Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 187, Hammond, Lake County, 31 January 1918 — Page 1
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HAMMOND, INDIANA,
THURSDAY, JAN-UAliY 31, 1918.
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(BULLETIN.) AMSTZEDA.M. Jaa. 31 Copies cf jorwaerta received here today contain, d a declaration of sympathy with strik.'era sig-aed by employes cf the paper. ; Another declaration by the editorial taff disapproved, it. ' A. semi-official statement received today from Berlin declared there was no news of strikes spreading beyond Berlin. Yesterday's Cologne Volks Zeitungtated a greneral strike has spread in Tnrth and Nnremhurtr to the munition's and transportation workers. The greneral strike failed in Muenlch.
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BOMBS DROP 01! PARIS
By United Press Cablegram.) BERLIN. Jan. 31. Fourteen
items of bombs were dropped on Paris last night in the first of the I systematic air attacks which will j be carried out in reprisal for enemy I raids on German territory, the official statement declared today. j One (irrmiin olr plane rrns brought '. down and Its crew made prisoner In 'the elr rnld oer I'nrtu last night 1" liich twenty persons were killed ami I flftj- Injured. It is olticinllj nnnotittc-
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How Indiana Harbor I Is Hit By Winter
U, S, Fighting Forces Sutter Yesterday When Huns Raid Trenches.
By J. W. FtOLEK (United Frees Staff COrrespondeat.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMYi
ed this afternoon. Hi'p Frpndi iii;il.:ne was f.ri'.il to
land in the city bernuee of eni"e IN FRANCE, Jan. 30 (delayed ). , rouble. Its pilot and dinner were i Injured. America s lighting forces suffered j
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(BULLETIN.) (By United Press Cablegram.) ZUBICH, Jan. 31. Berlin's strikers re becoming more threatening, according to a copy of Vorwaerts. The paper prints the text of an ultimatum to the government by the strikers. This document demands acceleration of peace negotiations with ro annexations or indemnities, better xood distribution, restoration of right cf public meetings, aboUtion of militarisation of war factories, release of all poUtical prisoners, democratization of all state institutions
and equal suffrage by direct secret bal-.
lot. WASBXNOTON, Jan. 31. The most Important events of the war are belieTed lmpsnding today behind the censor's enrtain In the Central Empires. Withholding official comment on reports of strikes in Germany and Austria, of uprisings against the government of Austria-Hurgary, revolts cf Csechs and socialists Ijv the Austrian army, and ties'-ruction of vast amounts of war suppUes in both countries, the state department is utaliiinar every news source to learn ths truth. That so much sews is allowed to creep ever the borders is regarded at once with satisfaction and suspicion here. HeretoJore such news has baen carefully guarded and little now Is soming from Austria where the greatest upheaval is believed goin? on. Meanwhile, America is keeping the people of Austria informed of events in the rest cf the world, using airplanes and other means. Unrest In Germany is tielcg communicated to workmen in Austria and Germans in the west front trenches are being told of conditions in Austr-a.
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?r. f.-rmer -ook at ti.e niacketono ua. ! Do you thmK Inuiana Harbor isn t having some winter? Weil, l-.icago. Acmpunyi!,; a coionci on n j here is ocular proof of it. This picture was taken on Michigan aveiiisprction tour ho wns liit by a shell ar I , . , . . , ... , . , A r - . e hit T u no stoa at the entrance to th- coionei's I nue facing old Lake Michigan, in front of the residence of Mr. John -lug cut. The coivnci ha'i just cntcre-: I r. Farovici, the. banker.' Mr. Farovid himself, stands on the ice floe Unc3rrui,nKi,,R,,la,. one of tho wound-! looking for something?' "Yes, "you guess It ""ngHFtHe" fiTsTtTmehe's
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! J - -. . . . i .n ill Hl'J I ll'.Jl at c!o?o rang" by an Anurican soldier .who mistook liim for .1 Orimn. IIA : was cr.'iwlmg over X., Man's land after
j a niKht r"'-(Miiiaianr' ( l" a mint at 7:13 thl. ; jiivijiiinR the er.-my put up a barrage! I tire over the .-iiient and listening post ) j mnnnea by Anieri. an riehtins men. The i J Americajis baUled heroically against' I iuperfr od.is and th'rc was evidence of : I Woody f!?:ting. The Herman's bigh e-j j ployn-cs d-.-tr.ycd tin conumn, iea t , .i: !
; wires. The. 1-ti li of communicat ic n coin-! have decided tojpMid the Ano near, to light without1 . but to burn no: ''id of a ."iitir bairnge. J
Tit" iiio?t seri'!ily injured of ths four! aniicKs puffovd e pc-li in his awumcit! from a p. ?" of !hei. I The enemy barrmfe becan sudden; v i
but contrary to the uishes of the,nftrr a n,;.,i ry.i a,.. , .
I Tin t. The lirriiian casualties are no-1
know 11. The. inis took away their: dead and wounded. TIt- Oeriiiaus to ik on" prisoner for. idcntiiir.nion purr-osr? and scurried back' to tiieir jw n liner.. , fc'evcrsl days ago a large shell exploded in the renter of a net of .Sammies, j Three were killed and two wounded. 1
jSeilo oilmen's Associ a t i o n j Gets Telegram From U .S. ! Fuel Administration That j U. S. Has No Authority to I Close Any Place of Business Not Using Fuel.
j Gary saloonkeepers ! keep open next Monday
j fuel in the buildings tUey arc Kvatcd. i They are acting in accordance vuh ad-
looking for a robin red-breast.
MILK II CHICAGO TO SELL AT ELEVEN CENTS A QUART
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Prices Here, Where Milk Comes From, Still High.
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(WOULD ADOPT LITTLE BOY Frank Ai.raa.ri and Kuia, his wife, lia ve apphed for adoption papers for 'Afford I... Mltche!!, born Dee. 1913. 3n papers filed by Attorney Abe Ottenh'lmeor cf Epst Chicago, it is stated 1 k'j AHmarm live in llegevviseh, that rharfs Mitrhel', father of ;ho child Is a leeiden. o Hammond, his wife, a resident of Eat Chicago.
E. L. Shortridge's Father Killed By a Bad Fall
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1 countv adminislrati: n. I j They proceed with this ;
: telegram, date January J However, section i of I.o-. lian'tldr, ! regulations of January ?S sny tliat the! spirit of the law is that ther should be1 'no opening cf drinking r laces on Mori-: I da s. I As to Sunday closing there is e di3I position among sonic that the county ad- I I mnistration Is attempt ins to enforce' ; state statutes and point out that m , 1 ',lary and elsewhere the burden of en-1 . forcing the state laws should rest on ' Mayor Hodges and those majors v. ho ' fuiled to enforce then:. ' Saloon Statement, v j President I-'riedmann of the SaloonI keepers' association have sert the fol-, i lowing statement to Till; TlMEs!: ; "The Saloonkeepers' Association of : Gary at its regular meeting yesterday; 1 decided by unanimous vote to open every : ; Monday but to burn sbsolutely no fuel of light of any description, owing to the fact that the saloons in the neaiby ! vicinity have been permitted to remain; open Monday's without the ue of light 1
or fuel we see no reason why the saloons of i;ary are , not entitled to lh same privilege. V c quote here .1 telegram , from the government at "Washington, l. j 1 '.. of January CO. 101.' j " 'Jacob V.. Friedmati, ! " ' lary. Ind. j "'Fuel administration has no aulhoriI ty to close business establishments ! which do Jiot burn fuel. ' " " (Signed ) 'FL'!;r, A DM I X I ST n AT'JTl NV.VES?. ! "The next regular meeting of the s.i- ! loonkeepcrs" Association will In Id t
j South Turner hall, up stairs, n i day night at S o'clock."
WHITING'S RESIDENCE
DISTRICT IMPERILED "-
of J2.TS per 100 pounds to the producer.
j Fanners arc now getting $3.22 and last! i fall received as high as $3.42. I
! The Una! re Tort has not been draw n j
: up. Announcement will be made off! J daily within the next few- days.
I The new- price is to take effect as soon ; as possible. ight hundred thousand j . riuarts are used here dally and the tav-! ins to the city's consumers would total j ?S.(i0 .a day. t Price Is Binding On Both Side. t As the commission sat under federal j authority and by agreement of the farm- j lers, the distributors and consumers who;' j were represented, the price is binding, j , Xo opposition to the new scale is anti- j 1 eipated. j f After- the Cirnre vat t-eneberl tnhn T i
The niiik comin'.sstt n is .".giced. it has ' Fitzpatrick of Borden's made the state-; hern learned, that 11 crn:s 1- a fair price j men t that they could afford to sell miik I
t for n iuart of milk 111 Chicago. The ' at 11 cents
LOCAL MILK PRICES. . Ter Qnart. Gary - Hammond Crown Point East Chicago Ind' una, Harbor
XUlk from this district makes up a large part of Chicago's supply.
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ice is now i: een:.
.ft-r deliberating for a week, the 1 the consumer
nimissinti yestorday struck an average weeks.
The verdict is a complete victory fori
The hearing lasted seven ;
Oliver Street Thoroughfare DeLuxe Scene of Blaze Which Burns House.
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(Special to The Times.) WHITINY;. l.D Jan. 21. weatherman certainlv was kind
: he ordered Tuesdn v nieht with ve.rv lit
tle ,vind blowing, for ld it not been I fiit.v'e F.YPHUtive Toils Like I
Latest Bulletins
Trojan to Keep City
In Coal. According 10 Major Dan Brown of : Hammond, this morning, the coal si'.ua-
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Mr. and Mrs. I. Shortrldge. T. Shortridge of Ha.J.inond. fr 25 i irs an inspector in the government ice." father or" ;'ornir county clerk. '-: 1.. tfht'rtridsre and Mrs. II. C. Tierce r Ham-nond. i J.--id as he result of in acident whicH befel him last Sa1 1 .', in t'liicago. He v. as' T2 y-:-.ir ; f age and -.n of a fsmcas ' .1 v. ar h.l'ils'er-
HOSPITAL
1 for this Oliver Street, the most beaut
I fill thoroughfare in the city might have 1 today been a sorry spectacle. , About ten o'clock a fire broke out in t the late John F. ;rady home. 413 Oliver ' istreet. Mrs. Grady and son. Howard., ! have recently moved to Michican and
the- homo was sold to Mrs. ;. If. Fifield 1 of Oliver street and was vacant, nnderfMing considi-ra hie remodeling preparai torv t her daughter and husband. In.
and Mrs. ' '. '.. MfieJ;e ' moving into it Ui, there will be plenty of coal for a'A. The ilrc- was evidently caused by ; Ti-affo congestion has loosened tip cnros.'ed electric -virw for during the "day : siderabie and delnyed coal shipments arc s" eial partitions bad been taken out being received dail. -.To! the wires Interfered with. The tire s.nce Majir I? row n took charge of the department responded and seeinjr that ' co:i situation a week ago, lie has issued , the blae b.r.u gi.11.od iivi.. ... nmcJ liiu.a total of 0,000 orders to consumers. The lU'iKi ibiia.i lii v department to assist, j nia or lias been on exceptionally busy ' 1 c hoi,.c which is valued at about I man bovine done all the work himself.
tion is w 11 in hand, er condition'-, do not up tlu-rc will he plcn
(By United Press Cablegram.) GENEVA, Jan. 31. Casualties in ser. Ions conflicts between strikers and
j troops In Berlin reported In Basle dls- : patches -were printed la La Suisse to.
' day. At some places the story assert- : I ed, troops refused to fire on strikers. ! I Dispatches from Vienna asserted sol- ! i dlers started the rscent strike move- ; j ment and that many of ths officers led. !
lYoviding- weuth-They tcre.cff the?r insignia, it was de-1
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t clared, r.nd joined their men. A dispatch
j to tl-.o Democrat declared a revolution,
not a strike, Is reigning- in Austria.
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Prague messag-es reported local anthornies unable to suppress strikers, 1 and troops were arriving- to aid. :
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man who was heat up and robbed bv five n";roc n .Iania vy 7. died at St. Margaret's hospital. Hammond, yesterday morn In jr at . o'clock. One of tli n-sif - 5 i- m custody and was id-jntifn-.l by Hags befoi- his death, as the rnan who ftiuek t'ne fatal blow, hitting: his victim over the head with some weapon that he had wrapped in a nwspapcr. Other men who rr sought in connection with the murder nre John P.nothers. Keno Bishop.. Theodore tJordon and Charles Wilson. At the lime lie was attacked Hug,; claimed that he lost ?SC. He was a man about 10 3. oars old. There are k lalives in South (Chicago.
(By Waited Tress Cablegram.) j COPENHAGEN, Jan. 31. Copies of; Oermanla received here today declare !
, rO.oO'f has been practically gutted by . His office houts have been from early tne u-erman nnn is sxiii growing ana, the fire, but is rartlv covered 1 insur-! t i, mn,ninf until late .at nitrht 1 that Under Minister of the Interior;
I a rice. The contractor. W. C. Mathews.1 The number of requests' for coal are j also lost about ?"00 in tools. ; diminishing daily. I On one side of the Fifield bouse resides ,
j the Fred J. Smith family and on the ! other :3ide the Frank X. Gnvit family.
The bla.-.e tended in the direction of; the Gavit homo and in an effort to save 1 their furniture and other valuable most-; ly cverv thing w as carried out. The fire- , men fortunately, however, succeeded in getting the fire out before this residence ;
U. S. HOLDS ALSATIANS NOT ALIEN ENEMIES
NEW YORK. Jan. 31.-
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living in
Wallrolf continues his refusal to nego-., tlate with the workers. The Hamburg. ; er Echo, socialist newspaper, says the j commanding general of the Hamburg ' section has declared a "state of selge at Hamburg, Altona and Wandsbeck." j
Make It The Last War.
:ilso became ignited, but considerable ' natives of Alsace-Lorraine dnniatce was done at the Fred J. Smith ; this country w ill not be
home by wattr. as tho water turned on 1 as al
the. fire went down the chimnev at
Smith's home, soaking down the ceiling inces." provided they obtain identiflaiid da mag ing carpets amd other furnish- 1 fa tion ca'ds fi-c" the Association Oen-
erale ties . 1 sa ons-i.orrai ne l..nifri.jTie and have them countersigned by French consuls. This auangement was announced here here t-niight. after con
ing.
The Red Cross the symbol cf a cause wide as the worid and hih as Heaven.
(By United Press Cablegram.) HAVBA, FRANCE, Jan. 31 The sec- j ret Oerman jlocuments with plans for ; dismemberment of Belgium approved by j the kaiser, now in possession of the Bel- j
registere J j glan government, was intended for circu- 1
n enemies, but w ill be recognized j lation among German military and civil-
French citizens ot the "Lost Pr-v-;ian population ci rue conquered terri
tory, it was officially announced today. The document gives ristorical reasons j for the action and warned Germans to : keep silence tn the government's aims.
It outlined a plan ror reconquering Flanders for pan-German'sm "to assure
Ambassador Jcssur-lthe safety of the empires western
ten 'fiank."
Standard Steel Car Company Chagrined to Note That Hammond Can't See Scope of Operations: Standard Building 5300,000 Hotel, City Has Already Lost Two Hundred Office Men, BE6GED GIVICLEADEBS TOUlfAKE UP Hammond is sluggish and supine and lethargic. She is fast asleep snoosing in the 'lap of Morpheus. Hammond is the civic groundhog! There's somebody knocking at the door and absolutely and pos-i-tively nobody home! Opportunity has rapped until its knuckles are sore! It is about time for somebody to give Hammond a swift kick.
WHY THIS AMAZING INDIFFERENCE? The studied indifference of the city to the prosperity that a $60,000,000 war contract and 5,000 newcomers offer is beyond understanding. Aside Jxorji helping wialh.c.,war. by. providing housing ard. transportation for munition makers the issue at stake is ten years growth in one, greatly increased real estate values, better rentals, doubled business and increased bank deposits. And yet, all this is slipping away from the city because the people apparently are not willing to make an effort to meet the demands. CITY LOST WAGES OF 200 MEN. Evidence of this is the fact that the Standard Steel Car Company," which has the $60,000,000 United States war contract, has opened a.office in Chicago where 200 draftsmen all earning rjocd salaries are at work preparing the plans and specifications of the gun carriages and other fighting equipment to be made at the Hammond plant. This office was opened in Chicago because there is no place in Hammond for the men to live. The company would bring the men to Hammond if they could be housed. There is hardly a vacant room in the city and no vacant houses. AND CITY MAY LOSE IT ALL. Supposing the government would insist that the Standard Company take the work to another of its plants because workers could not be housed in Hammond or transported to and from the planf? Every resident of the city would then suffer because of his own lack of enterprise. There would be plenty of vacant houses and empty rooms then and with the saloon going out April 1 vacant store-rooms would be plentiful downtown and rentals lower instead of higher. WELL, NOW HERE ARE THE FACTS.
Perhaps there are skeptics who do not believe there is any such contract or that more than 5,000 new workmen are to be employed at the Standard. There were those who scoffed at Gary in the early days and called it a real estate faker's dream. For the benefit of the doubting Thomases these facts are presented: The Standard Steel Car Company is spending over a million dollars prepuring its plant for the v.ar contract. The foundation ot an addition. COO by 2S'i feet, to the passenger car shop, lias been completed and the structural steel work is ready to be raised. Ti e extension w ill make the t-hop 1.1 2" feet ;n b-ngth imd the building is to be the main ordnance- department. A new- office building with I.T-O1"' squire feet of floor space js bemg erected. Plans are in preparation for other extensions to the plant. HERE'S A HOTEL THAT IS TO BE MARVEL.
urounu nas i.e. n broken lor a hotel on Columbia avenue to cost S?.0f'.0(". with nearly ."mi rooms. The hoi-1 will be -400 feet in length and two wings, IT.:, feet in length, v ill extend l ack. The company Is sparing no expense to make
the hotel thoroughly attractive. There will be all modern arrangements of tip to date commercial hotels end it will be open to the public although to accommodate employes of the plan!. The bathrooms are to be tiled and the rooms and corridors richly carpeted. Tinhotel is being built on Columbia avenue because there is no adequate transportation to the downtown district. The company will construct, as soon as the weather permits, a concrete or brick pavemcnt from Columbia avenue to the plant. The pavement is to be flanked by wide cement sidewalks. A dormitory for officials of the plant h3s been constructed within the plan! MAMMOTH GARAGE ALSO TO BE CONSTRUCTED. A mammoth garage to accommodate automobiles of employes will be built in the plant. A special power house inside the riant Is a part of the plans. Showers and washrooms arc to be prorliird all workmen. A drive, on the street car company for separate and .frequent service from Stnte and Ilohman streets to Fast Hammond is one of the proposals to be discussed Friday evening at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce at a city-wid'-l-.ousing mass mot ting. This would do away with through service from Fast Hammond to Indiana Harbor and make necessary a transfer at the Four Corners but it is believed the benefits would be greater than the disadvantages to the through passenscrs while the. service to and from the Standard would be greatly improved. Another propos.il is that th street car company Vm prevailed upon, wl'b the permission of the Standard company, to extend its line to the gates of th plant. SUBURBAN SERVICE MAY BE FORTHCOMING. Kfforts are being made to secure suburban service on the Lake Shore liorr. the east fate of the Standard to dowr.town Hammond over the' Kickel Fla'o
ferences held by und with Washin:
tracks. While the Standard Compa-i one great need is for a encert
returns on nn investment would be great bated tomorrow night. -wake up vou rtf;'"M:?:
Are we going to let a little
is planning to erect houses near its plant, the i house building campaign in Hammond. The
Thia question is to be thorougldv tie-
gone pet haps by next week, put this city on the blink'
Id weather nr5 n few feet of snow that wll b