Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 156, Hammond, Lake County, 19 December 1916 — Page 1

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Ms? QUA MED Hew City Chairman Most be Elec- . ted Says Committees Legal Advisers Today, TIMES BtflEW. AT STATE CAPITAL. I.VDIANAPOUS. IND.. Dec. 13. The Kepublican state committee "took the bull by the bairns" yesterday, and decided on the method to be followed by thi V Republican city committees throughout the. state In the election of v!ty chairmen. There was so much on fusion over the question, because of the silly, balled-up provisions of the Democratic primary election law passid in 1915 that nobody seemed to know jist how, this was to be done, and it vras up to the state committee to settie the question. Under the state law the state committee of a political jarty has authority to make rules for I'nr the government of the party organization in the state, and it was untler this law that the state committee tnok the action It did in determining the method of electing chairmen. The Democratic nondescript primary law abolished the old style of city 4 ommittee, and provided that the city committee thereafter should consist of the county precinct committeemen of jrecincts that lie wholly or in part within the limits of a city. This much was plain enough, but when it came to providing how the city chairman and other officers of the committee should be chosen the law was as clear 4bv m n rfn ii it And i n - trprMed-i-iifferenUy. - Som said the) old chairmen would hold over throughout the next city campaign. Others said it meant that new chairmen had to be elected. In some cities one interpretation was. accepted, while in others it waa different. So the state committee decided that it would setV lawyers at work and ascertain just what the law meant. These lawyers made a thorough, study of the law and advised the state committee that rw city chairmen must be elected and tile city committee organized not less than sixty days before the . primaries. Th state - committee issued a call, 3 esterday ' arternoon, directing all county chairmen in the state, to instruct all city chairmen who are now holding over to issue a call not later than January 28 for a meeting of the ty committee on January 2, for the j.nrpose of electing chairmen and other officers. The call provided that in ase the city chairman failed or refused for any reason to issue the call for tf.'-raeeting it should be issued by the ' VAf'y chairmen, and if the county t-'eJ ien failed or refused to issue the aYihe district chairman should issue U. Thus, provision is made for any esvei gency. Of course, the order applies only to " Tlepublican city committees. Noboi'y ipems to " know what the Democrats v. ill do. State Chairman Bernard Korbsaid a few days ago that he had t ot."ven the matter any thought and t irf Ijkvknow what would be done -co Utees. NOW WHOARE THEY? By V ntted Preas.) WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. Secretary ;.f the Navy Josephus Daniel today appointed three members of a board to elect a site for the proposed govern-jiont-armor piate plant.

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COUNTESS ARRIVES TO SELL SHAMROCKS FOR IRISH HEROES f Vs Countess of Kingston.. With several trunks filled with Irish shamrocks, the Countess of Kingston has arrived in New York to collect money for the Shamrock fund in aid of disabled Irish soldiers and sailors. The shamrocks will be sold for a dollar apiece and given to disabled soldiers who receive no pensions or very small M" D TO GIVE II Wo BONUS Glad News is Received in Lake County This Morning By Standard Oil Co. Workers Merry Christmas for Them. (Special to The Times.) "WHITING. IND.. Dec. 19. Employes of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana will- be about as happy as they make them this Christmas-tide. Word came to the officials of the company here today that all employes of the Standard in Indiana no matter what department they are employed in nor what city or selling agency they ire connected with will receive a ten per cent bonus of his wages for the past year or any pari oi n mai ae nas Deen working. ' At the .Whiting plant this will effect thousands and as W7hiting is -really -i Standard Oil city the new will mMerry Christmas for the Oil City. Agent Waller of the Standard Oil tt Hammond this morning received the same information as to the bonus and stated that all employes would be affected. spiv, :- ? Irs?" ''W a 3sti:

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How to Mail Xmas Presents. Rules Kor Mailing Xmas Packages. HAIL, EARLY. Wrap securely. Address plainly. Insure valuables. Place Christmas seals on backs of parcels. Don't try to send liquor through the mails.

y Inited Preu.) INDIANAPOLIS, IND.. Dec. 19. Robert Springsteen, Indianapolis poetmaster, today gave the United Press the above rules for sending Christmas parcels. On account of the tremendous amount of mail sent at the last minutes, many packages are not delivered until after Christmas. Hundreds of packages each year are delayed or lost entirely because the wrapping come loose or because they are not addressed plainly, the postmaster stated. Although the law which prohibits the placing of Christmas seals on the front of letters and packages, is suspended from Dec 1 to Jan. 1,'the postmaster recommends that seal be confined to the back of the package. The law is suspended, he stated, because if It was not. it would be necessary to J throw out more than one half of ' the packages. THE population of this country Is 113.309,283, so PLEASE, pretty please, don't shove: PLATINUM is now $100 an ounce THEY must think we want to eat the stuff. EVIIMCXTLV .emulating Germany and England, the wiff politely informed us last nigjat ' THAT she had appointed herself a food censor and that lienceforth WE could thank God for hash. RAILWAY" officials say new S-liour law will not obtain for efficiency WHO ciency ? paid , anything about ertiWANT more time to rest and visit and more money to spend THAT'S what everybody want. THERE is one good thing about winter for a newspaper WE can go to press on Monday night without having to chronicle an AUTOMOBILE tragedy. OF course some of the stuff that I they sell for whiskey WE LI. we once carried an Indian cigar dummy three blocks and introduced It to a BIG policeman. BILL TAFT and Bill Bryan are to debate on how to stop war NO wonder the Kaiser hollered for peace. The Kenosha News says that an infant was born to Mr. , and Mrs. Frank Ott WONDER what they expected? WE sincerely trust n one will .-rochet any pen-wipers for our Xmas : -'-' ONWARD Xian Soldieis! ONLY four days left in which 10 make it a Merry one. WE note the movie scenario entitled, "Eggs" IT is not what it is cracked up to be. BUSINESS of IDoking for a stocking without holes AND preparing for Christmas. JEW BERTH Sheriff Henry Whitaker, who steps out of office on January 1 may land in a state berth as warden of Prison North, the Michigan City penitentiary, if the wires leading to the offices 'it Governor-elect .'ames Goodrich do not snap before January 1. The constellation in" the political firmament is said by Lake county republican astronomers to favor " the exsheriff to be. The appointment at Michigan City in.the first place ia to go to an up-etate man and Lake county Is entitled to big consideration at the capital. - Whitaker haa kept out of factional fights and he stands well with republicans who do things In the county. In fact he Is a big cog In the machine himself. The wardenship pays j $4, 5(H) as a yearly salary. There are ItMK'-O Lake Connt.r people who are living all over the L'. S. A subscription to THE TIMES will save yon the trouble of writing a letter to soar em.

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Shortly before noon today Mr. and' Mrs. Francis Baker of the Hotel Mee, Hammond, were quite badly hurt at 15th street and Grant street in Gafy, when the auto in which Mr. Baker was driving collided with a truck owned by the International Fruit Co. of Gary (Special to The Time?.) llOBART, IND., Dec. 19. Sheriffelect Lew Barnes will be the guest of honor at an indoor barbecue in his home town, Hobart, this evening, and it is expected that about four hundred of bis friends from all over the county will be there to take Lew by the hand and tefl him how glad they are that he Is the next rifC. The deputyship in Hammond has not yet been settled. It is understood that there are three whose friends are busy with petitions. They are Charles Whitaker, the present incumbent and brother of Sheriff Henry Whitaker, former Deputy Sheriff George Blockl and Reese Powell. DARING PRINCESS SWEDES STAG Dolita, the Languishing Beauty, Dances Her Way Into Great Favor. The Princess Dolita was bold and at the same time modest, daring and refined.ecct,ntrac and graceful, smiling and retiring, entertaining and withal very classical. Two hundred Elks, assembled at their big smoker and supper last evening, applauded fervently and when It was announced, at .the close of the vaudeville performance that one of the brethren would be called upon to accompany, the .princess to her home, the unattached gentlemen arose as one man and volunteered to act ass escort. It was finall decided that Judge Harry Nicholson of Crown Point, would have the honor, the manner of arriving at this decision being by means'of a drawing. Then, as the Judge was about to do his duties of the occasion, tha Princess Dolita removed her wig and revealed her daintily gowned perfumed self to be a gentleman performer who is by profession a female impersonator. Some of the wiseacres who had wagered the woman " was a man collected their bets and congratulated the entertainment committee. George Fredo, a musical comedian, Arthur Turelly. mon-

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and driven by C. Kovura, 1313 Adams street, Gary. Mr. and Mrs. Baker were removed "to St. Mercy's hospital in Gary. They are not badly hurt, being cut by glass. Kovura sustained slight injuries. Mr. Baker is manager and treasurer of the Two-Step Ladder Co. of Hammond. Gather Moss j for Bandages. ) LONDON." Dec. 19. Thousands of I women and children, unable to peri form other war works are daily combing the misty Ullls of Scotland and the Irish West Coast for moss ! for absorbent dressings. Recently they filled- an -order, for 20,000 bandages. The moss i wrapped In I cottin-gauze and applied to ' the ! open wounds. . . oiogist. Frederick the Great, a magiclan, and Frank Harris, the latter of Hammond. and, a great f'lnd as an entertainer, were among those on the excellent program. MPROVEMEHTS AT CAD PLANT it was reported today at the building inspector's office in the city hall that the Standard Steel Car Company, which now emploj-es about 2, 280 men will use 2.000,000 bricks in improvements soon to be made. A number of the iron buildings are to be reinforced. At the company's offices the report was denied. In the department where shell casings are made the Standard has three eight-hour' shifts- 'of men at work. There are about 225 men on each shift. The two-weeks' pay day fal2s on Friday and It is estimated that it will run nearly $90,000. The Standard is shipping 20,000 shells a month. They are six-inch shells, twenty-one and one-half Inches high. FOOTBALL PLAYER IS RECOVERING

Marvin Wilcox, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Wilcox, 33 Detroit street. Who was taken-to- St. Martrarefa hospital on Thursday suffering from injuries received In a football game some time ago is showing improvement and Xray diagnosis reveals that his injuries are of such nature that bodily quiet is all that is necessary t insure his recovery. Friends of the family will rejoice 'to hear of the favorable progress shown by the young man and that they are not as serious as has been reported. '- ' iJ.....

ORNS LATEST NEWS BV.KTI..) " " iBy Vslted rei Cablcjcrnm. lO.DO IX-C. 1. Three quarter or an fconr before the house of commons wm scheduled to meet crowd packed all the B-allertea In the chamber and ncorea of prominent fifrures la British public life were mansed on the floor. Lloyd George and former Premier .4a. qulth were both cheered as they arrived. Mameroos members of the allied and diplomatic corps lent aa air of official distinction to the aralleries. Lord Northcllffe mas among the spectators. It was Asqotths first appearance on the oor since the change la cabinet. BILLKTIX.) (BV EDWARD I.. KEICVl The allies wll! not treat with Ger. many for peace . until Germany formally states .the term on which her pence liter Is based. A formal note to this effect will be sent to Germany within a few days. Premier Lie S George announce1 such a rejection of Imperial Chancellor Von Bethmenaan "Hollwear's peace offers of a week ago In aa epoch maklna; speech In. the house of commons this afternoon. He' formally stated that Kngland en. dorsed the rejection of German peace terms which had been made by England and France.- He characterized the Teuton offer with a noose of rope la which the allies were asked to place their necks. i The premier emphasised the unity of. the olMes by declaring that each had arrived at 'the -decision to reject the German proposal Independently. - His terms of rejection of Germany's pence offer was couched In bitter Irony. (By Vnited Press Cablegram.) LOSDOS, Deo. 19. "peaking before the house of commons this afternoon, Bonar Law estimated the Cieraaan losses la the operations on the Somme at 690,000. By Valted Press Cahlcgrnm.) HKTROfilUD, Dec. 1. The council of the empire today declar. ed unanimously in favor of rate, rorlcol refusal of the affiles to eater peace negotiations with Germany. (BltXETIX.) ' By lotted Press Cablegram.) LONDON", Dec. IP. The Cunard liner Pannonla waa safely floated today a fter grounding In the fog. parently uninjured. She Mas ap4 By Vnited Press Cablegram.) BERLIN Vla Wireless) Dec. ID. More than l.OOO Busslann and Boumanlans were captured In a partial engagement of Field Mar. shal von Mackenaen'a forces la Roumanla during the last two days, official statements asserted. NATIONAL GUARD DISCONTENTED By Vnited Press.) El. PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 19. Demonstrations of discontent among the national guards over being held any longer on border duty ore-engaging the attention of military authorities here today. The latest outburst was reported among the Eighth Ohio infantry whk-h-j took the form of a "round robin signed by a small group of soldiers, protesting aga'nst food and sanitary conditions of their camp.

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TO "Britain' Says Lloyd George "Win Not Pot Her Head Into A Noose for. Germans." (By Vnited Press Cablegram.) LONDON, Dec. 19. Formal note will be sent Germany by England within a few days. (Br Vnited Press Cablegram.) LONDON, Dec. 19. England and the allies do not propose to enter into peace negotiations without knowledge of Germany's proposals. This was the decision an3 m t nouncea in me nouse oi commons by Premier David Lloyd-George. Britan .has endorsed every word of Russia's and France's answer," the Premier declared. "We do not propose to put our l$ad into a noose, with Germany holding the end of the xope," the premier declared. ' The announcement was received with cheers. Not since the tense days when England was preparing to wage war back in 1914 has there been such a crowd at parliament as there was today. The British premier announced that a formal note responding in this way to the German peace proposal would in a few days be completed and be given to the American embassy for transmission to Berlin. "Without reparation peace is Impossible," Lloyd George declared. "All the outrages on land and sea cannot be liquidated by a few pious phrases about humanity." The premier compared Germany's peace proposal to a noose wherein England and the allies were asked to put . their heads while Germany held the loose end of the rope. The premier alluded to the terrible responsibility which he felt as the chief advisor to the crown in the most gigantic war in the history of the world. He spoke carefully in measured terms and was accorded the most intense interest by his vast audience. . "The answer tQ Germany's noto is that each of the allies have arrived independently at the same identical conclusion and on behal; of their governments I can give clear and definite support to their statements. Each reached thsame conclusions as the German note was received." WEATHER. I nettled weather tonight and W ednesday. Probably snow flurries. Cold temperatures. Tonight about ten abc. Kresh to strong northerly winds. HAS PLAN TO LOWER THE COST OF LIVING Miss Florence King. Miss Florence King of Chicago, president of the Woman's Association of Commerce, is preparing an appeal to woman's organizations throughout the country to-aid in a fight to require statements of tha grade' of wheat used in each brand of flour. This system, she declared, would mean a saving of 15 per cent to buyers of flour by forcing the millers to use lower grades of wheal hi lower priced flour and not in the hichex .giades of flour.

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