Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 16, Hammond, Lake County, 24 May 1919 — Page 1

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Hammond Gary, Whiting and Other Towns are Well Represented. A good reads meeting made up of representatives from all over the county iv?is held last night at the Civic Club moms. Indiana Harbor, to take up two matters of vital interest to the taxpayrs and the citizens. larr. Hammond, East Chicago. Indiana Harbor. "Whiting. Crown Point, Lowell and the three Creek townships In the southern part of. the county were all represented by men -who are inter!ei in having a good system of roads " onomicaliy built and durably made through Lake county. Coder Commerce Auspices. The meeting was under the ausrlees ef the chamber of commerce cf East 'hscago and Indiana Harbor and was t'llod to order by the secretary of that el fanization who, in the absence or president Murray for unavoidable rea-.-'"., presided. The object of the meet ing, as siaie'i. was io ucciae n possioiej o i certain roads to recommend to the j ;:ue highway commission as state rinds to be constructed and maintained , i;nd'. r the highway commission law: and i to , mak preliminary arrangements for. r nfcrence with the county commisrTs and county auditor in regard to .) county system, of roads to be builtand maintained under the county unit ro-.l law. Noblet OItcb Talk. M E. X-b!et. secretary of the Hoosler Automobile Association, a man I : I Continued on page two.) ED- FILAS SEEKS TO ESCAPE POLICE W. Hammond Youth Gets j Bullet in His Leg Asa j Consequence. j Edward I'ilas, sixteen years old, who! lives at SS 105th St., West Hammond.! was shot through the leg last night by j i fficer F. Hesterman. of the Hammond i ;lice, while running away from the I officer. About 1:30 o'clock this morning, while ( making his rounds. Officer Hesterman ! in Into two boys prowling In the alley' back of 50 State st. j When the boys saw the officer thzy j larted to run, Hesterman ordered themj to stop but they ran across the street and Into the alley in the rear of Camp-i bH's plumbing shop. j Hesterman followed the youths and ; ordered them to stop, but as they paid i io attention to him he drew his revolver! and shot into the ground to frihten; ih-m. The bullet hit a stone and glanc-j ing went through the floehy part oft Li!as' leg. The other boy escaped. j A doctor was called ajid after receiving: j medical attention. Filas was taken to j St. Margaret's hospital. BREAKS LEG ON . SHOPPING TRIP Whiting Lady Brings Suit in the Hamond Superior Court. fSPECIAL TO THE TIHES! WHITI.Vg. Ind., May 2 Lillian Dimnock, of Whiting, has filed suit for rfatnapes against the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. in the Hammond Superior court. The company has a store at "10 lJ9th St., Whiting. On December 24. 101S, Mrs. Dimmork went to the store In the evening to make some purchases. Mte alleges that owing to insuificicnt lichting in the narrow- entrance to the store she was unable to see the floor clearly and note that it was slippery fmm an accumulation of rain, ice and sit-iw. She lost hr footing and in thf( fall her lfft leg was broken and she. S'ist.3ind "th.r injuries. She says, she his been unable to walk since then. rOsrllsren on the part of the owners is declarffl to have ben rsponsible for the accident and for this reason she aslis $1iimm1 damages. J. H. Fcttcrhoff is her attorney. TWO LIQUOR LAW VIOLATORS ARRESTED Two liquor law "Violators. MUova Ki&S'-h. a sold er and Joe Tavolich. br.-h n South hii-ato. were last nigh; arreted h the Gary police and' held ithout bonds for court trial.

AVIATION OFFICER TO HEAD LARGEST FLYERS' ACADEMY

-t I - 1 LIEUT. RAYNOR GAREY. The Academy of Applied Aeronautics at Chicago, the largest Institution of Its kind In the world, has annonncpd the appointment of a United States Army efflrer, Lieut. Kaynor Garey, on duty in the office of the Pirfctor of Military Aeronautics In Washington, as principal. He Is a Maryland boy who made a great record In the aviation section of the sfjial corps. The Academy is launching a campaign of public education In an effort to take the leadership in the air away from Great Britain and brius It to the United States. GARY GAMBLERS FINED AT CROWN POINT ; Settings Announced for) Next Week's Session of i I Criminal Court. I ISPECIAL'TO THE TIMES1 CROWN POINT. lnd., -May 2 4. A bunch of Gary gamblers were fined in the criminal court at Crown Point Friday afternoon. Tete Dcmitri was fined $10 and costs for keeping a gambling house and Oust Polas, Jim Ueharsis, Vinferi Tlakhas and Angelo Pappas were each taxed $5.00 and costs for visiting the resort. Criminal Settings. In the criminal court. Lake county. Judge Smith and W. O. Thomas, d?puty prosecutor, have arranged settings for week. May 16. as follows: Monday. May 26 555 State of lnd. vs. Samuel Simpson. Wednesday, May 25 5T6 State of lnd. vs. Mike Gcgola. Seeks a Dlrorci. Frank Bish of Gary is seeking a legal separation from his wife, Helen, who h alleges has left his bed and board and gone to live with her mother in South Mend. The couple were married May 1. 1913. and separated since Aug.. 1917. The plaintiff complains that the defendant was guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment. Bish is a mechanic and lives at 45S Adams street, Gary. Special Jury, Xake Circuit Court. John Strickhorn. Shelby; Peter Stark. St. Johns; Wm. Zbell. East Chicago; Henry C. Gerdt,- Hobart; Harvey- B. Sanger, Lowell: Fred L. Juergcns, Ham-, mond; Wm. H. N'ewkirk. Lowell; Edgar A. F.idgeley, Gary; Albert N Hudson, Hammond; C. A. Larkin, Gary; Frank L. Mark, Gary; John L. Hendrickson, Gary; Harry Dorsey. Whiting; Joseph Freeman, East Chicago; George L. Fedorka, Gary. CANDIDAEE FOR TREASURER HERE Ben H. Urbahns. of Indianapolis was in Hammond Friday callinar on his friends. Mr. Lhrbans is deputy state treasurer and says he likes the job so well that he believes he will tryto 'and the joh of being state treasurer. He is inak.nsr a roundup of all the Lake c-untv citis. FIVE TAKEN IN GAMBLING RAID Five men arretted yesterday afternoon in a raid on the home at 571 Morton avenue by Officer Lute and Building Commissioner Vi?, charged with gambling. The men arrested were John Diederick and Weston Cristea, of 571 Morton avenue: Nick Marry of S7S Morton avenue; Alex Ilko. of 19S Company house and Alix Tonia. of 62 Company house. riedri-k. Cristea, and Tenia wre each fined and the rase aganst Mirny was nolle prossd by- Judge Klotz in the Hammond city court th's morning. HUNTER ROLLS IN DITCH; DROWNED 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE j WASHINGTON, lnd.. May 24. Henry J. Roach. 1?. suffered an attack of cpiUpsy nhil hunting, rolled into the ditch end ww drowned. The body was found by his father end a searching party.

Mali Goodness! How Come This? "Jess' " Beard Ortur Despite Crete. lnr Oown; Kow "She'i' Za With Keo.

51ILWAUKEE, Wis., May 23 Three days ago Jess, colored, was admitted to the county hospital with ey trouble. An examination was ordered and Jess was sent to the woman's ward to await an operation. For two days Jess had the run of the ward untU "she" becau to grow a bard. M ire whiskers'. Jess was a man. It seems Jess, being only an eye case, had bqen put to bed. "This ain't no dress," he protested when third degreed. "This is a drcssin' gown. Man friends done tell me how you weah a dressin' gow n heah and Ah came all prepahed. How you expck me t' know the rules when Ah ain' ncvah been in no hospital befo'?" To make long story short. Joss. h"fe name is both male anI female, now wears his strajige looking 'dressing gown" in the male word. A AM TO SPEAK AT BALL PARK Preparations are under way to make Hammond's Memorial Day celebration ihe biggest in the history of the city. With the definite assurance that Maj. Gen. W. G. JIaan would be in the city, plans for the big day are now rapidly taking shape. A committee has been appointed by the Soldiers and Sailors Club i.o prepare tho program. They will meet thii evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce and it is expected that the complete program can be announced Monday. Gen. Ha-an is scheduled to deliver an addrej-s at the Hammond baseball park in the afternoon just before the benefit game for the Soldiers and Sailors Club, on the program will also be a number of prominent citizens of Hammond who will delier short addresses. A bis parade heAded by the" band, will marca to the park. The bast-ball game will be between the regular Hammond team and a team which has been organized from the Sotdiers and Sailors Club. The club has a lot of good material and their practi.-e Fames indicate that they will give Nu"gel's stars a hard run. Eting short on pitching timber they have persuaded Nagel to loan them one of his pitchers, so Baichly will probably work with tha boldiers. TEACHERS PETITIONED FORJXTRA WEEK Member Board of Education Explains Reason Board Took Stand it Did.. That the Hammond Board of Education, only after much debate decided to keep the schools open another week instead of a month at the earnest request and petition of all the teachers is the statement made b yDr. G. L. Smith, treasurer of the board today. Owing to the fact that the month's closing during the. winter because of the flu and sundry other upsets during the year, the teachers declared that pupils were behind in their work and an additional week would put them in fair position for the opening -f the new school year. "If the spring had been warm and pleasant so that the children were tired of confinement it would be a different matter," said Or. Smith, "but the weather has been such that they cannot play out of doors and we feel that the additional weel:'s school work will be highly beneficial. We feel that the teachers ought to know- what the children need more than anyone else in the matter of school work. The school year is 2S weeks and with the additional week the pupils will only have had 35 weeks this year." NOTICE. Governor Goodrich has proclaimed May 27th, 1919, as Rat Day.j Everybody is earnestly requested; to destroy and eliminate the rat1 proposition that day. Statistics! show that it takes the services of j 200,000 men in the United States' to provide for the rats, supplying them with food and repairing the damage that they do to property. DANIEL BROWN, 5241 Mayor. COL. TYNDALL IS DISCHARGED LOUISVILLE. Ky.. May 2 4. Col. Robert Tyndall. commander of the 150th field artil!ry. the Indiana regimenr of the Rainbow division, received" his discharge from the United States army at Camp Taylor near here today.

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3 HURT IN A RIOTOUS ST. AFFRAY E. Chicago Scene of Sensational Clash Between Factions of Young Men Last Night. Following close upon the wake of the opening of the carnival in

East Chicago comes the wave of trouble and crime that usually follows an aggregation of this sort, notwtihstanding the character of i the organization itscif. j Last night, about ten-thirty, a riot started on the grounds and: finished with a free-fcr-all fight in! the street in front of the carnival j grounds. Several were bruised and cut so seiously that they needed j the services -of a physician. Black jacks, brass knuckles, clubs and! r knives were very much in evi-j dence. . j MANY AXE INJUBXD. j Those Injured were: Felix Keller. 432$ . Daring, wrist badly cut and leg injured; ' O. J. Constant, 4232 Ivy street, bad cut ; over the eye; Stanley Sopczyk, 4922 ! Homer Lee avenue, arm broken. These j nre the only ones reported ns receiving surgical attention, but it is said that a j number of others have swollen heads, j black eyes and other bruises. j One of the- stories in regard to tho origin of the fight is that a bunch of joung fellows, apparently looking for j ! trouble, lock-d arms on the grounds and J "proceeded to make it unpleasant for j ' everyone who got in their way. It was j . not long, however, before opposition developed and then the fun lg . , TWO TACTIONS XTSfTiaT. U Another story is that two factinos. i one from each end of the city, nursing ) , an old grudge thai had Us origin in a j (Continued on page two.) AIR SERVICE Sergeant Cramer, of the Hammond recruiting station, has decided to let the United States employment service hunt the factory jobs for soldiers, while he will devote his efforts to persuading the boys with mechanical ability to enter the United Slates air service. He has used his Influence to lanJ men in jobs but has met with some hard luck. A few days aeo a young fellow told him he was a machinist and the sergeant succeeded in landing him in a nice jrb. The following day the foreman found the man had had probably a few das" experience as a machinist's helper. He was discharged and Cramer was the fcoat. The air ser ice wants 13.000 men at the Indianapolis speedway and offers opportunities in about forty different trades. Every man can learn the trade of his choice and at the same time has an opportunity to become a fiver if l.o desires. Cramer believes the air service is before lrg to be the largest and best paying industry in the country and young men of mechanical ability should get Into the game while it is young. SAME OLD THING ISPREDICTED ( INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON. May 24. The weather bureau today issued the following forecast for next week: Kor the region of the Great Lakes The coming week will be one of approximately normal temperature and C'niderable cloudiness and occasional shower?. REJECTED SUITOR KILLS SOLDIER INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I IPAREU Okla., May 24. on his first visit to h;s sweetheart to whom he became engaged while in France and on his first day home, after seventeen months service with the army. Carroll Sergeant was killed at Hochatown near here late last night. Bethel Kinkaid. said to be a rejected suitor, :s In Jail on the charge of murder. 30 BURNED IN STANDARD EXPLOSION t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI BATONXE, N. J , May 24 Thirty ' persons were burned, nine of them set seriously that they are not expected to live in an explosion in the case and can department of the Standard Oil Company here today. The explosion, which Is believed lr lave occurred at a faucet from which cans were ftllei wltn gao!ine. threw the 4.000 emplojes of the plant in;o a panic. Nearly all of the wounded were tak. en to the Baycnne hospital.

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i As fast as the boys who fought for j Uncle Sam are discharged from the j service they w ill receive a button of this rlcitn. It was designed by EXAMINER DENIES SILLY - LABOR STORY H. E. Jones of E. Chicago, Federal Labor Head, Tells How U. S. Distorted His Figures. Nobody could be more indignant at the story published by the United States Employment Bureau at--WashlTitgon that there are 4.00 men out of work in Kast Chicago than H. K. Jones, the e.xaminer-in-chai ge for this district and head of the employment bureau at East Chicago. "The story is sbeer nonsense." said Mr. Jones. "We srid out weekly reports from this office to Washington .-snd my report this week shows that there are approximately 3.D00 men not working in the whole county. This total embraces Gary, Hammond. Whiting. Indiana Harbor. East Chicago. Crown Point. Lowell. Hobart and in fact the whole county. In Ea:it Chicago there are probably only as many hundred idle men as tho U. S. reports thousands. Perhaps a few more, majbe a less number. "We ai e supposed to keep these figures strictly confidential, yet the federal bureau spills the brans and does what it does not rermit fis to do." BRINGS TOTAL UP TO $425 Another $5'" was added to the W. C. T. U. total la:-t night at the declamatory contest held at the first Methodist church.' This brings the total up to $475. This was the last of the meetings for Hammond and the ten captains, each having ten helpers are now making the canvas of the city for new members and subscriptions The same series of meetings held in Hammond will be held In other cities of the county." Over 400 were present at the closing session. KOONTZ FINED FOR ATTACKING AGED MAN Jan-e Oakley Koont?., of West Hammond, was arrested again this morning. thl time by the Hammond pid'ee. Officer Kandrei picked him up on State street and took him to the police station where he was booked for assault and battery. Louis Sherow. the aged Monon watchman for the Monon and F.rie be ng the complainant. Pherow swore that Koontr. smashed him in the face and knocked him down, after he was called a vile name by Koonts. Judge Klots found Koontz guilty and fixed his fine at $15 and costs. Shrow was on duty when attacked. DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE HAMMOND WOMAN Mrs. Christian Duchowl 72 years of age. died suddenly yesterday evening at her home. 607 State Line street, in Hammond, of heart failure. Mrs. Puchow had baked bread yesterday afternoon and had Just returned from her daughter's, where she had taken some bread, when upn entering her heme she became faint and died in the arms of her husband before they could reach the door. The deceased was born in Germany, and came to Hammond 32 years ago where she is much respected and leaves many friends. She leaves besides her husband, three daughters. Mis Krnt HoMz, Mrs. Hobei t Holtz and Mrs. Jno. Claussen. also one ji.n. Ilev. Julius A. puchow. of HjiUlon. Washington. t mourn her The funeral arrangements will he made later.

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c vm najirAdolph Weinman. well l;nown In American art circles and to the general, public as the designer of the new oime. MAY SJGN JUNE 10-15. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! PARIS, May 24. The latest guess as to when the peace treaty will be signed is some time between June 10 and June 15. The belief was freely expressed in French official circles today that the Germans will sign the treaty. -. i BAD FIRE IN CHICAGO TODAY f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. May 24. Six persons, three women and three men, are reported missing and are believed to. have perished in a fire which swept through the Bell hotel on South Wabash-avenue late today. SAY PETROGRAD 'IS BURNING I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON, May 24. Petrograd is burning, according to a Helsingfors dispatch to the Daily Mail today. The Bolshevists are reported to be. destroying the ammunition dumps there and the city is said to be in the throes of a civil war. The capitulation of the city is expected in a few days, the dispatch added. YOU'D BETTER PAY BRUNO'S DOG TAX And if Nellie Hasn't a Tag Youd'd Better See About Her As Well. . Trustee William E. Vater of North township Is getting ready to go affr the dog owners who have failed to ray iheir taxes. lAssessors in making tht;ir I rounds have reported a number eif own- j ers w ho have not paid taxes on their j I dogs and these people seem slower than usual in calling on the trustee to square up their account. The stale law requires the trustees to turn ocr to the' prosecuting attorney the list of pcrsors delinquent on June 2. The progenitor . then brings suit in the circuit court or before a justice of the peace and the owner pays not only the dog tax but the j prosecutor's fee and court costs which generally runs the bill up o about $15. The tax on male dogs is $3 and on fe- I males $5. j DIOCESAN MEETINGS. ! f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEPVICE1 1 MARION". Ind.. May 23. The twentyfifth annual councJl of the dioreso of Michigan City of the Episcopal ehurch. h--M here, closed with the election of Rev. Dr. McHenzie. rf Howe Military Academy; Father Averill. of Fort Wajnc; Father Rogers, of Mishawaka; and Father Hawthorn, of Hammond, as delegates to the general convention, which will be held in Detroit, Mich., neit Octo- 1 ber. '. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I NEW CASTLE. Ind., May 24.The proposition frr a T. M. . A. building in this city took on vigorous lif's yesterday when two loel men -ach offered a donition of SiO.eOO toward the building, providing the ptiblie raise a like sum. This would provide $2?0,000 for the buildiny. j

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Bitter Fight Is Promised In Congress As Result of New Prohibition Bills. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, May 24. An America as dry as the Sahara. This is what prohibition advocates in the senate were striving for today as they went to work attempting to round up a sufficient number of votes to pass the prohibition enforcement acts which were introduced yesterday by Senators Sheppard of Texas, Democrat, and Jones of Washington, Republican, the two leading prohibition legislators on the senate side. CONGRESS EHTS AT PJUDM3SES. Little definite success n'et the effort J the prohibition workers who were luisy in the capital today. The grea' majority of members of congress were , .-hing from any. definite promises ato their future attitude on prohibition, until some definite stand has developed v. lii. h will show whether or not the congress will follow the president's rcc."mm-rdr.tion that prohibition n light wines and tccrs be repealed. Only the mo.n nrJent prohibitionistseemed disposed to go at the present ttme to fight for a totally dry America. MEASURES DEBATED HO TLX. The stringency of the two prohibition enforcement measures which were introduced yesterday has rather surprised a number of members of congress. Al- . .. .. . (Continued on paga two.) I LIEUT. KOLB TO AODRESS Lieut. Carter M. Kolb. special representative of the war department, will address the Hammond Soldiers and Sail- ( ors Club at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday evening. The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock. Lieut- Kolb spends his time traveling between the different industrial centers keeping in touch with the labor situation and especially noting ihe success of returned soldiers in finding employment. H. J. Demcr, examiner in charge of the Hammond employment agency, is also to speak at this meeting. He and Lieut. Kolb have been working together on a number of problems and will have senile very interesting things to tell the war veterans on the replacement of soldiers in the industries. At this meeting the plans for Decoration Day in Hammond will also be announced. As the Soldiers and Sailors Club has agreed to reliee the G. A. il. of the responsibility of the Memorial Day exercises it is hoped that all members be present in order that they may be acejuaJnted with the work b;forc them. POLISH STATUS IS TROUBLOUS f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PARIS, May 24. The Tollsh situation today was causing great anxiety. Word has reached the peace conferetice that the Toles, in defiance of tliat body's wishes, have crossed the DnrlsUr r.ver and are fi jilting their way thrc ugh" Ukrania. rrfs'.dent Wilson is known to have drafted a statement in the name of the F.ifr Four, which, it is understood, states clearly that the allies and associated powers will not countenanee I'olish aggression. 1'ublioat ion of the statement is hems held up until Premier I'aderewski arrives from WarPASSENGERSAT NEWPORT NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 24. . Passengers rescued from the steamer Virginia, which burned to the water's edge last night who were breiught to th:s city, today aid that they feared many lives were lost. One passenfer a rmn and three firemen, they said were reported to have been burned to death. Most of the passengers were taken from the burning boat in their night clothing. BANK STATEMENT FOR THE WEEK INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) New York, May 24. Bank statement Average loans decreased $7,?23.oi"'; demand deprits decreased $7.fiS.0f: time deposits decreased $5,177 009; iesi rve nrrease, $15,7 4 .'. Actus) Iian decreased $ 1 3.1. 1 OP.oo'.i , drnnrt deposits decreased $1 V73'-.f"1''i : t ine de-posits increased $3,057,000; reserve increase, $1,433,750.

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