proceed south r-nr-ir .. " ' Jv wi:r; claims I am a Bolshevik'
proceed south t - r r-. 1 -s- wi;e claims i am a iiOtsneviK ' Vestordav Mr
derstood that they recently had someiuepots, tne Jict r.otel and .Morns Urug There will be a swir- ironic .v, , . ancl lh'V- 1 have a fortune of J3.000.-
words and this terminated in the murder last night. WAS MAIL CARRIER Carter was employed as a mail carrier in the colored belt and is said to
store, were broken into recently and ! gular plot at the
robbed of the change.
onn.
THE Rivordale Pointer says that the village is 'broke" and that the street
have remarked that he intended to quit; to the Asbestos and Acme plants along his Job and get into politics as he; the Pope Eeet Sugar works needs recould do. nothing or make any money! pair badly, and if that isn't trouble as a mail carrier. It is said that ho; enough for a village what more could also drank, considerable before the ; you ask. shooting occurred. , That Carter was generally disliked' THE north half of the concrete paveby the better element of colored peo-!mnt on Plummr avenue is cow laid pie of Gary was openly displayed in; from State Line to within a short discasual remarks last night when many tar.ee of Hohman street. When cornadmissions were made that they hoped ; plctcd it will be an ideal street for the
Renwick and others
I - "",t".," 10 appear against
was
isu.ar Plot at the Wallace sej-.ocl ar.d " o,i,u uio bos. It was found that thi
i-a.jniet to Carrol strpf . ..... . jnjir nrst ouense and as no dama-.-
At Carroll street ,,. I i-eing a capitalist everybody I i done the, mtiin. ,u,
MIUv will Ut' 1 1 1 1 i J i olUUIIQ 1 1 r a f touch. One thing is certain: I .
now a resident of ew iork. I have intuuuijuIl AIM
paid good bye to California. And! my wife will never get half of my I
AIT 1 r. .I,. e.,,
and ask for alimony.
has
oeen eercted and the first of a series of. concert;, arranged for several weeks ago. will be given. There will also be several vocal solos by Jack Desmond, one of Hammond's favorites. JameSvA. Malo. secretary-treasurer of
me improvement Association
WHITING TOMORROW
money, d ivorce
1 n 1
rharcfl rtf tl.. - . . tne
v.. ,.,c oia:ini:enis and extends f an invitation to the public to attend j the celebration which is to be a prelim I ir.ary dedication of the avenue I
" ""'J oeen nr.pe.i that the
for Cut
is earning $1,500
ap-
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES 1 V. HI 1 I.N ti. ind.. Sent 14 Th
week ar.d 1 1 nearar.ee of rr tr- ,
guess that will keep her pretty well democratic candidate for govern- o' in spite of high prices. .Indiana i M-i.4,i- ,.-.J..J...
v..w- . .. ...v. .u.i.i.ivi -"uv (in lne soutn tnart of the Ktroor v...
ftreet lamps would be ready for
new
for use
stallation will not
some time yet.
be completed for
lent their assistance in capturing him. warehouses. According to many. Carter 13 a t.ad;
negro, and it is airegea mat me po-j cij.v ioppea o:t ten years 01 . lice have information that he shot andihis life by showing up in a pa.r of rnpT PTTJfiTTi PVTiTmm killed a man while he lived in Jlis-j knickers at the Chicago Heights golf 1 - Xj-L:Xja XlUlM ill EA.PERT
souri. - tournament and they attribute their deC.USE OF ROW lK.OWN feat largely to that fact. The Hf-gc-
- - - ..o. 1. w J""""6 ; At tne .oonday Luncheon of resulted over has not been t-arned , the kid team. j Chamber .of Commerce Thursday
ana mis morning wie jiuuee- w.c 1 H V.
that they did not know-, carter ana
AT LUNCHEON
BANDITS TO BE
TRIED-IN VALPO:
the : the
it-it' .-il! ..-..!
uc nu.ue me occasion or a demonstration by Whiting democrats. This is the first appearance of a gubernatorial candidate in the oil city for a number of years.
Dr. McColloch will speak at a public
meeting in the large hall of the Slo-
ensky Dom on 113th and Short tt.t.
at eignt o'clock. He will be accom- .... tt .v-t-, c . I Panied to Whiting from Valparaiso. VALPARAISO IND Sept. 14-Four , where he s.peaks n the afternoojl, bv men charged wi.h holding up the To!- Senator McCarty of Minnesota and bv leston bank and murdering cashi, r MrR Srtrtana -.r. . -,...,.'
Charging that Peter Mazrimas, hastily conveyed title of his Indiana' Harbor property to his wife in order to escape settling an accident claim, Mrs.
ineresa i-ernOuch, ot Chicago. . .
ii;eu t,un m ene uamnior.d superior court to ft aside the conveyance and for damages. On August 22nd. Mrs. Fernbach wa driv.ng her automobile east on Seventy fifth st.. in Chicago. As she startc-'i to cross Stony Island ave.. the car ot Mazrimas, which was going north.
struck ncr mach.ne, damaging it and injuring her. She asks for 000
damages . In the second paragraph of the complaint, filed hy Attorneys Dombergcr. Peters and Morthland. the plaint ff alleges that Mazrimas owned one lot in Indiana Harbor at the time of the accident. On August i'3. she says, he transferred this to his wife's name with the intention of cheating and defraudng the plaintiff jn ease she filed a claim for damages.
. t'ESNATlONAL NEW? SERVICE! ALoLisTA, MAINE. Sept. H Women of Maine, the vanguarC of those who will vote In the presideltial election, have placed their stamp of d.sapproval on the league of nations. Turning out in enormous numbers, the new- voters in this "barometer'' state joined with the men and swamp, ed candidates in the state election who espoused President Vt!son"s foreign polieui. The result was a republican landslide. 1 RESE.XT DEMOCRATIC AUTOCRACY Frederick H. Parkhurst. republican, candidate for governor, who defeated' Petrand G. Mclntyro. democrat, by more thai 66.000 declared today that "the voters of Maine resent the automatic an! un-American administration tiiat the t'. mocrats hiv; given us dur-
todayj In tl,e 1 tt seven years. It is equal?
i..uu.n-iutai oi i.arcing ana Coo'.io.'. -, ho will bs el.cted in Noviiir..r." WIN" XEARtV EVERY OFFICE Republicans won practically every offiee. The governorship, the rest or the state ticket all four seats in con
gress, the entire state senate and all I but ten seats in the state house of
representatives fell to
republicans.
TWIN AUTO
ACCIDENT
WILLIAM O'ERIEX. assistant auditor
The value of telephone ser-ice to
Crunden. Special Agent of '
it J. r"-l-!!.J T 1. - . .U v, ...'.I . . I
laint.. i . . xi- ' " . v. . - - - - - - . - ... . v , n.L.i '
drug store when an argument ensued , headquarters at Gibson. Ind . has been
and Carter whipped out the revolver j appointed auditor, .succeeding W. E. Os- ' tl-e Corunercial World
ana snoi nis , oroinej -in-iaw . oor. ; ivni, jetijneu. r . er. .Miuaieion nas ncen leaves a wife and a small child. He , appointed assistant auditor, succeeding was popular and prominent among tnw, Mr. O'Brien, colored Masons of the city. Police I
officials are obtaining a coufessn'l Continued mi lHKe
WOOD TO SPEAK
AT GROWN POli
OVER 500 local fishermen have signed up in the contest, which is being conducted by the J. W. Miliikan sporting goods store. Some line prizes await the fellows which land the largest fish this season. The big catches are expected this month.
Herman l'e.-k-er n'e.i.ied not r-niltv vc :
" , , . ' ana woman.
itruay wnen airaiii.u ieioie due
H. L. Crumpacker in the
court. The state announced separate
trials. Thomas Eatchelor will be
is but a parti t..,.t ..,; Tnffl I
' tne s,,b t0 be discussed. The question whether the four men' Mr. Crunden will build up the ser- s!.ould be Itmanded back to Lake vice r.ot only from his many years of coun;y for re-ind.ctment was argued' experience, but having used the tele- ! bffore Judre Crumpacker last week . i
The judge s ruling was tgamst the
proposition.
phone in every Capitol City in both
hemispheres' is an authority on the method adopted In other lands. A very enjoyable and instructive meeting Is to be looked forward to and a large attendance is desired.
IT
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN' POI'T, Ind.. Kept. H Congressman Will R. Wood will address the people of this community
at Central Music hall on Fr.day niutht
CALUMET avenue's ornamental lights now extend south to Conkey avenue or will as soon as tie lamps arc placed 011 the posts. State Street also had the same style posts frofti Calumet avenue east to where they hook up with the rid ornamental lights.
W. H. CRAWFORD, now in business
It was on the 17th of September, 17S7 I lor himself in Philadelphia, but formerly when the present constitution o'f the!of Hammond, is in the city for a busi-
United States was adopted and thisi
occasion is commerative of that event and Congressman Woods address will be along these lines and the birth of tha political parties of the United States.
ness visit of a few days. Mr. Crawford says that after a year's sharp competition in the electrical supply line and the expenditure of $1,000 per month in advertising, he is beginning to see his way clear.
HOMER SEES THE HAND WRITING STANFORD. Conn.. Sept. 1-1. Homer S. Cummings, former chairman of the democratic national convention, and took a prominent part in democratic party management up to the nom ir.ation of Gov. Cox. announced today that he will not be a candidate for U. S. Senator on the democratic state ticket at the state convenion of he pary in New Haven on Thursday. Mr. Cummings. who had been urged o run, made the announcement following a conference with friends and adv : . r .
GARY MAN IS
active in women's work
and taid to be the most efficient wr,m-
superior voter ,n thg t t Vs profes
sional recognition, phyt-icians of Whit, ir.g. Hammond and Easi Chicago, will meet Dr. McColloch on his arrival at Jack O'Keefe's restaurant. lllAh street Whiting, at Fix o'clock, where he will be entertained at dinner. A reception, to which the public is invited, will be held for Dr. McCu'.loch following the dinner at the Owl Club in 'Whit ing. after which the meeting will be held in the Slovensky Dom hall.
Mr?. M. Curley. 63 Cibley street. Hammond, figured in two accidents on Monday evening, almost simultaneous, ly. She w-as driving her car on Hoh-
""' -w-e.. ana as sue turned west on Sibley, she struck Peter Dav is, of Rimbach avenue, and knocked mm down. This caused her to lose control of her car and it swerved to one sice and crashed into George Sheerer's machine which was standi.-,- at the cu:b on Sibley street . Davjs was only slightly injured. The Sheerer car hal the footboard broker, and a large
dent in the bodv.
FINED
RIOTING
CROWN POINT. IND., Sept. H M.ke Marcsyk, of Gary, was given a $5 fine en a charge of riot by Judge Smith at the opening day of the criminal court. Prosecutor Thomas being in Valparaiso in regard to the Tolleiton bank robbers trial, the petition or Mike Deidonovich for a new trial was r.ot heard. There was no court In Crown Point today, the Judges and attorneys being in attendance at the David Boone memorial being held in Wammonil.
SHOULD BE 24c ON EACH $100.00 CROWN POINT. Ind.. Sept. 14. The tax levy statement recently published erred when it was stated that the county tax levy was 12 cents when it should have read 2 4 cents on each $100 of taxable property. Six cents collected on each $100 goes into county deb fund. Twelve cents on each $100 in gravel road fund and six cents on each $100 on county bonds, making a total of 21 cents.
DEFT THIEF
j The league of nations was the domin-
ciUL is.-ue ana women were vntine tor
thox first time. IT WAS THE HOWES' Political sharps today sad the latest figures showed that it was the new women voters who had sw ung the state republican on .the eve. of a presidential election by a majority that fairly staggered th? republicans themselves. They pointed to the governor .ship figures which read: -"Returns from 587 out of. 632 election precincts in the state give Parkiurst, republican. 132,175; Mclntyre. democrat, 6S.154. ENORMOVS G. O. I. MAJORITY This gave a republican plurality of 64.321. These same precincts in the last presidential year. 1916, gave: Milligen, republican. 79.27S; Curtis, democrat, 65 873. Republican plurality, 13.405. The democratic total had been sw-ell ed by only slightly over 3, 000, while the republican total had mounted by 53.000. This meant, the political experts said, that the new voters, the women, had voted republican. HOW CONGRESSMEN WENT Latest figures in the congressional fights were: First district. 73 precincts out of 01 give Reedy, republican. 19,027; Haskell, democrat. 8.5P3. Second district, 140 precincts out ct 143. Congressman White, republican. 'Continued o.i pat; fTv).
TAKES S265 POLITICAL MEETINGS
Sam Kaplan. 235 State Street. Ham- Cfl D QflllTH I A KF Pf) mond. made a mistake last night which lUll UUUIII LMIvL UUi
10 oe qui:.e common or late. He carried too much money in his pants
Pockets. (SPECIAL TO THE TIHES1 Yesterday evening when he retired I CROWN POINT. IND.. Sept. 14 he left hii trousers hanging on a j County Chairman Kelllgrew ennounchair near a window. In one of the I ces several political meetings in the pockets was $265. When Sam arose ' southern Part of the county this week, this morning he found the trousers. 1 meeting wil lbe held at the Scfcnej-
but not the money. A thief had en- ' aer scno1 house on Thursday night.
effort can furnish.
t.e bes-
tercd the house during the night through the window near which the pants were left. He was evidently sati.'fied with the initial haul for he Immediately retreated.
NOTICE See Brow-n's sale on canned meats and vegetables on another page. 9-1
Judge Norton and Fred Crumpacker speakers. At the Lincoln school. Hon. Judge Relter and C. B. Tinkham will speak and on Friday night at the Palmer school house Judge E. Miles Norton and Oliver Holmes of Gary, will address those present. A big republican rally has been announced at Gary for Saturday with speakers of national prominence.