Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 169, Hammond, Lake County, 6 January 1921 — Page 1

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California Card Man Acceptable to Johnson, May Get Plum BT GEORGE R.. HOLMES STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N SERVICE WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 Reports emanating from Marion that Presidentelect Harding is having considerable difficulty determining upon a secretary of labor have been received with great interest in labor circles in 'Washington. While the "Federation crowd." of which, Samuel Gompers is the leader, realizes that it is none too great favr with the Hard.ng administration due to C-ompers' open espousal cf Gov. 'ox during: the campaign, nevertheless it has in no way relaxed its miliant vatchfulness, nor has it decreased insistence that the new secretary of labor must bo a man acceptable to erga-n.zed labor. While organized labor -wants the new 'rretary to be a man from it3 own -anks one vho holds a card it nevertheless Is willing: to accept Herbert Hoover for the job if the new- president ses fit to appoint him. Hoover, it "as learned today, is "entirely acceptable" to labor. Hoover recently held a conference with the executive council of the American Federation of Labor here. They lescri'oe him as "fair, open-minded and rroperly sympathetic" toward the principles of organized labor. Further he 's an advocate of collective bargaining 'mi labor is convinced that if Harding 'elects him to sit in the cabinet labor will have a friend In court. Labor advocates here generally inline to the belief that Harding will ultimately appoint Rep. John I Nolan, of California, to the post in order to '-mate harmony all around. No!n is lose to Senator Hiram Johnson. It is gossiped in labor circles that Johnson has demanded a place for California in 'he cabinet and that Johnson distinctly regards Herbert Hoover as "unacceptable." Nolan is a. union man, one of 'ie few in congress. He holds a card in the International Moulders Union. Another man labor -would lake to see appointed to the post and who has leaders believe, have a chance, ts James M. Duncan, vice-president of the American Federation of Labor. Duncan is a lifelong republican and is known to most c? the influential republican leaders. He is head of the granite cutters union. President Wilson appointed him a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, but the appointment -was confirmed by the senate. Others considered by labor circles to he "possiblities" and at the same time scce-ptable to labor are: Frank Feeney. of Philadelphia, an official of the Elevator Constructors Union, and Wm. Hutchison, president of he United Brotherhood of Carpenters, feeney is a republican and was active, in -working for Harding during the campaign. ML START THE ft TEMPLE SOON That work. on Hammond's nw Mt-e-nle Temple will be started locn was announced last evening; at the large and enthusiastic meeting which was held at the temple to witness the installation of officers of Garfield and McKlnley lodges for the new year. Dr. Harry E. Sharrer. president of the Masonic building association, announced that the board of directors cad held a meeting during the afternoon and opened bids for the construction of the new temple. "Bids on one small part of the work had not yet been received, but these are expected within the next two weeks. Until then the final selection of the successful bidder cannot be made, but the directors had voted to begin building operations as soon as the contract could be let. New officers Installed for Garfield lidge. No. 663, were as follows: W. M. John W. Morthland S. W. Hans J. Derner. J". W. Fred J. Fuehrmeyer. Treasurer Tfceo. Moor. eecretary O. O. Mallett. S. D Virgil S. Reiter. J. X. Fred C. Crumpacker. S. S. Henry A. Ford. Organist Curtis B. Brunsdoa. Tyier Jacog H. Kasper. Those for McKiniey lodge, No. 712. were: TV. M- John C. Kennedy. S. W. 'Wm. M. O'Brien. J. AV". Arthur R. See. Treasurer John C. Agnew. Secretary E. W. Miles. S. D. Frank Greatbatch. J. D. Wilford S. Trueblood. g. 8. Marvin E. Wilcox. J. g. Henry M. Von Osinskl. Tyler Conrad E. Rynes. ThiB was the twenty-eighth installs tion of Jacob H. Kasper as Tyler. After the installations interesting isUts were made by the new officers snd several visiting past masters during which John W. Morthland was presented with a silver mounted gavel and Harry W. Margenau, retiring master of McJClnley lodge, was preseaU 1 vatsautiful Masonic ring.

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Did You Hear That REV. C. J. SHAEP, who spent the holidays here with his family, has left again on another evangelistic tour. ('. C. BON HAM. who is flown at West Baden this week, post cards to the effect that he is having a busy time of it. CHARLES L. SURPRISE is aie of the victims of coil thieves and lias a pretty good idea of v ho the guilty party is. E. C. MINAS. the State. Kirct merchant prince, says that the post -holiday business is good and is optimistic as usual. "WE vhad a good business through the holirHays," says Pete Brahos, of the. Hammond Cafe ,"but find it rather quiet just now." IT was blue Monday with a vengeance for school children yesterday. Schools opened up after the holiday recess. Much sickness is reported. " DR. F E. HOPKINS, pastor of the Michigan City Presbyterian church, addressed tho Sunday Evening Club of the First Presbyterian church la,t Sunday. IF this weather lasts much longer W. J. McAlecr is going to get out the old golf clubs frotni their winter quarters and sec how he is driving after tb.9 spelj. C1TT JUDGE THEO. KLOTZ is back t his home this week after being barred for weeks because of the illness of his wife and little son with scarlet fever. THAT industry is gradually getting n its f"?t again is Indicated by the fact that the General American Tank Corp. once more ad crtising for skilled workmen. C. P. WHITING, of Michigan City, has been transferred to the Hammond plant of the Northern Inriana Gas & Electric Co. and got a great send off from the M. C. gang. "SHOOTING craps and poker are to be barred frgrn both the White Sox and Cubs this -.year, but what effect this will have on the Hammond baseball pools deponent sayeth not. WOLF TRIMBLE, East Chicago's pride in the wrestling game, is to meet Jack Pierce of Chicago at one of the Chicago athletic clubs Friday evening. Wolf has won Fix matches straight. HAMMOND high school basketball team plays the LaPorte high school team at the Irving school gym Saturday evening. LaPorte ha.s been playing good basketball this settson and a lively game is expected. JACOB SOHLOER. vastly interested in the convention of sparrows assembling each night near Hohman and Warren, tried to count them, but gave the Job up In disgust, when he had reached 4.210. EVTDENTLT special dispensation have been issued for the Chicago Heights buss3. It is quite common to eee them rushing down the street forty to fifty miles an hour and with the muffler open. RFTV. CHARLES LEES ON, pastor of the South Side M. E. church is one man who will say the world is not so bad as aome paint it. Last Sunday he received twenty-six new members Into the church. WORK Is progressing raptoly on the Interior of the new Parthenon theater and the place is fast taking on an attractive appearance. The lathers and plasterers will soon be through with 'heir part of the job. A BIG Gary fruit and vegetable truck was hit between Valpo and Gary yesterday by a Peru flyer and completely demolished. AVhen the train pulled into Gary the engine was decorated with apples and cabbage. JUDGE CHARLEY FRIEDRICH is getting chesty. He claims his court is he highest n Leke county. Investigation brings to light no other J. P. with an office on the fourth floor like his is .in the Hammond building. ATTORNEYS Clyde and Henry Cleveland are back on the job this week after having a round with tha grip. They moved into their new office quarters which were formerly occupied by Boons & Murray. THE article prepared by a nearby editor headed: "How to Prepare Calves for Show Purposes," was marked to be run on the Farm and Stock page. But the make-up man got it on the page devoted to Women and Fashions. SUDDEN pick-up in demand for surgical supplies " through the New Tork office of the F. S. Betz Co.. has suddenly depleted the heavy surplus which the company had on hand and makes profpects bright for the factory for several months ahead. MUCH talk is already being heard regarding the approaching campaign for city offices and some announcements of candldateies are expected most any time. Bot hparties are planning to hold preliminary organi- j station meetings soon. A PECULIAR thief with a hankering for the ignition coils of Ford automobiles has been working in Hammond this week. Four Ford owners have suffered at his hands and police are puzzled over what the fellow would want the coils far.

UFF Edward Valve Co. Carpenter and Pattern Shop, Gutted Last Night In one of the worst fires the East Chicago Are department lias experienced, the fiames last evening almost completely destroyed the two story brick building, used as a restaurant, carpenter and pattern shop of the Elward Valve & Mfg. Company. 145th St. entailing a loss estimated between $200,000 and 3f0,P00. The alarm was sent in by a watchman of the plant about 8 p. m. and within 10 minutes all the fire departments of the city were at scene. When the firemen arived, the entire building was a mass of fiames, which could be seen for miles around. Explosion Follows, Shortly after the firemen began playing streams into the burning building, a loud report was heard in the West End of the building, which is believed to have been caused by the bursting of an air tank. A few seconds after the second and even louder report was heard, which carried the roof of the building 5 feet in the air. According to officials of the company, they had Just received a ship ment of small motors used In washing machines, besides a couple of carloads of wringers, these were all being stored in the building destroyed. It is believed that these were totally destroyed as were a lot of washers that had been prepared for shipment. That the loss will amount to almost $400,000 la the belief of officials, who say that the building ' besides being used as a machine shop and carpenter shop, was one of their largest storage houses. The entire south wall of the building ia ready to collapse as is also the west end. . 11 A. 1 1 I C . V ... . .... Sr At noon today firemen from Station No. 1 were still throwing water on the smoldering structure. About 70 men, who were jemployed in this department will be temporary thrown out of work. The loss to the stock and building is fully covered by insurance. SUIT IS FILED Judge Charles Friedrich will set in Judgment soon on the mosrt important case, in point of amount of damages asked, ever filed in a court of a justice of the peace Jn Indiana. In the suit Louis Roth asks for possession of property and $15,000 damages from Gust P. Eereolos, Peter Lavetobolos. Thomas Kemos and James Palasrkos. On Oct. 6, 1914. the plaintiff leased the, entire second floor and the basement under the east room of the building at S8 and 9 state street, to G. K. Strategos. A. Kostrlslas. Christ Baitages and S. Stratlgos. The rental was to be $190 per month. On Jan. 13 these people aligned and transferred the lease to Gu?t nereolo". He in turn transferred it to the other men Aimed as defendants In the suit. The complaint, which was prepared by Attorneys Sheerer and White, states that no rent has been paid since August, 1917. Roth further states that the defendants have "damaged the boiler of the heating plant and have refused to remove ashes from the basement, resulting ".n great damage. The question was raised whether a case involving such a large amount of money could be tried in the court or Justice Friedrich. but attorneys of both sides after investigating, have found that a Justice of the peace has the same Jurisdiction as a circuit court in matters of this nature. Attorney W. J. Whinery is representing the defendants in tbre suit. COUPLE ARE IN CHICAGO Reports from Clinton. Ia.. received today in Hammond, indicate that Robert S. Smith, Jr.. of this city, and Miss Celeste Lamb, who eloped from Clinton, are now in Chicago. Mrs. Celeste Smith wired her mother that she was happily married. Other particulars of the interesting little romance have evidently been nailed down by the happy couple for their is no further information to be. had and no address. CHOWN POINT. Ind. Jan. 5. C. Freeman Rich, 2S years old. fireman on the Indiana. Illinois and Iowa division of the New York Central railroad, is dead of a fractured skull. The Injury was received at North Judson, where the Three L crosses the Chicago Erie.

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Three Speakers Uncle Joe Cannon, representative from Illinois, has Just established a record for service In Congress. The day this photo was. taken he had New Deputy U. S. Marshal For District Herman E. Sasse of Hammond is New LakePorter Appointee Herman E. Sasse of Hammond wellknown in Gary and Crown Point wm last night appointed deputy U. S. marshal for this district which Includes Porter Co. The appointment was made by U. S. Marshall Mark Storen at the recommendation of several wellknown Hammond mem One unique feature about the appointment is that Ms. Storen is a democrat and Mr. Sasse is a republican, but as It was pointed out to Mr. Storen, he is soon to leave office and a republican is to be appointed anyway so the genial marshal fell in with the idea and decided to appoint a republican. Deputy Marshall Walter Mybeck, who is succeeded by Mr. Sasse, has resigned his office and accepted a fine position with the Hubbard Steel Fotrndry Company at East Chicago. Mr. Saese has already received his commission and has taken up his duties. MISSING GIRL FOUND INFR0NT YARD In Her Night Clothes and Father's Overcoat, She Takes a Cold Ride 1 INTERNATIONAL NE'.V5 SERV1CH1 LINCOLN, NEB.. Jan. 6 Vigilantes, police and state agents searched for Fern Wheeler, 13. supposed to have been kidnapped from her home. last night, who was found unconscious in the family yard about three o'clock tlii3 morning after officers had spent thirtysix hours seeking her. The girl disappeared from home at midnight when she. went down stairs in her night clothes on an errand for her sick mother. When she did not return a search was Instituted and it was found her father's overcoat waj also missing. Bernard Gilda. a university student, told officials this morning the girl had slipped out to go riding with him. When they returned they found the house surrounded. The girl attempted to enter the back way and in her terror and because of the cold and her scar.t clothing, she fainted in the yard. No charge war. placed against the young man. E. CHICAGO DIVORCE CASE Because tsr husband choked hr when she had a sore throat and also beat her, Mayme Henry of Eat Chicago is asking a divorce from Glenn Henry. The complaint, filed this morning in tho Hammond superior cojrt Fays that they separated Christmas day. They were married June 23. 1 D 1 S. Mrs. Henry already had two children by a former marriage and one child was born to the present union.' She oks for $1,000 alimony, the custody ol tho children, and $500 a year for their support. Her attorney la J. D. Kennedy. Death of Mrs. Jewell WHITING. Ind., Jan. 3. Mrs. A. C Jewell, aged 51 year? of Now York avonue. died last night in Mercy hospital, Gary. She was in Gary on a visit when she was taken ill with spinal meningitis and taken to the hospital. A husband survives her. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made.

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of the House of ?4 MTiWri1r.t . served forty-three years, nine mqfntjhs and twenty-six dav,. All ii, .! timer., congratulated Vnolr Joe. w,o is now in his eighty-fifth year. He is THEY JUST CAN'T 1 EXPLAINWEATHER( j International News Service I WASHINGTOlv, Jan. . Weather expert at the Vnlted State weather bureau declared today tbej-1 were onafIe to predict whether the remarkably mild weather condl-i tion of the present winter will, continue or whether a period of cold weather i in More. Low prruurr in Alberta and; Alaska Md high prewnrf over Bermuda and the southern tae., baa brought about the mild conditions prwalrlna; all Is winter, it was' explained. MAY PUT BREWERY OUT OF BUSINESS State of Illinois in Federal Court Seeks to Enjoin W. Hammond Brewery riNTERNATICKAL NEWS SEKVtC. CHICAGO, Jan, 6. Injunction proceeding to close six Chicago breweries as public nuisances undr the abatement clause of the prohibition act were begun in the federal court here today by E. J. Blindage, attorneygeneral of Illinois. The breweries are the Primalt Products Co., the United States Brewing ! Co.. the Standard Brewing Co. and Ledcrer Bros. Brewing Co., the Independing Brewers Association and the Hammond Brewing Co, oi Hammond. Ind. It is charged that each of these breweries have been making and selling "regular" beer. LATER Judge Landis issued temporary injunctions. NO NEW CASES OF Hammond's smallpox situation continues unchanged and health authorities find no cause for alarm. It is telleved that the precautionary measures, which were taken as soon as tie epidemic appeared in F.ast Chicago, have been the means of preventing the spread of the contagion. There are only six cases in the c.ty today, the same number as reported ty Secretary Buchanan Tuesday evening. There have of course been a number of suspects reported since the public became alarmed over the presence of the disease in Hammond. These have all been investigated and where conditions warrant, are kept under surveillance. Vaccination of school children Is progressing rapidly. The corps of doctors and nurses worked all day yeutrday and have been at it again today. They hope to have the job completed by tomorrow evening. Each child when vaccinated Is given a certificate which entitles him to re-entr school. Children who are not varclnated will be barred until further danger from the disease ia past. GAEY CLUB ADOPTS TWO ARMENIANS INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Jan. i. This c'.ub will support two hom'l'fn babies for a year." the Civic Service club of Gary wrote to t;ie Indiana headquarters of Near East relief. 4n City Trust building, inclosing a check for $110. The Methodist Sunday school of Clayton, Ind., assumed the support of an Armenian orphan yesterd.

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Representatives shown in the center, with Repreeentaj "v rrederlck "' G11'u- of ! the house, and Ex-Speaker Cham; ciark. Uncle Joe was speaker fo, 1 veral terms. Circus Suit Now on Trial In Toledo Echo of Hagenbeck-Wallace Tragedy Heard in Ohio District Court TOLEDO. O.. Jan. 5. A railroad wreck, in which a score of circus performers were killed and many others injured, near Hammond, Ind.. June 22. 1918. was revived today in United States District court here when the cane of Hettie McCree, one of the injured, came up for trial. Mrs. McCree is seeking $160,150 and the suit ia directed against John Barton Payne, director general of railroads for the government. According to the brief filed, the circus train stopped at Ivanhoe and, while standing, a train on the Michigan Central crashed Into it. Mrs. McCree's back was broken and her husband suffered a broken foot, according to the complaint. Mrs, McCree was taken into court in a wheelchair. WOLF MARCOVICH MADE DEFENDANT Wolf Mareovich. who runs a foreign exchange busjnes in Indiana Harbor, has been made defendant in a suit in the Himmond burerior court because he ordered the purchase of Roumanian money and then faiW to pay for it when the market declined. Tho plaintiff !S the West Side National Bank of Chicago. The complaint sTat5 that on October 12. 1920, Mr. Mareovich called the bank by telephone and saia he wished to buy 300,000 Roumanian lei. He was informed that the bank could fill Uio order at $1.90 per hundred lei. He gave his verbal order. Later the bank wrote him, asking him fjr the (heck for $5,700 covering the purchase. Mareovich failed to ruake the payment. The market value of the Roumanian le) continued to decline. On October 1S. Marovi-h informed the bank thxt he did rot want the foreign money. The bank in November sold the I.-! for $1,100 and asked M-ircovich to wake g. cd its l'-'ss of J1.60C on the deal. He hns refused an'1 'he suit asks f i r 1.6C0 judgment with interest on $3.70'1 for ere month ar;d interest on Jl.C'O until tli? aecourt is re'tled. 5EKNEWS FLASHES INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 DETROIT, Mich.. Jan. 6. By a vote of 1,07 to 4, the street carmen's union today refused to accept the proposed 20 per cent reduction in wages announced by the Detroit United Railway Co. Efforts are being made to bring the controversy before a board of arbitration. r INTFNT10N'- NEWS SERVCEl DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 6. Fire which broke out in the garage and building occupied by the Motor Transport. Corps at Fort Wayne did damage estimated at $200,000 today. BILLETIX) I INTERNATIONAL HEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. Jan. 6. Benjamin Thomas, for 10 years president of the Chicago &z Western Indiana i.-Hroad and long prominent in transportation affair of this section, died today n t his home her. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Thomas had been 111 for a number of months and his death was not unexpected.

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One Woman in House I.VD1AVAPOLIS, Ind., Jon. 6. For the first ttme since Indiana became a state more than 100 yrnm the coventor today greeted members of Its a-eaeral assembly with the salutation, "Ladles ami Gentlemen." The greeting came from (.ovfrnor James P. Ooodrlrh he launched his farewell message ss (uvrrn orf Indiana at the openlaa of the Bereaty-Bccond session of the legislator which fonvnl todcy. The only woman member of the legislature, and the first to ever B attained a place In the state's Uwmskiig body, la Mrs. Jalla IJ. ATelson of Mancle, representative from Delaware county. Mrs. Nelson was swept into ofTlce on the crest af the republican tidal ware In the November ejections. f Bl'LLETIX.) IXDIAKAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 6. Leaders of bath the nppcr and lower honin were chosen on the second ballot In can eases e republican majority at the state house late last night. The caacos vote on the speakership on the deciding; ballot wasi McClnrc. 47 Jacob Mllten be rarer. Muncle, 80i Clinton H. Glvan, Indianapolis, 10, The senate cancan vote folowsi Ratts, 221 Don Strode. Kokomo. 10 Jamee Nejdl, Whiting, Si Infield Miller, Indianapolis, 1. Other caucus choices wcrei Senate Secretary, Zell Swain, Mlddlctowni assistant secretary, Ml KathcHne Smith, 1 ndianapolis i chief door-keeper, Jerome Brown, Anderson; Postmaster, Grortre Graham, Logansport; caucus chalrmnn. Miles Burns. I.ynni caucus secretary, Andrew If. Ocardley, Elkhart. House - Principal clerk. Frank Wright, Lynn i oslslant clerk, Arthur I.. Stage, Knlghtstowni door-keeper. Everet INewlln, Hendricks county. BT HORACE M. COATS (Written for International Net-S S. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. 6 Facing the greatest task, pr .hably. which has confrorted any !gi5lature in Indiana in the. last fifty years, the Seventy-second essi.T. of the Indiana, general assembly opened today. The first businesf to come h--foi-the lawmakers was the larrneli mefsage delivered by Govern .r James V. Goodrich, who will s;-;, i.i cf th" etatehousc January tenth. Reconstruction pobnM c reiv ing out of the world -war, res-cuing rf t'.f various state educational and benevo'cnt institutions from the desperate tl nancial conditions into which tlv.-y have fallen, revamping of the educational laws, changes in the tax lav. repeal of the primary election law. appropriation biis which will reach every department of the state government, and relief for the state department of conservation, which it is declared, has reached a point where ' must branch out to be of further i.f to the state, all will come before tli state legislators during the sixty-,.,,, days of the rresent session. In add;tion. there will be scores. prohably hundreds, of minor tills affecting this and that community, to be passed upon. While the legislature crnven? I formally this morning, no business will be transacted, other tha'i th-. reading of the governor's message, until the middle of next week. This : because of the change in the slate, administration which taves place with the inauguration next Monday of Governor-elect Warren T. McCray and Lieut. Gov. Emmet F. Branch. The present administration and the present organization In the legislature will not attempt to have bills introduced or transact any business further than to name the speaker of the house and the president pro tern, in the sen ate. until the new administration ha bctn Installed, committees named an 1 final organization of the two i.ranchts perfected. As usual, approprlattr n bills will receive the major portion of the attention of the legislators during tns session. The almost precarious situation into which many of the state's higher educational institutions hare fallen, and the serious financial Fta! of many of the state's perti.1 snj benevolent institutions demand t'.Si appropriations be made soon enoug.i and large enough to take arc of the Institutions. The legislative visiting compnttp connisting of Senator Estes Duncan of Cloverdale, Representatives Otto IV field of Crown Point and David N. Curry of Carlisle, has been at work several weeks going over the needs ef the stats inatUuions and cutting down the appropriations to the lowest possible amount on wihch they can exist for the next two years. Next in importance to the appropr'.s. tion measures, perhaps, is the repeal of the primary law. This is one 't the platform pledges of the incoming governor and was one of the ma'ti Issues jn the recent primary and general elections. It is the aim of the legislature, as one of the members put It. "to make it possible for a poor maa to run for high office in Indiana." Important changes in the tax laware forthcoming, also. Along with M. McCray's avowed intention of 'giving the pople a new deal in tax affair.' the incoming governor has deelnr himself ss favoring many changes in the tax laws. It is recommended In the farewell message of Governor Goodrich that a limitation be placed on the tax levies and the bond lsiu.i authorized under "home rule" by local taxing units. Other important changes also are scheduled In the tax laws. fC&atlaucd vo pare twelve)