Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 119, Hammond, Lake County, 8 November 1921 — Page 1

aia or scow in northern poi-tlon, rrabtly rata in southern port.'ou tonight U4 Wednesday, colder, In aorta ul west portions tonight and Hit ut south portions Wedaes4jri toa shiftta winds.

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HEAVY VOTING, NO TROUBL

MARK STILL DROPPING

N VALUE

Indescribable Passimism Reigns Even Among German Leaders

THOUSANDS VIEW

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DEMOCRAT PARADE

Did You

Hear That

j Downtown District Packed With Cheering j People. j j Thousands of people thronged the j ' downtown section last night to view i ; the democrat automobile parade. The ! count made by .a Times reporter from i , a window overlooking Hohman street 'between Sibley and State streets trave !

' total of S75 passenger cats, 23 trucks , and 17 motorcc!es in the parade. Hoodlums tore banners from some of the cars. Dunks were thrown in j front of cars passing- Harrison 1'arit I by another gruup of joung rowdies, i The crowds for the most part were

good nutured and divided in sentiment. There were a great many out of town oars in the parade but it is probable that over 350 machines were Hammond cars. "While the parade fell below predictions it was a success in en-

Tha opinion expressed by Arthur Von I thusiasm and noise. There was a great CTvaner. president of the Deutsche i deal of red lire and horn blowing.

bank, that Germany must collapse.

Cirv HALL offices were closed today So wore the banks.

oMij:u if Hammond will ever have mother campaign quite like this one? I

JEWELRY valued at $120 and $3S in cash are stolon from home of Louis Kiitzke. 20 Kenwood avenue, he tells j police.

BT S. D. WEYER STAFF CORRESPONDENT 1. N. SERViCEl BERLIN", Nov. 8. A crash, is coming ia Germany, the only Question being when and what form it will take. That seems up today the mood of the German people from the, highest to the lowest A3 a result "of ' the sharp slump in marks.

''"MPLETE wardrobe. Thieves get It "hen they enter home of C. M. Capps, Erie st., and steal $200 worth of clothing-.

THE STANDARD OIL CO. will probably be able to catch up on the gasoline shortage now that the open season for auto parades has ended.

STRAW votes teach children. Students at Industrial high school are instructed how to cast votes. Polls there closed at 2:30 p. in.

ONE police officer who has been the target of mud slinging, says that his innocent children are the sufferers. They are taunted In school.

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I ilia paraue reaeneu tne four cornI era a few mlrmte l..fr.- o..,- i

d.-.gging France down with her un- j wag forty mjnutes ,n pa'ssIng. owipg. tQ lose she is assisted, was echoed today j blockades by freight trains. It formby other financiers and busioea inen. ' d on Calumet avenue and after circ

ling the south side, went north over

Indescribable pessimism reigns even

.mnno. V. -.:., -.e 1 r,jf'Mn'a leaders ""-umail Sired TO

wrlos in ts rfru-.t a v that t ol lo we 1 . Eu u ' a to nessville.

the armistice always hold out. hope. They now are in despair.

Three weeks ago when the American dollar purchased 120 marks those who j 'predicted that the German exchange! rate would go to 200 marks for the J dollar were called calamity howlers, j Today glaring headlines announce

that an American dollar buys more than SoO-xnarhs. The economic consequences of this situation are incalculable and th "gloom and despondence, cannot be exaggerated. The German masses, though working feverishly, are nearly ready tt throw up Ui'df hands ia utter despair. t

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C. C. JONES, who is to head the Armistice Day parade tried out his horse liiia morning and It ran away with him on Hohman street.

TIMES TO FLASH ELECTION RETURNS Are you all set to attend The Times big election party tonight? Weil, don't miss it. There'll be plenty of noiso and shouting, all present when the latest returns arc

llashed by Times operators on a huge screen suspended from the north wall of Central school, opposite The Times building at Hohman and Fayette streets. Times reporters in Gary, Whiting and East Chicago will Hash returns from those cities by direct wire. As fast as the votes are counted Hammond people will see the results flashed upon the screen. Special arrangements h;ne been made to secure returns fronr ea-h Hammond precinct as rapidly as the figures are compiled after closing of the polls.

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RESULT KNOWN BY 8:30 SAYS BOARD

Machine Voting in Hammond Means Early-

Returns.

COSTLY meal. Thieves steal two j New Zealand red rabbits from Earle j Van Home, 553 Michigan avenue. lb- ! ttlla police the're worth $40. ,

SDNS ERRED,

FATHER ENDS ! HIS LIFE

! INTERNATIONAL N E ,V S SERVICE

I.NUIANAI'OUS, lndr. .Nov. ideal

weauier. clear and crisp, prevailed for

today's municipal elections in Indiana

-v heavy vote was reported from num

erous CltH S .

widespread interest is manifested ia

the Indianapolis contest in which

S-ainuel Lo-.t is ."-bank, one time mayor, heading the Kcpu blican ticket, is oiposirig Boyd .i . Ralston. Democrat, for the IIKIV..J-M ,l ele -t io" . Tm-o represe-:.:aties-; of the Indiana stale Kiiard arc watchiiv; the polls at ! -it '.'liK-ao. v. here a committee of it is.--( i, a-ked t l10 governor for troops to protect the l.;ntini f.ar,l

j ei'foiis to ne; w oiiif u from voting, '"h.-iiges of .jCe- figured in the volcanic campaign pi Hammond, where , .Mayor lirown. lepubl!c?n. foujrht for r;-'lcction against Ed Simon Imo- : eriit.

Michigan City 1 the otiy place fn the

state where the commission-manager ' form of government figures in the balloting. At Laporte Sunday movies are .e paramount issue. Mayor Hermann Sallwaser, Democrat, who is seeking re-election, is regarded as an "open town". advocate, while Emett Scott, his republican opponent, is looked upon as a "reform candidate." Uenajnin iJosse, Democratic state chairman, is seeking re-election to a third term" as mayor of. Evansvill. At Eiwocxi both old parties made a vigorous effort to oust the socialist administration. At Warsaw only one ticket, the liepublican, is in the field. Today's election t-load the quietest ,

campaign Muncie lias witnessed in j

years and in other citits while hot lo-

cal campaigns found their climax in

today's balloting, the issues were along party lines.

GOV. i'GRAV WATCHING SITUATION

Big Vote Is Cast In Each of Cities In Calumet

Betting Now 5 to 1 on Hylan

EAT, you legionnaires, how about the t Gold Star Mothers in that Armistice I Day parade? Don't forget they belong j at the very head of the

Tragic Suicide of Whiting Man When Boys Are Committed To Juvenile Court

THE tumult and the shouting dies, And heated campaigners depart, Eut leave behind them livid lies. That rankle in the civic heart.

INTO the wilderness for deer. Jimmy

j 'frost, Phil Schmidt, John Zitz. William

. j Hunter, leavo tonight for Waters M-et, ....... - . ! YI!.M,( -,. . ... . , .

Financier claim Germany ust e- Jonn xviorthland of the Hammond el- I y "ununS trlPcure ouj.tri assistance in the form of ectioa board said this morning that all j . credits or an actual loan and that the i returns would be in and the r)nai re- . '"-"-'SEE REA KA R3 steal home-made

indemnity burden must bo lightened. J E"-t known by 8:30. The reparations commission w ru .- j "The election board has instructed riie fcre from Taris in a few days j the officials at each polling place to whe, rermry. will openly place her j make their tabulations and telephone, cards upon the table to show .she 1 so thm to the democrat and republican

nara pressed tnere js little inteimooi , ueaaquarters r.erore they go to sup

of her ecuring gold to meet the in- ; per, said Horthland.

demnity inats-tlment due in January. close at b o'clock. All that the clerks Tbft-la-st B.aichabank report shows . have to do is to record the absent votthere are cearly 9. 000. 000,000 paper -er ballots and read the total votes marits-la -circulation. Americans van ! on the voting machines, get -an idea of what this means v by j' "Returns will begin to reach headiaisgUlDS tMt the dollar had drcrp-d . quarters shortly after 6 o'clock. Evto leas than to cents in value. j en if some of the boards do go to din"It is a pictura of our financial mis- ner before they tabulate the results ery which the'devil could well hand to j we should have everything in by S 00 hei.3." sail the Deutsche Ailgemeine or S:30 o'clock." Ze'.tung-ia commenting on the fin.an-e returns of the city elections in Ham-ministc-r'e budget speech in the-reic'u-I mon(li East chi.-ago. Garv WhitMig sta .hewing that the national deiicit I and Crown Point will be thrown from amounts to &3,OO0.000,0O.i marks. ' : The Times office on a screen on the A striking face is that the midst ot Central' school building, Favette street all this misery thre is scarcely any cifi,..

jam and cameo ring raluel at $50 after entering dining room window of home of Grant S"eley at 06 Ma:ion street. POLICE double up. Night force went on duty t noon today to fore-

"The polls w ill I stall election brawls. Da.v and night

men will patrol streets until late hour. J. A. CALDWELL, a resident of Chicago, dropped dead yesterday while at work at the Simplex plant. He was assistant works manager. He was 60 years old. ONE of these two men will have the honor of being Hobart's first mayor. Tho candidates are John Thlel and Sh-rinan Henderson. This under the new census.

SPECIAL TO THE T1HESJ WHITING, In.!.. Nov. 8. Because, it is believed, two of Ins motherless boys were implicated in petty robberies an dhad been turned over to the Juvenile court, William Hohman, aged 50, ended his life yesterday by taking carbolic acid. His body was found on the floor of the dining room of his home. Whiting is shocked at. the deed and its causes because Hohman was a hard working decent fellow who was trying to bring up hi-i five children

i properly and yet becans-t-xj having to i work could not give thjnl the ueeessary attention. He war employed al the Standard Oil harn3 and went to his j w ork as usual yesterday morning but ! after working for two hours returned ' to his home where he ended his life ! The funeral arrangements hae not ! yet been completed.

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"I beliere jny predictlou that Brown wlU wi hy 3.CKK) is (roodt" said Clyde Cleveland, republics chairman, at 3 o'clock. "Threei rourths of the vote is out and sU of j our workers report a bijf republics ictory." , Eight hundred and ftfty of A& registered rotes bad bees cast in the flfUenth (South Kohman street) precinct end 550 of 763 rotes in the nineteenth at 2:3a Cleveland said that the total rots would exceed ll.OOO. Trank Martin, democrats ehairman, declared Simon the winner at 3 o'clock.

Henry H. Curraiu

Vorks's mavoraitv ramnalm

closes with Tuesday's election. Eett.'ng is five to one in favor of Mayo;

John F. Uylaa. John V. Uylan, Democratic candidate who seeks re-election. . His Republican opponent is -Henry H. Curr.m.

unemployment in Germany. An official estimate of tho maximu number of idle' men througliout the country is 100,000. The buying craze continues and; everyone is converting all paper money i into tangible good;!. i

P. S. GRAVER

HOME FROM

OIL FIELDS

EAST CHICAGO HIGH SGHOOLSTRAW VOTE Gives Reppa 385 and Callahan 354 This Morning.

; MRS. EVER ATT FOX. president or I the West Hammond Comfort Club anj nounces that all members of her club jure urged to march in the Armistice Day parade next Friday.

GARY GIRL GIVEN 6 MONTHS SENTENCE

LATEST BULLETINS

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E.VnOLLMEN'T in the Rod Cms? j costs one dollar. Fifty ce-nts of that amount go" d to aid unfortunate csoldiers and other civilians of Ifami mend. Tiie rest is d!.- tribute'"! f...r iMtj lonal relief.

Vice PreBldsnt P. P. Graver of the ' Graver. Taxik Corporation of East Chi- i ego ha3 just returned from the Texas j oil fields whre it is said - that tho I

Standard Oil company "ias sequirel far-reaching cdl proporty leases and opened u nev.- fields the .Me-la oil territory . The recent developments in this region has given the tank business A brighter outlook. Mr. Graver announces his -company lias secured their hare of tho business of erecting tanks

A straw vote taken in the high school at East Chicago this morning yave Reppa 3S5 and Calahan 554. In the republican primary the high school straw vote was Reppa 4 IS and McCormaek 1 5 S. Callahan supporters were delighted

at tnc snowing in the hit-h school vote. They dech-re that the high school is j an excellent criterion of the serti-1 ment in the north end of the city and ' that if Ca.1!:; ban breaks een in l;,st Chicago be will v. in by a majority. ' Malum claims both ni'J.i of tiu. e-ity but admits that h - . ill run uroiii! - er i-i the Harbor. In a Mat nic-nt ilij.

j JOHNNY WILHEE.M, of Troop No. ! !?, showed the stuff that he's made of j Saturday at the Scout Held meet when j he used bis lungn for n bellows nm in .-Jpite of a slow start, took first in the I water boiling contest.

Ul I.I.ETI N i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ICO.m:. ,ov. S Many prrttunn were lvoiindril In n lah brlnrra Kaclsti and t oniiiiiinlsts sit lessundria todoj. t I! I l.l.KTIN ! INTERNATIONAL NEV, 5 SERViCEl TIKIIIX .Nov. . An army offlerr anil a uuiu.iii nrrr leain tert and a

i sron1 r 4tlirr prriini f rr fniuretl. i SPLCIAl. TO THf TiVE'.i Iipn nn alrnlnnc fell into n crowd CK'tWX l'Ol.NT. INI., Nov.' S --lolly here lod.ij liile mnkinu an nrrial . IlagKerty of Cary, charged with forgery Hight. . was iriwn :i ii months senlenee in the 1 woman's prison, Correctional depart- ' HI I.I.I I'll i nietit. and lined Si in tlie crimiiial court M ;jf nn at ion al Mr.ws service;

Dolly Haggrty Shovm Leniency Because of Her Physical Condition.

; on Jlonday.

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IBl METI ) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE POTTSVII.E. Pn.. ov. 8 Flve men were scrloiiMly burned that they, arc expected to noon die and four others vere more or lews severely burned by nn explosion of Kns at the I.jltlc Colliery, near .Miners lllr. today. A spark Ignited a pocket of rn tvhleh flared up placing a large croup of miners In a flery turnnir which roasted their bodies.

1 FEDERAL prohibition agents maintain activity mopping up wet Calumet district. Chief Una Simons and his deputy, Ed. rterwangt r. make four raids in Whiting and one in East Chicago. Moonshine ami stills. WOMAN of the street and their attaches are f pol led ottiing to Ham"ond the past few days, drawn by the I'iucreo Journal di.-pa tche.-- that the ri t i.; '. o e riddf n. The police wi'l haMtic ir hands full fo." inoiiti'S.

I guilty and was shown leniency

i count of lier plijf-ieal condition, she being at this in tlie early stages of , consun:ptieii. Sin- . atised quite a bit of notoriety in tlary hist summer by h'-r ma n tier of S5-curing money Ironi prominent businrse men or ;:(l-v.

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out l.ernmny todny as the result of

hcaj gale.

D I LLETl.V) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ( LEVELAM), Not. & Marshal Fori.

eontlnued his triumphal march through America today. He arrived In rlevrland at eight o'clock this morn in hut

jpt-nl tne rest of the day at the home

t i iiricy ifcrrlrk.

1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) I til s l.l.i:. ,. ,v (barged TTilh disorderly conduct nod lnlerferInt; wllli an oft leer, . (hrrlon llarls. deniocrnfie" nominee for Major of this city, and nine other men. including r. II. 1. M ech 1 i Hi; . llrmniTnllf. numlnM

THE CABINET tor Ienr,', oumy Micrltl. nere nrmimmt rested liK niornlnic nl inkrn In a pa

trol to police nefiflif mirlers. .All the arrested men were rrlcnsed on bond.

PAXTON (ILL.) ROBBERY STIRS

mi tt

:n the Mexia fields. The Graver Tank ! morning Tie said that

Corporation has recently completed th would wi erection of twetity-flve large storage '

tan.is m the Cushing oil eldj, and are now working, on the building of tw enty in the Mexia oil territorv.

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INLAND STEEL

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TO RETIRE

G. H. Jones, v-ce-prcsident and

INTERNATIONAL hECS SfRVICt' UiUUN POINT. II.. .Nov. s -L'.art Mitch, of Lowell, was, sentenced lo 2 , ' 11 years in the penitentiary by Judge Martin fmlth on Monday and a $10 tine. ilis sentence was suspended and he was parolled to Marshal Duckworth of Low cdl. Mitch was chart-ed

testimony showed that Mitch was intoxicated at the time he attempted to commit the assault upon bis son John Mitch and hi a wife.

of the founders of th2 Inland Steel wita assault with intent to kill. The

Company of Chicago, will soon retire from active service v. i t !- the company. He has been in charge or. sales for tho leading independent steel interest here for twenty-eight years and has asked to be relieved of hi sdutles tho Jirst of the year. Mr. Jones has taken a leading, part in making the Inland Steel Company

one of the leaders in the Industry in I

SOUTH l-S END newspapers have been , ertiing Hammond today in an effort to !oi;firm a rumor that Sid Lewis, one of, their best bootleggers, bad been hilled . between c-ry and Hammond la-t night. No foundation, lor the report ! 'ouid be found. 1 OA URIEL TOT ft", the (East Liverpool iik ons'nii cr who was burned badly while trying to destroy his house several weeks ago was fined $2'0 and osts ami given 60 da s on the penal . farm by Judge A. E. Tinkham in the ) Hammond cit court. ;

V, ASHI.NOTON, Nov. J Probably !'"r tlie iii"-t 1 i in.' in history, the president and hi - enl'iiml today e con--id' 1 1 1 ion to w 3 s and !ne;uis of eilccki rnr eri mo. "The v.;io of crime as it affects the !' ft .et'iee department." was discussed "it le.i-iii in tie? enljim-t S'-'iici today, it -.ac ofi'ii ially announced at the white house. Tin? president and various member-, of the abinet discussed methods i'or 'hecknig ro - tal robberies, it t as anion ini.il. No indication a given ns to tin out'-oino of the eu'enet j iseus'sion but it wan o ntnni-ieeil tliat I'ost master Oenerol :i;r, s would make a statci.ent relative to the government's fniuee I'oli'-.c aijaiiist mail ba-.idUs later in the day. COSTLY FIRE IN WEST VA,1

Dl'l,LETI INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, Nov. s. aft,rooon hanging will tnke place tomorrow for (he frst tlnv; in the history of Cook ft untv. Frank l.iKrcngni, conilcted of the murder of his school teacher, wife. Genevieve, in a farm house near llnrtIctf. Ill- will drop from the scaffold at -lt.'IO p. m.

t:i I.I.KTIV I ! INTERNA! IONAL NEWS SERVICE IMIIWAI'OIIS o. . I'hirty lliousand dollars damage was done and nbont twenty carloads of apples were dcslroed by Are In the storage house of the Mollis lee V Cold Storajte to. toda.i .

NOW A. E. F. OFFICERS ARE ACCUSED

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERViCEl WASHINGTON. Nov. S Officers

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(III LLUTIN) IINTiRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I lll.. ., o. Increases of -l. nnd 55 cents a barrel were announced tod.i by the Ohio Oil Co.. Mnndard Old subsidiary, in the prices of W timing grades of crude oil.

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i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SLRV1CEJ si . I o . vv. !. Losses incurred on the mail robbery on the Il

linois Central at PbtIoii, 111., will be incurred disability during

DEATH OF WIDOW

course every llainirciid man and i wotnan will renew his yearly membership in the Red Cros;. Enrollment will begin November 11. Workers arc .needed to canvass the city. Will the

special to THE TIM'S people respond to this call as they did 1 HIGHLAND, fnd.. Nov. k. Mrs. helt,J the politicians? All right, get in:

the United States. He expects to de- : ennema, widow of the later peter I touch with Mrs. Margaret Turner, at i

vote his time after the first of the year : Fe!"lli8 of Highland, passed away j Hammond 5Si5. j to the development of a fluorspar Jain ' 3sterday art-.-rnoou at half past five j i rear Roseview. El., and to other in o'clock at th.i home of her son. Fred j TIIK CHICAGO MOTOR CLUE bullet crests.- Eetinema of Highland, with whom she ' tin Sa-VM of Liike county roads: Fifth I The retiring cfTicial will retain his has male her home since iier husband ! avt'i)ue leading into Gary from the west interest in the company and will con- ! died, two years ago. The deceased i ,s t,usl"J at Clark road. Go south on! tinuc as a director and member of th j was eighty-two years of aue and is j Clark road to 11th ave., cast to end j executive committee. survived by one son ami daughter. I of double drive, north to 8th avc, and! Walter C. Carroll, who has resigned' The funeral will be held Thursday t to Broadway. The bridge on the I aa assistant general manager of salei afternoon at one o'clo' k from the; ''1st ave. route from Gary to East of . the American Sheet and Tin Plate , houae and at half-pa.st one services i Gary has been repaired and the road is!

Company at Pittsourgn. win oecome a ;win oe neid in the Holland church at now open

v.ce-pi esiaein en me jiuano o-cci com- innianii. uuriai will be made n ix

( HAULESroN, V.". '... Nov. S jsnial , it was announced at the postDamago estimated at approxir.ia te'y ' oiliee i.'vpartment toda? . SlOii.Oni) was done this morning when I Postmaster-General Hays was confire de;:trojcd the garage of Frank ! siderably aroused by this latest attack Hodge, at St. Albans. a Charleston ' "Pi" the mails. subuib. The garage, a new buiidlnc. was I lit I.Li;TI I

ASHING i'OX, Nov. & Almost un

it: ficf.l i-vu'i'i for party 'iiagers "o'l

! j ear" l.Ttions are being Itclil tr.aay In in;ny pails of the I nited i-t it- . Few i contests of any importance are on the

election sltue bill party maii.iir rs are iiil.iii'niiiiii' a rlose svateii lo "ii isenr which way ibc wind bl -.

A.. E. F. were accused of ha vine?

"arrogated aristocracy" and of having

. vu.i. iuji iia.icu I'.'i.'.vvy eniistea men,

chiefly because of their faliure to he dazzled by tlie glorious effulgence of a pair of shoulder straps and a Sam Erown Uelt in a petition sent .to the .senate today by the National Executive Committee of tho Private Soldiers and Sailors' Legion, Tlie passage of the pending bill to retire pormer reserve officers. who

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biles and motor trucks were burned.

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Ridge road is closed for half

ja mile at the west edge of Hobart; de'toiir is marked.

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Snow Flurries.

(IllLLI-TIM INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE AI1II. EM:, Kan., Nov. Carry ins:

I the ball over tlie line for the only score j of the panic, cost Mmson llarber. star i halfback of the local liicb school foot, i hall team, his life. lie died early today ! from a fractured spine, received when I be was tackled Saturday when he made j the touchdow ii.

with three-fourths pay and the same privileges as regular officers, was opPosed in the petition.

GEORGE WAS STOCKED UP FOR TODAY

I'ederal agents Jcarned yesterday that Geoige Herak. &12, 151st St., East Chicago, had stocked up with moonshine in readiness for a big time today. They visited his soft drink saloon in the afternoon and found a fifteen gallon barrel full and another gallon in a jug. The officers rolled the barrel into the street and smashed it. allowing the liquor to flow into the sewer while the populace looked on. The jugful and Herak were brought to the Hammond police station where George is held while tlie officers are looking .for his partner in the business.-

BY THE POLITICAL REPORTER. Approximately 25.000 votes had ben cast in the Hammond, Gary. East Chicago and Whiting city elections at S o'clock this afternoon, leaving twenty, five per cent of the anticipated vote-to be handled before the polls cloee at'' 6 this evening. Sixty-five per cent of the vota hal been cast at noon and the early ol heavy voting denoted the marle4 fnterest that i3 being taken in .tan mayoralty fights In the various cities. The early voting was also taken an indication that disorder -would b avoided during the closing hours. ORDERLY ELECTIO.V PROMISED. The number of votea caat at 3 o'clock was approximately as ifollows: Gary, 10,000. Hammond, 8,000. East Chicago.' 5,000. V hit ins, LS0O.. It promises to be by far the moni orderly election in the history-of Gary, and no trouble is expected at Gar".' but there is still a possibility of some clashes at the polls in Indiana Harbor where Reppa workers have been challenging voter?, demanding second pa-pe?-s ami affidavits of residence. Govt;rtoR close at iiaxd. In response to the appeal made tn him by a committee nf rpnnhtii.,..

y ..... tii . j Last Chicago, Governor McCray is staying close at hand and arrangements have been made to rush the Gary company of national guardsmen to East Chicago in ease of rioting. Maj. Melton of the National Guard Is in East Chicago watching the situation and Gov. McCray is a guest of Mat Erown, former Lake county treasurer at the lattcr's farm in southern Lake county, it was stated today. If trouble develops in East Chicago or Indiana Harbor. Major Melton will ask Mayor McCoruiack to telephone tb8 governor w ho in . turn will order the major to call his guardsmen to East Chicago. Chief of Police Ed O'Donrielt of East Chicago said at noon that the seventy, five extra policemen on duty at th polling places were able, to control any emergency that might arise- and that the early voting indicated there would

be no serious trouble. CLOSE Il.VCE AT MHITIXG. "While It. O. Johnson, Frank Callahan and Dan Erown were very confident of victory in Gary, East Chicago and llamonii respectively, the race between Smith (L and Schrage (R) at Whiting appeared to be very close with Mayor Schrage a shade in the lead. Voting is by ballot in Gary, East Chicago and Whiting and by machines in Hammond and it is claimed that the ballot voting is to the advantage i.f Callahan tlnd." in East Chicago, Smith fl) in Whiting and Curtis (D in Gary, while the machines arc of on' advantage to Erown R in Hammond'. The definite, outcome cf the electio in Gary, East Chicago and Whiting will prbably not be known until morns" ing unless tlie contest? are one-side I

The heavy voting tins morning wp.s ascribed to the large number of unemploved, the interest displayed in the election by the women and the heated

I campaigns, especially in Hammond.

East Chicago and Whiting. Although, the day was bleak and cold it seem-1 ed to have little efeet in cheeking the' vote. The total vote in East Chicago will be S.500 with Callahan tlie winner by l.liOO. according to predictions by th-a Independent . party. Hammond's total will be' in the vi einity of 12.uu'j with Brown's majority in excess of 2.30", according to tho republican prediction. ii Ai.i.i;f.i; voir. There w ere nearly as 'many women watchers at the polls as men and this had the effect of preventing fights and. rioting in Indiana Harbor and on the south side of Clary. In the Pennsylvania avenue precinct in Indiana Harbor Reppa workers challenged scores of votes and Callahan leaders claimed this was being done t delay the voting. Frank Martin, democrat city chairman in Ilammon'il, claimed the republicans were trying to delay voting. This was denied by, Clyde Cleveland, republican citv chair.

man. who said that his w orkers were merely stopping the voting of first paper men who did not teem to understand tlie new constitutional amendincnt. Affidavits as to residence wrro being demanded by watchers for botii parties in Hammond. There was less coinpla nt of "dirty tactics" than is usual in city elections in Gary and East Chicago. This als is believed to be due to the purifying1, influence of tho women in polities. ' Last minute betting vas even money in East Chicago, Hammond and "Whiting while there were no takers forJohnson money in Gar---. The taTkettof odds did not show up at East Clu. rajo and Whiting.