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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
ELECT OFFICERS;
HEAR ORATOR, and
Sign FOR $4,000

Mckinley Lodge No. ~. r & A. NJ
( Of Hammond was favored with the pres
ence Of Hon. Charles J. Orbison of Indi-
arapolis. Most Worshipful Grand Master
of Masons &c the State Of Indiana. This
va also the occasion Of the election Of
officers Of Mckinley Lodge FOR the en-
suing year. the following officers being
elected:
worshipful Master Harry W Nor
genau.
senior Warden, John c. Kennedy.
Junior Warden vm. NJ OBrien.
Secretary +. W. Miles.
Treasurer. John c. Agnew
Trustees. Merritt D. Metz. Harry w.
Margenau. T. j. Harrison
After the election. Judge Orbison gave
an address. The judge has been an old
war horse in Marion county politics and
although he had never addressed an au-
dience in Hammond before. he came with
the reputation Of being 2 powerful ana
convincing speaker He added to this
reputation in the hour that he spoke
using all the arts known to the evange-
list. the politician. and tho orator. The
judge has earned a welcome in Ham
mond.
At the conclusion Of judge Orbison's
address. a few minutes were taken for
the taking Of stock subscriptions IN the
new temple. Over $4,000 was raised
Mckinley Lodge has been a great sue
cess in the short period Of its existence
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
SAYS Y R00MERS
HAD INTEREST IN
HIS Wine STOCK
Alex Zvonai Tries to Pas;
the Buck But BOOMERS
Object.

Alexander Zvonar's twenty-five room
ers refused to acknowledge ownership
Of any part OF the thousand gallons or
wine which revenue men seized IN the
basement of his residence at 500 Schrage
ave. Whiting, on the 17th Of this month.
when arraigned before United States
Commissioner Surprise yesterday. Zvo-
mar claimed that each Of his twcnty two
roomers had made q portion of the wine
ana brought The twenty-five with him
Tor the hearing before Surprise yester-
day.
Information elected from the roomers
in answer to inquiries tended 70 show
that moS Of the roomcrs were -eetotal-
ers didn't like wine ana wouldn't take
drink of whiskey if it Here offered to
them. After the smoke had cleared
away Zyonar and four Of his roomers
We're held under $1,000 bail for appear
ance before the grand Jury. Johan Tus-
kin Steve Kralj. Pete KoVacic ana
Mathew Ribat admitted ownership of
$50 gallons and zvonar was forced to
assume ownership Of the rest OF the
1000 gallons.
Two other attempts to shift owner
ship of Wine TO the roomers was frus-
trated when Investigation showed that
AIato Knczcvich 7O4 Schrage ave. ana
Vincent Muse. 7l5 Scnrage ave. had
each made a quantity Of Wine and ia
order to clear themselves had placed it
"a different barrels. each of which was
labelled with the name Of one Of the
toomers. Knezcvich brought his four
roomers TO Hammond with hmm for the
hearing but the nine roomers cf Muse
refused to accompany him to Hammond.
It was OF this time that Muse became
excited ana threw bis coat containing
s1,9lf on the table with the result that
some slick stranger took the money
while Muse was out Of the room Both
men gave $1,000 bond for appearance
before the grand jury.
Emil Dedmsly 5S1 Front St; John
Klein 701 Schrage ave; and Tony Brecka
ZOO Schrage ave- an Of Whiting. were
held under $1,000 bond on a charge sci
making wine
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
KNOX SUBMITS NEW
PEACE PROPOSITION

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-A new pro-
posal for the re-establishment Of peace
was submitted today by Senator Knox.
republican. Of Pennsylvania. to the.
senate foreign relations committee Of
which he IS a mebmer.
The proposal was in the form OF a
resolution providing for the repeal Of
the resolution which declared d state
Of war to exist between the I. S. and
Germany.
There was considerable discussion Of
the resolution by members of the com
miftee which met in secret session
The meeting started at noon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
GREENNALD
HOLDS LAW
IS INVALID
Sweeping Decision is Handed
Down in Whiting Tax
Case.

Ihe new Indiana state tax law is H.
'@iio insofar as it purports 10 give au
state tax board Of tax
Non to revise or cut down tax ievlc.
mace oy counties. cities. governments.
ilpfafy boards and other taxing bodies
@"EEPING DECISION.
inns was tine sweeping decision ren
0e i'a oy Juuse Charles H. Greenwsla
81 the Gary Superior courg in tese
Ease tAal was watched with great iu-
terest throughout the state.
The law provides for uniform Ia
system. That means the levy must 10
ne same in Lake county as in Marion
county" said Judge Greenwald.
CRITTCIsE C0MNISSIoN
Governor Goodrich was soundlv erin.
iclzed and he and his three tax commits
sioners were pictured as controlling IN.
uestines OF every city. town or viliaa,
IN the state in direct violation of tn,
constitution. which states that local
eit-soverninent shall be permissible.
ORDERS REVISION.
The court ordered County Audi1,r
George H. Poland to revise the ta9
book for the City OF Whiting. LAX
county. - correspond with the tax rat.
originally adopted by the city counol
oI the City of Whiting
Inc city council OF Whiting adopt.,
levy Of $l,s2le an The hundred dolIass
"hieh rate the state board Of taxation
cut 20 fifty-seven cents. The Citv oe
Whiting Instituted mandate proceedfar-
IN the Gary superior court ssettins -
the contention that the state board of
taxation had no authority to cut i.,o
1e adopted by that city and asked tha,
the cpuny aaditor be ordered 10 revfs.
the tax book 81 Whiting to correspons
with the levy fixed by She city councfl
PASSED DEC. >
The ordinance making the levy ws.
passed by the Whiting city council oo
December 5th
The hearing in the test case started
about 1,S0 o'clock. Attorney Genera
~ Stansbury and State Tax Commits
SION W. G, Nusbaum of INDIANAPOLIS rep
resented the state tax board while the
Lake county auditor was represented bv
County Attorney William Brown Civ
Attorney John c. Han. of Whiting an
peared for the complainant, the CITY ~
Whiting, assisted by former state SON
ator Frank y. Gavit and former Judge
G. N. Greenlee Of Cary.
ADMITS MT STICE.
Attorney General Stansbury in IDS
argument admitted that the new stat.
tax law had worked an injustice l..
many communities and was wrong 81.
many particulars
In presenting the plaintiffs side. Git,
Hall severely criticized Coz
ernor Goodrich. who is said to be III
author OF the new state tax law
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
EAST CHICAGO WINS
FAST GAME FROM
EMERSON, 10 18

East Chicago high school after a hard
battle was able to get ar edge On the
Emerson I'VE from Gary last night ana
won by the score Of 10 to Is 1t was
the first home game Of the season and
the first time that the East Chicago
fans have had chance to see the team
work. The teamwor ilof both teams
was fair, the forwards being forced ID
resort % long shots at frequent inter-
Grant was the individual star for the
East Chicago team, although Martin.
Campbell Jones, Cayenaugh and Mere
dith all contributed by their team work..
The two Sibley brothers. playing for
wards for Emerson. were a combination
hard to best and did rot have quite as
sood support as the Last Chicago for
wards.
In the curtain raiser between the
second teams of the two schools. both
sides had trouble in finding the basket
the game ending 5 TO 4 in Emerson's
favor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
TRIAL ADJOURNS
UNTIL MONDAY
IINrFe"ArioNAL NFws sERvIcE1

los ANGELES. tAL, Dec. 20-The
murder trial of Harry 5. New. Jr.. Went
over today until Monday when Judge
Gavin w. Craig ordered an adjourn
ment until that time.
1t Is thought that counSels for both
sides agreed by stipulation to the ad-
journmen owe rthe week end. owing r.
conditions which both faced and wished
to improve. The defense. suffering a
severe day when the state thrice scored
telling blows. sought time to improve
It's lines and the prosecution suddenly
finding one ~ its star witnesses. Mrs.
Alice Lesser, unable to tetify today pre-
vai'ed upon The court to order an extra
day Of est in the trial
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
EMPLOYEES BANQUET;
WILL RECEIVE BONUS

Fourteen factory department heads
of the Chapin and Company plant re-
ceived welcome news last night when
Geo. NJ. Chaplin announced that the
company would give bonus L. each Of
the monthly employees The announce
ment came during banquet at the
Hammond Hotel which was given by
II II. Con. superintendent OF the
plant Eating. speaking and smoking
made the evening enjoyable to all.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
BARBER FATALLY
BURNED IN OIL
EXPLOSION

GROWN POINT, Ind. Dec. 20
Arthur Breist of this city. is in the
Mercy hospital at Gary suffering from
burns which may cause his death
Breist was burned this morning about
eight o'clock when he attempted to put
kerosine in a gasoline stove which h
used in his barber shop in the Weiss
building on North Court street. Mr.
Breist has wife but no children.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERyIcEl
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20--EvidencS
which tears to shreds the alibi theory
hat decisions of the supreme court were
being guessed" by lawyers involved IN
he leak investigation. IS today in the
hands OF Atty. Gen. A. Mitchell Palmer.
Judge C B. Ames. assistant attorney
General. and Capt. Frank Burke, of the
formation bureau, have wrung from
he lawyers who have been interrogated.
emissions which confirm the informa-
un furnished to the government BY the
.ternational News Service during the
ast month.
.FARNED By AnrES.
More than two weeks ago Judge Ames
-.as warned that the lawyers and their
s.-sociates in the leak scheme would.
trough pre-arrangemenL set UP the
.libi plea that they had "deduced' the
decisions in the case OF trouble with
he federal authorities. That is pre-
,iscIy what happened. but the willy in
lde information" spectators had over
looked several important points in their
tories. Judge Ames seized upon these
I1tNS anu cS q EtSAAL IAAS EAAAASAOAG
lheory of guessing" has been discounted
uy the government.
DAMAGING EVIDENCE.
Judge Ames is in possession OF evil
Gence which definitely connects minor
attache of the court with one of the
lawyers in the case and which shows
mat two men concerned with a specuIa-
lion in Southern Pacific stock on Nov.
IL. one Of them selling the stock short
at Wall ST. brokerage shop and making
70 profit Of $500 on q small investment.
This was the day that the supreme court
handed down its decision in the South
crn Pacific oil lands case. The stock
broke in price on that information.
FLYNN IN NEW YORK.
Chief VIM. j. Flynn. Of the informa-
ion bureau Of the department Of justice.
is in New York today supervising the
continued investigation of certain brok-
rage accounts of men suspected of hav-
ing been in possession of supreme court
ieaIa information. That several brokers
were in the confidence of the Washing
ton lawyers and their tipster associates
and that these brokers and traders were
co ognizant of the fact that the specula-
ions were being made on sure thing
Information from the court. are facts
lnown TO the department of justice. one
broker who has been reluctant to reveal
his accounts TO the government in this
case is now on a hot grill.
LAWYERS FIGHTING.
An acrimonious warfare has broken
out among the lawyers and tipsters in
voIved in the case. The story that deci-
Sions were guessed" having been brok-
IN down by the simple expedients of
Judge Ames. these men are now quarrel
ing and blaming each other and calling
each other liars"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
FUNERAL. TONIGHT

The funeral Of Mrs Rosa shane WIN
died Friday morning at the home Of
her daughters Mrs Charles Thrailk II,
$50 State street. Hammond. viii be held
this evening at eight o'clock from the
Baptist church Following the ser
vices the body viii be shipped by I'm
dertaker Ed Burns TO Louisville. KY,
where interment will be held
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
BAND Will, GIVE
WEEKLY CONCERT

The Fourth Division Military band
Will give ITS weekly band concert at
the N. G a.. rotunaa in Gary sun
dy afternoon The follow ms program
viii he rendered and viii start prompt
~ at three O'Clock
March. Palace of Peace" wander
loot)
Overture. Raymond CFhomas1
Novelette,, Sweet Jasmine" tBendix)
Selections. Dance of the serpents."
'Maresque" tBocelari3
March. Lights out" CMcCoy)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
SUNDAY SHORTEST
DAY OF THE YEAP

Tomorrow, December q Is scheduled
as the shortest day of the year At
twelve o'clock midnight viii see the
start of the longer days
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
PROPHETS Of
WASHINGTON
ARE SHAKING
AIibis of "GueSsing" Lawyers
Torn to ShredS By
Evidence.
(RULr,ETINl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERvIcEJ
WASHTEGTOE, Dec. 2o.-A. r. En-
bry, secretary to Associate Justice
Joseph McKenna, of the Supreme court.
has resigned. HIS resignation has been
placed on nle with the clerk of the
court. Embry has been secretary TO
Justice McKenna for about ten years, is
rh1rty-seven years old and member of
the bar.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
NO SCHOOL FOR
TWO WEEKS

Gary school kids arc happy today
With the close Of the school day on
yesterday. thew started to enjoy a
two weeks holiday vacation They
VIII return to their studies January ;.
A week ago S-s>erintendent Writ Of
the Gary schools planned on a three
weeks vacation as coal conservation
plan. but when the coal strike was
settled the idea was dismissed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

EVANSVILLE -Legionaires here arc
pla ming an Investigation of cases in
which firms refused to restore former
Jobs TO returned soldiers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

HARTFORD CTTY-A s. FIzey Or
Blunton addressed a farmers meeting
IN Jackson township. Blackford county.
last Wednesday
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

CITY JUDGE THEo. KLoTz. was
missing from the bench several DAYS
TINS week on account Of an attack of
fu
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20
CITIES NOT LDHHETED BY COnHnHSSIO
INVESTIGATION is PUSHED VIGOROUSLY
DID YOU
HEAR THAT

~ A A
sUPT. +. :. MONROE If the Ham.
mond schools is tie most papular ma,
sters loose Friday and The, do,.t bas.
TO go back to school for two v-.sl,s
CITY JUDGE THEO. KLoTz. wa.
this week On account IF II atta.l, 4.
du.
"
1t seems more like the war was real
ly over whenever you hear Eddie F>tz.
again. Doesn't il?
"
" WOODS, MARTIN & CO. are on the
I tran of one Of their prospects who had
+ kicked out deal because the world
NO one looks quite as comfortable
I these chilly days as chief Peter Aust
zen when ne comes swinging down th-
street in that hig blue overcoat with
"
THO. Soolias is getting ready to
move ms candy kitchen from state and
Hohman streets to the Harry weis
Oo"4' he 4 oe ao-e e move pletts
Soon' loo' ior Aarsy.s sale i going like
WIG hre-
"
TONY TAPER insists that IN ten
years Hammond VIII be city Of be-
tween 75.eo0 and 100000 population and
Tony IS considered conservative.
PRES. SWANSON Of the American
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

Don't throw your paper awa7
without reading the want I'd page
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

TOUGH luck met Matt Ludwig In a
bunch the Other day In less than
half an hours timc he heard that "A
firm he was sucing had gone bankrupt
$4,000 policy az was after had been
copied by rival and that he had been
skinned ont OF piece of property.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

Advertise in The Times and ad.
rertisc aga;n- Results come with
constant effort.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

IT seems more like the war was real
ly over whenever you hear Eddie F>tz-
serald's gentle voice at the newsstand
again Doesn't it2
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

WOODS, MARTIN ( co. are on the
tran of one Of their prospects who had
kicked out a deal because the world
was TO end on Wednesday
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

On streets and newsstarcs, 90
per cory Delivered Dy cax.1sr "a
Hammond and West Eammsnd, 500
per month
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

Are you ,eaalna Ike Tnns,r
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-20

Bill AHLBORN saws the world d d
not perish Wednesday because Judge
Anderson is still alive. He explains
tht Christ will appear On the last day
but as Christ liked wine lie probably
decided not to appear as Judge Ander-
son would undoubtedly throw him in
JAIN.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-16
GOefhaIS
Approves

IT is proposed to drive this tunnel by the
use of a shield az feet in diameter-the
method most commonly employed in driving
subaqueous tunnels in soft materials The
material under the Hudson River is a soft
silt and sand, overlaid by still softer ma
terial of sewage origin, which is almost
mud complicated by the ledge rock which
is occasionally encountered In a shield
having diameter, of 26 feet there is diff
terence in pressure at the top and bottom
OF ten pounds per square foot This makes
1t difficult to guard against blow-outs and
otheE accidents caused by the difference in
pressure at the top and bottom of the shield.
The 42-foot shield which it is proposed tn
use for this tunnel will make the danger
rof accident proportionately greater. The
diameter of the shields used in driving the
Hudson tunnel was II feet: that of tho
Pennsylvania tunnel shield % feet inches.
the largest ever used under either the Hud-
son or the East River.
The project has received the approval Of
General George w. Goethals, who linked the
Atlantic and Pacific with water. Two wears
and s11,500,000 would make the proposed
yehicular tunnel an actuality, he said re-
Gently.
; "A question which has been brought up
IN connection with, vehicular tunnels for
motor driven vehicles which should be con-
sidered,7 said General Goethals in a report
submitted to the New York and New Jersey
hudson River bridge and tunnel commits
sions, "since it has been asserted that
such tunnels arc not practicable, IL based
on The belief that, carbon monoxide will
DC present in dangerous quantities. The
'ns'dions effects OF tho poisonous gases are
not 70 be deprecated The fact remains.
however, that motor vehicles operate
through the tunnels under tho Thames
River without disastrous results, and these
have no artificial ventilation That tho
tunnels tn question have not the length
Of the proposed Hudson tunnel In scarcely
valid objection, since by ventilation the
sections OF tho formsr can be duplicated In
New-York tribune., 1919-03-16

plains, "but generally heard that it
points to widespread state of mind A
harmless way Of thinking, it seems, but is
it? In the first place. it's dangerous reason
ing, because in many cases it's untrue.
Physically, is man benefited by weeks of
living in filthy, kneedcep mud, by the strain
of twelve, fifteen twentyfour hours of
eXerton day, by the nervous shock of
mine and she'll, by being gassed? Mentally,
is he made more efficient by being reduced
to q brainless cog IN the wheel, or more
sensitive to the finer things in life by
months of monotony of camp routine, and
by the squalor and filth of the trenches,
with neither time nor any but a rare OPP
portunity for keeping up his acquaintance
with books and friends? Morally, is a man
better fitted to live among men when he has
graduated from the most thorough college
in the world-wherc a human being learns
to look complacentlN at death in its most
hideous forms, and the life of man isn't
worth the snap Of finger? We have been
struggling up through years to an ever
Higher Standard of Living' to plunge a
man back into the life of savage is far
from comforting a blessing upon him. Ask
the soldier himself"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-16
ooking Toward the New Grand Army of the Republ
Memories of Common Service
Certain to Call for Preservation
i'm a New Fraternal Body

know, better than the rest Just how un.,
pleasure and romance there is conns,..a
with it. Would they go?
They would. And those who coula -.
would curse the age limit, their worns-
their physical incapacity that prevan,ss
them. What is more, they would ha .s
first, the very first. Ask the soldier -.
self if he wouldn't.
That is the best answer as 60 The ver....
of the Great Experience. Once il ,n..
"hell of war" and now it is a "gooa -,
time" Yet one wonders why, after u,
they would go back. And the question !
hard to answer. Perhaps it is that ~.
glamour of the past which has done =
Perhaps it is the lesson that the hra;n,..'
cog has learned. Deluded and warnea -
ready to take the plunge again, to Throw
away 1.-THE fine things of life" It NAV !,
has sense of patriotism. Or is it because h.
really liked it?
1t comes down to something no so,a;,s
can ever forget-the companionshin ~ \;
fellows when they marched together-tbs
pleasure OF meeting men, all with the same
troubles, ali with the same hopes. II f..
nothing else than their society he would 60.
it through again. The war has formed
companionship of arms which has made thu
war itself a period of pleasant reminis.
cence Without the men the picture loss.
its subtle charm. Septsarges becomes WIN.
it really was-a pitiable, shiverinr l;tts
place, rent by the wrath of q hundred bom.
hQ rHn &c S{r nNf- \
the filth of the roadway, and the forest IA
the northeast shadowy place of torturo
and death, where red ran into the mira n
the footpaths. So we reach a theory yet Ia
be disproved that the men made the war 90
much as the war made the men.
1t Is a pleasant legacy--one of the few
pleasant legacies-of the front that whom
they meet the war will lose a part OF il,
grlmness. There Is the sympathy and
understanding which only one soldier can
feel for another, the friendliness which 70.
suits from an experience they all havs
shared in. Already it is drawing them to.
gether, this aftermath. Strangers meet in
the street, made friends by their acouaint.
ance with their mutual friend, the German
high explosive. Groups gather together.
chatting of the party that is over.
1t means more than idle gossip. Il means
union of the soldiers into fraternity
not soldiers and workingmen's council
not political body, but still body Of men
with definite opinions, whose opinions will
be respected. Inevitably the graduates Of
"the most thorough college in the worlds
will band together, if it is only to talk
about the past and the glamour, to wonder
at the lights of Broadway. They travelled
too far together ever to return entirely and
entirely forget, even if they wished It,
Their discharge from the army has not
freed them They are still in the army Of
the Republic.
The brand is on them-the brand Of Caih
or the brand of democracy, whatever you
wish to call it. They will never leave that
army. The ranks are formed, and the
ranks of the new grand army will not be
broken, any more than those OF the other
which stepped from the field of Gettysburg.