Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 11, Hammond, Lake County, 19 April 1919 — Page 1

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Hammond Police Find That . Bootleggers Are Showing Great Activity. Captain Strong with Officers Wollak ! and Ryan of the Hammond police stopped t b. Chic f;o taxi on Gostlln t.. last night : and found fifty-four gallons of whiskey I In it. This was only one of a series of captures. The taxi was owned and driven by Frank Johns, of 2735 Channey St.. Chicago, -who had with him as helper Toney S'.owinski, of 1S37 North ave.. Chicago. VTany East Chicago. Indian Harbor and Gary men were also arrested. When arrested. Johns claimed that be was bringing the whiskey through to a Michigan City man, so Officer Bell and Marshal Wicker went with Johns and met the man who proved to be Louis .Vendors of Michigan City. Nendors was arrested and is now in the Hammond city Jail. At hi? trial this morning Johns s.tat?d ti at several weeks ago that Nendors. who runs a soft drink parlor In Mulligan City, came to him and ask him tj take lifty gallons of whiskey from Chicago lo the. other side of Chesterton, where Ncnders would meet him in a woods there and take the whiskey from him. Johns was but recently discharged from navy service. Johns said he was trying to pay for his oar and Nendors told him that if he j did get caught that all jonns womo. have to do was to give up the whiskey nd the police would let him go. and that Nendors offered him $50 a trip so In thought that he would take a chance. That he, with Slowinski made the first - trip sevwar weks- -ago, Nendor going with them to show them the way and that at that tirre they carried fifty galIt us. the next week they took fifty gallons more. Each time Ntndors met them in the nooks and took the whiskey from the ti.vi and paid Johns $50 for bringing it. Johns was fined $130 and Plcwinski S0 in the Hammond city court this n:orning by Judge Klotz. SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST LEGISLATORS MirrCfNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE rF5 MOINES, Iowa. April 19. I.egt; 1 3 v e circles in Iowa are wrought up toflay by charges mad" by Municipal .T'j'jge W. C. Bonner that members of the legislature are guilty of "contributing to the delinquency of Dps Moines siris." Judge lionner has demanded a legislative investigation. Midnight cabaret parties, joy rid3 .nd orgies at hotels and apartment houses are declared by Judge Bonner to have taken place with elderly memh?rs of the legislature and girls from IT to 21 years old. as the principals. It doubtful today, however, if an in- I vstipotion will be. made as the lecisbiture is scheduled to adjourn sine die at noon. GETTING DRY IN EAST CHICAGO Ignace Szaprin. of 29 151st St.. East Chicago, was arrested last night on 'iostlin et.. Hammond, by Officers Wol!?ik and Ryan, of thc Hammond police,! iiarged w ith bringing liquor into the j state. j Szaprin, who had two gallons of wins-1 !;- with him. was fined ?30 in the. Ham-j mond city court his racrning by Judge j KJotz. WALIIB FAZ.t7CS. Walter Taluch, of 4362 Xorthcote ave.. i Kast Chicago, was arrested yesterday by! '"apiain Strong and Officers Wollak and ' Ryan of the Hammond police.' on Gostltn , t . Hammond, charged with violating the. ; liquor law. j Paluck. who had one gallon of w hiskey ' with him. was fined ?S0 by Judge Klotz j in thc Hammond city court this morhmg. rATJX. POPOWICH. Paul Poponich. 34o Guthrie, Indiana Harbor, was arrested last night by Officers Holback and Cordua of the Hlnmond police, on Indianapolis blvd., barged with iolating the liquor law. Pcponich, who had tewlve quarts and ten half-pints of whiskey with him. gave a $300 bond to appear for trlfe.1 in 'he Hammond city court before Judge Klotz. April 24th. TOO MUCH WHISKEY. Joseph Poldgfka. of 17:5 Maryland street, Gary, was arrested last night at the corner of Homan and Sibley street ;n Hammond, by Captain Strong of the Hammond police, charged with violating the liquor law. Foldgska. who was taking six qts. w as fined JSO in the Hammond city court by Judge Klotz. DeLuxe Theatre, Oruk Shrine week, April 21s4.-25th inclusive. Thursday and Friday Cecil DeMilles last picture I "For Better or For AVorse" and Fathe j Weakly. 4-17-3t

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B H Vv i at I ill 1 If Leaving his post a? secretary of the American embassy in I'ari?, Hugh S. Gibson will go next week to Poland as the first United States minister to ; the. new republic. He is one of the best known of the younger members of the American diplomatic service and first came into prominence after the outbreak of the war when he was serving under Brand Whitiock so secretary of the American T.tsrntion in Brussels. Coroner J. A. Graham is cond-jcting his Iniuest over the death of Sergeant Joseph Albert, which occurred Sunday night in the Lake Georse automobile accident. A number of witnesses were examined this mornins and still more will be heard this afternoon. Robert J. Adley and Orlando Lee of WhltinB who were driving the car which hurled the Albert machine into the lake, were summoned this morning. They hold to the story which they told the Hammond police that they cid not know the." had knocked Albert's machine from the road and even be lieved the machine was following them. They say they were driving; at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour when they went around Albrt end h-s com- i panions. - ' j According to the testimony of thoe who were present and hf lpcd res'-ue j the occupants of the car. Sergeant Al- I. bert coulJ also have been saved had j there been one more man present Holding hands. i" was formed reaching into the chilly water to with.; in a few feet of the piaop w here Al- ! bert had gone do'vn. None of those j present so ms to have b"cn willin ; i to take the rll of struglmg with a( drow ning man in the darkness. The ! rescue. !t is said, would have b-en an ; easy on for a good swimmer in day- , time but at n fht th chances were strongly in favr of the r' seller alo ; being earned under. ; HERE'S LAST I West Hammond election oficials have; completed their canvass of the votes in ; the city election Tuesday and the official I returns arc now available. The vote fori mayor shows that 1.509 ballots were; cast, which was even better than was' expected on account of th. weather, j Mayor Kamradt and Clerk :-tachov. iez j received sweeping majorities. West Ham- ' mond's recognition of the efficiency of j the administration of the last four years, j 1 About fifty per cent of the votes were ; cast by women. The vote follows: 5 Mayor: Kamradt. 1,033; Koontz, 24; j Sonnenbers, 4 46. - J Clerk: StacUowicz, 1,029; Kasprzak. ' 103; Goyke, S60. Treasurer: Bei-au, 741: Finneran, 763 Alderman First Ward: Berw anger. 224, Esser, 120. Second Ward: Rybarczyk, 220; Miotke, j 4?: Krzyzanowski, 247. j Third Ward: Moldravvski, 223. Fourth AVard: Slelling. 214. t Although his name did not appear on thc printed ballots Frank Green received three votes for city attorney. Clerk Andrew Staehowicz is greatly ith the manner in which the , k-. previous w otk. tie nns requesicu i lie Times to express his sincere thanks to thc citizens of West Hammond for their loyal support. Finish up the Victory job.

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WHAT BILLY SUNDAY SAYS WASHINGTON. April. 19. "I'm for anything that will put the hobbles on that bunch of Heinies." This was Billy Sunday's way of announcing that he is for the league of nations. The evangelist called on Secretary Tumulty at the white house to pay his respects and incidentally to give notice that he had "declared war on the rotten strongholds of Bolshevism." Also he's going to whoop things up for the Victory loan, he said. K. P. CLAN TO MEET IN HAMMOND

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t,1; urm ... ... luuidiiii win u-atner m City April 22. Knights of r.vthias of the Third District of Indiana will hold their annual district meeting at the Hammond Tythian building, llohman and Ogden sts.. next Tuesday, April 22. The Third District comprises the lodges of Chesterton. Crown Toint. East Chicago. Gary, Hammond, Hebron. Indiana Harbor, Lacrosse, Laporte. Lowell, Michigan Tty. Valparaiso, Westvllle and Whiting. A number of officers of the Grand Lodge will be rresent and a Bpneal feature will be short talks by returned soldiers. Following is the program for the day: Aftornooa session, 2:30 O'clock. Address of Welcome. Rendition of several ritualistic parts of the secret work of the different' ranks by representatives of lodges of the district. Instructions in the secret work by the Grand Instructor. E renin g Session. 7:30 O'clock. ?.fus!c by the i:aM Chicago lodge. Initiation Victory Page Class by t'.ain from Third District. Music. Address Grand Chancellor Pulliam. Address Harry ad'. Music. Vive minute talks by s.oldiTs return- j ed from overseas. . ! At 6 o'clock supper ill be served in the Pythian building by the Hammond Temple, Pythian Sistns. REACTION AGAINST PRESIDENT Germany Beileves Wilson Is Holding Up Peace Proceedings. Br K. J. OREENWAXI.. ; (Exclusive Cable by the I. 17. Service and j the IjonCon Solly Express.) j BERLIN. VIA LONDON'. April 19. An j extraordinary r- Hcti-'ii of .stitimtit has 1 set in hr: acaiutt T'rojddent Wilson, j Tlie Germans. 111 some quarters, have been led to believe that the American ; president was holding up the peace proI cccding s in Tari?. A former German ambiissador to Paris was quoted a savlt--"I hope thc report i true that President Wilson Is going home. Then we i w ill get peace. It is a remarkable fact that while Germany is torn with revolution and i suffering from hunger, the dancing craze in lierUn has reached its 7.enith. There is "jazzing" in all of the fashionable AUTOISTS CHASED R vmamvAVMTVNr f INTERNATIONAL NEW! SERVICE! MACON. ;.. Arjril 1 f T'i:rsuii hv a gang of highway men in an automobile for six miles, the ehase ending in Macon

at Broadway and Cherry sts.. a party o-lj drive, in addition to liberally responaautomobile tourists from Fall River, i ing to all local demands brought about Mass.. this morning sought refuse at the! as the result of the war.

j hotel Deu.psey. only a block away from t where the tourists allege the last shot i was fired at them. In the pftrty were i 1 L R. lke; Mrs. E. B. Lake, his mother: and a friend. Miss L. G. Lowell, of Fall River. Maas. They were returning north after spending the winter at Orlando, Fla. One of the gang stood out on a running board and fired several times at the tourists during the wild chase. NEW YORK. April 19. Average loains, increased $58,103,000; demand deposits decreased $11,433,000, time deposits increased $2,345,000. reserve inincreased $22,231,420. Actual: Loans decreased $30,495,001; demand desosits increased $73,503,000; time deposits injcieased $2,450,000, reserve increased ! JIS.079.S90.

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SUJ GIRL ! Auburn-Haired 18-Year Old j. Girl Found Slain In Chicago j i Is; Bertha Kalapsh. j "The -. Girl With The Auburn Hair," slain in a Chicago street, yesterday, though only 18 years of age, has been identified as Bertha; Kalapsh' or McMillan as she is 1 known, formerly of Whiting. A Sicilian chauffeur is being j hunted as her murderer. He is killed lifer. Miss .McMillan's body was identified; yesterday by Mrs. Coleman Balagh. 721 j L "iriey-second St., a cousin of the ) slain giri ! MTNIST1.3. SOLTES MYSTEBY. ! A minister's "hunch" led to the final i solving '.bt the rujsu-ry surrounding thc dead girl'a Identity. IVhen Jie read tho description yesterday of the slain joung woman, he thought of - the girl with auburn hair who ears; in his choir and listened to his serm-ms. He called up Mrs. Balagh and the : o with Mrs. Ualagh's brother went- to h"mtrgue. .Whe;J; sWsiet was drawn from the girl's fce Mrs. Balagh reeled and it was known then that the "Girl with the Auburn Hair' was l!rtlm McMillan. THE OLD, OLD STOSY. And then followed the story ot Bertha's carter and of how the cabarets and lights and music dazzled her which finally led her to meeting the Sicilian chauffeur, who grew infatuated with her and in a rage of fury at being jilted pumped bullets into her body until she was dead. The girl left her cousin's home two (Continue- "n pago five.) EASTER SURPRISE (From $25 to $500 Bonus Is Given All Employes for i 6 to 18 Month. ! Hundreds of hearts were made glad this Faster ly an un-xpected sur- ! prise. Loyalty has its reward Comt merc'ially spcakins th year 1918 was filled with thriils for the man in business, it is true there were few- failures during the ra:t year, but every merchant from the .smallest to the largest had to enjoy a certain amount of grief caused wholly by the Great War and its consequence'. To meet the abnormal demands of the government for skilled and un skilled labor fabuiojr wages were rf-' fcred at any shop, plant or factory: where government order? were filled, j Thousand Answered the Call. From the store, office and every place of employment considered non- ; essential the call of the government I 1 V.'.IS sweren o nun-irens or tnou - I sa nqs. .i - a eotifcqpence every Iin 01 ! buslne m the commercial field was 1 affected hv a shortage of help. In ad'ditfon to thjs tale of wr the factories 1 vi p affected in lik-t manner and they j ; bombarded the r clients with tance!-' lation telegrams "Can't ship now and J i -3 . Vnma .m-leti " Tim .ai!rn.la f T- i ,4 ' ! uu" 1 " " ' V ' " " ., I I io accommodate everybody but there 1 were thousands sidetracked for furth- . Merchant Old Their Shnre. When the go' ernment called upon ;iie merciiAiiLo financial help to subscribed more try bond issue. Red Stamp, to every Y. C and S. A. W. I ' I than lloerany to ev Cross, War having ! M. C. A , of An Vneipceted SnrprNr. Not very long ago the head of one cf Northern Indiana's largest department stores called the manager to his office and informed him that he was j going to give several thousands of dol. lars to his employes from the 1918 surplus fund, as a reward for their loyalty and length of time employed. Bonuses of from $23 to $500 in cash were given to every one who had been in the employ of the firm fromv six to eighteen months. It's no wonder everybody s hapy at the big department store. Verily this part of the wor'd is a brighter place to live in because of such men as Edward C. Minas. Buy your children Victory Liberty Bonds.

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WEATHER MAN TRIES TO SQUARE HIMSELF NOW INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, April 19. Ideal! The weather man was today able to sum up his Easter predictions in this single word. Everywhere throughout the U. S., he promised it will be "Fair and Warmer" for peace time Easter. GIRLS HID BEHIND THE PAfitLS Raid on Burnham Place by 14 Deputy Sheriffs Gets Enht Grls. Fourteen deputy sheriffs, lead by Joseph Thorey, captured eight girls in a midnight raid on the Cottage Inn at Uurnham last night, breaking down panels in the walls before their raid Jn fwo lomohllts thc d.rutics drew up to the cabaret and hotel. They found the front door locked. Rushing in through a rear entrance, they were in time to see a vision of maidenly youthfulness, dressed in rajamas, flitting tothc second 1 ward the stain leading to i floor. j i She w as seized, and. following her i course toward the roof, the deputies ar-! rived on the second floor. They were ( dismayed to find no one. A thirty minute search, however, disclosed panels in the walls. Behind, one were three girls. The other, smashed In with a fence pole, revealed four more. They were booked at the Burnham police station and will be arraigned in the Oak Park oourt before Justice McKce. SHOCKING LOSS OF LIFE AT LAPORTE !Six Children Killed and Seven Injured When Train Hits Wagon. 'INTERNATIONAL NCWS SERVICE LArOKTE. Ind., April 19. An inquest, it is said, will be held here today to fi responsibility for the tragedy at a Grand Trunk railroad crossing seven miles south of here in which six school child- ! r n were killed and seven seriously inI jured. Two inquiries, it is pbuincd. j vill be undertaken, one by state and county authorities, and the other by offlj cmls of the railroad. The children were killed and injured w lit 11 the w agon in which they were beins driven from the rural school they attended to their homes was struck by a west-bound mail train, r.cports say the train was late and was exceeding its customary speed in an effort to make up time. Those killed were: Inez Mitchell. 11; Hazel Kregcl. lo William Schmit:: Irene Wildt, 13; Win nifred Condon. 14; Evelyn Harris, 12. j Of those injured Cordon Harris. S. is! V! "rrtrt.it orioulv hurt. TTi intiirirsi may prove fatal. - t The driver of thc wagon. Mrs. Walter Johnson, who was substituting for lrr husband, and her five-year-old son, es caped injury. Wilbur Condon, twelve yrars olr , savcd himself by leaping, , Th(. traln strurk thc Wagon squarcly ;. th mld,l(. and traveled a distance of 700 feet before it was brought to a stop. 1 FOR HEROES READING. Mass.. April 19. More thsin 1.500 men, women and children In working costume, took advantage of the holiday today to perform the seemingly impossible task of constructing in one day a park as a memorial t3 the. sons of Reading who died in the great war. A memorial boulder, bearing names of Reading men who made thi supreme sacrifice, was dedicated in silence. A volley was fired over the builder by u. firing squad. A memorial tree was planted for each dead soldier. Boston business men. legislators, college professors and men and women in all walks of life tolled hard, making walks and drive-ways, planting trees n.i shrubs &na doing diggin; and rakDeLuxe Theatre, Orak Shrine week, April 21st to 25th inclusive. First three days Anita Stewart in "Virtuous Wivea and Once a Maacn." 4-l"-3t

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Msg r. Joseph F. Mooney. The first administrative act of Archbishop Hayes of New York wat the appointment of Msgr. Joseph F. Mooney as vicar general of the Nevr York diocese. Msgr. Mooney has been pastor of the Roman Catholic church of the Sacred Heart in New York. HELLUP! LOOK WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO POOR LIZZIE! Boy. page Henry Ford! Also KJtel: Great doings today at the Hammond Country Club in which a youns Ford of the class of 'If is the principal. Always adept at handling the ladies. President B. J. ?teelman has hitched Miss Lizzie Ford to a mower and under the tutelage (whatever that is) of JO. A. Krinbill and Ed. P. Doming tne two have undertaken to put the golf courte in velvet shap". It is a fierce way t" treat a lady like Lizzi. but so far Ml?' Ford Is standingthe gaff. In fact. r: t teelman says if he can stand it h' ousht to. "I'll say she otta," says Osk Knnbill. f INTERNATIONAL NEW fHTrAf.n ArrH 10 Maintain. ing an average speed of 124.2 miles per hour, Capt. E. F. White, who is attempting a non-stop flight from Chicago to New York in 7 hours, was reported at Lattimore, 0.. 446 miles from Chicago, at 2:25i o'clock this afternoon. At his! nrftcnl fate nf cineeH harrinr ar., ' j CldentS, Capt. White would reach. New York time limit. inside the seven hour 1 riNTEPNATlONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 JEFFERSON CITY, M .. Arril 1? The Missouri senate early today just b'fore adjournment, passed the Progen hi"- whlch woulJ legalize boxing in Missouri. The vote was 1 to 4.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl BOSTON, April 19. Brooklyn trimmed Boston in the first game of the season, 5 to 3. Each team made 10 hits, Brooklyn 1 error and Boston 5. The game went 10 innings.

1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVIIEJ NEW YORK, April 19. The stock market closed strong today. Many stocks in the final trading moved up to new high records. United Cigar Stores was active and touched a new high record of 13854 Studebaker was usually active and strong selling up to 74-, an upturn of over 5 points. Steel common after selling at 9S, moved up to 99?4.

f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO, April 19. Capt, E. F. White left Ashburn field at 9:50 o'clock this morning for the start of a non-stop airplane flight to New York. He expected to reach New York in seven hours.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LANSING, Mich., April 19. The senate late yesterday killed the bill which would legalize betting on horse races at agricultural fairs, through the pari-mutuel system.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl ALBANY, N. Y., April 19. Gov. Smith today signed the bills providing for Sunday baseball and Sundav motion pictures.

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IS PICKED OP QNSOIOUS Atty. John Hall Also Victim of Accident Returning from Gary Meeting. Two of the Calumet region's most prominent men narrowly escaped with their lives while returning from Gary to Whiting by automobile. On their way home from the county Liberty Loan meeting at Gary on Thursday night, the automobile of Attorney John C. Hall was struck by a street car at Stieglitz Park. In the machine wftti Mr. Hall wis Fred J. Smith, well knowa real estate man and chairman of the Victory Loan for Whiting. The men were coming west on Forsythe avenue and had crossed the street car track to detour through 1 1:li 71 Park off the unraved road. According to Mr. Hall the street car was about i block sway when it suddently picked j up speed and struck his auto from the 1 . rear. me car was nuried around on the road, but fortunately not thrown around In front of the street car. Mr. Smith was rendered unconscious for a short time by the jar. but by sheer gjod luck neither he nor Mr. Hail were injured. The automobile was badly damaged. County Chairman F. Richarl Schaar followed up the Hail machina closely and came to the rescue and took Mr. Ilall and Mr. Fmith both home in his car. Mr. Smith still feels the effects of thc collision but his friends will ho sclad to know they are not serious and Whitirg's going over the top will n-.-t be affected a bit. TRANS ATLANTIC AVIATOR FALLS INTO THE SEA Major Wood Drops into the Atlantic While Going to Ireland. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SCRVICEJ LONDON. April la. Maj J. C. I". Wood, one of the entrants in the trarAtlanttc airplane flight, fell into the sea off Holhead. while flying from East Church to Limerick, but was unhurt. The machine was not damaged. Irith and Welsh coasts were patrollol Irish and Welsh coast swere putrclled for several h.urs by vessels seehimr some trace of him. It was considered likely at that time that his machine had been forced by engine trouble to land in some rcnio; part of Ireland. The wirel'-ss stations kept in close touoh with all steamers in the Irish eo. asking if they had seen any trace of the airman or his plan.