Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 38, Hammond, Lake County, 8 October 1921 — Page 1
Monday Is Your Last Chance To Register. If You Are Not Registered You Cannot Vote November 8th
THB TVEATTTER Vr tMiirht amd !oodjl rti O i World's News by liUTMtS by CrTTr tn Eimno MA W. KkJXtxaoad aoe pet oatk os txrmxm maJX mrw stead a pr eopjk l.JN.b. Leased wire VOL. X, NO. 33. OCTOBER 8, 1921 TEN PAGES u SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION SIMON ' ERNA Ul
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Farces of Mayor Dan Browr Standing Again At Armageddon yr T-H3S POLtTICAIi KTTORTEK Cmr mayor, Dan Browr. baskod last "nsninc ta th epprobatlon of hie towr.imeB. hi ehek flushed by the ompiiroent of pekrs and the apjp!aua 9t tlx gret audience that fUlefl the Orphum theater. It vm ioistb!nr mora ttian the fortoai opntng of th republican city cam .alan. It wa a public testimonial to the man ho du Hammond out of the now drift in the blizxard of 1918; the ranTor who at at the telephone tn th' .ity hll right and day during th .roa! ahrtas; the cltiiea who mobill4 a army f volunteer nurses when tho A ravaged the town, to direct the 'rorlt of relief, and the publtc servant Swho old a tratnload of government ;food to the people oppressed by war'time prices. The bread cast on the -waters carm aek last night highly seasoned, topred toy frosting of sugary phrases an: lighted by candles of oratory. Talthful to that trust heart beats, "for the common people diamond In the rough American man of rugged hon sty not a politician, but a -whole-souled man spiritual and moral leader standard besrer of law and order fcustnes Integrity and the people's ehoice " These and many other apt rhrases rolled from the lips of speakers. XT VaS BltOwTTS PAT WiO the apostolic family of the G O. P. gathered about him on the stae .e American flag above and behind him. and Joe Conroy. the prophet am' lard, holding high the torch and lighting the -way. Dan Brown -was safo las' night from the assaults of his enemies seeking to scale the walls and storn. the eitlflal. A smile on hi Up. ,n h,s eye and the gospel of ood govern xr.ent to koart tn indef atlgiblr Oor.roy stood at Armagt-ddon warning Hammond against Edward Simon, th democrat who endeavors to unseat Mayor Brown. He pictured the dire result f a democratic victory at th. -poll th eighth of November. "They say. If youH vote for their man. well have a wide open town,' rhemted Conroy. "They say. we'll b b!e to ell booie, that every fello' that wants to open up a soft drlnlparlor and bootleg moonshine is for Simon. Why ts tt they want this man I ask? It Is to have a man that w' help them violate the, law. I pay that any man who will do those little thinr? will steal the big things. If Simon is elected you'll have a city of maudlidebauchery like West Hammond. Nothe boose that I drank That was gr.r old Taylor, but moonshine and rvi gu "He'll little to rr5 fellow tha' wants to run a Plot machine, those guy: are all for Simon. "Why men. if yo; want to have a poker game throw lithe window and Invite the boys In ron't let's have It in a filthy basement with rot gut whiskey. PAINTS A FICTTJKE "Toil who believe In homes and fireaides and the sanctity of the famil: must vote for Pan Brown. (Continued on raff's" Six) OFF CER WRIGHT GETS WOUND IN PISTOL BATTLE "What are you, doing here?'' In reply to his challenge Policeman Jack Wright, of Hammond Central station received a bullet wound in his left shoulder when he acconted a man who stepped from 'he fhaiowi at Oakley anJ Wilcox avenues early last evening. The man escaped. According to officer Wright, the gun man who stepped in front of him not thirty feet distant held a revolver in his hand when lie flunk from the shadow of the buildings. In reply to hi. question the man fired three time?, according to the policeman, onlv one bullet taking effect. Wright says he fired one shot at the fieing man who disappeared down Wllccx avenue. Wright's Injury, a slight flesh, wound was pronounced not serious by Dr. Chidlaw. A detail of policemen under Captain? Rimbaca and Bunde were thrown Into the district Immediately ibut no trace of the fugitive could be found. Watchmen In the locality said they had noticed no suspicious character? loltr!ng about but told police they hoard the exchange of s:iots between Wright and the alleged bandit. Police officials today would advance no theory about the shooting. It is Relieved however, that Wright, frustrated the robbery of one of the adjacent offices. The Injured policeman 1s tow on bail pending trial In the Criminal court on charge of manslaughter growing out of the shooting of Clo Dutton. who lived at 441 Michigan avenue. Putton was fatally shot by Wright when he failed to stop after bcinsr signalled by roe policeman who was looking for two jrtolen automobiles. The shooting oe'eturred at Calumet avenue and the .Jitckla Plate tracks on April 17, 1521.
Did You Hear That
JOE KOZYIMA, of State JUne. is contemplating a visit to his parent in Poland. EDITOR P. A. PARRY, or Tke Tniti has been soaking up a little rest down at West I'aden this week. EDWIN" FKIEPRICH is bs-''tm'ng loom up as another J. Albert Beeridge on the speaking platform. THE eleventh ward rooters In the balcony of the Orpheura put a lot ot pep into the proeedlngs last night. COLD snap brings lo?s of overcoat Archie Aklns. 244 Truman avenue, telipollce his overcoat was stolen from room. THE well known "meanest man" I In Evansviile on a visit. H? stole $7 from the eafa of the anti-tuberculosis society. STOLE?. Jas. Stevens reports to police that his 5-passenger Oakland automobile has been stolen. He lives at 42 Hummer avenue. LOCKINTJ the doors of the Orpheum theater last night was a blunder on the part of somebody. But wbo? Chief XiU wants to know. RTJDT MO.VBERG of the La County Creamery la looking for the lineotype operator who insists on malting his first name "Rube." MRS. V. J. MO RAN has written a play which will be given by the Hammond Woman's Club at the Chamber of Commerce October 22nd. CLYDE CLEVELAND, ctty -republican chairman, is eald to have given his support to the Charles Pyer recommendation for the judgeship. PR. H. E. SHARKER and wife am! A. F. Rohrer and wife returned from Indianapolis where they attended the American Life Insurane convention. ARTTTTTR BLOW, who blew from Kenosha, with J 700 of his employer's money Is arrested here by Detectives Charlie Carlson. Elow will not fight extradition. HOBOES flock to city Jail for beds. Cold nights force the boy Indoors. Now for some George Wanhingtonsi, Uriah Heeps and other reminiscent appelatlons on the police blotter. THE (Hammond ,profss!tnaI team is at Canton. Ohio tomorrow, and the Gary Elks with Frank and Ted Blocker play a Chicag-o pro team at Gleason park. JOHN RHIXD, graduate of the Hammond high school, now professor- of philisophy and Biblical literature at Lake Forest University will preach at the First Presbyterian church tomorrow evening. Jlil TVANG MICHELSTETTER was the foil for Joe Conroy at the Orpheum theater. Jim says he caii book Jof jver the big time circuit at J500 per veek. The second season it ought t" !e $750, says the astute Fhowmaii. HERMAN, the Great, political boss ' East Hammond, scholar, adventurer and altrul.at, last night addressed a political gathering in three langruages. There were no Russians present or he'd have campaigned In Russian, too. IN answer to the recent statement that some day a use will be dis"overd for old safety Yazor blades. T. A. Tubbs. manager of the Hotel Carlton, exhibits a neat handle he has invented by which the blades make excellent pocket kntvep. WOMEN jurors. Bailiff Trost U requested by Prosef'utor Todd to prur" jury of woman to try Steve Varco. f.75 Morton ave.. alleged bot-eger. before Special Judsre Phil Green wsld October 13, in city court. I. Modjeska 'epresenls Vargo. PT'RIED treasure at Columbia ave. and Morris Park. George McBee. acee! lf. 727 Wood St., tells Captain Bundhe burled $50 of total $S0 stolen from home of Nick J. Theis. 734 Wpod st He is held for erand lar-env. 'Blames "ambling in East ""hi-aKo for deed. THE Public Consfrui-tlon Co. bar. Just received a mammoth concrete mixing machine to be uh(1 In laying tho Riinbafh avenue pavement in West Hammond. The machine which Is of tho caterpillar type is the largest this part of the country. ALDERMAN RO?3 WOODHTTL. of Chicago, was in Hammond the other day and in conversation with A. M. Turner, stated that Hammond was lucky to have a competent man like John Erlcson in charge of the improvements to the waterworks system. INVITATIONS have been issued to the wedding of Peter G. Scofes to Pipits Fapadopoulou, of Chicago. Sunday, at 4 p. m. Mr. S'-ofes was formerly one of the owners of the Main restaurant and recently sold his restaurant in Janesville, AYIs. $10,000. THAT, In round numbers, Is loss sustained by Hammond builders by strike activities during September. Contractors Fay the loss is far greater, but building statistics show 49 permits for September with aggregate value of J108.7S0. as compared with 41 permits and I11S.600 for same perlotf lat year. ALTHOUGH officers have followed up several clues which were expected to lead to the arrest of the murderers of Joe Cunclnella, of Gary, killed on Thursday In Lake county, they are still at large. Sheriff Pennington and the Gary police believe that the muraVr was done by memberp of s blackhand gang. Cuncinnela's wife and his friends refuse to make known any information thev possea.
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m UMIIT 1 ill!! IV1AIL THEFT Fourth Member of Bandit Bang Turned Over To Police By Fattier IfiiTER NATIONAL NEWS 3EHVICE1 CHICAGO, Oct. 8. Carl Steiler, Jr.. prodigal son came home after squanderinf M5, 000 loot obtained from a mli robbery and Carl atelier. Sr., turned him over to the police. The son Is in a cell today and faces an extended prison term. Steiler was one of the four men who stole $234,000 from the Standard Oil company at Whiting, InA, in feepiember. 1919. The other three. John Wedja and Leo and Walter rllpkowtki. already are serving prison sentence. After the robbery Steiler and Bessie Jaslak, his sweetheart, fled. They went to Los Angeles where Steiler spent money lavishly, bought diamonds, airplanes, racing cars and feneraly "cut & wide swath." He studied aviation at the Sidney Chaplin Aviation School and later founded the International Aircraft Corporation of California. The concern shortly went into bankruptcy. Leaving Lo Angeles Steiler and his bride went to Texas where he became a "stunt" aviator. He smashed his airplane, however. ard eventually "went broke." The couple drifted to Memphis where Mrs. Steiler scrubbed floors to keep food on their table. With a visit from the stork expected soon, the Steller's came back to Chicago and appeared at the home of the prodigal's father. Steiler Sr. took down the telephone and called the police. CRITES CHOICE OF KILLEGREW J Jplin Ki'.iigrew. Republican County Chairman, when interviewed today by a Tlmea reporter, as to his stand on naming a successor to the late Judge I lardy, said that he had recommended City Attorney Maurice E. Crites, of East Chicago. Chairman Kill'grew satd that he had forwarded to Governor McCray a letter recommending that Mr. Crites be appointed to fill the vacancy existing in ;hc Lake Superior court judgeship. When asked for his reasons for recommending Attorney Crites. Mr. KlUisrrew said: ' I have thoroughly canvassed the situation and find among the members of the bar, a general sentiment that inasmuch that such a large volume of litigation originates in East Chicago H.ml Indiana Harbor, that an attorney residing in the city of East Chicago should be appointed to this vacancy on the bench. It may he pointed out that the Twin Cities, one of the three irgc communities of th'- county, has no rf presents Hon on the bench. My acquaintance with Mr. ('rites extends over a period of many years. I am well aware of his ability as a lawyer, his integrity, his high standing among the m'-m-i-ers' of his profession and his fitness to occupy a position on the bench. I believe he will be a worthy successor to Judga Hardy whose splendid record ss a jurist won the confidence and admiration cf the people of northern Indiana. " POLO OB.OTXNDS, ITEW YORK, Oct g (3 p m-) Today's grant betweer th O-lants and Yankees, the fourth of th series, was called off at 2 o'clo this afternoon on account of rain. SINCLAIR PLANT HAS SLIGHT FIRE A small fire, estimated to have caused a $500 damage, occurred at the Sinclair Refirlng company plant, East Chicago, about 4:30 this morning. George R- Lord, works manager of the East Chicago plant. sid this morning that It was a slight affair ot a still being enveloped in flames, but that the company Ore fighters were able to take care of ths blase without calling outside aid. The flames llghtedc. up the sky and with the whistles attracted attention of people in Hammond and Whiting. FRIEND writing from New York says that they've forgotten all about prohibition there. "Everybody is PelHng liquor," he says, "and they have to wear badges to keep from trying to Fell to each other. The price is ?9 per quart, up."
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Do You Want To Vote?
Tour last chance to register for the municipal election Nor. 3, occurs next Monday. Zf 70a did not register a Sept. 10 aad D?iect to to so next Monday row wlil be denied the privilege of -verting for yonr next mayor, city Jodffe, city Clark and 00 an oilman whan your neighbor do at the (all election. Previous registration, agr or Wcgth of resldenoe In th state, city, ward and precinct will avail you nothiag rf you do not rlater ?ia this fall. Tber will be a registration boot la yonr precinct next Monday which will opet t 6 o'clock nl the mora' lag and remain open until 9 o'olcok In th venlnff. Zt will requlr than five minutes of your tim to igra th aesry blank and taer. by Qualify to exercise your right of cu Crag a, Th women axe go Log to exexels a powerful lnfluuc at th poll next November. Zf you are a woman, you wlil want to have part In ohoaing th new meyor, judgr, city clerk aad oouactLmen. but you will be denied that privilege uaLee you registered last month or will do bo Monday. Voting l duty. Iffak sure you will not be forbidden to discharge your obligation. KSOXafTZB MOJTDAY ZT TOTJ KAVX2TT XXHTX SO AXXSAJY. TERRENCE SHEA. STREET BUILDER. DIES SUDDENLY Following the great civic loss to Hammond, in the recent death of Judge Walter T. Hardy, news of the s-adden death, yesterday of Terrence Shea, pioneer in Hammond municipal off airs, and one of the best known business men in the Calumet Re-glon, came as a severe shock to friends. Mr. Shoa, a resident of Hammond for more than 25 years, succumbed without warning to acute dlalation of the heart at his former residence, 378 Indiana avenue where, h had gone early yesterday to disconnect an electric refrigerating plant. Mr. Shea was discovered dead on the floor of one of the room by an Indiana avenue neighbor who visited the house In response to a phone call from his wife to discover what was delaying his return to supper. Mayor Daniel Brown this morning, voiced the sentiment that pervaded the whole city hall following news of Mr. Shea's death when he said the city had sustained an Irreparable loss in the passing of Terrence Shea. City Engineer Bridge recalled Mr. Shea as a . onscientious worker and a man whose word was one hundred per cent perfect. Builder of Truman avenue boulevard and employed at the time of his death in constructing Jackson avenue, Mr. Shea had long been known as pion r in road and sewer construction in Hammond. He Is survived by his widow, two sons, three daughters, a sister and two brothers. Mr. Shea was 36 year of age and had moved recently into his beautiful new hoiuc at 29 Kenwood avenue. Funeral arrangemenT not yet fully completed will be announced later. It is believed however, that the funeral will be held from the hom Monday afternoon. The Elks will conduct the r. fisequles. A post mortem examination of the lereascd by Coroner II. J. White resulted In finding that Mr. hea had died of "acute dilation of the heart 'rem fatty degeneration." STOCK MARKETS NTfW YORK. Oct. 6 The Domestic Oil shares featured a quiet and steady opening of the stock market today. Oontinued demand for these issues on the advances announced in the price of crue oil resulted in gains at the start, ranging tip to about one point. Houston. Gosrten. Texas Pacific Coal Oil and I'nlon Oil were among the stocks well taken. The rest of the list showed little change.
Brown Answers Critics
Mayor Pan Brown talked as follows: 'Lallies, gentlemen and republicans, 'applause). Four years aito we Parted out with a constructive program which we confess we didn't fill, but we'll explain why. We took office in the heart of the war. The covernment had put a atop to practically all constructive work. In 1319 the factories were so busy and so far behiid In orders that we could hardly get . any materials except by paying an excessive price. 1?21 found the height of prices and under such prices we did not think the citizens of Hammond would thank us for paving 300 per cert for materlajs that should cost. JSQ rr cent. "But the last of this year saw prices tumble and I am going to leave it to the citizens of Hammond if we did right "Wo have been aoeused of practicing business behind closed doors. I will say that I have had thousands of visitors in my office and not one can tell you that T ever closed the woor. What the public couldn't know, 1 didn't want to know. "There has been rreat stress laid on the blue laws. I don't know anything about the blue laws and don't want to.
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Daring Holdup Of Royal Hail Messenger At Detroit Last Night I INTERNATIONAL NEft S SERVICE! DETROIT. Oct. 8. With roads leadfog from Detroit Into Toledo, Pontlac. Mt. Clements and other communities guarded by armed posses, a sweeping search of Detrolts underworld resorts is being conducted today in an effort to find the four desperadoes who staged what is believed to be a more than 1100,000 hold-up here Friday night.. Funds of the Kenl'.worth racing track, money consigned by the Canadian banks to Detroit correspondents, and registered mall from Canada, were stolen from William R. Macauley. royal mail messenger of Canada, in lower Wayne street. Macauley landid from the WindsorDetroit ferry at the foot of Woodward avenue at 10 o'clock. He was making the latt of a series of trips of the day. As usual he drove a one-horse v.--gon, in which in the course of years he had carried millions of dollars and had been unmolested. A week ago Macauley lost the key to the rear ioora of the wagon. It wasn't even locked. At Woodward avenue and Jefferson avenue, Macauley turned west an! rounded the corner of Wayne street, a drab and deserted section at the hour. As he crossed Larned street an automobile pulled out of an alley running east and wvst and stopped in the messenger's path. Three men Jumped from the machine. Pointing- automatics at him they ordered him to dismount from his seat. One of the hold-up men Jerked the horso to Its haunches when the drive tried to urge it ahead. -Get out or we'll kill you'.'' exclaimed one of the bandits. Macauley obeyed. The bandits' automobile was driven into the alley by the fourth bandit who had remained In It. The transfer of funds was made. At the other end of the alley by Cass avenue was & bottle green automobile, stationed crosswise to act as a barrier in case of in terruption. Three of the men got into the automobile with the funds, the second bandit sprinted to the machine at Cas avenue, the car containing the loot trailing him. The automobile turned south on Cass avenue and in the directive oi Jefferson. A Studebaker car, answered the description of tho one in which the loot was carried of? was ordered to stop by police near Hendricks street, but the car rushed op. The police fired at it. Later the car was found abandoned at Fort and Dubois streets. It htitl been stolen from A. E. Goldstein. IWN MAN LEFT DEAD AT SIDE OF ROAD Strt:ck and probably instantly killed hy a party of Joy riders at lOSth strert and Indianapolis boulevard. Hammond, last night, an unidentified foreigner to-lay lien in Burns' morgue awaiting friends that may never come. No witnesses to the. accident cou'.d be f nurd by Hammond police. The body of the man was found between the two car tracks on Indianapolis boulevard one block distant from Cuneo's restaurant. The automobile must have ben traveling at a hiirh rate of ypet-d. say police, for the body was tossed some distance while a trail of broken glass and tire marks evidence that thcar, after striking tho victim, swerved in the eame direction in which the man was thrown. F. Phejon, 117 Sheridan avenue, Whitins, discov rr-d t he body lying in the road and cniletl the Hammond police. The city will be run ith the s.mt enforcement of law in the future th:' (t hns in the pr-t. It his been .sail that we have th: best legulated ''it' hi the slat". "We have been charged -with e travaganee. Compare our expenditurffwlth those of any other city of tin ciy.e. (The mayor read a newspaper clippirg in vvhkh it wa." stated th.'i' It cost th city of lOast Chicago half a million dollars mora a year to operate than Hammond). "It wss said n this Mage a wek ag that all city mar.e- vn taken to Hie American TruM A divine- bank That Is a falsehood The Air; rp-a" Trust. A Savings bank gets their pro ratd .share and no more. It in distributed anions the banks of the oitj according to law. "It has been said that S120.onft of the $sno,'it)0 waterworks bond issue ,? to be fleprited In the American TruM & Sav Ings bank. That in not true. Th state board ha ordered that $12Vi0f. of the bcnd issue be held in the off:c of the city treasurer.' Mayor Ttrown concluded by asking the voters of the city to return the city treasurer and city clerk to offi'-e and to elect a new city judge.
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BS IN Pat Gnarhr Winton Six, the booje caboose deluxe, will In all probability ib the charger upon which Ous Simon will ride In the stilly night hereafter. With several ecuntles to oover, Gus. at present, ha no other means of locomotion, than bis broad brogans. The boose-runners in high powered motor cars have distinct advantage of Gas. For several months he has been wait. Inr for the government to provide him with an automobile. The WInton Six costing 19,300. a Just what Gas needs. Under the law a motor car In which llquer Is found, ceased to be private property and comes Into the cstody of the government. In course It is sold. The U. 8. naturally has an option to buy It in for use in the prohibition department. Although it was purchased August fi. the Winton has been well broken In, having a total mileage of 6,900 or an average of 173 milea a day. Gallagher was caught once before and was out on bond to the federal court at Indianapolis when Motorcycle police trapped him at a blocked railroad croising. Henry George was with him in the cor and the two booze runners had a revolver and rifle each. Gallagher was placed under bon5s of J4.00O and George. I2.'00 ty Commissioner Surprise yesterday. GARY NEGRO IS DRINKING BOUT One of the most brutal murders in Gary's history -vaj tevealed shortly after 8:30 o'clock last nisht when the dead body of John Allen, rejjro hodcarrier, was found in the kitchan of his boarding 1ku;c at 160S Massachusetts street. The . murder or murderers had Jammed his head half way beneath a kitchen range and the floor. The weight of th tstov had crushed the skull. Five buliet holes were found In the body. Thirteen uhots were fired in all. It was revealed ttist Allen had been drinking heavily. He did not work In the afternoon on account of the rain. Late in the afternoon according to Mrs. Maggie Vance with whom he had boarded for the past fourteen years he brought a stranger to the house. Mrs. Vance stated that she left the house about six o'clock to visit a friend at 1615 Washington street where a card party was to be held in the evening. Both were sitting at the kitchen table at the time. Accompanied by another colored lady Mrs. Vance left the Washington street address shortly after 8 o'clock to see If everything was allright at home. Her screams attracted the w tentton of neighbors and examination was made. The body was still warm. It Is known that Alien had $26 on his person in the afternoon buv. i.oner E. E. Evans was only able to find 20 cepts in his clothing. A ."8 caliber revolver which he carried in a holster In the afternoon could not be found. A peculiar part of the murder is the fact that although windows of the boarding house were open, the policy are unable to And anyone who heard the shooting. SHots in Allen's body snow that they! ...... - v'vj.-.: innji' CX MUnilir . of powder burns were found. An open t knife was found in Allen's pocket. ANOTHER RIFT IN CLOUDS OF UNEMPLOYMENT - f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) PITTSBURGH. PA.. Oct. S Firteen hundred Pennsylvania car shop workerr Wid rngin repairmen were jubilant today over the order Just s?nt out ordering them back to work Immediately. Vearly a thousand men affected tn Pittsburgh. Additional work ers were to fro on duty in the company shops at Buffalo, Erie, Clean, Vew York, Canton, Ohio, and Dennison Ohio next Monday. These workers will be on full time instead of the present schedule of four days a week. The Pittsburgh t Lake Frio railroad important N York Centra! line. h.r just put l,20"n men back to work nnd Vice-President nd General Manacer ,T. p. Yohe said t"day that within a day or two he would announce the. recall cf large numbers of additional employe. GRIFFITH TO HAVE BAZAAR SUNDAY "V'-,c- will be n church bazaar at Griffith Sunday, October 9 and Monday j '.veninz. October 10. T Will be given I by the Catholic Social Club of Griffith, and proceeds will o into a fund for the j 'rrcti'in of a Catholic church at Grlffith in the near future. M:iny- bcautif ;1 pieces of hand work j and nsefut articles will be for sal" as; well as other art r.vt lonjt whioh c to ! nnko up a bazaar. A special feature; ill be a homo co'ked (-upper served hy the larii from 4 tn 8 oYUk-U. l;iif will leave- Crown Point for this hazaar at I o'clock ard leave Hammond at 2 and 3 o'clock (new time.) Everybody !. cordially tnviled .to cume snd ppend the a ft "m ion and evening and enjoy themselves.
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Unemployment Conference Hay Urge This As First Necessary Step BY H- K. REYNOLDS 'STAFF CO-RESPONDENT I. H. 5reVtCt WASHINGTON, Oct- g. Immediate reduction of railway freight rates and wages and abolition of the railroad labor board and the repeal 0 the Adamson eight-hour law may be recommended next week to President Harding' unemployment conferaac by a majority of the committee on emergency measures for manufacturers, it was indicated by members of the conference today. "Oppressive railroad freight raee) are primarily responsible for the existing Industrial depression and unemployment," W. H. Stackhouse, of Springfield, O.. declared an he boarded a train for home after resigning as chairman of the committee during a stormy two-hour session. Stackhouse was succeeded by James A. Campbell of Youngstown, O, who stated tha. the former's retirement from the conference was not due to friction within the committee. Campbell has called another meeting of the committee for Monday when the members will prepare their recommendations for presentation on the following day. Despite strenuous opposition from Samuel Gompers. president of thAmerican Federation of Labor an'i Mrs. Earah II. Ccnboy of New York, secretary cf the Textile Workers o: America, it is understood that the committee has practically decided to urge sweeping reductions of railroad wages as one of the firs; sups in correcting existing depression and to relieve unemployment. Oompers left the committee room visibly agitated, but refused to '!:- cuss what took pla.ee in the clos-c.j executive session. "I will continue to meet with the committee as long as I can," the veteran labor leader said. "When that ;s no longer possible, I shall rr.ak my position clear." HERE BOY HELD IN MURDER OF N. JERSEY GIRL INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEHV1CE MADISON. J.. Oct. S A fourteen year old boy, Francis Kluxon. Jr., in apite of his protestations of limocense. today stood accused of the brutal murder of Janette Lawrence, the 11 year old girl whose body was found in th Kluxen woods near her home here Belief was expressed by the police that another person was implicated in the crime and a second arrest was expected today. The boy was arrested by the Madison police after he hd been kept undesurvelllance all day and confined to h home by his parents at the request of the police. Arraigned before Kecorrter Sboneberger he was committed to the county Jail to await action by the prand jury. He was grilled In the Madison Jail during the night and wa taken to the county seat this morning. The boy- persistently reiterated hicdental: of guilt. He maintained hknew nothing about the murder. Police officials did not disclose upon whir they based their accusations. "They haven't a thing on the boy, his father, who is wealthy and influential, said: "How could he con:e intthe house, quietly, eat his supper and go to bed after a crime like that. I' ts Impossible. I am satisfied he 1 -perfectly Innocent. He told a straip'-.C story to the police. HARBOR MAN FINED ON ASSAULT CHARGE City Controller of East Chicago Had Him Pinched After a Fight, C ROWN POINT, IN P., -.-.. ' J -:'l: i . Hyzy, who conducts a. soft drink parlor iu Indiana Harbor was r.rretncd on an affidavit sworn out by John ;'!'-.?, city controller of East Chtcse-o. charsmg assault and battery. The trial was held before a jury in the Crim:n'l court o.i Friday and Hyzy was fined ."'" r, 1 ?1 days In jail. S'.llski fc 1 1-pe.-.cj to drop into the Hyzy place r.n- t-i-ht recently ami engaged in a grttme ..f .-atii, in the course of the eveninp llviv became objectionable in Ms manner of speech. An argument followed nnu .i drew a grm on Sulski. uith the riMUit that a. Keueral !lrht wa. Indaleed in, - Ith Sulski as the victim. Rohorr R. Cen-k well known Oarv homo builder, is goinc- t. extend h.s buildiit; operation to Chl-'a. -. .i. c -r--i-'ng to inforinati.in receiv.-d tod.iy. II will still maifitain his office. )-usnes and home n Gary, upending about hal" of the time taklnc core of hi bjalr.ei's Interests In the city.