Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 290, Hammond, Lake County, 21 May 1917 — Page 2

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CLL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists. CONSTABLE BUSTED III JJJHEAKFAST That Naturally Would Make Anton Indignant, Hence This Story. Ar.tm Rundquist. 4 PCS Olcott v. rue. Kast Chlrajto, is under arrest charged with nssault find battery by Constable Leo Uonaventura from Juitve Jordan's court. The constable says that he went to Rjndquisf home for another man and K'indquist set upon him. manhandled h'rti and tore h:s clothes. He then p'aced him under arresi. secured help s-d took him to the police station. Mr. Rundquist sajs that the constable came In while he was at breakfast: that without saying a word. Bon;ivent;;ra grabbed hold of him and t-.d to taKe him out of the house by force; that he did not know who Ranaventura was or what he wanted: that moreover he couldn't speak inteliigi-t-!e Knghsh. Therefore, he defended 1 '-nsetf as any other man would under the -i ryumst anres. It has since developed that the ron-p-ahle was after the man who lived on the rear of the lot at th.s number. 4 DEAD. 11 HURT INPDWDER BUST Republic Iron & Steel Plant in Ohio Visited by a Mysterious Explosion. T l'NG?T UYN. OHIO, May 21. A t: sf erious explosion in the power plant of the Republic Iron and Steel Company, at noon Saturday, brought instant death to four men and injuries to eleven others. Five of the latter were seriously hurt, and it Is believed that one may (succumb. Thousands of people crowded around the plant, in the hart of the fore'gn section, when heavy pieces of machinery were blown a quarter of a mile by the explosion, leading to rumors that scores had been killed. An immediate investigation was begun of a suspicion that the explosion may have been caused by war plotters, although company officials were inrr.r.ed to scout the Idea. CABINET TO BE INCREASED .. i BY CARL D. GROiT. Tnlted PrfM Staff Correspondent.) "WASHINGTON, Mar 21. President Wilson's cabinet will soon be increased t""- three new portfolio members secl 'tary of food administrations, secreary of munitions and supplies and a S'i M-etary of transportation according to official belief here today. Action by the senate in limiting the powers of the council of national (lefnse so that much of the work now being dono by the ft dvisory committee of the council will be shifted back directly to the shoulders of the cabinet has made new- posts In the cabinet imperative, officials declare. The sent did not like the council of defense. CLIMBED STAIRS ON HER HANDS Too III ta Walk Upright Operation AdvuefJ. Sayed by Lydia E. Pinkhara's Vegetable Compound. This Tvoman now raises chickens and does manual labor. R-ad her story: Richmond, lnd. 'For two years I v:a so sick and weak with troubles from my age that when going up 3tair3 I had to go very slowly with my hands on the steps, then sit down at the top to rest. The doctor said he thought I should have an operation, and my friends thought I would not live tQ move into our new house. My dauehter asked me lit., v. (fa Mm 'i aamlXudtiM to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as she had taken it with good results. I did so, my weakness disappeared, I gained in strength, moved into our new home, did all kinds of garden work, shoveled dirt, did building and cement work, and raised hundreds of chickens and ducks. I canret say enough in praise of Lvdia EPinkh am s Vegetable Compound and if these facts are useful you may publish them for the benefit of other women-" Mrs. M. O. JOHNSTON, Routs JJ. Box 190, Richmond, lnd. Jnalta

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MISS PENS The following verse was written by Ida M. Mendrix of Griffith, lnd.. and contributed to The Times: "THK CVI.I. OF THE IH F.." Oh, hearts of fair Hoosierdom, hear ye my cry! Come to nie, rescue me help e'er I die'. F.'er civilization its grasp on me holds: Help e'er my wonder sof nature' are 9...1J. Gather me -into your hearts that adore The fairest of lakes that dashes upon my . shore. Beauty unrivaled earth's wonders complete, -Oh. magical city, so close to my feet: Oh. hearts of fair Hoosierdom. lest you forget, r will remind you of what I possess. Fair Nature has planted her throne in my heartSo. oh Indiana, now do you your part' The honk of the wild goose, the whip-poor-will's call The calm of contentment that steals over all. The twitter of song bird the chatter oT squirrel. All in my dominion all live In my work!. Oh. hearts of fair Hoosierdom, know yi X hold Myriads of blossoms fruits all untold: Trailing arbutus, violets,, golden rod, too; The grandest of femneries elderberries blue; My swamps cuttle cranberries, mint wlntergreen; On hills the sweet sassafras and blackberries are seen. Thro' me wind the trail that In days that are- gone Made the East and the West and the Central'ali one. Oh. hearts of fair Hoosierdom, hear ye and know That to Nature's enchantment Indiana (inps o W A Her Riley, her Audubon. Johnston and Hay; All the flowers of literature be In my wa. ?o bow t" my sturdy, strong -oaks and my pineGive reverance to men of the past that are thine. For I hold as a scepter the pen and the poem For faJr-minded writers make Nature their home. Oh. hearts of fair Hoosierdom, to all I appeal To hunter, to nimrod, to workers in steel; To dweller in city, to men of the soil. To parents and children, to .laborers who toll. To rich and to poor, to satire and sage I urge you to hearken e'er unto that cap Of mankind's destroyers I noiselessly g 1 i d o And leave you in wailing and sorrow abid. CHILD MARRIAGE ENDS T 16-Year-Old Bride, Daughter of Inland Mill Superintendent, Granted Decree. Mrs. Blair Wilcox, the sixteen-year old boarding school girl who startled Fast Chicago society with an impetuous elopement and marriage last fall, is again Miss Thelma Potts after five tumultuous months of matrimony. She was granted a decree of divorce by Judge V. S. Tteiter in the superior court at Hammond this morning and the restoration of her maiden name. W. J. Murray representd the plaintiff. Miss Totts is the daughter of Charles V.. Pott?, superintendent of the Inland steel mills and resides with her parents at 37,16 Hemlock street. She wasi edu cated at two seminaries, is accomplished in music, and has talent for painting. On the stand Mrs. "Wilcox told the court her boy husband contributed, five dollars to her support In five months and on one occasion slapped her when she refused to go to the movies with him. She left her husband and returned to the parent?! aiode and believes he is now in training for the army at Columbus barracks. Mrs. Wilcox, was very modishly dress -d in brown. She is blond and decidedly pretty. The elopement of young Wilcox and Miss Totts took place October 16 of last year. Mrs. Wilcox told the judge today that Wilcox had no employment at the time they were married but previously worked at the Inland mills. When married she was 16 and the boy 17. BANKERS AID THE GOVERNOR (By United Press.) INDIANAPOLIS. TND.. May 21. Eats Chicago, lnd.

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Governor Goodrich announced that bankers have come to the aid of the state in financial matters, making a special session of the legislature practical ly unnecessary. He said he probably would not call an extra session. AD. MAN KICKED BY HORSE (Continued from Page Ona.) that he was kicked in the head when he was a boy and can only get relief when he takes a little red-eye they didn't know what it was. Lesser has been identified as the affable young slicker who slapped Fred Upham Joyously upon the shoulder in the Blackstone grill back in February and then slipped a check to Marc Matjle. head waiter .who stood admiringly by. has been pinched. The check, for $65, was bail. The smooth young man got $59 65 besides a $?.35 repast, which was good. The check took a journey to the hank and came back. A little stream of similar ones liegan to dribble into the; Illi nois Trust and Savjngs bank, supposed ly signed by Julius Rosenwald or G. M. Ixebi as fancy took the maker. Pick TTp Trail In X. C. Trivate detectives were set to work upon the case. They picked up the trail in Kansas City, where an affable strang er had begun to prosper on worthless checks iigned "Lieut. W. H. Monroe, V. S. V., aeronautic division." Circulars bearing a photograph of the stranger were sent out and one fell into the hands of H. W. Sumers. owner of the Gary hotel, who took the police into his confidence. So Lesser will be arraigned in Chi cago today: "When I was a boy T was kicked on the head by a horse." he said. "The inJury I sustained seems to le permanent and every little while I have a feeling that my system is paralyzed. My oily relief seemed to come from taking a bit of liquor to sort of wake me up. That's how 1 started drinking and I was under the influence when I did this thing for which they have me locked up." A DAGGER IN THE BACK Thafa the woman's dread when aha Jets up In the morning to start th ay's work, "oh! how my back aches." GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsule taken today eases the backache of tomorrow taken every day ends the backache for all time. Don't delay. What's the use of suffering? Begin taking GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules today and be relieved tomorrow. Take three or four every day and be permanently free from wrenching, distressing back pain. But be sure to ret GOLD MEDAL. Since 1696 GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil has been the National Remedy of Holland, the Government of ths Netherlands having granted a special charter authorizing its Preparation and sale. The housewife T Holland would almost es soon be without bread as she would be without her "Heal Dutch Drops' ce she quaintly calls GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. Thia ts the one reason why you will find the women and children of Holland so eturdy and robust. GOLD MEDAL are the pure, original Haarlem Oil Capsules imported direct rrorn the laboratories in Haarlsm. Hol-wE-I.t3"1 be un, to GOLD M h. UAL Look for 'the name on every bx. Bold by reliable druggists in sealed packages at 25c. 50c and $l.r-'' Money refunded If they do not h. i0,?- AP only the GOLD MEDA Vli. others ar tnitaUona Adv.

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Fifteen hundred dollars to da:e is the result of the first trench drive of the Hammond district In its efforts to raise $5,000 to be used in establishing V. M. C. A.'s in military cumps. The district includes K.ist Chicago. Indiana Harbor, Whiting, Crown F'oint, Ifobart, Gibson and Hammond. The campaign started at a metting of representatives of the different cities at the Chamber of Commerce last Friday n!ght and will terminate Saturday night. It is expected that the amount raised will exceed $3,000. Gary set a state record by raising $11,000 in a few days. The following amounts were raised over Sundaj: Kast Chicago. $400; Indiana Harbor, $400; Hammond, $3,00; Gibson. $200; Whiting. $100; Hobart, $50: Crown Point. $i0. Indiana is to raise $ ISO. 000 of the grand total to be contributed over the country, $3,000,000, which Is needed in erecting association buildings in military mobilization camps. When soldiers are sent to B:urope the Y. M. C. A. camps will accompany them. This work is authorized by an executive order of President Wilson and has the same essential standing as the Hed Cross. Churches of all nenomina tions are given full privileges of the Y. M. C. camps. Contributions can be made at the First National banks of East Chicago, Hammond, Indiana. Harbor and Hobart. J. J. Keller will receive donations at Whiting. A new Y. M. C. A. building Is being erected at East Chicago for the infantryencampment there. FARMERJOR WEEK Rev. Sharp Dons Overalls and Sinks His Boots Into the Loam at Coatsville. A "make a garden" germ while looking for a victim bumped into the Rev. C. J. Sharp and sank deep into the system of the pastor of the Hammond Christian church. The clergyman's temperature imedjately rose and his other ambitions lowered. His pulse raced while his mind lingered on seed catalogues. Early last week the minister annexed himself to a spade. He dug up every inch of, soil in the yard at the rear cf his home on Summer street and planted everything from potato sprouts to pie plant. He mixed radishes and celery in with .his sermons Sunday and took the first train today for Coaesville, lnd.. where James A. Sharp, 'his father lives on a farm that has been the home of the family for years. "I am going home and plow and har row for a week." Sharp telephoned his secretary before he left. "I expect I'm a little late but I never saw it dull on a farm in May." The clergyman will return Saturday to Hammond to deliver a memorial sermon Sunday with the G. A. R., SpanishAmerican war veterans. Women's Relief Corp and members of the national guard on duty in the county in attendance. The serve is to be held at the Christian church. ORIO MAN KILLED AT GARY DEPOT Howard Spencer. 35 years old, of Pridgeport. O. lost his life Saturdayevening at union depot in Gary. His body was found on siie New York Central tracks just east of the train shed, 'low Spencer was killed is not known. 'ts neck and shoulder were broken and arm was severed at the elbow. The ..iy was found by two men waiting for r : & 1 44 m rt tt 3K f- t 4i V". V - s 0. it i 'i. 0 .if itiijji:. A the mayor of Boston, will ever remember white haired old ladv she will tell her received. Before an enormous crowd in the photographer did not fail.

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the 9:17 west-bound train. The remains were taken to the Williams and Marsahll morgue and from papers in tho clothes a card addressed to Howard Fpencer, Wheeling, W. Va., lead to the location of the dead man's wife at Bridgeport and to his identity. S RED GROSS (Special to The Time.) WHITING, IN'D., May 21. The Whiting chapter of the Red Cross Society was launched in a meeting at the Whit ing library on Saturday night. Mayol W. E. Schrage was elected ex-officio di rector. The other directors elected were Mrs. Jessie Curtis Smith. John M Thiele. Mrs. G. trash. Joseph J. Chjlla Julius Szudinski, Starr Stowell, Dr. A. J. Lauer. Frank X. Gavit. John C. HalM Frank U. Lewis. Dr. Mycrick, Mrs. John Schaub sr., Wesley Tharp. Dr. R. E. Humphreys and Beaumont Parks. At a meeting held yesterday Beaumout Parks was clctej chairman; vice chairman, Mrs. Jessie Curtis Smith: secretary. Mrs. G. Cash: treasurer. John M. Thiele. A campaign will now he made for members, every one in Whiting and Robertsdale being urged to join, fiftymembers .having already been secured. CHICAGO REGRETS L0SS DF GARY Says Poor Foresight Kept Gary Out of Chicago's Boundaries.. Chicago at last weeps at not capturing fiary. "If Chicago had been more farsighted and liberal in its policy Gary would be located in Chicago today instead of in Indisnii. said Commissioner of Public Works Bennett yesterday to the covincii committee on harbors. Its members and several other aldermen had put in several hours inspecting Lake Calumet as a site for an industrial harbor. The immediate question up in the acquisition of the riparian rights from the shore owners. No one" was inclined tp criticise the Miller's Antiseptic Oil Kaowa as inake Will Positively Kelieve Pain la Thrat Minutes. Try It right now for Rheumatism. Neuralgia. Lumbago, sore, stiff and swollen Joims, pains in the head, back and limbs, corns, bunions, etc. After one application pain disappears as if by magic. A never-failing remedy used Internally snd externally for Coughs. Colds. Croup, Sore Throat, Diphtheria and Tonsilitis. This oil is conceded to b the most penetrating remedy known. Its prompt and immediate effect in relieving pain is due to the fact that it penertates to 'he affected parts at once. As an illustration, pour Ten Drops on the thickest piece of sole leather, and it will penetrate this substance through and through in three minutes. Accept no substitute. This great Oil is golden red color only. Every bottle guaranteed: 25c and 50c. a bottle, or money refunded. Kauffman & Wolf. Hammond.- Adv.

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method of settlement. Arend Van Vlissingen, who has been the agent for the city in negotiating with the property owners, explained the settlement proposed is no different from what It was a year ago. Others who spoke were Chairman Littler of the harbor committee, and A!-, dermen Block and Woodhull.

DRAFT REGISTRARS . ' MEET TO-NIGHT Gary Conscription Board Orders Meeting to Be Held at Club. Members of Gary's conscription board today issued an order that the 62 precinct registrars named by the board to serve on registration day, June 6, meet this evening at S o'clock at th Commercial Club. Explanation of the work and duties of registrars will lie made by Commissioners John A. Brennan, T. J. Toner and A. L. Brown. The board" at a meeting at city hall this morryng decided to perfect plans for the enlisfment of volunteers to serve as clerks and typists on registration day. The Times has been asked to publish the following notice by the Gary conscription board relative to the registering on Jun? 5 of ail males who have passed their 21st birthday and who are not" yet 31: Registration Say June 5, 1917. All male residents of Gary without exception, between the ages of 21 and SO inclusive are obliged to go to respective places of registration in their precincts and register on that day. The penalty for failure to comply with this law is imprisonment for one year. IK FORGERY CASE ON TRIAL AT HAMMOND The case of the State vs. Joe WllBon of Kast Chicago, charged with forgery was placed on trial before a jury in Judge Hardy's court at Hammond today. The prosecuting witness, Jacob Vrhancic, a saloonkeeper, who alleges that & Standard Oil Company check for $40.26 payable to Cletus Stoner was fraudulently cashed by another than Stoner. Wilson, is accused of cashing the cJieck. BOYS CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR Cecil Rock, 12 years old, one of Mrs. Carrie P. Herndon's character witnesses in her "trial by populace," and two other Toys, Joseph Keller and Joseph Derlof, are charged by the police with stealing carpenter tools from a new house being built on Hickory street. valued at $15. It !s said that the theft occurred Saturday night. Officer Warner was AN ARTCRFT PICTURE OF UMLSUAL HE-APT APPEAL.CHARM ANO THRILLS Thursday and Friday No advance in prices excepting evening. Children 10c on main floor, halcony 5c. I 1 1 k 1a 7?

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detailed on the , case and rounded tip the three alleged miscreants Sunday afternoon. Rock and Derlof live on Hoffman ittreet, and Keller lives on the corner of 149th and Ash streets. Drlof is the lder of the three, being about 17 years old. Keller is thought to he about 10. The boys are to ' be queat.ioned by hier of Police Austgen tonight. What disposition will be made of their Is not known. GARY WOMAN SEEKS DIVORCE Attorney Clyde Hunter of Gary, day filed in the superior court a ffsrrmond a petition for divorce for P.i'h Donnelly from Joseph Donnelly on uatory grounds. The couple msr!ed in August. 1913, and separate! April 17 of thia year, the compU:;.: states. Petition for divorce for Lillian Johj -son of East Chicago from Aiexanrl Johnson was filed by Attorney J. w Bris.sey. PASTIME to-Day Five Act Red Seal Feature THOU SHALT NOT KILL Featuring Tyronn Power. Kath'... Williams, O'lv Oliver. CHAPLIN in "THE WOMAN" FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SARAH BERNHARDT IN MOTHERS OF FRANCE. News Superior in Quality. Properly Handled. Thoroughly Screened. Promptly Delivered. Rightly Priced. This Is the kind of coal we setTHE BIEKER'BROS. O i4 mviay m. war n. Koine a ' ralaphoaa M. Talarphoma BOSft DeLuxe THEATRE One Day Only Today LOUISE GLAUM In "SWEETHEART OF THE DOOMED" Extra Good. ALSO BRAY CARTOON. Tomorrow PEGGY HYLAND and MARC MAC DERMOTT in "INTRIGUE" ALSO PATH E NEWS AND AN EXCELLENT COMEDY. Wednesday GEO. WALSH in"THE MEDIATOR" Also "THE GREAT SECRET" es in aiders" A ROMANCE OF THE RAILS IN A STORY ABOUT LOOT, LOVE AND A BRAVE GIRL. EVERY TUESDAY

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