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Annual Meeting Featured By Address of Dr. E. H. Griggs
Friday, Decfmbtr 15th, teachers of Iike county, numbering in the neighborhood of 1. 000 will hold
The annual district meeting of Knights of Pjtblas of the Fourteenth Dis-trlct. iprlfinK Ijtke. Porter. Jasper and Newton counties, will be held Friday evening at East Chciago. Great preparations are being made for entertain: ris large deieg-atlons of knights frc:ti all lodges of the district. There Is u strong rivalry between the lodges as to which will have the largest turnout. Ralph W. Oajloi. of Mishawaka. grand chancellor for Indiana, will be present and fleliter an address. Those who lu.ow Chancell or Gaylor
Says Prohibition is Being Enforced Better Than Newspapers Admit
their annual meeting at the Ham- j Ea' a treat is In store for his hearmond hih school. It has been erf!- This will be his annual official some years since the city ha3 en- I visit to the distrct. tcrtahied the teachers of the entire ! Hammond wli be veil representcounty and never has it entertain- I ed at the meeting. The delegation
ed fo many at any one time. This organization has kept pace with the increasing: population of the Calumet region and has grown from one which is probably larger than any Hi: - organization in the state. D l.'Jvard Howard Griggs, who appeared on the program of the Indiana .-'tat Teachers' convention at Indianapolis, will give two addresses, one. in the morning on the topic cf "Lights and Shadows of tho Present Ag:" and a second at the a '"let noon session on "Education of American Citizenship.'" Dr. Griggs is an alumnus of Indiana University and was at one
time a member of its faculty, in the English department, he was also a profissor of ethics in Leiand Stanford university, California and has traveled a great deal especially in England. France. Germany and Italy in the study of art and lt.'e. .Since 1900 Dr. Briggs has been a leading public teacher in th ; United States and Canada, lecturing to audiences which have eagerly assembled to hear him. Sin--o lecturing at Indianapolis. Dr. ij-.igcs spoke to the teachers of Hammond, hence those who attendto. the state meeting at Indianapolis have the opportunity of hearing him for the fourth time and can touch for hia versatlity and ability to hold his audiences. MORMNG PROGRAM 9:15 Music High School Orchestra S:C0 America
Ti! location Exercise, Washington School Music, High School Chorus Pusiness Session Address "Lights and Shadows of the Present Ase': Kdward Howard Griggs H.C1 Luncheon and Departmental Meet tngs AriEIHOOV PROGRAM 1:30 Music. High School Orchestra Ladies' Trio-' Mr.s. L. L. Bomberger Mrs. Geo. Hannauer Miss Irene Trenberth A-compar.tst. Mrs. William Mikish Address " Education of American Citizenship" Edward Howard Griggs Miscellaneous Business.
will assemble at the hall.
ana Ogtlen street-' and go to East Chicago In a body. Tliey will be' leaded by the Dokie drum and bugle corps which always gies a good account of Itself. The program will start at S o'clock and immediately after the speaking a dinner will be served.
BV JOHN 1 SPIVAIC STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE "Copyright 1912 v INS) NEW UKK, Dec. -Though opI. ' brln to the United States, William Jennings Bryan todav emMiatically denounced the rule of the rich that ho claims now f.,.i.
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"""" -"""y ana urged as new poli- I
"men would strengthen the nation at. home and abroad, the giving of all possible moral support to European nations and a stringent enforcement of the prohibition laws bv blunt talk
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; Sam Michapoulis proprietor of the i I Ulue Hird restaurant In Gary Is on i trial (n the criminal court on Tu?si iay and 'Wednesday charged with ' ; arson. Michapoulos who has been ! In trouble before in Gary, has the i
finger of suspicion pointed at him In regard to the burning of' his place of business. Cans of kerosene were found by the firemen I In conspicuous nlaces In the re-
j taurant at the time of the fire nt ' 3 a. in. Michovoulos had been tn j i the building as late as ime o'clock j
Allied Premiers May Meet Without English in Paris In January
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SETTLEMENT
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In a statement Issued this morning, Sandor Singer, detective sergt.
j The Commoner in an exclusive lnI terview with International News j Service, saw little of the dlscouragi ing in the reported breakdown of
me national and state machinery to cope with the liquor problem. Ylerorts of the breakdown, he taid. are greatly exaggerated. As a resolution to the vexing labor problem, he suggested boards of Investigation that would make clear to the public the real state of affairs in the Industry in Question, rely
'.unuuu venirai station, to rorce ttlement before actual emphatically denies the insinuation at rikes or lo kout occurred. Hut in expressed yesterday by attorneys ! event of a strike or lockout Bryan representing Mrs. Myrtle Dfeffer, I advocated laws that would give th
mat ne woum settle out of court" government the power to take over
me damage suit of $;3.000 brought against Mm and John Dickson Ham
mond business man, for alleged malicious arrtst. '"Mr?. Pf i iter's attorneys are making an attempt to mislead the public which Is 'vltal'y interested in this case. No matter what Join Dick
son does, I'm going thing out In court.
charge. against mo are absolutely groundless," said Sergt. Singer today. Most of the members of the bar association here have, volunteered their services f Sir.ger. Hundreds friend.-: of the detective sergeant are confident that he will reveal t'.ie damage suit against him as a flimsy tissue of mr.Ievolent untruth .
! KNOWLEDGE
OF TERRIBLE CRIME DENIED
LIESENFELT BEATS GREEN
ARREST MADE IN
MURDER CASE
After an old-fashioned campaign the kind they used to have In West llaminonel years ago, Georg J.
the industries and operate them for the public welfare until a s:ttle ment between the opposing sides is reached. He said: "I think it very unfornate that we had an opportunitk and unforXatlons. with reservations when
to fight the VVu .had an oportunity and unforMrs. Pfeffer's tunats again that the Republicans
did not carry out their promise of an association of nations. "The name is Immaterial and the details aro comparatively unimportant. The outstanding fact is that we have a moral Influence that we are not using and a world confidence that is not being employed as it should be. "Europe seems unable to forget the past and pinn fo- a future
based upon International cooperation and good will and no nation
except our is in a position to act i about harmony. ! "T am glad that we have a representative at Lausanne. I think 1 that we should respond to every call for advice with the understanding that we reserve the right to decide for ourselves what we shall do. "There Is no sentiment whatever towards alliance such as Clemen-
T,Iesenfelt captured the office ofjeeau advocates. If th
NEW CASTLE, Ind, Dec. 13. Ben Brookshro. 22, was held in the county j.ill today in connection with the slaying of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Shaffer, whose bodies were discovered yesterday at their farm
horr. twelve miles north of here, I
v- T"J naa lain since Wednes day night. December 6. Brookshlr was formerlr employed by ?haffer as a farmhand. Concern, alleged to have been expressed by him for welfare of the -kid' Eo Huffstlckler 3. nephew of th- Shaffers, alone in the hoi;swith the body of Mrs. Shaffer and a faithful Crille dog for five days and nights, led to suspicion falling Upon him. Brookshlre was put under a grilling hy the sheriff. Prosecuting Attorney and others last night but Information gained was withheld
until the grand Jury is which will be immediate! v, aid.
Justice of the Peace for Thornton township j esterday, defeating Judge Frank Green, holdar of the office for years before he was defeated by the late Judge Charles ' Toerger. Yesterday's election was held to name the successor to Judge Toerirer for the remaining two and one-
half years of the term. In the!
township lylesenfelt polled 2.0S6 against 1,777. getting a majority of In West Hammond Judge Green led by 200 but the rural districts and part of Blue Island turned the balance in Dleser.wtlt's favor.
Thornton township went along'
with t.ie rst of the nTth part of Illinois In slamming; the. n'w constitution. The vote acalnst. It thrre va s 10 1 1 1 .
question
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW CASTLB, lnd.. Dec. 13. Steadily denying all knowledge of the crime, P.en Brookshtre. held In Jail in connection with the double hatchet slaying of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-. liam G. Shaffer, whose bodies were found at their home 1C miles north of here yesterday, was expected to testify before an Inquest today conducted by Coroner Flavlus J. Brake. Prosecuting Attorney General J. Jeffrey and the sheriff, who ques
tioned Brookshire. eaid that he had been unable to account satisfactorily for his movements since Wednesday night, December 6, when the double murder is supposed to hare ocscurred. Remarks in which he is alleged to have said "the kid Is all right" referring to three-year-old bee "Filly" Huff stickler, who kept a lonely vigil five days and five nights beside the body of his aunt, without food in a cold house, led to suspicion of Brookshire. Brookshire. employed by the Shaffers at various times, was said
to. have sought their financial aid to start a bus line in Muncle .which was refused. Search for six, or seven valuable diamonds supposed to have been In possession of Mr. Shaffer proved futile.. Motive for the murders appears to betf either robbery, for revenge, or local officials believe, possibly both. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer are at Middletown. northwest of
here, where they were examined by the co-oner last night. The body of Mrs. Shaffer, it was Raid, will be taken to her former home in Mississippi for burial.
r:y DAVID M. VHURCH
t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I)NDu.V. Ih-c. 13. Cre.-lt Britain may not participate in the noit conference of allied premiers in Paris. It was learned from an authoritative source today. The British treasurv department is now drawing up u new reparations plan which wl l b,. fubmitted informally to France. If the French reject n Premier Bonar Daw is likely to reply that further
conferences are useless and each ! nation must go its own way ln the i future. i Members of the British cabinet ! are understood to be angry over the unbending policy of Premier Poin- I
care of France, which was respon- '
slble f'T the breakdown of the meeting here cn Mondaj. Most of the British cabinet were said to believe that the German proposals, while not entirely satisfactory, would have been suitable as the basis of further negotiation, In order to risk collapso of allied unity. Premier Bonar Law finally consented to the persuasions of the Belgians and Italians to put off further negotiations to a future date. However, it is expected, reliably, in government circles that Bonar Law is convinced that further negotiations will be fruitless unless the French modify tqeir demand
for seizure of the Kuhr and Khineland industrial belt.
WHITING, lnd.. Dec. 13. (Spe-
icla.1). Oscar Barnekcff. member cf i the special police force of the I Standard Oil Company, is dead, the I result of the accidental discharge j of hie own revolt er in the hands of
a friend. Joe Pollnlak. proprietor of a rrocery store at 110 119th street, is held by Whttintr police nendlne
the coroner's inquest. He is overcome with fcrkf. Shortly after o o'clock this morning Barenkoff entered the store and ordered some milk, ham and other pro vitior.s. As the order was being filled he mentioned the fact that he had two extra revolvers, which he would like to sell as he needed some (ash. He drew one of them from his pocket and exhibited it. The storekeeper reached across the counter and took th gun Into hist(wn hand. It was a 38 calibre, double action revolver.
"I'll take :5 for that one." narked Barenkoff.
Th words had sea-rcely left bis
mouth before the gun was dls
charged and Barenkoff fell to the
floor. The bullet had paased
through his itomacli and he died
within a few minutes.
Boiinlak says that Barenkoff did
not mention that there was a cart
ridge in the gun and that on receiving It he had Immediately tried
the trigger to test the guns action.
It chanced to be pointed at Baren
koff's body.
warenKorr was atout forty years
oi and single. He roomed at 417
119th street. Several years ago
while employed at the Standard Oil plant, he was severely burned in a
fire and since his recovery he had
ben retained as a special police
man. He has a brother, Frank
Barer.koff, living at 617 116th street.
The body is now at the Owens &
S'-anbura: morrao.
When Mayor Dan Brvwn close hit
deslt on the last day of l22. he wlj j have the gratification of knowlnj that Ms administration this ye" f corrected the two most dlstressln I
errors confronting the city; nmelf low water pressure and inaxlequat
sewage facilities. f
Hammond is spending apprcx'
rnately three million dollars to over5!
evcrr.e these shortcomings that bar; been a draw-back uu th.e city fcf twenty years.
Completion of the two million doH
lar deep sewer syetem on the nortoi
side and the Intercepting sewer oi
the south fclde of the river, whiccf
include the sewage pumping etatioi'J
at the river and Columbia avenui J will put an end to the flooding c I
basements which has occasioned thousands of dollars damage annual.
ly. Another Immediate benefit wll;. I
be increased values of property e,i,j
the north Fide of the city that haa:
been a drug on the market for year
PLENTY OP WATXK I3T 1923 j
The rehabilitation of the water" J
works relieves the annoal wateF
shortage over tho city and make possible the development of resll'vi
dentlal districts south of Standard
avenue.
No city administration of wliam Jf
mond has had greater accomplish j'i
ments to Its credit than these twi., I
LATEST BU
(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, Dec- lii Five railroad employes were Injured when several passenger coaches of a work train on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad left the rails here today. One of two men. burled under the wreckage, is ln a dying condition.
JOHN
BREHM
J.
SCOUT, VICE PRES.
(BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LAUSANNE. Dec. 13 Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation In the Near East peace conference, today rejected the Anglo-American request for a national homeland for the Armenians as a "new attempt to dismember Turkey." He consented to grant amnesty to Christian offenders but declared that the minority population in Turkey must submit to military service.
GEORGES LIKES
wera submitted to a popular vote I doubt if there Is a voting precinct in the United States that would vote for any alliance with France or any other European country. "The European nations have military aspirations commercial ambitions and colonial policies with
i which we have no sympathy and
in which we can have no part." The Commoner though expressing an optimistic tone on considering what the year may bring to the i ountry is- now suffering" hn said what he termed a country "ruled by the rleh." "The disease fr-m which the oucntry Is now suffering" he said "ran best be described as the "rul,s nf the rich'. This explains the results of the last election. The farmers one third of our nation.
have bsen turned over to the profiteers for plundr and exploitation
FOUR AUTOISTS HIT BY TRACTION CAR
(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW TOR.K, Dec. 13 Edward Ionegan, Brooklyn bootlegger, who claims to have made $1.000.000 selling liquor, was today taken to the Atlanta federal pen-
The laboring men
sacrificed
HIS BACON ANO
railed. It was
ILLINOIS REJECTS
were
to the demands of big corporations and people with small incomes were sacrificed ln the interests of those with big Incomes. "The presant administration Is reactionary. Concerning prohibition Bryan
said
"The enforcement nt nrnhlMtlnn tr,e seat
INDIAN AFO LIS. IND.. Dec 13 Four persons were injured, two of them seriously, shortly before 6 o'cleick last evening when an Inbound Union Traction car struck the automobile in which they were riding at College avenue and Fall Creek boulevard. The automobile was drag sed about sixty feet and a woman was pinned beneath heavy traction
car for twenty minutes until rescued by firemen and police officers. The seriously injured are: Mrs. Martin W. Cameron, 27 years
old, 3304 Evergreen avenue: left left .broken, probably ono rib broken, cut about the head and arms and b-gs. Alva H. Wynkoop, f? years old, Lebanon. Ind ; Injured about the back cut about the head, arms and legs. Miss Mary Archibald. !6 years old, 17.16 North Illinois street, and Martin W. Cameron. 32 years old. 3504 Evergreen avenue, were less seriously injured, suffering scalp wounds and cuts sbout body. Mr. Cameron. Mrs. Wynkoop and Miss Archibald were thrown clear of automobile and lnterurban car by impact of collfsslon. Mrs. Cameron was pinned In
of closed automobile be-
West Hammond Man Interested in Scouting, Is Honored With Election. Scoutlns- Is not reach'ngr enough hoys in Hammond nn,i ir... t?
mond. , This fact was brought home forcibly last evening whe:i the Hammond Boy Scout Council b' Id Its annual meeting at tho Chamber of Commerce rooms. The report showed that there are In Hammond 320 active Boy Scouts a gain of GO over last year. However, this Is only a small Percen
tage of tho total number of boys atailablc. Hence plans are bMngi
laid for boosting the scout enrollment to 500. by February 1 and for adding steadily to the number thereafter. Reports, of committees last night showed that the present year has been the best in the history of the scout movement In Hammond. Of course one of the outstanding features was the summer camp made possibly by the generousity of Frank S. Tiets ln donating tho Ideal camp site nt Berrien Springs. Mich.
Next summer's camp will be even 4060 jaCkson street where Harold
itentlary to begin serving ten years for conspiracy and grand larcenj-. He was fined J65.000. Donegun was convicted of plotting to steal government documents that would have helped him in his bootlegging.
(BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LOS -VNGELES, Dec. 13 As a resume a new and mysterious clue to the hiding place of Clara Phillips, escaped "hammer murderess" said to be more definite than any hitherto investigated, the sheriffs office today promised important developments in the search for the missing woman within the next few hours.
(BULLETIN) INTEFiNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LAUSANNE, Dec. 13 Lord Curzon, head of the British delegation ln the Near East peace conference today, speaking for the allies, served an ultimatum upon the Turks, that unless they cease obstructing the allied delegates' efforts to make progress towards a settlement, "there Is no us of continuing further with the parley."
REPORT FIVE NEW CONTAGIOUS CASES IN GARY
PLEADS WITH JURY TO GIVE DAMAGES
One case cf smallpox is Included In the five contagious diseases reported to the Gary health officer. The home of Leon Prevosh. who is the victim of the disease, has been placed under 6trlct quarantine, and it is predicted that the disease will not spread. Prevosh lives at 701 W. Ridge Road. Edward Stone, 44S Lincoln and Clyde Sargent, 3804 Pennsylvania are reported, to have dtptheria. Another case of scarlet fever has made
its appearance ln the Sykes home.
NEW CONSTITUTION
Is better than the wet papers repre- ! nf,atii lieay steel plate with which sent It. They do all that they can ' frorlt clock of lnterurban car was to prevent enforcement and then t faced. Her left leg was held hedemand the repeal of the law on neath the steel plato ln such a m'an-
crounri that It Im not enforced ner that she could not be removed
CHICAGO. Dec. 13 By ft MagperIng majority, Illinois voters rejected the proposed new constitution for tho stat.j . Count of ballots today revealed that in yesterday's election the vote was better than 2 to 1 against tho new constitution. In C0r.k county, where Chicago ia locat d, the vote was about 17 to 1 asairist. From virtually every nook ami corner of the state returns irri
tated that the bitter campaign ! agaiim th constitution ha. I i su.-.-e ded and with a vengeance, j Here pnd there a township showed s majority in favor of the measure, j
bur su h instances were few and only served to slightly cut down an overwhelming majority. From the hour when tha first tabulations came in timers was no question as to the defeat of the bill the only question existing was the sizj of the majority by which it w.tj "snowed under.''
TINTERNATIONAL NL'AS SERVICE) NEW YOitK, Deo. 13 On his last flay in the United States. Georges f lemenceau became acquainted with that great American institution, bacon and eggs.. He arose at 4 a. m. today, prepared to eat his customary onion
soup anel iiaru ponea eggs. ,,p,th
smelled bacon ana eggs Deing cook-; T))ey re Ilot iog.leal or consistent, until wheels had been removed from
u "is feciewarj u """(There were six thousands automo- I automobile and
what It was. biles stolen in New York city last "M M M - , that's Rood," tie year and fewer than half found
yet they do not demand the repeal of the law against stealing automobiles." "The presidsnt suggests a conference of governors. That will be g;ood. At that meeting a line will be drawn between the dry governors who are working for enforcement and the tvet governors who encourage lawlessness.
"The prohibition authorities are eatly discouraged by the fact
Frenchman said. He ate heartily of the new dish, topped It off with Grape Fruit and abandoned his s :up . GARY POLICETpOIL
CHRISTMAS PARTY!,
a laic part of the
wreckage had been chopped away by the .firemen.
3 HAVE
NARROW
mora successful. The financial re port showed fR.OOO on hand and the budget for next year lies been kept
within the means. There will be no financial campaign until January. 1324. Election of officers resulted In practically the entire roster being re-elected. John J. Brehm of West Hammond, as vice president is ine new face In the line-up. He won out In a epirlfd competition with four opposing. Following arj the officers: President Ralph C. rjerce. Vice president John J. Brehm. Treasurer W. C. Bel man. Commissioner Dr. R. O. Ostrowsk I. Nat ional Representative Legrand T. M-yer. The executive committee was authorized to appoint a deputy comniissionor to serve during the absence of Dr.- Ostrowski who Is now in Poland nnrl may not return for
several months. Thf committee
j will also revise tho list of council , members. ; The session followed a banquet ' I w hich was served Bt 7 o'clock. ! During the program members of i
i Troop 6 came to thi hall and rej ceived the flag which was presented to them by the Woman's T'.elief corps. They also gave a drill exhltion before retiring.
Sykes is confined to his bed with s reported as ' avlnn- chickenpox at his home 4449 Washington street.
;VAMP AUTO KILLS MAN
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE MUNCIE, IND.. Dec. 13 General W. Worth. 63, of Portland, Indiana. died late last night of Injuries suf
fered when struck earlier in the evening by an automobile driven by a man whoe Identity has not been established. Worth wait returning to his boarding house when an approaching car skidded nr.d struck him, the wheels passing over his
chest. The driver stopped for a few (
moments, then drove on before his name or machine number were, takfn. Werth, who had been emplnyerl at a factory here. Is said to be without relati-ves.
I that tvet
ROCHESTER, IND. Dec. J3 While a dozen Rochester nun were rtistin serene in the expectation of receiving a Christmas supply of liquor, ordered and paid for, the moonshine maker and bootlegger were arrested by the Gary police authorities. Several scheduled yuletide parties have been declared off.
senators and wet con-
l gressmen recommend wet appli- ' cants for position as enforcement
officers. It would he as reasonable to expect professional horse thieves to make good sheriffs and prosecute horse thieves."
lief iew your membership in the Red Cross bgr,re Dee. 15. One dollar per year. Headquarters, tuom 35 Rimbach Eldjr., phone 140.
vARSAW, lnd.. Dec. 13 A seven rronths-old cat and a Kansas Jack-
l uibbit of about the same age. 'be-
'eneintr to Mrs. D. If. M?i!inger, o.f Warsaw, are inseparable pals. Recently the t w.-i anima's succeeded in lighting off two large dogs that attacked them.
ESCAPE 8 BANDITS GET
$10,000 IN BOOZE
SHELBY MAN
BAND SERGEANT
Three men barely escaped serious,' injuries last evening when th? auto-
mobile in which they were ridinsr I
jwas struck by a railroad switch engine backing out of the Sinclair
'u itBunmg to. plant across Forsyth avenue, at East Chicago. Wm. Bobrowski of 601 one hundred and forty-third street, East Chicago, received many painful bruises about the Ies and arms. The other two occupants of the car:
Indiana, has , Sorn Gransroril of 4fu tv, ct ri
hee n A r.nn intad ton Kercenf rf tha ' .
' - - - i ,llu"u .luumey Eugene ! isher Purdue University Military band . j of 411 1 Baring avenue, escaped with ' This office ranks him as one of the j a few scratches. j The first blc-cle of the present highest officers of the "basd and it The Ford car was made into a I type, two wheeis of about the same P.aces bun in charge of all details, mass of twisted wreckage. i six-, was brought out. in 1885
SPECIAL TO THE TIMESJ LAFAYETTE, lnd., Dec. 13.-
-K.
A. Sirois of Shelby,
CHICAGO, Dec. 13 Eight armed bandits today held up throe men at the point of revolvers and took three
barrels of rum and 40 cases of whis- j
key from the store rooms of the Mayer Ktorn-re und Van Company, loaded their loct, valued at $10,000 in a touring car and a truck and escaped .
BLUNDERS
VALPARAISO, Dec. 13 An Impassioned plea to the Jury to give
to Arthur Lea, of Indiana Harbor, the full amount he asks in his personal injury action against the Hammond. Whiting &, East Chicago railway company, was made this morning by Attorney Gillette, who, with Attorney MdAloer is representing the plaintiff. Lea is suing for ten thousand dollars, as a result of injuries suffered when two cars owned by the railway company collided. "This man's health has been Injured and impaired as a result of
the accident," Attorney Gillette told
the Jurors. "One of the greatest as
sets enjoyed by human beings has
been harmed because cf the wreck of the two cars owned by the railway company." Attorney Gillette scored the Tthyriclan who first treated Lea for not having an X-ray examination to determine the exact nature of the Injuries sustained. The physician's tes tlmony wis favorable to the defense. In bis nrgument counsel for Lea told of the rseults of examinations by other physicians and related the fact that his client's condition is precarious and will in all probabilty reman so. Attorney Fred Crumpacker was making the argument for tho railway company this afternoon. He cited the fact that William Mestrex, who testified for Lea, and who will be plaintiff in a suit to follow this cne attalnst the same company, did not believe Lea's Injuries "even serious enoujrh to help hm to the office of a physician."' Attorney McAleor was to make the
J closing argument for the plaintiff
and the case was expected to go to the Jury late this afternoon.
SMALL TO GET OLD JOB BACK
Why is This Wrong? The answer wiil be found among to-day's want ads. (What "Blunder do rem suggest r Copyright. 193. Associated Editors)
INTERNATIONAL NEA5 SERVICE LAlOKTE, IXD.. Im-c. l.i i'. O. Small, for 12 tears preceding the recent democratic administration, po-stmaster here, will be re-appointed to that post, according to Washington advices. The term of J. A. Terry, present incumbent, expires January 1st, 1323. Small, who is present county republican chairman, is one of three eligibles named by the Public Service Commission.
Colonials vs. Gary Boosters, Masonic Temple, Wednesday, December 13th, S p. til. Bets pirls play preliminary, starting at 7 p. m.. Aluits 6a, children ?5 cents. Dancing at 3 p. m. '
Improvements. - f
The people of Hammond hav.5'fl
every reason to be well pleased wltWj
their city government. Mayor Brow.
has endeavored religiously to cart-v
out every promise made when In
was a candidate for office and whlb
there are many things yet to b
done the deep sewer system and the.
rehabilitation of the waterworks.
were by far the most Important"
They are the foundations upon whlcr the Greater Hammond Is to e built and when they are finished, early ir'
1923. the city will be ready for th:
expansion which has been held bad-
by the Inadequate water and sewer
facilities.
No small credit is due 3ty En,
gineer Bridge who has employed his'
skill and vision In executing th?
plans for the big Improvements. i
A-VOTXCEB PBOjnCT ' Another important project launch-.
ed this year Is the widening of Ind
ianapolis boulevard. Mayor Browr1 r
for some time has seen the need of
a hundred and twenty foot pavement on Indianapolis boulevard from the state line to the Five Points (Calumet avenue) and at his Instruction the city engineer made purvey and
prepared the plans. The widening -
will be in effect shortly and the
county will be petitioned to construct ;
a concrete pavement IndIar.apol!
boulevard, over which trafflo to and, from all cities of the region passes v". is now eighty feet wide.
An almost instantaneous result of
the water and sewage Improvements and a forerunner of . the building'
boom that will follow the widening.
of Indianapolis boulevard ln Roberts-? dale has been the mushroom growth1
of three new subdivisions or. Calti-s met avenue pouth of the Five Points. J
These subdivisions are the Water!
Gardens, and the West Fark first and t
second subdivisions. More than flftv : flats, bungalows and cottages have;
been built this year ln these subdivisions and in another year or two.
they will be built up solidly, it Is.
expected. The city put In sewers, r
water mains, pavements and side
walks !n this district last spring.
NEW FAVEM3-I7T3
Other pavements built this year
are Morris avenue, Kenwood avenue.
from Calumet to Columbia, Moss ave
nue, Morraine venue. Forrest ave
nue. Brunswick avenue. Columbia
'avenue, Hohman street south of Standard avenue, and the streets In the new Terrace Gardens. Columbia avenue and the South Hohman street pavements were county Improvements while the ethers were built by the city. In addition to the deep sewer system over the north side of the city, which is being built hy the Un'te-1 Construction Company at a cost of $$00,000 and will be finished next spring, and the intercepting sewer on the south side of the river belrg built by Proudfoot at a cost of $400.Oi'O, the city has constructed sewers on Kenwood avenue, and is building a sewer on Hohman street south of Standard avenue to the river. A million dollars has been Tent this year on the addition to the Industrial high school and the building of the new Lincoln echool and the West Park school. The building of the new waterworks Is progressing rapidly. The intricate underground work Is ln and the well has been finished at the lake fronf. The foundation for the
new waterworks building la complete and the structure will be enclosed within two months if th
weather is favorable. Tho new pump Is being built and will b-j ready for delivery very shortly. ! The new mains laid this year Include: i 36 Inch high pressure main on ' Calumet avenue from 120th, St. to Huehn avenue. ' S6 inch high pressure main n Huehn street, from Calumet avenue to Columbia avenue. n inch high pressure main on I Columbia avenue from Michi- '
gan aven -.o to Standard avenue. 16 inch hijrh pressure main on Standard avenue from Columbia avenue, to the slate line. (Conkey avenue, H;. de Park and Kenwood will tap this main giving them s'rong pressure). The city has spent this year on the ttater and sewage projects (complete) new schools and pavements more than $5,000,000. Private building in the city for 1922 was over $2,000,000, including the, estimated cost of the Bereolos "olock which is to be started at once. More than 360 dwellings have been built. The increased population of the city for 1022 is estimated bv the
government as 2.500.
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