Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 34, Hammond, Lake County, 28 July 1919 — Page 1

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JUDGE BAKER SSUES AN INJUN0TIQ1 Final Hearing in Temporary Restating Order Will August 5th. Through a temporary restraining order lsued Saturday at Goshen by Francis E. Baker, acting Judge of the United State district court, the striking employea of the Standard Steel Car Co.. In Hammond, and all persons associated with them are forbidden to Interfere with the operation of the plant In any manner. Attorney Fred Cumpacker. acting for the car company, fifed his petition In the United States district court at Hammond Saturday and at once took th matter before Judge Baker at Goshen. Baker, who is Judge f the Chicago circuit court of appeals, is acting in Judge Anderson' stead while the latter is on a vacation. ATOTJST 5 FOB EXASHra. After considering the matter. Judge Baker issued a temporary restraining order and set August 5th as the day .vhca the matter will be heard in court .t Hammond aa to whether the injuncUon is to be made permanent. The restraining order is comprehensive and covers anything which would be considering a hindrance to the operation of the plent. or advising, encouraging or assisting anyone to do these forbidden things. One phase forbids the offering of money or in any way inducing employes to quit their Jobs or others not to enter the employment of the company. As the order is addressed to "all persons who have knowledge of this order" this might be construed as a bar to other plants trying to hire the men employed at the Standard plant. Immediately after receiving the writ Mr. Crumpacker communicated with the office of the United States marshal at Indianapolis and was assured that a deputy would be in Hammond today to terve the papers. The Standard strike has been a very tame affair so far and police and looking for lltle trouble. The "acts of violence' as set forth In the affidavits attached to the company's petition are all very mild affairs and consist mostly of laying ou of hands and turning men around. It is reported that as a result of the affair a number of the company's best workmen who walked out with the rest and who do not care to be mixed up in an affair of this kind in the future., have already been signed up by one of the big railroads and will be transported to its shops for car building and repairing. It is expected that 300 will go to .his Job alone. A number of others ars raking civil service examinations in order to enter the government service as machinists. RACE RIOT STIRS CHICAGO (BULLETIN) (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) CHICAGO, July 28. Two more negroes were shot and seriously wounded early today in the race riot that for 15 hours has made a battlefield of the negro district on the south side. As a result additional police guards have been thrown up throughout the district. Casualties of the rioting thus far are: One negro known to be dead, one white man reported killed and scores injured. Thirty men, white and negroes, are being held in jail for investigation. Although there has been no outbreak for several hours the situation is still very unsettled and the police are watching all developments closely. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. July 28. Mounted police and armed patrolmen are on guard today in the negro district of the south side following race riots in which one negro boy was killed, two persons probably fatally wounded and more than one hundred less seriously hurt. The trouble is said to have been caused by an attempt by negroes to invade a bathing beach customarily used by white folks. Augustus Strauber, accused of hurling a brick which struck a negro boy swimming in the lake and caused him to drown, was arrested. As news of the trouble at the beach spread mobs of whites and blacks quickly formed and scores of clashes in which clubs and stones were hurled and a few shots fired resulted. Police authorities threw 400 reserves into the district and early today order had been restored. THEY WANT EQUALITY. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK. July 28. Two thousand negroes attended a mass-meeting here last night at which speakers declared for equality between whites and blacks. Rev. E. H. Bolden. pastor of the Emanuel M. E. church, declared that the colored man would get the rights due him if one million men had to die to obtain them.

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HARRISON CLUB HOLDS A SESSION

Plenty of Interest Shown in County Politics, Despite Hot csrsather. In spite of tho hot weather, a large crowd last Saturday evening attended the special summer session of the Harrison Club in Gary. Men from all par's of the county were present: good delegations coming from Hammond, Crown Point, East Chicago. Hobart. Lowell, etc, and of course Gary as usual gave their share. Quite a number of prospective candidates for next year were present. Will Rose, city clerk of Hammond and candidate for recorder was there with his chief transportation agent, Manila Brown, was there. Gary has a number of candidates for recorder, but Will Rose has that city as well as every town in the county, covered with organizations. The Harrison Club will give a picnic at the Lake county fair grounds on Saturday. August 16th. It is expected Will Hays, national Republican chairman. P. J. Lynch of Indianapolis, and other state officials will be present, and rerhaps Governor Lowden of Illinois. A very good lunch was served after short addresses were made by Judge Martin J. Smith of Crown Point and County Chairman John Killlgrew. REVOLTING CRIME IS CONFESSED Thos. Fitzgerald, Formerly of LaFayette, Says He I Killed Janet Wil'smson. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. July 28. Formal charges of murder were lodged today against Thomas Fitzgerald, a night-watchman, who confessed Sunday that he had slain six-year-old Janet Wilkinson and hiddi-n the body in the coal bin of his home. The confeslon was one of the most revolting character. The girl's body was found through following directions given by Fitzgerald, who is a sex moron. A coroner's inquest, which will seek to determine exactly how the girl was slain, was scheduled to be held today. Fitzgerald confessed he choked the girl to 'death to stifle her screams after he had enticed her into his room with a proffer of candy. The girl disappeared Inst Tuesday and Fitzgerald was arrested Wdncsrtay morning. His confessions came after hours of severe grilling by the police. He was formerly a Lafayette man. When news of Fitzgerald's confession became known a mob formed and threatened violence, but no attempt to slez; tho prisoner was made. He is bring closely watched in his cell today to'prevent suicide. EAST CHICAGO GIRL HURT. While rollce vret bringing the body of little Janet Wilkinson out of the house In which the murderer had placed it Miss Julia Karagish of East Chicago who was visiting friends In the neighborhood was caught In the Jam of spectators and thrown on the sidewalk. She was badly bruised. Police were forcing the crowd back and Miss, Karagish was a victim. WILL MEET MEN. BUT NOT UNIONS Officials of the Green Engineering Co. at Kast Chicago who have had a strike on their hands for some time refused to meet a committee from the Federation of Labor on Saturday as such, but agreed to meet any employe to talk over any differences he might have. On Saturday noon the men were paid of and with his envelope a typewritten leter was given each man. stating that after January 1. 1920 he would get an j eight hour day. and if any man would come bnclt to work Monday the time he laid off during the strike would not be taken away from him. JUSTICE EXPERTS AFTER PACKERS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 WASHINGTON', July 28. A staff of department of justice experts Is going through the voluminous report of the federal trade commission on the meatpacking industry, with a view to determining whether the evidence warrants prosecuting the "big five" under the Sherman anti-trust law, it aws learned today. The commission's report is In seven chapters and goes exhaustively Into the activities of the meat packers. Two chapters of the reported already have been made public, . - Take The Times and keep In touch with 'he whole vorld

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AT BEACH SEASON'S DROWNINGS Cdar X.ai 4 Wavrly Beach 3 Lake Oeorg 3 East Chicago canal 3 Tllnt Z.ak a Xansing Z.ak 1 Long X,ake 1 Calumet River 1 Deep Slyer , 1 Killer Beach 4 The outing of thousands of pleasure seekers were turned into sadness at Miller beach Sunday afternoon by the drowning of a well-known and popular young Gary man. It was the fourth drowning of the season at Miller beach. The young man was Frank N'esblt. twenty-one years old. who resided at 712 Van Ruren st.. at the home of Richard Hotchklss. Nesbit was known as an expert swimmer. When he was seen struggling In the water, no one went to his Immediate assistance as it was thought that h; was able to take care of himself. Many believed he was Just diving and splashing around In the water. He had every appearance of having suffered from cramps when taken out of (he water about half an hour later. The pulmotor was used, but with no avail. The lake was very rough on account of the high wind and the untertow caused aevcral other near drownings. The body was brought to Williams undertaking parlors in Gary and the parents, who live in Tennessee, have been notified. Toung N'esblt has been a resident of Gary for the pt three years and was employed at the American Bridge Works. He was popular among the young people of Gary and well known. He was a member of the Methodist church and had attended the Sunday school services the same morning. The funeral arrangements have not been completed. ASK FOR WRIT OF Judge Hardy Will Decide cide on Merits of Standard Case Tomorrow. Alleging that Joe Nowak and Walter Kkufski. former employes or the Standard Steel Car Co.. had been tak- j en Into custody by Hammond police and held illegally. Attorney E. G. Sproat filed a petition for writs of habeas corpus in the Hammond superior court shortly before noon today. The petition ctaiea that "the men have committed no crime and the cauee given for their restraint is that the orders were given by Fred Malo. chief of the police of the car company. Peter Austgrn, chief of police of Hammond and Fred Malo are named as defendants. The chief of police. It says, lias no warrant and --tio writ of any kind. Judge Walter Hardy heard the petition In Room 2 this afternoon and ordcre the clerk to lusue the writ, making It returnable at nine o'clock Tuesdny morning at which time the officers are to produce the prisoners in court. ROY RESSLER HELD The news that Roy E. Bessler. one of ! Gary' well-known attorneys, had been ! arrested In Gary yesterday at Sixth avtt. and Broadway in connection witlr some alleged orged checks, surprised his many friends. The complaint was made by the Bank of Whiting and the First Trust & Savings Bank, and the Whitln police in the complaint asked the Gary authorities to hold Mr. Kessler. H Is now In Whiting and his hearing will be this afternoon when his friends hope he ill be able to explain the affair. RETURNS FROM SUCCESSFUL MISSION SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT. Ind.. July 28. Attorney George Hlrschman of this city returned from Indianapolis yesterday where Saturday he was successful In his appeal to the supreme court in the Tolleston bank band'.t cases. MARSHAL IS HERE. Deputy IT. S. Marshal Frank S. Ream of Indianapolis arrived in. Hammond at noon and Deputy Marshal Mlkesell arrived later. They are now serving subpoenas in chancery and also copies of Judge Baker's restraining order on each of the forty defendants in the Standard Steel Car Company's Injunction auft.

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Marines Awaiting Call to Suppress Race Rioting in Washington and Major-General Haan in Charge of Military Situation in Capital

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Cavalrymen. Infantrymen, marines and sailors have co-operated with armed civilian forces to quell the Intermittent race rioting in Washington. This photograph shows a detail of armed marines on a motor truck awaiting a riot ca'.l. In the circle Is seen Major General William G. Haan. an old Crown Point boy, commander abroad of the 32d Division, who was placed In command of the federal forces in the national capital after Secretary of War Baker had conferred with President W llaon.

FREIGHT HARMFUL Being in Chicago Shipping! District, Lake County Manufacturers Are Very Anxious. In the freight rate hearing, now in ,esslon in Chicago, practically all of the time last week was devoted to evidence from industrial ntr-n and traffic managers in the central and sruth-in districts of Indiana, showing that Indi- ' iTia r;itf-s were highfr for th same mil j asc. shipments than wore thoso of Illi-I nols. This wtek will b? devoted largely ti evidence produced by the shippers of llllnoi.s. A :tectji.iaj rosiTiow. The cities of Gary. Ea.st Chicago. Indiana Harbor, Hammond and Whiting nre placed In a peculiar position of being a rart of Indiana and yet forced m-cessarlly to take the side of Illinois shippers. Any increase In freight rate sffectlng Chicago will affec this district Inasmuch as the above cities constitute, pnrt of Chicago's switching district. The importance of this matter to the Calumet region Is shown by a statement from the superintendent of one of our leading industries, who snys that If the rate proposed by the enrriers in this Cae are adopted his plant will probably move to Chicago and occupy territory here which Is now In their possession. Tomorrow the chambers of commerce of the various cities here will file statements with the Interstate Commerce Commission showing the Importance of the region from the industrial standpoint and the effect that an upward revision of rates is bound to have upon our industrial development. IN CKICAOO DISTIUCT. Practically all of the Industries now located in northern lv.ike county werinduced to Invest their millions here by the fact that we constituted a part and parcel of Chicago insofar as freight rates were concerned. Plants have been built and contracts entered into on that basis and it seems almost like a nullification of contract If these industries are now separated from the Chicago switching district and compelled to ship on a flat mileage basis. The hearing In Chicago is being attended by all of the traffic managers of the district as well as by industrial superintendents and representatives of cur-' civic organizations. The hearing will probably last throughout the week. BIG- RAILROAD STRIKE THREATENED f INTER NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BOSTON, July 2S. Unle.s the railroad administration grants the wage demands of Sf.OOO maintenance of way employes and shopmen throughout New England and In New York state within fifteen days a strike will be caller. This decision was reached at a meeting of 150 delegates of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railroad Shopmen here. Advertise in The Times and advertise again. Results come with constant effort

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Without making any demands up to this noon, a walkout among some of the laborers and machine shop men. at the Gary Screw and Bolt works occurred in Gary this morning. How serious the walkout will terminate is not known. According to Supt. C. E. Carr this morning about eighty per cent of the men are at work and no trouble is expected. Mr. Carr lays the walkout to some under- ; ground agitation that came to the surface within the past week. T LADY LOOPS THE LOOP f SPEC I A L TO THE TIMES1 CF.OWN POINT. Ind.. July I. The! distinction of being the first Crown Point woman to take a spin through the I sky and loop the loop fell to Mrs. John I AVise on Saturday. Mrs. Wi?e braved; tho dnnger of the nfr and enjoyed her' flisrht. paying a dollar a minute for her ; pleasure, with Pilots Hoilingsworth and Harry Helnly of the Chicago Air Line i Transit Co.. who have been In Crown I Point since Saturday with their plane. Many Crown Pointers have taken ad-; vantage of a 15 minute ride through thei clouds. BAD ACGIDENT IN MINNEAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE t MINNEAPOLIS. Mln.. July 28. Two persons were killed:, two probably fatally tnj.ired. and eleven others more or 1-ss badly hurt today when a paswnsfr car and a laggage car on the Twin City Bapid Transit Co. line, collided head-on between Excelsior and M.mitou. about 20 miles from Minneapol's. The collision is sad to have hfn due to failure of the motorman of the passenger car to observe a lgnal. SHOOTING IN EVANSVILLE LABOR TROUBLE f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! EV.TNSV1LLE. IND.. July 2S. Strike sympathizers were blamed by the police today for the shooting of A'.onzo Clavton. of Providence. Kentucky, employed as a strike-breaker at the plant of the Evansville Packing Company. Clayton was shot In the side early this morning by the men standing near the plant. This is the first Instance of violence since employes In the plant struck several weeks ago for recognltlo nof the union. Clayton probably will recover. USEFULNESS OVER, HE SUICIDES f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE Mt'NCIE. IND.. July 28. Despondent because he feared his working days had been ended by a slight accident, which made him a cripple. Henry Sweeney, civil war veteran and wealthy farmer, hanged himself In his born where his body wn found today.

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(BT7T.IJBTTN.) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CE1 CHICAGO, July 23. With riot call coming in to the sonth side police stations without cessation and the sit nation hourly becomlnr more alarming". Mayor Win. Hale Thompson this afternoon ordered Chief of Police Oarrlty to rush all available police to the sonth side district and nse every possible means to pat down race riots that have been flaming In the so-called "black belt' since Sunday afternoon. . Aa A. MAY GET TRANSFER Former Hammond Editor on Visit to His Hammond Interests. Hon. A. A. Winslow, 'Vnited States counsel to Auckland. New Zealand, one of the most important of consular posts, who is the guest of Crown Point relatives, was in Hammond this morning in regard to his realty holdings here. Mr. Winslow will probably get his heart's desire soon a transfer to some berth nearer the V. S. A. He is In love with New Zealand, but feels that in view of his long life in the consular service he would like to be nearer home. In fact, it is said that Washington is considering a new promotion for the former Hammond editor is considered one of the most efficient men in the consular service. He would like very much the Brussels post in Belgium and if Brand 'Whitlock goes to Rome and Brussels is not made an embassy, he may go thero. Mr. Winslow is now on a furlough. J. N. EECKMiAN'S . NEPHEW INJURED John T. Beckman of Gler.ale Is anxiously awaiting news of his nephew. Bob. the twelve year old son of Herman, who Is at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago as the result of an uto-stret er accident in So. Bend, two weeks ago where Mr. Beckman's brother lives. The bo waa getting off a street car when an auto came along and struck him. He submitted to one operation, but was taken to Chicago for another operation today if necessary. The injuries were In hi head. INVESTIGATE 0IL PRICES INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. July 2 Investigation of the fuel oil situation, particularly on the Pacific coast, by the federal trade commission, was sought today by Senator Poindexter of Washington, in a resolution introduced in the senate. The resolution calls for an inquiry into fuel oil costs, the activities of the Union Oil Co., and the Federal Petroleum Co.. to determine whether there are combinations in restraint of trade in the oil. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind.. July 28. Dr. David C. Peyton, for nine years superintendent of the Indiana state reformatory here, will go thla week to Richmond Va, where he will be superintendent of the state Industrial school for white boy

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DEATH NEAR WIPES OUT 2 FAMILIES C. S 0. Train flits Stalled Machine. Camper Buried Beneath Friend's Car. '

Death took a grim toll of victims in Sunday automobile accidents at Merrillville and Griffith, six lives in all being wiped out in as shocking tragedies as have been told in Lake county this year. Five people were killed at the C. & O. railroad crossing at Merrillrille when a stalled car was hit by a flyer and one man south of Griffith was killed when his friend's car somersaulaed and buried him beneath. A-T XOKB.rBX.E AXTATB. One family of three was snuff, d out and of another family of four the father and a daughter were instantlv ,kil?ej while the mother's life hangs in the balance, the result of the season's worst grade crossing horror which occurred Saturday evening at Merrillville. ot tho seven passengers in the ill-fate, automobile only one. a child, escap.. practically unhurt. The victims are: UMIL EBERT. 27 Bauer st.. Hmmond; killed Instantly. MRS. EM I L EBERT. left arm anU leg broken, head badly bru'sed ' condition critical. ESTHER EBERT. 9; killed instantly. RUTH EBERT. 11: slightly scratched and bruised. GUST PISKE. Merrillville: killed instantly. . MRS. GUST PISKE. died after reaching hospital. ARNOLD PISKE. 6; killed ins'ant-I-. SAT CROSSING XS OBSTTCTXXJ. The accident occurred on the dangerous grade crossing over the C. . railroad Just west of the station. At ' this point the railroad is much higher than the regular leval of the highway, so much so that it is impossible from one side to see a machine approaching, on the opposite side. View of the tracks: is obstructed from the south y large Conlnued on pax nvV) KILLED IN TURNING CORNER . ,. rSRECJAL TO THE TIMES GRIFFITH. Ind.. July JR. James Mannion of 7946 Escanaba avenue. Chicago, was killed last night when the automobile in which he was riding overturned in the ditch Just south of Griffith. James Lebro of 3320 East SOth Chicago, was the driver of the 111-fat-d car, had driven to St. John yesterday morning to take Mannion and two oth r peple who were camping there out for a ride. The car was not running fas', but as they turned the corner a front whe. 1 caught in a whole and turtled the machine throwing Lebro through the front of the car and spilling the rest of the party In all directions. When Mannion was picked up It waa found that his neck was broken and that he had bitten his tongue in two and must have died instantly. The r.t of tho party were not badly Injured and lebro came to Hammond and gave himself up to the police. He was released on his own recognlxance. BOY KILLED BY CAR. Injuries which he received In Gary Friday evening when he was struck oy an automobile driven by J. H. Webber, 203 Tanery street, resulted fatally to 4 year old John Pera Saturday noon when he died at the Mercy hospital. Webber was arrested following the child's death and is being held pending a rigid investigation. The accident occurred on Tth avenue near alley No. 2. Webber state that h was Juat, starting tip his machine and was changing gears when he heard th child' crle. He did not see the child until he topped the car. He rushed th boy to a physician's office and it was" thought that the child uffered no other injuries than a bruised arm. Webber then took the child to his home in the Gem building where Saturday morning he become suddenly worse and was taken to the Mercy hospital where he die shortly after 11 o'clock. It is believed he died as a result of internal injuries. The child is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R." Pera who reside In the Gem building. The funeral was held from Flnerty's chapel this morning at 10:30 o'clock and burial occurred in Oak Hill cemetery. TWO CARS IN COLLISION. A smash-up between two automobile at 139th and Butternut street. Indiana Harbor, almost cost the lives of several people yesterday. Tom Kelbasa of 3ll Cedar street, owner and driver of m Buick machine, smashed into the sldo of an automobile driven by Marcel Hodupski of 303 Alder street, smashing up the fenders and breaking off of the front and back wheel on the left side of tho car. Mrs. Hodupskl and child were occupants of the car. They wero thrown several feet from the car but were not terlouily Injured.