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VOL. XIV, NO. 213.
TIIUKSDAY, F EMRUAHV 1M, IDJO.
HAMMOND, INDIANA
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IS ISO,
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GANIZED LA
POLITICAL
BLACKLIST
IS LENGTHY
Wilson Won't Appoint R. R.
Tribunal Till. Cummins Bill
Action.
r i.i.i;ti.
international news service!
AHIMtT. Krb. Uti nly a rr
Monllnt rta of the (timmlii-i:fli bill
ran tolvp railroad protilrm. d-olar-
fil a r-oluion prcurnlrd t ho provi
dent today ly Xhr flftorn allied rsnn
Ication of rnllrond worker.
"With a full one of our responsi
bility Te do request that you eto
thl Mil." doelared the resolution.
Only by uoh n eojirse ran nn orderly
nlclion of the problem now confronl
taic thr country be nrhieed."
(BUI.I.ETINI
riTENATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Tet!. 26. Kailror.d
JaTjor'B political blacklist WU he mad
vp of all members of coaxrc3s vrtio voted
for tha Cnmniins-Esca bill, "Latjor," t'ao
cfflclal pabllcatloa cf the railroad unions
and the Flvuuti PUa IisagTie, announced
today.
Callin? on tha 2,60aC0O railroad rorS-
rs to "defeat their enemies and reward
their friends" at tha polls, tlie paper
iittbllshed the full roll call on the bill.
"Oryaniied labor," says the paper,
will now ffirl itself for the longeT
truffl tor a full and adequate repre
eataUoa in the halls of congress and
tar full aad adequate representation in
w.ftment cf the railroad industry
'"" ' riNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE i
- WASHIN'JT'-V Ib. -S. -rrtficirr,'
T.'i!?on has informed representatives of
- railroad labor that ho cannot, reply t
th?ir request for immediate a ppoiitt tr.ent
,r a trage tribunal of omplojers and eni-I-loyea
to adjust wage Uomnnds until ho
has taken action on the rummins-Ksch
bill. This was announced a', tho White
House today.
The rrsiJont had drafted a note to
the representatives but the context of
,t. no-e was affootej by the rai-sage of
the rummins-Ksoh bill by th- sonat".
end he asked Director .;ef-ral H.no.-, to
inform the labor representatives.
WZX.X. DELIVER KZMOEIAL.
t ni.imfs of th" railroad work-
" r,.,t askt.l for an appointment
: r the Whit" House up to snortly be
fore noon. They wore planning to de
ler a memorial to the pr.--,-le,t. s'ak
the;r opposition to th- '-ummins-j-c-h
b,tl and tirgins 1'at it bo vetoed.
V und-r.t-.-i that tl-e memorial
vho-h was drafted was un-l-r critn-Km
from some ,.f tho representatives of the
orkrs and that i "HRJ't l" deia;. o.l.
The Cummins-Ksch bill is now in the
frauds of Atty. Oei.. rainier and it is
,xpected the pror dont. will take action
. upon it as soon aa th- attorney general
t.as passed upon its h calry.
SITUATION UNSETTLED.
To railroad labor sanation was today
rrsrently very tmsettle-1. There was
1'tti-; unanimity anmng the lead-rs ns to
hat would be the result ..f fav.u-ai.le
.rtion by the president on the ponding
t.:l. The predP-tions of sporadic strikes
-re still fronuont from the loaders, dc
pit the - fatt thnt they m d-.ins alt
in their power to chock ail striko t:til;.
PEACE WITH RUSSIA
IS NOW IN SIGHT
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE!
WASHINGTON. Feb. - r.il.s-.nes
T.;alions will V-e ope-ne-1 1,-iw. en oov
J.t Russia and tre allied .ountiic,
ith:n a short time. Acting Secretary
c-f Stat- Polk predicted to'i.iy at the
White he-use. He stater that he had
r.ot yet seen the rf ported p n-e offer,
which Pondon disffttcho-. declared Sa
vlot Kussia had offered to th.s country.
"U'liiie hoio officials stated that the
I-t-ace offer bad net arrived there.
While there is ever- indies? inn that
business relations will be established
with j-vciet Pussia. the 1". S. 'CI not
dev el op nvieh trade with P :! '. it: the
op niovi of Mr. Polk, "lec-.-se Pu'm
bas little cold and Go- exchange ra'--ni;i
be unfavorable. The ,.n!y Ha l
that is likely to come to this c untt'--1
: hat which Is bv barter.
23A3IM0ND WINS
FROM EAST CHICAGO
Hammond Industrial high school a-1-riP-1
another victo-y t the credit of
Its basketball team last iiiut.t vv hen the
Past Chicago high school team was de
feated by 1 lopsided score at the Mc
Kinley auditorium in Kast Chicago. The
score was US to 7.
' '- A lively match tas played by the
- A-ond teams in which the Kast Chi
f?agt lads came out winner by a score
,-f 6 to 4.
Hign school students o' both Ham
mond and Whiting art- looking for
ward eagerly towards the next game
which is to be piaycil Saturday evening
between their teams at the Central
choo! gym in Hammond. P-.th the first
and second teams will play.
DID YOU
HEAR THAT
DP. ;. P. SMITH is back from a v. si!
i" th- 1 5 ; 1 1 ' ' V'-ek Sa ni ! a riuiii. where
Mrs. SiiiiUi is mi r-s! visit.
Till; o-m.nt fl.,.r has been complfti1
in tli'-1 new b:isnv tit which is being
trin ted hmhr the Whitesel - Hero
? ; i e.
.lA'.'ix MFHAN. the Thorn'on street
fi'ifi- who clo ffod the recruiting han
(''; 'he oth'-r nigh:, certainly knows
!o ;i fix. up a roast.
PH. V. i:. Nh'HiH,S is in faor of
' strrtinK ;i '!:irl in Hammond in whn-li
' I'i'iis win b" ki on for l.'io oleonosi
f.t'i-T! Hi'ili Jj!-;riK tho ootniiij; summer.
' ATT V. Ji.iK i r: Y dos-rvrs a lot
i of c ro5 it for haw Iiiik out the long-w inJcd
sji.-akTS and putting' pop into tho rost
'of tiio program nt tho roi':ai'.nr Itanquot.
H vnDI.D t'P. of tkiry w a" in Hatn
iiion.l osrcrd:y. II is much in lovo
u.th l;is now duties a tho lm!;an;i Stt cl
plant.
THE poor !:.? is ..-oriainlj- hard drum
to fani a 1st t T - moiify. Tt has begun
to tack up otKrrtto Advert. s;n;j now i:i
the interior of ns train?.
TIIK root".; i ; n)c officers rind men sor.t
to Iiamm.iii'l and adjacent cities to work
up recruits are 5xut the i.nest looking
Jot of sol Ji r hoys in carriaRo. tiress and
deportment : v sooti in tho county.
i r.rnVlN' MiiNIH.iE. hca-1 of Hstn-
moud schools, is attending the national
i convention of f-cht.ol s-iporint-ndents of
' the x. I-:. A. at Cleveland. He will re
j turn Saturd:i-.
r.i;rr.Ei:xT.vTivK.s of th rast
Coast rifh-Ti' s. seltins fih from the oar
in I la innn.r.d. prosenNd the ('armel.to
5i.tcrs Orphe.na v ith 1 " 0 pounds of
fish this uiorning.'
I'lJAXK t'C'OJir. is liimly con inoe.J
that in two or throe years drinkers" w ill
foipet there over was such ,i thing: as
whiskey and the country will be all the
Lett-.r iur it.
IIKNT.T nOKUI.. alias Hawkshaw-. ha?
jind the Iroliaii wigwam and purchased
an Indian ir-tor.- , e. according t-: a
friend whet is tonu. thint; of a Hawkshaw
himself.
HAD" KI-'HTKr.. who lived up in the
Iron nivcr country at one time, says
that th people are -, cry clannish and
stoic tcgetht r Ik- leeches and that's
why the dry fores have had such hard
sailing.
reVVE KO'iXE. who recently returned
from a trip south, thinks th southern
people very Hospitable and claims that
llo-y will give you iinything th-y have,
but adds that the triuhio ;.s that they
have infilling an--om; wants.
j HEXRT l:. SN VDI-ir:. formerly in the
; Whinery law office, is to pr.t-tic law in
(Gary. He vins overseas with the 30th
I division. Texas-i iklahopia ilivision, and
1 goes into in rtnersliiy ih I "at rick Ma
1 h.'iity.
j HERE'S a little song that Miss Pclla
1 porlon, of the city clerk's office, loves
! to chant: "1 h. all that glitl.fi s is not.
gold, n.-r diamond rings betrothal": end
;if. oung man. you g-t too b -hi I shall
j have n ...thing to say. You ina b-ave.
Good dav." 1 ;- ol night:
TiAl:k.i:S S''lloNKRT, assistant city
J engineer, bas been seen strutting about
the furnitur- d'partmont of one of the
j l'-oal ficr.'S n:id eyt mg with d'serim
; mating care and nonchalant o born of
! leisure (ho numerous line baby carriages
J no .v on display.
st"Pi:nixTi;xir;NT jonx k. i;x-
PKItWtmn of K. C. Mmas Co.. after
b'-iiig puzTlod for s-nne time to aocount
f'jr the large amount of money being
sptnt by people w bet formerly spent bu'
lilt If. has now deeid-d that the men
are now spending the mom y on their
family they used to spend for drink.
PETITIONS will bo presented within
a few days to the Petartl of Public Works
through r. Hill, piesidont of the Ham-to-tuil
15. tiler Works. fer th- wnifiiiiif of
Hohrnan si. on the rtist site. bolwcen
t'aii-oll and Puss.-; .sis. Tliis is tno r-f
th- l it-'t pi .po-t d improvement s f,,P
in- of li-. mi oid's mam thoroughfare-'.
THE pt.dice reporter, so the story fi?,
has permitt.'l gallantrv to play tli hei
fer 'part of reason and is confronted
thereby wilh the problem of locating, for
several future mi si?, a one-armed bean
1 1 y. Th- youth, s., the story continues,
lias discove-r. il tohis tnore or loss sor
row, that the pen, hnnt for chance is not
confined solely to Hie sterner sev.
j X 1 t h
! M iss "M a
woman tieeid-s. Now comet h
Pic:; oi' the oily compi roller's
v.-i-.s .ositie. a hsoln : r-1 . .
i ha t H.dlts Hunt" r shall ne-t
t.fflce. who
! end Una i'.y t
ntiikf his iioi
in T xas. lie must con
tinue to reside in Hammond. Mr. Hunfr
o.ulit m--t. bo reached for his opinion on
ho subject but then, the woman de
cides. HKXr.T VI?. city building supervisor,
disclaims any knowledge of Patin. How
ever, one of bis friends, in order to
appreciate the work of P. P. T. was
forced, yes forced, to par'ake of some of
the dead sivines and in tho operation
this friend di.-roverod two things: First,
that Mr. Vis is well named, and, second,
tie found the source of the columnist's
humor. BIPP BRUHJES, city engineer, has a
nice little suitcase which may be seen
at his office in the city hall. There is a
mystery surrounding the origin of tho
aiiirlo inasmuch as Pill refuses to part
wilh it for less than $x:k Inquisitive
habitues of the eilv ball are thinking
I of fmple.ving Sine," r anrl Pinslie from
'io. e-; i v o iiead4uartci s downstairs to 1111
jiavel ilio misterv.
Tirnrs ntws ser.-irs Is the best
WILL
Two State
Banks Close
Big Surprise
Fake county bankers were aste.nishod j
' '" 1" hear thai the Farmers St a t e
Farik of Valparaiso ani the Hobsrt j
' Hank of Hobart. a subsidiary institution.!
were closed yesterday afternoon by order !
of O'.in I,. Klaus. Indian state auditor.
following a report by Plato oxaniiners j
tiiat a shortage cf $:'yrt.sil0 bad boon di-l
co orod.
ino examiners charged tr.at rumls ot Bg anl leaves a w ife an i f..ur ..-hildren. ,
tlie banks were being used in stock spec if,. XVils a n.-phow of tin- late- 1'.. .1. Oif-j
ulation in Ch-.t-ago. (ford, the owner of the Gift..rd railro.-nl. I
The banks, a-. c.Tdir.gr to reports. are,am a brother C Harry O.iVor.l of U-ns-j
conir.dlci by William H Gardner of i,.aor. I
Valparaiso, who. the examiners state.) Thc deceased was a ros.d.nt of Kan-,
they hav e not seen since they began j ;;iooo. 111., and had bo n emploxed ,y
checking up the books. the I. 6- railroad for s.veial years.!
ine Valparaiso Pank was founded
j eais ago by Joseph Gardener, and the
son has been head of the institution for
the last fifteen years. The deposits in I
tho bank, as of Pec. C-l. 1913. were!
slightly over $300.0110. j
1". W. Clifford. H. A. Brown. W. C. !
Wmdlo. and other leading citizens of!
Valparaiso who are directors of the bank j
held a conference with the principal!
stockholders, employe?, ami the bank:
examiners. H- nry WInneguth. cashier, j
reported that the shortage would amount i
to about J20P.O0O. William Johnston, j
prosecutor of Porter county, attended the
meeting. 1
No warrants have been issued as yet:
and Prosecutor Johnston informed Chief 1
Theden. following the meeting, that ro th(, Jewish po.-pie of Hammond will
fiction would be taken until after the I ' , . .-1ni1 4 ,
examiners have oompletei their work. ! r'en a -a,,v'mlKU ' r8 d
-Mr. Johnston said they did not knoi-! city's quota to the $10.v0.000 national
t just what the loss would amount toif'Jnl for the restoration of r.il.st.r.o.
or wliere the money had gone," Chief! The money will be used to rebuild the
Theden said. "None of tho officials or i 'ni u:, tries. f.:r:i.iii,- communities and
tmployes of the Lank lias left town and; cities of ,Zio-n. It is also .-on mpla t -r.t.
one is being hold under surveillance. ed to furnish neee.-sary passage lor
.Mr. Johnston said it was doubtful if j thousands of Jews in this country w ho
any one person can be held accountable, I vt'oul dlike to make their homos in
for the thortage at present."
Gary
Park
1
Case Trial
Resumed
jniade public t-y )lir Snn.li I.. Harris.
Trial ef she case cf the Tollesfon iTubl eh air man of the Hdinnvnd Ziout l.s
of t'hicngo against the City ef Garv was!,r'rt- '"day.
r's-imed bef,.-e Sneoial .ludc-o Wilson in! Mr. I'aln-.an empha-ired nartlrularly
the Hammond s'iporior court this morn
ing after a day's recess, during which
the court visited the property under dis
pute in Gary.
L.. P. Goodwin, a Gary r'al estate
di-r. who has been used several times
during the trial as an expect witness.
was placed ,,n the stand for a short time!
in an effort by the plaintiff to prove! will be util-zed in building up the in
tbnt the land had value other than f rom j d,i " ''i'" no,v stagnant theie. rea ls in
its mere location in that tho muck nll part as folb-w s:
could be sold as a top dressing over j "The entire traffic system of PaJes
the sand in building lawns. He (old orjtlne. which has been paralyze, by the
experiments nhich had been conducted I war. i. now ;n process of resunipt ion
in growing crop on land similarly lo-nd several nations bio already beg-n-cated.
It seems that vegetables flourish j nlng to re-arrange tketr shipping
but that because of the overflow of the j scheduler t the Syrian cast . There
river, planting Is held up in the spring. ! wiM be nn ipemparahlr -hiarger cm
The defense drew from Mr. Godwing the ; ni'rce Ith Palestine than in any for
adinission that he had lot money on his ' n1"'' years.
truck farming experiments. ! "The chief needs are fnr w.-odrn
l'.dlow ing this the attorneys reached wares r.f e ery deser'.pt en. as the w ar
nn agreement to limit the argument to
ene hour to each side. Attorney Pom-itr;.
berger made die first argument for the
plaintiff. finishing at noon. He directed
at tent ion t o the facts tha t the jark board
had offered only S70 per acre for the
tract, whereas witnesses for the plaintiff
bad estimated the land to be north from
$;i0 to $7H per aero on tho average.
Witnesses for the defense bat! valued the
lanel at from nothing to 5100 per acre in
its rresent condition, but had said that
if it. were properly drained a might be!
worth up to J1V0 per acre.
T
State Platform Now Con
tains Plank at Insistence
of Majority of Delegates.
f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1
.TT-,vt. V X" U". 1. "1 I kic,ili,rr.
, . . .. ,, , ,
Hon with national pro.i ibit ion a st umo,l
, . . , , . r. ,
cifliliil" Torm nrr" lot-iv w in n i-o.-
ctratic party of New York state went em
,.-,-..,-.i 10 i: nariv ola.ifo!nt as .nposif r
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS
AGANS
PROHIBITION
. ' , -1 . 1, i. , Althecigh nn official report w.ll not
constitutional prohibition. It is toe t.t -1
time- Cat cither of the old parties uas printed onCl .-v iewcl b the star-
tut i.self on recurtl one way or the pt h.-r br',4!,i ' ' r:''" ' - yrvi ' ,""v!ll",?
., .. 'Mrs. Mac Turner. so, t'ta:v of the
The plank 111 the platlorni aBainst. pro-
l.ihition as at present constituted was
inserted after considerable debate and,
in response to a wide-spread demand on
the pan of the delegates from both up -
state and down-state "hat the party take;
a definite stand on the matter. Those ,
urgirg the ,-lnnk pointed out that the
iin.-.tTrla! Pepublican convention in New
York sta'te completely ignored the issue.
STATE TO END
NEWBERRY CASE
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE)
GRAND KAPIOS. Mich.. Feb. C.
Hurrying into the court records the
admissions of fifty ef the 123 defend
ants made before the grand jury occu-
pled a portion of today's session of the t
Newberry vote fraud and conspiracy)
trial in lino w ith Cne government's ef-
fcrtr to rush its case t- a conclusion, j chairman: -Mrs. H. 1!. Alsoiruer. ?ec
These j,,id the statements of fifty ; r.tary of Gar : Mis. V. P.aner. of
more, witnesses are expect'd to end the Crow n Point . The chairman is Path
case, of the government, and it is hop- j ei Jansen of Gary but neither be nor
ed this w ill be accomplished by Sat ar- ' another member of the comnrttee were
day or Monday. present in Hammond yesterday.
HAVE
Brakeman
Killed At
Schneider
e; ; l if r . J . ;i brake-man for the I
r. j & s r;) , i ,-oad. w a3 ki ll.-d 'a.: Schnejd- i
rr, south of Hammond, last Sunda 1
niKi,i w lion . semaphore knocked over j
by a derailed freiuht tar, struck him j
oll the 1Paa. killing him instant iy. An
,-XaminaUon r.-vf alo.l ths.t liis !.. .-It li.-i.-l
boon broki n
Mr. tjli'foid wn-i t h irt y-lhroo oj,ts o.f
Furial was made in KankaJvC-
j
SEE JEWISH
Beffinnir.s the first cf n-.t month
j Palestine b-it lack t'ro money for trnn
I sp-.nation for themselves and families,
j Claiming that con .n-r- with 1'ales-
t!n has opened up on a logger f cale
than e.er before the Swedish consul
(general at Jerusalem, G. Haltnan. in a
j n tter to the Swedish I" pa 1 1 in en t of
'Commerce declares that th- country
1ii-w offei s exceptional opp--i t'i n 1 1 ics to
.the export according to a report from
th
Zionist frganizutieui of A rrer.
the need for wooden material of everv
description. as the country was almost
completely d f oiest a tod by the w s r .
Hi' letter, particularly timely 'he
cause of the JT.OfO Palestine Perforat
ion Campaicn to be launched by the
Hammond Zionist district during the
month of March, part of wh;eh money j
, has completely deforstnte. hc i-n-in-
. All furniture and wooden build-
ing materials must th' rep. re l. m.
ported.
"l-'nr paper too. there is a Ice; and'
steadily inereslng demand. l.Kwliw
fo- petroleum iimlnri ami k'ies-'n-stovt
s. P.ofot e (be war Past ine had
no telephone sstom. A hi- d'-man-l
for telephone upj lies is (-i t;iiii to on
...lre." Mcmbers of the committee e the
Mamme.nd Zi.-n..-t I'istrict in. -hide:
! Miss ?arnh T
Ha iris, r'l.iirinan;
i p. o.
r t.t
1'if.bnon. M s s !.. Polngold. Miss
ssig a vol Mr. S K atz.
T
MADE FOR JAIL
Three members of the Lake t'ounty j
niiii.ttee of five for tho !nvei'c.it- j
ion of public and se rut - pu SI 10 in.-tttu- I
'
Hons vesterday conducted t he r-aulai-
uarterly inspection of ila-i:intnd p
jails and ho.pi: a Is .
"nson ted j .
day's in-
vet;gation of local institutions,
Conditions at the Hammond Central
rolicc station were fouid to he from
40 to- iO per cent bette,- than m any oth
I-"ke county jail . A thorough an-1
severe examination
of the r.,i n itary j
' cond;.:on. 1
bo.ird tif medical n.'-r, I
mignt oivlem-i many rie ficiencies now I
existent hut wlih-h will he removed s ;
so--"n as the new- jaintor lias ben bie.U- I
en in, it was said.
That people are piospeting or
at
lea-t making a fair living w us denoted
by the diii-oveiy that at St. Margar
et's hospital. where the ce-m;nittee
founel everything in excellent order,
there are only seven wholly dependent
pa t ion ts occupying ward beds.
Menihers the investigating torn-
j m.ttee H,e: Mrs. Mac Turner, vice-1
MARCH TO
V BEGIN
GOOD REPOR
If! HAMMOND
HUGE
HERE THEY ARE, GRANDFATHER'S GOLOSHES
NEWEST THING IN FEMININE FOOTWEAR
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Trio of pretty co-cda of Chicago University wearing goloshes like grand-
father used to wear.
Those people tvho !!ke to jraze upon a dair.ty, reatly clad silien ar.kla
have been deprived of that pleas-ure this winter because of the new and
universally popular fad for cC,i0Sp.es.j Jack Frost has also been dealt a
blow since all the fair maids have taken to wearing exact dupl, rates of
frrandfather's overshoes, popular some fifty years aero. The most fashion
able method of wearirp the ug-iy but practical thinjrs is to leave the claSps
open so they flap and clank with a smart, careless ail.
SPENCER GETS A
HEAVY SENTENCE
5 to 14 Years Penalty For
Holding Up Hammond
Candy Shop.
fSrTf.lAL TO THC TIMES
rp.OW.V POINT. INI.. P. b. "R Tom
l.V. S'oencer. of Hammond. L'2 years of
I lie--, una foun-1 truiHy of holding u
I a candy store in teal city and scnton-
Iced to live to font-tee ti years" pi the
.tuto penitentiary. f,nol nn-l dis-
f ranch ise'l f-r t- n ycai . IJ. '1- h'proat
rcpr-scnied Spencei. Tim case wadi
t r ied in the r nr. . :ki 1
to sda y.
ni t .on ed-
O n the same d a y
Hugh t 'onroy, of
j Gary, plead not guilty of petit l.ir
i ,-ony. lie asked for a jury trial which
was Granted, the jury finding hlr-
j rii,v ,-,f stealing form thc Halt hiior
x- .-.i".!,. v;,i!m;,.l ' Conrov is 20, v-.-ir-;
of age mil was pSv-n a sentence
to 8 v ears, fined 'i't and d'sl'rauc
of 1
1
for five years.
Stanley Moore, need " years', was
also found guilty of stealing from tl
same railroad and mis a Ut sentenced
tei 1 to S years in tie reformatory,
fined J2" and disfranchised for .j years.
.SE!
NEW BUILDING
Hammond to Have A New
Candy Factory Both Re
tail and "Wholesale.
(SPECIAL TO Tt T!MEjl
pow.N point. iNle. l'. ii. v.
T'axtou. ot Hamnioic!. iia- l-as.d
rheo'iore Souliss for a htm e,f e
years tiio property
on i.t 1 s 1 ;
OW l.setill Bl.11 V.O'lirex s -V-l'l 1 tion III
Hammeiml. beginn 115: March 1st, at a, '
... ,, r ,
inorithlv rental of $.G1, ;;,' frsi ea r I
, ... . ,,
tu rffli-ini each year thirtv uollnrs p'-r .
monih. The property v. i'T bo coo
with a candy fuctorv". catering to
tfie retail and wholesale tooTc
l-Hse was filed f-.r record in 1 '.
Pecnrder .lohn.-on's office on Ti:-
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I JOHNSON NAME
THE ONLY ONE
INTERNATIONAL NFWS SERVICE f
SALKM. ORP... Feb. ; t". S. Senator
lliram V. Jolinson. of California. is
today the solo formal candidate for the
P'-publican nomination for the presi
dency of the Ftvtcd States in th-s state.
Senator Johrpon's name was ofTPial
ly placed befo-e h people ,,f regoii
when Sanfield Mt D-iiaM. of -1 ' u I hi ud.
appeared at the set-r.-lary of state's
office and presented the nomination
petition. Tii" petition cairi- d no d-t -laration
of principles.
PAXTON
LEASES
H" 0 AM 13
IWELL KNOWN MAN
PASSES AWAY
Ray Wells Dies at His Home j
Touching Tribute Is
Paid Him.
(A TRIBUTE)
at about fi o". !o.-;;. after a
Iift n - c 1
1-ci- illness
bis h---co.
ess. Pavinmd .V. A't lis died at
. II"; "ar Purcii St.. 1-aving
ne- tl. i ot p.' or f.nd two hit!.- - : ..
a wilt
l'un.T.il s-r;.-s will bo b'!d at llie
iiiom- iiatuviLiy aftcrn-ion, interment to
follow a". C'.i.k Hi'.1.
Mr. Wells was born in Porlrr county.
I.iti.. fortv-one years ace, coming to the.
1 'aluiii' t distrp : twenty-seven y.ars ago.
1 ! " was the s-.n of lovid C. Wells, aj
former grocer on W. S;a(e who iir-j
01. him: iic;" two broth, rs, ,1 hjy of 1
Seattle and Paul of Koii's: t w o sisters,,
M'.s-s Mabel -f t'hicat.i ;ind Mo. A. V, . 1
Spragtie of K0111 s. formerly cf Ham-J
i
.---v 1. p.t eon years aco he was most hap-
pily unite, 1 in p-ntriago to Anna May
(P.ird) Pi aeiford. eldest daughter of the
late Ja m -p M. and Mrs. .Man ha Prad-i
feu'd. ai.tl during the in''r . ninr x ears
t hey have most I.e.uiPf'iHy !i .i .-i. d the
hills of life toS.-:l,.r and 111 h.-r lonli-i
ness M.rs. elN xv ill have the warm,!
tender sympathy of very large cirelol
of fricnels here and elsewhere.
Mr. Wells, while a man of most I'o-
1 tiring manmr. wi's vet n u i : 1 -. cr.; i 1 y grnd-
inato. gradual ing f -..m Wabash oolle g, ,!
v. raw t'T-tsv hi-. Hid., and w a v- I; m-i
form-d on ins: (r.- pertaining i, ;he nn- j
Portant things of life. H-, ov.,, (luring
ill- vtars of liis late illness, always bor-:'
a cheei-i"ul. urbane t! ispo.i : nui thr won;
1o h.m liie e of all wh-. know him '
II" h;ol for ;i-jrs be-on an a. !-.. ri-mb.-r-of
the Meth.tl:s.t. Monroe S'r-ei chtii.-l-
aiol v a-- alv.axs a trustee and .-toward
in 5p orc.-i in?.. 1 1 h -u. untiring 1:1 his do-
votioii to nil Christian -and i-i-c al w oi-U. 1
i-li It ill' ho w.i a '.::-., - !o tr.. oil- - I,.. I
!.. ,r 3 f 1: n.i - o:e . v . n i s in ; 1 1 - - 1 ' '. 1 1 k
loi' the h.orpitv-s - ar. l tvii,f., 1 of those
. dependent upon him
lie had boon a tunc
Th-- T-asi : w o v -.!
keeper in the forge
.s'iam.iard is-e-I and
, ,. . . , 1
for five years boft.ro was employ cd as'
,, , , ,
bookkeeper for the Noi tlnrn Tici.aiiii i..;i:s .
... ..
,v Lb ct 1 -ic ( o. !
j
,:P0LK HAS
NAUGHT TO SAY!
1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE: I
"WASHINGTON. Feb. -fi "I it-.f ml toi
stick around and l.cip the president all'
I ein."' said Acting Secretary ,t State !
Poly today, com men t : p p on 1 ' ports
that ho would resign after F.ainbridge
'"oihy takes office as socntary .f .state.
"I have no ar.i'.Hi'i-."'iifiii tit make."
said Mr. I'oiu. who called at i?i
Heinse let confer with s'f rretaiy
ty. I!o ino ic ii 1 e,l . bovvt- vi-r, ti
ttill (!-?,ir..l to leave official
so n as he ,-onhj tin so v-.iiii r
sent of the presi'h nt.
Advertise ir. Thc- I ;'aes
w:
Tn mu 1 -
;.t he
"flRY" HI 7
I chilli UIBs-t
TURNS OUT
HUGE FARCE
Government Agent Backed Off
Ths Boards by States Attorney
McDonough Yesterday.
f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
1 r.OX lUVKH, Mich., Feb. Zi. Iron
ce.-.nty, Mchigan. b-catne the center of
national official intention today at the
laieical conclusion of the first act of
iis nn vv notorious "ruin-p-liellioti."
Summorj up, the situation here early
today slooei as follows:
Maj. Dalrvmple. who headed the "Pro-hibitit-u
Kxiieditionary Force" here in
what was announced as an armed effort
10 s'amp out the jib-gal booze t raffle,
departed a visibly beaten man. disheart
ened at the failure of AVahmgton au
thorities to back hun in enforcing ths
law.
MOB.E "I1TVESTIGATIOKS."
I'rohibition Agent Gylord of Wash
ington started lor Iron Favor- to "make
n thorough invesUga tion" cf the, situa
tion. Another "thorough Investigation" was
t'- be started with the arrival of Dist.
Atty. Myron Walker of Grand Rapids.
Stili another "thorough investigation'
was; to bo inflicted by Alex Grocsbeck.
attorney general of Michigan, when he
gets here-.
AND STILL THEY COME.
And possibly federal warrants may be
Issued for the eleven alleged "boozfl Insurrectionists-
by V. S. Commissioner
H. P. Hatch, if his little "thorough in-
..si igation" dcPms this necessary.
These are the high lights on the xray
hi which the Iron IUvcr revolt now
stands. W;!h Jlnj, Dalrymple on Jii
departure went the other members of
his staff. JWor leaving th major said:
I am gomg to" Washington immediate
ly after a conference, jn' Chicago with
Mr. Gaylm-d. If I am not backed up
in an undertaking of this kind 3 en-for-e
the ;p,w. I m absolutely without
ffet.--.no power. I want a show-down
"iid that 1 shaii sec k from the Washing
ion authorities."
HE MAY HE SIGN.
Ho intimated that h- xvould resign If
he to,, pi not get satisfactory answers
from the prohibition enforcement chiefs
;.t Washington.
. Mie's Atty. Martin McDonough. who
eh -fie J Maj. Dalrjniplo to arrest him. took
occasion to laud tho virtues of Iron
flirty before the newspaper corrcs
p.'iidcut here.
"Wo are not a lot. cf hicks up here."
he said. -There are more college grad
uates here in comparison to the popuPi
fcii than in any other part of ths
country."
Mcdonough backed tip.
It was learned that McDonough, be
fore he called Dalrympie's bluff In spec,
ticular fashion ln The town's leading
bote lobby, was fortified bv a teleerarn
from Atty. Gen. Palmer, expressing him-
'lf as Satisfied by a teeerapnej c.pla-
t. at ion sent him by McDonough.
McDmiough is known as n power po
litically on the Ppp r Peninsula.
LOVE'S DREAM .
COT VERY SHORT
Wedding of Gary Girl At
Crown Point Lands in
Divorce Court.
Arother rh.ldh.-od elopement and
marriage came to grief this morring
when judge Ha rdj in Poom 2 of the
Hammond superior court granted a
divorce to Gwcndolvn Phinesmith. who
now resides witii her parents at Gary.
Her liusi-jiid did not appear at the
heat ing. for since their final separation
l.e had returned to t?ieir former homo
in Ashland, hid.
A - cm ding to the ;ji--.ry as relat'd by
tiio wife, ihey ran away from ho re
li v his sen and were married . She
was then sixf'ti ears e'd while her
husband was nineteen. The parents
had 1 ! -ejected to (he match but at'tet the
1 ! ope lien t they had b-en f org : ven. T'-vo
I.e. s aflcr the r marriage the family
ims -t.ut.-d aiii lh.ee continued fre
( I'-ntiy thereafter. Hrnei. slie says,
wa.-- of a grouchy elisposit.ou. threat
ened to kill her and one time threw a
boo 1; f,t her when she insisted upon
laisinc a window- aga isnt lif wishes.
Th" failier who was in court, testifief
I hat' he' had seen the bruises winch the
hook caused.
Pi n e t't was wot king in a fa e tor y for
5 1 per day ami naturaliv contributed
l.ttle toward slho sup-tot t i f his wife
antl child which was horn late;-. The
cirl'.- parents tool; the baby shortly
alter birth and ' has since lived with
them. The mot her followed later,
Ernest joinei? the army as a single
man but sent her an allotment and on
his discharge she te-ok him ba.-k into
the home of her 'parents. Then they
moved to Gary where Prnest rot. a bet
ter job. eamt-ng about $10 per day.
However, his family say little of this
as ! - sent the nio'.t of i I to his own
fithe-r, sirup!-.- paving his vwri loard
wit it his pa 1 r r.'.s-i n-lc w .
The court granted the girl the di
vorce with the curtody of the child,
wh le prnest will be left out of it vvitli
no alimony or support money t0 pay.