Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 20, Hammond, Lake County, 11 July 1919 — Page 1
PTT" WARMER WEATHER iminmoKU xnsws PTJLI, LIASES WIS! SERVICE. Ob streets and newsstands, 3a per copy. Delivered by carrier In Hammond and West Hammond, 50s per month. VOL. XIV. NO. 20. FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1919. HAMMOND, INDIANA.
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Judge In Federal Court Stops Deputy Marshal from Helping Man Who Flopped. rTIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL! INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 11 When Judge Anderson in the ; Federal court found Peter Weimer, I a former Evansville cop, guilty of j violating the Reed amendment and sentenced him for six months, Weimer dropped to the court room floor in a faint. A deputy marshal ran to Weimer to give him assistance but Judge Anderson waved him back. "LET HTM 1IX," SAYS COURT. "Pon t help him up," said the judge, as a deputy marshal went to his aid. 'Met him lie fnere: he's just acting. We've (n others fail in this court. This man is a pood play actor. His name is German, too. Great play actors, these fitrmans. The Hohenzollern boys, the Bethrr.an-Hollwegs. the Hinderburgs and Mr. Weimer here all great play actors, greatest jn h world."' AVeimer soon recovered. Weimer was connected with the transportation of liquor into Evansville while he was a member of the polict- force. EXPOSED OX GilY HOTXX. Charles F. llarrell. of Chicago, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of Impersonating a federal ofTlcrr in a Gary hote! in order to obtain lodging. Tie said he had later paid the bill. He was discharged when It was disclosed that h had already served sixty-two days In jail. Msuddie Bailey, colored, of Indianapclis. was fired $100 and costs and sent to jail for tliree months when he pleaded guilty to a charge of transporting liquor from Danvi.le. 111., to Indianapolis. SATS WOMAN WAS TRAPPED. Lucile Griffin, of Indianapolis, was sentenced t one day in jail without costs when she entered a plea of guilty to a charge of violation of the Reed Mi-ndment. She, was recently released it police court by Judge Pritchard on the ground that she had been trapped to gain evidence that she was violating sfst-' liquor laws. The case of Edna Hancock, seventeen years old. who pleaded guilty to a charge i.f embezzling about SLOW from the pest f.flice at Stoneblur. Ind.. was continued until the November term of the court. She was released on her own rerogn izar.ee and money was collected in (Cortinue'd on page five.) ORGANIZE AT Fast noble grands of Lake county Odd Fellow lodges have organized the "entcnnial club. an. organization to which only men who have held the office f noble grand of the lodge are eligible to membership. Between eighty and" ninety past grands from different parts of the county attended the initial meeting yesterday evening at the hall of Calumet Lodge 601 in Hammond. The following officers were elected: President James Anderson, of Hammond. Secretary I'leyd Saxton of Gary. Treasurer J. '. Hugcins of Whiting. A committee was chosen to draft the by-laws for the new club. The mem,fTS of the committee aer Attorney Elmer Brandenberg, J. C. Reed and Sam Banetti. They will report at an early. date. Lake county ranks third tn the state!
NOBLE GRANDS
HAMMOND
in strength of Odd Fellow lodges and!a"arueu 10 v..w -V.1...1 ou.... Calumet lodge in Hammond is one of of South Chicago. On the first floor Mr. the six richest lodges in Indiana. The! Konya will have his poolroom which Is
purpose of the new past grand club is w iocatea in tne Ciovk to advance the I. O. 1."). F. cause wherever possible. W herever a lodge sho s ' SEVERAL NEW
Slgr.S 01 WCaKness anu m-ru 111 iis.-iL-ance the Centennial club will be right there with the helping hand. The club will also bring about a greater unity among the lodge members of the county and is expected to result in more Lake county men filling the grand lodge chairs than have in ihe past. They are getting together to cop off some of the state offices and believ that their organization will give them a decided advantage over the majority f counties of the state. Better call up The Times and have it sent to your house every night. Then you'll be sure it will b there.
CASES GO OVER
Confessed Slayer of Girl I Who Says Senator New j of Indiana Is His Father i V 11 Vj -35 l 9C 2 f J i -tit Insanity rrobably will be the de fense of Harry S. New, who killed Frieda Lesser while they were auto- J rnobiling; near los Angeles. He has J given several motives for his act, but I it is thought that he will that he became temporarily maintain when the girl refuse, to marry him Th prisoner declares that Senator New of Indiana is his father Gary Man In Charge of U S. Secret Service Opera tive, Gives Bond In Ham mond. I Taking with lr.m the ter fake dollars and the moulds with which Mike Zron of Gary had expected to make a fortune. Cant. Thomas 11. Halls. United States secret service optrative returned to In- I dianapolis last night. Zron managed to give the necessary $1,000 bond before United States Commissioner C. L. Surprise in Hammond and will have his freedom until the federal grand jury acts upon his case in November. Zron says that he purchased the moulds from an agent who was passing through the city. He paid the man J20 for the get-rlch-quick secret. Three of the dollars now in th possession of fir IfoMo a r-r r-r-i-.t- CrA i rv i t 'k t 1 n r while the others are very crude. Zron i says the good three were demonstrators j made by the agent. Th material used was ordinary bahbitt metal used in lining bearings around ' factories and is easily obtainable. If says that the mould" turned over to the goernmert agents bad never been uf'f as he had purchased two sets and broke one while making the iast c-J" th ten bogus dollars. Dimitre Eeonomoff appeared as attorney for Zrcn in the preliminary hearing. WHITING TO HAVE NEW BUSINESS BLK. SPECIAL TO THE TIMEV WHITING. Ind, July 11. George
PAID $20 FOR; HOLDS' HE SAYS
Kenya has let the contract for a two-j story business block to be erected on j Zivokich. the Garv woman 119th street just west of Dav idsor is j arrcslea Monday for operating a moonreal estate office. The building is to be. hjM st, ,n hcr home WJ)S akrn ,n
Construci'.a 01 in h h aryj murf, in? liku of the building to be 515.000. Another new building which is to grace JlSth street is the new business block being erected by Robert Gordon this to be occupied by Mr. Gordon and ns, Meyer and Manuel, whom it is rePorted will have a drypoods and cloth - 1 I , 3 injs 5i ore. i 11 iui:-un Li'nuaci tins uccii DIVORCES BEGUN f SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT. Ind.. July 11. Several more new divorce actions were begun in court here yesterday: 12781 Divorct: William E. Hoag (J. W. Belshaw) vs. Blanche Mehina Hoag. 1270 Divorce: Myrtle Vankirk (Geo. E. Hershman) s. William I. Vankirk. 12773 Damages; Richard Doepping (Pierson & Bremer) vs. Daniel and Kmil Doepping. 12777 Divorce: John L. Fane I L. D. Butler) vs. Zolla Bane. 127776 Divorce: Lena Smith (A. M. Stein) vs. Abraham Smith.
ESCHBACH
WILL BE A CANDIDATE
Eep. Glenn Harris of Gary at State Capital to See Whether Esche' rich Is to Run. (BUX.XETIN. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 11. Stepretentative Glenn Harris, of Gary, and Hepresentatlve Frank XimcaeL, of X,afaytts. both members of the legislature and candidates for the speakership, called at Mr. Eschbach's offlca yesterday. It Is said he made It plain to them that he Intended resigning his present position and going back to the legislature in event he is still eligible or In event a special election would be called he would be a candidate. Governor Goodrich has made no denial of an intention to call a spe. cial election in Mr. Eschbach's district. TIMES BUBE'J AT STATE CAPITAL! INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. July 11. Since Jesse Kschbach. of Warsaw, announred i 11 . H.t c r. . . U . UA .,,1.1 , n. chief of the state board cf accounts and run for election as representative from Kosciusko county in case a special session is called, it appears to be taken for granted that he will ba the speaker of the house at the special session. When he was apnoftited chief of the state board of accounts by Governor Goodrich, Eschbach sent his written resignation as representative from Kosciusko county to the governor, because he could not hold both jobs. The pay of a representati e Is $356 every two years, while the salary of the job he now holds is $4,000 a year. Since Eschbach resigned there is a vacancy that can be filled only by a special election in Kosciusko county. Unless a special election is held Kosciusko county would be without representation in the house, and the county would have no voie on the ratification of the woman suffrage amendment or any of the other measures that will come on for consideration and action. Such special elections are called by the governor. Unless the governor oalis trie special election it cannot be held. Some persons appear to doubt that the governor will call a special election for Kosciusko county, but it is the majority opinion that he will. At least that is the way some of the leaders are talking. They say it would not bo fair to the county to deprive it of representation !n the house. Eschbach's record as a rcpresentatH e ,n tn several sessmnn aii'i as p- it er of the house in tr.f last two sessions i.s such as to .give him th Jump on tho other candidates for the speakership And this Of that there can be no doubt i not saving a word asrainst anv of the others. That's the reason why they say Eschbach v. ill be speaker if he is refleeted as a member. It Is understood that Esehbach Is not
miv about the 1b be now holds. and!"s,tn 10 lnp testimony. Familiar faces
that it would not b a hard job for htm to let go. There are many things about t,rm- n':i,,J " ' croUnt Up.t are not rosy and brtgh'. nd hn? foUnd "f thPi,I ? " -, a---GARY PEOPLE IN T Three Are Brought Before TJ. S. Commissioner Charles Surprise. 1 charge yesterday by Deruty United ' States Marshal Frank Ueam and brought i lipfnA 1 'niter! States Commissioner Kur. j e Jn Hammond. shw ave jIOOO j feond for hf r arrcaranc ln thp fcdera, I. . Vnvrmhpr aml . r,,r.sv1 ft Kuesel. 10th and Mad. son sts.. , Gary also appearM fcefore the Unftp, Plates commissioner and provided Jl.ono ( bom) Ho WBS arrestod ,n Hammond , Jun for nringing eighteen quarts pf wh!sbev across the ,in?. Ho has a, (ready paid a fine in the Hammond city court. Albeit Editz, lr44 Virginia St.. Gary, has at last furnished the bond which he promised to arrange on July 3. Albert was supposed to keep reporting daily until he had found bondsmen, but Instead he remained away until he did find them. Marshal Ream looked him up In Gary yesterday and the result was that j Aloert was on tne jou mis morning, bringing with him two friends who signed the paper. Albert narrowly escaped going to jail, but said he had mis.,l,.r,tnH , tntrnelinn of M r Snr.l prise. Times news service is the best night. Then you'll be sure 't will that money can buy and honest effort can furnish.
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Hist! Listen, They Fear Lake County At Last Marion County Begins to Be Afraid of Lake County's Vower. 1TIMFS BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL1 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. July 11. Gee, how are the mighty fallen! Indications re that the special session of the legislature proposed by Governor Goodrich will not be held state fair week, September 1 to 6. The last week in August is believed to be a more acceptable date. A number of protests to the Governor against holding the session, at the time the fair is in progress has resulted 5n an effort to find another date. frank Kimmel. of Lafayette; and J. Glenn Harris, of Gary, hae conferred with the Governor and olhcr state officials regarding the special session. Lake county politicians, it Is reported, are especially desirous that a special session be held. They believe that Kimmel is fhe man to be Speaker of the house. There is some fear at the statehouse that if Lake county should gain control cf the legislature. t!i session may continue longer than one week and take in more issu's than the Governor has indicated ha will lay before the session. BANK BANDIT ON TRIAL AT CROWN POINT Owner of Auto In Which Murderess Escaped Faces Jury Before Judge Smith at County Seat. (BULLETIN.) fSPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CKOWN POINT, Indlrjuly A. T. N. Gavit has been called in by the state to assist in the prosecution of Nick Trkulja tn addition to Clyde Hunter and W. O. Thomas. Attorney Conroy objected, but was overruled. Daa Trkulja. "Bed" Parker and Belech, sentenced bandits, have also each moved to set aside the verdict sentencing them to death. This afternoon the state Is still examining witnesses. Judge Smith denies that lie has set any date for the hearing of ar. uinem ln tne motion to set aside the death verdict. CROWN POINT. Ind. I,, I'OLNT, Ind. Julv li Jammed to its capacity with people wising or standing room. een in the hallways of the court house here today, it was founJ necessary to abandon the criminal curt rom and occupy The more spacious circuit ccurt room in the north end of the b'l'ldirg in order to I hanfl! the crowd which hap gathered to '"-r ln,: r in- eM-lence in the cas of X1'"k Trkulja the Tollcston bank I bnd:tI Andlence Is Interested. n J a nuiet. interested audience who .. ..... ulc lv j.v.j,, nI, rr i,ancounty, but Gary and Tolleston are I most strongly represented. Two facj tions arc represented, one a large foli lowing of fellow Servians of Trkuljas' I who are fighting for his release. The other factum are doubly in earnest that the man be punished to the full extent of the law. The trial is well under way. The (Continued on rage five.) MINUS CO. BIG SALE At the big clearance sale at the E. -O Minas Co.. there were crowds waiting to enter when the store was opened this morning and by fl:30 o'clock the store was Jammed with thousands of people eagerly buying what they needed at wonderfully low prices. The coupon items are selling rapidly. Extra copies of The Times were secured I this morning by rcople who had forgot ten to bring their coupons. The policy of not selling merchandise advertised as a coupon sale without the couron was strictly adhered to.
GO NG ON
Every department shared alike in the 1 nations covenant and peace treaty comes largest business recorded for some time I up. by the big department store and greater! crowds are expected tomorrow hitTrTT OrtW lJf V
evervone. leirns of the sale. The sale continues all of next week. GOOD NEWS FOR ROSCOE'S FRIENDS Roscoe Hemstock. deputy clerk of the Hammond Superior court, has reCOVtrM ITOm Ills lHneSS Wlin typhoid fever to such an extent that he can now get around his home and has taken several short automobile rides . He was l.-'vntown Thursday for a brief viiit. However, he Is still wiak and it is not expected that he ran lesume h s old place at the court houif before the first of September.
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VGEE, I'M GLAD; HE HAD IT COMING," SAYS GIRL WHEN TOLD MAN SHE SHOT IS DEAD
Benjamin E. Burr, Margaret Seithamier and, below, Marie Larson. Margaret Seithamier, seventeen, waited in the office of Benjamin Burr, Chicago attorney, until he appeared and then calmly emptied a revolver at him. He died later. The girl, on learning that he had died, said earnestly, "Gee, I'm glad. He had it coming." In herjtory to Police Captain Collins later she said that Burr had betrayed her and then had deserted her to pay attention to her half-sister, Marie Hermes. Her half-sister was with her when the shooting occurred.
REED GRILLS WILSON PACT AT ATLANTA Too Many Men In Last Few Years Claiming Partnership With God." t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ATLANTA, Ga., July Addressing an audience estimated at; approximately 4,000 persons at the! j Auditorium-Armory last night U.i iS. Senator James Reed, of Mis-' 1 i tsouri, attacked the league of na-j j tjons an(J defended the "mainten - ance of American sovereignity and; independence." GOES AITEH IT SOUQHSBOD. fhe senator handled the subject "with gloves off." attacking the league In pri 1cipl; an 1 practice, dissecting the constitution of the league in .1 manner that marked him as a master in debate. President Wilson was not spared, although the senator confined himself mainly a dispassionate discussion of the issues rather than in criticism of personalities. WIXL PROMOTE WAS. Charging that the league of nations will have the effect more of promoting war than of-peace, and that the immense propaganda ofthe league was financed by the- big financial interests of the Vnitcd States even before it had taken shape or form, the senator appealed vfo his audience to "keep the American flag nailed to the masthead and refuse to permit the raising in its stead of the flag of any lague of foreign nations. POINTS TO BRITAIN'S SIX VOTES. That Great Britain should have six votes in the league of nations general assembly while the United States should have but one. resting on a par with Liberia, a negro republic with only 2.000.000 Inhabitants. was a point brought out by the speaker. Reverting to his charge that big financial interests are fostering the league, the senator charged that Mr. Lamont. of the firm cf J. T. Morgan & Co. has purchased two newspapers for the puri pose of fostering the league and 'th;it "every newsraper controlled by big business In America is fighting for The: league."' aOD HAS NO PARTNERS. "The president tells you." Senator Reed .lcclartd. "that Cod is runninj this thing. A good many men during the last few years have undertaken to represent themselves as being in partnership with God." The senator returned to Washington Friday to take part in the big senatorial debate that is expected to take place 1 ,-v, deration of the league of VTliJOWi' SAVE DAYLIGHT (lNTrRNATIOHL NEWS SESVI'I WASHINGTON. Juy 11. Reports that President Wilson would veto the rgricultural appropriation bill because of the rider repealing the daylight saving iav were current in official circles today. At the White House it was learned that the measure has not vet been signed, although it has been before the president ever since his return. White House officials de&lined to discuss the possibility of a veto, merely stating that the president was giving the meaure his attention bfore taking any action upon It "
WILL WE
RIDE OR WALK?
Whether employes of the Chicago Surface Lines, which include the Hammond. Whiting & East Chicago line, will strike depends upon the action taken at the mass meeting of trainmen and shop employes which will be held this evening in Chicago. ' At this meeting several thousand emi will debate the strike proposition which ) has been threatened in case the company turns down the request of the men for a ralso of thirty-two cents per hurs in dages. There are also several other concessions embodied in the dvmands of the union. The rate now is forty-eight cents an hour and the men are uskinjr that it be increased to eighty cents. There are two distinct elements in the ranks of the street car men. One clique, the radicals, are insisting upon immediate acceptance of the demands by the comrany. If they have their way tho refusal of the company to date will be considered final and negotiations will end. They will demand a strike vote at the meeting tonight to become effective at once, it i.s believed. On the other hand, the conservative element is willing to take more time in considering the, move and believe the matter should be gone into careiully. The stret car company maintains thai it wil bo unable to grant such a marked increase in wages without first receiving permission to raise the fare to passen gers. It is said tnat a ten-cent iare, j double the present rate, would be rtceeasary in order to bring in sufficient revenue. Officials of the street car company are of the opinion that the matter can be settled without the strike and express the beli f that the cooler judgment of the conservatives will prevail in tonight's session. At any event the meeting promises to be a stormy one and will probably lst long into the nigh'.. Whether Hammond. Whiting and East Chicago people will walk to work or ride the street cars tomorrow morning depends upon which faction of the union shows greatest strength and gains control of the mass meeting. DIDN'T KNOW AS TO PRO-GERMANS I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE By HARRY HEFT LINGER. MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich.'. July 11. That Charles Evans Hughes, former supreme court justice, was sent to Detroit to Investigate charges of proGermanism made against Carl Emde, an executive in the Ford Motor company's plant, was brought out today in the cross-ques;-ning of Edsell B. Ford, president of the company, who the chief witness ft the. trial cf the Ford-Tribune libel su't today. Ford read the report submitted by Mr. Hughes which stated that there were many pro-Germans in the department Ern.le directed. Wasn't it reported that there were 2A0 pro-Gel mar.s in the Ford plant?" 7ord was as!f d. "I don't know." he replied. The Times' want ads bring astonishing results if their users are to be believed.
ARE BUYING BIG DRAFTS
They Corns With Cold Casf from Home to Send It Abroad. The stream of gold which during the months of the war has poured Into t iio pockets of men of the Calumet region of foreign birth is now finding en outlet through the foreign exchange to rek4ives of these men in Europe. In the last few days this movement has grov. n tremendously. BANKS AMAZED. Banks of Hammond anel other cities of the district lnvo suddenly found themselves swamped In a rush'for ;ra:s which these men are drawing for thcir folks back at home. In many banks 1; 13 a common sight to see et least a doci; men and women waiting in line for thdr turns at the foreign exchange window where the drafts purchased are generally for at least J 1.000 and frequently for two and three times that amount. HAVE CASS OAXOKE. "I don't see where it Is all coming from." said one Hammond banker toda as he watched the people slowly filing past the w indow. ' They come here with one. two and three thousand dollars in cold cash. Of course now and then one of them draws on a savings account for the money he wishes to send away, but generally they stem to bo bringing in money which they have been borUa at home. "It would ba difficult right now to estimate the total amount of money whic;i ia beicg sent out of the country by people of this vicinity, but If the figure. could be obtained it would be surprising." no rxx.Exa deposits. In spite of this heavy -dxaintherj seems to be no falling off in the averago amount of deposits on savings account which set such a pace while the Liberty loans were being subscribed for. It is further expected that an increase in th4. rate will be noticeable as a result of the saloons closing. Bankers ihave been watching closely for this effect, but have been unable to arrive at anything defini:? as yet because of the fact that West Hammond remained wet until July 1. and the saloons there were practical!'.' supported by people from the Indiana territory. It is thought that within a month the financial effect of prohibition ln this vicinity -will begin to show. EUROPE TO BENEFIT. Bankers opened theirtoyes when th-y saw the way in which savings deposits were growing ln spite of the heavy drains which has been made on pople' incomes by bond purchases, contributions to the numerous funds and the unheardof high prices for the necessities of life. They are opening their eyes sti"! w-ider as they realize that with all the money the men of foreign birth wer spending and saving in the banks th;y still had thousands and thousands rf dollars tucked away in secret place about their homes. Tfce prosperity of the Calumet region will soon be reacted In many homes of Europe. DUTCH IN NEGATIVE ATTITUDE Holland Says She Will Do Just About As She Pleases About Kaiser. r INTER NATION A L NEWS SERVICE! PARIS. July 11. Holland's reply to the warning of the allies to safeguard the ex-kaiser and the former crown prince was interpreted In some quarter today as presaging a negative attitud" when formal demand is made for the surrender of the dethroned war lord and his heir. The Dutch government, while expressing its consciousness of international obligations declared It would exercise its sovereignty as It saw tit. The blockade of Germany i5 still In effect, but it will be lifted as soon as the German courier arrives with the text of the national assembly resolution ratifying the peace treaty. A new German delegation is expected to arrive at Versailles during the day. An allied mission, headed by Henry Morgenthau of the U. S.. has left for Poland. MINE WORKERS ASK BIG RAISE riNTERNATION XL NFWS SERICEi TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. July 1!. Advance of forty per cent in wages for all classes of mine work, with a minimum r.f seven dollars for a six hour day, nationalization of mines and a five day week are advocated in resolutions adopted by the convention of District No. 11. United Mine Worker of America. Other resolutions recommend the resignation of PostmasterGeneral Burleson, recognition of th( independence of Ireland, release of ail political prisoners and governmen control ef wholesale houses to fl prices on foodstuffs