Hammond Times, Volume 16, Number 133, Hammond, Lake County, 23 November 1922 — Page 1

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State Department Hay Ask Frenchman to he More Moderate (BY GEORGE R. HOLiTES) fSTAFf CORRESPONDENT I N. SERVICE! WASHINGTON, ov. .3 hi -3 im.ui accusation by Georges Clemenceai ; !n the second speech cf his Amerl- j can tour that In the lurcr a'ter the Arm!st!c rouafd a renewed ftorni of resentmer.t today In Senatorial circles. Senate: s without regrasM to par. ty e-.ptessed the opinion either pub. lic:y "r privately that It la "poor taste" to tiy the least for the milltart II Tier to ccme to thts country a. !. tuest and then before the BViiiO.;! . f !.!. welcome has worn off acev-e America of bad faith toward fc: ..7"ro . "Irso'-er.t ' and "Impudent" were some -' t:" terms applied to Clem-encc-au's renirks by senators of the old IrreconclilaMe group. The extent cf the senate's dlsap-p-.a; of '"'lemenceau's course may be Judge! frewn the fact that friends end f'Tes of the League of Nations alike Joined in condemning hU utterances . Senator Borah, Implacable foe of tho league, called Clemenceau a bloodthirsty old Frenchman who Is re-poiisit le for most of the suffer, lr.g and m!3ery In Europe." Per.ato-- Hitchcock, democrat, of Nebraska, who led the League of Nations fight for Wcodrow Wilson. In the senate declared that "France has little kick about the reapproach went between Russia. Germany and Turkey as she Is driving them l.-to each other's arms by her militaristic attitude ." Clemenceau's accusation of Amerl3 lea-. ing France "In the lurch" xvas attributed by senators today not (i America's failure to Join the League cf Nations, but to the senate's failure to ratify the trl-parttte ! treaty which pledg-ed America and Great TSMtaln to defend France's . frontiers In the future. ! IIi disappointment and anger raj " ,n' nier-.-.an senatei turned d-wn Lie treaty, in spite of ' tae former President Vrfl.n's in-L.

sisterce tha it be ratlled. i , . . . a Faxaphone, omct!i:nrs the matThere was considerable specula-1 ter somewhere, somehow, tlon in Washington today whether, j .

In view cf the senatorial resentment aroused, the American state department would not quietly drop a snjgpr..tion to Jr. Jules Jusserand. the French Ambassador, to the effect tbat It might be well for the Tiger to be more moderate in his utter. ;tate t leader speaks at dinner A. Tevebaugh, NewState Secretary, Guest Of George Hannauer. First steps towards the introdu-v to-;n of the "High Y Club" Into tho Hammond hifU school, were taken last night at a dinner at the Hammond Country Club which wa.3 addressed by A. Tevebaugh. state secretary of the T. jr. C. A. for the state. It was agreed by the represenatlve men present that they would send fifteen boys from Hammond to the. conference cf the "High Y" clubs of the state at Marion, Tnd., December The "High T" club is under the supervision of the Y. M. C A. George Hannauer was the, host at last night's dinner, having Invited a. group of men Interested in tho Y. jr. C. A. to eat venison with him. Those present wer: W. C. Belman. Thro. Jfoor, Carl Kaufman. Dr. Robt. Giliis. Robin Amos. Jlorse DeilPlain, R C. Pierce. 1 Tj. BombrKer, George Geyer and Mayor Brown. Mr. Trevebaugh'a talk on the T. M. C. A. was enthusiastically received. HAMMOND MAN REPORTED KILLED Relatives in Hammond this morning wer- notified that Virgil Thomp eon who formerly resided in Hammond had been killed last night at Rushville. Ind. Only meagre details were received but it was understood that Thompson's automobile had been struct by a train on a railroad crossing in Rushviil?. He was thirty years eld and during his residence in Hammond had conducted a second hand automobile business on State st. He also ran a rooming hm? at the rear of Isti.' i state. Hamno' ville. His parent :d, left at . who liv i n ;shfor r: j The crime wave which has been i weeping' over Germany since the ! wr Is attributed to the "drink J craze," beer no longer satisfying the native.

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VTELU howsnow storm? d'ye like the first WORK on the new SpragU Id progressing very slowly. block BT the way. what s become of SqUire Clias. Fredrlch's raci track'.' DAVE LOVEGILEN tays the grocery businesses going like a house afire. VETERAN'S of the northwest section of the state mot wi;h Glen Ebrlght today. 151 EI' GUAMiKK'S Iort -was burned up 1n in-nt of a tiling station on Hohman street. BERT STEELMAN has a truck load of sympathy for any one who has to don a soup-and-fish. T1TB Glaring Headlight Contest promises to last all winter, unless the police show t-orne interest. NOW that tho football season is about over the bleache: s will probably be rut back In Harrlscn Tark. OTTO BOESE. C, V- T.lte and Henry Perm went hunting near Crown Toint yesterday. They killed a Qua'. 1. JACK FOX & SONS will furnish the dry goods box into w hich Iaw -rence Hoffman is to be nalleJ at the Parthenon, tecember 1st. TENS ANDERSON and Albert Towle. of Hammond, are at Indianapolis attending the Grand Lodge sessions of the Odd Fellows. THE Shrlners don't know what to do with themselves this week and some of them have already been recognized by their children. "WHAT Is The Aim And Purpose of The Sanctuary" will be the subject of an address by Rabbi Rappaport at the Sibley street synagogue Friday evening. SUPT. CAEDWKL.I,. of the city schools, spoke to a large ci uv. J cf Griffith people last night and according to reports, stirred up the natives In great shape. THE Weft Hammond Charity and Fublic Welfare Association has decided to hold the second ' annual charity ball In January to raise funds for relief work. IF vpu haVf, a bov !n the high hool and ,,e hagn,t asked you for n7,1I7,;, fn v1IV a pl!n brir;1 or THE annual bazaar of the First Presbyterian church will be held tomorrow afternoon and evening. An old fashioned chicken supper will be served in ths evening. MRS. T. Jr. BOTEE. 533 Truman bird., and Frank Knlb, 111 JIanlla ave.. won a silk comfort and a big doll respectively at the Naldr.l club bazaar last nlfrht. Net profits from the bazaar will reach $900.0". WE5T HAMMOND Is to have another Boy Scout troop- It will be made up of boys of the Sobleski school and for the present will meet In one of the basement rooms of the new community building. "THIS Is an era of fair dealing In real estate," Roscoe Woods, told the Klwanis club which entertained the Real Etsate Board, on Tuesday. P. H. Blck, president erf the R. Ev Board, was one of the speakers. THE ornamental lights were turned on last night on JToraine aver.ue. It is proposed te, install a similar lighting system "n Hohman street from Russell to Standard avenue and on Forrest and Kenwood avenues. HAMMOND ELKS tonight will give their first stag since moving Into their new hoir.e. An athletic entertainment followed by a supper will Ie features of the evening. Each member is rpected to bring a guest. ONLY a few cases have been heard In Room 1 of the Superior court. this week owing to poor health of j Judge Reiter. Special Judges have j taken care of several Important mat- i terp. Judge thinks he the Job next week. may be on SUGGESTION is made that Jitneys stop on far side of street intersections to fll sonar go and take on p;.sj scrgers .-is it is easier for a. car to . ff t in and ijt and de.es not block atifos behind it which may wish to 'turn the corticr at which the stun ! Is made. PAUL HOT A LING, the lad who was struck by an automobile on Columbia and Jlerrill avenues, Wednesday evening, :s .still unconscious at St. Margaret's hospital. Physicians fear he suffered a fracture of the, skull in addition to his other i i injuries. BOY SCOUTS get your radio sets tuned up for this evening. James E. West. Chief Scout Executive, is eoing to broadcast a speech from i st New- York City at S o'clock, eastern tM-ne. It will be relayed throughout the country by fifty other broadcastinS stations. FELLOE t urninc comer poing north oi Hohman. off Sibley, with a Ford, made the corner too sharply ard ou!- rolled a bottle 0f booze. Cop Fa'v i- and hastened, but autoiat saw h'.m first and got away. Cop picks up gla.es, smells it and says sadly: "Gosh, that IS whiskey, isn't it?"

SHOT SAVES STATE LOT OF MONEY

Richmond Slayer Cornered By Posse Takes His Life INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 RICHMOND, Ind.. Nov. 21 Cor-j riered lis his own home by a shor- ' llf's posse, led by bloodhounds. Do- 1 nato Fie'rro. alleged slayer of his wlffj and child and of William Henderson, railroad gang foreman, sht and killed himself at his home iate Wednesday Just before the posse reached the house. Fierro, before firing on Henderson and two other workmen, after he had been discharged from ths section gang, had. It was believed murdered his wife and child by strangling them. The other two men who were shot, will recorer. ! Ha had elided authorities since j Tuesday morning. j "EUROPE'S POLITICAL STRUCTURETDTTERS' ' Senator Predicts Death of Million Persons by Starvation There This Winter BY WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S. The entire political structure of Europe la tottering because of the slow starvation of her peoples. Senator Jos eph I. France, republican, of Maryland, declared today. He predicted the craths of 1.600,000 persons In Europe this winter from actual starvation, widespread i'ood riots, unemployment uprisings and even revolutions. He declared Georges Clemenceau should appeal for food, not American intervention upon his trip "across the continent. "The American farmer alone can save Europe by producing and exporting enough grain to meet food requirements abroad" said France. The actual grain shortage In Europe will total SOO.000,000 bushels this winter equal to the entire American wheat crop In a good year Europe's most serious problem at this time is food, this winter Russia will export nothing but will Import 100.000.000 bushels to feed her own people, France added. "Russia's grain formerly went to Germany. France and Italy France continued. "This Is a manifest shortags of 650,000.000 bushels. In i addition, cables to the department of agriculture show the shortage of wheat In Europe outside Russia will he 219.000,000 bushels as compared to last year. "This total shortage of 800.000.000 bushels, with an Individual ordinarily using five bushels per year, will m-an that 160,000.000 persons will be on 'short rations' In Europe this winter. From such a sltuatlno from malnutrition. SHE STOPPED TO CHAT IEI And Then Henrv Found That His $50 Was A Goner. Henry Edmiston who stays at

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Plummer avenue. Hammond, stepped j Commerce by their general superout in front of the pla -e last night I intendents and chief engineers. The to get a breath of fresh air. It was 'general superintendent of the Erie midnight and rather chilly. (made a talk in w-hieh he said that As he stood there a colored woman! road had recognized for years stopped to chat with him. What;th-- necessity of elevation through they talked about is immaterial Hammond and with that In mind Suffice to say that after she h-adad purchased land at Highland gone on her way Henry chanced to ' for its yards.

reach into hie pocket for his wai-j 1't. It was gone. With It went $30 which It contained. I Ednilnstoti rushed to the police j 'station and told his story On the ! strength of the Information he gave j Mrs. Lucille. .Williams was arrested I a short time laterit her home. 17.", I Michigan avenue. She. Is charzed ' with grand larcerfy. She denies having had her hands In Henrj s poc kets but Henry says he know s better. He remembers it distinct. !y. He thought she was merely I trying to w arn them. i Lucille w ill t given a hearing in ! police court Saturday morning. TAG DAY FOR

CARMELITE SISTERS d:ately after the war th" railroads I j passed through a period of read- j Tig Iay. Nov. 25. for the benefit i j'l'tment. Not until recently have ; of the Carmelite Sisters Hom. Mrs. j oori,itions ben right for reassumJoe Weiss, at the drug store, will ! ins the task- ' believe we should have charge. All the elrls are' not J'' any longer.

kindly requested te get their boxes - and tasrs at the druvr store. P8 State 11-23-24 DR. M. H. IDDINGS addressed the pupils of the Wentworth school of West Hammond this morning on the care of 'their teeth. This afternoon the same subject was discussed by Ir. James It. Brown before the ihlldren of St. Andrew's school at the community building. The lectures are being conducted under the auspices of the Dental Committee of the "Welfare organ Uatlon-

Lake County's Delegation to the 73rd Session of Indiana Legislation.

S EVA TORS . Hodges, Gary. Holmes, Gary WHHani C. Oliver over). James J. (hold."rjdl, Whiting (holdoveri. RCPRKSETAT1VES Oscar A. Ahlgren, Whiting. James I. Day. East Chicago Wm. A. Hill. Hammond. J. Glenn Harris, Gary. Wm. M. Iove. Hammond. John W. Thiel, Hobart. FOR ROAD Increasing Congestion and Traffic Delays Cost Hammond Dearly Bedlam reigned. The sidewalks were crowded and the street was Jammed with motor cars banked around a stalled street car. The tnotorman clanked the gong Impatiently. Saxons sounded In a great volume of discord and people grumbled. An Erie freight was standing across Hohman, State. Sibley and i Fayette street crossings. It was the evening rush hour. A reporter elbowed through the disgruntled crowtJk He . walked up to a group of men. "The Hammond Chamber of Commerce la being reorganised." he shouted in their ears above the din. "What do you think Is the most Important thing to be done for the city?" "Elevate the railroads, of course" they shouted back. "Some of the big fellows" aay It would cost too much money" he answered. "Cost too much money'." yelled ohe of the men. "Cost too much monevl That's Idiotic. How much money do you suppose these delays cost. Look at the labor that Is tied up right now. I'll bet there are twenty-five truck drivers stalled on these three streets. Dldja" ever think of the loss of trad at the stores? These crossings are a nightmare to people, especially to the women. Women are timid. Why these crossings drive business away from surrounding towns that ought to do all of their trading here. 'Nother thing. The kids. Women won't send their kids down to the stores. 'Frald the kids will get run over. "Look't Jollet- Same situation there. Thy elevated. Now It looks like a regular town. It Is a regular town. Used to be a dirty, smoky town. Looks like a city now. Business men all prosperous. Say that elevation was best investment the city ever made." Th- reporter moved to another group. His question met with the same response. Then the reported went to a prominent attorney who is alo a public spirited man Interested In the welfare of th- city. "Th" people are right about elevat'on." said the attornev. "It should hav been done before the war and as a matter of fact all j the rallmads except th Nickel I Piste had agreed upon a nlan. ! "This was in 1!U3. I believe, and

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all the railroads were represented ! -Rer"ary -Mellon as a result of fo--at a meeting In the Chamber of j ma! Protests from manufacturers

"The Erie railroad will not oppose) the will of the people of Hammond be declared, "and we sre ready to elpvate whenever the city is ready. r approve of the plan suggested for n north and south elevation to toss an east and west elevation." EAR AGBEKMEXT that time it was suggested I that ,n ' Monon. C. & O., Erie and j ' Nb'kfl Plate unite to pass over the j j Michigan Central. The only sug- i .Bastion that was not unanimously ! accepted was that the Nickel Plate abandon its present right of way throuS'h the city and run south in stead or north or the standard Steel i Car plant. Joining th? Erie. I "The war came along and the ne gotiations were laid aside. Tmm"If the elevation of the railroads 15 rigntiy aone it wni not do one cents worth of man's property. damage to any j The railroad en- , gineT's decla.red in 1913 that the elevation of : the Jlonon. C. & O. ' j Erie and. Nickel Plate would only i ! have to be eleven feet with a three I foot depression of the stretts under ! ; eaih rrossing. This- has proved ' ! the most satisfactory arra ngemen t ; : in other cities, such as Fort Wayne, ; Indianapolis ana Jollet. "The greatest benefit cf eleva- ; tlon to Hohman and State r . t . I would be the union station. The new passenger atation serving five

START WORK ON NEW BEREOLOS BLOCK DEC. 1 SI

The greatest improvement on iiohtnan ttr.et sinco the building ' of tne l arthoiion tnealer is now unj dor way wim tha wrecKing of the old buildings on tae northwest cori nor of Stats and iionman 6treets ! preparatory to the construction of the four story store and hotel block Attorney W. J. Wlun-ry, out. of the owners of the property who 13 associated with the Lerellos Brothers and the First Trust Savlngb bank in tha enterprise, announced today that the contract would be feigned within tho next few days and actual construction started about December 1. The cost of thg building will be something over $250,000. The Hoh man street front is to be set baoK fifteen f-t in accordance with plans for tho widening of the street, the fifteen feet representing a do uanon io tne city by the owner. j In reciprocation for this donation the city has vacated the alley which j extended east and west between the ! Main Hotel and the Central block and has accepted from the Bereolos brothers an alley north and south at thi west end of the property. The building will have a frontage on Hohman street of 212 feet; 135 feet on State street and 165 feet on Plummer avenue There will be eleven storerooms on the first floor on State and Hohman streets and a garage on Plummer avenue. The i second floor will be arranged for thirty-two retail shops with display windows while the third arid fourth floors will be tho hotel. The hotel will have onu hundred and five rooms with a lobby on the first floor with entrances from both State street and Hohman street. There will be elevator service. rians for the building were prepared by C. Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzhhelm. Chicago architects, and a number of building contractors have submitted bids. Attorney Whlnnery declared that the plans had definitely been accepted and that no stories will be added or deducted from the building. The building will be Bixty feet In helarht from the sidewalk to the roof aad. will be of the most modern terra cotta design It will be completed by July first. DEATH FOLLOWS TRAIN ACCIDENT GRIFFITH. Ind.. rs. John Vovec. of Pontiac. Mtch . fell under the wheels of a Grand Trunk train last nie-.ht and received injuries that resulted in his death a short time liter at St Margaret's hospital In Hammond . Novec w as nineteen years old -and landed in Griffith during the evening. He. is believed to have been cn his way to the home of his parents In Bontiac. At midnight he was seen in the vicinity of the Grand Trunk depot. A few min-ute-s later an east bound freight train apporaehed the Junction. The young man was seen to take ;p a position near the. track as if he intended boarding it as it pass, ed. In the darkness he missed his hold and swung under the wheels. Uis left arm and right leg were mangled 50 that doctors prepared to amputate them as soon as he arrived at the hospital. He died on the operating table. The body Is now being held at the Emmerling morgue awaiting word irom relatives. ALCOHOL BONDS ARE MODIFIED WASHINGTON Nt- 23 Modification of the bond required from dealers in alcohol haj been ordered by anei national organizations -of dmr. ists and chemists. A recentlv prr . mu. gated order, dealers said, would make the cost of their bond so high as to be prohibitive, even in the fewcases in which bonding companies accepted the business at any price An amendment now !n preparation is expected to meet most of these object ions. TWO KILLED IN KY. AUTO SMASH LOUISVILLE: Kv.. Nov Two killed and two -rio-is!y Injured were the caual'ies -f an automobile ride which terminated at'? o'clock this mornlntr A ' tohnson. 4 former cafe on nt '' as killed instantly, and Roy afe, 32, L i N. fireman, died there hours later. Mrs. Ethel Prtel, 2S. and Miss Ruth Bennett. 24, were seriously Injured. Their recovrv is dotihful roads would undoubtedly be a magnificent structure. Al l. TOGETHER. "This question of elevation is something that wi'l h'- e to be cone, after f -arlessly. We must tackle; it together I don't believe the people of Hammond would complain of the taxes if they felt that they were getting something for their money I am confident that the elevation of the railroads would increase the vslue of the little prop e.rty I have in the various parts of the city and I arc ready and willing j to pay my proportionate share. The j expens i the city must assume is! twenty-five per cent of the cos- at ' r - a - h street crossing, minus f.feen per cent w htch the street car company must piy where It uses thi street, "tr i . . i . problems without an aggressive Chamber of Commrci"

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Ex -Kaiser Wilh elm. This ttrikinx photo of the former emperor of Germany, William flohenzollern, is the latest one talc en of the fallen monarch, in exile at Doorn. Holland. His hair is pure white. He long ago discarded the habit of training his mnstache to point to his ears. The more conservative way of wearing it and the presence of a white, bushy bard srives him a les9 ferocious but a more quiet, dignified air. He appears to be In prood health.

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BY HARRT L. ROGERS STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! NEW YORK. Nov. 23. Georges Clemenceau left New York today for Boston, intensely tickled by the typhoon of wrath his Tuesday speech has stirred up in the sen ate. Tha angry retort of Senator Borah particularly pleased him. "I like that," said the former French Fremier. "That arouses dis cussion. That wfll make people think. I like a discussion. That is a democratic Quality I learned years ago. The Frenchman indicated that he might have something more to eay concerning the league of nations and America's attitude toward Eur ope in speeches in Boston and Chicago. To tne last ne aerenaea tne league, saying It wsa no menace that America's absence, hurt the league and peace of the world. Clemenceau, who astonished New York by his habit of arising at 3,

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BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PARIS, Nov. 23. An aaempt to assassinate King Ferdinand of Roumania while returning from a hunting trip failed when the assa-sslns wrecked the wrong train, said a Bucharest dispatch today. (BILUETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! ALBION. Mich.. Nov. uespondent ever ill health. Mrs. Clara Jlalm, formerly of Chicago, committed suicide here by hanging herself at the heme of her daughter, Mrs. Vern Encke. ter LLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! tXIN'jTANTl.NOrjub, .ov. 23. The situation in Constantinople took another serlou3 turn today when General Sir Charles Harrington, British commander in chief, served a warning upon the Turkish governor that the Turks must cease at once their efforts to usurp allied authority. The governor said he would have to consult with the Angora government before making an answer. (Bl LI FiTl'i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! blBU:., .Nov. Ki srune Childers. chief aide of Eammon de Valera in the Irish Kc;ur.iean cause, today lest his legal fight against the validity of he Fre State court m.irtial which had tried and condemned n:m. (BILI.ETIN) By DAVID M. CHURCH STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE LONDON, Nov, 13. Wit ti Westminster aurrouaded by a heavy cordon of police to prevent demonetrationa by tne

4. TICKLED 4 and S o'clock in the morning, surprised It again today. Everv one had said "M. MM. the T"iger" will be up at 2 Thursday to catch his train." Instead he lay in bed until 7:45 a. m. and arrived at the terminal Just in time for his train, departing at 8:33 a. m. Few persons In the station throng-d with commuters recognized the man whose picture has been published on the first page of nearly every newspaper in the United States in the last few days. A crowd of persons who knew "of his departure., however. was on hand to bid him farewell. Clemenceau took a minute or two apart to shake hands with newspaper men whom he describ: d as a "final bunch." As the "Tiger" vanished in the car vestibule and the train slid noiselessly out of Grand Central station a cheer went up from the crowd. employed. King George opened the deliberative session of parliament today with a speech in w-hich he expressed "deep concern' over problems facing the country. Bl LLFTTI.V) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 23. Neither the baby nor Its mother was hurt when a truck, after smashing lr.to an automobile and running over the sidewalk, struck and demolished a baby cariiage in which 10-months-old Genevieve Watts was riding. The baby's mother was knocked down and the baby thrown into a pile of soft dirt. The driver of the truck was arrested for Improper driving. BULLETIN) DUBLIN, Nov. 23 An irregular leader, Tom Hales, who is eald to have been a member of the ambush party that shot Michael Collins to death, was captured today. IH LI.ETTY) PARIS, Nov. 2.1 J. p. Morgan who is now in London, will sail for home tomorrow without having reached any decision with Premier Poincare or the reparations commission concerning an international loan to Germany, the Matin stated today. Hope was expressed that Morgan w-ould return to Paris later. (BULLET! ) CHICAGO, Nov. 23. Fire n a four-story downtown factory building early today did $50,000 damaare and held up elevated and surface car transportation. The saa-iS building was the scene of three other fires during the last year.

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(BILLLTIJi) DfS'?1 NEWS SERV1CTE) Mle bandit, this afternoon hell op rmplorea und robbed the officea of the General Cigar Company of a $510.. OOO payroll. Th robber, escaped. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE GALLATIN. Mo.. Xuv. 23. Three men are seriously wounded, the First Nation.: Banlr her. (. ed telephcne and telegraph wires are all t. and $4,000 i. from the bank safe here as the result of activities early th!9 raoming of six desperate bank robbers. The bandits were discovered at work by John Chamberiin. town marshal. Binding him. tha bandits set off two powerful explosions of nitro-glycerln. wrecking the bank. The f0rC( of the ,Xp;oslon hurjei chairs in all directions, wrecked partition, and broke windows, tearing the heavy safe apart aa if it were pasteboard. Chamberiin, meantime working loose from his bonds, opened fire on the bandits but before he could fire a second time he fell with his head and neck lorn by buckshot from a shotgun in the hands of one of the robbera. His condition is serious, but it is not believed he will die. Attracted by the explosion, townsfolk came running fro mall directions. ' Mayor Joseph Tale, who arrived first on tha scene, fell before a volley of slugs fired by five of the bandits who had surrounded the demolished bank building while the sixth returned inside seeking tha $30,000 kept in the bank. S AT ELECTRICAL HOMEJEDNESDAY Crowds Continue to Come From Near and Far. Hammond has a modern electrical horns built in the Kenwood addition at a cost of J20.000.00 that it at tracting widespread interest. It has been completely furnished, draped and decorated under thi direction of Mrs. Ethel Vandermill Parmlv. Jr., formerly of the Toby Furniture company. Four hundred visitors from all parts of Lake county sawthe model home yesterday and as large a crowd was expected today. The furnishings and decorations are wholly from Hammond stocks of merchandise and the Hammond Electrical ' Dealer's association, which is standing sponsor for the exhibition, has not only created tin idea, home from the standpoint of lighting and wiring and the use of electric utensils but from an artistic point of view as well. The Intention of the sponsors is that the visitor, upon entering the house, be impressed with its homelike atmosphere and the entire absence cf any attempt to commercialize the project. Even the cost of the things exhibited is net made known, unless asked for. and thn no effort Is made to make sales. So far as the visitor can see a trip to the Hammond electrical home Is In the nature of a private "at home" the guests being received courteously and escorted through the hous' by the hosts. The house Itself Is of brick veneer construction, of Colonial architecture, consists of six rooms, bath, sun parlor, attached garage and is equipped with a Tascoe oil burner In an American Ideal hot water beating plant, has automatic refrigeration, an eihaust fan in the kitchen, an automatic dish washer, a garbage incinerator, over a mile of wiring, tw-o, three and four way switches, cornice lights for illuminating the surrounding cf the building. Innumerable electric appliances from those In common use such as vacuum clean"rs. washing machine and Ironed to a score of appliances that are comparatively new. MRS. WOOD DIES AT DEEP RIVER HO BART, IND., Nov. 22 Mra. 1C. H. Wood, of Deep River, died at 12:30 yesterday morning following an illness of a compllc.n t'on of diseases. The funeral services will be conducted at Deep River Thursdayafternoon, with intermr.t following In the Mausoleum at Graceland cemetery in Valparaiso. Deceased was about E0 years of age. Is survived by the husband and two children, Olive and Raymond. EAST CHICAGO BOY HONORED SPECIAL TO THE TIMES ANN ARDOR, Mich., Nov. 22Melvir. H. Specter cf East Chicago. Ind.. who Is at'er.dlng the Ur.lverslty of Michigan, re-eived a signal honor yesterday when be was se. lected as a member of the afflrmltlve varsity debating te-am which will represent the University in interscholastic debates. Specter has attracted considerable, attention st college through his ability as a debaler. B. P. OELKS First stag party in our new home Thursday evening. Nov, 23rd. Each member is expected to bring a gueat. Athletic entertainment and lunoh. No charge. U23-lt

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