Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 190, Hammond, Lake County, 24 January 1917 — Page 1

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Kaiser Will Make No Further Peace Overtures However, It is Said. (By Inited Press Cablegram.) BERLIN, Jan. 24. President Wilson's senate speech was telegraphed to the Kaiser and Field Marshal Von Hindenberg at the front todav. Ambassador Gerard cabled a confidentially outline of the German foreign office impression of the statement. . Meanwhile the president's sentiments are fully echoed publicly and officially and are viewed with interest and favor in Germany. Whether Germany can take official cognizance of the declaration is not yet clear. It la pointed out by men In responsible ' official positions that the American president's declaration is a step toward the pe co which the people of the world Ions for. Informal discussion by foreign office officials developed the belief that Germany can not take official cognizance of the address. It is passed on the following premises: FIRST Because the allies' reply to President Wilson has never been officially received by Germany. SECOND Because it is believed Germany can not tfk- new i moves for peace after the insulting reply to her own peace suggestions made by the allies. THIRD Because officials desire to await senate debate on the president's address, feeling that a statement from Germany even over discussing peace termswould be an Interference In American affairs. FOURTH Because Germany does not consider the time opportune to state her terms though being willing to discuss the speech itself, p Except for a small conservative group among the socialists, all of "Wilson's ideas found ready support today. It was believed Ambassador Gerard found the foreign office Impression likewise favorable. RESOLUTION IS KILLED By United Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The senate today failed to act on the Cummins resolution calling for open debate on Wilson's address before the senate. "Ought the senate in the near future do the country the justice and render the president the respect of informing the people and advising the president of our views regarding the subject," said Senator Cummins. "It matters not whether the ' president is right or wrong. In either case his pronouncement is the most' important event ever made by an executive of the United States. The whole country so looks upon it and foreign nations so regard it. "I am led to believe that those who oppose, this resolution are not his true friends. "How can we assist him as his counsel if we say nothing? If there be a senator who does not intend to vote for this resolution I ask him to reflect that opposition conveys a doubt of the president's courage in facing the issues," said Cummins. "I do not think there is a senator who means to put the president in the position of flagrantly misusing his power or in a position In which he appears to hear only his own voice. I am not challenging the courage of the president. Each senator should express his views on the proper relation the United States must maintain with the world." He expressed appreciation of the pressure to close up business, but said avoidance of an extra session was no excuse for putting off the discussion. He expressed belief that two days would be sufficient "to make heard the voice of the senate," and regular business could then be resumed. C. D. ROOT IS ELECTED (By I nlted Prcm. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 24. C. D. Root of Crown Roint. was today elected president of ttv- Indiana Retail I.umhcr le.-iiers' association. Fair tonight mil ThnmlRj; colder tonight temperature 8 aborei mod. erate aonknet n-tndn.

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P1 steil arch across HeI1 c;ate. th heaviest bridge in existence, will soon be ready for traffic, and then it will be possible for travelers to pass through Tiew lork going north aiul south without any of the inconvenience and delays that have hitherto been unavoidable The massive span which represents a sustained masa of 19,000 tons of steel alone, has cost $12,000,000. '

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Second Performance of Orak's Big Annual Event at Prpheum Last Night Scored Heavily Star Acts Are Loudly Applauded. The last performance of the second annual minstrel show of Orak Shrine of Hammond at the Orpheum last night was a scream and a riot. It was the finest amateur sho'v ever staged in Hammond ind was attended by a great crowd of out-of-town people from near end far. Crown Point sent a delegat'oti of si ttv and East Ch'cago, Whit-i.-.g. Gary aid Indiana ifarbor were well represented. The gross receipts of the two nights will be something lil-e $2,600 and high praise was given the Joe Bren Producing Co., the Shriners committee and the people in the cast for the professional performances both on Monday and Tuesday nights. The end men last night introduced both new business and new gags arid put them across the footlights in th. n ost approved fashion. Manager 1 ridge of the Orpheum whose association with the stage has been of many years' duration was emphatic in his commendation of the work of every one who took part in the show ana would like tj book a Shrine minstrel ahjut once a week the year through. Dick Scott, the young balladist who Jumped in at the last moment when sickness kept J. O. Neill of Wnitim, out of the shoo and sang "Take Rack The Universe." was showered with applause af;ain for his fine work. The Misses Hickman, Wolters and Hacfer scored heavily with their solo work and the handsome boys and pretty girls featured in the Pullman act and the finale duplicated their first night's success. Mrs. George Hanauer as she always does. won new laurels for her beautiful singing. Dr. II. E. Sharrcr brought down the house witn his topical song. Sid Kaufman in his monologue kept them laut'.liin for ten minuted Judge Reiter's splendid work as interlocutor gave a tone and lustre to the performance. All the end men find feature people and indeed everyone in the show is happy today over the reception they got. The drill by the Orak patrol was a spectacular was put on like clock work, truly some show. hit and It was An Item in the Cleveland Tress of Jan. 1st, says: "Dr. W. C. Greenwald, of 4421 Clark avenue, has been appointed visiting physician in the tuberculosis department of the Cleveland City Hospital for a period of two years, beginning Feb. 1, 1917." This will be of interest to friends in this vicinity, as the doctor was formerly a resident of Lake county, having practiced medicine at Indiana Harbor for three years prior to his locating in Cleveland. He is the son of Mrs. Joseph Greenvild. of Whiting, and a brother of Judge Charles Greenwald. of Gary. A live newspaper for people vrbo are till on earth that' Thnt THE TIMES Is.

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TO Shall it be the republican party or a citizens party to give battle to the j entrenched democrats in Hammond's city IiaU in the coming primaries and election ? The republican party of Hammond Is to counsel with Itself on this question Thursday evening: at a meeting to be held in the superior court house. This became known to day when it wafe learned that Attorney David C. Atkinson, assistant republican city chairman. : ad sent notices to all the precinct committeemen calling them to the meeting and instructing them to Invite ither republicans to the meeting. If the primaries are to be held In March the time for closer organization is at hand, and while it is not officially stated that the organization of "a citizens party will be discussed, it is bound to be one of the inevitable subjects for discussion at a meeting of this kind, and it is presumed it is for this reason that Chairman Atkinson is calling for a larger meetng than merely the precinct committeemen. The What-You-May Column TABLES The table proper is a piece of dining room furniture supported by hand carved legs and father's pocketbook. It is the family table, or table that the family sit at. The cafe table is contra-distinguished from the family table by it diversity of uses. The cafe table is sometimes sat at, often sat on and not infrequently sat under, depending upon the ebriate condition of the setees. Then we have the roundtable. The round-table is what government officials sit at when they don't want to be on the square. The only other species of round-table is the one of which you get a square meal for fifteen cents. Tables also are what we turn on folks to show them they're not so smart as they think they are. That leaves the time table. The time table is an instrument of torture desgined to keep you from finding out when your train goes. IT WSN'T FUNNY TO AMIL, HOWEVER Amll Tripp Oidn't trip But had a fit When he did slip And tore a rip In His Right Hip And incldentaly broke his right arm, being attended by Dr. Graham and taken to his home In a bandaged condition. The accident happened at Conkey aveuue and Madison street. Amil is a printer and worked at the Conkey Company. VAUDEVILLE AT ORPHEUM The Orpheum starts with a cracking good vaudeville show tomorrow for three nights, and those who like this kind of theatrical entertainment will find a pleasing program.

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1 ft THE PASSING show! "TELL, your wife the truth," says a minister, "and trust to her divine nature to forgive" THE trouble our wiff when is he has never feen HER divine nature gets on the warpath. BILLY SUNDAY says he's ased to give a million a year BUT Billy, who is the Harry Lauder of the pulpit, never does it. SOMEHOW we shall henceforth never be able to disassociate pink ro.es and narcissus WITH the Orpheum. A WOMAN laughed herself in Potsville. Pa. O death WE are ready to take on anybody for any amount THAT she wasn't laughing at one ot her husband's jokes. IF streets being Improved didn't look so much like a cross between a con tractor's BACKYARD autopsy TAXPAYERS about and an engineering wouldn't, be so peeved IMPROVEMENTS. WHEN our good friend Count Von Bernsiorff mentions the Star of luthlohem in a speech we can't help but .git the idea THAT he is kidding somebody. AFTER abandoning the footlights forever we are amazed to find ho- the youngster HAH grown during our a(Bnc froai THE Lares 'and Penates stuff. THE wiff admits, tho neighboring women hesitate to concede that KIDNEY trouble in the other sex may I e caused BT other things besides drink. "MR." TUMULTY may rave r.nd ravj BUT he will never get us to believe that he wouldn't recognize a leak if it CAME up and trickled down ihe bacK of his neck. IF a girl has a need to pretty face she nevei WORRY because her hand isn't covered WITH diamonds. W. S. ANDERSON IS TO SPEAK W. S. Anderson of the Chicago office of the Portland Cement Company, will address the members' council of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce at luncheon Thursday noon. With a big plant at Buffin'gton and the growing demands for cement and concrete building in the Calumet region, Mr. Anderson will be able to tell the Hammond business men some facts vital to the city's progress. INTALL OFFICERS The L'hland Kncampment, No. 324 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, held installation of officers last evening. The followoir.g officers were installed: Chief Patriarch Louis Roth High Priest Fritz Dietrich Senior Warden Richard Schmidt Scribe Anton Schrepper Treasurer Wilhelm 'Eisner Junior Watden Paul Dietrich J. Sen.. John Merker O. Sen. Heiny Krieger Guide Tony Hein 3 st W. John Schwab 2nd W. Bernhnrd Krieger 3rd W. Otto Much 4th W. Carl Lange lt G. of Tent Robert Werley 2nd G. of Tent Herman Holtr.

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tit 1 x WHITING. IN'D., Jan. 2 4. Whiting is to have its fourth banking institution, the Central State, which is to be located In the Buczkowski building at the intersection of 113th street, Cleveland avenue and Indiana boulevard where it is accessible from all parts of Whiting and Robertsdale and considered one of the best locations in the city. "- ' The new institution will start within the next ninety days and will claim both Whiting and Robertsdale. being located near the boundary line, with representative business men of each city behind the movement. The first general Intimation that a new financial institution was being considered for Whiting and Robert sdale was when the information was given out through Tub Times that a charter had been granted to the Central State Rank of Whiting, with a capital stock of j:0,('0n. The work of organization is in the hands of Attorney J. H. Fetterhoff who negotiated a ten year lease for the Euczkowski building. Tho directors chosen for the first year are V.'m. E. Vatcr. C. .A. Hell wig. Dr. G. II. Hoskins. G. H. Fetterhoff, H. F. Eggers, Geo. O. Schaaf, Oscar E. Meek. Michael Kozacik and John Buczkowski. At a meeting of the directors held Saturday Wm. E. Vatcr was elected president and J. II. Fetterhoff, vice president. Tho selection of a cashier will be taken up at an early date. Steps are now being taken to equip the banking room with a good substantial modern vault and fixtures, the opening date being set at about April 1. That this city is a good field for banking operations is attested by the fact that the older banks here have deposits of more than one million dollars each, and are among the most substantial in Lake county. SOCIETY LEADER TO FAVORITE AT Mrs. Arthur D. Cook, Boston society matron, gorgeously costumed as Schemselnihar, the , favorite of Haroun al Raschid, will be one of the notable figures in the Arabian Nights ball, which has been the principal topic of conversation at Coronado Beach and which will take place shortly at that famous California winter resort. Mrs. Cook has been a prime mover in many of the smart society patherinps at the resort and has helped to make this affair a success. The fete will be the first large costume affair of the winter at Coronado.

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Lobby Fails to Defeat Court Bill in House Committee But it is Believed a Big Delegation of Citizens Can Convince the Governor. Returning from Indianapolis where j he worked the fir.-U part of the week in j the Lake county lob: y that is endeav-! oi ing to defeat the bill which has pass- j ed the senate and would take from Hammond and give to Gary the superior court No. 2, Attorney Fred Bar. nett of Hammond is today reawakening the oposition to action. In the event of the passage of the senate bill in the house as th,- Gary lobby freely and confidently predicts, the anti-forces will concentrate on demonstrating to Governor Goodrich the full force of the sentiment against the distribution of the courts so as to secure the chief executive's veto. It is believed by the amis that In case the bill is vetoed by the governor it will not go -back to the senate and house in time for further consideration this session. Frank O'Rourk, city sealer, has suggested that two or three hundred men of Hammond, East Chicogo. Whiting, Crown Point and other cities interested in having the bill defeated arrange to have a special train on the Monon chartered and that the big delegation wait on the governor. The interview would have to be arranged in advance. A special fare could be secured and leaving at 8 o'clock. in the morning the train would be back In' Hammond before midnight, he states. Only by a demonstration of that kind can the governor be shown that the bill is not favored by cities in the county other than Gary, Mr. O Rourke states. W. R. Van Horn of Indiana Harbor, Is heading a movement to send 2, 0H0 personal letters from the townships south of the Calumet river to the gov. ernor. With Attorneys Whinery, W. J. McAleer, Jrsse Wilson and John and Frank Gavitt, Attorney Barnett spoke before the house committee having In charge the senate bill. The meeting waf held the nijrht before last and after a fruitless effort to defeat the bill in committee, the lobby urged an amendment so as to put the court matter to a referendum. The committee was in private session an hour after the debates, but reported favorably and the bill passed second reading in the house yesterday. The printed bill is on the desks of all legislators in the house and will probably be acted upon this week. Attorney W. J. McAleer stated today that It apepared at Indianapolis as If the bill creating the criminal court at Crown Point would pas3 both housje and senate. FIVE NEW TEACHERS With the opening of the second semester this week rive new teachers were employed bringing the total up to 163. New teachers were added this week as follows: Franklin school. Central, ; Irving, Lafayette and Wallace. j The number of teachers has increas-t A ed just an even 100 since upt. C. M. McDaniel came to Hammond eleven; years ago.

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Opponents of Gary Court Have Not Yet Thrown Up Tfie Sponp, (By United Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Jan. 24. The Gary court bill was reported favorably yesterday for the second time by Representative Harris, chairman of the House committee on Organization of Courts. The report followed a public hearing held last night on the question of removal of Superior Court Ho. 3 from Gary to Hammond, was a unanimous vote of the committee. Recommendations fcr passage of the bill were contained in the first report on the bill which was submitted a few days ago, but recommittal of the bill to the committee was granted on the motion of Chairman Harris yesterday. The request was followed by the hearing held last night at which representations were present from Hammond, Gary, East Chicago, Crown Point and other towns in Lake county. Spirited arguments pro and o n en the bill were delivered before the fonimittee and a few persons in audicne... Hammond residents and allies from East Chicago entered their plea for " amendment to the bill to let it be ! - (Continued on pace two.) BGARDERS OPTIONAL WITH WIFE; RULING The star boarder, the harri-wo-king wife and the belligerent husband wer. in the Hammond city court this morning with the details of the case switched around a little from other eternal triangular domestic difficulties which Judge Barnett is called upon to settle. Mrs. Joseph Zaiesky, the wife, h.-,,i secured the arrest of Frank Obasa. the boarder on a charge of drunkenness. Joseph Zaiesky, the husband and Frank's pal, was in court nd orde-e ! his wife not to testify against the boarder. Joseph interrupted a number of times and the Judge placed him under arrest for contempt of court, fixing the bonds at $2,000. After the obstinate husband had been removed to th police station the wife told her story. She said that Obasa was an unwelcome guest In her house in 119 Clark street, so far as she was concerned. The court fined Qbasa $12 and affr bringing the husband bask for reprimand released the latter. "You ought to be sent to t'-p pcTia! farm," said Judge r.arnett to Zaiesky. but I'll letryou go on good behavior. Order this fellow (Obasa) out of the house." ESi U3JES' (Ily 1nItril Ptcm Cablegram. t HliRLI.V, Jan. 1' 1. One IlritiH, destroyer Tto nunk oft the Dutch coast yeaterday and one (.frnmn torpedo reached a luteh hiirlior. n tJermun official Ktateinent declared today. The rest ot the t.ermuu vesiwU returned with nl'ight los.es. The official Btatement unlil: in n destroyer action one lirltinh !e atroyer a mink. One ot our t or. pedo boats reached a Dutch h:ir. nor." The Berllntr xtatement refers in the action reported by the Ilritis?! admiralty ax having occurred In the Aorth Sea on Monday evening nil Ktntetl It to have been between torpedo boat destroyers. (Dy I'nlted Prese Cablegram.) LU.VUOi, Jan. 24 Keports from Holland were that from nix to ten (erman deNtroyera had been Mink in Monday night's engagement. The admiralty had made no change early today In the official announce, me nt detailing Kinking of one (.er. man destroyer and destruction of n Itrltlhh craft of the name Ope. The A -!! arrived In Ymuiden liad.'y damaged and barely afloat Tilth a core of wounded tierman sailors. In the meantime I)n(h snllors are guarding the Y-(li. IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS Raymond Morton, who attended the Gary and Hobart high schools, is to become a dentist. On February 1 Mr. Motrton becomes a student at St. Louis university. The younger Morton will take tip the profession now practiced by his father. Dr. O. D. Morton, who was educated at Northwestern university. Dr. Raymond Morton will keep posted on Lake county affairs by Tub Times, or which he has subscribed to be sent daily to St. Louis.