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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
MAN
IS Charged
WITH FRAUD
Said to Have Hidden Out Part
OF Stock Prior to Bank
ruptCy.

Warrants were issued today for THE
arrest OF Abraham Bnmenthal and
his son i. j. Blumentbal OF Indiana
Harbor, on a charge OF consp racy 20
secret assets i'm anticipation of banN-
ruptcy which is an Ingenious method
of securing merchandise for lit9e or
nothing.
About two weeks ago Blumenthal
and his son who operated general
store a. 3S0l Cedar street Indiana Har
bor, wrote their Chicago creditors
saying they were in financial straits
and offered to settle accounts amount
ing to $4,000 at ten cents on the dol
lar. la the letter it was intimatcd
that if the proposition were not ac-
cepted by the creditors. Blume eutbal q
Son would have to SO into bankruptcy.
meeting was held by the Chicago
creditors who decided to reject the
proposal offered 10y the merchant and
TO take i chance en- getting more than
ten per cent out of the merchandise
held at the Indiana Harbor store. An
Investigation was started Immediately
with the result that an involuntary
petition lin bankruptcy was hled
against BlumenthaI on January IS by
Attorneys Dulsky & Dulsky of CHS
cago. Judge Anderson then appoint
ca &. l.. Surprise of Hammond as re-
ccivcr and the fodral authorities took
charge OF Riumcnthals affairs. lin tile
course or the investigation I'D Is said
that to Blumeutha1 the receiver was
a surprise tn NATURE as well as in name.
The government men looked over the
store and in the basement came upon
a number of TRUNK keys. piled ncstly
Il
Other and apparently more fragile.
and costly goods were scattered about
in confusion. What became of the
trunks Blumenthal was asked. "Ob
the trunks2 OH. the,rA we cold. YOU
know to men going back TO the old
country" he is said to have answered.
Then A. q. Rasmussen OF the Chicago
Association OF Credit Men which ma
les a speciality of Investigating sus-
picious bankruptcies. found clue and
at the home OF a friend of Blumen-
thai in Calumet he discovered three
large steel trunks and two SUIT cases
filled with new merchandise said to
be worth around $4,000,
Sworn statements were obtained
that the property had been removed
there by the alleged bankrupt and the
warrants for his arrest and that of His
son We're then issued. There are stin
a number of trunk trays without any
homes and the creditors hunting foe
the missing trunks claim that $4,000
worth of merchandise is yet to be un-
covered
Late today Judge Anderson ordered
Abraham Blumenthal his wife and son
and Jacob CheVel at whose home the
trunks were found. to appear tomor- I
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
FORTY HURT WHEN
CAR LEAPS TRACK
And ROLLS over
fINrERNArIc;lAL NEWS sERyIcE1


RICHMOND md, Jan. 29--Forty
persons were injured ten Of them seri-
ously. when an ONO electric interur-
ban. inbound. leaped tile tracl1 at a
curve ON a hill at the edge Of the city
and turned over today. The car. ac-
eording to passengers. was travelling
down grade ait high speed when it was
derailed. turned completely around
and toppIed on its side Passengers
We're taken from the car through win
dows and the most seriously injured
were taken TO Reed Memorial hospi-
tai here.
The most seriously injured are.
David Reinhemer. New Paris. Ohio.
Mrs. Myrtle Lott. Richmond. Ind: Wm.
Malone. Eaton. O.; Everett Overholzer.
Camp o.. Thurman Mattix.
Richmond. Cornelius Mitchell New
Paris. O.. James Mcpherson. WestvIne.
O.. Clyde McDaniels. CampbelIsto1vn.
Ohio and Benjamin Mckee. New Paris.
Ohio.
The car was in charge Of David Ba-
ker. motorman. and Edward Good con
ductor, of West Alexandria. Ohio.
The less seriously injured were talk
en- 70 physicians offices for first aid
ard win return TO their homes.
Thirteen passengers escaped un-
hurt.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
MRS. MAT Schultz
DIES EARLY TODAY

Mrs Nat Schultz. OF Schererviue
died this morning Of bronchial pnou-
monia at the home OF her daughter
Mrs. b = Eisenautt % Douglas St.
hammond. Airs schultz died on her
fsta birthday she had been i'll only
since last sunday
Eesides Two brothers and three sis
tiers. AIRS schultz leaves Two sons, six
daughters. forty grandchildren and
eleven great grandchildren The sons
are trank, Of Griffith, and Nick, of
Schercrville and the daughters are
Mrs M Baker Of Chicago Mrs. &. T.
Eisenhutt OF Hammond Mrs. oscar
Brodiuehrer of Chicago. Sister NJ. Bal
lima of Eigin and Sisters Marciania
and Angelo. OF Santa Barbara. cal.
he body VIII remain at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Eisenhutt. &c Douglas st.
unsn word Il received from two sisters
in California after which funeral ar
langements Wall be announced
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
FOREMAN OF FORGE
SHOP DIES TODAY

Pneumonia this morning claimed
Theodore ". Bohlen al his home at 7Sa
Haywood ave. Hammond, after short
illness. Mr.. Bohlen WAS fftv years oId
and leaves , wifo and seven children
Mrs. Vera Koykkar. Mrs IIcurietta
Shakt. Elmer. Herbert. Florence. Ethel
and Peter Bohieu. IIo was forge ehop
foreman at The Edwards Valve &. Manu-
f8curign Company.
The Masons Will have charge Of tho
funeral which viii be from the home
Saturday afternoon at . O'Clock Burial
viii be at Oak HilI cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
ANNA LARKIN
DIES IN IOWA

Word was received in Hammond yes
t.rday OF the death of Miss Anna Lar
kin at DesMoines. Ia. where she had
been working for the last two years.
Miss Larkln was twenty eight years
old. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pet
er I.arl1in. 1854 Garfield street Ham
mond. Pneumonia with which she
was afflicted only short time. caused
her death She leaves the parents.
two sisters, Katherine and Jane and
two brothers. Peter and John. A
brother 1dward. died in France about
6fteen months ago. The family form
erly resided at kast Chicago. The
bodv will be brought TO the home in
Hammond after which funeral arrange
ments Will be announced.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
Bulletins
CEULLET1N)

IINI ERAhTIoNAL NEWS sEPFIcEf
Lo1gDON. Jan. 29.-The intense alarm
over the financial outlook was rejected
in the press this afternoon. Tha Pau
hau Gazette declared n fa-ing head
LINES that the exchange outlook steadily
gets worse"
The Evening s.cnd-rd c9n-pfc9usly
printed 2 story that Chancellor Of tho
Exchequer Austen Chamberlain had been
summoned to = conference on the ex-
change question The Globe says that
Great Britain, France and other Euro-
pean countries are faced by the gravest
financial crisis in history.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
MYSTERIOUS
THEFTS ARE:
CLEARED Up
Secret Service Bares Gigantic
Scheme to Defraud the
Government.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sgRvIcEl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE IT,,
WASHINGTON. Jan. p --- In lne
-,,ntr-1,-1vit5e cleanup with wholesale
raids on offices Of bond brokers" i'm
many cities. overnight developments at
the treasury department today showed
several million dollars worth of War
Savings Stamps and stolen Liberty
bonds have been seized and nearly one
hundred men and numerous women ac-
compltces have been arrested
Secret Service John Moran, assisted
y by an army of sleuths. reveiWins the
results of the roundup today. telt con-
WINGED that the dragnet had caught the
rips-lesders in A gigantic scheme. with
many ramifcations. that would nave
served TO defeat the treasury s drive TO
beneAt legitimate investors.
HANDLED STOLEN BONDS
Chief among the offenders are al
legged brokers" who are styled as
fences" BY treasury experts. through
whom vast quantities of War Savings
Stamps have been unloaded and through
which channels large amounts OF LID
erty bonds previously recorded as SOL
en-. have been traced. The raids ana
seizures have occupied the attention of
the treasury agents chiefly In such
cities as New York. Chicago. Spring
field. Ill. ST. Louis, Baltimore and Phila-
delphia-
TOO MANY STAMPS.
Treasury officials explained that
large proportion of the stamps seized
from brokers Offices were coRfscated
under the law which prohibits any fndl-
viduaI from possessing more than $1,000
worth Of War Savings Stamps In
individual being permitted TO have
eHa he
ron-transferable. the finding of larger
amounts on premises of brokers CON
stituted them making a fraudulent a1l-
asvits sworn to by the brokers as a
means Of cashing in stamps at post
offices.
NUMEROUS WOMEN.
Perhaps a score OF women, many OF
them stenographers and clerks employed
bv the brokers" TO execute their plans
were arrested along with the principals
to answer charges preferred by federal
district attorneys. Many Of the women
arrested are held as material witnesses
In other cases. however. there are some
who are held TO be equally culpable with
the proprietors Of the places affected.
ALSO PRINTED STAMPS.
The nation wide roundup Of unscrup-
ulous brokers" has led the sleuths, IN
some instances, to q number OF plants
which had been set up with elaborate
equipment for the printing Of War Sav-
ings Stamps The Investigations W Whieh
have been carried ola so quietly thar
little was known here Of the probe I'M
til today. has also resulted in the re-
covery Of huge amounts of Liberty
bonds. stolen at different periods which
eventually found their way into the
brokers' Offices.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
POW WOW OVER
PACT PUT OFF
UNTIL FRIDAY
fIHTEPNATloNhL news sERvIcE-

WAsIliNGT0N. Jan. 29-The bi-par-
tisan treaty conference which was 10
have taken place today in Senator
Lodges office was postponed until to-
morrow ON account Of the absence or
Senator Lenroot Republican. OF Wis
eonsin one of the conferecs.
The serious Illness Of daughter OF
Senator Lenroot prevnted his attend
ance-
80 move viii be made by Senator
f't'eIeocA 70 can the peace treaty up
oH me Aoor q the senate as Ions as
there is any chance of ala agreement
cen republican and Democratic
ssh1 'ols peiis reached on the Lodge
@esoHs senator Hitchcock sta-
ted today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
MOVED CAR

sale Of fish from the carload lot in
Hammond Is moving along nicely this
afternoon since the car finally was lo-
Gated II was announced 10 6e at
Sibley street on the Erie tracks but
was moved twice during the day Ii
Is now on the Michigan Central siding
at the old depot on PlummFr avenue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
WHITING WOMAN
DIED LAST NIGHT
IsPEcIAL 70 The TInrs

II TING. Ind. Jan. % Mrs. Thos.
hafiieit, forts-siX wears old. died last
nisht a her home On Fischnpp avenue.
ne family Is well known in Whiting
FL they conducted a grocery and meat
market tor annmber Of Years. she
leaves the husband. two sisters and
tWo-orothers she was member Of
thc Lady Maccabees and Royal Neigh
poTs Funeral arrangements have nor
been made but burial. viii bc in oak
Hill cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
ITALIAN RAILWAY
STRIKE IS ENDED
NEWS sER

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
LONDON. Jan. 29-fhe great Italian
railway strike has ended and the strik
ers are returning to work, according
TO a Central News dispatch from Rome
today a settlement was reached
through direct negotiations between
the executives Or the railwaymn's un-
ion and the cahiuet
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
SUGGESTS TRYING
KAISER At HAGUE
IINTFRMATIoMAL MEms srRulcE

PARIS. Jan. 29.-The suggestion that
the league Of nations set up tribunal
at The Hague 70 Try the ex-kaisor. thus
avoiding the necessity Of extraditing the
former emperor from Holland. IS made
today BY former Premier Clemenccau's g
newspaper. Hemme Libre
Angry comment is being made in the
French press upon tho German note oh
jccting TO the extradiuou of war Grim
inals from Germany.
we must have the culpable person
ages - all of Them" declared Homme
Bibre.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
SOVIETS WITHDRAW
THE PEACE OFFER
z, tL,t,ns,TeRNA1losAl Y, NEWS sERvIcrl

fAEIS. San. 9aA Basle dispatch to
Information today states That a
relear dispatch has been recei red
there from Moscow to the effect that
the Soviet government of Russia has
withdraw nits peace offer to Poland
and VIII renew military operations
against the Poles
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
WAX BIRDS GOING
SOUTH INDICATE
COLDER WEATHER
LlnrERNATIoNAL .NEMs sERNIcE

CHICAGO Jan. 19-A hock OF Bo-
hemIan wax wings migrating slowly
southwark through Chicago today
brought added shivers to cold suffer
ering citizens.
This is the first time these birds
have migrated so far SOUTH declared
one ornitholoEist 1t must mean our
climate is getting colder each year
The Penglums viii be coming down to
visit us next
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
AMERICA IS
COMPARED
WITH HUNS
London Newspaper Says U.S..
Must Drop Methods of
ExtOrtiOn.

I ~ GNtA ltDhHL NEWS SERNICEI
itDNAtDN, Jan. ~. - Gro fiddled
"hiie Rome vas burning. and there is
something Neroesque in Americas at
ltnde TO-DAY declares the Daily Express
n bitter attack upon the United
states The newspaper charges that
America's colossal proftecring is max
ING the Whole world pay tribute in az
change because The United states has
financial strangle-hold upon her CO.
/ hcfllgerents
Rz1EoyE wE1P HAND.
Tho article opens with plea 70 the
Unitcd states TO remove the whip hand
I and help rut Europe on her feet in the
eaT of production This plea IS fol-
lowed by the declaration that if the
aitod states is determined to continue
her cAtortion from Europe then Europe
must set together and break America 5
I financial domination.
The newspaper endeayors to show
how the United States flnanciers ana
others while paying lip service 10 as
sist EurcDe' have been doing nothing
hut line their pockets. forgetting tho
principles of brotherhood 50 lavishlv
eNpresscd while hostilities were In
DRIVES HARD BARGAINS.
While pointing out that England
France Ard ItalA are heavily Indebted
to America for Vsr supplies. the DAILY
FAprcss SAYS that America il driving
= ne hardest bargains possible and that
as the exchange rates now stand, world
( construction IS stagnated The news
raper declares that the United states IS
the center Of a grave International sit
uation which is almost as serious a
menace g civilization as German milf
tarisn.
America is Prohteering on a scale
aiiaerio unknown. Americans are buy
lns businesses il England at the rate
u fifteen shiilngs to the pound. They
SCI two francs worth for every franc
sn6nt IL France. gheS are obtaining
eNen better terms in Italy. while in
Austria aud Germany Americans are
picking up untold wealth"
NOT LIKE AMERICA.
The Daily EApress says IL believes
that this does not represent the real
desires of tho American people. 1t urg-
81 Earone - cease issuing paper money
and TO quit giving government subs-
dies. The newspaper demands that
Great Britain cali an international con
ference 70 and remedies. asserting that
It would be Americas loss if she did
not Participate
Eurone must sct the people to work
and increase production. said the Daily
Es.press in conclusion Europe must
nHt her finances in order European
countries must abandon their aloofness
and establish a system of European CO.
operation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
EAST CHICAGO ELKS
TAKE NOTICE

Regular meeting tonight. THURSDAY
January 29th. Meeting called at $50
p m
oe-t r. T. HALE. Exalted Ruler.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29

Take The TlTn-s and keep !.
touch witn the whole world.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29

Better call up The Times and
have it sent 70 your house every
night. Then you'll be sure It will
be there.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
UsE sToRs Rooms.

Modera buildings are urgently needed
II the Lincoln school district and ia
East Hammond In those sections ST
The city children arc attending classes
in old saloons. vacant stores i'm fact
wherever room can be obtained In
such places the children have 10 con-
tend with poor air. poorer lighting and
Ventilation wholly unsited for class
rooms such were the statements made
hy members Of the board who are de-
strous Of enlistins tho aid ana interest
Fl every Hammond citizen I'D the eftv
schools around which an municipal
activity should revolve
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29

On streets and newsstancs. p
per cory. DeHver-a By carrier IN
Hammond and West FAnIn41E4. SoS
per month.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29
THE WEATHER

FOR INDIANA-Fair. warmer to.
night Friday. fair.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-29

DO a Good Turn Daily
Ask a Boy Scout
He Knows
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-22
Party Conventions Again
crrom The Tacoma rims-i


A number Of the good Democratic ladies' have re.
turned from spokane very wrathy at the group ~
party leaders which In control OF the state con
vention. They charge that they treated IN
Justly roughly and. In short. erudely steam
rolled
Probably Very seldom does party convention
meet that somebody isn't treated that way.
All hope Il that the ladies transfer their lasting
wrath from MFR ritiow whichever particular villain
Il that them thru the wrnger when the party
linen being Numbered. and turn Il fun blast onto
the fool system that tolerates such anaehronsms as
party conventions.
We have called attention before. and probably
shall do many times In tho future the complete
asninlty OF nominating and ecctins presidents thru
such machinery for example, the county eonven-
iions 81 either party IN Tacoma or Seattle, the Bet
bingham convention OF the O. q. r. and this one just
closed the kast Side.
TIE idea OF using such 20 select presidents
isn't rational II isn't II l. merely one Of
those that has fingered awkward and out Of
place. long after It's day. Apparently nobody has
stopped apply the good swift kick which u deserves
or We no longer would have the medieval rolsc
with
pleasant personal booFiahncss and blindness OF the
system VIII devote the energy % their wrath 10 kick
ing the thing Into the middle OF yesterday aions
with tho saloon. the slave block the government lot
terry witchcrafi prosecutions and other onceesicened
institutions they Will be doing the state bis service
II lnstead they merely carry out determination %
punish tho who treated them rough. they no
doub, viii succeed sooner later, bu, tho old
machinery for conducting bitter personal fcnds Will
go on. and will stili have 10 depend on 20 fur
ulsh u. s, prssidents.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-22

Editor The Star: I have been an
Interested reader OF some OF the
Roosevelt correspondence which has
been appearing In The Star. and In
this connection you may care 20 run
letter written by President Roosc-
veit to one Of his children. appearing
In the May number Of the Junior
Red Cross News.
1t was written, April Is. 1903. 10
Quentin Roosevelt while his father
was enjoying a hunt in Yellowstone
National park. II contains one OF
the little drawings which the publ.
cation of the Roosevelt letters TO his
children has made familiar to all
This letter reads:
blessed Quenty-quee:
II love you very much. Here l. a
picture Of the mule that carries.
among other things. my bag OF
clothes. etc. There are about twenty
rnufes in the pack train They all
follow one another In single file up
and down the mountain paths and
across the streams.
your loving
FATHER.
How this letter came to liFht Is an
Interesting story IN itself. Mr.. r. n.
Phillips. who IL now connected with
the American National Red Cross
was, during a part Of the Roosevelt
administration. detailed on special
duty at the White House by the
navy department. He and the Roose.
Welt children became great friends,
but bttle Quentin was his pet. After
showing him the Yellowstone letter.
the lad slipped II into Mr.. Phillips
pocket and there II remained. forgot.
ten, until recently IL WIS fished out
OF its hiding place when the old suit
was taken from hook In n dark
corner Of the closet 70 be thrown
away. Mr.. Philips exhibited II 10
friends at Red Cross headquarterA.
and when Mrs. Roosevelt was asked
Tor permisslon for It's publication.
sne readily consented.
IRENE PELHAM
iii Belmont Ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-22
Selfisfness

.seltishness comes Of itself; men must be trained
10 generosity"
This Is one Of the many forms taken hy TIE OLD
doctrine that 'seltpreservUuon ~ the hfst mW OF
nature II was widely believed by philosophers
who haf much TO say about ways OF Transforming
~sroi~m'. or care for self into "atruism' or care
for others. Much presentday schooling and summary
school instruction Is tased upon q. But to-day psy
biologists know that the doctrine is misleading
II is true that one cannot help others unless he
survives himself and u Is that self preservation
comes first In tme-an infant can't make himself
useful but even In sthe hrutes. mother'love Is as
deen as seifiove A doc will defend friend as
fnStinetively as he defends himself man Is as
good as a dog--until something happens TO make
him
The trouble with the selfish" man Is not that
nature made him think too much about himself
and too little about others. but that he does not
think at all-he Is stupid shortslghted or he Is
too impuslve or ne Is ruled by unfortunate habits
az had for himself for those about him Or he
really cares too much about othcrs-the wrong way
land wants them suffer because his love
has been turned hate or he Is purposeiy shutting
them out Of his life because he has been wounded
and fears that " he let's them In they VIII turn
and rcnd him again.
The purpose OF training Is not 60 cure, native
selfshness hu, 20 teach the hes; ways OF being
generous. II Is not 20 give what nature lett
out. but help him make the best OF what
Is there thru nsghts and ideals and habits mat viii
keep him from becoming his worst enemy. Com.
piete living Is generous living
II man selfish. ask yourself where he has
been desormed crippled or wounded.