Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 9, Hammond, Lake County, 5 April 1919 — Page 1
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Lake Co. Boy Dies in Army of Occupation
Thousands in Agents Commissions Alone Shown to Have Been Paid In Calumet Region. That glib Chicago stock salesmen come down into this territory and bilk the people right and left was again proved in the Chicago Federal court. In the hearing of the Consumers' Packing company case in Judge Landis' court in Chicago, yesterday, the fact, already well-known to the sorrow of the Calumet region, was established that thousands of dollars worth of stock was sold here bv solicitors for the concern.
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It was revealed jesters cities in the Calumet district of Ind " una. Including Hammond. r";"" ir.s. East Chicago and Indiana ""'tor. ot mbre than their share of the Consumers' Packing company sioc.-aboat J150.000 worth. Smuel Eisenstetn. a barber 5-9 Cortez street. Chicago, secured -.2S4 " commissions selling stock in the comlsny to residents of the five towns in Ldlana near the state Vn H. ordered W.-''- ,lear der J30.000 bond as a witness Tuesday morning when the hear n, 1. resumed. An order was Issued estraln"1 Tam and his lfe. Ncttl, Eisen.tetn. from drawing mc.ey from their respective bank or from his safety box. 'other salesmen besides Eisensteln r-m. n into this territory and cleaned up. In East Hammond a great many reop-le w victimised.
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ALL YOU NEED IS A GIMLET WEST CHESTER. Pa.. April 5. The farm hands of Chester County "should worry" after July 1. Ever since the silo came into general use the farm man has had no trouble in getting a "jag" whether the saloons were closed or not. He simply uses a gimlet, bores a hole in the casting at the bottom of the silo, captures the results in a tin can, strains it through a cloth and has something which is tasty and has a "kick." The "silo jag" is known all about Chester County and produces a fearful "next morning" effect. It is sad that when a man awakens he is unable even to expectorate and has that "dark brown" taste for at least a day.
MEN WHO WILL FIX BLAME FOR WAR ARE SNAPPED IN SESSION
Frinces E. Dent. on of Mr. and Mrs. reter H. Dent. 4713 Olcctt are.. East Chicago, and who was the first take county soldier to rlvw up his life with the Army of Occupation in Germany, died of pneumonia on February IS. 1919. He was 19 years of age and was a young man of high intelligence and great promise. He had been overseas a year. Seven brothers and sisters mourn him and It Tuesday high mass was celebrated at the Italian church in East Chicago.
MAG DRAFT IS
ACCUSED BY WOMAN
DANGEROUS SCHEME
SAYS SEN. WON Sen. New Says President Has Not Kept. U. S. Senate Informed. f INTERN ATIONAU NEWS SERVICE J.AFAYEXTE. ind.. April 5L rated E lat -a Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana! addressing members of the Kiwan.s
Tent c itS President Wilson's pro-j gubenski then threatened him again with night, criuciz.u xi MarDraft answered. -ark-
icsed plan for a league, ,' .. n it datitcerous scheme, which Ing dogs never bite. t mean a surrender of sovereignty I when the defendant wa, put ca the would 4at!s and which Wuld aland he testified that he saw Mrs. Si'Jrultkl S brtns war instead of t.,nSk, walking don Stat, St.. and b, fruitful 1. bredi g lh,nklc she was a friend of his went
r.e is nut against an agreement of what fc regards as the right sort. NEW AT SPENCER.
Fined for Provoke in City Court; Will Appeal to the Lake Superior Court. On a warrtnt charging him with provocation. "WiU lam stall, better knoTrn aa MacDraft. the chimney sweep, who was arrested by Officers Bunde and Einslla or the Hammond police, stood for trial in the city court this morning. Tho prosecuting witness was Mrs. Subcnski. 737 Walter st. Deputy Pros. Clyde Cleveland appeared for the state and J. HConroy for Stall. In her testimony, Mrs. Subenskl swore that on Thursday night as sha was returning from a picture show about nine o'clock, she was accosted by the chimney sweep at the corner of State and Hchman st. Sho.kept on walking east on State and when at the Erie crossing she found Stall passing her. He stopped and then accosted her. She then lestliled that she Uld him to "go about his business' or she would have him arrested. MacDraft
thpn declared. "I have not bitten 'you
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PRESIDENT WILSON
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE FAR IS, April 5. President Wilson's temperature- was much reduced this morning. He slert a great deal of Friday and has been taking substantial nourlshnusiiUr Jlis condition seems to be. Improving generally. When Admiral Grayson, tbe president's personal physician, was told that a member of the American peaca conmlsaiun had ts-ribed President Wilson's Illness as influenza, he retorted; "When did he beccm a physician?" Admiral Grayson ftirain repeated that the president Is suffering only from a sever cold and that h has been instructed to remain In bed until he has completely recovered.
GERMANY BACKS DOWN TO GEN. FOCH
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CI PARIS, April -5. German back
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up to her. When she turnea arouna ne claims he ?aw his mistake and asked hrr pardon. He admitted telling her that
j "barkins doss never bite. Judge Klota found MacDraft ffuiity nnil said. "You are fined $5 and costs.
You can apreal if you want to." MacDraft appealed.
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rrMrv-rrp' Tnd.. Arril 5. United i
States Senator Harry S. New. continuing his tour of his homo state, in opposition to the league of nations, addressed citizens of Owen county here last night. The- remarks of Senator New were similar to those made in other' Indiana cities. H declared that President Wilson had stated before- he left for Tarts on Us first trip that he would keep the United - - - r. iri!ip.1 on the nroced-
fc!8ie3 - - - , ings at the peace confe rtnee. but U.-at j
the president had not sent a woru aoouc iU WET FOR NEXT WEEK PROMISED INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 "WASHINGTON, April 5. Forecast for
the Period of April , to !b inc.us.ve r arraied bofore Jdgq For the region of Great Lakes-Rain P ?1 and co.ts. vhich he Monday, eastern lower lae region and " rain qiute general about the middle of lam'
week: otherwise generally fair weatner j
Indicated. Nearly normal temperature, although somewhat above over lower lake region first half of week. BANK STATEMENT. riNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
NEW YORK. April 5. AVERAGE: , Loans decreased $28,514,000: demand de-; posits increase $104,252,000; time de-j posits increased $1,652,000: reserve ln-j creased $30,244,400. ACTUAL: Loans decreased $39. 451. 000; 1
demand deposits increased $86.4o4.000: time deposit? increased $316,000; reserve Increased $23,543,030.
CROWN rOINT, Ind.. April 5.
Mrs. i Hebron has a large number of pneu
monia patients, protably the largest number in th history of the town at one time. The local physicians havo more business because of this malady, than they can attend to. and a Chicago phsirion. hns been called in to assist the local doctors in caring fur those afflicted. Mrs. Chas. Morrow, aged 23 years. Is dead from tha effects of pneumonia. Resides her thre children and hufban-t. deceased is survived by Mr. und Mrs. J. E. Carson, her parents. and four brothers and two sisters. Quite a number of rrominent residents aro dangerously ill . with the pneumonia, and a number of trained nurses from the city are doing duty at Hebron homes.
tSPEClAL TO THE TIMES W7IITI.VG. Ind.. April 6. Joseph Levinsky, said to hail from Hammond, was arrested by Chief Bruin of the Standard Oil Co. for trespassing on the company's prepcrty. Levinsky at the time of his arrest was peddling I. W. W. literature among the workmen at the
GREAT BRITAIN TO CONCENTRATE
New Stock Series Opened Last Night; Attorney Gillett New Atty. for it. The beginning of the sprtnc Quarter for the Calumet B:ildiii & Loan Association CuU.Lhj9 cpeaiiSof another stock subscription for the public, and a ne.v attorney for the association, j At a special meeting of tho directors of the Calumet Building & Lsan Association last night Attorney Gerald Gillett.
of the law firm McATeer Dorsey & Gillett. h Jm to permit trOOD3 to reach v.-as appointed association Rttorncy to; , , take the place of Attorney L. V. Cravens, j Poland through Ot.ier ChanndS. whose- health and oonsut absence j Marshal Foch announced that it from the city caused bin to tender his resignation. The appointment is r mat- had been decided to use other lines fr of congratulation both for the officers q transport in addition to Dantzig of the association and the stockholders. ! Tho Calumet Building and Loan Asso- in order to facilitate the movement elation is keeping pace with the growth ! Q troops to Poland, and development of the bank In which! it has its home the Hammond Trust & What threatened for a time to
Savings Bank, which by the way. will
WILL IT BE A SUCCESS OR FIZZLE?
EalyPart of Next Week
to Determine Whether
Gen. Halier Polish division to' .reace negotiations are to
land at Dantzis, it became known j tail Or iaUCCeea.
here today. General Foch, in his confrea.ee ' with Mathias Erzbcrger at Spa, forced the German envoy to cohfrerijt.to the use of the port of
Dantzig and also ' arranged with
soon be housrd In splendid new quarters In the Hammond Building. Tha opening of a new stock series.
precipitate a senoua situation arose when Germany denied the allies permission to land Gen. Hal-
which began April 1st. will enable any-!, , . . . ,, . body to take advantage of the mutual j ICr S PollSn troops at DantZlg. This benefits of building loan association. Tho : right had been given the allies tinstanding of the Calumet Building & , . . , T lean in the community is attested by j CCr the armistice Of NOV. 11. such directors as Messrs. A. E. Wilcox, j Crl Kaufmar.n. Anton H. Tarper. Carl j j RIOTING NOW IN Iauer, Martin Cunnlghnm, Frank Ham-i TJ"DTTCC?T A mond. L. V. Cravens, Otto Knoerzfr, and: XVXlXji.JN loXX irxvUSoIA William J. Hastings. Mr. Wilcox Is!
president. Mr. Knoerzr vies president.: INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
Mr. Kaufmann treasurer, and Mr. Ham
mond secretary.
DAVE FINALLY MADE THE RIFFLE
FINED IN WHITING SAKS PEOPLE
WANT ARMY
Stockholders Meeting. t A stockholders meeting of the Wyoming-Thornton Oil Co.. will be held at two o'clock Sunday afternoon, 3"2 Hammond building. Mr. C. A. Guenthr, direct from the Thornton fields will b-a present to explain our holdings. J. T. CLARK, Pres.
Ey J. BAST CAMTBELZ. fSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE1 WASHINGTON, April 6. Public sentiment would not permit the next congress to "throw this country tack to the deplorable state of military unpreparednrss which confronted the American people when they entered the world war, even if the next congress were so disposed," Representatlve-at-large Thos. M. Cragow, Republican, of Pennsylvania, a member of the house, military committee, declared today. While opposition to the proposed standing army of aproximately 500. noo men which the general staff Is already engaged in organizing at least temporarily may develop in the next conirress. Cracow sail that he was confi
dent that a large majority of both senate and house. Irrespective of party affiliations, would agree to th creation
of any commensurate with th American ration's needs.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) LONDON". April 5. Great Britain's principal naval strength in the future will be concentrated in the, Mediterranean Sea. according to naval authorities. Malta will b the chief base, but extension use will be rnad'i of Gibraltar, where some Improvements will be required to take care of the modern sh'p. Substituting the North Sea fleet, th ..1 ! channel fleet will be revived wi-.h bases at Portsmouth inJ DevonporL, In all liklihood there will be an 'n-cveasi-d number of ships in Kast Indian waters, and these will bp cru's-
c: s of rather modern tyn, with hvad- i tacides were arrested at Stuttgart to-qua'-trrs at Bombay. Schemes of rcor- I day, following a srle3 of disorders, ganiiration are now well under way 1 The strike at Wurttemburg has failand it Is expected they will be com- ed. according to information received pleted during: the summer. here.
Banker Emery Resting at French Lick Springs for a Short Stay.
i COLOGNE, April 4. v!a LONDON.
April 5 Rioting brokft out in Dulssburg. In Rhenish Prussia today, during a fete In .honor of the momory of Bismarck. Spartac'.des attacked tha celebrants and tied a red sash around a statue of Bismarck. The statue was then over-
l thrown and thrown Into th crowd,
resulting in a free-for-all fight. The poli'e Anally quelled the disorders. Many civilian women stenographers and women army workers aro arrivinghere. They form the advance guard of the British business men that are coming- in Rhenish Trussia to seek German trade.
SETS DOG ON HIS WIFE.
Weil, Davi finally made it. For many years D. T. Pinery, of th' Lake County Savings & Irust Co.. hna had one ambition and that was to be abki
to co to French Lick &j,rings t'-r .1 weex i
or ten divs and bob-nob
ers and lords of creation, but a husky family of kiddles end a lot of corn-fed chicks to feed, it took some timo to save up enough. But as we said before, he finally made
It. The last four-bit piece for his French rescue
Lick fund come in Monday, ami Davo is now whirring a bras-ie on Mr. Taggarfs famous lS-holc course.
MARTIAL LAW AT AGRAM
DISORDER AT STUTTGART INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl
AMSTKHDAM, ApT'.l 5. sixty Spar-
riNTERNATtONAL NEWS SERVICEl COPENHAGEN. Arrll 5. Martial law has been declared at Agram ns the result of violent disturbances throughout Croatia, said a dispatch from Vienna today. REVOLUTION "GOING FINE" INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 NEW YORK. April 5. "Everything: Is going splendidly." said General Aure!lo Blanquet. who Is leading another revolution in Mexico, in a cablegram today to his secretary, Robrrto Gayon, of this city. Mr. Gayon. in a tatement. said that General Banquet, who Is leading a faction of the Felix Idas insurrectionists, has forty thousand well equipped troops near Vera Cruz. President Carranza is said to have S0,0"0.
I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SFRVtCEl CHICAGO. April 5. Samuel E. Jonts. a wsalthy farmer of Park Ridge a piiburb, is at liberty under bonds of
with th bank-' 3.5ft0 to'lay- prarKerl wilh assault
with Intent to commit murder. It is alleged that Jones, during a q jarrel with his wife, knocked har down and set a huge bull dog on her. Another dog which came to Mrs. Jones'
attacked Jones and the man.
woman and the two dogs staged a furious battle in which-both Jones and his wife were badly lacerated by the teeth of the animals. Mrs. Jones fled toward a neighbor's, with her husband and the dog In pursuit. Jones and the dogs turned and ran when a neighbor came to the woman's rescue.
WE'LL SAY THE BOYS ARE CLEVER I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl BUFFALO. N. V., April 5. Seven masked men Jumped out of an automobile in front of the State Bank at Randolph this morning, ran Into the bank, backed the cashier and other employes up against the wall and stole $3,000 and several Liberty bonds. Threatening the bankers if they moved, the robbers then backed out of the place. Jumped Into their car and
sped otT. Later the machine was rouna . . -. , -i
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John Edwin Nevin 4stafp-correspondent i. n . service VARIS, April 6. Larly this Cc-nnnc week will determine whether the peace negotiations aro to be a failure or a success. Should President Wilson completely recover the week-end It is probable, that he will insist upon a reply to his demands from his fellow members on the bis four without any further delay. These demands, members of the American delegation explained, are designed to clarify the treaty proposals and make possible the draft'of the document without further loss of time Unless accepted It Is possible that President Wilson 'will not remain silent s.ny longer, bit will issue a public statement giving the attitude of the United States and an outlino of his further King Albert, who returned to Brussels today, said before his departure that he is satisiied with he results of his appeals l-j the big four yesterday in behalf of Belgium's claims. The claims are acceptable, the king said, but there had been a modification on the sum of money that Germany Is to pay Belgium. There was another conference by the big four today with Col. E. M. House sitting in for President Wilson. The most pessimistic views regarding en ultimate agreement on the peace trcay continues to be held in almost every quarter. The Italian complications
are simply another spoke in the wheel of disagreements which is dividing the peace delegates into rival camps. Only
the firmest kind of action tomorrow will prevent the conference from breaking up without reaching an agreement. Tho president's position is that the United States wiH not accept any peace rtached by bargaining. Insisting that a peace of Justice shall prevail. So positive is the president on this stand that it is rot believed he will accept the proffered bargains held out to Italy unless the agreement is satisfactory to the Jugo-Slav peoples.
They Are Told By Attorney General He Can Have No Relations With Thera. WASHINGTON, April 5. The Anti-Saloon League saw one of its pat plans go awry to-day when Attorney General Mitchell Palmer handed out an announcement that henceforth his department would
get along without the assistance of
volunteer organizations in vleteci-
violations of law. Jt was a very polite and grateful acknowledgment of he assistant: that had been accorded and extended by such organizations and there was no mention of the AntiSaloon League, but the inference was there and it was drawn by ail in Washington. WAS MUCH CT7KIOSITT. Many questions have been asked as to what the Anti-Saloon League peopie would find to busy themselves after the 15th Amedment has eliminated all intoxicants, which was the whole purpose, cf its incorporation. The obvious replywas that, having effected the law, the work was not complete unless the la v was enforced, which suggested that the Anti-Saloon League would remain in active existence, self-charged with the responsibility of seeing that law officurj compelled the observations. PAUSES PTJTS HI3 POOT DOWN. This Is how the- wet forecast that th
amendment would become a dead letter, as the Fifteenth Amendment is in various Southern States, was to be made a false prophecy. " In the face of the Attorney General s declaration, this programme must be amended. The Antl-Saloca lea-gne may till rather ana pivo information of violation to the law officers, hut It will have no shadow of official status la its espionage and detective work. The Attorney General's announcement was as follows? ' "During the last two months my department has received communications from a number of private organizations calling attention to the fact that they havg been formed for the purpose of systematically detecting violations of law and courteously offering to supply the Department of Justice with information of this character gathered by them. "It will be Impossible for my department to have any connection, official
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LUBWIG GOES IN LIFE JNSURAHCE Veteran Newspaper Man and Underwriter Nov With Northwestern.
BREAK UP W. C. 1U. TAG DAY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE TORONTO. Uiu., April 6. The returned soldiers broke up a Tag Oay sponsored by tho W. C. T. TJ. They marched through the streets carrying banners which read: "Don't buy tags. W. C. T. U. tried to cut off our smokes." The tag dag collectors had been recalled after there had been a demonstration which the police put down.
BEDFORD MAN CONFESSES INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. April 5. Harry L Miller, Bedford, Ind. restaurant man, who yesterday confessed robbing stores In twenty-one Indiana cities, was held to the federal grand Jury today for robbing the Paragon. Ind., postoffice of J3.400 in war savings and thrift stamps. He is held in live Marion county Jail, be
ing unable to pYeuro bond which was AOJJD WOMAN
M. P. Ludwlg, tho veteran rewspaper man who left the Times three years a; to take charge of the insurance department of the Hammond Savings & Trust Company, has withdrawn from that service and gone with the Smlth-Johneon life Insurance organization of the Northwestern Mutual Life.J Howard Gescheidler, a popular and industrious Hammond young man, succeeds Mr. Ludwlg in the bank's insurance department and Arthur Llnseman. formerly of the Citizens National Bank, has, as was once stated in these columns, taken over Mr. Gescheidler's position at the Hammond Savings & Trust Company. In leaving the fire insurance field for life Insurance, Mr. Ludwlg believes that he 13 entering a field with more personal opportunities and larger game. His wide acquaintance and popularity will undoubtedly bring him success and maka the Smith-Johnson-Ludwig combination a hard one to beat.
Dies of Heart Failure. Mr. Daclaz Dssrner, SS years, died at his home. 827 ? Howard street. Hammond, last night of heart failure. Mr. Dagner, who has been ailing- for some time leaves besides his wife, one six year old daughter to mourn him. The funeral -will be held from the home Monday afternon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be held In Oak Hill cemetery In charge of Undertaker Emruer-ling.
START NEW THRIFT CAMPAIGN INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., April 6. The war savings stamp committee has sent out 16.000 letters to various school teachers in Indiana, explaining tho thrift campaign and how it can best be carried on in the schools, the stato campaign committee announced today. The committee has also sent out 500.000 thrift
BIOMINGTON A rifle range north of Rloomlngton has been put in readiness for six hundred students
who are reserve officers training corps cards for school children for recording, pervlsor of the
members at Indiana university.
HANGS HERSELF INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl INDIAN SPRINGS, Ind., April B. Mrs. Sarah Utterback. ninety years old. committed nuleide by hanging herself on a door of her home here. She mada noose out of a silk scarf. She had been In poor health.
HUNTINGTON With the opening or school next fail Mrs. B. E. Sayle will b Installed at the Huntington hic,h school as the medical and dental sti-
entire systems of
J sales of thrift and war savings stamps. schools in the city.