Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 8, Hammond, Lake County, 11 March 1922 — Page 1

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Prayer Is Weapon Used Against Wine at The Mass Meeting BT HAROLD CROSS. The gray-haired mothers of prohibition last evening gently rebuked the playful city dado of Hammond who In sn unguarded moment passed a resolution endorsing beer and light wine. It was a meeting; of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union held In the superior courthouse. Beside the women there were clergymen, a fewhusbands, and a row of young men who were there to be (mused and to scoff. The young men nad doubtlessly heard the W. C. T. U. ridiculed In the poolrooms and on the streets as fanatical busy-bodies who neglected their families to meddle in other people's affairs. They were taken abash by what they saw. Instead of the militant and masculine woman of the cartoons they found a sweet -faced grandmother, her hands knotted and back bent from loving toll for a faintly, holding the gavel of the meeting. Surrounding iht chairman were other kindly women, nearly all of them grandmothers. They were the mo. iers of men. the blessed women that every boy respects. And the things they naid wore gentle and kind, for mothers understand. I.V BOXNETS. SHAWLS ASD CAPES. "W hen these women the members of the W. C. T. U. rose in their bonnets, shawls and capes their remarks were the softest and most loving of rebuffs. The city council had acted hastily and without serious thought, they felt sure. Just as they would say m tholr hoYs were innocent even in the face of proof. They had come to the meeting in the rain to make their kindly criticism. FEW YOUNG WOSE.H. Even tne younger members of the W. C. T. U., and they are fewer in number, were not severe in their censure. It was left to the clergy and the other men present to call a spade a spade. The young men who came te scoff went away sober of face and chastized of spirit . What man lives who can be amused t an old gray-haired woman bent ii xyer. asking the Liord to give His d., - blessing to the legions of men and women that are fighting thq evil of strong drink? Never again will these young men speak disrespectfully of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. no more than they would chide the veteran ot the civil war because they stumble as they march to the cemetery on Decoration Iay. TTose women are veterans of a war against booze and the political corruption ond misery that It created. They have fought against the thing that TUlaed girls and debauched men. 4hat made hovels of homes and urchins of children. The young men who came to scoff may have seen an individual here or there at the meetinr "he they knew to be something f a Hypocrite- out that would fcly cause them to be even jnor sympathetic toward the real mothers of temperance, those unworldly, easily imposed upon women. The young men who came to scoff had no intention of participating in the meeting but after the opening prayer they joined in the singing of "Americawith shoulders thrown baxsk and faces to the front, because many of them were aoldlets In the world war. There wu one motherly old woman at the meeting wiio knitted more sweaters and socks than any other woman in the city during the war, devoting her entire time to that work. CUBROTMEW IPEAK. The Rev. Benjamin RIst of the Methodist church was the first speaker. "So far as the action of the city council is concerned." he began, "I wish to say, first of all. that for any honest thinker and clean-liver who expresses his deliberate convictions by ballot or otherwise I have profound respect but for the dishonest thinker who yields himself to be a catspaw for a disloyal un-Amsrican organisation that seeks to nullify the constitution of the United Btates I l:ave contempt. "My conviction is that the city council In going on record in favor of beer and light wines has made a serious mistake, not that this action shall effect the government of the United States but that it will injure the reputation of our city and encourage other cities to take similar action, thus creating a propaganda for the liquor interests and making law enforcement more difficult. "We do not want the country to think that the city of Hammond Is represented in the city council by men who are not lcyal to the constitution of the United S-tBtes. The vote of the ceu was not an expression of the law-abiding people of the city. It was Juat a bit of general propaganda that is going over the country." . The Rev. Mr. Rist told the efforts made to break down liquor law enforcement In Hammond. Ho said that patrolmen had been followed, threatened and offered bribes. ! He said that it is the tendency of law-abiding people to sit still and that the law enforcement officers were not receiving the encouragement they deserved. He pave great credit to the police and federal men for refusing bribes which were fabulous fortunes j compared to their wages. j He asked the newspaper writers to L not lend encouragement to 'Jhe friendf

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MICHIGAN CITY GETS $1,000,000 PLANT OF EASTERN FIRM MICHIGAN CITY. InJ.. March U This city haa been selected as the western location for one of the largest institutions of its kind in the world. A deal was closed yesterday for 120 acres between Greenwood and Cool Spring avenues, extending from Jackson street to Woodland avenue and beyond. The factory, of which there have been rumors for several months, will cost $1.000.000. The company, for reasons of its own for the time being does not want to give any announcement and for that reason the name of the concern is temporarily withhold. It is an old established company of a New England state with headquarters in Chicago. The large manufacturing plant is now located in tne East and employs more than 1.600 people. Machinery Is manufactured and shipped all over the world. The company has branch offices in all the bis cities of the United States, in Canada. England, Australia, France, Chill. Africa and Mexico. The company is rated at several million dollars. MANY CITIES SOCGHT PLANT. It will probably be some time before construction work is started on the plant but the buildings to be erected will require an expenditure of a large sum. BOWLERS OFF FOR TOLEDO TOURNAMENT When the "bowlers' special" pulled out of Chicago this morning over the Lake Shore for Toledo, it carried the cream of the mid-west bowlers. And among them was Hammond's aggregation of crack pin-smashers. They will compete in the National American Bowling Tournament. Those from Hammond were Elmer Hall, William Cookeey, Ed. Goehringer Jack Whelan and "Sugar" Handy. Tonight they will bowl their flv man event and tomorfrow, the doubles and singles. In the doubles Hall and Cooksey will pair; Goehringer and J. Whelan, while Handy will double with Ned Nelson who bowls with the team he has bowled with all season In Chicago, the Home Runs. - The boys are scheduled to return Monday. LOIR CALIFORNIA VIES - WITH 1ST HAMMOND SAN DIEGO. Calif.. March 11. Pacific coasters whose' palates yearn of high class wet goods will soon have the oportunlty of making excursions to Ensenado. Lower California, "A La Havana," it became known here today when the Mexican States Steamship company announced the detailing of their steamer Collma to a San Fralcls-eo-an Pedro-San Dlego-Ensenada run. The Colima will be fitted with everything appealing to those who like their "nips" and new casinos and cabarets will be established at Ensenada for those who desire to stop over at the sea coast oasis. Between the ports the Colima will run outside the three mile limit and seal here "bar goods when in American Jurisdiction. ARREST SIX SUSPECTS IN TRAIN HOLDUP , (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SCRVICEl ST. LOUIS. March U.-Slx m' are under arrest here today on suspicion of being the "rotid agents" who held up the Alton limited of the St. Louis Traction company at Eagle Park, III., and robbed Samuel H. Wyss. president of the Alton Banking and Trust company of 15,500 In currency. The six suspects were picked up by the police when a loaded revolver and Jug of wine were found on the floor f their touring csr. The robbers were passeng-ers on the train and as It drew a-ross the trestle near Eagle Park on . the outskirts of East St. Louis yesterday, covered the passengers with their revolvers and made a bee line for Wyes. They did not molest other passengers. TS ON DRIVE COMMITTEE SPECIAL TO THE TIMES BLOOMINGTON. Ind., March 11. Within a few hcurs after Governor Warren T. MoCray opened Indiana University's million dollar memorial campaign here Tuesday to erect three new buildings on the campus in memory of the university's war heroes the csmpus subscription goal of $400,000 was over-subscribed by nearly $14,000. Total contributions to date amount to more than $430,000. William J. Hill and Harold Hammond of Hammond, were members of the student committee in charge of tae memorial camLpalgn.

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This Is Different Kind of Divorce Hub. Says Wife Didn't Want Him To Work So Much.

Every now and then a divorce complaint breaks the stereotyped monotony of the usual run filed in the Hammond superior court. John Kaln, 1006 Garfield street. Gary, furnished a different one today. Usually, you know, the complaining husband says bis wife didn't do the housework. Or the complaining wife says her husband was laxy and wouldn't work. Well, John alleges his wife made things miserable for him because he worked so much. John likes to work. He sometimes had to do two turns in twenty-four hours, but he didn't object. Mrs. Kaln is said to have complained because he worked so steady. She nagged at him to lay off occasionally and seek amusemen. As John's zeal for work continued unabated, Mrs. Kaln's affectona dwindled. February 2, 1921, a divorce suit which she had filed, was heard in the Gary superior court. The Judge granted her a year s separation from bed and board. The year has passed but she refuses to return to John's home. Now John is asking for a divorce. One child is now staying with Mr. Kain's sister and he asks the court to allow her to remain there. Attorneys Capouch & Miller are representing the plaintiff. IS Monday, March 20. will be American Legion Employment Lay in all parts of the United States. President Harding is expected to Issue a proclamation to that effect soon. Governors o fall states and the mayors of cities will wll take similar action. The day and the activities leading up to it wll constitute a ration-wide effort t oimprove the unemployment situation. uMeetlngs will be called soon in all cities which will -be attended by leading citliens. There the post commanders of the American Legion will explain the plans in detail and the American Legion Employment Committee will be formed. The first task of this committee w'll be to open an office and start a survey of the unemployment situation of the community. This survey will Include: 1. Listing of every resident unemployed and needy betweencl taoln aar Ployed and needy veteran and vetertn's family in dlseress. 2. Devising every possible means of employment. 3. Devising means if emergency relief if needed. It should be understood that only the resident unemployed are i come in for aid' in this protrram. Each commuMty wll care for Ics own. Fl aters and transients should get home if they expect consideration. Sunday. March 19, will find the veteran's predicament discussed in all of the churches. March 20 is to -be the climax of the big effort. Each community will hold a massy meeting in its largest hall. It is hoped to make the h i.,. . - ...... t O (. public gatherings since the war. Thera ... : 1 1 i . "in hi speecnes an.l summaries of the local situation. The plight of the unemployed veteran win be placed squarely before the people. Employers will be asked to state what additional help they can take. It is the argument of the Legion that If each community takes care of its own problem the sitn?tlon in the United States in general will take care of Itself. ELECTROCUTED IN HIS HOME HOBART, Ind., March 11. J. j, Naumann, a Luslness man of Hobart. had prepared to retire for the night at his home and was standing in his bare feet over a hot nir register. He reached to the right snd turned the button that snapped off the electric light. Naumann received an electrical shock and dropped dead. He was found a few moments later by his wife. It is believed that the wind which accompanied a rain storm last night caused a contact between the high tension wires and the electric light wires on the street In front of Neumann's home and that the his-h voltage was driven into the wires feeding the lights In the h uae. Naumann was the proprietor of an automobile tire store. He was born and raised at Crown Point. The fun oral will be held at two o'clock Monday at the Methodist church in Hobart. The widow was formerly Florence Banks of Hobart. daughter ofN. P. Banks. OWN YOUR HOME We have placed 400 families in their own homes . Terhaps we tan help you. $50.00 down and the balance in monthly payments will start a house In Whiting, Hammond or Indiana Harbor, $1.600 to $8,000. A-X car Lake Oonnty Times. 3-11-1

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Did You Hear That F. S. BETZ is in Arkansas taking the baths. FACT for today: Tou have only three days left In which to file your income tax return. NEXT Friday, St. Patrick's Day. marks the official' opening of the fithing season. THE W. C. T. U. last night passed a resolution asking the city council to rescind Its action on beer and wine. ONE Gary firm of men's clothiers is offering this week a bonus of 2,000 German marks to every purchaser ot a suit. . WHO started the etory that Hammond girls are not wearing shoes "inside their goloshes when the days are warm? JOirN LEBODECH is held in $1,000 bail on charges of v. 1. 1. after police find moonshine in his soft drink parlor at 1283 Roberts avenue ALDERMAN KEELER conlHains to police that boys are disturbing church services at Pine Steet church, corner Pine and Chicago streets. K. C. MINTON, assistant state director? of prohibition enforcement In Indiana, was in Hammond this forenoon looking into several matters. H. M. SMITH is the new ticket agent for the Erie railroad. Mr. Smith says that the plans and specifications for the new depot have not arrived MRS. VICTOR DYER hears encouraging news from Crown Point where her brother, Harry Rockwell, is holding his own nicely in an attack of typhoid fever. EAST CHICAGO advertiser in this newspaper wants to sell his house, "opposite City Hall Square." By the way, who ever heard of a square in Hammond? PARTISANS of the wet snrf Ir, question as raised by the city councl are trying to arrange a public debate between W. C. Belman and Herb Lamprell on the topic. TICKETS for the St. Patrick's night concert at the Masonic Temple are on sale at Monnett's. Armstrong's Jewelry Store. Carroll and Newton's, the Hammond Candy Co., Hohman St.. and KuSsmaul's. MRS. MART ECHUETZ writes from Los Angeles that the flowers are bloom ing, but the weather cold. She will be back in Hammond "the latter part of April and sends her best to all her rrlends. WILD ducks have halted on their northern flight and thousands of them cover the corn fields snd marshes In the south part of the country. Hunter JuBt ache to get among them but it's out of season. MICHAEL COZZI. the popular leader of the Parthenon orchestra, wents to kr.ow If something can't be done for The Times drama reporter's dyspepsia. The electrician of the theater recommends a Mickey Finn. JOHN FREEMAN, pleading guilty to stealing auto before Judge Smith in criminal court gets 3 to 5 years at JefTerscnville Reformatory. He lived at 332 Indiana avenue and was arrested by Chicago police. JONAS A. FRT faces trisl on charge of assault and battery after his son, Hussell, swears out warrant charging father with beating mother, Mr. Margaret Fry. They live at 563 Indiana avenue. ' Case continued , to Monday. TRUSTEE CHARLES SURPRISE. Attorney Gerald Glllett and William Klnger, an auditor, were in Indianapolls and Frankfort today attending to business in connection with the proposed sale of assets of the Gary Motor Truck Co. THE Hoosler Harmony Male quartet begs the indulgent public to know that the big four of local vocalists are known by the aforementioned title and s re no longer known as the International Quartet. They will sing tomorrow evening at a meeting of the Toung Hen's Club at the Presbyterian church. Morse Dell Plain will deliver the principal address. BASKETBALL championship contests for two Important titles will bo played In Hammond next week Thursday night at Lafayette trrm, the Red Crowns, of Whiting, . and the local Colonials will meet to decide the norinern indiann iilic. xriaay ma naiur I day will see the American Legion tour- ' nament of all teams competing for ror champoinehip of the lightweight title. BILL JOHNSTON, colored, and Ed. Junior, colored," are fined in city court for copductlng gambling house at 74 Plummer avenue. Former gets $60 fine and latter, $35. Eight, visitors get each $20. Si' Dawson, colored, ta fined $100 and costs for carrying concealed weapons. Chief Bundo gives warning that If gambling in color-ed resorts is J not stopped by heavy punishment murder will result before long. TO SELL NEW CUTYBOND ISSUE The new bond issue amounting to a total of $115,000 to tide the city of Gary over Its present" financial embarrassment was scheduled to be sold at the ofnee of City Comptroller William Fulton this noon. According to Mr. Fulton this morning he had knowledge of several bidders and In all probability there would be no trouble In disposing of the bonds. .

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(BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LONDON. March 11. The government, fearing disorders in India, following the arrest of Hahamat Gandi, leader of the Non-cooperationists. today ordered that the government take fulj precautions to preserve peace. Thus far there have been no disturbances. (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, March 11. Diplomatic pressure is the means the United States will use to combat any anti-American policies the forthcoming allied conference may adopt, it was learned today. This means that the United States will not participate in the conference of allied premiers. (BULLETIN) BROWNSVILLE. Pa.. March 11. Six bandits who held up an interurban car near here today obtained the $30,000 payroll of the Rainey Coal Co., which was being taken by five employes of the company to its mine at Allison. Pa. Fifty passengers aboard the car were searched and tr.eir valuables taken. Elmer Hill, ft special officer guarding the coal company's payroll, was shot and painfully wounded when he attempted to resist the bandits. (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PITTSBURGH. March 11. Two paymasters of the Bernard Gloekler Co.. store fittings dealKIDDIES PACK THEATER TO SEluCKON LEAVE" ' .V,:.. . The Show Makes a Great Hit With School Children Today. The electrician and the orchestra were up In the parts and on their toes last night and "A Buck On Leave" had a better time at the Hotel Aix-les-Balns than he did on the opening night of the current attraction at the ParthenonThis afternoon the theater was packed from pit to gallery with delighted school children. Tonight is the final performance and as an added number William Tlccolo will sing a solo. The hit of the show this afternoon at the children's performance was the work of Violet Milne, toe dancer; Annette Amber and Alkee Goyke in the French doll dance, the ballat chorus, and the dancing of Oscar Borchert, Jr., and Rudy Monberg. Borchert and Monberg are very clever fellows. Borchert has native talent as a comedian and dancer and Monberg can sing and dance. Monberg has a professional future if he cares to follow the stage. The girls of the chorus were charming and the doughboys received liber al applause. Because of her success wun oeorge Smith in singing "Ship O' Dreams," Miss Lola Clark, who has an excellent soprano voice, rang "Hello America" with Mr. Smith last night, and Pat Barnes, the director and principal comedian of the show, has insisted that she sing It agan tonight. ' One of the memblrs of the cast who deserves credit for his part in the play and unintentionally was not mentioned last night is Raymond C. Roy, as the clerk in the Hotel Aix-les-Bains. Pat Barnes and "A Buck On Leave" will bid goodbye to Hammond this evening after the closng performance. It has been a pleasant visit and it is hoped a profitable one for the veterans of foreign wars who are to be congratulated on giving Ham'mond an entertainment that a great many people say is the best local talent show ever produced in tnis city, and we have had a good many good ones, too. DUST PUGUE TO END AT East Chicago and Indiana Harbor are to be relieved of the cement dust nuisance, it became known today when officials of the Portland Cement company announced that the plant Just west of Indiana Harbor has been closed down to permit installation of dust collecting devices. When operation of the plant resumes it will be a model plant, models! after the corporation's plant at Dututh, Minn. The machinery and eqvlpment, which is to collect the duct that heretofore was carried by th wind into the homes at the Harbor, will oostln excess of $300,000. Installation of the machinery will take several months. A few years ago barbers at Indiana Harbor rased their prices, saying that the cement dust got into the whiskers of the pople, shortening the life of a raser and making the work of shaving vety difficult.

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escil TTfc a.. y relieved of a $10,000 payroll by four bandits. The four bandits escaped in their automobile. BASKETBALL SCORES: At Lafayette: Angola, 10; Goshen, 16. At Bloomington : Bedford, 42; Stony Creek, 7. At Bloomington: Franklin, 51 ; Scott sburg, 6. At Lafayette: Anderson, 28; Pine Village. 10. (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NASHVILLE. Tenn.. March 11. Rising steadily at the rate of an inch an hour, the Cumberland liver early today reached a state of 44.7 feet, inundating lowlands, railway yards and basements of warehouses along the river banks. (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ALBANY. N. i. March 11. Headed by Will R Hays, former postmaster-gentf.al and now suryeme head oV the motion picture industry in the United States. "The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America" was incorporated today witn the Secretary of State. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS f ERVICE WASHINGTON. March 11. Former prohibition officials were no guilty of any collusion with the Fleischmann Co. when they approved the company's method of selling alcohol through their branch agencies. Revenue Commissioner Blair declared today. THE LIBRARY TO Bringing the library to the people. "That's" the" problem the local library board has voted itself This at a meeting last night of the board of the public library. The popularity of the institution in certain quarters has oever been questioned, members of the board agreed. The school boy seeking material for composition, his debate or other class task knows the value' of the library. The store clerk, shop girl, and bored housewife, too,, know the convenience and advantages of a well stocked and diversified fictional shelves. But there are other groups, notably the business man, that manufacturer, and the chap who wants to kill time to advantage who arf unacquainted wilh the possibilities of the library. Bay board members. So the board has decided to enter a sate wide movement to bring the library to the people. Mrs. D. J. Moran, secreary of the board, announced last night that the week of April 23 to 23 has been set aside as "Hook Week." The campaign will be carried en in the schools, the theaters, the churches and through a concentrated advertising campaign in the newspapers. Whiting long ago set an example of this kind when it broke all precedent and began to insert advertisements tn the newspapers. It was a matter of selling the people something that belonged to them The library board in Hammond comprises John V. Keeler. Mrs. D. J. Moran. Rev. Theodore Claus, Mrs. Grace V. Conroy, Dave Emery and Mrs. Rick. FATALLY INJURED IN AUTO COLLISION Under the influence of liquor, Leon Karpark, 3907 Butternut avenue, Indiana Harbor, last night sustained probable fatal injuries when he stepped tn front of an automobtlo at Guthrie and 139th st. and was hurled to tne pavement before he driver of the car could swerve his machine aside. Karpark is believed' to have a fractured cfitull. Paul Aldrin. S828 Ivy street, driver of the auto that struck Karpark. was exonerated by police. COL. RILEY IS AGAIN IN JAPAN A cablegram received at the Finst Calumet Trust and Savings Bank yesterday afternoon from Col. Walter J. Riley at Keijo. Japan, stated that he had completed his tour of China and was now on his second visit to Japan. He is making a tour of that country via railroad. NOTICE TO EAGLES Hammond Aerie No. 3252 will initiate a class Sunday, March 12, 2 p. m ., after which a chicken dinner and entertainment will be given. All members requested to be present. 3-10-2 S. F. PARKER, Secretary.

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Street Car With 52 Passengers Aboard Stuck Up at Noon Today Three unmasked bandits at 10:15 o'clock this morning stuckup a crowded Hammond bound street car at Ninety-eighth street and Ewing avenue, South Chicago, and after robbing A. C. fcddinger, 7 Williams street, of a street car payroll f $1,800 leaped from the car and escaped in an, automobile which passengers say bore an Indiana license. Eddinger was riding in t.e motorman's vestibule with three passengers when the trio of bandits entered from the body of the car where they had been riding. Each robber produced a gun. Two of the bandettl covered Eddinger and the other held a revolver at the head of Motorman James Larson and ordered him to stop the car. The motorman readily compiled with the order. "Give us that packags you've got," Eddinger was ordered. "I haven't any pacVJJjje," the sjpevisr said. Itie answer was a blow on the ltfe of the head with the butt of a gvn which knocked Eddrnger to one s'ide, revealing the package of money on tT.e seat at his side concealed by his overcoat, f One of the gunmen grabbed the package and another ordered the motorman to open, the door. As the robbers leaped from the front of the car, the conductor, A. Williamson, came running up from the back enfl. Passengers were terrorized) by the holdup,' but several agreed that th license number of the auto in which the bandits escaped was InAlana 301402. The Automobile had been rurmlng beside the car for several blocks. No one seemed to know where the gunmen entered the street car. It Is believed they shadowed Eddinfc-er from the Chicago office, where he received tho pay envelopes for motormen an I conductors operating between Hammond and Chicago. The pay which was taken represented the earnings of the crews on the Illinois side of the line. The pay they receive for work on the Indiana rlile pf the line is made up at Hammond. Superintendent I.wrencw Is co-operating with the South Chicago and Hammond police in investigating the cae. The bandits when they left the street car leaped Into the auto wnlie it was moving and went north at ,& great rate of speed. They are described as being under thirty years of age. "I was Hitting near the front of the car," said a Hammond man who was among the passengers. "I eaw a young fellow who appeared to be about 22 years old, come down the asle. He got on about two blocks from where the holdup was pulled. "This fellow had both hands In his side pockets of his brown overcoat. He acted like he was stewed. He walked nto the vestibule with the motorman and sat down besides the man who had the payroll. "A little later an automobile turned square across the tracks in front of the car. The motorman stopped the car, so short that we were almost thrown out of the scats. There was some confusion in the vestibule. Men from the automobile appeared at the front door and guns suddenly appeared into the vestibule with the motorjumped out and Joined them. They scrambled Into the. automobile and were off." SEEK MEN 10 T DALLAS. Tex.. Marc-i 11. Efforts 'o learn the identity of marked men who last Saturday v.hipped and then tarred and feathered tie Kev. J. M. Keller at Slaton, Tex., were begu-i todiy by the Welfare Association of the Catholic diocese of Dallas. A cash reward of $2, COO for the arrest and conviction of those who took part in the affair was offered. The Rev. Mr. Keller, who came to this city after having been warned never to return to Slaton. made a report of the affair to Kirhop J. If. Lynch, In which he denlod having been guilty of disloyalty or n rong-dolne . He stated there were 10 or 12 masked men in the rarty which whipped him and applied tar and feathers. STANDARD TO INCREASE STOCK According to the Iron Trade rteie this week .stockholders of the Standard Steel Car Co., will meet in Pittsburgh, May 2, to vote upon a proposition to increase the capital stock from $5,000,000 to $50,000,000. The stock is understood to be closely held. The purposes of the 'big increase are not stated.. Would Spend His Teeth. . DENVER, March. A man who said he had been robbed of all his money while traveling from Omaha to this city pleaded with officers at police headquarters to take his gold teeth in exchange for enough money to pgr for a few meals and a bed

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