Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 21, Hammond, Lake County, 4 June 1921 — Page 1

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BeUvired by Camera fn Hmmiisj and W. Hammond 5o- per month on streets ana news stands 3c per copy. VOL. X. NO. 21. w riant Hew Sister For East Chicago Plant Has Continuous Rolling: Hill. Further end-nee that cM..-n go stei ttiterests. are preparing to make the Calumet district the basing point of ttie s-eel industry Is sh wn by the fact the', the Interstate Iron and .Steel company, the le.-id'.ns hnr iron producer in fh Chicago district ha jus. eomplf ft new Morgan C"r.'lnUJ Tollintf mill at a cost -f approximately $5.fo'0,000. The ne-v plant 5 s located on USth rtret. south Chioftc-i. Six basic open hearth furnaces of sventy-fiv tors each are InolmiM with a complete blooming, bilht and bar mill in eon- . nection. Operation at this mill la ex-'.&erte-to commence in a f"W days. When the Interstate lr..n & Steel company was organized in IV'hS the assets of the company. rorslsMr.s: principal", v of a plant at East Chicago, were worth a!.o::t $:; CKi. The company's old mill previous to the bunding' of the plant ju.'t eoir.pl.-ted was worth JS,0.t0. The pr.smt assets cf 'he romp-iny are between .nd S 1 0.0" Ph.-wins re i,aj"ka-l' growth in the last sixteen years. I'KIHIK'K Al.I.OV STILL. The company win i;.t.v be in a position to produce .ft,v tons of steel a year. The tew plant will j. rod lice ferio alleys an i v..'l supply el tr the liranl Cro--a :; g plant and the East ChKBS" Works. The temark.able growth ef the Intel state Iron ami steel company Is attributed in a large measure to the fforts of Silas. J. I.ew liyn, prta-m of the company. From art ordinal investment of SZo""- li" ha- built uy cr.-; of the Uading ste.l companies in the United States. At South Chicago, on the Calumet Tlver at USth street, the plan's of the company consist of six open heart h furnaces. revcrs:ns Boakin pits aid eQai pmer.t f 'r the T carbon steel at.d ai iliiqmill. '.her ifcessary diction of the v steel inpro's. blooms and Vil'ets; !!'. new Morgan continuous wni'.ict b'ir t.illl for produetion of m-reii mt bars and shapes. At East ChioiM the plant cons'.-fs Of a m.rchant bar iron and stfd ro'l1ns mill for produiti- n of a lai ,' variety of Iran ar'l st"l barn anJ shapes a.nd a new celd drawing plant. At Grand Crossing- the plan is completely Quipped for the production of wire rod:;, wire nails, plain and Kalvan Iz'-n wires, barbed wire, held fence, rivets, tacks, etaples and wiro products generally. FIVE COUNTY JUDGES 10 RECEIVE PAY BOOST reiF'rnrTVN r"i: r. I l.-l , J -me 4 In creases in pay 'o n 1 -an' y Ja'lefs, the c. -a schools and :m he rroviii-"t for printer d-nt cf surveyor :t s:i"ci,,i nieetmp tit the county ouncjl. Jinie R. The pay l e;cre." , .s u re printed hy f he state is'a : o i r- at the re:- nt session. Sup-rior. cir,-i.-t and criminal court Judses ar t,-, rec.dve $T."'0 a yrir in"' id of f . The county Bun'-rlnfiid-. nt of s ho.ds v.-',:i be palo a month irt.-"ai of $LK. whl!e the county sjrf"r i to ct f 4.500 a year instead of J 15 P''r I i ?: i as h-r-lof ore . TVie council T-ill aripofpt n caretaker for the fair proutfl. A not h..-r matter of business w;i! l e pa yn.ent of the !balance of $s T.1 dim on the c'alutnet avenue brHee in 1 ;, mrnor.d . SUES FOR DAMAGES F"r n a c. -iT.-.i.-h happened pearly five years aiyo, Joseph jj; it kowpki of Hammond, has ti: -d .-o.it for dajnnJ nain;t tI,- ! I. V. & K. C fctreet railway. On Xovensber 22. tflll, fce -a at tirlvina; a team an! v.-an on soutii on Sheffield avrntie. I 'art of the waeon was on the south bound track when a car approached behind it. pltkowskl says that because of the poor condition of the street he ween fho rails, he was unah'e to Ket the Wft?on out of the car'- path. The Worses, wagon and harness were damaged la the collision. He ask. for $1,000. KOBART WILL IN COURT Mrs. Elsie M. Bruefeach of Hohart. jridow of the iate G- ortre J. Pnebaek j.nd executrix of his last will and testament, has filed a petition in the fuperlor court at Hammond to have tertain 7arls of the will const luct'-d. There are clauses relating to the use f the property, while she hoi da it f.nd refrardlns- its disposal under cer;a!n conditions whoh are not, cl-ar. fcttcrneva M.-Mahon & Conioy are repppsen t .nij t h pet i t i , . ner. EVERYBODY WELCOME The public is invited to attend the tokie Drub, P-ugie and Fife Corp lance Saturday evening. June at Cast Chicago Masonic Temple.

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li-or is AY SETTLE BUILDING DIFFICULTIES r 1 STERN V ' I'.AL VEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO. June 4. Resumption cf building activities in Chicago which have been halted for many weeks by wan.. disputes between the building contractors and the unions, was believed imminent today as the result ot agreement to arbitrate the dispute. K present at Ives ef the. building trades council and of the building construction employers' association will meet today to discuss an arbitration agreement. Huil-ling contracts ropresuiitlng expenditures ot approximately f I'oi.Oeii.ijC'i) hinge on successful adjustment of the dispute. Suspicious Characters are Arrested by Hammond Police Last Night The Hammond police last night made one of the most important captures they have b'en able to make for some time. The only difficulty encountered has been in trying to figure out Just what to ciiarge the men with. They are answerable to lmpersonatlnsr government officers, to being bootlecsrers they admit that, to impersonating- some other kind of an officer, to carrying- concealed weapons and goodness knows what tlse. Until their status can be definitely established they are booked as auspicious characters . In making the capture, the police employed a -clever subterfuge. Information came to the station that two cars had been seen on the Kidge lb. ad at Columbia avenue for the past three nights. The men had stopped i ars, representing themselves as government, officers and had searched ihem, presumably for liquor. The police flivver was manned by ( "ft'icers Jianlon, Harry Kimbach, ana Taboda and rushed to the scene. Just before they arrived, one of the two cars drove away in the wake of a truck, evidently In th role of an escoi t. The two men In charge of the remaining car surrendered to the offl- '. ? i s and were taken to the station. They gave the. names of frank bake, IK'.'l .South I'eoria at., Chicago, and John 11. Whi'e, 435S Michigan aenue. Chicago. A loaded shotgun was found ieaninrf against the car when the captut v was made. One of the men had a revolver. Th'y at first protested that they were broken down and had .-topped to li x their car, Itit when the machine, started perfectly and when th-i weapons were found they garu it The pollcmen, re-enforced by JJetecti v?s Kinse'e and Hinder, drove back to the spot and waited patiently for the return of the lir&t car. At about one o'clock the machine was seen to approach cautiously. Two or t he off icej-s sat In the car In postures indicating restful repose and the others crouched behind it. The car drew near anil otic of the men hissed cautiously. His signal was returned by an officer. Reassured, the car came to a stop alonuMde and the officers stepped out. The driver showed fight f--r a moment, but a glance down the barrel of a policeman's revolver i hanged his purpose. These men wore booked under the names of Hay Hums, 63.10 Iangley a venue. "hicago, and James Francis, 1712 Michigan avenue, Chicago. Francis carried a gun and nearly a thousand dollars in cash and checks. Tio-s gang aiso had several bailiff's hadcs in their possessi on . J tie supposition is that tbese men are bootieKers. The second car captured, which followed the truck, evidently was acting as escort for a truck load of whiskey and the large sum or money found on one of the prisoners can be accounted for In no way nut that it is a payment for liquor. The men admit that they were running whiskey, but on account of their freedom in confessing. It is thought, possible that they are attempting to cover me more serious charge. BRITAIN THREATENS TURK NATIONALISTS T.LOXnON, June 4. Great Britain is threatening to go to war against the Turkish Nationalists In Asia Minor. Preparations are already under way according to the press. A 1-tritish fleet is being assembled at Malta, th? Daily Express stated today. ;t in intended for co-operation with the (heck army now facing the Turkish Nationalist army in Anatolia "It is well known that Premier Lloyd George is friendly towards Greece ,-jtid is bitterly hostile towards tf.e Turkish Na t ionallsts.f said the l'aily Express. A dispatch from Constantinople said that the Turkish Nationalist government at Angora already considers itself in a state of war against Great Britain.

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JUNE -1, Charles Pitzle Asks for Writ of Mandate From Illinois Bell Company At a time wtin everyone seems to he clamoring against the high rates of the telephone company in the Calumet region it is refreshing to find one man who is so willing to pay the new rate that he will go Into court to fight for the privilege. Charles Fitzele. 1343 Alexander avenue, East Chicago, is this abnormal character. Other folks berate the company when they receive their bills. They threaten to have their phones taken out but Charles is different, lit says he wants to pay the J2.75 rate for a two-party phone but the company will not let him. He is determined to have telephone service and refuses to accept as final the action of the Illinois Hell Telephone Co., In turning down Ins application. This morning Deputy Sheriff Albert Morris served the papers which summoned officials of ttie telephone company to appear in Room 3 of the superior court at Gary Tuesday morning. Mr. I'itzele has filed a petition for a writ of mandate to compel the company to install a telephone in his Kast Chicago homo. His petition which was prepared by Attorneys Meade, Royee & Twyinan oi East Chicago, states that he made application for a two-party phone May 21. His application was turned down. He says he then tendered $2.75 the regular monthly rate as fixed by the Rubllc. Service Commission and demanded a phone. This likewie failed and he has now paid the amount into court where it awaits the deci--sion of the court. I'itzele asks for a writ of mandate and that on the hearing the company be permanently enjoined from denying or refusing him telephone service. PLASTERLESS WALL SHATTERS ROMANCE Cupid Weeps at Neglect of County Commissioners rSPFCl' TO TH K TIMES1 CROWN POINT, Ind., June 4. The marriage mill is far too realistic. Instead of aesthetic scenery, the clerk's office where licenses are procured, looks like the second year of married life. Great portions of plaster are gone from the walls. The bride-elect is compelled to gaze at the bare lath while negotiations for the marriage papers are conducted over the counter. The effect on candidates varies. Young and unsophisticated women are defiant. They see the holes in the plaster and the "love in a hovel" look comes into their drenniy t-y-s. Hut tho widows and the recent defendants in divorce proceedings display an emotional reaction. Glimpsing the ragged plasterless lath, they follow a mental process of fitting out the room in corresponding manner. Tho typewriter at once becomes a boiler and the desk a wash tub. Evry waste basket is a small child with a had cold and good lungs. Il I'Olt HI St MISS. Well, anyhow, it Is bad for the marriage business. Too often the widow or divorcee after gazinir In rapt meditation at the holes in the plaster turns upon her beloved as follows! "I've decided to tie the can to you, old dear. This lovey-dovey stuff sounds pretty but bedirvc me there's no life of Riley married to a guy wi'h 1.1.75 and a thirst for strong drink. You'll have to find some sweet young th.ing that hasn't been through the mill. Do ya see them lodes in the plaster with the lath showing through? Well, thems the handwriting on the wah, pud gie-wuggie . "That's what I'm going to have to look at about C61 days out of the year. That and the ceiling. Save your 13, old top. Tou ain't goin' to hear no wedding bells today. You'll find me back of the counter at Hinkle's department storo bright and early tomorrow morning." CA1IMIM1 IIV ALL MEAN'S, Each denouement of this character cheats the county of the customary license fee. What tiie county commissioners ought to do Is to redecorate the clerk's office in punk with carmine tapestries, fit it with colonial furniture, beautiful rugs and hanq pictures of Paul and Virginia, and Romeo and Joliet on tho walls. A P.clasco setting, or even a good old peppery George M. Cohah staging with a dancing chorus of deputy sheriffs and stenographers, would he a great investment for the county. i nis stunt or tne brine-elect balking on the threshhold of the glorious estate of matrimony would be unknown . Hut alas, there appears not even the remotest chance of the commissioners so much as replacing the plaster.

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11)21 TEX PAGES. Hear That , C. NORMS Is the proud owner of a new Apperson roadster. THE movement to establish daylight savings in Michigan City has, been lost. WILLIAM LKICHLY of Rensselaer, was giving our fair city the O. o. jesterday. JOHN STEWART, a veteran of the Civil War, and well known in Lake Co., is dead at Hebron. F. G. SCHMIDT has gone to Crown I'oint to rusticate for the summer and incidentally do a Utile farming. AT that, thero are a lot of people who would like to know where the money for tho water works Is coming from. IF a certain Ford delivery truck will wash off lis license tayr wo will try to give it a good boost for the Hohman si. road race. THE hat cf United States Senator Xew is in tho ring today Tor re-nom-inotion to his present office on the republican ticket. THE petition of Edward Donahue, the Lako county murderer serving a life sentence for clemency was denied thl.week by the pardon board. REPORT eays that Chief Austgen was approached by a dusky damsel on l'lummer avenue while on an investigation tour. Can you beat it? THE Twin Lakes Gun Ciub is planning a big shoot to be held Sunday at Nelson's Lake George Inn, and all the members are urged to bo there. AFTER reading the details of the Foggy Joyce divorce suit, one is moved tw suggest that further particulars be relegated to tho sporting section. THE Chesterton Tribune says that the Hammond Colts who bent the Legionnaires at Chesterton is a fine team and composed of real baseball players. A Hammond n-Kre, when asked what ho would do in the event of a race riot in this city said. "Say, boss, there m'ght be a race, but there won't bo no riot." KENT BARTLKTT says that his new Lincoln will throttle down to two miles an hour. "That's nothing," said Glenn I'eters, "my tludebaker will do it too." "Tim GRILL" In tho Hammond building has turned up its toes and the ever-progressive Hammond Savings & Trust is to take up the quarters aud occupy them. THE rum r has gained clrciiiath n that 6H Indiana girl wen the $pnii.i prize in the beauty contest pu' on l the Chicago Tribune. . Announcement of tlit. winners wii be made tomorrow. HOLLI3 HUNTER'S beautiful lines are shown off wonderfully in his bathing suit picture which the J. W. Millikan store has In Its window as an example of the quality of its kodak enlargements. LARRY ST. JOHN was turned loose from the hospital yesterday. He was operated mi for appendicitis May 22, so he will not be able to play on the tiro department baseball team for several weeks. DENTISTS Maurice Iddinsrs and Leonard M"rn were seen Thursday evning in close proximity. Doc I. wa1towing Dec M. with a clothes line not more than a foot long. It looked like a lov e feast. WILL RUSSELL, after seeing th" Region Minstrels, met Larry r"X at the Country Club. "I made a 42 today." said Iarry. "First time I played this year." "How did you do on the second hob." said Will. DR. E. O. PETERSON, a Laporte ostenpath gave Ranker A. J. Stahl an awful punching because of nri argument over a bill for doctor's services. Roth Stahl's eyes wero blacked and his cheek vva3 badly cut. TOMORROW Ts the day slated for the deadly clash between the golf teams representing the Dentlss and Law j ers ta the Hammond Country Club. A detail of police, will nip In tho bud all list fights and nineteenth hole stuff. FORMER prohibition agents who worked out of ilafnmond office. soma of whom are still lingering near, are awaiting the won! from Washington which will abolish the twelve zone offices and place all agents tinder state director?. NOT to be .outdone by the boys, the East Hammond jiirls havo taken to swapping their clothes for bathing outfits right out In broad dayiiuht. a; the Maywood park swimming hole. The tflrls arc fast but careless in making the switch. "TOU don't know' of a good stenographer that's loose that I could get?" asked Charles Surprise the other day and when the person addressed asked him If that was the kind of a stenog. he wanted, diaries blushed and ccided lie would get along without one. DEPUTY Sheriff Jake Shurman heaved a sigh of relief yesterday when the IirautiKTm enso ended. It was his duty to keep an eye on the child when out of court. It meant sloping In an adjoining room at tho hotel Thursday nixht and ns the baby had th" whooping cough, there, was little rest for Jake. W. G. PAX TON. h:s wife and dauehiter i-ailcd from New York on the Cor ona Wednesday for Liverpool. Mr. Paxton will attend the convention of 'he Rotary clubs at Edinburgh. Scotland, after which the IVxtons will tour the continent, returning on the Olympic in August.

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4M!MP SATURDAY Before the work on the Improvements or. the Hamond water works can be done, the question of how the project can be financed must be decided. There are two .la us suggested -the usual plan fur raising money In the city, by floating a bond Issue, or the plan under which the present tvaur works as. original-t,i,r,n-.-d. Tho latter plan Is the one recommended by the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. The plan will lie as it is at present. A tYtorouyhly by most of tho people. It h-is been subjected to attacks from a ..'real many, which Is the result of Ignorance of the idea rather than a real objection, b is., d on an exhaustive examination and study. The plan will be as. 1 is a rrsent. A company, which m'tht bo called the Lake City Water Company, as it now Is Is formed under the laws of the state for tho purpose of cperatir.g a water plan'. The city tloti grants a franchise to this company to put in the plant and operate it for a period of years. The company then lets a contract ! some reputablo bonding concern and Issues l.rr.d" niralnst the plant. The city b-.ses ''uo works from the dummy company for the sr.mn period of years that tho bonded Indebtedness runs for, ami in t he. top so spe'dries how much the city shall pay per year on the bonds; as rent ah Also it ! specified that the city has the rlijht to buy the riant of any time for the amount of outstanc ing bonds. If the city does not purchase the plant during the period of the SHOCKING CON ON PLUMMER It is expected that testimony telling of conditions on l'lummer avenue v hioh is of sensational character, will lie iiiveri in the trial of Ed Mays and and Ed Winborn, two colore 1 moti from, the "black belt" who engaged in a shooting affray a few days ago. Allegations of the witnesses, wh say they will testify to th conditions in court, tell of immorality, liquor and dope traffic, and the attempts of one man to teirorize the residents of the district into doing l is bidding. The soliciting go-lntr on in the dts - tiit is known to everyone who passes that way. Several- women from the! district have been arraigned h, the! v Court on this chaige, but the dis-

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trict is far from being t leaned of thesa lsw with a party of Attorneys the mhi .-millions. Aldermen on a recent er day expressed satisfaction tint Lake tour of tho bell, told of these cor-dl-I county could now deal properly with Hons in a council meeting several j tb.e holdup men when captured. Lakvve ks ago. No action of a decisive j county has in the past been n favorite

nature has been taken since that time. A reporter entered the police station several nights m in time to Soar the crux of an argument between the proprietor f a ,., ro pool room and his wife the Influence ior husband i ause she w . The woman was under ' liquor. She ae.-useti beating her up bed m i go In the streets and "get some of t)i" money" which had be..n paid to the employes of a nearby plant that day. These men !. th" "ida.-k belt" on their way home from w - k . I lee lace bore marks of blows. Th" husband claims that she li t him with a cuspidor. EDWIN FITZGERALD MARRIED IN CHICAGO Edwin V. Fitzcerald. Hammonds ' nvl'.ionairo newsboy, w h. Is now the proprietor of an cgeney that controls the distribution of out-of-town newspapers a.nd magazines, was married in Cbicatto Thnrsdav. it became known today. Ed. U" admitted it with a smile. The bride is Miss Mary Hoed of Torre Haute and tho wrdd.ng was the culmination oi a romance whoh Mar'ed when Edwi i -was in IrMn'ns: at Lifayette. After the popular Hammond boy wfnt over sens, it was Miss Ib.ed to whom he coniid-d In long letters tne truth nheiii. Sunny l-'r.-'n-e. the frogs, etc etc. Edwin al' mentioned in one letter that Terr" Haute far surpassed th" who'i" of Fiance in pretty t,irls. lie svvo;-o that th. knitted socks she sent were the size he wore and that the color scheme of the muffler was the cxai t combination that he adore.!. Things went alone, this way until one evening the Southern Indiana moon pot a ohar." to nlay on Edwin's blond head. If h" had kept his hat on it might not have happened, but It was a dead open and shut cinch that sooner or later in the course of years If he kept going down to Torre Haute he would take off his hat In the moonlight and the stuff 'would be off. i-o:rc ns shooting, when tho August moonbeams started to trickle down upon Edwins Unless that'll they loosed his tongue ami he proposed. Just what he said Is nobodys business, but it must have been a fair to middling proposal for the girl accepted and describe.! the kind of bungalow she wanted Eddie found If out at 12i!2 Forest avenue and they will l.ve there after the honeymoon trip which starts Monday with Niagara Calls es the destination CROWN POINT. Ind.. J u n e Sheffield avenue from. Gut!in street i'i the junction with Calumet boulevard, is to he pav ed i.v No. tli to nshtp at an estimated cost of $2i'7.7e'' The construction will be asphallio concrete and the b'tting of the contract has been set for June 2a by the commissioner a ount v I ' i

AND "WEEKLY EDITION lease, then when the lease expires, the city can buy the plant for one dollar. Tho sole advantage of this plan is that tho credit of the city, aiready sorely taxed, would be completely used up should bonds against the city be issued. Th company Is merely a dummy concern, made up of a tew public spirited men, and involves no expenditure on their part. Its purpose is to get around the usual procedure of tying up the credit of the city. There is no possible way that anyone can gain control of the water works or make money from it. as has been suggested by some. The lease granted to the city by the company takes care of that. The water works of the city of Hammond vA-re originally financed under this pl. n, and have bi en operated for thirty years wltnout a hitch. There are a hundred ways that tm credit of the city might be used in the near future. The schools, for in stance, are in bad shape. A million and a half dollars will hardly suffice to give. Hammond adequate and complete school equipment. Thl.g money will have to be raised hy some nian? at a time not far distant. At present, Hamond's schools are barely aide to take care of the present enrollment stid several of the outlying additions are, in r.eed of buildings. Th" above plan will be presented to the council at the next meeting r.s tinmethod indorsed by th Hammond Chamber of Commerce to finance tne n e w w o r k . JUDGE SMITH FINOS NFJ rui ra ISPEC'AL 70 THE T-VE -1 til'irt.v !' U.N 1, June 4 jll'U ::.: ' 'in Smith of the Criminal Vui t o crown i'oint Has long bt en -tiiowe t ., set dead against holdup m.-n. li.- !,.- regrft in the past has ben ii. it th 1 did not give him power to smack : h .t hard enouch. 11" has it no. The new law of the las b gi- hi:tit dealing w.tb robbery fixes the miniii ment at from ten to twenty y.?rs itprison for the first offense and lif. 1 Imprisonment for the second convicHon. Hitherto the penalty was five t" fourteen years on the first and life it prisonnmnt on the third conviction. i Judge Smith In diseossir.g the hm field of the toughs from Chleaeo. Occasionally some of them ere taken In b the police but the siitences which cuM be handed out were not stiff enough to ! frighten others awn v. It will lie dil- ! j ferent from now on. It is believed Pickpockets who !mv also Tea pod i rlui iiarvesis in cities ot tne t.nltime: i Tgion wiil also be hit hard. Tills Ianother offense for which Judge nit a has a particular antipathy. The new law- also slipsi the punishment for burclary tip to ten to hvmu years imprisonment. Where a weapon is found on the person of the burvrlar the penalty becomes fifteen to twentyfive vtars. THIEVES ARE ACTIVE Thieves have been active In Hammond for th pat 21 hours. As th. rerejlt several people, are the lose rs Tom Rogers, f.it Slate afreet, reported tli" lo?s of 17 worth of oistars ami cigarets. Walter Reed, Hessv ille. ! f; his bike at the curb on State street When he returned, he f :p I that sonv. member of the bicycle thieves association had taken it awav. The Hijou theater reported flip los e.f a b..oa t oca theater ticket.--, :"obn from tin house by someone wh entered through a rear door. Ernest Holtz Standard avenue. r p'-r'.ed t hat someone stole some hose and aMachment from pouhlas park, a total value o: jn2.on. An early riser hi the vl.-jrlt.v saw two young men take it away in a car at about 4 o'clock in the morning. The warehouse of Wrne Summers was entered last night, but nothing of v a 1 a e Is m I ss I n c . GARY PLAINTIFF GETS VERDICT After spending yesterday afternoon and last n'ght debating the matter, a jury in room 1 of the Hammond superior court this morning brought in a verdict for the plaintiff In the suit of Jack Lcd'-rer, Inc.. ag.v.nsit Charles Keener & Co., restaurant and bakery proprietors of Gary. The silt was for collection of a note. The verdict awarded the plaintiff i 3.12'hf.O. This is one of the few instances In which, a suit on note has been tried before a jury in the Hammond courts. Att .rney Jesse Wilson represented the plaintiff and TI. F. M'-Craeken was attorney for the defendant. CARD OF THANKS We wish la expicss o.ir appreciation to the organizations and societies to the public in general ior their splendid co-i ipf ra ion on Memorial day in Hid.ng 4 r.d insist ing us to care for our coinra-is. who pave passed away. We f, el de-ply grateful and take this wac of expressing o.ir thanks to all. Spanish American War Veterans. 6-1-

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Gov's Committee Reports Serirous Opposition Is Manifest. ISPLClAi. TO THE T.VEb' CROWN POINT, Ind., Jun- 4 Tr.e great Kankakee river drainage project by which thousands f acres or land were to be reclaimed from annua! floods aolrig the river at tne state line, may be blocked in the Illinois legislature by wealthi' sportsmen. This became known at a meeting of the Joint committees appointed hy Gov. McCiay of Indiana and Go-.. Small of li'.irois to agree upon distribution cf the cost of the Improvement. The Illinois committee reported that over a thousand wealthy p rtsmen who have hunting lodgeand summer homes along the river O" 'ho Illinois side, are opposed t st raight'ir.ing and dredging the river winch would make the territory leis picturesque as a place to hunt and fish. The Indiana committee Indicated they would fight to see the project through. the river having been straightened and dredged on the Indiana side to the line at a cost cf hundreds of thousands cf dollars. Indiana's interest now is in having n outlet made for the river so that Newt n and Jasper counties will not be subjected to heavy and damag-ic floods. This outlet must be provided by Illinois through a continuation of the work of straightening and deepning the river which Indiana carried on through Porter, Stark and Lake counties. The river Is dyked In Lake . ounty. S tccess of the wealthy sportsmen In their fight to prevent Improvement of hp river on the Illinois stde will mean in annual loss of th msar.ds of dollars ;. Indiana farmers because of floods. IMilAXA TO PV SiiOO.OOfl. The Joint committees had tentaflv eij agreed that Indiana's portion of the .si of the. improvement providing si -itie' at the state line would be $300.- " to he ; ai l by the state. The niemhe-rs of t lie committees of ' -.vo sat are as follows: ilndi- ;' T. nv Grant. Lowell; Judge llanly, :; n'-s.-laer; . Hiiro'. -i. Sen. Me'-ntit. i- inkakoi; Rt preventative Saw yer, o - ne n c e . t". pi es entath e Otto Fifleld of I. tike , .nty. George and Roy Bailey wt ,.-o present at the conference. OAS WET SENSATION Chief 01. J. Simons, who looks sfte.federal prohibition enforcement In Northern Indiana, was cslled to Hebron yesterday to look Into a little dispute which has arisen between the V.'. C. T. V. of that place and Thomas C. Whalen, who was arrested a few days before as a bootlegger. The W. C. T. U. had the sheriff of Porter county raid Whalens home and the search brought to Ilnht six quarts of whiskey which had been concealed in the woodshed. Whalen swears It was all a frame-up and tht he nsrer put the liquor there. He thought an investigation by Chief Simons mlghr help him. Simons spent some tinm jooking into the affair, but decided to let matters take their course. 'Whalen will be brought before the Portecounty grand Jury. Dry forces of Hehron are making a regular cleanup. They are aftr the bootleirgors ami are also making it uncomfortable for a druii;ist and oh,,-, tor of tho town. LOWELL WOMAN SUES FOR DIVORCE Mrs. Anna M. Drlscoll, wife of TVliliani R. Drlscoll. livestock dealer o Lowell, today filed u',t for divorce in the superior court of Hammond Habitual drunkenness, association iv i tli other women and a dlsareeaide habit of calling her names and breaking -up the furniture when drunk are liiven as her grounds for separation They were married Oct. 21. 19.1-1. an' 'iced together until June j 0f t,!j year. Mr. Drlscoll !s said to be Wlrt , 2ft,0nn. The plaintiff asks for ?-V"" j alimony, the custody of their 15-year-old son and $1,000 a year for bis support. MoA'.eer, Dors y & oiilett are lor attorneys. THIEVES LOOT THIS MAN'S ROOM Theodore Peterson, 334 Cameron street, Hammond, is out about f30., as the result of the activities of some one, who entered j,s room yesterday while he was away. The loot consisted of a watch valued at and ?2.'.0 In cash. Peterson lias an :d'a of w ho tte thief is The office of Dr. ,T. 5c ill est n ster rom 1-12, First Nation.!! hank bull line, was entered last nic'.tt and several medical books, valued at $fo. were taken. Th". police are work In a- cn t he case. RESTAURANT KEEPER JAILED Harry M'o' restaurant 1. was found ., criminal -., u ; to serve f'-OIll the stat" p..)-, This should restaurant ko, -. one ,-.f d" profiteering 'tors of East '.'hi-ae, .1m . f burglary in tae yoi.;t rd'! .-i.n.-J sentenced two to fourteen year Pi t "1: t l .tl y. h" a wo ruin 3 to other ptis.