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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
Workers Idle; Car Men Vote on Strike
4AMN1OND'S LEADING INDUSTRY HAS SHUT DOWN
Street Car Strike Is Almost Sure
DO YOU RECALL
YEAR AGO TODAY?

one year ago Marshal roch
launched the great Offensive that
drove the Germans out of the Chateau
Thterry salient, the first Of a series
Of aggressive operations that brought
the enemy TO his knees. Three Amer
lean divisions attacked on the open
ing day and nine American divisions
had participated when the salient was
wiped out. The veteran FIRST and
Second American divisions, with the
famous Moroccan division between
them, bore the brunt Of the attack,
through the eastern edge Of the forest
Of Retz. They jumped OF At 5:35
a. m after only an hours artillery
preparation and moved with such
strides that the Second advanced I'VE
miles in four hours.
The Twenty-sixth division (New
England National Guard) attacked
northwest of -Thierry, cap
tured Torcey, Belleau and reached
Bouresches village. The Third dtvi-
sion, east of Chateau-Thierry, on the
south bank of the Marne, merely
marked time on the opening day, join
ing the attack three days later when
the Germans evacuated Chateau
Thierry on the north bank of the
Marne.
Before the salient was completely
wiped out these American divisions
took part in the offensive: First, Sec
ond, Third, Fourth, Twenty-sixth
(fyew England), Twenty dghth penn
sylvania), Thirty-second (nTtchigan
and wisconsin), Forty-second (Rain-
bowl, and seventy-seventh New York
National Army.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
SANITARY
BOOSTERS
IN SESSION
Sag Canal Will Be Ready
Within Year for Calumet
River Flow.

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
ELDER To
SUCCEED
KRUyER
fINrrRNArIonAL NEWS SERVICE


INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. July le.-Wm
L. Elder. real estate and business man OF
Indianapolis VIII be internal revenue
collector for the proposed consolidated
revenue district of Indiana. according to
Washington advices received here which
said it was officially announced that the
nomination would so to the senate prob
ably today.
The Sixth and Seventh districts Will
be consolidated into the sixth district
with Offices here and Peter J. Kruyer Of
South Bend. collector for the IRdianapo-
lis district and Isaac Strouse. present
collector Of the Terre Haute district Viii
be removed. Less remunerative berths
have been reserved for the incumbents,
it is understood.
Kruger and Strauss will be put il
charge of branch Offices il IS under
stood. Branches probably viii be es-
tabIished at Marion Logansport and
Hammond and in half g dozen other
cities Of about 10000 population.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
THEY ARE TAKING
KINDLY TO RAISlN
Once a Lowly Thing, the
Humble Raisin Is Very
Popular Across Line.

At last they have found use for
near beer.
over in West Hammond since the
sale of regular beer stopped the de-
mand has steadily increased for the
imitation stuff until now i i nearly
as popular a. beer ever was and some
like il better.
you see this is the way We do it."
said a West Hammond man yesterday
I'VE put that weak less half" on
Ice untn it is good and ice cold. Then
we open a bottle. slip in raisin and
cork her up again real quick. That
old raisin gets busy and swells UP
nearly as big as a go1 ball It just
rides up and down in the bottle throw
ing off little bubbles for twenty-four
hours. Then the beer Is ready TO
drink And man what kick. Its
every bit as good as any eight per
cent beer / ever tasted
He added that only one raisin could
~ used owing 70 the fast that the bot
tes were liable to explode
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
SIGNAL MEN
TALK STRIKE
INTERNATIONAL NEws SERVICE

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
KANSAS CITY. No. July 1s.-The
welfth annual convention OF the
Brotherhood of Railway Signal Men Of
,merica probably viii be adjourned
bmorrow night. according to officials
aday. Unless word from Walker D.
tines. director-generaI of railroads
as been received By that time. ans
rering satisfactorily the demands of
he signal men. as embodied ii an nj
matum sent 70 Washington last SAT-
rday strike activities viii commence
once and general strike Of about
1000 signal men may be expected.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
ICE SCARE
HITS GARY

Instead Of lower ice rates for Gary
this year. prices are more likely 70 soar.
There Is no solution and the consumers
VIII either have 10 buy ice At the rate
asked or 80 without #. These are the
facts disclosed in a proclamation issued
by Mayor W. + Hodges TO the people
Of Gary
Tho tee situation looms Up today as
follows
The city viii Ne impossible to offer
any solution this year on account of
exorbtant prices. Mayor Hodges says
il Will bo impossible to ship Ice into the
city.
One ice company controls the interest
and the city is powerIess to regulate
their proftecrins.
Cary faces an Ice famine in a week
The Gary Pure Artificial Ice Company
who furnished oishty-ave per cent Of
the citys ice stated last week that the
storehouse ice would only last about
ten days and because Of the agitation.
they would not attempt to have any more
ice shipped into the city
In thfs event Gary would be shy some
$50 tons Of ice a day as the Gary Arti-
ncial Ice O.. plant only has a daily
capacit or. scvcnty-five tons. Of which
nifty tons liz sold on yearly contract. In
hot weather il i estimated that it takes
nearly 250 tons 70 supply he city
The prevailing price Of ice at present
Is eighty cents per hundred in Gary
with a promise that it viii 80 to ninety
cents or dollar a hundred
Mayor Hodges today issued this state
mcnt:
To the People Of Gary:
Fellow Citizens:--In order that the
people Of Gary viii have a better under
standing Of the ice situation here.
1l-nnfinned on rare ne !
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
H. NEW, JR.,
IN COURT
rINrERNArIonAL NIws sERvIeEl

LOS ANGELES. Calf, July Is
While a large crowd. mostly women and
girls, filled the court room and struggled
for admission to the corridor outside.
Harry s. New. Jr. confessed slayer OF
his sweetheart. Freda Lesser. pleaded
not guilty to the grand jury indictment.
charging him with murder in the flRst
degree before Superior Judge Gavin w.
Craig today.
BY the mutual agreement of the at
torneys in the case. October p was set
as the date for News trial.
The defense interposed a demurrer to
the indictment on technical grounds and
it was overruled by the court without
argument.
The Indictment which was attacked by
the defense demurrer. charged that New
"willfully. feloniOusly and with malice
aforethought shot and killed one F'reda
Lesser"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
INDUSTRIES FORCED
INTO IDLENESS
riErEssArronlL NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK. July Industries de-
pendent upon marine traffice are
gradually being forced into idleness BY
the strike of Atlantic coast marine
workers and strike leaders predicted to-
day that a million men viii be affected
If the conflict with the shipping com
panies is prolonged
There was no evidence Of any break sn
the deadlock today though 6 II Brown
secretary of the seamen's union. said ne
thought the strike might be settled
within "a hours. He based his asser-
ton on reports that four Norwegian and
two Swedish lines had agreed to grant
the eight hour day and increased pav
demanded BY the strik ers and ne said
he believed othe rcompanies would fol-
low. Andrew Furuseth. International
president Of the seamen's union. said
there was no settlement in sight
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
STREET CAR EMPLOYE
STATES MEMS POSITION

We have asked for an increase in
wages owing to the high cost OF living
and the continued advancement. The
present wage scale and conditions are
unsatisfactory TO the men. The wages
being paid are not sufficient TO provide
living for the men and their families.
Last August we went bfeore the War
Board and petitioned for an increase in
wages. They granted us an increase of
nine cents an hour and also stated in
making the award that we would be
justified. in case living continued TO ad
vance. 70 ask for still greater in
crease. Living has continued to advance
to such an extent that we are forced al
this time. in justice 70 ourselves and
families. 10 ask for more money.
The company has refused to pay any
further advance. stating as their reason
that their revenues Will not admit them
iCon'inmed on rage nsA7
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
WANT AVSNUE
ORNAMENTED

Citizens of the Eleventh Ward In
provement Association have decided that
they want ornamental lights along their
part Of Calumet avenue. The work Of
paving the street is we'll under way and
the residents Of the district are determ-
ined thmat the Improvement should be
complete The vote in favor Of the new
lighting system was practically unani-
nous Mr.. Young Of the Northern IN
diana Gas & Electric Co. has spent CON
siderable time explaining the new lights
to the people and the meeting did the
rather unusual stunt of extending a vote
of thanks to the public utility fer the
interest shown in the matter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
SERVICE IN BOSTON
PARALYZED
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE

BOSTON. July 1s.-Complete paralx-
sis of the elevated, subway and sfreet
car service in Boston and its suburbs
continued today
The strike of $500 union employees Of
the Boston elevated railway company
entered its second day with both sides
deadlocked over the selection Of a third
member of local arbitration board 70
take up the car mems demands
a committee of strikers and repre-
sentatives Of the board Of I'VE pubic
trustees Of the road. met al Gov Cool
idse's office this morning 70 make an
effort to organize an arbitration agency
acceptable 10 both sides
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
INDUSTRIAL.
BOARD MEETS
IN HAMMOND
Important Personal Injury
Cases to Be Decided by
State Board.

The Indiana State Industrial Board
viii be in Hammond next week for an
important three day session The board
VIII meet in the superior court house on
Monday at nine to hear evidence on the
following cases:
Monday, July al.
3149-9 n. m. Skovronski VS.. Standard
Steel Car Company
S117-1o a. m. Pastewski vs. Standard
Steel Car Company
S2o4-11 a. m. Dsnciu vs.. Inland Steel
Company.
'ls5r2 p. m. White vs. Steel and Tube
sla5.a p. m. Banasik VS. Standard Oil
Company>
Tuesday, July 20.
1908 a. m. Blosky VS.. Grasselli
Chemical Company.
3l09-l0 a. m. Colby vs.. c. & E. Rail
road Company.
32o2-11 a. m. Huber VS.. E. F. Hause-
man Company.
3172 p. m. Bilias VS.. Charles Nelson
& Company
1888 p. m. Robin vs.. Hagenback
Wallace Circus.
wednesday. July 25.
3257-2:3o p. m. AnagnostopoIous VS.
Illinois Steel Company.
3213-9 a. m. Esola VS.. J. o. Heyworth
Company.
s1s1-9:30 a. m. Dr. Robinson VS.
Fanestra Construction Company.
31s2-S4-57-s-1O a. m. DR.. Robinson
VS.. Callahan & Shook.
S190-3191-l0 a. m. DR.. Robinson VS..
C. o. Brant Company.
3234-2 D. IN. Colgren vs.. Steel and
Tube Company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
PROVIDES
BAND CONCERTS

WHITING. Ind. July 1s.-At a meet
ing Of the city council an appropriat-
tfon of $1,000 was made to cover the
cost Of band concerts by the Whiting
Municipal Band. for the season. The
city attorney was also instructed to
draw up an ordinance Increasing the
salaries Of the members Of the board
or education from 5000 TO 500 a year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
GARY TAXI MAN
SHOT IN MICHIGAN

FLINT. Mich.gan. july IS---J oseph
Jercyky. Gary, Ind. taxicab driver.
who was shot in the side by police
man who was arresting him as sus-
pected whiskey runner week ago
last Saturday was arraigned in police
court and demanded an examination.
which was set for July 19. He is
charged with a Lewis law violation
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
INLAND STEEL MAN
IS BADLY HURT

Louis Scott. 3517 Grapevine street. In
diana Harbor. an employee of the In
land Steel plant. was seriously hurt AT
his work this morning.
He was employed in the ore dock and
an overhanging timber fell on his head
cutting him quite badly. He was remov-
ed to Merry hospital. Gary, and is SAID
70 be in critical condition. Mrs. Scott
was notified and went to Gary to be with
her husband.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
CASE GOES TO
JURY TODAY
ESPECIAL 10 THE rImEsI

GROWN POINT, md, July Is.-Ar-
guments in the trial Of Nick Trkuija
was heard in the criminal court here
this morning. the argument OF Attor-
nev Joe Conroy for the defense lasting
two hours The case went to the jury
this afternoon. following lengthy in
structions by Judge Smith.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
100000
LOCKED OUT
IN CHICAGO
Labor Situation Finds Street
Railway Men Taking Strike
Vote. Compromise Fails.
u[I4HTERN!rIoNAL VIEWS SERVICE

CHICAGO, July 1s.@Apprroxi-
mately 100000 workmen affiliated
witr building trades unions in Chi
cagO were locked out by building
contractors today and millions of
dollars worth of construction WORK
was halted.
The lockout followed refusal Of
the workmen to respond to an uIti-
matum from the contractors thar
unless the men called off strikes
that have been in progress for sew
eral weeks. all construction work
would be stopped. The ultimathm
was issued by officials of the build
ing Construction Employers Asso-
citation.
UNIONS TO F1dHT TO FINISH.
Inc employers charge that variops
building trade organizations have gops
on strike In violation Of agreements be
tween the employers and the union
members Of the Carpenters Union are
chiefly involved. The carpenters de-
clare they will stand pat and fight to a
finish.
developments in the street and ele-
Va'ea railway labor situation became
more acute today when members Of the
union oegan taking strike vote At
eeinp's 10 reach compromise agree
iiienl on wage Increases demanded by
the crmn have failed. Officials ~ ~
ohicago elevated lines, anticipating the
necessity of granting more wages =
their men, have filed an application With
the public utilities commission askinr
permission to increase fares.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18

fET GREAT LAKES BACKING
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERvIcEI

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERVTCE1
CLEVELAND, o., July 1S-Union
ailors o nthe Great Lakes today we're
ctiveIy backing UP the strike which
as practically tied up Atlantic coast
hipping.
They are refusing to sign on T. s.
aipping board vessels for further than
Iontreal According to q I. Martin.
Mon organizer for the Great Lakes
sveral vessels are tied up at Montreal
ecause the sailors refused to take them
lrther.
So far only ships built for the r S.
aipping board on the lakes are effected.
uion officials declined to say today
neither they would go further la their
apport Of the strike than they have
ane to date.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
DIVES IN
SHALLOW WATER
rINreeuArloNAL nrws SERVICE

LAPORTE. Ind. July IS. Richard
Peltz. so. travelling man OF South
Bend is dying a q hospital here to-
day OF a broken neck sustained when
he dived into shallow water in lake
Michigan last night
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18

KENDALLVILLE Ind. July 19.-In-
spection today of blackened leaves Of
corn and peppermint in this vicinity.
indicated that heavier damage was done
by frost Thursday night than was be-
lleved yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
BOARD ENDS
SESSION At
CROWN POINT

SFEAlAL 10 HE HINES
NHoN 4 Fo1NI Ind July ls-The
Board Of Equalization II Lake county.
after the most arduous meeting anv
b,ard n ,,,+.. - ;.
'ouas mace 'he iolloWlhs report IN re-
gard TO real estate and personal reduc-
tions in North township.
American Nate - reduced from
S75O.000 10 SsSg.55O.
Edwards valve Nffr 60 reduced from
100000 to sS5.00O
improvements If tho sinclair raenin,-
CO. were reduced from 81 49s.5g5 10 50
246.O55. Reduction made after boartn,
evidence and listing Of the representa-
tives of the Sinclair 90 and upop exhib-
itine the balance sheat winch thev de-
cIared were taken from tbair hooks ami
Mas true account
REDUCTIoE IN ryvo rTErrs
Valuation Inada bv tba assessor on
the STANDARD Ou - y personal pronertv
vas reduced IN tba hoard from, s49 3aa
-oo VI SoS9 -9o rbis red,,ction ~ Slo
910 600 is made m az tVo TENS fro
ona ~ = 5oo oon sssassed il s,esr,
boats SAILING ,.esse1s ~ T. annaarad
fro,, .bo e,.i,lsrca f,,r,iehad ~, ME
hoard rba+ tho nronert,y renraser+ad h.,
This itsp, i assessthla nv ibe sacratar,,
oe state and thar taxes thereon have al
ready been paid as evidenced bv receipt.
The other iten Of SS410.0no having been
reported placed upon said return by the
assessor Of North township without any
evidence whatever as ~ whether ar NOT
the standard oil 90 had any such
sr,r,,nt of money IN hard March
to,a rL o-. ~ N-+I +,,et, i
stated tha+ H. arbitrarily pIaced this
s,,r,, n, said sbaet ,ritbout ar1- Lnovvl-
edge whatever of it, existanco and the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18
BOTH SIDES
GIVE OUT
STATEMENT.
Men Say They Cannot Live
on Wage, Company Says 1t
Cannot Pay More.

Employees of the Chicago electric
lines which include the Hammond
Whiting & East Chicago Street
Railway are taking strike vote
today. The men began casting
their votes at o'clock this morn
ing at the headquarters of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
& Electric Railway Employees of
American, Ashland and Van Buren
streets, Chicago. The voting will
continue until 3 o'clock Saturday
morning.
WHAT THE MEN WANT.
OF the 1000 men who belong 70 Di-
vision 241 covering the Chicago terri
tory. l25 are employed on the lines in
Hammond Whiting and East Chicago.
Each OF the sixteen barns OF the sys-
TENS elects a member TO the general
board The Hammond barn is repre-
sented by Barney A. Carter.
The men have demanded an increase
IN wages amounting to II per cent over
the present scale. the establishment Of
an eight hour day and a six-day week
Two mass meetings have been held in
which the sentiment has apparently
been unanimously behind the demands
and it is believed the strike will carry
by a large majority. Prompt action by
the traction heads in accepting the pro-
posed conditions is said TO be the only
possible means by which the strike can
be averted.
In an interview this morning Mr.
Carter. representative of the Hammond
employees gave the following statement
for the information OF the public
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18

The plant Of the Standard steel Car
CO. IN Hammond has been idle since
eleven o'clock today folio King a walk
put Of practically all employees. The
carpenters empoyN on wood car
building struck about ten days ago
while the hydraulic press operators
Eent out Wednesday.
Following the posting q notices in
lhe plant this morning in which the
company announced It would be un-
Able 20 grant any further wage IN
;reases. the strike became general. ii
The management carries out its threat
The works may be shut down several
nonths. Following is the text Of the
notice posted at the factory:
GENERAL NOTICE.
The management understands some
,f the oornpany's employees are pre-
saring TO submit for its consideration
requests for wage increases through
but the departents of this plant
It has also been reported to the
management. certain employees. mem
sers Of trade unions. have advised
-
hey Will be required to join the trade
.nions in order to retain their posi-
pois
/ The management desires 70 notify
rs employees that the orders now on
he company's books VIII not Justify
urther general wage increases
The mana cement also desires to ad-
rise its employees the basis Of the ser
rice OF employment = efficiency and
lbuitv TO do good work. While un-
Ter the plan Of representation in ef-
lect at these works members Of unions
ire not discrinlinated against, the
company desires to call attention TO
ne fact II viii not countenance any
Ian 70 force its non-union employees
nto Joining a union and viii continue
o operate 10 plant on the present
,asis.
The management. therefore. desires
y advise its employees that those not
atisaed with present conditionh may
rave the employ Of the company. and
found necessary. the company Is
,repared to close the plant indefinitely.
g. H. VINCENT.
Manager Of Works
JOS. THOMPSON.
supt. steel Car Forge Co.
onice Of Manager Of Works.
July 18th. 1919
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STANDARD
NOTIFIES
ITS EMPLOYEES
Declares That 1t Will Not Dis
Criminate And Won't
Raise Wages.
(BULLETIN.)


The following not-ce was posted in the
plant this afternoon in connection wtel
the labor troubles at the Standard:
GENERAL NOTICE.
Referring to the General Notice
posted this morning, through .ee In
fiuence Of outside agencies, p num-
ber of the @2mnanvss employees have
seen fit 20 stop work. This action
has decided the management to
close the plant until such rlme as
its loyal employees VINO are r. the
great majority, can pursue thalr oc-
cupations.
The management desires 20 ak
press its thanks 20 the employees
who Loyalty desired to continue at
work and hopes through their ef-
forts. normal conditions at this
plant w1n soon be ra-estabEshed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18

On streets and newsstands, &c
per cory. Delivered by carrier IN
Hammond and West Hammond, SOC
per month.
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CONTINUED on page eight)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-18

INTERNATIONAL NEWS
FULL LEASED WIRE
SEGvICE.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26

in Zapata, Starr and Jim Hogg coun-
ties. The Empire is down $3.50 feet
IN Starr, where it struck such force
OF gas that It blew part Of the der
rick down.
an Duval county. north OF Jim
Hogg county. is the Benevides snail
low field. The sand there is about
500 feet and can produce eight TO i
barrels. There are some IS or 20 deep
tests going down in that county and
the deepest so far is said to be about
5000 feet.
In Webb county and north Of "a
pata and Jim Hogg counties, is what
is known as the Reiser gas field.
There are seven or eight wells there
with very strong gas pressure A
$500 foot test is going down in this
field to try for oil
About 20 miles northwest OF La
redo an Oklahoma company is drill
ing on a 400 acre lease and plans
to go $500 feet in II necessary. Here
is the Santa Tomas coal mine, where
oil was struck in a shaft
The gas wells, one OF which sup
plies Laredo, are about 1900 feet deep.
That town has been getting gas from
the great well I mentioned for about
three years. and the first gas was
struck about five years ago. AS stated,
only one well is used, the other being
shut down This one sprays some OIL