Hammond Times, Volume 16, Number 131, Hammond, Lake County, 21 November 1922 — Page 1

HARDING GIVES SHIP SUBSID

GE TO CONGRES

DEALS WITH PRESSING PROBLEMS

:Hfl WEATHER G-nrly t'tr tonight and Wedtieeilayi not much chaosc In temprr"i". lowest ttmlgbt near t fresnj point; fcra:le variable winds. VOL. XVI. NO. 131 TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1022. HAMMOND. INDIANA

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?ARKERDONS IS FIGHTING

WQM Federal Government Refuses to Interfere in Louisana Scrap BY W. H. ATKINS STAFF CORRESPONDENT 1. N. SERVICE i Copyright 1322 by I. N. S.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. Governor John M. I'arlcer, ef Louisiana, today proclaimed "war to the finish-' on the Ku Klux Klan In his state. Denied aid from the federal government. Parker said he will return to Baton Rouge tonight, don his fighting clothes and use all the resources, financial and legal, within his power as chief executive, to lout the Klan from its strongly intrenched position of dominance in Louisiana's political affairs. ' A u:;.i i a 1a''.ii'.ab -owa r1 to a:tah himself to such an organization and remain within It as one of its active forces," Governor Parker said today. "It is now my solemn duty to whip th;m. Louisiana will soon see a fight to the finish. The best people of the state are behind me, and I know I will win. Mask-d men who go about taking thi law In their own hands, defying all constituted authorities, must go if It takes all the power that the commonwealth of Louisiana vests In its governor to attain that end. (; we permit s;it or::an.zations as the Ku Klux Klan to continue their r.ign of terror, we might as v.iii a.ii.ilt that our civilization is tottering. "The shocking Instances of the work of the Klan in my state are proof enough It has no place in the United States. "Men hav been murdered in cold biood. Others have disappeared mysteriously and may now be dead, uhile stftl others have been beaten Pn maimed. . "A 5 year old man, only a step from the grave, was taken out by a mob of these cowards and merci"e.snly beaten. In one community "wo young men, both with splendid records for mora! uprightness, were flexed by members of the Klan. soon disappeared and are now supposed to be dead. "A widow and three children of n of them are left to grieve, while j ione has stepped forward to sug- i gest justification for the mob's Tuthiess act. These cases have been multiplying. There must be an end '.o It. "My problem is not an easy cne, s the Klan works behind a mask and in the dark. I am seeking cooperation to meet the situation in th" most effective way. and cope with the menace that has suddenly become very real. If we could have some help from the several states and from the federal governi ent the mat'er of delving to the bottom of the rotten mess would be made easier. "We expected h'lp from some of the states, similarly afflicted, like we. with this cancer, parading as a secret society. We are going to tackl this thing from all angles, and make a good Job of it before K'P are through." Governor Parker today continued his conferences with senators and representatives from Louisiana, his mission to Washington has stirred up a row within the Louisiana delegation. Several members are said to be In sympathy with the clan and have sharply criticized the executive. Governor Parker reported that the Klan has become more active In his state through the operations of Klansmen from Texas and Arkansas, who venture across the border, commit depredations and retire to their own states, where they are said to have the protection of their own local officials. FOR KEENER INTEREST 11 tSPECIW. TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT, IND., Nov. 20 Judge E. Miles Norton has issued invitations this week to persons throughout the county Interested in Juvenile work to attend a session of the Juvenile court on Friday, November 1 4th, and also a dinner at the Presbyterian church parlors at 5:00 o'clock. The purpose of the meetlhg is to arona keener Interest rn Juvenile work In this county and to place before the members of the legislature from this community the exact status of the work and to receive fjgires'ions from those in attendance as to ways and means by which tho Juvenile work and child welfare in the conununlty. FIORD IE SMITH IS FINED $20.00 !

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' jaJxty, was killed when a Ford car A 120 fine and a suspended sen-1 traveling nt a high speed, struck fence of SO days were assessed on 1 her and threw her in front of a llordie Smith who was arrested and ; sfrct car. tho Ford -was traveling booked, on ac.harsre of operating a without lights and ;ts driver is unFamWing house. Charles Jones j known. Frank St'nfa.ilk. 21, was and Eddie Clark, arrested ior jranib- , killed when struck by a New Vork ling were each fined $15. Robert j Central train and Alex Newman, 17 Calloway and Dave Johnson also i was injured when struck by an charged with gambling, were dis- automobile driven by John Noizualssd godzianny, who is 'under arrest,

COUNTRY CLUB

ELECTS Has Successful Year with Many New Members Added. At the annual election meeting of the directors of th-i Hammond Country club, a feeling of optimism l was In the air. The reports showed , that the year of 1922 has been a I .successful one financially and that i the club is on a sound financial i basis with many nfw members addi ed to the roils. All year there has , been a keen interest taken In club affairs by the members, especially among tho golfing membership. More people than ever before have taken advantage of the golf course which has ben In excellent condition throughout the luramer. The improvements made on the greens, th? addition of new traps and the fine condition of the turf has helped greatly to Increase the golfer's enthusiasm which accounts In a measure for the increased attendance. Playing conditions for the coming year will be still further Improved and It Is expected that then wili bo a considerable increase in membership for 1923. Many c.f the good citizens of Whiting knd t.ast Chicago have signified their j intention of applying for member ship .which, with the larsi membership already belonging from these cities, will bring the country club Into promlnenc3 throughout the northern end of the county. A formal dance on Wednesday, November 29. will mark the beginning of the winter season. Tho entertainment committee is planning for a busy time of it and many interesting events will be forthcoming. Their program will include dancing, cards, dinners, stags and special entertainment during the entire winter. The following are the officers elocted for 1923: President, R. E. Amoss. Vice president, Dr. L. J. Moran. Secretary, A. A. Sherby Treasurer, A. M. Turner. Directors: Georgi Hannauer, A. M. Turner. B. J. St.-.- Iman. R. E. Amoss, Dr. L. -J. Moran. Dr. II. E. Sharrer, P. W. 'Meyn. Dr. 4 G. E. Humphreys. O A. Krinblll, R. Gillis, Henry P. Conkey. Dr. R. TO LECTURE IN Lake County Jews have accomplished a notablo achievement in bringing to Hammond next Thursday evening. Dr. Shmarya Levin, a leader of the International Zionist movement and one of the greatest figures identified with the world wide effort of Jews to rehabilitate Palestine. He will tell the results of his investigation in connection with his work in Europe and Amer'ca. Mr. Lsvin will speak at the Hammond Synagog on Sibley street. Some of the prominent Jews of Lake county who are named on the reception committee are these: Hammond: Carl Kaufman. I. I. Modjeska, S. Truppe, J. Friedman. East Chicago: Milton Lewln, Dr. M. A. Given. Rabbi H. Siskin. Indiana Harbor: Henry Barker, M. Aronoff, Llppa Ievln. Whiting: Peter Selfor, R. Miller, P. Brandman. The following is a portion of the ! letter Mr. Given is writing every Jew in the county urging them to attend the meeting: "You have heard of Dr. Shmarya Levin? Of course you have. Every Jew has! The one outstanding notable who is known to the Jews of England as well as to the Jews of France, Austria and America. This great leader of Israel will address the Jews of Lake ciunty, Thursday evening, November 23 at ths Hammond Synag-og-ue 305 'Si.Mey street at 8 p. m. "Dr. Shmarya Levin, who came to this country from an extensive trip through Europe, will tell the Lake county Jews why the Jewish, Pal estine and Zionist questions are the topics of the world's press and are the most discussed problems of the parliaments of the world. "The committee of arrangements fel proud of their achievement in having secured Dr. Levin to address the Lake County Jews. The short notice for arranging this rare meeting has made It impossible for the committee to secure larger quarters than the Hammond Synagogue, and therefore urge you to coma Thursday. November 23 at 8'clock sharp so that you may be able to secure a seat, as it may be many a again presents Itself." TWO DIE IN SOUTH BEND AUTO SMASH f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CE1 SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. Two are dead and one person Is injured as a result of automobile and rail- ( roau crossing accidents here last night. Mrs. Clara Llengood. age

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Did You Hear That ilORTOX AVENUE lit up. One by ono the dark places are passing. THE girls are happy. We have Sir. Rudolph Valentino with us again. FORD stolen. Thieves ret touring oar of Fred Kraus. 9 "West Mason street. C. O. HOLMiJS, of Gary, spoke yesterday before the Klwanls club at Gary. MERCURY 25 above this morning j " you want something to paste In your hat. DOC BARRON, the chiropractor, has resumed his practice after a visit in Detroit EDWARD F. DATES, clerk. 866 Calumet avenue, booked on charge of assault and battery. ROSCOE HEJISTOCK, Dave Mllgrlm and the other volley ball bugs have started the season. GEORGE IIANLON. M. E. Lauerman, John Caryoll, make flying trip to Fort Wayne and Huntington. N1MRODS report the woods as being more plentifully supplied with rali-bits than they have been In man years. THE Klwanls club entertained the real estate board at luncheon today. The Central school orchestra furnished the music lIAiEMOND Electric Repair Co. reports theft of radio set, wire ann cath with total value of 143. Thieves get In rear window. ONE of those "Orphant Annie'' publication hustlers struck towTi Saturday night with a wealthy soap man story that would knock your eye out. JTMMT OLABBT Is in Denver to fight Tommy Comiskey on Friday and Jimmy's wife has reached Van couver on her way from Australia to Join her husband. THE Naldni Club of young ladles Is giving a bazaar at the K. of C club rooms tonight for the benefit of the Carmelite orphans. The doors open at 7:30 o'clock. RECORD. Ned Nelson makes that last nigbt at Elks alleys when he bowls 196, 244 and 159. Ned with the Nationals, licked the Mystics three games straight. TWO autos containing four men crash at Chicago and Calumet avenues at 6:30 this morning. One car overturns. Two men-taken to hospital. None seriously Injured. JUDGE MILES E. NORTOX -will entertain a group of legislators from Indianapolis on Friday at his court in Crown Point. There will be county and state Juvenile officers present also. ATTACHES and friends of the Juvenile court will have dinner Friday evening in the parlors of the Presbyterian church at Crown Point and will discuss the Important work that the court is doing. SCOOPING Chicago. Orp h e u m theater next Thursday will present Rupert Hugbes' masterpiece, 'Remembrance," picturlzed by the best producers in the country. It's a pre-release and will be shown In Chicago some weeks hence. TO talk it over. American Legion will hold important meeting tonight t club rooms, 220 East State St., to make final arrangements for big dance, entertainment at club rooms tomorrow night. Every member Is urged to be present tonight. JOE MANSLOWSKI. 179 Sheffield avenue, fell from a street car in Indianapolis boulevard last evening, breaking his leg and suffering other serious injuries. He tripped on the car step. He was taken to the hospital in the police emergency. REVENGE. That motive says Martin Buell, that Inspired former friend to swear out warrants charging Buell with v. 1. 1. He was arrested yesterday afternoon at his restaurant. 571 Morton avenue, byDetectives Carlson, Warner, Einslle and Singer. POLICE seek car that ran down Benny Gowsher, aged 8 years, 427 East State street, yesterday afternoon, in alley between State and Sibley streets. He was taken home by driver or car who later failed to report to police. The boy was badly bruised about the knees and legs. CITY JUDGE threatens to hold city attorney In contempt of court. This during bearing of Denzel RIggs, arraigned on non-support charge. City Attorney W. W. MoMahon. ar riving late to defend client, Rlggs. gets censure of court, is rebuked. Dove of late, but not too late. Rebukes and peace flits In GOOD piiPSEcr. Flr.ieretta Howard. 659 Oakley avenue, wins $3.00 prize when she guesses number of

muusstr.ai insurance polices Issued tions for perfecting th plan, knowhero by Metropolitan Life company j Ing that such action is now being totals 20,687. Actual number is 20.- taken by civic organizations of the 60. The contest conducted at the two .separate cities. Shrine Circus by Benjamin Harris, j The definite stand of Mayor Callocal representative of the Metro- i lahan on this issue is to be consid-

politan. AS the second of a series of five lectures the local school board is offering Hammond teachers, Edward Howard Grlgg-s, noted lecturer and author, Thursday at 3:15, at the high school auditorium will deliver

CHILDS SPEAKS AT LAUSAHNE CONFERENCE

BY FRANK E MiASON LAUSANNE, Nov. 21 P-lchard Washburn Child, American ambassador to Italy and one of the three American observers at the near east conference, addressed the peace delegates in secret session today explaining: the general attitude of the United States on near east issues. Although ihe Americans will exercise considerable moral influence they will not have a place on any of the committees nor will they vote upon -clauses of the treaty nor sign the pact when It la drawn. Before the secret session. Ambassador Child, and Joseph Grew, American minister to Switzerland, and another member of the American delegation conferred with Ixrd Curlon of , England and Premier Poincare of France. Two sessions -were held today, both behind closed doors. At both sessions, Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation, urged the necessity of Russian soviet participation because of Russia's interest In the Turkish straits. 'iIIHILIrM LYNCH SELLS STATE ST.' BUSINESS BLOCK Great Activity Promises In Downtown Property. The completion of the splendid three story Greenwald building at State stret and Oaklefly avenue and the definite announcement that the Bereolas Brothers will at once start j a four story structure at State an Hohraan streets to cost $15,000 are believed to be in large part responsible for a new activity in downtown real estate. The most important sale of tbe week, g-rowlng out of this new state of mind, was that of the "flatlron" building: on the south side of State street and just east of the Nickel Plate tracks for $21,000. The 'build ing was sofld by Nick Klser to Sam Gubitz, the shoe man, through the agency of William Lynch of the Frank J. Wachewlc-z concern. Mr. Lynch is one of the city's "up and coming" real estate salesmen and tie sale is a feather In his cap. It is also reported that Peter W. Mej-n has purchased from Martin Linz and Giles Warner the fifty foot State street frontage on the southeast corner of State stree and Oakley avenue and that a three or four story t-.iiilding will be erected early in 1923. There is even reason to believe that there wfil be moTe new building on Hohman street, spcially on the latter, next year than in the past ten years combined. The Northern Indiana Gas & Elkectrlc Company is crowded for room and is very much in need of a bulldinir of its own. When the gas com parry finally builds It will put up a handsome structure, probably the city's first "sky-scraper." An official of the company is quoted as having said to a friend that the gas company would ibutld Hammond's first ten story building. "Hammond Is Just starting to grow," this offlffclal declared. 'The next ten years will see it develop from a town into a metropolis. There Is more .business transacted in Hammond in one day than in any other city of its size in the state in a week. Its population increases daily. There isn't a vacant house In town and there are hundreds of families who would move in tomorrow if they could find suitable bungalows or apartments for rent." CALLAHAN FOR Mayor Frank Callahan of East Chicago today expressed himself as favoring amalgamation of the cities of East Chicago and Hammond. Wh?n asked by an inquiring reporter as to his position on the cjuest. on. Mayor Callahan responded 'ai Iip .vie heartily in favor of the movement and would do everything in his power to effect the consolidation of his city with Hammond. "The life and progress of this district hinges upon binding East Chicago and Hammond together," said Mayor Calla.in. "W.- (n never hope to continue our growth along healthy and prosp -rous lines until both j ends' of this district are bound fast 'and we get pulling into one direc tion." Thf? mayor did not attempt to go into the details of bringing about analfaT.atlon or offT any suggeser?d as a capital asset in this movement. a r.ew lect-.ire of his called "Education For the New Era," The patrons and friends of the schools as well as teachers are invitod to hear Mr. Griggs.;

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Lake County members of the Indiana Bociety have received invitations to atfend the society's eighteenth annual dinner at the Drake hotel, December 9. It is rumored In the Innermost Hoosler circles that the object of tUe mcetlns; is to elect a dictator. Leading members of the society have pointed out that almost every tim oi numan activity toaay nas its high mogul, its censor or dietator, and that most of these commissloners have been selected from the society itself.

The appointment of Judge Landisenlng.

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(BllLKTIM INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE JUA FORTH. Ind., Nov. 21. Breaking of ground for LaPorte's new $400,000 high school was the first step in the realization of tho clty' dream for a magnificent new building. BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIAN A i'ULIS, Nov. 21. Reward of $1,000 was posted today by the Indianapolis Rotary Club for the capture of the bandits who recently held up and fatally wounded Hence Orme. a prominent local clubman. No trace of the bandits has been found by police. nrjLLETi?f) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I ED FORD, Ind., Nov. 21. Elmer Fisher, 45, was fatally wounded today while hunting near here. BULLETIN) MTJJfCIB, Ind., Nov. 21. Cecil Payne of Falrmount, who declared he Vad been made drunk by companions and then induced to drive them to a country store near Muncle. where the proprietor was held up and robbed, was found guilty by a Circuit court Jury and will be sentenced today. DR. TODD IN ROTARY ADDRESS Dr. Todd, professor of Sociology at Northwestern university, gave an lnnlri;iir address before the mem bers of the Hammond Rotary Cub today upon the Industrial Age. The Industrial Age, as usually referred to. applies to the last one hundred and fifty years. Since the beginning of Ihtstory there have always been industries but only in recent century baa there been an Intensive application of power and ma chlnery to the production of commodities. All present day articles can be tracked back to the Initial discovery of some natural forces or materials sitrh as fire, water power and c'.oth- ! ing. The question of the hour is the efficient handling of la-Vir used in the industries as it has been proven that the material is efficiently applied. The Hoover report upon wp.srte In industries clearly showed the tremendous waste of Tinman energy due to lo-ss of time from many causes . The problem for the business commuri?-i of America today 1 to see that e'very person who if willing to work can secure profitable employment at all times. The result of such a condition would be a maximum of hPDlness and satisfaction..

wife. Edna, tor whose death he will be will be important figure in the trial. center. Mias Idelle Skinner.

SPEAK as baseball commissioner, followed by that of Will Hays as boss of Holywood, they say, indicates the trend of the times, and makes it Incumbent on the Indiana society to elect a dictator before the stock In trade runs out. The Invitations committee hints that previous entertainments will be j eclipsed by the one which will be : orierea next month, and that an j organization famous for its lavish I entertainments will outdo itself. Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge will be the Bpeaker of the ev(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON, Nov. 21. Hostile unemployment demonstrations were threatened today after Premier Apdrew Bonar Law for the second time since he succeeded David Lloyd George, refused to receive a deputation from unemployed workers. BULLET!) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CORK. Nov. 21. A Free State soldier and a girl.; Madge Daly, were both killed by the same bullet while walking In Mulgrave today. Someone fired upon the soldier from ambush. The bullet passed through his body rlnto that of the girl. BULLEH INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ROME, Nov. 21 Premier Mussolini, who Is now attending the Lausanne conference, has made the revolutionary suggestion to his cabinet that cardinals of the Roman Catholic church be admitted to the parliamentary senate, it became known today. THREAT BRINGS FATAL Jnd. Harbor Girl Shoots Her Sweetheart This Morning. Because he had threatened to Jeave her and go with the "other woman," Nellie Richardson, colored, shot and fatally wounded her sweetheart, Robert Daily, as he lay in his room at 2706 Pennsylvania ave., Indiana Harbor, about 2 o'clock this morning. The bullet, which penetrated the colored man's right shoulder and lung, is considered by physicians as a fatal wound. After being attended by Dr. C. C. Robinson, the man was removed to the Mercy hospital at Gary. Miss Richardson, 22 years of age. who was booked at the Indiana Harbor police station on a charge of attempt to kill, claims that she and Daily were only playing and that the gun was accidentally discharged while in her hand. The theory of the Indiana Harbor police that the girl had shot Daily while in a quarrel over another woman has been strengthened by the testimony of Joe Howard, who is held by the authorities as a material witness. He told the police that the pair had been rooming at his place for some time and ihat on several occasions he had found them quarrallns.

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CELEBRATE LIGHTING OF MORTON AVE. More than 00 Bast Hammond tts last night held an Informal reception in front of tin Brooks Hows, upon the oooaaion of the HgTitlng of Morton avenue. The event took on the character of a milestone In the progress of that community and rep resented he reward of co-operalon and oo-OTdlnated effort of the people of the neighborhood. Mayor Brown was there. Other city officials too. Among tbese, A. J. Swanson of the board of works, W. F. Bleflefeld, city treasurer and William Bridge, city engineer. L. L. Caldwell, superintendent of the schools was present. Frank Kockler and James Malo represented the Hammond Improvement Association, made up largely of Calumet avenue property owners and business men; and of course the East Hammond Clvio and Improvement Association was there in ain its glory. This last was host to the others and following the outdoor exerciser spread a banquet to more tban a hund-red guests in the Brooks' House. Jessie Wilson was the principal speaker. J. H. Hestenes. director of the Settlement House, was the master of Ceremonies, while S. R. Gillmore of the Standard Trust and Savlngrs bank, presided. At seven p. m. J. II. Wolff gave the signal and Morton avenue for the first time In its tumultous career' emerged from the shadows in a neck 1ae of resplendent lights. The Ea-st Hammond business men, most of whom belong to the association of that name, fotight long and bard for those lights. Methody Poppoff, East Hammond's Caru.-ro. sang several sonprs both from the steps of the Brooks' House for the entertainment and 'inspira tion of the hundreds that crowded around, and within the building dur ing the course of the banquet. Pop poff, a young baritone, shows unusual promise and is the idol of the community. The program of last evenings community celebration follows: 6:30 (lathering to get acquainted. 7:00 Members and friends assem bled in front of the Brooks House snd witnessed the official turning on of the lights. Special music and appropriate speeches. 7:15 Dinner. Mn-sic was furnish ed dtirlrrr the dinner by the Tamburlca Faring Orchestra "Adriatic," fn-l'ii't'ir, Mr. Thpdore Prtrorlch. Cnwr'tnltv M-gtiqr d-'rlng- liner. g:d0 Vocnl Soli - The, Sunshine of Tour Smil. Cork and Ttny; O Sole mla. V.. TM fa.pna. Mr. Methody Popoff. .Rn.ritone. Sin Addren of welcome: Mr. Sum Sk'tffaki-s. Pre-xicVnt of the Association : Orchestra. LaP.ele Romnnce. Overture. 8:1" -a1! for Business; Community Songs. S:3 Two Minute Greetings from Special Guests. 9:00 Address, the Judiciary of the United States, Mr. Jesse E. Wilson. 10:00 Adjournment. The orchestra played the following selection- rtrlng te evening; .'mrl"an Patrol. March: LuMi de L'ttimTitfi, Overture: Pet nn1 Peasan. Sf l "f ion ; W-vst. Overture Gounod; Doloresa. Selection. mi ' MTTTN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! GOSHEN, Ind.. Nov. 21. Samuel Monn, 70. pioneer resident of Goshen, was struck and killed by a railroad switch fain as he wSs onroute to his home from a factory v. ,i-r( he was employed. The thinnest spots of a soap bubble are less than three-milllonths of an inch thick, yet It Is estimated that molecules are twenty or thirty deep in those tbJniit places.

Says That Never Was of Decisive Action Evident Before Need So By GEORGE R HOLMES STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Frankly recognizing at the outset the formidable opposition to the administration's ship program. President Harding went in person before a Joint session of congress this afternoon and sought, by the sheer force of business logic and patriotic appeal, to impress upon the nation's lawmakers the urgent need for enacting the Hardlng-Laker ship subsidy bill without further delay. The prestient indulged in very little rhetorical "flag waving." although be did say it was the patriotic duty of congress to provide a strong American merchant marine, and he observed also that foreign nations "are In complete accord with the opposition here to the pending bill." But for tb most part. President Harding laid before congress cold dollars-and-centa argument. Ha told the congress that the American fleet of ships Is now costing the taxpayers of the country $50,000,000 a year and the ships ara rotting at heir wharves, so that ultimately the great fleet built at such enormous cost during; the war will represent a total loss. The subsidy provisions of the new bill, he declared, will reduce this annual expenditure by half. In other words, save $25,000,000, and Instead of the ships rotting an anchor they will be carrying American commerce to the four parts of the earth, ultimately becomlnc altogether selfsupporting:, and finally provide the nation with a strong, capable merchant marine the dream of year. "I am not askinr your authorisation of a new and added draw upon the treasury." said the president, "t am appealing for a program to diminish the burden we are already bearing. "When tout executive g-overrmieTit knows of publlo expenditure arrgatlng 60,000.000 annually, wnicn it believes could he i educed by half through a change of policy, your government would be unworthy of publlo trust If each chanre were not commended, nay. If It were not insistently irged." When the question U ask, why the InsUtenoe for the merchant marine act nowt The anewer U ap parent. TV alving every which lies in a constructive plan for maintaining our flag on the commercial highways of the seas, waiving the prudence in safeguarding against another $1,000,000,000 madness if war ever again impels. we have ui un - wiping out a $60,000,000 annual loss in operation, and losses aggre gating many hundreds of millions in worn out. sacrificed, or scrapped, shipping. Then the supreme numuItatlon, the admission war. me United States our America, once eminent among the maritime nations of the world Is Incapable of asserting Itself in the peace triumphs on the seas of the worldThis problem cannot longer re) ignored, its attempted solution cannot longer be postponed. The failure of congress to act decisively ill be no less disastrous) that aa verse action. Three courses of action are possi ble, and the choice among them Is no longer to be avoided. "The first is constructive enact the pending bill, under which. I firmly believe, an American merchant marine privately owned an-t privately operated. Tout serving all the people and always available to the government in any emergency, may be established and maintained. "The second is obstructive continue government operations and attending government losses and discourage private enterprise by government competition. under which losses are met by the publlo treasury and witness the continued losses and deterioration until the Collossal failure ends In sheer exhaustion. "The third is destructive Involving the sacrifice of or ships abroad or the scrapping of them at home, the surendT of our aspirations, and the confession of our impotence to the world In general and our humiliation before the competingworld In particular. "A choic among the three Is Inevitable it Is unbelievable that the American people or the congress which expresses their powr will consent to surrender and destruction. It is equally unbelievable that our people and the congr'as which translates their wishes into action will longer sustain a program of ohstructlon and attending losses to the treasury. SCHOOLS GLISTEN INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LA.PORTK. IND.. Nov. 20 Students of LaPorte county schools would give students of any county In the country a good run for the "stay away from school'' championship according to school officials here. tA report made by Walter Holloway, county attendance officer, shows that during the first eight weeks of school students of this county lost a total of nineteen years, eight months and ten days through absences and tardiness. As manager of the tran3?ortat iun department -if one of the largest ti and timber companies In the world. Miss Anne Baker, of Paducah, ICy., directs the towing of something Ilk 2,000,000 railroad ties each year alonsr hte Mississippi river.

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