Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 197, Hammond, Lake County, 8 February 1921 — Page 1

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Edison Says It Is So-Called Capital and Labor Question. HOW EDISON WAS INTERVIEWED In celebration of him aerfnlyfonrth birthday anniTcrsnry, irhlo occur this nffk, Thomas A. F.dl"n. uondrr wizard, nnnounces through -he correspondent of this newspaper bin nmailnjr theory thnt romrannle at Ion between the lll"(r nnd the dead la a mechanical polbillt y. The accompanying Interview was btalned under remarkable ctrcumtancrx. Mr. Kdlum -"na located at hi laboratory. He was no husliy engaged that he felt he could not give the correspondent the time ieceary to an extended liculnn. With typical Ingenuity, he solved the problem by demanding thnt the newapaperniao write queatlona. which Mr. "Edison nonld answer by theme iuenn. It vraM an F.dUon tlmi-anvinft Intention. The world-famooa genius took Interest In fonr questions prepared by the Interviewer. HI" anjuwera were wTltten In lead pencil on yellow sheets of paper, torn Into alipa. Not two aquare Inchea of paper were wasted. The penciled word were na clear am ecpperplnte and the answers nre faithfully reproduced In the nccompanylcK Interview. Editor's note. BT CHA.RI.E.-3 GRANT MILL.ER I!TAFF CCRRTSPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! (Copyris-ht, 1?21. by I. News Service,.) (All ForeTsrn r. ttrhts Reserved). tVEST ORANGE. N. J. Feb, g. "Do you think it possible that you may devise any mechanism througrh which, when you hae left this life, you may h pe to commun'cate with us?" Thomas A. Edison, th5 wonder wizard, who will be. 74 on February 31 and Is as hal and hearty as a man of 40 and constantly at work, upon being asked th ah'A-e ue.-tion grave tho International Ne-.vs Service interviewer this answer: "If my theory Is correct that th machine called man Is only a mass of dead matter and that the real life is In th millions of individual units which navigate this machine-, and if on the destruction of the machine these individual units keep tog-ether, including those which have charge of memory (which is our personality) then I think it is possible to devise apparatus to receive communications, if they desire to make them. It will be very difficult, a3 each individual as to size is beyond tho limit of our present micros- opes." "When I was a little boy," said Edison, "persistantly trying to And out how the telegraph worked and 'Why. the. best explanation I ever trot was from an old Scotch line repairer, who said that if you had a dog- like a dachshund long- enough to reach from Edinburgh t London. I could understand that," says Edison. "But it was hard to get at what H was that went through the dos or over the wire." Edison recalls that whn he was a telegraph operator in Boston and invented a duplex syerem that would carry two messages over the same wire at the same time; he spent $81'0 of borrowed money to estabii.-h a circuit to T.ochester but h to give it up because in spite of his minute instructions nobody could operate the, other end. I asked Edison what the most vital problem the .world now has to solve If. He paid: "Generally, labor and capital, l. -called.' "What hs.s been the most important event in your life?' I ask-d. "That cru-ie model of which I thought might possibly irive a clue to the possibility of reciraing and reproducinl? the human voice. It actually did so on ihe first test, and my astonishment was profound," he answered. "What Is education?" T asked him. Edison bad no regular schooling- to speak cf and has attained by methods all his own the vast store of varied knowledge through which he has worked his'marvels. "The main essential, Edison answered, "is to nave, teachers who can explain the reason for and working- of thing's by analogy with thing's which the scholar already Is familiar with, instead of words cf which the scholar does not know the meaning." Personality he puts to the fore, here, as In all else. "To have teachers who can " Is the heart of the answer. His own achievements have lip'n. dependent not only upon his own intelligence and methods but upon apt co-operation of his associates and employes, of whom in his various indusrries thre are now about a million, many thousands of whom are hlfrlily t.ra.'pcd. and any good method is futile without good personality to work; it. "Right education would train children to right tendencies." Mr. Edison said, t a.! kins in his rapid, vigorous, epigrammatic way. "People go in the direction in which they are inclined. They do wh.ir they want to do, they will kn'W w.iat they want to know. They generaly yet what they want ann will become what they at bottom want to become. F-1 r good achievement and

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Hear That HENRY HERFST has returned from a visit with Laporte friends. THE John K. Farovlds Harbor are wintering in Cal. of Indiana. San Diego. WrORTC county has a Hoy Scout candidate for a Csrnegie Hero medal this year. MIPS r.DF;i. U.VPEMKYKR, one of the AVcftcvn Union's efficient help, is taking: a vacation. 1 IRVING C I1AYKC N" is doing I j ty work foe the Hammond 1 school's athlrtic organizat ion. uoiiciHigli j THE February terms of both the j Porter circuit ;iid superior courts open up at ui;iarai3" this ween. THE Public -Service Commission has authorized the United Boiler Company of Hammond to maintain an overhead crane. SAMUEL KIGHT is mourning the loss of his father, a respectable Fair Oaks citizen, who died in St. Luke's hospital, Chicago. ED L1PINSKI will make his first appearance in the squared circle at Whitingon February 11 a rid boxing- fans will sit up and take notice. A GLIMPSE at some of the Chicago Tribune's ocjuty- contestant picture? convinces one that there is still a lot of conceit left in the world. ! GOtiOSflES as a source of cye-filiir.ar j J threaten to dp eclipsed by the ever in- ' creaintr number" of attractive green i tite wiiicli the girls are displaying. TWO hundred Michigan City workers have been thrown out of employment by tho dismissal of the M. C.'s fhop force iu the new division plant at Niies. PR. Q. L. SMITH, -who has been troubled with rheumatism for so long. i3 still bothered with the ailment In his hand but la otherwise progressing favorably. JUDGE DRESSLETt of the State Industrial Board is holding- court In Hammond this week. Twenty-seven personal injury cases are on the docket fur this session. HAMMOND Is gretting- a lot oif good advertising- over the state because of the council's; favorable action regarding the memorial athletic park and plant, passed lasc week. UNCONFIRMED rumor has it that the Farmer-Ta.bor party will be represented in the coming city campaign and that Herman E. Grander will be the candidate for mayor. THE Hoover Invisible Guest dinner soup and crackers will cost each diner $10 at least. That Is the minimum to be paid per plate. Some will pay $100 per plate for the feed. ATTORNEY L,. L. BOMBERGER and two other boy3 of the family were among the howling crowd which watched the Owls trim the New York Nationals at Whiting last night. THIEVES who specialize in the coils from Ford cars were but-y again Sunday night. They "de-coiled" the car of Lytic Whitaker. 13S Cedar street, when he left it in front of 821 Sohl street. THE dancing- number Gentlemen's Night program of the "Woman's Oiao met with such approval that arrangements are being made for a bald headed row when the event is repeated next year. A. E. BODINE of the Department or Conservation was unable to be at the meeting of sportsmen last night owingto pressing business in another part of the state, I... T. Meyer tiled the bill admirably. THE Laporte Herald says: "Lake county is miff.d over failure of the McOray Dune Park program. The Herald stated months ago that public subscription of a million for the park was fantastic." VISITING Chiropractors from Valparaiso, Crown Point, Gary, Hammond and Hast Chicago, representing- the Northwestern Indiana Chiropractors Association, held a meeting in Laporte Sunday afternoon. SCOUT Executive Scott has only One worry this evening. He fears that by some miscalculation theer may not be enough food to satisfy the hungry array of Fathers and Sons at tho banquet this evening. BARNEY CARTER, veteran street car man. who has been very ill with i bloodpoisonir.fr, was out for the first I time weeks today and his many friends will be glad to learn he is showing some improvement. MRS. GEORGE VORT, 10) Clinton j street, was struck by the fender of M. G. Lavere's automobile yesterday as she was about to cross Sibley street at the First National Bank corner. She was j-liiihf.'y bruised by the blow. THE IiMn.'is F.eH Telephone Co. has placed a standing- offer of ro reward for information leading- to the arrest of any junk dealer who purchases wire, cable o- other property which has been stolen from tho company. COUNTY AGENT V. A. PLACE of Crown Point was in Hammond today looking over abiiit LT answers which he reecived to an ad for farm help. He had applications from men cf all nationalities, color and degrees of experience.

MAINE GOVERNOR TO FOLLOW PLANS OF PREDECESSOR

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Perclfal Proctor Baxter. Percival Proctor Baxter, of Tort land. Me., is the new governor Maine. As president of the sta senate he succeeds Gov. Parkhurs" who died of dip' '.herial infection Gov. Parkhurst was governor onh twenty-five days when he died anBaxter automatically fills the of fie-. Baxter has ann-.nced that he will carry out his predecessor's prop-ram for the industrial developl ct of the state. The e'ection of Parkhurst !ast Sepem'.er waa railed as an indtcatio.i of a Republican landslide ove the country. Whiting Lad Is Killed at E. Chicago Accident Happens. While; Youth Works on High Pressure Still Joseph TCressach, age 2C. a popular young Whiting man, mi killed, and his brother John, was injured in an accident Co.. in Eart Chicago, yesterday afternoon. "While full details of the nccident t r-t ill lackinir. it is thonirlit Hint the men who had Iwn working in high pre-I shre stills, either fell or jomped off, fo!-t lowing a flash of electricity when the still blew cff. Both bovs. who reside at 1f5 Scbrare! are., "Whiting, are well known in East Chicago. The body of Joseph Kresach wasi taken to the chapel of "William IIuber and later sent to hi home In "Whiting. The other brother John Kresach. who wan injured, la not believed to be seriously hurt. FORCIBLY WED GETS DIVORCE Mrs. Tnes Terer Bandcras Is now just Mis Ynez Perer once more. The pretty little Mexican maid of Indiana Harbor who last September n as the central figure in a sensational forced marriage Mas granted her freedom this morning by Judge Hardy in Room 2 of the Hammond Superior court. Fiimon Pandoras, her fellow countryman. Mho adopted tho hand It style of kidnapping a v.dfe, failed to appear in court when the case came up f.,r trial. Miss 1'erer came to Indiana Harbor last summer. She Man fresh from Mcxi.-o, unable to speak a word of Eng. Ilsh and of course sought work at the Tm'o Republics hotel which wns for the j most tart occupied by .Mexicans. I "While she wa1 employed about the kitchen she caught the eye of Fiimon j Ita.ndcra.3. who Immediately planned the j mn.rringe without first consniitmg Ynez. As her wardrobe; was scanty, h arrangj ed to borrow some clothes from the landlndy for her. Under threats Yncs was fored to don the wedding togs and enter an automobilo which bore them to Crown Point. Tli ere they obtained the license and were married. They returned to tho Indiana Harbor hotel and Ynez win j kept a prisoner In a room for an hour. I That constituted the total of their marj ried life for as soon fl.s Fiimon went down stairs to seo the iviys she climbed out n window and sought refuge with friend That was September n. Early net year. Ynez and some friend- who could speaii broken English, called on Atty. Joe Todd an i asked to have suit tiled for annulment of the marriage. "When the case Mas tri.-d this morning Ynez still fhowed her Ignorance of the i American language and customs. Tak- ! ir her testimony Mas a. difficult ta-k but tho story Mas tmnlv laid before the court and the decree of annul'merit Mas granted. GET AWAY WITH RICH HAUL Hammond police were notified by Chief of Police Tomlinson of Harvey, III., to be on the lookout for the men who robbed a ta'.'or shop store at that place las-t niht. The burglars rot away w ith Kn men's suits. CO bo'ts of suit cloth and an overcoat. The !oct is estimated to be M-orth Sl'V'OO.

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MAROUIS EATON

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Marquir1 Eaton, president of the Chioatro chapter of the American Red Cro,?, and a member of the famous Chicago law firm of Defrees. Buckingham and Eaton, regarded as one of the most eloquent speakers Sn Chicago will be one of the principal speakers at tiie 'invisible guest" dinner to b given in Hammond at tho garage at tho corner of estate Line and Sibley streets at 8 o'clock Thursday, Feb. 10. Dr. Harry E. Sharrer, at the noonday luncheon of the Hammond Rotary club at the Lyndora hotel today received word from A. M. Turner that the above speaker had been secured. The announcement was also made by Rotarian J:m Armstrong, in general charge of the arrangement?, of all of the committee assignments. Something has been given to every member of the commltu-e of 70 to assure the success of the project. The announcement was made that the success of the solicitors has been so great that between 500 and 700 banqueters Is already an assured fact. The njimber may be Increased to 1,000. Dr. E. Jones, chairman of tho on-to-Evansvllle committee, reported that 13 members and their wives had made arrangements to attend. Attorney Fred Crump-acker, Mors DeilPla'n and President Thomas R- Tennant all made speeches urg-iDfr that at last 7," pr cent cr fiie mem oersnip mai-.o arrange ments to attend. Chairman Jfties of the "Water com mittee" aldo made sn important report based on ivcral conferences of iii committee, including several specific recommendations which will be made the matter of a. special public report in a later issue of The Times. Vern Summers hsd as a guest Mr. Stanley Rae. formerly of Hammond now a member of the Traverse City Rotary club, who ha? the unique record of an im-broken attendance for four years. Berton J. Steclman had as his gU'st E. E. Neville of the Central Railway Signal company. One of the remarkable thlnsrs about the Rotary club is it larjre percentage of attendance. About SO per cent or at the members are In attendance every luncheon. HOW SENATOR REPLIED WON Ev H- "BLODGETT INI i TANA POLES, Ind., Feb. 7 At the tinie -' Oliver Holmes, of Gary, was a candidate for the senatorial nominaHoti. the radical clement of organized labor in Lake county made a particularly bitter tight against him for no other reason than that he is a banker. The conservative element in the ranks of labor voted for him and he was nominated and later elected by a very handsome plurality. Senator Holmes is a strong advocate of the creation of a state police department and is receiving many protests from the socalled leaders of the labor unions In iiis locality. One of the protects came from "W. H. Sipple. 549 Martin court. Hammond. Ind. After setting forth the reasons for oposltion to the proposed law, which were on a printed form. Sipple added a postscript that said : "Dear Sir As a senator of the people, as a servant of the people, you have no right to express your own views, but the expression of the people you represent." To this Senator Holmes, who has several times shown his independence on the floor of the senate, made this reply : "Mr. W. H. Sipple. ,"519 Morton court. "Hammond. Ind.: "Dear Sir Thank you for the letter of recent dare. I am going to do my best to serve you as intelligently as possible. Ov.ly one of these bills (the original letter referred to several bills that organized- labor is opposing-) has been received and I have not had time to read even that. Out of the hundreds Mho have writt'n me, you are the only one who has intimated that I have no right to use mv own Judgment. Please bear !n mind that organized labor is n"t ail of Lake county, and if I vote the expression of, the people I represent, in view of! w hat appeared in the primary there I last year, there is a very near danger that organized labor would not get ery much of a vote from me on anything. I would suggest that srt least yo-i be a little courteous in that direction. I may look like a doormat, and act like a yellow dog, but you can not always tell by appearances. Very truly yours, (.Signed.) "0. OLIVER HOLMES." EXIT THE SHIMMY EAST ST. TSll the ".-hlmmy" and . HI., Feb. shuffle" from Exit East ! St. Tll"'j. I Tiie city council has adopted a rsoI lutloti threatening to revoke tho li censes of ail dance hails M-here socalled "freak" dancing ij permitted. The hsn !s placed on the. "cat step," "camel walk." "Texas Tommy," "Rnnry hug,"' "toenllc" and "f 1 gate,-' as w'eH. The council declared itself In faor of "healthy, recreative dancing," but expressed the opinion that "some dance halls Mere permitting dancers to set too fast a pace'' In the art of t erpsichore. Tickets; for the Invisible Guests banquet Thursday evening, Feb. 1", on sale at Summers Pharmacy. 2-7-lit

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4 Miis Rosalie Kendall. Xfiss Rosalie Kendal, of Louisville and Chicago is one of the popular bathers now at Palm Beach. She is shown in her fascinating: bathing suit. Nedjl Has Support For His Position Lake County Senator Backed up in Contention by High Authority 1 NDI ANA FO LIS. Ind., Feb. 8 -The contention of Senator Nejdl that the senate has a right to reconsider its action in postponing a bill Indefinitely, Is supported in a letter which Senator Nejdl has received from Lehr Fess, parliamentary clerk of the house, of representatives at "Washington. Senator Nejdl had written for a ruling. The question came up recently In the ,nat". The report of a committee to postpone indefinitely senate bill No, 16, was adopted. This bill would have increased the salaries of judges of the supreme and oppellate courts from $6.000 to $10,000 Annually. After the bill had been indefinitely postponed, a motion was offered to reconsider the action, so that the bill might be recommitted for an amendment fixing the salary at $7,500. The Lieutenant-Governor ruled the motioti out of order. Senator Nejdl tiaid he asked the opinion of the congressional parliamentarian merely for his own information, ila probably will not bring; it before the senate for action. Senator Nej.il took the position that the motion to reconsider the action on the committee report was always in order, and that the senate had a right, by a maojrity vote, to reconsider any previous action. AN INTERPRETER WAS NECESSARY A !iM German court session was held in the Hammond city court this morning when Victor Melser, 5 ! 2 Kenwood avenue, was brought In by federal officers cn a bootlegging: charge. They visited Victor' house yesterday and found a quantity of liquor. An interpreter appeared M-ith htm and he entered a plea of guilty. Then the judee tried to talk to him and found that Vic understood German. So did Chief Simons of the federal agents and Rail iff Jimmy Trost. They intrregat'd around the jude's bench and had quite a conference which ended by the j'.dge siarnalHng- to the Interpreter, who Mas outside the circle and telllnc; him in regular English to explain at length to Victor what it meant to have a suspenderl sentence. The arrest sheet showed that Melser was to pay $1"0 and had been given a suspended penal farm sentence of six months. G-ahriel Bujak'. Ji:g Columbia avenue, was also roped In by the sponge men yesterday. He had some liquor nnd had been detected making a sale. He also was assessed $13'"i and given a suspended sentence of six months on his plea of guilty. DEATH OFMRS. COON Mrs". Annie Coon, wife of Glen Coon, died this morning at Iter home, 14'; Grover street. She was 21 years of age. The temaina will be sent 4o Marion. Ind.. on Thursday morning for burial, in charge of Stewart. Funeral of Mrs: Scriver The funeral of Lucy Jane Scriver will take, place tomorrow afternoon at ; p. m. with ser ices at the house, j 423 May street. Rev. Rist of Xh- M. j .E. churc-i ofiioiatinff. Burial in charge j oil Stewart. '

5Mi NEWS FLASHES

(BULLXTINJ riNTFRKTIONM- NEWS SERvlCEl W AsHIMITt'N. Feb. 8. The Interstate Commerce Commission has granted authority to the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad to Jcsue and pledge a total of $373. 010 of general mortgage gold bond with the Secretary of the Treasury as Security for a government loan. BOXX.ETIN) ! IKTfPNTIONAL NEWS SFSV1CEJ INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Feb. S. Two bills were pa.sed this morning by th" senate b' fore adjournment. The mearures were Strode Bill amending the Insurance Laws of 1513 so that no medical examination will bo required when policy is to be for $300 or less: i2 ayes, no noes; The Miller bill requiring persons des'.rinsT to hold seines for use in privateponds to have a permit from the department cf conservation: 25 ayes, 12 r.oc. (BULLETIN) COLON. Feb. S. A ?10f.00n fir early today destroyed the entire business section of Colon. The blazo Is believed to have started in a general merchandise store. (BtJLLETIK) I INTER NATION At. HEWS SERVICE,' INDIANAPOLIS, Itid.. Feb. 8. The Indianapolis Genera! Atwmbly today paid tribute to Rp. A::a E, Matthews of St. Joseph County who died at Deaconess Hospital, last night after a short illnes-s. The House adjourned until ten o'clock tomorrow a a mark of respect, snd the senate adjourned until 2 o'clock this afternoon. JUDGE RULES WHINERY Ifl CONTEMPT Fireworks sputtered and exploded In the Gary superior court this morning when a continuation of the hearing in connection with tho famous Kerr divorce ruit was held. It resulted In Attorney "W. J. Whinery of Hammond being fined $10 for contempt of court after his client. John Kerr, had been soaked $100 and 60 days in Jail for the same reason. Kerr was brought into court for failing to obey a former order of Judge Greenwald. He was represented by Attorney "Whinery. Attorney "Whinery had prepared an answer for his client, which was overruled by the court and the fine and jail sentence were imposed. Then came the hot words between the bench and the bar. During the argument Judge Greenwald asked the attorney if he had not always had a square deal In that court and Whinery intimated that he had not. That brought a $10 fine for the lawyer. Attorney Whinery has filed appeal bonds in both of the contempt charges. LA BELLE TAKEN TO Deputy U. S. Marrhal 11. E. Sasse today took George LaB'lle of East Chicago to Indianapolis where he will be lodged In the Marion county jail until he can pro before the federal grand jury on the charge of Impersonating a federal officer. He Mas unable to secure the $1,010 bond, which had been fined at the hearing before Commissioner Surprise. Before leaving LaBel'e signed a statement In which he admitted impersonating a federal prohibition agent, but said he had no recollection of asking soft drink me;i for money. He had made application for a job as prohibition e n f orccm-e r. t o filacer at-Jl 1 had received some blanks to flll out j from the Chicago office. These he tijofl I in Impressing the saloon men with his importance He had ben drinking! moonshine before he started on his j romuis last week and says that it went j to his head ro'ncinc lection of his doings ii of any recoi ASKS RECEIVER FOR C. E. WIRT CTtOWX POINT, Ind.. .IVh. S. --Attorney Frank Patter of Crown Point filed a motion in the s.iperlor court at Valparaiso yesterday rroi n'r; ask ing that a receiver be appointed for Chester E. Wirt. The motion was filed 1 at the instance of Mr. Niiic "Wirt' who claims her husband has a. con- i siderahle amount of property iu Ln ke j county and in Xv York over l;ii; !iabi'i'ies and she asks that he be re- ! strained from dipsin? of it. Tiie mo-, lion will come up Friday morning JEWS DISSATISFIED WITH MANDATE; IjOXT'iiN, Feb. 8 Jews in London i are'not satisfied M-ith the tetris of t'i-e ! Br!ti."h mandate f.-.r Palestine, n.-eo-d- j ing to comment made to. My in the Jewish, Chronicle. The organ of Jews ! in this country in voicing-' Jewish op- j inlon. this newspaper said; j "The terms do not sufficiently con-j cede the public security which Jewish i nationality rightly claims for the formation and maintenance of ojr national bring."

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Allies to Cancel War To Each Other it Is Said

(BULLETXN) f N f f If N A T I e N A L NKWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, Teh. 8. "It is prujposterocs; I can scarcely believe It," said Secretary of State Colby today. In commenting- on a Tresa Dispatch wfclcH everted an anonymous official of the British foreign offic with saying- that "England .and America art treading- tho pathway that leads to war." Officials ..declared there fca3 bees n0 turn. in. the relations between Great Britain and the Unit eel States which, could hare justified such a statement and they are inclined, to floubt tha correctness of the story. WASHINGTON, rCb. S. Senator Lodge, republican ft Massachusetts, chairman of the committee and Senator Knox,' republican of Pennsylvania two of Its most influential member are of the opinion It Is "sheer nonsense to talk about Great Erltaln or other nations not paying what thcy owe the American people." "The suggestion that Great Britain or any other nation should not pay thelr just debts to us is to silly for serious consideration," Kaox fail "Great Britain and other nations with whom wc are associated wanted us the war, they wanted our money a well as out man-power," fald t"ecau.r Mosetr, republican. P-y EARL.B C. "REEVE? EONIXN, Feb. 8. While Freme -Lloyd George and Sir Auckland Geades. the British arr.basador to the United States, were canvassing ti'.e whole question of allle-1 war debts t rday. It was learned from an officii '. source that the British prime minister looks with favor upon the French proposal for the cancellation of the allies war obligations, including the stupendous s-uros owed by the entente powers to the United States. Premier Lloyd George and othe.members of the cabinet are said tr have complained that Sir Auckland Geddes is too "pro-American" In h's attitude upon two world issues involving the United States; namely. Mm debts and tho Japanese question. The premier is not ready to adm that the question of annulling the allied war debts has been shelved for altime. He is continuing- to erch for on indirect method of unloading part of Britain's anual obligations, the magnitude of which are making- thbudget fo burdensome to the public a.to threaten the life cf the present government. , While there are differences of opinion between the cabinet and Sir Auckland Geddes. It was declared authoritatively that theTe Is no threat of an open break on account of the popularity of the British ambassador in America. It Is a notable fact that none of the Important British newspapers advocate annulment of the British debt to the United States. On the contrary they urge Its payment. . "The question of repayment to th United States Is r.o question at a'!: It Is settled." said the Times. "We ehall pay full and promptly on any reasonable terms that Washington proposes." "We trust that the American pubi c will not misunderstand Mr. Chamberlain's reference to the allied war debt In his (Birmingham speech -last Friday." said the Morning- Tost. "Great Britain has no Intention of allowing the cordial relations toward America to be Imperilled by the Indefinite postponement cf the repayment of larpe sums due to the United States. It 1 not for this country to ask America which was only a lender and not a borrower, to cancel debts because t' -allies may cancel their debts to each other." After pointing out the ad v:,n h'l .; y of England's cancellation cf the deb'owing to her by the a"!ie cn th. ground it would lead to prosperity tVe Morning Post continued : - "The inter-aliled debts ha-, in? been cancelled. Great Britain w'U proceed to fund the debt due to the United States liv charges M-hlch the. pepl,-. eo this country will accept. a a naffer of course. The Ttritls't i.a'. i"i Would regard any juyrssest :on for t he rcsrdt -tance of o tr debt to America as Jugh'y derogatory to tli-".r i nth' nal bono-.-." FIND 3.000 GALLONS OF ViNE THERE WHITING, Ind. Feb. ft Three W-.H-Ir.g men m ere a r iv s t d ye-M -rd u y aft- r-no.-Ti and another isti t no::? to tte h.s 3,'iOit -:.n',i- ns n' vine n rcs-n't of ;:m u nex p .'-.-. d vis't of f ' d ral prohibition t.nf."remv ut agents. The ii. --t t under arrest are p.avr.nce r.'-re n.', 71;j Schrnge a ve. ; Anton .Lmioh. ti."'"i Whte Ohk avo.: Stanb y fj n.di,. of t'2 7 Schr.Mg.- a r. I.e. ran si had a st i , a ciar; of moonshine and ten ,ii;, of raisin mash. Jar.ich had i r-.i;!, throo gallons of hootch arid fifty g'llli.n cf r-M.- iii nia.-b. "While the officer v. ere ba.rgirg around one. of the jd ce-s. no c. uie.: Sr.-ei'i -SyrViik carrying a I.nc-o jug. ! .? v.tis about to enter a. - ft d-ir.k fn-! r v hen tliey stopper hint. The jug i-' t::i:i i4 ilejueu So Stanley nI':o V.M. plTo-hed, T!o y p.'-'! a vis'l to .V,e. YM.norV r"rco rn Schfaf e nvc. .-r,o found ;:," ;t fit lions of M ir.o. Alex ir.ist'd t'-nt ! owrn-el it and hxd paid th.-; govorntnent. tax on it. Tl-i 1 1 .. re no r'- ecu---Ht.-jiifs on the ba.-reis n the ..iT'e-!. seab-d the l-arrels; and iil he. hi tli'i i in detention until Alex, produce s hi?- t.i v ri-Cci pt r. All of tho me-n w re fceok-d l.u the Whiting city court.