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THE HAMMOND TIMES" THE Classified Department is now open until 8:00 P. M. Take advantage of this new service and avoid the morning rush. A MY hi nication regarding delivery of I he Hammond limes. Phone Hammond 3100.

CirculMi'-n till 8:00 P.M. HAMMONDINDIANA, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1934. PffjlfM 0 CP WiTE 0 FORUM STARTS BIG SALE FOR MINISTERS JOIN IN OPEN SALOON FIGHT SOLOilS A RE THE HOLLYWOOD ROUNDUP GARY NEWS GARY HAD 21 SUICIDES IN 1 933 WATERWAY TREATY TO BE REJECTED MR. BROWN COULD NOT BE FOUND Attorney Louis C. Holland, of Gary, this morning learned that the Hammond Superior courts aren't operating on a N.

R. A. or C. W. A.

basis despite the ad- vice of Attorney Clyde Brown. Desirous of securing a bench warrant for a defaulting alimony debtor, Holland was waiting in the court of Judge Harold Strickland while Attorney A. A. Flll-plak present opening statements in a divorce action. Attorney Brown, realizing that Holland is a man of considerable aggressiveness and haste, nodded to Holland who took a seat beside Brown.

"Listen, Louie," said Brown, "It's 10:57 o'clock now and if you want to get any action in this court before noon you'd jbetter shove Filipiak aside and ask for your bench This court works under the N. R. A. and quits early every day so that C. W.

A. men can work in the courtroom." Holland wasted none of the three remaning minutes. He strode past the equally large Filipiak (both men top 6 feet 4 inches in height and shoved, his petition to Judge "Understood you quit work every day at 11 o'clock because of the N. R. A.

so I hurried through," said Holland to the court. Judge Strickland was nonplussed. "Who told you so?" he queried. "Why er, Clyde Brown," said Holland. "The judge was undecided whether to laugh or scowl.

"Where is Attorney Brown?" he asked, just as Brown's coat tail brushed out the courtroom door. Mr. Brown couldn't be found. P. Attorney Brown wis still missing at noon.

It was believed he would postpone argument on a motion until tomorrow when Judge Strickland may have forgotten the N. R. A. and C. W.

A. Attorney Holland, has returned to Gary with information to the effect that Hammond's courts operate from 9 to 6 except on Saturdays and Sundays during court terms 'PRESIDENT'S BALL TICKETS Heavy advance sale of tickets for the Hammond ball that will honor President Roosevelt's birthday in Danceland January 30 was reported this morning by Frank R. Martin, general chairman. He said approximately 10,000 tickets have been distributed over the city and that preliminary reports indicate at least half this number will be sold before the ball. Irving Chayken, chairman of the publicity committee, reported he has received beautifully-designed advertising posters from the national committee sponsoring the birthday balls in 5,000 cities of the nation.

Mr. Chayken said the posters will be placed in the display windows of stores that have tickets sale. All money received from the ticket sale will be forwarded to the endowment fund of the Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Expenses of the local ball have been underwritten by the Hammond Manufacturers' association. Joseph E.

Meyer, treasurer of the committee, is in general charge of the ticket sale. TAXPAYERS' ASSOCIATION WILL MEET The Hammond Taxpayers association will meet Wednesday night in Weiss hall to begin a general appraisal of candidates for public office as the primary election next May. Meetings will be held the first and third Wednesday nights of each month to further the program. Candidates will be invited to appear before the organization with a complete outline of their taxation platforms. Officers stated today that the association will vote endorsements before the primary, especially on candidates running for state senator and state representative.

At the meeting this week, the proposed filtration plant for the city also will be discussed. COMMITTEES MEET TONIGHT The Calumet City committees appointed by Mayor John Jaranow-ski to conduct a ball January 30 at Jaranowski hall in honor of President Roosevelt's birthday, will meet 8 o'clock tonight in the city hall to receive final Instructions from the mayor who is general chairman of the event. Mr. Jaranowski requests all chairman to notify their committee members of the meeting so that a full attendance will be hed. The ticket sale will be started after tonight's meeting.

Tickets are to sell for $1 apiece and each Is to admit two persons. NAII ticket revenues will be forwarded to the endowment fund of the Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Similar balls are to be held on the same night and for the same purpose in 5,000 others cities of the nation. Including Hammond, East Chicago, Whiting and Gary. REBUILDING 'STEPS TAKEN First steps towards rebuilding Thornton Fractional High school, which was burned in Calumet City just before the Christmas vacation.

will be taken tonight. Members of the board of education of Thornton Fractional will meet with architects for a general discussion of the situa tion with a pooling of suggestions as to the general lines to be fol lowed. Following these Interviews it is probable that the architects will be asked to submit plans and specif! cations. The meeting, which will start at 7 o'clock, will be held in the city council chamber in the administration building. The meeting is open to the public.

CHARGES AGAINST ARNST DISMISSED SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT. Jan. 15. Charges of issuing fraudulent checks filed against Walter S. Arnst, former Crown Point business man, were dismissed in the crimi nal court on Friday by the state.

Arnst made restitution to the merchants for the amounts that he wrote checks for. Walter Gard, an employe of the Heide store, and Harry J. Baker, Jeweler, refused to prosecute Arnst after they had been reimbursed for the checks. WILL ATTEND CONVENTION F. E.

Brawley, E. Halper, P. Godra, J. Wasilowski, H. Shepherd and A.

Brunswick, local represents tives for the Western and Southern Life Insurance company, will attend the 45th annual convention of the company January 18-20 in Cincin nati, SECOND LAP ON TUESDAY NIGHT Hammond Open Forum will begin the second half of the winter season Tuesday night when George Blakeslee, staff photographer of Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago, will speak on the "Latest News From the Stars" in the building of the Hammond Woman's club. The forum program for the second part of the season, as announced by the committee, will include El-lery Walter, who will speak on "What I Saw in the Far Walter Pitkin, on "Life Begins at Ernest Fruening discussing "Power, the Burning Economic Maude Slye on "Heredity." On February 20, Sherwood Eddy will come to Hammond for a discussion of the subject of "Is Europe About to Explode," and on February 27, Professor A. J. Carlson will speak on a subject to be announced later. Edward Schoolman will discuss "Is Humanity Making Progress?" on March 6.

Dr. Stephen S. Wise, noted rabbi of New York' City, who is also scheduled to appear on the forum program this year, has not yet announced definitely when he will be in Hammond. Dr. Wise postponed his original engagement here on account of illness.

Mr. Blakeslee's address this Tues day night promises to be one of the most interesting of the season, the forum committee believes. The study of the heavens is always one of fascinating appeal and it is be coming more so today because of new discoveries and of progress in the science of astronomy. Mr. Blakeslee's address will be illustrated with lantern sides and will be an up-to-date and accurate discussion of our present day knowledge of the heavens.

It will not be of technical nature. and will cover the things mot people want to know about. Such things as the meaning of in spots, the new planet, double stars and speeding suns, nebulae, star clusters and our sun and its family will all come within the scope of Mr, Blakeslee's talk. According to the custom at the Hammond Open Forum, the speaker will answer questions from the audi ence following his address. The lec ture will begin at the regular hour of 8:15 o'clock.

125 RESERVE FOR CODNCIL DINNER A last minute rush to make reservations for tonight's annual dinner of the Hammond Boy Scout council, indicated today that the attendance will be around 125, which will be one of the largest crowds ever to attend the dinner. The session will be held in the dining room of the First Presbyterian church at Highland street and Hohman avenue. The dinner starts at 6:15 o'clock. Reports on last year's accomplishments and on plans for 1934 will be read, after which election of officers will be held. The dinner will be prepared by the committeemen of Troops 9 and 12 and the serving will be done by a group of assistant scoutmasters.

SERVICE CLUB WILL INSTALL The Public Service club, an em; ploye organization- of the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. of Hammond, will celebrate its annual installation of officers at a dinner meeting to be held at the Masonic temple tomorrow night. The dinner will be served by the Hyde Park M. E. Church Ladies' Aid society.

Two hundred and twenty members are expected to be present, incoming officers are R. J. Mes-nard, president J. E. Coleman, vice president; Myrtle Brunewick, secretary-treasurer, and Joseph Wax-man, H.

L. Plowman. L. Hain, A. Halle.

George Schopp and O. R. Durgy, directors. Retiring officers are C. S.

Funk, president; Martha-Llndholm, secretary-treasurer, and H. J- Sassadeck, A. J. Hartman, Fred Lindberg and N. E.

Rallowell, directors. FIRST WARDERS TO ELECT OFFICERS The First Ward Democartic club of Hammond will meet in the Irving school tonight to elect new officers for the current year. Only members irf good standing will be permitted to cast votes, the incumbent officers announced today. After the election, a general program for 1934 will be drafted. The club proposes to take an active part both in the primary election this spring and in the general election next fall.

J. M. FAVERTY OF BURNHAM TAKEN James M. Faverty, 70 years old, died Saturday afternoon at his home, 13307 Entree avenue, Burn-ham, after a long illness. He had been a resident of Burnham for 36 years.

Surviving are his wife, Cassia, and four tons, Arnold of Joliet, 111., Clyde of Hammond, John of Oak Park, 111. and Marion of East Chicago. There are nine grandchildren The funeral was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the Burns funeral home. Rev Elmer Jones officiated and interment was in Oak Hill cemetery, Gary ministers in sermons and interviews joined in the fight for strictly regulated saloons in Gary and Indiana, asking the council to prepare an ordinance with "teeth" to stamp out the open saloon evil. Ministers depicted the present situation as worse than pre-Volstead or prohibition days.

It was the opinion of the clergy that present conditions are bad and that the wide open saloon, brought about by repeal, cannot be tolerated. The ministers who joined in the fight for strict regulation are Rev. J. M. Johnson and Rev.

R. T. Ketch-am. An ordinance regulating saloons and requiring a city license is being prepared for the council and will probably be ready for in troduction tonight. DETECTIVE MAKES ENVIABLE RECORD Store Detective David Dix of Gary, who has made an enviable record in detecting shoplifters and other store sneak thieves during his year's residence in the Steel City last week was credited with 10 arrests and 100 per cent, convictions.

Notably among those arrested last week were three old offenders. Elliot Johnson, colored with a string of convictions for burglary and shoplifting, was given a 1 to 5 year term by Judge William J. Murry; Charles Lewis, $5 and costs and 60 days, and Mary Williams, also colored, and arrested four times for the same offense, $5 and costs and 60 days. Dix recently returned from Cin cinnati, where he was called to do some special work. He was credited with clearing up the case.

SUICIDE ATTEMPT PROVES FATAL Despondent over the allegation that he had gone out and spent all of his money and to return home and be reprimanded by his wife, Andrew Isak, 36, 1056 Harrison C. W. A. workman was successful in a suicide attempt yesterday. Following a quarrel, Isak went to the bathroom and swallowed some poison, A physician was summoned and administered antidotes and when his condition became critical last night he was rushed to Mercy hospital where his death was reported.

A child told the story to police that the father had gone out and spent his savings. THREE FIRES CAUSE SMALL DAMAGE Three minor blazes and a false alarm recorded in Gary over the week end caused a total loss of less than 50. according to Fire Chief Joseph Shirk today. A leaky gas line was responsible for firemen, making a. ruto 668 Washington street, another run to 829 Vermont street was caused by an overheated kitchen stove and an oil stovefire at 2634 Adams Btreet was confined to a $10 loss.

Fire companies raced to 1800 Maryland only to find a false alarm had been turned in. EAGLES HOLD GARY MEETING Otto P. Deluse, state chairman of the government P. W. A.

program gave an inspiring talk yesterday afternoon explaining the, workings of the governmental program to the members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at their district meeting held in the lodge rooms of the South Shore Eagles in Miller, Ind. Delegations were present from Whiting, Hammond, Gary and Michigan City. A number of candidates were initiated, among those from Whting were. Deputy Prosecctor Andrew Kozacik, Dr. Harry Slvian and Art Clarke.

The next district meeting of the Eagles will be held at Hammond on Sunday, February 18th. GARY SUPERINTENDENT OF GART public schools, William A. Wirt, Is recovering at his home after a severe attack of influenza. SCORES OK GARY SCHOOL children did not return to classes when schools reopened after a three weeks' vacation today as a result of an epidemic of mumps. IN AN ATTEMPT TO BRING THE ks' charity walkaton to an early termination, promoters are putting on some gruelling grinds to determine the winner of the $1,000 cash prize.

A QUARTER OF A MILLION dollars worth of new home loans, 45 to Gary property owners, were granted last week, according to a list released by J. Clinn Ellyson today. MEMBERS OF THE LAKE COUN-ty socialist party will hold a regular monthly meeting in headquarters at 117 West 6th avenue tonight. MORE THAN A TO'" OF Discarded clothes, contributed by Gary residents, Is "being conditioned for use by C. W.

A- workmen and their families. The clothing was taken in at a matinee performance at; the Palace theater. SOME TALK OF A THIRD party making a contest in the coming primary election is still current In certain political circles in Gary and the county. According to talk, it is planned to have not only city tickets bua county slate as well, bolstering up the tickets with candidates from both republican and democratic parties. GARY COMMUNITY KNIGHTS Templar participated in an annual inspection by John C.

Bush, of Gary, grand sword bearer, Saturday night Inclement weather prevented two state officers and a past grand master of the national organization from coming to the city to perform the rites. AGAINST PURTHE REDUCTIONS Lawmakers Ready to Do Most Everything Else But That By CHARLES P. STEWART (Central Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.

Almost very-thing that President Roosevelt wants congress to do at its current cession, congress will do with mighty little caviling. There is one presidential desire, lowever, that the lawmakers seem pretty sure to balk at gratifying. The White House tenant greatly wishes to have authority reductions to countries against which Uncle Sam has war claims, or even to cancel these claims altogether, in return for trade concessions to the ited State from these various antries. Preliminary talk on Capitol Hill by no means indicates that the legislators will acquiesce in any such arrangement. TREATY OR BARGAIN The U.

S. constitution, it is true, vests the government's treaty-negotiating power in the president, but it also requires an affirmative two-thirds senate majority to give actual effect to a treaty that he has negotiated. argument which come of the administration's friends advance is that a swap of debt concessions for commercial concessions does not amount, technically, to a treaty, but simply is an international bargain, which does not constitutionally have to be ratified. An alternative view is that the constitution already is semi-suspended by legislation under which recovery agencies of N. R.

type re operating, that its suspension in emergencies is recognized in federal supreme court decisions as permissible, and that'a limited amount of presidential treaty-making is as justifiable as the rest of the recovery program. SOLON ATTITUDE One or another of these lines of iJesonlng might appeal cogently to fsjjiators and representatives if there were a general feeling among them that war debt cancellation would be a. widely popular policy, but there Is no mistaking the consensus among them that it would be decidely the contracy. Anyone who imagines that congress is not vastly (though secretly) resentful of recent executive dictation in much in error. The solons are prepared to submit to it as far they -think they must, or arouse the anger of their own consituents, but they are exceedingly willing to stand pat in favor of their legislative rights, if fairly well satisfied that they can command their respective home folk's backing and they believe they can count on it' In connection With the war debt proposition.

To assume that republicans alone take this attitude would be quite Inaccurate. It was without a dissenting voice that the senate, in the first week of the current congressional session, adopted Senator William Borah's resolution calling on Secretary of the Treasury HenrjTMorgenthau- for vfull report on the status of war Igations. PRESENT STATUS Accountancy technique has so blurred the war debt problem that It "isa matter of guesswork what aort of a case Secretary Morgen-thau, with a specific plan to sup port, will make out with his show ing. Nevertheless, there still remains the late Senator Robert B. Howell's expert actuarial reckoning to prove that the principal of the debts and part of the interest on them has been Wiped out "in relieving the debtor peoples of all but a small fraction of the interest on Uncle Sam's borrowings excluslvelly for their benefit.

The cancellation of that, too, Is the proposed price for trade conces ions from them. JOLIET BOY, 1 5, IS ARRESTED AS PURSE GRABBER The bandit career of Robert Peterson, 15, of Joliet, 111., came to an abrupt conclusion early yesterday wp.en he was seized at Hohman ave-tfwand Doty street in Hammond by SCTolman Fred Martin after he had snatched a purse belonging to Mrs. Maurine Steffey, 478 Truman street, Martin saw the youth loitering in the vicinity and picked him up after he checked the description given him with that of Peterson's. All of the articles in Mrs. Steffey's nurse were recovered excepting $3 in cash.

The robbery occurred Saturday vening in front of Mrs. Steffey's home. She told police she noticed the youth following her and then he suddenly snatched her purse and fled. Formal charges have not yet been placed against the youth pending an Investigation of his record in Joliet, police Indicated. (Copyright 1034 by United Press) tAT VlITAAn XlUliU J.

lUU, ,10.11. ld.wiVUUIAUt.C has survived a Dreacn or promise suit for Donald Cook, dapper lead ing man, and Maxine Lewis, blue-eyed singer. Six weeks ago Miss Lewis filed suit for $100,000 damages against the acor, charging him with repudiating a promise to marry her. She described herself in the complaint as a prospective mother. Yesterday, the two appeared at the marriage license bureau, happy as a pair of turtle-doves, to file no tice of intention to wed.

"The lawsuit is all forgotten now," Cook explained. "We expect to be married next Tuesday Wednesday In a private ceremony." Mary, a somewhat gentle name for a rhinoceros, gave one film studio and its workers one hour of unhappiness and thrills when she kicked over her traces and charged a crew of cameramen. Her performance, uncalled for in an adventure picture, drove Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan and other players to cover before handlers placated her with hooks, poles and timbers. The cage which protected the cameramen was badly dented by Mary's infuriated charges. Although Rudy Vallee is now free to obtain a Mexican divorce, he has no intentions of doing so, the United Press learned today.

The crooner was granted Indirect permission to file in Mexican courts by a New York Appellate court, dis missing an injunction suit his" estranged wife, Fay Webb Vallee. Miss Webb has sued locally for separate maintenance. "We will fight the whole case either here or In New York," Vallee said. "I am a resident of New York and for that reason we may try to get the case transferred there so I can apply for a divorce. We are dubious about the legality of Mrs.

Vallee's suit here, inasmuch as she has described herself as a resident of New York when she applied for the injunction." Miss Webb has repeatedly stated opposition to a divorce, declaring she wants only a separate maintenance allowance. She has asked for $7,400 a month. M'NUTT TO CONSIDER PROPOSAL The request of State Representa tlve Martin Downey, of Hammond, for a special session of the state legislature to enact a mortgage moratorium law, will be'eonsidered by Governor Paul V. McNutt as soon a the latter returns from a vaca tion in Florida. That was the text of a letter re celved by Mr.

Downey today from Pleas Greenlee, secretary to the governor. Mr. Downey telegraphed his request to the governor last week after the United States Supreme court had upheld the constitutional ity fthe Minnesota law. The Minnesota law permits property owners to redeem foreclosed property until July 1, 1935. Mr.

Downey believes a similar law Is needed in Indiana where thousands of distressed property owners are losing their homes and real estate through foreclosure. Mr. Downey is the only Lake county solon thus far to come out openly for a special session of the legislature in order to consider this and other legislation. ANOTHER -STEP FOR WATERWAY Another step in the program to obtain a federal grant of $12,000,000 with which to develop waterway shipping facilities in the Calumet district of Indiana and Illinois will be taken this week by Major Rufus Putnam, director of the Chicago Re gional Port commission for Indiana and Illinois. Major Putnam left for Washing ton last night on another matter.

but while he is there he will confer with members of the Mississippi Valley committee of the Public Works administration- concerning the local project. Upon his return to Chicago, Ma Jor Putnam will complete the brief he now is drawing for the program and then will return to Washington with a delegation of local men to present the brief to the Mississippi Valley committee. It is proposed to develop the In diana Harbor ship canal, the Grand and Little Calumet rivers. Lake Calumet and the Chicago Sag chan nel so as to provide this region with a connection with the Mississippi river. NEW TRAINING SCHOOL MEETS AGAIN TUESDAY The community training school held its first session in the First Methodist church of Hammond at 2:30 o'clock Sundy afternoon.

There were representatives from Whiting, East Chicago and Hammond. Although the course is planned primarily for Sunday school teachers, it is open to all who wish to attend. There is not financial obli gation. Anyone who was unable to attend the first meeting may get credit for the course beginning Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock and attending the remaining sessions. AUTO OVERTURNS; 2 HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Two Dyer motorists had a narraw escape from being burned alive last night when their auto overturned near South Broadway and Lincoln highway in Merrillville and caught on fire.

Joseph Grau, an occupant, was brought to St. Antonio hospital in and treated for cuts about the head. Oliver Held also of Dyer, who was at the -wheel of the machine, escaped with slight hurts and pulled Grau out of the burnig machine to safety. Jacob Haan, of Highland, milk truck driver, for the Clover Leaf Dairy was given first aid treatment In Mercy hospital, following an accident at 15th and Adams in which the milk wagon was struck by the auto of Joe Taud, 1802 Broadway, Indiana Harbor. POLICE RECOVER STOLEN GUNS Two shot guns, one stolen in a burglary at Harvey, and another in a Gary robbery, were recovered by officers Miller and Billick of the Gary police department auto and pawn shop detail from pawn shops in Gary and Indiana Harbor yesterday.

Severino Clina, 577 Virginia street. Gary, was arrested for the theft of a shot gun from the home of Louis Marchescki, 14922 Lincoln street. Harvey, on the night of November 16, while he was living in Harvey. Police located the shot gun in a Gary tpawn shop where Clina had pawned it. Another shot gun stolen from the home of Ernest Strong.

1956 Virginia street, was located in a pawn shop at Indiana Harbor, where a colored man had pawned it. ARMED ASSAILANTS KILL PEDESTRIAN Leopolda Saliva, 30, 1220 W. 17th avenue, Gary, died of bullet wounds in a Gary hospital at 3 o'clock this morning reported by police to have been fired into his body in a mysterious attack. According to the few details obtained by police Saliva was walking on Washington street between 12th and 13th avenues at 8 o'clock when two armed men walked up to him and opened fire. Saliva slumped to th sidewalk, mortally wounded.

Three bullet wounds were Inflicted in the chest and abdomen. He was taken to Mercy hospital by Alice Garcia, 1228 "Washington street and Rqcco, Pac- ione, 1248 Washington street. Police are investigating. STEEL WORKEILTRIES-t TO KILL HIS WIFE A warrant for the arrest of John 2176 Madison street, colored Gary steel worker, was sworn out today after he tried to kill his wife during a heated family quarrel yesterday afternoon. Armstrong, who it is reported had been drinking, broke out a bedroom window and after climbing through the window fired several shots at her and fled.

The bullets went wide of their mark. Armstrong will be charged with assault and battery with intent. STABBED BY ANOTHER NEGRESS Charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, Alice Green, Gary Negress is being held by police today pending the outcome of the condition of Cecilia Washington, 1981 Washington street, whom she stabbed in a Sunday brawl. The victim was found suffering from the loss of blood and her condition was termed as critical. WIFE CAUSES ARREST OF HER HUSBAND Brutally beaten.

Rose Detlep, 1073 Pierce street, Gary, last night caused the arrest of her husband. Howard Detlep on a charge of assault and battery with intent. When police responded to a call to the Detlep residence they found the place in turmoil. Detlep had struck her in the mouth, knocking out three of her teeth and otherwise injuring her. FOOTPADS ROB STEEL WORKER Returning home from his work in the steel mill late Saturday night, Henry Eehman, 1645 Massachusetts street was the victim of two footpads as he was entering the apartment building.

They relieved him of $4 in cash and his steel mill check of 114.07. Floyd Strickland, 2143 W. 10th avenue reported at police headquarters that he was walking at 9th avenue and the Pennsylvania tracks when a lone white bandit stuck him up at the point of a gun and took $75 from his pocket. POLICE NAB CHICKEN THIEF Found In possession of a crate of nine chickens stolen from a grocery store at 1245 Adams street, Jose Lopez, 1241 Adams street was arrested by Gary police and held on a charge of larceny for trial in police court today. IT WAS LEARNED TODAY THAT the Gary Labor bank and the First Indiana may be the first Indiana banks to obtain some of the depositor relief loan assistance promised by the Hoosier state by the R.

F. C. It will make it possible to declare a 12 to 13 per cent dividend. The of operating the coroner's office in Lake county was less last year than any in the preceding 13 years, the annual report of Coroner Andrew A. Hofmann showed today.

The total expenditures, Including the salaries for six deputies, amounted to $8,309.73, according to the report, which was $440 less than In 1932. Comparing the costs with the high figure of 1928 when $15,766 was spent, the costs have been reduced almost one-half, the coroner said. At the same time. Dr. Hofmann said, his office handled more cases last year than the previous year when $8,760 was spent.

The reduc tion was mostly effected by a reduction of $360 In the coroner's salary. Most coroner's cases occurred in Gary, according to the report. One hundred eighty-one persons died under circumstances that required the investigation of the coroner in that city. Hammond was next with 105, In diana Harbor district of East Chicago, 53; Lowell, 25, Whiting, 19; East Chicago, 16, and Hobart, 11. The coroner explained that quite a few of the Hammond cases were persons who died In the hospital, but were brought in from Illinois.

Hammond had the darkest fatal ity record from auotmobile accidents. Thirty-eight deaths from auto accidents and 11 from auto- train accidents gave that city the highest total in the county. Gary had 31 from automobile crashes and 16 from automobile-train accidents. Five murders in Gary and only two in Hammond kept the record fairly clean. East Chicago and In diana.

Harbor, usually having a large total, had only two murders. Gary had 21 suicides, Hammond 4, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor 4, and Lowell 3. The report shows 33 accidental deaths from other causes In Gary and only 10 in Hammond. Gary had four deaths by drowning, while none was reported in Hammond. Lowell had the darkest record in this man ner of death, eight having been re norted.

East Chicago had four drownings. The Lowell report, however. In cludes the entire south end of the county from the Lincoln highway to the southern limits, the coroner stated. Following is an itemized state ment of the expenditures in the coroner's office as compiled by Dr Hofmann: Autopsies, 75 $1,125.00 Witness fees Constable fees Office supplies Miscellaneous expense f1.vnF.or'c salarv 15.80 21.30 48.30 183.33 3.240.00 Deputies' salary 2.X76.00 Clerk's salary 1,500.00 Total $8,309.73 iOARD IS PETITIONED FOR LIGHTS Merchants in downtown Hammond today petitioned the board of public works to increase the lighting in the business section. Declaring that a poorly lighted business section is not likely to encourage buying, the merchants held that their business is accordingly suffering.

The petition contained the names of all the State street and Hohman avenue property owners whose property Is occupied by merchants. Under the contract with the Northern Indiana Public Service company, the property owners pay 65 per cent of the ornamental light costs and the city the other 35 percent. The merchants, according to the remarks made before the board, said they felt that they were paying for lights at the intersections rather than for those in front of the business houses. Joseph Hirsch, J. E.

Redway and Irving Chayken represented the merchants. James McShane, of the tax committee of the Chamber Commerce, and Ed Hackett, secretary, also appeared on behalf of the merchants. E. D. Anderson and George McLaughlin, representatives of the utility company, were present as were the three members of the board of public works, President Paul Klitzke, Ed Simon and Frank Hammond.

The merchants explained that any plan whereby the light was more evenly distributed would be acceptable to them. The board of works, together with City Engineer Frank Blocker, then attempted to work out a plan with the representatives of the utility wfffereby one lamp on each pole would be turned on. Considerable expense would be involved, however, in this plan because of a dual lighting control. It was explained that each of the two lamps on the pole are on a different circuit. The streets affected are Hohman avenue from Plummer to Russell street, and State street from Hohman avenue to State Line avenue.

POLICE AREMYSTIFIED CHICAGO, Jan. 15. (I.N.S.) Police were mystified today by a double fusillade of bullets that raked first the John Sherry saloon on North Wells street and then the Lawrence C. O'Brien Democratic club several doors away. Revelers fell to the floor as the bullets, fired by several men in an automobile, pierced the saloon windows and spattered on the walls.

By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON STAFF CORRESPONDENT 1. N. SERVICE! WASHINGTON. Jan.

15. The St, Lawrence Waterway treaty, providing for construction of an oceangoing channel from the Great Lakes to Atlantic tidewater in Canada, will be rejected by the senate in its present form, a completed poll by international News Service revealed today. The -poll disclosed: For ratifica tion, 40; against ratification, 41; doubtful, 10; unpolled, 5. The outcome of the poll was at distinct variance with reports from the White House that President Roosevelt expected the treaty to be ratified. On the contrary, despite two personal appeals from the presi dent for ratification, the senate stood against the treaty as now drawn.

Party lines were shattered. The poll disclosed 21 democrats and 20 republicans against the treaty, while its friends included 27 democrats, 12 republicans and one farmer-laborite. The administration's only hope for securing approval of the treaty lay in accepting reservations, materially changing its present terms. It was a desperate hope. A series of reservations have been drawn by Senator Clark, demo crat, of Missouri, who announced their acceptance would Insure Mississippi valley votes for ratification.

The Clark reservations would as sert American sovereignty over Lake Michigan, which lies wholly within the United States. Foes of the treaty contend it would inter nationalize Lake Michigan. The reservation would give the United States sole control over the waters of that lake. Another Clark reservation would reserve the right of the United States to take as much water from Lake Michigan as may be neces sary for navigation of any Lakes-to-the-Gulf project. This reservation probably will have to be adopted to insure any votes for the treaty for states, along the Missis sippi.

Clark also had a third reservation, which would limit Canada to the withdrawal of 1.509 feet per econd of water for any all-Canada project. "We, in the Mississipi Valley." Clark explained, "are not in favor of this treaty, which would shut our Bection of the country off from the sea forever. We are not opposed to development of the St. Lawrence river, but we must protect the rights and the future of our own section of the country." The treaty fight has put two prominent southern democrat Senators Robinson of Arkansas, and Harrison of Mississippi on the spot. Their states oppose ratification, but as administration leaders, both must support the treaty.

Thus far, the president has not released them to vote as they please. ILLINOIS HAS NO LICENSE DEADLINE Unlike Indiana, Illinois has placed no deadline for the sale of 1934 automobile license plates. City Clerk Frank Angel announced today. Mr. Angel said he has written to state officials inquiring whether or not a deadline is to be established soon, but has received no reply ae yet.

Mr. Angel reported that almost 60 per cent, of the automobile owners in Calumet City already have applied for 1934 plates and that more are coming In every day. In Indiana, the deadline was placed at January 1 and the state police were instructed to arrest every autoist displaying a 1933 license. Officers of the Calumet Region Automobile Service association have protested the January 1 deadline, stating it has forced hundreds of automobile owners to put their machines in storage until they can afford to buy 1934 plates. This has caused considerable loss of business by gasoline filling stations, according to the association officers.

WHERE TO REGISTER AT MUNSTER (SPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 MUNSTER. Jan. 15. Voter from Munster and adjoining territory who wish to register for the 1934 primary and election may do bo at the town hall with Henry S. Konefsky, town clerk, it was announced today.

Konefsky's name was accidental' ly omitted from a list of registration officials printed In The Times Saturday. INSULL LOSES UW POINT TORONTO, Jan. 15. (U.P.) Justice Charles Garrow of the Ontario Supreme court today denied a motion filed by attorneys for Martin J. Insull.

asking that the order granting the extradition of the former Chicago utility magnate to tha United States be set aside. Insull's attorneys announced they would file immediately an appeal to the appellate division of the supreme court. OFFICIALS OF FOUR CITIES AT MEETING Industrialists and city officials of Calumet district municipalities met with state and P. W. A.

authorities in Hammond's new city hall this afternoon to discuss means of financing sewage disposal plants In East Whiting and Gary. Otto P. Deluse, of Indianapolis, represented the Indiana advisory board of the P. W. and C.

C. Moderwell. of Chicago, represented the regional P. W. A.

advisory board. Mayor Charles sided. Mayors O. Schonert pre-and Boards of Public Works from Hammond, East CMcago, Whiting and Gary were present. About 15 industrial leaders alsoattended the conference.

The meeting was called by Mayor Schonert at the insistence of the Indiana Board of Health which has mandated the four municipalities to start immediate construction of sewage disposal systems. P. W. A. authorities consented to attend the meeting in order to outline the method of obtaining P.

W. A. loans for the projects. Various methods of repaying the loans were discussed. Flotation of revenue bonds, based on a service charge against those who discharge sewage into the systems, found much favor.

FIRST CLASSES START TONIGHT IN EIGHT LINES Enrollment in the following classes under the state emergency education program were completed on Friday in Hammond and classes are ready to start this evening at the Technical Vocational school: Commercial art. bookkeeping and business management, English and business English, personality and self improvement, mathematics, sewing, blue print reading, mechanical drawing. The class in French will meet on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Technical school. Persons interested in shorthand may report at the Technical school this evening for enrollment. WHITING WOMAN HURT Mrs.

M. A. Dewey, 50, 1636 Cleveland street. Whiting, was slightly injured last night when the machine driven by her husband was struck by another car at 112th street and Indianapolis in Hammond. Joseph Bubich, of South Bend, was the driver of the other machine.

It was the only injury reported over the week-end to Hammond police. FALLS 0N RAILS Harry Hartman, 34, 815 Huehn street, sustained a laceration of the head when he fainted while crossing the B. O. railroad tracks on Tor-rence avenue in Hammond yesterday, his head striking the rail. He was taken to St.

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