Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 260, Hammond, Lake County, 16 April 1919 — Page 1

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Mendant In III Health and Without Sleep at Time of Wreck, Signals Improper. 'fPECIAL TO THE TIMES ,r CROWN POINT, Ind., April 16 I ;uer:ce in the Sargent manslaughter! e from three in the afternoon ; nil eleven o'clock at night the iurv in Judge Smith's court announced that it was unable 1 reach any agreement. The jury s:ccd seven to live for acquittal. Whether the case against the veteran engineer will ever come to i i again is problematical and; A . . T , - T" Tt 1. ' ' HenVpri i YS3BICI VICTORY TOE M'AX.EER..4 verdict was; quite a victory for V. J. MoAlecr of Hammond and ii.unscl John A. Ga it. Mr. Mcplanned h. ieftn: of the 'etA ! -:i M. E. engineer on three lines, his i:.-.--alth. th? fact that he was kept at v - U by the railroad for iZ consecutive ,u:-- and the irr.proptr means of sigTjvidence was introduced by Sargent's K. :, ers that th defenda" t wa? suffering from kidney conlplaint at the time r the wreck End that ho was taking rnrciicai treatment for the complaint. T'tis va5 assorted to caue symptomatic piness. Jn the. matter of his 23 Jrt.rs without Fie p. testimony wai 1 : r : h of time. r-jAOZJAiT HAD NO TOBPXDOES. ii'Vi-r railioad men testified that tr-.s r;' 1a5i:a:i, "scar'r Timm. of tho circus t -!v-u',d have iit'cn equipped with , .-. rr ':.. nnd'lhat it lr. a rule of reilv i . that tUs syrtcni of siffnalling is riddilior.nl safe-gurd. 1. Atty. MtA'eer aJdressed the jury to the effect t if a torpe lo had been placed ovt tht track by Tinim the c-xr!oion v.ould - woke tip the dozirg t-ngitteer in j i : : , t y of t:m for him to prevent a colJ ion with the circus train. Jui'pe Smith's instructions to the i :- ehnrcej that there were only two k-'"'?- of er.1:-t for them to consider: K i v or t:ot iruilty of inxoluniary r . v. - lou crh ' r. , TS.IA.Ii WAS ?A.TEETTC. Th r-- was t-n.Ul-'r:iMc pathos to th-5 ' yesterday. Jo'.: rh Todd, tt.e hus-j -I of Jennie ToUd. for whom the. v !. .ro.e. utcd. wept durii.g' At- j try McA'.eer's speeci to the jury, 1 afte- it was ever fold Mr. McAWr: '. r. r -Ji.n't want to see that old roan sent- j -..-. i. It i tho railroad's fa-iit, not j h -." :, T'--.r d-fendant mad an excellent or-1 j ::rsice on the witness tand. Ho told a .-M-nipht forward story and denied that ; -"r ran away from the scene of the j ; :.-i-nt. It'1 fstif'e-1 that he w;! there; an hour. The con rt room attache j r rr visibly intprefsfd with his at ti- j t ; both on ana on mo smnu ane-. ihiitiy took cognizance of his, i"!tes. ! 1 ALL ATTEST TO SERGEANT'S POPULARITY! Semi-Military Funeral Held j This Morning Attended by Large Crowd. For-ularity of ?e rgeant Joseph Aibcrls, the young Hammond fol'litr v.lio h.st his life in the EaUo '.ieorgt automobile accident Sunday night, was shown this morning when an unusually large crowd pa.id tluir last respects to him in spite of the rainy weather. The funeral was held from St. Joseph's church at eight o'clock. Twenty soldiers in uniform accompanied the body to St. Joseph's cemetery where a bugler and firing squad pcrfrrnied the military rites. i-ergeant Alberts hud taken out life insurance while in the army, but the f?Tni!y is in ignorance as to. whether ha had carried his $10.00 policy to data or had allowed it to lapse. An inquiry will be made. Coronor Graham is Investigating the circumstances of the death anil th formal inyucst will be held Saturday morning. Anthony Alberts, father of the young man. a former member of the Hammond fire department, expresses on behalf of the family their thanks for sympathetic acts of the public and especially commends the members of th police force for their efficient w ork at the time of th j tragedy and follow ing. 1 AUTO STOLEN. The automobile of John Siater was ff len from In front of his home, at ;r. wi.eoK street, some time between .1 and 12 o'clock last night.

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Dry Zone" Law Will Be Taken Up When Mexican Congress Meets. 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! 1 LAREDO, T-x.. April 16. Mexico is 1 planning to aid the United Slates in Us efforts to er.foreo the dry law. j When the federal prohibition measure i beeomes effect n e in the Unit'd States) on July l. Mexico rrobably will have I in operation, a law establishing what ! will be known as a law prohibiting 'ten mile border the sale of such intoxicants as mescal. juardienie. CQUi.a. wniPhey, beer ana vtmes Witnin ward from the border. Transportation of intoxicarits through tins rone a"--o I vi'.i i.t prohibited Tht "dry zone" will extend from tir? iJV.er California boundary alone tha

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jnauMpa.. or ft.: the racsn.- coast to tc rioutii or tuo liio tiranae on mc .k'LiJf of Mexico. No saloons v. iil b-1 1 erir.iited anywhere within tin miles of the boundary lin". It is expected the action of the Mext- ; can go-. ernment win aid the states of ! ("aiifortiia, Arizona, New Mexico and j Texas in thfir efforts to make effective; . ..... ... t.--- - ' e ' " . n.irtfd here, will be taken up at th lta' -session of the Mexican conpress and , will become cfter it? pa-yage. effective thirty days L CALLED TO GARY j . , Prominent Speakers to Ad - ' ' y. i dreSS Gathering Of ViCtOry 1 Leaders Thursday. i ounty v nairuian r. n. " - "ent out r.otics to au tr.e various nij Bud township chairmen in Lake county i today for a meeting at 1 .!ui in liary tomorrow, the Vniversity Thursday eve ilL . ,.. .... j been promised two good spmhts t rem j r Kcdcrsl K-serve Intrict headtne mianrr? in Chicaco and they wiil ad--i v --i.t.,.- T.iWortv lxinn work- ' ' . ' Zl..,,' ers nrnt trom me s.iouiui. ...u.. , Schaaf will preside at the gathering which will signalize the preparatory onslaught for sales. GERMAN DELEGATES TO ASSEMBLE APR. 25 Will First Be Received Privately at Versailles Before Signatures Are Given. (Btji.i.i:tiit.) John Frkers3h 'international news service! PAKI3, April 16 Tha official laitattoa to tha Oermana to auter the peace conference wa written by President Wilson and diapatcned to Weimar Isy special courier list Digit. It is understood that the two hundred German delegate who will ccaio to Versailles for the signing' of the- treaty will represent every pLaee of German life. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICtl r'AP.lS. April 1. The German delegates to the peace conference will b- received privately by the Council of ten at the Trianon palace at A er- ! saille on April 25 before they are called into a plT.ary session of the conference. They will then be given a draft of the treat. President "Wilson, it is understood, will not wait for the final signature?. The small powers will not be called in until the plenary session U called in the hall of mirrors. I When the final session takes place the German delegates will be seated l opposite Preraier Clen:enceau, chairman of the conference. The treaty will then be passed around from hand to hand for the signature?. ANTON'S FOLKS ARE WORRYING The Hammond police have received a letter from the Chief of Police of Lorain, O.. in which he asks the Hamomnd police to let him know if tliey can find out anything of a boy by the name of AJiton pombroski. Anton left Ixraiu May Sth. 191 S. and the last heard from him was with the Hagenbach and Wallace shows where he worked as a bill poster, and his mother, wiiri is ill. is very much worried about him. As the big circus wreck happened shortly after this and as his mother lias not heard from hint since, it is thought that he may be one of the unidentified dead of that accident.

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HERE ARE THE QUOTAS County Chairman F. R. Schaaf today announced the following quotas for the Victory Loan in Lake county: Crown Point $ 297,550 Dyer 30.100 East Chicago 1,200.900 Gary 1.810.950 Hammond 1,166.000 Highland 10.450 Hobart 109,800 Lowell 165,150 Whiting 509,100 Total $5,300,000

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Fir purpor'- of giving any avail(able information tn regard to inc onusc : Vtualion jn Easl chicaK'.. ad Indiana i Harbor, and to suc;cst to tne couni i . fficials th advisability of putting i permanent floors on the bridges, a di-ie- j cation from East Chicago was in Crown ' j i'oint yesterday to appear feerore the i 1 county council. j Every .Near or two the floors of the ; bridges in this district go wrong. It i is almost impossible to keep them in repair when the flooring is of plant con struction. Tho county ha been to this : i expense almot annually for yenrs past i and the experience has shown that i something else ought to be done to cut : down this perennial drain en' the count j or township funds. ! East Chicago has reached the conclusi .n that from the standpoint of econ- ! ....... i s-y- thA V.fi1 rif tVllH I 1 station should cc floored witu creosote j i blocks and It vri5 to give expression to : ; of that city wrr(. (.Town Point yesterday. The oelcEation consisted or Mayor McCormai-k. city engineer Walhice. t ity attorn.-y t rite". II. K. Groves ' from the board of w..rl:s, arid A. C. Burfrom the Indiana Harbor civic club. t ..After a thorotjsh discussion of the mattt r. the council appropriated $113,000 for iKast Chicago and t-o in Hammond. Tho'i in East Chicago will be the bridges on Forsythe ave.. Dickey Place, and Chicago ave. Those in Hammond will probably be ITohinan st. and Calumet ave. 10 OBSERVE WEEK FOR The American Humane Association, of Albany. New- York, his asked that Humane Sunday. April 2", 10X9. be mide a greater success than any preceding year. The clergymen of all denominations are asked to take part In this work. The chief purpose of this movement is to have set forth the inalienable right that all children and animals have to man's protection and kindness the great divine truth ttmt G.ui's mercy is big enough to Include the most inxignifirant bit of life in the world. Sermons on such themes as th" "Boarder Humanity." ("God's Infinite Com pa fon.' "Jesus, the ! Patron of Oi'ldhood." "Animals' l'art in the 'ireat Scheme of Uf. will direct thought into channels often neglected, but worthy of consideration. Humane Sunday is an es'ablished institution of many yea' standing. Schools all over the country are asked J to emphasize the importance of Humane j education; as "No oen is truly great who i has not a kind heart." Special literature on these observances has been prepared by the American Socletv Albany, New Yr.ru. Samples will! 'be sent to finy address free. , The Lake County Humine society rrost earnestly requests every clergyman and all schools to assist in this great and important work of the education of! the heart, by observin? next week. FIGHT SITE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NEW YORK. April 16. Tex Kickard expects to be able to announce the site of the Willard-Pempsey fight on Monday next, he said here toiay. He reiterated that the fight would be held In th east, despite a number of alluring offers from Western states. ITALY GETS ON HER EAR I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 ROME, April 16. Two hundred Italian senators have sent a communication to Premier Orlando in Paris, warning him that Italy would refjse any peace "denyin? just territorial clsiirs and imperilling the security of the frontiers,"

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JUKI III I- ' " " vote and at tne couni it was loun.j mav. een the estimates made at noon were away off. Mayor Taul Kamradt goes back into office along with City Clerk Clerk Andrew Stachowitz. Both are People's partymen and made fire r c..rds. The no.t j of the Labor I'arty. I'inneran was city clerk about" ten years ago and has fre-j . tvlidate since then. The (jtiently been a can other successful candidates from the People's Party are Fred Gerwanger, alI dcrman for First Ward; l cii.v Moldraw bki. alderman for Thuir Ward: and Fred i tolling, alderman for Fourth Ward. ; Arnold Krzyzanowski. defeated at the j primary for Second Ward alderiiianic . andidate on the People's ticket, ran! rlone t.n the Independent People's ticket: and won out. i GERMAN MINES MENACE SHIPPING 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SFRVICEI t- . - i v-, "I. I V r. i I 1 . L'Iao; n w i German mines are still a menace to I navigation. The navy department announced today that the U. Oceania had dis covered a mire in mid-ocean, several hundred miles southwest of the Azores and it was destroyed. Following th signing of the armistice Germany rev-eiled the location, so far as possible, of all. and while the ! navy department has succeeded In j cleaning practically all of them up. they have not Been aoie to get mine ! for mine, as set forth in the German -rnorts it was siaien. Double look I uts still are. stationed on all vessels i crossing the Atlanuic. .... . i HUGHES DENIES HE WA BOUGHT 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON. April 16. 'There is not a word of trut bin it." former ?Jpreme Court Justice Charles E. Hughes i declared here to. fay. in refuting the al- ! Uged assertion of State Senator Thompson of New- ork. according It former Governor Whitman, declared that the former justice had been "bought w ith a $50,000 fee to argue for the Carson-Martin bill." Are you reading; The Times?

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ing independence. The four held by the Japs are Dr. John Thomas, C. R. Aviaon. J.J- Ludlow and J: W Hirst. The photos show the type of people seeking freedom ! from the Japs. In the upper photo j the natives of Seoul are Retting their first glimpse of a railroad ' SWIFT EMPLOYE KILLED AT PLANT Wm. Martin Is Caught in j Machinery of Fertilizer factory. The body of a man supposed to have been William Martini, who met death at the Swift lrt,lier Co. -plant In j West Hammond Friday still lies in a i Hammond morgue. He had worked at some machine!. At the cc rone r's , . - . ! .nQM t this morning no one eouia iurrecardin th ! . , tl.r lt.ar, th. nil I. lu-ii. .... v. - ! nam which had been Kivcn w h n he started work. Coroner Graham Is also investigating the death of Charles Winter, which i5ulted from throwing himself under the wheels of an I. H. B. train near Liolton, III. More evidence will be hear! at the continuation of the InQuest Saturday morning, M i TCJTT fifl A T ENGLilSH OvAL STRIKE AVERTED INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 LONDON. April 16. The threatened national strike in the coal fields has been definitely averted. Official announcement was made today that the miners federation has voted the aceptanee of Justice Sankey's reform teport by a majority of 816,000. This report recommends many reforms in -.vorkins: conditions and is supported I by th" government. ' iYANK RESTAURANTS FOR LONDON TOWN I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) LONDON. April 1. Americans are planning to invade the restaurant field of London. It was learned today that a million dollar company has been formed by well known New York restauranteurs to establish fashionable eating places with cabaret performances. I i DENMARK EXPECTS STRIKE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ) LONDON. April 16. A national Ftrike is threatened in Denmark after Easter, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today. The metal workers may go out along with eighteen other unions if their demands ar not met. SNOWSTORM STOPS FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I ST. JOHNS, N. F.. April 16.-4:00 ft. nl heavy snowstom is rairintr here niokinsr it extremely doubtful if the trans-Atlantic anciane tl.ght can Start tht eveninz.

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' ' ' J engine on the recently duui Chemulpe railway. They ,tled JKh.ea.the whist'jt w.. blown- Itej, low, a gardener's labor is hjrhtejied by the help of eitcht men who are helping him die pulling the shovel out when he pusha it into the ground. TEN YEAR OLD FEUD IS AIRED Calumet Construction Sues Chicago Realty Men for $6,000 Damages. Judg Anderson and a Jury In the Federal Court et Hammond are hearing the damage suit of the Calumet Construction Co.. a corporation, against Edward A. Shedd and Charles B. Shrdd. The suit involies damages alleged to be in the neighborhood of $6.or0. Attorney i I rea crumpacuer represents tne piainl.ifr. r .A A..r.... 1.-....! r.irnr ft i an---m ...... i... - rnaring ror the defendants. The suit was brought to recover damage's alleged to have beon sustained by the Calumet Construction Co.. when the ihedds interfered with the building of a pipe- line from the plar.t of the American Malic Products Co. to Lake Michigan. Trouble between the Maize Products Co. and the Slicdds started Just ten years ago and an order was entered byJudge Keiter in the Superior Court restraining the Shedds from further interference with the pipe lines through which the Maize Products Co. were to get their supply of wa'.er from the lake. Judge Peitcr as later affirmed by the Supreme Court of this state. Tho Calumet Construction Co. then brought suit for damages claiming that it was unlawfully interfered with in the performance of its work on behalf of the American Maize Products Co. CITY REGARDS STRIKERS BEATEN Cincinnati Fire Fighters Still Out; May Seek Jobs in Their Places. t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CINCINNATI. O.. April 1H. City officials today regard the strike or more than two-third.s of the city fire fighting forco last week as "licked." Numerous applications for jobs on the fire departmtnt have started flowing in. The rush for the jobs was influenced by an increase in lineman's pay to $1,260 a year, regardless of the length of service. The increase was votej by City Council yesterday and was signed at once by Mayor Galvin. The increase was made an emergency measure, making the advanced salary immediately available. The strike occurred last week when flit city administration refused to allow the firemen to affiliate with labor unions. Take The Times and keep touch with the whole world.

S EXPECTEI

JC Ll English Premier Breaks With Great Editor Openly Attacking Him. (BULLETIN.) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES lOSDON, April 16. Premier Lloyd George openly fcroke with Lord Northcllffe In his speech before commons today, attacking the newspaper proprietor and accusing him of being a rlctim of tha disease of vanity. (BULLETIN.) r INTERNATIONAL HEWS SIRVICEJ WASHINGTON, April 16. Tha situation at the peace conference "is distinctly improving," it was atated In advices reaching tha Whit House today. It was the most emphatically worded dispatch that has yet hen received, from Paris and officials at th White. House expressed th eblief that the questions remaining to hat settled will be disposed of with hat little delay. Secretary Tumulty today cabled President Wilson asking- when he might he expected to return to th United states. ' Earl C. Reeves rSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICfl LONDON, April 16. "The representatives of the great powern have arrived at a complete understanding on the fundamental questions of peace and by the end of next week, I hope, the treaty will be prestnttd to Germany said Premier Lloyd George in addressing the house of commons this afternoon; "V " " " : The difficulty in finding a solution to the Russian problem arose mainly from the fact that there was no central government representing the whole country, the premier pointed out. The question of recognizing Russia had never been proposed,-he said. ' SEFXNS8 LEAGUxT OT NATT0W8. He referred to the league of nations as a great experiment, adding: "A blunder have been precipitated a universal war, which may be near or distant." The premier was cheered when he said the league of nations was planned to correct mistakes. It has saved Instead of wasted time, he declared. "Another problem was to arrest Bolshevism, thereby supplying countries bordering Bolshevik territory with means of resisting such invasion," continued the premier. "I do not despair of the situation in Kussia. There are promising ftctors. Reliable Information shows that while the Bolshevik forces are glrowlng Bolshevism Itself Is rapidly waning." BREAK-UP Or THREE EBCPIE.ES. "We are faced wt'h a complete breakup rf three ancient empires Russia, Turkey and Austria."' said the premier. "Ten new states have been t-orn and the boundaries of fourteen have been recast. Every continent has been affected. The world would like a rest, but the journey Is not yet ended. There are still perils." The rremicr referred to the difficulties arising from small states, saying they nearly produced inter-allied conflicts. "The Balkans stirred all of Europe and we must see to it that' no unrest is created by the peace settlement," declared the speaker. Mr. Lloyd-George f prjeaf ed tt'nipij to fo dir ji ntions betw een 'he dcb'ga les. "It is untrue that the L'nlted States end Europe are at variance." continued the premier. "They unanimously decided not to publish the terms before thev were diseusseel. I would rather hsr s. (Continued on i.ine tweWcl FIVE CARDINAL PITCHERS INJURED INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE i ST. LOUIS. MO.. Arril IK. Fiv pitchers of the Cardinal baseball club, three of them veterans, were injured this morning when the automobile ir which they were riding, crashed into Union ave. street car. Those in the accident were "Pill" Doak, who was un conscious half an hour from the shock but lias recovered: Leon Ames, badly cut over eye and suffering injuries to his back; Oscar Horstman, cut on head; William ShTdell, suffering cuts on b p. and Le Meadows, cut and brulrd. NEW HIGH RATE FOR PORKERS I 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I INDIANA POElss. Ind.. April lft. The highest price ever paid for hogs at tho LVnion stock yards here was tfd-iy when a sale was made at J2I.d.i. 1 he previous high mark w as set Sept' mbcr lt. 191$. when the prico went to $-'I i". Sales generally tewlty were fit from y:o.'7i to ? i.oo. Advertise in The Times and advertise again. Results come with constant effort.

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