Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 335, Hammond, Lake County, 10 April 1922 — Page 1

HERE IS THE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED BA TTLE THE WEATHER Rain toninht and Tuesday! colder Tnftday and in -eret and north portions tonight; strong ahiftlns v-rlnds. COUNTY JuLiLLi VOL. XV. NO. 335 MONDAY, APRIL 10. 1922. V

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Results at Three of City Schools are Noted in Tests "What Hammond school harbors the perfect child? Not the anemic genius intellectually years ahead of his or her tellow stunents. Nor the mental sluggard that in rhyslcque and bearing is an embryo Tarzan or Amazon. But the TOO per cent normal child in whom is blended and balanced grey matter and muscle, vitality and "stamina. That's what Dr. H. S. Kulin is seeking. She's health director of Hammond public schools. She has started a child health survey of all schools in the city. This will be completed in a couple of weeks. The hunt for the perfect chitld is only incidental. The real purpose of the survey is to find children not normal physical ly. So far Dr, Kuhn and her twoj assistants, Miss Lulu Cook and Miss j Mary" Moran. city nurse, have tap-j red the chests, tickled the palates, j tested the eyes and ears, weighed, measured and classified the pupils 1 of three schools. These are Haywood. Wallace and Lafayette. This last was completed today. Tomorrow the examiners go to the Irving school. Others will follow. Of course somewhere in the Hammond schools there is a perfect child. Perhaps Dr. Kuhn has found that child is one of the three schools in which surveys have been made. Today he wouldn't say who that child is. But she will, she says. Then she added. "One thing peculiar about the school children of Hammond is that we've found the percentage of malmutrition (underfed) children remarkably low for an industrial com munity, j "In fact the percentage is much lower here than in many country I districts. Kami children have a!-J ways plven the state board of health something to worry about in this respect. The real reason why the children of the soil should be malnutrioua has never been' satisfactorily determined. Perhaps it la because they are -forced to partake of the heavy fare prepared for the mn folks. Usually the foods are greasy and that is the worst thing fer a child. True they have the advantages of butter, eggs, milk and fresh farm produce, but still they rresent the greatest number of underfed specimens. "In Hammond too, one would exrect to find a great many cases of lung troubles. The climate, indoor occupations of most of the workers and other causes are of the sort that lead to Jung troubles. But Hammond school children fortunately are free in a great measure from these ailments." Here is what the health survey at Maywood and Wallace schools revealed. The figures for Lafayette have not yet been compiled. Maywood school: Children examined, 514; Normal, 51; tonsils. 177 adenoids, 79; defective teeth, 427; eye troubles, 200; ear troubles. 30; poor postures (round shoulders, flat chests, etc.) 157; undeirtiouii:.'hed, 114. Wallace School: Children examined, 453; normal, 65; tonsils, 206; adenoids, 73; defective teeth, C?0: eye troubles, 274 ; ear troubles, 31; poor posture, OS; undernourished, 21 per cent. "Where parents cannot afford medical attention at the hands of the family physician provision is made by the school board for correcting child ailments and supplving medical care. HAS A LEANING FOR FIRST HUSBAND Two years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Peter' Kish separated and were granted a ', divorce. Mrs. Kish. whose first name ; is Tresa, thought she was through j with Peter and on February 17, 1921, j she married George Mikola. Theyi are now living at 502, 14Sth St.. E. Chiacgo. All has not been well in the "Mikola home, according to statements made by Oeorge in a complaint for I divorce which h'!s attorney. Abe CM-' tenheimer, filed this morning in the s superior court at Hammond. . Tresa, he says, still has a leaning towards her first husbajid. Kisn went to Europe soon after their sep-j afatton. She has been corresponding with him of late. Mikola says he has read some endearing letters! which Husband No. 1 has written and he knows Tresa has written j similar letters in reply. For a long, time she has been sullen and morose. She doesn't talk to Mikola and even refuses to cook meals for him. She also told, him she no longer car-; ed for him and that she believed she ' would go to Europe and hunt upj Kish. So Mikola wants a divorce. Thev separated last Monday.

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RLTH FOR COAST '--4 f C W Slis-s Fhyllis May in her 1S22 model bathing suit. "ItH be safe to get this suit wet," the manufacturers told Miss Phyllis May. It's the new 1922 model for California beaches. This year's beach apparel will combine practicability with appearance and it won't mean ruin if the suits should happen tc get wet. Last season many suits were designed for beach wear only. CONCERT AND DANCE TO FOLLOW LENTEN SEA80RNEXT WEEK Tickets on Sale for Social Affair at Masonic Temple, March 17. Tickets are now on sale at the Standard Electric Co.. Armstrong's Jewelry Stores Nelson's Pharmacy, Monnett's Smoke Room and Ortt'sj shoe Store for the concert and dance to be griven by the YVoodlawn Comroandery band at the Masonic Temple a week from tonight. Coming at the close of the Lenten season the affair is sure to be well patronized. The conceit by the band of sixty pieces will begin at S.lo o'clock and continue until 9:30. There will be dancing on the second and third floors of tiie building from 9:30iintil midnight, music furnished by two ten piece orchestras. The affair Is under the auspices of the Hammond Commandery. The tickets are selling at $1.10 including the war tax. Next Sunday morning the Hammond Commandery. No. 41, K. T., wi!l march in uniform to the First Presbyterian church to attend a service in charge of the Rev. J. t. Parre tt, Orand Prelate of the Commandery. TAKES POISON TO JOIN HUSBAND 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE SAN RAFAEL. Cab, April 10. When Franz Frey. 5S, died here last week, his wife Alice, too'k a slow working- poison in order that she might join him in the interment. Sunday she learned arrangements were being made to bury her husband. She left the hospital bed. went to the undertaking establishment and in tears begged that the f-Jneral be postponed until her d c a t : i . Told by physicians that Mrs. Frcy's deafh is inevitable, the undertaker has postponed Frey'.s funeral for a few days. Mrs. Frey asked that her husband's love letters to her be buried with her and his picture be placed in her casket. Pardon! Housewives and Mr. Mines: Please Accept this "beg your pardon" "rom a poor printer. He knew not what he did when he nearly revolutionized the merchandising business with a cipher or rather the lack of it. In Saturday's Times the Mlnas rear page advertisement carried an announcement of a sale today of solid walnut dining- room suites at $30. This should ha.e read J3C'). The printer wants to add that he blushes t., think of the mistake, Tie says the set is cheap at $S00. "

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Lawrence Becker, former mayor of Hammond and judge of the superior court. Room 2, will return to Hammond the first of July to make this city his home once more and enter the practice of law. The return of Becker will be a trroat boom to democratic politics In tile city and county. At the time of his appointment to liie office or solicitor of the treasury, under the first "Wilson administration, Becker was the leading democrat of Lake county. Returning from War hington. D. C. yesterday, Frank Martin, democratic, city chairman ol ilmiimond, brought word of Judge Becker's plans. Mr. Martin "visited .New Tor-k, Baltimore and otter eastern cities and he states that everywhere he heard the prediction that the democrats would materialy increase their strength in the house and senate at the fall elections. The Hammond politician's observations were not confined to politics however. Mr. Martin states that nearly every newspaper he bought east of Ohio contained an editorial knocking the St. Lawrence waterway project. The city of Washington, he declares, is the wettest town he visaed. "When I Kot off the train at the capital the first two men I me, were bootleggersr declared Martin. "It is the only town where the bootleggers meet you at the depot." ARCADE PLAN FOR STREET IS SUGGESTED Hohman Arcade. How does that sound as a substitute for Hohman street, in the business district of Hammond? "Well, it has been prdposed as a low cost solution to the problem of widening Hohman street. It consists of simply setting the show windows of business houses back, say ten feet, and moving the sidewalks into the space between the widening to both sides of the The old sidewalks couid then be torn out and the street pavement .extended to the new curb which would be practically identical with the building line. This pl.yrt anticipates extending the widening to both sides of the street instead of placing the burden on the west side only. While no attempt has been made to get an estimate on the probable .cost of such a plan, some have expressed tie belief that it would not cost one-twentieth as much as proposal to move the west store fronts back twenty feet. The disturbance to business in th-3 different stores' would also be small compared with the other scheme. A drawback lies in the fact that owners of som of the o:d and rather unsightly buildings of Hohman st. would not be compelled to put up better looking fronts. All store fronts on Hohm?n St. are supported on iron pillars. The windows are set in between these pillars. Moving the windows back ten feet woud leave the pillars still supporting the wall of the upper stories. These would be encased in concrete or brick as added protection and to give a uniform appearance the full length of the street. A uniform height would also be established. The ornamental street lights would be supported by brackets attached1, to the arcade pillars. It has also been suggested that rarabolic flood lights be placed just bisidc the arcade to throw light upon the store fronts. The idea is not altogether new ss the arcade plan has been used in marvv cities to provide short cuts with shop frontages through regular business -blocks. These ar-ades have generally proved quite popular with the shopping public because of the protection afforded from inclement weather. With this rlan there would not be a store awning on Hohman street. Business rooms would suffer little on account of the light cut. off as few o fthem now depend upon front windows for lighting. BRITISH TROOPS APPEAR IN DUBLIN FT DAVID M. CHURCH LorCDON, Apr. 10 British troop's made their appearance in Dublin today for th'e first time since they were withdrawn at the setting up of the Irish provisional government. They are patrolling certain districts of the city. It was explained at the Colonial office that the British soldiers in Dublin are under orders to take only such steps as are necessary for their own protection. It is understood that the troops are only guarding the British barracks and are not interfering vith the movement of Irish free state troops. There is as yet no confirmation of . tho report from Dublin that leaders! of the mutinous faction of the Irish' Republican army at a secret, meet-1 ing in Ireland, deposed Eamonn Da j Valera as chief leader of the Irish j republican movement. Advices from Dublin say that the rumor persists.

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Federal Government Takes Hand in National Coal Strike . (IllM.KTIV) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE IXUIAVll'OMS, lnd April 10. I Attorney. (.rnpral Oaughrrty arrlvj cd at Indianapolis today. It Ik naid i he raine io make Ihe admlnUlrtlion's first move In the national j eonl strike. i The utmost aeoreey snrronndlnst his arrival and first mit here. jOnljr his Identity anil the fact that , he is here were admitted. "Von are In Indianapolis to seek j to have Jndarr A nderson quash the I anti-trust art Indictments ppndlnar jaicalnst the coat operators and miners, are j ou not f" queried an International fiti Service correspond- ! ent. 'You're not Jtettinjr that from me. xras the rejoinder, "nut." added the atrorney arrnerat. "I have done some nrnnpiprr work, and harp done some arnesslnsr. and I seldom missed a Kiiess-" From other quarters It was learned that Mr. Haueherty's business here is ' ery Important." By WAR ft EN W. WIIEATOX STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE) WASHINGTON. April 1". The federal government took a hand in the national coal strike this morning for the first time. Attorney Oe-.teral Daugherty slipped quietly out of Washington yesterday en route for Indianapolis, where he will arrive thi3 morning-. The purpose of the attorney general's trip to Indianapolis. t!u seat j( Judge A. P. Anderson's federal court and also of headquarters of the United Sline Workers of America, was not explained officially, but it is known to be in connection wit a gov ernment move in the stt ikesit. ua'ion. SEF-K1AG ED OF TIE-VP Paugherty's jnvasion of th center of the miners' activities was regarded here in the absence of official comment, as indicating of governmental desire to end the tie-up which for over a' week has had tn nation's coa! industry paralyzed. Officially, there was reluctance to state the reasons for the government's legal representative Journeying to the seat of the miner's stronghold. Unofficially and in view of the return to Indianapolis from New York of John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers and directing head of the miners' fight, these reasons were assigned to Daugherty's visit: assi'agi; opicnATons1 kears 1. That Daugherty will endeavor officially to asruage the fears of the coal operators that federal prosecution wo-j'd follow their meeting jointly -with 'he miners to name a new wage scale and thus end the controversy. 2. That th legal department of the government may be acting on a suggestion n-nt to tne House lalor committee by W. H. II ask ins. representative of Ohio coal operators, that either congress or th department of justice riiight "clarify the situation" by (influencing Judge Anderson's court to quash anti-trust law indictments still pending agafnst operators and miners. PEA E MEET SI fir.KSTIitl This latter action, if taken, would, it is strongly indicated by testimony now p:irt of the records of the House labor committee, do more than anything else to insure satu -tion by the operators to concessional overtures for a "peae? mi tI nK- j Already. Mirough formal communications to th congressional committee investigating 'he coal strike. Attorney Daugherty has pro,iscl that there wo.ild be no legal acti 'n taken against participants in ,i jr.iut j Wage fixing conference. Th's assur- ; anco has been baked, too, by action of the Houie in specifying that any money appr.-piKted for the justice department by congress shall not be used in furthering such prosecut Ions. GARY FAMILY IS SUED FOR DAMAGES Mr. and Mrs. William M. Rubach ami son Ifobart. 209 Marshall street Gary, were made defendants in two suits for . damages filed this morning in the Ifamrnond Superior court by Eva E. Grove and h'er husband,! Frank Grove. Mrs. Grove claims she was injured in an automobile collision on Fifth avenue. April 11. 1920. The truck in which she and her husband were riding was crowded into the ditch by the Rubach machine driven by the son, Hobart. The Grove tar overt jrned. She asks for $.'.00 j damages. ! Mr. Groves asks for $600 damages to cover repairs which were necessary to the truck. They are rep resented by Attorneys McAleer, " rorsey and Gillett.

WIFE CHARGES ARMOUR'S AIDE DESERTED HER

so y ft- - 4? rv v y Above. Mrs. Robert J. Dunham; below, her husband, Robert J Dunham. Robert J. Dunham, ea!d tc be confidential roan for J. Ogden Armour, is beinsr Jed for diorce by his wife on chareea of desertion. Dunham is a former -ice r resident of Armour & Co. aid is well known in Chicaco financial circle. OBJECTS OF ' THE GENOA CONFERENCE The main ohjrcl, of ihr infrr. tln conference which opened at t.enoa today arei 1. Reduction of armlr. ,o to decrease taxe, and rnt down the rxprndltnrea of the European gov ern men t. 2. Itropenlnc of noaala to International trade; 3. niacuaalon of the advlsihllIty of extending luann to Raanln and (iermany for economic purpoae. 4. Iteatorarton of peace In the Near East that Turkey and contlsruona territory can be reopened to commerce. 5. Deflation of enrrency and ntahJIIr.atlon of exchanicc. 6. Ilalanrlng of hodgets. 7. Creation of International trade agreement ao aa to facilitate International Intercourse by rail, Tiater and air and to foster peace. SHOOTS SELF IN CHOIR LOFT f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 SEATTLE, WASH., April 10 flss Bertha Brackett, 25, member of the choir of the First Baptist church, who shot herself in the choir loft during: church services last night, died today. "Korsct the sieps already trod and onward urge the way," sang the choir as Miss Brackett preyed a .:;S caliher revolver against her left breast and pulled the trig-frer twice. One bullet lodged' in her back after grazing hrr heart. OF MAIL CAR COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia., April 10. Robbery of a mail car containing parcels pot matter, loss from which may be heavy, was discovered here early today when an. Inspector, arriving to check the contents of the car. found the seal on the door had been broken and the car looted. The car was sealed in New Tork. STORM HEADED THIS WAY Telegraph and telephone comnj:nication 'between Chicago and the racifi? Coast was crippled today by a severe snow and wind storm centering In the Great Plains States. "The storm has been almost stationary for forty-eight hours." said Prof. Henry J. Cox, veteran prognosticator of the local weather bureau. "It centers in Western Nebraska, end Eastern Wyoming. It is now mb!ng slowly eastward from the Rocky Mountain region. It will be attended by general precipitation and strong shifting winds. Xo reports of heavy crop or property damage had been received.

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(BULLETIN) ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! i PITTSBURGH, Pa.. April j 10. Mystic Shriners hrre j treat 'cm rough, both novices and prominent guests, it was j announced at police headquarters Saturday that Judge j Charles L. Bartlett. of Detroit. had been arrested for breaking the speed limit with his automobile. A $50 forfeit was posted for hearing today. It was explained this morning that Judge Bartlett had been framed up by Potentate Rook Carroll and Traffic Commissioner Ben Marshall, also a Shriner. The charge was withdrawn. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONA'. HEWS SERVICE! BERLIN. April 10.-Gen-eral Von Falkenhayn, former chief of the general staff of the German army, and leader of one of the German armies that overran Rumania, died here today of aneurism at Castle Lindstedt, near Potsdam. He had been ill for a year. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! SPRINGFIELD, Mass.. April 10. After first shooting to death her three-year-old son. Ernest, Mrs. Ida Viola Remington, wife of Howard Remington, a Boston and Albany railroad detective, ended her own life at the Remington home in West Springfield. Despondency over continued ill health is believed responsible for the double tragedy. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL. NEWS SERVICE! COLUMBUS GROVE, Ohio. April 10. Amos Lanning, 48, deputy attached to the sheriff's office, Detroit, was found dead in a ditch three miles south of here late last night. He was pinioned beneath the car he was driving. Apopley was given as the cause of his death by physicians. Lanning was enroute to Detroit when he was stricken.

Attempt to Kidnap Girl and Kill Boy Frustrated by Armed Guard Threats of Chicago Booze Runners and Dealers in Narcotics Resulted in Mysterious Disappearance of Indiana Girl, Who is Guarded by Federal Men.

FOWLER. Ind.. April 10. The mysterious disappearance of Miss Elizabeth Hcdahan. age about 26, from the home of her brother-in-la.w. Fred Callaway, trustee of Tarrah Grove tow nf-hlp, Benton county, a days ago. has caused much fsci'.mtnt in this vicinity. Many at first be'.iev.d she had befn kidnapped. It is known, however, that she is m charge cf the federal authorities who are protecting her as a witness to be used before the United States grand juries at Indianapolis and Chicago, against the members of a gang of booze runners and dealers in narcotics who hiive been engaged in running the illicit wares into Indiana. It has also been found by federal agents, who for several weeks have been very cctive in this locality. VISITORS IN WEST T Joseph Vargo. a young fellow from Whiti-ig said it was the first time in his life that he had been drunk when be was brought before Judge Kowalski in the West Hammond police court this morning. He had been arrested for creating a disturbance. The court reminds4, him of the foul languJse he had used in addressing some girls. "Now young man. to matte sure that it will be your last time in West Hammond at least. I'll fine you $25 and costs." said the judge, "Never mind," replied his honor, "we'll And some way for you to work it out." Max You n sr. 1050 Ray ave., Hammond, wa- arrested Saturday evening and charged with carrying c tealed weapons. People who had been held up tecently by three young mpti near the C. J. biidge in West Hammond said he looked like one nf the holdups but were not certain. He was fin;d.$200 and costs on the first charge and may face a holdup charge later. John Tubbs and Ciarcnce Earner of Hammond both paid fines in police court this morning for being drunk. , TO WHOM IT CONCERNS Will net be responsible for any debts, unless contracted by mysel?. H. F. CARROLL, 4:10:3t 798 Claude st.

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(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK, April 10. Raold Amundsen, discoverer of the South .Pole, left here this morning for Cleveland on the first leg of his airplane flight to Seattle, where he will make final preparations for his drifting voyage to the pole. Amundsen is flying in his all metal plane which he intends to use on his polar trip. (BULLETIN) riMTFRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) PHILADELPHIA, P...-April 10.-After raging all day Sunday, a fire which partially de,,royed the Fidelity Storage and Warehouse company s l -14" ,t 1815-19 Market building at ioy " , 9treet, was st.U b .ng today. Trains in the adjacent Broad street station yards ot the Pennsylvania railroad were detoured to distant tracks on account of the intense heat. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS.S"V!CE1 JOL1ET. 111.. April 10.-E. 1 Murphy, warden of the liltnois State Penitentiary and one of the best known prison officials in the country, died here early today. He was stricken with a heart attack five days ago. Warden Murphy was 7U years old and had been head of the prison here for many years. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS 5EBV1CE1 WINNIPEG. Man.. April 10. More than a foot of snow covers southern Alberta today after what was described as the worst April blizzard in years, according to word received here. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO. April 10. Six firemen are suffering today from burns sustained while fighting a $100,000 fire in the heart of the Chicago ' Stock Yards yesterday. The fire for a time threatened destruction to the plant of Roberts and Pake, packers. that not far from Fowler is a, place where larse quantities of "moonshine" whiskey has tten made anJ that there :s also not far from here a place that is used as a distributing point by the dealers In contraband whiskey and drugs from Chicago. took nncAoo rosinox Miss Rodahan lived all her life, until a few years ago. in this city apd vicinity. She went to Chicago, where she took a position as a stenographer and it was through this position that she became possessed of the knowledge of the actions of the booze runners end dealers in narcotics. Several times her life was threatened while in Chicago and to escane from agents of the ring she came to Benton county to stay with her sister, who is the wife of Mr, Calltwav. MRS. ATCHISON DIES AT ROBERTSDALE rSPECIAL TO THE TIMES! ROBERTSDALE. IND., April 10 Mrs, Mlnnta AtclSson, 1343 La!ke ave., Robertsdale. died Saturday evening at her home, following a lengthy illness. Mrs?. Atchison was the widow of Robert Atchison. Both -were well known in the lake front community and had contributed much to its progress during their long residence there. One of the beautiful streets in Robertsdale remains as a perpetual memorial of the family name and civic enterprise that characterised the activities of the Atchison family. Mrs. Atchison is survived by a dughter. Mrs. George Coding, two sons, Vernon and Elmer, her mother and three sisters andj:lire brothers. The funeral will be held from the late residence at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. Interment will be made at Oak Hill. Services will be con. ducted y Rev. Taylor. Undertaker Griesei will have charge of the funeral. REMOVAL NOTICE Dr. A. J. Warber, Dentist, has Moved hla office from 155 State St. to Citizens National Bank bldg.

Political Dopesters Find State Campaign Peculiar in Many Respects By MAURICE EARLY INDIANAPOLIS, April 10 For the first time in six years, except in the by-election of 191S. a Republican primary race of state-wide importance is nearlng the close without the familiar resounding of the battle clashes. Primary Day, May 2. is but three wcpks from Tuesday and the political dopesters are sagely remarking "this is one of the most peculiar campaigns I have ever seen." 4 0 HE. TED DEBATES When asked just what they mean by "peculiar" the usual reply is that there is no demonstration of great public interest in th contest. They declare there are. no heated debates on the street corners of the larger cities over issues or the relative ability of the candidates for the United States senatorship on the Re

publican side. Instead of an army of speakers going o-er the state stumping for the candidates ther are only six or seven speakers in the field on each side. NO FLOOO OF onATORY Of course, from how on there will be more speaking, but from indications there will be no great flood of oratory. Albert J. Eeveridge will make about thirty speeches during the next three weeks. Senator Harry S.-New may find some time to return to Indiana for a few speeches but at best be will not be able to go over a great portion of the state. In his recent speeches. Mr. Beveridge has been advocating the nomination of either himself of Senator New by an overwhelming majority in order that the nominee may be armed with the. verdict of great popular approval. NO LANDSLIDE PREDICTED From all indications the persons in close touch with the campaign assert there will be ro landslide In this campaign. By a landslide they mean a plurality of about 60.000 for the winner. They declare that one of the reasons for their prediction is the prospect of a light vote. Another element which ia entering Into the Republican campaign is tht very strong likelihood that there will be few Democrats going to the polls asking for Republican ballots. In the hard fought contests of recent years on the Republican side, many Democrats have taken sides. SEMBLANCE OF CONTEST This year there is a semblance'of a contest on among the Democrats. Samuel M. Ralston and Dan W. Sims are contesting for the s-upport of a certain element In the rarty and Dr. Jesse Sanders is out after those with "wet" leanings. It is generally conceded that the Democrats are going to tay on the:r own side of the fence May 2. There is one' thing that Is causing the campaign managers to sit up at night. This is the attitude of the Hoosier farmer on Primary Day. Throughout Indiana, and especially in the central and northern part, farm work Is from two to three weeks late because of the rainy sea son. NO TOLLS TAKEN The bad condition of the roads have served to isolate many of the rs.ral voters. They have not been amsding the few meetings which ha been held. There have been no tils taken. Therefore, in the background of this whole campaign sits the farmer his mouth closed and the campaign managers are sitting at their desks wondering whether he will vote at all or if he does how will he vote. In the cities it is not so hard to arrive at some conclusion. In ail the larger towns of Indiana there seems to be a decided drift in favor of Senator New. This is particular ly true of Indianapolis, where the Senator has the backing of a large portion of the colored vote. FIGIRJNG ON MARION CO. Of this there is net the slightest doubt. It is reasonable to presume that the white Republican vote In Indianapolis will not go overwhelm ing for cither candidate- As there are from 15. POO to 20.000 colored voters in Indianapolis and an there will be a total primary vote In Marion county of about 60.000. it seems very llke'.y that Senator Newwill come nut of his homo county with a plurality of several thousand. The death cf Benjamin Bcsse was a severe blow to den.ocraey of Indiana. As mayor of Evarisville he was able to cause the Republicans a fjrrat deal of worry in the ftrs-t district. It i generally believed no Democrat is available in KvansviUe to assume the control cf affairs which was so effectively handled by the late mayor. DEATH A SEVERE BLOW But his tifath was even a more severe blow to the state democratic organization. Mr. Bosse and Thomas Taggart of French Lick were inn war horses who injected not only financial, but nvval r-rp Into the forces of :ie party, O'f late Mr. Taggart has not fhwn the same zeal he ha? demonstrated in previous years. Bosse was the growing figure in the party and there was every indication he would b-- the choice of the leaders for the nomination for goverVior in 1?24. With Bosse gone, there is no outstanding timber to carry this party standard year after next. The decla-ations of candidacy for state senator filed with the secretary of state revt-al that only seven of the twenty-five senators who retire this year are candidates for renomination. Ten republicans and twelve democrats will have no opposition in the primary and therefore will he

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