Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 194, Hammond, Lake County, 8 February 1922 — Page 1

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Mable Normand Denies That Her Letters Have Been Returned to Her Btrr.T.KTry riNTERNATIONAL NEWS SFRJiCEl JTBW TO SC. Vah. 3 "Ippr THm" Colfla, w&om nam was mea-Uomed in coitncticia wttfe tie William Desmond Taylor narter in o Angeles, is mir umt today in Miami, pia, ao. cording telegram rvevt-red todagr by tb detectlT bureau. BUTJjrnii rrHTCT NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE i JTT A TiTT. TLA, Fob. 8 Autboritle j today paid tbey bad been asked -bo ! watch for "Za.rper JJan" Collins, al.ged gambler wto la miiM la Ik Aagelae for -aeatfonisg' la connection with the murder there of WfUlam j Desmond Taylor. Police daclxred ColUna baa sot Wen placed tmder arrest, but tnttxnated they bad reoeiTed taf or- i xnatloa that OoUin Is eltber bar now or enronfce to Miami TAl'lOB. AND MIBFX HAD A orAItnCL f INTERN A-HCNAL NEWS SERVICE XjOS aMtHues, reb. a a s;aUffbt on th private life of William Iemoa4 Taylor, ooncemiiir bis relation with Mabel Kormaaxd, film p, yrM rerealed today try Rsmrl Sallows, coaoifeur for the murdered director. TeHore deolared that oa Hew Tears Ere wblla he -ras driving- the couple borne from a faablonable hotel party they bad a narrel and became aomewbaQ excited. The chauffeur aaldi "Af ttr Tarlcr took SOss Wormaad borne aad returned to bis apartment, be beffaa frtuj-pxng. Sext day be took ome jewelry to atlas TTormaad at ber home."

EY CHARGES K. HUGHES rSTAJT C0RRESPONTr7 . J, SESVICE) LOS ANGELES, Caiif., Feb. 8. While the attention of nfficera -working on the Wllliajn Desmonl Taylor raar-5-er mystery today wu centered tn vrn earth. Ins hitherto veilM secrets in tte l!f of the elaJn director an woman -widely known fa the Sim world. It was understood there waa still great, activity at police h-eadquar-:r regmrdins tlj rch for Edward p. Sands, former ueoretary-raiet of the yictim. Reports were corretst that officers detailed to Investlg-at the Sands ar'.e of tbe mystery made progress durlnfr Im nls-ht by devJopln5 cl-aes tending to sbow that tbe mis.'iirts man mi? Jnave had boxrlnesa relations with two and poneibly three -women of. the rincsna world. Ko bint was given to newspaper men what these relation wer. It was) said officials of tbe district 1.1 to Trey's office are takinur an active interest In the Investigation today. This wu regarded as Indicating an early grand 3ary probe of the cae, together wltb poewbly a direct charge against San-ds, by tha district attorney. X soiled bandlcercJiief, bearing the initial "3", was fonnd near Taylor's ody wbtn it was plcaed tip last Tharsday tnomlng, according t ta.teroent from detectives today. Police be Li ere the bandkerohief was troppe-I by tbe murder, either before 1 re falsi shot was fired or during the assassin's hasty exit from the house. A r.ew mystifying fact was thrown Into the , when dfttt-ctivea reported that the letters written by Mab'-l Nornrnnd to Tajrlor, had been returned to the arctresa ater bein missing for .wsreral days. Ileports was made to the police the day after the director's body wa found that a bundle of letters, penned to tho murdered man by the popular star had mysteriously di.sapipearea from the Taylor home. While Miss Normand protested to officers that there was nothing of ImportATte in the missives, the police were eager to obtain possession of tho missing letters a?id to solve th? mystery of their 4isaPpearnnce from tf home of tbe murdered man. The actress stated that she d-sired them nly becaua-! of certain endearing terms contained in them, which che feared might be misconrtrued in the light of developments in the sensational murder. At the Normaad residence today denial was made by representatives of the actress that the letters had been returned. The actress was still reported prostrated following her collapse yesterday W!'ming intense excitement that tnsurJ At the l'uTicral of the film man.Officers are at work to Kut'Slnntiate the report that the letters were returned and added that a thorough probe will be made to Iwirn who had taken the missives from Taylor's home. While Investigators report that cera'.n interests In the motion picture colony are bri ngjntT h.vy.proj'tTre" to bear in an ;ittmpt t th-oitl- a thorough invesirjaii-'ii of !'.- esse, ether factions :ir- .--i.-r in i!.ihonties in everv pwi'.'V .a i v to vi:t: down tho murderer, s r--;iroi-s;- of the prominent personages in the cinema world who may be drasrsed into the limelight by what is developed. The mystery of the case .had been (tlmUiiued oa rage Five)""

FROM OVERALLS TO MILLIONS IS CHEMIST'S JUMP r ; S N ...V "X Alexaodrorlteh VonsiaUkr. Alexandrovitch Vonsiatsky, 5end act of a noble Rosoian family but working as a chemist in a Baldwin locomotive factory, is to become the husband of Mrs. Marion B. Stephen heiress to $40,000 000. He is twenty-three. Mrs. Stephen is forty-five. CITY DADS DO BUSINESS LAST NIGHT CHy council met last nlrht in regular session. There was no considerable amount t-I !eatc on any juestlou. Perhaps tL most elgnSficant feature of the meet-ns ' as the alacrity w itb which councilmen voted down a motion to send the city engineer to Washington as a delegate to the water-ways convention there. Thia followed unanimous passage of a motion o send Mayor Brown as a delegate. The mayor wanted Mr. Bridge to to to. Mr. Relssig voiced the deaire in the form of a motion. There was no debate but with a suddenness and stiffening that evidenced a resentment a-gainst any inference that tbey were obsequiouhly obedient to the crack of the mythical administration whip the councilmen with ten sharply enunciated "nays" simultaneously pigeon-helod Mr. Bridge's hopes of a trip to the capital. WHAT THET DID Scholte moved that an ordinance be prepared authorizing the M. C. and I. H. B. railroads to provide ga'tes and a watchman at the Forsythe avenue crossing. Subway, Gibson, where two men were killed when struck by a train Monday. Passed. Schulte moved that the ordinance providing an annual license of $$0 bo paid by purveyors of near-beer be tabled. It was. Wolf in discussion said the measure would make bootleggers out of every soft drink proprietor. He advocates a license of $30 a year. Seilger and yhite secured passage of a measure authorising Chairman K'ietf- to appoint a committee of five councilment, actively interested In sports, to co-operate with the park board in purchasing land, laying out parks, playgrounds, etc. The mayor informed the councilment that If they "would read up a little bit about tho park board" they'd find that body was entirely outside any interference or jurisdiction of the council and can do virtually as they please, answerable only to himself. The mayor appoinfs the board. A resolution passed by the Rotary club and urging conciliation with the public utitlities rather than unintelligent heckling was accepted by council and made a matter of record. WH1TEZEL AND REES ACQUIRE HERTZ STOCK Through a deal which was closed today, the Srm of Whitczel & Rees, .proprietors of the State street store, purchased the entire stock of the Herts department slore, located at 253 State street. Mr. Herts opened teh store about five months ago and, true to his promise, put in n n extensive stock of dry goods and iadi'-.s- wearing apparel whion was one of the most complete in tho city. V'vcry article and every yard of wa s n e . Conditions arose which caused him to decide to retire from the field for a time at least and he offered the stock to Whiifzel & P.ceso at an attractive -figure. By taking the entire stock a prlco was quoted wrticii is said to have been ricHc-ulo-jsly low. The' purc-h.scrs ?- sut e the publ-.c tii tt thry will ben"'"; t.h-c;gh the tita! for n real bargai'i lettr. al wii? be put on which w IV. permit everyone in the Calumet region to participate. A special sale will be hel 1 a soon as the stock has iwett moved to the WhitezeJ & Rees store and placed oa display.

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STANDARD CAR CO. OFFICIALS TALK AT KIWANIS CLUB H. F. Aiitson. purcha sjn; agcr. t for the Hammond plant of the Standard ! Steel Car Co.. pave the "oral bo.-t" at : the weekly luncheon of thi Ivtwunls ' club yesterday. Mr. Allison tod the history of. thn steol freight and p;ss"Sr car which originated in Pittsburgh tw-nt j'-eight years a;o and resulted in the forming: of the Standard Stftel Car Co., which i3 controlled by Andrew Mellon, .secretary of the txeasur;'. He also told how the Mestcrn plant o the Standard hapfened to be located in Hammond. VT. D. W'et-b was sent to Chica.ro to find a suitable location In the Chicago district. He took an auto trip through the Calumet region and stopping- In Hammond dropped in to nee the popt- , master. ; Mr. Webb didn't mppoe the portmaster -stuld have land to sell, but a ; it happened the postmaster wm the I Ute TBillj-" GosUin. ; Result: Mr. Webb never rot cut of Itammond. G. 0. P. TO SELECT CHAIRMAN TONIGHT Iixmdgren's Point Cafe Be-; comes the Scene of a Hot Fight. One of the hottest chairma-nahip fiphta In tbe history of the republican party of Lake county will end tonight at Carl ' lyundgren's" restaurant at Robertsdale when the precinct committeemen meet to accept the resignation of John KUligrew and elect bis saccessor. FACTS KURKPnEJEYTED. respite, misrepresentation of the facts, Cleveland is strong In Gary. To injure bis candidacy It has been said first, that he was a Beverldge man, and second, that he would move the Gary headquarters to Hammond - Cleveland Is neither a Beverldge or a New man and as county chairman has pledged that he will be strictly neutral in the primary fight. He has said emphatically that he hs no intention moving the party headquarters. ' The socth end of the county is efa'tned by Cleveland workers. AT LFETE The doctors of Harrmond and surronnding cities attending St. Margarets were the guests of the hospital last evening, Pinner was served at seven o'clock and found about forty medical men in attendance. The btaff of the boppital meets monthly. The aim of the meetings strives to keep sUp with the progress in the medal world, advising the Sisters that both doctors ar.4 hospital may give their best to the public The meeting of February was held jointly with the banquet. The business activity of the month was offered by the retiring chairman of the staff, Doctor Write. Rev. Father Berg was announced as the ppeaker of the evening. The address c.f the Hevcrend speaker was able, touching the history of medicine and drawing its relation to mankind in Bibica.1 references. Father Berg concluded voicing appreciation of the work of the medical staff. Sisters and nurses in the training school. The chair thanked Father Berg and others were called to ape alt. The general trend of talk was Instructive, social or fraternal and tinged with entihustesm. The meeting juljourned with a TOte of thanks to the Sisters, nurses and all who aided In making the evening a success. The city is again the beneficiary for the annual event is another step in proficiency within its medical circles. AIaLSETFOR MINSTREL SHOW All is et for the K. of C. mir.strfl that tomorrow r.iprht open: a t'.-o-day run at the J'arthenon theafer. Why waste space telling about the won'lers of this marvelous medley of melodies, maids and boil mots. Everybody knows the reputation of K. of C. entertainments in these parts. They are always, crowded. The trouble ever has been to find seating room sufficient. Which leads to the question Are there any tickets left? Ttr, at Armstrong's Jewelry store, ifammomr Candy Kitchen. Carroll and Newton's. Get yours tonight. SUE BECAUSE OF ACCIDENT William H. Abblett and John Barzda of the Transfer & Cartage Co., of : Hammond, have filed suit for $2,500 j damages against the II. W. & 11. C. j j street railway company trfvatjao of rn ' , accident which occurred on Sheffield ave.., in Hammond, Dec 2)1. 1921. A, : street car is said to have struck one j cf the plaintiff) truoks which was loaded with household goods. The ' truck and Its contents vera damaged.

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MachineGunTurnad onStrikers Who Attacked Strike Breaker Early This Morning tiHTufir.ATiOOA UttiS SERVICE) TORKY7LLE, Ohio. Feb. I. One man was killed and a number Injured daring a rlct ea-rly today at the Yorisville plaj-.t of the Wheeling Steel Corporation. The plant, idle tinea last July, due to a nrriko, resumed operations yesterday. A threatening raob appeared before tbe plant at 3 o'clock this morning snj a machine gun opened Ere. A crowd of rr.ore thaT 1,000 striker. is said to hsve &tta.ckd a strike breaker as he left tho plant. When th3 trouble astro mid more r-r less serious aspects a machine sen turned on the striking employes. The dead man is Elmer Cos, '12, and married. Before reopening lit rlt Tuesday the company is said to have trough' In 50 armed deputies and several machine guns as trouble w;s feared. According to Mayor Harry Coss of Yorkville. the guards oie.ned fire en the men without, provocation and after they had been warned by Sheriff Edward Eucss of Jefferson county, not to do so. j About 1C0 strikebreakers were brought from McKeesport, Pa... jes- j terday. Cons was shot down beside the mayor's home which is directly opposite the mill gate. Andrew Watkins. member of the International Executive Board of th" Miners' Union, today sent a telegram asklv.g the governor to send troops to maintain ord r. WANTED TO GO IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS Christ Ka:-ra:- of dry. has longed to be propiietcr i f a hotel. At la.t ho iia1 things franx-il so it !o;ked athough his ambitiou was about to o-' rcz-iized. He leased the Xew Centra1 hotel at 124S Washington street, Gary. He spent money In making improvements. Ilia money ran short and be borrowed more in order to complete the job.. Just as he was about to open tbe pla.ee he found he had no ready ciLsh. His creditors wore alreadypressing hiiri. The hotel was not opened. Today he nied his voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the federal t-oirt .-it Hammond. He- li--:ts h:s debts at 373.11 apainn which hi has assets amount to only $';S2. Alexander Sanlez, one of the two bandits who escaped Hammond jail arter their capture following a series of robberies they committed early in 1?21 In south part of city, Is arrested in San Di go on charge of roblwry. H-a connection with the Hammm! ', crimes wsb eta blushed by f.ncer prlr.ls, j secured here by Il.trry Hitnbac'i, ,Ir . ! R.-rtiition escort, ftnI vent 10 po.irv dopsjrtments throughotit th country. Bantez will be brought here to face trial if the county commissioners nuthorize transportation for an officer to pring the prisoner from California.

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(BULLETIN) tilfCRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. Feb. 8, Herbtrt Mullaney, 24, eifjperats jewel bandit who thot down Detective Sergeant James Kane and was himself wounded Saturday after a holdup, leaped to his death from the si;th floor of the South Clark st. station today. The man jumped from tbe bundle cage in the bureau of identification. He struck on his face, breaking his neck. (BULLETIN) f tHTKRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. A Negro soldier was lynched at Is-Sur-Tille. France, for 'beating out a white boy's time with a French girl," Philip Bell, a Negro of Memphis. Tenn., declared today before the Senate committee investigating charges of Senator Tom Watson of Georgia that American soldiers were illegally executed in the A. E. F. (BULLETIN) ' iNTElPNATION L NEVV3 StRVltr BELFAST. Feb. 8. A violent wave of fighting, caiding and kidnapping rolled through the Ulster counties of Tyronne and Fermanagh today. Ten Unionist leaders and eight constables were reported to have been seized and carried off. Jocelyn Booth, father of the Countess Markiewicz. was kidnapped. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEYlS SESViCIl LAURA. Ill- Feb. 8. An attempt by safeblowers. was made to loot the State Bank of Laura early today. The bandits failed to get into the vaults but escaped with a small number of postage stamps. (BULLETIN) iki CNAr IOHAL NES StfiUCEJ LINCOLN. Neb.. Feb. 8. . A bread war hit Nebraska today. .Prices tumbled for the second time, in a month. Lincoln bakers are selling a 16-ounce loak at 7

wV. &-:,. ' with the star ot the cast, Betty; taken of Taylor Willi Ibu wi&d wbistllag sMtsida trying is barmealae with tha faint tmree nlriaiua uf tnuate eumiagr from eur vie. trela. And then you'd hr ts fret up ami t:vka eff the r&eorj. Gf rourca, I d&ii't mUid lAm.1. dear. Did y-JU realiy KUVpese I ln'.e.3.ie4 rej la take tP at trw tike a baby. "Oh, no, tor this U my part, t'a twuep a& dust (they meae rwectcnt Utile dust oap. yn-4 knew) moA the lreb ribbons un Uis mow white curWits a&d feed the biras ar.4 Ox the tlewara, and. oh, yua, net Uva an-1 hel you waah ib (3icti3 aiad then In "t'd go to my room aod put en ewtaethins soft and f.ewlug, then I'd lie ea the ooueh and wait fat you. I mljdit (all asleep, fr a 8 re always makes tne Srowsr then I'd waie to find tw rirng aa-ms around me and two dear lips pressed on ral&e Sa a Sea;, sweet kisi:." cents. 24-cunce leaf at 13 centi. At Hattirgs a 1-4-ounce loaf is telling at 5 cent;. Osaka cut 10 &ad 15 cent loavca to 8 &ad 12 cents. Prlcei were elio reported lev - f t Dea Moinej and Sioux Citv. lowa, and St, Jcreph, Mo. (BULLETIN) 11IITCA NATIONAL NEWS SIlt.'ICEJ RICHMOND. Va.. Feb. 8. Si persons were known to bs dead and 22 were listed ia police report as missing when workmen dug into the ruins of the fireswept Lexington hotel today ia the hope of recovering bodies which are believed to be buried ia the debris. The walls of the building collapsed. Police were hopeful the work of clearing away the wreckage could be completed before nightfall. (BULLETIN) CIXY-ELAND. 0., Feb. 8. Mrs. Mary Brezina. mother of ten children, was shot four times and killed in her home here shortly before neon today. Her husband, James Brezina, is held by police charged with murder. "I had an argument with my wife and fired one shot." Brezina told police officers who found him in a highly excited state near his home where the body of his wife was later found. (BULLETIN) .-INTERNATIONAL NEWS SfVICE V1NCENNLS. Ind., Feb. 8. One hundred fifty thousand dollars damage was done by fire which today practically destroy-" ed the Knights of Pythias office and lodge building. The blaze is believed to have originated in the building occupied by the Vincennes Candy Company. Carousing in Pluromer atenue resorts contiiiti-js. Another whita man tel"s police his pocket is picked of $300 while he dances with bronze beauty. He is arrested for associating with a prostitute, the girl for theft. Both Vtil be tried Saturday in city court.

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Appropriation For Hext Year to be Cut Quarter Billion of Dollars By OBOitOE R. HOLMK3 ISTArf CORRESPONDENT I. H. SERVICE! (Copyright 1821, fcy L N. 8.) WAHH1XOTOX. Feb. . Ths American navy la In for the greatest cutting it iiae ever experienced at the hands of congress a clashing that will carry it far below tbe mark set by the armanent conferences. . Republican leaders in congress, thofte who handle the money bags, informed the International New Service today that the American navy Ij Jut about twice as b!g as la necessary under exlsiting conditions and that beio.u cu..gi tiia-id up ita wo: it this :e-un. the navy will -be reduced by approximately one-half all alor.sf trie ilne appropriations, pcreoi.n.l, both er.l'.sted and conmleeionti; sa.pa shore stations, and other factors that go .i rm.ke . p the navy or today. "Tie big navies of the world are r'"v .i-. L.ej aid. "We time declared a building hcllday witu chief competitora. We axe told that the peace of the world haj -been .'.- exired for fifteen years at least by the rmacent conference. Then why do we need a big nay? Beslae, we have an economy prograxn to put through, and we need the money." The ftrtrt touch of the knife win be felt in the appropriations for the upkeep of the navy in the next fiscal year, starting June 30, next. The budget estimates call for in appropriation of j4r5.S52.367. This will be cut at least $225,000,000 congressionJ le-aders said today, leaving bnt slightly over $M0.0Ov-,OOd to run the American navy from June 30. 1S22. to June 30. 1923. In the original estimate was $20,000,000 for the completion of the 192-i building program. This will be knocked out completely as under the nave', treaty with Great Britain, Franc, Italy and Japan, the program is not to be completed. In the original estimate was JUS.. 154,131 for the pay and subsistence of the navy. They aim to cut this In half by the simple expedient of reduclnr tho personal by half. The present authorised strength of tbe navy is approximately 105,000 rner and 6. 900 officers. Before the houto gets through with its present plans, th authorired strength will not be mor. tban 60,000 and 3,000 officers, its leaders sail today. Congress also plana to da some scrapping of its own account with number of capital ships which the armament conference assigned to the junk pile, bouse leaders are going to direct the scrapping of numerous older vesfels of all classes and then fore, obedience by tbe simple method of noproviding men and money for their continued operation. "We have naval peace assured row. they argue, "why continue to pour millions of dollars annually into the maintenance and operation on a lot of oi: vessels that would be good only for short defense in time of war anywa'. . They merely make the navy larger, not more efficient, bo junk them and save; tho money." The congressional pruners are frankly expecting a howl to go up from naw heads over the sdasibing program prepared. They are prepared to meet thN however, with the assertion that war bogey has been chased away now for fifteen years, at least, and that thi.-i can be translated to the voters and taxpayers of the country only by reduced expenditures and consequent reductions in federal taxes. SEELY ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY Coar.ty Surveyor Kay eely today announced himself aa a candidate for reelection, subject to the republican primary in May. Seely undoubtedly knows more about how "the land lays" in Lake county thsm any other man or engineer. Th.it is, he knows more Nut how it lays literally and typographically. ire is not a politician except that he has alway worked for the Interests of the republican party as a whole. Aside from' his general ability s engineer. Scely is valuable to Lak." county oocause of his long teware of office. lie carries In his head more engineering facts about the county than there are written on the records or ehown on maps. As county surveyor. Peely bas "nicked" thousands of dollars from th checks paid road contractors. Tie keeps an accurate record of all naterials that go into the contracts at.J when Jobs art; finished he knows to a dote whether the speeificaUonn have been fulfilled or not. Whatever the extravagance of the county may have been in the building of roads, Purveyor Seely has been economical and haaj saved the taxpayers thousands of dollars, making deductions from the bills of the contractors when the Fpc-cifications have been disobeyed. He is an efficient engineer and keeps abreast of tbe times, studying aV. new-methods of road building and repairing. TTGHTING" Charlie Dyer, candidate for county clerk, la keeping in atep with his opponent in th Gary district. Charlie Is said to banr eH'iai)lished a headquarter tbera.