Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 306, Hammond, Lake County, 16 June 1921 — Page 1

UP TUB WRATHKn. Unsettled Thursday and Friday, with probably local thandrr-thvw-ersi warnuir ia north and central portion. Delivered by Crncrs la Kinmaom. W. Hammond 50e per to oat a ca streets and nnws ataads 3c ier copy. UNTY DIFFERED AS GREAT AS 1 VOL. XIV. NO. 306. THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1921. HAMMOND, INDIANA THEY WER

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Disaster Takes Place Early Today Near Crawford Nebraska. (BULLETIN. r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, Juno 10. Four persons were killed, rljjlit seriously Injured and 20 paaiengm received minor Injuries when o t'hicaco Jt XortUnfitf rn pnaae-ntrer train plunged tliroufjh n bridge Into flood t a ters near Crowford, Neb., according to dispatches received today as the head office of the railroad The bridge over a Small itrm collapsed am the train was pushing; over, the dispatch said. , r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE OMAHA, Neb.. June 16. Sovcn persons are known to have boon killed ana many injured early today when three coaches of a Chicago Nortn Western railroad train plunged through a bride Into flood waters r.ear Crawford. Neb. It v.-as said th" dead may run as high as fifty. Twelve persons were rescued alive, all suffering from injuries. Tl.MBLE I IV TO M'ATEIU Before 7 a. m. searching parties had received seven bodies r'm, windows of the passenger coach-s. The engine. a smoker, a chair car and one Pullman sleeper were reported to have tumbled into the water. The rescuers, made up chiefly or railroad men. rushed to the scene on a relief train from Chadron. Neb., the division terminal, worked frantically In the belief that many men, women and children were imprisoned allvo in the. partly submerged oosches. PLUNGE THROUGH BRIDGE. According to information received here, the fatality occurred shortly after midnight. The train had left Omaha, bound on a branch line f'-r Lancer, Wyo.. the western terminal of the Chicago & North "Western road. Telegraphic advices from the engine crew stated that part of the train ha 1 passed over a bridge spanning the big cotton wood creek when th bridge gave way. The engine crewfirst word of the wreck from a nearby farm house. billy masoh is dead of iSEASI INTERNATIONAL NEWS SESVI'E WASHINGTON. June 16. Wm. E Mason, former United States senator from Illinois and at present representative at large from the same state. d!d at his congress hall apartir.en here at 6:20 o'clock today after a shr. illness with heart d;sease. Although 71 years of age. Representative Mason took an active part in the affairs of th house during the present extraordinary session of congress until atout two weeks ap, when he was suddenly stricken while on his way to the gymnasium In the capital. He has been confined to h'.s apartment ince the first attack, but at times physicians reported him as being on the road to decovery. Mason was born in Franklin ville. Ky.. and has lived in Eer.tor.rvort. Ia.. DesMoines and at Chicago. He served es a member of the Illinois legislature in 1ST and again 1 5 i 1 - a member of the United States senate in 1S97-1D03. He was elected to the house of representatives from Illinois lin 1917 and served until his death Maon's sons. Lewis and William E Will arrive here today to make arrangements for the funeral. IS CALLED JUNE 21 'SPECIAL TO THE TIKES CROWN POINT, IND.. June 16 The grand Jury has been called in the criminal court for June 21st. several murders and misdemeanors have been committed In various parts of the county of late and the Jury wiill Investigate them and pass on the guilt of those brought before them. A. B. Harris. Gary; C. B. Davidson, Gary: Henry Beaubin. Whiting: Fred Suhansen, Dyer; George V.". Schruse. Lowell and C. H. Malor.ey of Gary are the members of the panel. FIX WATER RATES Oa July 7 at 10 a. m. the public service commission of Indiana will meet at the city hall to listen to the evidence of the citizens of East Chicago and Indiana Harbor on the water question rate. The order fixing the water rates for the Twin Cities iviii not be adopted until later when passed ,uson by a majority of the board.

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CLEARS CASES OF CONFISCATION The federal prohibition office at Ham- , mond has Just received from the de- ! partmer.t at Washington the latest Inj structlor.s regarding the, handling of j confiscation cases when vessels, auto- ; mobiles or other vehicles are seized ! while transporting liquor. There has been a difference of opinion on the. matter In Indiana and the result has been that in order to avoid friction all confiscation cases have been handled through the federal court. The state courts now have the power to seize and sell boats, automobiles or other carriers of liquor. The order from Washington has been transmitted to authorities In Indiana through District Attorney Fred Van Nuys and reads as follows: "Since June 1. 1321, in all cases where in any vessel or vehicle Is seized by state officers on account of being found transporting liquor, tho state shall handle the whole matter, the criminal case ap-.iin.st the individual and the matter of confiscating and selling the vessel or vehicle. "This will apply even though a prohibition agent was present and assisted .he stat oiTicer In making the seizure. "Where a prohibition agent alone makes, the seizure, the govtrnmcnt will assume jurisdiction and make the prosecution and confiscation." COMMERCE . DIRECTORS ELECTEI A splendid group of directors for the Hammond Chamrer of Commerce were .fcsiected at the election last week. Th' vote was light, the attendance at the weekly luncheon being far below normal. The r.e-.v directors are Carl Kaufman. A. M. Turner. George Chapm. T. H. Tennant. H. A. Lamprell. Morse Dell riain, George Geyer a;ii Oscar Krimbi!I. The holdovers, who will con-tin-) in office for another term ar iTeor.ee Hannaur. 3. J. Steelman. V. P Heiter. II. E. Sharrer, Frank Bets. L L. Bomberger. Pavid Emery. W. I', Weiss and .1. F. Fitzgerald. The arbitration meeting held last night in the Chamber of Commerce rooms was admitted to be unsuccessful in bringing the contending factions to an agreement, but the chamber will not rest with last evening's effort. Steps will be taken to follow the controversy closely and other attempts to bring the parties to an agreement will oe made. The Chamber expressed a wish to continue their efforts. It has been pointed out that some classes of labor in Gary are working at the scale which is scorned by the Hammond faction. EAST CHICAGO TAX SUIT NEXT WEEK The case of the city of East Chicago vs. Citizens Company of East Chicago for collection of delinquent taxes for the ytar 1313, will be tried in the circuit court before Judge Norton, Crown Point, Monday. June CO. The city of East Chicago charges the Lake County Ice and Coal company with non-payment of taxes for the year 1313. Since tho Lake County Ice and Coal company has been incorporated under the name of the Citizens Company, but practically controlled by the sam stockholders and under the same management. Tho defendant, of which Ed W. Wiekey is president, claims that the assessment on their tax duplicate was raised from $27. "00 to JS7.000 without the company's knowledge and the Citizens crmpany have entered a restraining order, In which complaint it :s stated that this Increase in assessment is erroneous, illegal and an injustice. If this order was made permanent, the taxes of the Lake County Ice and Coal Company would be cancelled for 1310. GARY GAINS HAMMOND LOSES The American contractor's resume of building statistics from large cities for May compared with previous May gives these figures from leading Indiana cities reporting: City May, Tl Fort Wayne $ 420,373 Gary 447.535 Hammond 96.S50 Indianapolis 1,630.661 Richmond 37.575 South Bend 342.025 Terre Haute 236. 3S5 May, '20 $ 404.565 337.920 160.175 1.403.237 65,500 S70.571 110,434 JUDGE GARY VISITS GARY From Uliable sources It was learned that Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the U. S. Steel corporation, had paid the city of Gary a hurried visit this morning. Judge Gary came from Chicago by automobile and was in conrerence with Superintendent W. P. Gleason for a short time. He was in Gary about two houri and returned by machine to Chicago. It Is said that the visit was surely a personal onv

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THIS weather reminds one that It is about time for Ernie Sproaj to start wearing his paper pants. WHO do you know In Hammond besides Ed. Perrin who Is going to attend the big scrap July second? MEMBERS of tho Boy Scouts drum and bugle corps, forty In all, were the guests of the Parthenon theater Tuesday evening. THE Majestic has announced a cut of 13 per cent In Its cafe prices Seems funny to get coffee and sinkers for a dime once more. DR. G. L. SMITH, who in his younger days was quite a horseman, has failen hard for the Jad again and is sporting a new saddle horse. IT'S a safe bet that A. M. Turner, using the old children gag as usual, will occupy a front scat in the reserved section at the circus tonight. AMONG tho Lake county graduates from Northwestern University this week are: II. L. Newton, of Crown Point, and Eva Belle Meyer, of Gary. HANDSOME and commanding "Stop!" signs have been painted at several of the crossings at important streets in Hammond by the police department. "WE have had some withdrawals, new members, but not the old ones." said Secretary John Wolf of the Home Building Loan & Savings Association. ALL this talk about the terrible income, tax ia distasteful to the man with a non-taxable Income. These fellows would bo darn gla d to pay a $10,000 tax. THE war Is over, but the popularity of farm work has not waned. Several of our returning students intend to live the healthy and simple life this summer. ABE MARTIN" says that Miss Fawn Lippincut was down town made up for in Arctic expedition around her shoulders and a bathing beach around her shanks. IF you want to know whether times are brisk or not Just ask the doctors how their collections are coming in. In d pression tini-.s the doctor is the hardest hit. ALBEDT MAACK. of th First National Bnnk of Crown Point, was elected secretary of Group 2. Indiana Bankers' Association at its recent meeting at Winamac. THE Roosevelt ave., city dump is not alone. There is one on the north bank of the Grand Calumet river Just west of Hohman street that has bem burning for nearly a year. POSTMASTER JOHN L. P.OHDE announces that Liberty bond coupons payable yesterday will be accepted as cash :n payment tor treasury savings secur.ties at tho Hammond P. O. THE Dos Moines Dally Register carries three column pictures of Orak's patrol and nobles in its Monday issue and the Hammond bunch makes a fine showing. Hollis Hunter sends the "pics EDDIE GOEHERINGER they call him Keen Eye now has taken up the challenge of the Post Office baseball team and is giving it serious consideration. The mail shufflers may be given tho desired game. ALL you people who think that the graduation exercises are one round of pleasure for tho students, should have seen them sweating at practice this morning in the Baptist church. They were learning to sit down and stand ur in unison. AMONG the Lake county men who attended tho State C. O. F. convention at Kenssalaer are Slate Treasurer G. Kussmaul and State Trustee George Hanlon of Hammond and State Trustee John Toka-rz of Whiting. IN" our jaywalking contest we want to enter a woman who got off at Hohman st. to cros j it in front of the Liberal Credit and went diagonally to the Si'oiey st. entrance of the Lion Store with a. baby carriage and dodging autos all the way. ATTT. GEORGE SHEERER remembers away back when the first circus came to Hammond and he and Oscar Krinbill and Ed. Minas and several other young bloods got up early to see it unload and lend a hand in refreshing the elephants. HAMMOND dentists start fasting tomorrow in crdr to work up a tremendous appetite by Saturday evening when the lawyers will lay down the cash for the big fish and chicken supper at Phil Smldt's place. The supper follows thu defeat of the lawyers at golf. FROM the Erie railroad comes the annuoncement that tho 25 ride, commutation books will be made good for all members of the family. When a book is bought, the names of all members of the family will be written Inside the cover. They will be good for 60 days. MR. AND MRS. FRED LASH have been away from their Sibley st. restaurant only two nights In fourteen years and Fred has suddenly made up his mind that a vacation is coming to them. Within a couple of weeks they will board their automobile and tour the East for a month or more. HAMMOND K. of C. will turn out about 200 strong to root for their hall team nex; Sunday afternoon when they play the Gary Works team over at Gleason Park. The posters announce the game as a hummer. The crowd I will gather at the club rooms and will take the 1:55 interurbaa car for Gary,

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Cleveland Youth Riding Box Car Comes To His End At Pine Station. Otto Hopp, 19 year old Cleveland, O.. boy is dead today as the result of being atruck in the head by a stray bullet from railroad detective's revolver at Pine Station, west of Gary, late last night. His three pals Alfred Froehllck. Elmer Yessler and Frank Kundtz, also living at Cleveland. O., who are held at the Gary police station as witnesses to substantiate the stories told by the railroad detectives. Following the shooting Hopp was rushed to the Mercy hospital and after being placed on the operating table it was found that he was dead. The bullet entered the boy's forehead and came, out at the base of the skull. The body was removed to William's morgue where Coroner Evans will conduct a preliminary lnque-st sometime today. The bullet victim lived at 3727 Payne avenue, Cleveland, O. According to staetmcnta made by the three boys they had boarded the freight train at 71st street in Chicago and were riding the top of a box car when the train reached Pine Station. At Pine station a brakeman on the train informed them that th train would stop for awhile and as there would probably be soma railroad detectives searching the train, they had better get off and hide in the weeds until the train started up again. With this Hopp and Froehlick got off and laid down in tne weeds. In searching the train Detectives Robert It- Litman and Stanley Massey were looking for broken seals on the cars. One was on each side of the train. At the center of the train Lit man saw Hopp's and Froehlick's otht two pals. As they started to run he ordered them to halt and while running after them fired a shot in the grass by his side, the bu!!t striking young Hopp in the head. Detective Litman heard a groan and using his flash lisht found FroehlicW holding Hopp's head In his arm. The other two boys who had tried to escape surrendeied themselves when they found out what had happened. Tie boy's parents have been notified. No funeral arrangements have been made. fBCLLETIX.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! SULLIVAN, Ind., June 16 Nosh Simmons. 47, and William Ridge, 21 were killed when their jnotor truck was struck by a Chica.go & Eastern Illinoiss passenger train at a crossing north of here early today . (BULLETIN.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. Ir.d., June 16. The seventh drowning here in less than a month occurred today. Robert Brown, negro youth, was the victim. Lack of safa bathing places is blamed for the fatalities. IBCLLETI.V.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE DES MOINES. Ia., June 16. Plans were being formulated today by the Imperial council of tha MyMic Shrine to assets each of the 500,000 Shriners in North America $2 a year for maintain -anco of a roammouth hospital at St. Louis for crippled children. The plan, adoptevj by the council lait night, was projected by Freelane Ktndrick of Philadelphia. (DVlLETIX.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CLEVELAND, Ohio. June Diasatis fied with an arbitral wage award of JJ.04 per hour, union bricklayers here went en strike again this morning, practically ticing up all building construction in Cuyahoga county. (Bl'LLETIX.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SE3VICE1 CHICAGO, June 16. Effective Monday, two of Chicago's largest hotels, the Morrison and the Hotel Sherman, will make drastic reductions In food and room rates. The Morrison hotel will chop it's prices 20 per cent and the Sherman will lower its charges 25 per cent. Harry Moir, manager of the Morrison, paid the cut was made to stabilize business and urged other business men to take similar action immediately. LEGION MEETING The American Legion Posts, No. 21 and 266. have arranged for a membership drive and American Legion week starting with July 4. A real jubilee, week with shows and everything that goes with a good time. The commanders of these two posts have decided upon having a Joint meeting tomorrow night at S o'clock at the city hall and will once more work hand in hand in enlisting members In the legion ranks,

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The graduation exercises to ba held this evening at the First Baptist church In honor of the class of 1321 of the Hammond high school will be enriched by a talk from Charles Watklns of Muncle. Ind. Mr. Watkins is an official of the General Motors corporation of Muncle, being employed in the capacity of a co-operative representative between the employes and the company. His work among the workers has given him a broad experience and a large fund of knowledge from which to draw a message of value and interest to the graduates and the public. He Is a public speaker and lecturer of note, and was at one time district governor of the Rotary club. An interesting story' told of how he wa obtained to speak at the exercises tonight. Some time ago, Watklns spoke before the Hammond Rotary club at their weekly meeting. His talk was rich in thought and so well delivered that the school board, which wa.s represented in the club by Dr. G. L. Smith. deiired to obtain him for tonight. Those who have heard him speak are enthusiastic in their praise, and earnestly urge the public to attend tonight and hear him. The ocloek. program will commence at 8 Reverend Peter Langendorf E LATE ARRIVAL STOPS PARADE Owing to a late arrival and in order t.- avoid keeping this afternoon's matinee crowd waiting, the management of the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus abandoned its parade for Hammond today. It was a disappointment to many v ho "had come down town to see the pageant, but it was still more of a disappointment to the management for the biggest circus on the road, to retain a parade as part of its dally i-mgram. prides itself on having the finest street parade ever seen with a circus. Hundreds who gathered at the railroad yards to see the show unload and put up" at the Calumet avenue show jrounds, were given considerable treat in the way of observing efficiency and system at their finest points. 'System" works wonders in any line, ay circus men, but in no otiier vocation so much as in ours. And today's ' .--r .ons apparently bare out the .-lateiuent. The wagons were unloaded :n a remarkably short time and were n their way to the show grounds. When the wagon containing the cooking paraphernalia was rolled from the ears smoke wat issuing from chimneys :f the coal ranges. Almost before the kitchen tents had been securely placed n position the aroma of coffee and ba;nn could be detected issuing from the cook house. Dining tents arose next and. after that, the menagerie, big tent and sideshows. Placing of tho seats wag a simple matter, as. by use of the Curtis folding plan, these open and shut in accordean fashion, enabling four men to do, in 20 minutes, what formerly required services of 40 men and almost an hour and 30 minutes in time to accomplish. Few of the animals were in sight, but their roars and howls could be heard a distance of several blocks. The 4 p iir.ts and camels walked their vay to trie fahow grounds. The horses awakened considerable admiration. They were beauties. The Noble Six Hundred." the famous Hagfcobeck-Wallace collection of trained horses, were not removed from their p.iace btock cars until taeir stables were in Teadiness. "Alice." the only trained hippopotamus in the world, was visible fur a few moments, when sides of her huge wagon were opened Just before she was hauled into the menagerie. This afternoon's performance started at 2 o'clock. Had the parade been given, the management announced. It would have been impossible to open the doors at 1 ocloek, as ia the custom, and tne crowds would have been greatly inconvenienced by a long wait In the sun. instead of eing allowed to pass into the shade of the tent. Tonight's performance will begin at S o'clock, with doors opening at 7 ocloek, thus giving an hour's time for visiting the menagerie. This lies between the main entrance and the big tent and is free to all holders of circus tickets. A down town ticket office is being maintained at the Summers drug store for convenience of patrons who wish to avoid crowds. No extra charge Is made for tickets purchased there. VICTIMS OF AUTO ACCIDENT Dr. K. L. Myers and wife of 1331 Amy avenue. Whiting, were victims of an automobile accident last night and narrowly escaped serious injuries when their car collided with a racing Ford at the corner of Forsyth and 143rd street East Chicago, as they were entering the cits". The Ford racer continued north with out stopping, but was picked up by the Whiting police and the driver, Gordon B. Dobbins, arrested for speeding and reckless driving.

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will furnish tha Invocation, which wlli be followed by a selection by the senior chorus. Charles E. Watklns will then deliver the. commencement address, following a violin solo 'by Henry Elster, the diplomas will ba presented by Principal A. L Spohn. The presentation of scholarship medals by LeGrand T. Meyer will follow. Mr. Meyer has for years rewarded the efforts of the students with these awards and they are earnestly worked for throughout the student's high school life as one of the greatest honors to be attained. The senior chorus will then render another selection, which will be followed by the benediction, pronounced by Reverend E. L. Steffey. Out of a class of SI seniors, the largest yet turned out by the high school, 25 will pursue their education In institutions of higher learning. The preference seems to lie with Indiana and Illinois schools. The University of Indiana, Purdue, University of Illinois. N'orthwestern and Chicago university seem to be the most popular The Junior college of the Hammond high school has not been neglected however. Several of the graduates having expressed their intention of attending next year. Edwin A. Ball Is president of the class. WHAT HITCH WAS IN SETTLEMENT How near tha master plumbers of Hammond came to a settlement with the plumbers Union on a new agreement whereby the wage of $S per day would have been accepted Is related by a plumbing contractor. Ha fclames the failure of the negotiations to tha working restrictions which the craftsmen refuse to relinquish. THE new agreement which Wuld have been effective from May IS, 1321. to April 1, 1322 was practically the same in Its first eleven sections with the exception that wage rates was fixed at $S per day Instead of $10. The disagreement came when the master plumbers desired to incorporate Sections 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 in the agreement. Thess paragraphs would have nullified many of the existing working restrictions and it was believed, would have made settlement of grievances mpier. Here are the paragraphs which spoiled tho negotiations: SECTION" 12 No restriction or influence shall be used by Lcca.1 No. S07 nor any of its members to prevent any workman from doing a full days work within the capacity of the workman, and the employ, era shall give due consideration as to tho capacity of any workman and shall r.ot be unreasonable as to tha amount of work to be done by any workman. SECTION" 13 Employers may employ any workman with a clear Unitod Aslra-latlon card, same to be deposited according to the National U. A. rules. There shall be no right of succession exercised by the local to get men employed who are out of work. All workmen in good standing with the U. A. shall have the right to solicit emplojment with the employers, and the business agent or Local No. Z01 shall not in any manner use any influence to prevent members in good standing in the V. A. from seeking a job within the jurisdiction of the Calumet Association of Sauitary Engineers. The employers have the right to discharge any employe for any reason which he hay deem just and for his best interest. Members of Local No. 307 shall have the first prCTerence for work unless employers have good reasons for not employing them. SECTION" 14 All greivances arising In any shop shall be settled by a Joint arbitration. Committee, composed of three members of the Calumet Association. Sanitary Engineers, and three members of Local N"o. 307 or three employing plumbers appointed by tho firm that has the grievance. No party to the grievance shall serve as a member to this committee. The decision of the Joint committee shall be final and binding. Should the Joint committee not be able to agree then the Joint committee shall decide on one outside referee whose decision shall be final and binding. There shall be no cessation of work pending the adjustment of any grievance' The jJint Arbftration Committee shall meet not later t.nan four hours after notification, to take up the grievance. SECTION 16 One steam fitter to work on all Jobs with laborers or apprentice for helpers. This agreement to be in full force and offset from May 15, 1321, to April 1, 1322. SENT TO PRISON SPEC'AL TO THE TtHES) CROWN POINT, IND.. June 16 Mike Spanich of Whiting, who has been arrested several times on a wife desert ion charge and was recently brought

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back from Pittsburgh, by the author!- J auf ln" "r ' assist tha families was tried in the criminal court on 1,es vllhoul food- an(1 without work Wednesday and will serve a one to three to help f-ed thoir children. Time year sentence at Jeffersonvilla for the after tlnM lnco that winter there

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Last Night's Meeting In Hammond Not Altogether Barren Of Results.

How soon will building start again In the Calumet region? It had been hoped that as a result of last night's meeting at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce rooms, a definite answer to this question mijiht be given today. But It can't be done. The differences between the contractors and the craftsmen aro as great as ever and It is up to Chicago to settle Hammond's dispute. Work may be resumed In Hammond pending the settlement In Chicago and !t may not. It all depends upon whether the contractors association will agree to pay the old scale while waiting on Judge Landls and whether the unions will vote to abide by the decision of Judge Landls on wages and working conditions. Incidentally that Is wtere matters stood a long time ago. Laet night's meeting must not be considered unproductive of results. Some good stuff was brought out in the oratory which flowed for over two hours. The hall was crowded with tradesmen, contractors, material men, bankers and others who were Just tha plain public. While employer and employe took vigorous verbal cracks at each other, both locked arms and were little buddies on one topic. That was the profleering material dealer. How they did pile into the local dealers In lumber and ether building material. It seemed to be the one subject which would bring applause from ail parts of the house. Mr. Wilson started it in his opening remarks and Tom Croak, business agent for the plumbers, added fuel to the flames when he told of the offer last winter by a contractor to have lumber shipped In from a southern factory which would cost from 35 to 40 per cent less than the Hammond yards would charge for it. After that the material man came In for a hard dig at regular Intervals. He did not try to defend himself and no one offered to take his part. Mr. Wilson's suggestion of going to work at the proposed meal until the matter had been arbitrated, met with disapproval both from representatives of labor and many others present. They insisted that if work Is resumed It should be on the old basis until an agreement Is reached. George Cupp of the Building Trades Council said the unions had not decided whether they would abide by Judge Landls decision and It would be necessary to take a referendum vote befora they could go to work with that understanding. This he believed would delay matters several weeks. O. N. Kiger of the Carpenters District council started soma discussion when he said that SO per cent of. the carpenters of Hammond were working. The lathers were said to be working 100 per cent Gary, East Chicago and Whiting projects. It was said, had furnished employment for Hammoai's continued tintll Attorney . Jolph Conroy offered a. Te.oinMzsr. which was intended to bring matters to a head, It called for the selection of an arbitration committee, which would work out a settlement and In the meantime the men were to go to work at the old scale. His motion was supplanted by one offered by J. P. Croak, a plumbing contractor, which substituted the Judge Landis decision for the proposed local committee. This seemed to meet with approval, but it was suddenly discovered that no one present really had authority to vote on a matter which would be binding upoa employers and employes alike. Then George Hannauer offered a resolution that it be the sense of tha meeting that contractors and employes should arrange to resume work at the old scale as soon as possible and that they also come to an agreement whereby they will ceeept the scale as fixed in Chicago. It straightened out the parliamentary obstacles and the motion passed unanimously. There the matter stands. George Cupp promised that the Building Trades Council would take it up at or.ee and President Reed of the contractors expressed the relief that his organization would take favorable action. It still remains for the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce to meet tonight and formulate a statement to the public art to their idea of the way the difficulty should be solved. First of all President Jesse Wilson of the Chamber of Comerce in stating the purpose of the meeting, brought homo to everybody in forceful manner the actual state of affairs In Hammond and gave them an Inkling of what might be expected later unless those, for whom there is work, get busy. As chairman of the Red Cross he sees and talks with the people who com to headquarters for aid. The number is increasing daily. Instead of the old, infirm, ailing and very poor people who used to call for assistance, there Is an alarming number of able bodied men among the visitors, men who are able and willing to work if given the opportunity but who must now appeal to charity In order to alleviate suffering tn their homes. "Now. gentlemen," said Mr. Wilson la opening the meeting, "if you will come to order I shall briefly state why this meeting was called and I hope that we are here for tome purpose and tome useful purpose, 'not her Just simply because we are here but for some purpose and some such useful purpose that means action. "For five years I have been president of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. The first year I was president, that winter, there was a terrible condition of affairs In Hammond. Hundreds and hundreds of families were without clothing, without food, and without work. The Chamber of Commerce raised something like $1,000 i -. i ...... j. .

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