Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1919 — SOLDIER-BEGGARS OVERRUNNING CAULMET REGION [ARTICLE]

SOLDIER-BEGGARS OVERRUNNING CAULMET REGION

Overrun with fake soldiers in uniform, the cities of the Calumet region—Hammond,. East Chicago and iGary—-are conducting vigorous campaigns against men in uniform who are begging nickels and dimes by peddling worthless phamphlets, cheap music and trinkets on the street corners. United States officials and recruiting officers, aided by the police, are warning the people against fake soldiers. , P. J. Derner of the United States employment bureau has offered many of them work, but they refuse his offers.