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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
THE MAYOR
HURLS DOWN
GAUNTLET.
Hammond's Executive is
Going to Do All He Can to
Reduce the High Cost of
Living, He Says.

Mayor Brown in a statement yester-
day threw down the gauntlet to Ham
mond grocers.
Whenever I can pick up any thing
or do anything that will reduce the
high cost OF living. 1 most surely will
give the people the beneht OF it." said
the Mayer today.
At the last regular meeting Of the
council. resolutions were introduced in
favor or the grocers repudiating the
actions of the Mayor in using the fire
stables for the sale of government food
sturTs al prices lower than the grocers
alleged they could purchase It, The
statement OF one grocer who said that
the proletarist should not waste their
money en- the LUXURY of canned fruit
was condemned by the Mayor who as
serted that every day ne receives nu-
merous phone calls urging him TO re-
open the food sales. The Won 3
Clubs or Hammond have taken action
endorsing the Mayors attempt to cut
down the huge food budgets of large
families through the sale of govern
nent canned goods. according to the
Mayor
.Tf 100 Erocers object to my using
the IRE barns and their objection is
sustained to the detriment Of the other
% 600 citizens Of Hammond. who have
an equal voice in the question, then !
shall conduct my sales elsewhere ]
have my eye on several possible Ioca-
tions and It VIII be only a matter or
q week or ten DAYS until the sales are
again resumed"
The Mayor refused TO divulge the To-
cation but acknowledged that a car Of
fruit would arrive 10 Hammond socn
Whatever dement's have accrued
from these sales they have gone to the
people The houseufves and husbands
90 took ADVANTAGE Of the econo4nie es
are tc be commended. The question
now is one OF thrift but the ability to
make ends meet and hive fairly well.
When people will sacrifice a little time
and energy to cart way the foodstufts
they have purchased they should be
sold at a decided reduction and ! snail
continue that policy
Efforts cf local Srooers to thwsrt the
mayor in what he considers his duty
has forced him. ne asserts to vindicate
his position Il took S10oe0 out of
my own pocket with which to purchase
carload after carload OF food stuhs
The city advanced not one cent. In
the sale OF -four. Of which / purchased
70 900 pounds from the United Grain
Corporation and sold the day after 1t
arrived I was given the authority to
charge as much as ffty cents a barrel
more than ! did. That extra went to
the people in reduced oosts-there was
no rent to pay and they. not L re-
ceived The beneht"
There has been no oniciaI announSe-
ment made BY the Women's clubs as
10 their stand on the question OF
whe ether the mayor has the right to
continue his sales. General opinion
IS about equally divided The future
is a matter or speculation
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
Four Are
Held Not
Responsible
Judge Reiter Instructs Jury
To Return Verdict for 4
Schnake Sui defendants

OF the fve original defendants in the
damage suit brought by Friedericide
Schnake because or the death Of her
husband in an automobile collision near
Black Oak in November. 1917, four have
been dropped and John D. Floyd is now
defending the suit alone on motion by
attorneys for the defendants late yes
terday Judge Reiter instructed the jury
70 bring in verdiot in favor OF the
other four, Graf. kleinman. Wilson and
Nygaard.
The trial then proceeded. the four
former defendants being used as wit
nesses. The storU as related Is that
they had left Gary that day for little
trip 10 Ross and had stopped to take
p drink at the Scheidt saloon at Black
Oak. They insist that they took only
one drink there and in this they are
corroborated by Mr.. scheidt, proprietor
Of the saloon. He testified that he
served them and that Floyd. the driver
took nothing but ginger ale. They de-
MED that any member OF the party was
intoxicated
H &. Green. deputy under Coroner
Graham. said that ne visited the scene
Of the accident and made an investiga-
ton. He said that there was nothing
wrong with tho steering gear Of the
Floyd car, but that the wheel OF the
Schnake machine had about three inch
es play which bears out the contention
or the defendant that the Schnake car
was following an erratic course as it
approached. Mr.. Green said he noticed
nothing to Indicate intoxication on the
part of Mr. Floyd when he talked 10
him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
L.OWDEN
MAY GET
3RD PLACE
Old Roosevelt Stronghold Re-
turns Vote For General
Leonard Wood.
rINTgtnArIoHAl Nrws SERVICE

MITCHELL S. D. March 24-Generai
Leonard Wood carried South Dakota
by a plurality estimated from eight
thousand to fifteen thousand votes IN
the three-cornered fight for the re
publican presidential indorsement
Incomplete returns early today show
cd the following results:
Wood. 1880; Lowden. 1876. John
son. 12s4O.
Though Gov. Lowden now holds sec
md place according to these returns,
observers say he will run third when
the complete returns are in The show
ing made by Senator Johnson was par
ticularly strong in counties with =
large German population. In one of
these he polled 1908 against rs for
Low den and 20 for Wood
1t is estimated that Gov Lowden ex-
pended s5oo.Ooo in an effort TO carry
South Dakota The Wood campaign
was largely financed BY the local ma
chine. headed by Gov Peter Norbeck
Early returns indicated a small lead
for Wood. but huge gains reported
from the Black Hills district-the old
Roosevelt stronghold-placed him in
the lead by wide margin.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
RY GEoRGE n. HoLNEs

lsrAFF CORRESPONDENT l. NJ sERvIcEl
NEW YORK March 23-Close friends
OF Herbert Hoover here and in Wash
ington would not be surprised II in
the near future the former food ad-
ministrator decides TO make clear once
and for all his position in national
politics and the campaign OF 1920.
These friends believe that this pos
ition viii be substantially as fol-
lows.
Herbert Hoover is a candidate for
the republican nomination for the
presidency. but he emphatically is not
a candidate TO the extent Of making
8 fight for the nomination and assim
Hating all the mud and rhetorical
abuse which features a fight. He VIII
not fight for It. but il it should be
offered him he would accept it,"
Mr.. Hoover himself will neither de-
ny affirm his reported intentions.
He won't discuss politics-at least he
won't discuss politics where there is
a chance OF such a discussion becom-
ing widely known. Visitors to his Of
fec in lower Broadway who seek to
learn the former food administrators
political views and leanings are met
with a circular letter which MT. Hooy-
er placed in the hands of his associa-
tes and aids in the American relief
administration absolutely forbidding
them to talk politics. Occasionally it
works.
All doubt as to Mr.. Hoover's choice
in political parties however. has been
dispelled. He is republican and
always has been, though not a strict
partisan. He is classed by some as an
Independent republican" whatever
that may be
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
WEARS CFiIEATERS TO
COLLECT HIS BILLS
Gary Merchant Comes To
Grief To Time in a De
troit Sell.

DETROIT. MICH, March 24-wear-
ing false goatee and mustache, Isl
dor villa. well TO do business man
of Gary. was arrested here yesterday.
Villa conducts a grocery store in
Gary. During the strike there last
summer a large number of the strik-
ers opened charge accounts st his store
and many Of them disappeared without
paying their bile, some OF them COM
ing to Detroit. Mr.. Villa decided to go
on a collecting trip. He provided him
self with false scenery, as he figured
he would have e. better opportunity Of
locating hit sdebtors.
Detroit was the first city he visited
and Ave minutes after he left his hotel
adorned with his csmounage he was
spotted and arrested. despite his
strenuous objections. The Gary au-
thorities wired the Detroit police to-
night that Via was law abiding
citizen and he was released.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
Outcome
Of Meeting
Important
Calumet Region Cities watch
Wage Scale Conference
With Anxiety.

Cary Hammond, East Chicago and
Indiana Harbor and other cities in this
region are taking interest in the out
come OF a big meeting which is being
held in Chicago today for the purpose
Of establishing a general wage scale for
1920 in the Chicago district. This region
is included.
II is said that the delegates in at
tendance from the various building en-
ploycrs' association will favor blanket
wage system for the allied building
crafts.
It Is said that this scale will be ac-
cepted by the Gary Builders and Traders
Exchange with which S5 per cent OF the
Gary builders are affiliated also that the
scale will be informally adopted and
introduced before the different labor
crafts for acceptance or refusal.
Pending some definite conclusion CON
corning the wage scale, the buildin z
program for 1920 is being held up in a
number OF Lake county cities and the
establishment OF a general wage scale
will probably bring about Some an
nouncements as to future building pro
grams
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
PRICE BOND IS
DOUBLED BY COURT
Hammond Man Taken BY
Officers to Jail at Crown
Point.

William Price IS today lodged in the
county jail a Crown Point. A war
rant for his arrest was issued late yes
terday after affidavits had been filed in
the criminal court at Crown Point BY
Chief OF Police Austgen and Deputy
Prosecutor Griffith Price who was
out on bonds OF s270o pending his trial
in the city court on charges of assault
with intent to commit rape and carry
ing an obscene object. was arrested
last night BY Captain Rimoach OF the
Hammond Central station on the war
rant involving the same charges issued
by Sheriff Barnes. Prices bonds were
fixed at $500 and this morning he was
taken to the Crown Point Jail So far
he has not secured bonds
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
CRUSHED TO DEATH
BETWEEN TWO CARS

Within the sight OF his brother who
was unable TO save him, William Doak
% years old was caught between two
cars at the stockton yards west OF
Gary on Monday afternoon and crush
ed TO death. He expired before his
brother. Robert. reached his side. The
body was brought TO Williams morgue
The tragedy was a sad one indeed
as his wife and three children and his
brother intended leaving Thursday OF
this week for the former home at Wat
ertown. s. Dakota. where they intended
TO live. The body will be shipped to
Watertown on Friday morning.
It is said that Doak, who was q
switchman. was standing in front OF
gondola whe nanother car was
switched In. Doak being coupled be
tween the two cars and bis body al
most severed in two. He was well
known at Miller and Gary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
Bryan Puts
Blame On
Democrats
And the Donkey Party in Ft.
Wayne Is Very Sore
AS a Result.
rINrERNArIonAL NEWS sERyIeEl

FORT WAYNE. Ind. March 24.-Con-
sternation and Indignation swayed the
Democratic camp here today as result
or speeches made yesterday evening by
William Jennings Bryan. in which he
placed tho blame for the defeat of the
treaty Of Versailles in the senate upon
the Democratic senator's who stood by
President Wilson. declaring they com
mitted crime against my country and
against the world"
Mr.. Bryan also entered vigorously in
TO the Indiana Democratic gubernatorial
campaign. going 50 far as TO outline a
platform which ne declared must be
adopted by the candidate who Is worthy
Of the votes OF the Democrats Of the
state.
This. coupled with his altaSk upon me
Democratic senator's. resulted in the
calling of an indignation meeting OF
Democratic leaders while the Common
err was speeding away from the city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
JOE MAR|NO
BURIED AS
A SOLDIER
His Body is Saved from the
State Medical Dissecting
Room by Attorney Gener-
al Today.

Consigned. through some error. 10 a
medical school for dissection by stu
dents. the body of Joe Marino. ex-
soldier ard former Hammond confec-
TONER. who died two weeks ago ir
Jenersonville reformatory, has beer
rescued by the attorney general and is
now on It's way to Hammond to be ac-
corded a soldiers burial
When news of the younE mans
death which was due to nu-pneumonia
10 which he fell an easy victim be-
cause he had been gassed in France
was received BY his friends in Ham
nond they expected that those in
charKe at the reformatory would send
the body here for burial. No word was
received until yesterday when Under
tsker Nick EmmerlinE was called over
'hc telephone by the attorney general in
forming him that il had just come to his
attention that the superintendent oi
the prison had sent the body to the
school at Bloomington.
The attorney general advised tha;
friends get in touch with the school
head at once and have the body sen;
TO Hammond This was done and a
casket and burial clothes were at once
forwarded to Bloomington. It was ex-
pected that the body would arrive or
Thursday.
MArino has always been the subject
~ much sympathy among those ac-
puainted with his case He received
lis sentence after he had shot and
krled Corneilo Fonte in Hammond or
March % Of last year. He was ther
home on furlouEh from the army and
70 vas generally accepted that he had
acted in self defense.
steps toward having him paroIed had
heen taken recently and on the very
morning Of the day he died letter
was received from the prison supertn-
tendent stating that he had just rec
orlmended Marino for parole and that
rrangements should be made for TAX
ing care OF him as his lungs were in
bad condition due 10 tho EassinE sus-
tanned in battle. A letter received ths
same day announced his death. 1t was
through the efforts at parole that the
matter came to the attention OF the at
torney general and in comparing re
ports he found that the prison author
Ties had consigned the body OF an ex-
soldier - a m medical school. He was
nj the opinion that Marino should have
the same honors accorded him as any
other soldier and acted accordingly.
rold a burial service when the body ar
ives in which military honors ar,
accorded the unfortunate man.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
CROWN POINT LADY
STRIKES NEW WELL
Miss Belle Hedlund Success
full With Her Properties
In Oklahoma.
IsPEcIAl 10 THE rrnEs

GROWN POINT, IND. March "a
Word has been received from oklaho-
ma that Mrs Belle Hedlund, a former
resident OF this city has struck oil
on her property near Cement. Okla
The Cement Courier says:
THE Billy Belle. NV. ne, il 5~5 on
the Hedlund farm was brought in first
OF this week and is reported TO be
making over $50 barrels per day. This
well was brought In in % days actual
drilling and as a reward for their
services. Mrs. Hedlund gave each OF
the boys a bonus OF S55 cash and the
drillers more. The boys wish to thank
Mrs Hedlund for this act OF apprecia-
ton. Ramsey & McKenna were the
drillcrs and have made a record on
this well Of which they can be just
~ proud. Aside from her generosity
to the boys. Mrs Hedlund has been a
very liberal contributor to the support
OF the Presbyterian church in Cement.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
Cy. Howell
Is Dead In
SO. Chicago
Pioneer in Steel and Stone
Industry Dies at His
Home on Monday.

As we'll known almost In the Cal
Umet district as in his home surround
tngs. Cyrus Hamilton Howell. pioneer
in the South Chicago steel industry
died Monday at his home. 74OO South
Shore drive at tho age OF "A. MT
Howell was alderman OF the old Thir-
ty-third ward. now the Eighth, from
1891 20 1897. While in the council
he secured the franchise for the Cal
umet and Blue Island railroad, which
gave the steel companies an outlet
into Indiana moking possible the
great growth and expansion OF the
industry in Calumet and Gary. Mr.
Howell was president of the Illinois
Improvement and Ballast company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
Bathers Can't Strip
At Lake Front
No Undressing Goes In
East Chicago Park this
Summer, That is All
There is to it.

There must be no undressing in
the Indiana Harbor Lake Front
Park.
Visitors TO East Chicago's nifty
bathing beach must understand that
they are not In japan. Apolios and
Nenuses arc asked to take notice
The East Chicago Park Board de-
cided yesterday at their regular
meeting to place signs on the beach
prohibiting dressing and undressing
on tho beach or in the park. The
bath house will he repaired under
tho direction of the park superin-
tendcnt and will be ready for use
before bathing season opens
If the signs don't do the business
the park board Will employ husky
policemen TO funk few thouEhtless
cocos with their clubs
incidentally. but not near as in
teres ting. the park superintendent
was also authorized to hire team
for the summer work and instruc ed
TO purchase a spraying machine for
use in spraying the trees. bushes,
buildings, ctc.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
Latest Census
Figures Out

IIsrEskAIIoHAL NEWS sEsyIcEl
WASHINGTON, March 24-Preiim-
inary population figures were announ-
ced today BY the census bureau as
follows.
Dayton. O-1s20 population 1S3s $50.
increase 37,25S or 3I1 per cent. 1910
population, 1851.
Warren. O-1s20 population. ~
$50: increase. 1888 or 1441 per cent.
1910 population 11.os1
Kewanee. In.-1s2o population, is
O26. increase s.717 or s2.2 per cent.
1910 population 1907.
Parkersburg. ", Va-1s2o populs-
tion 20 .o3s; increase 2.1s1 or 12.s per
cent; 1910 population 1882.
Clifton Forge. va.-1s2O population.
$50; increase 4O3 or 20 per cent:
1910 population 5.74s.
Trenton. Mo.-192o population. sssf.
increase 1926 or 22.S per cent. 1910
population 1856.
Boonvine Mo.-1s26 population =
se5; increase 415 or 81 per cent. 1910
population. 4.252
Junction City Kans-1s2o populs-
tion. 1915: increase 1918 or 54.3 per
cent; 1920 population 5,5es.
MiddIetown. n Y-Is2o population
1920; increase 5.1O7 or eos per cent.
1910 population 1913.
Americus. Ga.-192o population o.
91o. increase 81 or 1T Per cent. 1910
population s,0ss.
Admission. Ala.-1s20 population. Is
o7s; increase 2.s15 or 22s per cent
1910 population l2.7s4
Sikeston. Mo.--fe2o population. 3
SIS. increase 24s or Is per cent. 1910
population 3.327
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
MONON HAS A
BAD FREIGHT WRECK

The Monon had quite 2 bad wreck
near Salem early in the week when
freight tain was derailed near the
city
Two BOYS who We're stealing ride
on one of the cars, were caught in the
wreckage and held until found by the
members OF the crew
The car turned over and pinned the
boys in the mud and a ditch along the
track. Only the fact that tho boys land
cd in the ditch saved them from be-
ing crushed by the heavy cars They
escaped without injury
Twelve cars were derailed and about
100 feet OF track torn up. All south
bound traffic on the Monon was de-
toured at Mitchell while the track
was being cleared and repaired
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
FOCH WANTS TROOPS
IN RUHL DISTRICT
rlnrrsnArIosAl nEws SERVICE

PARIS. March 24-Marshal Foch has
} asked tho council or ambassadors for
4 lrornIssion 10 enter the Ruhr district
or Germany with $4,000 allied troops.
H. was learned from an authoritative
source today. Hugh Wallace, the q D..
s ambassador is reported to have re-
jected the request. but the British am
( bassador is said to be supporting 1T.
After opposition developed to his
, proposal. Marshal Foch then asked per
mission to send 30 900 troops into the
lRuhr district but this request was re-
fused also.
The Council Of Ambassador has
agreed. however. that the French
: should be allowed to occupy Frank
fort II the negotiations between the
mayor OF Essen and President Ebert
ct Berlin fall
Essen is controlled by the Sparta
cistsl.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
WHAT PRICE FOR
BABY WITH COL|C?

Five cents an hour is the difference
between a baby asleep and one awake
according to the schedule of prices
adopted by Indiana University young
women students who are earning mo-
ney TO pay their way through school
Bloomington women who have cared
for sleeping babies md wiae-awaks e
babies. say its worth twice as much
to care for a baby awake.
Twenty cents An noUr is the pr.c-
fer the baby asleep and twenty-five
cents for one awake no price has been
set for a baby with the collie.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
PROMOTIONS AT
THE STANDARD
fsPEcIAL 10 The rIwEsl

WHITING Inu MAFch -+-Lulfe
line cf promotions have resulted at the
Standard Oil Co. as the result Of the
transfer of Arthur 2. GLADDEN. TO Wood
River. III.
James NJ Burton has succeeded Mr..
GLADDEN. As superintendent Of the tower
Stills Lloyd Smith succeeding Mt. Bur
ton and James NJ. Stover has taken Mr..
Smiths place.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24

BULLETIN.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
BERLIN. March 23-6NiEht-Ksrl
RRdek. of the chief H~tenznts Of
Lenine and former Russian BoIshevik
emisssry in Germany. has addressed a
sharp messnEe 10 the Berlin sPartacfst
criticfsinK them for not cooperating
with the national Communist move
ment In Germany.
CRadek was In Moscow st last re-
ports, having been expelled from Ger
many.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
BULLETIN.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
LONDON. March 24-sLabor lenders
in Berlin have served notice upon the
government that they win renew the
general strike unless their radical pro-
gram is carried out" said an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Berlin today.
The Exchange Telegraph correspondent
said that the German Rovernment has
agreed to withdraw the troops from
Berlin ms far the spree Yiver, raise
the state of sefEe ard not attnck the
workers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
CROWN POINT COUPLE
IN DIVORCE COURT

CROWN POINT. IND March -
Rose f. Gibb Of this city is suing her
husband Frank Gibb for divorce.
charging cruel and inhumsn treat
ment. The Gibbs were married Oct.
10. 1905 and lived together until
March IL 1920, when defendant left
plaintiff. who alleges that he told her
that he no longer cared for her and
would associate with other women
Both OF the parties have been mar
ried previously. Mrs Gibbs asks So
500 alimony George z. Hershman. ~
this city. IS looking after the interests
OF the plaintiff
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
WERE YOU ROBBED2

Chief of Police AustGen sends cut a
summons to victims of the auto bandits
who, last summer. held up nearly nifty
pedestrians and motorists on Ridge
Road between Hammond and Gary and
in the vicinity cf the Standard Steel
Car works Loot valued at hundreds
OF dollars Is now held at the Hammond
Central station awaiting Identification.
The fve bandits arrested two DAYS ago
after a search extending ever months
have been sent to the county jail at
Crown Point to await trial Persons
who we're held up on Ridge Road near
Hessville at the y" dock arc urged to
appear a the station and claim their
property
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
FORMER BOARDER
rs ACCUSED

Charles W. Riley. a former boarder.
at the residence OF Mrs. Albert Webb.
125 Carroll street. is held ct Hammond d
Central station in bonds OF 500 await
ing 4 hearing tomorrow morning before
Judge K1otz in the city court on a
charge OF petit larceny. Riley is al
legged to have stolen clothing valued at
$50 belonging to the Webb family. The
property was located in a second hand
clothing store in state street where it
had been sold.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-24
MAGOON GETS
$500 VERDICT

Late Tuesday evening the jury in
room .. Of the Hammond superior court
returned verdict in favor of the plain
tiff in the damage suit or Maucuc I.
Magcou against Cornelius Schoon. Mr..
Magoon. who was injured by being hit
by an automobile Schoon was driving
was awarded s2no damages bv the jury.
T.. l.. Bomher-cr was attorney for the
plaintiff while Attorney Guy White
represented the defendant