Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 52, Hammond, Lake County, 6 January 1917 — Page 1
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Goodrich Message to Legislature Expected to Encounter a LEADING ISSUES j j COMING BEFORE j i LEGISLATURE ! . Prohibition. 4'onstltutioniil ronTfntlon. Limited woman n(l'ni(e. OrsanUatlon Mate highway comm;Mlon. HrvMon of the tarnation laws. I entralisation of control of public Kehooln. Further provision for eare of feeble minded and insane. Budget Bjmtem for state finance. Provision for in vejttigatlng and con. triilline price of food nnd fuel. I MIK BI RKU . AT MWTK CAPITAL. 1NDIAXAPOUS. IN'P, Jan. 6. The ;i .nripal interest in legislative maturs now centers in what Gnveniuri .': t G.r.drich may say in his mesase, which he will deliver lmraefltnl"y after his inauffuration next Monday. If he makes all i.f the re.-oiti-mendations that he talked about in his campaign speeches last fall he w;U give the legislature something to talk about and think about fur the remainder of the session. Mr. Goodrich has pome fixed ideas in regard to putl i- business and how it should be conducted, and he has been expounding: ih-se ideas to the public ever since he started in to be a candidate for governor. It is understood, however, that if he recommends the abolishment of Bum" of the state offices that he spoke of during the. campaign he may run into a heavy opposition. It is said that the officials whose offices may come under the fire of the governor are pretty well oraniiied and that they propose to put up a stiff fight to sve their jobs. There was considerable stir among the Republican senators yesterday and they called a caucus immediately after adjournment. It was reported that some of the senators were up in aims because Edsrar V. Bush, who will become lieutenant-governor next Monday, was not consulting with them about committee appointments but (Continued on paere seven.) TO DECIDE NEXT MOVE FOR EUROPEAN PEACE Mr .iiV K.C .... -Kit.6 - t. , I! j a - 4 1 - k ROBERT LANSJNO HENRY f. PLOOP; flobert Lansing, secretary of state: trenator William J. Stone, chairman of the foreign -relations committee of the senate; and Representative Henry D. Flood, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the house, have under consideration the next move in connection with the president's efforts' to bring about peace in Europe. Congressional action to support the president would have to gain the support of the chairmen of these important committees before action.
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fi f 7t 5 t v i i s M3S. GI?4C gOBLCTS Mrs. Grace Roberts, the young stocking model murdered in Philadelphia, is here shown in one of her art poses. The photograph was taken some months ago. Democrats Deny That Any Effort Vill Be Made to Unseat Senators From Lake Co. Denial From Capital. A cock-and-bull story hitting at Senators James Nejdl ana Thomas Grant, two of Lake county's four republican -senators, given currency n the Lake County News, today received the quietus from Indianapolis and from prominent Lake county demo crats today. The News article said: -l.AKK SK.XATOBS MAY BOTH LOSE THKIll SKATS "Indiana Republican leaders now wish they had not been so rjuick to join with Democrats in organizing the .State s-nate. Democrats started an investigation. They found that it was probable that Tom Grant would lose his seat and be, prosecuted under the corrupt practices act, but another startling fact was that it ' developed that Senator James J. Nedjl of J.ake was never properly naturalized to be eligible in the State senate. It now seems probable that at the session of the Legislature opening tjday, the Democrats will unseat Nedjl, giving them a majority when W. J. Murray, Democrat is seated, he having received 35 more votes than J. A. Aubry. "If Grant is unseated, later, that will also give Mr. Aubry a seat in the Senate." From its bureau at the state capital The Times today received the following: "Senate democrats decided there will be no contests of republican seats Several were contemplated but none will be made. T.ie demo-rats say they found Nedjl's father was naturalized in Chicago when Nedjl wn.3 fourteen years old and this would make the senator a legal citizen of the United States." Attorney- W. J- Murray cf Indiana Harbor, who was a demo ratic candidate for senator said to Thb Time.? today: "Talk of unseating Senat r Nedjl Is a mistake. He has been seated, and I know of no move to unseat either him or Tom Grant." City Attorney John A. Gavit, former democratic city cahirman of Hammond who was at Indianapolis only I few days ago said today, he knew :! no effort to unseat either senator. There are 10.OCO Lake County people who are living; till over the V. S. A !ilcrlnf Ion to TUB TIMES will nave on the trouble of writing n letter to any one of them.
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Orak Temple of Hammond of the Mysttc .Shrine will hold a meeting next Monday, January 8. at the Masonic temple, and tho newly elected potentate, George C. Ijocklin, and his officers v.-ill be installed for 1917. Potentate Ijocklin will be assisted by Judge Virgil S. Reiter, as l hief Raiban. William Karle, the. "Duke of East Gary" as Asst. Rahban.. Andrew J. Miiith of Hobart as High Priest and Prophet. Winfred D. Hunter of Gary id oriental Guide, Joseph T. Hutton as treasurer and George O. Mallett as recorder. The appointive officers have not ye', been announced but it is said that potentate Locklin has a list that will cover every deparrment from the ' Royal Court" to the "Keeper of the icious plea." Reports from the committees in charge of tho min3trel -how that will be given at the Orpheum theatre on January 22nd and trd will be heard. The men are hard at work and the outlook is bright for another big success that will even eclipse that of last year. A feature of the evening will be the presentation to Potentate Jocklin of a unique gavel made from walrus tusks that has been sent for the oci asion from Noble Leon C Pook-r, formerly of Valparaiso but now located at Seward. Alaska. At the conclus on of th business session a buffet luncheon will fie served and the committee in charge is preparing for a D 0 John Smalley Will Seek ReElection; Attorney E. G-. Sproat Announces Candidacy on Republican Ticket No Citizen's Ticket. Infinite announcement of the candidacy of John Smalley, democrat, and E. G. Sproat. republican, for the Hammond mayoralty primary race was made today when it became apparent that the effort to have the legislature change the date of the primaries kf mm March 6 to a later month has not enough push behind it to get results. "I am a candidate for nomination on the republican ticket for mayor." stated Attorney E. G. Sproat today. - "I will no doubt be a candidate," said, Mayor Smalley when asked if he would seek re-election. Meantime the field is crowded with shadow candidates) men mentioned by their friends as qualified for the place. Melvin Monnett has been talked of by republican leaders as candidate for mayor. Louis Eder is said to be out for the clerkship on the republican ticket. William Kolb is a candidate for re-election as clerk. It has been rumored about town that in case John W. Smalley did not seek nomination for re-election the democrats would select either Otto Duelke, present city treasurer, or Dr. William D. Weis, secretary of the board of health. Otto Duelke said, however, today that he is, a candidate for re-election for city treasurer. It appears now that the democrats are planning to re-elect Ihe present administration and in the event of success there would probably be few changes in the appointive offices. Talk of a citizen's ticket Is subsiding. Yesterday in Congress SENATE. Senator Works continued his valedictory speech, attacking the administration. Adopted, 47 to 17. Senator Jones substitute for the Hitchcock resolution, which indorses President Wilson's request to x the belligerents for peace terms, without Indorsing the peace note itself. Considered nominations in executive session. Adjourned at 6:21 p. m. HOUSE. Resumed consideration agriculture appropriation bill. Hearings on the reported "leak" in connection with President Wilson's peace note were begun before rules committee. Adjourned at 5:23 p. m. ! If you'll ndTerli jour holiday Imrtrains we will rrt the people to hop j early. Kun'i the time to ret busy.
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0 Magnificent Results Are Shown by Hanimnod's Building and Loan AssociationsThousands Paid to Shareholders. With the beginning of the year, and the maturing of stock in Hammond's four . splendid building, loan and savings associations, a deluge of money was turned back to the thrifty people of the ci:y this week. Six years ago, "wise ones" whe felf that they could spare $1.25 or $2.50 or ' more a week subscribed to building j and oa;i stock. This -week these ! "wise ones" received back more than ! $120,000. Three months hence another lioo.iioo viil mature, and so there is an endleHs cycle of wealth rolling in upon Hammond, widening with each year, created by the thrift of the people themselves. The wisest financier in the I'nited States lias not yet been able to devise a system superior to the building and loans as they are conducted in Hammond. No where in the world can a person take his little dollar a week and absolutely get from eight to nine percent, compound interest, on so small an investment, with such rock ribbed security as the four building and loans in Hammond furnish. While there is a wide difference In the amounts maturing in the various associations, it should be emphasized I that there is no rivalry or competition. They are the only monejt making institutions that work mutually for the same end to help people save their money profitably. Two. of the four are only a little more th uf six years old. There first dividends all matured within the past year. Thus the Calumet Building and Ixan on whose board of directors are some of the city's best known men in every respect, is only old enougn to have paid three quarterly dividends, the last one this week which amounted to $8,000. Th next dividends will be larger and the etock subscriptions show tliat they will continue to grow with each three months. The first Polish Building and Loan association of Hammond, founded by P. 13. Lipinsky," this week pays out its fourth dividend of $7,000. Its stock issues have Jumped with the opening of each new series. The Hammond Building, Loan and Savings association, the pioneer of more than a quarter of a century, earned in round figures for its subscribers $53,000. Three months ago it paid nearly as much and the next three jnonths and the future quarters will see equally as large and larger dididends paid. A new series was opened this week and promptly 110 books were taken out. The Home Building and Savings association, another golden corner stone ln the city's structure of thrift and wealth earned its stockholders the sum of $52,000. Of this amount $6,000 represents cancelled mortgages. Of the $55,000 earned by the Hammond, $10,000 represents mortgages. The Home, 4jke the three others, opened a new series of stock this week and already has eighty-six subscribers for the new books. What becomes of these thousands upon thousands of dollars that wash back Into the hands of the people? Did you ever stop to think that Hammond is a pretty good place to live; that it has a decidedly substantial middle class of people; that a large percentage owns homes; that It a decent, law-abiding community; that the business men of Hammond is troubled by fewer dead beats than the business man in the average industrial community: that the powerful influence, of these associations, are just beginning to show results on a big scale? PERATOR'S SIDES LIS (Special to The Times.) HOBART. IND.. Jan- A bad wreck was narrowly averted on the Pennsylvania road Friday afternoon, the local operator at the tower noticed a broken truck on one of the fast westbound mail trains, reporting the same. The train was stopped at Liverpool, three miles west of Hobart. Upon stopping the truck gave away derailing the car. As this was a very fast train it would have caused a bad wreck had the broken truck not been noticed. FORMER RESIDENTS HEHE. Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Canibs, formerly residents of Gary but now of North Sheldon, Vt., are visiting friends in Gary. TIMES' advertising will enable you to break all your business records for the year end. Call a TIMES ad man ritrht away.
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Miss Marie Collins. Miss Marie Collins was the closest friend of Grace Roberts, the Philadelphia model who was murdered in her apartments. She believes that Bernard W. Lewis, the Pittsburgh man who committed suicide when about to Be arrested in connection with the affair, committed the crime. Miss Roberts called Miss Collin3 on the phone an hour or so before her death and her description of a male caller she had at that time tallies with the description cf Lewis.
DR. SMITH OUT FOR AYORALTY 1 Dr. F. W. Smith, long prominent in Gary politics, makes formal announcement in today's Times of his candidacy for the republican nomination for mayor of Gary, subject to the primaries. Dr. Smith will have a platform of government for the peoples by the 'people and of the people. The doctor, who was city chairman four years ago was chiefly instrumental in defeating Tom "Knotts, has since served as a member of the state committee. He is editor of the Gary Republican and has been waging a fight on steel trust interference in Gary and county politics. ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS PICTURE EXHIBITED (Special to Thb Times.) CROWN POINT, IND., Jan. 6. Tho Anti-Tuberculosis Society of Laka County Is carrying on an educational campaign In Hammond, Whiting, Kast Chicago, Gary, Lowell and Crown Point to prepare the field for the building of a sanitarium. The exhibition in Hammond Thursday and Friday and at Crown Point this afternoon and evening of a moving picture entitled, "The Lone Game," is one of the features of the effort to arouse public sentiment. How a victim of the white plague may get well by going west in time if he or she has plenty of money and how one not having sufficient money w'll die if they do go west are things shown in the picture, of wfaich the pMnt is that health can be regained in a sanitarium right at home. There is a story running through the film. The picture is free to the children of the public and parochial schools of Crown Point th's evening. It will be shown at the moving picture house in Lowell tomorrow, at the Emerson school in Gary Monday afternoon, and the Cosmo Theater on Broadway, Gary. Monday evening. The Gem at Hobart will have the film for exhibition Tuesday evening and a Whiting movirg picture house Wednesday. DANIELS ANGERED (Bjr United Presa.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Calling American bids on high projectiles for the navy outrageous. Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced today that the government armor plate hoard is also working upon plans for a government projectile fatcory. HAMMOND GUNTOTER FINED $100 Conrad Englehrecht of Hammond said he carried a revolver for protection. Judge Sv.anson, in the Sheffield avenue court in Chicago, said: "We mut use stringent measures against gun tolerx ; in Chicago," and fined him ?!!'. an 1 costs. j
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United Press Cablegram. BERLIN (Via Wireless), Jaa. G. The onward sweep of Teutonic armies in Ron maul a and Sobradja was described ln today's official statement, which announced the capture of fire new towns, arrival of German outpost detachment at the Sereth river, and a menace to the G-alatz, most Important Roumanian city left in the hands of the Roumanians and Russians. The statement detailed a storming advance movement ty Teutonic columns ln the Carpathians. Capture of Braila announced last night was described in these words: "On the nights of January 4 and 5 Russian troops desisted from further resistance south of the Sereth against the Danube azgny of General of Infantry Kesch and retreated to the north, hank, sacrificing strong rear guards. "In Braila GermanBulgarian cavalry entered from the west while German and Bulgarian infantry came from the east across the Danube." Summing up the results of the victory at Braila the statement says: "In Dobrudja the third Bulgarian army under command of General Neresoff quickly and definitely fulfilled Its task to leave no more Russians nor Roumanian soldiers ln the land." UES$W BLMJEST (Ily I nltrd Pres Cablegram.) MIMWX, Jan. 6. Louses In the torpedoing of the transport Iverna. formerly a Canard liner, totalled S3 of the rank and file, the admiralty an noil nee il today. The nrislnal estimate of thoae lost wait 150. (By Vnlted Preas.) .NEW LOMON, Jan. 6. Indies tinsr that the t.erinan submarine, Deutschland Is eipec-ted here nhorti'y with another cargo front (.erninny wan iclven here today with the arrival of more than eore of negro ateveadoren. They were put to work unloading merchandise from ears, at the wharve of the Eastern Forwarding; Com. pany, owners of the Ueutnehland. Mont of thla "merchandise" consists of crude rubber and nickel. GAMBLING IN BURNHAM Special to The Times. BURNHAM, ILL., Jan. 6. Spotters for the Law and Order League of Chicago are said to be spying on night life in Burnham and make the claim that dice and other games ere running in a Burnham restaurant near the state line and In saloons. It is said that six husky young rowdies from Gary engaged in a fist f.ght with "Smithy." the Burnham cop, last night and were all knocked out and loaded in to a taxicab by the latter. THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Sunday. Sommaat warmer tonight. Lowest temperature slightly above frecrlnie. Colder Sonilar afternoon or nlcht. , Fresh nonthwest winds shifting; to northwest Sisndny. A live newspaper for iteople who are still on enrtb tbai s what TTIK TIMES is.
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AROES i J More Charges Regarding White House Leak Are Aired Today al Washington, BY J. P. YODEK (I'nited Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Representative Gardner of M-isachu-setts today supported his emphatic charge that there vas a leak of advance information to Wall Street on the president's note to belligerents by reading a dispatch which was sent out by the Dow Jones news ticker service shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon before the note was released for publication. Gardner made his cleclaration and read the copy of the news ticker report to the house committee when it reconvened to probe the charges Representative Wood of Indiana that "some one tiipped off Wall Street'' and precipitated an unprecedented downward price movement on the New York Stock exchange. Suspicions of responsibility of leak on the note today practically narrowed down to financial writers and embassy attaches abroad. Representative Wood called J;o the stand when the hearing opened. Representative Harrison asked him why he had made no effort to find "A. Curtis" who in a letter told him or alleged conferences of Baruch and Secretary Tumulty and the rest ot yesterday's rumors. Wood said that he had written Curtis & letter addressed "Wall Street", but that he had received no reply. It was then that Harrison made the flat statement in answer to a question by Representative Campbell of Kansas that he thought there was a leak and furthermore" it went through representatives of the Financial Journal. It was brought out that Wood did not try to get in personal touch with Curtis but had merely written him asking him to furnish facts. Wood said he had received many similar anonymous letters since taa resolutions were introduced. TIMES R I It EA U V AT STATE CAPITAU INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 6. Senator Kinder of Gary, will introduce the .bill to locate the superior court Iso. 3. at Gary instead of Hammond. Senator Nedjl wil introduce a bill requiring that fire insurance copnanies pay two per cent of premiums to cities where collected for firemen's pensions. He will also introduce a bill for Inspection of all mason work on public buildings AMERICAN GIRL MAKES HER BOW IN FRENCH DRAMA 1 Ni Miss Kalherine Rash. Miss Katherine Rush the daughter of Captain Rush, if. S. has invaded the difficult field of the French drama by becoming a member of the Theater Francais company, at the Gamck theater," New York. Miss Rush has already created several small parts and she is now appearing in support of Miss Yvonne Garrick in "Petachon." She was educated in France, Italy and Germany and tpeaks all three languages fluently. She spent five years in Paris, part of which time she devoted to the study of dramatic art.
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