Hammond Times, Volume 9, Number 36, Hammond, Lake County, 6 November 1920 — Page 1

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THE WEATHER VOIt IDIAA Inereaalne; cloudiness followed by rain bandar unci lo northern portion tonight! -nnru)-cr la south portion tonight.

Oa s-tresta and newsstands. 3o Hammond, and Weir Hammond, per oopy. Delivered fcy carrier ia Oo pet month. Accused Men Have Hearing Today in East Chicago City Hall Two of the meet Important moonthine raids ever pulled off by the East Chicago police since the prohibition law went Into effect were successfully engineered last night by officers from the Central station. In both the raided places the most up-to-date and costly moonshine apparatus and equipment was found. The raided establishments were Alex Ferdish. 4920 McCook avenue, Indiana Harbor, and George Muntck. 4912 Alexander avenue. East Chicago. Two barrels of raisin mash wera found la each place, two 23 gallon tills, two 15 gallon stills and two 10 gallon stills formed the greater part of the apparatus but all the necessary oC Jid other equipment for the manufacture of liquor were found. Ferdish had Just began the manufacture of the "moonshine" when the police swooped down upon him. Practically all cf the equipment found at his place was new and had been used only a few times. The stills seized at the Alexander residence had been in uee for soma time. More arrests In connection with the two cases are further expected. T WILL GIVE MAXIMIIM PENALTY Stiff Punishment to Be Meted Out by Judge Smith to Violators SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN' POINT, Ind.. Nov. . One hundred dollars fine and 20 days in jail is the punishment that Judge Martin Smith ha been handing out to the violators of the liquor law lately but he announced on Fry that in the future he is going to make the fine and sentence the maximum the law providesThe liquor situation in Lake county at this time has reached such proportions and the violations are so numerous that stringent methods must be taken to stop the wholesale traffic cf tie stuff that la going on In most f the cities of the county. Conditions .cording to many are much worse than when the country was wet. Judge Smith ts going to punish all who violate the law that come under his Juris- : miction to the, limit. YEGGS ROB BANK "i " ' UTTTX1B ROCK. Ark.. Nov. 7. Teggk trten blew the vault of the Montgomery County bank at Moufit Ida. Ark., last night and escaped with 15,500 in counter scrip and mortgages and J250 in bonds. GOVERNOR-ELECT vOF HOOSIER STATE W. T. McCrav Oovernor-elect tVarren T. McCray anounced yesterday from his home ot; Kentland that he will appoint Miss Adah E. Bush as his private secretary when he assumes the duties of state executive Jan. 7. Miss Bush will bs the first woman ever to serve in that position in Indiana. Few Governors in the entire country ever have had a! woman secretary. Miss Bush has been Mr. McCray's secretary, in assisting him in hi3 business affairs, for the last twenty year3. She is wey known in club and suffrage circles of the state. In the campaign Just closed she served as executive secretary in the Republican national woman's organization at Chicago.

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VOL. IX. XO. 'M. Did You Hear That HENRI C'ONKET has been at I rench Lick Springs for : rest. MIS ANNA ALLMAN of Hammond, received the highest vote on the county Farmer-Labor ticket. WM. GLUTH haa rcecned t!ic contract for putting on a new roof on the Hammond Industrial high school. LOCAL 'Wabash men will, attend a home-coming when Wabash and Kalamazoo play football on November 12. WHO was the republican who vent around in the glums on election day, claiming it was democratic weather. OLDTIMER wants to know what has become of the o. f. woman who thought the gypsies would steal her children? BILL HASTINGS while down at French Lick on a visit brought a fine saddle horse which he is using every day. PRICE slashing on the Chicago Heights-Hammond rival bus lines. Tou can go to the Heights now for 20 cents. Fare was SO cents. THOSE who thought County Chairman Killigrew crazy when he predicted 20.000 majority in Lake county have another guesa coming. E. A. CLAPJC and his brother, Len, former Lake county boys, have organized the Subway Engineering Co., of Chicago. They are eld Lowell boys. FRANK DL'COilB says it was a murder not an election. "It was all over last June, but counting the votes says Fraivk. "Xow watch things improve." HAMMOND man who has been watching the climbing electoral vote for Harding, wants to know why the South doesn't give up and make it unanimous. DR. G. L. SMITH finds considerable satisfaction in the fact that he was permitted to introduce Senator Harding when he spoke In Hammond during STEVE MANCHAK. wno lives out by the Gibson Subway and who was bewailing the loss of his wife, informs the police that she Is back and all is well once more. INDUSTRIAL H. S. football team played its last game of the season on home grounds today, when it met Michigan City. Other games will be played away from home. THE new sign of the Farthenon theater, If at is to be held in place by the present trappings, can hardly be said to add to the appearance of the handEome front of the Gregory building. IN the four south townships of Lake county containing the majority of the farmers of the county, there were nearly 2,000 votes cast and the Farmer-Labor ticket received ten out of the two thousand votes. AN I. H. B. freight train is credited with blocking Hohman st., Oakley ave. and Sohl st. crossings the other night from 11:15 to 11:45 o'clock. A broken draw-bar was responsible. No arrests were mide. THET will talk election for some time. Some odd figures: Christensan got 104 votes in the 7th, he got 104 votes in the 13th. Cox got 104 votes in the 13th, 1C5 votes in the 13th and 101 votes In the 18th. Harding got 105 votes in the tenth. Mr. AND MRS. JOSEPH W. NEWS, evangelistic slngrs of Hammond, left for Shenandoah, la., where they will assist in a big tabernacle meeting. They will probably spend the greater part of the winter in Iowa cities. SAMUEL" GOEHRINGER used to play the sllphorn in a Sheboygan ("Wis.) band 22 years ago. The band is going to celebrate its 50th jubilee tomorrow and wanted Samuel to help celebrate. So be and Mrs. Goehrlnger have gone to Sheboygan. JOHN AHLBORN, 63D Douglas ave.. TTest Hammond, struck seven-year-old Jesse Smith. 78 riummcr ave., with his automobile at State and Hohman st. The girl was not hurt, but John received such a scare that he hauled her to her home anyway. AND when you are pojidering over the numbers of passing cars just Match for No. 12S52D. It is a Ford touring car which was stolen last night from the garage of J. H. Douthett at Highland. Sic the police on it when you see it. LATEST Hammond car to be stolen Is the Liberty Six of Charles Keed. 415 May st. It was taken last night. The number. 1504S7. "Thank heaven, it didn't have much era? in it." says Reed. "I'll bet they had to push it before they got very far." MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MARTIN who wnt through Hammond on foot early in th" summer on their coast to coast trip, write that they have reached Denver. '"We are still wearing the Steffenguide buttons they pinned on us in Hammond," sajs Chas. "WITH the. improving of Oakley ave. all telephone and electric light pole have been moved from the federal building curb to the other side of the street, adding greatly to the appearance of the building. "WHEN Dr. H. J. "White, deputy corcner found himself in the rain yesterday afternoon without his umbrella ho commented thusly: "Everybody knows that an umbrella is the most frequent stolen article in country. Tct nobody ever heard of anyone being prosecuted for the theft of cue"

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NOVKMBEtt Military Funoral For Hero THE LATE FttvCES BK.VT The body of Private Frances T. Bent, who died of wounds received in action on the Battlefields of France arrived this morning at 9 o'clock over the Wabash. Private Bent's body is the first one brought to East Chicago and was received by members of his family and East Chicago, AVhiting and Indiana Harbor posts of the American Legion The body was escorted by 13 uniformed policemen of the East Chicago police department to city hall, where it laid in state. Private Bent, enlisted at the beginning of the war In Chicago. lie was sent over seas with the 33rd division in 1918 and served with the A. E. F. throughout a number of engagements. In the battle of St. Mihiel, Private Bnt was severely wounded and fcfa Ldcath followed shortly after. He was born in Chicago. July 12, 1S33. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bent. 4713 Olcott avenue, three brothers, Peter, John and George, four sisters. Alice A.. Catherine M. of East Chicago. Mrs. J. C. Lane of Cleveland. Ohio, and Mrs. Joseph Selmer of Hammond. SEES CHOKING IT KILLS HER r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! JERSEY CITY, J., Not. "While matching a rrrra nctr being choked to death by the -vHIula" at a moving: picture abow Mm. AoRdiita Fink uddealy pat her hnndm to her owb throat and fell unconscious She died a fe- minutrs later. ' "Mental suggestion-' said the doctors. POP BOTTLE IS USEFUL ARTICLE Various uses to which a pop bottle can be put were explained in heated tones today In the Hammond police court when Judge Klot: heard tie testimony In the two assault and battery cases which resulted from th-s fight last Saturday night at Plummer ave. and Morton Court. The principals were Rosie Metcalf of Gary, and Katherine Ferrell, who runs a little restaurant on Plummer ave. .Both are colored. ' Rosle, according to the testimony came from Gary to straighten out a tangle in husbands. Hers was missing and she believed he had been lured into the thralls of Kitty Ferrell. Rosie brought the pop bottle with her. It was full of hoctch. They would quarrel a while, drink a little and then shoot craps with the men for a bit, but always the old quarrel kept bobbing up. When the bottle was empty the break came. The ladks tailed each other bad names and started to fight. Ed. Mays. Hammonds only colored deputy sheriff was there and thought it good stuff. "Ut'ra fight." says he, when some suggested making them quit. In order to preserve the reputation of the place, the combatants were pushed out on the street. Kitty had a knife and the pop bottle. She cut Rosie's hand and that made Rosie angry. Rosie then took the bottle away from Kitty and "bus'td" her one over the head. That ended the fight lor the police came and rinched them both. Judge Klotr, decided that both were at fault and decided to take tt under advisement for ten days before passing fceutencc, if any. SARCOPHAGUS IS ROBBED BERLIN. Nov. S. The sarcophagus of St. Elizabeth in the church of St. Elizabeth at Marburg was looted during the nis'.it and neraly 200 Jewels, Including twelve pearls that were valued at 2,000,000 marks, were stolen. Many of the jwcl were ho rich in his torical lore that tlYeir value could not j be estimated in money. The church of St. Elizabeth was buiit in the thir-j leenth century.

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KICKS BLACK CAT FALLSTO DEATH f INTERNATIONAL NEWS 8CIVICE1 t,T nntEBt riG. ix r. s A btark cat whlrb ersssv the siatk'af Frcdf-Hr "W. Weaalrr w the street enuse of I he tnaa'a death ' Mr W f lrr, who was 8, has been la ! railing hralth several aatitha. He objected ta the black rat's serenades And wbn the animal crooned hla vareh he kicked vtelaaaly at the animal and missed, I.vslasj his balance he fell from the parch ta a concrete walk Ave feet below and broke his neck. Alleged Shortage in Accounts Following on the heels cf the sensational news that federal warrants have been issued and served on two promImentn Gary residents,' one of them a city official and the other a county official, came the rumor this morning that fresh news is soon to break at the city hall in Gary involving a city office holder. For the past two months, field examiners of the Slat? Board of Accountants have been in Gary examining the records of the offices at' the city hall and from authentic information, it is reported that' they found the books cf one city officer is to explain an alleged shortage of several thousand dollars. T,he news that one of the Gary office holders was back 'tn Ms"" accounts gained circulation several weeks ago and since that time numerous rumorj have been circulated on the street, as to the amount of the shortage. While not authentic, it is said that the amount will run close to the three thousand dollar m,ark. It is understood that the field examiners report was sent to Indianapolis yesterday morning. and contains some sensational information, relative to the shortage. When ques tioned one of the examiners stated that he was not authorized to give out any information regarding their, investigations, and that the press, would have to wait until it has been acted upon by the State Board of Accounts " and sent back for action. Fresh rumors are afloat relative ' to the issuing and the serving of federal warrants on the Gary city official and the county official. According- to the information the federal authorities have a check as evidence ' that was given in the settlement ' of . a l'quor case. WILL SOON BE IN NEWQUARTERS The American Trust & Savings bank on East State street, Hammond, will soon be In itr new quarters which are being prepared on the opposite aide cf the street. According to present plans the change will be made next t-aturday, Nov. IS. Remodeling of the rooms for the bank's new home has been going on all tummer. It was .first thought the change could be made early in the summer, but various delays have csused postponements of the date. Lvery thing is now practically In tcadiness and the date for the move has been definitely set. The task of transferring a bank to new quarters la a difficult one, but it is believed that everything can be attended to over Sunday, sq that the bank will be open for- bueinasa oi Monday morning. The officials plan to hold a grand openingr and reception in the new quarters some tlrrje the following week. JOLIET ROAD IS SUED Arrell Calin. by h's next friend, i'AChariah A. Carlin. today filed 'suit for $275 damages against the E., 'J. 4c E. railroad company in the Hammond superior court. The young man wn T-ldinz- on a truck which was hit bv an E.. J. E. engine at the Fifth avenue road crossing near In,hoe on June 14. The complaint says that the crossing had no gates, watchman, warning bail or sign posts. The dam ages asks are to cover expenditures nmrte. bv the father for medical at tention for the injured boy.' Cleveland i Cleveland are attorneys . for the rlaintiff. SUIT EORDIVORCE Suit for divorce haa been filed !' Mary Plenet against William Fleneta In the Hammond superior" court. The plaintiff now lives on Madison street, Hammond. She says that ahe and William were married Sept, 23. 112, and eparated June 20. 1813. The defendant Is said to have beaten his wife, called her vile names and threatened her life. Mrs. Plcneta desires the ' custody ' of their three children and $56 per week for their support. Attorneys Klots '& Tinkham are appearing for the plaintiff. Dance Sunday evenig, Nov. 7th, at Columbia Hall, West Hammond. Good music. 11-4-3 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS Henceforth, all aarertuiaf cpf for publication mast h U THE TIMES office not liter tlua 11:30 A. M. the day before publicities, with a limit of 77 inches if brought in at that notice. . Three-quarter and fuD-pajie ad moit be in 4S hours before publication.

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.1 jl4i?ff'?X JOSEPH G. Hon. J. G. loach. Sr.. former judge for eight years of the, Indiana appellate ceurt Ms president of Hammond's OF AOTO OIES AJ WESLEY Leonard Baoh. one of the two brothers injured Wednesday evening when their motorcycle was hit by a truck driven by C. P. White, 4 CD Becker street. Hammond, died yesterday ' evening? at 5 o'clock at the 'Wesleyan hospital in Chicago. He had never regained consciousness. Bach and his brother, Wiiber, wer rt ii rn In cr hnmn from the Standard Steel Car company plant, where' they were employed as macninisis-. .ii me corner of Calumet avenue and Becker treet, their machine was hit by the truck of Mr. White, who was turning into Becker street from Calumet. The young men were taken to the home of their . parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Bach. 382" Michigan avenue and lata.Leonard 'was taken to Wesleyan hospital. Had he lived until this morning art operation would have been made to remove portion of the crushed skull. As it was the pressure had been relieved hy drawing off a quantity of rlood and water which had accummulated. in the brain cavity and around cne of the spinal injuries. wnher. who waj injured about the head, back and legs. Is Improving nice ly and will goon, be out again. Resides the Darents and brother. Wilbur, the deceased is survived by two sisters. Mabel and Ethel, and two brothers. Everett and Raymond. Th family formerly resided at rown Po;n;. The funeral will probably be held Thursday. Short services will be hoH at the home after which the body ;! be taken to rown Point for burial. An Inquest was held at the hospua; n rhleaaro this morning, but owin to the fact that part of the witness were not present it was cont:nuca until next Friday morning. FUNERAL OF BABY GARDNER The funeral of George C. Gardner, baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Gard ner, who died Wednesday morning of convulsions took place from the family residence, 717 Walter street on Thurs- , day afternoon.. Rev. John Parrett officiated and burial at Oak Hill cemetery. WHITING STARTS FILTERED WATER WHITING, Ind.. Nov. S. Filtered water was started through the pints of Whitlng's'new filtration plant yesterday. The day was spent in flushing out the water pipes and as yet the pressure was very low, but this is hoped to be remedied aa soon as e leak is repaired. DEATH FROM DIPHTHERIA Earl LaJerman. son of Emil Lauerl,an. 441 Carroll street, ased 7 years, died this morning of diphtheria. The funeral will be private and held tomovfow at 1 o'clock and burial at Calvary cemetery in Gary.'

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hji in ' - f AVS"WS .... 4. , I-A'. IBACH, Sr. eighth bank, the . new Peoples State hank, which opened for business tiiis week. AT HAMMOND INDUSTRIAL HIGH SCHOOL END FIRST QUARTER: HAMMOND 0; MICHIGAN CITT 0. SCORE FIRST -QUARTER HARVARD 7; PRINCETON 0. HORWEEN MAKING TOUCH DOWN. SYRACUSE FIRST PERIOR: SPRACUSE 0; BROWN 0. AT NEW HAVEN SCORE FIRST QUARTER: TALE 0; BROWN 0. AT NEW YORK FIRST QUARTER: DARTMOUTH 7; CORNELL 0. AT SYRACUSE SECOND PERIOD: SYRACUSE 0:-W. & J. 0. END HALF: SYYHACUSK 0: W. &. J. 0. AT NEW YORK SECOND QUARTER: DARTMOUTH 0: CORNELL 3. IiND FIRST HALF: DARTMOUTH 7; CORNELL S. MIDDLETON END FIRST HALF: WESLEYY.'-X 0: AMHERST 0. AT MINNEAPOLIS FIRST QUARTER: MINNESOTA 0: WISCONSIN 0. AT COLUMBUS FIRST QUARTER: (.Hill 0; MICHIGAN 0. AT CHICAGO FIRST QUARTER: ILLINOIS 0: CHICAGO 0. AT NEW HAVEN END FIRST HALF: YALE 7; BROWN 7. AT NEW YORK END FIRST HALF COLUMBIA 0: SWARTHMORE 21. AT HOBOKKN END FIRST HALF: STEVENS 24: DELAWARE 0. AT MI NN F. A PC LI S E N D FI RST HALF: MINNESOTA 0: WISCONSIN 0. AT IOWA CITY FIRST FERIOD: IOWA 7: NORTH WESTERN 0. AT STATE COLLEGE SCORE AT END FIRST HALF: I' CNN STATE 7; NEBRASKA 0. AT PHILADELPHIA END FIRST HALF: PITTSBOURGH 14; PENN 7. AT CHICAGO SECOND PERIOD: ILLINOIS 3: CHICAGO 0. END FIRST HALF ILLINOIS 3; CHICAGO 0. AT PITTSBURGH END FIRST HALF: CARNEGIE TECH 14: ALLEGHNEY 0. AT ANNAPOLIS FIRST QUARTER: NAVY, 0: GEORGETOWN. 0. AT WEST rOINT FIRST QUARTER: ARMY 7; LEBANON VALLEY 0. AT HARVARD THIRD QUARTER: HARVAD 7; TRINCETON 7. GRIFFITH MEN ARE HIT BY FLYER SPECIAt. TO THE TIMES GRIFFITH. Ind.. Nov. 6 Two prominent Griffith mn narrowly escaped death when their auto was struck by a fast Eric ' flyer at Griffith. Ind. Clem Mang, ay 65. and William Scheeser. age 23, both railroad era. T-loyes at Griffith, were caught hy a fast Erie express train on the Junction tion avenue crossing, when returning from work last night about 4:30 p. m. Mr. Mang was badly lacerated abojt the head and neck. He was rushcj by auto to Hammond hospital. William Sheeser was ta ken t his home, where medical ail waw g- cn. Today itij thought both men w:l: recover.

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Hammonds newest bank, the eigh'b for the city, Is open for business and is proving to b a llely youngster. The People's Slate Bank accepted its first deposits Wednesday and they ha e been coming in steadily tince then. The ncvi banking room, simple in its appointments, but decidedly business ljkc in appearance, made a favorable Impression on the scores who visited the place on Its opening day. President J. G. Ibach. Sr., expresd the bank's rolicy when he said: "Wc ac starting in a modest way and expect to build up an institution whlh will meet wi'.n the aprroval of the people." Mr. Ibach is by no means new at the business. Twenty-five years ago he organized and was one of the incorporators of the old Commercial btinw which was later merged with the First National bank. During the clffht icars in which he was at Indianapolis while a judge on the Appellate court bench, he was one of the directors and took an active part in the affairs of thPeople's State Eank of that city. He has resided in Hammond for thirty years, where as one of the leading attorneys he has buiit uv a v. ids acquaintance in all walks of life. A. J. Marko, vice president and cashier, ia another prominent figure in Hammond's financial circles. For seven years he vss connected with tke First Trust & Savings Bank and prior to that had had considerable experience with European banking houses. He speaks a number of foreign languages fluently and has hundreds of f,.ends in all part's of the Calumet region who seek his advice on financial matters. Donald E. Gavit, who was formerry the East Chicago representative of Th'e Times, holds the assistant cashier caga. He is strictly a Hammond product, being the son of Attorney John Gavit. He is a Wabash college graduate and has a wide circle of friends, especially among the younger set of Hammond. The real estate and insurance department is under the direction of H. A. Boender. who already has worked up quite a business for himself in these lines. Miss Lucille Mcasersmith is in charge of the savings accounts. while Miss Elinor Moore is bookkeeper. Reporter Steps Into Banking Business DONALD GAVIT Donald E. Gavit, who for some tini'; has been the efficient representatire of The Times at East Chicago and Indiana Harbor and who was a former service man, has graduated into the banking business and Is assistant cashier of the new Peoples State bank at Hammond. DEATH OF HOBART TRACTION HOBART .IND., Nov. 6 Adolph Hurling, president of Gary, Hobart-Trac-tion Company, passed away at his home in Chicago on Tuesday noon. He was 7 J '.years old and is survivod by a daughter and a son, who reside in Chicago. Mr. Hugling resided here at the horn of O. L. Frazee until about a month ago, when he moved to Chicago, owing to his poor health, caused from stomach trouble. The funeral was held in Chicago yesterday afternoon. f INTERNATIONAL HEWS SERVICE NEW YORK, Nov. 6. A strike or opera singers prevented the rendition of Verdi's 'Alda" at the Lexingto theater. A near riot followed when jjitroas failed to g-et their money toae.

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