Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 243, Hammond, Lake County, 2 April 1921 — Page 1

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CANDIDA Ti IN THE WEATHER. Fair tnla;ht and 5onday( moiirrte tempnrature. SIMONS hE Delivered by TTMXS Carriers la Enummid and West EajnmoBi, 60c Per Mont-h. On Btraeta and Kw Stands. 3o Per Copy. VOL. XIV. XO. !24:l. APRIL 2, 1921. TEN PAGES. frfrfr SATURDAY AND WEEK LY EDITION

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HIS W. C. T. I). Stirred By Mrs. ; Conrov's Stand. 5G.0.P. i Men For Judge f!OTI3 The following the fourth. article In a aeries on the political itotlon In the various rltlca of the Calumet region. EDITOR.) r,r THF. POLITICAL. RF.FORTER1 WHITING. Ind.. April 2. The clash hrtTeen Mrs. Mary J. Conrcy. candidnte for tho republican mayoralty . anrt Mrs. James Gravn, I Vts!dent of the Lake County AY, C. T. V . regarding the "blue laws" supplied thr first excitement of the city primary campaign. Candidates conferred with their advisors. Telephone wires 'urrd. The Whiting VC . C. T. U. prepared to take the matter up at a. meeting or ii -mbers. jrij Conroy's outspoken stand atainst Sunday closing of the movies, n'gr.r stores, l.-e cream parlors and me bathing beach created a stir. Apparently unconcerned about the effect her 11 beral platform would have upon the 'hurch vote, the woman candidate continued her campaign along the lines it -was begun, promising an efficient, economical and practic-al city government. -PKFTOSTEROrS FAI.SEI100D." ' I am glad of the opportunity to extirras my views," elated Mrs. Conroy. The element v-orkip.gr 8alnt me in tli's carrraign ha whtsperud around own that I would close Whiting up on .Sunday by enforcing the 'Mue laws.' A great inju io has been done me by i that preposterious falsehood. Nobody appreciates more than I do that the workman .m entitled to amuserment on his day off. My gnodness, working people have few enough privileges left without taking aray thetr Sundays."' "Mrs. Conroy haji made an Issue of the question of law enforcement,'' said Mrs. Graves, "I am preparing a questionnaire which will be sent to her 3js well as to the other candidates. She wl be asked to say 'yes' or 'no to a number of questions and place hex fii-tia'ur? to the paper. The W. C. T. V. wants particularly to know- whether rhe will enforce the prohibition law and whether or not she w ill permit the movies, poolrooms and other places of amusement to remain open on Sunday (Continued on page three.) BEVER1DGE II CITIES The Tlrst Presbyterian Church of Hammond Is expected to be packed tomorrow evening when ex-Senator Albert ,r. Reverldgc delivers his address under ,yi9 auspI'-'-s of th- M-n's Club of the church and the T.nko County Bar Association. Tli" program will start at 7;0 o'clock. Senator Bvridge comes to Himmond from Gary where he will speak on "The H-ble a CKcd Reading" at the Jwih Svnagtgue. Ills subject at the Hammond meeting -will be "John Marshall and the. Constitution of the United States," on which he is considered the best authority in America today. A section of the scats has been reserved for the members of the Bar Association who will nttend in a body. There -will be no admission charge nnd the general public is assurred that there will be seats for all. JOHN J. KELLER ANSWERS LAST CALL Well Known Whiting Insurance Manager Dies at Home Yesterday tSPECiAL TO THE TIMES) WHITING. Ind., April 2. John J. Keller, district manager for the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Lake and Porter counties, with offices at Whiting' and Gary, passed away at his home, 333 Sheridan avenue, about noon yesterday. Mr. Keller who was 47 years of are was pioneer of this city, be and his brother having' conducted one of the first meat markets in 'Whiting over twenty-five years. He was also a player on the famous Whiting Gray baseball team. Fourteen weeks ago Mr. Keller who has always been very active suffered a complete breakdown, from which he showed slight improvement at times, but attacks of the heart hastened the end. The loss of his citizen will be felt keenly in Whiting where he was connected with every movement of eiv.e nature. He was a trustee of the M. E. church and a loyal mtmber of that edifice. The deceased is survived by his widow. Mrs. Bertha Keller and one daughter. Bertha Keller. The funeral will be Sunday at l:So from the home. Hfv. Ivey of the M, K. rhuPch will conduct the services Burial at Oak HilL

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FINE Democrats Are Putting Strong Ticket In Field For Election. WHITING. Ind.. Apr.l 2. Inter: m the political situation in Whiting vcr the coming city eletcion has been unusual this year because of the uncertainty as to who the various cand:tla'e would be. With the approach of the expirat'on of time for filing declaration of candida,v, however, it becomes appar'-r.t Miat the Democratic ticket is to be a f!rong one. At its head is Kusseil F. Smith, for a number of years a successful insurance man- Ife is the son of Fred J. Smith, of the Smith-Badcr-Uavidson Company, and presio.cn.. of the FSr.t National and Flr.t Trust & Savings Banks of Whiting, h'mseif an ex-mayor of the city. nussdl is known to be popular with all classes and is conceded to be a hard worker. It is expected- that he will make a strenuous campaign and his election 1 confidently predicted by his frienOf. John A. Tokar. the present ci'y crk. who showed hia strength fou ycar.i ago when be wa? one of the two men on his ticket to be elected at Urge, has announced to succeed himself. Mr. Tokarz was only twentyfour years old when elected the Am time an J it is believed that his strength has greatly increased. 1!" is engaged in the real estate and insuranco business, The ticket wiil lay claim to the support cf the women's, vote as well af the male vote by presenting the name of Mrs. Kdna Ooollttle for treasurer. Mrs. Docitttle is the widow of Dr. H U. Doolittle. who before his death had an ejrtor.slve practice in medicine in this city. Mrs. Doolittle is rated t. keen business woman and has a laig1 number of friends throughout the city who expect her to carry the election Her opponent, as it happens. Is also i w-tnan, Ml?s Kd'.th Lsngenhan. and t great deal of interest will tenter around thU- contest. For city judge Attorney T. JoaeptSullivan .who in the lat city election was defeated by a mall margin, wll' make the race against the successfu one of tbe five candidates for the Ko publican nomination. In the office of alderman-at-largt th? only -ontest in the Democratic (Continued cn pag tbree.l i Royal Jester Court for Hammond New Shrine Order is to Be Established in Lake County Hammond is to have a court of the Royal Order of Jesters. This announcement was made today when the Ia.ke county delegation returned home after attending the annual ae-stdon of Court No. 15 which was held at Indianapolis yesfrday. The order was organised in 1911, being open only to Shriners although it is not a part of the Arabic order. There are now about forty courts in the leading cities of North America. Judge V. S. Reiter and Dr. H. E. Sharrer of Hammond, vera already members and had recruited six candidates from Hammond and Gary They were K. O. Winckler, H. A. Lampre'J and K. H McHle of Hammond and W. D. Hunter, George Earl and Ingwald Moe of Gary. Theso eight will forme the nucleus of the court which wll be instituted at Hammond. Tere Haute will also hive a court. Several other cities were seeking the honor but only the two c'ties r.emed won out. Over forty candidates from various parts of Indiana were given tho initiatory work at Indianapolis. yestcrda. Kilns J. Jacoby. acting director, and I. T. Leach. Impressario, were in charge of the ceremonies. A number of the rojal or national officers were the guests of honor at the session of the Indianapolis court; Esten A. Fletcher, of Rochester, X. T., royal property man; Will O. Wahbum. of St. Paul. Minn., royal imurwsario; Dr. F. F. Wfattcomb, of Omaho. Neg., royal stage manager; Richings J. Shand. of Springfield, 111., royal judgi. KIWANIS CLUBS CHARTER NIGHT The Hammond Kiwsnis club will celebrate charter night next Monday evening. Chicken dinner will be served promptly at 639 in the Northern States Life banquet hall. Col. J. I MoCulloch of Marion. Tnd.. governor of KIwanis clubs of Indiana will present the charter. There will he other wide-awake Klwaniana from other cities in the s'ate. who will have something interesting to say. GRIFFITH ALSO JOINS PARADE GRIFFITH. Tnd.. April 2. The town board last night put Griffith on fast time beginning at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning.

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Did You Hear That DLPLTV U. S. MARSHAL 11. K. tSaii se wan in Valparaiso this week on confidential mission A. M. TrilNKH is back from a de lightful trip to Florida and is very much taken with the soutl.. F. F. CIIERimON'. formerly wlre man on Thi5 Timek, i now advertising manager for the Sheboygan Telegram WILBUR SIMPKIN'S, 4i6 Hoffman St.. lost his bicycle Thursday. Thieves seem to bo finding plenty of bikes to steal. THE trial of the Tuthill divorce cjtso from Crown Point at Valpo. was finished yesterday. Tho judge will decide next week. MART A. FAXDKEI. wife Of Fred 1'ttndrei, was grniitoU. a. divorce by Judge Norton in the Crown Po:nt circuit court, this week. GLEN" SIUDALU Plymouth, Ind., wad iined JiO In the Hammond city court this morning for driving a truck on Calumet boulevard. RAY CANNON, 414 Oak street, was awarded the ironing machine which has been attracting so much attention at the Ortt rhoe store. A Ford truck, driven by Theron Milier struck tlio poliee dummy at the corner of Fayette and Hohmsn street on Thursdav, breaking the red globe. EUGENE T. ALDRICH. 10 2 i Wallace road, paid a fine of fin in tho Hammond poli'-e court thin morning. He was charged w ith disorderly conduct, HODIE and b'teel made a display of wift photography when they put picurts of the Orak Shrine ceremonies on xivbition half an hour after tber were al.en. TILVT lost and bwilderefl look w hich Carl Bro-me pcks around these daya is dim to tho fact that he haf Inally gold hia famous eleven-pasweng-.-r Ford. DR. H. E. fcTLVRRER and Judge V. S. :eiter, past potentates of Orak, are mong the notables present this evening t the big Murat Shrine ceremonial in Indianapolis REPRESENTATIVE Otto Fifield, of Town Point was discovered on Thurt.. iay afternoon on Hohman street, irqulr:ig for ihe Shriner's parade, o ho could ecome a part of it. JOHN C. HEXXING and a. J. Wolf l ive announced their candidacies for the ffb-e of aldermen for the Sth and Dth . jrds. respectively.. Tlie two candidates are republicans. FRIENDS of John E. Fitzgerald wh. have missed him for two weeks will bnrprised to barn Uiat he is in a 'h'..ipo hotpl I al, quite ill. Kis conditio!, j not alarming, however. LEO MINNINGKU. 7fi9 Walter stre-t. ioKt his Ford touring car lat evening from in Kick of th Lion store. The Hammond police had recovered it almost, before the report reached tht -Uat ion. JESSE HAKTLEKOADE, who w a fined in the Hammond city court early this week .does not live at 43 Ogden street as printed. He resides at 4 3 Douglas street . The miitaJce occured :n copying from the police record. ATTORNEY JOE CONUOY received notification from the clerk of the- Supreme court today that the appeal in the case of Nick Dundovioh of Gary, sentenced to death for murder, ha been eel fo roral argument on April 2?. CHARLES SURPRISE will call it a vcek when he closes out a Imnkrupt garage on his hands today. Thursday he sold a grocery at South Bend and yesterday he disposed of a Gary grocery and two general stores in Whiting. THOSE cries of bloody murder on the Four Corners Thursday evening emanated from Mrs. Morris Dobson and the giris with h r who were waiting for a street car. The cause of it all was a huge rat khieh rsti across their feet. ARTHUR KF-ELEY, who helped train Jimmy Clabby for his rights with Hughie Meegan nnd Dave Smith at Sydney. Australia, is at the Parthenon theatre. Keoley fought Tory MeGovern jears ago at St. Louis. He is billed as the worlds champion bag puncher. IN the Hammond police court this morning, a minor case against Wiliam Cole, who gave the alarm when Isser's Loan Bank was held up, was nolle prosed because of Colo's quick work in notifying the police. The lad deserved some recognition at that. F, S. BETZ is also the proud owner of a handsome pair of paper pants, much to the chagrin of Judge Erlo Sproat. .The pants were sent to Mr. Betz by a friend in Berlin. He has thorn on display in thi window if thl Colonial sporting goods store. Ft A. PARKER was among the recent ones who made the pilgrimage fo the police station for parking his car in th ew rong place. Rot-co-e Ilemstock, W. E. Price and several of Tarker's coworkers in the Northern States Life offices arc thought to have bwn implicated. SINCE Don Taylor was eliminated from the South Hohman street frpe-for-all .because under present circumstance he couldn't afford to take any chances, betting at the Retr, plant ia about even between Harry Morgenau and Gerhard Kunst for first place in the big event. R ith cars are rated at bout the ame ppee-i.

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VERDICT IS JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE inquest Over Body of Slain BooArunner Brings Facts To Light About Brother I .lustUiable bomiciae was tr.e vcroicL rendered yesterday by Peputy Coroner, F. L. Towr.sley, fo!loving the inquest over the body of the booze-runner, killed by the East Chicago police. It developed at the bearing that the dead man's name was not Sibilia as first announced, but Charles Slano. His homo is at 423" G'adsone street, Pittsburg. Ha had been identified by a business card which bore the name of Slbllia. Agents of the federal prohibition forces had bewn making some investigations through th Chicago office and found that a brother Tony Siano w ho rents a room at 719 Briar plice, Chicago, had rrviouly been arrested on a liquor charge but had been released when it eouid not be proved that he had owned a stock of liquor which was being transported. Tony was taken into custody at Chicago and later made arrangements for sending hia brother's body to Pittsburg, for burial. The investigation brought out tho fact that Tony owns the Cadillac car which was transporting the liquor. It had throe s-ts of license platos Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio, all issued in Tony's name. Pullman tickets now in possession of .he authorities show that Tony was at iMUsburg the firJ't of the week and he started for Chicago on Wednesday, thf lay his brother was killed in Eaat Chicago. He is believed to be the ownei if the liquor and is now charged with .on-fcilracy, trajtsporting and possession. Officer Kerr of the Kaet Chicago pol. ce, Jn testifying, create! a diversion by dentif lug Chief G. J. Simons of the rohlbitlon squad, as the driver of the 'idlllac car. When his attention was ailed to the statement later he qualiled it by saying that Simons 'looked ike the drtier anyway." L FOR LAST RITES Thousands Attend Funeral of Joseph Lietzan in W. Hammond More than two thousand men. women and chiidi-en, including scores of ex-service men in uniform, attended the military funeral of Joseph Lietzan in Wet Hammond today. The crowd tilled the church of St. Andrea anil overflowed to the sidewalk and yard. Seventy-flve automobiles were in the pro-es1on from the Lietian tiomf to the church. Three priests ef-xorted the remains of the first Hammond soldier boy to bo saJin In France. Preceded a color guard, bugle corps ano firing squad of the American legion, the stel canket that had ben shipped from a cemetery of the A. E. F. near Cullemelle, France, where Lietzan was killed by an exploding shell wbtlf rescuing comrades of a machine gun battery, was conveyed past lines ot people with heads bared and bowed. Mvona or two tiTir.s. Mrs. Anna Ll'tzan, the bereaved mother, and her three surviving son, revd-e behind the hearse. Next to the relative a.nd Intimate friends cam Mayor Brown, Mayor Kamradt sn.i their official families. One of the three priests was the Rev. Father Jam Nickola of tho St. Jo&crh's parish who was a boyhood companion and classmate of the deceased soldier. The others were i -je Rev. Father A. Hal gas, pastor of the ohumh of St. Andrea, and the Rev. Father Henry PIpenkoter. his associate. Children of the St. Andrea parish sang during the requiem which was. followed by the Libera and the rltun absolutions. The (lev, Father Hal gas preaone-i the sermon at the church in Polish and the Rev. Father Nichols preached a sermon at the grave in English. Interment was at Holy Cross cemetery. The attendance at the funeral was the largest in the history of West j Hammond, j he sire of the crowd was ostimatexl as between two and thrue thousand people. The rail bearers were T. G, Urbanswi. H. Wienning. Herman Peters. Fred Hildebrand. Tony Miller and John T. Graf. The firing squad was Charlejt Miller, Al Skwlrtz. M. Waclic-w-ck, Valentine Kohlo, Michael Hilly, George Grask, Frank UaJ.sk e and Thomas Kemp. The color guard was Edward Wets, Irving Chayken and A". J, Cupp. MARCH BREAKS PAST RECORDS

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Three hundred and sixty-one thou-j Although yesterday tn April fool, sand, seven hundred and thirty dollars; every one was on his good behavier In was the grand total for 107 building i Gary, according to Chief Forbis th!" permits which were taken out at the j morning. office of Building Commiasloner Don- Not a single arrest was made d.rgan of Gary during the month of March Ing the 24 hours of April 1 and on according to the regular monthly re- top of that not a report of importance tort compiled and Issued rerterday. wtj made at the stat'oo.

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5 Em NEWS FLASHES (Bl't.LKTIM ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) WASHINGTON, April 2. The "White Collar" man wiil demand equality with the man in oerai"s when representatives of 5,000 professional workers, carrying union carda meet here April 13, in convention of the International Federation of Technical Engineers Draftsmen and Architects, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. BtUBTI.V INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NEW YOP.lv, April 2. A strong police guard was maintained over a'l Brooklyn rapid transit gibway and elevated stations today as a result of what the police believe was a warning that an attempt would be made to destroy the Sea Beach Subway line. Circulars were widely d:stri'outed in Brooklyn bearing the words "This will happen on the Sea Reach line. April. 2.'' (BlIXETn) ,' INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE STHACVPE, N. V.. April 2. Prof. Warwick of the Syracuse university faculty, this morning shot and killed Prof. Warton, dean of the administration college here. Prof. Warwick then turned the recoil er upon himself and committed suicide. The (hooting followed an argument over unlverrlty matter. (Bl lXETIA I i INTERNATIONAL NEAS SERVICE DETROIT; April 2. Five bandits today held up E. C. Hobar- and A. C. Heimrich of the Michigan steel products column and at the point of revolvers robbed them of between $7,000 and J10.PC9. (BULLETIN) 'INTERNATIONAL NCWS SERVICE) BRUNSWICK, Oa., April 2. Ail business In Brunswick will stand still at 4 o'clock this afternoon and until the funeral of Lieut. W D. Coney, daring aviator, who fell to his death rear Natchez. Miss, w hile on a onerstop return flight from Jacksonville to the Pacific coast, has ben concluded and his remains laid to rest In the cemetery after the services at St. Mark Episcopal church. BUt,LETTS 1 1 KTEF NATIONAL NEWS SERViCE! BERLIN, April 2. A disastrous funeral was reported from Essen today. A squad of police were burying their comrades, killed In the rerrnt battle with communists when a hand grenade exploded accidentally in the automobile carving them, killing three and wounding ten. FLOATER IS BODY Suicide is believed to he the motive for the death of John Piontek. whose 'adly decomposed body was taken from th East Chicago canal yesterday s f.ernoon. A boy wandering by the water saw the body floating on the surface and notified tho East Chicago pol'ce, who recovered it. Piontek. who resided at 232 Michigan avenue, Hammond, wa thought to have become despondent over continued hard luck, as shown by papers found in his pockets. Receipts showthat during tile war he waj a libera! contributor to tho red cross and other charities, but pawn tickets Fhow that this period of prosperity was followed by bed timrs. in vhich he was forced to pawn hia watch and chain and a ring. It is thought that he lost hi? Job durinar the business depression at the first of thi.s year, and was unable to find more employment. The. body wa.s taken to Burn s undertaking parlors for the inquest which will he held shortly. -At a late hour it was not known whether or not the man had any relatives residing in this part of the country. The police have no record of a man reported missing near the tira Piontek is thought to have ended his life. NICE JOB FOR SOMEONE Commodore -C. H. J- Thorby of the Hammond Seascout. a branch of thi Floy Scouts. Is looking for a sea dos to train his boys this summer in ?eamanship. If there is an old lake captain or an ex-ealior in the city who loves the ways of the ea and would enjoy working with the Sea.-c .uts h1s !nvitd to communicate with Commodore Thorby at the officer of the Straube Piano company. GARY POLICE WERE FOOLED

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Business Agent Objects To Workers Being Charged With Increased Costs. Workers Prepare for Referendum INTERNATIONAL NES SERVICE) CHICACiO, April 3-PtcIIo'' tor thr akl of referendum te of fce M.OOO mmber of the Chicago Building Trades CowJiclI on Vrovoaal to ikorept reductions In the ocale of wagea rrere onder nay today. It la eapected that the rcfradon will be completed oo. result sBKOanrrd next FtHT. Kmplorer hare proposed that the rate of pay fo-r nXUlert wechanlca be cut from il-SS t ft per honr and of laborer from 1 to 70 cents per hoor. 0lelat or tbe bnllalng tmdea cwwncll at rt refnaed to aereni the ut bnt finally dec'arn to aaSmit the proposal to the entire membership. . I BULLETIN.) f INTERNATIONAL NE'AS SERVICE, BOSTON, April S. Sliteen thousond men employed In the building trndc on strike In greater Boston since January 11 frill rrtsrn to rrork Monday mo ruing el tbrlr old tate of pay jjcditi ri li'tration. Liirly today tht worker nerrpted the proposition of the atate l.o.vrd arbitration return to Trork at the old rnig rate of t.OO p-r hour pending; further conferences. T"be m" otrneV. as a protest Bgainat n ten rent an bonr rge cot. INSTALLMENT NO, 4. At the last meoting for the investigation of building trades condition in North township continuing the discussion of build'n? ccnaitions from thtr standpoint of the unions, represented by their business agents, Thomas Creak, spokesman f.?r the Bv'ldmg Trades Council; th" following wrt name of the high spots touched upon by the srieakcr. The defense cf th much attacked lathers who are generally regarded as the most conspicuous example of limited productions; was taken up. It was denied that the laying c-f 30 bundles i day was limited production. It vit asserted that when lathers laid more than 30 bundles they wasted lath srl were not requlre-d to eave the smaller pieces. The assertion was made that the. builder saves more in lath than h loses in labor. Mr. Croak stated that there wap tiothing in the union rules, either written or implied that limits the lather to ?rt bundles a day. Later on In the evpnine. however. Mr- George Cupp the secretary ef the lather's union read from the working rules Section 4'. "It being conceded in nearly all lather's agreements that 10f yards constitutes a fair day's work. Therefore, w take as a basis for a day's work. 1.500 laths which will cover 100 yards on all i-ijj(s of work." (l iiOO lath equal 30 bundles). PF,R(KTA(iE OK t,4POB tOT. Mr, Croak th'ri produced pome figures to fhow that tho cost of tab r that goes into the erection of an ordinary bungalow is not 50 per cent of tbo, total cost as had been claimed by rme of the contractors. He itemized i the labor for carpenters wags. pain?-! ers. etc.. and announce! the totnt of $888 as being all the labor cost of a ' $.1,800 to $6,500 rungalow. The fact, however, ivaj brought out (Continued n pte lit.) Calumet District Is Chosen Republican Editors are Coming to Lake County Next July INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. April 2. T!e Calumet district was chosen as the meeting place for the mid-summer conference of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association. July 21 and at a meetins of the executive committee of the association at the Hotel Kcverin, Thursday at"rn 'on. Invitations wero extended by M, c'. Garber, cf the Madison Courier, to ta.'.c a trip on the Ohio river, and by A. A Hibbler. of the Crown Point U-gister who asked tho men to ipn;c to thf Calumet distrirt. Those at tho meeting were; rj.-irge Elliot .of the Nwc-a.tle (- .tirier. cliairman; V". O. Fudner. of thi Rushxllle Republican: K. J. HancooU. of the Greensburg News, president of the ssor'atioii: Samuel 11. Itoys. cf the Plymouth Republican, .mil Fredt-riK SchOT-teimer, f Indians ; , NOT KNOWN THERE j T'.iaf Lester Kuhl. arrested in ilary. J and giving bis addrss at Hatiiii, street. Hammond, never lived there nor '.s h known there, ir' the "tatenien. made by Miss J. Cup of 4S3 Haml'n treeL. ICuhi's motive in using the address is unknot n.

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Political Circles Begin to Get Warm When News Became Known Pres-pec-j.- f.-rr ;:viy tints , L' in Hammond brighten"! !:.hi!uk i ; eft'oy yesterday when Kd ward -."i-:i and '"asrles 1 1 Fri edition stred r "--lutely into tho pr.'ir ir-are na announcing ihey were a'ter lre inayor.il'; nominations. f'.nion Vs a dimcri. wblTe Fr'edricii is a .republican. At moon today botji 'actions w ; e pointirug with glee to th litr -f c3i:dldatcs. announced for the vancis c:offlcea from mayor to alderrne-. T'lrepublic 3M have a full ticket w fh two cr more ce.nlates cit for the majority of the offices. Th democrats lacked an aidermanlc candidate In one ward, bJt had a surplus in a couple Otherwise their ticket i.i fy'.l. All fl'lns- must ceas thH eveniag ai 5 o'clocV: and preparations irf bl.'ir made for a tremendous Vast hour rWj st the city clerk's offlc. Wnn the smoke cieara away it is eTpeitei th' there will be plenty of names for t'people to make their aelection from on May 3. Ed Simon is n far the only demo crafic candidate for mayor. It wa with great reluctance that he trade b c announcejnent. Only a abort time av he made the statement that he lii been aprproaohed, but bad given tl,inattcr little thougllt because cf fc pre-ss of hia cigar business. Mr. mn cam to Lakr county in 1S9S and after engaging in o:v.cr pailof the county located in Hammond in 130T. He sterted the rrar'if i re of c:sari and has s-ince built up a word's; -f'i! business. The capacity of h:s p'ant was practically doubled last yea, in lsC'5 he was electei to a t r;n in t 'te state legislature. In I9.tr. tie elected county ma it or. . ervir, g fiut ears. Since 1-aving the office he l:as been devot'nfr Ills time ex-c'.L j-.vely t" pushing hss cigar busines.. Charles 7C Fried rich erfrs the f-H in cp-poit.on to Ma; cr Tan 7"wn. h iio anoun-ed hl candidacy for ref I'dioii eoiv.c weeks ago. Friedr'ci: i.s at present Jjstlc" of the pev., Ii is a tiati of La -e eo'irty, hai 'n r her n born at Crown Point. He was e"trij i herlff in 1892 and served oi' tern which was a busy one, as It frr.lrj'r l the period of rtrtkes when th'r was much dtsorde- In fh north -part of i,:county. He moved to Ha ram on (5 in 1536 and has since then Teen ergagfd In the Teal estate acd firs lr.sura.net buslr.0. PLAN HELPS WORKERS Loars on a 12-j-ear tasia. which ;t beilevrd will make it mach easier for working people of Hammond to jay for their homes, ate made possible ;. -the new plan launched by the TIni nivTid Rjiidlng Tcan association, ti oldest organ!stion of Its ?ind Lr. t'," city. At the annual mecLlrg th's week an am-ndrant was made to th eons; -tutlon permitting loans on the 12-iot; plan. When th" association w a oi -.-anited 30 years ago, six yra.-s was tli limit. Nine years ago the association was the first to include tho r. r.r-yea-scheme and now they or.ee mot? tj. the iad with the 12-ytar plan. Arrangements have hcn nadwhereby person?, who are paying on fix or nine-year loans nay trdiiftto the 12-ycar plan if lhy s d'. ir.-cajse of the ttidustria. depres-iir-It was recogn'.red that many ho:.--purchaser.-! who had started paying on or.e of the old rate might not be to continuously meet the laymen; u ilhout cmsirrasimfti,. Py spread:! th" loan over a greater num'ner : ears the amount cf the payment !i r--cluced and will help t'de the ptirMa.' i ovr tho period of stringenri'. W. C- Relr'.an was elected prs'd n ; of the Hammond Puilding Loan association for the t hi rf y-f on rt h cii'M.tii e time. H im- hld th" t fflo sin, -e th first organlzat in merLina. Foi'.i ing arc the ofrirer.s. President W. -. Ufiman. Vice President Joseph W. Wev. 5ecreta-y A. F. W. F-dd'r. Assistant Seri-e'ary Charles Waiters. Treasurer T". W. Myn. Attorney LeGrand T. !-; er. Members of inc board of ' ". Ivr : r,r -are LiGrand T. M'yer. Jolin I .. " n -fcJt. P. F. Ii.iinp, Frank N. l-'i-'i -' r ,r. J's--;.'i Vos. Henry Hn.1i.-r ..r pi- '. W-:s. J. . Reed and Kr.--I K . . SLEEP BESIDES M Si ll N'l'o, Pi, . Ai.rj! 1 A J-" vcmprisirg ten n. n r d - w - .v.-i.-t-the taft of John l!1---i-.ell H rid i'!r.r'r,-M-x-re. ii"gr yetit l.s - bar-'j iv.'h robbing u l.a.eknwrinne. r.-; .ros'l" cpress train .has l e- n locked tip .u:-r late j -:'terday nf".-rnwn. In a JuT "room c.-ntalng 11 c-is w ith no part.tior.s the jurors -.sere locked ; ;! n-gM. The t'-r i.ir.:r to sugg-ni. '.'-: he cro-vd might b'tttr rc-t.;r- to b a o i n a n The tipstaff borrowed the ,orr. . of th men and blanKt f r- tn t.i..r-jur-.-men and nwl'' .a curt. -in separating ten b-ds fro .-r. t'- o. Into It if t the tH-t w t--iin. Th.iv r'--ri"d today h i l.-id resit ful night although -ne -f fi--farmer j irors snored 'iU't" a bit. To wo nte n a'O 5Irs. Ixh r'ol' -k .a:i i Mrs Iiia Hoffman.

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