Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 164, Hammond, Lake County, 30 December 1920 — Page 1

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New Protective Association Is! Officially Launched At Meeting r . " ae ai;!v Fish and Gams ; sportsmen . ASl n ' a t a . . .... . . . ar,, u."" J- ;J.ierran Fishermen . " '''t-n: Irt'm -'own ! ""...ns, v.a.-y and fcat Chi '--.j ana ceni'idoraWe interest i-.-'piajed because of the coming ses-I i-.i sutc I'.'sisiaiure its . uiTD ana gamo i yf' abortion o." it5 ;ric:ai ! i srne. and th con sf.tuiton and by- I "' n " T!er P-'S'd u:j. .in -cl;oa of of13 i-eid, rho f-.-liowiag of-j .:. w i,i serve for the cn.tjlnj year: ! ' ''' -i II- Kjhdc. president. .1. r. i

-Zio-rksen, vice pres!d"nt; Thomas . j 'charus cf Eaft C'-.l-.-ago. (Secretary:' IIOr.HLTS Tr, o been fe.- within tho M.IIikan. truasarer. 'last week indicating thst the roug-h-BO.tRI) VV LMHEtTORS Infers probably went home to spend tbc

j..ic .cc-vins board or- dtrecuna fie e:cte.i: W. ;. Vat-.n. Whiting: 1 '- J- A- linn!dd.a, Lowe'..; uscar Tot- ; ' rjvi;. Whiting: rhi! smith .Mam- i c-.r-d: Fred Chandler, liammotii. Aii;!a'.:ve corn mi: tee was named, con-' r:li)2 or J. . Wlcockson. U T. I --,-.a:. Member i'red Harde-ibr-jok. Garv: A. V'. h'j- ! . ;:an;.n and l.ow! Da-.. W '-" in r 't - ' vryder. Crown Tjinf, Frank "na!lv, j i..'..f.;i!e; Dr. W. V. T.ew:? and U'';.r M?::kar. Hammond: Will-am Fre:- ' East C:.I - .4 2. .'e OrEaniir departinen A. E. Bod:ne of the of conservation erar 'z.d the tifM of oi saturation in Prts of the state, tie ftated that r ndit.'ons become much i:nproed v ;-ere education and puolic opinion .-.ct to help Lie conservation caus". Jn ti.:s effort to educate the public to i...n?e.--.-e- aaturai resources, local as- '" :at!ons play a most prominent part. -, ;-. d";re today is to ha-, e a strop I've aesowiat'on in every county of ; d : a n a . D1JTIE BV OIi(..MIF,lt The state organizer spoke of. the Ind ana Fish. ia.mc- and Forest league. :':e Stale League of Ppert.unen, and ' metinjr at Tndianapolis th.s yar. "H leanue is composed of county associations. H.? urged that the local c 'lh become a member of th- state "'asriie. which wo:i!d brin.tr ft influence to hear in oth-r sections as well. Const -let able tim wis taken up in d-scussinar legislative matters. , leis- . attve l ommtttce tvp.appo.nted to j i-oh affr suth interests as are vital j to tho Jake county club. Many b-iilsj ' - at e likeiy to come rex learU'afire wore up t r ' 1 discussed. f!n? thern beinc the ban bill, state e v.-nership of fish End game, fur-bearing an i mat seasons, mtgratiry birds, cefise to fish in adjacent county, rabit ha? limit and season, bluegill 1 niits and many other. T'pon thcee ov.estiona th tejr!Tative committee is empowered to decide the aet!n to be taken. The club members spoke fa'onMy of the proposed bills and will t't hehind tlterit for the good of the. ca :p". When tho learislative committee of the. state league sends its profrrarn to 'be local association, the stand of th ".like county association win be pub-I's'-.ed on all measures that come up. Both "tate, and federal same warHns were present and e-ave their v'ews or. 'aw enforcement matters. "According to local business men. cond 'ions around "Lake county are hoi--';-cr a marked nrrorrrnpnt," said Mr. T:odine, "Men who sell licenses stste hat few venture Into the open -without th necessary permit to nh and runt. Arrests and convictions follow violators and tho observance of the fh and aame laws shows th" trend r public opinion in the"? parts. This ' accomplished by the dl!li?enee of r." -Vials - The T.a'B county a.oc;d-ion pre Tits -s to become a ct-ib of se.re.j-ai hund -ed members during to" winter. A1- ! reidr r'.an sr woikinc for biz eath-e-rta-s in the early srrinfr. when member.., of the state drarTnr:t of conservation will he inv.t:d attend rd speak. HOOVER COLLECTS MILLIONS AT DINNER j : 'NTERSTi?SAL NEWS SCPVlCti 1 ! NEW YORK. Dec- 30. Herbert ! Hoover, head of the American relief j 't starving- European children, was happy to state today that at least 301.122 more children are essured of a i '- imwu5M t.Tr.uft, K?cfaitruf of bein? fed until the next harvest i. -Jin iu.i'io ih.sc-j at. mi iiifeuLo i,v-."j i . - .. 1 ..,.,. . . . . , nA.. a plate dinner, contributions amount-j co. he. paid, to i.'.ki i.t.r. ) Gen. John J. F'-'shin?. host with Hoover, declared the world did nor i ?Atn to learn from rxperience and j that it was deplorable, after six years j rf warfare and want, "that the na-J tiotis should stride up and down the earth armed to the teeth." Hoover raid there was an IS-mscths ':pply cf food on American firms. C"IrXCETTT :NTtaNT'0 L N5 5V;C: iN'iTWvro',1?. INT-)., tv-... . The Ind :.ti rT;l'.' ''S.'i stit'- c.n . tn,'.'.' i-'da;. fisd .lariitarr i'. ai thr dare fi,- crgaJih-iitlcD of c'.ty orrm'.itees preprat-jry to the oitntaigti3 few th-e. election o? meyor f IadLasa citie

vas a Hammond visitor yesterday.

tOCAL drug stores crc swamped with dminds for denatured alcohol for t-ut'iTuobllo ladtators. l ATTT. IXOTD MURRAY has moved his offices from the fourth to the' RT third floor cf the Hammond building. niARD WTNCKLITK :s confined ' to his home with an attack of neuritis i whii'h haa been troubling him for toms i tin-e. SIGN" :n Hohman st. bar.k window announccs a supper at the Presbyterian i .hurch. DetA-nbcr S. They're startinsj i aavrrL.se pretty earl y. AUGUST LvC'XG, a llichiean Ontral conductor. Mall known here for 11 years a conductor, has been relirt-d on pen- . 1 AXOTILEH Old-Timer wants to l.now nbat has b?coma cf the old fashioned fleiich carry! is s a- sheet iron stove, and an Itoncat - to - goodncs s fire. lOX'T set fussed up oer the cold weather. Two circuses h already I rut llainmond on their visiting i:t for' tht- summer, scon to be Isere ! ' hidcia s. ! rFFT'I VT.f of :: cir-- I'ev.n-inifnt. are husy these ds brir.jr'.nt tbclr :u us.t r -ports uo r. to date to that the.v can bo tumod in aa soon as po?s.b!e niter I'l'in'sht tomorrow n'gh'.. I OFFICE-? of Cleveland CI' th lawyers. ar closed thes days for bot!l members of ih firm. .i.x-d- ami "'-"', ?r'' are tied up at horn n.h tin; COU BILL. t-CvTIS. of Tmc Times. srot a iho to graph of a rair pf butter tins from doivn Boston way that mad hi.i heart g'&i for the ortlre holiday sca?on. TirE Hammond Country Club is planning one of the bisttest Xcw Tear's celebration It has had since before th'i war started an, has provided an extensive program. A CONFERENCE of county agent a and farm bureau presidents from this district was held In .South Hnd j esterday at.d several from Iake county attended the gathering. II. 11. S CT LN E I DEli, the restaurant man who has bcon confined to his room? for three weeks with influenza and n slight relarse Is con-s.lesccnt. though not able yet to get outdoors. JIATOR BROWX is doing his level beet to get out of the grocery business and yesterday and today has been con d,..in2 h;, -.bsfiutelv last, f.nal. 11U1mate- concUj9ive closing out sa-le." MORRIS DOBSON has been at tins as publicity man :or th Illustrated lectures on Tast ami Modern Life In , Faletme ' which will bet given free at the Jewish Synagog-tie on Sibley St. at S o'clock. torlgUU HOME WOOD residents are complaining about two young petty thieves, boys about 17, who steal in broad daylight. They -walk into th yard and steal snow shovels or anything in sight, even going on the ve.-aitdahs to steaL SOME of th younger maio citizenry of Hammond hive fallen for the very swagger polosh this sloppy weather. Like the girls, who introduced tho fad. tho lads come down tho line with bucklej all afiop and look real r.liic, and sweet. ABRAHAM "LEOPOLD, of Rensselaer, quito vtell known here, ha.i received word of the death of his fistcr. Miss Henrietta "Leopold, nt Neistadt. on the Hart, Germany, her death occurring on November 23. Miss Leopold teas eightyeight years old. WORK-MEN are busy red ecora' ; n n j and changing the interior of the ol.j I St. Pauls Lutheran school and making j it over into a f.rt clays Labor Tempi-, j Th( labor orsT.lz-itiors 'o"o to ni"vc : Into their tnw ourter? Uv f;r5t of the i year or shortly thereafter. I BOLTE, the photographer, was visited bv a deaf and dumb man tb other sv TTe rerl ,uA ,,,r.t -biefor ;t dime nd said: ' Wouii --en ju.-t a toon i'..-e a d-'lar." "Sur," e-i ! c!:med the "mute" unthinkingly. Then i XhthiM . ll WELL, one bey raw Santa Claus. Christmas night h3 ,ird his brother. smj of a prominent merchant, decided. after being rut to be3. they would keep watch. One soon fell asleep. Early Christmas morning the latter asked his oroiner naxi re sen rj-anta. res, lie replied, "I saw him go over there by ino nrepiaee, tool witn our "stockings . . .... t a little bit and then be wt an,j got in bd with roa-ma. POWN In old La Fete they hive prudent reporters. A little story from a La Porte paper: "It seems tha the Bechtol woman had been in trouble before when the S house of Lottie Adams was 'pinched. "j last week and in some manner ia al- I legyl to have be-ome incensed at the I Walker woman and is said hive I M.Ithe w Ti - .t:. c t; o . t i-..r f;-"!,i I iKniit'Otid. s-i.e -' hehed :o be n,s r;r-d as it i ttjtid h -.re that h- h'isband cam alons with her from the Laice eeanty town. What his J buia is hes tier been estab!i"hed"

Crown Point Man Takes An Important Post

C'V "WW UJI IMI K 4 : f P 1 'vt '' I'. - 'x-s s ',-t ji "w S, " ' 1 j vi(,V N " j ' 'C" - ' ' ' ' ' 4 i " . a ( ! I C . A. I I MMj 1 A new fac- appcart d :r. Matnrnond I I ba r.ktns clrt-le tin r eek "''.jert t'. A. j iti rig accept- i art imi.ortant post j v. :ih the I!rt National bark and the i":r.-t Tr'ist and s v.isjcs ' -a. ti ;t i Xii. Etl.rs w.i: if r.u.i :-- f chi-z. to banks and w:: :-o have l;a v e become suc!i n : rnportant brunch of buj2r.f rs thft r.t :-h of on- man's tir.i- is ie-j-ii.-.-,i ;!,e year r-jun-1 periods. Mr. K;! . r will be a: waj i-ady to crl .c ad. ! f:,1 rende MJCtince to pe.-s.-v..s ti- : r : ng- fay ir.cor.ic. ft ate. cout.ty or city tax'-o. V:l: he ,-(. ikw :;ia.n a - a resid.. r.t of Hammond, l.e a'reatiy has many acquaintance? heir and i- -.v-It Known u.l over the c'lijiity. M uiiti! recently was at -o-ti jV0i1" There l.e .c rv-sd five year n.s dep the county auditor's ofn.-e. Priori coirin- to Hammond he . fo- ! coining to ua.nmunu n a ro. fo years chief i-'eri: to t h- state bf.ard of tax comtrussloiKTs at India r.apo! is. H;s experience in thestwo ofScc,. ha" given him a. broad knowledge of mat tern relating taxation. Mr. Etiing, who is inanled. has purchased the Lr. Hickman piope-.tv on W. Walthaii strfi-t, and ha alreadj moved to Kamtnotid. lie ha s a pie ising personal 1 1 and sV.o-ild pro-, e an as-set to tho two bsitltltic -.otisn. 11 DEATHS BY TiNTCRNATlONAt SEAS SEHVICi CHTCA . !. m. A -rifc'd" vestlpati'iti into the amount, of r s"r inain'ained within the i;)st e'sys hy th'.' Feop'.e's Gas tieht .hi i. oi; e c om pa was btijun today upon order of Coroner Peter Hoffman v hen a total of It deaf hs from asphysixlation. one a possible s-iicde. had been reported. Five resided within a ladius of lv 1 miles and all were fifto-at . i LI ! aeleep. j Th" bodies of Mr.", (iimanti; Del- i nionte. her S-months-ohl daualiter I and a 1 2-yra;--o'ii fjr'r! . ' tor nt their home. u--rp frst d - .e-oere d m their j teds. An unid-'nt i" i rum n rd a wonan were lai-T found af a bou'.K .sice I dwellins;. I Albert Taylor, if. of M-niptii.'. T'nn., ! and an unldentife-l oy about 1 '. years; were found in their room at the h"m- ; of Mrs. J. H. fl'alton .n the south side. The next discovered were t'has. M. Humberstone of Kalamazoo. M'.cli.. ! who died at the home r-r a brothe- in V-r rtrln, a suburb, and Wm. 1. West and I G. Shepherd, wh-i were f.oind in their room on the svithwcst side. II UrrtRutKo r IntU ...,r7..--. jnix ivc TarrH,k nr..'; 'r' Peter llm i Eciia 1 sk . i vi"!tim cf the both rhsrged v ;h (I'lei ,aw ' r"ng-, m city court on Tu - Sday. whn '.ach one waj. f.l,e,l Jl-A and e.3fh was sentence,! to ;rt lays in place he -oun j .-ah. Van -h"k. wlio c v... i. . . ' . '.' i - .-t-tl J-' ' I'll 'It..- I ' V'hcse pi.TCc ef blsler. i' - . T- 1 l"t'-i sfrret. wis frr-rt"'i "i Tys-iay by Chief viHns and Officer.. I'.irkor. Gjrard and tj'ilnn. . ' WILSON VETOES ( RESOLUTION i - r - Ereyi.-snt d the resolution WASHINGTON. Wilson today v-to ferring fr one yejjr enforcement f"l proisicr.s of the "".aytrn act 'which reiiiir- ri.'iri-.Ti to dneyet them. j snlvp r-f their Interests in cArrr'ritior.s i j and companies r.snwfi -turing and sell-; ing railroad equipment. j T "C1 "T C? Ti V "D r "D T T KilDS -OLifO K hU . . . JANUARY 10 1 BOSTON. Tec. 3-1 Thirty-three al-! leged Red a from vHout sections of Ho UJ-. H-rb. f,.-.,.-rfe.t . ' . ' : r ; . .-tcf :' e l- ram v -Ta"- : ''"- 1 ' d .1 rf LmIv. P.-.-;. 'P. ! j si ti.e ...ih.-ai. . oirus proceed inr tiut j v..,;- hrotisht by Ephralm Ker.. of I fctatt.'r. AVah.. in federal court. Kerts' case aa continued.

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ASPHTXATON

WHITING LIOUOR

REAL REASON FOR

FORO SHUT DOWN

i CJ4a 1 Manufacturers Re fused to Cut Down the Price of Steel riSTENTIOSAL NEWS SERVICE! PITTSBURGH. FA.. Dec. 30 It was ; ;,""rrri ' " j Hie rrics this faJl be sent word to the! U. S. Ste.-I corporation and the Inde- ! i pendent rlants that steel rn-es niusi be reduced or all contracts not already; in process of dejivcry would be can- I cel,ed. T.10 bit indorendents and ' ftrf 1 corporation plants refuted to cut, price... The smaller independent plana '.vcre unnhlc to cut prices and wtf , ! , j , . . i forced to l--c tho Ford business, it : j ..! :tated. The I'ord business in thin! lerntorj is ttemenonu?. I lie v'.OSlUK ' ,-C I K cnvl ar ItnA .,iTa .! r-.l a ..4 the pre -'lit b'i?Ir.e. depression to larfto extent n a sfifd. AT HIS OLD JOB i x ums 10 xus sorrow mat, veiling MOOnSHine UOeS Not Pay , 1-ian,: Tro.-ha of Ind ana Harbor arrested by le.ieral vroh,oi- , tlon nscnts Dcc-n.b.-r 1 received ti'-, senu rwe in the Hammond city court , this morning" and is a wser man, t hrotisrh his eieven-oa - flinr at the hoot if gjjlns game, Frank had worked nichis for years ! 31 one East Chicagro plants, in .. '- h""- ' ' soft oTmu Var r r. o, . panor. The htory " nroP.ts i ifitin Mnn-v.Mn. ......... , overcame Frank's objections and tie. :'-'upr.t. a tew days later he was the hands of the liw. When Frank was first brought before Judge Kiotz in Hammond he was! sorry that he had given up hi good job. - He promised to sell out at one '. It was plain that he had been vic timised by a person who had assure, li hiin there was no longey any dangerin selling liquor in Indiana Harbor. ; This morning he informed the court j that his busines was sold and that bet "-p once more a steady factory ban.!, j The judge Rave him the usual $10 ant) costs and a suspended jaj sentence ot six months. MMI IS KILLED A ssd accident occu-red m Dctio't on last fJaturdoy niRbt when John Austen, a former resident of Hammond, was Instantly killed in an au- ; tiunohiie coilif-ion and his two cornnan:onS tvere veri- p.v.r.,,v !ni-raA ! - - - - . i 1J.. VL T. r tt Itri.tllC,- r "(t-c ir , s-rt W ... ..... - . , , . .. , , .j, h - f Stiles, v ho lived nt State Line and 1 Ogden streets and was well known e.'1-.onjr tho boys cf Monnctte's smoif !

HARBOR MAN BACK

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FORMER HAMMOND

.-Miop ? an aroent L-aseoau an-.l root- the city. ball fan. The funeral occurred on This part "f East Chicago is popuWcdnesday at Ottawa, HI., his former ! Jated for the most part by foreign born hi mc. j families atid Is one of the most con- - ! gested portions of the city. Efforts at

POISONED GIRLS WILL RECOVER City Chemist's Analysis Shows Putrefying Milk to Be Cause of Poison I Much imprrveniont was shns-ti today ht't -r;; M:; I wre taken suddenly ill ft the plant of I 1 the Western Steel i"ir . r .i.n.'n' i V. i , ... ,.'" ! ye.steroay Mvr f ii hesi ital and are doitil. ... ... ... .7. " ; ' "--'- " "-i "-"rtui i recover in due tin;. City C"h'ir,;?t C. Van ?chaack. after a crlth-.il snalysi yesterday annt'in.-- i ed tht th K:r' were victims of tvro'evoi a poisonous stihtnni- wltic'i is' a by-product of pi.trify.ng n-.ilk. This j coitfirm the early digre of the at- I

nHlnr nlivs!en who UuA t,-e,.,H . 1, .!'''" " J " 1 - Irr"" nere, cany

girls for this form of po-vnins;. It jytnj that a can of condensed milk wh'-h hid been opened several we-ks ago at the plan-, restaurant had beon ru,hd a8lde when the employes were eating yesterday this can was tak- ' en ty m'at8,t 8ni1 used with distressing de-!re5uUs' COL RILEY GETS .38 AGAIN The Tint 1?M Indiana automobile cense to arrive in Lake county is number C which rlahtfullv- has blonci'l I o .""clone I WaPt-r J. Riley el K.s st 1 Chleag - o for severs", years. n-llvery wi made this -r.orrirg resh from t.ie office of LdA ard a -kaor, iecretary rt state. Th M.achine which ha a lone . b - cn a familiar one. in the community j her!ne the same number will annear I the coming year with r.e ehsnee m I -ith i-.e change mlf lleenaa number

8c FARE CONTINUES 'TILL JULY

Public Service Commission Makes Ruling Today For Three Cities Hepieients of Hammond, Whiting- and j East Chic fiKhf-rnt 39-1. ru!r' East Chicago will continue to pay thej .lreet csr iart until Juiy ng to that effect was an"i nounced today r.y ti-.e I'uM-c ervico , . , " . . 1 Co.nnn3ion of Indiana and comrnuni-t rated to the three municipalities conoernrd. The nr-en rate of Hnf cents or fourteen tickets for Jl r'--t a ; mains in force. The street car company on Decern- ' her 6 Pled Ue petition for an extension i the order of Jun which fixed i j the present fare. The hearing wis ! held in JTammor.d, December II. at ; which city attorneys of Hammond and East Chicago presented their objec -:' tions before Commissioner Van Auken; nd officials of the company submit- I i ted detailed figures on income, expend- j i iturcs. number of passengers carried. for th( nct six nionth3 ar . I t;,e Present face and the old five cent; j tare, it was s:iown tnat tne tmtrg- , ; er.t y which called for the Increase last j June still existed for the present con- i ,. rnot wUh th! Pmp;oy dora nt e-c. 1rf; unt,;1 j,.ne ,92t. and there has ' ,,cn nu!,ria; r?cucti,n in the coot of upplj., L-nJpr the former ru!,n Uie gJ ... .. .... rent fare would have automatically become inoperative at midnight toar.d the old five cent av been in force onoe fare would ; more. The company will continue to I n;e '"ta l"" c,,y attrrn'-v-1 ontniy statements to its operations showing .. ... . . tn nunuer oi casn passenjrers cassiea. numb.r of tic;iftts P0ld. number of ' i schoo passengers carnea. i.ie rruti, from all sources and alo the operating expenses and all other expenditures. E. VISITED BY Ths general public learned for first time today of an epidemic of small J rox in the south part of East Chicago) when tin orjer went into effect forbidding street cars to stop anywhere betweon Whito Oa'i ave. on lCiOth street.

CHICAGO

SMALLPOX

ain me rojr , orners tn i-.ast l nicago. j of police or some other officer in auAn order was issued from the off ices thorlty several times a week. I will of tho ir. v.. & E. C. street railway j stc personally that he avoids all pootthis morning to trainmen warning them j rooms and bad corr.panv. With his otd not to take on passengers or allow any j associates out of the waj-, I am sure to alight from the cars between the . that Harvey will settle down and he points mentioned. ThU stretch of track! a man. and to this end win T TrV u

e I : . t:.:.. jl East iit,i,i u v, t.vtn . i lity i tru 1 1 or .'I. I . , J , v i. Jt.-: sj u-j in? coi rt-r .n v mca po a na j Forwvthe. a.ves.. is; rnnsMi-rahh- m.,re ' than a mile and will practically isolate Hie southwestern residential district of j t distributing the people over a larger i terr'tory Iiavo proven futile and they ; continue to crowd together with an a! - most unbelievable number of people to the tungle house. i'resence of smallpox in the neighborhood had been known to a few but the seriousness of the. situation did not become putjlirc until the street car order became effective. The order was lssud upon instructions front the police and health dcr-irtments of the city. This will greatly inconv nitnce hundreds of people, especially Hammond men employed at East Chicago plants which wrri easier reached by leaving t lie enrs at Forsythe ave., and loOth si. Tt wll be ne.cessa.ry for these men to cither alight at White Oak ave.. Hnd vc.-ilk the rrtt of the May or ride on around to some point on Chtcaro e.. ! which is comparatively near the r.lar.t 1 in -Jt-hicb th,. rt-rl.-in which they work. ! PUT GUARDS ROUND PLYMOUTH JAIL ... A ' i.n'1" nc' Sf- Extra . ' i-''" ' o aoout tne &T today by Sheriff Franklin to protrt four of the five bandits, who yestercsy held up the state Exchange bank here and were captured after a fight with a posse of cititens. Threats of lynching- caused Khertff Franklin to take unusual precautions. Jacob Rusrell Saine. well known hardware merchast of Culver, is reported near death today from wounds ( received In the battle with the bandits, i Joseph Zechial, a stock buyer, is reicverlrt? from a wound in the hip t Search I being made today for the B: robber, who escaped in an extra automobile, which the bandits had d in a woods near here. BIG FIRE AT WANATAH LA PORTE. Ind.. Dec. SO. Fire tsnai ttis from nearbv towns today! v. - ed the tovn of H'miuh from pot- i sib'e eist rue', ion hy f.r. The dry; vo. d- stt.re ai.k lt'i a-sd Frank j Kai.i-Ial.s grocery .ore were de-, siroyed. but the loss was limited to l:(i.iic. This Is ti.e second time in a ... -rtsi - wtaks Wanatah ha been threatn ed by fani'

SmNEWS FLASHES

T I MERMlTIONL NEWS SERVICE NEW O n LAN S . UV., Doc. 30 apia.se3 Mere issued this afternocn for tlie arrest of offleials of the Jefferson rr' race track as svcll as eevtral bookmakers. V.'iiDam Uailej-, president of the CitUens le?.-R-ue. swore out the affidavita, charsiriii they were 1olatinsr the Locke lav'-. They -will be arrested bdt released on bond. nTINATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ALB.i.VT, GA.. Ic. SO John If. Slappy, a prosperous farmer, and father of Jack Slarpy. p'.toher for the Philadelphia Americans. and .i'tar on the Georgia University nine lt season, committed suicide by shooting himself throuKh the head today. Ill health is believed to have caused the act. BVLLzmr . INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICZj WASin.N'GTON Dec ZO A measure of relief to merchants and manufacturers who have suffered because of the decline of prices, was extended by Internal Revenue Commissioner Williams lato today. An order was issued by Cotnmiirioner Williams permitting manufacturers and merchants, in computing their income taxes for 19?'' t. base their 1320 inventory value." i" stocks on hand at "co.t or n.nrket, whichever is lower." Kehoe Case Attracting Attention Manv Sifrn Petition Askinrr t - o o 'arole for Indiana Harbor Youth The case of Harvev Kehoe. tndiaa.-i Harbor vouth. v ho i. s-'-rvm- f ron: I otle to fourteen Vear at Jeff ersonvi lie. Ind.. for attempted Jail delivery ia attracting wide attention since The Times told the lad's etorv. A lara-e number of dvle f. ternal ortraniaathms, teMde " manyi i state are asnromlnent ne.nl e.e t v.

sisting the father, Edward Kehoe. in! "c 1 '"""" expect; to -c iur.i a canemploy of the Inland Steel company to j J"fate f"r conSrs " secure a parole for his eon. -cretary of the Interior John MarA petition has been presented for i Ton Pil5'ne P-"" to return to Chh-ago

pardon before rt-tlrlne- fr.m ofrice. The father of young; Kehoe, h tnsde all arrangements for hif son's return even so far as to secure him a position. The former pais of young Kehoo, I who have been making Indiana Ihr-

lnrlfor tht'.r home have all been ariven ft I

! 24 hot.r notice to leave town. Mr. Kehoe, when interviewed by a reporter of The Times, raid "When Harvey comes beck I n il! g-et a diary and have him resort to the rantain j it takes th balance of my life." "SLIPPING HAS S TOPPED SAYS HAYS Will Hays Bearer of Good News to President-Elect Harding DT JACK ROYLE ISHFF rofi;ESPO?iDENT I. ! '"P';r'-l MARION. O., Dec. SO. "The slipping has stopped." That was the message concerning the economic condition of the country which Will IT. Hays brought to Senator Harding today. The chairman of the republican r.a-t.-.t.,, v.J1....,.tt. - in I'l'iTimr: on ' -Jlr m . i .i ernniui na rtj njr .s activities l of the last few weeks, said: I , -'- j 1 nia tinrnul man is dmr tii

.-HI--U i-j tiiir-i oi i oii--e r 'rnis irori j normal to.np. He keeping h:s;hi.h up and according to Chi,-.'

prom'se fnat he would immediately .nn..,i, - solution or trif ... . . '".... it. i ..Ti.MTi.iB through discussion with as many lead- I ers as possible. From all sides comes ; the rterd that this splendid course is j going far indeed toward aiding a situ ation woirn mtffnt nSve teert vert-' onriru.t as we move into tne new year." DEATH OF AGED HAMMOND CITIZEN The funeral of Jerry O'Brien, one of the oldest residents of Hammond, was held Monday morning at his former home at Greencastle. Ind. Mr. O'Brien was 31 years old and during the last four years had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Hannah Carroll, 17 Sibley street. Hammond. His death occurred at " o'clock Christmas eve. The body waV taken Sunday to ureencastla, where he had es-.ded for years, while employed by th Big Four railroad. Besides the daughter. Mra. Carrol! of Hammond, he leaves a son, John O'Brien, who lives at Ellihart. CORNELL DEFEATED I ISTtfNATIONAL r.c'AS SEHVICV) LONDON. Dec. 30 The joint Oifo:d-rRbi-ldge cross-country team defeated t orne.l Lnleritys ct oss-count ty runtins over the Rochen.pton course today, to 1. Mclnr.is, cf Oxf orn. finished first. Carter and McDermolt. cf Cornell were second aad third.

i 'Some Hope Wilson or Harding Will Take Care of Them.

ET GEORGE R. HOLMES V.ASIH.VGTON, Dee. SO. Contra i y to the impression exiating In many Quarter, the retiring membera ct thdemocratic administratien will retre-: from Washington after March 4, n r with "beaten and lagglns footiteps,'' but with heads up and eager to recou'; financially from the losses incurred :n :-eara of public service. Not xna.iy cabinet members in M'ashington mauge to live on their salaries, and ther-, is a potsitive air of relief around som of the departments at the prospect . r getting: back into money-making channels again. They also view with ft little satisfaction the easy chair cru-.-cism of the government instead of t:; c-ffieg chair defense of it. "Practically ail the members of President "W ilson's cabinet have csmplet'J their plans for after March i, it was learned today. President Wilson win not lead f..; parade from Washington as presiden i have in former years. He will r 1 main in Washington and devote h.s t.me to historical and economic wrrtngs. . "Vice President Marshall said today he hae no definite plans other t':a.i to "seek some quiet spot and rest." r or eignt years, he once said. Ji ' have been in ike ca-, e of the winds. J i need a rest." j Secretary of State Balnbrioge Colby, i the youngest ntmbT the pres -' dent's fftciai family, w'.'.l return .o i Mfi Tork and re. ui"e iiio lavi- ptaci t!cc. ; Secret ary of War Newton T. Kak : ill return to Cleveland and a;ai . take l--) the practice of law. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dei.lets will 50 to his horn in F.aieigi. j N. ('.. and there sit in the editor's rax" 1 chair f the Raleh News and Ob-!pr-?r. hich he owns. I f-'ecretary of the Treasury Dvid 1. . Houston, wants to go back to t., , farm. Bit he conxirienr.!. nm a: ' luring- offer from financial ihstiiutljn3 " -v- Tort and Chicago. Hon, tt ton a. to lias received ari offer to as sociate him?elf -n-ith the Roeke fell ; j Foundation, which he is considering, j Atty. Gen. A. Mitchel Taimer plana : " ' v " 10 n s ncr"e in troudabt.rK. fa., wnere he has buoiness Sntt-rems .?c-:rriiy 01 .- ? r:cu 1 tu re Jfidwtn I "" w 111 S ck to d Molne,, i ' l" -i agricultural papers ' ar' dver'li,!r'S business. Postmaster-Genera! A, S. Uurlea .-a T" rcturrl ,l Te:aii h"C he ha, cu:turil1 ai1 other Business interes-j. '' ' '' ' practice, along a it.i otner ! ai.d his la -. i interests then Htcretarj- of Comc-re-j .1. W. AUander plans to retire to his fai-m.n. interests around Gallatin. Mo. Secretary of Labor W. B WU.on ha.I Vot con,P',t' h-s future plans, it wa sai-l at nis office todayy In addition to these nosts of oIT--claia of lesser rank 'iave a'readv mmlj T.1Tr .1.1 . , . , I 1 1- io.tr.. up nusiness c rr.ftions nave i.iad-- ptlna with a view . o retirement in 1J:MIn congressional retirement pr.-.ba',-ly the most notable is that of Chamo "lark. He u !!1 go home to t;owlln tlreen. Mo., and probaoly devote his future to lecturing and writing. Of the "lame duck"' brigade Jn tiif senate, many are hopeful hopeful that President Wilson will take csrof them before March 4. or that President Harding will after March 4. GARY WILL IN FUTURE Dispensers of "white mule" ana other intoxicating; beverages wir; handed a staggering blow in Gary t--day. All persons operating s-ut drint parlors and cauglit violating the stati liquor law in the future will race ttie ordeal of having the police patrol I backed up to their emporiums and tbe , ures of th "dry" palo-ics con;Srated TM . . . . This is the edict that hss been is- . . . . r.,.i. , . . , , ci't. eu J ir.e (titer 1 on .verv soft drinv narler vlnlaiir..- in ,. is , There vas a former order to cor. fiscate all bar fixtures) in the ras-t or violations of more than one tffen-j. . ... ... . ana not nearly so orastie as the n order. To show that they ni-an bustne.--. th' Gary police rc.3ne.l the nvturt out o? three different places yesterday and carted them to the city market where they are etored and will be d!-" posed of later. The market la already Jammed with several dozen different bar fixture. At present there ie only cne plan to dispose of the fixtures. Most of thi fixtures are built of fine and valuable wood and s'-m? one has suggegteij a sale and turn the nr"-it,l. over to f m l jied oros j" ..We are ioirg everythln, , our power to clean up the place, that aro selling liquor, said Chief Fcrhis this morning. It's a big Job. however, for as soon aa we arrest them, they get a liffht Cne and Jail sentence In tue eify court, aak for and furnish an tn. peal bond to the criminal court and within a short time they are selling boose egain." HftAiCIL. Ind . Dec. St RusNei, ii . r.-.J. "1, of ralrlcksourg. Ind.. ws fatally crushed when he was ejr .,- between two cars at the Roland Power Consolidated Mina today. He died before an ambulance arrired from Biasii.

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