Hammond Times, Volume 16, Number 114, Hammond, Lake County, 1 November 1922 — Page 1

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"ederal Meddling Dissatisfying Says Member of Cabinet ' what eon.rHute. iu hlch tbt! rted Iro.d labor board ha. Ju.t -opened, la cfrtala plunge con. thi winter Into a tn-rmotl of tro-rerar. UcpobUcan and Demo. fratic leader, here agreed today, f TVhlle .tnmpln, hl. home .t.te Iow efen, of the tr.n. portion act which he helped to write, a a tor Cnrawlns. RepobUcan. . I airman of the senate Interstate n Kt-rre committee, has notified 'oda heie of hi. Intention to of- - an amendment to the act la the t lemioo which wll clearly dp. -' ic and e.tabllaa a "livin wise" railroad workers. 1 By JAMES S, SHEEREY ' STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE t Copyright :22 by International N'sws Service) PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 1. Abol?h he railroad labor board and ' eo the railroads from governmental fetters. The federal meddling, without ' -eI power behind it. stirs up dis4isfaction and irritation decenlizatlon of treatment of railroad Jor controversy is vitally needed. i Pay labor a '"saving: wage," not f srely a "living" wajt." J This epitomizes the views of Sec- ' -wry of Labor James J. Davis as rcn the International News ServI today In an exclusive interview. ;! Secretary Davis regards the probb so vital and continuation of present policy so menacing that l expects to formulate a definite Cgrarn on hia return to Washlng'fi which will, deal with railroad or conditions "on a sensible, setical and human basis." :"The present system makes moun1ns out of mole hills makes naiCnal issues cut of every petty dis.jreement between a section hand sd his foreman," he stated. 'Both sides impede a settlement rJping they can win an advantage

.Vfore the railroad labor board. J, 'The board was created during r g"i war emergency. The railroads 7 i i been centralized. Now railroad Jr.anagements and workers desire to $ depart from the national method of "gotiation to decentralize rela5 t ons between carriers and their em-

oyes. Secretary Davis knows the human gctor in the transportation prob lem. In his trip west he came over :x railway systems. 'Ha rode in i-iomotlve cabs with engineers and rlremen. lie chatted with train -aw with r.t fn in rntlnii hn'.RA jhops and yards. 'The workers are opposed to any !s"heme which involves the federal ifcovernment in petty differences beureen the railroads and the workff which In the past have been J.micably adjusted locally," he turn. f.ied up. launching Into the discussion of 5, proper wage Secretary Davis urgV 1 that payment of a "buying and if "ig wage" will quicken the pulse i,-' W:ness prosperity. . ,; j one has sensed the economic ation more acutely or accuratethan President Haidlng in a ret speech he said: The workmen's lowest wage .ist be enough for comfort, enough V make his house a home, enough insure that the struggle for ' cstence shall not crowd out the J,ngs worth existing for." 5: Secretary Davis said: f "It was an expression not simply n a n vAimrfll nonular ronvir.tinn hut ,i f C ' ' - I r a. w-" -- ( ;n himself. a "Let there be no doubt as o the jueriean workman's ability and 5 opensity to save. For two years '. . have weathered an economic torm- There has been little distgs among our workers. Labor 4,-iistics tiow mat tne American forkman has given an astounding M :ount of himself in payment of v T's during this slack period. .7 To reward him a aving wage is o more than a Just credit to the rrijt which has made him the lyeatest producer, the greatest buy,.r and the greatest market known the world.' United States Senator James E. f. itson has a new date in his Lake I .vunty schedule. He will speak on V:ursday evening at the K. of P. r, cJl In Hammond at 7:30 o'clock. t; fler will be other speakers. Tho meeting Is held under the ii:p!tM of the republican women. 0 th men and women are Invited nd. Swing tha Himmond speech, -. will go to Gary on Thurs;sn!r.g to address a republican U Umpleby's Hall.

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E A. C. Proudfoot is Breaking All Records for Construction. The Intersecting sewer now being laid by A. C. Proudfoot on Michigan avenue in Hammond is such an example of good engineering that a committee of enginct-rs from Louisville came to Hammond recently to look the Job over. And city officials all over the region are interested In it. It is costing ha'.f a mill'.on dollars but it will last forever and drain a city three times as large as Hamr..ond from the Grand Calumet river south. The largest concrete sewer tiles ever made are being laid seventeen to twenty-two feet under ground. Two of these tiles would make a garage. The largest aro eleven feet in diameter on the exterior and have a twelve inch shell. The most modern equipment is being used and the dally average is 100 feet of sewer laid each day excavating, draining. construction and refilling complete. In six weeks the work has progressed west from Calumet avenue to Oakley avenue and by November 15 it will have reached Hohman street -which is the western terminus. The work then will resume at Calumet avenue east to Columbia avenue, north on Columbia avenue to the south bank of the river and then a tunnel will be laid forty feet under the river to the north bank of the river where the sewage will be pumped to the surface, the solids removed and the ceansed water released into the river. Z2TTXSCTPT3 AX.X. SEWZES The Michigan avenue sewer starts at Holvnan street at a depth cf seventeen feet and continues on a 500 per cent grade to a depth of twenty-two feet at Columbia avenue. The size of the tile starts at Hchman street at seven feet exterior to eleven feet at Columbia avenue. The sewer intercepts all sewers serving the territory from the Grttnd Calumet river south to the city limits, fnttl it Is complete the intercepting connections will be secured by bulkheads and the old sewers continue to the river uninterrupted but when it Is complete the bulkheads will be removed and the sewage Intercepted end carried to the settling beds on the north bank of tho river at Columbia avenue. Proudfoot has built art elevated railroad known as the Potter trenching method, for excavating and filling In. Dirt that Is removed In the excavation Is carried in the big Iron buckets back to where the sewer has been completed and Is dumped for refilling. Thus the two processes are carried on simultaneously. The tile are being made on the ground and the biggest ones which weigh nine tons each are handled by a twenty ton locomotive crane. They are too big: to be shippedTHOSOTOKXT SYSTEMATIC Another remarkable feature of the work as carried on by Mr. Proud?nt Is the system of electric punvps which keep the excavations dry. If this intricate system faMed to work the excavations would fill up in a few minutes. It is considered by engineers anl contractors a splendid piece of work that Proudfoot is doing. In laying 100 feet of Fewer of this magnitude in a day he has established a new record. He expects to complete the entire Jcb by February first if the winter is not severe. HESTENES ADDRESSES THE ROTARIANS John M. Hestenes of the Brooks House spoke before the Rotary club yesterday regarding the activities of the East End Improvement Association. He called attention to the fact that the foreign born people in our midst represent the ambitious and energetic people of their native land who had the courage and determination to start their lives anew. Under proper encouragement they are active In all kinds of municipal improvement work. He stated what their association in East Hammond Is doing. It was ! evident from his remarks that this part of the city will soon be out in front unless other portions of the city put their shoulder to the wheel. In accordance with an invitation from Mayor Brown, the Rotary club appointed a committee to attend the Council meeting, November 9th, at j which time the Street Car Company's proposal for rehabilitating the street car service will be discussed. The Rotary club expects to attend the dedication of the Calumet Memorial Park In West Hammond. November 3rd. This fine park commem orates the services of soldiers and sailors of a portion of the Calumet district during the recent war. U. S. REDUCTION CO.. is making several improvements at their East Chicago plant. The common housefly ordinarly makes 800 wingbeatf a second, which forces it twenty-five feet through the air.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE Lt Us.i.i..L,.i,o, ot. 1. B--roe (Fa fy) Artuck: former movie comedian, today Is lcarninic bow to write with his left hand. The Index finger and the flnsrcj- next to it on bis r'.gbt hand have become paralysed a (be resal: of an Injury he Miv talned while on hl recent trl to Japan. It was learned to-: a.'. "Fatty" Is contemplating a trip east next month, the purpose OI lilch. It 1 said, is t. .e Will Hars, "bl chief of th movltt, who barred Arbuckle from the WILL RECEIVE Sam Ralston, democrat aspirant for senator, will arrive in Hammond tomorrow morning. A reception will be held for him In the Rimbach building at 10:15 a. m. Ths ia the large hall opposite the democratic headquarters. The function will partake of the nature of morning tea. Ralston will be welcomed, feted and offered repose after Jumping here from Larorte. Friends say hi bears up well In the arduous campaign h els bringing to a close. His confidence In his victory has never wavered they assert, as they antcipatj his arrival. FORI WAYNE EDITOR SPEAKS TO DEW10CRTAS Says the Fordney Tariff is A Bonus For The Profiteers. Charging that the Fordney tariff Is a "four billion dollar a year bonus for the profiteers" while the soldiers have been denied their bonus, Claude Bowers. Fort Wayne editor, lambasted the Harding administration at the democrat rally in Huehn hall last night. "Never has there been such stud led it'diiTe'-erce to the Interest cf the pe.-pl and such supine subservience to tl:e rrlviiege.l few," declared Bowers. In reply to the speech of Albert J. Beverldge at the Masonic Templs Saturday. Bowers said that there are two things responsible in the main for the deterioration of the railroads namely, financial Jupglipg and mismanagement years before the war and secondly the fact that throughout the war replacement of rails and rolling stock was naturally stopped. He said that the Adamson law is a good law and that good wagrs paid to railroad workers not only help them buj the entire community In which they live and the country at large. William Spooner, candidate for congress on the democratic tickst and former mayor of Valparaiso, was another speaker. The meeting was in charge of John A. Gavit. WATSON TO SPEAK AT WHITING SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING. Ind.. Nov. 1 United States Senator Jaraos E. Watson will speak at Whiting on Friday evening. The people of Whiting have long wanted to hear the senator and they will now have their opportunity to hear him on the issues in the present campaign. Senator Watson's ability as an orator has not only made him famous but has kept him busy filling engagements. Senator Watson Is one of the leaders in congress ar.d has an intimate knowledge of both houses, having served In the lower house many years before he became a senator. A number of other speakers will be on the porgram, as wJU the Beverldge Ladls' Glee Club, which has attracted considerable attention around the county. SPECIAL BODGE SHOWING THIS WEEK The Bohllng Auto Sales Is making a special showing this week of the complete Dodge Brothers line of motor cars. The showing Includes the new business sedan, the business coup, the special four passenger coupe, the deluxe sedan, the touring car ar.d roadster and also the commercial line. It was through the courtesy of those who have purchased special models which are now ready for delivery, that the local distributor is able to make such a complete showing, and while all the inew and special models are on the) floor, arrangements have been completed for a special exhibit for the remainder of tho week. "THE Etiquette of the Stars and Stripes," Is the tWe .of a pamphlet tha will be distrlbued to the public schools here by the Veterans of Foreign Wars as a part of the Americanization program which began today.

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LETTERS ! Oh, girls, bcre Is your chance! Johnny Killigrew, candidate for i county clerk, is tired of bachelor I lire. When Johnny come, march -I ins home with the victory n i Tuesday evening he wants a lov.. ; little wife. t Anyway, hre Is the grandest -, -i portunity of your sweet younj; (lives. The girl who fills in the .'missing letters in the following story correctly wins the handsome Johnny for life. Here 1s the story: During the primary campaign last spripg. Johnny KJlllgrew wore out his F--d running against Charles Dyer's Cadillac. On May 10th .Johnny took his . worn out F--d to a dealer and said: "How much-will it cost to fix up this F--d?" The dealer said it would be cheaper to trade it in on a new F--d so John paid $175 to boot and got a new F--d. An hour later John left his new F--d in front of the court house at Crown Point. He tipped his hat to a lady and looked at the court house clock and when he glanced around his F--d was gone. The other day the Gary police told John that they had found his F--d in a "fence" for stolen automobiles at Indiana Harbor but it wasn't John's F--d at all and so John aid to h--l with a F--d and bought an Fssex. PAROLED T0nTiirn HELP MOTHER Mother's smile wins. Edward Hanson, convicted of grand larceny with Jack Wright, former Hammond police officer, and sent to the Indiana reformatory for a term of two to fourteen years, is back in Hammond today on a ninety-day temporal parole granted by Governor McCray on a pita from the mother that she need j ed her son's aid to save her from abject poverty. Dr. G. L. Smith assumed responsibility for Hanson's good conduct during his parole term. Hanson was convicted with Jack Wright, of pilferine candy from a salesman's truck left over night at the garage in which Hanson worked. REPUBLICAN MEETINGS THURSDAY Senator Janxes E. Watson to speak at K. of P. hall, Hammond, at 7i o'clock i X'mpleby's hall. Gary, S o'clock. . FRIDAY i Senator Watson. John J. Brown and Judge Arthur Robinson to tour Lake county, speaking at Hobart at 10 o'clock. Crown Tolnt at lltSn, Lowell at 7:30 and ' holding- met1n;s at the Lyric theater In East Chlcoko st SrOO o'clock and the Community House at Whiting at 9 o'clock. FRIDAY! G. O. P. rally at Eagle's lull In Miller at KtOO Eagle's ball In Miller at S vV! oclc. SATVRDAY MGHTi Colonel Roscoe Simmons to speak st Jbo's hall. Calumet. East Chicago, at 8 o'clock. MONDAY MGHTi Colonel RSimmons to speak at Broadway theater, Gary, at 8 o'clock. "BURNING SANDS" AT PARTHENON A man's answelto Edith M. Hull's famous novel. "The Sheik." as portrayed in "B-jrning Sands," popular Paramount production now being shown at the Parthenon theater seems to have made a great hit with the movie fans of Hammond. Judging from the size of the crowds that have) Jammed the big movie house, this'r''cturi? 'f due or an even sreat. er run than Rodolph'h '"Sheik." In the cast are Milton Sills, who takes the lead. Wanda Ilawley and Robert Cain. The picture is filled wit'il thrills and is what the directors meant it to be, a romantic story of the American deserts. CHASED FROM HOME WITH KNIFE Thiis time the tables are turned.) Instead of the poor defenseless f e-1 male being chased out of the house by ans angered husband, hubby is cbased.by his wife. In a suit for divorces filed by Wacalw Obremskl. in the 5ary Superior court, he alleges thjt on October 2th. 1922, the defendant drove htm out of his home wfth a large knife. Then. the plairttiff avers, the defendant! had him vinjustly arrested. The custtody of their two children is sough by the plaintiff. The suit is filejd by A. H. Sambor. Because Vie refused to appear as a witness Vbr Anthony Stozek, he was beaten Vip by the latter, said Walter ZzranTski, when he testified as prosecuting witness against Stozek. WalteV said Storek came to his house andxasked him to be his witness in a cafce which would come up for trial sooif. Zzranskl said upon his refusal, gttozek Jumped on him and beat him ujY Stozek was fined $11.50 by Judge (Clemens.

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Hammond Arrest May Be Solution of $4,000 Robbery in East Chicago (BCLLETIJO Albert Given late toay announced that he would donate $500 to the Hammond police pension fund as reward for the recovery of the $4,000 worth of woolens and stolen from hia factory. At the same time Hammond police after grilling the two truck drivers arrested by Officers Flaher and Bea6ley, prepared to raid a Broadway ave. storo in Gary In conjunction with police of that city as the headquarters of a band of thieves alleged to be operating in cities of the Calumet region and disposing of their loot through "fences" located in Gary and Chicago. Statements obtained from the truck drivers elicited from one the information that they had been hired for $4.00 to haul the stuff from Gary to a Chicago address. The other paid the price. was to be $15. Police believe both are lying. Five h-undred dollars may be added to the police pension fund as the result of a timely catch made last night by Sergeant John Fisher and officer Boaslpy of the Hammond Central Station. Enroute to the station with a prisoner they arrested at Gibson, the two officers passing a light Ford truck followed by a Cadillac in Summer boulevard near the plant of the Malleable Iron Co.. halted the truck to question the occupants. At that moment the Cadillac wheeled o th for and disappeared In a roar of the exhaurt toward Hammond. Search of the truck revealed to the fore and disappeared in a ued at $4,000 stolen a week ago from the factory of Albert Given" at East Chicago. The1 truck. it crew and contents were taken to Central Station. There John Blaier. 1341 Cleveland ave.. Hammond and Robert "Bennett. 1945 West RobfeveH Road. Chicago, were booked on an open charwe. They are held pending Investigation and search for the occupants of the convoy Cadillac. B'azer was carrying a revolver when arrested. Tags on the ends of the cloth bolts identified the materia.! as that of Glvens'. The factory of the East Chicago manufacturer was looted a week ago. He offered a reward of $500 for the recovery of the goods. This may be awarded the police department on strength of advertisements published in The Times. Fisher and Beasley were on their way back to the station when they met the truck They had Just arrested Christ Peterson, I. H. B. employe, apprehended by special agents of the railroad at G?bon. Peterson, held for Chief Special Ag?nt Strong. i booked on an open charge He had no connection with the theft for the arrest of -which B:azer and Bennett are held. Al'iert Gtvens and officers of the East Chicago police department. were to appear in Hammond today to Identify the cloth recovered last right . BODY IS The body found cut In two on the Pennsylvania railroad trarks about "00 yards from the Indiana Harbor depot at 4 o'clock yesterday morning has been identified . by fellow workmen as that of Vernie FIscus. C3 . years' old. a late roomer at the Blumar.thal restaurant on Guthrie st.. Indiana Harbor. G. O. Wagner, engineer of Pennsylvania freight train due in Indiana Harbor at a few minutes before 4 a. m. t-aw the body lying across the tracks yesterday morning and stopped his train. He notified the Ha. bor police, w ho had the body taken to the Burny-McGuan undertaking parlors on Michigan avenue to await word fro mthe young man's parents. It It the opinion of the police that the boy attempted to "hook" a train and fell beneath the cars. The Harbor police have learned that Fiscus was employed at the fcdward Valve Mfg. Co.. as a mach. imst helper, but left that company over three weeks ago. He is said to have come here form Valparaiso. Casual friends of Fiscus tell the police that the deceased is an adopted fon whose foster parents live in Indianapolis. DIVORCE SUIT Mrs. Esther Connor of East Chicago today filed suit for divorce from her husband, Edward Connor, in the Superior court at Hammond. She fays that In JunelD20. Connor, was convicted of th charge of robbery and Is now serving a sentence of $ to 14 years at Michigan City. She asks for the custody of their two children. She is represented by Attorney R. M. Royce. ' New 'York society women maintain a cemetsry for their dogs.

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REPUBLICAN WOMEN SHOW GREAT ACTIVITY

WHITING. Ind.. Nov. 1. Although women have been In politics for only a few years their activity has been very marked. The itinerary which has been planned by republican County Chairwoman Mary Hay. for women speakers shows that the women can be depended on to do their part in campaigns. Miss Maude Daugherty of Indianapolis and Mrs. Margaret Grouless of Greensburg have ben secured to tour Lake county today, tomorrow and on Friday. Both of these women are prominent In numerous civic and philanthropic societies, and are well known throughout the central section of the state. This afternoon at 2:30 these women will ?pesk at the Lowell li

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( BULLETIN ) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! BUCHARAST, Nov. 1. Hundreds of men were reported today to have been killed in an explosion in a coal mine in Transylvania. The report could not be confirmed. BT Ll,E1I5i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE SACKAMb.NTO, caul., Nov. 1. Dissolution of the local branch of the Ku Klux Klan. issuance of war-ants for five klansmen on charges of grand larceny and a sixth for embetzlement and threat to have 175 additional members arested were sensational developments today which followed a row In the ranks of the local klan. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) LONDON, Nov. l. jugo-Siav legation had no knowledge today of fighting between Servians and Italians and said that all reports of such hostilities must be unconfirmed. It Is not believed here that there Is any chance of war between the two countries. (niLLETI) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BliLUCVL'E, Iowa. Nov. l. Two banks of this town have been placed In the hands of receivers within a week of each other. lavin(r onlv rrte financial FARMERS WILL VOTE REPUBLICAN TICKET Mass Meeting at Dyer Shows They Are Pleased With Tariff. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES ' DTER, Ind.. Nov. l. Lake county farmers will vote the straight Republican ticket. He is satisfied that under the Fordney tariff he will prosper This wis the sentiment expressed last night at an enthusiastic meeting of farmers in St. Joseph's hall. Before the r.ew Republican tariff went into effect America was swamp ed with the products of South America where the producer has three crops a year as against the American farmer's one crop ajid employs labor at a fifth the price pid hy the American farmer. The farmers cf the United States oculd not compete with. South American produce except by the tariff. As soon as the Republican tariff became a fact prosperity returned ti the American farmer. He is looking forward to a big year next year and a ready market for his crcps. Hi does not want a democratic congress and free trade. Ed. Busli. ex-lieutenant governor, and Senator Miles Furnas were the speaker? at last night's meeting. They predicted an o-er-whelming Republican victory. They said that American labor is J ist as much interested in a prote-cti-e tariff as the farmer and bentfits Just as much. A $200 REWARD Hammond police today were asked to hunt two men in a Ford touring car. Illinois license 545-638, wanted for the attempted murder of a soldier at Woodstock. 111., last night. The soldier was mortally wounded In a battle with the two men who tried to hold him up. Post 412, American Legion, has offered a reward of $200 for capture of assailants. LAUTMANN Mrs. Ida Lautmann. aged 64. wife of J. M. Lautmann. died this morning at her late residence 1204 Morraine avenue from where she will be burled Friday at 11:00 a. m. She had been in ill health over six months and was greatly esteemed by those who knew her. She Is survived by four daughters Mrs. Helen Cohen. Mrs. Myrtle Posner. Rose and Elsa Lautmann anjj two sons Herbert M. and Alfred J., and her bereaved husband, Jonas M. Interment will be made at Oak Hill cemetery. The funeral will be private. It Is requested that flowers ibe omitted. Ohas. Neidow will conduct the funeral.

brary. This evening at 7:30 they will address a large audience at the Whiting High School Assembly room. The Whiting women have been particularly active and It Js expected that this meeting will be one cf the best of the campaign. Tomorrow at 1:30 p. m. both of these women will cpeak at Crown Point and will (ben go to Hobart, where they ill speak at three o'clock at the library. In the evening at

eight o'clock they will speak at the Hammond K. of P. hall. Hammond women are waiting to hear these women. On Friday at 2:30 p. m. they will speak at the Gary library Mrs. Grouless is quite well known in Gary and there will be many to irreet her. institution for this wealthy farming territory. The Bank of Bellevue had been in business since 1878 and the J. Kelso Bank was thirty years old. Their closing has left some of the business men in serious financial straits. BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WA1 EKVii.LE, Iowa., Nov. 1. Fire destroyed the business section of this place, entailing a loss estimated today at approximately $250,000. The town is without a fire department and called help from surrounding towns. The fire occurred late yesterday. ( BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WiJS CITY. Mo.. Nov. l 0dead and fifteen injjrei was def. initely established today as the toll of the tornado which swept this town early this morning. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEP.VICE BELLEVILLE. 111.. Nov. 1. Six persons were seriously injured today when a heavy windstorm struck the business section of this city and destroyed a tall smoke stack on a factory in which 25 men were working. The injured mn were buried in the debris of bricks. Several homes in the vicinity of the factory. were unroofed. REPORT Coincident w.th its removal from the Superior Court House to Room Co, Rimbach building, where adequate quarters have been providod through the generosity of many merchants and business men. the local chapter of the Aroerican Red Cross has issued through it's secretary, Mrs. Grace G. Massaro. a very laudable and interesting report of the pultiludious activities conducted by the Red Cross here during the summer. With the coming of winter the headquarters of this great social service organization will be Ueulged with appeals for aid of a number of kinds. She plans a "publ!.: v siting dav" that the people of Ha.mrr.onl may become btitr acquainted with ine rew Red Cross rooms in the Rimbach building. The report for October follows: Number of cases handled during bove period, 271. Number of transient soldiers given relief in the "ay of food, lodging. miocs mLiidd, and transportation. 24. Number of i.vil'an families given assistance in tin way of groceries, milk or meilicim, 16. Number .t iuvertigations maide for ch.-ivitablo rations in Chi cago. In'iianapolis. New York, city and county of San Urancisco, etc., 2i'. Number of home visits made for various reasons, 33. Number of letters written on behalf of ex-service men, 253. Number of conductions or interviews, 274. The secretary cf home service was asked to give ad"ice arid help in securing government compensation for widow or ex-service men. making loens and grants to ex-service men .ind civilian families !n need, m.ik lug ctrtified copies of honorable discharge", marriage and birt.i Cfrtili'utes. copier; of divorce decrees, making applications for stat? bon i. helping to locate missing jon-i or husbands, assisting to get deaf child admitted to state Institution, investigations for Red Cross chapters in various cities. Travelers Aid Society of New Tork. and charity organizations all over tho country and reporting findings, and various other relief. STATE republican chairman Lawrence Lyons was In the county this week taking an inventory of the G. O. P's majority on November 7th. JUDGE W. C. McMahan was a Gary visitor yesterday. Judge McMahan, formerly Judge of the Lake circuit court, is now Judge of the Indiana appellate court. HENRY N. TRUDELLE, erstwhile patrolman of the Harbor station, has been promoted to motorcycle cop succeeding Harold Hathaway who ha3 climbed to be chauffeur.

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Ey WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON STAFF CORRESPONDENT I.' N. SERVICE WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 Economic and general business condition made great strides fc-ward during October, it was shown by reports r-aade public today by the federal reserve board, supplemented by a statement from the American Railway Association showing railroad activities to have reached during October nearly the highest peak ever recorded. A sensational improvement in general industrial activity and sharp Increases In the marketing of agricultural products were noted Ly the railroads. Loading of revenue freight in the week ending October 21 smashed ul weekly records for the riast two years. During this seven day period the total freight loaded passed the million car mark for the first time since October 2", 13 20. The total cf 1,003,753 cars leaded from October 15th to 21st .was within 14,750 cars of the hi;'yiest mark ever achieved and has been exceeded only four times in the history of American ra;iroading, the association said. "Establishment of this record." it was announced, "is ail the more significant as the loading of merchandise and general freight is one of the best business barometers that can be found." Reports to the federal reserve board, gatharcd from all sections cf the country, featured (1) steadily increasing tank deposits; (2) heavier sales of ail commodities; (3) a general employment of labor. The reserve board found, however, that the railroad situation Is still the greatest barrier to industrial and commercial prosperity. Only lack rt transportation facilities, the board. said, is holding tack a general era of more prosperous business. Car shortage is a serious handicap, both in agricultural and industrial lines. The railroads are forty thousand ears short of the number normally required to handle the volume of" seasonal business. Equipment has broken down as a result of the -congested traffic and the seriovs inroads made by the long strike of railway shopmen. The rail car shortage is cont-ib-uting to curtailment of production in some Industries, notably steel and lumber. It also Is having a tendency to restrict the' output of coal, both anthracite and bituminous. The mines are able to produce more coal, but cars in sufficient numbers cannot be placed at the mines to move it. Government officials agreed that industry, with plenty of mony available to finance business extension, today finds its chief impediment in the rail-oads' inability to meet the country's transportation requirements. Agriculture Is feeling the advers? effects of the railroads' reduced car rapacity, and It is said to be chlefiy responsible for the divergence in Liverpool and Chicago grain prices. It has contributed especially to depressed prlc? cf wheat. Farmers, however. are beincr adequately financed and on the whole are in a mere stable condition than a year ago. TO HOSPITAL Goes On Record As Op posed to Disannexation Of Robertsdale. The Hammond Kiwanis at the weekly luncheon this noon transacted two important rieces of business. (1) . Appropriated (I!1?? for a Lake county ward in the Riley Memorial hospital for crippled childrci being built at Indianapolis. Crippled children from Lake county wUi be taken care of in this ward. (2) . Went on record as opposed to the dissanexation of the fourth ward (Robertsdale) and in favor of the amalgamation of Hammond. Whiting and East Chicago. The contribution to the hospital for crippled children came after an appeal to the sympr-thies of the members by Jurlgs V. S. Re iter. The club having rledged itself to do all In Its power for under-privileged children accepted the opportunity to make a handsome donation. The action against disannexation of Robertsdale was taken after Attorney W. J. McAleer bad toll the club that it was claimed in Robertsdale that a bill would be ir.troduced Into the .next legislature to disannex that portion of Hammond so that St could annex with Whitmg. Attorney McAleer urged the club to Interview each candidate for the state senate and the. house of representatives and to oppose any candidate that signified that he favored the disannexation of Robertsdale. The matter was referred to the public affairs committee which reported back favoring Mr. McAleer's motion and it was passed unanimously. The Kiwanls club will at once question candidates regarding this matter and the club's influence will be used against any candidate who pnposes to secure legislation for the disannexation of the fourth ward. More than 2C0 Japanese trav;ler3 a month pas? throuch New Tork.

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