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LIBERTY BONDS ARE WORTH MORE IN CASE THAN THE CASH YOU PAY FOR. THEM

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Every Male Between 21 ani 31 Must Register Witncut Exception Under Penalty of Law.

TIMES' BVRKA V AT STATE CAPITA I INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. June 2. Xext Tuesday. June a, is the day on which millions of men in the Vnited States between the ages of 21 years and 30 years. Inclusive, must register for military service. Every" man in the Un-ited States who has reached his twentyfirst birthday on or before next Tuesday and who has not reached his thirty-first birthday on or before that Jay is required by the law to register. White, biack, red and yellow men alike must register. Married and single men; those in sound physical health and condition and tnosi who are sick or disabled or crippled; those who are at heme and those who are away from home; natural-born citizens of the United States, those who have been naturalized, those who have taken out their lirst naturalization papers and ai:ens all must register. In short, every male person of the- prescribed age js required to register. The only' exceptions are those male persons who are in the active military or naval service of the United States on next Tuesday. The "Registration Regulations," Issued by the government in pamphlet form, contains this paragraph: "The only exceptions are persons in the military or naval service of the United States, which includes all officers and enlisted men of the regular army, the navy, the marine corps and the Xational Guard and naval militia while In the service of the United States, and officers in the officers reserve corps and the enlisted men in the enlisted reserve corps while in active service. If you are a male

HERE IT IS IN A NUTSHELL

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FOURTEEN INDICTED IN, INDIA PLOT (3y United Press.) CHICAGO, June 2. Fourteen men. including Baron K'irt Von Reiswitz, former German consul and Gustav Christiansen were indicted by the federal grand jury today for alleged conspiracy in connection with a plot to promote re-olution in India,

Are you more than 21 ar.d less than 31 years of age, Young sianf Xf so, you mast register. You must register in your own voting precinct, Jans S, naxt Tuesday, between 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. No matter what your occupation or physical condition, you must register. The exemption will follow registration. If absent from your home precinct go to the County Clerk, or City Cleric, if in a city of 30,000 or over, secure the necessary blank and mail it so as to reach your home by June 5. Prisoners and sici persons are not excused under the federal law. They, too, must register. Foreigners are included whether naturalized or not. Severe penalties attach to failure to register. Loyal Americans will assist and encourage registration wherever possible. Assisting slackers and those who do not register as they properly should can he described by no term less harsh, borders on treason. Young1 America between 31 and 31, Tuesday, June 5, is the day and date upon which to show your love of country, your loyalty to the flag and your high sense of duty. Se?. ister early.

CHIEF OF SURGEONS

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Fl R NEXT WEEK CHICAGO

MOSTLY WOMEN ON GENERAL PERSHING'S MEDICAL STAFF

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Dr. II. K. Sharrer received notification yesterday by telephone that he

had been appointed acting chief surgeoV in the Chicago district for the Xew

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The appointment was entirely unexpected. Chief Surgeon Dr. K. E. Pierce, son-in-law of AY. C. Brown, former president of the Xew York Central Lines, was ordered yesterday noon to report for. war duty, having enlisted in tiie medical reserve corps recently, lie Immediately a ppointed Dr.

Shrrer to act in his position with the j

Xew York Central LiLines during his absence which will probably for the duration of the war. Dr. Sharrer has been the' surgeon in this region for

the Xew York Central for fifteen years.

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WILLUS R. FORD RESIGNS OFFICE GlliZENS PARTY

i At a meeting of the citirens partT

candidates Thursday evening. Willut

It. Kor.l, their cTiairmn, announcedN. he would tender his resignation in 1 writing to u,e it if n , To a reporter today Mr. Ford stat-J: "Im-reasing demands on my time by ! my business prevent my devoting time necessary to the office of chairman of I

the citizens party. It will be a lengthy

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General John J. Pershing -(center) with his headquarters medical staff.

The fact that Major Gen. John J. Pershing, who will command the first American army in Europe, h3s a fceadquartern medical Ftaff composed mostly of women will come as a surprise to many. The photo was taken recently at Columbus, New Mexico, where General Pershing was stationed when the order came for him to lead the expeditionary forces to Europe.

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BlezsarBeozc! Planl'SprsaSs SsnsaliDnal Rumors Gvsr Galomel District

(By TTnied Press.) KANSAS CITY, MO.. June 2. At

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(Hy I nitrit l'rf Cablegram.) nY W. . SHKPIIERJ. rCTRO(.RM), June 2. The worM-

men'a and noldirrs. roum-il toclny adopt-

Printed Report of Pilot and 20 Experts Made Public Today.

"Twelve years ago Lake county (Ind.) was unknown to the industrial world. Today its entire lake frontage is owned by some of the greatest Industries in America. A part of these manufacturing sites have been developed and the rest are In the process of bein de veloped. Here we have the parent plants of the Standard Oil Company, the Vnited States Steeel Company, the Inland Steel Company and the Mark Manufacturing Company." 'With this introduction. Rev. II. tv. Pilot of Cleveland, Ohio, dedicates his published report of a two months' surveey of the Calumet region of Lake county to the religious and educational forces working for the betterment of the foreigners of the district. He was

not do it justice. I am very much in

sympathy with the citizens party and my resijsrnatiop is for no other reason than I have stated." George Eder, Jr., Is mentioned as a possible successor to Ford.

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PLAYING PIANO LEFT UNINJURED IN WRECKED HOME AND NEW HOME, MATT00N

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A meetingr cf the executive committee of the Hammond Chapter of the American Red Cross was held this afternoon to appropriate money for Hammond's contribution to the relief of tornado sufferers at Mattoon And Charleston. 111. The chapter chairman. C. R. Corbin, received a telegram this afternoon asking; aid from the Hammond Red Cross and immediately called the executive council together. Mr. Corbin will leave after the m?etinK for Washington where he will confer with Red Cross ofieials there. He has made several trips t" Washington at no expense to the Hammond Red Cross Chapter. ' A Philadelphia newspaper this week carried a story that cut glass had been found in bandages made a a Red Cross chanter In Jersey City and because of this it was possible that the government would ask the society not to make any more bandages.

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DRAFT INSTRUCTIONS ARE INTERPRETED (Special to The TTMKft.) CRCTWX POIXT. IXD.. June 2 County Clerk Herbert Wheaton today received a duplicate of a message sent to

Governor Goodrich from Washington stating; that answer to question Xo. 12 of the draft registration is not to be regarded as obligatory. In case the applicant for . registration does not elect to answer the question which regards claims for occupational exemption his name shall not he entered In column 4 of the summarization blank. Column is given the numbers of those claiminr occupational exemption.

tornado vhi;h swept eastern Kansas, western Sliiouri and parts of Oklahoma last night. Fifteen deaths are reported from Colgate, Okla. Three are dead in Kansas. Mansfield, Arkansas, is believed to be entirely wiped out. More than an inch of rain fell in an hour. Two deaths are reported from Mccune and one at Montana, Kansas.

EXPOSE FIGHT TACTICS

mcnt from lluaula of the former czar,! Mrholaa HomRawff. The delegates j

On hundred and fifty non-resident younfe men of draft .age had registered up to noon today at the clerk's office in the Superior court at Hammond, and of tiiis number less than i-n pef cnt claimed exemption. Tr . tl-pnty clerk this afternoon went t. ?;rKaret's hospital to aci:imnvHat "v.-r

.twenty patients in that institution iv ho desired to register but v.eie unable to leave their befis. One rion-resident yesterday claimed

exemption, statins that he had two de-

fel tU inutorrat of former lay la t-areleia!y oinrdel at hla pnl.it-e. They think It vi on Id he aafer to remove him to the fortifxa of I'eter and Paul, ltnated 1b tb treat va river, to nhleh

the erar formerly committed victims of P'n'3'n'3. a younjr woman in Hammond

Kusala'a secret iroliee. Rna an"lrir n:rago. ' I One young- man was in a quandary.

I He said he didn't want, to send ! name back to his home .because

planes dropped several tons of hombn i n11 ' " " on (ermun bases on the Ilelsian coast ,

jestertlay, the admiralty announced today. The Ilritlsh planes attacked te enen;y airdrome at M. Jt am-hr In the mnrnlnK. At night the planes raided raided ZrbruKgr, Oslend and llrngien.

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Mayor R. O. Johnson of Gary said that his opponents who are trying to embarrass him just as the time when his case comes up in federal court promises that they will get their "fin-

or luri'ert " 'The mavnr ia trrtinc nftr r ' - . . ..

- " teiKirreii n:s resiKnaiion today on ne. some of the steel politicians, he srys. ,.onnt of diflerenccs with the minister Johnson has been laving, ilans to,f , I,,. over rri(iiiil( antitloiit.

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(By nlteri Press Cablegram.)

PETKOGKAU, Jsiae 2. Husnla's criminals all released from prison In

iimi laurprnurncr, ire i jjev

milking ITtroKrnii nnsnfe. The city

is under a wae of crime.

Minister of Commerce Konooloff

circumvent the fight started on hirn, and

some interesting episodes involving persons in high positions are expected to be related.

CHARGED WITH TREASON (Ey United Fress.) CINCINNATI, O., June 2 Twelve men, elevn of whom have German names, today faced U. S. Commissioner Joseph Adler, on charges of treason in connection with the disposition of . circulars intended to disu.-tde young men from registering Tuesday. Prior to the arrctts the detective bureau combed the city under orders to arrest any one caught distributing antidraft circulars.

V millionaire merchent ivas shot In his inaqMoo In the henrt of the city today by three men vrho said they were nnarcbiats. The unrest Is Infensllled hy the strike of 6,((MI clerks in Petroicrncl shops. A number of heavily armed anarchists paraded the streets today bcarinc

With a let-up of ra n th

hand and made the

disagreeable today. Hats were being chased up and down the streets and those who ventured nut were almost blind eLby the flying dust. The wind blowing at a O-mi'e cait

out one of the big- Lion ?torp

windows t!is afternoon. The -shet of plate glass, SS by 13 1 inches, cost $l!ir.

VOIGET ENLISTS TO GO ABE 0 AD John Vo?ght, assistant jstiperintendent at tbe American Stefl Foundries in Kast Cliica,TO and son of Mr. and Mrs. Georpe Voight of Clinton street, has enlisted in the third reserve engineer corps for service in Frar.ce and

A smouldering fire in underground oil pipes at the Inland steel mills, Indiana Harbor, broke forth this morning at eleven o'clccii a few feet from the benzol plant where powerful explosives are kept and endangered the lives of thousands cf employes and caused a general panic over the city. When the fire was discovered it was rapidly eating its way towards the benzol hold. An alarm was sent out over the city. Business houses were closed. Mothers picked up their babes and ran for the prairies. Employes ran for their lives. One man. C. C. Smith, Safety inspector, is said to have hired a taxi and hurried his family to Chicago, in order to escape what was almost inevitable. !n explosion which would have completely wrecked the plant and adjacent properties. j . SAMAGS $12,000. Tit for the rluck:ness of the Indiana Harbor and Kast Chicago fire companies ;.i(ie;l by the mill department 1he fire would have gained control. By throw-i-,t an immense amount of sanl upon tho biasing oil they -managed to put It out. A few feet farther and the exr'opion would have occurred, and probably killed them and hundreds of others Instantly. As it was the loss Is estimated at $12,000. A few employees were pliyrhtly injured. It is thought that the his oil pipe near the benzol plant f?ad bpen leaking for at least six months, sonkin-r the waste covering the pipe and causing the explosion.

j Th p-ronnd heaved up and the Are j brolio loose, sending .flames high into the nir. An alarm was immediately

sent rut and ail warned of the impending danger. To witnesses it seemed a mlrac?-. that the explosion was headed off. Th firemen worked feverishly over the Fcorrhinsr blaze, heaping sand upon it and only after 25 minutes nf frantic efforts did they overcome the flames. If the fire had reached the b'-nK I pl.int it would btive completely v.recl" e-1 the en'ire mill, ousing a 'o over ?-.". Oftn. non prnboli'-- d est rovinff thousands of d!1a of citv nnpefv f.s well R3 maiming hundreds of people. X.-

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banners saying; "Iovn AVlth

It,-." s i Speakers at various meeting. urged ; HE PROPER WrAY

p-ff,ie 11"' I .....ana. The paradcra are armed and many soldiers and aallora Joined the demonstration.

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W SIIIITOV, June 2 psrtmcnt today ordered

service nine regiments of

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EDWARD NASON HURT Edward Xason. IS years old, 34S Co

lumbia avenue, an employe of tmV

Straube Piano Company, was hrulsert

on the right arm and had the tips of

two of his lingers, the middle and index members of the right hand, cut off while working over one of the machines yesterday.

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distance.

CAUTION Business men of this vicinity, who regularly each pay day cash Standard Oil Company (Indiana) pay checks as an accommodation to their customers, have recently been made the victims of unscrupulous persons who have put In

to circulation. wortniess, imitation checks with forged signatures thereton. and in an effort to prevent in the future such deception, all persons concerned are cautioned to first examine our payroll checks. One feature of protection which surrounds our payroll checks J3 indicated by the words "Standard Oil Company," water-marked In each check at intervals of about 1"4 in. Under the circumstances all persons handling our checks are cautioned to protect themselves by this examination. STANRDAKD OIL. COMPANY,, (INDIANA.). 5-26-6

BERLIN CLAIMS 12,500 PRISONERS . I'nfted Press Cnblejrrnni. BERLIN', June 2. Canture of a

French position, three-rtuarters of a mile in width, near Allemont. northeast of oissons, was announced by the war office today. The Germans made their gain by a southern surprise attack. The official statement declared 12.500 prisoners, including a (reneral, were captured in the western war theater during May by German troops.

corps that are to sn to France to work : on lines nf communication. The rcK- !

(Ty United Press.) CHICAGO, June 2. Sixteen individuals nnd nine firms dealing in butter

The war de- i anfi epps were indicted by the l'er'er.-tl Into active j erand lurv this afternoon for .ill. .-i ri

engineer, violation of the Sherman anti-trust law.

ABOUT ENLISTMENTS "tiegistration is no bar to enlistment. Men drafted for the army cannot be accepted for enlistment. Men of registration age accepted for enlistment prior to June 5 but not actually enlisted before that d.a.ie must register." This order was received by Hammond Recruiting Officer Sergeant C. C. Comstock today. James Tottee and DeCoarsey Crandall, two Gary boys, left for Fort Wayne today.

Hammond vs. West Ends. Sunday, June 3rd. 5:31:3

HE LOSES PURSE

J. J. Meyer of the Public Savings

surance company, Hammond buildi

reported to 'the police yesterday that

he lost his purse containing $50

DEATH CF CHILD Richard Owen Powell, five-yenr old son of Mr. and .Mrs. John Powtl!. 2:iT Towle street, died last niht. He was buried this afternoon in Oak Hill cemetery.

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tralnine before sailing for Kurope. j Liberty Bond !

Four are already filled to fall war strength and four others recruited to more thnn half. The regiments already filled are a Mew A ork, C'hiciigo, Pittshurch and Detroit.

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LAWYERS COMPLAIN-. Many attorneys in Himmond are complaining- that prohibition an.- th" compensation act have comliinoi in injuring the legal profession. Alt; ougrh the slate is not dry yet the busine of th? breweries and sa!-orf, vhi?h was a large item for the aUorri' s. iv steadily decreasing and wiil stop April Z of next year. Personal Injury su'ts c instituted one of the most, prci'tabibranches of the attorney's business prior to the passage of the compe:isa -lion act. The personal injur1.- :stnts thc.t were ri'ed before con-. pen 'Ution r.wc into effect are grpdo.-i being d jposec ,if and no new ones are coming up.

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MOTHER AND CHILDREN IN RUINS OF HOME -LEFT BY CYCLONE THAT SWEPT MATTOON.

M "ASHIXGTOX. June 2. Five divls. Inns of national guards, about 12.t.OO0 nren, will be In Tlurope hy the time snow files If plans of the army eenersl staff are adpted. Anion on these plans Is expected today or early next week and the fact that they are now before the staff explains the reason behind abandonment of half of the proposed enntonment for the new army

and national guard. WA?HIOTO. Jnne 2. The state department today askra the cable companies to Investigate what has happened to. this arovernment's recent message to thr war aid sent Itussia to quiet separate peace propag'anila and solidify the Slavs to war against Germany ..... .. (By Vnltert Press Cablegram.) AV. F. FOREST. PARIS, June 2. German aviators are concentrating against' American fliers. 'o machlnfc flying the stars and stripes Is given a fair chance in single combat. The enemy tries to overwhelm It with numbers. Dr. Edmund Gros of the American fliers nade this statement today. I.OMIOV, June 2 The lull in the Itrlfish nfdtrrn front eoptloneil Inft iiil:t. Ki-1 1 Tlsrthal I 1-2 report i '-l.'-,itcil today. -ln the neighborhood of Ilsillccourt the ene.ny nrtllie.-y was netle at nisht. There ia fire also ara::nil. Zimv Stlriite." he aaid.

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The home of Mrs. F.obcrt Wright at Matioon. 111., was wrecked by tha cyclone which swept that town among others of the middle west, but she and htr four children cscaj-cci I.j'c.