Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 239, Hammond, Lake County, 22 March 1917 — Page 1

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r & MARKET CLOSING War Department Ready to Follow Earnestly Any Course Congress Adopts, (By United Press Cablegram.) WASHINGTON, March 22. The navy needs 74,500 men and needs them now. Secretary of the Navy Daniels sounded an unofficial call for that number of men today.

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it u t-Ut- nrrrf) npn congress will be that 1UU.UUU mer.j be authonzea as an increase iui the navy. Recruits are being rushed through the naval training stations for immediate duty with the fleet. The knvy ..department lias, Ftispended the live months traiiim.? for recruits in i or.B-r to man the fleet with all possible j speed. There must be more recruiting, j the department announced. Daniels j c, ,,,.- the resent enlisted strength of j the navy of f.U"'"l nv n tbnn fi-ve thousand lia of w hi oil in nrp enlisted sln-e January 1. Th war department is prep.art-T to f..','ow out with vigor any course ccui- . adopts, although proponents of i:!-iersal military trainine: fear that thr ir schemes will be blasted in case of a ,aU for volunteers. Special attention is beine jei'.en to air m't developments. , ..leetimr to discuss that subject was booked for the war department today. Joint control of nviation lias b-en arr tired between the army and navy. Contracts are beinp push. d to the limit. DeM rovers bids will be opened Saturday. Additional bids for additional submarine chasers have been called for. WOOD DEFENDS SENATORS IN TALK AT LAFAYETTE i.favi:ttk. 1ND. March 2?.. Adrl I rectors of the Crossing: the board of 1 ,! f a y-1 te Chan, be r of v. sterday Kepresenta! i 'omntoree here A 1 1 1 R. Wood tef. nded Hi" stand tak. Vnii'il States senator; n by the twelve w ho " by their filibuster prevented the passage of the!.,ineil neutrality resoiu'ion j. reposed by re sident W ilson. He said the senators . !-..-, stood n pains t the resolution were actuated by patriotic motives and should r,e. be condemned. V,.d charK'd that th" press bad err..! in denouncing the- senators in piestioii. and was chalicnjred by H'-nry v.- Marshall Sr.. own i ml editor of the T.afavette .Journal, who said that v hat the peop'e of the Fnited States v.,.,,. condemnin? the senators for was ,,o- ihev opposed the resolution. but that they prevented a i.te lteinp taken i i .v... .. ill .-.f tl... in-.i i.iritv fruin ! (11 i ! a 1 1 i in in - i .,.-.,-:inf itself. Marshall's paper has ! ;,.. supported Wood lit all his cam - n.i.n. and the editor and the represen- i . .. i ..a - r ... ...nn. I t i i ... t- nee ii I's.j i i ii . ii i." i ' t iii'in.y i vea rs. ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE The Hammond police vesterday ari. sted Tom Blaine, alias Charles B. Brown. livinR at 47 Rimbach avenue, on a serious t hare for whi -h it is said authorities at Lsihon, Ohio, want h,n. Bloine, It is claimed, was a prominent real estate man in that city and a ir.-year old girl is alleged to be the state's witness. Blaine was taken to Lisbon this morninfr. protesting- his innocence. He c'. lims he is the victim of a blackmailing solu m employed on a railroad Blaine was in J la m :n ond under the name of Brow n. THE WEATHER I'nlr tnnieM: Friday partly cloudy s mrxlernte tempcrnture; moilcralr to frr' southerly wlinl. NOTICE TO ELKS An, important business meet ins: will be held by Hammond Lodjre Number 4Sa ,,, s o'clock tonight. Candidates who have been notfiied by the secretary will please present themselves for initiation at K:45 P- m. "-2-"-l T. BDWIN BKBB. i:alted liulcr. Wabash Collepe Glee Club. Friday even ins. March 2:1. at the First Methodist rhur h ::--'--!

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HELL TO HOME" ON THIS TRUNK When Strickland Glllilan wrote regarding microbe, "Adam, Had 'Em," he penned the shortest poem, , but when John Whalen of Hebron a ; member of the Gary company of infantry home from border service printed the phrase "Hell to Home" on his ornery looking- trunk, he also I wrote the equal of a large volume. Whalen's trunk and its expressive 1 phrase arrested the attention of i pedestrians around the transfer points in Gary and Hammond. ! Whether he wrote it or not, those who know Whalen say it "sounds like him." se must look upon from a new aspect, look to the criminals mental status ratiier ply preventive m-is.ires ai'i or.linely, i was the message Dr. Paul K. Bowers. : physician for the Indiana hospital for , the criminal insane at M i -h ison City ' delivered to Jlamtnond throutrh the ; members' council of the Chamber of! I Con.tnerce at the -iveekly luncheon to- ; day. - i lr. Bowers has ben the . prison physi. ian for the- past six years, r.ur- i in? whieh time lie has studied 3.0'm) j eatfs. One of his ea."es is Mike I n i k, the Whitinc lunatic who tried to kill Ju'de Green wa Id, Bail iff IT I-pw lebow ; and (jeortie. Robbirs in the superior j court house at Hammond last l.ecem).ht. ln:k while behaving as a prisoner has not yet shown any mental j inipvovcineut, Lr. Row crs told iaquit - . ' ers. ! Dr. towers pointed out the mistake j in the lax and loose system of diss- j posing ol criminals. the greater number who are imprisoned, lie said, are imprisoned merely for punishment, wher.as his observation of .V'-O cases shows that "."i per cent are normal menthily. C.I per cent are insane, and the remainder otherwise deficient. The appointment of "a court alienist was recommended by Dr. Bowers. ilea r ,.,o-son Vie advocated should Pive the court a brief of the defendant's mental status, not necessarily binding on the court, but to aid the latter in sending convicts to the proper institutions. In his time, he said he bad made iv study of lea inses, each one of lion w as sent-need at least four times and sonic oftener. The 100 cases lie said showed a total of 460 convictions. As accordin:? to a conservative estimate it costs the state SI.'"'"! for eac'i findiner, arrest, trial and conviction of t'.ie average ciminal case, the J"' cases have cost tiie state close to a half million dollars, nil because, the convicts w.-re not disposed of properly in the first, case. I. ike many other students. Dr. Bowers decried the laxity in the law- permitting the marriage of persons who are su bnormal in health or meinaniv. ii r 1 a tvpicat example of official citei indifference or iunoram e in disposing of riminals. A man be said, raised a tji - . .-heck to and presented to a hank cashier with the Question ...i., i.. It t ronerlv raised a s t o The w uriiiri .i. . . . " , ( ,,,, Bu icr caused the man's arrest, and thp ni:(ll was tried and convicted with 0.,t regard to his mental con lition, a! . : ;.., tn tiif en hier was fhiinr is i uc;.u"i' . " indicative of mental was tried and convict riui't criminal. deficiency. He 1 like a downII V HKRV M'lHll), WITH TUB FKKNC1 1 ARMY ADVANCING FROM NOYON" (By Auto to Paris) March 22. Retreating German troops sacked even supply houses of the American relief commission to leave French civilian inhabitants utterly without food. They took every vestice of metal in the French villages and tlieir policy of insensate destruction marked practically every house in the territory which tin y evacuated. Nor is the French advance luckina: in methodical system, screen of fast mo intt Rchi' the avalry and infan try th Pis brils; ensineers and ro.id buildcraters and In-hind tiieai fi.; low s

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HAMMOND, INDIANA While Returninsr From Re sorts There South Chicago Man Racing With Roadster Hits Telegraph Pole With His Auto. The ivl'.itc lights of liurnliam tht i.ivi' lur'ii .o i;i:i!iv t iloath ani ilfiUruttion v-rtf ins! riniH-n i .i ! in t aiiniiifit anotiior trai'-dy last night. An autoniotiilH wr-k y sti-.lay rf -vcah'J the wed.ltnir of Khzr.bft !i I'amplicll ('or'ler, 1 tars old, of HC2 Soatli I'ark avenii'1. Sh in in th South I "li".cago huspital with a fnu turci skull and internal injuries and is not xpei tfd to I'lVf. "They were married two months aKO." said the mother last night. "Two weeks later I told Klizabeth to eome home and she lias j.in.-e l-een living with mf." Th husband. William R. Corder, Is a. driver for the American I-- press Company. Hp is beinar held by the South I'iii'-asn p'-liif. He induced his wife to accompany hi-n to Burnliam Tuesday nisht. Returning: yesterday morn in c he tc-';in ra.Mnsr his car with a roaoster. At I'-ath Ben 1. Nine) -mid street and Mackinaw avenue, Cordier's car hit a telegraph pole. The roads'er escaped serious dam. . The i The police arrrsted its o I pants wc. r iiave the c a;acs :-i:.e N..rtb HaNtead Clark. 1" 1 .', S Indiana of . J- M Naff, K'si-stre.-t, and THE PASSING I SHOW! il'R old fri.-nd Ab the most remarkable war is TUB way the marrie in the trenches. Ts'KW V" Fi K woiiKi skitt must po" l'T here the ladies N. Y. women sav. Martin says that thing about the d men are sitismH; 1 say "the melon t itter at v. hat the IT lias been truly town it is said that in a small AN easy matter to tread the straight and narrow path because everybody knows YOUR business. SOIIE one will do a Rreat service for this country if he will get Count, von 1 .a Toilette to ABD1CATK. TIMK was when a man villi $ l ..n.firin was considered well enough off to he almost spoken to with awe AS you passed him BUT now h man with no more than that lias to be KXTRKMKRY careful pushed off the sidewalk or he'll pet JUST as often dealer. as an editor (,r junk BAG PAP you know the Garden of lab n is not far fn BUT say folks you wouldn't know the old apple tree now. SOMK women certainly do have hard luck HERB'S one in Austin. Tex., whose TENTH husband has just got a divorce from in r on the grounds of cruelty. IT'S a funny world, you know, a man can sit up all night and play poker and fed wide awake BUT if the wif asks I'lOTl'UK shovv him to go to a 1111 yawns and says In to have some sleep if he day. 's tired find has works the next. NOTICE TO HAMMOND WATER CONSUMERS desiring to use wnt.r fur : prink!!.!, purpose may get their licenses now from Hi.- Water Dept.. City Hall. 1 c :. j;:vi;tt. sunt.

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The three ships sunk by the Germans, the City of Memphis, Illinois and Vigilancia. not only were Americanowned vessels under American registry, but were American built. The City of Memphis,, a Savannah liner, and the Yig ilancia, were constructed at Chester, Pa., and the rilinois. an oil tanker owned by the Texas Company, in Newport News. The City of .Memphis, under command of Captain U P. Borum, left January 'J.l. for Havre, and at rived there February 6. where she discharged her cargo of 9,653 bales of cotton, valued at JloO.OOf, and started back. The Illinois, under Captain Iversen, sailed from Port Arthur, Tex., February 17, for London. While here arrival was not reported, it was understood !e had unloaded her oil and i-tartel her return trip. The Vigilancia left the fnited States on February 2S for St. Michaels, A sores, and Havre. She was spoken on March 2 when 4f3 miles east of Sandy Hook, and was due at Havre. Saturday, March 17.

MISSING CAR i IS DICOVERED i Special to TiiR T i M !: WHITING. 1ND.. March 22.--The Whitiiifr police and John B. Jacob. .'Pi". John street, proprietor of the Ptar picture theatre, are today looking for the parties who took Jacob's runabout automobile and wrecked it in a eollission with another car on Calumet avenue, in Hammond, two blocks south of Nelson's fish house. The appearance of the car when it was found this mornim,' indicated that it had collided with another car and had eauffht fire. broken fender from another machine nearby indicated that a collision had o railed. The Whiting police believe that some one know ine: Jacob and his car borrowed" the machine for a ride, in-t'-ndinar to return it later in the niht. but that owinsf to the accident the takers are hidinff their identity. Had they wanted to commit a theft, they could have taken a more valuable car near where the Jacob machine was standing. The car was taken from in front of t'-.e Klose sara-e where Jacob left it to so into his movie house. He iisroverer the theft at 12:30 this morning-, a half hour after he left the car. but did not notify the police until 3 o'clock in the niorninir, havirp in the meantime searched for the car himself arotind town. DUST TO DUST IS F. L. HIGGINS The remains of Fred I Biggins, found murdered near a willow copse on the Hamniond-Munster road on Feb. 20, were buried in Hessviile yesterday by Undertaker Ummerlincr of Hammond. The efforts of Mrs. Kmnierlinff to find some one of the unfortunote's friends were unsuccessful. Miss Valentine Del Ouerra. his former swotheart, who promised to bury him has disappeared and it has been impossible to find her. Coroner Graham refused to have the undertaker hold the remains any longer , sa the county will have to pay Cue expence of the interment. No tears were she. at the grave. Higgins' father, brothers and sister likewise absented ahemselves. In a pine box be was taken to the potter's field at Hessviile, lowered into a grave, and left without anything to mark the last resins place of the remains of the debonair chauffeur. Attend the Rion Store Millinery Opening. Friday and Saturday, March 2Trd and 24th. A complete degree ,,f iv-adi-jn-s .'er ado - cur entire stock. ::-22-l TIMKV nfl'erflslnc will rnntile ya to l.resik nil ynur lius:ne. re.-ord for rlclit iiw nt.

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fl ,' l f A J 2 f rrrt .1.'.A -s - . twv 4 jytfw s'? if Jf S S C?". 'A J Ii r 21,000,000 HEN FOy. S. ARMY Official Estimate Fixes the Available Number Between 18 and 45. WASHINGTON. March 22. If every able-bodied man in the United States between the ase of IS ami 45 were called out. for military service Uncle Sam could put approxiniaely 21,000,imm in the field. The It'll, census showed 10. IS". 000 of military aire. The census bureau assumes that there ha been an increase of 10 yer cent. Nearly two-thirds are native-born white, - while .I.immi, Oimi are foreignborn naturalized whites or have declar ed their intention of beinjr naturaliz-l id. About 2.Hh.i,'mp arc nesrroes. I The number available under the vol-J unteer system is problematical, if it is I not sufficiently larpe the nation will I have recourse to consesription. The number of trained forces in the United States was recently placed at j 262,001) men, divided as follows: ! Keg. ula m 102JMt( National (.unril irio.ooo Marine Corp- 1(1, OOo Total 2(!2,0(i This force would be sufficient to protect the country until the volunteers could be trained. FIRM'S EUSINES: 13 EXCEEDS S100, (Special to The Times.) "WHITING. IND.. March 22. The Northern Indiana Lumber and Coal Company, consisting of fve yards, did business amounting to more than a hundred thousand dollars in 1915 and I'.lfi, it was announced today. Henry Sohrnge sr. is the president and F. R. S. haaf. v ice president, of the company which is capitalized at $30,000. The llrm was organized as a lumber company two and one-half years ago. and the. coal busi - ,1(,ss was purchased from Paul J. Scholtz 1 fi Co., who bad bought it from Robert j Atchison, the latter having ' d the busim ss fifteen years p. tv.,-. . The company w as sold l.:.i to . i-. i Brannuni. and R. R- Tinsely f Chicago. , Vcco1 i" Cons v. ere i icier ii.;- , -o.r.e

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,1 "r 11 . " . u r t'i P ti H - -"" t 9 n in 4 P It 4 -it ' ' .-. U . Jet , v. H 48 HOURS WARNING BY CEflMANY (By United Fress Cablegram.) AMSTERDAM. March 22. official declaration of a stale of war between Germany and the Fnited States may be looked for within the next l'orty-eieht hours. Prominent American residents in Berlin, particularly t ie American newspaper men still in the German capital, have been informed by the foreign office, it was reported last night, that such a declaration is forthcoming. (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON. March 22.-- "Telegrams from Berlin to the Amsterdam bourse declare that a state of war with the United States will be an accomplished fact within forty-right hours." says a dispatch to the K.v. hango Tib-graph from Amsterdam. j i WILSON" WOT? ITS ON MESSAGE i II y United I'resnv noiiKKT .. ni:M)i:it.i WASIIIXdTtiN, Morcii 22. President Wilson today began work on his message to the "war congress" of April 2. Senators and representatives of all faiths were wiring in.-ssages of faith to the white house. Among them are members of the wilful men'' of the Owing to the nature of the present situation it is believed the fight for organization will be short-lived in the house. It is believed some course of action will be agreed upon before April 2. The senate con organized before the house organizes but. before it organizes no action can be taken. NEWSPAPER MEN ARE SENTENCED j HI; United Pre.) j NEW YORK, March 22. Albert O. 1 Sander and Carl Wunnenburgr were 1 sentenced today to serve two years in the federal penitentiary and to pay tines of $2,500 each on pleas of guilty .iti crio'ges of S'-niliiii? spies to l-ig-;-.nd. The two men pleaded guilty i-ster-1 v on revel.-1 ions of Gi.org.. Bacon, en A ace : - m i :. v.- . : ia a ; i,i g h:

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V B A T M J3 It Terrible Spread of Disease Told in Speech by Reichstag Membsr. Revolution Coming? (By TTnlted Press.) WASHINGTON, March 22. Thirty thousand cases of small pox are raging in Germany and the disease is spreading, according to a speech of Socialist Reichstag member Hoffman, received in full by the state department. The speech showed a far more distressing situation than other reports. It strengthened the belief caused by recent rumors that conditions are ripe for a real revolution in Germany. (Ey United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, March 22. A declaration of war by Germany on the United States would not surprise English officials. One report via Amsterdam that German officials had warned American newspaper men in Berlin that a state of war was expected within forty-eight hours. The present week may be the turning point bf the war. The Teutonic retreat on the western front is reaching the preferred line. The retrograde movement of the Germans was cominf? to a standstill today when French and British troops neared the Hindenbers line.? Fightiiis between masses may be expected shortly Til occur. , This fighting- may com in a German offensive. Such a move was reported in Holland dispatches today as bavin? been decided upon by the German general staff for April 5. Meanwhile dispatches from the front Indicated the tremendous s. r p forward of the allied army a con . ...mdintr attack of every department. Latest 'Bulletins (Hy I lilted I'ress t ablecrani.) rUTROf.Ittn, Mnrch 22 or-i-i-nponnence lieti n the rznr.no Boa tne foreign rnininter have '"' n rliscovrrt'd proilni that the minister and other nttomnte.l in make H..paratc peace llh l.er. many. tBy United I're, f ahlesram ) WITH THE, IIKITISII tHMU S IV THH HKLD. lar.fc 22 Th horror of the .ermnn retreat Brew today hf I been me known that the Teuton nt Ho.iv le letl( eolleeted al.out 2M , people and children In nd.litlon , , oth,r population of the p!n. e nt,d then helled the itlase. number of thee people were killed. n.v United Tress.) H Kit I.I N (Via Suyvlllei -lari h aeroplane directed by Prince Frerirrii-k Run has just re. turned from raid uirr hootile line. tlly 1 nlted l're Cnl.lescrnni.) PRI. March 22. Pespile luoroun defense the Uri t Uh-I rrncli forcea have ocenpied urii'ml more lillaaes. todn'.t official slate, ment dM-larcI. flly I nlted TreM ( atikcram.) IIKRI.IN WlrelexHi March -'- Husnia In in confusion. n. arcbiatle dcinonxtrn IIoiik nsrnlnat the continuation of the war are pronlnn. The itorklng men have refused to renpnnil to appeala to reminie work. (By United Press Cablegram.) IONDOK, March 22. Officer of the British steamer Amethyst which com. pleted repair here today and left, for patrol duty admitted before their departure that the cruiser hnd been dam. ag-ed In HgTatiag tho German sea raider. Detailed Information was unobtainable. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, March 22. Scores of German ships representing- hundreds of thousands of tons of shipping- now In American waters can depart at will if the United States goes to war with Germany it was learned officially today. (By United Fress Cablegram.) PETEOGHAD, March 22. The holy synod of the Bussian church today de. elded to send a message to "all the children of the church" declarin gthe revolution was "brought about by God's hand." (By United Fress.) WASHINGTON, March 22 Tho state department today squelched all suggestions for nsutrai mediation between tbo United States and Germany. Tins will continue to be the administration fctiucle until the Elate is clean btwo;-n Rr.mn- aS th3 TJ;:itec! Eta::;.

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