Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 146, Hammond, Lake County, 8 December 1920 — Page 1

APPRO

VES. WOLF LAKE "LANS nn THK WEATHER. T4urwlT un.ritlrd and cloudy. Oa vtreeta and newsstands. 3o rer aopy. DeLvernd earrtar la uararaond ana w.rr Hammond, Three Cents VOL. XIV. NO. 146. WHDXKSDAV, DKCEMDKK S, l!rJO. U,MMOXI), INDIANA

HA RBOR

h Ten

LAKE

TIMES

I IMili i AND WHITING

i-il. i 'rt

V 7T

CALURSET

fl Oil if

EASE TAKE ACTION

CAN THE TAX RATES BE CURBED

President Wilson's i Brother-in-law on j Stand in Ship Probe!

fiammond, Gary and East Chicago Break State Record

The ri-

jTIVFS BUREAU AT,.STATC CAPITAL !'lI.NAI'i)'S. Ind.. 1'tr. 8. -prrsent ae'.tHiii.u agamst further

-. a?c in the inMic debt as a mcan.i ' 1 "I'l'ing the v- r increasing tat rals has not been caused by cxtrav- ; ance of fie civil oily govcfniiii'iil! in

Indiana, the jyjo state y.ar book.

t bo published, will show. Three of the largest cities jji Ind art., ha-.c not incurred any f u r t h i l t 'n the last year of tile report v, '-oth c nds, l. .. 31. 1913. two ui; itii:s Tin; sn:.

' ?lv : ;.- . " i V (s - - , - CAB, 'i-M ! , w w 'iimM-r mmniiM mi innf.Aa)aAj

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evilI..-; the This i.

i t'y .5 also

t '

civil : ?S2S.O0 -

i"'-r a city t decrease its of tee c -v : T c

was fl.5i1.oit

dtM. of in i:m: true of ty J. in

-J .1 that df.bt ty of

and

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a.S it A as t tt Fort V;tne f r t iio t '.v

V i l enu ! i . . v ft i;vatl.--"T.1')I TiiK a n s i 1 1 f v

11' 13 wdi-

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K. WJLJIKK IH r.uxc. This piioto-rajili was taken h'le R. ilnifr lio'lin;;. brother-in-law of President Miison and treasurer of tlie I'tiiled .St;iti s (T. S ; it nf board, was tf.1 1 f - n in Now Vo: k before the c,.n.

estieafV'n conimittee. " r tdiargfs that li" a bribe in tlie awarding 'oy the .shipping board.

Monon Flyer Hits Auto;

i 1 Dead, 5 Hurt i Serious Accident Occurs

Last Night at One Hundred Fourteenth St.

Une woman was killed and two Injured, probably fatally, last night when an automobile In which they were riding was strif.k by the Chica-Ro-Indlanapolls flyer of the .Monon Kallroad at JHth street Threo other women were seriou.-ily ii.jured. MOTIIKU hil l 111), illll, limT. Mrs. James Green, 1ir.no Muskegon anue. was killed outright and her daughter. Kiiima. 1 , u as injured, probably fatally. Mrs. Helen louglas. 31. ol l'"7 Avenue M. driver of thn ear. suffered

ft skull fracture anil internal injuries. She is the wife of Kirk Douglas, 350l K. 100th street. All of the Injured were taken to the South Chicago Hospital.

2. and her sister, of 1003S Ave. M. were as was Mrs. Frances Ave. I.. TO IMTUTIOV a prominent member

taking the

Heavyweight of British Army Just After Being

Decorated by the King

7. Il

Uertha Sab". Marie, 22, both seriously hurt, Jlorickey, OX WAT Mrs. T'ougla.-'.

of the

. - -.3 w.v,e r .

Kre.

nal

appejtred to bad ;i cc ; ) I 1 of a con tract

GARY

lor

cine to an thows a n

bit even

liebt of

lb.

tin-

i.;taw 1 1 ; i t ha' d-'u

:i 'uth t:rid. probuh'y i-iial era of expa n.-jon, r le Increase in its di

"o" increase the bonded

ty is now exce,sivi'. In 1:1S

f th" ciMl city ..f South llond was. Mtfo.377 andjn 1910 this was increased t j 1553.500. "tishawaka. w.iich may b l.!T,d in with Soulii r.nd. being pi reality a Ptiburb. increased its a cut I fr-ni l0t',78l to i 71.574. j I hi;aii;st i the stvii:. i 1 hi lieaviest percentage tncerase l"! ! civil city debt In shown in th" three i great industrial centers of the C-ilu-j ni"t. Hammond increased its cHil city deM from 1230,389. to $323,300. Oar ff ni $27. 2?1 to $421. P?l and Kat Chi-! "so from $1S7.0o2 to $3'.065. Terre j Hr.uti . another of tic- big ten cities .r j the s'ate, increased its d-nt from $')44,- J " " to $ 734.0O. ' i On the other hand the fccnndary j cries -f the state ha r. in ltianj- in-j stances, decreased their d-bl matt rial- ! 1; . For instance. I.aporte decreas 'd ' its debt from $13B,77' to $120,921. and) V.'abasli brought it-i debt dovn from j $1 12.431 to $1",743. j birmiKM i: m.h.iit i amiui.i;. j fn the who': the total debt' of a'lj 'ties of the state for the operation o the civil government increased duiirigj the year only about $'. ooo. Tili'jtai in 1D1S was ftl.105.t92 and fori last inr was f 1 4.7 1 1. 313. j It 'j. therefore, plain th-it the plingi i ; of debt is being caused by other j "'-its of government than the civ 1

MEN BAD AUTO ACCIDENTS

Ono Fatally Hurt and Three ! Others Get Minor In- : juries in Hammond j Tw o Gary men were seriously Injur- ' ed. one probably fatally, and three others received minor Injuries early this morning when the automobile which they were riding crashed bead-, on into, a standing ftelght train at th 1 Summer street crossing over the C '

I. S. railroad tracks near the eastern city limits of Hammond. Frank Spears. 51 t Pennsylvania nverui'. Gary, is the most seriously injured. He is biid to have suffered a concussion of the brain. Or. J. A. Stewart. 765 Van Uurcn street. Gary, lias i broken arm. The other members of the party w ere Joe pent. 4 to Mmr..e street. Gaty; l.tc Sewell tf North Liberty. Ind., and I'.ryan Sewell, 335 F. .seventh awnue. Gi iv. They escaped with 1 f. vv cuts and bruised.

I lie men w ere returnin

Maccabees, was

women to the office of a physician for

! .i pnysieal examination preparatory to j their initiation into the order. J "ne Hundred atid Fourteenth street, , seldom used exctpt by farmers, has no trussing guard. T!v automobile was i proceeding fast, and Mrs. Douglas could not see the approaching train ; beeaus" of a clump of frees until it j was too late to stop. j The South Chicago and 1legf isch I r.oii,-r were called. When t hey arrivI d w ith the ambulance. Surgeon Jame., I !.. O'r.rien, among the passengers, was rendering first aid. Mrs. Green's body j was taken to Hrown's undertaking i rooms. Ninety-second street and Comj mereial avenue. j The dead woman's husband. a switchman employed by t ho I".y-rrod-ticts Coke Corporation, was not In ; formed of the accident for some hours j after it happened. He was found by : the police.

c . .. t

l lea vv weight Honors army go to Major Ir. ndian. Major Hlmers in London after bein: King ;eorsre.

in the f;;ltis,'i v:inies, a CanIs shown here decorated by

E. Chicago Man Inherits A Fortune

Business Man One of Heirs to $500,000 Estate in Philadelphia J. Polls the proprietor or t new and second hand store ol f"is Olcott ae.. Fast Chicago, has received word from a firm ef attorneys, nt I'hlladelphia that he is one of the heirs to an estate valued at $500,000. Mr. Folk's grandfather, who was a resident of Philadelphia, over a hundred j carts ago, bought up a large tract of land in what N now known as the Wall Stri ct of I'hlladelphia. This land was leased to the city of I'hlladelphia for a long term of years, the present lease expiring in 1924. However, the city which holds an option for the purchaf-e of the property.

has now signified Its intention to buy and in order to do so, is forced to hunt up the heirs of the property of which there are three. Mr. Polk and his sis

ter, who are two of the heirs, have al

ready been notified and all that re

mains to close the estate la the finding

of a nephew. Mr. Folk's mother died when he was but two years of age and he did not know- of the estate, until one of the members of the legal firm called upon him a day ago. . According to Attorney Koss, who came to Fast Chicago to seo Mr. Polk the latters sharo when the estate is lose'd will be in the neighborhood of $$$.000.

PROMISING

THIS JUNE SEEKS

PROSPECTS

ORONANC

PUTS BAN ON

IJFM

HORROR

lO.Vc. tlenlife mis. people, v pa.-t. 1

i- tlo'ids rable at 'ill soon death

passed through Hammond at ab. ut. 3 o'clock this morning. Spears was driving the car. an Kssc.v. which 1 ? said to have been making close to fifty i

Liiai iv and g ray sni of which have made times for Hammond be ;i thing r-f the

i.ne'l was sounded last might when the city council started a smoke ordinance ti.roigh tiie ley li. The ordinance provides that no stationary rnsult, h'-ating plant boiler, furnace, locomotive or any other smoke

j producing device with the exception of to Gary an.J heating plants in private homes, shall

FOR AUTOS

Xammond Dealers Predict 'ilecord Breaking Year If They Can Only Get Cars

MAN

MILLION

good jfr

Continue.; n pege .t.)

WANTS I

miles an hour Th" crossing is grade and other say they neve r until tiie much

vv h, at

n tb,thc t

m in bers of saw the f re ne truck i

eras' p of

be.

to talk

cam . i a long

the party t ght trail! Spears j since tut

EXTENSION

OF PETITION

lias not

accident. The automoi.lt wreckage by the

were hurled to the roadway. Fortunately the train wa nr.; moving a'.

believed all would

t was impaet

reduced fnd the

IIK

t he time or it is

whi 'h a.- may author-

'"i Dee. 31 the period dunn "e H.. W. & G. f. street railv ''ilect the eignt-tent fare as

f-d in the order of the public service inn issiun. in end. The .-.reet cir ''' '' .my has filed with th.- co.-nmtssioti . petition to have this tri.d extend --v. anotiier six months. Toe petition was filed this week b,vtiorney Pred Crumpacker and today i letter was received from Indianapol s bating that the matter would be tak'Ti l and a hearing heid at the Ham1 ond court house. Wednesday. Drc. 21. r 10 o'clock. Officials of the cities "ected have been notified of tiie ineetiig and will have representatives on

have been killed. Aid was summoned

w ere taken t

1 1 were g u r ivlii. h :

hospital at Gary. The able to return to their

Le permitted to emit clouds tr" dense blaclt or giay smoke within tiie city limit. of Hammond. The ordinance provides a tine of from $in to $10j for violations rach diy the uuisan. a continued to constitute a separate of i-nst . Tiie ordinance is identical w it'i the one now In force in Indianapolis and which was iieid valid by the supieni i ourt. When put to a vote the matter v. as held up on suspension of rule b - the negative vote 0f Alderman l.uthman, but it will probably go through at the next iiiceimg. The street car company came in f..-

ind the men

i another round of "razzing" last night.

A delegation from the new Lvn-hra

Maigaret's lojsnital.. IniMnvftinMit nssooiw l i. oi ..tufUH rt...

ven surgical treatment a ' - ( t a! U f . .-1 when they registered their pars was taken to M. try i protest against the sort of service tliev

ilo r men homes.

wcr j

ROTARIANS ABE TO TAKE TRIP Hai.n:.. r.d Hotarians a-e preparing for a big day o 1-Vb. 22. when they will make a trip to Kvansville. Ind.. to look the town over. Dr. F. S Jone has been appointed chairman of an "On to Evansvilie" committee, which will have charge of the affair. George Ht.nna.ucr j arranging for a special ar which will carry members of the 'tub to Kvansville over the M.vion or '. & F. I. railroad. An entire dm- wl 1

L.e spent in the dow n

wie people are mak

visitors.

state citv where

ing great nrenara-

iions ror entertain in? the

hand.

I'nless tiie petit. on for an extension f time is granted the old fare of five cents will automatically become effect ve New Year's day. The petition sets out that conditions "v hich caused the company to ask for ' increase in fare iast July, remain

.'..'oiit:u mu iimi :i me old fare is I 1 everted to heavy losses will result. j PoP.TI.AND. Ore.. I e

-xuuirrous improvcTnen t.- are under j nature defeated Gov. C, x in li!3 v ay or contemplated, which would be ! for the presidency, aceordins' !

overnor himself. In a letter

COX DEFEAT "HUMAN NATURE

5. '

ware getting in Kast Hammond. They say that cars do not inn the full length of the line and tliey never know w hen they are going to bu dumped off after they reach tiie Conkey plant and be told to "take the next cur." They offered several suggestions mionc- which was the one that the l.ne from Morton avenue and Columbia be hooked up on the noith with

State street or Sibley street and

provide a separate route to and from j the burltifn district over State or, Sibley and Columbia avenue. It would ' shorten Cue time by half and would pot ' be subject to interruption as the pre.sent inter irban service i. j Fred Smith of the street ear com- I

ind answered nil !

With on exceptionally

ocliinj them. Hammond automobile dealer.-, an; getting set for 1921, a year j vhich they predict will be a record mu-her. Th" only "if" who-ii they int rpose is ''It w e can only get the ' cars." Tiie demand Is here. Few .eople real;?;.? tho important '

pert which the automotive industry P'ays In business. It has grown to be tlie nation's second industry and tiie pi bile now turns to it as the barometer of conditions generally.

Just Low many curs were sold In! Hammond in 192" would be difficult to! i..ettrmine from figures now- available. Sules organizations gen(ra!!y cover the) itire Noith township rather than any

one city. It Is estimated that 1.200 tow cars were sold by Hammond balers in their territory and it i.-;con-.".d.fcd probable that 5im) of these were in tiie cty of Hammond alone. If the average price were only $1,000. this means that over a million O.dlars of machines pa-sed through tiie bands nf

I the.'" dealers. ! With one or two exceptions, dealers

characterize business right now as fair , and showing a wonderfj! pickup over jtl.e last few- month;. It lias never be(1, bad. but sales have lagged some' i v.hat becau.-e of curtailment of p;-o- ' duction in tiie majority of factories, in J Cue meaniim.! orders have kept com- j ir.g In. , i ... , . i i I know ve wont get ti.e cars we I i wiil need," said John Schmueser. the j

j t-uicK man. after snowing the tine

Mayor MacCormack of East Chicago Has a New Job on His Hands In a letter received yesterday. Mayor McCorrnark, of East Chicago, who hats had a life of married happiness in asked to help a lonely woman from Colorado In her search for an ideal man and husband. "I am looking for a tall, b'Ue eyed man in the neighborhod of 50 years of age," aays the heartbroken girl, "and oli. Dear Mayor. I know you will help me find him."

Hut wait, this girl who describes herself as being small, with pretty

pro iv n eyes and fascinating features has tied a little string to her proposition. "The man T marry, must have one million doMlars the same as I have. He must be sweet, loving and afteetlor.ate and must be able to devote th ' greater part of his time to me, to make my life, pleasant and happy," runs the communication. The letler is signed Edna Drufucy. 125 V. 12th street. Pueblo, Colo., and a postscript attached to the letter says t'lat any bachelor is eligible. On til.' back of the envelope the words. "Dear God Please Guide" shows the sincerity of tills lonely maiden, in her hour of need. Mayor McCormack who is always ready to extend a helping hand to

j those in need. ha3 promised to hcl; the maiden and has arranged an hour each day for applicants to file their applications. Those having the necesar.' j amount of cash are requested to be a I I the mayor's offi.-e in the city hall, En.c j Chicago, any morning between the I hour of 10 and 11 o'clock.

STRANGERS

CART AWAY

or ptospects he has on hand. "Our i Plant is running only about one-third j capacity, but orders here are over the o!d normal mark. I don't see what we I will do when those people w ho are j v-nitinir for lower prices get the ni-l t.on out of their head.-. Another tiling. I

HER TRUNK

thus 1 have se( n

two months vious y ear. middle of

vv 1 1 h t

more spot cash In the last' than 1 saw duiing the pre- I

out of 19 sales since th" September all were rash exception of three, which

The Gary w ide search who entered Steve Klaic, riei away

police are making a citytoday for three strangers the home of Mr. and Mrs. 2551 Jefferson si., and cari trunk containing bonds.

rany was present

cuerries which were p-c to him and explained that recent orders had corrected some of the evils complained of. A committee from tiie association was I .quested to meet with the street car officials and sCreet and alley committee Saturday, when tiie matter will be

Hjman c, tie into thoroughly.

i a. ted because of insufficient revenue. Among these are track reconstruction. 'ectrie welding of rail Joints and overhauling of rolling stock which w 11

fight ) the a 1-

kei.ran. club of

I'f cess'tate $130,000.

the expenditure of over

HOUSTON HAS

BIG FIRE

KOFSTON. Tex.. Dec. S. fnvestiga'.on from every angle was being made today of th fire in the Southern Pacific shops here which caused a loss well over $1,000,00". Starting in the paint shop, the blaze e(Jick!y spread to all parts of the big repair plant and consumed 20 pa enter coaches and 40 box ears, Recording to ra'lroad men. The private ear, th "Alamo." of President W. K. Scott, was completely destroyed with a loss of $30,000. By calling out the day switching crew, hundreds of passenger cars and much other rolling stock was removed i"Q the Maze undamaged. .

acor 1 n a

dressed to Miss Lillian M. llac secretary of the Cox-Ito.se vei t

Oregon. Cox said: "I am constrained to believe that it was Ju.'t a case of human nature. Conuitiofis were ti.e same everywhere. The reactions of the war brought resentment, prejudice and misunderstanding, but let us hope that in the end things that are vital wiil be conserved by the result."

STOCKYARD COUNCIL TO MAKE AWARDS CHfi'VOO, Dec. S. O'ficii'ls of the steickyards labor council here have called a meeting for next Monday to discfiss the wage award made to .took yards workers throughout the country yesterday by Judge Samuel Alschuler. appointed mediator in wage disputes between the packers and their employes. The members of the stockyards unions are said to be generally dissatisfied with the award. .

Alderman Brueo's semi-mont hly meIr.nge called attention to a number of icnditions which he believed needed e rreetion. Some of them be ha Fj.ofc.en of several times previously, but without results. An ordinance was passed changing the name of Truman avenue between Calumet and Maywood avenue to Truman boulevard. Mav or Frown's nomination of Arnold Kunert as city clerk to fill out the unexpired term of V. C. Kosc. who becomes county recorder Jan. 1. was ratified bv the council. Aldc-man Martin sngze -ted teat the heard of works flood vacant lots in thcity to provide skatins places for the prblie. A motion to this effect carried unanimously. The city council accepted an Invitation to attend -the meeting of athletic fitns which will be 1-eld Friday evening at the court house. On motion of Alderman IJeilley it was voted to call the attention of the South Shore railway officials to the fiithy conditions around the Hammond

station with orders tnai tne place oe cleaned up

s r c f! e c t e d oiling Auto a v e done a

Kiirht n onthan we i' coil rse w e j

re last

by Kd Sales. Frr ca; we are id this ire nor spring.

. t t h a t in the -. more plentiful ie per cent of

too on i

were good trades." This scntiim nt i I. roiling of the It. v-'.io says; "Wo h bi s.nes..- t'nl- yenr.

seiimg more c

Cine last year. Of it l to the place we

No one wouid ext winter. The cash i I would say that

si.les are cfiii as compared with

cent m 1919. p.usiness Is going to I

Vttter next year, but we are going to i t.ee to fig.ht for car.' for there w ill I in don lite.l ly lie a shortage in all of the I

standard makes. Dealers as a rule look for no furthrr reductions in prices of machines. In fact several of them believe that the fall cuts will not stand and that there will be inert ases next spring. 'it is my sincere conviction tiiat t h

automobile market is on tin- threshold

o-" such an era of buv in

wii! n it into the hand;

tl.nn the ears left unsold by the ret

.- . . o j hi 41 11 1 o i-1 o . i ' -

i n;o, overn'nn-v nose c ompany, local dialer for Willys-Knight and Overland olfJ. "The automotive lines have nov much more than discounted any possible factory reductions in factory eort 1 "n i versa! ly. the automotive trade 1s right down on the bottom of co.'t schedules and present price can fcve maintained only by the return of prewar conditions in labor and raw material markets. Tf these conditions 4 i.ot return, a priee increase Is in--. (Continued on page five.)

currency and filver amounting to over $5.o"i their life's savings. lioth Mr. and Mrs. Klalc had worked

! hard for the past 15 years to accumulate I the sm-ill fortune. At the time of tho i trunk robbery they were planning on J returning to Sorbin to tee their se n. j Milos. who Js now sixteen voars old. (New clothing, uhh b, they recently pur-

j chased for tho trip was in the trut.k.

: i.om were, weeping v, lieu a ! i all' d on them this afternoon.

, The husband was toiling at his work

I in the mill when the tiunk was stol

i" r ana .virs. ivi,ii.- was in the basement

tho house. The trio 'were strangerThey entered the room of a roomer

Who lay helpless in his b. d from

reporter

a re-

Beautiful Princess Whose Romance Ends In the Divorce Court

cent operation told him that Mrs. Klaic had asked them to take tiie trunk away and carried it out of the house to a waiting machine. The couple suspect a former roomer who has been visiting the home nearly every day for the past

weeks.

tvv.

activity ;

of owners mo

"?Tc;'"F''e l--v .

r ' I - 4 -i ft j w mT Ff $fa v ft -j fa W t - " fe rt, 7 ''-'WW 0.r..-B v ., .... , .. .. ,

Majors Brown and Schrage Named on General Committee ni i.m;tin, Major Henry "W. Foe. secretary or the Calumet Manufacturer, Association, appeared before the Hammond city council last evening to. secure t oo-opcratlon of the city ln action which may be necessary in hastening the work of the U. S. government and the state governments of Indiana and Illinois in build;.ounu.ng tho proposed Iliiana harbor at "Woif Lake. -At his suggestion Mayor Dan Brown s authorized to act as Hammond' representative at all meetings of the general committee. Monday night similar action was taken by the "Whit

ing council and Mayor appointed.

Schrage was

"Hllana." the

door of Chicago

Col. W. V. Judson

and a:i

of mora

PP.INi'ESS TR( d oiri ZK. . 1 The romance of Princess NaniJa V. Troubetzkoy of Kussia. who ha-i been called the "most beautiful lted Cross nurse," and Captain "Wallace S. Schutz, F. S. A., has been shattered. The captain has brought suit, alleging that she has another husband living. Two years ago Princess Troubetzkoy w .1-5 amonr the 'most feted women in the country. Her romance started while she was nursing In a hospital in Wash-ir-gton. D. C.

I 5m NEWS ! FLASHES

the InterJoint llll-

and partly

Lee. secretary of tha

project for years.

yesterday that drawings

BVJUEI1H f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CINCINNATI. O.. Dec. $ One man was killed, one is dying and another is believed to be fatally injured a; the result f a Baltimore & Ohio patscnger train striking a taxicab containing three passengers at the Dcrnpsey st. crossing at l'airmouiit, juut outside tho city limits.

BULLETIN

I INTERNATIONAL LONION, Dec.

NEWS SERVICE

! The liriti?

r- 0

government is considering the advisability of making formal diplomatic representations to the F. S. requesting official action as a result of declarations made there hy K. DoYab-ra "president of tho Irish republic."

BULLETIN I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 NLW VU11K, Dec. S The break between the Clothing Manufacturer Association of New York and their 6.f'pn employes widened today with industrial warfare as the immediate prospect. Tho manufacturers, whose ultimatum for re-establishment of the piece work system, reduced wage and the right to "hire and lire" was rejected by the employes, countered by declaring it would have no further negotiations witli the workers union tiie Amalgamated Clothing Workers e.f America.

' BULLETIN 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! COLUMBFS. O., Dec. 8 An offer to appoint F. S. Senator-elect Frank B. Willis. Delaware. Ohio, to succeed President-elect Harding in the senate Immediately, if Mr. Harding so desires, is contained in a telegram sent to President-elect Harding today by Gov. James M. Cox. w ho was the unsuccessful democratic presidential candidate. BULLETIN 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LONDON. Dee. .: Ex-Lmpross Augusta Victoria's cowlition has again undergone a change for the worse it ivm reported from Doorn today. Intestinal trouble has developed and the ex -kaiserin's temperature. !' dangerously high.

world's irreaTea r,nr

t pmcea at the

if plans drawn by

th enSlnecr ,n chrge of

uiserjct, are apnroveH

congress.

The plan nrovirto .-i.i

. ,. " ' 11 over

oil IaK e lor on Inn..

outer harbor thn b.,nHi

man tntrty-eeven miles of dockage

"... i.iu Hoministratton of state harbor district by a

...j.a-i iiuiana commission. "Wolf Lake

is rartiy within Clilcago within Hammond.

Maj. Henry W.

- .u,.i,-i -vianuiacturers' Association.

wno lias urged the

received word

lnB contemplated harbor had been approved by the chief of engineers and the Board of Engineers for Rivera and Harbors at Washington. WILI, SAMK (OM1WITTEE. Mayor Thompson and the mayors or Hammond and "Whiting. Ind., and civic organizations will be Invited .0 nami representatives on a committee for preliminary preparations. Necessary legislation to be parsed by the Legislatures of Illinois and Indiana already is in preparation. The outer harbor would be protected by a three and one-half-mile breakwater southeast of the South Chlcajo harbor pier. Along the lake shors would be constructed fourteen slips flanked by docks and amply provided with rail facilities. The entrance to the Inner harbor would be along AVolf F.iver, over which two bridges would be buUt. The Inner basin would p-ovide for ten slioi with railroad docks. "OTF.rt IV IWKH BASIV. The inner basin would provide "Win-

.er berths for hundreds of boats. The slips would accommodate ati even greater number. Maj. Ie, w ho first proposed the interstate harbor before the Lnit-J States naval board October 19 ISP; said: "The "Iliiana' harbor project rivals the Panama Canal and the iianitar,' District channel jn importance and probably exceeds both in potential usefulness. "At no spot in America are conditions so ideal for a great nation! transfer port. At the end of the Great Lakes, connected with the IllinoisMississippi waterway by the Calumet P.lver and the Sag Canal; the Great Lakes with all the teeming commerce, at the focus of the world's greatest railroad center to reach all parts or the United States, and via the Improved St. Lawrence waterway the ocean ports of the world! "The site is in the great Calumet manufacturing district which numbers more than 450 factories and Is growing at tho rate of fifty new factories a year and is surrounded by South Chicago. Pulman. Hammond, "Whiting, East Chicago and Gary.-' Maj. Lee has gone to the National rtivers and Harbors Congress at "Washington, w here he will present tha project.

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M.Ulltt.V, O., Iec. S Warren

H'irding, returned vacationist, reached Marion today just in time, for a quiet luncheon at home before settling down to the accumulation of work awaiting him. A freight wreck near New irk, O.. o-irly today, made it necessary to d'tour the Harding special train by way of orrvillN and Crestline.

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ii 'EVIDENCE-100 WEAK

GARY NEGRO RELEASED!

P.OWN POINT. Irtd.. Dee. S. -Lewis Griffin. Gary, was given l-.s freedom by Judge Martin Smith on Monday in the criminal eourt. Griffin was arrested in the rarly part of November on the charge of rape. Florence Hubbard, a 14 year old g!rl. supposed to V hi victim. However, the evidence sj th case was not sufficient to convlet Orlf". Ke-t.i were negroes.

BULLETIN t INTERNATIONAL NEWS StRVICEl PA VENN A, O. Dee S The eightyear old son of diaries Pierce w as instantly k i Ltd and eight others seriously injured in a crash of an express -and passenger car on the Kavenna division of the Northern Ohio Traction line at noon today.

The injured are in Ilaventia h to I.

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Reduce Ice Cream Price .S' 'FT! F LUND. In !.. T'eo. S.-- Another r'd'ioiion in the cost or Jiving .vas seen l;eie to, buy when ore. of the I'csil manufacturer nit th- pt i, e f he cream to $1 a gallon, delivered to he house. In quantities of lef.s than 'ne gallon the priee is 25 cents a quart. Ketaiicrs in the business district, however, continue to ak TO rent a quart. They state the $j price can rot la l.

See Hrnwr'a Saturday, Dec.

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That the HammonJ offices of the K. "W. & E. c. Street Railway would have, been the scene of a daring robbery on Saturday, November 20, became known today when three men were arraieneri

before Judge Itbuy ln the municipal court at Chicago. The bandits, all of whom have criminal records are Frank McGuIrk, Lmmett Kane and John Keahy. McGuirk is hold to the grand Jury under $5,0(3 bonds while Kane and P.eahy are cacti under $3,000 bonds. The gang originaly consisted of four members. The fourth man who is sa'd to have squealed has not been brought into court but Hammond and Chicago police can got him at any time. It was the chance remarks dropped! by this fourth man which pave the police their advance tip on the robbery. Working together the Hammond and Chicago officers were able to get hold of this man and wring a confession from him. gain'ng complete l-.r.ow ledge of the plans of the quartet. The informer was l.elrl and Ins 'I isa ppea r nee marie ether members of I he gang suspb Ions. Instead of pulling the robbery 8 stageel. they d isa ppea reel but the search l.y the p. doc of two citi-s has s t. las: rounded them up. 1 hey are member of a gsr.g which held forth nt ft pool lo..m in the vicinityof Ninety-fourta street and Cottage Grove avenue. Police were preparer! on the right of November 21 to forestall the robbery should nn att'-rnpt be made but the affair did not develop. The mea l ad planned to stage the holdup late believing that a large amount of money would be fennel af the offie-'s Thn ni-n r no charged witto roixm tpitacy to rob the s.rett car