Hammond Times, Volume 9, Number 31, Hammond, Lake County, 2 October 1920 — Page 1

Men and Women, You Must Register Next Monday or You Cannot Vote at the Presidential Election OTAT INDIANA HA THE WEATHER. FOR INDIANA .Fair tonight and Sunday wanner Om rtrt and tswiitudi, 3 Hammond and Wear Hammond. oopy. DUTrd by oarrier la oOq pet busUl, VOL. IX. NO. 31. SATURDAY OCT 2, 1920 TWELVE PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEK LY EDITION Inl

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S LIBERAL Twenty-ens Counties In eluding Lake To Have Voting Machines This Year. If yoa nava registered by next Mon. day alfht you will make a choice amon; ii candidates for president of th United States when you go to the polla Kov. J. . TJat number of political parties ao far have certified the names of their presidential electors to the state board cf election commissioners, -which has charge of the printing: of ballots. The parties represented cn the ballot will be the Republican. Democratic. Socialist. Prohibition. Farmer-Labor and Stn1 Tax. All except the Single Taxers also have a candidate for United States senator and most of the state offices. Ingle Tax Two 'imn The Single Tax ticket -will bear only taro names presidential electors at large. Each of the other parties has a full list of presidential electors, one for each congressional district and two at large. While the names of presidential electors, rather than the presidential candidates themselves, appear on the ballets, the names of the six party standard bearers are: "Warren O. Harding, Republican of Ohio; James E. ' Cox. Democrat, of Ohio; Aaron S. Watkins, Prohibitionist, of Ohio; Eugene Debs. Socialist, . of Indiana (temporarily at the Federal prison at Atlanta, Oa. ; Parley P. Chrlstensen. Farmer-Labor, 6f Utah, and : Robert C. McCauley, Slngle-Taxer, cf Pennsylvania. Six Experted to Be Limit It Is expected that six will be the I'ralt ef the number of parties eertifyiBg nominations, though other nominations may be certified up tm Oct. 13. The number of preelncte In Indiana ha been Increased this year from 3.143 t- 3.3S3. The additional 242 precincts px voting places, have been designated to take care of the greatly Increased electorate that comes from woman suffage. Twenty-seven counties have made Increases In their precincts, though Madison. county, where voting machines' recently have been Installed, has reduced its precincts from 5 to SI. St. Joes IUc Increase Marlon county has increased its pre. c'nets from 163 . to 177. St. Joseph county, of which South Bend Is the county seat, will have US prtclncts. an Increase of 63. Allen county has added 13 precincts, and Dekalb county has 13 new precincts. . Vigo county will have 84 Instead of 50 voting places, and Bartholomew county has 14. Twenty-one counties will use voting machines this year. However, some of these counties will use both ballots, to be marked with pencil, and the machlnes Thls will be done because there are not enough machines to permit .11 to vote within the prescribed hours on election day. Womea to l"se Ballots It has been agreed la Johnson and Montgomery counties that the women shall use the regular printed ballots, while the men will register their vote - by machine. In some of the counties which will use both ballots and machines, the voters will have their choice as to how they shall register their vo'e. H J, ea.id to be the plan in Marion county, where there Is a shortage of machines, to bring ail the machines to the city of Indianapolis precincts and use the ballots in the county precincts. The counties which will use machines exclusively or both machines a. d ballots are as follows: Allen, Delaware, Lake. Madison, Marlon. Miami. Montgomery. Newton. Pulaski. Spencer St. Joseph. Boone, Clinton Fountain Fulton. Henry Johnson. Tippecanoe. Vanderburg. Vigo and Warrick. FINED AT THE POINT SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT. Ind., Oct. 2. Two Gary residents met the stern arm of the law In the person of Judge Martin Smith of the criminal court this wee for violating the liquor law. On Thursday Mrs. Stanley Blackford or Polk street found with 75 pounds of raisins in her possession and just beginnlrg the manufacture of waue mule. For "her efforts in behalf of suffering humanity" she received $100 fine, also a suspended SO days sentence. Peter Rosco of 2017 Broadway for the same offense got a $135.90 fine on Friday. TREAT FOR POOR FARM INMATES Inmates of the Lake county inflrmt ry have a musical treat In store for tomorrow. The union musicians of the county are to provide the entertainment and it is expected that all mem-: ters of the organization in the ecounty will be preterit. A 40 piece band has been organized for the occasion, which will last the entire day. It is planned to make this an annual affair. The committee in charge of the program Is composed of Rheinhardt Elster. ll. K. Pcrrjr ai B.' G- Tcung of Hammond. '

GARY RAISIN

OWNERS

Did You Hear That

THE H. K. Sharrers expect to move in their handsome new home next week. MRS. JACK NEIL. 284 Standard ave.. was knocked down by an automobile yesterday in front of the Minas store, but escaped serious Injury. INSPECTOR HOKE GODFRET predicts that with fair weather and no breakdowns, the Plummer ave. concrete pavement will be completed to Oakley avenue. ERIE SPROAT is hobbling around with a twisted ankle the result of a fall and thinks he holds the record as he ha3 had three experiences of the same kind. I COX has dispersed of his holdings In the Interstate Bank at Hegewlsch to the Calumet National and for the first time In thirteen years belongs to the proletariat. ATTT. TV. J. WHIXERT, who Is at Kansas City sends back a postcard showing the Hotel Muchlbach after which the new hostelry at State and Hohman sts. is to be a pattern. AS both parties want us to warn again the voters that Monday Is the last day to register and to make th" announcement where everybody will see It, we stick it In here. DO you remember when Charles S. Ogle, now a famous peasonage in the moving picture world ran for city judge against TV.. XV. McMahon and was beaten by 300 majority? CHARLES G. ARTMAN. the West Hammond man who was arrested on a charge of stealing an automobile, was bound over to the Cook county grand jury and Is now In Jail at Chicago. THE heating plant' at the- city hall is on the "blink and lawyers, judge and clients wore overcoats this morning. As a result trials are short and snappy and wherever possible continuances are takes. ABOUT SCO phony votes hav been cast la practice since the voting machine waa set up in the corridor of the f.ourt house- Voters secra particularly anxious to learn how to scratch by machinery. NORMAN XV. FREEMAN, democratic nominee for sheriff of Lake ceunty, has withdrawn his name from the ticket and the county organization is now busy trying to skirmish up a candidate to take his place. "AG'S INN" is the new name which has been painted on the windows of the soft drink place run by Agnes Stack Uppinghouse at Calumet ave.. and Fayette st. It's about the shortest, snappiest came in Hammond. FOUR more players reached Hammond today for Doc Toung's professional football team. The entire string of players with ' the possible exception of two men will be out for practice at Harrison rark tomorrow afternoon. FRED BECKMAN and Kenneth Stewart, who have been selling bonds this summer for a Chicago bond broker, have taken a two weeks leave of absence and are spending it In the lumber yard of the Standard Steel Car plant. THE. second ticket a members ticket has entered politics at the. Hammond Country Club to contest with the directors ticket headed by Cowan Scott. The new ticket is headed by Dr. E. S. Jones and R. O. XVinekler. . ONE of the new Hammond-Chicago Heights busses makes a speedway out of South Hohman etreet and thinks noth ing of rattling down the thoroughfare at a speed of 30-35 miles an hour to the danger of traffic and pedestrians. REPUBLICAN City Chairman T. A. Ccrajewski of Whiting, was here today and says that the Billy Mason meeting in Whiting last night was the most en' thusiastic G. O. P. meeting that has been held in the county this campaign so far. MRS. W. H. MTERS. chairman of the W. C. T. U. entertainment committee reports that Hammond people are now responding generously to the call for accommodations for the state delegate? but that places are still needed for 100 delegates. ONE of the local b. b. fans wants to know if you remember the time when Ctcotte's arm was said to be weakening and suggests that it may have got that way reaching for that $10,000 -which he confessed he received in the now infamous scries. AFTER giving the baseball scandal the once over and twice over, XVm. J. McAleer is convinced that golf is about the only sport left that can't be fixed. Although he has almost thought that in I a foursome. Old Ralph Tierce has thrown him down several times. HARRY MORGEN'A V has been bragging a great deal of late about a rumpkin weighing S8 pounds which he claims have raised on .his "farm" at 132 Detroit st. His friends have kidded him so much about it that he is now trying to find a merchant who will exhibit it in hJs window. AMONG the visitors to our city last nighty by way of the movies was M. Georges Carpongteeay. After a big bunch of fight fans had watched him box .they were unanimous that our M. Jacques Dempsec will make a mouthful of M. Carpongteeay and then lick his shops for more.

WATKINS AT FIRST PRES.

CHURCH SUN

Charles Watkins, the Indiana gover. nor of Rotary and an expert on industrial relations, will give one of his "Straight from the shoulder" talks at the evening meeting of the Men's club of the First Presbyterian church, corner of . Highland and Hohman streets Sunday evening. Labor chiefs have their theories, employers have advanced new ideas for Improving the relations between em ployer and employee, but Charley Wat. kins sweeps aside all of the camou-fia-ge that has covered this great economic proble mand gets right dawn to the pith of the thing. If factory heads and labor leaders only knew how vital and lrlle Watkins Is on this great subect, if the socalled middle class union, which is sometimes the greatest sufferer because of the inability of employer and employee to get together, realized what great constructive ideas this man has there would not be a vacant seat in the church Sunday evening. Watkins la not an orator, in fact he makes- but little pretense along that line, but those who heard him at the meeting of the Hammond Rotary club installation several weeks ago say that businessmen were tremendously moved b.' his talk. The question of human relations Is one that is Watkins specialty and that is a subject that interests every one. An Invitation is extended to everybody to .go next Sunday and listen In on the greatest menage that has even been brought to Industrial and business Hammond. AWAY AT ' T LEAGUE BY HARRV I. ROGERS rTrr corespont i n. servicsi JOPLIN. Mo.. Oct. 2. -You will And the munitions profiteer opposed to the league of nations because it provide. for disarmament, making future wars impossible and depriving him of tho privilege' cf coining dollars of Mood. So you will find the profiteer of pec.,-o opposed to the league because of Article 28," Gov. James M. Cox, democratic presidential noro'cee declared 'n a speech here today. Article 23 precents the profiteer from exploitations of humanity." continued the governor, "in sweatshops and unsanitary factories, combats communicable. contagious and vocational disease." prohibits the exploitation of women and children at.-i provides for the control cf traffic in opium and other dar.gerouB drugs." "What a satisfaction it must be t the women of America." said the governor, "to know that their efforts for progressive human legislation hnve been recognlezd in the covenant of th? league which, by the way. In express terms in Article 7, gave to the wom-n full and absolute equality with men 'n holding every position or office n fi league and this, months "before th"-y were granted the right of suffrage in our own country." Gov. Cox contended the league covenant was already functioning at t'i.pearest approach to a guarantee against war. "It also contains the elements for promotion of world progress and the means for humanitari in advancement." he added. JOHN BELIEVES IN CAVE MAN TACTICS That John Kots of East Hammond believes in primitive methods and cave man tactics in the handling of the twentieth century female, was revealed this morning in the Hammond city court when John was fined $1 and costs for hitting pretty Mary Demowski in her own home grounds. It seems that John's large-and flourishing family, preferred, decidedly preferred to play tit the adjoining yard which belonged to Mary, and Mary being a woman and rather proud of her neat plot of grass and small bed of flowers, objected. Then besides the children brourht a lot of undecorative rubbish such as old I shoes? stones, animals.-bottle glatM and orher such triffles dear to the heart of the young, and deposited thenj there upon, much to the growing wrath of Mary. Mary took one of the small boys nd while the father was yet asleep fed him gently, but firmly, in his own tack yard. The irate papa rushed over to Mary's and without a word of warning or explanation hit her. This not being enough to completely silence her, rw hit her again. Mary who Is meek and blue eyed, staggred into the house a rather bruised woman, a bit the worse for blows. It is rather presumed that John will be more particular where and who he hits in the future. RETAILERS REDUCE PRICES MORGAN TOWN. W. Va.. Oct. J. Following the lead of a large grocery frni in announcing a flat reduction of 20 per cent In he prices of Its stock, two leading clothins? firms today announced ' a 'I'imilar reduction in prices of all. articles handled by them. A general reduction Ip expected among all j ether retailers In the city.

COX POUNDS

Death Calls Murray Crane This Morn "Boersianer" Noted Financial Writer Also Dead in Milwaukee Sanatarium DALTON, Mass.. Oct. 2 Winthroj Murray Crane, former governor of Massachusetts and senior t". senator from this state, died at his h-mio st 4 o'clock today. The former senator collapsed at the ceremonies of notification for Gov. Collidge. republican nominee for vice-president, and has been ill since that time. ne had announced shortly before the repub'ican convention, which he attended as a big four delegate. thathe would retirs from active politics immediately up )ii the conclusion of his term as national committeeman. Members of his family and Dr.

mv ' a1. -.V Murray Crane. Brace W. paddock, of Ffttsfteld. were with him when he dird. Death was due to heart trou j. 1,11 genorn.1 breakdown. Statements of tribute to th memory of Senator Crans came from 3li sections of the. country today. The tribute of Gov. Coolidge wa3 "A greit man has passed." The illness of the former senator began on July 31 at Northampt n, Mass.. when he collapsed prevlnuts to the ceremonies notifying Gov. Coolidqe of his nomination as republican n"mlnee for vice president. Senator Crana had undergone considerable strain at the republican national convention a few weeks before, ahd standing- in the hot sun before Gov. Coolidge's, house he collapcel. He rallied quickly, however. Returning to his home here in an autmobil?. the senator suffered five or six fainting spells followed by more the :i:xt day. He insisted on going to the ctfice of his paper mills as usual, but for days after that suffered frrni siakinu spells during some of which u lost consciousness. BOKHll.EFf KM 1 1. KIUEMJ. CHICAGO. Oct. 3 Emil Friend, known to financial readers because f his financial articles undrr his pen name of "Boersianer," . did early "Today at the,Sacred Heart Sanitarium tn Milwaukee, according word received here. He had been seriously ill for several weeks. Friend was regarded as one of 111" leading authorities of the U. S. on industrial and economic conditions. DESERTS WIFE WITHOUT GETTING A DIVORCE fSPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 CROWN POINT. Ind.. Oct. 2. Nicolas Roeder of Chicago had a uard ' rap from old sister Fate on Friday in Crown Point. Nicolas married Stella Skelly in Chicago several years at;.!,1 lived with her for a couple of yearj.j round his love waning. n-n he looked int othe bright eyes of Marie Zarl y Stella's charms and, arms rould no longer hold him. He deserted her and married Marie without getting a divorce. The dream of his new found love soon vanished and Marie found! herself deserted as Stella had- Mrs.) Zarley decided that she was not goinj to stand for her daughter being treat-1 ed this way and Rocder must be pun-j ished- On Friday she went to Crown ' Point to get a certified copy of hisj marriage to wife No. 1. when vl)o should she meet In the county clerk'soffice but Roedc-r. bent on the sa.nej mission. She swore out a warrant fori his arrest but the Indiana authorities could not hold him. He took the train to Chicago and she followed him and wil lhave him brought to justice. NEW HAMMOND COMPANY NAMED INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 2. The Calumet finance company of Hammond, has filed articles of incorporation for $'0.000 with the state auditor. The directors are R. A. Hopkins, C. H. Babb, and G. M. Pur.tnt-y. WELSH MINERS ARE ON STRIKE LON'DON, Oct. 2. More than 210.00C Welsh coal miners struck today. They refused to accept the settlement which it was believed yesterday would avr.-t the strike.

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(BULLETIN) GALVESTON. Tex.. Oct. 2. Four ! steamers, a pier and $200,000 worth of merchandise were doomed to destruction today by a fire which broke out along the water front. It was the second disastrous fire to sweep the water front within a week. Military authorities sent 250 soldiers to help the firemen fight the flames. The first fire did $3,000,000 damage. FESTIVAL A second meetir.? in regard to the Calumet avenue Fall Festival was hld Thursday night at the Lafayette pchool. In spite of the inclement weather a g od representation was present, noticeable among which were the ladies. They were gladly welcomed and their co-operation has been invited, and to give them a ruling hand in the cele'oratioij it waa decided to call a meeting for the ladies on next Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the Lafayette school. This meeting is not to embody the ladies on Calumet avp. H'JP, but all the willing workers ivhi will gladly and cheerfully boost "A Greater Hammond." A general meet, ing will also be railed on Thursd iv evening at the Lafayette school, when f.r.al arrangements will be concluded Frank O'Rourke presented to the meeting a preliminary program for this festival, which was a top-notcher and it is only hoped that the committee abide by his plan. However, at this time there1 Is so much work to be done In completing arrangements that it is hoped that some of the enthusiastic citiiens of Hammond will come to the front and show their helping hand, hlle the festival lt to be staged on Calumet avenue, the city's mtst magnificent thoroughfare. let every business house In the city represented It the celebration as after all it la d'-ne to boost Hammond and Ham-m-md only. ' ADDRESSES ET GEORGE R. HOLMES WILSONS CORNER. OHIO, Oct. 2 There at the Junction point of three counties Franklin. Madison and Union Senator Warren G. Harding today addressed a crowd of thousands of farmers and their women folk who came by motor and wagon from miles around to attend an old fashioned picnic and flag raising. The Senator and Mrs. Harding motored from Marlon, fifty odd miles away, (through clear, cold weather to attend i the celebration. It was a distinctly rural audience and Senator Harding ad. ures-sed th-ni oa topics relative to rural, community life, expanding on his agricultural policies as outlined in previous specche?. Senator Harding said his agricultural policy as broadly divided into three phases: 1 Do ail that is possible to make prosperous the land-owning farmer and oppose the menace of increasing tenantry. 2 Improve the means of distribution of farm products and encourage co-op. crative buying and marketing on the part of farmers. 3 Protect American farm products against Influxes of cheaper products by a properly adjusted protective tariff. "It Is also the nation's business." he said, "to concern Itself with he social welfare of farm life. We want a prosperity for the American farmer which will allow him to bid for formal farm labor. "This year in many sections of the. U. S. girls, mothers and aged women have worked in the fields and much of the work has been too hard to be consistent with wholesome maternity and American standards." Development of inland waterways, not tn competition with the railroads, but as a co-pirtner .in solving the transportation business, was urged by Senator Harding. "We must." he said, "turn our backs on the system of pork barrel appropriations and under a national budget system, make our expenditures according to the counsel of a proper commission, whose aim will be to develop a true national system of inland waterways." BANK STATEMENT NEW TORK. Oct. 2. Average: Loans increase J20.4SJ.OPO; demand deposits tnrrease J-i.9Sl.000: time deposits decrease J6, 17.000: reserve increase J1.375.60. Actual: Loans increase J2 i. 765. otO : demand deposits decrease J135.OO0: time deposits decrease J8,51P,000; reserve decrease J34. 545,110. ATTENTION L. 0. 0. M. There will be an important meeting of Hammond lxdge No. 570. Sunday. October Srd at 1:30 p. m. Business of importance, also initiation of candidates. Luncheon and entertainment. Your presence is requested. Fraternally yours. J. C. BECKER. Secretary. 10-2

MEEUNG

FARMERS

5EE NEWS FLASHES

BILLETIX f INTERN A TIOtfAL NEWS SERVICEi CHICAGO. Get. 2. David' Itetter &. Co., wholesale and retail coal dealers, were Indicted by the federal grand jury today, charged with profiteering in coal. They are charged with havirr sold coal at profits ranging frnf ' S1.S0 to $5.50 jter ton when governm-:nt regulations allowed only a 15 cents per ton profit. BUXJ.ETX2T rtNTERNATIONL )NEWS SERVICIi CHICAGO, Ocf. 2. Harry Moir, head of the company operating the Morrison hotel, one of the largest in Chicago, was Indicted today by the federal grand Jury on charges of making false returns to the revenue department on his 1 91S and 1913 income tax schedules. The amount involved Us said to be in excess of J62.0O0. Bt'ttETI ' r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 CHICAGO, Oct. 2. The weather for next week for region of Gret Lakes: The outlook Is for generally fair weather, but with a probability of unsettled weather and fihowers aUut Wednesday. Warmer first part of the week. Cooler after Wednesday. DILIETI.V r MTri)T10L NFWS SERVICE! PITTSBURGH. Oct. 2. Cincinnati cinched its hold in third place In the National League by winning the first of three games scheduled here today. Football Scores At Cambridge, second uarter: Harvard. 10: Maine, in. Score end first half: Harvard. 24; Maine, 10. At New 'Haven. Conn., score first reriod: Tale, 7; Carnegie. 0. At Amherst, Mass., first period: Mass. Aggies, 7; Con. State, o. At Ithaca N. J., first uarter: Rochester. 0; Cornell, 6. At New Haven, score end first half: Tare, Carnegie. 0. GARY FEUD 5 4 A fued between Gary's Italian colony and the South Side colored be-t. developed into'1 near race riots last night, causing the death of one Italian, the w-rfunding of another member of the Coroma and two negro participants. TBS DEAD JOE ROS3 (Italian) 162 Madison street, died at the Mercy hospital this morning of five bullet wounds. THE IITJUB.ED SAM HAWKINS (colored) shot through the left side. At Mercy hospital, will probably recover. DAVE M'NEILL (colored) was ehot through th left wrist and neck: will recover. UNKNOWN ITALIAN, who escaped following the shooting; shot through the arm. , me snooting which occurred near 17th and Jefferson street Is said to have been the culmination of pent up bitter feeling which has existed between the negroc? and Italians of Gary sinco the early days of the steel strike. During the strike the police were called out on a number of occasions to suppress near race rioting between them. Bitterness has been brew ing ever since it is understood and it was shortly after 10 o'clock last night that it broke loose In a serious form. Dozens of shots were fired in the rioting, throwing the whole south side colored belt an-? the Italian district in a state of fesr and commotion. Following the shooting, a cordon f police was dispatched to the riot belt to stop further rioting and up to this hour they have been able to keep it from breaking out anew. F.ffort3 on the part of the police authorities to learn the direct cause of the riot has resulted in receiving little or no information. Both the Italians and the negroes involved refuse to divluge the cause. A number of l alians and colored men have been tnken in'o custody and booked on open charges end through them the police hope to clear up the mystery. According to witnesses, they saw two white men get out of a machine, and walk up to a tall negro. A moment later a half dozen shots were fired, exchanging shots in a hand to hand battle. Ross, it is understood, was crossing the street to go to his home at 1S2S Madison street and w-as caught In the center of the fire. He was found in a hallway fatally wounded. Police officers traveling their beats ran to the scene of the shooting. Officer Smelko had a narrow escape from being killed when Sam Hawkins-, a Gary constable, fired a half dozen shots. In the round-up following the shooting, the police arfested Dave McNeill, another negro, who had been shot in the lcftvrist and neck. His wounds had beTi dressed and was in bed hiding in a south side colored home. A gun. ammunition, a, black-jack and a knife was found under his pillow. McNeill is also said to be a Gary constable, whose commission was granted so promiscuously along with a large number of others. During the rioting another Italian who made his escape is said to have been shot tD the arm. -

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SHDOTNGS

Five Chicago Desperadoes Gel A Hot Reception From Steel Employes. One Negro was killed, two fatally wounded and a fourth seriously wounded last night ipr a pitched battle between five Negro bandits and three white men in a soft drink parlor at 381 1 Michigan ave., Indiana Harbor. None of the white men were injured, although three of the hold-up men carried revolvers and fired a number of shots. FIVIJ 5E. IX PAflTY. Five negroes entered the so'ft drln,i parlor-, of Raymond Dahlin at :8U Michigan avenue last night about eight-thirty and while three of tiie negroes held up the proprietor and patrons a, the point of revolvers the other two rifled the cash register and searched the p ,ok"ts of the customerAfter getting the loot the five Jiv-n backed to the door and were just about to Ftp outside when Dahlin. Frod Hemple and George Fills opened rtrt. STKEL KMPLOVES OX JOB. Hemple and Ellis, timekeeper anl assfs?ant employment manager, respectively, of the American Steel Foundries which Is located Just across the street from the saloon, were in the back of the building while Dah',:n was back of the bar. Ellis was t!ie rirst to open fire and Dahlin who had stepped into the office and picked up his automatic was only a second behind. Hemple got hts gun into act:on at almost the same time. MAKE GOOD TARGET Pahlin shot from the side of the building toward the door which is at the corner while Ellis and Ileinp-e shot straight from the rear. The fiv

j men crowding into the door in tnc'r ......j. uui main; an esceiiT.t target and three of the bandits wrr literally riddled by the fire from the automatics. The negroes carried revolvers and answered the fire but it proved ineffective, not a bullet finding its mark. LOADED WITH BVLI.ETS. James Jenkins, the dead man, d-ej soon after being taken to the hospital where he waa found to have eight r'i'. let holes through his body. Willie Moore is in the hospital with five bullet wounds and Archie JFggins is In & dying condition with three wounds. Both of the wounded men will die. according to reports, from St. Margaret's hospital where they 'were taken. A fourth man was seriously vound?d and left a trail of blood behind b'lt managed to escap?. The fifth man. the one who it Is thought had iiie money, apparently was not hit or if he was it was not serious. MEMBERS or TOl'CH GAXG. The members of the gang answr the description of the hold-up men who have been terrorizing Indiana Harbor residents for the past month and the police believe that the la.t "f the bad men have now been clean-d up. An effort is being made to hnva the gun victims identified by some of the recent hold-up victims. W.lhe Moore, who Is practically white, was one of the negroes who was picked up in the big round-up of last week. II was charged w ith vagrancy hut v sa released because of lack cf videre. All. CHICAGO r.f.ROES. All of the members of the gang w 13 were shot are Chicago negroes, an 1 it ,1s believed that the reception reoc .-'-d by the gang last night will keep pSit Chicago negroes from coming t Inciana Harbor for similar purposes. Thirty additional voting machines purchased recently by the Lake coun;y board of commissioners have been it. ceived and are being distributed to the precincts which hitherto had not been equipped with machines. EvcTy vr'cinct in Lake county now has a voting: machine for utc at the coming cl action. This means that the results of tne election as far as Lake county is concerned v ill be know n early that evening instead of the following morning as has been the case in the past. Election of officials will take off the totals of their machines and telephone tho-a to headquarters as soon Hi possthla after the polls close. There they will be totaled and it will be all over. Voting machines arc being placed in public places all over the county to that between now and election day the voters will have ample opportunity to get acquainted with the method o handling them. IS GIVEN 0. K WASHINGTON. Oct. C Secretary of War Bcker has approved a report prepared for him after a special Investigation which holds that the settlement of war contracts with the Standard Steel Car Comrany was advantageous to the government. This settlement, which involved contracts for manufacture of gun cartridges at the TUmmond. Ind., plant of the company, was assailed by th house wr Investigation committee.

NEW VOTING MACHINES ARRIVE

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WAR CONTRACT