Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 266, Hammond, Lake County, 23 April 1919 — Page 1

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Peace Conference Delegates Will Grant Claims, President Wilson Changes His Views. (BULLETIN.) 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE FAKIS, April 23. The ItaUaa Jugo-Slav dispute over ritune Is constantly getting: graver, the Matin Btated today in discussingthis momentous problem. Tha Trench, press is unanimous ia pointing- out the seriousness of this matter and its possibilities. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of Premier Orlando's withdrawal from the sessions of the tig four," says the Journal. The Petite Parsien calls it "a regrettable situation." "With Italy to the end," la the head which the Clctoire puta over an article. (BXTX.Z.STXK.) 5 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SESVICE1 OKI, April 23. -'Willi a reports that Italy will withdraw from the peace conference are officially de. tied the probablUty exists that there is no long-er soUd accord among the allies and that the situation has become serious," said the Corriere dltalia in discussing the peace conference developments toBoth the TrVbuna and Epocha discussed the gravity of the ItaUaa situation, also. , tlN'ERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE J WASHINGTON, April 23. ' Italy near W given Fiurrre by -the allies, rather than to see her desert the allies, the International News Service learned. from an authoritative source today. Advices received here made it plain that Italy will not be allowed to withdraw from the conference because her action would again upset the peace of Europe. BELIEVE SHE IS SEKIOTJS. Her threats to quit have been taken seriously by President -Wilson and the allied 'statesmen, according to well informed circles here and she will get Flume. Even if her csaima iu - citr were loss substantially founded. "(Continucd'on page ten.) HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO GET HELMET All School Children Invited to Compete for This . Fine Prize. Mrs. Herbert Erlckson, county chairman of the Women's Victory Loan organization, has received six helmets, captured from the. Germans at Coblenz, which aro to be divided among the high Fchools of East Chicago, Hammond, Indiana Harbor, Whiting, Gary and one other of the cities, as awards for the best efsay or speech on the following Fubjccts relating to the Victory Loan campaign: 1 Why T.'nclrt Sam Still needs our dinars for Liberty Loan. 2. Why it is cheaper to pay in money rather than in lives for the quick rcace. 4. Why a government investment is the best security. 5. Why the Fifth or Victory Loan, is necessary. 6. Why I should lend my money to the government. These contests will be handled by the various school officials of the cownty and will be of prime interest. SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT GROWN POINT rSPEClAL TO THE T1ME31 CROWN l'OINT, Ind. April 23. Miss May Brown, eldest daughter of John Brown, shot and killed herself this morning at her homo affr being In iHhealth and despondent for a long time. The shocking news struck the county sent like a pall for the young woman was formerly a great social favorite. She was educated at Glendale in Ohio, pnd -had a wide acquaintance. She has been ailing for several years and of late .months bad to be watched constantly. The greatest sympathy is manifested for th stricken family and her venerable father. Buy your children Victory Liberty Bonds.

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(BULLETIN.) East Chicago is thoroughly alive to the work of putting over the Victory Loan and all commit tws and departments are getting Into the work with a vim characteristic of the organization in that city. Chairman W. J. Riley says that everything Is coming along in fine shape, that the workers are all optimistic and that the plants are well under way in their work. Any degree of pessimism that prevailed a few weeks ago has all disappeared and no one questions but that this section will come to the front rith its whole quota. Accurate figures are not at this time available. (BULLETIN.) Chicago today wired the treasury that the loan activities on the second day were at the aame high, pitch of enthusiasm that featured the drive on the open, ing day. rifty foreign language meetings, attended by 50,000 persons, were held, together with band concerts and a monster chorus at the Victory forum. Brills and firing of giant coast defense guns added to the enthusiasm. Reports from the entire district were highly encouraging. The district has adopted a new slogan "Let's finish the job In a week." (BULLETIN.) The O. T. Jordan Co., located at Michigan and Kennedy avenues, Indiana Harbor, subscribed fully to their share of Victory bonds yestterday. Their pledge represented one hundred per cent colected in less than an hour and a half's time. There are fifteen employes and each and every mc.n took nothing less than a one hundred, dollar bond making a total of $1,500. Even the office boy was quite as Important In the selection of the amount of his bond as was his superior foremen. Walter J. Riley is president of the company. This was the first industry in this region to immediately announce their share subscribed in the Fifth loan. It is a creditable one and the heads of the concern wanted their employes to receive just recognition for their liberal support so cheerfully extended. (BULLETIN.) Mlnneanalla reported coalition throughout th Cistrict as -"a.tiTerjr sat isfactory." The bad state of tha rosas Is delaying- reports of the work of the various loan organizations, it was saidMore than 33,500,000 has been subscribed In the two days In the Kansas City district, It was reported, rifteen counties la Oklahoma already have gone over. Prom San Francisco came the report that 16 of the 35 counties la the state of Oregon had over-subscribed. (BUEI.ETIN. flNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, April 33. Unofficial estimates by treasury department officials today placed total subscriptions to the Victory loan at the end of the second day's drive at nearly 500,000,OOO. Reports were slow in coming in, they staged, but from those in hand they roughly estimated that subscriptions so far have been at the rate of a quarter billion dollars a day. (BULLETIN.) riNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 23. Victory loan workers throughout Indiana today doubled their efforts to obtain subscriptions in aa effort "to put Indiana over the top by the time the 150th field artillery (Rainbow) division, Indiana's own. arrives here some time early next week. Will H. Wade, director of sales, la that part of the at ate la the Seventh Federal reserve district at midnight reported subscriptions of $17,539,000. This was based on returns from thirty of the 33 counties la the district. (BULLETIN.) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 23. Rear Admiral William S. Sims, who commanded the United States fieet In foreign waters during the war, arrived here this morning and with Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass, who will arrive this afternoon, will participate in a monster Victory loan here tonight. Admiral Sims brought with him motion pictures of the navy's activitiea la the war which wll be shown here tonight. (BULLETIN.) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 CLEVELAND, O.. April S3. The Cleveland federal reserve district swings into the third day of the Fifth vir-riT-v loan campaign this morning with $60,100,700 of its $150,000,000 quota subscribed, acording to Victory loan headquarters for the district here. It was predicted at headquarters that by night this figure win have been raised to $30,000,000. The city of Cleveland reports the second million dollar subacription by the White Motor Co. of Cleveland, bringing its total to $5,630,000. (BULXETIN.) riNTERNATIONAL NEWS SEKV1CE1 CHICAGO, April 23 Unofficial eatlmates of Victory loan aubscriptlons la Chicago at 10 o'clock today fixed the total to date at 524,000,000. The number of subscribers was given as 19,954. These figures Include very few of the subscriptions made today as reaults of today's campaign had not been reported when the announcement was made. SOON A MILLION SOLDIERS HOME INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. April 23. On April 21, 731. SS9 of the overseas personnel. Including army, navy and marine corps had actually returned to the United States, and on that date 120,278 were on their way home. the war department announced this afternoon.

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WILL TELL HISJTORY Wife Says He Tried to Swim Full Length of Cedar Lake When Full of Beer and Narrowly Escaped Drowning. fSPECIAl TO THE TINESJ CHICAGO. April 23. Tho question Is. how many bottles of beer did Harold Jones have before he started to swim the entire length of Cedar Lake? His wife. Mrs. Venita Gould Jones, 223 E. Marquette road, an actress, had her inning yesterday in her divorce suit against Harold It. Jones. Mrs. Jones had named Helen Bell and Florence Nelson co-respondents. Mrs. Jones unreeled her story before Judge J. J. Sullivan. "That husband of mine," she began, "said I had to go to work immediately after we were married. I did and signed for a salary of $100 a week. My husband went along with nit and I was twfully glad to have him. "He collected my salary every week and spent It." "CALLED MX VULTURE." "He didn't work very much and was Impossible to live with. He would throw the bed clothes off of me and call me a vulture. Then ho would tell about the different girls he had picked up the day before. "He teok my son out with him and said, "When you get older I'll take you out and show you how to pick up girls,, and then we'll go home and the old woman will raise the dickens and then we"ll tell her to go to hell.' "Once a party of ray friend's went to Cedar Lake and we took my husband along. -He-pv-rhased many. many, bottles I don't Know how many of beer, but he managed to drink "cm all. Then he decided that he could swim the length of Cedar Lake intoxicated, you know. He was almost drowned. "INSULTED HER FRIENDS." "He insulted every woman friend I had. Once at a party he leaned across the table and kissed a girl he never had seen before. Then he said to her. "Kid. will you go out with me some night my wife's going on the road again." He tried to get familiar with her and she slapped his face. "He was always taunting me with tales of his other "dames' and how beautiful they were. He would bring them to our apartment and entertain them there. He " But space Is valuable. This morning Jones is expected to tell his Bide of the story. ING BEGINTHEIR TASK Oil City Patrols Expect to Raise Quota Without Any Trouble. (SPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 vTHITJNG. Ind., April 2 3. The sale of Victory bonds in AVhiting for this campaign will be purely voluntary. City Chairman Fred J. Smith has instituted the block system, a station being installed at a home In every block where 1 persons may sign in the block in which they resldo or go to any of the banks whichever they "prefer. The stations Installed where these ladles will be ready to sign you up are: Ohio avenue Mrs. Cetga. 40 Ohio ave.. and Mrs. C. E. Maunder, north end of street; Pennsylvania ave. Mrs. Campbell. 4 33 Penn. avenue; Oliver street schools Miss Ruth Allen' and Miss Royetta Transeau; Oliver street Mrs. G. J. Bader, 409 Oliver st.; Sheridan ave. Mrs. Geo. Henthorne. 415 Sheridan, and Mrs. Roy Walker, 315 Sheridan ave.; LaPorte ave. Mrs. Thos. Mel-'aden, No. 327, and Mrs. IT. S. Davidson, No. 242; Central ave. Mrs. R. Smith, 4 2 1. Mrs. Thos. Cooke. 321,. and Mrs. Roy Green, 300; Cleveland ave. Mrs. Ed O'Hara. 419, Mrs. P. Peterson, 345. and Mrs. Canner, 206: Atchison Mrs. J. Judson. 406 Atchison; Tnd. blvd. Mrs. B. Meek. 509 Ind. blvd., and Mrs. Kasperan, 734 Ind. blvd.; "West 120th st. Mrs. X. Emerson, 653 120th St.; "West 121st st-YVest Fred, st. Mrs. H. Walczak. 627 121st St.; Schrag and Whlto Oak aves. Mrs. W. ' Putnam, office. 119th st. and Schrage ave.; FischruFP ave. Mrs. Duer, C25 Flschrupp ave.; X. T. South Mrs. A.I Klose, 633 X. T. ave.; John st. Mrs. i Janos, 424 John St.; Fred st. Mrs. Welsh. 430 Fred st.; 121st st and Davidson PI. Mrs. Wysockl, cor. 121st and Davidson Pd.; Steiber st. Miss C. Wilk, branch Public Library; Stieglitz ParkMrs. C. Hansen. j POLICEMAN KILLED. riNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, April 23 Policeman Henry Mandleco. was shot and instantly killed by one of two auto thieves he caught trying to steal an automobile early today. The thieves escaped and are being sought by the -Rifle squad." Finish tip the Victory job.

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American and British fliers who will pilot planes in exhibitions to help Victory Loan campaign. Ths four aviators in the upper picture are stapintc aerial demonstrations in the Victory Loan campaign throughout the east. A feature of their performance is a fight between captured German planes and American machines. From left to right they are: Capt. H. W. Wollett. of the British army, who downed thirtynine German planes and wears the Distinguished Service Order and military cross; Lieut. George Wise, PEP SHOWS UK I. LOAN 1) fflE Hammond Is Eagerly to Uncle Sam's Call for Loan Todr-'V"': (BULLETIN.) The Indiana Harbor Belt a lice force went over the top vri colors yesterday. Chief Bpecl' A. Zeilhe who has his offices ijf ,-lyiag Agent tie. 50B suite, Hammond building. cal.,sf, his force of 25 men together and oa, for half of Uncle Cam sold 53,200 of the 1 tctory Liberty Loan to them and the were glad to oversubscribe their quc-th. Just one surprise after another greets Hammond Victory loan workers in the opening of their campaign. Te?erday one of the solicitors in a Hammi d factory nearly dropped dead when an". old man who wheels the ashes frt h the boiler room came to him and aa .:d-for $500 worth of bonds. In this P'nt it is said solicitors are meeting witf.' wonderful results. The men are earer to buy and ask for the bonds without waiting for tho solicitors to put the t'ropositlon up to them. Similar contritions are being reported from all manufacturing plants of tho city. Following the meeting last nlrht at tho Chamber of Commerce tha loan workers started on their drive this morning. This was to have been Volunteer Day. but when the rain set Jn ear?r and continued the greater iart'' of th day it was feared that there would btt little volunteer work. However, It Eeenu that when it became apparent that the weather night stick all day. mats y, in the residence districts hunted vr; their block captains and subscribed for bonds. By having block captains no one'.ttad to travel far through the rain. Many sales were reported ye.'jrday by solicitors who were not cxpecV .ir- to start their work until this morni n, .It had become known that they had be hi appointed and subscribers stopped tKT?m on the streets asking to have ther scrlptions taken. In many cases" c jj ltors were caught without their tUnks, tut this was quickly remedied. , . ' It is especially urged by Chaf.man W. C. Belman that all soldiers, sailors o.d marines turn out in uniform toiKrrow evening for the big parade whfrh is to precede the mass meeting at Lit-erty Hall at eight o'clock. J. C. BECKER IS MUCH HONORED J. C. Becker, now past dictator of Hammond Lodge No. 570 L. O. O. M.. ia porting a handsome new diamond ring today, presented him last nltht at a meeting of the lodge for his fine work as dictator. The following officers were Installed: '. N. S. Ferrall, dictator; B. F. Trolson, v.cc-dictator; J. C. Becker, past dictator; H. A. Koehler, prelate; Harry Ortman, secretary; Frank Green, treasurer; Ed Hickman, sergeant-at-arms; Ed Thoen. Inner guard; J E. Thongs, outer guard. .. DeLuxe Theatre. OraK Shrine week. April 21st-25th Inclusive. Thursday and Friday Cecil DeMilles last picture "For Better or For Worse" and Pal he Weekly. ,4-i2-

of the American army who fouirht the Germans almost a year when he was captured and sent to a German prison camp where he stayed until the armistice was signed; Lieut. J. O. Donaldson, U. S. A., who was captured after havine disposed of eight German planes ana escaped from a prison came, and Maj. G. Y. C. Maxwell, who IB ASF " .ATIOSAL. . At Chicago I'ittaburg-Chlcago rain. At Boston Third Jnnlnsri Boston O, Brooklyn 1. At Cincinnati First Inninxi StLoula 0, Cincinnati O. AMERICAN. At AVablnBton !erond inning: Washington O, Philadelphia O. At - York Firat Inning t Boston 2, e-r York 0. BREAK UP HUE' Citizens at Sioux City Want to Drive I. W. W. Out of Town. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE SIOUX CITY. Iowa. April 23. A movement Is under way here today to "eternally get rid of the I. W. W. and Mayor W. M. Short, after the breaking up by Sheriff Jones and more than 100 deputies, federal agents and railroad detectives, of the session of the agricultural section of the I. W. W. convention here late yesterday. The sheriff leading the deputies and other officers entered the hall where th I. W. W. were meeting and ordered the place closed, the convention permanently closed, and after ordering the delegates to "get out of tho city in a hurry," confiscated some of the records of the I. "W". W. The sheriff broke up the "wobblies" meeting when he was told that a massmeeting of citizens was being arranged to drive the I. W. W. out of the city. A. M. Jackson, leader of the opposition to the mayor said today: "We ore going to take action by which Sioux City will eternaly get rid of the I. W. W. and Mayor Wm. Short." STILL MORE ENLISTMENTS Sergeant Cramer, in charge of the Hammond recruiting station, sent two more men to Fort Thomas, Ky., yesterday. They are Clarence White. 13. and William Woodhouse, 20, both of Hammond. The War Department has sent out a bulletin urging young men to enlist In the air service and pointing out the chances for promotion to positions paying from $33 to .$12150 permonth. The amount a man can save out his year's pay Is also compared with what he would probably save In civilian life and according to the figures the greater part of the money he receives from the govern-i i ment is velvet. VETERANS TO DANCE. Hammond's newly organized World's War Veterans Association will give Its first military ball Friday evening. Owing to the heavy attendance which la forecast both the Masonic Temple and Orpheum Hall will be used. The music will be furnished by the Great Lakes orchestra.

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has shot down thirty-one Hun planes and -won the D. S. C. and the military medal. Maj. Henry J. F. Miller, below at left, heads the squadron in the east. He is one of America's best stunt fliers. Capt. A. D. Sinonin is the first U. S. flier to pilot a captured German plane in this country. He is nne cf the fliers boosting the loan. COUPLE IS -PUNISHED '. BY COURT Chicago Man and His Hammond Affinity Sentenced by Judge Klotz. The eternal triangle in -which a longsuftering wife decided that she could endure her burden no longer was revealed in the city court this morning at the trial of Mac Worwa, 1034 Edgebrook ave., Chicago, and Lizzie Frahm, of Hammond. The couple, at the complaint of Mrs. Worwa. who told the court today that he was working in a Chicago department store to keep herself and two boys alive, were arrested at the home of tha Frahm woman's parents, 168 Claude St.. where they have been living as man and wife lor some time. Prosecuting Attorney Clyde Cleveland elicited a sordid tale during the trial. The acquaintance of Worwa and the Frahm woman started ten years ago at Klndel's Grove and has been going on ever since. At tho trial Mrs. Worwa testified that in January Worwa had given her $35 for herself and their two boys, but that he had come back again and taken $30 of the money and had given it to The Frahm woman. The Frahm woman then wrote a letter to Worwa telling him to take all the furniture, including the family piano on which the boys were taking lessons, and come to her, which he did. The wife testified that in tho later part of January. Worwa and the woman left for St. Louis and that -about a week ago they returned as man and wife to Lizzie I-'rahm's parents, where they have been living ever since. The wife also stated that not being content with the piano and furniture, the Frahm woman sent Worwa home for his two sons and the few chickens which his wife had. Judge Klotz ga e Worwa a jail sentence of thirty days and the Frahm woman ten days in Jail. Roth were fined $110. Wora on being taken from the court room, and his raramour, was not permitted to give her the demonstrations of affection that he tried to give. PERSHING WILL VISIT LONDON flNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON. April 23. The Yorkshire Post, understands that General Pershing will visit London next month, arriving here on the third. Ho will be received with military honors. CZECH-SLOVAKS NEAR BUDAPEST riNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! COPENHAGEN. April 23 Czechoslovak troops Invading Hungary are moving swiftly upon the capital and at the latest advices from Vienna were but an hour's distance from Budapest Tlie Czecho-Slovaks hove reached Vaitzen. NOTICE. All Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and all men who have seen service are requested to meet at 6:30 p. m. on Thursday to parade in Uniform in the Victory Liberty Loan pa rade.

Two Others In Car Receive Slight Injuries In Osborn Crash Today.

With, his right arm -cut off and his skull fractured Glen Howard, 511 State street, was picked up early this morning at Osborn between Hammond and Gary after the auto in which he was riding had been demolished by a Nickel Plate train. a With Howard in the car were two other Hammond young men, Paul Szarkowski. 280 Ash st and August Heinke, 505 Murray st. They each sustained injuries but will recover. OCCUXS AJPTEB KIDXIGHT. The deadly smash-up took place shortly after midnight. The men were returning from Gary and had reached the Xickel Plate crossing which runs north and south. It is one of the deadliest crossings in the county. There are four sets of rails and the road leading to them Is curved. A whistle sounded as the Szarkowski auto neared the crossing. It was a passenger train and the auto was halte. on the second track waiting for tre flyer to pass. The men were all looktng at the on-coining passenger train fend failed to see or hear westbound freight No. 55 tearing along. HOWASD IS K7JH- OVER. It struck the auto which tha driver nad Just started to reverse, near the' radiator, slewed It around. Howard was thrown out and under the train. Tha other men were thrown away from it The fatally Injured man was rushed to St. Margaret's hospital and died about three o'clock this morning. His remains were taken to Stewart's morgue The other men were removed to their homes. OIJXY HOME SIS WiZXS Howard had recently been discharged from overseas servic. and had onlvbeeu home six weeks. He enlisted Just two years ago today in the ECnd ammunition train and was sent to France in a replacement outfit. He served 8 months in the hottest kind of service and never got a scratch. He was 13 and employed at the Gibson shops WITNESSES TSii SXOEY. Witnesses say that Paul on seeing the train at hand turned iff down tha track to get off of it. but that the effort was not made in time and the auto was hit on Howard's side. The party had been attending a surprise party at the Creasebaum home in Gary. The decedent was born in Rossvillc. 111., and was a member of tho Christian church from whence the funeral will take place next Saturday a: 2:30 p. m. I liBRPA m m m nu rtis in ISTSfflffii f!NTTW NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) NEW YORK. April 23. The r-.rt skumTsli "In the big league battle between the government and the brewing inti rests over the constitutionality o th national prohibition act, took place today. Attorneys for both sides argued bcfor Federal Judge Hand on a motion tiled by United States Attorney Caffey to dismiss the suit brought by the Jacob Hoffi man .ren ing Co. to restrain the gov ernment from interfering with the raanuj fucture of beer containing not more than 2.75 per cent alcohol. Coffey arged that j the court was without jurisdiction since ! the constitutionality of the rational prohibition act was involved. There was an array of legal talent on each side. Eliliu Root headed the lawyers apeparing for the brewing com1 any. The anti-saloon league was represented by an attorney. NEW CASES IN . CIRCUIT COURT tSPECIAL TO THE TIMESJ CROWN PulNT. Ini., Apr.l 23. The following new cases wtre file yefterclay in the Lake circuit court: -2716 Divorce; E. Perry Valette (L. D. Butler) vs. Helena Valette. 12717 Divorce; John F. Resh (Georg E. Hirschman) vs. Mary Nettie Resh. 1271S Quiet title: Frank Galombos (Roy E. Ressler) vs. Daniel Krotoha. 12719 Quiet title; John Szikora i'Kov E. Re.ssler) vs. John Zdiska. et a!. 12720 Divorce: Grace B. Hennesy til. E. Re.isler) vs. James W. Hessesy, and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad. -DeLuxe Theatre, Orak Shrine week, April 21st to 25th Inclusive. First thro day? Anita Stewart In "Virtuous Wive' and "Once a Mason." 4-22-Finish up the Victory job.

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