Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 257, Hammond, Lake County, 12 April 1919 — Page 1

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Er-Ksissr To Be Pisced On Trial Before High Court of Belgium is Reported. JCHM PRKfRSCN t ST A T F COSRESPOSOINT !. N. SERVICE PA11IS, April 12. ine peace treaty will be presented to the GerPin envoys for their signatures -ith'n t'.vo weeks unless Uiiforesen "eleventh hour" obstacles rrise, it was learned from a most i rustv.orthy cource toda3 The reaty is almost ready for drafting right now. Such rapid progress lias been made sir.ee Wednesday that the i'alian-Jugo-Slav dispute over territory en the Adriatic is now the enly important problem on hand. ri.ACs EX-XAisir.it on triax.. V--iv thai it has b"ri i"ei -1 that th .-Ka! r c.a bo p'.scsd on trial thorc mu-Ti R?oii1at Ion over steps to ' lakn to ct lurn out of Hoilnr.J ani ". ' r. 5;t of th court vi hre ihc trial v take plac". It ! probable 'n.t th fnrmfr ?mror v-ill be arrasnJ rfTf the b:sh court of Brigiutn on an :ruict-i-'fii! ohararin h'.-n with violotina: "'-:um'R neutralii an-J outraisinn r.viiizpd rrorality. Potfflum may be So: to avfitrs the o(Tens with Iier r tT. If th.l is ,thar.t. the '4SP w stand out hfor the w hole world n.1- a. lon to rulerK in tV future to ! ;''! the rlrht o isn-.all r.a '. i'T.?. VILl. KEEP WOELD'S HONOR. The lenci)'- of nations, whose eon- : '-'ition Jta ftnai-y b"en put in shape f r 'nclu'on in th--- ireq; ,. ii be the (Continued 0:1 pige three.) 31,000 DOUGHBOYS DUE SOON Twenty - Five Transports Are Expected in New York Next Week. flNTEBNATIONAL NES SERVICE! V.W V.'KK. Aoi'il li.- .MOi thf.n . ''''' American soldiers are schedu'ed 1 ' it rive in New Ve. k ai-oaid !xr ntyf . ! ransports duim; the coming wecU n 'eordin? to figures given out todaj y y port of embarkation official'. Fi;e '.'her transports wi''I dock at othr . lant ports w;h nearly ffV(n t'ro.-.i-ariist.onal t!:iopers. brmiiin the "-"tal arrivals on the Atlantic sal -ard for the w e-k t.p to SOO-i. Th" Ka'uerin Aufrugta Victoria anl t ' ti tira f T'alderse. tw o ships ru'ent1 - taken over f ro.il Germany will he n monar the a rri vals. The former ves"il will hrinpr back 2.13? officers ar.d men Includes the tth fleld artillery complete, and Has- hopital unit? NVh, 1". It. S3, :tl. it. 4!. 70 and Til :-' nurses. The ccntinKent is under 1i. command of l!gadr tineral Ira V Haym.'. of the ltit fieid artillery. Sh-1 is expected ai r!v- v" ed r.esja y. Till Graf Wa'.dersee h.iK 1.7 11 fiff!i'rs ind mn under command of I.ieut. 1 'a 1J G. Mattinsle. Her complement includes a Brest convalescent detach r:nt and base hoRpital un.ts No. 5. 1 21. 4 4, 50 and 72. F01 NATION-WIDE STRIKE 8,000 New England Phono Operators to Enforce Demands for Increase. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEPVICEi BOSTON. April 1 2 Th- strike voted by upwards of S.000 Host on and New England telephone operators for next Tuesday to t-nfo'c-e their demands for richer wages will be merely the forerunner of a nation wide strike now eehedu'.ed for next month, arcordmR to union icaders. . M. Bujrriaxct. international vicepresident of the brotherhood of Electrical Workers, in addressing a strike meeting of Uoston telephone operators asked them to take no action at this tinnj. He told thorn it was not a case of lack of sympathy on the part of the interna tior.al officers but merely a U isstion of union law. He assured the P.rstcn operators that a nation-wide :r:k would probably be ordered next month.

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f-. I.. I . N. :r;nN' roixT. ini. April is I'raiik I.. Kv.in. s'retary of the Tluf-t t "'i i.i 'h.i :);! ." eo;nnei re will be tl. Fpciicer for the i-h.'t Tv; ty '( eotriri !' i.ere t-. ?1':m.i; v n.ll. when tli" as.-.M-iat:on will hid i'.s ii'intl!'1)' ; n:i.-'- .-it Central Mu.tc hall :i t ; 11. .M '. Kin"- will spwik t thrt ,tw n - ',"fij r-i -.vn - I . ' 1 1 -' ranipan Utel t'se f bamber of coriini-r rre i;- . ;i.-:ii;-tirt'). The "ITK ers and direiior. of th' I. :'.; Co'.int;- rjrin I'urvau '11 lie :n a ' ri'tance. WILSON WILL CALL CONGRESS IN SESSION Date Has Not Been Fixed . Because oLPossibility of : Unforseen Developments AVA5 H IN'GTON, April 1 2. rr-sid-T. t Wilson has decided, tentot i ve1 . upon I the date for a special session of the. new conKcess. lb- ha? tk-n A h i t e ; l.-iHt official- -r'.o bis confidence, it was s'ated todaj. but because " th" ' possibility of unforesern d elopnc'tits. the dale wilt not be r- '. aled at this j time. Iater. it was Mated, if it ttppears that there will b- nothinjr to prevent calling the congress l"Sth"i' at the , time "he president has in mind, the dati wi'l be a nnou iced . ' White House officials said th-v knew: nothintr of forf ipn report.- that fhe ' president, instead of appearing before the openiuK session. would send message to be read. They express 1 the b- lif lint if he. i- in America when the session "nvts : . and it seems cerrain IhaT be will rot issue the all while he i or. for."irn ; s.ilhe will adhere to tiie procedure: that lie h'imself ins' i' n t "d and app-ar I personal!?" before a joint session. ; No further advice'- recardinc tie pro- ; -rrsi of the peace conference b.'is ; rcidli-l the 'Vl'.ite House In.J-y. ! LAKE CO. I BOYS ENLIST FOR SERVICE Men Now Pennitted to Select Their Own Destination for First Time. for tile first titvp; in the history of . lie L'niied Stales army, the bars have b i n dropped and men arc permitted to, enlist, for an v branch of the service and, ' teloTt th'-ir dest inaticu. Men are now wanted for service in the Philippine and ; Hawaiian Islands. China. France. Italy, I Siid on th- Kliine. Jdeii enlisting lr one j year vvii! not lis sent of tSie Vnitcdi States, as those desiring foreign service must enlist for three years. Six men wire accepted and started 011 their way yesterdiv. Th ir names. Bgfs and residence follow: Harve Conwaj.j .,4. Indiana Harbor; Franklin A. Urown, 27, previous service: J ilson Cordon, 21. previous service; George E. Canity,, S2, Fast iTiicagc.. previous service; .lames A. Connor, 13. Valparaiso; "W. J Urady. 21. previous service. Floyd Grapeil. a previous service man. has re-eiilisted ar.d been assigned to Columbus Barracks to sfrve his enlistment. DANTZIG SOVIET JOINS RUSSIA f INTERNATIONAL KE"3 StFtVlCEJ RErtl.IN. v:a London. April 12 The soviet established at DantzlK has issued a proclamation announcing its Junction with '..ssia, said a dispatch fiom that city today. The strike at Dan'.zig has grown into a political move with the leaders demanding the retirement of President Ebert. ARttatars in big cities throughout Baden aio arjsinj: the overthrow of tyje present (uovernment and t!ie proclamation e,f ovlet9. In Bavaria the farmers are carrying on a. food boycott against Munich and AuzsbuiR, where sovleta have be;n es. toblished.

'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 srrti.'Gt-ii:Li, 111. Apni :.unbor's nesv political party of Illinois in convention here today adopted a platform almost idyllic in form, containing 23 planks it sounds a clarion to workers of the state to promote ar.d tb volop its precepts. Here is a brief outline of the thing'' the platform stands for: UnqualifV .1 right of workers to or-Kani.-.i . lei locratic control of lnduftry and commerce. A maximum working dty of eight hours and maximum wr.rklnf? week o? 4 1 hours for both on and women. Tnisiudlat" reduction in the .-o t o; Iiinp ns n P'Ttnanmt policy by co-operation and the elimination of wasteful method.-, middle-nidi and njl profiteeri.'.S. T't?tion of 1 nbe ri tar.oev and incomes at a graduated rate propressint; with their -ize fnd taxation of land nlues but not of improveiiients. l"i:blic ownership and operation of all public uti'nit.s. tin ludinK "Train c!entors. warehouse"". stoek a rd nbhattoir, 'I'urqnce ar.d barks. dveh'pnTM't under public ownership, preferably ffderal. of the mines of Illinois. Old asf and- health Irrurancr; an adc'I'.ial'' workmen'?, com pen sa t i:i law and moth.'rs' pen?ior. Abolition ef the state .n-.t'. Abolition of the power of judses to issue and enforce iiju!iction;i to di-privo "itizens of their rishts in mduMrbil disputes, jur ytrials. f 'r contempt of court cn-mitted tl.-svvheto than In the presence of the court. No law to b- declared uncontitut ional hy the suprem,' court unless threefourths of th judees so deeide. t'ompiete i-estora'ion at the earliest pooMble moiii un of all fundamental political rights ft a speet-ii, etc.. and the liberation of all p. r'nis held in priori or indicted under harpes due to their championship of the rirhts of labor and their patriotic insistence upon "the risrhirt guaranteed. to them by ih.con,Ft it ii t ion.

DEBS SAYS HE'S READY Ik t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' THRRK HAI'TK, Ind.. April Z "J wish to be ready I will nor ask f'r one minute's respite or delay. I am (retijng my house in order, answering ail letters I am able to and ge;ijnj; what busjness I have in shape. I am not goais to prison, but to victory." declared KuReni V. lebs. national .Socialist leader, at hi; h'in her wb.Mc awaninc arrixal of federal officials from northern ' Muo w ho w ill take Jnm to the iMnu nds i'le. W. Va.. prison, to s -rve n sentence of ten ?ears for v iolat . of the cspior-.aK act. I'orn,-! pipers for tlie arrest and imprisonment of De'ns were issued by the t'nited States supreme court Thursday and it is exreeled the papeis will be served on f)eh! here the first of the week. BAD FIRE IN AN Most of Loss Is Covered byInsurance; Fire Soon Under Control. Iasl riijtht about IO.S11 o'clock, a lire broke, out In 1he four-family apartment building: at 4X18 llaring av.-.. East ChicaKo, owned by Frank Pudlo. The, blare started In the first floor rear apartment, occupied by Wtn. Starzinski und family, ami Quickly spread to the up stairs apartment, occupied by "Walter IJudz and family. Two calls for the same tir-i having been put In simultaneously from different points confuted the department somewhat, but they goon had several si reams of water on the burninjr building The rear end of the building as pretty well ruined and household poods in the front apartments wen damaged by snioke and water. The fire was controlled, however, and a larKe part of the building was saved with no darnajte to adjoining buildings. No estimate of the total damage lias been made at this time, but it is largely covered by insurance. SLEEPING SICKNESS REPORTED AT LOWELL tSPEXlAL TO THE T1MES1 hOWKLb. Ind.. April 12. Alexander Black, brother cf County Commissioner William Black, who has just recently moved here from Kewanee, Indiana, was taken sick a few- days ago. and it has developed into a case of sleeping sickness. He wants to sleep most cf the time, and when roused by the family he will only remain awake for s. short time and drop back to sleep again His rondlt'.rn is considered serious

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Gov. Goodrich Will Take No Action Whatever Till He Hsars from St;nsbury.

fTIV.-S etiPS.AU AT STATE CAPITAL1 ! INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 12.' State officials continue to hope: that a proper way may yet be, found to straighten out the tangle j in the county unit highway law without resorting to the necessity; of calling a special session to re-: enact the law and include amend-' ments that were omitted frcm the! enrolled act through the careless-j ness of clerks, it is believed. ; AWAITING STANSBUKY. ! Governor G-'odri-h said y 'Urday that! he will noi issue a call for a special session until he receives an opinion from Kl Stonsbury, attorney K, nrai. as to v,heth-r t!ie specir'-c i ro. lsion of the; ll'HPil' y act. .uK-n d on th same day ' as the iunty unit biErhway law, takes; riecedence over the latter taw in n quir- I inp t'lwtishin truste.es to be. rc-fponible ! tor the townflnp roals. ALL 20PX DISAPPEARS. j All hope of anv other wav out of tl, : i .-iiuatlon has practically disappeared ex- ! cpt for a suggestion made by Kiiulty j W. Johnson, formerly county attorney! of Marion county, that the sp cilic prevision of the Keardsiey act woul J pre-i vail over the. peneral provision of the i county unit Kkli wa y 1mv .s a principal : of st&'tt? -" - onstrurti'on.; rpl'rdlcsfi of I whether or not the l'cardsiey act can be! r. gardfd as ba ii'tf bern passd after j the count., unit l-.ichway law, thereby operat ipjf tn repeat provision of the la t - : lev law in conflict. ' WON'T KEVERSE HIMSSLr. It has become entirely apparent that he attorney cenera! is not sroinc to reverse himself en previous opinions to (Continued on pKe three.) HIGH IOWA OFFICIALS ARE IN Dl !E Judiciary Committee Votes to Recommend Governor's Impeachment. ! TNILPNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE '. PES M'UNEs. la , April I 2 . -' I 'in of Iowa's, highest officials, Cm. AV. 1.. Harding and Atty. Hen. H M UavnT, are factnf; impeachment by the slate legisla'ure toda?'. By a vote of 17 lo 11. the .mdicinrv, committee of the low a house has voted to recommend the impeachment of Cov. Harding- The vote came aftir a bnginy lnvestigat Ion of charges that $5.fifnj was paid by William Kathbun. a farmer of Ida county, for the pardon of his son, Ernest Kathbun. convicted or criminal assault and sentenced to life Imprisonment. Acting upon th" recommendation to i-mpeacli Atty. Con. Havner. whose methods in obtaining revocation of the Kathbun pardon were attacked before the committee, was deferred. It is expected, however, that a vote will be taken today. When Informed that his impeachment had been recommended, Cov. Harding declared the entire affair to be purely n political matter. He expressed confidence that the outcome of the Irnpcachmei t proceedings would absolve bim from all blame. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS StRVICEl COl'KXH AC EN, April 1 1 A secret tonfereiice has just been hSd in Moscivv with Nikolai Eenine, presiding at w-iiiel; it was decided to change the Pol.-iuv.k policy "so as to arrange for money con'.esscns from the Fnited States.'' accord in I? to a report from Pe-tr.-frad today. NICE NEWS FOR FANS. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO, April 12. Cubs fans who wish to sit in box seats this year will have to pay mc? for the privilege. Announcement has been made by Cub officials that the price of box seats has been increased from $1.10 to $1.25 and in some cases $1.50. It was also announced that the right field pavilion has been made a part of the grandstand fand seats therein will cost 85c, instead of 55 as formerly.

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inp tsolsheviki are aristnp: on every sice. 'The soviet ronjrress is meeting under excitinp; circumstances and there is continuous figrhtinj, through the -treets. It is predicted that the Kbert government at Weimar will fall when the peace treaty is sitmed; the opposition merely bidir.j? their time so tnut the odium of sip-nine the treaty will fall on the Ebert faction.

MORN AUTO SMASH ! IN HAMMOND!

j Stock Train on Monon Hits j Labor Bureau and ReceruitTwo Well Known La-n- j ing Office Expose Fakers

snig, 111., People. ' .Mr.--. Nick .Mararieh of Lansing. Hi , j i ivas brui.-'-d about the In ad rind injured j 'Internally v 1 in-n then- a u ' "im -bib, driv-j I en by hrr hu-binfi. va- hit hy f"o"k J , train on th" M"tioti in Hammond this 1 ! morning. ' The JUrnnif'i'5 who were n th'-ir i iv.ay home about tlir'f o'elo.-k an-! were, driving not em Highland st"yt wh-ti jliiey were hit by the Monon train drlv-J i en by Engineer Pat Shan" of Lafayette,; j Ind 1 Mrs. Maranich was ta'tcn to St Mai'- ' garet's hospital in lhe Hammond po'J, e ' ratrol where it was fuuiil that 'he w a ! I quite badly hurt. j : GARY MEN IN ! AUTO SMASHUPj ! Nick Vim.'i. o' 10 Adams st . C.'irv. j I was badly bruised and cut about lhe ! head and two other men. Nick Kaldr. of: I 15 Pennsylvania av ".. nd 'onre-e Tut ic. j 1 of 11 Washington si . Hurt, were slight- j jlv Injured when the aut. mobile in which! j they wore riding overturned in ditch j I on Calumet boulevard, Hammond, last i night about 10 o'clock. j ORDER MINERS TO RESUME WORK r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! INDIANA P"LS. Ind. A t" ' 1 12 Orders have been sept ..ut from i he beadqua I let s o' th" ork'-u of America . ncun.4 1.2"' strfttr-g iean to resume work cation ..f their Offer mine operators. Th" the operators are not 1'nij d Mine u this city dir in Michpending adjudlnccs with the miners charge abiding bv the Edgar 'W'alia.e' present w ae contract and Charles the tnin' rs. Batlcy, lipid workers of ere sent to M-.chiepti to see that th- odd-i are can led o'J FRENCH HOLD SEBASTOPOL : 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! t GENEVA, April 12. The French i troops holding Sebastopol in South I RusS'a. have btn reinforced and or!dred to hold the eirv at all costs, a d:.-?.ttch fro Bucharest stated t' day. Tin- Fiencli and Cr- ek forces . vacua ted the. city quietly after a battle with the I'liraniaii soviet troops w.ho ; r utnunibered the allies seven to e.ne. i REFUSE 7-HOUR DAY. i AMSTERDAM, Apr.l 12. The G-r-i man w orkmen in the Ruhr district j have refused the offer of a seven hour workday, raid a dispatch fiom Cologne j today. I The B-partacides. who are alliei w-'.th I the German strikers, are conducting on "ali-German" eampaigr. witn alr- . planes.

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Weimar government, for the threaten- ( FAKE SOLDIERS ARE DENOUNCED , IN HAMMOND Wearing th. Uniform. Fnited Slates .fli ials in Hammond nr. condii'-f ing a crusade asfiinst fake. Stddiers. fup ant Crane is ampaign is 1.-mg sibly : cond" d by H. .?. Dcincr. c.x.'itnincr in charcc 01 the H-unmoiid employment bureau. S.-rc' ly a day passes that be dots let have an encounter with en.- of these men. Horner is trying to impress upon tin returning soldiers that h" can tind employment for them, and it makes his hi "1 b-.il h. n be runs across .-. man in soldier's iinil'.'nn . -i ppa rcr tl y .'..iiiradicimg his stat.ti,-tit by felling fome worth!-ss patnphl't or trinket e-u the street corners. These men impose upon the people of Hammond. They know that a man does not !i!;e to take the risk of being termed unpatriotic when it can be avoided b -pending a dime, even though he knows n ts money thrown away. The employment bureau does net r-"ommend sol-cki-s to persons who are promoting tic sales of worthless articles in bouse to ln c.se canvassing. Cheap songs which ordinarily sell at ten cents are often offered on the streets for double that sun. Tn one case Mr. I.ierr.cr found that i couple of men in uniform had taken a bunch of advertising pampie's which had been left at Liberty Hall for free distribution, and were selling them for ten and fifteen rents each'. Trrncr genera "Hy C lis .ich men to wet rff th1 streets. If they wfnt work they can apply at the employment agency and he will liflp them. O'tn-'wise they are. bumpering his work .lt d ! e d '-n't vc-int them around. 77c force d or." man to admit that his licutenani's b.-rs were faked end later that he was not (ntiticd to the overseas outfit he vvns wearing. WOMAN SMUGGLER SAYS IT'S EASY i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SritVICEl rOLTLAN!'. ore., Aps.l 12. .lane Western' an, f. is detain.. I by steel bars of a cell n Portland, today, while officers of the );:w are seeking i onreredates In a scheme t.. smuggle opium across the t'sr.ad'an line into the United States. When picked up the wotnr-n was offering opium in the. can for $9'l each. Jan- confl ied to the p.,!.ce that " it was easy for a woman wearing corsets to , magg's opium,' and "iinyhow men are fooled in more ways than one h a woman's dress." AUTO TRUCK HIT AND SMASHED A Fifth avenue Gary Garage auto truck was yesteiday hit by a west bound local freight tram st Fortieth avenue and Broadway and l educed to kindling wood. The driver, .lul.n Johnson, jnmpe 1u-t before th crash and escaped injuij.

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Charges Will Blacken Germany's Name for Many Years to Come. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICtl LONDON, April 12. No defendant that was ever arraigned before a tribunal of justice was ever accused of more crimes than William Hohenzollern, the exkaiser of Germany, will be if he in placed on trial in one of the allied countries charged with war responsibiity and its attendant horrors. No fewer than thirty varieties of crime are enumerated in the list compiled by the sub-comrnittee of the commission on war responsibility in Paris. These crimes will blacken the name of Germany and her accomplices for many years to come. DIVERSITY Or CBXBCES. One of the main feature? Is the diversity of the charge?, reaching: out Into every branch of culpability. The list, as received from Faris follows: 1. Massacre of civilians. 2. Putting lo death of hostages. 3. 4. 9. 6. Torture of civilians. Starvation of civilians, nape. Abduction of g-irls and women fcr purposes of enforced prostitution. 7. Deportation of civilians. S. Interment of civilians under brutal condition?. 3. t ion Forced labor civilians in conncwith military operations of th enemy. I'J. Usurpation of sorerrignty during military occupation. 11. Compulsory enlistment of soldiers among inhabitants of occupied territory. 12. PHlago 13. Confiscation of property. H. Exaction of illegitimate or of exorbitant contributions and requirilions. 10. Debasement of currency and issue of spurious currency. 16. Imposition of collective penalties. 17. Wanton devastation and destruction of property. J ! Bombardment of undefended places. 1?. Wanton destruction of rel)gioi;. charitable, educational and historical buildings and monuments. 20 Destruction, of merchant sh'r and passenger vessels without examination and without warning. 21. Destruction of fishing boat? and of a relief ship. 22. Bombardment of hospitals. 2.1. Attack on and destruction of hospital ships. 21. Breach of other rules relating: t" the Itefi doss. 23. Use of deleterious and asphyx'a ing gases. 2ti. Use of explosive and expanding bullets. 27. Directions to give no quarter -K, 111 treatment of prisoners of war. 2. Misuse nf flag of truce, "i. Poisoning of wells. John H. Kendall, Who Dabbled in Oil Stocks, Missing With $97,000. I INTERNATIONAL KEWS SERVICE) CHICAGO. April 12. Despairing of the success of a private search that has been in progress for the last six months, officials of the Amboy. Ind., State Ban!; today have appealed to Chicago det-.c-iives to find John H. Kendall, former cashier of the bank, whose disappearance last October was simultaneous with that of $07,000 of the bank's funds. The bank, since Kendall's defalcations became, known, has been in the hands of a receiver. Its liabilities are listed at $120. 000 and its assets at i2"0.0fi0. Most of Kendall's shortage, it Is a!lep. d, is in the form of negotiable bonds and securities. Speculation in oil stocks and in the stocks of an automobile concern, according to the receiver of th bank, is believed to have caused, Kendall to misappropriate funds from the bank. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK. April 11. Reports that J. 1. Morgan & Co. -tre interested financially in the organization of a new Japanese steamship line te operate ships in ,-'1 of the important travel lanes of the v. oild were officially denied by a representative ut the firm this aixernoon.

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