Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 187, Hammond, Lake County, 27 January 1920 — Page 1
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Meridsth of Iowa To Become Next Secretary of Agriculture. ONTERW'TIONAL NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON. Jan. 27 ITcsldent Wilson will today send to the senate the nomination of Secretary of Agriculture David franklin Houston to be ecretary of the treasury, it was hannounced at the W hite. House today. Edward T. Meredith, of Iowa, v. iil be nominated as secretary of, agriculture. FIRST TRAXSI EH. ' The, nomination of Secretary Huston Is the first transfer made in the cabinet since the administration of President AVilson. It is understood that Secretary Huston who was a college rrofessor in St. Louis before entering the cabinet, has been anxious for some time to take up the work of the treasury department and he was willing to accept the post when Secretary McAdoo resigned. Meredith, who succeeds Secretary Houston as head of the department of Agriculture, is the eidtor of "Successful Farming" and comes into the administration as a nw official. At pres. ent he is :n Miami. Fla., but a telegram was received from his today accepting the post. PROMINENT DEMOCRAT. Meredith's homo is In Des Moines, la., and he has been prominent in democratic politics in him home stare for aome years. At one time he ran for governor of Towa. He is well known in well known in agricultural circles and is regarded as an authority on such matters. Meredith Is president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America. THIRD FOR JOB. In taking over the post of secretary of the treasury. Secretary Houston becomes the third man to fill that office since President Wilson took office. William G. McAdo resigned and Carter Glass, incumbent, resigned to accept appointment as Senator from Virginia. STEEL FOUNDRIES PREPARE TO MAKE The American Steel Foundries plan extensive 'r.provemcnt s and additions tu ;hcir present Indiana Harbor pl&'i It became known yesterday when the company asked that the city urrange to transfer to the company a strip of land adjoining their property f irty feet wide and thirteen hundred feet long and known as Dark street. The company states that the rtreet is of no public use and that it is of value to the company. The company is willing to purchase if the prke is fair an.1 leasonabie. The company row owns all of thi p'.cperty in Indiana Harbor bounded bv D.fkey Place, the Canal. Dock Street end the New York Central Railroad. A large part of this property has been acquired by recent purchases and it has been expected that additions to the piesnt plant would be started soon. Thl Is the first announcement of the company of their intention to build. The primary assessment of $5S,:8S 31 for improvement of the Tublic load. mj approved. The American Steel re. quest was referred to the city engineer. 1 0. 0. F. OF MEET AT WHITING TTiriTINO. IXD., Jan. !7 Lake county Odd Fellows will gather at Whiting tonight to assist In celebrating the t nenty-se veji tli anniversary of tin ineptlou of the order and also In receiving twenty-seven t:evv members into the local rrganization. A reception will be held from 6:30 to 7:"0 for all local and state officers after which the degree work will be put on by a speeds I staff. H. E. Hatch, a veter.m of mo-.o than thirty vears- standir; ia Odd fellowship will lead the work. Following the degree work a banquet will be ser.ed and among those to be heard will bp W. H. Speedy, Grand Secretary: V ill Khrhardt. JranJ Marshall of Indiana; George K. Herfhnian. Grand Warden and C. H. Heed, district Deputy Grand Master. MANY ATTEND MRS. LIESENFELT FUNERAL A large number of friends and relatives from this city attended the funeral of Mrs. Nick Lie.'-enfelt. of Forest Park. Ill-, today. The burial was held at the Waltheim cemetery. Nick Llesenfelt Is a son of Peter Liesenfelt of 7S Stat Line street. Besides her husband, she leaves fnUr sn. two daughters, the youngest an inf.tnt one week old.
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Gompers Hale and Hearty, is Seventy Years Old Today
BV MILDRED MORRI. fSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE Washington. Jan. 2 Messages from labor l'-.idtrs and public men In all parts of the glob" were pouring in upon Samuel Gompers today in honor of his seventieth birthday. "Hae no regular habits and work hard." said tl." eteran labor chief today when aeked for a formula, for longevity. .As virile avid fiery in spirit as a man half his ag. he attributes his vigor to irregularity in living." XO R I'Ai MAR l?ABIT. "Regular habits." lie says are "deadening." He has never observed the maxim "early to bed." He eats what lie wants and when lie wantes it. He smokes as many cigars a day as he desires; before the eighteen'!! amendment became a law he frankly enjoyed bio "toddy.' lie seldom takes exercise. IIi' only "regular aba" is work. His working day is more often fourteen hours than the union eight. He keeps two secretaries and several stenogra JACOO KHSSNHUL IS MISSING SI14CE Jacob A. Kussmaul, well known in Hammond as the owner and operator of j the Kuessmaul Feed and .Roofing Com-I i pany. has not been hearl from since! yesterday morning when he left his: home about eight o'clock to go to Chi-i oago. Sir. Kussmaul Intended to go tof Chicago by the South Shore and was! going to the office of a roofing com-) pany y Chicago. j The family does not know whether he reached the South Kbore or if someft ' -t - V ' - -.5 K -v. tiling happened to him after his arrival in Chicago. Friends are hoping that; he will be found today. Mr. Kussmaul was five feet, nine In-) ches tall, weighed ITS, light hair, grey eyes, a wart on the right, forefinger; and one on the back of his neck at' the ha:r line. wore a black over-: coat, dark gray suit and black button shoes. CASES IN CHININAL COURT THIS WEEK! " 1SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN P-'INT. Ind.. Jan. 27. Following are th- ca es set for tr;al this week in the criminal court as r-nnotinc.-'d by Deputy Prose-culor W. o. Tiiotras: Monday, January CC. 0S1 State vs. Frank Pedor.i. Tuesday, January 27. 870SSte vs. George Lewis, ' State vs. pete Coppany. Wednesday, January 23. State vp. Thonvti 1. Wi'liams. Thursday, January 20. 361 Mate vs. H. W. Stnwait. rriday, January CO. fcb- State vs. Joe Benski. Kish Baresh. Kaftis. Janovich Pa gin. ."oiijiek. Si6 J State vs. George I'arich. DOG BIT HIM . Steve Sartyavovich, 1535 Connecticut street. Gary, swore out a warrant for the owner of a dog which attacked and bit him at 1044 Connecticut street yesterday.
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it) . A .. ' oov.PEits' phers busy every day ".OOD FOR TI11RTV MORE." A s he plurgei Into a mass of correspondence today hf smilltig'y announced that h was "good for about thirty ! ears longe r." H s father died recently et the age of f.V Thu is his thirty-ninth consecutive yea ras president of the American Federation oT Labor. He has been in the labor movement for nearly sixty years. Born in England, he entered a cigar factory when a boy of fourteen. He is self-educated. Bl 'SV vr.R. The past year was an eventful or! for the labor chief in many ways the most trying and important In his career. He crossed the ocean three times, representing American labor at the peace conferenc. The veteran labor leader has six; grandchildren and one great grandchild. During- the past year he suffer-j ed the greatest sorrow of his life the death of his only daughter. He hasi three sons. ! 1919 AND MAKES FEW SUGGESTIONS .r,TT.'SPECIL TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT. I N D. . Jan. :T Judge E. Miles Norton of the Criminal Court at Crow n Toint has sent the follow ing summary to all attorneys of Lake county showing the work done in his court during the year 131?, and sug gesting changes for this year: "1'uring the calendar year. I??, the! Lake ( ircuit Court has disposed of 4!?J circuit court cases, and 617 juvenila! cases. The court has also entered or-i (Its in estate and guardianship mat-! ters in Z2J instances, many of which: were contested. The court has been ahl to accomplijh this work because of the co-oepra t ion of the attorneys.! and the ready assistance received from! the court attaches, and the offices of the Prosecutor. Clerk and sheriff. "While much lias been accomplished in the way of expediting business. the court still feels there is one mat-! tr which, if more attention were given it by the attorneys, would mak an improvement; that is the matter of closing issues before trial. Will jou not s-ee to it that the issues are clos-i el in our cafes not later than thej Friday before the case Is s.et for trial? "Th" I'eburary term of court will. open February 2nd. 1920, and on thej I following day the docket will be call- . I ed. Special matters w ill consume the renin i ruler of the first week. Contrary to the regular custom, the jury will'
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not be in attendance until the last! WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. More thin part of the term, for the reason that; l.(H0 American soldiers of the Siberian the severe cold weather makes it nec-j ( rpedit U.na ry force mailed from Vladiessary to use the jury room for the . ostok on Jan. 1 7 on t he ( Ireat Northern, jury working In the criminal court. ; the w a r depart ment announced t his a ft-
So if the attorneys have no objection, the Circuit Court will try court cases th first six weeks of the term. "If you can not be in attendance on rail day. February 3rd. be sure to send in a list of your cases and your desires as to stttings to John Killigrew, Probate Commissioner, and the same will e set in their order." BASE PROTEST M I S. FAILURE TO RATIFY TREATY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl FAIUS. Jan. 27. Rounwnia is the first of the allied powers to prot.-"st against decisions of the peace conference on the ground that the United States has not vet ratified the treaty and is riot particlpatir.g mthe enforcement of its terms. The Roumanians have submitted a memorandum declaring that the decisions of the inter-allied Danube commission are "null and void because there was no American representative on the crganization." it was learned today. The commission held sessions at Belgrade", capital of Jugo-Slavia throughout December. . The Roumanians do not contend that their protest is final, but state that, they are willing to make a settlement satisfactory to the allies.
CRYING DEMAND
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Itammond's numerous cases of sickness for which the Hed Cross made an attempt to secure trained or practical nurses and later asked for nursing help ftill are being served hy only the tu nurses who tamo to the city from Inil;irn.polis. These tvo; nurses have far more cases than they are able to take care of and although they are doing cxc lent work there are mill a number of cases of serious sickness whieh are taken care of on-ly by the members of the family. Kcrorts nre being received daily by the lied Cross of persons who are compelled to remain away from work in order to take care of the sick members of the family ml not only incur the ordinary expenses of sickness but also lose their income because of their inability to secure nurses to take care of the sick ones. The Hod Cross is now attempting to secure names of persons who have bad no training in nursing lut who are willing to help in an emergency. These persons would work undt r the supervision of the two trained nurses who are now in the rWd and would recene much pra'-tic.i! nursing trailing hy direction of these nurses. The ;.) Cross dot? not n.-k for cnly female help but would be glad to list male help. One vna.l volunteer hasbeen received and en the day following was assigned by the T!ed Cross to i a?-. This man is an ex-army officer. Male help is e-pe- . Dally helpful in sitting up at night w ith male pati"nt.s and thus reieins j ulir nur.-tj .md attendants. the regSOFT DHINK MEN B'f THEIR HASTE Gabor Kanizsai, 3319 Watling street. i Indiana Harbor, had hardly reached the federal building in Hammond yesterday afternoon befor the hails were almost filled w ith S, rt- irink parlor owners who were anxio.i.T to furnish, hi;' bond which United States Commia. !oner Surprise set at $l.ir0. Kanizsal was arrested by prohibition, enforcement officers led by Captain T. Downey of the Kast Chicago police, be cause he possessed a stih. He claims ! that the still has not been used in In- i diana but that he brought it recently from Illinois. Xo mash or whiskey could be fojnd, but the federal author. tles aie wondering why so many '-ft drink sellers are so anxious to get Gabor out of the clutches of the law. . FRED FIFE IS " Mrs. Fred Fife, widow of the late ; Fred Fife, who was formerly a resident' East Chicago, and one of th fore-I most public men of the city during his, ti.-'dence. died yesterday at her home at lto6 Kast 65th street, Chicago, of pneumonia. She had been sick only a Fhort time and previous to her sickness had been enjoying excellent health. Mr. Fife was prominent in Fast Chicago for many j ears as mio of the Icding haberdashers, was town clerk before the city was incorporated and wa postmaster under the Cleveland administration. He was a brother of J. II. Fife, of Chicago avenue. Mrs. Fife leaves two daughters. Jean, a student of dramatic art, and Georgn. now in her finishing year in a Chicago school. She also has relatives dn Toronto and London. Canada. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at nine o'clock from St. Cyril's church. ' AMERICAN TROOPS SAILING HOMEWARD i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! trnoon. The troops are of the 27th infantry and Include companies C, I. K. F. G and H. 1331 men and thirty-four ofllceis. including Col. R. H. Siilmfiii. U. S. STEEL EARNS 5 MILLIONS LESS t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I
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PNEUMONIA VICTIM
N"KW Y UK, .ln.li. 27. The i;. . Steel j of mental depression his wife fejt that I "orrvopM t i, ti tftfl-o- Heelarerl thrt o-sonl'he would return within a Tew- rlra
ninrterlv dividend of 1 ' per i cut on ! the common find 1 "t per cent on the pro-J ferretl slock. The corporation reported net earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31 last of $35,701.30", compared with $1". 1 77.332 in the preceding quarter and a surplus of $1, 222.28 against J11.10S.16" on Sept. CO. SELMA HAS TRUNK MURDER MYSTERY I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl SELMA. Ala.. Jan. -7. The decomposed body of Km ma Browning, a notorious mulatto woman of the underworld, who resided In a beautiful residence here which she owned on Selma ave.. was found locked in a trunk in the h-iilway of her home this morning. The body bad been in the trunk for three weeks. Tit is believed, as the last night that she was seen by her daughter. Minnie F.. Murphy, was at her home on the night of Jan. S. Leonard Harris, Negro. Is uspected of th murder.
AUSTRALIAN INVENTOR BRINGS TO U. S. MODEL OF A VERTICALLY RISING PLAE
William J. Beach and his model plane. William J. Beach, an Australian inventor, is shown above with his model of an airplane which he says will rise vertically into the air by means of rapidly revolving horizontal propellers. He believes his machine, when biilt in normal proportions, will stand a chance of winnine the S1U0.0U0 - -IT 1 I 11 I -I.. c ! r 1 1
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Nick Carter Had Nothing
On This Gum Shoe Artist
Craig Kennedy, you are a bark number. Sherlock Holmes, the apologetic Watson has triumphed but re id on. A few weeks ago Watson, we shall call him Watson for the Hammond poiii-c C'Uld not tind hi.s richt name. awuk one morning in hi? chilly and darkened rcom in Winter, r.v. to find hts'roomToate gone and w it'i him $ G 0 of hardearned saings. Bert Poli-ik was tile room-mate. On his way out Bert stopped at the restaurant oer which the tu roomed and tapped the till for a few more dollars. Then lUrt skipped, leaving only some torn letters and a picture of his wife, who was in far-off Austria. BATTLED. The professional Craig Kennedys gave it up as a hopelcrs case and told the Uespairing Watson that his money was gone forever, liut Watson re-called the picture of the wife, young and pretty, awaiting the message from her husband the call to America. He had copies ,.r the photo madand sent with them at pathetic letter to the various foreign! language newspapers. The picture of i the young wife urrving an appeal to --j B - F "What's that, Mack?" "Looks like a log to me," answered Mack. "Gee, Mack, that ain't a man's body. Let's beat it." that a Mack was Mack Morgan. I.ogan St., Hammond, nnd his companion was! Frank Ticlof. 573 Roosevelt ave. The two bov s were playing along the Calu-' met riv er late yesterday and it was be-j tw een Columbia and Forsvthe aves. thnt ' thev discovered the "log." Thev imiue- ! distoly iiotinod the Hammond police.! ! hen the bo.iy wa.. dragged from the jwatfC the mvstery that surrounded the c'lsappcaranie of Fred Miisepuhl had been! solved. The body was taken to S tew art's morgue and the widow, now residing in j Chicago, was notified. f)pui) Coroner! H. J. White w il hold an inquest at the j CVurt House Saturday at 2 p. m. A vei- I diet of suicide will probably be returned. I Fred Maepohl, sk d thirty-one. was j j a printer and kell known in Hammond, j Ho d iss ppcru-C'l ucoember 2i and because I l" 1 ' Jua''i'si January 3 she notified the police. Varrf b us rumors ss to his. whereabouts were heard time and ag3in. The police are of .1 he opinion tlm ilascpohl leaped from the vlncngo ave. pier. He former! Pved at 4S5 Logan St.. Hammond. ERZBERGER NOT SERIOUSLY HURT I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 BERLIN. Jan. 27. Mathias Krzberger. I minster of finance, who was slightly 1 wounded by an assailant as he was leaving the Criminal Courts building on Monday, was resting easily todiy. The assailant, who was immediately arrested, paid he was Ollwig von Hirsch. a student, and that he had attacked the minister for political reasons. After further examination cf the wound today. Prof. Fleseh. the attending surgeon, said that while there was no immediate danger, it was impossible to remove the bullet je.
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- I her husband soir.ew here in America to come and join her in an eastern city was sent broadcast. It made a tood story f-jr the papers such as Follak might read. aha: at last: Kvcntually lie did see jt and assuming that his wife could no longer wait in I llitt ol,l ...mi ,,t i-,"- K,, seek him he w rote to the address w hich I the newspaper story contained, sending his love, inquiring after her health, enclosing some money and promising soon to join her. He finished the letter with his own address and instantly fell into the ingenious trap set for him by the w ily Watson. cimsxs : t Testerday Police Officers Eunde, Einsle and Carlson of the Hammond central station, cajled at 602 Summer St.. where they found the elusive Dcrt Pollak. prcPHrintr for his trip cast to meet his wife. Bert finished packing, the offlLcrs helping linn now pnd then. Last night he left for the east. P. S. s. W. McMullen. thief of police j of Winber. Pa., left for home last night accompanied hy Mr. Bert Pollak. HARD STEEL CO. EMPLOYE KILLED HARGtN j Andrew Holler. i26 Grapevme street j Ir.d. Harbor, was killed this morning, j j just at quitting time when v.e was. caught by a charging car in the openi hearth department at the Inland Steel, Company plant and literally cut to! pi-es. The only means of identifica-j tion was the metal check h carried.! The details of his death are unknown, j Mr. Holler w as about forty-fiive years i o!n an-J came to Indiana Harbor two M'ars a from La con. Jll. He leaves a wife an ten-year-old son. Clinton. I'.urinl wiil be at Chi'.icothe, 111., after 'uneral services from the home in Ind-i lana uaruor. Mrs. Holler was formerly ' -M lss No,' Foley. We'll Have to Bootleg Cigars Soon f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Jan. -7. A smokeless America, as well as a Saharacrque rn'ion i.- the pirn of the No Tobacco League, in stale convention here. A number of speakers, including a fewmale a nt i-tobaecoist s. addressed the foes ef nicotine. Picture.-? of a nation fis Cigarettes, sins cigars, sans pipes, were held before the delegates by (he speakers, who pointed to the dwarfing effect of the "weed" on the growing generaHon DECKER FUNERAL TO BE WEDNESDAY Fred D.. Decker, age 39. died Monday at 7 a. m., at hif home. 327 Ash St., Hammond. He was sick less than a vverk with pneumonia. Besides his w ife and daughter he leaves a brother. B. D. Decker of Oklahoma City. The funeral wiil he held Wednesday at 2 p. m.. the burial taking place at Oak Hill. Rev. Krau.-e will officiate.
BY CHARGING CAR
iHiTCHCOCK SERVES All
ULTIMATUM Threatens to Call Treaty on Senate Floor Unless Efforts at Compromise are Continued. By J. BAST CAIIPBELL. STFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! "U ASiU.N'il'ON, Jan. 27. A protracted conference between Republican and Democratic senators failed toady to end the peace treaty deadlock. Senator Hitchcock served an ultimatum on Senator Lodge that unless the efforts to effect a conpromise were continued he would call the treaty on the floor of the senate. STOKanr disctjssxoxt. . Tiiis provoked a stormy discussion between the TVmocratic and Republican jsrnators part ieipating in the conference. It was finally agreed to meet again on Thursday and to see irf the meanwhile if any way could not be found to bring b'th sid"s neare ran agreement. It was s'ated that no agreement had been reached on any modification of the reservation to Article X. STIX.Ii SOU! HOPE. Hope wao expressed by one or two of the conferees that an agreement might be reached by the time the. conference re -assembled on Thu-sd;v. although the impression prevailed t'ist Article X was ;iiil proving a stumbling block in the way of ratification. The decision to hold another conferto c on Thursday was regarded, how ever, as a iiopeiui sign by sena-tors on both sidee who are still striving to work I o-jt a compromise to bring about rati- ; fica tion. ! ESPTJBLICAK'S EESEIfT. Blame for the fiilure to reach an Ifcgreeinent which Senator Hitchcock in ' p. statement placed on the Republican .vide because of the action of the "irrec- . or.cilables" in refusing to itccept any 'modifications to the Lodge reservations. v.as rcfnlcl by Itepublicnn senators. STEPS TAKEN TO PREVENT BIRDS t INTERNATIONAL NFWS SERVICE! INDIANAPOLIS, IND.. Jan. 27 To prevent decimation of the state's bird life by starvation, an emergency campaign of feeding was begun today by the state conservation department. Game wardens were authorised te purchase grain for feeding the birds throughout the period during which the ground is covered w ith ice and ail fish and game association, bird protective organizations, farmers and bird, lovers were called upon to co-operate in tilt feeding program. PULL DOWN GARY'S OLD RUM SIGNS j With the dmise of demon rum. the I federal government has decreed that all beer. whiskey and advertising j signs pertaining to the medieval period ! of .Tulj 1. 1019, must come down. So following up instructions yesterday. Chief Forbis.-of the Gary polic gave instructions to the patrolmen of the city, to vi-it all sign owners in th I citv and warn them tiiat the sisna j must come down. ! Consequently there Is little left tj ! day to remind one of the days of yore, i "Old Taylor. Pebble Ford. Johnny Wal- ! ker. Whiskey. Beer and saloon signa : are gradually making their disappear ance and w hen the fedral agents reach, Gary in the near future for a visit of inspection they will find that the city has complied with the new federal statute, governing liquor sign3. HAMMOND. COP j LOSES HIS PISTOL A Hammond policeman is walkinc j his heat today without the comforting presence oif hu- favorite shooting: j iron. He lost his pistol yesterday and bs vet has not been able to locate It. ' The ofTieer w ho travels a downtown I beat believes he lo:.-t the revolver in either the Hammond or Mee hotel. It was a ,3S calibre Smith, nickle-plated, and with a pearl handle. It is thought that some person picked it up and is waitii g for the owner to claim it. The l owner asked that the finder leave it at The Times office. CANCEL GAME On account of the great number ot. r ; vers on the sick list the game that U iohedulcd for Thursli night, be-lii-ffn the Locomotive Superheater" Co. and the Franl; S. Betz Co. has beea postponed. No date has. been set for the contest. Koth teaens are member cf the Calumet-Indian?. Basket Bail league. Don't throw your psper away without readine the want ad paec.
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