Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 31, Hammond, Lake County, 20 August 1921 — Page 1

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1SSION TTITUDE THE WEATHER Fair tonight and undflj preceded b? thoundfrhowfr this aftrr" neon or temlght !rt evlrfnie votlt portion; cooler tonigrht nmi in ci-Tr-cine outh jinrtlnn Minriat. Delivered by Cnr la Haromoiustreets and nev. 8 stands 3o per ;. 7" I B 5 yBTO 4T-, -TV y 3 I Ms r?!r SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION VOL. X, NO. Al'trl'STLM, 11)21 TEX PAGES

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-r3 Charles Surprise Ordered! To Find "Hidden ! Cnrnno 1 Ul LUilU A--T months of inilf'"' g.---.-e.rnment tu at -ayt tA,i'' 'r--t n th Jagg-r ixrs rr': r-'-at-l-s Surtsi'ise., thA I ni --.rr.n-.lsMor.er. w as yesterday p - n - trate ia.rry C. t 1 uncover tar, k rupf ''' o .. '-'. - ,r !r' ' '.'--'!'-- r...p. -which Vhars j '''' 'n -inkmpt" xrr-fsxr.ftn '' S' h: -w-.; funrt it; a t.iX!'-a'. m Chi fAgn lat -winter. Jai-?r fold on' J5.0'0 bonds ar1 in an unguarded moment t.iok a Gary JuMtoe of the pa,e an J a mer-r-.ir.t into tre sevret. Several vcer.t to a Gary newspaper ,r1 t.V.d about the fortune h.s wife j. j r d sail he w a beir.c l-:--undd" by the jut!-e ar.-i the mer-,.-.JRt who were try.rs to g-t -n'? rrr;rl5 away from hint. s-'.tho-jirh the remarkable -i.nd- w B wile, publi-.-ity th only invetti-j-vhn s f.-.at cn-iu-fei by th r.'--.'-f?ap'r?. The bonds w trv".! Ff.--a' K--srv bark ? B-:-T-where they had been d-v.-red .-.to-her Boston bar-Zi hut r. statement th lalt! vr r 1 v r. vMHF.n i:u Mi.in. Vhat Jasper did wf the rrmnnd'r It wa s .-.vernn t h - tr.e ro; -r- - i :h-it ft- ' "i d s ' r- P p d P " -p ' ' f' v.'hoh re kr. i-ri a. f.r--.ft' a.t--f oafb. are the r-ri a . -t i i r. : --d . b- 1 i. .t . ,:.te-l 'hat there as JifgT d-d not ro:ne it ha,n.., r.of.ss:--n of bonds :n fh j.-.r stated ty himself and w:f,i5I r 1-- no - ':r rla.tm -f o-vnersh-.P hs risht wai ur.i; - i. u d. Jaffgr' er.trar.ee :r ;.--cipi-at"d 'he sr-.verr. ei.-'- I- . i - V -i r-. --.-writ's firs' mat ps 1 ' -min-.is-as trustee ,-1 s t o u r. ,f'rf re s: in bv .-.allT ?. V Z e' ' ?o rr.e 1: 1 s - ' a ' f '-' s . TrusTA S'lrpr ,;" T'-t- "re,r..-vt '-r. tit ',..- were ser. t wr A pepu"ar t.-.-or -vf.-c- ;r-.!er. .r. .ti. b.e-'.dup and ry so; f- r.-i-,-i s tr.a- ' -' o--ni:: hark raesser.gr i h '. p - c h ar-.c e a : : o tno .Tigger's r',?'("'''l:OTHCT BMniPTtY HnF.IN(iV Referee in R t nk .-up--y Sher:'in:b'ard -tviderf.-e in rrhi r-sr-kvipt ? a-.--s ;::;''. ri-h r.e f-iilo-Mn d .sp-'i.-".' i Niihar. Krs... m -r -.. -"-, Indian i Horror TrnS- rd-r- d ' soil st. :k ,i .---eis -vr'-. 5i;--'- JlS.--r-' r-.arlea Jer, expressman. Gary. Trar. ordered ' o :r-.v rt his motor truck and va; missing bonds. Stanley vTegrzyn. grocer. East Ch ago. All prop ?et aside as exevri pt. K..nr-e Nl-.Tnir.?. Kas Chicag Only ftreiJlfor was P.mi firadzieiewski Tl-,1 gj ii "I sr - r o i-'r v-i-v, ,-f ovomise. N-err.ir.g - n ' assets, his clotio: s. exempt . Mrs.. Anna Vi-m'.r.g. mother Henry Mm.-.ng. "r.'y ""ii'-.T Mi raJs!ewski who hid judgment f j-j r.r.ft ,- r s'.anl-r. M.-s. N'.eriiini pr-'-pert y exempt. , .sr i ;; : '. i.s. pro or: et or ry T". Market. Gary. 7 : u, .--.i'- '' g I ft.XX. Ch axles Mouck. gro.-er. Hat T-r.-i-iert ft U ntort raged . 'Norn tond . nr e , r cre-d:ors. M --ri? J . Cohen. Vinitv ?-ore. S'uth r.'.an srrrf-t, Har-.mind. Truststo ci: : .-.v. Ti l '.- -. . of ,-v s-ir-.i-oi ar l ' l.iin.- i be- h.-td ' r-o-- sage ,-n the bank rupt's autorno LIGHTING CAME; PGCKETBOOX GONE I I nn.ecred with; Jarr.es L. s:-j the AVesterri 1'r.u. stepped info -ho -o;-rh II b- - - ' :-t ee ;-.! 1 1 imme ret i u t h t' h " r - -d e pet on, ; a s t night a - 1 '"' 11 1-1 - i from b. is oat. 1 M..1 rilllS il--' ' o .. . o - ( .,., x: the ticket window and asked j h! I f-r a, toi-ot to i .iicaiio i iiKing .: cont,:n-'it $r.r in c-sh

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Did You Hear That 'TOS HI Ho-v u pie of ivr e vhov; star J SII.M'.P ' in th? m.dst ef a r ianad-i. H w jil r" ' urn about I,;;vp has r bin -' ' i:.t a garage sn.i h is M xson J-' :- ammo-vp ' c e e, ( ; t rie'ty e t at ! he .' T I.M ! i bftiut s. -' :t .- .ciioo i t' !-.t- heid me,-: sr.? '.'r..wr. I ' :i ' 1 1 ; : .- w. -k T ' K . .-. A. :- r- h.r. fr-.ut-. f.shr:!.n r h.- ':-- . r. : ' rn 'A' i s-; n .-n i if"-M ir.ont Ji r-ATb.N1' has n -lar.tf d J-or-e r H-itst. a tv ; I'lurjjist. II -' iand t.. t'"i- lva'irts: "f lead bullion. JOi: V11j ',Oi'K?tN :s ent rand -A -Ti.-ii.an hat i rati j ni.rf! 'rat' shwtitifr "juriK A T ;hf POUrtlMAX i'etr litrhri.-h has v-ater n-pion :r. :v ..TUy-f-iu- fe lonp that grew in h,.- yard a' I sire ( t martin 'tnmn'ih m tak ir Uar'y '' x s? a!-:r fi " - rr-. with a sr::n uf salt. Martin is fr Missouri. rrI,t(''K ;it:t a (rimp m vsd:rtsr j-ypsl-"rhiy r.'"-hir.c rh-iitj; nvr-r IS rn1!1 boyy . This puts you tit of I'. ! hrian st road raee . ror.TER c.Tjn: y ; s t o h a v p a ' . a nd ra" meet at the fa'r pr..und Valparaiso. September 5 to 11. :'. '' c-ff K-ialiy announce J to(jay . RnrOr.T? from ItattV Crek f i hat Judge V. c. K'it-r is in splendsha.pe. an 1 will : be fc'.ir y r co ere d from his liinss. PRESTfEN'T (''irrni 5i.-of o th' T rj o-tt o n d CLntry ni j". . hiir? th.3t h Cook Co. Forest Pre?r e purhase ts further away than ever. HARRY M. JOHNSON is r.-t examining any bajiks for a couple of -b eeks. Home cn a vacation d urine which 1-c is se-e.kinc- to improve his mashie sh"ts. IT w-n't he long noV.- hefon- grid -on enthusiast wilt be;:n to pr.-i'--fr-r e.)j sramesi. Wneii r -- n-o u-i!; wrs 'he !lmm--nd pro t-r.m fhiMIKK P.M.V was id'y b r u i s u e ' r- , of th' Ca i-jniel when a wbeoj of his auto l-i he e p d e -a,vo e d to turn out -tree- rsr tracks em rv-rth 1- n u e . ONE of the small huiid.rc- ef t:. e'z pia.nt was s'ru'-k V. v iirhtn-n: i : r. x the ,-torm Ii j.h'. Th-; tiret,.rimont v-as a 1 1 -d to , i -, tiru i s i I e .' . WABAJH firemen v. re rli --i ii- monea.riy by heirir relied to rcs;e ay- tit", g t. o-i-!3.:i ho '.tad lol'd -re'.f n 3. ui-.h room ar.d c ,uid-i W O. T 1 iOMA S. c-inty prose rved from Hammond to ' i'-iirt this -eek nh'I" 1 hir 1' n-w bur.calc. ,v . Humm-md'. Cre-wn P- i r.t s ji.n THE Nrrth ?! C'.u- club is givif.j n pmnm a Doyr'as Park. S'ini.r.-The-t.i. ho a ba?cta:l srame b iwr!; th North Side A " . and the Ooi oe; M,i"-5 of K,s- ';h;ca co . THE Lake County K:li and Oarr.e 'r''fi-':ve Af yociatior. duir.pe3 fl .- i-ins ,'f 'ropoie ip. AVejlf Luke y't'triiy. Th.- association r--T.'-T ttticK -- i "Jar Iake wtlh bass . rnir.F simons of t:-.c prohib-.ticn .- rs wa." in Hammond for a if m . : s yes'erd'iy. just i 'turning from first lap of his vacation . id things moving along ni-cl J . TP M--C1.AT has purchased prop erty at State Line and letr it streets where he v. ill build a home. He working on sv'uool house cont racts. at present, in-'ludinx eme i4t South tlary. EVERY town seems to support a pr i.flc colony of Ford speedsters, and there are more of them every year Thy must be one of the-: weakness' which human f.t h is heir to. like h me a'.es . A LA D down in Loga r. sp " r r. w was pinched for fast eirivn-ig said he hud no valid excuse to e ffe r, "out say." ho whispered to the judge, "you ought to 5ee the girl that asked mi to turn .m the SJ.-OEl-TCLTl KI50HLEK, who is not or.ji e-ut of the hospital a.s a result of -eing shot while on duty, roofed for us old comrades or. the "force" at the ! anKers ha il cam as toroinlv as nis , 1 streng-.n w-ouiu allow him. THE Chicago Motor Club bullet. a s a s . "'Few are of a speed trap bft ween i""rewn Po.nt and has'. C.ncago .--ii the Jaekson High-Aoiy. Look out :or a 1 1 ii p mo ti 1 1 e in.mn ;n you Whadja ir.'dii, speed trap? " ;ai.-" ,ig ,i in s f -wo ct ' i s mt-ndir. i n: s to the c mst -i i ii 1 1 . HARMON', revenue aaent. is c-irt aft or jit ne y and tax; drivers, j pool pai-lo." 7. r-pi 1 et e rs .tori ice iri-am ! merchants war tax. Several ju 1 IlPjg h.ivc suit "ousin - r.av the J 1 1 ta Co nrre-r 'than n i- e cream se f rckee pe-rs face pre.secuf.cn fc r vi'hiiol'iuig war tax. Harmon states.

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MAY BE FREE Tl ' on! p'ja rant i r t h - Ch a j t.i - ; qua to ! hebi n lias' -hioflRo. Aug. j "4th t :, in- lu.-!e, r.u I Thursday j --ii : i; t" c m let o a r i a n emc r.t s f .- r i the fni.ns - r.t . iri ih.'- c t;r.e "f th". i1.- - n: lira i- (- 'Tu'iivc i j n-.akir.jr th-- nvirc five nays ..f .hit- ! umii.- nt nt.-i cdu-:it'ti :' r e e o f .-h a rp- j to lb- j. libt;.- c-jvir-ar v rryone an op- ! irt unity t-. i.eiK ilf O-o.ii ttio spi-t-ndid J Klan-- w ; Is.-;---! i'- r r..4.m; I- i-i.ibSe y 4 oh mi nterpre .tul nii;i!! t .! ..iiimiu. e de-id..-.l ti .,d is ','.i-h i . llil- , Y, i-a.i i'1- rn.ns : !' ' .-oir.ri;tt v aued ut.n t h lla-t Cm- ! -.it J ir.r.n .,:,! I-.'.irii r.i'u t ' h.ixriiiy in with trie in o-n ni n i . The lndufirios in th dis'n. t are ii-.i- sol ; t d to .'! ii h i: ' r to t : I -nt- rtn.in:tt-r.;. wh.ch w : A -civ? t a ! their niifli.j-f.' -in .,p;. I tunny of list -tnir.K to and 1 1 j '::: the bst t alert -f,l mil-;. ;..n? a:ii .ir know'e lp-:'re-r.i Vr.f h.Kh'ct and n.--?t v. tal t ;' 'i hi- l-cil v-.nr.mitff in ohaxo of this affair ;( . !.air:an. Mayor t.o Jlet'-"'rn;ji'X; .r.-r tary. ;e.ir,-- H'. !-A!s. troa.-i; r. r. !'r. Robert Spear. -h.;rman - f the tickft commit to--. iiA. A. K-'.-s; ehairtuin f t he adv-r-ti.;r.R ci-nir.-iit e. J. J Pn is.-n. v- li.t : n-iar "he- zr "in'l' f on n , . : i o' i : vi I : !. rn A . Jon--,'. s imttu RUN INTO THOUSANDS Hammond Hard Hit By Electrical Burst. One Disastrous Fire. The electrical ! -rm, w :!h 'he accoiopan: ,np debug" '! rain which broke over HamiiH. nd at nine o cle-CK last night, caused dam ase running into t h.e,us i.n-j of de-ilars, one disastreujs fire v as re ported as ell as ' -oral small on'., and the rain, pounng ii-'o th un uNereii p.t: of the n..hi r a n I'-uiMin?, now bring rem i e-'i . doe. de-d tl- stores belo . tLighr.!-.g Mru.-k a ;-rag shed in the r'ar jot or tne to-tz plant on n-n -n-aii sire-e and a short time later i V huiidm burst ir.'o ft j.m: s . i'in de-..i!-n:r.'? 1. ,'i and 4 responded and a; 1 '." ,.'d.'ik this morning a. h -e cart 'a ith. I's ir'"' 115 sti. i in tiie sc-ii-. fighting t'. tenacious f.re- .hi.-h, l-.av-p; gamed a foot lie. id. in the bales of hi r -a ;:h n Ih'-'- th'i bui'ding is pakel. refused to yi ld to tho streams of iia'fi. Hi . -i.e.; i. valued by offi- , i.ais of the ph'.nt at i;.'Jf. and the ent'nt;, ih i-rpo-iv or tl-o Miel V.'est Storage '-., at the same amour.'. Ph. is I'la-eriiii is call id sisal, and is a (.-'. i-.'ril Aiiiurif a.u fibre ued for 'hi- ri i n r" a c t u re e't ri-p? and t-.v-me-. It : a total b-ss the nater de.-'roymg 'he part which tern games spare-"'. M or.- lama-- was .!..-ne by th--:,-r;i,,.:r of r.A. n in 'be H'-iimar bio-k 'A h. n the propnet -rs f th" van- -us .-tores ',-i for bt,inf 'his morning, iliiv fe-ird t wo inches of wafer on the ft.-. ,rs and a g-et deal of s'-ick iamag-d by -a .iter Nigd. -nun's ''-trie. Sho -o ii a.- the bai'de-;-t holt iv- group H'.r. damage wa ? run into "u-!:'cd? of rle.i.a.-.1. The r--vk w as -,'ien a coi-i . i.ak ;r. g in .- e-.-e ral pla -y ,i n d i r. a d : i ' I o n . .- ' m e of the x t u r ' s v' e r ei spoiled M"innet; s Smok-1 Sh'ip suffered s'-n-e less, also, an 1 t"( -or was eover'tJ u ith water, as a1 that r-f the e, tri'al s'or r, exr dorr. The fruit and con ' est mnary store of AT. I'Lovicbi Htil , -ri :,' blihman St., a a.s ha d hil, a.- was tiie. fruit a.nd '.-epetaib- place n the icrne-r. owned by C. J . Kontos and ;.. F.-itn or th.Ne places suf-'eted running ; ti 1 1 the- h. undre is of d'-llar. Summe-rs 1'ha -1 ; a . -- c-s-hp-1 aimos' scot free from elamage . an d a'l the ml r that cuk throi;co -a a stopped by pans en ! h s-cond f saving the fcioi'K be 1 - n . A Filial! blaze, said to he caused by bghtmng, broke- out at the Wolf Lux Inn, 3iC Indianapolis boulevard. Several et-ctric ligb.t fixtiirr ; were burticd out. and the ceiling was so-rehoi in places. The proprietor ... as able to put out f-e flanks wifh -ut the aid ef fa. ft iv- depa"' o.-'-r-'

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Another small bla.t' -as reported In bc, jn rx. .-llcnt spirns and able to a pattern shop on Olurti'i a-,enur, but j ijf. up anj around. Last, night, how -it is not tho'jgiit th.it tne storm was .v,.. n, taken -uddeiy ill and responsible. 1 sitting down in a chair passed away Many think that last nights d - -vr. - ; ln t ?,v,r'. time, pour was the most sere in the reg- i Vr umh was 62 vars old and

i r. for many years. -h a n e ' 1 a m a s t was reported from outlying distfiets to crops. NATURALLY THE PARTY MAOE HER INDIGNANT I INTERN Ti I S Aw rJEA'S SESV1CE CHICAilo. Aug. -0 Charges that Thomas Davidson, a salesman made love t-i ten '. 1wome.n anl sav.r 1,1- - hana" mi "sb mm;.- pariy" a w hi, h t he d-reers v -r -aiis raiment. ! i were made today in a b.ll for dc.orcej 1 riled bv Mrs. tl.u'l Ia-. :i!"n. i Tliu -'shimmy purt-c .-Irs lAavluson be,.-, last-'1 a v. e.'-k a.-.d when sh' cametii ,i,,.,r to awr.i -'nor it cease ..)) was d-.us.--l in the face with ' a bu. ket of cold water. The Pavidsoi-3 were marri-d 1317 and have a three-year-old sen-

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LEASED Indiana Harbor Man 65 Days In Jail Without A Hearing Is Set Free Nil A -V A 'i 1: y T a f i nn -'st-d en S ! r. d . A ; c us a?ranov chari" a.: i :1 .ve r M e-' ' y a nd I r;. n- to set tttu in a i-af i'.i 'i sl a.'e -fT:,-ia :.-n; 'o ini'rcc-ip Di fore the state indu.-tr.al hoarel, w uischargej in cl:v c-.n-t Thursday 1 J jdge Wa'.t.-r l'r.teiuri. He was a.--I-. .-rl June if followmg complain' s u the pv'.ice. and he- had tten hebi i .-. , y- n ' wa.t.ng day .-4 in the t -.ur.ty Jao. examination a-s to his jar.- : .. Tn s is fi e days in excess o. !o: iva.vimum sentence for agrancy , li-.s attorney explained. Va, rmoi denounced the treatment by slate ..ffic.iais fe.n-1 the tiV.iOT ar.d implored Jud-. Pr;t..hai'd "either t . . a- or kiii him." When b.e wa.-i .-juesfoneci as t . .; ;her he wished ti harm any one ...- d-c'.ar.-d t.-.at ah he wanted was i iret ha. k to his friends m Indiana Harboc. 'Vaf.rir, -,;A at;e,my then explained :! nan's ra." before the industrial : ard He said the man was hu'l :n 101? work.nr for a-.ompany in Indiana Harbor ami received e.Atr.iwnjai : cm f-. f.fleen .' k on the orders -, f the board A" a rehe-axing he rece,; i-ed an aw ard of additional enrrpm--a-.en of f,nn xvcek." Trie boarvi later j t versed li e finding and it was been .ft. . f its a lion that Trmes i.i--1--1 n t!i.i the I'ln.ernnr. Judge Pritcbuard hesitated for eom' 'in-.e before r'lwin; the man, fearmg that !-.-- might harm some one. ,: after I'r. c. E. Day, police sjr-sfe.-n. ha.l ie.st,-!i) tjiat he- was sane. Judice Iri'chard (JCoharg'1 h.-m and pro. Hied him - th m ney to re-turn to I id r.a IT-! - '.or. "Thank you Judge," he oaid w.-.en '-. i old that he could go hom-. SHUSH, STEP SOFTLY: PAUL'S WRITING A BOOK Paul 'llarer. the ilsrv attorney b.-.e mj on industrial relatmne c:te-l th" military commandant i'ring the army ec-upa'son of the city a' '.)-)- time ef the steel strike, is coming uit in the role of a ij ? hor . Ciaser was no; a str'king suocess a a prophet when he said that the first soviet we.uld b established in Gary v if h himself, it was presumed, as the in ra'er. but he has hopes of making a go o t'-e bock. It will tll of th--s'rifo hetwen capita.? and labo- in the te; city, Ghazer stat'.i tfday. Th i jt has not been ele.-jrjeel upon bu' it w'.'! I soriiethine like "T1- ' if.-, of Gary and Industrial Feudiai- ' -in . " T h.e steel company is the villain in ' h r. pi.?t. GARY PIONEER PASSES AWAY Tetter B . Lamb, tw ice mayor of Blue Island. Ill , and pioneer and most respected resident of Gary-, pas"l away at the family residence at 513 Jefferson street in Gary at S 45 o'clock la.-1 night -oUow ing a lingering illness extending over a period of neari -.- a vtar, While- his wide- circle if friends weirc aware of hi ere illness, his death tame as a shock to the community as well as the i mm eel late im-uiiiers ef the family. l'ntil he nii-r first taken ill almost a year ago Mr-. Lamb was a popular employe on the Gary Land Company. On ai count of his h-aith he was unable to attend to his, duties at the of- . . ,,.! time, his condition bej ,.,inK, low that his death was fx1 ,...,.tf,a a. ;,nv lime. i v , -,t sever?! davs he had am e iJary trom is,ue isiana im i Gary's first settlers in ISO. He took j a prominent part in civic affairs and ! pjolitics nr.! -ccaine friends w-.tn j ev.ry e,nf. cf his w ide aciyjaintanv I Before- coming t... Gary he served two J trms a.' the Mayor of Blue Island ' and during tiv Johnson adm.'nistraticin was a memb-r of the beard or I wo rl; s . Besides his wife m Ga.-v ha is eur1 .... I U.. ... -. A 1 , ! t- -. -c V(-c VI T. I McCouley and Miss Mania Lamp. j Kuneral services will be- conducted I at the residence Monday afternoon at 1 o'e lock . The Key . Fst.'-r will offic.iie. iu-i n.-iv -o, .- ...a- ... Mount G -rwi-iii len-.'-t ry. t hi' an. Tickets t.. 2r. f r the "hautauejua. August re sellinir satisfai'.or and Chamber of "'oinmerce w b.ich is r.r g tne .n.:e le iking lias b' ! assured tliat it win nun ... neai su eirex us winters cuarity worn -none. 2,oA loir , u.n an . t 01 io-l - . . .u- , . 1 in' the entertainments wnl be riaced in a fund for relief wcrK.

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riTTSmTvVlH. r.. Aug. 20. duc-tion of age.- of m'n employed Re-, v,v th-e- Cn.r-.d St Off C-ct i e Ai.g-i:: Juder. K H have i'ip p ffri Don - -s I f . -'. iies Strol Corporation,; 2:, a? announoeei dj i .,rv late Friday will j t .K-l-rinir orexiuc- ,. hero to. -lav ! 1 n-.oi rh'J wage cut is d m t n z the resu.t of m a r k - ' . C ha e io-en a va 1 1 a i: 1' '!' cons id--1 a i,;c and an .: h.er p r 1 1 - e 'A e r e i hi -threat or wide open S'.-el and independents k-"n torr.pt-t ition for t and there has been ir-.c" cutting i-lie way Kpt the business ur.tu , ;,-ed to such a point j .-essry t- reduce pro- j thai 1 1 was n f duet ion ex; uses -..-1 i.i, in- I A. n aii -- hint y International News Serv- ; formed i,e io..iav that :' is unlikely fo,- the I pre sen t t, that there will be any an- j ALLEGED IS ARRESTED Pave Shultan. "331 "West 13th place, f-hb-ago. a druggist, was arrested last night in Chicago by Detectives Carlson and Warner of the Hammond police, and held under J 10,000 bond, charged with manslaughter. His arrest followed a tip from an unknown person, thought to be a woman, who said that Shultan was the slayer of John O'Brien, the Chicago man picked up in a dying condition on Indianapobs boulevard after being struck by a vampue autoist. The car escaped. Shultan admits that he was present at the time of the accident. which occurred late.r m h right on Augu.t 13th. but denies that he was the driver cf the death car. His bor.d has been signed. O Brien was found, fatally Injured. lying in the street at 11:15 cn the night of the accident. Witnesses failed to get the number of the auto which struck him. although they were, closn bv and some talked to the driver. This man suddenly leaped into his machine md escaped. 'A Brier, died tn Sr. Margaret's hospital a short, time later, without making a statement. REGULATION OF JITNEYS City Council Expected to Pass Ordinance Again, Better St. Car Service. MUNCIE. Ind,. Aug- -n John V'el'y. mayor of Muneie. has anncunce l that he v. ill vto an ordinance passed bv the city council at a called meeting Wednesday night, which would pr-hibit jitney bus drivers from ,-perafing their machines on streets ii-a-e-sed bv street cars of the Indiana Cnion Tration Company. Sentiment ,,e the rri-;-i!rntn. however, le a r-.r-rgly m favor of giving the traci company an opportunity to "make g--od ' with promised improved street car serMc if jitney bus competition is lessen 'J. that there, is said tu be no doubt the ordinance will bs passed, over the mayor's veto. The vote of the touncilmen in two meetings on the .subject has been nine in favor of the ordinance, two against, and tn absent frcm bo-.h meetings. The numerous drivers of jitney buses and their friends thus far have- ben unable to move the nine r'-unriimn fr-.m their position . Mayor Kelly says ire will veto the ordinance because he believes it to be class legislation. Tho traction compare.' has promised five-minute service on some lir.es and en improved service ,-n all. Now cars are from fifteen to twenty minutes apart on all lines. The council also bar- voted to permit the company to extend its lines tn the southern part .,f Die city or. Madison street from Kirby avenue to F.ffh si reel in e rder to make a separate loop. DOWN TO SCALE OF INDEPENDENTS 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SER.'iCEj 0HP-AG. Aug. ZC "They are m-re 1 c coming down ro our scale. We have ho n on a ' ?"-ccn is-an-hour basis for a month This was the comment today of Independent manufacturers in Calumet, the district on the announcement that the 1'n.tol States -steel . orpora t ion had crdfrcsi a wage cut in its m.'.ls No off-e ial n-.t. ce of the cut had he-en received by the Ame-rb an Steel and Wire i'-.mpar.y, or the Illinois Stel sii b s id lanes e,f the ccrporJ Steel mul? in the o'aiumet are run - , a. o-io ah',u '. oer cent o- ini-ir . ,. v cf or .apact, jeca...s- o. a -- rlers.

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DCMC y paa nounnement ef price reductions o either L" S. S'eel or the idepend-nts I as they are in iking their pri.-e from I day to day bas'd upon 'he stzr -f the orrif -ts ,lftjirabiiity and how quickiy it m needed. The waste rut will have neffect en the unemployment situation, it tv as stated. Ord'-rj, in nana regra-a-e nr.umber of men beine ak'"n batk. Trade is improving and the nuir.ner of workers going into th nulls is increasing. L'ntil orders wr- more plentiful the cut threat compf-tlhon will continue. ;i u -..'- The cut of seven tents an hour brings wage, doan SO cents an ; hour or Jfi a day or a ten n-ur nay. n'f orevaiiine Mav 1. 131 In February 10- nay iar-or-rs erce.v.u $,-..' and in l?l- they lece.iea " day HARRY WELCOMED TO PRETTY MICHIGAN CITY Hammond Man Honored by Special Reception and Attention. H. J. Voorhe.s of Voo.rh.eis it Brown didn't expect to be so highly honc-re-d Motoring to the to-vn of Hastir.jlt.M.ch , he was met at tr.e citskir-s ky. a motorcycle poiioemaji and due;-,- e..-o.orte-d to the city hail where he w.i . granted an audience with the c.t Judga. The distinction of having a public reception only eot the visiter $10 and oos.ts. Fhxrthermare, it was wri-ten in the roonds of the court to be filed in th archives of tJ-.e c.fv that Harrv is a ppeedy p: oT"e-' t ton. CHANGES MAKE STOREATTRACTIVE New Lighting Arrangement And Stock Placing at W. E. Long Company. The W. FT. Ix-ng Co.. proprietors r the Peoples' Store at Sohl and State st has re-arranged their stock for the convenience cf the public. and now have a much more attractive shopping place than ever before. This coming young firm has always aimed to pleas the public in the pre sentafmn as well as the eiualtty of its stock, and the new layout is an added attract ion . Another change of interest is th" lighting arrangement, which spreads a profusion cf illumination throughout the store. With this r-.ew feature, th' oarrvmg of goods to the light for matching purposes, or in order to the color, is. pra.-fca.ly don? away with . Manager Icrg announces a tremen dous busmrss has been enjoyed in th past few months, and wishes to thar.i the public f-r their patronage whic! has made it po-,h;c. He assureeveryone thai the sp'.'ndid service and h'ch riuali'v -' the coeds will he maintained m the future as it has the; past. AT THE PARTHENON "Peck F-ad !-v ' Jax-kie Ccogan' latent screen ftArr'.r.s; vehicle, is con -nr to 'the i-artnenon theatre rex we.ek f-'-r an nfnet of three da;, beginning M --r.day. The produo-t ion ro-eri'ly wa-s gi eits fremcor preae n tat ion i Rroal wa- w i.e. re i- aoh'eved a sesationa success, at tr.e Strand Tneatre Th revo-ws of :ne New York critics ha it as i.r.e :he t-.e.et screen c-.-.me.dio of the year. In "Peck s Bad Boy." Jackie oa sraid to have tve-n surpassed his. notable achievement .n Charlie Chaplin's "T :i Kid ' The s-.o!-,- is adapted from the ;i;i-mer.se-iy p apular books of the la ' ilfivern..- .iivR,- I'e. 1 r.e s w-e.re wr.'f'n by Irv.n S C -bb humorist. surri- rt .n i Jackie in ' Pec B ,y" are. Doris May, t"he.eler Oarfman James Corrigan, Ll.ian Leightoi., Lav . m-.nd Ha"on. '."ha.-les Ha'-uii and B.-i-j by -; . r 1 a 'A'ood j "Peck'? Bad B;y" was prod ic'd h.' Irving Lesser w.-.r. Sam .."is as the) director If is release-d ic' ss-Ki.ar-d First N; r.a 1 inc. AT THE DeLUXE She am: a w av ' I. baok "Kliiianeih, And av hr. sh come back. r, '-'-b..ng in P.-.r.fvie .v -a aeiulte good r.e.ugn for h"r. thought s.o-'-'d male- the town you e ight 10 see- u -ial r.app can i- .f -oi ..feed '' iheairf rex' s . ri-i i , wo-i. f; Ub U7U ." ' P ' ' f.f Irving Pa. h-iler's ,:.,-.- 10 a 1- :-, . 'i r. 1 n s -n L a r . 1 n K. ii- . ' Us - jwa - d rie-arr.. I.. .a is irdti an, i, .... - are moi-i led n At the t Li i.UXe

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State Wide Disapproval Brings About A New Conunission Policy

1T.MES BL-e.'i'J AT S'"' All INDIANAPOLIS. ind Ai.e '"onsiderat f n of the ri-i.if ' i it.zens of the sr,i,t- -11 i . - vision for adequate fiiiarnb ;-'--i.r - for holder' c.e sto,.U in p; . i.ri.i y roi n --ration is being sh- wr. i' :' ' " ', organized pur!:.- er oe c- mm. ss' -; lix.ng piii-iie ufili'v is'o To e action is in line with t-.c rn w i (,. :-" of the commissi--r: w ' ,- h - a.- :'.-. "- gar.ized by Governor M . ';:.' n- r.e ( his first impertan' pub , a t: ri- f .- owir.R the session of th-- b s:S.a'ui'e. in past years, under th old com. nisston, rate raising In oro-r .v lo ' - te-ct the investments put.:-' u-.,.. , owners was tne m-ift popu a? pa.- .;nti.e vornmlssion , A day hardly ever passed wit h.-m t telephone. e'-.-.-tric t-r ransportation rates in some secttoa f th' otate received a boe-t from the -immissi n. This pole y, whien was arried on in recent months despite the radical decline of ptucjes of eeverv essential raw material used bv the utilities). brought about slate-wide disapproval of the commission. rh' disapproval wa voiced in anolishment bills presented t - he genera' assembly, which came much n-arer to actual passage than members of the mm issi o n -. o u 11 rare t" admit . love: nor McCray. re-eoniztng the ii e .- c s s 1 1 y o " a state u 1 1 1 : f i e s oo m tn . s -s on and at the same -ime disapprovng many of the methods of the ell oinmlssi: n. was a'.nle to prevent the passa ce or the a r,-,.;sr.n.er.t ci.ti. raiiitimated to appoc-.en s of ih com-,-ri )n fiat best' r .hincs wre la s.ore tor i,-,e iuinrp . He-cent actions of -he riraralsdirn have c n-.pleteiy re-versed he attitude f the -' i body. Toebay -he order i-om-ng from the commission ar.hiefly refusals of th pleas of utilities for advance drates. And the commission is standing by i's guns. Threats of court axrt-on and appeals for rehearing of cases decided a 1 - verse'y to the utilities are being heard ith a deaf ear by the commission. Action of the commission -n refu.-jng a rehearing of the petit. on .- f f -- Home Telephone and Telegraph Company of Vort "Wayn is a n-e'a'i example of the aftiude of to. c-.ri.o-. si'n. Pulls seeking te set aside ' rs of the ocimmtssfon have bee- h j n-i a number of courts t-y -..utraged" u 1 1 i t i e s . While much of the rate raising dor.bv the old commission was the result war conditions, members ef r hepresent commission b.-bevo that : rs' t'me for this kind of thing has It will take time for tne commiss.o-, to adjust, all the ut'.ii'y- rates in the state from the high level set by f-. old commission. But this is going be done gradually by the pre sen borly. In conformance wi'h preserit day conditions, and u is believed the people of th ptate will fel mor-. frmndly toward the pres-mt uflliti-' body when the McCray aim i n. : s t ratio-, is well under way. T DID MUCH DAMAGE Lightning Strikes v Often And Causes Numerous Fires. fifTtHHATICNAL NEWS SE.!-'E" C. HICA'tO. Aug :".- Northern P.li-n-:s ar.d southern v- .s.-onsir, fire 'drvir.g out' today after one of the m - st tiver rain sre.rmt? in recent years. Lightning a.-com.pa r.ied lbrain and caused further daji-.age by striking down and causing numerous fucs. No less of life has b-rj reported . In parts of "W-r - r. ? ;r. 'he s'.eribordered cn a tornad -.. A b-i.id .ng a ' the golf ciun in Mali .eon e I'.apseti a ' .I injured s-'-veral indd.es The towns of War erf or.. B u rl i n ; 1 - . !', row ns Lane and I.lk.i- 1 r -a-err. da: v en eel whe-n the so nr. v : !pp i t.i lighting serv.ee. In Chicago, hun !:eri of base m - :-, s were fdoode-l and viaduc-t -v.:-,- ii-i---.1?. ted. Tasernen- eel's '-i' i. r.w.eHrii.i polite ta?I -fl we-e f , -d.-.i .ill I prisoners had to h. r' vd El ct ric light and feiephTe e- -e -.a moralised i.u.ny -.--1' u s "f 'l.e i-jry. A score of f, res h. dl'ribu'e i t -1 bolts of i - g ht nitiK . h 11 y a (BULLETIN) r C r I 1 PORTER. Ind.. Aug. 20. Or.- v.-. I man was serious injured and u o 1 men had narrow escapes trop.i de.il.i todav when th K.- I . er, 1 iii Leii eariv tury Lunited of the New York Central road, struck an vitopp.c bu- at bw-d.iii crossing, three miles -f here. Tke VA.nman was rushed tc a hcspit.l!

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F0LICE AND TIMIiri TO PLAY TUESDAY on ParV