Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 171, Hammond, Lake County, 11 January 1922 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Thursdays colder tonight.

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IDENTITY OF GANG IS REVEALED

Notorious Gunman Is Found Dying In Oak Park New lacrels have been won by special tfcnts of the I. II. P.. railroad under Chief Benjamin Strong:, former ly a Hammond police captain, in ac- j counts of battle more thrilling than j notion involving Special Agent Harney New land who fought out a gun battle with a quartet of the notorious Maywood gangr. hootins and probably fatally wounding: Rocco de Crasso, alleged gunman, bank bandit and boscar burglar. tell how Special Ag-ent Newland ridinga Chicago jmnction merchandise t raan dropped from the way-car of the train at Stickney, the destination. Newland Is said to hav pighted three men breaking car seal. about amidships of tho train. As he approached them in the shadow of the care bis steps were cut short when a fusillade of bullets fired at short ran splintered the side- of the car near him. He leaped between two cars as another salvo rang out. In the dusk ho sighted four figures standing: in a field adjacent to the tracks. He raised his gun and fired. Another volley came from tho gun-men. Newland continued to pepper away until two of tno bandits dropped. The other two hacked aw-ay. Newland thinking: he might be attacked from the rear crep under the train. When ho returned to the scene of the battle no trace of the wounded men could be found. The. Chicasro detective bureau was notified. Chief Strong with a detail if men scoured the May wood ditsriet for trace of the bandits. Nothing was found until this .morning- when a chefk-up of Chicago hospitals disclosed the whereabouts of Rocco de Grasso. He was found mortally wounded in Oak Park hospital. Special Agrent Newland identified him as th leader of the. pang that fired up on him. De GTasso was removed to Cook county hospital. j Police of Chicago are try ing to j round un other members of the gang , .v.- . . r, f Vi e Afnvarnr.rt ! wnom me, ,ui v. bank robbery ana uraruu. ''.Vhen all the evidence has been collected and the gang eorraled police believe they will be abla to relate the history of one of the most daring hnds of criminals that have ever fer.orIzej a community. Merchants rf Maywood are frank In saying that continued unhampered operations of the bandit gang will mean the ultimate ruin of tho town and the financial ruin of the merchants. Chief Strong believes that premedi fated attempt was made to murder ; S'peeial Agent Newland The three ! hted by Newlard 1n the act of j men sigmr.u n,-. - - - , ,r,:nr- the box cars are believed to ; ba.v been a lure to occupy Newlard s , attentions while the quartet 01 oesperadoes under d Grasso committed the murder. Arrest of other members of the i i imminent. Lieutenant John one of the ablest j Nauracy. Teputeo agents in the system, mis t. . r-d by Chief Strong to locate the gang's hang-out. Pe Grasso has been booted by cnlrao police on a number of charges. H, is wanted also in Galcsburg, 111., for bank robbery. NEIL BROWN HEADS HUB'SG1VIG BODY Crown Point's Chamber of Commerce Elects Annual Officers for 1922. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT, Ind., Jan. 11. The j annual election of the Chamber of i Commerce was held in Legion Hall on j Monday night, with the following men , in power to pilot this hustling business i organization during 1922: j President Neil Drown. ( Vice President Judge Martin Smith. : Treasurer J. J. Stecli. f 1'ireriois ji.ijui v.. uiki, Kd Eder. John I'. Miller, John C. Fisher. Harry Claussen. Committees wore appointed relative to the building of a community house in Crown Point also for the purchase of a fire truck to be used by the farmers. The annual dues will be raised to $10 per year. The matter of a salaried secretary paying $125 per month for his services was also discussed but it was deciaea mai n ou :u out ue pw.--

sible at this time. However, the salary st -ico of Miss Monte Huckshorn, pret- j of the secretary will h - in. rcas.sd. The ty divorcee who gave her address as f route of the Jacks--n Highway was a!s ! 39 Michigan avenue, Kansas City, discussed but no defini-e action taken, 'and in causing his arrest, charged she j . (had been a love prisoner. j AEW Bt"Sl.KSS SECTIOV j Her rescue, had all the attributes of BEIXG BEVKI.OPKd! movie thriller. i

Any party wishing to engage in bus- j inpss in a growing community will find j it- to their advantage to communicate with me. 1 am ready to o;n a busi-i ncss intern. 't near the new proposed; i'cel plant and stlii have some .go-d '

shops for rent or sale in Forsyth Wa- J Miss Huckshorn. his w ife, and declared I 250 members of the Chamber of Cornier Gardens on street car lino; Jl. S. , hlsbelief that she was acting under , mi r("c- M. Jordan, of the Indianapolis Davidson, 600 119th street, phone P7-R j hypnotic influence. He blames Sir. j Water company, explained to the guests Whitins. 1-11 Cream for the arrest. 1 the working of the wonderful plant.

GOUHTRY CLUB OPENING

IS NEXT VH 'President W. P. Gleason of; Gary Club Makes the An- j ! nouncement Today. I j President W. j Oary Country P. Gleason. of the new I'lub, mailed announce- ; men is to club numbers this week In-! jlorming them that the new club house1 j la complete and ready for use. ; I The house as construct ed has many j improvements and several addition jover the original plans, which were! I submitted Oct. 7. j Tiie main club room is larger, all j rooms are lathed and plastered, and j steam heated, including: the porch across J the. front of the building which lias j been j.Tassed in. The golf profession- ! ai's shop and living- rooms were added,! a cellar was provided with adequate i space, for steam heating: plant, water ! heaters, water pump.s, laundry tubs and j fuel storage. The club house has been j furnished throughout, including silverware, dishes, glassware, kitchen utensils, linen for dining loom, and for ladies' and gentlemen's locker rooms. The! ground tn the vicinity of the club house ! has been graded Mil black dirt, and : c- nj ?t rnctrd. I It has been .heided to i eu the club

itainment has been provide! "for the tRMi!hcor from

ana lain. Members will receive further rr-ticc of tho opening from tho enterlainnienl commit tee. As toon as cossible, the club activities will be devel -

oped and every arrangement conducive;'" - xownoi.u

of good management will be in effect. : VL,,lr -,la OI lne are "stering It is infen.wi ,-. hn. th nr. iriwl,h over-night soft drink parlors

good shape and open as Boon as the weather permits. I'he grounds and club; house will be conducted under the most sensible rules and in the interest of the members, says Mr. Gleason. ALBERT STUMP ADDRESSES R0TAR1ANS . Aioert erump or inaianapoiis. spoae yesterday before the Rotary Club on the Snirit of Co-operation. "The world ahs advanced a long ways in one illustrated his meaning by examples which were interesting and well to the point. He told how one hundred years asro, a church conference in Boston, solemnly declared that bath tubs in the house were the works of the devil. At about the same time, a commissioner of patents in Washington resigned because he said there was nothin moro for him to do every useful in-:

vention that could be made by the in-ja free Mlic clinic for "babies and genufty of man having been completed Children." This will be established in "Why there is scarcely a thing in!offiL'es formerly used by the city chemthis room," said Mr. Stump, "that haa ,n tne Rimach building. Dr. Wilnot been improved upon, perfected in!lialn K- Nichols is said to be fathering

its form, or touched in some way by invention1? since that time." "The statement of these tilings now so-unds common place. They are of

the ordinary experience of this gen-lcilman William E. Schulte spring to cration. But the achievement of these! his feet and in an impassioned oratori-stupendo-us results is the most out-leal outburst cried, "they shall not

standing comment on the ever pres- i spirit of progress. It has been said j '"at the -building- up of possibility of ; any service to the people of a communUy depends unon the co-operation of "'"'" l pra""""lJ- ! First: The inventors and scientists lv-u -man t., .v3 m hmmtnese sources ana resources or nature available to our needs. Second, The Investors who can pool their resources together into a fund of sufficient size to bear up the service. Third, The Public who will use the service provided These elements must co-operate in the ! community which would avail itself l of the service of these creat forces and ! would i.kc. them most ctTi. ien H v. i "The inter-denendence of all of these elements is easily disc-lowed by a few

minutes analysis. Mr. Stump illus-!"1 taiumet avenue crossing. i ne or- . traied this point by referring to thojdinance will permit perpetual blocking, man who proposed to build his ownjof Calumet avenue, he fears. He had j V. m . f.nii. V ....... . t 1 1. - e : . t- i mam- ei.rinnrlfiria i nf1 11 rl i n ( 'on nci 1 111 S 11 '

"L '"- "un- i ojt oulsue he. p. Wiiiio appearing in s'Jcceed in his effort, lie lost, wight of the fact that his working tools and his raw material have ben provided i by other workers covering u wide hold ! of activity. DENTIST SUSTAINS A BAD FALl HOBART, Ind., Jan. 11. Dr. C. ; K.-nward of Gary, formerly nf this ( place, has been compelled to close his j dental office at Gary during the pati ! wcck owing to serious iniuiics re- I sulting in a wrenched back caused by failing down stairs a week ago. DIVORCE IN MOVIE THRILLER SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Jan. 6. Fhillip S. Whitney, wealthy Kansas City

rcany man, was tree tooay unaer swii -ary. Ind.. were arrested here todaybond following his arrest at the in- j rhartred with attemntlnor to break ir-to

She smuggled a note to J. E. Cream. with whon. she became acquainted in i Los Anweles and he notified the police. I S!(j alleged that Whitney- kept close' uard over her and threatened her. 1 Whttn wl. at once secured an at- , torncy. declared that he considered-

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R. R. MAN CAN FIGHT AND HOLD HIS JOB CHICAGO, Jan. 11. Railroading is stlU a two-fisted business. A man can fight and yet hold his job, according' to a decision handed down today by the United States Railroad Labor Board, reinstating' George Harmeson, blacksmith, who was dls. charged by the CMcagro & Northwestern Railway Co. for fighting: while on duty Not. lo. I92t, at the Chicago shops of the company. The board ruled that Harmeson "should be reinstated to his former position with seniority rights unimpaired." CITY FINANCE How to rehabilitate the city's weakened financial condition? How to bloa l"c lreaaur- nat DC a rroDiem rr tho ncw cit-v c-cll. ter the treasurv? ihis was indicated last night when administration officers introduced an 'OMinancc Rt a special meeting of coun cil boosting the annual license of rea 00. This 13 j "' "-"i"""1' ' Faions tlle oId hard-liquor days. i -uayor tirowv. taking the noor, ad- ! vocatcd incr license fees. This, Vl k Ctoirt Kni-tnucA t.- IT , I .J phc" rnoonsh.ne, crime and Hccnti - , ' -' J 1 ' I takcs out a lcens". makes money, then con,'el:' nls litcns and sets a refund, i from the c!t'- Ur'atcr tax on th oft ' j arink parlors will wipe out these j rj'cuuuitriai Eioro Piiut ot vice, tniniis (the mayor. He attributes the triumph tof prohibition to belated efforts of sa- ( loonkeepcrs and brewcr3 to supervise their business and run it in decent fashion. The same fate awaits the , soft drink men, he says. Another reai son for increased license fees is that the city needs the money. This was brought not in .mntvn nrHin.n i raising commcrctal vehicle tax. $10 to . $30 a rear. goft dvlak pariors sening kickless 1 Councilmen Keissig, Mhite Conde and others objected strenuously to an j annual tax of $200. On motion of ,' Conde the measure was tabled. j The ordinance increasing tax on comercial veTTicles was passed without debate. Council spent a littic money also. It i s-vj the movement. "THEY SHALL NOT PASS." Visions of the battle before Verdun tilled the council chamber when Counpass" and again "we'll hold them east 0f Calumet avenue." He was referring to an ordinance raising the speed limit ;of trai:1!3 passing through the citv from s!x yios to fifteen miles an hour, and permitting west bound trains to approach as far as Oakley avenue while lhej, awaited the signal to cross Hoh(man street The ordinance permits the i trains to hold up the crossing at Jessie i and Sohl streets for five minutes. Oth- j j er crossings as formerly, may not be ) j blocked at all. Schulte objected to ' I making Oakley avenue the western i terminus. He wants the trains to wait; least of Calumet avenue for their sig- i nal to proceed He says East Chicago I workl rs arc now delayed three days ; Wt-K- v.vm..,s '" - l:ort A.uiorson. wno -saiu ..c Knew a ; few things about the railroads aml j their promises. i lie enrtinaiice went ic vote aner went te vote Mayor Brown had appeared on the floor j and urged a conciliatory policy ml thei part of council in dealing with the1 railroads. i The measure was passed, six council- j men voting "no." Council w ill meet again next Tucs- : (lav night in regular session. GARY BOYS ARE CAUGHT IN ACT Chicago Police Get Them While Breaking Into Supply Station. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE J CHICAGO, Jan. 11. Willard Shake, 18. and Raymond B'razler, 13, both of th 0ffres of the Chinese American Restaurant Supply Company in West Van Ilnrcn street. They were arrested w hen detectives observing the figures of the hoys outlined agfinr-t the skyline atop the roof of a hot-.-l, began an inv estigat ion . LUNCHEON TO 250. The East Chieasro and Indiana Har- "'" "'"" ,:"u"'ralc """. "" ;" " mira tion plant of the company, entertained

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NOT GUILT, IS SURPRISE VERDICT

Louis Sal Who Killed Kalman Ivan In Hammond Is Aquitted SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWK POINT. Jan. 11. After six hours" deliberation, a jury in the criminal court here trying Iouis Sal for the murder of Kalman Ivan, both of Hammond, brought in a verdict of "not '; : guuty. ine vercitct came as a hut- ; j prise to court spectators and attaches I who anticipated the reason for the j Jury's long: deliberation as probable conviction on charges of manslaughter, i W. J. MciAlccr, of Hammond, rcprcI scnted the defense. I Sal was on trial for the killing of j j Kalman Ivan, shot down in Sal's ho-uie j ; December 10. during a liquor party. Ati j the time of the shooting the motive for tho slaying was attributed to a j sudden fit of jealousy on Sal'al part refentcd the too familiar attitude . T , , .... c ,. ,.r 1VAII III U.JVlli ILU .Till 9 (IC. Inuring- the trial it dcvelope-t that th woman, Rebecca Dane, ha3 never j been married to Sal. It was believed i that the state would use this fact in jb legitimacy of Sal's I ! apparent jealous-. This, however, was i ignored by the rrosecution. J Immediately following his acquittal j Sal was embraced with touching affection by his common-law wife. A wave j of pity swept the court room as the I woman with a cry of delight rushed to ; the arms of her "man" as he turned j from the bench after hearing the vcrdiet. Together the two of them left I the courtroom and entering the office of the county clerk took out a mar- ' riage license. They were legally mar-i ried a few minutes later by a local 1 Uust'ce of ffat'e' v. , , Attorney McAleer based his plea for acquittal on testimony of Sal who said i he didn't know the gun that he pointed at Ivan was loaded. An6ther witness j ! testified that he had loaded the revol- i vcr the day beforehand placed it in its') customary place in the bureou draw, j This he did he says because he was i afraid of burglars. The defence pleaded also that Sal committed tho act ! while under the influence of liquor, Mr. McAleer introduced a number of ' important character witnesses. Some, I of these were high officials of the i Standard Steel Car Co,, who verified the excellent character of Sal. both as workman and husband. Other Ham- - mond business ben were placed on the stana as unaraticr w luicsva .i.-v.'. . Chief Emil A. Bunde of Hammond viewed with alarm the acquittal of Sal vesterdav - " "I is possible that a recurrance of i crime may again strike Hammond should criminals regain the idea Lake County justice is a joke." FURTHER REDUCTIONS FOR CLUB GROUNDS Possibility of the sale of the Ham-

mond Country Club grounds for rcsi- 1 began the study of law in the Kent Coldenee purposes became remote last j lege or Law, winning the $!(H) scholarnight when at a special meeting of the j ship prize while a junior at that school, committee from the members with the j Cpon his graduation from the Kent colboard of directors of the holding asso- j lego he began the practice of law in elation, the latter announced that) a j Lake county in w hich vocation ho h:is

rP,juc,on 0f $10.n0u on the original pricc hafl bcrn aKreefi Hpon. Tbo ocf:ociatioll A,hich owns the f.rnu,lfls , nd clll) hoU8e had originally . 'asked $1,000 an acre for the 60 ii' ics an,, s:itW1,, for Ul0 h,.utiC, a tu,A r jyn.nnn. This offer had been made to ,ho lrPmbPrs some time ago and plans had already been worked out for purchasing the property. When the owners came in la:it night and made a new offer without solicitation, the members were highly pleased and expressed the belief that the work of financing the purchase would now j go forward rapidly. I The committee, which his been car- ! rying- on the negotiations with the dij rectors of the association, were, ap pointed at a mass meeting of members of the club several weeks ago. It had already been decided to charge each number V17i from which old members would be permitted to deduct their original initiation fee. Over 100 members have alreadysigned contracts under the new rate. The reduction of $10,000 in tho price of the property means that the club will need about SO less names than had lirst been counted upon. DEATH OF BABY Little Kenneth Adrian MeLeod, Jr., died this morning at 8:15 o'clock, after a brief illness at the home of his grand parents, Mr. and Mm Reese of Plummer a'venuc. He was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mc.Leod of Towle street, Hammond, and was a year and nine months old. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. UNPEN. 111.. Jan. 11. -Directors and stockholders of thj First State Flank of Linden, annnunc-d today that they will mike good the shortage of Cashier A. R. Ruzzell, which to date aggregates $S3,000 and that the bank will continue operations.

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i BY W. H. ATKINS ST.tp CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE) WASIllMHo.v, Jim. ii. iht- government's chief investigating agencies were merged today in a determined effort to drive don n execs. kve retail prices. At the suggestion uf Attorney-General Daugherty, the probe will be extended to all classes of business 'in an attempt to fix rcsnonsi l.ili i v for wide differences between wholesale and retail prices in various parts of the country. Supplementing the warch for profi teers in food, clothing, fuel, shoes and

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( Bt l.I.KTIN.l INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEJ iNlJW YOilK, Jan 11. .VowYork was in the grip of a bliazard today. A driving pnow htorm hcgan at six a. m., and was sclndul'd to continue day. The weather bureau announced that a foot of stio-v would fail. The stnnii vas also aid to bo passing ..vcr northern Virginia and J'cnnsylvania, moving- northeastward . Bt l.LKTI V. riMERNATiONAU NEWS SERV1CE1 NbW OKK. .Jan. 11. 1'olice are searching today P. r burglars, who looted the home of Mrs. I'.egina Tarrah, wealthy widow of heirlooms, old ;,nd textiles, pearl inlaid furnishings, jewels, clothing and cash, estimated at $7i,000 in value. xJtcr having chloroformed Adele Tarrab. 16. her daughter. Mrs. Tarrab was at a theatre. Four other daughters were asleep and were not disturbed by the burglars. (Bll.I.ETfV.) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO. Jan. 11 ! rcsh egg-; are selling in Chicago today at i'9 and 40 tents a dozen. A week iio the price was 53 cents a dozen. Storage cgys are selling as low as cents a dozen in many stores. The sharp decline came as a result of the seizure by storage P D nVCD AM MR II MP ITO U. I. UILIA ttllllUUMULO CANDIDACY FOR CLERK Popular Hammond and East Chicago Attorney Throws His Hat In Ring. ! Charles K. Dyer today announced his candidacy for the republican nomination tor county clerk next spring. j In making his announcement today, Mr. Dyer acknow ledged that he felt as-

that j sured of victory. He said that wherej as he entered the race for auditor in !1916 with discouraging odds against

, him he feit that he was getting away to a good start tiiis time and would win by a pood margin. Mr. I.iyer does not need an introduction lo the voters of the county. He Is the son of John W. Dyer, who was county treasurer from 1M( to 1901. Graduating from the Crown Point high school in "DR. he snent two years at the t Michigan Military academv and then continued for more than ten years. He has gained the reputation of being one of the best attorneys in the county. Although Dyer is for; y -one years of age and the head of a family of live children, he appears to be a great deal younger and this he attributes to lus fondness for athletics, especially swimming. While in the Crown Point high school and the military academy he went in for pole vaulting and established tome, records for his schools. PAETNER Or COL. RTLEY. In August, If 16, Col. Riley formed a law partnership and Dyer became a member of the fnrn, known as Riley, ! Hembroff, Dyer & Reed. He is actively engaged in the. practice of law- as a I member of that firm with offices in East Chicago, but his home is in Hammond where he has lived since 1591. He is an every-day man with a world of pep ami a knack of doing things well. Mr. 1 .Iyer's knowledge of the law especially qualifies lilni for the position of county clerk, the clerk being an officer of the court w h w rites the orders and judgments of th' court and assists the attorneys and their clients. SCHOOL CANDIDATE HOBART, Ind.. Jan. 11. Superintendent Condon has announced himself as candidate for Superintendent of Schools of Lake county, which pesition has been made vacant by the recent death of Supt. Flcighway. The election which will decide who Is to he; his successor will take plae,. tms week between the ob-vcii trustee of 1 -ic county. r-'upt. Condon has the required qu.tli-icatiors to till the position which arc four years of Norma' training and a bolder of a state license. It has been rumored that Mr. Hart Mu-nde.ll, formerly of thin place i; also an aspirant for the position.

HOBART MAN IS

FORCES other household necessities, th Attorney-General has directed that the government widen its probe to include middlemen and others suspected of maintaining hi.h prices. The department of justice, co-operating with the demands of labor and commerce, today sought information from agencies in all parts of the United states that may show that manufacturers and middle men arc openly violating the law, in order to keep prices at or near war levels on numeroils article.--. houses of S'Hi.noo cares of eggs he'd by speculators who had failed to meet a martin and storage charges. Six million dozen eggs were dumped on the market. (Bl !,I.KTIV. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) BKLFAST, Jiiti. 11. -A workman and his if were bo-.h killed by snipers this morning while bidding each other rarewcll on the doorstep of their home. The man had just embraced bis wife. There was much tiring ;n the streets throughout the night. (Bl'M.KTIVt INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) OMAHA. N1)., Jan. 11. James Mitchell and Thomas Tcel, negro s-trike breakers at th-i stockyards, arc believed to be dying in a hospital here today, from beatings received when they aCeinpted to go to work last night. m ixKrn.i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. The Army Transport Crook, from Antwerp to New York-, with POO former members of (he morican Army of Occupation in Germany aboard, spuing a lca'.c when ab.iut 500 miles from New York, but is now proceeding into port under her own steam, according to a radio message to the war department today. PRIZE winners IN PARTHENON CONTEST The winners in the "Missing Letter Contest," recently announced by the Parthenon theatre ;"n connection with the "Why Girie Leave Home," photoplay, being shown all thia week are as follows: Catherine McGarry, Ina Johnson, Eugene Sullivan, Helen Earnings, Chas. G. Olsen, L. M. Liekc!, William Cappel Lawrence Flaherty. Thomas Ca'.'ig-Jn. Marram Don..' van. Chas. Iloren. Hazel Ibmor, Mrs. J. W. Minsker, Mrs. M. Barton, Rose Fein, Yida Iteitz, Hunter Imes, Gertrude Vardcviioof. Thoae that supplied the missing word in the Nagdeman ad., which was Whim sett, were as follows: Gertrude Vanderhoff. Mrs. Marie MacLeod, Mrs. Harry Hilbrick, William : Ripley, Mrs. William Keekman, Jeanettc Green. Mrs. John Martin. If these people will kindly call at the box office- of the Parthenon theatre they will be handed their free admission tickets to see "Why Girls Leave Homo. Tickets will he good for thiievening or for the balance of the enoi.cm w n.vu ..ir.. r i luaj niism. Miss Catherine McGarry has been named as the first prize winner because not only did she supply the missinTj words correctly, promptly and neatly but also located another word mis-spelled and fent it in with her reply. This shows without a single doubt, that the people interested in this campaign and Miss McGarry in particular were more than observing of the simple rules of spelling. To Miss Ina Johnson eomfs the second prize and the same distinction. ROTARY CONVENTION. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 11. An interesting feature of the eleventh district conference of Rotarians at Indianapolis, February 21 and 22, is to ibe a competitive "mo-vie- rfiovv" staged by the big transcontinental railroad. The net international conference of Rotary is to be held in Los Angeles, next summer. Ml .f the transcontinental lines want the -business. To get it they arc sending to Indianapolis, for exhibition on the evening of February 21. consignments of tilms. y'ides and photographs disclosing the -glories of travel oicr their lines. Scenes from the national parks and other western wonderlands arc inciidedc in the bis show. PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY Charles C. Deming of Hammond, associated with Wlliam II. Jacobs, as a partner in the Diamond Jay-Dee Co.. an automobile accessory store at 23S5 S. Michigan avenue, Chicago. today filed a voluntary- petition in bankruptcy in the federal court at Hammond. Mr. Deming's schedules cover his debts and assets, both as a member of the firm and as an individual. His arrets amount t only- $11.T!, while his personal ard partnership debts amount to $1.1,2.V47. The schedules were prepared by Attorneys Ibach, Gavit, Stinson and Gavit. m m,i;ti.) COU'MHIA. Mo.. .Tan. 11. Fire early today destroved an entire city block in Roche.port, Mo., near here. Ten business dwellings were dertroyed. The damage Is estimated at $75,000.

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CONTRACTS TO BE LET TO LOW BID

Local Contracts And Labor Will HaYB Chances At Big Jo!) (ET IC R. CROSS.) Lake county fewer, grading, road building, plumbing and building contractors will have the preference In the letting of contracts for tho development of the Jones and Laurhlin stee! mills in this district. The new concern will also patronize tho local labor market. Officials at Pittsburgh declared yesterday that Hammond and Lake coun ty will receive first consideration. Enless it is necessary the companywill not enter the house-building business. Nor will it seek control of any bank or retail establishment. "Jones and Iiuglilin can be depended upon to do two things." declared the official. "Wo will give lirst conslderstion to Lake; county contractors a-id labor and wlil confine ourselves ptricfly to the manufacture of Fteel. l3cal enterprise can have the full benefit of the increased population." COITT3U.CTS SUB-LET. Contracts for the building of the blast furnaces, open hearths and the big steel construction will be let to general contractors and the various accessories, such as grading, plumbing, lighting, etc., will be sub-let. The-rB are only a few firms In the countrylarge enough to handle the grenrral contract. The first unit of the mills, including the ground work, such as filling in tlake, laying water tunnels, sewers, switch yards, changing the canal nnd enclosing the 1,000 acre tract, will represent an Investment of approximately $20,000,000. Four blast furnaces, Bieel furnaces, rolling mills, coke plant, etc., are part of the first unit. A resumption of building in Chicago and surrounding cities, orders for railroad equipment and general betterment of the steel business this year will hasten the construction -of the first unit of the Jones and Laughlin mill. The Times reporter was present lrs-i evening at a dinner in the William Fcnn hotel at Pittsburgh, attended by officials of the leading industries including the Standard Steel Car Co.. Pittsburgh Coal Co., Wcstlnghousc and the General Electric Company as well as a representative of the Jones and Laugiiiin Co. ATTRACT ETHALLEB CONCX2JTS. These men agreed that the future ol the Calumet region of Indiana could not be painted too rosy. It was the concensus of tho group that tho build ing of a big steel mill by the Jones and Laughlin company would attract a dozen minor industries to the city in the course of a few years. "Ail concerns depending upon stoel will nestle as close to a big steel mill as they can get," one man said. "Look at our rivers. They are lined for twenty and thirty miles with industries, bang-up against the steel mills. "You'll have to get the state militia to keep the smaller plants out when Jones and Laughlin build in Hammond." Of course no one in Pittsburgh will concede for a minute that the Calumet district has greater advantages thai the Pittsburgh district, but they do acknowledge that it is an outer portal of their industrial heaven. If any of the other independent steel companies with the possible exception of the P.ethleham utatcd at this time that it intended building another steel mill, Pittsburgh steel men would laugh. It is known, however, that Uo; J. & L. people have tens of millions of dollars ih I'nited States treasury certificates aid that could build the plant and pay for it out of their undivided profits. PITTSBURGH OPTIMISTIC. Despite the worst industrial depression the city ha3 ever known. 1'ittshurgh steel men are In good spirits. They feel that there is nothing v uy radically wrong with the country and that it w ill recover as cjuickly . as it went dow v . The Pittsburgh Coal Co. has fiftysic mines in tho Pittsburgh district, supplying coal to the industries that do not have their own mines. Fifty of these fifty-six mines arc closed and the six are working part time. Toe sky is not stblaze at night with the light of the furnace. Smoke stacks for the most part are pure. The blanket cf smoke that settles in the valleys smothering the inhabitants and giving the city its reputation for dirt, is absent. You could see tho iky yesterrtay In Pittsburgh and the sunehlnc was as powerful as the moonshine. Are the Pittsburgers downhearted? Not tn public. They may weep and gnash their teeth In the privacy of their homes, bemoanirg their fate and praying for prosperity, but in the offices, hotels, cafes, theaters and on the street they are as cheerful as a Rotaryclub dinner. Albert DcWolf Erskine, consulting engineer of Chicago, who negotiated th-2 purchase of approximately 1,000 acres of land for the Jones and Laughlin Steel Co.. left today for New York to consult with P. J. Jones, jr., president of the J. A L. Co. McKinley l'oge No. 71?, Enlerd App'nt ice degree to be conferred Wednesday evening nt 7:10. All members refmestcrl f c, h. r.vn.. nK . 11 - - - vti-ovrill. visitors welcome. l-10-2t E. W. MILES, Secy.

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