Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 229, Hammond, Lake County, 13 June 1922 — Page 1

FRANK S. BETZ MAKES BOY SCOUTS $7,500 THE WEATHER TTmnder "liowm tliis afternoon or tools; lit Wednesday probably tm.tr I alight ly r rmfr tonight moderate southwest to west winds. COUNTY TIMES DONATIO VOL. XV. NO. 229. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1922. HAMM 0 N . ESDI A N A

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What Did She See to Make Her Hysterical Authorities Ask INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. June 13. The hurried visit of a beautiful girl to the Indiana sand dunes where the body of an unidentified man was found, half-cremated. todav was being linked with the murder of the man. identification of whom has been puzzling Ind'ana ami Illinois police for five days. Ti-.e girl, frantic xvith excitement, d. .ve in a taxicab alone: the beach to a roir.t ri'-nr where the body was four. J. according; to Walter Huff, a ta.vi diiver at Chesterton. Ind.Leaving the cab, she returned In forty-five minutes the driver asserted, ishe was so hysterical that Huff asked if she wanted to be taken to a doctor. Refusing his offer, the woman returned to Chicago. The trip van rnade or May 2S. The date of the murder was about the same time, according: to physicians who examined the body. Gary to Take on Festive Air Thursday When Steel Magnate Comes Gary wiy take on a festive air again next Thursday when Judge Elbert H. Gary, head of the United States Steel Corporation, and for whom the City of Steel was named, will be the guest of the city in the first visit si.ice the World war. Accompanied by a dozen or more other steel officials of prominence. Judge Gary will arrive in Gary on a special train from Chicago at 12:45 p. m. The distinguished visitors will be taken to the Gary Commercial fflab, where they will be luncheoned by the board of directors of the Commercial Club. President H. S- Norton of the Gary Commercial Club will preside, giving the address of welcome to Judge Gary and party. Judge Gary will In ail probability respond with a talk concerning "Gary its past, present and future. There are some rumors that Judge Gary win have something of real importance to say and his talk is looked forward to with a great deal of interest. In the neighborhood of 275 people will be accommodated at the luncheon. Yesterday the city firemen started their task of decorring the city for Judge Gary's arrival, and Thursday Broadway and the business district will be bedecked with flags and bunting from one en 1 to the other. Following the luncheon the steei officials will be taksn in motor cars over the city and then through th plant of the Gary works and its subsidiaries, the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co." and the American Bridge Co. Mrs. Gary and two daughters, Mrs. P.. W. C.impbell and Mrs, H. W. SutclliT, will accompany Judge Gary on the trip. Others In the party of visitors will be: K. J. BuiTington, president of the Illinois Land Company, the Inuiana Steel Company and the Gary Land Company. A. K. Banks, president of the E1-' gin, Jollet and Eastern Railway Company, which is owned and operated by the United Steel Corporation. B. F. Affleck, president of the Universal Portland Cement Company. E. W. Pargny, president of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company. August Zieslng, president of the American Bridge Company. F. W. Wa'erman, general manager of the Gary Tube Company, which is the Indian holding corporation of the National Tube Company. G. G. Thorpe, vice president of the Illinois Steel Company. T. W. Robinson, vice president of the Illinois Steel Company, R. W. Campbell, chief counsel for the Illinois Steel Company. Albert Gary SutclifT of the Illinois Steel Company. SALE, NOT STORE In the J. B. Ortt advertisement last night the sentence appeared "store closes on Saturday night." Instead of sale closes Saturday night The Ortt store Is one tf the busiest places In town on Saturday nights and the big sale wll be grought to a successful completion then.

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TOMORROW is Flag Lay. TH2 Orplieum theater is closed for tbo s-ummer. GEORGE GEYER has secured a patent on a new rooiing device. SOCIETY editor reports there'll be a rush of last minute June brides. FKiSSH rrom a lour oi nonj uuu, Doe. Sharrer postcards that if Havana has anything on that spot he'll have to be shown. KIWAX1AN "Bill" McAleer and Harry Folk missed the Klwanls luncheon this noon, bein? absx-rt on u miss-on of civic 'decency. HAMMOND Tost of the American lA;e-ion has succeeded in matching its baseball talent against the LaPorte Legion team at'LaPorte next Sunday. OUT on Conkey ave., they are wondering if the street is going to be oil sprinkled or just allowed to blow- away entirely. The street car tracks'v.ill soon be unearthed again. GUS SIMONS, former chief of Northern Indiana prohibition forces and now a general agent, sends greetings from Washington. D. C. No telling what they have Gus doing now. i POLICE Chiefs (or is it Chieves?) Nitz. of West Hammond. Bune. of Hammond. Forbis. of Gary, and Struss. of East Chicago, start tomorrow for San Francisco to attend the big convention. THE Elks will have Flag Day ex-; ercises at. their club rooms In the' Elks building, Wednesday evening.! and the public is invited. The ser-j vices start at S o'clock. At 9:15 there will be dancing. GORDON B. ANDERSON, of Philadelphia, beat Ms father-in-law, Murray Turner, at golf at the Country Club. Murray got into trouble at the circus ring hole by trying to make it in less than one. JUL MEYN drops a post card from Eaton's Ranch at Wolf, Wyd.. showing cowboys throwing a horse. "I'm pretty well up on throwing the bull." sezze, "' "but, you know, one can always pick up new pointers." JUNIORS and Seniors were on Hammond high school were on their annual rampage last night at at least five Seniors (boys) had trouble In getting back from the Lake Front on account of lack of trousers. ADJUTANT R. S. THORSEX, of the Hammond American Legion, wants all members to be out this evening for the business meeting. He says the entertainment committee has promised a surprise after the routine matters have been attended to. JAMES HANDY, while playing baseball with the Hammond K. of C. base-ball team, against the Woodlawn Llcms at White City park last Sunday, injured his leg which has been troubling Mm for the past few years,, and had to" be taken to St. Margaret's hospital where an Xray will .be taken. "Sugar" will probably be at the hospital for a week. SOME statistics about the Woman's Club. These from Mrs. J. D. Smalley, Mrs. Howard G. Stevens, busily engaged in fcomplling new Woman's Club annual. They find the club has 100 more members than last year: that approximately oen-third of the 500 members have moved dur- ! ing the past year, that the number of marriages among members of the club is Surprisingly low. QUITE a tlbe dose Duniors, Seniors had las' night in their annual hunt. But oh. by, what a co'd in de 'ead I dis hording! It's like this. The Juniors hunting the Seniors, The former after the latter's class president. The Seniors hid In the water at the lake front. Yep. clothes et al. When the Juniors arrived twenty strong, the Seniors draareed them Into the water. Then home to change clothes. After that a dance at the high school. But a dood tibo was 'ad by all: BIDDING ON WHITE ROAD VERY CLOSE SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT. IND., Jne 13 Tha United Cnostruction Co.. of Ham mond, were the successful bidders on the G. K. White road, the contract for which was let on Monday by the County Commissioners, their bid being $115,28. The road Is to be built of asphalted concrete and Is 2Vi miles long. It is South Hohman street from Standard avenue to Ridge Road, other bidders on the work were: Courtrlght, Heiney and Wheeler, $115,400; James J. Nedjl, $123,190; W. J. Lang, Chicago, $117,500. ' GARY MAN IS SENTENCED INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. June 12. Rudolph HegJ! of Gary pleaded guilty before Judge Anderson in Federal court today to having a die for making counterfeit $10 Federal Reserve bills in his possession. Sentence will be pronounced June 23.

Fa. Bl'L.LETI) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, June 13 The public service commission today grnted increases In rates to the Crown Point Telephone Company of Crown Point, Ind. The new rates are: Individual business J3.00; residence t2; two party business $2.50; residence $ 1.73 ; four party business, $20f: residence $ 1.5f E. I!. GAR! 1EFUSEST Mitchell Says That Proposed Conference Is Not Likely INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK. June 13. Samuel Gompers' suggestion for a roundtable conference between leaders of capital and labor, made yesterday in Cincinnati, to eliminate for a period of years all labor troubles, met with little welcome from financiers whom International News asked to comment upon tne proposal. Charles P. Mitchell, president of the National City Bank, prefacing his remark with the statement that he was not tpeaking for capital out only as an Individual, said: "Any suggestion for a conference couched In the terms used by Mr. Gompers is likely to meet w ith little reception. And before labor and capital can meet for a "disarmament conference, labor must show a desire to stick by their agreements, something which labor has frequently failsd to do, but such a conference as suggested by Mr. Gompers, is, I think, extremely unlikely at this time." Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the U. S. Steel Corporation, upon being shown Gompers' suggestion, read it over carefully and said: "I have absolutely nothing to say about this." One who tas been close to Mr. Gary for a number of years explained Gary's statement as resulting from a desire to avoid controversy which would result If Gary's views were to be made public, Samuel Untermyer viewed the proposition philosophically, and stated that nil this talk about the open shop was "humbug." "There is r.o such thing as the open shop." he declared. "In times of business activity when labor is in great demand, the unions naturally bend every effort toward ellm-, Inating non-union labor, and when conditions are reversed, capital does the opposite. Organized labor is as short sighted as organized capital, and apparently it has not the ability to correct the despotism within its own ranks. It should welcome the aid of the courts In correcting these abuses." BELT MEN GIVEN HIGHER OFFICES C. R. & J. Purchase Brings Promotion to Well Known Railroad Men. Half a dozen important changes, bringing merited promotions to men holding responsible positions with the Indiana Harbor Eelt railroad, have followed the recent purchase by the New York Central system of the packers interests in the Chicago River and Indiana terminal with its control of the Chicago Junction Railways. Hitherto George Hannauer has acted as vice president and general manager of the Indiana Harbor Belt line. He has a)o been made vice president of th.-j acquired properties and the duties of general manager of the I. H. B. have been shifted to the shoulders of J. W. Smith. Mr. Smith was formerly general superintendent of the belt. His headquarters will continue at Gibson. The position of general superintendent has been abolished but N. D. Connelly has been promoted to superintendent. He was formerly the trainmaster for the Calumet district. O. H. Bersbach also comes in for recognition. He has been chief eni gineer of the I. 11. P.. and now has been transferred to the position of chief engineer of the Chicago River & Indiana and Chicago Junction lines. His position with the I. H. B. has been flllod by R. A. Feldes, who was formerly assistant to Mr. Gersbach. A. D. Fromm steps up from assistant master mechanic to master mechanic, and M. L. Zelder becomes assistant to him. Several other Important changes are predicted and It Is expected that these may be made public lonn. riossibly tomorrow.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BLUEFIELD. V. Ya., June 13When Deputy Sheriff H. L. Bailey tried to examine Bill Blankenship's saddle bags on suspicion they might contain con.trabanu liquor, the mule rawed, kicked and brayed and thrr. bolted down the road. Bailey drew his. revolver and shot at the muleThough hit by one of the shot3, the mule kept going at top 3peed. ran four miles and then fell dead rear the Kentucky border. Blankenship then ran the rest of the way and got across the state line before the deputy sheriff could catch him, according to a report received here today. Careless Auto Driving On Country Road Near Dyer Ditches Machine SPECIAL TO THE TIMES DYER, Ind.. June 13. Little John Frederick Slovenskl. son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Slovenskl, 4818 Magoun ave.. East Chicago, died late Sunday evening, a victim of careless driving on the country roads. The accident which cost the life of the two-year-old child occurred shortly after 4 o'clock at a point about three-quarters of a mile south of Dyer. The Slovenskl was driving towards Dyer in an Oakland car. A Blue Island motorist was following them and attempted to go around. He Is said to have held too close to the middle of the road. The hubs of the two cars locked and the .East Chicago machine was turned towards the ditch. The Oakland turned over, throwing Mrs. Slovenskl and her child into a barbed wire fence. The child was badly mangled about the head and face by the barbs. One' eye was torn out. Mrs. Slovenskl was only slightly Injured. The driver of the Blue Island machine stopped and rendered assistance In releasing the victims prom their predicament. The Injures child was then pla:ad In ht machine and rushed to St. James hospital at Chicago Heights. He died about three hours later. The body was taken to the Huber undertaking parlors in East Chicago. Funeral services were held this afternoon from the residence on Magoun ave. .and burial was In Oak Hill cemetery. Rev. Craig .r the Methodist church conducted the services. MEET FOR INDIANAPOLIS, June 13. A fight between "f undarr-ental'.sts" and "liberals" with William Jtnnings Bryan leading an attack on the theory of evolution, loomed today as a strong probability in the Northern Baptist convention which opens a week's session at the Cadle tabernacle here tomorrow. In the threatened battle the "fundamentalists" will seek to gain control of boards arid agencies of the denomination, it is understood, for the purpose of obtaining ratification of a creed for the protection of the chnech against so-called heretical teachings of church leaders who are looked upon as being too liberal. The vanguard of four thousand delegates from thirty-six states, north of the Mason and Dixon line, representing approximately 1,250,000 members of 6.60o churches, arrived today for convention preliminaries. - SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT, IND., June 13 Clarence Eder, superintendent of the county road repair department, will begin work this week on the C. and O. crossing at Merrillville. The Improvement will consist of a fill on each side of the track-so the road will approach the tracks on a gradual incline. The railroad will furnish the material and Lake county will furnish the labor. While the work is In progress it will be necessary for autoists going to Gary to detour, by turning west at Merrillville and going to the Gary and Southern Interurban line, then north to the road leading east to the Turkey Creek church.

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VE CASES Cases Against Questionable Resorts are Continued by Judge Dunn What Does Kinder Intend To Do? What does Prosecuting Attorney Dwight Kinder intend to do about slot machines in Lake county? There are 130 slot machines in Gary and many others scattered throughout the county. These slot machines are gambling devices. They are in violation of the law? What floes Kinder intend to do about the Linden Hotel. Budapest, Umpleby's and other gambling houses in Gary? (ntLIETI.) The 130 slot machine in Gary are not grading; device. Prosecuting Attorney Dvrigbt Kinder, mid today. He declared that they nre merchandising machine. Attorney W. J. McAleer, who ha volunteered hi service to prosecute gambling and vice in Lake county, declared that thi statement by Kinder ia "outrageous and preposterous." "The slot machine such a are being permitted in Gary were held by a late decision of the Supreme court to be teaming device," nld McAleer. Kinder' action in the city court thi morning k palpably an attempt to white wash the vice and gambling ring." The Times and Attorney W. J. McAleer won the first legal brush with the dive keepers this morning in the Gary city court. The cases against the keepers of houses of ill fame will not be tried until the grand Jury, called for-naxM Friday by Judge Martin Smith of the Criminal court, has had a chance to review the evidence and decide whether indictments are feasible. Judge Dunn granted a continuance until June 28. This action was taken after Prosecutor Dwight M. Kinder had refused to nolle prosse on the suggestion of Attorney McAleer. Reporters of The Times had been subpoenaed to appear as witnesses In the Gary court against Pauline Schultz. Jake Saultz, "Big Bill" Subotlch and nine others who had been arrested Saturday night by Gary officials. Three reporters who had been subpoenaed and one who had not been included were on hand this morning with Attorney McAleer when the cases were to come up. Mr. -McAlier had been following the stories In The Times and when he heard that matters had come to a head In Gary he promptly volunteered his services to a'sslst In tne prosecution. He is out to help clean up things In Lake county. The court room was crowded. Especially noticeable was the large delegation of women. Representatives of the Republican Women's Club, the W. C. T. U., and other women's organizations of the city and county were present. Conspicuous also In the crowd were scores Irom Gary's underworld, many of them drawn there out of a desire to "rpot" tke fellows who had dared voice a protest against them and thir practices. Attorney McAleer Immediately got in touch with Prosecutor Kinder and during a recess in court they retired for a conference. "Where are the affidavits on which these warrants were based? asked Mr. McAleer. "There are no affidavits," replied Mr. Kinder. "You mean you issued those subpoenaes without affidavits?" demanded McAleer. "Yes." "Then you are dumber than I thought yon were," replied McAleer "What did you base the subpoenaes on?" "I didn't prepare them." Attorney McAleer then went to Judge Dunn. "Who prepared those subpoenaes." he asked the court. "I don't know anything about them Accept that they were sent to me by the state and I signed them," replied the Judge. McAleer was thoroughly aroused. He turned upon the prosecutor. "Then Kinder, you're a- liar," he exclaimed. "What did you say?" asked Kinder lamely. "I said you are a liar," repeated McAleer. "If you call me a liar you're worse than anything you ever called anyone." was the only thing which the prosecutor could muster. Judge Dunn interrupted the verbal battle. "What are you going to do?" he demanded. Attorney McAleer did not want the cases to go to trial in the Gary city court. He said so. He explained that he was not afraid of Judge Dunn. He believed he would give a fair trial. It was a jury in the Gary court which was bothering the state's assistant. "The defense will certainly call for a jury trial." explained Mr. McAleer. "I don't want these cases tried before a Jury In the Gary city court. They belong In the criminal court at Crown Point.

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(BIXLET1) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE SAX KRA. CISCO, Calif:, June 13. Thrf hundred thousand people today watched the firt colorful pageant parade formally open the golden Jubilee of Shrinedom. The parade wa for the purpose of ecortlng Imperial Potentate Ernest Cutts and the other imperial officer to lonvpntlon ball, where the forty-eighth annual session of the imperial council opened It session. Right thousand i,Me, wearing the gay colored fancicul uniform of the shrine patrols from all oTer the country marked. - Seventy-six bands, Including the famoua "millionaire' aggregation from Chicago and Oklahoma City, provided the lively march music. SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., Mecca by the Pacific, June 13. Through the magic streets of a city that has forsaken care for a week and decked itself to rival the gayest and most glamorous oriental Mecca, the befezzed and Joyous representatives of

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BTJLLETXKr INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PARIS. June 13 The interallied reparations commission's note to Germany demands further light upon autonomy of the Irleichsbank and the exportation of capital. It was learned this afternoon. This note is the latest development in the chain of negotiations that have been going on for eight months. BULLETIN LOXDON", June 13 The physical condition of Xicolal Lenine, founder of the soviet govern-, ment and the real ruler of Russia is hopeless, according to information secured this afternoon from authoritative sources. BULLETIN CHICAGO. June 13 Henry J. Wemett, sales manager for an automobile supply firm, was found dead today, lying upon a cot In the basement beneath his office in West Lake st. He had been shot in the temple and his hand grasped a revolver. Two employes of the company, Including the young woman secretary to Wemett, were taken to police headquarters for questioning. This is a matter of vital concern to all Lake county. It Is not eons fined to Gary aJone. I ask you Mr. Prosecutor to nolle proswe these cases and file them direct In the Criminal court." Kinder refused. "Then I will ask for a continuance your honor" said McAleer, turning to the court. Attorneys representing the persons under arrest, remonstrated. They were eager for a trial on the spot. But the court was not to be moved y their protests . He Inquired of Attorney McAleer how much time he wanted. It was decided that two weeks would be sufficient. So the court set the new date at June 2Sth. Attorney McAleer's move paves the way for grand jury Investigation. If the cases had been tried today in the Gary city court the evidence. It Is said, would have been competent for presentation hcjore the grand Jury. The grand Jurors when summoned Friday will take the oath which contains the following: "You. and each of you, do solemnly swear or affirm that you will diligently Inquire) and true presentment make, of all felonies and misdemeanors, committed or triable within this county, of which you shall have or can obtain legal evidence." And then the statues contain this provision : "If a member of the grand Jury know, or have reasons to believe, that a public offense has toeen committed which is triable in the county, he must declare the same to his fellow Jurors, who must thereupon Investigate the same." It would be difficult to draw a grand jury In Lake county on which there would not be at least one man who had heard of the public offent.es committed In Gary. LELANDS AND FORDS ' ARE AT OUTS DETROIT, Mich., June 13. Henry M. Leland vill leave the Lincoln Motor Car Company plant today. His son. Wilfred C. Inland, it is expected, will step out with the veteran motor ir anufacturer. The Lelanls and their organization were removed from authority two weeks s.e.o by Edsel Ford, but were almost immediately reinstated. Conflict in the ideas of the Lelands and Henry Ford are seen by "motor row" as behind this departure from the Lincoln plant of the man who planned it. built it and managed it until Its sale to Mr. Ford last fall.

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Orak Temple roamed and paraded and made merry yesterday. They may be staid and solid business men back in Hammond, but here In San Francisco they are caretree boys, making the most of a national carnival of Shriners. Orak Temple has a real jazzy leader in the person of Dr. Harry E. Sharrer. Its potentate. It has also an appealing song. The first thing the Orak boys did after their arrival was to burst forth musically at the Southern Pacific depot, with "Doc" Sharrer leading the vocal rendition of the following dry selection: "Receive us again, we're as dry as can be; we're from old Indiana plain Hoosiers. you see; Here's to Golden California, with her sunshine and fiowera, You can serve without asking If your throat's dry as ours." And there at the huge terminal traffic was stopped. It Is rumored that the Hammondites' thirst was stopped also shortly later. BUXI-ETrW INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON". June 13 Premier Lloyd- George is running this country straight Into war again, declared the Morning Post, a Tory organ, in attacking the British policy on Ireland and Russia. The Morning Post appealed for funds for a Tory "die hard" campaign to defeat the Liberals In the next election. BULLETIN INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. June 13 In a decislon ..handed down . today the -TTtiltetl-, States Railroad Labor Board ordered the Illinois Terminal Company to reinstate thirteen switchmen and thirty-five maintenance Of way men who were discharged four months ago. The company was ordered to pay the men for all the time lost. BULLETIN SULLIVAN. IND., June 13 The body of Mrs. Antoionette D. Leach, pioneer Indiana suffragist and first woman admitted to the bar In Indiana, who died Sunday at Oxford, N. T.. will be brought to Sullivan tomorrow for burial. SAVES LIFE OF FELLOW COP Detective Sergeant Connelly can thank Plalnclothesman Bogardus 01 the Gary police department for saving him from Injury and perhaps death last night. For weeks Connel'y and Bogardus have been trying to round cp'a gang of stlck-up men who have been holding up dozens of Mexicans in the south side district. Last night they were lying in wait for the gang when they saw one of the trio at the corner of Tenth ave. and Washington st. When Connolly told the hold-up man he was under arrest he pulled a gun on the officer. In a flash Officer Connelly drew for his gun arid in doing so It slipped out of his hand. The stick-up man had him and was getting ready to fire when Bogardus shoved his revolver into the desperado's back. He dropped the pistol Into Officer Connelley's hand, who covered him. He was booked as Tuaquin Costella, a Mexican residing at 940 Adams st. Although 17 years old. the police state that he has assisted two other Mexicans In robbing dozens of victims. Costella was armed with the revolver and forty shells. Later in his room the police found a vicious looking steletto. E DEAD AT HART Decedent Believed to be Oldest Mason in Northern Indiana. William Devonshire, aged 83 years, believed to have been the oldest Mason in Northern Indiana, who died Sunday at his home in Hobartt will be buried Wednesday at 2 p. m. from the late residence. Services will 1 be under auspices of Hobart Masons. Mr. Devonshire was a Mason for more than 35 years; he was for 15 years secretary of Hobart lodge, was a life member of Orak Shrine and was a thirty-second degree Mason.

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River Is Contribution of Philanthropist (BY JESSE H. WILSON) Hammond Boy Scout Council It is with great pleasure that w are permitted to announce to the peo pie of this community and congratu late them on the most generous cor. trlbutlon of our philanthropic fellov townsman, Frank S. Betz. to th Hammond Council Boy Scouts o America. . Boys, we felicitate you, Mr. Bet would make you happy, he will tak pleasure in seeing every boy of thi community of scout age become ; Eoy Ecout and Improve himself ii the manner outlined by that man wonderful organization, the Bo; Scouts of America. The 600 active Boy Scouts unde the jurisdiction of the Hammon Council are . today congratulatin themselves that such a man a Frank S. Betz lives in our city, an the many hundreds that have bee In through the years of training an instruction afforded by the prograrj outlined for the boys are great); elated over the good fortune of thi community, and the fathers, mother and sisters of the boys of this lol cality are today giving praise an honor to Mr. Betz for his impersonal love of humankind based upon th Idea of the brotherhood of man. The good news Is, and the mor than 8.000,000 boys of scout age ii America, will when they hear Ii glory with us. that Mr. Betz has purl chased for the benefit of the Bo scouts or this community, a mos beautiful , camp site, consisting o forty acres of land, much of it coved ed by vegetation, trees of great van iety and shaded nooks, rugged 1 places, bordering on Lake Chapi and the St. Joseph river, beautiful and safe swimming and bathin beach, flowing springs of purest wa ter and picturesque as nature woul have it. This site involved the expenditur by Frank S. Betz of $7,500.00 and 1 located two miles southwest Berrien Springs, Michigan, ten mile north of Niles, and twenty mile southeast of St. Joseph and eight miles by auto, from Hammond. I can be reached by M. C. railway t Niles -and by bus or electric lln from that city. Also by water acros Lake Michigan to Benton Harbor an then by electric line or bus. Thi site -will be known as Frank S. Bet Hammond, Indiana, Boy Scouts Cama The hundreds of contributors an workers in our late drive for fund to carry on the work of the Bo Scouts under the supervision of th Hammond Council are assured of 1 permanent camp for our boys and 1 place that has the best of environ ments for such study, training an amusements as the Boy Scout prcJ gram affords. Mr. Betz, we share with you Jo; and the good fortune of the boys o this community, and we compllmen you for the service you have rendeH ed to our boys. We feel sure thai such generosity is fully appreciate and that great good will come out o this happy event. PRAISES EXPOSE Says Scum in Lake Countjj Needs Cleaning Up Be- I fore It Gets Worse, f Activities cf The Times in exposing vice conditions in Gary continue to bring forth expressions of ap proval from citizens in all parts o the county. Some of them are brief. Other: are lengthy, offering additional in formation, depending upon thi amount of first hand knowledge which the writers happen to have. One of the most emphatic o these comes from Sam B. Wooun well-known farmer of Ross town ship. Mr. Woods knows what is go ing on in Lake county. He makes 1 his business to keep informed That's why he takes the lead In sd many farmers' organizations. Here Is what he says: 'Editor Times: I am proud of you In the way you are exposing and attacking the lawlessness In Lake county. Every good, red-blooded, patriotic citizen of Lake county will back you up and clean out the scum before it gets as had here as it is In Chicago, where a decent man has to keep his mouth shut In the land of the free and the home of the brave, SAM B. woorJ3." THIEVES IN FINE ARTS SCHOOL flNTF NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! ST. LOUIS, June 13. BurglarJ broke into the Washington Unlver sity School of Fine Arts tbullding hammered open a- safe in the ofllcd of Director Edmund Wuerpel and escaped with $80 In cash and $13.0Ci in negotiable securities belongln to Wuerpel. It was discoverec when the office force reported foi work yesterday. NOTICE REGARDING FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION All individuals already notified and all representatives of churches Sunday Schools. Lodges, and al: other organisations (see that one 0! your members attend SURE) pleasd attend a meeting in the Chambei of Commerce rooms, Wednesday evening, June 14th, at 8 o'clock This meeting will be short and td the point. WALTER F. BIELEFELD. 6-13-14 ChaiiVnan.

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