Hammond Times (Newspaper) - September 26, 1935, Hammond, Indiana EAST CHICAGO INDIANA HARBOR WHITING THE HAMMOND TIMES TRI-CITY EDITION VOL XXX NO 85 or HAMMOND INDIANA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26 1935 MEMBER or UNITED PRESS PRICE TWO CENTS LEAGUE CITES COVENANT DEFYING ITALY I Extraordinary Precautions to Guard Roosevelt PRESIDENT SETS OUT TONIGHT ON Democratic Leaders in Dozen Stales Seek Audience With Roosevelt BULLETIN WASHINGTON Sept tions are being taken to guard Mr Roosevelt on his trip The recent shooting of Senator Buey Long although entirely disassociated from national politics has had the effect of the secret service even more precautionary than usual By GEORGE K HOLMES CORRESPONDENT 1 N WASHINGTON Sept 26 Roosevelt sets out tonight on a leisurely trans- continental journey that will carry him through a score of states and afford him an op- to personally praise political and economic conditions at this three-quarter mark in his administration Officially of course there is political with respect to Roosevelt's journey He is simply traveling across the country to keep an old promise to attend the San exposition and to inspect the great power ment at Boulder Dam But unofficially it is a different story Democratic leaders of a dozen or more states through which his train goes have tele- graphed for permission to board the train and confer with the dent about conditions In that respect Mr Roosevelt's trip takes on a distinctly campaign aspect By the politico insiders his ney is regarded as a preliminary survey of the field a year in ad- vance of the actual campaign and in reality the opening gun in Mr Roosevelt's campaign for tion White House Deluged The White House has been de- with requests for presidential stops and speeches But only two formal speeches have been at Boulder Dam where Mr Roosevelt will have an to reply to critics of his ties program and at San Diego where he is expected to make a vigorous defense of his philosophy of government and challenge the opposition to go to the mat with him next year on the record It is a coincidence that Mr Roosevelt starts westward just as the republican high command has a meeting here at which talk was all of winning the west The republicans exclude con- about their strength next year along the Atlantic seaboard and in New England But about the west they are inclined to be more cautious The A A A which has put millions of dollars in fit checks into the western pockets is one administration policy the re- publicans decided to go easy on The political aspect of Mr Roosevelt's trip although of course entirely unofficial will be em- almost at the start he will reach Cincinnati just across the river from Kentucky the only state to stage a gubernatorial battle this year Kentucky democrats are torn with dissension the result of a feud which threatens to put a re- publican governor in power State leaders appealed to the White House for a presidential ance and speech by inviting the to board the presidential special at Cincinnati and ride through part of Indiana in order to talk things out McNutt to Board Train Governor Paul McNutt of ana also will board the train in his state for a conference about conditions There is some ing among the democrats of ana as well as in Kentucky Mr Roosevelt's exact itinerary i not been made public But from his train will traverse to St Louis thence ably to Kansas City and Omaha up to Cheyenne and on to Salt Lake City and thence via Boulder Dam to Los Angeles and San Diego At San Diego the president plans to board a navy cruiser for a restful cruise back to the east coast via the Panama Canal This feature of trip however is subject to change without no- tice If war breaks out in Europe in the next 10 days or if conditions become more critical Mr Roosevelt may abandon his cruise and return to the on the same train that bears him westward THE WEATHER Cloudy and much cooler showers eastern and south tonight Friday generally fair cooler east and south Sunrise a m Sunset p m Moonrise a m morrow TEMPERATURE FOR REGION Temperature today In Hammond was 68 degrees above zero at a degrees above zero at noon Weather fair at noon TO WATCH MUNITION MERCHANTS By SMITH CORRESPONDENT I N WASHINGTON Sept to enable Uncle Sam to keep a close watch on the activities of American merchants of war ment moved swiftly forward today following proclamation by dent Roosevelt of a list of what the government considers to be ments of war The president's definition of what constitutes implements of war marked the first major step in of government super- vision over the American traffic in war supplies under the national munitions control act The president's proclamation did not represent the imposition of an embargo against the shipment of arms or munitions abroad Until the president actually proclaims such an embargo arms and tions merchants wil be free to ship as much as they want abroad However they will have to register with the state department and ob- tain a license for every shipment they make The list defined by the president as implements of war was confined with one exception solely to those articles generally recognized as tual weapons of war such as arms munitions and chemical warfare products and their equipment ETHIOPIA RECEIVES GAS MASKS By H K KNICKERBOCKER CORRESPONDENT I N Copyright 1935 by ADDIS ABABA Sept hundred thousand gas masks have crossed into northern Ethiopia from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to equip Emperor Haille Selassie's army against the Italian advance which was still expected today de- spite continuation of negotiations at Geneva Four days without rain have nearly dried out tha ground around Addis Ababa and the population moves with unusual alertness in the sparkling air and blinding shine laughing at the prospect of war with Italy and utterly dent of its result All morning one of the emperor's airplanes stunted over city while the pridefully looked on congratulating them- selves on the force of seven usable civilian machines while down at Assab alone the Italians are re- ported to possess 20 to 25 giant tri- motored Carponi bombers capable of a speed of an hour and action over a radius of miles with three tons of bombs exclaimed one of the emperor's pilots what that The Italians could easily drop 75 tons of bombs on Addis Ababa which means that the city would be utterly wiped out AWAIT VOICE OF POPE PIUS AT CONGRESS By ALVIN L CORRESPONDENT I N CLEVELAND O Sept thousands of worshippers who have converted Cleveland into the religious capital of tha world awaited the voice of Pope Pius XI as the seventh national tic Congress drew to a close in splendor and in pageantry At p m the voice of the supreme pontiff will come by radio from Castel Gandolfo his summer residence Immediately at the close of his remarks his may touch on the congress theme of world be translated into English Both N B C and C B S works will carry the papal cast In Cleveland stadium where last night and early today was staged one of the most brilliant re- ligious gatherings of all time the broadcast be picked up on the public address system while the multitude assembled for the ing of the congress stands in reverent silence SLOVAKS OF COUNTY ARE OPPOSED TO AGITATORS Want No Revision of Treaty Which Joined Czechs and Slovaks Fifteen thousand Americans in Lake county day were on record as opposed to any revision of the Trianon treaty whereby Slovakia or a portion of it would be torn away and separated from the republic and thrown back to its tyranny The protest by a com- of 10 which claiming to represent Slovaks in the county based its action on efforts of agitators to enlist American statesmen and municipal ties in revision of the treaty to break up the Slovak peoples The Slovak nation has cast its lot with the Czech nation and the protest reads and with due deliberation has formed and established the Czechoslovakia republic which is now one of the most prosperous and democratic countries in central Europe Can't Be Separated Let all the world the committee declared that the Czechs and Slovaks belong together and that no power on earth can separate these united The report which asked those of influence to pay no heed to those proposing treaty revision was signed by the Rev John S Bradac Joseph S Hruskovich John R Fusek John Jamriska John C J John Ciesar Joseph G Biel Joseph J Chilla and John Babinec Their appeal follows in We the representatives of American Slovaks living in Lake county assembled in the parish hall of the Roman Catholic Church of Assumption of B V M in East Chicago without any distinction of religious and political affiliation do hereby voice our protest against the proposed and agitated revision of the Trianon treaty by Slovakia the land of our fathers or a certain portion of it would be torn away and separated from the Czechoslovakia republic and thrown back to its tyranny in County Speaking for American on Pane Six CONFEREES WORKING TO Use Verbal Volleys Instead of Brickbats in One of Strangest Strikes By LYLE A BROOKOVER Press Correspondent WASHINGTON D C Sept 26 men in a hotel room tled over the future of soft coal miners today in one of the strangest strikes in American labor history The strike entering its fourth day was being fought with verbal volleys instead ol the brickbats and bullets which have accompanied past labor upheavals in the coal fields The four conferees worked all day yesterday and until early day attempting to reach an ment which could be reported back to the conference of 200 operators and miners from the Appalachian field In the meantime while the con- continued miners re- mained away from work in an most complete shut-down of coal production There was no dis- order in the fields the men being content to await calmly the out- come of the Washington tions It was predicted that the men be back at work by Monday since indications from the ence room have pointed toward an agreement on a contract which would supplant the one which expired last Sunday mid- night Neither side is worried arly about the delay Operators are Setting n chance to dispose of some of their surplus coal Miners who always like a fight are ng an increased wage even though t will not be all they had hoped SULLIVAN WILL RULE FRIDAY ON THE DOG TRACK First of Three Suits Will Be Decided Unless An Appeal Is Taken TO THE TIMES CROWN POINT Ind Sept Whether Hammond's new dog track ever will operate will be determined by Circuit Judge T Joseph van here tomorrow morning Judge Sullivan is to rule on the petition of Prosecutor Fred Egan for a temporary injunction against the Hammond Speedway tion corporation owner of the oval Egan already has obtained a re- straining order against the prise If he is granted a rary injunction he will ask that it be made permanent Then he will apply for dissolution of the cor- and appointment of a re- The corporation on the other hand has countered with a petition requesting the court to dissolve Egan's restraining order Case in City Court Another law suit is pending in Hammond City court Three of- of the corporation charged with pool selling and operating a permit will know their Saturday morning when cial Judge Martin Downey is uled to release his findings The three officials G H ter president Wilbur Schreiber secretary-treasurer and Tilford Gorham an employe were arrested by Hammond police on the night of August 31 when they attempted to open the track in defiance of law enforcement officials A third suit is pending in the East Chicago Superior court of Judge Lawrence Becker In this action the corporation is applying restraining order enjoining the city of Hammond from ing its special dog track ordinance which calls for a nightly fee of Judge Becker is scheduled to rule on this petition next Monday ing CHARGE WAS NOT PROVEN TO THE CROWN POINT Sept in Valparaiso which lowed the freeing of Joseph of Chicago recently in Criminal Judge William J ray's court after the Chicagoan's and another car crashed injuring the four Valparaiso occupants of the other machine was laid here to misunderstanding Although was charged with driving while intoxicated the charge was not substantiated at the trial Testimony indicated that exercised as much caution as Loring Gillespie driver of the other machine Those with pie were Robert Ruge U S Naval academy midshipman Devon Lem- ster Kansas university and George Baker timony that he had drunk three beers eight hours before the dent was substantiated by his year-old nephew The accident occurred September 7 in state road 30 near Deep River car struck Gillespie's causing the latter to overturn in a ditch DISTURBANCE DEVELOPS INTO HURRICANE NEW ORLEANS La Sept 26 tropical disturbance in the western Caribbean sea about 200 miles slightly north of east of Cape Gracias Nicaragua today had increased to a fully de- hurricane In an advisory issued at a m C S T the hurricane service of the U S Weather bureau stated Movement of the storm has slowed down to practically a standstill in last 12 hours a fact usually change of direction The hurricane while still small n diameter was reported ng in both size and intensity PRESS GROUP MEETING INDIANAPOLIS Ind Sept 26 Hoosier State Press association director's board will meet here Saturday to formulate policies for the coming year and make plans for the annual meeting in February Wary Fleming I dent announced today HAPGOOD TO COUNTY ALL Will Speak at Mass ings in Cities Every Night Powers Hapgood socialist leader who is at liberty under bonds on charges of ing labor trouble in the torn coal mining regions of Sullivan and Vigo counties in southern Indiana will speak at public mass meetings in mond East Chicago Crown Point and Gary every night next week His first Lake county appearance will be Monday evening at 7 o'clock in Hammond He will address an open air meeting in the block on Kennedy avenue E V Hankins will preside On Tuesday night Hapgood will appear in Washington park ana Harbor at 7 o'clock to address another open air meeting Al Stress will preside Stevens Presides The third public meeting will be held in the Criminal court That Makes a Pair of Them KNOXVILLE Tenn Sept 26 Rigsby old Knoxville truck driver was on his way to Cincinnati pulling Cecil Lane in a coaster wagon The reason for this Louis Rigsby bet Lane that Max Baer would whip Louis and the bet was the loser would pull the winner to Cincinnati 300 miles from Knoxville in a coaster wagon Lane weighs 165 pounds LAN CAMPAIGN TO CUT NUMBER OF Region Organization Will Try to Bring Profit Back to Business A campaign to limit gasoline tions to a specific number that wil serve each community adequately will be drafted by the Calumet Re- gion Automotive Maintenance at its first fall meeting in the Hammond Chamber of Com- merce tomorrow night Ralph president announced day at Crown Point next night at 8 o'clock The Rev 0 H Stevens will preside On Thursday Friday and day nights Hapgood will address a series of meetings in the main library hall on Fifth avenue Gary Attorney Mario B Tomsich preside Hapgood is a member of the tional executive committee of the socialist party and a member of the International Federation of Engineers Architects anc Draftsmen union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor He was an organizer for the United Mine Workers of ica and he played a prominent part in the defense committee He also was actively interested in the League for trial Democracy Helped the Miners In the 1932 general election Hapgood was the socialist candidate for governor of Indiana He is a member of the labor anc socialist defense committee in this state During the coal mine controversy in southern Indiana Hapgood himself as one of the leaders fighting for the removal of martial law He is reported to have regained for the miners their right to peaceful picketing In his series of Lake county ad- dresses Hapgood will review the coal mine situation in southern In- diana He also will challenge the right of Goveinor Paul V McNutt to maintain martial law in Vigo and Sullivan counties The local campaign he said will be modeled after that in Wisconsin where the state maintenance has successfully prevented the major refineries from flooding the commonwealth with super- stations All that the refiners are inter- ested stated is ad- gallonage They do nol care whether tbe operators are able I to make a living or not As a re- sult many stations are not even FROLIC AT BALL BY POLICEMEN Only One Bad Feature of Dance Is That It Came to an End A crowd estimated at more than danced laughed and until the wee hours today at the annual policemen's ball in Ray Daly's hall Everybody had a grand time At the bluecoats started to clear the hall or perhaps the crowd would have been there yet The dancers began to arrive ly and at 8 p m when Howdy Smith struck up his band a ly crowd was already to trip the light fantastic The money which was raised by the sale of tickets and from the re- freshment stands will go to the fund for the widows and orphans of Hammond policemen a most worthy benefit As is the usual custom prizes were awarded during the evening There was only one thing wrong That was the fact that the affair came to an end Members of the committee in charge of the affair this year were John Ratajczak Roy McCutcheon Albert Rickman Edward teer George Perry Orr and Inspector Harry paying expenses and all other tions that might succeed find it increase business to profitable level with so much fierce competition to face In view of that fact according to the Calumet Region Automotive Maintenance tion will strive to perfect an to combat unsound ex- of gasoline station service in this district The local group recently changed its name from the Calumet Region Automobile Service association in order to become a member of the A M A national organization of automobile maintenance businesses At the first fall meeting row night the association also will plans for a new ship drive Another subject uled for consideration is the hol trade for the winter months urges all members to attend He said committees will be revamped and a general program of activities outlined for the mainder of the year STRICKLAND TO RULE FRIDAY IN Superior Judge Harold L land announced today that he would rule tomorrow afternoon on whether or not East Chicago police can legally interfere with tion of handbills by Goldblatt Bros Judge Strickland heard oral ar- gument on the injunction petition of two weeks ago and then ordered rival counsel to sub- mit briefs which he has studied for the last several days The case hinges on police powers as determined in previous court de- No Indiana handbill case parallels the cause before Judge Strickland Consequently land will accept either a Michigan or California interpretation igan denies police such powers but California grants them even more sought an injunction to prevent interferences with their distributors after East Chicago police had made arrests on charges that a city ordinance was violated BOND ISSUES The two bond issues totalling one of which is for to pay judgments against the city will be considered at a special meeting and public hearing of the city council Saturday night The judgments will HP paid to the city of Whiting for sewage and to a Chicago firm for in the new city hall Refunding bonds amounting to will be issued to retire an old bond issue which will mature November 1 MINISTERS OF CITY NOT IMPRESSED BY LETTER Refuse to Say Much Unti They Decide Motive ot the President Hammond clergymen were inclined to view President Roosevelt's letter for advice on social and economic problems of the day with con- caution this morning Most of those queried by Thi Hammond Times said they had no yet studied it sufficiently to ven ture any comment Others de clared they wish to ascertain th motive behind the epistle before themselves to statements But virtually all agreed that i the president is sincere in his re quest for advice from the clergy men of the nation the preachers may render him a valuable by reporting honestly and impar the views of their parishes on new deal legislation enacted and pending The symposium of opinions coV by this newspaper today re veal rather clearly that the clergy men wish to determine whether or not the president's let ter is motivated by politics they reply One minister the Rev J C Par rett of the First Presbyterian church was outspoken in his that the letter is purely politica propaganda Rev Peter Langendorff rector 01 the Episcopal refused to risk any comment He merely said he had formed no im pression of the letter today and therefore could not make an statement A broader view was adopted by the Rev James Lawson pastor o the First Baptist church He said I believe the president's letter is rather significant in that it is seeking advice from the clergymen of the nation on the phases of our social and economic life To me this indicates a turn to the spiritual fervor of President Lincoln's days when the phrase In God We was more than an empty slogan If our president is sincere in his ob- ho should reap a rich vest of spiritual advice on many problems which heretofore have lacked the spiritual quality Rev Walter Lichtsinn of St Pau Lutheran church reported he hac not had time to digest the epistle properly consequently he reserve comment for the time being Rev Edward Mungovan of Al Saints church declared he re- the president's letter two days ago but put it aside for ture study President Father Mungovan said is asking advice on several social and economic problems to which I have not given sufficient study to draft an quate reply When I have delved into these problems more deeply I may answer the letter but not before then Rev John Hestenes of Brooks House held with his fellow mond clergymen that the president if sincere may obtain an excellent service from the clergy in the of the nation on the broad social and economic sues of the day WILL ORDER NO SHARP CHANGES IN LAKE LEVIES CROWN POINT Sept drastic changes are contemplated in 45 levies which the Lake ty Board of Tax adjustment must establish before next Monday night recording to an unofficial report from the board this morning Virtually all of the 45 levies have fixed Only the school rates yet remain to be determined The to set these tomorrow morning A few minor downward revisions been made in the 1936 levies fixed by the board but will not alter the proposed levies very substantially one board member stated Only the poor relief levies which bounty Auditor Joseph E Finerty vill establish after the board fixes ill other rates will be pared it daily These reductions are de- to hold all total levies at approximately the 1935 levels ARREST OF 2 MAY SOLVE ROBBERIES Alleged Gangsters Arrest ed By East Chicago lice Face Charges Arrests which will solve a aerie nf at least a score of highway and other crimes in the met region were made jointly bj East Chicago and Gary last Two members of the gang Ray Cantwell 27 4119 Drummond and Richard Sherman 23 both of Easi Chicago having police records an being detained by Twin City polic after having been grilled through out the night Their arrests were caused by Captain Ed Knight Ser geant Martin Zarkovich and Officer Glenn Stretch Surrounding a house at 946 Baker street in Gary a rendezvous am hideout for members of the gang of robbers Gary police led by Cap- tain Ed Mabius arrested Stanley 17 His brother Theo dore 27 and a sister Virginia 15 were also taken to the station for questioning Besides a robbery charge Sherman faces the charge ot contributing to the delinquency the girl Roundup of other members of the gang whose identities are held by police is in progress today Other arrests are expected to be made before nightfall Some pf the loot consisting iy of clothing and jewelry which the robbers took from their scores t f robberies and given to their gir friends as presents have already been recovered Arrests made by police last night from information by East Chicago police that one of the suspects had sold a gun a police informant disclosed this morning The case was practically at a standstill this morning officers having to needed rest Officers working or the case will resume work this af The long list of robberies being cleared up by police extend over a period ot several months They in- clude jobs in East Chicago Hammond and Calumet City which of the region have been to solve Two ol the latest crimes staged by the robbers wore two auto ups in the Gary city limits night last It is understood that those held have confessed to both jobs These include the kidnaping of two Gary women Mrs E M and Mrs Lucille robbing them of their cash anc the theft of their automobile The bandits then used the stolen car to hold up Clark Jumba an town motorist and members of his family early yesterday morning HEARING OF TEN OF RAIL POLICE SET FOR NOV 12 TO THE CROWN POINT Sept Floyd Murray and Edwin H Friedrich of Hammond for 10 railroad detectives indicted on various charges in connection with the theft of materials from railroad cars throughout the county were here today looking over ments preparatory to the trial of the men November 12 Those indicted on charges of subornation of perjury are Frank Helin Ned A Russell and James White those indicted on charges of assault and battery with intent to commit murder are Ralph P Steen Harry Borden J E Jones E G Sandier G E Young F A Harrison and J C Clifford The men are alleged to have en- gaged boys to loot box cars and hen arrested them to ward off suspicion Criminal Judge William J ray has disqualified himself as trial judge SENATOR LEWIS SUFFERS RELAPSE MOSCOW Sept 26 Senator J Hamilton Lewis crat 111 ill here with bronchial suffered a relapse ng the night and his condition at noon today caused attending some alarm The first sign that the nia infection in the right lung is spreading to the left lung also appeared A small area in the lobe was A little is also present in the left ung The senator's temperature rose but his heart action strong according to Dr S Rumreich of the U S Embassy Improvement in the pneumonia of the right lung con- REALIZES THE URGENT GRAVITY OF THE CRISIS Italy Does Not Attend Either the Secret or Public Meetings By GUGLIELIMO CORRESPONDENT I N SERVICE ROME Sept his trial mobilization of Italians Premier Benito Mussolini today de- to await sonic definite tion by the League of Nations before ordering the dramatic nationwide demonstration II Duce decided it was un- to let the league make the next move and then should it be distasteful to Italy to order the trial and address the bled Italians by radio and an- Italy's great decision This might be cither an- of Italy's from the league or an- of the opening of hostilities in east Africa By WALLACE CARROLL United Press Staff GENEVA Sept League of Nations council day decided to invoke the league covenant in defiance of Italy's wrath to deal with the Italian-Ethiopian crisis It voted unanimously to act under paragraphs 3 and A of article XV of the covenant These lead directly up to alties against an aggressor It decided also realizing the gent gravity of the crisis to remain in permanent session The course to be followed is that which caused Japan and Paraguay to resign from the league in the Manchurian and Gran Chaco dis- putes The council's decisions were taken in its sunlighted hall izing that its acts were of world moment The hall was packed So crowded was the diplomatic gallery that many foreign envoys were forced to stand against the walls Italy did not attend either the secret or the public meeting It announced that it would attend no more public sessions at which the crisis is discussed What Council Decided In its formal votes at the public meeting on proposal of the council chairman Dr Enrique Ruiz Guinazu of Argentina the council 1 To proceed under Article XV 2 To constitute itself a tee of the whole excepting to draft the recommendations for peaceful settlement provided by Ar- ticle XV as the last resort 3 To reconstitute a committee of five nations to grasp any to conciliate the dispute Thus it embarked on a two-part program under which the council will proceed resolutely on a gram which may make fascist an open enemy of the league and its individual members and at the same time take advantage of any chance to seek direct agreement outside the league machinery But all the time the ery pledging nearly 60 nations to protect each other against attack will be going on relentlessly Italy can never make war legally Ethiopia if it rejects and pia accepts the council's Every one in the hall knew that the hour was the most momentous one in the tory No one knew what the tion might portend In keeping with the occasion the session was brief and like There were few speeches all to the point Anthony Eden of Great Britain whose great navy is centered iii the Mediterranean ready for tion said We must embark on this task with all seriousness but also out undue delay Considers Further Measures He said that while the council's report was being draftee and its fateful recommendation decided could consider further measures to safeguard peace This procedure has further ad- vantages So long as the council is engaged in drawing up its re- and the work of conciliation can continue and clearly no opportunity for such conciliation within the terms of the should be missed The statement of the descendant of Lord Baltimore and the Calverts of Maryland sized the final tion of the covenant From now on any conciliation will be within he covenant's framework FORT WAYNE Ind Sept Bridgeman De roit Mich has been appointed milk market administrator or the Fort area it was earned here today fc
