Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 170, Hammond, Lake County, 10 January 1922 — Page 1

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nPTnnc World's News by LN.S. Leased Wire Eh r1 1,71 Crrr In EunmonS aael w. Hammond 6O0 per monUi 01 trf and rwa ctanfts, 3c pur copy. VOL. XV, NO. 170. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1922. HAMMOND, INDIANA UIL T IN FIVE UNITS

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WAGE CUTS Sessions Hay Last Several Weeks Before a Decision Is Reached CHICAGO. Jan, 1?. Genera', chairmen of the- Federated Shopcrafts unions maintained silence today at. they entered the second session of the eonference here to consider action on wag! cuts and working rules recent!? promulgated by the United States Railway Labor Board. The conference is 5ecret and officials attending the meetingrefused to g-ive out any state.ment. Six unions with, a combined membership of nearly 500.000 men are represented at the conference. They comprise the- railway employes' department of the American Federation of Labor. The sessions may last several weeks before a decision if reached. The sheperafts voted last summer to strike against the wage reductions announced by the labor board on Juiy 1Th'.n action later was held in abeyance, pending the decision of the board on working rules, rvsp1t! the, silence cf the general chairman It was considered likely that fhe conference, before adjourning, will authorize a. new strike vote, covering berth the. Question of wage reductions and the working rules. Twenty-threo working rules upon which the Railway Clerks' union and the roads have been ur.able to agree were brought before the labor board roday for adjudication. The eleht-houv .4 s j- 1s one of the chief contentions. Twenty-nine roads have refused to accept the clerks' eight, hour rule and twenty-five have agreed. Pome roads wants exceptions for employes in light employment at stations where traffic Is light and few employes are needed. The clerks demand general application cf the rule cf imc-and-one-half overtime after lght hours. SPORTSMEN LAST NIGHT The largest turnout of Lake County :oi .ttiiifti aiuce the Lake County Fish and Game Protective Association wa "i?? nized wes present last evening, when the first session of 1922 was held n the basement of the Millikan sporting goods store in Hammond. Installation of officers were held a-td routine business was transacted. Then the hunters and fishers heard a r-ai war irfory. Lawrence Harflerode f Hammond, one of the oldest members of the club and a Civil "War veteran told how he had escaped from the rebel prison at Alhamhra. Ija., daring he Civil War. It wa full of thrills. I T. Meyer the new president, gave a:; Interesting account of his experl-ri-cs on' his recent hunting trip in he southwest which carried him across the. Mexican border. Scout Executive I. K. Scott also made a short address. A membership compaign was launched. AH old members present signed 'jp for the new year and practically all f the others present became memos rs. A hu?e pot of smoking tobacco was brought out and a supply of "Missouri Meerschaums'' was distributed. It made some smoker. Then came the feed. Prospects for the organization never looked brighter. Because, of the increased membership and abundance of enthusiasm it is believed that Lake county organization wll be able to get about what it wants from the State conservation department. Already they have done much for fishing and hunting In the Calumet region and they expect to do a great deal more. INTERESTING REAL ESTATE BARGAINS FOR SALE 2-etory frame dwelling just completed, situated on Atchison ove., West Park addition; 7 rooms and bath, oak floors and trim on first floor, furnace heat and all modern improvements. Two large porches, east front. American neighborhood. Frame dwelling under construction, situation on Prackert st.. Maywood addition, Hammond. 5 rooms, sun parlor and bath, hardwood floors, fireplace, furnace and all other modern Improvements. Frame cottage under construction. 4 rooms and bath, situated on Logan St., Hammond. Story and half frame dwelling. Just completed, very good location In Water Garden on Calumet avenue. 4 rooms and bath. Two-story brick and stucco dwning, 7 rooms and bath, all modern improvements, furnace heat. Convenient to school and street ears. American neighborhood. "Will build homes to suit on eay terme. H. S. DAVIDSON. 600 USth St.. Whiting. Ind. Phone ?7-R McKinley Lotlgc No. 717. Entered A?! rentic cieg-ee to be conferred Wednesday evening- at 7.30. Ail members requested to ba present.

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Did You Hear That IRVING CILVTKEN to manage Scatcna and Comet basketball teams, report. ; TIIK vigilant Hamniondile who sees I the first robin has already reported two. ! Who'll be the next? ; '.URLS at City Hall lament lull In I activities of Dan tup!d. Some j-ay he has actually lied the building. FACT of the day: Hammond maintains its reputation as a business oasis in a Sahara of industrial depression. A CKRTAI.V sport fan suggested Doc Young hire Tommy O'Connor for his baekfleld next year, as Tommy is unoatchable. I LARRY BROERTJES, city controller and Charlie McKay, official of Public Construction Co., hunting rabbits today, last of the season. HOTH the wets and the dry! are unanimous In declaring that the city is again serving chlorine cocktails containing more than the lawful orre-haif of one per cent. "HAPPY HAL." PIAMONDON, Chlfagoan. arrives In Hammond to help Leo Knoerier seli Cadillacs. There s no "lax'' 1n Cadillacs when "Jtappy Hal" is around. "PEACE DOLLARS' bring -"sorry to j bank cashiers, who find the demand i greater than the supply. Novel are pome of the tales surruuuding the new dollar's conception. IOCAL physicians ret suite of rorims J In Rimbach building, formerly used for offices of city chemist, as quarters for : child health clinic. No program has J yet been annouueed. t THE TIMES had the wrong score on i the game between the Methodist HustI lers and the ITesbyterian Midgets. The Midgets won instead of the Hustlers - as stated. Now boys, quit fighting. ; THE regular annual business meeting of the Hammond Post of the Amerl- ; can Legion will be held this evening at i S o'clock at the court house. Members are urged to be present and bring friends along. HAMMOND ALL-STARS o-jf, -bowled I hy Elk men. Team average, J64 for , All-Stars: 873 for P,!ks. This at Mc- ; "ool's alleys. Sugar Handy leads w ith .Individual average of 14. Title not ; settled jett NOW that a local minister has found ; out where Satan comes from he ought? 1 to tell Oscar Krinbill about it. The ! new phone book is due soon. One never : knows w hen one would like to get Satan i on the phone. t DURIXO the illness of Chief Rn Strong of the I. II. B., special are.nts. j confined 1o his High land street home. ! Lieutenant Jim Mooney, able assistant. ; rinds the additional work so engrosing he hates to take time to eat. OH! Thoso girls! A local girls' basketball team played a church team recently. The latter quintet lost. A luncheon was served after the game. The captain of the w nning team cut a lemon and gave each of the losers a renerous slice. i SiN'DOP. SINGER, detective, was one ! of the last pinches made in the "Days ' (' 40" show at Orak Temple's circus. ITbey poaked him and 10 days and ! the shocking chair paralyzed him so ; he couldn't let go. He neaHy croaked I before he was released. CHIEF EMIL A P.UNPE. a secretary of the police pension fund, announces a meeting of the trustees of the fund will be held at 6:0 tonight at Central police station. New police officers will be enrolled in the pension fund. The mcgt ing is open to all policemen. ATTORNEYS Whinery, Wilson and Conroy have been notified that February7 has been set by the Supreme court as the date for oral argument in the old case of the Ranks of Hammond against the 2f stockholders of the East ISide Trust Savings Rank. EVERYTHING -sold by merchants of South Hohman street i just a little hit cheaper than elsewhere, say tli'-y. The pop corn king of that district offers two popular cigarettes at IS cents a pa'-kagp. A s.iing of four cents on prices charged hy other merchants. THE old injur cti on suit-' of "Old 30' against the International Brotherhood of Roilermakers, Iron Ship P.uilders and Helpers of America is hack before Judge ' Reitrr in Room of tho superior court, j The plaintiffs arp asking that a ruling j "f contempt entered several jcars ao be enforced. M. P. P. write, to ask why Joe Haney in his Hammond catechism fails to mention that Hammond is the headquarters of the most progressive gas and electric utility in the country. Answer. Because this is conceded by 40,000 satisfed Hammond consumers of gas and electricity. A HAMMOND woman tells of dining out jnj being seated next to the six-yfar-old daughter of the house. When her mother left the table for a moment j the. little on leaned tow aril their guest j and said in a. low, admonitory tone. "Now do be careful, cause these are our vt rv best table glasses." H. J. SMITH, lvooking representative ; of the Tinsdaie Film Co.. of Chicaco. i here making the "F.oosi Hammond" picture, teday r,o pictures will re 111 Tilled this Ftnal secret including I lew s of the Cor, key plant, the Hoy Scouts. ?r Ing school, tind others w ill i be "shot" next week. The film makers j have met with a wonderful response from local manufacturers, sail Smith.

iPAH IS DENIED A LICENSE INDIA NAPOLIS, IND.. Jan. 10 The tr..te Insurance department has declined to issue a license to continue business in Indiana to the Hudson Underwriters, Inc., and the Hudson Motor Indemnity Exchange, of Hammond, Thomas S. McMurray, Jr., state insurance commissioner, said Saturday. He is negotiating with Summer Kenner, assistant attorney-general of Indiana, to have a complaint filed iigainst the allied organizations in a local court and to ask for a receiver for them. He said they are not on a sound financial basis. MILK PRODUCERS CASE CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) CHICAGO, Jan. 10 Claiming that the assets for the organization aggregated mere than $1,000,000, and that its membership embraced 17.000 farmer members, counsel for the Milk Troducers" Co-operative company of Chicago, todayobtained continuance of ten days in the suit for appointment of :in involuntary rceciver before Fed. Judge Carpenter. A restraining order, preventing the dependant company from disposing of any properties was issued by the court. Claims aggregating $13,000 were made by the petitioners, 12 in ntimber. all of whom were farmers and members of the company. It was alleged by the petitioners that the company is insolvent, but rays thousands of dollars to preferred creditors. TRY SAL JSPECIAL TO THE TIMES) CROWN POINT, IND. Jan. 10 The trial of Ix?iiis .Sal. charged with the murder of Kalman Ivan of Hammond, is being held this week in the criminal court. The evidence shows that at a rarty at the Sal home on December 10, at which the moonshine flowed freely Sal, while under tha influence of liquor, shot Ivan, wounding him so severely that he died an hour later at St. Margaret's hospital. Ivan is being tried before a jury arid is being represented by Atty. W. J. McAleer, of Hammond. Sal is a Hungarian and was employed as a watchman. He was indicted by a recent grand jury in the Criminal court. NEWSPAPERS ARE AGAINST THIS BILL INTERNATIONAL NEWS SFRVICF.l "WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 To Postmaster-General Hays' announced opposition to the bill pending in the senate which would make it .an offense fcr Newspapers to publish racing news, today Mas added the strenuous objections of a number of newspaper publishers. They were scheduled to aprear before a subcommittee of the senate judiciary committee to register their protests to the proposed legislation. The bill has already passed the huse but. it was indicated toay that serious efforts will be made to defeat it in the senate. TRUSTEES CONSIDER FIVE APPLICATIONS tSPECtAL TO THE TIWES CROWN POINT. INK.. Jan. 1 0 The township trustees met in sitci.i1 session in the County Superintendent's office on Mondiv, No appointments were made at this time for the office, the triiftees considering applications at this time, five having applied for the office made vacant by the death of I'mmtr Supt- F. F. Heiphway. YOUNGSTOWN STEEL PLANTS IN- ? SPECTED IN MERGER: INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl I YOUNGSTOWN. O.. Jan. 10 Officials! of the Inland Steel Company and the! Steel Tube Company of America, accompanied by officials of the YounKitown Sheet and Tube Company made! a complete inspection of the p'ant f the Younestown Corporation w ith a I view to the merger of these concerns j within .the next thirty days, it was re-! ported here. It wa stated" a cmi- 1 mi t tee of four is meeting in Cleveland conferring upon inventories the WILLIAM KEN NET, successful NewYork Life Insurance representative, of Ruth street, slipped a pan-handier two dimes and a nickel- The wind ble-n the pan-handler's bat off ns he shuffled Mav, A newsboy riiii a ("ter the bat .jfd i-.i-onrrht 'it back. The pan-handler ! brushed the dilapidated hat with care,! thrust his hand into his pocket and re- j warded the newsboy with a dime, report friends of the disillusioned Mr. Kerney.

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USED HER TEETH TO GOOD ADVANTAGE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 10. Helen Ludwig exercised her prerogative and also her Jaws when a burglar carried her bodily from her home shortly before dawn today The bold burglar ransacked the house, he oJaspirvg a hand over the mouth of Heien, who is in, lifted her from her bed and bore her to the street. But Helen bit one if his finsTM bit until with an oath and a cry of pain, he dropped her ungallantly on the sidewalk and fled, llfltn ran back into the house and caTled the per ice. CIGAR CO. BANKRUPT Fensin Bros. Inform Creditors of Insolvency With $21,795 Debts Fension Brothers, dealers in wholesale cigars at 637 Hohman street, Haammond, today informed creditors they were Insolvent and sought refuge in the bankruptcy court. Attorney A. E. Tinkham filed the petition for Fensin Brothers as a firm and for Morris and Chester Fension as individuals. The firm's debts amount to $21,795.18 of which $18,406.32 represents unsecured claims. The assets are placed at $13,173.37. The stock in trade is listed at $1,000 and $S,E61.97 is due on open accounts. Morris Fensin jives his debts at $45 and his assets at $700. but he elafrns exemption for $600 of this. Chester Fensin's schedule Is just a long string of "nothings." He has no debts and no assets. Both men list 20 shares ot stork in the La Minar Cigar Co., but state that it is valueless. The cig.r company was operated in connection with the tobacco store. GEORGE WEEKS DRY AGENT Starts Active Duties as Federal Prohibition Agent With Headquarters in Hammond. George E. Weeks, well known employe of the Gary Works of the Illinois Steel Company and resident of the Steel City since the early days when it resembled a young Sahara, yesterday started his first official duties as chief of proh:bition enforcement offices of Group "D" Lake county and 16 other counties, embracing Northern Indiana. Mr. Weeks received his credentials from Indianapolis yesterday morning, also an order which instructed him to take, fharge of the prohibition rnToreoment office 1n the federal building at Hammond, filling the shoes of enforcement office, Gus Simons, who has held that position for about two years. Many were of the belief that if Mr. Weeks became the new prohibition enforcement officer that he would make his headquarters in Gary, but no so. "The office will still remain in the federal building at Hammond." said Mr. Weeks to a Times reporter yesterday eviinit. "and when I am not out after hooze runneis and moonshiners I will be found there." When asked if he had made any new appointments on his staff. Mr. Weeks stated that he bad not, but might have something to give out for publication in a few days. There are four deputies to be flamed for the present, but if ;n appropriation goes thrnupli, Mr. Weeks is of the opinion that he w:l! be given more mer? to cover the widespread territory. "I really haven't started to get down to business as yet," said Mr. Weeks, "and am merely looking on. However, I expect to make things hum within a short time." Nearly two morths ago. The Times gave the exclusive information, relative to Mr. Weeks appointment. One publcation and several other factions who opposed him attempted to put a stumbling block in his way. but as The Times stated. George had the job tucked away in his pocket all the time. SXMOHS IPfTERTIXWED Gus Simons continues fo hold down the Hammond office, not having received any orders to the contrary from his superior officers. When interviewed today be appeared surprised to learn ot the appointment of Mr. Weeks. "Mr. Weeks isited the office ; esterda v ami s;nd be had hii instructed by I'.ert Morgan to report for duty." said Mr. Simons, "fie showed me his credentials as an agent for Northern Indiana but his papers said nothing about him being named chief;.''

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nr PA XI EL O'l'ONNEr.L I STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERV1CE1 I'l'BLIN. Jan. Id. Artaur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Ffin, was today formally elctd president by dail eirrann, (the Sinn Fein parliament). Griffith succeeds Kanionn le Valera, who resigned because the Irish peace treaty was ratified by the dail. Griffith announced his cabinet as follows: Foreign Affairs George Gavan Duffy . Finance Michael Co j li n s . Defence Richard M'llrahy, chief of staff of the r. it. A. Home Affairs E. J. Uuggan. Local Government Affairs Deputy Cosgrave . Economics Deputy Higgin. President Griffith and his cabinet TT 7 PTTS

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BTJXZJETTJT f 'NTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE MESSINA, ITALY, Jan. 10 A tremendous landslide occurred today at San Fratello, Sicily. The population of 5,000 has fled frcm the town. The cathedral, the pof-t-ofi'ice building and the municipal hall were destroyed. BTXXaXaZTETT (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BALTIMORE. Jan. 10 A woman and a man were burned to death and several others had narrow escapes in fire which destroyed three dwelling houses here early today. Mrs. Josephine Playton, 80 years old, and Harry McCaller, 51. lost their lives. Mrs. Elizabeth Stinner was overcome by smoke. BTJ"T2aETTN riNTEPNATIONAl. NEWS SERVICE CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. 10 F,ecause she refused "to kiss and make up" following a quarrel with her fiance last night, Mary Hadec, 1?. is dead today, and her llance Alfred Parbeiro, 19, is held in city hospital, seriously wounded, under police guard on. a charge of murder. HULLITTN UNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW TORK. Jan. 10 Five men living within a few blocks of each other along the Hoboken waterircnt, died early today from wood alcohol poisoning. Police believed the poisoned liquor responsible for ai: the deaths came from the same source. Bl I.I,KTI". ilNTCRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) III' NTI NGTON, W. Va., Jan. 10. Rusiness is on the up-grade, according to W. J. Haraahn. president of the Chesapeake ,& Ohio, who is here today. He'said the local ships which ar.- running on less than halt force, would probably open at full capacity in February. Bl f.LKTI . INTERNATIONAL NEWS StRVlCF SAN I'iiAM'lSrn, ,if,n. PC Three San Francisc firemen are dead today, a fourth s dyinir. three are. badly injured and fifty perT.ns are recovering from minor hurts as a result of a crash between a speedimr lire truck and INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR HELD SALT LAKE CITY, FT AH. Jan. 10 O. R. Woods, deputy internal revenue collector here, is being held by the police today for questioning in e..nnection with the death of his wife, who was burned to death in her apartment !:ite yesterday. According to reports . made to the p;iice, two ba.ndits a'f.il-;ed Mr. a.nd Mrs. Woods in their Apartment. They knocked Woods unconscious locked him in a closet and then bound and gagged Mrs. Wood-' and threw her upon the bed. which was then set on fire. fither tenants ii.scocred smoke issuing: from the Woods apartment and forced an entrance. Pol ire declared that Mrs. Woods' clothing and the bed on which she was -lying, were saturate,! with benzine. Woods was taken into custody and will be hold petidinc a thorough investicati"ti by police. AFTER HEIGHWAY JOB ON THE STATE BOARD. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. January 10. Will Brown, of Hebron, state .enator. and J. E. Roesler, president of Valparaiso University called on'Governor MoCray Saturday. Senator F.rown is interested in filling by the Governor of a vacancy on' the state board of education. Fred 1 1. Cole, of Va'paraisi, Porter county school superintendent h.i-s ;bcen mentioned for the appointment. MAJOR OPIE IS AGAIN ACCUSED WASHINGTON. Isri, fi Maj M- H-. I.. 0;o cf S'ta int.'Ti. V.. was aeruiicu by Garland 1). Collett. 116 Olive street. Pallas. Texas, of shoo.ing at him during a battle in France, according to a letter from Collett. made public today bj' Senator "Tom" Watson of Georgia.

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constitutes the provisional government of the Irish free state, which will shortly take over all administrative authority in Ireland (outside of Ulster province) from the Pritish. Eamonn 1 e Valera ana his adherents bolted dail eireann. Pe Valera gained the floor and said that he could not remain in the house while voting was in progress for Griffith. Accompanied by fitty-flve of his followers, he !"ft the hall. The deputies who remained then made the election of Griffith and his cabinet unanimous. "The election of Griffith would degrade the offices of president of the Irish republic." exclatmpd Pe Valera angrily, as he passed out of the legislative chamber. TT fik .5 Sutter street car. The street car crashed into the fire truck. Many of the fifty passenger! on the street car were women. BULLETIN.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PL' LIN, Jan. 1". Ireland expects to be admitted to the league of nations as a free t.tate during 1922. it was learned today. H is expected that formal application will be made as soon as the Irish free state comes into being and that Great. Britain will see to it that Ireland is successful in gaining admission. BTTIjLETIW I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 Postmaster-General Hays, In a letter today to Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, came out squarely in opposition to a bill recently passed in the house which would make it an offense for newspapers to publish racing news. BtrXtETIW 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! MVXCIE. IND, Jan. 10 Horace G. Murphy, ex-prosecutor of Delaware county, who has been, on parole after serving part of two year term in the Atlanta penitentiary for participation in the socalled mcie fake fight swindles, is a free man trvd.iv. Murphy receied word that he ha been pardoned by President Harding. riTJ LIVE TIN INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ANNAPOLIS. MP., Jan. 10 Although attending physicians today announced the condition of Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, suffering from a severe attack of influenza complicated by bronchitis, as improved and that the executive passed a restful night, thy state of Gov. Ritchie's htalth is still very serious. BTJLIiETIir INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PITTSRFRGH. PA.. Jan. 10 Two (iremen were oercoir.e and damage estimated at $27C-.Of0 resulted in a tire which started in a J-and-10-eent lore In the heart of the business district. A serious conflagration WTf.s threatened before the fire was brought under control. N. D. STOCK TAX HELD INVALID INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The United States Supreme Court today lied invalid the North pukota State Capital Stock Tax. as applied to railroads doing 'business in the state. The lower courts had upheld the sa.x, brt is invalidity had be n c''nendci "nv Junto? C. iMvis, I tj roc! or-Gc n era of railroads: the Northern Pacific- Railway C., .ind otuer roads, on the grounds that the iatv violated the commerce clause cf the federal constiution. The law provided that raifroad companies should be -taxed on the a-lue of tin? entire c.-tpiial stO"-k. measure,) hy the vtilue of t lie railroad property in the state. HARRY MATHERS IS PRETTY BUSY Reports received by Chief Gus Simons from Prohibition Agent Harry Mather at South Rend indicate that Harry has been pretty busy with the shot iff and police forcs cleaning up some of the wet spots. Yesterday they -ook a little run up to tho Michigan state !in0 and pinched the State Line Inn. Frank Kind'-rski and Nick Vulcalya were arrested ard a gallon of whiskey and 30 gallons of wine had beta found at ihe place. They next vi.sited tbt Gypsy Inn nearby and picked off Charles K. Swart who had a pint of whisky behind the soft .Irir.k hir. ('harlry tried to smash the bottle but the sheriff b e a t 1 1 i m to it. Wal'cr Kii'ka cf Gra ng'r was . 'u vto be the posse-snr of n 5'"i-gai!m si III which was bubbling merrily when the officers arrived. Walter also had eight gallons of moonshine and 439 gallons of mash.

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illMPT L THEIR PLANS Jones and Laughlin Steel to Go From Hammond All Oyer World (BY H. Ti. CROSS) PITTSBURGH, PA., Jan. 10 The Hammond mills of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Co., will be built in five units, the first, second and third units to have a total capacity of two million ingot a year. The development of the thousand acre tract will begin in 1323 or as soon as plans can be completed, if conditions warrant, and will cover period of from fifteen to twenty-five years, depending on the steel market and the opening of waterway transportation to New Orleans with tho opening of the Calumet river, the Sag canal and the. other -water connections with the Mississippi river. WXZ.X. GO TO AXJs POSTS Jones and Laughlin will ship steri on barges for delivery at points south and to ocean freighters at New Orleans. Steel made In Hammond will go to ports in every corner of the globe without railroad transportation. Whether ground is broken in two years or three, or four years, for the first unit will depead upon the long delayed resumption of building in Chicago, the demand lor steel in the automobile industry and general business conditions. ouvrora ttiAjfv skztcees In the skyscraper office of the company on Ross st., engineers are at work on the drawings of the completed plant skefNhes for the first unit include a ooke plant, four blast furnaces and equivalent number of steel furnaces, a rolling mill, open hearth and a merchant mill, the second ut t will consist of a big tube works, the third, fourth and fifth units are additional blast furnaces and diversifler mills for the pressing and fabrication of etcel. WTUC BE LAB. (3 EST GROUP In its entirety the Hammond pUnt will be the largest of the Jones and Laughlin group of miils. To make cei -lain that there was nothing misleading in the dispatches sent The Times yesterday, I submitted the copy to an official of the Jones and Laujthliu Coti --any, who said it was correct in every sense. "We want the people of Hammond to know that we are sincere and tlici uc will develop the land we purchased, h ;t we do not want the into expect us to perform miracles and build a steel m 1! this year or een next year." he said. WHAT CAJTEfrE OFFICIALS SAY Upon reaching Pittsburgh yesterftny morning I went direct to the office of Charles A. Fisher, assistant to the president, who introduced me to the official in a position to Rive the desired information. He requested that i not use his name. In the afternoon I talked to n official of the Carnegie Steel Company, a competitor of the Jones and LaughCm Company, who said that there was every reason to believe that the Hammond mills would be built. "It is not only- a logical expansion for the Jones and Iugl lin Company, but one tin y cannot very well avoid if they Inter.) to stay out of the merger of the independent steel companits whiih it is certain they do," he said. "They hivethe resources." JONES GETS THE BTJSXKESS "They are about due for another plant. Since the two families went into steel business in 1 M0 they have started a new mill every twenty-five years and each new mill has developed steadily for a quarter of a century until the lev tlopmen i, was complete If there is any business to be had. Junes und t uRhlin ccts its share. They are i-on--pctitcrs. but they are ail right." Mr. fisher laughed at the suggestion Hint the site in Hammond which cost nearly tw o million dollars might be a spe; illation. "The Investment would cat Itself up in ten yea-s, wouldn't it?" he asked. TREATS MWSPAPER3 RIGHT W. F. Mossmar. of the Jones ml Laughlin Company had this to ray of the policy of the nn.-i-rn. "This ci rorany leaves polities to the polit icini;. lit also has a liberal policy regard tig news and whenever there is a serious accident in our mills, we telephone the newspapers the facts. ARBUCKLE TRIAL WEDNESDAY SAN FRANCISCO. Cab. Jan 9. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle w ill go on trial again for manslaughter as a result of the death of Virginia Rappe on Wednesda y. His case was called in superior court loday and he entered a plea of not guilty to the grand jury indictment charging him with responsibility for Miss Rappe's death. District Attorney Brady and Gavin MeNab. chief counsel for the film come-" j iban. ach asked that the urn trial proceed at the earliest possible date and Judge Louderbaik announced a case now on trial would be completed in time for the case to epen Wednesday.

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