Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 248, Hammond, Lake County, 2 April 1917 — Page 1

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Anather Unguarded Grade Crossing In Lake Go, Traps Autoists For Flyer. A physican or one of the sisters at St. Margaret's hospital will be i called upon in a few hours to tell 1 r Arthur Watson, a contractor, that because Lake County, Indiana, permits many of its most dangerous railroad crossings to be ungarded, his little family was slaughtered , Saturday evening and he escaped ' the same fate bv a miracle. Three were killed in this latest grade crossing horror Mrs. Arthur Watson, Glenn, her year old baby boy, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. James Watson. They left their home at 8138 Harper, avenue, Chicago, Saturday afternoon with Watson driving the Ford auto, and ?: rr;vini at Forsyth turned, north tj.vards the Iljanriioud Beach Tnn on the lake front where guests were , . , , j ,- f . , this season. K. . Elliott of sir.l Harper aven-ie, an ! edher frien.ls of the Watsons were ii an automobile oreee .ir.if t heir's, and reached the diir.i?T'eis Siieffo-id nvX)tie crossing first. It w is 7 o'clovk and dark. Mthouch Tiitliln the city limit .f HnmmoDil there frf nn crntrn. flnamen r een a iirnln bell. ,Inl trap In the dnrkneM m a puhlic hl(thnof. The two ( ars passe 1 nv-r Die PennS Ivania. tracks ci'iious!y and then ; 'os the Pake aii; oil th H.iUi ore. A fre. t tore and bio. k-d the and after a wait It cut the cm. (Continued m pace five " ?r.-S'!'llgl'!'':'''"Iil Sr ,; " jliii IIIMII1H sVt r TT1-S linn 1 'lllll liiniiii!1 ' llliinniiiiii tui'ti ' iin.iiuuijli aunt Mini in h i iiiiiiiiii:ii:''mi!i!iiiiiii niiui1"!. , , jIHuee .leiiiMiiutlilH "llll ,1111 i;;ii!lllltl!llliilllii;il;ti!!s;i:i!iv"' i t'nitcd States tio.,ps are ep. ami "Somewhere in Lake Poiiuty." Tloy came Saturday and hundreds r.f Them, but where Punil.-i y they a re j I stationed and the regimen. al uni.s to ' which they belong may not of course be 1 , . , ' made known ns 1 hk TiMP.-t litis com-; nutted itself to the poloy ties. red l,y ru le Sam. I SIX OF THE GREAT

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LLED ( .-5 pi'i.il to Tub Timks.) wv- vni.'u- war is opom -! niKly a forKoii. wl h thf 1'nit. Tiri'ly aiiitst it 1 1 ' i U s ! 'l war 1I1LO Stiiti's : ilrivon en-, will liv rut lil-ss dis-I regard of its neutral rights, and by 11 rial j ro'"C n i I ion th.at we. too, must join the AMis in the worldwide strupKle ftr ! it lea I freedom. As in all trrt-at so- i cial or j.ol.tical uphenval.s. the issues r .,i.-hlv n.ir.nirv Kach nation is anparent ly tlhtim: for some indivi.iual; i. yet underneath these movethere is a common ohjeet whi"h the AUie toKether. that of demo.:1TH1S i cy .-mail. st aiHo.-raey, or K"viTnniotit of the pee;.:.- by the people lor Hie people, as i i pos d to covermnent of thState by The State for the Slate. To such n po'ney there can be only ope end if popular .- rnmeiit is to survive. and that te defeat and aholi!ey based ut'Otl mtiill2. Governor's Son, Pierre, Offers Services to Navy ' WISCKESTEK, lad., April 2. I Pierre T. Goodrich, son of Qovernor and Kirs. James P. Goodrich, has offered his services tc ' - naval rei servo at Harvard univ?riity, should j war het-sc-een the XTnltsd States and Germanv "be declared. He will enter ; ' the service as a coir-mi cloned of. ! flcer- Ho ls ow ia traiB' several : Honrs ca U4y. Wlnchester liigh school several years ag-o and from Wabash coll?g'e last siying-. He entered Harvard university last September. . . THIS WAS IN MARION Boy Who Insults American Flasr Gets What's Coming to Him. JIAl:lnV, INI).. April 2. Marion is a poor city in which to insult the Anurican f ' . i ;! Hopkins. I1:, refused to wear a American flas ei ven him, am) I thr students of the Marion Normal Institute promptly decorated him in red. white and blue paint. All etcpli.ve of the Pu'cnher Motor company, whose name is kept a secret, called the flat; a "dirty, thieving. lyinK rat:." other workmen attacked with hammers, and he was rescue difficulty. him with itl i l l; ri . ( II y I nlted I'rrsH. MOW KIHK, April .ii. nnr market ' i broke on the utocU. cirlinncf this afI ternoon. War brhleK and equipment share ndvnnced '2 to polnto. I nlted , Mates teel -led nt IHP'i, up 2 Bethlehem went to I4IIj.j. Marine pref.rrrt eloxed nt Ihfl. (irnernl Motor jumped a points. SmeJtlnir - On the eurh there nfre cnlns. On the rollon etchatiKe future nlanee on the bale, Mv M,.illK , j.ir, i,, ,.onl puund. 14-INCH RIFLES OF THE

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tarism. The prcatost autocracy In the j w or Id has alr.jaily fallon, and others ! "'U.l 1m:i'I joi.ow oi in-nu lu lot: will of tho tM-i,;.lo if we are to have a lating pen.c. Th-- country is now facing one of the gerntest crises in its history in a calm and confident spirit. I'rt sident Wilson is fxi'ccted to deliver a lorcerui message before Conpresx. wnicn opens ly in special i-ession. There is every reason to cxpeet an early declaration that n stale of war exist?, j Public opinio", thouph reluctant about cnterirtK inTo The conflict with i;ermany, is now- overwhelmingly behind j the President : and The war, if it Is to j tie. will be energetically prosecuHd to a J successful eoiielusior. Those who an- ; tieipate anything" to the contrary, wi'l be jr -ssly misttiken. Plans for e.eidtietinK tlie war have been silently per fected lar more t teiroiiK n ly ttuji K-'n-ii i.aiff rv.i Murder and Suicide in Blind Tiger on Newton County Side of River Woman is Killed and Man Shoots Self in Awful Fight. Special to The Timks.) T..OVKI.r INP.. April 2. .;,e of the most awful crimes in the history of all the Kankakee blind timers is reported from Rensselaer by Pndertaker u'r!-h 1 u',' lrtibt t h i s m rsuc at ni'.dnlKht the bodies a man and a woman who were found dead in a farmhouse five miles west of Conrad. The man was Henry Rums, his head was blown nearly off and he was stabbed several times in the arm. Tile woman was Jortrude Parker, and a l.-iri,-e lode was torn in iter body. The authorities sa v it was a case of murder and suicide. The two were last seen about 11 o'clock Thursday morninp and their bodies were not discovered until late Friday afternoon. It is believed the woman, who came with. Hums from Illinois, had a lifcht follow in.ir an attempt by the woman to h-ave; that she stabbed I.turns in the arm. and that he fifed three shots, one throuirh the curtain in trie closet door and a valise held by the woman, the second when the revolver -,vos held against the woman's stomach. After this the man removed hhs shoes and socks and usi d his foot to pull the r:sfSe which sent a bullet through head. His toe was still fastened in the revolver. When found the man's body was found across that of the woman in a closet in the house. The crime w-.as committed in Newton county. Oonmer Rest will hold an inquest over the bodies hero tiiis afternoon. PENNSYLVANIA

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Lodge of Mass Painfully Kurt In Rough and Tumble Fight This Monte (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. April 2. Sena tor Lodge of Massachusetts was knocked down and painfully injur-j ed today in a fight with two Bostonians, a man and a woman, who; are said to have come here in the; pacifists' cause. The two approach- j ed Lodge near his room in the; senate office building. Their names; are said to be Alexander Dann- j wart and Mrs. Anna Teabody. I They staned to argue with Lodge. telling him that his constituents were against war. At last Lodge retorted and it is alleged the man knocked him down. A rough and tumble fight followedo. Dannwart was removed to the police station. He said he was president of the Woodrow Wilson Independent League of Boston. Rev. Paul Drake, pastor Christ's church, Dorchester, Mass., was said to be a third member of the pacifist party but he took no part in the fight. (By TTnlted Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, April 2. Champ Clark of Missouri will preside over the war house during this session of congress. The house elected him this afternoon after

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Schall who swung his vote to Clark. I he opening prayer teliows: "Diplomacy has failed. jMoral persuasion has failed. Every appeal to reason and justice has been swept aside. We abhor war and i love peace but if war has been or will be forced upon us we pray that the heart of every American citii zen may thrill with patriotic feel ing that a united people shall rauy around the president to protect the lives of American itizens and safe guarv our independence." The pray,.r was made before a house, jammed silent. Few pacifist man aged to ajn entrance to the gallery. All public Naileries were closed except to i those Ooldintr special cards from mem bers of the senate or house, congressmen 1 d evidently taken precautions to prevt-M possible pacifist demonstrations w huh the war resolution comes up. BY CARL P. GROAT. i WASHINGTON, April 2. With a i yer for an America micrhty in de. iTn l'al:F.

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Getting rrady to fire a torpedo. THE PACIFIST A r THOUGH - you tep upon his toes and bits initials in his nose, and knock him clown with, Ticlous hlows, he'll never say a wrfrr-'mjta'may clp corners off hisS chin, throw granite boulders at his shin, and slap him till his frame s;ets thin the yellow, spineless bird. He'll never argue or protest, or even make a meek request for jou to stop the Blufg-erf est, or strive to make you cease. For he's a meek and peaceful guy and, though you per forate his eye, he will never even peep or cry, lor he ls strong lor peace. And if you slap him on the cheek in manner gentle, kind and meek, "Please smite the other, too," he'll speak, and wait for yon to slap. He'll never raise his fists and fight, although he knows darn well he's right, for "fighting's such a brutal sight," will quote this fleer-eyed chap. Although you punch his smeller red and raise a blister on his head, and send him bawling to his bed, he'll never raise a fist. A soul devoid of pride and shame, a man unworthy of the name, whose sense of rigTit and wrong ls lame that's him, the pacifist. They ought to kick the spineless chap, with no regrets, clear off the map, and when he lands In Satan's lap, sing gay and merry songs. He's nothing but a useless bloke, a benehead and a standing Joke the place where Satan makes the smoke is just where he belongs. BAY I. HOPPMAK, NEASmG gT QJJENTIN in.r I nlted I'reisn f 'nblesrrnm.) M'lXJH-iX, April 2. From a ridse domitiatitiK St. .iuntin the liritis'i today fhell the city. The sharpness of the Rritlsh weilce is unblunted. To the southward French forces have advanced to within three miles to what is supposed to he a sector of the Hindenherir line. IhLttle front dispatches asserted the Germans are frantically attempting: to complete fortifications to stop the advances. The latest draft in lermany wili take every man up to 50 years SOUTH IS READY (By Vnlted rrein.) NEW YORK, April 2. The south and southwest are ready for the conflict with Germany. This preat section of the country has not an ounce of antiwar spirit. This was the survey of rii-col.tiint Tnft after a. trin in JtfQRE GUARDSMEN AEE CALLED OUT 1'nlted Pre.) WASHINGTON. April 2. Additional national guardsmen were ordered out. today for protection duty bringing the total in federal service to 60,00. The Second West Virginia infantry, the Fourth Virginia infantry and Battery E, Virginia field battery were called out. PETITION IS FILED ny United Pre.) WASHINGTON, April 2. The formal petition of twenty-four western railroads for an immediate raise in freight rates was filed today with the interstate commerce commission. The exact increase is riot namel but it is understood to be 15 per cent. EXTRAORDINARY Quick results If . you break a lens bring it to us. We make any lens in an ; hour. We mak all our own lenses. S. Silver. Jeweler .C- Optometrist. 177 State S't . Hammond. In !. f-.-l

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1 6 -si (c) Press Illustrating Co. Latest ulletins (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, April 2. President Wilson desires to deliver his message to congress this afternoon and will go to the capitol on fifteen minutos notice if necessary. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, April 2. The administration's war resolution will recognise a state of war exists between this country and Germany but It will not declare war against Germany, according to the definite announcement today of Chairman Plood of the house foreign affairs committee. Recognition of a state of war serves to place the responsibility on Germany without altering the real fact that war ls on. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, April 2. A vigorously phrased resolution calling for an immediate war declaration against Germany was introduced Into the house by Representative A. P. Gardner, republican, today. He dropped the rescdution in the resolution basket before the house met. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, April 2. President Wilson's message to congress was read to Secretary Tumulty at the white house this morning. Tumulty took It to the pnhlic printers. He refused to comment beyond saying it was unusually strong. PAHIS April 2. Krrnrh forces today drove hack t.erman tronpn beyond Ymix llalllon, the official xtnten.cnt declared.

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OMENTOU President Wilson to go Before Congress at Night For First Time in History of Land (BULLETIN.) By CARL S. GROAT (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, April 2. Germany and the United States are at war. Formal notification of this fact to the world will be made at eight o'clock tonight by President Wilson addressing the joint session. The president's announcement will take the form of an assertion that a state of war exists between the two countries. The chief executive would not wrait until tomorrow but insisted upon appearing immediately after completion of the house organization ' regandless of the fact that this would not corns until late in the day. He reached this decision suddenly after 3:30 this afternoon when democratic leaders told him the house organization would be completed tonight. Hera Is the momentone resolution, which if passed as expected, will pu the United States into a state of open warfare with Germany. Chairman riooU of the house foreign relations comxviU tee, gave it out, saying' he would Introduce it as soon as th. organization of the house is completed. "Whereas, the recent conrse cf the Imperial German g.Tsratneat ls In fact nothing lesa than Tear against the United States. "Resolved, by the senate anl house of representatives of tiio United States of America in congress assembled, that the e'.i' zi belligerency that has been thr.vst upon the United 3tatc3 is li?r':formally declared; and "That the president be nnd is hereby authorized to take 1 ttLr.it Ciate steps not only to put -ho country into a thorough str.te of defense, but also to exert all of its io-7er and to employ of its resourcj to carry on war ag-ainjt the imperial t.erman government and to briu,T the conflict to a successful conclusion." This will be the first time tho president has addresssd congress at night. It is expected he will appear in evening clothes. Throughout tho afternoon as the house dragged along with its organization routine r.ud the senate marked time, President Wilson sat in his study keeping in telephonic communication with the situation. He was desirous of going to the capitol during the day, but when Informed this appeared impossible, expressed his desire tL'ontlnue(i on pace two.

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