Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 299, Hammond, Lake County, 2 June 1919 — Page 1

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Austrian Delegates Too Poor to Pay 510 Day for Their Board. (BCXI.ETITT.) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PAS.XS, June 2. With all of the sternness and formality that the occasion demanded, hut with an undercurrent of cordiality entirely lacking- when the entente envoys met the Germans. The atmosphere of surface cordiality was emphasized hy Sr. Kenner, Austrian premier and chairman of the Austrian peace delegation, who. unlike von Brockdorff-Rantzau, the German envoy, stood while he replied to M. Clemenceau's speech. Dr. Bensei said that the monarchy in Austria-Hungary had collapsed with the departure of former Emperor Carl. Dr. Renner told of the misery cf the Austrian and at the same time admitted that thousands cf his fellow countrymen's lives had heen saved through the activities of Herbert Hoover, the American chairman of the interallied food relief commission. John Edwin Nevin f staff correspondent i. n. service PARIS, June 2. The second act in the world's peace drama was staged at noon today when the peace terms of the allied and associated powers were presented to the Austrian delegates at St. Germain. . ,In a formal. addrssy4u the treaty was handed to the Austrian envoys. Premier Clemenceau said the allies expected a reply within a week. SPECTACLE TRAGIC OITE. The spectacle was a most tragic one with the most virile nations in the World toay recitinff the terms to representatives of the skeleton of th once powerful Austrian .empire which they must accept if they expect their country to continue to live. The proceedings which will make the Hapsburg rule in Southern Europe hereafter simply a matter of history were held in the ancient castle of St. Germain where royal exiles during th days of the empire, mourned the loss of the throne. CTJKSE REACHES CtlMAX. The curse called down upon the head of Emperor Francis Joseph had reached its climax. It was tragic to note, also that only a portion of the former dual empire was represented, as the entente will not treat with the Hungarians until the soviet government at Buda Pest ie stamped out. Only the political, territorial and some of the military clauses are con tained in the treaty. The experts have ! not yet agreed upon the financial measures adopted. Premier Clemenceau had the most conspicuous seat. President Wilson sat on the French premier's right side, and Premier Lloyd George upon SI. Clemenceau's left side. Adjoining the president was Secretary of State Lansing, then Henry White. Col. E. M. House and Gen. Tasker K. Bliss. Next to Premier Lloyd-George was A. J. Balfour, the British foreign secretary, and A. Bonar Law. The French colonial envoys sat adjacent to the Americans and the-British colonials adjoined the delegates from London. In through the delegation headed main door filed the by Dr. Renner, the Austrian premier, and the only delegate authorized to conclude tha negotiate. Ir. Kenner is a huge bearded man with a great deal of individuality. Twinkling eyes shine out through his pine nez. Under a mask of Viennese grayety, Ir. Renner is said to conceal great cunning and an enormous capacity for work. The delegates wore the ordinary morning suits. Behind Dr. Renner came Prof. Lammasch, looking like a venerable Savant. The most picturesque member of the delegation was Rudolph Slatin Pasha, British inspector-general in the Soudan from 1900 to 1019. Once he was the Idol of the British nation. He is a hard-featured, bearded man. He looked neither to the right nor to the left as he made his way to his place. The other delegates and secretaries and interpreters were soon in their places. Then came an exchange of cold, courteous hows. In the brief pause that followed Dr. Renner and Slatin gazed curiously about the room, scrutinizing the faces of the allied delegates, the pictures and the statuary. Probably in the thoughts of all there (Continued on page seven.) NOTICE The president of each lodge, organization or societ yis requested to attend a meeting as representative, of the order to which he is a member, to be a member of the Advisory Committee for the erection of a Community House in Whiting. This meeting is to be held in the Public Library. "Wednesday evening. June 4th. 1919, at eight o'clock P. M. 6-2-

Fj i r ii - Rose From Plain Gob to Lieutenancy and Helped Pilot NC-4 Across Ocean LT -WAITER. HILTON Ambitious gobs have been absorbing what lies beh:nd the success of Lieut. Walter Hinton. U. S. N. He entered the navy as an enlisted man in 1&13 and i.s now an t.fTicer becaus? he is the port cf man the navy wants. He was one of-the pilots or tne t-4. me '. . ." ! lame duck of the fly ng neet wnicn i started for Europe was forced to drop out o the race but overcame nard luck i and was the only one of the NC fleet to reach Europe. Here are Austria INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PARIS, June 2. The conditions of peace of the allied and associated powers, with the exceptoin of military, reparations, financial and certain boundi ary clauses, were handed to the Aus trian plenipotentiaries at St. Germain today. Those clauses which are not yet ready for presentation, will be delivered as soon as possible, the Austrians in the meantime having the opportunity to begin work on the greater part of the treaty in an effort to facilitate a final decision. The Austrian treaty follows exactly the same outline as the German and in many Maces is identical with it except for the change in name. Certain specific cl.iuscs which applied only to Germany ire. of course, omitted and certain new clauses included, especially as regards the ne wstates created out of the former Austro-IIunsarian empire and th3 protection of the rights of the racial .religious and linguistic minorities in Austria. Tchecho-Slovakia. Ftoumania and Serb "roat Slovpe state. Austria is left by the treaty a state of from 6.000.000 or 7,000.000 people inhabiting a territory of between 5.000 and 6, COO square miles. She is required to reccgnize the complete independence of Hungary, Tchecho-Slovakia and th Serb Croat Slovpe state and to- cede other territories which previously in union with her composed the empire of Austria-Hungary with its population of over 50.000,000 people. Austria agrees to accept the league of nations covenant and the labor charter; to renounce all her extra-European rights, to demobilize her whole naval and aerial forces, to admit the right of trial by the allies ana associated row n s of her nationals guilty of violating the law and customs of force and to accept detailed provisions similar to those or the German treaty as to economic relations and freedom of transit. CLUING SOON WAS GIVING AWAY MONEY Chiliaman AstOnisheS EaSt Siders Who Never Saw Stunt Pulled Before. Officer Falmateer of the Hammond police was called to . Columbia and Michigan avenue last night where he found Cluinj? Soon, a Chinaman, running around loose inside a store on the East Side. When Soon saw the officer-he started to run through the park scattering handsfull of money in the air as he ran. Palmateer finally caught the man and after gathering up all the chancre he could find, brought Soon to the Hamn ond pol.ee station where he Is being held for examination as to his sanity, G KEENS BURG A total of $73,555. - 91 has been collected in taxes in Greensburg this spring, according to figures compiled by County Auditor Barbe.

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Banker in Favor of Giving a Woman the Preference on the Board of Education. A. M. Turner, president of the First National Bank, and for years connected in a well-wishing capacity with Hammond's educational system, is a strong supporter of the movement to place a capable woman on the Hammond Board of Education. The city council will be called upon tomorrow evening to fill a vacancy in the board caused by the expiration of the term of A. J. Dreesen. "If the choice rested between a man and woman of equal ability. I am highly in favor of giving the woman the preference," said Mr. Turner. 'Hammond has plenty of women capable of filling the position. There are as many daughters as sons in the schools and I believe the women really take more interest in the boys' welfare than their fathers do." Indications are that a majority of the members of the council would gladly consider the name of a woman. Several tay they have not given the matter a3 much thought as they wished before making up their minds and would not like to say just now what their position win hp Alderman Ora Highland, mem- . ... 7 . j , , tnat tne auairs oi ine rwa.ru ui t.uu.xtion are in such a turmoil just now that he believes it will be a man's job to straighten things out. When things are runing normally again he would be willingto elect a woman trustee. Alderman Skufakiss thinks it would be a good idea to elect a woman now. He says, "I believe that by placing a worrjaa t Trrr schfr vr.nrn wyxvduTdracTP'arry eliminate politics from the board's affairs. The board would also in, this 'manner be able to regain much of the confidence of the public which has been host ia recent years. Of course I would not want to see some radical suffraget j elected, but a woman with good sound 1' common sense, i think a woman would be far more interested in the moral welfare of the children than the men are. and that's a pretty important thing. Im for a woman." SPEEDING CAUSES AN ACCIDENT Flivver Crashes into Light Hruck and Several Escape Death. Driving at a speed declared by witnesses to have been thirty-five miles an hour. Frank Sldot and three companions in a Ford started across State Line street on Ogden street from the Hammond side Sunday evening; and crashed into a light truck driven by r.obert Law. With Mr. Law were, his wife and little child. The truck was hurlel upon its side and thrown upon the sidewalk, while Sidot's car was overturned in the midde of the street. People who saw the crash say that the escape of the occupants was miraculous as it was found that none had been seriously Injured. Mr. Law's hand was badly bruised while Mrs. Law and the child suffered greatly from the shock. Sidot's car had been seen frequently during the afternoon in Hammond and West Hammond, traveling at a reckless speed. It is said that while turning the corner at Forsythe avenue and 155th place in W. Hammond they nearly overturned. WHAT THEY HANDED AUSTRIA All Austro-Hung-arlan warships are to ii" surrendered. Twenty-one specified auxiliary cruisers are to he dismantled and treated as mar. j chant ships. ; All warships and submarines under construction in Austrian yards to he Droxen up. All naval grins, multlons and other war material belonging1 to Austria-Hungary when the armistice was signed must b surrendered. The high-powered wireless station at Vienna may be used only for commercial messages duriny the next three months. Austria of Europe renounces' all rigrhts and titles and privileges to her own or to her allies' territories. Part elg-ht of the treaty (dealing with reparations) and part nine (dealing- with finances) are vacant. Death of Wm. Meaher. William Jdenher, nineteen years old, who lived at 173 Lewis St., Hammond, with his aunt. Mrs. T. Queran. died early yesterday morning at St. Margaret's hospital following an operation for appencrfcitis. 1 The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at S o'clock from St. Joseph's church, Hammond. Interment will be i held In Mt. Oliver. Chicago, in charge of - Undertaker Burns.

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Senator Says the American Parents Vant League of Nations But Don't Want to Send Boys to Siberia to Enforce il. HIRAM JOHNSON IN U. S. SENATE "On the 11th day of November, America "i no nation on earth ever had been before, -was respected, revered and beloved. After six months of meddling and muddling- in European and Asiatic controversies and contests over territory, the end of the peace conference finds Italy detecting- us, France secretly despisingus, England using- us and Japan bluffing- us. They are willing and anxious that we should have our league of nations. We give of our asets, both moral and material, and assume part of their liabilities. We do not need them as partners. They require us. They yield us nothing-; they can yield us nothing-; we give them everything-." Senator Hiram Johnson. Calnifornia, in the senate. By J. BASLT CAMPBELL rSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE WASHINGTON, D. C, June 2. "American fathers and American mothers want peace and they want a league of nations which will give them peace ask any mother if she is for peace, she will say yes with all her heart,' declared Senator Hiram Johnson, progressive Republican of California in the senate this morning. But, he added, as he struck the keynote of his long-heralded attack, containing 15,000 words, upon the revised league of nations' covenant, "ask her if she is willing that her sons and grandsons, shall ! go to the Balkans, to China, to Korea, to Siberia, to Arabia, to the Dalmatian coast to compel peace, she will answer, no." CALLS TJP RESOLUTION. Senator Johnson prefaced his address by once more calling up his resolution for the immediate submission of the complete official text of the peace treaty to the senate by the state department. The resolution has remained "unfiinished busines" on the calendar and therefore a vehicle for frequent debate on the league covenat since he recently introduced it. "This league is written around the one central idea that he great democracy of the United States shall guarantee, maintain and preserve the British empire's boundaries, with its seething millions of discontented peoples; the increased territories of France, the vastly extended boundaries of Italy, throbbing with revolution, and the rape of China by Japan," Senator Johnson asserted. "It not only wrenches the American nation from its traditional policy, deals with its economic resources, embarks It upon a precarious and a perilous departure, but commandeers, apparently for all time its blood and its bone," he continued. BURLESON ORDER S REINSTATEMENT INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 WASHINGTON, J me 2. -If any employes of the telephone company at Atlanta have been discharged because of union affiliations, orders will be at once issued for their re-instatement with full pay from the date of their discharge and steps will be taken to discipline the supervisory telephone official who has beer guilty of a violation of the order of October 8, 1918." In making this announcement today Postmaster-General Burleson said that no oetion would be taken by him "until the facts are known. "It may be asserted that dismissals have not been made in such numbers as stated n the press." he added. AUSTRIAN WAR CRIMINALS' TRIAL f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl LONDON, Jun 2. The trial of all Austrian war criminals befife an interallied tribunal is one of the main terms j of the treaty with Austria, according to the Daily Mail today. The other two are: L 1. Surrender hy Austria of all of her merchant fleet. 2. Demobilization of the army, navy and the air forces. (The reparation clause rS" incomplete.) ycv. reading The Times?

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President and Mrs. Our protographer is discreet. He wirelessed us that he does not know whether President Wilson bets on the races. He merely calls attention to the president's smile as he stands on the balcony of the clubhouse of the Longchamps race course near Paris. Taking- with him Mrs. Wilson who also WELL-KNOWN OFFICIAL RESIGNS Resignation to Washington to Go Into Business. Daniel C. Voreis. who has been deputy collector of internal revenue at Hammond for the last four and one-half years, sent his resignation to the department at Washington today and expects to be out of the service by July 1. He Is secretary-treasurer of the Barnhart Coal Co., and expects to move soon to Farmersburg, Ind.. to take up his work in the main offices of the company. Mr. Voreis was placed in charge of the Hammond office January 1, 1915, and has seen the duties of revenue collector multiply rapidly as the number cf special taxes increased during the war. After the United States entered the war j Air. voreis couiu eaMiy nae uui.ai:it.Tu uu ; important position with the ordar.ee dei partment with a decided Incrense In I colarv Hut he. liolipvnrl th.f fhe inrreninj? details and importance of his office required men wio were thoroughly grounded in the work. Ho could best di his "bit" by sticking with the old job until the war ended, bo he stuck. In the four and one-half years he has had just two days vacation. In that time he has been in charge of over ?12,000,000 in revenue and has ben collected through bis office. The small shipments nv being made from tha Hammond distillery are still netting the government thousands of dollars owing to the high revenue. However, other taxes are now making up some of the losses through the closing of the distillery. During the closing days of the income tax rush, Mr. -Voreis had four assistants In his office, and even then was unable to take care of the crowd. Mr. Voreis became interested in the Barnhart Coal Co. this spring along with a number of other Hammond men. Th3 coal property leased by the company lies in the north part of Sullivan county and holds an excellent grade of coal, Work was started on the lease several years ago, but was stopped and the old owners allowed their lease to lapse. It was taken over by the Barnhart company. AUTO RACER IS DYING r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE IXDIAXAf'OLIS, Ind., June 2. Mollinaro, injured during the 500-mile race on the Indianapolis motor speedway Saturday, is in a dying condition at the Methodist hospital, it was stated today. Mollinaro. whose home is in Newark, X. J., suffered a fractured skull and other injuries when Arthur Thurman of Washington, I. C, was killed when his car was wrecked by a "dished" wheel. Hospital physicians say there is little chance for the recovery of Mollinaro and his death would bring tho list of fatalities to four. The body of Thurman was shipped to his old home at Chattanooga, Tenn., last night. N'o arrangements have been made for the funerals of Louis Lecocq and It. Bandini, Pacific coast men, burned to deAth when their Roamer overturned and caught fire.

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Wilson at Paris Races 4 smiles as though a certain horse had finished first, the President relaxed from his peace conference tension and went to the famous race course which, since the Grand Prix was run in 1914, had been used as a pasturage for cows. Two American owned horses, one belonging to W. K. Vanderbiult won that day. Hobart Soldier Sends Letter Complimenting Men of 90th Division, Now on Its Way Home, By General Pershing. HOBART. Ind-M June 2. William Fleck, who has been in the Army of Occupation as a member of the 90th Division during the past six months is expected to return home next month, and he has sent a copy of the following letter which was Issued by Gen. Pershing to members of the Division which includes the 315th Ammunition Train, in which there are a number of Hammond, Gary, East Chicago and Crown Point boys. Headquarters Nintieth Division, A. E. F.. Germany. April 30. 1919. General Orders: ' No. 1 It is with great pleasure that the Division Commander publishes the following Utter from the Commander-in-chief, American Expeditionary Forces, France. 2 A copy of this order will be furnished to every officer and enlisted man of the 90lh Division. "American Expeditionary Forces, Office of Commander-in-Chief. France, April 26, 1919. "Major General Charles H. Martin, Commander 90th Division, , "American Exp. Force. "My Dear General Martin: "It gives me much pleasure to congratulate you and through you the officers and men of your division on the splendid appearance that it made at its inspection and review on April 24th at Wengrohr. The smart appearance of personnel and the good condition in which I found the horse transportation and artillery are sure signs of the high morale that permeates all ranks. This (Continued on Page sieven. ) V COMING 10 HAMMOND Will Be Guest of Honor at Smoker Given at Liberty Hall. Major General Leonard "Wood will probably bo the rucst of honor at a smoker to be given before the end of Juno by the Hammond Soldiers and Sailors Club. The boys plan to ue the funds derived from the baseball game Memorial Day to defray the expenses of the smoker, which will probably be hel in Liberty Hall. General Wood's aide has informed the committee that the officer ha nearly all of the month engaged but will try to work in a date for Hammond and will inform them as soon as a day can be set. Are you reading The Tirr.cs?

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Higher Valuations Under Tax Law May Raise Classification In Several Places. Great increase in the valuation of taxable property under the new tax law will change the. classifica. tion of numerous fifth class cities in Indiana to fourth class cities, and it may raise some cities to the second class which are now in a lower class: It will no doubt bring East Chi cago and Hammond into the second class and make a difference in the salaries of the-ty officials. This will be an effect of the new tax law that was not anticipated or discussed by the general assembly. Will. BE TJP TO COUNCILS. By the changes in classification the salaries of city officials will be increased in some cases, and the form of government will be modified, though in several cases it will remain optional with the cit ycouncils whether salaries shall be changed or the form of government modified. But the law governing cities provides that increases in salaries shall not be made for incumbents. Until the valuations of property in tfaa ieltic-8 f -jl;aiw.- w-Mefe -er-heig made this eyar, are officially determin ed, it cannot be known with certainty what cities will change classes, though it is evident from unofficial reports that several fifth class will become fourth class cities. CLAssiriCATiON or cities. The law divides cities of Indiana into five classes, as follows; First Class Cities of 100.000 population or more, according to the last preceding United States census. Second Class Cities of 35,000 or more and less than 100.000. Third Class Cities of 20,000 or more and less than 35,000. Fourth Class Cities of 10,000 or more and less than 20,000, "and also having taxable property to the amount of $5,000.000 or over." Fifth Class Cities of 10,000 or more and less than 20.000, and "having taxable propert yamounting to less than 55,000.000, and cities having a population of less than 10.000." WHITING) WAS KAISEB. The fourth and fifth classes are governed partly by population according to the last preceding United States census and party by valuation of taxable property. The provisions already referred to are general, and were enacted in 1909. Since that time special laws have heen enacted. One law of 1913, intended to (Continued on page six.) SLEEPING Branch "Y" at Kirk Yards Badly Damaged By Saturday Blaze. Three night waitresses and one man in the restaurant of the branch T. M. C. A. building at the Kirk terminal yards, Gary, narrowly escaped death Saturday afternoon when the buildinpr caught fire from an overheated kitchen range and spread very rapidly to thj second story which was demolished by the flames. The girls were sleeping in the dormitory above the restaurant and were carried down the ladders by the firemen. Mrs. Rosenbacker, assistant manager of the restaurant, who was in the dining room when the fire started, just had time to rescue a purse containing $600 and some diamonds and the girls had to come from the blazing building without a lot of their clothing. This was recovered with the purse from the raging fire by Captain McCartney and restored to the owners. Tho loss to the building Is estimated at between $3,500 and $4,000 and to the contents $1,000, which was fully covered by insurance. SIX GARY GAMBLERS RAIDED Six Gary gamblers, all Italians, were raided by the police at 1600 Madison street last night and brought to the station where all furnished bonds for their appearance in court.

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