Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 39, Hammond, Lake County, 5 August 1921 — Page 1

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HEARING ON HIGH SCHOOL BOND ISS Board of Education to Built Handsome Wings, Gymnasium and Auditorium representative of the state boaro of accounts will conduct a public hearingof tie Industrial high echool bona issue at 10 o'clock Saturday morningla the superior court house In Hammond. The board of education has prepared a bond Issue of half a million dollars to pay for the con?truction of two wlats, a gymnasium for boys and an auditorium to complete the structure. The first unit of the building was over crowded from the start and the high echool which has. an enrollment of approximately 1,000 pupils will not be able to function properly without additional facilities. When completed the Industrial hig-n school will be the finest school plant in the northern part of the state, not excepting- the Emerson and Froebei schools at Gary. The school board employed A. C. Berry and Company, architects. to make plans for the additions and alteration. The ground floor plan includes swimming' pools for both boys and g-irls as well as a boy's gymnasium, 60 feet by 75 feet, with the necessary attachments of lockers, showers and toilets. The cXfetena is located in the south wing and will have a kitchen of sufficient capacity and equipment to prepare food for the entire student body. In his description of the proposed building-. Supt. Monroe states: "The architects have provided an especially fine arrangement for Increasing the size of the cafeteria. An extension somewliat after the plan of a sun parlcr will be made which lends itself especially well to the archltectual development of the south wing and in the same way more than doublas the space for the cafeteria. A domestic science cooking laboratory with a model dining fpom is also located In this wing. "The north wing will have the printery and four class rooms. There will be some alterations of the present rooms In the main building providing C Continued on pare tixCITY SHOCKED AT LAKE DROWNING Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. David T. Emery Falls in Lake Maxinkuckee And Drowns. Profound sympathy Is expressed throughout Hammond today for Mr. and Mrs. David Eraery, whose little son, John, was drowned In Lake Maxinkuckee, Culver, Ind.. last evening. The little fellow, known as "Jack"' among- the children at the lake, and endeared In the hearts of all for his sunny disposition, wandered away from his little oompanlons to the water, and fell off the pier to his deah. Jack was a little past two and a hair years old, Mrs. Emery, with the four children, were at the lake for an outing, and Mr. Emery was at his duties In Hammond. He left his home on "Walthnm street directly after dinner last night and when the telegram was received telling- of the sad affair a frantic search was started at once. Mr. Emery was not located till late at night, and with two friends he Immediately started on the long auto trip to the lake. Little Jack, according- to report, was playing with a group of children with whom he was a gTeat favorite, and wandered away as he had often done before, to play with his toy boat in the water. He was fully clothed. He lost his balance and fell off the pier te the shallow water. As soon as he was missed, neighbors, with Mrs. Emery, searched everywhere for him and his love of the waater being- known they looked there. His six year old brother, James, found the body and brought It to shore. There are three other children In the family and Jack was the youngest. He is survived by another brother and two slaters. Mr. Emery, In his capacity as an official of the First Trust and Savings Bank has made a host of warm friends and the sad affair has aroused a wave of pity for the bereaved parents. The funeral of the lad will be held from the home on Waltham street at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the Rev, Benjamin Rlst in charge. DAMAGE SUIT Anothr emit for damages arising from an assault and battery case was filed in the Superior court at Hammona today. Aaron "W. Shoder is the plaintiff and Russell Wilkinson, the defendant. Sholder says that Wilkinson violently assaulted him in June. He suffered a fractured skull and other Injuries. An operation was necessary and he ts still unable to work. He was formerly employed as a atationary fireman. He demands $25,000 damages. His attorneys Are MoAleer, Dorsey and Gillott,

GARY TO ADD PEP TANK PLANT BUNCO ARTISTS NEARLY TO SHRINE PICNIC INCREASES GET AWAY WITH $8,000

All of that rushing around by numerous citizens on the streets of Hammond today was occasioned by anxiety of members of the various committees in charge of the big Shrine picnic to see that every detail entrusted to them was being carried out. Xot a thing remains to be done tonight except to wait for the crowd which Is expected to make tomorrow's J auratr tna cell ringer of Orak's frolicsome history. The big doings start promptly at 12 o'clock at Harrison Park and from then on the hilarious pace will be maintained ur.til midnight. Weather Is not being taken into consideration. No rain could stop the baseball game. The rivalry between Orak and the Gary Elks has been aggravated until neither team wouln consent to a postponement. Doi. Sharrer, manager of the Hammond team, has or dered gum boots and slickers for his ! team and expects Gary to do the same. j The Elks are known to be one of the best teams in Northern Indiana so Doc has drawn heavily upon the material in Orak's domain. He insists there will be none of the Chicago Black Sox In the lineup. The game starts at 3 o'clock. The difficulty in the fight card caus Do Away With Noted Death Trap Subway to be Built Under C. & 0. Crossing at Merrill ville. ISPECIAL TO THC TMES MERRILLVILLE, Ind.. Aug. 6. Another of Lake county's death traps, the famous Merrillvllle crossing over the C. & O. railroad tracks, is to be eliminated. The crossing is considered the most dangerous in the county and Is one of the worst In Indiana. Civil engineers of the C. & O. have been In this vicinity for some time working out plans for a subwsy which will take the Gary-Crown Point road under the tracks. Construction work is expected to start within thirty days. Th ilsrV,wv ArmtA. (Via s ! v n a at i a sharp angle after passing through a deep hollow on each side of the rignt-of-way. The track is on a fill which is nearly twenty feet higher than the lowest part of t!je hollows. This makes a steep grade necessary at the crossing. Drivers of vehicles from the north or south when In the hollows are unable to see vehicles on the opposite side of the track. It is" necessary to look backward In order to wstch for trains which, because of obstructions, are not visible until within a short distance of the crossing. The crossing has claimed many lives in the past, especially since the GaryCrown Point road became one of the , main arteries for motor traffic. Lake county people and others who have crossed the tracks here will hail with delight the announcement that the railroad Is to provide the subway. 111 NEW DAMAGE SUIT Nettle Calloway of Gary has brought suit for damage because of Injury to her dignity and good name occasioned by her arrest July 25 by a Gary policeman. The defendants are James, Fred, Joe and Frank Tittle who run a grocery and meat market at Gary. The complaint, filed In the Hammond superior court this morning by Attorneys McAleer, Dorsey & Gillett, states that when Mrs. Calloway entered the store the store the proprietors called a policeman and ordered her arrest. She was taken to the police station and held for an hour. She alleges that the officer treated her roughly, bruised her arm and tore her dress. Since then she says she has been pointed out as "the lady who was arrested In Tittles' store' and has suffered much humiliation. She asks for $5,000 damages. AUTO GANG'S LEADER SHOT TO DEATH (SPECIAL TO, THE TIMES CHICAGO. Aug. S. Walter Chambers, believed by the police to have been the ring leader of a gang of automobile bandits, was found shot to death in an apartment in East Fortyfourth street today. Bending over his lifeless body was a young woman who gave the name of Dixie Davidson. She told the police Chambefa had committed suicide. Less than an hour previous the police had engaged In a running revolver battle with five men In an automobile. Three of them, badly wounded, were captured. The police believe that Chambers was an occupant of the car and died from wounds reeelred during the battle.

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ed by the withdrawal of Judg Walter Hardy has all been straightened out. The lightweight bout which had been scheduled for the evening has been shifted to the afternoon date and two Chicago heavyweights have been booked for the evening match. Both ot the bouts have been slated for four rounds or a K. O. and will be worth coming miles to see. Gary, it is sal . la planning to make a cleaning in the foot races and other events. Wm. Hunter and Mayor Hoages have been lining up things with that end in view but they have a surprise in store for them. They fall to reckon with Willis Ford who also has something up his sleeve. George Mallett has also been lending a hand since the Hardy debacle. Handsome prizes will be given In the contests which are open to young and old. A large dance floor is being laid in the shade of the willow clump. This will be used for the prize fights and will then be turned over to the fox trotters. A continuous concert will be given during the afternoon and evening and the Jazz department wiK also furnish music for the dancing. Of course refreshments will be served on the grounds.

TROUBLE OVER MOONSHINE Omer Stell. who lives on the corner of Kent and Truman avenue, Hammond has not only gotten himself into a pretty mess, but he has involved another Joe Legedl, who operates one of those so-called "soft" drink parlors at 65.S Truman avenue. Stell Is booked on charges of intoxication and wife be.attng and Legedi for violating the jiquoi law. The Hammond police received a report last night that a man was beating his wife in a vacant lot near Truman avenue. Prohibition Chief Simons. with officers Kelly and Erlenbaugh. maned the flivver and dashed out there. They found the wife with her baby In the lot. where, it is said. Etell had thrown them. Th-y found Ste'.l also, and he was dead drunk. Someone had seen him coming ou. of Legedi's place staggering from sid,to side, and the policemen went ove; to investigate. Legedi, seeing Simon's well known face, turned out the lights and locked the door. In answer to Simon's knock, and after a threat that the door would b ' Kicked in If he refused to open it, Legedi finally did let the officers in. Simons had heard the clink of bottles and was anxious to get In before the evidence was dumped. He got there in time. Two quarts of moonshine weri found one in the Ice box and the othe. under the pillow of a bed. The two men were brought to the statlon and locked up. This mornlns they were arraigned in the Hammond city court, and Stell was . fined $16 oi. the drunkeness charge. The wilbeatlng count was continued till tomor row, when Mrs. Stell will be able to appear and testify. The case against Legedi was also con tlnued. pending the investigation that will be Instituted and which is expected to reveal further evidence. Stcli steadily maintains that he did not buy a drink from Legedi. PDUCE RAID POOLROOM A gambling den was cleaned up last night by the Hammond police, after a disgruntled player came to the station and "squealed." The place la a poolroom in a Plummer avenue basement, run by James Vournazos. He Uvea at 103 State street. Three other men were arrested, Peter Pulos. 314 Center street. Whiting. John Bulous of Sibley st., Hammond and Pete Adams, of 505 Hohman street Hanrmond. Several others found In the piace. were booked at the station, but later released. The police found the four men playing cards In the basement, soma money was In evidence. Vournazos said that they were "Just playing for drinks." He was fined J20 for running a gambling game. The others were fined $15 each. The tip was given to the police by a hobo who had been thrown out of the place and who wanted to get even. MERRYWEATHER FUNERAL MONDAY The funeral of Mrs. John Merryweather, former resident of Hammond who died Wednesday morning at the home of her son, 3929 Vlncennes ave.. Chicago, will be held Monday. Services will be held at Chicago at ten o'clock after which the body will be brought to Hammond for burial In the Oak Lawn cemetery. Short services for the Hammond friends will be held at the grave at 3:00 o'clock. MRS. TABODO DEAD Mrs. Lena Tobodo, 68 State St., died this morning In St. Margaret's hospital following an operation for gall stones. She was 46 years old and is survived by her husband, Louis, and six children, Louis, Clarence, Florence Mauch. Alice, Eva and Richard. The funeral will take place Monday morning at All Saints' church at eight o'clock and burial will be In St. Joseph's cemetery. Undertaker Burns in charge.

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General American Corporation Will Near It's Capacity Middle of Month The General American Tank Corporation plant at East Chicago, the only industry in the region touching opacity has announced that their production will agafh be Increased about August 15, placing between 200 and 300 men of various crafts into employment. This increase Is due to the number of foreign orders received and the amount of work transferred from the company's subsidarles to the East Chicago plant. The General American Tank Car Corporation owns three plants, having the largest tank car capacity in the world. The company originally manufactured only steel tank cars but has diversified Its ItvJUi-try, and at the present time, about one-half of lte capacity is devoted to the construction and repair of steel and wooder cars of all descriptions. This company is now paying the basic common labor rate of 38 cents, working 9 hours straight time. Keller Held Under Bond For $10,000 Two of the Eight Charges Brought Against Him in Chicago, New Ones. CHICAGO, Aug'. 5. Lieut. -Col. J. Walter Keller, of Hammond, scion of a wealthy Philadelphia family, today was held under $10,000 bonds following arraignment in South Clark street court on eight charges of larceny. Keller, who Is manager of the $500,000 Pratt Food Co. of Hammond, Ind, was arrested while changing the steering mechanism on a stolen Ford automobile. Police charged he was the, "brains" of an auto theft ring. Two of the eight charges brought against him today were new ones, the victims having charged Keller with stealing their machines. Keller pleaded not guilty to all charges, terming them "fairy tales." The accused soldier was represented by an array of attorneys, who announced that Keller's father in Philadelphia was "coming to his son'-: aid." The elder Keller, it was said, wn sending the family lawyer here to defend the son. "I knew my father would stick to me." said Keller. His bonds were furnished by M'ss Msry Regan, who pledged 130. COOworth of property. His case will be tried August 23. WELL IT LISTENS City Tnglneer William F. Bridge stated today that water shortage will be a memory next summer. The board of works will receive bids Monday on the thirty-six Inch transmission main to extend from One Hundred and Twentieth street (Robertsdale) to Huehn avenue, a distance of three miles. This Is the first unit of the improved water system. On the twelfth of the month the board will receive bids on he 20.000.00l gallon pump which is to be installed at the lake front. t is planned to reset the two old pumps to the site of the new pump which will be covered by a new building. The construction of the transmission main, the new pump, the resetting of the old pumps and the erection of a new building constltutl the waterworks program by which it 13 planned to relieve the shortage that has existed for the past eight years. THROW AWAY YOURHOR3ESHOE Feope had been wondering too. Just what that number nine was, that has had everybody guessing the law few weeks. But now It comes out. It's none other than the "Big Xine Cent Sale" at Edward C. Minas Co., the big State street store. Was it lucky? Well from the locks of the great throngs of people who attended this unique event certainly discovered it to be so. The sale goes on for a period of five lucky days', so people throw away your horse-shoes and stop looking for four leaf clover and get some cf the lucky "nine" cent bargains. DEATH OF MRS. DTJLIN Mrs. Johanna Dulln died at 12 o'clock today at the home of her daughter Mr. Thomas Raycraft, 430 (Bauer St.. Hammond. Other children who survive are Mrs. George Helon and Daniel Dulin. also of Hammond, Mrs. Robert Salwell of South Chicago and Morris Dulln of Chicago. Funeral arrangements will be announced ater,

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Only a hunch saved Joe Stodola of East Hammond from losing a large sum of money today by way of the old box switching game. The bunco men were captured at 1:35 today by Officer ByHck when they had almost succeeded in getting away with about $8000 in cash and liberty bonds. A crowd of hundreds of people participated in the chaste . This is the most brazen attempt to pull a bunco gaie ever tried in Hammond v Stodola had entered into a deal with the two smooth srtangers from Chicago, Joe "SVargolch, 1255 State St., and John Kaban of 5249 Artisan ave. whereby they were to purchase a piece of property together. A tin box was brought out and the money deposited in it. Part was Stodolas and part belonged to the bunco men. The money was, according to the story, supposed to be divided between the two boxes and deposited in the safety deposit box in the East Hammond bank. All the money, however, wai In 6"he bo. The other contained only w-ste paper. The boxes had been placed !n the vault a the bank. Stodola, by the grace of the gods, smelled a rat just in time. The Chicago men had Just left his place at Columbia and Morton avenue and were

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(BULLETIN) riNTERNAT'ON' NEWS SERVICE PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 5. Five thousand members of the Waist and Dressmakers Union here threaten to strike rather than accept a wage cut of 10 to 12 per cent. Employers have appealed to Mayor Moore to arbitrate. (BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CAMDEN. N. J.. Aug. 5. Seven thousand five hundred jobless workers will have secured jobs in Camden industrial plants by next Monday. The Victory Machine Company, practically at a standstill since July 20. will resume operations Monday morning with six thousand employes. The Keystone Watch Case Co.. which suspended work in June, reopened today with a force of 1,000 men. Two hosiery mills this week gave jobs to 500 men and women. (BULLETIN) r,NTrov4T'CN' NEWS SERV1CE1 HACKENSACK, N. J.. Aug. 5. Six armed men held up the paymaster of the Barrett Manufacturing Co. at Shadyside today and escaped with the pay roll cash between $40,000 and $60,000 according to a report received by the county prosecutor's office. The paymaster was accompanied by a guard of five men in an automobile. (BULLETIN) riNTrBNAT'CNAL NEWS SERVICE CLEVELAND, 0.. Aug. 5. Seven men, believed to have been members of the bandit gang which robbed the mail car of the westbound Manhattan Limited at Gasandra. Pa., near Altoona. last Saturday, were arrested today by Postal Inspector A. M. Calvert of Altoona. assisted by three squads of Cleveland police. EDUCATION MEETING AT CROWN POINT INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. t. Dates for three district meetings of county school superintendents and township trustees with representatives of the state department of public Instruction were announced today by I N. Hlnes. state i-uperintendent of public Instruction. The meetings will be held as follows: Twelfth district. Fort Wayne, Aug. IS: Thirteenth district. South Bend, Aug. 17, and Tenth district. Crown Point. Aug. 18. Addresses will bs delivered at the meetings by Miss Blanche Merry state attendance officer; E. B. Wetherow, state high school inspector; S. LeRoy Scoley. assistant state school Inspector and Mr. Hines. K. C. MEETING IS ENDED INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 4. The thirty-ninth International convention of the Knlghtn of Columbus, came to an end here today. Following a final business session the 20.000 visitors were taken on various sight-seeing excursions and tonight a final farewell party will be tendered. Decision to Inaugurate American Welfare Work In Italy at the request of Tope Benedict XV was made by the convntlon. It 1 estimated that the work will cost & minimum of f 1,000,000 which will be raised by the Knights of Columbus among the order's member-

started for the bank, when suddenly the whole thing dawned on Joe. He ran out of his place aft,er the strangers. When they saw him coming, the crooks broke Into a run. Suspicion became a certainty. Stodola, shouting "stop thief" sprinted after them and in no time a huge crowj, had joined In the chase. Officer Bylick among them. The capture was made at Columbia and Merrill avenue. Byilck had difficulty In protecting the bunco men from an attack from the Incensed crowd. They were hustled Into tho patrol and rushed to the station, where they were booked . The short time of five minutes saved Stodola from the loss of thousands of dollars. The con men were after the box when he started after them. They had the key to the deposit vault. It would have been easy. Intuition, staked against all their cleverness, won . It is not known yet how much of the money belongs to S.-odola but It Is thought that about $6,000 is his. The con men refuse to talk. Chief Austgen is of the opiui.n that these crooks are nationally known, and are wanted elsewhere for tl samr game. Their records are being looked up.

A (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y.. Aug. 5. Police today are seeking the identity of the young woman who thrilled spectators of the electrical illumination of the falls last night by leaping into the river and being carried over and dashed to death. Those who saw her jump into the river say that she wore a black hat and brown suit and weighed about 140 pounds. Beyond this, nothing has been learned of her identity. (BULLETIN) TINTPRNAT'ONAL NEWS S"V!CF1 CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Mrs. May Eppenstein was probably fatally wounded here today by a bandit who shot her during an attempted holdup of her husband's jewelry store. The bandit, giving the name of Leroy Lewis, was captured as he fled from the store. He fired one shot at Mrs. Eppenstein when she resisted his efforts to loot the store safe. (BULLETIN) riVTFDNHT'CNA' SERVICE MORRISVILLE, Pa.. Aug. 5. ' One hundred cattle and scores of sheep, horses and steers stampeded when a Pennsylvania railroad express train crashed into a cattle train two miles from here early today. Tiaffic on two of the four tracks will be held up until night fall. tlNTERNATiCNA' ""? SERVICE (BULLETIN) ' ALTAMOND. III., Aug. 5. Two bandits who boarded a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train at Beecher City, near here, late last night are reported today to have escaped with approximately $50,000 in cash. The bandits held up the express messenger, rifled several packages, left the tarin here and escaped in a high powered automobile. ALLEGED SLACKER'S Pete Wbdczyc, of 501. 151st street. Bast Chicago has been placed In Grovcr Bergdoll's class a slacker. Wodczyc was arrested last night and taken to Fort Sheridan. Illinois this morning, to face the charge of avoiding the United States military service draft in 1913. Wodcxyc was called for physical examination on March 20, 1318 and having failed to appear was certified a delinquent on May 10 and was Inducted Into the military service June IS. 131S and having failed to appar again was certified to The Adjutant General of the army as a deserter. Captain Gould with Muha made the arrest and this morning Offlcer Muha took the prisoner to Ft. Sheridan. IRISH PARLIAMENT IS SUMMONED INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE DUBLIN, August. 4. Eamonn de Valera today wmmoned Dail Eireann. to debate the Sinn Fein Cabinet's decision upon Premier Lloyd George's peace offer of Ireland. The date of the meeting of the Sinn Fein Parliament will not be announced until tonight.

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Four Auto Thugs Take $2,000 In Bonds and Cash From Joe Veresh

One of the boldest pieces of daylight banditry ever pulled off in the Calumet region was consummated yterday afternoon on Cline avenue, ju? off of Summer street, Hammond, near the power house, when Joe Veresh of East Gary, a contractor, enroute to Hanvind, was stuck up at the points if revolvers by four highwaymen. They made their getaway with J2.f0t, S1S0 of which was in bonds, unil the remainder in cash. Three hull-ts w-r? fired at him, one passing through h's hat. A cordon of police In East Chicago. Hammond and Gary was thrown nut at once in an effort to, apprehmd tlsc bandits, but they made good th-ttr escape. Th'.y had an automobile. Veresh frequently makes the trip to Hammond, and always takes the same route. It is the opinion of the polit e that the gunmen were "waiting f r Veresh In particular. Driving along on Cline avenge, Veresh saw two men standing by ' a Bulck car parked beside the ruad. A little further on, two others stood . The first two flagged him, but ho koot on. Suddenly three shots were find. One tearing through the rear curtain of the car, passed through bis hat. He saw the other men ahead drawing their weapons and come to a halt. Keeping him covered, they siarclird him and took, the bonds and the menvy. Then, lifting the hood of his nuchi:i?, they removed the distributor block and threw it far into the woods. Leaping Into their own machine, they f a ."lied away in the direction ot '':ago. Veresh. who it known as one of the best shots In th county, seized hg own gun which he carried in the cat. ad emptied it the fleeing machine, and several of the bullets took effect In the body. It Is not thought that any of the gun.nen were struck. The police of surrounding cities were notified at once, and a lookout was kept for the bandits. The car was a Buick, with rrd wheels and a red tire covers In tho rear. It bore an Illinois license, te first two numbers of which were 1 2 . Veresh was unable to read the remainder of the plate. The handirs were all of .-.bout. the same size, 5 feet 9 inches. All wore caps. NEW TOKK, Aug. 5. After a nif.il da.-'ii down a subway tunnt-1. fleeing from a taxi-driver whose fare (h'j could not pay, Katherine Hogan of Brooklyn was rfscued from under thf wheels of an express train only to fall against the third rails at the I'acifto street tsation of the B . R. T. h.r? today . Together with two girl companions. Made Stevenson and Bay Keney. '. h Ilogan girl had gone on a "joy rid'." this morning, winding up at the subway station where they fled down the step, hoping to escape from th. chauffeur, whose meter read: $2.70." The man, -however, followed the girls to the lower platform where Mis Stevenson and Miss Hogan jumped mito the tracks and dashed down the tunnel . Employes cf the B. R .. T. followed them with lanterns, and succeeded .In finding them on a perilous, but safe perch between third rails and tracks as an express roared 'by, so close it carried off the Steven.-on girl's hat. No sooner had the train passed tham Miss Hogan eluded her rescuers and back up the track to the station, where, as she was attempting to climb to the platform she stumbled and f-lt. Her face struck the S.TOO volt third rail and she was instantly killed; The Stevenson girl, hysterical, attempted to raise the body of hcr friend and was badly shocked. The. dead girl and the two who had been with her on the Joy ride were al' taken to the police station in the sarre cab from which they had fled. A technical charge of homicide was lodged against the driver. N ROBBERY AND ASSAULT Clarence Wallace who stays at 2 PI Sibley street, Hammond, was robbd and brutally assaulted yesterday noon by two young men who had asked him for some money with which to buy something to eat. The hold-up occurred near the corner of Calumet avenue and 160th street, Hammond. The young man who had been employed In East Chicago had been layd off Indefinitely at noon and the company had given him his pay check. This he had placed in his shirt pocket. Near the Nowak Milling Co. p!ant. h.3 was accosted by the two boys. H: told them he had only a few cents with him and could not help them. ;. They set upon him. knocking him down. One of them kicked him in the stomach. His clothes were torn. They went through his trouser pocket and removed the small sum in change and then ran away. They overlooked the check In his shirt pocket. Today jh feels little the worse for the encounter. BOILER MAKERS END STRIKE CASPER. Wyo., Aug. 3. Approximately S00 boiler makers who went on strike Aug. 1. In protest to a wage out of about (1 a day, returned to their Jobs at the Standard Aef.nery here today under the reduced scale of pay.

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