Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 68, Hammond, Lake County, 9 September 1921 — Page 1

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Lake County's Famous Arms Han Is Ordered To AVASHTNGTON. Sept. 9. Major Mt nera! AVillUm G. Haan, of Crow r. Point, Ind., has been relieved from further detail as a mtmb'T of th.general start corps ami erde.ed to Manila. P. I. Major-General Haan was born r. ! Crown Point. Imi., October 4. 1S63, and ivai graduated from the United States Military AcvJemy in 188'.. His early service was with artillery and oraj! irtillery outfits. He served in Cuba and the Philippines from 1S98 to 13"'. and was three tln-.es recommended for brevets "for conspicuous conduct ir action." He served on the genfi.i: staff from 1303 to 19&5 and from 19 1U 1914 and was chief of staff for the astern df partmert for a time. ACTIVE WOULD WAR SERVICE. General Haan was appointed commander of the 57th field artillery brigade at Camp Ma.cArth.ur, Texas, In 1917. As a brlgadier-greneral h'e commanded the 32d division In three, major offensives in France, the Marne to Vesle, Oise-Alsne and the Meus-e-Ar-L'on ne . He was the commander of the 7th army corps as a part of the army or occupation in Germany in 101S ami part of 1513. returning- to the Unite-! States in May of the latter year. F'r his services In the wor'.l war General Haan was decorated with the French war cross with palms, the French Lesion of Honor medal and the American Distinguished Service medal. Soon after Ills return to the United ?!at"s General Haan visited his oil homo in Lake county, it being his firsi vi5it in nearly forty years. He wa the principaJ fifure of an observance in honor of the s ddi-r dead of t hell at ion, heading a parade that inclu-l-d veterans of the civil war, SpanishAmerican and world wars. lie was heard in the main address. Gen. Haan has friends all over I,ak1 ounty who will always te interested in hl warrior career. TANK CONTESTS FOR HAMMOND KIDDIES A swimmir.ar contest of interest wir, be he', 3 Saturday afternoon at 2:n pm . at the tank fitted out. by the Hammond Kiwanis ' jb f-T the ,-hildrfi of Hammond, under the au.-p.ces tf :he club. The tank has furnished a Sreat deal of am -ise-rm :i f ani ro!'- ! from the heat ti.is summer, and '.:. contests will take th form ' a far' -we.;; me'-t The e.-i.-'m at the ta'ik will probably c:- w i Mi tiie contest;1 These events will held: 1. 10 year? an 1 under. 33 yar'l swim. 2. IT ti is yerr.. T,3 ? ard .-:m 3. 14 to i year n," yard wim, 4. 14 t- 16 yers 1 yird swim. 5. T'n ier wat r an 1 i rk. Mrkf. Bronz merla's .vMl be Eriven by thK! wants Ciub te the witin-tj. Knti-e, muit be m at 11 oV-ocV: Siturui morn'.r;!?. at the M. I'.. n-... Shop, or, Hohman s-treet, A competent man will have chir? "t the contents to s , that there ar ro accident.-', and the rnee't will be run off on s'll-i. IRON WORKERS ILK OUI IN GHIGAG rTNTERNAT'CNAL r.'EV.'S SERVICE CHICAGO. Sept. p. v crk on the new Federal Reserve Bank iWiidinp; h'r ww seriously handica.p;e-d todny when tae hoisting e-rjrineern ornamental iron workers, steam filters and plumbers employer thr1 waiked oti: b'-an of 3 lssat Isf action with the recent uae award hy Judjje K. M. l.anri:s. .s;rik ? of hoistinar ensrir.eers empbiye.j on several other building jobs here were reporteu. HUBER MOVES TO COUNTY SEAT C. 'W. Huber, 247 Highland street, ITammond, Is moving to Crown Point where h" will ensraire in the Kasoline and oil business. He Is erecting a warehouse end two larse storage tanks on the Pennsylvania railroad and from there will make d -liveries to gara?es. farms and retail dealers. The tanks will have a capacity of 16.0nn gallons ,-f grasoline and 11.000 pallons of kerorene. Mr. Huber will handle the Moorehea I products. He was formerly connected with the Inland S'teel Co The family vei'l live on Joiiet street. In Crown Point. JUDGE GARY GOES TO MEXICO NEW YORK. Sept. 9. Judafe E. H. Gary, chairman of the United .States Steel Corp., accompanied by Mrs. Gary and a party of friends, is leavins today for a month'3 pleasure tour of Mexico.

Just Twenty Years Ago Today A. M. Turner, V. C. Belman and P. V. Meyn TgoIz Charge Of City's Biggest Financial Institution

A. Murray Turner, V . C. (Hill) liein.an and P't Mt yn slie-.k h.tnds ;U1 uround when the First National bank ojiened for business today. It was the twentieth anniversary of 'hoir 111.-1 nar e-ment of its affairs. Mr, Turner, the president. l.-oked over the busy place with the .1 lorins; eye ..f r. bridegroom leaving tin church. Mr. M'yn had the pleased air of a Kolfer making a birdie- and Mr. Ilelnian was frolicsome. It s-.enied only yesterday to thes-thre,-fathers of business' The twenty years have been s crowded with achievement that time slipped by little m-u-J. Thi- twentieth year finds then-, m th"ir prime, and the First National bank er it reproachable as Caesar's wife. Nor is banking: their 01, !y accomplishment . A. M. Tnri.fr s noted for his (ir.icf and wit as an after dinn r sp-akfr, AV . C. H-linan is on- of thprominent n-on of the Methodist church here and broad, and Mr. Myn is the business advis.-r . f New York and Chicago fono-ins having intcrcs's in this rogi.-r. . It goes without .;iyin thnt the three turn have t'ne respect of bankers thtouerhout the state and that 'heir counsels are consider-a valuable-. B1K OMIG MOKESTV. It is lamentable, but true, that they have suceeded without the aid of press agents. No paid trumpeters havkept the public informed of their virtues. Father have they shunned publicity, not for fear of it but out of a due sense of modesty. Their methods of personal advertisement have hern the unaffected da.ly contact with their patrons and the satisfactory transaction of business. AVe overlook the I diocyncraaies 01 all men except the one to whom we intrust the care of our money. He must be pure. His life mut be -xemplary . Even on the twentieth anniversary of their first and greatest lovet'ae First National Bunk these three successful ien whose names have been so constantly associated as to be inseparable, would have preferred t avoid publicity . For the bank, yes. but fe'r themselves, no. The reporter who sought to BoswelliKe them was scanted. Though ho trailed the thin veil of stogie, smoke that marks the path of A. Murray Turner and overtook that satre R-enf le-mr n prone in a barber chair at Simpson's shop, there was no interview forthcoming. The net result of the effort to obtain the exclusive life rtory of I'. AY. Meyn was a handshake and a smile, and Mr. rtelman's contribution to the biographical sketch was a statement f the bank's resources twenty years -.?' and or - today. A FEW HHMArtRS, Th reporter propoj not in be thwarted. Rather than jro before h'S editor in the humility of defeat he will '"li " -w A. M. Turner rose from arm ! to bank by s' r !ng In m' vHtuous capacity of sheriff, mo tor man .hk! political k inp-maker . n, will re. h!1 to the render that Mr. Belman s.irg- in tb choir -if the church at 1e.v.rl!, taught school and hecam superintendent f the public sehools of Tfamme-nd. Further than that, i shall be mentioned that Mr. Meyn n- e worked for a daily watre even a oji and I '-.i-f that it u as a good i - a 1 1 r ss . In addition, the reporter, b e f n p: a th"rn:i;hly desperate i haracter, intends to say that Mr Turner has l-e.-n ro',vn to bt on a h":-.. race at th" county fair, that the minister located he- trouble in the choir at Lowell, and t -i!t Mr. Meyn resienrd h js positi- n Ai eicrk in a grocery store at about :iie time cas-h registers came int.' S.neral use KNOAV MW MlfTlKTS. v;"t only d" 'hes threv bankers refrain from songs of mutual admiration but th'y h;:c !o;k--d in thei-iuss-oii-.s hundreds of human interest j-torie.i. The banker is the fa.'nr 0 -nfessor. If is to him that mm tell tones r.f misfortune and paint pictures of the pot of gold at the rainbow's end. Tb, banker must l liglitninc in hi s judgment of character. No phrenologist running- his flnpers e.ver the bumps and lanie.s of tj-.e skull is s i-jick t read the past, 7rosent arid future. Like the wizard of the desert he bto.mes e.xpert in discerning the mirage from the oasis. AVhat a lemlth of material for a scribbler.' Jf either Mr. Turner, Mr. Meyn or Mr. Belman was to suddenly become loquacious the linotypes would rattle long- into the night and the next edition of the paper would be the last. But these storie3 will never be told. They are as sacred and safe as. though locked in the vaults of the bank . How many business men fallen upon evil times have been saved from ruin will never be known. How many young- men have been encouraged, advised and aided to success and happiness can only be estimated. Howmany widows, left with tangled financial affairs, have been saved from poverty through the gratuitous offices of these men is also a matter for conjecture. But to rightly estm.-ve the frreat value and service ov the First National Bank to a community some inkling- of the daily conferences and personal inter lews is essential. THE HBAI, STRKAfiTH. The strenpth cf a bank may be shown in the capital and surplus but after all a bank is no stronger thun the men behind it and of no greater service to the community than they are of service to the commur.itv.

Tho iharaeter of the First National bank today is the chaneti r of Irs dil ee ; ,-r.---.! o; s;-r.-. Turner. Ib'Iman, F. ' . Be t z . (ril lv .in fm. ui. ("!:,.. Knw rzer. John F H-okicm, J. U. Fi!Kcr.iM. ,M . Mo, ton T-.ivl- and pet"!' V. Meyn.

The store- of the 1 hank not only includes t lie se men but it is t h city of Hammond its If nfTairs of the founder. M. M . Towl.-r. Sr., and hrst National the 01 1 ei i s of .- Kory of tin and unites the of thi; town The, mas II. unn 1 e. n d . M. M Towle, Sr. and Thomas Hammond were men of t remendous energy, a d;t a t i, ui and 01 igrinality . It was M. M. Towie who founie.l the packing: industry, the distillery, the first lumber yard and many oth r industries of '.he city. ou; M.i:n i iss. On Match 20. 188C. he organized and iinanced the First National hank with a capital of oO . For several year.his bank was able to furnish all the financial Heeds f the community but ;' s t h -- t w n d e v e-1 o p e d i was d e , m e d '.vise by Thomas Hammond and (.titers to orgr.nizo a second institution. Therefore, in May, there was established the Commercial bank with a capital of $50.o)J. The First National bank was purchased by A. M. Turner, P. AY. Meyn and AY. C. Belman and their associates in September. K'Ol. and in retirin g from active business. Mr. Hammond and Mr. Tow It . the founders of the city, li't the institutions th-.y founded to the administration of these men . This expression of confidence by the recojj riljted fathers (if Hammond, If iivine; evidence of their discernment and business judgment. Mr. Turner, Mr. M.yn and Mr Belman were the first directors, with Mr. Turner as president and Mr. Belman, cashier. IWmm has since been made vice president. ITHCH VSE (OMMimCHI, BXK. The Commercial bank, -.rantrei by Ttmrna Hammond, wa.-i purchased January 1, l'j9, and the capital stock f Cue bank increased from 100. 000 t :flC0,00-0 with a surplus of $1&0. 000. On March fJS. 1519. Ui.3 ccpitn! stock was Increased to $250,000 . The growth of the bank in the twenty years of Ha present management can be seen in a i-miparlson of statements, then and now. The first statement, Sept. ll'C-l, follows; ESOMICES. Biils diseounttd 1 ul.5 TO't; 'ash and due from bank... 93,034.'''.". Bonda 92.o."!.itn Meal estate, fixtures 7. 455. on 1300,083.97 MAniLITIES. Capita! stock $ 500-10 e... Surpius fund ;o,i'fi:l 00 Undivided profits L'l,7,r.S.O" 1 hrciil.ii jon f.rt.n'.f' l.'epcsjts 1RR.331 9.". $e.0O,.'S.-.97 LT-t published statement. June H". !::i: HHOtnCIls. BU'ij discounted S2 ,A3 4 . 3 7 S. 1 7 1 'verd rafts LI, o;n . . 'ash and duo from hanks S4 1.592 .M I.ioerty bonds 1. "7.437.0" j Stok And bonds T'J9.2 1 1.1 " j Real estate and fixtures... 10.300.72 Interest e-atned 111,115 fej S 4.:.3S,13'.Of! j i.i.imuTins. I ' 'apita! stock $ 250.000.io Surplus j ."'0,000, ,)i Fndivided profits 46.S95.67 Circula'ing not's 242. Sen O" fieposit.s 3. 72$. 951. S4 R... serve for taxes and interest 2,5-79 'i't other Labilities 2$. 50 43 J4.3?S.ir,5.f'(; AOT THINKING OF RmiHIMi. Retire? Thee aren't ihirking of it 1 lie ftr.-t t-vf nty y.;,r- s.ipped past! too fist, for that. The habit of busiio.ss is t'o str.o up-in them. 'hie s S t Jtfe of r' "ir. ii'rni has no arp a! for the three men to wh"in the founders f the city intrusted their institutions. Though they have proven worthy of thir trust and hav enough of the world's good to relieve th-tu from the necessity of daily toil In tinbusy nutrts, the Messers. Turner, Meyn and lidnnn are too young to eiuit work and too old to learn newmodes of living. And moreover they are tn eery good health, thank you, on their twentieth an n j versa r . Congratulations are in order. THE COPS' REVENGE. To get even with the bankers who j beat them at baseball yesterday, the police this morning pinched a number of bankers for various violations of the automobile parking and traffic laws. NEW MUSIC STORE A Grafanola priced at $123 is to be given away to some lucky man or woman who visits the Columbia Music Shop, 577 Hohman street, which opens for business Satjrday, September 10. The .whop wiil be conducted by Josep.h AYilcockson, who has another store on State street. ONLY ONE SAVED INDIANA POLI?, Sept. 9 Complete unofficial returns from Tuesday's cont utlonal emendrjent election give Amendment No. 1 a majority of 48,534 votes. All other amendments were defeated, on the face, of these returns, us was foreca-st.

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D. S. Must Have Same Mandatory Rights As Allies In League of Nations 1 BY NEW TON C. PARKK) STAFF CO! ! JIN FX A. S- N r 1. N. SEBVirtl VI. a. The IT.iti d States in its last mandate to the Allied Powers., insist that America shall have the same- riRht.s in mani'iif ory .-r rl t ories a- membeis of the Leairue of Nations, it was learned here tod a y The text of the Aiii, rirsn note hi-" !''-n rec i-ed by the d e'.cirri t -s of tri Allied Powers attending the League of Nations Assembly mc-tings) from th.various allied foreign offices It is understood that. American not laises the following i-oints: 1 Arner'.crn reasserts that the Allies' must consult her before disposing of the former German colonies. 2. America insists that she have thi same trade ritthts in mandate terrii rules as members of the League of Nat ions. It No mandate shall be modified without the consent of the United States. I. The American note meets the Allied argurm r.t that the United States il l net w.rr on Turkey and consequently has tin voice in the, disposition o'' Turkish colonies by asserting thai Tut key would not have been defeated if the United S-ats had not fough; e 1 e r n 1 a n y . j. The American p.' te suggests that capitulation'? be maintained in Syria. Palestine and Mesopotamia until effe 'ive governments can be established i 11 t hosr , our.: ries. It. is learned that all prospects for nr, real prctrress on disarmament at tins .'ession have been severely retard ed by the flat refusal of Ensiand ani France t "iuterchn run full and frank Information." legardlni? armaments, though pledged to do o in article eight of the League of Nations covenant. Unerr.pley merit in the United State' rrme in for attention at assembly toflay. M Ln Font 1 in e of the Belgian dele. cm lion., In criticizing the report of the T-.tgue C.'ounc.l, referred to both the American unemployment and the Russian famine es two outstanding cases of worl d mi "or j . The B' 'g.un s ; at "siun n condemned Conncl! for "presenting a dry. statistical r'-port con tain I ntr nothing- that oth.ers hope to tire world." PERSONNEL 10 WAGE GOT OCCUR! f-harp reductions in wages, salable... and personnel of both office and shopv of the Simplex plants of the American Stcei Fojndr'es ."., at Hammond went ; r, t o efre-et this week. The -age reductions amount to 10 per cent wh'le tin- number of men in all departments hav teen reduced to the lo e.-t. p.-.s. flble. ' 'n September 1. many rmrl'-.vfj "f both office and shops uere laid off t;i de-lnltely. Ke ween fifty and .ev ntyfive of the- sk;ll--d men of the mechanical department w-re released, men who had been retained 3S Ions; as possible in the hop -s that the rail wa equipment business would pick u. This week members of the office and mechanical forces who remained wr tioti'led that their -salaries had been reduced 10 per cent. The fqct ry has been running at only a small fraetio-i of its capacity for scleral months and this reduction amounts practically to a shut down. OLIGE IN NEW MOONSHINE RAID Ti e Hammond police department, with the eo-o;. oration of Ag- nt Sutherland of the Krie railroad, early this morning raided a bunk house at the Erie yards in Hammond and arrested the owner, John T'astuehal. for violating the liquor law. Eleven quarts 1 moonshine were found in his place. The railroad officials and the police were tipped that drunken people had heen seen coming from the place from time to tlm:. but no definite evidence was found until a tip came last night. It is said that the house is a regular stopping place for workmen in the ya-ds. The case has been set for the fifteenth and the bond is $1,000. NATIONAL BANK CALL. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. The Omptroler of the Currency today issued a call for the condition r.f National banks as of close of business, Tuesday, September 6. MASONIC NOTICE Garfield Lodge No. 5G9 F. & A. M. will hold a Called Meeting Friday. Sept. !. opening at 7:30 o'clock. Entered Apprentice degree. J. W. MOUTH LA NP, AY. M. 9-3-

BA" Y, 1 1 . ATKINS STAFF CC PRESTON DENT I. N. SERVICE U'ASHINGTON. Sept. 9 . -Off icla'S took a more optimistic view of the un1 mpioym.-nt siruation today. Indications t.f a better trenj industrially, pa : t 0 u la r i y in a'-triculture, are multiplying Movi .:.".! lf..o.-r s.nd he was very h. pe fui .to- s lnnilati-.n in cot'011 and nhe.it -..!i extend to other lines that hav e !. t n sis;irnar.t since the- price d'. e-iino start. -d business to stai'ging. Others in toti-di v. ft h the fiscal and

,111 nor. i; O'1.1 ' iy in(BULLETIN) AURORA, Ii!.. Sept. 9. - hen Samuel Filup and bride returned from Indiana Harbor, where they were married, the groom was arrcr.tcd and p'iccd in jail upon complaint of Mrs. Mary Steffik, who said that last April she gave F:lup $750 of her savings to plice in a safe deposit box for safe keeping. She averred that she was never able to get the money back. (BULLETIN) 1 '"I"" R N s T o N A ".. NTWS SrRVICFl NEW YORK. Sept. 9. Madame 01;ja Pctrova, actress, is recovering today from injuries, including two broken ribs, received last night in an auto accident near her hotel. (BULLETIN) t :eiTrRNT1CNL NEWS SfRVICfi NEW YORK, Sept. 9. Mystery surrounds the exact reasons for the critical condition cf Walter Seligman, son of the international banker, Henry Seligman, who in his father's palatial smnmer home at Elb-eron, N. J., is recovering from serious injuries after a gay dinner party last week. (BULLETIN) 'INTERNATIONAL NE.W5 SE-tVICE WASHINGTON. Sent. 9.In the face of widespread unemploy ment and stagnation in the agricultural and industrial lines, the cost of living continues to mount higher and higher. This was shown today when the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued figures showing that in fifteen principal cities in the United States the retail cost of food increased from 1 to 8 per cent during the period of July 15 to August 1 5. POISONED FLY PAPER CAUSES CHILD'S DEATH E-?..st Chicago Tot Discovered With Arsenic Paper in ' ' Her Mouth. The funeral of little rorotby Stuart, who died last Tuesday from ating fly paper poison, was held at the home of her mother, 4?C0 Hiring avenue. Fast Chicago, yesterday afternoon. The- body was taken to Oan. Hill cemetery. Hammond, for burial. It is said that the mother found tier baby reaching upon the table and breaking off bits of the poisoned riper and chewing it and spi'ting the dry portion out. A do -tor was summorifd at once, but they were unable to pump th.; substance out of the child's stomach. At the inquest it was found that the child had eaten over one grain of arsenic. BLUM m sot. GOING AFTER BUStKESS One of State street's most popular stores, J. F. Hlum an dt'on( are out to capture a reai bun. h of trade. They j are actually going alter Dullness an a are strong ho Levers in the slogan of the moment '1021 is rewarding fightc rs." As a means to the nd sought, they! have very judiciously decided on news-j paper adve rtising as the medium thru j which their store news .-"hall be made! known to the public. j They have Just closed a contract with; the maker .f one of the finest and the most widely known lines of Men's anil Young Men's Clothing in the Fnit'-d States, and will anno .nee this line at ! the earl. est possible moment. j "You can teil 'em we are going to I ivrupulously carry out every thought j expressed in our advertising, as lias always been the pdicy of this store. j and values will flourish here as never li-'nr,-.

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gulne that the corner has been turned. The permanency of these improvements in business ln th- lines described, it was said, is bound to cut down I to some extent some of the present ! idleness. ! Plans went ahead speedily today for a conference on unemployment here. Secretary Hoover today laid the tentative program f-.r the- conference hefore the piesid.-nt irl his cabinet. Ther- are a porox ! n.r.tt !y 4,5''0.n'e bread winners o.-.r of employment, according to calculations made today from the latest governm-. nt reports on unemployment.

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(BULLETIN) t ... , i .-..,, hfws 5 r s v i c e j BERLIN. Sept. 9. Germany must pay out in indemnity annu- ' ally nearly nine times as much a3 she receives under the new tax program, Franz Lrbig, a prominent Beriin banker, said today. Btr!in banks are demanding permission to pay reparations in pounds sterling and French francs instead of American dollars as now required. (BULLETIN) f 'KTESNATICN'. NF'.YS SERVICE' MUNCIE. Ind.. Sept. 9. The elevator of the Woodbury-Elliott Grain Company, with 30,000 bushels of wheat and oats which it contained, was destroyed by fir; here today. The loss is estimated at $40,000. (BULLETIN) 'I'.TEft't'O'.'J.l NEWS service; BALTIMORE. Sept. 9. A man who gave his name as Clyde Moore. 22, was arrested here charged by the police with attempting to steal the police headquarters automobile while the machine was parked in front of the court house early today. (BULLETIN) iNT-fNTtC-"'- "iEWS SE"ICE! WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. The end of the long dispute between Panama and Costa Rica over the Coto district which at one time caused open warfare between the two countries and left the dispatch of sharp notes and battallion of marines from the United States, was signalized today. The State Department was officially informed that Costa Rica had accomplished peacefully the possession of the district and that there was no trouble. Caught beneath a heavy boiler as it ro!d from the wagon on whlrh ft had Just been loaeled. Louis S tef anowski . 127, 3C6th st, West Hammond. wru crushed to a shapeless ilp of flesh and broken bones early this morning The gruesome accident occurred a the Mtehican Central team track i't West Hammond as one of the huciehollers for the new Hammond Masonic Temple was being transferred from a car to a war-on. Stcfanownki was empboed hy John j-'. A hi born. who does house moving and other heav transportation. The hoiler weighing many tons had been moved to a heavy wagon and the men were starting to nuke it fast preparatory for the trip to the Masonic Temple. The wheels on the side on which Stefanowskl was working started suddenly to sink Into the H ind under the heavy weiitt of the load. No one noticed the settling of the wagon until 't had reached a dangerous angle Then before S tefanov, -ski could get out of the way the boiler rolled from the bolsters catching him and crushing him into the ground. Mr. Stefanowskl was about 50 ye -s old ami leave I a widow. a. daughter and four grown sons. Too children and A'iola. Fred. Louis Jr.. AValter and Zygmunt. STANDARD OIL TO TAKE OVER PLANTS ON OCTOBER 1 PEXVKR, Sept. 9. It has been announced offichir.y that the Standard u! Company e.f Indiana will on October 1 take over the operation of the plants of the Mid-Weft Uefininsc Company at Casper Greybull and Laramie and afttr that date will act as agent of the MidWest so far as the refining end Is concerned without em reaching on the Mid-West production department. STATE BANK CALL. INOIANAPOLIS. Sept. 9. The State Lank Department today Issued a call for the condition of .--ttite banks as of toe close of business. September 6.

iGRUSHED TO DEATH BY BOILER

SPECIAL TO THE TiMFSl AA" HI TING. Ind., S- pt . 1 . It cO Mr. end Mrs. J. Kolik. a-i bier'..' eouple residing at 619 lto!..i:i;. V.;bvard. AA'hiting, $4,640. the surplus savings of thejr life-time, when the automobile in which th-"y were '.ak'nu a little pleasure trip broke down on thirond between Harvey, 111., and Hammond . LIFF, KARMXG GOM1. It also means that they must for-go the visit to their old home in Europe which they had planned and t' wards which they had been looking wttn anxious anticipation for years. Mr. and Mrs. Itosiak were held up and robhe-.J by four armed i n as they sat in AValter Martlnak's latcninjll'i at the side of the Harvey-Hammond r'-ad waiting for Mr. Mart Irak ' J bring mechanical aid from a garage. mnx'T isn ntNKi, Instead of banking their wr.. e , they had followed the plan t - whl h so many people in the foreign sections persist In clinging in spite of the heavy losses which their fellow; havo suffered. They kept The money at home sewed in the. lining cf Mrs. Itosiak's dress. AVhc-n Mr. Murtinak offered to take them with him on a little ride Mrs. Itosiak was careful to don the garment containing their ,-av-ings . IRIVF1JI GOKS TO GARGIk They visited Harvey and were driving eastward on the homeward Journey when something went wrong with the automobile. Martir.ak r-ui'e.'J off to the side of the road and after examining the michinv decided that f. needed a garage expert. There was nothing to do hut walk back to the nearest garage and grt a mechanic, mm mux Ari'inn. Martinak had been gene only a short time before four men suddenly merged from the bush at the side cf thn road and commanded the Kosiaks, to hand over their money. They protested. They gald they had no money with them. Put here one of th" mystifying features of the r .bh.-ry appears. The men evidently knew that Mrs. Ilosiak had. tho money on her person for she was commanded to hand 1t over promptly ard the weapons in the hands of the bindii-? were turned upon her threateningly . She was Informed that unless hip gnit up they would take It by feu ce . RMMSTAATE V .I1I,F.S, Seeing that resistance war ujp!.-,. the aged woman with bitter Itiivnotions tere the money from Its hiding I'laco in the lining of her dross an! gave it up. The bandits sr.atche-1 the banknotes from her hands as fas? as she produced thi m and when the I9.0 had been found they flipper! off in; -the bushes and disappeared aa c-'jlckly as they had come. HOAV KID Til ITY KVOWI AA'l "n Martinak returned from th garage with help the Ros'aks explained their plight and search was ma iin thj brush but the bandits had made their getaway. On reaching AVhiting the police were notified and other cities were asked to aid in the nearch. No trace cf the hold-up men has be. n found. The Iloslaks are at a Ions to knowhow the robbers knew thy were carrying the money with them as they hd always guarded the six-ret carefully. They did not recognize, any of the men.

SUCKERS DEFENSE CBLED tSTECUl TO T"E T'vr-i CROTVN POINT, IND., Sept. 3 John Kuban and Joe AVargovieh, the two bunco stet-rers who attempted to "cld brick" Joe Stodola of Fst H.immond out oT several thousand dollars last month, were tried before Judge Martin Smith in the e'rimlna! court at I'tna-n I'olnt yesterday, and were senten-ed to from two to fourteen years in th reHtentiary. The defense crumpled when the records eif the two men were tntroduced as evidence. Hnii base served term for various cifencps. MUST BE A LOW-DOWN GXTY Some insulting geezer. aft--r winvsfing the po! ice-'ban kt r fiasco at il i.ri-t-.in park last night, called up !i - H t.ro rnond police stati ui. If .oi.oi fur George Ilanlon. "fleorge is out," said the m m a ii ' jti"wer.d the phone. "Well," said the brute at the other end of the wire, "whl .1 he come 4 in. j oil tell him that th. rei n ed ..u.o' . s -men of Hammond want, a game "a "h the pnlue and just to rvike it interesting, we e ili pro mi re t pi. iv "II ' men w h . hal e passed th' .r ioot.t of three-score years and ten." xTh re bus been no announcement of :-:ti acceptance as yet. NEW ROTARY CLUB FOR GARY Step.- were taken last night for the organization of the Gary l-tofary Club. A delegation cotisi-ting of p-ist pfsi-d-nt Tom Tennant, Secretary l"r d Page. Cecil Harris, of ("h.eao. ,.f th" International Head"iiart( r.--, and Koscoe Woods, went over fr..m Hammond. They r p..rt a very interesting and fi live in..-'ting. A charter gro-.-p of 2.". has be. n secured. Including such wel' known nten as V. P. Glean n and Cap". Norton. A delegation from Michigan City was present, and at the charienight which wil be in afew if'ks groups from all t lie su rounding c'ties w.l! be" there.