Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 202, Hammond, Lake County, 14 February 1921 — Page 1

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MEASURES TO 'R PARLIAMEN1 THE WEATHER. Generally fair tonight and Tunday bat probably with some cloudi- ' colder tonight with temperature nenr frcerlng; moderate northwest to east wind. Om rtret and ntwiaUsdi, 36 per copy. Delivered by caxrte? la Hammond and Wesr Hammond, Titty cents per moatS. VOL. XIV. XO. 202. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1921. HAMMOND, INDIANA KT73 in

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Solons Confronted By Mass Of Proposed Legislation. ( BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. Inil.. Feb. 1 4 The fight over the Baxter anti-pleketing bill is now transferred t the lower notice of the assembly, tollowing its passage last week In the senate after a bitter debate In which it was declared that "the majority in the legislature would have to answer to laboring men of the state if the bill became a law " The bill Is sponsored by manufacturing- interests, and has been opposed by labor organizations in many resolutions and petitions tiled in both houses. Opponents of the measure say that the Katts constabulary bill, providing for the establishment of a state police force, is a twin brother to the anti-pickcting bill and that the passage of either would subject the majority in the legislature to unnecessary embarassment. Thoso M ho f ivor the anti-pieketing and thstate police bills declare that they are "law and order" measures and should be on the statute books for that reason. ( BULLETIN) TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL INDIANA POLIS, Ind., Feb. 14. Much hns been said of the unusual speech with which the present session of the legislature is disposing of its business. While this is true when the 1'.'21 esson is compared with sessions of recent yftars yet the fact remains that a vast majority of its work, remains fb be done In the remaining nineteen working days f the assembly. It is already apparent that scores of bills now pending will die without being acted upon by both houses. Up to today the senate has received from its members 258 bills arnf the house i6S. Out of this large number the house his taken final action on only four of the senate bills and the upper house ha passed on three of the lower branch's bills. Two of these were appropriation, measures one tho appropriation for the expense of the session and the other the regular appropriation bill. (BY II. K. REYNOLDS) STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Feb. 14. With only eighteen working days remaining before the seventy-second general assembly is to be realized, according tc Indiana law makers returned, today to their scats ready to buckle down to business in an effort to dispose rapidly of the mass lof proposed legislation that confronts them. Although the legislature hps been m pesfdon for more than a month, no .measures of importance, with the exception of the general appropriation have been enacted into law. This does not Indicate, however, that the law makers have dilly-dallied since they convened early In January, but that careful consideration of all legislative proposals has held up final action on many bills until the necessity for their enactment is established in the minds of the majority. Governor McCray's expressed desire for "quality, not quan- . tity" as the watchword of the 1021 assembly is to bo raellzed, according to the opinions of Republican leaders and the reliability of -their prediction is fore cast by the fact that both houses have voted for the indefinite postponement of more bills than have been passed. Committees are to be rushed with the work during the remaining days of the session and many long arguments are expected to develop when the more important bills are presented for final consideration. The primary law controversy which has presented a perplexing problem to legislative leaders, will be. thrashed out largely, it is now believed, in the conference committee of anti-and pro-primary advocates, with a view to avoiding aerlous clashes in either house when the various bills on the subject come to a vote. The conference committee as organized with the approval of the ITovernor after he annovincod his withdrawal from the primary fight, and Its members are expected to agree upon a compromise measure which can be parsed smoothly end swiftly after its introduction. The pro-primary faction Is still holding out for extension of the present system to Include the direct nomination of candidates for all state offices, while the antis, backed by the Republican State Committee, are demanding the nomination of candidates for governor and United States senator In state conventions bythe same method employed under the present law for the selection of candidates for nil the state offices. In support of their plan for re-vamping the primary law, the legislators who favor its revision are planning to mollify the objections of the opposition Tpy offering to include in the new statute more stringent regulations for the operation of party conventions. These probably will include restrictions concerning the giving of proxies, Changs sin methoSs of ballot Ing and so-called deifects. which have been pointed out by those who declare that the vpice of the people is likely to become a mere whisper in the midst of convention manipulation. The question of the abolishment or retention of the presidential preference vote is now the Issue upon which opposing members of the conference committee will plan , to trade whan their deliberations reach a critical Juncture.

Lake County To Get Three Senators Legislative Apportionment Bill to Be Introduced Today

TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL! INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 14. The legislative apportionment committees of the hous" aid senate have prepared the bill for the redisricting of th. state for representation in th G?ner:l Assembly for the next six years. A number of .hinges are mr.de in the final draft from the tentative plan that was announced several weeks ago. Representative Herbert Willi of Waterloo is scheduled to introduce the I bill in the house Monday. According to the bill the senatorial representation f-T the next three sessions of th as-x mbly will give Lake county three senators. Probably the most notable changes proposed in the apportionment are the increases in representation given Lake and Marion counties in the house and the incerase for i-ake in the senate. In the original draft Lake was given two senators and a Joint, but in this plan has three. It is also noted that in the senatorial district now represented by Joseph Cravens that the committees eliminated Dearborn county from his district and add .j 1 Scott. Posey county losses its representative. Mien county retains its sai.i representation with the exception of the joint senatcf-ia' district. The joint senator is elected, according 'o th.- plan, from Allen and Noble whereas the joint senator comes from Alien ;m.l Deka'ib, BIG RAID OCCURS AT BURN .Burnham's lights went out at 2 o'clock Sunday morning when investigators from the office of States Attorney Robert E. Crowe, surrounded the village and carted away 2S7 inmates of the all-night resorts. Among the places raided just across the State line from Hammond were the Speedway Inn, Burnham Pay Inn, Farkside Inn, and the Perfeeto. It Is reported that a number of Hammond men who had visited the places as "sighteers" did not return home until yesterday afternoon after the prison ers had been .sorted over at the criminal court building in Chicago. Forty-six women and 26 men were held as witnesses before the grand jury which was to take up the matter today. Three investigators from the state's attorney's office had ?pent 10 days in Burnham gathering evidence prior to the raid. They charge a syndicate arrangement in the management of the houses and In questioning the girl prisoners yesterday statements were obtained supporting the charges in every detail. "The women." said Mr. Crowe, "admitted they paid $15 a week at th places in which we found them. They said they received 50 per cent commission on all liquor sold to customers they, 'steered' into certain saloons. "Most of the women told us they had been led to believe the 'lid was off." We are going to prove that It is on tight in Burnham and every other town and city in this county. We are going to keep everlastingly at it until we have cleaned up not only Ch Icago but ail of Cook county. Gambling and disorderly houfes must and will be stamped out." Scores of automobiles and patrol wagons were used In bringing investigators and policemen to Burnham and in carrying the prisoners back to Chicago later. PRESTOLITE BUILDING In an explosion avhlch was plainly left i all parts of Hammond Saturday evening, one of the buildings of the Prest-O-Lite company on Marble street, was wrecked and two employes narrowly escaped death. The explosion occurred in the highest building of the group used by the company, which generates acetylene gas and stores it in containers under high pressure for commercial purposes. Only two men were in the building at the time. Frank Smolinskl, 133 154th place. West Hammond, si injured while hi.- companion escaped unhurt. Smolinski was taken to St. Margaret's hospital where it -was found that his injuries consisted of a bad gash in the leg and burns about the face. His condition is not considered serious. An investigation of the explosion Is being made by officials of the plant, who have thu." far refused to comment upon the probable cause. Death of Mrs. Hensler Mrs. Jeanette Hensler, wife of Henry Hensler, died at 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning at the home on South Madison street. Hammond. Mrs. Hensler wa? IS years old and leaves the husband and a week-old baby. The funeral will be held from the home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Shaffer will officiate and burial will be In Oak Hill cemetery in charge of Undertaker Emmerlins-

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INSTITUTE CO. LEAGUE NEXT WEEK

Citys of Region Will Meet At East Chicago On Washing ton's Birthday. The program tor the institution of the Lake County Americanization League is now complete. The institution will take place at the McKinley school auditorium, 148th and Magoun avenue, Kast Chicago, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 22, at 5 p. m. Dr. Jacob Goldman, temporary chairman, will call upon the committee appointed by the city mayors of Kast Chicago, Whiting. Gary and Hammond to adopt the plans of activities of Americanization and to elect permanent officers for the ensuing year. This election will precede the program at the McKinley school and will be held at the city hall Fast Chicago, foi'owed by a banquet at the Cafe LaFayctte at 6 p. m. At 7:11') p. in. Washington's birthda.celebration and 'he institution of the Americanization League will be started at the school building. United States Commissioner Charles Surprise, will be niHst'T of ceremonies. James Thomson will have charge of the Community Chorus. Short talks will he ade by JuJgo Reiter, Judge Greenwald. Judge Norton and Mayor Hodgeof Gary. Felix J. Streyckmans, Americanization representative of the Chicago Association of Commerce, wii: be the principal speaker of the evening. The K'tst Chicago high schools will be represented t;- Willard Van Home son of Attorney W .P., Van Home, who will speak on Americanization in the public schools. All ex-soldi"rs, sailors and marineof Iake county have been invited an-: will be the special guests of the evening. KRAl'TY CONTEST. At the end of the meeting a beauty contest will take place and a beaut1ful and valuable prize will be presented to the lies', looking woman o' Lake county present at the celebration. It will be the gift ef the Seifer Furniture company of Whiting, Kas' Chicago and Indiana Harbor. i The second prize will be given to one of the veterans of the wofld War. GRIFFITH FOUNDRY RESUMES OPERATIONS President of Company Enthusiastic Over Plants Future Prospects SPECIAL TO THE T1MF.S1 GRIFFITH, Ind., Feb. 11. After a temporary shut down of sixty days thGriffith Foundry Company resumed operations this morning with practically the entire force back to work. During- the past week orders aggregating five hundred tons of grey iron castings were received. This, together with numerous inquiries, causes Frank Wachewioz, of Hammond, vice president of the company to believe things are on the upward trend. Among the big orders to be rilled In the immediate figure are those for the Austin Manufacturing Co., Edward Valve Company and the AdvanceRumley Company of Laporte. rians are now being drawn for the construction of a large malleable plant, the comoaay having been assured of several fine contracts when ready to operate. This building will be a hundred by two hundred and fifty feet and will manufacture malleable castings. Naturally the company is all enthusiasm over, the wonderful prospectsfor the future, 'ihey think there wi: be a general resumption af business after April first. "We will be Working to capacity by .March first. The many Inquiries W2 are receiving," says Mr. Wachewicz, "show that manuf aeturer are planning bij things, and it indi cates which way the wind of prosperity is blowing. MAYOR'S SISTER DEAD Mayor Dan Brown of Hammond receiveJ a telegram yesterday informing him of the death of his .sifter, Mrs. J. Saunders, which occurred Sunday morning at her home at Kast Los Vegas, N. M. Mr. Brown started for New Mexico this morning and will remain there until after the funeral and arrangements have been made for the three sons, which have been left orphans. The father died about a year ago. The mayor will probably be away for a week or ten days. JAMES F. DEASY PASSES AWAY James F. Deasy, 405 Oak street, aged 26. who was hurt in a motorcyclo accident last May and has been an invalid ever since, died at his home yesterday afternoon. He was employed at the Sinclair Oil plant arid leaves a wife, son and brother to mourn. The funeral will take place at St. Joseph's church at 8 o'clock tomorrow and burial in charge of Burns, will be had! at Racine, Wis.

DETROIT WOMAN GETS SPIRIT MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD YESTERDAY

(Copyright, 1521, by the International News Service.) DETROIT. Mich., Feb. 14. Out of the great beyond a message has come from the spirit of Thomas Lynn Bradford, according to a remarkable statement today of Mrs. Ruth Starkweather Pnrin the woman the adventurer had chosen as the agency through whom to talk after death. He committed suicide here last week. The reported message was received Saturday night by Mrs. Doran, The mess-igo was received between '.i a,nd 10 o'clock exactly one week, to the hour, after Professor Bradford commltted suicide so he could prove that the. dead can communicate with the living. It came to Mrs. Ruth Starkweather Doran. the woman the adventurer had chosen a-s the human agency through whom to talk with the world. "I am Trofessor Flynn (Thomas Lynn Bradford) who speaks to you from the beyond," Mrs. Doran's message reads. "I have broken through the veil, with the aid of the many interested persons who are helping tonight to prove the reality of communications from tho regions beyond the eorth. The help of the living has greatly assisted tho return. "I simply went to sleep. I woke tip and at first did not ralize I hod passed on. 1 una no great cnangc apparem. I expected things to be much different. They are not. Human forms are retired in outline but not in the physical. "I am still intent that students shall investigate the book I left behind. "I have not traveled far. I am still much in the darkness. I see many persons. Th- y appear natural. "I recognize your dear grief over the notoriety that this adventure has 'icn ou. But I am to help you ff ar it. IX not bother about it. "There is a lightness of responsibility here unlike in life. One feels full of rapture and happiness. Persons of like natures associate. I am associated with other investigators like myself. I do not repent my act. I was a misfit on earth. I shall continue am contirvuing my investigations. "My present life is' but the first of i series. I am still investigating the future planes regarding which we in this plane are a.s ignorant as are earthly beings of the life just beyond life." Ihiring tho hours of nine and ten, .Spiritualism to her come to be ready. JOIN PROMISES TO Two calls were received by Hammond police Saturday evening to the home of John Burkat, 75 Torrence avenue. Both times it was reported that John was slaying his wife. The -first time the police decided it was not so bad and let John remain at home, but on the next call. Mrs. Burkat insisted ;hat he be locked up. This morning both .sides' told their stories In court. The woman Insisted that John should be sent away for a long time because he was bound to kill her. John said it was the other way around and that his wife had choked him, hit him over the head with a dipper, threatened to scald him and otherwise made him feel uncomfortable while at home. "How many children have you?" asked the court. "Nine, all together," answered John. "How would you live If I send John away?" was the question which he put to the wife. Mr.". Burkat didn't know, but Imagined they cov.ld get along .some way. "If I send Join to jail, you and your friends will be camping on my trail tomorrow trying to get him out. The city would have to keep the family. I don't want to do it 1f it can be avoided." said the court. "Let's put him under peace bond." suggested Prosecutor Todd. So it was done. John promised to lay off of the moonshine of permitted to run at large. His wife went away shaking her head. WHITING FIREMEN ASKS $5,000 DAMAGES Albert Zarndt. a .member of the Whiting fire department to.fay filed suit for damages against the Hammond. Whiting & East Chicago Street Railway company in the Hammond superior court. On Feb. 16. 1920, his station re-sponded to a call and as the truck on which he was riding was speeding along 119th street, it collided with a street car at AVhite Oak avenue. Zarndt was injured and asks for $5,000 damages. John M. Stinson Is his attorney. Shopmen Called Back FORT WAYNE, Ind., Feb. 14. Effective Monday, 80 per cent of the men in the back shop and car department of the Pennsylvania railroad shops here, who were laid off Jan. 24, will return to work. One thousand seven hundred men were included In the layoff. The reason given for the action at the time by railroad officials was general business depression. WASHINGTON. Feb.. 14. Impeachment of Federal Judge K. M. Landls for "high crimes and misdemeanors in office." was1 asked of the house of rep resentatives today by Representative B. F. Welty, democrat, of Ohio.

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out Detroit were holding a "concentration party" by pro-arrangement. All of the faith concentrated their thoughts that hour upon Bradford" and Mrs. Doran for the purpose of assisting in the transmission of the message. Mrs. IXiran swears to the authenticity of the communication. She wiv.i not a Spiritualist or Theosophist -She was open-minded. She believes in Spiritualism now. She invites itivestigaton of her experience by responsible individuals or

j organizations. Mrs, Doran half-way expected the j message. She had summoned three , witnesses none of them believers in j Spiritualism to her name to be ready. J She believed that if it came, It would be i at the hour of nine. She had an lntuition thit Bradford would choose some ' such anniversary as a week from his ' demise to send the message he prom ised to send. A few minutes before 9 o'clock. Mrs. Doran entered the darkened parlor of her home. "I feel that I shall hear from Professor Flynn tonight." she said Bradford was known to her as Professor Flynn. As the clock on the ni'intle-piece struck nine the hour when Mrs. Doran and Spiritualists and Theosophists all throughout Detroit had agreed to concentrate she put her hands' to her temples and appealed to enter a trance. Her eyes stared vacintly at a dark corner of the room. She seemed oblivious of the prseence of the witnesses. Tho room was almost dark. The curtains were drawn. The only light had come from a small globe in an electric floor lamp. The radiance of which was subdued by a d irk shade. For several minutes Mrs. Doran stood silent. Then she said: "I feel a strange presence. I believe it to be the spirit of Professor Flynn." Then sbe seemed to recover from her apparent trance. She looked around her and addressed one of the witnsses "A week ago I scoffed at such a thing. I wonder if there are many concentrating their thoughts on this now?" She placed her hands on her eyes again and directed "turn out the light," this was done, leaving the room in total darkness. A moment's silence. Then "I hear his voice; It Is faint, but It crows more distinct; it is Professor Flynn." she said. CAGE STARS Following Whiting's protest agaln'i the eligibility f Donald Shelton and Robert Cadwald t. A. L Trester, sc retary of the State Athletic Association, has suspended these Hammond stars from athletics until Feruary 26. at which time the state athletic board of control will take up the matter for final decision. Whiting's protest is based on the fact that these toys played on the practice games against the Alumni and First Presbyterian church teams last December at which time they were both ineligible to play in regu.ar games. In past years tch eligibility line has never been closely drawn in these preliminary contests, and there is nothing in the year book that defines these games as regular interhigh schoilcontests, but Mr. Trester states that such a ruling has been made by the state board and that prac rice games must be considered as regular contests. Whiting's protest and Mr. Trester' action, resulting in the loss of these star players just before some of Hammond's most important games and within three weeks of the district tournament, leaves the Hammond team in a disorganize! condition, and Coach Hess will have great difficulty In deI veloping a strong team in the little time that remains for reorganization. This is most unfortunate, both for the boys and the school, as there was nr intention on the part of either to violate the rules of eligibility. GARY WOMAN SUES FOR DIVORCE Mrs. Betty Groth, 440 Massachusetts street, Gary, today filed suit for divorce from Arthur G. Groth in the Hammond superior court. In her complaint she fays that Arthur called her nasty names and recites a couple of them which would not look well in print. She ays that her husband told her that he had made a mistake in marrying her, and wished she would get a divorce. Arthur Is said to be of a wandering disposition, not caring for a home. They were married May 20, 1918, and separated April 15, 1920. The husband Is now believed to be in Chicago. Attorney John W. Thiel is representing the plaintig.

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One Dead In Whiting Cycle Crash Reckless Driving Responsible for Tragedy at 119th St. Crossing SPECIAL TO THE T1MES1 WHITING. Feb. 14. John Skomactch, age 30, 3713 Deodar Street, Indiana Harbor, paid for his carelessness with his life at four o'clock last night when he was killed at the 110th street crossing of the Pennsylvania in a motorcycle accident. With him in the side car were riding George Domasich and Frank Belsozech also of Indiana Harbor who escaped with bad cuts and bruises. The three men were on their way home from South Ohb-ago and ns Mr. Skromaclch approached the railroad crossing, a Pennsylvania flyer went over It and the gates had not been raised. The driver was going at such high rate of speed he could not stop and he crashed through the gates. His machine swerved into the Union Tire repair shop and the three men were thrown in all directions. Skomaeich received a fractured skull and died Immediately. The other two were able to go to Indiana Harbor.

TODAY'S LEGISLATURE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANA POLLS Ind., Feb. 14. Fixing of all state tax levies would be placed in che hards of the state tax ' oard, the governor and the auditor of state, by thi terms of an amendment of the administration tax bill, introduced in the house today by Representative Barker (of Boone) author of the tax bill. It provides that the state tax board, with the consent of the governor and auditor, may fix f,ll levies. This would take the taxing power out of thhands oif the legislature. States ievis include funds for highways and schooh. The amendment is made a special order of business for Thursday morning. An increase in the annual salaries of judges of the supreme and appellat courts from J6.000 to J7.5U0 was approved by the ftate senate today in passing the English bill by a vote ot 28 to 15. The same bill was killed several days ago in the house. Opposition t'o all salary increases was voiced by Senator Humphreys (Democrat) and Senator Kline in explaining their votes of "No" on the bill. The senate also passed the Helper- j Cleveland bill to permit the city of South Bend to levy a special tax for the maintenance C a municipal hospital, and the Holmes bill to permit cities the second class to Increase t'e salaries of city clerks who serve as clerks of city courts. The administration bill providing for the establishment of a state budget system passed to engrossment without amendment. The Ratts administration bill to In crease salaries of members of the state board of pardons from J300 a year to 110 for each day the board is in session was parsed in the upper house by a vote of 23 to 9. The increase was recommended by the. governor follow ing his request that the board of par dons should be in session once each month instead of quarterly. Senator Bcardsley who has been slightly ill since Friday, took his seat in the upper house shortly before noon. The house of representatives disposed of routine husiness during the morning:. Several bills of minor importance were introduced. The house will sit as a committee of the whole Wednesday at 2 o'clock to consider the deilciency and specific ap propriations bills. A public hearing will be held Thurs day evening in the house chamber to consider the proposed soldier bonus. MRS. CARL FOETISCH STILL IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Carl Foetlsch. 192 Shefleld avenue, Hammond, Is jttill in a ho.spital at Chicago, where she was taken Fridayevening when she suffered an apparent lapse of memory. Her husband returned to Hammond this morniig for a short time and before leaving for Chicago again stated fthat he expected Mrs. Foetisch home within a couple of days. Specialists are studying her case closely and are giving different tests in an effort to find her true mental condition and if pofslble the cause of her present plight. The woman recognizes her young son. who is staying with her first husband from she was divorced. However, this morning she insisted that Mr. Foetlsch was a stranger to her Yesterday she failed to recognize John ITsdrowske, her former husband. She :'eems to have the impression that she is someone else and becomes exasperated when attendants explain to her that the people around her are members of her family.

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Parliament Session Tomorrow Gives Lloyd George New Test.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) I.O.DON, Keb. 14. Powerfnl recautionary mranuren will be tknr by Scotland Yard mortw prcvrnt attack br Stan FflM anil hoKtlle demonntratlons by tke unemployed when parliament la opened by King firorge. Strang forerm.' of pnliee and secret aerlee agent, will guard parliament building anil -nlil line the atrevta through whlna. the king will drive on kla way fa" Westmlntr front Buckingham plare. "Kapeelnl precautions" ( al secret nature will be adopted to protect the roal family during the opening vere montea. BY EARLE C. REEVES (STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE1 LONDON, Feb. i4. Domestic and International problcmg of transcending importance will confront parliament when it Is convened tomorrow with a speech from tho throne after a recess since December 12, 1920t Premier Lloyd George will faea a new test of his political strength ant It is certain that the new session win mark the beginning of a great struggle between the 'cries and liberals for control of the coalition government. Political adherents of the premier claim that hl position has been strengthened by tne decision of the Inter-allied Buoreme council to Impose more than flfty-slx. billions indemlty upon Geramny. It was recalled that, m the last campaign preceding the general election, the premier took for one of his main issues the slogan: "Germany will be compelled to pay for the war to the last penn" Issues that nrs pending between Great Britain and the United State make it virtually certain that a considerable of the parliamentary debate will have "an A nerican angle." But first and foremost in the business on the parliamentary slate Is the Irish situation. Officials of the Irish office haves,frinkly admitted that the Irish question wll be re-opened and that commons will be asked to put new amendments upon the partition act (the Irish home rule law) that wll make It more acceptable to the Irish people as a whole. Since the partition act was passeC and made efT;ctive the government ha made little if any progress In estab lishing its provisions in Ireland. Ire land was to be devided into two parts with a parliament In the north and another parlianent :n the south, but the government has rot been able to take even the preliminary steps of arranging for elections. The violent guerrilla warfare between the crown forces and the republicans has become more and more bitter, devastating great tr&ru osthe country. The government has not yet given up hope of pacifying Ireland upon the principle of ths partition act an further efforts will be made after the law is amended. The Irish situation promises to provide plenty of firiworks in the debate in commons. It is a foregone conclusion that Interpellations from members of commons will result in formal statements and debates upon the following mat ters: 1. Anglo-Amrlcan relat'ons an I the result sof the conferences which Sir Auckland Gejdes, the Ilrltlsh ambassador to Washington. htld with members of the British government. 2. The status of the proosals foT cancellation f '.ne allied war debts including the vast sums which are owed by Great Britain and other allied powers to th Cnlted States. - 3. Great Britain's intentions in the near east, esp-clally In Mesopotamia.' An explanation of the break-of in negotiations between Great Britain and Soviet Russia for opening of corn-' mercial relations: 5. flreit Britain's attitude toward Germany if the Germans fail to carr out the allle's disarmament demand, 6. Measures to alleviate British unemployment. 7. The budge. DEATH CLAIMS GARY REALTOR m Harry Jones, Well Knowii as Golfer Through Region, is Dead A shock to many Gary people oame with the news of the death of Harry Jones, well known Gary real estate dealer, who died at the Mercy hospital at 8:15 o'clock Saturday p. m. Mr. Jones had lived in Gary for tho past ten years and especially In the buInoss circles was his name familiar to everyone. He was one of the firm of Jones Bros., real estate dealers, located in the Brennan building. Mr. Jones leaves a brother and a sister Mrs. Harry Hll and a host of friends to mourn his sad and untimely ueain. When the news of his death was announced at the Elks Club where there was a dance In progress, dancing was discontinued for the rest of the evening. He was a member of the Hammond Country Club and Gary Country Club and one of the best golfers In this district. Mr. Jones, who ws operated on for appendicitis, about a week ago, the day before his death, was reported to be recovering and out cf danger. The cause, of his death was an Internal hemmor-hage.