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Slayer of Politician Millionaire On Way To Ardmore, Ok. BY SAM BLAIR staff Correspondent Vnivorsal iiorv. i Copyright. 1320. by Universal Service Copyright. hy Chicago Herald and Examincf.) 'Copyright. 1?20, by Sam Biair.) EL. PASO. Tex.. Dec. 20. Ciar:t Smith Hamon is on her way back to Ardmore, Okla.. to face a jury on a harge of slaying Jake L. Hamon, multi-millionaire oil magnate and republican national committeeman from jklahoma. She will tell the Ardmore jmy the story she told mc last night in the V jblic'rark at Chihuahua. Mexico. The story rushed to a climax with tu5 account of the last meeting of Jfamon and Clara in the Ardmore hosptai after the shooting. Tt elos-1 with a benediction on th-' ,,U! of the man that as strong as the onflict of em.it ions which now i"e in the heart of the woman accused. "lie was always cruel and snarling w ith me." she said, ' and lifted my o ber hair so fri'.at I might feel i-.f furrowed scar rcsvfH of one ot I los many blow she said. Th.cn she j i ried ; "That bullet which, holed Him should have been fired ten years ago. "I was advised to Uill him yes. i.'i several of the biggest men in Okiah jma. "Ro 1 Invert him. I sliil love Utm. He made his peace with God. He, Id roe so that mornirtg in he hospital after he had said he was dying and that I should go away and he' would , ten the. world he had shot him?' If. j Tie has made hi 3 peace with him sad God and I forgave him on that riav He told me he would meet me in "heaven and I'll meet him there. -But, oh. If I had only shown to the 1 ... Ardmore people tnc oiae mm.!. thumbs on my throat, the torn skin on niv hands, the battered face of me, after" that night the bullet was fired. Had I shown these everyone would have believed my story. Will they believe, now that my bruises are almost healed?" T want to tell you of that day and night of that night he was she. For ten vears you know, we had been j hated him and yet I loved him. That cay of Nov. 21 we were to part for good. "It was my decision and his. tla wifa was returning to him from Chicago He had grown to be a power In monev and politic-. I had made him what he was, but 1 had no d-.-.re to regain with him and share in his glory. "That day was to have been our la: t together. AVe had made up our minds. ' "We Wid promise 1 each oilier that rot a thing should happen to mar tn anctlty of the time. Tt was sacred fnf me because he was the only man in my life. . "The lay Passed- ln ead o our being together as we had desired he was forced to run constantly to his office. Each time he came ae' to me he bad more drink tnan ifcsrfora. . "Always In the past he had bee.i oic to achieve what you call 'carrying Vts llQuor.' But as this day wore on, nl I got fitful glimpses of hin I be--a:cft convinced that he was going "I went to my room. o. -. jus room was 23. I locked the communita'in door between. I locked my wn door. I could hear him beyond he tartltlon. He evidently was more fcngry than ever before. r olenhoned for some food. The rrc norter Bill came with the food. Jit hia heels rushed Mr. Hamon. K'ould not put him out. -r rtd nf the. porter. I knew nother terrible scene was coming. "Mr. Hamon flung himself down on ny bed. He was disgustingly intoxicated. He called me he cilled m! . terrible name. He wanted to know who I had been Tiding with. "He knew he knew oh. how well, that never In ten years, since I was seventeen, had I ever so much as raised my eyes at another man. And jtt on that last day he chose to pretend he was doubting me. 'His knife. Mrs. Hamon's knife, fell out of his pocket as he lay on tho bed. I don't know why. It must have been providence. I picked it up and concealed it on the table under a newspaper. "He pot up from the bed. He grabbed me. His fingers went deep into my throat. I couldn't scream. "He laughed that harsh, snarly laugh of his wWch he was careful not to jive in public, but it was a laugh I knew well. He watched me quietly i for an instant, that beastly sneer on his lips. He lighted a cigar and this Is what he said to me: "I would as easy slit your throat us I draw on this cigar." He felt for his knife the knife bad picked up and hidden under the paper. Then he reached for his watchchain. Last Christmas I had given him a gold chain with a knife attached. (Continued on Page Thirteen) CORRECTION A typographical error appeared in the Seifer Furniture company's ad Friday, where the 117 Brunswick Combination was listed at I21S.50. The p-ice should hare read J25S.30 instead of Jil-afi-

Mandate Tonight by School City

f i H : i V .MJ ...IlCt .oil pt Ov-Cod.tlJS : this nii'ni:n; in tile Han;- i superior court I... tiie Si-iioo ' ' Kainnu't:.!. asa;i:st Joseph T. , the architect. The action is j to force Hutton to turn or I H'hoo; t-ustees the plans and ' spc-citicat ions for additions which are i;:::- thIndustrial high I ! The cimi!.i:ul. w i.'.cs ' ltorneys Ci unip.icker , say s that t' o school was lio'd 1 ,V r r;ed: icn. 1 1 li.-! con - I ; 'emp'.ate buiMinic another wins: t'u- ! i high school bui'idini? and that work t :n .:t he stat tf J at one" in order t ! hiive the adattion ready for us.; at the opening of school Sept. 1. 1921. 1 1 In J-me. li21. the board of , eduea- ! t.on ntered into a writttn contract with Mr. Huttm whereby he was to j prepare plans, drawings and specitica- , tion.' for a Manual Training Industrial! high school building and to sjperin-f ttnd its erection. A supplemental con-I tiact was signed April 13. 11)13, in I 1 which '. t was agreed in aiter me p.ans fiiready made" an1 tn revise thein for the present Industrial hih school building. This was to be arranged with a centra', or main b'liUling constructcd so that two wings or rxtensions of similar ityW of .vchl- j lecture co'jld be added later. The main section -.fas completed in 1?16. i Additions are now necessary n , rrder to nro". ide for the increased att.n lancc at the school. The s''h"ol hoard is now read" to make the first of these extensions, but Mr. Hutton the plans and the plaintiffs say lie re- , f'jos to give them up. The compla.nt states that the architect has said lie j will destrov the plans before he will i art with then-.. The complaint asks that Mr. Hutton , be enjoined from refusing to ctive the j nan to the trustees and that he b e. ..-fi tin0.1 from destrov nz them. T'i T'n-ntiffs evnress a willingness to permit the architect to copy the plans if he desires to retain a copy for his own files. Overflow Deposits In Bank Taken ! iNTlRNATiONAL NE'AS SERVICtj INDIANAFOMS. IXD.. Dec. -0 Robbers stole from J6.00f to $15,000 in overflow" deposits from the Indiana National Bank here some time Saturday night, it was disclosed today. The deposits had ben placed in the book vault, which was rifkd. The robbers gained entrance through a skylight. fii.ooo i Ftn cots .om; INDIAXAPOIlS. Ind,. Dec. 20. Detectives today investigated tiie boldest daylight robbery m Indianapolis in years, the theft some time Sunday ol ? 11 000 worth of fur coats froi the Silig Cloak and Suit house at 20 West Washington street. The methods of tnc robbers were similar to those employed in the theft less than a week ago of $10,000 from the People's Outf tting company, a block distant. HONORS FOR SOLDIER HEROES Hammond Post IS of legion has made a',; possible at present for Edward Larson whose the American arrangements the funeral of body is ex pected tu arrive in Hammond early this week. His will be the first o! Hammond's overseas dead to arrive home for burial. The funera: is expected to be one of the largest ever held in Hammond. The ex-service men will be out in force and the legion has asked all citizens to participate in the service. Delegations'of cx-soldiers will also be. present from Whiting. Fast Chicago and surrounding territory. The following men who served either in Larson's company or in the second division with bim have been selected as pall bearers: Irving Chayken. Edward Weise. Valentine Kohl. Charles Miller. Chester Hilton. Harry Jones. BERT NEW IS NAMED f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 WASHINGTON. Dec. 2fl. The president today sent the following nominations to the senate. To be collector of internal revenue, district of Indiana Bert New of Indianapolis. To be member of tne federal trade commission John F. Nugent. Boise. Id. To be director woman's bureau, department of labor Mary Anderson of Illinois. COURT RECESSES rvVAKHINGTON. Dec. 20. The U supreme court today recessed over the Christmas holidays until Jan. 3. i ! Blankets and Quilts At Half Price Tne Hammond Furniture company. J. Arkin. .Mgr.. 242 East State street, has just received a shipment of quilts and blankets to be sold at half price. 12-21 TWO BIG SHIPMENTS ARRIVE Just received Holiday stock or Johnston's and Whitman's candies tn one. two and five pound boxes. Nelson's Drug Store. 12-15-tf

Just Past 25, Michigan Representative Will Be the Baby of the House

' t?CCharles J. McI,eo.J ,,f !,troit. will be the baby of the hoo.se of 1 epresentitivea when congress opens aft-r March 4. He had just passed t'j" a:c of 35 before Nov. ; and thus becam - elerib'e for, election. He is perna the youngest mcmb'r to haic sat i.i jlT jL"",t

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RECOVERY OF FURS Darjng Robbery of Bemat's J - Store Nipped in the Bud at Forsyth . Following a daring- robbery of tae Frank Uernat ladies furnishing store. 635 Hohman street. Hammond, three negroes were arrested Saturday evening after an automobile chase bv j Hammond police. I Early in the evening a lugro, later identified as Bob Williams, now under arrest, entered the store and UL-kcd to 6ee se.me of th" fur coats for women. He was shown several and then went away without buying. At 9:30 o'clock the man returned to the store He' walked to a rack co-i-tuinnig some coats, seized one made of Ih.dson seal and valued at $475, and dashed out of the front door with it Mr. Bernat at once notified the pulior Officer Singer chanced to be near and took the trail. He found that thfellow hud hailed a Yellow cab arid arranged to be taken to Chicago. lion'ever, there was some delay in get tins started as the car had to go to the office to get gasoline. Tht.-j gave tin police time to have of.'ic rs on all streets leading out of the c;ty. Singer with Officer f?i; ick board-, i another tnxi and started out. Calumet boulevard, where they soon oaiji-- tha'. tluy were ahead of the other cab instead of following it. At Forsyth corners t if !,' -rs !Iriy Kimbach and tho two Horlbeoks were waiting and were joined !.v Hinger and lylick. The rli-.v-r of tho Yellow -ai. suspecting that hhs fares were up to mischief had insisted upon driving slowly In order to gHe police a chance to overhaul them in case' anything really was wrong. Williams, who says Its home j. at o i5 Thirtj -first street. Chicago, had first gone to t'.ie i-'tate Line hotel find picked up Mr. and Mrs. Morris Taylor, colored, and was taking them to Chicago with him. All three were easily arrested when the c: reached Forsyth. .Williams had the fur coat with him. He later took all responsibility upon hims'e'.f and said that the Taylors knew nothing of the theft. He had planned to pawn the coat immediately in Chicago. In fact this would have been necessary in ordnr to jay hi.s taxi bill as he had only a small amount of mone;- with him. Williams is being hr Id under a charge, of grand iarcen;, winch will probably be led direct in the i rim.nai coil ft. CAUSE OF FALLING WHEAT PRICES WASHINGTON. Dec. Falling wheat prices which farmers complain of to congress are costing them untold millions, are due to natural cause.-. and not to any appreciable extent eiue to market manipulation, according to the federal trade commission which has just completed an investigation of the situation for President Wilson. LONDON BANK FAILS LONDON. Dee. 20. Farrows bank, a national Institution with T" branches tbrouehoJt the country, failed toilay. The headquarters were ln Cheap."i.l--and the bank was capieame-u ai x,Oflo.000 pounds sterling. The board of trade issued a re-a-surins statement, saying that the failure had- been caused by a series of trading losses extending over years and not by any unfavorable conditions in the present business situation. TRACTION COLLISION MOTORMAN KILLED TULSA. Okla.. Dec. 20. Two fast interurhan cars n the Sands Springs Failroad company's lines met head- n at a curve at Bruners station, near here, at noon today. Harold Payer, motormaq .wag Instantly killed and I. A. Peed, an cltctrlcfan, fatally inJire.

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Ownership of Bonds Seems to Be in Theory That Finders are Keepers Gary is stiil wrapped up in its longest mystery since the ilcv. Edward Kayser murder at a seclutfeu spot in the sand dunes of Tolleston some live years ago. win. tho rightful owner of tiie SH'i,000 worth of certificates ot" indebtedness is, and now held by Mrs. Charles C. Jagger, wife of the owner of the Liberty Express Co.. in Gar, is just as much a mystery as ever. When the news first became public on Friday of last week. Mrs. Jagger told the story that she had found the package of certificates in a yellow taxi last March, while enroute from Marshal Fields & Co.. to the L:iSallu station in Chicago. Although others have tried f discredit her stoiy, but she and lier husband still slick to tile original arn. Dozens c-f therics have bed. advanced since the bond mystery was brought to pubjic intention, but so far no c tie c- nne- ted in conducting investigation.-, have ).er.n able to make any of lh in hold water. "There are or.iy tw i-al souicc-. ot information," said OJ.iff of Police FVrbis. of Gary, to a TiMts reporter tin? morning. "If Mr. and Mrs. Jaggrr wish to tell ; ou where the bonds really come from they can clear up the mystery, and if they still wish to maintain their secrecy we might as w- i! cea:e our investigation unlit., we g.t hold of some one who tli-y might have possibly confided in." "The other party that might -jive us sonio information, if they cured to. is the First National Bank of Post-n. The Federal Itesorvo Hank of Boston admits that they shipped these certificates o the First National, but the First National will not admit or deny that they were r-'-.-iivo-l nor will they admit that they may lTh.v e been stolon from tho vaults of the institution." "It seems rather funny that the First National Hank cif H- ston should be s. (.Continued on ibire two.) RUN OVER BV HIS OWN AUTOMOBILE "William Weber. 5 ,' ; Sibley s'.rcet. Hammond is at St. .Mngan-fs h-cipitai suffering from a numh. i ,f l,ad sprains and bruises which le received Saturday evening w hen he was run or b; his own automobile. His car was -inir t'-wed along Suinuor strrt'. ca-i of Columbia iiven-je by anoth.r car l-i an effort to start t h .- engine. The towing car stopped and Web- r got out and stepped ill front of hi stuai-hi n-. At that timo ti t autm-'bile ,.f ijeot biunde. which n a? traveling wst oi .Summer street cha.-i d into the t ear o! Weber's car knocking hitn down ami driving the front wheels over bun Weber's ear had no lights on i", whicn Bundo blames for the accident. DEATH OF FORMER HAMMOND GIRL Hammond -.e-nil.e of the family were saddened to hea Loclite : t h i s morning of the death of Mrs .Sydney ...elite I n C iiiGvidsmiih i nee G'-ni U'ii: which occurred at her lioirte i cago yesterday morning. slip h been in good health since sus; an attack of influenza-pneiimon year. The funeral services v, held In Chicago Tuesday aftetn 2 p. in. with hiiria! at Concordia iery. Th" decedent :s survived husband, father, four brothers sister. ' ad not :aini ii ia la .ill beOOll Hi cemeby )if r and a DIES FROM AUTO INJURIES J. S. Koehiei, 473 Wile-ox slice Hammond, who was run down by an unknow n motorist -cm I'aiuiin t avenue, several weeks ago. died Saturday from the injuries which he received in the accident. Mr. Koehier had f.o years been employed as an instrument maker in the F. S. Peiz plant, lb- was 61 years olel and leaves a wife and two small children. Tiie funeral was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon freun the Emmerling chapel. Death of John Lehman John Lehman. 47S Fields avenue, Hammond, died Sunday morning .following; an attack of heart trouble. li ve as year.- old and leaves a wife, a son and a 1' tig liter. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at X o'clock freun Si. Joseph's church and burial will be in St. Joseph's' cemetery, in charge o undertaker Emmerling. URGES $500 GAL TAX ON WHISKEY WASHINGTON". Pec. 17. A tax of faOO a gallon on whiskey was urged by Wayne P. Wheeler, counsel ft,r the Anti-Saloon league, at a hearing today before the hoii c ways, anj means committee.

j Spoken of for Harding Cabinet, Especially if Education Bill Pnsses

r 4K y ,i t i ""( "1 i,f- -rfu'-r -! -. J3 .0 Is-- s ..--...--: " Mrs. Harri-t Taylor Upton. vie.chairman of the executive committee of til-- nepu'.i'ican National c'onini'tlee ami sece.nd i - .o.l'-'.-. on!-- to Will H. Hayes, 's f-ing- 1 o'o -i of as a possible member of P.-es,dent-el-.ct Uardinc's labinet especially ;f tho ill --:i! ietl blil is pas.-ed. SWITGHTENDER . LOSES HIS LIFE AT GIBSON YARDS Phi'ip D. Mann, fath-r of ri.i'.ip Mann, tiie well known Fas'. Chieage. i florist. met death yesterday at 11 j -,'oioe-k. while working; as a sw itc'ntender in the I. H. p. yards at Gibf son. Fellow employes knew not bins I of the aeci'lent until Marn'o eruslie l body was found along 'tie joi'.s. It i believed that he failed to note the appioach i-f a cut of cars and stepped in front of them. The body was brought to tiie Funis undertaking parl-TS in Hammond and J fitter b ing prepared, for burial was r--1 moved to the hotm- ;it t;pi Kennedy j avenue. East iucazo. Mr. Ma tin was J 5S years old and had for years i-een a resident of East Chicago. No f uii-c.-al arrangements have been made. O'BRIEN HAD 1U WHERE IS IT? i ; NTERNA 1 ICNAt N L , 3 SLKV'CE! I.'io ANGF.EKS, Ca!.. 1'--. 2-. AYhil.rj -.inpei inj; arrangements f- .-tait for, M 'iiicr-ci., 11!.. w it'u the body e-f Lieut. : I'at iiHron. noted aviator, who con-, nutted sui-id- Fri-iny . tiiht, M-rwin, ii'llri.-n. a brother, today began an in- . v.-ctipctie-n into the affairs of the Luc ; war hero. According t-. the (.no-vr. l,;.-n:. o'Kricn possess, d more- than $i;.(i.m. i in cash, stochs and Liberty bonds a; y ear ago fx fore b- v ait to Cuba "ii a trie. When he shot himself fi'ltri. n ' wa- said to iiave been practically' penniless-. 1 M rs. Sarah lit';.-, compa i--n of Mis.' OT'.rien, was eiiot,-d today a saynr;; that before his d' Ht i O'Lro-n ha 1 pawnee! Ins wife's in.e.s and t'uis. 1 The brother appeared to be astound- ! ed when he tearne i thai no estate was , left by the aviator. j 'T.efore I leave I expect to know- ai ' 1 the details ' and i i rcumst a nc-s t fiat prompt.-j my l.r-.th-r t take his lit-.'.-he was quoted as de.-iaring. "Tip- truth j will i-e.me out ab oi' lo.-.v li;.-, mon. y pot away fr.-ni hint. I cannot believe that he spent it in wild living for up 1 until the time he wen! L- i.'ui.-i he- w 33 i living a model life." : HIS JAG GOT HIM IN TROUBLE Sam Tiramici. rtf'60 Madison street. Gary, was in Chicago yesterday. Sam peaks little English, other than ciss v.-ords. fin the way home he didn"t understand about paying the second fare at the state line and a3 lie was also intoxicated the conductor put him off. He walked the rest of tiie way into Hammond and then tried to 'catch another car. but it passed him up. He turned the a-r i.'nu- with his curses, which resuln-d in his arrest. At the police station it was found that he also carried a set of bras-s "knuclts." In police court this morning lie could understand no English and an interpreter was necessary. His story was different from the one the- officer told arid the court beLeved the "latter. He paid 2i and costs. ADMITS HAVING STILL AT HOME August Geister. 170 Dearborn street, was arre.-ted bv Hammond poiiee Saturday evening for having a stili at his tie me. In poiiee- court this morning h admitted his guilt and put up the s.-ini" old story that he had been making hoote'i for his own use only. II was given a fine of IM'l and costs and 30 days' in jail. He w HI not start ser. -ing the jail sentence until Jan. ',. when Hammond's big de. egation leav e-s for Crown Po--

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BULLETIN ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVC. i. Kansas; city. mu.. Three i , tilts today entered the jewelry s-.oim of Max Stern, in K.st Twe-K'h stieet. beat .Stern into unconsi n;sness and tooted the store. They escaped with between $T.o00 and $10.non in watches, Jewels, clothins and cash, including llfty revolvers, BULLEII2I 1 1 N t tRN AT10NAL NEVkS SLRVICl. SI'itlNGITELD. MU, Dec. J" The bank of Ht-ligman, at Selignian. Mo., near here, was looted today by three masked bandits who locked I'ashier Walter Slap'eton and his assistant in the batik va-.iit. After ransacking tho bank for cash and discarding all bonds and securities, the bandits escaped with between $1,(MJ0 and $1,000 in cash. A posse is trailing them. BULLETIN I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SLRVICt: NEW YORK, Dec. 20 John I '. Rockefeller was today sued in tho V. S. district court em a complaint of having filed "incorrect. misleading and false income tax returns." BULLETIN 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK. Dec. 2o Dr. Ed.war.J A. liumeiy, ,Ne-rin Lindheini and Walter Kaul'fmaii were each sentenced to one year and a eiay in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ua.. this afternoon. They were convicted by a jury Saturday eni the charge ejf conspiracy in connection with-concealing from the g-ove-rnment the alleged German ownership of the New York Evening Mail. The sentence was the , maximum possible under the law. BULLETIN f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LONDON. D"c. 20 Quick precautionary measures were taken by .the -government today to prevent anything like, u, panio following ihe failure of Farrows bank, or the People's H:uik, as it is alsei known, a linaricial institution with 73 brnnohe: The cat IHlfl.lldO, pi.silors keepers. throughout tho country. :il of tho bank was J.VThe stockholders and dewere mainly small shopTrere were 20.70" de positors at the tinio of th faiiui-e -nd tho deposits totaled JlO.OeO.BULLETIN f I N'EFINATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NEW YOICK, Pec. 20 A third threat that the federal building in Fre.-'kiyn would be blown up-y a bomb resulted in a slron special guard being thro v. n -"T.l the building at n i today. Tho wa.rnin: said the blast would occur between 12 and 1 o'clock. H women employes were asked, .is a precautionary measure, to leave the building at that hour. The wartime was anonymous one on a postea rd. OBJECTED 10 "HUN" TARRED AND FEATHERED .i.e KSO.W -LLE. Fla.. !'. 2" coat e-f tar and feathers was admm-i.-tered in answer to the protest "I John P. Fischofr, u Jacksonville r-a ! estate broker, agaim-t ('--rmans being called linns'' by the M .-t ropo! i s. a ,, att'-rnoon i.-in.a.-r. Clad in his ira1 rein! hing and cov e-t d with warm tar n ml feathers P.ischorf, in a cb-s-i automobile was taken t-- ihe bti.-iest corner of Jacksonville" Saturday nigh', and left, while the mii.-hin;- sped awav. None e-f the occupants rei-ngnii-i d. Fis hoff's hands were tied behind his back and his feet wire bound together. A care! on his chest was inscribed : "'Hut' John Eischofr. Hun." The pi. lice took him to police lieaiqnarteis and then sent him home. List tiofT had written the editor protesting against dispatches printed in Ihe paper detrimental to the friendlyinterests of Germany, particularly objecting to the use of the word "Hun. ' The paper replied in a front page ho; editorial. S. A. Hinb'.y. editor of the paper, served with distinction in the world war. winning a majorship during t!v Argonne campaign. CRIMINAL COURT SETTINGS FOB WEEK CLOWN POINT. Ind., Dec. 20. In the criminal cort of Lake county W. O. Thomas, deputy prosecuting attorney, has made the following settings tor the week. December -0: Monday, December lit'. 1 3 2 el State vs. Ale liarcoe. 1512 State vs. Joe Marfnus. K.13 State vs. Tom Tavala. 1S78 State vs. Peter Kovachovich. Tuesday. Ierrmber 21. in; State vs. Paul Witzay (alias Vit zcy i . 145S State 1446 State U36 State HS7 State vs. Teter Howath. vs. Nick Christos. vs. John N'eclos. vs. Mike (..ran it. W 1 newilny. Ilfffmher . 1 r. 1 : State vs. Harry Nusbaum Claude Johnson. HfiS State vs. Christ Marqttch. 1172 State vs. Sic AVi'son. i Tlinrsdaj-. December 2.1. 1 525 State vs. Frank Sikora. i50 State vs. Sam Nesbiu and

Business and Railroad Men Point Out Feasibility Of New Plan Thai, one of I laimue -mi j;r a'.t.-. t problems the jdopp igc ' iraft; between the east and west. id' s t' th-: city on its mam east west a" Stale street may soon b- 1 1 1: i act--iiv s-jlve-d, is the hope of promm.-.':

business and railroad men of the civ and leading members of the c;'.y a'J ministration. Facts became known t-nluy that a quiet moveieient has been - too fyr si-iiia times investigating laiis t. Hereby a subway can be built under tlf three railroads e n .State stree t, l." i -inittintt j.edestrians to fco back an-i forth without the interiiinablo eet-a-tluii of traffic. The iire-liminary mvestig jt iuii has gone far enough to determine that thsubway is feasible and can be i..u.!l at moderate cost. It has been dene in other cities and can easily be done in Hammond. If tha present city administration can bring about the construction of j such a : ubway, it will be a monument that it can always point back to ami ' ..ill le: :.l ro'.llllig (tlory to its activities. . lin,. -.le o to. i: d m in .s. rat ion j have already (xpr.-.s. .1 t hei.t.-e 1 v e s in I fave-r et' tin plan iin.i r is poeted will be just as .-:i! liusi.-i .- tic over it a? any of llo buslm ss m- n ami railroad men tfho are inter, steu. Never was toe nee o." a subway more demonstrates! than it has been during the holiday ru:;h now- at its height, but at that the congestion at the- railroads on state street has been trowing as Hammond has betn growing, by leaps and bounds unil the present year has een it become a condition eliciting volumes of complaint and criticism that nothing is being done to alleviate it. Pet ween 6 and 7 in the evening parl.lieuiarly, it seems that railroad schedi ules tq.e-rate about the ss.me time as ! the public travels most. Trains are j made up and sent out if the yards .1 and completely ties up street traffic. Monon, Erie and Nickel Plate drags ! follow each other and come from north j and south, until sometimes people have to wait for four, five and even six trains entailing the loss of precious time, menacing health by having to wait in the winter blasts and placing human life in jee.pardy. . The fact of the matter is that the, subway would benefit the railroads as well as the public and they would undoubtedly be in favor of it. A prominent railrc-ad man. in speaking on the proposition, said there was no reason on earth why such a subway , could riot be built. Pusiness in-n believe that it is time the city took up the subway plan and by- employing pra.lic.tj engineers, familiar with subway construction and experienced in its problems, get down to brass tacks cs soon lis possible. A subway under the tracks aforesaid Is one e.f the most essential tilings Hammon',1 needs. Comfort stations could be erected as well. Tho subwaycould be built an one side- of the street as a starter and then on the other when necessary. Tlte subway should be built re.tmrdirs.; ,,f lhc ):ie,'ation of the tracks for if Hammond waits for r. lief from track elevation it wi:l not get relief for years. It lias been suggst.l tli.it the ra 1roads interested be. aUed to e..r . get her on the plan and then a ox penenecd subway enginm-r be engaged to g-,, 0ccr tn 1-v.position jnimdiateFOR CHRISTfflS WAStil I NUT' i.N. iV,.. Wihvin today corisid, Pre. " 1 i i' j in Ii i ui a i ot .tons -. r... in,, ,, v nri .no prisons, was aniioune II.. use. a the. Wiiitpicas e,. t is con Me.st urgent and genera i pardon, which t preside sKiermg is that of Fug, ne v. I.cbs. t... socialist leader. Imprison- r foi vio-a-'o:i of the espionage act. The presid-nt is a b.-.. ensi Icr.nK leq iests for general amnesty for ail SJcailed political prisoners. Secretary Tumulty said that would discuss the matter of pardonwith the president today, but there i' no intimation that the presid..-.: preparing to grant any sizeable number of Christmas paidon -. SALVATION ARMY NEEDS XMAS MONEY -nce more the Salvation army Hammond has take,, upf,n :;M;r ,, re sponsibilit y of seeing that th worthy poor of Hammond have goo. Christmas baskets, i . lul-lren vlli also enjoy a Christmas tree. "The money is coming in slo v -this year." said Ensign Samuel Hed--gaard this morning. "We have the Christmas kettles en ail corners and while people are g.ving a l.ttle eac.i day. we need much money to can;' cut our Christmas plans There nr..a lot of families in our territory whlo'i will have no Christmas thir. year unless we are able to provide it for them. If anyone should wish to send a check f will get it if it Is mailed t- me a-:. 413 East State street, and will mail a I eceipt." Toe Christmas tree will b at the :;rmy headquarters. 269 State street. Saturday evening. The children will receive candy, nuts, a pair of stockings and a pair of warm mittens. The Christmas bar-kets w ill be g,y. n ou: at 1:30 o'clock Friday. Each basket will contain a peck of potitoes. apples-, canned fruit, tomatoes, bitter, bread, sugar, tea. coffee, milk, flour, a nice chicken and the Ch: istmas ' d -inber of the "War Cry."

I WILSON MAY ' GIVE PARDONS

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