Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 302, Hammond, Lake County, 4 June 1917 — Page 1

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D ROSECUT U Included in Fight at Gary On receral Defendants To Discredit Them? 5ft printing Saturday evening of what is said to have been an "inspired" story in one of the newspaper organs of th Steel political department to the effect that the Gary grajnd jury may seek to have Prosecutor Clyde Hunter removed and a special prosecutor named caused, speculation as to whether the affair was not in line with a general sinister attack now being made on Mayor Johnson. County Cpmmissioner Black and other defendants In the federal election cases for the purpose of bringing them into 111 repute before the federal authorities just on the eve of their trials. Mr. Hunter may ask the grand jury to probe the case. The attacks, which have been systematically made on Mayor Jphnson and County Commissioner Black, it is expected, may extend to County Treasurer Mat Brown and Commissioner George Schaaf. An element that wants control of the Republican party in Lake countyis said to be ready to use the knife anywhere and in manner necessary. . Hunter Anger ad. . Prosecutor Hunter today tried to trace the source of the story that stated he would be ousted perhaps because he wasn't satisfying the grand jury of which H. G. Hay, jr.. is chairman. Had Attacked Judge Oreenwald. Those who know the history of Gary politics point put that when Judge C. E. Greenwald was prosecutor he was subjected to the same attack because he wouldn't obey the dictates of the Gary machine. It is recalled that on several occasions Judge Greenwald was removed as prosecutor and a special prosecutor named. This was especially so in the "blind pig" cases and in the Dean bribery cases against Mayor Knotts. Men now in the present fight directed citizens' activities then in the Dean cases, which ended with no result. Whenever the Gary crowd started a war and Judge Greenwald didn't obey orders -efforts were made to discredit him because he "might not perform his duty." The attacks on Judge Greenwald went so far that when he was considered as a candidate for mayor four years ago the Gary Tribune, also one of the organs of the eteel political department came out and denounced the judge and said -editorially it would support Mayor Knotts first. Attack Cans Soar Back. The systematic attacks being made on the federal election defendants on the eve of their trials is stated to cause much soreness not only among the Republicans but among democrats as well. Belief Is that Mayor Johnson, TreasurerBrown and the others will come out with a clean bill and to attack them Just on the eve of their trials in pursuance to orders believed to come from elsewhere has caused amazement in the county where fair play has always been accorded to defendants until proved otherwise than guilty. RUSSIAN GENERAL AWAITS TRIAL ON CHARGE OF TREASON 7 C;-' General Rennenkampf. Rennenkampf, the Russian general who sold Russia's military plans to Germany, thus losing the three campaigns of pe- Masurian Lakes, and a million Russian lives, is in prison awaiting trial on a charge of treason. Rennenkampf never forgot his German origin despite the fact that his great-grandfather settled In Russia and that honors had been heaped upon the family by the Muscovite government.

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TO LEAVE FOR WAR ... Lieut. Col. Charles II. McKinstry. Lieut. Col. Charles H. McKinstry, U. S. A., is commander of the New York regiment of engineers, which will be among: the hrst American troops to go to France. The lieutenant colonel is a popular man, experienced, and well equipped to discharge his duties in a manner becoming an American officer. ATTENTION TO REGISTRARS The following is an exact copy of the telegram received by Governor Goodrich and forwarded to Herbert L. Wbeaton, chairman of the county conscription board: Washington, D. C, June 1. 1917. To the Governor of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana. Instructions of secretary communicated June 1st rendering the answer of question twelve not obligatory and the tact that exemption regulations have not been prescribed yet. necessitates change in the manner of filling columns four and eleven of Registrators' Summarization blanks (Form 2). Strike out the second sentence of the paragraph at the top of page 22 and substitute the following: "Deal out all the cards on which the answer to juestion twelve indicates a claim for exemption on any ground." Strike cut the words "Occupational Exemptions" in the fourth line of that paragraph. Substitute for words "Occupational Exemptions" in the last two lines of pajo 21 the words "Physical Disability." Change the headings of columns four and eleven, (Summarization Blanks. Foiin ?) ti r;ad, "probable exemptions not inrtioatfd in columns 1, 2 and 3." Please communicate these changes to all registration boards with instructions to communicate them to registrars before registration day. CROWDER, Provowt Marshal General. 16 CARLOADS OF POTATOES ROT CBr l otted Press.) CHICAGO, June 4. Federal agents discovered sixteen carloads of potatoes rotting on a sidetrack at Seatonville. 111. Hington G. Clabaugh, special 'nvenstigator for the department of justice, reported this today. Pie would not divulge who owned the potatoes nor on what railroad they were found, but intimated that further investigation and probably criminal action will follow. The discovery was made while the government i.s i?. estlgatlng the continued closure cf a coal mine near the t"wn. WHITING SOLDIER IS NEAR DEATH (Special to The TtMEs.) FORT SHERIDAN, ILL., June 4. A shadow was cast yesterday over the gayety at Camp Sanborn, where the soldiers have been watching hospital ' reports, an yesterday learned that hope had been abandoned. Powers is only 18 years old. His home is in Whiting. Ind. His case was isolated so soon it is not believed by medical officers there Is any danger of a spread. THE WEATHER Unsettled Tr'th ilowtri and thunder torn- tonight or Tnesdayj cooler Tuesday afternoon or night! Trlnda fresh southerly. DO NOT GIVE UP If your results are not satisfactory regarding your spectacles. See us. we are specialists, for twenty years practice fitting eyes for the proper glasses. S. Silver. Jeweler & Manufacturing Optician. 177 State St., Hammond, Ind. 6-4 Jy 0 1 lUili Beginning June 4. 1S17. our store will be closed every Monday evening. 6-4 THE BEST FURNITURE CO.

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Fight of the Transportation Question Will Be Placed Before Utilities ComiXliS- ' sion if Motion is Adopted by Council. . A show-down In the controversy be- , tween the alllel improvemnet associ- J ations of Hammond and the street ; railway is promised at the city council tomorrow evening. j With petitions and a big delegation n attendance ta back its demands, the" Associated Improvemene associations'! transportation committee expects this evening to secure adoption of a motion that the city's legal department be in- i etructed to file before the state util- ; ities commission a petition for a hear- 1 ing of demands for better and more j extensive service. ( The motion will he presented to the : council by Atty. p. e. Boone of hte j Eleventh ward, in written form. It j recites complaints against the service) and need for an extension south on j Calumet avenue from State street to Conkey avenue, and improvemement , denied by the company. It says in part: A committee was appointed by a Joint meeting of the various ward associations, and other citizens, to' take such steps as would be necessary to bring about the much" needed improvement, said committee being composed of D. E. Boone, John D. Smalley. F. Richard Schaaf, Jesse Wilson and James K. Stinson. held a meeting at which meeting I). E. Boone was instructed to Introduce before your honorable bodyt resolutions to the effect that the city, through its . legal department, take such steps as may be necessary to bring the matter in question before the public service commission with a view of securing the necessary relief, and asked that all local, or ward Improvement associations or other similar organizations be rerequested to assist In preparing and gathering the necessary information and data upon which to base a petition, to the said public service commission of the state of Indiana, and the Eleventh Ward Improvement ahsociotlon have similar resolutions, a copy of which is filed herewith, and at a joint meeting of the various improvement associations have passed similar resolutions, a copy of which Is attached hereton. and at both meetings committees were appointed to assist in gathering the necessary Information, facts and data upon .which to base said action and now have in their possession a large part of the required data. GERMAN EAGLE IS IT The large German eagle which adorned the electric sign for the Berghoff Brewing company at the saloon on the corner of 138th and'Cedar streets, Indiana Harbor, was the red flag which Incited hostilities at an early hour yesterday morning. Some one tore the sign down and smashed it into pieces. Residents nearby heard the crash and looking out saw two men hastily leave the scene. There is no clew to the identity of the miscreants. TWO SONS IN THE SERVICE Edward Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Brown, 121 West Sixth avenue. Gary, left this morning to Join the colors with the hospital corps as er enwaren oi .Mr. a..u Serving tneir CUUnU). liril uinci son. Forest, is a cornec piayer m m military band stationed at Columbus. Ohio, barracks. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have contributed their share in the defense of the colors. HOME GUARD UNITS TO SERVE (By Vnlted Preaa.) WASHINGTON. June 4. National guardsmen now doing guard duty such as protecting factories, railroad bridges and the like, will be ordered to Join their companies when the national guard units are called out in July and August. HELD ON CHARGE OF PICKPOCKET ' Joe Burton was arrested Sunday by i Officer Manlan on a charge of being a pickpocket." Burton's case was.continued in Gary city court until Tuesday.

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By CAHL D. GSOAT (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON'. June 4. The government intends to draft 625.000 men on the first call following registration. This information was given to the sen ate military committee today by Mar-! shal General Crowder. The 120,000 men above the first 600,000 increment will be placed in training camps to fill vacancies left by men witn,lrwn through sickness or death. Crowder emphasized that no class of men as a whole will be exempted from service since that would endanger the ! government's plan to get 1.500,000 men from the 10,000.000 expected to register. WANTS TO FISH, TOLO TO GO TO , KILLS SELF After Night at Road House Near Gary, Hobart Boy Ends Life. 5peelal to The Time. HOBART. IND.. June 4. Beaau! his mother told him he could not go n.-n.nK duc must go to hed. Edjward Ockerlin. aged 21, shot and killed-himl self yesterday. The young man, son of'Mr. and (Mrs. Charles" Ockerlin of Ilobart. had returned to his home at 5 o'clock yesterday morning after a night "with the boys." It is said he had visited a popular roadhouse east of Gary. His mother Insisted that he go to bed but he claimed he desired to go MsOiing. He threatened to commit suicide tf he had to go to bed, but his mother.. seeing the condition he ,wa in, did not take him at his word. She wentout Into the garden. Upon returning to the house Mrs. Ockerlin went to her son s room. She first noticed a 22 caliber revolver near the bed where he lay and her attention was next attracted to a stream of blood down the side of his face. A bullet had entered the right temple and passed out the left. The ytwing man was unconscious from S o'clock In the' morning when he committed the act until S In the afternoon, wlhen death occurred. He Is survived by his parents, a brother. Richard, and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Siester and Mrs.. Jessie Pierce. WEST HAMMOND it REPORTED DEAD Georgee Rosenbaum, West Hammonds "diamond king" and one of the overlords of Plummer avenue whom Virginia Brooks fought In her reform i campaign, is reported to have dieMJ last nisrlit in a Chicna-n hncnliii pneumonia. When Chief $lti of the West Hmamond police force raided Rosenbaum's resort at 213 Plummer avenue early one day last week he found Rosenbaum in bed, too 111 to be taken Into custody. Harriett Rosenbaum. said to be bis wife, and inmates were arrested and fined. Rosenbaum was taken to a Chicago hospital the following day. Rosenbaum at one time was a railroad detective and is supposed to have worked in the sheriff's office in Chicago later. He established himself in sub-rosa life In West Hammond several years ago. He was constantly In pos session of diamonds of great value which he sold and traded. EV. ESTATE IN COURT The estate of the: late George V. Bacon, pioneer real estate man of Gary, figures in a law suit being tried before .Tiide'a T7iter in the sunerior court at nammona. The estate shows that Bacon died insolvent but he operated the Gary Realty company and the stock was held by his wife, son and daughters. A Mrs. Ann Rogers is the plaintiff in the case and claims Bacon was the real owner of the Gary. Realty company and the stock held by his family in trust and should be a part of the estate. She seeks to have the stock subject to her claim of eleven hundred .dollars, principal and interest of two S500 notes. The plaintiff claims' the stock was made out to the family to defeat the creditors. Dyer and Bomberger are appearing for the plaintiffs and Crumpacker and Crumpacker for the defendants. The caso will probably be finished tomorrow.

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Mme. Ethel Leginska (left) and Martha Hedman. Dispatches from Chicago say that Martha Hedman, the Swedish actress now in this country, has sued Mme. Ethel Leginska, the eccentric English pianist who has abso been in America for some time, for $50f000, charging slander. Mme. Leginska in her divorce suit named Miss Hedman as co-respondent and also- brought a $25,000 alienation suit against the actress.

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Two men were taken to the Hammond hospital Saturday afternoon as the result cf the high winds. B. G. Adams, a switchman, said he was blown off a freight car by wind. His face was badly bruised. George Paluck, South Chicago, said he was lifted from his wagon and hurled to the ground by the gale. His face was lacerated. The wind blew in windows, tore down signs and played havoc with pedestrians and drivers. It came near being a cyclone. THANKED FDR THEIR FINE CO-OPERATION Mayor John r. Smalley and Attorney David E. Boone. were thanked by the. adjutant general of the United States army in communications received by them today for their hearty co-operation with Sergeant William S. Welch in recruiting. Mayor Smalley and Mr. Bone have greatly boosted Hammond's standing in enlistments by the earnest assistance In promoting patriotic demonstrations and speaking at many flag raisings in this vicinity. The letter follows: WAR DEPARTMENT The Adjutant General's Office. Washington, June 1, 1917. Honorable J. D. Smalley, Mayor, Hammond, Indiana. Dear Sir: Through the recruiting officer at Fort Wayne, Indiana, this department has been advised of the valuable assistance .which you have rendered the recruiting service in difffrent sections of the Hammond district. I desire to express to you the soincere appreciatroh and thanks of the partment for the unselfish co-operation and valuable assistance you have thus afforded the recruitings service. Very respectfully, ROBERT C. DAVIS, Adjutant General. BANDITS ARE BUSY (By lotted Press.) CHICAGO. June 4. Two automobile bandits held up George Meyers, 22, messenger for the Stockmen's Trust & Savings bank at the point of a revolver shortly after noon today and escaped with $S00. Meyers was carrying the money down town to deposit in the Continental , & Commercial bank. Th- hold-up occurred four blocks from the Stockmen's bank. ARRESTED BY HUMANE OFFICER Adolph Metz will face Judge Dunn In Gary city court Tuesday on a charge of being cruel to animals. Mrs. Myrtle Pfeffer of Hammond, county humane society officer, caused Metz's arrest. Are You Patriotic? Then Buy a Liberty Bond?

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W. G. SHEPHERD. (By I'nlted Press Cablegram.) PETRCMVRAD, Jane 4. Fomt tires, believed to he incendiary, have already destroyed 3,000,000 bushel of wheat d the grain elevator at Sharatoff, la he Minks region, according to word re ceived here ' today. Whether there la loaa of life has not been learned. The provisional cabinet today pleaded with former Minister KornaaalolT of commerce, to withdraw his resignation. The Workmen's and Soldiers Journal, now all-powerful In Petroajrad, complained today against further issuance of paper money by the government and demanded war profits be confiscated. . (By Vnlted Press Cablegram.) PETROCRAD, June 4. Four hand, red persona succumbed to alcoholism following the recent looting of wine cellars in Trolcsk, the ovo Vremyat asserted today. (By Vnlted Press Cablegram.) PARIS, June 4 German attacks last night gained the enemy foothold on advance element of the French poai. tlons In a small section, the war office said today. (By Vnlted Press.) CHICAGO, June 4. Police today are hot on the trail of a new brand of rob. bery the dynamite thief. Robbers broke Into a south side lime stone and tone company's warehouse nnd took etsht sticks of dynamite and 2QO feet of fuse. It Is feared thle thlves were aliens who because of the difficulty of obtaining dynamite resorted to this means to secure materials to blow up some factory or public building. (By I'nlted Press Cablegram.) 10DO, June 4 British forces wrested back frm the Germans early today the lone British post which early Sunday enemy attack had gained for them southeast of Cherlsy, Field Marshal Halg reported today. He told cf a further British advance east of Ver. nellra. "Southwest of LaBassee and In the neighborhood of Neuve Chappelle hoa. tile raids were repulsed,' the state, meat said. Kast of Vernelles we entered the enemy trenches. Cherisy la near the ChambralTArras highway, about seven miles from Arras. I. a Bassee is seven ml Irs north of Lens and Neuve Chappelle four miles further north. Vernelles is midway between Lena and La Bassee. KNOTTS THANKS DUNES PAGENTERS A. F. Knotts of Gary, president of the National Dunes Park association, today sent the following letter to the pageant officers: Gary, Ind.. June 4. 1917. The Dunes Pagent Association, Chicago. 111. On behalf or . the National TJunes Park association, I wish to congratulate you upon the wonderful success of the pageant. The first phase of the war to "Save the Dunes," creating public sentiment. has been practically accomplished. ! What we need now is to enlist, orj ganize and drill our army, and then j when the opportune hour arrives, the battle will be won and tne uunes saved. Tours very truly. A. F. KNOTTS.

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INDEMNITY Captured Prussian Officer Shows How Official Germany Scorns The United States By WM. PHZZ.UP SXKKS (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES AFIELD, June 4.-rThe war will be over and a staggering indemnity saddled on the United States before she knows she is in according to the Prussian attitude today. The prisoners reflect this view. For instance a particularly arrogant Prussian officer sneered at me contemptuously today as he stood in a barbed-wire prison. "Before America: awakes we shall hae starved England. France and Italy au . made peace with Russia," he said. To my enumeration of evidence ... American participation such as destro . -ers sent to the sub zone, a division troops soon to be at the front and hun dreds of others being recruited, he Jt plied to each, "B-I-u-f-f Bluff:" When I mentioned financial advanceto the allies he said, "Loans are profitable." "When I spoke of a huge air fleet h. said. "The war will be finished before it arrives. Tou'll be paying indemnify before your ships are finished. "Xo." he concluded, "t's too late. ou can't harm us much now." The plain truth is thit R.m..r prepared to fight a telling defensive war indefinitely providing she is unable to keep her hungry population in line. The Prussian prisoners agreed to this an? based their hopes on the U-boat and half-hearted American spirit. They do not believe a revolution will occur m Germany. So the only antidote is to fight if the Germans are to be beaten. It comparatively easy for a few men to fight defensively behind strong concrete trenches protected by barbed wire an: machine guns. These positions are to be blasted out mechanically and that means by artillery such a welt of artillery that tha ' wheels interlock and mountains o shells, swarms of aeroplanes, innumerable transports, narrow gauge railway, bridge materials, hand grenades and all other machines of war. Lastly, it means men and more men. One must admit that British officers are vastly pleased at what American is doing and do not agree with any informant such as the Prussian officer iif the bull pen who sneeringly referred to "Bluff." Neither do the thousands of Americans already fighting here. But everyone says in the same strain "For God's sakes, tell the folks back home not to lose time. "We've simply got' to show these damned Prussians what the American punch is. If we don't we might as well crawl into a hole and die." RE-ELECT HEIGHWAY fSpeeiai to The Times.) CROWN POIXT. IXD., June f Township Trustees of Lake county today re-elected Frank F. Heighway, superintendent of the county schools for a four-year term, his third term. Under Prof. Heighway's administration the schools of the county have been efficiently and thoroughly modern, second to none in the state and the county is to be congratulated in securing his services again. BURBANK DEVELOPS NEW GARTEN PLANTS

Luther Burbank. Entirely new garden vegetables are being developed by Luther Burbank from the bulbs of lilies. The bulb of the tigridia, a bearer of beautiful flowers, is regarded by him as the most delicious of vegetables when cooked. Others, especially the camassia and the brodia, promise to rival the potato. He also believes th: '; the dandelion, the burdock and the thistle may become parents of useful food plants. . .

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