Hammond Times, Volume 16, Number 83, Hammond, Lake County, 25 September 1922 — Page 1

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LaFollette Says That Charge: Will Not be Allowed to Die By J. BART CAMPBELL [STAFF COFRESPOTSENT I. N. SERVICE] WASHINGTON. Sept 25- Attorney General H. M. Daugherty will be "put on the rack" in the November session of congress as a cabinet officer seldom has been before, his opponents declared today as congress melted away for two months' rest. The attorney general will be attacked in three fronts as soon as congress reassembles, (1) through the impeachment proceedings brought by Rep. Keller, republican, of Minnesota: (2) a proposed investigation of his alleged failure to prosecute war frauds, sponsored by Representative Roy O. Woodruff, of Michigan, republican; and (3), the labor and "liberal element in congress will seek his scalp for the famous Chicago Injunction against the rail strikers. Senator Robert M. Lafollette, republican, of Wisconsin, asserted today that the campaign against Daugherty will rot be allowed to die during the two months recess of congress. 'When Attorney General Daugherty incured an injunction from Judge Wllkerson to present working men exercising their constitutional rights of peaceful assemblage, freedom of speech and lawful use of their property, he used his high position and the great powers of a free government to illegally oppress American citizens, " said La-follette. "We are not through with Mr. Daugherty." the fiery Wisconsin senator added as he paused momentarily in his preparations to catch the next train "back home" where he is to renew his fight for the election in November of the entire Lafollette ticket. "When congress reconvenes Mr. Dautcherty will have a whole lot to answer for his failure to prosecute the car graft cases is but one of the many things he will be called upon to explain. I do not care to discuss the impeachment proceedings. "There can be little respect for the department of justice until if shall respect the constitution and be laws of the lands. Within the memory of this generation there has been a degeneration of the department. EUROPE'S BY W. H. ATKINS [STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE] WASHINGTON. Set. 25-- Europe's debts to the United States can be reduced rapidly by employing some of the billions of dollars now tied up in the hands of European security holders, government financial experts said today in reviewing fiscal affairs abroad. Since the American debt funding commission definitely stopped Europe continued pressure for debt cancellation, officials of this government have made plain to some of the European debtors that ample wealth is available abroad to liquidate the obligations. At least the obligations can be funded Into those of maturities much shorter than was prescribed by the funding act. In great Britain, a total of $15,000,000.000 is said to be available in investment securities. Great Britain, according to experts here, need not ship gold to the United States, but can adopt the method of securing dollar exchange in the United States by the sale here of gilt edge securities, for which there would be a ready demand among American in-vestors. The United States with one-third of the world's entire gold supply, would welcome a plan by which the European debtors might secure dollar exchange, through credits established by the sale of securities in the United States. The positions of Italy and France is said to be favorable enough in "this respect, to enable them to adopt a similar expedient for adjustment of their debts to America. WIFE FAINTS WHEN HUSBAND ENTERS CELL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING. Ind.. 3ept. 25. -- Mrs. Andrew Vayo. 3518 Pine Grove ave., Chicago, fainted Saturday evening when police locked her husband up on a charge of speeding. She was revived but refused to be consoled until friends from Chicago secured his -release on ball. Other speeders arrested were Frank W. Brown. 448 Beverly ct.: joe Shapiro. 1358 Tripp ave,. and Adam Nawak, 1221 S. Washington st, Chicago.

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ROAD SCENE Taxi Proprietor Shot On Lake George Boulevard By Gang. MICHIGAN CITY. IND., Sept. 25 John A. Murphy, proprietor of the Emery Taxi Co., Chicago, with his brother and an insurance adjuster, arrived in the city to claim the taxicab found abandoned on Porter street yesterday. In view of the incidents leading up to the abandonment of the car here, Mr. Murphy is lucky to be able to be in the city at this time. But, despite two bullet wounds and a much-battered face he is able to walk and expected to proceed back to Chicago this evening with his machine. Monday morning, about 4 o'clock, according to Murphy, he picked up rive young men at Sixty-Third street and South Park. Chicago, who wanted to go to Hammond. They sang and made plenty of noise for some time, he states, but just after reaching the Lake George road, a short distance from Hammond, they quieted down and shortly one of them demanded that he pull up to the side of the road and stop. He decided that he was about to be held up and instead of heeding their demand kept on going, whereupon several shots were fired at his feet and legs through the side doorway. One of the bullets passed through the fleshy part of his right calf and the other grazed the heel and lodged in the counter of his left shoe. He threw the machine out of gear and Jumped out, hit the first one of the five to reach the ground and then was hit across the bridge of the nose and "knocked out" with a gun. He has a faint recollection of being thrown into the rear of a machine, supposedly his own, but his next clear recollection is when he found himself lying in a hot bed, such as is used for growing flowers, on Halstead street, near Nlnty-Fifth st., Chicago. .TI S POULIN AS LIAR [INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE] SOUTH BEND. IND., Sept. 25 With a scream of rage the woman in the case faced the man in the case at the Tiernan-Poulin paternity hearing today, "Your liar oh, you lie!' It was the climax of the court drama. Mrs. August Tiernan hurling the ugly word at Harry Poulin, the man she accuses of being the father of her baby. Poulin was on the stand at the time. Calmly, almost with an air of indifference, he was telling his story. Mrs. Tiernan had jumped to her feet a she interrupted Poulin's tes-timony. Ho started then leaned forward in his chair. "Sit down.' he said in low deliberate tones -- "you'll hear more than that." Mrs. Tiernan cast a look of bitter scorn at the man she accuses was her lover in an illicit romance, then sank back Into the arms of her husband. Professor John P. Tiernan, of Notre Dame University. The dramatic outburst came only a few minutes after Poulin had been called to the stand. Two other witnesses had preceded him for the defense before he took the chair. Attorney Samuel Swartz for ' the defense asked him: "And were you ever alone with Mrs. Tiernan in the branch store, maintained by the company for which you work on the university campus?" Poulin paused before replying. The silence was so impressive that the ticking of the court room clock crashed upon the ears of tnose who listened. With every eye upon him and every ear attentive, Poulin said was not." The words were chopped out with a clarity of enunciation almost vindicitive. Mrs. Tiernan, sitting directly opposite the witness seemed stunned for a moment. Then she sprang to her feet with the angry exclamation. Her whole body was quivering. Her face by turns was white and red. Her fingers worked convulsively. It was a full minute before order could be restored and Poulln's examination continued. Poulin after answering the preliminary questions upon being called to the stand, said he first met Professor Tiernan and his wife, three years ago at a masquerade. He then admitted attending dancing parties with them and with dancing with Mrs. Tiernan. Poulln's first denial of Mrs. Tiernan's accusations came when he said he, attended every lenten service during the spring of 1921. on Wednesday and Friday nights, except one and that on that occasion he was home sick. These were the nights, Mrs. Tiernan swore they kept their love trysts. "Did you or Mrs. Tiernan ever go to the Adler store on the campus togather alone at night during that lenten season?'' "No. I did not." "Were you ever guilty of misconduct with Mrs. Tiernan in a park on one Sunday in September, 1921,"

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Madame Ludwig Bendix. Madame Bendix, wife of Ludwig Bendix, financial adviser of the German embassy at Washington, is regarded as one of the prettiest women in the diplomatic corps. She has won a host of friends t the U. S. capital. Party Seems Inclined So Far to Let Election Go by Default INDIANAPOIJS Sept. 35. -- As the 1922 campaign approaches the home stretch it becomes more apparent that the democrats, either by choice or because of necessity, are not preparing to put up a militant scrap to bring victory to their state ticket and nominee for senator. Tangible proof of this is easy to be found. The election is but six weeks from Tuesday, yet the democratic state committee has not established a speakers" bureau or any other kind of a department in the state headquarters. The business of conducting a state-wide campaign by a political party entails a great deal of routine work and the employment of a number of persons just to attend to the ordinary run of activities. In recent general elections the democrats, as well at the republicans, have been fairly active in assigning prominent speakers to all parts of the state, in forming an organization for the sole purpose of stirring up active interest among women, in conducting a publicity or information department to spread the gospel of the party. But none of these things is being done in the accustomed manner by the democrats. There are some that argue that, perhaps after all, these things are not necessary. Yet, it is asserted. It appears strange that a party does not avail itself of the machinery which has become a part of the game. An article which appeared in a Washington, D. C., paper recently under an Indianapolis date line may give some clue to the motives of the democrats in the present campaign. The writer explained that a democratic leader in Indiana was asked in what tangible, concrete way his party hoped to defeat Albert J. Beveridge for the senate. The answer was dissatisfaction of stand pat republicans and sentiment of the people against high taxes. In other words the democrats are not relying upon any efforts of their own to win the election, but hope that the republicans are split on the standpat and progressive question and that a number of persons will blindly vote against the party in power because taxes are above normal. Thus it appears to political ob(Continued on page five.) "I never was." The testimony shifted to the time when Mrs. Poulin went to Chicago during which Mrs. Tiernan had testified she kept clandestine appointments with Poulin at his home. The witness gave names and dates to contradict the testimony that he and Mrs. Tiernan were together in hi home while Mrs. Poulin was away. Poulin was asked about the meeting he had with Professor Tiernan on January 9th, of this year, when Tiernan accused him with being the father of the baby. "What conversation took place?" "Well, I said, "what is it John?" "He said, 'Gus has told m everything. I assumed that our child is yours.' ' '"Why you're crazy, there's nothing to that' I told him." "And then he said 'well, I'm going to demand that you make restitution or I'll have you arrested. I want $100 to pay the maternity bill and sustenance tor the oh lid.' I told him again ha was crazy."

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AUTO DRIVER IS HURT IN FAIR RACES

Crown Point Says Good-Bye to 1922 Fair; Greatest in History [SPECIAL TO THE TIMES] CROWN POINT, Inc. Sept. 25.--Billy Harris, driving the Hudson which crashed into the fence on the south side of the fair grounds during the 25-mile race on Saturday, escaped with but slight cuts on his hip and shoulder. He was taken to the Red Cross tent, where first aid was given by Miss Mary Lorrig. a Red Cross nurse who was on hand each day at the Red Cross headquarters west of the Art hall. Harris' escape from serious injury was miraculous considering that his car was going 60 miles an hour when the steering wheel broke and he lost control of the car. He was the winner of the 15-mile race. Crown Point said good-bye to a great fair on Saturday night, as exhibitors, shows and concession men began their exodus after a big week at the fair grounds. The farewell performance in front of the grand stand, the farewell cries of side show men. and the last calls for "hot dogs" and hamburgers were issued with a large crowd out to get a final glimpse of the fair in action. Secretary Fred Ruf and other officials of the fair expressed much pleasure at the success echieved at this year's fair. Splendid attendance marked the exposition and the receipts will show up better than any previous year, they declared. WHITING LEGION OFFICERS ATTEND STATE MEETING [SPECIAL TO THE TIMES] WHITING. Ind., Sept. 25. Chester Slater, commander; Frank Lauer, vice commander; Leo Mulva, adjutant, and Leo Gullstrom, member of the executive committee of the Whiting Post of the American Legion left yesterday to attend the legion state convention at Terre Haute. Arnold Exton-Porter, second vice chairman of the state legion; Oscar Ahlgren, state Americanization officer, and Charles S. Peril, tenth district Americanization officer, were in the party. The Whiting Legion drum and bugle corps will go to Terre Haute tomorrow for the pa-rade. FOR YEAR What will be the program of the East Chicago Chamber of Commerce the coming year? George H. Lewis, president of ths commercial organization, says: "We will not dissipate our energies by attempting a too ambitious program, but will confine ourselves to putting over a limited number of the most needed projects. "Th; dust nuisance will receive attention as well as the municipal hospital.' "A City Plan Commission form of government is very important and should be given support. "Amalgamation should be pressed to a vote this year. To help that along Hammond should support the opening of Forsyth avenus straight through to Summer street. If East Chicago had been working under direction of a City Plan Commission, Forsyth avenue would never have been closed; Chicago avenue would have had business lots retained through to Hohman street, Hammond. Some of these subjects will bs discussed at the regular meeting of the chamber next Wednesday noon. RAILWAY TRAGEDY AT CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-- The body of H. C. Ferguson, chief clerk in the offices of the division superintendent of the Illinois Central railroad at Memphis Tenn., was found beside the track of the railroad between Harvey and Riverdale. Ill., early today. Ferguson evidently had fallen on had been thrown from a train. Police and railroad detectives were investigating the mystery

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MISREPRESENTED." ! SAYS GIRL CHAMP Miss Katherine Agar. "People misrepresent the pic I athletic girl.' " saye Miss Katherine Agar, one of the U. S. girls who starred in the recent women's Oympie meet in Paris. "She is not masculine and gh." declares Miss Agar. "She is just a good sport who knows how to take bump or a victory." FIND FOURTH KANSAS CITT, Mo.. Sept. 25. -- For the fourth time this month, the body of a woman has been found in or on the banks of the Missouri river. The body was that of a young white woman about 27 years old and was found by a farmer in a clump of driftwood near Welling, Mo., 35 miles from here There were no marks of violence on the body, which was almost nude. Police today were inclined to drop the murder theory in the belief the girl committed suicide. PIPE LINES An order of 100,000 tons of 8, 10 and 12-inch pipe of the SinclairStandard Oil Pipe Line Co. that will be constructed from the East Chicago-Whiting refineries to the oil fields of Casper, Wyo., was awarded to the National Tube Co. With the completing of this pipe line the Sinclair-Standard Oil will have transporting, systems conveying oil to their East ChicagoWhiting refineries from both the southwest and northwest fields. Divine Aid Credited by Business House; Donates f or Church PERRYTOWN, Tex., Sept. Acknowledging its indebtedness to the Lord for succors, the Perrytown, Equity Exchange, of this city, has offered to set aside a percentage of its profits for the church. Residents believe it is the first firm in the southwest to adopt such a course. , The firm does a grain exchange business, and its membership is composed largely of farmers of the community. The board of directors has asked each member to voce to dedicate a portion of the net profits to churches in order to insure future success. The designation as to which denomination is to benefit as a result of the exchange's plan is left to the discretion of each member. LOCAL TALENT FOB ALL SAINTS The men of All Saints' Church are preparing an entertainment for the benefit of All Saints' Church to be given in. the Parish hall. Tuesday evening. October 10th. They assure their friends that the coming program of laughs. Jokes, songs and ballads will prove highly entertaining. Many of the following mm have shown their ability in manylocal entertainments and will be in the cast of this local talent entertainment of the Parish. Hugh Murphy, Desmond, Louis White, Borchert. Dermedy, Brooks, Allen Mehan, Lauerman, Tom Murphy. G. Carroll, Nowak, Gene Carroll, Allan O'Rourke, Pete Murphy, Chartier, McLaughlin. Ed. Flynn and Berendt. McLAUGHLIN CO HAS RE-ORGANIZED The McLaughlin Mill Supply Co., has besn reorganized and has taken a lease on the building on Michigan avenue that was formerly occupied by the Hammond Wet Wash Laun-dry. R. C. McLaughlin is president of the company, J. J. Badelli, secretary and Norman Tapper, treasurer. In its new quarters the company will be able to give unexcelled ser-vice. ELKS TO REMODEL [SPECIAL TO THE TIMES] WHITING, Ind , Sept. 25. -- The Whiting Elks will spend several thousand dollars on the remodeling of thair hocaa which ia the futura Is to include three floors of the Elks building.

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Bull-Dog Holds Crowd at Bay for Hour, But Submitts to Little Boy

[SPECIAL TO THE TIMES] WHITING, Ind., Sept. 25. Peter J. Moser left his automobile truck standing at the curb in front of his hardware store at 732 Indiana ave., Saturday, and when he came out of the store to get in the car and drive a way he found a big vicious bull dog occupying the front seat. "Nice doggie." said Moser. The dog showed his teeth. Moser backed up. Pleading was of no avail. A crowd began to collect. Friends chided Moser. Then each in turn tried to coax the dog out of the machine. Moser called the police station and an officer came down. The cop Jabbed at the dog with a stick. The do grabbed thestick and jerked it away from the cop. The cop got a club and made a swipe at the dog. Same result. Dog hunches to leap at cop, who retreats, drawing gun. Crowd surrounding car makes it dangerous to shoot dog. Cop orders crowd to disperse. Sympathy of crowd with dog. Crowd refuses to budge. An even hour has passed. Cop DUNN-LUCAS POSTPONED Miss Pauline Schultz, proprietress of the Metropolitan Hotel, "Gary's Monte Carlo." is a changed woman, to outward appearances and actions, anyway. Pauline, who was nabbed by the federal men in their Gary campaign, was to have had her preliminary hearing before Commissioner Charles Surprise in Hammond today. She developed a severe case of chilled feet. due more to testimony she had heard in other cases than to the thin silk hose she wore. After three other cases had been disposed of before her eyes, Pauline and her attorney. M. N. Oppman. consulted. Then the lawyer announced that his client would waive the hearing. Her new bond was fixed at $2,000 and she was held to the federal grand jury. Three alleged violators were tried this morning. They were Anton Kosiba. Ballantyne Pisarski and Louis Cohn. Kosiba and Pisarski had no attorneys. They simply sat there and heard the federal men tell of purchasing liquor in their places. Pisarskl wanted to quibble a little over the exact location of his bar, but Commissioner Surprise said that could all be straightened out by his taking one of the agents

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At the first meeting of the Hammond Community Service Executive Committee, in the Elks Temple, tonight, at eight o'clock, committees will be named to head the various departments. including music, athletics, dramatics, community or neighborhood centers, play grounds for children, play fields for adults, and neighborhood associations. Consideration will be given to Americanization and citizenship work through a special committee. This department will plan for: (1) The democratic organization of the citizens, by neighborhoods, for effective participation in, and control of, their community life, and the broadening of that life. (2) Extension, creation and union of social facilities, and ajencies for discovering and meeting the community's need. In other cities where local community service associations have included Americanization work in their programs, it was found that: (1) Foreign born people respond generously to an effort for Americanization, when their own organiza tions and individual leaders are enlisted jointly with American born citizens in the work of community development. SAYS HE'S NOT INSANE Tony Yamrecz. who was picked up in Hammond and who Is now being held in jail at Crown Point until it is learned whether officials of the insane asylum at Logansport want him returned, today started a fight for liberty. Attorneys Tinkham, Tinkham and Murray filed habeas corpus proceedings on his behalf in the Hammond Superior ccurt. The petition names Sheriff W. H. Olds and Bailiff Donald Metz of the Hammond city court as defendants. Yamrocz says he was arrested by Bailiff Matz when he admitted to Metz that he had escaped from the asylum at Logansport. He declares he is not insane and that the superintendent of the asylum has made no effort to "bring about his return to custody. He asks that the City court declare him of sound mind and order his discharge from the institution

calls station and reports that he can't get dog off truck. Sergeant bawls out the cop. The cop returns to truck pretty mad. Crowd razzes cop. Somebody throws turpentine on dog. No results. Cop jabs dog with long stick. Dog leaps for cop, who retreats into store. Crowd daughs. Dog returns to truck before Moaer can get in it. Cop comes out and takes dignified stand at respectful distance. Dog gives cop mean look. Cop returns mean look with compound interest. Cop warns crowd he is going to shoot dog. Little boy comes up. Asks the trouble. Says he's not afraid of any dog that ever lived. Runs up to dog before anyone can stop him. Grabs dog by neck and pulls him off seat. Crowd is aghast. Dog jumps meekly down and follows little boy. Little boy kicks the big bull dog with bare foot. Little boy goes down the street with the bull dog at his heels. Crowd razzes cop some more and goes away. Moser gets in truck and drives off.

HEARINGS TILL TUESDAY to Gary with him and showing just how the lay-out is. Both were placed under $2,000 bonds. Cohn, from whom federal men said they bought liquor at the Senate Hotel bar, had Lawyer Oppman with him. The federal men then told of three different visits to the Senate bar in which drinks were purchased of Cohn and Irving Francis, who was also arrested. Several rounds of drinks and a pint of gin constituted the evidence collected. Cohn, on the witness stand, testified that he had not owned the business since March and if he was seen there it was only some time when he had come to get payments from Francis, who had bought the business of him. He insisted he never saw any hard liquor there and certainly never sold any. He was bound over Just the same, giving the usual bond of $2,000. Commissioner Surprise remarked that Cohn, even though he didn't operate the place, might be held under a conspiracy charge from the connection he had shown. The preliminary hearings for Judge Dunn and Attorney Lucas of Gary, who are charged with conspiracy, were continued until Tues-day. (2) Such development can be pursued in one way, only, through neighborhood organizations, necessarily of slow growth, whose members discover their own community wants, and devise their own v5ys of action. (3) This free development of neighborhood life nevertheless requires some leadership from outside the neighborhood. Community leadership is a new profession as well as a new avocation, and the finding and training of leaders, especially the volunteer, will be one of the first tasks of Community Service. Neighborhood organization should include local residents, irrespective of sex, creed or party. This of itself implies a considerable range of activities within the group. Social agencies working in the community should unite. in order that the people may utilize their service to the fullest. Hammond Community Service invites other social agencies, churches, fraternal orders, Parent Teachers' Association, clubs, labor organizations, industrial groups, and any citizen to join in, and assist planning ond formulating a well balanced, all the round, leisure time, recreational program for all the people of all Hammond. CITIZENS FAVOR MOTOR BUSSES The returns on a quentionaire sent out to 1.00i citizens or South Pasadema, Cal., indicated a six to one majority of the establishment of a motor bus line between Pasadena and Los Angeles. 312 000 out of the 575,480 residents, use the new Union Motor Bus Depot regularly, the ticket sales amounting to $700,000 for nine months. EMERSON and Froebel high school gridiron teams started their season Saturday with a clean eheet. Emerson romped away with Morrocs to the tune of 4l-0 while Froebel nosed out Chicago Heights in a hard fought and spectacular game. INDUSTRIAL activity, more blast furnaces resume; steel works operations ranging up to, 80 per cent of capacity against around 50 per cent Few weeks ago, says Iron Trade

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Contribute $200 for Purpose of Religious Instruction in Schools

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan made their first public appearance in Hammond last evening when representatives of the organization made a dramatic entrance to the First Baptist church and donated $200 to the found for financing religious instruction In the public schools. It was one of the most impressive events ever seen in Hammond and yet it was done so quietly and unexpectedly that the great crowd in the church seemed not to realize what was happening until the last of the hooded figures had retreated from the auditorium. Fully 900 persons crowded the main floor and balcony of the church for the mass meeting which opened this year's campaign for funds to conduct the non-denominational week-day religious classes in the schools. The high school orchestra furnished a number of selections while the crowd was gathering. Rev. J. C. Oranger, pastor of the Baptist church, opened the services. A class of 100 children sang the songs they have learned In the week-day classes, recited the twenty-third psalm and the beautiful little prayer which is to music. N. F. Forsythe, superintendent of religious instruction for the Calumet region, was introduced and spoke briefly. He described the course which is being followed and the textbooks which are being used. He also told of some experiences he has met with the work. He then introduced Dr. George L. Robinson. Dr. Robinson, who is a speaker of national reputation, opened his remarks by complimenting the region on having a man like Mr. Forsythe to direct the week-day religious work. He gave his reasons why he thought the Bible should be given intensive reading, first warning the youngsters against indiscriminate reading. He said young people should not waste their time reading worthless stuff when there is so much good material to read and study. He used the ancient simlies in describing the four types of readers -- the sponge which absorbs everything, good and bad; the funnel which allows materials to run out as fast as received; the cloth strainer which lets the good pass through and keep the dregs; the seive which separates the good wheat from the dust and chaff. Summing up his discussion of the Bible he hold that its strong point over other literature is that at every stage it challenges the reader to think and hea backed up his statement with examples chosen from the books of the Bible which are least read and considered by most people least important. Then came the call for cash subscriptions. Cards were passed out in the audience and as they were brought to the pulpit. Dr. Robinson read off the amounts. There were several for $100, some for $50, more for $25, still more for $10 and more than a hundred for $5. There were many smaller amounts also. Dr. Robinson finally decided that the last dollar was in. He gave way to Rev. Oranger. The pastor made a final plea for subscriptions and then proceeded with the closing services. The children were asked to sing their closing song. The little tots had just started "Father, We Thank Thee" when there was a stir at the two entrances to the auditorium. Men who had been standing near the doors stipped aside with expressions of surprise and wonder on their countenances. Simultaneously through the two doors two lines of the white robed and hooded men advanced. They met at tha middle asile, faced front across the back of the auditorium and stood motionless. There were twelve of them. Then the thirteenth appeared. Without a sound, the thirteenth strode down the west aisle until he faced the pulpit. He saluted the pastors and speakers assembled there and extended an envelope. The men on the stage hesitated. The surprise of it all took them off their feet for the moment. But a preacher is not wanting in action long. Several of them reached for the envelope. Having delivered his gift, the masked visitor faced the crowd, disclosing to the veiw of all the insignia of the Ku Klux Klan on (Continued on Page Five AUTO DEALERS WILL ORGAN1ZE Choose October 4th As a Date of Installation Meeting. Lake county auto dealers are forming an organization o promota their business in this district. They have chosen October 4th as the data for the first meeting at the Gary Commercial Clan, when the following officers will be installed: G. Neunfeldt, Crown Point, president F. Swigart. Gary, secretary. R. Gray, Gary, entertainment co tamittee. G. Dewey-. Eat Chicago, director F. Greenberger, Hammond. director. P. Helman, Gary, director. J. H. Oliver., Hobart, director.