Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 124, Hammond, Lake County, 14 November 1921 — Page 1

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Chicago Man Suggests Plan For Sewage Disposal For Entire District Inside of two years the cities of Hammond and Whiting will probably be restrained from longer polluting the waters of Lake Michigan with Such steps will be cought by the city of Chicago after the completion of the Calumet-Sag canal which will enable that city to go Into court with clean hands. Up to this time Chicago has only partially prevented the contamination of the Lake Michigan water supply by means of the Chicago drainage canal and the Evanston branch. The Calumet river, emptying into ths lake at South Chicago, has until now caused great contamination of the water. But with the CalumetSag canal almost completed, a project that will reverse the flow of the Calumet river, just as the drainage canal reversed the flow of the Chicago river; Chicago tax-payers will look over the Indiana-Illinois state line m the growing- industrial cities in Indiana that are still offending and there is no question as to the result. RAISES BIG PKOBIEMI HAMMOND Hammond and Whiting will be codefendants In a suit that Is sure to be started and then one of two solutions of the problem must be undertaken. 1. Either costly sceptic tanks and filtration beds will have to be built for the purification of the sewage before It. Is dumped Into the lake. 2. Or an intercepting sewer must be built to turn the sewage away from the lake to a new outlet. Obviously the first solution is not feasible. Such a plant would cost a tremendous Bum for construction and maintenance. Besides land values are so high In this section that the question of securing a site would be a problem. Feople In Whiting and Robertsdale would not stand for such a plant In such close proximity to their homes and places of business. CHICAGO MAN MAKES SUGGESTION E. A. Shedd has for years owned hundreds of acres of land in the vicinity of Robey, between Robertsdaie end the Indiana-Illinois state line. It is Interesting to know that this man. a Chicago citizen, takes such a live Interest In the larger affairs of Hammond that he has worked out a plan of sewage disposal for the entire district north of Lakes Wolf and George. The unique thing about his plan is that he proposes a great intercepting sewer that would extend east and west on One Hundred and Fourteenth street from Whiting and Robertsdaie to the Calumet river in that portion cf Chicago known as East Side. In short you have a aewer with Its source la Whiting, Ind.. and its mouth In Chicago, 111. The first thing that would occur to the average citizen would be the legal complications that would result from a single unit improvement that would fcave to be built in two states and paid for by the taxpayers of three different municipal corporations. This objection does not worry Mr. Shedd in the least. He thinks the city of Hammond could make a contract w-ith the city of Chicago and the Chicago drainage district by means of which it would be guaranteed an outlet from the state line to the Chicago river in return for a sum of money that would represent a pro-rata portion of the cost of the cutlet so granted. All rights would be granted in perpetuity. SUGGESTS PEBMANE.NT SOLUTION Then the city of Hammond .and the city of Whiting would commence the constructing of a Joint intercepting sewer of sufficient size and depth to take care of all the sewage that could possibly originate in that section for the next hundred years. According to Mr. Shedd these Important result would bo accomplished. 1. Whiting and Robertsdaie would be given an outlet for their sewage that would save the pollution of Like Michigan; this outlet being the Chicago river and the Calumet-Sag canal which would empty into the Chicago drainage canal. 2. Chicago out. according to Mr. Shedd, to be willing to permit Of the use of its great sewage disposal system for the reason that it should aid Its neighboring cities In avoiding the contamination of the genaral water supply. In some detail this busy Chicago business man, who takes the broad far vlsioned view of the situation, has written out his suggestions as fellows: With the city administration contemplating the creation of a city plan commission; all suggestions f this sort are worthy of study and consideration: "It is proposed to construct in 114tfi street a main dranage, deep level, diversion sewer, commencing at the Calumet river, utilizing the old abandoned channel of the river in part for a sewer basin, to be constructed there, from which the water will be pumped out by electrical pumps, wiih power furnished by the Safiitary Distrlct of Chicago; which can be utilized at such times as not required for other uses, for this purpose. This low level diversion sewer Is to be extended eastward along 114th street, and Its extensions to the Pennsylvania right of way and south easterly to connect with the Robertsdale-Whlting deep sewer at that point, so as 10 carry off into the Calumet River all Its waters, instead of allowing them to be ejected into Lake Michigan, polluting the water supply of Hammond. (Continued on Page Five)

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CLEAN-UP S 4 COUNTIES Well, Buddie, they're here at last. If you have been waiting for a year or more for ai tion on that disability claim you're in for some good news. You won't have to wait much longer. Iirginning Monday, November 21 and continuing until the 2'Jth of the month the Indiana "Clean-up Squad" of the Veteran's Bureau will be in Hammond to review claims, adjust compensations and settle finally and forever the long pending claims of world war veterans against the United States government. Ex-service reorle living in the following four counties will come to Hammond on days designated by the "Clennup Squad:" Lake, Porter, Jasper aim .Sen ton. .Arriving In Hammond this morning from Fort Wayne, Mark Cunningham, I advance representative of the "Squad" and Miss Marie L. Zueker, field representative of the Lake Division, Red Cross, have been busy arranging suit able quarters to house the 13 members of the . moppers-up. They will include a contract examiner, who will act as legal adviser, a medical referee, whose duty it !s to recommend tho rating Tn each case, throe general medical examiners, one tuberculosis specialist, and seven Mt-rks and stenographers. The purpose of the campaign, which is being carried on by state "clean-up squads" under the direction of the Veteran's Bureau and the Red Cross, as outlined this morning by Mr. Cunningham is to advise fully all ex-service

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Persons of their rights under the War j and lodged in jail. j m Washington on limitation of armaRisk Insurance Act; to assist disab- Klein worked his game by presenting ment was pleasia to Japan, led ex-service persons in securing com- a check signed by "William M. Wey-i japan is willing to accept the limipensation. medical treatment and hos- and- wh(,m he said waa a Chicago ! ttm of ca.itl hiM m-nno

pital care: to inform and assist nil claimants regarding the procedure necessary tn filing claim for compensation and insurance: to assist those whose claims are pending in securing final action where additional evidence is necessary to connect their disability with servite or other data required by the Veteran's Bureau and to provide for immediate physical examination, where necessary and to rromptly furnish hospitalization. Accompanying the "clean-up squad" lg a representative of the American Legion and one of the Red Cross. The squad is now at Fort Wayne. They stop r.ext at Michigan City and will arrive in Hammond on Monday. Schedules for ex-service people of the four counties who will appear be fore the squad in Hammond are now being worked out. Week-end accidents brought injury to three victims, one of whom was taken to the hospital. Joe Rayen. 318 Truman avenue, former switchman for the I. H. B. railroad was struck and seriously injured early Saturday when he attempted to cross the corner at State and Sohl st. and stepped into tha path of an automobile driven by Carl Weedman 426 Meirlll avenue. Ho was taken to at. Margaret's hospital where Dr. B. B. Chidlaw pronounced his condition as critical. Jerry O'Neil, automobile salesman, was a witness to the accident. John Murphy, 2" 4 Gostlin street, an employe of the city engineering department, tried to beat a South Shore train at the Cameron avenue ..crossing according to police reports and suf-ft-eJ a broken wrist when he was struck by an east bound train. He was taken to his home. I ollce say the housewife at 370 Wilcox avenue was slightly injured by an autoist who escaped after striking h r as she was crossing Michigan aver.u: at I'ohman St. According to the city diectory Emil Olsen is the resident at 3?0 Wilcox avenue. GRAND OPERA BY WIRELESS Those who sit in the Auditorium theatre in Chicago tonight wil: not be the only ones to hear the Luian Muratore. Mine. Marguerite d'Alvarez, and other grand opera stare In "Samson and Delilah." Thousands all over the country will sit In on this opening number of the Chicago operatic season. By special arrangement the amateur radio operators of the central west will receive from asendlng Instrument which will be placed directly in front of the theatre stage. Ralph Brooks, 25 W. Williams St., In West Hammond, is ready for the occasion and has invited a number of his friends to enjoy the treat. He hag a radio telephone equipment which will transmit the apera to the listeners as clearly a though they were sitting in the theatre. Brooks Is a licensed operator and had one of the first amateur stations to be set up In this part of the country. JOHN CURTIS IS ARRESTED In a fit of rage, John Curtis, 167 LewIs street, this morning tore the clothes from his wife's back and proceeded to administer a severe beating to the mother of his two children. A neighbor called the police. Officer Funk arrived at the battlefront a few minutes later. He was Just in time to nab Curtis who was tinkering with the battery of his automobile preparatory to flight. Curtis, according to Fun, had his clothes packed and was read.V to fleo, Te was booked at Hammond Central police station on a charge of assault and battery.

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BANK CLERK'S SHARP EYES TRAP FDRGER (SFECIAL TO THE TIMES DYER, Ind., Nov. 14. The sharp eyes of William Gettler, Jr., a clerk in the First .National Bank of Dytr, are responsible for the arrest of Clarence A. Klein, of Steger, 111., yesterday morning as the man who passed a forged check at the bank several weeks ago. Gettler, with W. G. Wolf, of Hammond, started Sunday morning on a little trip to Chicago Height As they were passing through Brown's corners, Gettler noticed a man standing besides a Chalmers automobile at the side of the road. The man had a familiar look to Gettler and on Oioser inspection he decided he had found the clever forger who swindled the bank out of S3S'.

Wolf turned his car around and he j America, the heads of the Ave prinelstarted back to get the fellow's license j pal delegations went Into secret number. The man became suspicious iona at the Pan-American Union and headed for Steger in his car. They i ,. t.. rn.iiPr meth-

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Th-n they returned to Dyer and go;;" y iionir mwn nooi. "m.. William Gettler, Sr., who is assistant ; were Secretary of state Hughes, A.J. cashbr of the bank. On the way back . Balfour of the British, Premier Brlto Steger they stopped at Chicago and of tbe French. Baron Halo of the Heights and ricked up Chief of Police ' JmpmnWi and Svoutor t.rlo fechan.cr, Stone and officer Kastorf. Klein, who is about twenty-three years old, was easily located and plac-j BUIIiETIN ed under arrest. A short time later! ,, , ,,. ... , , ,. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE cashier A. Y . stommel of tne Dyer TOKIO, Nov. i lus tfener.il ton of bank and J. L. Keilman arrived, and secretary of Stats Hughes' startling identified the man positively as the 1 pronouncement on naval disarmament forger. He was taken to Crown Point',, th onenlncr of h world conference

Heights real estate dealer. He forgea tne endorsements ot men well known to the bank officials and they paid him $360. Iater they found the check to be worthless. Saturday was a hectic day for Ed. Berwanger of the prohibition enforcement squad. He received a call in the morning from Prosecutor Earle Rowley of LaPorte asking for aid in clean ing up some cases there Three raids were made in LaPorte as follows: William Knoll, 609 Niles St., a complete still, sixteen bottles of near beer a half pint of moonshine and two quarts of wine. Laymon Mosher, 30 8 Clements at., a five gallon still, one half gallon of moonshine and a gallon of mash. Robert I. Suilender, 606 Ohio street, an eight gallon still, eight gallons of sugar and yeast mash. Aftpr thesje three men had been arraigned and 'hound over to the Superior court Eddie started for home. He had not driven far befcre he overtook a truck which attracted his attenaion. He stopped it and made a search, finding fifteen barrels and ten half barrels of beer. The driver was Joe Steininger, 1180 . Elevents sereet, Gary. Joe said the beer belonged to Andrew Brow-n of Chicago and that he was taking the load from a LaPorte brewery to Brown who was to meet liim at 64 South Park avenue. The load was taken hack to LaPorte. where the case has been filed In the Superior court. A test showed the beer to be the old fashioned kind. MAGGIE VAUCE IS PUT ON TRIAL Crown Point Criminal Court Holds First November Session Today. tSPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT. Ind., Nov. 14. The Criminal court begins its November . term today and the following Jurymen have been impanelled to serve: James Hague, Gary. Ernest Paysow, Gary. George Scott, Gary. Robert B. Sill, Gary. Ernest Carlson. Hobart. Vernon A. Bodomer, Hobart. J. A. Adank, Crown Point. O. C. Bartholomae. Crown Point Peter Thiel, St. Johns. Frank Ebert. Lowell. George W. Curtis. Shelby. Henry Bentke, Hebron. The first case on the Criminal docket for this week is that of Maggie Vance a Gary negres. who shot James Allen j a boarder in her home and then push-I ed his body under the stove. This is i the first woman tried in Lake county frr several years for murder and her case is being taken care of by Atty. Thad. Fancher. WHITING Ge. O. P. PARADES ANYWAY (SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING, Ind. Nov. 14 The Re publicans paraded Friday night "in pite" of the inclement weather, sev eral women Joining in the line of march behind the band which played several selections in front of Mayor Sehraee's home in Sheridan avenue. The parade disbanded at the American Legion Festival where the paraders spent the evening.

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Both Approve Disarm Principal ButWillTheySay"Yes"or "No" To It (BULLETIN') WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. While the naval strategists of all the great powers wrestled today with the exacting limitation conditions laid down by iiiIm nf nrnpiiliir. 'I'll f .p..i.in a it 1 1 ri : tha American secretary: but is unwilijng- to accept the ratio suggested to j exi8t between Great Britain, the United States and Japan. The question of naval bases most be taken up along with fleet strength. BL GEORGE R. HOLMES (STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICEJ WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Recovering somewhat from the severe shock caused by America's blunt presentation of a revolutionary naval rjrogram. the statesmen of Great Britain and Japan settled down today to the grim business of determining how far they can go in accepting it. The first flush of general approbation has given way to -the necessity of hard, matter-of-fact consideration of each proposal made by Secretary of State Hughes. Both Great Britain and Japan have aproved the epochal suggestions of . America only "in principle," which is tantamount to saying they approve the general idea of reducing existing navies and regulating future building. A cold analysis of the utterances of the delegates since Secretary Hughes tossed his bombshell into the peaceful Quiet of Saturday's meeting reveals that none of them have gone further than approving "the principle" laid down, admiring the boldness of its presentation, and expressing the hope that an agreement can be reached. The impression prevailed in official Quarters today that It will be considerable time before the visitors from ; London and Tokio will be In a position to say flatly "yes" 'or "no" to the concrete terms as proposed by this government. The delegates to the conference are known to be clothed with power and authority unusually gruat, but they were unprepared for anything as farreaching as' the American program. Already the cables have carried the American proposals to the capitals of the world and they will have to receive careful minute consideration of British and Japanese cabinets before there can be a flat commital. This may take a considerably longer time than has generally been expected. In Tokio, a new cabinet is Just coming Into existence under the leadership of Baron Takahashi. In London, the government is beset by many difficulties, of which the Irish question is the foremost. Officials of this government are anxiously awaiting the reaction of the proposals upon public opinion In Japan. Thus far the cables have not indicated the manner in which the news of America's history-making step was received generally in Japan. It is significant perhaps, that the American State department caused the speech of Secretary Hughes and the detailed program he laid down to be "broadcasted" to the world. State departtnent officials wanted to euard possible "garbled versions" of the program appearing before the peoples most directly concerned. Meanwhile, the committee on limitation of armament, comprising the leaders of the five big powers, were to go into session behind closed doors this morning. They were to discuss the program of procedure and map out a working plan. If all goes well today, the mechanism of the conference should be well oiled for the resumption of the main conference tomorrow. Folowing the meeting of the five leaders Hughes i Balfour, Tokugawa, ririand and Schani zer the heads of all the dplontinn. were to meet and take sjni!Iar action -with respect to a workincr nrr, for consideration of Far Eastern questions. DIES WHILE ON VISIT. He-. - ' .... . ter, Mrs. Willis S. Burch, 233 Hohman : st. mers, Indiana, died suddenly Saturday night. The remains were shipped to Chalmers at noon today via the Monon railroad. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the family home. Burial will he made at Chalmers. Dr. and Mrs. T. E. Bell will not leave for Florida until the end of this week.

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Boarder Under . Arrest and Wife Held as Accessory in Slaying of M. Gracan. rSPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING, IND., Nov. 14 Mike Dec-k-r. "the other man" in a triangle which is said to have resulted in the breaking up of a Whiting horn.., Is held in jail here charged with the murder of Mike Gracan late Saturday night. Mrs. Gracan, wife of the murdered man, is held us an accessory. Decker is alleged to have stabbed Gracan while the latter was trying to persuade his wife to return to his home. Mr. and Mrs. Gracan resided at 7 1 Se.lirage ave. There were nine children in the home. Five were Gracan's by a former marriage and four were Mrs. Gracan's by another marriage. In the apartment above them lived Mr. and Mrs. Paul Donsich and with them lived Mike Decker. A short time ago Mr. and Mrs. Gracan quarreled and separated. Mrs. Gracan took her children and went to the homf of her uncle, Thomas Arc.ulich, 5042 Melville ave., East Chicago. The separation is said to have been caused by the attentions Decker had been paying Mrs. Gracan. Saturday evening at ft o'clock Decker went to the Areutlch home in East Chicago to see Mrs. Gracan. It was decided she should return to hT home and get some clothes for the children. In an automobile driven by Steve Slat. Mrs. Gracan came to Whiting, accompanied by Decker and Mr. and Mrs. Arculieh. They went to the Donsich apartments.

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(BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Nov. 14. Richard Welch, a negro janitor, is in custody here today for an alleged attempt to assault Miss Edith Mellick. New York pianist, who is a guest at the home of Rudolph Ganz, the noted orchestra director. Miss Mellick, who has refused to give her New York address, has identified the negro. (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Nov. 14. Robbers early today jimmied the door of the Anchor sub-station of the St. Louis postoffice and escaped with three sacks of first class mail. No estimate of the loss has been made. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. Japan will demand a complete understanding on future development of naval bases before she makes any definite and final reply to America's suggestion for a tenyear naval holiday, it was learned here today. (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes will leave today for Detroit where he will personally conduct a campaign to check the smuggling of liquors across the Canadian border. (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE JAMESTOWN, N. Y.. Nov. 14. Three men were in the general hospital here today as the result of a revolver battle between police and alleged burglars who attempted to rob the safe in the Winter Garden theatre here. Police Sergeant Albert Harrison was in a serious condition with a bullet near his heart. Chester Chase and John Nowak. of Detroit, accused of the attempted robbery, each were suffering from, several bullet wounds. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Reports that Great Britain was given previous information on the proposals which Secretary of State Hughes made to the armament conference on Saturday, were officially denied by the State department today. It was stated that Secretary Hughes statement was not given in advance to any nation. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. President Harding today completed a draft of a proclamation of peace between the United States and the Central powers, it was learned at the White House. The rough draft of the proclamation was sent to the State department to be put in shape for promulga-

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Mrs. Donsich went down stairs to get the clothes. Gracan a short time later came up and asked to see Mrs. Gracan. He was heard pleading with her to return to thf ir home and start life over again. She refused. He returned to his rooms. I,atcr Xrs. Gracan and her friends left tiie house, intending to return to East Chicago. As they wre entering the. automobile, Gracan once more appeared and pulling his wife to one side began talking to her. It was Clark, lacking only a few minutes of mla-night-Just what happened, only Mrs. Gracan and Decker know. Others say that Mrs. Gracan screamed and an instant later Decker was at her side A blow was struck and Gracan fell to the sidewalk. Decker and ii,v..,i irvtrt thft car and it l lie VOlllrtll luvu --- was noticed that Mrs. Gracan held a knife, the blade of which was bent and bloody. Witnesses say that Decker struck the blow and are at a loss to account for the knife being in the woman's possession a few minutes later. The pirty returned to Last Chicago while neighbors attended to Gracan. It was found that he had been stabbed in the abdomen. He was taken to a Chicago hospital where he died Sunday morning. Whiting police at Once asked East Chicago authorities to get Decker and Mrs. Gracan. They were arrested Sunday morning and are now held In Jail at Whiting. Decker is said to have shown the same knife, .which had an ugly five inch blade, to his landlady. Mrs. Donsich and intimated that it would be used on Gracan if necessary. tion. It is expected the president will sign the completed document and issue it late today. (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. Nov. 14. Bandits today invaded the sancity of All Saints Independent Protestant church, tied Leo Capinski, the janitor, blew open a safe and escaped with $2,000. The money belonged to a building and loan association conducted by the church. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Wireless messages received at naval headquarters today from the American steamer San Francisco, on fire at sea, declared the blaze was under control and that the vessel was pursuing a westerly course, having Bermuda in mind in case of necessity. Tne steamer La Lamon de Larrinaga was still standing by. The San Francisco is bound from Marseilles to New York. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. America is fully prepared to plung into the Far East problems as soon as the international conference on armament reduction and Pacific questions resumes its sessions. They will be approached this week, possibly tomorrow, unless it is decided to take up limitation of land armament first. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON. Nov. 14. The volcano of warfare in Ireland was rumbling and smoking again today as a result of what Sinn Feiners termed the "stiff necked" attitude of Ulster's representatives. Nearly all important Sinn Fein leaders have been called to a council of war at Dublin. HERE'S NICE LITTLE FIREMAN'S PARTY Firemen at Hammond Central fire station delightfully entertained a group of Chicago fire fighters this mornln when the latter dropped in unexpected ly enroute from Cincinnati to Chicago with a. new automobile hose cart for the metropolitan department. The Chicago boys fatigued by their long drive were splendidly refreshed by a dainty meal of triped hose garntstied wltn flames of fire. Diverse chemicals served in miniature helmets took the plac of the more formal dem1-tass. "fiiderwriter's Special," a new rubber cigar was passed out among the boys after which several games such as chec kers and pinochle were played. The Chicago boys reported a g-ood time way had by all. MRS. ETTA BLOOMHOFF DIES AT DAUGHTER'S. Friends of Mrs. Etta Bloomhofr, former resident of Hammond, will regret to learn of her death at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Harrison, 3628 North Illinois St., Indianapolis. Sunday morning. Following an often expressed request Mrs. Bloomhoff will be buried from tfbe T'irst Methodist Episcopal church, Hammond, Wednesday, at 2:H0 p. m. Thence the body will be shipped to Waterloo, Iowa, for burial. Stan dard Bearers of the church will hav charge of the funeral.

Former Senator Gavit of Gary Introduces Speaker To r Audience

BKVEHiDliE NON-COMMITTAL OVER HIS CANDIDACY When asked "by a prominent Cast Chicago republican last Saturday whether ha intended running for V. S. Senator from Indiana, Mr. eridffe replied that h haa sot macs any announcement of his Intentions, bat that If the people would sapport him hs would bs willing' to represent them as thalr senator. Albert J. Beveridge, Indiana's leading orator, delivered an address on Americanism before the Lake County Amerlcanization League Saturday evening in the Hartley theatre at East Chicago. The political significance sttaehed to the ex-senator's appearance In Lake county is that he may be a candidate for the. United States senate against Senator Harry S. New at th? republican state primaries next spring. Lake county has always ;been a Bev. eridge strong-hold and representati v republicans including Judge Reiter, Senator Holmes, Charles Surprise and Jainea Patterson were on the platform with Mr. Beveridge. The speech of the distinguished statesman, author and orator was very forceful, logical and brilliant. Senator Beveridge defended the Americanism of Washington and Lincoin. AMERICA OXLT "The last two or three years," ssld Beveridge. "there haa been propoganda that we should not devote ourselves to America only but to the world. Th principle of de-votion to America only has been made to appear out of date. "This new idea is menacing to the republic. There Is no motive greater than the motive of America only. Th" republic is the last stand of good m-n and women devoted to representative government as against autocracy on the one hand and anarchy on the other. . These United States of ours is the only composed and steady government on the face of the earth. If wis fail the end of human liberty is at hand, but if we success this republic will be the salvation of mankind. RACIAL GHOIPS "Ail other peoples are homogeneous while we are a collection of racial groups. No one of these groups Is in the majority. There are more than 2,500,000 people from Belgium, the Balkans and Russia; 750,000 Greeks and over 13,000,000 Irish and more than that of German descent In the United States. "It is our great purpose to fuse these various bloods into one great stream and until our American blood is established we must be for American only because when we entangle ourselves in foreign affairs the fusing of the various racial bloods stops. f," w ith my Scotch blood, he with his Irih blood, and the other man with his German blood, can all work in harmony for America only. When this nation Is made war upon as it was by Germany we can all fight for our country. Our foreign policy is absolutely fixed for us by the racist , proposition. As long as we are ex-j.-clusi-vely American we live in concord and harmony, but the irstant our government mixes in any foreign policy our racial lines are drawn and we begin to think and speak in various tongues. "Friendship with all the world, wherever we can have it but political alliance with no nation. That is the policy to which we were dedicated and to which we must live. America successful will do more concrete good for the human race than any international ism devised. "Americanism means first that thl3 Is a land of laws made by representatives of the people elected by ballot and that as long as these laws rb on the law books we must oby thonj whether we like them or not. It means second the right of constitutional free speech with the only limitations that nobody has the right Co. advocate violation of law or the overthrow of the government." . Senator Beveridge was introduced by Attorney Frank Gavit of Gary. Another speaker was Charles Surprise, honorary chairman of the Lake Co. Americanization Lpague. Dr. Gol-J-man, founder of the Americanization League in East Chicago, presided. Mayor McCormack welcomed Beveridso to East Chicago. Mr. Beveridge said in part: "It was one of the most accomplished Jurists that ever sat on the Supreme Bench of the United States who, in the course of a great opinion, described the American people as a composite of many races; and it was another Justice of the Supreme Court, also noted for his learning and ability, who emphasized hv fact that we Americans are made up of racial groups and that our greatest task homogeneous people. Indeed, all observing and thoughtful students of our country have noted that the racial structure of our population is the basic fact of American life. What will develop from that basic fact will determine the well-being or the ill-being of all people living in the United States; indeed. It is not t"o much to 'say that it will determine the perpetuity and very existence of the nation itself. In short, our sue-, cess or failure will be measured with exactness by the extent to which we are able to fuse into one harmonious whole the various and variegated eletContinuea oa page three.)