Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 65, Hammond, Lake County, 6 September 1921 — Page 1

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Supposition Of Police Is That Hail Clerk On Train Made Mistake A dea-f mute. walking along Myrtle avenue is Robertsda'.e Saturday, found two sealed sacks of registered mail, which roa-y or may not be th keystone, to mytsery. They e; lying about 100 feet from the Fennfylvar.!! traoks. The Kimtaoa4 police ere at a !c c.-ncemins h Tn" m ,f" -en" t;8 conclusion is that a roil'. el-rK. thlnklns h ias at the right pMrr thr- th o(t thd train They Vere destined for WhStlr.. Another and more lmprohahls theory is that . robbery h3 been committed and ththiavea had abanior.ei tbtir loot. The mail baes have been turn-: ovr to the Whiting pot office. Federa; rn.r. are marking on the mystery SWUCHMAH DIES AFTER DRIN Char'.es A. Jrnes. a s-w itch mar., em -lavtd by th Indlaxa Harbor Be.; MliVoad. -R-ha bas b?en living at tho Lvcdora hotel for thi past year, du-f. srl St. Margaret's hospital Friday r.'lght under circumstance which, the ?c-ilce think point to acute alcoholism. Jones is sail to havi been In a drunken stupor -a-hen taken to the hospitalIt is knovn that he brought a gallon r.f whisky with him when he return-?.' recently from a trip t Sparta. N. lie It also said to have indulged lr. an orgy of drinking cu the nlgrht of his i'.lneBB. Jones has no relatives in this rei0R The body bas been ta;en CtCox. Va... for burial. He was 3; years of age. CAR TAKEN Car is Held at Crown Point Suspected of Being Stolen. - F.EXSSEI-AKF.. Tr.d.. Fept 4 J F Harris. a Chicaer :tv--ti?r. r-'" " ealesro.ar., was h!d u;' last, r.'.gnt. ' mile north of this lacr. by thr---arrr.ed rr.en traveling m a lire- au -mobile. Harris's automobile was taken from him. The men drove p alsr.fc-side bin. and Inquired the way to Chicago When Harris stopped his car. one 0? the men climbed on to the running board 4-r.d struck him behind the ear with the butt of a revolver. Harris was not knocked un.oor.sclous . He was ordered from the car by tho robbers. Then they threw his bin 1 bag's and sales grips, one of which contained $5ni'i in money, from the machine. They thn proceed ?d North Harris notified Sheriff Wood worth, of this city, aal 'he latter grct into communication with the authorities at Crown Feint. A car answering the description of the stolin machine is being hold at that, place, pending- the arrival of Ksrri?. . FOUR KILLED IN LAPORTE ACCIDENT Shocking Occurrence Takes Place At A Grade Crossing. LAPOIvTE. INTX Sept. 6 Four persons were killed Sunday afternoon when an automobile in which they were riding was str-jok by east-bound Pennsylvania passenger train No. IS at a grad crossing or.e mile east of Hanr.a. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis, of Hanna, ares slxty-flva and sixtyeight, respectively, and Catherine and Joseph Conlon. ages six and seven, respectfully, children of Charles Cordon, of Union Mills There were no witnesses of the crash but It is believed the automobile stalled, as there is a clear view both ways of the track. The bodies were burned badly, due to the fact that the prasolina tank of the car exploded. The machine was a wreck. The pilot of the engine was damaged so badly that it was necessary to obtain a freight engine before the train could continue. Its Journey. The mother of the children died of influenza two years ago.

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Miss Nichols m Tin.. bile to ntakv ! 1 P" u i t o n . The a -r Hochellf- ivhc-n :!-.- jr. fiont of th,. t.irtod to tarn around in id without wartiTh;s - R;;f ! Miss M' hols to turn Skt av'd st riXir.i? ih of :vm .-aits-na t!.-:r cahr c .if r it road and ;:ir.knif-nf 'i.r.n:r the o. T the ' a r . Thu ! r j u r ri 1 .!"(." f.. r.':ts'. 1 . ..; i a ". In liys.ri.in -',,t. th.. . ;n fi-nt U. run off ov.r th" tit -upar.t ur. are Af a r Mr o N ia! o; :!:. 1 n ' n v 1 r h rf- .-! of th- Eat d past. x' a i 1 M!kp' Oil CLEAR UP MOOT POINTS That the in oluntary hankrup'-..:-' p e 1 1 ; : r. fi 1 ed in ' h superior c o u r t at Kimm-nd aj.-air.st Abe Ostlan d'.dnar husinvss as the F.ellablc Oaners 1 f t jary- 'at spring- a? m.- r- y a par' 'i h. system f th 'Dy rs' Trust"- .r. hnr.ginc an indr-p -n 3 en t cleaner into line will j. rob ably h air'-d when nr. Investigation jut opci.ud in Chicago has been competed . Affidavits turn-id over to the state's attorney yesterday ar said to bare the workings of the Master Clearer? v Dyers Association, an organization allege! to dominate three-fourths of th-' Industry in Chicago and Northern Inliar.a. Among the Uad-rs in me 1-l-pel conspiracy are listed Isador Gordon, an associatior. claner of Hammond and Louis Kohn of the Calumet Cleaners T'vers. . Among the affidavits are those of Joseph Cohen, of East Chicago no Isadore L..-.vin of Han-.m- lid. shnwir.;; how th association operated to en-forc-its edicts against price cuts Th' actions related are said to havhapprnl August 11 arid thereabouts after the H liable C;cners of Uar bad come ' 1 n t - 1 . n rt - ' Early last spring a petit'on in !uv'.uhtiry bankruptcy was f.lc! against Abe Ostlan of the. Fveliabb Cleaners In the federal court at Hammond. P?bts wre allged to amount to $5,oo ! . The specific cases cited were advertising accounts owed the Gary I'rintinc Publishing Co., and the Gary Tribune Cn Later another petition was Sled by Sylvester Hurran. cf ter the t.w o no w s p a per bills hd b e c 4- t d for Asflin at that time is said to bav intimated that the aoM-n was ir.111-1' an tittnipt by Hip "Dyers' Trust" t . I break h'. financial b .-c a u j e be s I rot a ;-".'!". h r of the Master I & Dyers Association Some 1 inc development - re promis .'lear.ers pr -mo; - 1 when 'he matter m up for bearing bu' the. suit has not been pressei From th affidavits f.;d in f'hlrati the rason appears r be that the liei-ahb i C lear.ers some f'r.ic between . h' f:i rf thf, su:t ,ni AupUsl, n ha.j - ea r 1 to b an ln3'p"rient. concern ad lined tip with - asso.-iation th affidavit of Mr. C'-!in Chicago, he sars Ue was or-Jer- ! and 1 In East TO !ia,1 v.,, to the Reliable cleaners instead cf the Ca'.umt Cleanrrs & I'yers. Instead he snt to the American an independent Cleaning Co Ho jays thai was immediately boycotted by tr assocla ion livery of b. union and the dewa 9 pre yen fed. 3 goods 0. S. CLEARS NAME OF -GEORGE W. ' 5 c E : ' i '. TO THE TIMES) CROWN" POINT, IND 5ert fi Mrs. H. II. "heeler, ho has charge cf the Red Cress work In Crown Point has received word from the war department relative to the hereabouts of Georg Wra. Dahl, who has been listed as a deserter. The communication states that Dahi, f hose home was at Cedar Lake enlisted ;n Chicago on June 2?th. 131s. and dieS on February 20 th. 1313. of acuta bronchial pneumonia at Base Hspltal No, 50, France The war depart ment is desirous that publicity he given the above as that the stigma may be removed from the name of Fr.hl, who died in the e-ervd ro of his country. Pahl's name appeared on the published list of alleged draft deserters a-? a result of the final report of the draft officials and because cf the fact that be had faiied to nstify his local hoard of his enlistment. DIES OF HEART FAILURE Peter Taylor, a porter living at the Federal hotel, 45 Calumet avenue, Hammond, died Funday morning when he fell ro the pavement in front of the hotel. He was killed by heart failure and the blow which he r'-c- i'-'c 1 when his head struck the sidewalk. It is not known if Taylor has any relatives in this region, Burr." mcru. The body is

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Surprises Come This Morning To Hammond Federal Dry Agents T. o ;m;.o: tant de'-ej pmentf. ' od 1 broke tl. monotony of the '.fug suspense w hi'-b has heverM ov-r 1'

office of disinc'.. chief of v ttif 'i'fin. n! for n.jr'.h rn Hammond. :"hief D' put- Edward us not :rlf-d that his horr pro it, Indian a B r tingis in to n rnn t; st a t- for hi . nip b ye:i longer -n ' o expect to . e Indiana fore1 n thv same mail Chief Ous Sim nwa.: officially notified of the extent ..I l.e territory which he !s to supervise. Both were somen nat "f surprise Simons has bad the impression for twmonths that be is t : bo replaced by a new appointee while it had been sup posed that a man w the experienc e and repu-at!on for squareness lie: u anger wo uld be retained on t h -frce r--ardleSj cf the ft.ct that his Imme is two or three bolcks out. of Indiana li.-rwangfr lives ! West Hammond. A letter fre.m Bert Morgan, state director of federal enforcement. Inform -id Eddie that Mr. Morgan Intends appoint only Indiana men to serve -n his territory ad that Mr. Berwangers rtsigr.at ion w..ull it in crder. EJdie was Just back from Lapor--county where b had th sensational brush .ith Detroit booze runner, bagging one car with fourteen cases of llj-jor and missing a second on only bc-ause the Seeing rum carriers let the water cut of his automobile radiator with two bullets and sent two more through other parts of his machine. He bad received intimations that only Indiana men would be hired so was not surprised at Mr. Morgan's sterol. He hopes to be transferred to the Illinois department Chief Simons was informed that ill! henceforth have only eighteen er unties ins-cad of forty-stx to supervise lie has the northern group through w hich practically ail of Chla go's liquor supply is transported. The counties are Allen. DeKalb. Elkhart, Fulton. Jasper. Kosciusko. Lagrange. Lake, Liporte, Marshall, Nfiton. Noble. Forte r. Pulaski. St. Joseph, Starke, sieuier. and Whitley. Rumor had had it that, the new chief would be in charge of the district September 1. Various stories wo.-" afloat but no confirmation of any of them came fr-m Indianapolis. Hamn -. r people were expecting Robert iierrlr.gtoii to take o-, the Joh but : was also said that Asa Eilio't. former L" . S. gauger at the. Hammon 1 distillery, bad landed the Job instead of Harrington . Simons has continue"! to hold the place and it has begun t - 1-ok as though the original rumor that there would be r,o hange this year might prove true. GIRL ORPHANS SEE THE MIDGETS r-baperoned by Mr Afnes Tub., the hiirT.ii of the Americanization committee cf the Hammond Woman's Club ho wa; assisted by Mrs Emma Leary, Mrs. J. Morse and Mrs. Grace Cor.roy. the forty-one little girl orphans from the Carmelite Sisters Hvme in East Chicago, were brought heire to view 'he clof.iir p.erformance of the famous Strcer's Midgets. Credit is due the .oaiiasrement of the Parthenon theatr I .-r this addition.! court esv 31 they j had a'.rady entertained f-rty-n:ne -boy the day before The details were a'" arranged by the women chapemnes and incluled th transportation which; was graciously given by Mr. Ta 'mad g j cf th Street Car Company, who sen- j a special car and a supervisor to see j that the little tots were taken care ofj in tine shape. Too much credit canct be given th' ' people who arranged for these orphans j as it is indeed a real thoughtful person i that thinks cf others as these people have d .ne. and a th'r.g to brighten the lives cf the youngsters without an. i sar-r.ts. t HAJESTIC HAS SECOND PRICE CUT The Majestic Restaurant announces a second cut In food prices effective today. The rst cut was made only recently, and the two cuts now- represent a forty per cf nt reduction in restaurant prices, states the management of the Majestic, who is among the first in Hammond to ower the co.-it ot eating. j Prlcc-s are effective today, and they j say further that while the average, restaurant could not continue in bus!- 1 ness with the price of raw materials increasing, instead of decreasing, we ', expect a largo, volume of business that ; naturally will accrue, to offset the ' heavy operating expenses. i Potatoes are going up, yet we have I chep-ped off e.f.e-third to one-half on the j price cf potatoes. T-Hone steaks have been cut 1". cents. Others things have I been cut even dcepr. but this is a fair j citation. j Thr in an announcement relative j to the reductions elsewhere in this !-

20 VOTE AT POLLS IS EARLY REPORT

I Predict Defeat of Constitu tional Amendments in Lake County, Owing to Apathy. j ho - - a:- a. large portion of the vor ' -'" l.a..e .-o-snty that did not know nr.- as a s'ate-wile referendum to i Thorr was a still larger number ! oiers that did:-, t -are. Th 01.- ::. fioos o!t;-en was in the minority RepcriM at noon tods y Indicated that - o!;rg -. as ridi'-ulously small At 1.11 t ine on!" 1" votes had been cast 'he tenth precinct in Hammond h..-li is ill the heart of the business ;c'!'-ii The so-railed "bilk .'toclgns -eciio-ts" were rear!;, as ilereiPM h;e less pretentious ones F.-.s-ii the- hht tne labor union:associations rid the manufacturers against the proposed constitutional ame::d:ner.ts being vote-1 on today had t'a'ie.i m rouse interest. It '..1.- estimated by leaders of the rclUi. .-! parties that the vote would no. ixteed VAoiits per cent of th voting .stre-ngth of the county and the state. The poor showing in the morning war expe-te.j to be bettered somewhat In the afterr.con by the voting of the wew To-i-i The League of Women Voter? together with members of the tar as--oci.it;on were working at the polls in behalf of the amendments. The manufacturers' associations and the labor organizations who oppose the amendments r the major portion of them, --.-.ere i.ot repre.ser.ted by workers at he poiis in a majority of the precincts. "The total vote in Hammond will not ciiceed 2.00P." said Clyde Cleveland, -hairman of the republican party. "The heaviest voting has been in the fourteenth and fifteenth precincts." "This Illustrates that the referendum system is a costly and Impractit 0 experiment, " said another party worker (BULLETIN) . . - -. d s i r i . NEViS SERVICE; COLLINSVILLE. Okla.. Sept. 6. The problem of putting an end to automobile thefts in this city was believed solved today. Padlocks and chains and other safety devices were discarded. Last flight over 100 masked men overpowered the night jailer and took from the jail E. Scott, held for an automobile theft. The band then seized Roy Hollingsworth, who attempted to secure Scott's release from jail Sunday morning, and took the pair to a lonely spot eight miles from the city. Both were given a severe lashing with whips. (BULLETIN) - i ntts s atios L Nt'AS SERVICE) MONROE. Texas, Sept. 6. Chester Nighton, 21, and his brother Joe. 16, were in a hospital here today as the result of taking a nap on a railroad track. They set out to walk the ties to Montgomery yesttrday, and becoming tired, stretched out on the track and went to sleep. An engine and caboose struck them and tossed them off the track, but both will recover, it was stated. (BULLETIN) s-MONi'. neas SEBvICE1 t - , a -r 1 WASHINGTON. Sept. 6. The situation in the Wet Virginia mine zone is so favorable that Brigadier Genera! H. H. Bandholtz, officer m charge of the general situation there, recommended to the War Department today that half the troops be taken away immediately. the cm averted. war iavmg be en (BULLETIN) v-i: r cs' M 5 SE'ibPi WASHINGTON, Sept. 6W.th an eye to next year's congressional elections, the Democrats in Congress have launched an attack against the American valuation system applied to tariffs on imports, charging that if this Republican program goes through the country will be delivered "hog tied into the hands of trusts, monopolies and price-fixing organizations." (BULLETIN) !TENT!0I" NE'AS SERVICE 1 CHARLESTON. W. Va.. Sept. 6. Lying in a hospital here, Corporal Alexander C. Hazelton, of Wilmington, Del., only surviving member of the crew of five government aviators m the Martin bombing plane that crashed at Twenty Mile Creek. Nicholas county, is waging a battle for life today. Doctors, while hopeful, are not certain of his recovery'. Hazelton has two broken legs ar.d internal injuries.

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VAi ATI1 ).VIf ADD life s ironies: The circus comes to town on the opening dav cf school. DP.. 5. L SMITH is taking special!', ork in dentistry in Chicago this week. ONE hundred and nfr.etj -eight teachers, to be exact, said "Good morning. Johr.nv," todav. 7 HE waterworks improvement pram is m-vir.f along according to Engineer J?rMge. THAT Saturday gclf mat:b be'' the Kiwani at--l Rotary -.-jbs wa -b se affair from start to finish. proCity THE school tuition for out-cf-town (jupils has been increased to lh a month for high srhof.l and $4 for the grades, owing to the h. of education HENRY fCVBICK. 52? Hammond, was arrested a.e. for driving his ant: Ames avenue, on Calumet while drunkHe will face :b judge tomorrow m omit M J"iINcOX was "shot" In Indianapolis last Friday, but it was only bv a newspaper photographer fr bis picfire in one of the Indianapol's rale rs POLTON'S bun-h of box car robbers when arraigned before Ju4e Wowalsk! :n West Hamm. r.d cn Saturday afternoon were turnv o- or to the U S. District court. AT the meeting of the Central District of the Mission Synod of Lutheran ..burch.es held at Fort Wajne. the Rev V,'. J. Llchtslnn was elected se-retary last Saturday THE Hammond jail was loaded to capacity Sunday night, a thing which has not happened for some time The tenants, were mostly drunks or disorderly persons "SOUP" Ande'rson was given a treat at the Kiwanls Club this noon. Besides receiving prizes suggestive of his married state, he favored the organization with a solo. WHEN" the elephants went by in the parade this noon, tbe names of HenryCleveland and Arnold Kunert were written in large letters on their sides, to the amazement of bystanders. ONE of the sights of the town tired and much travel stained tramp parking on tbe island In ilaywood Park and washing sox. shirt and feet and drying them In the sunshine. TED SMITH", of the street car company is mum on the question whether or not the company put Jitneys in the field in competition with its own cars as a means of freezing out competition. HAMMOND man says this year's crop of mcsquitoes is resorting to dirty and underhand tricks He says that dozens which creep out of the weeds around his house are actually carrying knives. THIS 1' the season for th nice olt gentleman to torture trie small boy with question? such as "are you glar you are going back to school. little man ?" CHARLES F. WILLIAMS, rhtrflprarfcr. has teen cusy informing his friends that he is r."t married and refusing to accept .congratulations since that ens '. F Williams had gone in for matrtm 0 n y . HEINIE SCHNEIDER and Fred Donovan have the Koffee Kup all dolled up in new paint, and everything and todaywere practicing on the cash register preparatory to opening tomorrow after their annua! vacation. WALT MILLIKAN and Frank "CTb.it e headed for Northern Wisconsin yesterday for a couple of weess fishing. Walt has dreams of hauling in a twentypound musky or larger to mount and set local anglers wild GARDNER VO' iRHEIS left today for i Purdue University . Gardner isn t going ; to resume bis studies this early but i you know the o f rat house aJ to be cleaned up and there s a let of other things to l.e attended to. SOMEONE, w ho s's-ns the nam" "Miirj" but w h--. identity has not V-een solved owing t - the multitude of Mary's in this world, drops a post card from DuTuth to the boss teTiing bm she's there on a a fine tlir.e spree and iavmg THE Carmelite Sisters des're to thank the Parthenon theater, P J Bauwen; . T A. D'Ftin -o ai R II. McHie for the tr'p extended fifty orphan bos to fhshow Saturday, The kids were delighted with finger's Midgets and the ether acts. Mrs August Kamradt and Mrs. Xick Haan were chaperons TODAY the elephant drawing the mechanical orchestra for the rircus. stopped at tin- f.-untaio lr. front of thv Central s-hool for a few refresh'-.,: swig?. A small boy. . -o lr" r:".iti:-. his parched toiisi's, -,i- startled to ;':ni the nozzle of t - elephant's trunk in close but frionhi.- pr"x::nit IT has beer. rsentence of Mikity for forger-- be years to 1 tr 14 tence of Ka , mo: sentenced from ' eniie court for I rwas commuted 1. amended that the ob;o of Lake cam bieed from : to 14 i tr. w'iiie the senPahiin. who was ."-.iwn Point luviV for delir.epieriov i,ir month.-. HEX you go fail to drop Jo ford e en if : i.time of dav ' other dav ra'sb because he had hadn't call".: eoi t -. I'l'nir Point don't see Ral'-li Rrad-r.f-rely to "hid hire, the ie wa ovt-rbeard the g Ned with a feliow 1 ve:i in the Hub and hi:i: Kill his. eld of. him enough cf it. ce up ant. g."

I Experts Figure That Comparatively Small Vote Will Be Cast Today

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aratlv'-iy -n.all ' wb :. b " -ast In th-. sp.-.al 0 r.srlt it..v:.tl t . .- ..n fbe.-tion t day nv.y be i-.t r-r; 1 :ii two -o,,o.s one T.'-..t toe p.;':.'.:c ,s C .n'-l t . let well rn.iO.T. iib ::e . - i . n d : ff e re-n t f- si. h absti-iC. t th ,nis .1 1 t h - woi'd.ng of e :-.; e -1 . . s - f 'he basic law of the state. Th'- highest figure s 'v 1. ich have oeen placed on t'n- n-:mber of vo'. rs tsr. ,-i-' d t"' participate .n the election r. '.-.' state i s 6 ."' , o 0 o r less than or--- b. i . ' of the . ..ting p-wer r ' Indiana. The vr-te may run a great deal lower.

In tee adopt ion T roposed :.'.! d to iast seventy years since of the present vonetitut amendments have t'tn s the voters only cn fiv r iojs occasions. Twice s : ' ' o : '.ions were held and tb other three times the amendments were voted co at general elections. It U a sign -cant thing, however, that at the cnb two previous constitutional -sleet ions the amendments presented were adopted. Every Indication is that th two u amendments to be voted cn today w ; be defeated If they ar" it -n .1: p.-:-.e e.TPt time in the history cf the sta;, that an amendment submitted to th" people received mot" i,fgi-.;ve th an favorable votes. It Is true that w:h the- exception of the amendments voted -m in the two special ejections In 171 ar.d 155i every amendment su--rroted failed to be adopted. This d d not result from a failure to obt.-t r: more favorable tb.3n unfavorable v..;t from the fact that less than ha'f of the persons going to the pells registered in favor of the amendments. Th.constitution provides that en amer.dnnt can be ratified only 1 y a majority of the persons v.rf!:.;. AUIO CASUALTIES MANY IN GARY Several persons received minor injuries in a dozen or more auto accidents which occurred in Gary over Saturday. Sunday and Labor Day. .n moft every cajia the accidents w.-r caused by some violation of the traffic law. Mrs. F. D. Red. 1217 Harrissn '.. Hammond, was cut and bruised abc-it the face when an auto driven by Mr Reed crashed into one of the viaduct super! beneath the I. H Belt high im--on South Broadway and then swervei to one side strik.ng an auto parked at the curb. Her injuries were cs.ri for at the Mercy hospital. A Miss Kreiger giving her address as Crlsman, Ind., was painf'il'y Injured when .-.he. missed a tp while flighting from a Gary-MSIler bus anl truck her bead against tbe pavement. Steve Chelton. 4021 Carey tret. Indiana arbor, had a narrow escape from being burned when his auto caught fire at nth avenue and Clark read and was demolished. Chelton atated that the car was insured. Said to have been intoxicated, Thos. Dunleavy, 404 Adams stre-et, Gary was arrested after he bad walked in front of an auto driven by Clem EvIbj. er. 641 Jefferson etreet, at Sth avenue end Washington etreet. e was S3 drink a-ccordlng to th police report that t was impossible, to tel" how badly he had been injured. Eight other minor accident were reported to the police. ER IS SUED FOR DIVORCE Clair Gregg of Indiana Harbor, Made Defendant in Divorce Court. r " e r j ' CROWN POTN" '0 Tt TIME?" . INT'.. Svpt Grace P. Gregg of East Chicago has filed a complaint in the Circuit court for divorce from her husband, Clair I. Gregg manager of -he Western Vrkn Teb--graph offices In Indiana Harbor. She charges that vhii, marr-e 1 she v as compelled t work for her own 1! ir.g to support herself and chili. Paul L. -iregg, age 4 years Accor J'r.g to the wife, the -ireggs have been u;arr.e1 since ifij 5 and no time since he.r "is.-, riage has ho made provision for h--r su;. port Sh.e asks $; '''"' for suit mr;t . Harold IU. Stiles of Gary, f U.l i.vpi aunt RED FLAG HOISTED OVER CORK HARBOR MfcT-e-fsA-ieNAL SEAS SEPv.CE'' DUBLIN Sept. 6 The red fit.: Eol&hevisr bor today ffl th ha i was h-oistc-d over Strlkio i- -io-k v cr'e lor oificcs, ejeote.i etarv of the IRtrbor bo. 1, Sir Ja:n tn . Long and began e-olle-r. harbor dues The leaders of the sir' ers !i i-ie-d to form n soviet Th hoisted the- red flag and then -.tatI;-od picket ime defv-r.e anj oe to c, down the .-ri:r sur. bai i'fr. i THIRTY-NINE ears an ye da i Jacob Schloer so"d his !:rst pa'r o S shoes In Hammond lie's been a, it i eve: since-. "T paid 73 o -ever y ejv j I had for my iir.st si oek ar 1 .'"ill 1 have ro. cred the whoip bijt.iresi '-'th bod sheet " be sa-.s Som.3 co.itratt 1 v.lth the store he now his

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