Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 281, Hammond, Lake County, 17 May 1921 — Page 1

NORTHERN INDIANA THB WD1THCB, Generally fair tonight ul Wednesday, probably bowers, warmer tonight! moderate south to aoatbweat wind. Delivered try Carriers ta Euomoad and W. Hammond 30o per month. On streets and news stands So per copy. COUNTY F. SUMMERS WINNER OF VOL. XIV. NO. 281. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1921. HAMJUOND. INDIANA T ran BT3 ill is

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Big Sinn Fein Offensive Obstruct Peace Negotiations. r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! iDNDON, Mar 17. With approximately 40 dead in the unprecedented outburst of guerilla warfare in western and southern Ireland, the British war office was reported today to be rushing- heavy reinforcements ol troops and artillery to combat the Irlah republican army. According - Information from an authoritative source the war office is sending 24 batteries of guns and S.ooo artillery man. Ten thousand infantrymen are reported ti have been moved into Ireland from English concentration camps la the past ten days. There ars more EngliBh troops and artllierj In Ireland than at any other time In the history of the country. Fears are expressed that the big Sinn Fein offensive against Brltisti troops and black and tan policemen may obstruct the peace negotiations and may Interfere with the election or members of the northern Ireland and southern Ireland parliaments later In the month. Officials of the Irish office were unwilling to discuss the reported offer of Fremier Lloyd George to ric.it Eamon De Valera. "president of the Irish republic" for an open conference without any condition. Six men and three women -cere arrested by Scotland yard agents this morning on the charge of complicity m the Sinn Fein outrages In England on Sunday. All were held. JUDGE HARDY OH FOUR-DAY TASK 300 Cases of Persons Waiting for Naturalization Books Judge Walter T. Hardy started on his four-day task of cleaning up the naturaliratlon books of the superior court in Hammond this, morning. Before the end of the week it is expected that the majority of over SOO cases of persons waiting for second papers will have been disposed of. Room 2 was crowded all day with applicants and their witnesses. The applicants were for the most part persons of German, Austrian and Hungarian descent whose petitions had been held up for several years because of restrictions passed during the war. It was noticeable that many of these people had lived In the TTnlted States for ten years or longer acd had not been aroused to the necessity of taking out citizenship papers until the war came. Their long residence brought with it a much better knowledge of governmental Institutions and a higher order of Intelligence than is found in the average applicant for second papers. Many own their own homes and practically all of them bought Liberty bonds and war sav Ings stamps. East Hammond furnished a large contingent of Austrlans and Hungarians. As usual there were several exaaloor.keepers In the crowd who had made the common mistake of e-ng their doors open on Sundays. Where these violations occurred In the last five years, their applications were refused. 1HEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND" IS RIGHT Carmelite Sisters Have Babe That Was Found in Harbor Garbage Can How would you like to be thrown into an Indiana Harbor garbage can or any garbage can for that matter. The Carmelite Sisters at East Chicago have a six months old babe that was found In a garbage can. The little tot was brought to the orphanage by an Indiana Harbor doctor, to whom the babe waB brought. Gertrude is the name of the little one. From what can be learned Gertrude's dad haa been in Jail for making moonshine or drinking. Her mother, it appears lost her mind and the tot was left In the care of some one. Anyhow, Gertrude wound up in a garbage can. and might have died there had not a j boy come along and heard the little thing's pitiful walls. Vnder the careful nursing of the good 31sters the baby is being brought back

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xy..uui warns to Know wi i. i. . Sharrer woii the medal last Saturday in Class C, he shouldn't be in Class A? OFFICER FISHER is much improved this morning and ie expected to recover. DR. LLOYD, who has been 111 with pneumonia and recovered enough to be out is agcln confined to his home. CARNIVAL season Is now on in full blast. West Hammond is to have one next week which Is being put on by the Labor Temple Building Association. VALPO'S Hotary Club is going to get Valparaiso a Rotary Athletic Field. Here Is something for some local eft ganlzation to shoot at. LAPORTE is trying to ascertain now how much milk is being poured down her sewers and the crusade started by Ths Timk3 Is spreading. WE got an awful blow. today. John Millet told us that he would like to go to the City to a baseball game, as he had not seen one this year. Why the delay, John? ALL of the down stairs sats for the three nights have been Bold for the LegIon's Jollies show. There are only a few box seats left and the balcony is going fast. THE Hammond police had the pleasure of motwing f3 Crown Point this morning. The guests were three pickpockets. Officer Fisher's assailant will be a passenger soon. AT the 6Tth annual conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templars, or Indiana, Rev. John C. Parrett of Hammond was again appointed Grand Prelate. SIXTY students were forced to fieo from two rooming houses at Valparaiso University when both buildings were set on firs early yesterday by a defective beating apparatus. AFTER several hundred prospective citizens have loafed in the court house corridors waiting their turn before the judge, the floors resemble those of the old bar-rooms in anti-prohibition days. CARROLL SLICK, former seo'y extraordinary to the mayor of Gary, part owner of Slick's rough-dry laundry and at one time a reporter in Hammond, paid the village) the honor of a visit today. W. J. McALEER is going into the golf ball business so that ha can get them at wholesale rates. The decision was reached after Saturday's efforts when he scooped all balls and mado a net score of SO. THE Indiana Retail Grocers' Association opened its annual convention at Anderson yesterday. H. C. Petersen first Vice-President of the Association, from East Chicago, responded to the address of welcome. LESTER DRAKE, a contractor and member of the firm of Caldwell & Drake, which built the Hammond Superior court h'juse, e:ea suddenly at Parkers-burg. W. Va. He was 69 years old. ROLAND FOX won an appropriate gift in the weekly drawing at the Hammond Ki wants club. The prize was jne of those long handled bath brushes built for single men. It ought to be passel on to some one who needs it. PETE DAVIS, family and furniture will spend tonight on the street. They haven't been evicted for non-payment erfrent or anything like that. The Davis house is being moved from the site of the new Elk's home to a lot on Stato Line street. MAYOR PAUL KAMRADT of West Hamond was a busy man Sunday afternoon. He pitched the first ball at the Columbia A. C. game and then rushed down to the church to make a neat little presentation speech for he donated one of the new bells. AFTER the Hohman street Road Race has ben decided definitely, rlans will be started to oust George Clemens, George Dobbins and George Wolf from their favorite table In Eddie Perrin'a. No more noon-time monopoly, by Georgp. Oh, yes. We almost forgot George Sheerer. CHRISTIAN FREDERICK DOSET. 73, a. member of the Hammond street department, this morning severed an relations with Austria and became an American citizen. He has lived in the United States since 18S2 and says he sees no reason why t shouldn't be made unanimous. THERE seems to be an imprission that the Jollies of 1931 to be given at tho Parthenon Thursday, Friday and Saturday is the same show as was put on at Waiting. This is entirely wrong. Tlifcre Is no comparison betwen the two shows. The Hammond Jollies will be the biggest ever put on in Lake county. HARRY C. MILLER, who was formerly connected with the Bates Expanded Truss Co.. of East Chicago, and uho was a candidate for City ClerS in the last primary election, has accepted a position In the Insurance department of the Hammond Trust & Savings bank, where growth of business has nece. sltated more help. SERGEANT JOHN OKRAJ of the Wost Hammond police who had th shooting match with the negroes last Saturday night was pretty solemn ou Sunday when lie- attended the dedication of the church bells at St. Andrew's parish. "Just to think, boys," he said "if that nigger's bullet had been just a couple of inches closer. I'd have been the first fellow those bells would ring for."

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lily RAMITLER) A bad start makes a good ending. So said the Moose boys last night at the crowds surged down the darkened Midway to thoroughly enjoy themj selves anyway. We say darkened midj way because the thousands of lights t'.iat were to be turned on In full flood. were not turned on due to the fact that the Moosemcn neglected to make arrangements on time with the Northern Indiana Gas. and Electric company to place three transformers along the route of the gigantic street fair to supply tht -juice" for the wonderful lighting cflVrts. As it wi.i, several of the sensational riJcs went along on their own power, affording amusement and diversion for hundreds while the novelty booths displaying thoutands of doliars worth of staple and novelty merchandise did a "land office" 'business aided by the great white way lights of famout Calumet avenue. The Baby show went off with a banx promptly at 7:20 and exactly 21 mam mas darlings bawled, kicked and googooed while being weighed and classi fied. A list will be found elsewhere in these columns. The parade, which was to have start ed at 7:30 p. m. at the Moose home, was postponed, owing to the tedious last minute work the Moosemen had to finish on booths, but will be held tonight. Everybody la invited to Join in, afoot or with automobile, just fall In at 7 p. m. at the Long building. Several of the spectacular show? played to enthuslartic and appreciative audiences, with dimmed lights. Hundreds went to see Norma Lee and her son, the ladies in particular, what lady does not want to know who she Is going to marry and when, or whisper it divorce. Norma presents probably the highest class entertainment, if it can be called that, on the World's Fair Shows; she wishes It to be known that this is her first year under canvas, under doctors orders, having played Indoors in the largest theaters In thr. country. Her exhibition of mental telepathic forces existing between herself and son, Glen, is remarkable Norma does know It seems, you whisper you- question In her son's ear and she answers immediately. Among the tbtg time attractions that will open in full blast tonight when the flood of lights are turned on arc the Athletic arena featuring severa' ex-champ wrestlers meeting all comers on the mat Monkey Oeaorge, th-12-inch human, whose body has) beer terribly deformed, but who has nevertheless a magnlflclent witty mind th simply magnetizes and grips his audience. Paul Clark's own and origina Cleo, the Girl in Red. assisted by a thoroughly tantalizing ensemble o; Terpslchorean artists, presenting thi modern, as well as exact replicas o: the ancient folk and national dance, of the far east, these oriental maidenwill afford a world of amusement t the men folks particularly, with the!, classical and biblcal interpretation?. The Kempf Brothers famous Swl:-: Village, with the smallest mechanica working people in the world, is something not to be confused with th ordinally mannlkin acts seen In vaudeville, this marvelous mechanical exhibition is educational as well as entertaining. The Queen's Popularity contest !. certainly bubbling over with enthusiasm, more than 40 of our ambitious an well known lassies are vieing with each other for the honors and priiee The Moosemen will cause to be erected a beautiful court of honor, for the crowning event of their celebration next Saturday night, the back of th court will ibe a striking old rose getup and the court wlil be ladden with flow- j ers. perfumed with Maytime and thf j queen will be ceremoniously acclaimed1 surrounded by pages, sweet little girls j all dressed in white to ad dto the pomp1 and ceremony. Practically no one girl Is assured of the honors at present, the race will be won and lout between now and next Saturday night at eleven p. m. All of the prospective queens are rebuilding their trenches to garner from their friends and assure themselves a place well up among the leading ladles, and one of the handsome prizes, which are on display at Arkln's & Sons' windows for the edification of the recipients. Ths prizes to be awarded in the Baby Show can also be seen by the public In the windows of John Pappas, . another State stret- jeweler. Following ts Quen and Baby ceremonies next Saturday night, the Ford self-starter auto w.!T be given away. The car has been heavily subscribed for to-date. FATALLY HURT BY TRAIN BEDFORD. Ind., May 18. Jap Upplnghouse. age seventy, a watchman at the Salem stone mill here, was found fatally hurt by the side of the Monon tracks at the Seventh street crossing last night- He died a few minutes later. Upplnghouse told persons who found him, that h had got on the engine at the coal shute to talk to Fred Hodges, the engineer. Hodges, however, said he never saw Upplnghouse. It Is believed he attempted to ge.t on, but was knocked down. His bsck was broken. Carl Upplnghouse, a former Monon detective, formerly of Hammond, who now ljves at Louisville, is a son.

NO WILD WIMMIN AT CEOAR LAKE THIS YEAR Sheriff Hut Olds Decrees That Lid Remain on Lake County Resort fSPECUL TO THE TIMES1 CROWN FOINT, Ind.. May 17. The ltd that has been clamped on Cedar Lake for several years will not lie lifted this summer. It was stated at the office of the sheriff today. County officials present at .a dinner at Las3en's hotel Saturday eventDg celebrated the new era of decency that Lake county's beautiful lake resorts have entered upon. One of the officials. County Recorder William Rose, has moved his family to Cedar Lake. "111 ste for one that Cedar Lake keeps its face clean," he said. Complaints have been made at the county reat against the a'.l-nisht cabarets on Gary's south side. Tl.r lid has been clamped on "Hon" Ku?sell's place near Crown Point.

GARY MEN END RIDEAT STATION Wild Time Enjoyed by Gary Taxi Driver Last Night A pair of Gary men participated in a long taxi journey last night which ended when they were driven to the Hammond police station by their disgruntled driver, who was unsuccessful in collecting a $25 taxi bill. He had cause to be peeved, for one of the men held a gun at his head part ol the time. Yesterday afternoon. Roy Kowalskl, 1649 Connecticut street, Gary, and Jack Kenchuck, 2161 Broadway, Gary, started out for a good time In a taxi driven by Walter Cash. After imbibing sundry drinks of moonshine, they toured a large part of the county In search of a pair of friends. Cash finally tired of their nolsa and as they had run up quite a sizeable bill, he attempted to collect. At this point, Kowalski was carried away with en thusiasm and fired a revolver out or the window. When Cash remonstrated, he suddenly became aware of a cold muzile pressed against his head where upon he drove to the Hammond police station and turned his unweleome fares over to the officers. In court this morning. Kowalski denied having a gun In splta of th iact that one was found on him. He admitted being drunk and paid a total f 177.50 on the charges of pointing a gun and intoxication. He also i had a witness fee topay. His companion, it developed, was wounded in the recent war and as he had not done anything very dangerous he r was discharged by Judge Klotz with a lecture. REBEKAH LODGE ADDS 4,717 MEMBERS IN YEAR INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., May 17. A subtsanttal growth In the membership of the Rebekah lodge in Indiana In the last year was shown In the annual report of the president, Mrs. Emma W .Wilson, of Jasper, today at the opening of the thirty-seventh annual buslnesslness session of the Rebekah assembly on the twelfth floor of the Odd Fellow building. With the addition of 4.717 members last year the membership in Indiana is ol,862. Reports were given by Eva L. McDaniel. ShelbyvlUe. vice-president; Emily K. Wedgwood. East Chicago, warden; Valletta Kimmel. Kendallville, i..--tary. and Mrs. Laura B. Morris, Frankfort, treasurer. Committees were appointed in the afternoon by Mrs.VVTilscn to nominate officers who will be elected Tuesday morning before adjournment of the session, for the annual trip to the Odd Fellows' home at Greensburg, The memorial service will be held Tuesday morning followed by the Installation of officers at 12:30 o'clock. BABIES ENTER MOOSE SHOW The Moose baby enow, prizes for which will be awarded on next Saturday night at 9 p. m., opened auspiciously last evening on' Calumet avenue in the heart of the big Moose street fair and festival, given for the benefit of their new home, and the" following babies were awarded the points set opposite their names: Harold. Dean. 6 months ... 1500 Edwin Brinkman. 23 months 1230 Vivian J. Johnson. 19 months 1000 Frederick Stepnoski, 7 months 600 Homer Allen. 11 months . 900 Many other babies faced the two nurses who officiated and seemed to take great delight in handing the lit tle bundles of happiness, this list shows only the five ieadinc babies. Mrs. Adams and Miss Wilhelm. our well known nurses officiated. Mifs Wilhelm is at present on duty at Mooa;heart, while Mrs. Adams is a registered nurse at large. The funeral of Peter Zyp, who was killed when struck by a speeding automobile In front of his home at Hlghlang Sunday evening, will be held Wednesday afternoon. Services will first be held at the home at 1:30 o'clock (Standard time) after which the bodywill be taken to the Highland church at 2 o'clock. Burial will be In the cemetery at Highland, in oharge of Undertaker Emraerling of Hammond.

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May Collins and Charlie Chaplin, whose names hare been linked by rumor. This is a new phototrrapb of May Collins, the pretty and talented TEN MORE SENT TO JAIL BY JUDGE SMITH SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT, Ind., May Judge Martin Smith has signed ten more commitments. Names and terms follow: Mike Czlnka, convicted of assault nd battery. 60 days at penal farm. Louis Glya. assault and battery, live to 14 years at state reformatory. James Robinson, grand larceny, one : i 14 years. James C. Lagerstrom, petit larceny. f'O days. rhil Hayward, issuing fraudulent checks, two to 14. John Winer, grand larceny, one to 14. Charles White, grand larceny, one to 14. Pan Moisich, assault and battery, 9U days. Fhilip Palos, petit larceny. 60 dsys. John C. Luning, grand larceny, one to 14. FANCY PRICES FOR PLAIN FOOD AT A. BAMS CROWN POINT, Ind.. May 17. Folks, meet Mr. A. Bastianl. proprietor of the Chicago Hotel and Restaurant on Main street and erstwhile citizen of the county seat. Mr. Bastianl is deserving of a lot of credit. Slip an eye over the price list of Mr. Bastlani's palace of food: Three eggs, any style, 50 cents; two eggs, 35 cents. All meat orders 60 cents for roasts to 75 cents to $2.00 for steaks. Hot meat sandwiches 30 cents. SCOUTS TO DECIDE ON POSTMASTERS WASHINGTON. May 17. Non-political observers with faculties for Judging the fitness of men for public service are to be aent through out the country by Postmaster-General Will H. Hays to determine upon the relative merits of the thousands who are and will be clamoring for Jobs as postmasters. This method of selecting those who will be named to flil vacancies will be used by the postmaster-general in addition to the examinations prescribed by law when there are no persons available with tho competitive classified civil service. LARGEST WARRANT EVER DRAWN ON LAKE COUNTY CROWN POINT. Ind.. May 17. County Treasurer Rapii Bradford today signed the largest- warrant ever drawn on the county. It is for $2S,770.93 for principal and Interest of gravel road bonds due May 15.

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! vrrtTtr nrtr n vhn has been renorted engaged to Charlie Chaplin. Miss Collins has not denied the report; 6he merely says demurely, "I think that is for Mr. Chaplin to say." Charlie, however, is silent on the subject, but still they are both seen together everywhere, lunching, dinmg, dancing, at the races and at ball games. Miss Collins mada her picture debut but a shrt time ago. BLOW WITH CUE . MAY BE FATAL Brawl in Gary Poolroom Re suits in Arrest Being Made A blow which Mike Buda, 1077 Jefferson street, Gary, received in a pool room brawl on the south side late yesterday afternoon when he was struck over the head with a billiard cue will probably result fatally according to a statement issued from his bedside at the Mercy hospital at noon today. Shortly after seven o'clock last night the poliec received a call from Dr. F. M. Jones, 1116 Broadway, In which he explained that he had a man by the name of Mike Buda who had been hit over the head woth a billiard cue and was suffering from a fractured skull, bleeding from the mouth and was in an unconscious 'condition. According to the police report the assault occurred nearly two hours before this, Buda having been without medical attention all this time. Dr. Jones explained to ths police that .Buda had no money and that he would be unable to do anything for him. although he needed an operation to save his life. The police then got in touch with Dr. Tarrington who ordered the injured, man taken to the Mercy hospital where he was given medical attention. Little hopes are extended for his recovery. ROAD CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED CROWN POINT. Ind.. May 17. Bids have been received by the county commissioners for two road Improvements. The successful bidder for the Williams road in Winfield township war Johnson and Downey. $18,785, and the lowest bidder for the Hayes road in Center township was the See Teaming 4 Supply company, $30,400. Fin Brothers were given the Job of installing drainage tile at the fair grounds. Their price was $551.10. HARBOR YOUTH SENT TO PENAL FARM CROWN POINT. Ind.. May 17 Judge MilesE. Norton of tho juvenile court yesterday reopened the notorious case In which eight young men of Hammond and East Chicago were found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a 14-year-old girl. Judge Norton revoked the suspension of sentence of Ray Dahlin. aged 20, eon of a soft drink saioon keper of In diana Hurbor. Other pjspenslons mayj follow if the young men do not behave themselves, the court Inferred. JudK" Norton'. action following evidence that Dahlln had associated with the girl after he had bten placed on good behavior.

Goshen Gets Second Place, Plymouth Wins Dramatic Contest, Hammond high school won aiat place in the northern Indiana oratorical contest held in South Bend last Saturday alfht for the first time in recent years.. The Hammond contestant was Frank Summers, who delivered the oration. "War and Public Opinion." Second place was won by Ray Crosby of Goshen, who delivered. "The Man of the Hour." Summers won first place in tne western district preliminary contest at Gary, May 13. which is held for the purpose of picking the final entries for the big northern Indiana contest. Hammond won second place in .the Lak county contest at Gary this year through her representative, Josepb Ingram. The dramatic contest was won by the Plymouth representative, Mtit Athalind Nesbit. who delivered th "Swan Eong." Second place was woo by Miss Eleanor Moore of iJiForte. The Judges of the contests wer Prof. George E. Fifih'r. Kalamazoe college; Miss Helen Schoenbeck, St Joseph. Michigan, High school, and Prof. Howard Clark of the East Chicago High school. After the contest the visiting gusts were entertained by the South Bend High school at a dance held in the school gymnasium.

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ACTIVITY HIT BLOW BVL.LETI Tiie Lake County Building Tratfea Council declared today that 1 'tradesmen were locked out by employers hi Lake county when they refused to a cept the reduced scale of wages offered by the Building Trades Employers' asociatlon. The workmen who refused to accept the reduction and quit work included: Carpenters. 22: electricians, 14; plumbers and steamfitters, 17; laborers, 10; plasters, 6: portable engineers, 2; and bricklayers, 10. Building activity In Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago today remained practically at the standstill to which It was brought yesterday morn ing when the lockout inaugurated by the contractors became effective. Men were working on a few scattered Jobs today where contractors) who do not belong to the Buildlcsf Trades Employers Association were la charge. Much of this activity vta confined to Indiana Harbor wnara there are several independent employ ers. In Hammond three big projects, .he Masonic Temple, the Elks' horns and the German Lutheran school are at a standtslll while it has been practically decided that the J400.000 additions to the Industrial high school wt'.l not be considered this year. Labor officials have been checking up the men of tho different crafts and claim that the lockout has not hit them as hard as the contractor claim. Their estimate is based upon a comparison of the number of members of their organisations with the number actually thrown into idleness by the action of the contractors. For the present both sides are sitting tight in the matter and are keeping their eyes open to see which way the general publio will lean in the controversy. Contractor are now bending their efforts to have their fellows In Gary take the aame action as was taken in other cities of the region. SAYS HUSBAND ISA NAGGER That her husband is a "continual nagger" and that be choked and beat her until she was almost unconaclous Is charged y Mrs. Emma Fegel O'Donnell, 4934 Forsyth avenue. East Chicago, in her complaint for a divorce, which was filed today In the superior court at Hammond. Mrs. O'Donnell and her husband. Howard, were married Aug. 17. ll, and lived together until last Sunday, She says that he failed to support her and it was neceswary fo rher to work in factories in order to provide food and clothing for heraelf. O'Donnell, It is alleged, spent his money on othr women. Two of them who are named in the complaint as "Eva" and "Grllena" and characterised as "vile'' by the plaintiff. John D. Kennedy is Mrs. O'Donnell's attorney. BAD FIRE AT SOUTH BEND riNTEH NATIONAL NEWS SCTVICtJ SOUTH BEND. Ind., May II. Spontaneous combination or a spark from a passing locomotive is believed today to have started a fire which did $350.000 damage here. The fire etarted in the South Bend grain elevator where nearly jno.OOO bushels of coffee ;s scored, spsjead to the Grand trunk docks and to several office buildings and residences. Trains on the Grand Trunk and New Tork Central roads, were delayed because intense heat melted and twisted the rails. ONLY TWO ARE CONVICTED Out of a baker's dosen of drunk arrsle In the Hammond City Court, Oils miming, only two convictions were mode. II. M. Owen, swlft and ompany. West Hammond, end Wick Kurenkoj. 73 Tompony house. East. Hammond, each pleaded nuiity to th charge and were fined J11 each. The others all denied the charge and tlie.r cases were continued.