Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 301, Hammond, Lake County, 4 June 1919 — Page 1

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Extra! INTERNATIONAL NEWS FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE. On streets and newsstands, 3c per copy. Delivered by carrier in Hammond and West Hammond, 50c per month. VOL. XIII, NO. 301. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1919. HAMMOND, INDIANA. Council Turns Down Woman Last Night Drowns While Escaping Enraged Husband

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Unable to Swim Across He Sinks in Deep Water, Woman Arrested Trapped in a compromising situation with another man's wife. William Much, of Pine Station, to get out of the way of an enraged husband leaped into the deep water in the East Chicago canal last night in an endeavor to escape vengeance and was drowned. Much is a son of Rihard Much, King of Clark road, whose sensational court fights in Lake county and the supreme court with the U.S. Steel Corporation. which he won, brought him much notoriety. Drowned While Escaping-. The drowning occurred in the East Chicago deep water way canal just east ' of the Forsyth avenue bridge in East Chicago about the dinner hour. About half past five last evening August Kohnke. who lives in one of the boat houses on the canal near the Forsyth avenue bridge came home from work a little early last evening and found Much, under compromising circumstances, in the boat house with Mrs. Kohnke. It is asserted by the police that the coupfe had spent the afternoon together in South-Chicago and that they had been drinking heavily and were intoxicated upon arriving in East Chicago No Way Open But River. A desperate quarrel is said to have arisen between the two men and Kohnke (Continued on page two ) ANOTHER PLAYGROUND ACCIDENT John Kelly, son of Mrs. Margaret Kelley of 100 Highland St., Hammond. was quite badly hurt at recess this morning when he was thrown from a teeter-totter in the play grounds of Washington school. John, with two other boys, was on one ;

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end of the teeter and three boys were ered In the vicinity of the Overland j

on the other hand, in some way the boys on the other end slipped off. throwing John in the air. He came, down on his head and was knocked unconscious by the fall. The teeter came down on his face, cutting and bruising it badly and knocking one! of his teeth loose. The teachers gave him first aid and called a doctor. His mother took him home in an. automobile, where he is still quite ill. This is only one of a very great number of accidents that have happened on the play grounds of Hamond schools since the installation of apparatus. GERMANS EXPECTING ULTIMATUM Final Decision For Peace Will Be Made By Berlin Government. A G. Anderson STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! BERLIN, June 4 -- A report reached here from Versailles that the German delegates expect an ultimatum from the allies on Saturday, rejecting; the German counter-proposals to the terms of peace. If this report Is true. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau and the other German delegates will return to Berlin, leaving the final decision to the government, it is stated here. It is felt here that the government will not sign the treaty if the German demands are flatly rejected. Paris dispatches to the International News Service report the American and British delegates, supported by the Italians, pressing for concessions to the Germans and modification of the treaty.

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PLANNED TO BOMB HOTELS (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) CHICAGO, June 4. --- Destruction by bombs of the Blackstone, La, Salle and Morrison hotels, three of the largest in Chicago according to the story told the police today by a negro porter at the Morrison who caused Lamki's arrest. The porter declared Lamki had endeavored to get him to join the I. W. W. and had told him of the plot to dynamite the hotels. When arrested, Lamki denied the porter's story, but boasted that he Is a leader the I. W. W., and that he was familiar with the plans of the bomb explosions in the east Monday night. Quan. tities of radical literature was found In his possession. Lamki is being held for Information. FIND CORDITE IN POCKET. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PHILIDELPHIA. Pa., June 4. -- Paul

E. Fritsche, an employee of the navel yard, was arrested here today as a sus-

pect in connection with the bomb plots. Detectives said they found a stick of bits of smokless powder in Fritsche's bits of smokeless powder in Fritsche's room, Fritsche is twenty-two years old and until recently was in the naval re. serve. ARRESTED IN OHIO. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) CLEVELAND, O., June 4. Arrest at Alliance O.. today of a suspect answering the description .of one of the men seen : in the neighborhood of the home of Mayor Davis just prior to the explosion of the bomb there Monday night, was reported to the police here this after-

noon. and this city. Johnson Is rported to The man. was taken from a freight have indicated that the bombs were mantrain coming from Cleveland and detec- , ufactured in Cleveland.

tives were immediately sent from here to question the suspect. RICH WOMAN MURDERED. (International news service) PRESCADERS, Colo., June 4 Mrs. j Sarah S. Coburn, widow of Loren Corburn, multimilionalre, was found murdered In bed In her home here today. According to reports the murderer used a blunt instrument The woman's head was crushed almost beyond recognition. News of the murder was telephoned to Redwood City and Sheriff Edward M. Sheehan and District Attorney Franklin A. Swart are rushing to Prescadero in an automobile. WILL READ PACT INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE Washington, June 4. "The text of the peace treaty as submitted to Ger many will certainly be read in the senate and into the congressional record within the next forty-eight hours, if the state department persists in its refusal to furnish the senate with a copy of It. SHOOTING PREDICTED. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) TOLEDO, O., June 4. Further trouble in the Toledo strike loomed this afternoon when thousands of workers gathered in the vicinity of the Overland plant. Col. Lloyd Howards, commanding the soldier police at the plant, issued a warnlng at noon for all to keep away from the plant. "Peaceful tactics will be followed no longer," he declared. "It may be necessary to shoot so all should keep away from the vicinity of the plant." TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT HARBOR

A Mexican lad. whose first name Is ,' East Chicago street railway have been Ernes but whose last name cannot be ', notified that the ten cars ordered for learned, was cut in two by a freight use on the Columbia avenue extension train about six o'clock last night at j of the Hammond lines have been comthe Lincoln st. crossing of the Pennsyl- j pitted. - The following telegram, dated vania Railroad Co. at Indiana Harbor. I May 26, was received last week by The freight train was standing on President O. G. Talmadge from St. the track, headed west, when the boy j Louis: attempted to crawl under the train.'; "Tour cars will be ready for shipment When he was under a heavy freight car, I later part of this week. Inspector however, the train started find the shouM be here not later than Wedneswheels passed directly over his body. j day, 28th, to make final inspection. Officers O'Donnell and Downey re- ; "American Car Co." sponded to the call and McGuan'5 am- j An inspector has been in St. Louis bulance pickeel up the remains. i since that date and it Is possible thjt Ernest was living with a Mexican by part, of not all. of the cars are now on the name of Peter Paris and his mother their way to Hammond. At the meet-

is said to be somewhere in Iowa. THIRTY TIRED BUSINESS MEN Thirty business men of Hammond were called to the Hammond city court this morning to be picked for jury duty in the case against the smaller grocers who keep open on Sunday, which Is being brought by the Retail Grocers' association of Hammond. Though the men all showed up at the court room they were sent home by the court and told to come back tomorrow morning as one of the attorneys was not able to be present. Take The Times and keep in touch with the whole world.

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N.Y. Officers Declare Bomb Maker is Irish; Johnson An I. W. W. (BULLETIN.) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) PITTSBURGH, June 4. -- Local police and detectives today were confident that they were close on the trail of the men responsible for the bomb outrages here and that the arrests they expected to make soon might lead to the solution to the whole nation-wide plot. John Johnson, alleged leader of the IWW who was arrested in the office that organization yesterday, broke down under the third degree treatment and divulged the name of the man who made the bombs that were xploded here. Johnson refused to make any further statement. He is being kept under constant grilling today. (BULLETIN.) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) CLEVELAND, O., June 4 -- Cleveland police today grilled James Larkin, well. known radical and former Irish syndicalist, in connection with the bomb plot Investigation. Larkin stopped off here Tuesday en route from Chicago to New York. Police here are endeavoring to locate some connection between John Johnson, I. W. W. leader, arrested la Pittsburgh, and this city, Johnson is rported to have indicated that the bombs were manufactured in Cleveland. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) NEW YORK, Juiy 4. The New York police today received a telegraphic request from the Pitts- burgh police for information receiving John Johnson, the I. W. W. leader, arrested at Pittsburgh yesday as a bomb suspect, after a pistol battle with detectives. 1 r.e I lttSDUrgh. police asxea II Johnson, during his stay here, was connected in any way with headquarters of the Russian radical -t TCJ -t 3 3 TTae:r FiftPpnth eroup at iNo. ijj cast ruteentn street, New York. It was this ,. , -j j u neauquariei s wmtii wi3 iaiucu vy the New York police on March 12 taken into custody. i HAYWOOD GIVES OEDEES. Johnson came to Pittsburgh a few weeks ago at the instance of "No. jooot" from 133 East Fifteen street. Npw york, according to Supt. cf Tolite t .lderdicc No. lonoi" is the pass nunir,rr which William Haywood, pres!-d-:nt of the I. YV. W. bears. He was to (Continued on page two.) NEW STREET CARS ON WAY TO HAMMOND Ten New Cars From St. Louis To Be Seen On Columbia Ave. Extension. Officials of the HTmmond. Whiting &! lng f the city council last evening the Columbia avenue proposition was brought up as usual, and as no- information was at hand regarding the attitude of the company, a mtior. was passed to the effect that the: company be notified to have cars running within thirty days. In case the company fails to comply with the wishes of the. council the matter . is to be taken up with the Public l.'tilities Commission at Indianapolis. NOTICE 0 AUTO DRIVERS All those driving automobiles are reque-ted not to rark their cars on Fayette street until the repairs now being made on the street by the cily are finished. The sign closed for traffic is up

News of the Air

TWO AVIATORS ESCAPE UNHURT rSPECUL TO THE TIMES1 HIGHLAND. Ind.. June 4. One of the nine aeroplanes flying from Indianapolis to Chicago. Monday, in making a landing near Hartsdale. necessitated by a leaking oil pipe, was overturned oning to the soft ground in the field. The two aviators escaped unhurt but the plane was quite badly damaged, the rudder being demolished, both wings and the propeller broken. It finished its trip to Chicago by freight. YalfTr Swets of Highland was one of six who arrived upon the scene in time to help right the machine. NEWSPAPER BY PLANE. The Chicago American is now developing papers by aeroplane. Kankakee and Champaign got packages of papers by plane yesterday ami schedules have been mapped out for Danville. Lafayette, Valparaiso and South Hend in Indiana. Alfred Decker & Cohn. makers of the Society Brand of clothes, are delivering clothes by plane nowadays in charge of Lieut- D. Z. Behncke of Chanute field. REPORTER ON FLIGHT. Edgar Croft, correspondent of The Times at, ZIon City, will fly from Kantoul Field to Grant Tark. a distance of 112 miles, tomorrow, and will -write his story on typewriter up in th air. Croft has permission from Col. .1. C. Morrow, department air service, to make the trip. Croft believes that reporfrs will, before long, be required to patrol the air for news just as they do on sea and land. He will write the story for The Times. JURY DELIBERATES . . ALLJ1GHT LONG Hammond Case Hard One For The Criminal Court Jury To Decide. CROWN POINT. Ind , June 4 A Jyy In the criminal court deliberated all Monday night as to what punishment should be meted out to Mike Dedlola and I'ris Ginsky. of Hammond, eharged with assauU and battery. Peter Goslonoeist was the complaining it" r.css, testifvinsr that the two held him h tri.H to him At in a m the jury brought in a verdict of a $50 f.ne for each. Frank Zimbra, of East Chicago, was fined $3 00 and costs for assault and battery On Tuesday. Edward Bowman plead not guilty to the charge of petit larceny on Tuesday tind not wanting a Jury to decide as to his guilt, but leaving his fate in the hands of Judge Smith, who decided that Bowman should be fined to the extent of $30, disenfranchised for one ern.t CO A 1 a at (h. T n ; n . 9

State Farm for stealing $200 from claims for Honors. the Stars anflj,"". w. , '-'-"y Howard Tavlor. of Hammond. 'Stripes cut out all those letters. All .National Ban of America. Gary 114.300 An affidavit was filed against Steve I the divisions fought nobly. You w,;:i I American Trust and Savmgs Ristoff. of Gary, on Tuesdt-. for.be put out because I didn't go on the ! Bank. Hammond 101.400

attempting to bribe Henry Gust. a ,n.. ffi.-or T?Uir.ff huA hrn . , ...i ..- i arre.sif.J lur '""."" juuun Kill- iii, Garv and offered $50 to e-,,.t if would release him. As a result he is in the Jail at Crown Point awaiting rial on two charges. NINE MORE JOIN ARMY Nine more men have been sent to the army by Sergeant Cramer of the Hammond recruiting station. They arc Wilber Jones. lf. and Harold BussarJ. 22. twho go to the Hawaiian Islands; Frank Heinemana. John Illet and Harold lankc. who go to the Ground School at Indianapolis: "William Nelson. 34. Thonras Napiwocki. 23, and Louis Napiwocki. Lf. who enlisted for service In France: and James Walker, 21. who selected service in Panama. T. P. A. HEAD GOING TO N'ORLEANS A. J. Burke, president of the Hammond T. P. A., with eighty-five ia mem bership, is the delegate to the national! convention at New Orleans beginning June 9 for four days. Mr. Burke is a sales agent for the Standard Oil Co. and one of the greatest t. .'. a. poosters on the road. GERMAN PLOTTERS AGAIN ACTIVE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! GTNEVA. June 4 Ti)a-t German plotters have been working to bring about a revolution In Switzerland and Ital. was revealed today when twenty-six Germans and two Hindus were placed on trial at Zurich. The conspirators planned -to assassinate Premier Orlando, of Italy, and also Baron Sonnino. 'Italian foreign minister. The Times' want ads bring astonishing results if their users are to be believed.

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Body of Edith Cave 11 being carried into Norwich cathedral at Tiorwich, 1 England. The body of Edith Cavell, the English nurse who was executed by tho Germans early in the war, now rests in her native town of Norwich, Eng. l&nd. Her grave was found by the allies in the closing days of the war and recently her remains were made ready fcr shipment home. Soldiers for whom phe had given her life and nurses who had been inspired by her n-.artytjdom and British officials formed the funeral cortege. A burial service was read in the cathedral at Norwich, Miss Cavell's home, and the body was buried in Norwich cemetery.

Last Duty Iii Germany I aSacl One I . Prom CPL. L. J. FA&RT (Times.' Keporttr With A. of O., 315th l Am. Train, 90th Dlv.) (Times Keporter With A. of O.) OSAAX, Germany. May 15. One of the laM duties our outfit has been cal!us before we leave Germany for home was ihe buria' cf a comrade at Trier. It brke me up in busienss to be on the firing squad. This boy was severely crushed when he slipped and fell in i front of the wheels of a quad. He was rushed to the hospital at Trier but died four hours jatcr. lt w a blow t0 our I company. He was a fine boy and the saddest rart of it was he was killed on the verge of going home. It will be an 1 awfuf' shock to his old mother who had j written how glad he was coming. I Well, tho latest is we leave here the 17th for St. Nazaire. Why that Instead . of Brest, as first reported. I dont know. It makes no difference where we sail, j Just put me on a ship and head me west. This is the last you will hear j from me until I reavh the old V. S. A. i I advise you to be careful about getting ' Triived uo in Sfiv- of these divisional newspaper special to view the battle- : fields. Well, I was in a Well. I was in a dilemma. I 'tried to et on the first trip but we . . were chosen a.pnaDeticauy ana you know vhen the I s come. I Mv invitation to eo came In from the 90th division headquarte. rs the other day and it was a case of oither taking the trln or not comlne home with the 90th ' also designated for convoy. It meant my getting home as a casual.- God knows when. I wanted to go on the special and feast for a week with those 200 newspaper and magazine writers. So I decided to c me home with my outfit and not be stuck here any longer than I could help. I've seen enough tciatt front and war ruins anyway. Just the old home town is what I want lo see. And if the dope is true I'll be back before this letter Teaches you. OPERATORS WILL STRIKE riuTtDNiTiriNii Arwi; srauirri ATLANTA. Ga., June 4 Five hun- .... A. .:... . ured .Morse ana manipicx operators will" walk out from tne local western I'nion telegraph offices at 11 o'clock this morning in syrppathy with thi Southern Bell Telephone Co., it was announced by Charlo F. Mann. ;hi.-d I international vice president of Commercial Telegra i'hers Union and Telephone Operator s SAns-oc iation. fc" : 1 nvir.s a session of te A'.'ama J'u-'r:;"

cour. : of the Un-.n; iasting until a;-j in their effort to help clear up the nationter midn:ght last night. wide bomb plot mastery. After he is

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f INTERNATIONAL NWS SERVICE CHICAGO, June 4 (A girl and a man. as yet unidentified, were burned to death by f re which destroyed the L. M- Johnson Picture Frame plant here early today. More than 100 other mployes, mostly girls, escaped Injury when they marched from the thir? floor of the building by Miss Anna. iWalters. forewoman. ' s

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LAKE CO. i TAXED The State Board of Tax Commission - ers yesterday gave the list of Lake county banks that are assessed over I $100,000. The Times today gis a fuil j hst of the Lake county banks and their assessments as follows: j Commercial Bank, Crown Point-$103,000 " -"" mini iia, aiu First National Bank. Crown Point x 153.900 First National Bank, Dyer TS.900 American State Bank, East Chicago 61.000 East Chicago State Bank 29.500 ! First Calumet Trust and Savings Bank. East Chicago 122,900 First Trust and Savings Bank. j East Chicago 67,700 r lr61- -nisago S5,70fJ Gary State Bank . 162.500 South Side Trust and Savings Bank, Gary 35,600 6.300 27,100 Bank. Gary American State Bank. Gary 1 -.u-i ...... I ranK fiu.uun Bank of Hammond 10,600 n.L. I'nnlv Savins. cnH Tni.t !.. .j . Northern Trust and Savings Co.. Hammond .6 00 Citizens National Bank, Hammond - 141,100 i First National Bank. Hammond. 331.S00 i armers and Merchants Bank Highland 13.300 First State Bank. Hobart 23.900 Hobart Bank 13,000 American Trust and Savings Bank. Hobart 31.300 Citizens Trust and Savings Bank. Indiana Harbor 63.600 First State Trust and Savings" Bank. Indiana Harbor 105.100 it-.i - - . -, l rto-t.- 1r.3K00; inu.a..a I, 1U r!H ell 1 V ' 1 1 e 1 laiin.- - State National Bank. Lowell First Siate Bank, Tolleston Bank of "VVhiting The First tTrust and Savings Bank, "Whiting 70,700 37.500 70.100 64.100 j 51 300 Central States Bank. Whiting . W'hitinsr 6S.60O r irsi .mhuiiiii uji.m. PITTSBURGH MAN IS ON GRILL f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 PITTSBURGH. Pa., June 4. John Johnson, said to be head of the I. AV. V. organization in this district, was being severely grilled by the local police today alleged to have told the police that he knew Lhe. man who made the bombs that er t rav more, declaring that to "?queal" fur-thi-r would practically Fign his death warrant. It is said that the tip given by Johnson led to a search ih Chicago. Johnson, one of seventeen suspects under arrest he-re. shot at a detective when the latter raided an I. Vv". "H". headquarters. The police say that he answers the description of the man seen near one of thej houses that was wrecked Just before the explosion occurred. The round-up of suspects continued here today

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DREESEN ON BOARD Heckleman's Plea to Stick By -Party Promise to Women Is Turned Down. Hammond women who worked so valiantly to put the present administration into power were snubbed and turned down flat as a flounder by the city council last night. Adopting- th secret ballot both for nomination and election, the Hammond city council Tuesday evening selected L. L. Eomberger to fill the vacancy n the Board of Education caused by the expiration of the term of A. J. Drespen. In the final ballot Bcmberger received nine votes while the 7 remaining were divided among four nominees, two of whom were women. Bomberger was Mayor Brown's guiding star in his campaign. When Mayor Brown announced that the time had arrived for filling the school board vacancy. Alderman Bruce at once made a motion that both nomination and election be made by Australian ballot. Martin offered an amendment to have the nominations by acclamation and the e-iection by secret ballet. VOTE OX BHI CE MOTIOX He was supported by several other councilmen but as his amendment was declared to be out of order the vote was taken- on -EuWs mation which went through s'to'i. . The vote" was as follows: Ayes Keeler. I. C. Smith. Haman. Highland. Bruce. ne;ssig, Allen, Yoorheis. Luthman. Nays Miller, Skufakiss. Heckleman, Miirtin. C. C. Smith. Reilly. Stocker. The ballot for nominations e-ave I !!.. Bomberger. 9; Mrs. Ida Haefer, 1 ; j Mrs. Kate Dugan. 1: A. J. Pressen. 3; ;. f. K'air. l: Mrs .1 n -r,-,. 1: Mr. Bruce then informed the council that he lad meant the ballot to be both to nominate and elect, but too many objections arpse to this in spite of the fact he was supported by the mayor. AIDKKMAX MARTIN SI'HAKS It was decided to tak a separatballot to elect although su.-h was apparently unnecessary. Amid ohjections. Mat tin Insisted on saying a word in favor of his candidate. Mrs. Thompson, and also exriessed his sentiment? regarding- the favorite candidate of the eppos-tion. Ht-.-klemrn then called atti.ti-n the fact that a year ago when he and ethers favored the election of a woman to the board, oiheis had oppos-I it and h&d said that tftings would b. in better t-hape "next '.me." He insisted that they stick to the "party promise" and reward the women. Alderman Skufakiss also made a brief spesch v,hich was cut short by thlucr to proceed to vote. The ballet gave Bomberger 9: Dreesen, 2: B'air, 2; Mrs. Haefer, 1; Mrs. Thompson, 2; no vote" being Cant for Mrs. I'.igan. Bomberger. res-vntr a majority of one vote was declared elected. ATHLETIC ORDI VANCE IP The ordinance permitting wrestling, boxing and other athletic sport events i-was brought up for third reading yes terday evening. Stocker's vote having halted the action to rush lt through at the last session. Violent opposition developed in the shape of L. C. Smith who delivered a vehement speech against Its passage. He declared the affairs would be degrading and would draw to Hammond the wort element of Chicago In spite of the precautions provided in the ordinance. To save the bill from defeat a motion was made nnJ passed to have it tabled and there 1' now lays. An ordinance was introduce! revis ing Uie fees which have hitberi? bim collected in connection w:h license money and another revising tlje fee charged for gnetallic license plates. I 'derman Heckleman opposed this - the ground that the- city was trying in crrpe up ail tnc money' t cou;i get and these fees should stand. His -olitary "No" t,'..'d action on boh ' then,, when the- n.ction to suspend itiles frr final tast,3ge was mil. I TO PARKING (II'KSTION. F.;r itt fourth time under tha present t dr-.'.nistratl.i;; n ordinance n n ",nlro,lued prohio".ing the parkins of un.rii'-t'les at o' i-r.t if. the city where the street cars discharge and take on passengers. " Alderman Highland offered an amendment to extend thes safety zones 200 fret In each directior from the corners of State and Hohman ' streets. Sibley and Hohman and tht block signal, st P.-Sstll street switch The- atii rdmc nt was lost and when th ote fer- sus-pention of rules was taken Martin cppoed. Better call up The Times and have it sent to your house every night. Then you'll be sure it wili be there.

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