Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 200, Hammond, Lake County, 15 February 1922 — Page 1

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fit World's News by LN.S. Leased Wire trets nd new- ittasds, per -.e VOL. XV. XO. 200. WEDNESDAY, FEKRCAKY lf, 1922. HAMMOND, INDIAN 'DESIGNERS A

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State and Oakley to be Adorned With New Home For Furniture Store. rr x busine V.eat'." : announceme-nt today Brother.", hiiccss ful State su-eet s-' This w itb th r- mt-ture trie re'iaits, Mill crei t a tlf-ee ,,-.ry buU.ii.ig ! o cost around ?tOUt: ibe corner or State street and; t'.ile- avenue. Work wiU tcsin in Apr'.:. Tenant- of th pre. eu build 'tigs on t-o property have been ordered to v5 :; witMn thirt da s. '!,. eso an. biteetj bat ir-n Tvanj.r tho Grceitwabi strwrtar. It ill V- a hand some three story ljl!dtng- or t ;, and btot cor-Ptruor.oe. Ait three ' a-o-s wilt bo devoted ' ev clu-ii". ! to . foe sale of high & -t ado furniture. Tne bu'ldttts will bo erected ou the o ! Kopnert and Vashiuo properties. : : ill have a front asp ov P-0 feet ni i ,; i r nfeet inii a. d'-i.tli. sion t'akiey Bi -,ie ,,f t to iet. The fee Is taid tUt .-o,-t Green vt a id r.rothors in the ' : i- i .. -i.-1 of ii o. T!iis i e - ii.si-.e (' th- sluaWc str't. -"5-Infl ir o'.i Piummer avenue tin media ' ely in 11 ,, r.-:,r ..f the State at rev t inddni ;. ft,., old V. T. W-oleield lioi-Prg. r , be nsi-1 in the futf.re as a sUi lor .-rei.su: louses. Thf north corner of Cakloy &! f;i.;. street i regarded by property .... !- of that thor .u- blare as or. of i s est t.n the -lro?t. ; . , e;v.o'.oy ; ty uvott mt'i from ,;..:. i, finish," said Sam Urccinvald i " !h rti'-riiin. Work v.i tbv new bunding should be vT.ipieted before fa'l. CMf . ..-tC "tVcoHs of tnc I sacra: I-: '.-I. uvuon arenti supcrintcaded activt;s r. ht home t--vii tst.Tday v n"p. bo headed a squad of Gary polico , ; rH!'Hoj t'-.e i--oft dririti saloon and i on.;r;v hu.iao rvhtch Verotdca. Ko.sin?:ti n-. I'rist-lo.c. has been cfaaperottinj: at i J)f! aro Uar;. .titre Veronica is the same gir". who arretted not ?o V? a? and gt-eti j str... by .J yd se Cievejand. of Hammond. Joan KosinsUi. In r ist hu-T!i.;. .!IV!icd to o'vn the nia-.;o t busine.1 -:, :.!'; Vcrotitfa was in charjre. A quauof tnoonisbin was found. Veronica j.vo-eoted it v. us soma fbe had found tne and was keepirg' it for a rainy .-Tne was insulted when ft was sugf ftod thnt he tniht have been Hclison.e. Tbea tb-? door oj'Csied. A litt'e eiri came in. 'inty qaart milk . bottle, i.ar.d she grasped J 1.50. carrying a:i In the other She extended ttla and money toward Veronica who oretv back in horror. -51a says yju siiould fill It up s.' ain," said the child. "Tell your ma I'". e Quit selling jni'.k" sac? Veronica hastily. "Milk, me eye," exclaimed Chief eeks. "How would you expect to f rt fl.51 worth of milk in a quart toUic?" ?o they led Verc'.lca jiv,iv and lai. r arrested her husbnnd. They are h'M under Jtt.009 bonds each. 'Officers l.iUlei!, PeUs aed Ki-Jd of Gary asjested in the raid. THREE FOUND FROZEN lil ICE OF CREEK KANSAS CITV. M').. ieb. 15 The. :. of t w rr.en aid a woman, all ''out ill yea''s old. ami as- yet uniden,i.d. H-rir found today frozen in the. : r of Il' iis'i '.'ro.-K, T-.ar the s uth : I-i.-its of tin- c.ty. They had been j v dins in a l'urd tie-, w hich during; ti'.: night had s-aerved from the road - j and had plungc.t -5 f'-ct into the c- ek. Vna bit t" escape, from the partly immersed automobile, tiiey had per- i i filed, either from drowning cr from! v postire in the icy waters of the c eek. HOWAT GETS IN CONVENTION f1NieRNTI0NAL Nt5 SERviCEi 1NLM WAV' ibis, Kelt. I,'. Alex ! How at, deposiol bade- of the Kansas' 'o.itliw" miners, 'jimmied his way in-' to the miners" convention today and. clashed with John V. Iew is. interna- j tic na.l nrefideiit. in a debate on the ; floor lyewis allowed Hat to speak informing him be had no 'coi-oo . .'imviiiii'ii's business. Iloival th a rod ho bad not received in Hive the international cn'mi ana asni i.-Ttrd be would appcai irom tae cx: ju:?ion order.

VERQHIGA. WO THE : MILK DODGE:

NER GIVES SPLENDID LECTU RE in an affair between the head and the heart !at evening nearly cue hundred iiivii and women who otherwise 'liisht have I. veil puyinsr triioite tc St. Wiletnitie at soeial futn'thnr-, instead attended a tnasterful lecture on ".ManPone r and Mony-l'otver" delivered attin? I'hainlMT of Commerce 'dub rooms (y Truman Henry Miner, inded 'htca;o C'itif:a t.r and lrturer. N-.mi-j e prc.ie'l rk;ret roll"U int the lecture that he or she had necleeted the pleasures of the ball-room for the .S'phistfat ion "f tlit- mii.tl. I'rilhant, en u r ta in in s at'.d always f n 1 it; h t en i u s "as tlo- epoMtion byMr. .Miner f e stiauilivc a topie as .-- I f -b. t .-rni pt through KnoIetit:e of Mi 's frl and .; ft-1! -v mvn. T'uiehinK bri'-.-t'y on tltc many agencies that enter into the suojpct the nimloT iudioa ted the scope and thoroughness of the course in salesmanship, advertis ins. character analysis, arid speaKtnc which the Sheldon S.-hord .throuch Mr. Mini r, hop'-s to e.-itahl ish in lluti'tncoid at an early date. So t rjt ti usiast ie. was the reM"1' se lal niirht to Mr .Miner's talk 'thai indications are more than and po-vil-ly 10'.' .-tudents, copipris 'iq; merchant:-, loisiruss lu'-n and toen ti.. and profcasional peoidc w til enrol! 1 m no'd i a ti I y. Another lecture to th people "f ! '. f inond will ho p; vi Kriday rM'Min. I'cViruary i't, at the '"hatuber of 'ormiieroe. The sul'ject he announced later. HAT Ml Mitt SAI1 S(.'itle r.-'tt"ArTtliy polul.s in Mr. Miner'" talk last nisUt : The four-.-jquare ruan ha -s tliese fnvr qualitiej): A'.dhty, reliability, endura r e uii'l a' t i i t y . "A.pproa f'i' or 'puHing: the best fo"t f'0-ivird" at no. moot of contact v. iLh the prospect n one of Uie sin: 'e.ssful .-a lesnian's yrea lest advantages. .- a mcHiory trainer the fjllov in; seven steps have pro' en of pr-al bene f.t ; '!ie are, tuc, the natural pt ocessc--uiiih lie mind tai-.es in I emciabei in y : "or., entratton (on the thiny to l-c reti.emborfd . t hen- reeciyir.jf. record in?, t ec.'iininti. reeosnhiing, recalling-, arid ) a st : in if . 1'con'e arc either touch-tnirided. car-n-.inoed, or eye-ir.inded. Tiiey istsalize, ifi'asp, cc:i;pre!itp.(i through otto of these medium. The lowest type of mind is that rvhich rcce-Aes Us lniprca si'-ns througt tom.-h. This proOaldy' U what makes mill etui sales so popular. Mr Miner -ketched three phrcnoioai en! head-chart!" indicating ehnin.ter b uinps on the era n turns of three types This is part of the cours.c in eharnctei analysis'. Incidentally this ndc of character and vocational analysis, rrSortinj; to facial and read dassitaaU or. hat" passed the f.:dd.:-t HSffi and tiiorough training: in this ftuily is now reg-araec a a necessary q laii 1( R t i n i-i teachers, employ inent superintendents, executive,-", and others "ho de.i extensively with people.TREAT IN STORE FOR B Jiir-i locers of Hamnmnd hate a treat in store for them tomorrow when Joseph H. Dodson, the "FViend of tie Song: Birds." of Kankakee. TI!.. delivers two illustrated lectures on his favorite subject. .Mr. T.i.'dson. who isi president of the American Audubon Society and a member of similar oi ganiza thins in many states. !s being' brought to Hammond by the Hoard of Kdueatlon. At noon he will lecture at the luncheon or tho Chamber of Commerce and at 7:30 o'clock in the eveninr be speak? nt the Lafayette school grym . E'dh lecture will he illustrated by colored sferov.tieon views rbnwing birds and bird homes. TTa.iunend for some reason has fewer, birds than tl t country immediately ..'irro-iiid'np- it. Mr. Dodsnn will show In'..- birds may be a t D acted to the city tind induced to return j-ear after year. This of course recessitat'-s the buildin tr of bird houses and feeding tc-in at corfoin seas.u.s. The Hoy Scouts arc already doing great work along this line as shown by the exhibit of bird houses; entered hi the a-inual i-onfvt. It is h .)" d that the s-'hod gn v, ,il .e ro-.ded for the letoi-e tomorrow eiimg RALSTON DECLINES SENATE NOMINATION i INPUN'AI'oLi.s'. In-:.. Fob. 3,',. s'amue! il . Ttal.tloit. former go-. ernor of Indiana, today- announeefl he will to t be a candidate for t Ii o democratic nomination f ir Vi.ited States senator.. "I cannot in justice t my law linn, recently organized, or. injustice, to my-s-elf be a candidate." liaston stated. The former governor h :d b r sfrongiy urg'd to bcc'.me a ca.ndid.'ite b party leaders. PETITIONS of candidacy to place ' Albert J. Beveridge on the republican 'primary ballot for state senator to be ; voted on May ". is being circulated in Mas I Chicago. A big mass meeting for the purpose of perfecting a permanent : urbanisation to promote his candidacy, is reported to be held ia Kast Chicago tome time licit week.

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CAN YOU HELP? THE TIMIS ha l.een asked to present the case of little Eveljn tiregor; , of Hammond. The child was so hadly burned in an accident ou .February 7tli that her life is in Jeopardy. Her arms, body and leg's were ourred, the latter almost to the bone. She has a lighting- chance for life, but ehe needs a private room at the hospital, where she can have special care and constant attention auil her parents cannot afford to pay lor it. Tne father is, out of work nd unable to provide what Ills little girl Jieeds to restore her. someone must Jonate skin also. The distracted parents wonder if there are people in Hammond who can contribute to their dire need. They have never soujjht aid before, but Evelyn's condition makes them almost desperate. They live at C73 Hohman street. PREPARATIONS FOB M TUBE CO. Promising Indications of Boom at Steel City This Year. There is a r i-.-. ,v;; - cor.tldet'.ce in ilary iti,-it the Na'i-'-iai Tub" '-n"puny will b.-uin .oils' ruction of n s : tjeiv tube t'oi-ivs this j V . Kncili'-cr.s ''" wi.rut'is "'" t: pian.--q" 'be oijr -.ilaul . eOiO labor u, .-in; i x said to cave at order for :,".! bri.-i.,- . Iiiy.rs I.,, ijc bt'ol:.-ii! i.i il.-.l.. . ii fci'iyqtfl't bonis iit.tice . A i.ary .oiitr-t"r ' ia.-s t; si a'-ie il t bid on P i u ui id a -:' f ' r I b r ii U n ! ! d 1 ii I : I - t i . o., u ' ' on the lla.-t Sid. , it ; r;i'.: c-il. and !.- si '-' ii rail' a., has made plans !"' ' in extension on Mississippi streot to, idc Milrnno- of lie- low tunc nor-. .-cf..-,i i ;b' -!ii;" '.unic I ..1 - r.e bai'I ii.d'.q t '; ijii'i'.l'is M s.-i.-.-; ; a .-:iol l-J i"' ,-r. t : a :. .- to, i,. v p m n'.. . 'A !;:'" t is po-aiuie ii.a: Die I u. bill g pi'o.o-cL nri.H he delayed another yilar, tltiry real a .-late men ami ;ueroil.iUl"" all conli'li ;:l that C"Tlstr,jc' 1"U wii! start t his siiriiv-. ' ' Sund vids-js :m b. h-.s leveled on I tbo tract of land '.vhcie the three aau-j il -f-d homes e be b'.n '. ) COL. RILEY ON : CHINESE HONEYMOON?! Dowagers Wish the EligibleBachelor Would Stay at Home. ii'r.e c.-.-.n'.y eowa;'-'s !cj:'ring.ib'.c la'(i'st' rc are sonn wbat w "r- 1 r,-d about the trip !.' the orient of Col. V-:i;-r .1. lla--y. i he n- -- .. ilK-.li!e , i n- iii-'." .- of ; a - r.gb"i. T'n-r. "... s -n -rrf'iihii: -ss and a npi -'h"n.f-.i -a w'c.en the K.-ist, ihic-igo i.Ktii.f-r v.-1 c ' t"' Ivjirin' la - t s'lnmier but it was n .thing as i 'i.iirin: '.-J to t!-e iiMiir mi the m:. rri- go ni'ii '.ei . .eea.-iic-T ei'. e"' bis ' t rip to t be l-V. r Ka si. . (ifor. his return if. 'a Cinnc "'-". . 1 K!!.y may be sirpiise,) to learn t.lo.i ; ti:e leasue ..f opo- i v. errs if Th--. eoanty h."s i.nd . nact 1 u ':t v cmpfiliitig ha'-iieiors ovr t h i rt c t, y.-j-rs of age o ma rry women r's jing wihin the c"tiiin"4 of tr-.'r own county. ; fine ...f the ruiccrs -. is ,..:- , il.l in a lifgc n ' ! for tio- pres.; cot social tin rest as ic.-ar-ls '..!. i U ley coin (Hi i b.i :. v. blow, tru mner of N-v York s-'Ci ty . whom he may or mnv rot ha v. n.ei in Londonor periiaris it a as Naples. A ' any rate, it may or may not be rumored, the Colonel iviay or may ri'-'t be on a Chinese honevm .on it the pr.-senr . t i rn e . f be rot ut ns from'the I-'ar laiso wi'b H bride it will b - a sa.l -'.'v, ,-, lo ard of Cd. ftlJoy was jn ib,:g N o 1 1 :i TWO KILLED ON WAY TO FUNERAL E IN rtP NATIONAL. HE 'AS SlRVlCEt t -ANSI Ml. .Mien. . Ki-D. ! - .'ii and Alr-t. Stan'.;. C. Ciara were in, tartly killed this for-noon wh.-n the n u" --in--bib. in which th'-y w. re i-iiiing was struck by a Mi hig-an UaiUv ly coui;;any Int'-nirliaii ear a. Dutbr fnesing, soniii of .Ma.s-.rn. Mr. and Airs.' I.Mark were enroute to Lanning to attend the funeral of Mrs. Clark s. niotlic r . DEATH OF MRS. BLIN Mr.tola Addle I Hi' ,1'c of r.matii ue.1 I"., loin, dit.d at " o'clooa -ester-;da morning at tb- home of loo- sister, t .-hl S. Hals.tc.il si.. Chi -ago. Mr. ; and Mrs. llirin had been living at ; Hammond, but owing to the pi.ir ' health of Mrs. 1:1 in tbev had .sought a change, of climate. T'r.cv retur.i to the illume of the sister about lw.. e!iS j ago. Mrs. I'.Iin was ''- years obi aid I leaves the husband and two daughters, ' Mrs. Virgie -M. Warnimont and Mrs. i l.ydta Krhardt. both of Hammond. The body was broir-ht to Hammond I'ti'I the funeral will he held at '. lock tomorrow afternoon from tin: Knimcrling chapel. liurial wi'i be In .a'k j Hill cemetery. The Daughters of Ui,I erty will bo in charge of the cervices.

(BULLETIN) i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SLRVICEi INDIANAPOLIS. InA. Feb. 15. The Public Service Commission today approved of the continuation of tne present electiic rale for the Northern Indiana Gas ck LJectric Company, in the Calumet district. President Rejects Special Tax and Bond Issue Propositions to Raise Money l-'-Y J. i I A 1 ;T l'.MPr.l.l.-!., IjfAF. COPRE.SPON'. d.N T I. ti. SERVICE! V A.S.'.!liT(l. I- b. II.. -.Congress '.nit I ruled today it. a turmoil of c P a i p. S''-s ocr tiio sobJiors' bonus, w'i';.- r pu oli.-a:! leaders of tiie senate and house mop.- Mill r.rfnltir for a v. ' 'Mit f.f the tatigled i-itnatior, cre!,'d by th.- p.-eblepl's rejection ;' th'dr p"opi.sai:; f-T special tays, or a bond i..se, t (., rai-o th": ncciesat j 11 1 o 1 1 r y- . Ti w as .ion;-.lrred tn't jr.l,r.'-;v that t-'.e io.siiei-i '-. ..p id cipri-s ie-.s of : i.o -i I .ni ib a in a i ' .- - oi l i e..., to :;e, ;- I'ha'nnan .MeCtUuber oj fjo. si-niile co i : ( ; i . c . , ;- 'o I'aairinai: l''o."'i:e-y or I,,.;- i:..J:-e c ' I O .rl 1 i ' . c C , or hot;. . M-'i-, ' ii" t o- pres.-.); ... a tales 'ax as a t.'f jdi" or financing th" i-onus 'a-- in? e-.cr'.cil ith rt-t.ewed dec rn i i ns t i"ti by Se mi t t Sniooth (' Utah; IJoge of New J.tsey; Jof( of Nt-. Haii.p.-.birc and ctin-rs in favor of it. f'nairmai; o'erdricy, hr.yvever. was i'i'd to be foiling tie house, republican icadors w'i h-o.l frankly informed ;Vo Jit s air n f iiil the c i :ni bi ie,l opposittoi of the .h. rivi'.THti.i minority and th" " J. rjen 1 ; ural bio." in toe lower c'lairio'n- "-o-jlui ie ;uffp-,eni to insure the defeat of a saies tax there. S'.aib.i Su.o a pr-yooseo" f.j o.-er-.-..nic "he r.fii- isit i. -n of the 'auricui-t-,ir;.' bloc" by miu gc.it ! nt again a iiout if- r.ttir i-s' sales ".-. from which l he f.-.rnu-:;- v. ..old be t ;.emp . lU-prcs' ntnt !. IUiiillinti Fl-h, Jr.. :' N'c'a 1 urii, spokesman for e.v-s.rt. -ire men of the house, declared there wai no teas'in why the bonus could no; be provided for from the saving o:" from S 2 '1 t'i.0 0 0.0 0 to ??.0n, 000.001 ae,t to r'suit from the "naval holiday' decreed by the armament col, ferui.i - . T! eie wi'l ho a cai.tcu.1 of hor.,e (-x-c rv f men TiiiirNday for the purp-.?" "f rviu-ii irg t!i- Pght for. the bon is loll in the lower chamber where, as in the senate, a str on 3 v mi ereur rent of ore.--si'.ion to it has .set 111 as a result oi protests acuinst the enactment of my bonus at I'll. !! pron i.tative Royal C- Jo-inson of Soiiih I'akota, an ejt-service man, was i.ind. i-si o.-.d to have served notice 011 his -cpuldican colleagues in tip? house (.hut American . -gion posts intend to oring organb.;:d opposhion against the r..-e ec! ion of any lucre! ei- w ho r -fuao to vote for the. soldiers' bonus. THEY WANNA GETTA PEEP r.OMION. Ffh. J.. Vmrrlcan society folk, mostly nomrn, have begun to arrive here for tlo lunrrlamif Irlncris Mary, Unuetritor of King l.oorgo and tn,cn Mary nnl ino in I l,aMrllrn n I'ebrimry 2S. Altliouth not invited, Ihe Vmerleniis nre planning o pet n glinipwe of t Ii v roj 1 bride nn hc rides nI from Vrtniinilrr Alil'ej front n InI"m anil roof-" of bnildliigM. h I'll Ions a, ii nit nre heinic paid for roof mid nlmlonr nii'e by Americans. nnnnwro CONTROL OF GARY LINE (fNTEINATlONAL NEWS SERVICE! WA.slll.V'lTnS', I'eb. b" Thi. appliI cation of the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Caul Uailwav Company for authorto ac'iuiro control of the Chicago. ..Milwaukee and Car llaiiwa i 'ompatiy by tie- purchase of capital stocU was ' approved todjy by the Interstate Commerce Commission. .V t the .same time authority v. as grant- d l" ihe former road to assume liability as guarantor for f ll.uifti.O'.Mt of tirst moitgago 41 ear live per cent Ponds of the Chicago, Milwaukee and jdary by endorsing thereon the guar1 ant y of the Chicago. Milwaukee and , St. Paul of the pauicnt of principal i ami bib-rest accruing thtrcu from ai d alter January 1, I'.'-t. When so ea- ; doi-sec! the bonds are. to be re-deliv-: cred bi the St. Louis Vuion Trust Cdin- ' pan;".

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COAL WORKERS TO TAKE REFERENDUM SHORTLY

BY .IKOrtOE W. WILLIAMS f STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE 1NP1ANAPOUS, lnd, i'eb. 15. Anthracite and lituminuiis coal workers will take a referendum within the nest three weeks to decide whether or not to suspend operations April 1 if the new wage contracts have not been negotiated by that date. -lust as soon as the miners' national convention rutiiiei the report of the s.ale committee a call will be issued for such a vote, and preparations will be made speedily, union leaders said ioday. to s'art voting. A date will be set for the casting of ballots and four r (ivo days lat-r it in expected the i-oiniilcte returns will be in in international headq ua ft re. Ser.timeii t Mill be said the leaders, for overwhelming, a cessation of operations on April 1. At union headquarters belief was c v pressed, however, that operators of the bituminous lield Mho refused to enter joint negot iations-looking- toward mt" nn

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JZm S Wi (BULLETIN) I ! M r; )i TION1. NEWS SLR'.iCE'i COPENHAGEN. Feb. 13. M. Ritavuori, minister of interior in tiie government of F inland, lias becj assassinated, said a dispatch from Helsingfors today. (BULLETIN) t -K tt-RNAIIONAl N'tWi SlRVlCEl CHICAGO, I'eb. 15. Two children are dead today and two otiior persons are badly burned as the result of a tenement fire on the West Side. Grace Sexton, 10. and Walter Sexton. 12, died at the County hospital from burns. Their father. James Sexton, and 1 lomer, a brother, were badly burned. The fire started when one of the children, in crawling into bed, upset an oil stove. (BULLETIN) itNTL'RNATlONAL N'-.WS SEXviCS.' MIAMI. Fla.. Feb. 13. -William Jennings Bryan, thrice Democratic candidate for president of the United States and secretary of state in President Wilson's cabinet, today declined to become a candidate for the United States Senate to succeed Senator Park Trammel of Florida. (BULLETIN) INttRN'ATtONAL NEWS SERVICE: ARDMORE, Okla.. Feb. 15. Fire today destroyed the threestory plant of the Ardmore Nut Company, one of the largest shipHAS Gffl CASHIER BEEN SPIRITED OFF? Anne Itegan. pretty cashier of the Kagle theatre of Oary. is missing and from information already gleaned by ihe police, it is feared she has been ! idnapped. Her home is at 413 Pennsylvania, avenue. She failed to return last evening after the theatre closed and this morning the manager was interviewed. Ho aid .Miss lb-gall had left the theatre at tho home. It w e enin i usual hour, presumably to go recalled that for several i dark complei ioned young man, handsome in appearance and well dressed had been hanging around the lobby of the .show-house. N'itht before last this man whom the manager describes ns resembling Iaidolf Valentino, stopped in front of the ticket window and started "kidding" Miss Kegan. The line of patrons wan held up until the manager told the young Komco to either buy a ticket or beat it. Hard words followed. The mysterious stranger . slunk away after making some blustering threats. 1'olice are looking for him. Miss Itegan is described as fifteen years old. weighing lie pound. arid being J feet -l inches tall. I lXDI ANAPOIdS. Feb. J j. --Pleas of iau undertaker who protested that it v.ai niP' ssibb to na Igate a hearse i in Centennial street and that he was at a loss t know how he was to ooni duct a. funeral because of deep mire i in the i"ad. resulted in 1 ndi:uii poll s getting a new ly surfaced street in ; record time. Street Comtr issiont-r Hj -land responded by dispatching motor trucks and a crew of men who, working some thirty hours, filled th"- morass I with cinders, neatly crowned. The iruneral proceeded without a hitch. IhjIIj.S Have jou bad them yet? 11c- : iv.-f-n tonstlitis and boils Cary is a j sick lady. The boils Fccm to be catching.

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a new eontract "on the assuirption that the miners would ask for an increasc in wages" tan no longer hold out. with good grace if the convention upholds the scale committee's recommendation to continue the present K'-heduIe. If the operators meet the miners fifty-fifty and once get Into conference ,it was slated, there lis a strong- probability of amicable settlement without necessity of a ttrike or suspension of operations. William Green, secretary cf the international union, holds stronply the belief that it is possible to negotiate, a new agreement for the anthracite ii"!d without a suspension but the anthracite leaders hold just as stronjl to the. belief that it Mill be a physical impossibility to Kvt a new contract without a suspension of at least ens month. The mine workers are preparing for most strenuous opposition to the new Kenyon bill, providing tri-partito control of the coal industry. "BTi A 0 pers of pecans and peanuts in the country. The loss was estimated at $100,000. (BULLETIN) !N ICR NATIONAL NEftS iERViCEi KANSAS Cm'. Feb. 1 5 Geo. Anderson, a butcher, is dead from a bullet wound received last night. Mrs. Marie McCann, .ho was being held today, was playing with a revolver and according to witnesses, pointed it at Anderson and pulled the trigger, not thinking it was loaded. Pae shooting occur! ed during a party at the McCann home.. (BULLETIN) ' . e i L k ' A i i O M A I NEV.S service; , WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Wildcat stock promoters are to be stopped by joint federal and state action, under a plan announced today by Attorney General Daugiierty. Total losses of wellmeaning investors in the past two years, according to treasury officials, have reached not less than $1,000,000,000. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NFV.S SERV1CH. LOS ANGELES. Calif.. Feb. 1 5. Elimination cf "undesirables" from the film world by means of a Y'igHance committee was suggested by Adolph Zukor, head of the large film corporation that employed William Desmond Taylor, and one of the largest producers in the industry. TRYING DAY FOR (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI LOS A.VIELES. Calif., Feb. Ii. Madaiynne Obcnchain todav f3ced one of the most trying days of her triai on the charge of being implicated in the murder of J. Helton Kennedy in a love tangle, according to prosecution attorneys, who planned to continue reading scores of lov,- Utters written b her to Kennedy. After completing the introduction in evidence of love notes written in the early days of the tragic romance, the state today reached the letter in which Mrs. Obcnchain was urging Kennedy to meet and marry her. I.ly these notes, the district atorney contends, is being built up the foundation of the charge that Mrs. 'bei:rhain plotted the murder after being placed in the position of "a woman scorned." The letters today .showed Mrs. Obi-.n-chain leaving the east; (siting Can:: - ' riian resorts and then going to San I'ra nei.sco. from lhr she wrote to Kennedy In los Angeles, urging him to meet her there. ISAFE IS RECOVERED The E.afe stolen from the C-ary theater at Gary xesterday n orning was toutid today near Aetna with it-? door twitted off and contents gone, according: to the officials of the Gary theater :t contained $1200 in cash and ?3100 in Liberty bonds, stocks and war Havings stamps. Arrests are expected tonightNO WOMEN NEED APPLY JKrd- l-KSOX CITV. Mo.. Teh. ,15. Warden Samuel Hill of the state peni tentiary. hung the "S. 11, O." sign on the door of the v. "men's department and notified the government that no more, women prisoners ear, be accepted. There are now loo women prisonerp, a record number. Sixty-fvt o arc federal "prisoners, most of them under sentence for violation of the anti-narcotic act.

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Two Arrested at Indiana Har- ! hor nn nhanrps nf Inarv -.. w. Foreigners The slimy wild-cat financing trail of' Raymond J. I;ichoff, Chicago's jouug I'onzi and "financial wizard. lias reached into the cities of the Calumet region with disastrous result. Two agents of Bischoff who Is now under arrest in Chicag-j to explain of his weird handling of investment funds, were arrested in Indiana llarLor late last night when complaints from a number of working men and women began coming into the Indiana Harbor police station that they had given these men large sums of monec in exchange for promissary notes and promises that the money would probably be doubled. The two reprejctiatives of the Chicago "Ponzi" arreatcd. were father, .fohn Karbowski, and the son, Anthony, of 6724 Kvar.s avenue. Chicago. H I DRKIH OI I'MOI'LK IMII.1,11 Hundred of i;:gry people from the foreign d'strlets of blast Chicago swarmed into the police stations early this morning to sec the two men who bad pointed the way to golden rich" a for them. Stories of life savings gone by investing in this . Kufus WK ingford "Col iltieh Quick" scheme w -re told to Captain Nicholas Malta r. who wa.s on the job bright and early this morning to learn those w ho had purchased these bogus bond?. ur.i,o ptui i hiikh i, AiTiumiTiKs r.ol'i men arc being held at the Indiana Harbor police station pending a hearing in the Kant Chicago court afid for word from tiie federal authorities ;n Chicago as to their" disposition. Most of the nad and pitiful stories of t thest who ha-f invested their taiug v, i.i be heard today. , OriKATIXtji OVK.lt COLNTV. YN id the announcement of .the -root of Itayinoiid J. li'sjeboff in Chicago and two of hi.-i cohorts in Indiana "Harbor, word cdtnes from Gary, Hammond. Whiting and ' ether cities or Lji-.ke- county tint agents of BischolT have been operating in this cities. BIG NIGHT FOR SCOUTS Tuiiight is the big night. Mothers of Boy Scouts of Uamr.o-i-. u have been busy all day at the Masonic Temple getting ready for the annuiC leather and toii banquet which is twind tip the celebration of Anniversary ,Veek. Arrangements have been made fvt fakinir care of over 500 Scouts and dads arid precautions were taken in ordor that even COO will not find the pantr: unprepared. The Scout motto. "lie Prepared" 1ik been adopted by the mothers. The good time starts at ft:30 o'clock w hen the hungry host 1b admitted to the dining room. There will be some introductory exercises. speeches ami songs, but this will be short. T. J . Mann will direct the music. Immediately after the cats the special entertainers will be brougrht inThere -nill be three numbers. Promoters have been trying to keep it a sore t, but it has leaked out that tb.ei e will be a magician on hand every- bit as gaod as the one which made th": all yo',1 last year. THREATS OF REVOLUTION N BY DA VI I M. (' KLT.'. II TSTAFF CORRMSPONOENT I. N. SERVICt! I.ONbON', Feb. 16. Threats of revolution and civil war in Ireland are being utilized by political enemies of F'nmicr Lloyd George in efforts to overthrow the coalit'on government The P.ritish cabinet is co-operatintt with the Irish provisional government at Dublin to restore tronquility alor.f; the Ulster border and prevent further outbreaks. "1 have every. reason to believe that that evacuation of Prltish troops from Ireland will be' resumed and v rill speedily be completed." said Mrehael Collins, minister of finance in the Dublin government, after an iuterview with Colonial Secretary Winston Church i-U at noon. "We believe we can cope nith the situation. I am going back to Ireland tonight." ! BIG FIRE IN j HARRISBTJRG t riSTLRNATlOKAL NEWS SERVICEI i HAIUllSBfRti, Ph. I'eb. 1... Tlii.s city was without teb'phone service today as a result of a tire which, origi j nating in a short circuit in the elevate r I shaft of the O'Gara Coal company and I spreading rapidly, burned out the plant of the Murphy sboro Telephone company. The budding of tho Sa'ine Trust and Savings company was also bai'ly dama ged. Total damage was estimated at $!".- 000. Aid was summoned from Hldora do when it appeared that the entire business district t:s endangered.

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