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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
GET PART Of
BLUMENTHAL.
SHOE STOCK
-Four Trunks From T. Chicago
Store Found in Alley
By Police.

New developments in the Blumen-
thai bankruptcy proceedings came To
Light Saturday night when John Lup-
tax who lives at 3527 Cedar street. In
4 ana Harbor. notified the police that
he had seen four trunks in the alley
between Cedar and Beach streets near
136th street when he was on his way
home from a dance
SHOES WEREN'T MATES
The police found the trunks and
upon examination at the station they
found them to be filled with shoes.
The shoes had apparently been thrown
into the trunks in a hurry or the
trunks had been rifed because none
q tho shoes seemed to mate.
The case OF the disappearance Of
s...eral trunks or merchandise from
ite store OF Abraham Blumenthal was
T-called and Investigation showed
I st the four trunks filled with shoes
!, ,ere some of the lot which had been
taken from the store IN an effort To
s'7se something when bankruptcy was
r Jared Blumenthal had stated
tnat the trunks were stored in build
irz on Block avenue but that before
n Add 0eEn GDtt TO set ttFHA ARA -
e states Commissioner surprise, who
Was appointed receiver the trunks
isd been taken out. presumably bN
fr ends who hoped TO help the propri-
& cr.
ANoNYMOUs CALL
soon after the trunks were found
a. anonymou- call was received by
tne police saying that r. j. Blumen-
trsl and Fred Brennan had made ar
raneements to take the trunks away
i' truck Sat that the trunks were
soovered before the truck could ar
rive No explanation Of Why the
trunks were left in the alley await
Ing the arrival Of the truck has been
found.
BlumenthaI and his son are under
bonds of s200o each TO appear at the
Federal building. Hammond. whenever
: .rnmoned. Referee sheridan viii ar
rive in Hammond Tuesday afternoon
fta complete the investigation ordered
bV Judge Anderson. Police OF the
5sast Chicago station arc working on
tie case under the direction OF Cap
- Ed O'Donnen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
Hog
Signal For
Fruit Sale

Never mind. folks. even If the Mar
mota Monax CHATS what Webster calls
him) did come out the morning and
hasten back to his lair again. here is a
hit Of compensating news that no wood
chuck or ground hogs shadow can ef-
feet.
Mayor Brown is preparing for big
crowds on the occasion of the govern
ment fruit sale which opens Thursday
morning at Central fire station. 1t will
be the fourth day Of the six weeks
winter which the ground hog has prom
ised US. so better prepare with plenty
OF pineapples. peaches. apple butter. and
ether canned delicacies Of the good old
summer time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
HAMMOND LABOR
BUREAU CLOSED
AWAITING AGENT

The Hammond Office OF the United
States Free Employment Bureau IS now
closed awaiting the action OF either the
state bureau or the city council or both
The resignation Of II. j. Derner the
former employment agent became ef-
fective Saturday and today tho office
was not open. Mr.. Derner beginning his
employment with the General American
Tank Car Corporation today
Some action toward choosing new
employment agent or toward closing the
bureau is expected at the council meet
Ing tomorrow night 1t Is expected that
the state bureau will recommend some
Hammond man or men Tor the position
and allow the council to make the final
selection. since the city pays half the
expenses Of the Office No word from
the state bureau has vet been received
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
FORMER HAMMOND
MAN "FLU" VICTIM

Al J. Broz. Of Chicago. formerly Of
Hammond. died Saturday. January 81.
ct the Washington Park Hospital.
Chicago. Mr.. Broz had been Ill with
the influenza which developed into
pneumonia causing his death. The de-
ceased is SO years old and son Of Mr
and Mrs. Henry LeGrand. of 1s7 Tru-
man avenue He leaves a wife, Mrs.
Alice Broz, two sisters. Miss Bessie
Broz and Mrs w. r. voisht, and a
brother Rudolph Broz. all Of Chicago,
end mother and father. Mr. snd Mrs
a.eC9rand to mourn his loss. The bur
a. will be made from the residence
u Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
To ERECT
TUBE MILL
THIS YEAR

u was learned through authentic
Information this morning that the
National Tube Works will start the
erection of the monster Gary Tube
Works during the present year and
thnt plans have already been made TO
have the first unit of the plant I'm OPP
Grafton by the first of next year. The
proposed plant will cost in the neigh
borhaod Of $1,000 .0oo-
just when ground viii he broken
for the big project has not been learn
ed. but IL is snfd in thc near future.
The proposed Gary Tube Works will
be the biggest institution of Its kind
in the world and when completed will
employ thousands Of additional men.
Gary has been eager to hear of some
definite news to the possibility of
the erection of the monster plant for
years and the best Information today
has IL the plant Ia now reality.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
FORMER TIMES BOY
KILLED IN BATTLE

few years ago q bright chubby-faced
lad was Office boy OF the Gary Evening
Times When America got into the war
the youngster enlisted in the regulars.
was assigned to Company f. 23rd in
fantry. and was soon sent to France.
Every now and then members Of TIE
TINES staff would get a card or letter
from the young soldier in France and
always there was a request for a few
copies of THE TINES
One day in June. 1918 there came
letter all mutilated. and only the first
lines remaining. That was the last letter
that ever came. It's mutilation was sig
niicant-it suggested that 1t might have
been dropped on the battlefield But no
trace Of the youngster was revealed In
the daily casualty lists. His absence
became one Of the mysteries of the war
THE MYSTERY SOLVED.
Yesterday the truth came to light
Those who read the Chicago Sunday
Tribune may have read a brief washing
ton dispatch which was as follows.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Jan 81
Research Of war department Ameri-
can expeditionary force records
shows Privates Claude Derrick. 7Os
Eighty-first St. Chicago, and wal
fred Nygord, Foster, Mich, as killed
in action.
Claude Derrick was really George Pet
RE. who used to live with his parents
on Ridge road. near Broadway. Gary.
At one time he worked at the American
Sheet & Tinplate Co. During the war
young Petries parents moved to the
Eighty-first st. address in Chicago.
When young Petrie enlisted for some
reason he went into the army under the
name Of Derrick
STUDENT OF REV. KAYSER
As boy. young Petrie was com
municant of ST. Johns Evangelical
church in Tolleston. The pastor of the
church. the late Rev. Edmund Kayser.
took an interest in the lad and pro-
cured him position on THE TIMES.
Pastor Kayser as he was known, will
be remembered as the victim of q
strange tragedy IN his rectory four
years ago when he was mysteriously
assissinated, supposed for his war
views.
Young Petrie felt Erieved that Pastor
Kayser favored the German rather than
the allied cause when the war opened
in 1914 and in 1915 when the clergy
man was slain II was the belief OF the
boy that the pastor incurred the en-
nifty Of aliens in Gary who were pro
ally and that they killed him.
Because of his honest bearing and his
quaint sayings young Petrie was very
popular with the staff of TIE TINES
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
County Man is
Candidate for Auditor

largest majority ever given csndi-
date for that office. He served as
mayor for four years and made a
splendid record as such. lie is an
ardent believer in the square deal"
for everyone regardless Of their
wealth or social standing.
In 1914 he was drafted by Johnson
county Republicans to make the race
for representative in the state legis-
lature and here again his vote-getting
ability was demonstrated IN the re
turns. when he ran more than two hun
dred and nifty votes ahead OF his tick
et II Will be remembered that the
Republican vote was divided that year
and had this not been so he would
no doubt have been elected in coun-
~ whose Democratic maJorities run
around seven hundred.
As to his plans for the conduct OF
his campaign, Mr.. oliver viii begin at
once TO build up an organization in
each congressional district of Indiana
and he viii do this by personal visits
and not by letter These organ za-
tions viii later be extended to each
county IN the districts and as much
OF this preliminary work had been ar
ranged before his announcement was
made. he IS now well on the road to
mis- goal
Johnson county people regard him
a > their candidate. and an. oliver club
IS already being planned which viii
endeavor to carry the news Of his
splendid qualities and sterling homes
" to every voter in every precinct Of
Indiana This club viii not limit It's
membership to Republicans. as al
ready scores OF Democrats have ex-
pressed desire to help and when Civ
On a worthy objective. Johnson coun-
r. has knack for getting what It
ynes aftor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
DEMOCRATS
Of INDIANA
APATHETIC
Still Showing Little Interest
Although Primary Is Only
3 Months Away


INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb "A
though the primary election IS only
three months away the Democratic
party in Indiana has not excused it
self from an absolute state OF lethar-
gy II was believed that the letters
Of that party would stir up some sem
biance Of activity during January. but
nothing of much Importance develop
ed
The fact that none OF the old wheel
to seek the governorship Is being tax
en- as an admission of defeat In No
vember Charles A. Greathouse
looked the ground over very seriously.
There was no doubt that he wanted to
make the race If there was even a re-
mote chance Of winning. When the
time came that some one would have
to get in the race Mr.. Greathouse de-
eided to stay out.
After q fruitless attempt to get sam
Ralston to again seek the head Of tho
state ticket the organization settled
upon Dr. Carleton B. McCulIoch. o.
!ndianapolis. a man widely known in
medical circles but virtually unknown
IN politics. The doctor started in
the fight" with a blanket attack on
the present administration in his
speek at Hammond If he uncover
ed any support by that speech the fact
has not been registered here.
According to brief announcements.
there are two other Democratic can
didates for governor-John IsenbarE-
er Of North Manchester and Mason ]
Niblack Of vincennes. They are
merely also running" That is all
that can be said of the campaigns so
far
But az an Illustration of the fact
that the party is completely up >.
stump. it is merely necessary to men
ton the senatorship situation. Thos
Taggart. l. Ert Slack and Thas. Mar
shall have all been regarded as the
probable candidates. Yet none Of
them seem to have any inclination to
make the race. 1t isNnow presumed d
tiIas sess last resort the party VIII
draft some unknown person to be the
goat.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
MRS. HUGO DIES IN
CHICAGO HOSPITAL

Mrs Gus Hugo died at the Washing
ton Hospital in Chicago this morning
about six o'clock OF pneumonia which
developed from influenza She had
been sick only a short time. An in
fant die dat birth yesterday about
noon.
The body viii be brought TO Ham
mond tomorrow and viii remain at the
family residence a sos Alice stheet un-
til funeral arrangements are made.
Final arrangements are being delayed
until the arrival Of Mrs. Hugo's sister
from Pittsburgh.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
THIEVES BREAK
INTO TOOL HOUSE

g. q EIIIs. I04 CHnton street Ham
mond reported TO the police or Cent
raj station that last night someone
broke the lock OF the door OF the Mon
on railroad tool house, just north Of
the Michigan Central railroad tracks,
and stole one satchel containing bolt
dies valued at SIS, another gatchel.
containing pipe dies valued al IS and
other tools with total value of So
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
TEDDY SOULOUS
IN NEW YORK

Theodore soulous the popular candy
man, has gone to New York via De
troit and cleveland, on important bus
mess He will be gone about two
weeks Mr.. Soulous has made some
recent investments in Hammond that
VII change the city business map
quite nouceabIy-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
JURY DECIDES
|. ". v. GUILTY
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERvIcEl

III EFhAI IONAL MINIS 5EHNICEI
TACOMA Wash. Feb. after fifty
eight hours deliberation the jury in the
case Of thirty-six alleged l. ". w
charged with criminal syndicalism late
last night returned a verdict of guilty
Accompanying the verdict was a recon-
mendation that the court exercise as
much clemency as possible owing to the
belief Of the jury that the 1 W w. or
ganizauon was on trial and not its in
dividual members.
The defendants were all arrested at
Tacoma shortly after the Centralia
Armistice Day murders.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
SAY NOTHING OF
WILSON'S PLANS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-Officials At
the White House today stated they
knew nothing Of the reported plans
Of the president to go to a North
Carolina resort for recuperation.
For the past week there have been
very definite intimations that the
president might take trip TO a near
by resort. but Dr. Grayson has stead
lastly declared that any such plans
are altogether indefinite.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02

William c. oliver of Franklin. an
nounces that he wtl be candidate
for the nomination for Auditor Of the
state OF Indiana before the Republi-
met with an enthusiastic response
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
ALLEGES HAMMOND
RESTAURANT DREW
The COLOR line
EINrERNA1IohAL NEWS sERMcE1

James d. Cooke. Negro. today fled
suit in the Gary superior court against
Nike, Paul and Tom Kallas owners of
the American Restaurant Co. at Ham
uaond. for $4,000 because he alleges they
refused to serve him in their restaurant
on account Of his color.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
AS Usual, He Started
Something Immediately

cents in cash. Held on charge Of carry
ing concealed weapons and suspicion. .
And there ends the tale of officer
Carlsons first night
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02

The funeral Of Alexander Mcdonald
Graver was held this afternoon at 81
O'Clock from his home. 1911 Longwood
blvd. Chicago. Burial was In Mt. Hope
cemetery Thirty-hve automobile loads
OF employees OF the East Chicago plant
of the Graver Corporation attended tho.
services.
Dir. Graver was born Nav Is. 1853. lie
graduated from the Englewood high
school IN 1901 and then spent five years
at the University of Michigan. COM
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02

and plans VIII soon be made by his
many friends at home to help him re-
allie his ambition.
Mr. oliver has never been candi-
date for office outside OF Johnson Co.
In 1909 he secured the nomination for
mayor of Franklin and received the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02

Take The Times ana keep In
ouch with lhe whole world
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(Continued on page eIevenl
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
DO a Good Turn Daily =
Ask a Boy Scout
He KnorDs

on streets and newsztards. zA
per copy. Delivered by GARNER IN
Hammond and West Hammond SOC
per month
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02

INT RNATIoNAL NEWS
PULL LEASED WIRE
SERVICE.
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THE WEATHER

FOE IEDIANA-Fa1r tonight and
Tuesday, colder Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1920-03-21

and pinchng himself. But there plenty of money
for Mrs Thomas and there plenty of money for the
boy Herbert and his clothes and his tutors and HIS boxing
instructor and his riding master.
1t is of great importance to Mrs Shonts to show the
absurdty of Shontss pretended lack of money and to
follow the trail Of where her husbands stocks and bonds
have disappeared What they have already discovered
in this direction Mrs Shonts's attorneys decline to
divulge.
As late as 1917 year and half before Shonts died.
veaed by his Federal income tax And yet
when he died his friends came forward with a little
sheet of paper listing his estate at about half million.
Where has the rest of it Comet
In 1917 Shonts made Federal income return
which shows his welknown salary of $4,000 presi-
dent of the marlborough
But in addition to this Shonts admits an income from
his holdings Of stocks and bonds of Sill 1899 At
per cent this last item indicates yielding for
tune of more than 49, O00
And that means an income Of close to 5000 week.
But for every mllisn Of dividend paying securities
there several thousand dollars worth that
porarily not paying Furthermore there included
real estate furniture other properties which Shons
known to have possessed. 1t would thus appear that
Shonts reveals in his 1917 income tax live, dividend
yielding fortune of well over two millions and that in
addition to these stocks and bonds his property must have
reached total Of three to four millions.
How did Shonts dispose of all that property
Who has got 1T
Did Mrs. Amanda Thomas get it away from the sick
old dying traction millionaire by her articles immorali
ties and wiles''i
Was Shonts 'vamped" Of his millions by the former
chorus girl and il So will the courts make my friend
Amanda give back the Shons fortune to the widow and
daughtersi
ITO be Continued Nerf SundauJ
The Washington times., 1920-03-21

'When Mrs. Thomas wished money she would ask
for it the breakfast table, heard her many times
asking for large amounts of money Usually Mr..
Shonts would write a check for her. Once heard a
conversation 1t the breakfast table over $4,000 that
Mrs. Thomas wanted that day to pay for something she
had purchased She had the bill the breakfast table
and showed it to hin."-Ffom the statement made by
Alfred, Mr. Shonts's valet.
The Washington times., 1920-03-21
With much love.
(Signed) T. P. SHONTS.

health culturist who employed by Mrs Shons for
time Mrs. Shons wrote this amusing reference to Mrs
Thomas and her extravagances:
Dear Schoen:
hear the photo-place is closed. also heard from
friend that the Tomcat in Luces buying expen-
sve gowns, etc. My friend her there
Mr. Shonts drove the poor children from the Plaza,
and the Duchess had temperature of degrees and
i'll when she reached Ashevie that she had to
bed and able to get out for week. He
had kind heart but he getting cruel and meaner
all the while.
Well, with love and my best wishes.
Yours always,
MILLA d. sHoNTs
And Mrs. Thomas had another source.of expense and
another ambition that required money to satsfy-her
young son, Herbert Thomas
Perhaps the most efficient and ablest which Mr.,
Shonts employed nJ confidential personal capacity
Jules Bizuel who was with the 1nterborough presi
dent for many months while Shonts and Mrs. Thomas
living in the apartment house the Of West
End avenue and Eighty third street Jules Bizuel
of exceptional intelligence and careful observer,
and in regard to Mrs Thomas and the boy Herbert who
was then about ten years old, he says;
'In my reference given me by Mrs. Amanda c.
Thomas when left the employment Of Mr.. Shonts and
herself she made special note Of my fondness for chill
dren Mrs. Thomas said she liked me better than any
other empoye that she had because was kind to her
boy Herbert
"Thc situation between Mrs. Thomas and Mr. Shonts
regards the boy Herbert peculiar Mrs.
Thomas tremendously ambitious for her boy. She
built in her imagination magnificent future Of wealth.
position and power for Master Herbert-but the founda
influence.
"In every way that this resourceful woman could
think Of she tried patiently day after day and month
after month interest Shonts in her son Herbert was
much interested TO observe the patent methods and
transparent schemes Of Mrs. Thomas to inspire Shontss
interest In the boy.
The Washington times., 1920-03-21

In my offer Is you usually do COM
ply with any request, suggestion or
condition of mine. Your doing 80
compels me to speak very plainly.
You are not in . financial condition
to justify your going to such
place, because it takes . great deal
more money to live on the scale
required At Newport than you can
afford.
With much love.
(Signed T. P. SHONTS.
The same old familiar cry! They
must economic; they can't afford
to take a cottage in Newport. No.
Shonts had Amanda and her bills to
pay first. And after she was at
tended to there wasn't enough left,
to do very much for Shonts's wife
and daughters.
And the situation was not q pleas
The Washington times., 1920-03-21

ITO be Continued Nert Sunday
The Washington times., 1920-03-21
i'm. MI. Bizuel
! President
Ionths.

ems OF handsome gowns laces jewelry etc. and skipped
back to America. And those Paris tradesmen pursued
her hauled her up in court and bothered.her lot.
She was married then but her husband, Herbert F.
Thomas coudn keep up with her purchases How much
nicer not be married, but to have old millionaire
admirer pay the bills and keep out of COURT
-. And while Shonts cheerfuy paying Mrs. Thomas s
bills he was ssug and threatening his family about their
extravagances Here is portion of letter he wrote his
daughter Theodore (thc Duchess de Chaulnes)
INTERBoRoUGH CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION
I6s Broadway New York EES(S)
Office of the President
August II, 1915.
Dear Toosie:
What told you time was that would no
longer support and Marguerite in nomadic life;
settle down place outside OF the States
of New York and Virginia where the climate would be
healthfu for Marguerite where you would have eduea-
tona advantages for the boy and where should have
your mother with you. In view Of the foregoing your
going to Newport and taking cottage for the season
about complying with the conditions stated
The Washington times., 1920-03-21

photograph of Mrs. Amanda
kie Thomas when she was
n the stage as chorus
girl under the name of
Jeanne Caskie."
guerite Shontsl But it must have
been very pleasant for Mrs. Thomas
to have unlimited charge accounts
and to know that millionaire ad-
mirer would pay everything without
question.
Mrs. Thomas had seen other days
when she charged things and had an
awful mess to untangle in the courts.
At that earlier time in her variegated
career she was married. She had
stuffed her trunks in Paris with doz-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-30
NO LOVE LOST
BETWEEN THESE

ROME, Jan. 20. = Italian soldiers
clashed with slav and German sailors
on board the steamer Africa at singa-
pore recently when one. of the sailors
insulted Italy, according to a report
to the Messaggero. 1t is said the in
cident was one of considerable gray
ity
Four hundred Italian soldiers
brought back from Siberia had been
landed on the dock at Singapore by
the steamer Nippon when they saw
the Africa which was the first steamer
flying the Italian flag they had seen
in years. The soldiers cheers were
echoed by passengers from Italian
passengers on the Africa but sudden
ly there came the cry down with
Italy" from somewhere near the stern
OF the vessel. The enraged soldiers
at once invaded the deck of the Africa
intending to lynch the man who had
shouted the words but were met by
the commander and officers of the
ships who defended the members OF
the crew. 1t is said a majority of the
crew were Slays or German.