Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 212, Hammond, Lake County, 1 March 1922 — Page 1
THE WEATHER nerlly fair tonight and TIluxbPrao4d hy snow in east por1 toatffht; coldar tonight; rising jtura in wwt portion TanrsI rtaraoon. bjr Carrar .n Hatr.mona Haaunojd 50c p month oa i and nwi stands, 30 par .
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rtional Commander of American Legion Says Demands Were First Made by Congress BIT.IKTIN. ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE W5HINCiTO. Mil it h I. A new tax to meet part of the soldier bonus payment was under consideration today by repnblloan members of the hoose ways and means committee. The amount tt fall short of paying Is to be taken from the Keneral reasiir. ccrecy Brnnrd the le and rharaoirr of this in. The tat rhasers are loo afraid of losing; It to mention It. frnrlnic that an enemy may leorn Its ; character and snatch It from their 'rn. They ncre hopeful an areement ronld be reached today when their plan would he announced. It Is understood the president has made concessions and ts no longer InikistinK on his "no sales tax. no bonus" ultimatum, but he is steadfast in op. position to any mention in the legislation of sale of British or other foreign bonds to make bonus payments. A number of suggestions were put before the committee to OTercome the dtfiiculty. BT HANTOUP MACMDEP. I (.National Comnandsr of the American 1 Legion.' J (Written Expressly for the I. N. 5.1 (Copyright, 1322. by the I. X. Service WASHINGTON March 1. The American Legion m asking that the adjusted compensation bill be passed, wants It clearly understood that this legislation originated with congress. At the request of conjerss, the lesion worked out from a great Number of suggested plans th,? present fivefold compensation bill. The legion feels that by such constructive feature ai those -which embody farm and torn aid. vocational training. land reclamation establishment, and paid up insurance recognition from the government - the veterans' service would arid to returned service man's ability to u ceo ma a more constructive citizen. The legion still feels that way. The adjusted pay or cash feature, alio incr fortv uercent less than any of other options was framed t tak" mro of the, man. who because u nmy.loyment or ill fortune. would not Vf. able to take advantage or tne oui;s. The payments of 050. once every three months certainly do r.ot form as si ra.ble compensation compa rt .l to I in i 1 o rfct benefits go. c'.l defined the names of he other. The cost to th. government has been 5n a great many financial journals grossly exaggerated. Were half of the men affected to choose the cash feature it would not exceed four hundred million the first year. This is no ext.ar.rriir.arv cxwnsc on the part of the ((ivernmcnt i not goin What is mre the money to vanish. It naturally w ill be turned into the business of the community. Ar.d wiui mat pui to bT.is. farms, education in skilled piofeisions and employment, which Jid reclamation calls for. it !s ail fT'J?ig to help bull up the economic fsbrlc of tha ration. The legion feels this to be a Just obligation. Tne offering of a man's life and his services with the. colors nt least should receive equal conslderBtion with the services of contractors, manufacturers, railroads and shipping interests. These obligations have b,en or are fcelns paid and they are undoubtedly proper debts, but the oi-3i-ation to the veteran ftlll remains Rrd will remain until some adjustment 5s made. Whenever and wnerevor the ouestion has been put to the people they have answered in a way no one could misunderstand. Tn asking for the passage of this 3-gisiatlnn.' the American legion feel tbet it Is only urging the fulfillment of promises liberally m.Jd but hesitatingly carried out. We believe the nation wants the great ex-.vrvice populaUr.n I" fl that they deserve nd hall have fair play and a Frpiaro deal. jt is safe to say that further demands never a 1U be presented by the American legion. The proposition o. a-ijuted compensation came from engrne The American legion feels that for the gods of all concerned It could te carried out. 5600,000 FIRE IN PUEBLO, COLO. f INTERNATIONAL KEWS SERV1CE1 PUEBLO. Colo.. March 1. Fire broke j out in the business district here early j this morning and destroyed the Grand j Cpcra House block including several; atores, with an estimated los of JrtOO.- ' nno The Federal building, the postoffice and other fedora! officer" w.v; ! threatened for a time viilh .Jest rue! ion. ' JTany firemen had narrow escapes fi'mi . dath as the wans and tower ol til" opera house building toppled. The flame were fought in aero weather and raged for several hours fcefore being' controlled.
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i.ifju'd T. X. T." 'J Hat's what police ca'l cv.s ( "lii-oi-'imi iltscov ei cd thei latest ti quench a longing for real liquor. The scicntTst a nil victim of bis O'Aii ingenuity is Thomas Scully, boarded fapo of briery paths; a decrepit, flambimg, two-cane old man of 70 yeiirs. Monday he was picked up drunk in vacant lot on State street. Thi3 when . ; afftr? by saw Mm lyine on the ground. i'-ii.rl Kandrei. policy chauffeur brought : ujiti in. Judge Cleveland, in city court I usday morning, took coinpnssdon on i the forlorn figure and released him o; T,romise that he leave town immediate- ! !' Half an hour after court had ad- ! journed tho police department got a I call that a man was lying on the ground 'along the Monon tracks near the i Mraube piano factory. Carl randrei leaped to his .seat at the wu.el of the patrol. When he arriveTl at the scene be tound the same aged Scuily stretched i 'ii harpy oblivion. I In city court th:s morning. Scully revealed the cheapest and deadliest mink or, record. It his coroner's cocktails completely shaded. "After I lcrt court yesterday I was thirsty and shaky. I needed a drink. I didn't have Much money. So I took advantage of a trick I learned recently. 'e are never too late to learn. I went to an army supply store hre and bought eight cans of those sterno alcohol heaters. Tjiey cost a dime apiece. They are tin boxes, you know . There, then; Is one. The officer has one. l h3t's it. Yes, inside is a mixture of parraiiue and denatured alcohol. Roomers and hoboes and audi use them to cook things. "Wcdl. wlum I got a little way beyond I he park out here on Hohmn street, I scooped out about half the para fie. I put this into a small towel I carry Then I squeezed the alcohol out of th paraftnc back Into the tin. It amounted to about a whiskey glass full. Maybe a little more. Anyway, it was enough. 1 drank it and got as far as the place they found me. It sure is powerful stuff." i'olice took the rest of the tans away l'rom him. Then Judge Cleveland went him to Crown Point for ten days. There Scully will have a chance to rest the wearT boy of 70 summers and winters. Also hell probably be prevented from committing certain suicide. IE KIV CAPTIVATE THE LADIES I The hearts of half a hundred Hammond's most charming ladles of ar ! fluttering today in the wake of Ladles .Mght at the Kiwanis club. The da.uh- j mg Knights of Kiwanla were at their tjtst last night immaculate, ohilvar- , ejus and, oh(So fascinating! I lembers of that rival organization, j the Kotary club, are said to be In- j tensely Jealoua of the b:t Kiwaniansi made with the ladies. So many of the Koiarians are ba'd and a little b!t, er, J well let us say stout, that they have j reason to be envious of the handsorna Klwanlans. 1'or several hours before the Klwanisj dinner last night the cash registers o j the downtown barber hopn played a '. Joyful tune. ,. Murray Turner, Fill! McAleer, L,. Ij. Fomberger, and tha other Rudolph Valentino's who head ; the heart-breakers of the Kiwanls club I were swathed in hot towels and lather
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w.nue tne rest tonsonai artists or tne ( ,SUjt fiieci this morning In the Hamcity ministered to their beauty. mond superior court by the South When the banqueters entered thj Shore Auto company, against the iary dining hall the air was redolent with.'larage it Sales Co., et al.. In which the exquisite perfume of Wild Root i the defendants are charged with conand Delaney's- j spiring to procure a car without payHAVE CHICKEN DINNER. j mg for it. 'nr- hundred and twelve persons were In the fird place Tom Kappellas seated at the groaning board. It was j height a Ch.-rvolcl aedan from the a chicken dinner. .Tu.lca .Tame : "ary Oarage fc Sales Co. That was
W b li, of Waukegan, gave a pleasing talk, while Pat Rarn-s of a "Iuick On bicave' entertained with a number of stories in dialect. A mixed quartette composed of O. 1. Iivn. Mesdames l-rteman, Keizer find McCal! with Mrs. llousrr at the piano, nang severa ! selections and "was rcarlcd by generous applause. The silent, boost ua.- won by Mis.' .1. E. Wolf. Ask any lady who wad i-reent v. hat ; she thinks of the Khvanls ilub and' what she says will cause the modest: lellows to blush like an August, sunset, i u, ne still my muttering Heart. ! MAN PASSES AWAY fSPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING. IND., March 1 Wilbur F. Callender, aged 75 years, former coal dealer and wel lknown Whiting business man, parsed away at the home of bis; daughter, Mrs. C. Maunder, 3:!Q Ohio; i1. ,Ia't evening. His death was caus-i Oti by premature old are. , He is survived hy his widow. Mrs. i H.im.a'-i ("slleridev. his daughter. anJ: V.vo (granddaughters-'. J he. funeral will be held Thursday : . ., ... n. . v, , .. ; .1 ...... 1 . . I t, . 1'. 111. moi Jd.Lt) I 181 Hll'. . i.t. Ivy will conduct the services. Iturial at Oak Hill. Hammond. Ctiesel will conduct the funeral.
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WASHINGTON. March 1. Folks In the eastern pnrt of the country Mho have prepared for an "early spring" because of recent balmy weather, better prepare themselves for another winter, 'thief Forecaster Howie of the weather bureau today. Snow and sleet, accompanied by radical drops in the temperature, were promised todny by the weather bureau for the eastern section of the -ountry for the next Ihlrty-slx hours. County Surveyor Asks Commissioners to do Away With "Death Trap Near Dyer" rSFECIAL TO THE TIMEil CKt.iWX POINT, 1XD., Hatch 1 If the "ideal stretch of highway" to be puilt by the Incobi Highway Association and the state highway association bctwe-n rver and Scheteville this summer in to bo ideal It should not cross the C. I. & S. railroad at "grade. This was the declaration made by i County Surveyor Seely to the Doard oi I county commissioners and the repre- ( sentatlves of the Lincoln Highway Association and tha state highway association today. Uhe ounty surveyor's suggestions as outlined in correspondence to the engin- j I ecrs v-ho are planning the improvement ! embody a plan to detour less than a : thousand feet at the approach of the ! crossing of the railroad and to rass un- ! dr the railroad at the foot of the rile. i As the highway leaves Dyer H runs 1 at the loot of the ridge on the north : fide for a mile and then crawls to the ! top. By continuing at the foot of the ; ridge the highway could cut beneath j tne railroad with little additional cot. , ,'Ve can hardly call it an Ideal high-j ' way If there Is a dangerous railroad i crossing at grade." said wSeely. V j 'alifomia family in a touring car was; i wired out bv a train at this dangerous crossing a few years ago." OTHIE PHOJECTS ! j Other road projects to be undertaK-, i en as soon as weather permits are the; resurfacing of Sout1 Ibtiman street, ! .Hammond, from the C. & O. tracks to j ite penetration pavement on LuluI mbia I inula, a ciiug J - lhe r:rie tracks Hammond.
SEEKS TO ELIMINATE ! CROSSING!
The county may build the oieason j fr leaving the prohibition enforceroad along the Lake front drive under! ment field.
the three-mile road law, now that Calumet township is annexing the Xinth ward cf -Gary, fMiller). The Industrial Highway which runs along the Pennsylvania tracks from ilarv to Clark road is also to be raved. COURT CASE OVER AUTO j Some cf the ins and outs of the au- j tornobile game are bared In a damage March 9, K'IM. Tom left the car at the garage. Then Walter Tate and Abraham Perry, salesmen for the defendant company persuaded KeppUns he should have a Nash inst-ad of a i.'b vrolet. Torn aarreed to buy a Nash provided they could 5o!l his Chevrolet for him. So on April 1. Salcsni"n Tale anrj rvrry visited the South Shore aaWronrns. They wanted to buy an Kssex cabriolet. It was acri"l that they should turn In a Chevrolet sedan at ll.nno and pavt
the balance of the purchase price of I no word from Indianapolis to inntcate 52. .".00. The South Shore Co. brought j that his letter of resignation was rean Essex from Chicago but Tate and Iceived.
Perry did not call for it. Months passed without the plaintiff being able I to sell the Essex. The price declined. : In January it was sold for Sl.-ini I In the meantime Kerpenas sued the ! South Shore Co. for possession of tbtl Chevrolet which had been turned over h them. It cost about Jl'eno to de fend the suit Now the South Shore nts $2,500 damages and Includes ! Keppellas. Tate and Perry with the Gary Garage Sales Co. as defendants. Frankfort High School 1 Burns; Loss $100,000: FRANKFORT. H-d., Marrh 1. The i local high f li .M building whs de-! siroyed by fire hero. The structure' whs valued at fir.n.noo. anl carried' $40,000 i'lSll'-a nee . '1 lii ' i'.MH I losses ill; ciiemicai supplies, ana in'iivniual possessions1 of members of the student body and the faculty are estimated at 8.0i0. About 6O0 students were attending the institution.
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CfcargelsEmbezzlement,Siiortage of $140,000 in Hh IS Accounts Alleged BTJIXETIN lcliard Slpa, Marlon county dark. ; arraated for ambaiklametit at India napolla today, will be raxoemberad as the man who aa a mariner of tha Inllaaa! National Guard atatfonad at Znat Chi-S czo flnrlny tha atrli rlota, got into j troubla bacansa ha faUad to reapoud to tha call for troopa.; , INTJIANAPOUS. Ird.. Ma.reh 1 . Richard V. Sipe. Maron county clerk, was arrested today on a warrant charging embezzlement, following discovery of a shortage of approxinvite.ly $140,000 in his accounts. The warrant charged specifically the embezzlement of $0,000. Bond was fixed at $1U,000 but Pipe dechvred hi would not a-k anyone, to go the bond. Prosecutor William Evans this morning ordered the drafting of the warrant against Sipe. who f-s!gr.ed following discovery of discrepancies in county trust funds . vailing of a frrnd Jury was expected to foilow the arre.st.' Sine declared the shortage, brought about by -poor btusi- ! ncss judgemen" and the fact ne , ..co,ikJn.t ay no to hjg frlends. ar. I cording to his own explanation, would i not amount to more than J HO. COO . Sire . denied that h had 'Vinihlcl" n-irli th , - trust funds. And asserted he had loaned money on poor security. jfe said he was "ready to stand the gaff." Appointment of a successor to Sipe was expected today.". BE LAST TIE Edward P. Derrwanger, who tendered his resignation as federal prohibition agent In January but la'er reconsidere il n1 remained with the Northern Indiana, s-quad. ha again resigned. I ne says, it. is nnal. uerwanger was not working today as he had eiectod to have his time expire February Ig. He was at the Hammond office, however, attending to some routine, work in connection with quitting tuich as making out his expense account for Fthiuarv and cndreport. With the report went his badge nd commission. i qo mucn pounce, is uerwansers ( brief way of itimmincr ur h-.s reasons In Januarv he became diseuyeei I ' when headquarters refused to O. K. ! that part of his expense account which j dealt with oil and gasoline used by nis i I'ackard touring car in chasing rum ' "nners in nis territory. jt was not tne first time his accounts had been disallowed. .'Ie wrote n letter of resignation asking to be relieved February 1. No answer 'ame to this letter but Slate Director Tle-rt Morgan visited Hammond early in February and maftrrs were smoothed over. T'ti tr that visit the successor to Gus Simons as flii'f of the force wa-i still in doubt. George Weeks of Gary was working as an agcnt and carried credentials of aDtiointmrnt for Washington . They had not been approved by Mr. Morgan. Berwanger claims to have had Mr. Morgan'a assurance that he was !n line for the job of chief. Senator Harry New. it seems, was for Weeks and that of course made It necessary for Morgan to switch. Morgan named Weeks chief iiile here In February. At the same, time, it is said, Mr. Morgan told lierwanger he wanted him to r-'-main on ihe force: and work ind-. ' pendent of the Hammond office. Ilcr- ! u-anjer was to rieeive orders from Inj dianapolis direct and was to use hip j own discretion to a larcro extent, j On February CO lierwanger wrote h!? , fteeond letter of resignation . He took j (be step after be had been shown a letter from Mr. M-raan to Chief Weeks informing the chief th.it lierwanger ' was to work o'lt of the M.iminond ofTii'e i iituior the direction of Weeks. The foiniT "tor fluent has received He savs he will rest up for a while and has not decided what he will fol1 'w In the future It is possible that he and Mrs. 11 rwanger will viedt the 'acific coast Berwaniter luring the spring. has received several invitalons reeen'ly to speak before the W. C. T. V. and other org- nizatons of the Calumet region on enforcement f the prohibition laws. BILL'S TROUBLES ONLY BEGINNING CHICAGO, March I. Thin in to fortwirn Mr. Win ir. Ifa? that when he take I hut nevr mmir lol hli tnnll tn going tn increase trrmrnilfliivl j Mr. IIn l to he onntiipril nlth letter from member f the International Cigarette teasiie. untinc him to cut out all ureaea In the mortem where a worn a o in nrrn puffing; a cigarette.
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(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NEW YORK. March 1. Announcement of the suspension for insolvency of the firm of Walter J. Schmidt & Co. was announced at the Consolidated Stock Exchange today. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. March J. Mrs. Bessie Marschell. 40, wis found dead in bed early today with a bullet through her head. Her husband. Henry Marschell, park employe, was fast asleep beside her. Mounted officers, who heard the report of a rifle discjovered the body. In the yard of the house they found a 30-30 army rifle with one shell discharged. (BULLETIN) PNT"NATIONAl NEWS SERVICE! TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. March 1. This city awoke yesterday to find a goodly section of the community placarded with 'K. K. K." signs. Considerable thrill and a little terror accompanied inspection thereof, as visions of Ku Klux Klan activities were conjured. Today the city awoke to learn that "K. K. K." may also mean "Kleans Klothes Karefully." An enterprising dry cleaner was willing to take the blame for the jest. (BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE; SAN FRANCISCO, March 1. Mrs. Elizabeth Stephens Troy of Juneau. Alaska, widely known suffragist and a delegate from Alaska to the Democratic national convention in 1920. today paid a hundred dollar fine because of an odor. The odor or "aroma" arose from a trunk packed with lingerie and other feminine finery. Dry slueths detected the odor, opened the trunk, and found seven bottles of a liquid originating in Scotland, one broken, and arrested Mr. Troy for violation of the Volstead act. Mrs. Troy pleaded guilty and F ederal Judge Dooling assessed the fine. (BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 DALLAS, Tex.. March 1. The coldest weather of the winter is being experienced throughout the HEAR REPORTS FROM At the Rotary Club yesterday the various committees and members who attended the notary convention at Indianapolis gave their reports. Everyone was very enthusiastic regarding the benefits derived from the association -nith other Rotarians from throughout the state. Among the striking addreses was the one by Crawford C MeCullough, President of the Internatioanl Rotary. In his exposition of the meaning Rotarv he likened it to four columns which he designated as Fellowship. Education, Character Building and Service to the community. The application of these qualities is! n... .......cH in the development OI j i rloroMnrtiAnr fii . ' Ulffu rAj.'.' - the individual member; second, in his reaction to the needs of the community; and finally through the association of cl ibs, these influences become world factors. vt he nresent time ail forms of po litical government need the maximum help from its well-meaning citizenship A moment's consideration of the turbulent conditions surrounding practically every governent in the world, will demonstrate that such is a fact. Whlie Rotarians are intensely patriotic to the country in which they a feeling of good-will and understandingbetween the f'l.OOO Rotarians organized into 1100 clubs covering the entire world is promoting understanding between nelghborine countries and doing a grcjit deal to disarm centuryg' old feeling of hate, greediness and revenge. JEWELS AND LIQUOR ZONE 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEPV1CE ari5l.i.':y-on-huixson, N. Y.. Mar. 1 -iho police of this and surrounding towns, as well as those of New York City, are searching today for robbers who entered the residence cf Henry Uraves, 3rd. and stole $150,000 worth of jewelry and liquor. WANTED I Any person, pedestrian or motorist. i stopped or questioned or 1xthr'd in anv v;iy by loiterers in the v iri t ii t s of t h Ilnmmond piFlilling "mpsiiy or on l.otb nifcl. between Calumet and i Hickory streets, Monday evening, can : render valuable aid to the government by communicating at once with G. J. j jsimons. General Prohibition F-nforce-nient Agent, Federal Building.
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TTSS A entire state of Texas. Snow has alien for several days in the panhandle section and freezing weather is reported as far south as the Rio Grande valley and Gulf of Mexico. Much suffering is reported from cattle raising sections and early vegetable and fruit crops will show great loss. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CLEVELAND. O.. March 1. All employes of members of the Building Trades Council walked out today when employers posted notices reducing wages of their employes from 1 3 to 36 per cent, following a failure to agree upon a new scale. Contracts totalling upwards of $20,000,000 in new construction are tied up, and additional lettings are halted pending an agreement upon a wage scale. (BULLETIN) ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. March 1. Daniel Coudich, diamond broker, and Henry Eisen, a salesman, are held by the police today pending further investigation of the reported $75,000 diamond robbery in Coudich's office late yesterday. Coudich reported that four men had entered his office, bound and gaggfd him and Eisen and Miss Stacia Virvicz, his stenographer. (BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE COBLENZ, March 1. American troops of the army of occupation have been withdrawn frcm Mayen and Andernach, the only places in the Rhineland occupied by American troops today are Coblenz and Eurenbreitstein. (BULLETIN) ilNTEPNT:P!A'. NEWS SEHViCEJ MILWAUKEE, Wis.. March 1. Four bandits stole the $19,000 payroll of the Palmolive Soap Co. here today and escaped in an automobile. (BULLETIN) f TNTERNATICNAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. March I. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican leader of the Senate, in an open letter to a constituent today, announced he was in favor of the soldier bonus. RECEIVES GOOD Illinois Manufacturers Line Up in Support of the Great Project. (SPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 CROWN POINT, Ind.. March 1. Illinois manufacturers' associations are using their influence to further the Illiana Harbor project, according to reports of the Illinois legislative committee which is acting jointly with a committee appointed by the Indiana legislature, u'lepresenta tive Otto Fineld was informed today in a letter from Indianapolis. With the joint support of manufacturers of the Chicago district and the Calumet region of Indiana the proect is going ahead satisfactorily, Fifield declares. The Illinois Manufacturers' .Association will send a committee to Washington to lobby for the enabling legislation together witu committees from the Calumet region, it is said. Representative Flfield is elated a.t the progress that Is being made, he slated today, and will confer with the Indiana committee at Indianapolis this month. LAUGHS WAY OUT OF ELECTRIC CHAIR I'bKIHi HAUTE. INP.. Marrh 1 Joe l.ubovich lauched himself out of the shadow of the electric chair. Tried for the murder of Joseph Sanszki. at Clinton, iAibovich, on the stand, kept the jury laughing with his witty sallies and when the twelve Jurors returned a seaT- I ed verdict today it read "Not Guilty." They said a man who had such a store of ready good humor could not be guilty of the slaying. Sanszki's wife is yet to be tried on a similar charge, growing out of the discovery of his body In a mine pit. ICYCLES IN TEXAS ASTONISH NATIVES nOlSTON, Tex.. Marrh 1 With the uncommon night of tej-elea reuniting from the lo freezing; as tt full. ItooKtnn and the coif coast eperlenrrd today the roldet March weather tn thirty jear. The ofTIrlnl thermometer rearlxtered 1'honftnrt of dollar damnare to erop. partlrulnrl y in the ICIo f.ramle allry wa certain, aeeordlog to weather official. The cold nut extended a far as Brownsville.
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Independent Mill at Harbor Next Week Will Operate 75 Capacity Approximately 700 additional will be employed at the Inland twn ?erl '...yriy mis week when cpe-ratlor s are increased in the str-nct,,-,,! nent of its No. ; plant and the manufacture of standard stee-l rail ls started the latter part of this week The Inland ttarted off Monday v.-n'i a 60 per cent capacity, having commenced operations in the No. ; p'sn; where heavy structural"., billets" sp',:. bars and slabs were turned out. The first of next week the Indiana Harbor plant will be operating in the neighborhood of 73 per cent. The sheet department of this company is operating in full and finds 6i per cent of its present business if domestic, whereaji formerly 60 per ci. was export. New orders come In sma V tonnages from any source and all users of plates appareat'y are in need of further supply. f. 8. STEEL IlVCRESr:. The U. S. ?teel corporation at present is operating Its mills in Gary si more than fifty per cent of cap' Ty and, according o steel nicn. a ft rr substantial Improvement In opentioi..t In the independents a.? well pf in the big corporation may be expected wi'liin the next three months. It is pointed out that prie demoral nation gene-rally precede an improvement. Inquiries for stesl arc more numerous and some large orders are boing placed on a basis o present low pric-s. Railroads are guying more steel. An evidence of this is found in car orders placed Einci the first of the year and t!hrink8e in Idle cars. STrttJCTl'R.1- STEEL Bt TIVG. Structural steel orders with the Calumet legion industries during th" hist wekwere numerous. Although none of tqe tonnages were large, it was clearly evident that more c-nn-dence is bei.i shown in the future and that many projects which have been held back for', ime time arc going ahead. The principal award noted called fo'268 tons of steel for the Whitirg pla-ii of the Standard Oil company of Ind:ana to be used for the constructing of fifty 10-foot 6-ir.ch horizontal tann.s. This is said to be in line with the $;.- 000.000 reconstruction program, proposed by th Standard a few week.-: ago. The Sinclair OH Refining company reported in the market for 2.300 ton of plates for a western project. FILE MORTGAGE EXEMPTIONS NOW March 1 to May 1 Date For the Filing the Provision of the Law. County Auditor Mack Foltind h,--called attention to the fact that i. 'ittime for filing mortgage exemption--is here and taxpayers who wish to t'v advantage of the law allowing deduction on mortgaged real estate, are tinned to file their statements early. The period for filing for exemptions extends from March 1 to Monday. May I The law provides tha' "any per?. being the owner of real enato itabV for taxation within the state of Indiana, and being indebted in any sum secured by mortgage upon Teal osta.:may have the amount ol such mortgage indebtedness, not .exceeding $1.000, existing nnd unpaid on the first of March of any year, deducted from the assessed valuation of mortga;;' premises. Statements regarding deductions must be sworn to under oath and filed with the auditor between March 1 and May 1. The law provides a penalty o" n-.'t less than Jii or mo:'e dun J.'iOn which may be edded a jail term not t. exceed six months for making a false statement. CHICAGO HTS. JUOGE B INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, March 1. Former Ju-'g Charles II. Bowlos of Chicago Heights, banker and mcnufact urer, dropped dead in his home today efter complaining that he ha.i been poisoned bv "chicken a la king" which he ate in a downtown hotel. Heart disease waattributed as the Immediate cause of Mr. Bowles" death by his phys elan, Pr, William 1. Mac Chesney. ar.d members of the family said there will be no Investigation by the coroner. THREE DEMOCRATS ASPIRETO SENATE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CE1 I.VPIANAFOI-.IS, Ind., March. 1 Petitions of three democratic aspirants for tile nomination for United Stat's Senator have 'been filed with the irtary of .tate, Bernard Shic!y. of Marion today took this step to have his name placed on the .ballot, as did Pr. Jesse Zanders of Garrett. Chas. Howard of Windfall, already had filed a petition. -Sanruel Ralston -will fl;? his petition tomorrow. As yat o republicans have filed.
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