Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 150, Hammond, Lake County, 13 December 1920 — Page 2

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HARBOR MAN SHOOTS

WIFE AND HIMSELF Tamily Brawl Result of : Jealous Quarrel Causes Double Shooting U Two persons (re shot n-l tVic

ff two other were endangered at mi.ljUM Saturday as the result rr a pvs nuaxrrl between Aipx Hiikatn. wlv pcmducts soft drink rr!or n 3 '-0 5 Outhria st . Indiarurt Harbor. n. his old brid. Kofi- KoW-dn, ih.- forper wif cf Frank rul. f AXrOHTTEB TEUS OT (JUAJRE1 j Mtis Martha Paul, a oui dauitpr pf Mrs. Bokain's f.rst husban.I. carr.a home from her work at the tYntrnl Ims pteie on Michigan avciut. wh.-re sho S emplored. and upon arriving at home fcwjtieed that er mother and su p-fathrr Mjrere actlr queerly. Martha asked her mothr what was the trouble, but the Mrwther did not reply. The mother, then "Wnt down to the basement to father cm clothes that were hanging on a fine, th father following. About ten mlnutr-s after, two youri emen carre into the ?oft drink parlor ajd tasked the irl for a few nickels". Martha gave them tJ nickels an "ne of th ytrnng men walked -pt- an electric lay1ne piano and deposited a nickel. ;H Uien requested that Mr?. Bckain dnc with him. which she di.J. This caused the husband. Alex Bokain. to be'eom very angry. "Both young men, after the dance, left the store." said Miss Faul. "and vny mother went back down to the basement, and I followed her. "We had been down there only a few an'nutes, while my mother had b-'on Velllnir me of a littl Quarrel which they had befor I arrived home from work. Jn the meantime, my step-f.ithcr. who had crept down the stairs to listen to what w were saying-, walked over to re and asked me. what his wife had bm telling me. I replied, nothing. ; He then ordered ma to go back upstairs and see whthr there w.-re any 'acre customers in the store, v.hlch I did. There beinjf no one In. I went Ifeack to the basement and when I went back there, my step-father was holding my mother by the face. I could not jfcear what he was-eiyin sr. H heid her fer about two minutes and then reachting' into a pocket of his trousers, pullJed out a revolver and fired several shots at my mother. I I do not know what happened after that, except that I creamed and then mny tep-father turned the revolver on bimself. I ran out of the house and over to Harbor Garage, and called the Jolice." POUtCX AJUUTE When Captain Downey of the Harbor station arrived on th scene, both people were lying on the floor and wer- bleeding profusely, and he sent for Ir. Tee'rarden, who upon arrival, found that the woman hai been shot in the face, while the husband's wounds could not b ascertained. Both people were rushed to the. St. Margaret's hospital. The attendants there do not bellevo their wound t be serious. The revolver, which was of .32 aliber. a Herington and Richardson mae, was found by the police. lylns: in a pool of blood on the floor of the basement.

story that a year ago had received a black hand letter from Chicago asking htm for a certain sum of money, Living in constant fear of his life and family, he never reported it to the j.ol ice. I'pon makinp a closer search the officers uncovered a quantity of liquor in the store. They found 13 gallons of moonshine and in the neighborhood t fifty quarts of wine. This they seiied and took the owners of the place to the station where they wore questioned. It was reported this morning timt the police also found an uneiplod.d bomb in th basement of the store. It was made out of a flattened pipe and contained a charge of nltro-glycerlae and black powdor. As a result of the explosion dozen of windows were broken in the nlRhborhod. A similar bomb explosion occurred in the same neighborhood about a year a so.

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a sense." since her arrival In Switzerland. "I am truly deliahted at the idea ot returning to our dear Athens," she said. "There are dark days and there re bright days and I think the world will agree that we have had our share of dark days. It has been said that I was pro-German but I have been more pro-British than anything else. I have

more friends in England than anywhere else." Constantine's consort was In deep mourning for the lat King Alexander who recently died in Athena from blood poisoning. She is a tall, handsome woman, but shows traces of suffering and a$i. Consternation was caused among t Hi Greek exiles by th Greek government's order barring Vrof. Ht re it 'i. naval commandant Varapicaulo from returning from Athens. Prof. Streltli was Constantine's cnlcf adviser during his exile.

ure then goes to the senate. Deibate on the bill ended in the housa Saturday. Many members desiring a longer suspension than fourteen month demanded, a record vote on the amendment which cut the suspension period from two years as provided originally in the bill.

As soon as the immigration bill is i

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BOMB EXPLOSION , ROCKS SOUTH GARY

A terriffic bomb eiplosion which was f!t. over the entire city of Gary, fairly rocked the south side foreign district a-!y this morning, damaging thousands of dollars worth of property, shattering windows a block or mon away and throwing residents of the neighborhood at 16th and "Washington street Into a state of terror. The front, of the grocery store and blind pig of Frank Locoratanto an3 Paul Miccolls at 1608 Adams street 'where the death dealing missive was ' placed supposedly by members of the iKaek hand was almost completely ! w recked. As far as is known no one ws Injured as a result of the detona,1 ion. I The explosion took place shortly be- , fore one o'clock Sunday morning. It jwas felt In the heart of the downtown business district and many paid no at(intion to it thinking that the explosion was cauted by slag being poured from ladle into the lake at the mill. By the time the poi;ce arrived on the S'-ene they found the neighborhood in a tate of commotion. Upon entering in wrecked store, the police found Frank Loeoratanto sitting up in bed in a room in the rear of the store. Apparently he had just awakened and upon being asked if he had heard (the explosion, be remarked no. liter j he. admitted that he did and told the , . ... .

fSPEiHl TO THE TIVES! WHITING, ind., Pec. IS. A stolen tvinton car belonging to Samuel Vntoron of 3129 Logan boulevard, Chicago, was found in Whiting on Friday evening. The car was found deberted by Officer Sattertield at 8:10 p. ri. standing in front of the Wilson Kctrie shop at 310 119th street wild the engine sli'.l running. Two police officers played "possum" for some time to see who would come back to the car, but no one appeared. Finally Harold Sausak and H. Lusaic. coming along manifested preat interin the machine as the result of u 't:ch they were taken to the station on susp cion. Having convinced the police that it was just their curiosity which made them so Interested they were released. The Chicago detective bureau were notified and it was soon learned that the car was stolen In ChicaRO that day at 3 o'clock. Tastoron later in the day appeared for his car which hai not been damaged in any way.

SHRINKAGE IN TAX RECEIPTS r !TrNTiONAL NFWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Tec. 1 J. Great shrinkage in excess profits and income tax returns during the next fiscal year was predicted today by Ir. T. S. Adams, treasury nenartment economist, at a hearlnsr before th houe ways snd means committee on or '.x'sfc! t ision of the Internal rvenue laws. . The f retM profi!? tax collections for the current -fiscal year, he said, would

be J9PO.O0il.0OO and the back taxes

$350,000,000. a lota! of f 1 .2 iO. 000. 000.

The estimates for the next Iscal yer

are J4a0.00O.0OO current and J350.000, 000 back taxes, total JS0O.000.000.

HOUSE EXPECTS TO PASS BILL TODAY (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! "WASHINGTON. Dec. 11 The house of representatives is expected to pass today the bill suspending immigration for a period of 14 months. The meas-

PAST GRANDS

AT CROWN POINT The Fast Grands afsociatlon will

journey to Oown Point on Tuesday.

next, to confer the second degree uon a large class of candidates in the I. iV . F. lodge at S p. m. Members of Hammond. Whitinar and Fast Chicago will meet a; 6..T1 p m. at the I. O. O. F. hall on Forsyth a. enue. East Chicago. A motor bus has been engaged anl will accommodate most om the members. Several members who drive their ow n cars will be here to take the overflow. Several of the Grand IOdge of fleers ill be presenl including Geo. Hershmun. deputy grand master. This is the last meeting of the asso1 iation this year and a banquet served iv Crown l'o!nt lodge, will ciose the program.

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GARY STATE INCREASES STOCK Tresldent H. O. Hay of the Gary State bank made the announcement today that an application has been filed with the state for the increase of th. c&pitol stock of the well known banking institution from a total of Jioo.000 to J200.00O. Tn doubling the amount of capltol a surplus of $50,000 will be maintained thus makinr; the Institution a bank of J2&0.000 capacity. State banking officials are expected to put their stamp of approval on the application in the next few days.

VIVIAN & KASSNER Singing aJTal)yj5g MUSICAL CHRISTIES Musical Novelty

TODAY Bill Hart in WHEN THE DESERT SMILES' TOMORROW Hoot Gibson in "DOUBLE DANGER" Also starting the serial "Supreme Thunderbolt Jack" with Jack Hoxie

BIJOU TODAY AND TOMORROW Charlie Chaplin in "CARMEN" Abo "Bride 13" mESDAY. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Lenit Omar Locklear in "THE SKYWAY MAN"

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CONSTANTINE READY TO SAIL JR GREECE Expect to Embark on Greek Cruiser Next Wednesday BT IT. .T. GREEN-WALL (Correspondent of the lnterantionl News Service and the London Paily Express.) LVCERNE, Dec. 13. 4 '-.nsta ntine or Greece and his wife Soph'c. a sister oT the ex-kalser were bu.-ily engaged today in saying farewells. They expect to leave for Venice tomorrow and sa'l from that port for Greece in a Greek cruiser on Wednesday. Another Gree ship will sail from Br.ndisi bearing the. rest of the party that will accompany Constantlne when he makes his formal entry Into Athens. Constantlne and his wife has been engaged outlining reforms which thsy hope to have enacted hy the Greek parliamert. Constanfine 'said that Greece would be thoroughly democratizd. Although the fjueen declared in a recent interview that she does not mix in politics, she is planning to launch rational movement for woman suffrage in Greece aflcr her return. She said she has become " a suffragette in GET YOUR FORD MAGNETO RECHARGED While You Wait Better Lights. Better Ignition. Car Stars Easy. Less Gas. Work Guaranteed. Price $3.00 UNION TIRE & BATTERY CO. 227 119th St. Phone Whitin, 398

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Boxed Towel Sets

Pretty Huck Knit Towel Sets, two wash rags, one towel; in pink, blue, lavender or blue knit borders; $1.98 values. The set 1

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BATH TOWELS 50 dozen two-thread heavy bleached Turkish Towels, fast color blue borders; these have been 50c sellers. 25 C Each

BOXED SCARFS Men's Silk Neckwear, in new Fall patterns; each in separate box. Each $1.25

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FRIDAY BIG DOUBLE FEATURE Alice Brady in "THE NEW YORK IDEA" and Eugene O'Brien in "THE WONDERFUL CHANCE' Afternoon Only EVENING Alice Brady in "THE NEW YORK IDEA"

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Joe Ryan in the Third Episode of "HIDDEN DANGERS" Afternoons Only SATURDAY Eugene O'Brien in "THE WONDERFUL CHANCE"

SUNDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY AH-Sts Cast in "CHILD FOR SALE" Children, read the Pollyanna Stories and then see Mary Pickford in "POLLYANNA" Also Harold Lloyd in the greatest comedy eer made "High and Dizzy" FOUR DAYS, STARTING SUNDAY, DEC. 26

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