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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
ALLEGED
SLACKER'S
ARREST
autOmoblI

Pete wodczyc. OF SOL. 151st street.
East Chicago has been placed in Grover
Bergdolis ciass-a Stacker. Wodczyc
was arrested last night and taken to
Fort Sheridan. Illinois this morning.
to face the charge OF avoiding the
United States military service draft in
1913.
wodczyc was called for physical ex-
animation on March 20, 1918 and hav-
Ing failed to appear was certified
delinquent on May 10 and was tnducted
into the military service June IS. 1918
and having failed to appear again was
certified to The Adtutant General OF
the army as deserter.
Captain Gould with Muha made the
arrest and this morning Officer Muha
took The prisoner to FIT. Sheridan.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
Keller Held
Under Bond
For $4,000
Two of the Eight Charges
Brought Against Him in
Chicago, New Ones.


CHICAGO. Aug 5.-Lieut- Col. :
Walter Keller. Of Hammond. scion OF
a wealthy Philadelphia family. today
was held under $4,000 bonds follow
ing arraignment in South Clark street
court on eight charges Of larceny
Keller who is manager of the $50o,0oo
Pratt Food Co of Hammond. Ind, as
arrested while changing the steering
mechanism on stolen Ford automo-
bile Police charged he was the
brains OF an auto theft ring.
Two OF the eight charges brought
against him today We're new ones. the
victims having charged Keller with
stealing their machines. Keller plead
ed not guilty to all charges. terming
them fairy tales. -
The accused soldier was represen' ed
by an array Of attorneys who an
nounced- that Keller's father in Phila-
delphia was coming TO his sons aid"
The elder Keller. it was said, way
sending the family lawyer here to de-
fend the son.
Il knew my father would stick to
me- said Keller.
HIS bonds were furnished by Miss
Mary Regan. who pledged $4,000
worth OF property. His case will be
tried August 23.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
bUNCO ARTISTS NEARLY
GET AWAY WITH $4,000

Only a hunch saved Joe Stodola OF
East Hammond from losing a large
sum of money today by way of the old
box switching game. The bunco men
were captured a 1885 today by Officer
ByIck when they had almost succeed
cd in getting away with about $4,000
in cash and liberty bonds. A crowd
Of hundreds or people participated in
the chase This is the most brazen
attempt to pull bunco game ever tried
in Hammond.
Stodola had entered into deal
with the two smooth strangers from
Chicago, Joe Wargoich. 1855 State St. +.
and John Kaban of 5249 Artisan ave.
whereby they were to purchase a piece
of property together. A tin box was
brou ght out and the money deposited
in it. Part was Stodolas and part be-
longed to the bunco men. The money
was. according TO the story. supposed
to be divided between the two boxes
and deposited in the safety deposit box
in the East Hammond bank. All the
money, however. was In one bog. The
other contained only waste paper The
boxes had been placed in the vault az
the bank.
Stodola. by the grace of the gods.
smolled a rat just in time. The Chi
cago men had just left hts place at
Columbia and Morton avenue and were
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
HUNGRY MEN IN
ROBBERY AND Assault |

Clarence Wallace who stays at 25l
Sibley street. Hammond was robbad
and brutally assaulted yesterday noen
by two young men who had asked him
for some money with which to buy
something to eat. The hold-up occur
red near the corner Of Calumet avenae
and 150th street. Hammond.
The young man who had been en-
pioyed IN East Chicago had been Iay@i
of indefinitely at noon and the com
pany had given him his pay check
This he had placed in his shirt pocket.
Near the Nowak Milling Co. plant, he
was accosted BY the two boys. He
told them he had only a few cents
with him and could not help them. n
They set upon him. knocking him
down One OF them kicked him in the
stomach. His clothes were torn. They
went through his trouser pockets and
removed the small sum in change and
then ran away. They overlooked the
check in his shirt pocket. Today he
feels little the worse for the encounter
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05

started for the bank when suddenly
the whole thing dawned on Joe. He
ran out Of his place after the strang-
ers. When they saw him coming. the
crooks broke into run. Suspicion
became certainty. Stodola, shouting
stop thief" sprinted after them and
in no time a huge crows had joined IN
the chase. officer Bylick among them.
The capture was made At Columbia
and Merrill avenue. Byiick had diff
ficulty in protecting the bunco men
from an attack from the incensed
crowd They were hustled into the pa
troll and rushed to the station. where
they were booked
The short time oe five minutes saved
Stodola from the loss of thousands of
dollars The con men were after the
box when he started after them. They
had the key TO the deposit vault. II
would have been easy. Intuition,
staked against all their cleverness,
won.
1t is not known yet how much of the
money belongs to Ssodola but It is
thought that about $4,000 is his. The
con men refuse to talk.
Chief Austsen Is Of the opinisn that
these crooks are nationally known. and
are wanted elsewhere for ths same
game Their records are being looked
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
HARAM0ND'S new SCHOOL One OF FINEST In STATE
GARY To ADD pep
TO SHRINE PICNIC

All OF that rushing around by num-
erous citizens on the streets of Ham
mond today was occasioned by anxiety
Of members OF the various committees
in charge OF the big Shrine picnic to
see that every detail entrusted to
them was being carried out.
Not a thing remains TO be done
tonight except to wait for the crowd
which is expected to make tomorrow's ;
affair the bell ringer OF Orak's frolic-
some history. The big doings start
promptly at IL o'clock at Harrison
Park and from then on the hilarious
pace Will be maintained until mid
night. Weather IS not being taken
into consideration
No rain could stop the baseball
game. The rivalry between Orak and
the Gary Elks has been aggravated
until neither team wouln consent TO a
postponement Dol. Sharrer, pnan-
ager OF the Hammond team. has or
dered gum boots and siIckers for his
team and expects Gary TO do the same
The Elks are known TO be one OF the
best teams in Northern Indiana so
Dec has drawn heavily upon the ma
terial In Orak's domain. He insists
there VIII be none Of the Chicago Black
Scx IN the lineup. The game starts
at o'clock
The difficulty IN the fight card caus-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05

ed by the withdrawal Of Judga Walter
Hardy has all been Strengthened out ..
The lightweight bout which had been
scheduled for the evening has been
shifted to the afternoon date and two
Chicago heavyweights have been book
ed for the evening match. Both of
the bouts have been slated for four
rounds or X. O. and will be worth
coming miles to see
Gary. it IS saiG Is planning to make
a cleaning in the foot races and other
events. Wm Hunter and Mayor Hoo
Ses have been lining UP things with
that end in view but they have a sur
prise in store for them They fail
to reckon with Willis Ford who also
has something UP his sleeve. George
Mallett has also been lending a hand
since the Hardy debacle.
Handsome prizes will be given in
the contests which are open to young
and old.
large dance floor is being laid in
the shade Of the willow clump. This
will be used for the prize fights and
will then be turned over to the fox
trotters. A continuous concert will
be given during the afternoon and
evening and the Jazz department Will
also furnish music for the dancing.
OF course refreshments will be ser
we'd on the GROUNDS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
POLICE RAID
1POOLROOM

a gambling den was cleaned up last
night by the Hammond police. after a
disgruntled player came to the station
and "squealed." The place is a pool
room in Plummer avenue basement.
run BY James vournazos. He lives at
1913 State street Three other men
were arrested. Peter Pulos. 314 Center
street Whiting. John BILIOUS of Sibley
St. Hammond and Pete Adams. OF SOS
Holman street Hammond Several
others found in the place, were booked
a the station. but later released.
The police found the four men play
ing cards In the basement, some money
was In evidence. vournazos said shat
they were just playing for drinks"
He was fined $40 for running a gam
bling game. The others were fined SIS
each.
The tip was given to the police by a
hobo who had been thrown out OF the
place and who wanted TO get even.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
GARY WOMAN IN
NEW DAMAGE SUIT

Nettie Galloway Of Gary has brought
suit for damage because OF injury TO
her dignity and good name occasioned
by her arrest July 25 by Gary police
man. The defendants are James,
Fred. Joe and Frank Title who run a
grocery and meat market at Gary.
The complaint. filed in the Ham
mond superior court this morning by
Attorneys McAleer. Dorsey & Gillett.
states that when Mrs. Galloway enter
ed the store the store the proprtetors
called policeman and ordered her
arrest She was taken TO the police
station and held FOR an hour. She al
leges that the officer treated her
roughly. bruised her arm and tore her
dress. Since then she says she has
been pointed out as the lady who was
arrested In Titles store" and has suf-
fered much humiliation. she asks
for 5000 damages.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
Do Away
With Noted
Death Trap
Subway to be Built Under G.
& o. Crossing at Mer-
rillville.
ESPECIAL 10 rHE NEsl

MERRILLvILLE. Ind. Aug s.
Another OF Lake county's death traps,
the famous Merrillville crossing over
the c. o. railroad tracks. Is 10 be
eliminated. The crossing is cons!d-
cred the most dangerous IN the county
and Is one OF the worst in Indiana.
Civil engineers Of the g. s. o. have
been in this vicinity for some time
working out plans for subway which
will take the Gary-Crown Point road
under the tracks. Construction work
is expected to start within thirty days.
The highway crosses the railroad at
. sharp angle after passing through a
deep hollow on each side of the rignt-
ofway. The track 10 on a fill which
10 nearly twenty feet higher than the
lowest part OF the hollows This
makes q steep grade necessary at the
crossing. Drivers OF vehicles from
the north or south when in the hol-
lows arc unable to see vehicles on the
opposite side OF the track. 1t is nec-
essary TO look backward in order to
watch for trains which. because OF OBJ
structions. are not visible until within
a short distance Of the crossing.
This crossing has claimed many lives
in the past. especially since the Cary
Crown Point road became one Of the
main arteries for motor traffic. Lake
county people and others who have
crossed the tracks here will hail with
delight the announcement that the
railroad Is to provide the subway
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
TANK PLANT
INCREASES
FORCE AGAIN
General American Corporation
Will Near It's Capacity Mid
die of Month

The General American Tank Corpor-
alton plant at East Chicago. the only
industry in the region touching capacity
has announced that their production
will again be increased about August
Is. placing between 200 and 500 men
of various crafts into employment
This increase is due to the number of
foreign orders received and the
amount of work transferred from the
company's subsidiaries to the East
Chicago plant.
The General American Tank Car
Corporation owns three plants. having
the largest tank car capacity in the
world. The company originally man
ufactured only steel tank cars but has
diversified It's inSust-y, and at the
present time about one-half of Its
ca pacity Is devoted to the construc-
ton and repair of steel and wooder
cars of all descriptions.
This company is now paying the
basic common labor rate OF 38 cents,
working hours straight time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
GARY MAN
IS ROBBED
YESTERDAY
-Four Auto Thugs Take $4,000
In Bonds and Cash From
Joe VereSh

One of the boldest pieces of day
light banditry ever pulled off in the
Calumet region was consummated yet
terday afternoon on Cline avenue, juet
of Of Summer street. Hammond. near
the power house. when Joe Neresh of
East Gary. a contractor. erroute to
Hanlond, was stuck up at the points IF
revolvcrs BY four highw aymen. They
made their getaway with $4,000. $3.50
OF which was In bonds. and tho re-
mafnder in cash. Three bullets were
fired at him, one passing through lis
hat.
Gordon of police in East Chicago.
Hammond and Gary was thrown out
at once in an effort to apprehend the
bandits, but they made good thsfr
escape. They had an automobile.
Veresh frequently makes the trip 20
Hammond, and always takes the same
route. 1t is the opinion Of the police
that the gunmen were waiting for
veresh In particular.
Driving along on Cline avenue,
veresh saw two men standing by .
Buick car parked beside the road. =
little further on. two others stood
The first two tagged him. but he kept
on. Suddenly three shots were fired.
One tearing through the rear curtain
of the car, passed through his hat
He saw the other men ahead drawing
their weapons and came to 4 halt.
Keeping him covered. they searched
him and took the bonds and the money.
Then, lifting the hood Of his machine,
they removed the distributor block
and threw it far into the woods. Leap
ing into their own machine, they :aSh-
ed away in the direction OF ,--.-.ago.
Veresh, who 10 known as one o.
the best shots in the county seized Ills
own gun which he carried in the car
ad emptied 1t e. the fleeing machine.
and several of the bullets took effect
in the body. II is not thought that
any Of the gunner were struck
The police of surrounding cities
were notified at once. and a lookout
was kept for the bandits.
The car was Buick. with red
wheels and a red tire covers in the
rear. 1t bore an Illinois license. the
first two numbers OF which were IL
Veresh was unable to read the re-
mainder of the plate. The bandits
were all of about the same size. feet
inches. All wore caps.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
THROW AWAY
YOUR HORSESHOE

Peeps had been wondering TOO. Just
what that number nine was. that has
had everybody guessing the last few
weeks. But now It comes out. It's
none other than the Big Nine Cent
Sale" at Edward c. Minas Co.. the big
State street store. Was 1t lucky ?
Well from the looks of the great
throngs Of people who attended this
unique event certainly discovered It to
be so. The sale goes on for a period of
Ave lucky days. people throw away
your horse-shoes and stop looking for
four leaf clover and get some OF the
lucky nine" cent bargains
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
WELL It LISTENS
GOOD ANYWAY!

City Engineer William F. Bridge
stated today that water shortage will
be a memory next summer.
The board Of works will receive bids
Monday on tho thirty-six inch trans
mission main TO extend from One
Hundred and Twentieth street (Rob-
ertsdale) to Huehn avenue. a distance
Of three miles. This Is the first unit
Of the improved water system.
On the twelfth of the month the
board will receive bids on he 20. 600. .00t
gallon pump which is to be Installed
a the lake front.
It is planned to reset the two old
pumps to the site of the new pump
which will be covered by a new build
ing.
The construction OF the transmits
sion main. the new pump, the reset
ting OF the old pumps and ere erection
of a new building constituts the war-
erworks program by which II is plan
ned ito relieve the shortage that has
existed for the past eight years.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
TROUBLE OVER
MOONSH|NE:

Omer Stell. who lives on the corner
Of Kent and Truman avenue. Hammond
has not only gotten himself into a pret-
ty mess. but he has involved another
Joe Legedi. who operates one OF those
so-called soft drink parlors al COS
Truman avenue. Stell Is booked on
charges OF intoxication and wife beat
ing and Legedi for violating the iquo4
law.
The Hammond police received re
port last night that a man was beatin Z
his wife in vacant lot near Truman
avenue. Prohibition Chief Sinons,
with officers Kelly and Erlenbaugh,
named the fiivver and dashed out there.
They found the wife with her baby in
the lot. where, it is said, Etell had
thrown them. They found steu also.
and he was dead drunk
Someone had seen him coming ou
Of Legedrs place staggering from side
TO side. and the policemen went ove4
10 investigate Legedi, seeing Simon's
well known face. turned out the lights
and locked the door.
In answer TO Simons knock, and af-
ter a threat that the door would b
kicked in # he refused to open It. Lee
sedi finally did let the officers in. 81
mons had heard the clink of bottles and
was anxious to get in before the evi-
dence was dumped He got there IN
time. TWO quarts Of noonshine were
found-one in the Ice box and the othe
under the pillow of a bed.
The two men were brought to the
station and locked UP. This morning
they were arraigned in the Hammond
city court, and SteH was fined SIS OIL
the drunkenness charge. The wifi
beating count was continued till tomor
row. when Mrs Stell will be able to
appear and testify.
The case against Legged was also con
pending the Investigation that
will be instituted and which is expect
ed to reveal further evidence. Stcll
steadily maintains that he did not buy
a drink from Legedi
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
Joy RIDE
ENDS IN 3RD
RAIL DEATH

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-After mad
dash down a subway tunnel. feein-
from a taNi-driver whose fare sha
could not pay, katherine Hogan of
Brooklyn was rescued from under the
wheels of an express train only TO fall
against the third rails at the Paciifc
street tsation OF the B R T. here
today
Together with two girl companions.
Made Stevenson and Bay keney, M
Hogan girl had gone on a Joy rid,
this morning, winding up at the sub
way station where they fed down the
steps. hoping to escape from the
chauffeur. whose meter read 81 10 n
The man. however, followed the girls
70 the lower platform where Miss
Stevenson and Miss Hogan jumped On.
to the tracks and dashed down the
tunnel.
Employees Of the B. R, T. followed
them with lanterns and succeeded IN
finding them on a perlious. but safe
perch between third rails and tracks
as an express roared by, so close II
carried of the Stevenson girls hat IS
No sooner had the train passed than
Miss Hogan eluded her rescuers and
back UP the track TO the station,
where. as she was attempting to climb
to the platform she stumbled and fen
Her face struck the 500 volt -.
third rail and she was instantly killed.
The Stevenson girl, hysterical, at
tempted to raise the body or her
friend and was badly shocked
The dead girl and the two who had
been with her on the Joy ride were az
taken to the police station in the same
cab from which they had fed "A
technical charge Of homicide was lodg-
ed against the driver
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
HEARING On
HIGH SCHOOL
BOND ISSUE
Board Of Education to BuiIt
Handsome Wings, Gymnas-
ium and Auditorium

A representative OF the state eoaro
OF accounts will conduct public hear
ing OF the Industrial high school bona
issue at 10 o'clock Saturday morning
ia the superior court house In Ham
mond
The board OF education has prepared
a bond issue Of half q million dollars
TO pay for the construction Of two
wings, . gymnasium for boys and an
auditorium to complete the structure
The first unit Of the building was over
crowded from the start and the high
school which has an enrolment Of ap-
proximately 1000 pupils will not be
able to function properly without ad-
ditionaI facilities.
When completed the Industrial hign
school will be the finest school plant
in ths northern part Of the state not
excepting the Emerson and Froeoei
schools at Gary.
The school board employed A. q.
Berry and Company. architects. e
make plans for the additions and al
terationr. The ground floor plan in
cludes swimming pools for both boys
and girls as we'll as a. boys gymna--
iun. so feet by rs feet. with the nee
essary attachments OF lockers. show
ers and toilets The cafeteria IS To-
Gated In the south wing and will have
a kitchen Of sufficient capacity and
equipment to prepare food for the en-
tire student body.
In his description OF the proposed
building. Supt. Monroe states:
The architects have provided an es-
pec!ally fine arrangement for increas-
ing the size OF the cafeteria. An ex-
tension somewhat after the plan Of a
sun parlor will be made which lends
itself especially well TO the architec-
tual development OF the south wing
and in the same way more than doubles
the space FOR the cafeteria. A dom
estic science cooking laboratory with
a model dining epon Is also located IN
this wing
The north wing will have the print
cry and four class rooms. There will
be some alterations of the present
rooms in the main building providing
fConttnued on pare WIx.1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
EDUCATION MEETING
AT GROWN POINT

INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 4.-Dates for
three district meetings OF county school
superintendents and township trustees
with representatives OF the state de-
partment of public instruction were
announced today by l. y. Hines. state
superintendent of public instruction
The meetings will be held as follows:
Twelfth district. Fort Wayne. Aug. 1e;
Thirteenth district. South Bend. Aug.
II. and Tenth district. Crown Point
Aug. IS Addresses will be delivered
at the meetings by Miss Blanche Merry
state attendance officer; z. B. Weths-
row. state high school inspector; S. Le-
Roy Scoles. assistant state school in
spector and Mr.. Hines.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
AUTO GANGS LEADER
SHOT TO DEATH
tspEcIAl 10 THE TIHEsI

CHICAGO. Aug. 6.-Walter Cham
bers. believed By the police TO have
been the ring leader OF a gang OF
automobile bandits. was found shot to
death in an apartment in East Forty
fourth street today Bending over his
lifeiess body was young woman who
gave the name OF Dixie Davidson. She
told the police Chambers had commit
ted suicide.
Less than an hour previous the po-
lice had engaged in a running re-
volver battle with FIVE mcn in an auto
mobile. Three OF them. badly wound
ed. were captured. The police believe
that Chambers was an occupant of tho
car and died from wounds received
during the battle.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
DAMAGE SUIT

Anothr suit for damages arising from
an assault and battery case was fled in
the Superior court at Hammond today.
Aaron W. shoder Is the plaintiff and
Russell wilkinson. the deg endant
Sholder says that Wilkinson violently
assaulted him in June. He suffered a
fractured skull and other injuries. An
operation was necessary and he is etill
unable to work. He was formerly
employed as stationary fireman. He
demands $3.50 damages. His attor-
neys are McAleer. Dorsey and Gilletts
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
MRS. TABODO DEAD

Mrs. Lena To0odo. 68 State St. died
this morning IN St. Margaret's hospital
following an operation for gall stones.
She was 46 years old and is survived
by her husband, Louis. and six child
rem. Louis. Clarence. Florence Nauch.
Alice. Eva and Richard. The funeral
will take place Monday morning at All
Saints church at eight O'Clock and bur
ial will be IN st. Joseph's cemetery.
Undertaken Burns in charge
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-08-05
MERRYWEATHER
FUNERAL MONDAY

The funeral q Yrs. John Merry
weather, former resident of Hammond
who died Wednesday morning at the
home Of her son. 1929 vlncennes ave
Chicago. will be held Monday. Ser
vices will be held at Chicago at ten
o'clock after which the body will be
brought to Hammond for burial IN the
Oak Lawn cemetery. Short services
for the Hammond friends will be held
at the grave at 500 o'clock.