Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 330, Hammond, Lake County, 4 April 1922 — Page 1

1SSION TO CUT COST OF SANITORIUM PROJECT THE WEATHER Motly cloudy tonight and Wednerday with possibly ihnnrrti not much change in temperature. IT A1TTI? II II II 'A VOL. XV. NO. 330. TUESDAY. A PHIL 4. 1922. HAMM OX a EN T I AN A MR! yyy ii

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Shooting Follows a Party Held at Judge's Oklahoma Homo INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) OKLAHOMA CITU Okla., A;ri! 4. Lieut. Colonel Paul Ward Bick, commandant of Pot Feld, Fori fill, was si'.cj and alr.iost instantly killed here teday at the home ot J. R. Day, a prominent Oklahoma financier, and until recently a judge of the state supremo court. Judge Day was being held following; the shooting and it wa said that a charge of murder would be formally filed against him. AFTEIUIATH OF PARTI' The shooting, according to police, came as the aftermath of a party held at Jude Day's heme. The judge, leaving Beck In the house, took fome of Lis guests home In his automobile. 'When the returned,' the shooting is alleged to have taken piace. Beck was a close friend of trie Day family, it was slated, and had often visited at tho home. He was prominent 'n Washington, D. C society circles. About a year ago his wife, died at Washington, it was reported here. "I didn't mean to shoot him. He was attacking; my wife, and I struck him over the head with my gufi. The shot was accidental." This was the claim of Judge Day, according to officers here. The body was found by police in the living room . Beck had been shot in the temple. The scalp was badly mutilated and torn from the frku'.l. One deep wound was also found on the back part of th? head on the right side and a' small bruUed spot was on the left cheek. ONE OP FIRST t. AVIATORS "Day refused to comment upon the shooting. He was being questioned by police. Mrs. Day. It was said, was nearly prostrated over the affair and no statement was obtained from her. - Lieut. Colonel Back was one. of the first four aviatora in the United States army f.ervice. He had been in the air service since 1913. Judge Day was president of the Foursome Producing and Refining Co. and is also interested in other Oklahoma concerns. A coroner's inquest will probably be held today, it was stated at the sheriff's office. SHOT IN TEMPLE Lieut. Col. Beck was ki'Vd by a builet in the temple. The scalp had been torn lvse from the skull and powder bu'-ns showed that the weapjn had been discharged close to the head. There was also a wound near the back of the head and a mark on the left cheek. The body w-as found in the living room. A grsat pool of blood w0 the floor, where the army officer fell, and where he d.ed almost in-' stantly. . TAKKV IV CISTODV Judse Day was taken into tody after vol ice r,a,J keen called to the house following the shooting. No charge had been filed against him but lie was allowed to remain in his home under guard of deputy sheriffs. His case w .11 come undr federal jurisdiction, it was stated. The statement of just what occurred came from R. O. Dick, former warden of the stato penitentiary and a close friend of the Day family. It was authorised by Judge Day. WIFE IV OFFICTIR'S ARMS According to Dicli, Judge Day found his wife struggling in th arms of the army officer. Re did not attempt to shoot him but struck at him with a revolver w hich" exploded. The tragd7 came as the aftermath of a card party held last night at the Day lir-me. There were several guests, all close friends of the family, Lieut. Col. Beck was among the party and was a guest of the Day home, having come here from the flying Held at Fort Sill. The party broke up at about 3 o'clock and Judge Day offered to take the guests to their homes in hi motor car. He left Beck and Mrs. Day alone in the house, according to the statament. W WIFE STTIVC.GM; When he returned. Judge Daystepped upon the poich and looking through the curtains saw his wife Ptruggling in the embrace of Beck. He at once burst into the house, rushed upstairs And secured his revolver. He then confronted Beck in the living room, where he was still struggling with Mrs. Day and. striking at Beck with the revolver held in his hand, according to Dick' statement, saw Beck fall as the revolver exploded. "I didn't mean to shoot him." was Day's statement. "He was attacking my wife and I struck him over the head with the gun. The shot was accidental. AVE VI j- K O W V I'tVYER Lieut. Col. Beck was one of the first four commissioned army officers in the Knifed States flying corps. He had been in the flying sei-vire since 1313. He was prominently known in Washington circles, and according: to reports, his wife d:ed t 'Washington about a year ago.

ARKANSAS ELECTS FIRST WOMAxN TO POLITICAL OFFICE

i it! III Ift-f" Miss Aane Griffey. Miss Anne Griffey, member oi one of Little Rock's oldest and most prominent families, is the first woman to be elected to ' office in Arkansas. She is the only -woman member of the Pulaski county board of education. . THIS GIRLS LIFE Melancholy with brooding: over some inconsequental love tiff, as revealed In a letter left to her mother, Misa Mabel Blackburn, this morning attempted to end her life by gas poisoning and was only saved by the timely arrival of a grocery man who found her lying unconscious on the floor of the gas filled kitchen of her home at 200 State street. The girl was taken to St. Margaret's hosipi.tal In the police emergency ambulance: Dr. B: W. Chidlaw .reports her recovery , as probable. Mrs. Lavinia Blackburn, mother of the 23-year-old girl, is employed in a tailoring shop on State street. Soon after the mother's departure for work this morning the daughter is believed to hue determined upon death. She opened the ga3 burners in the stove. Sat at a table. Penned a note to her mother, aisking her forgiveness and setting forth the motive for her act. Overcome by the rapidly accumulating fumesfct'ne girl had scarce time to sign the epistle before she slumped to ti floor in a crumpled heap. In her hand when police found her was still clasped the pen with which she had been writing. Mrr. K. A. Clayton, who. with her husband, occupies an adjoining flat, said she smelled gas at 9:30 a. m. but thought it came from the meter in the basement. Her first knowledge that anything was .wrong in the next apartment came -when she saw police arrive a few minutes later. . ' The girl was discovered by W. M. Hanson, manager of the A. & P. Tea and Coffee Btore at 247 State St., who arrived to deliver an order of groceries at t he "Blackburn home. He summoned the police and the girl was rushed to the hospital. HOUSEKEEPERS ARE INVITED Miss Ruth Erickson. factory demonstrator for the Apex Appliance Manufacturers, will have charge of the demonstration work at' the Apex Home Appliance Company. 700 South Hohman . street, - Hammond, all th:s week, and the local distributor in inviting every housekeeper in Lake county to attend the demonstrati in of the Apex Ironer, the Washer and Vacuum Sweeper. Miss Erickson is one of the star demonstrators for the manufacturers. She was sent here to take charge of what the factory considers one of its most important demonstrations. You may bring your ironing, if convenient, she says. WILHELMS ARE BRANCHING OUT i ! The Wilhelms have built hundj reds of homes in Hammond end have I established a reputation a3 consis- ! tent boosters of the city. They carry the same aggressive spirit into their nev real estate venture. Judge Day is the president of the Foursome Producing and Refining Company, and vice president of the Continental Asphalt and Petroleum Co. Lieut. Col. Beck had frequently visited his home here and was an intimate friend of the family. He .had flown to this city yesterday in a plane from Fort Sill, to attend the card party. HUB OVK UAlCiHTER The commanding officer at Fort Sill was notified of the shooting, but as yet no action had been takan in regard to the case. J jdge Day is 50 years old, tout his wife is several years younger. They have one daughter, who is a student at the University of Oklahoma.

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. OOUJfTT Commissioners visitea the poor farm today. EDWIN" FREDERICK is sojourning at French Ldck for a weex. DR. W. D. WEIS is leaving for the Pacific coast to be gone four months. OLD SQUIRE FREDERIC!! want to know who's Judge !n his court anyway. . DR. A. J. WARBER. dentist, has moved from 165 State street to the Citizens' National bank building. BIL,T BLACK, the handsome county official, will not bob his moustache a la Charlie Chaplin, until after the primary. THE W. M. Bigger mentioned last night as candidate for coroner on the democratic ticket is Dr. Btgger, of Hammond. ELWOOD WASHINGTON, of Hammond, is again running for congress against Will R. Wood. So are Wilt Anderson and Gus Strom, of Gary. MAURICE BARTON', 270 Hohman street: John Bielfuss, 893 Erie st., are two more nabbed for violating speed laws. R. J. WRIGHT reports his Oakland stolen. Police hunt. Can't find it. Then Wright calls back to say car is found. -He lives at 979 Tar Place. FRANK MARTIN. He lives at 450 Drackert st. He tells police thieves got an overcoat, wrenches, other things from his auto, parked in front of residence. IF you want to forget your troubles and be a boy or girl again, go see Wes Barry at the Parthenon theater. Wes is a. sure-fire cure for what ails you. FRANK BAKNETT, Chiacgo sewing machine salesman, is arrested on charge of grand larceny after he takes away sewing machine on which payments were due. ONE of the most sensational t:ase ever called to the attention of the juvenile court of Lake county come to trial Friday. Several young men and girls of ' Hammoril and East Chicago are involved. A REPRESENTATIVE of The Times drover over Lincoln highway yesterday and found that the craelp In the new concrete pavement don't prevent autolsts hitting it up at sixty and seventy miles an hour. WHEN County Auditor Foland read- the sanitorium bids aloud to the county- commissioners yesterday ht lost his breath at one time because the particular bid was exactly 125 per cent higher than the estimate. JOHN TUBB3 tells police officer he is not drunk. "What do you think this is, All Fool's Day?" asks officer. "No, just yours," says John. Then says judge, "$11 for drunk and disorderly." Tubba lives at 513 Logan street. TWO feet of water on the Beavep Da mroad, the Little Calumet half a mile out of its banks and farmers' wagons coming into Crown Point with mud clinging to the wheels and wagon box, are signs of spring In the county. BILL WHITAKER, our next auditor, is a lightning mathematician. He interpreted the bids on the b?g hospital as they were read yesterday and had all the totals before his boss. Mack Foland could say, "Jack Frost." THEODORE DICKENS. Chicago salesman, is taken at hospital wltn a bundle of blotters under his arm and under his belt numerous libations of moon. He's locked up as drunk and gets fine of dollar and cost3 In city court. "THE POWDER PUFF" is the name of a new beauty parlor openede in the Teoples State Bank bullcing by Mrs. Margaret McMahan, Miss Harriett McMahan and Miss Iiouise Rabs. The decorations are In keeping with the name. NEWS for bowlers: Ed. Murray Is high with 216 in the contest a: McCool'a alleys for the prices offered by Otto Fifleld. Woods and Nelson are tide for second with i!3G. "Sugar" Handy challenges Pollard to a home and home contest for $50. NO applications for citizenship papers will be taken in Lake county courts until after May 2, the day or the primary elections. Under the state law no applications may be filer within thirty days of an election. Saturday was the last day for filing. HAMMOND school teacher promises to reveal some interesting underhand tricks of trade when she brings suit against woman's wear store to recover purchase price of non-dos-cript garment substituted for article purchased. She alleges practice mulcts many dollars from pocket books of teachers. MOTORCOPS Teboda. Erlenbaugh say there won't be any speeding on Hammond highwaj-s this summer. In whirlwind round-up they have nabbed almost score of local and transient motorists in paat few days. Good work boys. Now if some of the road deviU would ony get tt few days in jail your work would be considerably lightened.

Raise $5 Bills to Twenties

Money talks In any language, even if its bad. Three forelg-ners. none of whom could speak. a dozen words of Ensrilsh, knew that. They raised IB. 00 federal reserve notes to 120.00 bills.. They passed two of them on North Side store keepers. They got the change and almost got away. But Officer Lau of Hammond Central station nabbed the trio as they were about to cross the state line. This morning the three were bound over to the Federal grand Jury by U. 8. Commissioner Charles Surprise. They'll ba arraigned on charges of altering U. S.. currency. Herman Sas, deputy United States marshal, accompanied by Dr. William A. Buchanan, city health director, took the three men to Indianapolis this morning. Mike Kato, 25 years old, is said to be the leader. Philip Kozak and Max Neuchk are th others. They gave their addresses as 853 Marshfield ave., Chicago. They are held in bonds of 1S.S00, 13,000 and $2,000. All are Russians. The rnen' were arrested Saturday after they had passed the spurious 20's v J. Wacrlnk. 107 Dearborn st., and Mrs. Mary Kowalk, 171 Johnson st. Wacrlnk didn't know that he'd been stung until officers called on him after tho captured men had told where they'd passed the notes. But the woman proprietor. She suspected all was not well immediately after Cue trio had entered, purchased 68 cents worth of sausage and bread, and tendered a twenty dollar bill. She ruslvd to the Northern Trust & Savings bank, corner South Shore tracks and Hohman st. - "Is it good?" she asked. The cashier detected the discrepancies in the twenty dollar note and advised her to call the police. She found Lau outside. He commandeered a passing auto, followed the men and caught them as they were hastening across a prairie for the state line. . Nono of the men can talk English. But police admit they're clever operators. Fourteen of the raised bills were found. The "20" In each corner had been stamped 1n with white ink. The green legend "Five Dollar" on the reverse side had been partially obliterated. But not altogether. That was the only .weak feature in the counterfeit note Otherwise police declared the work the best, they had ever seen. '. Police Bay the men are operating from a headquarters, probably at Detroit. F I SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CVROWN POINT, lnd-. April 4 Contracts for'four new roads were let today by the board of county commissioners. Three of the Jobs were landed by the See Teaming '& Supply Co., of Hammond. The fourth went to A. L Corlrlgrht, Helney & Wler. . - There were eight bidders on all of the jobs. Besides the two mentioned were John G. Mayer & Co., Jphnson & Downey. Henry Hathaway, United Construction Co.. James Brannock and John C.- Sunderman. All of the successful bidders were below the engineer's estimates. The roads landed by the See company were as follows: ' - Berp Road at Cook, three miles in length. Engineers estimate $50,083: contract price, $42,800. ' Sam B. We-ods road at Glen Park five eights of a mile In lngth. Engineer's estimate, $14,200; contract price $12,280.C. T. Goodrich road in P-oss township, three mile In length. Engineer's estimate $32,5-00; contract price $28,750. .- . These three were all of penetration asphalt construction. The Anthony Nomanlson road In Cedar Creek township was the big contract of the bunch. It Is six and one half miles long and is to be of poured asphalt. The engineer's estimate was $104,500, while the Ibid of Courtrlght, ileiney and Wler was $77,000. The commissioners had dinner at the county poor farm today and after the regular Inspection pronojneed the place in excellent condition. (Superintendent Charles J. Belshii was cansrratulated by the board. HOW about this for punishment for motor speeders. Sentences each to go 26 miles an hour from Hohman street, to Calumet avenue on Michigan avenue just after a ram Ftorni. Michigan avenue to the HoneyComb thoroughfare. ADJ. RALPH S. THORSEN. chair- l man of the American Legion census drive, asks that all Legionalrcs not assigned a district report at th Legion hall. 220 State St., tomoifiw evening. He can be reached ' by telephone at 51 or 1824-M. ' TODAY is the first of West Hammond's) series of spring elections. The township offices will ,be fllred this week. Next week the county' j election will be held and the -week , following will be the regular city j election. Little excitement has been I stirred up o far over either of these I elections. John Jaranoski, of the 1 Public Construction Co., Is' candidate ! for township highway commission--er on the republican ticket. '

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BEN BOSSE IS DEAD AT EVANSVILLE

One of Indiana's Most Distinguished Democrats Dies Today of Influenza " wv"I-EIVJ,,T,.0NAL NWS SERVICE! EVANSJVILLE, INp., April 4 Benjamin Bosse, mayor of Evansville, and democratic state chairman, died arly today of a complication of diseases, attendant upon, an attack of Influenza. Physicians, headed by Dr. James B. Herrlck, noted Chicago heart specialist, were unable to prolong life after pneumonia set in yesterday. Rising in 20 'years from a poor grocer's clerk to wealth and a dominant position in busineiCs and politics, Mr. Bosse s career had been spectacular, his fortune it is understood, amounted to several million dollars. " He wa head of the Globe-Bosse-World Company, one of the larges: furniture producers in the world, waa head of one bank and director of several others, and besides wt president or directing officer of fully one hundred other businesses. He had Just entered his third term as mayor, after the most sensational campaign In . Evansville's history. Strenuous . activities, .. during and since the campaign, brought on his death. ELECTS ITS DIRECTORS The ' Hammond Rotary CSub hold its annual election today for officers for (he ensuing, year, - The retiring officers and committers made their yearly reports. The result attained by. the various activities were extremely gratifying. The Boy's Work Committee, Geo. Hannauer, Chairman, referred to the development of the playground situation in West Hammond and also the beginning of action by the new Park Board In Hammond. The Educational Committee headed by Jack Jones pres ented a report of their activlti in connection with ed"icatnal- matters. The Sports and Games Committee of which Bert Steelman is Chairman gave, a review of the .tournamnts tn which the Rotary Bowling Club ha3 engaged and from all of which they have come out victorious The. Publicity Committee. Morse Dell Plain, Chairman, gave an interesting report of the Rotary publicity campaign for greater prosperity. Other reports were filed -by the En tertainment and House Committees. After a spirited election -in which th various candidates graciously endeavored to retire in favor of their opponents and graoiouly campaigned for tbem in true Rotarian Bplrit. the following directors for the ensuing year Were elected: Fred Crumpacker. Morse Del Plain Bill Belman, Carl Kaufman. Fred Paige, George Chapln, and Mel Monnett. - These directors will meet and elect officers and appoint committees before nest Tuesday.. - KILLED BY GUN Accidental Discharge of Weapon Causes Death In Garage. ' SPECIAL TO THE TIMES) CROWN POINT, lnd.. April 4. A report comes from Hebron that Foster Relsinger, 20. a young man well known here, was killed at the West Side Garage by the accidental discharge of a shot gun. The charge ' entered his stomach and liver, and every effort was made to save "his life, two physicians working over him, but he died inside of thirty minutes. The regular night man wan off duty, and in his place another youn.or boy. of Htbron was sgbstltulins. Several of his friends came in to visit and while away tire time, cud while there they decided to take a eok at the 'shot gun. used for j-u:t'd-i'ng purposes by the regular night man. Jhe Run, was laid down nno accidentally went, off; the full charge entering the bdy of the Reirlnger bey .- VETERANS of Foreign Wars will meet tonight at Odd Fellows Hall, 177 State'et., to make plans for tne observance of Memorial Day thts year in co-operation' with other societies. . Other Important matters are slated for disjussior. REMOVAL NOTICE Dr. A. J. Warber, Dentist, has moved his office from 155 State st. to Citizens National Baak bldg. '"'' - -3-10t

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i jdc liffe college girls operating their new radio station. Lower left to right: Eleanor Brennan and Katherine Miller; upper, Susancs Duna and Margaret Cunningham. Girls at Radcliffe college, Cambridge, Mass., now send messages to .their parents in various parts of the country by radiophone. The set recently was installed to enable the girls to hear the nightly radiu concerts.

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The American Legion's great census drive started yesterday in all parts of Lake county, and reports are that it got off to a good start. 'When it is completed it is expected that the . organizaion will have a complete record of every man and woman In the county who served in the World .War. Not only will thenames be listed but thera will be a whole page of information on file concerning each individual. This will take an immense amount of work. It means that canvassers who have volunteered must make a complete house to house scouring of the county for ex-service men. Each home will be visited and personal interviews w ill be held with the veterans. , - In Hammond the work got under way yesterday morning in most parts of the city. The city has been divided Into districts and canvassers assigned to each district. Adjutant Ralph S. Thorsen is chairman of the Hammond drive. "The 'unknown hero' who never received a splendid funeral, but is still alive and looking' for a Job is a special object of this drive," explained Mr. Thorsen today. "The Legionnaires are going out to get the name of every man and woman who served the country in the Wrorld War, find what their needs are, and whether they hare unpaid claims for compensation or not and what their Ideas are in. regard to the adjusted

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;n (BULLETIN) NEW YORK. April 4. The 'liner Mongolia, which as an armed American steamship, fired the' first shot in the war at a U-oat on April 19. 191, was being swept by flames today as she lay at her pier in Hoboken, where she was undergoing repairs. (BULLETIN) WASHINGTON. April 4. Uncle Sam, and not Henry Ford, will operate and develop Muscle Shoals, and Ford's offer will be quietly sidetracked, according to plans lifld today by republican leaders when the senate . agriculture committee began final consideration of the matter. " - BULLETIN) NEW YORK. April 4. Rose Coghlan, 71. one of the most celebrated players on the English speaking stage, is seriously ill at her home here. G LASER TO LEAVE GARY, THIS TIME SURE, HE SAYS Attorney Paul Glaser, Gary radical has been appointed general director of the Russian- Red Cross ior .' nor: hwestern states, and will leave shortly for 1st. Louis, where he' will' establish his headquarters. "I am out of politics," said "Glaser, "republican, democrat, social) at, uiv.vii all ixilitics. I am going to raise money for the relief of the I children in Russia.

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compensation bill. They are especially anxious that every ex-service man realize that his name Is wanted whether he is a member of the American Legion or not." The census is specially designed to bring to light all cases of suffering through war service that have not yet been remedied. All nservlce men are to be asked if they have s-ufered any disability through the war and if so if they are receiving adequate compensation. Many do not know the terms under which they may re-instate their insurance after letting it lapse and ethers would like to have it changed into a permanent form of government insurance. A matter of particular interest is the choice the ex-serviee nan -wlli make among the five forms of compensation offered ry the adjusted bill. A great deal has been said and surrrised about the gereral wish es of ex-service people In this matter but nothing has been actually known. The census will clear up many dejbts. - Mr. Thorsen calls attent:on to the fact that the. work of taking the census is not limited to members o fUie legion only. "Every person within the confines of our city is invited to assist," he says. "If you have an evening to spare this week or the next and are willing to devote it to the interest of the exsoldier, f;et in touch with me at once." (BULLETIN) TERRE HAUTE, lnd.. April 4. Harry Davis, proprietor' of a soft drink saloo. at Clinton, was believed dying at a hospital here today of numerous wounds received when he was fired upon from ambush as he was leaving his establishment. More than forty shots were fired, several taking effect in Davis's head, body and legs. No arrests have yet been made. It was said the shooting had no connection with the coal strike. (BULLETIN) CHICAGO. April 4,Charles Wind, was shot and probably fatally wounded early today in a mysterious affray in the saloon where he has been employed as zartender. Two men who were seen fleeing from the saloon were fired upon by Policeman W. W. Tobin and a short time later. BANDITS FAIL TO ROB BANK INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. April 4. An unsuccessful attempt was made yesterday afternoon to rob the Merchants Trust Company Bank just across the street from the United State?! treasury. Three young men entered th" 15 nk. Crowding around the Jelier's window they made a concerted grab for ail the currency in sight and fled. Only $2.0f0 was obtained and this was dropped in the flight. Police captured one of the men, but th other two escaped.

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'SPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 CROWN POINT, lnd., April 4. The county commissioners were atassered yesterday when they opened the bids of contractors for the tuberculosis hospital. The highest combination of t-ds was 745,214.37 and the lowest S462.464.43. With the keenest competition between local end Chicago contractors it was evident that the bids were as low as cruld be obtained. The commissioners rejected all bids because they were frc-m twenty-five to a hundred rer cent higher than the engineer's estimate. Further than tha.t, the commissioners stated flatly that the sanitorium would have to be built with the money on hand, which is 1368,842.53. "There is no use asking for bids again on this same contract," said Commissioner Black. "The plans and specifications will have to be revised." "The cost of the construction of the sanitorium on these plans and specfficatlons Is entirely out of question," said George M. FolanJ, county audi .or. "We may as well return to th first set of plans," said Commissioner Claussen. "They were not n elaborate, but they will take ca-e of a hundred and forty-eight patients. Tuberculosis is not increasing alarmingly. I believe that the anti-tuberculosis cruade hes checked the whito plague to a great extent and that once we have a sanitorium in the county there will be fewer victims here. For that reason, aside from the financial question, it should not be necessary to build so elaborate a sanitorium as these plans call for." The result of yesterday's meetiny, bricQy stated, is that the commissioners will lay aside the plans drawn under tho direction of T. W. Kidner, institutional secretary of the National Tuberculosis Association, with headquarters in New York City, and in all prooability will ad--vertise for bids on the old set of plans which were discarded because of the objection of Mr. Kidner, representing the anti-tuberculosis association and sponsored by the county and state anti-tuberculosis societies. Mr. Kidner was employed during the war building hospitals for the povernment when expense was the last thing to be considered. His Ideas are expensive, to say the leaat. The old plans were adequate for '.he county and call for half the expenditure of the new set. ' Following are the combination cf bids opened yesterday; first, the "high" combination, end second the "low": HIGHEST BIDS' Administration." Service and Power General $372, 779. Oi) J. W. SnyJer, Chicago. Plumbing and Heating., H. Henck, Gary. Hardware 80,000.00 12,233.50 Schmal & Seberger, Crown Point. Electrical . . .' 4, 456.13 Trl-City Electric Service Co., Total .. . General . . Hammond. 4S?,4SS 2 Pavlllloit A S43.716.0'. J. W. Snyder, Chicago. Heating lg.3S3.00 K A. Prentice Co., Chgo. Plumbing 6.094.50 P. E. Simard, Gary. Hardware 2,418.73 Schmal & Seberger, Crown Point. Electrical 1,651-00 Standard Klec. Co., Ham. Elec. Fixtures 531.15 Light House Elec. Co., Gary. Total 7:,"J8.S0 PaTlllion B General ' iS!,S00.?0 Simmons-Dick Co., Bloom ing-ton, lnd. Heating 13,000.00 L. A. Prentice Co., Chgo. Plumbing F. E. Simard, Gary. Hardware .. Schmal & Seberger, Crown Point. Electrical Standard Elec. Co., Ham. Electrical Fixtures 4.139.03 1.9SS.U 1.837.09 4S2.S3 Tri-City Klec. Service Co.. Hammond. Total $53,547.SS Children's Building General S4, 830.00 J. W. Snyder Co., Chgo. Heiting -. 23,610.00 K A. Prentice Co., Chgo, Plumbing - i Crannell-Eeaton Co., Gary. Hardware 7,210.00 4.622.50 Schmal & Seberger, - Crown Point. Electrical lighthouse Elec. Co., Gary. Elec. Fixture? '79.70 Lighthouse Elec. Co.. Gary. Total $122,39347 TOTAL, 75,214.37 I.OWKJT BIDS Administration. Service and PwT (Estimate J260.000.00) General 1212,621. CO O. F. Highland. Ham. Covered Walks O. F. Highland, Ham, Plumbing J. P. Croak. Hammond. Heating Crannell-Bc on Co., Gary. Hardware Sargfnt &. Co., Chicago. Electrical Meade KIjc. Co.. Chgo. 23.3S7.ro 14.781.O0 32,487.00 9.S3S.42 6,614.01 Total . $296,223. t: Pa-ttlllon I-jstimnte $1 8 001.00) , Genera"; $ S 6 , 5 5 1 . ' 1 0 O. F. Highland. Ihm'd. Heating , 2,070. ) J. P. Croak, Hamrrord. Plumbing S.625.0 (.Continued on page five )