Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 213, Hammond, Lake County, 6 March 1918 — Page 1

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HAMMOND, INDIANA,

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1918.

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HUBBARD GDMPMY

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Work Started Today on Hew Industry Adding 500 More Hen to Payroll,

INDUSTRIES FLOCK TO THE TWIN CITY New Industries at Ea.t ChicsgoXaOiaa Harbor. Sinclair Oil refineries cost $13,000,OOO open unit number one tile month, employ 500 men. . Oaa works of Standard Forging company opens this month employ, lag 1,500 more men. Foundry plant of Hubbard Steel Foundry company -Work started on new works today, to employe 500 "iff'ark steel plant, Mast furnaces and coke ovens Now under construction and partially operating:. Calumet, Indiana and General American car works Additions made to these plants and 1,003 additional men put to work.

Those Interested in a north an! south improved roadway through East Chi-

! cago iil he interested to know that

a rrargoments have been made whereby Forsyth avenue, from the dividing Una between Kast Chicago an 1 "Whiting, north to Indianapolis. boulc ard, will be ps.'ved this summer with concrete similar to the Forsyth avenue paxement through Kast Chicago. In fact, the contract for this improvement has already been let and work will begin as soon as possible. This improvement and that of Gary aenue and Fifth avenue will Rive an excellent road from the north direct to Gary and to all other points in the southern part of the county. This matter was reported M the, Hast Chicago chamber of commerce at their

; noonday luncheon. Another toad that j v ill have early ' attention from the j chamber of commerce committee is j Guthrie street, and the, north end of i Kline avenu, so that Indiana Harbor j may have easy access to Gar;.-.

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Councilman Highland Gets After Both the Young and ; the Old Girls; City to Provide a Welfare Station for the Wayward.

Fa Chicaeo received another import .t addition to. its industrial importatice when the Hubbard Steel l'oun-dr-coT-panv today started the construction of a new plant, which will cost a l-a" million dollars and which will m-plo-e 5 nr. operatives, ur its completion ninety days hence, the date specified in the contract.

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mUl''roll riant the Hubbard company

will double its force. The r.ew riant vll '-e a steel foundry and several hundred men will be employed in its cun-

CONTRACTS LET. j Th Hubbard company has let the: con-ract for the new plant, which will be a steel, brick and concrete structure; feet x 600 feet. i " Th "Northwestern Erids company; Vas the steel and structural erection e"r.ct while Contractor Roy Clarke ot East Chicago has the masonry and con-, crete contract. j A larE, volume of r.ew business-rot' .v,r orders-caused th, directors to Vrder the ertion of the new p.ant. . Vubbard companv has a fin in-j location at 143rd street and Han- j ' bavins: 1.000 frontage on road avenue. ra.no - rri,t.' ,he Indiana Harbor Ship T; . 1-1,'nt is served by the Indiana Harbor; T,,;t railway.

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i;r cr the sted concern, v.h.ch .s , 'carnalized at $1,000,000. j two Them 1 HERTS' Showing You Are As Safe in the Trenches As in a Rocker at Home. Two fieak accidents, as d:s'.m-;ar as dav and n;KM. o-iur-d w'thin a few minutes of each other in Hammond this morning. In cne. an Kast Hammond nan. hy ri,;f;v cross. r.g his le9 while sitting !n a chair, brohe the th'gh hone of hi? left 1 i? - In the ther n iron worker fell a V;.tiTve or 6.S feet to the frozen ft round I.ehjw and escaped viti.cut a broken bone. Jams. JIartwig. an iron worker cmployed bv the V.'is.consin Bridge and Iron Works of Milwaukee, had n miraculous escare from death shortly after 5 o'clock this morning, when he fell a d stance of 63 feet. He was employed on th new Chapin 6 Co. building: on 130th street. While working 65 feet in the air Hartwigr flipped and pitched headlong to the gro-ind below. Workmen rushed to his sid, expect. jnK to find him dead. He was breaih'rgr and was rushed to S?t. Margarei's hospitol in Hums' ambulance. At the ehosp.tal it was learned that n. bones were b: oken. He is suffer In K. however from severe bi'uses and posriblr internal injuries. It is said that he will live. At Kast Hammond, while John Kronkovich. "0 years old, was sitting; in a cha!r in his home m Moss avenue, he rrossed his lees and received a clean break of the left femur (thigh bone). He is also at Ft. Margaret's hospital find gettir.s a Ions nicely. Dr. IT. Oroman has charge of both patients nd states tlit the cases have no parallel in his memory.

AT DASTARDLY ATTACK

(Special to The Times.) WHITING. I.VD., March 6. Vhiting has been shocked beyond measure by the report of a dastardly attack en en old woman for which J.'hn Evans of ctiglits Park has been sent to the Crown I'oint jail under .Ji.OOu bail to the Lawe superior court. E'. ar.s is charged with a terrible crime against his mother-in-law who is "Z year of age. The complaint was secured by his nife. end her mother appeared in court against him. lie was arraigned before Judge Key Green, Monday evening, the day of the alleged attack, and bound ever to the superior court. Evans has not been employed for some time and was making his home with his wife's mother.

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has his say. Last r.io'.it at the council session Mr. Highlands proposed that more lights are needed in Columbia Tark. "The North Side is one of the most respected neighborhoods in the city" he aid. "Boys and girls, both yourg and old have been making Columbia park a 'Lowers' TryKt. and it's some to step if I have my say." "The re are not enough lights in th park and I make a motion that more he, installed m the immediate future." Tii" matter was referred to the liftht oniiri ; er Then veteran Councilman Patrick ReiiJey Vibbcd tip. "Imi arc evidently not a. young as yu us'-.J to be. Mr. Highlands." This remark caust d a l:uri api iauro from the "pcinut" gallery.

LOWELL LOSES HER OLDEST CITIZEN

perlal to The' Time) POWELL. Ind . March 6 John Ault, who is pei haps the oldest citizen in southern Pake county died at the home of his son. Fred Ault yesterday morning from the effects of a stroke of pa ralys: . Mr. Ault was Ss years of ae and :nos of his life has been spent in Lake county, and djring his long residence here has seen Iake county grow from a wilderness to one of the. i je),. e't ro'intiea in the state. At an early age he t as united in mar. -'age to the daughter of Jonah Thorn, another one of the pioneers of this seetion. M. Ault did much toward buiidlrtg v:p of Lou-ell. He leaves s.-en children; four sons, .lay. of Cla: pool. Ind , and Edward. John and Fred of Powell: three daugh-

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Powell. A number of grandchildren and othr relatives also survive him.

No arrangen ents had ben made fT he funeral services last evening.

DRAWS FAKE SI,

CHECK M LOCAL

A"cii?e3 r seejrinar a rn;Tiriii.5;Ti by offering a fak check to the concern for which lie was working, Charles Croaker. 32 ?ears old I40S N-rth Clark Street Chicago was arrejted yesterday on complaint of officials of the Bine Front Motor corporation. Conwajbuilding. 'roaUer was a stock salesman with the I'lanetary Holier Company. 2f ?. Paalie stieft some time ago. There he is said to. have brought in a certified check on the Pake County hank at Hammond for Jl'OO and is alleged to have f -4 ger ihe name of Adolph Mullen as well as the certification. The company allowed him a commission of $20 and then he disappeared. The i heck was turned down by the Pake County FaMngs & Trust Compahy. The officers of the bank do not know Croaker.

GERMANS HAVE THE NUMBERS

iHy tnited Pre Cablegram j T.i"iNf)i"iN. March ,6 The Germans now have a. stiperiority on the west- ! ei n front of sixteen divisions. Genera! Ma n ice. director of military affairs j dec!ard tr. an interview with the jP'nited Tress today. The enemy how-

level- still numerically inferior, al

though this inferiority " is decreasing steadily. Maurice s statement indicated his belief that the allies' divisions contain

niore men than the German. At the start of the war all divisions approximated Cf.000 men. I

A verba! clash between two factions of women marked the closing session cf the regular meeting" of the Hammond city coun.-il laM night. One faction composed of a number of conscientious teachers from the Wallace school asked the council th-Mr aid in securing a ma-j tron for a Wtlfare Station in East j Hammond while, the other faction composed f f more elderly Hammond women were opposed to it. j Mi. s Nixon a teacher at the Wallace , school, and Mrs. Jarvls talked on the nerd of a Welfare Station in East Hammond. "Th Standard Sue I C; r t ympany has offered ur- convenient quer'.ers for a day nurse rj ," said Miss Nivon. "and all v.e ak of the city is a rniatl appropria ' ion of money to pay for the hire of a u.'ina'i to take care of the littl' tots." All the rquippe,,. that has been used a' the day r.urrery ft the Wallae.-, school v. til be dcinte l the new fif,u-e Statu,!!. Miss Nii'-n. Mis. ,Iar ,.s and o!r speakers tohl of t!;. f.ne -.ork that ha' already l.een done .m ong the r.f.pie and children in East Hammond. The day nursery at the Walla -e ?eln...il lis" been uiaiiitained sohly by t he teachers themselves and ;hi is the firt aid 'hey hae asked. The movement !." a splendid one and the , e-nicil moved that mi ordinance be dia-.vii up by the city attorney sr.propna tii'.g $ir0. The oppos.ng clan of elderly women took the stand 1h.v a A'elfai-' Station wat more :n ne.;d right in Hammond than it is in Past Hammond. Their arguments were rather slim, however, and as a judge, the writer as well as others who attended the council agree that lliey lost the debate. It wns also proposed by Councilman Skofkis of past Hammond, that a committee be appointed to investigate the sanitary conditions at tho Standard. "Conditions are the worst they have hern in vears. Tun would not believe me it" I told ou myself and I want ihe council to investigate, themselves." Maor Krown appointed a. committee, lompoj-ed of 'ouncilmen Miller. Pkofhis and Martin and Dir. Miller and B i-hnn-an. The nia;.or stated that he w.;ld also 'nake the m est i p at in g trip. The committee on finance suggested that there are four employes of the treasurer's office who are nor hor,d"d, and a motion was made thai tho city tend them for L'Cion each and bear the l xpense. Alderman Highlands recommended that members o' the council show more politeness and oliere the rule?; during council es. i'"'!. "No w.'i-der ,'Our Friend. The Tiines.' made pglit of our recent meeting and .al'ed it a laughing stock." he said. An ordinance p ppt opria t m g $P'iO0 from the general fund for the purpose, of paying additional expenses at the city hall went to its final passage. An ordinance appropriating J2nu0 to be expended in cleaning out the sewers and the passage of an ordinance appropriating for paying street and alley intersection certificates also went to theor final passage.

Alderman Ptciiley moved that some action be taken to repair the street signs in various sections of the. city. "There are a lot of them down and should be repaired at once. His motion was referred to the street commissioner. Action was also taken t5 notify a number of property owners to repair their sidewalks which Rre considered in a dangerous condition.

Above In front trenches at Lorraine. Below Another part of trench where American is ready to signal German attack. These photos show our toys at the actual fighting front in the Lorraine sector. Here tbe Sammies have effectually held off the Germans in several recent attacks. In the top picture the folis at home may see that their boys over there are fully equipped and hard at it. The Sammy in the lower picture is ready to fire a signal rocket to warn his comrades of the advance of the Germans. . .

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0. S. GETS reliable jpges U. S. Objects to Japanese Intervention in Siberia, Ho Jealousy or Distrust Is Noted.

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SHARP TESTIMONY IN LUGAS DIVORCE

Stormy episodes in the married career of Attorney Piss A. Pucas and his wife, Flai'.cbe A. Pucas. whom ho is suing f.-r dsV'U'e, were brought out on th'i w i ners r-ar.d in Judge Ureenwaldr "i-'(ii"i- cuit at Clary tody. Mm. I.'jca- denifd many questions put to h- r by Car't:,.; Prctsch of Cuun-

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tain letter's .e wrote were merely tmnsni.irv. Mr. Pucas also adtnttted hainc threatened to kill h--r husband and v.-il 1 he ha.; made threats against her and had ,-':- curr-d her. v,n,- rt.iitg ih" all' g:d Isitn to her !,;ne i.f n t'-'tmcr ;ary government ofl. i-J Mir. Pucas said h-- iiid n-l stay lute, ;? 1 ;i j. in. ill," HTO.ind 10 or 31 ''clock, her I.e.! lime. Mrr. Pucas said that the v ist'or was a gentleman and did not curse her like her husband. The v.i-i,e"i gave rapid-fire answers to Mr. I'.tetsch and had a tongue as swift as l-.ls, p.-.rr.i ir.g with him. Attor-n-y William Matthew represented Mrs. Picas. It was epe . 1 that the case v. ou!d be ended today. The Pucas' hae one child, a boy of i eight.

(By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON. March 6. The armed cruiser, Calgarian. was torpedoed and sunk Friday. Two officers an'j fifty-rjU men were lost. Site was sunk off the Irish coast after several torpedoes had been llred. Several hundred survivors were landed at Parne, Saturday. She was a steel steamer, 17,530 tons, built in Glasgow, 1313, owned by the Allen Steamship Co.. and managed by the Canadian raciflc Ocean Scr ice Limited.

45 MINUTES BETWEEN. (By United ITess Cablegram.) BEPFAST. IRELAND, March 6. Survivors of the Calgarian declared today that 45 minutes elapsed between the firing of the first and second torpedoes that struck her. The first did little damage. The second penetrated tho engine room, killing most of the crew.

U. S. ARTILLERY INEFFECTIVE By FEED J. rEEOUSOU (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WITH TUT! AMERICAN ARMT IN FRANCE, March 4. The effet 1 1 veness t.f the American nrtiliery was thrillingly , demonstrated today. The Roche guns v ere smothered by the American tire. Starting at one a. m. i American nuns niaf cd on this sector opened with a terrific blast. Upwards, of .".000 shells were hurled into the tlern.sn defenses, i lut ing the height, of the bombardment enemy batteries lorat'-d In a wood j were coered with gas shells and high levpiosi'.es while PVs poured a rain of I met.Hl over the trenches and support 'lins. It was fifteen minutes after the opening before tho Germans made a -single supply. It was thirty-five min- ; utes before the Germans located some i American batteries.

ROAD MATTER

CONDEMNS LAFOLLETTE

UPBEAT) BETTER. THI HELP THE aAMMlF.I CF7T BERLIN, f

! lick the plate axd lick the ki?er.

NOW YOU GAN GET A SHAMPOO I B.t the I nlled Pre) INDIANATOPIS. Ind.. March . Because fo the Increasing supply of ecus the state food adxinistraf or has lifted tho bsn on egg shampoos and ecg drlnk.v

(By United Press.) MADISON, I . March 1. The Wisconsin legislature went on record today in condemnation of P". S. Senator PaFolleue's attitude with regard to th war. P.v a vote of to Z2 the assembly this afternoon, after a se cnteen-hPur session adopted a "loyalty resolution" with an amendment censoring the senator. The senate adopted the reselutioti a week ago.

PEACE PACT

IS FORMED

(By United Press Cablegram.) COPENHAGEN. March 8. Teace. between Roumania and the Central Towers was signed at Rueharest at 7 o'clock Tuesday night, according to an official announcement from Berlin received here today.

BEFORE BOARD

(Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT, IND.. March 6. A ' group of East Chicago city officials were in Crown Point yesterday before; the board of county commissioners pri-1 marily to take, up the repair of certain main highways furnishing access toj Gary and the southern part of the J county. j The delegation consisted of Mayor McCormack: A. Ottenhelmer and Noble Moreili, members of the board of works; j M. E. Crites, city attorney, and C. K. Wallace, city engineer.

The mayor advises this morning that one, of the streets which will be improved early this spring is Gary avenue, connecting Chicago avenue with Kline avenue, around the Baldwin Locomotive Works enclosure. As soon as work begins on this road

and it becomes necessary to close it, an.!

effort will be made to arrange with the Baldwin Co. so that traffic may pass through their property, straight east from Chicago avenue to Cline avenue. Gary avenue will be, given a good, lasting surface of Tarvia and put into excellent condition.

PAPE FOUND GUILTY OF INSOLT TO GIRL

William Tape, accused by Miss Rose Kuhlman. the l-year-old daughter ter of J. F. Kuhlman. former street commissioner, was found guilty of assault and battery by a jury in Judge

Hardy's court today and fined $20 and costs, amounting to $3?. 20. All evidence was placed before the jury yesterday. One of the last to testify against rape was a sister of the prosecuting lwtness, Mrs. Frank Yutes. who quoted the defendant as stating that after the war he would go back to Germany and his "w Ife could go to hell." The witness stated she repeated I'ape's w ords to her husband who commented that after the war there would he no Germany and Pape could go where l.e assigned his wife. Miss Kuhlman's charges were that oh the sixteenth of January at the, market where both he and she were cmployed. Pape made an assualt on her and she beat him off: Pape Is manager of a meat n,arket East State St. Miss Kuhlman in rebuttal denied Pape's statement that she had kidded with him. combed his hair, hit hini on the back or taken his knife out of his pocket. She stamped that testlmonye as false and stated that his attack upon her was unwarranted. Deputy Trosecutor Thomas represented the state and W. J. McAleer the defense.

(BULLETIN.) By ROBERT J. BENDER (Copyright 1913 by the United Press.) WASHINGTON, March 6 That Bolsherlil Prime Minister lenine Is attempting to deUyer Russia Into the hands of the Germans Is the substance of communications received la Washing, ton today from an unquestionable but confidential source. The communications also show that Lenine is simultaneously trylny to arouse Russia to the "militarism of the allies." By CARL X). GROAT (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 6. Through allied channels the United States government has officially objected to Japanese intervention in Siberia. Tin allies have so informed the Japanese

government. At the same time the United States has not protested against intervention merely let the allies mid Japan know in friendly fashion she does not consider intervention advisable at this time. The allied suggestion of the Japanese intervention was not assented to by the United States. We have point, ed out that the feara of German action in Siberia are apparently fantastic; and that the moral effect of Intervention would be bad instead of .beneficiaL The. I'nited States stands for evacuation of Russian territory in the east. Japan has not yet entered Siberia and whether she will in the light of tho American position !s unknown. The allies have been willing that she should act. Other allied views were that German prisoners in Siberia would go free, capture supplies at Vladivostok thus giving the Germans an outlet on the Pacific. American viewpoint lays stress both on the question of necessity and the mora! effect. Japan is considered a friendly ally in the light of the Lansing-Ishii ngreeemnt r,nd the spirit of the American view takes that into consideration. There is nothing of Jeyiousy or distrust.

OPERATING IN MEDITERRANEAN

I1t thr I nlle.l l'rrt) AT AN ATLANTIC PORT. March 6 American destroyers ore operating airainst submarines in the Mediterranean, Capt. Yamato, naval attache of th" Japanese in Rome, declared upon his arrival heie today. He said the destroyers, cooperating with the British. Japanese and Italians had sunk many U-boats and driven most, of the Austrian submarines from the Mediterranean. They sank fifteen last month. He predicted an allied nam attao".upon Trieste, which he sa d Is used by the Germans for their submarines on the Mediterranean.

Latest 'Bulletins

(By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, March 6. Raiding1 activities continued along the British front last night and early today, according to Field Marshal Haig. East of Bullecourt English troopers conducted a successful raid this morning, taking a few prisoners and two machine guns, Salg stated. "Our casualties were slight.'' "North of the Scarpa and near Leas we made successful raids last night. Southeast of Oouzeacourt, hostile raiders were repulsed. Additional prison, era and captured machine guns resulted from these encounters."

(By United Press Cablegram.) AMSTERDAM, March 6 Japanese Intervention In Siberia either will lead to a Russl-German agreement against Japan, or an understanding between Japan and Germany, according to tbe Cologne Volks Zcttung, copies cf which were rece!red here today. (By United Press.) MADISON, WIS., March 6 By a vote of 53 to 82 the Wisconsin assembly passed a resolution censoring Senator La. Toilette.

(By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, March 6. The British steamer Xenmaxe, has been submarined, tbe admiralty announced today. Sis persons were saved.

SAY ROUMANIA HAS ACCEPTED (Ily I'nlted Tress Cablegram) BERLIN. March 5. "The Roumanians have accepted our conditions for an armistice which Is now in operation." The German war office so declared today.

DOVT THROW TO in. FOOD IN THE ALLEYS, BIT SAVE IT FOR OUR ALLIES.

HOD SHIDELER GETS A JOB (By the United TreSs) INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. March 6. G. A. H. Shideler, formerly warden at Michigan City, will be named superintendent of the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonsville, it is understood here. He will replace David C. Tayton.

AMERICANS ON NEW SECTOR By FRED S. FERGUSON. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN THE FIELD. March 6. American troops holding trenches . with tte French in another portion of the Porraine front, other than the American sector, repulsed a German ra:4 early yesterday. Heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy.

(By United Press.)

! CHICAGO, March 6. Declaring eco1 nomlc conditions In the United States more dangerous than Invading legions of Holienxollem armies could possibly be,

John Spargo, founder of the new national party, opened the first party convention. He denounced working conditions In the country's biff packing plants and declared public ownership the only remedy. (By United Press Cablegram.) BERLIN (Via Londan), March B. At the request of the Finnish government, German forces have landed on the Aland Islands, the Berlin war office stated to. day.

Th's is the first announcement permitted that Americans entrenched in this sector.

(By United Press,) WASHINGTON, March 6 German armies are advancing northward from Xietf and are completing the enemy envelopment of Roumania, official cables to the legation here today said. The situation was pronounced hopeless, unless allied military action !s straightway begun. Despite her desperate situation how." ever, Roumania Is still holding out aga'nst peace negotiations.