Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 192, Hammond, Lake County, 26 January 1917 — Page 1

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Frantic Mother Sets Machinery at Washington hi Motion to Locate Boy. Mrs. George V. Bacon Sr. of Gary, today took steps to appeal to President "Wilson in the interests of her son, George V. Bacon Jr., young war correspondent, supposedly held in a military prison in Ireland at the behest of the British government.- Unless Mrs. Bacon today gets word from her son's employer she will wire President AVilson and also ask Mrs. John A. Logan, wife of the. famous civil war general, to take up the matter at the white house with Secretary of State Lansing. letter on December 5. "I got a letter from George, dated Belfast. Ireland, on December 5," said Jlrs. Bacon at her home in Gary today. JTliat is the last letter. Because of the tlelay in mails It is not unusual that no word has come from George. 'All I know of George being detained by the English government is what came In the UniteM Press dispatch. I will hardly believe It until I hear from Virgil McNitt, president of the Central Press association at New York. George was Mr. IcNitt's personal representative in England. He wrote articles for the association which are syndicated in American newspapers. Recently George had been in England, Ireland, Holland and Belgium. I have wire Mr. McNitt and unless I hear from him in a few hours I will appeal to Washington. It would teem that Mr. McNitt would have known If George wre held by the English." Pormir Gary Bporter. According to the United Press dispatches ao--English woman in New York, who had signed Bacor's credentials for travel through Holland, was involved as a result of the young man's supposed detention. It is thought that maybe young Bacon may have written more than he should as the English censor would view it in connection with another Sinn Fein uprising in Ireland. Mr. Bacon was a reporter in Gary. In 1911 he became connected with a Chicago magazine and when the war broke out he became English representative of the Central Press association. DAVIS SAYS HE WAS FORCED TIMES Bt BE.Vl' AT STATE C APITAL. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 26. All of the Lake county members of the house voted against the passage of the prohibition bill. Davis said that the people in Lake county had never passed on the question of prohibition. He said, he believed, however, that a majority of fas voters of his county were opposed to the measure, and that regardless of his own sentiments he was forced to vote against the bill. Representative Sambor said he voted egainst the bill because the sentiment of the people of his county was against prohibition. STEAMER SINKING By United Press. VICTORIA, B. C Jan. 26. The Trince John, one of the Grand Trunk Pacific steamers, operating from Prince Rupert to the Queen Charlotte Islands, Is ashore and taking in water fast, somewhere in the Wrangell Narrows, according to word received here today. S. O. S. calls were sent out, but the exact location is not given. FIGHT OVER PROMOTION IN THE NAVY '-::: f r III r, j i PPT CABV T. GRAY SON The nomination of Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the president's personal physician, to be medical director and rear admiral over the heads of 114 physicians and surgeons In the navy has aroused opposition in the senate. There is promi5e of a fight by the republican members, at least. Dr. Grayson married Miss Gordon, the intimate friend of Mrs. Wilson.

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Crown Point Man Leads Lumbermen c. n. ROOT. CROWN POINT, IXD., Jan. 2R. C. D. Poot is back from In.i ianapolis where he was elected pre?kb'nt of the Indiana State Lumbermen's Association. He was formerly vice president of that body. TICKET Hammond republicans have decided to break city political vtraditions and for the coming campaign merge with all elements in a Greater Hammond or a citizens party as against the empowered democrats. At a meeting of the republican city central committee, precinct committeemen and scores of other republicans, numbering between 100 and 150 who gathered in the superior court last night, expression was almost unaunimous in favor of a citizens party, and to give the expression force a resolution was adopted providing that the republican organization deems it advisable that party shall not participate in the coming campaign as a party. This leaves the way open for the organization of a new city party, a movement that Is to be taken at a suitable time at a big mass meeting. In the absence of City Chairman Dr.. T. E. Bell. Vice City Chairman Attorney D. C. Atkinson presided. Every Continued en p-iee two.) BILL GETS NEW LEASE EXISTENCE TIMES BUREAU, AT STATf CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS, 1X1)., Jan. 2S. A new lease on life was given to the primary election bill introduced in the senate by Senator Kinder of Lake county, when the house commitee on elections reconsidered Its action In voting to kill the bill and decided to keep It alive. This does not mean that the committee will report the bill out with favor but, as one of the members of the committee explained, it will keep the subject of primary legislation beforethe house so that it may be taken up at any time during the session, if it is deemed advisable to do so. The Kinder bill proposed to change the dates for holding city primaries all over the state, but as it was finally passed by the senate it left the date for the Indianapolis city primaries unchanged and lixed the time for primaries in other cities. In the state in August. The bill sailed through the senate with great ease but when it struck the house committee it was in unfriendly hands. Tha house committee decided to kill the bill. Since then, however, delegations have come to this city from several rarts of the state, asking that changes be made in the primary dates, and the committee therefore reuvenated the measure. These delegafions have requested that the date for holding primaries in cities outside of Indianapolis be set earlier than August. The committee will merely hold the bill until it is learned whether it would be advisable to make a report on it. Another bill in the hands of this committee is one introduced by Representative Mason to hold general ( lection primaries and registration of voters on the -same day. just six months ahead of the general election. Thfs would be the frst Tuesday after the first Monday in May.

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The What-You-May Column TAILS Tails are lone, slender af ! 1 fairs that were hung on animals by Divine Providence and on human beings by Charles Darwin. Maybe Darwin was right, but the fact remains that today we wear them only on our shirts. Maybe we did swing from trees by them, as he says. But what of it? It was a darn sight more civilized than swinging by our necks. Personally, we've never had any faut to find with tails. We often wish we had one. We could do lots of things with a tail that we can't do now. We could stay in bed and turn off the alarm clock, for one thing. Tails would give stenographers both hands to read the paper with. And think what a godsend they would be to structural ironworkers and linotype operators. What a boon it would be to them when the distributor stops just reach out with the tail and yank up the elevator oh joy! 1ED A Hundred Young Men Are Expected at the Next Meeting Temporary Officers Elected and Membership Mark Set at 300. Thirty-five young men, representative of the various lines of work in which the young men of Hammond are engaged, met last evening at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was the forming of a Junior Chamber of Commerce, and this1 was carried out with a display of enthusiasm and good judgment which indicates that the new club means business. A week from last evening a second meeting is to be held to which every young man of the city is invited. At this time a discus, sion of the aims and methods to be adopted will be held. K. K. Amoss was elected president, Lyle MeKinney. vice president; Kenneth Cross, secretary and Julius Meyn, treasurer. These officers will serve until a new constitution and by-laws are adopted. . K. I'orbin is chairman of the memiti.:.i!, committee and the other members of this committee are Max Evans, A. T. Knoerzer, "W. K. Jordan. Jacob Hrusel, I'eter Moran, L. K. Arnold and Julius Meyn. The membership mark has been set at 300. The chairman of the finance committee is Julius" Meyn who has the assistance of Jarnes Delaney ami Adam Ebert, Jr. Lyle MeKinney is chairman of th.e constitution committee and is associated on that committee with C. M. McDanlel, advisory member of t-ie new association, I'eter Moran, E. J. Reynolds and Art Lacey. The publicity committee consists of II. R. Cross, George Hayraan, I. X. Chayken. The entertainnent committee is made up of Kenneth Cross, Elliott Conroy and Robert Patterson. C. R. Corbin was one of the speakers last evening. He outlined a few of the plans. OPPOSE KINDER BILL TIMES Ill RKU AT STATE CAIMTAL. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 26. Senator Kinder of Lake ounty, has a bill in the senate to authorize school boards to borrow short time loans, to be repaid out of future school taxes. The bill !came up for consideration in the senate yesterday afternoon, and it aroused so much antagonism that, in order to save it. KLnder had it put off and made a special order of business for 2 O'clock th!s afternoon. It was pointed out by tie opponents that the bill would enable school boards to tie up the future income fro.n school taxes for any length of time, and that thin might seriously cripple the future operation of the schools. It is said that the bill is intended to meet a condition In one of the towns In Kinder's district. UNANIMOUS ABOUT IT TIMES III KE A I" AT STATE A1MTAL. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 2fi. The house ! has unanimously passed the Davis bill estrblishing a criminal court at Crown Point.

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This photograph, believed to the German headquarters on the kaiser is seated in an eusy chair WE read that diaphonous party gowns are to be more stylish than ever IT must be dreadful to live in constant fear of being overheated. AMONO those who are not fussing about the high cost of living is Hi (Hammond) Johnson who is ALREADY figuring on "what kind of bait he will USE on his fishing trip NEXT summer. "AVE never got very far in diplomacy but we FOUND out early that the APEX of diplomacy IS a man who remembers a woman's birthday AND forgets her ege. EAR-TARS and red noses are the only part of winter scenery THAT we don't like: A MAN likes to have his wife wear enough clothes so THAT people wont think he's stingy. SOUTH BEND is quoting stiff prices on corn cobs "VELL, we haven't got so we have to cat corncobs in this city yet. PEOPLE who are constantly changing their minds ARE content to get small change fur them. LADY wants to know why we are for regulation as against reformation. BECAUSE we were regulated when married but not reformed. WELL, what has become of Thaw? SIOUX FALLS paper tells of society couple, there WHO are "going away to take the baths AND drink the water" THE editor probably took the next train out of town. IX reality many a raw deal is PRETTY well cooked up. SCHRAGE OF WHITING WILL JiUN AGAIN (Special to Tun Times ) WHITING. IXD., Jan. 26. The progressives, citizens and republicans held a meeting in the city hall last night with James Burton acting as chairman. It has decided "to put a republican party in the field. Mayor W. E. Schrage will head the ticket for mayor again. The balance of the ticket has not yet been decided upon. A meeting of the precinct committeemen will be held tomorrow night for the purpose of deciding upon a chairman. The meeting was well attended. REMOVED JPROM CELL By United Press. NEW YORK. Jan. 26. Mrs. Ethel Bryne. who has been on a hunger strike for five days, was removed from her cell to a hospital on Blackwell's Island today. She is a militant birth control advocate. TIMES ads are personal messages to the people of yhi community from the merchants '

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The kaiser in church. be the first ever taken showing the German emperor in church, was made at occasion of the memorial service to the late Emperor Francis Joseph. Tha in front of a group of officers. He is paying careful attention to the service.

EXT Germany has started a sudden offensive towards Verdun and an offensive with the French defenders has been marked with desperate hand to hand fighting, on the bloody slopes of Hills 304 and Dead Man's. Both Berlin and Paris statements agreed on the fighting while Berlin claimed a general occupation of French trenches for more than a mile. (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, Jan. 26. That Kaiser Wilhelm plans to make his fiftyeighth birthday, tomorrow, the occasion of another peace move with more inviting terms to the entente was reported in certain circles. Count Stisza, the Hungarian parliament said in a speech: "We are inclined to continue a furhter exchange of views regard ing peace with the United States; government." The second rumor came through Switzerland and stated that the German Emporer planned to be "the first promoter of universal peace" and would propose that all parties meet forthwith and discuss this first and principle article of the war's end. (By I nlted I'rr-HK Cahlesrram.) I,OMK), Jan. 2k V a null I (irr. man vrMrl bombarded the rant ( of England, the admiralty announced today. Only a portion of the shell flrrd by the Tvarithlp rrm hrtl shore and there were no raKtiUtlen. Small damn Re mas done. Suffolk roast wax shelled. (By I nltnl Press CnblrKrnrn.) NERI.IX, Jan. 20. French trenches on Heights 304 were Ktormed by p German forces on a width of lT.'O yards 1(MH meters) and 500 prisoners captured. The statement said: ''In hand to hand flithtin iclhf enemy suffered losses and left in round figures SOO men, among whom were twelve officers." Capture of further Kuwslan post, tlons on both sides of the Illver A A, Riga front, and repulse of strong; counter .attacks on the east bank were detailed In the official statement. Five hundred prisoners were brtught in fro mthese operations. In the Uerneck mountains several Roumanian companies were repulsed. By I'nited Pres Cablegram.) PARIS, Jan. 2. German attacks on four points alone the front from Aveeourt and Dead Man's Hill were reported by the war office. ear Hill 304, It was stated, bowever, small enemy detachments penetrated advance French trenches. Along the Somm two enemy at. tacks were stopped by artillery fire. SCHWAB SEEKS INTERVIEW By United Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Charles Schwab of the Bethlehem Steel company sought an interview with Secretary Daniels over the projectile situation today. Daniels said he had not offlcially heard any reports that "American munitions makers brought pressure on England to prevent fulfillment of the eontrnet for proiectiles.

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(By United Press Cablegram.) BERLIN. Jan. 26. The German official version of the recent North Sea destroyer battle was issued today. It reads: "Immediately beginning the engagement which took place in the darkness the commander V-69 was killed. Ke was captain of the flotilla. Max Schultz, who since the beginning of the war had always commanded with couracre and success. 'Che hit also killed some other officers and damaged the steering gear after which the boat rammed another. "The V-69, then in a heavily damaged condition entered a Dutch port unmolested by the enemy. The boat rammed by the V-69 continued to participate in the combat despite damages and in the future course of the struggle heavily damaged an English destroyer. The vessel rammed was in a sinking condition. Although its speed was diminished by the double ramming the German torpedo boat destroyer succeeded in reaching its support. A third German boat which had a long contact with the others encountered numerous destroyers. It entered to action and sunk one hostile destroyer by a torpedo hit at the shortest range. The hostile forces' being superior the boat stopped fighting and arrived In port unmolested and undamaged." CAPITAL BULLETINS times nrnK.iv AT STATE CAPITAL INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. -26. Because the bou?e judiciary committee showed no sisn of reporting woman surage bill. Representative McNagney moved to call bill from committee. Harris of Lake county, objected and mail; speech against motion arid McNagney motion nnally laid on table. Southard of La potto, introduced a bill which would permit condemning of land for park purposes. Applies to establishment of park in sand dunes of northern Indiana. Kinder will Introduce a bill late today providing companies doing foreign exchange business must register with auditor and obtain bond of $10,000 to protect foreigners. Like county representatives had auppor practically all over northern part of the state in an attempt to delay primary law until May. Harris declared the committee received hundreds of telegrams and letters asking them to reverse decision. Indefinitely postponing the bill. FIFTEEN ARRESTS; COPS' BUSIEST NIGHT The Hammond police late yesterday and early today made a total of fifteen arrests the largest number in one night s far this year. Three gun-toters who were armed with a sackfull of bottled beer, a quart of alcohol and a f'ask of whiskey were arreblud at Gibson while having a wild artillery Jubilee. Martin Benson and Pat McGoorty, two Robertsdale boys, were taken into custody for malicious trespass at the Franklin school where they made themselves obnoxious. There were nine arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. An autoist was arrested for not having tail lights on his machine. Snow tonight and Saturdays nlowly riding: temperatures lowest tonight nlx-nt 7i nhnte.

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OF GHAVENS Makes Red-Hot Speech For Prohibition and 'Then Voles Against His Speech. EXCITING SPEECHES. "I have a right to cart my vote as my constituency dictates," shoutad Repremtatlva Turner of Kw Albany, answering1 the hisses that cam from the lobby ant galleries. "Whatever you do, dont take away my beer, because X like It. If this bill becomes a law and Is enforced we shall have Intolerable conditions In New Albany because of our proximity to Louisville, ly, and it will be unsafe for women to ride on the street cars crossing the river because of the drunken rowdies that will go to the Kentucky city to get their drink. So long as men are constituted as they are now they will get drink, regardless of what you try to do by legislation. " TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS. IXD, Jan. 28 Fifty-two Republicans and eighteen Democrats voted for tho passage of tho state wide prohibition bill In the House, late yesterday afternoon, and twelve Republicans and sixteen Democrats voted against it. When the result of the vote was announced there was a wild scene in the House. The crowd cliered and yelled, people waved their arms and some even kissed each other. 8peiir;-r Eschenbach pounded with his gavel until his arm waa sore, before hi was ablo to bring order. There was a Ions srretch of orat.y for and against tha bill. AVhen sorue of the opponents were speaking- there ver hisses from the galleries, and Speaicr Eschbach had to threaten to-clear 'tire galleries before it was stopped. Representative Cravens, Democratic floor leader, made a red-hot speech In favor of prohibition and then, for political reasons, he voted against the bill. His action waa tlie subject or much comment. Cravens charged In his speech that the Republicans had made promises to both the moral forces and the liquor forces In the campaign, and that they proposed to pay the debt to the mora! forces by passing the bill in the house and then to pay the debt to the liquor forces by killing: the bill in the senate. He said the liquor element had been a burden on the Democratic party for many years, but that the last election had taken it off and placed if on the Republican rarty. Both sides in the prohibition fight are now lining up for a death struggle in the senate. "Whether the bill will be passed there remains a serious question and neither side appears to have any definite hope. It was well known lonj.In advance that the bill would be passed by the house, but it was not thoupht that the vote would be quite so larre. as seventy ayes and twenty-eight noes. When the session opened the dry forces only counted on fifty-eight votes for the bill in the house. u s STEEL IS MAKING MONEY It was1 announced in Pittsburgh late yesterday that the United States Steel corporation had Advanced the price of structural shapes and plates $3 a ton. In calculating- the general tenor of the forthcoming United States Steel earnings report, a leading institution calls attention to the point that eight principal produce of the steel mills are now at $39 a ton, aRainst $33 a year ago, and tiie returns from the sales must of necessity be very large, inasmuch as the producing costs have not gone up proportionately as great. AMERICAN VICTIM OF THE GERMAN RAIDER ' f ! PS, OBVItLE E. nc XtM Dr. Orville E. McKIm, a veterlnaria i of Watertown, N. Y. was one of the victims of the German raider which has terrorized the north and south Atlantic. He had shipped aboard the British eteamer. Georgic, and was among other Americans on her when she was attacked by the raider. Nothing has been heard of his fate.

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