Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 293, Hammond, Lake County, 24 May 1917 — Page 4

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THJB TIMES im.sdav. Mav 24, 1917 THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS BY THE LAKE COUNTY PRINTING & PUBLISHING COMPACT. ff ATLANTA TURN'S OUT EN" MASSE TO GREET MAJOR CENERAI, LEONARD WOOD THE PASSING The Ttroee Saat Caicago-Indtana Harbor, dally at the poatofflce in East Chtoaga. KoMmbir II. 111 The Lake County Timea Dally except Saturday leapt Sunday Bntered and Bandar Entered l SHOW poatortice in Hammond. June II. 1I0. The Lka County Tlmaa Saturday and weekly edition. Catered at the axMtofrtca In Hammond. February 4. lilt. THe Gary Evenlne; Ttmaa DaUy except Sunday. Cntarad at tie poatoifloe ary, April 11. inj. AU ndar the aot of March a, XITi. aa asond-olaaa matter.

roaxio.i ad vex Tii ix q orric. Ill ReoSor Building , ......Cadets TELEPHOlL Hammond (prtviifa azchaara) 1110. till, nil (Call for whatever department wanted.) Oary Offlo Telephone 1ST Nmmu A Thompson. Eut Chltago Telephone 640-J F. 1a Eva a a, Em Chicago .Telephone 7JT-J East Chloago, Tm TlatB SOJ Indiana Harbor (News Dealer) Indiana Harbor Reporter and Classified Adv Telephone 41 2M or 785 W WnKIaa; Telephone J-M Crown Point ........ Telephone A Herewlach , Telephone n

"AVOME.V must economise." saye Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, "on account of

i the war and wear fewer clothes'

LABGZH PAID UP CISCtLATTON THAN ANY TWO OTHER NEWSPAPERS IN THE CALUMET REGION.

If you Kara any trouble arottlaa; Tn Tnrao jnsJie complaint immediately t lha circulation department. Tbji TiMia will not ba responsible for the return of any unaollcttod manueortpt artlclaa or latter and will not notlca anonoymous communleatlona Short aimed lettara of general lntaraat printed at dtacretlon

CONSCRIPTION WITH HONOR. Contrary to the prevailing Impression, any one who tries to creite the idea that a conscript should be looked down upon because he didn't enlist previously or because he Is being drafted for service is not doing anything patriotic. It Is wholly honorable to be conscripted. For one thing this government enters" the war unlike England, Canada and Australia, neither of which resorted to conscription at the beginning and only one of which has since adopted It. America, profiting by England's mistake, has decided to use the selective system, keeping at borne men needed to maintain the firing line and to send to the firing line men who , can be spared for the purpose. Thus, when England went to war more than 200,000 coal miners volunteered, with results that the nary was crippled for lack of fuel, and in a short time most of those miners had to be recalled to the equally Important tasks ot industry. In this country the government has discouraged the volunteer system and no young man deserves censure because be had not enlisted previously in t&9 army, naTy or National Guard. True, those who have entered those branches axe entitled to great credit, but in view of Washington's frowning upon the volunteer system the young man who remains on his job until his country calls him has done a proper thing." Selective conscription is more democratic, more equable, more efficient than the rolunteer system, and the conscript assumes an honorable statu regardless of any ignorant statements to the contrary.

WHY clothes"

Carrie, whaddja mean, "fewer

WHADIUA want us poor girls to do? IT is quite useless FOJv U3 to try to rind out why an otherwise perfectly all-right woman Mil. I. destroy the letlera and aave the postal cards AND we have given up trjing. SOMEHOW it doesn't sound as bad to pay you are financially eniuarra-aea as it does to say IOL"KE busted BUT there's no difference In the feeling. IF the delightful Mr. Christie who advises the ladies to can all they can will only tell her how she can get the sugar THE wiff will be dee-lighted to put up scads of STtJF this summer. , AVE note with a treat deal of alee that so many njmphs are going to dance at the DUXES pageant THAT it will almost seem like an outdoor rehearsal of the follies of 1915 AND why does a nymph always have to pull off her shoes and stockings when she dances? LITTLE lad lead in if a big and unruly dog by a chain was aaked by a neighpor w here he w as going TUGGING at the hund. kid said: "I've gotta wait and see where the dog wants to go'"

WHICH answer.

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Atlanta crowd listening to Geo. Wood, who is shown speaking at upper right. The population of Atlanta, almost !n its entirety, turned out to welcome Major General Leonard Wood, when he took formal command of the southeastern department of the United States army. Pht5to shows over 50,000 people crowded in one of the busiest squares of the Georjria city, where the reception took place. General Wood raisfed the flag which is flung to the brees.

A RED-BLOODED SKY PILOT.

7 Valparaiso. The) Rev. John "W. Veirson, pastor of the First Bap tist church, passed an examination Tuesday for admission to the reserve officers training camp at Indianapolis. The minister wishes to fight with th Infantry.

It is with interest that we read the preceding item. John Newsnn is j tfco clergyman who spent his vacation by working last summer as a laborerj in the Gary steel mills so he could get the viewpoint of the workmen at j first hand. He got it. Incidentally Workman Newson wrote a letter to!

the officials of the corporation praising them for the safety welfare taken west Si of H.-hm strict in. J7. roof the men and of the rood.wajr.es paid, but he told them thev could render! mond take up collection they can get

better service by not requiring such long hours in certain departments, toiling at the coke ovens twelve and fourteen hours a day; the ministerlaborer learned that men who have long hours get but little time with their

A EOT who is allowed to lie In bed when his mother is repeatedly calling him to breakfast

I IS Just the kind whom discipline irks : w hen he ' i

JOINS the army. RTSE earlv and get the beauty

these glorious spring mornings, saya an ovf, -enthusiastic exchange YES. w ith chattering teeth, congealed marrow, icy feet and rheumy orbs WHEREJA get that glorious beauty stuff? MKMPHIS. tF-VN1.. must have been reading up a little on the Belgian atrocities WE suppose some of them know HOW to read down there? rrrmrs if the business men en the

human bodies scattered

enough to rut a flag ON the only empty flag pole In Hammond.

families. No one should rob them of this, and the present-day outlook In J wk don't know th! era nf evolution for better thlnea Is that all emrjlovers will hptter! rrouder a. women

working hour conditions. The Valparaiso gentleman of the cloth or man of the cloth (mm sounds better) is refreshingly original and what the town loses the army

which Is really who has had

gains. We expect to hear more of him-

GfVE THE BOY TIME.

abdominal operation

OR a chap who has lanced

GREWSOME?

Ituid, while the roar of the field guns 1 horses and and heaies and the ear-splitting crack broadcast.

of the machine guns made hearing and speaking imposible. All commands had to be given by signal of hand. "Upon the first crash of the guns, the'

infantry standing in readiness were up ejiand away before the Germans had time!

ito get out of their dug-outs or put more 1 than a fev distress rockets up. our boys j , were upon them and the few Germans'

w no escaped me oomparomeni were speedily bayonetted or made prisoners. "It was really pitiful, if there Is room for such a sentiment, to see' the frantic efforts of the Germans to get their artillery into action. Before most of their guns could do so. oora had blown them up or the on-rush;ng infantry had captured them. "It was now time for the machine guns to go forwr.rd and cover th further pi am. of iiifantrv. ' took over

my four guns and consolidate my posi-1 ground is a sea -of mud. w-rer a-d snow j t ens In the former German reverse 1 and tle .ve.ulier M.e. I am coa;ed with , linos -vhirh w.r. indicate how far over j mui fl orn head to frct ml 9oaked to j the infantry had gone. I never saw such I th 8Vin but tne enthusUBin a.n.1 optoma sight in my life. The ground for i 'm cf "n ranks ocs R on "ays t0" I mil. w. . rr,.. of hi! y.r.ic r,. ,wards oblivion of conditions and we I

square foot of level ground left. Just a j know that th detested Hun is now getfurrowed. billow v mass of nlnnri 'ng his own medicine back with com-

"Th:s battle embraced the most intense bombardment the world has ever known and is the sure Indication that from now on the Germans can never hope to meet it on anything approachina; equal effectiveness. The battle still continues and there will be no let up from now- till the end. an that and. I firmly helie-ie cannot be later than the coming fall. "The enemy are retreating so fast that we are daily taking up new positions which means we have had to throwaway every surplus round of weight. All I now have ts what I stand up In. and my necessary and essential equipment of revolver, haversack, compass and clinometer. Blankets are a thing of the past and whenever sleep is possible I lie down In a rhell hole just as 1 am. It is hard, terribly htrd ss the

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had a carbuncle

Well, why net '

Next.tlrjie you are worried about the future of a thoughtless, rolicking boy, make mental note of the pups you have known and loved. Kemem-1

brance of the overwhelming per cent that developed into decorous, respected, sedate dogs will encourage you to take a more hopeful view of thp future and the boy. Paris (Mo.) Appeal.

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GLOOMS at Oyster Bay.

AFTER the government fixes coal prices it should fix the coal magnates.

CORN up so high Illinois farmers are feeding their hogs ice eram cones.

THEY ar going to hold a big convention in Ireland to see about home rale- Maybe it's Just as well bricks have gone up $2.

IF we had censorship, no doubt we couldn't print that it was a shell made in 1898 that killed those two nurses on the Mongolia.

THIS year's certainly tough on the haberdashers. It's been too chilly to eell straw hats, and Just when it gets warm enough to do so khaki caps will be coming into style.

IF New "York subscribes to the Liberty Eond issue with alacrity with which she has given enlistments .to the army, we Uncle Sam will have to shut up shop for a while.

the same see where

"WHY don't the Lord send us a million wrens Instead of a million sparrows?" demands the Ohio State Journal. And while taking a peck at the Lord, why doesn't He put more flowers and less thorns on the rose bushes?

MM GETS II THRILLER

F. H. Branch, purchasing agent of the.

Standard Steel Car Co. at Hammond, has received the following thrilling letter ancnt the great Vimy offensive from his friend Lieut. Gates, "Somewhere In France": "Canadian Machine Guns Corps. France. April 15. 1917. "Many days and even weeks before this letter reaches you. you will have read the despatches containing the news of the greatest battle of the war which commenced on April Sth and in which the Canadians played so gallant and conspicuous a part. However, as it is doubtful that you have as jet received a letter from nn eye-witness who took part in the great offensive a further description may be of interest. "For many days before the battle our artillery had kept up a persistent and consistent bombardment until the morning of the adanee there was hardly a square foot of ground that had not been

earth, with trenches conspicuous for! their absence; dug-outs blown in. ma- j chine gun emplacements blown up. artil-; lery toppled over, and the enly Germans: left, those Imprisoned in dug-outs whose ! deep entrances had been blown in. "In the German dug out that I had : made my headquarters I found a Ger- ; man officer, a Serg.-Major and a private' whom we made prisoners and sent them bark. The officer who spoke good Eng-j lish said that they had been standing 10 for the past two weeks and although j the attack was expected, yet it had b-en j launched with such a suddenness and severity that they were taken by surprise. He also said that the intensity! of our bombardment previous to the; morning of stlack had prevented the J

I bringing in of rations for four days. He : 1 admitted that they could not hope to

win on land ana tnat everything was now staked on holding out until their I submarines had completed their sure re-' suit of starving out England. ' I told him It could not n done, and he Just

shrugged end safd. Trhaps not out it is our only hope.' "Although we wrecked such havoc among the Germans it must not be thought that our task was easy or our casualties light. The German's princi

pal weapons were machine guns set upj

on strong points and these required hard and sustained fighting to overcome. By nightfall all of these strong points were in our hands and the points of vantage used to the best effect against the retreating enemy. The artillery gunners came up behind the infantry and turned the captured field guns right about face and fired on the Germans with German guns and German ammunition. "At one point our infantry got through as far iis the Germans transport lines. A road crowded wi'h re-

tailed before. We are pouring j i 1 of rounds per hour into every l it presents itself and there are!"

pound interest. ! "My machine gtins are working beautiful!' and the gunners and helpers go-

ing to it with a rest and enthusiasm

r.i-cr .i'iiIIpH bpfore. We are oouritil !

thousands

turret that ore

not a few. "T have had this opportunity of writing as we were withdrawn for a few. hours to get a much needed rest, but . will be back again very shortly. "As 1 write there is a battalion band playing on the village square outside my! billets. There are hundreds of soldiers j standing around singing and cheering) and the celebration is Just as if the warj were really ended. ! "Optimism, enthusiasm and exuberant spirits prea"il on all sides and every-! thing looks merry and bright. The T'rT.ch inhabitants say as we pass them! 'Von Canadiens ' j "I must close as i have to conduct rayj section te. the baths for 'bath parade' ' steaming tanks of water, clean, dry underwear. chocolate and cigaretts and j then a return to billets" to sit by the j roarfng wod fires and read the late 1

papers and magazines and enjoy the quiet hour so much appreciated after the din of battle. With very kind regards tca yourself ami all the friends at home. Sincerely yours, A. GRASETT GATES. Lieut."

MUNSTER

THE railroads and steel companies that have had their presidents join oarf-hoi. the National Council of Defense to co-operate for the common good are co-' 'At a hour on April 0th tn , , . ; arttlFery and machine guns opened in operating wonderfully. For instance, the steel companies are planning to 1 union and from then on u German raise the price of steel to the railroads and the railroads, feeling reciprocal ! imes were transformed into a hell of about it, plan an increase in rates to the steel companies and the rest of us. carnage and slaughter. From end to 1 end was a lurid curtain of flnme and

Mrs. Paul Kaske and grand-daughter, Katherine Lamasney. returned to Irving Tark after a few days' visit here. The srorm Saturday night did conskier.iMe damage ;iere. It struck :inl burned out the telephone in the honi'

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Just the item you had in mind is likely to be goneK you postpone your visit to the

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Better attend the 7:30 sale this evening you'll really enjoy it-and you'll have an opportunity to buy McGarry Quality Jewelry at practically your o;n price. Col. John F. Ttirner Auctioneer

Iwo Sales Daily 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.

John

The Jeweler 599 Hohman Street

Hammond Indiana!

treating German limbers and troops, of H. F. Kaske, and damaged the elecgave our artillery an exceptional target, j trie lights and alfo the street lights, and as soon es word had been cot back Mr. and Mi s. I omhert Schonn visitto the artillery our guns w ere conoen-' rd at the home of Peter Sthoon. S'.intrated on this area, and in ten minutes (day evening.. not a vestage of the train remained Only two more weeks of school when smashed wagons, disembodied mules and ; the children w ill en.loy their vacation.

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