Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 55, Hammond, Lake County, 4 February 1922 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Jaereuinff cuoldiness with probab. 1 roin in iiota and west portions tonight and Sunday; warmer tonigUt and Sunday. fndi7 Crt-.r :n Hanson Y'- Kammoad EOc per month on arreets ar.t i.3 ,tmas, 3c per wnv.

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If 31 Takes Role of Sherlock Holmes to Save Jos. Biei From Jail riPCCiAL TO InF. TIKE? WinTING, i:,cl., Feb. 4. The deputy prosecutor was prepai ! ng to leave for the day when a gray-haired man of inscruitabla cor.nten.in.-o entered, the ciTice. The Tisltor presented a car J. It read: V A 1 -TEH J O IT V P O V Postal Inspector Washington. Jl. C. BOLT KROM Mil: SKY. "What can I do for you. V- r . JohncnV aked the prosecutor. "I wa.nt' to secure a. warrant for t!"5 arrest of Joseph I'.i'l, assistant fuliiw of thKank ...f Whiting." the tovcrwncnt man replied calmly. The prosecutor was dazed. "Joseph Biei:" he ejaculated. "What In the world for?" "Conspiracy to rob the United States xrails," answered the inspector. "Joseph Eiel rob tho I'utted States nulls? My God, mac! ou must bo toad!" Th Inspector smiled. "Dfs he stand that well?" The prosecutor trims slowly around in hia chair and pa. '.! cut of tho window for a few minutes. a MOUKL oi .r, MAN. "Joseph Elcl," he said evenly. "!' one of the young men that Whiting li proud of and in whom every rnati eni woman has the uVrr.ost con;iden.;e . ITe has ben an earnest Uard-v. ork;:is pcr'ous-minded boy. has no b.ui habita. He lias tho coutid"nce of Walter Sdirage. the ire5triet(t of fu bank. Ho belongs to re'ijrious and fraternal societies. Ho ' tho pride of a loving: father. This id a fhartly r i stake ." "I'erhap?," raid the inspector. "Nevertheless we find that tho license plates on the automobile abandoned by the mail robbers Wednesday ere iistacd to Joseph .B!l. assistant cachjcr -the Bank of V.'hiting- by the b. cretat y oT atate of Indiana. I want a iafe warrant to hold Blel un':! I cai get a warrant la lhl Ur.itel states district court An hour later B'.el w&j taken from Ms case at the bank to t. office of the prosecutor where tho warrant was rcid to him. Hi unpurcd daed. "Pshaw-," he said, "1 dvn't vr.derscatr th!-." Ifo kept repeating, "I don't cnlert.nd this." Ife was. released on J- OCO ba:l eccurd by bis father. SCHJ1AGE HAS FAIT IT. "r2ter Echrr.ge, maj-e-r of Whl!!:i And president of the n.uik cf "hi ! iny, bammered tho desk with his f r.t v li ti he was told cf the arrrs'. which was greater eentiition In the tow n than tivo bold mall robbery. Wf dne.day . "f don't believe It." declared jjchrase. The rtiayor rot buy. I! turned deeottTe. Ti e facts Ti-ereaimrle. Five l.andits m a T'ackard hail raided the lenot raall wsenscr, taktner scren mall bag 3 from hi? cart nrouto to the jpost office from the rennylvanla depot. "Witnesses asreed that the Packard did not have a. licenso p'ato. When it was found abandoned in 'o'ith ".'hiago togethr with the tm;ty n.ail "isgs the car ba1 a license plate in front and behind. Tho llcene p'ates were brand nw, tho mayor-dctcctive les.rned. Diel has a new automobile. Two weeks ago be sent to tho secretary of dtate tor a llc-n?e. The ltcer.se plates were probably in one ot the mail bap,1? which the robbers sloie. Once safe from pursuit la thefr fiicht frr-ni the cene of the hold-up they eptneil the bass. They found til s plates. They j-.ut them on their car whb-h had non. AW A I 1'S ( OM 'IKM ATIOV. Sometiire today Mayor Schm.ce expects confirmation from tho secretary of state at Indianapolis of his suppotition that tho license vlatos ordered hy Elcl were !n tho :ruil that was stolen by the bandits Wcdnosijy . "BIcl is a victim of clrrum.-uancci"." Mayor Schrage declare 1 t d iy. ' I expect to have sufficient proof by tonight to secure Ids release . Do I like b!ff a detective? Well, utnc to tiiink of it when I was a boy I wanted to be a detective and this 13 my first opportunity." A MEETING will be held at Columbia j Halt in East Hammond V .morrow after- j noon at 2 o'clock to discuss the pro-; posed pavement of Columbia aw, bay- , Ing a r.ew sewer and water main will j cater into the problem. This must be ; ior.e before the county wilt undertake ; the work. WITH opening of Feoond semester j In the publl? schools Monday? a toscb- : at Irv ing school nits' about a reprlniand she received from one of her.: pupils in the first grad-.v. The f.rst ; half of the school year had been de-i voted to arm movement ovals with a j swinging motion of the hand to the j right. The second half of the jear was to bo devoted to the snme exercise i with the motion to the left. With the; teacher directing the class sun t-d the i new way. Jimmy, bow ever prrsisted ' in doing bis exereis- the o.i way. 'That's wrong, Jimmy, right th:.? w ay. ( To the left." "Well." said Jimmy. ! "why didn't you tell .i the right way; twfore, Miss Smith. IX d n't you know i t)c right way either?"' i

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Did You Hear That UAl' SEEE1'. county surveyor, returned today from Indianapolis where i-o wtrrt tin county business. HA.MJIOXD itoy Scouts are on their i' s, n-auy to make next week t'uc M'v-a test scout 'Week celebration in history. VEKXE SUMMERS learned a brt..J ri -w fiimo at party tho other Tiiijht aril it wasn't "drop the huidkerchief" nth.cr. TILE SIXRIXlinS have bought a block f seats for tiie rirst nifrht of tho lv. f i nr.ntrels to he ued by the drum and i-a;0-lo corps. THERE is a scarcity of store and fl:e space in J lan-.mona. Keports say sevc-a! new incchandist e enterprises ara seek: tiff foothold hot K.EXXED7 AVEXUK residents il He5ivi".5 ask city engineer to prepare plans for widening that thoroushfare to uniform width o." 80 feet. MIAMI, FhOUIOA. That'? probable city to be selected as training quarters tfcis w'nter for the police baseball team. They leave next week, if plans mature. ItE.-KRVED seat coupons for the Knights cf Columbus Minstrels, Tburs-j day and Friday, can be secured at the fox office of the J'arttiencn, beginning Mouda;. JT.r.T MORGAN", state prchlbAion director, didn't give a very good explanation of the -point-men L fiasco. Evidently his hamH were tied by the political powers. M.A", rlitnWnj; in jitney, says there this difference between an autohioPi'.c and a piano all the boys in the lamily v;ll cheerfully take lessons on ths autotunbile. MRS. JOHN F. V,TEHKIM. of Detroit street, reeentiv received a large cocoanut erirared in its outer husk from Mrs. John Walker, of Jacksonville, former Hammond re!dcnt. TWO traveling salesmen set a new rt. iurancs record at Summer's Ilecreation i'a'-lor the ether evening by playing three-cushion billiards eleven hours without a rest. CTLAELES ?ERPRISE. present deputy clerk of the U. K. court is wondering if he will have to ask Eeo Konaventura for a job in capo the new federal court J. strict bill passcrt conpres. C'NE of the delights of the K. of C. minstrel and musical revue Is Adeline Irf-Mere, sixteen year old muslctan.' Miss 1aM"i c !' a wonderful piano plavcr. She 13 being urged to lead the orchestra. tV'tEE of remodeling the Ruff b'jtld ir.g has begun. T'ians were prepared J by J. J. Kerry, the architect After ccir rdeUon of a r.ew roof the interior ! work will l e carried en through the t w jr.tr f. 1 TROOP 14 be-ted Troop 1- at basketbail Iriday evening, 12 to 4. The youth fut reporter savs Troop 14 out-: weighed it oTno:ier.ts 50 toi)nds to the! man r;luh faout.dj like a j.-ood alibi fori Troon !C. i AUTOMOE1EE owners are complaining of the I. ens law which goes into full force and effect the fifteenth. They . ay that the lcr.se intensify the glare ..f the headlights and have put an end to chroming. FOR the be'ieilt of J. Arthur Davis Hid other coittrils H is announced again that "Mrs. lib Frleke, of Eowell, was tlu- wiener of the prize offered by County Treasurer Bradford for the best way to collet-1 the county theater tax. HERMAN SAS5LJ. deputy U. S. Marshal, was serving monitions in Indiana Harbor and Gary today, gathering l' :,u;i quantities of olive o'l which had iecn sold to dealers. It said to pro vide some feature of the Pure Food Eawj. :iENb.Y HAAGE. S5 Hanover ft.. IlM.Linond. was served with a warrant today to appear in the federal court at j Indianapolis for violating the migratory I --aii.e law. He shot ducks before fi ; o'clock in the morning. He furnished' bond. ' rsilRS of e'.c. trlclty v.hith Is distributed through the new substation on! Highland street received cards this j month toni the gas 'company explain-; ii-g thft the jub was of hotter quality j and bi'.U might be higher from now on. j They were, HAM FESV. Fif tenth and Cllne aves. j Hammond, was arrested by federal agents yesterday, whtn they found i c.-hteen h-irrels of mash hi bis icllar. j An old ctiH v.-as fouiid upstairs. His j loonier, John Duniash was ai?o taken Into custody. A. II. TOENG. of Eiiiiinord. Ird.. wlio is stopping at the Ilivvio-v. a cnl'.er at the Tourist Information I E-ireau on Thursday, January St. Mr. Young expresses the belief that Tampa I. as lie fore it a great future, says the Tampa. Tribune. THE STATE TAILORING C'. of; We -t Hammond, has just boon mcor-i porate.1 in Illinois at Sto.ftO'. CP pi tali - zat'.on. "They will manufacture arid, iie.il in wearing apr-arel. Incorporators j are I"-. Jirka, William J. Van ok and A. J A. Sjchleslnger. ! MTKK MADURA, manager of the ill- ! laiod Indiana Carders, destroyed the , other day by fire, say 'he's going ,toJ tart ioto tiie same business again, j friends wart hiui to open a dance hail J and roEer skating rick nearer to Ham-i ruorul, than Five Points. 'j REX- IITDY and Jack Mooney have j one iu extensively for bowling to

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Today End of Washington Conference, Monday Session Merely Ceremonial BY GEORGE E. HOEMES (STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SKRV1CE1 - sill. N(i ION, l t l. -1 Three months to the day from the time the peace pdwers of the world first assembled about the green. U-shaped table in memorial Hall to inaugurate the work of limiting navies and establishing peaceful concord in the far eas-t, they met attain today to formally -announce their work finished. Today sees the end of the conference. Monday the powers meet again around tha table, but only to go through the ceremony of signing the treaties over which they have labored c;o long and thanking- the statesmen for their labors and accomplishment.?. These are live, possibly eix treaties, t3 signed Monday. They are: 1 -The tie powered naval treaty. T Tho four powered treaty supplemental to the I'aciOs ract. 3 The submarine and poison eas treaty. 1 The main nine-powered fr eastern treaty. 5 The Chinese customs treaty. 6 The Shantung treaty between China and Japan. ROBERTS! FOUND NOT GUILTY WHITING, JND., Teb. 4 Walter Martinak ,of Robertsdale, accused by Mr. and Mrs. J. Kosiak of Whiting of having been an accessory to the robbery which was staged early in September on the road between larvey I!', and Hammond, was-found not guilty w lien tried this week in the court of Judge M'-Kinley In Chicago. The KosiaUs were invited to r;dc to Harvey in Marlmak's auto one Siinda-. They had saved Jl.liO and Mrs. EosnU was contemplating a trip to the uli country. The money v;ts kept scwej in the lining of br dres. On tho return trip from Harvey, the machine stopped at & lonely spot ami Martini said it would be tircevsary for him to go back to a jrarziKc for aid. "While he was away, masked men stepped from the bushes and forced the v oman to hand over the money. The K'isiahs now have a damage suit rending against Martinak In the superior court at Hammond. Iu it thev ag&in accuse him of complicity In the holdup and state that within a. fewdays after the robbery he started extensive repairs md additions to his t home in Ilobortsdalc. CLEVELAND APPEARS THE POPULAR CHOICE Friends cf Attorney Clyde Cleveland of Hammond are very confldent that the precinct committeemen tf the county at their meeting at Carl E-tiic-gien's Wednesday evening will elect him to the chairmanship, succeeding John K.illigrew of Hobart. With the solid support of his home town and a goodly following in all the others parts of the county, the young Hammond attorney js evidently the popular choice. This is said without any disparagement of his opponent, Tom Robcrttt of East Chicago,! who has also been a faithful worker for the party and a pop'jlar young man. There is a feeling, however .In the south en 1 of the county, that Roberts who occupies a profitable place on the state industrial board, is not in line for the county chairmanship. Cleveland appeals to the rank and tile of the party at the logical candidate. He has made on enviable record as city chairman in Hammond, harmonlzinr; the two factions of the party as represented by Mayor Brown on one hand and Attorney W. J. McAleer on the other. A. a harmonizer be is hard to beat and fit a time when the republican party of the county needs just such a man his services as chairman are invaluable. A survey of the precinct committee men Indicates that Cleveland will have 65 cf the. votes at the meeting Wednesday evening, assuring his election." A majority is sufficient to elect. the exclusion cf ski jumping. Ice hockey. snovv-shoeing. ice fishing ami other winter sports. They hereby challenge R. H M-'Hie and P. A. Parry to a three game match, total pins to count. REPORT.- My tho tracks of the Joli t and Eastirn Traction Company j between JoJiet and Chicago Heights j are being torn up on order of the com pany. No business, is given as the reason. Busses tiow make the trip between Joliet and Hammond in two hours. V. J. FASTER, the new- manager of the Groceteria, who came here from! Hammond. Ind.. to fill the v.-.cancy made 1 w en V. J. Nodd resigned, announced j todav- that the store would be arrang-; ed and additional stock. " f nationally! advertised foodstuffs would be added,! says the Larorte Herald.

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i I7YTP Ik XL li w (BULLETIN) I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! (Further details about Papal ltallot-ing-on Pagro 5) MILAN. Feb. 4. The fourth ballot in the papal election at the Vatican faired to select a choice, said a dispatch from Rome to the Corriere Delia Sera at 5:20 o'clock this afternoon. AUTOMOBILE UNDERWRITERS ' AGENCY STARTS Hammond has tho home office of tho newly organized American Automobile Underwriters' Agency Inc., a J45.OO0 corporation licensed to do business in Inliuna. Officers of tha new corporation are as follows: 1'resident A. D. Faverty, Hammond. Vice president II. S. Hall. Chicago. Treasurer i. R. Sarber. Ham mot. d. Secretary Hunt Wentvvorth, Chicago. H. S. Campbell of Hammond ia a member of the board of directors. 1'ave.rtv, Kirbcr and Campbell are all well known in the automobile insurance field in Lake county. Mr. Faverty was for some time associated with Judge C. II. Fricdrich in the Hammond building writing Pre, life and automobile insurance. Eater bo devoted his entire attention to tlie automobile branch, representing the American Automobile Underwriters of Illinois. The new company will land's the Indiana business of the Illinois Underwriters. A deposit of J 25,000 has been m ide w ith the Indiana Insurance commissioner. The agency will write P' !icii.-s and adjust claims, having its ovi u claim department in the Hammond office. .Preparations are being made to cover the entire Indiana field. Men are now b-ing trained at Hammond to take over the offices at Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Eary, Evtnsville, South llend and other cities of the elate. The home office is located in the" room adjoining the Majestic cafe on' "the north near State and Hohman streets. DISCLOSURES BRINGING HEW L I STAFF CORRESPChTLNT I. N. SCRVICt A.NGEEES, Cjl.. !', . 4. !;- closures mad ca,rly today to officers irivosiieatinis the myst'-rious murder of William Desmond Taylor. noted film director, now identified also as William Pesmond Iean Tanner or New York, resulted in the linking cf two film actresses with some phase of tht tragic shooting, which occurred Wednesday night at the director's borne. Detectives at work on the h.-.ffiing cafe would pay nothing further than thst one of the actresses Involved is a star of recognized magnitude, while the other woman occupied a less prominent position In moti.m picture circles. Police today were said to be attaching considerable significance to Information given by Harry Fellows, Taylor's assistant director, and Mr. and Mrs. Early Tiffanv. Tiffany was the slain director's chauffeur. These three persons were quest loned several hours last night and probably will be subjected to further grilling today. The detective's rigid questioning of these three is said to be proniptci ty the feellner that thy mr.y be able to shed some light on events leading un to the fatal shooting beraupe of their close association with the slain man. Mrs. Tiffany is credited with the statement, that she ssw Edward V. Knnds, ex-sftcrotarr-ratct of the murdered man, on Ihe Afternoon of tho day before the murder wiw committed. Sands has been sought by the police ever since Taylor was slain In hopes that be might be able to throw some light on the tragedy. Sands also is reported to have threatened Taylor's life. Interest In the case today w as mai-K. cd by speculation regarding Taylor's past life, following the disclosure here and In New York that the screen director's real nsme was rcan-Tamr an nrt connlssejr of Gotham, who disappeared under uneTnlained circumstances in 1H0S. Following that disappearance the man came to Eos Angeles and assumed ihe. name of Taylor. Prominent ee!e.brite of the s .rceii world were assembled this morning for the coroner's inquest. Among these w as Mabel Normand, who wan at the director's home a short time be fore the Varder was committed; MarsMiles Minter. a friend of Taylor, who was one of the first of the film colony o reach the scene of the murder: JessEasky, bend of the dim corporation by which Taylor wasf employed, end Ciiarie Eyton. v est coast manager for the Famous rin j ers-Easky corporation . WILL OPEN ART THEATER NEXT WEEK The Art theater, considered one of Gary's pop ilar movie bouses, will reopen under new management the las: or next week a.ter De;ng closed fo:' nearly two months. Lawrence Hendricks will be the new manager and promises patrons some of the best and latest releases from the leading producers.

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PLANT Government seals today grace the doors of the warehouse of the old Hammond Distilling Co., barring entrance t what is considered ti e best stock of whiskey in the United States. Federal officials took the action late yesterday afternoon when a hasty investigation led them to believe that there was gorunds for the report that whiskey was heing removed from the warehouse under the jju'EC of alcohol. George Remus, former Chicago atihe cert i flea ' -s representing the liquor attorney now under $00,000 bond at Cinemn'xti for complicity in a giant whiskey conspiracy, is linked with the Hammond scandal. Recently it was said that Remus liad been buying up the certificates representing the liquor stored at Hammond. At one time it said lie had obtained t ( rtiilcates for 1.200 cases. The investigation was made yesterday by Bert Morgan, state prohibition director and Asa. Elliott, a revenue department inspector who was at one time a government gauger at the Hammond distillery.

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Sir Krnest Shackleton, at right, telling stories of his exploVations to crew of "Quest." One ember o? the crew is seen at the teftThis is cne of the last pictures taken of Sir Emust Shackleton, rcted Engrlish anarcticexpIorer, before his recent death at the outset of an exploration of the south polar regions. In the tiny ship "Quest" Shaekieton set out a few months ao on a trip that was to take over two years and add important data to the scientific information on the south pole district. His body was taken to Montevideo. Uraguay. and then shipped to England. The photo was taken two weeks tefore his death. Shackleton's personality and his fearlessness made him popular with members of his various explorations.

f LATEST BULlETINS

(BULLETIN) HNERNATIONAL NtWS SERVICE) WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. Foreign debt funding operations may be seriously delayed in the cases of some of the debtor nations, because of the maturity and interest rate limitations imposed by congress in enacting the administration's funding law, officials of the Treasury department declared toddy. i (BULLETIN) 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE; CHICAGO, Feb. 4. Ignate Potz, Joseph Barlolc and Michel Kadlich are under arrest today as the slayers of Willia Pederson, a motorcycle policeman of Winthrop Harbor. Pederson was shot down while pursuing an automobile whose occupants he believed to be jurn runners. According to the police, PloU has confessed that he fired the shot that killed Pederson. (BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' WARSAW. Ind., Feb. 4. Tke Rev''. Austin R. Van Fossen of Winona Lake, died of pneumonia today. For many years he was pastor-at-large of the Logansport Presbytery, having charge of twenty-five churches in Northwestern Indiana. He was 65 years old. (BULLETIN) CONTINENTAL HALL, Washington, Feb. 4. The great pwHOBART LAD IS ACCIDENTLY SHOT i 1'Pt.CIAL TO THE TlVESi j HollAKT, I ud.. Feb. 4. Wednesday i evening Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Earlier j left their two children, aged 8 and 10 years at home and went to the show. While they were gone the two "boys picked up Mr. Tarker'3 gun which he

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TILLING C IS SEALED 0 Recently permission was given to set up bottling equipment at the Hammond distillery. The liquor was to be bottled and removed from the warehouse. Supplies of stamps and labels were received by A. Dick Maddux, deputy collector of internal revenue at Hammond. Thousands of callous off liquor still remained in the warehouse, some of it the oldest liquor in the country outside of some private stock?. Permits for removing aicobol in riuahiUties by truck must first be signed by Director Morgan, it is said. Word reached the state department that liquor was j.ppearing in di(Te-ent parts of the country from the Hammond warehouse. Then came the report that alcohol permits were being u--ed for the withdrawal of whiskey. Mr. Morgan had not j.i,ven his sanction to these permit? so the investigation was started. The. warehouse will remain under seal until a number of quantities of liquor can be traced and a complete check of the warehouse contents and permits ha? been made. - A S 7 ,:r1 'ft," " : 4 MOM Jm ers of the world teiday pledged themselves to dea fairly with China. The pledge was contained in a nine-powered treaty presented to the sixth plenary session of the arms conference by Secretary of Stale Hughes and adopted within five minutes after the session got underway this morning. (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SER.1CE; WAUKEGAN.JIL. Feb. 4 Governor Len SmaJI of Illinois will go to trial in Circuit court here on March 6 on charges of conspiracy to embezzle $835,000 state funds. Date of trial was fixed by Judge towards today. (BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ! RUSHVTLLE. Ind., Feb. 4. Patrolman Fred Wachendorf is dead and Patrolman Frank Nicholson seriously wounded as the result of a gun battle between the two policemen and Charles Sorrel! this morning. Sorrell is in jail and will be charged with first degree murder. (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 4. Henry Ford today purchased the properties of the Lincoln Motors Company for $8,000,000 at a receiver's sale. Two other bidders refused to go over this mark. Ford s bid, being placed first, was accepted. accident!; left laying on the table. The gun was loaded and George the older teiy pulled tho tirgger and ihot hima.-lf through bis hand. Mrs. ISriney who lived next door heard the shot and ran over to see what had happened. As she opened the door stie saw tre boy laying unconscious en the f.ocr in a n'-ol of blood. She called for medic3l .'.id and Mr. and Mrs. Parker were summon-d. They hurried the boy t ) tiie Merey ho-p,ital at Gary. At f.rst it was thought that it would be necessary t amputate bis hand but alter reports were more en-

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Bert Morgan Sees Brighter Times in His Line in Lake County BooHegg-ers, illicit distillers, win makers and home brew artiste received formal notice last eyening that an unremitting war Is to be waged against them until the right is won. The word cajiie from Eert Morgan. Indiana director of prohibition enforcement, in an address delivered in Room 1 at the Hammond courthouse. "The Hammond police have been co-operating wonderfully with us: Easi Chicago hd.s made rapid strid-.s since the first of the year; improvement is shown in all ports of the district and it looks like brighter timas ahead, in Iake county," he said. Mr. Morgan pointed out the fact that passage of the Eighteenth amendment only started the bght again.-: the liquor traffic. "We must have public scntirnenw ith us in this work," ho said. "Th other side has its propagandists working through every medium. ' They have plenty of money. They tell you that prohibition is a. failure an? that the law cannot he enforced. I say it can be enforced. We must have thj support and assistance of all good cltl. zer.s. I know and you know that many men are aiding and abetting liw violation who should be working on our side. "We know that there are city, county and other public officials who are aiding a.id abetting the law violators. "Eako county is different from, an v other part of the state. 1 believe I am safe in saying it presents our hardest problem in enforcing prohibition. 1 feel that I hould spend more time here from now on. Wo have Terr" Haute and several other cities which were formerly our worst spots In the south part of the state in pretty good shape now and new city administrations are helping us wonderfully. In Terre Haute we closed up a number of places under tiie new law for abatement of nuisances. It proves very effective for an owner of property will think twice before taking a chance on having it closed for a year beeause h-j ailowed it to be used by a cheating soft drink parlor." The prohibition director spoke in glowing terms of the service which has been rendered by Gus Simons who yesterday was succeeded as chief ef th Northern 1 nd i an i group of agents by George Weeks of Gary. He stated that Simons had been promoted to a genera! agent job and would continue to mak,; hi,s headiuartcrs in Hammond. Ed Berwangcr also came in for bis abate of pra'j-; and the director took plew.?ure in asur!ng H hearers that Prwangcr had consenttnd to continue with tho department. "You often hear criticisms." sail the director. "Men in public office must expect that. I assure you that I have' always been a temperance man. I have been engaged in temperance work all of my life. I am doing my hest to keep the men of my department clean. Whenever a man doesn't go straight, he loses his job. Tou can depend upon that. I have the last word in such matters. Crocks ma.y creep in bat they can't stay long. I believe that the slow, steady agent who is honest, will get farther and do the cause more, good than the shrewd fellow who is crooked and not to le trusted." Expressions were called from the audience following Mr. Morgan's sxeech . Gus J-'lmoTis and Fd Berw anger each spoke and thanked he people for the co-npcraflon which hat been extended them. Eerwanger Suggested that pop?e speak an encouracrin gword to the agents occasionally lie told of the awful pressure which was constantly being applied from the other side and said the moraj support of the good citizens would do mue towards cutting down the number of aeenta that go w rom? . Joo Hojnacki. "king of the North Side Polish settlement, was presen and reported hetween thirty and forty tills in his neighborhood. Two raids "were made by police in that part e.f town late last night. Judge Henry Cleveland. Mrs. W. H. Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Hi E. Granger also spoke. Mrs. J. IE MeC.ulre act' cd as chairman of the meeting. E. CHICAGO MEN FREED OF CHARGES I.VDENAPOEI. Feb. 4. Three men of East Chicago, who wt re charged with desertion from tho E"nit-rt States army, have been freed from tb.i charges, following an investigation showing that the men were enlisted in the army under assumed names, according to a bulletin issued today by Maoor-G-ereral G. W. Read. -commanding general of the Fifth trniv corps arc. The men are Andy Villi -eon, William Edgar Girt, and Antcnc Zyenlnski. Yiilisiron, Jt was found, enlisted in the Irdiana National Guard under the name of Andy Viltegan Aprlj 26, 1317. Girt enlisted under the name of Kdward W. Girt same day, and Zyoninski enlisted under the name of Antoni Zniewskl July ?. 1521. K. OF C. NOTICE A'eiy important meetinu for members only, 10'.r,Q Sunday, morning. J. DESMO?n. Grand Master.