Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 228, Hammond, Lake County, 9 March 1917 — Page 1
TIME .yi-.--v'? VOL. XI NO. 228 HAMMOND, INDIANA. FKi DAY, MARCH 0, 1017 ONE CENT PER COPY CRack number 2r per copy.) EI GERMAN PLOT AGAINST INDIA NIPPED IN N. Y.; HINDU AND GER3IAN IN NET PRINCE OF WALES ON WESTERN FRONT WHEN LAKE CO. GOES DRY!
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Takes Issue With Doctors; and Says He Knows That Vile - Smelling Drinking Water Has Not Made Peo-: pie 111. M BURDICK. DENIES IT City' Chemist Barclick when tola by THE TIMES tbat one Hammond physician had -within the lat few weeks treated many cases of stomach and Intestinal disorders, which the physician said were due to drinking water, said that the accusation was w-rong-fully placed. "I know what I am speaking about," said Mr. Burdick. "I know from examinations that X have made that our drinking' water during the past month has been free of colon bacteria, rrom a health standpoint our water is better than It has ever been, and while I will not attempt to say what causes the reported stomach and intestinal cases, I know it cannot be due to the drinking water, for our water is O. X. aside from the taste and smell of it. Our water today was practically odorless. At times it is very strong fluctuating apparently with the purrents in the lake." Kvorybody guessed wrong. It wasn't that at-all. what everyhody ;,, it was. No need those who expected momentarily to see a limburger t-.itiished residue of what was once a ! line pet, ooze from the faucet, look ; !y longer. Frantic housewives who is, lied up plumbers with appeals to disconnect their bath tubs from the steam cihuust of the 51obe Station rendering iant. had better cancel their orders. J t - all wrong. Karl F. Burdick, city chemist for Hammond, explains the odor in Ham-i.-'.nd's drinking water as being due to , li and other impurities which settled in Lake -Michigan's snow and ice which j i now melting. The. smell he. says is j the worst thing about the water and will i .:.-aPPf-nr with the melting- of the snow ; pud ice. The drinking water itself, he f-.-iys. just now is freer from bacteria (Continued on pag i)r.i HE Prisoner in Salamancea, N. Y., Jail, Mystifies Lake County Authorities by Strange Story of Murder in Lake County. (Special to Tub Timi:.-- ) CF.OWX I'OIN'T, IN L).. March 0. C'n Marshal Thomas A. I'latt is working on another murder mystery, that i if the telegram li received from the (I'm f of police of alomanca. X. "V.. terday r garding a prisoner they arc 1; 'Ming in that city, has any weight. I'latt received word th.it they had arrested a foreigner by the name of John Jtosta. who had confessed to the murder of two boys in Lake county, stating that he had committed the crime between CruMii Point and Armour. The telegram stated that Kosta !s mm tally deranged at times and keeps 1 ailing on the Lord to forgive him for the awful crime he has committed. No record of such a crime is known here, .rid the "ravings of the prisoners in that ..nnection are thought to tie only the halucinations of an unbalanced mind. An investigation is being conducted, however, and the Salamanca police have been asked to hold their prisoner until every possible clew that might lend credence to his admission can be run down and discredited. "So far. it has not been ascertained trial anyone bearing the prisoner's name has ever been around this vicinity and if there va: r.tiy murder of two boys it must have occurred among- strangers, as there is nothing- to substantiate the theory that anyone well or partially known in the neighborhood of this city or Armour that have come up missing-. We Can Just See Ora l (By United Press.) ri"Nfiir:. Zr.a., March. 9. While Mrs. Cn :out was beir examined in tha tri?l of hor divorce suit against her husoand, Judge BoTsort Van Atta ordered her to remove the chewing gum from her mouth so she "could pay attention, to the questions and make herself heard."
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ST i-, Let 4 " Trince of Wales in uniform. The Prince of Wales, who was promoted to a captaincy last October, is said to have been under fire in the trenches, and has twice been mentioned in despatches. Sir John French "mentioned" him for zeal and thoroughness in the performance of duty, and Sir Douglaj Haig has "mentioned" him more recently "for pallant and distinguished conduct ia the field." HEKR VOX I, A FOM.KTTF: seems to he pretty miserable, thank you! THE chap who onrrios an extra lot of dignity around vith him must make himself ALMOST as t-red as h makes other people. .TV ST as soi n as we hne studied out the answer to the question. "Why does a lubber ball bounce," tossed at us BY the son w e sired v. e will take tip I.EX'ITI I of skirts again. MANY a man loses what little reputation he has in gambling for a bigger fine. PKXATOi: ST'iXK is a fine ncui F.KRLIX says so THAT settles it. VK have lost a. good deal of inter, si in the lack of support piven Wilson by the wilful men SINCE the wif started a. SIX hour fill .buster for a new sprins: oulllt. Y1 can't jinK-e things by what they cost A l;T 1 1 '! T A r legs are r ry expensive but real on s don't cost anything. AX'iTHl'.F; IhiiiR that convinces us a girl is braver than a man is that SHK can have a boil some place where it doesn't show AI you will never know !t. OXK of our business friends snys he is selling ladies lingerie so low that it is cut down to almost nothing Tl-'e, we saw pro..f of it mi the street. PRESIDENT MUST STAY IN HIS BED Ht 1 nlted Ire.) WASHINGTON, March 9. President Wilson was ordered to remain in bed by his physician today. While the executive was reported to he "more comfortable" it was esHcn t i.U that he obtain "more set." H-? has been forbidden 1'Y O'- G ;'c y .'..c 1 ;t s.-e iil'ers for several da J s e. .-. pt in c.se of necess i t y. EXTRA SESSION By United Press. WASHINGTON, March 9. President Wilson has decided to cull an extra session of congress April IS. it was learned this afternoon. Mtanlime he has decided definitely that he has the power to arm merchant ships without an act of congress. I Superior Eye Examinations. Nothing less than the best, is our watchword in all eye examinations and eye glasses a-nd spectacles. S. Silver Jeweler and internet rist . 177 Stte St.. I t;i '11 U'ced. 1 ii'!. 'ti-
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W HK.V Indmna Roeii dry tii law '.int,' to b-.- rnforcpti? AViI! AVt-st Il.iiniiu ii'i become a wiiie-or'H ton? Thes are questions tliat aro beintr nsked vr-ry anxiously by law-abiding citizens in tlif Calumel rrjrion. Vhi'.inK. Kast I'h ica p- and Lu-y are equally in-Ifi-fsted wi'h HamriuinJ. 5 j It -aii b" said positively that there I will b(- no widespread violations of th j law in I.akn county. Men of very liberal tendencies have declared themselves absolutely opposed to "blind I tigers." If there are no "blind tig-t-rs" j there will be no houses of prostitution, j A prominent Lake county attorney, j who has frequently been mentioned for the prosecutorship. a man of very liberal views, stated that any failure on the part of either municipal or county j authorities would brinjr down t.ae wrath of every right-minded citizen. 'We have Rot prohibition," said hie, "and the law was not of our making-, but now that it is on the statute books I for one am gcinar to use my influence to have it. enforced." Odar Lake and the Kankakee river have been the places where "blind
150 Juniors Sing Star Spangled Banner . j The American Eagle Talks at Banquet of Young Men of Hammond and They Close Enjoyable Social Affair With Patriotic Fervor.
lion 1."'! yountr men arose from the tabb-s in the hainiuet room of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce last even in sr to sing- the nathonal an tin m they brought to a close in patriotic enthusiasm the first social affair of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. It was marked throughout as a glowing success and will live long in the memories of those, who were in attendance. President. .1. sse 'Wilson of the Senior Chamber of Commerce, was the hist speaker introduced hy President Frank mocker of junior chamber, who presided, and the attornev's remarks were highly complimentary and encouraging to the thriving young-organization. V Potent Fnrrf. "I venture to say," Mr. Wiison began, "fiat there isn't a community where such a body of young men Mas come together at a banquet for such a purpose. AVe have received letters from five states inquiring about the Hammond Junior Chamber of Commerce. There is no question but that it can be the most potent force in the community for progress. You can reach out and take cognizance of every phase of the city's life. Kvery channel of activity comes under your practical eye. The first duty is to bring in one compact body in harmony for the uplift of the community all the t!ernents of the city, preaching the doctrine of safe, sane and sound development. Yon must have the good will and aid of the people. Kvery effort should be made to work in harmony with the city officials, not that on should at all times agree with them, but if they are wrong try to get them, to agree with you. "You must conduct, your affairs on a strictly business basis, and interest vourself in the welfare of the surrounding country, the state and the nation, for what is good for the city is good for the county, the state and the nation. "Your organization won't run itseif hut each man must get behind it and each on" have something to do. "With :iie force of oharacttr of the 225 mem1,, i s of this organization I want to . j; x ,,,1 gentlemen, you '-an put over FINDS BILL TAMPERED WITH By United Press. INDIANAPOLIS, March 9. Governor Goodrich today struck out his signature which he attached to the McCray bill legalizing Sunday moving picture shows and creating a state board of censors and rfnnounced he would veto the measure. He acted following the discovery that an amendment he thought, was in the measure had been "tampered with." The amendment was supposed to provide that shows could not be held hefore 2 o'clock on Sundays, but the bill as it reached the governor provided they might be held any time during the da PRIMARY BILL SIGNED By United Press. INDIANAPOLIS. March 9. The governor today signed the Chambers bill changing the date of the primary election from March to May and eliminating second choice ballots. He also slgv.cd the Mason bill allowing continuous registration from April to twentynine days before the election. SHOCKING MURDER. By United Press. PRINCKTON. IND.. March 9. Angered because Miss Mary Jones, IS, with whom ha was infatuated, was going to leave the city, John Reed, 16, married and father of one child, today shot and killed the Jones girl and is dying from Ja self-inllicled wound. TTnitert Press Cablegram. COriiMHAGEN. March 0. "War cl;;euc!r. on Pres'.uant 'WUscti; at any rate we have decided to conduct the submarine warfare to the utmost degree' declared German Foreign Secretary Zimmerman In an Interrie-w telegraphed here today froir. r.v.-Un.
tiK. rs" l-a,r thrived eeu while lawal:U:n fa!-jo:i Uiepers have been paying bijr 1. cense fees. Hut any attempt to maV. th'-se resorts t'ne tn;lwark of the ln licensed salcon will be only done with the collusion of the sheriff and prosecutor and will not be tolerated. The Concensus of opinion seems to he that, excepting for occasional violations and excepting in the case of corrupt city administrations, there will bo a peneral observance of the law throughout Lake county. In fact, in the cominjf city elections law enforcement against "blind tigers" promises to become an issue before the saloons are eliminated. Over in AVesl Hammond there Is iroing to be general law enforcement. There are 31 saloon keepers over there who have licenses that are worth from $-'.U0O to $3,000 now. and will be worth from J5,0fMi to $10,000 if Illinois promises to remain we for any length, of time. These saloon keepers have a grood thing 'even if they rigidly live up to the law. They have the chance of doing-
(Continued on pnge five.) an- thing you want to that is right and just, and if this organization keeps up its enthusiasm it is going to accomplish a great deal for this city. IHtle Thing' Count. "It is the litlte things which are neslecfed that disgrace a city and it is harder in many instances to correct these little things than to put over big ones. Hut the so-called little things are often very important.- To clean-up this city involves the health of the people and the beauty of the city." Attorney Wilson .was followed by C. Tt. Corbin who related some, amusing and appropriate anecdotes of his experience as a tra velirir-jnan .lid how "the little things" c;ea"u.u fifr.raM orrtirfavorahle impressions of a city. He introduced a novelty he had prepared for the occasion. His small son, Ross, dressed in a colonial suit stood beside a great American eagle. The tingle Talk. The eagle was on a pedestal and concealed beneath it a talking machine addressed the gathering. The. oiee introduced itself as that of the American "azle and gave an interesting monologue. It gave credit to the Messrs. Fox. A moss, Klein and McKinney for their work in making the banquet a success. Kr.ink S. Hetz, the manufacturer, talked very entertainingly of his recent visit to Japan. Among other things he sail one can there obtain a shave, shampoo and hair cut for four cents, buy a dozen electric light bulbs for 2s cents, and receive $25 a mouth as .1 bookkeeper (if he is a oraekerjaek bookkeeper). He told of the industry, beauty and life of the sixty islands which comprise the empire of ,1 4,oeO,ii0i.t people. The committee which arranged the banquet is deserving of praise. The committee is composed of Lyle JhKlnney, Ualph Kenney. Kdmund Klein, Koland Fox, Karl Price and Kenneth ( Toss. A flashlight picture was taken of the banqueters, the ladies who served the dinner were given a vote of thanks ind it was promised that other affairs are to be held in the future. WANTS AN EXTRA SESSION t lljr I nlted Pi-run.) WASHINGTON, March 0. Senator McLean, of Connecticut, offered a resolution in the senate today asking that an extraordinary session of congress be called March 26. SENATE ADJOURNS ( Hy I nlted l'ro. WASH INGTi N. March !. The senate adjourned at 12:0g p. m. until noon Monday to permit the steering committee to give undivided and immediate attention to the renaming of the senate committees. It was pointed out that until the committees have been appointed the hands of the senate are tied. A.-tion on all resolutions and bills would be hampered as committees do not exist. STONE TO BE REAPPOINTED j Hy I nlted Press.) I WASHINGTON, March 9. William J. j Stone will be renominated chairman I of the senate foreign relations comjmittee. Senator Iew is. administration whip, told the United Press today while the senate steer committee was in session to pass upon selections. MUNCIE GLASS FACTORIES HUSTLING NF.W YORK, March 9. Mrs. Charles M. Anthony of Munrie, Ind., whose diamond-studded heels creates a senIsation two years ago, has again thril- ; led Gotham by wearing a diamond ring ! two inches long. The 'ring, worn 011 tie forefinger, held three immense s- nil's and thirty smaller diamonds set . in pl.itinum. Mrs. Anthony ulso wore a number of other diamond rings, diamond pendant earings, two inches long, a diamond necklace and a diamond armlet. The armlet was fasttied to on" of her ring" hv a eh-'n.
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German in this city, a veritable hotbed of German plots was uncovered. Chakiaberty and Sckunner, who are temporarily enjoying their liberty under a bond of Ji".fJ0O each, are charged with endeavoring to start a military expedition against a foreign power with which theI7nited States is at peace. Ti.j objtoi oC the plot," accordingto the Hindu's confession, was to start an insurrection in India. According to police authorities the confession made by Chakiaberty involves dealings In behalf of Germany through Wolf von Igel, for which the Hindu and Sckunner received $6 0, 000: the collusion of an influential Chinese, a set-ret mission to Tokio, a journey to P.erlin under false passpotjH, and the amassing at No. eU West 120th street By OII-SON GABDKER. How did the state department come into possession of the Ziuimermnnn note? That is a question which has aroused intense curiosity in all circles in Washington. Of course the president is saying nothing. Kven to the senate, in response to their resolution of inquiry he declined to give any details further than to assure them that tho note is known to be authentic. The details are withheld as information whi h it is not "compatible with tho public interest" to give out. There were in the beginnig several guesses to the effect that the note was secured among tho effects of Count von Bernstorff during the thorough search made of the Steamship Frederick XIII which has been held by the Rrilish at Halifax. Never was a search conducted like this one. Victrola records which have had code correspondence on them were confiscated. Sulplus. pajamas were classed as cotton for explosive manufacturing material and were confiscated. Glycerine for the hands and complexion did not get by. Every pound of the ship's coal was moved and every crack and cranny of the ship was subjected to the most minute inspection by the British secret service agents. Perhaps the tip came from this source, but, according to by information, that is not where the Zimmerman letter was secured. The message from the German office, I am told, came in code in the official mail to Count Bernstorff at the embassy. It was de-coded and written into a clear message in the German scrip and entrusted to a special messenger to take to the German minister to Mexico,, von Kckhardt. at Mexico City for presentation to Carranza. One of Bruce Bielaski's men ricked up the special messenger at the Mexican border and took the document 'away from him. German messengers fomenting revolution are one of the things to which Mr. Bielaski gives special attention, lie has become quite adept at picking up Teutonic gentlemen on the border and he knew this one was coming and had no difficulty in nailing him with the goods on his person. FRIEND OF DUNES IS PROMOTED ! WASHINGTON, I ). C. March ft. ' Stephen T. Mather of Chicago, has been promoted from assistant to the secretary of the interior to the position of director of national parks in the in-! terior department. Mr. Mather is one of the Washington i officials who has been boosting the , 'ndh'Ul dime?: pii'k pl-cjecf.
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St "4 r 1 ' 5 X in West 120th street. The men claim joint ownership and I wive attracted much attention by their lavish expenditure of money and sometimes careless talk. The Hindu is believed to be.,-t!)e hrains and be,nker of the' p!oC j ia believe! that about a 'yenr; eo',- V- - tng -j VPifr-rTstnii tj'A-ein. Qi'.' hi? passport,' Dr. Chakiaberty srnp. tj -,Trlin with certain information and plans, returned an1 reported - to Ton Igel' In Washington and obtained $?n.0o0 to finance the undertaking in view-. It is also believed that an influential Chinese was then n ispat ( bed to his native country to arrange for the assembling there of a huge quantity of munitions which could liter le; smuggled into India. Latest ulletins Hy I nlted Press (nlilrcrnin. I SI,OMKI, March . Mrs. Harloy. a Mister of Lord French, commander of the llrltish home defense corps, vn . jrrrlj- noondril by nn enemy hliell hlle seated in n ambulance, according to word received here today from Monantir. (Hy Vnlted PrfM.) WlSlintiTOV, March TI10 Mate department ha addressed tiro Inquiries to l.rrniany for l formation about the releaxe ah the American Ynrrowdale prisoner, and the detention of four American con uls In (.ermnnv. The Ynrrondnle men were scii.-dtilesl to !e free yesterday. The department n peeled nn Pinner loiln. n.v i nllfil Press Cablegram.) HIiltM-N, March J Igoroim drain! thnt t.ermany litis -eaed construction of 7.epp-linw vh made by a high official tmlnr. '-The eon. truetion (oiitlntie ," he unid.. .-it Is fals tlint there in not rnough material. W e hne plenty nnd there are plenty of workmen." Ilerlin suffered from 11 mild small, pox scare today. tlly l'nited Press Cablegram.) Hid i; JWCIIIO, March 9 lendUtlne vtlrelen station on the lirazillinn coast nre believed to lie In operation by German. Searching investigation hy the Urnr.ilian authorities to prevent violation of neutrality hua resulted in this hit of deduction on the pnrt of officials, tin Feb. 8 there -vinm an engagement between liritlsh wnrKhlp and German vessels off th Inland Ferdando de orolina on the northern const of Ilrar.il. (Fly 1 nited Press.) BKRLI (Via Snyville Wirlcss) March . French fore, strongly attacked German position Month of Kipnnt taken by the Germans, Feb. 1., nnd rnterril iMolate.-l trenches on Height, is". Ibey were repulsed d a counter-atlaelc brought hark the trench section on the hill Into Germany' posses. Ion, but a farm on the lowland is till held by the enemy.. In reporting this battle today the German official statement revealed a rant amount of general fluhtlnc throughout the western front. Four officer nnd !! men of rnnk were taken prisoner with set err. 1 machine Kim mid mine thrower In f.ermtin mucceswe achieved against Russian force in the mront; position on the erfc of Mauvarn I Houn-.-nr.lan front I, tiie war office stated (rilsy,
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Illinois Vcman Asks That Receiver For Railway Stocks 83 Appointed. Names to conjure with in financial circles, especially in the rni road world, and allegation: of k and bond juggling, some of which, it is promised, may result in 8etisational proof, are contained in a suit filed in the circuit court at Crown Point yesterday by Attorneys C. 3;. Tinkham of Hammond and 'ha rles II. F.rvca and Morse Ives of Chicago against the Wabash Railway company, an Indiana corporation. The plaintiff is Maggie Gregory of Chicago, adm in is' :a : 1 1 v of the estate of John A. Nipper, deceased. She sues as a judgment creditor for her estate and for all other judgment creditors of the Wabash Railway company, whose claims aggregate 57".mm and are in the hands of the abow named attorneys. I'rior to Hie reorganization in 1911 the corporation ivns known as the Wabash Railroad company. Since then its corporate n.iii.a has Le' 11 M abash Railway company. The complaint, arrong other requests, asks that a r.-c. :-. r be appointed not for the road, but "10 take and hold ail the shares of stock of the Wabash Railway company, now standing in the name, or held for the use of any persons, firm or ( orpor-: t ion who received stock of the, 'Railway' ill exchange for stock of the 'Railroad'," and that the receiver be directed to s II such stock or so much thereof as may be necessary, pro rata, to satisfy the debts due from the railroad to the plaintiff ($3,000) and others l;i similar case as may ba found hy this court. ' , .. ' ... Frozo Out" Is Charg-ed. The, .qpmrda.int.is. .-wJaminoua -Jeu-rsent tfoing into detail hit 9- the financial hi.or t f whet is now- Ue Wabash Iiail-ConU!iue-1 m page two.) . i.3sr:-;c n: cuba ( 11 1 nl!p I I'risii. Vi'.ir-illN'ilT'.X. ('--..The land ing of lc-ir iiii-s :i- - tni.! ii:. O'ln.-l, was accoTi.! -I.X v.t.'.oiit vn life or injury to ar y of t!i- American fore s, ConimandiT 1! ckn.it ii.iji.iiei tbs imy depart men t t o ia y. Secretary I'anifls authorize 1 thi statement that there hnd b .-! no fichtinff an J thit the landing had been tnade at the reque--t of the civil governor of the eeC-ice. When at :lrst it was sni l i' was the cor rect number I .-::i:. 1- out "a small force" participate ;. The exican Situation lily I nited I'rrsK.) EL r.'So. Ti'. j':ir.-!i 9. Thr. e thousand bin.'i in person. at:i c;tj' of I'ura:: to a let ter rece : McManus. Tio - cnanded by Villa ; and captured th1- le 2?, accord ins; 'Here today by Frank tter said the Carranza garrison iiii-I-t G'-neral Gavara. put op a st 1)1001 resistercu before bein p nve tpicv 11 1 ii. Villa's f. .;:.:!! sacked the city and oxeout' -1 iiiiiiiIi";- of citizens chanted w .'. !.m,- I'.-iri-.-ii'.z.i. Vil'.a then oj-.i. : . 1 is to march on Torrcoi. l'nr.ij 1 !iuilj toniuht and Satnrday, not much rliiincr in temperature: lowest tonlsl.l near lri-e:insi moderate east to am: ill winii. Zeppelin 's Inventor Is Dead Count Zeppelin. Illy I nited I'res (n'ul'-criiiii.i AMSTIiKDAM, March 9. Arrajia..ments have not been completed for th funeral c-f Count Ycm Zeppelin. nl; died yest' rdiiy, according- to Berlin .lis patches today. 'Ihey reported he die of inf lanntia t ion of tlie lim:;s.
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