Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 257, Hammond, Lake County, 19 April 1921 — Page 1

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Delinquent List Expected To Be Greatest Known. , ISPfTCIAL TO THE TIMFS1 CROWN roiNT, Ind.. April IS .Pake bounty taxpayers must d! down in t!m ' ""Touch bug and fork over $2,0CO,OArt ; within the next two wnki. The ta ! eollectloti lias been slow and when Co. j T'-.'urer Ralph Pmdford coetntod the! i.ash at closing time today the rcoorlsj chewed that the total rolle'tlon; since January 1st are only $5Ju,SS 4.62. It is probable flint the co. i t . vvt'l i hive the greatest delinquent list in its 'l.siory. The combination of high and unemployment has main 't oi '.f tcuit situation. P.-op!e are rrum'?- ' ' njf but they grumble at th- wror.;; ', T arty. They V.amc the cuiwtf for tTiu j hiKh tiifj whereas th dop 5 shows tha'. ! he counts' lsi only Increased Its levy 1 j errt on an a-'ssod valuation lower than last year's valuation. To rlnos ; the. blame when It belongs it rra! b-: , . nted that the creit increases hive j been in city nnd township Inf. The state levy hna only been raised two) cents. MO EE THAU DOT7BI.E The. meteoric raises have been in Calumet township and In 'he City of Hammond. East year Hammond had an assessed valuation of J3S.C n.53S, i.hile this yen r its valuation is over a million dollars lower, or ." 7 .,".'!,j."2". vertheless, Hammond taxpayers will ny ?57e.24S.15 for their public schools as ne.-iinst $30 4,751.51 a year aro. Not only are the Ilatnmond City School taxa trreater hut the o-her la"s are in-cre.-ifed. The raise in school tax ontot he blamed on loss of liquor revenue b.-cause that was taken away three ;. r-rs a so. This explanation Is necessary to r lieve the county administration of the .abuse beincr heaped upon it by taxpayr;s who do not understand that the city r. stead of the county is to be blamed tor the he-ivy taxes. The 1 cent Increase In the county levy would or.'y add 2" cents to the taxes; raid on a valuation of $2, .are"1, which Is nt enough .. kb-k about. The Hammond city levy was 5" cents Tor $100 ralunion last year and this ear It is 77 cents. This lnerase Is i.fi due to hiarher ajsosed valuations, because the valuations have been lowereu more than a million dollars, as has hern stated before. Xor Is it due to any cause other than expenditures. The Hammond taxpayers are paylnp for expep.ditnres last yenr and the year be-''.-e In excess of the amount the state board allowed. "TOO MATTY rOL-EE-ECI.S" '"If I had my say the school bonrrt anu'.d cut the wire that connects It with the state board of education." said one - ompl.aininsr taxpayer. "I'd have the Kids. tnr.Kht all the reading-, wrltlnp and .- rithmetic they could hold and then :-r.d them home and bank the fires. UV'ip pone batty spending money that '.-. haven't Rot. There are too many f , i-de-rols in the schools." A comparison of the Hammond school evy for 1320 and 1321 follows: lri20 1021 Tuition Specie 1 schools. l'.onds Kinder rn rt en . . . 20. 22.3 20.5 52. 10. f'J n.s 2. ABATED SHEBirrS OTT GtTABD It is not necessary for the taxpayer o go to Crown Point to pay his taxes-. The banks are authorized to take the money and issue receipts. To avoid standing in line It is surgestd that the t.upavr go to his bank Instead. Deputy sheriffs, armed to the teeth, ni-e everywhere In evidence in the corridors around the fmm'v Trsnrr's office, as w"ll as concealed inside of the office. While the great majority of the tnxpavers pay by cheek the treasurer Is prepared for any emergency such as an attempted hold-up. PRESBYTERY MEETS AT CROWN POINT CROWN POTN'T. Ind.. April 19- The Rev. John C. Parrett of Hammond was one of the speakers today at the Presbytery of northwestern Indiana, which Is being attended by Preshy terian clere-ymen from Eake. Porter. EaPorte Newton and Jasper counties. The Rev. E. X. Eells of South Rent is the moderator. Committee meetings were held last r. -cht and the convention opened thie forenoon with home missions and Americanization work as the man topics under discussion. The Rev. F. E Walton. Rev. Ralph Cummins. Rev. T H. Adk'ns of Gary and the Rev. E. E Rteffey of the Pine Street Presbyterian church. Hammond, are among those present. TAKE PART IF C. E. RALLY MICHIGAN' CITV. April Hi. A raily! of Christian Endeavor societies of Porter. Starke. Eake and Eaportci counties was held Sunday in the Firft ; Christian church in this city. There j were 200 people present when the rally! opened at 2:20, liouli' n M. Ijimh of j Hammond, presided. Talk were givenby J. M. I a u benspeck and H. I". Kirki of this city. During the business session I'usselli Miles of thi.-' city was elected Eaporte, county vice president. A social hour; followed. supper was served. after; which the regular Christian Endeavor! meeting was held and Mr. Eamb was! the louder.

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Did You Hear That n AFcors-voi' 'i:i youths are p. tdling Henry Ford's U'r on tin street s. Till-- J. W. Snyder Construct b'n Co. t.'day started, breaking ground for the new Elks' Homo. FHUMON SCIIFETZ of the Hammond i-i'lii'c department returned yesterday from a visit with his parents in Jasper county. PIMOS. KAl'ltlS. manager of the Majestic restaurant, reports the arrival of a baby girl at his home. In 130 l'ver buu'.t va rd. I'OrilTKKS years ngo this week A. F. Knotts severed his connect'. Hi with the I". S. .Steel Corporation at Gary after putting; Gary on the map. GPS MEKKKU has a neat little Ms It story about the landing of some finite ass in Fancher Pake but John Medina is telling the story, not Ous. COUNTY ngents of northern Indiana, including I-uke county, wlll ni'.-et at I.aporti , April to presetit the cr-opTat I ve w d marketlnt: situation. THE Edward Valve Mfg:. Co.. Eiist Chicago, has decided to postpone thu reconstruction of the one and twostory plant at 1200 14."th street, recently destroyed by fire. PH. M AI.MSTONE of Griffith, who was here yesterday says that the fruit blossoms in his orchard amonc which wore some fine peaches were killed absolutely by the cold wave. COT"NT V Auditor Mac Poland returned to Crown Point yesterday from a short visit at French Eick where he went to recuperate after his winter's labor in the court house. THE county commissioners met yes- ; terday at Crown Point to transact j routine business. Visitors found it the j quietest session the commissi. 'tiers I have had in many a day. . I' AT EON'S of the "Koffce Kup" have i eeh: Istened the place and demand that pictures of two birds replace the up now painted on the window. Th-y want It called the 'Swallow and Puck." THE Mark Mftr. Co., Lndiar.a Harbor, ha-s been Incorporated with $100,(100 capital stock, by Clarence Mark, Clayton Mark. Anson Mark and others. The main office la at 111 Wes "Washington St., Chicago. AEGfMEXTS for a new trial in the case where Earl F'.te pot a judgment of $1,2,25 apainst the Gary and Interurbnn as a result of an accident in Hammond were heard by Judge Cruiupacker at Michigan City. THE Nelson divorce suit continues to draar along- today with the unfoldingof more sordid details. Attendance was even heavier than previous days in spit of the Injunction suit on the other side of the hall. BI EE CROSBY, the Jewel, r. has been compelled to take larger quarters in the Rimhaeli building because of Increased business and Frank Martin promptly snapped up the old loeati'-n for democratic headquarters. AEEEN SHACK E EFO R P, I years old. who Iivs at 103 V.'nlaco road, was hit by the automobile of Atty. J. H. Fetterhoff of Vhitinfr today at the corner of Highland street and Wallace road. The boy was badly bruised but his injuries are not serious. AS a result of the purchase at Sauth Bend of a site Jus' outside the busines district. South Rend will become the home of Indiana's fourtlj con;-lstory of the Ancient Accepted Sc't'.ich Rite, t',c other consistsaries being in Indianapolis, Fort 'Wayne and Evajasvilio. Tinproposed building will cotlt $1.250iOO THE county has $4"0,000 in the treasury tc- build a tuberculo.sis hospital aad the dtctors are still wrangling as to whether the plans are elaborate en" ugh or not. The first appropriation f ? 1 o o.o on wasn't enough and I now $;0'0iin is to.i small. They musj want to duplicate liuokitigham Palace. THE Hammond equestriennes have o. m vert "d Henry Conkey, Harvey ( G..s:iin, Max Kline, Mrs. 3-Clitzke and Mis. William Mo, .re nnd they expect to have mounts very shortly. The .liu'inal equestriennes are William llastingsi E. X. Hnrui'il and daughter.) W i; 1 ia m Ahl'oorn, Wiliiatn Moore and j Herman K. liner. WHAT'S the matter with Him j mend's girls? Chief Austg n says that thre are at eat sixty beautifu. I damsels in Hammond, the least of i them being tr od lo.king enough i- i cop the $10,000 beauty prize offered l.v the Chicago Tr-bune. So far only a j few of the sirens we see walking! around every day have respondi d, anl of the girls don't get busy, we inaj lose out. I IrV they are operating In the Calumet region: Inland on about a 35 per Ct-r.t. basis. Genera! American alien I !, American Steel Furnaces 10 at Ir.aiII Harbor with the Simplex works at Hammond running low. GrioT i.s orerating oif rb.ui! a I'.li per cent basis Standard and Sinclair oil plants ar" operating l'H't per cent, but construction in both places has been greatly curb-idol. THE "squlrtless" grapefruit may uppear soon on the breakfast table. The, new product, designed to spare the eye j from a citrus shower is known as a j tang.-lo. H is a hybrid, the offspring ; of the tangerine am! the grapefruit, but -is more tender than either parent. "There ; is little or no tendency for the Juice of the tang.do to squirt when the spoon is inserted," the agricultural bulletin said.

Woman Hit

By Autoist Who Escapes Wliile Waiting for Street Car in Whiting Mrs. C. Kerlin is Badly Hurt 'rtCIAL TO THE T!VFS1 WlliTINU, Ind. April 13 Mrs. C'has. Ker'.ln of 1-TS Avenue J. Fast Side, 111., was most seriously injured on Sunday , evening about 10 o'clock when struck by a vampire aufolst. Mrs. Kerlin and two children were visit ins: her sister in the Forsythe Water Gardens, and were Ptandintr at 119th street and Calumet 'boulevatd wait'ng for a str.'t car. when the autoist ran her down. H" proeceibal westward without ever stoppinir. A street car stopplncr, t!ie conductor saw the woman's plight and Heyden's ambulance was secured. Mrs Kerlin was removed to the office of lr Shimp where she was found to have o badly lacerated forehead and both bones below the kno? were fractured The victim was later removed to St MarRaret's hospital where she is reported as improving. T IN AUTO ACCIDENT Head-on Collision Occurs Last Night on Lake George Boulevard j Eake. George road was. the scene of a ! bad automobile accident early last evening in which Miss Lulu .Symmes. for j years, principal of the Lincoln School. and one of Hammond's best known school teachers, was badly Injured. Rid- ' ing iu the car with her wa.s Oliver j I . Hi shorty, Truman avenue. Mr. IVugher-ty i.s not considered to br seri-! ously hurt. Miss Symmes' Dotlge car collided head-on with a big Stutz speedster driven by W. J. Williams of Chicago. The Injured are: I.UI.U STTMTVCES, fractured ribs, kroee-c.tp. bad bruises-, cut cm face and Internal Injuries. Serious, but not fatal. W. J. WrtUAM", cuts and bruises ,u ncjiiscious. Will recover. OLIVER DOUOHTETY, cuts on i'a.-e an 1 n.-ck, leg: bruii-cd. Will re-cover. The car diaven by Miss Symmes, wc.s trn'elling south at a moderate rate of speed nt ."bout fi:ioi o'clock when Williams' high power, d car. tra v '. ! in g In the opposite direction, m.-t the Symmes tna'hine head-on. The cars were completely v,-rf eked. From the statements of the principalin the .accident it would appear that the crarh was the result of a guessing game s.-h n almost every day by automobile drivers. The Williams' ear, it i though, .'.-.verved in the rend and caused Miss Snim'-s to turn her ho-l to avoid him. In doing this she caused William:-; to !urn his wheel .also, nnd the result was an attempt to outguess the other car. It is alleged that the William..- car was (ravelling nt a hich rae of speei?. Miss Symmes is confined In St. Margaret's hospital. White her injurier are ta-nful ar.d danirerous. It is thought that she will recover. She has been one of Hammond's best known nnd best 'bought of teachers for many years rnd her host of friends will hear of her unfortunate accident with regret. Mr. Williams sustained painful injuries aiso. but he will without doubt, recover. He Is the owner of the Williams Pulverizing company of Chicago, with offices at t" Van Huron street. Chicago. Dougherty was taken to his residence. The wrecked cars were taken to Newman's gerage on Calumet avenue, pending the orders of the respective owners. EX-KAISER IS SERIOUSLY ILl i INTERNATIONAL NFWS SfR'.lCri EONf'OX. April lie The former kaiser is revolted p. be .seriously indisposed nt his exile castle at Poorn. Holland, noiording to Dutch advices this afternoon. The ex-monarch suffered a nervous aM.uk last night after the train bearing Go- remains of his wife, the -ka isorin had 1. f; Maarn railroad station, where he had the last glimpse .f the c.ff.n. grief over the lo. of his wife is said to be increasingly ; fleet' d in bis physical condition. WEDS AT CROWN POINT The marriage of Miss Marie Meyer, daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Gustavo Meyer, to William E. Whitaker, both of Hammond, wa-- sol m n i zed at the home of Johannes K"Pe!ke of Crown Point at n- n on Wednesday in the presence of the immediate relatives and a fewfriends. Tie- ceremony was performed by the li.v, August Piester. pastor of the Lutheran church. A wedding dinner was served at the Kopelke home following the ceremony Tlie bride is a well known young lady of Hammond and has a large circle of friends. The groom is a nephew of ex-Sheriff Whitaker and is at present employed at the First Calumet Tru.'t .t Savings bank in Indiana Harbor, where the young couple will make their home. A reception was given at the bride's home and at 7 o'clock a delightful supper was served to a larJTe gathering: of relatives and friends.

MSSSYMMES'HUR

CfiTT OF STRIK Pickets Merely On The Street To Enforce Boycott Is Contention. I'l-ii-f that the dis.agr.-ement between the managers ,. U. three department itoros of Hammond and the labor organ- ;'..: Ion;; ha-s for months 1 n really a boycott Instead of a strike was the burden of the evidence introduced by attorneys f,,r tlie plaintiffs to, lay when Judge Harry Cni m packer assumed juris, diction In the injunction suit in the Su perior court at Hammond. ORIGINAI. BILI, IN EVIDENCE The .Michigan City jurist reached Gils citv at la o'clock .and promptly started the ma.liinery moving. Attorneys W. J. McMeer and Gerihl Giil.-tt appeared for the majority of the defendants, while two were represented hy Attorneys ' K. Stiiis-on and H. E. Granger. U I Pombcrger and C. I! . Tinkham were attorneys for the department stores man agers. Mr. Tinkham Introduced the original j bill in evidence setting out tlie details of the strike which was called last Sep-' temhor and telling of the Ixiycott and1 secondary boycotts which were later in-j stltnted by tlie lalwr organizations in; 'heir eiTorts to help the retail clerks win ' their fig-lit. j HJEAD SXIHES OE AFFIDAVITS ! Attorneys Romberg.-r and Tinkham ' then took turns reading a series of af-' lidavlts which were introduced along; with the complaint. I'ach of the store owners made at least one affidavit to j bear out th statement that the pickets j ware on the streets to enforce the boy-' cott and not to persuade the employed ! clerks not to work in the stores. ' The affidavits related how the pickets' never assumed their beats until an hour! or more .after the clerks had come to work and that they were always most numerous when trad" was heaviest nnd most patrons were entering and leaving the stores. They left the streets, it is said at the time for the stores o close, or even earlier. WHITS SIGNED BY CLERKS Another affidavlt-wa-s signer! by 107 persons employed In he Lion Store and ! ."fated that they had not been Inter-' viewed by union representatives or do-j manded to cease work since early in pe- ' cetnber. Anolb.-r was signet! by 75 j cb-rks of the Minns store and a third 1 was signed by 13 peiins from (lie store j of Whltexo! & Rocs. The object of, those affidavits was to bear out the con- i t'-ntion of the owners that there Is no! labor trouble between the store managre and their h-lp. ! Xu men his affidavits were th.-n In- i trodnoed. signed by individual emplov s ! "f the three stons. relating interviews, which they had had with people who ex- ; pressed fear that it would become known j Miat thev w. re trading at trie stores and j that their relatives., or friends would 1"lined ht -cause of their presence In tlie bovoottod stor.-s. BOYCOTT EFFECT SHOWN , Many instances were cited in which, former patrons after long absence had! finally entered the stores through rear; doors nnd refused to leave hy the front ; entrance lest they be seen by agents of; i he unions, Some of them had th"ir purchases carried to a Motnohllcs quite a dista.nce h others Insisted that articles be wrapp. d in plain paper; and some did not w ish the store trucks to j deliver articles but tha.; asked that boys j on bicycles or similar conveyances, not i so easily identified, be used. All fear-d ; lh" $50 fine which the unions were said to have announced would le Imposed on persons violating the boycott ruling. j Attorneys for the labor organizations; enter tl ob;.., Gors to all of h-se on thebasis that they were for the mos part! ct nclnsions and heart-ay and not slate.! i l -nts of fa t. A.' 'his was n:erly the preliminary hearing on the ten.r.'-r-ry : iMunotion -hesr wire overruled l-'.'f will, 1 - taken up in octal! laler when tb-- final hearing Is held. j The plaintiffs had rompl-'I'-d the In-i trotluetlon of affidavits at two o'clo. ; this afternoon making the total number, of exhibits twenty-two. Some of the final oii'-s dealt with the negotiations be. j twocn the union representatives anil t!i" store owners am! the failure to reach' an agreement because of the fact that there was n question as- to wages and conditions, bu as to whether the stores; would accept the closed shop plan. s sovt-ral of the attorneys desired toj attend a funeral this afternoon. Judge ; 'ru m packer adjourned court until nine: o'clock tomorrow evening. ; KAHN AFTER BERG-DOLL WASHTXGTOX. Apr;! IS. IJequest for immediate action by the house rub's committee on his resolution for a congressional investigation into the escape of Grover Cleveland Itergdt.ll, the wealthy tlraft dodger, was nude today by Representative Kahn of California. Kalin r.-ceived recently in his mail a copy of a foreign newspaper eon'alning an account of the r.-base of the two American Army Sarg.-ants who attenptetl to kidnap lbrgdoll at his retreat in Germany. He believes this new-paper was sent htm by Pergdo'l and he rest tits th" ile thought of being taunted by the exNOTICE The Ladies oriental Shrine of Gary will entertain their members at a Japanese party Thursday afternoon at 2 p. m. at the oddfellows hall. Gary, Ind. Mrs. Sturtsman and her committee are the hostesses. 4-1S-3

Auto Accident

Highland Two Children Going to School are Hit By Chi cago Truck Today I bl'tCI AL 0 THE: TiME.1 I HlGHEANH, Ind. April in. Narrow t-scapt-s for their lives were had at i'lllO this morning by Edward and William Kr.'iuse, ,m.n of Mr. and Mis. Joseph Kiaus.' of this place when in Jumping off the rear end of a truck in which tin y were riding to school hoi !i were hit by a Chicago truck going -n an opposite direction. Edward, aged 7. sustained a fractured leg and otii -r injurie s. He was can-d f..r ;1 1 St. Margaret's hospital in Hammond by 1 r. Malms-tone ,.f i;, iffith. Wi!lian, ai-ol 12. was knocked into the ditch and badly bruised. Mr. Kiausv i.s town marshal of Highland. EYE-WITNESS SAYS DUTTON NEVER The following communication has been rec-iv,.,! from E. c. pooler, who was an oca,;,..,,,- u,,, ,.n v.hu.y Cleo Putfon was sh..t and kiil.-d by a Hammond policeman: Editor Tt.MKS In justice to the rn. i-,. ory of Cleo pu:;.... so sha ri e f u 1 i y sli... last Sunday morning by one ,,f ,,11r , ; v I-.-:ic:ernan, I desir" to say. CI..,, putfon wa.s b.rn. rai-.d and married in Hammond and the r.ath.r of a child two years old. He has lived a clean, honest, no right life and was known from child-hood by Chief Auslgen and we cannot . the P"l!c- story In Tic; Timks last evening go u nd i srui t .-, . The following is a. true statement of the fnc;s. We ware on ot,r wa v f .-.lar Lake f fish, had our ran.- lis'", poh e. 2a I t long la.-iie l to th . : 1 - of our )'.. rlanii touring car. Too down. W.- came east on Fa.-;te street to Vluni. t avenue, d, covering we had no lent, rn with us. vturned north on Calu-m t nvenuo to got one at my In me on Truman avenu-. '.' a r Calumet a .onio. V,'.- had cr. : s.il the Nickel Plate tra.-k 2" P i. wh.-n v . heard the command "ha-:." an. I imm Jlately a shot passed between 1 nit ton and I. fh rotitrh the w I n .1 -- i I Id: 2". fe. t f u rther Dtltton threw lip (ns anu -- and s-.id 'I'm Siiof." I e-:i-,l,r.,! (H. V,..,-: -..' urn..! the car Into he cjo,.i bi '.-ie:. He n,:er gnvt ti" a rhan.-e. I h,... 1 four shots fired, two struck the car. ..--e killed Dutton. Tf eny were l-retl into the air, they must have ao ,;ir.e:-d at the car. In this case ; appears thth" life of a respected citizen, h'vin.: iiustiand and father vas "--.a c rt tie. d ;". -whit? Are th" citizens to b. siiot .-.t l.v the Id i os n . -r i s jes of pseueo S',. rlock Holmes? Sine,, when li.-is 'he leath petia'ty been prono-inc.-.l on no- -demeanors" Its f-dlv for the jv.lice part-rent to hold this officer b!-imele.-s All we desire is to J.'ace the ab-a-hi-e truth before the pub'io. We nre not l: ing ttn.br tb- regime- of the C,siac';s. We believe in law and order as ,a.!n--;u istered by such men as Rimba.h, P.unb. Kin; eie. etc . and trust the future -..ill be free from such un wa r ra n r ble '..IIliniTS as has just haT-p. Tied. E. C Pi e ")I.ER. "12 Truman avenue. 1-10-1 Hammond. Indiana. EO STOECKLE OEAO IN HOUSTON TEXAS Edward J. Sto.-, l;b-, formtrly "f Hammond, died at his home in Houston, p. . last S.-iturt! t.v aft - r a ling, ring iilte extending over a period of two years. His d'-nth is aitribuied to a turvoubreakdown whb h came to him some timing., and from which h- never : ' ud.-.l. The news comes as a shock to his many 1 I i . lids in Ha mmoi.d. Mr. S'ieclGe Is an obi railroad man. having worked for the Mjohigui Centra! for ynrs in Hammond and ..tho nearby rili'S. II " was a dispatch- r at tieciioago off;.-.- of the r".i'! w Ib-ii hi fa t -al illness overt. .ok him. He moved Willi h;s family to Houston hopinv tint tin ,1,. no.- in climate might benefit h 1 -" health. .d : . StoeoKb- w as -1a yea .-- of abe. I b was a member of the Hammond lodv e t.f Masons, was a member of the Kn'.gh's -if pyt bins, and a Modern Woodman. lb leavs I" mourn his death a wife. M: . Jennie II. Sio.-ckb. daughter of th-- 1 iir. J. C. I'a nn.-nlK. rg, of Hammond, two daughters. Mrs. P. E. Fepcr und I'.-ri 1, Sloe. k!e. and a son. John Edward, all of Houston. CEDAR LAKE TO HAVE BIGGEST YEAR CROWN POINT. Ind.. April 13. Cedar Eake is preparing for its greatest season. The new Ea.-'son hot. 1 of 72 rooms will he read;.- May 1. and scores of cottages are being built Among the Crown Point peopb- already living at the lake are Mr. arid Mrs. William Ilos. and family. Dsath of James Miller James Miller, 40 years of age, db.i it his home at 427 Oak street, aft r an I illness of some month:'. His death i was caused by t u be 1 1 u b ..-is. The r.--I mains will be burbd in oak Hill cenie- ; t.-iry tomorrow, aft' rnoon followiniT ! services in the chapel at Knim- King'--' ' morgue. He Is st,rvl rd by his mother i Mrs. Josephine 1'urkey.

HAD CHANCE

No, This Isn't An Actor, It s Sch u lie

v i i.i.i m m in ii i:. II ha'd w -i k w il! g t him .! n nii na; i..n i..r "iiti-iiii-an -d the ighf !i ward on tie- r. ;.-i !, 1 1 ! a n ticket, Wdii'itn I i;,;i i S, hi:':.- :s go .d as n.imina' 1. It' Scioiile has i.i:.--.-. d seeing any man e ; woiaat; -:l -tlid t'tat '"l .-'CI is I i Oil! i;o n ,". I.. ii niusys had tie- acuity . putting more tn'rgy aril c u t ; . u s i.i .-in in'.. . iott he was d- ing ih.ui tio- av. i i;:i ft-il-.vv-. A'n-l, Ii. i;.,- ;ig aut,.mobi!-.- trm k l' r the t.re tl,-i,u tnr-ct iie went at t ti r-.os at. hour t'.i.-t I t h ,1 II l.n ..! if l til lit r h.l. ever ' 1.1 r . '. to go. 11- i. d -ho co.i t - t a ; is of a of c it i....-:;s and gav. tio: . pet-la t i s many thi ill.- but Jtill li.-v. r hit a:ib '' or i, 11 V : , j j h I f t'.riV.'lg . a tc.-r ar.-! . i. g.t; ra :ly a.i :n i : : -d th, ;. while io- :.- , ,,; i,,. fast. it: v.-i s in tii ci: y h-- is p-ihapK ; '., saiest. This gf. nt . r.t-rgy. j.ki!: and enth;;.-i-asi.i that 1; !; .:;plays g o-s with !.:s liao-tic b-.-i- an i .i.MiMi.in' goou-la-I ill-, H w, y,.ii ,:-k. :'. , those tilings qaab- ' y a man t - b. a : .. -r, : ,. r ih. , : council? A f....t. ..ail player j.r!,,,ps, j on: why a . . , u a c , . i -i - j Tl.ey p;n:i,.v : ia; ;i e. ,- ni -ri I - f ti c ci:y i,e.:! :-. k.-. , -!: : Go- ,a,:,e as g ! 1 : .' . i : y a man for a !'-n't it n-ittir.il tr:;-t a big f. ;- v ;:h ;l - ! h.-t ami g 1 lTing? to- ti, ;;. Wh.-n l; i; ma ."S a c i ,!,. ,-, n,.j, t!ll, , , . will all be aid- ;,, ),,,,,. POLICE BELIEVE THEY HAVE CANS LEADER Alex Santez Implicated in 3 Big Robberies Found at Blue Island A itil t h,- .ir-!-. Ha mm-.mi p...; iious- br. ;,. . so v. nil ; -i rg r ' h S " t , - '-'hi 1 ; , i d : : , i k i- l ; o : -, : , a short lime. 'I he poi;c, ! ra i i of S::i:i..Z ion of the .- I t" the Chaa-ia r, old who impli

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:i qu : f ly in ! h. I ' a i .- -a and I . , ,-, .. j. i ' ' d 1,1m in th. jr s t a :;-n and . ,ir .v, ; , !-.;-,,.- ivPm. ii.d Jon:..! tit-.r i.i-iti. i b g i t s h i - ; ii-i addr.-ss a'i'iie Gll-e .-1 111. I. g t '-.. I ia llllliond. :.' N. ! . s . ; b- s:.. .'in.:,..,. I' ll HI Vol V II g 'lie I ...s o 1 ! Ic -US lllds of (i d ' 1 A o; h ,,t p;,,;-. ,-v 'I'll" I, a, -.- r.'l'h r.. in partieu' r v a .- ex i rytmng bu! !: a Gacoy. As ; .,-. 1 . , -. , b- . n i f Miis n a ; a r. i , i I , : . , m-; ; f w yea rs it w :: i :: 1: t '. M - - id : or a 1 .'iilto;! - - "ii ma i i a o" a ml d . : 'i : c i :: - a Is w , ; n, o i io locate tins ,i ;n. Th-- !,'.:" r- ,son ip'il ah'- ::',.-:i w. '- r-e a -' i I c n d.-.l be '.. is ti-it they ;: Icii'i- uilli -i ft lice ill 1 ;:--:.:; . w V. th- : ' d ' I' The il:.:;..;i' li ! - : ''or t h in b- m- I ii o,; , i .of.' 1" rtef '':: tii hour io-c The or.!; , banc- the ;-o- ... led w a . to g .-' them v ifh th,- go, ,!:-. .. grc-i' deal of s-'.den --tuff hi- b.-n stut to Xew Vork and will have to b. trm "!. Son' - .' :t is known to have lie. n sen' t ' '. runny and It wi! no di.-ibt take s .me little time to recover li,. s- :h:,-gs. p Is 1" li. ve- that Sinfez is the ;-ad. r f.f lie- giug, a.nd that his arrest vi'l cb '-i up. the rnfire list of reccn. burgla rics. ALLIES NEEDN'T FOOL THEMSELVES P.y E A EI .E C. PEEVES itTIFF C0RRE?pCN" FNT 1 N SEsVIL'! I.oNbiiX, April 111- -The I'nil.-d State has -given emphatic int'matb.n to th.-j allies that it will not even consider the idea of i.-tting ilc-rmany talc o.'.-r the debts wh: 'h t'-o- ail . s owe America. The International N'-ws S rvn e correspondent l.-arns authoritatively that this is th" substance of th.- W'a.-iiing-t,.n governments so far informal rep'y t" the s u :fz--t i on s that have emanated from Eerlin lately.

Michigan Central Eng'ne Crew Accused 3y Railroad Commission. ca... of the Side collision beiwe-. passenger trains of the Michigan C-n-'1 11 and New York Central at R.rt.r '.,, on F.b- 27. which resulted in th, d.-at'l, of 3.-. pas.-eng.rs and two cmplcves and the ir.jury "f eleven pa-'-enge,s. two employes and seven othd p. rsons. was th- failure of Engine. I G..ng of Michigan Cntral train No. 2C to observe and obey th- signal indication of the home signal governing the movement of trains ov.r the cross at Porter, th- interstate comim-rc commission anno-i- -d today. IIHI'.HW AI.1 T IH.A Ml-. 0,... riling to th.- commission ' findings, a contributing cause was th laii. ire t.f Fireman ltiock. also o Mit iiican C.-n'ra! tram No. 2. properlv to observe tin home s i ir n a l mdicitY.n and to c.nvey the correct Information t" Engine, r E-ng. Th. evidence indicates, that E'-nkJ tb p.-nd' ii prarticaly, if not entirely u:e.n th" annourif nient of Fir'-mer Id .t 'K of the indication of the home signal insttad "f oi.s'-rving it him-.-elf," the commission's report said. A s TO Ml. V I.S. Th. location of ti.e -igt.ais is stier that i: was both -possible and eonvenit i,: for him to observe the signals personally, and for his failure to do so ti:-rc is no excuse. liven if he did c-.tifuse the train order slgnnl wltr the top blade of the home signal, " ! he state.! he must have d'-n- . if the home signal was In stop position, nstiil di'l not receive a proper indic.--ti. n to proceed at normal .-p 'tl, as his movement w;;- also gov. rn. t! by tio- train or.br signal opposite G." towtr, the In'! :cat ion of which h- w s r.quir. to observe !x :' r. p issing b -- fore it. f.OT C I TI(N M. I.. ". . ..rd i n : bis n stat.-m-m:, E'ng-inei-r Long i ' ivci a caution indication of tie- di-t ot s:gnai. this Informed him that tin- home signal g .v- . rnmg the rossmg was in th.- c .-i-tr.d as to be able :.. .....p b.-for. r -ac'iipg tlie n.-Xt si g III. I. The l-VPIe'ie di.-ciose.l that Eng. per Long ,.,s. rv-d and heeded iiiis caution informal! m. as he made a brake application tdigh:ly. It was llnai no" ishij- for him to ascertain the indication of a home signal and he governed by that signal in tl,.- further operation of the tram." "iri'ii.i.iMi i.oss of liit:.'' The commissi.-n further said that the failure of Engineer Eong to prop-rlv observe the signal indication, t -g.-ther with the appalling loss of life rsn!trg tlier. fiom. Addt d another to tlie already lontr list of accidents resulting from tile fallibility of engineers, upon who'll th'- safety of passengers depend. In this instant .,.. Long w as probably mis!..! by the incorrect information given him by the fireman, who called the signal clear u ii'-n It n as a tii'.ltt r ..f fact, in the stop position. DOES MIT HI-: LIE VI-: I'.M.lMll'll. "i'.ut tins dots not relieve Engineer l.ot g of responsibility in any .!. gr. e '"' Gier- w;,s ample oppoitunlty after the home signal came within his range of vision for him properly to control his train in accordance with its indication." the commission added. The commission's report said tb-t Go- Porter accident again calb-d attef.tioti to th. n.'.s-lty for an automatic

train control device .. be used in C..-I - ne.'tion with existing signal qui--aunt for the nu r ,, f a ti t otu a t ica ' ! v con't-ol'ing the .,-., j ,,f the train :r. case th.- engine, r f .r any reason fail.d to properly observe signal Indications and to ..p. rate his train according i y. LESS THAN 300 SEATS ARE LEFT Sold Out House Assured for Paulis Choir Concert tomorrow Night I. ess than ::' seats remained unso'rt this aft - rnoon f r the c..ne rt of the I'a-il;.-: choir at the part hi non theater c.:;'o: r-ov . n;ng and it ris . ..ns.dd probable tl at aii s--ats would ic- . "bl at ob i-., k t .iii.Tr-av aftcrn . -it Tie Paiili.-t choir is it -, .g n i ..-d as to t'o. greatest organizations of ;he kind iri the world atitl was lO'-iirii-. I hist prize in a choir . uni.-.d in !"a::s. It i . 1 app- ar in Hammond with its fall strength of eighty five voices. Th- Parthenon orchestra and .. p!'" organ conceit are parts of the ; i a o. a in. 'ii.- revenue liom the concert w il b. g:cn to the committee on Irish rein f under wlios- auspices the enterlaiiim.n: was a r ra n g ed . H. P. I.wne. 'ha trma a of h- c..mmitee. w j i I mail a cluck for the n. : receipts to Co' a.-uit-r t.f the committee m X -v ' ' Ik City to be gjV. n to ''lO I 1 1 K C t S '"'r d stilbutiou of fo..,l and clothes to the xvotivn and thiblr. n .d Irel and. Et.-I hour demands for tickets i re '" tit's- al'tcrnoori at the siocs where tiiey are being sold and the box office of (he theater. REBEKAHSMEET AT LOWELL petifkahs of Tiki cti'inty will attend a district meeting at Powell, Ind.. Friday. April 22. when the Twin Citys is expected to send a large delegation, leaving Hammond, via the Monon at 0:15 central time, 1 0 : 1 5 new time. There will be a morning and afternoon s-s-sioin but owing to difficult train connections for the evening there will he no session biter than the afternoon Election of county officer.- will take, place, a dinner will be served the visitors and a program rendered interspersing the regular routine of business. The morning session opens at 10:3(1 o'clock and the afternoon at 1 o'clock.