Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 18, Hammond, Lake County, 7 June 1919 — Page 1

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lays That Affairs In Washington Demand His Attention. John Edwin Nevin (staff correspondent i. n. service! PARIS, June 7. President Wilson today served notice on his colleagues that the situation in Washington demanded his personal attention and that he cannot listen to any further wordy discussions on matters that already have been fully covered. He urged that the Germans be given but a brief period in which to give their answer as to whether or not they will sign the peace treaty as it has been modified. FINAL REPORTS IN. The final reports from all experts were handed in to the big: four today. It was stated that complete agreement has been reached on the reply to be made to the German counter proposals except as to the ength of time to be granted r1v Germans in which to sign. The pr-jsident is urging that if the reply Is piven the Germans by next Tuesday, as now seems possible, that a final answer be demanded by Friday. AEROPLANE HOT TO VISIT ' HAMM0ND Directors Decide That Country Club Club Course Will Be Damaged There will be no flying at the Hammond Country club grounds tomorrow. That the announcement made by the Rtroplane promoters in this raper yesterday was without warrant was dedared by President B. J. Steelrnan. v.' ine Country Club today. Mr. SJteel-r-an says hre made no definite promise until he. could take up the matter with the directors. At a meeting last night of the club fficials :t was decided that in view of the fact that thousands of people w-uld swarm to the Country Club golf links and do damage to the greens which are Just beginning to get in prape. it was felt by the directors that ivremediable damage would be done to the course, which is a private one. by th tramping of Uiousandp of feet ever .t. Take The Times and keep in touch with the whole world. iVOMAN FORSAKES OPERA STAGE FOR POLITICAL STUMP y ey . '4 Mrs. Fletcher Dobyns. Politics is more attractive than th ptafre just now to Mrs. Fletchet Dobyns of Chicago. She recently vent to Washington ro attend the women's national executive commit tee conferences. Mrs. Bodyns is now chairman of the Republican women's organization of Illinois, but previous to entering politics sh bad studied for the oDPrat.ic stpc

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1 t -ii 5 v jf Gen. Felip Angcies. Gen. Felipe Ansre!es has been proclaimed provisional president of Mexico by the faction opposing ! President Carranza. Angeles was j considered by the U. S. government I at the time of the Niagara Falls con ference the best selection for the Mexican presidency. W. HAMMOND "ABANDONS ALL ITS HOPES The First of July Is The Last of August Says One Saloon Sign. West Hammond saloon men ho clung to the last straws thrown out rtgarding the changing of the date for national prohibition from July 1 to January 1, have now abandoned hope. They have become reconciled to the fact that they have only three more weeks in which to make hay and they are making it. The sign in one saloon expresses their sentiments: "The First of July is The Iast of August.'' .August in this case happens to be the first name of the proprietor. At Iast three of the saloon proprie tors hrive already purchased farms and 'luen?e hi iders are looking for places '. 1 . . - t t to l.gr.t wnen ir.e o'. tnrist arrives. levers of liquor are also looking out for the future. Iast week the saloon of Max & Leo was entered and twelve cases of whiskey were stolen. Wed nesday nig-ht another robbery of this j sort was pulled off, but the thieves were discovered in escaping and to lighten their burden dropped a couple of jacks of bottles. They still retained about- two cases. Police believe it is the work of fellows who hope to layin a nice private supply of liquor be- : fere it 13 too late. HAKES RESIGNS AS T Claude W. Allman Is Appointed Until Successor Is Chosen . SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWX rOIXT. Ind., June 7 At a srecial meeting of the city council on j Thursday night Benj. F. Hayes tendered his resignation as mayor of Crown Point to take effect at once. Claude V. Allman was appointed mayor pro tern to serve until the next meeting of the council when a permanent official will be named. There has ben some friction between several members of the council and the mayor, and for thewelfare of the city Mr. Hayes resigned. DEALERS ARE LIABLE TO FINE flMEKNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. June 7. Dealers have not been canceling revenue stamps applied to packages of toilet and other articles, as required by law, according to information reaching Peter J. Kruyer, collector of internal revenue. Each stamp must be canceled, according to Kruyer, and the penalty for using a stamp without canceling is a fine of $100. The Times' want ads bring astonishing results if their users are to be believed.

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Why Pick On Me?" Says Doc East Chicago Doctor Finds Home Entered; Daugh'ter at School Also Sends News. It was a strar.Ke coincidence. Burglars got into the home of Dr. G. W. Miller. Magoun ave., East Chicago, last night and ransackod the kitchen and this morning a special delivery letter was received from his daughter, poris Miller, from her boarding school, in the Milwnukoc-DoMi ner Seminary, advising that robbers had entered her room and stolen her purse containing about ten dollars In money. The house burglars did not secure anything of appreciable value, confining tlfMr depredations to the kitchen pantry. The doctor heard a l:ttl disturbance in the night, but gase it no attention, thinking that it came frem a board or something of the kind slipping down in the basement. This morning the work of the burglar was discovered. Upon arriving at his office, the doctor found a special delivery letter from Miss Ioris. saying that she had been robbed almost of her laJt penny. ' "Why rick on me?" said the genial physician. He feels sure that burg!?r ?'oodoo has in some way gotten his number. MANY. AFFIDAVITS FILED IN COURT Alleged Misdeamors Charged From All Parts of Lake County. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWX POINT. Ind.. June 7. Affidavits against the following were filed incite .criminal court oa Friday: ? State vs. Charles B. Vlant, Lowell, for appearing on the streets of Lowell In an Intoxicated condition. State vs. John KorvalskI, Hammond, for receiving stolen goods -alued at $500. George Oswego. Hammond, having liquor In his possession. Walter Baker. Hammond, having liquor in his possession. Martin Blozich. violating liquor law. Steve Peterof, Ross, child desertion. Alfred Mills, Crown Point, child desertion. Helen Kovac of East Chicago was fined $100 and sentenced to 60 days in jail for bringing six quarts of whiskey into the state on Friday morning in the criminal court. The jail sentence was sispended on good behavior. WEST HAMMOND PEOPLE INDIGNANT West Hammond folks are sore. They have been informed that after all their hard work they did not win that German cannon which had been promised the community of Cook county making the best showing in the Victory Liberty loan. Up to the hour of midnight on th: very last day the workers were abroad and they more than doubled the quota. Chairman George Hannauer of the committee has been notified by the county loan headquarters that "West Hammond lost by a narrow margin. Of the 105 contesting units, "West Hammond was third in per cent of bond sales. The 'Eighth ward in South Chicago won the cannon, the big steel mills turning the trick. Mr. Hannauer has now asked Sc-nator McCormick to use his influence in getting a big gun for West Hammond any way, as they need it for a memorial park decoration. 90th DIVISION BEGINS TO COME INTERNATIONAL WEWS SERVICE! KEW yuRK, June 7 Carrying 4.850 ofiV?rs and men, most of ' them of the 90h division, the transport Kentuckyan. from St. . Nazaire, France, docked at Pier 3, Hoboken today. She had been on the way since May 27. There were on board 21 officers and 1,520 men of the 34."th field artillery; 3 officers and 2SS men of the 315th sanitary train and one officer and 47 men of the 323rd motor transport company service of supply. CYCLONE HITS OKLAHOMA r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE MUSKOGEE; Okla.. June 7 Eastern Oklahoma was swept last night by a wind, rain and electrical torm that did considerable damage to crops, especially wheat. No loss of life is teported. ,Thre was a terrific dust storm at Stigler. At Salllsaw one woman was jnjured severely but not fatally when the roof blew off a wareN house and smashed a window in her home. ' WHAT DERNBERG HAS TO SAY I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 LONDON. June 7. "The allies can Invade Germany if they want to, but it will be. useless because Germany cannot, pay what they demand." Dr. Dernberg j is quoted as saying in an interview, printed in the Daily Mail today. "Germany will sign a half-decent; peace." Dr. Dernberg continued, "but ' will not sign the present treaty " .'

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IS F0R EAST Hammond Lawyer To Go With Shipbuilding Corporation. Attorney Glenn t. Peters, of Hammond, leaves Sunday evening for Philadelphia, where he f hag accepted a position with the lgal department of the Ship Euilding corporation. Mr. Peters was offered the government job because of his wide experience in handling corporation' affairs in the Calumet district. He will be concerned largely with trial work In connection wit h the immense contracts which were let by the Ship Building Corporation to shipyards. Contracts amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars have been cancelled by the government and the shipyards are going to make a hard fishl to protect themseHes from loss. Mr. Peters will have an experience of incalculable value to him as he wil be forced to match wits with some of the best lawyers of the United States. Just how long he will be gone from Hammond c.-.nnot be told now, but it was expected that he will be kept busyin the federal courts for one and possibly two years. Mr. ,Pe;ers was chairman of the grievance committee of 'the Lake County Bar association wheh had been assigned the task of investigating charges of disloyalty against Attorneys Economoff and Glaser. of Gary. The charges were brought as a result of the activities of the two men in connection with the Bolshevik riot there May 4. Peters has tendered his resignation as chairman and another member will have to be added to the committee before the investigation proceeds farther. - - OFFICE TO BE Probability that the Hammond office for the collection of internal revenue will be discontinued after July 1 is expressed in a letter which Deputy Collector D. E. Voreis has Just received from collector Peter Kruyer of Indianapolis. The letter was received in reply to the letter of resignation which Mr. Vorcis sent to Indianapolis recently. Mr. Kruyer expresses regret that Mr. Voreis is leaving the service as rela tions between the Hammond office and i Indianapolis headquarters have always been the most cordial. Mr. Voreis has received instructions to refer all orders for cigar and tobacco stamps to the office at South Bend, as all northern Indiana orders will be handled from that place in the future. Proprietary and documentary stamps may still be obtained from the Hammond office but it is planned soon to place this in the hands of the postmasters of the county. This will be followed all over the country and as the demand for the stamps is great it will prove a decided convenience to purchasers. Teople have been calling at the revenue office this month to got their blank forms on which to make the luxury tax if turns. A letter from Washington states that the department has not been able to have these printed, but that they will be on hand by he last of June. BOARD ENDS WEEKS SESSION SPECIAL TO THE TIHES) CROWN" POINT, Ind.. June 7. T.ie Board of Review ended its first week's session today, having heard the complaints of the taxpayers for the southern end of the county, increasing some assessments and decreasing others when sufficient evidence was shown that thy were being assessed too high. Sheriff Barnes is in attendance each day to serve papers, writs and orders. The tax committee of the Lake County Farm Bureau has asked the privilege of ap-j pearing' before the board for the purpose' of helping adjust the assessments in j various Farts of the county on farm i lands. UNIQUE TRAGEDY (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE MUNCIE, Ind., June 7. Isaac T. Webster, mayor . of TV: - Irirlr TnH.. SllfffrH rnncm. I sion of the brain, a broken arm and other injuries when a Pennlylvania train struck an automobile which he was driving and a 200-pound cake of ice struck him on the head. Webster saw an accident was unavoidable and drove the truck down the railroad tracks ahead of the train until the engine struck.

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WEST HAMMOND MAN HAS SPY PICTURE Thrilling Experience Told By Returning Soldier who Wants To Forget All About It.

Unique because of the fact that net of the men proved to be a German py, this photo, snapped in front of one of the shacks on the Verdun front in France, shows Michael J. Wachewici of West Hammond, first man on the left of the front row. with six Rainbow lads from widely separated parts of the United States. The spy is the man standing at the right of the second row. He entered the service in the United States." and went over with the rest, spending three months with the army before his identity became known. HI GOT 15 TXAJtS. "He was a Frits spy. named Solsbear, or something like that." says Wachewiez. "When they searched him they found his papers from the German government, but couldn't find evidence enough to pop him off. He got fifteen years though." AVachewl.cz is back in West Hammond, happy to be home with his wife once UNUSUAL ACCIDENT TO PEDDLER Street Car Hits His Wagon Buries Him Beneath It And Outfit Destroyed Angelo Lazzarus, 4S58 Northcote avenue. East Chicago, an ice cream peddler, was put out of business last night about ten o'clock when, near the Forsyth avenue canal bridge, his wagon was hit by a H. W. & E. C. street car, overturned and completely destroyed by fire. Lazzarus was thrown into the gutter and sustained several severe injuries. He reported to the police station with a bad cut on his back, one on his left hand and with his left leg badly bruised. Dr. G. W. Miller was called and dressed his wounds. The ice cream man was coming south, on Forsyth ave. end had crossed the bridge when suddenly the street car hit him from behind. There was a gasoline pop corn burner in the wagon and this caused the wagon to take fire immediately, v As soon as Lazzarus reached the station, the fire department rushed to the rescue of the burning wagon, but by the time the department arrived, the wagon was doomed. Lazzarus also reported that ho had about $25 in cash in the wagon cask til. The fire department recovered $4.84 tn change but the bills were c4fhsumd. NEW RAILROAD STRIKE BREAKSS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICt COLUMBUS, O., June 7 A sympathetic strike was inaugurated' here today when the 751 employes wof the Norfolk and Western railroad shops walked out. Union leaders declared that the strike, which is a protest against the discharge of eight men at Wilco. W. Vi. will make it impossible to operate any trsis on the Norfolk & Western lines, inasmuch as the str:ke affects the entire system from Roanoke. Va . and P.ristol, Tenn., to this ciiy. DEBS' FOLLOWER MAKES THREAT (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CLEVELAND, O., June 7 A heavier guard was thrown about the home of Mayor Harry I Davis this afternoon following receipt today of a letter threatening the life of Mrs. Davis and the Davis children. The letter, an al- j most unintelligible scrawl, evidently the work of a foreigner, gave s the alternative the opening of the Jail doors to Eugene V. Debs. The writer threatened to set off enough explosives "to send all the house over the top of the moon." The letter was addressed to Mrs. Davis and said that a former letter J had been held up by postal authorities. Don't throw your paper away without reading the want ad paEe.

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more. With three gold stripes on his sleeve and experiences galore, he Is nevertheless backward in relating them and says .he wants to forget a lot of it. Mike was picked in the first draft and went across with the Rainbow division, being one of the first drafted men to reach France. He was with the engineers and as the Brizish had lest so many engineers his outfit was sent from St. Nizaire to help the Tommies in Flanders. After three months with the British they were sent to the Belfort front near Switzerland to operate saw j mills. XXADT WITH BTVAXm. On January I, 19A.S, word came that the Germans were going to try to push through Switzerland and orders were given to prepare to. move out and dynamite everything in sight. "We had the dynamite all set and 150.000 troops were (Continued on page twelve.) The Order Falls On Dry and Wet More Cause For Woe to Come July First, Say Hotel Keepers. a (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. June 7. Those who view with sorrowful anticipation the dawn of July 1 and national prohibition were given more cause for woe today. Chicago hotel managers today gave notice that effective July 1, room rates and restaurant prices will be raised. Room rates will go up fifty cents to one dollar per day, and restaurant prices accordingly. The reason is found in the desire of hotel owners to make up the decreased revenue which will result from the closing of the bars. The one cheering note in the lay sung by the bonefaces is that after July 1 they will provide all the necessary ingredients for cocktails except the "kick." Guests must bring their own "kick." T IS HELD Testimony of witnesses was taken this morning by Coroner Graham in connection with the death of Ernest Ford, the Mexican lad who was killed by a Pennsylvania freight train at Indiana Harbor Tuesday evening. The train crew testified that they knew nothing of the accident until the train passed over the body and it was seen lying by the rails. No witnesses were produced who had actually seen the accident and the story that he had crawled under the train has not been confirmed. The mother of the boy lives at Detroit and was present at the inquest. Her sister. Mrs. Peter. Paris with whom the boy was staying says that he was struck by the train on the crossing which is not guarded but had no witness on hand to prove it. MI CI G AN CITY MAYOR DENOUNCED (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. June 7. Resolutions denouncing the acts of "a public official" of Michigan City, Ind.. who It is declared recently sought to cast reflection upon the loyalty and patriotism of his city, were adopted at the state convention of the Indiana branch of the American Legion, meeting here. The public official against whom criticism was directed is Fred C. Miller, mayor of Michigan City, who until recently was recorded as an alien enemy, according to members of the resolutions committee of the legion. The resolutions declare that the acts of Miller have "placed him in the same class with 'Big Fill' Tompson. of Chicago." Thompsoo is mayor of Chicago. THIEVES STRIP AUTOMOBILE Some time during the night thieves entered the garage of A. Hellerman at 13 Sibley st , Hammond, and not being able to start the automobile, stripped the car of three tires, a spot l.ght and the battery.

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Council of Four Completes German Counter Propos; Last Word. John Edwin Nevin (STAFF CORRESPONDENT I N: SERVICEl PARIS, June 7. The council cf four today completed the allies reply to the German counter proposals. The reply will be submitted to the -Big Four on Monday for final decision. In their reply to Germany it is now certain that the allies will promise her representation oh the commission of experts who are Xo determine the reparations. Also the allies have decided to grant Germany material concessions in upper Silesia. THE MAXIMl'M COXCESSIOSS These are the maximum concessions granted as a result of the German counter proposals. Premier. Uoyd George, hoewver, is strongly advocating that the Germans be told that at the meeting of the League of Nations the question of admitting Germany to membership will be taken up. This meeting will be held in Washington next October. U. S. Commissioners characterize the changes that have been made as making the treaty workable and at the -ame time not affecting the princ'-ples of the original draf. EXPECT GERMAN SIGNING. It. is confidently expected that the changes that have been made will result in the Germans signing Count von Brockdorff-Rantsan and another member of the peace delegation are conferring- today with German government ch.efs at Cologne on whether the conference concessions are satisfactory. It is believed here that today's meeting will result in a decision as to whether the present German government delegates w-ill s'gn the treaty or withdraw in favor of delegates representing Independent socialists, who will accept the terms. ILLINOIS WILL RATIFY (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE SPRJ.NG FIELD, 111.. June 7 That Illinois will ratify the federal suffrage bill is the belief here today. A resolution seeking that end Is already before the senate. Gov. Low-dn has received a certified copy of the amendment as passed by congress. He w-lll submit a message to the senate on the subject Tuesday, which it Is expected, will recommend the amendments adoption. MODERN ATHENS IS AROUSED (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. June ". Crawfordsvillo citizens, at a mass-meeting last night, appointed a committee to demand the resignations of all members of the school board, and the reinstatement of Miss Anna Willson, who was abruptly dismissed as principal of the local high school. It was further decided to send a letter to D. H. Eikenberry. formerly connected, with. Muncie and Mishawaka. schools, named to succeed Miss Willson, advising him that the citteens of Crawfordsvllle are aroused over the dismissal of Miss Willson without cause and relying upon his good Judgment to remain away from this city. SUCCEEDS ANDERSON AS L C. C. MEMBER '- .1 Joseph B. Eastman. Joseph B. Eastman of Boston was recently appointed a member of the interstate commerce commission. ucceedinc Gorg W. Anderson, r-aimed.

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