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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
FALCON
NESTS" TO
VISIT CITY

Four hundred Indiana members Of
the Falcons. the great organization Of
Americans of Polish descent will gath
er in Hammond on Sunday for the
annual state convention. While Ham
mond was selected as the meeting
place the actual sessions will be held
at the wentworth high school in West
Hammond
The Falcons correspond to the Ger
man turner organization and foster
among other things athletic develop
ment by means of contests which are
held at the regular meetings. They
also have a military training system
which was the means of sending many
well trained men into the service when
the war came. These units wherever
possible have now been merged with
the state militia. At South Bend one
third Of the Falcon company belongs
to the militia.
An organization similar to the Boy
Scouts OF America was maintained for
years but in line with other American
ization plans of the Polish people these
young people are now lined up with
the Scout movement.
The Sixth District which comprises
all nests" in Indiana and a small sec
tion Of Michigan will send one repre-
sentative for each so members 10
Hammond. In addition there will be
many visitors to witness the events.
The athletic program and picnic will
be held Sunday at Wentworth school.
The business session OF the Official
representatives VII be held Monday
at the same place. There Will be
about As delegates present
South Bends delegation will be close
to 200, headed by Stanley Chelminak.
president OF the Sixth District. They
have chartered three special cars over
the South Shore Delegates will be
selected Monday to attend tho national
convention at Pittsburgh
Lake county Falcons VIII not parti-
cipate in the athletic events but Will
let the visitors fight it out for honors.
Lake county's turn will come when Il
is held at some other city next year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
BIG VERDICT IN
PERSONAL INJURY SUIT
ESPECIAL 10 EHE rlnEsl

MICHIGAN CITY. Ind. July l.
what Is believed to be the largest YER
dict for damage sin a personal injury
case in the state OF Indiana " as hand
ed down this morning BY the jury
which for two weeks has beeen hear
ing the suit OF Herbert Melville or
Hammond against the General Ameri-
can Tank Car Corp Of East Chicago.
Melville. a former street car con-
ductor, was given a verdit and judg-
ment for $s5.oo0 for the loss of q leg
and other injuries in q collision last
fall.
The suit was originally hled IN the
superior court at Hammond by Attor-
neys McAleer, Dorsey g. Gillett. Later
il was transferred TO the Laporte
superior court at Michigan city At
torney W j. Winery OF Hammond
represented the defendant corpora
ton.
II was a long drawn and hard
fought case involving many minor de-
tails. 1t was shown that while Mr..
Melville was working as street car
conductor for the H. ". & T. G.
Street Railway Co on October S, 1920.
the rear platform OF his car was
struck by a General American switc \
engine on one or the crossings on
Parrish avenue. between the plants Of
the tank company. No warning was
given by the train The rear Of the
car was demolished. Melvilles right
leg was crushed off. his left leg was
badly injured and he was otherwise
hurt
Attorney Gerald Gillett made the
opening argument for the plaintiff
After the trial Judge and jury were
unanimous in declaring II the
best argument ever made before &
jury in the Laporte superior court.
After Attorney Winery made his
argument for the defendant. Attor-
ney McAleer closed for the plaintiff
The jury retired at 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon and announced that a
verdict had been reached at o'clock
this morning
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
Fishermen Trap Rum Runners With 0utf
DICKS END
LONG HUNT
FOR FORGEF

F. Martin Johnson. alleged forger
IS locked up in the Hammond tail to-
day. awaiting orders for his disposl-
ton from Cleveland, Ohio. which Is
the scene OF his most recent activities
His arrest followed long chase b.
Pinkerton men who trailed him from
place to place. never quito catching
him. Johnson forged check for
$500.
The story begins several months ago
when Johnson was paroled from the
Ohio State prison. where he had beon
sentenced from Columbus. Ohio for
forgery He went to Cleveland ana
obtained work with a man by the name
of Woodward who treated him well
and gave him every chance to make
good. johnson worked well and OBJ
tanned the confidence Of his employer
BY his good behavior. and one day his
chance came. He forged his en-
ployer's name 70 a check for $500,
and cashed II without question being
known as an employe Of Woodward
cago. bringing with him two women
from Cleveland Then the big party
started. The trio tasted every pleas
ure to be had in the night life of the
big city. They threw money away
right and left. The Congress and
Morrison hotels and the Marigold
Gardens were the places most fire.
quenuiy visited. Johnson is said TO
have rolled $50 bills in hi. palm and
waited them TO the dancers in the
latter place.
In the mean time. the Pinkerton men
had not rested They were hot on the
trail of Johnson, and were just a jump
behind him when he left Chicago and
went to Burnham. where he stayed
for the last two days Money flowed
freely there also, and when he vas An
ally taken. he had but a few dollars
left
Now he Is in jail, pending the ar
rival OF Cleveland authorities who will
take him back to face the charge The
women have been left to make their
way back as best they can. It was
some party. though. while it lasted
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
GOOD NEWS!
BIC PLANT
RE-OPENS
General American Will Put
$500 Men Back At Work
Next Week.

Last Chicago lost all interest IN the
Dempsey-Cerpentier night this morning
when It got piece of news.
An Official announcement was made
today that the General American Tank
Car Corporation plant at East Chicago
would start operations on Tuesday,
July s
This plan has been shut down for
repairs since June 1, and as The Times
stated in their columns on May 2S
work would again be resumed within
one month.
1t is said that over 1900 employees
will go back TO work at this plant with
in week and real boom in car build
ing started at the worlds largest tank
car shops in America.
A report from the superintendent's
office says that there are plenty Of
orders. The order Of the Standard
OIL company OF U. T. L tanks for 500
more cars is TO be completed. An order
from China for 500 box cars has been
received during the month OF June and
another from the Great Northern rail
road company for 500 refrigerator cars
was placed during juno.
The Erie railroad has ordered i,ooo
box cars from the Standard Steel Car
company OF Hammond, Ind
The Inland steel company, Indiana
Harbor, has gained the contract for
rolling plates and furnishing the
riyets for the twenty-fve ll4 foot
tanks to be turned out by the Graver
Corporation at East Chicago for i'm
mediate construction ano ordered for
the Sinclair Oil company 10 be shipped
to Cushing, Oklahoma.
1t Will require $500 tons Of plates
for the construction OF the tanks that
are estimated to certain one and one
half million gallons.
The contract will take about four
months to complete ana will employ
from six to seven hundred men on
both contracts.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
WHITING MAN
CLEARED OF CHARGES
Nick Smith Not Guilty of
Manuslaughter In Death
of Little Child.
fssEcIAI ro Ne rlMrsl

WHITING, Ind. July Nick Smith
who has been under bond since June
when his automobile struck and killed
the little Regedus child on Indianapo-
lis boulevard, in stiglitz Park. was re-
leased yesterday following his hearing
before Judge Green in the Whiting city
court.
Smith had been charged with invol-
untary manslaughter, but the evidence
showed that child ran in front Of his
car Unexpectedly and that the acci-
dent was practically unavoida BILE.
This and another accident in which
small child met death. caused the
crusade of the Whiting police against
speeding motorists. 1t has had a sal
utary effect. Numerous arrests we're
made and now the police departme ent
has taken added precautions by paint
ing the large white speeder warnings
on the pavements. The driving public
is rapidly falling in line with the safe
ty campaign Of the police
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
BIG FOUR
To ACCEPT
WAGE CUT?
Will Railroad BrotherhoOds
informally" Accept Wage
Reductions.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sgRylcE


CHICAGO July First indication
that the "biE four brotherhoods
would accept the railway wage cuts.
thus averting a nationwide strike On
rail lines. was given here today by n 1
NJ. Daugherty, vice grand chief Of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
He indicated the brotherhoods might
informally accept the wage reduc-
tions.
Daugherty declared that if the get
togethers" session of the leaders Of
sixteen big" rail unions here today
voted against acceptance, the reduc-
tions would be put up to a 'referen-
dunn in the big four brotherhoods.
The referendum in effect would be a
strike vote
The brotherhoods. according TO
Daugherty. considered the inform al"
acceptance OF the wage cuts as a
means of learning the sentiments in
the other twelve affiliated unions.
The general feeling of todays set
together meeting. he added would
influence the big fours decision.
The men are back at work mean
while, at a twelve per cent reduction
in wages and the common laborers at
a twenty per cent cut The greatest
dissatisfaction. exists among the com
mon laborers. E F. Gable. president
Of the Maintenance Of Way men en-
nounced his union had voted heavily
against acceptance - the reductions
The shop crafts men are also over
whelminsly opposed to acceptance OF
the cuts.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
MASKED
BANDITS
ROB TRAIN
flnrtENArloNAL NEWS srsYlcEl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sEEVIcEl
CONVICTION, md July Two
masked bandits carly today held UP a
Peoria & Eastern &C. e. c. & St L.
passenger train, shot and probably
wounded tho express messenger dump
cd a safe out Of the express car and
escaped. The messenger was 50 seri-
ously wounded he was unable to give
clear account of the robbery. which
occurred half mile east Of here. The
amount Of loot has not been ascertain
ed
The bandits boarded the train at
Covington. looted the safe and dropped
off at Needersburg eight miles cest
of here They disappeared in the
darkness before the train crew. warn
ed BY a mail clerk who heard the shots.
knew OF their presence. The wound
ed messenger is Frank J Becknan OF
indianapolis. He was brought to a
hospital here and vas later removed
10 Indianapolis He suffered two bullet
wounds in the hip.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
A. DICKSON SUED
FOR DEFAMATION
Sensational Hammond Suit
Is Begun in the Lake
Circuit Court.
ESPECIAL 70 THE rfmEsl

CROWN POINT, IND, July l.
Through her attorney James K. Stin-
son Of Hammond. Miss Ethel Lockiin.
a prominent Hammond young lady, has
broug ght suit in the Lake circuit court
for $4,000 damages against AIonzo
Dickinson. She charges defamation of
her character in that Dickinson throu gn
circulating stories about her has In
jured her good name and brought her
into public scandal and caused the
general public to believe that she has
been guilty of offenses and miscon-
duct Miss Locklin is employed as a
stenographer and is the daughter of
Homer F. Locklin
The complaint hled by Attorney
stinson alleges that Or. Dickinson.
formerly an elder Of the First Christ
ian church and chairman OF the gen
eral board. made slanderous remarks
regarding Miss Locklin.
The suit is said to be the outgrowth h
Of the recent church scandal and It
is hinted that more suis are to fol-
low
Mr.. Dickinson has been a member
Of the church for forty-eight years
The frst thirty-five years of his ser
vice in the church was spent at Low
ell before moving to Hammond He
has been a church elder for 80 yqears.
He Is q carpenter by trade and has a
wide circle Of friends over Lake coun-
ty. He was chairman Of the general
board when the scandal regarding al
legged indiscretions on the part of the
Pastor, Rev. Clarence n. Smithson,
broke
He with other officers was removed
from office in the warm meeting of
the congregation Monday evening at
which time the arbitration board vas
disregarded and Smithson was not
permitted to resign.
However. II is said Miss Locklin' 5
name was not mentioned in the af-
ddavits which had been prepared for
the board of arbitration and nothing
was said regarding her at the meeting
Monday night by Mr.. Dickinson. He
was one Of the chief witnesses al this
session
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
WORLD SITS
Up To TAKE
INTEREST
Nearly 100000 To Pay Million
and Half To Witness
Sporting Event.
THE POOR FISH.

From NIL quarters of the Sntsed
states nnd from many points tn
europe pilgrimngcs have starred
r1th Jersey city Thoroughly en-
joyinE it's brief moment In the
spotIight) as their goal. Many viii
go who never sav a prime hght be-
fore and never will again. Many
who cannot afford 1t hnNe pushed
heir nifty dollars through the box
office window mnny coming frona
distant points hnve shAme-faecdiS
ndded hundreds of dollars in rail-
eond fare and hotel accommodation
10 that ATTY dollars admission Hnd
will soundly berate themselves on
the trip home. Think of these
Inst, gentle reader, II the nsht soes
but one round.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
RUM RUNNERS FINED

Mike Vucich. Sheridan. Iowa. and
Pete Miller 2979 Wentworth avenue,
Chicago. were arraigned in the Ham
mond city court this morning before
Special Judge John Morthland charg-
ed with violating the liquor law. The
men we're arrested on Calumet boule-
ward by Officer Taboda. who vas on
the watch for trucks driving over the
avenue Eucich fined $3.50 and
his car the liquor and revolver were
conhscated. Miller. who was not i'm
plicated in the evidence. but who had
a gun. was fined $50 as an accompiice.
The car is mort gagged according 70
vucich' statement. and this fact will
have to be considered in the sale OF
the car.
Vucich is a wrestler. and appeared n
Whiting bout not long ago. When
arrested he attempted 10 f& II" with
the officer. There were 10 pints OF
liquor in the car.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
BETTER GET BUSY.

Mr. Man. Have you 4 Fido, Rollo.
Henry or any other kind of q dog7
Take a tip Dash TO the police sta
tion and get your dog license at once.
or prepare to say. Good morning
Judge Thirty-five subpoenas have
been issued in the last tewnty-four
hours for persons who failed to get
their tags. and the courts are going
70 be fiilcd IN short order If the own
crs Of the CANNES don get busy. The
shotgun parade is about due and YOU
viii not get an answer some morning
V-hen you call your pup. If he is al
lowed to wander about sans tag.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
Death of Mrs. Dallman

Another respected Hammond pioneer
passed away yesterday in the person
or Auguste Dallman, nee Peters. wife
Of Charles F. Dallman. at her home. 81
sibley street She was the mother %
Charles. George, William August. Lille
ano Clara Voter, Eleanor Boarner ami
Agnes Gilbert. She IA survived also
BY eighteen grandchildren The flu
neral viii take place Saturday at 1880
from the house at 81 Sibley street,
where services will be held. Interment
at Concordia cemetery, Chicago, in
charge Of Eeidow.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
tBULLETTN.D

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sEEYcEl
CHICAGO, july Harry Allen
OF Sylvia, Iowa, charged with
stabbing Howard Landlords at SIS
No. Dearborn street carly today,
told police he Came 10 Chicago
seeking his wife and found her
occupying a room with Landlords.
Mrs. Allen cams here several ua~s
ago. bringing her three-year-
daughter Margaret. He denied
her husbands statement and said
his attack was caused by urfouna-
cd Jealousy Landlords w8s taken
to the PaSsevant hospital. serious
~ wounded II the breast. Allen
was arrested
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
WILL CELEBRATE
ON JULY 18TH
fsFEcIAI 10 TIE 1IpEsl

as in the past. the Slovak Catholic So
cieties OF Whiting viii celebrate St
Cyril and Method day at Slovak home
hall on Tuesday evening. July 18th. BY
a splendid program consisting OF vo
cal and instrumental music, plays and
addresses. The principal address Of
the occa sion will be delivered BY Mr..
Hynek Dostal prominent editor Of St
Louis Mo. member of the Czecho- Slo-
yak National Council of America and
member OF the second Czecho- American
mission in Prague. Father Benedict
pastor of St Johns church will act as
toastmaster The program will close
with dancing
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
LUDWIG SAYS WIFE
DROVE HIM OUT

Ludwig Besterda Of South Hammond
came TO The Times office today and
asked the paper to print an item say
ing that his wife. mother law. the
children and one or two of the neigh
bors drove him away from home with
sticks and stones and won't let him
go back
What did YOU do to deserve such
treatment. Ludwig" he was asked
NO cir. I do nodding but work
steady every day.
Ludwig was advised to hunt Up a
policeman.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
BULLETIN

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERvlcEl
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. July T.
Mrs Gaby L. Barry. said 10 be a.
close friend of regsy Joyce, one
Of the principals in sensational
divorce case now being fought in
Chicago courts. today was granted
4 divorce from Francis A. Barry.
wealthy New York broker.
Mrs. Barry alleged desertion.
Barry was represented by counsel
bue did not contest the suit. Mrs.
Barry is a dancer Of note and re-
Gently in motion pictures.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
fBULLETTN.)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERYicEI
HARRISBURG. Pa, July 1.-The
Bethlehem Steel company today
announced a wage reduction at it's
SteeIton plant Of Is per cent to be
effective July is and all salaried
employees will be cut 10 per cent
effective August l. The labor rate
by the re utioinsc ETAO ETAOT
by the reduction is reduced from
80 TO 81 cents, just half a cent
higher than the rate paid on Oct.
l, 1911
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
WHITING MAN ROBBED

( Carlson. who lives at 400 Indian
apoIis boulevard. Whiting. is out a
motorcycle. Last night thieves entered
the shed in the rear Of his home where
the bike vas kept and removed IL.
The theft was committed some time
after one in the morning. The Whit
ing and Hammond police were notified
and a sharp watch was made for the
machine. but no trace ~as found It
vas a Harley Davidson make.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
S P:M. NEWS
FLASHES
BULLETIN

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERyIcEJ
WASHINGTON, July l-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding left here
carly this afternoon for Raritan
y. ]. where they will spend the
Fourth OF July with Senator and
Mrs. Frelinghuysen Accompany
ing the president and Mrs Gillett
senator Hale Of Maine and Brig.
General and Mrs. Chas. Z. Saw
yer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
fRuLLETINl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERVieEl
PARIS, July lit was report
ed here today that Georges Car
pentier will receive the insignia OF
the Legion of Honor if he WHIPS
Jack Dempsey in their fight at
Jersey City tomorrow.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
RULLETrN

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERvlcEl
PHILADELPHIA, July 1-Wo-
men Jurors are Illegal in tho state
of Pennsylvania, the supreme court
ruled today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
(BULLETIN.l

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sEaWcEJ
NEW YORK, July l.-As all
grain exchanges piIl be closed
and business generally suspended
on Saturday, July .. and Monday.
July 4, no New York produce mar
kets will be available.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01

There rriu be many a vacant hip
pocket on one of the special trains
which carries fight fans 10 the jersey
City night, If information received by
federal authorities lis true. Word re-
ceived this morning was that the auto
mobile load OF liquor, which WINS be-
Ing taken to Chicago by Pat Gallagher,
when seized by federal agents, had
hght SPECIALS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
1T WAS BAIrED.

Near Schneider a Buick roadster
hove in view. 1t borne the usual ear
marks. Roadsters always arc objects
OF suspicion As the two machines
passed en- the road the boys had
good look at the mug of the driver.
That IS another mark that is hard to
conceal He eyed them closely. Look
ing back the federal men got the
cinching tip. The car took the bumps
easily and the fattened springs de-
noted the heavy load.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01
ZEE wRATHEA.

Generally fair and eon+inue
warm tonight and Saturday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-01

Continued on page ten.l
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-23
HERE is MORE ABOUT
SHOP CRAFTS
CTApTC nNJ DACr nNrr5
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

four substitute rules and laid down part
to meet. We have not yet committed
ourselves on that subject When all the
revised rules have been promulgated by
the board then we win again assemble
the general chairmen for whatever action
may be deemed necessary"
When the present crisis appeared, the
shopmen were In position where the
big four thought they could drag us
along with them. We put the question
up to them: II we go along with you,
does It mean that there won't be any
settlement until the settlement Is satis-
factory to alp the brotherhoods ans
wered that we couldn't expect them 10
do that and when they got a satisfactory
settlement. they would return to work
When men sit down at the table with
you and look you in the eye, and tell
you that when they get theirs, they'll
leave you and let you go your own way.
then tell you, you had better go your
own way first
The brotherhoo6s counted on our
trade union spirit to go along with them.
But when their cooperation in that
spirit fails to go beyond their own group,
then we must take care Of ourselves.
We felt the injustice of q wage de-
crease without a corresponding reduce
ton in rates; that Is prohteering at the
expense OF our living standards, but the
pending question of rules is OF even
greater Importance"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-23
LECTURE BE GIVEN
AIT FIRST BAPTIST
j.. M. cummius VIII lecture on White
Slavery al Baptist Church
Tonight.

on sunday afternoon Oct. 20, at
9 o'clock at the First Baptist church.
MIR. j. M. Cummins who Is already well
known 10 pensacolians, having recent
Is delivered lectures here on the vital
topic Of white Slavery" win give in
detail facts and figures which he has
secured first hand through his per-
sonal investigation here and elsewhere.
Nothing win be withheld from the
audience IN the way OF truth concern
ing conditions local as well as gem
eral. and those who come win cer-
tainly have their eyes opened with re-
gard to conditions in Pensacola
Tho presence OF every city official
ministers OF the gospel. Sunday school
and public school teachers. as well as
fathers and mothers. sisters and broth
er, in fact al who are interested in the
welfare ana moral purity OF the home
and the uplifting OF the young man
hood and young womanhood OF this
our home city. as well as every other
place IN the world. where vice and
moral degradation Is thriving today
should be present and get acquainted
with conditions which the speaker, Mr.,
Cummins Will prove exists.
This IL 20 be a union service OF all
denominations an dthe pastor or each
church in Pensacola and vicinity Is
requested 20 make announcement Of
the above lecture at the sunday morn
ing service OF his church and Sunday
school