Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 154, Hammond, Lake County, 20 December 1917 — Page 1
MAKE IT A REP CROSS COLDER WEATHER CHRISTMAS vol. xi r, no. 151 "DeWeFed by TIMES carriers, 300 ti month; on streets and at mwnttafli, 'o per copy; back numbers 3c per copy. HAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1917.
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TO GHIGflG Bandits May Have Gone to Chicago by Way ot Indiana Harbor Alter Murder, . Chicago police are assisting in the hunt for the four bandits who killed Spencer Tiilman In Gary yesterday and got away with ,19,700 after slugging Mike B nzen. Chief Fortis of Gary is convinced the robbery is the work of Chicago cracks. Chief of Detectives Mooney. of Chiraso took charge of the case there toisy and sent out rifle squads in automobiles to. search for the bandits and til" car in which they escaped. That ths quartet of slayers- had sought refuge in Chicago was made virtually ceita'n last night when Errst Kearney, a chauffeur of Indiana Harbor, reported to the Gary police that he Jiad seen the bandits four miles east of Gary, where Fourth avenge crosses the Tennsjlvanla railroad tracks. STORY OF THE BINZEN ROBBERY s When the slugging of Michael Binzen, saloonkeeper, and the murder of his porter. Spencer Tillman, with the robbing of Binzcn of a valise containing JIJ'.TjO occurred estcrday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock the incident was one that Uary police end newspaper men nan j lrag predicted. -The murder and rob-i bery came as no surprise. I BANDITS ARE BOID. J The only surprising thir.g about the j affair was that it occurred at 6th ave- j nue and Massachusetts street, in the! heart of Gary s business district, ana within 600 feet of the Gary police station. Those who had been expecting that sooner or later the vast financial transact iors of the saloon on the site of the Gary Rand company of the steel corporation would attract the greed of bandits always calculated that the place would be held up on pay (lavs or that the robbery would occur whilo Binzen was taking currency between his saloon nt 4th avenue and Broadway, opposite the main gate of the Gary plant ofthe Illinois Steel company and the Gary Plate Rank, oth avenue and Broadway. Instead it occurred whilo Binzen was enroute home with approximately f,(io.the robbers overlooked the balance of the money secreted in the saloon man's coat where lie planned to keep ir over night in order to have it on hand when the saloon opened today at 5 oo a. m. This money was to be available to cash ray checks of steel workers leaving the .right shift and who wish to go to bed without waiting for l he banks to open. RinzenT it is stated, frequently had his porter carry as much as ?75.fi00 mid JinO.OO nhile he ated as guard. Often times there was aGary policeman or two. ! THE CUBTAIN GOES UP. ! Mr. Binzn shortly after two o'clock j left the Gary State bank with his negro j l.orter. Tillman, a trusted man w ho had j been in bis employe in Gary and Joliet I for IS years. As Binzen proceeded j clown Broadway, with his hand m ms j pocket and the negro with the grip in , one hand and hi? other in his pocket. lliose. who knew them realized that the: saloon man was transferring a big j shipment of currency. and that each i cia'-red lit his pocketed hind "shooting j irons. ; r.iii7.en and his emplove swung into! Cth avenue and walked east enroute to j the Rm7.cn home. 621 Connect Icut j Fiieet. At 6th avenue find tMassaehu- i Fe ts street, just one short block east of Broadway or 4 no feet from the Gary! hotel, the business .-enter of Gary, the! 1 air passed the Sidney hotel. ! THREE MEN STEP OTJT. j Bystanders saw three men step from the storm shelter or tre place. one By United Presr,.) WASHINGTON, i'o,. (C lirtails of the plan for crVation cf a government supply department to rut ted tape and speed up production f everything needed to make war effectively, were leiirned t'vlay. This plan is sponsored bv members of both houses who will support legislation creating the post, if it is not created by the administration on its own initiative. The plan contemplate? three chief departments, munitions, cbdhing. genera! equipment and food. In charge of r, h would be the best man obtainable. The chief of the department would have a place in the cabinet.
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Gary, Indiana Harbor and Whiting fare the throe Lake cities that have "gone over the top" in the spirited National Christmas lied Cross membership drive todate, according to latest infermntion from A. I'. Bcntlcy, state campaign manager. Hammond is nearing the crest, it was asserted. Reports to state headquarters today show that Indiana will by thousands over-reach its quota, as was estiirtcd by the summary at noon today. Vineennes is the banner city. This city has TOTS ME ENTITLED TO FLAGS t 'Tlease tell the school children of. Hammond, who a're members of the Junior Red Cross, that they are entitl- I ed to a little red cross on the family! service flag that is display in the w iu-j dews of Hammond homes." said Pr. K. j M. Shanklin, genei-al manager of thej Red Cross drive, to TIIK TIM. US today. Pr. Shanklin emphasized this feature because the impression has gone out that junior members are not entitled to th little red cross. The fact ia that their enrollment this week is not to be added into the quota that Hammond is to roll no. ! Bast night Hammond's total membership was 6.25S an increase of 429 mem-j bers since last Monday morning. The quota for the city is 7.600. Too many housekeepers are delin-) quent in displaying their Red Cross j service flags, it is pointed out. There j r-m-wpli m thefmsirress district while their display would aid tremendously in the drive. The demand for workers continues. particularly for workers in the business f district and the May wood district. The Red Cross again calls attention to the sale of Red Cross seals, the Jittle 'stickers'' for the holiday mail. ENGINEER . SHOULD BE By United Press.) WASHINGTON. Pee. 20. Ordnance officers "without application of the first principals of manufacturing" arc handicapped with machinery fifty years old at the Springfield government arsenal. j With this testimony Fred H. Colvin. ; editor of the American Machintst. told I the. seiate military investigating com-j mktee today that an expert production engineer should be placed in charge of American munition manufacture. He gave strong impetus to the movement for a United States minister of munitions. Colv n declared army heads' failure to decide on small details had kept workmen idle in rifle factories. In one shop j hc photographed workmen pia.ving checkers August ?. "It was some weeks after that before the ritle orders were received by the factor?." Colvin said. 'T was told conditions vvrc the same in other factories." ITALY'S FATE BY HENRY WOOD. (By United Press Cablegram.) AT1I THE FRENCH A KM IKS TV ITAET, Dec. 20. The fate of lh ian plans hangs on the weather. c enicIf Italy's line hold for a fortnight under the tremendous Teutonic pressure winters i--e mid snow will effectively iock the doors to the plains. Both sides realize the supreme necessity of a decision on both sides of the Brenta river. If Italy can make a successful defense as she is now doingand check the Aust ro-Gcrnia ns on their present line she will be ready for a spring counter-offensive. The terrific intensity of the battle now raging is aptly illustrated by testimony of Austrian prisoners. They declare they are driven to the attack by a barrage fire of their own artillery put behind attacking waves and constantly moving forward. The Austrians must advance or be wiped out by their own guns. If You Think THE TIMES Is Doing Its Bit Your Support Is Always Welcome. ,
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D I enrolled C.ono members, equalling 3?.; per cent of its population. Twenty-four i blocks in Vinornnos now display the I Red Cross flag while stars show each man, woman and child a member. Resides the Luke county cities South ; Rend. M ishavvaka. Mimcio and Ft. Wayne! are above. At noon today there were i more than ln.nnd new Red Cross members in the state of Indiana. "Logansport is expected to top its quota as is Huntington and Tippecanoe counties. Michigan City is also nearing the honor goal. i DISTRICT TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. IXDIAXARORIS, 1ND Pec. 10. More than 60,000 rcrsons in the Sixth Internal district of Indiana, which, including I.ake county, must pay income taxes for 1317, it is estimated by r. J. Kru er revenue collector. From January 2 to 31, field agon's of the collector w ill be in Lake county to aid laxpavers in figuring out what they owe the government. Kruvor estimates that tfieio are nearly 3.000 people in the county w ho w ill (lwvv to pay tax and the figure may reach a much higher perjoiutgi The taxes must he paid by single men on an income exceeding $1,000 nnd for married men the exemption is $2,000. What Income Includes. 'Income includes about every dollar you get." i-aid Mr. Kruyer. who also announced the dates when his field agents will appear through, nit the district to aid reople in making their returns. Those returns are for income for 1917. 'and must be made on forms provided i for that purpose before March I. 131S. i "liver?. body should start figuring up I his income arid expenses right now," declared the collector "so as to be ready I with the figures when the expert ar rives, l.xpenses, now ever, ion c mean family expenses money ued to pay t,ff the principal of a debt, new machiner?-. buildings, or anything like that. They
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mean what would you spend in making j - Yesterday they presented 1 1 to the your money interest, taxes paid, hired ' Justice of Reaoe. Frank Brest in Hanihelp, amount id for goods sold. seed. . lnnnd. and w ere married, stock bought for feeding, rent, except j j. )s not many children that can for your dwelling, and so on." ' truthf Jllv say they can remember the
LEGAL BOH WABNS T Cotrcript. men are can t ioned ' not to; put off jiomg to the court house for legal aid in an.-ivv eri ng the questionnaire,! in a communication to The Times from the legal adv isory board. If the men are piauningr to wait until Saturday incht they will be disappointed for the board cannot take care of an unusual number. Some of the draft, men have attempted f(1 (, pu( the ,,UpStionnaire w ith disastrous results Practically everybody needs advice. Registrants should determine before they apply for aid the amount of their income for the year and the munev the?' paid in taxes. Men desiring to j claim exemption became of a dependant ; wife should take said wife with them to the court house to make affidavit. J The questionnaires are being sent out COO a da.v and being fil!c, at the rate of I sixty per day. i TROTZKY MAKES A speech! (By United Press Cablegram.) j STOCKHOLM, Deo. 2. The Russian ' Bolsheviki has given the allies too much I I in which to join in the "general peace'' , I they proposed, according to a speech by ! I .eon Trotsky, foreign minister, which reached here toda?. "We clo not promise not to eoncliTde . la separate porcc " '.- -( ;,i ,!. "'Vc J a re not pb! i.-akc v.ar for ten years j i ;:i tlv ;n;ere;t of the French Bourse; find Enplish imperialism. History w ill j : couilone a separate peace." i ' Trotsky s speech was made to mem bers of the Fadieal parties at the peasant's congress Monday after the Bolsheviki minister had been howled down by the convention as a who'?. Members of the right (middle con s of the right (middle con - ) parties formed the major - e ,.,eiir Thes- r,-Mi , sorvatives H?' in the meeting. The?- refused to let Trotsky speak. STORY IS DENIED. INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 20 111 a let ter received here today by Adjutant J General Harry B. Smith from Colonel V,r: i, 'I1.1- ;:r"?;:f onel Tyndal! refutes the charges that the American soldiers abroad have nor enough ammuntion "The supply is unlimited." said Tynlall See Summers advertisement day special on page eleven. for holi--20-1
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ODEL FOR NOTE The faiiowrngr is the ecoca story about General Pershing-, written ; J for THE TIMES hy J. W. regder, Unit- ! : ed Press Staff Correspondent, with the ' ! American Expeditionary Army. In this ' j story F.egler &ves an Insight Into Gen. j eral Pershing's method of dealing' dlrectly -with EDITOS. the m.n in the ranks.-. By J. W. PEGLEE United Press Staff Correspondent.) WITH AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY ARMY IN FRANCE, Nov. 20. (By Mail.) A swirling ! cloud of dust broke into the land-1 i i ! scape where the road meets the ! horizon. It swept down the hillj iinto the valley at forty miles anj ! hour and drew up in front of Bat- J ! talion Headquarters. j Ail officer stepped out of the J ! leading automobile a splendidly ; proportioned man, of medium j height, bearing his square-cut shoulders at the West Point angle. On his epaulets he wore four silver stars; a gold shield shone on each side of his collar.7 Word flew through the camp that General Tershing was in town. After a minute's greeting from the battalion commander the General started out with him to inspect the camp. Staff officers trailel after, tiking long, fast strides'loKeep" race with Th (Continued on page two.) COUPLE LIVE IN WEDDED BLISS SIX . YEARS, THEN MARRY Th twentieth of January. 1311. Joe Veenstra and Trynlje Reldenrust of -Munster. ooia.nc.. ! signed by Ernest tnoriria e, cieriv. vi Rake count? . . Iday their parents were married. j i The Holland couple have three cliil- j I dren. Since the day they secured thej itie-nse they r.vd under the happy de-j jlnsion that, the?- were legally married ! i The rude awakening came yesterday j
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j when Veenstra appeared orore tii;ont tne clty to maintain order. Scores 'advisory hoard nt the court house and ! of 8nopB and .residences have been robInsked aid in answering the question- ; bed. The fighting has heen seized upon
naire. Attorney n, j.. niiri " " j assigned to assist Veenstra. The wifei was present to make affidavit that she; wps dependent on hit nusnann lor suipoi t. When the attorney asked the couple who married them Mrs. Veenstra replie dthat Ernest Slmrtridce had performed the ceremony and exhibited the license. Granger determined by questioning the couple that the?- had never been married and they willingly went with him to the office of Justice Brest where the knot was tied. The j crron :n is t wen t.v-e i sli t v'ears of age I and the bride is $ SANITARY STRICT METING Chica go. sttf-nil a Represents tiv es from East Hammond and Whiting will sanitary district meeting tonight at the I'hintrrs' hotel, Chicago. This meeting is called to review developments of the past year and to discuss common interests. From East Chicago the following will attend: Io McLormicU, mayor-elect: Abe Ottenheimer. attorney 4, id slated chairman of the incoming board of ' " '" "'" ; U, Chamber of Comme, ' p attorney and m.ina. w orks: Julius Friedman, president of e: E. w. "Wickerr of the Lake;
County Ice and Cold Storage Co.: and ' I nltrd Pre l ablrcram. F. 1.. Evans, secretary of the Chamber; M0. Iec. f. "The preirntr of of Commerce. (rtritib force In Persia for the purpose The Hammond delegates will be: Jesse j of ectirinc order I not io be ronnlrurd
Wilson, George Hannauer. L. L. I'.omberger. A. M. Turner and P. AV. Mev nu ' . . German reichstag SOON TO MEET (3y Uclted Press Cablegram.) BERLIN. Dec. .2. The Ueichstng iiinin committee is in disi-uss the Russian and ihe general peace situation tomorrow, it was announced today.
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Mrs. Marguerite, Vivian Burton Thomnson, 6n American beauty, who captivated British and Continental society, has Just married Count Christion von Bernstorff, son of the former, ambassor to the United States. Her romantic career began shortly aTterier birth at Stroudsburg, Ra. She was adopted by Kdward J. Thompson SJS3EB2S1W . ty united rnis caoiegram.) """""i a" im n5'a rising against the Bolshrikl has apparently reached even into Petrograd, stronghold cf the Trotzky-Xenine ROTernment. Under excuse of restoring order the Bolsherlki, throngh the executive council of workmen and soldiers' delegates, nave decreed the city "la a state of seige." According to belief here today the Bolshevlkl are carefully concealing what must he considerable disorder In the city-organized rebellion. All other Russian factions, according to the lat- j est information, have joined In opposing; Bolshevikl. ! Fighting between the Bolshevikl and the Ukrainians was halted today, dispatches from Odessa said today. Both sides agreed to patrols throughas a pretext for wholesale robberies. (By United Press Cablegram.) i STOCKHOLM, Dec. 20. Germany's ' independent socialists are agarn up In ! arms against the government. ConI firmation of yesterday's exclusive United Press dispatches that Germany's I real soclaUst were violently opposing a ! separate peace with Kussia came toi day in receipt cf the current issue of i the Lelpzlger Volkszeitung, chief order ' of the independent German socialist. It assails the separate peace movement as "the greatest danger yet menacing ' German and European democracy." (By United Press Cablegram.) j AMSTERDAM, Dec. 20. AustriaHungary approves a general peace j without annexation, territorial or 1 economic, hut can not maintain such ' war aims if her enemies continue the i war, Count Zernln, Aust i la-Hungarian foreign minister, declared in a speech ; before parliament. ricp-'ches from i Vienna said lie spone in repiy to question. Ho arpxoved the Russian peace mor2ii:cnt. (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON. Dec. 20. Chancellor Bonar law told the commons today he could ' ttot state how many generals had heen ! ..,ni,iitlT rettrerl in connection with j racont operations in France. Tile declaration was made In reply to a j question of recent reports of a shake- ; tip among the members of Haljj'a staff, : London newspapers have reported sweeping changes presumably due to , the British lauure to prevent gains oy the recent German offensive out of ! Cambral which practically lost to the . British all the ground gained oy syng's grea. arive. . n n violation of our pleiltse of I'ersla's Inilrprndrnrr or fvldenre of any dcire for annexation." declared Ttonnr l.aT in the house nt common today. Hy I nlted Pres. SIIIM;r, . Dec. 20.Penciling todny caMcd a lit death from natural cnuc. General of four It In. eluded agoncr l.enard snrceant. Held
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9V and wife of Burlington. X. J. She married James 1 1. Birch, Jr., of Burlington, after she had finished school. After her divorce tdio married Baron Walter von liadek. en attache ,.,f the German embassy in Kngland. Two years later she filed suit for divorce and the next information Burlington had of her was lier marriage to the son of Count von Bernstorff. 'AICK2SE33EI!r v I Vnltrf Tress C ablegram i.WAU, Her. SO .;erni:iily lost ion.000 prisoner, in the jenr Jut pass ed. Premier Lloyd c.rorge tohl the house of romnton to.lny. -She lot Valuable positions," hc ndtled. "She lot ban irci, t Tht. (;rrmnn-n ,!," . ur,f., of the enr a due to n ur prise vchich 1 unilrY in vctiK.-ilion." lie rB,ln.rd. referr.ng to ,he C ,!m.rn J, back, lie a.,rih.e.i ..i. . nind miliiary hope to ih i:,n.r. ItllK.sInn col 1 ited Press tablftram. ... .... ........ -uirrri mis nere ninde liy Hritlxh n.nnl nvlators on m i ne iirugrnis work nt j Bruges held hy the t.rrninns Tnrsdny ' night, an ndinirnlfy statement nn. I
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AMERICAN LINER DESTROYS SUB (By United Press.) AN ATLANTIC PORT, Dec. 20. The forward gun crew of an American liner reaching here today destroyed a submarine, the morning after leaving a British I'ort on its voyage, according to stories told bv' passengers. Major timers! Hugh ).. Scott, former chief of staff of the arm?-, who was a passenger, i' said to ha-, e the gunners during the ,, o.vl behind ;ion and plimei-.te.I then on their marksmanship. Tne submarine was about Ton distant, said the passenger. TVof nn aft gun fired two shots m-d seel, but the forward gun score. 1 with its first shot 1 1 I s -i hit INDIANA HAS WAR MILITIA TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS. I NIL. Dec. Governor Goodrich todav w ireit the nr J department that Indiana now has a com-i I plete brigade of Indiana militia ready j ' ' ' ' 1 ' c and tendered the brigade to V " " vl ,1. - . w . . . . ,. the United ; iciMich cuarcis. j 1 STEEL IS OFF AGAIN. j (By United Press.) NEW YORK. Dee. 20 A wave of depression that carried United States steel
to 73 and 'j. the lowest price it has ; ed by the city this vtar. He stated hit since 1316. swept other stocks along 1 that the rity may be compelled b- fedin a general decline just before noon i f,ral or state law or legal complication today on the stock exchange. Steel i to take proper care of the disposal of
preferred was a!fo at 103'i. within n ted. registering sales fraction of the two ?ear low established Dec. 13. The weakness followed the announcement from Washington of the secretary of the treasury tilling in regard to income tax returns. ENLISUS IN AVIATION CORPS .Ta k Sutton, son of formerly of this cit. v. the aviation corps. U. S Stanley Sutton. hs enlisted Ui . A., mid is now
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TO ILLII j Another Amazing Bank Robbery Bandits Overlook Suit Case Containing 530,000. (By TJnlt8d Press.) CHICAGO, Dec. 20. Burglars drilled through a 12-inch steel and concrete wall into the vault of the Summit State. Bank, at Summit, III., about 15 miles west of here, early today and stole more than $41,000 in cash and currency. The money was contained in two suit cases, one of which held about $33,000 and the other $8,000. The burglars overlooked another suitcase containing $30,000. The robbery took place between onetbirty and eight o'clock this morning. A policeman inspected the bank at onethirty and found noth unusual. Bank officials discovered the loss. Kntrance was made through the rear j wall, directly into the vault. The burgi lars left several hammers, chisels and "crowbars behind. H. Kilgor. president of the bank, la also vice-president of the State Bank at LaG range. 111., which was held up and robbed by bandits of more than $3n,oi0 last week. GHArViBER "t'seless refinements" of the past decade are to be the requisles of-success j for a metropolis of industry in tiio fui T , .I'ife ,WU ot thC t'ard of hlth for bpcr sanitary contuu me requirements of an in flux of skilled labor for housing. Dr. V. A. Bvans of Chicago, former health commissioner in that cit?-. talked today of the necessity ' of proper revvage and garbage disposal and consequent pure water and a lower death rate in Hammond and the Calumet district ff the region. is- to reach its manifest destiny. toppag of immigration by the war j l,. .itin.- r-iiiitu ou. j nucipai among J these are proper sewage and garbage disposn! and pure water things Ham mond lacks to a great extent. Dr. Evans spoke at the weekly luncheon of the members council at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. The train on which he came from Chicago was late and nearly a hundred men waited until after one o'clock to hear the noted health suthorit.v. "The group of people coming over at i the rate of a million a year for several years prior to 1111 have not cared very i .. I.O. ,1... 1 i.. .. , j-t 11 "'"" " 'v.-- mi imiicii i uey lireii were good. wlil became or the ""-'- .. '"mnucii , inv u j u'l Mj(''i , i.sii;ti ill! l'rl'u of a community to hive inadequate i sewage disposal or the 'useie.cS reflnej ments.' That policy can not be follovvj ed in the future if a community to i grow and secure the raw labor it. must have for the operation of its industries and crmTete with other communities. More of thought and attention must be given these things by the business interests of communities. I - The proper plan is to cooperate, the speaker commented regarding the mutual engineering and financial problems of the cities of the Calumet region anent sewage disposal and water supnlv. Evai?s recited that Hammonfs I ! death rate is 20.67 as against an aver age for industrial cities of the county of 1i, and its typhoid rate alarmingly high, although it has been reduced eight? per cent by the use -of the i chlorine treatment of the water installits sewage an that it is violating the ! standards of water purity laid d"wn by 1 1 the inter-state water commission. A city that sells water below rle standard I is litia nciall?-. responsible for damage i resulting to the consumers, he stated. A great future was predicted for the? j region by Dr. Evans with the advice that the communities prepare to take advantage of their opportunities. ( ley u nixea rrnsi vaDiegram.) j BERLIN (Via Londan). Dec. 20. j Since Dee. 11 Te utonic troops have tal;. I en S.420 prisoners, an official stateI meat today asserted.
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