Hammond Times, Volume 16, Number 86, Hammond, Lake County, 28 September 1922 — Page 1

LAKE COUNTY TAXPAYERS' MONEY GOES THE. WEATHER Fair tonight and Fridays not much change in temperature gentle to moderate southeast and south wind. LAKE UNTY TI VOL. XVI. NO. 86. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1922. HAMMOND INDIANA ACCEPT

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TO EXILE Prince George Now King As Result of Military and Naval Crisis INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ATHENS, Sept. 28. Revolutionary troops today occupied Athens. The various government buildings were seized. Soldiers and sailors are pa-trolling the streets. Crown Prince George of Greece has accepted the Hellenic throne in succession to his father, former King Constantine, who abdicated as the? result of a military and naval revolution, it was announced today. It was rumored that King Constantine had been seized by revolutionaries and imprisoned but this was not confirmed and was nut generally credited. Mutinous soldiers and sailors weres aid to have reached the suburbs in their march upon the city. Constantine plans to go into exile for the second time In the past half dozen years. He may go to Roumania Instead of Switzerland. Tho wife of Crown Prince George is a Roumanian princess. Three generals of the Greek army were chosen to administer the gov ernment affairs pending the ap pointment of a new cabinet. . .The city is quiet. One regiment attached to the Athens garrison, re. volted and marched through the city but there were no disorders attending the demonstration. Previously there had been one outbreak when a mob seized the general post office. Subsequently, they were ejected. For the time being the government officials appointed under the Constantine regime have been allowed to retain their positions. Mitylene and Chios are In complete control of the revolutionaries but no disorders are reported from there. Constantine has announced that. instead of leaving the. country, he will fight with the Greek army in Thrace if his countrymen wish It. The revolutionary leaders are demanding that the Greeks defend Thrace and refuse to permit Turkish occupation of any portion of Thracian soil. It is estimated that there are from 13,000 to 20.000 revolutionary troops in Athens and suburbs. Attempts to stir up demonstrations in favor of Constantine failed. Revolutionary leaders have issued a statement holding the government responsible for disorders and ordering the old members of the ministry to remain at their posts until successors are appointed. The ring leaders of the uprising daclare that the Greek army will defend Thrace and make war against the Turks If the Turkish forces try to occupy Thrace. Constantine is in seclusion. There arc conflicting rumors as to his activities and whereabouts. It is accepted as a foregone conclusion that his offer to join the Greek army in Thrace will be rejected. Their rev. olutionary leaders are demanding that Constantine leave Greece within 24 hours. It was reported that Prince Paul. 21 year old son of Constantine, had been arrested by the revolutionaries but this was denied. General Papotilas, who was sent out by the government to dicker with the rebel chiefs told them that all their demands wuold be met. Before General Papoulas was sent to confer with the revolutionaries, a Greek squadron carrying about ten thousand rebel soldiers had arrived off Piraeus upon command of Genera' Gonotas. He served an ultimatum upon the Athens government declaring that the demands of the revolutionaries must be met by tonight at midnight in the event of non-compliance. General Gonotas said the troops would be landed to enforce the demands. Despite the fact that all the demands of the revolutionaries were met. they decided to occupy Athens anyhow. Fifteen thousand persons paraded the' streets Wednesday. They stopped before the British and the French Consulates to cheer for the Allies. Crown Prince George conferred with General Metaxas and it was believed that the latter would either be appointed military dictator or Premier. The revolutionaries are In full control at Salonika. TURKS LAND IN T T LONDON, Sept. 28. Turkish irregulars have begun to concentrate in Thrace, It was reported from Constantinople today. A dispatch on Wednesday said that Turkish troops were reported to have been landed on the Black Sea coast of Thrace but this was not officially confirmed. Later advices from Constantinople stated that the Turks were continuing to mass alonsf the Ismid peninsula south of Constantinople. In the event of an attack against Conutantinople Ismid probably would be used as their base of operations.

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HARRY RIMBACH. JR., has returned from a two weeks vacation. IF you have no place to go, the Porter county fair is on at Valpo this week. THE ladies flocked In great numbers to the show department of the Lion Store. A DELEGATION of Rotarians has just dropped in to say that they heard Dick's suit. THE city finally put a repair gang on the "holey" alley east of the OeLuxe theater today. HAMMOND dentists went to the Gary Country Club today to hook up with the Gary dentists at Golf. BACIL SMITH. Hammond's fancy roller skater, will give an exhibition at the White City roller rink tonightJUDGE DUCOMB, of South Bend who is trying the Tiernan-Poulln paternity case, is a cousin of Frank Ducomb of Hammond. GEORGE STODOLA, 753 New York avenue, is arrested on drunk charge by Sergeant Frank Horlbeck. after wife complains to police. MISS OLIVE GROSS. 401, 119th street, is slightly injured when she drives into truck at Indianapolis boulevard and 116th street. QUITE a large class of women has been attending the free sewing class at the E. C. Mlnas' store this week which is Home Sewing Week. WEST HAMMOND has a new Apteka. Tad Crzanowskl has opened one in the building at the cor,ner of Wentworth avenue and 154th st. EXCAVATION for the new Spragia building at Clinton and Hohman streets is about completed and construction will start next week. AL DORSEY has just completed plumbing and heating jobs for Powlouskl and Rusinskl on Forsyth ave. aiid on One Hundred and Fif ty-foutrh Place. AND since everything has to be tried on Erie Sproat, for effect, because of paper pants experience, how would he look in a Ku Kluxer's night shirt and cap? C. J. SHARP, of Hammond, ha9 a severe attack of asthma and the revival meeting which he was to hold at Crown Point has been postponed indefinitely. EARLY start. Fred Klesch and Sam Brady are drunk before breakfast. Police pick them up at 8 a. m. at corner of Fayette and Sohl streets. Both are switchmen. THE Parisian Store has moved to 1S5 State street, one door east of its old location. A grand opening is panned for Friday and Saturday with a bargain carnival as an at-traction. GYMNASIUM at the Presbyterian church is to be alotted to various clubs in city for their use. One club a day is plan. The gym is now open to anyone. A business men's gym class Is being talked about also. FRANK W. JAMES, aged 19 years is nabbed in McCool's pool room on charge of assault and battery preferred by father. Boy alleges he struck father to protect himself when rursued by parent -with shovel In hand. They live at 701 Truman avenue. MORE excitement has been engendered at the Elks temple in conjectures about the "healthy goat" that is to be ridden in tonight's initiation exercises than in many months, according to Secretary Slade. Slade looks for a big turn-out for tonight's doings. PAUL SCHOHL and Clarence Beyer, high school students. Boy Scouts, return home after escapade that carried them as far as Joliet. One look at the Srey walls of the state's prison made them change their minds about seeing the boundless west. They double-quicked homeward with nary a backward glance. LEWIS and Joe Greska. 94 Baltimore avenue, got slight cuts when their roadster going south in Calumet avenue strikes Moon car of J. J. Davis, 433 Tyler st., Gary, and truck driven by J. L. Lane. 786 Walter street, chauffeur for board of education. A peddler's wagon is blamed for the traffic melee. D. A. PUGH. who lives at 429 May street, Hammond, when he's at home is now devoting his attention to his cranberry marsh at Ilwaco, Wafh. He sends a picture of a section of his march where about forty bloomered and overalled girls and women are harvesting the crop, in anticipation of Thanksgiving Day. JACK CROAK has finished the plumbing and heating job on the New York Car Wheel's $300,000 riant. the West Hammond Community Building. the $300,000 Lincoln school and the Greenwald building, and is going to take a few days vacation. He will drive to Buffalo with his wife to see the opening game of the Hammond football team. TWO of the -three squirrels for which twenty policemen hunted, were shot. The other one got away. "Sklnno" Sommers, "Curlej " Erlenbaugh. Sergeant John Fisher, "Pat" Downey, are splitting honors over responsibility for the.e things that were shot also: One cat, a mouse that came out of a crow's nest, and was mistaken for a squirrel; one lunch.

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DESTROYERS TO FAR EAST LLOYDS LAY ODDS. [INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ] LONDON, Sept. 28 -- "Official odds" of 7 to 6 were laid today by Lloyds that there would be no war in the Near East. [INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE] WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. Detailed orders went out from the Navy department today to tho commandant of the Norfolk navy yard for the departure of the twelve destroyers and the supply ship Bridge, which are rireparlng for a dash across the Atlantic to join the American squadron at Constantinople. While the additional war vessels are being sent" for the protection of American interests" at the request of Rear Admiral Bristol, the American high commissioner at Constantinople, naval officials made it plain today that the destroyers were not to engage in any political demonstration that might be decided upon by the allies. The ships will carry extra supplies and provisions and are to be used by, Admiral Bristol in the relief work already under way In the territory devastated by the fighting around Smyrna between the Greeks and Turks. Orders for the movement of the destroyers following so closely, however, upon the formal statement of Secretary of State Hughes that the United States was fully in sympathy with the demands of the three allied governments that the Turkish straits be kept open and that there be full freedom in the Dardanelles, the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmora, that it was pointed out in unofficial quarters that the presence of American warships would automatically serve to give assurance to the allies in their negctiations with the Turkish nationalists. American naval forces In the Mediterranean will be further augment, ed rarly next month by the cruiser Pittsburgh, now being repaired at the Philadelphia navy yard. The Pittsburgh is to sail to Gibraltar, where she is to be boarded by Vice Admiral Long. Admiral Long will then go to Constantinople to observe conditions and to co-operate with Admiral Bristol in relief work. OPENING With enrollment opening tonight for the Hammond evening technical high schools .officials look for the 'biggest registration in this department since its inception. New facilities, a new program, en larged faculty and a serious effort to make the technical school one of the best in the the state are some of the reasons why the present term wil lresult in a noteworthy in local scholastic affairs. The night schools are open to all students over 16 years of age. They are primarily for the young man or woman who is employed during the day but who wishes to utilize his ev enings tp the test advantage. There is no cost connected with enroll-ment. These are some of the courses: English for foreigners, Advanced English. Book-keeping, Salesmanship, Typewriting, Machine Drafting Auto Mechanics, Electrical Construc tion, Woodwork. Sewing, Citizenship Mathematics, Industrial Management Spanish, Short-hand, Architectural Drafting, Machinist, Motor Repair, Pattern Making, Millinery Classes will be held at the Central school, the Dibos building, the Brooks House, the Franklin school. Enrollment will be open for three nights "beginning this evening at the Central school Nitght schools open October 2. PECULIAR accident. While removing a 400 pound, 36x12 pneumatic truck tire from the rear of his machine yesterday. Roland Conley, mechanic for the Shedd Ice Cream Co., suffered painful bruises to his face and shoulders when the tire slipped from the rack and pinned Conley to the ground. He was removed to the hospital. Conley lives in West Pullman. NOTHING but approbation greets the story going the rounds today about a young man who yesterday laid off work, got into a jitney, rode to the edge of town, and there took the jitney man out of his cab and gave him the worst licking he'd ever had in his life. The jitneur, one of those self-sufficient, non-intelligible south Europeans, insulted the young man's wife who was a passenger in the jitney. She told her husband about it and he decided to lose half a day's work in order to teach the jitney man a lesson. S. W. BELLAMY, 771 Hohman St., is fined $15 and costs in city court and given suspended penal farm jail sentence of 60 days for impersonating an officer. Bellamy, former special railroad agent, flashed his star when he wished to get rid of a third party when thatthird party happened to be a young woman's escort. Judge Cleveland called Bellamy a "love pirate," and wanted to know how many girls he'd taken away from youncr men In Hammond as he has dane in AVent Hammond. Bellamy promised through his attorney to pack up and leave town. He's married and has three children.

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Burglars Gather Loot $1,200 Value

Burglars visited the Calumet district of East Chicago last night, gathering in loot aggregating more than $1,200. They broke into and entered the office building of the Union Iron Products Co. some time after midnight, taking office equipment valued at $800. Officials of this company advise that there were three- typewriters, one adding machine and one check protector missing. The burglars are said tp have gained entrance by breaking in the rear door of the building. District Dry Agent Notifies Chief Field Agent He Is Out WANTED Man with stiff upper lip to take job as chief of federal prohibition enforcement in Northern Indiana. Straight salary. No side lines. No commission. Apply to Bert Morgan, prohibition director for Indiana. George Weeks, for nearly a year chief of federal prohibition enforcement for Northern Indiana, tendered his resignation this morning at Hammond. Since the federal men opened their crusade against liquor law violators in Lake county and principally in Gary, Weeks has been tinder fire. He has been the butt of much criticism, the impression prevailing that he had been lax in the administration of his office. Being a resident of Gary it semed incredible that the state of affairs existing there should not be without his knowledge. Director Bert Morgan had intimated that there would be a new chief at the Hammond office after Weeks had returned from the leave "of absence to which his year's service entitled him. From Gary came the word that Weeks would not resign. It was said he would hold on until dismissed. Whether the necessary pressure was brought to bear upon him is not known. Let it be sufficient that he came to the Hammond office this morning, wrote out his resignation, had improperly attested to and handed it to W. O. Holman. chief of field agents. Then he said goodbye to all and departed Whether this ends Mr. Weeks case is a matter of conjecture. Conspiracy cases are far reaching and It remains for the federal grand jury to determine if he is to be brought into the affair. Federal men have intimated that in the cases of a number of "higherups" there will be no preliminary arrests. They will not know their fates until the last indictment by the grand jury has been issued and return made. With Weeks actually out of the job speculation again centers about his successor. The public demand for the appointment of Ben Strong, present chief of the I. H. B. railroad police. Is heard more and" more. Strong, however, says nothing, except to show an unwillingness to give up his present position. When it was known that Chief Gus Simons was to be promoted a year ago and a new man would be named there was a scramble for the job. Those in position to name the probable appointee were besieged by applicants and scores were promised. Today they are all fighting shy of the place. It is not likely that a new chief will be appointed before the middle of October, if then. In the meantime George Winkler will continue in charge of the office. Lucky Escape All the four occupants of a machine was reported by Capt. Makar of the Harbor police station to have escaped without the slightest injury after a Wabash freight train had crashed into their car last evening. Mrs. Fred Smith, who with members of her family driving through from Montana to Michigan, said that she did not notice the train until their car was upon the crossing. The slow moving locomotive pushed the machine ahead like a mere toy and ground it to a mass of wreckage as the last occupant jumped to safety. Robbery Charge Henry Johnson, colored, who is charged with entering store at 3505 Pennsylvania avenue, Indiana Harbor, and after choking the proprietor of the place, robbed him of $20, was taken into custody by Capt. Makar of the Harbor police station, Johnson will be arraigned In the East Chicago city court today on a charge of robbery. Among the various economic prodpets of the plant kingdom the pith of the sunflower stalk is by far the lightest.

GEO. WEEKS RESIGNS JOB UNDER FIRE

MAN DIES BY FIRE AT I. HARBOR

Blaze Sweeps Through Boarding House Early This Morning One man wan burned to death, another suffocated and the lives of five other men endangered when fire swept through the boarding house at 3803 Beecn St., Indiana Harbor, destroying the building, shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. Trapped in his room while asleep. Feodor Kosnieruk, boarding house proprietor, wrs found burned to death by members of No. 2 fire department, who arrived in time to save the lives of six others rooming at the same address. Taking the lead. Captain Piling of No. 2 station saved the life of Paul Sopiclka when he discovered the man lying on the floor suffocated and carried him from the burning building. With the use of a pu1motor. firemen resuscitated the life of the Russian. Chief Smith order ed all three Are engines out, but It being an old frame building It was burned to the ground before the flames could be extinguished. The origin of the lire has not been de termlned. The seven Russians are said to have occupied this three-room frame building as sleeping quarters for some time. BOOZE-RUNNER GOES FREE IN Tell Special Judge Green wald That Liquor Was For His Sick Sister. [SPECIAL TO THE TIMES] WHITING, Ind.. Sept. 28. -- The other day the Whiting police caught a booze-runner red-handed with 26 gallons of port wine. The wine had a strong percentage of alcohol. The booze-runner, who gave the name of Adam Hidalovich, was en route to Gary from Chicago. Instead of being tried before the regular city judge of Whiting, the case came up yesterday before a special judg?. F. L. Greenvald, an attorney of Gary, was the special judge. The booze-runner told the court that he was taking the wine to Gary to his sick sister. To the consternation of the police. Special Judge Greenvald found Hidalovich not guilty and ordered the police to give him back his wine. Hidalovich was also given the $1,000 cash ball which friends from Chicago and Gary had put up for him. He drove away with the liquor, after paying a $10 fine for speeding. ANOTHER VIOLATOR FREED Another shock to the police was the release of John Macelowlcz by Special Judge Greenvald. According to the police, it was Macelowlcz' third offense. The police testified they had found two gallons of moonshine at his home. Special Judge Greenvald departed from the precedent set by Judge Sullivan In such cases. He gave Mavelowles a fine amounting to $130 and did not send him to jail. John Urban, charged with violation of the liquor law, was dismissed by Special Judge Witko. The police found a gallon of alcohol and some synthetic liquor at his place. Urban testified that he had purchased the alcohol and liquor to "rub on his chest." The Judge or dered him dismissed and instructed the police to give him the alcohol. BACON'S WAR Former Gary NewspaperMan and Magazine Writer's History Revealed in Article. George Vaux Bacon, son of the late George Bacon, pioneer real estate man of Gary and former steel city newspaper writer, is the principal figure in the fifth of a series of articles written by Sir Easil Thompson, chief of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of Scotland Yard, from June, 1913 to November, 1921. Following the death of 'his father, young Bacon assisted his widowed mother in taking care of her interests and also did considerable newspaper and magazine writing while in Gary. In 1916, Bacon left the city and was next heard of him was a s an American war correspondent in Europe. Then there was a rumor that Bacon was being employed as a journalist for Germany and later that he was held in an English prison.

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HALF WAY HOUSE RAIDED AT LAKE

Mrs. Mae Russell, proprietress of the half-way house at Cedar Lake, came In for attention at the hands of federal raiders yesterday. Mae wasn't home. She was in Chicago, but soon learned of the visit. She promised over the telephone to come to Hammond and arrange for bond. Mae was expecing arrest. She had been worried for nearly a week. Not long ago the dry squad dropped in at her roadhouse. Drinks were purchased. Then one of them bought a pint of liquor. As Mae handed it out to him he remarked: "I'll Just keep this for evidence against you." "My God, don't do that," exclaimed the horrified woman. "I've got heart trouble and it would kill me to be arrested." "Then you'll have to doe, was the unfeeling answer. The government men departed. Yesterday Agents Rhed and Wright went to the half-way house again. They had a search warrant and intended to order Mae into court on another warrant. When they searched the place they found a pint WETS STUN

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By J .BART CAMPBELL [STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE] WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. The big vote polled by Senator Frellnghuyaen in Tuesday's primaries in New Jersey caused prohibition leaders in the nations-, capital to wear broad grins of satisfaction today. Even spokesmen for the anti-prohibition forces admitted the Frelinghuysen victory was a hard jolt for the beer and light wine movement, although they declared that the real fight over the wet and dry issue in New Jersey would not come until November when Governor Edwards will seek election to the sen. ate as a Democratic candidate who once promised to make the state as moist as the Atlantic ocean. In evident anticipation of the strong "drive" the wets will make to put Edwards In the senate as a an ardent advocate of beer and light wines, Frelinghuysen has already declared prohibition enforcement to be the chief issue to be settled by the New Jersey voters in November. As one who stood out for the Volstead act In the primaries. Frellng PLAY LEADERS Tomorrow evening- at the Masonic Temple in the large auditorium, at eight o'clock, the Play Leaders of the Hammond Community Service, will put on a Demonstration of how to Play Games and it is hoped that a large crowd will (be present to see the work, and to cheer the leaders. There will be no admission charge. The program is entirely in charge of the members of the class. About ten leaders in charge of the even ing's program. There wil lbe circle games, line games, marching stunts, singing and a good time for all Miss Rena Schuessinger, one of the teachers at Central school, is chair man of the program, and has "been I rehearsing her leaders for the last couple of days. Preceding the games, there will be a musical program This will commence at eight o'clock and last for about 20 minutes. Then the games will commence. Miss Fishfback stated last night. that she 'has not teen to any city where she has had a more entlruslastic group of people to work with, and such response and enthusiasm. Tomorrow night Miss Fishback will give no instruction, or directions, as she will simply be one of the members of the class and will participate in the games. She does not even know what the class is going to do. She has given the course of six' two hour lessons, and now the Game Leading has been taken over by the ones who have taken the work. WORKMAN IS OVERCOME BY GAS IN MANHOLE SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING, Ind., Sept. 28. Police received a report this noon that a workman employed by the Chicago Telephone Co. had been overcome by sewer gas while working in a manhole on Indiana blvd. at 119th st. Dr. Harry A. Shimp, who attended the man, said that he had revived. The telephone company stated that they knew of the accident but did not have a report, The police were unable to obtain the injured workman's name, Dr, Shimp said that the man had been in the manhole about a minute when the foreman became alarmed

DEMONSTRATION

and with the aid of other workmen | EI.KS NOTICE brought him out. The fellow was | Regular meeting of Hammond unconscious. | Lodge No. 4S5 ?.t 8 c m., Thursday, | Sept. 28. initiation of candidate. Palestine contains the deepestAll members of thla order requested valley, which is between 1-.300 andto attend. 1,400 feet below sea. level. C. S. MATHTJSA. Exalted Rule.

of red liquor behind the bar and three kegs of kickful beer in the cellar. Fred H. White, the bartender, was Placed under arrest. Ada Calloway, housekeeper in the absence of Mrs. Russell, tried to minimize White's

guilt by claiming that she had brought the whiskey with her for her own use. So they brought her along also. They were taken to the Hammond federal building and, failing to get bond, spent the night in the Ham mond police station. Both were greatly frightened over their experience. The girl fainted once at the federal building and almost slumped to the floor when taken to the jail. It was decided this morning to hold her only as a witness, but White was required to put up bond before Commissioner Surprise. Mrs. Russell late yesterday phoned her attorney that she would be in Hammond early today and for him to have all arrangements made for her bond. Then she took her own time about coming. At noon she had not put in her appearance. RY VOTE huysen is believed to have received a large woman vote. An analysis of his vote, as compared with that he received in 1916, and Senator Edge, his colleague, gather in 1918, showed not only a greatly increased enrollment attributed to woman suf, frage, but disclosed that his plur ality was a record-breaker. In 1918 Frelinghuysen while re celvlng a vote of 244,000 had a plurality of 74.000 at the general elec tion. In the three-cornered Repub Mean primary fight in 1918 Edge re celved a plurality of S4.000. He poll ed 88,000 vots to the 17,000 receiv ed ty ueorge x Record, who was also an unsuccessful senatorial can didate then and to the 17,000 gar nered by the third candidate (Gray). Frelinghuysen's plurality in Tues day's primaries ran as high as 100, 000, to which the women of New Jersey, won by hi "dry" pleas, are believed to have largely contributed. Frelinghuysen' friends are confi dent that the "dry" win score an even bigger victory in November and return Frelinghuysen to the senate as a champion of prohibition THE VOLSTEAD ACT MEXICO. Mo., Sept. 28. United States Senator James A. Reed was today on record as favoring a reasonable modification of the Volstead act Speaking at the opening of the Democratic etate campaign here last night. Reed declared: "A reasonable modification of the Volstead act so that it shall carry out the true intent of the federal constitution so that the rights of the citizen shall be protected against the unwise and often brutal acts of prohibition officers is in my judgment demanded and will be approved by the majority of American people." FEDERATION LABOR HEAD SENTENCED INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. Attorney General Daugherty announced today that the Federal Court at Al-buq-uerque. N. M., had imposed a sen tence o ftwo years in Leavensworth an da fine of $5,000 each upon Walter p Seyfred. President of the New Mexico Federation of Labor and Andrew Bruno, another labor leader, convicted on the charge of interfering with railroad trains. The government alleging that a tomb was 'found in their possession. BANDITS ROB OHIO BANK [INTERN ATIONAL NEWS SERVICE] CINCINNATI. Ohio, Sept. 2S. Five unmasked "bandits held up the Hamilton County Bank in Walnut Hills at 9:30 o'clock this morning and looted the safe of cash and securities estimated at $14,000 making their escape In an automobile in whioh they drove up to the entrance. The men appeared suddenly, rushing into the "bank with drawn revolvers and shouted commands for those inside to put up their hands. Early depositors and clerks were taken by surprise and herded like cattle into a supply room at the. rear of the bank. NOTICE There will be a meeting tonight of Orak Patrol, Drum and Bugle Corps divan and members to close the contract with the Detroit Circus committee Moslem Temple for the Orak Circus to be held Nov. 9 to 19th,

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ADVOCATES MODFYING

Only 50c Out of Each $100 Paid Goes to The State

The Indiana Republican State Committee has been giving a great deal of attention to the taxation question this year and has compiled separate statistics for each county of the state. The committee has carefully analyzed the tax figures for Lake county. It is shown that 88 1/2 per cent of the taxes paid by Lake county property owners is used right at home where the taxpayer has a chance to know and help determine for what this money is spent. Only one-half of one per cent or 50 cents out of each $100 taxes goes to state salaries and administrative expenses. A balance of tho money raised by the state goes for purposes which are a direct benefit to Lake county. Here are the figures: Taxes paid in this county for state purposes: State salaries and administration expenses, $32,037.74. xState highways, $12 4,951.94. xState, educational, benevolent and penal insts. and soldiers memorial, $757,398.64. Total, $914,388.32. Taxes paid in this county for county purposes: Expenses of county and county government. $963,905.54. Roads and bridges. $227, 185.30. zTotal. $1,191,090.84. zTaxes paid in this county for local purposes in towns, cities and townships, $5,853,249.46. Total taxes paid in this county, $7,958,728.62. Out of the taxes paid by each taxpayer this year in your county: of one cent of every dollar will go to state salaries and expenses. xl 1/2 cents of every dollar will go to state highways. x9 1/2 cents of every dollar will go to state education and benevolent in-stitutions. r88 1/2 cents of every dollar will go to local government and local expen-ses. NOTE The salaries of judges and prosecuting attorneys are paid by the state and are therefore deducted in the above figures from state salaries and added to county expenses. zThe above amount includes the State School Fund, which is returned to all counties la proportion to school enrollment and average more than $20,000 to the county. Accompanying the statistics Is the following summary of the situation: The republican party fcas been trusted with the management of the state's business since the last general election, and in asking a renewal of your confidence as a taxpayer and voter, it is only fair that you be informed as to where your money is going. It is a common notion that a large portion of the taxes you pay. goes to state expenses. On the contrary, the truth is that only a small part of your tax is used for any state purposes whatever, and only about one-fourth of one cent out of each $1.00 taxes you pay to the county treasurer is used for state salaries and administrative expenses. Most of the money expended for your government, whether state, county, township, city or town, is raised by direct taxation upon your personal and real property. N"o sen sible person will deny that the expenses of maintaining efficient government, whether local or state, are Just as necessary as are the expen ses of our living or the operation of our business. The all important thing in each case is that we get the "most for our money." Those things which cause the cost of living or the expense of operation of private business to go up or down have the same influence on the cost of managing the business of state and local government. The war leff many educational and benevolent in stltutlons in a rundown condition, due to he impossibility of keeping them up at war prices, so that delayed improements must now te made. Not only do many of the benefits from state government go back to the various counties, but certain funds are collected as a part of the state levy, which are returned direct to the counties. All circuit, criminal superior and probate judges' and all prosecuting attorneys' salaries, as well as the pay of special judges. come from the state treasury direct to your county. The tuition tax, fund, which amounts on an averetge of $20,000 to the county, is returned to each county in proportion to its school enumeration. Thus it is seen that not only a small portion of our taxes goes to the state, but also that the largest part of state taxes are for benefits which come direct to our own counties. The portion of taxes collected for county government goes almost entirely to the general expense of the county government and to bridges and road repair. "While county government costs us far more than that of the state, the heaviest load comes within our townships, cities and towns. Our roads are built largely by townships, and the cost of schools is borne by townships, cities and towns, These two Items alone-- roads and schools are responsible for from one-half to two-thirds of all the taxes we pay. Under the present tax law, however, it is within the taxpayers' power to regulate the amount of taxes they pay. Every year the proper officers in each town, city, township and county determine the amount of money they will need for each item of expense for the coming year. These figures are published in your newspapers. If ten taxpayers JHi objections to any of these apriations with their count otr, the objections are for

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