Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 246, Hammond, Lake County, 6 April 1921 — Page 1

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Government Is Showing A Ssrong Military Hand (DrH.ETI.V. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SESVICH j .OVDOX, April eleventh hour . f the KTfat coal xtrlkri ,ormfd .uddenl? posMblc early (hi, efternoon whfn Ihr miners' organU.tlon announced through their pkri.nmn thnt they had ncerptcd Premier I lord Ccorae invitation to bold onother conference to dico a settlement. ET EARLB C. REEVE!) f STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N SERVICE LONDON, April Revelations rt en alleged plot for a revolt in Ireland. originaly meant to coincide with t.ic opening of the British coal strike. opened this. the critical day cf the kingdom's Industrial tie-up. Scotland Yard it was announced, had . ,fhrs. evtrtinre howing the Sinn Felners exp-ected the coal strike nego- , nations to drag along until about April 15. for which date a revolution "on a grand scale" was being: prepared. SHIGGLE AMMIMTIO. ? Mnmunltion smutted into Ireland j from America, notably Massachusetts, frr,-m ficrmin v. it was averrrj was being; hoarded by the Sinn Vein for the day of the uprising. Upon the heels of this sensational news oame the 'announcement that the transport workers, through thMr nr.utivt committee, had declared their enthusiastic, readiness to 'Vive aU assistance to -whatever txltnt it is needed to help th mine re." President Gosling, of the transport m-rkerf' organization, who made, this snnouneement. did not speedy whether this meant a sympathetic strike.. This depends, it was believed, upon a conference this afternoon of the conference, bodies of tho miners, transport workers and railwayn.en, Vpon I his .-onterenc will hinge the decision whether there will he a general "triple alliance" walkout. Meanwhile violence is increasing 'B the coal fields some of which have become veritable battlefields. Serious disorders were reported from the- Scottish fields, notably at CVwden Bcath in Fife. Many casualties were, incurred in a battle, between strikers and police lnere. The miners broke through a strong? police cordon and repeatedly damaged the llehtin.fr plant of the town. Riots also were reported from many districts in Lanarkshire. where the striking miners renewed their attempts at intimidating- the pumping crews. Shots were- exchanged in a battle, at Hamilton. No details as to casualties are given. The 10,ono troops which were yesterday reported to have arrived from Ireland to bo dis-tri'outed over the coal fiid areas do not seem to have taken a. hand in the s-trike as yet; indeed, confirmation of the. icport waa still lack !ng. TIr-re in London, however, no doubt is left by the government that it proposes to show a strong military hand at the- slightest sign of rioting. The apital vividly resembles Its war-time ; speet. Thousands of troops in front 1 ne equipment are quartered at strategical positions including the great Kensington Gardens, which have been t'.osed to the rubltc. I-LOTTJ GEORGE'S ATTITUDE. The last word regarding the attitude rf Premier Lloyd George who thus far l as not given parliament the feverishly expected expression of his stand on fhe miners' strike, letting Labor Minister Ilorno do the talking for the gov. frnment in yesterday's debate was that he had written to the president of the miners' association asking for a meeting to resume negotiations. Everything indicates that the government will stand pat on its refusal to accept th subsidy plan, The next few hours are expected to bring a definite turn in the. situation one way or the other. President Gosling of the transport workers union, in announcing the decision of the. executive body to "assist ' the miners said: We proposo to get into conference with the rail men and miners for the purpose of deciding upon a course of action by tha triple alliance. Our executive committee's decision was i" ached unanimously and w ith enthusiasm." LOWELL MAN IS NAMED ON CONFERENCE CHICAGO, HI., April f.. Delegates who will represent Indiana at the national ratification conference on the proposed grain marketing plan of the farmers" grain marketing committee of seventeen, arc as follows: T. I- F'-rris. I'leasant I.akc; James K. Mason, Milton; Arthur Thomson. Wabash; Oscar Earm. Oxford (alternate : Arthur Goss, Vinernncs (alternate); .1. A. Warren. Kontj (alternate!: A. N. Steinhart. Indianapolis: E. G. MeCollnm. Indianapolis; .1, S. Mliu-h. Chalmers 'alternate); E. E. Allison. Indianapolis I alt ornate i ; M. H- Huston, Mi.-hawaka; P., F. CarJin, Eowell, and Charles A. Eruwri. Franklin (alteruate).

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Two Hammond Ladds are Able to Give Uncle Sam a Helping Hand Two Hammond Boy tveouts d'd their good turn yesterday by givins; l.'ncie .Sam a helping- hand in his tight against illicit booze manufacturers. The boys, William Smith and John falrc'iild. members of Troop 7, with Thomas and Howard Ward were enjoying a ramble, through tlv- woods west of the i . K. G'ant batN-ry plant mid so;;;'.i of Summer street, in the extreme east part of Hammond. Their at tent ion whs attracted by the charted remnants of w hat had been a frame building in the undergrowth. Tucked away a more? I he ruins they found a copper moonshine still of about 2''' gallons capacity. The boys promptly decided to hrinsr their tind to the office, of Chief Simer..s of the federal prohibition forces. They did so and received the thanks of the government man. The still i. in good condition and had evidently hen hidden In the wood.-: only recently. Mr. Simmons had information regarding activity of a moonshiner in that neighborhood, but when an investigation was made no evidence could "be found at his hom and it was the belief that lie had been warned and had h:dden his equipment. EAST GARY BOOZE RING HIT HARD More Offenders Arraigned in Hammond City Court This Morning The Ea?t Gary booz ring was struck another blow this morning in tho Hammond city court when Frank Jansiii, Chestnut street: Steve Stofko Tine St., and FYeI S'-haefer, all of that city, were arraigned on charges of violatin gthe liquor law. Janski and Stofko were alleged to have formed a combination whereby tho former manufactured the liquor while the latter disposed of it. Four gallons of moonshine with a kick in it like a mule was found in the garage of stofko. who is a grocer Janski received a fine of J ISO and 90 days on the penal farm and Stofko was fined $C30 and received a 6 lmntha penal farm sentence, which 1s the limit in cases of this nature. Upon a promise of good behavior the ajil sentences were suspended. Judge Klotz made them stiff enough to that tho men would think twice before repeating the offense. Schaefer was fined $100 and given a .10 day jail sentence which Mas suspended. James Supotavich, 12T9 Roberts avenue; Mnrlin Sanik and Mike Wookaniah. living at the snme address, were arraigned before Judge Klotr. in tivHammond city court this morning charged with being drunk. The men wore having a fine time In a prairie near Huberts avenue when the police arrived. Wookaniah, when a-sked if he was guilty, said, "No guilty, Just drunk." He and his companions were fined $15 each. Another comedian appeared in the shape of one Thomas Iempsey, who had enough liquor in him last night to emulate his famous namesake. Thomas said that his condition was duo to the fact that he took an overdose of medicine which had been prescribed for him by a doctor. He waa fined JIT. Pete Howath. 42'J8 Alexander avenue. East Chicago; William Stanley, 0720 Prairie avenue, Chicago, and George Lehmke, Oak Glen, 111., were each fined $15 for speeding. John Antanitis. 8S42 Houston avenue. Chcago, paid a fine of $15. He was charged with disordcrly conduct. HERE'S NEW WOMAN MAYOR ST. JAMES, Mo.. April . Mrs. Mayrne Ousley is Missouri's first woman mayor, accordimr to comnlete un official returns today from Tuesday',! municipal election. Mrs. Ousley, the! w ife of a doctor, defeated ltoger Hal, i by a .slight, majority. Both were non- : partisan candidates. SOCIALIST MAYOR FOR ROCKFORD KOCKFORD, IU., April 8. J. Herman Hallstrom, socialist, was elected mayor of Ttockford at yesterday's elections, Hallstrom, candidate of a fusion of socialist and labor union forces, defeated A. J. Anderson, a former member of the Illinois legislature, and Alex McLaren. Three socialist aldermen were elected. PEORIA ELECTS REPUBLICAN PEOKIA. El., April 6. Victor P. Michel, republican, was elected mayor of pcorla at yesterday'f election by a plurality of approximately 4.000 oti-s, according to unofficial returns today. Michel defeated Thomas oVonor. dem ocrat, and succeeds Edward N. Woodruff, who has been mayor of tho city! seven times. I NEW YORK. April ; of Itridgene.rt, Conn.. Jimmy OGatty "f Newthirteenth round of 9 . E'U p.ogash; k nocked out York in the I fifteen-round match here last night. Hogash weighed 1 o 1 pounds and his opponent a half pound less.

Honest"Abe" Seeks Post In Uruguay Wood Recommends E. Chicago Man to President Harding WASHINGTON. April Keprcsentative ill H. Wood of Indiana in an intericw with President Harding today, recommend d Abraham Ottenheimer of East Chicago, tud., for appointment as envoy extraordinary to Fruguay. Mr. Ot tenht inicr formerly was president of the Lake County Hnr Association. The president could make no promise at this lime and indicated that the subject of appointment iu tie made to l hat country will not be considered until after he had prepared his message to Congress, convening n't Monday.

Sureties On Bond Are Sued Two East Chicago Men Held Responsible in Federal Court Case ISPECIAt. TO THE T! M fS I INDIANA PO El S, ind, April fi, Suit against Peter Mazrfnios and John Kzokitis of Eait Chicago .sureties on the bond of Frank M. Adamitin. under 'ndletn-etit in federal court for alleged theft from interstate freight shipments was instituted in federal court yesterday by Frederick Van Nuys. United State district attorney. Adamitis is charged with havmg broken into a box car and stolen certain goods June 30 1520. n July 2". 192n. he was arralgnr-d before Charl-." E. Surprise, United States commissioner at Hammond. Ind., and bound over to the federal grand Jury tinder bond of $3,000 sig-ned by Mazrimos ana Ezejkltis. When his ca.se was called before Judge Albert B, Anderson on arraignment day March 7. he failed to put in appearance and Judge Anderson ordered his bond forfeited. MAN POT OFF TRAIN IS KILLED Victim Believed to Be on His Way From California to Cleveland An unidentified man 30 to 35 yer3 r age. and believed to he a resident or e ither San Eernadluo. Cal., or Cleveland. Ohio, v. as killed by an east bound New York Central train a ehort distance east of l'.raodway. Gar?, shortly after "00 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The body was cut in two and the remains removed to Williams' meirgiie. According to members of the train crew, although the victim whose name is believed to be Samuel Bintem. had a ticket good from San Bernadino. California to Cleveland, Ohio, he was beating his way and wa.s put off the train on two different occasions. The first time was a stop east of Gary but he got on the tr.iin again that was a through train and rode if into Gary where it was flaged and stopped to take on passengers. He was again ordered off the train and told to stay oir but after It had started up boarded it again. ll is believe,! that in attempting to get back to hlu riding place beneath the steps of the coach he slipped anei lost hin h-ilanre falling directly be. neath the wheels. Ho only hati about seven dollars in change on his person and It is believed that he was stealing his way in oreler that he micht have been trying to save the ticket in eirdcr that he might sell the ticket and g'-t his refund money at his destination. Heiievcd to be a member of the p.rothcrhnod of Uailroad Trainmen the local authorities: have advise,! the head of-fic.-r.-: ih. association e,f th" accident and whether or not tney have a man ii l h tc.no ..,' I'.urion as a member. A ni'-niora ruj inn book gives the name uf Samuel Burton. ;. Jt. T. 75 1. A NEW COMBINATION People who visited the Kamradt furniture s-tore on State street, Hammond yesterday wer treated to a surprise when they found music emanating from what appeared to be a very beautiful tabic lamp Mr. lamradt was demonstrating one of the new Lampagraphs, the combination phonograph and lamp, which is now being manufactured by the Burns-Pollock company of Indiana Harbor. The base of the. lamp is horn shaped and made of bell bronze, raised a few inches above the table by ornamental legs. Through lhi.s base the sound is carried and amplified from the mechanism above. The record table, electric motor and reproducer of the phonograph are all concealed within the lamp ."hade. Tests show that the musical ejjilities of the Instrument eijuai, if not f Jrpass other machines on the market. As now manufactured its weight will be a little over SO pounds. Mr. Kamradt is pushing the saU; of stuck in the company manufacturing the machines along with introdii' t ing the machine on the market. H- says that production i.- now ordered at E000 a month and enough orders are already on haul to keep the faclor going aT this rale for a year

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Hammond Council Instructs City Attorney to File Suit In Superior Court In a heated meeting of the Hammond city council last night definite action was taken against the public utilties of the city when City Attorney William W. McMahon was instructed to file action in the superior court appealing the decision of the public service commission of Indiana in granting a rate increase of from 30 to 60 per cent to the Illinois Bell and Telephone compan y, This action will be in the form of a test case, and if it is successful will be continued against the Northern Indiana Gaa and Electric company. A storm of protest has swept the cities of the CaJ timet region following the action of the commission, and councilmen were bitter In their denunciation of the rublic utilities. The meeting! poseed a resolution to back the city attorney to the limit in the light. Several leading Hammond lawyers have offered to donate their services to the city in the case, so thero will be no lack of lepal talent. Mayor Brown has been requested to confer with the mayors of the other cities of the region as to what a.ctlon they should take in the war on exorbitant rates. Feeling- is bitter against the gas and electricity rates. The council after some discussion decided to handle ene increase at a time, but protest against the gas company waa just as much in evidence. At one time when the question of the Itohde avenue sidewalk was under discussion, a representative of the company stated that the company would mov its poles ..ilj- under protest, A spectator rose and said: "The gas company had better go to the public, utilities commission for another increase to defray the expense of moving the poles." The remark was followed by loud and continued applause from the citizens in the room. An appeal has been made against the gas company in the form of a petition to the public utilities commission. This petition has been temporarily laid on the table pending the outcoino of the telephone controversy and will be taken up at once after this action is decided. Hotel Changes Hands The Hotel Mee on Hohman street has jigaln chantred hand and ia noiv tinder the management of S. G. Sarros. who purchased the hostelry from Mrs. Mee in the fall of 1 & 1 7. Mr. Sartos re-f urnifihed the building at this time, making it one of the most modern and best equipped hotels in this region. The hotel was sold to P. C. Primls on the first day of January, 1920, and has been under his management since that time until a few days ago when he clo;wd a deal with Mr. j sarros. whereby the latter again took over the management. The Mee is one of the best known hotels in the district, and has been a! favorite with the traveling public for years. It is noted for its splendid service under the management of both Mr. I'rimis and Mr. Sarros. SHEFFIELD AVENUE PROPOSITION Sheffield avenue property owners are expected to turn out to the man Friday evening to attend the special meeting which will be held In the Hammond city council chamber at 8 o'clock. The meeting haa been called to decide upon the proposed improvement of the s-tr- ct which lias been seriously in need of attention for several years. Several efforts have been made to have the Improvmcnt started, but each sas failed from one cause or anotber. Because rf its present eondltlon police are having, hard work keeping trucks off of Calumet boulevard. ST., LOUIS ELECTS REPUBLICAN ST. LOUIS. Mo., April 6. Henry W. Kiel, republican, will remain mayor of St. Louis for the next four years. Today his plurality over James W. Byrnes, democrat, is mounting steadily upward from 1.000 with about 100 out of got) precincts to report. With the rententien of Kiel as major for another term, Tuesday's election aiso returned a large plurality for each of the republican candidates for aldermanlc office. Fire in Storage Room A blaze of unknown origin .started this morning in a shed at the rear of 120S Garfield street at 10:30 o'clock. The Hammonel fire department re sponded, but the flames had gained too much headway for the firemen to save the building. It completely destroyed with all itss content-?. The building is used as a storage room by the Hagls & Moore company, general contractors, who are building several houses in th? vicinity, it contained supplies and paints. The loss was slight.

(Bt I-I-KTIX.) M NT rRr.ATiCNAL NEWS SESViCSl SOUTH BEND. Ind.. April 6 Because the South Bend Builders' Exchange and the representatives of the various trade crafts could not reach a compromise agreement on a wage scale reduction all unionized crafts will walk out this morning. It is estimated a thousand or more tradesmen will be on strike. The employtts insisted on a general reduction of wages amounting to twenty per cent. bi-i.h;ti.v INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 NEW YOKE, April 6. Eleven women and live men were arrested today when police raided a fashionable up-town apartment, just off Broadway and caught the rich-Ij-dressed women, all wearing many jewels, surrounded by many piles of poker chips and cards. (Bl lil.ETI A.) DETROIT. April s Thrown into a bon-tire by four older boys and kept there several minutes by a shower of tin cans, John Jdula, of Hamtrack, is dying today in Samaritan hospital. The polio; are seeking the four boys. (Bl M.ETIV.) SPRINGFIELD, HI.. April 6. Tenants won another victory in the tipper branch of the general assembly today when by unanimous vote the senate passed the Kcsalnger bill giving the tenant a six months stay after his lease expires and the right to a jury trial In eviction cases. It now goes to the house for action. ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) MARIETTA, O., April 6. Rev. J. II. MIndling. 49 .minister of the MethediAt Episcopal church of Waterford. near here. comm'.tte-J suicide in the courthouse at noo" today. He had Just stepped out of the courtroom There an Inquest was being heid on the death of his daughter, Mi?s Elizabeth Mindiing. IP, where he had cotfesst-J ht he had performed a criminal operation that results din her eleath last Thursday. tni'LXfSTIJO ST. LOUIS. M.o., April 6. -KetaM prices of bread dropped back to nickel her today. Loaves weighing 11 1-4 ounces will sell for that price. tBCLLETIlf.) QUAKERTOWN. Pa., April 6. Th Gen., ral Cigar Co., operating two factories here, and sixty others In, thia and other 6tates, today announced that full time will be inaugurated next week. The various plants have operated on reduced time tor several months. Several thousand workers are affected. (Bt'LLnTfX.) LINCOLN, Neb. .April 6. Th Brown County State Bank of LongPine, capitalized at $85,000 has been closed today. Depleted reserves and inability to make collection on the bank's paper In order to meet current withdrawals are announced a-s causes, FATE OF GOOD West Hammond people are still wor ried today over the fate of the good road measures on which Thornton township voted yesterday. The outlook was gloomy this morning and up to noon no definite word had been received on the results in several of the, small towns in tho south fart of the township. Latest figures showed that the opponents of the plan were in the lead but it wns hoped that these doubtful precincts weiuld swing the balance in favor of the roads. Early figures on the vote showed that the great opposition to the special tax had come from districts in which the voters were mostly farmers who would be benefitted most by the improvements. The vote was nearly 2 to 1 In favor of the tax in West Hammond where 532 voted "ye" and 253 voted "no." West Hammond won two of the offices which were to be filled at the election. Five justices of the peace and five constables were to be elected for the township. Chief of Police Joseph Xitz vas candidate fer constable on the republican ticket and polled tho highest vote of the township. Charles Toerger of West Hammond was elected justice. Prank Green, another West Hammond man made a strong bid for the J. P. job on tho Citizens' ticket. COSTLY FIRE IN GARY A stubborn fire, which broke cut at the Max Bernstein home shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning and caused by sparks from a chimney setting fire to the roof caused a damage of nearly $2,000 on the home and some $400 on the contents. The blaze had gained considerable headway by the time the tire department arrived and destroyed the entire roof. NEW YORK. April 6. A broken thumb prevented Benny Ieonard, world's lig-tit weight boxing champion, from engaging in a bout in EuffaTo last night with Frank le SehoelL The injury was sustained yesterday while training. The contest will be held April IS. We waited for wholesale prices to drop 100 per cent then bought. Wan for our sensational second Eye Opener Furniture Sale. 4-G-l

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Imposing Structure Will be Built on RimbarCh Avenue Hammond will ha e a new bji!rj;ng in the near future as the result of a meeting of the building committee of the Elks lod?e last evening, at which the contractors were let lor the new $-75,000 Elks temple. The building will be located on the south .side of Rirnbaeh avenue, just west of the court hojse. It w-ilf be constructed of brick and w .11 include a huge lodge room, a club room, bowling alleys and a d:nlng room. It will consist of two stories- and a basement and will he the mo;t modern and on of th largest lodge buildings In Northern Indiana. Contracts were let to J. TV. Snyder and company, for the general contracting work, and Jack Croalc was the successful bidder for the plumbing and heatirg' -work These two Srmji are working at present on the new Masonic temple. Addison C. Berry is the architect for the Elks building. This new project marks another :ep toward building on the streets just off of Hohman street. The hotel to he constructed on Sibley street In back n! the Lion tore furniture department and the new Masonic temple on Meunich court aro the most recent acquisitions of these side streets. ROTARY CLUB HOLDS 21UNCHE0N SESSIONS The Hammend Rotary Cub had t"o cessions, both luncheons at the Lyndora Hotel, one held last Monday evening and one jesterday at nn. The first was for the purpose of takin up the building situation in the, light developments brought out by the joint committee and n all Rotary B&sslon and th one today was for the purpose of holding th annual election of officers a.nd hearing- an address on "The relation of taxation to community development." by George Z. White. Tho meeting Monday developed a plan of axtion which will be taken up by the committee on public affairs and is expected to have an important bearing on the attitude of the community towards building In the corning season. Rev. Robert IX LIckHder of the educational committee then passed out a number of slips bearing questions designed to bring out information on matters purely pertaining to Rotary. These questions were answered by ten o fthe members present. The session waa vry beneficial. PRESIDR.YT MAKES TALK. President Thomas R. Tcnnant. who expected to retire from the presidency yesterday, made a very fine address in which he stated that his part in Rotary had been a great opportunity and a great inspiration to him. At tho luncheon yesterday the annual election of' directors took place and the selection for the ensuing year wera as follows: Thomas R. Tcnnant, Morse Dell Plain, Dr. E. M. Shank'.in. Fred Crump-acker, Dr. E. S. Jones, O. A. Kvinbill and Fred O. Paige The directors are expected to meet sometime within the coming week and elect the officers. Mr. John Z. White, a. lecturer rrom th Henry George lecture service in Chicago made one of the most interesting talks on the subject of taxation that has been heard in a long time? He advocated that the tax on improvements on land be largely eliminated in favor of a higher tax on the land itself.' He thought that would tend to make the development of the cities more rapid. The idea was that enterprise, in the form of building activity BOuld not be taxed. He pointed to the movement from the country to the cities as is evidenced by the fact that the proportion of people residing on the farms has decreased from 3-4 of the population to 1-3 of the population due to labor saving machinery. Put the cities, he claimed, had "not taken over and absorbed this population as well as it -should owing to the heavy penalty, in the form of taxes, placed on property improvements. LOTS IN NEW SUB FIND MANY BUYERS The season's first rubdivig, on sale iu Hammond now being put on by Mnlsbcrrer & Shilling indicates that in spite of the fact that the building indusfry is at low ebb. many Ilsmmoin peopr are planning to build as soon a:i tliey are convinced the price is. right. The realty firm undertook to sell the Ion which comprise the Towle-Avery addition located between Gortlin 3troef and tThicago avenue and Columbia ave. and Calumet avenue. The sale opened Sunday and in three days two thirds of the lots were dispe-sed of. one buyer started construction work on his houso today and several others are tei followsoon. Mr. Shilling has on off;rc at 6?1 Col. umhia avenue and has been handling dozens of prospects every day since the big crowd visited the tract Sumliy. The lots are being sold at a low price and on easy terms. Ail Improvements join and the buyer has nothing in the way of taxes or assessments to worry about for a year. The inst of the lots is expected to be f-old lefore the sale, closet; next Sunday evening.

Advocate Openly the Overthrow of the U. S. Government T.-.e United Communist party i-hcw ' : its hand In Hammond and West liaoi mond last night by littering the sir' with hand-bills calling for action t. the part of the workers to put an .1

u. utumplcymtntThe remedy as usual is cov.tro' . industry by the workers. "The liu sian workers showed us what to They overthrew their bosses' go-ero-rnent and set up a workers' government. They took over the Industrie and ran them only for the worke; They threw out a'i idlers and bbed suckers. They p it an end to ur.?ir ploymcnt. They became owners o; their jobs," reads the flyer. The Communkts call on organ:;-: '! labor to line up with the uncmpl""!: organize them; fight for them in t unions, and force the government W take care of them, "Fight for bhoifc hours with no reduction cf pay, so t'i- y can gel back on the job. F;giu Tor opening up trade with soviet Kuj a. ao there will be work," is the p.a.u proposed. West Hammond police found t''handbills scattered all a'ong S : ?. t Line street at Z o'clock Wf n:g' ' Iargo bunciies of the bills hud bon left at each fctreet intersection. The tame course wag followed on the Hammond side of the street and by m-i n -frg the wind had scattered them in s'l directions. Efforts at locating tho distributors of the bills have been without results. BUILDING QUIZ MEET TO BE LAST The final meeting of tho joint committee of the civic clubs of Hammond, ASIiHing, East Chicago and Indiana Hfbor which is Investigating building conditions, will be held in noom No. 1 of the Lake Superior court house on Prt day evening at 8 o'tloek. TKX8 ZS THE TXTBLIC B 1CEXTX2TO. At this meeting the general puMfc the man who is holding off building, the man who has grievances aguins-t t'r, money lenders, the real estate man, thmaterial man or the craftsmen will ha, e an opportunity to bo heard. Edgar Crumracker, who has nvi'ie . careful investigation of the oot of living in this community, -n ill be on hand to make a report. This meeting v. -wind up the investigation and the question of what further steps w ill b-i take if any, to get building back to normal will l taken up by the committee n i t c-.-this session. IIT ST A T.I. WE ITT HO. 7. At the last meeting Mr. Heckenbi ru of the shet metal workers' union, marie the statement that there aro about ! members in his organization and thi r he is able to put work only four or fi apprentices for the reason that the ei ployeri do not want them. He faid there is no restriction ot an any one coming into the district. Mr Hackenberg was asked if there waa f.n union, rule which prevented cno mecliu: lc from finishing the work thttt has ben started by anothor. He piid. "positi -ely not." Mr. Hackenberg volunteered ti e .tat', ment that he knew of the case of To:! Pi-others and that he did not bene . o they had been molested up to th t.io they quit business of their on accord Two speakers in the audlenco arose to state that they could verify ih-; sta -ment as they had worked fo- p.-' - Brothers. HAVE RBCXTPT FOR riKX! The fact was sfnted that Pott't I3r.-- . have the receipt for $!23.M fr.ri th" union In etflemciit of the lino tli;.t thi y finally paid in emler to havo th" trou.,w if h tin- -jnie-n end .1. Mr. Hackenberg: "I don't Know wh; they got. bill 1 know they hud t.vo or three or four days arguineiH about P.'shoprie board but iT didn't amount to ri-y-thing." He s.Md further I'-nf the dustries always pay the :--;ile t t.c-i they get from the union. The business agent of ti sheet nvt-i weirkt r.i then c!n:r...d ihit durimr f i war hi? organization Kept up produc' l"to the usual j -Itch and produced s h ; from the lvnnti-.su lar Furn:. compuny signed by W. M. I.e-ed. Vireli IS. 11'r.i. In which the writer o.k -cca-on T press appreciation for the co-operaf !.-o of the union i:i enm -ction e;;h the -ti-stfii'atif t; of i .l of the fu'tmei for ihT'nitffi States Housinp 'or;. Quoth. g ho letter he slid, "uc comm.' :id you cyour business) principle.? and ortnin'y feel that you h.iv cm utirnged the v.... motion of work in your particular liteMr. Hickenb'-rg slated that i-i v 1 v. the fact that al. of the- other crafts v.-.--. en c-'-st plus jobs thai the ei:"iol- o: the she-et ni'-tal workers wfis fine. PIxrWTXRS' REPKESErri ATrTE SPEAKS Paul P. i"S of ;iie paii.-e-'s .mien v.i (.Continued on page twcl Death of Mrs. Stelow Mrs. Mary l Stelow, w.fo of Kin-.! Sfejow- of ilhiimiond, d;ed ye-srtc-day a' her home. 391 Cedar str -, t. of ii'a -f failure. She ..iii. born in P.'j :r. Porter county r.nd ha.- re;-eb ! in IPi 'imoiid about 25 years. six ;-ave.s n husband and two sons to u-";ivn. b- -s.des eight giand children, one g.-cai grandchild dnd one nrotber, s". C:,i--t..y. The funeral will be 1'rldny h: Ihe N.izarene church at '. p. in. short services there to be follow d b a se- v Ice at IlT.hurt at Z is. m. tiuriai at llobart cemetery.