Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 163, Hammond, Lake County, 28 December 1916 — Page 1

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Can Representative Davis be A t Candidate For Judgeship If -Etc, ? The campaign for the establishment of a separate criminal court in Lake countv. by the next legislature, and for which Governor-e:eci Goodrich, night appoint the judge has: developed an angle Sn the state constitution, which might embarrass Representative Edwin C. Davis of Crown Point, one of those most prominently mentioned for the judgeship. The paragraph in the constitution ever which there is sonic Question No. 118 reads as follows: "No senator or representative shall, during the term for which he may fcave been elected, be eligible to any office, the election of which is vested in the general assembly; nor shall he fee appointed to any civil office of profit, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during such term; but this latter provision shall not be construed to apply to any office elective by the people." Inasmuch as the judgeship becomes an elective office after the first appointee has served his term, that the Jaw looks upon the judgeskip as an elective office despite the first appointment, and this would admit Representative Davis if all the other ifs, are first removed. Hammond lawyers and business men who have given the criminal court talk any ear. are in the main not enthusiastic about It. They feel that in the first place it would add more, jxpensive machinery for the whole county, and that unless established in Hammond take from that city what measure of business and prestige it had in that respect. NEW BANK DECLARES HE Aijhough less than two years old, the .3fc?thrn Trust and Savings bank. HanSji.iJ's only financial institution nortf o, the river, will be able to declare a six per cent dividend at the eiose of the year and put the snug sum of 1500 Into its surplus fund. For a new bank whicli started when the country was still suffering from the depression coused by tiie war, this Is considered a splendid showing, and yromises well for theTuture. The div - i,ler. wy.U be given the holders of the S2t..H vVfT'toi ij. at tne annual mefiiug, .Ian.1". TlieJ' officers of the bank are George B. Sheerer, president: Paul It. J,ipinski. secretary and treasurer; and Rudolph Weil, assistant secretary and treasurer. Paul H. Lipinski, founder of the Northern Trust and Savings bank, is also one of the founders of the American Citizens bank of Gary, which will open its doors for business just as soon ks the bank building is completed.- It was hoped to have the bank going by the first of the year, but there were unavoidable delays in getting the building completed. The Northern Trust and Pavings bank opened its dors in March, 1914. Sam Ableman of Hammond was ...ain elected president of Elumer Lodae No. Si, Western Star Order at l ast Chicago the first of the week, d with the other newly elected officers will be installed the second Sunday in January. The fulllist of officers is as follows: j Pres. Sam Ableman. Vice-Pres. B. Tuesnian. Sjcc. Kev. Rublestein. Tress. M. Tjpschutz. j. G. H. C.ubler. Tr. V. Goldberg. Tr. Sam Cohen. Tr. I. I Cohen. The lodee is fluoiishin and now has a 'membership of over S0 REPORTED CAPTURED

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I Uy I nited l"re.) NKV YORK. 2!. That the Lambert and Holt Liner. Voltaire, long overdue from Liverpool, has been captured by a German submarine and turned into a Teutonic raider, w.ns the report published here t'.day .1 : .' ... )'

BOLDT'S DAUGHTER CHIEF MANAGER OP HIS GREAT ESTATE

- V 1 '1 7" Mrs. Alfred Graham Miles. The fortune of upward of $20,000,000 which Georee C. Boldt, who died in New York on December 5, passed j to his two cnildren, will place actively in the hands of his daughter, Mrs. Alfred Graham Miles, the greatest estate personally directed by a woman since the death of Hetty Green. Mrs. Miles ( Miss Louise Clover Boldt) inherited, along with his millions, the genius with which Mr. Boldt lifted himself from obscurity to the ownership of two of the most famous hotels in the United States. 1 SHANKLIN . HEADS MASONS Hammond chapter .117 R. & A. M. of Masons met last night and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: High Friest K. T. Shanklin. King J. 15. Klotz. Scribe W. R. Ford. Treasurer K. N". Hitchcock.' Secretary G. J. Malletl. O. of H. F", C. Morris. I S. R. J. Skelltnger. It. A. C C. J. Jloore. M. 3 V. S. K. Kaufman. M. 2 V. H. P. Overton. M. 1 V. K. K. Uonsib. Guard J. K. Kaspcr. Trustee K. 11. ltuhde. LAP DOGS OVERCOME; PULMOTOR USELESS (Special to The Timks. i lifHXHAM. lee. 2.S. -Hurry-up calls for the pulmolor were Kent to Hammond and' South Chicaso durin the night Mvhen the pet t lap dogs of the state line mist resses to two resort inmates on cere four,' f have been found vy tneir mistresses to overcome by escaping illum inating gas. learning the nature of the. case the authorities refused to send out pulmotors, saying a veterinary should; be called instead. The lap dog) could ! not be resuscilate-d. They had given to the women as Christmas cuts. oeen piesFILUBUSTERS CROSS RIVER ( ly I nited Iress. KL LAREDO, TKX., Dec. 2. Two parties of fillibusters in which was one American, crossed the border and one of the parties engaged in a running fight wijh soldiers. An unofficial' report has been received here that Carranza soldiers were killed In a light with bandits. EXTRA SESSION I lly I nited Prcs. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S. Whether there will be an extra session of congress after March i depends to a large extent as to the peace progress in Kurope. President Wilson will try to have congress in session if peace is apparent. In one group today it was suggested the president might desii to keep congress in session if the possibility of a break with Germany came. The president himself will remain close to Washington. H ANN ON SMILES AS HE COMES OUT -s. MICHIGAN CITY. IND.. Tec. Thomas llannon. the lifer given a Christmas parole by the governor, as heretofore told by The New., was the first man to be sent . to The state prison from the city of Gary, llannon was released from prison yesterday, one day after Christmas, but he wore a broad smile just the same. ROE IS NAMED TIMi HI HKM". AT STiTK HI'ITAl.. INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. Dec. progressi4 state coirtmittee Willis Roe of Hast Chicago state chairman. 3 V The elected as vice

We Must Do Withoul Monkeys, Too, I Guess. WAllIUTO. U. C, Dec. 2S. I.Ike food, white paper unci shoe prices, the coot of monkeys hn Kone lip. and it was disclosed today that pathological experiments lirinur conducted by the public health service, ure In danger of being seriously hampered ly the scarcity of available Simian. .South American monkey are used and the price is now 18 a head, while a year ago, although they ivf re more plentiful, they sold for

THE PASSING SHOW WHEN it comes right down to cuteness in its highest state "of development WE don't suppose an thing else' cm compare WITH a -pretty Pit lie fonuile' child with lli:H pant; .h..iw ing quite p l o i n l - nintly. i .Mil. I,ANS1N( is furnishing (is with! more diversion than a troupe of f IiA LN K I seals and a coupU of s:YOlll .SVVALIjOVVt:K.S. C. XO. when we said the predicted a hard winter we did not IlKKKK to the food manipulator.'' ! but we might. VIUA lias seized San Luis I and is roaming around grabbing ! everything before him WE have cautioner! our young hopeful about leaving his velocipede out o' nights. Till-: AUamson law is a mighly good thing l"OK the lawyeis. ,n wh, kont us out of war d;d dash off another note today. l'ash it! JL'T because we said we didn't like peanuts w ith our movie pictures ALONG comes a chap who sc; s "Make it 60-50 I 'IKiVT like movi mits" OH, very well. os with U'sT hfcause a bore asks !,n if you have ever heard the story don't get it into your nut. that he isn't GOING to are acquainti THINGS L 1! it just witli it because you that are tot good happen. IK Judas Iscariot camo t.aek to earth undoubtedly he could find plenty , ho would introduc e HIM as the Honorable Judas iscariol who had just returned from hell A X I 1 1 1 n i t y who would take this iippurif stating his side of the ques HOi'iSK tiie chillhla ins' , n j hi i ' WBEGK OH PAN HANDLE BT. ' , "Helper Engine Crashes Into Freight Near Wil lowdale Yesterday. (Special to The Times.) CHOWX POINT, IND., Dec. 28. A serious wreck occurred on the Pan handle railroad near the Williwdale farm early yesterday morning, resulting in the burning of a caboose and box ear, the latter being loaded with biscuits- and crackers. The train was running east- bound 'at a low rate of speed and was crashed into, by what is known as a "helper" or lone engine sent out to assist in moving a long train. The morning was dark and misty and the engineer on the helper failed to see the' train in front of him until it was too late to avert the accident. The caboose was telescoped and thrown on top of the box car in front, the wreckage soon cathcirig on fire from the caboose stove. Several lucky escapes of the trainmen and engineer and firemen on the helper are reported, the latter being the only one to sustain injuries, he jumping from the cab when he saw the clanger ahead. Considerable loss will be entertained bv the railroad through the early morning accident. Owing to the imnt o-Attlnar near the blaze. nossioiui. r--" . f,,,- the local fire department was not sent in. ILAPORTE LAWYER l tvt-ccs mj TR.ATN AVJ-ijkJ vx - LAFoivn:. int- 1)ec- -S:T-Tt'-Fisk. age sixty-five, a well-known Laporte attorney, when, on a lake ShoM. passenger train yesterday on hi way into Chicago, fell dead of heart disease ji-t before the tram reached Garv. The body was taken off at Clary end brought back to Laporte. Mr FKli came here five years ago from NwTh Dakota, where he served a term t iudge. He leaves a family. A live newspaper for people who re .till on earth that's what THU TIMKS

SAYS CLARA WARD LEFT HIM FORTUNE

r "J i- X 5. 1 A fit-; 9 , yf 1 - ' i r 5 r 1 5 35- f i 4 I 4 4 5 . r. rlW C Jansci Rigo as he looks today. Jansci Rifco. tne PTypsy violinist who won fame oven-night by eloping with Clara Ward, the beautiful heii ess, who later deserted him and became the Princess Chimay, is now rkinsr out a precarious living by playing in a little restaurant in New York. He says the princess, who i died recently, left him a lortune of l : SoOO.000. ' .r ILTIARY TRAINING FOR HIGH SCHOOLS I00PTED Army Officers ta Be Placed in Indiana District Work j is Not Compulsory. I Lake county high schools that wish -jto take up military training soon will ! have the privilege of doing, so. The war department has determined to place the "Wyoming plan" f military training in thi secondary public schools of the United States which show an earest desire to take up the work. To that end. Captain K. 'A. Steever. United h'tates army, has been placed in charge , of all school training in the central department of the army, which includes Indiana. 1 1 is headquarters will bo at Culver Military academy. Culver. Ind. Captain Steever will shortly start the Wyoming system in the Chicago and Kansas City high schools. , Twenty commissioned and noncommissioned officers of tins array have been detailed as his assistants. The Wyoming plan is an elective system, and no pupil is compelled to lake the 'work. Kai-h boy is provided with an army riile by the government, and ail other equipment except uniforms is provided by the government. Under the plan credit toward gradua tion is given for military work done by the. boys. The only public high schools in the United - States which now have the work are. those in Wyoming and in Washington, 1. t'. The adoption of the plan by the war department follows the. recommendations if the war college for the upbuilding of a citizen army in the United States. COMMERCE HO BOOSTS HAMMOND "The Modern City" printed at Indianapolis to community interests, and circulating mainly through the middle westren states. In its January lfesue contains ahalf page Hammond ad inserted by the Chamber of Commerce. It reads as follows: HVMMOM TIIK inMKIt. Draw a circle lOu iKiles in diame'.er, with Hammond, Ind., as the center, and j on will have enclosed the great est manufacturing district in tne world. Of this wheel Hammond is the Hub. Hammond, adjoining the city of Chicago, has fifteen and one-half square miles of territory. It lias 55 miles of brick and pipe sewers; 70 miles of paved streets; 100 miles of brick and cement sidewalk; Sfi acres of- public parks; eleven trunk line railroads, seven belt railroads, ,three interurban railroads. Its numerous railroads, and its proximity to Lake Slichigan p."d to Chicago, constitute unsurpassed t transportation and manufacturing fajcilities. and many of the world's larg est industries are jocaiea liere. .Many valuable factory sites are snill available. Before locating your factory or other industry, investigate Hammond. For further information address Chamber of Commerce, Hammond, Ind. DEATH OF AGED WOMAN Mrs. Elizabeth Sehmeltz, aged S7, died at the home of her daughter, Hrs. J. Hili, at 423 Logan street, Tuesday, and the remains are to be shipped to Michigan City, the home of the deceased woman, for burial tomorrow. fiolden opportunities TIMKS want !. for yon

It Maes This Man Indignant. Hammond. Ind., Dec. 27. Kditor Till; TlMKSj Till-; TIMES ye-Htcrday carried the information of Interest to every taxpuycr the tax levy, due within the next three month. 4oiug down the list of town. shtpM, cities and townn, I ee we ure all . again up agninxt a steep rate. With the exception of the poll tax, the other levies need not be diacuajted here. I'ermit me, however, to rcri.Hter a kick njcnlnxt the annual poll tax outraKe, that

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in saddled on the few no the many can encape. Here we Hammond taxpayerx the poll tax victinut have to pay -.73 in addition to n perKonal and property tax. An u citizen I am willing to "do my bit"; I would like to do it cheerfully, but when I am annually compelled to pay my whare and In addition. alo that of the fellow, who through our ineniciency in law enforcement can eHcnpe, I resent the Imposition. Then we have to pay a city poll tax too. It is a dumnahle outrage. We nil know the poll tax law as it Is applied is a travesty on Jus tice. I challenge any official connected with poll aMsesmcnt to defend the methods obtaining In l.ake county, particularly 111 the northern section. As the enforcement of the poll tax law is discretionary with our tax officials, let us as taxpayers exercise discretion in electing to office men who will pledge themselves to abolish the poll tax 'travesty. . They let fellows escape who have no one to keep or support but ! Ihemseives and as soon as a man gets married and tries to keep his j head above water bang, they soak i him! j A TAXPAYER. : : Will Gather at Gary Shortly for Joint Meeting to Discuss Ways and Means for County - Wide Campaign Against Saloons. Prospects of "dry" Sundays for all saloons in Lake county- by compelling obedience to the state Sunday closing law are beginning to assume tangible shape. That every saloon wilt have to close its doors on Sundays' is the aim of the ministerial associations of Gary, Hammond, A"hiting and Kast Chicago-Indiana Harbor. To Meet With Mayors. The joint ministerial associations have been working quietly and they were to hold an unannounced conference with the mayors of the region at the Gary Y. M. C. A. tonight. However, due to the Inability of Mayor Smalley of Hammond to bo present the session has been postponed for a short while. "You are no doubt aware that this is in the interest of law enforcement regarding Sunday closing Of saloons in the Calumet" region. We hope that a belter understanding and closer co-cperation. by the church forces and the municipal authorities on this question may result in a better and cleaner city life for all of us." reads the letter sent to all mayors and other officials. Communications from- the joint association are being sent out by the Rev. Rollo C. Speer, 3602 Elm street, Indiana urhnr nnstor of the First BaptisA church and secretary of tne East Chi cago Ministerial association. Mavor Johnson of Gary, who had planned to attend the conference, today got word of the postponed meeting. In connection witn tne pian w enforce Sunday closing something that obtains in most Indiana cities prohibitionists have been circulating "dry" petitions in the county. They are to be presented to the legislature next month. MASKED MEN IN HOLD UP Was it a vision due to some excess in celebrating the festive season, or wb there really a masked band com-! mitting depredations in EastjChicago at an early hour last night? The police have not as yet solved the mystery. William Gudelis, residing at 149th street and Northcote avenue, reported to the. statio nthat he had been to a saloon at the corner of 150th and Northcote and that he was on his way home whan he was surrounded by a band of men wearing masks and brandishing clubs and revolvers. He was ordered to throw up his hands. He complied, but was nevertheless hit with a club and felled to the ground. The desperadoes then extracted $11.75 from his pockets and also took therefrom one quart of perfectly good whiskey. CLERKS APPOINTED. s;peeial to The Times.) INDIANAPOLIS. IND-. Dec. 2S. Washington despatch says H. Adams appointed clerk at Gary postoffice, and H--C Hartroan clerk in th : Hammond postoff :ce ' , j

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Mrs. Adams and Capt. Spratling. The trial of Mrs. Ilattie C. Adams of Atlanta, Ga., who has been in jail at Macon since early in September charged with the murder, by shooting, of Capt. Edgar J. Spratling, of the Georgia national guard, in hia' tent at the Macon mobilization camp, has been set for February. Mrs. Adams asserted that Spratling, who was her physician, had taken advantage of her. She say3 she doea not regret the killing. (lljr nited Press Cablegram.) I.O !. Dee. 2S.i Dispatches say the allied reply to tiermany's peace proposals is ready. Informatlon indicated the phraseoi'ogy had been settled upon. I By Vniied Pmn.t'nblesriim.) WASHI.N'CiTON, Dee. i'S. ;-rninny answer to President Wil. sou's peaee note reached tiie xtate department today. The official who nnnouneed the receipt said nothing confidential was attached to the reply. There had been (suggestion that t.ermany miKht give secret , nconipjinylng. . nips- . sage. Secretary Lansing was told of the' reeelptr of t he- mesasre aiid provided with copies ly the cable office. I.nnslne purposely molded tml.r of the note as contained in pres dispatches so his mind would lie elear of the evnet points, made l-y Herman y. - -1 I1KHI.IN Ola Wireless to Say. ville,) Ire. 2S. The orweslau steamer llelto-wai wink Icy the' tierman naval authorities been line she was assisting the enemy in a n-ny contrary tt neutrailt ,' t.ermany explained !n a eeinl ntatement to Ambassador tierrnrd to- . day. Iy 1 nited Press ablegrnm.l BI1RLIV Dee. 2. The capture of 3,tH) more prlnoner lirouftht the total of Ilumilans liupriwioned during the engagement about IHmnlen. Karat up to it was re ported by the war office today. Herman forces have pushed beyond Ilimuieu-Sarat while siouillaneously Aiistro-Hungarian troops to the moutheast pierced the Hosslan lines east of Macln. (By I nited Press Cablegram.) I,OM)OV, Dec. I Uussian war loan ubscriutlcns have increased lnce the publication of pence notes, Petrograd dispatches il;i the wireless press announced today. All co-operative societies have subscribed 25 per cent of their capital. TRUSTY ESCAPES (Special to Tub Times.1) CROWN POINT, INI., Dec. William Dun-man, a trusty, escaped from the Crown Point jail this morning and is, being' sought by the police of the 1 cities of the county. Uunman wsa sent to the Jail Irora oarj wueie ne had toeen Dounci over iu ine upein.i( court under a charge of highway roo bery. ' MAKES. PROPOSAL (By Vnited Press.) WASHINGTON, Dee. 2. That Gen. Carranza has not signed the troop withdrawal, but has instead again made a counter-proposal, was the growing belief here today. This belief grew in official circles where earlier hope was expressed that the r-hief would ultimately sign the paper. Men close In touch with the situation said they expected rarranza would sclc another conference.

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"Watcn This Week's Leak Sap Famous Boston Copper Mag- - nate to Our Congressmen (By Vnited Prens.) WASHINGTON, ' Dec. 23. Over sixty million dollars wt.s made in Wall street by those hav ing advance information of President Wilson's peace note, according to a telegram from Thomas W. Lawson to Representative Weed of Indiana. Lawson wired: "Take a tip from one who played the big Washington-Wall Street game, the big International publicity game before you were old enough to distinguish between a stock exchange and a congres sional hall. Spend less time on last week and more time on this week's leak which is liable to innundate both Wall Street and Washington." "There were only sixty odd million hogs headed from last week's. 'this week's may rnn into niiHons. "And this tip too, is not In the !iet of spirit If It waa actually brNrird In Washington there was a real investigation of last week's leak there would not be a quorum In the senate or house next Slonclay and there would be a shifting of hank account's similar to thoe of the good old sugar iuvestliia. tion days."' Representative Wood said. that at no time lias he stated that lie coiM not locate I.awson or get iu touch wi'b hipk He says he lins taken it for granted that when the proper time comes there will be no troubile in netting Lawson and full statement from him.. He stated further the reflection cast by Lawson'a telegram "upon every member of the house and senate waJi sufficient to warrant the fnll Investigation and the senate and house hou!d insist on such an Investigation. Wood aid that If the editorials In-the newspapers are any reflection of iwjblte sentiment the public Hel'f will insist on a full Investigation. tsinfj'T ft m .L I Ll.i SMOTHER LEAK PflOBE Hoosier Representative In- . tends to Pursue Investigation of Cleanup. WASHINGTON, lec. 2-S.--!tepre.-ativo William II. WoCKt of ludi.rii stated today that he does not- inl-. i that the committee on rules Mi..-, smother his resolution providing the appointment of . special coiutu -tee to investigate as to whether .. . high'' official of the government, t-i i-t. relatives of any high official, made a "cleanup" in the stock mark t a.- -i result of the contradictory sta tc n: .; i given out by Secretary j .anting -reining the President's peace n .:- . tiles , Old House Knlc. "I am going to bring thU matter i.;in the House at tho lii st opportune... which will he on Jan. 'J." .-aid H resentative Wood? "There is a mi; of the House which provides that a ' : -er a bill or resolution has !!! in .. committee seven legislative, days -., motion may be made to disciiaig. ti -committee from further vunside.rfttio-s of it and bring it before the Jl.-u-for action. If a majority of Cue ilii.is-. on a roll can. savs me committee on rules shall bo discharged, th- n the resolution wn be taken away from the commitee and brought up for action in the House. Jan. 9 is the earliest time when that moti. can bo made." and if I am alive on that day and the rules committee lias not i nd I intend to make the moxiyn." When Uepresentative CnnUii! .if Kentucky, who is a member ..! ;iie rules committee, was told that l:-p-resentative Wood has served nolle., the rules committee can not smoiher the Wood resolution he mii,',.-,j and said: Mr. Wood 5s a new nieiub-r. ii; lias got a lot to learn. He d-.. . seem to know what the ru'.c.-s .-.; mittee can do, but he will Bud ..ut , tiue tim" Russia is about to face another Germany invasion. Teutonic columns will be on Russian soil north of Dobrudja and east of Moldavia within the next fewdays if they continue their present rapid' rate o& advance. This and the apparent drop in the Russian power of resistence was the most important deveopment in today's official statement. Berlin which reported capture of Rimni--cu-Sarat last nght told today of further progress beyond that city in Roumania.

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