Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 9, Hammond, Lake County, 18 March 1922 — Page 1

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HI World's News by LN.S. Leased Wire - laiipcniim 1 and V. IiBnmi ma. 2Z arMts and swa stait&s, 80 j oB. VOL. XT. NO. 9. MARCH IS, 1922 TEN PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION TS ALL BEING EXTENDED

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Southern Tourists Shook Up But None Is Seriously Injured 5tx oachea of the Dixie Flyer. eralc train of the Chicago S Eastern Illinois R. R., were derailed and paengers, including scores of tourists bound for Palm Beach and other fashup when an axle snapped as the train was passing through Dolton, 111., three miles west of Hammond last night. Tha train which left Chicago at 9:05 o'clock waa making fifty miles an hou. when the village of Dolton was reached. The axel of a day coach broke, derailing the car and causing five others to leave the tracks. The train came to a standstill after the trucks had bumped over the crosstiea for some distance. Not a car was overturned, although several e the sleepers were leaning at. a perilous angle. After a hssty check of the passengers, trian officials were surprised to find that not a person had been serious ly injured. Another train was hastily made up in the Chicago yards and rushed to Dolton. Passengers were transferred and within two hours the tourist, once more on their way to the southland. The Beautiful and the Damned , Their Only luggage as They Strike Hammond One carrying a well-thumbed copy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Beautiful and Damned" the other toting a volumne flaunting the meaty title. "The Timber "Wolves," two little girlsstudents of Hyde Park high school, yesterday afternoon sauntered into a local pawnshop and in the parlance of the "hack shop" tried to raise money on a wrist watch one of them owned. Tbey wanted to get home to Cincinnati. So they said. The owner called the police. "I'm Peggy and this is Joe," said the younger of the two. She said her name was Margaret TTernz and her address 1525 East 65th place. She's 14. The other. Hazel Beagel, otherwise Joe, lives at 143S East 65th place. She's 16. Both are from Chicago. Peggy and Joe told Captain Austgen they were on their way home. This st Cincinnati. They stuck to this for hours. In the evening Chief Eunde, unable to determine the location of the girls parents, decided to hold them over night. He sent them to a picture show with an orticer and his wife. This morning the girls admitted their residence. They said they had run away from school "beau&e their teachers were too cranky." They were going to the Ohio city where one of them had once lived. Tbey had walked from Chicago to Hammond. Feggy, blonde and pretty, passed some criticism on the movie she viewed last night. In spite of her youth, or because of it, she bubbled enthusiastically about Mr. Fitzgerald's latest pen picture of parlor perversions, which she carried under her arm. The picture was "Frivolous Wives" and Peggy called it "old fashioned." "Why the women wear skirts almost j to their shoe tops. They are too polite, j And the girl Thn was married .oh. dear! Such a creature: So demure, not t all like the girls at Hyde Park. And her hsir was piled low on her neck. Not countrified lordy no, but just old fsahloned." you? Say something nice to him. Oh, toon," Chief Bunde announced. "Oh dear, it's going to be terrible!" Hern- ejaculated. I Oo wisn. v.niei Hunde, that you'd see him first, won't j ou? Sya something nice to turn. Oh, iree, I hate to meet him. Judge, Long Experienced in; Wedded Life Woes, Says! Honesty is Cure. BI WILLIAM G. CATCE, (STAFF CO-RESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE1 SA-N" FRANCISCO. Cal.. March Posit, flbbing, just plain lying or whatTer name one cares to give prevariatoin is the chief cause for the ever oereasing numer f divorces today.

H1GHSGH00L ARE FOUND

MAN WHO DRINKS

MOONSHINE A FOOL" "Any man who taxes & drink of alleged whiskey is a fool." This is the declaration mtd by Charles See day desk sergeant at the Hammond police sttation. "There may be some old whiskey obtainable nowadays," said See, "but unless a man has had it in his cellar since before prohibition he has on means of knowing1. Labels mean nothinr. They can be faked, and the stuff sold as nrhiskey can be doctored o that it is impossible to tell what it was made of. 'If the people had any idea of the number of deaths and the amount of temporary blindness caused by moonshine and other concotions sold as liquor they would be surprised. Drunks are brought to the tation and locked over night. The next morning they are still drunk. Sometimes it lasts enty-ro-ur hours. They don't seem rest. "I say a man is a fool who takes a drink of the stuff that is being made nowadays. He hasn't sense enough to pound sand in a rat-hole. I don't understand how any sane man will take the chance. It is death in a bottle." INT T CROWX POINT, lnd., March 18. The State Highway Commission this week refused to pay the Federal Paving Company of Chicago for 1.128 feet of construction on the state highway system on Lincoln Highway lying between Merriilville and Echererville. the Investigation of the Federal Paving Co.'s job by the state was on complaint of property owners who declared it was not being trade as thick as was specified in the rlans. Experts were sent" to examine the work and corroborated the complaints of the property owners. The commission deducted 13,700 from the contraci price of the road, because of the faulty work, and fire inspectors and engineers were discharged by the State Highway Commlraioa. OBENCHAIN JURY ( I NTSRN ATION AL NEWS SERVICEl L.OS ANGELES. March 18 The jury of nine men and three women holding in their ballots the fate of Madalyr.e Obenchain. fair Chicago div "cee. for whom the ' state has asked the death penalty, following her trial for conspiracy to murder J. Belton Kennedy, her lover, resumed their deliberations today at 9 o'clock after having been locked up for the night at a local hotel. A report was current In the' corridor that the balloting stands eight to four for acquittal. This unconfirmed rumor also held that, the three women . and one man were voting for conviction. KEN TO SHINE WITH TOASTS Ken Whitman, enterprising young sales-man for the Northern Indiana (Ja t Electric Co., and more recently evidencing potential qualities as a toastmaster of parts, has been petitioned by members of the Young Men's Club of the Presbyterian Church, of whiih !

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he is anember. to prepare another fel-' v " aJ1 lnal us reputation tnoicateq lowshipHbanorjet of the character o'and everyone wa well rinsed. The that held Wednesday night at the Lyn-;concert wa Biven "nier th apices rtnr. TTnt.'a n hn fiff-i- mmhr ftf th,Of All Saints churh.

Club and their "gals" feasted, h'ord quips, listened to enterprising talks, and cavorted to the strains 0 terpischorean melodies. Ralph Tennant to!d Ue our,g people all at ut how to make gelatine. That is he told them how they do it at the United Chemical & Organic Products 1

Company. j of the same width on the east side All in all. the fli st banquet of the I of the street opposite the Ruff buildToung Men's Club was 10 great a sue-j ing to Carroll street, cess that Mr. Whitman, who presided 1 , . as toastmaser. dance master and ma se-i OFFICER TED HORLBECK, JR., tro has invited upon himself such a : like some other young men of the commeritorious repjtation as only his own j munity. is afflicted with "watrhitls." prowess can uphold. Announcement j - his malady is characterized by the

of another similar function will he made soon, he says. DEATH OF JOHN VAN DYKE John W. Van Dyke, aged 40 years,) passed away early this morning at St.! ation for appendicitis. ,j ne was a true un.tr iDr summers ; Pharmacy He is survived by a widow and six children . The funeral will be held Monday af ternoon at 2:30 from the late residence 21 Condit street. Burial will be made at Oak Hill cemetry N". Emmerling will conduct the funerWHOLESALE LIQUOR MIAMI. FLA., March U Five hundred and five cases of liquor, valued according to estimates of officers, at about $30.1100 were seized here today aboard the Tacht Patrlca by prohibition enforcement agents. It was stated the yacht would not be confiscated until orders have been received from the attorney genera' "

DID YOU HEAR

THAT COUNTY Auditor George M. Foland is golfing at French Licit today. QUIETEST Sturday morning in police court in many weeks. Only two cases both speeders clogged the docket. HEAVY traffic s?nce the jitneys became numerous has riddled Kenwood ave. pavement until it is almost as bad as Conkey avenue. A nefarious plot to get two "dry" councilrnen intoxicated next Tuesday evening so that they will vote "wet" has been reported by a. local wiu. THE Veterans of Foreign Wars, Edward H. Larsen No. 802, will clear about 700 on "O Buck On Leave,'' The post will give a banquet to the cajst. the "W. H. SPELLMAX, auditor of Simplex, has., recovered his car which was stolen some time ago. It was found in the LaSalle Hotel garage in Chicago- , 1 1 111 ' ' "I'LL hire a good lawyer and fight them to a standstill if they try to cut down the trees in the alley back of my house," threatens Attorney L. 1. tsomberger. THE Hammond Malleable Iron Co., and the W. B. Conkey Co., are operating at. 100 per cent and the Standard Steel Car Co. is running at about 69 per cent capacity. THE WEST HAMMOXD JAIL and ftre department are being given a neat interior finish. Heretofore the prisoners and fire fighters had been forced to gaze upon unplastered walls.' ONCE more. Cracksmen last night blew the safe in the offices of the Consumers Company at Robey, Iiid. They got $25 In cash and $3 in stamps. This j makes third time the plant has been looted. MARTIN FRAME of the Hammond 1'. O. force has placed his order for a new Dodge. "I'll have it on April 1" he promises. So everybody is waiting tor April Fool Day and Martin to come rolling along. GEORGE AUSTGEN, ' the plumber, is demonstrating a new water filter In the window of bis store. S33 Calumet ave. 'the device takes the njud. filth and chloine from Lake Michigan water and leaves it looking pretty good. KISHOP FREDERICK D. LEETE. of lnd:anpolis, will visit the Hammond -M." E. churches tomorrow. Holiis Hunter, president of the young' men's class of the First M. E. Sunday school has booked him for a short speech. THE United Boiler & Heating Foundry of Hammond, has been awarded a contract for ' stokers for the ' new power plant of the University of Missouri amounting to Sri.TCO and also has a contract for two stokers for the water and light plant at Lincoln. Neb. THE League of Women Voters will have a banquot at the Chamber of Commerce 'the evening of March 29, at which Tom Roberts, republican county cfairman. and George Hershman, democrat county chairman, are to be guests of honor. Mrs. John Qwinn and Mrs. Ora Thompson Ross 'of Rennsclacr. are to speak. . . AN enthusiastic audience heard the delightful concert of the Philip Neri choir last night at the Masonic Temple and were thrilled by the wonderful voice of the boy soprano. The choir

- ... j ana Harbor yesterday and will be b ir-i THE Board of Public Works jester-jied this cftjsrnoon in the Potter's field day signed th declaratory resolution ! at Hammond. tor the widening of Hohmsn street. It! Bruce Dai rough, chief of police a t .the j

calls for the condemning of a strip of property twenty feet' wide on the west nr of the street from Plummer avenue I to the Ruff building and for strir Victim drawing his wat?-h frequently ! f rom his pocket and after looking at j the face long and earnestly, thrusting tit with reluctance but firmness back Jinto the pocket. The crystal bears tn : likeness of a young woman. It Is 1 spring. Ted will make another (get I tttat. another) trip to Hegewisch tonight. Write your own ticket. todaT'S "whisper? Two hov with money, pey their way into a local thea ter. Outside their four companions await. They haven't any money. Soon j by a preconceived signal thera comes a tap at the window or the serond floor of the theater. This opens from the palcony. It Is 15 feet to the ground. "Now," says one cf the four boys outside. He scales the side of the buildj lng, drawing himself, to the second rionr by means of bars attached to the i lower window. H finds the top win dow open. The boys on the inside have ecn to that. He H about t crawl through when a usher appears. The boy. frightened, loses h?s hold and drops to the ground. His terrified iDmpanions Dee leaving the crumpled body lying inert on the ground. The usher has witnessed the, tragedy. He summons aid.' The boy is taken to the hospital. He is discharged later, fully recovered. Hut he has learned a lesson, his companions. So have j

ST HlfiBT HEAR IOTP E. CHICAGO CLUB WOMEN PREPARE MAN ROBBED HAMMOND MEETING PROGRAM

OF $2,500 Kidnapped by Auto Bandits at Point of Guns and Taken to South Chicago Semester Szilajki, with his brother-in-law, Lou;, Mutiscn of 4312 Railroad avenue. East Chicago were kidnapped by three auto bandits while returning heme last evening and robbed of their payroll money amounting to $2,500. The two East Chicago men were held up at the corner of Kith and Todd ave- ' nue8 ttnd marched at th point of guuo me -passenger tfuick of tne bandits. Pushing them in the, car. the bandits whisked north toward Chicago. At Ninety-first street and Houston avenue. South Chicago, tho bandits took the money, spurned their watches and threw the two men o,j; of the machines. About 11 last night the iwi men returned home ard told their stery to Desk Sergeant Wikiwo of the East Chicago police department. DESCRIPTION OF BANDIT. When return'ng home late last nigni. Mr. Ssilajki, reported lis loss to the East Chicago police station. Being excited and norvous ever the roun treatment awarded them at the hands of the bandits, the two men were only able to give a vague description of the three bandits who occupied the car with them from East Chicago to Sou'.ij Chicago last night. The two men who cacosted and dragged them to car were described by the frightened pair ns about . 35 years old, weighing 210 pounds, wearing soft hats and dark overcoats. The chauffeur, who they only 'got a glimpse of. huddled down in his seat, wore a dark grey cap and brown overcoat. PAY-DAY AT MILLS. Payday at the mills ar,d as is the usual custom of Mr. Szilajki, who conducts a soft drink parlor at 4312 Railroad avenue, the north side merchant r?V,A t h V.Aat Chira rn Statu F5anki last evening ana crew 3,qvv in currency to cash the payroll checks that might ba presented today. Friday evenings, tba East Chicago banks are open to give the working people of the district an . opportunity to visit and transact their financial business. The mill paydays coming on Saturday of this week, Mr. Szilajki took a chance of drawing his supply of funds the night before, SHOE MAX ROBBED. Steve Stuslwski. proprietor of the Liberty Shoe S'ore at 62.' Chicago avenue. East Chicago, was held up and robbed of 1?8 ir. his rtore by three unmasked bandits last night about S o'clock The r-'oprletor clerks and' customers in the place at the time,! were backed to the rear of the store, j After rivaling the cah register, one j member of the bandit jrang searched 1 the pockets and personal effects of the j people in the place. The description given by Mr. Sutziw-l ski of the threo robbers tallys with i that of Demester Bzuajw, vmu kidnapped and jobbed in South Chicago last night. BODY OF MAN BELIEVED SLAIN A "floater" was washed aiiore on thei lake front "between AViiitihg and Indi-j Steel Tube plant at the Haruor. made. the- grewsome . a:coy erj . me oony j bad evidently been in the water fori weeks and was beyond recognition. L'n- 1 dertaker John J. Sulski said that the skull had been fractured. Twelve dollars were found In a trouser's pocket, indicating that the motive oj, the as-j auit upon the man was not robbery. The body was clothed in an army shirt and overalls. REFUSES TO L WACO. ia. Mnrrh IS. Marie Mtnews, 17 year old school girl, who killed her alleged betrayer In a court room j here on February 24. was freed of all ! charges brought against her today. The j grand jury which has been considering ! .er case adjourned without findins an, indictment. Miss Matthews ?hot arid killed J. M.J Crosslin. 55, a former preacher .nd .-. : well known' business man. She aruscd ' him r t Vir l-nln ti h ah vc ftnlv 1 ' years ola. tie was convicted or (rim- i tnal assault but had "been grar.td a new i trial. ! When the second trial was called and Miss Mathews was asked to take the witness chair and tell again the ieI laus ui tier snitniciui bi) srie n e iv n automatic pistol from her dress and fired three bullets into Crosslin, who was seated In a chair facing her M ont of a crowded court room. in I i

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Mrs. W. J. Torrenre. star president of the Indiana Federation of Clubs, addresses the more than :io women county delegat-s at the sixth annual convention of th. Ike County Federation of clubs convening in Hammond next "Wednesday for a oneday sesion. taking as her topic the visualisation of the federation and its responsibilities, other club members will be busy ntianging an elaborate display of the products of the county -blind. Visualizing and theorizing constitute not whslly the work of Lake county's club women. They will come to Hammond V'ednescl.iy prepared to learn something about the struggle for existence of trie people of perpetual night. A campaign wi'i likely be launched to interest merchants of the several communities in furthering the sale of the products of the blind. Perhaps one of the most enjoyable features of the convention will be one. mention of which is nnac only casually in tie program. This is the appearance of Hammond's song-birds Mrs. BDmbertrar, Mrs. Hannauer and Mrs. Sheridan. The accompanist will be another famous Hammond musician, Mrs. Mikesch. Preparations ere beini? made by the local women's clubs to make the present conclave a memorable one in the county's history. The convention will te held at the First Presbyterian church, Hohman and Highland streets. The program of the clnv's events fol

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(BULLETIN) r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI INDIANAPOLIS. March 18. Upsetting the "dope" in sensational style, Bloomington's fighting basketball team this morning difeated Vincennes 21 to 15 and went into the semi-finals in the state championship basket ball tourney in session in the state fair grounds coliseum. (BULLETIN) 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE KANSAS CITY. Mo., March 18. Two bank messengers, carrying a satchel containing $9,000 for the Inter-City State Bank of Rosedale. Kans., a suburb of '.his city, were held up by two men just as they were entering the bank today. The robbers seized the satchel and escaped in an automobile which was waiting neatby with a third man at the wheel. (BULLETIN) l INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CE1 NEW ORLEANS, La., March 18. Police were searching today for two armed bandits who yesterday bound and gagged two . New York jewelry salesmen and escaped with jewels valued at $20,000. The robbery is said to have been the most daring in the history of New Orleans. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEJ BELFAST. March 18. St. Patrick's Day was followed here today by a burst of disorder which claimed many victims. One man wos shot to death while riding through the streets upon a bicycle. Another man was found f' id with a bullet wound in the chesi. Two women were fatally injured by a bomb thrown into a residence. . A number of other wounded persons were admitted to hospitals during the morning. (BULLETIN) I I NTCPN ATiONAL NEWS SERVICEl LOS ANGELES. March 18. A man said to have been identified by a Santa Ana rancher as one of two men he heard make threats against a Los Angeles exofficer of the Canadian expeditionary forces, was being brought here today from Calexico for questioning in connection with the murder of Wm. D. Taylor, film director. (BULLETIN riNTFRNAT'OfUL NEWS StRVICE! SAN FRANCISCO. March 18. William G. McAdoo has a new job. The former secretary of the treasi and director general of railroads, who recently gave up his New Ycrk law practice to make his home in California, has been named fmnsel general by the Bank of Italy, one of the larges financial institutiones of the West, doing a state-wide business, it was announced today. (BULLETIN) I SNTF.rf.T!ONAt. NEWS SERVICEl AUGUSTA, Ga.. March 18. James A. Taint, 60. stage man-

lows: 9:00 Registration. 9 :30 "America." Collect in Unison. "Welcome Mrs. P. J. Moran, President Hammond "Woman's Club. Response Mrs. F. R. Cargill, president Gary Woman's Club. Report Secretary. Report Treasurer. Report cf Club Presidents. Report of Kevision Committee Mrs. Harry Paxton. Chairman. Responsibilities of Clubs Presidents Mi r. F. J. Sheehan, State Corresponding Secretary. Reportsof State Committees by Representatives in Lake county. Nomination officers. 12 :30 Lunch'-on .

1 :S0 Invocation Mrs. ham Griffin. Trio Mrs. Eomberger nauer, Mrs. Sheridan; Edith BurMrs. Hanaccompanist, Mrs. Mikesch. Solo Milton Permedy. Lake County Institution for Higher Kducation Mr. K. N. Canine Mr. Edwin S. Monroe. Mr. "W. P. Gleason, Mr. V. C. Bellman. Community Singing. Address. ."Fauntleroy Home" Mrs. F. C. Little. Tenth District Chairman. Community Singing. Address Visualizing: the Federation Mrs. W. J. Torrence, State President I. F. C. Report of Resolutions Committtee. Report of Klection Board. A f) ,ETINS V ager of the Imperial Theatre here, and his wife. Lulu, 45, were burned to death in a fire which early today destroyed the Grand Theatre building. The bodies were found some hours after the firemen had succeeded in bringing the flames under control. (BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE DUBLIN. March 18 A mutiny broke out in the barracks of the Irish Republican army today. Fifty mutineers left the barracks with their arms, announcing their intention of leaving for the South. TALK OF NEW FIRE The Next Station Should Be Built in Hohman Street District. A consensus of property owners and tenants In the Hohman street business section stronsly endorses the movement to Io ale the next fire station near Hohman on Pussell, Clinton or Ogden street?. Making the reservations that they do not believe that a new station should be built unless the underwriters and state tire officials see the necessity of it at this time, a majority of the men who were interviewed said that if another station was needed .it once it should be built in the Hohman street district. "When the time comes that another fi re station is needed I believe it should he buiU on Russell. Clinton or Ocden streets, just off of Hohman street." said .T. J. Ruff, whose business building was recently gutted by fire. "I do not say that it should be built at once, but T believe that this is the logical location for the next station that is built." Otto Knoerzr. owner of the O. K. huildine. A. M. Turner ami other business men were of 3 like opinion. t,co Wolf, of the Lion Store, said that he did not favor any project that would raise the taxes at this time, if it was not absolutely necessary. He said tbat he thought the building of a new fire station was matter that eouii be postponed for poi-ne Time to come. I "I think there are lots of thincs the city needs worse than another fire j ; station.' said Frank Hammond of the 'Hammond Trust & Savinps bank. ! i The interviews did not indicate that j there is a pressinc demand for another j station, but that when it is built thei lociial site would be. in the Hohman j si rcet district. I j It is admitted that there is a fire j hazard in the blocking of the Mi'hi-I can Central and tlu; Crie rossines. I In the event that lone freiphts blocked j those croFsinfis throiiph the ei-ty de partnients would bp dIa.ycd in reach in sr a tire down town. DIES FHOM BURNS l INTESNATICN V- NEWS StRVICE J Ml'M'IE, IM'., March 1 ( Mrs. Hnti io Su-'oet. tf 3. died early today from bums suffered when her clothing caught fire from a txus stoe for which she was stain, ing while dressing. Members of the family rushed Ironi another part of the house when they heard her screams and smothered the flame., but th gercater part of her body was covered by burns and he is said alo to nave Inhaled flume?.

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Industrial Development on Large Scale With Approach of Spring lonIanrUfaItUrerS ,n th Clumet region are demonstrating their faith in he-H:n!M outIc,ok Jr by SoinK c nh , pJant- Purchase of land a, cornor 8 WUh "'argements tlrl tn T"- ln'renche'J '. Preparacan,u " thCir factori'a back on a capacity bais. According to views , in "J "trict. indication m,7,H , , ,nau8tr;a' development multiplying as spring opens. are Projects ad expansion now- under way ft.ve'been estimated bv Prominent real estate men and leading anuffctur the district at more han 120.000 000. A glitnp8e at lt of construction upon which this figure is based, showsStandard OH Company of IndianaAccording to officials of the company a building program has been submitted to the main office, covering improvements and repairs of obsolete parts at the Whiting plant that will involve an expenditure of 12,000,00. Universal Portland Cement Company An official announcement saya that there are plans of equipping and rebuilding Xo. 3 plant at an estimated cost of $500,000. The Indiana Natural Gas Company has started construction on a. J 1,000,00') gas storage tank at their plant on Forsyth avenue. As informed by Wm lliff. superintendent of the plant, the tank will be 278 feet in diameter and 220 feet high, with a capacity of 10,000.000 cubic feet. Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, project. The Improvement of the west branch of the Indiana Harbor shtp canal, as provided in the bill recently passed in congress, is reported to cost Jl. 000. 000. General American Tank Car corporation Is reported to have tentative plans Of expanding their wood department. International L'.ad Refining company m order to place their plant or, a full production and efficiency basis hs plans under advisement to make complete Interior improvements. Thsuperintendent cf the plant when making this announcement today withheld the amount to be expended. Illinois Steel company will build a JlO.ono.0.10 tube work in Gary this year, as announced by officials of the corporation. Inland Steel Company is rebuilding and relinin their No. 2 blast furnace now at an estimated cost of I80.OC0 The company's 'o. 3 blast furnace while still in operation, is expected to be blownout within another couple ot months for repairs. An appropriation from the J43.O0O,000 bond issue, recently made by the Sinclair Refining company, is said to have been made for construction work at the Kast Chicago plant. CALl'MET DISTRICT ACTIVE. Production in general Is continuing on t"he up-grado at industries in th Calumet region. The month of March has opened with a discernible Increase in operations at the basic industries of the City of East Chicago. Actives at the Standard Forgings company hav.s revived and this concern plans on reaching capacity the f.rst of next week. The wood department of th General America:) Tank Car Corp. Is working full t'me. However, a slack is reported In the. tank branch, leaving the company's operations around Sn per cent, with, a force of 2,4f0 men. The Inland Steel with both plans in operation, the Universal Porland Cement with only two mills running and the Steel and Tube with all departments on. are operating better than .i" per cent. STEEI, COnP. OITPIT STROAr;. According t;- the Iron Age. operations continue at a higher rate than shown by February statistics. For the Steel Corp -jart ion. they are slightly under fio per cent this week, and for the whole industry are probably htween l-o and 60 jer cent. The bar m'l's of the Gary plint arc working at capacity for the fiii time in a year. K All. BOA D l E M A O HROAPn. ' The railroads continue probably th market's most consistent factor. The Iron Arc sys: "The gradual broadenng of railroad demand is not to be under-estimat d as a hopeful feature. The last rail order is 1f.0rt tons fo the Chesapeake Ohio. For the New York flenlral l.ooi) cars have been placed and indicaf ionns err that the S'. Paul, which has inquired for 1.0v" cars, will ac' iaily biiv 4.500. , This road is also Inquiring: for fifty loC.imo. the?. From l't.Ooo to 13.000 cars arc now actively bring figuied." JURY CHOSEN FOR 3RD ARBUCKLE TRIAL f INTtRNATIONL NEWS SERVICE) !A.V FRANCISCO. M-'h 15 The third trial of Rosoo "Fatty" Arhuekle for I manslaughter will be a long drawn out affair, appeared rrrtai'i today a selection of two alternates to sit tbrjush the trial with the jur- was taken u". The. purpose of th; alternate is to replace any juror who f hould become '11 or incapat it aled. In pr--ioiif trial--one alternate waa considered sultu lent but on account of the prospects of the present trial trctcliin:? over at least i month, two alternates were Jccided upon . In view of the short ' session today it is not expected taking of testimony will begin before Monday.