Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 19, Hammond, Lake County, 27 May 1922 — Page 1

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Americans are Paying a Billion a Year in Interest on Public Debt By W. H. ATKINS STAFF CORRESPONDENT 1. N. SERVICE1 WASHINGTON. Mav 27 American taxes will remain high for 'twentyfive years, chiefly because Europe will be slow in liquidating the debts for war loans made by this government, high administration officials said t"day. Foreign debtors offer no hope that they will be able to begin curtailing the principal of their obligations until many- years have elapsed. Officials thus far have not felt confident that any of the European governments, oxcept Great Britain, can pay even the interest on their debts lor many years tb come. American taxpers are paying about $1 OOP. 000, 000 a year In Interest cn the countrj's public debt. More than half of this debt represents borrowings from the people, later loaned to Europe. Europe's debts therefore will keep the tax burden heavy until a considerable p.-opcrtion of the total of $11,000.C03.0C due is paid. Officials of this government are growing more skeptical of Europ-s's financial methods and think the United States should participate actively in any conference, abroad, called for the purpose of seeking stablliiation in foreign currencies, officials said, t Treasury officials said today that taxes necessary to pay interest on the public debt constitute ' about one-third of the government's entire revenue. Government economies have been enforced to the utmost degree, and still further economies are believed possible, but the savins tins effected Id governmental administration will not greatly reduce the tax demands on the average procket book. The hope of officials now Is that American investors may find It profitable to divert enough capital abroad in sound securities to help rectify some of tho disorders in foreign exchange and eventually Improve the fiscal status of the countries listed as debtors for war borrowinfs !rom the United States. FARMER-LABOR OPENS TODAY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, May 27. The second rational convention -if the FarmerLabor party opened hera today, John H. "Walker, national chairman, explained thi purpose of the organization and outlined progress made during the past year. "The Farmer-Labor party is endorsed by six international unions, state organizations of the non-partisan league, state federations of labor, central labor bodies and local unions," Walker said. "With its message of unity it conveys hope and promise to the farmers facing peonage and the wage earners facing a condition bordering on slavery. It has elected hundreds of men to city r.nd county offices this year." The address of welcome opening the convention was delivered by John Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation c-f Labor. The convention will be in session until ail necessary business has been transacted. TO OPERATE The buses of the Farina Transportation Co.. of Hammond, are once more making the through trip to Chicago Heights after an interruption of seven months due to Injunction proceedings which were brought by the Red Bus Line, a competitor. The injunction! petition was brought before the Illinois Utility Commission and there has been considerable delay in getting to the hearing owing to the grist of work ahead of it. When the matter was brought up the commission ruled that the Hammond company should be allowed to operate between the etate line and Chicago Heights -caure a permit had been granted to them. The temporary restraining order was dissolved. Since the order was issued the buses had been running only to Oak Gle tbnu taolnaieet et etaoinaorad Glen, but are now making the through trip since Attorney GreenwaH announced the commission's ruling. Preventable wa?te among broom j manufacturers can be traced in tunny instances to the first steps in harvesting broom corn.

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HENRY EM1G, 202 Michigan ave.. has purchased a new live passenger Dort. BENNY KULCZYK is the proud owner of a new Hudson Super-Six Coach. ATT Y. GERALD G1LLETT and j his wife will spend the week end at Cedar Lake.

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out of hid garage. I ADD prosperity notes: Traveling men are here in droves and battallions with next winter's lines. A NEW bus has been put on for the South Works Hammondites at the Ryan Car Works in Hegewisch. CHARLES CLARK, 150 State St.. is held up near Coy's Park by two men who take his watch and ting. GOOD & PROPER have added . a three and one-half ton Reublic truck to their already large fleet. THE Temula'c staff is to banquet at the Country club next Wednesday night with speeches and everything. JOHN YOUNG, 151 Gostlln street, tells police somebody stole his box containing $60 worth of carpenter's tools. EDDIE MEDLEY closes his engagement at the Orpheum tonight. Goodbye. Eddie, and be sure to come again. We like your stuff. J. W. JARNOWSKI, building contractor, loses tire and tube. They were stolen from machine parked in Sibley street. DR. H. C. G ROMAN and Mrs. Groman are iack from the convention of the American Medical Association at St. Louis. f J. A. DORSEY'S Cadillac was stolen. Then it was found. Office? , Michaels located it. Dorsey. the plumber, lives at 215 Lewis St. 1 BODIE, the photographer, has an exhibition of commercial photo- ' graphy in the windows of the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. JOHN E. FITZGERALD has so far j progressed since his illness that he can step off a-score of dances in an evening without batting an eyelash. DURING absence of wife, thieves enter rooms of J. L. McBride, at Millikan Flats, and steal $10 cash, a spoon, box of sox, and a box of oZ coins. C. E. CHAPMAN tells police that thieves enter his room at State hotel and get $30 worth of clothing. Suspect former salesman employed byChapman. IT was a different dance that Frank Hilbrich staged last night when he made his exit from a dance at the Masonic Temple and discovered that his Reo car left parked in Meunich Court had been stolen. ANOTHER motor bus is in operation between Hammond and Sixtythird St., and South Park ave., in Chicago. It is to be part of the string put on ly the Schappis Motor Co. The schedule is being worked out. HARRY F. SINCLAIR felt called upon this week to issue a formal denial of a report that the Sinclair oil interests were to be absorbed by Standard Oil of Indiana. This is a report that finds currency about once a month. STOCKHOLDERS of the Standard Steel Car Co. at a specfal meeting increasing the capital stock from $5,000,000 to $30,000,000. Plant op. crations continue satisfactory despite tfte coal strike. A large sup ply of fuel is on hand and in sight. CHARLES REILLEY. 46 Carroll St., who is a cousin of Harry Greb, light heavyweight champ. claims part of the credit for Greb's latest victory. His uncle sent him a real shamrock from Ireland and he promptly mialed it to Greb who wore it in his glove. JULIUS MEYN stands second in the state and thirtieth in the natio in the contest for new business hying conducted by 48.000 authorized agents of the Travelers' Insurance i Co. Julius is trying his best to ! finish first in Indiana. The agent who is ahead of him is Ross Ault, ; of Muncie. Al; VOLKER. contractor. 502 Hohnian st., gives Sergeant Fisher, arl Fandrei, others, a lesson in natural history when he drops into station last night with rare speciman of horned toad. "Common in southwest. Very seldom seen hereabouts. I found ft while excavating in Sheffield avenue," he said. SMILES. City treasurer, Walter Bielefeld, has Them this morning. This because he received in morning mail a check for $28.1.641.67. It came from the National Shawmut Bank of Boston. It represents final payment on the $250,000 second issue of water works bonds. The Issue brought a premium of $39,891.60. The bond were delivered to the I bank two daysao. They were sent; express, cost of delivery including heavy insurance, $125.70. VERNE SUMMERS has bought two new ponies which will ?e seen with the double team that has been running about town the past few weeks. These ponies are to be giv- ! en to children who are winners in1 the contest the store is conducting. I Summers' Pharmacy is the biggest' store of the kind in this part of the state, employed 27 people.

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v ,. . Chicago But Makes Gallant Futile Fight Tom D. Williams, age 47 years, former East Chicago chief of police, died at 7:20 o'clock last evening at the Mercy hospital, Gary, with the family at the bedside, following a major operation and complication of diseases that set in afterwards. His has been a real battle for life. Since the major operation, which was performed at midnight Tuesday, only faint signs of life have been in evidence. Still there were hopes until his case developed into !pneumonia and finally w'th his second s t r o k e ' of apoplexy Wednesday night, despite all efforts to save him, the last thread of life was broken. After pas-sing through almost a miraculous operation, performed by Dr. Urkov, of having an ulcer removed from the stomach, it seemed ij ui imnjim lull!) II T-. Jf - " " -Sl. The Late Tom Williams as though his fate hac" been sealed by a comp" 'cation foiif of diseases that set upon him. Mr. Williams was horn in Springfield, 111., on Apul 14. 1875, to Mr. and Mrs. l.iwellyn Williams. H-.-was married twenty-six years ago to Saria Parsons of Chicago. The couple came to East Chicago nearly eighteen yenrs ago when the district was yet assuming an industrial a.ipect and the swamp lf.nds outmeasured the improved property. With the development of the community, Mr, Williams became actively engaged as a leader in civic affairs. As a mill man and icember of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers he was recognized as a friend of the working man. Resides being well known in political circles, his connections extended to many social and fraternal organizations, anion which were the Masonic. Moose anl Elks lodges. Mr. Willi.lms was appointed by Mayor Leo McCormack as chief of police on January 7, 1918. ond resigned his position February IS. 1920, on account of ill health. During his career ho was distinguished most as a v.ical and instrumental instructor. With the added milestones to the 1 istory and 'the growth of t!i city, this well-known and respected citizen kept pace. He leaves a wife, two sons. Vernon and Walter: a daughter, Mrs. Iddrise Wi'liams Butcher; two sisters, Mrs. li. A. Skir.ner of Boston. Mass., and Mrs. James McPherson of Chicago; two brothers, W. O- Williams of Philadelphia, and Frank Williams of this city. The funeral will be held from th M. E. church nt 2 p. m. Monday. Burial at Oik Hill. The hodv will remain in ttate at the home. 4135 N'orthcotte live.. Sunday and Monday. The -asket will not be opened at the church. Masons will be in charge of the funeral. BIG AUTOMOBILE RACES SUNDAY Fifty Fast Drivers Will Compete for Prizes at Fair Grounds. CROWN POINT, Irid.. May 27. Those who love the thrills of fast motor races will be given a treat tomorrow-. The affair will be staged by the American Legion under the direction of Promoter Main of Hammond, and will he repetition of the races put on last season. Mr. Malx who is acknowledged as one of the best race promoters in the country is assured o' something like fifty entries, and some of the nerviest drivers In the country will try for the prizes. A day full of thrills is promised, and only b.td weather will prevent the sport, in which event arrangements will be mde to run the races at a later date. All roads will lead to the fair erounds tomorrow.

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TULLY IS A TIMES AD BOOSTER H- Tully more commonly town unions: hl ninny friends a "Red'' and Proprietor of the (iury Tire Store nt 4-12 Itroad"y I" another firm believer In TIMES want ad. "I had no Idea." he Mated to a TIMES reporter thin niornlnK. "that your ad would bring me the rennltn that they have. I fan see now that your paper thoroughly cover the entire county nn people have been coming to my More from every pot In the district. The flrt day I run my nd, I made over a dozen union out of It. Mr. Tolly now conducting; a male of second hand or slightly used ttres and he has some real bargains for the autolsts.

THIS TRUCK MADE VISITS A truck loaded .with prize packages of alleged high alcoholic percentage 'labeled "Near Beer," was confiscated by East Chicago Chief of Police Struss latelast night while enroute along Riley road to soft drink jarlors in Indiana Harbor and Calumet. Joseph K. Marcinkevich. driver of the Prema Sales Indiana Brewing Company truck of Halstead and Blackhawk, Chicago, was arrested by Chief Struss, but later released on a $1,000 bond to appear in the East Chicago court Monday afternoon. A truck, ten filled and ten empi. kegs, is the propert being held pending an analysis of the contents. I The East Chicago police, who have been keeping a cloue surveillance over the district for boozerunners and, respectable appearing trucks carrying containers with "phoney" labels, became suspicious of the Prema Sales Indiana Brewing Company truck when ,it was learned by them that this rriaehine had been making the district regularly under cover of night. Whilo the contents of the kegs have not been analyzed by a chemist, it- is the opinion of liquor connoisseurs that the "Mar beer" will test better than Pe' cent, the requirement of the Volstead act. Four other arrests were made by the East Chicago and Indiana Harbor police yesterday. These were Julius Jankowski, 3727 Guthrie St.; John Tacala. 3413 Block ave.; Geo. Kovach, 504 Narva place; and Elizabeth Shrita of Wickcy row. HERE'S ROUTE TO KENTLAND Many Lake county autolsts will be guests of Gov. McCray at Kentland and people desiring to motor to Kentland Sunday to be a guest at Governor Jicllay's farm should leave Gary out Broadway to Ridge Road, which is three and seventenths miles from Gary Hotel. Turn to the right on Ridge Road, go two blocks to Harrison St., and turn left on Harrison, and follow into Merrillville, and Crown Point. Leave Crown Point along the fair grounds over the new stone road to the Half Way House. Travel along the Lake into the town of Lowell. Turn to the right by the official service station the Main Garage, then pick up the Ade Way. Follow the Ade way to Morroco. and from Morocco on Ade Way to Kentland. S. ARMY APPEAL The Salvation Army announces it will now accept old clothing of al! kinds, shoes, furniture, and papers, in fact anything that can be made use of. The goods will besold for a small price and the money used chiefly for relief purposes. Anybody having things of that sort please call Hammond 25IS and goods will be called for at the earliest oportunity. Goods will also be received from Whiting and Hessville. HOJNACKI FUNERAL W. J. Hojnacki. who died suddenly in a dentist's chair in Chicago, last Wednesday afternoon, will be buried Monday morning. The funeral will be held from the late residence at 167 Cameron street at 9 a. m. . He is survived by his mother Mrs. Roailia Hojnacki and his sister, Mrs. Paul B. Lipinski. Interment , willl be made at Holy Cross cemetery. TO THE PUBLIC We are again nearing Decoration Day, the Day when our thoughts go out to those who went forward and fought for you and I. This year. Decoration Day. will take on a little different phase and that is that the Children of Belgium and France are sending to this country, Poppies made of silk to sell in the interest of our Boys and I trust that everyone w-ill buy one or more of these, th-js showing that their good deeds have not been forgotten. Sincerely, 5-27-2 DANIEL BROWN, Mayor. In India about 600,000 acres are devoted to the growing of indigo.

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Fi WILL EREG1 HEW PLANT ! SOUTH BEND. IND., May 27 'Contracts for the erection of an-' other unit in the big Studebaker cor- ; poratton plant in South Bend have : been awarded to the H. G. Christ- : man Company of this city for $1,- : 000.000. ; Work on the buildings will begin I Inimediatelv It ! avr..t,! l ay.arrl other contracts amounting to $2,000.-! , 000 within the next few months. Tlv expansion work of the corporation j ; is scheduled to extend over a peril t i of five years. When completed, the present force of 9.500 employes will be increased to :u.ooo. WARNING TO PETTERS, BATHERS, FLAPPERS Beach flappers, sand dune petting and unruly bathers will have to behave and govern themselves under the watchful eye of Police-woman Mrs. Catherine Michael at Miller Beach this sutr.rner. At the regular meeting of the board of safety yesterday Mrs- Michael was appointed to "travel" Miller beach during the bathing season and bathers will have to govern themselves under a set of rules to be drawn up by members of'the park board, safety board of Chief Forbis. . The rules are not going to be that strict that patrons w-ill not be able to enjoy themselves however, and as Mrs. Michael is the mother of more than a dozen fine children she han something of an idea of Just howboys and girls and even their elders ought to act. As to censuring bathing costumes that come 'under the "September Morn" variety, our new beach policewoman will also have something to say about that. So before purchasing your bathing costume girls, be sure and see that they are not too abbreviated aS poss'.'bly a- kindly looking- lady will come up and whisper something in your ear and you will have to go back to the bath-house. However officials have not selected an official bathing suit up to this hour. NICKEL PLATE TRAIN WRECKED INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ELYRIA. O.. May 27. The engineer and fireman were probably fatally injured and a number of passengers were seriously hurt when a west bound Nickel Plate passenger train crashed into an open switch two and one-half miles east of Vermilion today. The engine and three coaches crashed through a telegraph pole and ploughed for fifty feet into a soft field but remained upright. HONOR THE DEAD BY HELPING THE LIVING This is the annimating motive of the Inter-Allied Poppy ray which is being conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and their Ladies Auxiliary started the movement last night in their opening sale at the Huorical . Pageant given by the History Committee of the Woman's Club at the Parthenon theatre, when they realized $72.30, ten per cenf. of 'which will he turned over to the Woman's Club building fund. The Poppies arive-d on the 9:12 Monon train last night. Just in time for the entertainment and will he offered for sale today and also on Decoration Dayi'oy'the Indies' Auxiliary and their co-workers and they proved to be all that was claimed for theni being made of silk and showed the deft handiwork of the women and children of France and Belgium. And for this year's memorial flower no more fitting one co-aid be selected to perpetuate the memory of those who fell in the late world war than the Flanders Poppy and everyone should wear one on that djy, for they are a true replica, of that flower which inspired the immortal poem of Lt. Cot. John McCrea, "In Flander's Field." NOTICE Hereafter the nurses' office will be at 33 Rimbach block, office hours S:45 to 9:30 a', m. and 1 p. m. and 1:30 p. m. Phone 4S3. If you can nbt reach her, phone the mayor. 5-27-2 DANIEL BROWN, Mayor. FUNERAL MONDAY The funeral of 'Mrs. J. D. McCumsey. will be held at two o'clock Monday afternoon from the home at 264 Plummer avenue, Hammond. The American Red Cross has distributed an average or ten tons or tiothin'g daily in Hungary during tne jast year. NOTICE AIL. I. O. O. F. invited to meet at Calumet Lodge Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock to take part in memorial services. b-27

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(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BELFAST. May 27. In-, cendiary fires ravaged a large section of this city today and during the night. Seventeen incendiary conflagrations had been reported up to 10 o'clock this morning. Tremendous damage was done. INTFNiT'ONAL NFWS SFRVICH OSSINING. N. Y.. May 27. For the first time in years famous old Sing Sing has not s u ff i c i:nt accommodations for its "guests." Sing Sing has accommodations for 1,200 prisoners. They have been arriving at the rate of about ten a day for several weeks, and today th;re were 1216 in the famous prison.

Guest Of Whiting And Gary On Decoration Day

A. KMX Ann M Alvln M. Owsley, acting director of the American Legion Americanism Commission, who speaks at Whiting and Gary on Decoration Day. when barely thirty years ok had gained distinction as a soldier and a statesman in the Lone Star state. He had resigned a position as district attorney at the out-break of war to attend the first training camp open to volunteers and had been assigned as a major of infantry in the Thirty-Sixth division. In this capacity, he had recruited his own battalion and a large portion of the division in northern Texas. After serving as division insurance officer rnd senior instructor of the third officers trnining school at Camp Bowie, Tex., Mr. Owsley went overseas wi'h his division. He was made adjuta.it of the division and took part in two major engagements in Champagne and the Argonne. After the Armlstico Mr. Owsley Judge Reiter of Room 1 of the Hammond Superior court has a big job on his hands. He is figuring out the various amounts which delinquent owners of Gary property must pay as a result of their failure to meet sewer assessments. Siit was filed nearly two years ago by Charles L. Strobel and S. Mayo Boyd, two holders of the bonds which were issued on Sewer District No. 3 of Gary to foreclose on property owners who had failed to pay their assessments. The complaint which was filed by Attorneys Bomberger. Peters and Morthland, of Hammond, was a voluminous one. The list of defendants, briefly referred to as the Aetna Explosives Co., ct. al., required twelve pages in the court docket. SHOT IN RIOT BALTIMORE. May 27 Poor marks manship alone prevented a possible heavy casualty toll, when prohibition

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(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! BELFAST. May 27.' In the midst of a wave of incendiarism, which destroyed or damaged a score of buildings, guerilla fighting broke out this afternoon in the ftrects. One man was killed, and a constable and two others were wounded. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON. May 27. Four persons were killed and more than forty were wounded in an explosion which was caused by the blowing up of a munitions" depot at Lercherfe!d. On Thursday a score were killed and hundreds injured in the explosion of a dynamite factory at Blumau. X 1 '-' V ' "4" V .- -. --J., f ... i A . . OWSLEY went to Txindon. where he attended the courts of law and studied English procedure, He resumed the practice of law immediately following his discharge In July. 1919, and was appointed assistant attorney sreneral of Texas. As head of the Legion's legislative committee lr that state, be won out in a fiarht for a $2,000,000 hospital for disabled service men. the bill being passed by unanimous vote. He resigned his position as assistant attorney general in February, 1S21. to become assistant director of tho Legion's national Americanism Commission. While engaged in rational work and speaking throughout the country in the "interest of better citizenship. Mr. Owsiey retains his membership in the- Arthur McNitzky post of the Legion at Denton. Tex., his birthplace. He enlisted the services of the boy who gave hi life to his country and his name to this post while serving In Mr. Owslev's battalion. The sewer is one of the main sewers of Gary :.nd the unifier of property owners affected runs into thousands. Of course all of these were not delinquent but the list of defendants was close to 1,000. Many of these, have paid -up since the foreclosure suit was started. An attempt was made to take the case to another county on change of venue and attaches of the clerk's office nearly fainted when they learned of it. The work in getting out the. transcript would have ben tremendous. However, this motion was ov. er-ruied. Judge Reiter now has everything before him and is working out the judgment which will be anno-.inced as soon as the amounts against the delinquents have been figured. agents and police on one side and bootleggers and a crowd of 1,500 sympathizers of the latter exchanged a score of shots in a congested district during a raid here early today. "One bootlegger was shot through the face and is in a serious condition today. A large quantity of Illicit liquor was seized. Four men were arrested earlier, during a raid on a store, by the same prohibition agents.

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To Erect Two Butt Weld Pipe Furnaces; A. H. Beale " Is Promoted

With the authorization of an issue of $6,000,000 worth of common stock it became known today that the Steel and Tube Company of America will make improvements at its Chicago d. strict plants, including the adiition of two butt weld furnaces at Marks works. Indiana Harbor. It is understood that construction on the additions to the Mark piant at Indiana Harbor will start at once and when these are completed the l.cal works will have Its capacity increased by 100,000 tous of pipe per annum. Other important pews is that A, H. Leale, general superintendent of the Mark plant, Steel and Tuba Company of America at Indiana Harbor, has been promoted to the position of vice president of operations of all the company's plants with headquarters at Chicago. Steel and Tuba operates plants in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana. Michigan and Wis consin. Mr. Beale tame to Indiana Harbor in 1916 and built the company's steel works, the first tube plant in the west. Recently he has also had charge of the Iroquois plants at Chicago betides his local duties. William B. Gillies is assistant superintendent of Mark plant and may succeed Mr. Beale here. Besides Mr. Beale s promotion, other changes were made in the management of Steel and Tube. A Chicago dispatc'i says: The Steel and Tube Company of America made a radical change in its official slaff and directorate yesterday, laid extensive plans for extensions to pioperties and announced that the lueiger still is in sight. .EV PRESIDE.NT H. H. Springford. treasurer and assistant to the president of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and an officer of Steel and Tube until a year ago, was chosen president. President Armin A, Schlesinger was made chairman of the executive committee. F. F. Colby, general manager of sales, was n.ade a vice president; and C. F. Spcth, assistant treasurer, was appointud treasurer in place of A. A. Schlesinger. - Frederick R. Walil, assistant secretary, was mads secretary in place of C. D. Caldwell. Clayton Mark remained as chairman of the board. Anso:i and Clayton Mark remained vice ptesidents.- ; Nine changes were made in the directorate of 1922. New members elected were Harrison Williams, Leonard Kennedy, Herbert Springford, Clinton S. Lutkins, Charlws F. Fawett, George P. Miller, Frank' F. Corby, D. R. McLennan and WT. M. L. Fiske. IMPROVEMENTS AT INDIANA. II ARBOR The unexpected changes were held significant :n La Salle St., coming in the midst of merger negotiations, It was stated at the meeting that merger discussion ic continuing, but that it was impossible to say whether the company would participate. Approval was given for two additional butt weld pipe furnaces at Indiana Harbor. giving additional capacity of 100,000 tons of finished pipe annually. Sale of common stock to present stockholders will provide an additional $6,000,000 of capital. DR. HOWAT TO GIVE ADDRESS SPECIAL TO THE TIMES GRIFFITH. Ind., May 27. Drk TP. F. Howat, of Hammond will deliver the Memorial Day -address in the exercises which will be held here on Tuesday by Chauncey De Pugh American Legion Post. The services will be held in the school yard at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening or in the school house if It rains. Citizens from Griffith. Highland. Ross and Schererville are invited to attend. WEEKLY All roads leading: into Chicago from Gary in excellent condition. Seven A Trail, leading from Gary, to Michigan City by Porter race track, in good condition. All motorists leaving for the Porter races from Gary should leave by 21st avenue, to East Gary, pick up the Seven A at East Gary and follow same to two miles this side of Porter. This is where the Memorial Day races are to be held. The roads from Michigan City on into Michigan are in good condition. The hard surface road from Chesterton to Valparaiso in fine condition. Valparaiso east on Lincoln highway road fair. The Lincoln Way between Valparaiso and Deep River not open to travel. All motorists are advised to carry the Liberty Way from Valparaiso to Gary. South Broadway to Lincoln Way is closed to traffic. But open from Deep River to Chicago. No detours for seventy miles. Motorists are warned about the stop ordinance at 6th avenue, and Broadway in Gary. Summers boulevard. Hammond. Grapevine boulevard, Indiana Harbor, as well as Lake George into five points is being patrolled constantly by mounted officers, and motorists should co-operate and obey the speed law, which is twenty miles an hour. Any motorist upon finding a bad hole or obstruction that would cause damage to life or to one's car, is requested to report same to this office and same will be taken care of immediately.

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