Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 125, Hammond, Lake County, 15 November 1921 — Page 1

THE LAI World's News by LN.S. Leased Wire VOL. XV, NO. 125. TUESDAY, NOV KMHK1? 15, 1921. HAMMOND. INDIANA LAKE COUNTY PAYS MILLION FOR NEW ROADS

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AGREES TO SPIRIT AND PRINCIPLE

Hughes Calls Second Session Of World's Conference Together At 11 A.M. .,ik f." BTJiUETTW (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WISHEIOTOK, Not. 15 FoUowlag the apch of Balfour accepting1 the XS. 8. naval holiday proposal, Japan' acceptance waa spoken In Japanese toy the dlmonlttTe, unemotional Ilarton Xato, head of the ministry of marine. While aoceting' the American program 'In plrlt and principle" both Oreat Britain and Japan made certain reservation and roar greeted modification of the prafTom aa originally proposed by Secretary Hughes. The acceptance by Trance and Italy, Which bad been counted upon, followed naturally when the statesmen from Xondon and Tokio bad finished address tag" the conference. Thus, In the remarkably short space Of three days the American g-OTeramen? has proposed a prog-ram of naval de struction and future government u equaled In the history of the world and has bad It accepted as fundamentally onnd by all the Treat powers of the world. The conference then adjourned subject to Bug-he call. BT GEORGE R. HOLMES tSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE J CONTINENTAL, HALL, WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. Within half an hour after the armament conference, had convened this morning. Great Britain formally accepted "In spirit and in principle" the far-reaching armaent naval proposals laid down by Secretary of State Hughes on Saturday. "We have considered it at length." announced the Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, speaking for Britain, "and in admiration and appreciation, we agree to its spirit and its principle." He pledged Britain's "hearty and complete"' co-operation In varying out of the program and this drew the : audience to Its feet with the first out-! burst of applause. j While accepting "In spirit and principle' the great program. Balfour made certain reservations on behalf of his country, notably In the matter of submarines. He suggested the advisability of absolutely prohibiting the construction of "great ocean-going submarines" which he said obviously were not adaptable for defenaive purposes. "This." he said, "Is a question for the 'experts and does not touch the main question." No doubt waa left In the minds of those who heard him that Mr. Balfour's government will canvas the world's naval situation in detail in committee with searching effect before finally accepting the American proposal. Mr. Balfour spoke haltingly, dramatically, of the geographical differences between the iiine'i States and the British Empire and at one time ho said: "Imagine, if you will what your western states, for whose safety you are responsible were removed 10,000 miles from your coast. There in brief, you have an Idea of our problem." Balfour dwelt at g-rsat length on Britain's Isolation, her dependence upon her overseas trade. He advised his hearers to imagine the heart of America a "small crowded Island" and then, he eaid. they could appreciate Britain's position. Despite this his country was willing to take this "practical Idealism" and sjlve It "hearty support and co-operation." he stated. "AVhat makes this practicable." he aid. "is that it combines the practice with the profession." It was exactly 11 a. m. when the gravel of Secretary Hughes commanded quiet. Secretary Hughes said that the prosrajn of procedure had been arrang ed. He said the committee on naval limitation yesterday thoroughly coneldered" a simple arrangement for procedure and he recommended to the assembled statesmen that the question Of naval limitation be given to a coi.imittee composed of all the delegates representing the United States. Great Britatn, France. Japan and Italy. Likewise, he said the far eastern question should be dealt with by the commttee of the whole of the convention . There was no dissenting voice. "It ia now desirable that the conference listen to expressions of opinion as may bo submitted with respect to the American proposals of Saturday," said Hughes. Then a French interpreter rose an poke rapidly In French. The audience waited impatiently for the English translation. Then Mr. Balfour arose and an Instant hush fell over the hall. DRY CHIEF IS BACK FROM CINCINNATI ' Chief Gus .Simons of the prohibition i enforcement agents, returned to Hammond this morning from Cincinnati, where he had been called in conection with the liquor conspiracy cases growing out of his raid on the famous Death Valley booze farm. Attorney George Remus who was placed under 150.000 bond last week will be arraigned before the V. & Commissioner, November 2Sth. The other members of the gang were arraigned yesterday and were held to He federal grand jury. The commisioner fired their bonds in sums rangnj( from $13,000 to $25,000.

Did You Hear That FACT of the day: churches. Hammond has 17 HAMMOND merchants snap of past few days business. report cold has doubled HO! HUM! Riverside and Federal hotel cases again continued. This time until November 19. WELL, who'll have the courage to start the old "Do You Christmas Shopping Early "stuff." DOES anybofly know Philip Prince? An important looking document awaits him at The Times office. AFTER a week of unpalatable, grimy Lake Michigan water who says Hammond doesn't need a Alteration plant? RUMOR has It that the l-ooswr Club Is negotiating for the old Elk Club rooms as a r.ew home for the chanticleer club. "FIRST" chair of the c;ty meaning the mayor's chair was re-upholstered yesterday. Dan's all set for another four years. JOHN STAHL. 683 Douglas street. West Hamrn'ond, reports to police the theft of his Ford sedan which he had parked on Sibley street. MIXED up in the days. Thief thought today was Friday when he stole 25 pounds of fish valued at $3 from kitchen of Maine restaurant-TICK-TOCTC TICK-TOCK. Borne baa person stole Mr. Myers' clock. This from his auto parked in rear of Hohman store. He lives at 415 Bauer St. TWO unique entertainments in town tonight. City council meets at City Hall and the Klwanians hold an Inter city conclave at the Chamber of Com merce. JOE SKOCZEN, 167 Towle street Is released on bonds of $1,000 rending trial on charges of assault and battery and surety of the peace, preferred by his wife. THE Betz girls basketball team will play the girls team of the Wentworth high school at the high scnoo! gym In West Hammond on Friday evening. The gamo starts at 7:4?. GLEN PETERS, attorney, says he enjoys visiting a friend who lives next door to a traffic cop. He likes to see the cop's wife directing him about' the yard, when she's got him at work. AN advertiser in The Times hunting room and board receded among others a reply from a'Michigan venue family who, offered board and room for $3.50 a week. That's pre-war prices with a vengeance! DON GROVES got too familiar with a Lizzie Ford and she presented him with a broken wrist, which he Is carrying around town in a sling. Maybe a self-starter would change the old girl's temper, Don. CLERK in Mllllkan's rvrtlrg good Btore reports selling a pair of ear muffs to customer who wanted them not for warmth, but to wear in tied when his neighbors were playing dance music on the phonograph. AN unkind friend of Albert E. "Six O'clock" Griffiths says Al spent much time fixing his automobile. When he got through, according to th unkind friend, the only thing about the car that ran waa the clock. ART KNOERZER will now call the roll of the Hammond Bohemian club. Will Mat Ludwig. Roscoe Woods. Hollls Hunter, song writer, ward poets, artists, and other recently developed prodigies kindly respond? MISS LAURA HARLD, stenographer, tells about a girl friend who waved at a bakery wagon she wanted to stop at her house. The driver didn't quite understand, according to Miss Harle. He waved in return and drove on. FREDERICK S. HESON- reports a girl friend had her automatic piano repaired for a recent party. It ran fine. says Benson, except mat ine i-i''"'" reversed the mechanism f '' piano played the music backwards. GVS SIMON'S, prohibition chief, reports nabbing a farmer home brewer, who persistently maintained that his arrest was due to an owl inhabiting a tree near his dwelling. The owl, said the farmer, cried, 'Tlic." instead or "IIoo:" JUDGE CHARLES FREDRICHS says this was a poor season for anglers. But that doesn't effect in the least fish stories toM by the judge's friends. They just ignore the season of 1921, he confides, and g back in their stories to 1020. KENNARD WHITMAN, native oi Troy. X. Y., now with the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co., will miperintend cooking demonstration before economic department of the Woman's Club at Washington school Thursday afternoon. "SI-IM" FEHRING, of tne Kowah Milling Co.. was game Saturday and made goo7I his election bet. With hl boss, Walter Novvak, seated on a cushion in a wheelbarrow, he trundled him down State and State Line streets to Ed. Simon's home. ROSCOE HEMSTOCK. realty salesman, watching pre-election parade engaged a stranger in conversation. They didn't agree on politics, but Hemstock convinced the f tranger that he had the best property buy in the city. The deal was closed yesterday. (Continued on Page Five)

BUSINESS

AGENT CALLS OFF MEN Smoldering discontent in the building trades flared forth again today when J. W. Savery. business agent of the Plasterer's local, at noon called off all plasterers employed on the Elks' Temple and announced that before nightfall work on a score of other jobs in Hammond would be stopped. This follows an ineffectual attempt made last night by contractors and the union officials to agreo on a tentative arangement by which union plasterers would cover non-union lath pending settlement of the controversy between union lathers and contractor-members of the Hammond Building Trades Employers Association. The meeting was scheduled for eight o'clock, at the headquarters of the association. The iea--on for disagreement could not be accurately determ ined but it is said to have resulted from a demand of the lathers to be represented in negotiations between the plasterers and the contractors. E. E. Cole, secretary of the association, was in Chicago today. He could not be reached. Seemingly In spite of the flare-back In the building trades conies the announcement from the city building inspector that' home building in Hammond is due for an unparalleled boom. Mr. Vis, the building inspector, yesterday issued permits totaling $24,000 to the Indiana-Illinois Land Co., for 12 cottages. 24x28, which the company contemplates erecting In the Bl&ckman addition, which lies south of Sherman street and east of Columbia avenue. j Of equal importance was the grant- j Ing to Hargls and Moore, one of Ham- I mond's most prosperous and enterprising real estate firms, permits totaling $35,000 for construction of fifteen cottages in various subdivisions throughout the city. Chapin and Co., took out permit for construction of a three story factory building of brick and steel to cost $7,000. F GETS OPINION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL fSPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 CROWN ROIN'T. Ind., Nov. 15. Co. Auditor George M. Poland Is in receipt of an opinion from the attorney general that Lake county will have to secure the passage of an enabling bill by the state legislature before it can appropriate $15,000 a its share of the expense of building the two mile stretch of ideal road on the Lincoln highway. Rather than lose the ideal road that will be a great advertisement to the county, it Is expected Representative Fifleld will introduce the bill at the firut opportunity. The cost of the ideal two mile stretch f concrete ix u'ev-rd n-nu' i x -e d $2fr0.000 and the majority of the ex pense would be borne by the Lincoln Highway Association and good roads association. It -Is practically a gift to the county which Is only asked to spend $25,000. LOSES WIFE, KIDS AND SI ,800 CASH Toney Valeski of Indiana Harbor Has a Sad Story To Relate. Toney Zeleski, of .1815 Deodar street. Indiana Harbor, awoke this morning to find his wife and three children gone. Where? Toney is unable to say. There was also J1.S0O missing from Toney's pockets. The husband says that it has become a practice of hisr wife to pack her valice and take the kiddies away for a short stay, never giving the spouse no- i

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tice of their departure or why or where I They are ready to offer united opthey might be. After running out of position to the suggestion of a curtailfunds his better half is said to always j ment of undersea strength to be proreturn to the old environments upon ! posed by Great Britain as an amendher own Initiative and continue abid- j ment to the Hughes' plr.n for the limiing by the rulings of her true husband i tation of naval armament.

until he again makes another stake. Zeleski conducts a soft drink parlor at 139th and Deal streets, Indiana Harbor. WEDNESDAY IS BLUE HIBBON DAY The Merchants on State street between Sohy and Calumet are offering elsewhere in this paper some unusual bargains for Wednesday. The Thrifty shoppers will do well to read the offerings as much money -an be saved. This will be a weekly affair and promises to aid vp much lowering the high cost of living. NOT AUDITOR'S JOB. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, Nav. 15. The Su preme court affirmed the Lake Ciroui: court's decision in State vs Auditor Kol.nd of Lake county. The court he! ' that it finds nothing in the statutes tn c impel Poland to prepare a tax duplicate for the city of llanmunO. WA N'T ED A GOOD LINOTYPE OPERATOR; MUST BE RELIABLE. LAKE COUNTY TIMES. 11-15-2

GENIAL AS EVER v. : Arthur J. Ba'our. Arthur J. Balfour, one of the delegates to the arms conference, has been known for many yean as one of the most penial of Brit ish statesmen. That time has not changed him is evidenced by the accompanying picture, taken a few rfays ago in Washington. ASK RECEIVER (SPECIAL TO- THE TIMES FORT WAYNE, Ind.. Nov. 15. Alleging that examination cf the books of the defendant will show that the corporation is hopelessly Insolvent and that gross irregularities exist, and that fraudulent entries are ma ie upon the books of the company, Thomas O'Dowd. Newton Watson. Samuel Smith and Alonzo Kendall have filed a petition in the Allen superior court asking tha a receiver be appointed for the Hawkins Mortgage Company and the Welfare Loan Society which the Hawkins company Is said to have ort-anize.l In six states with a capitalization of $3,000,000. The petitioners as stockholders in 'he loan society declare that they nave been Informed they were nev r intended to have a voice in the control of the local concern ani that their names were used a, mre arguments in the sale of stock, it is al'o alleged that the Hawkins company i.'leavily indebted to all of the welfare societies over which it ia said to have assumed arbitrary control. The plaintiffs declare that the defendant company paid ? per cent divldens when the earnings of the company were not nearly that amount and intimate that the lare dividends an paid thr"ugh additional sales of stocks. The complaint sets out th" Hawkins company haj transferred t' tself without consideration 51 per out. of the stock in eich of the tweny welfare loan societies which It has Tganized and that the stock has been sold on false representations as to its future value and that in some cases stock which has been sold at $50 a share to some parties has been given away to others. U.S. 10 OPPOSE SU8MARINEGURTAIUNG Britain's Suggestion as to Submarine Not Taken Kindly Over Here. TRY HARRY I ROGERS rSTAFFQRRESPONDF.NT I. N. SERVICE1 W A S I lT?Tv J TON, Nov. 1 5 American naval experts are preparing today to loose their 16-inch guns upon any proposal from Great Britain for further limitation of submarine tonnage. Whether this objection will cause discord in the harmony which thus far has marked the proceedings of the conference, rests entirely with President Harding and Mr. Hughes, but there is no mistaking the feelings of American naval men on the subject. Are the American outposts In the Pacific to be left absolutely unguarded, these experts "are demancbii. The United States with unprecedented liberality, has offered to scrap a considerable portion of her capital tnps, assuming in making such a sacrifice that she would be allowed at least some defen sive weapons for safeguarding her Island possession in far eastern waters. llain and Wanner.

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Her Attitude is Not One Of Defiance, but of the Bitterest Despair. BV S. D. WEYER STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE BiCKLIX, N.jv. 15. (By Kudio.) Germany has unofficially notified the allies she cannot pay the next reparations installment, 500.000,000 gold marks.due by January 15. 1922. The International News Service was informed on the highest authority today that the German government has conveyed through unofficial channels to the allies the information that she Is "at the end of her rope." All protests by the allies hereafter about Germany's failure to meet the reparat ions payments due will be met l.v the statement, "try to gt it." 'Bulletins (BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. Nov. 15. John Barry, suspected as the "brains" of the gang which held up the New Orleans Limited on the Illinois Central at Paxton, 111., a week ago, was seized early today in a raid on a luxuriously furnished flat in W. Congress st. A woman, said to be Miss Dollie Wendell, 23, was arrested with him. Barry has been hunted for months for the big Union Station mail robbery. A $5,000 reward was offered for his arrest in that case. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. Ratifications of the peace treaty between the United States and Austria have been exchanged, the State department announced today. The State department today cent cabled inquiries to Budapest to determine the status of the exchange of ratification with Hungary. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Nov. 15. James Tivol opened the safe of the Tivol Jewelry Company for business today and turned to find two "customers" standing at his elbow. They pointed revolvers at him, tied him with ropes and walked out after taking $5,000 worth of jewelry. JUDGE CRITES BRINGS UP WAR RECORDS A number of men of German and Austrian nativity v.)o claimed exemption from military service during the war on the grounds that they were not American citizens learned today that they must first live down their war records before they can hope to receive j citizenship papers'. The proposition came up several times today in room 2 of the Hammond Superior court where Judge Maurice E. Crites held his first naturalization hearing since his appointment to succeed the late Judge Hardy. Applicants for pecond papers would present themselves with their witnesses and the Toutlne q'uestions would go off smoothly. It would look like easy , sailing for the prospective citizen un til the examiner would suddenly put the question: "I believed you claimed exemption duringf the war on the grounds that you were not a citizen, did you nat?" That was generally answered by a denial. Then the examiner would produce a memorandum from the War Department In which the applicant's war record and especially his attitude when summoned by . the draft board was set forth. That usually floored him. Sometimes he Insisted that he did not claim exemption but that the board had placed him there arbitrarily. Howev er, the record or tne vs ar department was considered conclusive evidence by the court and the petitions were dismissed. All of these men who took advantage of the classification to escape military service will have to start all over again on the citizenship ladder. Furthermore they must wait until five years have elapsed from the time they filled out their questionnaires before they can apply for first papers. Judge Writes explained that men who would not show willingness to asmme the responsibilities arid espotlse the principles for which America stood in a great crisis like the World War could not expect America to accept them aa citizens as soon as the war was over. Madame Emma Collin Payne, known as the greatest colored contralto singer of the middle-west, was presented in n-citat by th.- N. A. A. C. P., an organixatsonof Gary, last nrihr. Many classical numbers were rendered by Madame Payne and were received with much applause.

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Germany's attitude, it was made plain. Is not one of defiance, but of utter despair. The allied commission here, it is learned. Is convinced of Germany's ability to pay. The experts attached to this commission aru again going over the situation. The German government has determined to stand or fall on the decision that there must be a revision of the terms of the Versailles treaty. There Is increasing evidence too, that Germany, after weighing all the consequences, had decided to face even the bitterest penalty, namely, an invasion of the Ruhr district by the French . German bankers are almost unanimously of the opinion that an economic world conference will follow ttje Washing'!! armemrit seFS'ons. Disarm Conference Close-Ups BT MARTIN E. FEW STAFF CORRESPONDENT 1. N. SERVICE CONTINENTAL, HALL,. Washington Nov. 15 All eyes on Coninental Hall again today for the Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, aged 73. is speaking in be half of a constituency of four hundred thirty-five million British people. There is pure carmin in his cheeks, his grey hair is soft and silky, he stands erect and in his manner there is gentle dig nity and wining amiability. Sir Beer bohm Tree has described him as a man calm In crises and unfussed in vic tory." Since these gentlemen last sat at this green table, the startling news of Am erica's drastic proposal has flown to the uttermost part of this whirling globe and these v.ise men today know pre cisely what home opinion is and what home governments desire. Before coming into the hall, a rrilm inutlve Japanese j't ii nallst gave this writer a slgnilic. huncti. Said he "If the militants . . Japan do not a,c cept ilr. Hughes' proposal, they . will have difficulty in explaining to the people." He said that the 35 Japanese reorters on the scene here were unani mously of the oinlon that Japan should "accept without discussion." "Then, with fire, he added: "The Japanese newspaper men have agreed, in the event the proposal is resisted to pass a resolu tion of protest and cable it to Japan for publication," he laughed softly. Diplomacy is uniformed. Sometimes it takes on gold braid, button and swords, white feathered cockades, but more often it is the frock or cut-away coat, etriped trousers, spats in grey or black, pearl gray tie, winged coilir and shiny square-top hats. totund diplomats appear to suffer. Secretary Hughes' whiskers are unusually aggresive In appearance. They stick up. But he Is the soul of courtesy. He speaks rather sharply and is all for "getting on." He is one of the tallest men in the room. Vlviani, who sits with Briand, Is also a socialist. In Washington he Is known to have a habit of wandering the streets at night and odd hours of the da'- He ar-PMrs to be interested in niman oemgs w no live in alleys as welt as those who live on boulevards and avenues. "Isn't it possible" asked a British newspaper correspondent, approaching the conference hall, "to get here without being menaced by a soldier carrying a bayonet?" The answer is "no." The war department is policing th scelle an1 the VnitPd p,ate regular soldier with a gun takes orders on ITth street as seriously as he incs on a battlefield. In the darker corners of all public buildings, secret service men are watching every passerby. WORKERS 00T (INTERNATIONAL NEW'5 SERVICE NEW JKK. -Nov. 14.- .-ixty thousand cloak workers in New York City went on a strike today because of an attempt by employers to retsore the "piece work" system, which officials of the International Garment Workers' Union declare will bring back "sweat shop" conditions. Manufacturers stated restoration of piece work was necessary for the good of the trade and the "benefit of the public." Benjamin Schlesinger, head of the Garment Workers' Union, said ho believed the employes would win and that they would spend their $3,000,000 to bring victory. Thousands of garment workers from the work benches quit and parades were then formed. Banners flaunted arguments and appeals of tho workers. The workers were prepared fur a 11week?1 struggle. Sch le.tinger said. Emeployera issued a statement saying the piece work pan would bring lower prices to the consumer.

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CONTRACTORS RECEIVE PAY YESTERDAY Twenty-Two and Half Miles Good Reads Built This Year

CROWN POINT. Ind.. Not. 15. Joy bells rang yesterday for the roai building1 contractors of Lake county. Their stockings will not be empty Christmas. People who were worried about how the contractors would get by this winter may ease their minds. Indicatiors are that none will starve . The county paid them $1,065,141 this week, the greater part of It yesterday. The eight was touching. In th'halls of the courthouse the poor contractors stood waiting for Santa Claun George M. Foland to distribute the gifts. When Mr. Foland's smiling face and flowing locks came Into view they Jumped up and down and said: "Goodie, goodie, here's Santa!" The first beys to receive a present were Willie Ahlborn. Henry Dor-ney and Tommy Lavene of the United Construction Company. Willie, Henry and Tommy got checks totalling $522.180 for the Barnes and McCracken, Petticord and Shearer and the H. G. Jones roads which they built this year. "The contractor's life is a hard life,' sighed one. "Yes. the people have no idea what we put up with." lamented another. "O. if they only knew!" said the third. The next "smile" money was for Contractor Jim Nedjl who received $145,700 for the granite road under the Subway at Gibson. The total distribution follows: ROADS BUILT THIS YEAR. Dan Brown road (Sheffield avenue, Hammond), two and one-qarter mil is long; asphaJtic concrete; price, $203.000; W. L. Lang Construction Co., contractors. Barnes and McCraekea road (Twen-ty-fi.rst street, Gary); tdx miles; aphaltlc top; price, $306,220; United Construction Co., contractors. ' Reider road (Center township), gravel; three miles; $ 49,700; contractor. A. L. Courtright. R. R. Fetticord and C. C. Shearfr roads (Hobart township) asphalt: 'S miles; $125,590; United Construction Co. . . J. A. Beattie road (Center town ship), gravel; $27,503.50; A. L. Courtright. Edward Tates road (Cenad Creek): one and a half miles, gravel; James Brannock. H. G. Jons read (Fifth avenue, Gary, from Pennsylvania tracks to Clark road) asphaltic concrete; $87,320; United Construction Co. B. F. Hayes road (Center township) gravel; $30,400; See Teaming & Sup ply Co. John Love road (Wesf Creek township), gravel. $47,500; Charles A Johnson and II. P. Downey. Jr. P. William read (Wlnfield tiw hip), $18,785; Henry H&thaway. Charles Henderson road (E.-gl Creek township), $48,089; Johnson a Downey. Hehry Ohlencamp' road (West Cree1 township), $34,500; Charles Hemic son.Turney road (Gibson subway), grn" Ite; $145,200; Jim Nedjl. Guthrie street, Indiana Harbor, c crete. LAST ItO AD ACCEPTED. The last road to be accepted Sheffield avenue In Hammond, fmir: commissioners viewed the road v erday forenoon. T TAKES Til. BY THE FORELOCK Realizing that the winter will be a hard one tor families In which tinbread winners have been out of work for months. West Hammond already has plans under way for taking care of cases of destitution. l organization known as tho We.-u Hammond Board of Charities has bem formed. Its membership comprises many of the leading citizens of the Illinois town. Mrs. John C. Kowalski U president; Mrs. Ralph Goddard. secretary and Mrs. Louis Demcrilns'. treasurer. ' Already a call has been sent out for o'd clothes. Persons desiring to donate clothes should leave them either at the city hall or police station. These will later be distributed to needy families by the proper members oi the organization. As funds will be necessary for purchasing food where such is needed, a series of public entertainments will be given during the winter to raise money. The first event will be a Charity 'Bail. This will be held at Kosciuszko Hall. 101 155th street, on Wednesday evening of next week, the evening before Thanksgiving. It Is expectJ that this big dance will draw a largo attendance and will aid materially in starting the charitable work. The committee on arrangements for the ball is composed of Mrs. C. Seidier, Mayor Paul Kamradt and Chief of Police Joseph NUz. GENTLEMEN, WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS CROWN POINT. Ind., Nov. 15. The plaster continues to fall off the walls ? the clerk's office, despite the promise of the county commissioners that repairs' would be made. Four years hae elapsed since the first hunk of plaster slid to the floor.

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