Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 22, Hammond, Lake County, 17 June 1922 — Page 1

CLEANEST CITY IN CAL UMET REGION I THE WEATHER tr toniht and probably Sunday, cooler tonight, moderate northwest winds, becoming variable Sunday moraine. LAKE COUNTY TIMES BUT MANY H VOL. XI. NO. 22. JUNE 17, 1922. TWELVE PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEfCLY EDITION. I

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Producers in Cain nist Region Are Operating Again At Near Capacity Need for Increased production of Iron and Steel Is 'becoming more pressing as orders still are accumulatingon makers books. ' Moreover In some directions it is apparent the lengthening: period of shipments Is tending to hold back the placing of new business. Operations practically are held in check at 70 to 75 per cent on the average. There is good ground for the 'belief that the situation aoon will exert a strong effect In. stimulating greater efforts toward a settlement of the present coal strike, rays the Iron Age. LARGE AWARDS TO STANDARD Inquiries for more than 8,000 freight cars have been brought out recently, although detailed specifi cations In at leas two or three in stances are still to be issued. Orders are also coming out on a better scale and include 1.000 box car bodies awarded to the Standard Steel Car Company from the Baltimore & Ohio and 1,000 repair cars from the Erie to the Hammond plant of the Standard Steel. FREIGHT REDl'CTIOS HALTS "A number of pig iron buyers continue to hold off from making additional purchases until after the freight reductions July 1. The freight cut on all upper lake roads was ordered by tho interstate commerce cer-trslssion to go into effect July 1. following a voluntary reduction by the Steel corporation roads. Some of the carriers however, are preparing to apply the new rate, June 19. This will time the upper lake reduction closelv to a similar cut on the lower lake lines which becomes effective June 15. DOOKJXGS ARE HEAVY Profiteers In the Calumet region are peratlag at an unchanged rate of IS per cent, for the Illinois Steel Co. and 75 per cent for the Inland fiieel Co. Further enlargement of production la not posrible until the fuel situation is cleared. The principal plate buslnes to appear Sn tills district In a long time is A requirement of 18,000 tons for 65 Oil tanks for Oklahoma on which Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing company la taklnir bids. It Is expected that this business will be let shortly. The Sinclair company has not yet taken aotio'n on an 80,000 barrel tank on whlah It recently took bids. The later la to be built In Rhode leland. Orders for structural shapes continue to come out and good prosp set I've business appears to keep the market active. An office building on the eite of the Stratford Hotel. Chicago, 8,000 tons, probably will foe let to the Mcrava Construction company, the eteel to come from the Inland Steel Co. A MILLIONAIRE Former Hammond Superior Court Judge Conveys Startling Ngs. CROWN POINT. Ind.. June 17. Thursday was the "birthday anniversary of Judge Johannes Kopelke. The dlirnity of the former judge was set aside for the day while he! made theerounds hunting up friends and accepting their congratulations. If they failed to come across at once he reminded them of their neglUor.ce. "Congratulate me boys,'' he said, as he approacred a group in the office of tho Lake County C-'jaranty & Title Co. "This is my birthday and I am now a millionaire." An tho roon seemed to doubt his assertion, Kopelke reached into an InriUo poc'.tet and drew forth a bulky envelope. From it he extracted a handful of paper money. "Count !t," he eaid holding it out to his friends. They did eo. "A million end a half." gasped one of the men. "But It's In ttumian soviet rouble notes." laughed another. The Juusre explained. "I vas In Chisago yesterday and bo-usM these notes for 1.500.000 ovist roubles for Just $3. "5 including exchange," ho said. "I Just wanted them aa a souvenir of theso times. Of course they will never be redeemed. I don't believe these European countries will ever 'be able to redeem taore than & small percent of their paper."

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Lenine May Enter Sanitarium BERLIN June 18. Three German specialists, who aro attending Nicolal Lenlne. have suggested that he enter ft German sanitarium for a three months' rest and course or treatment, according to the Neue Berlins1 Taffeblatt today. I

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CHARLES BROOKS, 231 Hohman st., reports bike stolen. THE third flight of the June golf competition is in progress this afternoon at the Hammond Country club. MISS JENNIE SANDAIIL, 32 Carroll st., teacher at Lafayette school, loses $47, stolen from her desk during five minute absence from room. FISHERMAN" are advised that it is again lawful to fish for black bass and blue gills, in Indiana lakes as the closed season ended Thursday. SATS Manager Newman, of the Colonials: "Tell the fans I thank them for the beautiful boquet; of razzberries they handed me the other day." THE good people living on Hoffman street are wondering whether their aldermen are waiting for snowfall before doing something to settle the dust. AMERICAN LEGION ball team and crowd of rooters leave at 11:03 Sunday morning for LaPorte where the legion will play. They go via the South Shore. SHORTAGE of bricklayers Is making the work on West Hammond's new community building drag. The swimming pool will probably be finished next week. CITY HALL CUPID makes killing. Arnold Kunert, city clerk, was to be married today at Plainfleld, 111., to Miss Mabel Jane Sontag, furmer They will return early next week. SPRINKLING rules put the kibosh on sprinkling on the south side. Tou could get some water be fore they went into effect. How's the new pump coming Mr. Blockie? BOY SCOUTS will be entertained with radio concerts at the Betz summer camp if static isn't too bod. R. H. McHie donated J100 towards a fine loud speaking outfit for the boys. IT was extremely thoughtful of former Mayor Pat Reilley to send us the Shrine convention issue of the San Francisco Chronicle, from the Golden Gate City, where Mr. Reilley is now visiting. RECEIVER Charles Surprise has a busy week ahead of him. On Tuesday from 10 o'clock to 3 he will Sell the Hammond, East Chicago and "Whiting Grdcerteria store3. On Wednesday he will sell the Gary and LaPorte stores of the chain". TWENTY years ago Thursday the Twentieth Century Limited made its first run between New York arrd Chicago. There were 27 passengers. Three Pullman cars, t. buffet and a diner made up the train. The train covered the 9S0 miles In 20 hours. THOMAS MALO, race promoter, co-operating with thf American Legion, is at Crown Point today, giving the race track the o. o. for what is expected to be the fastest event ever staged in Lake county. Thre are thirty to forty entrants so far. The race will start promptly at 2:30 standard time. SAD beginning. C. Lewis. 197 Conkey ave., just starting out on motor Jaunt to Richmond, with wife and three boys, crashes into taxicab at Fayette street and Central school alley. Lewis' machine badly wrecked. No one injured. Lewis turned in his seat to reprimand son. who was leaning far out of car fluttering a pin wheel. Lewis lost control and his car swerved into path of taxi. ' WHAT promises to be one of the biggest electrical vacuum cleaner demonstrations ever given in Hammond is promised by the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, in their windows and show room this evening. Not satisfied with washing the ebony hued youngster in the window bath tub or with -washing and ironlTig countless bills, the Northern Indiana Co. makes this bid for even further attention on the part of the Saturday Nighter by showing what can be done with an Eureka Klectrlo Vaccum cleaner; They say it will draw most anything with its wonderful suction power, but as long as it does not draw the proverbial needle from the haystack and take away our pet proverb, we will be entirely satisfied with the demonstration. SIX MONTHS FOR N INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 17. Gabriel Bulajaka, of Hammond, pleaded guilty before Judge' A. B. Anderson in the federal court Thursday to a charge of maintaining a nuisance in violation of the Volstead act. He was sentenced to serve six months in Jail. It was brought out that Bulajaka had been fined twice at Hammond for selling liquor and had received suspended Jail sentences. Judge Anderson said he would give Bulajaka the time that had ben taky?n off the sentences at Hammond. Oiir object and purpose in fitting your eyes v.Mth glasses is the future consideration, of yoir sight for the years that are before you. S. Silver, 177 State st., Hammond, 6-18

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WANT WORK TO GO ON Editor TlmriL Dear Mr; At the laiit regular meeting of the South Side W. V. T. l, the secretary of the union wa rciunted to write a letter to the Lake County Times publishers, commending them for the action they Imve taken In exposing crime conditions In Lake county, and urging them to continue the good work so auspiciously begun. Yours truly, MIIS. C G. IXGRAHAM, Secretary.

NEW LABOR Coal Miners and Railway Workers Organize for Big Industrial Conflict By WARREN W. WHEATON STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE CINCINNATI. Ohio, June 17. Organized labor's first definite move to throw its legions into the big industrial conflict for a "show down" fight is underway here today. A gigantic coalition of coal miners and railroad workers, to ieet the believed inevitable railroad strike, is expected to result from conferences Initiated by railroad workers' heads. A combination of these two powerful unions, one already on strike and the other facing a strike, awaits only the sanction of John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America. In the proposal, labor leaders attending the American Federation of Labor convention also see efforts lo compel the "big four" railroad brotherhoods to take a defiinite stand as to support or possible Joining the tailroad shop crafts if they strike. The following article In that agreement '.s responsible for the invitation for the conference given the miners by B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employes department of the American Federation of Labor: "When it becomes apparent that any one group of the associated organizations Is madi the victim of unwarranted attacks, or Its Integrity Is jeopardized, it will become the duty of the representatives of each of th,e associated organizations to assemble to consider the situation. Ways and means may then be considered and applied to best meet the emergency. Action taken under this section Is subject to approval by each of the organizations represented." The combination effected under this agreement was based on the assertion that "the associated organizations represented In the transportation and mining industries of the country have been compelled to bear the brunt of unwarranted attacks upo nthelr Integrity and unjust and inequitable changes in their wage schedules and conditions of employment." GARY MAN IS SUED FOR DIVORCE Herman Walters, a driver for the Gary Bakery, was made defendant In a divorce suit tiled by his wife Elizabeth Walters, in the Superior court at Hammond. Her husband's infatuation with a woman named Gertrude Williams is cited as one of ihe main reasons for the brea:h between tht m. They were married July 1C. 1916 and separated June 4 of this year. Mrs. Walters says she had to get out and work in order to support herself and two children. In December 1921, she says her husband promised to reform but he didn't. Instead he continued to gamble aivd j.pend his money and he hunted up the Williams woman aga'n Finally he told ber to get out of the house and she did. McMahon Ac Con roy are her attorneys. FRIENDS WHO FLEE "As a favor." That will cost A. H. Sambor. Indiana Harbor attorney and former state representative, a pretty penny. He signed bonds totaling $300 for appearance of four friends. Twice they failed to appear to answer ch-ges of drunkenness and diiving&n auto while drunk. This morning Judge Cleveland in city court ordered the bonds forfeited and issued bench warrants for the arrest of the fugitives. They are Nick Sapron, Frank YonkowskI, Steve Makar. and Joe Paplinskl. The four careened down Truman blvd., smashing two cars besides their own. There are no fewer than 332 parka and sauares In Paris.

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RESPECTED WOMAN IS DEAD Mrs. Chas. Kasson's End Comes This Morning After Long Illness. After an Illness of eleven weeks. Mrs. Chas. Kasson died at her home 50 Web street this morning having been a resident of Hammond for the past forty years. Always act ive In social and churcb affairs. Sirs. Kasson was among t'he city's most respected a.nd 'beloved women. Her i friends will always mourn her for her uniform cheerfulness and hospitable manners. She was born May 17, 1859 and was a prominent member of the First MV E. Church cut Hammond. She edited the Hammond cook book, a tribute to her domestic qualities and a monument to her culinary achievements. She Is survived by three children. Mrs. Orlan Grant of LaFayette. Ind.; Mr. John Stamm, of Hammond, Mr. Harry B. Stamm, of Denver, Colorado, a sister Mrs. Frank Phillips, of Hammond, and a brother Mr. John Thacker, of LaFayette, Ind., and a grandson, Mr. Chas Stamm, who has been under her care ftor the past 11 years. Arrangemertts for the funer al await the arrival of Henry B. Stomm from his home In Denver, but will be announced later. LELAND STAGES A E INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 DETROIT. Mich., June 17. Henry M. Leland within sixty days will be back -In the high priced car field as competitor of hia former partner, Henry Ford. "The grand old man of the motor car industry," 1ms the financial backing to begin building a car which will challenge his own creation, the Lincoln. This exclusive Information was gl'ven the International News Service today and motor car men are asking the question: "With the indomitable spirit of this 80 year old car maker ever dleT" The names of the men backing Leland are withheld but it is sa.id that these men offered to buy back the Lincoln plant frr Lelands when they broke -with Ford. SPEEDY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE MONESSEN, Pa., June 17. Two men riding in smoking car of the New York Central Expres from Fair mont, W. Va.. to Pittsburgh, got up. stretched their legs Just before noon today, wandered out on the plat form, donned maslcs, hauled out their siix guns and t'hen entered the Express car of the train. While one stood with his big "gat" ready for imtant use. the others trussed up and gagged Azel Hicks, the express messenger, and Michael Amber, the baggage master. Then the messenger's keys were taken from his pock et, the car safe opened and the con tents slipped Into a commodious pocket. Everything worth while In the car was stolen. The scene of the robbeiry was Jirst five milesf iwn Webster. Pa., In a lonely atrip of tbe country. When the train slowed down for Webster Station, the two robbers jumped off and entered a waiting automobile, near the depot, manned by two eonfederates. The four made a quick escape from town. The American Express company at Pittsburgh will check up the loss. KIDNAP AND FLOG MOTOR CO. HEAD INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, June 17. Eight men who kidnapped William Kehoe. president of the West Side Motor Company, late last night, were arrested early today In a field on the outskirts of the city while they were In the act of flogging Kehoe. The men accused Kehoe, according to the police, of an attack upon a young woman. Police are investigating to determine if the men are members of the Ku Klux Klan. DEATH OF AUGUST RUFF ROBERTSDALE, Ind., Jun 17. August Ruff, aged 58 years, well known character In Robertsdale and Whiting, who died last night at St. Margaret's hospital will be buried Monday at 1:30 p. m. from his late residence at 771 Indianapolis Blvd. He is survived by his widow. Burial at Oak Hill. Owens and Spansburg will conduct the funeral. Whiting Elks will hold Flag Day Exercises at the Community Center, Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p. m. The public is Invited. P. J. MOSER. Exalted Ruler. V7-1

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St. John Congregation Unable to Find Corner stone Of Wrecked Church SPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 ST. JOHN, Ind., June 17. Members of St. John parish are visibly disturbed. They are tearing down the old Catholic church which has been a landmark of the community for sixty-six years. But It is not the sentimental regrets over losing the old structure which causes their perturbation. It is the fact that so far they have not been able to find anything which looks like a corner stone. And it Is Just dawning upon the parishioners that their old church may have gone all of these years without a cornerstone. Thus they may be robbed of one of the chief Joys of wrecking a building with a history, for delving into the antiquated contents of a cornerstone Is like stepping backward to the day the building was erected. Charles Thiel; building contractor has charge of the wrecking of the structure to make way for the new church. With only, three men he had the walls down to the founda tions In three days. Then the cornerstone arose. Not a trace of which resembled a stone found. At one place In problem anything could be the wall a email bottle containing a piece of paper had been found. However, the cork had turned to dust years ago and the paper was so discolored and aged that the writing on It could not be deciphered. Father Anthony Badlna has not given -up hopes. He intends to continue the search while the foundation slabs are being torn out. He thinks that a rough cornerstone may have been placed there with no exterior marks on It. Generally the cornerstone Is found to contain an odd collection of coins, newspapers, lists of names and other things which might be of curious Interest to people years later. St. John parish is the oldest In Lake county. At least two log and frame structures were used as the cburehes In St. John before the brick building was erected. Sixty-six years ago when ox teams and clny roads were to be contended with. It was practically out of the question to purchase the material In the market and transport It to St. John. So the parlshoners decided to make It a community affair. They set up a brick yard and kiln of their own and used the clay from a pit near the church site. Construction was slow. The people devoted spart time to making and burning brick and when finally enough had accumulated they built the church. Jacob Scherer Is the only member of the congregation now living who helped in the erection of the building. He hauled the brick from the kiln to the church site. He does not recall any cornerstone services. The first church at St. John was built in 1843 by John Hack, supposed to be the first German settler in liflke county. His little chapel was used by the Catholic congregation until 1S56 when the old brick building was put up. Hack, while a catholic layman, conducted the first burial services In the county on the little mound at the head of Cedar Lake. Mrs. Henry Sasse was buried there June 10. 1840. She was a Lutheran but as there was no one to read the Lutheran service. Mx. Hack performed the rites. MOST POPULAR LADY Judges counting votes in the combination popularity contest held at the Nat Relss carnival-shows under auspices of the Odd Fellows worked until late afternoon today and comuleted their laborious task with the following prize winners: Most popular lady, Miss Florence Rosenbaum, diamond ring, 33.975 votes; second Mrs. C. B. Clark, diamond studded lavelierre, 17.375 votes. Most popular boy, Raymond Hartman, bicycle, 7.525 votes; second. Harold Finkelsteln, complete baseball outfit. 4.650 votes'. Favorite baby, Milton Schneider, diamond ring, 13.525 votes.: Lorraine Moureau, solid silver child's dining set. 12.451 votes. Prizes wll be awarded at the show grounds tonight. The carnival will close a most successful run following awarding of the Dort automobile at 11:00 p.. m. tonight. MRS. REIGER DEAD Mrs. Anna Reiger, wjdow of the late Frank Reiger,, died yesterday afternoon at her home 13529 Early avenue, Hegewisch, at the age of 75. She Is survived by six children: Henry, Mrs. Tillle Thompson, Frank G., August, Mrs. Clara Clark and Mrsv Tracy Rodell. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2:00 p. m., from the late residence. BuTial at Oak Hill cemetery. N. J. Emmerling will conduct the funeral.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE " CHICAGO. June 17. Charging labor members of the board with "incendiarism" In advocating a strike of railway workers In protest against Its wage cut decisions ami with "distorting the sentiments of the majority," the railway labor board Issued a vigorous statement repliyng to the minority report and upholding their action in ordering wage Reductions. The statement followed announcement by the board of wage cuts aggregation $26,500,000 annually in the pay of approximately 329.000 clerks and station employee, signalmen, stationary firemen and engineers, ana other employes. The majority members of the board deny a desire to enter Into any controversy with the minority. The dissenting opinion is so unusual, the maojrlty statement declares, that some features of it "should not be passed by without notice." "It Is quite natural for the representatives of labor on the board to resist all wage reductions," said the statement. "This course Is In harmony with the policy of the organization rnd it was pursued in connection with the reductions In 1921 as well as those of the present year. "It Is something new, however, for labor members of the board to CALLED FOR T In a desire to get behind The Times and aid in the clean-up crusade in Lake county, a citizen's committee, organized this week in Hammond, has called a mass meeting of citizens to be held tomor row afternoon at the First Metho dlst church. lTomtnent In the movement are leaders of the Lake County W. C. T. U.. the ministers of the majority of the churches and leaders of var lous civic organizations. President Shoemaker of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League will be in Hammond and address the crowd. He will draw on hie years of experience and advise how best the efforts of this citizens tody can be directed in the big task of rid ding Lake county of vice and law lessness. "We are thoroughly aroused,' said Mrs. J. R. Graves, speaking for the W. C. T U. representatives on the Citizen's Committee. "Our organization has already passed resolutions commending The Times for its fearless expose of condl tions as they exist We ' want to lend whatever aid is possible. We stand for law enforcement and we want city, county and state o..cials. present and prospective, to understand It." The meeting Sunday afternoon will be called at 2:30 o'clock. It will be announced In all the churches tomorrow morning and It ISj expected that the place will be crowded. In addition to Mr. Shoemaker there will also be local speakers from Hammond and other parts of the county. OF GRAND JURY SPECIAL TO THE TIMES COURT HOUSE, Crown Point, Ind. June 17. Convening immediately after lunch yesterday afternoon the Iike county grand jury, called by Judge Martin Smith, began its mo-1 mentous work of uncovering re sponsibility for the most flagrant law violation this county has ever seen. The scourge of gamblers, prostitutes, moonshiners, bootleggers and disreputable characters that have flooded every Industrial community of the district must be wiped out. Judge Smith charged the grand Jury in his instructions delivered to that body yesterday. Don Van Licuw, Gary real estate man. selectod to serve in place ot Harry L. Arnold, who was excused from duty, was appointed foreman of the jury. Times reporters, who for the past two weeks have been investigating vice conditions In the county, were called yesterday afternoon to testify. FIFTY DROWNED WHEN BOA! CAPSIZES INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE HAMP JRG. Germany, June 17. At least fifty persons were drowned when til e Brazilian-Lloyd liner Avare capsized while being towed to her dock by tugs. H waa estimated by officials of the line today. The accident took place on Friday afternoon. A large part of the crew were trapped beneath the decks and could not make any effort to escape. The eating of sauerkraut tenda to the prolongation of human life, according to some medical scientists.

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issue incendiary arguments to employes in favor of striking against a decision of the board. The giving of advice of this kind that heretofore been left to outsiders who were not under the official obligations imposed by the transportation act, the main purpose of which is to prevent railway strikes and protect the public from their dire effects." The majority then quotes this paragraph from tho minority report: "The transportation act aimed to substitute for the strike such Just and reasonable wages would render resort to the strike unnecessary. If this tribunal, created to determine such wages, adimts that under existing circumstances it cannot fulfill this function, obviously the employes must use such power as they have to Influence tho labor marXei which Is henceforth to be the determining factor in their wages." "That is to say,' the majority declares, "that If the board makes such admissions the employes must strike." "Not only," the majority statement continues, "do the minority step down from the Judicial position which they occupy to advise a strike, but they obviously distort and misconstrue the language of the majority In order to provide the condition which they construe as a Justification."

VALUABLES T SPECIAL TO THE TIMES GRIFFITH, Ind,. June 17. Erie railroad special agents under Captain Paul today are searching merchandise stores, pawn shops, and second-hand clothing stores in the Calumet aistrict for trace of hundreds of yards of Swiss imported organdie stolen at Griffith early this morning from west-bound Erie merchandise freight train No. 77 The cloth is valued st $3,100. The. bolts of the sheer fabric used for women's dresses were tossed from the car as the train left Griffith, it Is believed. The car containing the goods was discover ed broken open when the train reached Hammond. Special agents were dispatched Immediately alon the route. No trace of the cloth could be found. It is thought a truck was used in transporting away. it MAKE HAMMOND MAN EAGLE OFFICIAL MUNCIE. June 17. After se lecting Mlchigl n City as the, next an ual meeting place and electing officers, a trustee and three delegates to the national convention, the Indiana Terlc of Eagles closed its 1322 two-day con-ention here yesterday. Evans-viHe and Columbus also were contenders for the next convention. The following officers elected were Ray C. Brock, of Kokomo. president; Judge Ernest C. Cloe. Noblesvllle. vice-president; Judge E. G. Sprcat, Hammond, chaplain; Charles A. Bidman, Terre Haute, conductor; Wal lace J. Dillingham. Warsaw, secre tary; D. A. Gutgsell, Michigan Crty, treasurer: G. M. Aschenbrenner, New Albany, Inside guard; A. M. Johnnanlng, Richmond, outside guard, and Walter Foley, of Bvansville. trustee. Norman Hiltner. of Mtuncle; James An(Jergon of and jrvin 5f Fisher of South Bend, were elected delegates to the national convention, j Three thousand members of the order marched in a parade Thurs day evening, including a number of drill teams In uniform. A dance and card party after the parade closed the convention. Secretary Dillingham In his annual report said that officially the order made a growth of 5,012 members in the last year, but actually 000 others have been initiated recently whose names have not as yet been reported. Th Indiana aerie wasi reported to be in a flourishing financial condition. FATHER BEGINS SUIT Kazlmlers Malkowekl of Indiana Harbor has filed suit In the Ham mond Superior court to recover dam ages because of the death of his fifteen-year-old daughter, Anaataala on May 8. The girl waa roller akattng In ISTth street, between Alder and Beech atreete. It was 9:30 o'clock In the evening. Stanley Rusaonskl is said to have driven along the treet in hie automobile. The ear struck the girl causing a fractured skull which resulted In her death. It Is charged that the defendant dij not have his llchta burning. The father aska for $10,000 damages, Crumpaoker and Crumpacker are his Attorneys.

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LAW VIOLATORS States Attorney Tells Why It is Hard to Regulate Soft Drink Parlors

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING, Ind.. June 17. "One o the greatest obstacles to police regulation of soft drink parlore is the mushroom existence of most of them. They spring up over night; flom-i.h, make money, perhaps violate the law; then disappear to rise again in some new location. There is no city tax. no state tax, no registration is required, and no one knows whence they come, whttner they go." That is the statement of Thomas B. Cerajew6kl, deputy prosecuting attorney, and perhaps better acquainted with vice conditions u Whiting than any other public official, Mr. Cerajewskl. with the co-operation of the Whiting police department, lias engineered more arrests of liquor law violators and hat closed up more soft drink parlors during the first six month of 1922 than were made during the whole of 1921, he shows through records in his office. At that, Whltlr.s is etill doted with liquor law violators. City officials know it; police know it; the people know it. Out of the mass of tabulated figures in the office of Mr. Cerajewskl this amazing fact stands out: That of sixty-some business places In Whiting, thirty-six, or more than one-half, were devoted to selling socalled soft cirinks. That Whiting has more reputed soft drink parlors now than It had saloons In the palmy pre-prohibltion days. That in common with other cities of Lake county, the number of arrests for intoxication is mounting steadily. Gambling. There is some in Whiting. The police can name the places where gambling is supposed to be the ch'ef business. But they say they cannot "get" the operators. The places are too well protected by "look-outs," electric belle, and so on. Whiting is peculiarly free from houses of 111 fame. There seems to be little complaint among the citizenry about this phase of vice. There Is an element in the city where ' prostitution flourishes. But even here. It is occasional and dependent upon the frequency of paydays at the refineries and mills. On the whole, Whitlng'a record is about the cleanest of any of the Lake county cities. Its besetting sin is the prevalence of the moonshine parlor. These will be registered and their number regulated if plans of city officials are carried through. RAILROAD AGENTS T Arthur Mayhak of Miller, former Gary policeman and now an employe of the Gary Baking Company, who Is battling against death at the Mercy hospital in Gary today as a result of being shot in the abdomen by a Negro gunman who attempted to hold him up yesterday morning is slightly improved and has a chance to recover. If "Art," as he is more commonly known among his friends, does survive the Injuries, his recovery will almost be a miracle. The bunet from the Negro's gun ploughed its way into his side, tearing through the walls of the intestines in more than a half a dozen places. A wound of this kind is always con sidered very serious by physicians. Mr. Mayhak is being given the best of care at the Mercy hospital, however, as everything known to medical science is being adminis tered. On top of this, he has a wonderful constitution and with his determination that he is going to cheat the grim reaper, friends are hourly looking for hopeful news from his belslde. Mayhak was shot by a Negro pin. man while on his way to work. Hi was employed as a driver for the Gary Baking Company, having a route in North Hammond, Burnham and Hegewisch, where he is alsa well known. At Grant st. and the I. H. Belt high-line, a Negro gunman left a freight train standing on the track and slipping down the embankment, stuck his gun Into Mayhak's back, demanding him to raise his hands. Mayhak instantly complied with the command, but was probably responsible for his being shot when he turned slightly to get a look at the hold-up man. At that Instant, the Negro fired, thinking Mayhak was going lo give battle. Mayhak dropped to the ground seriously Injured, and the Negro fled up the embankment. A well-known official is conducting an investigation today regarding a report that two railroad detectives witnessed the shooting and never offered any assistance. It Is also stated that they saw the gunman climb up on the freight between two cars, but made no effort to shoot him, which it is said they could have done. It was the conductor of the train who notlfiai the police, it is said. Unassisted. Mayhak got up on his feet and struggled to 930 Garfield St., where he was found by the police. The matter should be thoroughly Investigated, and if the details of the negligence of the rail, road detectives are proven, they should be severely punished. NOTICE Hammond Bathing Beach will open tomorrow, Saturday, June 17. DANIEL BROWN, Mayor. -U-Jt

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