Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 291, Hammond, Lake County, 22 May 1917 — Page 1

Shop As Usual! Stimulate Business Boom! Don't Curtail Your Optimism And Energy!

a LAKE COUNTY TIME H VOL. XI NO. 291 ZallTrd by THUS carrier, 30o par month; om ittMti and at nawartanda. So par copy; bfcck Bimtwn 3c par copy. HAMMOND, INDIANA. MIKE NISH RIOTS KERENSKY GERMANY LOSES FIFTEEN THOUSAND IN TWO DAYS

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P0S1TI0IS Neville's Men Reach Crest and Have Clear Way to Suippe Valley. By HIS DTK T "WOOD (IT nit ad Praaa Staff Correspondent.) WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES AFIELD, May 22. Since Sunday Germany has lost more than 15,000 men in killed, wounded and missing in the fighting by which the French today gained full possession of the Moronvilliers crest. The figures are those of headquarters. They give an adequate idea of the full extent of the victory achieved in the latest French double advance. Neville's men ar now in command of all important points between Mount Cornillet and Mount Teton. They are within half a mil of Moronvilliers Itself. From where the French lines are pushing forward today there is a clear way down the valley of the Suippe. The nw positions were attained fierce fighting In an advance simultaneously executed on both the eastern and western extremities of the Moronvilliers crest. RED CROSS STARTS ATjMi POINT Leading Citizens Get Together for Active Work for Society. ' r-ROTTK rOTNT, IND.. May 22. An enthusiastic meeting of the local chapter of Red Cross was held at the court house assembly room last evening, many rew memtUfc-s being: added to the grand organisation. Judge McMahon, the president, called the meeting to order and the by laws were read and approved. The purrose of the organization of Red Cross societies was fully explained by Judge McMahon and Father Guethoff. in presenting- 11 new members to this organization made a stirring idea for the support of the noble work. Dr. Eleanor Scull gave an interesting talk on first aid work and Hon. John B. Teterson aided the recruiting of members by a stirring address. . Mrs. Powers, a Red Cross nurse. lave an interesting talk on her experiences as also did Fred Kartholomae. relating his experiences with the Ked Cross work during the Spanish-American war. The president appointed the following members on the executive commitfee, they to meet today to formulate plans for the progress of the Red Cross propaganda here: John B. Teterson. Mayor Krost. Father Guethoff. Howell V. Tarry, Judge McMahon. John E. Traas, A. A. Kibler and Mrs. E. H. Shortridge. The society will meet again two weeks from last evening and an earnest campaign for new members will be instituted. The membership no wconsists of over 350 persons. Running to the Family Sock with every dollar you can spare is COWARDLY, UNPATRIOTIC AND WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN BUSINESS PANIC. Buy as usual. Keep things moving. You're sure to, ?et your share of the money to be spent in the war. Gocd times are here to stay.

SPLITS 511-5. fflffl POOR JOE Runaway Wife Leaves With Hubby With Two Kids Takes Two Along

Tony Kinosko. who once lived on the south side. East Chicago, but whose present whereabouts are unknown, recently got a good start in life not only financially but In a family way when he ran away with Joe Walowskl's wife, 4319 Homer Lee avenue. The wife took with her $1,000 and two small children. She played fifty fifty with her abandoned husband, however, by leaving two children, two boys, behind her. She took the younger children, a boy and a girl. Joe made the common mistake of r.ot having his money in postal savings or in a bank where he could keep in touch, with it and where he might know that it was absolutely safe. SETTLEMENT OF . ICE strike mm E Cold weather today found the public more concerned about the coal shortage than the strike of ice wagon drivers in Hammond and East Chicago, which H is hoped will be settled by tomorrow. Superintendent "Williams of the Consumers' Ice company of Hammond and East Chicago, stated today that the dealers of these two cities at a meeting; yesterday afternoon, decided to stand firm by their offer to give the men the wages asked on a one-year contract, but not to sign up for two years. "If the men do not accept this by Monday we will do something else." he said. "It is up to them." Xo disturbances of any kind were, reported in the strike today. CHRISTIE TALKS TO HUNDRED PATRIOTS Tells Men to Make Garden and Housewives to Can as Never Before. Grow all the food fou '(in. can what you can. and what you ran t can you can sell to somebody who can can it. G. I. Christie. Indiana's food tiif-'air. last evening' addressed a hundred )-.-pie at the Chamber of Commerce on 1 1 1 rmot vital problem of the hour the food supply. That no more than a hundred attended the widely advertised meeting at a time when the resources of the people are dedicated to the nation and its arms. Mas a distinct disappointment. The weather, however, depleted the attendance. Evidently Hammond has too many "fair weather gardeners. ' Christie made an appeal to the homegardener and the housewife. He asked the former to raise all the food stuffs possible and the latter to can everything she could to carry the family through the coming winter. Christie, appointed by the governor to take charge of increased production and conservation of food in Tndiana and conduct a campaign for the greatest harvest the state has ever had, said i that if the war were to end tomorrow it l would be just as necessary under pres ent economic conditions to increase and conserve th food supply. He stated that there are 56.000.000 less producers in Europe than before thi war and minus those killed during the war than rr.any more consumers. The cultivation of vacant lots and lands is the most necessary to increased production. Mr. Christie stated. LOSE SUITS AGAINST ' CITY OF HAMMOND (Special to Thb Times.) CROWX rOINT, 1XD., May 22. The suits of George R. Rickcords and Hargis & Moore against the city of Hammond have been disposed of. The property owners petitioned that th; benefits of the Calumet avenue district sewer recently completed in Hammoni be re-assessed, claiming their assessments were too high Judge McMahan In the circuit .court here appointed a board of appraisers consisting of George Eder, Richard Schaaf and John Dyer. The board went over the Improvement and the benefitted district and sustained the assesmenta I as originally made by the city. THE WEATHER Ruin thl aftrrnon and early tontubti continued colds VeInr.1ny fnlr irith rlalng temperatures freh to atronsr northerly Triads dimlnlahlBa; lute- to-nlght.

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Major General John J. Pershing (star) and his staff. Major General John J. Pershinfr, who will command th first American army in Franca, will leave at once -with his staff, according to an announcement by the war department. He will be followed by a force of 25,000 regulars, who will soon be fighting in the trenches shoulder to shoulder with British and French trooas.

WEST H1MD TO BE MECCA FOR SILOOMMEII? Movement to Repeal Ordina nee Limiting Number of Bars to Thirty-Four and Let Ousted Indiana Tavern Keepers Get in Out of the Drought.

On the floor of the AVeFt Hammond city council chamber at a regular meet-J ing of the aldermen Thursday evening the question of whether the ci'y Is to take advantage of the closi'ig of ,ilons In Indiana next spring by revoking the ordinance prohibiting the renewal of any additional licenses and open up the field to all who care to enter is to be fought o'lt. Opponents of, the movemcrt to per HEARINGS BEFORE REITER M ESTATE Hearings to fix ths amount of inheritance tax on the estate of the late William H. Gostlin and John H. F'rohl were held before Judge V. S. Iteiter in the superior court at Hammond yesterday. The estate of Ex-Senator Gostlin approximates $70,000 cross and ?4V0fo net. The estate does not include property left on entiretfoe such as the homestead on Hohnian street which is probably worth $15,000. of the estste blocks of stock in the Gostlin. Mcvn Co.. the F. S. Betz Co. and ownership of the Kijou theatre are principal items. Under the inheritance tax widows have exemption of ten thousand dollars and children of $2,000. Mrs. Gostlin will I pay inheritance tax on approximately $14,000 and the son Harvey on approximately $22,000. The tax up to $25,000 is one per cent. The estate of John H. I'roht. the contractor who was killed when a train struck his automohile in 191 3. is valued at S22.019.S6. The " widow secured a judgment against the railroad of $5,000 damages but this was reversed by the supreme court and the case will be tried again. John X. Peckman appeared before Judge Reiter to give bis judgment of values of the Prohl estate. The heirs of the Prohl estate are Mrs. Prohl, John jr. and Virginia, the children. In tli hearing of the Gostlin estate, A. M. Turner, the administrator. Frank Iieming and John X. Beckman gave evidence. MACCABEES HAVE Hammond Maccabees, tent 42, thi', evening will celebrate the twenty-fifth i. .......... r ! t .. .1 ; .. i ; . . . . VHC ill A Art Illi-'! rne rent, was organiiea in Lnarter members, including Mayor Sinalley. City Controller Edward Aubry and City Building Inspector E. E. Cole are to attend. Entertainer from Chica w Ornish the program and a buffet luncheon ia to be served. A. K. KiUg, commanacr ci tur inn, iiea today that plans for an elaborate banI quet had been discarded owing to tht -,rf. flMKS ada are personal meaaaarea to Mie peple ( thla community from the i

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m!t East iloonmen of Chicago to Ha m mond, remove th. of b'i incs io West Hammond claim ! that it threatens to make it the great-j e.l saloon town in the United States,! a reputation not desired by them. They instead advance a plan to raise the cen.-fp fee on the thirty-four existing saloons from af0 to $700 or as high $1.0". This is bitterly opposed by an il 'ontinued on page 9.) 500-MILE PIPE LINE IS TO BE FINISHED SOON The Sinrlair-Cudahy Pipe Line Company which Is to supply the Sinclair Refineries at East Chiago with oil front Oklahoma and Kansas, will be .om-ileted within a few months, according to a statement by President H. E. fc'inlalr who Is quoted by a New York flnanial paper. The pipe line will be Srt0 miles lonsj. SCANDAL ON SHELLS (By United Pre.) BV cni, H. .IloT. WASHINGTON, May 22. Shells which, were made during the SpanishAmerican war have beet) put on armed American merchantmen to be used in resisting submarine attacks. This came to light today when Admiral Earle. chief of ordinance department, submitted to Secretary laniels a report of the accident which caused the death of two American nurses on the armed merchantman Mongolia. Some of the shells, the report said. were made during the Spanish-American war. Experts found that the sheila used aboard the Mongolia and the St. Louis were not faulty, none was tampered with and their failure to operate them properly was only an tinexplainable accident. A thorough investigation into the St. Louis affair has dissapated the suspicion that German spies had spoiled the shells, according to Earle. COMPROMISE POSTAL RATE By I nlted Pre.) WASHINGTON, May 22. After an all-day fight the house ways and means committee this afternoon agreed on a compromise increase in second class mail rates. The compromise rates., committee members stated, ranged from IVi cents a pound to 5 cents a pound. BAD WRECK ON B.& 0. By United Pre. CLARKSBURG. W. VA., May 22. Twelve dead and six injured was the probable toll this afternon of a wreck on the Baltiore &- Ohio Fhort line at Wallace, fifteen miles north of here. A freight train backed into a work train crushing a car in which twenty men were quartered for lunch. '

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(By I nlted Prf libkiram.) (IPK.MI 1KKX, Mar 22. Predletton that It nasi a would aoon accept neparate peace with Germany Tins made , hy the Berlin Voaalrhe Zeltunar editorially today. Text of the article received here urge that Oermany state us clearly as poaalblr her nvrn peace con

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' "T nlfe-d rrr.n t ai.lrarnm. MM. May 22. Mftleo haa prei "rn,r" " '" note oi proteat mi - I torrign oitice. aeeoraina; to an r,xI chnnse Telegraph diapatch from Am- " iriearrnpn ompnicn " Irrdmn today. The lrjrn mlnlatrr at Berlin held a lengrthy conference at the foreign office. (Bt I nlted Pre Cablegram.) PETIIOtiRAD. May 22. Minlater Kfr. jensky of nmr and marine, left the enpItnl today for hrlef vlatt to Finland. ! From there be Trill go to the front. jMi lIt to the troopl to esplaln the exact governmental situation and to urge them to unyielding; efforts against Germany. (By lotted Pre.) W4SHlC;TOV. May 22. Houae re. publican agreed practically tinonl. moualy oppoaed to mil censorship proIion on the administration apy hill AGED LADY IS FDUHDJp IN BED St. John Shocked by Discovery of Dead Body of an Aged Settler. (Special to The Tiju;?.! ST. JOHN. IND., May 22. MrsJ ltanna Austgen, wno liven aione on ner farm a mile north of town on the St liererville road, was found dead in bed 'last Saturday forenon and was burled here yesterday. It is believed that Sirs. Austgen died as early as last Tuesday. Sh.? had bought some garden eeed and meat in the Warnecke store on Tuesday and these were found undisturbed on the table Saturday. Mrs. C. L. Fritts who called on Mrs. Austgen Saturday, made the discovery and Immediately notified Frank Austgen. a neighbor. Mrs. Austgen was 72 years old and w as a-member of the St. John congregation for more than forty years. She had been a widow for many years and is survived by four daughters, all of whom are married. Thirteen grandchildren also survive. She was the widow of the late Jacob 'Austgen, Sr. Of late years Mrs. Austgen had tenants on her farm but she always continued to live on the homestead. This epring her tenant moved away, leaving her alone. Last Sunday she went to church and communion, having always been a faithful attendant. Kindly and friendly to al, she had numerous frlcjids. Her family is related to the large Austgen family in the county, and her sudden death is very much regretted by everybody who knew her. Ser ic s ei e held at the St. John Catholic church. Monday at 10 o'clock, and the funeral was attended by a large congregation.

REACH FRANCE

hen fontfrrnce report on the meaaure la reported to the house. I By t nlted Prras.) 4 lilt t.O. May 22. -Orrmany la far from beaten right non. rton't make the mistake British laborer did and think you are In for n abort Tar." !' Tills Iras the Cormal admonition to I hlcj.-n trmlm unionist today by the British labor reprraentatl e no rame ! f thf. t lted State at the reqrt of j l'ren ier I loyd t.eorBe to promote ; ,r(trr underatandins between jana American labor. I j i OXDn, May 22. British , , , oo position on the Hlndenhera; line and In mattered raid- aimed to dl.cover the strength of the opoalnic l.er- , . ..,. man force.. Held Mar.hal Halg repori rrrairn i" if inujirr iikiiiihk u ! hovi ed gun. effective shelling by British BIO UK J.ir.lHO, May 22. Brazil I may declare wr on Germany today, Such n course by the goernroent rraa predicted by newapnper nod officer today. The Rreatcat Interest va -manifest In the text of the peoinl ineage to congress to be transmitted late to dey. THREE MORE GO FROM SCHERERVILLE ! i (Special to Thf. Times.) j SCHERERVILLE. IND., May 22. i After being honored in many ways at private and public social gatherings, j three more Schererville young men! Joined the colors yesterday and have j gone to' Fort Wayne. They are Allie j and Peter- Reiplinger, sons of Mr. and i Mrs. Joseph Reiplinger. and Joseph Austgen, son of Mrs. Jacob Austgen. ! At the last farewell prty given fori them Rev. Wm. Here made a nice pat- I riotic speech in which he voiced the! pride of the congregation in the young j recruits. DEPLORABLE CURIOSITY Felix wanted to know if his revolver was loaded. He looked down the barrel and pulled the trigger. j The bullet passed through his nose and entered his jaw. Doctors say he i will live. j Felix is a Polish boy about 2." years: old. His last name is Muller. H' lives in East Hammond. The accident! happened this morning. I m T1 T TTt TTI TTrTTTmTHTn XX1JTa.jj w XX J. x xis vx r BOYS LEAVE . Three Whiting boys left for Forft Wayne this morning after enlisting

at the Hammond recruiting etatioh. 1S th(l Hoosier state has raised 5.They were: Emil Sass, William Kamirt Kentucky, which was assigned -i quol.

sky and Frank Harrison. Yesterday afternoon Andrew Ttalsiank. John Cook and Martin Hammond youths, -were sent. Reilly, PERMITS TO IMPROVE. The Standard Strel Car works have secured city permission to brick veneer two shops, the finishing plant and the paint store, at the total cost of $22,000. Mrs. Selina Bruhn will erect a $1,000 .'ranie mttage at 1 2 48 Jefferson street. A frame bungalow, costing $2,500, at 17S Waltham street, is- to be con--tr ictcd for John KaP'r.

VICTIM OF

Ten Are Killed and Fifty Injured Oiiier Details Suppress?:' by Spain's Censor. ' By I nlted rr. NKW KIRK, Mar 22 An unniinr. ' fill attempt on Minlnrer of War KrreiiI ky hjr liutlrf In Pelrogrnd rra re. i ported today In n diNpntch to the Jevij lh Daily Standard. "An attempt ou the life of nr till ; later Kerennky wnv made joM tit,' :bc cllftpntcb atatcri. Kerensky e- ; raped. Jill participant were arrrsteii j Humors are the plot vna arranged upporters of the old rffclme.'' I nitrd I'reaa Cnllea:ram. MtDRIIl, May 22. Ten peranno vrert killed and flftj Injured In aeriotia tone riots r.t Lisbon Sunday, according t' nurd rereived liere'todny. Troop hn dlfHeulty In uuellina; the disturhnntnumber of hnkertrs wtrt narlifil r ' thn toi nspeoplr. furthe rd'spateh from Bnd.o t dny derlrtred tiat rlotina; la spreaKi over F'ortocal. Several pror1ncr rporter! disturhancea. The atriet eensnrahlp prevent ! lalU. B TO DEATH By Vnlted Pre. MEMP1II3, TEXX., May ZZ. Eli Par s'-ns. negro, was burned to death ear! today near Totta Camp. Miss., by a mob which had taken film from offlc i ers. He had confessed to killintr At. , toinotte Rapp.l. 15. by cutting off he, her nai Potts Camp three weeks ago. Paraoni ! is said to have confessed before he wa; lynched, implicating two other n- "" oi inese. a near mute, wai , later captured and wlJ1 b, burne4 , SOon as the third is found. A numb-: . ... womn na children were in the moh pf hiirnort Pr.n. Before lie was tied to the tree his ea : were cut off. hts fingers torn from hi. hands and otherwise mutilated. AParsons burned the mother of the d-u : Cirl Stood b- n n ft eriAri ''T-,-j for fae my CHANCE TO GET CHEAP COAI Thb Times has received the following communication from W. P. Patter son of Patterson & Stout, of Gary: Gary, Ind., May 21. 1917. Editor Times: Everyone should do their bit. and I want to do mine. My sister and I own a farm where I was raised until I was 20 years old Which is underlaid with ccal. It is In the southern- part of Indiana and has been minded for thirty years I worked in the mines myself but it has never h-en mined extensively; only the near-ijv-villages have been . supplied with coal. We have had it analizerf i,y j man of our city who has had experience With coal, and he sa : s it is of splendid quality. W- 'nave 100 pounds in our office sent direct from the mines. If the citiiens should want, to take hold of it in Lake county, I will not want a cent of pioti; ,juring the war period. A sample can be had to be analized by calling for same. Yours truly. W. P. PATTSRSON. Gary, Ind. INDIANA LACKS BUT 195 OF FULL QU0Ti WASHINGTON. Mav -tn,ii.n. lacKs only 19j recruits of futnishini ts full quota of 5,400 and. includini twenty-eight recruits reporte.i Pn Ma Xof 4.578. has so far raised l.."i2:t recruitj Results of the army recruiting cam patgn in Ohio, a much larger state tha Indiana, are still far from satisfactorj The state so far has furnished les than one-fourth of the quota of 9.53 assigned to It when the re ruitin campaign began April 1. Since" tha time Ohio has furnished altogether 2, 623 recruits, including thirty-six tha were recruited on May IS. Dan E. Wright paid a fin- of $1, and costs thi3 morning in city cour for speeding. He w as ai re.-i-d Sun-dsi".

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