Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 87, Hammond, Lake County, 29 September 1919 — Page 1

AKE UNT1 BEST READ I NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY RAIN,' Of HE &!T ATXOZT AL NEW3 rUIL LEASES WISE 5E&VICE. On streets a&A newaetands. 3c per copy. Delivered by cariltr la Hammond and. West Eimmoni SOo per month. f VOL. XIV, NO. 87. MONDAY, SEPT EMBER 29, 1919. HAMMOND, INDIANA. n GDEP AHA RAC MEET TO

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LATEST NEWS FROM OMAHA Mayor smith reported ont of danger. Damaffe to oourt house and Jail wlU reach $250,000. On million dollar In cash escaped the flames. Lynchers say a note was thrown to them from court house tollingthem to come and ft the negro. Prisoners In county jail in burn. Jng building- were taken to roof for safety. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE OMAHA, Neb., Sept 29. Victim of an angry mob that put a rope around his neck and dragged him through the streets when he refused to order a negro prisoner turned over to it, Mayor Edward P. Smith is reported in a precarious condition today from injuries inflicted by his assailants. It is reported from the hospital where Mayor Smith was taken after the mob attempted to lynch him that he is unconscious and that death may result six psoras AS.E iniED. The attack upon the mayor was an outstanding incident in a night of lawless terror in which six persons were killed, a score or more injured and Omaha's million dollar court house gutted by fire. William Brown, negro prisoner, whose attack upon Miss Agnes Lobeck, a white girl, who aroused the anger of the mob, was taken from jail and hanged to a trolley pole. Afterward his body was riddled with bullets and dragged through the streets. The first accurate account of the attempt to lynch Mayor Smith became ivallable today. The mayor was seized by the mob ?n Seventeenth St., near the court house. He was hustled to Harney st. and Mopped at the foot of a trolley role on the cross arm of which is a coil of rope. "Give us the key to the Jail." the mob dcmax.ded. 'If we cant get the n'srn we will lynch you." Cries of "He's no better than the! ntgro." and "He's a nejrro lover." came from the mob. "Get the rope," someone shouted. "Lets string the mayor up." A loose end of the rope was lowered nd It was placed about the neck of the mayor. Appalled at the possibility rf slaying the city's chief executive, cooler heads began shouting: "We won't stand for hanirlng the mayor. That won't fret us the niggnr. Let him go. Tell him to get out of are." Their advice was heeded and the ;rowd beran to move down Harney St., dtajrsing the mayor with It. A few minutes later the police arrived and rescued the mayor, rustling hin in an ...tomoblle to the Ford hospital. Conditions are quieter this morning! nd federal troops are on guard to reinforce the Omaha police. Scattered mobs are still roaming the streets, but it iB believed that the presence of the troops will prevent further violence. KiTOS WAS IN COTTS.T HOUSE. Mayor Smith was In the court house when the mob assembled there to demand that Brown, a prisoner In the county Jail, be handed over to it. He Attempted to leave the buildinK, but the mob grabbed him, demanding that he aider the sheriff to give It tho negro. The mayor refused and a rope was thrown about his neck. He was dragged t Sixteenth and (Continued on page slx) REDFIELD MAKES A PREDICTION WASHINGTON. Sept. 29 Labor will InF the big steel strike in the opinion cf Secretary of Commerce Redfield. because the stiike has not the support of r iblic opinion . "The American public regards the rteei strike as a movement by organ-ir-d labor to grasp power and for that reason did not surport it." the secre- , . : J .1.1. .ffArnnnn O rCI ni If d I iary stiu ,.v-... f labor has lost in the last two months j npport of the public that it will take a number of years for it to regain." he rntinued. cltin? the Boston police Tike as one of the principal reasons for this "1086 of public support."

Steel Strikers' Counsel and Leader Accused of Having I. W. W. Tendencies

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! '. if T r . ! v yes, - A. f - i -':l WILLIAM 7. . FOSTER A I I.I.I VM D. KIBIN Here are two men who figure prom inently In the steel strike. Represen- j tative Cooper of Ohio charged ir. the ' House that William Z. Foster, secre- i tary-treasurer of the Steel Strikers National Committee, represents radical union leadership and has been active in I. W. V. propaganda. Thsee allegations are now beinj? investigated during the Senate Committee inquiry. Onthe openir.e; day of the investigation when John Fitzpatrick. chairman of the strikers' committee, appeared as a witness, William 13. Rubin appeared as counsel for the strikers. LAD III OVER BY AUTO DEAD John Porinchnski. a nine year oH boy, who lived at 703 State Line street, Hammond, was run over yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock at the corner of State Line street and Clinton street by Dr. James Brown of 4 Mason street and died at St. Margaret's hospital ten hour later of his injuries. It is claimed that Th Ind with some other boys were riding on the automobile of "William Keller on State Line and that when it got to Clinton street that Keller stopped and ordered them off. John jumped off directly In front of the automobile of Dr. Brown who was passing. The doctor was unable to stop and the car passed completely over tho boy's chest, crushing It. He was rushed to St. Margaret's hospital wh-re in spite of all that could fce done be died at 11 o'clock laft night. jos. Mcdonald sues for divorce Declaring that for three years he had not had a peaceable moment in her presence because of her violent temper. Joseph McDouald has brought suit for divorce from his wife, Alma McDonaW, in the Hammond superior C"urt. At times when her temper would get beyond control. Mr. McDonald says that his wife would frequently toss dishes or anything she could reach at him. Now and then she would refuse to cool; for him and it would be necessary for him to prepare the meals for himself and the children. They were marriod August 19. 1914. and separated August "6, 1910. at which time the woman threw the children on the floor and announced she was through with the home. Since then, the husband says. he and others have seen her in company with other men. He asks for the custody of the children. Cleveland & Cleveland are his attorneys. MEEK NOW AT COLUMBIA CLUB T. E. Meek, formerly manager of the Hammond Country CIuu who went hence to Shiron, r.i., to acept the management rf the Country Club there lias resigned that position and accepted the management of the Columbia Club at Indianapolis, Indiana's noted republican elub. He took charge last week and expects to move his fomily shortly to Indianapolis Mr. Meek was." prior to coming to Hammond, the manager of the Columbia Club. Don't throw your paper away without reading the want ad page.

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$180,000 Real Estate Transaction Reported at Ind. Harbor. Another real estate transfer which presages still greater expansion for one of Xorth townships loading industries was announced today by Gostlin, Meyn v Hastings of Hammond. Through their agency sixty acres of Kast Chicago lund, owned by the Hammond Realty Co.. was sold to the Sinclair Oil Co. it ihf fincy price of $3,000 per acre. The land lies along the Indiana Harbor ship canal Just south of the present holdings of the Sinclair company on which one of the largest oil refineries of the country is bfintr built. unn the war the company's building program was rushed until labor became scarce, Imring the summer unsettled conditions have slowed down the work but progress is still being made and before lur.g it is expected that construction will be itsumed at the old rate. The big transaction will several othr huge ones just closed or about to be closed indicates the high regard In which North township industrial proprty is regarded by the large manufacturers of the country. It gives an Inkling of the marvelous development which may be expected in the Calumet region in the next few years. In the deal W. J. Hastings, of the firm of Gostlin. Meyn Hastings, acted for both the buyer and seller. Hammond now has one of the hospitil units established by the Vnlted States Public Health Service for the benefit of ex-servtce men in need of medical and surgical attention. Dr. B. F. Chidlaw, who was appointed chief surgeon and examiner for the Hammond station, announces that arrangements have been made whereby at least twenty-five beds ir. St. Margaret's hospital will be placed at the disposal of the unit. Other specialists selected to art with Dr. Chidlaw are Dr. A. W. Lloyd, who will treat eye, ear. nose and throat cases; Dr. W. K. Howatt, who will treat nervous disorders, and Dr. J. W. Iddings. who will have charge of the dental work. . Much dissatisfaction Is being expressed by returned soldiers over tho fact that they have been turned out of the army with some physical disability incurred in the service and that the government is doing nothing for them. This is a mistake, says Dr. Chidlaw, and the reason these men are not receiving the treatment which they need is that they have not made application. This fact Is not understood among the majority of ex-service men. Men who wem receiving treatment at the time of their discharge were -generally given compensation numbers to be used in keeping a line on them for the payment of their disability or compensation money. In cases when sickness or disability has followed the release from service and where It is shown that this was brought on by the army experience, the patient can receive treatment and compensation money. It is necessary for him to secure one of the blank forms which may be had from the Red Cross, fill this out and present it to Dr. Chidlaw together with a verified copy of his discharge papers. Dr. Chidlaw will then make an examination and if conditions warrant he will report to district headquarters at Cincinnati from whom he will receive Instructions. If it is a hospital case, the man will be ordered removed to St. Margaret's, and if it is merely an office cist: he will he Insured proper attention. The Hammond territory includes practically all of Lake county, but patients will be allowed transportation to and from the city. Sanitariums are being thrown open to soldiers in various parti of the country and if the examining physician so recommends the soldier will be sent to one of these for treatment. At present institutions have been opened for tho treatment of nervous cases at Waukesha. Wis.; Perry vil!, Md.. and Cape May. N". J., and a number of tuberculosis sanitariums will ba opened soon. The Hammond post of the American Legion has taken up the matter and will try to bring 1t to the attention of all of it members. In addition to helping tho soldiers get the treatment and compensation which is due thrm from thi government, the Legion also intends to render assistance to its men who have become disabled since leaving the service tnJ who are now unable to pay for treatment. In the short time since. Dr. Chidlaw was placed in charge of the work In Hammond a number of cases have ropcrted to him. There are also some which have been turned over to him by the health service in which the men have as yet failed to appear. BURGLARS ATTEMPT TO ENTER GARY HOME Last night at 12 o'clock burglars attempted an entrance by breaking the screens at the home of Paul Ruick. of 229 Washington street, Gary. Ruick fired two shots at the fleeing burglars .

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BACK TO THEIR WORK Big Autos Rush Hundreds of Workmen Into Big Gary Steel Mills. The United States Steel Corporation a,t Gary in a concentrated drive during the past 72 hours has swelled its forces considerably. The steel corporation estimates that it now has in the neighborhood of 4,000 steel workers housed within the defenses of the monster moat plant. Throughout the day yesterday and all last night, a small army of scouts canvassed the city for employes who wished to return to work and in big powerful autmobiles. hundreds of workmen were whisked into the plant. In their effort to stay off the gradually Increased working forces the pickets Bre keeping up their vigil day and night. They are meeting with opposition on the part of the workmen who wend their way into the plants and ccasionally they succeed in convincing a workman to return to his home but the average Is defiant, speechless and apparently with a new determination, walks into the. plant to work. It Is believed that the crisis ts at hand. Today the Gary works and its subsidiary plants hum with renewed activity and acording to officials of the steel company, the -second week of the strike will see theM operating at sevn-ty-flce per cent e nty. At the close of the week they expect to have 5. COO men In the plant. riTZFATSJCX CONTrDEHT. John Fitzpatrick. director of the strike In the . Chicago region, ridiculed stories to the effect that the companies were steadily increasing their work and that the strike was proportionately loing strength. "The strike Is as good as won right now." he said last night on his return from Pittsburgh, where he has been attending a conference of union officials. "Union men are not returning to work (Continue- on page five.) WELL KNOWN RECRUITING OFFICER DEAD INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) FORT WAYNE. Ind., Sept. 23 Lieut. Col. Thomas Ryan, in charge of the recruiting district of Indiana, and Illinois, was found dead in hit bed at the hotel Anthony here early this morning. It is believed he died of heart diseases, after he retired at midnight. Lieut. Col. Ryan, who only last Friday received announcement of his promotion from rank of Major here late yesterday to visit Recruiting Sergeant Probe, whose less and bark had been broken in a motorcycle accident. The dead officer had served in the SpanishAmerican war, the FhiiUptne insurrection and the Mexican trouble in 191fi. He was 52 years old. The widow and one son. .oble F. Ryan, a lientenant in the regular army service. Lieut. Col. Ryan was wll known in both Hammond and Oary. Roth recruiting offices were under his Jurisdiction and he oft"n visited both of the cities. STEEL STRIKE SUMMARY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 Substantial gains appear to have been made by the steel interests over the -week-end. The sains principally were made) through the Western Pennsylvania district, where several mills in Donora, Newcastle, McKeesport and Pittsburgh proper, which had been forced to close Inst week, resumed operations today. At other points in the district, notably In the steel cities of Homestead. Duquesne, Braddock, Brackenburg and others, where operations never have ceas d the mills reported greatly inmatid forces today with production equalling Its pre-strik. rate. Many men have sne back to work in the Gary mlUs. The strike war ex-;rded to the Uetii1' hem plants. ll-.?:virt inJ;ca!e 'hat r.i'u hers of the employes went out at ine -'r.i i -jl.-u-.ts o; company, I u '. tnat ! il icn t enf o. . s rr: , ir.cit to continue operations in all departments. Outside of Pennsylvania there was little charge in the strike situation. Youngstown remained closed down. Are you readers The Traits P

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posed to take any chances. Keep SURGEON SUES Wealthy Woman Who Missed Her Diamonds Sued by Dr. Achilles Davis. SPRINGFIELD, Mo.. Pert. 27. Two l-uits with total damages of J 15,000 the asked have been filed in the United States district court here by Dr. Achiiles Davis, a physician of Chicago, and Mrs. Davis against Mrs. Statira FisherSills, wife of J. K. Sills, an official of the Frisco railroad and a member fef ore of the city's wealthiest families. It is said that the suits have been brought with the understanding between tho plaintiffs and their attorney that any Judgment that may bo awarded them shail be donated to the Red Cross or some other similar organization. Dr. Davis is wealthy. The suits grew out of an Incident In August. 1D1S, when Dr. and Mrs. Davis were riding to Springfield from St. Louis in a Pullman coach in which Mrs. Sills also was a. passenger. Mrs. Sills missed two d.amond rings and is said to have accused the: physician and his wife of having them. When the train reached Springfield, they were arrested, taken to police headquarters and searched. The gems were not found and the prisoners were released. The petition recites that the plaintiffs suffered great shame and 1 hurr.il iat ion by the accusation of Mrs. Sills in the presence of numerous persons. Besides his practice In Chicago, Dr. Davis owns extensive orchards in Tar.cy county. Mo. to which place he was en route when he and his w lfe wrre arrested. WILSON PASSES A RESTLESS NIGHT Pres. Forced to Cancel All Engagements; Important Questions Shelved t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. President Wilson has "burned out every ounce of energy and must have complete rest and quiet until he gets it back." it was stated at the White House today. Sec retary Tumulty announced that he has j cancelled ail of the president's pending engagements nnd that all questions, largo and small, that haave been facing the president would be. shelved until it is assured he is strong enough to cope with them. It is also likely that he' will leave Washington for a time, so' that he may get the complete rest which i is believed to be essential to his re-1 ccvery j It was stated unofficially that thjj president had passed a somewhat restless night. An official statement from j ! Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, the ; president's personal physician, was ex- j pected momentarily. In the future, it ' I was stated. Dr. Grayson will issu'? two 1 bulletins daily, one about 10 a. m. and the Cher twelve hours later. j Liquor Violators Hsld ! For Federal Authorities : Wassel Harker. Hie Stola and wife ' Mary, 1946. West ISth avenue, Gary, ! last night were grabbed up by the i ("Jary police on the charge of Stale law liquor violators and hauled to the station where they are held without bond for the federal authorities. Stoia not so very Ions ago was released from the state penitentiary where he was sentenced on the charge of violating th Mann act.

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obeying the orders ;ilso the strikers. LATEST ON BIG STRIKE (BTJI.I.ETIN.) 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23. Four shots ware fired Into the plant at North Claritoa "before dawn, this morning. PoUce made a ran to the scene, but all was quiet when they reached there. Two women were arrested as being' "suspicious persons." Por the first time since the' strike was called serious attemps a picketing the steel plants were made today at Braddock and Rankin. The state constabulary and local authorities at Braddock dispersed the pickets, but la Raakia they worked unmolested and persuaded many mea not to enter the mills. (BTJLLETIH.) 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 I YOTXNOSTOWN, O- Sept. 29 Tne ' second week of the iron and steel work- ! er' strike here started today with the: situation unchanged. No attempts j were made to resume operations of the plants which were dosed down. ! More than 650 railroad workers in a ' meeting1 here were instructed to keep j their contracts with the roads, setting at I rest reports that the railroads might go on a sympathetic strike, j (BULLETIN.) j r INTERN ATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ! WIIETON, W. Va., Sept. 29 The' mills of the Welrton Steel Co. against ' which SteubenvUle strikers had threat. ' ened to march, were practically dowa ' today. Twenty-six tin mills failed to resume operations, hut the steel mill ! proper employia? five hundred men was i rtiU running. About 3,500 men are out. (BTTI,I.XTI1T.) 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE"! SHARON, Pa., Sept. 29. A majority of the steel mills la this district which were forced to close down last week by the strike resumed operations today. Some manufacturers asserted that the; backbone of the strike in the Shtnanjo j Valley district had "been broken. Part of the Valley Mold and Iron Co.'s ; plant resumed operation today. The ' Carnegie plant at rarrel is running at normal capacity. The coke plant also Is open. The American Steel and Wire plant becaa full operations today and j the Tin Plate and Sheet Jllills will open ! tomorrow. Kill officials estimated that ! more than fifty per cent of the strikers j have returned to work. ! BTJI.i,ETIN.) I f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! READING. Pa., Sept. 29. Sixty-eight1 men went on strike at the Bethlehem ' plant here tills morning. Tho strikers ' are all affiliated with the machinists union. The machinists are the only men ! who organized in the local plant. A ' cordon of police was thrown around tlia j plant, but there was no disorder. i The machinists on strike ho;d a meet. ing" this morning and will mfcke an effort to organize the other men in the1 mill. 'INTERNATIONAL NC"S SCTMCE1 I 2AI.TTMOIIE, Mo.. Sept. 2D. Officials 1 of the corporation and steel workers at J Sparrows Point not a man went ont at fecthlehem company's plant therein , answer to tho strike call issued by the national committee of the steel workers Saturday and which was set for 6 o'clock this morcingr. A vote taken yestarfiay showed that only a few men cast their ballots in favor cf striking. These men have been working oa only hall time recently. In normal times the steel and tin plats millc which would te af. fected tT7 a strike, employ about 6.0CO men. It is said at present a'oout 5,00 mea aro employed at the pl&at. LAWRENCE SPIKER NOW ON THIS SIDE. A telegram was received by the parents of La.vronce Spikcr of C.ny. that he arrived r. .his s'uo of tK."- hi- pond and expected t obe home ir. n day or ( two . il has leer, d ' ic; a.s n". U I inla'rlphia. T.awrer.co was among the first to enlist fror.i Gary and was a member of tho signal corps end was sent overseas for c'.gntten months witnessing a number of major eiiga.gemeiitH going over the top three tin;;!.

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COMMITTEE ! Inland Mill Workers Will Take Census to See Who Wants to Go Back. At a meeting of about 300 workmen employed at the Inland' steel mills at Indiana Harbor this morning a committee of 100 volunteers was organized to canvass the city and see how many Inla'nd men want to go back to work. This committee started work at one o'clock this afternoon and will take a complete census. It is to report back at a meeting for Wednesday morning at 1C o'clock. Th: huge stcti plant will not orcn uni.ss th- i.mcialv are guaranteed that "-iioUKh men will return Vj work to put it .h an operating basis. At the meetiii.; this morning the speakers expressed :ii.:r confidence that fully ninety per c.nt of the men who were out were, rvady ti . back to work. Th: mettii was luld in the Civic club rooms. A meeting in Kosciusko Park. Eai-f. Chkasc l,jr the purpose of organizin?.tho working-men of the vicinity '"to gam their ends without going out on the strcets like a riock of sheep without knowing what they are out for," wa atendd by probably a thousand m.;n. women and children. The labor leaders expf-eted more to attend, but were wjil satisfied considering the rain. For a .-liort time there was Quite a rain storm, but not a person left th park and the speakers kept their places on the platform. Howard Lock, secretary-treasurer of tho Lake County Central Labor Union and representative and organizer for the American Federation of Labor, had charge of the meeting and explained itpi.rpose. He told the assembly that th -Amt-rhan Federation of Labor was opposed to strikes, but that the men musbe organized in order tr get what thr . deserved without being compelled strike. Th- other speakers on the pr. -gram urged organization and sp-1; favorably of the big steel strike. The meeting was called primarily ; avoid a walkout of the laborers at t;, Interstate and Republic mills In En-, Chicago. It was rumored that thes men would not go to work this mornin. but would go out In sympathy with thMeel strikers. The two plants are already working under an agreement wlh the Amalgamated Association, but the laborers have no agreement. These meti were urged to first organize, then maktheir demands before going out. Labor leaders do not believe that the men wi I be organized sufficiently to present theidemands before the end of the week. Mayor Leo McCormack was the flri speakers on the program and told th -audience that he had been wronged by the people who are criticising him. Hsaid. "I may be criticised now. but whe i this strike is over I expect to cor:through with flying colors." Eight union rickets were arrested b -the police at the Mark plant Saturia--evening about S:00 o'clock on the charge of stoning an automobile in which i brick layer boss was leaving the. plan'. The man had taken his family cut the plant to look things over and on th way back his wife was hit on the aru: by a stone. Labor officials deny tha the pickets stoned the car. but are willing for the pickets to be prosecute because they were on private property and in a place where pickets had been ordered not to go. Xone of the plants in Irid'ena Harb-T tried to operate thfs morning and rv trouble ensued. The promised trouMf at the General American Car Corporation did not materialize and all of thmen returned to work. It is understood that the matter is being considered !v lie company and that a settlement js probable. Te GOT A TERRIBLE James rtvvarons of Indiana Harbor and Kazimcr Pctreikls of Roseland, 111., who were crrcstcd by Officer Hanlon of tho Ha-mmond police Friday night willj a $4,000 load of whiskey, were arraigned before Vniied States Commissioner SuiP'!s th! it! rning. They were released nfter each had furnished $2.ono boni for '.heir appearance before the federal SMnil Jury. I'iv.aronas In his s'atement said th"l. h-. LxJ not planned to sell the liquor in Indian, i Harbor, but had deti'.ed to mov !t there s a mat'r of safety. Ho said l:i',- Homeland b.-ys had already stolen three l a: rels from his stock. "When th country "went wet again" he intendel to open the saloon which he had fern -crly opoi n.ted at Roseland Petrcikis wanted to know when his friend could get his whiskey back an i both nearly fainted when Mr. Surpris -informed them that the stuff would on du nped intc the c.vr.

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