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FOTl 1DI1M Rain tonight and
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UGHT
COUNTY
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JlJxilllk ft J
HAS Ml OF
"MIRACLES"
Police Uncover Healer anc
Hake Some Startling
Discoveries
Ob ctreets and newsstands, 3e
Per oopy. DaUrtrM by crri la
Hsmacol and Wove Etsuncsd,
Thro Cents
VOL. XIV. NO. 13S.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1920.
HAMMOND, INDIANA
HOll
TOBmy?
PORK HEADS
PRICE LIST
DECLINES
Bottom Said to Have Fallen
Out of Heat, Prices Pre
war Levels hear
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
Chicago, Nov. -a utucago, the
raeat ctuttr of the world, started the
lousiness week today with meat prices
nearer the pre-war levels than they
Lad ever been, before. Declarations
that the "bottom has fallen out" and
that tlio period of "normalcy" will be
reached ery shortly, are- freely made
by leading retailers.
ON TEE LTAIOB DO WIT
Pork heads the list with a decline
In price during the past few days that
is little short of sensational. Loin
jork, which sold a month ago at 3S
to 45 cents a pound, can be bought to
day for from 22 to 27 cents a pound.
Pre-war prices for this meat was from
17 to 18 cents. Pork chops also have
declined, dropping from 50 to 55 cents
a month ago to 25 and SO cents a pound
today.
OSASS PATTXNXD BEET DO WW
Grass fattened beef has recorded a
decline of approximately 35 per cent,
dealers declare. Corn fattened beef
has net shown any marked decline as
et, but if the drop in the price of
corn, more of this grain is bring fed
to stock and increased offerings on
the msrket are expected to bring corn
fattened beef to the price level of oth
er meats within the next few weeks.
OTBIE COSESCODXTCSS
Other commodities fl;i nave shown
oharp declines here recently are but
ter, which has dropped 8 cents per
p.'und in the last week; sugar, which
has declined from 31 cents a pohnd
last spring to 10 cents a cound; pota
toes, wliicli were ten cents a pound a
year ago, nd have dropped to 3? cents
expound now; coffee, flour, milk, bread,
canned goods and apples.
Eggs and oranges continue to be the
aristocrats of the family table. Prices
of these edibles continue to lurk near
the peak reached during the war.
GARY RAIDS
TAKE PLACE
Swooping down upon all the alleged
"blind pigs", gambling resorts and
houses of shady reputation in the
eouth side district in Gary late Satur
day night, the Gary police conducted
pine big raids and arrested in the
neighborhood of sixty persons in one
of the biggest 'clean-up campaigns"
cf the Gary underworld in the history
of the city.
The clean-up started early Saturday
right and continued during the night
and over Sunday. Sixty-five arres:s
were made from 7 o'clock Saturday
Sight until 8 o'clock this morning,
breaking all records that have bean
established for several years.
Tips received in advance from un
known sources spoiled several raids.
In one place the police swooped down
en. a soft drink parlor and pool room.
A light flashed a signal to gamblers
In the basement and before they po
lice were able to get down stairs all
that they were able to find was twenty-five
negro gamblers. They had
found sufficient time to hide evidence
of the game and th police were un
able to cause any arrests. This same
condition was found In another ptacc.
Some of the places raided are: Sent
a "stool" into soft drink parlor of Dan
Ojanovlch at 2200 Washington street
and bought a glass of moonshine.
While "stool" was drinking it officers
entered the place and arrested OJano-i-h
on a charge of violating the state
liquor law.
Joe and Dan Lamont. owners of a
soft drink parlors at 1703 Jefferson,
were arrested on a charge of keeping
a gambling house and took four other
men on a charge of gambling house.
Making a further search the police
found two women upstairs. They
Maimed they were from Chicago and
had been in Gary about three weeks.
They were booked on a charge of be
ing inmates of a house of JU fame. ,
Twenty-two Greek dice shooters
B-ere arrested in a game at 660 Wash
ington street Saturday night, follow
ing a complaint earlier in the even
ing that a man had lost $400 in the
tame and that they were using croak
ed dice In the game. E. Pera and Theo.
Sundaa were booked as keepers of the
jame. :
Twelve colored men were arresteJ
In. another dice game conducted by
William Burius and Ike Smith at 1725
Adams street in a soft drink parlor
and pool room. $52.70 and fome die;
as brooght to the police station as
evidence.
Adam Skl'Jo and Sam Joricieh, own
trs of a soft drink parlor at 1120 Jef
ferson street were arrested In a
Eharge of violating the state liquor
.aw. Fifty gallons of mash and some
noonshtne was confiscated.
In the pool roon of Jesse Evan,
118 Adams street. . the police found
;werity-ftve negroes in the basement.
The money and dice had been cleaned
fr the table before the police were
ibie to get down stairs.
WHOLESALE
Vampire
Automobile
Slays Two
Shocking Motor Accident at
East Chicago. Speeding
Car Makes Its Escape
One woman is dead and another, a
daughter of the woman killed, is dying
as a result of one of the cruelest and
most dastardly automobile accidents in
j the Twin City that has happened fn
months. ,
Mrs. Julia Seja, with her 7 year old
daughter, Iona, came from Chicago
yesterday morning to visit her brother
Tony Seja of 4316 Mellville avenue and
after spending a very pleasant day
with her brother had left the house
about 5 o'clock for the purpose of go
ing back to her home on Erie avenue,
Chicago.
The woman and her child had been
awaiting to cross the street to board
a Green Line car and as they ap
proached the crossing a big gray Har
mon car, coming at a terrific rate of
spted and without warning swooped
down upon them striking and knocking
the woman and the child down and then
speed on in the directio of Calumet
and then turned North on Kenneny ave
i.ue. Witnesses to the dreadful scene
rushed over and picking up the two
bodies, carried them over to the Calu
met Drug Store, where the woman was
found to have been killed instantly.
Dr. Schlieker who was called rendered
first aid to the child who was In an
unconscious condition and had hr
rushed to the St. Margaret's hospital
wnere she is reported as dying.
Upon examination of Mrs. Seja. It
was found that she had received a
broken neck and that her heart had
been p'erced by some sharp instrument.
The machine that killed the woman
is reported by witnesses as being a
grey painted color and bore an Indiana
state license but that they were unable
to get the number owing to the speed
at which the machine was traveling.
Witnesses claim that three young
men who were in the machine seemed
to be in a drunken condition and that
taey were laughing and swearing.
For sometime past speeders have
caused a number of deaths in this lo
cality and yesterday's accident is ono
of the many added to the long list now
chained up to automobiiists charged
with reckless driving.
E. C. GLOVER TO BE
DEPUTY RECORDER
CROWS POINT. Ind., Nov. 29. It ie
reported that Edward C. Glover who
has" been assistant manager of the
Lake County Title & Guaranty Co. for
several years will resign his position
there shortly to become deputy record
er under William C. Rose, the newly
elected recorder who will take office
January let. Mr. Glover Is well quali
fied for the position having acted in
that capacity under H. E. Jones and is
thoroughly conversant with every
piece of real estate in Lake county,
having been in this line of work ever
since his graduation from Purdue uni
versity several years ago.
PETIT JURY FOR
SUPERIOR COURT
CROWN FOINT. Ind., Nov. 23. The
following petit jury for superior Court
No. 2 in Hammond has been chosen by
the jury commissioners: F. B. Plum
mer, Lowell; Aug J. Dreesen. Ham
mond; Otto Matthias, Hammond; James
G. Alien, East Chicago; Henry A. Beau
bien. Whiting; James H. Gardner, In
diana Harbor; Arthur Bixenman.
Lowell; John Jackson. Whiting; Albert
Sherby, Hammond; John H. Bremer,
Hammond; F. C. Miller. Hammond; W.
E. Jewell, Indiana Harbor.
LORADO TAFT
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Lorado Taft, the sculptor, who is to
appear here on the Lyceum course.
Tuesday, Dec. 7. at the First Baptist
church. is a native of Illinois. He was
erarluated from the state university at
Campaign at the ae of 19.
His taste for sculpture revealed
itself when he was a boy of 13.
A foreign sculptor had been called
from Chicago to mend the statues of
the newly acquired university collec
tion, broken in transit, and young Taft
watched him with growing interest
and a desire to emulate him.
During the Columbian exposition
Mr. Taft frequently lectured in the
fine arts building and came to be
recognized as an authority on all'mat
ters relatln gto works of art, as well
as to his chosen profession. Two
groups, "Sleep" and the "Awakening
of the Fowers" by him adorned the
entrance of horticultural hall and ex
cited much admiration.
Mr. Taft' sculpture Includes the
statue of Schuyler Colfax at Indian
apolis. General Grant at Fort Leaven
worth and figures on various military
monuments throughout the country.
Death of Mrs. Seehausen
Mrs. P. Seehausen died Friday at
her home. 450 Gordon street. West
Hammond, after a long illness. She
resided in West Hammond for 2S years
and leaves besides her husband, two
daughters, two sons, a son-in-law and
two grand children. She was 51 years
old. The funeral arrangements are for
Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 in the home
and 2:00 in St. John's Lutheran church
with C C. Xeidow in charge
AMERICAN TRUST'S
BANK IS OPENED
VERY AUSPICIOUSLY
The American Trust &. Savings Bank
grand opening last Saturday was a
lomplcte success. Bankers from every
institution in the county sent congrat
ulations or called in person during the
day and evening. The new banking
rooms was jammed with people who
were presented with flowers and cigars.
The gifts of flowers to the bank
by firms and individuals were many
and beautiful.
The bank is now equipped with
elegant banking fixtures, large roony
.quarters and one of the largest and
finest safety deposit vaults in the state
and with something like deposits of
eight hundred thousand dollars and
owning their own bank building.
The officers and directors have every
reason to feel grateful to the deposi
tors, the business public and the peo
ple. AL
He Will Not Tank up
Henceforth While Rid
ing Motorcycle ' ,
Frank Solovei. 1433 Greenbay ave.
Burnham, will say that it doesn't pay
to fill up on booze and then try to motor
through the streets of Hammond. He
tried it yesterday and made a. mess cf
it. ' '
Frank had beeif At Chicago Heights,
according to his own story, .and pur
chased two bottles cf moonshine, a big
one uid a little one. He drank the
little one right away. Then he etart
ed for Burnham through Hammond. By
the Lime he reached Calumet- avenue
the fcootch. was 'working fine.
Officer Bell saw Frank coming with
bis motorcycle. lie was handy with It.
He flirted around other cars, broke
every traffic rule he could thinlt of
and then tried riding with both barfia
bove his head. Belt followed and fin
ally overhauled him. Frank objected
to arrest. He offered Bell the motor
cycle and started to run at the same
time. Bell got him and a short time
after had him in a celL
This morning Solovei was arraign
ed in court. The speeding charge was
tried first. Frank denied it all but
agreed to a fine of 115 and costs.' He
thought he was getting off nicely when
the prosecutor read the next affidavit
charging him with, driving his bike
while drunk. Bell produced the large
bottle of liquor and the empty small
bottle as he told tho new phase of the
story.
Frank was downcast and refused to
answer when the judge asked, "how
about it."
"Well here's where I take r3ther
crack at this business of driving while
drunk," remarked the judge. "I'm go
ing to fine you $50 and costs."
That made a total of $85. which
Frank paid and he lost his liquor be
sides. HARDING ON
WAYTO JAMAICA
By DAVID M. CHURCH
ABOARD THE U. S. SS. PASTORES
WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT HARD
ING, Nov. 29. The. Paatores, carrying
President-elect Harding and his party
bound for Jamaica, was 200 miles out
in the Caribbean sea early today, hav
ing left Colon at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
In leaving the Panama canal aone
Senator Harding expressed great satis
faction with his visit. He said he felt
considerably rested.
Mr. Harding expressed himself es
pecially impressed with the commer
cial possibilities of the canal zone.
Appointments After
Legislature Adjourns
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Nov. 29.
Warren T. McCray. governor-elect,
who arrived here Friday for confer
ences with various people in regard
to the coming state government, made
the positive statement that he would
not announce any of the major ap
pointmentss in the new state adminis
tration until after the adjournment
of the Mate legislature next March. He
said be would not even make ar
rangements for contemplated changes
n Important positions until after the
legislature had completed its session.
T will not make any appointments
until then." said Mr! McCray. in this
connection. "I can not say what Gov
ernor Goodrich will do."
NEW YORK STATE
SAVES SIXTY MILLION
ALBANY, N. Y.. Nov. 27. New York
rtate has saved 160,000.000 by a court
of appeals decision today.
The state's highest tribunal sus
tained the corporation Income tax law.
assailed by several of the largest cor
r.orate tax payers in the state and
thereby, according to Attorney Gen
eral Newton's interpretation, "chack
mates the efforts of the business and
mercantile corporations to recover sll
corporate franchise taxes paid the
state in the last three years.
SUPREME
COURT RECESS
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. The u
preme court of the U- S. is in rec!
today and will not reconvene unt!
next Monday. It Is expected that a
number of Important decisions wi.il b i
handed down on that date.
BuRNhAIyI
MAN
LEARNS
1
STORE MEN
SUBMIT TO
INTERVIEWS
How Department Store
.Heads Consider Problems
of Service to Public and
What It Means
ADDITIONAL
REWARD OFFERED
We the Building Trades Council
of Like Co offer a reward of 9100
for the arrest and conviction of any
I'nlon man affiliated with this coun
cil for the breaking of the win
dow In the Lion Store.
BITLIMNG TRADES COUNCIL, OF
LAKE CO.
J. U. MEA.RS, Secy.
For the first time since they have
been harrassed by picketing and boy
cotting Hammond department store
proprietors consented to be interviewed
by Times reporters on the labor situa
tion that has confronted them. Inter
viewers were impressed with the fact
they were busy as could be and their
clerks were busy. The three men in
terviewed In the several stores, if con
cerned as to the outcome by no means
manifested it and were willing to dis
cuss anything but labor questions. It
was noted in every case that the on
thing which did concern them more
than anything else was the interrup
tion of their service to the public and
their kinship in their help and cus
tomers. That their organizations have
been built up around these problems
and for them was sincerely evidenced
DEPLORES TREATMENT.
That merchants must be left in con
trol of their own business without out
side interference was the tenor of an
Interview had with a department store
proprietor who declared that;
"The one thing that I personally re
gret most in connection with the situ
ation that has arisen between our"J
selves and the officials of the Clerk a
Union and the Trades Council, Is the
uncalled for and unjust treatment that
patrons of the stores are subject to at
the hands of the pickets outside. Not
a day passes that we don't hear a num
ber of complaints from customers who
have been spoken to, intimidated and
even threatened by men and young
women parading in front of our doors,
carrying placards. Public opinion is
thoroughly aroused against this sort
of thing and people are wondering how
much longer the stores will put up
with these vicious tactics on the part
of the pickets in their rither unsuc
cessful effort to injure our business.
FIGHT FORCED O.V THEM.
"Expressions of Indignation at these
methods come from many fair-minded
and right thinking union men and hun
dreds of union sympathizers who pa
trolze us. as well as from the general
public and we feel that we owe a debt
of gratitude to all those who by their
loyal support and patronage of this
store show where their sympathies are
in this fight that has been forced upon
us. Regarding the effect of the boy
cott on cur business, you may state
that we are doing a normal business.
While It la true that a number or
union men who from fear of having
fines imposed upon them by their lo
cals, are not coming to our store now,
this loss has been offset by the addi
tional and most liberal patronage that
we are getting from our best citizens
in their desire to show that they con
sider our cause Just.
"As to the nature of the controversy,
there is no need of going into details
again. I believe that the general pub
lic has been enlightened through the
articles which I have noticed in your
paper and whioh reflect the true facts
with reference to wages, working con
ditions, hours, etc.
HE MAN 13 FREEDOM OF ACTION.
"I regret indeed that the Hammond
Trades Council has seen fit to line
Itself up with these outside agitators
who are trying to force their will up
on us in an endeavor to dictate how
we shall conduct our business. As free
American citizens, I feel that we must
be left in control of our own affairs
without the malicious interference on
the part of agitators who are totally
incompetent to judge the operation
and needs of a business like ours. No
one realizes more than we do our
selves that only by the whole hearted
co-operation of our employees, whose
full confidence we have always enjoy
ed, can the organization that we have
developed, hope to succeed in its aim
icuaunud n pagu two.
W0W!.fji
i
FLOA
ER
ora in
I. HARBOR CANAL
The body of a white man, later
identified as that of John Pihourch, of
5026" Melville avenue was found yester
day morning floating in the canal near
the Forsythe avenue bridge.
The body which had evidently been
in the water for at least ten days was
badly mutilated and disfigured and It
Is very evident the man met with foul
play.
When his body was recovered1 a bank
book and a few letterfs were found in
his pocket, showing the man had with
drawn about two hundred dollars from
the bank about ten days ago and had
never returned.
FRICK INHERITANCE
. TAX MID TODAY
County Treasurer Bradford
Gets Check for $25,000 on
Ind. Harbor Holdings
CROWN I-OIXT. Ind.. Nov! 23 An
interesting inheritance tax, the larg
est ever paid into an Indiana county
treasury since the inheritance tax law
went into effect In 1913, was paid to
County Treasurer Ralpxi Bradford
this morning. The executor of the
estate of the late H. C. Frlck paid
124.938.48 into the county treasury on
124 acres of land across the U. S.
canal, northwest of the American
Steel Foundries plant. The tract was
appraised by W. c. Harrison, secre
tary of the Indiana tax board, who is
soon lo become tax agent for the
Pennsylvania lines in Indiana at $643.
000 and the proportion of indebtedness
in Lake county is 1143,009.
Among the beneficiaries' are Prick's
widow, $81,000; daughter, $80,600; son,
130.500; the Frick art gallery, $153,000.
Havemeyer, Rockefeller get $508 each
and the balance goes to universities
and hospitals.
NORTHWEST FEELS
EARTHQUAKE
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. "9. The ex
tent of yesterday morning's earth
quake, said to have been the most se
vere ever felt in the Pacific northwest,
grows with reports coming in this
morning from points as far east as
Spokane and northern Idaho.
Portland was in the path of the
tiemblor, but apparently was reached
only by the outer waves of the earth
disturbance as the quake was com
paratively slight here. Spokane en
dured a thirty-second tremblor, while
Seattle felt a series of shocks that
grew in violence.
No serious damage has been report
ed. The seismograph at the Univer
sity of Washington recorded the most
violent earthquake since 1906 when the
instrument was Installed.
SUES FOR $800
Henry A. Meyers has filed auit in the
Hammond superior court against thi
Enterprise Bed company of Hammond
alleging breach of contract. Meyers
says that on Aug. 12 he entered into
a contract with the company by which
ho was to act as production manir
at the Hammond plant. He says that
on Nov. 9 he was discharged without
notice, thus breaching the contract.
Ho asks Judgment for $800. His at
torneys are Crumpacker & Friedrich.
DEATH OF
CONRAD KALUF
Conrad Kaluf, 63, died Sunday morn
ing at 4:40 o'clock after a brief illness
with pneumonia. Mr. Kaluf, who was
born in Holland, had lived in the vi
cinity of Hammond for the last 4J
years and at the time of his death was
living at 86 Ogden street. He leaves a
wife, six daughters one son and two
grand children. Four brothers and two
sisters also survice. He had been a
member of the Presbyterian church
for over 30 years. The funeral will be
held first from the house at 1:20
o'clock Tuesday afternoon and at 2
o'clock from the First Presbyterian
church. Rev. J. C. Parrett will officiate
and burial will be In the Ross ceme
tery, Emmerllngr in charge.
SUES CONTRACTOR
Calvin Van Schaack, whose automo
bile was damaged on the night of Sept.
3 by colliding with a pile of brick in
front of the new Gregory theater
building, has brought suit for damages
against Ruftis Dinner, contractor in
charge of erecting the building. Van
Schaack says that the plie of build
ing material was not protected by a
warning light. He wants $S00 dam
ages. Crumpacker and Friedrich are
his attorneys.
MANY AT
HARMON FUNERAL
ARDMORE. Okla., Nov. 29. Thou
sands of Oklahomans gathered here
today to pay final respects to Jake
It Hamon, republican national com
mitteeman and multimillionaire oil
magnate, who died from the effects of
bullet wound.
The funeral service was to be brief
with interment at 2:30 this 'afternoon.
Whiie. final tribute was heir paid to
Harnon a syrtenittic search was being
made In Okia'noma for Mrs. Clara
Smith Hamon, cousin cf the deed man
by marriage who is charged with hav
ing fired the shut that resulted in his
death.
5 m NEWS
FLASHES
BTJLLITIM
r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl
SOUTH BEND, IND., Nov. 29
Service of 100 subpoenaes in South,
Bend will be completed today by
Frank H. Ream, deputy U. S. mar
shal here, to round up witnesses in
the federal grand jury investiga
tion of the alleged "giganti-:"
whiskey ring operating in Indiana.
Several prominent South Bend per
sons, it is understood, will go be
fore the federal Jury in Indiana
polls December 6th to tell what
they know about the reported
"combination."
BTJLLXTTIT
r INTER NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.. Nov. 29
Federal authorities here 'today
denied there was "any truth" in
reports that the government had
begun its activities against the al
leged Indiana whiskey ring by ser
ving more than 100 subpoenaes in
South Bend preparatory to the fed
eral grand Jury investigation into
the liquor traffic. Reports have
been circulated that 160 persons
are to be subpoenaed in South
Bend and that half a dozen other
cities are to come in for inves
tigation. BTJXXJETXK
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1
SHAMOKIN. PA.. Nov. 20 Fire
starting .in the pool room owned by
E. R. Dubbs swept the Windsor
block in the business section today
causing a loss of at least $300,H'0,
The fire was still burning at noon,
but was under control. The origin
is unknown.
BtrUETX2T
f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl
NEW YORK. Nov. 23 R. Wll
mcr Boiling, brothervin-law of
President Wilson, was requested by
telegram today to appear tomorrow
before the AValsh congressional
committee investigating the ship
pin gboard.
t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1
BOSTON, Nov. 23 Directors of
the Christian Science church were
flayed as having used methods un
worthy of the trader in the street
by William G. Thompson, arguing
for John V. Dittemore at the hear
ing before the supreme court to
day. J. J.
GARY BOOSTER,
PASSES AWAY
James J. Reynolds, consulting engi
neer of the Elgin. Jollet & Eastern
Railway, and building of the Reynolds
building in Gary, died yesterday at his
home, 4326 N. Rockwell street, in Chi
cago, after a three days' illness. Mr.
Reynolds was known nationally as a
railroad builder, principally in the
Gary district. Born in Cincinnati 63
years ago, he came to Chicago in lSSs.
In 1888 he married Miss Dora Thomas
of Dodgevllle, Wis. In 1S98 he achiev
ed prominence by harnessing the pow
er of the Snoqualmie waterfalls for the
lighting of Seattle and Tacoma.
Nearly twenty years ago, as engi
neer for the New York Central Rail
road, he built the Chicago, Illinois &
Southern Railway.
In 1906, when the United States Steel
Corporation decided to build a plant
and city in Gary, Mr. Reynolds was
placed in charge - of relocating all of
the railroad tracks. He built the Gary
yard for the Elgin. Joliet & lastcrn,
and built the Gary & Western Rail
road. He was in charge of all the
railroad work there.
The surprising growth of Gary was
his lifelong rride. Gary was his hobby.
He helped to improve it.
In 1912 Mayor Harrison appointed
him on the harbor and subway com
mission. He was largely responsible
for the commencement of work on the
Municipal Pier.
His 14 year-old daughter Dora died
In the Iroquois fire. From 1904 to 1906
he was president of the Iroquois Me
morial Society. He was a member of
the Wctsern Society of Engineers.
Burial will probably be from his
home to Oakwood Cemetery at 10
o'clock AVednesday morning.
ACCUSED OF
BLOCKING STREETS
Jake Diamond, Reuben Diamond,
Jrike Zobasky, Simon Silverman and
Loulo Finkelsteln, Hammond fruit
venders mere brought into the Ham
mond police court this mornin?
charged with violating the ordinance
against blocking streets with vehicles.
Complaints had been received that the
men had been backing their wagons
to the curb of Oakley avenue, between I
-. . . .j sit.i. . .i & i
vehicle was barely able to pass on the
opposite side at a time. Judge Klotz
refused to dismiss the case, btit held it
open pnding good behavior and let
them off with a. warning.
A CORRECTION
An Item In last Saturday's T:mes
stated that John Waltz, alias Harris, a
negro, was arrested at the Hotel Carle
ton. The hotel management insists
that Walts was a white man and that
negroes are not permitted in the hotel
as guests.
REYNOLDS
"Doctor" Andrew Vldkowski, 71
150th street. Hammond, is the latest
type of "miracle man" to offer his
i-ervlces to the public. As usual he has
been making money at it.
Doc Vldkowski has been practicing
his art for a long time, but had al
ways managed to keep it quiet until
last week when the Hammond police
raided his place and arrested him on
a charge ,of selling intoxicating liquor.
He was to have been tried in the
Hammond city court Saturday after
noon, but Special Judge J. W. Morth
land was tailed away and the mat
ter was continued.
STRANGE TREATMENT OF DISEASE
While police were at Vldkowski'
home some startling discoveries were
made. One of the officers entered a
bedroom and found the "doctor's"
young daughter and a paralyzed pa
tient in the fame bed. It wij a part
of the strange system of treatment of
disease which Andy has evolved, ac
cording to the explanation which he
gave. He holds that if a sick per
son is placed in bed with a healthy
youth or animal, the disease will
leave the body of the weaker one and
enter the body of the stronger. The
latter will be able to combat the at
tack and will not suffer ill conse
quences. DOGS SLEEP WITH PATIENTS
The paralytic was swathed in cot'
ton which had been soaked with vile
smelling concoctions calculated to aid
the victims infirmities in escaping
from his body.
Inside Vidkowski's house and in the
yard which is surrounded by a high
fence are numerous dogs. These ani
mal? are used in his process of trans
ferring disease. They also sleep with
patients and carry away the ailments
which afflict them.
Vidkowski also has an office. It !s
an Impressive looking place, lined with
shelves bearing huge bottles of ether,
alcohol, and all sorts of patent medi
cines. There he diagnoses the oases
in which t he patients are able to be
brought to him. He either hands out
tho medicine which will effect the cure
or recommends treatment in his "sani
tarium." WANT TII.M PROSECVTKD
The medical profession of Lake
county has known of Vidkowskl's ac
tivities and efforts have been made to
"save ,him prosecuted by the state
board for practicing medicine without
a license. However, the state board
has done nothing, as it claims to have
no funds with which to carry on the
prosecutions. In the meantime Vidow
ski continues to make money.
His fame has spread and numerous
cases of "wonderful cures" have been
heard of in West Hammond and Hogp
wisch. He is also much t-ought for by
the more or lesj isrnorart of the for
eign element of East Chicago and In
diana Harbor.
POLICE ni V I.Kll OR
The arrest of Vidkowski came whi.it
It had been reported that many were
taking his medical treatments because
of the high alcoholic content of some
of his preparations. Hammond police
purchased a bottle of stuff from him
and found that they had a good liquor
case against him.
DEATH MAY
OF ACCIDENTS
One man may die and several other
persons were injured as a result of a
series of accidents that occurred in
Gary over the week-end.
Failing to notice an approaching au
to driven by William I.lle. 3757 Har
rison St. yesterday afternoon, Dona
to DiFoggi 2127 Delaware St., step
ped from behind a street car, directly
in the path of the auto at 22nd ave..
and Broadway.
Dolle tried to bring his machine to
a stop in time to avoid an accident but
it was impossible. DiFoggle was
caught by one of the front wheels. re
ceiving a fractured skull, a broken col
lar bone and bruises and lacerations
about the head. He was rushed to the
St. Antonia hospital where . his con
dition was termed as critical.
I'lh'e year old tiopliia WroblcwsU,i,
163S Pennsylvania street, was another
auto victim. She was severely bruised
when she ran in front of a Dodge Se
dan at 17th avenue and Broadway yes
terday afternoon. Word received from
her homo at noon today was that the
would recover.
In ancthor accident, Albert Woodk-:.
resuding south of Crown Point, had a
narrow escape from injury when
attempted to turn into Broadway at
loth avenue.
Woodke it is underst--.d was drivins
west on loth avenue and In making the
turn crashed into a machine driven by
Dr. W. S. Bailey colored) who at
tempted to make the turn onto 13th
avenue. Neither were injured it is
understood and the cars escaped with
but little damage.
New Sales Manager
at Surnmer's Pharmacy
From today on a new face will b
m-en in the household department of
the Summers pharmacy. The business
has grown to such an extent that Mr.
Eummera has been compelled to hav
assistance in the sales end. E. N.
Bishop, is the new manager in charge
cf the household department, consist
ing of Pathe phonographs, Fedeml
Electric Washerp, Vacuum S'weeperi.
etc.
Mr. Bishop is an experienced sales
man, knows the house hold accessory
business and will be glad to meet the
friends and acquaintances f the
store
FOLLOW
SERES