Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 24, Hammond, Lake County, 25 June 1921 — Page 1
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CRAFTS AS FAR APART AS EVER In The Meantime Black Pessimism Reips In Building Circles Over Situation.
Carpenters and electricians In North township failed to reach an agreement with the contractors a-ssociation relative to working tit the old weale and accepting the wage as fixed by Judge Landls when committees from the two labor organizations met with committees from the contractors' association last evening. It has been hoped that the two sides could get together on the matter so that the two crafts might be put to work Monday morning. They are as far apart as ever. Word from Chicago this morning Indicated that nothing might be expected from Judge Landis before Jonday r Tuesday of next week. His decision Is being delayed, it is said, by the fact that the carpenters of Chicago have not reached agreements with contractors on matters which will be submitted to the arbitrator. It develops that building trades laborers of Lake county may get a raise Instead of a reduction by agreeing to accept the wage etlmpulated bv Landis. Laborers receive $1 per hour In Chicago and the contractors ask for 21 cent cut. If upheld by Landis, it would fix the wage at SO cents. Lake county laborers receive 75 and 80 cents row and the contractors wanted It cut to "0. So the. boys stand a chanc of having a nickle tacked on by leaving it t" Landis. An a'.r of pessimism la becoming jr.ore and more noticeable in the building business. The impression is becoming current that much of th talked of toi'.ldlng cutslde of a few Mi; Jobs will not materiali&e any more this year. Factory additions which had keen canceled and manufacturers m"t Inquiries with the terse statement that they haven't use for the buildings 5?hich they now have. EXCITING TIES r rSEC!L TO THE TI"E51 V-HITING. Ind.. June 25. The following arrests for speeding were looked at the "Whiting police station yesterday. Henry C. Horle, by Carlson, at Etlegiitz Paik, for going 33 miles per tour, plead gulltv at the station and paid $11. 0; Waiter V. Jones, by Carlson at Indiana boulevard and B. and O. C. T. T-. for going B2 miles per hour, plead guilty at the station and paid a fin of J1.00 and eosts: R. L. Miller by Carlson at 5'ieglitz Park for going 33 miles per ihour, plead guilty and pa'd a fine of 11.10 and costs; E'l P. Hole, arrested by Wagner fo- going 32 miles per hour, furnished $25 bond. At the trials before Judge Green. the following rpeedlngs were fned: Edsnn Grcit II and co?ts for speeding; Mike Koriar by Carlson. fined $1 and costs for epeeding, T M. DeShewskl, by Carlson, fined $1.00 and costs for speeding. Krank Ropar. forfeited his $25 bonds by not appearing. Joe Kostowski, who had the exciting chase. by Officer Carlson, was fined $1.00 and cost for disorderly cnndJct. He had previously plead guilty to the speeding charge end paid $1,00 and costs. In the chase the officer ehot three of Kostowski's tires before he was captured and his fourth and only good tire flew off the piachine and rolled in the ditch. (DEATH OF FORMER CROWN POINT GIRL rSPFCML TO THE TIMES CROW" POINT. Ind.. June 25. The 111 nets of the death of Mrs. Horace Blarttn. wife of the "Rev. H. Martin of W!nnuc. Ind., (nee Ieona Bruce) lormer popular Crown Point girl and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto J. Bruce of this city, was received from Vlnimac late last night. Mr. "Pruce her father ,is on of Lake county's -rominent attorneys. Mrs. Bruce was 23 years old and ieath resulted from a complication of dlmcnts'. While, a resident of Crown Point before her marriage, where she was born and raised, Mrs. Martin was prominent and popular in social an'i church work. The burial will take jlace here Monday. GARY SISTERS ON HONOR ROLL TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL TNTHANAPOLIS. Ind.. June 23. Chr-e Gary nurses are on the honor foil for having passed the state examination with a grade of more than cmety per cent. They are Sister M. melnoldina. Sylvia F. Mulligan and pose C. Ohodenska of Mercy hospital. MASONIC NOTICE Hammond Commandery No. 41 K. r. will hold a special conclave Mniey, June 27th. opening at 5:00 p. m. Drder of the Temple will be conferred. 1-14-2 WALTER T. HARDY, E. C.
IN WHITING
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JIM WANG MICHELS TETTER and Mrs. Michelstetter are in Wisconsin for the summer. FEW years ago Hammond was sll drug stores. Now they are f.s scarce as hen's teeth. HANK Gabler says he has a hard time convincing some people that he is no longer a business agent. DR. J. A. GRAHAM will leave shortly for Naples en route to Vienna where he will take a course In surgery. THE rumpus at the Christian church continues. It is reported hat the minister, C. M Smithson, will resign immediately. NOW that A. Murray Turner has put l.i n appearance at Waverly Beach, the season can be considered in full swing. WHAT about the tennis courts In the public parks? Isn't it about time for a low good permanent courts were built? THE plumbers had a lively meeting the other evening. Tom Croak got a shiner but you ought to see the other fellow. GERKAJtDT KVNST went down to the lake, bought a thirty cent ball and h thinks the old maid? on a bencn stole it. HAMMOND school teachers have gore to their chateaus by the cooling waters to recline and sip lemonades until September. BATHERS at the beaches along the duneland declare Thursday evening's sunset to havo been the most mognificent thing they have ever seen. SHOW magazines warns carnivals against Hammond. Says there s bet-n too many hero already this season. Thank goodness, for those few words. ED. KLEIN was delegated last night to buy the present for Jbhtiny 31ostil, which will b" presented to the Hammond White Sox player this afternoon. BOARD of Park Commissioners Are abut to let the contract for erecting a concession stand In Harrison Park that will afford some revenue through leasing. THE alley pavement between Sibley and Fayette, east of Hohman. is rapidly disintegrating In several places and only has been down a few years. EWIN FPIEPRICH gets red and flustered and strenuously denies IT whenever anyone mentions that rumor which has it that he Is to become a bo n edict. LOCAL delegates from the Loyal Order of Moose leave for Toledo thi? week to attend the national convention of that orde-r-ACCORDING to John W. Dyer, the board of review sessions at Crown Point are getting along very reaceab!y this year and it is expected to hold the last session Julv 6. DRT CHIEF Gus Simons has been ordered to investigate and report on firms advertising or offering for sale any materials designated for use In the manufacture of intoxicating liquors. WITH all the talk which has been made In favor of a street car line on Calumet avenue, the bus drivers avoid it on the grounds that they can't make a living on the porr patronage afforded. WORD carries from friends that the birth of a daughter, Marjorle June, to Mr. and Mrs, William Schloer, 13 Rimbach, avenue. Sunday morning, had bete overlooked by the society reporter, so here It is. ANOTHER bad sewer eave-ln on Conkey avenue, near Monroe street, threatens to engulf the street car tracks. Repairs on the old sewer in the last few years cost nearly as much as a new bne. WEST HAMMOND folks claimed to have it straight that the sale of the Country Club grounds to the Forest Preserve had gone through but the Country Club officials insist the matter is" still hanging fire. ALDERMAN Sam Skufakiss has lost one of his subjects for discussion in the, council. The Standard Steel Car Co., is at last constructing that cement sidewalk on Columbia avenue !n front of the. Company House. HAMMOND'S first contingent of 40 Boy Scouts will leave Monday for the summer training camp at Lake ElizaIt will last until July 10 when the second bunch goes. The third will be July 24th to August 7th. DEMPSET and Car-pon-te-ay are shown in the films at the Parthenon today. The views of their training camps are probably longer than the pictures of the fight will be. It win run about 100 fet, according to our dope. DOC. SHARRER has just rented a cottage somewhere In Michigan he is not sure where and plans have been made whereby he and his family, Atty. George Sheerer and daughter and Mr. and Mrs Charles Albert Smith will spend a little vacation there soon. REV. BURTON P. HOLT, former army chaplain. 100 per cent, vocationally handicapped and rated totally disabled is making a good living for his family as a newspaper solicitor. He was granted permission to work in Hammond without a license. He reports at his hospital three times week-
SPIRITED RACE FOR PRESIDENT Both Lewis and Gompers Lose Votes From Their Own Unions.
(BILLET1) npwr.n. June 25. dwipwi re-elected. When the 1U reached the Hallway Carmen Vnlon the rt larKe vote of the poll -rent for Goroper- and tUe veteran leler hnd a wide mrRin nt thin Stage. 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CE1 DENVER. June 25. Today the hand of fate will determine whether in the same ctiy where he received his first and only defeat 27 years ago. Samuel Gompers will meet the end of his forty year career as the leader of the American labor movement. When balloting for president began in the forty-first annual convention of th American Federation of Labor at 10:30 o'clock, supporters of John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers and the 41 year old opponent of the 71 year old head of the federation, were claiming, victory by an overhtm victory. The Gompers forces declared the veteran's re-election assured by a comfortable margin. They admitted L'is has a strong fighting chance and last moment "flops' may bring hi victory. It was John McBrlde, then head of the miners union, -who defeated Gompers in Denver tn 1S94 but only by a small majority and the next year Gompers "came back." Both candidates enter the election with delegates from their own unions against them. One-fourth of the votes of the cigarmakers' union, Gompers' organisation, will be cast against the veteran by J. M ah Ion Barnes of Chicago. A split in Lewis' delegation will cost Ihim 1 579 votes. Frank Farrington, head of the Illinois miners, Robert Harlan of Washington state. a-nd Alexander Howat. ail long time Toes of Lewis, will cast their control tor Gompers. Lewis enters the. ejection -ith nearly 3.000 votes from his own union and the solid support of the two next largest unions in the federation the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and the International Association of Machinists. Besides, he will have a clear majority cf the railroad union votes. When the election began It was still uncertain which side would get the 2.000 votes of the brotherhood ol railroad carmen, the fourth largest union in the federation. The vote of this delegation may decide the election. It Is predicted Lewis election will mean a complete shake-up of the executive council. The only new candidate for the council now talked of is J. J. Noonan of Washington. D. C, head of the electrical workers International. Hemay oppose T. E. Rickert of Chicago, president of the United Garment Makers union and one of the- "old guard." There are three open candidates for places as fraternal delegate to the British trades union congress Peter J. Brady of New York, Wm . Spencer, secretary of th building trades department of the federation and J. J. Forrester, vice president of the brotherhood of railroad clerks. DBLE'S TEST FL GUT A SUCCESS TTIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL! LONDON, June 2 The great dirigible balloon K38 ( rechristened the ZR20, which has been purchased by the Vn.ted States government, completed its first trial flight this morning. The test was entirely successful. The flight was made from Cardington. Bedfordshire. The weather conditions were perfect. After a voyage of six hours and twenty minutes the dirigible landed. Airmen who were on board said that the K-3S "flew beautifully." Lieut. A. H. Wann acted as skipper. Others on board were Commander Maaneld. Commander Dyer, Air Commodore Maitland. and Flight Lieut. Pritchard who was a member of the crew of tlge Tl-34, which crossed the Atlantic to the United States. It is expected that R-88 will leave on the voyage to America early in August. BROOKS BOUND OVER, Ralph E. Brooks. Williams street Hammond, who was arrested with Howard Puntney in connection with the theft of $2,000 worth of tools and machines, was pound over to the criminal court this "morning after waiving examination. Puntney was bound over some time ago. Puntney was traced to his home after taking a rrpt)?ion lathe valued at $ 1,200. A search revealed a large amunt of stolen property. Brooks was implicated when he assisted Puntney to transport a stolen motor to his home. He denies having knoweldge that the article was stolen.
'CLEAR THE DECKS," HARDING TELLS NEW
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The new ahippinflr board photographed at its first full session. Left to right are: Meyer Lissner of Cali. rZirman &lBF8rn T-V- O'Connor, head of the longshoremen; Albert D? Lasker of I lino in. Hummer of Malnef Chamberlam of reon- F rederifk L Thompson of Alabama and Edward C.
President Hardinjf has made it plain to the new U. S. shipping ijuaru inat its nrsi auty is to EXPLAINS BUSINESS Address at Bankers' Meetings Lays Blame On Misdirected U. S. Affairs. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jun 23. Depressed business conditions as they are of misdirected governmental direction of national affairs and are an accumulation of mistakes' and shortsighted policies in which both republican and democratic parties are equally to blame. Harry F. Atwood. Chicago, author and lecturer, told the members of the Indiana Bankers' association of its twenty-fifth convention. His subject was "The Constitution, Oar Safeguard " Further, declared Mr. Atwoort, there will be no return to "normal conditions'" until governmental afairs are administered on the basis of representative government with suund business principles prompting. DESCRIBES TERRIBLE MURDER Eastern Mystery Is Cleared Up By Confession Of A Polish Laborer. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl HEMPSTEAD, L. I., June :5. Three boys stealing cherries last Wednesday in Mrs. Minnie S. Bartlett's orchard, were the cause of her murder that same day. For when Lawrence Kubal, a Polish laborer, who happened to pass by, asked th' m if they weren't afraid of arrest they replied that the cherries belonged to a rich woman . And that according to KubaJ's confession to the police, put the Idea of robbery In his mind. "I was out looking for w-ork that morning and had no idea of committing crime." he said. "And then I met the three boys. "That was about 9 o'clcck so I decided to go to the house. "When I walked up the front stoop, I saw a 'for sale sign on the house. A good looking woman opened the door. 1 told her I wanted to buy the house." After some discussion as to price, Kubal said he left, ostensibly to consult with a relative about the price. "When he returned at one o'clock, carrying a sharp chisel, he g-ained admittance to the house. "I had decided if she let me in I would make her give me t5f"V said Kubal. "When she started to open the door again to let me owt I tolu ucr 1 was bluffing and was a poor nan. "She started to scream. I had a chisel in my pocket and took it to strike her if she did not give me the money. She tried to open the door and I struck her across the- face with the chisel and put my back to me door. "But she was a stronger woman than I thought and began to fight. I struck her several times on the face and head with the chisel and knocked her down. But she dragged me into the dining room and tried to stab tne with a fountain pen she picked orr trie table. Then I knocked her down and' made up my mind to kill her. All the time she was screaming and I thought 'will she never die?' so much did she stem to be suffering." That ended the unequal battle and Mrs. Partlett soon succumbed, whercup Kubal threw some rugs over her and began a search for loot. Kubal's arrest followed his confiding to his wife that he was the slayer of Mrs. Bartlett. Panic-stricken, she ran to her brother with the news and through him the information became known to the police. According to the police, Kubal admitted having been in jail at Springfield, Mass.; Albany, N. Y . , and in New Jersey. He has been in this country XI years.
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"clear the decks" of the wreckage of war by charging off the enormous cost of merchantmen TELLS OF DEATHS OF CHILDREN Whiting Chief Points Out Speeds Of Autoists Arrested For Violating Law. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING, Ind.. June 2b. Chief of Police Clay Collins of ttvs city comes back with an answer to the llootier Automobile Association and defends tho city's crusade against speeding in the following letter: "City of Whiting. Indiana, 'Department of Police "Clay C. C'-'llma. Chief. "Editor Times: ' I would be pleased to have you insert this brief reply to th stattment3 of Mr. Noblet, Hoosier Auto Asbn., representative, as published in your paper of 24th inst. isnue. concerning the regulation of automobile traffic i:i the city of Whiting. "There haj been bo arrests made for violation of tho speed law, since the inuguration of our "anil-speed campaign,' (so designated by your paper. I Juno 11th. Mr. Noblet states there were ninety, arrested for that offense on one day, Sunday, June 16. "The oft'ictrs making the arrests, have been enforcing the law and following instructions given them by U.nr chief, with the knowledge and approval of the majority mtmberj of the Board of Safety, and have n n, as Mi". Nobltt states, boen arr'-fting autoi.jts promiscuously, to est action i eputations . 'That part of the city wher we have had tho most trouble with speedsters. Is a stretch of Indiana blvd. extending from 131st street tj 1'IMh street, which is lind .-n bcth sides with the homes of wor'.juun. cmployed in the Standard Oil, and fc'inclair refineries. "Two little children were recently killed by autos on Indiana blvd. and several others cevereiy injured, in other parts of the city. And as no (':,5 has yet been sent to jail or fined for killing and Injuring children, in this cny, 1 considered it was up to the police department to prevent tho killing in the first place, is possible. "The state law, provides that an automobile being driven faster than 1.'. miles per hou . in the rsidin--i po rtion of a ctiy, hal! Ve ccns.dt ro-J as a- n.tnace, to the safety o.' the public si d shall be a vioia jon of the law "In the beginning of our 'direct action.' the motorcycle officers weie urected to proceed as follows: 'Approach all autoists driving between 23 and 30 miles an hour, and warn them to slack up and keep within the sp"t-d limit. All autoists driving' in cicf-s of that rate of spe-d, to be summarily arrested . "Following- is a list of the different speeds, on which the 44 arre.sts were made: 42. 37. 4 40, 33. 35, 33. 37. 30, 33. 31, 3 1. 37, 32, 32. 33, 33. 37, 3 1, 30. 31. 30, 43. 32. 33. 34, 20. 31, 32. 31. 30. 35, 35, 34, 35. 37, 35, 33. 32, 33, 22, 4 5 and 39. "P.espectf uliy. "CLAY C. COLLINS. "Chief of Police, Whiting, Ind." MASONIC MEETING. Garfield Lodge. No. C6S, F. A. M., will hold a called meeting Friday, Juue 24th, opening at 7.30 p. m. E. A. degree. A called meeting will be held Saturday, June 25th. opening at 1:30 and 7:30 p. m. M M- degree. JOHN W. MoKTHLA N 1, W. M. -Adv. ARRESTED ON CONTEMPT CHARGE When Bertha Tyler. Gary regress. 23 years old, refused to testify in a case in the city court yesterday, Juc!e Iunn ordered her arrest on a chars"-" of contempt of court the herring t-i take place some time today. iris wife fired a .-hot at him in the rJarK, the bullet te.king ef.ect m his arm. She was charged with pssault and battery wiUi tuiicl to kll-
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1 built under war conditions and operating them on "a modern, dependable basis." WANTED SLEEP It isn't the colored gir'.s alone who are making the trouble on Plummer avenu", In Hammond. Iast night Stella Zerchina. a chamber maid at the Carlton hotel took a hand, she was picked ,ip on tne street by Officer Beasley at 2:30 o'clock this morning. Stella, who had a tired and washedojt look, pleaded guilty this morning in the police couit. She took, littb interest In the matter, blng mostly ineerned in holding one hand over h-r heart. She pi-rked up when Judfe Klotz announced J5 and costs. "Good," was her only comment, "that means ten days." A s h started from th r o u r t r o o m with tile bailiff, a man claiming to be her husband appeared and f-aid something about getting the money to release her. "Not on your life," retorted Stella. "I'm gonna serve it. It's my his chance to pet a'! I want of sleep and cats and rist an I I'm g nna take it." the remained obdurate. ACQUITTED BY JURY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, June. 25 A'-rjuiued by a jury in an hour of the charge cf de-lib-rately slaying her lov.-r, Herbert Zieglcr, wealthy Chia-oan. but win and fatigued from her three week's battle to escape tbA r.oose, Mrs. Cora I abi llv Orthwein plmie d t"day to "go f th" country'' where fh cou'l forget the tragedy of hei .rratic love. With falterlntr words t-h-' thanked the jury. Then, as sh sank into n swoon. svmpat'net ic a '.tnirer ar.d friend: showered Ivr with ki.-..s. "Now I'm going: To r-:"." to-.- said. "I'M f-'o into the count I y 1 'ii-.f who t e and try to forget this t'rrib'.e .T'l-'al." Lloyd llcth. states att -iio y wh led the prosecution, was ;or:v:nc1 today that "beauty' cannot b" i. t.vji Sol in such cases. "It is impossible to ct nv; a woman in this country if she i f.,, m : -lance of good looks." , u.use.j. "The promiscuous sheotinpr it. tt - i men by women, should b r.topp,d ' EVER BEEN UP? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE Aviator Taking Passenger? for 15 Minutes Rides at Lake Front. Pilot F. R. Kemp l. at the Five r, ints with his '".madian '"litis aeroplane ready to hop off for f.ften minute Jaunts; with pa:-senxers. The speed of hi hugey is eijrhty-nve miles an hour and it rides like a Pullman. P.lot Kemp has been !iy n? at Michigan City. Lal-Vrte and :':t!i Hend and expects to remain t K on, rt;dale for a week. His landing field i directly back of the Indiana Garde n.j. S.nce graduating from the Rilpii C. Pigarens school of aviation at Ashborne Field, 111.. Kemp has h.o n engaged in comrccrcil fly ng He charges the nominal s'.tni of i o a flight. MOONSHINE MADE NICK LOOSE HIS MEMORY N'ii-k Sa mat gin of Clary, had a fight, clashed a man with a knife, slept all night in jaji!. but eT In't n. member any thing about it. Sc. he told ''ilty Judge morning when he was an charge- ol assault and bait Di i r; n this alined on a ry but bucK of it all there was a. reason. The long- and short of it w.n th-it' Nick had been drinking moonsh.it:.- and was so drunk that h-; did not kryw what ho was doing. In 'he fight he cut a man with a b-ncr butcher knife. He was bound over to the next term of the criminal court at Crown Point, under J1000 botid-
CHAMBERMAID
ORTHWEIN WOMAN
Church Rumpus Now Forced Into Ooen Bv Threat.
Quick Watson, the needle: What do you make of this? Hammond. Ind., June 25, 1321. The Times Hammond, Indian. You ere hereby notified net to publish in your paper, any statement, affidavit or information, defamatory or derogatory to my character or profession as a minister. If you do you do o at your peril. Yours respectfully. c. si. surrnsox Witness: C. McFADPEX" Just what the peril is, is not known And this! In the same mall: Englewood, June 24. 1931 The Times: Hammond, Indiana. Gentlemen: Your information that the Arbitration Committee had found C. 31. Smithson guilty Is not correct. An adjustment was reached before we had arrived at a verdict. I shall be grateful to you fcr making this statement as it will relieve the committee of the embarrassment and criticism we are under from he above publicity. Sincroly. C. G. KiN'TiREDPresumably, CrZ XL . Smithson" Is the Rev. Clarenca-il. Smithson, pastor of the First Christian churcn of Hammond, while T. G. Kindred" ! tho Rev. C. G. Kindred, pastor of tile Englewood ChrlstifTi church. The natural deduction therefore is that tho Ptev. C. M. Smithson haj been tried by a hoard of arbitration of which Rev. C. G. Xit.dred was a member and that as a result of the hearing an agreement was reached. ov it con" otT. Putting on his rubber heeled shoes and adjusting the false mi-ttstache ths reporter sl.ps forth to iiu a little sleuthing, pull up a cha.r and l::-t to what he found : The First Christian church is having no end r( a row. Life long friends have become- bitter enemits. The cr.ng regal ion is &rUt. One clement has Ik in clamoring for weeks for the resignation of the: pastor, the Rev. Clarence M. Smithson. The other factor h3 been equally active in his defense. The board of elders was in a quandary what to do. Tney agreed upon the ylan of having a board of arbitration hear the charges against the minister and make a recommendation t" the church. C. I. Zeller, paster 'of the Christian church of- Chicago Heights was selected, by the Smithsonans and C. G. Kindred, pastor of the Cnglewood Christian church was nam-:-d by the anti-Simthsonians . Whereupon th! Rev. Zeller and the Rev. Kindred picked the Rev. A. W. Gr.ifton, pastor of the Third Christian church of Indianapolis as the thirl member i f the bo.ird of arbitrators. iMiAKiso if rim VTK. The hearing was held last Monday in a room at the Hotel Mee. It was private. The K-v. Smithson , iiarged. orally, with having been Indiscreet ia his relations with women. Affidavits were presented pro and en. And then an agreement na." reached -.cbich precludes a decision by th arbitrators. According to rumor tl:i agreement was that the Rev. .-n.t'i son and al! officers of the churm esign "for the good of the church." The minster is to resign tomorrow, it wa rep. 'rtc-d . The Kev. A. I. Zeller confirmed Information contained in the lef. from the Rev. C. G . Kindred. H ' added thai the arbiters hdd called s. general meeting of the congregation for ih st Monday evening at which the b'-ard w.iuld announce ih.- outcome "' the hearing. If fs believed that th' visiting i de-ray will cnlfivor at tiu" lime to reunite the church by a rvi. of prayer and song. T!ie affidavits regarding the Rv. Smithson were s:gn d by ,c A. !!,',,-inx-n. .1. K. Loswe-11, Mrs. Nellie- l.o.ell. George Ko.-.ntz. Mrs. Ndii Graves and Mrs. Jennie Kingman. HE OIO'NT WANT 10 BEjFOLLOWED But the Judge Fined Him for Being Tipsy This Morning. i '..mir.g from the direction of We? Hammond last evening, an automobile i-n II -n bach a '.'curie, after swaying from one .-bio (,f the street to the other brought up with a crash against the '-Ir-xric light poie in front cf the K. C. M.n.is hoii.e. In the machine were Sain li,'.'.on, 1 1 J 4 Monroe street, and Ray Strother. 47 Rirnbach avenue. After some diffiu'.ty they backed tb car away and starteci towards Hohmar street. E. A. France happened to b near and witnessed the collision. He followed the car expecting to see more trouble at the next corner for DiiI'on, the driver, appeared to be intoieated. Near Hohman irtreet, Strothers looked back and saw France. He alighted and accused France of following him. As a punishment he administered several stiff punches. Thoa Officer Flanagan appeared and carted Sam and Ray off to jail. This morning Strother paid $5 for disorderly conduct and Dillon 111 for intoxication. BOY WHO STOLE FAN FINED A fine r,f Sll and a te-n-day sentencwas imposed on Charles Green. aila Wi'iie Spyt -. a IT-year-oid colored hov w.m a few days ago was arrested for the theft of a fan. Someone laid th fan on tiie sidewalk and Charles picked It up.