Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 20, Hammond, Lake County, 11 July 1917 — Page 1

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lake Go Will Have to Furnish About 1,700 Men According to Washington.

WASHINGTON. July 11. The first call for troops now Imminent under the selective draft law, bo It was said unofficially today, will be for one man In seven of the registrants throughout the country. At this ratio the numbers drawn by Provost Marshal-General Crowder will represent 35,920 names In the state of Indiana. The total registrations reported In the state are 251,444, or 50.633 for the first federal appeal district, 66,113 for the second appeal district. 84,618 for the third appeal district and 49.827 for the fourth appeal district. CREDIT FOB VOniHTEERS. T7E.der the ratio of one in seven, 1750 men who live In Lake county will have to respond to the forthcoming drawing. A state's quota will be fixed after the drawing by the federal government. In

other wards, the ratio of one in seven (if that Is the ratio finally agreed on) will pre-ail unversally, regardless of the credit states will receive for the 4nen they already have provided for the regular army. Each state's quota will not be established or announced until after the drawing has taken place. owe-haxp xw regular service. Generally speaking, the rule will be that one-half of the men drawn will be called into active service. In a state

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BY DRAFT

War Department Estimates 261,587 Live Here and Will Make Quota From That.

V. S. SSAIT ESTIMATE OF POPULATION OUT 110,579 East Chicago 70,365 Best of Lake county 80,643

" Total of county 261.587 Unless excessive and unwarranted estimates made of the population' In Lake county exemption districts are changed to the same fair basis that persists in the rest of the state this county stands to give twice as many men to the draft army as it should. The government estimates the population of Gary, East Chicago and Lake county on a basis that their most optimistic boosters ever dreamed of approaching. It3 estimate falls slightly short of all Indianapolis and Marion county, and Gary alone Is credited with having twice the population it should. Even Terre Haute and South Bend are rated lower than East Chicago and Fort .Wayne and Evansville aren't much higher. With the exception of Indianapolis Gary is asked to give more men than any other city or county in the state. As for Indiana the state as a ' whole is rated as having a population of S5.000 less than the first estimate. The brunt of the burden is shifted to Lake county. Penalizing' Americans. Besides this hard blow from the war department the native and naturalized Americans of Lake county are hit by the reported ruling that aliens and first paper aliens, the latter being able to vote in Indiana, are exempt. In Gary this-means that out of 11,000 registrants some 3.300 native and naturalized Americans must bear the brunt of the military burden while over 7,500 other men. who are earning big wages and for the most part unmarried escape all the obligations of citizenship. As the ' ruling now stands it is feared practically every native and naturalized American in Gary will be drafted for war unless he Is excused for some vital reason. However, a bill in congress now provides that foreigners must take out citizenships papers in 60 days and thus be amendable to the draft or else be deported to their own countries, where they will be speedily sent to the trenches.

U; S. Army Seeks the Healthiest Men, Best Phjfsicial SpedMen Jo Bs Galled,

(BULLETIN.) WASHINGTON, July 11. By live radical changes in. the height requirements for the draft army the war department today made liable thousands of additional liable to military service. olio wing recommendation by the surgeon, genral's office the war depart, meat clipped off three inches from the minimum height requirements of five feet four laches and added six laches to the former maximum six feet. This will bring' thousands of bantams S3 well as many giants Into the army. Twenty states had wired the provost marshal general at noon today that every board was organized for the draft. WASHINGTON, July 11.- The men in America's armies will be the most perfect physical specimens in the nation. In regulations outlining physical requirements for the draft army, issued today by the war department, rigid standards are set up. Height. 5 feet 1 inch to 6 feet 6 inches. Weight between 118 and 211 pouads. However, these., standards ara not absolute, but men under five feet four inches must be of exceptionally rood physique. Variatons in weight above 211 pounds are not disqualif yng unless sufficjent to constitute obesity. The mental test is designed only to de-elop whether the man is of, sound understanding. Examinations of the eyes and ears are made by charts and whispering tests. Almost any disease of the lungs or heart Is disqualifying. HEBE'S TEETH HE Q XT IKE ME NTS. The men must have at least service-

Lable molars two above and two below

opposed. Before the heart and lung test the drafted man is required to jump straight up, kick the heels up behind, hop around the room first on one foot and then on the other and then make

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GENERAL GLENN IS

S A HORRID RUDE THING

IXDIANAPOLIS. July 11. Indianapolis women, anxious to "do something" for the 11,000 enlisted men and student officers at Fort Benjamin Harrison, near here, were squelched yesterday by Gen. Edwin F. Glenn, commander at the fort. Addressing a womans patriotic mass meeting. Glenn told in three words how the women could best help the soldier while he is "on this side." "Let him alone." said the general. "I've been asked by thousands of women, 'What can we do for the soldiers?' Tou don't think much of him In peace time, but in time of war you fall all over yourselves in trying to do something for him you don't know what it Is, but it's pretty certain to be bad for him."

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(Special to Trfa Times.) LOWELL, IND., July ll. Burrows Camp, the notorious resort in Porter county, over the Kankakee River from Dunn's bridge, has been modernized by the new proprietor, a man named Smith. One of the first improvements Mr. Smith made was to import a gigantic and experienced colored gentleman as botlncer. A Rensselaer man and his companions are just beginning to enjoy life again after a rough house party at the resort in which they attempted to show up the bouncer. The Rensselaer man is reported to have fared badly receiving fractures of two ribs, cuts about the head and black eyes.

FALLS ANDjSJUND DEAD Julius Baginski, 3823 Cedar, street, Indiana Harbor, fell oft the back porlh at that number last night and was found dead when help reached him. It seemed that he had been drinking havily and when he left the house

( through the kitchen door a child screaf-

ed and gave the alarm. Members of the family and neighbors ran out to see what had happened' and the man was found unconscious. Dr. Turbow was called and said that the man was dead. The coroner's office was notified and the remains placed in the care of Undertaker Saluski.

Women Worried by Report They Must Pay Poll Tax

HUNTINGTON, IND.. July 11. Huntington county women, especially those In the rural districts, were worried Monday when a report became current that -the women who registered would have to pay a $2 poll tax. Some women refused to register on the strength of the report, the source of which is unknown. Some persons say the report was started as a joke, but the women leaders think It is part of a propaganda to discourage the women voters. Some men who reglsteerd inqulred whether they would be liable for military service if they signed the application.

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Peter W. Meyn Sells Site to Beatty Mfg. Co., Which Will Construct Plant to Employ Two Hundred Men.

Peter W. Meyn, president of the Lake CSounty Savings & Trust Company, has secured a new industry for Hammond, is closing negotiations with a second, and has promising prospects of others to come. . The Beatty Manufacturing Company, Incorporated at Indianapolis this week for $250,000, has purchased a four-acr site at the foot of Ash street, south of 150th street, and let the contract to the Wisconsin Iron & Steel Company for the construction of a steel building to cost J50.000. Within a week the construction of the plant will be started to be rushed to completion within ninety days. Mr. Meyn stated today that the new Industry will employ 200 men in the manufacture of large machinery for machine shops and iron works. Among other things the plant will make a type of machine known to machinists as a "bulldozer." William R. Beatty, for many years sales manager for the C. W. White Machine Com many of Mollne, 111., is president of the new company; H. J. Cassidy of the Cassldy & Fairbanks Company of Chicago, treasurer; and local capital is Interested. The plant will be served by the E. J. & E. and I. H. B. railroads. The Wisconsin Iron & Steel Company, which has the contract to erect the modern steel and brick home of the new concern, is now constructing the works for the Sinclair Oil Company and additions for the Green Engineering Company at East Chicago. Mr. Meyn expects to close a deal within the next ten days which will bring a well known ra ilway equipment plant to Hammond. He has been conducting negotiations with other concerns that may seek sites in Hammond. The Standard Pressed Steel Company, owned by the Murphy Brothers of Chicago, who make car ro ofs and carends have not started tho construction of their Hammond plant yet, owrng to the high cojt of steel. The Murphy Brothers, have seven plants in various sections of the country and plan to do the assembling in the Hammond plant. They will build when the steel market is right. "

LAKE CO. LIFE INSURANCE The amount of life insurance paid out in the cities of Lake county in 1916 as shown by the Insurance Press is as follows: Hammond $ 45,000 East Chicago 45.000 Crown Point 18.500 Whiting 17,500 Gary 27,000 Total $113,000

LEAVES HUBBY WITH $922 OF HIS MONEY Annie Tomlch, 34 years old. the mother of nine children. left her home in Pittsburg with two of her youngsters. $922 and with another man. the police learned, was arrested in Gary yesterday by Detectives Eisner, Bucklin and Linn. Today Annie's husband came to the police station, but she refused to vn speak to him.

THE "HIGHEST POINT OF PERFECTION Is reached in lens making in the construction of and making of the ONE PIECE and KRTPTOK Invisible Lenses. S. Silver, Manufacturing Opyction. 177 State St-, Hammond, Ind. 7-11-1

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United Press Cablegram. LONDON. July 11. The Junkers are still in control in Germany, all dispatches received here today having indicated that their strength is growing with the increase in tension in Berlin through the liberals' attempt to force reform and pledge the government to a policy of no annexation. A compromise formula based on the idea that Germany Is fighting a defensive war was expected today in the fight for peace aims. United Press Cablegram. AMSTERDAM July 11. A coalition cabinet in Germany is impending. The newspapers Germania and Berlin Tage Blatt asserted that the political situation continued complicated because a majority of the parties have been unable to agree, apparently confirming this report for a combination of all forces In the ministry. 'From other sources it appears likely that Foreign Minister Zimmerman. Vice Chancellor Helferich. Colonial Secretary Sols and possibly one or two other ministers will be affected in the shakeup. Minister of Marine Capelle's position was described as uncertain. Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg will retain hold, according to unievrsal prediction. The Tage Blatt revealed that the German liberal leader, Stressmann, at Tuesday's meeting of the relchstag main committee violently attacked the chancellor. In another Berlin dispatch the Germania was quoted as announcing the centre party in Germany had overwhelmingly approved Erzeberger's efforts to force the reichstag to go on record for a statement of Germany's war alms. All dispatches from Germany are heavily censored. It is certain, however, that the submarine war and the food situation within Germany are playing a big part. All parties seem satisfied that Hlndenburg has the west front well In hand and the Russian offensive Is expected to wear itself out. There is a disposition on the other hand to demand more satisfactory results from the submarine, or abandon the warfare which has alienated neu-

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RAILROADS MAKE MONEY WASHINGTON, July 11. A net excess of revenue over expenditures of more than $104,000,000 during May, 1917. on 178 out of 186 railroads in the United States, was shown in a report of the interstate commerce coramisison today.

SEVEN DIE IN STORM. ORTONVILLE. MINN., July 11. Seven persons are believed dead today following the overturning of a launch on Big Stone lake In a storm last night.

Ole Tranberg, engineer, clung to parts i

Of the wreckage, holding a 12-yeax-old boy with him. They drifted a mile to land.

(By United Press.) WASHINGTON, July 11. The American ship Kansan, 7,913 tons, has been sunk with a probable loss of four lives including one American. The armed guard master and survivors have been landed, the state department announced this afternoon. The vessel was valued at $3,000,000 and carried a cargo of food and steel valued at $2,000,000. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, July 11. The steel companies of the nation probably will arrange before night with government heads to fix a general price policy on steel for war work which will be more satisfactory to the government than present rates. This was indicated at the meeting of government steel men today. CHICAGO,' July 11. Police today are holding eight men said to be powers in the Janiors' union, in connection with the wrecking of three buildings by bombs last night. The "black hand Is suspected to be responsible for two of the explosions. One person was killed and several others injured. (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, July 17. German Chancellor Hollweg has decided to fill vacancies In the German cabinet 'with certain members of the Reichstag and to create a new ministry of labor to which a Socialist will be appointed, according to an exchange telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam. (By United Press Cablegram.) FETSOQEAD, July 11. Snssla's armies of the northeastern front were still advancing through the wedge between 'iie Germans and Austrian lines around Lemberg today. The war office statement confirmed the taking of Ealici, key to the Galacian metropolis, and declared that General Kormilofs's forces were advancing west from the left bank of the Tonmica river. (SUXX.ETXXT.) (By United Press Cablegram.) LOITEON, July 11. The British gov. ernment today took steps to punish officials responsible for the failure of the first Mesopotamia expedition. A new course of inquiry was instituted in the bouse of commons to hear the charges.

NEW SUB CHASERS (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, July 11. The United States is having 300 submarine chasers, 110 feet long each, built, the navy department revealed today for the first time. Some of the chasers will be ready in the next month of two.

(By United Press Cablegram.) FASIS, July 11. Sepulse of German raids around Sapignenl in the Champaign, was reported In today's official statement. A number of prisoners were taken. (By United Press Cablegram.) IOITDOK, July 11. Direct hits oa the Turkish-German fleet In the Golden made In an arerial attack against the Turkish-Gorman fleet In the Golden Horn, according to admiralty announcement today. The attacking squadron of aeroplanes suffered no losses. Direct bits were observed against other ships and big explosions resulted, the admiralty continued. "Tho enemy was completely surprised," the statement said. "Our attack was from a heightn of 800 feet." The Golden Horn is a narrow Inlet of the Bosphorous separating the main part of Constantinople from Galata and Pera. The air raid must have brought the British naval fliers over the city of of Constantinople itself. This would at least have forced them to travel 300 miles in the air over the Dardanelles and Sea of 'Harmon to have accomplished their feat ISO miles In each direction. (By United Press Cablegram.) XOKDOIT, July 11. A strong German attack around Bieuport, Belgium, succeeded in penetrating British positions on a front of 14O0 yards, General Kalg reported today. Gen. Haig said that the bridges across the Tser and other water ways had been destroyed. Isolating the Dunes sector near the coast and opposite Lam. bartzyde. "The enemy gained the positions temporarily," he added. "Counter attacks urove him back." (By United Press Cablegram.) FETSOGBAD, July 11. Qen. Kormiloff today drove still further into the split in the Austro-German lines the

j wedge of Russian Invading forces which

he has insetea soutn oi iiemoerg. ja.a.acs has already fallen to the victorious Russian onslaught. The German army of Gen. Bothmar has been separated from the Austrian forces under Gen. Klrbach. . (By United Press Cablegram.) BEBXZir, July 11. Capture of 1,250 English prisoners, In taking an enemy defensive establishment between the coast and Lombartride, was announced by the war department today. (By United Press Cablegram.) STOCKHOLM, July 11. Sweden today Instructed her minister at Berlin to lodge formal protest against the torpedoing of the Swedish fishing vessels. (By United Press Cablegram.) BUEITOS AIRES, July 11. Kews assurances regarding the United States export license plan served to modify local irritation aroused over the original announcement. Ho official announcement Is yet forthcoming. Officials explained they were awaiting formal advices from Washington. (By United Press Cablegram.) MONTTVIDIO, July 11. A United States fleet which put in here today was accorded an enthusiastic reception by all officials.

EnHst In The Woman's Army By Conserving Fopcte,

LASTJGHT Herman Barecka, Another German, Jailed In East Chicago, Gfabaugh an the Job.

(BUZ.X.STX2T.) East Chicago police are confident that the new arrest they made last night, Herman Barecka, will lead to new ar- ' rests in the German spy case and important developments axe expected within a few days. Sensational developments in tho East Chicago German spy suspec; case since the arrest of Karl Kauf man on Sunday have caused tho East Chicago police to believe thai: in capturing the Teuton they havebroken into a nest of dangerou.. spies. Sergeant Solomon of the Eas' Chicago police in the house owned by Kaufman and located at 3630 Pennsylvania avenue, Indiana Harbor, made a most important discovery. THEY TttfO BXiUE PSJtfTTS. In between two partitions of one nT the rooms Sergt. Solomon found a ru-1 of blue prints whici were sectional outlines, of the Indiana Steel plant at Gary: These blue prints were found In tho basement. So important Is the arrest of Kaufman considered By the U. S. federal fmthorlties that Hinton C. Claubaugh Uuj department of Justice's special chief i.t Chicago came out yesterday to ta'upersonal charge of the case. He was closeted for some time with the Ease Chicago police. The second arrest in the spy plot was made when a second German was picked up in Indiana Harbor yesterday, the capture having been made by J. J. Hennessy from the federal inspectors office in Chicago. CHARGE IS SECRET. The charge has been kept secret but it is suspected that the correspondence found among the effects of Karl Kaufman who was arrested last Saturday night indicated complicity in the work that the new suspect has been carrying on. . The man arrested yesterday gave Iris name as Herman Earecka. his nativity as German and his age 28. The arrest occurred at 4:20 p. m. He was an employee at the plant of the Standard Forging. Co. and has been rooming at 2113 137th street, Indiana Harbor. Evidence that Kaufman is a German spy are said to be conclusive.. Photographs of his, wearing a moustache like the "imperial war lord" of the Central Powers were found in his possession. Kaufman is still in jail. He refuses to talk. His bearing Is military in the extreme and a mass of voluminous correspondence with Germans abroad is being translated into English for fresh evidence. He dressed as a laborer, but suits of stylish clothing were found in his rooms. Kaufman professes to be single. He has been in this country four years and is a subject of Kaiser "VVilhelm's. All his relatives are in Germany. Other important arrests are expected to be made soon.

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1 CAMPAIGN FDR C0HSTITUTI01L VOTES

" Registration meetings are nightly occurrences in Hammond and the campaign of the Equal SufTrage league to line-up all available women votes for the constitutional convention delegate election is proceeding with increased momentum. Mrs. William Bigger, Mrs. Glen Ebright, Mrs. Herbert Hutchens and Mrs. F. O. Rick yesterday motored to Crown Point and entered 400 registration applications of Hammond women and received information from the board of registratiorswhich will be given out at the various meetings to be held in the future. At the home of Mrs. O. C. E. Matthies. Sohl street, last evening, a registration meeting of the women of the neighborhood was held and fifty signed applications for registration. Four automobiles will be filled with league workers tomorrow at 12 o'clock when they will leave Central park in Hammond, for a whirlwind campaign of Dyer, St. John, Merrill ville, Schererville. Hessville, Munster, Highland and Griffith, taking applications of women for registration. At Griffith a meeting Is to be held in the town hall. Jacob Miller, a notary, will be present to sign the applications.

The Red Cross the symbol of a cause wide as the world and high as Heaven.