Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 181, Hammond, Lake County, 19 January 1917 — Page 1

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Moewe and Two Other Commerce Destroyers are Taking Furliier Shipping Toll, (BULLETIN.) By United Tress. WASHHTQTON, Jan. 19. Nino Americans were involved in the German raiding activities in the South Atlantic, ac. cording' to a state department dispatch from Consul Stewart at Fernambnco. 1 BT CHARLES P. STEWAKT. XXnltea Press Copyright, 1916. BUENOS AIRES. Nov. 19. Not only the raider now believed to bo the Mot-we. but two or more German commerce destroyers ara still plying the seas somewhere around South America, and by this time have probably taken further toll of allied shipping. A United Press dispatch from Rio Janeiro stated that the survivors from the Japanese steamer Hudson Maru had declared the British merchantman St. Theodore, the first of the captures made by the German raider, had been armed and outfitted. The Theodore has been used as a consort, the survivors landing at Fernambuco said. She and the German raiders steamed together in mauradjng operations. That she and the German raider steamad togetlntr in maurading operations was also confirmed in the log of the captain of the British steamer Radnorshire, which mentioned being pursued and then captured by "two strangers." The same log mentioned the German commander of the raider as explaining his instructions were to spare eseels carrying large cargoes. This was taken here to mean he was instructed to take his pick of the big vessels and use them as auxilary raiders if necessary. The British steamer Ortego of 8,000 tons and known to be a very speedy vessel, has not yet been accounted for in any of the stories told by survivors. It may be she has also been pressed in the service of the raider on account of hor special fitness for such work, in speed, size and seaworthiness. It is known she was among the number overhauled and captured by the raider. The frank belief that there were a number of raiders now operating was expressed in shippng circles here today, but the same opinion in other South American ports was evident from i..e exceeding precautions which owners or masters of allied ships measured their chances of getting out of port. A number of sailings were indefinitely postponed. The French steamer Sequ.ma. which sailed yesterday from Kio do Janeiro, dropped her anchor at Cobras Isie and stopped awaiting further order, evidencing how widespread is the fear of further depredations and the grudging admiration accorded the raider's activities. Dispatches from Santiago, Chile, on the Pacific side of South America, raid a number of sailings of allied merchantmen there had been ca reeled or delayed, admittedly because of the tear that raiders might be operating in the eou thern "Pacific. NEW DEMCRATIC DAILY FOR GARY Publishers Russell and Cooper of the proposed Oarly Daily Journal which is expected to appear every morning beginning Feb. 1, are busy installing machinery in their shop in Washington Btreet The publishers will run a democratic daily, financed by Lake county and down state democrats RUMOR HAS ROSEBERY AMBASSADOR TO U. S. X, . c &: Lord Rosebery. Although there has been a denial of the rumor that Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice will resign as British ambassador to the United States, thtre st ill is appirently some doubt as to whether he will remain. It is believed that Lord Rosebery, expremier of Great Britain, will succeed Sprintr-Rice if the latter quits bis post.

Hammond Hit Hard by Deaths

NICHOLAS LADEB, 33. ' . . ' x V 1. ? T tit 4 JL t ' r - ' V i -- . , 1 ,1 Added to the long toll of twenty deaths in Hammond during the present j year of people well known is that of j Nicholas Lauer. member board of publie works, of pneumonia. He was to j widspread sorrow cut off in his prime. DK. J. D. VAN DE WALKER, 86. i . . - 1. - V, - -.V.One of Hammond's pioneers and oldest living physicians was Pr. Van DeAValker. descendant of the historic Knickerbocker families of New York. His grandfather and his grandfather's j brothers fought in the Kevolutionary War. ONE BROTHER GOES BEATR CLAIMS BOTH The two brothers of lr. I. W. Campbell of Hammond, who is in Florida because of i'.l health, are being laid to rest this week. One of the brothers. Frank Campbell j of 417 Truman avenue, went with his wife last week to Catulla. Texas, to spend the whiter with Eli Campbell, tlie other brother. Frank died Sunday of pneumonia, and E;i passed away two days later of the same disease The wife of the latter is reported to be ery low. Rev. C. J. Sharp with the Fores'.ers had charge of the funeral of Frank Campbell at the late residence in Himmotnl last evening and the remains were shipped today to M eda r viile, Ind., for burial. Eli Campbell will be buried at Montery. Ind., Sunday. I'r. Campbell was unable to return for the funerals beeiuse of the eondiaion of his health. PRIMARIES TO EE HELD SOON; BATTLE ON With the receipt of word at Gary that the committee had killed Senator Kinder's changing the primary date it was taken for granted that the ?ity primaries wit be held in March and the campaign, stopped for two weeks, was resumed again. That the contest will be in full b;ast by early next week was indicated today. Candidates will have held back on their movements now plan to make their formal debut. As the election nears the usual reform movements are expected to manifest themselves. Patrons of a certain Gary restaurants yesterday noticed that all meat orders were marked up five cents each. One customer protested "Say, meat prices haven't gone up: in fact, they are h,wer Why are you charging more for meat here?" "Cut potatoes have," protested - the owner. "Thank God, then that turnips aren't higher." 1

The Whai-You-May Column

SPATS Spats are short, violent affairs indulged in by some human be- j ings and most lovers. . j They don't amount to much in either case, but they're awful j while they last. j Spats usually reach from the i ankles to the instep and from ! the front door to the gate. j They are worn just under the j calf and over the protest of every right thinking person. j Some folks naturally have big ! feet Others wear pink spats, j Baldness can't be helped and stuttering may be condoned, but j spats are a man's own fault. ! LAWYERS AFFECTE TIMES ETJEEAT7, AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS. ' IND.. Jan. IS. A bill that will upset the business of a good many lawyers in Indiana was passed by the senate yesterday and has gone (o the house. The bill was introduced by Senator Thornton of New Albany and it prohibits any county attorney from practicing before the board of county commissioners. Senator Heardsley of Elkhart succeeding in amending the bill so as to make it much broader in scope. The bill as amended by him prohibits any county attorney or atiy member of the county attorney's firm from practicing before the board of county commissioners. It is said that in many counties in the state county attorneys practice on both sides in h court ty commissioner's court . and that they mak money coming and going. The job of count y .attorney always is a political job. The bill now goes to the house, where it probably will pass also. BAZARS ID SOCIABLES RAPPED BYAMINISTER Members Should "Dig" for Needed Money, He Says at Close of Council. M 1 "Ni IE. IXI.. Jan. 19. That it is a d'issrrai-ef ul condition when a church must depend on sociable, bazaars and entertainments for money to keep itself suinp, and that the members should pay freely money out of their own pockets the money necessary to keep the church running was the sentiment of a number of speakers before the ministers' council of the Laymen's Missionary Movement convention which came to an end here last night. The Kev. James ' Gray of Marior, started the speakers on the subject by "rf.pping" the church bazaar and sociable when they become money raising institutions instead of social affairs. "A man is merely the steward of the wealth he may think he possesses," said Mr. Gray. "The earth and the fullness thereof are God's, and His stewards should see that faithful return be made of their stewardship. This can only be done by liberal giving to the church directly from the pocketbook." The present methods of financing churches were criticised as being generally unbusinesslike and unstable. tSp'-eial to The Time? ) CKOW.V POINT. IXD., Jan. 1?. A meeting of all persons interested in the continuation of agricultural instruction and assistance through a county agricultural agent, is scheduled to lie held in the court house next Tuesday at two o'clock, .'uid everybody interested whethl'rotn the city or the country is invitto attend. At this meeting an expression is to be gotten from taxpayers just how they want tho office conducted, whether under jurisdiction of Purdue University or independent of it. As the county agent's work affects directly or indirectly every farm in the county, and as It may be necessary to discuss some new laws to be advocated, a big turnout of farmers is expected. H3LD ASFUGITIVE ' John Hennessy, a switchman, was sr. n sted last evening by Detective Sergeants Lee and Bartlett of the Gary police It la said Lackawanna, N. Y., authorities want Hennessy.

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SHOW! KVKlii" now and then wo get wild j rial order an egg for breakfast. j WITHOUT asking the maid whether' or not she knows THE hen that laid them. THE omnipresent and ever thoughtful wiff imparts the exciting information THAT wo are becoming bald as a billiard ball Toupee or not toupee! WHETHEIl tis better to, etc. WE have nothing personally against prohibition but' we do not propose to have to SNEAK guiltily into a damp dark eeli ir for a glass of beer or something for the stomach's sake 1 F we can help it. A MACHINE lias been invented to give the measurements of a woman to see whether or not SHE is a perfect S3. WE presume that no home will be lomplelc without one after a while WO then the old man will have a lot of fun SEEING whether the wiff's callers STACK up or not. AI says white iron baby's bed and mattress for sale in good condition WELL, we'd have to SEE the mattress. KOKOMO newspapers calls "Harry Thaw a modern Alcbiades or Beau j i'l'ummfd" j A N r yet some people actually live in Kokomo. SOMETIMES we come to the conclusion in our Quiet and unobtrusive way that IF there were no women in the world IT would simplify taatArs a great deal. - MEETINGS TONIGHT At MASONIC TEMPLE II. S. Mobley and F. L. Hatch. S:00 p. m. At HAPTIST CHURCH C. C. Kirkpatrick and P. G. Holden, 8:00 p. m. At P.OY SCOUTS "(Central School) H. It. McKeene. 8:00 p. m. Saturday Meetings. At ODDFELLOWS AND REBEKAHS HALL (Calumet) C. C. Kirkpatrick and H. It. McKeene, 8:00 p. m. At FRANKLIN SCHOOL (Robertsdale) 11. S. Mobley, 8:00 p. m. On the eve of the close of the campaign for the Hammond Tlan, it is now well understood that the big outline for the plan is to come from the public at large, through its clubs, lodges, rhurc'ica, schools and various; civic organizations. Through the brilliant staff of lecturers supplied the city this week through the International Harvester Company's educational extension department it has been brought home to tlie people that they can solve any civic problem through intelligent cooperation It was intended to wind up the speaking campaign this evening, but the Franklin school district in Kobertsdale, a wide awake center, asked for a second meeting which will be held tomorrow evening,and at the request of the Odd Fellows and Rebek.jis, they will be given two speakers Saturday evening. The Committee of Ten appointed several weeks ago when the Jdammond Plan movement was actively launched, holds a meeting Saturday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce club rooms to take up tho Work where the speaking campaign leives off This committee is compose of A. M. Turner, C. M. MeDaniel. V. S. Jleiter, H. E. Sharrer, H. M. Johnson. John F. Reilly, W. 1. Weis W. C. Belman, Jesse Wilson and L. M. Pomberger. Prof. P. G. Holden will be in session with the committee. While every meeting brought new recruits and advocates of the Hammond Plan, one of the promising ones was that held last night by the Rooster club. This is an organization of young men who having no Y. M . C. A. banded together for social purposes and have their headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. They were addressed by C. C. Kirkpatrick. formerly secretary of the Little Rock, Ark., Chamber of Commerce. He enthused his audience of younij men with a recital of what a Junior Chamber of Commerce had accomplished In Little Rock. The members of the Rooster club got tho vision of what such on organization could do In Hammond and

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Hefore the rules committee of the house of representatives Thomas W. Lawson said very prominent men had some knowledge or connection with the leak of Information about President Wilson's peace note or Secretary Lansing's explanations of it. ..Lawson said Chairman Henry of the rules committee said he had heard Secretary of the Treasury MoAdoo was concerned in stock market pperations. The Boston man eaid Archibald S. White of the Wall street house ' of White (SrCompany, had said Secretary McAdoo. Pliny Fisk. of the big Wall street house of Harvey Fisk & Sons,

HOTBHKISS PERSONAL IS $389,239

Stocks and Eonds Are Appraised at $251,000 Not All Investments in Industrials Proved to Be a Success. LAPORTE, IND., Jan. 19. Charles W. Hotchkiss, the well known Chicago railroad man, who died last October and whose funeral was held at his country home at the Summit, north of LaPorte, had personal property appraised at J3S9.239.83. This is shown by the inventory and appraisement which has just been filed in the LaPorte county circuit court. The real estate loft by Hotchkiss, also is listed but not appraised and may not be. unless it is necessary to do so in the disposal of the estate. Mr. Hotchkiss who, to a certain extent, was claimed by LaPorte county, since he x'urchased a farm at the Summit and had a beautiful country home there, had his wealth widely distributed. He owned real estate in Chicago and the Calumet district, the greater they are enthusiastically for branching out from a purely social to civic organization. Tonight there will be a meeting at the Central school for all who are Interested in the Boy Scout movement, and as this is a thing that can be biicked by everybody a big attendance is expected. USE'S TONGUE IS CUTWITI STRING Refuses to Go So Tongue is Cut; Animal Fed on Soup, This is far from being "Black Beauty" story. It is a tale about a horse's tongue that was cut off at the end by using a "tring. The story 13 that the driver tied a string around the dumb brume's tongue when it refused to travel on a slippery street yesterday. As a resuli the end of the tongue was severed. The horse is now tt Di iiLriiJit's veterinary hospital, 9th avenue and Washington street, Gary, where it is being carefully nursed. Dr. Ebright is feeding the dumb brute soup and other light liquids. He expects to bring the horse

and a senator whose name began with "(J" maintained an account in the market. Stuart Gibbony a New York lawyer, he said he had heard, acted as gobetween. He said Paul sr. Warburg, formerly member of the Wall street house of Kuhn, Loeb Company, one of the largest in the country, and now vice governor of the feoeral reserve board, was a banker wto had knowledge of the leak. He gave Chairman Henry as authority for the rumor that the Herman ambassador to the Fnited States. Count von Bernstorff, made $2,000,000 out of the stock market. part of which appears, however, to have been unimproved and to be bringing in no income. He had cash in many banks, and stock and bonds in a score or more of industrial concerns, some of which was of value and some of which was not. Tho inventory was made by the First Calumet Trust & Savings Rank of East Chicago, and the appraisement of personal property was made by Frank J. Pitner, cashier of the First National Bank of LaPorte, and Arthur Roeske, Michigan City, business man and friend of the late Mr. Hotchkiss. Sad Money in Baak. Certificates of deposit show that Mr. Hotchkiss had J35.S20.31 oh deposit in the Bank of the State of Indiana at LaPorte. Deposits in other banks amounted to $37,6.12.70, a total of $33,153.01. These deposits included money in the National City Bank of New York, The Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. of New York, tho Bankers' Trust Co. of New York, the First National Bank of Chicago, the First Calumet Trust & Savings Bank of East Chicago. , Stocks and Bonds. Stocks and bonds declared by the ap(Oontlnued on page six.) through though. Later he will feed It roots. Isadora Rodna. a driver of a junk wagon, was arrested in connection with the alleged cruelty. His case was continued until tomorrow. Rodna is out on $300 bonds. "The horse is a fine one and worth saving. I think it can be done," said Dr. Ebright to Chief Forbis. S LUST GOING ' THROUGH WAR ZONE CADILLAS, MICH., Jan. 19. Oliver F. LaFave, 7 years old. a Cadillac boy, is lost in the war zone. The official machinery at Washington has been started by Senator William Aiden Smith in an effort to locate him. IaFave was employed until eighteen months ago at the United States Steel Company's plant at Gary, Ind. He was sent to India for a year's service. Last June he advised his father in this city, Oliver LaFave, that he was starting for home and would reach Cadillac in August. Nothing has been heard of him and it is feared that he has been killed or taken prisoner during: the flghtfn? In France, it having been nece&aary for him to pass through the war tone. LaFave was formerly In the United States army at Sault Ste. Marie.

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Both Bills are Killed Lasi Ni Mayor Jeiinson of Gary Helped to Slay Them. TIMES BUREAU-. AT STATE CAPITA!,. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Jan. 19. There will be no change in the date of holding city primaries in this state this year. The house committee on elections held an open session and public hearing on the two bills that were introduced in the senate and the house to change the dates, and the committee quietly but nicely prepared a little grave in which the two innocent and hepless litte waifs were laid to rest. The bill that really was under consideration was the one introduced by Senator Kinder, of Gary. This bill had passed the senate and was in the hands of the house. The other bill, introduced in the house, had been laid aside to await action on the senate bill. Preceding the assassination of the bills Representative Dynes, of Indianapolis, chairman, reported today that tlie committee, at a meeting last night, decided to recommend indefinite postponement of action on the amendments. Th.amendment was introduced in the S enate by Senator Kinder, of Lake county, and in the House by Representativ Harris, also of Lake county. The s. uate bill passed that body and both measures were in the hands of the comiiuitee on elections in the House. The committee meeting follv. i . a. public hearing on the primary question, at which many residents of Lake county and Indianapolis politicians were present and expressed their views. S.-uii-ment at tho hearing was almost unanimous in favor of either amending the bill to include second class cities in thMay primary or letting the law stand as it now is. Indianapolis politicians expressed their opinion that the lawshould not be amended and thjit primaries be held in Slarch. Mayor Johnson, of Gary, stated thm the law should be changed f?o as to include cities of second class on the May column and his opinion was concurred in by E. M. Norton, Howard Hay. Herbert Francis, Clyde Hunter. Judge i-.i Wildermuth and William Williams, ;!! of Gary and also by Nelson H. Kys r. of South Bend. Senator Kinder.,, v. !-.. was also present, expressed his willingness that the law should be so changed. Senator Kinder, in explaining the lui; said he thought the sentiment tnrnugwout the state was for a primary late m the year. He said he had excluded Indianapolis from the original bill but. that the amendment changing the date had come later. He made no recommendation to the house commit;-"'. Mayor Johnson, of Gary, spoke again:-: any change in tho date of the prima i;y this year. He said that in many instances campaigns for nominations were well under way and that a change this year would disrupt many organizations.. (Continued on jag five.) ALL MARVEL AT HER BEAUTIFUL COSTUM? f I i f Ml A IP , K. : . .. -v .. r Mrs. Kennet as she appeared at the ball. Mrs. Luther vennet, a popular; young society matron of Coronadrt Eeach, the California winter resort amazed and delighted all with her beautiful costume in which she ap-J peared at the recent Arabian Nightsball at the Beach. The ball was one' of the most magnificent social f unc-j tions that has yet been held at the; famous resort.

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