Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 43, Hammond, Lake County, 7 August 1919 — Page 1
BEST READ j RAIN NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY Y' 5. taXSB.IS'ATZQSAZ. TOTS rULL LEASED WI.ES SERVICE. On streets and newsstanCs 9 per copy. Delivered by cariirr In Oammoni end Wert Htnuaoifd, SOo per month. VOL. XIV., NO. 43 THURSDAY AUGUST 7, 1919 HAMMOND, INDIANA.
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Care Used Not to Permit; Message to Influence ! the Markets. ; f INTERNATIONAL. NEWS SEaVICEj WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. A virtual re-enactment of the Lever food control law, with its scope greatly broadened, is among the recommendations, it was understood today, that President Wilson will make to congress when he addresses a joint session tomorrow afternoon on the high cost of living. The Lever law is the weapon with which the department of justice today was waging its war on food profiteers and hoarders. It Is a war measure, however, and in the opinion of Attorney General Fainter automatically will cease to be operative with the ratification of the reace treaty by the senate. ATTIB THI BIO PEIIOW, The attorney general has made it plain that the "bis fellow" can be reached by the provisions of this act and as chairman of the special committee of the cabinet charged with investigating the high cost of living, he submitted to President Wilson the recommendations of that body. And the fact that he has nssembled the whole machinery of his department for procedure und.-r the l.cver act. strengthened the belief that continuance of the measure as emergency reace time legislation, was to be .-no of the president's requests of cong rcss. NO "tIAK" ON MESSAGE. Meanwhile the president was putting ih finishing touches on his message toeav Substantially it has been completed,' but even those in his confidence have not been informed of its contents. Extreme precautions were being taken to prevent a possible -leak." and it was aid at the white house that the usual custom of giving the document to the press a few hours in advance of its delivery in order to expedite its dissemination, would not be followed tomorrow. The fact that the president selected 4 o'clock in the afternoon as the time for Its presentation to congress was generUv accepted in official circles today as designed to guard against any undue influence upon the market the address might have. ASKS DEFEBBAIi Till. MONDAY. Following, the president's refusal of Tmuse Leader Mondell's request that presentation of the message be deterred until next Tuesday, urgent telegrams were sent to the many absent members of the house. It was expected, they would begin to flock back to the capital nnigrt And in the meantime those house committees which had under eonaeration various bills and resolutions rieigred to bring down the cost of necessaries, bad shelved them for the time being and were marking time until the rr-sldenfs appearance "on the hill." SPECULATORS WITHHOLDING VAST SUPPLIES INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON", Aug. 7. Speculators nrr - withholding vast supplies of food from the market in the hope that hunger-impelled strikes may bring higher wages with which to purchase these stocks. This if the belief of the federal trade commission, expressed today in a statery'iu accompanying figures which show ttii.t excluding the government surplus stocks, the supply of foodstuffs held in ( oi.j and dry storage on June 1. was 1? per cent greater than on the same date last year. "That the law of supply and demand Is immutable to be blamed for high prices does rot seem to be borne out by tl. se figures," the commission comments. On June 1, 1 9 IS. the United States siocks were in demand for feeding th armies of the allies as well as the civilian population. The fact that stocks of many important foods were much larger on June 1, 131?. while pricts were as high or higher, means that they are beinr withheld speculatively for a world demand which is not now here, but which is expected when hunger-Impelled strike ssecure higher wages with which higher food prices can be paid." Thieves entered the toolhouse at Maymood Park. Hammond, ar.d stole "00 feet of rubber hose and four sprinkling de vices. They had removed the lawn f mowtrs from the shanty, but evidently were unable to take them alon?: on he firrt trip and left them a short distance from the house.
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W. R. WOOD FOR McCRAY i Sentiment Growing Over State for Nomination of Newton County Farmer WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. Representa-; tive Will 11. Wood of Indiana yesterday' dtclared in favor of Warren T. McCray. for the Republican nomination for gov-I i rnor of Indiana. ( Some other members of the Indiana ! delegation privately expressed themselves as favorable to McCray. but most of the thirteen representatives, exercis- i nig their usual caution on all matters,! are noncommittal at this time. Mr. oodt however, did not hestitate to sayj that he is both "for and fer" McCray. : "Mr. McCray would make a fine gov - , erncr," he said. ' Ho Is a good business ' man and a highly successful farmer. ; He is a citizen of high ideals and is ; clean. He is a Republican of convictions and is known in politics, yet he has no political entanglements and rep resents no faction. He would win the! support of farmers throughout the state. Many farmers of the Democratic party would vote for him almost as freely as Republican farmers. I hope he is th nominee." -1 OUT PLAf Mavor Prown is ranidlv working out his plans for the disposal of the four! carloads of government food supplies o ! the people of Hammond at cost. He was In. Chicago yesterday and visited the bi frohfiliCrC ,: Tiirt e.n InatK ct an.l (.fit 1 ,. - - . . a Rhmpse of some of the immense stores - . . . . . . . of provisions which the war department! , , . - , . . ... is releasing; for sale to the rublic. T. , , . , . . , It had been Mr. Itrown s intention to .. . , . . . . rlace his order for the poods direct, but , , . . . . . v the officials in -charpe stated that he ... . , . , . .1 would have to order bv letter, usin? the . . , official stationary of the citv and comply with some other rules. i The (foods offered for sale are said 1 to be of the very best and consists of a wide asnrtment. only a few of the items j beinp named in circulars first sent out by the war department. Mr. Brown inspected some of the cans and crated 1 ... .. ... , material ?vnd says it was apparently in ! the best condition. AWHe the city Is placinp orders for four carloads of food, there is no way of knowing: just what has been purchased until the cars are 1 , unloaded as the government retains tho privilege of substituting; where an ord-:r not cannot be rilled. The quantities canno be specified as the carloads w ill be m;i 1U'? "e'm Prices are chanpina- on the Roods and . new circulars are issued from time to time by the war department show-in? new lots rf (roods released and new Triers which have hern fixed. The mayor is now looking tor a vacant storeroom In Hammond which can be used by the municipality in disposing of the fodstuffs. Some of it may be sold direct from the cars as they are perns? nnloAfed in order to avoid the expense! nf ,or.Hlir,r- the stuff twice, but on ac-,' . . . 4 ...ill count Of the nin nemurraKe w... impossible to dispose of all of it from I i the cars. NEW YORK POOR ARE SUFFERING r international nes servicei TAV TOKK. Aus. T. The brfakir.s:tip of many homes suffering nmons. thousandsof the city's poor and even death have followed in the wake of; mountintr prices in New York t ity. Tork City, it was stated at the office of Commissioner j of rublic Charities Bird S. Coler. today. ! There has been a sharp increase in ! the niimber of applications for financial ' aid and the department has been forced to increase its allowance to many fam ill s that have been on the charity li.-t some time to save them from star-! vation. The exact figures for the pat ' few weeks were not ava:iabie( it I I . t. hnl' I :t, in l yihh wi-v it-w.iv . j will .-bow the starting effort of the? high cost of living: in the povertystri ken sect ions of the Treat Knst Side. The most marked result is in the daily increase of the number of commitmencs of children to institutions. Parents of larffe families, unable to ray increased rints and buy food for many mout'n at the same time are besging the city authorities t." care for some of their children to save them from death by starvation. Mothers are bringing littl"bo s and girls to tho bureau offices daily uskir.: for temporary commitment in '.he hope that there will be some relief and hat they will be able to calett their f.v.ni'ios together again? Rccfnt increases in the rrice of milk New York has worked great aru-! in ship among the poor. The city authorities say that the increase in milk price and fed prices generally undoubtedly has been a factor in the deaths of many children from malnutrition. A e you reading lhr lirses?
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STILL THEY'RE GOING UP 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO. Aug. 7. Here are some of the increases in food prices in Chicago during the past week: Sugar, 1 to 3 cents; coffee, 14 to 20 cents a pound; potatoes, $1 per hundred pounds; fresh miik, 1 cent a quart; condensed milk, 1 cent a can; cheese, 3 cents a pound; bacon, 1 to 2 cents a pound; porkchops, 1 cent a pound; berries, 2 to 15 cents a quart. The one decrease was in the price of a popular brand of package biscuits reduced from 10 cents a package to 71 2 cents. HE DUE FOR CLOSE j i instruction work in the Calumet' J region, delayed l.y the strike of car- J j penters and lockout by the employer.?' j which followed, may be resumed tomor- j j row morning as a result of a conference ' held esterdav afi.rnoon between the; I employers and the -striking workmen. j Representatives of the district coun- ! ! cil of the carpenters union and the em- ! I ployers association went into conference! (at 2 o'clock yesterday and the meeting; l:id not break up until after 7 o'clock in the evening. All differences were considered and It is believed a working agreement was reached which will be satisfactory to both, sides. The employers raised no objections to granting the wage scale of the carpenters, eighty- . ... , seven ana one-half cents per hour. .... , ., ' here the disagreement arose was . . . . me m.c uun ui a. lime i.mn i or i ' , . . , . I which the agreement was to hold cood. , ... . 'The carpenters had objected to this on , . , , , the grounds ihat the cost of living wis i ,., . . . . : I steadily advancing and they refused to I . . . . ! ny length of time. Vs th- contractor, ! declared they would ha willing to accept j even a ninety-day or six months asrr'-e-! merit tho workmen decided that they I could become a party to a short term . ' . A tentative agreement was reached , , 1 ann ionium me commmees lane mo matter up before their central bodies 1 for ratification. In case the employers and carpenters are satisfied, work will ' : J ' , ! Indiana cities because of the lockout in : ...... ' ., ,r.. - - .vl'o 1 cards and prrparinif to return to the !hiK city- Thy eay u,oy have '-iv-i that the differences t v ,J J ... i there are about to be wiped out nnd they nrc anxious to be on the ground for a ! : number of bier 1obs w hich are expected to start soon. ' BETTER HUNT A CUSPIDOR Thes pitting ordinance is to be en-j forced in tiary. according to the police., Yf strrriav Vrful Ivtidrrr 1 "i I . . . ' ' 1 I-, ana iiscar ivoetteric, or aiparaiso, , Ir.d., we re arrested by Officer Wytow at i f t pin t li an.l TrnafUtflv fnr enit t 111 c ,-in f the sidewalk. Their cases will come up i in the police court before Judge Durn today. I 54 , ,TT,T. ; ! ? INTERNATIONAL NEWS' SERVICEJ I : t-i r- -ri r n t -r . . CUiiM. Aug. . iweive nun- , , , rea persons, mostly WOmeil, en-j eaffed n a foorj r0t in the Matta-! . , ya.il aci.nuii 1.11s diiciuuun diiu e;ght poiicemen Were Called Cut be- , , . lore tr.e mOD Was aispersea. ; The Mattapan women have been conducting a boycott of certain stores, alleging they charged unreasonably high prices for fish and chicken. One wor.jn defied the , ... II J 1 i C , . ooytoti diiu uuuyiii d tiiicu. jcveral women attacked her as she) left the Store. The police arrested r l :i i 1 xv one OI r.cr assaiuaib anu m liic resultir.P" fij?ht several women were slightly injured. (BULLITIN.) r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICCl NEW YORK, Aug. 7.-Rioting! r?KC Cul fc.x , . - vated and subway lines operated; by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., this afternoon and one boy a passenger, was shot and mortally wounded by a policeman. Max Kauffman, a twelve year old schoolboy, was the victim.
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N Few Autos or View of the This picture offers striking evi denc of the scarcity of sutomo biles ar.d trucks in the German capital. It was taken during the WHITES AREBITTER TOWARD THE NEGROES 150 111 SbOCkyardS EetUS9 tO Work With the Negroes Make Veiled Threats. CHICAGO, Aug. 7.With there-: turn to work today of more than; iu,uuu negro employes at tne stock yaras tne nrst negroes to be employed at the yards since the start ine race riois nere idu wnue men employed in the machine Sh0pS Ot bWllt & Co. deserted the shops, refusing to work with the nprnp ; The negroes were taken to the stock j yards under a cuard of t.flfn fimed troops and hundreds of ponce and t-pe-ciai deputies. AltMED OUAKD IN YARD. A hea y armed guard had been scat tered through the yard by the police who f n r-r rrrnifu 1 ft f t It r rint in.r Vi t. w V t . . "v" . negroes returneu io worK. .No rt.sturnanoes were reported, however. th white mf n nil i(t! v luviTir ihr-ir -i,rl fiCt. tt - 1 nouncing that they "would not work with the negroes." I John Kikulski. connected with the; ' ' meat cutler union c:ecirrc! the union is not to blame for anything that hapfens now." "The white men are bitter towards the negroes. " he said. "They blame them 5r flri lh!" b-'k '" -'1!'JsWe n"!t-!l the nollce not to nerrvil the . 1 noejjio.- ui mui" - 'o e ex-.
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plained the sltuatior tnoroughly to the strain:.- oid.r cites John I.issock, Joe ; ThU 'W a';4'1'" bff callc-dUiodray. Joe l..-.-,h and Frank Ciembs j
uuncay. nt h:.- wvnu HKlltB t nr neprs es to join ioc union. i.ut intPaprs w-1 back' Tho u':," packers went ahead and toon th- negroes . not to blame fr anything t! happens now." NOSE DIVE KILLS ONE SAN uel E. pii:go. CAI. Pcvf ;iff fl a A IT CI. i. Samradio elctrican, t. t. P. Kilmer. . 1 n I.-1 r a - t T.i-ii ........ ...... naval aviator, and " u!is i . Iaaier, a photographer, were severely injured "hen the naval seaplane SU-i did a nose dive in an uuro r.aroor eariy t0iUy xht. accident occurred as the Plane was returning from a r.OO-itule i Rish to obtain pictures of the - waters, at Lulhervtlle, 1 racific f.eet in Its horn j reve,.se's home was I Mary id. MAy0E HODGES IMPROVING NICELY, Encouraging reports in continue 10 J come from the Deasiuj or Mayor v . F. H'odg es of Gary, who underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Mercy hospital Monday evening. He is getting along splendidly the nurses say. and will be able to be removed to his home in another weex Are you teadins The Trrnes?
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rotsdamer Flatz, Berlin, during recent recent trolley strike in Berlin. Had ther been a similar strike in any jrreat American city, not a horse-drawn vehicle would be 'n s-ight, and the street would be Striking out the most offensive ciause modifying two other provi-' ! sions and reducing the number of; pecified defendants frcm forty to four, Judge Francis E. Baker yes-' tpr.lav pvpp.intr mri that tf, r J i straining order granted the Stand-1 arr1 Stepl Car Cn f Wommnn ' should stand. ' However, the order' permanent and will; i - j. . . ... ; i "oi maae permanent ana wm; come up for final hearing before ! i Judge Anderson during the session I i of the federal court in Hammond in ! ' ucxoDer. i With the court room packed and; 1 tr.A tomrwriitnr. a1-rc ,mlv.J,9M ""fv"io. of tines Wedresdav afteTOOP Judge Baker listend patiently to i the testimony of the Witnesses SUm- . , ! n tV. T its in U 1 ( . iiiuii-vj hi ihc v-oji.. i-a - in nn. qi ternoon he stated the conditions as; he had gleaned them and it was! past the supper hour before the! matter was finally settled. j rv.rrHCTiON as to totjs. As the matter now stands the re . " . , "' I as den niar.ts. rut as in tne orijrinai HTit mcluiles an nssoei.nions. nrms , ;, nj pr.rson- nssistinr. aidi-tr. eonfeder-l atintr. censp'rinjr or actinjr by. wi:h. mid. r or through them or each and any j of thrnt. and all persons who havei (Continufd on page nine.) POSTAL NOW IN HAMMOND BLDG. Through an error in these columns recently, it was stated that the Western Fnien was locating its Hammond offices in the Hammond building lobby As a matter of fact the Postal Telegraph Co.. has moved into the Hammond building, where the Western 1'nion was formerly located and is prepared to give the public the best service ever given in the city. The Western Union has moved to the Tapper block. The Pos'al whose trunk lines go through their new offices in the Hammond building are preparing rate and intend to go after the in great shape WILL START ON FRIDAY Owing to a misunderstanding, the date of the Ladies' Golf Championship contests at the Hammond Country club had been announced incorrectly. J According to those in charge the cor.rests will start Friday, August ?th and continue through the non'.h.
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troll ey strike crowded with autos and trucks. On the outbreak of the war there were only 63,000 automobiles in all Germany, and there are doubtless fewer today. POT SHOTS AT H. C. L SUC-QESTS A BOYCOTT. INDIANAPOLIS. IXD.. August S. Ueneral boycott of basic staples for two weeks will force down prices of these and all r.ther supplies and release vast quantities of foodstuffs with which he says warehouses are crowded, is urged by Maurice C. t-'helton, state purchasing agent as the best means of combatting the cost of livinKMarkets in which speculation is i lie would be forced dow n if all women's clubs and organizations took concerted action to eliminate butter, eps and bacon from their tables for a short period, he declared. KARMEIl'S UKAII fOllI..VlS. INDIANAPOLIS, IXD., AUG. 8 Farmers are first to be affected by the strike of railroad shopmen and the decline of $1.50 on hogs arc! 8 1-2 cents a bushel on corn here in '.wo days already has caush. lo.s of thousands of dcilars to farmers. John W. Brown, of Monon. president of the Indiana Federal. on of Farmers' Associations declared The drop in prices is not an indication of a lowering of the cost of living:, but merely a reflection of apprehension that shipments will be curtailed by tie strike he asserted. MAY CIIKAPKX ARMY FOODS WASHINGTON, AUGUST. S Sub.itantial reductions In the prices of the army food surplus to be sold to the public, particularly canned vegetables., have been made by the war department and the new price list is expected to be announced late this afternoon, it was learned today. When the price list was made public recently, objections was made on the part of several members of the distribution committee that many of the items were too high. Following a number of conferences it was decided to make a number of reductions. SF.NATORS ARC ACTIYE WASHINGTON, AUGUST ?. Two steps directed against the high cost of living, were taken in the senate this afternoon. Senator McCormick, of Illinois introduced a resolution aimed to reduce taxation by $1.000.0rVnlQ by the end of the fiscal yeir 1921 ard Senator Myers, of Montana introduced a resolution calling for an invest igation of the aJ inability of restricting the exportation of th necessities of life. MAX? HIT BY .TRAIN MAY DIE A man who is thought to be R. Barbosik while crossing the South Shore R. R. tracks thin morning at 7:00 o'clock at Gostl:n strett Hammond, was struck by train number 43 east bound and badly injured Barbosik was hit in the head and it is thought that h" has a fractured i-kull as he is still unconscious in St.
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Additional legislation for ff.R. Situation is Not Required Says Senator. (BUXiETtT.) tht iabor would orraUe tie Halted ti. eisht-bour day for It. employe, made yo.terday by rrak Morrison, tabor tertifyinjr before congresHonal committee at a railroad bill eny. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 Senator Cummins, chairman of the senate interstate commerce committee, in a letter to President Wilson today declared that the chief executive already is in possession ct "complete and plenary authority to deal with the existing situation an that additional legislation will add nothing whatever to your power :;i the premises." OPENS THE OPPOSITION. Senator Cummins' letter marked the opening of opposition to the president's recommendation that congress create a commission to deal with the entire subject of railway wages. The text of the letter follows: "In accordance with my promise 1 called together te interstate commercr committee of the 'senate for the purros-' of considering Mhe suggestions and recommendations contained in voUr letter to me of the 1st Inst. "The committee has gone over the whole subject and has. unanimous!- -thorued me to make the following furthere response to your communicationSITUATION EUaABDIS QEATE. "The committee recognizes the g.-av!t,-of the situation and earnestly desire ' co-operate with you in bringing about the proper solution of the difficult problems which confront the country. It feels, however, that congress has already given you complete and plnarv authority to deal with the existing situation and that additional legislation .mthis time can add nothing whatever to your power in the premises. The di-rcctor-general can fix the wages of all (Continued on page two?) NEW MILLS FOR GARY BY INDEPENDANTS That the rollers and heaters of Ea-, Chicago and Indiana Harbor who for several years have been trying to g, backing to erect an independent ste. " mill in the Calumet region for the purpose of turning out a high grade of special automobile steel have at last succeeded 13 the report in East Chicago Officials of the proposed mills which will be built, it is said, in Gary, have bren on the ground this week and a number of the men who are backing the venture. The organization has so far been kepi secret. GARY MAN FINDS HIMSELF SHORT OF FRIENDS V. S. Marshal Mark Ptoren and Deputy Marshal Frank Tleam returned to Indianapolis last night after serving j 1he Standard injunction case at Hart: -mond. They took with them Albert Editz, 1944 Virginia street. Gary. EditT will make his home in the Marion county Jail until the N'ovember term of r, j federal grand Jury. Edit: was arrested June 15 hy tiJt. Hammond police for bringing twenty-five gallons of whiskey into the state. Two Uary men signed his bond whi he wa--arraigned before V. S. Commissioner Charles Surprise and he was released. Recent acts of Editz had made his bondsmen uneasy and at last they a p pea re 1 before the commissioner and asked to .t released. That meant Albert would haw to get new bondsmen or go to jail. According to the story of the Gary men, Albert, who is single, had persuaded a Gary woman to run away to another city and he was preparing to fallow he- soon. They also arrested they h-?-I learned that he had been concerned .it numerous liquor violations and did nor care to be held responsible for him any longer. They were leased and Albert, finding himself short of friends, went ' Indiana polls. The Times' want ads bring astonishing results if their users are to be belivd-