Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 159, Hammond, Lake County, 22 December 1916 — Page 1

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D AROLED BY mil Good Recird at State Prison Aids in Exciting Executive Clemency Today. "Tom" Harmon, the first man to Ms sent to the penitentiary from Gary, w ill enjoy the greatest Christmas of his life. His will be a rift from Governor Ralston. his liberty and release from sentence which would have kept him bind Michigan City's prison walls to hp end of his days. In 1908 "Tom" Hannon got into an argument over a dog with a Gary chars' t-r known as "Cabbage Jack.". Hani:jn charged Cabbage Jack" with stealii! e his pet. In the fish t that ensued IWnnon drew an old revolver that he lsd carried as a watchman for the Standard Oil company at Whiting. It was Gary's first' murder, and people hen were wondering what kind of city it would be if a murder was reported in thf first months of its existence. Hannon was tried on a charge of seci.nl degree murder and was sentenced for life. But hope never died in his Iri-h heart. He said he never intended to kill "Cabbage Jack" and he set out to make a good prison record. For ten ears there has been no mark against him. His health was not very good and was not assigned to any special duties. Last week his attorney. John T. Keilly of Hammond, went before the pardon board to plead again for his release, arid this time the board made the recommendation to the governor. Today, according. to word received by. Mr. Redly. Governor Ralston paroled Hannon for one year and upon good behavior during that time his slate will again be clean- Hannon comes out of prison a man 43 "years old. sobered by hU' training there and determined to sisrt anew and right. Friends in "Whiting have promise to aid him in getting work somewhere. His relatives reside in Pennsylvania. fit THE PASSING SHOW WE forgot to thank you, boys, for paving for the ham. .--'' ftHTirTT' fail to express great joy over .?Tmmogra-nie4 pulse-warm-ra U Las knit for our CHRISTMAS present, the wiff intimates THAT we ere apt to be drawn into the great war at any moment SWEET ufferirig Eeljum! '8 NOW too late to do your Christmas ahaopfng early. TIlF-Vr an eight year old lad goes al ter jJwtliSn J'.ou want WHEN he doesn't want to get it makes us. despite all this monkeydescent talk, think that he descended FUCM a snail. . SOMJE women never get a Christmas present unless they look around it VERT carefully to see whether THE donor forgot to take the price tag ofT. . NOW if we could only snuggle up with the grouud hog AND get a nice month's sleep or so. AN exchange, advises tis all. to be cheery and smiling toward the stranger for WE never know- when he wilt be on th- jury trying our case. THE way Wall Street applauded Mr. Lansing sounded 1,1 KG the patter of rubber heels on a feather mattress., IF you can make some other little yes pop wide up besides your own kiddies' VOU will have the right Christmas .-pirit. SHOULD our supply of -coal run out w f can keep the FIRE burning until the -Golden Gates arc passed BP using the wifCs empty Smas HON ICS for fuel. WHAT kittle we have seen of the I now lampshade hose FAILS to throw much light on them. Inrrraslas rloadinr with prohably now flurrlea lae tonight or atnrdy. fllslnfc temper" tore lowest toniarht hnnt 12 rgre t nda. Moderate rartabie' Don't forget your Mistle toe and Loose Holly. Arthur

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NEW PREMIER AND A F VORITE DAUGCTr -VJ,IJ U: ;. Hb I 4S The photo -was snapped at a recent Celebration in Wales and shojrs David Lloyd George, "the man of fne hour" in Great Britain, and his daughter Megan. LENQRA BY Indiana Harbor Police Find Train Gone When They Went to Nab Young Cabaret Performer Who Got $1800. Only the fact that a Pennsylvania train had left a few minutes before kept the - Indiana Harbor , police yesterday front nabbing -a young Chicago gill, who, while cabaret companion of a, sucker state, fanner flimnicd him outof nearly J-00t. ' The story starts in Chicago 'flhen dainty footprints in the snow leading from the fire escape of a Rush street hotel to the apartments of Hiss Lepra Straub and two photographs which she carelessly' left in her room resulted in her arrest on a train at Fort Wayne, Ind., yesterday. The person most interested 1 in the return to Chicago of Miss Straub is John Shelton. a retired farmer of Paxton, 111. .who hopes to recover the greater part of $2,000 he lost whil cabareting Wednesday night. Knter The Fnlr Leora. Shelton was a good spender, and he found no dearth of entertainers. Finally L,eora Straub. whb lived at the Florence Hotel, 703 North Clark street, flashed" " upon his view. 'From one cabaret to another they went until the lights, having nickered out. they found themselves at a hotel in Rush street. Mr. ifhelton tells the police. FMd Footprint In iSaow. When he awoke at 5:30 o'clock yesterday morning lcora had flown. Likewise fl.SOO. Ue notified the liOtel clerk, who summoned the police. Infective Hergeant3 Charles M. Mueller and Robert F. Gibbons, unable -to .find , any .one who . had ..seen Leora depart from the hotel, began an examination of the window. The secret was revealed. Cinderella-like footprints from the foot of the fire escape led them to the Florence Hotel. But Leora was not there. She had packed i her suitcase ? and departed. A Ke.trch of the room j revealed two photographs of her. j By intercepting a telephone message .they learned Leora had gone to Indiana Harnor ana wouia tane a train from there. They followed on the next train, but it-was. fifteen minutes late, and Leora was gone. tiet A Clew. Through a taxlcab driver to whom she had given -a $10 tip they traced her to the Lincoln Hotel and later to the Pennsylvania Station, where she hat! purchased a ticket for Pittsburgh. The ticket agent identified her pictures and said she had taken a train which had departed two "how before. There was no chance to overtake ft. A telegram was sent to Chief of Police Lens -of jFort Wayne. r - Chief Lenz and two policemen - held the. train upon its arival until th.-y had arested Leona. At first she deitkd her identity, but after1 she had gon i short distance h said. "1 give, uji," So sarins; she ,i-w f i.K". in bill f."-! . : Vi;'.-- - :- . -: ' '. ; : :'

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(BUXtSTIir.) BT ID I.. XIEK. LONDOK, Dec 32 Taa mora XngUnd digests Freatdamt Wilson's paaca aot, the more bitter it f That was tlia coaclualoa to be drawm from uwipaper adltoriala la the afternoon which went tb farther than ttioaa of the moningr edltrtona in the denunciations of the American execti tire's moras. The afternoon press was a unit in its resentfulness. This bitterness particularly manifested Itself against Wilson's assertion that the objectives for which all belligerents war strlrinff are rirtnallT the same. , "It is a singular Idea." the XTeninff Poet declared, "that a man of Wilson's perspicacity can labor tinder the delusion that any more toward peace would be welcomed by the allies. The whole facts of the situation should warn him that intervention is not desired." WASHI.VGTON", Dec. 22. For - the same reason that Great Britain and her allies did not flatly reject the peace proposals of the Teutonic powers they will not flatly turn down the suggestions made by President Wilson's "peace message," was the expressed belief of pome of the entente diplomats here today. This opinion was ooived to the United Press in intimate and confidential talks by two of the most important entente embassies in Washington. At these embassies two reasons were given for the above opinion. To show officially and formally "any regret" over the president's peace suggestionby flatly -refusing bis .request for specific terms would be playing directly into the German plan, since Germany then would have opportunity to reiterate oft-repeated protestations that the entente allies are responsible for prolonging the war. Such a flat turndown would tend to weaken what sympathy there now is in the United States for the entente allied cause. The allied diplomats did not hesitate to admit "chagrin" over the president's suggestions that specification of the war objectives is necessary. The allied speakers have been certifying their objectives for two years and a half and they ought to be apparent to all students of the war. It' was this phase of the president's note one which seemed to cause more regret than bitterness, which was particularly emphasized by the diplomats. PORTUNH CLOSES FIFTY URRDOMS Many Get Drunk on Bargain Day for Liquor in Dry Maine City. PORTLAND, ME.. Dec. 22. These were the resus today of sudden orders by Mayor Chapman to close the fifty barrooms in Prohibition , Portland: w About 100 blind tigers were found doing a thriving business. On prominent corners peddlers dispensed half pints of whiskey as fast as they could make change. Drug stores where whiskey, was served were filled with drinkers. Streets about the docks contained many drunken men. How long the blind tigers, drug store bars and peddlers will continue to do business Is not known. With the frerdom wstti which business was conducted today politicians hint at an "understanding." "It is the first time in eighteen months." said one liquor dealer, "that any business of consequence; has been done with the lid on." One hour before closing, many of the bars were draped in mourning. Beer sold at, nine glasses for a nickel. Whiskey brought what one was willing to pay. In one hour a reporter saw a ped dler sell $85 worth of ; whiskey on Commercial Wharf. It represented all the stock left over by one of the saloons. " RUSSIA HELPS OUT HAMMOND CAR VVQRKS J. P. Morgan & Co. has placed orders for 3,000 fifty-ton gondola cars for the Russian Imperial Railways, divided equally between the American Car and Foundry Company and the Standard Steel Car Company. ' - The Russian Government has also made' arrangements for "the purchase of fifty additional locomotives from the Canadian Locomotive Company, mskirg a total for the month of SSi. The previous orders were placed -with the Oaidwln and the American b-co-n.otivi 'companies. - TJM 'OT.ey

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WHY FRANCE 7 1f 1 s1 Bains of SUCCESS Hanimond and East Chicago" Perf orniers Have Names . on ; Electric Sign at Orpheum and Photos in the Frames in Front. One would imagine it . no easy ' matto procure from the laity of a city , a group of 'finished performers capable of giving genuine entertainment to , a vaudeville audience that would hold them to the standord net by. professions with years of experience tn the business. Whether difficult or not, the Elks' lodge of Hammond has succeeded with the assistance of the management and George Green, director of the orchestra., in assembling a program of Ave variety, acts which . form . a"", pleasing and .diverting .bill at the Orpheum theatre the last, half of this week. As the revenue . goes to ' provide for , the poor ef the. city, a Christmas dinner and. othr benefactions of the season, a patron is seeing double ; action for his - or "lier money contributing to a worthy charity and receiving full' value at the same 'time -in genuine enjoyment and agreeable -diversion. ' - Tha Saucing Da Trons. '' The first-performance was given yesterday-afternoon there are three shows daily--and the striking, novelty of the - bill is Master Louts Da Pron, small: son of - the Dancing Da. Prons. erstwhile' teachers of the art of Terpsichore." The little feltow,' who looks to be four or at most five years of age, appears' in a' nifty juvenile suit: patterned ' faithfully after' a - gentleman's evening' clothes, and performs' on the drums, keeping the tempo so. well that his parents dance while he plays. , A chords of ."Ahs," . and , expressions of appreciation greeted 'his'-- appearance and Jiis, playing was encored repeatedly. ; ' . The Da Prons dress' their act,' which closes the bill, in a lavish wardrobe. Should they enter tho business " the Dancing Da Prons would purely meet with success. They open with a Russian ballet , dance in costume ' iiv the palace garden set." Da Pron interludes soft shoe clog dancing, as the " next number andIrsDa Pron follows with two solo 'dances. '" She displays ability as a toe dancer and has perfect rhythm. The musical selections for the act are splendid. The Da - Prons have a big punch and plenty of snap and fire. It is -the purpose of the .writer in telling of "the' current' attraction to treat it strictly as professional for the people in the show while living in Hammond and Kast '. Chicago are all well equipped to gain recognition and earn their way as entertainers -elsewhere than here. ' - ansa Margaret Haefar. - Miss -Margaret Haefer- opens in one with a ' spotlight. sin?rvig, "Sonora." The trained voice and winning'- personality -of Miss Haefer.- who wears attractive gowns and enters and exits faultlessly are responsible for her success. She sings three numbers including "Keep" Your Eye on 1ho Girl You Love" and "Great Big Baby Smile." Mr. Xawrenc Hoff man. Lawrence Hoffman.- aPways original and the local Aladdin 'end a' rery' efficient Herman,' unfolds . his . "bag of tricks" - with an'- accomplishment' of - polite and -wholesome patter, Lawrence, always a favorite. - opens' in -one with a paper trick-and goes into full staae where lie performs the . magic of " the vanishing; ink. silver tumblers', the i hat ;mu( - water . ami f sc and 'card.".;. "A (; I'tf .if!)- f'otiW. say. "V ty . gv..l. " c'or.f ln'j3 t'.vji. :mo.t

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Rheinis; the famous old cathedral in the MILLION TO EMPLOYES ' IS WELLS-p GIFT Bonus to Be Distributed Among 8,000 in Quarterly Payments Next Year. The sum of $1,000,000 to be distributed among -its 8.000 employes in all parts of the United States is ' the Christmas bonus of the Wells-Fargo Express Company to themen 'and women" who" have teen" drawing a salary of $3,600 or less a year, the bomu for each being equal to one , month's wages, -based on salaries paid during Octofcer, The money will be paid in quarterly installments on the first of next January, .April, July and October. 0. DlfiWIODIE " HAS sun Well Known Lake County Farmer Writes on Court ; Question Settlement. O. D'.nwiddie. owner of a stock and grain farm at Lowell, has sent the following communication to TfiB Times: ,"--e. are ; told that .the. lawyers and many citizens of Gary expect the coming session of the legislature to provide . for another superior court to be held at; Gary. The business men and farmers, taxpayers, think, our court costs are very heavy- now w itjj four courts. Would it not be' reasonably possible and - satisfactory to "the .majority, to transfer one. of the present superior courts to Gary, and , in addition, provide for -considerable increase of Jurisdiction of city courts In each city of our county and state? ; "The law could provide for settlement of certain kinds of jpases in city courts and keep them-out of the circuit and superior court At the same time certain kinds' - of cases might have the right of appeal, as now, to the higher courts. Naturally the cost of handling the business'of our county will Increase, but the - BURDEN i of heavy taxes ought to be reduced by the same business methods used .by successful business men.- Many believe

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reduced. .Tours -for good government.;' LAilS TO SPEAK JTPDmi Indiana's New; Humorist Gets Job at Chamber of Commerce Banquet. , Special to The Times . ' CROWN" POINT, IXD., Iec. 22. Frederick H. Landis of'Logansporl, and one of Indiana's 'noted orators . arid public speakers, has been engaged to address the local Chamber of Commerce at Its annual dinner at Central-Music hall during the early part of February. The Chamber of Commerce will make a special effort to entertain the-farmers of the community at their annual dinner this year' and the dinner and afternoon program will be one that wili especially appeal to ; tne "lords of the soil." - '..-.-': ' : STOCKS ON REBOUND f By Halted Press. NEW TORK, Dee. 22. The itock market rebounded at the opening fim the low 'levels' reached during yesterday's, fhree rtnilip "peace, panic." market. Fir! s!e vhi.--l two t(r diar . ...... -..-.,--

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. t- ' Hack ground. VERV L&TESY mkm mews . IBf Vnited Press.) WASIIIGTO. Dee. 2 Imrr. icaa ( hartr iiw r.t Berlin today notlned the state deyartmeat be had rei-etved ' copy of Preirideat tVIIOD.'a pence note for delivery ' to the beraaaa. foreign office. BILI.KTI.) THE, HtGlH Dec. 22. (.ermaay will laeleae her ehfef -termar of peaee tmntedlately If 4hF forthcoming- note In reply to Chaastellor Vnn BrthmnHol!wc' peace proposal from the entente sowers leaves the dor open, It was aeml.cf flirlallr anaoaaevd today, according- to- Gernsa dispatches. - By Vnited Presa Cablerram. LONDON, Dee. 22 Proroguing parliament today, until Feb, 7, King George added the weight of hla worde to 'thh 'alUea' atera rejection of a. Grrnaa-nufiie peace. "The vlgorona p-roaeeutlon o( the war nuat be our alngle endeavor. be ld. "nntll we have vindicated the rights so nthleasly violated by our. enemies, and ' established ' the eearity of Karope on a sure foundation. By Vnited Preu Cahlesrram.) LONDON, Dee. 22, After iw years occupation by the enemy, British foreea have taken El-Arlh, according to a war office Announcement today. El-Arish is a fortified- Egyptian town on the Palastlne border at the mouth of the river Wady-la-Arlsh. By Vnited Pre.) ' NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The recovery of the stock market from the ten day peace, slump w-ith its climax 3.000,000 crashed -yesterday on publication of President Wilson's peace message was helped today by King George's address to ; parliament urging vigorous prosecution of the war. More than one million ehares were traded Iij the Sst two hours of buying; toy . speculators and Investors. There wjiji indication that bear nlunarers wh,-i vance information from Wash'ngrton were buying in large volumes and that banPing interests were picking stocks for ' investment purposes at bargain prices. V -S. Steel on a quarter of a million share business jumpedto 108, up C1 from yesterday's close. Sales for the day were 1,779,000 shares. V. S. Steel closed at 10"V up 6. Anaconda closed at 83U, up HVt. indiana is Snowed under 4 By Vnited Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22. Indiana : was snowed under today following a 24j'hour snowl!I. Trains were delayed j from five to eight "hours. -Wires down and great suffering was caused among the poor. laterurban cars were tied up ia various parts of the state. PAROLED tfOR CHRISTMAS . By United rre. LANSING, KAN.. Dec. 22. Fifteen convicts were free to go to their homes today to spend the holidays. Warden Codding yesterday-ca!led 'fifteen long term men Into his office and said: "Will you boys all ' come . batk Jan. 2 if, I let you go home to spend .Chri5t mas?" Fifteen voices said. "Yes. sir," inv unison, and the' warden handed eacli man a Christmas parole signed by :jornor Capper. One of Coddin-f' s "bo;.-;;" y -! ml his .'-.i! . at 1 :.it -li.n. Y n:r-.

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CAfi PLAIT OBCEO TO SHOT 001 City's Wafer Supply Threatened Only Few Hours Supply on Hand Today, With no relief ia sight and a shortage of coal that today closed down the largest car building plant in Northern Indiana, the Calumet region is at the mercy of below zero weather, threatened water famine and idleness which have already thrown a blight on the Christmas of 1916. The Standard Steel Car Company's plant at Hammond this morning layed off its force of about twenty-five hundred men and closed down temporarily until sufficient coal can be secured to resume operation. Officials hope to reopen after Christmas. I'nless the city of Hammond is ahie to borrow, beg or steal a supply of coal before noon tomorrow the fires in the bolhrrs which furnish the power to pump water for Robertsdale. Ro-by. U wiii yxp;re leaving the machinery idle and the people in suffering. ' The city of Hammond contracts w!h William Ahlborn for its supply of coal at the pumping station and it is said five cars of coal are lying in the Blue Island yards which can not -be xlUered owing to an embargo placed by western roads ag-ainst coal going east of the Illinois line. "1 Will eteal the first coal I can get my hands on before I will let the fire in the boilers "go out." aij Kngineer Joe Kasper. RAILROADS SIPPI.1KD. There are great mountains of . coil at Gibson. Clark station and Kast Gary which the railroads have stored up for their uses, and car loads are standing on side-lravks while Chicago dealers reconsign them again and again. Ti Hammond board of public works was confident, this morning that they would get coal 'from some source or other to run tho water works, even ;f it had t be taken from the meager supplies of local dealers. A few industries are as fortunately situated as the railroads, the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Company having thousands of tons on hand and the simplex 2.300 tons. But the great majority are experiencing the worst shortage in their histories which not only interfere with operation of their plants but threaten shut downs." The American Blue Company was closed down two days this week and has a short supply at pres-nt. The , Ifirsh-Stein works. the Hammond Brewery and the Western Car Company are in the sania boat n ith the other shorts. -HV T CRtPPLFn. The cities of Gary. East Chi'iajo and Whiting are badly affected. Th Standard Oil Company's plant at Whiting has been compelled to shift many of its boilers over to burning crude oil. While the Hammond pumping station could burn oil if necessary the fires in the boilers would have to b extinguished for several days while, changes were made to arrange for the use of the new fuel. The Whiting water works ! . de pending entirely oa tlie Standard O.l plant for coal. The situation Is ' especially serio'.M with the mercury killing 15 below zero. L ORTJSEE STOPS BASKETBALL GAMES No Coal at Gary Schools Hence Nc Lights and No Heat. i The coal shortage in Gary is beginning to be felt as the young poiii3 learned last evening. Because of the almost empty bli the school officials issued an ordej that night schools be closed, that the power plant be shut down and tfeat just enough heat be kept in the boilers to kep the pipes from freesing. .The rule will be in force days and night until early In January. Hence, Ao limmtm. In consequence there was no basketball game between Emerson high and Liowell high and Froebel high and Crown point high. It Is probable the games will be played early in January. - Ceal Shortage Alarms. . Gary's school ;bins bold 700 tons of coal. -Upwards of 60 tens are used daily. ' The Dal ton Coal company, which has the fuel contract, has faced difficulties in getting coal to Garj.. but a small supply has arrived. There are J0.000 I.nke County peilv h n re living all over the 1'. A unbiFription to THE TIMKS vrill joil the trnnblp f TtrlMnt a letter in -ny n f Ihem.

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