Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 115, Hammond, Lake County, 3 November 1921 — Page 1
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TIME World's News bv jlN.S. Leased Wire VOL. XV, XO. 115. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1921. HAMMOND, INDIANA , AMJALLS ON CITY CAMPAIGN TOMOR
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HAVE you a. little affidavit home?
in your
, MAYBE Brown has ; he'll give away.
some franchises
HOW will
you have your meJipine.
the case or can?
No Strike Order To Be Issued Yet Men Will Go Out
I'ACT of day: Hammond manufacturing plants.
has 6S
SPEAKER PROTESTS TARIFF BILL
HARBOR
ADD signs of spring: in drug store windows.
Goat pictures
ONE thing true about the candidates -they re a promising bunch of fellows.
ELEOTRICITT has been sas in the local campaign, a few shocks.
added to Xow for
maligns
Vrt Knoerzer by
Art Isn't
SOMEONE
! t ailing him an artist
; artist; Art's a salesman. i SO Ed. Is giving away soap to Simonize the town. chv Well, all the ivory itn t in the toap. "IF you don't see what you want, ask. for it." There's a good sign for !iy soft drink parlor. Tour welcome.
yesterday. Ed.
Ed. Simon called party in Homewood
says he's looking well.
riMTER NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, Nov 3. Emerging
from beneath the cloud of a. threatened nation-wide railway strike, into the f sunshine of industrial peaco fer the .'
brief span of a few short days, the nation today was plunged into the shadow of a menace scarcely less serious the probability of a widespread tie-up of coal production. The threatened railroad strike just passed and the general walkout of Jr.:ners which looms, however, are widely dissimilar.
In that case it was a battle over dif- j SOCIETT NOTE forences between employers and their cu the democratic
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ihere are no differences between the rniners and operators. It is a strike of miners against the decree of Federal Judge Anderson suppending the chock -off system and prohibiring further efforts to unionize the Wca; Virginia coal field. Just how broad in scpe the impend
ing- mine tie-up may grow could nt I
w ".v. tut ate, j ivjivm ivay.
That the miners are preparing .for a j 5,011 "rfinish fight, is Indicated by the state- ' ment by one union official that thev I r-N T blame tho candidates for the "will go to the end regardless of con-i"ay the' taIk about one another. The sequences." .voters are talking about them In tho On the other hand, "if the m!ner3 j 6amo MaJ-
Think the federal eurt 1 a jol'C. they
are badly mistaken" to qunt" another man. Not connected with the union.
rut in close touch with the court. No general strike order will e Is
sued at international headquarters of j POLITICAL reporter wails that there the United Mine Workers. That ap- Jlas been too much Win.- in ih.
raign. That comes from hanging
BIKE swiped. It belonged to John Wojtena, 15 Dearborn st. Ho tells the police it was stolen from Lincoln school.
EOT SCOUTS are working feverishly to get ready for the big tield meet which is to be held Saturday at Harr,
General Manager Mantl of Marshall Field & Co., registered his protest against the Fordney tariff bill now pending in the V. S. Senate when he :poke today at the luncheon t'f the Hammond Chamber of Commerce
I Mr. Mann directs his right against the propased American valuation plan incorporated in the bill whereby the tariff will be determined by thr wholeisnlo selling- price of tho article, lie
showed that it would be impossible to determine the price of many ai, ,s because there was nothing manufactured in America to compare them with. Futhermore he ays it will mean that the unusually hih rates will be added to this wholesal2 price necessitatng a system of pyramiding in arriving at a new- wholesale price at
an : which the. articles may be sold at a I profit.
figures compiled under this plan Indicate that the prices of French cloth, Swiss handkerchiefs. German hosiery ;ind hundreds of other articles will mount until there will be Mo market for them. He says it will mean another wave c-f even higher prices for commodities In America wheh will spell disaster for the public will not
stand for it. '
Mr. Mann says the plan originated j
in a group or ew England manufacturers and had been puf-hed so successfully by Itep. Fordney of Michigan that the bill went through the House almost unanimously and bids fare to meet the same treatment in the senate unless public sentiment can be aroused In time t- bring sufficient pressure to bear upon Cong res j.
POLICE TAKE
SO. CHICAGO SHARPERS Mike Plesha Tries Hard To Make a Little Easy Money, TO His Sorrow. Three alleged -con- men,. Mate Oraskovich, Mike Zupcic and Nick Mtcylvlch of .south Chicago, who made Mike riesha of 3518 Deodar street, Indiana HarbV,r; their victim for $500, were captured yesterday afternoon alter a spectacular chase down Guthrie street in automobiles. The three
.v.jJirlo wetu overtaken and
"" Ht -Micii!g,-in and Guthrie
au urawn into custody at the
- amui .imnai s gun, attempt to square it money."
It was in the evening- about 4 o'clock that pedestrians along Guthrie street were attracted by two machines thundering down the street traveling nonb in cannon ball .peed. A yellow -.a-: w-as tn the lead, closely followed by the police patrol. There was a holdup In traffic at Michigan and Guthrie. giv:ng Police fcVrgeani Makar and Chauffeur Kohradt an opportunity to overtake and cover the fugitives. Mike Plesha, the r-asv mark for the confldt-ncc m-n, was drawn into a game cf cards by a friend of Mike's and confederate of the ang. MiUe was old that there ws plenty of soft money to be, won and that- in
, mnff na would be dealt a winning (hand. As this was to be a big- game, Mike's friend sue-testerf ih t,
himself a trifle hearior in order to make a showing. Picturing the "velvet- rolling in Mike calls at the Citizens Trust and
savings ank and draws on hi
'AT80N PROMISES FURTHER
SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES
tap. HAS FINAL WORD
streets
point of
despite their with "hush
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHING! 0.. Nov. 2. The entire administration of the American army in France during the war will be put under fire should the senate insist upon an investigation of Senator Watson's speech accusing the army of the wholesale and illegal hanging of Yankees abroad. Senator Reed; defudcrat of Missouri, indicated today. "I do not think tho military committee wants to subpoena me and have me make public certain telegrams and other documents 1 have iii my possession which I shall produce if this investi
gation goes forward," said Heed.
"If the senite wants to investigate I w-i;l insist upon a full disclosure of the facts." A new fight on the floor of the senate to prevent the committee investigation Is expected wren the resolution authorizing ependitures for the investigation comes from the committee on contingent expenses. Meanwhile Senator Watson continues to spdrn the committee's "Invitation" to uprtear beture it, and going ahead with plans to place all the evidence in support of his charges before the senate on the floor. He promises sensa-
wiil make
i
henator j tlonal disclosures which "interpsting reading." -
j lit HECK, now that the campaign I has brought out a lot of song writers.
j artists, and embryo- authors, why not start a Bohemian colony?
FORMER HAMMOND POLICE MATRON HELD
fr LATEST BULLETINS
peared certain today.
Only four minas in Indiana were reported worklnor today. Thirty thousand miners in th Indiana field are reported Idle In protest og-ainst Judge Anderson's decree. Union headquarters lire is without
advices as to the number that quit work,-but press dispatches indicate I hat 1,250 men in Ohio and 764 in IIH- j
nols are all that have thus far. actually joined the Indiana miners in the protest movement, although strike of 43.900 Pennsylvania coal workers appeared imminent.
around political headquarters.
REPRESENTATIVES of all union locals will aieet Sunday afternoon at Hammond Labor Temple to outline
i plans for relief of needy families.
j MATAVOOD PARK Ms being given a liberal dressing, of black dirt by Park i Commissioner Holtz anu ..next year js'nould be more attractive than ever.
FIRE MARSHAL IS COMING TO
L
i ANYTHING from a pair of shoes to : a piano. At the service shop, basement j of the public library. Women are ralejing funds for club house for Woman's ! Club.
AKE
1
LAWRENCE J. HOFFMAX. Ham-
j monda old "pep" haberdasher, writes ' from Florida that he expects to flrop in ; on his old time friends here about
! Thanksgiving.
CHARLES BRUNDE, aged 6. of 123t
j Van Buren St.. is slightly injured when
run down at Hohman and Indiana aves.
- ' by auto driven by Gus Haehnel, 45 INDIANAPOLIS. LVD., Nov. 3-Using , Sheffield avenue, the recently formed Indianapolis fire :
T-reventfon committee as an example,. NEWSPAPERS tell that China la
New man T. Miller, state f.re marshal. ; bankrupt and unable to meet $5,000,000
announced mat ne intends to ask the : obligations due Chicago bank. Maybe aid of the chambers of commerce, city i thev ll send Charlie Surprise over to
lire departments, civic orpaniza tions nd heads of school systems to carry on campaigns urging the organization of committees similar to that of Indianapolis in fourteen Indiana cities. Mr. Miller and Frank C. Jordan, chairman of the Indlanapolfs fire prevention committee, will leave Indianapolls tonight for Evansville, where they will confer with J. S. Johnson, secre
tary of the Evansville Chamber of j Commerce concerning the organization! of a committee there. j Mr. Miller also intends to visit Terre j Haute, Hammond, Vincennes, Gary,) South Bend, Gowhen. Elkhart. Fort : Wayne, Kokorno. Anderson, Muncie, !
Itichmond and New Albany. Although tho majority of the large cities of the country have organized
prevention committees, this is the
time that a st;itp-widt movement
hs been attempted under the sponsorship of the state authorities. Mr. Miller and Mr. Jordan hope to interest Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs. labor union!--, clubs and factory owners in the campaigns. The plans Include printed propaganda. advertisements
an,-i meetings for the purpose of plaining lire prevention methods.
straighten things out.
JUGS of scenery. Autumn Is moist
beautiful. That's what lures motorists into country. Yep. It's cider, hard, soft, sweet, sour. Every farmer has a few Jugs on his front lawn.
I CONTRACTS for two more miles of j the new concrete short-cut to Chicago over 147th St., have been let to a Chlj cago Heights contractor, but the work will not be done until spring.
BOB JENNINGS, the Hohman street
(confectioner, thinks Hammond needs ; another first class lurch room and has I arranged to start serving good eats at his place beginning- Saturday.
fire
first
TODAY was the last chance to practice on the voting machines. The two nt the court house were locked up this evening, all of the others having- been attended to earlier in the week.
Mrs. Myrtle Pfeffer. former, police matron of Hammond, was arrested In Chicago last nig-ht on charges of bribery. She was brought to Hammond by Detectives Carlson and Singer and Mrs.-, William Myers,-probation officer. Bonds 'for $1,000 signed by Henry Downey and John Pascaly effected the release of Mrs. Pfeffar 23 minutes ater her arrival In Hammond. -She will be arraigned before Judge Charles
Fredrichs Friday morning according to her attorneys James K: St'lnson and Fred Barnett. " . Evidence upon -which the , bribery charge is based dates back to March, 1920. while Mrs. Pfeffe- was police matron in Hammond. It involves a Hammond business man. Prior to her arrest Mrs. Pfeffer had made an affidavit describing- occurrences at the po. lice station which has been widely cir-
chiefs. Chief Austgen had publicly repudiated' the charges contained - in the affidavit. . Extradition papers signed by Governor McCray of Indiana and Governor Small of Illinois had been obtained by Hammond police which !lminated pos
sibility of delay in .bringing- Mrs. Pfeffer into this state. - The warrant for Mrs. Pfeffer's arrest was signed by the Hammond busnes , man who alleges he paid $50 hush money. Mrs. Pfeffer was arrested at her home. 1681 Milwaukee avenue. She gave her occupation as housewife. She was accompanied by a daughter-in-law Her attorneys would not comment on the case.
court trt ttio -.-.... .
---- -'""""i ui oi:v, leaving a balance Of $200 w cover room rent and I chow, should ho lose his job at the I
i-nieriai Portland Cement ,nma.,.
'The bunko steerer was at the door of
the bank to chaperone bis customer to a quiet place on Butternut street where the gang awaited their victim Drinks were served end the. game started. Mike says that he remembers becoming groggy and losing control of himself, and when he awoke a few minutes later his $-,oo was gone Mike staggered j,uo the Indiana Harbor police station about 3:30 and Sergeant Makar and Officer Konradt ivere detailed on the case and had
...eir men Behind" the bars within 30 minuUs and the spoils returned Chief ODonnoll, who. was in the sta- !
ison . uie tinvs fend witoeefed the race down Cuthrlc, says that It was one of the cleverest captures n-ade by any of tho force for some time. "Big Bill" Subotich. called at the police station while a reporter was present and asked for information regarding a possible release of hi friends. 'Big Bill" was informed thathe men would stand trial as they are expected of other offenses.
(BULLETIN) I INTERNATIONAL NEWS $ERVtCEl CROTON-ON-HUDSON. N. Y., Nov. 3. Dan R. Hanna, of Cleveland, son of the late Senator Mar cus A. Hanna, died at 3 A. M. today of heart trouble at his estate here. Dan Hanna was publisher and proprietor of the Cleveland Leader and News and was interested in many Cleveland enter l r
j prises, rle had been married tour
times and was widely known as A sportsman, having a well-known stable.
(BULLETIN) 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NEW YORK. Nov. 3. Police rescued 14 persons in a fire in a Bronx apartment house today. Many were carried out unconscious.
THE famous smile and good natured personality of James Malo. the Eleventh ward candidate for alderman. Is one o the outstanding features of the clos-
ex- i intf days of this hotly contested city ! eampaign.
NOTICE TO ALL
DAN BROWN BOOSTERS If you haven't beon asked to use your car and participate In our monster parade tomorrow night, Nov. 4th, its simply because your chairman hasn't got to ycu as yet. However consider this your invitation t,i come;
oe at tne corner or L-.fian st. Calumet ave. at 6:30 p. m. and
raae director win assic-n you to your place. We have plenty of red fire, etc. Come to our big party, let's all have a good time. REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE. 11-3-1
SAM SKUFAKISS was boiling mad this morning when he found the sidewalks around the Columbia Hotel plastered with Brown lettering. There was nothing left to do but paint the whole walk black.
G. F. NORTON, 18 year old lineman for the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. Is recovering at St. Margaret's
and j hospital from serious burns sustained a pa- I at the north side riant of the company.
Norton is working his way through school.
G. O. P. RALLY IN ROBERTSDALE ROBERTSDAI.E. Ind.. Nov. 3. A large. Republican Rally will be held st the Franklin Auditorium this evening. Good speakers and entertainers are promised. Anrose wishing to donate their machines for the parade this evening, also for the parade In Hammond on Friday evening, wilt kindly , consult Henry Vis, of Myrtle avenue.
"SPEAKING of Brown selling groceri ies, how about Simon?" asks a Xorth j Side woman. "He's in the soap busiI ness now, rasping out cakes to the j homes. 1 can't see the joke. Does he meai- to insinuate that we aren't clean ! housekeepers?"
"LITTLE BIT" WAS FOUND TANKED UP
Chief Simons - et the federal dry
squad, assisted by Officers Carlson and Bell of the Hammond police force, paid
a little surprise visit to the place of
King" Ed. Mays, 16 Pluntmer ave..
last evening. It was said Ed. was doling out liquor to his colored brethren.
The "kins" was not at home, but the
officers brought in Robert Wesby, his handy man after a half-pint of liquor was found in the place. A bottle of burnt sugar coloring used In maJiing
moonshine look like whiskey was also found. Further evidence of violation of the liquor law was found in the person of Miss "Little Bit'.' Elizabeth Stein. "Little Bit" was quite a lot drunk. She was taken to the station and charged with intoxication.
GUILTY IN SERIOUS CHARGESAYS JURY Well Known Crown Point Men Then Rearrested on Sensational Charge.
(BULLETIN) flMERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK. Nov. 3. Despite acceptance by the 12.000 striking milk drivers of Mayor . Hylan's terms of mediation, distributors served notice today of their intent tion of waging a finish fight for the "open shop."
(BULLETIN) '. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 Govrrnment officials having to deal with the arrangements for the armament conference, now but ten days awav, were obviously perturbed and nettled today at the increasing criticism being voiced in Congress and in the press against the "secrecy aspect" of the conference.
$200 was was
fSPECIAL TO THE T!(ES1 CROWN' POINT. IND., Nov. 3-Af-ter being out several hours, the. juryin the John Smith case brought In a
r.uict or guuty with a fine of on Tuesday night. Smith, who formerly street commissioner.
cnargea with contributing to the delinquency of Margaret Pasil a Aa.
jghter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Basil.
in company with . Dennis Brown he went to the Basil home on Sept. 18th, during the absence of the parents and the two caroused all afternoon, with drinking and leud conduct. The testimony of the Basil girl was such that the jury found him guilty. Smith has been in court several times of late on a charge of contributing and his reputation is anything but good. After the trial. Judge Norton, of the Juvenile court, ordered Brown, who wa3 out on
1500 bond, jailed and a charge of rape will be preferred against hlra.
(BULLETIN) CLEVELAND. O.. Nov. 5. Three workmen were reported buried alive when debris at the new public auditorium on Sixth st. caved in this morning, carrying the workers with it. Fellow workmen were attempting - to rescue them, while doctors with pulmotors were rushed to the scene.
(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CEJ DENVER. Colo.. Nov. 3. Seventeen persons were overcome in a fire here today in the Charlel A. Schieren Leather Company's store. All were revived, however.
(BULLETIN) - INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! PITTSBURGH. No. -Thirteen nuns .asleep on the second floor of St. James convent ih the west end here, escaped death early today when, they fled through smoke-filled corridors.. Several of the nuns were assisted to safety by firemen. An unknown person who discovered the fire, fired three shots and attracted the attention of the nuns to the blaze.
(BULLETIN) r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 TOLEDO. 0 Nov. 5. Five persons were burned to death here this morning when the home of William Greenburg was completely destroyed. The dead are: Mrs. W. Greenburg, mother; her two daughters. Eva and Anna, and sons David and Leah. The children range in age from 1 5 b 6. There were ten members of the family. The father and four other children escaped. The cause of the fire is unknown.
MILLIONS
FOR
ROAD
WORK
INDIANA
TWO automobiles were destroyed in a tire that gutted the garage of Adolph Eidam at Truman and O.-'kley avenues early this morning. A third automobile isolated from the others by a partition was saved before flames recahed it. The fire was discovered at 2:55 a. m. Chief Nill said the cause was undetermined
NEW ACQUISITION FOR STATE STREET Leon's Floor Covering Store, Is the latest addition to East State Street's line of business houses. This store will handle rugs, carpets and llnoleunrs exclusively, with a ytocl: equal to that of any of Chicago's bis 6tores. Leon Kaplan Js manager of this new
store. Mr. Kaplan is an experienced furniture man who ,is familiar to a hos-t of Lake county people, having been connected with" one 'of the largest furnitune houses tin Northern In-diana, where hundreds of Lake county people have bought their furniture.
Saturday is the opening day. -- The location is 23 State stret and to make this event a thing- to be. talked of for some time ' afterwards the store will give away a beautiful rug to each householder attending" the opening in Saturday. If this is true, and it can hardly be doubted that a ruir will be
s1"" wueii 11 13 piatniy an nounced in their opening ad., it is advisa'ble that shoppers get an early start i Hang the alarm clock over your pillow ; arise at the first call, cut the regular j morning exercises hort, and fnaHe a j bee line for the store.' . r j
This Will Help the States Unempoyment Situation Much. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. Nov. 3Fou and one-half million dollars worth o road construction will be' started in Indiana for the relief of unemployed as soon as the highway commission can
! arrange a program, ' it was announced j by Gov. McCray today upon his return
irom wasningtnn. Promise of fullest co-operation of government officials in financing the federal air read projects was obtained by the governor while in the east, he stated.
(BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Nov. 3. Marshal Ferdinand Foch of France and a cotertie of other notables, including General J. J. Pershing, Missouri's most noted son, arrived here today. Smiling, though obviously weary from half a dozen days of "being "received," the noted visitors alighted from a special train from Kansas City, where they had attended the third annual convention cf the American Legion. ' '
(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE KANSAS CITY. Mo., Nov. 3. A riot which raged for nearly two hours badly wrecked the lobby of the Hotel Baltimore here early today. The fighting began when officers attempted to break up a crap game on the lobby floor. Over 100 police were called and charged into the fighting mob, which surged back and forth in the lobby. More than 100 shots were fired before the lobby could be cleared.
(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ST. PAUL. Minn.. Nov. 3. For the" second time within a year, bandits today held up and robbed the A. I. Shapira & Sons jewelry store of diamonds valued at $30.000. As L H. Deeny, assistant manager of the store, was leaving his home this morning, two-men jumped in his car, commanded Deeny to drive them to the store and open the safe. The bandits escaped in a confederate's car.
(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON. No. 3. In a complaint issued by the federal trade commission today, the C M. Parker Company of Valparaiso, Ind., is charged with circulating false and misleading statements. The respondent is given thirty days in which to answer, after which trial will be held and the case decided on its merits.
; OurWeaiKerKan j !'
.Fair and, Warmer.
NEW MANAGER AT CONSUMERIS WHOLESALE Starting this week tho Consumers
Wholesale Grocers at 540 South Hohman street will be under the active
management of John E. Thompson. Mr
Thompson comes to this region from LaPorte, Ind., where he has for the
past five years been manager of vari
ous grocery stores, the most recent of
which was the Consumer's Store, and from South Bend where he was for some tjme a department head in the Gja and Electric company. An entire new policy of fairness and courtesy to the old customers of this store ;md any new- one, that would !tk to partake of the unusual values this f-tore lias to offer will be inaugurated immediately by the new manager and an invitation to call and set acquainted is extended. Mr. Thompson is well known In the community that he comes from and ia
a high Mason as well as a member of the .Knights of Pythias. " Sylvia Filas the , assistant manager, and congenial clerk will remain' In her former capacity.
Evening Services f or Jewish Community The Jewish community of Hammond by force of economic conditions were not able to attend regularly the Saturday morning services at their synagog, will now have the devotedly desired opportunity to attend services every Friday night, at eig-ht o'clock in their new synagog at Sibley street. These services are conducted by the newly elected Rabbi of Knesfth Israel Congregation, the Rev. Dr. .Julius Rappa port who came hre from Chicago recently. The first of these series will be Friday. November 4th. when the topic of the sermon wUI be "Are we Satisfied? -What' must be our aim?" On armistice day, Friday,' November 11', the sermon ' will ' be "Tho God of Our Sons."
(BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) CHICAGO, Nov. 3. An unidentified man, believed by the police to have been murdered, was recovered from the north branch of the Chicago river today. The man's skull was split open. The body had been in the Water about ten days.
to voter;
Brown Rallies At Two Theatres Friday Night Schedule
(BV THE POLITICAL REPORTER) The curtain will fall on Hammond s HTTnerm "iciraI "nPHn . prompUy t 10.00 o clock tomorrow night at tba DeLuxe and Orpheum theaters Republican City Chairman has ruled that the last rallies of tho G. O. V shall be ehort and snappy. Tonight the democrat
ings at the DeLuxe and Orpheum and -'ty Chairman Frank MrM,,
decreed that it hnii v .- .
. . - -vj f'ci una to U-e point. To assure a crowd th vi-
ocrats have arranged to give shows Jn
acn theater, with music, movies and special attractions. The En-.a"i,- ..I
o-. t.j ... . ' 'v..
o jti. cimon and bars. - . : , , .
C B. Tint,.
SUaPXIBE TO 8PS.1K Charles Surprise will make his second and last appearance of the campaign tomorrow night in behalf of thi inayor'a candidacy. Jle is to tpeuM at he Orpheum theater while Attorney Lomberger and McAleer will speak at t-e DeLuxe. The George AdkJns' maW, quartette and the republican women trio are to sing at each theater.
x receding the republican
tomorrow night tht.rr -,n
meeting a
be an auto
niobile parade and City Chairman Clyde
K.umiacB mat It will be the biggest ever seen in Hammond. The democrats last week had more than .00 automobiles in their Parad and Cleveland eaya that the republican rarade will number 500 machines f weather conditions are favorable. the ppxrrra as&sst The Myrtle Pfeffer affidavits and her subsequent arrest 13 the onl unfortunate aspect of the campaign. siNimon, the democrat candidate, i? to be congratulated for not sanction the use of the former police m.-.troi-
oftidavite, and not permitting them "to
e icaa irom the platform. TT,,.
davits were charges of misconduct Jo,y lolice officers.- but could not fce give..
consioeration because ir j Pfeffer did not mention the names pt (the cil'icers. There was no supporting evidence and Mr. Simon showed oi
-i.et judgment in keeping them put of iiis meetings. . The arrest Of Mrs. Pfeffer was witl'I out the knowledge of the reputl". -al organization. - - The w holo affair is a quarrel between JUrs, Pfeffer and the police department and while to. be regretted should not be made an Issue . of this campaign which Is otherwise the cleanest as we'J." as the most interesting In mar.y years
"utn repuoncanB and democrats todavexpressed regret at the whole incident. Mayer Brown made a statement in which he said that Mrs. Pfeffer's complaints at the time of her resignation uid- been thoroughly Investigated und" were shown to be unfounded. I Jv ABE WOT DISTURBED V The - republicans did not look upoa -irs. Pfeffer's arrest as of any advahi'
tage to their campaign. ' " "It will have little or no effect either" way," said City Chairman Clyde Clevt'-' land. "It was a surprise to me and oi no concern to the republican organiai.: tion. I presume Mrs. Pfeffer has her -friends and her enemies, but- I feel., sure the incident will neither benef.inor. injure the mayor." , , SEE BEPTTBEZCAI'T VICTOHY Mr. Cleveland predicts a big republican victory and declares that it will mean that Hammond . will again surpass Gary in voting strength. Wttlf Hrst paper voters discontinued, Gary'9 registration 4s little larger than Haaj mond's and the vote in this city TuCSt day, promises to be larger than In the
steel town because K. O. Johnson's' election is an assured fact. There ia nothing to it in Gary except Johnson. "With a vote of 12-.000 Hammond wil; have 5,000 more than East Chicago In all probability 2,000 greater thtttt3.! Gary. Suffrage and the constitutionST" amendment have accomplished thja l'cr Hammond. With a republican niOj jority of 2,000 or 3.000 next TucEdiry, Hammond will be the deciding factorIn Lake county politics a year hence.;: MEETING- AT SCHOOL The republicans were pleased at th; attendance at their ward meeting In th ' Lafayette school last night." The e.X-.'
ditorium was crowded. Edwin FYed--crichs. M. . D. Metz and Mayor Brown.
were the speakers. The mayor wajS,
given an ovation. Z
TACICAB DRIVER IS FATALLY SHO.x. INTERNATIONAL' NEWS SERVICE' TVAUKEGAN, 111., Nov. 3. With foUibullet wounds In his chest, Pasqual;o
Coscarelll, a taxlcab driver, was fouJl' dying on the porch of hfs home hei'ff today. He lived only a short time;;
GRAND SIMON RALLIES AT TWO THEATRES, r DeLUXE AND ORPHEUM TONIGHT, Nov. 3rd. B Ed. Simon, C. B. Tinkham" and other good speakers, Music by orchestra and La,-, dies' Quartette. 11 Special Young Men's Rsi publican Club will meet at Republican headquarters, at 6:15 Tonight; Bring youjf friends along. . Sppxethingf doing, " V."