Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 14, Hammond, Lake County, 22 April 1922 — Page 1

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Foreign Office Refuses to Regard it as a Closed Incident By rRANK B. MASOV STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICSJ PARIS. April '-France cannot accept the Genoa viewpoint that the violation of the Versatile treaty renltlns from the treaty of Bapallo Is a cloed Incident," ald an official tatement U.ned by the foreign ofBce today. By FRANK E. MASON STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE) PARIS, April 22. Premier Pqincare's surporters are beginning to demand increased firmness towards Germany as a result of the treaty of Rapallo. The French press docs not by any means regard the- treaty Incident as closed, as stated by Fre mier Lloyd George .it Genoa. "France committed a capital mistake by not recalling her delegation after the publication of the treaty." said Pertinax, political expert. "Polncare's instruction to Barthou were Incomplete. Either-Poirtcare should give Barthou power to act or go to Genoa himself and take charge." The rationalist paper L'Eclair, a supporter of the premier, Is seeking to force the premier to'ordor occupation of the Ruhr district In Germany. "Does this mean war?" queries the paper with reference to occupying the Ruhr. "No, it's peace," the paper continues, "because Germany without the Ruhr district would really disarmed and at our mercy." "It's necessary to face the facts." commented the Figaro. "France Buffered a defeat . at Genoa." The Frencn war minister, M. Maginot. accompanied by M. Deveze. the Belgian minister of defense, will begin a tour of Inspection of the Rhineland onMonday, It was announced today. Says Reply Is Inadequate By S. D. WETER tSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE GENOA. April 22, Germany's reply to the allies regarding the Rus-so-German treaty was inadequate, it is declared in a letter which M. Barthou, head of the French delegation today sent to Premier Facta of Italy, president of the conference. The French leader declared that the treaty violated the Cannes program. He demanded that the nine powers which signed the note addressed to Chancellor Ylrth, calling Germany to account for signing the treaty, be asked to consider the German reply again. The French and British are plainly at loggerheads. The British hold that since Germany accepted the alternative of banishment from the eub-committce dealing with Russian negotiations that the incident is closed. The French are not satisfied with this. Barthou also addressed a second rote to the other allied powers, stating that the treaty c. Rapallo violates the Versailles treaty and demanding that the allies force the Germans to abrogate It. ARE IMPROVING The weekly road report by the Hoosier State Automobile Association is as follows: All roads leading from Gary to Gary to Hammond to Chicago in excellent condition. Seven A Trail of the Hoosier State from Gary to Michigan City now in fairly good condition for all kinds of travel, except a bad spot about two miles this side of Porter, but passable. All points from Michigan City east and south In good condition. The Liberty Trail leaving Gary to Hobart. Wheeler and Valpo scuth very rough, but open for all kinds of travel. The Lincoln Highway In good condition from' Chicago Heights to Ijiporte. The rough portion, one and a half to two miles this side cf Valpo. now passable. All trails south from Hammond In good condition. The Dixie Highway from Chicago Heights south to Marshall In good condition. Motorists ere respectfully requested on finding a wash-out. a bad hole, corner or crossing that would endanger one's life or cause damage to a car to report to headquarters Just what is. needed and 'same will be remedied Just as soon as possible. HOOSIER STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION Gary Hotel. Phone OSS. Vote for Charles R. Dyer for Clerk, Lake Circuit CouTt. A At,

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WOOPROW "WILSON owns 47 shares cf stock in the United States Steel Corporation. TOWN HALL. That's meeting place Monday night of Griffiths Ex-Service Men's Political Association. IRVING HILL., a -well known ! Hammond boy Is singing with the Indiana University Glea club on its spring trip. ARTHUR O. J. KRIEGER, or Chesterton, was In Hammond yesterday soliciting votes for Joint representative. COMMANDER HUTCHIXS, or the Griffith post of the American Legion has vailed special meeting ou Tuesday evening of all ex-service men. WEST HAMMOND'S baseball season opens In earnest tomorrow when the Columbia A. C tackles the Griffith All Stars of the Chicago league. HIGH winds blow over stack at Campbell's Soup factory. Portion of top pipe falls through boiler room doing heavy damage to machinery. AFTER working three days cleaning up aUot in the down town district. Henry llelneman, discovered he had cleaned the -wrong Tot. Result: For three days labor JO. 00. POSTAL improvement week starts May 1 to 6, says Postmaster J. L. Rohde, of Hammond, and declares that the week is for the benefit of patrons. MUCH credit is being given to the Parthenon theater management for acceding to public, opinion and cancelling the Jack Johnson burlesque show engagements. THE Charles Dyer bowling team of Hammond defeated the Charles Dyer team of Gary at the steel city this week and will play the Fefield team at Crown Point next week. MISS IRENE- McGEE. where art thou? Tour friend, Miss Emma Frank wants you. She says you lived at 81 Ogden at one time. Miss Frank's address is at this office and you may liave it by calling. H. E. GAVIT, mechanic 'straordlnary, formerly with Bohling Auto Sales, at Indiana Harbor, has returned to Hammond to wieli his masterly wrench as head mechanic for the Oakley Avenue Garage. SO much Junk has been given the Boy Scouts that it will be necessary to keep the trucks going next week after school hours in order to complete collections. One troop has already sold about $15 worth. THT3 Standard Electric', company has employed Ralph Brooks, expert radio operator who will maintain . complete radio department for Ham mond fans. Mr. Brooks is a licensed operator and an authority. EVERYTHING is in readiness for the minstrel show which is to be given Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows Hall, by Wiliani Calkins Post of the Woman's Relief Corps. An interesting program will be presented. OH! Those Legion boys. Opening no. reopening, their club rooms at 218 State street, Tuesday night they will have to entertain them now and henceforth, a radio. Tezzlr, a radio. There'll be other attractions, too. CHARLES LAMPRECHT, alderman Fifth ward. Highland. last night snapped an ornamental light post in half in front of the Hammond FHirniture Co., State street, when his steering wheel locked ami spun his car uncontrolled in a circle. JOHN S. GRIFFIN, former Hammond resident, is near death at Mft home in Lakeland. Fla., following a stroke of apoplexy, according to a letter received from Mrs. C. J. Arter, a daughter. Lewis Robbin's, of Hammond, is a grandson. WILSON FRANK, Lion store gro cery department, seeks sandals copped by cruel clerks. This when they played a joke on another chap. Young lady phones that Wilson was feen barefooted on West State street, hunting the missing sandals. COMPLAINT made that Erie ra.llroauhas taken the switch tender ol at the north entrance to the yards. Trains must practically come to a stop so switchman can run ahead and throw switch. Takes time for trains to get under way again. More delays for long drags. BILL CHELIUS. of Hammond, Is heading a party of twenty which has taken an entire car on Al Bloom special train to the Kentucky Derby at Louisville on May 13. The train will leave Chicago late on the night of May 11- and be back May 14. says the Chicago Tribune. TERRIBLE. That's the way Juvenile authorities described conditions leading to delinquency of several young girls in East Hammond. Mike Donich, 60 Company House, and Steve Christopher are sentenced at Crown Point for contributing to delinquency. Former gets maxlmun) six months on penal farm and fine of $500 and costs; latter gets six months on farm and fine of J260. THE Jack Johnson enow troupe minue the black pugilist found the stage door of the Parthenon closed

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I 23-29 Cities In Region Plan for Special Observance Of Period. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING. Ind.. April 22. Next week, April 23-29, is to be an important week in Indiana library circles, and the libraries in the Calumet Region are prepared to do their share to make it noteworthy. It is Indiana Library Week, when in practically every town in Indiana the needs and values and possibilities of library service will be stressed. Hammond, Gary, East Chicago. Indiana Harbor and Whiting- all have plans for special observance of the week. In Hammond, the mayor's announcement has already liein published, the ministers are being asked to make mention Sunday of the values cf library service, and slides will be shown at the motion picture houses. Talks will also be given at the theatres by "four-minute men,' and the Boy Scouts will distribute library tags to every home. In East Chicago and Indiana Harbor some of the same plans will be used. The librarian is offering a prize for the best poster on library service prepared in the high school, and the library tasrs will be distribuated through the schools. The program in Gary includes a meeting at the library every evening, a reception and address by the mayor Monday evening, followed by a book evening, a JIungarian evening, a children's meeting on Saturday, and other features. The annual report for the year Is bing distributed as a part of the Gary publicity material. The emphasis in Whiting is being placed on. publicity material, which is being mailed to all the members of the commercial club, and to other business men. Window displays will also be used, several of the leading merchants giving space for books pertaining to their line of business. Movie slides will also be used in Whiting, and Mayor Sehrage's statement appears in this issue. E Tl Albert J. Beverldge, the Indiana spell-binder, candidate for United States senator, openly charged last nijjht at the Orpheum theatre. Gary, that the organization of the Republican party In Lake county is working in the interests of his opponent. Beveridge said that it was r-.ini-ored his opponent's workers were going to "buy" the nomination in the county snd he dared them to do It. He paid that the party organization should be neutral. Beveridge spoke to a crowded house, all ttanding room taken. APRIL TERM IN T SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT, Ind., April 22. The April term of the Lake Circuit court will convene Tuesday morning. April 2S. 1922, at nine o'clock. The docket will be called and cases set at that time. Judge Norton says "Please arrange to be present if you can, and if not. mall the settings you require to John Killigrew. probate clerk, so that fhey will be in his hands in time for setting." The first week of the term will be given over to special matters. The jury will be in attendance beginning the second Monday, May 1. and will continue for four or five weeks, depending upon the demand for jury trials. The trial of court cases will consume the last four or five weeks of the term. against them when they appeared to fill their engagement last night. The management had cancelled the date, but the troupe put in an appearance in order to have basis for a suit. The management is being congratulated for cancelling Johnson, especially -with the civic bodies of the city. IF Hohman street property owners want to improve the Hohman street business district they will have to take the bull by he horns. Do they expect a city administration that has no personal interest on Hohman street to force through an improvement over the heads of kickers? Would that be good politics? No. It is entirely up to the Hohman street property owners themselves. DEBATE. At Riverside school. Yesterday afternoon. Rer-orter Bob .Lwjfrence ?sls jibout it. Topic, "Resolved, The Soldier Bonus Should Be Raised by a Sales Tax." Affirmatives, Rihrfr! Frey, chairman, Rose Krieger, Thelma Hoskins. Negative, Robert Lawrence, chairman, Katherlne. Freeman, Arthur Jones. Affirmatives won, 2 to 1. Judges, Mis Adklna, Miss t. Etta Curry; Mra. Merrill.

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PERSONALITY CHARLES HAS IT

The ether evening at a banquet in Hammond, a speaker said that personality Is the sum total of body j mind and soul. ! Charles j:. Dyer, candidate for j County Clerk, subject to the Repubj lican primary. May 2, has an engating personality. He Is forceful I and convincing. He has thrown , every c.unce of energy into his camIff ' ' , ' ' " of -.4 -: " ft i i 4 x 'S3 x CHARI.ES R. DYER paign. And the Jast ten days of the race finds him fresh as a daisy confident of success and as clean as a whistle in everything he says and does. His personality is being felt every place in Lake county. It has made the clerkship race an out standing feature of the campaign. There has' never been any ques tion about his politics. The re publlcanism of the Dyer family ex tends back to the civil war and ChaHes has been as faithful to the republican party as he has to Mrs. iyer, the five little Dyers and the ancient Cadillac limousine in which he is making his race for clerk. And by the way, the old Cadillac is holding up great. IN 1 MONTH Each year they celebrate One Big Birthday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Nylsztor, 4745 Melville ave., East Chicago. Mr. Nylsztor, who is one of the owners of the East Chicago Tire Repair Shop, was granted full citizneship this week by Judge Anderson in the Federal court. Yesterday he came to the office of Commissioner Charles Surprise for his certificate. Mr. Surprise noticed that the birthdays of Nyisztor amd his wife were on August 4 and 5 respectively and commented on the fact. Then he noticed that the two children. Gizella and Julius were born August 12 and 21. "And that isn't all," commented Mr. Nyisztor. "We have another daughter, Yolanda, born since I made my application. Her birthday is the same as mine, August 4. All five of us have birthdays in August so we just wait till the middle of the month and have a big celebra tion." FORD MOTOR CO. SMASHES RECORDS One New John Henry Is Made Every Six and a Half Seconds. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) DETROIT, April 22. All previous production tecords of the Ford Motor Company will be smashed during the month of May with a liO.000 car bchedule, the office of Edsel Ford, president, announced today, following a conference of executives. Employment of 5,000 to 10.000 more men is planned. This schedule means a new ..- will be mad every tlx and a half seconds for the twenty-seven eighthour work days. The highest production record was last August when 40,000 employes turned out 109,000 cars. To meet 'he enormous increase from the present schedule the fiveday a week plan announced by Edsel Ford as permanent, may be abandoned, officials said. The factory probably will be working on a sixday a week basis beginning May 1. they believe. JUDGE CRITES TO TRY CASE INDIANAPOLIS, IND., April 21 Death having twice stayed justice, the ca.e of Park vs. Thompson & Co. in the lake County Superior court has been placed on the "balance the third time. Death of Judge Hardy of the Lake county court left the case unsolved. Governor McCray appointed John H. Glllett, as special Judge. He also died. Yes terday the governor named M. K. Crites of East Chicago, as special - Judge to try the case.

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GETTING READY FOR THE CIRCUS Special Order For Keith Equipment Company Works - Them Overtime

WoTking overtime! They're doing that at the Keith Railway Equipment Co. of Hammond. This to complete for delivery today an order for 21 railway circus cars received 60 days ago from the Sells-Fioto circus people. The estimated cost of the work was placed at $30,000. The rush order for fat cars, stock cars and an elephant car for performers of the "big-top" provided after - hours employment for most of the force of 175 men on the pay-roll of the Keith Railway Equipment Co. "And that isn't all" says William J. Tangerman, general superintendent of the plaint. "With 65 cars -waiting to be spotted in our yards here for repairs and with new orders for circus care coming in frequently it will not be long before cramped plant facilities will again force us to build." Established but four years ago in a building that now houses "but one department the company three times has added new units to its Hammond factory and if the outlook continues to look as bright as at present a handsome new structure 600 feet long will be erected within the course of a few months. Seventy feet long and of all-steel construction the new type circus cars being built by the Keiths virtually preclude accidents of the kind that wiped out a score of performers of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus "in the fatal wreck at Ivanhoe two years ago. Sixteen of the cars are fiat tops. They are for carrying wagons. Four are stock cars. These are nine feet high inside and are equipped with every facility for caring for circus animals. There is one elephant car in the group. This will hold 14 of the big fellows, 12 ponies with extra room for the custodian. The pony stalls are double-deck, six stalls ahcKve and six below. All of the care are equipped with the recently invented automatic spring air-brake. The completed cars will e routed over the Monon railroad to Chicago where the circus will load late today. An order for four cars for the Patterson circuses of Kansas was completed last tweek. The Keiths maintain their own car designers. Mr. Tangerman has patented an oil tank car and most of the designing of the Sells-Floto circus cars was left to the engineers of the Keith company. The hompany is building also a 43-foot all-steel hydrogen gasmanufacturing car for the areo branch of the U. S. army. It will be equipped with oil and gas tanks and an e-lectric light -plant. MISS R01DE DIES AT HOSPITAL Daughter of Hammond Postmaster Fails to Rally from Operation. Failing to rally from an operation which she underwent last Sunday, Miss Elizabeth Rohde, daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. John L. Rohde, diedMast night at 10:15 o'clock at St. Margaret's hospital, Hammond. Miss Rohde had lived in Hammond the greater part of her life and haC a wide circle of friends who grieve to learn of her untimely passing. For over two years she had been employed as clerk in the notions department of the Lion Store, where her pleasing personality had endeared her to many of the store's customers. She was taken III with appendicitis and removed at once to the hospital last Sunday. An operation was performed and it was thought she would recover in due time. Hewever, later In the week it was seen that complications had arisen which resultea in her death. She was twenty-nine years old, having been born in Chicago, July 8, 1892. Shit came to Hammond with the family in August, 1S93. he leaves her parents, two brothers, Ldward and Fred, and a sister, Mrs. Laura Newm.i, nil of Him.no.id. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Rohde home, 163 Indiana ave. Rev. Lichtsinn will officiate and burial will be in Concordia cemetery. B. P. O. KI.K Very important special meeting 11 A. M,, Sunday, April 23rd. Every member should attend. - R. C. SLATER, Secy.

SENATOR NEW TO COUNTY

Following! on the heels of his opponent, Albert J. Beveridge, who has completed a two-day campaign tour of Lake county. Senator Harry S. New forces will take possession of the field next week. Lew Barnes, chairman of the New campaign committee in Lake county, has secured some of the best speakers in Indiana and the county for the close of the campaign next week. "We have tried every possible way to get Senator New up here before the close of the campaign," said Mr. Barnes, "but that is impossible. He Is so busy with senate affairs in Washington that he will be and is too busy to leave his duties to make campaign speeches for himself." Tl DRIVES IN 1 WEEK $30,000. Hammond is going to raise that much money the week of May 8 to 13 for the use of two well-known organizations. One organization will get $6,000. This money will be spent in caring for needy families and bringing cheer into destitute homes. The other organization will get $14,000. It will be used in starting boys right in the hope that they will be better prepared for the battle of life and thus never need the aid of the first organization. The Salvation Army and Boy Scouts, of Hammond, have locked arms and are going to put over their spring financial campaigns in one big effort. It is one of the biggest tasks Hammond has tackled since the days of the war, when "drives" followed each other like waves on the lake. The Salvation Army needs $6,000 for its work in Hammond. It is running behind right now because of the heavy drains on the treasury during the last winter. If you think the Army hasn't been busy during cold weather, just take a look at this report, which was read by Ensign Harry Butler at the last meeting of the Advisory Board: Total number families assisted. 215 Total number persons assisted. . 800 Transients furnished beds...... 99 Transients furnished meals 103 Transients furnished carfare.... 25 The families assisted included 55 at Christmas, 15 at Thanksgiving and 53 received provisions at other times. The Army distributed 6.000 pounds of coal, most of it being carried to the homes by the workers in sacks. They gave away 251 garments and 49 pairs of shoes. In home service work, which included sitting up with sick, doing actual housework in homes, looking after paroled prisons, etc, the Army visited 823 homes and spent 879 hours in service. The reports show that in Indiana the organization did twice the service last winter that it ever did in any previous year. So much for the needs of the Salvation Army. Nearly everybody is familiar with the work of the Boy Scouts. Hammond has nearly 500 Scouts now, and should have many more. New leaders are being drawn Into the work and new troop" are being organized. Aside from the interest which all boys show in the routine scout program, the big incentive to the work in Hammond is the annual summer camp which permits all scouts to spend a couple of weeks out in the open, away from cities and under expert supervision. Through a deal closed this week, the Hammond Scout Council is to become the owner of one of the finest summer camp sites in Southern Michigan. By paylnpr cash, the council will obtain the 40 acre wooded tract at a lower figure than it was first offered at. This purchase will of course swell the budget this year, but it is merely so much money invested. The camp will always sell for more that its present cost. 13. N. Bunnell had been selected to head the Salvation Army campaign for funds. George Ilannauer. old veteran at the game, was to see that the Scouts had their treasury re-stocked. Last night Mr. Hannauer called on Mf. Bunnell and sug gested that they join forces and put it over in one big drive, thus con serving a lot of energy. It sounded ) good to Mr. Bunnell,, so it was agreed upon. Committees are now being appointed and it is planned to have everything ready to start the campaign off with a bang on the morning," of May S. BIG TIME ACTS AT ELK'S SHOW For the big Elks show that Is to open the new Elks home in Hammond next week, the entertainment committee has secured a vaudeville show made up of big time acts. Every act is on the Orpheum circuit that places the Majestic and Palace in Chicago. The Elks never do things by halves and the public is assured of a good show. The other attractions are likewise of high calibre.

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Chairman Barnes, who Just re turned from Indianapolis and a brief tour over the state, was con fident that the people of Indiana would send the senator back to the senate by a handsome majority. "New seems to be strong every place that I visited." he stated "with a scattering of Beveridge sen timent where he has spread some of his propaganda." Some of the speakers being sched uled to appear in Lake county next week are ex-Lieut. Gov. Bush, ex Gov. Taylor of Kentucky, ChaYles Bookwalter, farmer mayor of Indianapolis, Clair Adams, prosecuting attorney of Marion county, and Judge Spring of Connersvllle, and the first commander of the Ameri can Legion of Indiana. 1 IN PROTEST Over a hundred and fifty prop erty owners from the Eleventh ward crowded into the Lafayette school last evening and denounced In no uncertain terms the selfish ness of . the corner lot owners on Rohde avenue, who, with a few ex ceptions, are seeking to make use of the street for private purposes by putting the sidewalk on the curb instead of the lot lines. All of the members of the board of public works were present Snd there can be no doubt left in their minds as to what the great majority of the people of the East Side want. The result of the meeting was the appointment of a committee of five, consisting of Frank B. Dohcrty, Englehart Ullrich, Charles S. Burke, Leon J. Granger and Charles Scott, to meet representatives of the Rohde avenue corner owners in the presence of the- members of the board of public works, at the City Hall next Monday afternoon in an effort to effect a compromise and to report back to the citizens who attended the meeting last evening. Another committee, consisting of Theodore Klotz, William Lynch and T. Doolin, was appointed to draw an ordinance, and seek its passage by the Hammond City Council, preventing the building of walks anywhere but on the lot lines in the future. DKTEHMHED CITIZEXnY. No one who attended the meeting last 'night could question the deter' mlnation of those who were present. In fact it was difficult to preserve the necessary restraint that w as necessary to bring about a. solution of the question. But the spirit of tolerance was also present. The members of the board pointed out that the selfseeking property owners on Rhode avenue had come with a petition signed by all but one or two of the property owners on the street, asking for the placing of the walk to the curb, and that the other prop erty owners in the district had not been present to remonstrate. The matter has been permitted to go by default as is frequently the case until a neighborhood becomes aroused. The property owners had expected that the board would follow the custom, whiaii for years has been one of the unwritten rules of the board. But now that the East Side Is up in arms, and the board knows the sentiments of the great majority of the property owners, the situation Is entirely different. One great principle has come to be recognizer' as a result of this controversy, and that is this: The streets of Hammond belong to the public. The integrity of a street cannot be violated without injury to the whole city. The fact that the improvement of streets i. done by special assessments instead of general tax ation does not give the abuting property owners the right to impair their future usefulness by reducing their utilizable with. The liis of the State prescribe methods by which streets may be vacated, but these vacation proceedings recognize the interest of the vn hole community in Its streets. TKLLS OF 4 IIILI KllMM;. Lejon J. Granger made a telling point last evening when he tald how a child had stepped off from one of the curb sidewalks in the Lyndora addition only a foot or two into the street and was killed by a passing automobile. The grass plot or terrace would have given the driver time to avoid an accident and might have saved the child's life. The Lyndora addi tion was laid out by engineers of the United States Housing Corporation. The fact was made plain that if the Rohde avenu property owners are permitted to take possession Of the ptreet, the same thing will be done on many other streets in the city and incalculable damage will be done. Hence, instead of settling the problem, the board of works will find that the trouble has only got a good start and it will be in hot water on sidewalk controversies for years to come. That is why so much interest is being taken in Rohde avenue. EVERYBODY TALKS. The meeting last night lasted tw o hours and a half. Nearly

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itEiMri Oratorical and Declamatory First: Froebei, Gary. "First Inaugural Address," Harding. By Georee Orescan. Second: Hammond. "War and Public Opinion," Reed. By Joseph Insrraham. Third: East Chicago. "March" of the Flag." Peter Friendlar.d. By Beveridge. Choral Contest First: Emerson, Gary. "My Love Dwelt in si Northern Land," by E'gar. Second: Whiting. "Bridal Chorus," from Rose Maiden, by Colan. Third: Crown Point. "Wind of Night," by Lobr. With unusual enthusiasm prevailing, eight Lake county high school students invaded G-ary yesterday afternoon and evening to take part in the Annual Choral and Oratorical and Declamatory contests. For the third consecutive year. Emerson students, under the direction of musical director M. E. Snyder, took first honors in the Choral contest in the afternoon. Much praise Is heaped on his shoulders for Emerson's excellent chorus. Whiting took second place and Crown Toint was given a third by the Judges. Last night at the Froebei auditorium, Gary won another first when George Orescan, Froebei student, gave the "First Inaugural Address'' by Harding. His subject, oratory and delivery were excellent, according to the judges. Special comment was girea to Joseph Incraham of Hammond, who took second in the Oratorical nni Declamatory contest, with "War an i Public Opinion" by Reed. The jud.ei might have given him first had hi delivery been better. They rail that the future held bright prospects in oratory. Peter Frfcdlan! of East Chicago won third honors with the "March of the Flag-'' by Beveridge. The winner of first place In the Oratorical contest received a gold medal, second place filver end the third place bronze. Schools cf thr county who participated were Gary. Hammrid. East Chicago, Wliitirg, Lowell. Crown Point and Hobart. The judges In the Choral contest.were Buelah McComb of Kentlan I, Ind.; Fern Amnion, Rensselaer, Ind., and T. W, Annette Nutter of Laport", Ind. Declamatory and Oratorical, Miss Fthel Nicholson and Miss Hortense Webb of the Columbia School of Expression of Miss Virginia Cole ?.nd Mrs. Ruth Dumon, school of expression of the Northwestern University. Officers of the association ore IT. H. Clark, principal of the East Chicago high school; C. S. Coons, principal Froebei, Gary; A. S. Spohn. principal Hammond, and L. C. Grubb of Whiting. MAYBE GLENN MADE A DICKER WITH HIM Anyhow IMr. Peters Today Has No More Dress Suit than a Rabbit. When Mrs. Glenn Peters tells Mr. Glenn Peters, the Hammond lawver that they are Invited to "Whooi's" formal affair on the evening fol lowing, then Mr. Glenn Peters can tell Mrs. Glenn Peters that the party is all off. ... So far as Mr. Glenn Peters is concerned. Because Mr. Glenn Peters hasn't any din ner suit any more. No sir! 'Sfnet: Thieves, secondstory men, porch-climters (good scouts, says Peters) last night en tered his home, at 112 Forest tvenue, and ransacked upstairs rooms.. The Job was completed before 10:3 Ci. At that hour Mr. Peters ortned his front door. Through the corridor he could see the ba."k door open. He entered. At that moment a;i automobile standing in the renr cf the house, in State Lino street, snorted, chugged and spurted away. Also with it Mr. Peter's fine dinner suit, J25 in cash, a brown alligator traveling bag, and goodness knows how much else. Mr. Peters is waMInc his wife's return to make a complete inven tory. This morning ht was thank ing Julius TTeyn, manager of i reinsurance donartmcp of th First Trust & Saving Bank, for in let ter's persisicr.'-f an-! good ad'-ter. Mr. Peters carries burglar insur ance with Mr. Meyn. The only thin to worry Mr. Peters now ts tlif-t ltiwife may insist that he replace hi dinner suit through the insurance money. everybody spoke. Some spoke several times When a vote wan taken on the question of the position of the sidewalk vote vu-- unanimously in favor of the lot line walk. The board of works wil have time to think it over. Ci:- Kncineer William F. Bridge suggested that, it ought to be possi!'!' to reach onic sort cf a compromise and it lias following this suggest ion that thcommittee was appointed to confer with the Rondo aeimc p-opr;:y owners. Roscoe K. Woods mad the suggestion that a sitccn fuot coii'..-rc street be built and used as a sidewalk for the next fev." years ur.til the traffic on the street l-ecame great enough to make suf h an arrangement dangerous. Then the walks could be built on the lot lines.