Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 35, Hammond, Lake County, 1 August 1921 — Page 1

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Issue Of "Open Shop" Is Sharply Brought to Front By Now Order INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO. Aug. 1. The issue cl the "open sbop" as It effects employes nf the Pennsylvania railroad was brought sharply to the front today by the action of the United States Hailway Labor board in ordering new elections of represent Uves of employes of the roaa and prescribins t manner of voting. The ordr sets slde el-ftl.n? already held and ovrrulu3 the contention of afficiils o: us? railway that their employes' reprssT. atives stall he chosen without regard for union affiliations. Conferences to be held before Aug. 12 will determine the method of holding the new elections. Officials of the Pennsylvania railroad frankly stated at recent hearing? of the labor board that they would deaJ with their employes according to their own plans, virtually denying th right of the board to Interfere. This attitude. In the decision issued by board is called "Quibbling" and "almost treasonable." The board oxpressed impatience with "quiobl.r.g' over technicalities and declared "at a time when the nation is slowly and painfully progressing- through the condition of industrial depression, unemployment and unrest it is almost treasonable for any employer or employ stubbornly to haggle over unessential at the risk of social chaos." The Pennsylvania, In ostensioie compliance with an order cf the board for conferences with its employes on nw rules, had held a general election. V-r-.- were cast for individuals only aid the names of t lie various labor organizations among the Pennsylvania employes, did not appear on the bal-1-t. Rules negotiated with representatives so elected have been put into effect. The labor board sets aside this election and these rules and orders a new election at which the employes may vote for representatives of the labor organizations if they desire. Representatives chosen at the new election are to be recognized by the road in new conferences on rules. No statement as to their attitude toward the newest order of the board has'come from Pennsylvania officials. 1 6 YR. OLD DESPERADO USES k GU Detective Sandow Singer of the Hammond police forcf deiv-rves a lot of credit for a capture which he made on Sunday noon In which he was threatened by a revolver in the hands of a 16 year old desperado. OnTy the fact that the lartridges In the weapon were defective saved the policeman's lif?. The young bandit Is Fred Hughes, who lives, when in Hammond at the home of his father at 315 Kane avenue and in Chicago with his mother at 465 Paulina st. He styles himself as "the Prince" and after burglarizing soverat houses In broad daylight he left notes reading: "You had a visit from the Prince." In making the capture, Singer recovered jewelry stolen from Mrs. Kenney, 251 Sibley st. and Mrs. M. McPher-.-n, 133 Sibley st. Both of these homes were entered on the same afternoon two weeks ago. entrance being galnd In the same manner, through a rear window. Saturday evening before dark, Hugh' s entered the home of J. Baldwin. 224 Sibley st. The Baldwins live on an upper floor and a woman living downflairs saw the young burglar as he was going up to commit the robbery. When the theft was reported to the police Sunday morning. Singer was sent out to investigate. He obtained a description of the young thief from the lady who had seen him and left, but saw Hughes sitting on a pile of ties at the Xlckle Plate crossing at Sibley st. He went back and got the woman, who said that Hughes was not the one she had seen. Nevertheless Singer decided 40 question him. As soon as Hughes saw the detective he started to run down the alley between Sibley and the Nickle Plate tralks, th policeman in close pursuit. At this point, the burglar pulling a gun from his pTSket, aimed point blank at the officer but his gun failed to work. Singer then drew his weapon and fired a shot into the air and the bandit gave up. At the station, three bullets which TlTT the mark cf the hammer on them, but which had failed to explode, were found in Hughes' gun. All of these were aimed at the officer. Several hundred dollars worth o, Jewelry has bee-n jwovorod wn-h wa stolen from Hammond a d Chicago homes. A starch of the baby bandit's home In Chicago is expected to reveal mora loot. The Hamond police in tho mean time, are looking up Hughes' record,

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Still the bankrupts ecntinue to clutter up the docket of the federal court at Hammond. Three tiTT T. ere added to the list today. IViimond furnished two and Indiana Harbor one. There are rumors of a couple of nevf ones from Gary soon. An involuntnjy petition was filed against Arthur and Martha Stowell. operating the Standard Electric and Manufacturing Co. of HammotNl. The petitioners are the Chicago Switch board MarTjTactur'.ng Co., the Eiectri c&l Materials Co. and the Russell Electric Co. all of Chicago. They hold bills against the company totaling $570 and claim that there are debts amount ing to $10,000 due other creditor. The company is alleged to be Insolvent. Charles Mauck, proprietor of tw. grocery stores has closed both places. One is located at 300 Conkey avenue. Hammond and the other on Kennedy ave. in Hessville. His voluntary petition In bankruptcy lists assets at 014.05 and debts at $8,093. Stocks of both stores are badly depleted. At torney Henry Cleveland prepared the schedules . Mary Bielsk! wh runr dry goods ind ladies furnishings store at 3" Cedar St., Indiana lUib.r is the third victim. Butler Bros, of Chicago cla m she owes them $9S0 for merchandise. A petition for a receiver was also filed in which her assets are said to babout $4,009 whP.e her debts will reach $5,000. 0 LEAPS IN THE LAKE Mother's Opposition to Her Love Affair Causes Her To Take Step. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING, Ind.. Aug. 1. MisElizabeth Ritzko, age twenty years, who resides at the home of her mother, Mrs. Parayos on Steiber street, attempted suicide because her mother refused to favor her marriage with Mike Ogrenich. a Russian, employed at the S. O. Co. A license had been issued to the couple at Crown Point, and when the mother was informed of their intention to marry she flew in a rage, so the daughter attempted to drown herself. She accordingly went to the Whiting park where she walked out on the pier for quite a distance, when witnesses suddenly saw her leap in the water. Joe Kupscho of John st. seeing the act went to the rescue and brought the girl ashore. A phone call was sent to the fire station for the pulmotor, but was not needed for when the firemen arrived she had been resuscitated. The girl was taken to her home where her mother's feelings were changed to the approval of the match when she found that her daughter was willing to die for the man she loved. POTTAWATOMIE CHIEFS NAMED IN QUIET TTfU Frances Kennedy ,the Actress, Seeks to Clear Claims to Miller Beach Land. Boy page Po-ka-hause, Koshqua, Kaw-beb-so-que, Meshu-ac-qua, O-nak-soh, Taw-ke-seah, Nuk-Koush. Wak-Keesh-No-Kit and their surviving heirs! Frances Kennedy, the vaudeville star would like to sHiounce to these Pottawatomie Indians that If they have any claim to the title of her five acre tract of land at Miller on which her summer home is located to make it known now or forever after kep silent. Jcrre are 317 others named in action to quiet title prepared by Crumpacker & Crumpacker and filed in the superior court. It is rare in these days that the claims of the Pottawatomies are given consideration In a quieting proceedings. HUSBAND GHARGES WIFE WITH FORGERY Mrs. Hannah Hallberg of Cedar Iake was brought to East Chicago on Saturday charged by her husband, Arthur E. Hallberg. of East Chicago, of forging his signature to a check for $742.67. The ct.ck was, executed by Abraham Given for certain pieces or property within the corporate limits of East Chicago. The husband has had an" affidavit executed charging his wife with larceny and forgery. First that the check was made out in his name and taken from his room. Second. that his s!srMre was forged and the money secured by his wife. It is the contenton of Mrs. Hallberg that fhe was entitled to the money and that the check should have bom . .i3,ip out to her frstead of her husband. It is .-iid t'-it the cmjrile arjvn living together st the present and that the wife is conducting a chicken and fish d'ning hall at Cedar Lake. Mrs. Hallberg was released upon a $2,000 bond.'

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BERLIN. August 1. "Never again!" now is the slogan of Germany. A monster pacifist demonstration was held here Sunday commemorating the seventh anniversary of the outbreak of the World War, tnd marchers carried num?rous banners with such inscriptions as "No Mere War" and "Peace for All Time." The sentiment of the dmpnstration was reflected in the edilonal comment of the newspapers ;oday. Chicago and Indiana Motor Cops Are To Cut Out'Ticking On" Cars From SslahSsrm Stat; The reprisals prK'Ir'd hy the Ch--ago motor 1 op U-r a'i .- ! oresf-'i-tion of Illino! vvt'.-n.-: by the coni tabuisry and ;'-- -f t!i way..d Hamlet? and tlv- .-! -es of Indiana, wo" i lared pass' ys; trday fallow ins a --n fere nee ot poli e chiefs and au'oiY: bile club officials. Chief Fi'.z -morris of Chicago vhose office the meeting was hi J agreed that every rrurtcsy would ' -extended motorists having Indiana ' -ensts. In return the Chicago chi" vas assurred that the Hoosier Mot:: 71ub and the police chiefs of the Cah: net district would not be unnecessai . :y severe on Illinois motorists. Thoso who made the trip to Chicago were: M. E. Xoblet. of India, apolis, manager Hoosier State Auto mobile Assn.; A. S. Hess, Gary, chairman of Commercial club automobile and good roads committee; II. C. Oarman of Gary, manager of the emergency road service for the Gary districts; W. H. Williams, field representative who has charge of the work of the Hoosier association in Lak county; Fred A. Ruff, Crown Point secretary of Chamber of Commerc- ; Ed J. Bohling, Hammond, chairman automobile committee; Peter Austgen. chief of police of Hammond; Wm. F. Forbis, chief of police of Gary; John H. Claussen, member board of Lake county commissioners, Crown Point. John A. Gavit, Hammond. W. E. Jewell, Indiana Harbor; J. Glonn Har ris, attorney, Gary; Harry K. Stormont. Indianapolis, press representative of Hoosier Auto association. PURPOSE OF VISIT. "Our purpose in the Chicago visit was simply to assure the police au(Continued on page two.) Robert H. Harrington, slated as the new group chief for feodral prohibition enforcement in Northern Indiana, to succeed Gus Simons dropped in at the office in the federal building this morn ing to see if anything rurther had been learned there regarding his appointment. So far. all of Mr. Harrington's information regard hi3 selection hag been the telegram announcing that he had been recommended and statements from indirect sources that he had been the successful candidate. Tie had been told that he was to start on his new work today but as he had received no credentials from Bc-rt Morgan, ftate director, he prefers to wait a while. Chief Simmona will remain In charsc of the district until Mr. Herring ton' appointment 13 confirmed. BUSINESS TURNS THE CORNER INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO, Aug. 1. iiusiness has turned the corner toward prosperity, but it went around on two wheels and is still skidding considerably. However, it has made the turn. This is the concensus cf opinion expressed by the delegates to the national congress of retail merchants which opened a week's session here today. "Business is better',' said W. L. Ware. Trade Commission for the Association of Commerce, in the key note address. "Reports which I have received indicate thi.". Steel, lumber I and dry goods are picking up. Ie- ! pression has reached the bottom rung of the ladder and we are now startir.3 J upwards." 1 Two hundred delegates from all ovr the country attended the opening se-s- i sion. i ARREST 3 NEGROES Three negroes. M. Rodgers. Joe Cromwell and Elmo Evans were ar--ested by the Gary police around four o'clock this morning and held at the station today on open charges. They '.v e-e arrested at 2nd and Broadway.

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" 1 v b ilfr t. Tiunt a ?.!nlb' n In the Ca-nad'-in K f hne It W. H- ton'fit- s !)!(, j.'!!lr-j!s of at the base HMG PREDICTS A NEW ERA BY DAVID M. CHURCH STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE PILGRIM AMPHITHEATER, PLTM--tTTH, Mass., Aug-. 1. America stands ioday with "new hope" at the door of 1 new era which promises to bring the nation and the world to "the state which Gi'l must have meant for these created in his own imag?." President flarding declared here today in an address at the Pilgrim tencentary celebration . "Our faith is firmer that war's auses may b minimized and overburdening armament may be largely diminished, and without surrender of the nationality which has inspired, or the good conscience which has de"onded," the president declared. "The international prospect is more 'han promising and the distress and lepression at home are sympomatic of ?arly recovery." the president continued. "Solvent financially, both economically these United States will carry on"' The president called upon the nation to follow the example of courageous independence set by the Pilgrim fathrs. "We must guard against the supreme centralization of power at home," he declared, "and the superstate for the world. More, we must combat the menace in th.2 growing assumption that the state must support the people. The one outstanding danger of today is tha tendency to turn to Washington for the things which are the tasks of the dutlps of the 48 commonwealths. Having wrought the nation as the central power of preservation and defense, let us preserve it so." WHY J. KILUGREW BECAME ALARMED "Yer, I have felt it coming on for three days now," mused County Chairman John Killlgrew. th.a morning. 'I must consult an occulist." And then John took another look at the photograph of Senator New, Governor McCray, Col. Waiter J. Riley and members and guests or the Indiana Republican Editoiial Association, taken by Photographer Howard of Crown Point, at the Buffington plant of the Universal Portior.d Cement company last Thursday. "Yes. I am seeing double." again mused John as he gave anotht-.-glance at the picture, seeing himself twice on it. 1 wonder what double vision is a symptom of." The photograph showed him in the middle of the group, and it also showed him at the extreme end. "Tommy, there are two John Killigrews on that picture as sure as I am living." said the County Chairman to Thomas Roberts of Indiana Harbor, the state industrial commissioner. Roberts looked strangely at the County Chairman, then he looked at the picture, and he too, saw Uo Killigrews. "That's strange, said Roberts. "And I drink nothing but East Chicago's filtered water." Just then the mystery was explained by Mrs. Killigrew. who knows all about panorama camera.-. "Why. John." she said. "I ?e what the trouble is. When ln camera h'Kan to revolve you were in the center of the ?rou;i. Then you must have v. alkid around to ?ee somebody, and it again recorded you at the extreme end of the turn." Both Roberts and Killigrew then breathed normally again.

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' 1 V 4' of a crevice j 'nj.ir"d. wi : ! zru,-y,-: .- .. M-f. Ston. seriously j r-rj. The ph?to- -.: i - r' oi one of her! 5 m NEWS BULLETIN r INTERNATIONAL t, hi . 5 SERVKVl CHICAGO. Aug. 1 Ino armed truck" law became effective in Chicago today. FAm now on. trucks hauling bonded whiskey from railroad stations to warehouses will be guarded by prohibition agents, armed with rifles and revolvers. Prohibition Commissioner John KKjcilander announced this new move today to prevent further thefts of bcoe such as have occurred here recently. Trucks, under armed escorts, unloaded threo carloads of bonded goods today. BUXLETXir INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PLYMOUTH, MASS., Aug. 1 Presient Harding and his party had an exciting adventure yesterday when the Mayflower passed through a severe electrical storm off Bloik Island, it was learned this afternoon. A bjlt of lightning struck the radio apparatus of the Mayflower -but did no damage. President Harding vVio was writing when the storm came up was unperturbed setting an example for others on the boat. BULLETIN INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE WELCH. W. V., Aug. 1 Sid Hatfield and Ed. Chambers, two of the principal defendants in the great murder trial at Williamson, W. Va., several months ago for the battle at Matcwan, W. Va. a year ago. were both shot and killed just before noon here today by P. E. Lively. The two men were here to face trial for the shooting up or the town of Mohawk, W. Va. An argument ensued, and Hatfield attempted to shoot Lively but the latter was too quick on the draw and beat Hatfield to it. BULLETIN s CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 1 A mail pouch believed to contain upwards of $5000 in currency and Jewels was stolen early this morning from postal sub-station E. Postal authorities are seekiiy; a clerk who left the station at 3 o'clock without reporting off duty. He had not returned to his home at 9:45 this morning. The robbery was not discovered until the day force reported for duty. BULLETIN TERRE HAUTE. IND.. Aug. I After hours of search Wi.Iliam Bowling early today was found hiding in a CathoUc church and was lodged in jail to await the outcome of wounds he. is alleged to have inftlcfed upon John Hurgess when Burgess interfered with Bowling's alleged abuse of a girl mamBef of their automobile party. Burgess is in a critical condition at a Terre Haute hospital. FORSYTHE WATER GARDENS DRIVE! Henry S. Davidson of Whiting is starting a drive for 25 additional houses in the Forsyth Water Gardens. Th". e are needed in order to make it easier to obtain gas, electric light, telephone and other conveniences. He is making special inducements in the way of easy terms. Adv. Notice to Whiting Subscribers Illinois Bell Telephone Co. The building in which we are located has been ordered fumigated by the City Health Department. Y( u will '- unable to get CENTRAL from 12 o'clock Tuesday night. August 2. until -uch time that we may enter the building on Wednesday morning, Adv.

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5 yw j r , r S i i J f t 1 4 recent hikes through the same mount ains FREEDOM MAY COST Paul Rukavina, 3511 Deodar St., Indiana Harbor has no matrimonial strings attached to him today but his freedom may cost him a cool $1,000 Is Rosa Masarls has her way about it. Rosa is angry. She has been Jilted she says and Mr. Rukavina after gaining her consent to marry him has seen fit to treat it lightly. This morning Attorney George J. Eder filed Ror-u's complaint for damages in the Hammond Superior court. She says that on May 19, 1310 and at divers times during 1920 up to last Christmas, Rukavina showered atteut)r.s upon her and besought her hantl In wedlock. She accepted him every time he asked. AVith the coming of the new year Paul's ar-r cooled. Rosa Insists she is still ready and willing to marry him but he neglects her and re fuses to complete the contract asks $1,000 damages. She PNC ON AUGUST 1 3 What Is expected to be one of the largest gatherings in the history ot the Masonic order of Lake county will be held Saturday, August 13. at Lake Park on the banks of Hudson lake, where over 5.000 Masons and their families will be assembled to witness the substantial growth of the county organization and be entertained at a Siuare and Compass picnic. TEN l.ODGDS TO PARTICIPATE. This assemblage will consist of members of the Masonic order and their families from ten different lodges in Lake county. Representation from two lodges in Hammond, one in East Chicago, one in Indiana Harbor, one in Whiting, two in Gary, one in Lowell, one in Crown Point and the one in Hobart are expected to participate in this colossal affair. SO. SHORi: ' AIS CHARTERED. Special trains over the South Shore line, leaving Hammond at 8 45 a. m. (standard timel have been arranged for this occasion. The scheduled time for the train in Hart Chicago is i:00 o'clock, the party of picniyrs from Whiting and Last Chicago being expected to board the train in Last Chicago, while those from Indiana Harbor may get trains in Calumet five minutes later. Mason s and their families from Gary, Crown Point, Hobart and Lowell will take trains at Gary. The committee has arranged for accomodations for those unable to leave In the forenoon on the South Short train leaving Hammond at 12:52 p. m. (standard time). It Is understood that railroad tickets are in the hands cf the local committees and can be s'cure'd at the excursion rate from this representation at any time. DEATH OF BABY McCAY Kav Oliver Mcfay, year old son of Ml. find Mrs. Charles McCay of 44:, V. Plummer avenue, d.ed Sunday inornintr. The child !eae. thre brothers and two sister". The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon sit 2:('n oVloofc from the house, the nv. Scliaffer In charge. Burial will be at oak Hill cemetery, under the direction of undertaker Neidow.

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General American Car Works Lands Orient Business; Will Help The Region The truth of the saying that "thtbusiness is there If you go after H" was given fresh demonstration today in an announcement by W. W. Fowler, vice-president of the Genei American Car company, a subsidiary of the f"nral American Tank Car corporation of Eaft Chicago, that he has received orders from China frr some $3,500,000 of railway supplies. The biggest item is an rdr for 6f,o al-steel freight cars, totaling $2,325.000, which Mr. Fowler brought back from China recently and on which the General American Car shops are now at work. Half of the order is for box cars and the other half ca! cars, all for the use of the Chinese government railways. This business has now been followed by an order from the same source for 15,f00 tons of steel rails, valued at approximately $700,000, and for 310,000 wood ties, of which the value is $437.000. The order for rails was passed on by the General American compnny of the United State3 Steel corporation. The order for ties, Mr. Fowler stated, will be placed with lumber interests in the northwest. GARY TO ROLL RAILS. Thus, with Kurope buying less. American manufacturers are finding that otjier markets are rewardir.s their selling efforts, as illustrated in the government figures, showing gain of $30,000,000 in exports to South America in the fi?cal year ended June "0 last, while fhipmen'.s to Europe off $i.500.onf.00o as compared with 'he preceding year. "We have arranged fr the financing f the tar order for China." Mr. Fowli e j'laired "while the Steel corporation will finance the rail order. - hi-ia's red? for railway development c iifp'n'i'-utp ar.d I lo.ik for a vast amount of activity in thu line during the next few months. Prosperity Returns To Pitts. District INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) PITTSBURGH. Pa.. Aug. 1. Prosperity is returning to the great Pittsburgh and Youngstown industrial districts. There is a noticeable revival in business in most lines. Within the last ten days several thousand men have gene back to work, largely in the .Ilied steel industries, several thousand more resumed work today and indications are that thousands more will be given employment within the next two week. Invariably the men who are going back to mills and mines are doing so at reduced wages, generally 10 to 15 per cent below what they formerly received, and in some instances at reductions of 20 per cent, but the hysteria over wage cuts and open shop has died out. .Men want work and they are glad to accept tseady employment even at reduced wages. Steel plants and steel working Industries are booking large orders and the whole atmosphere is more optimistic and cheerful. There is a rem'-val of confidence among workers and busi

ness men. The independent steel mills have reduced wages to almost pre-war scale. U. S. Steel is expected to get d"wn to the independents' basis shortly. Price cuts in steel prcduots are expected within a week or ten days and these prices wll be rock bottom. When buyers who have been holding back realize thrc will be no more cutting a tremendous flood .i tii uroers is anticipated and every plant will be goirg full tilt within 60 days, according to views of some of the biggest steel men. The Chanange plant of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. at Newcastle started up ten hot mills last week. The company row has 27 hot mills going. FRd UNDER -TRUCK ASJT EXPLODES Frank Payne Has HairRaising Experience on Merrillville Road. Pinned beneath a heavy gasoline tin:, which had collided with a portabl steam boiler and v.-as in danger of explosion momentarily Frank Payne, of Hammond, driver of the truck, managed by a frantic exertion to u hi self out and escape ius; a few seconds before the blast occurred Saturday afternoon. Payne wrenched the muscles of his back and arms. The truck carried 500 gallons of gasoline and the total loss to the owner, the MooreheaS Oil Co. is $3,100. The steering gear of the Moorehead truck broke and the collision with the steam roller occurred tieSr Merrillvilb; "death crossing." T'e road was block--u and traffic held up for an hour. RIOTING CONVICT IS KILLED MCALLISTER Okla.. July 30. Fifty convicts of the state penitentiary hTe who yesterday started a riot in the prison si.i.t factory were being held in eiore cf nfmenn nt today while an investigation (if the mutiny was being made. A car-f! ararnzedplant wreck the machinery and attack the guards was put down sfu r one convict w as killed and several others injured. Two of the euard were bur

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