Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 36, Hammond, Lake County, 30 July 1919 — Page 1

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nn BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY LOCAL R A I N INTEKNATIONAL NEWS PULL LS1SI) WIRE SERVICE. On streets tud iivfitufc, So i per copy. Delivered by e&rxlsr la i Hammond n& West Ham cn on i, 50o ! per month. VOL. XIV, 20. 36. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1919. HAM1I0XD, INDIANA. pro SOLD ! TO LOCAL COMPANY CARPENTERS

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Hammond Realty Firm Became Owner of 40 Acre Tract in Heart of City. Hammond's industrial future took another step forward today when announcement was made that the tract of land commonly known to the old residents here as the "Packinghouse Site" had been sold. This event marks another epoch ir. Hammond's history. What was ct one time the site of Hammond's o::ly industry, will now be the home of a new modern manufacturing district. A FAMOUS T-.ACT. The tract was purchased from Henry - :i r. trustee, and was formerly owned r. rh the National Packing Co.. who were bii' eessors of the old G. H. Hammond The purchasing: syndicate is headed Mr. I.. B. Patterson of Chicago. A. nay Turner. P?tr "W. Mcyn of GostMfyn & Hastings. Inc.. and George Chapin of Hammond. W WILL SELL TOE SITES. I! is the Intention of the r.ew sndi-r.-i'f to have the property subdivided and m ianjjed for manufacturing purposes by i. n'i I'Mcnt engineers. - Sites will be of m riotis sizes. There is a storage water l. roir on the grounds with a capacity of more than 1 00.000 gallons. Railway tincUs will be relaid and rearranged. I t irk streets will also be built. Gas. Vy water and electricity are now avail-.-.!. Approximately 2000 feet of piling v.-i!l be placed along the Grand Calumit 1 ! er frontage, so that dockage facilities :! be available when the rier i.-J aightcned and widened. city wrr.Ti paoriT. "!-tr.:iviid will profit much by the placer of this tract on the market, for it :!! mean the bringing here of many new lurtries. The syndicate "ill eater to d'.istrie.-. that v:!l do Hammond thi fei-od. It is net beyond imaRitiaiiw ;.t vh'n this site is all sold. thrt :.i:i:.n!v.l will have added many new ' r.r s her ' red U. ;.t nlene from an industrial standi i t this purchase mc:i n mm h. tor is ihe intent of the new owners to so :, nit the tract, that the buildinrrs of .-. mode rn architecture shall ! ;;!iinj the r.gnts of way of the difi .u railroads bordering t'ne tract s '-.t elern thr--ugh Hammond ill nn ; .. h r-enfmnt'-'l with the ncly an--.trice that Hammond elves when cori- ; !;. th--; city. '!" .v fsrt that a wr n;"acturer can load i- xou-- at In.- fictory platform r:".-i;.-Rts consign- i to both PortM.un". and Portland. Oregon, have liuj'- .1 to t'.iv- ' I yards at Gib(Corv.lrued on pafto two.) 3 nnriTrrnon Ul ' ii-i i rr f f ! ilLLiU; ILL, WHAT WL THEY? ; P.TiinN ATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ! T-ASIIINGTON. July Z'i. The high CO.-; 0 -: : e w: ' bvin? was to be subjected to :in-fire of proposed remedies and pin? criticism in the bouse today profiteers and profiteering cornin for the attack, a number of th" represenatives planned to make. A flood of remedial legislation aimed jartcularly at soaring food prices with several measures providing for regulation of the packing Industry was anticipated. One of the measures is a resolution reci'iestlng' Secretary Haker to unload Immediately on the home markets patronized by the housewives the entire army food products estimated to be worth about $120.000,00.1. which the army no longer requires because of ;he cessation of war. ! louse leaders predicted that the resolution would be passed at the end of the four hours debate fixed by the house rules' committee in making the resolution a special order for immediate conideration. RECEIVER IS APPOINTED Charles Surprise was appointed receiver this morning to dispose of the store operated by Frank Skendar. 5fS Fields avenue, Hammond. According to the petition filed this morning in the Hammond superior court by Joseph Gasparovic, Skender has gone to parts unknown. leaving Gasparovic holding notes for $2,000 secured by a mortgage on the stock of the store. Henry Horner & Co.. Brodsky Gross & Co., and Swift & Co., are male defendants because they claim interest in the stock on which GaspJaroHc a he has a superior claim

GARY PROFTNG

HI RIOT ! Hammond Police Pick Up j Another Negro With Gun ! Bought in Gary. Who's Selling? Who Is selling puns to negroes In Gary Mayor Hodges? jonn wiuiams, a negro, of S136 ElHi ave.. Chicago, was arrested yesterday : afternoon by officer Schmidt of the Hammond police at the South Shore sta- ' ion. Hammond, charged with carrying '

concea.od weapons. ! steps toward settlement of ChicaOfflccr Schmidt, who nad Just got on; g0'3 street Car Strike will it iVpy. the South Shore train, noticed this negro ! fe Teei r SIHKe, WUI, It IS exfiling in a seat with his hand on his j pected, be taken. Mahon is sched-

searched him and found a .ss ciicbre leaders and may also meet with j revolver loaded with steel bullets. j Gqv, Lowden and members of the ! At his trial in the Hammond citv court ... j this morning Williams said that he had Stat PUDllC Utilities Commission. i one to Gary yesterday morning and had BOTH SIDES SSOW PIOHT. J bought the Kun and was on his wayj The striking c.r nun and oiffciols of' back home when arrested. Gary is th-- j '!e traction corr.paiiies are shoi.-iiift a only city in the region selling arms to j "fight it out' spirit and neither side has j negroes. j shown any evidence of an intent to com-I Williams was fined ?;'o0 by Judge I Promise. No tneetinjts or conferences) Klotz. j have been he'd since the strike became JUDGE DUNN SUST. i effective yesterday morning. j "Gun toting" in Gary will stop if City j It is expected that the proposition of j Judge Dunn has, his say. i submitting the compromise offer of the. Eight Chicago negroes were arraigned! traction companies, which was rejectee I before him in the city court this morn-j at a mass meeting of the men. to aj ing on a charge .f tarrying concealed' referendum vote, will h discussed. j weapons, to wit: revolvers, razors and, NOT A WHEEL TTEUFD. vicious looking knives. lUood stair.s ! N'e.t a wheel has turned over any . were found on one knife. track of the city's electric transport a- j All enti ied a plea of guilty. jtion system since 4 o'clock Tuesday; "$200 iir.d costs." said Judge Dunn . ! morning. Steam roads, taxicabs. priv"Too bad tint's the limit and I wish 1 ate automobiles, trucks and every other could a's-o impose a jail sentence.". j available form o conveyance are Kin The Chicago race rioters fairly turned; used to transport Chicago's millions of

white. The prisoners will be taken to Crown' Point tody to serve out their fines, will take 210 days apiece. It DETROIT ST. ti AROUSED Residents of the Seventh ward have suddenly become just as excited ocr the oronosal to erect a laundrv in their midst as the Detroit street folks were i ... ., j : over me oia coa i ,in arrair. nowtit'r, ; there are compilations In this instance ! which make it a three sidM affair. Hammond Ioundry Co.. j throucii Yrr-d reu .-I'ei.e, atrjuneti :i sue, on Michigan avenue between Jessie and' Sohl s'reots. J. D. Smith. th contractor, who was to erect the building took out the building permit which as Js-; sued specifies "store building." I The city ordinance forbids the opera- ! tion of a laundry in a residence dis-' trict without first obtaining the consent ; of the majority of the property owners! whose lots front on the street within a given distance. At the special meeting j of the Hammond council Tuesday cyn- i ing a number of the angry residents

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were present and their spokesman, ; Ernest Frieke. delivered a long speoch j tvhi! Roy Feree, 314 Michigan ave"fttlrg forth the manner in which he; nue U;,nl,l:on-i. was niak'i.g nn ad-

said the people had been tricked. j After the councilmon had discussed of tr.rni lh" matter, pracli jumping or. the neck of the contractor. Mr. Smith explained his side of it. He rays he went to tne nuiuiing conrmissioner for his permit and explained that , it was to be used as a laundry. He pro-. tessea ignoranee oi m ... uum....- - , t bating the location of laundries and it I seems me nuimi..B - , unacquainted with the ord. nance. Any- . : 1 ,1 : leeir.-- -QC way when it came to tne p;aoe nnrre the purpose of the building was to be specified the city official merely passed it up as a store building. No steps were taken to stop the work until the walls were about four feet up and the contractor had invested about $2,000. Then someone stopped mm A resolution was passed by the coun j fw iY.n fltv attorney to in- , ' K ...,,.,.", he. vesilgaie aim nr.- t thinks right to protect the rights of the people under the ordinance. Attorney A. E. Tinkham. representing the laundry; company, stated that he believed there would be no objections now to finishing; the building ar.d if necessary use it for j a store building. In October the Circuit Court of Ap-j peals r.t Chieago will act upon the coal ; yard suit and determine whither Judge' Anderson was right when lie said that aj citv could not say hat a man should! - should not do with his own property. In case the ordi nance is held invalid the laundry can go where it pleases. WANT PACKERS TO EE LICENSED f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) WASHINGTON. July 20. 1 "ackers would be licensed by the secretary of agriculture, under the provisions of a lull introduced in the senate by Senator Moses of New Hampshire. The bill is designed as a substitute for the Kenyon bill, which is aimed at the regulation of the packing Industry. I'ndT the provisions of Senator Moses bill the power to revoke these licenses al.--o would be given to the secretary o'.' agriculture. Arc yet. readme: T:rne3?

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Jfl STRIKE Referendum to Be Taken By Street Car Men on Street Car Company's Compromise Offer. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS "Srovirn CHICAGO, July 30. With the i t . , - ""ViU neFe l0Qay 01 Wm- . Ma-j hon, international president of the ! ct, r if tt i btreet Car Men's Union, tne first: ; workers. Although the strike has bad- ! ! !y crippled the businea life of th- city i In many ways, all sssenti;;'! industries ; have been able to continue operation, j The ranks of the strikers were s.vellJ ed by 3.000 nrm today when employes i of th Aurora. Elgin and Chicago lnteri urban road ioinej in the strike. I j TRAINMEN ASK INCREASE . INTEKNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! I CHICAGO. July 30. Wage increases , I have been asked by about K'O.OOA rail-, road tramnv-p. shop mechanics and I j iraek w orkers it.1.- on rail Jtnes of I the middle west, it became known hero today. 1 The trainmen ai asking for a mini- . ! mum wage of 15i err month with timel and a half for o er , in-.v. and are risking an eignt nour j,ij. in';' "n;i--""" ' want an ir.cerase from "2 to 83 nts an j 1-our and the track n;en also want an I Anrr in !ir'ur,' K.-n'.wav officials assert tliat the ... n anting of the demands of the men will 'Airn doll, rs annually to cdc'o m. ILIL0 UliL TWO DRIVER sin'P 0 ).istnient on his automobile at the side i f Indianapolis b!vd., yesterday eve- ! 111.1?. ! Chics Robert i o taxi H Gottsclialk, a South cab driver crashed into! the rear 1 a a i h i n e . h u r 1 i n g the car fiftv rt.,.t ahead into the road, r rci b(ld,v ,,aned up onJ was .,caro,,v ,,. t w.,Ik th.s mr.rn;nf!t ,,.h!-,. h von Tl.u-n.an and Charles Hannephin of South Chic who marhl,,e u-e..e bruised and h k Gottschalk as ,-oor. as be could free i.imself fim the wreck started to run for the state line which was near. However, a Hammond efficer happened to be near and nabbed the fugi tive. He was brought to the police i station where he gave $50 bond for . .ibis appearance in court August 4. Both cars were badly damaged by j collision. The entire rear end of the Feree machine will have to be rebuilt. Gottsch.V.k's spe 'dorneler was found to j be locked at fifty m ies per hour, indieatlnsr the speed at which he had bf en traveling. PUBLIC NOT MISSING CARS so much , II.. --rreHv-1pon'iirpr-eTT:nirr5roe. nit . .' ' , 1 l.eu.1 .... fvvi, i .,.. ....... . . ....- terday. The crowd on the street this afternoon seemed almost normal. Ttiey are walking, riding bikes and hiring Jitneys and seem not to bp minding it so much as had been ex pected. ! Tuesday evening the big trucks of . many plants were fitted with seats and list d m delivering the employes j who had any distance to go. These same trucks macro tne r.unns tnis morning and picked up the men and women each plant trying to look out for its own employes. . ! NOTRE PAME Representatives of twenty states and ten countries are attending the Notre Dame summer srheol session. BRAZIL Shoi repair men havce j Increased the prices of mending worn footgear.

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Sir iordOii Hewurt M Lord summer t Iilcf Jimtlre White. If the ex-Uaiser is brought to trial these three men nmy have a prominent part in determining his guilt in connection vith the atrocities com mitted by the Germans on land and sea. London dispatches state that Lord Summer, one of England's leading attorneys. I. us b. on selected as president of ih inter-all. ed court to try the. forme;- Ge-.-man r.i.er and a number of German officials. Sir Gor"r1- stot; rnpra! of onat Britain, w.!l head the prosecution, and London b.-lieves that Chief Justice White- ia the bigieal choice of the United States as a representative at the tribunal. SAYS FLETCHER WITHHELD INFO. ! It: 't f.NATIONAL MEWS SERVICE j WASHINGTON. July :;0 Charging that Henry I' V iet, her, American ambassador to M-xier., withheld important information from the house rules committee, before which he recently appeared. Hep. Gould, of NewYork, author of the resolution for an in vestigatie.n of the Mexican situation this afternoon asked the rules committee to order the investigation to be made by the house foreign affairs comrai ttee

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STANDARD EMPLOYES ARE NOTIFIED

The Standard Steel Car Co.. protected under the temporary restraining ordrr granted by Judge Frances E. Baker of the United States district court, and assured by the presence of deputy United States marshals that their men will not be interferred with, have deeided to reopen the plant and the following notice to that effect lias been posted in tho mills: Standard Steel Car Company Freight Car Department Steel Car Forge Company O-ENEKAX. NOTICE. It has been decided to start operations in some departments of this plant. Men desiring employment should apply to the Employment Department. All departments of this plant will open next week at a date to be announerd later. G. H. VINCETT. Manager of Works, JOS. THOMPSON". Supt. Steel Car Forge Co. Snipers .In Black Belt Open Fire on Whites Who Pass Their Homes. (BULLETIN.) CHICAGO, July 20. One more dead and six injured were added to the toll of four days of race rioting- early today. Ira Henry, a negro, was shot and instantly killed by a police officer after Henry shot and wounded Policeman V alter Sulll-an. Salliv-a was seriously wounded and may die. The police quickly broke up the only attempt at mob rioting1 today when they dispersed a throng' that gathered at State and 51st sts. Several persons were injured. Snipers lying' in ambush fired on a taxicab carrying' six policemen and two of the officers were wounded. GUERILLA WARFARE IS THE LATEST ' fJTfFNATtONA'. NIWS SERVICE! CHICAG. July GO. Guerilia warfare h-ten whites and negroes has today for the mot part replaced the mob riotirg tbst has held sway over large areas of the city since Sunday and which brought the city many times to the verge of martial law. It is still possible that troops may be called upon to take over the policing of the city although the regular police department claims to be getting the situation slowly in hand. nstahlishmc r.t of r-ons with a stated number of police officers assigned to each 7rnc, has. the police declare, broken up tin mobs, of white and blacks that caused Monday's and Tuesday's reign of terror, fighting between the whites and Macks has by no means been chocked, however, and sporadic disturbances still are frequent, not only in the negro district, but in the business section nnd in residential districts of the north and west sides. ' Careful checking up of casualties resulting from the three das of rioting has reduced somewhat earlier estimates of the dead and wounded. The official coroner's list today places the number of deai at twenty-six, . including eleven white men arid f.fteen negroes. The wounded, it is estimated, number more than 300. A coroner's inquest over bodies of victims of the riot is to he held ss soon as the necessary steps car. be taken and probably wil get under way today. The grand jury, which is now in session, will undertake an exhaustive probe of the situation under direction of State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne. Military and civil authorities have wavend several times on the verge of calling cut the 4.500 militiamen who are being held in armories completely armed and ready for instant cervice, Adjt. Gen. Pickson. Gov. Frank O. Lowden and Mayor Thompson have held frequent conferences and, although admitting that the situation is extremely bad, have thus far refrained from calling out the guardsmen. It is declared, however, that should rioting on the scale of that of Monday night and Tuesday, be renewed, the soldiers will be called out before night fall. Between 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and this morning hut one man is known to have been killed. He was a young negro who was attacked in a west side neighborhood, several miles from the black belt, stabbed and, shot sixteen times ar.d his body saturated with gasoline and set afire! Another incident that featured the rioting during thA night was an attack upon Miss Josephine McXonald and Miss Mimie Bristol, by a mob of negroes. "When the girls fled from the mob shots were fired at them

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A riot call came this noon to the j East Chicago police station from' Calumet where there is a well-de-: fined negro settlement and with aj dozen police and fifteen special! officers Chief Tom Williams rushed to the spot. It was assecrtained that 22 negroes had come in from! the south to work in plants in East ! Chicago and write residents fear-j ing trouble sent for the police. A! strong cordon was thrown around the settlement but so far there has'; been no trouble. MAYOR .B. GETS ON HIS HIGH HORSE Hot Night Marks Stormy Session of Hammond City Council. Stormy and long and marked with many impassioned speeches by ordinary citizens, aldermen and Mayor Brown was the session of the Hammond council' held Tuesday evening. The mayor barked back to the last campaign and said that the Times had been bought up by the banks of Hammond, but neglected to state which hanks and bow much it was bought for. Mayor Brown had called the session to consider several important matters w hich he did riot car to hold o er until the first meting rught !n Augjst. A new orinance regulating the use of water during the spfinkllng season was brought up and vent to second reading, but stopped there being halted on suspension of rules At this point Councilman Frank Martin voiced the sentiments of the South Siders when he said that something must bo done to provide better water service. He has been pestered every day by his const turn ts who are kicking about the low pressure. ' Unless we have better service on the South Side." said Mr. Martin, we will enjoin the city from furnishing water to West Hammond." Hammond folks who hae heen reminded by city authorities of t'ieir carelessness in handling the m?agra wal.r supply invariably point to West Hammond where the water supply is plentiful and no restrictions seem to be placed on its use. There people sprinkle when they please ard as long as they please as long a? they pay for the water. The pavirig of Sheffield avenue was discussed after which the aldernn n considered the budget -for 1?2'. This must have the O. K. of the council btfore it go-s to the state boar of tacommissioners. According to Conroller Broertjfs the present budget represents an increase of about $15,000 over the running expenses of the city last year. Councilman Martin started the rumpus by making a motion that the' appropriation for the !-ard of .works salaries be increased to $3.K0 instead of $300 and that three mm be hired to g!e the work their entire attention. I Th'.s was taken as a criticism of the work cf the -present boa- by some and the racket was so on something fierce. The vote on the matter which gave Mr. Martin only two supporters did riot end the conversation. They kept it up. Then Mayor Brown tore loose in a red hot speech after being careful to note that there were no ladies present He was not so particular about the streets though for being by an open window he could easily be heard plainly for a block. He dragged out the old campaign skeleton, "the tale of the stolen $46,000" and rattled the bones violently. The Times was given an awful berating and then he settled hack ready for the meeting to adjourn. Others spoke after that but the mayor had said everything that could be said, so the meeting ended at 11:15 o'clock, after the budget ordinance failed to pass on suspension of rules CAR MEN HAVE PICNIC While Hammond Green line patrons were either stayingtt home or walking the motorrr.en and conductoj' from the Hammond barn were disportilng themselves on the diamond at the Hammond baseball park the first outing they had ever enjoyed together. Two baseball teams were chosen but it seems that the motormen ascustomed to swinging doors and twirling the controller lever had a shade the better of the conductors, whose exercise is confined to running ten or fifteen miles daily to flag crossings. The motormen were strong for three baggers and Losher even pounded out a home run. The final score was 23 to 6 in favor of the frontenders. "We Just played because there was nrthing else to do." was the reason given by one of the players. Don't throw your paper awaj without reading the want ad page.

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UUIAT1 They Set Aug. 1st As Day for Strike In Hammond, Gary and East Chicago. (BUI.IETIIT.) Supt. H. a. Poppeniiusen of the Oreea Engineering Co. of East Chicago today Informed a committee of Chicago labor organizers who are representing the Interests of the strikers that he could not treat with them but that If the strikers wanted to come back to work they could do so, pro-ided they did so right away, otherwise they would lose their Jobs. Cessation of all building work in the Calumet region Friday morning is expected as a result of the failure of the carpenters and carpenter employers of the Building Trades Employers' Association to reach a working agreement Tuesday night. It in practically certain that 1,000 carpenters employed on work in Hammond, Gary, East Chicago, Indiana Harbor and Whiting will lay down their tools when their ultimatum to the employers expires. VOTE FOB INXEXAEE. Carpenters after a referendum ote decided to ask for an increase to eightyseven and one-half cents per hour from their present scale of eighty cents. Through their district council the demands were communicated to the carpenter employers eight or ten days hefore the new scale was 'expected to become effective, August 1. The employers protested against the short notice but the carpenters replied inat the employers knew the mn nm bcn considering a change even if official notice had not been given. AtVa meeting of the employers Saturday evening the following resolution whs adopted: "Be it resolved that a committee or ihree from this association be present at a meeting of the Carpenters' District Council Tuesday even'ng, July 29'h. and present this resolution in person. "Be it further resolved that the Carpenters' Employers ask that a committee be appointed, having full power to act. from the Carpenters' Pistrict Coun(Continued on page nine.) SHE DIDN'T LIKE LIFE AI HARBOR So Alvina Katrine Brought Suit for Divorce Against Her Husband. Because her husband failed to keep his promise and live with Americans in Hammond but instead tried to make her live with Roimanians in Indiana Harbor, Alvna Katrine left her home and came back to Hammond after a month of tnrried life. She is now asking for a divorce through her attorney, Albert E. O-rif-tiih in the Hammond superior court. The complaint states that they were married May 12. 1013 and neparatfd June 15. Before their marriaze the husband sa-M he would find a home in Hammond but as soon as the ceremony was performed he took her to Indiana Harbor where they lived In u fiat inhabited by Boumanlans who Fpoke their native tongue, 'hfn she sought the company of English speaking folks, she says her husband upbraided her and insisted that eh cultivate the acquaintance of his friends He also is Kaid to. have falsely accused her of running around with other men. She wants a divorce and J1.O03 alimony. Katrine Is an rtii ploye of the Inland Steel Co. WHITING LAWYER'S FATHER IS KILLED Maurice Perel Is Victim of Chicago's Bloody Race War.

(SPECIAL TO THE TIMES) WHITING. Ind.. July 30. Chicago's lust for blood in the race riots has been brought home to Attorney Charles Tcrel of this city with a vengeance. Hp wrs called to the Washington Tark hospital last night to say good-bye to his father. Maurice Perel. Mr. Tere! while in thvicinity of 5"th st. and Ashland ave was set upon by negroes .and stubbed three times. He resided at 5204 Indian. i svfnuc and died a. the hospilj-.l early this morning.