Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 173, Hammond, Lake County, 10 January 1917 — Page 1
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GIRLS ID BOYS IN LI TIGERS Grand Jurors Have Before Them for Examination Children in Their "Teens" MUNCIE, IND., Jan. 10. Fangs of Muncie's blind tigers have sunken deep into the lives of many youthful boys and girls of the city, according to the testimony submitted to the grand jury Tuesday. Sever boys and girls between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years were before the jurors. They are said to have told of fresuent visits to Muncie blind tigers and of having becoming intoxicated while there. Shocking Testimony Is Drawn Out. Incidentally they are said to have testified relative to violations of even more serious social laws under the guidance and persuasion of older persons. Prosecutor Murphy says that the jury will make a thorough investiga tion of the delinquency of children, especially girls under the. age of eighteen y.ars. He says evidence, already obi aiiied by the state, shows that certain Mind tigers have been pitfalls for minors. Several young girls of the city maybe sent to the state reformatory for women as a result of disclosures already before the grand jury, according t5 reports. Prosecutor Murphy Is said to have under consideration the advisability of recommending that certain girls be sent to the state institution. Had Free Access To Blind Tigers. It appears from the number and ages of boys and girls being questioned by the grand jury that minors have had free access to several places where various social evils are said to have flourished. No new arrests had been made late Tuesday on the warrants issued Monday as a result of the partial report of the grand jury Saturday in which thirteen indictments were returned. Members of the sheriff's force who are combing the city for those against who indictments have been returned declared the ulleged violators have -flushed." A. M. Van Nuys, probation officer, has made numerous complaints concerning the delinquency of young girls and boys and has had much to do with the effort to correct them. SALOONKEEPERS TO HOLD BANQUET The saloonkeepers of Gary will hold a banquet at 8 o'clock Thursday evening at Molnar's Vienna cafe, 461!Rroadway. An Invitation has been extended to every Baloonkeeper In Gary to atiend, pays an advertisement Isued by the committee. The saloon proprietors will meet In the Broadway hotel lobby previous to entering the salle de UNIQUE HONOR FOR SOUTHERN WOMAN Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner. Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner has been chosen as a member of the inauguration committee which will have in charge the ceremonies attending President Wilson's second inaugural. She is the first woman to be honored in this way. Mrs. Stoner was one of the organizers of the Women's Wilson Union, an effective campaign organization. She is prominent in several suffrage organizations of the south.
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What You May . Column Holes. Theoretically the hole is a Void, a Vacancy, Nothing. Practically it is one of the most troublesome things in life. We dodge holes from the cradle to the grave, or, Nine-teen-Seventeenly speaking, from the Pacifier to the Crematory. Take the merest infant. One of the first things it does is discover the hole in its face and try to climb in it. Life, particuarly with socks, is just one darned hole after another. And in our tin roofs, rowboats, pavements, stewpans, stomachs and bank accounts we find them. Holes, holes, holes. Coal holes, rat holes, post holes, and mud holes; these are but a few of many. Yet let us not condemn the hole indiscriminately. Else how would we get our f opt in our shoes? Or strain our cranberries? What would our golf links be without them? And where would we go from cyclones? The hole subiect is deep. The
world is, as you might say, full j of them; and we mortals must deal with each hole as we come to it. . S1JS5-53 DROP L Hard coal yesterday in Chicago sold at from $1.65 to $3 a ton less than last week. Warm weather caused the slump when an increase had been pre dicted. Bituminous coal also dropped. Last week it cost $4.50 at the mines. Yes terday it was quoted at $3. The retail price this week in consequence is $5.50 a ton, against $6:40 and $7 a ton last week. The Consumer's Company sold small egg coal for $9.50 a ton. Chestnut and range coal was too scare to be quoted. A north side dealer sold large egg coal at $10.60 and range anthracite at'$10.S5 and $10.50 for those sizes. Anthracite and Pocahontas coals were more abundant than last week, although movement of cars is greatly facilitated. The Consumers' Company has in transit 2.899 cars, or about 140,000 tons. Of this, 1,783 cars are within the Chicago switching district. GOSTELLO III ROLE OFADETEGTVE Many Gary People Believe Former Editor is "Come On" Man for State. That Thomas F. Costello, formerly a Gary editor, who was arrested with Chief Healey and other Chicago officials In connection with -ice graft, is really a detective In the service of State's Attorney Hoyne's services. Is the belief of some of his old acquaintances in Gary. In Gary when news of Costello's arrest was heard there were predictions that even if he were guilty the shrewd newspaper man would never be convicted. It Is significant that Costello, who could get bond, did not ask for It. that instead of being In jail he is kept at a fine hote and he is supposed to have made a "confession." It is also pointed out that the secret service agency of Nick Hunt, former chief $f detectives in Chicago, is chief investigator for Prosecutor Uoyne. Those who recall how friendly Hunt and Costello are stated to have been believe that the pair worked together in thin case as detectives for Mr. Hoyne. Costello came to Gary in 1906 and at the support of a steel corporation official started a newspaper called the Northern Indianian. SENATE. Interstate commerce committee continued hearings on railroad legislation. Passed, 55 to 32, Sheppard bill to abolish saloons in the District of Columbia, Atsjourned 5 p. ni. HOUSE. Rules committee continued hearing on "leak" investigation. Passed Hughes vocational education bill. Adopt joint resolution extending the Newlands railway committee until December. Took up postoffice appropriation bill. Representative Morin of Pennsylvania introduced bill to consolidate country's financial system in a federal exchange under government control. Adjurnod 5.10 p. m.
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DEMOCRATS COMMITTEES Carefully Studied Plan is Bared to Avert Making Any Trouble for Wet In-' terests in Committee Assignments. TIMKS III 1IKAI AT STATE C APITAL. IXMAXAroiJS, Jan. in. Nobody' seems to know who selected the demo- i cratlc members of the senate committees. Some of the democratic senators say Lieut. Gov. O'Nell picked the members of the committees, while some of O'Neil's friends declare that the selections were made by a nelf-constit uted committee of democratic senators. Including Culbfrtson, Fleming, Klsner and possibly one other. It is very evident that who ever made the selections did so with a view of being extremely kind to the liberal element and that there was a carefully studied plan to avoid making any assignments that might mean trouble for the wet interests. For Instance, on the committee on public morals the democratic members are Hazen of Boonville; Krskine of Kvans-ile, and Hagerty of South Bend. It Is quite well known that any prohibition bill that might happen to fall into the hands of (Continued on pane two.) S OUESTIO'i OF THE DAY Hammond Plan Campajgn Arouses Widening Interest and Discussion Public Must Help in Making It Meetings Next Week. THE HAMMOND PLAN A VISION It is a new community idea; It is a new community interest A new community attitude toward itself; Non-sectarian, Non-political, Non-commercial. A movement to coordinate every vital factor in the community for cooperation; A centralizaton, A concentration on the welfare of all the citizens to help the boys and girls to become strong clean men and women, who are assured a place in Hammond, and are happy and satisfied in a work wisely chosen. The .Hammond Plan is intended for the growing generation and the generations to follow. It is rooted in the sense of ownership, beginning with the aee of reason and leading to the greatest material possession which makes for a well regulated, happv. con tented and progressive community a home. Hammond expectantly waiting for the new city gospel the Hammond Plan, is beginning to get impatient. Everybody fs talking about "The Hammond Plan," wanting an exact deflni, tion, some slogan that can be pasted in the window until the card on which it is printed becomes dusty and warped. Everywhere the question is asked, always earnestly but sometimes in a voice of flippancy. Thus far the cam paign in the Hammond Plan is a bigsuccess. It has started a community to thinking. This is one of the secrets. The most important thing about the Hammond Plan today Is. that it is not yet made, that it is in the making, that the whole city next week and thereafter must assist in the making, and that the thought of every person in the community therefore becomes essential. Some phases of the Hammond Plan are being discussed now. but the main plan itself will not be evolved until the whole community has be.-n heard from, until there is a concensus of opinion as to what is the prime essential to make Hammond a bigger, better Hammond to iC'oninud on pajse two.)
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WHO'S MOST VERSATILE AMERICAN ACTRESS? CONTEST LIES BETWEEN MISSES ADAMS, TAYLOR, FERGUSON, DUNN AND STARR
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There is a contest raging: in New Ycrk at this moment as to who is the most versatile actress on th. American stage. This contest is between Maude Adams, Laurette Taylor, Emma Dunn, Frances Starr an Elsie Ferguson. The point is not who is the prettiest or most Dopular, but which of the five is the mos versatile. Nothing like a decision has been reached as vet.
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IJpresentati vcf,-of three national advertising agencies were present last evening at a. meeting in Hammond of the industrial committees of the cornmenial bodies of North Township cities which are workinar out George Hannauer's plan of advertising the district. One of the advertising s-pecialists advanced a method for national advertising in the Literary I.itrest and other periodicals calling for an expenditure of about $20,000. Another of the guests offered hts services at the rate of $300 a month. He stated he has a list of 10,000 Chicago industries and that 2,000 of these are dissatisfied with their locations and some might he persuaded to come to this district. Itoscoe K. Woods, of Hastings, Woods & Company, real estate operator, a memlber of the committee of the Hammond Chamber of Comerce, stated that at least 500.000 stranges , pass through Hammond in automobiles every year, and the other cities of the region are inspected in a similar way. Woods advocated the roads be well paved and the atractiong of the region advertised at various points. Hammond is not keeping pace with its present industrial development, he stated, and deplored the condition of the Hohman street pavement, especially on the north side of the river and through the heart of the city. The committees went into the matter of promoting industrial development. The Chambers of Commerce cf Whiting and Eaat Chicago were represented. BACK FROM SOUTH rr. and Mrs. . Arthur Davis are expected home this week from a three weeks' Florida trip. While spending most of their time with Mrs. CUvis' parents. Dr. and Mrs. W. T. -Hall at Fort Myers, theey also found time to visit a number of other points of Interest in Florida among them Ssteria. Boco Grande, Tampa. St. Petersburg. Jacksonville and St. Augustine. PARIS NEWSPAPERS DISAVOW CAILLAUX Joseph Caillaux. Joseph Caillaux, a former member of the French cabinet, is in Italy making efforts to bring about an immediate peace. He has been taken to task bv Paris newspapers, which ! have disavowed his acta.
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IN' addition to other accomplishments the modern girl to compete at all IX the mad race ML'ST either take a course in a barber college or a Jirst class DEPILATORIUM. PKETTY-FACED people are gonerally marred by having cither big feet or A BAD disposition FASHION permits us to see their feet but there is no way of reading their disposition RIGHT off the bat. THE person who blows about what he has done is generally something to avoid FOR he has never done anything to blow about. AXEXT this leak WE cannot help regarding the lion. Tom Lawson AS more or less of a notoriety seeking BLATHERSKITE. SOMEBODY has now produced an odorless onioh XOT interested WE are waiting patiently for stinkless garlic. EVERY time Gov. Goodrich dodges the pie-counter, he runs slap into THE pork barrel. yOUXG man has sued girl for $5,000 for heart anguish TIME may come when we shall have to quote anguish in the market column. BABY week has been set for the first week in May IT behooves Col. Joe Meyer and Capt. Jack Crawford TO get a fir,st class move on themselves. A MAX started out the other day for a walk HE was deaf and chose the railroad track WE just can t bear to tell the rest of the story. BILLY SUNDAY converted 23,000 people in his Boston campaign AND Boston cafes have just announced that they will charge 10c extra FOR catsup m IS there a reason? BEN'S FLOCK OF DUCKS LOWELL. IND., Jan. 10. Ben Fogli i of Water Valley, has what Is believed to be the largest an! finest flock of j w uu Gucivs iu ue luuna 111 inuiana. x ne flock numberoabout 100 and the birds may be seen most any time swimming In the Kankakee river opposite Mr. Fogli's place of business, or sunning themselves on its banks. Ben's wild ducks never fail to attract attention of Rtrungers. PAINTERS' BANQUET The painters of local union No. 4fi0 are to give a testimonial banquet at Masonic Temple. Thursday evening.
Left to right, above: Elsie Ferguson, Emma Dunn and Laurette Taylor. Below: Maude Adams and Frances Starr.
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(Special to The Times.) CROWX POINT, IND.. Jan. 10. Ardie Ketchmart and William Hall attended the LaCrosse-Hebron basketball game &t Hebron Saturday evening and on their way home their machine turned turtle four miles west of Hebron. Both young men were thrown out and Hall was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to his home where he is still in a serious condition. His mind is a blank and he Is suffering from hemorrhages. One foot is also badly inujred. In spite of his condition, the attending physicians hold out a hope for his recovery. Ketchmart was badly bruised, but will soon be all right again. . The machine was corapletely demolished. TIF TOM IS ISSUED $1,308,535 Now Available for Distribution Among the Counties. (Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT, IND.. Jan. 10. Counyt Auditor Simon received today copies of the apportionment of the common school revenue for tuition, as made by State Superintendent of Public Intruction Charles A. Greathouse on Jan. 1. to be distributed among the county treasurers and county superintendents. An enumeration of the children of school age in each county, a statement of the amount of school revenue ready for apportionment in each county, together with the source of the revenue in each county and the sum of school revenue for distribution, with the distributive share apportionment, is contained in the pamphlet sent out. The statement shows an increase over previous years in school wealth, the total collections from Indiana counties being $1,380,311.49, from which is deducted a deficiency fund of $71,776.20, leaving a balance of $1,308,535.29 to be distributed among the counties. Interest from the common school fund collected since the last apportionment is $275,530.24; from unclaimed fees and other sources has been derived $1,267.15: from the balance of examination fees, $4,827.34 has been raised, making a total of fund on hand to be distributed, $1,587,401.10. The treasury now shows, after a deduction of the funds for apportionment among the schools, $3,498.42. The apportionment is based on 774,342 children at $2.05 per capita. COHN AND SMITH RECEIVE PRIZES Of six prizes given by the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company to its agents in the north half of Indiana, Arthur A. Cohn of Hammond received two and Charles Albert Smith, also of this city, one. Cohn lead all agents in Lake county in both volume of bifsiness an dnumber of policies issued during 1916. He received a gold watch. Much roldrr tonight; roll! nave; lowest temperature about ten dejeree! Thurwlny fair and enld with fresh northweM
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Hews Agencies Had Advance Information On Hole Committee Hears,(United Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. The "first contradictory testimony" of the note leak probe came today when Archie Jamieson, state department reporter for the Central News in describing how Lansing gave the newspapermen the confidential tip on the note said: "Secretary Lansing had said he was giving the information because he did not want it to come back in garbled form from abroad and injuriously affect the market." Representative Lenroot then , read Secretary Lansing's testmony to the effect that he had not had the market in mind when he gave and imposed secrecy upon the reporters. R. W. Bowling, brother of President Wilon's wife, who was the first witness before the house note leak investigation committee demanded an apology from Representative Wood for bringing his name into the probe. Manager Crawford of the Washington bureau. Central News of America, presented a confidential telegram sent to his New York office wherein he revealed (under permit of the etate department) tha fact that a note wns forthcoming. There was no Teak on this," Crawford explained. The message declared that the note was held for morning paper publication becausa the department didn't want it to affect the market. Crawford Informed the committee that the International News Service supplied news to the Jones Co, a ticker concern, whereupon Representative Bennett asked that a representative of that organization be called. STEP OFF STREET TWO ME UED Two men were Injured in Hammond last evening after alighting from strei-t cars on Hohman street. When Joseph Oumbrowski stenpod j of f a south-bound car at Doty street to 6" i" tiome in iui laatil street, lie was struck and knocked to the pavement by an auto roadster of which O. W. Meyers, 2!o riummer avenue, was the driver. The front wheels of th.' machine passed over Gumbrowski. Ho sustained painful but not strious in juries and was taken to his home. Thomas Gurak, 349 Florence avenue, fell to the pavement, twisting a wrist and a kneecap, as he stepped off a south-botind car at Indiana avenue. Dr. Kelly attended the injured man who was able to go to his home. CARTOONIST IS DEAD Ily 1 nlted 1'renn.) " CHICAGO, Jan. 10.- Luther D. Bradley, well known newspaper man and cartoonist on the Daily News here, died today. VISITS U. S. ON HUNT FOR "MISSING LINK" 2i Professor Zelenka. Professor Margarethe Zelenka, renowned scientist of Munich, Germany, is in the United States to attend the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and to continue her search for the anthropoid ape, or "missing link." She is regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on aa-thropoids.
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