Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 146, Hammond, Lake County, 7 December 1916 — Page 1

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S ISSUE Formation of Hew Cabinet to Control England's War Destiny Is All Absorbing Topic, (BY F.D. 1- KEEV) I.VDON, Deft 7. The supreme question of the hour In England today was whether David Lloyd George would succeed in forming a new cabinet. In his way stood the bitterness displayed by certain friends of the old regime and yesterday's formal refusal of other liberal party ministers to serve under Andrew Eonar Law which means now also under David Lloyd George, since Law !s one of Lloyd George's most whole-hearted supporters. Put those familiar with the courage, determination and resourcefulness, personal magnetism and good luck of the late war minister were not entertaining perious doubts today over his ability to surmount these obstacles It was believed likely he will make a forceful patriotic appeal to all parties to sink their political differences in the single purpose of waging energetic and successful conduct of the war. Lloyd George has plenty of excellent material from which to draw his cabinet. Among the names which were most prominently mentioned as rossible ministers were Bonar Law, unionist; Lord Curion, unionist. An event of extraordinary interest in Knights of Columbus circles in Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago, Gary and Valparaiso, is the first visit in Hammr.nd next Sunday of the supreme knight of the order, the Hon. James A. Flaherty of New Havnn, Conn. Supreme Knight Flaherty is making a tour through the middle west, visiting district councils, and Unity Council n-t host to the supreme knight and his retinue, and the neighboring councils, is preparing an elaborate reception for the occasion. The program nor under preparation is scheduled to bvgin at 8 o'clock In the evening. It will include speeches from the guests of honor, including Supreme Knight Flaherty, the Hon. J. Madison Walsh of Washington, Ipjrho is the state deputy; williarrr

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Miss Rnth WhiteMiss Ruth White of Kansas City, a jrirl of wealth and social prominence and a college graduate, i3 to be found eight hours a day at a desk in the national woman suffrage headquarters in Washington. From this desk, as secretary of the congressional committee of the National American Woman Suffrage association? she will keep tab on the suffrage fight in congress this winter.

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Premier Asquith, leader of the liberal party in Greant Britain, and Arthur J. Balfour, former leader of the unionists and former premier, now first lord of the admirality in the coa.l.t!on cabinet, have had to quit public life because of dissatisfaction over their part in the conduct of the war, Britishers are beginning to demand younger men for the management of the war. The new crisis resulted in making David Lloyd-George premier, and may make a. place in the cabinet for Lord Northcliffe, owner of the London Times, believed by millions to be the'ablest man in Great Britain. 0:,E FOR ALL; ALL FOR OflE That Is the Way Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago Should Be. . "If its going to be a cut-throat fight between brothers yon had better stop right here." This statement, coming from Anderson Pace, member of the industrial commission of the Chicago Association of Commerce and an authority on Industrial development of cities and districts, was delivered this noon at the weekly luncheon of the Hammond Chamber of Commeru. "You can't' treat one without all." warned the speaker, "if y0u put i an industrial campaign it must be Tor this region and this includes Whiting, Hammond and the cities between." Although evidently not informed that sentiment favors the amalgamation of the cities of Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago, Mr. Pace added Impetus to the movement by his remarks. He warned the members of the council of the Chamber of Comrasree not to enter into a campaign to advertise the industrial advantages of the region without first taking a careful and exhaustive survey to determine what the district has to offer. Industries are located scientifically, he said, and it is folly to secure an Industry which the region can not support. "Determine what you have, how It should 'be presented and to whom," Pace stated. The speaker asserted that the greatest growth of the Chicago manufacturing district is to be in the Calumet region. TO ADJOURN WAS THEN III ORDER Hammond city dads didn't have a great deal to occupy them at the session this week and so, considering the welfare of the people at large, various members offered suggestions. "I would like to ee Hammond go on record as oposed to the High price of living," offered councilman Koianko. This suggestion didn't get results, however. "The street light at Oakley avenue and Fayette street is so dirty you have o taKe a lantern to nna 11, complain ea councilman .uacar nageman apropos of nothing in particular. "I think the boys ought to be kept from jumping on and off street cars to sell papers, it's dangecous," said Councilman Muir. If you'll advertise roar Tseliaay brralna we will set the people to shop MrK. Kow'o the tlrao to get kory.

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BY t.lHL ,W. ACKER-MAX (United Preaa Staff Correapondent. WITH THE GERMAN ARMY AT GEX. VON MACK E N SEN' S HEADQUARTERS IN ROUMAMA, Dec. 4 th, (via wireless) Dec. 7. Every hundred yards there is some thing dead or dying in Roumania. The country is mad with terror. Anarchy and chaos reign everywhere and the misery of the inhabitants is terrible. Most of it is due to the Roumanian government itself which -ordered all civilians to leave their homes aji the German armies advanced with almost increditable swiftmess. It is to bring to order out of this chaos that General Von Tulff, former ! military administrator of Poland before Warsaw's fall, has been named German governor general of Roumania. He is now enroute here with two generals and an entire staff. (It may be noted Ackerman's storywas filed Monday before Germans captured Bucharest and Ploetscl.) The Roumanians ordered from their homes by their government clogged the roads most of them with a few belonging packed on small oxen carts. The adavneing Germans overtook those refugees. When they turned back toward their home only to find in thousands of instances that everything they had left behind had been plundered by other Roumanians. a we rode through Ramnieu and Walkia. the wildest anarchy prevailed. The streets were litered with household goods, papers, window curtains, dead horses and dogs. Meanwhile the bands ofRaumanian gypsies went from house to house and shop to shop smashing windows and again plundering the homes already half destroyed. UNCM5HS OF PHIL Hammond Fire Fighters Quell Blaze in Proximity to Gasoline. After firemen had extinguished a stubborn blaze in the basement of the Hobtnan block in Hammond yesterday afternoon they found that they had been working within a few feet of twenty gallons of gasoline with fire all around the cans containing the oil. An explosion would have probably cost the lives of two or three firemen. The presence of thi oil In the basement was in violation of the state fire law. The oil had been stored by proprietors of an ice cream parlor and fruit store !n the block, it was stated. The blaze originated beneath the fruit store and firemen succeeded in preventing it spreading and reaching the first floor. Hohrrlkn street was blocked by automobiles when the departments arrived and the practice of having autos parked near fire plugs was shown to be a serious handicap. WOMEN VISIT JAIL AND COUNTY FARM CROWN POINT, IXD., Dec 7. A committee, composed of the four Woman's Christian Temperance Unions of Hammond visited the ocunty Jail and poor farm this week. Mrs. Merrill of Crown Point escorted the ladies received them. Mrs. R. B. ( Powley, ' rrsv two readings at the jail, Mrs. Thomas, president or the rsorth bide Union offered prayer and Mrs. McClure gave a talk. The children's home was visited and toys distributed. Oranges had been provided for the inmates of the poor farm. Testaments, magazines and fruit were left for the inmates of the Jail.

JURY MUST DECIDE IF RAE TANZER WAS JUSTIFIED IN TAKING OSBORNE FOR WAX

James W. Osborne Cleft) and Charles H. Wax. Charles H. Wax. calling himself "Oliver Osborne," courted pretty Rae Tanzer, JCew York bookkeeper. Then he disappeared. Miss Tanzer thought her suiter had been James W. Osborne, prominent New York lawyer. Sha auod him for breach of profuse. She loat and was in turn arrested for i perjury and oslng the mails to defraud. When her trial takes place soon ' Wax and Osborne will go before the jury, and the twelve men will decide whether the girl was Justified in mistaking- Osborne for Wax.

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DINNER ON Members of Chicago's famous Indiana Society who live in Hammond. East Chicago and Gary are anticipating the annual banquet to be held on Saturday night with a great deal of interest. The Chicago Herald this morning said: Wilbur D. Nesbit was seen stepping aboard the California Limited at 8 o'clock last night, with an assortment of golf stocks, suit cases, rain coats and umbrellas. -Are" you gorflg away. Mr. XestjitT queried a reporter. "If the train does not fail me, Mr. Neshit rejoined. "Then you will not attend the Indiana Society dinner Saturday night?" A look of subdued anguish was the only response. "Tou will not." the reporter continued, "be there to hear your Indiana ode sung by . the grand opera chorus?" Jolt To Fond Hope. A silent tear stole down Mr. Xsbit's cheek. "I thought that had been suppressed. he replied sorrowfully, -"it was my understanding that my connection with the matter was not to be mentioned In anyway." "Such things are not possible," he was informed, "when it is a question of public interest." Mr. Nesbit sighed. f "Then I may a well make a clean breast of it." he said, squaring his shoulders. "It is true I wrote some words not verses to fit some melodies by Joe Green, which will be sung at the Indiana Society banquet. ' If you have ever read the libretto of a grand opera in English you will understand why I am putting 2,000 miles between me and the banquet.. I cannot face the music. I have done rriary things with the king's English, but never before have I shot It o full of holes Xhat it loke like the glossary of MAYOR'S CHICAGO TRIP MYSTIFIED Those engaged in the war on Mayor Johnson at Gary, were somewhat mystified when he went to Chicago late yesterday following a conference with his police officials. This morning Mr. Johnson again left town. He waa to be back early this afternoon.

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The royal palac at Bucharest, Roumania, SATURDAY NIGHT a Swiss cheese. You see, Joe Green wrote this music a good many yea ago, for the opera "Aida. Did Hla Best. "If you care to get the libretto anJ look it over, you will find that the part for which I was to provide words is made up mostly of the reiterated ex pression Glory. btudied irom a reasonable . (distance it looks like the chassis of a Billy Sunday revival. A id with that diagram I was supposed to construct a chaste, elegant, beautiful, fine-swinging ode in honor " of th-s Hoosier centennial year. Listen, friend. I did the best I could. But I say to you frankly that you can read it backwards or sidewlse and gt Just as much good out of It." "Who is Joe Green? Is he an Indianian?" was asked. "No. he was an Italian. I believe his regular way of spelling it was Giuseppi Verdi." . , "And why are you going to Call fornia?" "So I will have an alibi for Satur day night." WE can't think of a single good thing to say CHORUS (from the upstairs) "Tou never cou'ld!" MAGAZINT3 says there is an evident struggle for economy in women's slothes TES, we've noticed that. too. A PERFECTLY good egg THERE aint no sich thing. MILK too, is becoming so costly and exclusive that more of our young matrons than ever ARE bringing their babies up OX the bottle. UNDERSTAND that many of our best lawyers refuse to go to bed nowadays UNLESS their better halves first look under the bed to see that NO madmen have secreted themselves thereunder. ONE little tot we know grows more and more like his' father every day JVNTJ the poor mother simply has done all she can about it. COLD snap on way BETTER take in your pink hell worms. WE like to see her arrayed in all her glory like Solomon BUT she never looks better to us than when she is bringing a stack of SMOKING buckwheats FROM the kitchen to the breakfast table. - BOTH wholesaler and retailers idea of something to worry over is the PUBLIC'S clamor about prices. A NEW aeroplane has been ordered for the use of the army WE thought it had one WHY the extravagance? MUNCIE editor can't figure out how Puck can claim any credit for the election -of Wilson AS Puck 1s seldom found outside of the barherahops. "GOT an engagement at Lafayette Sunday," we said with affected r.nchalence .' "THAT goes double," put in the wiff 'S NO tise fellows! .

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"w. Tii ii i rr XT 2 '"," Redding Davis, 67 years old, of Hobart, was found dead seated on a bench at Gary police station last night. Davis hal been arrested Dec. 6 by Officer Reid on a minor charge. Prisoners attracted the attention of the .police and when a doctor arrived he pronounced Davis dead. ATTACKER IS FOUND GUILTY Edward Davis Trial Pcho of Annual Fair at Crown Point. CROWX POINT. TXD.. Dec 7 The Jury in the case of the State( of Indiana vs. Edward Davis, in Judge McMahon's court yesterday, in which the young man was charged with assault and battery with attempt to commit rape on the person of Mrs. Charl.a Bimhow. a theatrical performer doing one of the free acts at the last Lake county fair, returned a verdict of ssault and battery and fixed the young man's sentence at 6 months at the state penal farm and added a fine of $50 and costs. It is understood that Attorney Herbert Barr. representing Davis wilt file a motion for a new tri-1 at the opening of the court thus Wednesday morning. The trial of Frank McCaugherty, companion of Davis, implicated in thsame offense will.be. taken up today. The Bimbos made the ltmg trip from Dallas. Tex., to appear against the two young men their object being to set an example that may be the means of protecting other members of the theatrical profession from similar outrages. L. R Pratt of Calumet Lodge I. O. O. F., of Hammond, has been honored with the appointment as District Deputy for Lake county. Mr. Pratt, who was a delegate to the grand lodge at Indianapolis, spent four days at the session and was not aware that he was considered seriously for the position until he received the notification of his appointment yesterday. The position is one of great responsibility and when the Grand Master selected Mr. Pratt, he picked out a man who is probably as well qualified for the office as any member of the order. Of pleasing address and engaging manner, he has won a host of friend3 both in an outside fraternal circles, and there is no question but that ho will be a big factor in the future deliberations of the Grand Lodge of Indiana. Mr. Pratt is connected with the V. 5. Metals Refining Company at Grasselli, as purchasing agent, and has charge of sales In the 1L F. department WASHINGTON, Dec 1. The federal farm loan bank will declare a $100,000,000 bond issue, the United Press learned today. The issue will be' made shortly after the new banks open their doors for -business, probably during February. The bonds will be issued in denominations from $25 to $1,000 and will bear between four and five pes cent interest.

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Louis Rhodes, Well-to-Do and Prominent in G. O. P. Politics, Despondent Over Illness Ends His Life by Revolver Route. Louis Rhodes, long a resident of Lake county, who became wealthy when the city of Gary was settled and took in his farm, ended his life by shooting himself early today at his home, 2240 Broadway, Gary. Mr. Rhodes has been despondent for sometime. For upwards of a year he suffered from cancer of the face. Mr. Rhodes had been confined to his home for some time. About 6 o'clock this morning his sister, Mrs. Margaret Roper of Chicago, who had been assisting in caring for the ratient, went into her brother's bedroom to see If he was warm and comfortable. She left the room and went to another part of the house. Hearing a noise, she rushed back to the room and found her tother on the floor. It was thought that he had merely fallen. In a minute a revolver was found and examination disclosed that the sufferer had shot himself through the temple and was dead. Mr. Rhodes was born Jn Lake county 63 years ago. His wife, who survives, was Miss Ruby Halstead, of near Crown Point. Six children also survive: Mrs. Joseph Fiester and Mrs. Charles Prott of? Gary. Mrs. Arthur Camduft of New York. Eunice and Louis Rhodes of Gary. Mr. Rhodes was a member of the Elks (Gary lodge) and the Independent Order of Foresters. Until six years ago Mr. Rhodes farmed just outside the southern Gary limits. He retired and moved to 22S0 Broadway, maintaining a country homa at43rd avenue and Georgia street. When he moved Into town Mr. Rhodes became active in republican politics. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday from the country home. Rev. Johnson of the Reformed church officiating. PAT BARRETT STAR OF ORPHEUM BILL An unusually fine chap, singing unusual songs in an unusual way. Pat Barrett, who will be playing the high class varletly houses of New York clty withln three weeks, opened this afternoon at the Hammond Orpheum theatre as the headline act. A number of years agro Manager John Loverldge was musical director of a how in which Pat Barrett made his first success as a performer and the two have been close friends ever since. Barrett is the highest paid single act that the Orpheum has had in many a day. He writes all kis own songs and is 'using this week. "She Made a Deep Impression," "Embarrassing." "Do It Quietly" and "Afterwards. Jlr. Barrett has personality, the gift of getting over and is a finished performer intenselyJnterested In his work who raises the"slnglng of topical songs to an art. "Whilehe is entirely original. Barretts line is sofnwhere between the patter -of -Jack NorwWth and the talking character songs of Ralph Herz. Barrett goes from Hammond to Milwaukee arid Davenport and then in to New York City. HERE'S THE COSTUME w&rf -hum U -Jrtff i r Suggesting the orient and the harem, this, "smoking costume" is a necessary adjunct to the wardrobe of the woman who enjoys her sweetscented cigarets. It is a Culotte model of teille color and gold brocaded chiffon. The sleeves and pantaloons are of gold shot silk and the turban which is of the same material as is the jacket, is draped with a soft chiffon veil of teille color.

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