Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 53, Hammond, Lake County, 19 August 1919 — Page 1

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President Startles Senate Committee With Some of His Statements. John Edwin Nevin f staff correspondent i. n. service WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. President Wilson today urged the senate immediately to ratify the Versailles treaty. I In a lenethv statement which he kead so soon as the hearings with the committee as the guests began in the blue room of the White 'House, the president declared that the present unrest throughout the Jrountry cannot be ended until peace is an actuality. ' BTATXHXJSTT A SENSATION The president threw a bombshell tnto the committee before he finished his statement when he declared that there couid be no objection to interpretations accompanying the ratification of the treaty so long as such interpretations do rot form a part of the formal ratification itself. His objection to making such interpretations a part of the formal resolution of ratification was that "long delay would be the inevitable consequence as all of the governments concerned would have to accept. In effect, the language of the senate as the language of The treaty before ratification would be complete." GEBatAJT ASSENT KEQTJIXED. The assent of the German assembly at Weimar also would be required, the president said. I must frankly say." the president (Continued on page three.) CONFERENCE OCCURS IN BIG EAST ROOM r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 WASHINGTON. T. C Aug. 19. The conference was begun in the historic 'blue room," but it was found too warm tnd crowded for personal comfort, and (the conference moved to the big East ' room. j So soon as all were seated the presi,nt began reading his formal state ment. The committee members listened In silence until he finished. Tnen Senator Lodge carefully explained the reasons for the committee's presence. He aid that they were seeking information o uids them In their work and hoped hat the president would encourage detailed explanations. f The president said that he was very lad that the committee had visited him. iHe said that he wanted to give it all of ; the Information that he possessed. He uggested the entire day could be devoted to the conference and asked the J committee to be his guests at luncheon. This was satisfactory to the committee. (The president then sent word to Secret.ry Tumulty to call oft the regular 'cabinet meeting. Attaches of the "White House described the liberations as "courteous and f The president made It plain that he i" (Continued on page two.) NEW YORK STRIKE ENDED. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) NEW YORK. Aug. 13 New York1 transit strike, whitji had held the city'a traveling public In the grip of unprecedented congestion since Sunday morning, ended early today and traffic is cnc more normal on the subway and elevated lines. The settlement gives the strikers a wage increase of twenty-five prr cent and assures all the men who went out their old Jobs back. Other questions in Jiis-pute. chiefly the eight-hour day. will be arbitrated. The men demanded a fifty per cent increase In pay when they struck. HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS P.obert Taylor of East Chicago, through - Attorney Michael Havran, yesterday filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus naming Chief Thom?s Wiiiiam?" of the East Chicago police as the defendant. The petition stated that the Eas't Chicago police had mprisoned him on information received from the police at Akron, Ohio, which stated that he was wanted for grand larceny. Judsfe Hardy granted the petition and Taylor was produced in court at Hammon 1 Monday f ternoon . J INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Aug. 19. Hig'i school pupils are not permitted to ride to the little red school house at thc expense of the townships. Atty. Gen. Stansbury has submitted to L. X. Hines. Hate superintendent of public instruction, an opinion that township trustees may net transport any but elementary pupils living in certain zones to school nouses.

KNOW WHERE THIS MAN IS? Xvis. DeVililers! Your mother has come all tie way from South Africa to the U. S. A. to look you up! The Times hi a received a letter from Mrs. A. M. J. DaVilUera asiias It to help her locate her son Ivan, who last wrote her from Hammond after he had returned from Prance and was working as machinists ia soma railway yard and Is supposed to be in the Calumet region. Mrs. De TUUers says she came all the way from South Africa to Join her sons and that Ivan has no idea she is over here. Ko was married, she says, to a aSss Lampert. Washinjrton has teen unable to give her any clue to his whereabouts. "It would ease a mother's heart if X could get in touch with him," says Mrs. SeVilliers. Ivan was known as "African Slim" and once toursd the country with the Oollmin Eros. Troupe cf Baraboo, Wis. It is possible that he was with the Hagen. back Wall Ida circus which lost Bcores cf its employes in the terrible wreck last June a year aio. Ths Times will be glad to furnish any Information about the young man to the distressed mother. E GAY AUTOISTS When road hogs collided with their machine, causing it to turn turtle and hurling it down a 30 foot embankment on the Wheeler-Valparaiso road late Sunday evening, two well known Gary mn were severely Injured. They were: GEORGE CROLEY, 332 Arnbridge st.; suffered broken bones and severe bruises: will recover. JOHN' RIDGES, 334 Ambrldge St.; cut about head and face and severely bruised about the body; will recover. The accident occurred three miles east of Wheeler while the men were driving towards Valparaiso. On the high and narrow road, they noticed the rapid approach of a large and powerful machine. Croley hugged the edge of the embankment, but as the high powered car passed them it sideswiped their smaller machine, throwing them and their car down the steep embankment. Croley was rendered unconscious and Ridges was pinned beneath the machine. They were found by a passing machine about a half an hour later and were taken to the Valparaiso hospital where their injuries were treated. The police of the entire region are making every possible effort to locate the driver of the high powered car. LINCOLN HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. rspEClAL to THE TIMES! DYER. IND., AUG. 19. 1919 Contracts for the permanent improvement of the Lincoln Highway through Porter County. Indiana, are to bo awarded by the State Highway Commission February 15th next and the- construction la to be completed in 1920 according to report made to the Vaiparaico Indiana Chamber of Commerce by the State Hishway Commissioner. Wright. The work n the I-1"005" Vay in Porter Ccunty will be either concrete or brick, as will a 10 be the sections of highway to be constructed to connect up ex-sting permanent work in Lake and Laporte counties. OLD SETTLERS' MEET ON LABOR DAY. SPECIAL TO THE TIMEH CROWN POINT. IND.. AUGUST 19 The annual meeting of tho Old Settler's and Historical Association, has been changed to Labor Day. September 1st. on the Fair Ground at Crown Point and arrangements have been made for a pageant of incidents connected w ith the early history of Lake County from the times of the Indian occupation and pioneer times to the present time. Every person welcome. Program later. "Let every resident of Lake county boost for the first event of this k;nd vnder the auspices of our association. Business meetm- at 10:3d. A Social gatrer?ns until Pageant. say3 Oscar Dinwiddle, the President of the Society. SCHOOLS CAN 1 REMAIN OPEN riNTERNATIONAL N EWS CERVICE1 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Aug. 13. Fears of school authorities in many sections of the state where state financial aid is required, that they would be unable to remain open the usual number jf months were set at rest today. Revenue from the state school deficiency fund will be distributed for the school year 1919-1920 on the basis of the 191S local tuition levies, it is held in an opinion submitted to L. N. Hines, superintendent cf public instruction by Atty. tJen. Stansbury. MASONIC NOTICE Meeting cf McKinley Lodge No. 712 F. & A. M.. Wednesday, August 20. at 7:30. F. C. degree. MERRITT D. METZ. W. M. Don't throw your paper awaj without reading the want ad page.

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These Are High Lights of Meeting (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) WASHING J OS. Aug. 11. The high lights of the stenographic reports of udty 's conference between President Wilton and th senate committee on foreign relations after the president had completed his formal statement, follows: Sinatcr Lodge "Mr. President, so far as I am personally concerned-and I think 1 represent perhaps the majority of the committee in that respect we have r.o thought of entering upon argument as to interpretations or points of that character; but the committee was ver: desirous of getting information on ctrtain points which seem not clear and en which they thought information would be of value to have in consideration of the treaty which they, I think I may .say for myself und others, desire to hasten in every possible way. "Your reference to the necessity of action leads me to ask one question. If we have to restore peace to the worM it is necessary. I assume, that there should be treaties with Austria, Hung.Vy. Turkey and Bulgaria. Those treaties are all more or less 'connected with the treaty with Germany. The question I should like to ask. Is what the prispe-ct is of our receiving those treaties for action?" The Fiesident I think it is very good. sir. and so far as I can Judge from the contents of the dispatches from my colleagues on the other side of the water, the chief delay Is due to the uncertainty as to what is going to harpen to this treaty. This treaty Is a model of the others. I saw enough cf the others before I left Paris to know that they are being framed upon thw same set of principles and that the treaty with Germany is the model. I think that is the chirf element of delay, sir." JUS! A JOKE" After living together for only three days eleven years ago. Lillian O'Brien declared she really did not love her husband and that their marriage was just part of a Joke. She then went to her former heme in Texas and her husband. Luke O'Brien of East Chicago, has rcver been able to persuade her to return. The marriage took place September 2 4, 1908, and Lillian fled September 27th. Mr. O'Ericn has filed suit for divorce In the Hammond superior court through his attorneys. Boone & Murray. In the complaint he says that the woman Is now in either Texas or California and that shortly after she left East Chicago he received letters for her from another man who said he was also her husband. From this O'Brien believes that she was married before she came to East Chicago and for that reason he asks that his union with her be dissolved. ARMY AIR SERVICE SHOT TO PIECES. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 WASHINGTON. AUGUST. 19. Disintegration cf the army air service has been so rapid and discharge of flyers so numerous that should the ! U. S. hare occasion to intervene in . Mexico at this time, there would not be enough tiained flyers remaining in the service to maintain the armd expedition. Gen. Mitchell, director of the army air service, today told the house rules eommittee. U. S .TROOPS OVER MEXICAN BORDER INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) EL PASO. TEXAS. AUGUST 19 American troops have crossed the bor der into Mexico at a point near Canda- I leria and aie said to be in pursuit of! the Mexican bandits who kidnapped Lieuts. Peterson and Davis. I". S. army aviators. The troops to cross th border ar from the Eighth calvary and are well supplied with machine gunn. WORK OR LEAVE THE TOWN r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! OMAHA. NEB.. AUGUST 19 An oreJr to work or leave town resulted in the arrest of 4S Industrial Workers of the World here today. The order was Issued to prevent I. W. W. followers stopping off here n route to the harvest fields. PASS OVER WILON VETO. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON. AUGUST 19. The house ti.is afternoon repassed over President Wilson's veto the bill rep.ahng the daylight saving law. The vote was 223 to 101. The veto must be- overridden also by the senate before the law is repealed. RUSS LOSE SHIPS I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) LONDON. AUG. 19. A Russian battleship, a cruiser, a transport and a guard ship were sunk by British naval forces in a sea engagement with the Bolshevik! in tfce Gulf of Finland on Sunday, said a news agency d!spath from Helsingfors today. The British lost er.ly three motor bcats.l

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THREATE TO ASK FOR RECEIVER City May Go Into Courts And Ask For What Will Necessitate Strike Breakers In Street Car Strike. That the courts will he petitioned to ai-point a receiver to operate the street mil way is the latest anIe of the light which is boing made by the company to get an increase in fares in iiammoni Whiting and East Chicago. This move was announced at the close of the meeting yesterday in which the committ-rt appointed by Mayor Brown discussed the proposition with representatives of the company and threatened to ask for a receiver for what is a solvent company. The committee had formulated its counter-demands in an advance meeting, but at present the situation remains piactically the same as before and will be brought up once more at the meeting of the Hammond council this evening. Another hoated session is expected. Attorney C. B. Tinkham was admitted to the conference yesterday as representative of the Calumet Avenue Improvement Association. He was there to insist upon the construction of the street ear line dow n Calumet ave. This demand headed the list of eight which had been drawn up in writing. Other demands of importance were the paving of the rrt of Indianapolis blvd. occupied by the car tracks, establishment of ten-minute servico all day over all parts of tho system and the retention of tho two and one-half cent fare for school children. The company agreed to the school children rate but cited reason for refusing the other demands. City Attorney McMihon then served a writ upon the officials mandating them to resume service. Wednesday noon was the time limit set and it was stated that should the company fail to have cars operating at that time the attorney was authorized to go Into court and ask for an order to compel the resumption of service or have a receiver appointed to operate tho lines. A meeting of the striking carmen was held last night at which a representative of the company asked the men to go back to work. No advance in wages was promised so the vote, aa could be expected, was unanimous against returning to work. To have resumed operation as the city demanded without raising the w ages of the men would have necessitated the employment of strik breakers and the company did not earn to risk such a move and thus Jeopardize human life. Noon rassed and still no cars are running and It now remains to be seen what action will be taken through the courts and also at the council meeting tonight. FINED $25.00 FOR SPEEDING. Walter H. Gottschalk. of Chicago Heights. 111., who was arrested several weeks ago by officer Horlbeek of the Hammond police, charged with speeding, was fined $25 and costs byJudge Klotz in the Hammond city court this morning. It was claimed at the trial that Mr. Gottschalk. who was speeding down Indianapolis boulevard ran his car Into the automobile of Roy Farris of 314 Michigan avenue, Hammond, that was standing at the side of the road, throwing Mr. Farrts to the street, injuring him badly. PHYSICIANS APPOINTED U. S. Surgeon P. K. Robinson of Cincinnatti, has notified Dr. B. P. ! Chidlaw that he has been appointed j local medical examiner for the Hammond District War Risk Beneficiaries. Dr. A. W. Llod has been appointed rye, ear. nose and throat examiner and Dr. Maurice Iddings dental examiner and earh man has accepted the appointment. WILL NOT GO WEST L. L Kaxax.an admits that he has sold his residential property In Kenwood, as stated In this paper last evening, but denies that he is going West la the lumber business. He has begun the erection of another residence. RIOTING DURING STREET CAR STRIKE. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I OLEON, N. T.. Aug. 19. Rioting broke! out here Jate yesterday afternoon in connection with the street car strike and continued until one o'clock this morning. Several shot guns were used and over a hundred shots fired, resulting in the wounding of several men. bot-i strike-breakers and street car men sympathizers. Lawrence Fage. son of Wjlson R. Page, -president of the street car com-J p&jty, wan snot in tne hand and seriously beaten up by a mob of shopman when he entered the car barns last mht. More troub'c 'vrwind

The Time to THINK Is Now i If there ever was a time in the city's history when calmness is' necessary in facing what may develop into an extremely ugly situa-j tion, it is the present time. The street car strike affects the public,! the employes and the company itself. The city should go slow about forcing the street car company to operate its cars with strike-! breakers, which will have to be done, if court action, forced by the

city, is brought about. The company insists that it is not financially able to grant the wage demands unless it is permitted the fare raise. Receivership proceedings will bring about the running of street cars by strike-breakers entailing costly police protection for the city and civil liability for whatever happens. It is well to go slow. There is great responsibility on the city administration. It is difficult for a layman to see how a solvent concern can be forced into receivership.

PUNITIVE EXPEDITION INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE J WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. Reports that an American punitite expedition commanded by Col. George Langhorne has crossed into Mexico to ran down the band of Mexican kidnaprers who carried off and held for ransom two American aviation experts reached here today. The report was most specific but officials of the war department refused to confirm it although they did not deny it. Secretary of War Baker refused to talk, saying he "might have something to say later." At 12 o'clock Secretary Baker went to Secretary Lansing's office for a confeernce. following which he again declined to make any statement. "According to the reports the Langhorne. expedition, was made up of calvary well equipped with, machine guns. They are reported to have orders from the general commanding the Southern department to raid the bandit headquarters where the two American lieutenants were held prisoner and to capture or destroy them. Secretary Baker was with SecretaryLansing for ten minutes. The state department already has held that Langhorne's expedition has a perfect right to go into Mexico and that such action could In no way be construed by the Carranza administration as "an act of war." IS LITTLE E As a result of the activity of the United States Department of Justice in thu Calumet region a trlabilizing of the prico of sugar has already been noted. A number of dealers who were called upon yesterday in Hammond by Special Agent M. L. Rabbitt declared their willingness to abide by the decii&on of the sugar equalization board and sell their stock for elcen cents rer pound. Some of these men had paid the wholesalers that much for the sugar, but consented to the reduction. One grov.sr had sugar on hand for which he had paid fourteen and one-half cents, while another had paid eleven cents. These men will handle the stock on hand at a loss, but they have been assurel that tho federal authorities will soon be on tho rooks of the wholesalers who have been rn.osttng the rrice. Mr. Rabbitt hns already visited a number of warehouses in which foodstuffs were reported to be store-d in large quantities, but so far has found no stocks as large as had been reported to htm. In each case he takes the dates when placed in storage, the price for which they were purchased and the names of the owners. operators of a large sugar warehouse in We&t Hammond had raised the pric of sugar several times in the last week until they were asking fourteen and onehalf cents. These men have now dropped their rrice to eleven cents, but the whole sale price fixed by the equalization board Is tn cents and this company is booked for special attention. In some parts of the state the wholesalers have agreed to give the retailers a rebate where they have charged more than the price authorized by the equalization board. However, the retails hae n orecord of the sugar sales which they hae made so that it Is evident that the benefit of this rebate is confined to the retailer and the public gets no relief. "BOY WAS ANNOYING," HE SAYS John Burns, who was arrested on a warrant by court bailiff James Trost, charging assault and battery, was fined $11 in the Hammond city court this morning by Judge Klotz. Burns who was charged with kicking a boy who worked with him at the Mcl'.roy belting company, said he had not intended to hurt the boy but that the boy had teased him so much that he lost his head. The defendant paid his fine and alro all doctor and other expenses and "eJjkt-'

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! E. CHICAGO GROCER FILES HIS PETIT With a record of over three months during which time r.o bankruptcy cases had been filed in the United States district court at Hammond, the spell was broken today when John Mshar, an East Chicago grocer, filed his petition. This is said to have been the longest period since the court was established at Hammond in which no one In its jurisdiction had gone through bankruptcy. The petition which' was filed with Deputy Clerk Charles Surprise showed Mshar's secured debts to be $340 and the unsecured debts 2,254. US. a total of 3,194.05. His assets available after exemptions had been taken were listed a? $572.27. Of this only 10 was actual cash on hand. Mshar conducted a store at 4202 Todd ave. The action was taken through his attorneys, Meade. Royce & Twyman. FORCED TO 1IT; THEY Angry Gary Men Shoot Up M. C. Towerman Because He Holds Up Crossing. Pounced upon and shot at by an angered crowd of Italians, A. Puntncy. 76 Jefferson street. Garv. and toaerman for the Michigan Central railroad at Adam street, had a narrow escape with his life late last night and all police departments in the region had their dragnets out fr.r his assailants. Shortly after 11 o'clock he saw a crowd of five men and ono woman In a Tord truck waiting for him to raise the gates, which he had lowered for the approaching 11:04 train which was late Probably angered because they had to wait at the crossing until the gates were lifted, the driver of the machine headed the car up to the tower and stopped. Cursmg and calling the towerman vile names, a burly Italian stepped from the machine and shot at Puntney through the south window of the tower. The bullet took effect in his arm. Fearing the assailants would make their escape before he could get some description of them, Puntney started down the stairs, only to be met with a blow over the head that knocked him to the ground and rendered him semi-conscious. He just caught a glimpse of the license number and watched the machine go north on Adams street to 9th avenue where he lost sight of it. He Immediately called the police who gave chase and a short time later took a number of suspects Into custody. Puntney's Injuries were taken care of by Doctor Ske,en and found j not to be very serious. The suspects J were given a grilling by the police and : ope of them has been Identified as one of the gang. He also later gave a confession and within a few hours the police expect to cause the arrest of an Italian by the name of Scaturwo who did the shooting. BURGIN BACK AT HIS DESK. A. C. Burgin, secretary of the Indiana Harbor Clvls Club is back at his desk after a conference with Chairman Sears of the State Tax Board, on the matter of equalization between North and Calumet Township and also on the matter of equalization of Industrial valuations. He also held a conference with Sec. Wright of the State Highway- Commission on matter of pertaining to the Dunes Highway and the North and South Roard to Crown Point. Mr. Burgin has taken up the matter of setting of the Victory Button to be distributed to he reurned soldiers on he Welcome Home Celebration on Labor Day. The Civic Club has received its charter from Sect, of State William! A. Roach. i

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Demands That Government Property In Hammond Be Protected. It is known that Secretary of Labor W. B. Wilson sent a telegram from Washington on Sunday to Gov. J. P.. Goodrich asking that state troops be sent to Hammond to protect government property in jeopardy at the Standard Steel Car strike and Gov. Goodrich is still in conference with city and county officials regarding the need of troops. Interference with employes of the ordnance department of the Standard Steel Car Co. by men or. strike at the Hammond plant will not be tolerated and federal troops will be sent to protect these men if any further violations occur. This was the word given out in Hammond this morning by VV. E. Rowens, special agent for the U. S Army Intelligence department. GOVERNMENT AGENTS ATTACKED Mr. Ron-ens has been in Hammonl since the disorders started last week and has made an exhaustive Investigation. Two government employes hae been assaulted by the strikers. One was struck on,jtlie..head w-ith a brick as hewas riding to work in a machine while the other was severely beaten by a number of women and men. Assistants of Mr. Rowen have procured sufficient dat for prosecution of a number of persons who are known to have participated lr. these assaults and further action depends upon the manner in which the (Continued on page two COUNTY EOOD Mil i THE J00 Permanent Organization of All Deputies in County To Be Affetced. Upon returning from a two-wet-Ao' fishing trip in the North Woods thi? morning Koy G. Parry, of Gary, lost r.u time in re-assuming his former war duties as County Food Administrator and jumped into the harness to wage war on the ice, sugar and food profited s of the county. While Mr. Parry has received no pci.'lc instructions from Indianapolis relative to the coming campaign, h will notify all his former county deputies today to effect a permanent organization of workers. He will employ all the former deputies that were employed while he was food administrator during the war. Mr. Tarry 's first steps will be to tak" up the ice problem in Gary and states that he will not permit the shipment oj" ice outside of the city in 'he future-. "I am going to make them come to terms or know the reason why." He will hold a conference with the ice dealers sometime during the latter part of this Week. The sugar question will also be amonj the first matters of importance to be taken up. "Hoarding of sugar and extortionate prites are going to stop. I am going to notify the merchants thut they cannot still In larger quantities than twenty-five pounds to a pergon for canning and preserving purposes." On account of the lateness in the season he states that he will not be able to Issue permit cards but will regulat.; otherwise. Mr. Tarry will outline hi campaign in a few days when he will call together all his co-workers. YOUNG VANDALS BUSY As a result of a complaint registered by the Light house and Electrt" eompany of Gary who are doing some electrical work in a number of newhouses on Virginia and Georgia Sts.. the police are causing an Investigation today. They state that as soon as the workmen get through every day a number of small boys go into the building and damage the " work done by the electricians. When he accidentally fell into a has, -ment at 5th and Tyler stret wliiie -. .-liking his bc-at in Cary late last nlgiit. Ofliccr Siwlinski of tho Gary clartmer. had the misfortune to break his fin,er We went to the Mercy hospital wher Dr. Skeen took care of the Injury ar.ti later was taken to hl home In the police patroL

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