Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 303, Hammond, Lake County, 5 June 1917 — Page 1

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VOL. XI NO. 303 SEVERAL SHOT DOW RfllLll IS EIIT Firemen Battling With Flames Are Set Upon By Convicts Armed With Clubs, f t (By Unit ad Press.) JOLIET, ILL., June 5. Three companies of Illinois militia and the combined fire and police de partments of the city are engaged in a desperate ngnt witn euu convicts in the penitentary. Five buildings in the prison are in flames, having been ignited by the infuriated inmates. Five convicts had been seriously bounded at noon today and a score more hit. No casualities were reported. The outbreak came at the breakfast table this morning and prison authorities, unable to cope with the situation, appealed to three companies of the first regiment which has been guarding power plants and bridges. The Joliet fire department was called out and the entire police - and -re-, serves summoned. Firemen battling with the flames were menaced by the convicts who had armed themselves with clubs, bits of iron and anything elyse they could lay their hands on. The firemen several times were forced to abandon fighting the flames to turn their hose on the inmates. According to the report the trouble started as result of an order to the effect that none but r.atives of the convicts would be permitted to visit the institution. There was a round of cat calls and hisses when the order waf announced. The grumbling last night finally subsided but the leaders apparently passed word around during the Bight that there would be another break for liberty this morning. DEFENSE COUNCIL (Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT, IXD., June 5. Judge W. C McMahon has announced his appointments of the county defense council today as follows: John B. Peterson, Crown Point. H. S. Norton, Gary. Ora L. Wildermuth, Gary. Frank Williams, East Chicago. P. W. Meyn, Hammond. F. L. Craig, Crown Point. airs. Jennie Wheeler, Crown Point. NAUGHTY BOY; NOW LOOK AT HIM! TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS. IXD., June S. Barrington, the ventriloquist, who appears at the Park theatre the first three days of this week, formerly lived at Hammond. It was when attending a ctiy school in Hammond that Barrington says he discovered ability to throw his voice to different parts of the classroom, where his imitations of cats, dogs, birds, and even the voice of the teacher, kept the other pupils in an uproar until Barrington. the culprit, was discovered. In his act Barrington uses a walking dummy, a mechanical figure which he invented himself. A PETTICOAT CASE Because Mary Sarkozy, 496 Fields avenue, didn't wear her petticoats to suit her. Margaret Caspar 560 Morton avenue, slapped her face. Margaret was arrested by Constable Morris Dobson and paid a fine of l and costs in Judge Prest's court yesterday. MAKE GOOD INVESTMENT Each and every one of Swift & company's employes at the Hammond branch have purchased Liberty Bonds i from $109 to $1,000 making a total of $4,000 for one concern. Buy A Liberty Bond!

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REGISTER! Up to 9 P. M. YOUNG MAN! If you have not already registered go to your home precinct and register right away, You have until 9 o'clock this evening to register. If you are sick, send a competent friend but do it before 9 p. m. If you do not register you will be sent to prison. Life is mighty dear and sweet. Perhaps no one realizes it better than Charles Woodbridge, a switchman, who was shot and seriously wounded last night on Sibley street by a nsw Hammond patrolman, Stve Ivan. while helping the police catch a negro marauder. " Ivan mistook Woodbridge . for the Bfriatba d&rk and fired taa shots, one entering just above the latter's heart. From what can be learned Ivan fired when almost on top Woodbridge. It is said that Ivan had no reasonable cause to shoot, other than that he was excited by the chase and probably frightened. He has been on the force b'lt a few days. Chief of Police Austgen Is making a thorough investigation. The story told by Woodbridge to Police Captain George Hanlon in his bed at St. Margaret's hospital last night follows: "A friend and I were waiting in a store on Sibley street about 12:30 to go to work at Gibson. I heard a woman scream. 'Help! Help! He's killing mama:' We ran over to Fayette street. I saw a negro running toward Sibley street. Just then Officer Strom? carried a woman inta 222 Fayette street. I yelled to him to give me his gun. that I would catch the negro. He gave me his club and I started. I ran to Sibley street. Another officer yelled Haiti' I thought he meant the negro or some one else. He xwas only a few feet from me. He fired point blank at me. That's the last I remember. "Boy's, it's hard to give up one's life. Tou know It's mighty dear and sweet. The officer didn't need to fire. He was on top of me. Of course I suppose he thought he was doing his duty. But gee. it s tough." The negro. Edward Burton, was caught several hours later. It was learned that he roomed with a, colored family at 222 Fayette street and had come home drunn. hie startea Dealing his landlady. Her daughter ran into the street and screamed. It was then that Patrolman Strong was firt attracted. He said that the woman was hysterical. He took her back and ran aftr the negro, 'but did not shoot. Ivan was the only one, 'as far as could be learned today, that fired. Woodbridge lives at 95 State street. He is 29 years old. His parents live In Boss. Ind. He, is well known in Ham mond and vicinity. This afternoon a report from the hospital said "that he had a fighting chance to live. One of the most heinous crimes that it seems a human being could commit was perpetrated last night about 5:30 o'clock by a six-foot beast who savagely attacked a little terf-year-old girl, daughter .of John KolodzleJ, 5001 Homer Iee aveatue. East Chicago. The girl today is in a critical condition. As soon as the facts became known a maddened mob of friends and citizens gathered in that locality and made a search for the perpetrator of the dastardly deed. With clubs and knives in their hands the mob surged through the alleys and into the prairie looking for their victim. Justice would certainly have been meted out with very little formality could the man have been found. The police have a very good description of him and it Is believed that his identity has been fairly well established. Police have the case in hand.

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LLUQIOND. INDIANA. AMERICANS IN r 2sV ' AmericAxu SENDS 12 ONES Sergeant C. C. Comstock. Hammond s recruiting officer in Sergeant Welch's absence, sent twelve ment to Fort Wayne yesterday. They were Floyd Perkins. Monte Market, Harry Lawer, James Geachy. Martin Kancak. Frank Paysen. Willie Wilse. William Kastergak, Edgar Frindhof, Kern Denton, John Jacob and Andrew Scurinck. . Captain C. AV. Neal who is taking Captain Ryan's pjace at Fort Wayne during his Baltimore, Md., two weeks' recruiting Campaign, visited the Hammond station yesterday and expressed hfi satisfaction of the way Sergeant Comstock is handling the office. K1LLEGIN ACTION Owner of Land in Lake Co. Met Death With American Legion. William Harrison, court stenographer of room 1, has received a number of interesting depositions from abroad es tablishing the fact of the death of Ed-j ward Stone, a young millionaire of Mil. I ton, Mass., who was owner of land in I Lake county, including part of the Mand?ll estate. Stone, after touring the world, took up his residence in Paris in the fall of I 1912 in apartments at 6 Rue Du General Lambert. He enlistrd in the American legion in 1914. was fatally wounded by a bursting shell in February and died In the hospital at Romillv. in 1 February. The depositions of Madame ! M. Chapins, a nurse: Louis Dine, raretaker of his apartments, and Jules M Marquet, owner of the apartments he rented, were taken by Joseph du Vinier, a commissioner of Paris. Elizabeth Stone, agister, and Eleanor Hathaway Perkins, a niece, are heirs of the deceased millionaire, who was only 25 i years of age. DEATH OF MRS. BECKER Mrs. William Becker, aged 23 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bach, died at her home 447 Cedar street, Sunday and will be buried in Oak Hill cemetery tomorrow. The funeral is to be held from the Friedens Evangelical church. Rev. P. Wiles officiating. Mrs. Becker had been ill three months with anemia. She Is survived by a husband, two children, her parents and three sisters. TWO CASES IN PREST'S COURT Two assault and battery cases were disposed of in Judge Prest's court yesterday. Mike Menowski, a roomer at 176 Lorrence acenue. in a complaint said that Frark Lenz. the Janitor, hit him with a club. Lenz was fined $1 and costs. Thomas ' Ryan found judgment against I'aul Mich for- striking him-. Sentence $1 and costs. Buy A Liberty Bond!

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Latest 'Bulletins By lalted Ire Cablegram.) - LO.tDO,4fuae 5. A Brltiah HM cruiser and destroyer flotilla, tank the m (iermD destroyer, and daniaaI ed another In an engagement at Ion a; range with six enemy deatroyera. 'Oatend wn bombarded with good reaulta," the admiralty reported. "Shore batteriea returned tlve fire with no j damage to Brltiah ahlpa." (By t nlied Preas Cablegram.) VIEXXA, (Via London June S. Italy's offensive In the Isonao battlea of the paat nineteen daya have coat her 1AO.OOO in killed nnd wounded and 20,. OOO raptured by Auatrlans. (By Vnlted I'resa Cablegram.) PARIS, June 5. Only ten French ahipa were aunk by submarine daring; May, the government anounced to. day. Patrol vessels fought twelve engement with enemy aubmeraiblea, and hydroplanea fourteen. (By Vnlted Preaa Cablegram.) PETROtiR.lD, 'June 5 Restoration of Alaaee-Loralne to France la not "annexation" by France but "Juatioe," ar. cording to a reaolution adopted today by the esngreM of delegatra from the front. Sucli return, the resolution explains, la not contrary to the Russian peace platform of "no annexation and no indemnity." PARIS, June S. What the official statement today described an "a lively attack" carried French forces laat night over the trencbea they had loat to the German on Monday northeast of Froldmont farm. The gains were held despite desperate counter-attacks. A violent bombardment waa In pro. gress north of Bray on Laonnala, the report anld. Internment artillery Are waa moat active around the Casque d Moat Cornlllet In the Champagne. BV RALPH Tl'RER. TOKIO, June 5 -The t hlneee revolutionary movement today la tending towards restoration of a monarehy and enthronement of the old I bang dy. naaty. Latest reporta from Peklna; deny that President LI Yuan Huns; haa resigned under preasure from the militarists who have established a pro. visional government at Tientsin. Hen. Sxl.t hnna, head of the revolutionists provisional government. a known to have monarchlatlc leaning. MAY APPOINT COAL DISTRIBUTER (By Vnlted Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, June 5.i-Drastic action to rel.eve the coal shortage In Indiana was recommended to Governor Goodrich by the public service com mission today following the investl-1 gation throughout the state. The commission suggested that the government might appoint a coal distributer to have (powers similar to those of a food dlstator. or might call a special session of the legislature to enact laws to relieve the conditions. JACOB BAUGHMAN FOUND DEAD (Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT, IND., June 5 Jacob Baughman. age eighty-seven who went to Valparaiso a week ago live; was found dead in bed Saturday. I ne was a native oi i-aKe county, ana I had just returned from Florida, where ' he spent the winter. He accumulated 1 wealth in the California pold rush and has traveled across the continent twelve times. On son, Henry, of Lowell, survives.

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CARRY OLD GLORY JwJte?..v AMERICA'S BEST! Provost General's Estimate by States of the Number of Men Eligible for Today's Draft. WASHINGTON'. D. C June 5. The following is the estimate of the provost general's office, based on the best census information available, of the number of males between the ages of 21 and 30 inclusive who will register today under the selective draft law: Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Conn'tlcnt Delaware D.. Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Xioulsiana Maryland Mavssach's Michigan. Minnesota Mississ'pl Missouri Montana Nebraska 214,795 Nevada 16,560 36,578 34,814 21. H'snire 153.473 N Jersey. 306,563 363,583, S. Mexico 34,332 1 12,577 Sow Tork . 1,100,206 158,237,27. CaroU'a 194,0456 29,885 N. Dakota 3,693 Ohio , 106,675 , Oklahoma 274,893 Fennsy'nla 52,030 Rhode ITd 642,553 S. Carolina 260,01 lis. Dakota. 212,882 Tennessee 77,040 498,896 (B15.312 879,378 6O.790 137,861 67,790 196,479 425,329 45,483 36,826 211,333 212,624 229,897 142,853 160,183, Texas 204,993, Utah 171,883, Vermont 126,200 1 Virginia 377,285; Waabin'on 326,154 Wisconsin 246,051 W. Vlrgi'a 177,606 Wyoming 326,001' 27,320 73,454 Total 10,264,869 123,953 Special to The Times. DTER. IXD.. June 5. A large Haynes car met with'an accident near Hanover Center Sunday 'afternoon. It was ocj cupied by two ladies and two men. The I car turned over twice and righted itself again and. it stapms onlj.the occupants were At It was but on seriously hurt andtbrou fice of Dr. M. E. R first aid was given, after which he was taken to Wesley hospital at Chicago. INCREASE OF - COAL RATES TIMES BlltEAr T STATU C APITAL. INDIANAPOLIS, June 5. All Indiana railroads filed with the public service commission notice of increase of fifteen cents a ton on coal freight rate in Indiana effective July 1 in addition to increase of five cents granted by the commission April 1. BUILDINGPERMITS The following building permits have been granted by Building Inspector E. E; Cole: A t wo -story frame dwelling, 9 Elizabeth street, $3,500; Charles S. Rhoads. A frame bungatow, 478 Becker street, $2,S00: Robert Gehrlrg. A brick veneer cottage, 1097 Lincoln avenue, $l.S.O0; George Chisman. THE WEATHER Showers and posslhly thunder storms tonight and Weilnenday; not ranch change In temperature! fresh north, east winds.

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TWELVE ARRESTS IN CHICAGO (By United Preaa.) CHICAGO, June 6. Twelve arrests had been made in Chicago In connection with selective draft registration before noon today. Two were white men charged with interfering with registration, the others were negroes taken off a train and charged with fleeing from the south to evade conscription. One of the white men displayed a poster In his store urging young men not to register. TUSK WITH Registration Work at GarySwamps Officials-Trouble Found With Youths Who Cannot Speak English Conscription Slow. The biggest problem the two conscription boards' had in Gary today was the registration of foreign-bora young men, who speak little or no languages. Interpreters with knowledge of over 50 different tongues had to be pressed into service. ' Mills Co-operata. In order to prevent no congestion in the 62 precincts it was arranged that workmen from the mills be released in batches. Many of them were provided with auto transportation. Bow At Toll'sstcn. The police answered an early morning riot call to Tolleston. but when they arrived at th registration place .thee scrappers had disappeared. Three Patrols Busy. Chief Forbis had the entire day and night police force on duty and Gary's three motor patrol wagons were kept busy answering calls. In most of the precincts it was necessary to have a uniformed man on duty. Boards Susy. Both conscription boards were busy and over 200 voluntary workers were employed on special duties. Federal authorities had agents operr ating In eacji precinct. Registration is expected to be completed by 9 p. m. but any one in line at that time must be registered, it was stated. There was"one arrest in Gary. Frank McGirr. aged 28, "47 Virginia avenue, was taken into custody at Sixth avenue and Carolina street, following a disturbance. It was stated McGirr tried to get ahead of his turn in the line before the registration place and instead got into trouble. FARMERS PPIG ON JUNE 14TH pedal to The Times. LOWELL, IND.. June 5. The Farmers' Elevator will give a big picnic at Wason's grove, two miles west of North Hayden, Ind.. June the 14th. and everybody is invited to attend this picnic as we are making every preparation to nave a program to suit the occasion. Hon. Harry F. Atwood will be the main speaker of the day and anyone who has heard Mr. Atwood will not miss hearing him the above date. There will be a big basket dinner at 11:30 a. m. so no one will have to go home hungry. After the speaking there will be a big ball game which will be very interesting to those interested in the games this season. Let everybody bring their baskets well filled and cooperate with us In this dinner and enjoy a real country dinner on the lawn. The ladies' and gents' quartette are preparing some songs which will be worth any one's time attending this picnic to hear them. Tell all your friends about it and have them come. Join us. . , JUDGE PAM TO TALK AT GARYMEETING (BY KATIE KAHAJi.) The executive committeei of the Gary Jewish congress announced that on Friday evening Appellate Judge Hugo Pam of Chicago, will address the mass meeting to be held at 8 o'ciock at the Military hall.. Gary. An attendance is expected from Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago. AUGUST KOHRT DEAD August Korht, 66 years old. will be j buried Thursday at Oak Hill cemetery. His death occurred Sunday, j The funeral will be held from the i German church. Rev. Holt in charge. (He is survived by a widow.

Delivered-by TIMES carriers, 30o per month J on streets and at newsstands, Z par copy; back numbers 3c par copy. m. ARE C0J1TRY Registration Officials Are Pleased at Response to Solemn Duly III Day Long:. (BTJX.Z.ETZI7.) At three o'clock taa registration place at 507 Morton avenue, East Hammond, reported there were no more cards there and none could be secured. Fifty man were la line and thirty or forty had left without registering. The precinct had been given only 10O cards. Ton X.urie, the clerk reported. Long lines of young men, among them laborers and university graduates, Caucasian, Mongolian, Ethiopian and Malayan all American-; today waited at one hundred and forty-one precinct polling places in Lake county to register for service in the armies of the United States while volunteer clerks labored with hardly a pause. Exceeding all estimates, tn. registration at noon indicated Lake county would have over 15,000 names from which its allotments for selective military ser--ice are to be drawn. A BIO BEOIST&ATZOIf. Hammond and East Chicago wrr expected to register between 2.500 ar.-l 3.000 each. Gary 6,000. Whiting l."". and the remainder of the county '?.''' to 5.000. according to the estimates officials. The registration was marked by or-1-er In all parts of the county throughout "the forenoon with congestion in many precincts of Gary. Hammond an I East Chicago due largely to the difficulty non-speaking foreigners had in understanding and answering the questions. Interpreters -were in great demand. SHE Birr BASHES BUST. Sheriff Barnes of the Lake county draft board which has Jurisdiction over all parts of the county excluding Gary and East Chicago which have their own boards, hurried to Hammond nt noon with a thousand additional registration cards. Shortage was also reported in many Gary precincts. Gary began the registration with 6.500 cards and Hammond with 2.100. Only on? disturbance Mas reported, and that 'in Tolleston. When the police reachel the scene the disturbance had ended. The number thirteen was every where taken as certain indication -that the holder would be called. It is safe to say that In each of the 141 precincts of the county the young man having in his possession registration card number 13 considers the matter settled. In one precinct the recipient, of card number 13 said: "That settles it, boys, I'm not even going: to wait to be called, i n enlist." While some were very anxious to take advantage of exemption because they had dependants a great many made no claim to exemption and permitted question No. 12, which it is not obligatory. to remain unanswered. However, one man with three small children, took his wife and the children to the polling places to present them as exhibits nnd evidence of why he should be exempt. The average young man went to th" registration place in the best of humor and did not complain when compelled to stand in line for an hour. But occasionally an individual would display nervousness. One instance was reported of a young man who had the greatest difficulty in remembering his name when asked by the clerk and stammered over all the answers to the questions. By courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce those registering in Hammond received - coat lapel celluloid buttons and red, white and blue ribbons, which they displayed proudly. Five hundred out of town men registered in Gary and 200 in Hammond up to a late hour today. At St. Margaret's hospital in Hammond it was reported that sever! men within the agi limits declined to register ' when the clerk went to that institution to accomodate them. Being ill and not hav- , ing read the papers for , the past two weeks they did not understand the purpose of the registration and could not be convinced it was necessary for them to register in their Vesent physical condition. IN HAMMOND. In the seventh precinct of Hammond at noon over a hundred had registered At eleven o'clock 65 had registered in the ninth, 55 in the twenty-first and other precincta reported a similar number.

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