Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 248, Hammond, Lake County, 2 April 1919 — Page 1
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HAMMOND, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, AFIUL 2, 11)19.
INTERNATIONAL NF'" FULL. LEASED WIRE SEltVICH.
On streets ana news stands. &o per Delivered fey cirrxl in Hammond West Kammond, 50c per montn.
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rCity Fathers in Sympathy With Movement for Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Hammond.
. Th doughboys, devlldogs and gobs
'P! Hammond grained much ground list Uiyht in their drive for a Memorial Sioma In this city. They -were backed , tip by every member of the council at iti regular meeting rhen the city fathers went on. record as favoring the establishment of a Soldiers and Sailors :Cmmunlty House In Ilammand. The project came before, the council jtri the form of a petition, presented by fPreeldent Floyd Murray, of the Me'morial House Association. The petlItlen bore the, names of two hundred
IN GARY
ilt!zens and taxpayers.
Murray Explain law. Mr. Murray explained the law, recent'y enacted by the state legislature 'v;nder whlcli counties cr cities are authorised to build suitable memorials 'or their soldiers and sailors and levy 'taxes for the purpose. He explained that if the city of Hammond took CUick action In favor of establishing a memorial, its taxpayer would be exempt from assessments for such purpose should some other city within the county choose to erect such a buildIns. If It failed to act quickly by declares it3 intention to erect a Memor
ial, however. Crown I'olnt wouia doubtless do so. In which event Hammond would lose a much needed Institution and incidentally would be compelled to bear the taxes for a memory established elsewhere. Man Other Thtn to B Done. He explained that it was -vital la the interests cf Hammond for the council to "declare its Intention- by a-ting favorably upon the pet.tion without delay. He pointed out that the adoption of the petition was but the preliminary step, which must be followed by a subsequent enactment r n ordinance providing for a bond
l?ue for tho Memorial which in turn mu.t be submitted to the people for approval. Under the state law. the city, following Us declaration of intention to boild the Memorial. wUl have a vear in wheh to work out the d.tails of the plans and take further necessary action. Hott State Lw "Works.
Id the bond Issue re appiu.-..
te law provides tr.ax. a .
tax may be levied tor ir.c of er-tabllshlng a Solders"
bailors' Memorial, arm mio -"
jnav be spreal over a or two years if desirable, it was tlalned. Mr. Murray declared that the buildin? in contemplation will contain a .vmnaslum. swimming pool and other '."creation features. It is to cost nut to exceed $251,000. Mailable to All Youns: Men. m,,,,- Sttted that the. Institu
te o'n would be managed by a
five trustees, thre
Indiana's Junior Senator to Address People of Lake Co. On Important Topic. (BUI.I.STIN.) An effort it is learned this afternoon will be made to bare Senator Watson speak In both Hammond and East Chicago on April 10th.
Hon. Jarncs E. Watson, U. S.
Senator from Indiana, who is now on a speaking tour of Isdiana and
who is Lake county's favorite
orator, will be the first critic who will sneak on the "Leaeue of Na-
A tions" in Lake county. Senator Watson has mad; a most comprehensive study cf this ail-absorbing and all-important subject and what he has to say will interest every patriot in Lake county. As Senator Watson will only ha able to make one speech in tho county. Gary has been chosen as the piace for him to address his constituents. Ho will appear at the Gary Theatre at 8 p. in. next Wednesday night. County Chairman John J. Killigrew. who received information of Senator Watson's Invasion of Lake county today. 13 making arrangements that the distinguished lndianian who will bo a candidate for president on the repub
lican ticket may have a great reception , and a monster crowd. An invitation I
will be extended to all citizens or m.;
county frcm all cities and towns to hear what Senator Watson has to say on the great topic of the day. His speech will not be destructive but will be constructive and therefore worthy cf a big audl-
HUNDREDS KILLED IN STREET FIGHTING flNTERNATlONAL NEYS SERV1CC COPENHAGEN, April 2. Several hundred persons have been
killed in the street fighting at Frankfort-on-Maine, S3id a dispatch from that city this afternoon. Quiet has not yet been restored.
Liner Brings Western Heroes Home
FOUR BANDITS GET $4,000.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, April 2. Four armed bandits held up nine men and girls in the office of the Ackerman Quickley Printing Co. today and escaped with a payroll of between $3,000 and $4,000.
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C. M. Brown Expires on Walk in Front of Postoffice of Rupture.
7 xr. Brown, thirty years old. of 235
i Indiana ave., Hammond, while walking ! along Oakley ave. last right about six
o'clock, suddenly dropped dead when In front cf the post oflice. Mr. Brown, who up to a week ago worked at the Edward Valve Co., Hast Chicago, had not been feeling well for some time, but had put off going to a doctor for treatment. The deceased, whose death was caused from a ruptured blood vessel, leaves a wife and an eighteen months old baby
Liner Aquitarua docking at New York with heroes from Wisconsin, Michigan, Oregon, Ohio and other western stales, showing soldiers on the many decks greeting folk on shore.
er.ee. SPEECH TO BE UOSFAJtTISAW. The sreech will be advertised by.. re
publican leaders as a purely educational j
and nonpartisan discussion or me ari3
covenant, and Democrats have been in-j to mourn him. vlted to be present, es rolltics will not, This funerai arrangements, which ere be injected into it declare. Chairman charg0 of undertaker Bun. hae not
Ivll.igrew ii Luc lum.u.i-.
Close to 6,00'. war heroes, rrinripally from the western states, including: Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and other western states, ar
rived recently on the ciant liner Sir Thomas Lipton, Ecprlish Aquitania and are row poine" yachtsman, were among the wellthrouph thr process of dcmobiliza- known persons on board the vessel tion. Six brigadier generals and cn the trip over.
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LIVELY DISCUSSION IT PARENTS MEETING Play, Dancing and Study Are Dealt With at Industrial High.
yet been made.
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DID YOU -HEAR THAT-
There was quito a lively session of j the X'arcnts and Teachers Association.
of tho Industrial HisH bcnooi last, mgnt at which dancing, recreation and tbe cr-
i hltrary method of one of trie msn scnooi
uarhers were taken up and freely discussed. Lawrence lla.rris. the Scout Executive, was the speaker of the evening and give
board of
effective talk, on general training;
of whom wou.d te , tjppint. He expressed the'
(pinion that there was a good deal of: ftlm!fss play on the school grounds and j that more practical training was needed
TContlnued r,n paga two )
As has been announced in its ad-
vert'sements in this paper the Edward i C. Minas Company will hold their ! Spring Opening tomorrow, Thursday, i April 3, with an all 6tar cast. The
headline attraction will te the tyle Pageant from two to lour p. m., featured by professional living models, who will appear in leading roles. There will be entrancing music, flowers, decorated store windows and merchandise worth your while to come rr.l'ies to see and hear.
YOUNG LOWELL GIRL
BURNED TO DEATH 2
Clothes Catch Afire in Mysterious Way When Alone in the House.
rSPECIAL TO THE TIMES LOWELL, lnd.. April 2. This com-
ve sicruaj
It Is understood that every woman
in some of the well-to-do homes where j in the Calumet region Is coming or parents considered it a crime to have ; planning on coming to this, the grandthft child work. The question of danc- j cst Spring exposition and fashion re-
vas diecussed. The leaders being ( view ever held In Northern Indiana.
?drs. Hutchinson and AUy. P. U. lloran. Style Pageant.
Th-:rc was a great deal or opposition j he Style Pageant featured
xpreS",'l at
of the high school teachers who is re-j ported to have frightened the pupils , into not caring wheMier they worked or : not by threatening to flunk them. This! matter will be taken tip by Dr. G. L. ;
y pro
the attitude taken cy one i fe3ional living models, wno will take
part in a carfully planned stylo ex
hibit, showing latest apparel for every occasion, including brljal party cos
tumes. The Grand Patriotic l'lnale as
shown by the Chicago Garment Makers" Association in the Auditorium
Smith at the B-ard of Education discussed at a future meeting.
and .
WE HAVE WITH US THE APRIL FOOL
theatre. Chicago, is worthy of any wo- State's Life, Insurance Co
man's attention. Admission to the liv- J Into quite a bit of money
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State St. Where There Was a Smudge.
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morning when it was learned that Madeline Buckley. 10 year eld daughter of Mr and Mrs. Dennis Buckley, living 4 miles south of here had been fatally . j .v, r,!,M,t huffire. The accident
happened'about six o'clock in the cven- 'Fi Dept. Called tO West
ing ana sua jhcv, .t,., t, tha little girl remained
O" - until death came the
know how the accident happened and wi'l . perhaps forever remain a mystery. It ( 13 thought she got her dress on tire Jn j eome way and did not notice it. She j van alone in the house, her father and ; mother being out in the yard doing the Chcres and when the mother came in she found the little one all ablaze and tffore it could bo extinguished her clothes were burned entirely off her. The parents are grief stricken over the. terrible affair. The funeral will probab-,
lv V.i held Thursday. n-v,n th fl fiehters arrived at the
lcene thev found nothing but a smoking DIES AT OAK GLEN. j stove. The only damage was to some ! display pictures and photographs which
Of course someone had to pall a little rough stuff on April Fool'a Day and tho fire department was called out last evening at 7:30 o'clock in answer to a false alarm. The pumper and hose and ladder from hcadauarters and an engine and hose wagon from No. 4 responded to a call to the Farley studios, II. Ketch proprietor, at 89 Wes t State St.
Ing model paseant will be by ticket which are free and can be secured from the salespeople in the store. Do not fall to get your ticket when first entering the store to assure yourself a seat. THE VEST BEST.
The E. C. Minas Co. has been planning for this big event for weeks and months, sparing neither time or money In bringing to a climax, one of the greatest sprlns expositions ever attempted by any store outside the metropolitan centers. EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL. The store windows are truly a work of art. The color echtme, the built-up background and the careful arrangement of the models displayed show the work of skilled hands and a clever brain. INTIEIOR A DREAM. It is said "Fine feathers make fine birds." For this show tho fashion centers of the United States have been
F. SCHAAF Is back from French Lick Springs and they do say his golf club have only bertm to cool off. The Major says summer has arrived at French Lick. lIAr.r.r POKTZ, Melvtn Mor.netfs right hand man, is another good old summer-time fan and Is anxiously wait
ing for a warm spell. j "CERTAINLY the V.'est Hammond j Brewery is not going to shut up shop," said R. O. "Vvir.ckler. "We are going to j
keep on making rc-ir u r an i it is mc
list near beer tr"cd.
PLAY ground supervision Is a Jc-'as
when i'U : c a teae:icr ttanu Hround shivering m tho cold and the children playing a'.ir.lef.sly." says Lav, rence Har
ris, fout executive. MANAGER YUILLE cf the Western
Union d ni3 strenuously that Mr. Burleson raised the wire rates because of the new liammotid Western Union office. ROSCOL llEMSTOC'K. the efficient king of the clerk's cfflco at the court house. Is the i-r.ly nan in captivity who can wait on hiwycrs with both hands and tackle four lawyers at once. JUDGE J. G. IHACH. who won laurels for f red in the appellate court, has got In his stride again in Hammond and busy is no mitno for it. RALPH TENNANT and his wife arc rusticating in the Golden West and enjoying a vacation ef a few weeks for the nr?t time in several yeors and Larry Cox Is looking aft'T tho Tennant kiddles. PETE FOX. former park superintend
ent. Is working nichts and feeling better than h ever d:d In his life. Children fishing In the pnrks Is the least of Pete's troubles now. GEORGE DOBBINS cf the Northern
who car.ie reeently. Is
investment.
o long a time, a
Doughboy Reporter Tells Of Trip On The Rhine Picturesque Scenery. The Lorelei Rock, Bingen Old Glory Flaps Proudly From the Kaiser's Casdes and Fortresses in Famous River.
Indiana Harbor Hen Meet With Tragic De3th on Indianapols Boulevard. A shocking double fatality todk plao? last right on Indianapolis boulevard due to the speed mania of two Indiana Harbor men. who paid the penalty with their lives. The victims, one married and on e'ngle, were: ANDREW MISCAR, 3614 Aldejr Ft.,
Indiana Harbor, single. MIKE TRUSKA. 3060 Watllng St.. Indiana Harbor, married and three children. BOTH WISE SPEED SXMOXS. About 0.30 p. in. a Chicago Dal'y 'ens motor truck broke down about tDO feet of Eth avenue on Indianapalo" boulevard end wos standing cn the roa.J with both front and tail lights burning brightly. Sam Blggus, 1454 W. Xorth avenue, Chicago, the driver and John Weber, hi assistant, North ave., were both working on the car when they heard a fearful crash. CTCEE cbttofeeb tip. Miscar and Truska, both on the motorcycle, came from the east riding Ilk riad. They hit the rear end of the truck with terrific force. Both men were picked tip dead: The motorcycle was completely tied into a knot. The accident was reported to the Rcbertsdale rolice station and later to cen
tral in Hammond. The Dodies were brought to Burns' morgue. The crwof the newspaper truck were absolved from blame.
By
CPL. X. J. PAKBY. , ARTICLE III.
OS ANN, Germany, Feb. Z7. Coblenz -i... tl
lis some real uve tuj j Yanks have arrived. After chow we wer.t to the Y. M. C. A., known as the
' festhul!-!. where we took m a
j the 34 IM F. A. It was a ;i,d the b-r-ys rut on a
v o-ild siJi rri.-o you
I monster public hall. ! taken o- r by th" "Y.
show P
minstrel snow Pribram that
The feithaile !s a vhich has been
Reading rooms.
music
!-r,in,i- r.Hjins. one mammuui
hall, rani. r.s, waiting rooms and another I smaller entertainmet hall. It surely Is !a dinger. Finest I've seen on thla sido ! of the pond. Every afternoon they have ! lectures, movies, etc.. and In the evening a show given by tome trovp of tue ! A. H. F. I After the show we went to the Schloss 'j cafe win re wo h'-ard a good German j orchestra play some rent honest-to-Ood rag and classics. We heard "Indiana." I Missouri AValtz. "Some Lonesome Night." i- Swo-t-st Kisses Of AH." "Smiles." etc.
Oh. it may seem like old stuff to you. ..,.' th.-v mounded good to us pimply
l-rauf it was homo fctuff. Wc il.ne speechless fr an hour and t
v-r,k, un to the fact that it was
10 Wc put on a wild
Krtha Jorgonon. is wu, ; i-u.i-i ..
Ol Ob k oien. ing ma Mt'o ui"' .
St. James turned to tfteir siations aim tuawu n
at
wife of Hans Jorgenson riied vrsteraay morning
hospital. Chicago Heights, following : day s wor. en operation. j vThe funval will be h'ld from the; t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEPV1CE1 residence in Oak Glen Friday INN1 .IANAPoUS. April 2.-J . J. r.oon at two o'clock. Interment will be j H il.bard. former publ-c school Pnncl-j-Kl , Oak Glen cemetery in chavjc ,.a'. in Torre Haute. Ind.. and former . Undertaker Emmerlmg. I Vigo county school superintencent has - Mrs Jorgenson leaves besides 1, or j been appointed deputy state, super. n.hu'sband. two daughters and two sons tendent of public instruction. Hubbard
n her. One of the sons IS pro- was aivumc . - , -
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frrlstor of the Geneva House.
perlntendent's office in March.
(Continued on page two.) jITeIhdSsoh grants appeal
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., April 2 Federal Judgo a. 1. Anderson has allowed an appeal by the city of Hammond. Ind., in its cas against 'he Calumet Coal Co. of that city. Judge Anderson recently giant'd an injunction restraining the city cf Iimo rid from enforcing an ordirance regulating the location of coal j ards.
looking about f-r a good
MIKE KELLF.1 , for
fixture at the F. S. Hetz plant, is out of It down there and is now In business for himself on tho third floor cf the Hammond building. SOUTH BEND TRACTION GRANTED AN INCREASE tTIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL! INDIANAPOLIS. April 2 The publ.c service commission has authorized the Chicago. La he Hhore and Sovith Lend Traction company to increase its basio fare from two and one-fourth cents to two and three-fourth cnts a mile on the company's petition for a three cent
rate filed on tho ground that It res-m-, bs a steam road. The same increase J was granted the Ft. Wayne and North.
crn Indiana line.
en
after
cramble and had
I some tall dodging to pass tna ai. i . s I thev pick you up after ten o'clock. Weil i tli-'ro wasn't much sleep. The gang I was rlavlng pranks. Every little while ' you could hear some bed go crashing to iihe floor with a buddy in it. By un
loosening a little Kver wi ucu rave m. At six o'clock the bugle blew, but we rolled over till nine and then we were billed for tho Rhine trip. THE CA3TLE-STUDEED SHINE. Wc were Just In tinio to tfiki the boat.
t., firt they almost pu..ed
plnnk on lis.
the King
Tlr? engine chugged and
we were off. As we passed under that old and famous pontoon bridge a bugler ashore and one on tho boat tooted their calls back and forth. As I turned to tho stern "Old Glory" floated to the breeze. Across the river atop of the ancient fort of Ehrcnbeilstela "Old Glory" again proudly greeted us. Overhead -a monster American dir.glble vouched frr our tafety. A moment Liter a 40 ri-ce Yar.k band s'ruek up the "Star Spangled Panner" nr.d as v e stood at attention, you know the shivers chas
ed up and down our spines like that
music causes all good American spines to do. It was n impressive moment and will never grow less vild in my mind. Imagine "Old GlDry" on a proud German castle, Tankeo dcughbovs at
attention while "The Star Spangled Rentier" strains sounded from the brasses. Tlr.glc? Well. I guess you would. Ccbler.z Is at the junction of the Rhine and Mosell;. One of th largest equestrian statues in the world of Kaiser Wllhelm I occupies the roint
of tho two rivers. About 7 kilos up the river the Stotzenfels (whi.h I referred to before) looms up. The river i fw of it and the I.ahreck cestle opposite is exquisite. Up to St. Goar on the high Rhino cliffs are the Llebenstein and Sterrenburg associated with tho legend of the two Hostile hrothers. the younger of whom plays the part of Cain and after years of aimless wandering returns to do penance on the vry spot where tho crime wss committed. SCEKEBT UOrEISO BUT From the ruins can be seen the haughty Marksburg. th only castle ever destroyed by the French and the beautiful city of Boppard where six small valleys meet. The Rhine Is a scenic rnrailse. Aged cities dot the
CAPT. W. D. CLARK DIES IN CHICAGO Former Well Known Crown Point Man War Veteran Passes Away.
Capt. VT. D. Clark, a former Crown Folnt rloneer. a four-year veteran or the Civil War and a member of John Wheeler Post G. A. R. at Crown roltit. died last night at hi3 home In Chicago. E57 West Gnrfield boulevard. Capt. Clark until h moved with his family to Chicago several years ago was prominently identified with life at the county seat. He was the fathr ef Guv I. Clark of Crown Feint and Jay TJ. C'tsri; of Hammond. A daughter, Mrs. Jessi MeCullough. lives in Mexleo City an I Miss Ruth Clark lives In Chicago.
Mrs. Clark survives her husband. IT" was a brother of Mrs. Oliver Wheeler of Cro wn Tolnt and of the firs? wife of Hon. John Brown, president of the First National Bank of Crown Folnt. The decedent was 75 years of age. The funeral will take place In Crown Point. The decedent enlisted in the 20th Indiana from Crown Point. The funeral will be held in Crown Folnt on Friday morning at nine and the remains will be taken directly to the Crown Point cemetery.
(Continued on page, seven.)
WEST HAMMOND
STATE BANK EXAMINER DEAD
VOTED OM JUDGE Not Over 300 Votes Are Cast by City Across Line in Chicago Election. West Hammond was not much Interested In the Chicago election yesterday
and only voted for n judge of the superior court. There wcro not over 300 ,otes east. West Hammond's big tinio
HIGHLAND GIRL HAS
YEP! GLENDALE
GROUP ROW
At Least That's What Fred Crumpacker Says; He Keeps Posted.
A NARROW ESCAPE:
SPECIAL TO THE TIHES HIGHLAND, IND., April Martha Koedyker, who lives
Did you know that there are Bolshe
vists in Glendale, Hammond's aristocratic suburb and mansion district do luxe?
Oh. yes. my dear, there are.
I It might be expected In East Ham2 Miss ' Tuond or Homewood or what used to 1": east of Ecggtown. but to thlnlc of Bolshevism
by a teacher j ftn( Glendale in ot;e thought almost and who went I seems sacrilege.
"Of course." raid Atty. F. C. Crumpacker, who was qufered anxiously ahovt the rumor by your reporter, "we Kie
Not enh
I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I INDIANA 1'OLiS. April 2 tuneral services for Arthur Lowe, state bank
examiner, who d e l here yesterday, i
will be held nt his former home in Greensburg. In.!., tomorrow and burial will be at K;ng:-ton. Lowe, who was an examiner for tli Indianapolis d-.s-ttict. was born In Greensburg in 1S77 and was in business tb--r.- f"r a number of years. Hs wa.-, elected grand chancellor of th Grand I-odre. K. of P. in 13fS. and had made his heme In this city since tht time.
eo-:KS two weeks 1 rem yesttraay. .ipm
I 14. -when the mayoralty
! held. From ivw on until election day ' the interest will grow in the city across ! tho state line and all the candidates aro ! beginning to rt bust.- with their can
vass. Mayor August Kamraut s irienos orc tter'iy confident that he will be re-
1 ictor for the ltnrJ time.
Highland, accompanied from the Ridge school
to meet her s lster at the Interurban car line, mot with a serious accident. Recoming Minded by a towcrful light on a machine from Gary, rdu drove her car into the ditch at the sid" cf the road
an.l it -was iiT-set. Ml.s Koedvker wis i group. Tho latter ore. however.
able t. get out but the other young lady I Ing school pretty faithfully and we arewas unable to make her escape. The j not so much alarmed about the Spartavoung woman managed. however. to:cides on our side of the park rs wo :-.ro
cut ion win dc , fiiut oit tne engine an l witn, tne aia oi nnoui mc i.eii'in-viMs i-n m- u.n. i. !.
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tho other car was finally released, j wc Tear more tnan anyiiung usi ip
Neither cf the girls were hurt. sling-shot movement, ns the police, it win
bo remembered disarmed all the ofneers of their nir guns last summer. A" sooii as school Is out we cxp?ct trouble."
sumo active Bolchevists in our milst.
that, but we hive a Spartacido
attond-
tunv
NEW COURT CASES.
In the Hammond superior cotut tiie cllowing new eases were filed today:
, . . , T-u- T;,- -, American tuai supply .-., a corp'.-i-Better cail up The Times andj ptlon v5 rn w 1,.i;kPr i al. Sllit Vave it Sent tO your ho'JSe every j or account. George J. llder. attorney. 1 t-u V : ...PI In the matter of the adoption of n;ght. ihen youll be sj.e .t u.JFhi.1(p n D GeorSp Procee,lnsa be tlltrS brought by P. E. Eooce.
TIMFS BUREAU AT STATt CAPITAL) IND! ANAI'mLIS, April Mrs. Ant's IJelwig. of Gary, was yefterday lrned L'V the -tcte hoard of medical igistriition to practice midwifery. Harry L. Kihan of Gary, clso inc ed the examination for a doctor of medicine.