Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 74, Hammond, Lake County, 16 September 1921 — Page 1

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Showers probable In north and antral portions, pmtly cloudy In south portion tonight aud Safnrdayi not much change In t-nipern-tar. JL LJJiO Delivered by Carriers la Hammom; and W. FmTt,oaa SOf pel month on ttreota ana ufwi tudi 3f per copjr. VOL. XV, NO. 74. FRIDAY, S KPT EM HE If 16, 1921. JLULMOVO, INDIANA Ahum Are Hiring Non-Union Workers In Msny Western Cities

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Forty-Two "Jits" Ruining Business, Taxi Firms Complain TTh. own caTwhen you can b , JIT-any Place In the city for 5 cent, In a CadUlaCr "Anywhere for 5 cents. This ludicrously low otter was made for the first time yesterday when the rivalry between Hammond's Jitneys became o intent that desperate means Wer resorted to for patronage. There are forty-two "Jits" travers ng the streets, centuring their attention on the downtown district. For a time the accepted rate was 10 clt.. the drivers having found the puouc willin. to pay two cents more than the street car fare In order to make better time. . . . Many of the "Jits" have reduced the.r rates to 5 cents. And In addition to the forty-two jitneys there are half a dozen or more touring cars running between Hammond and Gary on a rate of or r nassenger. The best they can make is $3 for a round trip to the steel city, a distance of approximately twenty-five miles. The Tellow Cab Company of Chicago say. that It costs 15 cents a mile to run a cab. but the Gary-Hammond taxis manage to do it for 12 cents a mile, at best, and probablv 8 cents on an average. "They're not making money." said an interurban official. "They are simply wearing out their cars and maklne enough to live on." TEE HXSBT WAS GOBS ON The Gary &. Interurban and the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago street railway are 'not the only concern to suffer from the jitney Invasion. It is said that the jits threaten the very existence of the taxlcab companies. How can we "tay In business when people can go to any part of the city for five or ten cents?" asked a tanicab man. "We are compelled to charge 25. 50 and 75 cents a passenger. We pay good wages to our drivers and mechanics and try to show a profit on the investment. It can't be done against such competition. The jit driver doenot figure he has &Tt Investment. He is simply out to get what he can as long as his car keeps running. If he blows a tire it puts him out of the running hut there are two more to take his place." Criticism of the police for laxity in the enforcement of the laws and ordinances regulating automobile traffic is being heard. It was stated yesterday that two Fords and a Buick were running without a license plate and that two other "jits" only had license platen on one end. Two Gary autos were with out tall lights, it was said "The administration is playing poli tics with the jitney owners by letting them do as they please," a democrat charged. In defense of the "jits" it was said "the poor devils are out of work and they are trying to keep the wolf from the door." Many of the "jit" drivers are said to he from Gary's South side. CHIEF UNABLE TO GET THE MISSING LINK TTnabJe to obtain the connecting link of evidence with which to have substantiated the charge he had placed against them, Chief Joe Nltz of the West Hammond police, was "forced yesterday to release the two men he has been holding in connection with his investigatlon of the sale of six "Stolen-to-order" automobiles in West Hammond and neighboring towns. The men, Kie Fassmore and Ed. Arnheim were given their liberty after a hearing before Judge KowalskI in which they were represented by Attorney W. J. MeAleer of Hammond. Passmore is the son of a well-to-do farmer near Winamae, Ind. and Arnheim claims to be a salesman of Chicago. Chief Nitz In looking up Arnhetm's record, says that he has reason to believe that he was the right-hand man of Ira Bond, the Milwaukee manufacturer whose arrest and conviction for wholesale car thefts and transportation caused such a sensation about a year ago. Arnheim, according to the chief, was concerned In the affair, but no charges were pressed against him as he turned state's evidence and was a material witness in convlctthg his former accomplice. AH of the six cars picked up by West Hammond police have been traced. Three have already been returned to their owners and the others will be returned In a few days. ATI were stolen In Chicago during the first two weeks in AUSUBto trace of the Cadillac coupe which Passmore and Arnheim ere said to have tried to sell to a West Hammond man could be found. It was known that the ear was kept over night in a West Hammond garage but the gaxage proprietor did not notice the liynse number other than that it was an Indiana plate. The Cadillac has dropped completely from sight and without it the police were unable to complete the chain of evidence against the two prisoner.

BT W. H ATKINS STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! WASHINGTON. Sept. 16. The liquor fijiht is to be renewed when congress meets again. Tho decks are b -ins cleared today for action and both sides are pr paring. Beer is to bo the issue over which the opposing forces will clash. The wet" forces in gress want modification of ihe Volstead act 'o permit the sale of beer, and. confronted with a perplexing tax situation, many normal dry members of congress are turning to the proposal as the best ay out of the serious revenue situation with which the administration is confrontfd. . Revenue experts have produced figures showing by imposing a tax of 5 a barrel on 2.75 per cent beer, the nationarl treasury would be enriched hy anywhere from $500,000,000 to $1,000,-

TOR FIRE TRUCK HITS ROADSTE The motor hook and ladder truck of the East Chicago fire department com-J ing from No. 3 Station this morning about 9:30 going west on Chicago ave.. struck a Ford roadster parked to the right of the street, wrecking the car and seriously injuring , the occupant. Mrs. Marion Basick. The accident occured near Chicago avenue and Kennedy avenue, when the hook ar.d ladder truck, traveling west was jackknifed into a pocket by a truck from the Electric Service Company going in the same direction. The Ford car was parked to the right and the South Shore car coming east down the center of the road, only allowing the driver of the fire truck an alternative to swerve to the right. In the drivers effort to avoid 'these three, he turned his truck to the right, sideswiping and crashing Into the Ford roadster. This maneuver broiight the hook and ladder truck Into an "L" shape, wrenching one of the front wheels off. Dr. JThns. who was called, found that Mrs. Basick was suffering from two broken ribs and internal injuries. The baby, which Mrs. Basick was nursing at the time of the accMent is said to have escaped with slight injuries. Mrs. Basick Is the wife of Motorcycle policeman Marion Basick of the East Chicago police force, living a,t 3714 Alder st, Indiana Harbor. John Sendok, driver of the Indiana Electric Co. truck is said to be responsible for the accjdent, on account of continuing ahead of the Are trucks instead of pulling to the right of the street when the fire bell was sounded. Sendok, when arrested, told Chief of j Police O'Donnell that ho saw the fire j engine pass along Chicago avenue when he was loading his truck at the Calu- j met freight station, but was unable j to give an alibi for his failing to observe the rules of traffic by giving the ' fire department the right of way. He I was released on bond. Tho fire department was traveling to a call from the Graver Corporation at 14th and Olcott avenue, which proved to be a small wooden shed that was put out in short order by the boys on the fire engine, TRIED TO BRIBE SFECIAL TO THE TIMES1 CROWN" POINT, IND., Sept. 16 Dan Ognjenovich. of Gary, on a charge of bribery was found guilty and sentenced to two to fourteen years In the penitentiary by Judge Martin Smith on Thursday. The charere against Ogfcijenovlch was preferred by Lawrence Erlarbaugh. a police officer of Hammond, who had arrested him for transporting liquor In his car. Ognjenovich tried to bribe the officer not to arrest him. He was also fined $50. no and his sentence suspended daring good behavior. Attorney Blaz Lucus defended him. TWO DIE IN KW. WRECK 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BELLE PLAINS, la.. Se-pt. 16. Two men were killed and two others seriously "injured today when the Los Angeles Limited, crack all steel train of the Chicago & Northwestern road, was partly derailed near here. Fireman J. D. Johnston of Clinton, la., and an unidentified man, believed to hai'e ben a tramp, who was beating his way,, were killed. Engineer T. R. Lea, of Clinton, and a man believed to have been a pal of the unidentified man who was killed, were injured. COURT ORDER ON PRINTERS DENVER, September 16 Union printers at St. Louis on strike for a forty-four hour week, were enjoined from picketing and from "harrassing threatening, assaulting or intimidating those seeking work in open shop plants in St. Louis," in a temporary restraining order issued here yosterday by Judge John E. Curland, acting district judae for the eastern district of Mlfftnra.

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Pftl000 yearly a sum far more than sufficient to east the tax situation and solve the administration's problem. Senator Calder of New York (Hep ), will introduced such a measure in the form of an amendment to gineral revenue legislation. Its auopi.vn would nullify the beer section of tho Volstead act. Meanwhile the Anti-saloon League forces, h il by Wiyne l . Wheeler, are plannintr to renew the fight in i-op-

eresji fr innrp srrin'.piit rpffulat inn o! f the sale and u.e of grain alcohol for industrial purposes. ReprcK ntall e Volstead, chairman of the hones judiciary committee.' will be urged by Wheeler an.l his associate to bring forth at an early date his bill requiring the registration of all industrial concerns usinj? alcohol in the manufacture of their products. More Dangerous Sport Than Football INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ST. PAUL. MINN"., Sept. 16 Three masked bandits shortly before noon held up a poker game fn a down town hotel, shot and k411ed one of the players and seriously wounded the proprietor of the hotel. The bandits escaped with $301, the amount on the table. L IN LAW SUIT Mr. and Mrs. Ignatz Kelinski. 170s: Columbia ave., Hammond, say a lawyer took action without their consent in a case which they had before Judge Charles Friedrtch. Through Attorney M. D. Metz they have filed suit in the Hammond superior court asking permission to appeal the case from Friedrich's court in spite of the fact that the statutory time limit for filing has elapsed. The defendants are Joseph Przsmynsynskl and Constable Julius Taussig. Przsmynsynskl brought suit in the justice court for possession of the house in which the Kellnski's lived. It was tried July 6th and resulted in the court ruling against them. Their attorney tiled an appeal bond, but they say that later he withdrew the bond and allowed the court judgment to stand. Then came Constable Taussig to oust them from the house. It was a surprise to the Kelinski's who supposed that in due time a new hearing would be held in the superior court. They learned of their attorney's alleged unauthorized action from Mr. 'Taussig and are resisting the dispossession. BEGINS DIVORCE CASE AT CROWN POINT SPECIAL TO THE TIVES CROWN POINT, IND, Sept. 16 Anka Xovachevich of ?!1 Connecticut st., Gary, has started divorce proceedings against her husband, Mitar Kovachevich, whom she marnied in Arril, 1S14 and lived together until Sept. 13th. She alleges that previous to said separation he would call her vile and inderent names, continually nag and scold her snd tell her that he did not owe h"r any more. On various occasions he would become very Irritable and quarrelsome, come home intoxicated and on various occasions slap and choke her. She asks alimony in the sum of $1000. FORESTER DAY IN MICHIGAN CITY On next Sunday. September l?th, the Catholic Order of Foresters wil have a demonstration at Michigan-City that promise-! to be a repetition of the event that took place in Hammond last Spring The members of Hammond will send a larj-'e delegation to take part in the affa:ir. A special car will be attached to the South Shore Electric train leaving Hammond Sunday morning at S.57 standard time and a special rate of $1.51 has been procured for the round trip. Those who desire to take the trip can obtain tickets at Sommer's Recreation Parlor or at Kussmaul's c!gar store on State street. An attractive program for the day has been prepared commencing in the morning with the attendance of all visiting and local members at a Spec'al High Mass. At 1:30 p. m. the Hammond Forester baseball team will meet the De Sota Court team of Chicago, at Washington park as the feature of the afternoon. Following this the State Court Degree team will exemplify the Exalted Degree of the Order on a class of candidates from the Eastern District that comprises Michi-gan City, South Bend. Iporte a-nd Mishawaka. A banquet for members, visitors and candidate.' will be given in Marquette hall In the evening. This event has been loolted forward to with a great deal of interest and members of the Order at Dyer. Scherer-v-ille. St. John, Gary, Whiting and East Chicago are also arranging to accompany the Hammond delegation.

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Biggest Fair of All the Sixty In History Is Anticipated Next Week SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT, Ind.. Sept. 16. Lake county's sixtieth annual fair opens Monday morning at Crown Point and lasts until Friday evening. Officers of the different departments, who have been checking over entries for nearly two weeks, predicted today that it would he the biggest fair of all tiie f-ixty. Monday will bring the big rush. Exhibitors will come crowding with fine, cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, poultry. sheep, farm products and fine arts ex hibits. The concessioin men with their tents and amusement devices will be clamoring for spact; mer chants will bring elaborate displays to their wares including everything from the flimsy apparel of women to tractors and corn husking machinery Many of the horses for the speed events have been housed at the fan grounds for some time and daily workouts on the track have given some intimation of the class of race? which will be put on. More are ar riving dally as they finish engage ments at other fairs. It Is assurel that there will be more fast horses on hand this year than ever before. Tuesday the ludging of exhibits will take place starting at 10 o'clock There will be some special races not on the regular program which are now being arranged and the first of the series of excellent free acts and band concerts will be given. Tusaay evening will be the first of the night fairs. At 7 o'clock the stock parade will be staged. All of the proud winners of the ribbons will be led past the grand stand. Th se evening pro grams will be held the rest of the week n ro vidintr 'ree vaudeville acts ani band concerts In addition to the other amusements . Wednesday is children's day, wnn the youngsters will be admitted free when accompanied by their parents The first of the horse race program is scheduled for this day. Thursday is farmers' day, always the biggest day of the fair when every community within a radius of 100 miles sends 'ts quota of fair devotees. Friday u. soldiers', sailors' and home-couuurf dav when special deference is shown veterans of all wars and when th county fair is turned into one big family reunion. The association has been fortunate this year in booking a number of the best special acts to be found on the leading vaudeville circuits for th free attractions on the afternoon and evening programs. Many of these acts require elaborate and expensive equipment and are seldom seen outside of the theatres of the largest cities. Officers of the fair association are as follows: President Thomas Grant, Lowell. Vice President W. B. Stratton. Hohart . Treasurer James II . Jove, Leriwy. Secretary Fred A. Ruf. C. Pov'.t . General Supt. J. H. Claussen, C P'-dnt . Superintendents of the various departments who have charge of the entries are as follows: Privileges J. A. Pieattle. Crown Point. Speed L. E. Bailey, Crown Point Fine Arts Hall Clarence P. Fate. Crown Point. Mechanical Neil Brown. C. Point. Cattle Charles T. Bailey, Lowell. Horse C. I. Strickland. Lowell. Hogs and Sheep J. H. Hayhurst. Lowtll. Poultry J. J. Baldwin. Crown Point. Agricultural Products Percy Janien, 'lary. County Agent V. A. Place will ba in charge of the boys' and girls' club? am! school exhibits. ACCUSE DOCTOR OF CAUSING DEATH SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN" POINT, IND., Sept. If. A case attracting considerable attention in medical circles Is being tried in the Circuit court this week, on a change of venue from Starke and Pulaski counties. The defendant. Ira Clark, has filed a suit for $15,000 against Dr. Albert Fisher, of Winamae, Ind , claiming that undue negligence and improper diagnosis in the case caused the death of Elmer Clark, a son in February, 1330. Dr. FJsher diagnosed the case as scarlet fever when it is claimed the lad died of symptoms supposed to be typhoid fever. Attorneys John Gavit and Ottls J. Bruce are local lawyers interested in the case. MAN FALLS UNCONSCIOUS E. H. Selke. whose address is unknown, suddenly became jn'c.k yesterday afternoon in the South Shore drug store on North Horman street, and fell to the floor unconscious. He was taken to St, Margaret's hospital in the police patrol and was reported to be getting along nicely this morning. Identification was made through a card in his pocket

Widely Advertised Fashion Show of Minas Store is Largely Attended. The details of milady's wardrobe from knickers to pajamas, were shown on living models In the handsomely decorated windows of the E. C. Minas department store last evening. It was the fall fashion show and hundreds of people filled the sidewalks and street during the performance which lasted an hour. From the girl pages to the colorful background and the lighting effects, the show denoted class. Three windor.s v.ere used and it was in fact a three ring fashion circus. There were sixty snappy minutes of delight for the fashion fans without a dull moment CROWD APPLAUDS The "Ah's" and "Oh, Look's," passed approval on the' styles without a dissenting vote. The knickerbocker fad received an impetur with the appearance of Irene Woodward and Frieda Ripp of the store's clerical force. The knlcker costumes they wore were trim, sensible and smart. It was by far the most elaborate exhibit the store has given since the fashion show was inaugurated as a semi

( BULLETIN) SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 16. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle must face charge of murder. At 10:45 he was led into the court room of Police Judge Sylvian Lazarus and the bailiff droned: "Roscoe Arbuckle. charged with murder." District Attorney Matthew Brady then announced: "The State is ready to proceed with the prosecution of the charge. (BULLETIN) LONDON. Sept. 16. De Valera de mands unconditional conference with Lloyd George. DOG AT CARNIVAL - BITESJJTTIf GIRL Hammond Amusement Scene Marred By Mishap to Tot. Little Noreen Harlow, 9 years old, was enjoying herself at the Hammond carnival last night. She rode on the merry-go-round, the ferrls wheel ami the other rides, and watched the crowds with curious eyes. The attraction which drew her attention especially, however, was a trained dog in one. of the concessions, which could walk on his hind legs, dance, and everything. She watched the clever animal with increased Interest, and clapped her hands with d. light at each new antic. The act came to a close. The voice of the "barker" was stilled for a moment and the people began to withdraw. Noreen was alone almost. She drew nearer to the pretty little dog, and timidly reached out her nand to stmke it. Suddenly a scream rang out. The seemingly gentle animal had bitten the hand of the little girl. Noreen was taken to her home at 791 Beal avenue and Dr. Miller wa? called. The injury is not thought to be serious, but the dog will be examined for rabbies. It is owned byGeorge Harris. The manager or the show is Al Fisher. Elks Club. Gary. SUNDAY BEAL ESTATE SALE A real estate sale that should brin-: out many eager buyers will be conducted Sunday afternoon in South Himmor.i. Twenty-three one acre lots will be put on the market for s.ih' on easy term and Frank J. WacihewKj!, who is conducting the sale, iconfident they will all be gone by sunset. The " Wachc wjcz Way, Esy to Pay" feature will be offered to all, it i3 sai l, thus giving- the poor man an equal opportunity to buy this choice property which iff considered to have great development possibilities. Fifty dollar? cash down and fiVe dollars per week will be accepted on sale of whole acres. The firm say.- that seldom if ever, were such easy terms offered on acreages in iiimilar locations. This gives the purchaser an opportunity to use his ready cash in developing his purchase aloner any line? desired. Automobiles will be available for free transportation of all who want to visit the subdivision, leaving the Wachewicz office at 15.1 State street at 1:00 p. m. Sunday. The entire Fa.!e:' force will be on hand to give the public, efficient and courteous service. Trie Wachewicz firm has secured the services of men of known integrity, ability and action and a lively contest of selling; ability is sure to develop. They will all be glad to see you on Sunday and assue you of a lively time. Mr. Wachewicz advises1 all who wish the more choice lots to come early, as the sale will start promptly at 2.00 p. m.. at the corner of Harrison street and $axony avepue.

annual feature. In addition to suits, dresses, hats, blouses, stockings, shoes and accessories for girls and women, children's clothes and men's shoes, coats and hats were shown by models. The men models were selected from the attaches of the store. The child models were Nora Geistler and LaVern Schememan. The police assigned to keep order in the crowd and open avenues for traffic occupied the front row while the pajama girls were doing their turn in the windows. PEIZE9 TOR MODELS The public voted on the girl having the best dressed hair and as soon as the votes are counted the models, many of them employee of the store, will receive prizes. The first prize is a silk rain stick and the second prize, a French Ivory set. The models had been prepared in the beauty parlor on the second floor of the store. All costumes exhibited last night were out of the fall stock of the store. They were the heighth of fashion. A great deal of favorable comment for the window background was heard E. P. Champman, the Minas Co. window decorator, has been working for nearly three months on the settings which are the most artistic the store

has ever had. RENEWED EFFORT TO SETTLE IT Tonight another effort will be made bv contractors, tradesmen and repre sentatlves of various civic organiza tions of Hammond to bring about settlement of the differences between employers and employes and end the tie-up which prevails in the building industry. The employers association has agreements with several of the trades unions whereby they signify willingness to work at the new wage scale and others have Intimated that they will line up just as soon as they are assured that the carnenters are not going to be paid the $1.25 on hour scale for which they are now holding out. Word this morning from Chicago, where open shop has been declared In several crafts which objected to the Landis schedule, stated that It was understood the brick layers and plas terers had entered Into an agreement whereby they will refuse to work on the same job with carrnters In case the latter are granted a higher wage This means more trouble among other crafts In case the carpenters win their fight. The two buildings which Hammond watches with most anxiety In the pres ent crisis are the additions to the In dustrial high school and the Sisters Home adjoining All Saints church on Siblev Ft. Some citizens have favor ed making a special temporary arrange merit with the carpenters whereby these two jobs could be finished or at least he olosed up for the winter, but thi." has not met with general favor be cause the majority believe the matter should be straightened up quickly and for good. PLEADS GUILTY TO LIQUOR CHARGE Although it was not rroven by the state that Agatino Bagllo, the Ham mond grocer, had sold llo,uor to Lono Valnte, who was shot and killed by Officer Charles Carlson on the night of September 9th, the man pleaded guilty to having the liquor in his possession nnd was fined $140. A suspended sentence of SO days was added. The case was tried in the Hammona city court this morning. Vnilentine, It j,s said, was drunk when shot by the officer, efter a revolver duel in which the men emptied their guns at each other at close range. He was seen rominsr from the ack nf Raglio's store Just prior to bis denth. nnd this occurence led the police to believe thut he had obtained his wlvtf-key there. A raid was made on the grocery store which is at 450 Morton avenue, and a trreat d-al of moonshine, good beer and wine was found Haglio claimed that Valente came to the store seeking admittance on the fatal night, but that he did not let th man in. He had witnesses v substantiate this statement, but they were not required to testify. SECOND GROCETERIA STORE OPENS TOMORROW Announcement is made In The Times today of the opening of Hammond's Groceteria No. 2, which will be located at 152 State street, right next to the. Orpheum theatre. Mr. T. A. Brew, the seneral manager of the Groceteria store;t says that this Is only another step toward the establishing of a line of the stores which will enable the public to combat the present high cost of food products. He warns th" housewives of the Calumet region to save their pennies and shop at the Groceteria. Mips Alma Campbell will Vie the manager of the new s-tore and will endeavor to keep the supply cf sugar replenished at, Ihe opeoirLsc Aie.

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CHICAGO, Sept. lfiChicarc Ruiiding contractors were reported today to have raised a fund of $ I . r' 0 0 . 0 to be expended in establishing the "oren shop" in the building industry here. Importation of non-union men from other cities is said to be contemplated by the contractors as a move to break the present strike of carpenters. The carpenters' union withdrew from arbitration proceedings conducted by Judge Landis and have refused to accept the wage award of 1 per hour established by Judge Landis as a basic wage for carpenters. The contractors have refused to grant concessions. Hiring of men In Milwaukee, Detroit, St. Paul, Duluth and other cities already is under way. It was declared today. Bonuses will be paid tho non-union workmen. It ! said, and a largw force of privata detectives has been engaged to protect them. ARBUCKLE PARTY LASTEDJHREE DAYS Forty Quarts of Whisky and A Case of Gin Consumed By Gents. BT WILLIAM O. OATCB3 STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 16 Ten special agents of the federal prohibition enforcement division wera.ioday enrouto to "Movieland." They were sent on direct order of Special Attorney General R. H. McCormack. who ordered a comclete in vestigation of conditions In Hollywood, home of the movies, and other motion picture centers around Los Angeles. B. Forrest Mitchell, state enforcement agent. Is already In Los Angeles and it Is believed the orders of McCorna-k were Issued following advices from "him on conditions disclosed. District Attorney Brady turned over at a conference with the federal prosecutor all of the evidence he had obtained with reference to the use of liquor at Arbuckle's gay hotel party here. It was reported here today this evidence indicated something like fortyquarts of whiskey and a case of gin were consumed In the three days the Arbuckle party lasted. McCormack would not discuss the issut. Federal prohiblton officers are understood to hold that at least a part of this liquor was brought to San Francisco from Los Angeles in Arbuckle's specially built automobile in which he made the trip. Should this be substantiated, federal officers said the 125,000 car would be seized by the government. "No matter how far th investigation reaches, spare no one," McCormack told his agents today. "The guilty must be punished. The conditions must be so changed that another ' Fatty" Arbuckle orgy will be rendered Impossible. Such orgies are a disgrace to the whole country. Once and for all they must be stopped." An Indication that orders had come from Washington for a thorough cleanup of the whole situation was seen not only In MeCormack's activity but also in the fact that John Exnicios, field agent of the rockies for the national prohibition commissioner, in mlso on his way to Los Angeles to head a flying squardon. COLORED UAK IHItVtS The Hammond police, with Special Agent Mooney of the I. H. Beit detective forces, last night captured three colored box car thieves and obtained an immediate confession from them The negroes are Antino Frintchettv o 132 Twine st.. Winnipeg, Canada. Mack 'rudup, 110 Kat Cardina st., Memphis, nn., and William Caldwell, of 14U Washington st, St. Lou:., Mo. Th-j arrests were made by officers Fand: e: SteiTc-ys Wright, Summers and Capiain lli-mbach. ' A report was received a the sta ou that about thirty r.egro,-s wrr,- !vi-- :- iiifi around the UibsJon round hnr; topping the workmen as th y i-fr heir work. The officers ruV-a to t icrne. thinking that there m'ht be a tisr.t or a riot brewing. When t;."irrivcd, however, there was no on :.. ?ht. Scouting around a 'bit, the policemen ran across four negroes, wh star-'i to run. All were cirry'n; Urge bundles, and three were captured. They were brought to the station, where their confessions were obtain.;'! m a short time. The bunds contained merchandise of considerable value which had ben stolen from i sealed box car between Lafayette and Danville, Ind. The thieves had ridden as fas as Danville, where they transferred to a Hammond bound C. I. ,v. S. coal train. The stuff was stolen from tha Wabash. MASONIC NOTICE McKinley Ldge No. 712. There wil be Called Meetings Saturday. Sept. 17 ae 1:30 p. m.. M. M . ; Tuesday. Sept. 20. at 7: 3 p. m... E. A . .

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