Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 72, Hammond, Lake County, 14 September 1921 — Page 1

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0 f r,M REGARD TO CARPENTERS m 8 Showers probably tonight and Thursday somewhat cooler In north and central portion Thursday and la extreme north portion tonight. VeliVf-rsd by Carrier In Ha mm out. ana W. Hammond SOc pi month on (tveeta and news dtand 3c ier ropy VOL. XV, NO. 72. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1921. HAMMOND, INDIANA its a pi33

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Chief Nitz of West Hammond Police Makes Discovery Btolen-to-order automobiles may now be had the same as custom-built or the ordinary kind, according to facts which are coming to light as a result of an Investigation now being made by Chief Nit of the West Hammond police. The West Hammond police now have six of these cars in their poseeesion. all in first class shape ani representing a vlauaticn of about $15,000. More are expected to turn up as to Investigation proceeds. Word came to the police that a West Hammond man ha4 been offered a handsome Cadillac machine at a ridiculously low price. In fact the sum was so small for the car which was almost new that the prospective purchaser became suspicious. The police were notified and the two men who had attempted to make the sale were picked u? some time later. The car which they had tried to sell was gone and they denied knowing what had become of it. "Attempts a: tracing: the machine so tar have yielded no results but it is thought to have been sold to someone in West Hammond, H.ammond or nearby territory. The police suspecting an organized gang began checking up on machines which had recently appeared In West Hammond. Assistance was also rendered by Hammond police and the result was that four Hudson touring cars, a Cadillac sport model and a Bulck roadster were picked up within the last few days. All were found to be stolen cars and had been sold to the latest owners at prices which should have aroused suspicion. The BulcJc roadster, good as new, had been run only 1.200 miles and yet the "salesman" parted with It as second-handed for only $350. Purchasers of these stolen machines have been called to the police station to look over the two men who are being held but so far none have identified them as the ones who sold the machines. Representatives of the Chicago Detective Bureau were In West Hammond yesterday afternoon looking over the cars which had been recovered. From their records they were able to Identify all of them as stolen and furnished the names of the owners. The majority of the machines have been stolen within the last month In Chicago. It is said that the "atolen-to-order" salesman approaches a prospect and represents himself to be a free lance second-hand agent. He offers a car or two which generally prove unsatisfactory to the unsuspecting prospect. The conversation generally end3 by the prospect saying something like this: "Well If you could find me a good Buick or Hudson at a decent price I might consider it." The salesman assures a!s client that he can find just such a car for "there are always fellows buying good machines and then finding they need money more than they do the machine." He explains that he always keeps hi seyes open for such boys in distress. A few days later he calls on his prospective customer with just the car they were talking about. He tells of the poor fellow who had to sell and even produces a bill of sale attested by a notary', softie of them Hammond notaries by the way. The deal is quickly clom.d. Chief Nitz and his men are hot on the trail of the Cadillac offered by his two prisoners and if it can be located he believes he will have all the evi dence necessary to convict them and at the same time bring a confession from them clearing up the thefts ot tha other machines. JUDGE VAN FLEET GETS GIG JOB WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Vernon W. VanFleet of South Bend, Ind., has been chosen a member of the Federal trad commission to succeed John G. Pollard of Richmond, Va.. whose term expires Sept. 25, according to officials here today. President Harding's announcement of the selection is expected soon. Mr. VanFleet is a special assistant in the office of Attorney General Daugherty. During Harding's campaign for the presidency, Mr. VanFleet was his manager for Indiana. He is an exjudge of the St. Joseph Circuit court and Is Republican chairman of thv; Thirteenth congressional district. A CUTTING- SCRAPE Edgar Shoemaker, colored, 146 Flummer ave.. Is in jail following a cutting scrape in which he carved up Lillie Junior, same addres3. Lillie suffered six razor cuts on her neck, face and legs. She is not seriously injured. "The couple, it is thought, became Involved in a quarrel, which culminated in the carving bee. Shoemaker Is charged with felonious assatul. Lillia Jt m4 tba care of Dr. Chldlaw.

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"All th eFences are Down" For Girls, Declares Winifred Black; Dangers Confronting Young W ornen. BT WINIFRED BLACK (Noted Writer on Women's Affairs) (Written Expressly fpr The International News Service) FAN FRANCISCO. CAI,.. Sept. 14 Dead. In !.. ery and disgrace. Dead, in shame and humiliation. Dtad, in agony and despite Olive Thomas in Paris! Billy Carleton In London! Virginia Rappe In San Francisco! Three young, beautiful girls full of life and the joy of living! And every one of them died in a way that would have rn:ide the mother who bore them wish they had strangled in their cradles. If she could have looked ahead and visioned even dimly the horror that. came to them! What does it all mean where Is it all going to end? This girl who died In San Francisco the other day In hideous agony has J never been connected in any way with I any scandalous stories of disgraceful ' parties betore. 1 She was a quiet, well-behaved, modest girl, they say, Intelligent and well enough accustomed to the ways of the world to know what - "wild parties" meant. How did she happen to go to such an orgy and after she got there, when she found out the sort of "party" It was why didn't she leave the place immediately? What was a self-respecting, proud, high-hearted girl doing at such a place? Just exactly what hundreds and perhaps even thousands of other girls are doing, day in and day out. and night in and night out, all over this country. The old-fashioned rules that protected girls who had not sense enough to protect themselves have all been broken. Ten years ago. the girl who would go to a irm's room In a hotel, party j or no party, would have thrown away LIBER POINTS TO LAKE COUNTY AS AN EXAMPLE Conservation Head Says Education Helps Protect Wild Life. INDIANAPOLIS. Sept .14. It is astounding the amount of wild garr.e life found in Lake county, that industrial region of northern Indiana, considering the density of population, declared Richard Lieber, director of conservation, on his return today from an inspection trip and businera vvuference with me-n of the northern branch of the state warden service. Mr. Lieber pointed to Lake county as a liberal educational factor in that it teems with industrial life, and yet, three miles from the city of Hammond, the center of the Calumet region, prairie chickens aro found, while such gams as quail, rabbits and squirrels are abundant. Naturally, the waters of the region abound with aquatic life .and that section of Hoosierland is known far fur its excellent piscatorial sport, he says. The fact that Lake county offers unusual inducement for sportsmen ty reason of its abundance of small win life, presents an unique situation, Mr. Lieber pointed out. in that the population is intor-racial and its many residents of fJrekm birth are njt expectel to be as well informed on hunting an3 fishing laws as the native born. Where a yoar ago state wardens found a population suspicious and disinclined lo conptrau: for the conservation of wild and aquatic resources, todav the wardens, by firm and impartial law enforcement, and because they frequently act as instructors to teach the laws, have brought about a spirit of unity for conservation as a whole. The people of Lake coutity are noticeably boosters of their locality, the Indiana conservation head said. Many of theso northern Laka county residents are gradually becoming enthuslastice In their support to suppress the fish and game law violators becaus they recognize that th-j conservation department is sincerely working for their interests. Mr. Lieber said. In the aggregaLa, they are obedient to the laws because they appreciate that wild life resources possess more than a momentary value, and really are a huge asset, Mr. Lieber declared. FRANKFORT MAN SUCCEEDS H. M. JOHNSON INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 12. Bank Commissioner Charles W. Camp announced today the appointment of Mr. Lowell W. Cox of Frankfort as chief bank examiner in the state bank department. Mr. Cox will have supervision of the Indianapolis district succeeding H. M. Johnson, who resigned to become examiner for the Indianapolis clearing house on October 1. Mr. Cox ha.3 had many years of experience in the banking business in Sheridan and Frankfort. Hs formerly was a state bank examiner. The appointment was approved tby Governor McCray.

her good name the instant the fact of I her visit was known.

Ten years ago, any woman who stayed for ten minutes in the room with a crowd of drunken men would have been considered no better and no worse than the men. Ten years agi, women of decent reputation did not frequent the company of men who were known to b shameless and disgusting brutes. Since the war, all this Is changed. All the fences are down, all th rules are "back numbers" and naif the girls we meet in the. street and see at the theatre and know in the homes of our best friends are subjected day after day to dangers of which their mothers never even dreamed. All over the world the situation is nothing less than appalling, and In America it is worse than anywhere else. Poor Virginia Rappe before we judge her for going to such a place in such company. Let's stand for a little judgment ourselves. Who was this m'an Arbuckle who gave this party, anyhow? The tales of . his sickening orgies have spread from ona coast to me other. Everybody who knows anything about him or his kind at all ought to know what a "party" given by him would mean. But he is rich, he owns a $2S.000 automobile and has goodness knows how many servants and valets and hangers-on of every description. Besides, he's a, "celebrity," save the mark . Let's face tie truth, fathers and mothers of America for once. Tour daughter or my daughter would probably not have gone to his party, or if they had ;one there, they would have been shocked and disgusted enough to leave the minu'e they saw what it was. But, why should self-respecting girls have anything to do with such men at all? We say that you couldn't touch pitch without being defiled. Today, the motto seems to be what difference does a little thing" like pitch make among friends? T in IN AUTO ACCIDENT Driver of Car Had Been Too Intimate With the Flowing Bowl. Walter Krelger, 403 Laporte avenue. Whiting, suffered painful injuries last nfght in an auto accident In Hammond. The too free use of moonshine on the part of the driver of the car was the cause of the Injury, according to the testimony In the city court In Hammond this morning. Sam Howard. the driver of the car, who lives at 104 Prospect avenue, DeKalb. 111., pleaded guilty to driving his machine while drunk and was fined $60. His companion. Frank Johnson. Belvidere, 111. was fined $15 for being intoxicated. The accident occurred at the corner of Chicago avenue and Cedar street. Various stories say, first, that Kreiger was struck while walking across the street, and second, that he jumped off the running board of the machine and fell, injuring himself. The last Is tne story of Howard, who says that hj does not know how the man got on the side of the machine. Howard and Johnson, came to this city in search of work, and ran across some moonshine some place. They pleaded guilty to the offenses without examination. Krelger. according to the hospital report, suffered a broken bone in his ankle and an Injured back. Ills hospital bill may be added to the already stiff sum which Howard must pay. SHOT WHILE ESCAPING FROM JOUET INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE - JOLIET. 111.. Sept. 14 Theodore Schil ler, 23, of Chicago, was killed by the guards today when he and Carlos Sfepina. notorious Chicago gunman, and Edward Thorpe, also of Chicago, attempted a. spectacular escape from the penitentiary here. Srtepina and Thorpe got away. Stepina was esntenced in connection with tho phootlng of Horfo O'Dell. a chauffeur for Deputy Supt, of Police. tJohn H. Alcock of Chicago, six months ago. Stepina's pa.l was killed and Pte-plna himself was wounded. Later he escaped from the County Hospital but was recaptured. SIX U. S. SOLDIEKS KILLED BY TRAIN f INTER NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PARIS. Cept. 14. Six soldiers of the American army of occupation in Germany were killed when a militaj-y lorry was struck by the Dort and Frankfort Express, said a dispatch from Coblenz today. Cobleriz Is headquarters of the American Army of Occupation. BUY BANKRUPT STOCK Whltezel and Rees have purchased the stock and fixtures of the bankrupt BileskI department store at 36C8 Cedar street, Ind ana " Harbor, valued at $6,000 and are preparing to place these goods on sale at their Hammond store. 160-162 State street. The stock was bought at such a low figure that tho public is assurrod a great bargain event.

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INDUSTRY OPERATIONS ARE ACTIVE

Buffington and Cudahy Plants Are Working At Capacity A poll taken yesterday on opera tions of the Industries In the East Chicago-Whiting-Gary district found plants in this region coasting along with a few exceptions. The Universal Portland Cement company Is still working full capacity The Cudahy Packing company Is still holding Its own at normal while the U. S. S. Lead Refinery company give a seventy-five per centage operation. Operations of the Inland Steel company were increased slightly this week. The twenty-eight inch structural mill and the forty-inch blooming mill will resume operations next Monday, it is officially said. The Chicago Heights hard steel bar mill an Inland Strel Co. subsidiary is expected to be working by next week also. In the sheet department the company Is producing at iull capacity, most of the tonnage going to automobile concerns. The superintendent of tne East Chicago twenty-four Inch bar mill has announced that operations will be continued Thursday, September 15, mill working double turns. It is officially reported that repairs on the furnace in number 2 plant o." the Hubbard Steel Founary company have been completed and that this furnace Is being warmed up that ths plant might resume operations next Monday," September 19. ARBUCKLE OFFERED TO JUMPJ2 STORIES Providing Anyone Would Make Leap From Hotel . Window With Him. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO, Sept- 11 So what is In life after all?" This, according to Miss Zeh Prevost was the query of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in the source of conversation at the St. Francis hotel ten days ago. He offered to jump out of the twelfth story window if anyone would make the leap with him, she said, according to a transcript of her statement to the police, made public today. "He was talking about jumping out of the twelfth story window," the witness said. "He said: 'Oh, what is in life after all?' Really, it did Bound funny. We were all sitting by the window. He said: "What is in life after all? He said: T will jump out of the window with anybody.' He said: T will pump out of this window with anybody who wants to jump out.' " "Did anybody volunteer to go with him." she was asked. "No, nobody. We all looked at him. He said something 'If I would Jump out of the twelfth story window they would talk about me today and tomorrow they would to see the ball game. So what Is in life after er?" DE VALERA NOT ON IRISH DELEGATION BT DANIEL O'CONNELL I STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE1 DUBLIN, Sept. 14 Eamon De Valera will not be a member of the Irish delegation to the peace conference at Inverness, It was announced officially today. Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Fein will head the new delegation that will discuss terms with Premier Lloyd George. Dail Eireann met here to discuss the latest peace developments and to choose the personnel of the Sfnn Fein delegation. A statement was given out saying the Sinn Fein parliamentarians had approved the following delegation: Arthur Griffith, chairman: Michael CollTns, commander-in-chief of tha Irish republican army; Robert C. Barton. E. Dugan and Gavan Duffy. WHERE WASTHE FIRE? "Tell your story simply and clearly." is one of the first rules for the young reporter to learn. The book "Be a Reporter and Solve Mysteries" makes this the first rule. To run true to form ."Jim" Armstrong and Doc Sharrer were arrested this morning for speeding. They were simply going 33 mph. They were clearly in the wrong. They paid $11 in the city court this morning. What could me simpler? , THEFT OF SEDAN Charlie Crump-acker. 2S Webb street, reports the theft of his mother's Ford se-dan which he left in front of the Hammond Hotel on Sioley street. . Police officials of surroundilng cities have been notified and a determined attempt Is being made to locate the car.

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(BY W. H. ATKINS) rSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. Rapid recovery of leading staple commodity lines, together with increases In the values of many products was responsible, say government officials as a clear Indication of a trend toward a substantial business revival. Reports to the Federal Reserve Board, the Treat! tiry department, the Commerce department and other governmental agencies in close touch with Industrial conditions gave unmlstakeable signs of sudden improvement in many directions. Among the salient features in this expected revival as pointed out in government officials' were: 1. The rise in the price of cotton, a real start away from depression, it L? to be sustained by the fact that this year's crop is short and the additional reason is deterioration from boll weevil and drought last month may reduce the government':! last estimate. 2. A pronounced jump in the demand I for American imports, bring the ex port figures upon a par with those of last spring. This means a much larger volume of shipments than was reported then because Sine spring prices have fteadily declined. evive ounoay Closing Lake County W. C. T. U. Convention a,t East Chicago to use Arbuckle Case as Wedge. The "Fatty" Arbuckle scandal will be used as an opening wedge the Lake County W. C. T. U. in a fight for social reform to be launched at their county convention in Esst Chicago this month. In the meantime letters are being prepared by Mrs. James Graves, the county president, calling the attention of clergymen to the debauchery of movie actors and the need of censorship at the theaters. The ministers will be aRked to make the state of public morals and particularly the "boldness and Immodesty of girls" tfe topic of sermons in the near future. ELAKS MOVIES Mrs. Graves attributes the "boldness and the immodesty" of the dress of girls and young women to the movies. In a statement to a reporter to day sne saia mat tne situation was beyond the control of Individual mothers and should be taken In hand by their societies, clubs and the churches. The clergy has been negligent in its duty, she said. "The tremendous educational power of the movies has been deliberately misdirected untl Jt threatens to undermine the morals of the younger generation," said Mrs. Graves. "Vice has been made gorgeous beyond all Imagination. Drinking, smoking and gambling by women has been shown until it no longer jars the finer sensibilities of the young men and young women. The growing habit of cigaret smoking by girls Is due to the moving pictures, I am convinced. Vae movies set an example for violation of the prohibition laws by showing drinking scenes. APPEALS TO WORST "Eighty-five per cent of the movies appeal to the worst instincts of the people. The drama is founded on infidelity. Nothing is sacred to the movies. "Church people have compromised themselves until they will either have to take a decided stand or lose what grip they have left on the public. Owing to the Arbuckle and Kennedy cases in California it Is now officialy known that the rumors of the disgraceful dis sipation of moving picture actors are true. The life In the places where the movies are made rivals Babylon. It Is the most degenerate aspect of modern Ufa. Out of this social cesspool comes the nation's entertainment. XmrX.T7EJTCES MORALS "It has been argued that the theater doesn't influence the morals of the people but only their maimers and dress. It la my contention that anything that influences the manners snd the dress of the people, and especially the women, has a direct effect for good or bad upon their morals. Manners, dress and morals are affinities. "I believe in common sense In dress, but I do not" believe that a girl without a corset, roiled stockings, short skirt, no brassiere and low cut waist is modestly dressed. Consciously or unconsciously, knowingly or innocently she Is dressed to attract the attention of men to her form. "It has been said that the fashions are set by the demi-monde of Paris and that our slang expressions come from the underworld. Paris Is perhaps the origin of the fashions, but the movies are the great advertising medium. "I firmly believe in a strict censorship of the movies and in the closing of theaters on Sunday. The hue and cry that Sunday is the poor man'? day for pleasure Is not well founded. Since the eight hour day has become almost universal the working man has eight hours each day for recreation. If he works nights he can go to the matinees. "The movies can have as great a power for decency as the" have for indecency. Many of the photo dramas are worthy of patronage. The weekly news reels and travel pictures have an educational value. But I do not see how any father or mother can deny the need of censorship of the movies for the protection of their children.'

TRY IS PREDICTED

3. Europe-Is shipping heavier supplies of her exportable surplus to the American markets. It means a further cutting down of Europe's unfunded indebtedness to America, as shipments can only be made In goods. 4. The government. In advance of action by congress, has decided to receive the credit strain of the railroads and rush their rehabilitation and prepare them for the heavy traffic demands of the coming winter and spring The president has directed the sale of the I3S0.000 in equipment trust certificates held by the government, or as much as the market will absorb at par. on the proceeds can 'be used in paying some of the undisputed claims of the carriers. 5. The war finance corporation Is getting ready to advance to growers of farm products, hundreds of millions of dollars, to aid in financing domestic farming operations, scales and marketing. The program of the Harding administration for sustaining American agriculture, together with the establishment of fear credit channels, both abroad and in the United piitcf, is hr forerunner of a more confident tone in the whole business structure, according to officials who are in touch with the situation. TWO WEEK'S BRIDE SUMMED TODAY Mrs. Marion Dunigan Young Dies at the St. Margaret's Hospital. Mrs. Marion Dunigan Toung, popular young Hammond lady and a bride of but two weeks, died this morning in St. Margaret's hospital after a short illness of yellow atrophy of the liver. I She is the wife of Matthias Toung, I and the young couple resided at 9 West i Highland street. I rroiouna sympamy was expresaea j throughout Hammond today when the I death of Mrs. Young was heard of. In I her years of residence M tlw city sh I has made a host of warm friends. Mrs. Young wafe 26 years of age. She is a graduate of the All Saints .high school of Hammond and was assistant superintendent of art and music In th Hammond schools prior to ner marriage. She attended Peabody college and the Conservatory of Music, Northwestern University. Mrs. Toung survived her mother, Margaret Dunigan. by only a few weeks and her father. Steven Dunigan. a well known Hammond contractor, by four years. The funeral will be held from All Saints church Friday morning at 9 o'clock, and burial will take place in Calvary cemetery, Gary, under the direction of Burns. R. R. WRECK INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE STECBENV1LLE. O.. Sept. 14. Eighteen men, members of a track crew of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia railroad were injured, six seriously, early today when a motor hand car and two trailers on which they were riding struck a stalled freight train two miles wtst of Mingo Junction. The men operating the motor car were unable to see the train due to a heavy fog. The impact hurled tho men to the ground and demolished the motor car and trailers. KILLS THREE OFFICERS ' THEN KILLS SELF f INTERNATIONAL T7EWS SERVICE HIBBINU, MINN.. Sept. 14 John Webb, who shot and killed three Hibblng police officers here last Thursday while resisting arrest, and for whom a search by 100 national guardsmen and deputies has been in rrogress since his escape, shot and killed himself today when cornered by deputies. Webb was charged with havirrg committed a statutory offenae against his 15 year old daughter. PARKED NEAR PLUGS. Officer Wart of the Hammond police force took a crack at the peanut wagon Industry in this city last njght. He arrested two of these wandering merchants when they failed to obey his orders, to move away from the fire plug, near which they were parking. They moved, only to rsturn when the policemen's back was turned. In addition, one of the men made a valient attempt to escape while enroute to the station. He didn't mind the jail, but he hated to pay a fine. The men are Sam Bads, 42 PlUrrfrher ave., and Dan Anydlats, Maine hotel. Their cases have been set for the 30th of this month. SMALL COLLISION Tom Thass, 1120 Columbia ave.. an employe of the Standard Steel Car Co., ran into an electric light post on the oorner of Calumet ave. and Sibley it., damaging It and his maeh'r.e to some extent. Thass was driving east on Sibley st. when the accident occured.

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Committees Appointed to Meet With Business Agents And Contractors

Upon a meeting tonight between representatives of the Carpenters Dl.tric Council and the Building Trades Km Dlovers Association will depend In a large measure the fate of the building industry in Hammond for the balance of this season. Hammond people await the outcome with much interest for It is expected to decide whether or not the new additions to the high school building wul be completed before snow flies and whether or not the students will be forced to endure the present crowded conditions for another school year. Its outcome' also will mean food, clothing, coal and house rent in the home of many a Hammond workingman where with a cessation of building, hunger and distress will be the alternative. The latter conditions already prevail In scores of homes and charitable organizations are preparing for what will without doubt be the most trying winter Hammond has faced. Without the carpenters carrying on their part of construction, all other crafts, however wftling to work, must finally drop their tools and from this throng of idle mechanics must come the usual percentage of unfortunate ones who have been caught unprepared financially. ' Last night the Carpenters' District Council discussed the subject of the present disaffection the wage of $1 an hour which was awarded by Judge Landis. What decision was reached has not been given out. but O. N. Kiger, secretary of the council, today assured The Times that the council would have a committee In conference with the committee fro the employers association tonight. Public sentiment has crystalized in many instances into sharp criticism of the carpenters for turning down the Landis wage n other crafts were signing, up with the employers. Civic bodies have taken up the matter and from all sides comes The urge that in some mannar the disagreeable situation be ironed out at once in order that the few remaining days before cold weather may be utilized in carrying out at least a small part of the elaborate building program towards which Hammond was pointing so proudly last spring. In the case of the high school project, the public seems unable to understand why the carpenters refused to continue work at the new scale when Rowley Brothers, the contractors, offered to pay them back time at any new rate which might have been fixed by Judge Landis in a re-hearlng later, and were willing to put up a bond backing up this promise. The Klwanls and Rotary clubs of Hammond at their meetings yesterday noon took definite action in regard to rushing the completion of the ad,tlons to the Industrial high school. Facing conditions which were characterized as "appalling." committees were appointed in the organizations to meet with the business agents and the contractors In a determined attempt to break the tieup in the wors. George Geyer. Ed. Bates, J. Hirsch, J. J. Ruff and Earl Hummel! of tho Klwani3 club and Oscar Krlnball, George Hannauer and Dr. Robert Gillis of the Rotary club will take the matter up with the unions at once, providing a settlement is not reached tonight. The building . trades unions and the BuiUTing Trades Employers Assoc!a tlon, however, in their meeting this evening, may take the problem out of the hands of the civic organizations. Opinions expressed throughout town today indicated that the carpenters an? allied crafts would agree to accept the wage scale of $1.00 an hour as set by Judge Landis' decision. Tonight's meeting will end the war or involve the difficulty to even a greater extent, depending entirely on the action of the unions. The Klwanls and Rotary meetings were stormy sessions. The merits of the controversy were not discussed in a single instance. Whether the carpenters and other crafts or the contractors were In the right did not enter Into the argument. It simply amounted to this. Hammond children are seriously handicapped In thuir attempt to do efficient worK In school. Each day adds to the confusion and trouble. Careless habits which may be born over night In regard to study and progress In school are becoming rife among the students. It is not. according to the members of these civic clubs, a question of the public good, and that Is the stand of the clubs. Landis' wage scale or open shop. L- L. Bomberger, in a short but pointed talk at the Klwanls club, reIterated his statements made a few days ago in regard to the delay. "I am still mad." said Mr. Bomberger, "and I may feel better to talk to some one.' The high school Is crowded, and has been for several years. While the school board realized the necessity of more spare, we did not get to the work until this year. "Contractors were asked to submit double bids one on the $1.25 and tha other on the 1.00 scale. Hammond has always depended on Chicago in such matters, and we were assured that Landis' decision would be acceptable here. "Rapid progress was made on the building, but it has all been for naught. All accepted the wages car? as set forth in the decision but the carpenters and the hoisting engineers. It is now Hammond's problem. The contractor asked if he' should submit to the carpenters and we told him 'no. We have suspended the $100 per day penalty for not finishing the work on schedule and we will back Rowley Bros, to the limit, "There are 800 children working under distressing conditions. holding classes in the halls, etc. Their work is inefficient and something must ba done. "The contractors, in their attempt to e fair, offered a bond to reimburse (Continued va p five.)