Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 69, Hammond, Lake County, 8 September 1919 — Page 1

BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY WARMER WEATHER tJt3EBNAnOHAL NEWS FULL LEASED WISE SERVICE. On streets ana aevatttifli, Be per cony. Delivered toy carrier In Hammond and West Hunmoi'l, SOj per month. VOL. XIV, NO. 69. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1919. HAMMOND, INDIANA. E, GETS HOT WELC G BLAZE

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FOR VICT IS If Hew York Goes Wild As Hero of World's War Steps Off Liner. How New York Greeted General Pershing. Oea. Pershiuff arrives at Hoboken amidst unprecedented greeting. Mayor Hyl&n delivers address of welcome at brief ceremonial at City Hall, New Tor City. Gov. Smith is present. Gen. Pershing passes through lanes of cheering people from city hall to Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Informal luncheon at Waldorf-Astoria. Etximia Wanimaksr, chairman of mayor's committee on welcoming distinguished guests, entertains Oen. Pershing at dinner. (EXTI.I.ETI1T.) rfNTEPNATIONAU NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. Sep 8. Business circles hers are interested today in a report j that Gen. Fersh.lr.gr will shortly "become j associated with Brij. Gen. Charles J. j .Dawes, in a 'business venture, retiring j from army life as soon as he completes j hJ s report to the war department. j Gen. Dawes was appointed chief pur. j chasing agent for the American Expeditionary force hy Gen. Pershing. Due to the close business and military relation, ship betwesn Gen. Pershing and Gen. Dawes It is held unite probable that they may engage in business. WAR IS II"Take off your hat, please,' requested one movie man to Pershing'. "Put on your hat." shouted another, grinding' away at his machine. Tha general smiled and complied with the request but balked when one operator cried: 'General, will you salute for us? "So," replied Pershing firmly. i j j

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cant perform." ' The men who returned to tneir o.a ; Later the general was photographed Nhs this morning were rractically all j la the midst of his staff. As he passed! Americans from other parts of the J to the pier be was surrounded by men; c'.ty. For some time they had been j and women reporters. Cue young worn-1 dissatisfied with the turn which affairs ' an reporter, deeply disappointed at not! had tiken. By the end of last wftli retting an Interview, exclaimed i ! plans had been worked out by which j

"General, we have been waiting all night to talk to you." i Gen. Pershing looked down into the; eager eyes and flushed cheeks and smil-l d a father smile. "My dear miss, I cannot beUeve thatji you look too fresh," ha replied.

By rBASK CHAKLTON pact bodv nad started down Columbia rTTrCNDNT ' o S"V,CE1 ,!Ave.. toward the plant. Others joined IlEW YORK, Sept. 8. General j lh..n thev marched. Thev were

John J. Pershing, commander of j America's two million victorious crusaders, hero of the world war, responsible head of the army that turned the tide of battle at Verdun and St. Mihiel, came home today in triumph after more than two years j in France. In behalf of a grateful nation, New York, in holiday dress, welcomed him with joyous pride and unrestrained emotion, giving vent to its enthusiasm by all of the time-honored means that men have to exalt a chosen personage and pay just tribute to distinguished national service. PEESHINO STOOD WONDERING. General Pershing stood in simple human wonderment as his countrymen (Continued on page eight.) Tries To Climb a Truck; Foot Crushed. Frank Cooper, 3611 Parish avenue. Indiana Harbor, is in St. Margaret's hosDital at. Hammond with a Partly crushed foot, the result of an attempt to climb on to a Standard Oil truck while it was in motion. Cooper was on his way to work or, Saturday when the truck came alona and he attempted to get ..n. His foot tlipped and he fell, his foot falling under the wheel. He was taken to the hospital in McGuan's ambulance. Dr. Teegarden is attending Cooper and does not know yet whether or not it will be necessary to amputate. Mr. Cooper is quite weak from the loss of blood. The Standard Oil Truck was driven by R. E. Rowdes of Whiting. Better call up The Times and have it sent to your house every night. Then youll be sure it will be there.

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4 v . t. . ' r 200 Return to Duties at Standard East Hammond ' aliens who have j been prolonging the strike at the j Standard Steel Car plant, saw their j hold slipping this morning when near- j ly 2i0 workmen formerly employed at the different crafts in the plant, march ed back to work In a body. The men who returned to their old they were to attempt to return to work !f the foreigners insisted on continuinsj the strike Early this morning the men began- ' assembling at Sibley street and Columbia avenue. They came from all! parts of Hammond. When about 150 had congregated they formed a cornprepared to put up a stiff fight if any to stop them from going to work. At Columbia and Morton avenues, a large crowd of strikers hid gathered as usual. As the body of men appeared marching down from the north the strikers appeared unable to grasp the situation. They stood on tiptoes and craned their necks, their mouths agape. Then as the mariners swung! i non Highland street and took the short cut to the plant gates, it dawn-j cd upon the spectators. There was! a movement in the direction of the j men but it was cautious and finally broke up. They were not sure Just . what sort of a reception the marchers ; might have waiting for them. Cries! of "scabs" were sent after the re, j turning workmen but that was all. As the men passed the last of the ; company houses, several foreigners standing near their homes suddenly J decided that they wanted to work al- ; so. They fell into line and marched ; in with the rest. A check was made of the men w,j returned to work and who knew of ' others who expect to be back tomor was estimated row and from this it that at lea.-t 5'"0 will be on the Job in the morning. Dozens who had planned to be out this morning decided at the last moment that U was too . r(,-iy but the ease with which the rick was turned today wi.l probaoiy reassure them. Mayor Brown had been unable to get ir. touch with P. G. Jenks. assistant to President Hansen, but is continuing his efforts to reach him by telephone today. As yet no action h,as been taken on the offer of the international representatives of three of the crafts to return to work upon certain concessions pending the outcome of the big conference of industry, capital and labor at Washington. POLICE MAKE ARREST. Having a 32 revolver., a flash l'.gnt. j phlB ' on Vhen he was arrested Mike Vuchiak, 1064 Washington street 33 years old. is being held by the Gary police, pending an investigation an invest'.jatlon into his record.

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ft 4 y. : ...v ....i-':oJ., ik. , ' . 2 jM'lt .X fit f ys DID YOU HEAR THAT DID TOU I1EAII THAT? - -TONY TAPPER has gone into the brick business on quite a large scale. MRS. GEORGE H ANN' AUK R has been chosen an organization worker for tha Roosevelt Memorial fund in this district. PURDUE and University of Vi'iscoii j are running a strong race for students from Hammond this year. SCOUT CHIEF LAWRENCE HARRIS n.iS retUrned from a National Scout Executive outing at Camp Kewanis. prj. o. O. MEL.TON is driving a new Cadillac according to Agent Bohling. an.! it looms up like a lighthouse in a ED P. DEMINO, who is the local Tom Kendclovv, is carrying out some sporty ideas in golf course construction at the Hammond Country Club. WITH the approach of the annual fall election, country club men are beginning to talk presidential candidates and several likely candidates are re-j-oru-d. HENRY SCHNEIDER and' Fred Dono- . . ., ., , . -j. Michigan, and the cafe will soon be open, feliou si RIDING BAILIFF ALBERT MORRIS j is again free from his old foe. rheuma- ! tism. and .says he at last has found thi J riht kind of pill. HAILED on the street at 6:30. hcad'd for the hospital. Dr. K. M. Shanklm said, "The early bird frets the worm, you know"; but it was another kinds of an operation. OTTO Dl'ELKE, former city clerk, and il. Rotman. of West Hammond, h it this morning for Fort Worth. Texas, where they will open up one of the newstylo bakeries. PAUL MOORIIEAD. the "Texas" oil boomer, has found newspaper advertising so potent that his business is outgrowing his equipment. FORMER OFFICER CORDUA, one of Hammond's finest, v. ho quit the force j l" cause h? "'"n't -"d the .wages, is now woruicg in a iounury at jisii per month. , you think they c-on-t rcafl TnK TiMEd. why I'll prove to you they d -," said C. H. Frcdcrich. the tax insurgent. "Why, they're pottering me to death." FRANK O'ROURKE and Lockie Simpson both swear that "Pat" Patterson is city broke now. Frank had Pat up fe-r his seoend auto ride yesterday, say O'Rouke drives too slow. but Pat THE busiest man in the county is Republican Chairman John Killigrew, who has the big G. O. P. barbecue and curtain raiser at the Crown Point fair grounds next Saturday in preparation. COL. MA LOOM STEWART has the greenest lawn on Warren St., and in fact, will back it up against anything in the entire neighborhood. He will Snrlnk!er ud mrainst anv- , lhinffDOC CLARK, now an oil millionaire. ays that all the best things come from Arkansas and that's why he came from i there several years ag?

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Soldier, Killed With Iron Bar Early This Morning. Hammond police today are sf.irchinK for th? man who at an tariy hour this morninir -striirk down Tfxaj ilil- j ier. chef of the Union lunch toots, in I

an altercation over ome KarbaKe at ' made by President Talmadge bethe rear of the Sibley street restau- i , , , rant. Miner died shortly after 9:-o;fore the East Chicago board ot

o'clock in the St. Margaret s hospital without reKa'..!n consciousness. As yet no wanes, of the encounter have been found. Employes of .he ! restaurant remembered that Miller i had stone out. presumably to drive nwav someone who was attempting ! to carry away the garbage. A few minutes later. Harry Sslos went out and found Miller lying on the ground with blood flowing from a gaping wound across his head leading back from the right forehead. Salos called assistance and the man was taken to the office of Dr. Hoffman an Fayette street, who ordered that he be removed to the hospital. There it was found that the stricken man's skull had been crushed and that it was only a few hours until ;ath would result. He died Jess than four j hours later and no word ' escaped his lins which would serve as a clue lnocatmg his assailant. A heavy piece of pipe found on the ground near the garbage can, is believed to have been used by the murderer in striking down his victim. The refuse from the restaurant is sold regularly to people owning hogs and . the past in preventing others from car- , rying it away. It is the supposition that Miller this morning strove to drive away some of these garbage pickers and that he met with resistance. In the argument which followed, the stranger evidently grasped the piece of pipe which was lying near and struck the blow. A call was sent to the pi. lice station at the time of the affair but it was then supposed that Miller had simply been hurt in the encounter. The seriousness of his injuries was not then realized. Iater When it was learnedthat he would die the police started searching for the man who had wielded the pipe- ut no clues to work upon have thus far been unsuccessful. Texas Miller was IS years old and had resided In Hammond for seven years. He was formerly associated '.. i brother William, in the man agement of tht restaurant until both were called to the arrty. discharged in March and chef. Another broth.'r Thomas lives Mrs Con:it St. louis ana j. stantla Chubas. resides In Hammond THE HAMMOND COUNTRY CLUB WINS The Hammond Country Club gained nother victory over Michigan City last Sunday, when the Hammond players beat Michigan City by 13-7 points. Nassau system. Michigan City. W. A. Hill -5 Powell 3 Lcdbedder 1 Frame 0 BoKgs 0 J. IV Hall 0 Storm 0 Reed 1 Hammond. Dr. Groman .0 W. A. Hill.- 0 F. Beekman 2 J. Coleman 3 B. Steelman 3 I J. I bach 0 j F. Hammond 3, B.itty The sweep stakes were won by John Huchel. H9-?2-6T, with a tie for second place by Ti. J. Steelman, 92-1S-74, and M. K. Burr. 100-2-5-T4. The ladies' blind bogey, played on Friday, was won by Marion Deming. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) N:. V YORK. Sept. 8. The stock mar ket opened firm today. American Car & Foundry was up Ji at 135 . Later it sold well above 136. Mercantile Marine common was up 1-s at 60 4. .L". S. Steel was unchanged at 103"-g, but Bethlehem was up 1 V at 90. At the end of the first 15 minutes all i active Issues moved to higher levels. Steel common rose to 104 'i and Crucible four points to 1?2"4. Bethlehelm Steel B li to 90. . Advertise in The Times and adrertise again. Results come with constant effort.

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Another strike of employes of the Hammond, Whiting .& East Chicago Street Railway is expected tomorrow as a result of the rumored intention of the company to re-

duce the wages of the men follow-, ing the refusal of the city councils, of Whiting and East Chicago to; grant the increase in fares. Empolyes have not been officially notified of the proposed action by the Company but from Statements ,

public WOrks this mommg they are .. 'r, ' mv expecting it. Barney Carter, exeCUtive Committeeman of the em-ld

j ployes brotherhood, representing , . , . - , the Hammond barn, is in Chicaeo this afternoon conferring -with President Quinlan of the carmen. To operate the lines in HamTAXI DRIVERS ACCUSED BY MING GIRL Desperate Struggle to Save Her Honor Is Alleged byGirl Who Went Riding Two notorious Hammond taxi drivers are under arrest on the. charge of a young Hammond girl who, with her clothes half torn from her body, escaped after a terrible fight near Highland on early Saturday morning and walked to Hammond. She reported to the police J her desperate struggle to save her honor I and the two taxi drivers. Cornelius Nordstrand and John Pollard, were arI rested and jailed on charges of attempted rape. I The young woman told the police that I she had gone to the Joy Lo restaurant j to meet a girl friend, who was about I to go off duty. She saw Nordstrand. j with whom she was partially acquainted. He invifed herxto go for a ride while I she was waiting for her friend, on his promise to return in time for her to meet her friend. She got into the. front seat of the taxi with Nordstrand and after they started she saw Pollard, who

Texas "'asjj9 ft married man. sitting in the back since then eat. They secured gasoline and started

tested and when they got out of town! about five miles, Nordstrand stopped and asked Pollard to drive, which the latter did. Pollard then made indecent proposals and when the girl resented 1 li I c .rWfiH V t- TvirtittH t r nr vr ti t Vir I from screaming. She esca-ped and was followed by Nordstrand. who got her hack in the machine, where she fought desperately Both attacked her and with nearly all her clothing torn she got away and ran for her life, hiding in a ditch until the two drove on. She rV ItTrrtmnnH rf.l- frt 1 hA m r. T-r I ing. about 4:30. Nordstrand was arrested In Burnham and is held there. Tollard was jailed under $2000 bond in the Hammond Jail. ncAni nnicn mo ULHULUUILU UVLIA STREET CAR FARE The East Chicago Board of Public Works and the 11.. W. & E. C. Street Railway locked horns over the 7c fare question at noon today and a d-ead-lock I ensued. Tha works board insisted on the building of the Dickey Place extension and the street car company sadly shook its collective head and said "no." As the Whiting council has refused to ratify the 7c fare this makes the situation a gloomy one. The East Chicago board of public works will take up the matter at a meeting a week from today. FOURTH PAYMENT DUE TOMORROW Don't forget that the fourth installment of the Victory Liberty Loan. It is due tomorrow. The Gary Clearing House Association made this announcement today and request that all subscribers make the fourth payment in order that confusion may be avoided. Those who are lrj arrears may also make payment at this time.

mond alone" would throw many of the trainmen out of employment and they have declared on previous

occasions that unless the entire! system is operated they will object j to running cars over part of it. When tlie East c.., t,oard an ncunrci th-t tr matter would be con timifd for another wf-'-k, Pr?ii!ent TalmadKe f-ated that th oflicials of the rrap'yes' crsanization would be tinformed that the old wig Fi-al" would hrnroforth apily In Ka5t Chicago and "nitin?. Under the present sj stem of fares in I which seven cents is paid in Hammond I and five cents in Whiting and East Chi-I cago the company presente.i fiyures cov-, ering the first ten days cf operation. I K lnC, 1 "'""' I 7'"g th fir5t V"n day9, ct operation. It was ho that .n that time they I C"Cte,J "ly $f T' th-,n dur,nj , , ' -. i but that their operating expenses had increased It is now up to the men to decide whether they will be willing to operate cars in Hammond only or work for a lower wage on the parts of the lin outside the limits of Hammond. Two Dead and Many Hurt In Remarkable Series of Gary Accidents. (BULIETW.) A Gary sjid an Illinois auto collided t BessvlUe crossing and Gary & inter- j urban before one o'clock today and were ! both badly wrecked. The occupants got away before the Hammond police could j ascertain how badly they were hurt. ' Reckless driving snuffed out two morej lives and Injured a score in a series o i automobile accident? which occurred in Gary over the week end. THE DEAD AEE: alike Futurckovlch. 32 years old. 3607 Hemlock St., Indiana Harbor, Ind.: died on the way to Mercy Hospital. Kike BadelJa, 19 years old. 210 Jefferson St.. Gary: died at the Mercy Hospital of injuries when he drove his motorcycle into an automobile. THE INJURED ASl! John Karcinlak, 3609 Deodor st.. Indiana Harbor; rendered unconscious, suffered severe boc'y and internal injuries. Taken :o Mercy Hospital. John Petricka, 3511 Elm St.. Indiana Harbor: severely bruised about body; taken to Mercy hospital. Mr.s C. J. Toung-er, 629 Maryland St., Gary; cut and bruised in accident on 5th ave. I. B. randan, 524 Adams St.. Gary; bruised and suffered lacerations ' In accident at 5th ave. and Ambridge. Mrs. Era Williams, 1650 Adams st.. Gary; badly shaken up and bruised In same accident. Driving at the rate of 30 miles an hour on the narrow concrete strip on : West Fifth ave., a light Ford truck j driven by Mike Puturekovich. 360" Hem1 lock St., Indiana Harbor, crashed Into a i heavy moving van truck shortly after 10 o'clock Saturday night, killing the driver and injuring several of the occupants. Puturekovich was driving west on 5th ave. and the moving van, driven by Stanley Czerwiec, 2254 West 19th St., Chicago, was going east, headed towards Michigan City, "Ind . with a consignment of household goods. The impact was great, the Ford crashing into the big truck, throwing its occupants clear of the wreckage to the (Continued on Page Eight.) SUES FOR DIVORCE Ami! Kozlm an iron worker of East Chicago has filed suit for divorce from his wife Frances Kozlin. They were married early this year and separated September 5. Kozlin says that his wife frequently called him vulgar and obsene names and also sr.eils that 1 th. a-r, 1 1 1 rl not inPflk n him fnr tnrrVia at a time. P. McCloskey la attorney for the plaintiff.

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TIRE PLANT LI One Entire Sulphuric Acid System Is Destroyed This Morning. . East Chicago was visited by its second huge fire within a week this morning when one of the important though smaller sulphuric systems of Gra3elli Chemical Manufac. company was compIetely de stroyed by flames. The loss is approximated at $100,000, though it may reach a still higher figure because it is not known now just how much acid was burned. ri&E HAED TO riOHI. The fire brok out in the bulldinf cntamini' the sulphuric system one of three structures at the factory about 9i30 throu-rh some chemical action in which manufacturin products figured. A sti(t west wind WL blowing and the fact that the f.re broke out in the east en(j 0f the building which was of wood and about 200 feet square gave the East Chicago fire department and the company's volunteer firemen the fight of their lives. The fumes from the burning acid almost overpowered them but they stuck bravely to their Job. It was nearly noon before the b'.ize was stayed and kept away from adjoining structures. The building itself was not so valuable, but the machinery and content's loss cannot be immediately appraised and will be quite large. Last Wednesday the General-American Tank Works was hit by a tSOP.001 fire. THAT'S WHAT HAYS SAYS Says Treaty Ratification Must Be Accompanied By Reservations. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, Sept. 8. "President Wilson is only pounding agaist a stonewall of patriotism, which has already become impregnable and is daily increasing in strength," declared Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee, here for a few days, in discussing of the president's speaking tour. "Ratification of the league ot nation's covenant must be accompanied by reservations absolutely safeguarding the full independence and freedom of action of the republic," Hays declared. TJSLAT WILSON'S TATJLT. Hays, calling attention to the fact that the treaty will be reported out by the foreign relations commlttoo this week, said: "A vote can be had as soon as it c;n be reached under the rules. It is simply up to the administration to decide whether it will accept these essential guarantees of American independence which will unquestionably be proro:ti accepted by the other nations. The t'uil responsibility for any delay will rest upon the president and him alone." GENERAL STRIKE IS PREDICTED "INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I CHICAGO. Sept. 8. John Fitzpatrtck. president of the Chicago Federation or Labor, on the eve of his departure tor Washington with representatives of 24 international unions of steel workers to make a complete canvas of the. strike situation predicted a general strike of 400,000 workers in the iron and steel industry. "The president has asked us to hold f up our action until after the labor-capi tal parley, said Fitzpatrtck. e cant do it for the president or any one else. The steel and iron situation is now in crisis. The workers are fighting for their lives." Don't throw your paper s.wai without reading the want ad page

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