Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 275, Hammond, Lake County, 3 May 1917 — Page 1

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Plant A Garden! Do It Today VOL. XI NO. 275 HAMMOND, INDIANA. THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1917 ONE CENT PER COPY (Duk numbers 2e per capr.)

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Idleness to Be Frowned Upon in High School Circles This Summer Boys and Girls Alike Plan Gardening and Farm Work. Arm and farm. That is the slogan Hammond has adopted in accordance with the movement for the increase of industrial production and agriculture. Hammond has given the nation the protest number of volunteers of any city of the size in the state and therefore is more proportionately intensely interested in a speedy and successful conclusion of the war. Men. food and munitions are needed and Hammond is producing all of these 1 .ii t plans to increase the production. Idleness during the sumroer vacation is being frowned upon in the Hammond high school where hoys and girls are planning to work on the farms. Slips wnre given out to the 700 students in tin? high school yesterday concerning each individual's intentions of spending the vacation. Principal JIcKlroy is encouraging the boys to -withdraw from school for the remainder ot the semester to take employment on farms for which credits will be givn them. 'Are you going to be a producer this summer?" is the question asked on each slip of paper. Other questions are a.'ked as to whether the pupil intends entering an industry or going on a 'farm, if he or Fhe has been promised a j. i. : it ion. if he plans gardening at home or with some organization, and what kind of work ir preferred. The answers are coming in and will tie classified. Many of the pupils took the slips home to consult with their parents. The high school will be dismissofi the first week of June and it is Principal MeKlroy's wish that all who arc able engage in productive work. Leonard Babcock and Wilbur Sehreiber withdrew from school today to ongage in farm work. The board of education decided a week Ago to give school credits to boys who present proof that they have engaged infarm work for at hast two months this summer. The principal is pot encouraging the girl sto do farm work but they are talking of it just the same. They are clubting together to get land for gardens fouth of the city which they can cultivate "r'npre is no excuse for able bodied Ti.cn to he idle now, work is plentiful. The farmers are calling for help. WHO WANTS GARDEN SPACE? Here's an excellent chance to garden. The Times has been authorizes to put four lots, situated on Lewis street, into the hands of a good, honest, family man, whose intention is to make a ganlen. There is no charge tacked on to the gift and it will not be encumbered by its owner selling the land. Postmaster J. C. Ton of Oak Glenn, 111., is the donor. Application for the lots must be made in person at The Times office. , i. .O. Smith was granted a permit to bu Id a $1,000 brick gara ge at. 1200 Hohman street.

OLGA AND TATIANA ROMANOFF WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THEM?

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Miss Olga Romanoff Cleft) and her sister Tatiana. These girls were rrand duchesses when the year started, with a pood chance pf becoming queens Their father was the ruler of all the Russia's. Now they are known as the Misses Olga and Tatiana RornanofF. They probablv will xr.ai---; some bwur? your-jr iradnrmen or artt.-ans in tho Critn'-:- ' e"tt!"' oo-vr. to l icmoi-us nf iou.;. I.. I. c-'.

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n 7 Col. Edwin F. Glenn Two men lost their lives on the rails in Gary late yesterday, making four slain by railroads within 48 hours. "Workmen passing Polk street found a mangled body on the New York Central tracks at six o'clock last evening. Papers on the body identified it as that of Edward O'Brien. 25 years old, a machinist employed by the K. J. and K. Railroad. The address of O'Brien wife, lli up 2nd street, Kvansville, Ind., was found among the papers. The remains were taken to the Williams and Marshall morgue. O'Hrlen was hit by eastbound train 61, which arrives at Gary at 6:0" p. m. daily. Zasie Kwauta. 2 7 years old, was struck and instantly killed by a Pennsylvania train at Ambridge at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. On Tuesday the remains of an unknown colored man, killed by a train, were found near the Gary depot of the Xew York Central lines. Early Tuesday "morning Joseph Sheridan, a taxi driver of Gary, was killed on a crossing at Hammond while returning home. TIMES' advert! sin win eobl 7m to break nil jour busincs records tot rbsbt mr.

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CHOI POUT HONORS HER SOLDIER BOYS

(Special to The Times.) CROWN" POINT. IN'D., May 3. Crown Point bid her soldier boys farewell last evening and it was such a loyal Cutpouring of honor ard praise for Iter brave sons who had enlisted, that even Sherman's idea of war must have its compensations if all soldiers leave with a like farewell. The new Crown theatre seats comfortably 650 souls. and as there were no more seats, and the standing room in the aisles, lobby, dressing room and stages was packed, it is estimated that nearly a thousand people were present inside the building, besides the big crowds that failed to gain admittance. Xearly forty of the boys who are to shoulder Uncle Sam's burden were on the stage, with the soldier boys of "63 as comrades, and the blending of youth and age in the grim determination to keep Old ;lory unsullied was a touch

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This Startling Information is Attached to the Close of a Fort Andrews Story Today What of the Tears, Kisses and Vows of Parting at Depot?

IIV IitVIV, f HtlKKV. Knlitf-if Tmi;S llrportrr.) FOHT AXDICcWS. MASS., May 3 Interesting, if true, is probably the state of mind with which these stories of mine, are received in Hammond for the civilian idea of army life is "one hardship after another." Xeariy everything has been told of the routine of l!fe here and following are some personal items: KI.MKR r. fillF.liOKV. whose home is at 13 Michigan avenue,, was the first Hammond boy to receive a plum from the I". S. A. He has been at Fort Andrews a month and today was promoted to a first gunner's mate. , II ARK Y TKOST, 174 Detroit street, street, is the best hag -puncher in the The response in Hammond of men volunteering to serve without pay as clerks on the military census board has been so great that all could not be accepted and Dr. T. Kdwin Be'l who devoted his time yesterday to securing a list desired today to thank all those responding. I'olitics was not taken into consideration in appointing the clerks in the precincts. Dr. Bell called upon Frank O'Rourke of the democrats to assist him in securing the best men possible. In many instances the men are employed and their employers have been public-spirited enough to permit the men to act on the board. The complete list of clerks in Hammond follows: First precinct W. A. Duehl, Indianapolis boulevard. Second precinct Hamilton Hazlett, Harrison and Lincoln avenues. Third precinct Tom Drury, Sheffield avenue . Fourth precinct Frank Habercorn, 130 Hickory street. Fifth precinct William C. Hose. 2ZG Hohman street. Sixth precinct John B. Keller, 413 Ash street. Seventh precinct Jacob Brusel, 216 Indiana avenue. Eighth precinct Frank Ducomb, Hohman street. Xinth precinct M. P. I.udwng. Sibley street and Wood avenue. Tenth precinct Fred L. Wyman. 757 Alice street. Eleventh precinct Edward Aubrey, 432 Michigan avenue. .Twelfth precinct John P. Smith, 409 Sibley street. Thirteenth precinct Joseph Thoma, Columbia avenue. Fourteenth precinct Willis It. Ford, 416 May street. Fifteenth precinct Jacob Lourie, 567 Morton avenue. Seventeenth precinct IT. M. Godfrey, Oakley and Truman avenues. Eighteenth precinct George M. Eder, C27 Hohman street. XIneteenth precinct J. S. Piiie. 7S5 South Hohman street. Twentieth precinct Henry Iundt. S9i' Park place. Twenty-first precinct Frank Martin, 171 Highland street. Gibson Harry Stringer, East Stale street. Th Saloonkeepers" association of Jary gave their sc-ond annual bansuet at MoHner's restaurant last night . A I large number of the members of tiat y, and from other ciii'-s were in attendr :. and n fine so'':;il time is ri port-

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ing spectacle. Mayor Kroet read the roll 'of honor as follows: 1-'el low Citizens: AVe are assembled here tonight primarily and simply for the purpose of honoring the boys who have bravely volunteered their services to the defense of their flag, their Country ind our homes. To the brave boys who have represented Crown Point on the fiield of honor in the past, they know they have our 'mead of honor and I raise. - To those -who have gone before, and are now Somewhere" in America, and qan not be with us tonight, the hearts of Crown Point call to them. ; . To our brave lads who are with lis tonight, to those who have

'Continued on page hv.) Third company, literally not figuratively. (.:; U K0oTZ, 540 Murray street, has gone in for submarine chasing and can make a epfdniotor do circus stunts In Boston harbor: - : ' -- I'lIIMP WLKKEKI, S20 Cedar street announces the folks back home are tardy in answering his letters. I-Ol IS I'KTKltlfll, S39 Walter street is proud that he has been placed as a student on one of the big guns. K I, J. JOItlWKilM, son of KxCounciiman Xordstrand, is the best poker player in" our company. W VIIKK K. JOitlHV, 1 0 8 Ietroit street, is champion of the billiard and pocket billiard department of Fort (Continued in page Ave.) Hlii Thirty-eight Hammond youths and twenty-nine Crown Point young men, among them John Krost, son of Mayor Krost, boarded the Ft. Wayne train this morning, accompanied by Sergeant Welch, Hammond recruiting officer. The Crown Point boys reached Hammond at 10:15 and were paraded to the recruiting station. The Masonic drum corps headed the procession. Several hundred people from Crown Point accompanied. The entire contingent marched to the Nickel Plate depot headed by the drum corp. At least one thousand persons crowded around the station. Names of the Hammond recruits follow : Harry Piatt. Byron Bryant. Joseph Kedrowski, Charles Gies, Kenneth Prindle, Boy Lorraine, Fred Feceny, jr., G. A. Bathbun, II. R. Jones, I'. Kaluf, Ayer Cole, James Xordstrand, L. B. Dunningham, C. Cassler, L. I. Love. Paul Andrews, Albert Wotch, Tony Thiel, William Kasch, L. h. Gehring, Fa ye Ead. Felix Gruszka. Ignace Gruszka, Frank Korlourki, lialph Abbott, August Prauske, Tony Miller, Andrew Wagner, Clarence McWayne, Clifford VI liner and David Finch. Among the departed rookies were eight former employes of the Northern Indiana Gas company. Ttieir names, E. Raymond Cosgrove, L. B. Gray, W. A. Hasse, A. W. Hammond. 71. E. JtoKnight, E. W. Price. H. E. Strat.ton and P. I. Swanson. This brings Hammond's total of recruits up to 470 since the declaration of war, April 6. JUROR ILL Owing to the illness ot J. C. Becker, a juror, the case of Elizabeth Hale versus the Northwestern Life Insurance Co., and Mary Hale, was continued in Judge Hard's court. Elizabeth Hale, wife No. 1. seeks to collect the insurance money of her husband, who was divorced and married to Mary Hale. The sum. S 1.7("), ha3 been deposited with the clerk on an interpleader. Attorney Whinery represents Elizabeth Hale. Fred C "i-umpacker, Mary Hale and Gillett & , Son. the insurance company. The ques- ' tion is as to which woman is the benelUiary. Vl'A S.H.JXiTO'V- May 3 Intimation tiint President Vi'llson will appoint a "n-iniitrr of mnoltloas" wns made foil, y (Pfore defense coarcrnecs by Walter ;icrnr(". Hilr-eCoT of the icua -II of ::-:- ! :"- Sjc.

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IF YOU'D BE IN STYLE, GIRLS, YOU MUST AFFECT MILITARY AIR

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To be in latest style young Ameri- j can women must exhibit in their finery some touch of the military. The pictures show new creations. The girl at the left is wearing the neimet nat. it is ot white plush . -- "J .with black velvet facing. A thin black na tent leather h: ovonle over the crown and does duty as a chin stir.p. White silk braid is j EFFECTIVE The boycott on potatoes is having its errect. The price on old potatoes has come down from Jl a peck to S5 cents, in most of the Hammond groceries. The wholesale price in Chicago has decreased $1 and yesterday potatoes were sold to the re taller at. $2.50 a bushel. Last Saturday potatoes sold in most of the stores at $1 a peck. Monday the price over the city was varied. Some selling potatoes at t-5 cents, others at 01) cents. One grocer expressed his satisfaction of tlie boycott and its effect and intimated the price would continue to drop. New potatoes are selling at $1.12 a peck but are expected to drop to P0 cents before long. Grocers have noticed a falling or of potato orders. If the people continue the boycott throughout May as the labor unions have requested their people to do, the price will be normal the first of June, it was stated. Hlii A gain of 719 pupils In the Hammond public schools was registered in the 1917 schoon enumeration just completed. Of nine schools only one,, the Central, losi in numbers and its- decrease was only eleven while the gains elsewhere were large. The Wallace school where over-crowding is complained of, gained 232. The total enrollment this year is 8.49S as against 7,609 for 1916. The gain in 1916 over 1915 was less than half the gain of 1917 over 1&16. The enumeration follows: M FM Tot. Gain Franklin 3 si 6 370 756 f3 Columbia .274 243 S17 144 Lincoln 570 465 1035 67 Irving 579 494 1073 S9 Lafayette .723 720 1443 41 Wallace 849 7S5 1634 232 Central 237 262 499 Washington ...410 433 S43 65 Riverside 369 329 698 79 4397 4101 49S f30 "WASHINGTON", May 3. Torpedoing of the American sailing vessel YVIIlnrd Abrahanrs oft the Irish coast, and res. cue of her eretr of six men was o... ly reported to the state department. n" WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMS. (With the Ilrltlsh Amries In France.) In the darkness just preceding dawn today the Ilrltlsh again dealt a blow at the Germans over a wide front north and south of the Searpe. At the moment of cabling the Impression here Is that the battle Is going satisfactory for the Ilrltlsh. lriaouers are beginning to arrive and more tierman guns are being taken. lUy V nlted Press ( RWfSrnm.) nK'VLJ'v Vln l,o- (:!! V ? --"!-".-

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A worked in as a relieving decoration. -vjv.w in ao c itacunj; ucuyi it nun. The military cape worn by the girl at th with gold buttons and is trimmed with flaring red satin. early thin morning, turirfy'n official Htn teivent mds, and continue! The -ontinuonN artillery firiug on both Hide of the Scnrpe vrna followed by heay dram fire. A fieri arris new Kngllnh attacks coninicnecd on a wide front. (fly 1 lifted IreH raiilrcram.) I.()M)0, May 3 fer two days of inaction the llritiah drive wo renewed today. Field Mnrxhal Haig reported. h "TMf-r-THX Keavy flKUtinu from the nindcnbnrjc line nouth, AVe are noir progrenMing and have already captured n number of strong bostEIe pol. tioas." The nriilsh commander's report Indicates an offcmiHe extending oicr a front of at least twelve miles. 4 By Vnited Tress. PIIII.ADKI.I'HI , May 3. The Mc lauker ?unt was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean, according to ad. vices received here today ly the Sun OH (un'i)nj, owners, from its London agency. The crew Is reported hincd. (Hy I niied rrcs. WAMilVtJTOV. May 3. The I nlted States will send 3,K) ambulances and ".TOO doctors and drivers to l'rance. the conncil of national defense announced today. The first of the unit of 22 ambulances and meillcal men will leave within three weeks. Thin i in a U tlon to the six units totalling about 1 .- OOrt medical men to be sent at once to (ireat llritain. My I nited Tress.) M5W MH1K, May 3. Two men are known to ha-e been killed when a submarine torpedoed and shelled the American steamer Rocklnghom, according to a cableN received here oday by the t-arland Steamsliip torporation from Captain 13d wards, coininaud the vessel. His cable readi 'Rockingham torpedoed, two men killed, one boat iiiiiiig with thirteen men not yet lauded. Forahrr details have been cabled for. The two men probably were killed by shell fire ns cables to the I nited I'ress yesterday stated the ship was shelled before she went to the bottom. (By t nited Press.) WASHINGTON. May 3 Secretary McAdoo today turned over to the Italian amhasoador a treasury warrant for JtlOO.OOO.OVO ns Italy's share in the war loan.

PIGEONS STILL NECESSARY IN WAR; CARRY MESSAGES WHEN WIRELESS FAILS

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"Gsrmanj's U-Boat Warfare Will Never Eni War", Says En . land's Great Editor, NOTE Sensing a nation-wide doubt as to whether Great Britain has been telling the full truth regarding the German submarine successes and the campaign on th western front the Unite! Press today put the. question squarely up to the best posted man in the British empire. Lord Northcliffe, and inquired whether America is getting all the facts. In addition the difficulty of America's accepting without reserve Britain's claim of great interest in small nations and democracy was pointed o it and a request made for an authoriative statement of England's attitude. As an indication of the Importance attached to the inquiries t!. : resulting interview was cabled t:,.L'nited Press over the British government's own lino evidently at !i suggestion of the foreign office. By IDWAED I. KEEN(Copyright 1917 by The TiUted Prej.l LONDON, May 3. America ii getting the full arid complete ivxn of every news feature of the Brlr ish. end M the war develogmeiiL, except the the actual figures submarine losses, and may txv-.. . to receive them very soon. The submarine menace is t'. strongest card Germany has playc but it will never end the war. " The foregoing is on authority of i:. man whose prophecies and stat. niem on the wr have come to carry mor-.-weight than those of any olhcr figui-' in the allied countries Lord North cliff e. NorthclifTe is prohaldy the squares facer of facta in England. He never dodges. Today the X "nited lress put squarely up to him the proposition of gathering doubt and distrust in America resulting from belief that British officialdom has not been frank with America in its statements of submarine losses and possibly has not told the fullrfruth regarding the allies' successes on the west front. "In regard to the loss of tonnaee hy submarines.'- said Lord Norlhcliffe. "there is no doubt that the figures are serious. The government does not prevent our newspapers from saying so nor prevent American correspondents from saying so. "The government will. I believe, publish. the full facts and figures as soon as they can arrange the matter with the French and Italian allies. "I do not hesitate to say in my newspapers that the submarine menace is the most serious we have had so far but to pretend that the war can be won bysubmarines is preposterous. Certainly there can be no complaint of lack of frankness or of overeensorship in the reports of t"nitei Press and Associated Press correspondents at the British front. "In the early part of the war I was one of the censorships most severe critics but I am convinced that the daily reports of the British advance as published here and in the Vr.ited States are the frankest statements made by any 4Conttnue1 on rair flv. 1 J DOC

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