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II HP? As iL K ia ibliH0LU mi I 3a Accuses Republican fievspapof Surprising Facts of I-is Campaign. nr ninny 1.. noftKiis rS IIOVTK WITH COY. COX, TIUN- ' IDAI l'o I...... Sept. 24. K;?)it-on sir)P'lsod'.y ili'iniH'r:it'c noivfiprrs in t. It" Ftato of Arizona. Gov. James M. Cox hf. rrcil today 'g.ivo been purchased . wit h funds of the t opulilii-an :i iiionni ! c jr.-inil lei; r.nd he Ijilieves si'.iiil'ir op- i r:iti.-:id n tvi n a larger scale are he-! ins r.rrinl i.'.it in a rmnilier of nther ivsiirn !ytil nor Uiweftf mi ;:at-..-. N v. rt !u !-'-: s the governor entered C !- . r;o!o today, t a.-tw.ird bound, (nvinci d that he will carry a majority of lhe?e .:;,..?. j (iOlMi 1IST TO TI'i-I..1' I 'I am Koins h-u-k a?t to t 1 1 the! people of the -;T--rt that is V..-ir. ; iMado i io keep t'ne truth from th" people "t j . ih.e west. It isn't fair to th.-m. They . deserve to hear both sides and tiny I t are jroing; to." 1 The governor ch.a rg" c! that per. nal j ., representatives of ll! II. Hays. hairmen of the republican national committee, have preceded h;m for weeks. caliir.tr. upon editors in cities wlut tho; Governor was to spi-ak and endeavoring t persuade them to print as little as possible eoncernin'-T t'1-' g vornor'j mretinfrs to misn pr sent the impression he makes. SATS IT'S IIAri'KMlU UIIKOItll. "All throiiRh Oregon, Washington and California." tlie jrovcrnor said, "II nave pneountert a ine saine jiik ir'infii.i. ; newspapers printing a series of qu- .--; tions just as I arrive in their city, j riuestions all bearing' the same ear marks and all designed to befog the' real issues of this campaign." dad this morning and addressed an j audience that was larjpe considering the earllness of th.e hour. He left here at 8:4n far Pueblo, where he speaks early this afternoon. He leavfs immediately afterward for ('. dorado Springs and Denver where the principal speech of the day is scheduled for this evening. INTERCITY GOLF MATCH The Hammond Country Club ladies entertained the Chicago Heights Country Club ladies at golf yesterday afternoon and the visitors carried off the honors with a big delegation. A pleasing luncheon was served. The net scores made by both, cities was as follows: CinCAOO HXI3HT3 Estes ,48. Engleherd. 4S. ilcCoy, 52. Carrier. 50. Hook. 5. Bruce, 49. Beggs. 48. Holbrook, S3. Ititter, 52. McDowell. 62. Keast. 53. Leonard, SS. Leslie, 51. Jdurnain. 66. Treason, 66. Goodman, 6 4. Farrar, 6S. Tannenborg. 62. Warren, 63. KAJVnilOITP Dyer, 51. Austin. 63. Hojvat, 6C. Hannauer. 54. Wilson, 58. Klngwell, 44. Elstrom, 53. Satterson, 51. Bcott. 47. CHARGED WITH AUTO THEFT Charles O. Artman. alias William Mead, ii being held by the "West Hammond police charged with the theft of a Cole S automobile on Sept. 21. The care was ptolen from the garase at the rear of the Llesenfelt saloon on fltate Line street. Tuesday night. It belonged to Rudolph Hansen. West Hammond ptdiee at once got busy on the case and in a nhort time received a tip that Artman was at t-'prlngfleld. 111. Yesterday Acting Chief John Kosmala returned to West Jlmnmond iwth his man. The trial on a larceny charge was set for this mornlog, but a continuance was granted b Judge Kowalskl. until some other otgels of th ecase could be investigated. Another Divorce Suit Charging that her hurtand was miserly and at times compelled the family tr ilea on limited ration:.' in spite of the fact that he was wet-kins and raakinj- good money, Mrs, M-ta Helrian. 704 S. Hohinn stre-et. Ham mond, is asklrs for a dlvorc frnt.t J J Helman ln tli-a Hammond i ; -r court. The man ii i4 It hi ft an uniovemabl tempT, f r triei custody of their d, M-UiC.tos A Conrcy are attorneys for th plaintiff.

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j;y .v'iwton c. takk:-; VEHs.M IAA cpt. 2S. Prf tn if r : ..: 1. iis". was t. iia' i'r.ir.'-e by the nan t s. n.'-ly. 1 ie s i cer d-".l Pa il ', who reoigned on account iilTh af'.i.r h. ''.ding office for nths. M. Mil'.eraiid recti vej ejht '1C v, : . s M. Moo (b r.cy we ar.d's ;e. tion to the presiassured when the chamber it i!ejo.;i-s and th sinat-", iti joint sefsien. d - gi.at'ii him ;u their otl.eia! eandoiat". i p.T. nts of the premier, whose an-tagoris-n r e-., ehi. fly from M. Millerand's .' ugLresti n that the constitution he rt vised to give the executive, more power. failed to rally effective , j-.i, T., vot;njf bprart at 2:4,". o'clock, 0,.i? i our wag a;:.,;t,d to baliottin?. '-- T"l f HER SA' GREAT LIGHT Out outh r.f II inimnnil lives a farmer who believes tl-.Te. 1 profiteering in Hammond and lie cites an experience of his own to prove it. A few days ago he brought a load of cr.bb3ge to town and was offering it for sale to a groerr at f I per dozen heads. "Thai's too much." complained the dealer. The faimer was arguing his case trying to show that his price was just. The were interrupted by the entranc. of a eoh.rcd man who wanted to buy 3 head of cabbage. The grocer selected one from ids stock, put it on tho scales and sold it to the customer for fortythreo cents. Iho farmer did ome quick figuring. At fcrty-three cents each, a doz-m heads would bring thedealer $5.15 and besides the head sold was smaller than the avera.re which he was trying to sell tha grocer. He asked tho grocer "how in. got that Wfy." "Oil, v c've gee lo make something " was the ahbi. THIS IS NOT A MEDICINE AD This may sound like a medieine ad but It isn't. About a year ago Hoke Godfrey was Buffering with sugar diabetis. Hs condition was critical and it was only by strict dieting that ho dodged tho undertaker. A friend downstate toh.1 him of he merits of the roo of clohe flowers c.r pucker weed as they ar -commonly called. He tried it and w.n cured. The weed is abundant in the Calumet region and H-.ke has been telling all of his friends about it. The other day he ran across a gang of workmen near H"vii;e making a systematic search for that very root. They were sent out by a Chicago medical laboratory which is going to market a cure f"r sugar diobetis. The thing wh'ch bothers Mr. Godfrey In that p""7ili w!ll pay hisrh pri-es fT this remedy where tli'y could get the same result' simply by goin out In the sand lots and gathering the roots themselves. PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION CO. The United Construction com pan today finished the Piummer avenue concrete pav. mi-nt between S'af-i- line and H.-h man street.!. They aie now working on th-- p:,-! f the flr.'-t east of H-.hman Mr-..-', w.-ilch w ill extend t Oakley a'-einie, Thr- it wli h-o-k up with the propot-ed new pavement on Oakley ao-mi--, tietne-n Wilcox iirert and tin Nickel p. ate t rarU?. The PI i.mu'.c:- aveti je pavement west of Ic'lirii-n k: re t, is p r-.b.thdy tii mosr sub-1 an: :al m the Calurm-t r.?ion. Th. street was formerly ,-r.a of !1h low ppota of Ji.it:-. m- ti-1, in fact it wai a favorite skaiitiii;- place in winter, years ago. Ad new p,iv-mnts were laid it af emeej to be i u-totijiiry to t-utld thB utit on l ;- o; th old one in iir-l.-? t.) huil-i nil the street l&fvl, Ur5ei tiiij presei;!. uii-ineH c.n"retu turfs.-? i f-ighit eii of stans fror-i ifft old .(ivemeali, It aho-.ilj st&nd iimr.y ye-ara cf hard uaas .

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IS -GKOSB Announcement was made yesterdav that the .Steel K.ibrieat ion Corporation has cotupl. t. d plans to move Its plants, n v in I'liH-ano Heights and Harvey, 111., to Michigan City. Ind. Trie move, Mftordirig to the aim uncemcnt, was 1-rouht about 1-y t'.o- U. H. Pollings Company, d'-ah rs in inv'i.l merits and securities, who inve.-tt 1 5 l.eno.'u'i.) in th" lorporation r-n condition that it se- ! t a site in In. liana. ( line to ;ary Plant!. ' mr- of tlv enii f inducements fo- the! hange is l!o- facilities and the pro x - j iin.iy of the new site to the s-teel , plants at Cary. The building wi'l oc i 'tip.v thirty-scv n acres on tile sliore f ! Lake Miehigai. own d 'cks. md u ill bavi their Tin- corporation was found-d several years befui e the war and was under g ocemmei't contract to manufacture ' unassembled patts of steel buildings' for use ;.s warehouses tit foreign ports and army cantonments. At pres.. nt its principal products are sti i 1 garag. . wart houses and factory building. which fcre dolivi rol unassembled an i are ericted by the Coiimany's builders Car Shot Up, Women Near Death Hammond Girl Target for Bullets While Motoring in Michigan While Miss Iles-de Taitt. a former Hammond girl and brother of I). It.; Taitt of Pecker street, Hammond, was j motoring from I.e-wisPm. Mich., to Hay City with her mother and sister the women had a narrow escape from d- ath. They were caut'oned to stop by men heavily armed. Believing them j to be highwaymen they speeded their J car to get onto the main street t- call I When they were about to turn; n to the main street the men opened j tire on the car. hen they came to a ! stop on the main street they were met j by four or five armed men. Their car j was badly damage dhaving the gas j tank torn in. holes also four other bul-, let holes in the body of the car. One! bullet missed Miss Taitt by three! inches. If it had hit her it would have i meant instant death. On stopping the car the ladies f-und that the reads were under guard on account of a bank at Whittem-re. having bee n robbed. The occupants of the car narrowly escaped death at tho hands of reckless men deputized to stop all autos. These men had no badges or red lights to give warning to drivers that they were officers. These men also phot holes into another car, after these ladles had their car badly damaged. ait . U.S. PAYS BILL T3Y J. I1AKT CAMPHELL WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 Department of rust ice officials and employes were! active around the presidential campaign j headquarters of A. Mitch-11 Palmer at I San Francisco during the i!--mocrat ie I convention last summer, Koh- rt P. Stewart, an assistant to the attorney- j general told the senate committee investlgating campaign contributions and J expenditures when it resumed its hear- j ing today. "I charged tho government nothing during that time. I was at San Francisco at my own expense. Stewart said. "Had you ever visited tho Pacific coast before on off;. -Pi business?" Senator Kenyon, republican. Ia. chairman of the committee, risked. 'N"o." Stewart answered. "You were actively engaged around the Palmer headquarters at San Francisco?" Kenyon pursued. "I n doing all I could to h"lp Mr. palmer," Stewart enswered. Stewart aid he had seen other de partment of justice officials and em ployes around the Palmer headquarters during tire democratic convention. "Would you h "ve made your trip to the coast if there had been no elemoerat.c con i r.tiot ?" Senator Heed, tlem -crat of Mlsrourl. aske. "I certainly wouM have," Stewart ansu ercil. "And you did all you could to help M r. I 'a inn r u .- in crane. scci miring tne convention?" Keerl Inquired. "Yes, I did, although I was not able to help him much. i i.i-ov i. ol, ..e . im ui i ( attorney-general testllled that while he. like Stewart, had game to the Pacific i coast last summer on n-ss." he ha-1 limed hi he could be present h! during the convent'on. "official busl- : visit then- so San Francisco That Iter husoand was shiftless and lasty and failed ond refused to work. In charged by Mrs. Fayne Brenner ln her complaint for a dlvoreo from Oae i r XT. Brenner. Mrs. Brenner resides at !9 Statu slrent, H.iiti.ni.nil, She trays he insisted that uhn get eiut and find work as eha v.n big enough and able to taka care of hersnlf. Thtt result w a that sh supported him also. They r ere married July 14, 1917. and he left hit-mo on Ditm'.iiif 2, If 19, Hha etiya kit a 114 lnnA learned that ha :eit Chrintmaa ln Cuba, MeAlcer, Horsey A Glllctt are attorneys for the plain tiff.

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80 of Sentences Imposed b Gary City Court Said to Have Been Suspended. Another hit pivd e which is being ' ml m t ed by a for. e cf federal agents elary, under the direction of Captain J. V.n Hook of Lake county's dry forces of Hammond, is e.vprct'-d to shake several city departments when the news of the ir operation ij made J'biic. !. ..The Gary city court where the maorit n thos.arrested for violating r law have been tried the state Ihju. and a 1 1 1 ged to ha v e tern dealt with so 1 en len t ly . that is bf on of t h depart mi nts est Seated. TaKinir Iivlilrnrr Slnee a month or so ago whpn fed eriil agents learned of the "large num- ! lir of suspended sent, necs" in the ; Gary city i .'Ut t so uths liavc Iim n in i court as ..poctators and are reported i to have been taking down evidence, ; relative to the method employi d by j the court in making a disposition of; the liquor cases. j Ag.-nts are- said to hav admitted that thev were t'.kinii ros f ions moonshiners. ".Ir " saloon ke- pi rs and other violators of th.e state liquor law with a view of finding out the circi mi t a no-- surrounding their arrest and whether there Is any significance in the fact that the city court lias sttspended Jail sentences in so great a j number of cases as is charged. It Is estimated that at le?.t SO per cent j ,,f the ...entenees imposed by tuo court; have been suspended. May Hit Official Just where the investigation will -p Is not known. It Is said that will hit a number of prominent city of. fjcials. judges and lawyers, federal agents prove what ti If the f a y will they have up their sleeve bp another sensation that will be equal to the padded payroll cases, unearth in Gary in the early days of the c!t LOW PRICES- ' HOT HITTING 1! r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NF.W YORK. Sept. 24 Slipping prices are not hitting New York with noticeable fff-ct yet. Manufacturers, i i hotel owners and restaurant keepers today said they had failed to notice any reduction that would warrant them in si iming prices down prrc.-p. inly. fine of the most in! - rest ing bits o information gathered in a hunt for priei ulting was th-i news that out of town retail buyers have begun stocking with woolen clothing and wool cloths as heavily as they did a. year ago. "If the people tire refusing to buy," aid a St. Iuis r.ady-t - - a r btl yer. "w., hav" n,,t noticed it." An official of a big oiothi-vg manufacturing' house declared w oob n mills are going back to work full force and that buyers who had cane .m orders in a panic last spring w- re beginning again to buy. Priors, he said. Ing to fall bemuse tie re is no of cloth as there was a y-ar a Ill'-' go- ; hortuge STATE TAX LEVY MAY GO TO 22 GTS, Increase From 13 Cents . . , , , WOUld Be DlVlded Among Institutions and Colleges 1NPTANAPOI.1S. Ind , Sept. 24 Stafe officials are considering increasing the JS-cenj t'-tal ef s'ate tax levies to pusslbly 22 cents on each $loa of taxables in Indiana. Two cents of the 4-eerit, increase may be a-lded to the bene vol - ' etit n.-t it u t ions levy of .1 ft cents which i maintain-' the sttte p.-t-al and oharit- : r.l-'e institutions; 1 en, riy c t- the j edima t i'-na 1 irst i t tit :-m s ley if 2S (rents which maintains Indiana I'nij versify, Purdue University and the State Nottria! School; 4-10 of a cent ' may be nded to tire state tuition fnn.P r, t - n rf.r,ts wh'ch principally . c schools an-1 6-1 I maln'atn? the P" of a cent will h" f-r the s -llier memoriai which the last special session of f o A p g t s 1 a 1. U I -3 i'l-.-i--ru o erected. The state grenersl fund levy cf 2 appropriation? and g- n-ral state pitrpofs, the state vocational fund levy of 2-10 of a cent which provide money principally for vocational education fr, th- public school and the state highway fund levy of 3 11 cents prohnhly will not he changed. The p'an l.-e tentative but the officials are working on It as a basis. The "Wisconsin Lumber company has filed suit against Frank CvUkovlch. ft a!., for foreclosure of a mechanic's lien. Attorney J. 1). Kenned yU appearing for the plaintiff. Jose M, Wll-ockson, et al. were mads defendant .'n a u!t on account f.led by Oeorgo W. Cottrell. through Attorney 11.11 Orefnwtid.

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.sick Miskovioh, (Inrv's rremier pronal gambler, is in trouble again I with the federal authorities. He w is i .'ifi'sted yesterday by prohibition cn-i forcemer.t agents. Incidt -ntall v the prohibition mrAits ' have unearthed some :;ddi t iona 1 e i,iei,o,. .which further l:,v.lvs ev,,istab;es pan , .Mtilloy and H. rman Xvhoff in the teelj : of the law. Nick wa. arrested along with two of his friends, W illiam H. Purrus and Will ! Cook, both ecu, red. They are charged ! with Md!:ng. tram-port ii;g and poss ssi ig li.p.ior and in udd.tion Miskoi. h : faces the tliarjie of bas ing oll'ert d mo- ; m y to a f. iloai agent with the intea- ! t ion of bribing him. j After they had been placed under ar- ; rest and were oM their way to the Uary i police station, Miskovioh is said to have j oft'ere. the federal man in charge of him j !-' ) if lie would gi.e him a clean bill. ! The oil leer refused and Nick finds liim- ; self in a worse predicament than ever, j Nicii evidently has made plenty of money in the g inibiing and liquor busi ness, ii ii-ii as Ke.t it ho euii.u lis. up a j ! temporary bond for himself and his two i j companions this morning before U. S. i Commissioner Surprise, he replied: "1 j don't know, you see I only happen to have tibeut $1,300 in cash with me." ! He purled out a wad of bills and i cour.ii d off fifty $20 notes. "I never would miss that," he said, if I hadn't be n a fool the other night ' ,n big gillie in Chicago. 1 was $10.Oi O ahead at one time and like a fool stayed in ;ntil I had lost it all again and $H'O0 besides." l-'ederal agents have been devoting' considerable attention to Gary lately j sineo the arrest of Constable Malloy i and Nyhoff. As a result of recent disclosures they have increased tho bonds! J of these twoS men and have gained more! inside information on the working of the great whiskey ring, l.'imv.r in Garv ha,l it that the fir.i J m n were investigating the Clary police. j Th is "is tint rue according to a statement made by Capt. J. M. Van lb .ok this morning. His men have been collecting further evidence on the practices of officials connected with tho courts of justices of the peace and results have been quite satisfactory. Attorney J. H. Conroy of Hammond appeared for Mikovieli this morning and It was arranged to hold tho preliminary hearing before Commissioner Surprise on Saturday, October 3. EfiCRATS NOT TO LOWER TAXES BY W. D. ATKINS fSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N WASHINGTON. Sept. 2 4SERVICE! -There will ! be no administration proposal for lowj er tax-s when congress convenes in ! December. This decision practically has ! been reached by cabinet beads. Secretiirv of th- Treasurv Houston, when 1 :as!;--l what he would do concerning de mands for lower taxes, said today that he had not completed Ids annual report, but that thus far th- tentative draft contained no appeal to congress for a d--oroae in th.e government's revnues.

i Secretory Houston. nftr conference j drop in woolen goods, clothing and j wilh luads of other departments, is I shoe prices is f. -recast for the i infirmly convinced that there must not; mediate f titur-.. With losts in two .f be any reduction in receipts for at b ast ! the largest industries already at Iran i, i t wo or three vears. jollier industries will follow is th-"

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o view of clarifying them, and tin re is special interest at the treasury in a plan tn simplify the excess profits tax regulations so that business may bo less ha m pe red. CALLS MAN LIAR IS KNOCKED DOWN; ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INI.ll AN.APed.IS. Ind.. S-pt. 24. Wil!1Um H,'k'' Jr- niimona,ro's fon- ! wno was trierl during the war on jcl nrges of draft dodging was arrest- d ( her-" today for alleged assault and battery with Intent to kill Othniel Hitch, an attorney, who is said to have called Iilo- k a "liar" daring an altercation in the hearing of Mrs. Block's suit for divorce. Block, son of Wm. H. Block, senior, millionaire Indianapolis department store proprietor, acci.-vd Hitch in the curt looni late y. sterday of having I '-nrlr. Itirn a "liir." "W'eli. you are a liar!" Mrs. Block's attorney Is said to have retorfd. Block then knocked Hitch to the floor, it. is sal 1. The attorney caused Clock's arres today. Mrs. Block Is suing for divorce and $5 (!'. 000 alimony charging cruelty. jjqiji POPULAR OVER THIS SIDE! Poparlck, who learned the of conducting a home und"r system in Austria, tried to bus i ne-. the oid t ra nsplan it to America and is meetIng wit h complications. His wife obJicts. Today she tiled suit for divorce in tli- Hammond superior court. Nick and Kutherino were married In ItK'T and It ook the wife until October Pi. Iil9, to grasp the fact that she was not being treated like other American women. Inquiry brought out the fact that wlfir-beatlng was not being donIn the best families. She explained it to Nick, but he refii;.vd - to change his fysl. ta, Hence the divorce petition. She bay a that her husband, who is a native ef Austria has been in tl'.-n habit of beating- her ueverely and for that reaen she left the home, Ehe aika for tl.OOO alimony.

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mxiiniv INTERNATIONAL NFWS EERVPEl IN PI ANA i ui .PS. Ind. pt ' . A. Keti ham, of India nap-d.s, was chosen commander ln (',j,, f the grand army of the r p-ib'.ie at the closing S'ssi-.n of .he nan rial encam;oiien- here today. H ce. ds Daniel M. Hall, of Columbus. Ohio. nn,i,ini f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NKW VOllK, Kept. 4. Babe Kuth, home run king. ran his t-tring of hoiee runs t" fifty for the 1920 se a.-ori this afternoo,, w!on he hammered one c-f .c- st.Vs shoots out of the Polo grounds in the fit. st. inning of the hrst game with ashingtoti. No one wa base when Kuth connected. on III I.I.HTI riNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! TUINIPAD, Colo., Sept. 24. (lev. James M. O.x. in his first spe ch in Colorado here this morning directly charged that Will H. Hays, republican national chairman, is using money to deceive the people and corrupt newspapers. THM.11T1V 'INTERNATIONAL N "VVS SERVICE! FOUT WAYNE. Ind.. S. pt. 24. A gasoline price war b. pan h- re today when two of the big r- llneriesarel filling station owners reduced the price of cased in two cents a gallon, while two competitors r fusi. d to meet the cut. n M 1 m Lkj a a Lax '. People Have Reached Place Where They are Going to GetFiilfKonsyValija. nv i iillmakiib - TSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! WASHINGTON", Sept. r.1. A gciora! decline in commodity prices wa- torecast today by Secietary of Oomir.ir. e Alexander as a result of the -announcement "f price reductions ly H-tiry F.-rd, the Franklin Auto Co.. and the cotton goods manufai ttita i s. Alexander believes that the -harp cut made in these c-unmori i t i- s is only a f.-re-runner to a general iluliti- m prices. "The .-.!. ( f tie- P. S. have the money and are willing to f,s, ml it. but tin y have i , achi d the place w lo re th. y are demanding full value f -r the money they sjn nd." the secretary declared. Production will not be affect-d and buying will he stimulated by the decline in priefs. he iud;cat-d. The f.o t that tile first cuts came from th" manufacturers has i t r ngt hen- d tic; bili-f that lower prices w ill !- c in-i I more general. : i e xpect, u to t.r.ng down pn cs m tne ' .'! of the crops from the pi cs- tit liarvest. Prices have begun to hit the toboggan and gi ad-ial re--es--iotis will b-- intended to many fi-.lds. according to r- - U'llt.tlU'ln SHOT BY DETECTIVES HE THOUGHT WERE BAMDiTS Chicago Man, in Auto, Killed in Presence of Wife. Fired First Shot, Claim SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! VAI-rAItAISi . ind.. Spt. 24. John MacFitriand. of P'li'n-ro, was k lie', early today near P rter. in tit's c : n -ty. when two detectives - f the M' hinn Central railroad, who s-pr ac --1 his automobile an-1 he opened fire wlt'.j a revolver, tlrinking fhe- w.-rn Iviippi:' MrFarland r.r.-l his w turning to Chi-.ig-) frc Micii, End stoppr-I tl.- : near the railroad track frc srht train on a sidi struck in th.e chest by we rP --w; to a , w a - Hi hot from a shotgun. Both d-- ":ect ive.-i land u:-ed hi.? revo firei after IcFarJOHN IS STILL AT IT John Hyzy. SS15 Deodar street. Indiana Harbor, who has the h nor cf feing the fir.e man arrested by lisnmond police after Indiana became d;-v, was pi- kid up last night in past 11 nn -mond charged with, driving Ills automobile wlili-! intoxicated. Along with John was George ilrlce, colored, sar.ct.ddrens ns John's who was bookr-1 us drunk. This morning J 1:111 w a.i lined and George. ami as usual .1 ahn bad plenty -f cash with him and promptly i-juarid the bill. Fee Brnwn's famous fruit and meat rr.le on another page. B-23-21

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Victims are Burned By Molten Metal and Rushed to the Gary Hospital.

A head-on collision between two locomotives, one hauling a load of white hot metal, this morning caused a ternbie explosion in the tunnel under the New- York Central tracks between No. 1 and No. 2 plants of the Inland Steel and injured seven men, none of whom, how.-ver, were Injured fatally. All of th" injured were rushed to Mercy hospital at Gary for medical attention. ENGINES MEET EEAD OH The accident occurred this morning about sev- n o'clock in what the Inland l-i-el employes know as the "new tunnd" which is nbout half way between the Canal and Michigan avenue and conmots X,,. j r,iatu with No. 2 plant. An Inland Steel locomotive was pulling a load of three or four ladles filled with while hot metal fn m No. 2 to No. 1 I lanf and had just reached the. middle of the tunnel when an Indiana Harbor Pelt switch engine coming from No. 1 plant met it head-on. A HARROW ESCAPE The collision caused some of the white hot mital from the ladles to splash out t-I-oii the damp ground in the tunnel M.d the resulting explosion .shook the ntirc district. Most of the. train crew were slightly burned in the explosion but ii.-t enough metal spilled to cause a disastrous explosion. Had the ladles which contained more than 100 tons of metal turned over the entire tunnel would probably have been blown to bits. CONSIDERED LUCKY Of the seven men in the crew who were injured six of them were able to walk out of the tunnel and wait for the ambulance to take them to the hospital. The seventh, a man by the name of Ohadwiek who lives on Common, wealth avenue, Indiana Harbor, suffered a broken leg and it was feared that amuptation would be necessary. Fed- iwing the accident an cng'ne wa hooked on to the ladle cars and the metal was taken l-ack to No. 2'plflnt - fter which work of clearing the tunnel was immediately begun. Plant officials consider the accident very lucky inasmuch as no one was killed. TAGGART FOR PROHIBIT!, An emphatic "yes" is the answer mad-" by Thomas Taggart, democratic earn!. date for United Statey senator, to an inijuiry from women of Craw-J-.-ie.sviiie, asking him whether he will use his influence for the effective tn-f-i-m- nt of the present prohibition lew without weakening it. should ha !- ci.i.;,,l. M r. Taggart also adds that the paramount issue, of the campaign is the league of nations' His :;n.-wt r to the women i as follows; "Minnie s. Ptter. 2e5 S. Walnut '-tre-.t, Crawford. viilc. Ind. "Pear Madam I have a communi- - ati.-n of Sept. mh. r 15 signed by 179 j -.'-lilts of Cra wfordsville, Ind., in j which I am reqio stid to mail to you ir... answer to the following question, j to-wit: j "Will you, jf elect, d bo the United j-iat-s senate, use y..ur vote and your I influ. me for the . ff-ctivp enforcej :n nt of the present prohibition laiv, j hi n- . lly and in good faith, without : . ry i-icnase in the alcoholic content 'of permitted beverages and without ;;.uy w. aliening of any other cf its j provis i - ns ."' j "It affords me great rleaure. d-ar j t ool, to r.nswer this question with ' i n p '.a - is. ye s. j "Now, having- answered your questn n frankly, may I suggest to you n-i to ;.!: the women voters of IndiI ana. and especially to the mothers of I r d i a n.i . who bve their sons m-ore C an tip y love themselves, that the paramount i- iie in this campaign ii the lea cue of nations. atm that thi w. men of Indiana ought not to allow r publican politb lans to blind them to this fart. Net only. America, but t ie 1,-adinjr rt.'-ntrli across the sea', nr- , xpe,.-ring tli- women r.f the United S-a'es t. support with a fine intel-l.c-f-nce t'-e barne ef nation', having" f -r its o'-jeet peac-ful homes rather I: nn battlefields for our hoys. " Pes p,-ot fully yours. "T. TAfWAr.T." I.1UCH SPIRIT FOR FALL FESTIVAL The Hammond Civic Improvement nccirt!nn, -composed for the vmost a-t of residents of the Fast Side are 'e-er;r:n d to put over the fall fe.-ti-' v-'o-cli they have had in mind for - m 1: f line. A spe cial meet ine of the association re;n- er. was called last night by '' -i Pnt Frank K-ek'fr to discuss the : e.p':tion. Al lar- heartily in favor f c-.'tiE on with the plans for t'ne big -v - --w which is to bring Calumet ave"i into the limelight. It will probbly be of several days duration and 0 carnival spirit will prevail. Another meeting ha." been called forex Monday evening when It is hoped .-. complete arrangements and set the htes tor the big event. Latest Census Figures Out (HI I.1.ETI) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. -Preliminary population figures were announced t-. day ty the census bureau as follows: Fall-view Park. Ind., 1020 population I S 11; increase f,71 or 106. 5 per cent. Montra-.rma. Ind., 1920 population 1,17S ; decreare Sol), or 23.4 per cent.