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vrnrn BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY 1 S '! OfSEKNATXONAX. HEWS FULL LEASED WISE SESVICE. Ob streets sad newsstands, 3c per copy. Delivered by carrier In Hammond and Wast Kimmcni, 50o per month. vol. xiv. xo. fiG. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1919. HAMMOND, INDIANA.

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TAXPAYERS MANIFEST Hammond Meeting Said to Be Forerunner of Other Gatherings That taxpayers of North township and Hammond in. particular should enjoin, the county officials from collecting taxes under the present assessment, was the .sentiment expressed at a public meeting which was held last evening at the Hammond city all. Other township meetings are to follow. Nearly a hundred citizens from Hammond, Hessville and other parts of the township were present at the. meeting which -was called by Charles Friedrich for the purpose of "devising ways and means of avoiding an oppressive and Inequitable levy and collection of taxes for the- year 1919. based upon the unjust, exorbitant and ineuitable appraisement of property for purposes of taxation." TXtXXD&XCK CHOSEZT CHAXKJ4AN. It was decided to form a permanent j organisation of which Mr. Friedrich was elected president, and Tony Tapper, treasurer. A .E. Tinkham acted as temporary secretary, the president being instructed to select a man to fill the office permanently. Practically every person present had a grievance and numerous cases were shown in which property had been assessed at from thirty to fifty per cent higher than the price at which it was listed for sale. When the board of review was flooded with objections and it was impossible to hear them all, a ten r-er cent reduction was promised, but (Continued on page eight.) PRESIDENT SPEAKS IN HIGH LIGHTS IN

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T5'ox1C?TTlTr,TJrP'C O'DTTTT'TT ' tension on Dickey place connecting with ftllt&llJZ.lX 1 3 biTJ!iiUXl.tne llne ln Indiana Harbor and also

' w ith the line on Forsythe ave. Tha "This treaty la not Intended to ena,boar(, took the attitude that slnce the this .ingle war but all wars.- j cpmpany had voluntarily and on their When you are told that the leaffus of own jnit,atlve asked for a charter oveP

nations is lot J j-u.rj.u emi xo pievent war tell them that it is not so." 1" " never could have gained their freedom la any other way. I had rather have everybody on my aide than to be armed to the teeth." "Wars come from the seed of wrong,! no of ritfht." I "The treaty Is designed to right the wrong's of Europe. Zt Is a measurable success." "Nations consist of their peoples; not of their governments." "If X could not have brought back the kind of treaty X did bring back X would not have come back." John Edwin Nevin t staff correspondent i n. ssrvice1 MEMORIAL. HALL, Columbus, O.. vf.pt. 4- Declaring that he had never entertained the slightest doubt that the treaty of Versailles would be ratltied President Wilson today opened his campaign here to bring public pressure on the senate to secure early action. The president made an elaborate defense of the document. He declared it would end future wars v.r.d he defended at length the prlnM-j ;,les of the league of nations. For the first time the President r. ade what was construed as a reference to the cause of Ireland. lie deciered that he and some of his asscciates wished that they could have taken up the causes of other nations. Put he insisted that it was necessary for the conference at Paris to confine its labors entirely to the topics irrowing out of the war with Germany. As the president ended his address a Chinaman rroni a point of vantage shouted out: "What about Shantung. Mr. president?" If the president heard the questionr. he mad no reply. Later at. the ra!n it was stated that he had r;ot heard. The questioner was a delegate to the mid-western Chinese conference, which has been in ssslon in

VHSKEV

STILLS ARE LOCATED Moonshining Done in Heart j of Gary on a Large Scale. Stills, for the manufacture of whiskey and alcoholic beverages that outrival the moonshiners dens in the hills of Kentucky. Virginia and other states, were unearthed in the heart of Gary by the police yesterday. Thousands of gal lons of whiskey and wines were found i stored away in barrels and casks, as well as complete stills and presses for I its manufacture. 1 One of the places came under suspic- ' ion several weeks ago when the Sells Floto circus was in Gary. A policemen happened to be strolling by when hej heard the crash of a window. As he went into the place to find out the trou-j ble he became suspicious at th action ! of of the storekeeper. . j He was dressed in civilian clothes j and was not detected. He ordered a j bottle of pop and to delay his stay In ; the store, made several other small pur-! chases. He detected the peculiar cdorfl ' familiar to only those who have ever. seen a whiskey still in operation. Me took particular note of the fact that Continued on page eight.) E. MEETING IS INDECISIVE Street Railway Problems to Be Taken up Again Next Monday. Dickey Place Bone of Contention. East Chicago's street railway problem is no nearer settlement today than It was last week. The Board of Public Works of East Chicago yesterday notified the representatives of the Hammond, Uniting and East Chicago Street Car Company what was expected in way of a concession for the sven-wnt fare which has been asked by the company. The representatives of the car company were unable to satisfy the members of the board and the matter was left undecided until the next meeting of the board, next Monday. DICKEY PLACE MOOT POINT. The main topic of discussion at the a few days ago. the building of an exth!. street ln ioi tn-t ,,v.n Dickey in the place was paved nineteen fee i center was left without pavement j cl,ab!e the car comrany to lay tli-ir j 'tracks, and since the company has re-i fuEcd to pay the $In.nno bed which was I forfeited for t.on-compleiion of the line. ln ,wo roars' time. th comnanv is under obligation at this time to build this j extension. If the city were to pave the remainder of Dickey place now they (Continued on page eight.) Columbus for the last few days and which has been discussed at the Shantung issue. The president was escorted hall by a military escort. Memorial ha:i was crowded length to tie to utmost capacity of 5.000. Although a large overflow clung around the hall entrance hoping to hear the president they were doomed to disappointment. as soon as tne presi-, dent ftnhed his forty-minute address j the president boarded an automobile' and "was taken direct to the president's train at the union station. With no incident to mar his visit. President Wilson and his party left for Indianapolis promptly on schedule time at 1 p. m. NOONDAY LUNCHEON FIRST OF THE SEASON The weekly noon-day luncheons which were so successful last year, at the Chamber of Commerce were resumed today after the summer holiday season and proise to be more successful than ever under the chairmanship of Herbert A. Iamprell,- who presided at the first meeting held today. Lucius C Wilson of Chicago, vicepresident of the American Bureau, gave an excellent talk t the members. Chairman Lamprell begged the co-operation of the Chamber of Commerce membership to make the coming season the most successful it has ever known .

Chicago

GS TO (BULLETIN.) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. The ! possibility o a nation-wide strike ; of the iron and steel industry loorn- ! ed up again this afternoon with ! the convening here of a special meeting of the national committee of the twenty-four international I unions represented in the industry, 1 to consider the refusal so far of E. ' H. Gary, head of the U. S. Steel . Corporation to meet a committee of ; the workers for the adjustment of j wages and working conditions. TANK PLANT BY FLAMES Loss at General American Tank Blaze May Reach a Quarter of a Million Dollars. East Chicago experienced its worst fire in ten years or more early this morning when the west end of the General American Tank Car Corporation plant was comI pletely destroyed. The fire was discovered about 1 :15 by a watchman who immediately called out the company fire fighting machinery and also notified the East Chicago fire department. Before the city fire department arrived, the buildings which were wooden structures were beyond all hope. TEE X.OSS MAY SJSACK $300,000. The west end, which was destroyed, was the oldest part of the plant and therefore was more susceptible to fire than the newer buildings which arc ofi metal. The portion which burned included three large buildings, the brass foundry, the special car shop, and the insulating shop, and also numerous small buildings. The cause of the fire is unknown at present but it apparently started on or near the roof. It is expected that when the ruins have cooled off enough for an investigation, the cause will be discov ered. The fire was still smoldering at aj

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late hour this morning. fth and that when they reached the!'" w.... v. The amount of damage is not known other sidc 0f Highland the boys stopped national guard units in the Spanish.u thr.i,ia r,H i ii! oi .American and world wars, and declared

impossible to arrive at any estimate un- j i! .v. i-.r-.fit irtn hiink t in thp i!hicniro! office are examined. j It mav reach $300,000 or more. Representatives from the. Chicago of-fn-n are tvpfpuii n on the scene this afternoon ! G. O. P. Love Feast Is Due Next Week Big Barbecue Date Will See Many Celebrities in Lake County. CROWN POINT, lad.. Sept. i.-Onc of the latest political gatherings ever held jn the T.nth district will occur h the Republicans of the district will hold a big barbecue and love feast at the Lake county fair grounds at Crown Point, on Saturday, the 13th day of September. Lvery lie-publican in the district will be there to take part in the grand getaway for the 1920 campaign. The Harrison Club of Gary, which is the Republican club of Lake county, and whose membership includes all of the active G. O. P. members of the northern section of Indiana, is promoting the affair. Lawrence Lyons, of Hrook, Ind , the district chairman, and Lake County Chairman John Kiiligrew are lending their efforts to make tht; affair a success. A large barbecue will be held nt the fair grounds and enough steers will be roasted to insure eats for the large crowd expected. Hon. Otto G. Filield. representative to the legislature, and one of the big farmers of Lake county, has consented to furnisli the steers for this occasion. Baseball games, music, races and other kinds of entertainment will occupy the attention (Continued on page eight.)

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Federation of Labor Leaders After Washington and Steel Situations

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. :. a-. " iHlft i liTu i-. i i iff iJfB IhlWfl This photograph was taken in Washington just after the return of Samuel tJompers from Europe. The men in this group, representatives of the American Federation f Tabor, had just finished one of the most ImTAXI CAB .SrW DRIVERS ARE ARRESTED Griffith Man Says they Beat Him Up and Robbed Him On the Way Home. About as daring and brutal a highway robbery as has come to police notice in some time was reported today at the Hammond police station, the complaining witness being a well known Griffith rin.

.Normal ilarlatt, 13 years o.d. or I'J- ana ftate mifUIa while on strike duty Doty St., Hammond, and Floyd A. at Hammond two weeks ago, in an adNewell, CO years old. of 219 Stale st..dr.-ss Tuesday before the Amcrlom Hub. Hammond, were arrested yesterday by! ucneta! Sinit'h criticized thp Qnmbrr-

i Officer Singer of the Hammond police

on a warrant charging highway robbery, j c,f the general staff now before the conThese men who drtce a tai for theg:-css. He declared such a military proNew ell Taxi Co. of Hammond are charg- j gram as any of these bills propose would ed with on the right of Sept. 2, robbed; mean a great additional financial burden Frank r&ul of Griffith. Ind.. of $31 in t on the country. Besides, he said, younrf currency, according to Paul's story. ! men of the country need home influences

It is claimed by Taul tiiat he hired .v. hv Mriatf an.l .it to drive him home from Burnham to GrifThc. then ordered Paul out and after 1 itw riow-ti rohhr! him of his money and drove away leaving him ly-j inlr jn the ditch. Both men are bing j held under $1,000 bon dencli. Paul was v , .nnrarpd this momine in the' citv court but failed to do so and the rolice have gone to Griffith to investi gate. AFTER SEARCH Sergt. . DeVilliers . Locates Parent on West Coast After Times Clew. Sergt. Ivan DeVilliers. who fought in the Boer war against England and for England against Germany has, through The Times been brought 'n touch with his mother in San Francisco. Through this newspaper Sergt. DeVilliers found Lis mother who came here from Johannesburg. A. A. to look for him. He received a telegram from her. in reply to ono of his own, Wednesday, from San Francisco, where she had guiif. despairing of findins him, in seai i h of another brother, Cecil, w ho was in the American forces in the war. Mrs. leVil!ier wrote The Times recently and asked if anyone knew the address of her son. who might be here. She had searched all over northern j Indiana for him after a quest cover ing the East in ner two inontns in the United States after leaving Africa. Immense property holdings of his father have been settled since his death. y-ais ago, and IeVilliers' mother, whom he has not seen for tei years, is making an effort to give her sons their share of the state.

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ii'na - Mirri'ii ri ti r portant conferences Amer can labor had ever held on the railroad and steel situations. They are, left to right, front row: Daniel J. Tobin. treasurer; Mr. Gompers, president; Frank Morrison, secretary; Matthew

Gen. Smith Tells of State Troops In Hammond How "Russian Propaganda Is Spread Among the Population, Commander of Militia Here, Tells People.

(TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL! .VrjIANATOLIi, Ind., Sept. 4. How I Russian proiaganda is spread among the foreign strikers in the Standard Steel Car zone in Hammond was described. by Adj. Gen. II. E. Smith, head i of the state troops in Hammond recently. when he told of the service of the Indi-uin-Kahn bill, the Baker bill and that ."' .......o... . nineteen, w-nen. according to these proposals. they w-ould be sent to training camps. j "'"'i"1"" t " tTTU-- 111 -l fr1 llL iT; CONDITIONS IN HAMMOND. General Smith told of conditions in Hammond that led to the call for state troops to that city. The strikers at the j 'lanu,n" " lrc iuvmi.v he said, and of all the striking foreign ers the Russians were the worst. He $110,000 ! TO BE SPENT ON FAIR GROUNDS j Two Day Session of County Council Comes to an End Last Night. TSPECIAL TO THE TIMESJ CROWK POINT. Ind.. Sent. 4.8U0.j 000 ws appropriated by the county ' council which closed a two-day session at Crown Point on Tuesday for the improvement of the Lake County Fair Grounds. A new home for County Agent riacc, a cattle barn, a horticultural hall, will be some of the much needed improvements which will be i made. Money will also be snent in im proving the track and making new driveways. This appropriation for which a bond - issue will be floated will give general satisfaction thoughout the county as the, Fair Grounds are now in a deplorable ! condition and the Farm Bureau and j many other organization were wholly of j a mind that the appropriation should be; made and the county council Is to be! commended for the stand they lave taken in making the improvements pos-l sible. A $30,000 bond issue to be used for additional oting machines was another big item which the council voted on and passed, the great saving in the elections by the use of these: machines was con-

Conference On Railroad

V 1 all, vice-president. Rear row: T. A. Rickert, vice-president; Frank Duffy, vice-president; James Duncan, vice-president; Joseph H. Valentine, vice-president. told how terrorist propaganda is spread among the Russian population. A musical will be announced, he said, and after the short program some one will announce that a noted professor or musician of Russia has stopped over in the city between trains, and he will be called on to speak. The speaker will talk in his native tongue and by the time the interpreters have made out what he said he will be out of town. In his speech he urges the Russians to take example from their brothers in Russia to overthrow all government and assert their power. Foreigners of this kind. General Smith said, should be deported. The average wage a month for em- j pioycs in in? plant wnere the strike is on. exclusive of the high officials and highly paid office force, is J1SC. General Smith said. Fifty-five rer cent of this labor is unskilled, he saJd. DID PATiaTJS DUTY. The speaker told how- mayors and big business men. who were merelv enlisted : " companies or tne militia at luuinmiii'i, uiu laujuo auty. a mayor of one city, he said, swept our quartet 3. uther business men peeled potatoes, and one was a bell hop in one of the hotels where troops were quartered. It was not necessary to court-martial or reprimand a single man during the entire stay of the troops in Hammond, he said. sidered and at the next election Lake county will vote almost wholly by machine. An additional appropriation in the salaries of the county treasurer and county recorder, passed by the last legislature, was made. the treasurerI salary being increased ii.OOO and that 01 mo recorder increased ss.uoo. The regular appropriations for the different county offices, institutions 'and courts were made with increases in! many cases caused by the additional exprese in maintaining these offices through the growth of the county. INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION. Insurance distributors in local and nearby cities in 1918 according to the Insurance Press are as follows South Bend o27.O00 Hammond Laporte . Gary East Chicago Rensselaer . 87.750 61,750 36.750 18.250 13.000 Notice B. P. O. E., No. 485. Regular weekly meetings commoncing tonight. Very important matter coming up tonight. Every member should be there. 9.4 W. L. TOU.VG. E. R. A Thomas Baron, tnrough Attorney T. j Modjeska. has' filed .t in the Hammond superior court to foreclose a mechanic's lien against Jo. in Macinski. ct. al . Don't throw your paper awa? without reading the want ad page.

STANDARD

EMPLOYES liCED Guards Rescue Three Power Plant Men from Mob Containing Hundre ds Last Night. (BUltBTUT.) Aaartier Bw.rtot 0 pUee oa Co. lambla arena. thi morning when stril.r nnii ral lnkouikl tkw a timber la front of an antomobU. nearly wreckinr it. Wien the police went to arreet tuiouaki be fought Utterly ana cream.4 for help, a Mr ciwi cf en ran from all direction! toward the police who cured hot ran. and ordered the mote to diapers, which It did. in. koosU was booked at the Central atation tor disorderly oonduct. He lives t 550 Am eaveaue. r Hammond was greatly excited about eight o'clock last night when the rumor spread about the city that wholesale rioting had brokec out in the Standard district and color was lent to the story by the mad dash of the police patrol fillei with officers to East Hammond. There was some ground for the excitement for a mob of two to three hundred strikers had pursued" three power plant men to the vey gates of the shops and were only i quelled because of the appearance jof armed Standard guards who j covered the retreat of the thr.e j men and took them back in the ordnance shop for protection. MIST X DEFIANT MOOD. The strikers were in an ugly mtvi and Chief Malo's men were only ablo l prevent their further on-rush by threat-' ening to shoot. The power plant me: who are employed to keep up power anl lights for the riant and the comran houses were about to leave the grounds when they were eet upon by a large (Continued on Page Eight.) LOUIS BIT OF CHUNK Louis Friga an eighteen year oid It'i living on a small farm Just west o" Wett Hammond, along the I. II.. 1: railroad, decided that he could whip gang of section men yesterday aid told them so. The result of the affair was that he was brought befo; -Judge Kowalski, in the West Hammond police court this morning a:i handed a line of $8.50 and costs. Frigo had been laying in his whit -r coal supply for his parents. Rathe: -ing It from various places along thrailroad. As the section men wci working in the neighborhood, he vus hampered in the work. He gave couple of the men some grapes, hoping to purchase immunity but the first time he appeared with his wheelbarrow they chased him home. Then he and his father came to the fence with guns and threatened the workmen . Special Agent A. A. Zielke of th B?lt police was called. He talked 7t over with the young man but he was obstinate and came on the right-o'"-way with his mother ready to lick the bunch. He wag arrested. In police court he promised ta be good and henceforth keep his mouth shut and was let off with a light fine. PUBLIC INSANE ON SHOES. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW, YORK. Sept. 4. If the public would display more sanity and less vanity in buying shoes a noticeable depreciation in price soon would be felt. This is the gist of a statement issued by Michael Friedsam, a member of New York fair price committee, in a report in which he declares shoe manufacturers have not profiteered. In 1914, he says, leather sold for 30 cents a square foot. Today it brings $1.50. Shoes that can be bought in New York for $15 are sold in London for $30 and in Paris for $40.

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