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VOL. XIV, NO. Ltil.
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1920.
HAMMOND, INDIAN
COUNTY
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COUNTY
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HARDING
SENATOR !
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ADDRESSES
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Hammond Speech Is Climax
of Active CampaipinL
Ohioan In Region.
to i
TTi'h hli voice hujkv from "the ter-j
rifto .train of almost continuous speak- j
last few days. Senator .
W O. Harding, of Ohio, candidate j
'or the Republican nomination for,
MM-nt. wound iin a'vhtrlwind tour
-f Lak courtv last night by address
ing: a large gathering of Hammond
eitiaens at Unity Hall.
After being -whisked about ever the
county by Julius Friedman, of East
Chicago, Senator Harding- reached
Hammond at 6 o'clock and -was taken
at once to the I.yndora Hotel where a
banquet was given in hs honor.
Thirty were in attendance there. The
senator 'relaxed trti;iniari'y and the
subject of politics was laid as-.de.
At Cnity Hall practically all seats
"ere filled when natr Harding ar
rived and was introduced to the
audience by Dr. G. I.. Smith.
FIRST VISIT TO RKGIO.N
lt was Senator Harding's ftvst t
. . the famous Ca!umt region and ho
expressed his surprise and admiration
at the remarkable development w men ,
Yts baeQ mad? in such a short thne.j
What I have seen today has set me. .
t,. thtnklngr he said. "I have been;
-".reaming of the romance of American
Industry and particularly of the won-
derfal rrt which the stl industry j
has playei :n the history of the world, j
Pn you know that if America s ste'i
industry had net been developed t-" its
rrsent sta.e. and we would no! have
Veen prepared to n. - '
did in trie srem
that conflict would have been a
ferent story?"
T)l'E TO PROTECTION
Uii-
H then reminded bis hearers that
the present status of the steel industry,
was due to the protective irfluf nc
which J".ad been thrown around it ry (
,(-. (tovernment in the past and, at
isle of being called old fashioned j
Th
fr referring to such a subject, h
warned that if America is to retain ;
Its ascendency in the steel Industry it
must be property proiecitu :
low-priced competition. "Before they,,, young men.
English capital and American I
w a r
genius had established the steel busi
ness in China.
Tl-hn lmcri.9'a hr.me
. Am . tifiod and there is a JUT- !
plus of export, what chance will Amer-I
,.-an steel have in competition with
.,' . . cu;. tw..tv-ve
nat UDHi iiiij. v..... , " tdic.-..-. i imn J'juriki man.
cents Is high pay for a day's labor? ; and if he is elected prosecutor the
And what w ill prevent that Chinese j pe.-.pte of Iake county can rest .as
steel from coming into this country ?" j ,.ur(.d that August Bremer and no!.,.dy
PWELH OX LABOB ' j eise wi'.l run the prosecutor's office.
jle dwelt particularly upon the la-: and he will run it right, too.
bor equation In America and express-
. ed the hope that the majority or his i
i "hearers were workinemen with a good j
representation of railroaders. j
"T v-''"d t" return the railroads to ,
their orners." he said, "because the ,
country was wearied of the failure:
attending- covernment ownership.' 1-
m so recorded, though all candidates j
!hae not declared themselves. Even
s.,nie senators did not vote on the,
e,tistion. though the recording clerk i
always cal' their names, and they were i
within c-V t'ltimately th n.rnln ;
must b ' .rainst government owner-J
ship, beciise that will oe the party :
declaration, but meanwhile all can-;
didates for. republican favor ought to ,
express ther- opinions. I
"I voted for the Cummin? bill to !
, speed the restoration. In that Mil.
, the government exercised its power to'
' f.x rates of earnings, limits of profit.
.character of service, and issue of
-.ntrai and debts. With this exercise !
'cf Federal power In the control of the!
property and Its ownership in behalf i
'. of the public the authors of the bill J
thought It fair to provide an agency i
to adjust the difference between man-
agers and employes, and grant justice :
t" both, full Justice without resort to
conflict, and then forbid any consplr- j
acy to paralyse the service. That was ;
designed In the public Interest. be-,
cause transportation in modern life Is i
necessary to the life and health of the
American people. Xo right to nuitar.y j.,)ulation figures
employment was denied. Xo collective
bargaining was Interfered with, on,
the contrary it was provided tor a fac- i
lliated. The government was seeking:
to make the fullest Justice an easy:
aw ard to the men engaged in the rail- j
way operation, and at the same time j -3. increase 2f,(;'il or 54.2 per cent,
guard against Interrupted service to j Troy, O. 10 20 population 7.260; in
be Just to the American people. I j crease 1.138 or IS. 6 per cent,
supported the bill. I thought It right) Franklin. Ind. 1920 population. 4,
nd Just, and the greatest... forward 504 ; increase 47 or 3 per cent,
step possible in behalf of the workers, j i:,iiw nlnirg. Ind. R2''i population,
managers and the great public which I o ri7e. jru,reHS rn or K.." per cent.
Is served.
PLEAD FOR AMERICAN' I
I
SQIAHE Dtll,
"We must rause to reflect that thei7.356. fncrea,e 139 or 1.9 pPr cent
American square deal, which Is the
1 essence of all just government, must
PPly to all American citizenship alike
and is the due of righteous business)
without whom we can't sushlst. in our
the right of the American farmer, j u? ANGELES. Cal.. April 22. Pilot
without whom we canot subsist, in our George Daly, end an unidentified pas-J-ledge
to the American w orkman , senger were killed when an airplane
whose good fortune is essential to which they were attempting to loop
beth tranquility and continued ad-;
(Continued on page seven.)
Bremer Has
Wide Experience
As Prosecutor
August Bremer, republican candid-,
nt for prosecutor, i.. f imtinK his-act-
ie campaign in ifamnnmd today ami j
1ns friends express thrir greatest mn.j
firtopp in bis victory at the primaries. !
Bremer has some big assets back j
of liini - was born on a farm south j
f th.'!'. 'intv cat and was reared!
. .1
and p.Jui-atpJ right hr. He started
jfH
deputy prosecutor under Davfl
served under both Frose
erson and Hunter in the
1 Cl-cuit court and has a record vf over
:t fino convictions in that time more
' by far than any prosecutor whoever
j facd a court in Lake county. This
lone, hard experience on the firing
;!in has made him an expert In rrim-
inal law. and every attorney in the
county will tell you he is a had man
to face in a prosecution. At the Nov-
rilU't'l , 1.1, l' lilt I V r- i IUIJU
he personally conducted
th
8rand j
f"VI'$vtJV
!
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i
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Ufil T BREMER
jury ef which returned 35 indictments i
th- Mesest record ever made in Lake!
county, and every indictment stuck. I
None were quashed. The next (rm ,
fte. tried .70.' ? these cSei. . &ot con- i
vlctions in 64 of th"T.-.
He made only a bare living out
deputyship, but fought ahead for )
t, o promotion to the precutorship. !
which has always hen his goal.
1'nlike his opponents h has
. 1
any other public office, and the :
far, that he is a home boy who hasi'Mn anff !nln? r,x ...n corn muc.
made good with a vengeance makes j "And h an do more. He has an expert
'iim popular wan 1 tie ;! residents and .
His friends te'.l about his old dad. j
years old. still living at Crown,
r i n ... - i. t i. : i - .
r.f (":nrsi1 Sherman had.- r ItCl i , f
nretnr Pay, isn't running on his !
dad's record, but on his own.
ir. . f
SINCLAIR TO
SPEND 50 MILLIONS
j
;
Fir'y million dollars will be expanded i
jjy the Sinclair Oil Company for exten-
on and development of the company's!
interests, it has been announced by j
Harry F. SinciazV The money will hm
raised by an issue of five- ear notes
bearing 7 per cent interest,
Much of this sum will be
pent at
i
the East Chicago plant, where the ca
pacity iv.Il bo increased and other addi-
i
tions will be made.
The plans of the company include fur-
the.r development of their pipe lines.
rf,v.,., nr in f.Mi
ca mni Africa, and ' developments "of the
business in Cuba, where Sinclair ha
become an important factor,
Latest Census
Figures Out
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE)
WASHINGTON. April 22 I'relimin-
f mi".; m-i-d to-
dny by
th'
census ouri'.iu
as
13.044.
.4 p cr
fol lows :
Piqiia. O. l?2n population,
increase since l?li 1.6S6 or 12
cent .
Racine, Wis. -1?2 population
Venice. . lono nouulation. lft.-
is
increase 7.266 or 233 per cent.
Canadagua. N. Y. 1320 population.
TWO KLLED AS
AIRMAN LOOPS LOOP
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the loop here 1.000 feet in the air fell
j into the ocean, late yesterday.
DID YOU
HEAR THAT
TWO Indiana Harbor men wn re
fused citizenship by Judge Anderson be
cause they imi'tcd that prior to April
i, 191S, they bad kepi the back doors
of their saloons open on Sunday.
.
JOHN' FOCI IVHANSKI they call
bun 1 judge" now has the honor of pur-
chasing WVst Hammond's first vehicle
horns'. He paid a premium of J3, mak-
trig J25 in all. In order to get No. 1.
JAKE CZASZEWICZ has resigned the
joh of water clerk for West Hammond.
The vacancy has been filled by the ap
pointment of AValter Babick, former gro
cer. W. C. BELMA.V, banker, says of Low
den, "He is an administrative executive
of great ability, a cloan-cut man. and my
choice for the Republican nomination for
president."
H. C. CLKVEL.VXD. attorney, alck
since niristmau with hejirt trouble, is
able to be up again. A fw short walks
! c . i . . t v. t it r-
do. But he's improving wonderfully.
i DAN" MO RAX is a Hoover man and
! believes the Oalifernian has Tiad more
i executive experience than any of the
other candidates. H would b for John
! son if the latter was not so "provincial.
j AIvBEF.T MORRIS and Jake Sherman
! are among those thankful for the yard
j men's strike. Wih so many men stand
I ing around on the street thes days
i it is easy for the riding bailiffs to pick
! up men to fill out the juries.
! D. E. FOO.N'E says that just because
he helped to entertain Senator Harding
ir- no sirn that he is for him. "Harding
! is a distinguished American and we
! .-h'uld honor him. but we don't have to
le for him necessarily,-' said D. E.
j A W15E few who attend the council
! manic meetings at the city ball every
! two wteks are elated at the thought that
: they witness one of the best vaudeville
: shows in Hammond and it doesn't cost
; i cnt either.
j CAPT. GEORGE HAXIvDN of tho
i Hammond riolice department got out of
the hospital for a short walk today afiJT
j a nine-weeks' illness. He was hearf f
I received by friends and though still w
)s on the broad road to recovery
-
ATTOR.NET WILLIAM J . " WH IXE"??T
n determined that "Wood is the logical
candidate for the Republican nomina-
i i,on. ' T ain for "Wood." he sas. ' be
f I 'ause 'ood is free from 'ism.' He's a
lc ve-headd man and will put the coun-
try back on a pre-war basis.
A. R. EX TON-PORTER is a booster
"f Hoover, whom Ti characterizes as "a
"""" J - v 'tr' "a
: policies and tlie next prehKient win need
'" information."
, , "rr
V. in. I -r.Xjl
Insursjice man
from Indianapolis.
whom Howard J.
irtjer esco eA about Hammond
and showed the bright lignts thinks that
Wood is about the b-st. candidate m the
field. "I fnd Wood is pretty popular
down state," he said.
C G. KIXtr'AIH now totes a pocket
full of straw ballots containing the Re
publican presidential candidates in al
phabetical o-der. He Is fathering a
series of straw votea. believing that his
pick Johnson will show a big major
it y.
i R. F. HOILET. dentist, is another cos
! mopolitanite who refuses to "wear th
; straight jacket of party adherence" when
j it comes to choosing a. national leader.
"Mc.Vdoo or Cox en the Democratic tick-
r t and Hoover on the Republican that's
mv choice. I'm for Hoover because he
is for the leque of nations."
.
CAPTAIX" FRED W. STEFFEX will
t'cture on i ne -ien en '.unm ionini ai
Suite 50i. Hammond bldg. Mayor Brown
and other oitv officials will atlend. The
lecture i-s open to motorists and farmers.
who will find the StefTen Ciuide. the most
i iwnlous and practical system of auto
i road routing that has yet been devised.
t Fegins at S p. m.
. . .
i OXE pf Hammonds most enterprising
! '0.ung '"trance men and whose only
misfortune, according to friends, is that
i lie is a Democrat, wants to know why
the Roi uhliCHiis have, filed, ns he sa;, s.
: two set' (,f delegates at Crown Point for
the state convention. Since beginning
his quest fur an answer to the question
be has hnome addicted to cigarettes.
REFERRING to the objections of gro
cers to h:s government food sales, the
other night Mayor Brown said, "They
kick about me taking business away
j from l hem. but they s".y nothing about
j those Chic.i4;o bakers from whom thry
I buy $2.0C'0 worth of bread each day w hen
'home bakers are prepared to supply th'-
de-mand."
ACCORDING to the records of Dr. Wil
liam A. Buchanan, secretary of the board
of health, there was a slight increase
in the number of scarlet fever cases re
ported this vcrk over the wce-k proitius.
1'p to noon today there were reported 6
cases of nnnsles, 5 of scarlet fever, and
1 f diphtheria. !.ast week there were
14 cases of measles, 3 or sc.-irletfever. 2
of diphtheria. 1 of typhoid, and 1 of
whooping cough.
FOR Information of prospective voters
at the primaries May 4. Previous reg
istration is unnecessary. The voter must
have resided In the state six months, in
the township sixty days, and In the ward
or precinct thirty days prior to voting.
Tourg men who w'll reach their majority
before the general elections In November
of this ear ar" eligible to vote at the
primaries even though they have not
reached twenty-one eara.
DANCE GIG
WARFARE IS
ON INCREASE
Irondale Gangsters Attend
Whiting Dance and are
Beaten Up Withcjut Mer
cy Last Night.
tSPECIAl TO THE TIKES1
WHITING. Ind., April 22. The Iron-dale-Whiting
feud flamed up anew
here last night when two men from
Irondale attending a dance at Slovak
Home given by an out-of-town club,
were caught by Whiting gangsters and
mercilessly beaten. One of the boys
escaped with his life only after a
Whiting policeman had succeeded !n
holding off the Tnot long enough to
enable him to retreat to a moving pic
ture theatre, where he escaped through
a back door.
Rast night's event marked the third
episode in the new- 'gang dance war be
tween rival South Chicago and Whiting
factions which had Its beginning a
week ago Wednesday when a couple r-f
Irondale men were knocked out at a
dance in Slovak Home, Whiting, fol
lowing a wrangle over one -f the girl
dancers. T,ast Sunday n:cht the Iron
dale gang returned to Whiting for
engeance. After the flght one Wait
ing man was found to be ibadly cut up
and one Irondale man and twe Ham
mond boys were arrerted. It was
the local gang's inning lait night.
Saturday night a "Whiting fraternal
lodge is giving a dance fcr the bene
fit of a baseball clui and Whiting po
lice are thinking seriously of reeruit
irg a score cf deputies to maintain or
der in the event that the Irondale crew
will carry out Its threat to return and
"clean-up" the Oil City.
Activities last nirJit began when a
young man. said- by police to be named
Jack Casey antl father is a mem
ber of the fjfiicago polity department,
nan pointed cut to one. of the Whiting
sluggers as an Irondale gangster. "With
Casey was another young man tailed
"Mickey" McGinnis. They were cor
nered. Xo explanations were offered
on either side and when the orchestra
.-lopped with a crash the Whiting mob
pitched in. McGinnis leaped through
the third story window and attempted
t' descend a fire escape which snvung
down unexpectedly, dashing him to the
ground. Part of the mob followed and
when he was captured a few blocks
dr. wn the street they allcwed him to go
unmolested. Aecord:ng to repots his
head had been cut. open and blood cov
ered his face and clothes. Police lost
track cf him.
Casey fought a los'ng battle alone.
His clothes were stripped from his
back, his (ace cut open and one of his
wrists sprained. Sergeant Mul'aney
battered his way to Casey's aid and
dragred him toward the stairs. It is
(Continued on page six.)"
Lowden In
Gary Next
Saturday
Gen. Wood Will Follow On
His Heels and Then
Comes Hiram.
Following en the heels of Senator W.
G. Harding, who made a flying trip
through Lake county yesterday. Gov.
Frank Iowden. of Illinois, will invade
Gary and other Lake county cities on
Saturday of this week. He will speak
at Gary in the evening and Crown
Point in the afternoon.
Tuesday evening, April 28. Gen. Leo
nard Wood is slated to appear !n Gary, j
Senator Borah on the 27th, Warren T. j
MeCray for governor on 28th. Senator
Johnson on the Snth, and Montavillel
Flowers, of California, on the evening i
of May 2nd.
When Senator Harding invaded Gary
J'ahB r"u'" ."'-"-may ne lounu,
that he had a large follow ing of ar-
dent admirers and supporters. At the'
Gary Theater a packed house was pre- j
sent to greet him in the afternoon and 1
from the applause that he received
during his half hour talk, he look
dozens of votes from the Wood camp.
SOME MORE
INVESTIGATING
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NEW ORLEANS. LA.. April 22
Atty. Gen. A. Mitchell Palmer has
ordered fenry Mooney, United States
attorney here, and other department
of justice officials to Investigate the
charges that sugar has been offered to
merchants In New York. Chicago. Bal
timore. Philadelphia and other East
ern cities at 27 cents a pound for
delivery during June by local brokers
and planters. Mooney declares it. has
been estahlished here that w holeps lers
are charging double margins and that
a number of prosecutions aie contemplated.
Two Hurt;
Fire Chaser
Wrecked
Fire Chief Grart's new Cole Eigtit
"fire chaser" is a complete wreck In
Gary today.
As a result of an accident near East
Chicago last night the car was badly
damaged and its two occupants. "William
1 nrkey and Mike King', were, painfully
injured, both haing miraculous escapes
with their lives. The accident occurred
about 7:30 o'clock.
King Is in the Mercy hospital In Gary
suffering from injuries about the bead,
and although ParUcy was able to be at
work today he is still suffering from the
effect of the jolt received wh-n the car
crashed into the post.
According to accounts cf the accident,
the two employes of the fire department
were on their way from Chicago to Gary.
Xear East Chicago another autoist side,
swiped the Gary fire department auto
and it crashed into the pole while run
ning at a fair rae of speed. Both occu
pants recciv-cd severe bruises from the
jolt and King was badly cut from flying
glass from the windshield. King was
brought to the Mercy hospital in Gary
j and Parkey was also given medical at
tention. This morning it was stated
that King will be able to leaie the hos
pital within the next twenty-four hours.
The Gary firemen had been in the city
w ith the new car having a wobbly wheel
repaired and were on their way home at
the time of the accident, it is said. It
is reporf d that the autoist that crashed
into the chief s car was to blame for
th" accident.
This is the second accident on the
Gary department in several months.
I Some time ago the btg fire truck crashed
into a building on the south side in
Gary when the driver attempted to
avoid striking a Ford truck which
crossed in front of the machine al the
street intersection.
IN ATTACK
ON WILSON:
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PES MOINES. 1A., April 22 Pre-
I ident Wilson was bitterly criticised by
Senator Albert B. Cumnvns, i,-..siornt
j pro tern of the senate, in an address
j before the republican state convention
! here this afternoon.
The entire responsibility for the
senate's failure to ratify the peace
treaty was placed on the president by
Cummins .
"It is high time the president of the
I.. S. shall be a right minded man."
i Cummins said. "Surely eight years of
mystery, of uncertainty, of inconsist
ency, of abronamility. of inconceiv
able twisting and turning in the of
fice of the chief executive are punish
ment enough for all the sins and blun
ders we have committed. We have
earned our anticipation."
In discussing the transportation act.
of which lie was one of the authors.
Cummins declared the "age of the
stiike in public ultilities has passed.-'
COMPLAIN OF
THE DYER ROADS
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
DYER. Ind., April 22. Ihete is much
complaint in this place because of the
condition cf the roads, a prominent
Dyer citizen says;
"How things do change. Not ."o
ery long ago Dyer had the reputation
of having the best roads of any town
in the country look at them now the
worst roads in the county would b
more aprt-priate at the present time."
Rumor has it that at the next regu
lar meeting of the town board bids will
be received for the use of the strips of
garden lands running along hoth
sides of Hart street these strips have
t een finely pulverized and put in good
shape for early planting Potatoes
should do well as the soil is fertile.
WHISKEY GOING FAST
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CHICAGO. April 22. Hang out the
. rope and play the -threwery dirze."
There are r-n!y S0.noo.ono gallons of
whisky left in the r. S. 1t was an
nounced today by Cnpt. Hubert How
ard, head of the prohibition forces here
Before the prohibition amendment
w(iU jnt v.ffirt ,hc.
wtte i on, on h oort
( n ham! j,p ,aid
n pj-pT CJ lATTr
Jjilji.XilM UI UJ.XV.ll O X i, i Jt
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Ora Taylor, formerly of Hammond and
Hessville. will be grieved to learn of
the death of their eleven year old
daughter Leora. at their hc-ne. 5812
Prairie Ave., Chicago. Tuesday of blood
pol.onin?r.
SAN REMO CONFAB
IS UNAVAILING
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PARIS. April 22. The inter-ahed su
preme council at San Remo is unable to
agree upon a unified attitude towards
Germany, and the conference probably
will break up on Saturday, ac-ord nr
to a newspaper dispat
m o t r d a y .
from an Re.
Harerstown. Md. 1?:
2g.029; increase 11.222
eent.
0 population.
er 5.2 pr
mm
5EKNEWS
FLASHES
(BULLETIN)
tINTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
CHICAGO, April :'2. Hope of a
peaceful settlement of the switch
men's strike in the Chicago district
was abandoned today, at least tem
porarily, when John Grunau, chief
of 'he strikers, quit a conference
wi ll the federal officials.
(BULLETIN)
INTERNATIONAL. NEWS SERVICE
ST. LULLS, Mo.. April 22. Walter
Kelly, division passenger agr.nl of
the Chicago & Alton railroad, was
shot and killed in his office In the
Roadman's Bank building this after
noon by a woman said to be his w if e.
(BULLETIN)
'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI
CHICAGO. April 22. Hoover pres
idential headquarters were opened
here today adjoining the lf)wden
headquarters jn the Congress hotel.
Robert Stevenson, Jr., is acting
chairman of the Hoover organiza
tion. (BULLETIN)
'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
DOlGRAS. Ariz.. April 22. Any
attinpt of Carranr.H troors to cross
American soil in this section in or
der to invade Sonora will be rrrt by
arm'd interference on the pfirt of
Vnitcd States troops.
(BULLETIN)
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W A T KRB L" 1 i V , Conn., April 22.
Seven thousand non-skilled workers
vent on strike here today in accord
ance to a vote taken by the various
branches of the Xew- England Work
ers Association at mass meetings
held last night. Practically every
fchop in the city was hit by the
sir ike.
LAKE COUNTY
Johnson managers have already
counted Lake county for their man
according to news which h?s been
received frcm Indianapolis.
After Senator Hiram Johnson of
California, a candidate for the repub
lican nomination for president, spoke
at a Columbia Club luncheon Tuesday,
a closed conference of his Indiana
campaign managers was held at John
son headquarters in the Claypool
hotel.
Zeil C. Swain, chief Indiana man
ager, said' that every congressional
district except one was reprecsnted.
"There was no representative from
Lake county," said Mr. Swain. "We
don't need a representative there. We
will carry Lake and a good many other
counties which opponents think they
will carry. Johnson will cany Van
derburg county."
DAMAGE SUIT
IS HEARD
After hearing the greater part of the
evidence in the damage suit of the ad
ministrator of the estate of Henry W.
Kuester against the Michigan Central
R. R. Co., yesterday in the I. S. Dis
trict court. Judge Anderson decided
that the evidence showed contributory
negligence on the part of the occupants
of the automobile which was struck.
He accordingly ordered the jury to
bring in a verdict for the defendant.
Attorneys' then took up the argument
on the issues of one of the Michigan
Central 'circus w reck cases which was
transferred to the federal cc-urt from
the superior court. The question as
to whether the road should be held as
a common carrier and the dea dman as
a passenger wa being argued when
the court decided ahat the attorneys
could better brief their arguments and
file them with him at Tndianapclls.
This was agreed upon, and in case any
further arguments is necessary begore
the hearing, it will take place at In
dianapolis. Another minor ca. was disposed of
ths morning, finishing up the cases
st issue for this session. Judge An
derson returned fc Indianapolis today.
MAIL CARRIERS CAN
WEAR OVERALLS
Well mail carriers in the s.x cities of
Lake county can wear cheaper clothing
if they so desire.
Assistant Postmaster-General Koors
at Washington instructed city post
masters to permit letter carriers to
wear overalls whenever the majority at
any office desired
The -letter carriers' revolt against
the cost c-f clothing, however will be
'gray" instead of "blue" the instruc
lions specifying that gray denim must
ne used in accordance with the tra
ditional gray of the mail service.
HIGH COST OF
JAILS TOO
I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI
LOUISVILLE. April 22 Enable to
pay Jail expenses as tha result of the
decrease in revenue due to prohihit
ion. Jailer Barr teday announced that
he will permit Kentucky Derby vis
itors to sleep in his hooseg.iw at $1
a night.
JOHNSON
ClAING
AND HOOVER
ONLY RIVAL!
Food Chief Is Being Slow!.
Pushed Off The Political
Hap.
BT"vTTO!AM FMIMP SFMM
f STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N SERVICE!
WASHINGTON, Apri 22 Herb :
Hoover is slowly but surely bcii.
pushed off the political map. Such i
the lc.on of the last few weeks :
read by experts in botU the big par
t iea .
Tuesday week May 4 In California,
they pieuict. will tell the tale. Either
the obviously waning enthusiasm for
the former food administrator will be
revived by a victory in ihe primaries
tin re over Senator Hiram Johnson,
else tire end of the Hoover chapter has
come fi r thi.s campaign at l'att.
BIT TWO (WDIUHKS
In t'alifornia there are but two can
didates. Hiram Johnson and Herbert
Hoover. Both arc natie sons. Two
tickets have been prepared, one for
.lohneon and one for Hoover, each
bearing the names .f 26 delegates.
The flght will be as clean as a
whistle. Neither Senator Johnson nor
Hoover will make speeches out tiiere
nor will they send any of their lieu
tenants to slump the state. If there
i to be any campaigning al all. it
will he undertaken by volunteer local
talent.
JOIFVSOY MEN CONFIDENT
Johnson ites here arc thoroughly
confident they have the situation "in
'and. They point out that in Minne
sota Hoover ran fourth: in Michigan
a poor third and in Illinois wherca-.
Johnt-on piled up seventy thousand v.
tes, according to the latest figure-.
Hoover got a sparse 5nn. it is tru-
fhat Hoover's name was not on the
ballot and it had to be written, but
this also applied to Johnson his name
to be written in too.
The report that Hoover's name was
not entered in time legally to put on
the Ca'ifornia ticket was a misinter
pretation of the news that Hoover's
registration affidavit arrived too late
to entitle him to cast his personal vote
iin the primaries. Hoover's name will
appear on the ballot, precisely as will
. Johnson's,
j roi l, OK EDITOR"
j A nonpartisan poll of California
, editots.-' taken just before Hoover
I threw . his hat into -the republican rin
i showed Hover bad considerable
.strength in the state, but
among those who believed him a dem-
(Contlnued on page nve )
CLUB MEETS
Members of the "I'm for Hiram" club
which has been organized in Hammond
10 boost the candidacy of Senator John
son for president, met last evening a'
the Hammond Chamber of Commerce lo
make preliminary arrangements for the
coining of the candidate on Fridav, Apri:
CO.
Owing to the fact that W. E. Osbori
feels that he does not have the neoe?
Sfry time to devote to the work, his resia
nation as president of the club was ac
copied. C. G. Kingwill, Johnson booster
premier, was selected for the position
C. A. Taylor of the V. S. Retz plant was
elected treasurer. Money to meet fx
penses locally will be raised by volum
tary subscription and a neat sum was
turned over to the treasurer last night
AV. J. Cook, Johnson's lone delegat'
in Chicago, was present at the Hammond
meeting and addressed the crowd. He
told how his campaign was conducted in
Chicago before the primary and how the
work was progressing now.
Another meeting will be held at the
Chamber of Commerce Monday evening
to make final preparations for the big
meeting Friday evening. Presiden;
Kingwill announces that he has secured
the big warehouse which the AVolf Man
ufacturing Co. has just erected north oT
'he Michigan Central tracks and just
west of Hohm.iii st. It will seat between
tour and five thousand people. It is
hoped to hold a public rcceifrion for Mr.
Johnson early in th evening and have
the speaking start promptly at 7 o'clock
as he must deliver another address al
Gary the same evening.
OF TREASON
PARIS, April 22. Former Premier
Joseph Caillaux was today acquitted of
high treason against France and of com
municating intelligence to the enemy in
war time. , The vote of the senators
comprising the high court of justice was:
For acquittal. 213; against acquittal.
2R.
Following the verdict of acquittal on
the (irs two chqrRes the court begin
deliberating the charge that the ex
rremier had correspondence with the-enemy
i for mm
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