Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 239, Hammond, Lake County, 29 March 1921 — Page 1

EMPL HA VE INNIM THE WEATHER. 'fX'&- ,...- KE.'-' . UearrmUy fair tonight and ed)trfly rising texnperatnrc. Delivered by TDCBS Carriers la Eimmniid and "West Himaioni, SOc Per Monti. On Streets and "News. Stands, 3e Per Copy. VOL. XIV. NO. 239. TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1921. HAMMOND, INDIANA

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Leipsig Reds Order General Strike at Midnight , Attack Railways. ..r" - ' - J" CBtTtlJBTIIO M-fTf-RNATiOKAL NFWS SERVICE:) BSBUR, Maratt 39. Noon Tbls city is entst. TU, regarded bT the gorernmeat a tie critical day, la the Oommuaist rlslnff but the Indication at this, hour -core that thm movement for rai strike was failure. Howwtr, ti ed pontlnne ftockln it the city from middle rma.ny. Police Cordons were thrown about railroad. stations and many of tie lacomlT'S comnait were arrest. ed. v. TaasSbi. h v BEBtlX March' js.-roora v-' Fon9 were killed- and 4S wounded in a violent collision between, the security ! pnlXce and communists af-Essen. in the ' Ruhr district today. Three of the dead ' werB security po-llce-men- Essem is the 'seatiof the (rre-at Krupp works and 1 otfoer iron ar.d steel indu-striea. ( k a1' BOMB IX BOrdtKT. An-'ofTicer of 4 thetsecurity' po-lic at Eiiwti' had ordered, communist mob to dispsrse. ,While;tha officer wu engs,rel conversation V with the ringleaders of-th'retoom unknown per- ' so-rU.tlirew 'hoj bouquet of flowers ! covering- a hand' grenade which explodi d underneath an" automobile. The ' MliceBM'a fixed "three; volleys Into the b.ir to frighten the'reds. . ?he cofrjnunists.Swho were heavily armed, opened fire-with revolvers and hand grenades. . Tire policemen returnrf the fire.-- s nEOUF, O-V SEVBBE MEAStTRES. The cabinet 'held a special meotinc; Man day and decided upon more' energetic raeas-ures against the communists. - -w-0" ' ..--vv-- ' ---' Large numbers of corv.r.unists from middle Germany, where the trouble bef-an, are fiockins into Berlin with tha announced intention '.of assisting the reds in arevolution. i Herr ;"Weismann, director of pubiict satfty, admitted that tha,Eitnatlnn'hasbecome more serious and th&.t this miy prove a. critical 3ay. - -- - ATTACK' RAILWAY TKAFTTIC. r.lnrles-ders of the rods have.nvade r.ans for an uprising with a strike jind fabotag-e of the electric jpimt in! tha Berlin district. Following this the red9 planned to. paralyze industry and tie up railway traffic The police officials were confident they could cope with tli ffltuationjbut. declared that If iihej reds 'were even successful to a small extent it'would open the way to liund&rlnff: by 'the rlawless element of the city's population, i -'- '- n -.r. j.-t- - Armed, communist 9 ; at Leipzig dis.rmd thi!seurlty police suardinff the JelpsiS yoelkersc'nlact monument and stole a po'iice .automobile. . A company nf policme-n' pursued the reds into a suburb ofil!pzis- " The reds took .rfure In a schoolhouse. Many casualties erulted from the sighting. Another! battle between eerrurity po1 .ci and , rods occurred at . Markranetadt .whenthe 'policemen intercepted a cet&dhrnent of tha communist that wr g-oinir 'f rom'lipziy to Leuna. PROCXADf GESERAL STRIKE. . TTkj t g-eneral trtrike proclaimed by the comanunlets at ltpzig was to have g-one Into effect a.t 'Tnidnigrht. At the T ime j thls dispatch ' was written no word bad ben - received as to the efIsctrranwa of the order. v ' '.Tf cops are beinjr concentrated for tii protection of Berlin. The fijlowimgr police communique on the situation waj 'issued Monday night at 10 0'elOCj.v 'Jfc'- ... "Deptt the Wowing up of railroad bridges, tho work of troop concentration has continued unhindered. The police have captured majiy automobile trucks filled with' revolutionaries. So far.theTO have" been no serious military encounters." -- jr MACHINE GtHVS PLACED. Orders were Issued to the "ere-n" Tioltcenwn to shoot to kill if the communists attempt to precipitate a battle In this city. Alf lr.surgrer.ts captured ftera'and elsewhe-re from this time on will be treated cs semi-mill-r:,ry prisoners. They will be arraigned befere "clvlt court martiala.-' More than 100 "frrern'' policemen Trere in ' 'VVilhelmstrasee gTiardins" the trovernmeint buildlnps. Thiy were equipped with 'loaded rifles ar.d supportsd by machine guns. 7-CENT FARE ANNOUNCED ''Spasmodic Fluctuation" Utility Body's Reason in - Ft. Wayne Case 4 frivinj as one reason that "we nro. row in a period of spasmodic traffic fluctuation" the pub'is forvice comraij. !on has declinpd to order a reduction or street car feres in Ft. Wayne. It nunorlted cor.tir.uanco of rrcrit charges until June 30. The preiit fare is sevn cents ca;;h and four tickets for 23c The city requested that the faro be reduced 1 cent end that five tickets be sold for 25 cents. The old r.icl;el fare was tbandoned leut September on au'-hority from the comi7i::sioj

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OJvE of the sisrhts of the town! Francis Cooper standing on a Hohmar. street corner Tronderlnj If a car vrl'.l never come. 3XRS. HOWARD IjCTXG, 151 Wal'-ham street, reports her Ford sodsn stolen in CliicaBO last fvf-'ij while she was ttendinj the Oieatr. HtiSPj GASOLINE stations have announced a rij.se of two-tenths of a cent a grallon in the price of that commodity duo to lh interstate railroad raise. THK chilly day8 have caused some h'g-h step-pinj- on the part of the Industrial high echooi toys who are limbering up for the sprinp track events. HAMMOND EUCS will tender a banquet to their officers i.ext Thursday eve-nlrg-. Joe Austg-en s.ys it will be th best thing ever put over for the money. TO?sTE of the diarnitaries in the Masonic parade bore his two-quart hat more becomlng-ly than John W. Morthland, who ws aotins as Juriior Grand Deacon, .v IF as mucJi la spent on the interior as the jransr of men exert in poSishlnir tha brasft door handles . et the Parthenon, the theatre will be about the cleanest one in the world. AS far as K. It. Johnson, state bank examiner, who km here from Indianapolis can. find out the Calumet region. is the only district in the state where daylight caving Is in effect. j. THE DeLuxe nt last has '"The Kid" which has been loitering: cUonc the way F.om e-where- between Indianapolis and Hammond, since February tth when it waa originally booked for the theatre. GEORGE JLAL.LET, who rs now rufihInff around g-ettinj- ready for the Shrine comer-stone laying Thursday, will howl with trlee when Sunday ocmes for he may hare a breathing- spell ofr a while. THE diecs tournament between the Hemmond police and fire department is a draw so far. aa the men have been too busy to play a whole rmwi at one sitting. Play will be resumed on Wednesday afternoon. "--'Vljvit-itwt-ALFRED IXHLE. the crack photographer of the Murlllo studio took speed Graflex 'pictures of the Masonic comer stone laying, the Grand Master e.nd the parade and had them n display by six o'clock Saturday evening. . ? av y - ' TKH Bellamy boys, the Kiasr.er boys and'Earl Pooler, five all told, broke the Cedar flake record last Sunday when they . returned to Hammond with fifty piolceTe'. Of course they had their pic tures taken with the catch. CWAItLES BUEHRIXG. custodian of the court hou?e. beat the whole" crunty to it on daylight savings. Hf had th; town clock3 slippjj ahead the additional hour bofore he wont home tt cupper at 5:00 o'clock Sal'jrd&s , fver.inv. THE Dokie bnnd of tha Knights of I Khorassan jrave a splendid performance r.t the K. of P. hall last evening for the Knlg-hts of P-thlas. The show was attended by a f resiiments large crowd who enjoyed reafter the performance. KERB VLAMPP.ELTj had a scare thrown into him when? he returned to hte homs rurt night and found he had compuny burglars. They had broken In the back door but beat it when the fanvi'-y arrived. Nothing was stolen. THE Hammond -police department Bent a beajutiful floral piece to Gary in memory of Thomas Knotts, for many years a member rt the Hammond department before he took up Ma residence in Oary. A delegation of policemen will be p. ent at the 1'unera.l this afternoon. JIMMIE TROST. City Court BaiUiT. ia Iookitig for the slick crooks who made away with his de&k from the city court room the other day. Jimmle say 3 that he will have to go outside the Hammond police department to get the kind of sleuthing talent that he needs to find the culprits. FORGETTIXG to set liis clock ahead, they eay John Reinert woke up after eight 'clock Monday morning and think, ir.g he had overslept called a tail in orde rto get to tha ubway offices on time, Thn came the trip to the beanery for his cereal when tha found hlniseir all Hons. Times reader writes: "William Oaaey Curtis, the Shaeffer Oil truck driver, will be very much put out if you do not enter him in the South Hohinan street road race. He beat the tire department to the Moorhead Oil Co. fire the other day. Iflll says he s-howa the boys up every day In practice.'' .. .. THE two etory brick dwelling just south of Herrinftoii and JvdUlina-. t uu tales on H oh ma. a street, is being moved. The building la out In the street now and motorists traveling south are forced to watch their step when passing the ob. struction on account of north, bound trafilc. THE Whiting police department has purchased a new Henderson motorcycle rrorn Ad. J. Wals. Thertj axe fltfy-four machines of tha.t make in use by the Chicago police dopirtment and it speaks well for the inuhclne. The Hiunmond department has had a Henderson in use for Sv.ne time. TWO additional reporters have joined Ths Tiuek staff of newr-gatherers lately. Vlrjfll is. Keller, Jr., is now doing the po::ce ar.d city court beats while Harold K. Cross, formerly with Tjib Timks, who has beon working on CTjicago newspapers for two years, is back attain on general aslirnmprit.w. Hex L. Hldy, the veteran will continue on general news ad the i'eileritl and Superior court

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Hpbart Girl and Gary Man Figure in Brundage Accident nNTC.NAIIOHART. iona: lnd.. NEWS SERVICEt March 59. Miss Edna. Eorjtr of this pjice and A. Lena cf Gary narrowiy escaped injury In the automobile feooident at Chica-afo Sunday in which E. J. Brundage. attorney srenera! of Ulinois. and nine others were hurt. They were at the corner of WinUiroip and Thornda.Ie s.vtius when the three automobiles crashed together in front of them. A speeding lVmoujine trawling west on Thursdale vec struck a second car which wea trave!lnsr nortli on Winthrop. The second car was turned oompletsly around and thrown in the path of the Bmndag-c car wihi-ch crushed Into it, . Mr. Lens and Miss Jtorgrr wero the CTTTt to render aaalstance to the tnjurtd who wrs pinned bemeith the over, turned maohlne. DRrjj Tf CLARK IS B I Hfnmond Man Sees Great . Changes in the Texas Borderland The eil of the Lower Rio Grande, last of the American frontier, has long been fertile of .murder and passion, pillage and adventure, but it is fast being made unfit for these pleasant industries by the conniving- skill of irrigation engineers. Dr. J. T. dark has returned after a two months" sojourn in the Texts borderland "with this sad intelligence Where the play boy of the .west and the bron'cho swaying greaser clashed In fatl duels, the.' peaceful bootlegger plods his -way afoot .nrng fast-growing orchards (ale) of ranges, grape fruit and lemons,1 peddling surrepti tiously a poor Imitation of the stuff that th Trocd, free-born Texan drank penly 'and unashamed In public In the days that are gone. , . -. It was a soul .tlcitenlng itigrht to see these swash 'buckling, brawny. tobat co chewing men that Ttret Harte Immortalised, walking their dispirited horss between rows of vlnea and viewing with supre-ssed amotion the remodeling of the "Sure Khot Bar" Into a T. M. C. A. vocational training school. ds..--The vicarious Texan gentry must now be eo-ntent with n elrht-hour day and an occasional quaff of the booties hootch brought over from Mexico, that makes acrobats of the infirm, oratory ' lne mute, fighters of the pacific and ardent lo-ers of the mlsogamlsts. Tet ..hey cannot enjoy even this small pleasure -to the fullest. If. under lt. Influence, they relax their vigilance and give way to the natural' Impulse of The native of the borderland, killing nd jnalmrnj$r a number of their fellows, they will surely b Incarcerated. Not even the drgnlty of a hanging is extended. Bo far has the JW Grande prostituted itself before " clTiltxat:on that they would be humtllated by having a court deicree them to be insan. or else insulted by a Jury declaring the homicide was vju-stifiasle. Bootlegging-, bull fighting-, love making and g-un fighting are passe on the RIo Grande. Dr. Clark ha learned. Tht Taas moon that ones meant romance, ambuscade and villainy, now shines peacefuHy on a night watchman armed with pop gucj guarding the vine yards from stray ehickena. "No sir." said Dr. Clark, "'no self-re-spectlng steer wou!d be peen In that country 'now. It is as domestic as southern California and as tame a the otd fashioned two-step. The only th'.n It Is fit for row Is to build a bungalow. I raise a family and go to church." CROWK POINT FIRM GETS CONTRACT iiPECIAt TO THE TtVESJ CROWN POINT, Ind.. March IS. r. Jasper county. F. K. Mur.zmll & Son of this place were the puccesef-1 bidders for the Hanging Grove township school. TSelr figure was $27,475. Tha other bid3 were as follows: Hodshire & Touns of Mc-ntlrelio. $3S.S; E. H. Crow-ell or Crown Point 24,0v0; C. P. Clager of Wheatfiild $27. r. The contract for the heating, light and ventilating- plants was lot to the LIge Heating and Ventilatinpr company of Crown Point' at $7.S1. The plumb, ir.g wao let to C. P.. Rudolph of Crown Point at ?5S. . MERCURY DROPS 56 DEGREES IN N. Y. NHW TORIC March IS New Yorkers awoke today to find one of the mori remarkable drop ln temperature recorded for years. Between 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and that hour this morning the thermometer tumbled St degrees, from Tl to 12. The drop came In the wake of a 78mlle gale which late yesterday caused one death and Injuries to a ?ore o! others. The wind caused thousands of dollars worth cf property damage. It ended In a half-bour's hail torrn. As the run made its appearance today the temperature began to show a steady rle, l:t it was ths coldest morning here la weekf

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M II TON I- HATTSE?? Milton 1 Hansen, candidate for city cleTk. was bom in 1S94. educated in the Hammond . public schools and served in the A, E. F. during the late war, married and resides at 4 Detroit ctreet. He has been loraily employed and at present la wlt!i the Inland Steel company at Indiana Harbor. Mr. Hansen is a clean cut y'ounroan "with progressive ideas ar.d the necessary training; and ability to successfully conduct the affairs of tht orr.ee. , . a LAKE C0.: E SEPT: 1 923 CROWN POINT. Ind.. March t meetlUx the Lake County Fair association waa hold on Monday In the county commissioners room at the court hnuse nd plans for the greatest fair that Lake county has ever had were formulated. The fair la to be held on the 13th to the 23rd of September and toy the election of officers and superintendents of the different departments the ball was set rolling for the big event. The resignation of Secretary Fred T Wheeler was accepted and Frew Itaf the hustling secretary of the Crown Point chamber of commerce, was, named, being a wise eholce as anything -with Iluf at the helm Is sure to spell success. The following superintendents were named: iSuperintent of grounds, John Claussen. Crown Point; superintendent speed, Iicroy tEalley, Crown Point: superintendent horses. J. StrickSand. Lowe"; su-pefintendent cattle. Charles Salley, Lowell; s-t?prlntndent. Hogs and jiheep, John Hayhurst. Lowell: superintendent horticulture. Percy Jansen, Union township: art 3 hall. Clarence Tate; race committee. John Donnaha, James Tlack and Leroy Bailey Thomas Grant Is president, Kenjamln Stratton. vlce president and Fred ftuf. secretary and James Love, treasurer. WOLF DIVORCE SUIT BEGUN Che swore at him: "he struck at hLrc; she threw- the houscihold utensils and table knlvets at h'-m; then she loft him. so Fred Wrlf decided It was about time for him and his wife, Irene, to wake the separation permanent. Today ih filed suit for divorce in the H-wriinond superior court. Mr. Wolf Who lives at 444 Draoketrt street. Hammond, rays that he and Irene were married June 3. 117. Since that time he says she he shown an ungovernable desire to be on the go from place to place. She was wild over dances and would arttend them and visit questionable resorts even when che had to take the baby along. On March 23 she took all of her own personal properly and that of the plaintiff together wltih as much of the furniture as she could handle and returned to her old home at Knox. ind. Twice before ehe bad done this but Mr. Wolf decided it should be the last. His only obejctlon is to her taking- the two-year-old baby alon. He wants the ch!ld himself ttid a request for Its custody rs embodied In tihe comp'alnt wV.c-h, was prepared by Attorney W. J. Whlnery. HELD UP BY ITEGROES Den Patrick. 503 Chicago avenue. East Chicago, who serves as night watchman, at the Kennedy avenue crossing over the R. A O. C. T. railroad, was severely beaten last night when he was held up by two negroes while on his way home. Mr. Patrick started for home ct 11:00 o'clock and had Just reached the Chicago avenue bridge over the canal when he wa3 set upon by the thugs without, naming. Beating htm almost Into In. ff-j-fdMilty, they rilled his pockets, taking $S which he carried, and lcf-. him lIn;r on tbe sidewalk. He 13 past 60 years t-ld laid today is in . serious sonrl.tlon. NOTICE

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The Fine Arts Quartet, which Is the fonrth number of the Lyceum cours'a will furnish the entertainment at fh Hanrmond Country -club tonight. The progTu-n begins at I o'clock. & Entertainment Committer

Co. Official Gets Sad News Today Brother of County Supt. of Schools F. F. Heigh- , , . way Killed , . . T!MES BUREAU AT STATC CA'ITA'..) r.OCHESTElt. Ind., Mrch John Heiis-hway. h!s vife end daughter were kll!d Instantly at noon yesterday when their automobile was struck by a tVlnoni elc-tric line inteurban car, 2 miles tio-rth of Akron. Ind. Mr. Hclghwiay was superintendent of the Jtacey, Ind.. schools. An abrupt turn In the road at the railroad crossing a said to .have prevented a clear vlw of

the tracks. CROWK POINT. Ir.d.. March 29. Frank F. He."ghwy, s-upt-rintendent f eohools of Lake county and a bTcriKiof John Helfhway who was killed today near ftochester, Jiud cot been informed of the unfortunate accident utl linulry was made from The Times at Hammond this afternoon. First Information of tlhe sad aitair came .through an Itvternsiionat News Serv-ce disprabr.h. and was a shock to the county ,t!c1"1- . m - ' .&VA ROTARY CLUB FEASTS I'UDliC Credit Given Boy -Lrcaaers at Uountry Club Jbast JNight iThe Rotary club entertained th scout masters of the Hammond Boy Scout organization at dinner at the Hammond Country club last evening Each -scoutmaster eat next to a P.o. tarlan. "who acted as his host and saw that 7ae was taken care of. President Thomas R. Ternant made a short talk In which he pointed out that the ideal of "service above self is best exemplified by the unsel&sh work of the scoutmasters who without thong-lit of conrpensatlon devote many hours of their time to the cau-se of boys wellfare. , Other speakers including George Hannaoer, Harry E. Sharrer. E. M Shan kiln. C. H. J. Thorby, JS. s. Mon. roe, and Rofco E. Woods, gave en. couragernent to the scoutmasters or suggested plans for the furthering of the movement. Dr. E. M. Shankl.'n had msda quite a survey of the question of jjveni?e delinquency In which It was shown that the scout movement tends to keep 5own the alarming and growing de linquency of Juvenlls. He pointed to the shortage of scout masters and nryed the rotarians pres ent to lntrest themselves Jn this work. THORJjy PLA SEA SCOtTTIXJ One of the most lntereatlntp talks of the evenlrsr was made br "Cnmmndore' C. H. J. Thortiy. who is the head of the Jackson Park YTacht club. Thorby Is well versed in ship lore and In his talk he w-nt back to the ship hrilding a seamanship of the Norsemen and early Spaniards and showed how certain types of ships came Into being. .. -,- It !- very apparent that Thorby will be in areat demand from now on br boy scouts, who may be ambitious to take t:p sea .scouting. In fact Thorby stated that if the government did not provide a cutter for sea scouting In Hammond ' that he would make some arrangements so that, the Ham-mend boys could have seme tra-inn-r In sea scouting at the Jackson Y'ark club. This Is a prospect that will thrill every bol in this city. Sea scoutlntf will .be valuable In the future as a means of Interesting- boys ttr a revival of seamanship In this country that should be a valuable thinr for the future merchant marine of this country. SOSOS, STTXTS A!T TELL? The evening wa conruded with songs. tunts and yeUs 1-rt which the Rotarlans entered with great enthusiasm. The dinner was arranged by the Rotary club at the suggestion of George Hannauer in recognition of the fine work that la -being done for the future cltlenshlp of this country by the scoutmasters. There wo i the usual large percentage of attendance on the part of Rotartans who. when they determine upon a project, undertake to carry It out as a 100 per cent effort. TN THE POLICE COURT In the Hammond polios court this morning before City Judge Klots. Miltor tL. Seagrave. charged -with disorderly conduct, paid a fine of $1 and costs. John Hart Is road e. 43 Ordrn street, was found guilty- cf being drunk last night and was fined $1 nd costs. Robert C. Camp exceeded the rpeed limit on Indianapolis boulevard and paid a fine of 45 and costs. Camp lives at 2T2S Indiana avenue. Chicago. Joe Zanlch, -who stabbed a man by the name of Ooodrich In a saloon row on March 3, waived examination this morning and was bound over to the criminal court on a c-harge of felonous assault. The man that Zanlch is said to have injured Is now sufficiently recovered to appear stalest him. ZanIcVi's bond is set at $2,000. : &' SHRINE NOTICE Members of Orak Patrol aj.d Drum and Bugle Corps will assemble at the Temple Thursday. March 31. at 3:30 p. m. to escort Imperial Council officers at laying of corn erst aro e of new Mosuo- .... WILLIAM jSARLE, Mgr. JOHN SOPERBSRO. Capt. Patrol. JOHN B. DOLL, Act, Capt. D. B. C. 4

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Cork Lord Mayor Will Speak Tliere

V L 4 t x DONAL, O'CALLAGHAlY.j. DOW A I. O'CALLAGHAK Donal O'Callaghan. stowaway lord mayor of Cork, Ireland, ar.d mcefssor to the Jate Lord Mayor Terrei.ce MacSwiney, will deliver an address on conditions in Ireland .t the isc nlc "hall. East Chicago next Sunday nlyht, April 3. Mayor Leo McCovmack will officially welcome the visitor to the city and will preside as chairrrran. An address also will be delivered by City .T'lrltr'' Tf. E. Cohen. 5EKNEWS FUASHES (iirLi.rrryt. -" riNTERNATIONAt NEWS SmvlCEl LONDON. M-arc'n 20. -'Anvtrfca has opened Informal lisarrr-a'ment discussions with Great Britain." staid a eenvaitlonal Wa-s-hlngttm dts-p-a.tdh printed 1n the Ially News today. It was impossible to get confi-r-nTatioTi cf the report. ( , . tf.- (Bl'LLETK.) r unternationai. news servicei TOLEDO. O.. March 29. Announcement was made today t.ht Uie Wlilys-0-rrland autornoblle plant will resume operations. Monday. April 4. with between 8.000 -fund 7,000 men returning to work. This is about sixty pr cent of the normal operating force of the coenpary. j.!...i?'v (ILLETI.) WASinNGTON. Xi3.mii 25. The gTowirg Ferlousncj-s of the railroad situation -"as considered by President Harding and nls cabinet today for two hours to the exclusion of nearly everything else, 7 (BrLLFTTIlV. BERLIN. March 20. The comriraniet stronghold at Ieurrr. wis captured by the security poliie today in a etorm attack and rr.ore ttean oTie thousand red prisoners were taken, -according to the Ueruiner Zeltung Am Mittag. . , v -t v - , ' fBlLI.ETIX. UTTI-E ROCK, Ark.. MaTch 59. A woman who gave her name ta-s Mrs. Js-mes L. Gales. Hot Spring), Ark., is held here today la connection with the 020.000 hold-up of & poker irame at Hot Springs two wef.ks a.go. The wo-m-im was arrested in a local bank, f-the had diamonds, money and liberty bonds totalling $31,000 in her possessionThe loot taken from the pV.tr players by five bandits, consl'ej of tnoney and diamonds. IMS PREPARES FOR CHARTER NIGHT ..If-.V.J Promptly at noon today 66 members of the Hammond Kiwanls club sat down to a splendid luncheon In the Chamber of Commerce room It was the first of the noonday lunches which wMl be held every week on the same day and hour and the men present were filled with enthusiasm for the new organisation and Us work. After the meal, preparations were made for the charter nirht. which is slated for next Monday at :I0 o'clock In the Chamber of Commerce room. This will be the big D'.sht in the history of the Hammond organization when they receive their charter from tha national club, and plans are being made to make It weil worth while. Delegations are expected from the South Bend, Valparaiso, La ports and Chicago chapters of the club. The moster of the ceremony will be James Eoyer, lieutenant governor ef the Klwanls club. At the meeting- thin noon Jrealdent Renter read a letter form the Hammond F.otary club, which expressed the wh tbat the two organizations work together and co-operate In all thlngx for tbe benefit of the community. Letters from various other chapters of the Kiwanls club congratulating the Hammond group and expressing a spirit of fellowship, were also read. The members of the various committees were Instructed e-s to their duties and tentative plans for, the organisa

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Unions To Tell Their Side 01 Building Situation Story. With the mass of evidence thit l s been brought out In the buildln-r situation In North township before them; the bulldln-r trades employee will hava hte Inning tonight in Room No. 1 of the Lake superior court house at Hammond. The situation as it has developed CP to the prctrnte time as a result cf iJoint Inquiry of civic todies ef t..e cities of North towcsihlp is brief..' a3 follow: 1. Millions of dollars of building activity is being: held up because "t the deadlock In the bulidln-g Indus-try. 2. Lanks, trust coin pan tr-s and insurance companies have been chirg:r. g a fair rate cf interest on building loans. If thero Is crry csnry It Is oi the part of those discounting seoctid rrro.-tfiragcs. Z. The bulldir.g material it! tuition, with the exception of lumber. Is b.ini. Combines control many rna.terials that tntor fnto bu'.ldln-r. Prices excepting In the case of lumber, have receeded but little. 4. From tho employer's point of view working conditions are in a d-.-p'.orab'.o ttate due to tho followir.j CJ.tSCS. (a) Union rules restricting production. Inefficiency and under-production on the part f a large nerownt of all bulldinjr tr-nrifs employees'. (b) Jurisdictional disputes that sometimes brinr about the financial ruin of contractors f.nd make It necear ary' to figure big protlls to cover lh risk. (c) The discrl mi nation en tlie part of union men In favor of Industrial construction. Tho Industries pa-f S7', cents an hour for carp-.-ntors and 96 cents an hour for bricklayers wh'.'.e the public must pay $1.25. (d) The p-revaillr-g belief on the part of the contractors that building wouil gr ahead on the $1,000 an 'hour ha -no. Now this Is the way the building situation comics up to the employee tn the building- trades and he Is to hare the opportunity tonight to state hia side of the case. The public has larn cd a great many things about buildingconditions from the Investigation far and It wwnts to know what defense the employees will make. The testimony Is all taken stenographtcally so that there can be no question as to what was a!d. Tho meeting is to be held In Room No. 1 of tlie IxLke superior co.rt house at $ o'clock this evenl.-g.

TEN DIE IN FEARFUL EXPLOSION i rif'TtKr.-AriCNAI. WEWS SERVtCC) ' -j u7.-,v. March 2t. Several pertp!-a . --r- rerortcd killed and many injured In iti explosion that wrecked a tenement ' building at Hslsted and Barber streets ' here today. j The explosion is believed ro have orlg. ' Inated In a pn.!nt store, which occupies 'h lower floor of the four story building. Firemen cr.'.d the blast may have been caused by a bomb. Windows for blocks around were -. tercd and the building crumbled to bits. At ii o clock Coroner Peter H. Hoff. man declared th.it the death toll woull be at lrast tr-n and that the Injured would probably number fiO. Thr bn". les had been recovered at that time. World-Famous Naturalist Dies On Train aoxin xsuTTouns uies wnu9 on Way East From J r California . k TT ' rtWT--A7!0NA'- NEws SeKVICC! 1 BTJTFALO. N. March 3. Co'an Burroughs, world famous natoraltat. : lied on a train near here t.dr Mlj enroute from California to Ills home at West Park. N. Y. t Death occurred in a Tullman compartment at 2 a m. when the New. Tork Central train. No. 1. known as' the Npw Vork.Now England expross' was passing through Klngvl51e. O. '4 Eurroughs, who has ppent the win-' ter In California, has been In fieb'.a' health for some time. Had he live.l ontil April 2, he would have btrn II years old. He was tbe most famo'js naturalist ever produced by America and h.s nature studies along manr lines have been accepted as authoritative. I He was a great friend of tie iate President Roosevelt and one of Burroughs' books deals with "Iramjing and camping" with that eminent American. Burroughs also was known as a philosopher, while Ms literary rtyle was regarded as that of the first ord its simplicity and clarity being aimirtd by all critics. ' Pastor's Auto Stolen : VALPARAISO. Ind March J. Alt' automobile, which the congregation of' fhs Methodist Episcopal church toad 1 recently piven the Rev. Guy O. Cr-i penter. Its pastor, was stolen, Trra.J Carpenter said that he n-r the xnaaj drive away rith the machine.. but did,' not realise rthat It was her 1ust,aia'a cat .