Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 56, Hammond, Lake County, 11 February 1922 — Page 1
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No Official Explanation as the Cause for Government's Delay to Bt I.IETI . ROME. Feb. II. The foreign office . ll anxiously awaiting a reply from , .In, k, ,nV,taUon l 'arf. ipate in the International Economic' conference at Genoa. While no com-j i.v;ntration has been received, officials I v"o, , ".w "f"-"-" "'"; within 48 hours. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. An at-r,-..-sphere of uncertainty was thrown today about the administration's policy with regard to the Genoa economic conference, scheduled to meet in leas than four weeks to attempt the com--;-.rcial and financial sLaMliiation of ft rife-ridden Europe. Twice the white house has been on the verge of announcing, this government's repiy to the invitation from the Italian government and twice the announcement ha been held up at the r.'eventh hoar. While i? neither c,w; has thrre been ry official explanation forthcoming a.s f the cause for the delay, indications point to a belief and desire on the part of this government that th Italian government will itself withdraw the invitations, thus savins: Washington r'rom the embarrassing duty of declining to participate. The reply has been drafted, but it had r.ot been sent tin to last nlg-bt. It wil. go diri-ct to American embassy in Roma for presentation of the Italian government iiy Ambassador Child, if its goes at all. According- to authoritative inforrrtat Ion. the American reply informs the T'aiian government tiat under preSi t circumstances, th United States cgretfully finds itsif unable to pariipate but tiatt the United States is i-'cply interested in the conference and every wish ' for its complete srue- '. ess. but etc., etc. Some surprise is plainly manifested ;i official quarters that tfy Italian jrovernment already has not called In the invitations. In view of tho Italian political situation, and in view of the obvious reluctance of X'ratice and the Vnited States to parMr-pate in an economic gathering at -.this time. The rep!y from "Washington has been held up longer than usual in the confident tpectatlon that a withdrawal would t' forthcoming any day. SHELDON MAN TO Tl V freo lecture will be given by Truman Henry Miner of Chicago on Tnesi.iy evening, February 14, at eight clock p. m . in the assembly hall of ire Northern States Elfe Insurance ' "jrapany. otherw ise known as the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. This l-'citrre should not only be instructive tut interesting, and should contain -mc very practical suggestions for rusiness and professional men an-1 women as well as their employee." on Til', subejets of Man-Building and Pers.na'.ity. Personal Effici-ncy, Character Analysis and Business P:-ychology, -i3!e5ma:iFhip. Advertising. Mastery of peech and the Art of Persuasion. Mr. Miner will also speak at tho Kl- ? ania Club lum-hen Tuesii ty noh, ft-bruary 14th. on the Fubject of Persuasion, Personality and Pluck. Hammond is particularly interentexl r whatever v.i:i help its young men -ar.d women, for the young of today vl!; be the leaders of this community iihin a few years. There is a ju1l,able expectation of great development in the Calumet resjlon within the i. cut live to ten years and many forceful leaders will le neie-Jed to carry on the projects which will be undertaken. A special course consisting of six le sons on tho subjects of Man-Build ing and Personality. Personal Efio.iercy, Charac'.er Analysis and Business Psychology, Salesmanship Advertlajng. Mastery of Speech and the Art of Persuasion. !s offered to executives .-md those who wish to become execuCivcs as well as .o those who desire to acquire more efficiency in their present lines o-f employment. These lessor, s will be given at Hammond under the auspices of the Executives" National Training Association and in connection with the extension work of the Sheldon School of Business Science of CMcaco, El. COMPUTE PLANS FOR
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ROME, Feib. 11. Final plans for the coronation of Pope Plus XI were completed today at the Vatican. The pontiff will "be crowned tomorrow with the triara of the papnroy amidst pomp and ceremony that date back for cen.turies. The two American cardinals who arrived too late for the conclave. Cardinal O'Connell of Boston, and Cardinal Iaugherty of Philadelphia, will both participaie in' the coronation 1 :t.OS. The pontificate of Pope Pius XI will ate from the time he has been crew bM.
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THEJU5 is talk, of a M n r:i c? a 1 Voters' Eeague In Jlanvmou J . CUl'NTT Treasurer Ralph Bradford is recovering : rom tonsiJitis. TOM KOBERTO. th-; new county ; chairman, was in town yesterday. 1 VIOLET MIIVE. the petite toe dancer in the K. of C. tshow, is the toast of tho town today. THE 6udden cold enai to Jay came i Just about in time. Vegetation was beginning to bud and burgeon. ! "WHEN Izzy F.ngleton and Hugh ; Miirphy pet tired of working they can go into vaudeville and clean up. MJtS. HEXUY BUROK. an aunt of Henry Purge, 1215 Moraine ave., is doail ' , t "Wheeler, lnd., at the age of 81 years. i ( the Kiwanis club has endorsed Hz ,I9 Hunter's iplan tvi advertise the city cn all city, business and private stationery. PETE NEURON has returned after jso-journing. in Ft. Dodge. la. Pete traveled last nummer as first alto with a bis concert band. E. MIUES takes plac of John 5!.alo during absence of latter from office of clerk of water works. Malo Is. seriously ill with pleurisy. ESTELLE F.OSE C-AMT UE, 215 154th SL. IVest Hammond, is lifted today as ope of the J50 prize winners la The Tribute's horoscope contest. HAVE you met Judge Charles Friedrich since he had his moustache docked? "They'll have to cut out calling tne Old Charley now," he says. CraET NILE is out again. This af- ' ter five days in bed with grippe. "First j tlm in my life I've ever been sick er.oush to go to ted," f-aid ths Chif. 0"WT?G to numerous telephone call?, ' W. J. McAleer requests Th Times to J say thai he will continue to work for, the best interests of the republican j Party. j WORD comes from Indianapolis that Eake ccxanty will not get the state highway director appointment- Instead a road expert from Wisconsin is slated for the Job. Et'CK SAVTTEn was etanding out on Ilohman street this noon praising the c'.niate when the cold wave came along and the mercury dropped a de- j gree a minute. I IRVI-VO CHATKEN" leads the Ham-' j mond Colonials to Culver, lnd., this j evening to meet the crack basketball j ! team of the military academy. A bunch ) of fans will accompany the team. OKT1 of the girl clerks in a store not j far from here was married last week and "euro enough," said the-fellow-Just-getting-into-a-jitney.' a divorced woman has taken her place already." THE police were requested today to Investigate threatening telephone calls received during the early hours ,of the morning by Councilman Bill Schulte. "Hist," hist the voice, "you must die!" MATJI TVTEFINGER, 4S Morton avenue, charged with v. 1. 1. when police get Btill and moonshine at his home, wins continuance In city court through his attorney, Phil Greenwald. THE ladles at city hall comprising the Misses and Mrs. Miller, Jones. Todd, Moran and Sasa, herewith challenge the male bowling tefcm of city hall to meet them in a match game at aiiy alleys they name. ATTORNEY J. F. SAWYER Is convalescing from a pair of boils which attacked him simultaneously . One selected the back of his reck and the other the end of his nose. Betwccu them J. F. was miserable. P-OV KCOTTTS of Hammond End a j lew of their dads went out on an allj city hike this afternoon. The boys ! took food for one meal and will show I the old tops how well they can take j care of themselves away from home. ONTEY FRED SWEET provided an entertaining hour for -a. capacity house at the IC of P. Home la-st night. The 1 final number of the Kedpath lecture ! course will be March 10th, when the Two IXival Brothers put on the show. PniE G REEVWAED says Hammond should have a city fire attorney what- j ever that is. He says he's been looking ; into this thing of fires. Hammond has. on an average of one fire a day. "What Ms a fire attorney, I Till ? What's it1 worth' I THE most unique operation ever performed in Anderson occurred yesterday when physicians operated upon a i ten-day old infant for relief from ob- ! structton of the bowele. The child f 1 weighs five and one-hulf -pounds and) physicians say it has a good chance for recovery. 1NTTGXAN'T over the increase in I telephone rates in Indianapolis by the public service commission, officers of 'the Englewood club in Indianapolis yes-, terday notified Governor McCray of the f ; cancellation of an engagement he had I to speak Monday night at a "father; and son banquet." ; ATTORNEYS Conroy and Griffiths j put "father-and-son" idea into practl- j cal usage when they voluntarily repre- j sent Millard Reckerd and Amos Daw- j son. arraignd in city court on 'harges i of burglary. They are charged with! breaking into tffilumiili school. At- j torneys sty their loy clients will plead not guilty and fight a bind over to ' criminal court where lads, if found j guilty before Judge Smith, will get! from ten to Wenty-one Tta.rs in pen.
Lawyer Refuses to Take Chance When He Saw Venire of 20 Determined Women He Threw Up His Hands.
TVhen Attorney H.ivran of East Chicago viewed tht: twenty determined women garnered by Eai'i'T Metz to ffrve as jurors in the case of John Hyz). ut for rc-trial on a charge of violating the licjuor laws, he threw up Ins handa and waiving trial by Jury asked Jude Cleveland in city court to recall the evidence as presented during the first trial of Ilyzy more thnn a month ago when the jury disagreed. Judep C'lee!aci; consented to review the case a. id pass judgment. After examining a couple of witnesses called in the tormer trial he found Ilyzy sfuilty and sentenced him to SO days :md a tine of J130.00. Hyzy was brought to court thi morning from Crown Point whore he is' now serving a 00-day iail sentence for assault f ml batterv on the former city controller of Eaet Chicago. Auto Insurance in Hudson Idemnity Stopped by Marion Court Order Nearly T.OeO automotive insurance policies In Hammond and probably 2,O'O in Eake county will be cancelled tomorrow through an order entered in the Marion superior court at Indianapolis in connection w'th the recent suit brought by Attorney General Lesh against the Hudson Motor Indemnity Exchange and Hudson Underwriters, Inc.. which has offices at Hammond. This Information was conveyed this week to all po.icy holders In a. letter from Henry Ah-rains of Indiansipolis. receiver of the Hudson Mot'T Indemnity Exchange. . Mr. Abrams explains that tie court has ordered all of th"j po!icie tanrelied and advises polity holders for their own promotion to Insure at once in eome other company. The Hudson pclicies will expire at 12 o'clock noon tomorrow . "You are further advised," he writes, "that the question of returning unearned premiums will be taken up and determined by the court when all outstanding liability of the Exchange is finally determined." Receipt of the news in Hajnniond galvanized automobile insyranco agents into action and today thre is a wild scramble to pee who v iU be first to land the car owners who formerly held policies in the Hudson conspany. The Hudson Underwriters formerly open-ated In Illinois with the home office 'at Chicago. A- new Illinois taw made it impossible for them to operate in that state after the first of the year. The officers were then moved from Chicago to Hammond. However, the state insurance commissioner refused to grant them a license for Indian although they had been selling insurfincc principally In Lake county jinco lat March. SPEED COP I rSPECIAL TO THE TIMtSI WHITING, lnd.. Feb. 11. Tony Wagner, motorcycle cop who has made life miserable for speeders in Whiting, was seriously injured this morning on his way to Hammond,, when his machine crashed into a truck of the Charles Tea comrany, at lmh street and Atchison avenue. Wagner is now in St. Margaret's hospital at Hammond and It Is feared that he may lose one of his hands as a result of the accident. Wagner has been riding a str;inge machine for several days whilo his own was being repaired at Hammond. This morning he started for Hammond to get his old mount. He was going west on 110th street, as he approached Atchison avenue, (he truelj of the "harles Tea company, driven by Ralph Wendt, C.27 S. Halstead stret. Chicago, reached the corner on Atchison avenue at the same time. When the crash came, Wagner was hurled against the truck, tine hand was badly mangled, his face was lacerated and he had numerous bruises over h" body. He was taken to the office of Dr. f?himp in Whitinc for first aid treatment and then removed to the hospital. At noon todayj it was announced at the hospital that he was resting well and it was hoped that the hand might be saved.
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5 i -3C 1 V V i" 5. f" In his rise to prominence as a director in the motion picture OSCAR BDRCHERT. JR. STOPS TI SI0W KnigEts of Columbus G-ive Anotlier -Splendid Perj formance to Big House. i i The Knights of Columbus minstrel show and musicai revue was an even greater hit lat night than at tho cpj er ing performance. An eager audience demanded enchores from marry cf the j clever young men at,d young women, i especially Oscar Porchert, Jr., whose eccentric duncing waj one of the h. ts j of the e ining. There wam't a hitch in the perforj mance which ran smooth and swift. J iYank O'Rourke. b'tsiness manager of ' the show, made the following stat.ej raent for publication: "The Unity Council show was a most gratifying success to the cast and their j friends. Wo feel very grateful to the t public for the way they responded and I the cast feels xell repaid for their efforts. "The Knights of Columbus are more than pleaded with the splendid manner that the Shriners turned out- They prize highly the compliment paid them when the Shriners bought a largo block of tickets. This means much for both organizations in this city." " FRANK J. O'ROrRKE." MISS BROWN IS SUMMONED TODAY Iil. only since yesterday morning with a malady which her physician seemed unable to diagnose, iss Margaret Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. i Peter Brown, 572 Douglus avenue, ' West Hammond, died at 3 o'clock tLis ; morning. j The young lady who was nineteen ! years old, was well known in Hamj mend and West Hammond and for the i,tsi iwo j cai a jiiij a.cteu as stenographer in the offices of the United Chemical & Organic Products Co., of ! West Hammond. j Besides the parents she leaves two j brothers Frank and Peter, and a sister, Theresa. The brother Frank is now a member of the sophomore class of the I Northwestern Dental College. As far as now known the funeral w-iil 'be held Tuesday morning from Ft. Joseph's church in Hammond. FARMERS LAUNCH HIGH TAX QUIZ SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT, lnd.. Feb. 11. Two weeks ago the Farm Bureau appointed a committee to investigate expenditures of the county for .offlcirs. salaries and other running expense? with a view to making recommendations for economy which would result in the lowering of taxes. This afternoon the Farm Bureau met to hear the report of the committee and to pass resolutions based t,n the report . f 'scar K-tuerman. pr- s.dt nl of ; the Farm Bureau, is the leader of the ; investigation. Farmers are coniplainI ing that tho taxes are too high, espe- ! cially when they are getting so little 1 for their produce.
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,,.' v 3 t, f, jr , "V 4 II industry. William Desmond Taylor, whose murder has jriven filmBt LUiTlPV. (INTTRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE? FUKVVO. llf., Ib. 11. Merfft" W. F". Jonrs. of Fresno fount), left here early today ith pause to nurround a rabin at a point on the Joaquin river, where a rancher reported a man giving the name of Mndi and laawecInpr the description of i'.drrard 1-'. Sanda, nought in the W. I. Taylor murder myntery at l.os Aaajelrs, had beea living the Jat few day. ' IllLLKTIX. l.OS ANf.EI.ES, Calif., Feb. 1 1. After a four hour conference late toninht between Mabel .Normand, nereen tar, and Itlstrict Attorney Thomas I e' WnodwUr, which official nald had lihrd no light on the ulaylnK of Wll1 In in Itenmhond Taylor ten days nito, Investigators today are continuing their tireless probe of new does, including the recovery late last night of a hlood-stnlned eap. which has hern pnrtlallr Identified as the headgear worn by the man seen leaving the Tailor home the night of the murder. BY THOMAS EEE WOOL. WINE (District A ttomey of Eos Angeles Co.) (Written 'for the I. News .Service.) (Copyright. 19S2, by the i. r. Service.) "7 S LATEST (BULLETIN) f I PTTER NATIONAL NEWS SEHVICE! CHICAGO. Feb. 11. "He spurned me; I don't want to live" is the plaint today of Miss Ruth Erickson, 21, as she lies seriously wounded in a hospital. Physicians say she may die. The girl shot herself as she was riding in a park with Lawrence Miller, son of a wealthy insurance man. Miller, it is, said, had just told her their love alfair was at an end. . (BULLETIN) IN TER NATION .t NEWS SERVICE JOHANNESBURG, Union of South Africa, Feb. 11. Dynamite bombs were exploded today by mine and public service strikers, but no serious damage was reported. The police guards have been reinforced. It is understood the government will make another attempt at mediation. (BULLETIN) ' INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BELFAST, Feb. It. Machine guns were used by the police today in quelling rioting between orangemen and Sinn Feiners. Fighting broke out when mobs attacked workmen on their way to places of employment. Police opened fire with service pistols, but this proved ineffectual and machine guns were brought up. There was much disorder during the night. Mobs gathered in defiance of the curfew regulations and gave battle when the police tried to disperse them.
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Labor Wants Work and Public Wants to Build This Year Stf!e t:i lahor quesCm one way or another and we will all prosper. This is the cry of workmen, contractors, architect:?, material men and re;. estate dealers m the Caiumrt region. Five million collars wcull be .invested in new public, industrial, business and residence building this y. or in Hammoi.d. 'Ir-ry. F.,st Chu-n -f. l-.-T.ana Harbor and Whiting if the peoF'" "V'-re f;.-ti.sf.ed of a ne ft ltd l;..u r condilitn. according t., a loadingarchitect who has plan-, in his' .ffior for half a million dollars of building which are held in abeyance. The demand fur a settlement of t titfight between the contracto, s apd the unions is coming from u ithin the labor organizations as well as through "ther channels. Pressure is being brought to bear upon the contractors from prospective builders and miteri! men to make a bargain. The union craftsmen want to work. They are not. heart anl s ul wit:-, th union leaders to stick cut ft r Jl.li tit hour in the face of the Eandis awarl and public sentiment. On the other hand the "American Plan" is not gaining much ground in the distrb-t. The public Is willing to see concessions mad to the unions and to grant Jut and fair demands. If the trades unions . will agree to the Eandis award which is a dollar an hour for most of the crafts, and the public is accurod that both the unions Iand the contnactors are patltfied and v. ill stay hitched, the region will haa .the long-delayed building boom. J Despite the tight money market there will be plenty of money available t fr building, bankers declared. K I many building .projects have been held un the past few years that the demau'i is great. There are at least foo' s.-hool building projects in Hammond. East Chicago and Whiting tetslllng a million dollars that will be started ca soon as there is a settlement c-f the labor differences. One banker declared that a revival of building this year together with the gradually improving industrial situation will take up the slack and relieve the ' unemployment situation. He said that certain plant paying a. low es 20 cents an hour for Ih'omwould be compelled to increase th rate in order to get men. The greatest Mtep toward a renewal of prosper ty would be unhampered building, iic stated. The building situation i3 largelj psychological, according to another banker. The difference of five or ten cents an hour in pay is r.ot bothering prospective builders and labor srmuch as the possibility of costly t:ups. waik-outs and lock-outs. ASSIST IN DIG CLINTON CLEANDP Chief George "Weeks and Agent Harvey Ehed of the Hammond prohibition enforcement crew returned to Hammond late last right after putting Ji. a hard day in a big federal cleanup ol' Clintcn, Indiana. State Director Bert Morgan was ir charge of the roundup and arrests wore still being made when the Hammond men started for home. Clinton's wef section is composed largely of familie of Italian r.avitity. Contrabrand goodi. seized consisted mostly cf wine. At Clinton they make wine on a b'r scale. In the basements of some home vats were found with capacities of tet or more barrels. One cellar yielded between 9'1') and 1,550 gallons and who the lirjuor vas dumped, the sewer clogged and for a while it stood two feet deep on the floor. Another cellar had COO gallons acd nearly every place raided furnished, a, least 1 if) gallons. Clinton eewers rac. red all day. Small quantities of moonshine wer. found here and there. "When officers entered the place with the largest win, stock, the woman of the house grabberi a bottle of moonshine and jumped out; of a window with it. She fell on th bottle, smashing It, but the wine wan sufficient evidence against the house. Clinton police refused to have a harcl In the business. When a crowd of prisoners had been collected In a. distant part of the city, the federal oCTtcer called for the patrol wagon. TUa chief of police arrived a few minutes later He lookel Che crowd over, smiled nice, ly, and drove away without the pris oners. It was necessary to commandeer automobiles for the prisoners who did not walk to the JailRoy Wright, a federal agent who his been living at Clinton, and a deputy sheriff had collected the evidence on which the raids were made. The Clinton people seem to hav them spotted tor recently Wright's front porch was blown away by a bomb while the deputy sheriff was shot at while he sat. In his home. The raiders found l')0 warrants awaiting them for service, but it was impossible to make the clean-up complete. Director Morgan brought with him Chief Wills, and Agents Hayes, Frence and Bryan, from Indianapolis, while Chtcf "Veka and. Agents Hhe4 and Elliott went from Eammond.
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