Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 331, Hammond, Lake County, 5 April 1922 — Page 7

Wednesday. April 5, 1922.

THE TIMES Pace Seven

DR. STGNEBREAKER'S FUNERAL HELD TODAY

from New Mexico whrra made his home.

ho has

"Dr. Stoneireaker's life was

I ' t t". kWtt ... c. ...awls' y of men; against cant Jn religion and against tlje national tendency of the sewer generation to ape lurjpeia trtfuviers and customs," declared E. B. Cross, tn a sermon at the funeral Jn tha .seldow chape this afternoon. Members or Ur. C9toneteafcei-s family, llje-long friends, horsemen and old residents of the city were Treses t. "H -was a. typical American,- said the minister. "He brought down from another feneration the typ-e of eturdy American that our newer and more cosmopolitan civilization !s losing. It didn't maie any difference to him whether a man was rldi or poor for he judged him by the standards of honor. "He WW different from other nien. A atranrer in Hammond, aeeing Dr. Stonebreaker drlvtn- down the tftaoot bhind his beautiful sorrel team WouM stop and a&k vrho he rvs. He wi thoroughly nscullae aad had none of the efdmlnate traits of men of the newer feneration. "Hla respect for -women -vra-s a Uvlnx reminder that the disrespect for women, common In European coantrtac. is creeping Into our social life. His love and sympathy for animals Is a reminder that the tralntajr of children today is negleoted Because the animal la being excluded from their lives. We are denying- them the humn sympathy an Iots tht the companionship of animal puts into their cfcracte. "Dt. Stonebrf Jer held honor nbove money-getxinr. pleasure or the baser things of life and his memory la one that fills his children v-lth pride." Following th aerrlc.the remains of Dr. Stoactreaier. X.aki county first veternartan and one of Its most respected dtlseos were laid t rest beside the rra.v of nis wife at Oax H1J1 cemetery. The children of Dr. and Mrs. Stonebreaker were all present at the funeral, including Raymen. who came

MAKE PARK APPROPRIATION April showers bring May flowers. And when the showers and park, appropriations they bring flowers all summer. And 6hade. And benches. And play-grounds. And a bathing beach. And some place to go. There was a pleasant shower at t!ie City Hall last night. Gold for park purposes came down in huge drops. $35,000. All In one prolonged shower. There wasn't much scurrying for cover "by councilmen. They enjoyed it as much as the spectator who were present. Among these members of Mayor Brown's park Board. Visions of grass plots and ball parks and play-grounds, and beaches, and trees, and gardens and happy children, and youth at play. That's what the park (board saw In the rainbow that loomed beyond the gloomy tax clouds that hovered sullenly above the council chamber. T!he gold fell. And everybody was happy. Even "Walter Bielefeld, city treasurer. Bielefeld has to collect the money. Uut that didn't bcther htm. ehind each cload there' a silver lining, said Walter, as he roused over a sheaf of delinquent tax silpe in hts hand. . The much talked about park appropriation baa gone through aad now for the parks.

community. The new ordinance contains virtually all of the principles of its predecessors except that U is shorn of any pretense to tell Jltneurs where they may operate. That will b up to them, That Is their prdblem, say councilman who refuse to pose as traffic experts. But Hammond people nvust be assured adequate transportation, the city fathers demand, else the Jit will be tio lucre. One new provision was made. This came cm sugge st Ion of Councilman George Walfe. He wants Jitneys to stop on the "near" side of the streets. Not in the middle of the block. It coat him 121 to repair his car, he says, because a Jltneur saw a dime In the middle of the block and stepped without warning-.

THORNTON

ELECTION

ITwt Hammond paused Ion a; enou.i in its v. ork j'uoicrday u

; vote in the Thornton township el

ection. The republican ticket won and practically all of the old officers, were re-eleoted. The results are as follows: Supervisor. William F. Fropper: Clerk, James B. Ellis; Assessor, J. C. B-telefeldt; Collector, Peter A. Anker; Highway Commissioner, Jno. W. Jaranowskl.

A DIME COST GEORGE WOLF $21 Unhampered by routing restrictions, Hammond Jltneurs now will have an opportunity to work out their own salvation. They must devise a method to afford adequate transportation to residents in all uaxts of the city. There Is no string to tie- them. They have the open road. If they fail "They jwust get off the streets-" That's the ultimatum of the Cttq Council. It was volced by Roy O. Conde, alderman and chairman of the Judiciary committee, which Jast nigtht presented a new Jitney ordinance to the city council. The latest measure, passed without great debate, supplants former legislative attempts to solve the transportation problem in this rapidly expanding

TWO SUE FOR A DIVORCE Two Hammond women today filed petitions for divorce in the Superior court .t Hammond. Both charge failure to support and recite other grievances agwlnot their husbands. Mrs. Mats, Oehrke. 243 Sheffield avenue, says her husband accused her of being a spendthrift and a drunkard, which were false. When John failed to give her any money to furnish food end clothes she complained. He told her to go to Mayor Brown and that he would have some organitatlon take oars of her and the children. She asks for the custody of the two children, $15.00 a week for their support and $-.000 alimony. They were married November 9. 1913, and separated March 8. A. E. Tlnkham is Mrs. Gehrke's attorney. Mrs. Gladys Triece, 7 Sibley st., criticises her husband, Don W. Triece for not taking her with him -

The Season's Fabric Event

2nd Big Day-THURSDAY

A fer planned event of" great scope and timeliness that will interest every woman who is planning lovely new Dresses for Easter and Spring.

Don't Fail tovattend the great sale, if you want to take advantage of some silk bargains whose equals have never before been offered the shopping public of the Calumet Region. Unsurpassed Values High Quality Krepe Knit

Krepe Knit has come to be die season's sensational silk success here it is, in all the wanted shades for making fine 6 41) CC Jt V '11 u : i.. i i . L- . ? stffsUU

ureases. iuu wiii uc uiuiicuscj y picaacu at uic yvuu- - n. j c.i i.-v.. u. r I - kjm

Silk Pongee 9Sc 33-inch natural color all silk Pongee, first quality, the desirable weight for dresses, men's shirts, blouses, handkerchiefs and draperies very special for Silk Week, yard, 98c

Tub Shirting 98c 32-inch all silk satin strip Shirting in a variety of beautiful new color cambinations, a durable, reliable quality, special during this sale, yard 98c.

Fine Quality Chiffon Taffeta

At no time bas taffeta been so favored for lovely dresses as nowhere it is in all its springtime freshness and crispness the lovliest

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when he went out In public She eayane frequently came home drunk and that he was always Insolent and domineering In his manner whether drunk or softer and whether In public or private. They were married October 2, 1D20 and separated on March 28. Cleveland and Cleveland aro attorneys for the plaintiff.

R. C. PIERCE MADE VETERAN SCOUT Ralph C. Pierce, president of the Hammond Council of Boy Scouts of America, was made mssrnty proud today when Scout Executive I. K. Scott presented him with his certificate showing that he is tjow registered as a Veteran Scout. He has been In the scout work for six years. Any man or boy who has been active In scouting for Ave consecutive years Is eligible to the rank of Veteran. Hammond now has eighteen vets, and several more who arc eligible. Mr. Scott Is urging a'l o them to get their certificates anl bcome members of the Veteran Scout Afuoclattlon. Levi Golden takes first honors with ten years if service. I. T. Meyer comes next with nine years and A: ex Batony fo lows with eight years.

WABASH GLEE CLUB CONCERT The "Wabash Olee Cl-ub Concert st the First Presbyterian church next Thursday evening, gives promise of being areal treat. Reports from Crawfordsville Indicates that t'n Clu'b has Just .finished the most successful trip In Its long history. r toured the central and southern parts of Indiana last week and was greeted by large and enthusiastic audiences. The first concert of the year at Lebanon drew a crowd of two thousand. The Club will to Cro-wn Point and Winemac after leaving Hammond and reports from those towns say that In both place all available space has been eold out. Indications here are that the First Presbyterian church will bs taxed to Its full capacity. A most atractlve- program has been arranged, and Is as follows: PART ON'E "On the Sea" Buck The Glee Club Violin Solo "Polish Dance" ... Wieniawskl Mr. Garrett

Baritone Solo "Waste Not Tour Hour'" (from "In a Persian Garden ) Liz4 Lehmann Mr. Gauld "Sanctus" (from Salnt Cecelia's Maes) Gouncd-Nevin Mr. Hamilton and Glee Club Monologue. Mr. Miller. "Mammy's Lullaby" (adapted from " "Humoresq'ua") .t Dvorak-S-pross The Glee Club Banjo Solo Mr. Detchon "Recessional.. Kipling - Schnecker The Glee Club PART TWO A Musical Skit, in One Act Arranged by John M. Handley. Jr., 24. TART THREE Scarlet Spmphony Seven Messrs. H. K. Bostwick, S. S. Bestwick, Detchon, Porter, Rldgeway, H. B. Williams and X,loyd Williams Quartets-Popular Selections. Meesrs. Hamilton. Blackrnan, Gauld and Black Songs of Wabash: (a) "Alma Mater Caroll Ragan, ex-'0l fb) "Old Wabash" Robinson - rtagan (Arranged by Ian C. Black, '21) Glee Club and Orchestra.

shot down. As Bloucher fU he fired his own revolver at the assailant, and It is believed the shoe took effect, as Marshal of Police Stansbury of Baltimore county, while on his way to the distillery noticed a man, in what Is thought to be the murder car, apparently "being supported..hy another 'man In the rear seat of the machine.

SERIOUS

AGCUSATION

AGAINST GARY MAN

Gary Man Held on Charge Preferred by a Sixteen Year Old Girl from th Emerson School.

WHISKEY

GUARD

SHOT AND KILLED Custodian of 12,00 Barrels Bandit.

f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI BALTIMORE, MU, April 6 Warry Bloucher, 62, a guard at the Gwynn Erok distillery. near Pikesi ille, Baltimore county, in which there Is stored 12,000 barrels of whiskey, was shot and almost Instantly killed at the plant early today by a man dressed partly In the uniform of an aiator and posing as an Internal revenue officer. The murderer, who Is helleved hy the police to have been the advance guard of a banj of liquor thieves, approached the distillery and as

Identified by a brown fur rnii.

which he wore on his overcoat, V. C. Daniels, 31 years old and married.

s arresiea in uary yesterday and today Is held on the serious charge of rape preferred by a well known 16-yes.r-oId Emerson high school girl. Daniels, who Is employed as a foreman, and resides at 606 Rhode Island street, denies that he Is gullity and that the police have arrested the wrong party. However, the police have woven a tight case of circumstances around him, as he 'ias not only been Identified by the rl victim, but by a youth who accompanied her on the night she was .tttacked. Trosecutlng Attorney Dwlght M. Kinder took an active Interest in the case yesterday as soon as he learned the details and made a thorough investigation. So aroused over the case that he filed the charges direct in the criminal court at Crown Point where Daniels was taken this morning to await trial. According to the details of the case, the girl and her youth companion were accosted by Daniels at Sixth and Carolina street shortly after 8 o'clock. They allege that Daniels walked up to them, inform Ing them that he was a police officer from headquarters. After Intimidating them, it is

said that Daniels ordered the young

that the girl got home all right. In fear the girl accompanied him. He led her to a vacant house on Carolina street. Inside the house, he gagged her with a handkerdhief and made a vicious attempt to attack her. She fought and struggled wito, htm and the girl was about exhausted when he left the house, probably In fear that he would be de tec tel. Reporting the case to the police she-gave her assailant's description and a city wide' search was instituted. Daniels was arrested and besides the fur collar on his coat the girl was able to make other almost ..certain Identifications. The youth stated he also recognized Daniels and that he was "the roan."

.W.W. AGITATORS

CREATING

ROUBLE

such a division in the mine workers union, namely the operatoriWKTC' Kennedy. ; Kennedy said that the object of ths agitators was to hMrt the miners' cause with the public public. . I "The men are presenting solid front and the situation could not be better," continued Kennedy. Another meeting of the miners' wage scale committee and the operators was scheduled for this afternoon. . .

In a ton of water from the Atlantic ocean there are thlrty-eh pounds of salt. In the same quantity of water from the Dead sea there are 1ST pounds. '

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICfl . .NEW YORK, April S Agitators who claim to be members of the I. W. W. have made their appearnce in the anthracite fields and are trying to create dissensions among the striking miners, U was revealed by Thomas Kennedy, vice president of anthracite district No. 7. "Such persons who are engaged In trying to bring about such a division are tools or traitors in the employ of those who provide by

Spring Time Advice For Tired Mothers

Bioucher opened the door he Gasman to go home, that he would see

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