Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 305, Hammond, Lake County, 7 June 1917 — Page 1

DIG ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM THE OLD SOCK AND BUY SOME OF THE LIBERTY LOAN

BE LAK TO COUNTY. TIME DeTlveredrYy TIMES carrier, 30c per month; on streets and at stwutandi, 2c par copy; tack numbers 3c per copy. VOL. XI NO. 305 HAMMOND. INDIANA. THURSDAY, J UNE 7, 1917 n 1 jddrd J

FACTORY ACCUSED OF TREASON

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OFFICIALS RETRAGTIO Charge Made That Graver Tank Works Advised Employes to Claim Exemption. In an Article In the East Chicago Press, published in East Chicago, yesterday, the Graver Tank Works, the oldest industrial plant-in that city one owned and managed by men of high character, always patriotic and lofty in their motives was accused of being guilty cf an act of treason! A charge of this kind at this time Is a serious matter and one that rhould fee mad only after a full and frank investigation. It eeemsr that when one of the Graver company's employes went to register in his residence precinct yesterday he desired the registrar to state, in answer to the question as to whether he claimed any exemption, that he was employed by a concern building oil refineries and one that had offered to assist the government in ship building, but that the registrar refused to make notation of this answer. The Press than stated that the Graver Tank Works hs- advised its employes to claim exemptions and that because of this the company was treasonable to the flag. "This is a charge." said Mr. Bartlett. works manager, this morning, "that has no preference in this office over the charge of murder, and to say that the accusation is wholly unjust and a most serious slander Is putting it very mildly." The facts are that this company Just within the last few days consented to an arrangement with a big ship building concern in the east which would mean an actual financial loss to them of fully $10,000 a month. The head of this concern is Col. Goethals. one of the greatest engineers in this country. They contemplate a contract which will involve the construction of two hundred battle ships and the use of fully 325,00)0 tons of steel plate. Their representative came to the Graver people and asked them what they could do to assist in the preparation of this material. Notwithstanding the fact that the company now has contracts that re keeping them busy nearly night and day to their full capacity, and notwithstanding that the profit on the work now1 being turned out would amount to $10,000 a month over and above what the new contract ,would involve, nevertheless in order to do their bit and assist the government in securing a fulfillment of their contracts, the manager of the Graver concern agreed to put ether work aside and turn out from three to five hundred (Contlnuod on page five.)

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Lloyd Keet, fourteen months old child of J. Holland

Springfield. Mo., has been held for several days for ransom by kidnappers.

now believed to be hiding with the child in the Ozark Mountains. Mr. Keet. under instructions from the kidnappers, spent a night in his automobile over the roads about the city with $10,000 to give the thieves. They failed to appear. He believes they were frightened by the notoriety of the case.

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FFENSI BY WILLIAM SIMMS. (With the Brltiah Armlea In the Field.) The tovrn of Meaalneii and a acore of other Important polnta were In Brltiah handa thia afternoon, first frulta of the tremendous blow atruck by Field Marahal Hatjc in resumption of the British offensive. Frlaonera taken have already reached a total running Into four flieurea. Such Important pointa aa Battlewood, Lauff nvood, Peaacantwood, Heray farm od the vfllafcea of II oat Ice and Zarcebe haa been carried and thia afternoon were held firmly by the Brltiah. FEED AMERICA FIRST, HOOVER TELLS CONGRESS By BOBEBT J. BETTDEH (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 7. Congress must protect the American food supply from her allies. With this warning from both President Wilson and Herbert Hoover, food administrator, lead ers of both parties turned to the food problem today as the most pressing problem before the nation. v England's clamor for more food Is growing louder and louder while prices in this country soar and labor's demand for reduction of the high cost of foodstuff becomes more insistent. The president has told republicans and democrats that ample powers must be given the food control department or the allies will be coming to this country, bidding for American food and hoisting prices out of sight. Hoover says adequate machinery must be set up at once to assure that America's markets are not raided and prices forced up to a point of embarrassment to the American people. "We must," he says, "protect our selves " from our allies to protect our own --people and at the same time do all justice by our allies. We must do every service for them that we can." To hurry action on the bill the house agriculture committee has struck out certain features which it was feared might sitmulate long debate on the measure, authority to fixe certain prices and standardize certain foodstuffs. Hoover himself would not attempt any price fixing except as a last resort to preserve the country's food supply. He believes that minimum prices might serve to stimulate production. Authority to fixe minimum prices will be left In the measure when it is reported out of committee. Funeral of Miss Stuer. The funeral of Margaret Stuer. 256 Indiana avenue, who died yesterday, will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 at All Saint's church. Burial will be made at St. Joseph's cemetery. , V 'w 'ft'M. - . Xvr is v. ja --v.-. -,f -.v Keet, banker of

ASSOCIATION GIVES THANKS

Chicago. May 22. 1917. Mr. J. A. Gavit, Hammond, Ind. Dear Sir: - Your Official Report No. 6S6, dated May 16th. on recruiting for Officers" Training Camps received, for which please accept our thanks. We sincerely appreciate the splendid work done by you In securing applications for these camps and also wish to express to The Times our appreciation of the substantial help given by publicity in their columns. To the patriotic co-operation of all who helped in this -work is duo the success attained at Hammond. In whatever work the War Department may call upon us to perform we trust we may again Slave the active co-operation of all those who so ably co-operated at Hammond for the first camps. Again thanking you, we are. Yours , very truly. Military Training Camps Assn. of the 17. S. Central Department. WHARTON CLAY, i Executive Secretary. iRTHCLIFFE GIVES 0. P. By P. X XEE3T (United Press Staff Correspondent.) LONDON, June 7. Lord Northcliffs who succeeds Foreign Minister Balfour as head of the British war mission In the United States has departed for America. In an exclusive interview ,to the United Press prior to his departure the great publisher said: "I am not going on a speech-making or banqueting tour. I propose taking offices down town In New York where I can confer on the many business interests involved In the British and allied mission. "The high honor conferred upon me by the British government is probably due more to the fact that I am very much at home in . America and have countless friends there than to any particular merit of my own. "I am hopeful, not only, of imparting any war lessons which I hay have learned to my American friends, but also to derive ideas which are certain to be evolved by American natural genius for invention. "I feel much difference in succeeding so important and charming a personality as Balfour but I shall do my best to harmonize the work of the allied mission and I may 'say to facilitate the enlistment of ts many British subjects now in the United States as possible. "On my arrival I will, of course, first report at the British embassy In Washington." Northcllffe"a one expressed regret was that his post would prevent him being n Europe at the time of the forthcoming Irish convention in which he has taken such a keen interest. FARMER COMPLAINS OF ERIE JWftT SCHEDULE Appears Before State Council of Defense at Indianapolis Today. TIMES BTJKEAU, AT STATS CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.. June 7. G. F. Clausen, of Palmer, appeared before the state council of defense on behalf of the farmers living in his neighborhood, and presented another phase of the war situation. Many of the railroads are abolishing passenger trains and rearranging their schedules in the interest of economy of operation. Clausen said the Chicago & Erie railroad proposed to change the schedule of its milk train between North Judson and , Chicago so the train would not arrive in Chicago before 12:30 noon. This would mean a great loss to the farmers who ship milk, he said, on account of the spoiling of milk because of late shipment, and he asked the council to use Its influence to obtain an earlier schedule for the train. The council turned the matter over to H. R. vurrle. president of the Monon railroad and a member of the council, who said he would take it up with the president of the Chicago & Erie railroad. J IT. GARY. IS BUS) The superior :ourt grand Jury is in session daily and many witnesses are being examined. The inquisatorial body is rigidly investigating conditions in Gary and there are many on the anxious seat awaiting the grill in the grand jury room. The examinations are not confined to Gary.

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There are the first photographs to arrive in the United States taken when the French liner Santoy was struck by a torpedo from a German submarine in the Mediterranean April 10. They were taken by an amateur rhotographer while the ship was going down and just after she had disappeared. The pper picture shows the sinking

liner with many of fie passengers

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the (Written Tor By KIN "Why should I give th government a hundred dollars fer a Liberty Loan when I don't even own a auto" said Tipton Bud. After all th' publicity that has been showered on th' Liberty Loan it's amazin" how little most folks seem t" know about em. Liberty Loan bonds come in denominations o' fifty dollars an' tip. They pay three an' onehalf per cent interest annually. There are other kinds o" bonds that ray five an' six per cent interest annually, but after you get through lyin' an' worryln' an tryin f noia em you reel like a burglar. Liberty Loan bonds are non taxable an' you kin sleep after takin' one. When you buy a Liberty Loan bond you are not only makin' a safe investment, but you are doin' somethln' patriotic. You are loanln" your money t" th' government an' it's to be used to sustain th' great armies that are flghtin' fer human liberty throughout th' world. If you git in a pinch your bond is negotiable, an' a number o' automobile Latest ' 'Bulletins (By Unite Preaa.) WASHINGTON, June ? rhe elec trical-driven collier Jupiter, frith 10,500 ton of wheat and other comraod. itlea, haa arrived in French naten, it mi officially announced today. (By United Preaa Cableerrnm.) LONDON, June 7. A great explosion and Are aa the result of an accident in the harbor, occurred Tueaday In PetroKrad. It nM atated in an Kxchanare telegraph dlapatrh a large quantity of exploaivea recently received from Ensland audiienly blew up. (By United Preaa Cablegram.) HOME, June ' Furloua but futile attacks by the Auatrlana "hare coat them 5,000 In casualties In the paat few daya, according to a aemlc-of flclal estimate today. At no place have they aucceeded in denting the lines of the Italians towards Trieste. Official est I mates are that at least 100,000 Auatrlana were in the counter-offensive. (By United Presa Cablegram.) LONDON. June 7 British sea planes carried out another auy?casful bomb, lng expedition yesterday over the Gern:an aerodrome at Nleuw Munster, an admiralty statement announced today. "One ahed waa hit and several bomba fell close to two machines In the aerodraome," the report declared. "Our bombing machines were attacked on their return Journey but returned safe." Hammond Ball Park, Sunday Hammond vs. Ideals. 6-7-3

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Liberty Loan THE TIMES.) HUBBABD concerns have announced that they'll accept them in payment fer cars. Ever "buddy must be made f feel th' great task our government has undertaken in enterin' th' war. Even husbands o" rich wives '11 be conscripted fer service. Surely those o us who have been left behind on account o' age, or a spavin" or somethin else, should be willin f do our bit when we're t' git three an' one-half per cent fer doin' it. "I've plowed up my croquet! ground an hoisted a three dollar flag over th' hen house, an' I feel rather like I'd Jest about done my share in this war," said Tilford Moots, t'day. Doubtless ther's many thousands In our country who have Jet ther patriotism lag after plantin an extra row o' p'taters or bought a lapel flag. Th' feller who buys a Liberty Loan bond is only accommidatin' his government at a fine rate o' interest. He's gaining' by it an he's helpin', too. Ther's too many folks that halnt helpin' t' do anything in this war but chew navy. FRENCH GAIN IN RESUMED DRIVE (By United Press.) LONDON. June 7. Field Marshal Haig's resumed offensive swept forward victoriously over a front of nine miles in the Messlnes-Wytschaote sector. 'Everywhere we captured our first objectives," the report read. "Further progress was satisfactory on the whole front." The attack on enemy positions waa started at 3:10 a. m. HIT PEDDLER'S WAGQN A south-bound street n. str,iv o peddler's wagon on Hohman street, in front of the police station about 1 o'clock this afternoon, throwing- the driver to the ground. The peddler, E. Larson, S69 Sheffield avenue, was taken to St. Margaret's hospital. His scalp was bruised. The wagon was splinter- i ed. The horse escaped. , Spectators who saw the accident declare that it was no fault of the street car men that the wagon was hit, but owing to the imprudence of the driver. GRADUATE TONIGHT. Seventy-one members of ' the senior class, Hammond high school, will be presented witlf their graduation diplomas tonight at commencement exercises at the First Baptist church. This is the largest class that ever graduated frorrtj the Hammond high school. Twelve of the boys went to war. "The Future of Europe." and address by Francis Nellson, an English nobleman, will be the feature of the evening. City School Superintendent C. M. McDaniel will present the diplomas. An especially interesting progrem has been arranged.

THE MEDITERRANEAN

her sides Into a life boat. The lower the vessel had disappeared beneath the SILVER SHELL AS LIBOAT VICTOR Identity of Ship Which Had Long Fight With Submarines and Who Sunk One, Has Been FullyEstablished. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. June 7. The American steamer Silver Shell of Wilmington Delaware Is the vessel under the United States flag officially reported as probable victor in a fight with a Ger man submarine. The navy department today officially identified it as the vessel reported as having exchanged shots with a sub' marine. William J. Clark, chief turret captain of the U. S. Arkansas, was in charge of the gun crew that did the work. Secretary Daniels In commend lng Clark points out he had come from the enlisted rank and said promotion was being considered. The official announcement said the Silver Shell probably sank a U-boat in the Mediterranean May 30 after a bat tle lasting an hour and a half. Reports to the navy department from members of the Silver Shell cleared any lingering doubt. The biiver Shell is a steel screw steamer of 6.836 tons, owned by the Shell Oil Company of California, t E T LIKE EARL'S CHICKENS Mamie Freeman, a colored restaurant proprietress at 1124 Columbia avenue, eyed with suspicion the chickens Earl Hunter, negro, proffered her yesterday morning and refused to accept them. Mamie's husband was away and Hunter got too intimate and Mamie picked up a kitchen weapon and beat him up. This was the story she told Judge Prest yesterday when Hunter in a complaint charged her with assault and battery. The court found for the complainant and Mamie paid a $14 fine. Later Hunter was arrested by city police and sentenced to serve ninety days on the penal farm for stealing the chickens. DEATH OF MRS! N. O. SMIT1 Mrs. N. p. Smith 34 years old, died at her home, 824 Alice street, yesterday. She is survived by her husband, a child, parents and a brother. Uidertaker Stewart will ship the remains to Monon, Ind., this afternoon where burial will be made tomorrow morning.

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French Jubilate Over Arrival of U. S, Fighting Boats Convoying Wheat. (By United Press Csblatrram.) PARIS, June 7. American warships have arrived and are now anchored off the coast of France, an official announcement said today. Le Matin announced that the vessels convoyed from the United States a great transport loaded with wheat. ' Dispatches from a Preach port declare the American vessels were accorded a tremendously enthuilastlo reception. Here In, Paris all newspapers rejoice In this latest evidence of American aid to Prance. Official permission Is granted today to announce that great preparations are in progress for the disposition of American troops when ever they shall arrive. Camps have been surveyed and assign, ed, aviation parks laid oat and complete details mapped ont for General Pershing's expedition at whatever time it may reach Preach soil. Sergeant "Bill" wants o come back home. When Captain Ryan, Fort Wayne re crulting head, took Sergeant William Welch on a recruiting campaign to Maryland, he stripped Hammond of one of its best friends. Sergeant "Bill" put Hammond on the map as ?ar as war headquarters at Washington is concerned. Through his efforts and the assistance given locajly, the sergeant was able to make Hammond the foremost city In the United Statea in enlistments pro rata. He sent over 700 young men from Hammond and vicinity since the declaration of war, April 6. That's the eason Captain Ryan took him along, for he's one of the best. "The longer I stay away from Hammond the more homesick I become. t is the finest city in this land of ours and its people are the most patriotic," wrote the sergeant in a letter from Baltimore to The Times today. Continuing he said. "I wish I could be able to have ! the people of Maryland witness one of our flag raisings or be able to see some one of the parades when some of the Hammond boys are leaving. We may not have the old tradition and history that Maryland has but we- certainly have the pure unadulterated patriotism there. One has to get away to really appreciate Hammond and her people. 4 Telia of. Hammond. "I made three talks in picture houses here, and did not fail to make mention of the fact that Hammond. Ind., had sent out more men to date than the entire state of Maryland. Of course they didn't give me much of an ovation over that statement. "I leave for Cumberland, Md., tomorrow to take charge of the office there and try and awaken them in the way Hammond has come through. AVanta Dave Boone. "My only regret is that I haven't Attorney David Boone along to pull 'the feathers out of the eagle's tall' for me. I certainly miss him very much as he can put 'pep into a wooden Indian.' "I expect to be back in God's country (Hammond) in about two weeks. Kindest regards to all. "WILLIAM S. WELCH. "Sergeant, General Service, United States Army." REJECT COALITION CABINET IN CANADA (By United Press.) OTTAWA, CAN., June 7. Plans for a coalition cabinet have been rejected by Sir Wilfred Laurier, the liberal leader, it was definitely announced today. The proposal advanced by Premier Sir Robert Borden was rejected on the cinscription issue, Laurier Ininsisting the country should first pass on the measure. Premier Borden will now pass the conscription bill. It will probably be passed after which parliament will be dissolved. The government will then go to the country on the conscription if'sue with probably a new unionist party led by Borden and composed of the conscrlptionists of both present parties. Moatly cloudy and continued col tonicrht. Friday fair and warmer; fresh, westerly winds di mini siting; tonight.

SERGEANT 1W0ND HOMESICK