Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 187, Hammond, Lake County, 31 January 1922 — Page 1

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West HamniGnd Han Found to uangoroiis at rhreateninjr letters which ho mailed Mayor lan llruwn. A. 31. Turner, : Hamutund police and the lnl.rnal vvnun .It- v :-i r I tnei.t at Wash mgtu:i. h.-.ve U:...:.-l Fr 1 Po.hu u. est :;tato at.. V.s Hammond. In tho l'!yhcoiat i i ! : In.. -i.ital in Chicago. Thursday In) will be the subject of a unitary inquest. ;-5evrtt I week a ago Tho Times carrieA a sl-iry of the plans of a West Ham- j rrsi-T.U man to biirnesa tho waves of J La!-o Miohtsan. t'edar Ijtko and other j bodies water and niaKe them turn 1 h v, heels of conimwrce. Sohau was the ven tor " but he refused to let hirf ram'.- be ma.de public because he didn't w i .. .- to bo pestered by persons who would try to i-tea'. his idea. Ueocri'!y .Mcyor Brown received an nfisirncO letter In which it was slated thf t prohibition enforcement was too l;li and that something must be done a, once. The police d.-partment wa rapped and federal agents were critici.cd Mr. I'.rown was informed that

unless he s-ot ba?y h-i would not live . KOS,.B WOODS Is another fruv who cat h:. fuur-M ar term. , tried to see how hard 2 sixteen pound A. 11. Turner s letter was in similar j t'owlins bal'm could come together, strr.in. His influence was sousht in ; - britiK-inif about complete enforcement ! ly thia weather continues until Conor the Kighteenth amendment. ( diemaa Pay. the gToundhog will have

1 lien he tried the internal Revenue department at Wiishinston and ordered j a hukeup in the prohibition forces j forthwith. This letter was -referred j back to Chief Ous Simons at Hammond, i Schau hail been making similar talks to Chief Joe Nits of West Hammaml and instantly recalled him when the letters wtr discussed v.ith him. He says Schau aske.l him for a perm;t to carry a gun, which of course, was refused. Schau was taken .rto riiftixly and samples of bis writir.se and printing? i toon shewed that he "v. us the man who had written the a n non nmus letters. hlef Bund" of Ham moml otid Nitz of I West Hammond and Officers Singer ; and Kinsele, Investigator thoroughly! and decided Schnu as insane and a ; dangerous man to l.e r.l l:ir. They had j his committed to the Psychopathic hos- l pital for obs-rvati.n. STSLLWAITING 0, AL SOCIETY (i.''tCi.i. TO THE T!31 niOlVN 1-OlNT, IN'i'., Jan. 31 County i.ntD-,:f!v.K'rii met for their regular weekly nee:.:-. ,..n Monday slid tr.tr --acted rou! t. .luhiiSjri, At lr.'.ia ear; i"i tiiij riiramlsui'i; s business. Mayor It. J. M. Patter.-. on and ijarv, conferred with s relative to the an-l.rial;i--n of Ho'jart t.vriahi;'. No offic .l.. l-c! I'..1!: l:.i:eli. The Heard of Cornl -,;t.si...-ier.-i have received, tho O. K. of t:.e Statu l?-.ard of Anoiinin, the State Hoard of Health ami the, National Tut.oreulo&ls Sot iuty on the Titans of the Tuberculosis hospital and are now awtiitlr.B the saiv,i..n of the Pake Co'Uity Medical ':o.-ieiy. When given. t.it y will ad v. rti.--e for bids on the construction jT i!o Ioiik deferred and long Hut dad Tuberculosis hospital. WOAirSLSiiGUS FAVOHS ION Th-S I.eae-u.' of I Itrri mono a i ts J.i ed a r--e;ol u I .on o. f-Ian ( om:.-.ir..-':o:i V,'n:-icti Vot TH Of :-.ary "l-'ct .. :a tid'n; r pa -: i city that a -ar-1. it oi the ' s t .'Sll. d b v, u s 1 .-iv. oity j ti op;' H. .T T". TT r ,-.- - O'TD ij-li.UiiU Xi ' i J .." '-J i'i XJ T-.'; TX " ' " TTk S-E'IAI. TO THE TSMt.Sl PPOOMil- . '.'". J.i... .I'l lareld Hammond, of nam. d a men;!.-r c mittee of stud-nts IaiTunr :oi. las been the executive comif Indiana I'nivvrs- : rrom ril executive ity which will hav s uper vlsi on of th: I'niver tollar memorial eampHigii ity's mi' lion wh:'h opens n the campus here next month. The urpos? of the campaiicn is to erect iree new buildings costing a million llars in memory of the fifty-two iiner ?tud-nt of Indiana l.'niver.sity lost their lives in the world war. buildings to be fretted are a cornid auditorium and mens union iinrr costing $ ". i o . ' o o . a women'.'; litory -o'-.ting $r:sr..0i)f) and an sthLsta'iiitm to net S.'"0,0e'i Fund.-. memora! '.-'. Ill l - raised bv , faculty m- ,r.b-.-rs, stud, nts and of the University. t PAR hasketbsU is assured fans nirht at All Saints' gym, j local St. Joseph's A. C. five i fast s Col r-ol'.e iriatc quintet from e.tre at Renssa'aer. The boys dropped a previous con-j downr-taters, but promise j tha score this time.

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A fruit dealer, who (rave his name as FMdman. livi-g at 144th and Tod avenues. Fast Chicago, was struck- laic yesterday afurnion while driving his truck wagon arrc-y Forsyth avenuj at 1 t'.'th street by an Overland touring car driven by H. R. Hrown goin north on Forsyth, and is believed to be lata!!;n. i-.M .: d ' ilr.fs-f.ru (f t nrriJent claim j hat i-.,wi was teitir.tf iit '. high r;r.. f .eod when he .ik the wi;.n c . lMmaii. cn'1 l!:at he aUcmrt-Ml i c Did You Hear That AND after the erbal battle at the Kiwanis club today they were all friends just the same. T7bC Kiwanis and Rotary clu"V have 1 la bowling- match Thursday night on the j -McCool's alley.. ' I ItEXRT BATZEU aered 20, a brother of yam Batzel. Jr.. of dead at Michigan City. SOLiXESS thieves last mjrht stole several pairs of fhoes from shoe tapper shop of lien, Tapper, 136 Pibiey Bt. iittle trouble in lamping- his shadow. TS there anyone in Hammond rf-hand ciijf Tel when, where .our the jitneys are supposed to who and run ? ROT THOMPSON. 1152 Jefferson St., tells police his motorcycle Is stolen from Kas-t Chicago factory. Then he calls later to say it has been found. TWO HUNDRED and fifty loaves of hread purchased with money from relief fund will 1 distributed to needy ute today from Dietrich's IlaUery. THE sign painter deleted a "T" from "interest" In the new sign of a Hammond bank which has been erected on the buildings fronting on P.ulletin St. THE Pc Iviixe theater has a new organint in the person of Miss Irene , Kamrantz. of 3Cast Chicago. Music i continuously after twelve o'clock each day. "IT was warm enough to vetnure into !rfi our sun parlor yesterday for the first several weeks," says a May man. "I hate to see it turn coiu igaln. A. PICK MADDUX, deputy collector of internal revenue at Hammond, is back on the job after being confined to his room for a week ou account ol i i iness. lw.)Kf anybody know where Mrs. E. II. lloberg went when she moved from "j I'ty 8t? A Chicago friend is trying :o locate- her in order to Impart some Mnportar.t information. JOH.V FISHER, Hammond policeman, la home from Mayo Brothers" hospital. He'll return there for further treatment In April, recuperating meanwhile from a series of operations. W1EPIAM I'lCOI.PO, new proprietor of the Hammond Hotel Cafe, has returned from Indianapolis, where he sang at the. request of the governor, before the meeting of editors of Indiana. THE week of February g to 14 Anniversary Week for the Boy Scouts of Amerh-a. The movement !s twelve years oil in Amer'ca, jirst at the tenderf .e t age. V-- :t: hus'ty candidate. At.OOV?TTIN" and mash bring arrest f And-.

Pudah, Grand avenue. Ites-- ' a. .iy tan -to of his aged mother esiab-fe-'-ooF rf v. I. 1. He was r-- I .u bed the "so.p house" which in those

J .v. -e l r or h lr.ds. Police ftund ! . . i; In his b-or-n-ent aiomg with the re 0.1. ' o"" JOHN P. ' r.C 1-1 wsa taken ;c-i jelv ill v. !th hro'oMnl pneumonia v,h,l; vi"!t'.ng at his home in Dixon, 111. V' r -.1 vcieived by friends today wa th tt some improvement had been shown. APEX MUCH A, 708 Stimer st.. Hammond, is listed as seriously injured in an automobile crash in Uhlcago yesterday in which the man with, whom he Tts riding was fatally hurt. Their car ran into a tree. P. P. liniMEU manager of the Stan- ' 'lard Electric Co., and Mrs. Hummel go I I.) Chicago tonight to meet Mr. and Mrs. j Ki-r.est Freeman and will attend the j three day convention of the Eleotric Fixtures Association, in Wilwaukee. I j ARR-NC,EMEXTS have been made ' bv the Parthenon theater ta bring "The , P. " to Hammond for a two day run, A elT ary 17th "and lth. The -rig'.al ; i.i.' t tr.it del;rh'l Chicago and New ; York for three years is guaranteed to j apt ear here. ADMIRABLE team work and amazing basket shooting last night featured the victory of Chicago Heights' girls basKetbal! team over the Betz girls at Pafayette gym. The score was 15 to 4. Chicago Heights made all its field goals in the first hair. They did rot miss. one foal.

,.cnv after vrm k.i.s the Tvagoa n'd i causing ir.ji ri,-s to ,ne peddler. : With hlriud uu.shit)r from both sidfii of his head, the injured mar. was j hntiht t. th. Kaot ihirazo nolice. sta - !

tio and given lirst-aid treatment by j "Ismograpb so adjusted a. to reglslr. Johns. Follow! this treatment 1 tw V'T hook-

i tr.c f.ati'-nt was rushed in a miner am- , buliince to the Hammond hospital, a; rej.o- t from th" l. spital Vbis morning s;i. s hat KfWm: -i s still aiivc. u j; y;r.i-n bein held in t !: hiltt aica(fo jail until there is j?:if Efcsur--T..-e tj.at the tniu'r-cl nan wll live. GENERAL STRIKE Tie-Up in Gary Building Crafts as a Result of $1 an Hour Order. ' A tie-up In all building operations in i Cary i! probable tomorrow as a result' ! of the announcement made by the Gary ; 'Sub Contractors A.iociation th-t On

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-.rechanics will be pa'.d at the rato of SI.' pe.- hour." ' Heads of the various b-.ildin? -rafls in the stftl -;ty inri'oifo that tho.i.- orf.ui'.J'ivtions ire not willir.q to sold.- bi the il per hour wa..- feale set i.r the ! sub-con'ractors at a re.vut s-ssion. Thfc sub-contractors are equally as firm that the fl an hour scale becomo effective. .Mary of the 1 .';.l era': A-orkme.u arc now working fe;- . ecal" of l.l- Jl.la to SI 25 a.n hour ::i d in the doternciiit.'i state that : '.'v will not auide y the r.-.'.-r wag--, i.t and w 11 go out or. strike if the;,- .-ire forced .i.to it Members of the roofers', sheet mtal workers, plasterers and cement finishers" organizations all refuse to accept the nw scale. "We are now working under the agreement proposed by Judge Usndis last December in which the men receive $1.10 an hour."' stated Ray Abbot, business ncrent ffr electricians. He spoke as though he was sure his men would rot accept any out. No statements have been secured from the hf.ds of the p!um'wr and Btefimfitteis although the majority of the men are up in arms over the wage cut. DIES TODAY Harry Bardon, Who Established Gary 'Soup' House Dies of Pneumonia. Harry Bardon, one of Gary's first settlers and unique characters is djad. Old timers were surprised as well as prieved to learn of his death at the Mercy Hospital in Oary this morning. Following a comparatively short illness came. Mr. of bronchial pneumonia, aeain Bardon was 67 years old and l-'a . r s t . " ! i s de.vt -i only "ve sui - vivor his aged mother 93 years old with whom he has lived for many years in a small shack at 3th avenue and Washington street. 'Harry" as he was more commonly known first attracted attention during - h ilra:n';al 1 -r r.:: '.I ii. t .e 'ol'n:on regime in 1013 when he established a "Soup" and "Flop" house on ttie south side for destitute and idle workmen, feeding and sheltering thousands during its existenceMaking a canvass of the city Harry gathered all the available beds he could find and installed them in a vacant 'house on the sout.i ide With other , nssUtance he s'rurJ food and with the i3 : beea-fi lanious in tins region Mr Pni.m started ;n his earcr in I ijarv a" tf-rid::.i4 cntrator an 1 also tj.ci s .1'" r-e r i ii.i.i uiinii o; iv. , cti -.- tlm i- a trd a;; bu.iin . n'. nt for ihv teamsters. He also worked on a number of patients which at times promised to yield him a fortune. Big in stature. Harry was a good samaritan to many and according to j those that know him best, there was I nothir.p thnt " ould not cl -. -for ymi. j if a person was his friend. He was known as a man with a big heart. He j took an active interest in political j campaigns. Of late years his health has been falling rapidly. Funeral ar rangements have not been completed. CONFESSES TO MANY ROBBERIES

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j and 6 months sentence for assault and Edward ' ufralo" Karri inskl. arrest- j battery on the person of Joe Sehw-ein-ed in Whiting on su o.cion. confesses j ' -- f pp nn st . Gtv Vn s a s under grilling of l.ammond police to j was an employe of the Gary Screen and robberies in indn.na Harbor, YVest j Bolt YVorks. He was discharged by HammonS and Burnham. Most of this j Schweinberg. He came back asking to loot was clothing valued at hundreds I be reinstated which was denied by Apof dollars and for which Kamtnski re- asatas. He sought revenge by strikceived but a pittance from second-hand ling Sihweinberg dealers. He was turned over to In- ! William Anderson stabbed IfcKinley diana Harbor police. He lived at 9,1 j Fisher with a knife on January 6th, Johnsan street. Hammond. Detective i 1S22. while intoxicated. Judg.; Smith S. Singer obtained Kaminski'3 confes- fined him $25 for the offense In the Sitn. Criminal court on Monday.

(Story of E&rthquake on Tage 7) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 KEEKLEY, CAX Jo. 31 X Tie entix ivor.d wai rooked oae-twntr -f lhtli of n Inch today by an arUaqnak, Frof. A. C. Liwton said la a statement Issued today after ebekla reading on the Kelsmorapo. at tae Unlvwaltj , oi Call, f ornla. Tbe eartliqnake was recorded bare on

" ana asr.ea t nntll 8 a. m. Professor X.awon eitlma.j ! '"v uoeu wiuiia six litmdred miles of here. Sustains Constitutionality ot East Chicago City Court Law Yesterday Judge T. S. Kelter of the Peke Superior Court. Room 1, Hammond, yesterday afternoon, sustained the constitutionality of the East Chicago city court law. This law gives cities of the second class, in wliich there is no higher court, jurisdiction over matters involving sums up t 12,000, the right of fo-rolosing- mechanic liens, mortgages and chattel mortgages. This law also provides an appeal to the circuit or superior court upon the records of the city court. Judge Belter sustained the jurisdiction of the city court In a caae that was appealed on the rc-corda and al.-o reversed a caso appealed from the East Chicago court and ordered the city court to grant a new trial. Attorney Willis E. Roe. with Attorney Wm. A. Fuzy, defended the constitutionality of tlie law. Attorneys P. A. 1'arks and TP O. Graves vrer i attacking the law . The cases brought before Judge rteiter were uninvportant tn themselves but were merely used in bringing to a head the argument tnd discussion which have arisen ajnong attorneys since the legislature paased the act in 1921. Attorneys Parks and Graves have not indicated whether they will carry the fight furth-r. PLAYING FOR GOLD Playing cards for five dollar gold piece started a shooting fracas last night that resulted in the wounding of one of the duo, John Grahovac, 3723 Butternut street, Indiana Harbor, and fracturing the skull of the other, Ste.e Si tics, 327 Plummer avenue Hammond. Tbcay both are lying in the Mercy hoirpital. Gary, believed to be fatally injured. ..The Investigation was started by the Indiana Harbor police. when an eye witness. Ku'oisuski, saw a man strike Srtics over the head and reported to the police station that a man was lying on Butternut street. injured. Going farther with the search the police found the man who had been shot through the shoulder lying on the floor it 3723 Butternut street. Pr. Cotter admii Istered first aid treatment to the two injured men. who A--.-re brought to the Indiana Harbor station by Superintendent of City P.irks Romansky. The police beiic.'e that following the shooting Srt'.cs ran from the buil t.ng and that a friend of the victim's overtook and struck Srtics over the heao, Tracturing his skull This part of the story is still to be s dved. MINOR CASES IN CRIMINAL COURT SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT. IND., Jan. 31 Pete laikas, on a charge of petit larceny was found guilty on Monday in the Criminal court. Evidence showed that he stole a typewriter valued at $24 from Atty. George I'. Rose. He was fined $5 and i sentenced to six months at the state I farm. ! James Apostatas was given a $25 fine

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An order was expected today from Judge A. H. Anderson of the federal -irt at Indianapolis, adjudging the Composite Metal bath Co., of New Chicago, bankrupt and referring the matter to Referee Harry C. Sheridan. Attorney Edwin Friedrich of the nrm otf Crurmpacker, Crumpacker & i Friedrich of Hammond was in Indi anapolis today to present a motion for he adjudication. The story of the Composite Metal Path Co., is one of bright prospects which were blighted when the man with the money behind it allowed others to do all the spending. The product Is one for which there seems to have been a ready market. Eriklath was the trade name. A wire base was first woven and over this a coaling oi clay was formed under great pressure and baked hard. Expensive machinery was necessary in the manufacture. One Jong row oi ppecial machines cost $5,000 each. A. W. Hnber of Chicago was the prime mover behind the rJant. He was foreign export agent for four of the largest packing concerns and in the year following th war is said to have made 1100,000. Several years ago when there was talk of moving F'ackingtown to Pake county, Mr. Huberts "Inside information" led him to buy a large tract of land in New Chicago, now a part of Hobart. When the packer boom became uncertain Huber decided to use part of the land '. for the Brlklath Tirant on which he sit" nn

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JL :aw L m'idbKTi. 1 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SCTYICEl WASliJNO'lO.N', Jan. 31. A political surprise wa,i sprung today in canitol circles by the announcement of Senator William S. Kenyon, republican of Iowa, that he has decided to accept an appointment as Judge oi the United States circuit court of appeals for tbe eighth judicial circuit. BCI.LGTI?r. v INDIANAPOPIS, Ind., Jan. (I. John R. Morris, said to be secretary-treasurer of the Morris Coal Company, Indianapolis, and a young woman who gave her name as Mrs: Ethelyn Nash of Fort Wayne, were arrested on statutory charges in Hotel Williams early today'. They were unable t'o provide' bond. (BULXITrTlV.) OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. 31. Striking packing houae workers were negotiating for their old ojbs today. The P50O employes who struck at the South Omaha plants nine weeks ago officially called off the strike at a meeting lset night. PETAPUMA. CAP. Jan. SI R. T. Cullen, driver, and three children riding with him. are near death today as a result. of a light auto truck having lx-en struck by an electric train. The children were enrouto to school. (BCLLCTIV.) CPATSY1PPE. Pe.. Jan. 31. A fire starting in the central part erf DENIES STEEL MERGER PLAN IS DROPPED Executive of Independent Company Is Quoted In Interview. TOUNGSTOWN, O., Jan. TS. An executive of one'of the independent steel companies prominently mentioned in connection with the Y'oungstown Steel. Tniarnl steel Steel & Tube merger de nies that negotiations have reached an Impasse, or that prospects of such a development are appearing. He says the negotiations are still on, but more time is being required than had been anticipated, due to the fact that none of the leaders is'willing to be hasty in r ts'-.iiii. i one osi'.ns. It is also said that illness of some of those who have been carrying on the negotiations has retarded the work. Ileason for Ilelny In Steel Mrmfr. Since it first became known that representatives of seven of the independent steel companies have held confer ences on the contemplated merger. I Wall street has anxiously awaitd the official announcement that details have ' been agreen upon. In addition, the terms of the merger are awaited. In this connection the remarks of the President of the Brier Hill Iron and Steel Company throw some light on the matter. According to advices received In YVall street yesterday from Toungslovn .be told hos st -ckh'Mers at their annual meeting that his company and six others were considering merging, but that the committee on valaation and on the plan of merger has as yet made no report. CENTRAL SCHOOL SITE $245,700 Bids will be opened Feb. 14 by th Poard of education for the Central school property which is again offered for sale. It has a frontage of I2," feet and the school board holds it for $213,700.

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has obtained rights. He hired a manager at J12,00t a year and two assiants at $10,000 each. Then there was a secretary at $4.0on. Ten salesmen were placed in the field They sold thousands of yards of the lath and collected cash commissions. Not a yard o-f the lath ordered was delivered. Huber's health failed and he went to a eanitarium in the Alps of Switzerland. The financial drain continued until it is esti.na'ed he has lost $250.000. Involuntary bankruptcy -rocefdings were instituted by creditors several months ago in the federal court at Hammond. The directors re-signed and abandoned the plan:. Petitioning creditors were unable to get service on any of the officers except by publication. When Kuber learned of the yroceedings he aked for time and said that as soon a his health woula permit he would retrjrn to the United States and pay off all of the debts. Recently a letter wa received in which it was said the case was hrpeless and he signified his willingness for the bankruptcy proceedings lo go through. The liabilities of the firm are listed at $117,218.62 while the assets are placed at $46,448.44. Charles Surprise of Hammond has been acting as receiv er of the plant since the creditors took their first actitorn. It will now be necessary for Referee Sheridan to ap point a trustee to clos up the affairs of the firm. a 9 a XL i. JL 2X this rillsuge. at 7:0. o'clock this morning was sweeping toward the residential section unchecked et 10 o'clock. So far 12 business places and dwelling have been destroyed. Claysville, a town of 2. OCX) 'people lias no fire department. Help has bn summoned from "Washingotn. Fa . BtTLtETI. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BAPllMORiC. Md Jan. SP Firemen early today were compelled to shovel the way for their apparatus through snow banks to reach a fire that dtstroyed the car repair shop of the Bethlehem corporation at Sparrcws Puint. The fire started from an overheated stove, and caused an estimated damage of $50,ono. (Bl'I.tPTTS.) t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEHVICC NEW YOitK, Jan. 31. Pucien Muratore, tenor of the Chicago Opera Company rested well last night, following an operation for ispp&ndicitis yesterday, said a report from his hospital today. (mirtrnx.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVTCEJ Mb.ieU Ciii, Jan. P A policeman was shot and probably fatally wounded today during- disorders in the cfhauffeurs' strike. BTnLXjrrrar . INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE HAKPAN, Ki'., Jan. 31 Six men were killed and two others are in a serious condition today following an explosion In a coal mLr.o at P&yman, 20 miles from here last night. K-ATTTSOTTG. Mrs. Julia Rautsong. 80 years of age, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Waiter Hoke, of 04 Condit St., following a two weeks" illness with pneumonia. She had lived with her daughter a number of years. She is survived by four daughters and three sons. Of the seven children, three are residents of Hammond. These are: Mrs. W. A. Hoke; Mrs. N. C. Jenninss- and ' G- IUu,sonf- ; xiie oooy win re shipped Wednesday to Rome City, Indiana, for burla?. JACKSON Mrs. Amanda Jackson died yesterday at home of her son, Rallegh Jackson, iv22 Alice street, after a lengthy illness. She. is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Frank Moran; Mrs. John McCarthy, and Mrs. Ed. Prange; one son, two brothers; one sister, and five grandchildren. Sirs. Jackson came to Hammond from i ijouisviiie, Ky., several years ago. The funeral will be held at p"J0 p. m. Wednesday from the late residence and 'at 2 p. m. from the First Baptist church. Nick Emtnerlirvg will conduct the. funcral. Mrs. Mary Sc. .., l. aged S3 rears, died this morning at the home of her neice, Mrs. Ervin Miller, 618 YVentworlh ve West Hammond. Her death followed a paralytic stroke suffered Friday night, She was a former Danville., 111., resident. The body w ft! be shipped to Danville Tor burial Thursday morning from St. Patrick's church. H. J. Burns will conduct the funeral. MASONIC NOTICE Hammond Chapter 117 R. A. M. will old a called convocntion Tuesday vening, January 31. opening at 7:3'! V clock. Mark degree will be conferred. Members ucgrd to attend. Visitors welcome. 1-J1-1 THOMAS W DIXON. E. H. P.

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HcAIeer Clashes With-Opponent at Weekly Club Meeting A Murray Turner, president of thf Flrfct National bank, created a tenssituation at the Kiwanis club iuh.-h-eon tod.y when he denoure-ej V.". .1 MeAIeor's fight en the public i.t.Ii'y corporatlons . "It's bunk." shouted the banker. In a fircy speech. Turner s.iid that thousands of men had rc.de into f 'i'-e by assailing the public utility corporations. He declared that he was opposed to the campaign !a jne.hej again ; the utilities by the Kiwanis ciuib of which he is a member and was not in faivor of asking the city councils c? Hammond, Gary, East Chicago and Whiting to appropriate $23,000 for an investigation. TERMS IT "I KLPOW IXU.V Mj. Turner termed the Hammond. Whiting & Esost Chicago Street Railway -company a "yeilow dog" that ha 3 been hounded until it was -nothing but a skeleton." Ho declared thet "the motor age baa broken the back of th street railways" and that if the tracks of the 'Vxreen Pine" were taken up It wou'd be impossible to organise a new company even with a eiarrstidy of 1 cent a passenger and very fKiasfole concession. "To attack the street car comjaaj. the gas and electric company and the telephone company is the most popular tiling a po-litioiao can do," Tomer cried. "If I were a candidate tor office or ever expected to be a candidate for office I -woold net make this speech." Mr. Turner's speech was received in silence. When "Turner sat down W. J. McAleer. author of the resolxxiou against the utilities, took the floor. Mr APTi F 31 ItEPPrKS. "It's not bunk," he cried. "We're not attacking the public service corporation. We are Investigating them. We're no Jumping on thera. The public believes it im paying too nruch for street car service and for gas. electricity' nd telephones. We don't 1:nnr bat w propose to find out.. Are w' go-ingr to be a dead clu If any man believes that this a political move I say that he is wrong. George Geyer. president of the crab, and Frairtc O'Ronrke supported the movement and tho report of tho Kiwanis committee which met with city official and civic organiratlcns of the region Patwrday night was adooted by a unanimous rote, Mr. Turner not voting. The report contained a recommendation that the city oc noils of Hammond, Gary, Past Chicago and Whiting appropriate the money for a Joint investigation of the rates of the utility companies, employing expert engineers and appraisers. President Geyer stated that the com-m-ittee cd" the cluTj would meet this evening and intimated that Mr. Turner's objection would be considered at that meeting. There was little evidence, feowever. that the club Intended wi tbdrawl n T from the coalition of cities and civic organizations wa.gtng war on the utilities. 5IHPTT JflCT TOES ETTT. The unexpected attack upon tha MoAleer resolution came when the report of the committee had been read and the cltfb was prepared to s-ote upon It. Over sixty Ki-tvanians were present. Including Mayor Pan Brown. Mr. Turner arose a.nd asked the per mission of the chair to speak tipoo fb resolution. He (began his remarks by stating emphatically that he was Ttot the mouthpiece of any corporate inter est. He said that he did not think any Kiwanlan would believe that at his age of life he would make a ta.nd against an investigation of the kind because of a selfish motive or as the tool of the corporations. He SAld h welfare of the people and the future of the region and that be vu convinced that safety of the ccnuntry was threatened by attaoks upon the pubils utility corporations which he desiirnated as "the weakest link in our chain." HASrVTT (1KJTT I YTlSTFax "I haven't a cent Invested in any public utility and I don't know a man in Hammond who has," said Turner. The street car company is a ye-How dog that has been hounded until it is a skeleton," shouted Mr. Tut-tut 'There isn't a man here -who would toe content with as small a return as the street car company receives. Th"re was a million dollars invested in this street car company at the same time Jake Rimbach paid $1,210 for a piece of land that is worth a million dollars today. YVhy should we spend $2," 0V to investigate somo-hing that business men know is worthless? "Why not use it to see tf the roads bunlt by the county are not costing too much? Perhaps the material men are charging too much Pot's see If throe hours' labor and eight hours' pay is not costing tho community too much. Perhaps the banker ire charging too much for money. The -barbers are getting fifty cents for a hair cut that used to co.st 15 cents. SEKO EXTEYMOYS, "No, we haven't time to Invesiipathem. We arc too busy kicking t roor yellow dog Here in ,t con.mui. -ty preparing for the Jon. s and Paugiin steel plant. We will want extensions of the street car company. W hy. Roseoe YYoods w ill want an ct union to sell h.is lots out south. "I s.iy that The p.ihlic utilities a:e On t rial. r don't know anything nbc;::wie gas ana eicatrsc company c that 1 know that utilities arc : r lo show an earning so that they (Continued en page s vea." y : ui.c a 'l