Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 73, Hammond, Lake County, 12 September 1919 — Page 1

BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY FAIR WEATHEfe tKSESHATIOHAX. NEWS rUIL LEASED WISE EEBVICE. On streets and aewsstaads, 3c per copy. Delivered by carrier la 1 Hammond and Wait Hammond. 50o . per month. VOL. XIV, NO. 73. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919. HAMMOND, INDIANA. i

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GHEERSTORM Says 0. S. Soldiers Will Be Policing World for 31 Years. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 12. Storms of cheers were drawn from a crowd that filled every seat in Tomlinson Hall, even to the top- i most row in the gallery, by Senator Hiram Johnson of California, who is stumping against the league of nations in the wake of President Wilson's special train. From the moment early In his ad-oire-ss. when he declared, "Tou are not here for any specific individual or to pny tribute to any man in all the world ; on are here because Americanism yet ":ves the California senator, was ln-i-rrtipted frequently by outbursts of ap'!ausi and cheering. SATS IT IS TIME OF PERIL. "I air. here to preach the faith that Is 'n me at a time of peril In the annals of The republic." said Senator Johnson. "At s time when our great nation stands at the cross roads of its destiny It is unnecessary to indulged in opprobius epithets of any sort." Jumping Into a discussion of disarmament provisions of the 1 suTrf TTOfloris, be declared that "it leaves it optional whether they will disarm or not." CAN'T ENFOKE PSOQBAM. ' There isn't a single line that maVs eiisarmament enf orcihle," he asserted. Iv. you know what our military procram is for next year? They ask tor an prniy of 750. 00 men and 15-year-old . .oiser pts. That's the army of peace under the league of nations. That's Three Umes greater thtin ou ever hid before. Talk of disarmament! The largest rrrny France has ever had is under pro,,"pf construction. England is re-on-tructins her s. All the rest of the nations have placed upon us the burden cf policing the world." he added. PLAYS HEM TALSE. Feclaring that Fresb'-nt Wilson's lr,,iorv "plays him false." when he ' --iid here a week ago. that no more l.haki clad boys would again P: seni .cross the seas, nianded: Senator Johnson detr.nw that American b ys ordered to rollce the coal "Do you have been cneia' Do vou know tnat rnTican troops are being shot down in Mberla Put there by secret orders of tht tans conference? F-o you know that x nder the terms of the treaty our boys ill be policing sections of the giol.e f.-r thirty-or.e years?" theers again interrupted when the nator declared that when rivilizatU.n r-.iuires it we will do our duty as a i.at on as we have done it in the past. G. k R. I. VI. i AND ANARCHY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE rOU'MBL'S. O.. Sept. 12. Atlantic City, which entertained the national encampment of the G. A. K. in 1910. will In- host for the 1920 encampment. The New Jersey city was chosen after a hard battle with Colorado Springs as the chief contender for the honor. The Grand Army today will choose us national commander and other offi.irs. James D. Hell. Brooklyn, New Yrk. seems to be the choice or. the delejni.s to head the veterans during the coming year. As a parting shot to disturbing elements. Commander Adams, in his animal address said: The Grand Army not only bis stood ss the bulwark of freedom and justice in the past, but it has comhattcd strenuously every disturbing element in our country. It has opposed the pernicious ciocirines of states rights, copperheadir!ii. pacificism and communism, but today it is battling the anarchist, the Socialist, the I. W. V. and the Bolshcv ists." Tn the same church where she was honored as senior vice president thirtyone years ago, Mrs. Abbie Lynch. Fittsburgh. was chosen national president of the woman's relief corps. The Sons of Veterans 'hose Harry D. SL-son. rittsneld. Mass.. ; c.nimandor-ln-chief . LION STORE'S BIG SHOE SALE Began today 1.000 pairs of Sample hoes purchased from the A. M. Legg Shoe Co., of Fontiac, 111., were placed on sale at $5. S3. They are stylish rw fall boots worth J10 to $13. Thrifty women are taking advantage of t'.iis oportunity to economize on the .Fall Footwear.

DENOUNCES

WOMAN IS NAMED MQRALE OFFICER FOR U. S. TROOPS

Mrs. Thomas H. Larke. Mrs. Thcmas H. Larke, known as "Mother Larke," of Berkley, Cal., has been notified by Gen Hunter Liggett of her appointment as special assistant morale officer of the western department of the U. S. army. She will interest herself in the general welfare and contentment of the enlisted men She organized the Burkley women's home comfort corps during the war and was a lender in caring for the soldiers in that Dart of the countrv. HARBOR LAD KILLED Was Playing in Street and Auto Runs Over Him; Dies ia Hammond. John Krayaclch, twelve years old. 3538 Guthrie street. Indiana Harbor, was struck and mortally injured on Wednesday night by a machine driven by Ell Aranoff. son of M. Aronoff. the Indiana Harbor furniture dealer. The boy along with sevearl others v as playing in the street at the corner of 13f.th and Deodar street at the time ho was struck. The rear wheels of the machine ran over the boy's chest, crushing it. Aronoff took the toy to Dr. Turbow's office where the first aid was ghen by Dr. Turbow and Dr. Teegarden. He was then rushed to St. Margaret's hospital In Hammond where he died a short time later. The tesponslbility for the accident has not been determined a4though some witnesses believe that Aronoff was driving without lights. THINK JOHN WON'T SAVE IT? Copy of telegram.) John Killigrew, Chajrman Lake County Republican Central Committee. Crown Point, Ind. riease save piece of underdone beef for new- son of Clyde Cleveland. City Republican Chairman of Hammond, at barbecue tomorrow. 1 1 AM MOX D K EPUBLICANS. Io-osecuting Attorney Clyde Cleveland leoks ten years younger today. The announcement reached the down-town district today that Mr. Cleveland is now the proud" father of the latest recruit to the Republican party in Lake county. The young man arrived this morning and,, the mother is doing very nicely. Mr. Cleveland is authority for liie statement that the Cleveland heir came m time to attend the district G. O. F. locifeast in Crown I'oint tomorrow, and County Chairman John Kiligrev.- has been asked to save a piece of underdone beef for him. Up to a late hour this afternoon it had not been de-cided what to rame theyuung man. but it will not be Woodrow. HARDING SAYS ITS PERILOUS TO US IM TPNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I WASHINGTON, tscpt. 11. The league of nations covenant as now constituted "is one of peril to the republic' and to accept it unaltered "would be a betrayal of America." Senator Harding. Republican, of Ohio, a member of the senate foreign relations committee, declared in the senate this afternoon. Harding arraigned Fresident Wilson for having referred to senators vho refuse to accept the treaty of Versailles without amendments or reservations as "contemptible quitters if they do not see the game through." He cited the war record of congress, which be said showed that there were not "quitters" In either branch.

AUTO TRAGEDY!

impressive Funeral Is Witnessed In Hammond Escorted to the cemetery through the loop district of Hammond by thousand") f their friends and fellow workmen In an impressive parade Lawrence Dudeck. Stanley Skis. George Rosko and Stephen Krowczek. strikers who met death In the East Hammond riot Tuesday morning, were buried today at Holy Cross in West Hammond. Friends and relatives of the unfortunate men" began arriving in Hammond yesterday from neighboring cities, many from Gary. East Chicago, Blue Island and continued to come up to the time of the services. S'rects of East Hammond were crowded with silent men, women and children as the hour for the funeral approached. The bodies were removed from Stodola hall where they had lai'i 111 state yesterday to the little Folish church of St. Mary's on Merrill avenre, where the last sad rites were performed. Only a fractional part ,nf the crowd could gain entrance to the church and during the servU.s the open lots surrounding lhe place were packed with the people who waited patiently during the two hours which Intervened before the march to the cemetery was to start. In a long procession stretching block after block, the silent cortege started on the long march to Holy Cross cemetery in West Hammond. Three soldiers and a sailor in full uniform headed the procession with large American flags draped with black. They were followed by the band and a company of about fifty soldiers in uniform. Then came scores of little girls dressed in white bearing the flowers. The first hearse bor? the body of Lawrence Dudeck. the oldier. The escort of pallbearers were also In uniform. Then came three more hearses bearing the bodies of Skis, flosko and Krowczek. Following the hearer came hundreds of school children and women and after them mar-chtdthe irUnds and ffilow workers in twelve divisions. Each section was headed by a beautiful American flag. No other banners or emblems were permitted 1n the procession. It was estimated that there were between three and four thousand men, women and children in the line of march. Sixlytive automobile loads brought up the rear. The procession mved east on Merrill avenue to Columbia avenue and theme north to Highland street. As the hearses came abr.-:tst the spot on Highland street at which Hie unforluna'e affair occurred, the entire body halted and all stood with uncovered hears bowed as a prayer was offered. Then the march was resumed west on Highbind to Hohman street, north through the busi-n'es-s district to State street. across State Line street, turning south again, and on to the cemetery In the southwest part of West Hammor.d. It was the largest and one of the most impressive funerals ever witnessed in Hammond. Mothers insisted on mititiK tbe long march, carrying babes in their aims and with other little ones clinging to their skirts. East Hammond ws (ii.erte.l as all stores had been close! during the funeral and business hou--3 and homes were draped with bla?k and white. SUES FOR DEATH CLAIM Damages amounting to $10,000 for the death of Herman Eschner. who was killed by a South Shore train on September 14. 191S. are asked in a bult filed this morning in the Hammond superior court by the Hammond Trust t Savings Bank, administrator of lils estate. The aeident occured at the Gostlin street crossing. It is alleged that because of a curve in the track, it was impossible for Eschner to see the train until it was upon him and that no warning was given of its approach. MeAleer, Horsey and Gillett are attorney r tin- plaintiff. MARY TIMM SUES FOR DAMAGES For injuries which she sustained in a fall down the stairs while leaving the Maccabee lodge hall, July lfith. Mary Timm has brought suit for $23.000 damages against Anna Cohen, et al. owners of the building. The complaint filed today in the Hammond superior court by Attorneys McAIeer. !or,-ey Al- Gillette states that on the night of July 1, the plaintiff visited the lodge hall f The stairway was not properly lighted and the steps in such condition that they sloped forward. She slipped and fell down the flight, crushing her arm and suffering other injuries which it Is allesed will be permanent. As a number of the defendants are minors she asks that a guardian be appointed to look alter their interests during the suit. TEN FROM CITY ON HONOR LIST Foil'. wing a-e the names or the pupils of tee Hammond Industrial high school whe ranked highest in numb' i( points out of a possible 200 point i In a state intelligence test: Edwin Dinvviddie. 177; Kathryn Williams 16S; Donald Hester, 1B7: Dorothy Truebloej 162; Iawrence Forline. 160; Dorothy Dunsing. 15; R'chard Tinkham, 159; Ermol Branristetter, 139; Edna Muehloerger. lfirt 1-2. Times news service is to be believea the best

Indiana Harbor

4 W S -w A. ::4 r - c ' - WALTER CARL BAKER. Three men who have lived and worked in Indiana Harbor for years and are v ell-know n there are under arrest in various parts of the country on the charge of holding up and killing Carl j Cook, a merchant at Laporte last Christmas Eve. Baker, a 22 year old gunman, has confessed that he fired three of the live shots at Cook. "Krenchy" weut from the Harbor to Laporte to get some money. When he learned that Cook had been killed he is said to have wept. ,'Mutt" Bartak is 13 a big hulking Slavic boy who Is we'l known at the Harbor. He denies firing any shots. Frenchy did not leave LaForte after the shooting. All the time the police were scouring the city and picking up suspects, cudgeling their brains in an attempt to guess who did it. Frenchy stayed right in town. It was not a ver cheerful Yuletide for Frenchy because there was not piuch in the house in the way of Chrissma food or gift j and Frenchy was "broKe "find fn debt. tic went to work in one of the factories there a few days 8ffer. and said rioibing and his pals had left for parts unknown, and he hoped the whole thing would blow over. IL Must Observe Quarantine Regulations or Stopped From Illinois Practice. West Hammond's Publ.c Health committee, deterrn ned that proper precautions must be observed in cases of contagious diseases and backed in its efforts by the Mayor and city council, has demanded that Dr. Bradley, city health couimiss.oiiei , enforce iho ordinances and insist upon an observance of the Cjuarantine rules. Hammond physicians who are said to have repeatedly failed to report cases for quarantine will do so henceforth or efforts will b mad- to stop them from practicing in Illinois. The matter was thrashed out in tiie aieetirt-i of the West Hammond council ia.-t night lit which George Huunaucr, chairman of the public heal lit turnn.ittee re-ad communications which he had received fiv the State Board of Health and asked what help they were t. expect from the city council in meet lug the demands. ' Miss Brown, community nurse, detailed instances in which she had I 1 en unable to have the eases quarantined. She declared that Dr. Bradi .. nad rciu.se-d to co-ope rite with her and 111 fact had worked at cross purpuses, making her work much more d fficu'.t than it otherwise would have teen. Dr. Bradley denied her charges and ji.nde counter accusations. As it was evident that they were getting now m-re it was decided that the health committee of the council and He public health committee hold a meeting Saturday afternoon at which an attempt should be made to adjust the differences. At the same time it was decided that Dr. Bradley should enforce the ordinances which give him ample power to handle all situations . Complaints have teen so numerous about the disagreeable fumes from the Central Chemical Co.. plant that efforts w .11 be made to h'ue the nuisance abated. Shrubbery in West Hammond has been killed and citizens especially asthmatic persons, suffer acutely at time?. officials of the company will be called to West Hammond to talk over the situation with the representatives of the "city ia the hope that something can be dene to remedy the matter. The matter of purchasing ground for the new Memorial Park was also brought up, but at present there aresome difficulties in the way whleh must be cleared up befoie the citystarts to acu : re the property which it now has in view. Better can up The Times and ha.ve it sent to your house rvery riiht. Then you 11 be sure ?t will be there.

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Killed Carl . : ' . 4 STEVE (MUTT) BARTAK. Mutt had gone to Joliet. III., his old home There is a big family of toe; Bartaks, a father and several c-unht n. the mother having died several iarj ao, nd Mutt, back in the family circle, probably telt safe. Baker, too. had long since scratched LaForte off his visiting list. Young and prepossessing and the master of a good trade, the man pictured here in the middle of the group, prospered. It had leer, eight months since the; slend-r, blonde young merchant had tumbled in a bloody heap down the steps of the little g'oce.'y store in LaForte with two bu!: ts in his body. When Sheriff Anstiss walked into tho office of the Toledo Scale Co. at Tededo re. ently he found Baker, under ihe name of Smith, working as foreman uf the ! electriacl department at $75 a week. He had a bride of four months. Four ! months after he sent Carl H. Coek o.-erj ths long road, he took a wife. j Baker did his first shooting out in Montana where he worked as electrician and driver of some sort of trolley car 11; h mine. He merely pinked the fellow in the neck with a .22 for eallitig hi.n a vile name and he got off easy, after stiying in jail seven months before his trip! was held. While n jail he met ,ip V SETTLE BOSTON STRIKE I Gompers Says Authorities Are Nov Attempting a Dictatorship. (BULLETIN.) I IM ERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BOSTON, Sept. 12. There will be ao compromise, no arbitration In the police j strike and no reinstatement of men who j have "deserted their posts," O07. Gal-1 vln Coolidge announced today when hs learned that nxtion officials have planned' to confer with him and that some of the i strikers had asked to be taken back. r IN rrSKr.1 IONAL NEWS SERVICE " BOSTON, Sept. 12. Conferenees between Gov. Galvin Coolidge. who has taken personal charge of the situation, growing out of the policemen's strike, and union leaders were planned today at which steps may be taken towards settling the walkout. John F. Inne-s. of the Policemen' union, and the committee of the Central Labor union, appointed to handle the general strike plans, announced that they would call 011 the governor this afternoon. Mayor Peters also stated that he. would see the governer in connecrion with the plans for .settling the o'tike. Supt. of Police Michael H. Crowley, said today that several of the striking policemen have applied for their jobs back. Their applications sre being consider ed, he said. GOMPERS ON TROUBLE. ; IMfcRfATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 NEW TOKK. Sept. 12. The attitude of the authorities at Boston In 'be ploics strike is encouraging Bolshevism and leading to anarchy In the opinion of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Latjor, who voiced his sentiments here today in a statement to the, International Xews Service on the situation. "The situation in Boston," said Gompers. ' is leading to anarchy. The authorities should withdraw their order (referring to the order attains" the pMica nfiiiiating with the American Federation of Labor) and the men should return to work" and let there be a status quo. '.'nv they are getting nowhere. "The present attitude of the authorit cs is only encouraging Bolshevism. "In prohibiting the men their right to join, not a revolution lry body, but the American Federation .1' Labor which surely is one of the most conservative organizations in existence, they tre taking a dangerous an Hud. Whenever there is an attempt at a dictatorship or autocracy there s always re action, as this situ ttion shovv:." BEGIN TAX ! COLLECTIONS J The county delinquent tax collectors have almost concluded their work in Kast Chicago and Indiana Harbor and will begin work in Gary rext Monday. It is expected that all notices will be served this week and the office of the city hall will be kept open until Tuesday afternoon.

Cook at Laporte

AJ 4 1 9 ? a 1 ERNEST (FRENCHY) GARIEPY. with bank robbers, and othe-r -"! 01 mils. Later in Joliet, he ran acrors 01. e of these old prison pals and befoie he knew it he was elriving a car for h .u and another "guy" of easy manners. There was always plenty of money and little work and it was not long before Va'.ter found himself mixed up in a bunk robbery at Lockport, near Joliet. with t less two shady companions. Ho managed to get out of thl.3 alO with comparatively littlo punishment, probably because of his youth. Then he worked at Indiana Harbor and bonrded at the Inland hotel vvh.jre he met Mutt and Frerjchy and another nitn cf not particular high charac te r. i-rem them he learned how to tak a gu just fiffer pay day at one of the mills and g out and "stick up" a passerby on x dar't street and relieve hm of hi3 cash. IT ins easier than slaving in the mill a:ul vastly more exciting. Finally hen Frenchy told him the day before Christmas how lie needed money. Baker, who was jsot flush .himself, asked if LaForte was R good town to "work." Baker was almost a graduate in the gunman's school by ibis time. It locked easy f.s "rnchy told it. Mutt was around, broke as usual, rnd ready to join in with the other t.we. STEEL WORKERS' MEETING AT IND. HARBOR Allied Iron and Steel Workers Rush to Complete Their Organization , In anticipation of the big strike of steel workers which has been set for September 22, the Allied Iron and Steel Workers Council is hurrvinz to com plete the organization of the different brandies in cities of the Calumet region where there are stlli some of the v.-crkers who have not Joined. A meeting of the Council was held In the Auditorium Hall at Indiana Harbor last night. The coming strike was discussed and a campaign outlined bv which it Is hoped to recruit into the organization what few workers have remained out. It was voted to hold a big mass meeting at the Auditorium Hall at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. September 24. In crder to see that the meeting Is brought to the attention of all of the workers of the territory, large demonstiat!ons will be held in the streets of Ind'anr Harbor Saturday earning Hid Sunday morning. GARY BAR ASS'N. HOLDS MEETING Members of the Gary Bar Association were called together in an important session at the superior court room l.hrary this morning at the call of President Judge Greenlee and was attended by a large crowd of attorneys. One of the matters of importance to come before the meeting was the" extension of quarters, which have proven to be inadequate at tho Gary superior court. Plans will be taken m the future to secure the third flocr of the building, now occupied by the labor unions as their headquarters. Other matters that were taken up were kept a secret. To fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Court Reporter Harry Folk aj, Hammond. Attorney John Scott, now connected with the law firm of Manlove & Scott, was unanimously recommended as secretary to serve during the ensuing year. MASONIC NOTICE Special meeting of the McKinley Lodge, F. & A. M.. 712, will be held Saturday afternoon and evening. The Master Masons degree will be conferred cn a large class i" candidates. Supper served at p. m. Visiting Masons wi 1come, 9-12-1 M. D. METZ, W. it.

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IN HI SPEECH?

President Beginning to Hear From Country On His Declaration On Radicalism. (BULLETIN.) That the mills ia Gary are stocking np with carloads of foodstuffs sad storing them within the plant and are installing' cots where the strikebreakers can sleep is being: denied by steel officials as weU as labor leaders today. Workmen at the mills, however, say tha.-: they kaow the steel company officials are making- preparations for the strike. It is well-known that "both sides ia the dispute are yetting- ready for any eventualities that may happen- E. H. Gary, chalrmaa of the board of directors cf the United States Steel Corporation, refuses to give any expression of opinion whatever. Prom sirteen to eig-hteea thousand men ia Gary alone will be affected by the strike. The corporation is advised that not over 20 per cent of the men are unionized. Union leaders say that SO per cent is unionised. It Is believed that '.he steel mills will go on operating' even when the strike comes. They are prepared for the struggle, John Edwin Nevin (International News Service Correspondent with Presidential Train.) RATEDRUM, Idaho, Sept. 12. There has been much comment throughout the country on the president's declaration favoring radicalism so long as the men who agitate "do so in an orderly fashion" t and "remove noxious-growths with- ! out cutting up by the roots." The reaction from that declaration was reaching the presidential party today. It was very plain that public opinion was divided .as to what the president actually meant by his statements. WELL. WHAT DID HE MEAN? Members of the party in a position tknow his views, said that a very grave mistake would be made should any one get the impression that he advocated anything that savored of what is known as I. W. W. Attention was called to hi? denunciation of Lenine and Trotsky and of the efforts on their behalf by certain American agents. The president's intentions, according to the members e-f his party who are in a position te know his mind, is to serve notice on the radicals of both labor and capital, that ihev must work to remove grievances tai". they complain of entirely and At nil times along lines that will not further disturb the economic processes of thnation. SOME MORE DISAPPROVING. Since the present trip was begun in(Continued on page three.) ' SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN" POINT. Ind.. Sept. II. Ar enormous crowd is expected tomorrowat the big district love-feast and barbecue at the fair grounds here, which Is to be given under the auspices of the Harrison Club of Gary with County Republican Chairman John J. Killigrew as master of ceremonies. A story ha ben ciwn circulation that Senator J. K. Watson would not be present. A wiro was received from his secretary today by Mr. Killigrew stating that Senator Watson would be in Gary tomorrow morning and would go thence to Crown Point In time for the barbecue at 11 a. m. GARY IS IN DIRE NEED OF SUGAR Gary Is in the throes of a sugar famine today atid unless a shipment arrives before the week-end. residents will be without the useful commodity next week. In a canvass of the city, it was learned that most of the stores are without sugar and the retailers have been unafile to purchase a pound of it for thencustomers. Only one or two stores i nthe entirecity have a supply of sugar on hand an 1 because of the demand on account of tho shortage, it will not last very long. Tho sale is also confined to two-pound lots to a customer and yesterday sold at fourteen cents a pound and was considered cheap at that price. This week Indiana was allotted forty cars of sugar by the Equalization board and residents are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Lake county's share. What amount has been alloted has not been made known and as small as it will be, will help to tide over. Don't throw your paper awaj without reading the want ad page.

WATSON

GARY

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