Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 280, Hammond, Lake County, 9 May 1917 — Page 1

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RED CROSS Hammond and West Ham'mond Hope to Give Glowing Reports of a Wnderful Day When the Sun Sets May 19. nv n. s. kromax. ' Saturday. May 19. is to be Red Cross Day In Hammond and West Hammond. A membership of 3.000 Is the goal that the Hammond chapter has set and hopes to reach by that day. A thoroughly organized campaign of publicity and solicitation was planned at an enthusiatic meeting- of the. directors of the local chapter and workera from all parts of the city and Weit Hammond held at the Country club laat evening. Attorney John Gavit has been Selected as city chairman for the campaign and will be assisted by a captain appointed for each precinct In Hammond and West Hammond. Each precinct captain in turn will organise their respective divisions with workers for every block or street. Afier a thorough campaign of publicity a house to house canvas of the city and West Hammond will be Inaugurated, giving every man, woman and child of the, city an opportunity of loining the organization. Laat evening preliminary plans were completed for the precinct organisation and a further meeting will be held on Friday evening at the Chamber of Commerce to complete the arrangements for the week's campaign, culminating In Red Cross Day, Saturday, May 19. every person in Hammond and West Hammond will be solicited for membership. Hammond and West Hammond have another honor roll of about 500 enlistments so far. This Is a very patriotic reason for the Red Cross to have a membership many times the number of enlistments. Considering that the Red Cross is the only form of aid recognized by the government and that, furthermore, the efforts of the local chapter will first be directed towards helping those enlisting from Hammond and their dependents, makes this movement a cause that every patriotic citizen should support. At the meeting last night brief talks were made by Chairman Gavit, A. M. Turner, Rev. C. J. Sharp. Chairman C. R. Corbin of the local chapter. Father Seroczynski, George Hannauer, and Supt. Deaver. representing West Hammond. The city organization plan with the precinct captain selected follows: City Chairman John Gavit. First Precinct Mrs. James Nicholson. Second Precinct Dr. Kohr. Third Precinct R. E. Wier. Fourth Precinct Father Seroczynski. Fifth Precinct Joseph Aubrey. Sixth Precinct J. C. Austin. Seventh Precinct W. S. Lawson. Eighth Precinct Ralph Pierce. Ninth Precinct W. B. Mulr. Tenth Precinct Rev. C. J. Sharp. Eleventh Precinct I. H. Pollard. Twelfth Precinct Miss Ames. Thirteenth Precinct Geo. Vincent. Fourteenth Precinct F. L. Savery. Fifteenth Precinct M. Lukowekl Sixteenth Precinct John Rhode. Seventeenth Precinct Mrs. J. M. Turner. Eighteenth Precinct John Malloy. . Nineteenth Precinct Mort Towle. Twentieth Precinct Geo. Chapin. Twenty-first Precinct E. J. Harrison. West Hammond Geo. Hannauer and A. G. Deaver. (By T nJtm Prcns.) NEW YORK, May 9. The New York Sun financial review today says: The wave of liquidation which swept ovtr the stock market today and carried the entire lift uown ward several points upset the calculation of Wall street and gave rise to extreme trepidation among the rank and file of investors. There can be little doubt that the movement reflected the apprehension which is, perhaps, the natural etate of feeling 10 a great nation undergoing a condition from a highly prosperous neutral to a belligerent with burdens and responsibilities to bear. The effect of Washington authorities to etlr the country to a full sense of those burdens and responsibilities mainly resulted In frightening Investment Interests.

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y - v V 2 1 t.: John Leonard. The wvlt department recently asked John Leonard of Hot Springs, Ark., whether he was ready for service. He replied in the affirmative Leonard served four years as a volunteer during the Civil war, and remained in the regular army for twenty-seven years thereafter. For a long time he was the oldest enlisted man in the regular army. TI ARE RALLYING I IE FLAG German-Amercans in Lake County Are Doing Themselves Proud. (Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT. IND., May 9. If aynone ever questioned the loyalty and patriotism of the German-Americans or those of German descent in this community In the present war, as far as America is concerned they will have to admit they were laboring under a delusion. The magnificent showing made by people of Teutonic extraction in this vicinity, when it comes to enlisting and serving Uncle Sam puts to shame the assertion that they would stand by the land of their fathers, and not their adopted country. A perusal of the lists of recruits In the present struggle, shows the German names to be well in the lead and all credit should be given the brave lads and their parents in making a decision that probably carries with it more of sorrow and sadness than would otherwise be occasioned were Uncle Sam In war with any other country. When the final reckoning of the war Is made It will be determined that the foreign element in this country had much to do with the victory that the United States must and will win at whatever cost. fl 0. BROWN SUFFERSHRE LOSS Disastrous Blaze Visits Big Ranch Southeast of Lowell Yesterday. (Special to The Times.) LOWELL. IND., May 9. A bad fire occurred on the Nell Brown ranch southeast of this city yesterday afternoon. The large barn, the cattle, hog and sheep sheds were burned to the ground together with about 3,000 bushels of corn and a lot of wool and fertilizer. When discovered the fire had such a start that it was impossible to save anything. The loss is estimated I at $15,000 which Is partly covered by insu ranee. TIMES ! are personal nciucci t the people of t-lm community from the n errfcfvnta-

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VALPARAISO, IND., May 9. Ed. ward J. Vanatter, trainmaster for the Gary and Xnterurban. railroad, was pished for live hours beiftitli Lis over. tur& cctOKohile is a iitrsi e&st ci tla city, Zumt gl.t. s ZV.y U'oerated himself hy cutting Ms way through the door by nelag hla kalfe and a piece of glass from the windshield. T&natter then walked to a farmhouse at midnight and called for help. He escaped serious Injury hut suffered from shock and fatigue. Sorrow over the fate of his brother, lieutenant John W. Tanater, killed In the fighting. In Trance, word of which was received by Edward, three clays ago, caused care. lessnes In driving, his wife explains. FORMER TIMES BOY ENLISTS IN GUARDS Kdfrar Ferguson, formerly employed on the Gary Kvening Times has enlist-1 etl in Co. K at Gary, rrivate Ferguson., who is 19 years old. is quitting a J100 j a month Job. when the call comes, to' serve Uncle Sam for 15. Teddy j Romanchek. also once employed with The Times, quit a similarity priced Job, to go out with the state troops. ACCEPTED FOR OFFICERS' CAMP (Special to Thb Times.) hubakt, IND.. May 9. Carl Krausse of this place has been recom luciiueu ior admission 10 the reserve officers" training camp by the regular army examining Doard. It is now up to the camp commander to designate those who will go to the camp. sir. jvrausse. wno is a graduate of Gary high school, did his "bit" by serv ing two years In the First Illinois In fantry. eight months of which time was spent on the Mexican border. WHITING SENDS FOUR MORE SOLDIERS (Special to Thb Timbs.) WHITING. IND.. May 9. Five more Whiting lads are going to the front providing they pass their final examina tions. Roy Moore and Ora Jacobus leave Whiting today for St. Louis thev both having Joined the U. S. infantry. Waldo Holmes and Lloyd Gregory, two local mail carriers, will also enlist. James LaPrt has also enlisted and ex pects to leave in a few days for St Louis. WHEAT HITS NEWTOP MARK (By United Press.) CHICAGO. May 9. Influenced by the extreme bullish government r.iinri. made public after the close of the grain pit yesterday afternoon. May wheat today opened at 13.13. fifteen cents over jasi mgnis close setting a new high record for that month's delivery. LIBERTY BONDS ON INSTALLMENT PLANS Gary hank officials are working for heir campaign to sell the liberty loan bonds on the installment plan. It was earned today that the bonds will be n denominations of $100 each. The plan is to have the purchaser Day a mall payment down and the balance in weekly or monthly Installments. When the sum is completed the bank, which will hold the bond In the meantime, will turn It over to the nurhaser. SNOW MAY 9 B-r-r-r-r Snow fell in the Calumet region for 45 minutes early this morning. About one-thirty a slight, fall was noticed and a few minutes later the air was white with the fast falling flakes, which were dry and thick, but melted before mornng. era timers ao not remember when snow fell in this part of the country as late in the spring. DR. GIBBS APPOINTED (Special to Thb Times.) CROWN POINT, IND., May 9. Rr. J. C. Glbbs of this city has been appointed by Gov. Goodrich as a delegate t represent Lake county at the annual meeting of the National Society For The Study and Prevention of Tubercu losis which "will be held in Cincinnati from May 9 to 11. STOP ALL ROAD WORK TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS. IND., May 9. Oov. Goodrich sent letters today to all the county commissioners directing them to stop all road and public work and release railroad cars from hauling such material. This also will release bundreds of teams for farm work. THE WEATHER Partly rlondy tonlscht and Thursday! gentle variable irlnrts omenhat warmer Thursday. Don't forget Red Cross day of the Hammond chapter Saturday, May 19th. 5-9-10t

Lake County Leads Rest of Indiana. The foUowl&g approximate estimate of the Xake county men who have rone to Join the colors Is a tribute that no ether Indiana county can eqnaL These figures Include recruits In all branches of service, officer' reserve 00x7s Bid engineers' reserve corps 1 Sxi ,oj.d z2 &fcry 435 Overseas Company 250 East Chicago 103 Indiana Harbor 103 Crown Point 75 Whiting 43 Hobart 32 Lowell ia Griffith 11 Highland . 4 Dyer '.t 3 St. John Lansing , 3 Munster Schererville 2

TOTAIi I,e57 GET POSTED 'S E (By United Prras.) WASHINGTON, May . The Infantry company is the basis army unit the smallest unit having administrative power over its men, and the smallest unit for messing, quartering and sup plying equipment. The peace strength of an Infantry company is: The captain, first lieuten ant, second lieutenant, first sergeant, mess sergeant, supply sergeant. 6 sergeants, 11 corporals, 2 cooks, 2 buglers. 1 mechanic. 19 privates (first clarf), and B privates a total personnel of 103. War strength adds 2 sergeants, corporals, 1 cook. 1 mechanic, 9 first class privates and 31 privates a total war strength of 153 men. The cavalry troop equivalent of the infantry company peace strength in cludes: A captain, first lieutenant, first sergeant, men sergeant, supply sergeant, stable sergeant, 5 sergeants, 8 corporals, 2 cooks. 2 horse-shoers, 1 saddler, 2 buglars, 10 first class privates, and 36 privates 73 men. Ten privates (first class) and 25 privates are added for war strength a troop total of 108. The field artillery company (in a regiment of two battalions) consists of: Captain, first lieutenant, regimental sergeant-major,, two battalion sergeants-major, first sergeant, two color sergeants, mess sergeant, supply sergeant, stable sergeants, 2 sergeants, 9 corporals, horse-shoer, saddlers, mechanic, 3 buglars, 2 cooks, 5 privates (first class) 16 privates, band leader, assistant ban leader, sergeant bugler. 2 band sergeants, 4 band corporals. 2 musicians (first class), 4 musicians (second classy 13 musicians (third class.) When a regiment consists of three battalions, there Is added: 1 battalion sergeant-major, 1 sergeant, 3 corporals. 1 buglar, one private (first class) and 5 privates. There are 6 gunners or howltsers to each field artillery regiment In peace times. In war, the number may be increased to meet the exigencies of the occasion. Each battery, at peace strength, carries two machine-gun caissons with 4200 rounds of ammunition. TWO BARNS GO UP IN SMOKE Fire destroyed two barns last night In the heart of the Hammond business district Thousands of people were at tracted by th-s flames. The blaze first broke out In Dr. H.N C. Groman'ft barn at 7:40, directly be' hind his residence on Rlmbach ave nue, spreading across the alley to barn owned by Jacob Rlmbach. A great lot of paint and oil material Ini Dr. Groman's building hastened the fire and when the de partment arriv ed. Companies 1 and 4. both structures were far beyond control and attention was given to adjoining buildings, which were endangered by the scorching blaze. The heat could be felt as far as Sibley street. Electric light and telephone wires overhead suffered. Light went out In many homes and telephone connections were disabled. Dr. Groman estimated his loss at $1,000. It was covered by a small Insurance. No estimate could be learned on the destruction of Mr. Rlmbach's barn. In appreciation of the fire department's faet work In aavlng his home. Dr. Groman gave them $25 to be placed in the firemen's pension fund. The Hammond Savings and Trust company and the Lake County Savings and Trust company carried the Insurance on the various fire losses. A foerigner was making application for first papers in the clerk's office of the superior court at Hammond. He was requested to sign his name to the declaration and studied the matter over for some time. Finally he obtained the attention of the busy clerk. . "What I sign here?" he Inquired, "my Austrian name, 'Merican name or Grasselli name?"

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General Petain. "Directing chief of war operation-" is th new title borne by General Petain, the hero of Verdan. In this port, to which be was recently appointed, he will see that French, English, Italian and even Russian movements are co-ordinated.

HAMMOND BOYS Chayken Tells of Army Life and How Different Hammond Boys Are Getting On. BY IRVIXG CHAYKEN. Mass., May 7. After two weeks of island life and In the service with the United States army, we are - . - , getting so that when we leave here we will be saluting automatically and turning the corners sharply and counting "one, two, three, four," or muttering "left, right, left, right, hep, hep, hep!" every time we walk down the main street. It's the same as with the old circus horse when he hears the distant band. For the most part the Hammond boys, all of them, are wild about drilling and they want to do It all the time, and we're becoming quite proficient In platoon movements and all that sort of thing. The commandant, Corporal, Martin, has tried to hold us down, and he Is making great headway with the entire rookie crowd which came here In the month of April. The command-, er considers the drilling the best part of all, and If our Hoosier platoons had their way they'd be forming Jiollow squares and doing sections into line double-time all the long while. Picturesque Sergeant W. H. Lahr, the famous first man of our company who Continued on page nine.) Latest Bulletins By United Preaa Cablegram.) L02VDOX, May Some of the ground around Fresnoy which British troops were compelled to yield yeterd y maniac to tremeudoua attacks. naa won back by Halx's mm today. "Around Frenoy hostile forces t rerc dispersed by our artillery." the British eommauider reported. "T the west we improved our position and a night counter-attack regained a portion of the ground loat yesterday BoraiBj." (By Caite Pre-a Cablegram.) ' LONDON, May . Presence la Berlin today of the Bavarian premier, Count Hertllog, has revived rumors that he Is to succeed Von Bethmaan Hollweff as Imperial chancellor, according to a dispatch via Holland. A Zurich report stated that Hollweg- already had tendered bis resignation, but there was ao confirmation. Count Herding is in Berlin oatensbly to preside at the meeting of the foreign affairs commit, tee of the federal council. AH Holland dispatches today cmphabstsed the existence of a serious political internal crisis. For weeks it has been apparent that sentiment against IIoU , eg and his political oppoucnts .

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WRITE S Phrommer Writes NewsyLetter of Drill With Big Guns-v-All the. Hammond Boys Are Doing Well. (BY JOH.X PHROMMER.) 1 . N. H.. May 9. We are in receipt of your taner of May 2 which contaln's "IisyV mas- . J v llI trplec on army life. We are lnclln'o tninic tnat "izzy's" story is somewhat out of the line of army life for we are told that we are in one of little about this and we don't think here are a great deal different than aa described by "Ixiy." Coast artillery army regulations state that two hours each morning are to be spent In artillery drill and two hours eac afternoon are to be spent in Infantry drllL "Izzy" states very little about this and we don't thing they have gained promotions so fast as to exempt them from such drill. A brief outline of our work here Is as follows, . and from Information of our first sergeant this Is supposed to he standard The bugle blows at 6:13 a. m. and we are given until 6:30 to report for reville at which time the cannon ' ia fired , and If any one is absent they are given special duty through the day which means work al) day In " the kitchen. We are given breakfast at 7 (Continued on page nine.) Hollweg and Us was crystallsing. political adherents By United Press.) WASHINGTON. May . The state department has evidently gathered recently that Germany has continued In her political plots la Central America. (Br V nlted Press Cablesrram.) LONDON, May . England's war expenses each day total 934,560,000 Chancellor Boaar Law a a no on red la the house ef commoas today. The chancellor moved a vote of credit for fZ,400,000,000. (By United Press.) BOSTON. May ft. The British motor steamer Sebastln which took fire off Naa racket early today la belag tawed by a Norwegian ateaaser to Newport, R. I cloaely followed by eeveral pa. trol boats. (By United Press Cablegram.) BERLIN (Via London) 51 sy 9 Fresaoy la being held firm agalast all British attacks, the war office an. nonnced. Aa additional lOO prisoners has been taken there. LONDON, May 9. British forces since April 1 have captured more than 20,000 prisoner- and taken 257 guns. 227 theacb. mortars, and 470 machine gaas. A nv ewspape for people wfee are till en earth that's what TUB HUES la.

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Lansing's Autocracy Fans th Fire and Congress is Prepared to Resist it, A BAS LE CENSOR (By United Press.) WASHINQTOW, May 9. Repressntatlve Sherley of Kentucky greeted Senator Williams of XUsslsslppl In the corridor off the senate chamber today. "How are you congressman f asked Williams. "Sorry bu I can't tell yea the censor won't let me," Sherley replied. . Br BOB S IT BEKSSB ' (United Proea Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. May 9. The autocratic news gag proposed by Secretary I-Anslng to shut off discussion and criticism Of this country's war policy, met with violent denunciation In all quarters today. Congress has about reached the breaking point on the censorship Question. It is a FIRK BRAND. Today while representatives aired their views privately senators took the floor and ripped into so-called "invisible gov(Contlnued 00 pags fly. HID SOCIETY TO MEET ON FRIDAY The Hammond Soldiers and ssiir:' Aid society proposes to have an enrollment of all those who have PTilUt aA from this locality In the service of our country, and In order that this may be made of value and interest in the future it Is the desire that all n--nt. or friends of those who have enlisted Inform the corresponding secretary, T. H. Jordan. 108 Detroit street. Ham. mond. IimL, or telephone 684, by giving their own address and where their hoys or friends are stationed, and in what department of the army. what would be better still is that all meet with us on Friday event-a- at the Central school building and bring this information with. you. FIGHT Of! LICENSE T A fight to have the saloon license rate In West Hammond raised from 9500 to Jl.OOO is to be staged before the West Hammond Club at a called meeting Friday evening at the Wentworth school. There are thirty-four saloons in the city. A committee which has been working on the question of how the city is to care for its financial obligations the. coming year has found an Increase In revenue necessary. The fact that the saloons are going out of business in Hammond next April has caused belief that the West Hammond saloonkeepers can afford the increase. FINED FOR PRINTING LOTTERY TICKETS TZMZS BTSBEAtr, AT STATE CAPITAL INDIANAPOLIS, IND., , May 9 Barnie G. Young of Hammond, a printer who printed the lottery tickets for the Honduras lottery In which C. E. Bern and E. J. McCarty were each fined J500 apiece on the charge of operating a lottery was fined a total including costs of $92.11 in the criminal court here today. Major Noble Lectures. Major Howard Noble, commanding troops in this vicinity, pleased over 200 members of the Parents-Teachers association at the high schol last night, with an Interesting lecture on "Some Aspects of Military Training." Don't forget Red Cross day of the Hammond chapter Saturday, May 19th. 5-9-10t. RELIEVED Of any and all unpleasantness in your eyes if you have your glasses fitted at S. Silver, Jeweler & Optometrist. 177 State St., Hammond, Ind. ,5-9-1