Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 43, Hammond, Lake County, 12 November 1921 — Page 1

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Great Powers of the World Gather Under Auspicious Peace Conditions EULLETIN 'International news service; WASHINGTON, Ifov. 12 An nnusnally heavy ruard of U. S. Marines -w as thrown today about continental liall, whero the first session cf the armament conference was held, as a result of the receipt of a nnmter of threatening: letters by high officials of the state department. Increased precautions were also taken to protect the distinguished statesmen from all parts of the world who are here for the conference. All hotels and residences where thej are quartered are guarded. While an air of secrecy has been thrown about the missives, it was learned today that they are of a highly disturbingcharacter. Thev are not the ordinary "crank" letters which public men and prominent officials habitually receive but are said to show considerable education and intelligence on the part of the authors. The purport of one letter was that the writer would attempt to "injure and thereby impress" tho gathering of world statesmen here, BY OKOR'ir: R. HoLMi: r STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERV1CE1 WASHINGTON, N"V. 12. -- Trie j tt ?me n of nine nations, sreat n l n e Jay nail a r u v m all. m tab! try to work out ly muti.-U a jrre-?nient a formula of iinrh rstar, O.'.us; thstt will m.'ike war unn'ot s.-ary and reiTgate armi"3 and na-. to the rank of mere j'o".iee forces. Within .ig'nt of th hu i I i i r; tj wh-re thf- ptat-?men jtath'.reil s th spot w! re yesterday nas bus icl oie i.f the m-ilions of victims of war'.i terri'ole v-iyngi:. and it was fit.-h from !!. .-vu'tt of that im;n H.--ive o rtrn ny th'it the diplomats turr.eU to their la bers today. Seldom, if ever h?ve the grrst powers of the world jirwthered under auspices more agre'aHc or conditions m o. e conductive to uonei al peace and :oncord anion nations. Ail of the nations represented America, thEritish Empire, France, Japan, Italy. China, Belgium, Hiiland and Per" up ' are at peace, and heir s-.atesooo: have arrived in WashirKt n with th avowed determination o:' pt-rpetuatiriB that peace. Here in the trar.qnil atmosphere cf Washington, thousands of miles re moved from the -ivid'-r.ces of wcr's ' ravages, the great nations profess t ' believe that the formula of understandingwhich they seek can be ; found . The veteran diplomats of Kur'pWim have participated in every impor'ant intermti oiel ;,,;vley f..r the P-'c half century chai acter;' d '..- tiy's nieetinar as unique in world history a tiseetimr called in advance cf war. des:g-ned to prevent war, and " 'iuntai y o.-tn!nir t oaetl-.er of th pr-at nations to limit the size of each , ether's armies ynd navies. ''-itainly no world conference ever, s.',! under way in a mor-- husines-ije aim .sph-rc. There w .s a v orkinenroom, plainly furnisiifd and devoid of gJittcr and display. In the centre of the big. s'juarc rom was a i-.eit I.'-sha;)ed tabie covered with pld.n green cloth. Tho covering on tie floor was- a greci iu?, equally roam. 1'he chairs for the dedicates, rang-d : r n the outside of the V, were cf the; rdiin American. Iiisinss, office va-, riety, uncushioncd and hard. Before facii delegate wa! a .-T;are American dsk, blotter, pen an 1 :nk. a pencil pud a scratch pad. Not hir.ir more. The only vivid not" . f co,,r in the fimbra room, aside fro.p, the 2rfn ' covering of floor and table. naj furn- ! islied by the flags of th- ;,nie nations, ! era'hered in two cluster imniediately 1 In the back of A rn-r j"r, s li'lentes Wii . sat at the he-ad of the table. The biff hall lni,nn 'o fill early. An ho.ir before the op"niii-r tile conrer- ''(. the limited iraib:ry space was, fb e-ked with people. Two of the three sections ris.rv. .-j f .j- visitors were necessary for ti:e ' membership of the house and striate i fully oPc of them. The remaining; section of the upper tier was tilled with1 justices of the supreme court of the ' fnited States, Rovernment officials and the diplomatic overflow. It was a small and select audience. ! Admission was only by card, and th'ie were few of them. While the; session was described as "publl " th' re weer few of the "public" witVn the sacred portals when the session p under way. The Japanese and Chinese comingruts were first to appear and there : were many of them. Major-General Tanaka. the Japanese military adviser j with his fcide. were followed shortly ' by a handful of British. NOTICE j To the participants in the Armistice1 Day Exercises: I You people who yesterday voiced theouter expression of your reverence and' love for the soldier dead of tho A. K. ! F. made Armistice Day in Hammond I in 1921 one long to remember. I thank al those who contributed to : fTie wonderful success of that day. ' JOE TODD, i hairtrin Committee of Arrangements. J

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Mayor Brown Starts Work Relief and Hastens Waterworks of Mayor Brown has a busy week ahead. , Early Jluiiduy inorninjr he will set l:i1 to operation the machinery to take care of the cases of destitution in the city. Kvery organization including- the chamber of Commerce, notary Club, Kiv.anlsClub, P rooks House. Woman's C'uo and the manufacturers' association will be called upon to send a representative to :i meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to be arranged by Jesse Wilson, president of the Hammond Relief Association. Tiie mayor has been doin a great deal of relief work at the city- hall, rrforiinrr cases of destitution to various: orgamza t-'ons e.iiu directing distribution of food and clothing. But he saysthat the most worthy cases are not known and that it will be necessary to have a system of investigation put into operation. FAMILY OF 13 IN KIED ''I learned of a case this morning tn the Conkeyville district where a family of thirteen is in need but the father and mother sre too proud to ask for 'elp.'- said the nnvor. "The father has been out of w rk for sit month' an-! a neighbor cnioe to my office aT' toil me th .t the family fs actually hungry anil in need of fuel. There are t wo bebies and they ai e ill. We wj: tike '-arc !' them, but there ire cthe" cases jr. st as desperate. r van tre people of the city to be on th lookout. i:i their respective reichorhoods for Peoj ie in red. "We should have SH.nr.n 0r Jj.Ofrt a ninth or more to spend for relief work this winfr and we ca-irot delay any !otit-er. The eity will be divided as It was for ti w ;ir dri e.- r.e ..r two men in solicit the mer-harts, another the t-m Iters . another the m.erj :'artarcrs. another the clerks, etc. T will take charge of the city hall, pel arsd fir" ' departments, stroet, and al-ey rteparrmens. etc and tee that we have ?2')-. ; i r ?25n a month from them." it" ntinued on Pse Five) NG Tn on r at IU liLI rsiiL PRES f S E C 1 A L TO THE TIWESt LANSING. 111., Nov. 1 2. Lansing's birthday pr. sent will come, almost a mon ' h ea i 1 y . Old Kris ivringle will give the people, of this community of IcOO the greatest boon of a thriv ine, lualthy t-it j. pure drinking water. About the first of next month valves directing the flow of water through Lansing's new il'V ',000 water works plant, will be opened. A stream of soft, pure water will rush from the age old Lost river which has been tap pi a depth of 1.700 feet. It will flow into every home in the city from the 6..0G0 gallon reservoirs. A te&t of the water made by Hammond chemists ishows that it is as pure as dis- - ; " v;"- r. It will rui't the in terior of a boiler, said the chemists. Otto F. Schultz, city clerk, is planning a demonstration by citizens when the water is first turned on. A. M. WARNIMON' Perm X PASSES AWAY A. M. Warnimont, ased 41 years, a known ll.i iiilii'.-nrl man, died eidlast Ftidav mornii, of acute oiof the heart. JP- p.assed away at Irs iaie residence. 1 1 : 1 Jackson avenue i-'ftir an i'ln'ss of 15 mlnut'S. Mi. Warnimont had -bt -en employ, d at t'n.e Met riil-We inshimer Printing, Co.. ; of Chicago. He leaves a widow ami , three children. The funeral will be held Monday af

ternoon at 2 p. m. from the residence, i torea. In the dim shadows of he tnLurial wili be made at Oak H'll ceme- t,,rior he saw a man. He flashed his tery. Emrnerling will conduct the f u- j ,,ocket lamp and pun at the same time. h'-'rai. i-ri.rt c.,,.. a q itorifli'ii Tndinn .such

It will be recalled that Peter M. Warnirr.ont, father of A. SI. Warnimont died .ouddcniy three years ago. Tii' father's death was preceded by that oi another son,, Michael, who dud after a very brief illness the year before. DEATH OF

J. D. WRIGHT ,im,w Fluffy also by her well padded1 feet. Slary Elizabeth says she's six ' I years old, lives at $2." Howard avenue Hammond friend.-- will be grieved to and is in jtonm One, at Lafayette 'i he;:r of the rb- ath of John D. Wright. ; .solooi. who's got Fluffy?" j who passed away at his home at 1:? j . . Smte street late Friday rifteinoon. j CH.VP.LIE CARLSON. one . of thojj He had made- many !'ri-:nds during. s j Terrible Twins, saw a man. whom iiis Ion z service as motorman on t in- j woman pointed out as having Jusrf st ret ears of the Hammond. Wbitinii ; snatched her purse. Carlson shouted ; and East Chicago liins. He was at th" suspe' t Tnst -i of runnlni: years obi and is survived by bis widow, j the man advanced gun in band. IT'-1 The funeral will be held Tuesday af- tired three times. Then bis iaw drop-f ternooti at 2:00 p. ni. from Emmerlins's i ped and he threw away his gun. After': Chapel. Burial will be made nt Oak'Oarl-pn had slipped the bracelets on.; Hill. The funeral will be conducted ! his 1 -rtsts the man said: "You must by the Maccabees. j be Tearing a coat of mail."

FIDELIA I.AI.'Ii:s will ii c- a dance this exetiini? at 3)) State -street.

SKNATOR BEVEKIPJK speaks the Hartley tonight. theater in East Chicago, THE Monroe Street Pinochle Club has fleeted Howard Oltz Grand Vizar of the organization. DR ALVA A. YOUNG'S, football the Hammund Professionals, at Green Hay, Wis,, tomorrow. ' ART S.VODOHASS. they say, has bought tip a rich oil gusher at Maxla. Texas, adjoining the Texaco properties. CRANK. It's in Hammond Central police station. Xo, not human crank. 'rh;s one is auto crank. It was found in street. EMERSON, of Gary, is playing the Hammond high school foo-nail team at the Industrial high school fo ld this afternoon. THRILLS. Policemen get them every ; day. It's a favorite pastime of the I squad room to tell hair raising personal experiences. i GASOLINE price has slipped up another two cents since the demand fell off following the close of the political parade season. IT may interest the public to know i that 7,000 school children of Hammond j heard Armistice Day speakers in the i different schools yesterday morning. ANOTHER indication that it will be! a long hard w inter is seen in Kast Hammond where the big two-bushel ! moustaches are more plentiful than in rnanv v ears. ATTV. JOE CONROY was operated on for appendicitis at the Wesley hospital by It. William Miller at eight o'clock this morning. The operation was successful. DR. T. E. FELL and family have made reservations and leave tonigh.t for l lorida where they will spend the winter. That's a sure sign that cold v. eather is at hand. CAP.I. WTIEPMAN would like ten have 11 witnesses of the automobile accident at State and Sohl streets at 11:11) today to call him at Hammond 3075 tonight or Monday. FIVE families- had their household cods put out onto the street Thur.for non-payment of rent. Constables broke open doors in some of th places to get the goods. j JOSEPH STEINGER, Gary man, ! j arre-ted in West villi Ind.. by Deputy i Prohibition Officer Ed. Berwanger as ; beer-runner. He's held In honds of ?-,00 rending arraignment Mondhy. i ATT Y. JOE CONROY who has been 1 si Weslevan hospital ror some time, suffered a recurrar.ee of the old appen dicitis attack yesterday and Dr. Miller had planned to operate this mornins-. ROk'OE IIKMSTOr -:. caterer an realty man. is planning the big fee to be tendered by local Kiwanians to brother members from surrounding ities at banquet at C. of C. Tuesday night. "FORDS. lunch rooms. gas filling stations and Knglish sparrows in the I order nnmed." rerlod the Bo'loErir on the Four Corners when asked what t ha thr.11-bt were the moat Menliful tilings in Hammond. , .

VICTOR NICHOLS did not;play with ; m a large bus over which the big the North End Cornets at Chicago j service l!ag of Hammond had been Heights as Ptated on the snort page, draped. The military organizations yesterday. Viv merely accompanied',! had prepared a beautiful float, sy rathe team as a rooter. Fat Rathburn bolic of liberty and peace. Miss Hewas the one who played. ' nevieve Carroll as the Goddess of Lib- . ' : erty, stood atop a hemisphere, repreKENXARD WHITMAN, native of ;Scnting- the earth, surrounded by a Troy ,N. T., has returned fro mthe Gas fi(Jek of jieace doves.

, Association convntion at ine on Kress i ilfot.l. Chicago. He helped represent the ' o. up. Northern Indiana Gas & LieHe says gas will continue to ; trh day Y EST I1RDA Y was the day that obi; Ed. Curns always mourns. You knowon the tirst Armistice Day the rejoi. or ( lorrowed a ti expensive casket of hi.ni and carried the kaiser's effigv in it. At; the end of the parade they burned tho ! c-sket ai d ncur paid Ed, lor it. i WHILK Detective Saridor Singtr was ' still traveling a beat he tried the door of a store, "it was unlocked. He en- i as used to grace the front of cigar ; stores. But It might have been dit-i ! ferent. ! MARY ELIZABETH RIMBACH rhon - j es The Times and says her gray kitty lis gone.- She can't be happy while j 'Fluffy" is away. Mary Elizabeth .says : j part of Fluff y's tail is off and one may ;

(BULLETIN) Weak but firthtmg as usual, Joe Conroy, eminent Hammond attorney and orator, this afternoon emerged from the shadows of the anesthetic world after being on the operating table for more than four hours. He has a fine chance for recovery say physicians, according to word reaching Hammond friends at 1 : 30 this afternoon.

I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Nov. 12. The head of a man, with two bullet holes in the forehead was found in a bale of waste paper at the warehouse of Kent Storage Company by workmen today. The head was wrapped in a bloody, torn shirt. A bankbook, showing deposits to the amount of $3,000 in a Lafayette, Ind.. bank, and cancelled checks signed by G. L. Reams, were also found. The bale of waste paper was just about to be put into their baleing machine when a workman made the gruesome discoery. INTERNATIONAL NFWS SERVICE! EAST ALTON, III.. Nov. 12. Six bandits shortly before noon today held up the employes of the Illinois National Bank here, seized $5,000 from the cash trays in the cages and escaped toward St. Louis in an automobile. IHammond and West Hammond Display Same Spirit As During the War Whole many cities in other parts of the state were calling off their Armistice Day celebrations yesterday, because cf bad weather, Hammond and West Hammond went right ahead, displaying the same old spirit whi characterised their work during the world war. The temperature was close tv freez- 1 ing and the stiff wind carried a swirling mixture of fine snow and rain i covering street and sidewalk with a ' sloppy slush, but the people of t; i sister cities refused to change theit j plans. The parade was a little late in get ting started, but it proved the surprising teatur" or the day, uoam-u by the police and city officials of West Hammond, the march was made to li2nd street, in West Hammond, where tree was planted at the southeast i cor rner ot bjiniil street ami i-orsvtue avi-iue. in htmor of Frank Miotka, one of West Hammond's soldier dead. Joseph Miotka and Mrs. Stella Remszewicz, brother and sister of the deceased, were present at tne eerenmnv Then augmented by th? West H.. mond marchers, the parade resumed H course by J'orsythe avenue and : State street back to Hammond and i down park. Hob.man street, to Harrison j Gold Star Mothers were carried I a, n,,th.-r float, furnished by Calumet Association of Sanitai v the Ktig i n eers. Mrs J. K. Bart a ti ii ( O. ,nt i r,u od on F " a-)' BROW JOLLIFICA TION CALLED 01 TTi"r7 Next M.vml.iy n'gbt h oi b,., n set athe date of tb.e Brown j-d fifica ;on, as a r't-ii'i I" i'e-in IliMun's c.tory. Jt had Iv-eii i-iaun- d as an oui d- or ai- '''" !,ri- ,',!'!',' is "t a 'mill in '-' la"' ""ai-'h to '"' crowd, hat ' 1,i!ario!it;. '""o i;.ut .ii t'i eai-i--i e'li-.tio'iji., anil t fie li'et that many ueople are out of work, it has; been decided to set a?de the money that would be spent for fireworks, etc.. to be put in the fund that is to nc,lp ta are tf tho city's needy and pr)0,-. I Mayor Brown. h"wevr;-, individual who supported .;lia, h.. (!,-s :) . , ,reciat e , j ;.,i;H-ii,-s t . oitduet hinr ! adminu-trai ion of the city wants r , r,;ni tu know i help, ana e'f and tin's a fair--, in itch a manner. ted for hirn id . t hat :.ty e gi id i: Win that h.. 1 1 -12-1 w i : 1 Sliowt is

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j BY GKUKGE K. HobME.S ! STAFF CORRESPONDENT I N SERVICE) ; WASHINGTON. Nov. 12 With a sud j denness that left the great statesmen of the world literally gasping for breath. Secretary of State Hughes pro- ' posed officaliy to Great Itritain and Japan today that they join with the t'oited States in scrapping all big batMeships now building or contemplated ami enter inlo a "ten ear naval holt- : day." The startling proposal lame within ! an hour after the opening of the momei'iotis armament con ference. within a few miauis after the election of the American seeietru-y of state to chair- : manship of the conference and it found ' ihe statesman ami naval experts of Great Britain and Japan unprepared to : either a'vept or reject the proposals.

I Urol mi I Says it is the Most Con structive Thing to be clone in East Chicago. 4 Tit in i tb8 thirtl of n series of rnni tructlvc urtielCH on cutvent toplcn 1 ! the cities of the ronntjv EDITOIJ.) i The greatest constructive thing to ! be done in Kat Chicago is to clean i out the vice, eambling and stop the j manufacture and sale of moonshine. So says Mayor-elect Frank Oaliao-n. 'Te was prt parinu to leave with Mrs. l.'-allahan and Capt. Allan Twyman and : Aife for French Lick wbeu a lticiter I a!k"d with Sir. Callahan last even ing. "I haven't had time f prepare for an interview." said Mr. Callahan, "bu can say this that the most constructive thing to be done in East Chioag . is to clean up th city. Tt win unc me just a month after I become mayor make this city as law-abiding as try city in the stale. The cheating st' loon will be dosed and the disoidriy houses put out cf business. Commercialized vice and gambling: in East Chicatro and Indiana Harbor ar loomed . "II will not be a difficult thing t hi. Those things can riot exist with out protection. The undesirable ele oent will not remain in a city whe hey are wih?ut protection. "I am g'tr; - to make vice an un 11 table busince -ri tlibi ciiy. TO 111Y V. V I KRW OKKS. "There are m "y '-'i "' eonstruetiv '-ir-p-S . ti . li 1 i tce,-1 l.i n fTl .1 V ' j FIRE AT G IE SON SUBWAY OFFICES Fire broke out in the two story of--ice hui'din-r at ti-.e Gihseti subway hortly before noon today and burned tubborniy for over two hours. Firemen had great difficulty in combating he blaze and it is believed the ;;ructire will be a total loss. Fred J M 18 5 -hefield niic Ha mnn tor ot1 the 1 ins- Job is ji cisms which :lo- bit few d, who liar, bee,, inspe"v Sheffield avenue, pavetty sure. ov. r smiie ciitibaa conn- to his ear-, m - 1 , i s . j Millies says a l"t of people are ; blaming him far the fact that the ut w j pavement is breaking u,r in many' places abmg 'he street car rails. Tlii v 'seem to think that th - con tractor has ! 'n"t foll.,ued s;ie( , rications and that j the entire job is a poor one, which wi.l ! last only a sh ut time. The two mile stretch of pavement is, , j bdnp d-inc by the county at an ex- ! j pense of $2'jO.000. Only a short ! stretch remained t" be completed to- j flay and it ir, b'iieved the i., i w'U: i be finishod Monday. H extends from : Costlin street in Hammond to the In- ; j terstction of Sheffield nvcnua and i I Calumet avenue. j i Millies was stlecttd by th county , 1 commissioners on recomirendation ; the people ribing the stiret to act .H I inspector and see that the job was! done righ . J j "Im he-re to say that It was d"oe i right." declares Slillies. "If any person can go over that street and cut out sections and find any place that j the pavement isn't the proper depth and the right mixture was not usfd. ' I'll buy him the best box of cigars he ; ever smoked. 1 like n llvu street i.ind I wanted it to i a good one. f received many compi i a;-.n : s e-peeiall.' : on t.iv snb-crade . Tiia eouiVy engi1 i r free), lorr ly !o . .: contractors' ' out there to slmw tb.eai how such! work should be d-m. ." J ' Tb'-n Millies laid w hi re the whole! i trouble now lies. "The street car i company was ordered by the c immis- . toners and mayor to get its rad-bed I in shape before the paving was done.

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' contented herself by making a few j stereotj pud remarks about how glad 'she v. as to be here in Washington and i how witling she was to "co-operate with other nations to accomplish the aims of the conference." "Ihe immediate affect of the American proposals, if adopted, would be to leave the navies of the world in relatively the same strength as they are i now in. urut tin tain sngnuy in . i 'lead, America second with Japan bring ing up the rear, considerably behind I the United States. j The conference lasted slightly less j 'ban two hoot s and at Its conclusion the delegates, hurried to their respeejtive headquarters for consultation. among them 'he purchase of the waterworks. I will carry out every promise in my platform. There is nothing impossible in that platform. When I was "lc-cted mayor eight years ago I made no promises that I couM not fulfill and it was because I kept faith with the people that they sawfit to re-elect me mayor." Mayor-elect Callahan's platform promised that the stieets and alleys would be kept in good repair and in a cleanly condition; that the expenditures of the city would be reduced and the taxes lowered; that the city would buy the waterworks and that the city would be kept free of vice and gamhline :. i:.:efv summed up Callahan's accomplishments as mayor eight years i e, , ",V i 1 e : 1. Took the police and fire department out of politics. 2. 'losed disorderly houses. 5. Put the tity on a strictly cash basis. 4. Reduced the expenditures ' $88, P0 the first year. 3. Took the initiative in having the valuation of property increased at the aiue time making no increase on the valuation of homes. 6. Built more new streets than any orevous administration . 7. Garbage regularly disposed of mi not allowed to stand In the aly s . 8. Secured an order of the public ervice commission forcing he w nei ompaiiy to build a filtration plant. ?. Aided the government in th' r osecution ,,; the war. F. Mode no effort to build a prlit iWeil, thejr men came out and wddrail joints and levtlled the track but they wobldn't replace the old ties. They simply straightened them up and ramped the ballast around them. Why some of t'r.oe ties wer- so rotten you could pick them to pieces with your tinkers . "We worked the asphalt around under the rails, hoping that would help 'mid them up but it. didn't. The flanges ...n ihe car wis. els siiVk iito th" pa vi ment when tho weight cf the earn pressed the raiU down. Sand blows ir,t these little ruts and each time the wheels trrind through iIipp1 ihey get worse. 1 h-id officiate of the street car Company out there looking at the job but they said they couldn't do anything mil Ihey d.drt't." The pavement is perfectly satisfactory aside from the bad sjvpi which are showing up along the racks. Motorists have freijuently complimented Millies or. the street which they say' would last for many years if !.he damage from the car tracks could he kept from spreading. S CAR CO, Joseh llanusin. of Whiting, today fled suit for damages against the H. W. & E. C. street railway in the superior court at Hammond. On J'lly 17, of this year, !haiif;n was; driv ntr a Ford truck on 113th street. At NewYork avenue the truck was hit by a street car throwing Hanusiu to the pavement between the rails. He was struck by the car before it could be stopped and suffered numerous injuries. He asks for $10, "09 damages. Mjrori E. Wisch is his attorney. FREAK ELECTION BET. The first freak election bet was to be paid tiiio afternoon. The participants were Walter Nowak. superintendent of the Nowak Milling Corp.. and "Slim" Fehring who has charge of the printing department at that plant. "Slim" Viet on Simon and lost. Hence he was to lie at the four corners at two p. m. today with a wheelbarrow and a keg of soap. Th'-re Mr. Nowak was to climb aboard and Fehring was to trundle his load to Mr. Simon's home and deliver the. soap. JITNEY DRIVERS ORGANIZE Jitney dri.ers have organized the Hammond Motor Transportation Association and will meet at the Labor Temple Tuefday evening to take final action on the constitution and by-Va.ys.

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CLEAN HANDS" To Prevent World From Being Again Set Aflame By War

ni LLETI.I WASHINGTON. Nov. 12 Complete abandonment of all rapital ahlp htnldIni? proatrami, either aetnal or prJerted. nan proponed to the armament eonfe.renee today by Secretary of State Charlrn 10. Hngrhen an the flrnt atep In the orbl-Tide plans to limit the nnvlea of the povt era. Secretary Huetne spoke In his ftielal capacity as chairman of the American delegation and submitted a complete plan for the limitation f navnl armament In his opening ad dress. 'Ihe plan had previously been worked out h American naval ;- vlsers. It came as a bombshell to all except the Inner circles of the American government. (Bl'LM-lTIX.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 The conference adjouancd at J U without liaiine made any response to the American proposals. Thus the conference adjonrned without either Great Urltain or Japan, the only two other powers affected by th proposals, making; known their attitude on them. It was explained that a brief speech by A. J. Relfour. nominating Secretary Hughes for the chairmanship of the conference, was the "ofnclal Drltb-h statement" at the opening discussion session and she would make no further statement at this time. BY GEORGE R. HOLSIES I STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE CONTINENTAL HALL. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. In a terse business-like speech, stripped of all diplomatic verba ge and niceties of international expressions. President Harding officially opened the momentous armame". t conference here this morning with a. brief outline of America's position---clean hands, honest intentions and high hopes. "Gentlemen of the conference," said the president, "The United States welcomes you with unselfish hands. We harbor no fears; .we, have no sordid ends to serve; we. suspect no enemy; we contemplate no conquest. Content with what we have, we seek nothing which is another's. We only wish to do with you that finer, nobler thing which no nation can do alone." The president spoke from the head of the Great U-shaped table, around which sat in rapt attention the statesmen of Europe and Asia. To the right of him sat France and Japan, to the left, 'Great Britain and Italy, and down at the far end of the. horseshoe were the representatives of China, Belgium and Portugal. On either side of hltn at the head othe table were the head of America .'; representatives. The galleries above were crowded with the entire membership of house and senate, member of the cabinet, justices of the supreme court and diplomats. "I can speak officially only for cui--United States," continued tho president. "Our hundred millions frankly want less of armament and notie o, war. Wholly free from guile, sure in our minds that we harbor no unworthy designs, we accredit the world with the same good intent." The president voiced both a hope and a warning in his brief address a hope that out of this conference may come international peace and a better understanding; among nations, and a warning that these things cannot to accomplished by the secret intrigue that has defeated the aims of so many international gittherings. ' "This is not to lie in intrigue." he said earnestly, "greater assurance ' is found in exchanges of simple honesty and directness." The possibilities of this conference, the president pointed out, are enormous. The world is crying for a means of lightening burdens, longing for a clearer understanding that mav prevent it being again set aflame by war. And out of this gathering, tho president voiced the hope that would come, these very things. EAST CHICAGO WOMAN SUES FOR DAMAGES Mary Bassirk of East CUicag-o his filed suit for datamges in the K am mot d supertor court against the Indiana Electric Service Co., because of inji'ties which she received last July when the automobile in which she was sitting was hit by the hook and ladder truck of the East Chicago tiro department . Mrs. Bassick says her car was waiting at the curb on Chicago avenue, near Kennedy avenue. A truck of the Electric Service Co., left th New Y'ork Central fright depot, cutting in ahead of the tire truck. The driver decided to turn into Kennedy avenue, and to avoid a collision the driver of the fire truck applied the brakes. The heavy truck skidded into the machine occupied by Mrs. Badsick. She says she has been a nervous wreck since then and sks for $10,000 damages. TUljy. lEIembrofT. Dyer & Ke-d are her attorneys '

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