Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 311, Hammond, Lake County, 22 May 1922 — Page 1
CAUGHT IN ROBBERY YOUTH CHARGES FRAMEUP
THE WEATHER Flr tonlxht, Tneaday tcwain rlAudtness. poMiblr followed by showers In afternoon or night, not much chance in temperature. LAK COUNTY W VOL. XV. NO. 311. MONDAY, MAY 22, 1922. HAMMOND. fN I M ANA IV
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Public Shows Serious Interest in Filling These Vacancies Two weeks from Tuesday evening the Hammond city council will face the necessity of filling one vacancy on the Hammond board of education. Before the summer is over another appointment will probably be necessary. The term of Attorney L.. L. Bomberger will expire this summer. T. R. T.'nnart, who still has another year to serve, has interests centered outside of Hammond and expects to move away. .Already ther; is much discussion as to the probable selections for these positions. Seldom has the public showed such serious interest In thi matter. The bis tasks which have faced the present board in the last few: years have brought the public to the realization that membership on the board of education is a man-sized job requiring business and executive ability and knowledge of th ? progress of educational methods. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT. Some idea of the importance of i the council's appointment may be gained from a consideration of the work which ha hern done by the present board in the last three years. The next three years will b fvry bit as strenuous, it is be11ved. as Hammond's school facll" it!"s have lagged far behind Its ponuiation growth. The three trustees now have charji of an investment of two and one-half millions in school property. They are charged with the employing of 400 teachers and other employees. The annual budget for operating the Hammond school system has now grown to almost $700,000. Nearly threequarters of a million a year. The Hammond schools are opererated on a p;r capita cost of $72 per pupil as against $97 in Hatt Chicago and $141 in Gary. They pay a large percentage of total revenue for ttaehers' salaries and l?sa for other purposes than neighboring cities. The percentage for Hammond is 69 while East Chicago's is S7.5 and Gary's S5.2. This favorable showing is made In spite of the fact that Hammond has an assessed valuation of only $3,000 per school pupil while Gary's is $13,900 and East Chicago's is $16,000. BIG WORK DOXE. School hous-; construction which should have been done during the war is now being pushed as rapidly as finances permit. Maywood and Kenwood communities have cottage schools as temporary pro. visions until buter accommodations can be afforded. The old saloon and store buildings of East Hammond are no longer used. Construction has started on the new Lincoln school to replace the building which was burned. Childr?n there have also been housed in cottages awaiting the new building. The new units of the high school have b-en completed in spite of great difficulties relieving a congestion which was becoming unbearable. The school has already stepped into first rank in th- middle west. The last three years have been important ones in Hammond's schrol history but the next three will be Just as important. This fact is being str'ssed by men acquainted with school needs wherever citizens discuss school board appointments. Aldermen are being urgd to study th problem seri ously before making their choice for the important positions. GENERAL STRIKE IN (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO. May 22. Policeman James Mullen was thrown from the window of a new apartment building on the south side early today by two men who are believed "to have been intending to bomb or fire the structure. Mullen suffered injuries that may result in his death. A general strike which was to have become effective in the building trades here this morning failed to materialize. BAKING HEAD'S SON INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEJ WHITE PLAINS, X. T., May 22 Walter S. Ward. 31, son of the head cf the Ward Baking company, surrendered to Sheriff George Werner here today and confessed, according to an announcement from the sheriff office, that he shot and killed Clarence Peters. former navy man, whose body was found near here recently. A monster crowd witnessed the big athletic carnival in which sixty boys teams participated at Gleason Park in Gary Saturday afternoon.
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CONFESSES MURDER
F.S.BE1Z FAVORS
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"Miles and miles and miles of streets 1n European cities have, arcade sidewalks," declared l' S. Betz. the importer, today. "City after city has them. Country after country after country." Mr. Betz favors the arcade plan for Hohman and State streets. He declares that it will widen the street at one-thousandth the expense. "Each property owner can do it himself without the city making any assessment. It merely means that the first floor store front will be moved back ten or fifteen feet and the sidewalk put under the arcade. It is the simplest thing imaginable." JULES HAS PLENTY OF POLICIES LEFT This is Jule Meyn's busy week. Bright and early this morning he stepped out to equal his record in garnering; risks, selling Insurauce. made a week ago when he sold 3U policies and established a mark new in the achievements of his company j in Indiana. He sold more than any i other two leaders in the state. And why all the enterprise? Well, young Mr. ;.reyn has set his heart on winning- a high place in the national contest of representatives of the Travelers Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn. The contest closes May 31. Mr. Meyn says he i is assured second place in the state. First place will go to R. E. Ault. of Muncie. who will also win the national honors, says Mr. Meyn. Winners in the various states will get an "expenses paid' trip to Hartford- the first week in September, when the representatives of the Travelers meet in national convention. EXPECTS DROUTH Every available receptacle for holding! water was pressed into use this morning- by householders in the Lyndora Addition, East Hammond, in anticipation of an official drouth that was to begin late today in the district when some thirty families will be deprived of city water by order of the board of public works. City Treasurer' Walter F. Bielefeld says he is ready to carry out the mandate of the board of works shutting ot the supply of city water to those homes where the residents have refused to pay . water rentaR varying from $S to $12. This was decided upon at a meeting of the board Friday. The ultimatum on property owners of the addition was seed this morning. Those who declined to comply with the board's order to pay up or dry up, will find the; faucets gasping and their bath tubs empty. Tenants who are renting will be treated the same as those who own their homes. It will be up to the tenant to get after his landlord and see that he pays his water rentals. Mr. Bielefeld said today that in as much as property pwners of th district are receiving police and fire protection and are usinfr the schools they should also meet city taxes as do property owners In other parts of the city. The insurgents who refuse to pay taxes will find their property scheduled for sale, said Mr. Bielefeld. OLDTIMERS SEE AN INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PAiiiS, in., Mny Zi uid lime raihoad men, dinntr buckets in hand, stood around in groups here today and exe'tedly discussed a new "phenomena" a gasoline truck running on the rails. It was the first time they had ever seen the Mack rail car. a ranruau car operated by gasoline motor, in action. Railroad men say the gasoline car will make great economy and that it is the possible solution of the short line problem. It has been necessary heretofore to run a locomotive ami two cars to carry a few passengers daily, it was explained. The rail car is expected to do the work at one-third the cost and turn what is now a deficit on short lines into a profit. RECOUNT STARTS AT CROWN POINT ISPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT, Ind., May 22 Recount of the ballots cast for Co. Treasurer at the , Republican county primary, began late this afternoon. The commissioners are Attorney J. Will Be'shaw of lowell. City Judge Allan Twyman of East Chicago and Charles Meeker of Crown Point. The recount will take at least a week. THE semi-annual dance of the Kappa Delta Gamma's will .be held on the evening of May 25 at the Lyn dora Hotel, Hammond. It is an informal affair.
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U. S. OIL EXPERT CONFERRING WITH RUSS AT GENOA
W5 tr; 4hMs)M Mason Day. Mason Day, president of the International Barnsdall Corporation of New York and representing larpc oil interests in America, is in Genoa conferring with Ieonid Krassin, soviet trade expert. He is reported as seeking concessions in the Baku oil fields. Krassin denies that British interests have been given a monopoly... State Examiners Reveal Object of Visit to Calumet Region Cities. In an effort to devise a uniform and simplified method of recording special assessments, tax delinquencies, and other financial paper work, f I. D. Hutchins and Hugh D. Studebaker, field ;if;(nts of the state board of accountst were in Hammond today consulting with City .Treasurer Walter F. Bielefeld. It is the hope of the state board to bring a uniform system of accounting into use in all of the Calumet district cities. The present method is declared unwieldy anJ ambiguous. Mr, Hutchins and Mr. Studebaker have been in Gary for the past three weeks auditing the books of all the city departments. Their findings, like those of bank examiners, are confidential and are reported only through regular channels. The purpose of the visit to Hammond, it is -aid, was to learn certain advantages in city finance accounting inaugurated by Mr. Bielefeld and th.-it will be incorporated in the final plan which it is hoped all the cities will concur in. 98 LOSE LIVES - ON FRENCH COAST BREST. France, May 22. The second steamship accident on the French coast in 48 hours was reported today when news was received here that fhe freighter Saint Patris had gone ashore in the fog off Cape Lizard. An inquest has been commenced over the 98 men anJ women who lost their lives in the sinking of the Peninsular and Oriental liner Egypt by tne French liner Seine on Saturday. An investigation has been instituted to ascertain why the steamship P-?e. which was only nine miles from the Egypt when that illfated liner went down, failed to respond to "S. O. S." calls. BROOKS HOUSE ACTIVITIES Following a whirl-wind campaign that carried speakers into factories, churches and halls of East Hammond, the citizenship class for foreigners sponsored by the East Hammond Civic and Improvement Association has opened at Brooks House with 89 men student-applicants for second papers. Every Friday night the class will meet at the East Hammond Community Center for a lesson In English, American history and civics. Teachers have been selected from among the business and professional men of East Hammond. They will be able to converge in native tongue with the students of three or four nationalities who comprise fie clashes. This will facilitate progress in the work of grasping the essentials of history and civics and will be a great aid in bringing to the foreigner a better understanding of the peculiarities of the language of his adopted country. It is hoped to have the members of the class prepared to take examinations for second papers in the fall. VALPARAISO, May 22 A $50,000 damage suits was .brought to Valparaiso last Friday for trial from Lake county. Adelaide SIrline is suing the B. and O. for that amount, alleging that she received a fractued skull, when the crossing flagman lowered the gates on her head, without warning.
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ISi GEM Dsntal Romance in Gary Is Uivulged When Lawyers Get Busy Lawyers are generally considered prosaic and matter-of-fact critters. Their writings as a rule makemighty dull and stupid reading for the layman. It taken another lawyer to dope them out. Hence, when Capouch & Miller, Gary lawyers, droppoj in this morning at the Hammond court house and filed a complaint, not much was expected. It was a divorce 'suit. That promised something. Perusal showed it to be a "good" divorce suit, as the morbid public views such things. But, my dears! The language of it all. It's a literary gem. So different, you know, from the usual run of legal papers. Reads more like a spicy little story. Well, it concerns the marital affairs of Walter B, Toungkin and his wife, Beatrice, of Gary. The opening paragraphs are bromidlc. .Married September 7. 1S18; ' separated May 19, 1922. But quickly the attorneys warm up to their story. They soon forget the ponderous style of the legal advisor. In brief. Mrs. Toungkin had several bad teeth. They needed fixing, so she went to a certain Gary dentist and had him look them over. He gave her a price. It would cost $19 to patch up her smile. That was all right with Mr. Youngkin. Then started the appointments wfth the dentist. They were numerous. It took three months for the dentist to do that $19 worth of filling. Folks began talking. Thiy noticed that Mrs. Toungkin's appointments with the dentist were generally at the fag end of the day so that she would be the last patient. Then someou, as someone generally does, whispered an Inkling of it in Mr. Toungkin's ear. "Well, what of It?" he queried. Husband ar generally that way. But someone else put another bug in his ear. He continued to hear more and more until he decided something should be done. He asked Beatrice about it and she readily admitted meeting the dentist, ofttimes clandestinely. He found out other things. As Messrs. Capouch & Miller put it: "These tete-a-tete seances were not entirely confined to the privacy of said dental officff, but as the spirit moved them they would frequently fare forth in said dentist's automobile emboldened by a carefree abandon sufficient in itself to render envious any flapper outside of Hollywood." How's that? But to continue. Toungkin had noticed the wanir.g of his wife's affections- They kept slipping until she "gave up all semblance of wanting to be an encouragement and helpmeet to him, but wandered far afield and astray from the last remnants of her former zeal and ardor for their domestic felicity and lost and enmeshed herself in the maze and labyrinth of the world tnd its phantom allurement and folly." At first he thought she was ill and was even more tender toward her. But "When the full significance and truth of the situation was thus brought home to him. the unexpectedness of It all fell upon his stunned and affrighted comprehension and unwilling belief with all Its appalling force and crushing weight and left him cast down low, in the most abject desolation of spirit." Back to earth again The Youngkins have a son. twenty months old. Mr. Youngkin desires his custody. The family has lived at ten addresses in the last two years. The address this morning was 3900 Harrison St. SUCCESSFUL APPEAL Judge V. S. Reiter, of Hammond, this morning ruled in favor of the Chicago Flexible Shaft Co., of East Chicago, in its appeal from the award of the East Chicago Board of Public Works relative to the closing of 145th St., through the tract of land owned by the General American Tank Car Corp. He granted the plaintiffs $4,500 damages on one part of their real estate and $200 on another. The street was closed by order of the Board of Works and in assessing benefits and damages Charles E. Timson and the Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. were awarded $1,980 damages. The case was tried two weeks ior court, asking for $50,000 damages. The case was tride two weeks ago and Judge Reiter has had it under advisement since then. RARE ROBIN SEEN WESTFIELD, Mass.. May. An albino robin was seen near the Noble Hospital here. White robins I are very rare. The one seen here was about one-quarter white, with I streaks of white down the back. The wings were about one-third white as well. ....
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Ellis Cutting, Light Brigade stir ivor. Into the valley of death. Into the jaws of hell Rode the Six Hundred. And with them rode Ellis Cutting of Chicago. But that was before he went into the service vf the Rock Island railroad. Cutting was a member of the Eleventh hussars td her majesty Queen Victoria at tbs famous charge at Balakaiava. made immortal by Tennyson's martial masterpiece. He believes he is the only survivor of the brigade, He's retired now. L WINS H. S. TRACK MEET Three high school track records wre broken Saturday in the state field meet at Richmond, Ind. The half mile was clipped off at 2 minutes, 4 second by a' Frankfort lad. -Vorstran of Sheridan did 22 feet 4 3-4 inches on the broad jump: Marks of Wabash made the 220 low hardies In 26 1-5 seconds. Manual Training Tech of Indianapolis, tooft' first place In the' meet: Norstaln of Sheridan was the Individual high pointer. Gary of Manual Training Tech took the 100 yard dash In 10 S-5 seconds and 220 in 23 3-5 seconds. Two mile races were run, the time being 4 minutes. 40 seconds and 4 minutes, 43 seconds. There were also two relay races. Brazil took one and Manual Training Tech the other. Hammond high school had two men in the meet. Oliver Nichols entered both the high and low hurdles, and Herbert Bleker was in ths 100 and 220 races. Both men failed to place. I EYEBALL LOST The left eyeball of James Grlmoie, a colored workman at the Steel and Tube Company, East Chicago, was knocked into his head and complete sight in this eye lost when a stone thrown by a co-worker struck him, following an argument between the two men over working conditions while in the bunk houses of the company. Saturday iiight. Leonard Barnes, colored, who threw the rock, is being held at the East Chicago police on a charge of assault and battery. The unfortunate man was attended by Dr. Cotter and sent to the Gary hospital. HOBART MAN HURT AT GARY MILLS rSPECIAL TO THE TIMES HOBART. Ind., Way 22. After working but a few days at the Gary steel mills Wm. Kostbade of this city, -met with a rather serious accident. He was standing on a coal car and accidentally fell off. striking hig arm against the pavement causing a fracture of the 'upper arm. He is being cared for at the company hospital at Gary, but is expected to "be aWe to return home within a few days. A HUGE HARBOR MORTGAGE FILED SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT, Ind., May 22. A hundred thousand dollar mortgage was filed in Co-jnty Recorder Rose's office on Saturday for the Burns Tollock Manufacturing Company of Indiana Harbor to the First Calumet Trust and Savings Bank of Indiana Harbor. This is one of the largest mortgagee that has been filed on Lake county property for some time. ONE KILLED; TWO HURT VALPARAISO. Ind.. May 22. Rich ard Synek, age thirty-seveV was killed and two other men were injured yesterday evening when an automobile occupied by six men en route from North Judson to Chicago went into a ditch south of this city. Synek is a farmer at North Judson. He leaves a widow and two small children. ,
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YES BUT MR. SANDERS GETS THE FORD CAR Indianapolis Couples Trade Husbands and Wives And Another Love Puzzle is Untangled After Divorces.
(INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. May 22. 'New Wives for Old, or Why Trade Your Wife-' found its sequel Saturday when Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sanders and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Green Joyously started their second honeymoon after a double divorce followed by marriages in which the most complicated swap since David Harum's last "hoss" trad was effected. For eight years Bert and Beatrice Sandem had danced and attended parties with Leroy and Maude Green. Their friends and neighbors. Up to five ireens before last Christmas it was Just a neighborly affair. Then something began to change it all. Mr. Green told Mrs. Sanders (according to Mr. Sanders' version that she was the "most beautiful woman In North Indianapolis." Mr. Sanders however, declined to reveal Just what he told Mrs. Green, but he confessed his remarks "covered more territory than north Indianapolis." Christmas day the couples had a great holiday feast together. Almost Immediately Mrs. Sanders and Mr. Green filed suit for divorce. Staying out niehts to play pool was TTa 7 FTPi
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sLU3 l J3. iBtLLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LOS ANGELES, i.lay 22. Unable to reach an agreement after more than two days' deliberation, it was expeited the Jury which tried Arthur C. Burch a second time for the alleged murder of J. Belton Kennedy, would be discharged this morning. The Jury was reported to have taken thirty-five futile ballots. BIXLETTX) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ALBERT LEA, Minn.. May 22. Fire early today destroyed a block and a half of the business section of this city when it raged undiscovered for over three hours. Estimated damage tl, 060,000. Cause of jthe con- ' flagratibo is unknown. (Bl'LLETIN') INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE DALLAS, Tex., May 22. Damage estimated at S170.000 was caused by fife during a severe electrical and rain storm here last night and early today. (Lightning struck the Cycle Tark open air theatre and the entire str icture was consumed. The loss was placed at . $50,009. Fire gutted the- building at 1519 Commerc St.. in the heart of the business section, causing a loss of $120,000. (BILLETIX) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE MEXICO CITY, May 22. The Mexican war office today is making plans for the opening of a widespread campaign against the rebels in the state of Tabasco. A squadron of airplanes Is under orders to Join the federals. Flgnting has broken out near Villa Hermosi and the fate of the city Is in u jiibt. BCLLETIX BREST. France. May 22. Captain llarzic. comamnder of r INTER NATIONAL NEWS StRVICEl WASHINGTON, May 22The staid old United States senate was thrown into an uproar today rhen a verbal clash between Senator Phipps, republican, of Colorado, and Senator Watson, democrat, of Georgia, was prevented from becoming a physical encounter only through the intervention of mutual friends. As it was. the two senators, hotly expostulating, rushed from the floor to "fight it out" in the corridor. Friends reached them in time to prevent blows being: exchanged. The quarrel started when Watson accused a member of the senate on postoffices. of interfering with Postmaster rppotmtnvnts in Getorgiai. Watson charged the Colorado senator was attempting to name three postmasters who were "personally obnoxious." to him. Threatened phyeical encounter was the refult of a "dare" given the Colorado senator by Watson when the senators met within the senate chamber. Come out in the hall.'' cried Watson so the galleries could overhear. "There is only one way to settle this matter. You've done enough interference." With the challenge, Watson started for the corridors and Phipps followed. When the two met face to face Just outside the senate chamber. Watson turned and shouted: "I've had tnough of you but the friends reached them at that moment and averted the -fight. "Come outside the building where there will be no interference," Watson shouted, as Phipps hurried away among friends. Watson then quieted, saying later he had "not lost his temper."
WATSON GOES ON NEW RAMPAGE
Mrs. Sanders' complaint against her mate. "Husband desertion" was Mr. Green's charge. Still tha Quartet carried on a "foursome courtship." On May fourth Mr. and Mrs. Sanders were divorced In the local courts. Yesterday the Greens received their decree. Immediately Mr. Bert Sander.i and Maude Green hiding themselvss along cummily with Mr. Leroy Green and Mrs. Beatrice Sanders, appeared at the marriage license clerk's window. There was much confusion when the clerk tried to re-splice the newly divorced couples, but the tangle being unraveled, marriages followed. Today the newly-paired couples are seeking new homes, and quoth Mr. Sanders: "Wouldn't It be odd if we moved Into the same double house?" P. S. They are all set to start housekeeping. Mrs. Sanders, number 1. By the terms of the divorce decres received two airdales and the furniture. Mrs. . Green no. 1
came out with two canaries and the furniture. Mr. Sanders retained custody of the Sanders' Ford car, and everybody's happy. .LL the French freighter Seine which rammed and sank the Peninsular and Oriental lirer Egypt on Saturday night with the loss of 88 lives was severely criticized at the opening of the Inquest today because after the collison he reversed his engines, backing his ship and thus opened up the hole in the Egypt's hull. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. May 2Z President Harding has given his endorsement to the movement for establishment of state parks in a letter to John Barton Payne, chairman of the conference committee of the second national conference on state parks. It was ?J"iied here today, v aL ' fBCXLETIX) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON, May 2 J, L'p. to noon the foreign office had received no confirmation f the report that revolution has broken out In Bulgaria and that King Boris has fled. Bulgarian officials in continental Europe denied the revolutionary reports. (BLLLETIX) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO. May 22. Wesley May, famous aerial acrobat and daredevil, cied here today from shock resulting from a 60-foot leap from a parachute after he Lad safely dropped 5,000 feet frqrn the ,,-air. His parachute was ncaring the ground when he leaped from his support and landed on a military cemetery tombstone. (BLLLETIX) PARSONS, Kans.. May 22. A. Harsfield, engineer, and 1 Dougherty, fireman, were killed early today near Vlnlta when train No. 3, the Missouri. Kansas Sc. Texas limited from St. lyouis. was' ditched. POUCE GARY SLAYER "I'm going to get my gun and the next time I see you I'm going to kill you." This is what Rufus Snsll (colored), held under arrest on a charge of murder at the Gary police station is alleged to have remarked after Johnny Williams, also colored, and another friend "Jumped" Snell and slapped his face about a week or so ago in a south side pool room. Saturday Williams was in a pool room and colored club at 1532 Washington street. He had forgotten the incident of a week previous until he saw Snell. Snell pulled the gun from his pocket and fired. One bullet struck Williams in the chest, ploughing Its way into his heart and causing instant death. During the commotion Snell walked out of the building and escaped. Upon making a hurried investigation tha police threw a dragnet around the south side for the slayer and an hour later arrested Snell at 21st avenu; and Massachusetts street. The body of Williams was taken to Guy's under, taking parlors. According to information, Snell is the colored man that Cole, slayer of Policeman Julius Gunthor, was looking for before he met and killed the police officer in a rear room of a south side rendezvous. This is th; fourth murder in Gary in the past month and a half, three of them beir.g double tragedies, murder and suicides. MANY Gary contractors are violating the city ordinance which regulates the dumping of material on the street, obstructing the highways It is got to stop according to Chief Forbia
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Says Co-Partner Conspired Crime on Sam Skufakiss '
Caught red-handed in an alleged attempt to rob the restaurant of Sam Skufakiss. former city councilman, in East Hammond, Billy West alias Kerry, aged 19 years, faces trial on charges of burglary. He in turn charges he la the victim of a frame-up. He says certain elements In East Hammond are anxious to have him "railroaded." He swears out a w'arrant charging his co-partner in crime with conspiracy. The partner, James Eleadas. aged 18. a waiter is held by Hammond police In bonds of $5,000. In city court this morning the rival factions marshalled their forces for Wood battle to the hilt. City Judge Henry Cleveland granted a continuance to tomorrow for both sides to gather witnesses. HERE'S HIS STATEMENT Here's the signed statement obtained by Chief Bunde from young Berry or West. , . "My name is Billy Berry. I am 19 years old. I live at 575 Fields avenue. I met Jimmy, whose last name I do not know, about 7 p. m. and he said he. had something good on for tonight. I told him I was going- to supper and would see him later. I met him again about t:30 at Columbia and Morton avenues. We walked about two blocks. He then told me what he had om. He told me that there was a bunch of money which Sam Skufakiss had gotten from selling street car tickets. He told me that it amounted to about $600. He told me ha would see me later and said he would go with m e "We then met again abcut elTn o'clock. He didn't say anythingabout it at that time meaning burglarizing Sam Skufakiss' store. "I then .went to a dance at Stdola's hall and stayed' there until the dance was over. Then I took a friend of mine home that wu pretty drunk. "When returning home I bought a quart of milk from a milk-man at Morton and Howard avenues and was drinking it while walking east on Morton avenue. Then I met Jimmy about the middle of th block. "He asked me If I wanted ta pull the 'Job.' " "I told him yes "We went down to Columbia av. and went south a block to the alley." "He walked with me within 100 feet of the rear entrance of tha restaurant. He told me how to get In. to walk, right in, everything was open. "This I did. "He stayed outside and watched. "When I got inside Sam Skufakiss and some of his help met me. They turned on the lights. They throwed their guns on me. I threw up my hands. He then called police headquarters and argued with me, cursed me, and hit me in the mouth. About 5 minutes later the officer on the beat came in. About ten minutes later I was taken to the station." T "We want to hire your cab to go to West Gary," two men told Mike Giokos. taxi driver, living at 951 Jefferson street, at the Pennsylvania station, shortly after ten o'clock Saturday night. The men got In the car and Giokos headed the taxi towards West Gary. At Englewood avenue the two passengers told him that they wanted to stop there as this was where they lived. Upon getting out of the machine, they both pulled revolvers and started to fire at Giokos, who had stepped to the ground to collect his fares. He fell with three bullet wounds in his body. The two strangers then went through his clothing, robbing him of some $S5 in money. They then escaped in the darkness. A Hammond street car crew found Giokos and brought him to Gary, where he was taken to the Mercy hospital. Attending physicians stated that his wounds are not serious. IRE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 WASHINGTON. May 22. Seven of the twelve leading Industries of the country reported increasing employment during April, while there were decreases in five industries, the department o flabor announced today. The most important Increases reported were 34.9 in the Hosiery and Underwear industry, and 27.9 per cent, in leather manofact'urlng. Cotton manufacturing showed a decrease of 25.7 per cent, and Cotton finishing a decrease of 11. 9 per cent. HAMMOND MEN SENTENCED tSPZCIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT, Ii.d., May 22. John Jakubulski was fined $150.00 and costs, John Stanesj $200.00 and 90 days suspended eentence, ' and Adam Sikora the same fine and sentence by Judge Martin Smith on Friday. The men are from Hammond and were charged with violating the state liquor law-
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