Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 282, Hammond, Lake County, 18 May 1921 — Page 1
CITY'S
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POLICE STOP GAMBLING AT CARNIVAL Alderman Martin Complains Of Plummer Avenue Activity.
VOL. XIV. NO. 282. "WEDNESDAY. MAY 18, 1021. HAMMOND. INDIANA if
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JOHN PON NOW WAITS SENTENCE
Wealth and Influence Fail To Save Him From The Jury.
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SPECIAL TO THE TIMES rpmri POINT. Ind.. May 18-
quartette of youthful bandits that was captured by the Hammond police after robbing the Lesser Loan bank on W. State street. Hammond, awaits sentence today by Judge -Martin Smith In the criminal court. It is possible that each of the convirted bandits will to cent to the state refomatory for 1 to H years, the penalty prescribed for grrand larceny. The most prominent member ot the criminal band is John M- Pon. aged 22. 103 West 112th street, Pullman. 111., who is the son of Garret Fon. well-to-do real estate dealer of noseland. His parents occupy an enviable standing In the community and the boy was educated in the high school at Roseland and studied for two years at the University of Illinois. Ho is a member of a college fraterrity. Pon and Walter Mcintosh pleaded guilty to the charge of having entered the Lesser Loan bank the afternoon of March 21, pointing a revolver at the proprietor and tha clerk and rifling the cash drawer of 125. Everett Boughn and Samuel Kats were in the waiting automobile outside, guarding hir oomDanions against intrusion
and prepared to make an escape.
negro, seeing the holdup, brought Of
fleers Carlson and Singer to the keene
and the two bandits In the store were
captured. Two loaded revolver were
found in Pon's possession.
Boughn and Kata were arrested on
lformation supplied by Pon and Mcln
tosh. They entered pleas of not guilty
to the charge of grand larceny and
were tried yesterday. The Jury wa out from 4 o'colck until 9:30 and re turned a verdict of guilty.
The greatest influenoo was exorted
upon the Hammond police to secure
the release of Pon and cause the aupnresslon of the story by the news
papers. Pon and his companions were de
fended by Attorney TV. J. McAleer
The counsel for the star was R. O.
Thomas.
GROWN POINT OFFICIAL AND G RL INVOLVED
Judge Miles Norton Told of
Clandestine Meetings in Cemetery
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT, Ind., May
17.
Clandestine meetings of a city official
and a fifteen-year-old Crown Point
girl in the cemetery at night were told
in the Juvenile court yesterday where
a scandal of several years standing Is being aired. The city official Is John Smith, aged 60, Crown Point's commissioner of streets. He 1 charged with contributing to the delinquency of the girl. Mike Dovochl, proprietor of a candy and fruit store, was arrested on a bench warrant for alleged sale ... cigarettes to a minor as a result of evidence disclosed during the trial. Mike Polloch, 21. has been sent to the penal farm for six months on the charge of contributing. Others may be involved. The girl testified to meeting Smith by appointment and said that he gave her money.
CABARET SINGER NOW OPERA STAR
ALL READY FOR
BIG LEGION MINSTRELS
TTiirrA Parthenon Theater
Will See Big Crowd at Opening Performance
Trained to the minute, a magnlflcant cast of Hammonds most talented young men and women are waiting for the
,rtln to rise on the opening perform
.nr. of what will be the most magnifi
cent home talent minstrel production ever seen in this part of the country. TVHh a splendid repertoire, of songs, n complete and side-splitting list of gags, end a wealth, of beautiful scenery and costumes, all prepared and ready for the curtain Thursday evening, the Jolllea of 1021" printed under the auspices of the Hammond Post of the American Ix-gion. is ready to give th people of this region the most pleasant and mirth inspiring evening they have ever enjoyed. Tho huge Parthemon theatr Is practically sold out and a very few seats re to be had. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of this week will see the big plnyhous-e packed to the doors. Tho J Hren IToduction Company, which has staged many Hammond minstrel shows in the past, havo been hard st work, training tho players for this, tholr greatest performance. Mr. Alex Kobb the popular Mack-face comedian, who Is in charge of the rehearsals, claims it is to be -the. best assembled cast of players he has had with him all Benson. The show Is a combination of minstrelsy and musical comedy, and the production carries with it the most gorgeous scenic and costume efTects of any show of it's kind In existence. Both Mr. Itobb and Mr. Harold Giles will participate in the production and this is welcome news for all those who saw these clever artists in their work In the legion show last summer. The speaking parts will be taken by such wt-11 known local performers as It. J. A. Graham, Iowell Fisher, Rudolf Monberg, Kemneth Mauck, CL J?. Hilton. A. 13. I"hromme,r, John McNeill, William E. Long, William Schulte V. J. Cupp, Kd. Llpinski and the Misses
Cecil AbbWt, Iouise Ftevens, Maude Burke, lorothy Xelrengarten. Special song numbers during the performance will be led by such local favorites as tho Misses Marguerlto Hester, Lillian Mclntvre and Kls-a, Freernn, Judge Virgil S. Relter will be, interlocutor In the minstrel sceme and it is safe to say that that part of the perforance will be exceptionally well conducted. The curtain will rHe. on the first act at 8:15 sharp each evening. There wll! he seats for those who hurry to the Parthenon and reserve the at once, but they are going fast, and speed is your only salvation. TICKETS FOR JOLLIES. TVe still have a few tickets left for and 75 cents. These are good seats. 5-11-1 AM. LEGION COMMITTKE.
A x ik 5 f T$ '.fvl r $
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Hammond haa a Morrte Carlo Juat outside the city limits to the south and it la doing a thriving business. The place ta known aa "QgdenV and Is located at Standard and Columbia avenues. A number of young men who have played the opposite side of the table for a number of years wtth indifferent success are now getting the benertt of the house percentage. Roulette, craps and poker are the popular pastimes at Ogden'i. The games are said by the patrona to be on the square and "Let s Go Out to Ogden's" haa come to be a popular suggestion. Winnings and losses by individuals ofter run Into hundreds of dollars.
MOOSE SPRING
FESTIVAU SUCCESS Close Race Reported for Honor of Being Crowned Queen
DAIRY CO. WEAK TRY AT DEFENSE
Producers' Dairy Company" has never
appeared once in any previous articlt regarding the milk waste in Lak. county. But it appeara that the public, recognialng the relation of the Producers' Dairy Company to the Milk Producers' Co-operative Marketing Company has blamed both for the sins
of one and the retail concern has fel
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Miss TTonne d'Arle. Miss Yvonn d'Arle but recently graduated from Broadway amusement "paraces" to the Metropolitan stajre, where she promises to be amonc the first jrrand opera star ,
M DOUGHNUTS
AN' EVERYTHING AT
E.C.
MINAS CO
Expert Shows Economical
Culinary Secrets at Free Cooking School
Houghnuts and fritters may make tip
a part of many a husband's meal this evening because his wife attended Mls.s Illnkley's lecture on scientific and prac
tical cooking at the E. C. illnas Co.
department store.
Miss Hlnkley ,an expert cook, from
the Corn Products Ueflnlng company
who made her debut in Hammond last Monday, has beesn greeted" by a large number of women anxious to appease their husband's appetites and to make them forget "mother's cooking."
Miss Hlnkley will give demonstrations
and lectures every afternoon and even
ing In cooking at the E. C. MIna Co
store from 2 to 4 o'clock. The "class
room" Is on the third floor. The lect
ure for tomorrow Is on "Salads and their place in the Diet" also "Thou
sand Island" dressing.
ROTARIANS SUBMIT
TO MANY TESTS In Australia it is a dangerous thing
to a-sk a man anything about his an-
estry, and whereas, the conditions in
Indiana are not altogether similar to
the conditions in Australia, Mat Shank-
lln took some chances at the weekly
Rotary lunehon yesterday in prving
into the individual ancestry of the Rotarlans present.
The members met the tests, which were applied In remarkably good form, but it was noted by the committee that some of the members were rather nervous under the ordeal. Fred Crumpacker, Ioc Sharrer and W. ( . Paxton seemed to be especially nervous, but managed to get through with flying colors. 'arl Kaifmann proved himself a 100 per cent Rotarlan by being a 100 per cent department store man, This was shown by his ability to tell the difference between a Camel cigarette and a dromedary date. Ilck McHie proved to be a 100 per cent newspaper man by
Ought To Ask The General Public What It Thinks About Waste and Price Of Milk. The producers Ialry Company oi Indiana Harbor publishes in the adjoining column an advertisement that Is manifestly an attempt to appease the wrath of the milk consumers against the waste of milk by the Producers' Co-operative Marketing Company. The Producers' Dairy Company of Indiana Harbor is a subsidiary of the Milk Producers' Cooperative Marketing Company and is engaged In retailing milk for the parent organlxatlon. The Producers' Dairy Company hah nothing to do with the purchasing ot .,itv nd its transiHwtatlon to the sur-
-t .(Torts are being put lorm vj i ,nw utattona and is not responsi
Mr O'Brien to complete the Court or i the destruction of the skimmed
1 V. . . . r r C m O n V I . mi .1 .. V..... Im
Honor and etage an eiaiwiY , ,llnit. xne iimes mroujauui when the most popular lady in Hammond I os(9 recoKniied this fact. The name
i .rdd the beautiful prizes sym
bolical of her popularity, next Saturday
night.
The race Is ao close thai n may
be definitely known until Saturday night
)dch of tha beautiful and charm
ing girls in the contest nas won w.r.
Driieand the honor oi oeina
Queen of the Spring celebration. ft i. Hlffieult to Dick the winner
that the matter of a few votes may de- the anger of the people.
clde and even then it may be necessary"
for the Judges to "Ask Norma.
At this stage of the game however.
"Norma" would probably tell the seeker
of the much sought information, and
thereby ruin her prognostication pres. tige, that the winner would be one o1 the following lassies: Florence Becker. Cecil Abblett, Lillian Wienlng. Bertha Suannan, Alice Bird, Evelyn PaaoaJy, Florence Marie McFadden, Sadie Oreanberg, Clara Muehlman. EuloJla. Austgen, Lillian Hmkel. Virginla Brown, Margaret Allen, Lorette M. Una. Edith Buettner, MargaretK. Rupp. Rachael Peall. Eva Wyburn, Bernicr ring. Pearl McLean. Oenevieve Tount Mary Thornton. Cecelia Surdyk. Florence Gilchrist. Florence Wolfe, Vera Zachan, Pearl Levy, Mary Hoeckelberg.
Avis Abbott, Gertrude Byrne. Mlnnlf Harhack. Mollie Ooodmm, Catherine
lnjraji Verona Gledhlll and Annette M
Smith.
Home list. Considerable contest. B
far the most pretentious ever seen around this neck of the woods. The
girls are all busy, and have their friend::
busy. It's anyone's contest from now on
The sweetest little lassies in all Lke
county are to be found vlelng with each other for the much coveted honors and
the .ocore of beautiful priies, at the
crowning event of the week; the Moos
bejeweled mentos will be treasured b the recipients. Lajt nlrht was turned to day: can
was banished to Chicago Heights and points west: OaJumet avenue became c street of enchantment ablaze with the thousands of lights and lined with the
tinted canvas homes of the weird
amusing n4 edura.alona.1 p.ttff lotions
which have made the Dodson World's
Fair Shows famous throughout all
America and which the Iyal Order of
Moose have brought here for their big
Spring Festival long waited and at last arrived. The Midway was filled
with a throng of merry-makers, every
one was in holiday mood and thorough
ly enjoying the amusements offered on
every hand. Old C!alumet avenue was like a bacaar in Bagdad. Under the flood of electric lights the colored tents, brilliantly tinted banners, booths filled with dolls, lamps and merchandise, the swarm lng crowds, the wlerd cries of the venders of chance or amu-sement and the babble of t houisands of voices made up the scene almost of the Far East In its effect. i But it was a real American crowd that laughed and Jostled threw confetti and ate peanuts and went home after a time tired out but happy and determined to "be there" every night and unanimous In praise of both the Worlds Fair Shows and the Moose. The big Spring Festival will be a huge success from present ndlcatlons.
The Ford will be given away Saturday night at 9 p. m.
HURTY
N PRAISE OF SKIMMED ILK AS FOOD
. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES) INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. May 18. "It. as It Is reportel, a. milk company is pouring from 1.400 to 1.T00 cans ot skimmed milk a day In sewers at Gary and Last Chicago." said Dr. John N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, "It Is a sin and a reflection on our cl IlizaMon. "Within a short distance from those places, n doubt, there are thousands of tindemou. Ished children, and to think of wasting so vn'uable a food is pitli:il. It reflects Triously on our social order. 1IKTTKH THAX OlEAM. "Skimmed milk Is a far better food for children or adults than cream. In fact, the cream is practically all fat and represents about 30 per cent, of the food value of the whole milk. "Skimmed milk contains 70 per cent, of the food value of the entire milk. It contains milk sugar, a most admlr-
the purposes of the. human body. It contains protein or cheese, another valuable food, and vltamlnes, but best of all It contains mineral salts such as are necessary for the growth and preservation of the teeth. "Farmers know that skimmed milk Is fine for pigs, chickens and animals, and it la Just as splendid for children and adults. I do not use cream on my breakfast foods, for I want the whole milk and not Just the pleasant tasting fat. I want the minerals and the other valuables In it. SHAMBF1L TO WASTE. "It Is shameful to think of wasting a drop of skimmed milk." The attention of state and federal legal authorities has been directed to reports from Gsry and Hammond that the Milk Producers' Co-operative Marketing Company there is extracting cream from milk and turning the skimmed product In sewers at the rate
able form of sugar for adopatlon to of several thousands of gallons a day.
COL. JOHNSON IS CHIEF OF STAFF TO U. S. COMMANDER ON THE RHINE
Verne Has New Squeezer All the orangeade you want at 5 cents a throw real stuff, too. Vern Summers, the drug man. now has a hundred dollar orange squeezer that squeezes the dickens out of orangea and for once dry throats can get the real unadulterated -orange Juice in a Jiffy at the soda fountain, right fresh from Verne's new squeezer. The squeezer Is & machine not a girl.
Elex Kulton Found Guilty of Violating State Liquor Law Judge Laube found Alex Kulton guilty of violating the liquor law and bound him over to the criminal court under J 15,000 bond. When Constable Duncan raided the home of Kulton at 17th and Georgia St., Kulton Jumped through a window and made his getaway. This happened on April 14, and he was found only a few
days ago. Constable Duncan found a
failing to distinguish between Quaker large still, several Jugs of whiskey and Oats and Cream of Wheat. some wine hidden under the btsd.
Manager N. G. Kuyper or me rro-
.lucers' Dairy Company has selected
..he incident of the Carmelite Orphan
aie for the "come back." Although
i"he Times did not at any time say
.hat the Producers' Dairy Company re
iused to give milk to the CarmellU
urphanage It did quote Andrew Khr
aam of Dyer and others regarding tht
delivery of milk to the orphanage in
..nnection with the Milk Producers
Co-operative Marketing Company.
Mention of the Carmelite orphanage
"donation" was made by The Times li
recounting "how the scandal gre
rom a whisper at Dyer" and the Incident was plainly labeled "'gossiy. 1 he article described how the pries.
a.t Dyer. Ind.. hearing that thirty-fly am of milk were being taken by Kd-
rd Khrsam to Indiana Harbor anc
lumped In the sewer asked Khrsam t.lunate some of the milk to the sicU children at the Carmelite orphanagt
j.nd how Khrsam came back and to! .he housekeeper at the parish that h was not permitted to give the milk t. the orphanage without a charge o (hirty cents a can to cover the cost oi delivery. Nobody was condemned by Th rimes for that. The episode was ol no Importance except that it lead U vhe revelation of the gigantic foo. vvaste and the biggest food scandal li the history of the state. In fact The Times printed in connection with the atricle (May 12) th. denial of the officials of the company and the next day (May 13) in a prominent position on page 1 printed l statement by the state manager oi ihe Milk Producers' Co-operative Marketing Company saying that Mr. Khrsam was nut an authorized agein of the company but employed as ;.
driver to carry milk to the dairy and
that he had no authority to dispose oi the milk. Now this is what. The Times sals about the affair in its issue of May 12 quoting the housekeeper at the Catlio lie parish in Dyer: "The father heard that there was mure milk than they ould sell and we asked Mr. Khrsam to give a can of the milk to the orphans. He said they couldn't donate the milk but that he would deliver It for a small sum, thirty cents a can." And in another paragraph:
The orficera or the company said they had never heard of and didn't know Khrsam. They said they had never refused to donate a can of skimmed mi'.k to ths Carmelite orphans."
And In the Issue the following day,
juoting C. A. Cain, manager of the
Milk Producers' Co-operative Market
ing company fr the state of Indiana:
"I desire to take exception to the charge that this company refused to donate any milk to the Carmelite orphanage. Andrew Khrsam of Dyer had no authority to make any agreement, for this company as he Is not an agent of the company. The company has always been willing to donate surplus milk to any worthy cause and no officer or employe has at any time refused to donate milk to the Carmelite orphanage." Now here's the inconsistency of Mr.
Kuyper's advertisement in today's pa
per. Mr. Kuyper. as manager of the Producers Dairy Company says: "According to a certain newspayer propaganda, a driver In the employ of this dairy refused milk to the Carmelite Home. But the truth of the matter is that the driver was an individual from Dyer bringing milk to th" dairy and on his return delivered milk to the home without charge as Instructed by the Producers' Uairy Company." When a reporter for this paper asced Mr. Kuyper about the gossip at Dyer on May 11, Mr. Kuyper said he didn't know Khrsam and that thr had never been any request for a donation of milk to the Carmelite orphanage. "I'm giving milk to the Kathtrlne House," Mr. Kuyper said, "and to ai
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CoL Johnson. One of the Important figures in the occupier! area, in Germany is CoL Johnson of the U. S. forces of occupation, who is chief of staff Gen. Allen, commander-in-chief of the American forces at Coblenz.
INLAND STEEL TOWN
DEED IS FILED
Crumpacker Negotiations
Ofncially Announced in Porter County
THEY WILL NOW GIVE IT AWAY The sensational disclosures made pj. cluslvely In The Times that thousands of gallons of skimmed milk were belnir poured Into the sewers In Indiana ll.ir-
VALPARAISO. Ind.. May IS About bor' ""ml and Gary. Is already
a year ago, there was much discussion bearing fruit In Gary.
a3 to the object of the Inland Steel Co.) Hereafter, instead of flowing into the
in buying over 200 acres of ground sevvrs of thft c) . an(J
ship, known as the Ogden estate. iU w,u b lven awa' fr' of "hnrr
.Since that time, no new develop-j to those who care to carry It away.
merit has come forward, but yesterday. Arrangements were made yesterdax
another big transaction was placed on bv rf(v KiU, Jnnrtnr ,r .,.
Gambling, moonshine and colored women of- loose morals cauued a diversion at the meeting of the Hammond city council last night, which used up much of the valuable time of the aldermen and accomplished little It started when Chief of Police Peter Austgen and members of the board of safety enme to the hall fresh from a tour of the Calumet avenue, ca.rnivo.1 and suggested to the council that no more such shows be permitted In the future. Open gambling had been found In many of the carnival booths and ceveral of the games were so decided. y one-sided that the chief closed up a couple on the spot. The council took the suggestion as a reprimand. Hy their own action the ordinance against carnivals had been set aside In order to let the Moose lodge bring the Caluvet avenue show to Hammond. Aldermen Rellley. Martin. Heckleman and others proceeded to cross examine the chief on various matters. Rellley told him of the gambling which he has seen going on In the dives of West Plummer avenue, and demanded that the "damned niggers" be driven oue of Hammond. He also told of gambling which he had seen in East Hammond. Martin then took up the subject of wild women. He told of a litt'e s'roil he took down Plumrner nvenue one vening. He saw dozens of ynuni men pk-ked'ofT by the colored girls and cne
Mack Miss even had the nerve to accost Mr. Martin. The chief acknowledged all this calmly and ;a'd th.it arrests were being m,id.v from tne to time, but pointed out the difficulty In getting the kind of evidence which the court require:- in convicting. This affair liimlly blew o'T after the police had been instruct! 1 to keep a sharp eye on the carnival. An ordinance was read which wa intended to disanmx a small tra.-t of city territory in order tiiat Columbia avenue front Gostlln it to tle Nlckle Plate tracks might he paved by the county, was held over until next meeting because the pet!! ion of property owners for the dlsanm xation waa not on file. The ordinance rcquiriri-r thit r .'dewalks be built abutting the lot line henceforth wa passed on third reading. Street matters were also given thorough discussion, as Commiss'oner William Norman happened to le there to hear It all. The city attorney weordered to get after the street car company snd fore them to flx :ip t pavement between the tracks on Indianapolis boulevard.
HAIL THESE TWO NEW
CITIZENS
record at the recorder's office, when the st-el company filed deeds to 21'J more acres Just bought from Mrs. "rumpacker. The deed shows a consideration of i but bears federal revenue stamps, showing a consideration of about !100.5un. This tract which they Just bought is a very short d:s-
nell for Its free distribution. The offer was made by D. Kercher, superintendent of the mHk plant of the Gar avenue and Madison street where it i. Milk Producer's Association at 15th avenue and Madison street where It Is
estimated 10,000 gallons of milk ha.1
tance back from their lake front tract
which thev t.i.liffhf frm K i t . A ,
. , . . i , , , s been going into the sewer daily, estate, at which time It was announced that the plan was to fill in the lake' The only MrinS to the ' tha; quite a distance out, thus having more people must come and carry the milk ground. away with them, and that there must
l he Inland
Company Is a direct
competitor of the Gary mills, and Is planning to construct a modern steel city along the north end and become1 a rival to Gary.
be no loitering around the plant.
MASS MEETING AT HARBOR AUDITORIUM
The Calumet Gate, Z. O. O. A., has a very interesting meeting in store for every Jew and Jewess in the Calumet district: "The Jewish Question of Today." will be the main topic that Prof. -!. A. Hoffman ot Chicago will speak upon. The piogram will begin at S o'clock, promptly, and the officers of the Calumet Gate expect a very largo attendance. There also will be illustrated stereoptican views of Palestine on the progress they have made In the past few years.
Not only will the evening be educational, but each and every one of you will learn what is going on in the Zionist world.
At the Auditorium theater Harbor, tonight at 8 o'clock.
COUNTY BOARD
LETS ROAD JOBS
SPECUL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT, Ind.. May IS. The county commissioners met for th'H
' regular meeting on Monday and outside of regular routine work, with the : exception of letting the contract for 1 several roads, no business of speelr.l I importance was transacted. The Sec j Teaming ,t Supply Co. of Hammond I was awarded the contract for the B. K. ' Hayes gravel road In the east end of Crown Point for $3Mio. Johnson A j Downey of Hammond landed the contract for the Williams road in Winfi"ld j for J18.785 and Kink Hr(. were 'he ! lowest bidders for the tile drain
around the fair ground buildings.
After living In the United States for .Ixty-nine years, but still a German ubject, Albert Pf atenhauer, bachelor, i ruck farmer of Hossvtlle, wa- grant d hi? full citizenship papers by Judge Hardy today In the Hammond Superior court.
Mr. Ffatenhauer is seventy years old nd came to the United States In 1S5C. His father served In the Civil War and he had been led to suppo.se that he automatically became a citizen because iiis father had fought for his adopted land. It was only recently that he had learned of the error and at once filed his application for citizenship. Smiles wreathed the face of George I'.losky. T02 151st street, Kast Chicago, this morning when the examiner tM him he had met all re.ju I rc in. nts. "Citizenship was an important thing to George for he Is a candidate for alderman of Kast Chicago on the Citizen's ticket. It would have made tough sledding of his campaign if he had been turned down. His application had been held up the lat time he was before the court because he was unable to answer a number of Question?: asked regarding he American form of government. This morning heanswertd them all glibly ami wa complimented by the court on the improvement shown. The court is ma.klng heavy inroads into the crowds of applicants, for natur
alization. It was thought that by tonight more than half of the 300 old applications would have been disposed of.
The work will continue tomorrow and
Friday. Krlday has been designated
as the day for ex-service men. They
need only to bring their discharge pap
ers and two witnesses in order to be granted second papers without further
lelay.
Indiana
ASKS FOR GUARDIAN
tConilnu;d on page five.)
Mrs. Antonette Clabby of Whiting has filed a petition In the Hammond .-ruperlor court for a sanity Inquest over James Cross of Robertsdale. She says Cross, who is an ex-soldier, is of unsound mind and has considerable money which lias accumulated from his compensation as a disabled soldier. She asks that a guardian be apointed to handle his estate. Attorney Roy K. Green Is representing her In the matter.
KIWANIANS HOLD
LIVELY MEETING One of the snappiest meetings ever held by the Hammond Kiwanis club took place this noon In the Chamber of Commerce club rooms. Instead of the u.'iiial speaker, several of the member were heard from on s-iibjeots relating to the club, and what it mean.; to each member. Scott l'ck, David Iovgren. Ir. Melton and Paul Kedder each spoke for a few- minutes and gave very Interesting talks, relating Just how the "we build" spirit of the Kiwanis club had gotten "under the skin"
National Piano Manufacturers and with them. Expressions of congratulaMu:;ic Merchants convention Just con-j tions were told of which were extended eluded at the Drake hotel In Chicago. ! to the club for their splendid w ork in
STRAUBE'S CARRY OFF THE HONORS
recovering the bodies of the two litilo hoys who were drowned In the Calumet river. Steps were taken to organize Kiwanis clubs In botli Whiting and Kaa
proved one of the biggest affairs the association ever held. Hammond carried oft the honors with the finest display of Straube pianos Our local concern's display at the
Drake was said by those present to be Chicago, and an advanw guard will de-
the most attractive ever seen. scend on these cities in the near fuThe opinion prevailing at the con- ture to start things. The Gary club vention was that bu.-finess in this line which was fostered by the Hammond is maintaining a rosy hue, with still group, was reported to be well under better conditions coming. way.