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Inland Steel Company Increased $3,000,000 Is lieport of State Board's Action at Indianapolis Today. That the tax board of Indianapolis had raised the taxable valuations of East Chicago a total of ' $9,000,000 was the information conveyed by special wire to THE TIMES from the capitol city this morning. These figures are given as the result of an appeal to the state tax board from the county board of review taken by a committee from the chamber of commerce, a representative of the Home Owners Protective Association and by city officials and involved practically every industry in both ends of the city. The telegram states that the Inland Steel company is raised $3,000,000; the Grasselli Chemical Co.. J 140.000; the East Chicago and Indiana Harbor Water Co.. $70,000; and other " In similar proportions. KESULT 07 Ell RINO. The hearing was held in Jndianapolia on July 19 and 20 and about thirty industries, large and small, appeared in answer to a summons from the state board. The examinations were conducted Ty Attorneys Glaiebrook and Parks with the co-operation of Attorney Willis E. Roe. IV. O. Harmon, city treasurer, and F. L. Evans, secretary of the chamber. In the main, the representatives of the- factories laid their cards on the table face up. giving actual values on real estate improvements and personal property. Real estate values could not be touched because this is not the year designated by statute to take up real state assessments. Question of rinanct. For years back East Chicago has been running behind in its finances, the municipal city and the school city have been handicapped because they were not permitted by statute to bond for any purpose for more than two per cent of the valuations, but apparently no one emphasized the need until the present city treasurer, W. O. Harmon, went before the general meeting of the chamber of commerce on December 4, 1916. The telegram which was received this morning reads as follows: TIMES BTJBEATX AT STATS CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS. July 28. It is reported here that the state board cf tax commissioners has given the corporations of East Chicago and Indiana Harbor a boost of nearly $9, 000, 000. an increase to a total valuation of J20.000.000 for the Twin Cities. The Inland Steel Company Is hit a hard blow being raised it is said $3,000,000 above its former amount, nearly trebling its taxes. The Grasselli Chemical Co. last ' year paid taxes on $175,000. It has been raised to nearly $350,000. It Is said that the taxes of fully thirty corporations will be raised and definite announcement of the board's complete action will be made public next week. While the citizens and officials of East Chicago expected some Increase in valuations, yet the figures given in the above telegram are somewhat staggering. Three to five millions of increase has been the normal expectation. If the city valuations have been increased to $20,000,000, it will afford that municipality an opportunity to become directly a second class city. The statute provides that any city having over 16,000 population may become a second class city provided its valuations reach a total of $20,000;000, and provided further, that the people in an election cast a majority vote in favor of the proposition. W. O. Harmon, city treasurer, says that if the report is true, it will cut down the tax levy to about $1.35. . BUSS FRONTIERS ARE CLOSCED (Br Halted, Press Cablegram.) PETROGRAD. July 28. All Russian frontiers are closed. A government decree which became effective at midnight last night closed the frontiers until Au gust 15. A special car will leave the Four Corner at 12:30 p. m. July 29 for South Chicago to carry members of the Build ing Trades Council and the Lake County Trades and Labor Council, who wish to attend the funeral services of our late brother, Frank L. Merriam. returning in time to attend burial at Oak Hill. 7-38-1 4 COMMITTEE.

ARMED AUSTRIAN SHOT IN BATTLE WITH GUARD

A pistol battle between an Austrian and steel corporation guards this morning endangered the lives of several persons and ended in the probable fatal shooting of the foreigner. Brandishing a gun and demanding his pay Peter Pavelich. 1103 Madison street, appeared at the main entrance of the Gary tin mills of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company at 9:30 o'clock this morning. Guard John Haggerty tried to disarm the man as did Capt. John Carroll, both of whom were attacked. Pavelich broke away and was chased through a swamp to 2nd avenue and Ellsworth street. There he opened fire on the special police. A shot from the revolver of Deputy Sheriff George Harbough, assigned to the E. J. and E. Railway yards, brought the foreigner down. The bullet entered his abdomen. Members of the city police were summoned and they had the woutded man rushed to Mercy hospital. Capt. Carroll and Deputy Sheriff Harbaugh came to the station and made statements. Pavelich, the police said, had been arrested several times for cutting scrapes. At the tin mills it is said that Pavelich would not wait until the timekeepers computed his pay. which is on a tonnage basis. LABOR EDITOR, Stroke of Paralysis Re sults in Death of Publisher. Francis Lewis Merriam. editor of the "Suburban" and the "Lake County Advocate," union labor publications of Lake county, is dead at his home, 80 46 Exchange avenue. South Chicago. His death was the outgrowth of paralysis with which he was stricken about eleven weeks ago. His left side was paralyzed and his speech was affected by the stroke. He returned to his home about two weeks ago from the St. Luke's hospital, where he had been a patient for several weeks prior to that time and was given the best efforts of a coterie of highly skilled specialists in an effort to restore him to health and vigor. Beloved by Union Ken. "Frank" Merriam. as he was popularly known, had friends without number in the union circles of the Calumet district and throughout the city. He had been a fearless fighter for the cause of the unions for more than twenty years and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of union labor men to a very marked degree. When an attempt was made to put a union paper in the field as a competitor to Mr. Merriam's publications, local union men rallied to his support and "stood by him solidly. Besides writing, he sp'oke frequently at union gatherings and was busy both night and day, visiting union labor meetings and meeting union labor chieftans. Member Street Car Mens Ualon. The deceased was a member of the Street Car Men's Union for many years, and until a few years ago he held his place on the "board at the car barns." As his papers increased their scope, he found it necessary to resign his position, but he continued his activities in the affairs of the ct men's union. During the many years he was on the street car line he made friends without number throughout this locality. ETerythinff for Hla Tamily. Francis Lewis Merriam was born in Michigarj, 47 years ago. and came to Scuth Chicago about twenty years ago. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Etta Merriam, three daughters. Electra, Elsie and Vivian, and oni son, Milton. He was a member of Woodmen and Oddfellow lodges, and the Street Car Men's Union. Mr. Merriam was a home loving man. devoted to his wife and family, and no labor was too arduous, if it would enhance the welfare or the happiness of his wife and children. PunaraJ. Sunday. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late residence. Interment will be at Oakhill cemetery, Hammond, Ind., and the conveyances will be automobiles. NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that the Dem ocratic City Central Committee will meet at the Jefferson Club Rooms on Monday evening. July 30th. 1917. at 8 p m. for the purpose of electing a City Chairman, Vice Chairman. Secretary and Treasurer for the coming Citv Election to be held in November, 1917. and to transact such other business as may come before said meeting. . Signed. OTTO H. Dl'ELKE, 7:2S:3 - Chairman. Hammond Ball Park: Sunday, July 29, Hammond vs. West Ends. 7:26 2

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The American submarine. A-7, built in 1902, blew up in a mysterious manner while off Cavite near Manila, in the Philippine Islands. Five men, including her commander. Lieutenant' Arnold Marcus, were killed. The first report had it that the cause was the formation of a pocket of gasoline within the ship. -

DRAFT CALL OUT T Twenty-Seven To Be Drawn In Hammond Next Week. . Get yourself ready. Mr. Draft Candidate the call for Hammond's Quota ot the new national army was made today. numbers will be called and the holders are to appear for physical examination. Notification will be made by mail at once. Starting with No. 258. ninety-nine others in line are to be called. By this time next week Hammond's quota of twenty-seven will be filled. Hammond's exemption board has already started to mail out the draft notices and all those who do not appear at the designated time will be dealt with by the firm hand of the government The board meets every evening at the court house. ITALY READY TO WAGE NEW DRIVE (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. July 28. Italy awaits only on the United States to furnish money, fuel and munition before launching another great offensive against the Austrlans, it was learned today. Similarly it was announced at the treasury department that a new payment of $10,000,000 had been made to the Italian government. Ships are still lacking to gather the necessary coal and munitions but the shipping board worked under full pressure to speed up its program. .Italy has 2.000.000 men ready to attack the weakening Austrian ranks, it was stated. At the same time it was learned that Japan is expected to vastly increase her naval co-operf tion with the allies. It is not deemed likely Japan will send troops to Russia, because of possible ill political effect it might have, besides it is pointed out Russia does not need troops as bad as munitions, money and railway supplies. The Italian government believes that with even the Russian army eliminated entirely from the offensive the allies can win out. DECTECTIVE NOT A POLICEMAN? Railroad detectives ha-e no right to impersonate police officers. Maurice Cunningham, an E. J. & E. detective has been arrestedon a warrant sworn out by Herman Dubbert charging him with impersonating an officer. FRED HORNLEIN DIES. ' Fred Hornlelnn 86 State street, died last night in a Chicago hospital from heart trouble. He was 27 years old. He leavces four brothers and a sister, living in Chicago. Mr. Hornlein was an electrician by trade and belonged to the local union. Burial will be made tomorrow at Waukegan, I1L NEGROFINED. "Tassa, boss. An jus' keep tnat razzah to shave with. Ah ain't ever goin' to hurt anybody. Nossah not me. boss," plaintively pleadeda negro in city court today charged with, being drunk. "Well, George, you want to be a good higher from now on. , I'll fine you $3 and costs," stated Special Judge Floyd Murray.'" The Judge fined Joe SlacK of Gary, $1 and costs for driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor. Enlist In The Woman's Army By Conserving Foods.

AMERICAN SUBMARINE WHICH BLEW UP NEAR MANILA.

Hussion Soldier Women 'Ridiculed, Then Praised American Suffragist Writer Tells of Two Weeks Spent In the Amazon Company.

(BY WM. SHEPABD.) (United Press Staff Correspondent.) TVTTnnr a Ti T.iiv TlrUl : r, it dally through the rain and mud. Quart- : ered no fwhit better, tban the lowest peasant private, asking no favor but to fight on equal terms against the eemy. braving at first the sneers and jeers of the male fighters, Russian women in the "Legion of Death" have proved in the supreme test that they have a place in the fighting line. This is the opinion of Rhepa Childe Door, American ruft'ragist, newspaper woman and writer, who returned to Ptrograd today from the front where she spent two weeks with the first women fighters ever attached to a modern army. "When I left they had been demanding for many days that they be taken to the fightin zone. "Miss Door said, as she proudly read dispatches tell of the splendid heroism of the girl troops in their action under fire. "I spent two weeks with these girls peasants, intellectuals, telephone operators, stenographers, doctors and plain girls," she continued. "Leaving Petrograd we traveled in wooden bunks on regular trains. All along our Journey station platform crowds greeted us with ridicule. Slackers Jeer Them. "'Why are you going to fights?' they would jetr. " 'Because you men are cowards," the girls would shout back. "We had a forty-hour trip to headquarters near Vilna. There we were conducted to long wooden huts half buried in the earth, and with shelves for beds. Thousands of soldiers gatherHAMMOND BOY AT OLD CHEYENNE F r PBIVATE CXATJS SXTSCHZ.Z. Claud J. Ruschli, son of Mrs. Anna Ruschli. 54 Elizabeth street, Hammond, is a member of the U. S. cavalry stationed at Fort D. A. Russell. Cheyenne, Wyoming. His mother and two sisters have just returned from a isit. They found their soldier boy delighted with army like

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ed to greet us and their shouts reminded me of New Yorkers watching a suffrage parade in the early days when suffragists were taunted and ridiculed. "On our very first night at the front we heard a greafTtounding on the door. A Jewish sentinel challenged: " 'Aren't there girls here?' "'Not girls but soldiers,' the Jewish sentinel returned. 'And if you don't leave we'll shoot.' "The disturber went. "The girls bathed in the river next day. Sentinels made a wide circle around the bathers to keep intruders away. The officers of the men's companies helped .to keep the intruders back. "The water was warm. The 'soldiers' bathed in the stream several hours. "After the 'war girls' had departed the men bathed." HAMMOND CLUB GOLD PACK CANNING An interesting exhibit of canning food by the cold pack method Is attracting attention and comment in the windows of the .First National Bank of Hammond. The work is that of Mrs. W. C. Belrnan. Mrs. Alice Holm Smith and Mrs. L. L. Bomberger who grew the egetables and fruit and did all the work in connection with picking and canning. Sweet picWes, grapes, tomatoes, asparagus, strawberries, rhubarb, peas, spinach, string beans, greens, etc.; ar in the glass jars which comprise the exhibit. The women made a thorough study of the cold pack method. In some towns where vegetables are canned with the cold pack process some little difficulties are being experienced. Each day letters and telephone calls are being received at the office of the state food director, asking for some complete information on the canning processes and Just what can be done to remedy these troubles. One of the points causing considerable concern among the women is that of shrinkage. Cans though apparently full of material at beginning of period shrink during processing, leaving an air space at top or the liquid apparently shrinks leaving such things as beans or peas uncovered. Miss Roberta McNeill of Purdue in answer to these questions says, that though this is a waste of can room and detracts from the appearance of the keeping qualities. If the can is air tight neither will the can spoil nor will the material not covered dry out as any air present is sterilized and there is no opportunity for evaporation. To avoid this condition blanch such things as beans and peas carefully; In the case of such beans the Kentucky Wonder allow the maximum amount of time. This softens the cell tissues and prevents water from being absorbed by the beans during processing. For tomatoes be careful to select solid meated tomatoes, pack 1 into the cans closely squeezing so as to expel surplus air and ffll "can with tomato juice. For everything, grade and pack carefully so as to waste as little space as possible. Schedule for processing fruit and vegetables can be had from Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. The Red Cross the symbol of a ause wide a- the world and high as Heaven.

Latest bulletins (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, July 28. The provisional government of Russian ha3 virtually invested Premier Kerensky with the unlimited power which the workmens, soldiers and peasants' congress voted to the ministry, according to a new central dispatch from Petrograd. Nearly all the ministers "have placed their portfolios at Kerensky's disposal." (By United Press Cablegram.) " LONDON. July 28. Hint that Germany was preparing some new move on the western front was given today in a continuation for the third successive day of the violent enemy artillerying in the new sea coast sector of the British line and of an attempted raid around Coastaverne. (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, July 28. Russia's women fighters in the "Legion of Death' suffered fifty casualties in their brilliant baptism of fire, according to a Reuter dispatch received here today. The roll included twenty killed and eight taken prisoner. (Br United Press Cablegram.) BUENOS AIRES. July 2$. Although serious damage was done by the earth quake yesterday no loss of life has been reported up to today. BAH TD EXEMPTION TXMZS BUREAU. AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS, INJ., July 28. Interpretations of the conscription law made at Washington and sent to Jesse Eschbach. Indiana state conscription agent, show that the government does not intend to take any , more married men into the military service than are necessary, but that married men will be exempted only when they are able to prove to the exemption board that they have dependents. Eschbach snt the following telegram to the provost marshal-general at Washington: "Married registrant claims exemption as sole support of wife. Wife's relatives wealthy, can and will support her. Is local board justing refusing exemption?" Provost-marshal-Gcneral C r o w d e r answered as follows: "Under regulation Number 20, paragraph 1. page 32. the wife in the class of cases stated by you cannot properly be said to be dependent upon the husband's labor for her support." This means that exemptions will be granted only in cases where persons are actually dependent on the registrant for support. VEAL BOYCOTT TIGHTENS MARKET (By Unitd Press Cablegram.) CHICAGO. July 28. Increasing warm weather and the general tendency to boycott veal and lamb for food conservation are reasons given today in explanation of the. tightening of trading in these products. AIR ROAD OVER PARIS. (By United Press Cablegram.) BERLIN, July 28. An air raid over Paris was reported in an official statement from the" war office this afternoon. "Let Us Pay With Our Bodies For Our Soul's Desires." Roosevelt.

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CLOG TRAFFIC CHICAGO EIGHT ZONE Half of Trans-Continental Shipments Blocked By Walk Out. By L. W. BABBITT (United Press Staff Correspondent.) CHICAGO, July 28. Nearly half of the transcontinental freight traffic of the United' States was paralyzed as a result of the switchman's strike called in Chicago at six o'clock this morning. Six hundred men are out in the Indiana Calumet districtNinety per cent of the cross country traffic clears through this city. Shortly before noon the railroads -admitted that they were moving only about fifty per cent of their normal freight traffic. They claimed however that passenger traffic was practically normal. All munition and other govern. .lent business was being given the right of way, and the railroads reported that this class of traffic was "being moved in good shape." V. S. AGENTS WATCH. Uncle Sam had his eye or. the situation in the person of G. W. Hangar, member of the federal board of mediation and conciliation. Hangar came , here Thursday to investigate the threatened telegraph strike on the Rock Island railroad. The switchmen already had taken a strike vote when he arrived and on request of the railpoads he proposed mediation to the switchmen. The switchmen had sent their representatives to the various yards and a meeting with Hangar was impossible at that time, but James Murdoch, vice president of the Brotherhood of iai!road trainmen, of which the majority, of Jhe striking switchmen are members, assured the government representatives he would get the committee together as soon as possible and p:t mediation up to them. -This 'may be accomplished late today. Hangar Is not in a position to force an5 actlpn by either side, but it ;s known in case the strike seriously threatens government business, any report he may make to the war department would be acted on at once. STRIKE A VXIOX FIGHT. The strike, according to the railroads, is in a way a union fight. The switchmen holding membership in the B. of R. T. took the Initiative today because, the railroads allege, they were refused a "closed shop" in their favor which would give them preference o-er members of the Switchmen's Union of North America and non-union switchmen. The railroads say there 2,500 B. of R. T. and S. U. are about N. A. ami about 1.500 non-union men. United States District Attorney Clyne admitted thatfederal operatives were watching the progress of the strike and that "any interference wun the movement of government traffic would be dealt with promptly." .NO.V.UNIOXISTS OUT. According to the railroads the S. U. N. A., which is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is aiding them by importing strike breakers. The B. R. T. on the other hand mantains that many 8. U. N. A. men and non-unionists have gone out with them. ' The railrosds gave out the following figures on the amount of freight being moved by seventeen of the nineteen railroads affected: Santa Fe. JO per cent; Baltimore & Ohio, nearly 100 per cent; Belt Line, SO per cent; Alton. 100 per cent; Erie, CO per cent; Northwestern, 50 per cent; Burlington, 5') per cent; Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul. 50 per cent; Chicago Junction. 33 per cent; Illinois Central, 50 per cent; New York Central. 50 per cent; Nickel Plate. 50 per cent; Monon. 50 pr cent; Wabash, 25 per cent; Pennsylvania, good shape; Baltimore & Ohio, 50 per cent. Six hundred members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in th-s Indiana Calumet region walked out this morning at S o'clock in keeping with the strike order called by Chicago Brotherhood sectional leaders yesterday. Between 2.000 and 2,500 yardmen have quit their Jobs in the Chicago district. The men are after the "closed shop" to stop the nineteen railroads in the vicinity of Chicago affected from "hiring and firing" yardmen and selecting their own yardmasters and assistant yardmastess. The Switchman's uirion. unaffected, declares the railroads are but the third party in an attempt to orush their organization out of existence. Freight traffic will be somewhat crippled. Embarroes have been placed on (Continued ou page five.)