Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 195, Hammond, Lake County, 9 February 1922 — Page 1

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m w r w v wmmmm m mr ; I .. .. .. J nC Ullll HflO UajJUbllJ Ul, 15,000 Tons of Finished Rails Per Diem The Inland Steel company, the leading Independent in the Calumet dlstr.ct. will start up Ha new rail mill The first of neit month, according to j nnoun:cnient made by an ortiCiai yeb- j frday at the East Chk-itso piant. . j Construction work of converting No. 2 plant, structural mill, into a rail R.-.d structural mill combined was put under nay the first part of October last year. This construction work hap continued, until now tho rail mill Is practically completed and ready for operations. rilODrCTIOX INCREASED. TVith the starting up of this mill, jitonuction V ncarty 30 per cent. '1 h is added departmeat 'will keep the intormeuiate mills on a stta iit-r operation basis, and Tiiaoe the plant on a production basis of nearly. TO per cent. While this is e3t!.-natsd to be a conservative fiprure to be maintained there, is every indication to believe that this percentage

will be advanced gradually by next -; i summer This increase while not con-J T- K- ?-1 T- Hammond scout cxecusitiereJ a boom, is a substantial gain t,x- celebrated a birthday Tuesday.; and premise!" to offer employment lor i His snrJversary almost jibes with that j

a-id additional 300 to "'") men when I j.Tarting up the first or tne raonm. 1 ne j mill on binKlc turn will have a capacity j of approximately- 13.000 tons of finished rails a day. b.vu ( i- onnnns ix sight. This fact of reaching high operations soon is drawn from the number of large orders the company has in sight, by the convinufd railway buying, and xh" orders now on the books of the K Indiana Harbor plant. This concern expects to have booked in the neighborhood of 300. ooo tons of rail orders starting off the first of next month. DEHMTK HK.lxrU OF STEEL 1MIISTHV it iV the natural conclusion that the I steel industry has made a turn for the ; better in a dcfKite branch of pmduc . a.i Kv i-nmrninsr the market there is everp indication to believe i that railway equipment buying- will be the dependable factor of keeping the ' wheels of the steel industry moving 1 for months to come. BAND FOR TEMPLE DEDICATION A LEADER George Malb 'ft and Harry Morgenau wre In Chicago last evening attending one of tfe rehearsals of the Engliwood Military ii;l which is to u-.iis.i-i thc music for tho Hammond Masonic dedicatory services Saturday ts-itcrnoon and evening. They returned all excited and ere jcady to proc'aiin it Iho greate.'-. musical organization thA,t has ever vfsited Hammond. Kvery member of the eighty-piece band was on the job last n:ght for the benefit of. the Hammond Motors. The band -w ill furnis'i music during tho afternoon when Hammond's hand-t-ome new temple is dedicated. A ton. ert will be given in the evening and the famous musicians will also rlay for the dance which follows: Secretary Mallett say; each day is bringing in a number cf communications from high lodge officials and prominent Mas ois assuring thim tney vill be present Saturday. Grard Mas. tcr Omar B. Smith of Rochester aays lie will arrive early .Saturday morning to presido at thc ceremonies. Tickets for tb- oonroit and dance t re s-olling rapidly an 1 it :s"now certain there will bt a up a. city turnout. TIGER SKIN BRINGS 1530. FOR MOTHER tSPECiAt TO THE TiViS' y 'vi L.t.tt in j.. Ki.-b. fi. .n eclio o ; tin- advot-turous spl'it that carried illtatod Eicut. I 'at O'Rrlfn in his world - j wanderings Mas bear! here recently! when thc beautiful black end yellow skin of a tiger shot in thc jungles of! tiorUiern India by O'Brien was sold i to ward off privations suffered by the I kindiy mother of O'Brien. 1 The skin of the tiger that was sold! to keep the wolf from the door ws j hung for the gaze e.f the curious in stores in Lowell and Momenoe, 111. It attracted considerable attention both by its size anj Its peculiar beauty. j Tickfts bearipe the jlea that the' money derived from th.? ?; would t-f i used to buy a monument for Lieut. ! O'Brien's grave were ,-old throug-liou: the county. More than $iS0 as realized from its sa.!e. ' James ICirby of Momence, III., was the winner. Mrs. O'Brien, now living with her on -in -law. Benajmin Voricy ot Lowell, to d a T'rues n-novte,- that she t ...... . - . i we- forced to sen lii-n trophy c: ne; .-in be--cir;irt i.'.5 Ki.-e ii-'tuH'i! ri- -js-

;r-a 1! t i ad .-antage '-i btcauac SJie i ( fi'.-d thc mo-iev. Two ieopard skins, brought from the Oriont by the late: lieutenant, are still In possession of his mother. She hopes, she says, she win not have to Uart with hcm.

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Did You Hear That HOLLIS irCNTEll ia reducing Uie talking machine method. DAN MO RAX has his own private j opinion about Gov. Small, of Illinois, j and the contempt cas.es. ' ; ., , , , . . , Hammond doctors would all be buying t- . ,u AN all-woman jury will alt in city court tomorrow to hear the re-trial of a tor. THIS was the finest February day in years. There has been more sunshine this winter than the memory of man reckotieth col. ; THE ICIWANIS CLUB feels fortunate in having as its members two such c miers a? Young Murray Turner and Battling McAIeer. , ED. EERWAXGJiR, prohibition asent, I who has been sick since Saturday, has shown much Improvement, but is still Unable to Have his home. v,. J. WHlMJir was heard to re- j mark that it was such gcod entertainment last nipht at IjUndpren's that he j was sorry when it was over. i LOREX U. WHITNEY, of Hammond ,has U(n granted a patent for a lcvel- , tb3 American Steel fundries. THIS women will bo slower grettifts j into tho band wagon than the men of j the republican party. The ladies aren't i I used to these inter-party scrap?. ot the loy Scout movement in Amcri c. i THERE 13 a certain Hammond man who is an expert at testing hoch. By taking one swig he can tell whether It a made of prunes or potato peelings or raisirs. NOT white wash, but paint, is bln applied to the interior of the police staHon . It's fles color and brightens ' things up for Sergeant Charley See's benefit. WirEtV all of the Hohman street i chimneys belch smoke in unison In the ! mornings, it's hard, even for an old tlR5cr' t,J bearing, in the busi"e!"3 .district. HAS anyone heard what the alibi of i r,ow tl,at natural ice has been plentiful jn,3 there was shortage of men for uervesurig it THE appointment of Elisha J. "Walton, e-f Anderson, as deputy collector at Gary, was announced today by Burt Thurman. collector of internal revenue at Indianapolis. PACT. GOYKE played piano at the j auto show of high priced cars at the lrake Hotel la.st week. I"aul says that he was forced to look at a $15,000 Rolls Rocc six hours a day and It got his goat. THE Chamber of Commerce at its luncheon thfs noon discussed the extension of Calumet avenue south to I 1 er and the proposed Hoover relief, campaign for the Russians in the Volga region. O.VEY FRED SWEET, the newspaper man, ,ho has worked at a hundred kinds of -work just to see how it went, i will delive.r his lecture, "In thc Other I'cllo-w's Shoes" tomorrow evening- at the K. of P. Home. TV. IT NOr.bETT, secretary of the Hoosier State Automobile Association drops into to say hello. Also comes the announcement that Mayors Brown and Callahan and. Chief Bunde have signed up as members. ' ROY FT'fGE, Willys-Knight dealer. h-lieven the auto prices have now been sfaDinzea ana mat cars win never oe any cheaper tnan they are now. tn

other words, this is the time to buy j Tojay flnd tomorrow spcciai meetbefore they go higher. ; jps are btfing hcM by the troops and "" 1 "'" I.t o r h frl.ntlK rt 5(-rnti arr n -

! semble a large city Is the pigeons which ; ; park on the ledges of the Central school j building, le.-id.r.g a cosmopolitan atmosl phcrc to the view from The Tim-" ot- ! cc ! TOM ROBERTS and Clyde Cleveland , "iv secondary considerations in the '. i-crnp of the G. O. P. Thc real fight! on Roberts was against Gary- control i of the cour.ty and th,' fight on Cleveland ,

uas againrt Bmdford and Itoae domina- tion. knot tying ar.d other scout action. ! complishmen ts in these windows dur- ! ing the week after school hours. EVOLUTION -Shall It be taught in ; The Mg F"ather and Son banquet will our schools?" This timely topic which j bV the climax of the celebration. It will has agitated the best circles In Ham-I be held Wednesday evening at the

mond. will be discussed by Dr. Rappaport in his termon Friday. February 10th. at 8 p. m. In the Sibley street synagog. WELL, Mr. and Mrs. George Koland j and Judge Harry Nicholson, of Crown i Point, have reached Havana, Cuba, and j Knland efnds this greeting: "After aj trip around the city I am off of all brands in tfc U. S. A., even Old Crow, j his eggs; and offsprings.'' I FRANK O'ROCRKE. who learned i something about the psychology of i people who buy theater tickets, says he i has discovered that the architects of the nearer maoe a ternoie Plunder in ineir Pi"" when -they didn't put all tle seats in the ninth and tenth rows. F W. TlVKKi!, chief inspector of the s-tR'o department of weights ar.d measures, is in Hammond for a week. His local understudy, If. II. Hunter, and himself will pay mechants a call this week. Tucker says a good city sealer can save Hammond consumers $40,000 annually

M SELL Creditors and stockholders I -J.v Jiuiyr i ruffi lo., Arc Keenly in- , . . . , tl . ,., . i terested in the meetm gw hich will he ) loaiorrow at tne Hammond teaerai ; J Gilding in which Harry C. Sheridan, j I referee In bankruptcy, of Frankfort will; I property. I I Several plans have been suggested i J by the creditors committee which ia 1 (made up of men from several of the i largest plants manufacturing parts for j the Gary trucks. It is said that aj number of Gary men have pooled interests to purchase the' plant, but it ia j feared that they will he unable to raiso enough money to operate the factory after the purcha.se price has been paid. Another plan la for each of the crcd- i ltora to advance finances in proportion . to the plants indebtedness to them to carry operations over until it ia on a Payinif basis. The factorv 1st now iin-! der th9 d)rectlon of Charles Surprise,! of Hammond, as receiver, T CALUMET Efforts to persuade C-'isnty Szcher.yi to Include among the cities on his well arranged itinerary Hammond, Gary, and East Chicago will be made by Judge William A. Fuzy of East ChiI - ---- ca" attended as th- guest of Dr. B. finger, e-panisu consul .at i.n.cago, a luncheon tendered today by Dr. Singer j to the Hungarian minister, recently j appointed ambassador to the United tie. The luncheon to Count Rzechenyi was held at 15:50 p. m. at the ISalie hotel. Frevious to establishing himself a ' "gct-acquainted'' trip through the t cc.unfry. i If he can. Jjdge Fuzy will wure from th Hungarian minir a promreturning to the capital. SCOUTS OPEN THEIR WEEKS ; CELEBRATION Nearly 200 Boy Scouts of Hammond celebrated the opening of Anniversary V) i.u.mr school and marching to Harrison Park . n for a pow yow. Sickness and severe weather Pt away manj wu - It also caused a shortening of the pro gram. Thc wind was blowing a gale j mak in g It impossible to have as large la bonfire as had been planned. A whole truckload of firewood had been brought to the park but only a small part of it could be used. Scout Executive I. K. Scott led the exercises in which they repeated their old obligations. It had been planned to initiate Mayor Dan Brown as a S'-out, but he was unable to attend so the ceremony was deferred until later in the week. All over the country the leading men of the nation, stites and cities are taking the scout oath. President Ralph C. Pierce of the i Hammond Sout Council made a brief address, after which the boys -went . . . ,(,,.,, aTid veil. llll UUhH C V." n i r 'i ........ . . T. th watched the fire die'out. i i. r siiinH Exhibits of scout liandicraft are brinff placed in windows . -tores in the downtown businrss district A large display has alv..en .t nn in fhc -window of the L,ion furn.ture store. Tomorrow the 'rslt of this rears bird house con - fest bP fh(l,,'n jn tllP window of the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. ATiri,h, ..v.ihit ill be In the winflo(v 0? K ard C. Minas Co. store. Boys W-1I demonstrate first aid, fire by frieMasonic - temple. Every scout is ex pected to be present. They are to bring their dads if possible, but where the parents do not turn out or where the I scouts have no fathers temporary dads '-'H assigned for the evening. Last year s banquet broke an rccorus. mis year's is expected to go even stronger. BEVERIDGE IS TO INTERNATIONAL NEW3 SERVICE) INDIANAPOLIS, INI).. Feb. 9 'Albert J. Bevcrldga will formally announce hin candidacy for the ropuhHcan nomination for United Slates tttor next week. 'This announcement was made today by Clarence R. Martin, Indianapolis attorney who is to be state chairman of the Beveridge organization Headquarters win be opened at the Claypool hutel here.

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. . ( I 3 V (1 T M !l ffl 3 T M 1 P FV AQII HI P Q : Qnonrlolmie DrnnAr4i.n. 1 Scandalous Proportions as Days go by (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE l-AS AMI FCIjIuS. Ca!it.. Fob. 3 Tn connection with the William re.niond Taylor murder investigation, attaches of tho district attorney's office today are looking' into the affair? of an assorted love cult, with the ways of notorious orientalism . The slain director is declared to have been on intimate terms with the members e.nd tr have possibly been one of the cult's followers. UY CIIA1U-1-X5 E. HUGHES j STAFF CORRESPONDE,T I. ti. SERVICE I I i IJS A.NtiELlS, Calif., Feb. a. i Now sentational develojimen t s in the 1 William Desmond Taylor murder case I are expected today as a result of ecu- i traliring- the investigation of the my.tery in the office of District Attorney ; Thomas Le Woolwine. ' Every person known to bo in po- ' session 'of the Blightest knowledge ' concerning the m jrdered film director, j j his life, associations or facts leading ! ' up l" lfte lA',nS will be called be tore ttie district attorney's slaff of donutics for a questioning that officers i have characterized as one "of the most j , i tgiane ri. 1 r :t wati learnS(1 to,lay 1!lJlt detective-i who nave boen seeking a motive for. j thc siayjn(r of Tayior hav, bet.n chPok. j j ,n(r up t1ic activities of a man of Con- I fi.ierable prominence in the Hollywood i fl;m O()on... j The investigators a.ie endeavoring to learn whether this ma lias, as was I reported from various sources., been, in j 'ovc with a film actress. They are also trying ' to lenrn whether Tas'lor vm an intimate friend of the woman. "Is there any truth to the report that 'the top may be blown off Hollywood" as is rumored in varlbus newspaper officers?" on attache of District Attorney Woolwinc's office wa3 asked today. "Possibly o." was the reply. "Of course none of us ki;o-w what will hapJ pen. but the probe will be thorough." i lr was understood that one phase of i the district attorney's investigation will be directed toward persistent rumors that persons said to represent film interests and to have had large rolls of money have been seen about police headquarters. So far as 13 now known none of these persons ever actually approaco-,1 a police offier, as rhir movements were carefully watched. Film stars whos-e faces are familiar to millions of "movie" fans all over the civilized globe will b taken to the ....... , (district attorneys offi-o for que.stionj during the day or tomorrow. Ter8n3 prominent in other phases of molirn plrture work will also be seen by the investigators. Among lho selected to be fjuestioned in thc district attorney's office are Mabel N'orn-.r: nd. Mary Miles Mintcr, Clair Windsor. Mrs. Douglas lacIycan, Neva GTbfr. Howard Fellows Taylor's chauffeur; Henry Peavey, his valet and a large number of. others .whose names have not yet been linked with any phase of the investigation. The "Blessed Baby" Utters written by Mabel Normand, famous screen comedienne, to the slain director and missing since his death were said today to be in thc possession of the district attorney. Likewise a rainty lace edged handkerchief bearing the initials "M. M. M." The letters were sail to have been found tuckM away in an old shoo in a closet of the AlvaraJo street bungalow at which Taylor was slain. The handkerchief ' was said to have been found by Henry Peavey. negro servant, who had first told of its existence. Detectives were said today to have had a young !mi-m--i. tioned in an earner invcsi i ga i n-n o. the case under the closest survei i.a.ncc late vest erday aft crnoon . Ttwasstated investigators found wide discrepancles in a story he told earlier of his hereabouts on thc night Taylor v. shot down In his bungalow home. Thc suspect i- said to hav? been a close friend o a lea-ling motion picture actress. i District Attorney Woolwine. who re- j turned to 13 Ar.gclcs yesterday from j a short acation. today evidenced un- j usual interest in the bcfflfng cae. he placed bis chief deputy. W. C. Doran. in charge of thc investigation and gave orders that no interests be allowed to hamper the probe. The letters and telegrams of Taylor accumulated, investigators said, during TContlnued on page ten.) TIE TO CALL OFF ' STRIKE HE SAYS H PITER NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 SOUTH ST. PAUL. MINN.. Feb. ? After listening to an address by Cornelius, Hayes of Chicago, International President of Iho Amalgamated Meat , sen-iCufters and Batchers' Workmen's .ur.lou j who advised their, to call off the strike and seek their old jobs, striking pack-! ing house workers voted last night by a large majority to end the strike that has been in effect since December ?th. Some 5,000 workers are affected.

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"Harry S. New had better take that IK'Stoff Ice job that was offered him at WashlnKton some weeks ago, for he is going to find himself out of a job. We arc going to send Albert J. Bev- j eridge back to the senate," said Mayor) 1-cw Shanl: of Indianapoliu before aj fair sized crowd at the Emerson school . auditorium last night, in a speech asking the voters of Gary and Lake county to get back of lieveridge and 'Tut Indiana ba"k on tho map." "Taies arc too high and labor is too (heap. Why down in Indianapolis wel can get all the good men we want for a little more than two dollars a day and they are glad to go to work ot that figure. The Republican party must put up a man that is right or you will seo a Democratic senator from Indiana sent to the senate. In all respect to Mr. New he is alright as a citizen, but not as a statesmen. "Several weeks, ago they had a gathering of the Editorial association, but neither Mr .Beveridge nor myself were invited. It was one of those New-btrry-New gatherings and no need for me to say what that means. All that, I can recollect that Mr. New has done : for us in the senate has been to take a ride down to Washington and spend, most of his time riding around on the Mayflower. We have had enough of that Newberry-New stuff from Michigan and we don't want any more of it at !ast I don't."

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A charming pose of Mary Miles Mintcr. "1 did love William Taylor," cays Miss Mary Miles Minter, dainty movie 6tar, discussing the love rote bearing her monogram and found in a book in the library of William Desmond Taylor, murdered movie director The note read: "Dearest I love you 1 love you I love you. ixxunxxx, Yours always. Mary." The last x was two inches hiph. Miss Minter explains that she "loved him deeply and tenderly, ith all the admiration and respect a young girl gives to a man with the poise and culture of Mr. Taylor."

(BULLETIN) I INTERNATIONAL NEWS StRVICEl BELFAST. Feb. 9. Fighting accompanied wholesale raids and kidnappings in the southern counties of Ulster province has spread to Belfast and one man was killed here early today. There was desultory firing in the streets throughout the night. (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE SCRANTON. Pa.. Feb. 9. Two buildings were gutted and two firemen were overcome by smoke during a fire which swept through the heart of the business district early today. Firemen said that tire damage might reach $250,000. (BULLETIN) .INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE MONTREAL, Feb. 9. Fire today in the Standard Life insurance building threatened to spread to the Montreal Standard and Star building and other surrounding properties. Immense clouds of smoke prevented spectators accurately estimating the spread of the conflagratoin which is the worst the downtown district has knpwn in years. The Standard Life building was gutt

BEVERIDGE "1 didn't come up to Gary to make a political speech. In fact X couldn't make one If I tried, but -we have got to 'get right.' Don't let this political gang which has been, ruling Indiana politics for years continue to stay in power but do some thinking and voting for yourselves. Marion county is going over strong for Beveridge and on the night of the primaries I want to see Gary and Daka county do the same." Mayor Shank who made hfs first trip to Gary was deeply impressed with the sixteen year old city. "I will have to take off my hat to Gary. Your street lighting system and f-trects are the best I have ever seen. It is a far better system than we have in Indianapolis. I am going to try and have the same tystem Installed at your capitol." The meeting was opened by Chairman Attorney Frank Gawit. who will conduct the Beveridge campaign in Ltfike county. After a few brief remarks he Introduced Mayor Shank. Major Clarence Norton who will have charge of the Beveridge campaign headquarters which will be opened in the Claypool hotcd at Indianapolis next week closed the meeting. Membership blanks to the Lake County Beveridge club were passed out and those present were urged to join. Another Beveridge meeting will be announced In the near future. CftR?H !5U jiff's v,$TyA?-zffx ted and at 10 A. M. thc fire was still raging uncontrolled. The loss at that hour was estimated at $600,000. (BULLETIN) f iNTtR'IATIONAL mLS SERVICE MANITOWISH. Wis., Feb. 9. A tale of "cave-man" love that lead to murder and suicide was, revealed today through the death of John Donohue, caretaker at a summer resort at Big Lake, near here. Donohue killed himself with his last bullet after he had withstood a siege of deputy sheriffs for several hours. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEF!VICE VINCENNES. Ind.. Feb. 8. One hundred fifty thousand dollars damage was done by fire which today practically destroyed the Knights of Pythias office and lodge building. The blare is believed to have originated in the building occupied by the Vincenncs Candy Company. Morris Barton and W. S. Deniiison are slightly injured when their two cars meet head-on at Plumraer and Hohman early last evening. Each became confused by the others' signals. The machinea were badly smashed.

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Jim Nedjl Drives the Steam Roller Over Cleveland Crowd mn1" W f "a. the Republican central committee last nightoT Tom Robrt3 e '; to tho ofTlce of coucty ed ng Job, KBUgrew of Hobart Vhe republic women hyf tican,. and with Delegate w. "., McAIeer of Hammond al.aklnr his f rv under the no8e of Senator Jim Nedjl cf Siting, the t6mporary chainn;i:i C.yde Cleveland of Hammond was defeated by a vote of 67 to 40 amid f. " greatest huVh!lb ever heard o t-fc floor of a convention in this county The meetm was held at Car, Lund. srer.'s restart at Robertsdale. fo'lowing a flab dinner served to '50 Publican men ajir' women. Charging jIrn Ne(Jj, wilh t'cs. McA,"- Paded that the conven!f 1 adJ'"'n to iel.be.-tte urtu committeemen co,d agree u-on a liol S d'Ctate to the convenCOMPItOMISE RE.IECTED. we I,ave come here to tight among ourselv.s and to defeat selves." shouted McAIeer. "i Hon should adjourn and deliberate and a man that is suitable to us Thc I hat s the result' going to be? feat for the republican party'" McAleer's sensational speecj, canv at a time w,,en it was evident flat Cleveland was beaten. McAIeer ..id he was not wrapped up in any candidate and indicated that it was not O much a fight en behalf of Cleveland a, a fight against Roberts who waj unacceptable to forty of the niaety.n)n'r committeemen. It looked for a minute as though McAIeer and Nedjl would come to blowBcth men were excited and Bhoutlnr at the top of their volco. Committee: men were yelling. More than a hurdred leading republican women of county, hemmed in between the crowd ed table, displayed great emotion. None of the wonren had a vote. 5KDJL B EH A TBS McAI.EKTU McAIeer. an active Cleveland workebefore the meeting began, was berated by Nedjl for his attempt to bring about a harmonious end to the squabbling. McAIeer declared that Nedjl by not encouraging a compromise measure that would prevent a split of the party was not acting in good faith as temporary chairman. The meeting was in the hands of the Robert's organization after the opening remarks by the retiring chairman, John Killigrew. The first victory by thc Robert's crowd came when Senator Nedjl, one of the group of road con tractors who split tho million dolkimellon this year, was made temporary chairman, defeating Senator Oliver Holmes of Gary. OPPOSES SttCnET BALLOT. Temporary Chairman Nedjl In taking charge of the meeting took a derided stand against the secret ballot In which lay the hopes of the Cleveland faction. When a motion was mede to vote by secret ballot be said that u man who made such a motion had evidently given his promise to both, sides and had something to conceal. Th convention voted against the secret ballot. It was only by continual pounding on the table with the silver knife th.it served as a travel that Senator Nedjl was able to keep even a fcemblance of order. Thc conservative party leaders were not happy over the. eltuation, ex-en though many of them were for Roberts. Hoy Pavla of Gary vis elected rccreta'ry of the central Committee. The vote follows: C'.eve- r.obTotal. land. oris. Calumet . . . . Cedar Creek 2 1 o 1 Center Eagle Creek East Chicago . 4 . 1 .19 Gary S3 4 2 Hammond 19 Hanover '. 4. 3 Hobait 4 North Ross - Ft. John 11 West Creek 2 Whiting ..... Winfield 1 Totals Two not voting. ASK RECEIVER FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS SFKVICE1 WILMINGTON. DEL., Feb. ! Application was made in tho United States district court here today for a receivcrshipi for the Columbia Graphaplione Company. Three stockholders of the company signed the application. Insolvency was alleged and the-amount of liabilities were put at $19,30l.nori due banks arid financial creditors and ?3,O"O,U0O to merchandise and oilier creditors. No IHlir.g of assets was made. Hearing on the application was set for February IT. . The company has factories in Britf??por; and Baltimore.

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