Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 122, Hammond, Lake County, 9 November 1920 — Page 1

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TIIK WEITUER FOR INDIANA Fair and much colder tonight and Weduesday with a cold wave.

On streets ana n3W3s.iuds, 3o fer o"py. Seliverca by carrier ta iiamu and West Tlaaunoad. 3c pet mmtii. TODAY SUE BATTERY CO. Tn the Lake superior court today i receiver for the O. K. Giant Battery: Con-spa ny is asktd in a petition by . contracting firm of Erickson, Jjhnsoal ,v. Co. who u ci'fl nnltirn- o.o Ho", t.iotorv I build. ngs for tlie company at Gary, 'ik'-y ask judgment fur $ 1 "".OC'O. In .May, Kricks on. Jvh".nn & Co., mason r. tractors uil'i headquarters in Chicago to k th: contract cons trusting a r,'ii;t'fr ( f buildings on the f .to Inch had l-ct-n. acquiud ty the '. K. Giant C '. The eonipany had aluaily in-nulled machinery in a bu Id:ng s:tui'ed on the ground ami the new buildings were to Ve constructed. s- that th-:y would form a unit itii the old ctv;-. The cor-.t.-act price f t the work was ? 7 7. .""?. eighty-f; e per cent to be paid s the work progressed and th; balr.r.ce to 'or paid when the job aa computed. 'Ihe petitioners tay th.it tins r. mount jeraalri h.ily unpaid. Some time ag the contractors stopped work v hen money w as net fortneomiag but hey say they stand roa.Jy and willing to complete ths job. July 16 Krj'-kseii, Johnson &. C?., filed notic w ith the county recordr that tV-y had taken a mechanic's lien upon h property. Then came the tire which dr-stn the huii l rg in whlcii picdjction wes already in progress. The pet:ti'M stfses that it is believed the company is now inso' p' r,-.oi .v-o to meet lis financial obligations; t'r.'it its liabilti"s i --: fti its asfil. -:! f'at it Pas r.o maturing fund that ran meet cnrretit and ma'tirfng liabilit ! s. The cot raptor demand judgment tf $77. CO1 on the contract, 20, l0 damages for l.f s of profits w .v u n they v ou'i have otherw if madf daring the tijr they have been engaged on the wctI: and several thousand nvre 'or attorney fe? and other exconss they have befti put to because cf tlielf fi ffer-nces with th corporation. A receiver i dnandd to take charge "f the as. ets, convert them into cah and i- ade distribution amonp th creditors. Attorneys Crurrtpacker. CrunipackT .t rr-edrich are appearing for tho petitioners. IT hlHIl 0I1UI IN BRAWL OIES AT GARY HOSPITAL Arthur Phelps. ngro who -was thot Sunday afternoon durimc a quarrel at a houe on Euc'.id ave.. Indiana Harbor. di--l last night at the Gary horpital. Collins Richard?on, another . nerro. -vCho '.a5; ulso shot, was reported to ba in a serious condition. The quarrel started "hen Phelps, who had been seeking his wife, who had left her home, had gone to Euclid ae. home and BPked for his wife. He was informed that she was n"t there. Fhelps b-ft, upon receiing this information, tut liter returned ond was agin informed that his wife was not there. Again he left and for the third time hi went lark to the tulid ave. home, this t.ime he forced his way into the house. iindlns Ms wife in company with Rie-i'Tron. and two ether nvn. In the quarrel that follow ed. Thelps is alleged to have drawn a knife and to have slashed his wife. A fren.for-al! fight ensued, knives and revolvers taking a prominent part In fhe celebration. When the police arrived, the tide of battle had turned, one of the r.egro's who Is accused e.f firing the fatal shots which killed Their and lnluring R'chardson, had fled snd tio trace of him ha3 a? yet been found. Mrs. Phelrs. wlfs of -the dead man. ts also reported to be in a serious condition. HE JUST KNEW HE VOTED FOR HARDING The quickness with which a fallen idol is forgotten in America was sho,vn tins morning in Room 2 of the Hammond superior court when George Mundt of Indiana Harbor was being questioned on his application for full citizenship papers. Georgo was asked several of the old questions regarding the form of gov. err.ment. Then the examiner put this one : "Who is our president?" Mr. Wilson, answered George promptly. "Who did we Just elect president:" was the next one. ' Mr. Harding." sang out George. "Who was runnig against him?'' .George, was stumped. "Lemirie see," he mused. "Meester Meestcr he was it democrat I know Meester Meester Wilson?" He ventured the name question ingly. "No. no. no." exclaimed the examiner. "Did you ever bear of Cox?" "Seems like I did hear of Meester rucks," taid George, 'tut I dunno what he do. J.st I know I vote for Harding." "Admit him." ordered Judge Hardy v -.en the examiner announced that the man was satisfactory. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS Henceforth, all advertising cony for publication must be ia THE TIMES office not later than 11:30 A. M. the day befors publication, with a limit of 77 inches if brought in at that notice. Three-quarter and full-page ads must be in 48 hours before publication.

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VOL. XIV. NO. 122. Did You Hear That THE Champion recently made a Cuba. Auto Equipment Co. $1,U'0 t,iiipmv.iit tj CAUL. tiMILUV, former Hammond railruau man, is now liliig In I'ortlanu, urituii. i TIIC V. H. UETZ rUANT has a girU j basketill team, vhicli is getting ready, to meet all-conn ri. IV jeu see c car with the Indian i i Me. nssc 14,14. flop it, as it was stolen and is biing sought by the police. niX'UL I TING OFFICER CRAMER j has bown notified that tho V. ri. A. has etased to accept recruits Germany. (or service m ATT Y. M. XI. BRUCE has some work for the next legislature to do. lie wants to see th-fc pubhc utility la'.v knocked jut. 1LVM.XIOND police have an Overland car which was found last night at Calumet a-. c. and May st., lights turning, but no liccr.se piatcs. ATT Y. CLYDE CLEVELAND and Billy Rose, county recorder-elect, are back from a brief rest from campaign activities at Flench Lick. AND Norman Freeman, who was nominated for sheriff on the democratic tic- . . . ket and later withdrawn Irom tue race i eidcntly eaw it coming. LODIES of 1C1 dead U. S. solders went through here over the Nckel Plate, on a special funeral train lasf Saturday on their way from France. CEAr.ING. Hammond's star football player, scored the first touch down and otherwise covered himself with glory in the Valpo-St. Lous football game. AMONG those who, on account cf the great avalanche, w ill for come time wear the smile that won't come oft is Edgar Crumpacker, president cf the Hammond Republican Club. THE employes of th W. B. Cor.key Co. are looking forward eagerly to Wednesday night when they will give a dance at the K. of C. hall which promises to be a big affair. HARRY RIMBACH. son of Capt. Fred Rimbach, is now Jn charge of the bertillon and finger print room at the police station. He has the new mugging equipment ail ready for operation. THE STYLE SHOP, 150 State st . j Hammond, was entered by burglars last night, but so far as can be ascertained nothing oT value was taken. They gained entrance through the basement. LIKE a vole, from the dead comes a nnst card from John Moonev. TIMK3 re- . . . , .: li. -u. i L'yi .fl, HUU I 1 '.-U JII I l t.l . in Florida. He's doorg some deep sa fishing now and will soon be feeling fine. JOHN" G. BETZNER entrtalned two well-known cousins irom Chicago on Sunday, who were J. G. Betsner of the Chicago Herald-Examiner etaff and Charles Betzner of the Carson. Pierre Scott & Co. C A FT. SAM HEDEGAARD will be In Chicago with bells cn Saturday. Sunday and Monday whn Gen. Bramuell Booth of the Salvation Army lisits the city. Hedegaard has been appointed official Chaucffeur for the general. THAT a great time was had at the. doctcr-dentist-lawyer banqut last tilght was shown by the fact that none of them were on the Job on time this morn

ing. The aftair was sun going strong tf?R Governor-e,;t Warr-n T. Mat Z o'clock according to reports. j Cray is understood to have had a hand

SAMUEL LEDEF.ER. of Chicago, has West Hammond Brewing .West Hammond for purchased the W Co.'s plant in dlcated SICo.vPO from Central Trust Co. of Illinois as trustee In bankruptcy. The purchaser Is organising a company to manufacture soft drinks in the plant.. ONE Hammond drug clerk points out that people, who expect war taxes to ease n"w- that Harding is elected will get badly fooled and says that Spanish American war taxes on commodities are j still being paid, and the S. A. war cost wasn't a drop in the bucket compared with the world war. HAMMOND people will b interested in this bit of information gleaned from the writeup of Hammond. Ind.. in the. Encyclopaedia Br.it annica: "It has a I r-octd water nnriv svs.trm which Is fw ned by the city." This should silence all critics who have been cribbing about the water. VT. T. CROSBY was in Chicago the other day and dropped In at the re- 1 pubiicsn headrjuarter.i. "While there, a j fellow with a foreign accent, mistook i him for Elg P-ill Thompson and beg- j god for an "ins.ide job" eluring cold I weather. Our, Bill told him to rut In j a letter and mail it so ho could takJ ' care of him in his regular turn. RUXIOR has It that the eld Robey ; race track will be leased by a corporaj tion worth one-half million dollars. Tho I lease of the Hammond Indian Motorcycle Club was cancelled last w iek. New im provements re expected. Ine nying ot aeroplanes will also be demonstrated at this track. It is planned to run both auto ind aeroplane races and a grand stand will be erected to accommodate S3. 000 people.

FRANK O'KOL'RKE bet a friend that he could stop 100 men on the street and ask them the same question and they would all give him the eame answer. After the money was rut up Frank and his friend went out and stopped the first 100 men they met. To each man Frank said: "Did you know that Smith was dead?" And every one of the 100 made this same reply: "What Smith?"

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Harbor Man to Electric Chair Friday CHOW.X POINT. IN IT. Nov. 9 One Lake county ncjrro. Will Thornton, of Indiana Harbor, will go to his death by j electrocution on .Friday of this week in : the Michigan CHy pr" son for the murder ! of Nick Ki.'-h. of Indiana Harbor. Thorn- ; ton will suffer the death -:uiltv elcctrU. r.hn. ThornKu V Hs" pii,!t;i of murder b a jut.. in the ! found ! in the I Criminal ccurt at Vrjrrn ou Aug T IN STANDARD rPECUL TO THE T1MES1 i TTIITI.G. IN U-. Nov. U Lewis Sic-I

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kafus. 58. of Griffith, is dead and Plon- j eluded in the rlans has been d.scardeel. dell Barry. 40, also of Griffith, is in j -There is still considerable stock to it. Margarets' hospital at Hammond in ; h fold before the entire amount ts a critical condition as a result of an j subscribed and now that actual conaccident at the Standard Oil Co. rfftit I r-truetion work Is nea r at hand the work this morning. ! of selling stock will be pushed vigorTha two men were working Vn the j ously. Tank Lock at the plant w hen a hca y ! - i-ection of sheet iron which was ben g !

placed In position, fell upon them. Sic- 1 kafus died instantly. Parry was taken from beneath the sheet iron and rushed to the hospital where it ws said that ; his chances for recovery are slight.' The accident occurred at 3 o'clock. ' tfickafus leaves a wife and seven i childen. i N. Y. AT A STANDSTILL NT"W TORK. Nov. S Men s coths may be cheaper In the spring, but present fall prices are at their lowest ebb and many retailers have been forced, in order to keep their business cperat'.n;. to mark their wares down to cost 1n order to p.roduce sales. Thi3 situation is national, accordirg to a 'canvass of largi wholesale manufacturers of men's clothes todiy In NewYork City.

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Some manufacturers hope with low- members of th Christian cltarch. Their ered prices of woolen goods, and anU-i i ma rk able friendship regarded gencipated reduction in wages, to mal; j eraPy as a sisterly affection was the good suits next spring that will retail I comment of the tow n.

at about $35. Others deejarvd they w ill retail st not Ip-s than $41 to J50. The men's clothing industry In NewYork City Is practically at a standstill. About 4O.O00 workers, or seventy per cent of those normally employ, d, areidie. Manufacturers usually luiy at time on spring ds. ha-, e not begioi spring production. FIFIELD APPOINTMENT STRENGTHENS HARRIS In connection w ith the ft fry in these columns yesterday, regarding the appointment of Otto Fifleld on the legislature committee, the Indianapolis News. sa":

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puoncan mmuer representing tne member usually goes the head of th" bouse ways and means committee Are i r tne most important nouse commit;n Flne.11 s appointment. porn are ;n it he Tenth y countv j rifleM bas' district and FifiM U grain dealer and firm been talked of for ti speakership cf the hcise. r-ut It presumed that with the legislati-. e committee, a ppolntmrt and the almost certain leadership of the bo i?e ways and rneans committee in sight Mr.' Fifleld will not bo further considered for the yipeakershlp. inasmuch as h has accepted the place on the AAm It ! " J. ounn Harris anotner I,ak connt;- man. is left as a Tenth district candidate for the speakership. 1 1 :s rcnnlng ngainst Jacob D. Miltcnber5r, of XlJncIe. E A SERIOUS VIEWiJ

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LOS ANGELES. CAL.. No-. ? f. S Senator Reed Smoot. of Utah, who has come to Southern California for a rest of several weeks is of the bcihf thit the Harding administration will face the gravest problems that ever confronted the U. S. Senator Fmoot, in an Interview expressed the ey-.ir.ion that although President Harding will have the united support of the whole -country, "It will be the greatest of modern miracles" if the nation gets back to a normal basis in tha next four years. Smoot fetls a careful revision will help to put America on a firmer business basis. SUES, SAYS TAR HIT HIM Alex Bosrahka ' IlimmonJ has filed suit for $10,000 v tniifi against the H. W. & E. C. stree ... ,,vay company in the Hammond superior court. On Ovtober 13. the plaintiff says, he alighted from a west bound car at Roby on his way to work. He steppe 1 around the rear of the car directly inthe path of an east hound car which struck him. He says the injuries sustained will cripple him permanently. It Is alleged the car which hit him did not sound a warning as It passed the i'tandir.g car. XIcAleer, Dorsey S.tUJ0J'B IJSlltO pu

TUESDAY. NOYKMBlvU 9, 1920.

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0 REPORT The building committee which has charga of putting over Hammond's I new Masonic T. niple has received word from the architects that the revised plans and specifications art about com. P'cted and will soon be ready for th J .conmi' ti e's tipproval. ! This means that. v.Uhin a short time the committee will be able to ask j contractors fr bids on the construe-! ition of the budding which means sa ! much for rlammond. A number or 1 , H n f, r, ft c hove lwort mcwlo 4 fV.. -(.;....! t j -.... ...... ..... in uic v: ifc .iidl ; plans which will lower the cost of I construction and permit the w-ork to i be completed in much shorter time, i The temple will have the city's larg est auditorium for public meetings. j This will be 11j feet wide by 1X0 feet I deep w ith a stage forty feet by twen-I : ty-s.x feet. 1 his will teat about 2.000 people. As the room has a thirty-r.ino foot celling', a swinging balcony can re aaaca later K conditions warrant. The balcony which was originally tnB DEATH PACT REVEALS STRANGE LOVE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SPVlCti j FVLTeoX. Mo.. Nov. 9. A strange love between two women, which re-f-:i!tej :n the tragic death of both, was rrttea.eti lociay w nn tne nnding or a ! note left by Miss Caroline Wcant, a ! Men grap'ier. who. according to latest evidence, yesterday morning shot and killed. Mrr. da M-eC'owan, with whom she lived, and then killed her.lf. Th shooting occurred in the bed chamber wr.ich the women occupied together,! Mason McCowan, the husband, sleeping in another part of the houre, All Fulton Is stirred today ty the tragic and uneuspected circumstances of a cr.'irna involving two of the most prominent and respected women In this city. Not only were Miss Weant and Mrs. McCowan well known in the social circles, hut both were prominent Klioivin testimony at the coroner's ii juiry that Miss Weant and Mrs. McCowan had q larreied because of ! Jealousy ". e-r each other's women ! fi ir.1s. a search of effects of Miss ! W ean" was mad". Her brother. H. B. J Weant of Jefferson City, found a note I which definite.!.- established. H was dei hired, that Miss Weant had done the s r i t i n 2 The first part of Cue note written lasf Friday, the day when the two had a severe quarrel, read in part: "1 am doing this act because of trouble I have had with Ada and there iEn r.g else that I hav to live r confiding In her and trusting he dearest friend n"xt to God 1'hnstlf. Am making an end of thU 'life, t wart the following wishes car. I ri-d out. If poJVible. I want all items j sold Jind the money placed to th. ac- ; t;-ur.t e.f Wallace August Rogers, or ( given to iiis nuther for hla keep and second part of the note, con tained a list of clothing and personal , oe i o n s; . n s - i o o . i - .-, . i i v .i i on le3.al rarer, leading to the belief ... ... i. i .-o ,,ee.- .v.. it in -ed. , WiEE ALLEGES BRUTAL TREATMENT Alleging that, her husband bat and chocked her and often remained away from hom' for two or three days at Is time Mnrlellno Vf I'r?'. mucin ,1.-1 --- ' ' 11 late Line street, Hamntond. todav pied r divorce from Walter Przy- , I'i'l.-llSkI in tlie Hammond superior ; CUl t. : They w-ere married July C5, 1017. and I "-cording to the plaintiff's statement. J h.-d separated scleral times before the I fi:a feparation on Nov. 7. he pays jtiil when lit r husband would return pfter b' in: absent f-oin home for sevhe would often tell of his s with ether women during Mrs. r.-iymus r.pk! sslis for $5,000 a'imony and the restoration of her maiden name. A temporary restrain-,-,g o-der was Issued by the court cn- .; lining the husband from moleotins her or interfering with the propei ;y v i.i'-h tiny own joint!... J. M. ytinson ii aCbVnoy for the plaintiff. BRINGS SUIT FOR $25,000 Frederick C. Herren. who was inhired in a grade crossing accident in Porter county cn Oct. S, 1313. has brought suit in the Hammond superior oui-t for SCa.t'OO against the Erie Rail- K load company. The complaint which was filed today by Attorneys McAleer, Dorsey and Gil-

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the railroad tracks io dangerous be cnuse the track parses through a deep ut near the crossing. On this particular occasion, it is said, a string r f box cars standing on the side track obscured the view until Herren was on the crossing and it was too late to avoid the accident. Both horses were killed and the v.tgon was thrown some distance b : the engine. Herron received injuries vhicli he says make him a cripple for ll'e

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ill! ' This "hitherto unpublished pleture' of Senator and Mrs. Warren G. Harding came to Hammond yesterday from the home of the presidert-ele-t. direct to I'r. H. 11. Sharrer. It was a post card photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Harding on tha famous front porch at Marion, O.. responding to the greetings of the crowd at one of the big meetings during the campaign. Dr. Sharrtr accompanied the Chicago Hamilton Club delegation on 7'ot!ficatlon day and while In Marion (keep this from Mrs. Fharrer) made the nrrjuaintancc of Miss Rose Mukle. presj d-nt of the Woman's Harding For Artist Dies From Auto Accident E. Euckstaber, of 34S2 Guthrie st , one of the most prominent citizens of Indiana Harbor, died early this morning at the Hammond hospital from injures received election day. when the machine In which he was ridng collded with a taxi at the inters. -lion of 135th and Grapevine ST. XI r. Buekstaber sustaining a fracture of the skull which caused his death. Mr. Puckstaber, himc!f a. young rti:i has seen Indiana Harbor blossom from , a mere iota to that of one of th" largest industiial cities in Indiana. He wasj gifted with a combination of genius and business ability, is the praise bestowed j upon Mr. Buckstabv-r by the citizens ' who have known htm sUnce a child. j His Interesting life story shows that I opportunities are not elusive, but lie ' within our grasp, all that we have to do. j Is to observe, work, watch, wait and hustle, was always his slogan. j Mr. Bu'-kstaber came to this country I fropi Ruumania. twenty-five vears ago coming almost immediately to East Cht- I ca co and Indiana. Harbor, where he has j ?-rni 1'ra'uta i : vne enure lime in which he has been in this country. Mr. Buckstaber in? ZO vears of age nr.d is ! surhed by his wife. Mrs. Bertha j P.uckstaber. two sons. Davis and Fredcrick, and a daughter. Elizabeth. He I was a member of -various fraternal organizatlons and a lifelong XIason. I!m was also o great charitable worker and I has contributed to various organizations in the Twin Cittes. Funeral services will he held Thursday morning at 11 a. m. at his late residence. 3TS1 Ivy st., Indiana Harbor. PROCLAMATION" The eleventh day of November of each year has now- become a hallowed day. We are abmit to commemorate tho second anniversary of the daw n of j a new epoch in our civilization. It is! fitting that all Americans should celebrate the advent of an abiding peace, and the passing of the horrors of war. It is proper that wc should glory In the triumph of Right over Xlight. The true principles of America:: democracy now permeates the worl 1. We. as exemplars of an ideal democracy must ever keep burning the fires of patriot ism. The soldiers and sailors are home. They bear palms or VICTORY. We must, and do welcome all soldiers and sailors. We: ere glad to have them home. We reed their intense loyalty and crihusiastic patriotism to sustain our own poise during the stress of reconstruction. With laughter and tears, with song and cheers, with poetry and spoken word, with all the emotions in a spirit of love, wc greet our boj s and celebrate this eventful day again. NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned. Daniel Brown. Xiayor of the City of Hammond, Indiana, does hereby procjaim that the eleventh day of November. ID".'!, m the limits of the City cf Hammond, Indiana, be, and the same is a holiday anil u is lunncr procia.uie l betw een the hours of twelve o clock noon and six o'clock p. m of said day, all industries and places of business in th; City of Hammond should be closed. Hid I .1 ' 1 Wvn ... . ..... . 1 City of Hammond arm vicinity, to join in celebrating this glorious day with r.ll of our sldiers and sailors. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of Hammond to be hereunto affixed, this fth day of November. A. D. 1D20. DANIEL BROWN, (Seal) Mayor Attest: WILLIAM C. ROSE, City Clerk.' ll-S-2

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HAMMOND, INDIANA Tresiden Club of Marlon. Ha was handing out his special cards which made a hit with Senator Harding. They read like this: Harry (poc) Sharrcr. Hammond, Indiana Hamiitonian. (Chicago) Harding, Harmony, Happiness Against (H;autocratic Rule and High Cost cf Living Yesterday Miss Mukle sent Doc the front porch ricture with another .showing the senator in the voting booth. With tiicnt wss a pote in which -lie said: "You did not sing in vain.'' 5 Em NEWS FLASHES ijt Li.m f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! W AMIING I t. Nci. 0. Tt "decision of the supreme -ort that !liuors lawfully neoured hefore the Volstead oe-t nrnt into operation, mny he porii'd In n arf home and transferred to one's residence, will citr not the relief tn the thirsty that was thought." Hutiif 11. Wheeler, igcner.-it counsel of the Anti-Saloon I ruguo, nld to. liar BPLI.FTI.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl . WASHINGION. Nov. P. The war department issued t er era ph ic instructions today through the general recruitirg service ,,f x army to recruit to full strength immediately the Second Division, nowstationed at Camp Trevis. TtM, The order was sent to every recruiting s-tation in the 1". S. and directs that they concentrate all their efforts to secure the men needed to fill the division. m LM1TIVI t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE i PARIS. Nov. P. Former King T.udwiK HI. of Bavaria is de-ad. aged T.'i years, said a dispatch from Muni-h th s afternoon. Bi i letp; I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERYICt' INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. .Nov. 0. Charles XIendnhall. former member of the tnd'ana. general assembly, will be appointed a member cf the state board of tax com nv ssion -ers to su'-ceeel strange M C'raeiiu. whose term expiree: rvpe. 1. according to report? current t"d3y. til l LI CTI v INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 NEW YORK. Nov. P. -V There wa" anotlmr sharp decline in values on the f-tocV. crlianjp today, practically the e nt 're list sufferirg losses e.f from 1 to V po nt. There was no spec'al reason assigned f -r tho latest bvrak. although the stringency of call money and 3 general busines- ejepress'ori all over the country were generallv assigned s causes. Many f t -rl.s sold down to the lowert levels of the year. I H. BELT TO ISSUE NOTES INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl WASHINGTON. Nov. 0 Authority j waa granted today to the Indiana Har- ' bor Belt Line Railroad Co.. to issue $?.- COO.fiOO of promissory notes with interest not to exceed sovon per cent. In granting permission to Issue these tiott-s the interstate commerce commission provided thot the applicants should bo required to pay the notes out of otiruinj,3 or out of the proceeds of settlements, with the government. ROBERTSDALE MAN ROBBED Alex Natch. 1 : ! 3 Reese avenue. Robertsdaic. reported to police this morning that he had been robbed of J160 yesterday evening. The trunk in hUitem had been broke-i open and the money taken out. He did not notice the work of the thief until this mornirg. He says that another boarder named G'orge Aranezuk wan i-een to enter his room yesterday evening and thinks he got the money The man is gone. bJt Natch furnished police with s good description of the suspect.

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Court Holds it may be Taken from Storage and Transported BY W. If. ATKINS '"T-- co"r-o-NprNI , N. SERVICE i VT A S 1 1 1 NG TON. Nov. 3. The whskey flood gates may be opened by tho supreme court decision regarding whiskey held in storage. Large stocks of the 50.000.000 gallons cf whiskey remaining in bonded warehouses may be released by this decision, it was stated today. Certificate." snowing i ne holdings of whi.'.kty in bonded warehouses and as an evidence cf its ownership, are apparently vitally affected. The court, in passing upon a New Y'ork case, did not deal specifical ly with the question of warehouse certicates. but its view was made plain that whiskey owned and stored for personal use may be withdrawn and moved by the owner at his option. BLOW FOIl PROHIBITION The decision may deal a body" blow at prohibition, it was said today. Pro hibition Commissioner Cramer and In ternal Revenue Collector Williams are studying the decision with a view to determining its effect upon liquor stocks in store. In effect the court states that whiskey stored by an owner, who acquired it legally and does not hold it for any illegal use, may take it out of storage and transport it any time. In this New York case it vvas not made plain whether an cwner could move his liquor so stored across state boundaries in interstate commerce. AWAIT FHITHER Ft t LING. Transportation in interstate commerce was not involved by the facts in this case and no mention of this plus"! of the matter was made by the court. It is still, therefore, a matter for the determination of the internal revenue: bureau and the extent to which the decision will allow interstate shipments wil rot be definitely known until Commissioner "Williams makes known his ruling on the matter. ' It was established by the court that ownership of whiskey is a property right enjoyed under the constitution. J and the view nf the court was that i nothing in the Volstead law, rgardless of the providi ng covering this point can take away that right. LMKFIC t LT TO ENFORCE. Upon that broad ground it was admitted ty enforcement officials today that great difficulty would be encouni red in any attempt to prevent withdrawals from bonded warehouses ot w hiskey stocky, represented by legally acquired certificates now outstanding among thousands of individuals. It is likely, officials sa d todav. that there will b" stiff opposition by the enforcement bureau to any letting down of the bars for indiscriminate withdrawsl. But the decision is certain to result in much confusion and an overturnig of tome cf the regulations now in force. TRIBUNAL'S BROAD 1'OSlTION. Among the regulations which ars automatically rescinded is one which froliiblted an o-vne-r of liquor, legally acquired for his personal use within the home, from moving the liquor in a van or other vehicle to any other place, even though another domicile except under a permit issued after much "red tape." The broad position taken by the tribunal is that an owner of liquor, ownership of which is not in dispute, and bought for legal uses, can more it wherever and whenever fancy suits him. Although a copy of the supremo court's decision had not reached tha bureau of interna', revenue this morning, officials gave it as their Informal opinion that the decision might be sufficiently broad to apply to warehouse certificates. There are outstanding thousands of these warehouse certificates which represent whiskey in bonded ware .houses. It seemed today to bei the feeling that the decision would allow owners of these certificates. If legally acepiired. to remove whiskey representrd m and where they desired. Und'Mjbtdly. it was said, test cas'-s would be brought to determine whether it was necessary under the decision 'hat owners must have acquired these, re rtifU te prior to Jan. IK. 1?13, whs . prohibition went Into effect. JUSTICE METED TO .SPECUL TO THE T1WE31 CROW?,' P.JNI. IND.. Nov. p .-udg Smith sentenced four LfiA.e cour- men to indete-rinate terms in the pcr.itentiary on Xlonday. F.ddic Thornton, of Indiana Harbor. 2 to 21 years in Jefferson-, ille, 'for assault and battery, with intent to kill. Edward Kondrat was Thornton's victim. Will McClennon of Gary, set fire to his neighbor. Tony George's house, damaging it to the extent of t2.no. 1 or applving the match McClennon. will serve a 2 to 21 year sentence in Xliehigan City. Frank !ope7.. stole $2j from Henry Chas , of Gary. 1 to II years, was his fate. Fred Greiger. Gary, stole $70 of Carburetors from Gary Motor Truck Co. He was given a 1 to 14 year sentence, but was paroled ij Harry Stringfcllow , Gary. OIL COMPANIES ATTRACT ATTENTION Lake county's big oil companies a."e fittraeting attention in the business world. The action of t'-.e standard Oil company of Indiana, which has its parent office at Whfting. in taking a move that may mean the reduction of the, par value of its stock from J100 to $-0, is believed to be the paving of the way for a wider distribution of the dock to the public. Current quotation of Standard Oil of Indiana asked on 'the New York curb 1? $745. SINCLAIR'S PLANS Jn an article in the Hearst Magasin Harry F. Sinclair dwells upon the policies of the Sinclair Oil group. Mr, Sinclair dwells extensively on the Smcia;r's futuje.

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