Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 195, Hammond, Lake County, 9 February 1922 — Page 8

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10 HAVE RESIGNED HUM

Thursday, February f. W2'2.

PARK

OARD

and

Two -weeks agro Henry Oabler

j "any KrtjRer resigned from the llam-

i .-nd park board. Knowledge .? this was deliberately

sia-leM from tho public by publie - .;:c'aU at City Halt. i.--t intimation that. dissension had 'Tt.pt into the park board was given :': -. Uty Tuesday nislst wbcn it 1 naked -it during tl-e ineetinpr of the oily i fv-URcil. Councilman White .spilled!

beans. Ho let the rat out of the Hut it isn't any of the council's busi- '"' :'- anyway. At 1-ast that? what -V.-iyor S'own Inferred w Sen he resrntJ intrusion of the city . legislators to v ;e-t themselves into artiviti.-y of his rK board. This wbi'n they authorU.the appointment of a commit t-e .f iivo I'ouncilmen to co-operat? with the ; rk board. The muyoi said this r om -;-.iUee would have no jurisdiction. It :i a farce, according to him. The r rk beard has supreme power to con- ; 'en land, purchase park sites and ;arl tho city's money. Thif body is ! loniible or.ly to the m; or. Ite apV i::t3 the members. Whr should mere jncilmen aspire to an interest in cnuing the city's money and laj ins .t park sites, the mayor Inferred. N . further information on this subj H conic to liej'nt. iiut it doesn't com from City Hall. .7ayor Brown this morninfr denied i 1 made any appointments to fill the v - -ancies criatt-d by the- sudden resiKr. i-jiia of Oa'oler and Krieger. He .--aid .' hadn't thought about it. Hut A. Murray Turner admitted to a ii.es reported that he bad been cons' !u d by the mayor. He said the Tiyor called him yuste riiay and asked ha ixouid accept appointment as a n b.-r of the board. "!r. Turner's answer: l told the mayor I didn't fcl a ih I Fhorld acre 1 1 such appoint- - nt. I told him I was reluctant to nt. .1 Baid, however, lhat T would , i,t ;f he so wished. So far l ie revd no official notification of my .-. : ointment. ' W.liiam A. Beatty, 5i H.jehlund refit, manufacturer, ts said to be the : r appointee. Today be as in .-..Vnjro couldn't be reached. ?hcr members of the bo.Td are 1 rry ileiff of Robertsdale, chairman. 1 Ouy Youner. 442 Ash etr-c-t. l ast nlfrht Mr. Yount? said t'mf in 1 's tha rark board's sco'id year of :.titBe the problem of Icincr c.vl.-

...rk Improvements rur.nirg: into tnou . ;,ds of dollars faces too boru.

In an -instant the door was flung- open and Major Urow n stood on tho threshold "This door was open when you came It io always oir. This office 1 ......

"'"-'i open to the people of Hammond. The mayor's office ts never closed. The mayor is here waiting.

Here you will always find him

uoor ;s never closed." The -woman smiled and walked on. The major returned to his desk. The door remained open.

The

MORS DOOR ALWAYS OPEN

Mayor Brown sat comfortab'y in his chair Kifore a neatly arranged ;i in 'the office of the city exc-utive. .t bis left and half facing him sat a rr.an. Old. with face seamed, pinched 1 a" Took of harried want dist'irtine - features. Over rr head a rh,wl. .- thin hand., clasped and unclasped hr lap. In the whine of the under- : she toid ber tle of a housefull of iiiren, a husband who -wouldn't work, rty coal bins ad a bare pantry. )-rasicnall- the mayor would lirt eves from tbe paper, clasped in his ;ls before hirr. and turning his bead. ;'-'er a planer? to. otj-eep the decrepit attire b-i'ie him. V. hen hti- pitiful story drew to a .-e and finally ended in a series of .smodjc exclamations rie flit? cjosintr rd of a soiis from the Russian stcpi tiie mayor turned his bead and

ining at her aid: "Hen. lake cstre

v you. Coat and food will be dellveril this afternoon." He directed bis attention once more to the papers on bis desk. The i ojti.'in arose. Her shoulders stooped into a rtin. rainful scrape of servile frrdiit'.j'ie and she stepped frm' the o-f ce. Going out she closed the door of the mavor's office.

Girl Is Badly Burned

Lying fue down on a bed in a ward at SH. Margaret's hospital, 16-year-old winsome Uveieyn. is just half con-s'-ious of t.ho steronuous efforts of the dim shapes that move about her as all the medical skill is concentrated to save her life and her beautj-. It all happened in the kitchen of the little home occupied by Kveleyn, her mother and step-father in the rear of 6 73 Hohman street --then the girl's dress raujrnt fire as she stood before a small stove reading the evening paper to her mother. "Oh. my God. mother, I'm on fire." Mrs. Nellie liarnes. the mother

shrieked with terror as she surveyed lior daughter, enveloped in flames. There was no warning but the Kirl's scream. Then came the futile effort to quelr-h the fire as it wrapped its self about the girl's figure and slowly crept upward to the wonderful auburn hair that was the envy of her companions and the talk of the r.eiglft.orhood. Ma.b'ened with pain the sirl fled terrified from one corner of the rootn to 'he other. Iter own and the mother's screams broupht a jrarase 'mechanic from the store of IVtHt & Startsmane n-xt door. Tearing i.;T 1 is overcoat be crowded the frirl into a corner and succeeded In wrapping: the garment about her. Then, the pir! fainted. They called an ambulance, and the pitiful figure was taken to the hospital. There lr . t leorjre IL Cook bent heroically to his task. There Is a chance that Kveleyn win recover. But during the moments between coma? ihe raises her eyes to the nurse ever present st her sine and Inquires pleadingly about. hr bair- -"Is it gone it? "' Fourteen years ajro her father. Charles Oresory, was scalded to death at IV? Moines when he fell into a vat of boilinsr lard at the Agar racking Co. plant.

bjickawanna Sfee! 47 tj Mexican H-tero!eum Xlidvale Steel 31 4 Northern reclflc 7gf Ture Oil Pressed Steel Car 6S Readingr 734 Republic Iron and Steel 33 V4 Studebaker 9J4 Texas Co 444 V S. Steel 89 H WfsUnghnus . . .' 5aH Willys Overland 5i Sinclair Oil ijt4 THICIGO CAM n.!. WTTK.T So . 5 red. 1'.2; No. 4 red. 1.2391.S34; No. 2 hard winter. II No. 3 hard winter, 11.24 1.24i; bTo. 2 northern spring- Dlt.. 11.38; No. 4 yellow, $1.18. CORN No. 2 mixed, t3W53;c; No. 2 white. 33fi53Hc; No. ? yellow, SS'i? tS'c; No. 3 riKed, 514 W32c; No. 3 white, ol'Ati iic; No. 3 yellow, il 52c; No. 4 mixed, 4? M 'n 50 ',Jc; No. 4 white. 49,iaf 30?ic; No. 4 yellow, 43Vi fSle. OATS No. 2 white, S8V;?3?.e; No. 3 white, 33'i Tf'37,ic; No. 4 white, S4 !i ' i c . CHICAGO 1,1 VK i1HClv. IIOtTJS Tteceipts, SS.000; market, fairly active, mostly steady to stronsr. Top. J 10. 03; bulk 83 .25 S? . 75; heavyweight, JB.25ffJ.43; linht weights. f9. "iff 30.03; liprht lisrhts, J?.15rl0.0; heavy packing: sow smooth. J8-23 &t."!a; packinir sows, rough, JS.00 S.40; p!xs. 8S.OOniO.00. CATTIjH Receipts, 9.000; market, active, strong to 16c hif-her. Beef Steers Choice and prime, $3.1009.83; medium and prood, $7. t5B9. 10; ffood and choice, $8 . lOtff S . 30 ; common and medium. $R.OOf8.10. SHEKP Receipts, 10,006; market leeneral'y stnng- to blither. Iambs: (84 lbs. down. J 12 . 75 tfj 14 . 73 ; lambs: culls and common. $9.756' J2 . 50; yearling wethers, 10.00 17.23 . CHICAGO PHOUIXIBb'TTER Receipts. 3.523 tubs.

Creamery, extras, 37 -H first' 3! SiVic; racking ftoek 1S&17C. I'.OGS Receipts, !.0?i cases. ' Mmi(M;inenus. "6y37c: orjinary firsts. S3 S34c; firsts ?,1 -'j & checks 2930i-.: dirties. i0trS2c. T.IVK 1-OULTRT TuTkeys, S3c; chickens 5.1 c; spring.'. 26c; roosters ISc; geese 13.:: ducks 28c. POTATOES Receipts 41 ears: Wis

consin round. $1 . 70i 1 .SO; Minnesot $1.S&'1.80. VEAL. 50 to 60 lbs. 10c; 70 to 80 lb: 113 12c; 90 to 110 lb., 13 14c; fancy 15c.

f federation mpctinir is nnrnr1

"I'nlon men everywhere feel that I.andis did not give the workingnian a square deal.

LABOR TO BOYCOTT

BASEBALL Say Million Men in Organized Labor Will Ban Pro Ball Because of Landis

1 1 NTt'RN ATIGM AL NCViS SERViCEJ CIIICAOO. Feb. 9. A cinantic boy

cott of professional baseball is planned for the coming season, it became known today. The boycott will be in protest of Judae Kene.aw M. I.andis' action In the Chicago Building Trades council wage award. More than a million union men of the United States will participate ir the boycott, It was said. "Oust t3ndts as baseball chief or bust professional baseball." Is declared to be the union rlogan, according to a hluh union official of ChicagoJudge Landis' wage award cut the wages of thousands of men. "Kverything is set," this official declared. "The b'ycot has been taken up by union organizations in every neck and corner of the land. The matter was not proposed by labor leaders. The Idea originated in the minds of labor's rank and file. "The boycott has been worked out and discussed. The finishing touches remained to be added. It was suggested that the subj.-ct be brought tip at the coming American Federation of Labor meeting. "However, many unionr- are goinr ahead now and there is a possibility that there will be concerted action in the form of resolutions long before the

10,000 FLU CASES IN STRICKEN TOWN Half of Population of Union town, Pa., Hit by-Influenza.

STOCK ft. fiNTERKATICSAL NEWS SEFViCEj VEW YORK. Feb. 9. The stock market closed strong today, marked by a sensational advance in United Plates SHeet in the Jate dealings. That stock wa? in large demand and rose to 89 i. an upturn .for the day of over 3 points and a new high price for the year. Mexican Retroleum was also iron,r. touching 117 but later reacted to 116s;. Many of the low priced railroad fharc -were active and strong and made adv.inces of from 1 to 2 points. Chicago and Northwestern was tliO leader of the standard rails, moving up l'i (o 67-. Baldwin rose to 1 0 :j and Bethlehem B. touched Bi'i. The motor share held around earlier levels. Government bonds u n -cliHifd: railway and other bonds st ror.g . INTERMATIOHAT. NEWS SERVICE) NEW "VOUK, Feb. 9. Stocks, closing prices: American Steel Foundry . C2;i .American Tel. and Tel 118 Baldwin locomotive 1134 Bethlehem terl F, 414 Chesapeake and Ohio 57 "4 Chgo. ard Northwestern 67"Colo. Fuel 27 Crucible Steel . g2H 'Icreral Motors w

r.MOSTOW.V. Ph.. Feb. 9. - Te thousands persons, about one-half of the population of this city, are III with iniuenza. according to a statement issucd today by Health Officer W. C. Hall, of this city. The situation, he said, is alarming and he declared unless exceptionally drastic measures are taken to combat the spread of the disease the whole city will be stricken with the malady. Some cases are tnild, while others are severe, Hall declared. The mortality so far has not been as heavy as during the great epidemics here during the fall of irus and the winter of 1919! Health Officer liall is contemplating the closing of every theatre, school, church and other public meeting places within the next ts hours unless conditions show immediate and decided improvement.

fifty cars for the Central Railroad of New Jersey and fifty for the Baltimore & Ohio. The Vnion Facific has bought forty-five cars for passenger service. The Burlington will also buy fifty-five locomotives, the Denver and Rio Grande twenty and othsr roads ten. A WARD BAIL. TOXXAGE. "A total of 15.001 tons of rails has been awarded, including 8,500 for the Southern Railway. which, however, has postponed until spring the purchase of 2,000 tons of 85-lb. rails Other pending rail business approximates 30,000 tons."

CARDINAL

ARRIVED

TOO LATE

BY. FRANK E. StASOX rSTAIF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! ROME, Feb." 3 Cardinal Daugherty, of Philadelphia, and Cardinal Begin, of

Quebec, Canada, arrived here today

hours loo late to participate lri the election of the new pope. Fifty students from the American and Canadian colleges met the two prelates uiien their train arried. "I am happy to be in Rome, but n'ura'ly regret I am too late for the conclave," said Cardinal Iaugberty. Then he added: "It could not be helped." The late arrivals bring the number of Cardinals in Rome up to 52 for participation in the coronation of the pope on Sunday. (The number of cardinals In the conclave was 53, but these figures included Cardinal Ratti. who was elected to the papacy. It had been reported that Cardinal Marinl died of influenza during the conclave but this evidently as untrue). Arrangements were made for Cardinals Daugherty and Begin to go lo th" Vatican as Quickly as possible to paj their respects to the newly elected per. -t'.ff. Cardinal Daugherty during his stay here will live at tho American College and Cardinal Begin will live at the Canadian College.

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Consumers may now buy bars, plates ' and shapes in smaller lots at 1.40c, i

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