davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-01-30

Crooks?
Lots OF 'en1.
walk on the outside OF the sidewalk.
Keep your hand on your 2ock
Don't let anybody foiioE you.
Don't ride with sra nRe men.
that's some advice from police.
And here are three warnings from
The burglar fraternity
Harnsnond Produce CO, entered FOR
the fourth time. Through back door.
Gree $40.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-01-30

juring him. tie was taken to q hos
pital where the wound is regarded as
serious. kallas was arreted and -
held on a charge OF shooting with in
tent TO kill.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-01-30

$500 fine and six months at penal
farm Runs soft drink parlor at the
above address and had his place run
ming In open violation Of the law.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-01-30
GRIFFITH

BIG DANCE
Given by Griffith Athltic club
Wednesday. FEB. %. at the Griffith
vowu Hall. Doors open at 7:So ?. n.
Good time promised Everybody come.
1-20-it COMMITTEE.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-01-30
ACCIDENTS.

Ten months old Fern Howard was
slightly injured late Saturday after
Evening star., 1922-12-08
Couzer,s Denied
Post on Senate
D. C.. Committee

Hopes of residents of Washington
to obtain aid In solving the capi-
tails street railway problem from
Senator Couzens of Michigan.
father and admisistrator of the
municipal street railways of De-
troit. were blasted today with an
nouncement of the new Michigan
senator's committee assignment.
Soon after the appointment of
Senator Couzens to succeed Tru-
man II. Newberry movement was
started by civic associations of
Washington to obtain the assign
ment of Mr.. Couzens to the Dis
trict of Columbia committee of the
Senate. This committee. however.
was found to have no vacancy and
Senator Couzens today was assign
cd to the banking. naval and labor
and mines committees.
1t was pointed out In connection
with Sena tor @t'ouxen's appoint
ment there is nothing to preclude
his appointment to the District of
Columbia committee in the future,
should a vacancy occur.
Evening star., 1922-12-08
CITES GREAT NEEDS
|NFEDERAL SERVICE
Commissioner Wales Urges
RecIassification at Reform
League Meeting.
HELP TO EMPLOYEES
Opportunities Would Be Broader
and Efficiency Higher, Says
Speaker.
HELP TO EMPLOYEES

An appeal for proper reclassifica-
ton of the government service was
made by George r. Wales of the Civil
this afternoons session of the Ma
tional Civil Service Reform League.
which is holding its forty-second an
nual meeting at the Hotel Washing
ton.
THE federal service is in a state of
constant change: new duties develop.
old ones cease. specifications are
altered Commissioner Wales de-
clared Complete reclassifcation cam
not be written on the statute books.
The plan should be outlined, broad
classes defined. grades established and
salaries fixed by legislation.
THE detail must be filled in by the
executive branch of the service" Mr..
Wales continued. The form of this
legislation should be such that it will
furnish a foundation for the develop
ment of uniform standards of duties
and qualifications and basis for uni
form terminology in designating these
duties which will constitute a COM
mon language by means of which all
able terms.
Major Purposes Unsolved.
"Whatever agency may be desig-
mated to put the plan into effect should
he given the power to review and
harmonize, SO that when brought to
completion reclassification may not
only serve to equalize pay. but also
provide the means of accomplishing
the other major purposes so impor-
tant to effective and economical ad-
ministration."
Commissioner Wales said that the
dinosaur of prehistoric times had two
brains, one for his head and the other
to control his hind legs. Inability to
properly coordinate the impulses
from these two brains made him un-
wieldy. and, despite his size, he sue
cumbed to his single Drained enemies.
81 do not wish to draw a parallel
between this ancient lizard and
personnel management in the gov
ernment. but it illustrates my
point" Commissioner Wales con-
tinued. "Greater effectiveness in per-
sonnel administration can be secured
by a more central control. by the sub
stitution of one uniform policy for
many variable or conflicting policies.
."The needs of the present situation
are primarily. more adequate control
Of personnel, more equitable treat
ment of employees. improved selection
of new material and elimination of
fnefficients, with a net result Of bet
ter and more economical service to
the public"
Increase of Opportunities.
The speaker pointed out that equal
ization of pay is not the only thing
to be accomplished by reclassifica-
ton. Opportunities for advancement
will be increased and better selec-
tion of new material made possible.
Maintenance of suitable perform
ance records should operate to point
Continued on Page 2, Column 2.)
Evening star., 1922-12-08

a great crisis. The conduct of war
itself is not more difficult than the
solution of the problems which
necessarily follow. l am not speak,
ing at this moment of the problem
in it's wider aspect of world re-
Mobilization or of international re-
lationships. The reference is to-
our own social. financial and eco
nomic problems at home. These
things are not to be considered
solely as problems apart from all
international relationship. but
every nation must be able to carry
on for itself, else it's international
relationship will have scant i'm
portance.
Doubtless our own people have
emerged from the world war tu-
multi less impaired than most bel
ligerent powers: probably we have
made larger progress toward re-
construction. Surely we have been
fortunate in diminishing unem-
ployment, and our industrial and
lifeblood of our material exist
ence. have been restored as in no
other reconstruction period Of like
length in the history of the world.
Had we escaped the coal and rail-
way strikes, which had no excuse
for their beginning and less justi-
fication for their delayed settle
ment. we should have done infin-
itely better. But labor was insist
ent on holding to the war heights.
and needless forces of reaction
sought the pre-war levels. and
both were wrong. In the folly of
conflict our progress was hindered.
and the heavy cost has not yet
been fully estimated. There can
be neither adjustment nor the PEN
atty Of the failure to readjust in
which all do not somehow partici-
pate.
The Railway Strike.
The railway strike accentuated
the difficulty of the American
CONTINUED on Page IA. Column -
Evening star., 1922-12-08
TWO IRISH REBEL
CHIEFS EXECUTED
Liam MelIoWes and Rory
O'Connor Victims of Free
State ReprisaI.
TWO OTHERS ALSO HUNG
Further Assassinations of Parlia-
ment Members Feared-Ulster
Plans for Secession.
by the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, December S.-The Dub
lln correspondent Of the Evening"
Standard reports that q party Of
men today entered the Mercers
Hospital and shot . Free State SOLE
dier lying In one of the beds. In re-
prisal for the executions Of Roy
O'Connor and Liam Mellowes.
DUBLIN, December S.-Rory O'Con-
nor and Liam Mellowes. together
with two other Irish rebels, were
executed in Mountjoy prison this
morning. it was officially announced
The two other men executed were
Joseph Mckelvey and Richard Bar
rett. both prominent republicans.
The prisoners were tried by mill
tary court-martial during the night
found guilty and sentenced to death
The death sentence was carried out
at 9:20 o'clock this morning. Three
priests were present. The prisoners
blindfolded, were marched to the
place of execution. O'Connor had to
be assisted to the scaffold.
Executions arc nSPEhDAt0s
An official army report states that
the four men were executed as re-
prisal for the assassination or Sean
Hales, the deputy shot yesterday. and
as solemn warning to those asso-
ciated with them "in the conspiracy
of assassination against the repre-
sentatives of the Irish people"
The risk to members OF the parlia-
ment is serious. and even the mem
bers for Trinity College have receiv-
ed threatening letters. They have
not. however. sought the shelter Of Of
the government building. Two OF
them reside in the college and two
in their homes. The members can
gain access to the parliament cham
her without appearing on the street.
The Museum Of Natural History joins
up the College of Science, which Is
now the government building. with
Leinster house. in the theater of
which parliament sits.
Evening star., 1922-12-08
0REG0NF|REL0SS,
TOTO 15M|L[|ONS
Business Section of Astoria
Swept, With 27 Blocks in
Path of Havoc.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ASTORIA, Ore, December 8.-Much
of the business district was wiped
out. with property damage estimated
at between $1O.o00.00o and $4,000. 900.
by fire which broke out shortly after
3 o'clock this morning. Firemen. aid
ed by forces from the Portland de-
partment. dynamited buildings in an
effort to check the flames.
At 8 o'clock the fire had swept over
twenty-seven blocks. the flames had
eaten under the pavement on Com
mercial street. burning the piling on
which the city had been built. and
f1remen were unable to cope with this
development.
Auto Dealer Drops Dead.
One life was lost in the fire. accord
ing to reports available at o'clock.
Norris Staples, automobile dealer and
president Of the Astoria Bank of
Commerce. dropped dead. Two other
business men, who were missing and
believed dead, later were accounted
for.
The buildings destroyed included the
leading hotel. the principal stores and
all the banks.
Patients were removed from St.
Mary's Hospital. all the windows of
which were shattered by explosions
of dynamite or gasoline tanks.
Evening star., 1922-12-08
PRESIDENTS VOICE
WAFT tied OVER j. S.
Largest Audience in History
of World Hears Address
Before Congress.

President Harding today. in deliver
ing his address on the state of the
Union to Congress in joint session.
the first time any Congress has met
in fourth session, addressed direct
ly a larger audience than any mans
voice ever reached before in the his
tory Of the world.
For the first time the President.
speaking in the House. had his voice
transmitted by radio telephone to peo-
pie in all parts of the country. Mrs.
Harding in the library of the White
House listened word by word as the
he believes TO be the most pressing
legislative needs Of the American gov
ernment. Similarly, in farmhouses. in
schools. in public gatherings. the
Presidents words were listened to by
citizens in every state in the Union.
The broadcasting of the speech in
the House was sent out on 412-meter
wave length by the naval air station
casting stations north. south. east
and west. most OF them B stations
in the 400-meter class, picked up the
Presidents address and rebroadcasted
it several hundred miles further on
its way to the awaiting public.
Received in western Cities.
The Pittsburgh Post. through
KDKA; the Chicago News. the De-
troit News. through WwJ: the In
dianapolis News. the st. Louis Post
Dispatch. the Kansas City Star and
the Denver Post spread the message
westward across the continent. with
the Los Angeles Times waiting to
pick up the message.
Toward the north the big broadcast
ing stations in Philadelphia spread the
message through the ether; the West
inghouse plant at Newark. N. j.. spread
it still further, and in New York the
ton put it within the reach Of every ear
in the northeastern section of the coun-
try. Toward the south many papers
which have installed broadcastfng sta
tions picked up and rebroadcast the
message, with the Louisville Courier
audible throughout the south.
Radio in Sick Room.
Mrs. Harding's ability to hear the
message was made possible by the
radiophone recently set up in her room.
which received, distinctly, every word
read by the President from the rostrum
Of the House of Representatives.
Mrs. Harding was delighted when
she learned that radio connections had
been made to broadcast Mr.. Harding's
message, and the radio receiving set,
which only last week was installed in
the White House, was yesterday put
In shape to receive 1t. Mrs. Harding's
radiophone is the same as used in the
Marine Corps and has q capacity of a
500-meter wave length.
Until her illness Mrs. Harding has
accompanied the President to the Capt.
tol on every occasion he addressed a
joint session of Congress-. and the fact
that she was prevented from being
present the last time he read his mes
sage was source of great disappoint-
ment to her.
Evening star., 1922-12-08
u. S. Scout Planes
To Seek Officers
Lost on Air I our
By the Associated Pres

By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO. Calf. December s.
Army aviation officers at Rock
well Field here were ready today
to send a squadron Of scout planes
to search for Col. Francis c. Mar
shall, attached to the staff of the
chiev of cavalry in Washington,
and Lieut.. c. L. Weber of the air
service. who left San Diego at
9:15 o'clock yesterday morning in
flight for Fort Huachuca. near
Tucson, AriZ.. and had not been
heard of early today. Fear was
felt for the safety of the two OFF,
GERS. and the Rockwell Field Off
GERS planned to canvass the coun-
try in southern California and Ari-
zona.
The officers were expected to
reach their destination within five
hours after they took off. Lieut..
Weber. an experienced cross-coun-
try pilot. was instructed to re-
port by wire on arrival at Fort
Huachuca.
Col. Marshall has been on an in
spection tour of cavalry camps
throughout the country and has
used planes extensively on this
mission. He commanded a brigade
fthe 1st Division in France
during the world war.
Evening star., 1922-12-08
PRESIDENT COVERS
ALL MAJOR ISSUES
Address to Congress Gives
Complete Account of Ma
tion'S Problems.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

President Harding has taken COM
plete cognizance in his message to
Congress today of the major prob
lens which made the electorate so
restless this year and brought such
a confused result in the elections just
a month ago yesterday.
The President says something on
nearly every subject which might
have had anything to do with the
balloting. or which might affect the
course of affairs in the next ma
tional referendum in 1924. Members
of both parties will agree that. ir-
ing's proposals. whether they con-
stitute cure for the ills or a plea
in avoidance. the President has
nevertheless by his recitation of
problems given a comprehensive ac-
count of 1.-The state OF the Union"
Revolt Among Farmers.
Much of what Mr.. Harding has
recommended does not come as a
surprise, but, until the executive
speaks, until the header of the DOM
inant political party puts his words
formally on record, there is never the
same weight given or the same at
tention paid to the recommendations.
Agriculture stands first and fore
most in Mr. Harding's thought. He
knows that the revolt in the middle
west. indeed, the friction inside the
republican party, has at its root
dissatisfaction with Americas imper-
feet system of financing the farmer.
% nj a
farm loan bureau. together with the
permanent establishment of a system
that will do at all times what the War
Finance Corporation did in an emer-
gsncy is what Mr.. Harding proposes.
The details are being worked out in
congressional committees now.
But credits alone aren't sufficient.
Freight rates have been q bugaboo,
and with that problem the President
links the poor transportation. Mr..
the motor truck. better highways and
a coordination of motor facilities to
move crops. He openly cirticizes the
railroads for saying their motive
power Is good when 1t isn't, and he
deplores the poor service they have
given in regions of the country where
perishable crops had to be moved. He
refers particularly to the Pacific coast.
The Labor Dispute.
Yet as the President tackles the
railroad problem. he realizes in his
speech that the railroad strike was
not an accident, but that back of 1t
all Is the perennial dispute about Ia
Dor. Tho most important recon-
mendation he makes is the abolition
Of the United States Railroad Labor
Board, or rather its complete revision.
AS has been pointed out again and
again in these dispatches. the weak
ness of the board has been its divis-
ion into three groups. labor, employer
and public. This lack In arbitration
tribunals only means that the real
burden is placed on the neutral mem
bers. Mr.. Harding proposes a board
to be composed of all neutral MEM
bers. Thinking also that the Labor
Board is an ill-fated institution with
out power to enforce it's DEGREES, the
President thrusts forward the idea
Of making q new subdivision of the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
concentrate on labor disputes. This
provision probably will be bitterly
fought by labor, for 1t means that the
arbitrary rules Of q fair return on
IContIn0ed On PaSe 2, Column ~. :.
Evening star., 1922-12-08
TRANSPORTATION VITAL
ISSUE BEFORE i. S. NOW.
PRESIDENT DECLARES
Text of Presidents address
Before Members of Congress

Members Of the Congress:
So many problems are calling for
solution that a recital of all of
them. in the face of the known
limitations of a short session of
Congress. would seem to lack sim
cerity of purpose. 1t is four years
since the world war ended, but the
inevitable readjustment of the So
cial and economic order is not more
than barely begun. There is no ac-
ceptance of pre-war conditions
anywhere in the world. In a very
general way humanity harbors in
dividual wishes to go on with war
time compensations for production.
with pre-war requirements in ex-
penditure. In short, every one.
speaking broadly. Graves readjust-
ment for everybody except himself.
while there can be no just and per-
manent readjustment except when
all participate.
The civilization which measured
it's strength of genius and tho
power of science and the resources
of industries, in addition to test
ing the limits of man power and
the endurance and heroism Of
men and women-that same civil
ization is brought to it's severest
test in restoring a tranquil order
and committing humanity to the
stable ways of peace.
Old Order Hns Vanished.
IF the sober and deliberate ap-
praisal of pre-war civilization
makes it seem a worthwhile in
heritance, then with patience and
good courage it will be preserved.
There never again will be pre-
cisely the old order: indeed. know
Of no one who thinks 1t to be de-
sirable. For out of the old order
came the war itself. and the new
order, established and made secure,
never will permit it's recurrence.
1t is no figure of speech to say
we have come to the test of our
civilization. The world has been
passing-is today passing-through
Evening star., 1922-12-08
WOMAN. GOES INTO UNDERWORLD,
Gains PROOF TO FREE BROTHER

near here, and had been sentenced to
life Imprisonment at Marquette. the
woman began her Investigations.
delving into the haunts of bootleg
gers until she had obtained evidence
that brought about the arrest of
Homer Noel and Melvin Brown. These
men are alleged to have confessed yes
terday that they were members of the
band who killed Dombrowski in his
farmhouse when he refused to pay
tribute to the gang. who posed as
federal officers charging him with
violation Of the liquor laws.
The two, according to the alleged
confessions. exonerated Sauerman.
According to the alleged confessions
the band extOrted thousands Of dol
lars from bootleggers in Michigan
and nearby states by posing as fed
eral officers.
Evening star., 1922-12-08
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclAteu fTess.
DETROIT, December S.-A sisters
faith in her brother that led her to
frequent the haunts Of the Detroit
underworld in an effort to free him
from a life sentence he is serving at
Marquette prison, is likely to win for
Leo Sauerman a new trial. local
authorities said today, after checking
up what they describe as one OF the
most amazing cases in Michigan Grim
inal history.
The sister is Mrs. Helen Bowman of
Detroit. After Sauerman had been
convicted here in October Of being
implicated in the staying last Janu-
ary Of Alex Dombrowski. a farmer
Evening star., 1922-12-08
GEN. PERsHING RETURNS.

Army, today returned to this city
after a speech making tour Of the
west. He met NJ, Clemenceau, the
former French premier. on his ar
rival at New York and again in Chi
cago. but probably will call on him
again in this city.
Evening star., 1922-12-08
HOPE UP TO PoINCARE.
Agreement Depends on His Pro
posals at Premiers' Meeting.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, December S.-Agrccment
among the allied premiers upon ques-
(Continued on Page 2. Column 50
Evening star., 1922-12-08
ARRESTED MANY TIMES.
o'Connor and Mellowes Both Prom
inent Among Insurgents.

lnenL Au1OuS SCuSos
Both Rory O'Connor and Liam Mel
loves had figured prominently In in
surgent activities, and had been ar
rested a number Of times.
Mellowes, who had barely passed his
reimbursement birthday when exc
cuted, had the more romantic career
Of the two. Even when in his teens
he was an indefatigable worker for
the republican cause. He organized
the Fiannah- Eireann, a body of boys
who pledged their Lives for free
Ireland. and made bicycle tour OF
tho country to complete this work.
In ,a1s he was arrested by the Brit
ton Int escaped, and a price of E1.O0O
vas nut on his head. Finally his hid
80 nIace was discovered and sur
rnEnded, but he broke through the
lines disguised as nun, ana reacned
the seacoast. where ne snipped as
snoker, and. after a stormy voyage.
lived in America. During the later
avs ~ the world war he lived in the
yIn;ted states, but in 1913 returned to
freiand to engage again In the tight
for the republic.
Rory O'Connor was eoucateo 70 pc
nuhIin University. after which he re-
LIVED an appointment in western
Consda. The possibility of entering
the irish fight for freedom apparently
,,aver entered his mind until the out
hreak Of the world war. when he sud
denly left his lonely camp IN Canada,
crnssed the ocean and became one of
the central figures in the famous
fM Ea ster rebellion of 1916. He was cap
tmred. but later released under the
amnesty.
seises -Four Courts.
For many months he took an active
mart in the guerilla warfare that
scoureed Ireland. but 1t was as the
leader of the republican force that
seized the Four Courts building in
Dublin that he first came into inter-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column. %
Evening star., 1922-12-08

The latest newspaper CEN
sus shows that the circulation
of The Star, daily and Sun
day, in the Homes of Wash
ington is practically double
that of its nearest cotempo-
Evening star., 1922-12-08
WEATHER.

Rain tonight. probably clearing to-
morrow morning: warmer tonight;
much colder tomorrow night.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at 2 pm. today: Highest. 81. at
> pm. today: lowest, SO. at 1880 pm.
yesterday. Full report on page %.
Evening star., 1922-12-08

Strcssing the problem of transporta-
ton as of exceeding Importance. Pres
ident Harding, in his address to Con-
Sress today. outlined a plan of far
reaching legislation dealing with the
railroads.
The message. which dealt with near
ly a score of subjects. emphasized
prohibition, farm credits, child labor
and immigration.
Evening star., 1922-12-08
Noted Assem- blaGe.
More Power Asked For.

Seldom has there been a larger num-
her of persons in the Presidents own
gallery than today. Among these
were Mrs. William H. Taft. wife Of the
Chief Justice: Mrs. Wallace, wife Of
the Secretary of Agriculture; Mrs.
Fall, wife of the Secretary of the In
terror: Mrs. Work. wife Of the POST
master General: Mrs. F. w. Upham Of
Chicago. Mrs. Scobey. wife of the di-
lCYntinued on Page 2. Column 81