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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
Tailor Is
Killed In
His Shop
East Chicago Business Man
Mysteriously Slain Last
Saturday Night

George KIskis, a tailor and well
known business man Of East Chicago.
was shot and instantly killed late Sat
urday night IN hts shop at 1870 Barring
ayenus.
The shot was heard by walter j.
Hunger and wife. who life In the rear
Of the tailoring shop but by the time
they had reach the side of Kislis and
DR.. Townsley had arrived at the home.
the signs of death were apparent.
It is said that Kiskis is known TO
carry large amount of money on his
person at all times. and It is thought
while in the attempt of robbing the
victim that he offered resistance. was
the motive for killing. People in the
vicinity claim to have seen three men
nun from the building TO q waiting
automobile at 149th and go west
towards Hammond
This mysterious case has the police
or the region bafhed in their efforts to
locate the smurderers. A suspicion
character was arrested IN Indiana Har-
Dor early Sunday morning and Is stil
being held for questioning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
GUILTY OF CARRYING
CONCEALED WEAPONS

The four men arrested by the Ham
rond police on the Ridge road the
other night were .arraigned dn the
Hammond cttv court this morning.
charged with carrying concealed
weapons. Although the police are fair
" sure that the men are guilty Of
some far more serious offense. there is
no evidence on which they can he con-
victed. They paid a dne Of $50 each.
They gave the names Of White
Frances. Lake and Burns but the po-
lice do not believe that these are the
correct names. The men refused TO
make any statements and v-hite they
are said 10 have admitted being boot
ieggers. they would make no sworn
statement to that effect The persons
who said that the men represented
themselves to them as government Of
ncers could not say positively that
fhis was true.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
FOREMOST
AVIATRIX
IS KILLED
INTERNATIONAL NEWS srRv,cEl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERWcEJ
NEW YORK June 6-Loose safety
straps which allowed the wearer to
slip from her seat were today held
responsible for the death OF Miss Laura
Bromweu, Americas foremost woman
flyer who was instantly killed while
looping the loop IN a single scat
Canadian airplane at Mineola on sun
day afternoon.
within few minutes after Miss
BromwelI had scared skyward with
a laugh upon her lips her body was
lying mangled beneath the wreckage
of her machine Her friends said she
had a premonitfon that she would be
killed some day. but she had apparently
had no thought of danger Of death as
she sook her aast and fatal aiglM
Miss Bromwell was holder Of two air
records for women-looping the loop
and speed She was native Of Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
Miss BromweIl was only 23 years of
age and was engaged to be married
Her hance. George Davis was at the
Mineola flying field tainted when the
alrplanG crashed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
MANY ARE
VICTIMS Of
PETTY THIEVES

Petty thieves continued to victimize
Hammond people over the weekend.
q. r. Shredder. 100 south Holman st..
reported the theft or an electric motor.
valued at 5000. NJ. Wiener 40 cast
waltham St. lost three auto tires and
all the tools belonging to his machine
They were taken from the garage in
the rear Of his home. L. Stern. 40
Michigan ave, lost $40 worth Of shoes
from 64S Calumet ave. The thieves
broke a window in effecung their en-
trance. Charles Fcklund. 666 Douglas
ave, West Hammond. left his bicycle
in front OF Longs Department store
on sohl St 1t was .clen. T. f. Tents.
So Warren st.. lost a tire and rim from
his garage In the rear Of his home. The
building was unlocked
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
MAKES MISTAKE
IN ACCOSTING COP

Another P1ummer avenue solicitor
picked up last night, after making the
fatal mistake Of acoost1ng a Hammond
COP in plain clothes She is Berthe
Thompson. colored, who gives her ad
dress es 146 P1ummer ave. She plead
cd guilty and was fined s25.
Several other week-end law viola
tors faced Judge Klotz this morning
John sutton. 562 Merrill ave. colored
was fined SIS for being drunk and dis
orderly. Walter Jabimski, 144 Dear
born St. drunk was fined $11. William
Young and Dan Eder. Nee hotel. and
Bertha Jacobson and Gladys Bass, 244
Michigan ave. were arrested for dis
orderly conduct The boys were fned
$15 each and the girls S11.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
Big Struggle For Indiana Senatorship Plum Is Forecast
READING ROOM OF PUBLIC
LIBRARY CROWDED EVERY DAY

straot review of the life Of man is
greater Than for any book Of Action
not excepting Main Street" The
Brimming Cup" and star Dust" Next
in popularity is another volume BY
Knut Hansen called The Growth Of
the Soil" and Robert Lansing 3
Peace Negotiations.
NoN-FICTIoN ON RENTED SHELF
For the first time since II was open
ed the Hammond library has placed
non-fction on the rented shelves The
demand for Wells Outline Of HIS
tory was 90 great that II was deem
ed necessary to make a charge for tho
second set In order 20 have Il returned
as quickly as possible.
Immediately following the armtsttce
the scores or books on the war became
a drug and remained unRsked, whiie
light fiction was greatly desired. Dur
ing the gay times Of '1s and 20 the
public had an Unsuitable appetite for
the class OF fiction that was being
dramatized in the cinema and the III
brary was beseiged by young people
anxious 10 read the stories they had
seen IN the movies. II appears now
that the interest in liafsons and love
riagnles Is abating.
Russia In the Shadows" another
book by II. G. Wells, is also very pop
ular. while there IS a growing request
for Whats On the Workers Mind ?"
by Whiting williams. Sorry 10 cay,
the reading public evfnces no interest
whatever in the year book OF the Anti
Saloon League which has just arrived
Modern Democracies.' by James
Bryce. "steeplejack, by :. 6. Huneker
and Cape Cod Ballads DY J. c. Lin
coin. are among the best or the May
purchase.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
MISSING IN
PUEBLO FLOOD

It became known today that A. D.
Forbush husband of a niece Of a. NJ.
Turner. OF Hammond is missing IN the
Pueblo flood Mr.. Forbush IS the own
er Of the Forbush Ice company Of the
stricken city. and is a prominent bust
ness man there.
Nothing has been heard from the
missing man since the first OF the dis
aster. and nothing IS known as TO what
has become Of him. Relief parties arc
making every effort to enter the food
ed regions and locate the many per
sons who are stranded and unable TO
reach dry ground. on account Of the
great confusion II Is virtually impos-
etble to check the lists OF those at
nrst reported missing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
T. CHICAGO
MAN SUFFERS
BROKEN LEG

Justine Ledgus. who resides at the
Edwards Valve Club. East Chicago
suffered broken leg in an accident
which occurred on Calumet boulevard
yesterday afternoon He was taken q
St. Margaret's hospital
Legus was riding his motorcycle
north on the avenue. when the machine
driven by John r. Ovcrmyer. 6417
Steward ave, Chicago. passing anoth-
err car. swerved TO the center Of the
road. Legus machine struck the auto
at the rear fender, the wheel passing
over his leg f. Guise, 271 East nth
St. Chicago. took him TO the hospital
in his car. Overmyer's wife and dau-
ghter was riding with him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
Two Hurt
In Motor
Accidents
Girl Rider Seriously Hurt
and Whiting Man Fails
To Stop His Car

While going toward Gary on Cline
avenue yesterday evening. Josefowski
and Mary Zarada- riding on a motor
cycle. collided with "a truck driven by
Peter Pooten just north of the Cudahy
lacking company plant and seriously
INJURED Mary zarada, who was riding
with her brother
Cse police claim that the accident
was caused by reckless driving on the
part Of the notorcyllsts.
DR.. Teegarden treated the patient
then she was taken TO the Hammond
hospital.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06

Anoher serious accident occurred
last Saturday night on Grapevine and
18Th streets. A checkered taxi with
three occupants was going south ON
Grapevine boulevard when Julius Panilt
Of Whiting crossed at 139th street
without stopping his car The coils
ION seriously injured the Whiting man.
The number OF accidents and deaths
that have happened at street tntersec-
tions along Grapevine boulevard since
this street was declared a boulevard
certainly warrants some action on the
part OF the park board
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
BOARD OF REVIEW
STARTS ITS SESSION
Member State Tax Board
Will Inventory North
Township Corporations

CROWN POINT. IND, June 6-The
first Monday in June, tho day set for
the meeting OF the Board Of Review
found the appointed members. w. O.
Fitzgerald. Of Gary. and John Dyer. of
Hammond. on hand 10 meet with Coun-
~ Assessor Black. County Treasurer
Ralph Bradford and County Auditor
George NJ. Poland 70 begin the stupen-
dous job Of adjusting the assessed val
uetions Of all Lake county real estate.
The session lasts a month and promises
TO be a lively one as there has been a
lot Of gossip about the reductions of
some Lake county's prominent indus
tries. Philip zoercher has been en-
ployed by the state tax board TO take
An inventory of some of the north end
corporations and his figures VIII aid
the Board Of Review to make an equita-
BILE figure Of the plants.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
SENATOR
RACE To Be
Absorbing
A. ]. BeVeridge Will Copy
johnson Campaign
Throughout State.
TIMES BUREAU At STATE csPITAlJ
Ind, June &C q

g.
patEn plans for the senatorial race "i
1922 which have crystalAzed durins
th~ past week point conclusiNeiy 70 d
mighty struggle between the iofCes
that comprise the backbone OF the re
publican organization on one slae a"u
an uuorganized group OF personal 4o'-
lowers on the other.
This sort of a campaign. a direct
sff-spring of the primary syst~-7' -
no longer novel in Hoosier politics
Last year the people OF Indiana were
prN-ented with campaign spectac4s
of this nature when the eN-Progres-
ave Hiram Johnson Of California maae
contest for the voting strength OF
the state in his race for the presIden-
tial nomination. Johnson made httle
effort TO perfect an organization IN
the state for the reason he could not
obtain the services Of political work
ers to any large extent. He was also
limited on funds. a necessary elemer4
t. support a close-knit organization
But Johnson made specifies and did
not hesitate to play the demagogue to
Win popular support.
While this Is past history It is in
terestlng in the light Of what IS to
C me. Il mas ledh90 "uL - Oiit 49,
supporters of Albert ]. Beveridge that
the ex-senator is to make a race simi-
lar to the Johnson contest of last year
in his effort TO obtain the nomination
FOR United States senator. According
to the plans there VIII be no Bever
idge organization such as candidates
for high offices usually create to as
sjst them in getting votes to the polls.
The former progressive IS to rely al
most entirely on support he can at
tract personally.
It Is already clear that this Is the
plan Of the Beveridge boosters. The
ex-senator has been making himself
very prominent in all parts OF Indiana
CC,orttr.ted On n 20 rrzn-l
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
IT WAS REAL
FOURTH OF JULY

July :. 1914 was independence day
in a double sense for Mrs. Douglas p
Smart OF Indiana Harbor. That was
the day she severed relations with
Douglas. He hasn't seen her since
This morning Mr. Smart, who is a
tailor. hled suit for divorce IN the su-
perior court at Hammond. He charges
abandonment. They were married July
Il. 1912. }. ". Brissey IS attorney for
the plaintiff.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
POLES OPEN
NEW BATTLE

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERVlcEl
BERLIN. June Polish insurgents
have opened heavy firing all along the
silesian front. following a brief lull
in the Inequalities. said advices from
Oppeln today.
The Poles have captured Turawa
from the German volunteers. who
evacuated the town after losing 10
men In killed and wounded.
Polish armored trains are lombard
ing the town Of slaWa.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
PREMIER LLOYD
GEORGE I'LL.

LONDON. June 5.-Premier Lloyd
George Is suffering from a slight at
tack OF illness, but 1T was declared to-
day that his condition IS entirely satts-
factory The premier was taken down
with chill and his physician ordered
him 10 rest q day or two.
Domestic and International problems
have thrown a terrific strain upon tae
premier and he has insisted upon Civ
ing his personal attention to a., Of
them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06

The public library IS an unfailing
barometer. The thought of the com
munity IS registered there as accurate
ly as the heighth OF q fever Is shown
on the little thtngamajig that the doc
tor places beneath the patients coated
tongue.
The library Is the weather cock atop
tho municipality When life IS pleas
ant and tranquil it rests in dream
Of fiction. But when winds blow and
storms threaten it becomes warning
sign.
TREND OF THE TIMES
Morning. afternoon and evening the
reading rooms Of the Hammond public
library are occupied these days Sy
quiet men in work clothes and colored
shirts They are unemployed. They
are serious. And tho book for which
thero Is great demand IS one called
Hunger" by Knut Hansen It IS
gloomy fiction. but It is life and it
hts the mood of the reader. It is a
story Of an unemployed man IN search
Of work It Is picture Of a hungry
mother and helpless. appealing chill
dren. L Is a protest against society.
The men who IN the reading rooms
Of the library each day turn the pages
Of current magazines With listless, cal
Iosed hands but they read the books
on sociology with manifest concentra-
tion And the interest in this great
book Of fvtion so appropriately entitled
Hunger" IS breathless.
stark necessity and the fear Of want
have created a new and more serious
trend Of thought that Is reflected in
the patronage OF the library A sec
ond set Of The Outline Of History"
has been placed In circulation at the
library and the demand for this ab-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
CALLS FIGHT A DIS
HONOR TO NATION

WASHINGTON. June 6.-Character-
izlng the proposed Demps -Carpen-
tier light as q "dlshonor 10 the nation
a score Of citizens Of Nebraska today
petitioned the secretary Of state to IN
stitute injunction proceedings to chal-
lenge the New Jersey law under which
the dght Will be made.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
IMPORTANT
TAX RULING

WASHINGTON. June 6-The Unit
ed States Supreme Court handed down
decision today that inheritance and
estate taxes may be allowed as deduc-
tions in the computation of net in
comes Thousands of income tax cases
are involved in this decision. The
courts ruling will deprive the govern
ment Of immense sums collected under
protests from estates.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
COLORADO SPRINGS
IS IN DANGER

COLORADO SPRINGS. COLO. June
6-Pikes Peak is covered with two
feet Of snow today A mile Of the
famous Cog Road has been washed out
By tho large volume OF water running
down the mountain sides Manttou at
the foot Of Pike Peak is threatened
destruction from heavy rain fall and
rise Of mountain creeks. The mayor
has issued a proclamation calling up
on all able bodied citizens to report
Immediately and make an EFFORT to
stem the menacing food.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
NO RELIEF FROM
FLOOD CONDITIONS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE

ith EHNAI lGNAE hEnS SEfs Xxi -,
WASHINGTON June 6.-The daily
bulletin Of the United States weather
bureau today held out little hope for
immediate relief from the torrentia
rain and flood conditions which have
taken a terrible toll OF life and prop
erty IN the Colorado district.
Additional heavy rains have fallen
over the central Rocky mountain dis
trict and eastward into western
Kansas. thereby prolonging the flood
conditions over all rivers Of those sec
tlons." sad the official report today.
Additional warning were issued sun
day FOR the Rio Grande and Arkansas
rivers and extended to the pecos and
Upper Canadian river.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
State Cant Regulate
Road Companies

L S Lesh. attorney general OF In
diana. in an opinion submitted to the
state department Of conservation. SAYS
neither the governor nor the state
conservation commission has any au-
thority to regulate the taking of sand
from Lake Michigan in Indiana The
state department has been trying to
find a way to control the operation Of
sond mining companies just off the In
diana shore.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
EAST CHICAGO MEN
ARE SENTENCED

INDIANAPOLIS. June s. Before
Judge Geiger in the Federal court here
George MihaHk Of East Chicago who
pleaded guilty to charge Of stealing
from interstate shipments, was sent
enced to ten months in jail Stanley
DonbrowskI Of Indiana Harbor, in
dicted with Nihalik. was sentenced to
eight months in Jail and Walter MAZDA
or Indiana Harbor to six months.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
HARDING DEPLORES
TULSA'S SHAME
J,t,T JL,LtN,TTEREATloNAL NEWS sERyleEl

oNCORD. PA. Juno 6-President
Harding today made this statement
with reference to the recent race riots
at Tulsa. Okla.
God grant there never be such a
spectacle in this country"
The president stopped off for q few
moments on his return trip to Wash
ington and addressed briefly the mem
bers CT the graduating class OF Lin
coin University. near oxford. the old
est theological seminary in America
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
Munster Dedication
on Thursday Next

MUNSTER. Ind, June 6.-Don't for
get to attend the dedication exercises
Of the Munster town hall, which Will
be held on Thursday evening. June .
at 730 p, m STANDARD time) Speak
ers for the evening win be Judge v
$. Reiter LeGrand T. Meyer Music
win be furnished by the Munster band
Come one. come AL. and enjoy d
good time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
tBULLETINl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
DENVER Colo, June B.--ScOres of
families in Denver suburbs were driN
en from their homes late Inst night by
high water that burst over the banks
Of the south Platte river fOllOwtne
cIoudbursts In the foothills OF thr
Rockies.
EngleyTood and GIobevllle, suburb.
OF Denver, were the FIRST to feel the
Effects of the dOvvEPour from the
mountains. Houses, barns and fences
were torn loose and IN many eases
carried away by the torrents.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
NEW EFFORT TO
END COAL STRIKE
NEws sERVIc

LONDON. June 6.-The executive
committee OF the Federation OF Miners
today accepted an invitation from the
collier owners for another conference
to attempt to settle the national coal
strike BY eompromlse.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06

fINTERNAT1cVAL NEWS sERWcE1
PUEBLO June C. - Conservative
estimates of the property damage to-
day placed the amount in excess Of
S1O,OO9.OoO within the city limits.
A committee or Lending citizens, In
Guiding the president Of the city cOun-
ell. at a meeting last night wired Gov.
shOup asking him TO apply Immediate
" to the federal government for sS,-
100000 for immediate work In repair
ing roads and rehRbtlitatins the city
OF Pueblo.
The committee bad declared that II
was certnin that hundreds OF lives
were lost, the accurate number of
which could only be nscertained after
the removal OF the debris which aa
piled high In the streets.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06

In the presence of a crowd which
filed the WoburT1, Mass, Unitarian
church, the Rev. Harold L. Pickett,
pastor of the church. ordained his
wife, Mrs. Anita Trueman Pickett,
to the ministry. Mrs. Pickett will
assume her charge at Rowe, Mass,
Immediately.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
TRAINs ARE OVERTURNED.

a railroad man Who escaped from
the food told me the story of the two
trains filled with passengers. wttb
steam up In tho yards ready for ths
signal To leave but which delay FIVE
ILL "a -, r.,rro a-cn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06

CONTINUED on pa ase two.I
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and probably Tues
unyI somewhat warmer in west AM
south portions tonight.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06

tContinusd on page nye'l
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-06

delivered By Carriers In Hammond
and W Hammond SOC per month on
streets and news stands 80 per copy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-11
WRIGHT IMPRESSED
BY PENN FRESHMEN
Crew Coach Wakes Enthusiastic
About Big First-Year Men.
Hamer Reports

"Say. did you hear about the fresh =
man who turned out this afternoon for
crew." said Coach Joe Wright yester-
day afternoon in the rowing room Of
the University of Pennsylvania gymna-
sium. When o negative answer was
given the coach felt as though he had to
get something off his chest. Wreathed
In smiles that bespoke his joy more elo-
quently than words, Mr.. Wright had the
following to say:
''It looked sort OF gloomy for a while
this afternoon when the first year men
started to report for practice. They
all seemed small and lacking in weight
for crew. After waiting around n while
one by one several big fellows came in
and bashfully presented themselves as
candidates. As soon as | looked al
them changed my feelings completely
A little later four big. strapping fel
lows, the kind that makes coaching q
joy. turned up. and believe me / am
more than pleased.
There is this fellow Tex Hamer,
who played fullback for the freshman
football team last fall. A strapping big
fellow. tipping the scales at 1870. Then
along came Mattison. who. l am given
TO understand. was on the freshman
squad at Syracuse last year, but did not
finish the first year. Medhold, q boy
who should be we'll known in these
parts. turned up next and then came q
bic fellow. Wilson bv name. Medhold
stroked the West Philadelphia High
School eight last year and performed
creditably. ] am told. Certainly makes
il a lot better" concluded Wright as
he walked over TO one Of the varsity
candidates to correct fault.