Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 259, Hammond, Lake County, 15 April 1919 — Page 1

LAK 1,1 J A JILJi. JLA. RAIN OR "Mop It Up" Victory Slogan SNOW HHPS VOL. XI IT, NO. 259.. HAMMOND, INDIANA. TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1919. INTERNATIONAL NEWS tULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE. On streets and arws stands, jo par copy. EellTred by carried In Hammond and West Hammond, SOo per month. Ski

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ILimmond Police Do Clever Bit of Detective Work Yesterday. After &a untiring vigil that la;t-twenty-four hours, a brilliant piece of detective work on the part cf Officers Lute and Warner of the Hammond motorcycle police, two men alleged to be responsible for the drowning of Serg. Joseph Albert were arrested and jailed ye-terday afternoon. The speeders are: ROBERT J. ADLEY. 1123 W. Park ave., Robertsdale. ORLANDO LEE. 42S Fischrupp ave., Whiting. FRISOHXM ADMIT XT. Lee and Adly at the Hamrrrond poJj. v va'k.n admitted that they ran into S Albert's cor containing Louis h'.nrrerlins end the Misses Josephine 'Luz Anna Albert, but smar they did r- know they had hurled it off the Ci'umoc boulevard into I.i'.o George. 'art. Rlmba. h of the Hammond pcp. detailed Motorcycle Police Lute and V. rnor on tlif ase yesterday morning. -ind rind the autoist who is responr .; for the death of that soldier boy i: ou possibly can " he said. CLVES -WERE SLIGHT. The speed cops had little to work on. :- witness of Hie. tragedy thought the car bore aft Indiana license r . they figured it out that the machine j, :ch "belong to :,o:ne W hiting or East , ;cago man and visited every garage the Calumet region in search of a c- 'l,at must have been damaged on t;te right side bj the for., e of such im-T-, t w gien to svitd an auto oil t r ,-) Whiting srnuse the Oa:c:w f u-d a big roadster court with three ..-.oUc, knued out of the front wheel a; .1 ;l.e hub cap smashed off. HAD BEETT AT BUESHAH. Pursuing the:;- ittt e.-tiBatioii further th-v pertained that btlongrd 1 or'.aMao Lc and thit on Sunuay r zhx he ai.d Robert Adley had driven f-'e -ar to Purnhsin and that when they T.r-tigru the car back Adtey drove, and fioi.t v.h'-el i liroltcn. !..-e and Adley were both put under st. They confessed to hitting the 'Vrt ar but declared they thought had only scraped the fender and Vr-ot know they had knocked it in the j;t-1i. -In fact.- said Lee. "we tnoufffit ' -.w- the car following us." Both r--n declared they had only had one or drinks at liurnham. BOTH OBTAIN BAZI N.-ither mr.. both of whom are rnid at the Standard Oil. had any l-,firu1ty in tottin: bail. Thry were V. under $...0f0 bonds apice. officials r the Standard company goins h- n- bail. The penalty for running away from f:. accident, where the driver knows of Jr. i a penitentiary offense so the probbilitv is both men will be bound over o the criminal court at Crown Point or trial. 00. QUOTA IS ! GIVEN OUT Chairman F. R. Schaaf Receives Word From Headquarters Today. bounty Chairman F. R. Schaaf. of the Victory Loan received a telegram from Will H. Wade, Indiana chairman at noon today announcing that Lake county's quota for the coming loan Is t SOO, 000, 000. This Is over a million flollsrs' less than the Fourth Loan. Chairman Schaaf and the various city chairmen will meet this afternoon and apportion the various jreogvaphieal allotments ana they will be announced tomorrow. Major Schaaf is m i-i pleased at the magnicent opporI'.in ties offered for investment in the V Loan end said todnv that he be- ! the people will respond in their fc .- 'i c in appreciation of the high inand other desirable features of Uie ioai..

Hammond Sergeant Who Was Victim of Speeding Auto

4 5 J' i SCRGKWT JOSKP1I A L. ft Kit T. A home plunged in deepest mourninjr is that of Mr and Mrs. Anthony Albert in Hammond because of the drown-n? of the yrid of their flock, sergeant ph Albert, manager of the East Chicago Pattern Works and one of the Mn- st j o ing men who er went cr.t i f Hammond to jon the ait.j. He was in the heavy ordnance at Camp Taylor, awaiting the call overseas, w hen the armistice was signed, in cernpany with three other youngpeople .n his auto he was hurled off ''a!uraet boulevard into Lake George by a speeding auto Sunday nsght. The funeral will be held tomorrow morn-! ing and a wide circle of sorrowing friends will attend the obsequies -at SUJ, Joseph's church. WELL, THE CHANGES WERE VERY MANY Hammond Man Sues Wife for Divorce in GaryCourt. DeWtit Waggoner of Hammond hs suer; his wife. Frances, in the Gary superior court for ditorce. setting out by his attorneys. Boone end Murray, n number of allegations. That she relused to ..ook his meals, told him she was going to th movies when she went f public dances, beat hir. aged mother, purchased costly ru? and gave them .may, had a violent, temper, were some of the charges. other suits for divorce filed were: Belle Chancellor s. William Chancellor, Hretsch and Sweeney attorneys, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment when defendant would beat and call the n'.ainliff vile names, and that of Rosie Potrowski s. Joe Potrowskl; A. M. Stein, attorney, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment by beating and calling her vile names and at one time defendant beat plaintiff when In a delicate condition causing the birth of a dead child. IE WOOD IN CITY Is Going Over District to Get iii Touch With Sentiment of the People. Congressman Will P.. Wood, wh-i j represents this district In congress, was in Hammond today interviewing his constituents and shaking hands with his friends. Mr. Wood has returned from Central American waters, where he visited Panama, Hayti and other possessions in the Carribean. He will return to congress in a short time. When asked about the League of Nations. Mr. Wood doubted whether there were a thousand people in the country who were qualfied to discuss it understanding-, for it is a Ie-ague of Notions, not nations, he said. He bitterly opposed to it because he believes it is a surrender of sovereignty for the United States and ays it should be debated and discussed and thoroughly unerstood before it is passed. Congressman Wood 1 going over the district to get the sentiment of the people, so that he can the better represent them at the coming session of congress. MEETING AT MERRILL VILLE Merrillville. Ind , April 15. There will be an important liberty loan meeting on Friday evening. April IS at I o'clock. Good speakers will be In Ittendance. '"We want everybody to com,' says Sam B. Woods..

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APR. 22 BIG DAY LOAN DRIVE

Wednesday morning. April 23, Is the date set for the opening of Hammond's Victory Loan drive. This decision was reached today after a conference and all plans are being rushed in order that the campaign shall start off with all the vigor of the four previous loans. Chairman W. C. Pelman has called a meeting of all workers to be Held next Tuesday evening at S o'clock at this Chamber of Commerce rooms. It is especially urged that all who can do so should be present even though they have not been asked to work by gome of ihe leading worker. Mr. Belman ffates, in other words It ia everbody's l"an and every person should do everything possible, to put it over the top quickly. Mrs. W. D. Fatten, chairman of the woman's department, has completed her task of assigning the residence, district to women captains by precincts with one exception. This is Precinct No. 13. There are msny good workers in this precinct but for some, reason no one seems to want the job. It la hoped that some lady will volunteer at once for this place. Following is the list as now arranged: Fourth. Mrs. Deniston: fifth. Mrs. Foss; sixth, Grace Lukeman; seventh. Mrs. Dedelow; eighth. Mrs. J. Brusel: ninth, Mrs. Campbell: tenth. Mrs. Leary; eleventh, Mrs. Holloway and Mrs. Reilly: twelfth. Mrs. Graves; thirteenth. Wanted: fourteenth, Mrs. Ilirsch: fifteenth. Mrs. Bartlett: aixImKk Mrs. itrim and-jrw. Leonard: .-seventeenth. Mrs. Aschbach-er: llth. Mrs. Dugan; nieteenth, Mrs. Langley. Mrs. Dugan will be In charge of all the foreign speaking residents. Mrs. Patton Is very optimistic over the Victory loan prospects and declares it is bound to go over in the same manner as the others. She points out that it is a better investment financialy and that people should be glad for the opportunity to subscribe. COURT SUSTAINS Overflowing of Little Calumet River Makes Land Less Valuable for Crops. Due to the fact that the Little Calumet river overflows a large part of her allotment and that crops are very uncertain. Wllhelmlna Kaske filed her objection to the report of the commissioners who were appointed to partition seventy acres of valuable land lying between Ridge road and the Calumet river on Columbia avenue. The action is part of the partition suit of Augusta Stallbohm et al vs. Wilhelmlna. Kaske et al. which is before Judge Hardy in Hammond Superior Court No. 2. The land, which was appraised at from J250 to $1,000 per acre according 'o its location, lies in such a manner that psrt of It is flooded in wet seasons. Mrs. Kaske. it seems, was awarded a large share of this lowland in the report of the partition . commissioners. The court sustained the motion of the objectors and set aside the report. Pending the appointment of a new commission, the court appointed John J. Kraay as receiver to take charge of the real estate and rent It during the rresent rental year. He has taken the appointment of the new commission under advisement. L. T. Meyer is attorney for the plaintiffs and Gillett &- Sheerer rpresent the defendants. MASONIC EVENT IS ON MAY 10 SPECIAL TO THC TIMESJ CROWN POINT, Ind.. April 15. The big Masonic event for Crown Point the laying of the corner stone of the new Masonic temple will not take place until gat u day, My 10. Instead of Sat. urday. April 19, as announced in these columns yesterday, due to an error in publicity matter. The committee ij glad of the advertising, however, and the tory showed what great interest there is over the country in the event HAMMOND MAN SEEKS DIVORCE tSPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT. Ind., April 15. E. G. Sproat of Hammond, filed a divorce case in the circuit court at Crown Pt.. on Monday. Frank Forest vs. Goldie Forest of Hammond. Couple separated March 13. 1919. Defendant guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment and had an uncontrollable temper. Left her home about March 15 and is now In Toledo, Ohio. Forest is employed as an electrician. A.re you reading The Times?

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FOR SOLDIER'S DROWNING

"DON'T SIGN" NEWSPAPER Tages Zeitung, Inspired Organ, Advises Government Not to Sign Document. A. G. Anderson tTAFr CORRESPONDENT 1. N. SERVICE WEIMAR, (via Berlin and London) April 15. Coincident with the formation of a "peace committee" by the national assembly, the Tages Zeitung today printed an in-1 spired editorial headed: j j "Don't Sign." j In urging the government not to ! i accept any peace treaty ceding a j "corridor of land from Dantzig to! I the Polish border' this conserva-! j tive newspaper said : "DON'T ACCEPT IT." j "We must not accept any peace mak- j . lng the independence or sovereignty cf ! 1 Germany doubtful. "German domestic politics is no for- ! I eigners business, nor tan anybody die- ' j tate cur army policies. If we concede j France's fanatic demands we shall no ! j longer be a nation, but an entente prov- ! ince. We cannot guarantee , to carry out I the indemnity demands. If we are t j steadfast our adversaries will and must j yield." f ? L n WILL M Among the important matters to be considered by the Hammond City Council this evening will be the ordinance designed to keep the Hammond branch of the United States Employment Bureau open until some provision is made by congress. Since March 28, H. J. Derner has been working ahead as examiner-in-charge even though he knows he may ordinance will come up for third reading and final passage this evening appro - prlating the funds to keep the office open for three months. Fifty machinists could have started work this morning in local rlants, together with a number of riveters, btickers. heaters.' blacksmiths and laborers. The bucker-up. labor and heater jobs were filled from men on the waiting lists, but machinists, riveters end blacksmiths are scarce. Many of the large cities are liting great numbers of un employed in all lines but for some reason these men cannot be persuaded to come to the Calumet district. As proof of the good work being done ' by the Hammond agency, a summary of! the results for March w ill be presented j to the councllmen. During th4 montV there were 716 applications for employ - ment and employers made application for 6S4 men. Owing to scarcity in some llnes. all orders could not be filled. Mr. Derner was able to refer 336 men and of these 300 were placed. Of those placed sixty-three per cent were returned soldiers. The number of women taking advantage of the service 1s comparativelysmall, being only about eight per cent of the total applications. TOWNSHIP ASSESOR IS REMOVED (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. April 15. George A. Stockbcrger, a township assessor in Fulton county, was ordered removed by the state tajt commission today on charges of failure to perform his duties properly, preferred by the county assessor of Fulton county. This was the first case of the kind under tho new tax law and the hearing was conducted by the state tax commission yesterday afternoon. Attorneys for Stockberger took an appeal to the circuit court of Fulton county. FRENCH PRESS AGAIN ALARMED f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 PARIS, April I- A new note of alarm was sounded today when a section of the French press expressed the fear that any a T- ement giving a French commission mandatory rights over Syria would mean a loss of French claims in the Orient. The Journal accused Prince Feisal. son of the king of the Hedjaz, with "being too susceptible to English arguments." The despairing cry was set up that tho ! commission is preparing the way to the Iota! eietion of the French from the Orient. WARSAW. The date of the annual convention and tournament of the Northeastern Indiana Firemen's Associatievn. which will be bn!d in this city, has been changed from June 12 to June 1?,

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President and Mrs. Wilsoa entering eat o foreign oflice at the Quai D'Orsay, Farlfl. The above photo is believed to be the latest of President Wilson. It tras taken just prior to his recent illness. The photo is rnusual because it thowg the president with a cane.

STANDARD OIL CO. rc'ommoaious unice ana ser- ( i VlCe StrUCtUre Fine Acquisition. The Standard Oil Comrany In Hammond has moved into one of the handsomest officf, buildings and garage that it possesses anywhere, and Mgr. Frank Walters is about as proud as a man can be of it. The new building, built of concrete, brick and stone. Is located on Hanover St . and the big oil plant is a splendid ad.tinct to the manufacturing end of North Hammond. The building is twenty-five feet by thirty-five feet and is fireproof throughout. It houses the general offices, counting room, cashier, j and clerk's rfnees. and the employes rest ana smoKin.r room. in tne rear is a EOxoO gara;; and room for twelve trucks, where day and night service is given. To the west is the gauge filling station for rank trucks and SO, 000 gallon storage tanks and barrel house. The T'.ant is the last word in oil stations and well equipped with every detail to take care of the company's growing business. The Standard Oil Company now employes a force of twenty men In Hammond and has grown wonderfully In tho past two months. The plant is surrounded by a handsome ten-foot wire fence and driveways. FEDERAL BAKERIES INCORPORATED CROWN POINT. Ind . April 15. Articles of association for the Federal !:.l.,,ri... tn ! t hi ' eh H t n ITavn- I mond were filed on Saturday at Crown Point, the. 'concern to be incorporated for $50,000 and will sell bread, rolls and other bakery products. Jesse Wilson and Carl Prince of Hammond an1 Robert A. Schoenfeld of Peoria. III., are the members of the association. GAS CO. HAS FINE DISPLAY An air of spring pervades the salesrooms of the Northern Indiana Gas iF.lectrio company this w-eek because of a simple but effective and beautiful Interior decorative scheme combined with the lighting system. The display windows are also attracting considerable attention by their tasty display -of vacuum cleaners on one sida and electric household devices on the other. Special demonstrators are st the salesrooms this week demonstrattne- the Roval Vacuum Cleaner and Vn!vf ral Klec-tric Appliances. Testercay a six-pound roast was in a very xhort time cook to a turn to suit the most critical. Advertise in The Times and advertise again. Results come with constant effort.

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FATE NOW HITII 1! President Is to Determine What Is to Be Done With Wilhelm. By SIDWEV DARK ExclusiTe Cable by the X. N. s. and ths London Sally Express.) PARIS. April 15.--The fate of the tormer Kaiser of Germany is in the

Hands or President AVilson today. The j cuting Attorney W. O. Thomas appeared president 1s to determine whether th. j for the state. The Jury was soon hn-ex-emperor is to stay in Holland or : panelled. W. J. McAleer and John .,-

snail oe sent to another St. Hcl'na. President Wilson is pomp to have a very busy and Important four days in the absence of Premier Lloyd George. He is now the practical arbitrator of the Flume dispute. It. is understood that the president is inclined to make Fiume the seat outlet of Jugo-Slavia. Premier Orlando, of Italy, is said to hold a conciliatory attitude, but an Italian outburst. Is feared at home If Fiume is lost to Italy.

w. mm ELECTION ON TOWN QUIET

West Hammond's election which j9 j madness, it is believed. William J. Mar-being-held today, seems to be just as't1, fpr ten J'ears assistant postmaster quiet as the campaign w hich ended i of Ifinsdale. a suburb, today shot and last night. Although a heavy vote is 1 kil!ed hls wif,? ari1 two "na half year

being polled there is little confusion'0"1 sor1, Probal!y mortally wounded hi

aad If the rain holds off until evening party leaders will have rounded up a large percentage of the town's voting strength. At nooa It was estimated that seventy percent of the voters had visited the polling places. The total poll for West Hammond is close to 1S00. About fifty percent of th women had voted by noon, but it is thought the woman vote this afternoon will be much h-eavier. Th People's Party held their meeting last night and completed arrangements for getting out a - full party representation at the voting places. TRACK MEN OUT ON STRIKE f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) YOUNG STOW N. ... April 16. More than one hundred Peiinsyrvania railroad track men ewnt on strike here this morning when the company refused their demands for an increase in wage?. The men had been getting thirty-iWe cents an hour and asked forty. No trouble is anticipated.

JURY MAY

GET CASE Echoes of Dreadful Circus Wreck Horror Heard This Week In Criminal Court. TSPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 CROWN POINT. In" Ap"J 16.-Th. shades of the knights and lad'es Of tin,r.l J , ; . . v...w spang-.es must have ; t alked through the courtroom wbere ; Alonro Sarg-nt, the veteran vi,),(n Central engineer, was put on trial for his life yesterday in the new criminal : court. th Ul-fat-d empty troop tra'n : 'hat on s. beautiful spring morning in jthe woods where birds were beginn'ng j to awake In scng crashed into the rear j section of the Hagenbeck-Wallace ; shows and the mogul engine tore i-.to 'he hundreds of sleeping circus rrormers without even a scream cf wn. ! i,isr- Alonzo Sargent slept at th- thro't!er j a cowrissioar op wxoiiasircx. xie. admitted It cn the witness stand There waa nothing dramatic about the testimony. Sargent told lt In a matter-of-fact-way in a helpless sort of a way. Tb courtroom was verv ni.iet -u-i. v.- : train went through Gary, when lt wen' j through Tolleston the engineer said he j w as awake. "I closed the cat window after w ! passed Tolleston." said Sargent, "it was ; chilly and then I doied." ! It was a claln - l a'jraifiion or responsibility and guilt, it was a duplicate of the confession he made to officials of the Michigan Central afr.r s. t escaped from his engine as it was settingfire to the shattered circu. cars lnplr screaming human freight on the nd of last June, a Utle after four o clock in the morning. He ran through the woods In terror and caught a South. Snore interurban for Michigan Citv. HS HAD ESCAPED TEE SCXWB. At the time It was believed by th searchers among tha grisly horrors that Sargent was underneath the engine in that burning furnace, but he waa found later In Jackson. Mich., and" there admitted first he slept at hs post. Sargent said, after being sworn, the on Friday morning at five, 24 hours before the wreck, that he was called to take an empty train late out of Jackson. He had not had his clothes off from his last run and lay down in them to snatch a few moments of sleep before the train reached Michigan City and he was sleepy when he took it. TBIAX PROCEEDS WITHOUT DZLAT. No time was lost when the trial Kan before Judge M. J. Smith. Proseappeared for Sargent. To the surprL--? of the court attaches who thought thasome of the Michigan Central's general counsel would be represented, they werenot. It was reported that the road had left Sargent to his fate since the horror (Continued on page twelve.) POSTMASTER COMMITS Afi u Kills Wife, Two Children and Himself in Fury of Madness. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! I - HI1. AGO, April 15. In furv of eight year old daughter and then shot and killed himself. Marwitz shot his wife as she lay In bed. Then he summoned his children from an adjoining room and shot them as they entered the room where he was. Before shooting his children, however, he telephoned his brother, saying. "I have killed my wife and I am going to kill my children." So far as i. known Marwitz's accounts at the postoffice were all right, and no motive for nis act has been brought to light. Both Marwitz and his wife were prominent in church and, Sunday school work. CROWN POINT OVER THE TOP TSPECIAL TO THE TIMESj CROWN POINT. Ind.. April 15. At the n-Vour-Own Home'" meetinc last nirrht enough subscriptions were received to srusrantee this city the honor of being the first In the state to go over the top In Its allotment. An ac3re.sive campaign is now to 1starteri by the chamber of rommeice Recording to Secretary Fred Ruff.

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