Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 2, Hammond, Lake County, 20 June 1921 — Page 1
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Oil SUPPORT OFMERGHANTS Illinois City Up In Anns Over Hammond Council's Attitude. TVs?t Hammond oppoaltlon to the proposal to make ft a eeparate telephone district from Hammond, nccetsatiating a five-cent toll for all inter city calla, will take definite form to ri Sit wian tie council of the Illinois city -will act upon a resolution which haa been prepared by City Attorney S. K. Murk-map. The resolution is the outfrowth of the meeting- -which was called Friday evening and from which repreaenta tlvea were sent to the meeting which vu held the aarue evenlnjb In Ham mond. It recites that the City of Ham mond la litigating: with the telephone company over the question of ratea and haa questioned the Jurisdiction of the Indiana Public Utilities Commlsaion In the premises because ths service furnished is interstate. In order to avoid having the matter taken from the service commission and placed tn the hands of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the resolution ftates. the telephone company has determined to separate the subscriber of the two cities and placed a newexchange in West Hammond. It relates that this Jurisdictional point in nowise goes to the merits of the rate controversy. "If the City of Hammond persists In standing upon the aforesaid technicality." reads the resolution, 'telephone subscribers in both Hammond and West Hammond will be burdened with toll charges which in many cases will largely exceed the charge for actual service under exlslting rates, and will otherwise in many ways be productive of ill feeling between the inhabitants of the respective communities, particularly with respect to orders for numerous articles of goods, wares and merchandise which are habitually given over the telephone, affecting merchants, storekeepers and consumers in both communities." The resolution closes with a request to the mayor and city council of Hammond to refrain from raising the Jurisdictional question In the telephone rate controversy as It is planned to send a copy of the resolution to the city council of Hammond which meets tomorrow evening. West Haxnomnd Is counting on strong support from Hammond merchants on the matter a. It is pointed out, the merchants cannot expect the patronage of West Hammond people when they must pay a five cent toil charge every time they order goodf by telephone. RESCUE A VESSEL Harry 'RfmA, master mechanic at the TJ. fl. 8- Lead Renniery, accompanied by Wm. Bald of th Triple B garage and Ray Crocker of the Hubbard Steel Foundries were trying out Mr. Reed's new motor boat, the "Edith R", yesterday evening at Indiana Harbor when Mr. Red noticed a vessel about two miles oft the Whiting beach burning red flra and slgn-alllng for help. IMaplt the heavy sea running they turned toward the vessvd. which proved to bo the "Jeorome", a motor driven wteamer carrying pleasure seekers for ho-rt trip to and Xrotm th .Whiting pier. The passengers on the vessel, eapeclaJly the women, were In a great tutate of excitement, most of them being seae-tcic aj the vessel was rolling heavily. The taAfc ot getting a line to the boat bevamfi more difficult matter as the sea. wj running high, but it wu finally accomplished and the trip to the Whiting dock began. The Edith R being a small boat, having only a 8 h. p. engine had a toug-h Job of towing a vessel as large as the "Jerome'' but was able to get away with It and in leas than an hour she was safely tied up at the dock and the many thousands of spectators who were attracted to the beach by the rumor that the "Jerome" was sinking gave the boys three rousing cheers. The "Jerome" was not damaged very badly, having broken a coupling on the propeller shaft only and will be In commission In a day or so. "Art" Newton of the East Chicago f.re department was one of the passengers on the "Jerome" and did a great deal to caJm tho excited passengers when the accident happened. Mr. Reed, owner of the Kdith R, built his boat last winter and tnis was her maiden trip out op the lake and he is fully satisfied now that he haa the etaunchest motor boet on the laks after yesterday's performance. C. M. SMITHS OIT UNDER FIRE The board of arbitration which was selected to investigate some affairs of the First Christian church of Hammond in which the minister. Rev. C M. Smlthson la concerned, la holding a, meeting- today t the Hotel ilea. 1.-
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Hammond Man Seeks To Avoid Children Playing In School But Hits One One chr.d Is JeaJ an! stierai other persona were injured In a series of auto accidents which occurred in Gary over the week end. George KoKpko. S years old, son of Mrs. Man KoKpko. 1295 W. Sixteenth avenue, Tolleaton. died at the St Antonio hospital as a result of being By-uck by a Hammond autoist at Fifteenth avenue and Fork street. William Herbld. 339 Michigan nuo, Hammond, was arrested and held as a. coronor'j witness. According to hi story he was driving to Gary with his brother In law end family and at the time of the accident was driving from fifteen to twenty miles an hour. At Fifteenth avenue and Polk street he saw a number of children playing In the middle of the street and in trying to avoid hitting llm he swerved his car towards the cur? striking the Kopko cr.lld and knvfking him up against the curb. He picked up the In jured child and rushed him to tho St. Antonio hospital where the child died ilve minutes later. RECEIVES BROKEN LEG. O. M. Barker. 344 Jackson street, received a broken leg and other painful bruises when he was knocked down by a machine driven by A. L. Gross, also of Gary, !n front of his home, Mr. Gross, who was driving a Chevrolet car south on Jackson street, had his attention attracted by Mrs. E. Bilir and son of 853 Van Btiren street, who were sitting In the rear seat. He lost control of the car. plunging into the Barker car which was standing in front of the Barker home. Mr. Bark er was filling the radiator with wafer when the crash occurred. His injuries are not considered serious, however. SPEEDER IS ARRESTED. MeKinley tSuggs. of the South Shore Electric Co.. was arrested by the police on a cahrge of speeding after hitting a Ford truck of the Meyer Electric Co. at the alley Intersection between Fifth and Sixth avenues on Washington street. Puggs Is reported to have been driving an Essex north on Washington street at an excessive rate of speed and crashed into the Ford as It was coming out of the alely. The machine. were badly damaged. SMASH TWO MORE MACJIIXES. In anther accident at Eleventh avenue and Adams street, '.ate Saturday iftercoon, two more machines we:.: badly damaged. Arthur Travers. S17 Monroe street, driving east on 11th avenue. hit a Hudson oar driven north on Adams street by Christ Taseff. 1301 Washington street. Both machines were smashed up considerable. CRASH AT 8TH A D BROADWAY. Failing to observe the traffic rules at 6th avenue and Broadway two Chicago machines, one driven by O. F. Kruser, 3942 Calumet avenue and E. D. Foster. S6 E. Randolph street. crashed Into each other at the busy street intersection yesterday. The l.-lvers agreed to mottle their own damages. MACHINE TJIR.XS In a mysterious fire, at loth avenue and Clark road late Saturday night a Ilaynts car owned by Toney Godr.ees, 1773 Roosevelt street was consumed. According to Uie police report, U looked like everything valuahi had been stripped from the machine and set fire to. 5 IN ALLEGED An alleged holdup was staged last evening In the soft drink parlor of Sam Goldberg, 373 Calumet avenue. Hammond, at abut half past ten. J 110 was taken from the cash register. according ix Goldberg's story by five young Gary men who entered his place . Goldberg claims that these lrven. Lawrence and William Finerty, 70 Washington st; Harry Burger, 1101 Madison st.; MicOiael Walsh, 737 Con necticut st, and Henry LaBuff, 336 Broadway, held him and several pa trons up at the point of guns. All the men were armed. They were said to have struck Goldberg and ,1m Woods, who lives at the place over the head with their weapons. Goldberg has an injury which was attended to by Dr. Chidlaw. The money was taken from t her oash register. The Hanxmond police were notified and wtepfl were taken to And the holdups. Information was suTrplled which idfitified the men. and they were arrej Led by ' the Gary police at the request of the Hammond department. They were released this morning under bonds of 12.000 each. The Gary men claim that what Goldberg thought waa a holdup was In reality a fight. They deny having rifled the cash re-ister.
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SOUTH BEND ALSO FACES WATER FAME SOUTH BEKP. Ind., June 20. With South Bend facing a serious water famine, the city's consulting engineer has recommended that ail sprinkling be forbidden, aa the reserve of water for uee In case of fire is low. The city has had repeated warnings that its water service should be Improved. Continued dry weather and the practical elimination of th services of a centraJ pumping natwn. due to the construction of a now plant, has hampered the supply. The Oliver Chilled Flow Work? was apputaled to and. beginning Friday, tho pumps of the plow plant began sending at least 1.000.000 pallons of water through the city mains daily. It la expected that the plant will add another 1,000.000 gallons to the. ciiy supply. From June 10 to June 13, nearly '1.1,000,000 gallons were pumped from t lio centra! plant against a well capacity of 30.000.000 gaions, thus depleting the fire reserve. FEAR THAT BOY IS DROWNED rSPEC'AL TO THE TIMES1 WHITING. lnd Juno 2 Mr. and Mrs. Mike fikalka, parents nf six-year ild Walter .Skalka, aro gri- f-stricken ver the disappearance of th little boy. lifi left homo Saturday morning at eight rj'clock to go fishing fnnn the canal with another boy and has not been seen since. It is feared that he may have been drowned. He Is lighthaired, blue-eyed and was dressed In blue overalls and a straw hnt and barefooted. Any information will be thankfully received by M. Skalka, 'll Pc.hrage avenue. Whiting. NEW YORK SWEARS IN FIRST WOMAN U. S. PROSECUTOR ..-it -hi' if Miss Mary Rutter Towle. Mies Mary Rutter Vowle, the feminine member of a New York law firm, has just been sworn in by Col. Hayward, U. S. attorney for the district of New York. Miss Towle is the first woman to bo appointed an assistant U. S. district sttomev. She is a graduate of Bryn Marr and of the N. Y. U. Law school. She has been extremeactive in the cause of equal suffrage.
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Another lnol of childhood was smashed Saturday on the West Hammond carnival grounds. Ugo, the wild man, admitted that he wasn't a wild man at ail. Some hurr.An scul, who had taken In the shows, had been shocked at the treatment accorded by TTgo by his cruel keeper. She had seen the long-haired deniztn of the bush country of wildest Australia sweating in his cate. H'.s mouth was quipped with horrible looking fang?. His kln was a peculiar black and red spotted color, attributed to the sun and winds of the tropics. At each performance he ate a huge eiab of raw meat, disposing of It at a single gulp. This human soul who took an Interest In l.'go had noticed one redeeming feature. He respceted the American flag. Ugo would rave and tear abut his cage decorations draped about the upRich In Oils, Minerals and Furs Sidney Cable Tells of New Land at Bottom of the Earth PNTFF NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! VANCOUVER, li. C. June 20. Details of a new continent in the Antarctic, region, described as rich in ol's, minerals and fur are given in a cable frrm Sydney, N . v . ,, quoting tho 1 Sydney Morning Herald, which announces findings of the British Antarctic expedition he-a.de I by I.'r. Cope. Strange birds of immense sin:, seals, sea leopards and R'-rRonns emperor pencuinp inhabit the Jand. lying beyond Terra I'el Fuego, the aria e-f w hich has not t hf fn computed, according to brief dispatches reachltiw Sydney from the "bottom of the world , " Pr. Cone left England early In l?;o with a party of geologists to report upen the hidden wealth of the Antarctic continent, landing January 12 on the not coast of Graham's land, latitude 64.50 south, hngitude 62. 40 west. Swept with winds, abounding with huge glaciers, the land touched is said to be an extra-ordinarlly inhospitable part of the globe. No human inhabitants were mat by the explorers, the last traces of huma.n habitation being found upon the coast of Terra Del Fuego. Scott. Shackleton. Amundsen nui other explorers have rer.etrated the Rosa sea soclor of the Antarctic. Dr. Charcot, a French explorer in 1909 is said to have merely touched the fringe of the land which has now been explored by the Hrltls doctor. Cope and his rarty are equipped with every modern m-ans of tr.irel In the Ant! a ret i, his bout, the "Terra Nova" has left th- party on OrahamV land for the winter ami l-i returning" to civilization to replenish sup-piie.i. She will reoulfit perhaps at Buenos Aires, and sail south again at the end of this year.
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rer portion of his den were readily snatched between the bars and torn to shreds. Emitting strange cries he would strike viciously at women and small children who came too close to the cell. Tie neves hit one but he gave them some awful frights. He was easier on the men. Men have a nasty habit of grabbing at wild men's hands. But with all the viclousness displayed by this untutored or the wilderness he never once laid a disrespectful hand on the large Amerilan Mag which was stretched across the lower part of his cage within easy reach. It touched the heart of the humane sou, who at once telephoned the Humane Society at Chicago arid sail it was a plutme that a human being should be cooped up and proded with a spear a.-" I'go was by Ms Keeper. Out came a representative of the Humane Society. With Joe Nitz. the chief of police, he visited tho grounds Saturday morning. I'go's cage was empty. Filled with alarm that th!s terrible creature should be at larpe without warning being given to the public, they hunted up a carnival hand. "Where's Vgo?" demanded Chief Xltz breathlessly. "Ugo? Oh. you mean the wild man? Why he was here a little blt'ago. Iook over n.t the hamburger stand." replied the roustabout. They visited tho refreshment place. "Have you seen Ugo. the wild man?" the chief asked of a timid locking fel. low about sixteen cars old who was eating a hot dog sandwich with pickle, onion and mustard on it and washijog it down with Cevo. The fenow crammed the rest of the stuff into his mouth and answered with a shower of crumbs: "Sure. I'm Ugo in the afternoons and evenings." Then he finished his bottle of Iievo. .V long eh.it followed hi which Ugo told how he had started In as a section hand near (Continued on page tuo.) WOULD YOU THINK SHE IS AMERICAN? ( At A F r 4. a. 11 t - Hm Miss Sarah Jane Baxter. Her rarr e should i Carmencita, Maria, Bonita, Esvella or some other such exotic sounding one, but in reality it is Miss Sara'a Ja 'e Haxter and her home is in Chicago, where fhe is popular in society. This photograph, however, vrhich shows her in a beautiful old Spanish mantilla, was taken in Baiboa. Fanama canal zone, where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Samuel Grier. She could fool even th Spanish dona.
Bricklayers, Plasterers In Agreement Building Industry Is Gradually Getting Under Way In Calumet Region. Gradually the building Induatry In Hammond and other cJtiea of the Calumet region ia getting under way again &TUr a period of atagnation which haa lasted a, month, following the attempt of the contractors aanoclation to lower wage. Saturday afternoon the bricklayers, one of the utrongeot union organizations in the county and the plasterers, considered the most independent of craftsmen, signed agreements with the LLke County Building Trades Employers Association by which they were to reeume work at the old soale and except whatever wage Judge Landle deeans la Just after his invebtigation has been completed. As a result of these agreements both crafts are at work today and Job which have been idle for weeks are now under way wherever brick work ad plastering is to be done. One of the plasterers expressed satisfaction that he was back with, his old boss again. He had been "dubbing" around on severaJ of th-e aonaller contract Joba whenever he could find work and was disgusted with that kind of business. Bricklayers were at work along with the structural ateel men at the Masonic Temple today and preprationa were btilng mbade on the site of ihe Elks' home to start the concrete foundation work in anticipation of an agreement with the laborers ano carpenters. A report was afloat Saturday and today that the building trades laborers were also ready to sign an agreement with the contractors similar to the one adopted by the bricklayers und plsjiterers but ft waa found that no official steps had been taken by either side looking toward that end.
5 EM NEWS FLASHES (BCMETi-v.) INTERNATIONAL. NEWS SERVICE! CLKVKLAND. June 20. More than 8,000 delegates and visitors lrc-m all parts of the United States and Canada are in the city today for 1?ie fifth international convention of Klwanis Clubs of the United States and Canada which opens here today. Numbered among the early arrivals were a train load of Boosters from Atlanta, Ga.. which c.ty is seeking the convention. next year. They brought with thorn a load of water melons and peaches from the empire state of the south with which to beguile minds, eyes and the stomachs of delegates. (Bl'ULETlX.) HOVER, Colo.. JU.no SO The rleiutlve of the sixteen ataudard railroad labor organizations vrho will iu-et In Iblnito July 1 to decide ou 11 uniform policy of action la the naie cuta announred by the United Ntnlen railroad Inbor board "111 probably rail un I'reaideait HardLng lor nwarigre there will be no further reduction In wage during the year, according to leaders here todnj. BM.I,KTI. WASHINGTON. June 20. The United States government maylodge a protest with tho reparations commission or the supreme council againjt the continued payment through New York of tiie huge sums of the German indemnity, It was Indicted here today. (BULLETIN.) GRANITE CITY, III., June :0. Five unmasked men shortly before noon today held up the driver of an Amerivan Express company wagon and escaped toward Alton in an automobile with $17,000. Officers are trailing them. (BULLETIN'.) WASHINGTON. June 20. Three good sized American freight termers which recently disappeared in a puzzling fashion while off the mid-Atlant ic. coast now are believed to have taken over by their crews and run Into Soviet Russian ports, according to Information reaching fecretary cf Commerce Hoo,ver today. DEATH OF FRANKS. RAY Frank S. Ray passed away at :30 Saturday evening at his home ' on Florence street after nine weeks of intense suffering frem complication of diseases. Mr. Ray and family have lived in Hammond for the past seventeen years. He was a member of the First M. E. church, the Order of I. O. O. F, Rebakahs, Court of Honor and the painters' union. Funeral services were held at 6:30 Sunday evening at the home of George Taeger. 1127 Harrison street, the Rev. Rist of the M. E. church and Rev. Leison of the Pine street church being in charge cf the services. The I O. O. F. also held services. The remains were whipped to Wllllamsport. Indiana, the former home of the Rays, rn the 9.45 Monon for burial In the family lot. The body was accompanied by the widow. Mrs. Nattie Ray, the only son. Ed Ray, Mrs. George Yaeger. Wiibur Wilson, George Taeger. There were many beautiful floral offerings. Undertaker Stewart was in charge.
Federation Head Election Put All Other Issues In Background.
By MILDRED MORRIS. STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE DENVER, June 20. Supporters of John L Lewis, president of the United Mine Workera, -who is being boomed to succeed Samuel Gompers as president of the American Federation of Labor, aerved notice today that his hat la in the ring to remain until he breaks his silence and removes it. The most Important development J open acknowledgement by man clog to Gomper that a big campaign Is on to elect the miners' head and considerable worry Is being caused the Gompers camp as a result. Hitherto, they declared, the Lewis talk "mera poppycock." Caucuses tonight will determine Lewis chances to swing the convention. Electioneering is the big business cf the hotel lobbies where tho delegates to the convsntlon gather. It has crowded the Irish question into the background. Charges and oounter -charges-fill th air. Tha one moat frequently heard i.r that pubilclty representatives whose salaries are paid out of funds in the federation have influenced or attempted to Influence Dewspaper correspondent to suppress new about the movement to out Gompers and to curs along rumors that it is "hot air" emanating from an emmident publisher and other outside sources. Today Gompers" boosters are claiming if the election was held at once the veteran labor leader would win by a majority of 5.000 votes. No important measures now befor; the resolutions committee will come before the convention, today, according to James Duncan, Its chairman. Hearings will be held by the committee during the day on the Irish resolutions and the meaaure Intro, duced by the railroad unions demanding a program of legislative action applying the principle of government ownership and democratic control ol the roads to all the basic Industries. The Irish fight waxes hotter ss a result of the action cf the majority of the original signers of the resolution, providing for a boycott on all British made goods in petitioning the resolutions committee for permission tc withdraw it. The cine or ten delegates, whose names remain on the resolution declare 1t cannot 'be withdraw n and have served notice they will demand Its submission to the convention and a roll call vote. Of the cities bidding for the ret convention. Birmingham, A'a. seerto be In the lead with Fort Worth. Texas, as Its strongest rival. If thconventlon adopts the executive council's recommendation it will be lef' s that body to select the next meeting piacing of the federation. IS Hammond's new Jewish Synagog r was dedicated Sunday with approprint ceremonies. Tiie synagogue which i1 located on Sibley st. follows the line' of Jewish architecture and has bs.eii pronounced by wny to be one cf inmost wonderful of this type cf buildings in Indiana. Tho house was beautifully decorated with flowers and ferns. Karl Kauf man arrived home from New Tork Juu j in time to take the chairmanship an 1 j rresldo at the meeting. He made a oner opening aaaress in wnicn ne urged the peoplp to be in harmony. H: then introduced the speakers in turn. Rabbi Reubcnstein and Ir. Shan -faurbcr cf tho Chicago congregations delivere3 interesting and inspiring addresses. Both brought home to ihe'r hearers the necessity of being more reJ ligkms. I The Impressrve ceremony of moving honor of th:s task was deTVgnTed to S. Silverman, Hyman Zlotnik and I. L Cohen who brought in the scrolls an 5 deposited them In the new ark. according to the ancient custom. Mr. Kaufman and Samuel Tlg;' were pleasantly surprised when thoy were presented with handsome loving cups for their earnest endeavors In helping to make possible the wonderful synagogue -which Is now the pride of every Jew in Hamr, nd. The musical part of the program opened with "The Star Spangled Banner'' by the orchestra and was followed by the Jewis-h National Hymn. Miss Stella Benson, of Chicago, the new and promising opera etar. gave a recital which met with hearty applause. GOSSIP CAUSES FATAL SHOOTING (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICC CHICAGO. June 20.--Because a nolghbor talked and linked their name swith that of a young married woman, four young men mad- a sortie on, an apartment in west 25th street and as a result of the battle whirh followed Jess Hojda was killed and another man badly wounded. Hojda was stabbed ten times about the- hed and body and his skull crushed. The wounded man escaped. Seven men and two women were arrested. Police say the stabbing was done by Frank Fallek, who lives with his family on the second oflor of the apartment and who ohejeted to the visits by different men to the apartment of a married woman below. FaUc-k wb-s held.
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