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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
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They all start at 500 p. m.
Stations Chicago, K Y w;
Pittsburg. K-D-K-A; Springfield,
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Springfield. Mass. W-B-Z. Cleveland
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W-G-I; Indianapolis. Ell; Detroit
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Fridays program, as broadcasted
from Station KY-W. beginning at
100 p m. follows:
CHICAGO
Program given by members of the
Faculty of the Lyceum Arts Conser-
vatory.
Artists
Reader-Elias Day.
Violinist-Charles Mixer
Geranlen Trio-Gertrude Farrell,
soprano; Anna Braun. contralto.
Helen Mueller. contralto
companist--Jeanne Boyd.
Program.
/. Medley Of Southern Airs. Pike
--Geranlen Trio.
2 fa) Alteration, Borowski; Cb)
serenade, igo-charles Mixer.
3. Characterization Day.
4 I'm Fair Titania from Mig
non" Thomas-Gertrude Farrell.
5. cal Bereeuse (Jocelyn). God
ard. Cb) sextet CLucia'D Donizetti
Charles Mixer.
s. (a) By the Waters or Mime
tonka, Lieurance. tb) Jean Burieigh
Helen Mueller.
T. Characterize Elias Day.
s ta) Land Of the sky Blue wa
ter. Cadman. (b) A Young Mans
Fancy Trio
?, Piano selection-Duo Art.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
SENATOR NORRIS CENSURES TAFT and u S SUPREME COURT
FORD MAKES ROCKEFELLER
SIT Up AND TAKE NOTE

Money brings happiness only
when spent usefully and wisely" he
says. Wealth should be regarded
merely as an instrument to make
the world better and happier"
Here in this beautiful Florida re-
sort, the billion dollar prisoner" is
free Of his prison and radiates
friendliness under the warming sun.
No inaccessible fences and armed
guards to keep him from the public
as at the great Rockefeller estate
in Tarrytown.
Rockefeller. the Wall Street
Wolf" the Money King" cold and
aloop-Ormond does not know.
1t is on neighborly terns with
John D. Rockefeller, pleasant old
gentleman who works about his
garden in his shirt sleeves like
Grandpa Smith,
The aged multi-millionaire roa:ns
at will He chats with bel. boys.
the groceryman and the butcher.
plain as an old shoe-a nice old
man" say the Ormond folks. The
rich man whose word spells might
in the financial inarts OF the world
takes simple delight in simple
things.
Golf. the birds, the flowers and the
trees in his yard-these are subjects
on which the great John D. almost
wakes garrulous. forgetting TO be
thrifty of words.
Music is one OF his great pleas
ures.
His favorite pieces7
He mentioned one to us. Aloha. .
During the season the trains run
ming to Ormond Beach stops in front
of his house.
He stood IN his yard last Monday
afternoon watching the last Of the
seasons trains draw out--a spare
figure with round shoulders. wear
ing a gray suit, and in his shirt
sleeves.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
MICE ARE
BANE Of j. S.
LOCALLY

Experts who prepare the rigid
specifications for all government
construction work viii shake their
heads and look worried when they
learn that Hammond has a species
Of mouse which apparently scorns
concrete as a barrier.
Government specifications have
been considered the stifTest pro
position a contractor runs against
in his lifetime.
The new brand of mice has been
causing trouble in the offices of L.
S. Commissioner Charles Surprise in
the Hammond federal building. The
little rascals got into the vault and
threatened to make nests out Of
naturalization records and bankrup-
tcy papers.
Every day fresh traces of their
presence were found, A hole through
the wall from the office proper show
ed their path of entrance. The hole
was plugged but the mice gouged out
another. The only thing to do was
to kill off the brood.
Miss Kate Emery. clerk at the
passport window, undertook the JOB
Of determination. She brought four
ordinary traps and set them in the
vault Yesterday each trap caught
mouse Miss Emery and Miss
Maude Burke, naturalization clerk,
looked them over carefully. They
expected to find each equipped with
set Of tools teeth twpe In fact,
they seem to be just plain everyday
mice This morning another was
caught He was no different from
those caught yesterday.
The traps viii be set every dav
until everyone is certain that the
mice have ali been landed. There
is possibility that the concrete ca
pert has not been trapped. In fact,
a dinerent type of trap may be nee
essary for it is difficult to believe
that mouse which plows right
through cement work should allow
a small thing like a ten-G-ert mous-
trap to hold him long
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
ANDERSON
CALLS t A
"GURGLE"
NEWS ssRvIcEl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERvIcEl
NEW YORK, April William H.
Anderson, state president OF the
Anti Saloor League. today branded
as the gurgle of an organized APP
petite" the formation of a New York
division Of Association Against the
Prohibition amendment.
This organization" continued Mr..
Anderson, demands PERSONAL lib
erty for everyone except the prohib-
itionist who happens to he in a
large majority in this country. The
speakers at the meeting of the as
sociation against the prohibition
amendment held last night in Car
negie Hall. said that minority Of
1S9, 600 persons, whom they brand
ed as intellectual blackmailers, had
put over the prohibition amendment
Il should like to point out that the
allied citizens of America. an organ
ization to uphold American ideals
and the American constitution in
Guiding the 18th amendment, has
a membership of 100000 in New York
state alone.
'"The organization against r-ohibi-
tion is entitled TO our thanks If
their ridiculous claim that prohibit
tion was put over by a. minority
we're true it would constitute the
best possible argument in favor or
prohibition in that would eoncede
that a minority sober is too much
for a majority drunk"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
TRAGEDY STALKS
IN BECK FAMILY
NEWS SERVICE

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERvIcE1
LAWTON. OKLA. April 7-Trag-
edy similar in many WAYS to the
shadow resting on the uniform of
Lieut.. Col Paul Ward Beck, post
commandant here. slain in the home
of Judge Jean P. Day in Oklahoma
City. has stalked its way into the
army mans household before.
Col. Beck's brother, John Beck.
was shot and killed IN an affair
centering sbout money natters."
of the military court probing Col.
BeclS's death. announced here Col.
Beck never made the details of his
brothers death public 1t was
matter seldom discussed even in the
family circle" Major Lanphier said.
Mrs. Rachael Beck. II year old
mother of the slain airman. was
still in ignorance of the events lead
ing to her sons death today
Army women were in constant at
tendance at her bedside. Captain
Alexander Mileau. post physician.
said he feared for the aged womans
life if the details OF the tragedy
were made known to her. Lieut..
John w Beck Jr., son of Col. Becls
slain brother. arrived here last
night Lieut.. Paul Ward Beck, Jr.,
son of Col. Beck, is expected to ar
rive in Oklahoma CNty late tonight.
The two young lieutenants viii
acpopnnapx Reck's hody 10 Washing
ton Sunday. The mother Will also
attend her sons funeral at Airing
ton cemetery. She will be accom-
panied east by the wife of Lieut..
Kenneth Walker
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
DIFFERENT
) YEARS AGO
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERvlcE1

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERNlCEJ
WASHINGTON, April 7. The
nth anniversary of Americas dec
laration of war on Germany came
to the national capital yesterday al
most unnoticed.
Five years ago yesterday the
capital throbbed with suppressed
emotion over going into the world
conflict and congress prepared to
rush plans for a hundred-fold in
creases in the army and navy.
Today the largest controversy in
congress is over efforts to cut the
army to $4,000 men and the navy
to $500 men. Tariff. the bonus,
factional rows are big news
Five years ago today a democra-
tic president occupied the White
House with democrats in control of
both houses Of congress.
Today a republican president sits
in the White House with preponder-
ant republican majorities in both
houses.
Five years ago today the German
embassy was closed and gathering
dust. Today it is reopened and be-
ing furnished for the expected ar
rival of a new German ambassador
An American ambassador to Ber-
lin is already enroute. completing
the cycle from war to peace
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
BY MILDRED MORRIS +
Copyright 1922. by international
News Servfce)


ORMOND BEACH. Fla. April T.
John 2. Rockefeller plans to live
100 years.
The world is so full Of Interest,
a man must live long life to get
it ALL" he says.
Here's the Rockefeller receipt for
living to a ripe old age
Don't worry, eat simply and mod
erately, live a Christian life and
play golf
BY following this regime. he says,
he hopes to round out the century
mark,
The Standard OIL magnate is
watching the career CT Henry Ford
Mention of the automobile maker.
who is said 70 have supplanted him
as the richest man in the world.
arouses his deep interest
He expressed admiration for the
Detroit multi millionaire.
Always keep plenty of money on
hand" is the advice of the great oil
fnancier once sent the younger
money king.
The two most picturesque financial
figures in America. Rockefeller and
Ford have never met.
The man whose riches have made
him a figure legend on two hemi-
spheres talks little Of money.
Wealth cannot bug happiness. he
will tell you.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
ARRESTS MAY SOLVE
SOME GARY CRIMES

The four Gary bank bandits. one
white man and three colored. who
were arrested in a thrilling man
hunt after holding up and robbing a
bank at Eau Claire. Mich. last
Tuesday were all employed at the
plant Of the American Sheet and
Tin Plate Co. according to Chief Of
Police Forbis. who has given the
Eau Claire authorities some valu-
able Information since their arres-
The bandit car was a new one.
said Chief Forbis. "and was pus-
chased from a local automobile
agent last Saturday" Tho men left
Gary on Sunday, driving the ma
chine through to Michigan.
According to the police. Mike
Frankovich. the only white man IA
the quartette was employed as a
foreman at the tin plate company
and the three colorea men were all
employees under him Frankovieh.
who is the owner Of a four-stoIy
fat building on the south side. is
said to have been the ring leader q
the bandits
According % information. the men
were always seen together. and even
at the plant when they had A few
minutes leisure time they always
coupled it by talking with each
other in secrecy. It is the belief Of
the police that the gang are respon-
sible for q number OF crimes com
mitted in Gary this winter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
STOCK CT.
FOR BACKING
RACING GAME:
Hammond Promoter Gets 5
Year Lease on Old Roby
Race Track Site

Contracts were signed yesterday
between Jack Leech Hammond
motorcycle dealer and race promoter.
and the Shedd brothers. owners of
the old Roby race track, giving
Leech fve-year lease on the mile
course which is the only one in Il
radius OF thirty miles.
Mr.. Leech has great plans already
worked out and VIII Immediately
start putting them into execution.
First stock company is to be
formed to back motorcycle and au-
tomobile racing in Hammond. The
association viii be Incorporated At
at least $4,000.
Plans for the reha bilitation of the
historic old speedway include the
erection OF a ten-foot board fence
around the oval. A better drain
age system must be devised in o.
der to protect certain parts of the
track which have not been sats-
factory for years. Then the entire
track will be resurfaced with clay.
1t had q hard surface years ago,
but in dragging and working over
the top each year the clay has been
scraped off or so mixed with sand
that it has become practically use
less,
The clay surface is absolutely
necessary If we expect to attract the
best automobile and motorcycle
racers to Hammond" said Mr. Leech.
1T viii require several carloads
but ] am going to select type cf
clay which VIII not grind into dust
under wear in hot weather. It
makes a faster track for thasspeed
boys and At the same time|Ieffplip
ates the dust nuisance whicH ke'.es
many>fans away ~ :
IF racing is 10 be financial sue
cess to the promoters" continued
Mr.. Iseech. "the fence must be erect
ed at once. We must protect the
grandstands and other properly
from vandals and at the same time
must get the money from the people
who come to the races. 1 put on
the last race at the Roby track
last fan. believe 5000 people
about 500 Of them actually paid ad-
mission.
I'VE plan to have another en-
trance on the east side to take care
Of the crowd which comes from that
direction At present all have to
pass through the gate at the Roby
Inn"
Leech is hoping to put on the arst
meet toward the latter part Of May.
He has received assurances from q
number of old favorites of the auto
and bike game that they will be
ready for the start whenever he
says so. Wnstrom of South Chi
cago will appear with new car
Billy Harris of the Bunnell team
has rugged up one with Leroy
motor. Emil Huff has not an
nounced his intentions for this year
but Hobart and Indiana Harbor al
ready have several machines tuned
up for the season.
There will be no dearth of speedy
cars.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
ABANDON HOPE OF
STRIKE SETTLEMENT

WASHINGTON, April 6.--All hope
of enecting early settlement Of the
nation wide coal strike, through
peace meeting" between operators
and striking miners, proposed by the
House Labor Committee was defin-
itely abandoned this afternoon.
Rejection Of the Joint conference
invitation by majority Of the OPP
orators in the central competitive
aeid was announced by Chairman
Nolan of the Congressional commit
tee.
The refusals. he admitted, side
tracked efforts TO end the strike,
for the present at least.'
But" he added we have not yet
lost all hope that eventually the
operators viii agree to holding
Joint conference with the miners as
the best method Of effectually solv-
ing the present controversy"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
THE MULES
CAME BACK

BRAZIL. Ind, April THE
myster.r of the missing mine
mules today is just as mysterious
as ever-hut the mules are back.
That's the climax of little side
light story in accordance with
the great coal strike. The tale
hinges about the reported fall
ure of the Bay & Logan Coal
company. operating mine in
southern Clay county. to meet its
payroll when the mine closed
March 81. April Fools Day-no
ioke-the five mules used in the
nine disappeared. sherlocking
bv sheriff wallace uncovered the
tin that the miners were holding
the donkeys as lien on their
nav. An ultimatum from the
sheriff granted the miners twelve
hours to return the mules. To-
dav the animals were lined up at
the manger- spirited back TO the
wine by unknown hands.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
CR|T|C|zE:S
TAFT SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES
Advocates Abolition Of Fed
eral Judicial System and
Charge to State Courts
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON

fsTAFF CORRESPONDENT l. N. SERgIcEl
WASHING TON. April t.--ceiisuA
ing william Howard Taft, chief JUS
tice of the United states Supreme
court. for his social activities among
the idle rich" Senator George W
Norris (R). Neb.. today advocated
the abolition of the federal judlclai
system and confer-ing of federal
jurisdiction on existing state courts
Norris declared that mo judge
can stick his legs under the table
or the idle rich every night and oe
fit the next oay 70 sit in judgment
roon those mo toll The Nebraska a
senator added that annual pilgrim
ages" to Washington by federal cir
cult judges. ~ provided In the Cu1l-
Minis bill. would further weaken
the judicial system"
There is something fundamental
Is wrong with our judicial system
Norris said. 7 have reached the
conclusion. from my own expert
ence. that the life tenure Of office IS
not good for the people While IN
theory the judge appointed Off lie
is removed from temptation and has
nothing but the straight and narrow
path 10 follow. It often occurs, put
too often. that the security of lie
salary and life position makes our
Judges Indifferent and makes some
Of tnem forget the common people
Norris called attention to the pro-
visions in the Cummlns bill under
which senior circuir judges would
be brought once a year 10 Washing
ton for conferences with the chief
{rs.ice and the attorney general
What wilI these judges DOR Nor
RS said. They viii meet the CHIEF
Justice and will be dined every even
ing. They Will be run 10 death with
social activities. They will be killed
with social favoritism before get
ting down to business. especially as
Il affects the chief justice who din-s
somewhere every night.
40 man viii be injured and no
interest VIII be hurt by abolishment
Of the United States court and con
eerring Of federal jurisdiction on the
state courts.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
BY NO MEANS
WAS COURT KIDDING

Nick George. 1889 Block ave, In
diana Harbor. though Judge Reitsr
of Room 1 of the Hammond Superior
court was kidding when he entered
an order recently requiring Nick to
pay attorney fees and a temporary
allowance during the pendency Of
his wife's suit for divorce. Today
he is thinking II over In the county
Jail at crown Point.
Wednesday Mrs. Georges attorney
came into court and informed Judge
Reiter that George had disregarded
the order. He had cot paid his ALI
mony and the attorney had received
no money. Judge Reiter issued a
bench warrant returnable instanter
This morning George was found
and brought into court. He made
numerous excuses and intimated
that Mrs. George could take care Of
her own divorce proceedings. When
the Judge saw that Nick was not
inclined TO take the matter serious
~ he ordered him off to jail. When
he is released he will be given an
other opportunity to make good his
obligations. Otherwise il means
more time last in the county jail.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
HERSRMAN
APPOINTS
BORNWASSER

George p. Bornwasser, Of New Al
banv, assistant secretary Of the
Grand Lodge i. o. Q. F., has been ap-
pointed secretary to succeed William
H. Leedy. who died recently
The appointment of Mr.. B7rnwas-
scr was made by George Hershnan.
Of Crown Point, grand-mastsr. Mr..
Bornwasser had been acting secre-
tary since December ]. Prior %
that time he was fed supervisor
of he state t;e is hoia me Of
fee until the expiration Of Mr..
Ieedy's term in November
Mr.. Bornwasser was eieetcl Grand
master of the or1sr n 1872 AMI has
held important posts since that time.
He is member OF the odd Fellow
lodge, No. !, or New Albany.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
METHODISTS MEET

ELKHART. Ind. April Three
separate bodies were in session here
today n connection with the North
Indiana conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church-the confer
ence proper, the laymen's associa-
tion and the ministers wives. wild
ows and daughters. The first ses-
sion of the layman's organization.
was held today and it was attended
by about 100 delegates
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
FORD CAR STOLEN

Peter I.iesenfeldt, one Of the pro-
prietors of a cigar store at S5 State
street. Hammond, noticed a man en-
tering the garage at his home. 562
State Line street, Wednesday even
ing 1t was about 1890 o'clock and
Pete just supposed 1t was the man
who rented part of his garage.
Yesterday morning he called the
West Hammond police station and
informed Chief Nitz that his Ford
touring car had been stolen.
The auto was a 1920 model car
with a winter TOP. The Illinois IL
cense number was 1858.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
1nuLI.ETINl

LEAvENwORTH. Kan, April
Robert Hampton, 55. Of De-
troit took a chance in a thou
sand toda yto escape serving a
ten year term in the federal
penitentia~y here. hut lost. on
the last -ap of his journey to
prison. convicted of motor car
thefts. he dove from a Pullman
car window. The train was
near Rushville. Mo. and was
travelling at so miles an hour.
He was reca aptured.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
lRItI.LE1IN


INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVILEI
MILAN, April Pope Plus
xI will address a communica-
ton to the powers participati ting
in the Genoa conference asking
that former Empress Zita of
Austria and her children be al
lowed a free choice as TO their
future residence.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
tBULLETIN)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVlcEl
WASHINGTON. APrll THE
arrest Of General Gregorie Sem
enoff. the noted Cossack leader
in Siberia, in New York 1t the
instance. of an American export
ing firm is purely a civil action,
in which the United states gov
ernment IS not concerned one
way or the other.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
JURY SENT HOME

Tae damage spit Of JuIla Frzy-
bysz against n c English, which
was to have come to trial yester-
dav in Room of the Superior court
before Judge critics and jury was
settled at the eleventh hour and
the jury was sent home. In the
settlement the defendant agreed to
pay $3.50.
Przybysz had his collar bone brok-
en- in July. 1921. at Gary, when the
truck he was riding in was struck
nv thdautomobile of the defendant.
The accident happened at 47th and
Harrison streets. McAleer. Dor
sey and Gillett were attorneys for
the plaintiff
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
NOTICE OF REPUB-
LICAN MEETING

All Republican Candidates are n
vtied TO attend the meeting at the
Harrison Club IN Gary. Saturday.
April 8, at P. NJ
Miss Adelaide Thurston. who has
been speaking on the achievements
of the Harding administration the
past week daily in St. Louis. will
make an address. 4-6-2t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
cBULLETINl

WASHINGTON, April Dem
ocratic senators made President
Harding the target of bitter
partisan attacks in the Senate
today when they renewed their
charges tnat he was personally
esponsible for alleged infrac-
tions OF civil service regula-
lions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
(RILIETIN1

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVlcEI
CONCORDIA, Kans.. April T.
L. j. Tremblay. father Of the
family VINO were victims of the
axe fienI' near here Tuesday
night. when one person was
slain and five others injured,
committed suicide this morning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
lRuLLEThNo

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERVICEl
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. April 4
Employees of the Carnsey Coai
Co. who responded to the ma
tionwide strike call of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America,
have returned to work. leaving
District 20. embracing the en-
tire Alabama coal field. free
from strike disturbances, ac-
cording TO official reports to-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07

Following is the second Of a Sc
ries OF three intimate pictures Of
John u. Rockefeller sr.. the multi
millionaire oil king. In the warm
Florida sunshine, he goes about un-
guarded, unannoyed; sometimes in
his shirt sleeves like Grandpa
Smith"--and he expects to be 100.
Editors note)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-07
HAIL STORM
AT CAPITOL
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERWcEi

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERyICE}
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. April e.
Considerable minor property dam
age was done by hail storm here
this noon when ice globes as large
as English walnuts pelted the city
F-renzied BY the storm a horse ran
away and plunged into the canal,
dragging a wagon with him.
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ST. LOUIS. Mo. April Fol
quarrel. George L. Richie. SO.
was mysteriously shot in his
nome here eaIly today He is in
dangerous condition at the city
hospital. where h insists that
he shot himself. lis daughter
Maude. IS. is in custody.