Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 142, Hammond, Lake County, 3 December 1919 — Page 1

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&T0UNDED AT STORY TOLD lllarvels at Immense Amount of Cash Stolen by Youthful Bandits. IT!KS BUREAU AT STATS CAP1TAL1 INDIANVAPOLIS. Ind.. Dec. J. Fleading 4-uiHy to the Ptiarge of stealing a trail sack containing S231.000 for the i Standard OU Co. payroll from the.station t (. .vfoira t WWtlng last rummer. th thrfg mea arrested were sentenced by ! Judge A. B. Anderson In the federal . . . . 1 i . i court. Jchn S. Wiaja, iwm i.e. Chicago post office. Mas sent to the ' frc:I prison for four years. Leo Fillpski w as given three years and his ; ivucteen-year-cJd brother. Walter, was i..ir,tenced to one year and a day. The court marveled at the amount of i. . ney involved and when Walter Filip--KO 6kl said 170.000 was still missing and nat ho 'thought the poiic had some . f at from the way they handled the n-oney." The court asked. "How did they v.rdlo it. with shovels?" All the money vet found by officers except S70.000. - ii.ch it is thought is in tho possession Carl Stiler. a member cf thegans v no has not been apprehended. ."f the 101 defendants arraigned In curt, sixty entered pleas of guilty, thlr-tx-four pleaded not guilty and one filed demurrer to ths indictment. Among t '... who entered pleas of guilty to vio-i !.. of the Reed amendment were -i.,..,-v Ffn and Carl Remsuete ofj i:!n.;.j; .Tordan Pristov. Andrew Ba-1 jac-z and Helen Marcaj cf Indiana Har-Lo--Steve Mas arcs of East Chicago and Irin'iti Guber. Mike Kuesel. Michael X. wo-mU. John Ivanlch and Alexander 1m rr of Gary. William Johnson of Hammond was ....tons those admitting guilt in manufacturing and selling Uquor in violation .; -he war-time prohibition act and Martin Talesman and Roy KHckner of oown Point pleaded guilty to having 1 icit stills set up. -neng the pleas of not guilty were f,e following: Mike Zron. Lake county. barged with counterfeiting: rol , . hlaskl. Felix Miller and Alex Gorski, 3lammond. stealing from interstate shlpr. --rt- for violating the Reed amendment. 1-n Cosroa. Nick Rociu. John Etcva. liu-k Muntean. James Fiwaronas and Kilmer Uetreikis of Indiana Harbor; oy and Winca Kiris of Fast Chicago; Milan Mandish, Dan Lamaich. Frank 3 -ar. Israel Minenberg. George Kraynak nd Mary Kraynak of Gary. tve Latansky of Indiana Harbor and Ar.gelo Trinco of Gary pleaded not u!lty to the charge of manufacturing :.d selling liquor. Mickey Bloski. nineteen years, eld. or J.ast Chicago, pleaded guilty to transit .rling nine cases of beer from Chicago, lie said It was for the use of the family. in which there were twelve members. During his examination by the court it developed the defendant was employed as i lead scaler and loader working twelve Lour every night for J6.50 a night, and That on one occaston in two weeks he hai received $39 in wages. The court ...... that organized labor should cV.'sotnethlng to improve the def endatit's-j lot. HORSETHIEVES NOT YET EXTINCT SEEMS Two horsethleves. a variety-of crimlthought to have been out of etyle in 1 he Calumet region for years, have been landed by the Hammond police and are row being held for trial. Unlike the old timers who chose horse' etealing as profession, theso fellows, simply hit upon Tiie scheme as a means of picking UP a little change in slack times. Last Saturday night William Frohl. TZ2 Monroe St.. and Jacob Wlker.- 535 Mimmer St., each reported the loss of a horse to the police. Mr. Wik-r had ben relieved of the aged sorrel driver which l as been a familiar sight on Hammond streets during the greater part of her twenty years. Knowing that horsel:icves In this day generally resort to the quickest means of getting money, the fertilizer' plant, the police quickly f pread a net to catch the thieves. Yesterday word was received from a hr.rse killer at Chicago that he had the t.rysts, but had delayed execution. Ofll-ct-rs Bunde and Finslee went to the city and through the killers iruonnai-n arrf.tod Bill Ptltz, 1017 W. Congress si., rnd John Schultz of Butler, Fa., who was staying with him. They har5old the horsefi for $10 each. Arrangements were r.iade whereby the animals could be broug'it to Hammond today. PAPER GO TO A NICKEL ISTXAKATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 3. The fliit-e. Birmingham'daily newspapers have Increased their retail copy price, due to i!e caper situation. The News ami I.-tdger. afternoon papers, have advanced j mo daily from lour to nvc renin The Ledger's Sunday xaper goes from five to

in cents and the News and Herald Sun- j modify but on account of its scarcity, day xlitione from f-even to ten cents.; are lucky to Krt it at that price. AoThe Daily Herald remains at fie centj j cording to the dealers they see no reus bfture the paper shortage, N i lief in sight

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TO MINERS i ' i Acting President John L.j Lewis Says There Is No Possibility of Settlement j On That Basis. (EULUiTnr) j I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! ! WXSHINOTOJT. Deo. 3. Uttohaag ad I conditions la the production of coal was I apparent la tlx report of the fuel a 4tea today. j The output of the mines Is materially less than forthe first tiro days of last week, with the demand for coal Tery much greater. Officials of the fuel administration did not conceal concern erer the situation as the reports came In. It was stated, howerer, that no action of any kind will he taken until after the return here tomorrow of Sr. Garfield, who Is now at Willi a. me College. INDIA.VAFALJS. Ind.. Dec. 3 There is no possibility of setlement 'of the coal cvontroversy on the basis o four teen per cent increase offered tue min - trs by Fuel Administrator Garfeld This flat assertion was made to the" International News, Service by John 1 Lewis, acting -president of the Cnited Mine Workers, upon his arrival at. his office here today. There can be no tettlement for less than the thirty-one per cent proposed by Secretary of Labor Wilson, Mr. Lewis declared. The miners sre patfently waiting for th government to redeem its government to redeem its pledge. They cannot and will not. be- j lleve that the government does not in lend to support the action of its authized official, -gecretary '.Wilson," said the union leader. "Developments of the last few days should demonstrate the utter fallacy and inability of a war time agency, such as he fuel administration, in attempting to settle a grave iproblem of such magnitude as the coal strike. OH WAY TO NEW YORK With Her Anarchist Friend Berkman, She's Ready For Deportation. flNttEKATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO. Dec. 3. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, Uusisan anarchists, are en route to New Tork and Ellis Island today to b deported for alleged anarchistic activities in the United States. Goldman and Berkman left Chicago last night and while they are speeding toward New Tork their attorneys are preparing to appeal to the United States courts on a writ of habeas corpus. "They think they will be rtd of us bysending us to Russia," said Emma Goldman last night before leaving this city. "Not by a long shot. We will g,et Trotsky to name tis ambassadors to the United States. We may all live to see Emma Goldman getting out of her limousine in Washington and all those nasty little officials there standing about w ith their hats in their hands." CARLISLE, BANDIT, IS CAPTURED Capture Effected By Posse In Wyoming Last Night. i ikTf RNiTIOMAL NEWS SERVICE i DOUGLAS. Wyo.. Dec. J. Lying in tn Douglas hospital with bullet wounds in rieht lune and in his right hand, Wm. Carlisle, notorious train b:i'idtt. is in a serious. condition today. Physicians ray he may live, but his injuries are very painful. Carlisle's capture was effected late yesterday by a sir 11 posse led by Sheriff Roach of Platte county, in the nountain cabin of Frank Williams, near Estabrook. in the l-ariimie Peak region about eighty mile from the scene of his last hold-up. Koach entered the cabin unnoticed and whf-n Carlisle discovered the officer's presence he attempted to reach a revolver and rifle in another room. A shot from the sheriff's gun that penetrated the bandit's lung dropped him to the floor. Except to tell the sheriff that he "did not blame him for shooti&g." Carlisle has made no comment on his arrest. SUGAR SELLING AT 22 CENTS A POUND Those who have been lucky enough to purchase sugar in Gary are paying 22 cents a pound for the useful con:-

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CH HOLD HESSV1LLE Direct Action is Proposed by Attorney WhineVy and City Attorney is Ordered To Take Steps. Wrect riction for the purpose of cinching Hammond's hold on Hessvillo, which has been contested since the territory was annK.ed by the city in 1911. was' proposed by t.itorn y H". J. tVhinery in i an address which he mailt- Tuesday even ing before the ciiy council of Hammond. Mr. Vr'hlnery, iike hundreds of other Hammond citizen, is vf the opinion that the future growth of Hammond depends upon it having plenty of room for expansion to (the south. With Hess vi lie attempting to maintain a separate existj ciicc the city will be shut in similar to the predicament Cf T0at Chicago and Whiting. Heseville whs annexed by the c;ty council ciit years ago. but tin; town took an appeal lo tho courts and ttu if the matter is settled in favor ut Hammoil it may mean a wait of at least two jeara. To bring the matter to a head at once. Mr. Whintry believes the city should have the courts mandate Auditor Foland to place the Hessville property on the i c .jsi yn-wiui, iuu " i iuu to enjoin the city officials from collect tng tastes, .but lie believes it will bo settled much sooner this way. It is not ihe money received in taxes which Hammond should make the fight for, he says, but to keep the way cleared to the south lor the city's development. The council voted unanimously to adopt Air. Whinery's suggestion and City Attorney Jlcilahon was Instructed- to bring the proper action through the courts at once. Once more the proposition of placing lights in the new Lyudora district was Lrought up. but as the government haa failed to dedicate, tho plat to the city, nothing will be done until the city has authority to make the move. . Recommendations- for an ordinance establishing the ofllce of plumbiug inspector were brought in by Alderman (Highland, rf presenting the Judiciary committee. The ordinance would embrace license fees upon master plumbers and journeymen which the mayor and several aldermen feared would not be h Id legal. To be safe the matter was referred to the city attorney. Alderman Urucc introduced a motion to the effect that the finance committee be instructed to call upon City Judge Ivlotz to ascertain why a report covering his work for tho quarter ending Oct. 1st had not been submitted to' the city treasurer, togcthir v.ilh tlic money collected as tines. As the American Legion post had asked to have the Hammond employment oftlco moved to tire new quarters of the Legion in the DfLmond building across from the post, office, the matter was; brought before tho council. .After some discussion it Was voted 9 to 4 to keep the office at its present location in the court house. AldTiuan Skufakia revived the old proposition of having the old company houses belonging to the Standard Steel far Co. in East Hammond torn down. The city clerk was instructed to get in touch with the state authorities to learn i If the old condemnation order which was j held up during the war was now in force. THREE SUITS . FILED AGAINST ' THE G. & I. Three damage suits resulting from the sarfTe accident were filed acainut Ulo g,. & jn,erurDan R R- Co and ,he (;al. strCft Railwav c t d , i the Hammond superior court. Th plaintiffs are Karl Krai, bin wife Lillian KraJ. an.j his sister-in-law, Amelia Bedron. The combined damages asked by them amounts to $2fl.500. The accident on which the suits are baaed occurred October 4 at the intersection of Summer street and Englewood avenue, in Gary. The plaintiffs were ridintr north on ihplewood avenue and claim that bushes and weeds which extend to the side of the avenue and the car tracks on Summer street, obstructed their view so that they did not notice- th approach of an electric car. The automobile was demolished. Krai s collar bone wai broken and he received ofhT injuries, Mrs. Krai received numerous minor injuries and the sister-in-law had her hip dislocated and an ear severed. Yhe complair.H ask for $11,300 tor Krai's injuries; $5,(K'0 for Mrs. Krai's rti $10,000 for Amclin Bedron and $1,30O fur the automobile. Home anO Murray are attorneys in the three suits Take The Times .ncl keep ican that money can buy and hones! ttni:h with lbs whole vorld.

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U. S. troops Relations between Mexico and the United States are strained almost to the breaking point, and Pretentious . Place Filled With Wines Government officials found the most complete wine making and dispensing establishment unearthed thus far In the Calumet region when they raided the cellars under the soft drink saloon of Vasa Lucanski, 3713 Cedar si... Indiana Harbor. Lucanski and his assistant. Pete Pilipolich, were arraigned before United States Commissioner Surprise Tuesday afternoon and were held to the federal - grand. Jury under 11.000 bond each. The raiding party on entering Vasa's place immediately noticed the odor which comes only from fermenting mash. Thu officers went to the cellar below and found a small bar. Behind" tt sat a large coffee pot and two glasses. The pot was tilled with wine. A cloth covered screen door at the rear of the bar ws torn open and the wine cellar was disclosed. Barrel after barrel was ranged along the wall, the total contents amounting to over 600, pallons of win-? ready to be served. There were also three large vats containing mash. One held about 230 gallons of the mixture while the other two were of 1(0 gallons capacity each. Returning to' the living rooms thl search was continued. Anna, the wife of Lucanski. persisted in maintaining a certain position ojl a davenport, arousing the suspicions of the raiders. She way forced to move awnijami it was found that the cushion on which she had been sitting concealed about ten bottles of raisin brandy. Lucanski insists that the wine was only grap juice, but the government ni.n had already rounded up twenty-five witnesses who had been buying tho stuff and were ready to testify that Jt was Uronger than ordinary grape juice. That the business has been goiHK on for some time wa hovvn by a truckload of empty Krapo boxes which tilled one of the rooms of the cellar. REDUCES ITS ASSESSMENT f TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Dec. 3. The r.tato tax board today reduced the assessment of the Chicago Telephone Company from $133 a mile to $7. This will make the total assessment of the company in Indiana, exclusive of local assessments. $1.7000."i'iO. The company's petition for a reduction was based on reports of valuation made to the public service commission. ' . ROUNDING UP MORE RECRUITS One of the "traveling bungalows." on recruiting service for the Sixth Division, which 1ms its home at Camp Grant is in Hammond this week to rouni up some recruits for the medical department of the (jivlsiorf. Il immt nd w.is the first stop on a tour of the state., which will require about four months. Sergeant Robinson who is in charge of the four men with the hut, says he wanted to see sergeant Cramer before starting on the tour in ordro to get some pointers. He is authorized to accept men for such positions as stenajrropliers, typists, electricians, ambulance drivers, druir clerks and dental assistants and ft the same time offers j men the opportunity to lear these lineg ! of work as well as matiwoth'r trades now bfini? taught in the array schools I :t you rcacin2

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many thousands est United States regular troops are stationed alonjr the border in instant readiness for InniPTin run UHttOUb rULL REGULATIONS War Was Nothing Like this In Chicago's Severest Lightless Nights. CHICAGO. Dec 3. Face to face with an acute coal famine and with severe suffering In the very near future. Chicago today is about to be places under restrictions as to the use of coal and fuel more drastic than any in effect during the war. The "big ne." a committee of business men appointed to investigate the coal situation in Chicago, reported to the public utilities commission today and made the following recornmend.v-" ions, aimed at the conservation of t"ho coal: All unnecessary interior and exterior Illumination be stopped. Industrial plants and factories to operate fl 1-2 hours a day from 8 to 3:30 o'clock . Down-town retail stores to operate not -more than 1-2 hours a day, from 1 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. Factories and plants requiring continuous operation to be permitted to run but two days a week. Outlyin? retail stores to operate not more than 6 1-2 hours daily. Bank and off'C0 b'Jildings to be open only from 9 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. and dur'.nff that time to observe the strictest economy in ltsht. elevator service and heat. Theatres and vaftdevllle houses not including' piseture theatres, to give only six performances a week. Suburban and local transportation sche. lules to be reducej to their lowest possible minimum. ; All depots and trains to be heated as sparingly as possible. City and park lighting systems to he reduced as much as possible. I The committee recommended that no retrictlons be place on drug stores, butcher shops, groceries, hoteds or restaurants, but urged rigid economy Jn their use of lia-ht and fuel. E COSTLY WHARF FIRE 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 EAlrriMoKK. MAID., Dec. 6 Fire early today destroyed two big piers of the Canton Lumber Co., located along Baltimore Harbor, destroyed several steamer-', includ ng Ihe large U. S. government steamship Major L'Enfant. a number of oyster vessels, several tugs and damaged many other vessels. The crews, of several vessels were forced to leap into tho icy waters of the. nrbor to escape he "amcs and many heroic rescues from drownins were reported. One man. v'illiam Train, a cook on Uie MuJ. L'Knfant. is missincr. Among tile vessels damaged were the big ecursion steamer iJreamland. the I U. S. shipping board su-ameis Xake luval! and' Nupolola and the oil tank steamer Wlblelm Jehsen. The fire is believed to rave started under the ,pierF, but 1ts! cause lias not yet been determined No estimate of the loss, which will be heavy, could be had.

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the dash across the international boundary line, should this move be ordered from Washington. . Thousands Laid Off; No Goal Three thousand men were thrown out of employment for an indefinite period J In Gary this morning when the monsj ter American Sheet and Tin Plate plant was shut down on account of the shortage of coal. The biff coal 6tiike is the j direct cause. , The plant ceased operation at 5 a. m. the hour for the regular morning shift to go on For nearly a week the plant has been struggling to keep in operation, but the ccal situation got so serious that the officials of the. company were forced to close down. Officials of the company were unable to state this morning Just when they would resume operation." It is not likely, until there is some definite settlement in tho coal strike. At Buff instofl. the home of the Universal Portland Cement Company plant in the neghSorhOd of T.300 men are out of work, and it is said that in another week the entire plant will be shut down unless coal shipments arrive. Two plants have been shut down while the big plant Is still in operation. Like conditions exist in the hiz Gary Works of the' United States Steel Corporation where hundreds of men are being. laid off every day It is estimated that several thousand men have been forced Into idleness there on account of the coal short.isre. The situation took a more serious aspect today than at any time during the strike. ODDFELLOWSGIVE HONOR TO HERSCKMAN With over three hundred Odd Fellows from all over the county present. Crown Point last night celebrated the election of Georgo Horsc.hit- to the post of Gra.nd Warden of the Grand Lodge, of Indiana. The celebration was under the auspices of the Past Grands Association and was presided over by the president of the organization. Tens Anderson. The speaking beg,an at eight o'clock and continued until after ten, at which time a supper was served. A fifteenpiece saxophone band from Hammond furnished music, for the occasion and for Ithe dance which followed the supper, lasting Into the wee small hours. Odd Fellows from Hammond left on a special car. PREACHER GOES INTO THE MINE FIELDS 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 TOPEKA, Kan.. Dec. 3. A Topeka minister went te the coal fields of Crawford county to dig coal today. He Is Rev. John A. McAfee., pastor of the Westminster churrh. A number of years ago McAfee woi kej a steam hoist in the lead and inc fields of the Joplin district and it is believe,! he will qualify as an expert with a steam shrivel. "I lxjieve the first duty of every man is to serve his people in the mos.t efficient manner possible in tjme of stress ar.d I believe I can be nf greater ser vice d gsinv: coal . risht now then I preaching." McAfee said. I hnve offered my services to the state ai;d am solus to do any k"'nd of work they give nwhen I aret to the m nes. : i don't know what I can do but do knw I can handle a pick and shovel. . l

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SAYSGLASS "Europe's Need Has Been Grossly Exaggerated," Says Secretary. By DATTD BC. CKTTBCK. f STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE. WASHINGTON, Dmj. 3 The Halted Statsa Is la a sound financial condition and "prosperity flourishes," It was uphaslzed la the annual report of Secretary of ths Treasury Olass, xnads public, today. . -t "X large share of lhe cost of the war already has been paid for by taxes and the public debt is but a fraction of our national wealth." GREATEST GOLD RESEEVI IN WOSLD. Declared Secretary Glass, "our credit, and financial structure is sound and our pld reserves the greatest in the. world. Prosperity flourishes in every branch of Industry and every part of the ration and the people of the country are fully employed." Unrest was minimized by the secretary as incidental, to the Jwar. Temporary financing will be substantially over by July 1. 1820, the secretary predicted. Tait receipts. Victory Loan subscriptions and diminishing government expenditures have permitted the Issue of treasury certificates on a decreasing scale. There are no maturities of Ctv iificates to be provided for before I3J0 as those maturing the m:ddle of thia month are "more than covered" by tha income and profit tax installments ETJKOPr'S NEED EXAGGERATED. " ' -The treasury believes that the need cf iajrope for flnanioi - oa.iiaiange, Very erMttfrretjr rear-though it i. hs, .. B.dnv exaggerated both here abroad. sid Secretarv C!!aK and -c i ai xeei -deep sympathy for Europe, ne said, "but we must not allow ?' P y t0 warri our judgment, and by exaggerating Europe's financial needs, make It more difficult to' fill heru " The- secretary opposed "the project to keep the, dollar at par on foreign exchange on the ground that it involves drawing gold out of the country when the dollar is at a discount, and inflating credit when it is at a premium. An appreciable reduction of taxes darir.g me nscal year "is not to' be thouj oj. situ us secretary. CARRANZA GRILLED IN i RESOLUTIONS Democrats Upbraid Dem. Adm. for Five Years War With Mexico. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Severance of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Carranza government is rrovided in a resolution offered in the senate this afternoon by Senator Fall of New Mexico, chairman of the subcommittee of the senate foreign relation's committee investigating , the Mexican eifu;.'lon. Senator Fall charged that the Carranza government was fostering the Bolshevist. I. W. Y. and other radical movements in this country in an effort to make trouble for the American,, government and the Ameri lm people. "I offer this resolution only after the most mature consideration," Fall said, "and upon evidence which will astound the American-popple when it is presented to them through the senate." The radical situation in th:s country and on the Mexican border is far worse than most of us have had any conception of. Senator Fall continued. "I charge the Carranza government with fostering radicalism in this country nd in Mexico In an effort to maki trouble fiV us. "I charge the Mexican embassy nt Washington and the Mexican consulate at New Tork Citj and the Mexican consuls along the border are delivering ami encouraging the spread of Bolshcx Ism and I. V. W. propaganda throughout tho United States. "Our relations with Mexico eenstifute the most disgraceful and humiliating chapter of our foreign relations." Senator Shields. Dem.. of Tennessee, said. "We have had occasion for war with Mexico for five years." IS THERI BREAK IN STRIKESITUATION (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Labor leaders here today received unconfirmed reports that the officials of the United Mine Workers of District No. (5 In Ohi0 have opened negotiations with the prMors. -.- Jt - was impossible for the leaders here, to establish communication with' John Moore, president of th district, to contlrui the reports. If the report is true it would moan .a break in the coal situation and it would probably cause sericu dissension in the ranks of the miners. ' ' - Dont throw ycir paper awaj without reading the want ad page.