Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 200, Hammond, Lake County, 11 February 1921 — Page 1
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Jasper County Sensation Follows Fire In Which Two Died. SPECIAL TO THE TIKES1 LOWELL. InJ,. reh. II. Ralph ra- Is, treasursr or the Newton County I -arm Bureau. s charged with the srurdcr of his parents In two secret J..dict!nent3. Judge George Williams of the Newton county circuit court nj .unced today following Davis1 arrest Chicago last night on an embezzleli.ent charge. Davii' arrest has caused a furor In jiorocw, south of here, his home town. 3is -vita held In Jasper county Jail pi Rensselaer today but Judge W"llUws stated that he will be taken to Moioco 'Ahcrc .vj will be held without bnd. Mr. pud Mrs. V.'. C Davis was burned to death in a vi; aterlous fire, w'.uoi-. b.stroyed their farm house early or the inornlng f January 21. At o o'clock that morning Davis rushed to the home of a neighbor a quarter of a vi Lie away and called for help. When ,,.scuers reached the burning home however, It was a mass of flames and or.iy the charred remains t.f his father mid" mother .vare found. Examination showed however that many hones o: both bodies were broken. The head o Mrs. Davis w-as found crushed more than fifteen feet away from where the bodies were Jyln,?. At the inquest the questioning o! Davis was so direct that he protests 1 repeatedly but made no admission.-. After a lone conference the coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by accident. Davis' res' 5nat-.cn at treasurer of the farm bureau v. as asked on January 4 when he Is said to have admitted taking- J1.130 -?f the bureau's funds. Called to explain Davis who is St years ..11 threatened to kill anyone who spoke a word against him but finally admitted taking: the money. Investing It In cattle Including the purchase of Pledge Duke De Kol Welscrip "The greatest bull in Indiana. ' Davis and his father reached an open break after his resignation but a r.eoncilUatlon later was effet -d by a sister Mrs. Frederick Fre-nchrib of Indianapolis. When Davis vanished from Morocco two -necks ago an investigation was started which resulted in the murder and embezzlement indictments. FORESTERS BIO DAY III MIND Great preparations are being made fur the big initiitory banquet which is t-j be given in Hammond next Sunday '.-y the Lake county association of the Catholic Or! of Foresters. The promoters are working enthusiastically end are confident it will be one of the loggest meetings of its kind held in Hammond In years. The various commutes are meeting very evening end reports which are rceived from all over tho county are exceeding expectations. The source of worry now is whether the K, of C. hall will be large enough to house tho attendance. Nearly every court in Lake count y has already signified its intention ot sending a large delegation consisting of candidates, members and in most cases the pastor. This indicates In a measure the intense interest which la manifested in the great Forester event. In addition to those from the countythere will be a number of men of national prominence present: Thomas Cannon, cx-president of the great fraternal Congress c f North America and High Chief Ranger of the C. O. 1'.; Thomas A. McDonald, High Secretary; Gustave Keller, High Treasurer, ani one of Wisconsin's noted public men, and others prominent in the High Court of the order. Indiana will be represented by John Herzog, ex-mayjr and present postmaster of Mishawaka and state Chlel Tlanger. and also all of the state court officers. The members of the loca.' committee who have left nothing undone to make the affair a success asks that Hammond citizens extend the visitors every courtesy possible so that the fame of Hammontl'j well known hospitality may be further enhanced. GARY NEGRO IS SENTENCED SPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 CTROWN POINT, Ind.. Feb. 11. Fercy Black and he was .black of Gary Tvon't pass any more forged checks at least not for two years, for a Jury in the criminal court on Thursday found him guilty of forghiy a check for f33.0f on Olilson Pro.. of t-jgj-v the earl;' part of January. P!a'-k lives at 1TCS Jefferson street, bu" the early part of next week hi address wHI be Jeff ersonville, Ind. Paul Gloser i dafaadel him..
Jury Finds E. Chicago Man Guilty Windsor Olson is Sent to State Penal Farm By Criminal Court
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT. Hid.. Feb. 11. Windsor T. 01.n of East rhlcago was found guilty of getting money under false pretenses by a Jury in the criminal court on Thursday and given a ISO day sentence at the penal farm and tine. Olson wss a contractor in East Chicago and had contracted with Giovanni Ciofll t i move his house and make necessary repairs upon it whie'i he accordingly did. When the job was completed he went to Ciofll for the money due him, about 1575, whicu Ciofll handed over to him. Oisen claiming that he had paid a'! the labor and material bills incurred while the re pairs were being made. However he had Just pocketed the 1575 and the bills were still unpaid. Ciofll had him jailed on t'.vi above charge. PRICE SLUMP TO ASSIGN Charles Surprise, deputy clerk of the Dfstrlst eou-t at. Hammond, was this morning appointed trustee under a de-ed of assignment made by Nathan Walitman, proprietor of a genera! merchandise store -.t 404 UPth St., Whiting." Wahrmln made the assignment to avoid bankruptcy proceedings. He is one of the many to be caught by ttie slump in the price of merchandise. Ihi opened the storo about eight months ago, buying his stock when mcrchadise costs had rracticflily reached their peak. Much of his Flock is still on hand and he says that it !s today worth only about one-third of v. hat he paid for It. For example, overalls which he bought for $21 per dozn wholesale, may now be purchased at ?S per dozen. He claims to have 'lost Sl.ruO in eight month?. Mr. Surprise has taken charge of the stock and Is taking inventory. It will be dispose"! of and the asset s appcrt.'oned among the creditors. SKULL FRACTURED; ST Private Irl E. Ilobcrts, ZZ year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W". Roberts of 4431 Oicott avenue, died last evening, at the St. Margaret's hospital from a fractured skull, received when ho fell from a Green line car on Wednesday evening, in East Chicago. Private Roberts. ' who was born on a farm at Bray ion, Tenn., in 1SSS came to East Chicago, with his parents in 1907. During the years that followed, he had been employed in tho various industries of the Twin Cities. At tho outbreak of the World War, Private Roberts, who was then iu St. Louis, enlisted in Company A, HiSth Infantry, then being formed and went with this organization overseas. R.oherts was a momber of the Masonic order and the K. P's. besides tho various other Civic and Fraternal organizations. The funeral will be. held Saturday ofternoon at 2:30 from the First Congregational Church In charge of the Masonic body. The pall bearers will be members of the American Legion, who are Masons. LOWELL BLAST VICTIM SPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 LOWELU Ind.. Feb. 11. Cheering word come from the home of Jcrom? Dinwiddle who v.-as injured Wednesday in a premature explosion of dynamite while blasting stumps. A nur. has been in attsndance since the accident and this morning physicians started removing burned powder and splinters of noul from his face and other parts of nlo body. It is said that the burns are not so deep as it had first been reared and that Mr. Din-.vi.ldie should soon recover unless unlooked for complications arise. The explosion tore nearly all of the clothes from his body and almost blinded him. In spite of the pain which he suffered he gamely climbed into his automobile, drove home and summoned aid. No visitors are being permitted to see him until lie has entirely recovered from the shock but inquiries have been pouring into the home from friends within a wide radius. STEEmJmTrCFfiFS OUT OF JAIL B. J. Steelman, vice president of the Wanner Malleable Iron company, is in Chicago today and part of his schedule was to drop in at the speeders court and cay "howdy"' to the Judge. Bert -was in Chieaeo yesterday and in his rush get bae' in time for the In lsih! Gue.t banquet he stepped on ! her a little too hard, brngiuir upto hu; head the nrato of a speed cop. He j manag-ed to talk the fellow o.it cfl clapping him into Jail and promised to appear in court later.
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Piano Co. Manager Esappesrs and Father Aaks For Foreclosure Wilfred Hughes, former manager of the Grand Central Piano (',, of Hammond, who (jtiietly disappeared recently. Ieaing a bunch of creditors to worry vct worthless paper which tliey are holding, w as today made defendant tn a suit brought by his father, John Hughes in the Hammond Superior court. The father asks for foreclosure of a ca.-tttel mortgage which he holds on a ? note against his son. On November 25. lfl-'O, he loaned WCfred $3,00O at 7 per cent, interest and took the mortgage on a number of phonographs and pianos -which comprised the stock of the store. The defendant vaa lo make payments out of the proceeds from sale of the machines hut failed to do so. The stock of the store and machines put out on payments were recently seized by Sheriff W. H. Ohl., on a writ of attachment sought by tho Cftizen's National Bank of Hammond. The sheriff is now holding the stock and the plaintiff in the present suit R.ks lor an injunction, restrajning the officer from I selling or otherwise disposing of the I stuff. The bank, Sheriff Olds, and Paul 'M i heif-wkz, cafhier of the West H-i.m-raoaJ Trust &, Savings Hank, are also made defendants v. ith W ilfred Hughes tn the suit. Hughes discpieare-l Re-crai weeks ago and thus far. efforts at locating him ; have been fruitless. Just how deeply he was involved is not known, but it is believed to run well up into the thousands. It was at first thought that he Trid suffered a physical Vreakdov. n and had entered a sanitarium lut later developments led to the conclusion that he had "skipped" wjh the Intention of avoiding paj ment of his debts. Attorney Albert 1. Grill iths Is repre- j senting John Hughes In the suit Hied to.fa t school my FIRST TILT The Sethool City of Hammond won the first stago in the suit against Jose;.!) T. Huston for possession of the plan. and .specifications for the additions to the Industrial high school building. The petition for a temporary injunction, restraining Hutton from destroying the plans and refusing to give them up was granted ty Judge Hardy in Room 2 of tho Hammond Superior court yesterday afternoon. Mr. Hutton was ordered to turn the plana and specifications over to Addison C. Berry, as a disinterested party to the suit and to be kept and held by Mm until further order of the court. Attorney W. J. Whinc.ry who representee Mr. Hutton was granted an appeal to the Supreme court. The school trustees brought the suit because of Hutton's alleged refusal to turn the papers over to the school city to which they were said to belong. It Is planned to erect the two wings to the high school building which wer-i provided in tho original plans in order to relieve the crowded condition?. Because the trustees dotrei to start thi work early this spring the suit for possession of the plans was given an early hearing. Whether the board wiil be permitted to copy the plans while in the possession of Architect Berry is not set out tn the court order. CHICAGO RABBI SPEAKS HERE Rabbi B. A. Pafca! of Congregation Rodjel 7dek of Chicago honored the Hammond Jews with an elixj-jent address at the new synagogue 0n Sibley street. His subject "Youth and the cho-sen. Whereas he pointed that in pre-war times the Jews derived their religious inspiration and brought their P.abbis from abroad, and since with the beginning of the war European Influence ha peeased the necessity for self producing of the Jews spirit in the young has arisen. He pointed out an Interesting fact that in every synagogue there l eter nal light burning and proclaimed It; t'nft -avmi-m! of the effort to keen th ' pirit of Judaism aflame in the hearts "f the young. All those present enjoyed a most memorable evening. REFEREE IN TOWN Harry C. Sheridan of Frankfort, referee in bankruptcy, i- in Hammond thi. afternoon attending to matter,,. w hich ha", e be.-n filed in toe federal court. He was to hold first .-red: tors j meetings in the cases of Peter Rosea j grocer, and Sam Mahler, general merchant, both of Gary.
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Senator Holmes Warned Hammond Man Asks Him to Be Against Constabulary Bill
1 N TI ANA POLT5, Ind.. Feb. 11. Senators who are faoral.li to the bill creating a state constabulary are in receipt of let tor" denouncing them tor their attitu le and in some instances making threats against them, A sampl -j of the kind that the members of the upper branch or' receiving is one received by C. Oliver Holmes, senator from Lake. H is dated from Hammond and addressed to "C. O. Holmes, Statehouse." It follows: "I am requesting you to use your Influence against the constabularyaw. the industrial court and the garnishee bill. I am one cf the people who have Intrusted the affairs of my state to you, and as a representative of the people you ire o express the voice of the people and not to reserve the right to express your own views, as you are only a servant of the people, and is not a personal affair on your part, and you will fill the desires of the people and stamp yourself as a man devoid of principle and of honor and only make yourself a It subject for the pen for violation 'f your oath of office. Did you go of your own accord to the Statehouse, or were you pent by the people, of which 1 am one? Only one thing can keep yoii from working against thc.ie bills and that would be bribery and nothing else; from a sense of a real man of intelligence, do noc tell mo you reserve the right to use your Judgment, ."s it should only be the people y;u -uiould represent. 1 am, resrect, J. CADEN. "US Sibley street, Hammond, Ind.HELP SENT . TO At the Juncheoti of the Hammond Chamber of Comtijrs-terday, a collection amounting -'t' JflfMS -Avas takn up among tho member, for tho relief of the unemployed ncgrvt;s and Mexi cans of Indiana Harbor. This body has been quick to ansvuer the needs, of the starving men and is very commendable for their interest of the welfare of those of nearby cities as well as of Hammond. The Rotary Club, which is composed mostiy ef prominent business men and manufacturers, have also tendered a he.'riug hand, and have tent a supply of soup, crackers and tic which were left -ver from the "Invisible .Dinner." Many other donations are being made among them is that of tho Dietrich Baking Co. who have been sending bread and of the Army Stores, who have donated food and clothing. Food left over from the banquet of the Boy Scout's at the JJ. E. Church and from the Congregational church, were turned over to Mi-..s Lindley, police matron for distribution. Indana Harbor A. M. E. Church, of which Rev. J. M. Howard is pastor, and o fthe Baptist Church, Rev. King is pastor, are. serving the men whenever possible, and deserve honorable mention. It Is believed that tho situation Is much improved, especially among the Mexican Colony. Several of the railroads aro hiring a good many of the men for track and .section work in thi different parts of the rtate. which has greatly relieved the situation. SEEKS TO RESTRAIN CREDIT PAYMENTS riVTFR NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Secretary of the Treasury Houston was today ordered to show cause on next Friday he should not be restrained from a!lowing further credits to foreign governments. The rule was issued by Justice Hitz of the Supreme court ot the District of Columbia, in response to an action filed by William Randolph Hearst, as a citizen and taxpayer. Through his attorneys. Ansell an J Bailey. Mr. Hearst charge sthat Secretary Houston and his predecessors In office advanced to foreign governments $9.58n,S23.677,18 and that a balance or ?4 1 3.1 7B.fJ21'.S2 out of a fund of JlO.'mn.000. aoa remains in the custody of the secretary of the treasury, and that the secretary is about to make further advances to .foreign governments. Mr. Hearst charges speclficlally that Secretary Houston is about to make credits to the following governments in the following- amounts: Czechoslovak Republic, $5,072,834; France, J50.4?6,977.24; Oreece, 533,236,8:9.05; Italy 534,321,192.73; Liberia, 54.974,000. TAKING PRECAUTIONS AGAINST TYPHUS By LEE ELLMAKER rSTACF CO'OE5"ONDrNT I. N SERVICE! WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Despite most drastic protective measures, typhus carriers are entering the United States, Commissioner Genera! of Immigration Anthony Camlnetti, stated today. He expressed confidence however, tha "the plague will never get beyond the confines of the quarantine zone." l r. tiuEii j. v linn; i n . . siircn gen-i era! of the United State public health service, adnvtted thnt case;. of thej dreaded plague are en'ering the conn- j try but declared that he had no fears' of. an epidemic
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The Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporatiun has disposed of a halt interest I in the Sinclair Plve Line Company tn the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, it has been announced jointly by the two companl1?. The price was not stated, but President H. F. Sinclair announced that the pipe line represent an Investment of more than $30,000,0'o. .11 S BEEV SlI'PI,YINi WHITISO The pipe line has been supplying tho Sinclair refineries in the mid-continent field and at Kanas City and Kast Chicago, and at the same time has been transporting crude oil for and delivering it to the Standard Oil Company or Indiana at Whiting. Ind. The pipe llu company owns and operates about 2, 800 miles of main trunk and tributary pipe lines extending from the oil fields ot North Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas through Missouri and Illinois to Eajt Chicago. SI.VCXAIR XEEDS MOSEY. Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation is known to have been in rather a tight fix financially and it is presumed the sale of a part interest in the subsidiary company was adopted as a means of relieving it. The transaction does not Involve in any way, according to President Sinclair, the producing, manufacturing, or distributing departments of th-3 Sinclair Consolidated Company's business. EAST CHICACiO KEmnnv IfItEASI-G, Explanation of the deal is made by President Sinclair In the following statement : "The capacity cf our East Chicago refinery has been on the increase, an" it was apparent that in order to continue making deliveries to the Standard of Indiana it would be necessary to increase the capacity" of the pipe line. The Indiana Company's proposal that the capacity be increased and that ability to obtain deliveries of crude oil producers of the mid-continent '41 If-TVD (BULLETIN) STAFF COHPtESooNncM I ft SERVI'El ST. AUGUSTINE. FU.. Feb. 1!. Prcsident-EJect Harding this afternoon strongly intimated that he would appoint Charles Evans Hughes as Secretary of Sute. fSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Feb. 11. Lengthy arguments in the Senate on the anti-picketing bill marked the ses sion today of the General Assembly. Senator Nejdl of Whiting and Senator nogston or iviarion let the fight in the I senate on the anti-picketing bill. Sponsored by manufacturers of the state and opposed by organized labor. Senator Swain of Madison county and Holmes of Gary spoke in favor of the passage of the bill. A vote 'on the measure is expected this afternoon. HELD IN DEATH FIRE CASE Dan Keefe, a laborer, who was liv!ng in the bunk car in the Erie yards at Hammond where the fire occurred Wednesday night, which caused the death of John Jenson, is being held at the Hammond police station for the 'coroner's inquest which will be held tomorrow. Keefe was arrested on Fayette street last night in an intoxicated condition and this morning was fined 55 and costs in the city court. His drunken spree, Hollowing- so closely upon burning of the bunk car with its tragic results, caused the decision to inquire further Into the affair. Friends of Jenson rvw admit that the unfortunate man was Tactically dead drunk when he was helped into his bunk a fhnrt time before the f.re broke out. Keefe said he had Just returned from South Chicago when be was arrestee. He said he had obtained his liquor there, adding that it was moonshine. SHOE PRICES TAKE SUDDEN TUMBLE c If the sale going on now a the I -on stere is any citcrion the price good shoes is now lower than it "has been in many, many years. Having obtained the co-operation of a well known Chicago manufacturer, a large purchase of shoes waj consummated at 50c on the dollar. These are now being offered for men, women and children at liberal reductions. The quick response to such values proves that Hammond people are alive to values. KNOW CHAS. RHODES? Hammond police received a letter today from an undertaker at Springfield, Ohio, asking them to locate relatives of Charles Rhoades, whos body is now being held in a Springfield morgue unclaimed. The communication gives no description of the man but simply jtate that way understood that he csme f'-orj Ilamtncnd and had a mother and siitter Pving here. Any person who may have information which would be of assistance should communicate with Chief of Police Austgen at the Hammond station.
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BUYS NO would have bean necessary for us to increase our use ..f rail trans greatly portation. "A substantial portion of our purchase tn Kansas and Oklahoma has been made from the Sinclair Oil and Gas Company and delivered to in through the Sinclair Pipe Line?. Ou.purchase of a half interest in the Slnclair Pipe Line Company, together with an Increase in the capacity of tha company's lines, will enable us to eliminate to a large extent shipments o" crude oil by rail." they buy a half 'nterest was attractive, as it will result to our mutual advantage, because the cost of making the increase will be relatively small, and comparatively little will be addd to operating expenses. No change in operating personn-1 Is contemp'ated. DISTINCT BE.EHT. "The increase in pipe line capacity will be a dlstinc; benefit to the crude oil producers cf tre mid-continent fields, as it will provide an additional outlet for their cil." Consenting upon Mr. Sinclair's statement, Col. R. W. Stewart, chairman ot the board of Jlrcctors and chief executive officer of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, said: "Yes, we have pjrchasd a half interest in the Sinclair Pipe Line Company. The Standard Oil Company of Indiana has never, until compelled by war conditions, concerned itself with either production or pipe line transportationWe secured our requirements of crud oil tBrough purchase, delivered to our refineries by pirc line companies or in tank cars oy rad. WAR IllRT SIPPLV. "During the period of the war. our pipe line connections were unable to supply sufficient crude to Keep our refineries operating at full capacity, owing to extraordinary demands for mid-continent crude on the Atlantic seaboard, and had it n -t been lor ouEMINENTLY L Hammond'3 contribution to the Hoover fund for the relief of starving children of Europe will be in exceas of 55,000. Miss Roberts who is tabulating the returns at the First National Bank has received 5 4.S21.09 'fiom 0 of the seventy members of the committee sell - ! ,ns tiJkets and mcnts. n charge of arrangeTwenty members of th'.s committee are yet to report. It is certain that these twenty will bring In enough iO put the fund ov- the S6.000 mark. In the opinion of many observer? this is a j splendid showing. j The affair was sponsored by the ! Hammond Rotary Club. Iess than two j weeks ago the club took action on the j matter and by next Tuesday the fund ; should be on its way to Hoover and f the children that so badly need it. j MA.Y niO NOT COME. The dnner last night was a notable affair in many respects. Preparations were made for f;00 or TOO guests bu while that many tickets had been sold the crowd probibly did not exceed oOU to 400. Evidently the purchasers of tickets felt that their contribution was all that was required of them and did not come out to the meeting. Accordingly there was much soup left and many places unfilled. But the crowd was targe enough t) get the spirit of the occasion and after all everybody was there In a common cause that they had amply demonstrated was close to their hearts. EATOVS ADDRESS EM. RECEIVED The address by Marquis Eaton of the Chicago law firm of Pr frees. BuckIngham and Eaton was an able one eminently suited for the occasion. The meeting was called to order by President Thomas R. Tennant of the Rotary Club. Rev. Robert D. Lick: id er of the Ko,ary t"lub pronounced the invocation, J lie au'J H in. t i u ... I fa. 1 1 . 1 1 , i i . . i i idenl lennant tnrn introduced t lie speaker and aft :r th" address Rev. Seroczynski pronounced tie benediction. The garage proved to the ideal place in which to hold such an aiTair. Tha arrangements for taking care ot the crowd were excellent even to th checking of wraps. Chairman H. E. Sharrer is well pleased with the co-operation received from every person called upon. It not in accordance with the c-incpts fi Rotary to make tpeeiflc mention of service performs i either by individual within or witnout the Hub. Stiff 're i to ray that Hammond has done its part in a splendid spirit of generosity and co-operation. In his weekly bulletin the secretary of the Rotary Club say: "We can fee! proud of Hammond Rotary more than I ever before after the magnificent way in which our committee and member pulled off the Invisible fiufft dinner j lartt night a id ie sconp -d The Time. j In reporting the event and wi'l let otii- , ers furnisn the detail-." Evidently , Secretary Page is patterning sfter the i Chicago morning papers whiclt get out their first edition the day before.
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Animosity Shown By People To State Board of Education.
TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Feb. 11. The public school text book probe that has been started by the Senate of Indiain. seems to have hit a more popular cord with the public than any other act oo that has been taken durtng the session. This nnimous.fy to the state board oi education f r adopting books that v Hi cost the parents of school children mM ytar $180,000 more than the bo,.l.f adopted five years ao Is pxprtfM-d ir the resolution of Senator Carti of Frankfort which demands thai the "state board of education be censured for the adoption." Some of the more thoughtful members of the assembly who have giver the matter some study point out that i he state board Is convicted before it naa been tried. They point to the testimony of L. N. Hlnes. state surer.ntendent of public instruction, which ha brought to the attention of the committee that the board of education only foi low ed the law in adopting books tr i. year. It is not optional with the tta; board when they shall adopt books. The law provides that books shall bo adopted every fivo years. It, therefore, stands to reason that under th' law, the books that had to be adopted this year would be more costly than those adopted prior to the war. The chief charge that is made now against tha board by Senator Cann ir that it adopted different books this year when it should have readopted the books now in use. Of cours if the books now in use had bceq re-adopted they should be more costly than they aro at present but it is the content ior: of the senator that tha saving come. in families whero there are more the i one child and the books can be pas.-vj down. The sentiment exists tn the as-ni-hly that there is something Mrong -omcwhere in the entire scheme of (V.e txwk adoptions. At every adopt V-:. there Is a grt-it dea? of agitation v. ; d veiled assertions that there lj corruption arc made. Those who claim t.. be somewhat familiar with the booiv -ituatlon dcHared that much of the unfavorable comment tint is made again' "to UooI board originates with Hie unaueoesf ul publishers. Superintendent i titles admitted thai ihr. book adoptl v period is one that 1 very d.ftaMeful to him and to m l'-r.- of the board because f the "tut -moil" that it arotuci. Ho al.'o as., t that as 'hundreds of thousands of do! lars arc involved in each book confra l it ts onlv natural that a great doal i.f pressure would bi brought to bear on the members of the board. It is often asserted that the representative!; of the publishing companies control the appointment of th school superintendents of Fort Wayne, Evansville end Indianapolis, a., these members are members of tho stato board of eduction by virtue of their office. In ti e pact it declared to b a fact that booh company representatives have worked to undermine those school superintendants and have succeeded in having them discharged. At the 1919 session leigslation wa.proposod to take tha adoption poncr out of the hands of the etate board c ' education. Tho "stink" that was tair-v, then was very simitar to the one no v. . Rut tr". irescnt session of the legislature seems more determined to get a Mie facts and find out why there rhouid be to much smoka Charges and counter charges of co--ruptlon are hurled at members cf the board and at representatives of the publisher. These charges are made in the halls of tho statehouse, but never seem to get any further. Whether these charges arc merely outgrowths of competition between the book men as.d are false has never been proved. Men that defend tho state board are branded in some circles &3 being "hushed". On the other hand men who bring tn charges against the board are declared lo be the instruments of vengeance urged on by tho representatives of publishers who were able to get their books accepted. GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR HIKE FOUND The Boy Scout hike, which had been planned Tor Saturday afternoon a. part of the Scout week program ha. been abandoned and instead an event Just as interesting has been substituted. H. S. Voorheis, who has charge of that part of the program rueceeded In obtaining the u.o of the State Line garage at State Lin: and Sibley streets, which was used for the Invisible Guest banquet last night. From 2 ts .". o'clock tomorrow afte--noon the scouts of Hammond and the! -friends w!l enjoy a big name tournsirent n th:- f?a.'lnuf building. It w;:l he one of the livrliest affairs ever pu','ed of? in Hammond and no youngster can afford to miss it. The hike was to have been to the Little Ccilurnet river, but owing to the bad weather and sloppy conditions under foot it waa decided to call off tho affair and stage the Indoor meeting. HOLDUP ON I. H. B. TRACKS Stanlej- Eastman, 5r-2 Hohman street Hammond, and a companion were held up by to men at 11 o'clock last night on the I. H. TJ. railroad tracks threa blockn east of Columbia avenue. The two holdups suddenly confronted them with revolvers and while one man kept them covered the other w-ent through their pockets. Neither man earr'.M meney with him. but Eastman's wate s. 21-Jewel Waltham valued at .s. ivas taken. Eastman furnished tha police with a good description of boti-j holducs.