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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
PERSECUTION
STORIES ARE
EXAGGERATED
Rev. Naples Just Back from
Poland Tells What He
Saw There.

Reports OF Jewish persecution In Pol
and are greatly exaggerated according
10 Rev. Frank Naples. who has just
armed from SIX months stay In
and as Y. NJ. g. a. director o. Gen
Al HAuers and Division Of the Polish
American Legion. Rev. Naples la01-
e4 in New York only few weeks @so
and has accepted acaA 10 supply 1Ao
40Aplt in the East Chicago congress 81
-onal church for the next month.
pefore the Mems club OF the ohuren
7ast night. Rev. Naples spoke OF ms
xperiences in war work as y NJ =
worker. told CT the humorous hap
enings. and led up 70 his main topic
the evening. the political situation
New Poland The Jews or Poland
Rev Naples observation, were SUD
cted TO hat he termed ''renned per
.e,,,tion. Reports q posrams. mas
,7,res and nistreatment are untrue
i the Jews suffer humiliation at an
res he said.
The Jews OF Poland differ from the
vs. Of the United states, i'm that tAey
tain all Of their old Hebrew customs.
NOT shave. wear distinctive cloth n :
"a t7 other WAYS set themselves OF
marked people. The Jews want
s.tr own institutions, schools. hospit-
S. banks. and d. measure of political
ralitv. Their political situation IL
81 greatly different from that of the
s3thern negro who is dominated pc
scauy BY the southern white.
REV Naples said that he found as
in as he entered his work among
Polish troops that the United state
IS the one and only country to wh'e n
GLAND looked for aid The United
ftes was considered the only coun-
which was Interested and at the
os time disinterested- For this
.eason he was able to do more among
~. Polish troops than a person of an
o-her nationally would have been able
Il DO.
rev Naples caused much laughter
telling Of various miXups which he
.1ad himself in when he attempted
to speak in French to soldiers who
srned out to be Americans. storf IS
the slow ways in which other nat
nalides worked also proved hnmor-
,-s to the audience
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06

After struggling along IN LIES hum
drum existence one day and the next 70
receive word that they had fallen heir
ro a million dollars-who wouldn't have
heart failure?
At any rate that's the unusual expert
cuce of the four Cares brothers VINO
make their homes in Cary aud south
Chica go They own the Grand Billiard
Parlor at 752 Broadway and the Carries
Rros. Recreation Rooms at 92nd and
Commercial ave in South ChIeago
II can't realize it," said Gust Carries,
-bu, here It IS i'm black and white. T
pointing 10 a freshly opened letter. The
letter vas from an aunt IN Tripoih
Greece. and contained the information
that their grandfather had died. leaving
vast fortune Of sizty-two million
francs. or equal 10 about si2o0o.ooo n
American money.
According to the lottor tie Will he-
qpoaths forty-two million francs % char
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
MOTOR EQUIPMENT
REDUCES HAMMOND
FIRE LOSS IS PCT.
Chief Mil Able to Turn in
Excellent Report for
Year Just Closed.

The end Of 1919 finds tile city OF
Hammond equipped as we'll as any city
In the state with motor fire trucks
and apparatus for fighting ares. ac
cording to report made by Fire Chief
William Mil The department has made
an enviable record during the year and
the efficient and heroic members Of the
department have AL supported their
fearless chief to the limit So success
ful has the department. been In check
ing and eXtinguishing fires that It has
made Hammond one Of the safest ci-
ties In the state az witnessed bv rec
concentrations OF the state Fire Mar
shall and Insurance Underwriters
throughout the country.
Three pieces of motor apparatus
have been added to the force during
the year, two combination hose and
cheimcal motor American LaFrance
trucks, and an Insurance patrol Of the
same make. each OF which are espe-
cially designed for fast runs and are
especially equipped for protecting
property during fire Through the
efficiency of the new apparatus and the
FIRE fighters the insurance rates in
Hammond have been reduced to the
lowest ia the state. Three hundred
and fifty alarms have been responded
to during the year, OF which eleven
we're out Of the city.
Chief Mil has recommended the pur-
chase of motor equipment for Fire
Department No. and the city council
viii have the matter before them IN
the meeting this evening.
The fire insurance report follows:
Value of buildings. $420.6oo. total
Insurance on buildings. $2o6.5oo; in
surance loss on buildings. $17.435, val
ne Of contents. S157S65; insurance on
contents, sse.t5o; insurance loss on
contents. s6.505. total insurance loss
on buildings and contents, s23.94o.
The FIRE alarm system consists OF
fifty three Gsmeweu interfering
boxes. five indicators. one large striker.
direct firm alarm TO pumping station
forty-tvo miles of wire operated by
an eight circuit automatic storage bat
terry switch board.
Chief Mil SAYS: Il d. not feel that It is
necessary for me TO dwell on the econ
srny and efficiency of motor apparatus.
The saving aecruing from this source
has made possible the decrease ia the
fire losses Is per cent. The quarterly
inspection Of the business district and
factories has also aided In keeping the
hre losses at very low figures.
Il wish - state 1T has been pleas
ure as well as duty for myself and
members of the department to perform
our obligations 10 the city. and ! de-
sire to take the opportunity OF ex-
tending my thanks 10 his Honor. the
Mayor. the Board Of Public Works, the
city Council and other city ohciais
and the public a large For the many
courtesies and the cooperation extend
Cd myself and the department during
the year
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
G.. o. P. CAN FORCE
WILSON TO RUN
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE

CHICNlO. jan O---I-ToalleUI y -.S0T
nay yet decide to become "a third-teIm
csndidate fer the White House accord
ing TO J Hamilton Lewis. ex-senator
from Illinois. and former Democratic
whip Of tine senate
The Republican members of the sem
ate can make Wilson a thlrd-term cam
didate" said Lewis ''iust as they have
cone iu two past campaigns in making
Wilson their political antagonist"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
Bulletins
LLETTN)

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.
6-The State supreme ocurt
this afternoon granted q
stay OF execution in the case
Of the four Tolleston bank
robbers doomed to die IN the
electric chair for the murder
OF Herman Uecker. bank
cashier, Stay was granted
until April %. The men
were to have been executed
Jan. II. Oral argument
viii be heard before the Su-
preme ocurt at 10 a. IA. Jan.
10TH.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
REDS NOW
JAILED At
CROWN PT.
Hammond, Burnham and Gary
Radicals Taken to the
County Seat.
tRULLETINl
INTERNATIONAL Ngws sERYIcE

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, jan. Ga 'EeG
Special" bearing twenty alleged Com
lnun5sts. arrived by traction from Terre
Haute this afternoon. All the alleged
Reds, :. was said, are aliens and subject
10 deportation. large amount Of doc
umentary evidence also was brought to
the city. Upon arrival here, the twenty
men were marched 20 the county Jail
where they Win await hearing. Ten Of
the men are from vincennes, two from
P1rnento, two from Terre Haute, and six
from Clinton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
CONFESSES.


CHICAGO Jan. 6.-Hcnry Johnson.
said 10 be the incorrigihle son Of an
evan gelical minister. thrice parolod from
Pontiac reformatory. today confessed TO
the police that he was the bandit who
shot Park Policeman John McNanee a
few days ago following a Jewel robbery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
CARS LATE.

Patrons or the Gary & Southers we're
confronted with car schedule nearly
half an hour late this morning The
trouble was not learned
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
BOULEVARD SYSTEM
MEETS WITH FAVOR

The East Chicago Board O. Works
esterday went on record as favoring
,ae city boulevard system proposed by
80 Park Board and instructed the city
.torne to draw up an ordinance for
sDprovsl or the city council.
The Pennsylvania Railroad was in
st-uctet TO place plsnking from lot
ne 20 lot line on their Michigan ave
ne crossing The easement for va
atom OF Alder street was received and
dsrsd recorded.
Tho Board OF safety receive the
n.onthly and yearly are report and the
monthly police report and accepted the
esignation OF policemen William Kaz-
.air. effective the same date.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
UP IN SMOKE.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
EODNNILI.E. Ind. Jan 6. - Forty
toousaQd dollars worth OF tobacco was
destroyed here last night when fire gut
eed the Thornburgh Bros. warehouse.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06

IsAP0RTE- Early relief from the
ear shortage g expected by LaPortc
county stock owners as a result ~ ap-
peals to the railroad administration
made by the State Federation of Far
TneTs Association.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06

aedicated recently. The vessels
are 4s2 feet long, fifty ore feet
beam and twenty y-one feet draught
They weTe constructed entirely
within the dock and launched by
letting water into the dock instead
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06

Maxine Litvinof. former anbas
,ador of soviet 2ussia TO Great
Britain recently conferred with the
British emissary. James O'Grady, r.
gsrding the possible exchange Of
British and Red prisoners. SpurTed
on by the recent success OF the
Reds against the Russian forces
Litvinoff made such unheard Of de-
mands that no agreement wza
reached
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
BANKER DIES.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
LONDON. Jan 6.--LOrd Cunliffe. one
of the foremost bankers in England.
died today
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06

Seventeen Reds. agttators Of svowed
anarchistic type Who have been rounded
up by the United states federal opera
tiyes IN the Calumet region during the
recent drive on the Communist Com
nunist Labor of the United Russian
Workers Societies. were taken to the
county Jail at Crown Point ths morn
ing where they viii Be held until hcy
are ,aken to Ellis Island to await trial
and deportation.
Thirteen prisoners were taken 10 Gary
by federal gents last night They hac
been arrested in Hammond ana across
tho state line az Burnhau They were
lodged in Inc Carr police station unt.
this morning. There they We're joined
bs the men taken il the Gary roundup
On their trim to Crown Point over tls
Cary & Southern this morning they
were well guarded as 1t was feared thai
some Of them might mako break fol
freedom.
The radicals viii be held Al the count,
seat until Deputy T. S Marshal recei1
orders from the immigration departins.
far their disposal All viii probably I'D
taken to Chicago for o series of rarie
fire hearings which VIII be immediate.
followed by their deportation # saG-
cient evidence exists against them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06
fRULLETIrl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Jan. Cts all over
until the next time said Atty. Gen.
Palmer today n commenting on the Red
raids. The attorney general indicated,
however. that there would be more devel-
opnents IN the way of raids and that the
department Of justice IS not satisfied
with its success in breaking up the Com
g1lunist and Communist Labor parties.
membership in either party viii be
ccnridered snficient basis for the depor-
tat1on OF aliens, the attorney general
satd. Both parties openly preach
anarchy" he said.
Comm sstoner Caminettt announced
that no deportations would be made IN
III II had been learned what success the
Buford, the FIRST soviet ark" had me-
with.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06

Don't throw your paper awaJ
without reading the want ad page
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06

photographed since return to L. S.
Baroness Speck Won Sternberg,
widow of the former German am
bassador to Washington, recently re-
turned to this country for the pur-
pose of getting back her estate.
which has been tied up by the alien
property custodian. The baroness
was Miss Lillian May Langham of
Louisville, by.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-06

On streets and newsstsnds. ~
per copy. Delivered Dy earxts- IN
Hammond and West HammUa1. 500
per month.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
PURSUING GRAFT.
It is Not Thing You Can Extirpate
Once For All.

muck racking' was the favorite
topic of current literature some
dozen years ago. Articles on THE
shame Of our cities" ran in the
magazines. No periodical would sell
unless it was letting the stink out of
some form of public dishonesty. 1t
was an i'll smelling and depressing
mess, and it made you ashamed of
human nature and civic failure. No
doubt good was accomplished, how
ever, for public officials found that
the people resent these conditions,
and that they could build up sue
cessful career only on a basis of
honesty. IT, ',. o.,
But graft is not a thing you can
extirpate once for all. Just now the
country is stirred by charges Of wide
spread dishonesty in the shipping
and building industries. Many of
these charges may not be sustained.
But the people will want them prob
ed to the bottom and will demand
that those found guilty shall be Civ
en- the, limit of the law. There is
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08

only one place where a CRATER is
welcome and that is in Jail.
People who do business with con-
tractors and public officials in many
municipalities, say that it is diff
cult to get orders on public work
unless they pay rake-offs to some
buyer or other official. II there is
nothing coming along that line,
there is nothing doing. Some people
think that the money for such prac-
tices comes out of those who pay it..
Not at all. 1t is charged up as one
of the costs of doing business, and
the people pay it in taxes or cost Of
goods. ......
In this time when people are strug-
Cling with the cost of living, it seems
the limit of meaness to add to their
burdens by these abuses. Graft will
exist in public administration as long
as the people are fooled by smart
takers, and prefer them to compe-
tent and dependable business men.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
JUST RECEIVED A fine Line OF :
FERN BRAND:
BOX CANDY
GRANTS CAFE :


NIT accurately thought from head to
head both by the written and spoken
word. Another marvellous quality of
the language We know is that it
came from many others, and so has
the wonderful capacity to grow al
most as fast as life and ideas move
forward. We who speak the English
language probably are speaking the
language which, if any, will one day
be world wide language. 1t is al
most competing with French as the
language of diplomacy. Certain ex-
perts believe that in twenty years
it will be the language of the Orient
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
WHEN CHRISTMAS WAS YOUNG
To Understand Mysteries Of the YuIe.
tide, II Is Necessary to Search
Ancient History.

SN " IN the midst of the rush and
.SN " excitement of Christmas
HNNG preparations certain qCes.
k%HH.Y tons will flash across, the
mind, and we find ourselves
wondering why it is that we do the
very same things Christmas after
Christmas. Why do we hang stock
ings, light Christmas trees, trim our
homes and have plum pudding?
To understand tho origin of these
customs we must wander far back
into the forgotten past-ages before
Julius Caesar set foot on British soil,
or st. Augustine told the story Of the
Cross to the men of Kent. Hundreds
of years agO-lOng before the year i
the ancients, as we call the people
of those times, all worshiped the sun,
the great giver of light and life. In
the month of March they built big
fires to 1t, asking II to shine upon the
seeds they had planted and warm
them into life. In the autumn they
held another festival, thanking the
sun for the harvest, and again. in the
winter time, they held the greatest
festival of all to celebrate the coming
of the springtime. ....
In ancient Egypt, in Assyria, in
Greece, on Roman soil and in the
northIands these festivals were cele-
brated year after year and always
about the same time, the winter one
being held about New Years time.
Wherever the Roman eagle was
found, this feast was called the Sat
urnalia and it was marked by univer-
sal license and good feeling.
All at once Christianity appeared
upon the scene. AS the policy Of the
early church was to reconcile heather
converts to the new faith by adopting
some Of the heather customs and fes-
rivals. the new religion accepted and
retained many, and the result, as liz
easily seen, has been the strange
medley of pagan and Christian rites
which we use at Christmas time to-
day. ,- ....
After Britain was Christianized by
the Romans, the SaSons and northern
tribes came, bringing their old north
ern rites, and as Christianity at last
replaced paganism the Christians kept
the old pagan rites, merely changing
their meaning.
For many years no two lands cele-
brated the same day as the birthday
OF Christ. They did not know the
exact day, and we do not know II;
but this date has now become the
most important one in the worlds
history. ~ Z
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/, .>a.s>s. III. ,ssxHM Nssg A..x .
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
WHY SHE BELIEVED IN HIM
Engagement Ring for Christmas
Present

,9fHN 1EFORE opening the slight
3\SSIA Christmas token l have
sSSfs brought you, Miss Clara"
LaXN said Mr. MacNerve, as he
took from his inside pocket
small package and handed 1t to the
young lady in question, Il think it
best to acquaint you, in my imperfect
way, with the state of my feelings.
To come to the point in Us brief and
practical manner as possible, sparing
you all the unnecessary details, l may
as well tell you at once that / love
you. From the moment that | first
met you was fully aware that this was
against 1t, the more struggled to con-
troll myself-to be strong--the more
hOpelessly l became involved. You
will naturally ask at once why Il
should struggle against a passion
which is admitted by all to be the
source of the greatest happiness
known to humanity. But l could not
regard the matter In selfish lfght.,It
was done, Miss Clara, because ! have
doubted all along whether q man In
my circumstances had it in his power
to make girl like yourself, who has
been reared in such luxury, entirely
happy in the new and changed con-
ditions that matrimony leads TO. Was
1t right In me, said to, myself, to
jeOpardlze your happiness by asking
ynu RI Shara tho lnt of ono who while
his present salary is fairly COM
Portable one, rs not at the same time
prepared TO say positively that he will
succeed? | have now put the case
before you. l know you to be a seHsi-,
BILE girl, and one whose intuitions l
am sure will lead you Alright. After
this brief explanation l beg of you
therefore to look at my gift, and, IL
your heart tells you TO do so, accept
II from the man who loves you above
all Others"
Hastily breaking the seal the young
girl he addressed gaZed for brief
interval at the beautiful object that
lay in her hand. Then advancing
swiftly to where he stood she threw
her arms around the neck of the man
who had so worthily g., won her, ex-
claiming with glad cry: a.
Deal est, how can doubt you
Any man who is cute enough to kill
two birds with one stone by giving a
girl an engagement ring for her Christ
mas present cannot help but succeed"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
CHRISTMAS THINGS FOR BOYS
Youngsters Like Presents That A.
4 ford Amusement as Well as Being
a..-. Of Educational Nature.

<-STI or Il is to be wondered II the
I'M II small boys taste and tenn
S1ITWyS permanent are really and
SaStEES truly considered when buy
ing gifts that are meant to
appeal to his inventive mind, or wheth-
or we simply purchase for him some
10y or object of entertainment, which
ave in our never faifing judgment think
At that he should have. 1t happens
oftentimes that the boy who would
give half his little kingdom for the
HuIppty -Dumpty circus that some
other small youth received as his share
from the Christmas pack receives
Aecktie, pair of gloves and books,
and vice versa. With the host Of
wonderful inventions for the enter
tainment and education of childhood,
+. why not study the boys bent and give
him something with which to develop
his bent? o. -
One boy. in fact many, would prize
a box of tools. and these very desirable
outfits may be had In any size desired;
another lad Of the spirited age of ten
or twelve, would like a football and a
suit to play in; the mechanical mind
Just revels, over the mechanism of
wonderfully constructed railway, min
iature airplane, or Just a SIM
pie engine that can be made to run
gives hours Of pleasure; then there Is
The popular pushmoblle, the wonder.
full Joy everlasting while snow and
Ice lasts, sled and Ice skates. If the
voting man is collector Of stamps,
large packages of foreign postage may
be had. and the nearest approach to at
tending h moving picture show Is to
give the boy a postcard protector with
which he can have picture show OF
his own and invite the other boys If he
wants to.
To these few suggestions may be
added games, boy scout stories, numer-
Gus articles of wearing apparel and
possibly q wash, an Indian or some
other masquerade outfit. a wigwam
and so on through an indeterminate
list. but give him something he wants.
- ~ .SNs-S - As,s,x ~ -. .
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08

of Japan, of China, of India. It is
crowding the old established tongue
of Spanish South America, it has
surpassed 1t in the Philippines. II
walks across Africa. English as a
language marches on, partly because
of the fitness or those daring, voyag-
ing, virile races that speak it; partly
because your tongue has surprising
virtues Of its own.-Colliers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
The Christmas Season.

Though Christmas seems to gain
rather than lose in popular favor as
the years roll by, yet II is worthy Of
note that the Christmas season has
been much curtailed from what II
originally was. For several centuries
1t began with the eve of All Saints
day or "Hallow eve." October 81, and
continued until ~Cundlemas day, Feb
ruary . III EAgllnd 1t Is noy rom
puted only from ChristiHis eve a.,
Twelfth night" January 6, while in
our. own country il begins on Christ.
mas eve and practically ends on
Christmas night. Yet even now II real
" begins on December 10, marked II
the church calendar, 20 Sapientla, y
from the name of en- anthem SUNG
during Advent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
The English Language.

Most of us go on speaking English
without enough gratitude for the
good fortune that put, it into our
mouths. The language has its faults,
but propably none on earth is quite
SO flexible and adequate to trans