Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 298, Hammond, Lake County, 29 May 1917 — Page 1

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AK TO com n VOL. XI NO. 293 "Jjelirered by TIMES carriers, 30o par month; on street and at newsstands, 2o par copy; back numbers 3c par copy. UAMMOND, INDIANA, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1917 mm

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STRICT OUIZ FDRJFACTS Superior Court Head In Gary Throws BombsSiell Into City's Official Camp Today, Judge C. E. Greenwald in Gary Superior court today dropped a bombshell Into official and contracting circles and into the underworld In giving the first grand Jury ever summoned for service m the steel city broad instructions to probe the operations of gambling, blind pigs, slot machines and dives, to look into alleged bribery charges, and to ascertain whether there was any collusion in the letting of the quarter of a million west side sewer job. Comes aa Surprise. While it was anticipated that the court's instructions might cover the field of vice and to indict those now held in jail r under bonds for serious offenses the bribery and collusion phases came as a surprise. The grand jury is headed by It. G. Hay. Jr.. president of the Gary State bank and a member of the Gary Civic :,rvioe( anti-vice) commission. Other members are J. J. Kelley, C. R- Kuss and J. R. Horn of Gary; B. F. Hathaway nf Hammond, and Alex Boyd of Mrri:'! ville Summary of Instruction. The court informed the inquisitorial body that it may sit until July 1. Inl Vnrinued onr Page Two) QLO JURY WHEEL MAYRULE DRAFT Plans for Selection of First 500,000 Soldiers Not Complete, WASHINGTON', May 23. regulations to govern exemptions under the selective draft are being worked out by Provost Marshal-General Crowder with a number of prominent lawyers. Although the plans are nqt yet complete, it is probable that the jury wheel system will be fallowed in selecting those who are to go into the first army of 500.000 and not until the names have been drawn and each registration district has provided the number apportioned to it. will exemptions be considered. An each individual drawn reports, his claims for exemption will be psssed upon and if he is exempted, another will be drawn to fill the vacancy. Warns Against Confusion. The law provides for local exemption boards in each county and for each 30,000 in city populations. Boards of review also will be established on the basis of one or more to each Federal judicial district. All the boards will be composed of civilians. Secretary Baker said the process of selecting them hsd not been worked out. Gen. Crowder snid that only confusion would result from the reported intention of men above the fixed age to register on June f. "This is mistaken patriotism," he said "and registrars will be instructed to accept cards only from men between the ages of 21 and 30. inclusive," CAUTION Business men of this vicinity, who regularly each pay day cash Standard Oil Company (Indiana) pay checks as an accommodation to their customers, have recently been made the victims of unscrupulous persons who have put into circulation' worthless, imitation checks with forged signatures thereton. and in an effort to prevent in the future such deception, all persons concerned at? cautioned, to first examine our payroll checks. One feature of protection which surrounds our payroll checks is indicated by the words "Standard Oil Company," water-marked in each check at intervals of about 1M. in. Under the circumstances all persons handling our checks are cautioned to protect themselves bv this examination. 3TANRDARD OIL. COMPANY. (INDIANA). 6-26-6 NOTICE All parties going on vacation who will be absent on June 5th must register at mv office before leaving. ' T. T. RICHARDS. City Clerk. Big game at Hammond ball park Decoration Day. S:2 NOTICE There will be no issue of THE TIMES tomorrow in accordance with its usual custom because of the Memorial Day holiday.

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14m ?V IXif I 4 ' Capt. E. I. Tinkham at the front. Capt. Edward I. Tinkham, winner of the war cross at Verdun, headed th first American fighting corps, consisting mainly of younsj college men, on the Aisne battletield. He and his men are doing Valiant service for France. Captain Tinkham is a graduate of. Cornell University, where he made a name for himself in athletics. TO APPOINT EW COUNCIL TIMES BUSEATJ, AV STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS, IXD., May 29. The state council of defense has sent a letter to Judge W. C. SIcilahan of Crown Point and every circuit court Judge in the state directing the judges to appoint members of a county council of defense in each county in their circuits and outlining what is . expected of the county councils. Frank "W'ampler, of this city, who was appointed secretary of the state council of defense, has resigned, and it understod that Meredith Nicholson, the author, may accept the secretaryship. Acompanying the letter to each circuit court judge is "a copy of a resolution adopted by the state council of defense, which reads as follows: "That this State Council of Defense vest in the judge of the county circuit court authority and request him to appoint a purely non-political county council of defense in each county in his circuit, which council shall co-operate in connection with and under the advice of the State Council of Defense, all members of said Count yCouncil of Defense to serve without compensation. The said county council shall consist of seven members, one of which shall be a woman and one a representative of labor", all of which seven members shall be unquestionably patriotic and in sympathy with the purposes of the National and State Councils of Defense. The headquarters of the officers shall be located in the county seat, a room or space for this purpose being designated by the said Judge. Meetings shall lie held at least once a month and as often in the interim as the council may determine or whenever the chairman shall issue a call. The date an i '.lie hour for the regular meeting shall be determined by the said County Council. The council shall effect its own organization. Reports of the activities of the county defense council shall be forwarded to the secretary o fthe State Council of Defense at Indianapolis, following each meeting. Any number shall constitute a quorum. The county circuit judge shall have full authority and rower to fill vacancies or to remove from the said council any member thrtt he may deem unsuitable for any cause." NOTICE TO ALL CITIZENS There will be a meeting at Lafayette school at S p. m. today. May 29th, of all persons interested in better street car service for Hammond. The committee that are to carry this matter to ' th" Public Utilities Commission of the state invite you to this meeting to assist them. It is to your Interest to attend. 5-29-t

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PLANS FOR 11RIAL LETED Mr. Citizen, your family and friends are urgently requested to participate In the annual observance of Memorial Day. Turn out en masse, and help form the biggest parade witnessed in Hammond on this day of remembrance to the "dead soldiers who gave their lives to make our country free." At 9 o'clock promptly the parade will form at the court house and will march directly to the Oak Hill cemetery where flowers are to be placed on the graves of the boys of this vicinity who fought in wars while our country was in the making." From the cemetery the people are to march to Harrison park where a program of prominent speakers has been arranged and a flag raising will be the feature. Senator L. T. H. Austin of Chicago. will deliver, the Memorial addr?s at 10:30. Dr. Percy Hoynton of the I'ni-i versify of Chicago, will speak on the Liberty Loan. A squad of infantrymen from T.as Chiacgo will fire the military salute as a big American flag Is hoisted. All organizations In Hammond are asked to join in the cefebration and places will be given them In the parade. The Chamber of Commerce and the G. A. R. arranged the details of the demonstration and look for an immense turnout. 1 DIES 50,000 Expected to Attend Show 15 Miles East of Gary. HOW TO GET TO DUNES PAGEANT VI M K Memorial day afternoon and Sunday afternoon. HOW TO GET THEHEl BV At TO t se Michigan City road as far east as Porter. Then turn north to lake "and follow the crowd." BV lTERlHB.O Take South Shore line to Port Chester. Cars will ran at frequent Intervals. The pageant afcould end by 5i30. ADMISSION Will be nominal. There will be adequate accommodations. To get a good seat be on hand by 1 130 or 2 o'clock. One can ico to the dnnes In the morning and have a holiday outing there. Fifty thousand persons, a large share of them from Gary, Hammond, Eaat Chicago. Whiting, Crown Point and other northern Indiana localities, are expected at the Dunes pageant' at Port Chester tomorrow. One thousand actors, some of them being citizens of Gary and Valparaiso, will take part in the affair. The pageant will rortrayq the hitherto unstoried times when French. British, Indians and Canadians made history. It will also repeat some of the chronicles of pioneer American settlers. The hoay of Frank Rathburn, a bach tch eior. t2 years of age. was found deacf in his bed at 110 Fayette street, this afternoon by Mrs. Frank Stevens, the lancla.Iy. It is believed Hathburn died durinyr the night. He ha.l been 111 for more than a year and it is thought his death was due to .dropsy. Aftej- retiring to his-om yesterday afternoon he called for some fruit and a piece of cake In the evening and ate these. Mrs. Stevens became alarmed this afternon when the roomer did not get up. Rathburn was a member of the Odd Fellow lodge. He is survived by a piece, Mrs. Anna Bowman of Ash street. For nearly six years he operated the elevator in the Hammond building faithfully. The greater part of his life was spent in the vicinity of Kouts, Ind., where he worked as a farm hand. The remains were taken to the Burns undertaking ejtablishment and funeral arrangements will be announced later. K. OF C. NOTICE " Special meeting tonight, exemplification of the first degrees. All members re requested to attend. 5-2 9 D. S. O'CON-XOR. E. G. K.

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Sir MM HITS Motorcyclist Collides With Delivery Clerk on Ham mond Street. Alfred Anderson. IS years old, a gro cery boy, living at 234 Towle tre II.,.. a :,, l i . .. - i.a....iiuiKi, win iin.uaoiy ai from in Juries received when he was knocked from his bicycle by Robert Noak. lf.16 Maryland street, Gary, who was riding a motorcycle last night on Calumet avenu e. Anderson is suffering from a badly lacerated scalp, hemorrhage ot the brain and a paralyzed right side. Noak was slightly bruised about the face and legs. Both were taken to .StMargaret's hospital. Latest Bulletins Illy I nlted Pre Cablegram.) r,nDO.V, May 2.-Th mercantile cruller Hillary, baa been auhmnrlnetl In the Xorth, Sea. It wan announced today. Four of those aboard were killed. By I nlted Treaa Cablegram.) lOXDOl, May m The hospital nhip. Dover Castle, vraa Hunk by sub. marines In the Mediterranean. Sunday, the admiralty announced today. Six persons are believed to have perished. (By I'nlted Preaa Cablegram.) HOME, May 29 Italian troop con. tinning their drive In the Pa I a sector have forced the Anstrlana Into a amall valley eaat of Oorlsla, today's official statement announced. "We rnptured 104t orlsoner," the statement continued, brlnKtnar the total r-nptured In the Julian offensive since May 14, to 23,. 1, Including H04 officers." (By I'nlted Preaa Cablegram.' Bl'EJVOJI AIRE,- Ma 29---A general strike waa proclaimed today thronr"ont I ruguay by the Federation of La bor. Montevideo reports contained j hints of the government's fear of trou- ! hie. Kflldfrra nf the remlav nrm-v Umv 1 replaced all police. Xo newspapers were published throughout the republic today. BV II. B. HOBBRTSON. (By I'nlted Press Cablegram.) RLU OK JANEIRO. May 2 After four days of flillbnatering the Brazilian cobb re m today anthorised President Hraa to announce Brazil's revocation of neutrality between the I nlted States and Germany. It refused, however, to adopt similar authorisation with regards to neutrality between Germany and the Karopean allies. This leaves the situation somewhat clouded. The position of the republic is fully sympathetic with the I'nlted States, but the Braslllan congress is apparently v It limit desire to declare war.. (By I'nlted Press Cablegram.) LONDON, May a. Activity on the British front today was confined to mutual artillery ilring and scattered raiding. Field Marshal Ilalg's report stated. British made successful raids and repulsed all German attacks. The enemy artillery bombarded Bulleconrt and both hanks of the Scrape throughout the night By I'nlted Tresa.) CHICAGO, May 20 Grain gamblers, driven from the board of trade by restrictive trading rales lisve hoiutht Into the province game and are sinking their chips on butter, cues and cheese, it wan asserted here today. Butter jumped two cents n pound to 41 rents today, after a raise of three cents laat week. Egga are materially lower than a week ago, but a gain of half a cent took place today, quotations being .'1.1 Vi I rents a dozen. By foited Press (ahlrcram.) PAKIS, May 2 Resumption of violent artillery Are a long a great part of the Champagne front, possibly forecasting a renewal of French operations In that sector, was announced in to. day's official statement. Germans shelled French positions In the Horteblse region, launching two heavy attacks. .The French retained their hold on all positions. Seven enemy aeroplane were brought down yesterday and twelve other disabled and forced to alight. (By I'nlted Pres.) LONG BRANCH, L U May 2. "Is It any of the people' bolnes what their diplomats tell other countries about themt" in the query which America's first national conference on International relation opened with here today. Stateatnen, ambassador and lawyers attending the conclave hope to work out plans whereby this nation may keep In touch with Its representatives abroad and at home. STOCKS OFF HOLIDAY 4Bt I'nlted Press.) NEW YORK, May 29. Steels and industrials were ofT from fractions to one and a half points when the stock market opened today, while rails were up fractionally. The irregularity and decline was attributed to the expected reaction and the fact tomorrow is a holiday. United States steel opened at 1"2' to 13H4. on to 1-3. Republic Steel was Iff U to 8914. and Lacka wanna. 1 ,t jg. "

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(Special to The Time? ) CROWN" POINT. IND. Slay ;;. Sheriff Lewis K. Barnes. Clerk Herbert j L. Wheaton and Dr. J. C. Gibbs of the! governor's l.nke county conscription! board, today completed the official listi of registrars and places of registration in the county, excluding Gary and East Chicago which have city boards, and are prepared for the military draft day, June 5. All men in Lake county who have passed the twenty-first birthday and will not be thirty-one before the sixth of June will learn by the following list where they f-hall register for conscrip tion: j HAMMOND. j Pets. 1 'V. A. Buehl. 1277 Roberts avenu". i 2 Hamilton Hazlett, Tolice and Fire Station, Ilobcrtsdalc. 3 Clyde Smith. Barber Shop, 1K.3 Gostlin street. 4 Frank Habereoin, 16 Cameron St. i 5 Wm. C. Rose. 23H Horiman street. j 6 John B. Keeior, Caluinot and HofT-j man streets. 7 James Carroll. Covjrt-Houpe Bid,; g Frank DuConib. ToutlaR and Hohman streets. Ostroski Garaae. 0 SI. "P. L.udvig. Burns Undertaking Est.. State street. 10 Fred L. V'yman, 757 Alice street. 11 Edward A. Aubry, Co6 Charlotte avenue. 12 John P. Srrith. 4R0 Sibley street. 13 Joseph Thoma. So7 Columbia Ave. 14 William R. Ford. 801 Calumet ave nue, Prevo Grocery.15 Jacob I.usie. 567 Morton avenue. TWO HQTABLES JAIL ST Saint Peter and John Bryan Occupy Adjoining Cells. Saint Peter and W. J. Bryan were in- j carcerated in the Hammond Jail last n's!int Peter was charged with arderlv conduct and AV. J. Bryan with being drunk. Saint Peter dogediy insisted that his name was as he gave it bul W. J. Rryan made it clear that the middle initial stood for John and not Jennings and that he is a laborer instead of an orator and not the ex-secretary of state. The jail has held many notables but never two such distinguished gentlemen at one time. On one occasion an inebriate insisted that he was the governor of Indiana but-his claim proved false. The sergeant was a triple skeptical when he booked "Saint Peter," but he was taking no chances. He said "Yes, sir," and "No, sir;" did not swear once or conduct himself in, any way that would give the guardian of the Golden Gate an opportunity to object to his entrance. The sergeant feLt that it 'would Wo no harm to cater to trie chap, While It seemed improbable it was not impossible that' the divider of chaff

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C son Charles at Fort Myer. paid a visit to his son, Charles P., an officer's commission. Young: Taft men who are beinsr trained in this REGISTER j 16 I. ; 17 H D. Brusel. 216 Indiana avenue. M. Godfrey, Oakley and Truman streets. 1 Geo. M. Edr. 1"5 Sibley street. 13 James - 0 Henry S. Pirie. 735 Hohinan street. Lundt. McHie's Garage 21Frank Martin. Conkty avenue and j Gariield street. j WHITING. 1 rets. i 1 John Dacey. 213-llPth street. I ; 2 W'm. Stahl, 954 Schrage avenue. ! 3 R. Spurrier, 43S-119th street. j 4 M. Keshan. Jr.. 403-lllth street. i i 0 A. K. Gladden. First Trust Bank. 323 i I - 119th street. i 6 Frank M. Long, Beal Tailor Shop,! 601-1 13th street. I 7 Roy Green. Ritter Drug Store, 52s! 119th street. j S Tom Smelser. 605 Indianapolis blvd. ! CROWN POINT. Tcts. 1 William Kindberg. Gib Ro.s Cigar Sto-.-n. 2 Joseph A. Bcattie, Assembly Room Court House. Fred. A. Ruf. Fred Ruf Office. Henry F.atterman. City Hall. ! 3I 4- ! Warren Stilson. School House Base- ! molit, Cedar I.ake. HO BART. Pets. 1 Roy McGuire, C. C. Shearer Office Main street. 2 W. H. Hollister. Coal Office of C Shearer. 3 Win. Ouyer. Oliver Hom. Mich. Ave. 4 It. T. Quinnel. East Gary Town Hall. 5 Carl Olandcr, Town Hall, Miller (Continued on page nine.) and wheat misht hi.e fallen off the1

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wagon ana mere was no use of taking, turn to Hammond at the end of thehances just because one suspected : ,wo weks- trip. ne w ill leave Hanihe was dealing with an impostor. AnJJmo(i Wednesday night, the sergeant knew of no one to iden-

tify the saint. All the policemen who ' hail ever seen Saint Peter heretofore are dead and if their testimony could be secured migh be prejudiced. 23 MERCHANTS IN AGREEMENT j , , di.s-jWill Close Stores Wednes day Afternoons and Friday Evenings. G. A. Iiatseh, secretary of the Meat Cutters' union, announced today that twenty-three grocer and marketmen of Hammond have agreed to close their places of business at noon each Wednesday during June, July and August, and at fi o'clock every Friday, starting this week and continuing indefinitely. The firms which will follow this schedule, Mr. Eaatseh stated, are as follows: Henry Burke, J. J. Austgen, Dunsing & Benke, Ilumpfer Bros., Humpfer Company, Buehler Bros., Herman KelIner, National Grocery & Market, Independent Market, Herman Heimke, Griswold & Son, John Median. John Camp, Charles Hubbard, E. Euuevman, R. O. Prevo, Herman Schreiber, Oscar Sheffield, Herkner. Frank Phillips, O. Prevo, M. Prevo and Winiam Kulin.

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IS-IUIL, UUi BOYS TO OF BATTL Within one Year fndiana Soldiers, First to Go to Europe Will Have Seen Activa Service. (Special to The Time? ) WASHINGTON, D. C, May 29. Because of the fact that Indiana was the first big state to fill her quota of volunteers, her recruits will be the first in the United States to receive their equipment. Being first to be fully equipped Indiana's soldier boys from Hamj mond down to the Ohio river ! towns will be the first to see ac tive service. What Is more, every Indiana solOier now in uniform will have seen active service on the firing line, in Europe by May 23. 1918. WHAT SENATOR NEW SAXT. This statement -was made Sunday by : Senator Harry S. New in an interview j concerning the problems being worked j out by the War Department. The senator expressed it as his opinion that other troops. particularly national guardsmen, would be sent to' Europe an rapidly ss preparations for their transportation could be completed. PI.ABT OP WAS DEPARTMENT. Although there have been no order I for euch troop movements except the "trrder-serfdlTig !en. Pershing a nd ht division, it is the plan of the AVar Department, according to present Information, to have all states represented among the guardsmen who are sent Continued on .ar ho.i GO TD 1ST Captain Thomas Ryan Tnd Ave of his livewire recruiting officers of h; district. Including Hammond's crack sergeant. William S. Welch, will leave Fort Wayne Thursday for Baltimore. ! Md., to show the cast the vvav to pet i recruits for Uncle Sam's army. Reports from the east have !i--.i far ' below the records of the middle west ! and west and the army officials at ( . WasMugton are. going to let Captain Ryan and his men conduct a recruiting campaign in Baltimore to show the east that "western wide-awake methods" are the best. i Captain Ryan's district leads the i country, pro rata, and Hammond leads i his district. "In conducting a short , j two weeks campaign it will requir 'some hustling but we'll show tiie east ern dudes that they don't know a. thinjr aliout working for Unrle Sammy," said Sergeant Welch todav. In his absence Sergeant Comstock of Fort Wayne and Corporal Waid of Hammond, will have charge of Sergeant Welch's office. The sergeant will reDIES OF SELF INFLICTED Wife He Sought to Kill Lives and Will Probably Recover. - Walter Gaffney died in Si. .Margaret hospital today from a revolver shot he inflicted on himself Saturday after he had attempted to kill his wife from whom he was estranged. Although hfired four shots at Mrs. Gaffney as siie ran screaming from the home of Mr. and Mrs. August Hillman, her parents, at 120 State street. West H. rniuon l, only one struck the fleeing I'li. t. and the widow is recovering frion her wound. She was shot in the riu'nt arm. The remains of the seif-s-l.i :n man are at Burns' undertaking establishment and will be shipped to Cincinnati tomorrow for burial. Increasing cloudiness and narmrr followed by showers late tonlufct or Wednesday; moderate winds, mostly southerly. Garden City vs. Hammond -Decoration Dav. 5 25 J

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