Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 54, Hammond, Lake County, 28 January 1922 — Page 1

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Arguments Will Be Presented Over the Bullet Table. inil W. J. McAWr"s catcpaign against the high rates oi the public utilities survive? That is the burning question today n the eve of the meeting: at Carl Lundgren'a tonight ' when mayor an! other city officials of Hammond. Gary, East Chicago and Whiting: will meet with delegates tfrom the Rotary and "Elwaols clubs of these cities. Attorney McAleer launched the rlve two weeks a?o ia the Hammond Klwanls club of which ho Is a member. He secured adoption of a resolution calling for an Investigation of the rates charged by public utilities. He said that the rates charged for g.., electricity, telephone service and by ; the street car company are a burden to the people, especially men who are working- for a low as twenty-five and thirty cents an he-ur. lie declared that these rates are higher than they were on Armistice Day and that it was reasonable to btlisve that the reduced cost trt materials and labor warranted a substantial reduction. SC8T TAKE INITIATIVE. -We cannot expect the utilities to take the Initiative and ask the public service commission to reduce the rates." he said. "There must be pressBT9 brought to bear by the cities of he district and tho civic bodies of these cities." The McAleer resedtxiion was recommended to the Rotary club and wa likewise adopted. Committees were appointed by the Kiwanls and Rotary dubs and they will meet tonight with the city officials. The public utilities will hv their friends at the meeting tonight, it is declared, and an effort wHl be owmeto flatten out the campaign. The irrumcnts of the friends off the puMle utilities will be that they have tome the blunt of political onslaughts for year and instead of beim? opposed should be riven public support. It wiU be said that street railway are losing- money all over the country. POOR MANAGEMENT! Attorney McAleer takes the stand that if the Hammond. Whiting & East Chioaco Street Railway Company is losing- money nobody is to blame exempt. r-ee'Jf. 'Lower rates and more frequent service will Increase the. -relume of tUBineaa to such an extent that the company can well afford to accept a Tower fare," he said today. ."I am not an expert on public utilities, but that Js merely common business Judgment. The service is so Infrequent, especial)y in the rush hours, and tbe fare so high that the. company loses the majority of the hort hauls' which is he most profitable part of the busiess. -They are cllnin to the peak war ftm prices with bulldo tenacity," trail MoAleer. "and it is only a coa--rtd movement that we bopo to vaaa a Teeruction In the rates of the public utilities The public service ronntesion will see to it that they 'yowerra an adequate return on their tnvertment. What wo have to do is to aecura expert evidence and jo before he utility commiaBion with documenary proof cn which to basa our plea sTor lower rates. WnXWMK IJfTESTlGATIOS. Tt the rates are not too high then fVe public utility companies should welcome an investigation and a chance ts show the people before the public (ferric commission that their charges re ut. "Any effort tT ft a public utility eompanlea to stop thin In vestigation will ba evidence that they have eomthing to fear. If they are only taking a fair return on their investment they should send word that they are glad f the opportunity to silence criticism by the results of an investigation. "In cities like Cincinnati. Pittsburgh and other eastern .states where the street cars run up and doiwn steep Inclines and hills and th co.tt of operation is much greater than in this level country there may be Justification for the eight cent fare. Investments and costs vary In different cities and we will not accept what they charge elsewhere as a criterion." E. CHICAGO GROCERY B The tranquility which has markei the bankruptcy bus'Tesa1 of the Federal court in Hammond for over two we-k., was broken this mnrn'n? when East Chicago f-irnisbed a c.a.-Fn-'k Smih, grocer. 4347 M:lv;: .e jtTf-c -:-. .Tied his vovntary peti'.icn. Th. ef'-ct nf the ;:idutnai siump 1 shown in'tht- a-iOr,t of mon-y owed him or. ;j--n r icount.i which t ;a'. on--t-.( -I d' '!f as nts. H 1:sf si-debt.-at $" 5 and ar-sts at Of the f. eta J 720 if open ac 'in;s $300 in rto k n trade and $000 ma. chintry. SOIICF. TO WATKR I'PEItS IS 'ROBKHTSDAIE Water will shut of Mondty. Jan. 0th, from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. to make repairs on 116th street. . 1-28-lt G. G. ELOCKI. Supt.

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Did You Hear That MILUCY i -SIX Jltneurs have bonds with the city controller. tiled JOE TODD beats V. J. McAleer when former roiia 213 scare at McCool's alleys. In previous game both tied at 158. MA TOR BROWN and JU1I Bridge distribute box of oranges to city hall employes tent to Bridge by his friend, Joe Sedilon. wintering in Florida. NEXT In order will probu'dy be a city ord. nance prohibiting stieet cars lrom running past jitneys while they are taking: on or discharging- passengers. MANY Hammond motor fans are In Chicago today attending the opening of the Twenty -second annur automobile show which will last until February 4 th. ISADOR MILLER, 27S Hohman eU. 13 held at Hamninnd (police station c hargred with receiving stolen property. It is allegred he purchased eggrs stolen from Diamond Brothers. JOE BLOW wants to know whether the Bootleg-grer on the Four Corners has taken some of his own hooch by mistake and cashed in. He's been mum as an oyster for several days. Cl&AS. C CO KM A NT. formerly of this city, but now of Milwaukee, has been elected president of tbe Wisccn- j sin Conservation and Fire Prevention Association. He Is special agent for the Scottish Union. "OUR sun parlor makes an excellent refrlg-erator in winter." Is the tip from a Kenwood reader. "It's a lltUe too cold for the milk, but it's a dandy place to store the buckwheat batter to keep It from working. j Tire fact that Charles Surprise was Judge Henry Cleveland's Sunday school teacher never made a bit of difference when Charles represented Louie Baumwohl of Whitlns, in tho city court. Tho Judge found against him. SCRATCH on neck leads to death. Mrs. Belle Belch. 61. wife of Alfred F. Belch, 122. Doty street, dies from blood poi&onin resulting from abscess occasioned by scratch on neck. Body dhlfped to Pierceton, lad., lor burial Sunday. RANSIER BROTHERS, Of 514 Summer street, demonstrate what "ford-121118-" even a small business can do. Operating economically and mixiny brains with, rasoline they provide a competent taxi service at surprisingly low cost. OWING to the Illness of Mayor fa.nl Kamradt and Clerk Andrew Stachowfrcx, the West Hammond council transacted only routine business Thursday evening' and adjourned until next Thursday. Both of the sick men are recovering cicely. ED. LI PINS KI probably won't take on any stock in this but Jaett Pollard of Chicago Heights challenges him or any other bowler in Hammond for a home-and-home series of 10 games in each city. Jack says he prefers Liplnskl and will give a nice aide bet. TirH WANNER MALLEABLE A. C. hasketballj team is not a bit soured by the leiral training- of the Valpo Law l-Yatemity team which comes to Hammond for a game at tho Lincoln school gym tonight. ""law and- basketball rules are two different things," they say. w THE twenty Klwantans representing Hammond at the Klwanis banquet at the Congress Hotel put the town on the map with their "stunt." A. M. Turner, Judge Reiter, City Judge Cleveland and P. J. Mann were among the local men in the mobilization of 1,400 KJ wanians. TODAY'S whisper. A member of the state burv.au of welrht3 and measures due in Hammond next week will begrin prosecution of the numerous amateur bakers and pastry! makers that have fprunjf up lately. Insanitary conditions and fhort weight are charged against the gas stove bakers. SEPGEANT SEK, Officers Schaetzel. M;mton, Teboila, Harry Rimbach and Sikoreki. all-d the "bowling coppers" cl.ish Monday night at McCools alleys with Schonert, Rae, Kunert, Bielefeld, Hroertjes and lUockie. the pin smashing city hall gang. Tell the children lo keep off the streets Monday night. ITY ENGINEER BRIDGE yesterday fifternoon presented the board of works with a plan for widening TTohman Ft. Other tentative outlines will be made. Individuals interested in the project contemplate short trips to other cities where engineering problems of a like nature have been successfully carried to completion. FAYETTE STREET will be widened hrst Th'S Is presumed following action of Board of Works yesterday authorizing city attorney to prepare legal documents looking to condemnation of property on that thoroughfare. Notices vl!l be sent property owners next wfM. Work on widening scheduled "or first spring thaw. "E7 Z F'rls play KTiicago Freights .t Ii'avettf pm Morday night. An nl'red has' etball game In which 'he l"ct? girls t'iumhed over the Rie IVviLs 13 to 6, at Irvintr s hcl Wedesd.iy could not be desT'ed in the sr rt paa-es of any reputable newsna-r-er. The contest was a polite football game and football ia out of season. 10HN WRIGHT, Hammond police oTi.-er, will go on trial Wednesday before Judge Mart'n Smith in the criminal court at Crown Point. Wright, charged with manslaughter, la the

iIKLS. HERE IS THE HANDbOMES'l MAN IN THE WORLD JowpN ShllkracB ia cetonial garb. Joseph Shi!kraus has ben duHbed thr handsomest man in th world by no less an authority than Mai Rhinehart, the famous producer. Shtlkraua took tbe leading roie in one of the movie picture now attracting attention on Broadway. Shilkraus once played for Rhine hart Then became a favorite at the court of Emperor Joseph of Auatria. EPISCOPALIANS ELECT OFFICERS FOR DIOCESE FT. WAYNE. Ind.. Jan. :T . Election of officers and delegates of the Northern Indiana dioceso of the Episcopal church took place at tha annual conference of the diocese held at the EplscopeJ church here. The results follow: "Deputies to the General Convention to Be Held at Portland, Ore., in September The F.ev. E. W. AveriU, Ft. Wayne; the Rev. J. A. Miller, Michigan City; the Rev. C. 11. Young. Howe; the Rev. L. C. Rogers, Mlshawaka; E. D. Gaston, Ft. Wayne; W. B. Conkey, Hammond; John M. Sweaney, Gary, and James P. Wasson. Delphi. Standing- Diocesan Commfttee-The Rev. L. C. Rogers, the Rev. E. W. AveTill, the Rev. C. H. Young. the Rev. W. J. Lock ton, Elkhart, and the Hev. W. J. Cordick. riymouth. Diocesan Secretary Tho Rev. L. C. Rogers. Diocesan Treasurer G. T. Vail, Michigan City. Missions Treasurer W. G. Elliott, South Bend. Delegates to Provincial Senate The Rev. Charles H. Young. Howe;' the Rev. K. J. Harwell-Walker. Iiporte; tho Rev. Pohn F. Plummer, Kokomo; the Rev. Peter Lingrnlorff, Hammond; John N. Swoancy, Gary; Charles li True, Hammond; Dr. G. F. Hitchcock, Plymouth; Harry Hall, Gary. Bishop and Council The Rev. Peter Langendorff. Hammond; the Rev. Robert J. Long, South Bend; the Rev. W. J. Cordick, Plymouth; H. P. Conkey, Hammond; Glen Sawyer. Elkhart, and G. H. Thayer, Jr.. Plymouth. At a meeting- of the women's auxil- j lary in the alfternoon, the delegates to the triennial general cenvention at j Portland were elected as follows: Miss Alice Goldthwaite, Marion; Mrs. F. J. Boldefeld, Elkhart; Mrs. C. J. Grant. Kokomo; Mra. W. C. Mcussel, South Bend; Mrs. Warner Gardner, Ft. Wayne. Alternates Mrs. A. W. Averill, Mrs. Fickenaher, South Bend; Mrs. Charles True. Hammond; Mrs. Irving Todd. Howe; Mrs. F. J. Ear-well-Walker. Ivjporte. shooting of Cletus F. Dutton. 441 Michigan avenue, killed at the wheel of his automobile when he refused to stop on command of the officer, will be defended by Joe Conroy. THOMAS OUMMINGS. engineer of a M. C. freight train was booked at Ham- ! mond Central police station by .Officer! ( Fandrei for blocking crossings f or 40 minutes this morning at 7 o'clock. ! Nine street cars and more than a hun- j dred automobiles clanged and honked without avail until Fandrei arrived on the ecene. Cummings said he was two hours coming from Calumet park. His train comprised 85 cars. JITNEURS complain that Gary residents flock to Hammond to operate jitneys here depriving Hammond families and residents of livelihood. The H. M. T, A. jitney drivers' association has even elected a Gnry man as business agent at J40 a week. Ho begins his j job today as starter at the four cor- j ners. Jitneys begin today to operate ' ever routes outlined in crd'tian'-e. From j Messville to Robertsdalo via Hammond i tor 30 cents! All abard! IVAN SEARLES, "i0 Sihlev St.. alleged to have instigated rough house tactics at a recent Hammond high s-h ol-Tjast Chicago basketball game, j after he had seen Hammoid hadn't aj 'liance to win. was arrested on a war-! i rant charging assault and battery ana sworn out by Supt- Spohn of the high school. Pohn says athletics must be kept clean among the spectators as "ell as the players. No witnesses a,ppearing to prosecute, the case against Searles was nolle pressed in the city court.

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HmRTiAl law PROCLAIMED AT LINCOLN

four Companies of Troops Rushed 'o Packing Plant in Strike Riots f INTERltATlON At. NEWS SERVICEl LINCOLN, Nb., Jan. 38. Martial law was proclaimed at Nebraska City today by Gonr. S. R. McKelvie as a result of strike riots at the packing plant of Morton & Greg-son. Five companies of state troops have been mobilized by Adjutant General II. J. Paul, and- will (be rushed to the packing plant. The soldiers will be under command of Colonel Dou of Seward. Decision to put the Nebraska City district under martial law was reached by the governor and General Paul on representation of Oteo co.unty officials that tney were no longer able to cope with the strike situation. County Attorney Heinke phoned the g-orer nor late last night that rioting and bloodshed were of repeated frequency id the city and at the plant. Sheriff Fischer also phoned that he could not maintain order. The latest clash resulted in the InJury ofc'a dozen. Only eighteen of the 5M strikers voted Thursday to call off the atriko. LOPATKA -SAID TO BE WaMer Lepatka, an East Chicago attorney who figured In politics for a brief period and who was threatened with disbarment attter he had been accused by a young girl in the juvenile court at Crown Point, Is alleged to have left East Chicago. Today Walter r.oH-r who claims to be a creditor of Lopatka filed suit in the superior court at Hammond asking that the lawyer's property be attached at once in order to prevent him from taking it from the state and avoiding payment of debts. Bober holds a note for $600 against Lopatka on which he says $400 is still dye. His affidavit in attachment and garnishment states that Walter Bankcwskl has Lopatka' Lozler special racing auto and that William D. Kurywczak has possession otf his law library and office furniture. He asks that the sheriff be instructed to take these ir.to I custody. The complaint alleges that Lopatka has s-ccretly loft the state "with intent to defraud his creditors" and has sold some of his property and is about to re.move the rest from th state. Hugh B. Carroll is attorney for the pKintiff. NTERESTING CASE Couple Ask Parents -$1,500 for Care of Their Children. Mr. and Mrs. Loiuis Gsokna, now residents of Whiting, were living In Europe In 190S. They had two children. Lou'19 felt the urge to come to America so he packed his grip and said farewell to bis family. They were to cMi later. He located In Whiting. In 1910 it was decided that Mrs. Csonka pfliculd join her husband. There wsji not enough money to bring the children. An agreement was made with Mr. and Mrs. John Drab, old neighbors In Europe, to care for the children until t)vy could be .brought to Whiting. Eleven years passed and last April. Mr. and Mrs. Drab decided that the newly organized republic of Czechoslovakia was not the place for the-m. They too would come to Whiting. They brought the children with them. Varan, the daughter, was 15 years old. and Joseph, the son was 14. Their parents had not seen them since they were babiesi Now comes the tronible. After turning the children over to their parents, the Dratvs presented their bill for supporting and maintaining them all of 'hose years in Europe. Caonka gave them $100. Today the Drabs fried suit in the wpcrlor court at Hammond for $1.JOO. which they think would 'be proper at the rate of $5 5 month for each cMld. with intt.vst after the $100 has be-'n deducted. Their attorneys are Thomas Cerajewsji of Whiting and McMahon & Conroy of Hammond. MASONIC NOTICE MeKinloyLodge 712. Ma"ter .Mas n d-'gree conferred Sxtuiday. Dec. ISth, beginning at 1:30 p. ni. and 7:30 p. in. Notice to High 12 members, meet at The Temple tonite, Dec. 27. at 7:30. 1-27-2 E. W. MILES, Secy.

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ON WAR t INTER NAT ION At NEWS SERVICE WM'j.., Jan. lS. i.r--,i i,i...'ln is preparing to pay the United States 35.000.000 pounds sterling (normally $170,100,000) as an installment on the Interest of war loans torrowed from America in wartime, on October 1. 1P22. it was larrifd tday from an of(iifial of tho rca ury. Britain will be ready to make this partial payment otf interest irrespective of the fate . f ihc funding hPl that

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MISS LUCY Miss Lucy Branham, who is to speak in Gary at . the First Presbyterian church Tuesday evening, January 31. moved in tho midst off trs.gedy while doing relief work in the Volga River famine district In Russia. She comes equipped with first hand facta of the horrors of starvation that made her stop her original mission to investigate educational conditions in F.ussia, to help the small band of workers of the American Friends Service Committee, one of the e-nly two intertional relief agencies feeding the peasants in the stricken district. "What we are doing now and will 3o to lift the death sentence from the unhappy Children of Russii will be bread upon the waters if events so shape themselves that return can be made. I remember a group of seventy-five peasants, their wives and children at a railway station. I heard the faint wail of several children. I peered intthe wide open doors of the red box car where several mothers were trying to nurse the babes. I a.sked why the children cried, and they answered "necht molloko," (no milk). When I said the Friends Committee was giving to thfrn 120.000 nibbles for milk. "SXT m

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Bl'l.T,ETTY. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! . MADISON. Wis., Jan. 2$. S dutfon of what slate authorities believe is a ha.Tling murder mystery is sought in an examination being made today cf tho vital organs of Fred Gardinler. a prosperous farmer of lif-rlin. near here. Gardinicr died suddenly a week fio while apparently in good health. IVHoe believe that ho was poisoned . (Bl'M.ETI'T.t f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl WELLSTON, Ohio, ,ian. S. Fire, which started shortly after midnight and rage-d almost unchecked for seven hours today, completely wiped, out a block in the business n.ri of the city, destroying ten stores and making eight families home'ess. Miss Oslo Bobbins, telephone operator, was seriously injured by a failing telephones pole. fnrt.T.ETTN.I r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE EA.V FR VNi-Irf "O. a . Jo. The state sought tr.day to show throrgh the most Intimate fri-nds of Virginia Rappe that she was a hoal'hy. normal person during her life time and nt subject t 1 the paroxysmal nt'acka of pain claimed by the defense of Rosroe "Fatty" Arhuckle. on trial a seconl time for manslaughter as a reuslt of her death. LINCOLN' Neb.. Jan. 28. Request if or ate troops to stop strike disorders at Nebraska City,

DEBT INTEREST

is now being debated In the American congress. British officials are hopeful that the debt measure now In the hands of congress will be enacted into law as they believe that It would assist In s'abilixing Anglo-American exchange rates. The declaration was maJe that the British government is ready to n-g tiate funding of the debt at any time an Invitation is extended by the United States ' - lAfii. .s.,!. i i - eAjL w ci li- 'Q '1? - - fill.- JVI --; JL-r-,. KRANHAH. they were too weak fo much ctf a demonstration, but they breathed "American" as if it wore a prayer answered." T- might add that 100,000 rubles were worth about $1 25 but it would buy milk for several days for the youngest children." "At certain hospital buildings are set aside for persons who. though not diseased, are bedridden due to starvation. Their condition is pitiable. As many as four patients are aften found In one bed. In 'Other cases two single beds placed side by side accomodate four adults, one lying transversely, and three others longitudinally. Many cry out for broad constantly. "Typhus has been epidemic ia Russia for three winters and this year is more extensive than before. Disinfectants are scare and poverty and filth are increasing the disc.isc every day "Hundreds are dying in the streets and 'on the roadways and in the trains as they are trying to Tec ifrom the famine districts. Those bodies are buried In trenches, but sometimes tho numbers are sd greatly they lie for days in the snow before the bodies are covered with enrth." TTs A ia under consideration this morning by Governor S. R. McKelvie and Adjutant General H. J. Paul. Sheriff Archer and County Attorney Ileinke telephone the governor for assistance late last nrgM. Their rcejuast, tho officers said, csmc after a series of riots which had got beyond control of Nebraska city officers. They asked that four companies of guards be sent . (Bl'METIV) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE DUBLIN, Jan. 28. The pr visional government is uUl:z:ng the: Irish Republican army to rcsfc-re disorders in districts that have ben terrorized for weeks by highway robbricH and tinirirrs. Orders were given to picked detachments of troops to proceed to various places to prepare for the inauguration of. martial law Monday. fBT-'M.ETl'V.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LO.vDoN, J?n. A former Canadian soldier who is now a grocer at South Bend. Ind has written a letter to the mayor of Guildford asking th-- official to find him a ' bride aged from 2d to 21 and not rioro ihan five fc-t tall." The applicant went into further deta:l, saying: "I prefer an English girl and I want one who can cook and run a home. I have a god income and as to looks I will leave that to the girl." The mayor said he feared he could not fill the request.

ARALYZES NATIONAL CAPITAL

Worst Storm in Fifty Years Hits Baltimore Since Last Night. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. The national capital struggled today in tho severest now s'orra in twenty years. Attended by a blizzard which swept northeastward frcm the Carolina capes, the snow has been falling steadily since B o'clock yesterday afternoon demoralising traffic blockading streets and resulting in numerous automobill accident. The weather bureau reported this morning that there wa3 no shrns of a !et-up In the snowfall and predicted it might continue most of today and tomorrow. Sixteen states in the east and south, down to the southern extremities at Alabama and Mississippi are also reported to be in the grip of the storm. City trolley car companies workt-d hundreds of men during the night in an elCort to keep their tracks clear, but were forced to abandon many cars when the snow piled up in drifts two and three fe.et deep. One man was found de near thj treasury, in the heart af the city. His body was stumbled over by pedestrians trudging through the "drifts of snow piled several feet high. He was identified as John O'Hagan. The belief was expressed that ho died from natural causes, brought on by exposure. Policemen reported numerous collisions between street car -and automobiles due largely to the ineffecti veness of automobile brakes cn the slippcry 8 tree's. Baltimore Is Up Against it INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. M . Baltimore is in the grip of tbe worst blizi.ard experienced in fifty years. Snow has been falling steadily sine e.rly last night. The enowfa!! is accompanied by a terrific northeast gale. Street cars and other vehicle traffic is badly hampered. Train schedules ar halted. Snow In outlying: territory Is banked several feet high. Shipping on Chesapeake Bay was hard hit by the storm.. Several ocean going vessels, tugs and barjres are imprisoned in the ice paking the upper harbor. These ships are In no danger, however. The municipal Iceboat F. O. Latrobe, after being rammed by a British steamship which she was attempting to tow about twenty miles below Baltimore, has been ordered back to port. ATTEMPTS TO S. P. FLYER INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 2S Whil' Walter G. (Red) Lambertson, wounded by gun fire In an attempt to wreck th Shore Line Limted of the Southern Pacine railroad near Glendale late last right, lay at the point of death at tb' receiving hospital here today, police detectives sought Lambertson's divorced wife. It was said they haped to obtain from her Information as to other suspected plots. lambertson was shot by deteetlveb hidden near the scene of the attempted crime. Detective Sergeant E. R. Cat won Lambertson's confidence and acted as his supposed accomplice and gave the other four detectives information of the plot. The work of the rolice detectives is declared to have saved the lives of scores of passengers on the train and prevented the theft cf $300,000 in gold reported to have been on board. SUES FOR DAMAGE The Hammond Trust : Savings Bank, administrator of the estate of Frank R. Sehreuln. deceased, has filed .auit for damages on behalf of the family against Edward S. Bate and the city of Hammond. Bchrewin was killed Ctctober 13 at Hohman and Wcbv strets when he was struck by the automobile of Mr. Bate. He was ten employed hy the city In testing the water supply. The estate asks for judgment in the sum of $10,000. Crurnpacker & Crumpacker are attorneys for, the plaintiff. TWO DIE IK TENEMENT FIRE NEW YORK. Jan. 27. A woman and an IS months old baby perished. 12 others were injured and 25 persnns ivre carried down ladders by fironien in a fire in four story Brooklyn tenement house today. Eight families occupied the fconse. The dead are: Mrs. Emma RiindelL 43, and Georgrt Obermeyer, IS months old. eon of Mr. and Mr. Alfred Obermeyer.

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