Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 26, Hammond, Lake County, 7 July 1917 — Page 1

THERE IS . STILL . TIME ' TO ENLIST IN THE BRANCH OF SERVICE THAT YOU DESIRE

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HOYNE SNEERINGLY REFUSES TO

REJECTS Hoyne Further Grilled by ExProsecutor In Statement Given to TIMES. Maclay Hoyne. Chicago's monumental four-flusher, who -was challenged by former State's Attorney J. A. Pattereon to show what , he meant by besmirching Lake county In a speech at Gary recently has backed down and rejected the challange. Hoyne In answering Patterson replied that he Is not charged with duties concerning conditions In Gary, nor disposed to waste time debating whether Cook Is worse than Lake county, which, would not improve Lake county, which, "as I said for the last five or six years, has been a haven for habitual criminals and crooks of all kinds with interstate reputation for criminality." In "connection with Hoyne's splurge a party of Hammond manufacturers and bankers who went to see Hoyne some time ago regarding the Infamous conditions .Hoyne permits across the state line to the detriment of Indiana are watching the fracas with no little Interest. "When the representatives of the Hammond Manufacturer's Association went to see Hoyne," declared John E. Fitzgerald, "we were unable t VI sol We could get no satisfaction whatever and we were treated in a manifestly uncourteous fashion by Hoyne. When cleaned up West Hammond we couldn't get a bit of help from Hoyne, we had' to do It ourselves." , Mr. Patterson's statement is as follows: "I have recived a letter from Maclay Hoyne. State's Attorney of Cook county. Illinois, who backs away from my challenge to debate with Mm on conditions in Lake county and in Cook county during the four years ending January 1, 1917, when I served as prosecuting attorney for Lake county. Hoyne's reply bears out my opinion that he is a poHtical four-flusher. "I was in hopes that Hoyne would be game enough to accept this challenge so that I might have an opportunity of telling him something about the criminal hell holes in his own county, which he has failed to take any action he has taken to eliminate the same. We 'have the right to.onclude therefore that when criminal hell holes. Burnham for Instance, where the most vici ous crime In the country is carried oir and there is no prosecution, that some high official is receiving money. "The fact of the matter is, Mr. Hoyne has never personally prosecuted one criminal case of any importance during the four and one-half years he has been in the state's attorneys fiffice. Hoyne's address before the Civic Service Club of Gary, was nothing more than an insult to the respectable women of our city." RUSSIANS HIT FOE OVER LONG FRONT yy1? vatrt. rouhh MILCS Shaded portion of map shows extent of Russian advance June 4 to August 12, 1916. (1) Russian points of attack along (lie Stokhod river. (2) Kovel and Lemberg, present Russian objectives. (3) Germans claim to be holding Russians below Brzezany. (4) Russian armies hold gains .made at beginning of offeuaiT,

HAMMOND FIRE-FIGHTER

Assistant Chief William Xill of Hammond fire department is a director of the Indiana Firemen's association, a new organization formed last JIa4i for the benefit of the fire-fighters over the state. Captain Thomas Golden of Hammond's fire company is vice president of the order. Northern Indiana is represented in the association by East Chicago, Whiting and Hammond. At a meeting of officers and directors at Indianapolis Thursday, to which Chief Nfll attended, it was decided to hold the association's first' annual convention at Indianapolis August 3-4. The purpose of the organization is to promote the social and fraternal inter0 i y a was. NHL. ests of firemen. One of the special subjects to be taken up at the convention will be the firemen's pension law. Other topics to be considered will be fire prevention, modern means of fire fighting and the Inspection of new apparatusSpecial emphasis will be laid by the association on its efforts to divorce politics from fire departments. The changing of the entire department with the advent of a new administration is costly to he" city, inasmuch as it places Inexpterienced men in responsible positions. The natural result is greater fire loss. A nominal membership fee of $1 annually has been decided upon. It will thus be comparatively easy to enlist members In the association. At present there are 24 Indiana cities represented with a membership of S50. It is expected that all departments in the state will join. Plans are being arranged to enroll most of the 4.000 firemen of the state before the state convention. ADJOURNED The Gary grand jury adjourned and was discharged at noon today after a session of twenty-eight days in which. It returned ninety true bills hitting approximately one hundred and thirty persons and making a report to Jucfge Greenwald In 'which iabarets in Gary and conditions at Cedar Lake are assailed. Satisfactory conditions are reported as existing at the county poor farm, but the evil of over-crowding at the county jail, the need of better sanitary precautions there and inefficiency of the turnkey are brought to the coort's attention. While about thirty warrants have been served It Is expected that wholesale arrests of law violating saloonmen, gambling house proprietors, shady shotels and rooming house' operators as well as the owners of property leased for immoral purposes will begin next week. Although no inkling has been given out it is believed that true bills have been returned against contractors anS politicians in conaectlon with collusion charges made by Mayor Johnson who denounced circumstances relating to the bidding on the $250,000 Gary west side sewer contract. H. G. Hay, Jr., president of the Gary State Bank, served as foreman of the grand jury and Ralph Ross as special prosecutor. Other members of the grand Jury were as follows: Harold Echstorm. J. J. Kelley and C. P. Kuss of Gary; B. Hathaway of Hammond, 'and Alex Boyd of Merrill ville. In its report the Jury thanks the following persons for their assistance: Prosecutor Clyde Hunter. Sheriff Lew Barnes, Special Prosecut or Ralph Ross, Court Reporter Harry E. Folk and Bailiff James Vodicka,

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MUST DO! Btf WEBB JULLEB. WASHINGTON. July 7. America's men of draft age are on their honor to ascertain whether or not they are drawn in the big human lottery. The war department today asked that in the next few weeks they be on the alert, following the newspaper announcements of the draft requirements, and when in doubt ask their local exemption board. The provost marshal general Is preparingja boiled down announcement of draft requirements so that there can be no mistaking the duty of the nine miflion five hundred thousand registrants. In brief this is what each registrant is required to do: Go to his exemption board and find out what your red ink seriatJumber is as soon as your board has finished numbering the cards for the big lottery. Watch for the" drawing in Washington. Then find out whether you were drawn and the order in which you must appear. After that learn when you must appear for physical examination. In case of doubt as to any point ask your local board about it. These are the first steps the registrant must watch, but there will be others, and as every man is taxed with the responsibility of knowing requirements, it behooves the youth of America to keep close tab on newspapers from now on. The first set of instructions will be given officially to the press in the next few days. DRAFT LIST POSTED; Hundreds of young men who are registered for the draft to take place this week today crowded the sidewalk in front of the Harry Weis drug store on Hohman street where the re-number ed conscription list was posted. It consisted of names and numbers ranging from 1 to 3,495. Including all men registered in Hammond (excepting Robertsdale) and Munster, Highlands and Hessville. The cards were thoroughly mixed before being re-numbered and it was imposatbe to give them in alphabetical or precinct order. It was therefore a job for the young mafi to find his name and the new number he has been given. However, it is very necessary that he see the posted list in front of the drug store or the one to be posted at the superior court house this evening, so that he will know when the draft numbers are announced at Washington next week whether he is called or not. ELEVEN MILITANTS ARE SENTENCED fBy T'nlted Prens.) WASHINGTON. July 6. Eleven National Woman's party militants were sentenced to three days in the workhouse in the municipal court today after being convicted of disorderly conduct in picketing the White House, Wednesday. TJie women were given an alterative of a $25 fine but refused to pay it. JACKSON RESIGNS (By United Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, July 6. Ed Jackson, secretary of state, today resigned his olTice. to take the officers" reserve training course at Fort Benjamin Harrison which opens on Aug. 27. No sifCccssor has been named but it is believed that the governor will appoint P. W. Wolfard of New Castle to succeed Jackson. WHITING FLAT IS RAIDED. (Special to Thb Times.) WHITING. IND.. July 7. A raid was made on the bachelor quarters at 402 119th street yesterday by Officers Swan. Wawrzyniak and Mikash when five occupants of the flat were taken into custoday on the charge of gambling. Those arrested Were C. Chacan, E. Tucah,- Jim George. Sam Aley and Abram Kecay all of whom were arraigned before Judge Green last night. Upon pleading guilty each was fined $5.00 and costs, amonting to $15.00, upon payment of which they , were released. KNESETH ISRAEL INVITES YOU TOU ARE INVITED to an Open meeting to be held at the Synagogue, 300 Indiana avenue, Hammond, Sunday. July Sth. at 2 p. m., for the purpose of discussing plans, for the jconstruction of a new Synagogue. An interesting program, is promised. Refreshments. Good speakers. 7-7-W Send THE TIMES to f your soldier boy. Let him see how we left behind are backing him un.

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King Albert of Belgium Cleft), King George watching the flight of an airplane and King of Montenegro. European monarchs .still manage to keep in the public eye, although several of them have been compelled to flee their countries; These pictures, showing the rulers of three allied nations, have just arrived in TS FIRST NATIQNALJBUYS THEM Bonds for Barne's Gravel Road Go to the FirsfNational Bank at Hub. (Special to The TimE3. CROWN POINT, IND.. July 7. The $60,000 issue of 4Vi per cent gravel road bonds on the L. E. Barnes gravel road in the west rart of Hobart were sold Thursday by Deputy Treasurer R. B. Bradford at the treasurcr'3 office at Crown Point to the First National Bank of Crown Point at par. This issue was one of the ones offered Tuesday for which no bir't- vtre received. The First National wore shown the necessity for the rotd thip summer, and purchased the bond? for themselve? as t,n investment, aryi to give th contractor a chance to get at the building of the road. A. L. Courtright of Crown Point has the contract. He- is now pushing the .work on the Christ "Matthies road just south of the poor farm in Center township. Visit the Oklahoma Exhibit Car and learn about the United State (iovrrn. meat Indian land sale. See their announcement. 7-7-1 GOES TO FRANCE TO ORGANIZE Y. M, C. A. WORK FOR TROOPJ3 Francis Bowes Sayre. This new picture of Francis Bowes Sayre, son-in-law of President Wilson, was taken on the eve of his recent departure for France, whither he has gone to taka up Y. M. C. A. .work for the American troocs.

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Cs 4 the United States. King George and I the exiled Montenegrin monarch ' Latest Bulletins United Press Cablegram. LONDON, Jtily 7. Hussla bas started her offensive on the Plnsk front, according to a dispatch received here today. Violent fighting' was reported. Russian artillery is leveling away all obstacles in the way of an infantry offense and the city of Flask is already aflame. , BY W. S. rOEBEST. PARIS, July. 7. Major General Pershing likes the nickname "Sammy" for his soldiers. He said so in an inter, view today. "In my estimation," he explained, "that nickname is the best possible for these Americas boys." Pershing expressed his pleasure and gratitude for the tremendous ovation which all Paris accorded him and the battalion of his troops which paraded here on July 4. Pershing conferred today with Marshal Joffre on a number of subjects in connection with the training' of the American "Sammy." By United Press. NEW COMEESTOWtf, O., July 7. A riot is expected to follow between blacks and whites should a posse be successful In finding a negro who shot and seriously wounded a watchman here today. Three hundred negroes have threatened to attack the sheriff if they catch the negro. The shooting is believed to have resulted from a quarrel. By United Press. WASHINGTON, July 7 The mails have been barred to nnmerons publications for opposition to the war since the espionag-e act was approved, it was learned today. The latest stop order was issued yesterday against "The Appeal to Season," - socialist weekly. BT W. S. rOKREST. PABIS, July 7. Zt was a providential and timely accident to the rudder of one of the transports hewing the nr contingent of American troops to Prance that may have saved that ves. el from a torpedo fired by a German submarine. The attack occurred tne night before the American transports and their convoys had met at a certain spot with sotno of the American war vessels in European waters for rendezvous. The night was dark and the water shimmering wit hphosphorns, . according to an eye wtness who told the story today. United Press Cablegram. LONDON, July 7. Field Marshal Halg advanced tho British lines east of Mytschaete today, according to his formal report to the war office. By United Press. ' WASHINGTON, July 7. President Wilson has asked withdrawal of ths amendment to the food bill which would provent members of the advisory com. ml ft ee of the Council of National Defense from selling provisions ' to the government, according to a letter received today by a member of the ' senate agricultural committee.

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9 have lately displayed great interest in airplanes. United Press Cablegram. AMSTEBDAM, July 7. Diploma tio circles in Berlin believe a break between Argentine and Germany is Imminent, If It ha not already been formally enacted, according to dispatches I from the German capital today. The Argentine minister,, it was stated, con. ferred at length with Foreign Minister Zimmerman and then very , briefly with Chancellor Ton Bethmann Hollweg. He later visited the Spanish embassy and the Chilean legation. United Press Cablegram. PABIS, July 7 Germany, apparent, ly convinced of the fruitlessness of the counter-offensive south of Z,aon, has ceased operation in this region, today's official reports declared. From June 21 to Jane 30, the statement said, nineteen enemy aeroplanes and one captive balloon were downed. Last night enemy aircraft bombed Epernay, south of Nancy. By United Press. WASHINGTON, July 7. An oyster stake, unobtrusively poking its bead through the water, caused the submarine scare off Fort Monroe. By United Press. NEW TORE, July 7. America is not going vacationless on account of the war, investigation disclosed today, but is taking war vacations, short and cheap. Canvass of the big railroad systems today revealed that thousands of American fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers and sweethearts have pitched camp of their own near the officers reserve camp, or are vacationing in villages near by. , THANKS THE RED CROSS Editor Times: I wish to thank the Hammond Red Cross through your columns for the comfort bag they sent me. I cannot express my gratitude to them for what they are doing-. The bagr is the most nifty and practical thins I have ever seen. It makes me feel proud to show it and tell the boys that I came from Hammond, a city worth while and that never does things by halves. I have bought two Liberty bonds and am trying to do my bit at home as well as ,at the front. We are having a fine time and expect to leave for somewhere in Texas soon. There are only two boys from Hammond at this fort. Uncle Sam is treating us fine, but I am glod to know that the Red Cross is behind us. DtN HOWARD. 4th Co. Fort Barrancas, Fla. MINISTER TO ORDAIN , HIS SON SUNDAY Herbert Claus.' son of Rev. Theodore Claus. pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church, will be ordained into the ministry by his father toforrow morning. The young clergyman is a graduate of the Concordia college at Fort Wayne and the Concordia senrinry of St. Louis. He was a student at the Hammond high school before going away to school. Rev. Claus Jr., will go to Alberta, Canada, to take his first pastorate. Enlist In The Woman's Army By Conserving Foods.

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NUMBER III German Air Pirates Fly Low and There Are 20 of Them Jn Number (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, July 7. Thirty-seven men and women and children were killed and 141 wounded when the fleet of 20 German aeroplanes bombarded London early today. Lord French officially announced the causalties this afternoon. Of the dead 28 were men, six were women and three children. The injured include 74 men, 30 women and 37 children. The admiralty announced three of the German air raiders were brought down over the North Sea, and Lord French announced the destruction of another which was brought down at the mouth of the Thames river. From the admiralty statement it is apparent the raiding aeroplanes were engaged far out over the North Sea in a running fight The river Scheldt empties into the North Sea after passing Antwerp. Lord French reported thirty-four were killed, 139 injured in London alone. The raid was the greatest from the standpoint of the. number of enemy machines participating that London has suffered since the beginning. The casualties however 1 were not so heavy as were suffered on June 13 when 157 persons were killed and 432 injured. (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, July 7.The largest fleet of German aeroplanes that ever raided London dropped bombs over the city today. Twenty machines were seen. The damage and casualty have not been announced but judging from the alarcrity with which Londoners sought their cellers .the losses probably will be smaller than from previous attacks. The German air pirates flew low today. In the great raid June 13 the sixteen Germans flew at such a height that they were practically invisible from the streets. The curiosity , of Londoners heretofore responsible for many deaths because of the rush to the streets to gap at the invaders has worn off. Today they scooted for cover at the first alarm. BRITISH AIRMAN NAMES HIS MACHINE AFTER THIS BEAUTY oar ..v.-'-'k-x Miss AUeen Fielder. Lieutenant Chisam of the British flying corps has named his machine after Miss Aileen Fielder of Atlanta, Ga. Although he is a native of Chester, England, Chisam received his aerial training at Augusta and during his schooling met Miss