Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 249, Hammond, Lake County, 9 April 1921 — Page 1

RVE 77 "3 i a THE WEAT1IEB. ClMirialli fnir tonlKht and on1an f xffpt urccttleil In north portion lonlsbti colder tonight with Trcrilne toTrirwrxit urc. J. JiiiiLj ILJxiiil": - won til, oa Streets ana Now? Stands. So Pa.-vFT-OL. XIV. NO. IMS. April 9, 1921. TWELVE PAGES. firib AT UKDAY AND WEEK I.V EDITION I11I1TS 101 LAKE I1R1W PlfilS E3i II 9

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ii 1 1 LOSP.S wonev e nau U Withdrawn From Bank At Dyer. ?CHEREKVILLE. lnd. Arr.I urr.ns from the bank at 'Dyer w.ih j;,500 with which to cb'i checks or Pennsylvania, railroad employes. V master George N. Gard and two companions were held up yesterday c-'tr-nc.cn, robbed, bound and .-arr;e.1 nearly to Thornton. til.. -forc they ere rtumpfd out by tho roadside. Ri;S C.E-t3tl. STORE. Mr. Gard rans a jrenerai store hich tb post effic i tlso ' joat'd. He. cashes checks tor railroad men ach pay-day an 5 in order to hav..--lent-of fundi on hand he triads th rip to Pyer yesterday afternoon. N Kutn and Mr. Card's four-year-old son sccorr.par.l?d himWhen they hil reached a po'pt shout a rr.U west of Scherervi'.lo on r.-,o return trip another automobilesuddtnly appeared, from the bushes at tht side of the road, rirovf a short d. stance ahead of them and then turnM square! y across the roa-l. The Card machine was forced to stop at the side of the road. Two men alighte-l tr.-rn the other ear. a brand nrv Ruick n-ith no license plates, and with threat' n:pg revolvers, forced Mr. Gard to giveup his payroll money. BOISU WTTIt POPli. Gaxd. Kuhn and the littb, boy were then bound with ropes and ordered onr the c.r of the bandit?. The V;Jup pushed the Gar-i machine nt-. ;hc 'pusher; and then started vert with the prisoner.;. The two bandit? who . did the work apprared to b" from 22 o ". years old. A third man vaj on ! '-is kneea brfor-s the front scat atid -; was kept covered by a : lankct ail of th time. Too men kept looking for a suitable riixoe to ditch their victims but r.o opportunity n a afforded until close to vho vHlag: of Thornton. Thero the car was driven to the side of tho road srd Ga rd. Kuhn anil the boy '.-.ere buodiej off into th bushes. Tho bandit car then Fped away to -"-est. Another machine which a1 -rived a fe-v minutes later was stopvd and ater tho rooc had been ror.io en' from the viotims, chase wa tiven l .t no trace of tho othe-r tor cou?d b; found. JTr. Garl says the machine oiarto around S3 miles per hour in the danh from fe'cherervilie to Thorn- n and was (fing at terrific speed when it disappeared. Gard then not'.'ied tho police r.f Chrr. Harvey, fhlc.igo Heights an-t cities cn tlie Indiana fid. He then hired a machine to tak him back t.. "here his own car had been ab.indon"1. H says tho mon-y stolen wat erom b's own personal account ard po5tefficM funds wer" not concerned. Ti-nm their ?-pech at-"? actions h !.oives the bandit? were from I'iiic.io OBSERVE MEMORIAL Meeting Last Night Arranges for Formal Observance of Day Appropriate eb.-cr;a.ic of Jlernoria.l Day was decided ,;'" at the meting of tho Joint coiTinii'.tee from the G. A. R. .Sran!sri - ar Veterans. American Isr;ion arid the Women's Au iliat" organizations Wilicll u S3 he;ii r,;pi;. The commit tro of "n from the diff. pa t r i. .'t i instrij--;. rrni Tga!i!?.3tion.. of Hammond. 'We5t wilJ vis, t the sehoe Hammond. Heo-s:!ie a,d e-xtend Invotatfonf t e the ten to participate in the (. "hleago baa also dedd-xi in tho Hammond ? t lce. The crowd will awe-mble Saxon j H.-h.. o! ' -. ' re.-.. -to lake a r: c. (1 i ran a : the Ham -n.nd - p. m. 0 and wit. Hill cert.mond court tinii:-.; bot-Acefi ; L-n the afternoon uf May march from there t.. uak :rr. where the spe.-i;v-.n- ,,( , r.-ienn lie hei,. Att-.rne IT ,lfnroy and . t ;. ..-m.-v I! 11 ha. e already h'-en ;'..,.! nd the American Legion . ; : ih:r:l T-he e,iy cunc:! ha ;igrf-.j rtitji a bar.d ffr she af ternowti js:-ued instructions that thero t ll e-r e -. Jeo-eoit ''Jrang. ; -pea'.;' f. tirni-n a to furand has niil be no athletic contests In the public pjt.rkF of the city while the services are being c!d. Attcrncy L. T. Meyer will he cfficer of the daj and In charge of the paradt. Each organisation of veterans will appoint an aid.. An invitation i extended to ail inb'-r organ . tio'.s. . i? and fraternal :. n ?j to nnrticipav in the s'rvicta. The y,, y s. cu- y.-in have their drum corps in the parsde and i ill also help Mr. Alice Hubbard In marking tht craves irt the morning. A. G. Roihr.ian. commanelcr of the Spanish War Veterans is chairman of tho committee on conveyances. It will be necessary for Mm to r ecu re the ?fr vices of a number of automobiles to carry m'mbers of the G. A. R. n nd W. R. C. Rei-sons who are-- willing to dorate tio f -o c.C Their e,a?-s j.honl.1 i,-ot in touch w tth rim t.t on.-e at hi res'. (,i.ro, 13 M".','-t State street The committee ,-,n patriot:.: irs-trc-:-; ion wiii tfke r its work tu th'- s.-hoo!. ft once. H. E. Granger is chairman of th committee am! other members at iirs. Wallace Ivnight and E. C. Johnson.'

HAMMOND TO

Enters Race For Clerkship

Si 5 . ov J 1 - . .-an n.-11'ono-" wa-.l !A ' oun r candid a " ti m ina t i ' r a n for h : -i e tor toe rcp. citv tressurer ttenctl warn tho be.t knowm n r.no'i net ras oom and e-c u - IJatninonil. coir.es from one of x :iT.i'i of the city. H- is iit as.osiated w;th i.is father, r. We '.-.oh in the grocery busi- ?, ' T Ind.ar.a avenue. He. has bran': n H a a i a ;. .5 . qua ;- c 1 . . - t - been roue,! t" no nonett a u;n.!) and a picas ant fe-T-c; e n e and ! ' '. e - ira ?. m ; business! ll-.i -.cork or : t.ie. tr M-. IT fnil.J ot :. ;r, arri-d and resides (Big Attendance From All i Over the Calumet Region Is Expected Motr enthusiasts from tho cities of Nrth tow nslilp and tu rraund Ing towns are assured the largest e sJ; !b't io ' of tier cars in thr history of the Caiumet Hegioji Automobils wh.cn its 1DC1 show op-ns rurnell buiid.rg at Eti.-t Monday ijornln?. The doors will open at i rek. the admission to l A s-j-jci at ieuin the new Chlcag-j on p. m. for a t e r t ;- fi e j cents, j mahee, Autuiob!le3 of all ttandard ni"torcyifg. trucks, fires, batand accerroriej ha-, o been arrai'gter d in -tails The b'g buiidi-.g ha.s been attractively, decorated. Enttrta'nment n i i be pro-i d'Xi. Leo Knoerzcr mado hji reputation, -ilic.1! the first autu how waj; gi ven at Lir.ert'.- 1 1 a 1 1 th.ree yearn a.co. j ,iS : a whale of a. sneers;.? t.i. "?r .-,.-1 . P fired 'he to n with a singer!" and a group of Since tl'i'n i i.; a f.-re that if' antomobi ie s-die with"iit Knocrzer. H" - x t e 1 1 e o ja-.r. tone con opera' in.gers. lu'ior. w i s; co-nr'cte has; charcro o trie en .-rtainmont at the she opening Mtmelay. The new RtjnncU build.-ng: h bieh has j lot been completed and is not yet vciipjed. afford a at'ip'e floor soace. It is p' rhaps the largest gs rage in the region and car. be reached by traction rrv . all of the eitie-a. Tt sytiie me-T.ie e.rd '. Mayer I.'o M--Cr! 'eg.-.. Mayor :'" Ik at d Ma;, or AWt- r S ' l" ' g '. e ;;,-. . ei.-nn-" Stage f ree-. .! f r the t.l-.e II r.T.ora ' - '--TOmit Thf-e v.-. ii he .-. ,.n chincjt mid aui" :io hi bit en', t( i located at I'orth street. i eiv of Fart c'hi r. n eif t rem on i ..brace of Whit irt j;r,-Atin fro.-.-j ri:e pun-ose of seating i ee of i he evcf.ii,-. display maories and the ex onerate attraction from man;, surr'.'jndir.rf to-,p3 1-y way of at t. ndai-. e. The tr.tisica attraction for Meniiay neriirz will consist of ore . f 'iv- ,j .M a "tractive features of ; d under d.rect "on : Si.ror:ty and m-.t sue i "" oi r; y and Friday of 1 lac'.i nigh v i' i have it ... and s-ylindid t.'ilc-'t" b.a. d ' :'i t.arei muie an-.l et'Ov ing feature--! through b'. da.; , WHITING MAN IS ARRESTED WHITING rested by Apr-.! 9. Howell Bennett. Officer Miller at 32" llPth e d with beinr drunk and a street i dl'orde 'ant- 'a :ia : y -nd uet and for usinc prorgu .-.. wa? arraigned in the lit .n rmirsilay. The d'sordudaet charge was suspended, was fiti. .1 F. and cost on each other charges, making a total '. which he paid t-nd was rc bu t d. LOCKLIN FUNERAL ! ON WEDNESDAY; Th -or re C. I.ockl the First T"i" i-t.-'daj, rpril n will ba ."byterian 13. st 0 Wo. I-:. p will be a "vlasenie: fureral a Kni; '(-. t s !' Templar et-cort. Any off .--rings should be sent to the with floral enure ter;. Ir.le-mcnt at Oak 111 me -.

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Did You Hear That

WE nominate for the barbed wire wash raif the isu'.l Mi:,intr Maohin.; tmpHiiy of Atkinson, "ircon -sin. which has t-cc-i heard of in these rrt". TifC Jnckson Auto Sales Agency on South Hohnsari street has Riven up tht-lr r-lfsmonn there and niocd to other Quarters. SAM JV-STLE7VAITE says h: company has bought nine taxis cut of the first year's earnings ami points w. p. to the record. FOP. tho first time in years many printers are out of work and newspa. l'(:r offices are besiegre-d with men lookin for job. LEIu LOUE former.v of Hammond. has returned to his home in Mason City, lo'.v a. Cro-vn i fter IV ml. l;t nith relatives at FEDKRA I. men slipped down to quiet old Elkhart yesterday and picked off a stilt, seine mcons-kin- ar;d a bstch of m ar h. THE Maroon A. C. of West Hammond which was instrumental in j.-"tt!ng- a bail park started, is sivlr.s a "hop" tomorrow even in a: at Summers Gardens to h, help finance othleth: THE first woman to be nom'.ratad as 1 9 pi'rim' i "i rti tf.-.hn-i-in vOrfv.-. TOa-1 a n rr.r o is Mrs. lid. Kohling. Her sppearanco may l 1 iT -i ro other lauiC3 and lull add rest to the contest H. J. P"ST fays they usod to attributes a lot of crime to whiky and thinks it a timely suggestion that the present caused by the chlorined i 1 lUMJIONb'S dclo.gation at French Hick at m-e.-'ent mado their f.rst report i yesterday. Harvey Go3tiln postcards ; that the party is making it 50-50 water aod golf and that all pre (-landing th ! self but IV d Cruir packer. i WITH all the conplaints abut he , writer, not a rcl' has been heard from i West Hamrivmd. While folk.i may ret drini; Jt across the line they certainly 'have noticed the tunc!!' when gprinklirar i th' J r la.-. ns. C 11. HOWET. i:SS Monroe ir'?t. has resigne-i bir; position with the. Hammond LutrbT Company, to become the manager of a lumber ewrmy at Fort Wa;, .- He will leave Hammond on Monday. HArM'"Xr has bad a city ordinance -',rce 15n". ruakinsr it unlaw f'M for pr-i-nri? und--T 1 voars of ag to b- on th streets after ?:00 o'clock lu the- c. en. in-,' wiiho- a parent or v. ritten permit. iardian, or a MESSRS3. C, Garrity. terminal train ' master of the Xieel riite from Chica ; i to to tlie s-alc line and It. T"). Maloney. j ' general yardmajnler. were hero today ' hustling business for the. old N. V. and they are busters, too. THE roster of tho stolen bicycle- club now it. chide.-, (". C. Sherloy. 4Z$ Truman ave-nue and A. W. rmike. f.G Cond't st !t Mvr.'t b- tofsg now before any mat. F-e-e n rid;nir a bicj c?e. w til be arrested for rtea'.'ng it. Highway Comeffort to clean j T1IH Indiana f-'atc I mission is making an i up Indiana road .vaya ano piCKine up;. I t in can s bo!tl:s and rubbish. It i; i also painting tho posts on hc curve.. and dangerous vlnoes. -r-jiFlN Senator N'jdl of Whitm ),a,j his picture 'aken at Tnd'anapo'is r, ,.!t tie remarked. "Gee. th? v,nvs v,aek home will Hiink I've son" broke and uad .o take to waiting table." on wyt, R. MUIR. former Hammonet-j ite. d--ps a l.n? from I Angeles and j brags like the usual Caiiforn'.an: "Fig j things doing here a.'.l the time. We , have nil states and nations represent-; -d. There are 'Ol.vCO of us now and ; room for trior?." ; THE butt.: ke I.tro.. is straicht and and ee-g truck of Ksan. making a great hit at fancy two-rheel stuff n sou.h , . Ilohntan street and slmuil place in 'he mir'tlien Ion - have "go. It has been matched aj.-rm.p-cry truck of Oscar S-hcf'icl the cc.iv- . . TT is bel ii'vi that the Me-non bu i" h'.pelestly e-ut of the running in the tTehman si root free-for-all race. Tn an xejtir g brush between a, blue t'hieago I.i-rh.t5 bits and tl'.o Moron boa near ;h i 'a r re 11 street stretch yesterelaj m..i'n!tig .the Mcnon Iwat was ! ft far i.-i the rear. THh-Il w ho a-" complaining shout the lack of parking space 1Ti Har.imond. can .ery easily solve the problem by parking their ears on East riummr avenue. There is room on that street for over a hundred cars, which may be ran over the curb at right angles and lineel up in front of the siidewala. '"LIKE fun they'll ken rne ou," pro:-.- j iseel Sam C'ozner, custodian of the Ppthi;in hall, in commenting on the rule that 1 none but women s-hoi;!d view "We, The! People." which is b- lntr j ut en by "he ; Vi'orain's Club. "I had to go in yester- . day to fix the light and got an eyeful , r.ud leave it to mo to find an excuse to j break in toeiav." ! KITEOT IA" K commencing April Pth. j tho Western Union Telegraph Co.. an- j nour.ces; the reinstatement of It defer- i i reel cable serv ice to all countries. This service will be on the basis of plain ! language and deferment in favor of fp;; rate message. The te1'. will bo ex-, icily one-half the regular or full rite, f to countiy of destination. This r.er- ' vico has no been aval able since Sep! tembe-r. 1! I, when it was neeessarv to I suspend because of the congested conuii.ion of the 'cable systems.

Hobart Man Takes Acid; j Ends Life Return From County Hospi-j tal and Then Commits j Suicide !

JCPCCIAL TO THE TIMLS' HOCAJiT. Ir.a., Ayr. I . Lundsted who has been sick in rhrist iv ail , . inter from has been ! at the county hospital returned horn ! Monday. Wednesday morning he on-I-e Jhls Ufa by ta',:inc carbolic acid. He was in the baserr.ont of the A mar. in - when h5 took the acid and dieJ a few ! minutts afterward. Ho was taken to the Wild undortakins pari or?. The i i Tjnera: was Mid yesieraay jir the j Wild chapel and the Interment was Kt Crown Hi'.! ctmel'-r;. Ho is llu is survived by a. brotbei. .I ihn Iundsted of San Difr-so, Cah, and i s-.iters, Mrs. Carl Carlson and Miss Gertrudo Tundsted of Chicago, Miss Eouisa. Iundcte-d of Sweden and Mrs. John W. Johnson of Hobarf. E CPFAK? tnp 01 tni d npc IULL!nMUL Taking vigorous slams at the advocates of Kuo laws and the dry eitremists, Rev. F. J. 3anknai ef Xa- ; poleon. Ohio, warned his audience that the present wave of religious ar.-J se- ( cular Intolerance threatens th - cry , foundations of the go-, ernmcnt of the L'nited Stated. ' Ttev. Iankenau. one of tile, ab'est orat ere of the .Lutheran church, delivered! bis address on "'Ameri- a. the Heautl- , fui." last, night before a crowd'-d house at the K. of V. hall. Tho address wa. i the hrst of a series of three numbers! of tho Eyeejm course wh'ob. is bt'ng given Ltider the auspices of the Lutheran Walt her league societies of the Calumet region. Prawine on his remarkable e-ahu-ie.ry. the mlrttster described the scenic beauties of the ce-intry anj facd the political growth from the ta1isment of the gevemmtnt fhroiigh th many trying periods. "t'p to a few ; ear ago we giori-d in the fact that America was th" me'tIng pot of nations because we realised that wil-.le we had m-;ch to gi' e to the pe-ople who catiie from other lands we w-erc also receiving mmcthing in return for they repr sen ted the beret of the'.- r a live lands." h said. "A great charsa has taken place.' i j h continued. "The very sons and daughters this count r those who immigrated to . only a few years ago. now ' isrlal nto the foreigners' refer with ti wh s re cent to tnis ce-i n t ry.' He ' 'old of an instance while in M'enigan recently in w hich a man had infornmd him that "if vou for'gners do not like ! the way things are go-ins: here yoj can I g back to you r own country." because J he bad voiced n o'ioction to file g-ow-'ft ... , . ... - . ...... r-ns f come of o.d revoiut mnary stock and .n qj't !on;ng t:ie (p'-n.-.f j found that ,;e had come ej.-e- from 1 Scotland only a few years before. I He objects to the atTldgment of free, J dom of speech, religious freedom and 1 the rights of ur-emh'ace and regisfcrj ed a kick against the sedition laws and other war measures st-.'.l in fore0 in times of advocates getting -hack to w h'ch ar" peace. He tlie o'! sane trad and tions. which prrvai'ed yi-sir ago on -which the American instituIons are founded. SEE-NEWS FLASHES lit l.I.LTIX.) r i v t r r n A T 1 0 1- . ifWS ''n'.iC FORI II KAUKAl N A, April r. .Seven pouches of Wi fit.' tciasg mail and fourteen other mail sacks which had been left at the Chicago North western Rail way eienot. here Acre riilou" by niaii robbers here today. Tho value of the loot is know n to ?3. evi l and may oxecej that- Tii" mail hi been el;-e.ppe-d by a icam line train i'or tra ntrfer tu tho Ashland eiiv lii.-n. I BI LLETtV.) r i iT?PNT'C( L NF'VS SEiVKEI April 0. New NEW TORK. lertcy gets the big lightTex Rickard. peer of boxing promoters, this afternoon announce! that the Jack Rempsey-GeorKr,-, Carpentier fight will be staged '.tt one e.f tho three, following NewJersey cities: Newark, Atlantic City or Jersey City, July 2. BIXLET1X.) I INTERNATIONAL NF'A S SERVfCCI CHICAGO. April 9. Four yards of gauze are going to cost Dr. Frederick .Seville $5n.U00 if Miss t'athcrlne O'Malley wins the suit she. tiled against him today. Miss O'Malley charge Dr. S.-vi','e operated on her in F.'1-i for appendicitis and left the. gauze in her body. TRY A "TIMES WANT AD"

PREACHER

POUR 5,000 GALLONS IN GARY SEWER "Good-bye whiskey. good-bye beer and wine." Ore was reminded of the above popular song in the early days of prohibition at the Gary police station this mor.-.ii.- v hen prohibition agrcnt K. 1. lir-nnan of thi.s district ordered the dts- , truition of thousands of r.u!o:,s of v-r. hi'e tnu'.c ss well to- pa!!'n after ga!o:i of bond-: I liquor con;iocaiU by the ik.ry v-'iic'- s:nco the Volyt'-ad tut bocama effective. Although John Harley Corn t'-o'.: his deno.-.e with te-jrb-es eye the hal dozen or more on-!ocik'.Ti who " thusa)Ki5 e-f -ralloi:- of j no- eri-I its way Into thi their Imad? l:h forrowful X.. I'. Krennsn was tlie t irnrsod tlie riee'esi I'qpcv. c r bowed o es. ;i:cf of C'-re-(TO. a tiot a ey.nr : or a drop in i fu! eye. The :!'ore i o'e lock ; untii after 1 1 i fact task and escaped started thev did bis watch shortly b net finish o clock. r.er.ides the, bonded 1 des.tToyd, in the re! largo barrels of wine f:scatcd by the troops strike wes pc-ured 'nto inuor which was rfib'-'rhor-d of 12 v h o"-ii was coneltirlnj? th" ff-el Oi n 5 re.' t i". There wa.; bended liqti-" of every des cription Including crdinls, rr.-t w'ru-f. c'.n, brandy and f vn bi'e;-". It if "s-'irnstod that fullv f-ve th'-uanf! gal lons was dos'trcye-l t"-h? rmri!ns. CIA FUND NEAR $6,000 MARK TODAY Fy tenig-ht. froni various reJief in the f.-iuruc st rick hive rc.ucl.fd mark. it is e.vpected. p'edgc; BOU-ccs in Jlammond for near east and for the -pe-;. pie of v"n:na. w ill tho six thousand doi'af In seme of t Woe.lwn,-th Fiv 1 e J n y ; e and tut Ions 1, the Ten Cent store, (la.- S: 11 ice ric Store, tiie ;-uh-red j.er cent, or the Saturday s i m me n; a ci ri the 'or; hern J n d i a n a le then company and tl crlpiiona were a hutid nearly eo. '"nly vry recently. E' ening 1'e.f t with it cuiation. opened ,ts r to give, the people -.f ;i f a d n e co. u mns Fii '.ted ir 'a t. s an ineigi-.t into the tragedy of emp-ire? that is beinar enacted particularly in China. In !-ome vi tit' f'nf n in ar east countries, the fair.' it o ter"r. at least have ;o:i.e root berhs and grass witli which to extenuate their existence, but in C'h-1 na owing to successive ib-.-.ugh.t, there -is not even Phis vegetation. Among- the larger p'edged contributions in Hammond to date, are the folio " i n g : Chamber of Co .n me roe. Rotary , and Kiwanis clues . Lion store employes J -w i s h fund ... hirst Method -st church vv V. o ; -. r r 1 1 1 More e i ! i p ' " -e -5 W. Ik Con'.cy employee! Ei'.is l.dge Hammond (-on onanda ry I'ublic sc''coI City of 1 Ian. jut d . i.?:. 40 .1 ." ft rj-1 ! 1 n "O'i j 100 j n4 ! .1 .-. o POLICE AGTIVITY IS B As the result of acfA if.es of tiic Hainmond police reven men vcre placed In jail charged v ;t U b ing ho 'lup men. and a great many Kuril robberies -Acre cleared up. Two of the men arc alleged to be implicated In the Lesser loan bank robbery Inch was attempted a. few weeks ago. They are Samuel Kat:-.. 10821 Michigan avenue. Rose-land, and Everett Rougher, "54 W. st IFHln St.. iioscland. At the time c-f the attempt h o men were seen m a ear par'-.e.i across the s-lrect from the loan who drove away when Urn p.-ti rivcel. These two were Implicated 1 y I'm and Macintosh, the bandits who .ere captured and w ho stated that the y wero the men who ar. n o w n f! today, in the t v f '. FJ.OeO I he t wo i'oys deny tti.n lo'd-tip. They were eriminal e-e-urt I'.fd each. The p-Foe .on their trail and caught them in 11 i o i ; in I on r r b.. mis et -.a v.- I.. en e; u h 1 ly ..in nearly -a; hut. the a elude the the.r bom t h e y were picked up and brougl t one time .-inc. WK. ieged bimiits iinniiiiol 1 1 i-.e. La!r they returned to ;s evidently tliivlnti.; t..n tafc. and were -immediately by the K nsington poiicc t to Hammond. A gang c.f five men who hare confessed to holding up Enoch Harris 62.S Ann St., Hammond, and taking hit car, overcoat and nionev from him were arrested Thursday night. They 1 are. Feihert 1-1. ? labor. Hi Oak ?!.. ! Ji s.-io L, V.'eax er and Ed F. Cfllnis. 40 Logan btreet.: Jack eb.rtFn. Maywoo i J and L.-gan f t., and Merlin J. !-ong. kimc addr.esj-. All of the men !,av ( confessed to several holdups except ! Swisher, -e h,o maintains his innen-ence. i He is implicated by the stat'-mon bis companions. The men weru h over to the criminal court under 1 of f3,000 each. s of ii nd :-nds First Case of Small Pox Found this Week Ar.-.a Polinsk. living at 1:5 13. Vircinia street, was the first, vieiim oi mall pox this week. Yesterday mornIr.f the case was reported to r. Rtyheji, the eity health officer.

HARD ON

AUDITS

F. F. Heighway On State Board

F. F. HEIGHWAY TXDIAXAFOUS. April p. Governor McCray yesterday anno J?icd the ap- ; -j r tmert of El wood TIayres of Kkipe and Frank Heighway. county s.tnt r in ; nden t of schcols of Hal-. 5 cour.ty and reappointment f George R. Grose of Gree nea L'tle. to the state hoard of education for four years, bo-glnn'R Ms; F slr. Hayncs wl'.l su-v-eed S. M. Hall of Indianapolis, as the ns n j'actnrrs r I resentative on tu- b"3y. .'or. Haynes s an automobile roakvr of natiora' reputation and also is v.i l;-ly Iti, 5w f.-r his. fine public spirit and into-e.'t in JIosier advancement. He has been identified for a long tine with the proivMtien party in Indiana. Mr. H'tghway is schee; e-jperin-t'lid-nt rf Iike county. H once was a cand'dat for nomination as stat', Fifper'niendcnt of public Irsfr-iction. hut was defeated by Horace F'lis. He is yet Ci-r.s'dered as a pcsi b-1 ; .; for tr.e c.f-ice by many Eake coun'y jelt: iar.s and h'. appointment on fee state board "s taken by rtmie to be a step in thi.s direction- He succeed C. ". WliHarns. eehool e-iperint'-ndent ' f Vi'syne county on -he beard, and a Hi represent county school ruperint'nd'lits on the hrxly, TWO MORE HARBOR - MEN FACE COURT Tto more Tnd.ana xirrbcr li.ucr la-o v -folator were arraigned before Judge Kloti in the Hamtn.-ml city court, this morning as the result of federal pro'iibitfeti agents act ivif.e ve.cterday. Toe men are Joseph and Ed. Ilstola ho peratep a soft drink parlor a ft.-, a liraj evir.e street. .lose ph. who 1' the O"' n'r of (he establish monf received a fine Of 5L"a and a Fuspe-reie. sentence ef six meoohs on tho renal farm, which shvuh! ! e- bea y enou(t'i to put a s"op t - t'e.no. 70 .w.-yjnij can-,... Ed, who ecf s a' ch.ok t-r his brother, was fined ?" Jehu Stefanich. "706 Guthrie y-f . fi"'1 Sam Fl u i:ic-i ' ha i of rill Go hrie st ... Indiana !larh.-r. v. rc arra'cr.e l . n jap.e charge. Tbe;p caees were co-ti-tiruod. Stefanlch has appeared be. fore rm tMi charge. In eddilon to tlmre frT S'vcral ether rre.n wore arraigned oti various charges. Han Foliar1!'. FM Stifl" yt ai.d J.'.'hn Tan:broski. T'osen. FilnoiT. were fir.e.i ji; each for speeding. F.'.a.x Lull. Zr2 Magenin avenue. East '"liio.i,. go. receive' a tine 0 J15 for drivt.-.,-M aute-nvt.bile while intoxicated. Dan Hainan. 12 tj Caluntet avenue, was fined the same amount f"r earrylng concealed weapons and bis gun as eonliscated. HUSBAND DEPARTS SUES FOR DIVORCE In September. 'MP. Je.tr;;1 T!rthr of H-immond de.-id' 1 he wo. il l take n . trip to Europe and :--.t. tlie .-enes of' his boyhof-I in Jl.rsv.n. now a p.x.-t ofl ' '.echo-S' ova k ia. lie pa deed his, trunks an! depa-ted, f .."ing hi? wife ' Katie, tha" l.e wetllt' he hack i;i about t wo months en-.l pr.vr.ilng to keep her' ,v spending money wh '.e j.e was ah- ' Sho'-t'y after he went Mrs. Winkler learm-d the truth. .R.e had eon verted . ..Ii of thr f;,ni'- -je ts info cash and I ii.ol taken tl;e money with bin-.. Prior 'o She "separation, she says he had paid i no attention to her and .-.;ry recently j rd.c hii.'f learr.rel that he does, not Int'nd ' to return to America, but is ar s-iesatirtg with other wo men in C-eoho-Sloi nkito Today J;er attorneys:, Crumpacker SCru in packer, fled her petition for a uivoroe. i .:ey were Triarrie.j in Aioravia i July 2Z, 1$ JS. and cftme to this country ;mnie di.i'.ely after th.e.r marriage. f Notice to Scout Masters

The count-.- nrvp; or, Ray Shf'F-y., Ciiars'ng t.iat I'.hliiam Pake- lehas ce:i.-en t.-d to give th.e scout leaders fused to turn oier ehurc'u funds cr.f Hamn'.on l instruction in elementary I trusted to his Ueping. the officers of niiii" making. Any one interected will the A. M. F. Church of Zt on ap are-1 meet at the court house Sunday after-j in fhe ju--f;ee ef the peace court c.e

noon, April 10 at 2:30 p. m. This 1-e ti line opportunity fa receive s practical instruction. Tried Next Saturday .ill me i ( . j I The case Arivin vs. Bit-men; ah ', which was to hav been tried thii moi-ni'r.g heforo Judge KJotz. has been set for next Saturday tmornlr g.

Believe Nothing Can Avert Great Triple Alliance Strike.

BY EARLE C, REEVES (5TFF f ORtESPONCtNT t. N. 3ER!C 1 I)MiON, Apr-.l 5. The blackest, aaj in England's history since Hals Usuti his famous "back-ta-the-wai:- nasage to the half-trapped Pritirh arm: !n Flanders e-pened with both s 1 in th pre at industrial crisis ab,oii.'e Iv alamant. 1 nssri-.t efforts to g"t tbt ti-e government torfcth' i ! ' or;.i miners an 1 I atrain w'-rc con .-'.,- fruit. pes nu' i are continued. At th.s cabling tl ;eems no chance jieace for on y i ba-'edown by one side or the the.- e.-r j avert tho general strike of the trip! ! alliance thrt-a.cncd f.-r Tuesday. nOYU. KAMIIV MDVR. i Th' royal family las moved i'mt I v indsor castle to liucktngham I'alsc j indse.r '.es sou:.-: CI mile.-, Irom Lorn ' Lien j.roper on the right hank ef th j Thames. Buckingham Palace i3 in th heart of the capittl. It is a fort rc hi a l , w e ll a-? a palae c. j Pren-i-tr Lloyd George, is prepar'ng a ! manifesto to the people of the Vnil'i j Kingdom, which it its gravity and appea! is expected to be no le;,4 moment. ! oute in British '.-.istory than was Haig i ! message to the troops, j The premier is holding up the iwoi aive for this appeal in the hope, it it j-aid. that the esicutlvo c onimittce ei the triple alliance will return to No. 10 rio.vnlng street some time bef-r the day is over for a conciliatory c , fe rerce. How- Rtt chance there le of con dilation however, was indicates? vj this statement of a miners' delegate la tho Intesrnational News Service: TO KEEP MAJ.V WCAPOX. 'It is vanity cn the part ef Llovd George to think wc will surrender oui main weapon.''' T.ne "weapon" is the miners refusaJ to safeguard the mines against flooling. Antorriatie; destruction of the kirr dom'e richest coal fields goes en un abated, accompanied by ever-increasing violcte e. A full i'ihint meeting was sum moned by the Pr-raier thertiy after r. o ei n . Meanirh.'p Londt-n and the re-st of th.e kingdom is arjiirains a more and me.ro war-like aspect. Already tit" nation Is more thoroughly "in arm. r" on land, at .eau and in th air than if war. for many weeks after the outbreak; ef the world war. All the impr.iv 'n'jr.i that fie ci-edt couf'ivit brought, into being are rter'd Int-j service. KIAG I'AMA RIltDITES Tito king r cn'1 for rrr,erv,i for ' tiee tervice jt recej in-r a he a rty r-spe-nse. Scotland "i'ard. beardet'jarteri for rescrijiting was thronged at at early hour by men of all a's and ages, nady to erlisl for ?0 days at 4 cmmon o)d!er'. pay. Similar prompt response is report"! from the provinces. At the same tim thousands a re volunteering to enroll in fhe eiiifiii' r tn' rger.cy force, called for by the monarch in the proclamation v-bb-h L'oyd Ge-Tg read ani'd cher- i.i the h:u:e of common? ycaI'rhi.i l ion Roeyth "home" of the btihk ef T'.i ita 'n's fleet conies ord of s,cn-."!-cmt activity. All w arshlps there, fro)r the g'ar.t dreadnoughts down t.o tht mos'pnto raft, are j.uff .n-r neifily out of their smoKcv-i ael.y. r'cn'fylng t'i'ir readuierr to daFu off ou any a;.t-'u-m e r f . ' Fc t rrm In' d t 0 v( the rnsna fro-ni litter ruin, the government sent nivI eng i.ne e l s, adequately protected by troops. Into the Rhondda alley thin morning with e-rder.i to f tart putnpin iiiiinediatdy. Thia i t;,o first u; c military fore's in the nvn-a s'r1k. Clash's bet r n mmers and soldi'ra are lo.:koel f-r. f'tlier troc-ps are tnreeled to 1 e :rnt to the Lana rk tth 1 re. collieries w ii.-re the fl joOinig has already had d ; f,a;-1 rou s re..l'f. seek to wiinr hi.vmtti. As tho day -sere on more and mo raj reservists hti'd the (r,6.U8 jn front of tiie wa reffme and the embankment, la ;mswcr to the king's. a!I for army an I naval reserve.". All Lot don pre.. ,mf r. p;,-tu'e ef a populace eagerly resolved to avert a. rational calam.ty. but the actual pressing Into tervice ef t'ie- reserves au Jimerifney force-. was looked f-.j-ward to with crave f ; ho.l ir..j because ,,f the spirit ..f bitter d -han-.e on the part of the triple ;T!1,.n,e whos nearly f5.?'" o.'O m-ntlmrj tho-vd every deteruiinatiou (e. ans -.1 er fo'co w;ta force, Tim tlrst arrest under nXa n-v p.., . tr of the government which virtual: v "i"iitit to martial law authority was that of Peier Chambers, n mtot".-" .".k'ent at 1 l..-:kfUh. v ho was charge j, with i'o'aititit a n-ei'i to step pumping at eo.e of the min.-t. A rum'r.er of trin a'ience ;, j,;,.r, includm J .If. TiK.tr.-f. t;,r rai! t...ei .'jeeutive. Harry il;.;.'irj. president c the tra;,port wctk ers .-i.nd sonm 1 ; rite members of pari ian-m-1. bad a conference with the prcn-.ter and other miners early today but thi m.ncrs' federation was n'-t represented. ONE ( OMT.llIA( i; .I--ri.:?l A OTHEH, A i the spokesman of the pore erful (..ontiimcd t.n pagg three ) WM. Baker Chargeti With Embezzling Church Funds H.nry Wolltmr and. swore out a wr. rant for his arrest. Tim sum of JtjO no according fi ibi affldav ii, wa i t-jrned over to Bakes, who an officer of t' e church. It is alie -I tit.- t Raker r ou l.n ref jfel lo t-..rn l.n ,5o'? over .j the proper ;e r?nj. Tho ea.e was to b heard beori J'.'dse Wci'n'r a .,'cloc'; j e -t-vrda; , but tt a; eont'ir.icd 'inti! another dir.