Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 182, Hammond, Lake County, 25 January 1922 — Page 1

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MINERS ' IN EMERGENCY APPEAL TO HARDING CASHf PANS IfllliTiSHFAif RS WAR DEPARTMENT RESENTS 0F1IRS REGIONAL TO BE ASKED OF COUNCIL IN WARNING DRAFT BOARD CRITICISM IS EXPOSED

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As Means of Averting Labor Crisis They're Doomed He Says BTJXIxETXW WAKHrNOTOir, Jan. S5 The rtecis Ion of the United State Railroad La-;-"box Board dissolving national working i a.Taements on all railroads, was at- I lacked today as "unwarranted an 4 tin-; J turf by spokesmen for the rail unions j testifying' fcefore the senate interstate commerce committee. U. P. Anderson. I vice-president of the International As-: soclation of Machinists declared the ! boards' decision was prejudiced bj- ' propaganda of tile railway exocutives. Sla attitude was shared by V. J. Man- ; ion, president of the Railroad TeUjra-,! J)hers, who Issued a statement to the , eosunirtsa. j BT JArES D. KILO A LIKN C STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! CHICAGO. Jan. 25 Pre-war regional conferences between railroad and union officials as a meais of averting Vibor crisis are f ored-"ned to failure J C Cahen, International president of the Switchmen's Union of North America, one of the "Big- Five" declared in an exclusive interview today. "It Is elmply turnlnr the clock bak. and I don't believe tt will wcr'," he asserted. Mr. Cashen Is here attending a. meeting' of the railroad brotherhoods bearingypon Suture policies. The regional conference idea iraa recently suggested by Secretary of Commerce Hoover and accepted with reservations y the railroad executives of the, country in session Here last Saturday nigh'. "There is a certain advantage in doIr g business direct with the railroads," aid Mr. Ca.shen. ' But to so back n the old way, regionally or by districts. a impossible. "What about the Unifd States railway labor lKard? It still exists. It presumably rs settles the issues the read issues I "mean. Tt would be the Height of foily for any ola-ss off employes to negotiate wag's and working: conditions without Iceeplns the fact of the board? cxis -j erce in s MnS. Ii Is th railroads' plan ! to kee cutting w?cs, to negotiate ; with i ena in. view. So, disputes j .re ceruua to arise .nd it is a. fore- ; (ron Maelusion that the whole thing j rould wind up !n DAtional affair. i -TSie IssTiea wouldn't stay regional, j tt would te finally up to the labor j Voard."" j Tie railroads made . great mistake, j acordiJiE' to Mr. Cashen, when they j refused to participate in a national j board of adjustment, as advocated ty th eunlon organizations shortly aftet ) t. creation cf the labor board. An j adjustment board, he paid, would have J reHeved the labor board of a trrrnendcus amount of Retail. The road3 were ! agalnet It. Uowever. on the grourai j ha U would perpetuate national ! Asltwd wht he saw jost ft'M in tne rewlroad aituation, Mr. Cashen sa.ld: -Indications are that the railroads nxe facing a crisis. The railroads are lu-ely over-capita.lizel . It is m- ; evltable tKat there must hi a day of j reckoning. Whether the stockholders j x4 railroad securities want tt r not j they have g-ot to some day t;se tne . wringer. The railroads are overnapJUJIied by $6. 000,000, COO . The intsrstate) cornrrterce commission is try- j in to guir a 5Vi Pr cent earning ,; power for the railroads on a waluan-m ? c f IS. 900, (00.009 when ae a matter of fact the railroad of the country could i s purchased Tor J II. COO, 000, 000 . " The railroad employo cannot afford j to accept another wa?e cut. he said, j The wt of llvlnp has not come down . in proportion to the wn?e reduction , he has already accepted, Mr. Cashen i contended. Kven some of the union leaders, notably V" . G. Tec, has been ' blinded by thi 4-ropvar"ta.- i raid. 3-Te characterized the chorse ?hat rail- ' !oad employes as a riass were hlh ; jiaid a."! "politicil propaganda dir'cttd i ot McAdoo that nobo-iy with common j Prie believe.." Ife smilinarly re- ' iriarkefl that lie "had hani a rumor" I that quite a few railroad executives f were drawintr n.mc pretty healthy! salaries. SWITZER HOSPITAL SECRETARY GPEENCASTLE. Ind, Jan. 2i Dr. William F. Switzrr. of this city, pa-wr of the Method it E:.S"c.pal c'l'.:- I. at Piainftcid, has rests: i.-. '.1 his pa. -tor a to there to accept the place f.cld secretary of the M ti'od . t hospitals in Indiana, succe-d.ng R. v Paul C. Curnick. Thf position ineluhs work in the interest of the hospitals maintained by the church at Indiana polis. Princeton, Ft. Wayne and Gary, and e.Io in listing candidates for the nurses' school. Dr. Switzer's successor has not been named for Plainfield.' He will enter on his new work February 1st. "Say It" with Cut Flowers and Growing: Plants from TPimmond Floral Co., State and Ilohrnan. Delivery. Tel. 309. 1-25-27

Formation of a city plan commission with Mayor Brown as the chairmaji id the rlan which will be presented to tbo city couiH ilnien by Councilman William Schuite of the Eighth wa rd. Lurinfr his campaign, Schuite promised thai if elected he would advocate a city plan commission. The presentation to the city of a baseball and Xi-otbaU field by A. M. Turner makes it even more advisable to have a commission, Schuite declares. In his resolution. Councilman Schuite wii ask th3t the Kotiiry. Kivvanus clubs, the Chamber of Commerce. the Manufacturers' Association and the city council each have a representative on the commission. It will be the duties of the commission to plan for the future development of the city, seeking the solution of railroad crossing, street widening and other problems. The commission will be authorized to eng-age the services of experts from t'.mo to time to guide them in their undertakings. The commission' will make recommendation, to the board of works ami file city council rejtardinjr improvements It beleivcs to be expedient. "Public sentiment. dn:anl that the

GT LIBRARIANS IN SESSION 1SPEC1AL TO THE T'.MESl triTITING, Ind , Jan. 25. Th Ind.ana Library and Truftees' association, District A, will convene at Whiting' tomorrow to meet with a morning and ifiemoon session at the. local library on Oih-er street. The leading' s-pnakers will be Mr. William J. Hamilton and Miss Northey of the S"ate Iib.ary commission at Indianapolis, and Miss Z Wia. K. Miller of tha Library bureau in Chicago. The morning session will open at 10:45 o'clock, the roil ca.11 to be re."nonded to by "New Features of library Work." Others to appear on the program are Miss Mary Pnyder of Michigan City, Mr. I J, F-iuley and M.ss Tinkham of Gary, afi.3 ala Carr of Valparaiso, Mirs Mary Kurge of Crown Point, Mrs Frances Bycrs of East Chicago dJid Miss Iitch of East Chicago. The afternoon -session begins at 2 r. m., a "dutch treat luncheon" to be served at CKeefe's at noon. District A comprises the librariesard teachers in Brook. Crown Point, East Chicago, Gary, Hammond. Hebron, Kent!a.nd, Knox; LaCro.sse., IvtPorte, Ixwell, Michigan City, Xortii Judson, Porter. Rensselaer, Valparaiso, 'WestviKe and Whiting. A large attendance is expec'.O. the general public being extended- a cordial in vl rati in to be present. Stolen from his very door step on January 9. the Eutck coupe belonging to Dr. B. B. Chidlaw was recovered yesterday in Chicago. He is driving it today. Incidentally a pet skepticism of his was routed when the car was recovered. He'll tell friends about that. FORMER PUGILIST SEEKS KNOCKOUT L OVER EDUCATION t - r 1 & . v. FredencU R. "Kid" Wedge. "I think I can lick psychology Eays Frederick R "Kid Wedg-e. who at forty-two has entered Harvard to study advanced psychology. Ex-pup, hobo, lumber iack and high school principal, he now wants to become a professor.

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athletic field given the city by Mr. Turner be developed at once," declared Councilman Schuite. "I believe that the city plan commission should he created now in ordar to take up the question of the development of the athletic field. Then there is the question of boulevards, parks, solution of the railroad crossing problem and other things vital 'to the future, development of the citv. "The. city plan commission would Tie a connecting link between the representative civic bodies such as the IClwanis and Ilotary clubs and the city government. It should act as a medium of publicity and education for civic Improvements and would be an impetus to necessary legislation and appropriations. "I find that, the present city council Is progressive and wide awake and I heliev it wiil welcome the creation of a city plan commission. The members of the city councils are anxious to ilo all in their power to make Hammond a greater city and a better place to live. They will webrome co-operation of the public and public organizations. Any money that might be spent in obtaining expert advice and outlining future development, would bo the rea test economy."

LEW SHANK TO SPEAK HERE SOON Coming to Lake County Inj Interests of Albert ! J. Beveridge. litw Shanks, of Indianapolis, is to speak in I-aki county this month, according to word from the Albert J. HcveraST- camp at Gary. Shank will pave the way for P.evra ge's announcement of his candidacy for United States senator. Moyor IL O. Johnson, of Gary, wskg in conference with leverage at Indianapolis, it is reported, and will join forces with Sen. Oliver Holmes in promoting Pevoragt's campaign in the county. The gossip that United States Senator New will accept the postmastorgene.ralyhip when Will Hays resigns is given creclf;ne.j in Inke county. There is talk that Walter J. Uilcy, of I'a.t Chicago, may be appointed to (ill News unexpired term and become a candidate against Beverage. A number of women have been promised to be made delegates to the republican convention at Indianapolis in May, and it is known that there wiil be women candidates for trustee in Gary and for county coroner in the county republican primary. The I'.cverage organization will make a strong appeal or the support of the women, it is declared. Ml THE JITNEYS Editor of The Times: Beginning Friday, January C7th, members of the Hammond Motor Transportation will start operating jitneys over the six routes named in the city ordinance. Passenger will be fully protected by homl-i furnished ty the drivers. We hope that people will get acquainted with the routes and , si 'so the ordiI ranee, as it tffects them as well as the ! opera tur. Some people scm to think that we will have a hard time operating jitneys in Hammond on account of the police. I will say this, that we do not fear the polieo. Instead, e expect the hearty co-opera t ion of all city emploves, a.s we are rendering a public rvlrc and teh city officials Are obi l--rr.ted to do the same by their i.atli of 'flue. We realize that the present .injinance is a hard one to operate irnler, and all members of H. M. T. A. ate instructed to live up to the ordi-.i.-in'f to the letter, and to do all in their power in taking on and di- ' harginir passengers, to avoid Mm k- ; ing traffic. A j'tney director will he stationed at State and Ibdirnan streets tu assist the traveiing public to seeure better .service. We are g-oing to do all in i.ur power to give the people servi'-e under this ordinaticc. and if we tmd that we ran t, we will go hef,,ve the cnnnl and ask for an ordinance that wiii ailou us: and when we announce that we can't operate under the present ordt- ; nance" we want the people to get in i touch w ith their councilman and assist i us in every way that they can. The 'present council is composed of good. '. clean and progressive men and it won't he long unlij the people of Hammond will lie enjoying one of the b.ist trans- , portation systems in this part of the i country. j F. NICHOLAS. Pres. H. M. T. A. ! A day light purse snatchei was (.Tightened away early yesterday evej n.ng when he attack Celia arid Ruth j l'i,er. 07(i Douglas avenue, as they v--re v.-a'.knig in Kimbaa, h avenue, near ' ilohtnan street. He apj roai hed the two I girls from the rear Making a lunge i at one of them he grasped the pocketbook she was carrying. But the oung i woman held on and at the same time startled the neighborhood with screams that would have made a Oomanohe look like a wooden Indian. The purse snatcher, more frightened than the girls, took to his heels. The young women then dashed into the home of Mrs. Lillian Mikesch at 28 Rimbarh. Police were notified. No trace of the attack er has been found.

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Launch Drive at National Conference for Right to Act Collectively BT WAUKTCN" WHEATON" STAFF CORESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. Backed by publicly expressed support from President Harding, farmers of the country here today at the National Agricultural conference. launched a vigorous drive for the right to aot collectively in co-operative marketing of their products. They challenged the legality of either federal or state governments to deny them organization and hurled a warning to the nation that interference if the fulfillment of their plan will result In "endless conflict an! confusion." Through G. Harold Powell, pf Iyns Angeles, general manager of the California Fruit Growers' exchange, and other speakers from a'.l sections of the United States, the farmer delegates initiated concerted demand that the legislative bodies of the country gie them tnegal power to organize. Oelegates openly declared their demand is not inconsistent with provisions of tha anti-trust act. They rv-omlsed to press the conference to go on record as favoring a nationwide co-operative marketing; scheme. Practically the whole program of today's session was given over to discussion of the need of an open market for farming products and the presentation of an outline of the fundamentals of the system. Cotton and grain producers Joined with fruit growers, cattlemen and the representatives ot other various phases of agviciiture in cicin.g this demand. PLA2T CANDY PRICE CUT SOUTH BtiMI, lnd Jan. 24 The Northern Indiana t andy Jobber' Association itieetlnjc in South Bend, ban decided to hrinir about reductions in randy nrirexi throngh cooperation t llli manufacturers and retnileri. Hereafter South liend will he n meetina point for members of the annnciation. Jrfhn Miller, of Hammond, in president of the rsnintlon. RE-ORGAHIZE BUR RE ESTATE BOARD Steps were taken for the re-organization of the Indiana Harbor Real Estate board along the lines of enlarging the territory and making it a Twin '"ity Real Estate Hoard, at a luncheon held at the Civic Club today. 'fficer3 of the, Hammond Real Estate lioaid were present to belp launch th" new project. The meeting was addressed by William Heerren, fi'dd secretary of the National Real Estate Roard. and Paul Meredith, the executive secretary of the Indiana Real Estate Hoard. The new plans are the result of a Joint luncheon and meeting of the Hammond and Indiana Harbor Real Estate Hoards held at the I.yndora Hotel in Hammond last Monday when the representat i cs of the parent real estate organization developer a great desl of enthusiasm for the organization of the Twin City Heard and for tiie further development of the Hammond organization. FOUR KILLED IN " AUTO ACCIDENT Indianapolis Is Scene of Fearful Crossing Smashup By Interurban. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) IMMAXAt'oMS. Jar. .5. .N". prligence" was the c oroner's verdict today in the death of four persons killed, when their automobile was struck at Cue edge of Indianapolis by an interurban freight ttrin K-n ' vening. Calvin Smith. Mary Srn'io. bis wife, John Wii-'it. bis half br"her, and Neal Tres'--r who was il:i -i'lir the party frm. K. nt : ky. were k II -d . Th m-i"'ihe is d mo' i shed and th -:u.i.',rt ': ir!d -long the tracks. A han.l bag '.i a nin? several dozen rggs wis b-s'sed a hundred feet but no; an egg was . racked. All the victims lived in Indianapolis except Wrig it. whose home was a Martinsville, Did. DRIVING an auto and moonshine dnes not go together, so Phillip Concur, 1S20 Proadwny, learned yesterday ',,'.' n his auto crashed into a Oary and Hobart ear south of the Little Calumet river on Rroadway. While he esiped injury, his car was badlv damaged.

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The War Department takes exceptions to the criticism of the government's list of slackers from East Chicago as made by Dr. A. A. lloss. a member of the Hast Chicago local draft board. in a recent issue of The Times, In connection with the publishing of the list. Dr. Ross characterized It as "a marvel of misspelling and inaccuracy." The fact that the name of a "woman." Mary Eden. 4343 Kennedy avenue, appeared and that street names were given a diversity of spelling also drew comment. Adjutant General P. C. Harris places the blame for any Inaccuracies upon the members of the board themselves. The local board was composed of the

present mayor, Frank Callahan. Dr. I -V. A. Ross and Attorney Newton Hemj broff. The records have been gone ever i by the War Department since the critI icism was made.

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mm wbmm l INTERNATIONAL NEW5 SERVICE) Tt,'L..-v, Ok ia., Jan. M . O. Chase, 57, well known oil operator, committed suicide today by jumping off the roof of the Penfmor Hotel, a three, story building r.ear the heart of the city. Death was instantaneous . t nt i!,bti.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NEW VOUK. .la.il. 25. Two rubbers, held up two employes of John Cohen, d pmond dealer, today and escaped with i25.'.'00 worth of unset HI ones. The robbery took place on the fifth floor of a Nassau street building. (lit I.I ETt.) '.INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERViCEl , liA.slll.Mho.v Jan. zi. The rtavy d'-partrnent to-lay ordered a mine sweeper to the relief of the navy fuel ship Arethusa, which i reported to b" anchored off Frying I'sn Shoals lig-htship, after losing a propeller. I (Bl'M.KTIN.l INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, Jan. 1 ." . -Stri k in g house workers at trie livestock market centers of the country, will vote tomorrow on whel.-hcr the pirike shall be called off, it became known todiy. The strike began Dee. 5, last. The ca'I for a secret bailor on the question of ending the sr!ke v.-a-i sent out by C. .T. Hayes, president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and P.utchT workmen of North America, from headquarters here. (Bnirmo tINTERNATICNAL NEWS SERVICE! M 1 1 A N, Jan. -5. A mysterious sacrilege of the ca,th dral of St. Ambrose discovered tod.-ty. when it was found that three saintly tombs had been rifled of jewels- of fabulous value. Thieves had broken open the tombs of St. Ambrose, St. Gt rvase. and St. Prot.asc-, after robbing the coffins of their costly contents the sepulchres again were sea t ed . NBDOUBUEPUNISHMENT FOR SAME OFFENSE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE i ' CHICAGO, Jan. 25 An important, decision in liquor contempt cases was , made today by the United States circuit court that a liqu,or law violator could; not receive double punishment for the same, offense. The decision was ren- j dered by Judges Raker. Alschuier Mid Evans. sit ir.g i-n banc. 'the decision was in the case of John ami William McCovern. former proprietors of the Liberty Inn. William Mci;overn died since the case was begun. Last fall Federal Judge Kenesaw M. Landis sentenced the Moloverns to ope year in j.iil and fined each il.ihlil tor iolatmg a temporary injumtioTi airiiinst selling liquor. Federal agents had presented the evidence. Later state agents offered evidence of the same violation and .Tudg Dindis imposed an-otlv-r $i.0'" line and a jear in jail on each. Tl STILLS ADDED TO THE COLLECTION Two stilis were added to the collection at the federal building and three .iummmul n n -.'' -e fin -d this m r'li'ic as a result of a raid made by federal agents and Hammond police on two homes yesterday afternoon. At the home of Frank Spharkozy on Columbia ave.. near 15th ave., a twelve gallon :-'till, three and one-half gallons of moonshine and fifty gallons of mash were found. Frank and his boarder. Mike Sanas. were arrtsted. Mike Scharkozy'r. place. 41!t Fields ave.. yielded a fie-ga!lon stilt, two gllons of liquor and thirty gallons of mash. A'l were tried in police court this morning and each received a line of $100 and costs

"Tha records show." writes the Adjutant General, "that a person was registered on June 5, 1D17, in Precinct 11, North Township, Hast Chicago, Indiana, by one H. Aeby, under the name of Mary Eden. This person 1 shown to have resided at 4343 Kennedy avenue. East Chicago, colored, aged 23 years, single and a laborer, employed by the Harbison-Walker Co.. of East Chicago. The Selective Service Law did not require the registration of females, but only males, between certain ages. For this reason, the draft records did not provide for the showinur of sex distinctions and it is presumed that no registrar would knowingly register any person other than those specified in the Selective Service Law and regulations. "The records also show that on April 16. 1S18. the local board re-

(tontinued on Pa; ix) 2m tBClLnTIX.) INTERNATIONAL HEWS SETtVICEJ OMAHA. N- h; Jin. Zi . Mrs. James Vro;n in end her infant daughter, were burned to death Vv-he:i Mrs. Yr-.nian, holding the child in her arms, attempted to etart a lire in the furnace. BTJXLETIW INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WARSAW, IND.. J ii. 20 Street thermometers here today registered 12 to IS degrees below zero. BTJLLJSTTTT INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERViCEl ST. DOUR-. MO., Jan. 25 Automobile bandits held up the Pine Dawn bank on the outskirts of the city to3ay, and escaped with approximately J.'.ifij of the bank's Ind. ETriiZtlTTJT INTERNATIONAL f-EWS SERViCEl WASHINGTON, Jan 2$ The war finance corporation today announced the saie of $32, 1 11.0fo of railroad eiuipment. trust certificates, the largest amount of the s?i-uri-tics to be disposed of by the government in a s.iiirle ila. BUX.I.ETra' pNTRNATIONAL NE'AS SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 Attorney General Daugherty today waa requested to furrish the senate with the complete records of ail political -prisoners, convicted under the espionage and war conspiracy acts. The request was embodied in a resolution, offered by Senator Borah, republican, of Idaho, and passed by a vie voce vote. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! TERRE HAUTE, I.N1. jan. I'.i-Two firemen were seriously injured and two slightlv hurt when two fire trucks collided while answering an alarm this afternoon. Y.'illiainJ Delster and Leo Peyton were seriously hurt, nnd John Coffey driver of one truck, and Charles j Criston. driver of the other, received m'nor hurts. NAUGHTY WAVES WON'T FOOi. HER iV vs. e .j. L. r & ? v if . Miss Corinne Barker. Miss Corinnt Barker of New; Vork is one of the prominent bath ; ers enjoying the opening weeks o j the season at Palm JSeach. She i.J a debutanU-

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Actual Want Confronts Workers in Thousands of Cases in East Alone

HNTERNATIONAL NFWS SERVICE WILKESBaKkK, Pa., Jan. 25. "Is (the government helpless to evolve any plan for meeting the crucial emergency of the miners." ak official of District No. 2, United Mine Workers of America, in an appeal addressed today to President Harding, Vice President Cooijde, the speaker of the hous-. members of rongress and the federal trade commission. The appeal, which Is signe-J by Presi -dent John Brophy, Vice 'President. James Mark and Secretary-Treasurer Richard Gilbert, of District No. 3 demands a "formal effective governmental investigation" of labor conditions In the coal fields of the country. The communication exposes the situ-, ation of miners in the bituminous fields but It is considered of importance by an h raoi ! e miners because district President Brophy was one of th principal speakers at last week' tridistric.t convention at Shamokin. "The undersigned, representing 43.coa! m-'ners in central Pennsylvania," pays the. appeal, "have been directed by the executive bcrard of District No. 2 of the United Mine Workers of America, to bring to the at'en'tion of the national government t?i facts oC a serious situation and to' ask of the g-ovcrnaient certain questions. Th facts ajs we know them in our own wide district, comprising' a largti section of Pennsylvania are, in brief that a year's intermittent emplornf')' has left hugg numbers of the miner with FMeh. depicted resources that in thouasnds of cases ac'ual want confronts the miners' families nnd m thousands of other casr, the standards of living are gc.ng down. The miners of this distr;ct ha e averaged only from one to three das-?' resources jr the midst of the winter, are vanishing The present condition of thousands of their families should leftjte cono2uIvely the reckless assertion df "high war wages piled up by miners." "In the past few weeks our Ices! and district organfaxtlons have be" driven to attempt that which the coal industry should long ago have been forced to do under governmental pre.--sur?. We are appropriating and paying out what small fiinu we can muster as a sort of unemployment re";'-' "Through no fault of tbeie miners in the district who during1 the war, strained every muscle at the government's call to produce, now find themselves with nothing to T.v, ou through the winter. Thousands women and children lack the eommcn necessities, let alone an approach to an American standard of living. "And nli.t is true of our 4S.O'0 m.n-e-rs is tru of half a million more miners in union and non-union fields alike. "The present management of the coal industries have shown thenulvt helpless even to rlnn relief." IN DIVORCE SUIT (SPECIAL T0 THE TIHtESl CROWN POINT, Ind.. Jan. J.I - Maty Nestor throutrh her Attorneys I Kinder fc Draper ha filed divorce pr'.i ceodings against her husband JoseiVb The Nrstors live at 12'J Jefferson s .. and were married on July 31. 1921. and lived together till Jan. 13, t322. She charges that her husband is u heavy drinker nnd bocanie drunk on an average of twice a week, at which time he beat her until her lips were bleeding and her limbs black and blue. .S'optnr conducts a dri.ik emporium at 1201 Jefferson street. HEIGHT ON BOARD I N'PIANA POT JS, Jn. 25. Mrs. Richarxi E. Edwards of Peru, Ind.. has accepted appo'ntmcrt as a member of the state board o-." education to succeed Frank F. Heigh way ot Crown Point, Ind., who died recently. The fact that Governor MrCray hnd offer.t.1 thr place to Mrs. Fdwnrds was made public last week. Mrs. Edward? will rvot be able to attend the meeting of the board which began this evening and continues tomorrow, according to Miss Adah Rush, secretary 10 ta0 Governor. WILL SPEAK ON STREET LIGHTING Paul Klrcher. a national authority on street lighting and city beautiflcation. will be the speaker at the Hammood Chamber of Commerce luncheon tomorrow noon. The increase In industrial activity has made the subject of park and boulevard extensions important to the city of Hammond. It is realized good I lighting of business streets and artis tic lighting of residence districts is an important faction in the commercial I development of the city .

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Mr. Kircher, who is a Chicago man, has spent much time and study on street, lighting. He has already become fairly well acquainted with the situation in Hammond nnd should be able to make Fome valuable suggestions ia his address tomorrow. I