Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 195, Hammond, Lake County, 5 February 1920 — Page 1

"Do a Good Turn Daily" Ask a Boy Scout He Knows L JLiLiLj JU 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS TUX.Ii LEASED WIRE SERVICE. On streets s&d itwiittuSi. 3 fr copy. DcliTared by carrlsr i Eimmoil and Wast Hanimjml, 60 per month. VOL. XI V. NO. !)". THURSDAY, FKUIUTAKY .1 1920. HAMMOND, INDIANA.

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LA SALLE TO BUILD BIG MILL New Industry Is Expected to Employ from 800 to 1,000 Men in Short Time. Eiraraoni) today -was assured a new f-ndustry ami on of the largest plants that have located in the Calumet re gion In recent years, whm a tract j of approximately 31 acres on the North; Sid -was purchase.! by the I.a Salle , Steel Company of Chicago. Construe-J lion will begin immediately upon an1 . r.nrmom steel, class end concrete, j plant the three units of which will on j tain over 80."00 square feet of floor, space, and empioy 1,000 men. Gostlin, j Meyn & Hastlnss. Inc. represented both j seller and purchaser in the transaction., HOICK I.OCATIUN. i The property is considered one of the choicest manufacturing sites in the ralumrt region. It was owned by John . Ulin. of Chicago, lor over 35 years. ' 11 -n other industri.il holdings around j Hammond total 3'n acre. The tract is Wounded on the north by 15th St.. on the south by the Indiana Harbor! Kelt and the K. J. i- E. belt railroads;; it the west of the old Klt.'.hugh l.u-j iner locomtive works, and on the eastj by White Oak avenue, the Hammond-j East Chicago boundary line. 1 Ol'NG PLANT. j The La SaUe Steel Company is one! of the youngest, as well as the most successful and of the steel fabricating companies locating in the CaJuroet re-r-b.Ti. Their present manufacturing plant is located at Cicero, 111., where they employ about 200 men. This plant; will ha abandoned once the Hammond plant Is In operation. They also have j their general offices and warehouses' situated at Halsted and 22nd St.. in Chicago, where they employ about 73 men. The congestion in the down town I .1 (strict of Chicago caused them to look! 10 the outer belt of steel cities in the I'alumet district and after months otj surv-yirt finally selected Hammond, for their new home. Their foremost ; and fundamental requirements were. rrat they secure a tract of ground ( which had both the Elgin, Joliet and, 'Eastern Pelt Ry., and the Indiana Har-j bor Belt Ry. The Elgin. Joliet and j Kastern Ry. to bring in to their new s-t the raw material from the steel plants between Gary and Joliet and j th Indiana Harbor Belt Ky. to take care of their outgoing shipments, a treat de laof which will be handled hrough the Gibson 1-.C. L. transfer' platforms. This was practically the on piece of ground in Hammond or in fact in the Calumet district, that meas- j nred up to the LaSalle Steel Company's j requiremnts. It was necessary to pro- j vide sewer facllittes to the new site j and the Hoard of Public Works agree! to construct a temporary cinder road 1 from Columbia Avenue, eastward, so that truckage can be handled immed-1 ately. SOA TO 1,000 Mn. I The new plant under full capacity! will employ about 800 to 1000 men. Ham , mond can well feel proud of this, their! latest new Industry, and the North Side' will no doubt be benefited particularly The new Hammond company anticipa-1 tes moving all of its operating mana-J gers to Hammond and if Hammond! wishes to continue its success in loca-j rng these; new industries, the resi- j .ients will have to do their part to-j wards helping out on the housing situation. SURPRISE SPRUNG BY PROSECUTION IN NEWBERRY CASE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 Or.AXn RAPIDS. MICH., Feb. 5 The government exploded a bomb today in. the ranks of the Z"& defendants in the Newberry conspiracy trial by placing one of their number on the witness stand. Allan K. Moore. a Grand Rapids printer, who at the last moment entered a plea of nolo contendre, testified that he received $3,."00 for his services as a Newberry agent among the railroad men of the state. He declared that he had received $1,200 of this amount for traveling expenses and for twenty weeks was paid a salary of $75. He paid out to his agents among the railroad men, he tostifie'l, between $S'M and JpoO. Moore testified that he was hired by Taul 1 1. King, manager of the Newberry campaign, to go among tb railroad men of the state and secure their support in the senatorial campaign. He said that during the twenty weeks he was so employed he traveled in all parts of the state and carried large sums of money which he distributed among his agents. He mentioned more than a score, of them by name, saying hat he paid them from $3 to $140 each st different times to circulate the Newberry petitions. Take The Times and keep la touch with Ihe whole world.

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NEW PRESIDENT OF GEOGRAPHIC BODY GREAT BIRD LOVER Most recent picture of Gilbert (Jrosvfnor. Gilbert Grosvenor, who has become president of the National Geographic Society after twenty years' service as director of the society and eiiitor of its magazine, has the larpest and most varied bird collection of any private estate in the ountry at his home, "Wild Acres," j Maryland. Under Grosvenor's management the Geographical Soriety has grown from a membership 31 i00 to TiO.000. .j. n ri IS STRICKEN AT HOT. N. C. Following closely upon the word that shs was recovering rapidly and expected to start home soon, came ., the message yesterd' announcing the death of Mrs. Joseph L. Humpfef, at IMnehurst, N. C. The news of her mise was a distinct shock to her wide circle of friends in Hammond. Mr. and Mrs. Humpfer left fifteen days ago for Pinehurst. where Mr. Humpfer, the well known State street grocer, expected to enter the midwinter shoot hich was to be held on the Pinehurst ranges. While on the way, Mrs. Humpfer was taken ill and upon arriving t the winter resort she was found to be suffering with pneumonia, lieports received regularly by Hammond friends stated that she was recovering nicely and only a few days ago it was announced tl.at they were about to start on the trip home. The message received yesterday stated that she had suffered a sudden relapse and that death had followed. Hesides the husband, Mrs. Humpfer leaves an aged father, Thomas Hobson, who of late has been living at her home, 55 Ilimbach ave., Hammond, and two sisters. Miss Margaret Hobson of Chicago and Mrs. Royal Wilds of Chicago. At a late hour today it was no known when Mr. Humpfer would arrive with the body fo no funeral arrangements had been made. COMG SUNDAY The choir of Trinity church of Chicago under the direction of Irving C. Hancock, will sing the evening service at St. Paul's Kptsoopal church next Sunday evening. The Trinity Ghurch choir has attained an enviable reputation in Chicago and the forty men and boys who compose the choir are said to be among the best songsters In Chicago. Mr. Hancock in Addition to leading the choir plays the organ and is chairman of the prouram committee of the American Guild of Organists. He will play the organ next Sunday evening and will have personal supervision of the chorus and solo numbers which the choir will render. The program will bo a special Kvening Prayer Program and will start at seven-thirty. SOCIALIST TRIAL hie if 'INTERNATIONAL news servicei ALBANY, N. Y . , Feb. 5. The investigation into the fitness of five New York City socialists to sit in New Yot k state assembly was turned into an elementary s. hool of Socialism its meanings and intention." today at a humorous session of the assembly Judiciary committee. Peter W Collins, the r.oston Knights of Columbus organier and state's expert on Socialism, wa.-' again on the stand under cross examination by Sey. mour Stedman. chief counsel for the ousted Socialists. Clashes between the opopsing counsel were so numerous that Chairman Martin was force, to order the :-ten-osrrapher half a doen times to quit takine notes while he endeavored to get the investigation back into normal channels. '

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VICTIM Malady Claims Another of! Gary's Prominent Citizens j This Morning. Influenm caused the death of anoth er prominent Gary citizen today. Harold Kckstroni, manager of the AH man-Gary Title Co., with an acquaintance extending over the entire county died at the residence, C2'Z Hucbanon street this morning" following an ill-nt-ss of aboit a week. Although bis many friends knew his condition to be quite serious day, the news of his death blow when it spread in the :ime as .1 ary busi ness district this morning. He "IS llricken ill a week ago last Tuesday and since has be. n conlin. d 'to h.one. His condition was supi'os his d to be improving until it was learned yesterday aft. -moon that two physicians were in attendance and that he was this critical Iv ill. He passed away morning at 7 o'clock. Mr. Kckstrom's illness of influenza :s said to have been of the severest type. At the residence this morning the story was denied that it was pneumonia which caused his death. Ac cording to attending physicians bis sickness did not reach the I union la stage. Mr. Kckstrom has been a resident of Gary Vor the past ten years. I'urlng this time he haa been in charge rvf the office of the Oilman-Gary Title Co. lie caaie In contact with professional, businessmen and residents from every city in the county and his autUority as n expert on real estate matters was known to trrery ana. It is said that In his line he had iw equal in Lake county. He was 40 years old and besides his wife he is survived by his step daughter, Mrs. P.. P. Tarton. He was a great friend of the newspaper men of the city and they valued his friendship most highly. If any one knew of the breaking of a big story it was Mr. Kckstrom. and a." he kept in constant touch wit the big currents of the day reporters never failed to pay him a daily visil He will be missed by every walk of life. He was a great merry-maker along with his profession, always met his friends with a glad hand and was known for his willingness to accommodate anyone who asked favor. Gary will mourn his loss in innumerable ways. The funeral arrangements had been completed this morning. not ! f SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING, lnd., Feb. 5. K. M. Andius, for several years an employe of iho Standard Oil Co., and serving as superintendent of the Harrel House for the past year, has been rewarded with a position higher up. The news of Mr. Andrus' good fortune was received with much pleasure by his friends, but un- j fortunately the promotion will compel him and his family to leave the city. Mr. Andrus has been appointed to the position of general manager of the Standard Oil Co. pdants at Casper. Wyo., at Greybull. Wyo., and at Florence. Col. ib; intends to leave the latter part of February to take up his new duties. The family residence will be at Casper, "Wyo., and as soon as Mr. Andrus has a home built Mrs. Andrus and son Ralph will join him. MANY LIVES LOST III TIDAL WAVE INTERNATIONAL NCW! SERVICE 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Feb. ft. Many lives' were 'lost and a great damage was done to cocoar.ut plantations ty a hurricane, and tidal wave which vi.-ited the islands of Makatoa ami Moora, in the French Society Island group on the night of January 23 according to reports reaching hire with the arrival of the steamer Tol'ua. in port today. Tahiti suffered se verely the reports said. Native and Japanese plantation workers were the ; j victims, according to wireless reports . to American Consul Thomas 15. Ijiyton a passenger on the Tofua. INFLUENZA CAUS ASSEMBLY RECESS flNTFRNATIONAL N'WS SRVICE COLUMBIA. S. C. Feb. 5 The general assembly of South Carolina is preparing to recess for one week on account of influenza epidejnic. About one-third of the members of the house are absent on account of influenza. Seven secured leaves of absence yes-

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Bankers Predict Tumble in American .Food Prices in Near Future. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 "HPWG'i. 1-Vb. U. i Nil laps.. ,,f the foreign exchange market means a hard, pi mi k.-1 , hi; iall for the high cost of living, and a ronserjiM nt benefit to the American cnsuiner, in the opinion of leading bankets lore. They declared that the demora 1 ia t ion of foreign currency is doing more to smash high price than all the legislation, fe.bial priee conimis.--ions and housewives associations lotnbjne.i. The bankers point out that with the low rat. of i'.''ii;ui-f American exports will practically case, thus pil.ng up ii hu-e surplus of various products i nth;.-- country. The law of sux'ldy in tliis country. The law of supply priceji down with a rush, they say. "Tlo- reduction in prices will cmtin. lie until the 1". S. begins buying heavily ;,,,roiiii.'' said M. A. Taylor, president of the First Trust and Savin es H.i nk. "This would send the rate of exchange up airnin." "In the meantime, an enormous surI ln.-i will accumulate in this country, due to the curtailing of exports. While this may mean unemployment for many persons, it will mean a verysharp reduction in the cost of living. Wages, of course, will come down with prices, but the salaried person who has had & slight Increase In pay will benefit thereby. "The question cf how sor-n the con sumer will fe the reduction in the prices" will depend largely on how soon we cease exporting goods. Indications are that the householder will notice a change in prices very soon. Nels M. Hokanson, vice-president of the Union bank, pointed out that all grains and meats already have dropped in wholesale prices. "A substantial reduction in the cost of all commodities to the consumers is sure to follow th-e foreign exchange break." he said. Prices of eggs in Chicago took a drop today, the ;trictly fresh varietybeing sold as -low as 60 cents per dozen. ASK CHAMBER TO HAMMOND SCOUTS P'ifty members of th Hammond Chamber of Commerce listened to Major Jay A. I'mpleby and Kenneth Party, head of the local Hoy Scout activities, delineate, the purpose and necessity of a more complete organiation of Hoy Scouts In Hammond, at the regular weekly luncheon of the Chamber, held this noon. Mr. P.'vey dwelt on the advantages of the Scout Movement, pointing out that the Scoutmaster tilled the craving of hero-wor."hipping youth and that in the scout troops boys, founl an answer to the gang spirit. "The desire to be. to do, to accomplish and an outlet for the ever accumulating enerby of the average boy are. satiated wholesomely in the various scout activities and sports," he said. Cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce in next week's- drive to boost the membership from 410 scouts to 1,000 of the 3,000 eligible boys in Hammond was asked for. Major Pmpleliy recalled his trip to France on a Rritish trnnsport during the war anil seeing on board the vessel English "sea scout;-" performing efficiently work that in .peace times would be allotted to men. He said that England rang with praises for the wonderful things accomplished there by the scouts during the national cris. is . -A committee of three was appointed by Vice-Pre;-iderit l-ampre!l,whopresid-ed at the luncheon, to investigate and co-operate with the city council in defeating a proposed ordinance to create a plumbing inspector. ctlon of the city council in talbling the proposal at its last meeting was approved by the chn mber . FITZGERALD RITES FRIDAY MORNING Funeral services for Mrs. John K. Fitzgerald who die, yesterday morning after a five week's struggle with pneumonia, will be held at Ail Saint's church on Sibley street tomorrowmorning at nine o'clock. Rev. lidward F. Barrett will condm t th- :rvices. Burial will b ein Calvary Cemetery at East Gary. A n tonicbiles will take positions on Sibley street east of the church at a quarter after eight and following the services the ijody. will be taken by automobile to East Gary, the procession passing west to Hohman street and south on Hohman.

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c ; T 4 !i.4 MOTS S JUDGEMENT' FOR DEATH OF WIFE Parr.ages amounting to $10,000 Is i asked by William C. Moran for the death of his wife, Mrs. Mamie Moran. who was killed by a street car on Armistice evening, I91S. Proceedings against the Hammon-d, Whiting and Fast Chicago Railway were filed In Hammond Superior court yesterday by 1. J. Moran. attorney for the plaintiff, j The petition alleges that State street in the vicinity of Sohl avenue was torn up for sewer construction at the time of the accident and presented a.. very dangerous crossing, necessitating; one's picking out a course across the . street over high tracks, mud piles, de- ! bris, et-i It is further alleged that! the carrwhich struck and killed Mrs., Moran was traveling at twenty miles an hour, that the tracks were covered, with slush and mud and that the motor j man failed to slow dowi.the speed ofl the car until too late. ! The plaintiff says that his wife's "services as housewife and housekeeper' was reasonably worth over and above her living expenses at least $40 a month." Mrs. Moran was 38 years of age. MULLAHE IS NEW ERSTATE SUPTW. P. Mullane has arrived in East Chicago to take charge of the Interstate Iron and Steel plant as works manaircr. succeeding W. C. Davis, who was (impelled to leave the position because of iil health. Mr. Mullane comes from one of the Interstate milts at Conne'.lsville, Pa., where he acted as manager. W. C. Pa vis. former works manager of the Fast Chicago plant, has been given a six months vacation by the company but upon his recovery will be assigned to work not as strenuous as that which he has been doing in East Chicago. It is probable that he will be assigned to the Chicago office. PIONEER RESIDENT DIED LUST NIGHT -One of Hammond's pioneers and a man known throughout the Calumet region, passed away last night at his ; home. 11 Sheffield avenue. He was; Ludwig"P. Norman, aged S.1 years. For- j ty-eigbt years ago he came to America from Germany. : Mr. Norman leaves two children. Mrs. A. Tapper snd William II.. who is street commissioner of Hammond.

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The funeral will be held from the; resider.ee at 2 o'clock Saturday after-! noon, and from there the. cortege willj pass to the Northside Lutheran church j where Rev. B rower will read the fun- j eral services. Burial will take piacej at Oak Hill. The funeral arrange-j ments are tinder supervision of Charles j C Neidow. I .

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r s v.. --a 1 X -.-X-' Above: Ipnacio lkmillns (left) and (Jeneral I'ahlo Gonzales. Below: General Alvaro Obregon. Mexico's presidential election will be held on June 20 and three candidates are in the field. Two of them. General Gonzales and General Obrepon, are well known military men. The third, former Ambassador to the United States Bonillas, has the support of General Carranza. W. R. C. PRESENTS AMERICAN FLAG TO LEGION POST With an appropriate program the Women's Relief Corps last night presented the Hammond Post of the American Region with a large Ameriian flag. The presentation was made by the president of the Women's Relief Corps, Mrs. J. Hubbard, assisted by Mrs. Howell and the flag was received for the Legion by Post Commander Floyd Murray. During the presentation. Miss Clara Sass played the national anthem. The program was planned by the Wo meis Relief Corps and started about nine o'clock, when a committee of the Relief Corps invited the letrion members to enter the large hall of the Chamber of Commerce where the presentation took place. On the program were: Miss Leonard, piano solo; Mrs. G. Adkins, and Mrs. Coombs, duet; Miss Clara Sass, piano solo: Mrs. Van Osinski assisted by Mrs. Buyer, solo. Following the presentation Mr. Murray thanked the Relief Corps for the flag and in a few words told how proud the. Legion was to possess such a flag and especially since it had been given by the Women's Relief Corps. Irving Chayken was appointed chairman of a baseball committee to arrange for putting a professional ball team in the field to represent the city of Hammond and the American Legion during the coming summer. Chayken and Normand P.ridge were appointed to confer with Mayor P. Brown and Pr. H. K. Sharrer concerning the appointment of a new man for the Employment office. Miss I. Niswander, coming by transfer from a Texas post of the Legion, is the first lady to become a member of the local rost of the legion. HAMMOND MAN PUTS PEP INTO BUSINESS RAPID CITY, S. P.. Feb. 5 L. L. Hageman. of Hammond, lnd., who was the successful bidder on a tract of govjirnment timber about ten miles south of the city, containing approximately two million feet, is getting his mill ready for operation and expects to start sawing early next week, probably on Monday. Mr. Hageman was a resident of this state several years ago, and when he came here last fall was Unpressed with the hills as a place of residence unequalled by any other place he had visited. i As soon as the mil! is running in good shape. Mr. Hageman expects to establish an office in the city, and later buy or build a residence and move his family here. Quite a number of. men will be employed in the lumber' camp, and that the venture will be a success is unquestioned. It is just such substantial business men as Mr. Hage man that is pushing Rig City and vicinity rapidly to the front. f INTERNA! IONAL NEWS SERVCE1 CHICAGO. Feb. 5 Chicago's dusty windows, never clean enough for a man to lean up against with his full dress shirt, were washed sufficiently today to let a little sunshine in. Members of the Window Washers Union, having won a strike, returned to work,

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"HOUGHT IT ft BLUFF OF THE ALLIES Cabinet Fears Army Will Mutiny Before Von Hindenburg Can Be Arrested. (BULLETIN) f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LONDON, reb. 5. The German cabinet has decided to send another com. munication to the allies Insisting- npon the terms contained in the Octman note to the entente on Jan. 25, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today, A semi-official statement has been Is. sued In Berlin announcing that the surrender of the alleged German war criminals is impossible and offering- Qirman tribunals for their trial, said a Kentet dispatch from the German capital. t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI PEPLIN, F b. 5. The fa.ll of the German government with the accompanying d-.nger of F.olshevism was predicted by tin Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts" today as a result of the allies' demand for alleged war criminals. The newspaper roints out that if Hol.shevism sweeps Germany ihe allies would have no chance of securing the execution of iri'-Ir treaty demands. The cabinet met in special session last i.isht to consider the allies' demand for Mm German military and officers of stats ho are wanted for trial and also the r. signation ol Baron von Lersner is expeeled to arrive from Puris sometime tomorrow. The list of names of wanted Germans v. as r.-ceied telegraphically direct from Paris. ALLIES WOT BlTJirnWCr. Belief was expressed In circles close ttx the cabinet that the government will cfalm it Is impossible to meet the. demands of the allies. There is high excitement here and the opinion is expressed that the new few days may decide the future fate of Germany. Heretofore the cabinet had believed that the allies were, to some extent, "bluffing and the determined demand for the accused German officials threw some of the members of the government into complete confusion. teas AtMrjr The demand for Field Marshal von Hindenburg caused same of the cabir.eteers to make the gloomy prediction that the troops would mutiny before they would arrest the former chief of staff. Some of the German cabineteers described t?iemse!ves as being "stunned" by the names on the list. The names were received by telegraph direct from Paris, the first being that of Grand Puke Albrecht of Wurttemburg, a former commander on the western front. The list includes the following others: SOME Or THE NAMES. The cx-crown prince; Field Marshal von Hindenburg, former German chief of staff; Count von Bernstorff. former German ambassador to the United States; Pr. von Hethmann Hollwcg. chancellor of Germany when the war broke out; Ir. Zimmerman, former foreign secretary; Count Bismarck, the grand duke of Mecklenburg; Get. Falenh.iyn. former chief of staff who directed the Austro-German drive Into Roumania; Gn. von Gallwitz, commander of an army group on the eastern front; former Crown Trince Ruppi-eerrt of Bavaria, commander of the Northern Germany army group on the western front; Price Frederick; Gen. Sixt von Arnim: Field Marshal von Mackensen. chief German l.-ader in the East; Gen. von Moltke; Gen. von Hutier, the grand duke of Hesse; Gen. Ludendorff, former chief of staff to vn Hindenburg; Prince Titel Frederick and Prince Oscar, sons of the exkaiser; Gen. Faulkenhausen; Gen. von Reseler; Gen. von Kluck, who led the German drive on Paris in 1914; Col. Reinhardt; Admiral von Tirpitz; Admiral von Cappelle; Admiral von Soheer; Gen. von Uulow, who Is now dead; Gen. von Linsingen, commander of an army group on the eastern front; Gen. von Quast; Count Waldersee; Prince Ratibor and Prince Ernest of Pnxony. At least two Turkish officers are on the list. They are Knver Tasha. who was virtually in control of the Turkish government when the war broke out, and Gen. Talaat Pa.sha, who is regarded as a tool of Germany, LOCAL BAKERS ADD FEW CENTS BECAUSE CHICAGO DID FIRST

Immediately following the announcement that the price of bread in Chicago had been increased from 15 to 17 cents and 11 to 12 cents, lakers and grocers in the Calumet region jumped their prices to correspond and some went a little better and raised to 18 cents for the original 15 cent loaf. The increase in the price of bread at grocers is easily explained because much of the bread sold in the Calumet region grocery stores Is made in Chicago by Ward, SchuRze and other large bakers. The increase in price by the local bakers is considered to he a matter of meeting the prices of Chicago bakers and is apparently not determined by locfc.1 costs of production. Federal authorities have determined that 17 cents Is a fair price for the large size loaf of breod, but may make inquiries in-.o the reported charge f 18 cents. 7