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marked lerirthfiiing of the das since Tu-esdu '. ! ! K w- ANl'Iil--: is the pineer in bringing bread buck to 11 .nd 15 cents ; a. hmjf in Hammond.
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DEPUTY
SHERIFF STAR
George Wilbur Speaks to
Chicago Business Men
In Hopeful Way SPECIAL TO THE TIMES1, CHICAGO. V: 23-Todav 'the far""'v's only 11 cent for the calf Mde uhkh enters in a U2 palr)of shoe, and the skilled wrkmnn getsfcufie f..r matin them, .o ,hat the est .reaching the mnsumr is over $lo. A Mr strong man onntiot pack, enouSh steer hides Int., a Fho shop tod ay to pay for one pair of shorH. An ordinary bag of wool vyilghs 200 pounds and on, mm cuonothnndh. it. If he could tlwj cntlrr lot fwould not buy a suit of tailored clothes; weighing I
av pounds. TO Pijr HOTZLtBXIiL It takes four bushfls of my corn at present count ryf prices tojfhaJf -sole my shoes, and half' a wagon .Joad to pay my hotel bill here fr two' days. I oou!d not carry (into ort- of your thirst parlors enough cabt.age to purchase, a glass of soda water. Dark Virginia toba CCO O rt . (fond rra.1o
is down as low asau. cent a pound, as testified before the senat agricultural cotnmlttM UXUXS TROTXT X3f ' HXX Two thousand sheep,, sold recently In a Chicago stockyard. and netted the shipper only 34 cents a head.A furniture salesman told recently of two rtlps he made from 'Toledo to De
troit. In May. taking Uwo days to do It, he booked $26,000 in-orders: In November, his business overUhe same rbute amounted to Just $23.75. The average farmer in America has not made as much this entire season a the average coal miner has In one day. Idaho hay. along 'the lines of the
Vnlon Pacific, can't. be marketed because the freight rate Is almost equal to the selling price In Omaha. Adding the cost of baling and hauling to the selling price, the cost has exceeded the value of the hay at the Missouri river markets. The hay stays in Idaho while the railroad hauls-empty cars past those
ranches and loses all revenue. MAT BE XST ITEXT CABX2TST Thus George M. "Wilbur. Marysville. O.. farmer who may be called into the next United States cabinet as secretary of agricultural, pictured rural conditions today to Chicago business men in an address delivered Wednesday noon at the Association of Commerce luncheon at the Hotel La Salle. His subject was "Country Economy vs. City Extravagance." Declaring that spending orgies of
city people are bound to cease, as already Is the1 case In the country. Mr. Wllber Insisted that he can see health coming back to business. He said that ita return will be hastened by general adoption of a get-to-work policy, practice of economy to the same degree as before the war and the turning of mo. ney to the euccor of legitimate enterrrieesL TUXUU LOOKS B&XOIXT "Fundamental conditions aro sound." , tie asserted. "Government crop reports scarcely a week old tell of yield approximating records in almost every
une. una surest argument ror a bright future Is the prevailing sens f confinement among all classes. "What we must remember is that no ; amount of work or talk at "Washington, where recently elected officials will take charge soon, can sol-re the situation unless you and I do our full share. If we produce more, sell at a narrower , margin, recognize that certain losses are inevitable, and therefore the sooner accepted the sooner ended, by the
time the violets bloom In the spring, you will be back in the awing of commercial activity and reasonable earnings which will make the next few years ones of happiness and success for all. WHERE EX KTTSTS "To the extent that a middleman performs a necessary service, he is an aid to business. "When he does not add to the value of the commodity he handles or the convenience by which he reaches the consumer, he becomes a liability. Then he should be elimi
Retail business men were admonished that some of them are entirely wrong in calculations that they will be able to go on at a profit or at least without loss. "Labor too. must swing into line, avoid useless expenditures and be willing to work for wages that employers can afford to pay." added Mr. "Wilbur.
UAN;k.S and g ranef ru it are sel'lng :it lower prUea in the local m.rw.
h, than they hove .-old for several years.
GOES
NOW
ANIT mond's witch h.-
V1HKKOUSKI. Htm-
( ....... .i wiun neater, winds u a fifteen
I .lays sojourn at the county jail tomorI row.
IN addition to his Hammond activities. ik.c. sharrer is branching o.,t
I also a stockholder in the Gary Trust I
A :-avtngs Rank.
K. i. SI'HOAT is taking no chunrns on slipping thisy-ar aria ha ,.au,j to be mad for himself a pair of antisltp antl-slusJi kicks.
OA IT. J. H. VAX HKK of the federal sponjpmcn, Is enjoying a brief v. ca'ion from hia Uak of supervising the apprehension of bNtef gen.
A KASTINVhS Kxpresti truck last niht backed into the ornamental light Post In front of the Army store oo State street, breaking it to pieces.
H. R. SCH.VBiriKR. the retauranteur has been ill at his rooms with the Infruensa for the pat few days, but his condition la not regarded as serious.
EEFTJTT Revenue Collector Oeorge Stelhorn of Indfiananotl .
Hammona this week carina- tnr .. t Z
office while rave tvenrood enlovTw
Vacation.
MAN" notes that the price of wlvee
in central Arrlca has gone up from four to eight cows and savs th-st tr.
country It takes a great deal of bull
io win a wire.
AT the next session of the rit-r
cil a new member will be appointed to the Library Board and already there is j
jocxeying to have favorite can-
aiaates appointed.
Henceforth it g ong to he bad j huslneas for a bootlegger or ho.-ie j runner to attempt to puil off hie ne- J farioua hualnoa under the protectioi of a deputy sheriffs hedge. h;va j Seen doti r-ietedly in the Calumet I region but the end is in s'ght. j C'ait. Van Hook who is in charge of; the federal prohibition enforcement li northern Indiana made an announce-; nient to that effect today In Hammond. nia statement was issued fllowing th receipt of a letter from rla- ! trt Attorney Van Nuys at Indianap-I oi:. in w hich the latter consented '. j having all casts axxinst such offend-j era filed direct In the federal court. I
f late the majority of liguor law violation cases in which federal agents have made the arre.ts have been tried In the state courts. At least four arrests have ben made in the region in which the offenders were sporting- deputy sheriff s badge. In one instance a soft drink proprietor who was selling hrd liquor had a hdge. He said that he feared hl place would be held up and In order to carry a gun it waa necessary for
Mm to have a deputy's comiulssiott
irom the sheriff.
During the earlr fall a man w n a a r
reated who had been importing liquor
under protection of M badge. He had been selling If to smaller dealers and
promising them protection alao. This
nian made a complete confession I t)s methods and those employed by others when he was boiled jver to th federal grand Jry, Hfrwaver. be dia-f only a short, time ao beorebli cam could ba heard at Indlaaapolfa, So much, troubje baa been caused federal agents by these cnaaxmeradiaff deputies that no more prosecutions
against them will be attempted in thi
state courts. All arrested in the future will face Judge Anderson- The great
est Spirit of co-oneratlon exl.t. hit.
tween the federal men and the sheriffs office but men who have gained possession of badges under various pretexts have been causing no end at
trouble.
CHICAGO'S NEW
CURFEW LAW iwTeamric nal ns-ws srsvirr i HH.;0, Ike. ax Kather Hear ' ''Mrsa are He put feeal hereafter at I VI,M-h taeh a.rwta. t hief of I'ntU-e t tuirlea Ktltm.rra ha gte orders tw hla fm pmt la effrr ltamellatelr atHnare 1 m. m. el... lel(ael te rmt a atwp early Maralap fiepreriattona hr erlmlnals aarf t. pree.t thwr tawleaaly InellMe front rmm. sresatln; . ffcelr mtmn h.e.ta. AM r.tttf r.h.reta, theater anal ther vlaees f atttnae. tt mnat rlwae rmilrilr at ha hour. -e hottr mt trT la all..,,) pefleatrlit.a, tail. Hvera, ete., to reeeh their home. ,u,r the -tlei time. After a a. a. all per...., nd ahral mm the atreeta will he ehje- letalgatlt. hy swlire aa their aiwrDwae.
IUMMOXI), INDLVNA
Steel Magnate (LEFT LITTLE
I a I aaV
Loud is the Clamor Because
Gary Ponzi Skips the I
S ISUBWAY
i SCHEME IS fx DISCUSSED
MORE
Cro
Fatality at Ind. Harbor
A MO "EMENT haa been started to have the ornamental light on State st. changed to conform with the single j
lamp pian or Hohman St.. Calumet ave.
ana .ast State street
HAMMOXD girl, on being- asked by teacher. If humans descended from monkeys, what do monkeys descend from.
answer ea: "Trees. And it wasn't such
a srupia answer at that.
hau Danker says that since
r.aaio Ttigerald was nicked for his
diamond stick pin. at least twenty people have called at hla banv n a
poelted their rings and pins for safe
Keeping.
GARY MALES
VISIT BEAUTY SHOPS
e6, They Have Their Hair
Marcelled and Their Eye-
Brows Plucked
MAKT married men have bvm
to tne revenue office this week because
or uie ract that the renorta fllerf Kv
ployers last year did not have a place
on xne Blanks to indicate whether em
ployes were married or single.
THE benumbing effect cf modern liquor on the human mind was shown this morning when George Fan-ell. 313
eioiey ST.. was fined 111 In rolir. e.,e
Asked where he got the etuff. George
exriamea:, "Hanged if I know!"
TOMORROW Is the day when A. C.
roiea. Indiana Harbor's alleged speed
ster lawyer, is supposed to lerarn fmm
Judge KtotE what disposition has been
made or hla case which haa been be
fore the city court for several weeks
BRIGHT snappy weather today brought out the Christmas shoppers In
aroves ana the stores a" report heavy buying. "If we could only have had this weather during December," said
one, it would have been a record
breaker."
THE "W. B. Conkey Co. haa put out
ro patrons this year one of the handsomest aad most novel calendars ever printed. The leading events of modern history are calendarized from month to month and the calendar Is a mine of
most valuable information.
ALDERMAN, HECKLEMA.V says that improvements in the cltv's water de.
partment should not be made until the people have taien a referendum vote
on the expenditure at the next general election. Is there anyone In Hammond
opposed to the Improvement?
A COMPANY at Dayton. O.. recently
advertised street and afternoon dresses in a special sale. And the ad man made
a mistake ana illustrated the dress sale with a big cut showing two young ladles airily attired in union suits and
nothing else.
GOODYEAR CASE
OUT OP COURTS
Wtt-ST,RNA NEn'S SERVICE) COLTJMBTjS. O.. Dec. 23 Judge Edmund M. Kinkead today sustained the motion to dismiss the summons and upheld the demurrer filed hv iiinr,...
for the Goodyear Rubber company of
Aaron in tne suit brought by Frank S. Monnett, former attorney. general of Ohio, asking for a receiver for the company and a writ restraining any fcrther borrowing of money. The action throws the case out of court.
SUPT. OEORGE BLOCKIE of the
water department favors an ordinance
proniDitingr tne aumpingr or certain articles in the city sewers. Every day or so the pump of the Calumet avenue sewer is clogged by accumulations of
things which should never have round their way there.
Miss Pearl McKay had to laus-h. Then
she repeated the question asked of her by the visitor: "Do male Garvites have
their hair marcelled, their eyebrows plucked and their faces
Tou bet they do and business is Im-
poving. too. she added.
A reporter from the Gary Times, ob
serving recently a storv In a rhlrn
newspaper to the effect that men in the Windy City were dollinar ur nrimnlnn
as It were decided that he would in
vestigate in Gary. He found conditions
In the Gary Beeuty Parlor" world almost identical to that in Chicago.
Miss McKay was the first approach
ed. She Is the manager and owner of
the Marlnello Shop in the Reynolds
building. She told the following story to Thb Times reporter:
Men have been cominar In the shoo
for some rime, but of late business Is
Improving. Say. I'd hate to lose my
male patients. Ther have their hair
marcelled, but of course. I rive them a
shampoo." she said.
"But." Queried the reDorter. "TVi tbev
really have their efebrows plucked?"
veii.' sne started again. "I would
not exactly call it that. Wa have an
electrical system of removing the superfluous hairs. A man's eyebrows should be of uniform breadth: thev
should not be wide in front any more than they should be narrow at the ex
treme corner. So for that reason our
business is increasing."
"And when do ther have this work
done?" queried the inquisitive one.
X)h. thev make their annolntmenta
In the evening around Feven or eight
p. m.. she replied. And as the re
porter left she called out: "Say, don't say anything bad tbout my masculine
customers. I'd hate to lose them." So
the reporter did not.
Corroboration of the fact that men
are forsaking barber shops and going to beauty parlors came from other coiffeur experts and beauty specialists in Gary and other towns In Lake county. "Tou bet they do." was the unanimous
reply from all asked.
So you see Gary fellows In the wake
of the metropolis, on Lake Michie-an?
D'Ja have your hair marcelled today
yet, ueorge?
Alvln Fisher, aged 5S years, employ, fd as a chief chemlat for the Dickey Manufacturing company, wa killed last evenjng about S o'clock, while crog.ing the Micnlga avenue erossln at Indiana Harbor. Kieher. who haa been staving .i k-
Mohawk Hotel for several years hal been over to a raotaurant near the Ime office of the Inland Steel Comt P7 rUn Ala supper and ira.'oa 4 way back to the total whan the ejdeot happened. According to information received. Fisher failed to see that the gates
were lowered and had Just stepped across the tracks, when a fast Chicago passenger train hove In sight. The engineer of the passenger train, owing to the darkness was unable to' ee Mr. Fisher until he .. ,i .
top of blm, making it almost impossible to apply the brakes in time to prevent an accident. The force of the collision threw Mr. Usher some distance. He was picked up and carried to the office of Dr Teegarden. a few doors away, who upon examination, found that the in-
;j,r" man n received rt fracture of
cne KU1I.
An ambulance was sent for to take the injured man to the St. Margarets
DUl lite had expired be fore arrival.
papers and letters found In
nis. pockets. Mr. Fisher's home la be
lieved to be in East Butte, Mont.
Clayton Mark to Have Youngsters at Xmas Party Tomorrow Four hundred hiMren of the Mark subdivision. Indiana Harbor, will be the guests at a Christmas party tomorrowarternton at the community hall of the subdivision. Ka. h child prea.nt will receive a gift and candy, fruit and nuts from Sarita Claus. The ,..et at this affair, which probably will be tiie larg.st staK'-d in Lake toutity, since the mothers and many of the fathers of the thu.irn .. ...
i - c . on hand, will be Clayton Mark of Chicago, chairman of the Steel and Tubs company of Arnerici. 'Theodore Helm Hill be master of ceremonies. Th little guests are the rhii- f I
VI -"' Plant of the Steel", and Tube Company of America -nt
Wie. party Is an annual affair.
-.-e.-r or ceremonies ielm t,as ar . . m c . . .4 r . . - .
i eii,rat program t-
f-giri at three o'clock. Th enterta.ia merit will v.- .... .
v.Iun;,(0 m by pro
visional entertainer, from Chlcawho ill - ... ...
. ..iiini,..,,). mmta Claus c
in subdivision Home w-
Mark arranged with 5nta to com to
tna:ana Harbor, and the K1ft ditipens-r sent word that be would arrive
promptly.
Country
Need of Improvement is Seen As Hundreds Wait in Storm For Trains to Pass
GRAN
T CAM1ATF
FOR PRESIDENCY
Contests Evident in State
Agricultural Board Election
BANKRUPTCY PElTim vs. MOTOR CO.
tvtt!J'!TJ'0.N.A1- e'S SERVICE)
.-.i.'iAJVL.js LVD., Dec. 23 An
involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in federal court today against the Revere Motor Car Corporation of Lofransport. by Wm. K. Gibbs, doing business as the Gibbs' Service Co.; the La Salle Steel Co. and the Steel Sales Co.. all of Chicago, alleging the Revere corporation owes more than $450,000 and that its liabilities exceed its assets by more than .150,000.
The corporation committed an act of bankruptcy in December by paying 100 to the Chicaro Decorative Letter Co.. In preference over other creditors. It is' alleged, and yesterday offered a settlement of 60 cents on the dollar to the Gibbs Co., to which it Is indebted to the extent of $2,563.72. The corporation, however, was ,nvi.
to raise the necessary $1,500, the peti-
non mates.
The corporation owes the TR.il.
Steel Co. $1S5 and the Steel Sales Co..
itf.se, according to the petition.
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--i-aiNAi-ULis. Dec. 33 Thomas Grant of Crown Point, a member of the executive committee of the state boarj
oi agriculture and former state sena.
tor, and S. L. Taylor of Boonvllle. vice president of the board, are talked oi for the presidency of the agriculture board when It elects a iurr..
i-amuel J. Miller of Tndinn. t.
t cnaries i . Kennedy, record!
retary; William F. Jonea
financial secretary and treasurer, and
nooert u. Porter. Edinburg. truperintendent, are candidates for re-election and. In the grst two offices at least, no opposition has been in evidence. The officers will be elected at a meeting to follow the general election earlier In the day when representatives of county and district fair in Indiana will elect the eight members who represent the even-numbered agriculture districts on h.
board. There are several nu -
tests under way for memberrhin n
the board. In some districts no on.
nn.ttU- . .
ic-titcuon will be en.
countered, it Is said.
A roll-top det-x. a couple of chairs, a mall safe and a typewriter that v-as -the Initial investment of John Von SiilugM U Co.. the Calumet region's latest emulators of the great I 'on si. With this humble beginning at 12 Adams street. Gary, the firm proaPtred until it had separated thousands of dollars from unsuspecting Oary rM-
denta of foreign birth. Then the bubMe burst and Mr. tfxilagyi sliPPed from s:ht. With him went the assets of the firm. Srllagyf, little trick came to light 'th the filing of voluntary bankruptcy proceedings in the !. s. distn.t court at Hammond by Nick CMria. Nick, who had been taken in as
the "company" of the firm occupied the position of manager of the foreign exchange department." This was really the. only department of the buaines that amounted to anything. The company received money from foreigners to be sent to relatives in Kurope. With their usual credltabillty when dejnfr wit.vj wh
al-"" f foreign extraction thev t..r
large sums oner to Ssilagyi and Chij-
f- coin went no farth.e t.
the coffers f the company, Chirp oiaima to have been an innocent tool SllaTri, who hastily left the ooun' try reoently. leaving Chlrlla to hold
the bag. The bankruptcy petition, which w
lied by Attorney M. N. Oppman of Gary
lists aeDts of $4,159.33. consisting of
2? claims of Gary residents, who turn
ed money over to the company. These claims range in amount from $4.80 up to $449.68.
Chlrlla's assets are listed at tldlKn
nu ne claims tne usual IfiOO Mmn.
tlon so creditors see little In store for
them. The assets consist of $10 n
cash, the office furniture and some household goods.
CR01
PDIN
T
POSTMASTER
HAS
RESIGN
ED
PARKER IS SENTENCED
tSPECIAt: TO THE TIMES)
CROWN POINT. Ind.. Dec. 23
Edgar H. Parker of Detroit, who was convicted of smuggling liquor Into
Gary was today sentenced to 60 days n the penal farm and fined $100 and costs.
THIS is the latest "Tom Marshall" story to hit the loop. "When VicePresident Marshall was a struggling lawyer in Indiana, a book agent entered his office one mnrnlnr - And un
dertook to sell him a new edition of the Bible. Marshall Interrupted to ask who the author was. "W-h-y, this is the Bible." explained the agent. "I am fully aware of that." answer Marshall. "But I ak you who Is the author?" The agent explained he was offering the Bible. "I know." Marshall said, "but who is the author?" Gathering up his samples, the book agent retreated to the door, then with one hand on the knob, turned around and shouted: "Tou ptn-headed fool and blithering idiot, it's the Bible."
HOW THEY'RE TAKING
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
riNTERKATtONAL NEWS SERVICE CHILLICOTHE. MO., Dec. 23 -Robbers broke into the CltUen's Bank at Wheeling, a small town near here, dur
ing the night and made off with prac
tically every safety deposit box of the Institution. Many boxes containing
Pers of no value to the bandits were
rouna strewn along the road this morning. Officials of the bank are unable
lo say what the loss would be until a eheck-up is made.
NEW LYNCHING
IN TEXAS TOWN
'Vlil' worth, Tex.. Tier
identlty of 25 armed and masked white
men wno ;asi night entered the Tar
rant county jail, eeiIed and lynched
i nomas vv. vicxery. slayer of a police
iwMia.nea a. mystery todav. The hanging occurred at mir-.io-v'. ...
...aoi isi night, the body being- found swinging
com a. ore in a grove near the edge
oi me cuy. Vickery surrendered to officers Mon flaw aaitavl- .11 -1
v, ...,.. lu,rainj me shooting to death of Patrolman Jeff Couch while
on nis Deat. xne latter had been celled to a garage by a disturbance, said to have been caused by a drunken man Later Vickery appeared, whipped out a
reroiver ana nrea seven shots Into the officer's body, it is said. Alderman Dawson of Niles City a suburb, was arrested In connection with the shooting and is now free on bond.
HURRY BOYS
Our stock of Johnston's Whitman's candles is going down fait. Better get yours now or you may be disappointed. Nelson's Dreg; Store. 12-32-J
TURKEY HAVING HERTROUBLES (ee4al Cable te the 1. ?T. S. ana te the London tHaflT Kxpresa) CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 23. A seri
ous commercial crisis is hampering business In Turkey, Several larfre firms have suspended payments on account of the stoppage of supplies fnm Anatolia, where the Russian bolshevlkl have been buying heavily. SuppUes there are practically exhausted, it 1s said. Turkey, therefore, is forced to buy In other quarters at greatli enhanced prices
ASKS NAMING
OF GUARDIAN
SPECIAL TO THE TIHES1 WHITING. Ind.. Dec It
Trowe of Whiting today filed a petition in the Ilammont . , n .-, - .
. - t . " i court to have a p i 1 a - . .
- y,.uiiiitu lor illS wire. Ella Trowe, who is nnw fin In.
mate or Longcllffe asylum at Logans-
port, ma. Trowe says that his wif
. nirnuiiy unbalanced seven
years ago and was committed
i'lum. In ISto because cf fh- -
which destroyed many of the bulldlnr.
or the lnflrmarv she i
but was recommitted this vear. Th
opinion of the superintendent is tha
o is incuraDie ana for this reason the husband asks for the appointment
or a guardian to look after her prop erty. Green & Dwyer are actinir
attorneys for Mr. Trowe in the matter.
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT. IND.. Dec. 23 Peter
J. Heln, postmaster here, has resigned the Job to take effect January first and his resignation herilds a number of
changes in Commercial bank circles. Mr.
Heln will become assistant cashier of
the bank and Fred Barr. who was as
sistant, will be made caeh.er. E. E. Cole has resigned his position to go with the Lake County Title and Guarantee Co., taking the place of Ed. J. Elover. who becomes deputy recorder. Snm Jve president of the Commercial. Is retiring because of ill health- It is reported that F. T. Wheeler, editor of the Lake County Star will be Crown Point's next postmaster.
The proposed pedestrian subway under the railroad track, on tlt ' --trtet. j .udd-rily become one u H-a.imonds most absorbing to;.,,- ot ccnvrs.t10Il. Wherever i.i gather W.e subject is discu.se.! Jt..t
eral feeling la tnat the city should put the Job over as aoon a possible. The dlsagreeabie weather of ye'ster-' Jy when rain fei; continuously 4n.j snow and slu.h covered, the atre.ts after supper, brought the need of th-.-ubway home to hundred, of peoy'who were forced lo wa.t at the cr ,s,ings wliil long trains were i.asjiiis. , "There is nothing new ajout t:i? proposition," said Mayor Brx.wn today. ho Is on- of the sponsors of the 5.reit plan. "The matter was brought up a long time ao. but coet of construction and lack of funds on the part of the city have made it useless to consider the matter until recently. Tin city engineer, members of the board of worka and myself, took it up again about four months ago, but there was rij possibility of starting work before the first of the year. "Hammond needs a subway at that place and it aaould be put through if the cost of construction and maintenance are not prohibitive. Sever.!
difficulties present themselves which wiil add to the costs and may deiay the proposition. We .have, several plans under consideration, but the one which now seems mot feasible Is for pedestrians only, with the addition of underground rest rooms." Attorney Jesse Wilson, president of the Chamber of Commerce considers It a very necessarv civie m r.r.,L
"The subject was brought up at' tie Chamber of Commerce over a year ago," he said, Tand seemed to meet wth hearty approval. While no official action was taken urging the construction of the subway, the impression prevailed hat the traffic congestion at State street should be relieved In some way. At the same time we also talked of a similar underground crossing at the Erie tracks on Highland street for the benefit of the pupils of the Industrial high school." T. R. Tennant. member of the board of education and president of the Ro
tary club, believes that if the city can afford to do so, an escalator of moving stairs should be Included in the subway plans In order to do away with the Incline of stairs which would be a jolirce of danger in bad weather. "I like that idea of rest rooms for :he public too." said Mr. Tennant today. "Comfort stations would be a wonder-
Tu! provision for the city needs publio .est rooms badly. I am In favor of the scheme if for no other reason than the rest room." "As a temporary expedient.", he added, "I think the subway plan Is a good ides, but we must not let such a plan take our attention from the great need .for elevation of all railroad track?. That Is the great Improvement which must take place in order for Hammond to hold her own and any subway schemes must be considered as only temporary and must not be allowed to hinder elevation."
TWO HAMMOND
AUTOS MISSING
Two Hammond citizens lost their automobiles by theft yesterdav. Carl Stankevici. 210 Calumet avenue, drove to South Chicago and left his five passenger Oldsmobile on Market place, near the bridge. When he returned it was gone. The license number was 76.704 Ind. Miss Van Bodegraben. who tvi .t
the Alice club in Hammond ..
Ford runabout, llmna r,,.H,- ,5.
107 III. Yesterday mornina- at S o'clorv
he left it near the subwav office t
MlDSOn. At '4 OClock In the .i..nln.
when she was ready to return home
irom work she found if hH
stolen. No one recalled seeing it when
It was beinar driven aw
SOUTH BEND
POLITICIAN
SHOT TO DEATH
WITHDRAW PETITIONS
WITH RIGHT TO REFILE Public Service CommissionDismisses Gas Petitions in Three States
NEAR BILLION
COLLECTED
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 rteven,,..
from Income and excess profits taxes paid to collectors of Internal revenue
on Dec. 15. representing the fourth installment for the year, will
$650,000,000 and probably will m as
high as $700,000,000, the Internal revenue hnreafi was tnfn.m.j . -j .
. . . - . . . . v v, ivu jn advices from collectors.
Revenue Commissioner Wllliame
tated today that this Is a splendid showing and refutes the impression
that any considerable number of individuals were unable to meet their
payments. j
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. . " : - " re-, ..i ctemency to Charles Krlat, T-Sl. ceived from collectors, snowing the re- county, aentenced J to 24 yea-s fr turns by states. entJelng wotr,n . 'g
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
axj. .o.-.i., jvc. ;3 Dallas
Anderson. 3D. local politician, was shot
ana almost instantly killed today by
-mac iv. .A too. tt Is allcced. following .
quarrel over the affections of Mrs. Em
ma limerick, coming house keeper. The fued is said to be of long standing.
Ateo is said to have told th rwii
ho had been drinking "white mulo" before returning to the Kmerick home tn
ugly mood. The woman, her three chil
dren and two boarders were in the room in which the shoot inc occurred
After firing four shots Into Anderson's body, it was said. Ateo ealmlv emntied
the gun and reloaded It. Mrs. Emerlck
wrested the weapon from him before he was taken by the police.
Anderson, a prominent republican
woker. is said to have been
Ing for George Beyers, candidate
mayor, with the understanding he wa
to become chief of police. Ateo, who is 26 years old. came from Bottonville Ohio.
CHRISTMAS PARDONS WILL BE FEW INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Dec. '3. President Wilson will not grant any large number of Christmas nardon. it .......
at the White House todav.
The president may grant a few routine pardons before Christmas, but there are no pardon reeommenHan,,.
of any importance before him at present, the White H,i .nn.,
' -oovuin CU, There was no indication of Dnv
tlon on a pardon for Eugene V. Debs before Christmas.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ird.. Dec. 23 The public service commission today dismissed petitions of the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Co. for increases In gas rates at Logansfort and Wabash and the Peru Gas Co. for an in.
crease at Tcru, on motion of the peti
tioners.
The opinion of Commissioner Haynet Is Identical in each case. It being stated that the gas companies represent that since the filing of the petitions for Increases, representatives of the companies have been in conference with citlxens and civic associations tn the cities affected and it appears to bo the sentiment of the people that wh1! recognising the extraordinary costs under which the companies have been forced to operate, the present rates should not be increased but any losses should be met by a further continuance of the rates for a "reasonable" period after the advent of lower costs which the people assume to be im
minent.
The petitioners. Commissioner
Haynes sets out states that in view r
the sentiment and notwithstanding the
neavy losses Incurred and In the belief that there should not be a marked lncerase in the price of commodities, the petitioners have agreed with the people of the three cities to formal! with draw the petition without prejudice to their right to refile in event of emergency.
KRIST MUST
STAY IN JAIL INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Deo. MTi,.
pardon board recommended a refusal
DETROIT BOMB EXPLOSION TODAY DETROIT. Mich.. Dec. 23. Two suspects are under arrest in connection with a bomb exnloslon w.hih
pletejy demolished one home and damaged two others today. Nathan Goldman, occupant of the wrecked buildingand recipient of several blank-hand letters, was severely InJ-jred about tbe head and shoulders; Police believe the explosion to have resulted from business feud.
DR. DICKEY DROPS DEAD DAYTOKA, Fla.. Dec 23. Dr. Solomon C Dickey, director Winona Lake w.v!Tmb,y eummer -chool. noted' prohibitionist, and former president of Albion college. Mteh.. dronne a
hi. Deland winter residence last night wlnon religions assembly In
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