Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 42, Hammond, Lake County, 6 August 1919 — Page 1

BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY RAIN EN TXB. NATIONAL NEWS FUL1 LEASED WIRE SERVICE. On rtret &d awastaas. 3o per copy. DllTr4 ty carrier lm Xuusond and Wsrt Itmmod, Oe per month. VOL. XIV., NO. 42. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1910 HAMMOXD, INDIANA. jJ f V 14 r l It HAMMOND RIVE ON OLD H. C. OF L

the

P(H TTOT Y

n7 f3 . ... C ,b3 htJl SliA jr miT l3

UtlUILp i

vi7 UiJ UJ!i LTQ j

STARTS ITS D

BAKFR IS

FOUR GAR LOAD LOTS ARE COMING

Army Foods Ordered By Mayor Brown and Backed By City Council. RammonJ !s the first c!ty in the county to get down to brass tacks on foodstuffs. Mayor Pan Brown's drive, on the high cost of living in Hammond started Tuesday evening when he placed before the city council the government's proposal tc furnish surplus food supplies to municipalities In carload lots al cost. The Mfinliers of fhe council backed him unanimously and on motion of Alderman L. C. Smith he was instructed to order four carloads forthwith. The supplies for the. seventh zone are being- distributed from the. government warehouse on W. 33th St.. Chicago. The list of available foods furnished Mayor Brown gava the following prices: Corned beef, per lb., 33c. Roast beef, per lb., 3 to 41c. Corned beef hash, per lb.. 10 to :3c .Bacon In crates, per lb., 31c. Bacon in 12 lb. tins, per lb. 3oc. "snned vegetables are offered in the time manner at the invoice price at "huh the goods were sold to the government. The prices are not listed in th" circular. The "War Department has dc;ded to extend credit to any mu-r:-:pality for ten days from the date of !' eit! of goods providing h order is ?if?ned by the mayor. No goods can be returned after once being delivered. The mayor has not announced the n.. inner in which the food will be disposal of but will probably have his rlans - orked out before the oods arrives. GARY MAYOR UNDER KNIFE DOING WELL From the bedside of Mayor Hodges at t:-2 Mercy hospital this iiorning it was ler.rned that the mayor is resting easy following his operation for appendicitis Monday evening and in a week will be sv ;r. to be removed to his home at "40 r.mere street. The mayor's operation was a big surjrise to his many friends as it was beloved that he. was away on his vicaiin. It was on account of his sudJen ,r. ;S that it was decided to operate at e n e. Shortly after enjoying a hearty meal r.h his family, the mayor was taken idenly ill. Dr. T. 15. Templin was called in and after a hurried consultation, it was deemed serious to delay the operation. He went under the knife about 3 o'clock Monday evening and he operation was considered very successful. HAS NEW CAR SHE r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) NXW YORK, Aug. 6. Union employes rn all subway, surface and elevated hnes of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., rl.ving in Brooklyn and between Brooklyn and Manhattan, inaugurated a strike this morning. Conflicting claims were rut forth by the union and the company concerning the effects of the strike order, but four hr-urs after the strike was ordered service was being maintain: d on ail lines. The walk-out was ordered when I.itsdiey M. Garrison, receiver, refused to grant tlx- ("e inands of the men. which includ- n union recognition, seventy-five cents ai hour and an eight-hour day. Definite figures on the number of etrlkcrs were unobtainable in the early h i'irs. Union officials claimed that S.nno of the 13.000 employes are unionized and .-.fleeted by the strike order. Company officials claimed that not more than 3.000 of their employes had ainlii'.od with the Union. Union officials charged that the employes could not live on the wages they now receive. Surface car employes are rid from forty-four to forty-nine cents an hour and on the subway and '1" they gtt from thirty-three to thirty-nine cents, depending on length of service. SPECIAL NOTICE All committees on Shrine Picnic. Druri Crp and Tatrol Band, important moetlr.ir at Temple, Thursday, August 7th. at 7.30 p. m WM. EARLE, Potentate. Don't throw your paper awa7 without reading the want ad page.

BROOKLYN

nctasii

GRIFFITH BANK I

0 Lake Co. Savings & Trust Co. Makes Unusual Record In Bank Receivership. The mail today carries to the depositors of the First State Bank of Griffith checks representing a final payment of 15 2-3 per cent as previous payments of S3 1-3 per cent have been made, a!! of the depositors and creditors have now been paid line or. the dollar. G. 0. P. PICNIC POSTPONED FOR BIGGER EVENT SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROTVX POINT. Ind.. Aug. 6. After consulting with state district, and coui.ty Republicans. County Chairman Joe n J. Kiliigrew ha4 determined to poetpom the county Republican picnic which war slated for this place on August 15, under the auspics of th Harrison Club of Gary and the meeting will be held at a later date, probably about the same time In September. Since Chairman Kiliigrew returned from Magnesia Springs, where he attended the annual summer meeting of the Indiana Editorial Association, many things have happened to make the postponement of the meeting advisable. Farmers are busy now and many are .in their vacations. State leaders could not be present and it is now the Intention of the Like county Republican leaders to turn the September meeting into a district meeting. At this meeting Fenators Xew and Watson. Giv. Goodrich. National Chairman W;:l Hays will be preset. t. Warren McCray, who will probably be Indiana's next Republican candidate for governor will be here and he may announce his candidacy on that occasion. District Chairman Lawrence Lyons is coming to help Chairman Kiligrew rut Lake county on the 1320 political map by having the biggest political rally !" re ever held in the district. Fully 10. 000 are. expected to be present and the picnic will be- a barbecue at which three or four beeves wiil be served. "It will he a great affair." said Chairman Kiliigrew. "Some big men will 'io there and some surprises. Just wait for the date." HERE'S RESULT OF SALVATION The statement of receipts and ex penses in connection with Salvation Army Home Service Fund for Lake county as issued by R. R. Hemingway of Gary, the county treasurer, is as follows: Griffith $ l1 Hr.hart 17.S1 'rown Point 174.4 3 Whiting ?.e;..Tr.7 East Chicago 7.6S0.2." Hammond 3 1 6 . 1 4 j Gary Total amount collected In county " $17,3,3.83 Expenditures. Coupon Books, Burke Bros $107.50 Expenses in Garv 1S3.87I Total $291.37 (Ineludine Garv Post. $33.90. and Gar .... i i Tribune $-15.00 advertising.) Amount remitted to f.taie Treasurer. Indimiapolis, Ind . $ 1 7.2. 6. orr. ox sTttiKi: todav CillCAGO. ILL.. AUG. 6. E.ghty thousand workers in the Cr.ic.igo slock yards today are vejtir.g on the question of a strike if the.r demands for wage increases of from 20 to 50 pr cent. a matter "f $23,000.0-0') or more a year are refused by the packers. In addition to asking for higher wages, the men who are members of 42 butchers' and allied unions, demand that the packers at the same t.r.ie be restrained from boosting the price of meat aid food products to pay them. SHORT WEIGHT ICE CHARGED Two drivers of the Consumers Tee I Pa Frncs! c,T --,r, c 1 were arrested on a warrant charging short weignt by court ba-iliff James Tros-t. At their trial in the Hammond City Court. Ernfst A!) fa was fined $2".r'0 and the case against Wesley Alyea was nolle prossed by Judge Klotz.

GET I

ARffl BR VE

CREDITORS N THE DOLLAR Whom the Griffith bank was closed just four years ago the belief was general that it would be necessary to make an assessment against the stockholders ( to overcome the defalcation of Ross M. Logan, the absconding president. From . the beginning, however, the case had the ; persona! attention of bank president Peter V. Meyn, Secretary David T Emery and Charles E. Surprise, as sp cial receivership assistant, and as a resuit not a depositor will lose a cent, r.o assessment of the stockholders will be j necessary and there will be a small sur- j Pius left for the stockholders. McMahon & Conrov of Hammond have , been the attorneys for the throughout the prr.ec- dir.gs. receiver j Federal Trade CommissionSu!mits a Startling Revelation to Congress Today. (EULLETIII.) r INTFRHATIONA!. SFWS SERVICE ', CHICAGO, Ausr. 6 Elaaiiaj tho Uigh cost of shoes oa the govorar.ioat, J. ', Harry Selz, prtcideat of Solz. Schwab Jl Co., shoo ruaauf acturers. declared today that the only remedy is aa exabargo on leather. "The leather rscviet is cornered," Sell Eild. "The allies have a coraer en calfsain, vicl-ald and pa'.cat leather, vrit'& the result that thcea who have leather can now charge what they want. i INTERNATIONAL news SERVICE i H' . - T r T -k - . . 'I.,.- . r W .Voriljs Vi lvJ-N , ALU.' 0. lho l"rOSf'nt 1m".t1j nrir-f. of sIhh-.s is r.ntiv..lvni1,cti.

SHOE PICE UNJUSTIFIED

lfus is the finding of the federal of industrial freedom " h" -;'.(icd. trade commission, to be submitted' wants plojcb plan. to congress, following an investiga- ZTV'i uo'ZZ tion of the activities of the packers, rro;!o!5 ar'd n" '"-g of the cost tunriKrc m!.n,,... .,'liUng as lr.g as ,r,:,sumcrs had to pay

w.,, -UU.U1.UIUIWS duu ICUU-: crs during the period from 1914 to 1916, it was announced today. I he report of the commission: shows a succession of profiteering! ail cown tr.e iine. ine commission ; to-j r . it . , ' prcHrrcovT0T ?0n tnat : PACKERS COJ7TEOL HIDES. 1. The larger packers control ;h hide nr,i,'v llfl,.fi ..!.. : . " nc pr i:'s .urn have pasr,-1 in. rtased costs to subsctu. lit St. ; in manufacture and rii. trihu t ion. . -iken excrptional! 2. The tar.n'r has profits. 3. The rnanufn usual margins. 4. The prices i ers are no; jU;..; ,iu industry h.c;i.g :. 'n unurcr h?i tr.l 1. the retail factor in t'le io the iiurii !'. hr .1, had to hear, just before !v par-., d .; ,.n, IO lilt; Mf-M. ; EOW IT HAPPENED. Othtr ou?tar..1:ng fn.Vs established by the inquiry, the report states, are as fed- : lows: ! 1. Between 1014 and 1017 th" prices! of hides, the principal factor in the cost i of producing leather, greatly advanced ' and the difi'.-r. ntial between country! hides and packer hide? increased beyond rC.-Hitinue.I page live.) R PROHL S HELD UP i The gaiiantiy a weii known i I la mm or. d man cst hint a nice little . piece of i r.ur.ge tiie oth. r night. I William Prohl of 1220 Montoe St.: Hammond, while driving Miss PenneM of S04 S.-uth Hohman street, one of i his employes from work Monday night j about 10:45 o'clock was held up and I robbed. Just as Mr. Prohl turned off Colum-i i-ia avenue en to May street. two j masked m"n stopped the automobile! jt the poin of revolvers and took .olil watch and chain, a golj ring aad $45. "0 in currency from Prohl and a ,..ld ring from Miss Pennel'. Take The Times und keep in touch with the whole v-orld.

CONTRAGTO

utocracy

RAILROAD ! UNION CHIEF ! io flnnnprn

lo mum

I: Says What Worker Receives In Wages He Must Spend for Necessities. i (BULLETIN.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHIIfOTON', Aug. 6 No strike j vil be resorteel to tj the Brotherhood of ; I Locomotive Englaer to fore any plan j of railroad operatloa oa congress, to la- ; creaso wageB or to briag about legisla. : j Uoc for reductloa la eott of livir," aid 1 I Stoae. ! "I speak for ray order oaly," said : Stoae. "Sat w ba-re no Ptrulng' to force any proponed railwu7 lsgislatloa : or hlffh cost of livire lesrislation. Wa I have act demxnd&d an Increase la wi;?s . If theri can be a reduction ia tho cost : i of living. It Is oar plan to try to create public ceatixaent la favor of the Plumb j j plan, or public ownership of the rail. , roads." J I SHOTS BY STONE ! Kr. Stone this afternoon suggested a Criag squad for proatoers. Eo said la Cleveland from 20 to ZX carloads of spoiled food products ara dtuaped for dtnxetlon. That the government Is like Nero fiddling while Hotne is burning. That there !z no excuse In selling coal to a railroad for S2.40 a toa aad to private paruas a. 53 a ton. xaaT toir.axcei are toniaj m uBiii, hides rotting in cars; tour telling at ; $16.50 whoa it should sell for $10. i ' international nes ervicei : WASHI.V'iTON. Aug. o. Declaring i . that American demo icy is "controlled by an autocracy in industry." Warren S. j S;o.k. grand chief of th-.- r.rothcrhood o; j Lo'..i motive Er. ptr.e. rs. aprearcd before I , the bouse ii.terst.-i;.- and foreign com- , i 1 mcr.e c- niri.itt. c u.I i:, to urt-e the pass - . , . ., n.hod;ng the aso 1 i Sin.? V.:: -n-.ho.J.ins tli I I lu-'!,b I'"-'" g:.v. lt.nur.t owntrthiP;

h"1"1 -"tr.j or the rau.;ed the anri-trust laws, Atty. Gen.

! ro.-iu.. A n d A m t r i c a mi h.-'com" the horn .v,orti,.r ate nrotit:, . th.-r on ,,.rn-l (, n e;i ro '"5" 10r tho n,','f5;' :i'' f; o: of life. j 1 'lun-.b plan ivns vrJio:- stone Z ' l cpn as the v,i;ce of two million men," lie declared, 'l 1 gated by tliem to! annouii'-.c to this rornmittt- and to tlu1 tJ-r,I'; ' " this eoumry th.it they are fcuppor' .g this mias'.u.. with all the : r"r-'?h rn1 a:i th' - f pur' j that cap move so huge a body of cit;- ; .ei:s. Joined with us end represented ' . -. . , . . . - riy ..w. .Morrison, is tr. American Fed-I , erat i in of Labor, adding three million ! and r. half men to tbat nt railn-ov mj.ioyfs iio msTituti i this movement, ATTACKS INDUSTRY HEADS. i "In the industrial development of this ! country," he continued, "prent organirzations or capitnl tlrst appfared as em-I lovers. Individual workers, following the example set by capital, organized as! en;o'oes Their rnrr.ese t.- eo'i,-o i better working conditions r.nd a largermraeurr f.f. rrtnrn fr.r - loKro TU lull foree of C1L 11 1 a 1 i:;t ie r,rlrani7.-,tinn I has been set Cgainst labor to hold and to keep ail the profit of industry. The (Continued on page five.)" 4 YEAR AGO TODAY American troops of Gen. W. G. Haan's 32nd division, Michigan and Wisconsin National Guard, reached and crossed the Vesle river in the great Chateau Thierry offensive one year ago today after three days of savage fighting and occupied the city of Fismes. The Seventy-fifth division. New Yorg National Army, entered the line a few hours later, the first selective draft contingents to fight on an active battlefront in France. ATTC!rp'RTA MiV REFUSE TO SIGN COPENHAGEN. Al'G fi Austria . reply to the allies' peace terms, which i.i due t- be handed in at Paris today, will refuse to accert the treaty, according to the Welner Tageblatt.

Is Attacke

Selling First Food If -. -r. - . V f.l 'it f ' ...

Newark, N. J., was the first city to buy food from the War Department and put it on sale. The picture shows Mayor Charles P. Gillen making the first sale.

(BULLETIN.) INTERNATIONAL Ktw.; sifn ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 6. Six! : railroads have announced em-' bargoes on freight at their local oftices, according to a statement is-! i sued .today by P. W. Coyle. traffic! ; . . ! rnmmiwnnpr rt tWi i H-imKo . "- -i.aiwv-i Lommerce. ! (BULLETIN.) " INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEHViCE i ! WASHINGTON. Au- 6. The ! : iS rive packers arc to be prosew r r ; cuted on a charge of having violat-V Palmer announced this afternoon. hon to Address Congress John Edwin Nevin ! rstaff correspondent i. h . service! i WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Presi-I dent Wilson will address a joint! ! session of congress at noon Friday. i ' At that time he Will make public 1 his plans for legislation designed to j reduce the high cost of living. j The president spent most of today ;e- ; ciuded in his study at the. White Ifou.se! ixamlning nrious suggestions prepared! by various cabinet members to meet the ' xisting alarming conditions. It is' iviio-A n that there is a wide divergenc! 'of ii--.vs in the- president's official family; . i g.irding measures to be taken and that j I his talk of reconciling tliem is nono too ! c-Hsy. C. & 0. MAY STOP TRAIN SERVICE SOON j With freight service already discon- ! tinueel on account of the strike of Its i shopmen, pasengcr service over the ! C. & O. railroad into Chicago may cease I at any time, accirding to word which reached the Hammond e'ihccs of the company today. Thu announcement was sent out from ! tiie office of the general superintendent ! at Peru. Ind. lo the effect that it will be r.ecesary to puil off the pasenger , trains in a short time unless some relief j in afforded. Passenger engine s are now making the run from Cincinnati to ('hii cajjo without a change and it is realized that without repair work it will W u mater of oi ly a few days until they wiif be in such condition that they will bo out of commission. The strike of shop, men at Peru and other points has beci fe.liov.id by many of the section men along the line. Better call up The limes and have it-sent to your house every night. Then you'll be sure it will be there-

Bought from Army

V 1 if t 5 -.4 hi roon is high WAfHl.V'n'o.V, AUfj . Forty per cent, of the r.-Cyru-break;ng e-xp,ii-;s djiing June, i;.;9, were food-stuffs, haviny an aggregate value of SCJS.fWO.oriO. ;t was announced today by the department of ,con-.:nerce. The principal l-read-ituff e.vf.f.rt.-- vn i. r 1;,0Oi".(m".O bjsht-ls of whtat anJ 3.500.000 barrels of fiojr with t"-tal vaiue of $0,Oi'0,jOC. besides 7,000.000 bu.-hels of rye v....-th $13,000,000; S. 000, 000. bu;-l.elti o!' bark-.v. to th value of J S.ooo.Onn, and other Jirain products valued at $17.u00,. Oi.O. nit: f.kfi.ct h:ex KANSAS C1TV. MO. AUG 0 The present agitation against the high cost or" living by the president and congress is having its effect here. This is seen here today In the ;irir..'.i:H-i-;ueiit e'f a number of big ridUetior.s in the wholesale cost of flour with other teductior.r. in prospect. The Ismert Hincke Milling Company has reduced its wholesale price sixty ecr.ts a.'.d the Southwestern Millinsr Company 4" cents and other mills made sl.ght reductions. The Isme rt-Kine ke company will make another s.xty cent reduction tomorrow, ;t i. si J. Ifogs on the Kansas City market yesterday dropped 75 cents. Tiie top yesterday was $23 15, while today it is 122 50. FARMERS ISSIE THREAT INDIANAPOLIS, IND., AUG. fi Condemning "veiled threats of a revolution" the Indiana Federation of Farmers' Association, has sent a telegram to Presielent Wilson deciaring that if the railroad strike continues the organization seriously contemplates advising all members to hold all farm products until the strike ends. The Federation represents the agricultural Interests of the state in practically every county. RIOTIMi IN Ml SK1X.ON Jll'SKEGjX, MICH. AlTl. . Muskegon today is qu.et following a night of rioting which started over plans to raise street car fare to 7 cents During the trouble street cars were overturned in the streets, windows were smashed and the cars generally wrecked. More than four miles of tracks in the heart of the city are piled with shattered cars Another outbreak is expected and citizens have asked the mayor to ill for state troops. PARI5 STARTS ITS F Gt.HT PARIS. AUG. 6 The first organized unofficial campaign to fight the high cost of living in Paris has resulted in price cuts varying from 30 to 50 per cent., it was claimed today by leaders of the movement. Consumers leagues were formed in various parts e.f the city find "Patrol committees'' were sent out to inspect the price tickets of all commoelities. i .'re you reading The Trm?s? J

i." ,;r -

I POT SHOTS

j ai n, . jl. j

d HEARING ! in HiNirnnH

Court Tells Parties That Peaceful Picketing is Permissable at Standard. j Announcing in his opening rei marks that he would rather issue an injunction against the mayor i and chief of police of Hammond, j holding them to their duty in j handling local affairs, rather than enjoin the workmen, Judge Francis J E. Baker is hearing the petition cf j the Standard Steel Car Co. for an ! injunction in the U. S. District ! Court at Hammond. JltMiE HAD TO BE SHOWN Judge Baker intimated that beforany injunction was granted by him. he must be shown to his satisfaction that the affair could not be handled by the local authorises. He added that the local authorities if held to their duty, could handle any situation as they can summon aid from the governor in t! iorm of slate n.ilit.a and after thai the pres. dent can furnish the regular -army. When the hearing opened Tuesday afternoon. Judge Baker wae carefu first to master both the original p, -tition as filed by Attorney Fred Crumpaeker and the answer submitted by Attorney E. G. Sproat. H announced that unless more specific cases of interference were produced by the plaintiff he would be forced to refuse the injunction. HAD TO HAVE SPECIFIC IXSTAXC K The affidavits attached to the petition referred to the men collects ely and in his opinion did not name defendants specifically or point out their acts of interference to warrant the issuance of a writ against them. As matters then stood it appearei that the hearing would be a short affair as the defendants had filed aff -davits with their answer denying ea.h charge made in the petition. It then fell upon the peti.oners to prove their original claims. Attorney Crumpacktr then filed additional affidavits. Judge Baker was about to pass the same Judgment upon thtse when the last two changed the situation. STOPPED RV STRIKERS In these, employes of the plant charged that they had been stopped by the strikers and one Diamond, a member of the plant's police force swore he had been struck on the h:p by Frank Ciemba. one of the defendants, in a crowd around a street car The names of ten men were given as having been identified by the affiants in the crowd As Attorney Soroat I had not seen the affidavits until they were handed to the court he asked fo time in which to get the ten men together and prepare an answer. Thi.was granted und court was adjourne-J until this ni'irning. OM.V ONE SW HIM ON CAR When the hearing was resumed w itnesses were produced by the car company to substantiate the alligations of the new affidavits. As to the attack upon Diamond only one furn. shed competent evidence as h" said h had been in th street ear and wa in position to see Ciemba strike te watchman. Diamond had worked his way into the crowd he said to help a man who had been surrojnded by the men. He did not know whether the man. a stranger, was an employe or even intending to visit the plant. MAI.O A WITNESS Among tiie witnesses called were 1". Malo. chief of pe.lice, of the Standard N.rce. several of his watchmen and several feireir.en of departments. The v testified they had been stopped or had seen other men t-tejpped by the stri1 -ers and two of the watchmen sa. I they had seen men carrying clubs ; picking up stones, although they mae).,no attempt te use thes in acts of violence. The court had explained in his opening remarks that a strike :s lawful and that the ce.mpany affected cannot hope to get an mjunctiein against tiie strikers on the grounds that its business is being damaged because of ti. shut-down. Peaceful picketing cannot, be prohibited he said and men have, a right to stop men working at th plant to talk with them and to try t persuade them to join in the strik. This picketing must be confined e a peaceful means and no physical or moral force can be used. Up to noon today only the witnesses produced by the plaintiff ha-i been examined. There are still several of these to go on the stand before Attorney Sproat calls for his men e.f whom he has nearly twenty ready to testify, if necessary. Pusiness meeting of the McKiniev Eoelge F. & A. M.. Xo. 712. 7:30 p. m. tonight. All members are requested to he. in attendance. -6 M. D. MET3. W. M.