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Twin City's Gallant Boys at Last Find Enlistment Rewards, Company "L" pride of East Chicago is off to train for war. Notwithstanding a cold, drizzling rain, there were hundreds of people, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sweethearts and friends -at the Pennsylvania station to bid the khaki-clad boys good-bye -when they left for Fort Harrison, Indianapolis, today. Up to the time the whistle of the approaching engine sounded, the spirits of the brave and patriotio company were surfaced with smiles, but when the mothers began to kiss their sons good-bye. when sisters with streaming eyes were about to say the last kind word. when. the fathers and citizens stepped up to wring the hands cf the young men, there was no joking or merriment. As the first man under sharp orders of the commanding officer stepped upon the platform of the special car, there was not a dry eye to, be seen, notwithstanding the fact that there were men there grizzled with age, men whose life had tended to harden their hearts against any expressing of emotion, and many present who were there simply as observers to do honor to the event. The cars had been fitted up especially to convey a company of soldiers, and it is expected that they will go right through to Indianapolis. They go by way of Fort Wayne to Plymouth, where a charge is made to the L. E. & W. Ky. Led by Captain Tnjmnii. Captain Allen P. Twyman, who has been the central figure throughout the organization and drill of Company I, cam to East Chicago from Louisville, Ky.. about six years ago, entering Immediately the law office of Abe Ottenholmer. In Louisville he had gradu ated from the Jefferson Law school and had spent two or three years In the office of the clerk cf Jefferson county. In May, 1912. he was married to Miss Agnes Meikle, daughter of Hugh Meikle of Hammond. Tfey have two children Buford. four years old, and Hugh, two and a half years old. Several years ago the law partnership cf Ottenheimer & Twyman was formed and this firm has been involved In some of the most Important cases tried in this county. Mr. Twyman, by his straightforward manner, strict integrity, fairness to all and high public spirit, has' endeared himself to a wide coterie of friends and admirers. That he will make an excellent captain and that under his leadership Company L. will be a credit to East Chicago no one for a moment doubts. Following is a roster of the company complete: Roster of Company Zi. Captain, Allen P. Twyman; first lieutenant, Claude H. Dreesen: second lieutenant, Joseph R. Nay; first sergeant. Lloyd E. Finch; mess sergeant, John J. Dreesen, Jr.; sergeant, John H. Kettles; Corporals 'Edward Almy, Louis Garman. (Continued on page seven.) HOOVER'S "BUTTER AND EGG ADVISER" George E. HaskcIL George E. Haskell of Chicago, the largest dealer in dairy and poultry products in the United States, is the' "butter and ejjRS adviser" of the national food administration. He was selected after a conference of ejrg and butter dealers in Washingn, and is one of the government's volunteer war workers. He will giv all his time to the. task.

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CO. L.'S POPULAR COMMANDER 1 CAPT. A. P. TWYMAN. Here Is the leader of East Chicago's gallant soldier boys, Capt. Allen Twyman. Today they leave for Fort Benjamin Harrison after weeks of training. Capt. Twyman Is one of East Chicago's rising young lawyers. He has a big future before him. His is the sterling brand of patriotism. He Is a son-in-law of the late Hugh F. Meikle of Hammond. SET DATE ' FOR HEARING Special to Ths Times. IXDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 7. The public service commission of Indian will hold a hearing on the petition of the Gary & Interurban Railroad company and the East Chicago Street Railway company, of which Charles D. Davidson is receiver, asking for authority to discontinue the sale of six tickets for 25 cents and eight tickets for 25 cents, on September 24, 1917, at 10 a. m.. In room No. 121. state house, Indianapolis, Ind. This petition was originally filed by Mr. Davidson as receiver on July 16 and the hearing was originally scheduled for August 27. but on account of the illness of Commissioner John W. McCardle, the hearing was postponed. The hearing on September 2 will be presided over by Chairman Lewis of the commission. BIA BRODKS'IS SUE0F0R DIVORCE Charles S. Washburne Says West Hammond's Joan of Arc Deserted Him. . Virginia Brooks Washburne, reformer and anti-vice crusader, known as the "Joan .of Arc of West Hammond," was charged with desertion in a bill for divorce filed yesterday In the superior court by Charles S. Washburne. , Two years ago Mrs. Washburne began suit for divorce against Washburne. alleging "extreme and repeated cruelty." Subsequently the suit was dropped and there was talk among Washburne's friends of an expected reconciliation. Asks Equal Car of Son. The second bill contains only the formal charges of desertion. It Is alleged Mrs. Washburne left her husband May 7, 1315. Washburne asks the court to decree "an equal division of the care and custody of their two-and-a-half-year old son. Walter." The Washbumes were married April 3, 1913, when Mrs. Washburne had gained national fame for her crusade against vice in West Hsmmond. For two years after she resigned a "career" to acquire a husband and domestic happiness, Mrs. Washburne apparently was content. . Then she began suit against Washburne, charging he had frequently attacked and beaten her. "DlTorca llstter Way." In defending her divorce action, Mrs. Washburne said at that time:' "I've Just tried as hard as I could, but somehow I was 'unsuccessful. I thought It best to quit. Living In an tinharmonious atmosphere was killing, and then, too, there was the matter of my self-respect. The divorce Is the better way. although It Is humiliating and disappointing." Since separating from her husband Mrs. Washburne has been engaged in promoting nursery work for the betterment of children In the poorer districts. BASE BALL H&Thmond Ball Park Sunday, Jake Stahls vs. Murleys, 3 p. m. sharp. Scores of the Ilammond-Albanv reported every 3 innings. 9-6-3

THE CORONER WAS NOT SURPRISED A darky was on the stand la an Inquest In Hammond this week. He had shot a negro who attacked him with a knife. "How Ions; have yon lived In this county" Questioned the coroner. ' "Eight years." '"Where did you come IromC "Pennsylvania." How Ions; did you live theret" Twenty-two years." "Did you carry a sun In Pennsylvania T" '.o, sir." "But you did In Garyf Ves, sir." "Why didn't you carry a sun la Pennsylvania V "They don't allow you to carry a sun in Pennsylvania." Additional Appropriations Are Mads for Lake Co.'s Expense Account for Balance of Year Show It Is Costly Old County. Special to The Tlmas. CROWN rOIXT. IND.. Sept. 7. Additional appropriations made by the county council for the remainder of the year 1D17 are as follows: For expense of the county treasurer office: New book for Gary ownership ney: Special attorney In Burroughs posting machine 100.00 SoO.OO For salary of county attorney: Special attorney In bank case For expense of poor: North township Cedar Creek Expense of county Jail Expense of Co. poor farm For expense of soldiers, sailors wives and widows For new boilers and boiler house at poor farm For prosecuting attorney's office: For office rents for Gary 'office Expenses of Circuit court, petit and grand Jury and Jury commissioners Ditches 400.00 7.000.00 500.00 1,500.00 1,350.00 SOO.OO 25.000.00 200.00 2,000.00 2.500.00 Appropriations for 1918. Por expense of clerk of circuit court: Salary 10.700.00 Attending all courts 20,080.00 Supplies, office expenses 2,635.00 Preparing bar dockets, $300; 2 typewriters (Hammond and Crown Point), $200; 2 Eliot-Fisher machine. $300. SOO.OO Cour.ty Auditor's Office. Salary 11,000.00 Additional salary as clerk of county council 650.00 Office expense, supplies and making assessors' books 4,050.00 County Treasurer's Office. Salary 6,000.00 Office expense and supplies.. 3,520.00 Tax duplicates S5.00 Printing levy sheets 60.00 Making Gary ownership book x 300.00 County Recorder's Office. Salary 6,600.00 Additional salary 4,500.00 Office expenses and book ma chine Office fixtures County Sheriff. Salary Attending courts, board of review and county council 3,510.00 250.00 10,500.00 2.220.00 Sheriff's fees. Including boarding and care of prisoners washing and deputy hire 24,900.00 Office expenses and supplies Return of fugitives Juries . Transporting prisoners from courts Transporting prisoners to ln1.700.00 1.500.00 1.000.00 1,000.00 (Continued on page seven.) ITALIAN MUSICIANS ENTERTAIN POLICE Unable to keep up their street concerts because of the storm, a quartet nf Ttnlian musicians this morning fought shelter from the rain gale off Lake Michigan at Gary police station. They had a harp, flute and two violins ad indulged In a classical concert. Music could be heard in the cell-roo-ms and Captain Aydelotte reported that many a stony-hearted prisoner was In tears when the band played "Home Sweet Home." ALBANY PARK Baseball Sunday, second championship game. Albany Park 'vs. Hammond. Take 12:39 South Shore train and Ravenswood Northwestern Elevated to the Ball Park. 8-6-3

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U. S. Officer Slain, Five Soldiers and Ten Patients Wounded In Air Raid. DV W-yi. PHILLIP SIMMS.) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IX THE FIELD, Sept. ".An American officer was killed and five members of his staff wounded in a deliberate bombardment Tuesday by German airmen of an American hospital on the French front. Ten patients In the hospital also were wounded. The American officer killed was an American medical corps man attached to the Harvard hospital unit. Three members of the officer's staff were severely wounded. One man In the hospital served by a St. Louis unit wai wounded. Of the 10 wounded at the Harvard unit's hospital five were members of the American staff and ten were patients. , The hospital of the Harvard unit suffered the greatest damage. Only one bomb fell on the St. Louis unit hospital. A British military hospital was also bombarded. The raids occurred on Tuesday night, and, like the bombardment of hospitals nearer the front during the past few days, the attacks were deliberate. " - . (By Vnlted Press.) WASHINGTOX, Sept. 7. Informed by the t'nlted Press of the death of nn American officer in an American field hospital, the war department Immediately sent a request to headquarters In France for detailed information. No official report of the fatality hud come from General Pershing. f VORWARTS TERMS WILSON REPLY TO ' POPE ACCEPTABLE United Press Cablegram. BERNE. Sept. 7. Declaring that President Wilson in his reply to the pope has demanded nothing more than has been demanded by the people of Oermany themselves, the Vorwarts in its September Issue replies to the panGerman press which has been railing at the original reception given the Wilson note by the Vorwarts. "The "Wilson note contains nothing that is unacceptable o us. The only condition it imposes is an extremely acceptable one. An enemy power before beginning negotiations with us demands BRITISH BEAUTY LORD'S DAUGHTER A v. ' ; C fl" r ' ' - , Hi Lady Cromer. Lady Cromer is the second of the late Lord Minto'f three beautiful daughters. Her eldest sister iLady Francis Scott andthe youngest i3 Lady Violet Asto: Lord Cromer was originally in tie diplomatic service, but he is now a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. He was on Lcrd Hardinge's staff when the latter viceroy of India. Lady Crorm.. was formerly Lady Ruby Elliot and she has two pretty daughters.

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Veteran Editor r' 1 i JOHN J. Special to The Times. CROWN POINT, IND. .Sept. 7. Death claimed the dean of Lake county newspaper men. cnd,cne of the Veteran editors of Indiana and the middle west when John J. Wheeler of the Lake County Star, died last night, aged 69 years. His demise was not unexpected, for he has been practically patalyzed for some time. Mr. Wheeler leaves a wife, son, Fred T. Wheeler, and two daughters, Mrs. W. Power Tice and Mrs E. L. Schaible of Gary, to mourn his loss. The wmm ujnuumiiaa a (By United Press.) CHICAGO, Sept. 7. Coroner Peter Hoffman today wired the Attorney General of North Carolina that Mrs. Maude A. Kins;, wealthy Chicatca widow who wan mysteriously shot while on an automobile trip near Concord, N. II., Aiutust 2t, was murdered. Hoffman bnsed his assertion on el'denre found when nn autopsy was held on Mrs. Kins's body in Gracelimd remetery here early today. He u reed the North Carolina official to take steps to apprehend her slayer. (By Vnlted Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. The forty per cent of the drafted men who move to their cantonment beginning September 1 will o In dally contingents or 6,000, It was officially stated at the provost marshal jcenernl's office today. Incompleteness of some of the camps nnd want of railway facilities will not permit the full 274.S0O men to entrain on the lfrth. of Germany that which the German people themselves demand. It is natural that adversaries of German liberty should try to complicate matters. It Is also natural that peaceful men carefully study the American note and protest against efforts to sift its meaning. "The people of Germany are willing to furnish the guarantees that President Wilson asks for. "As America cannot conquer us and we have but little chance to enter Washington, this carnage Is senseless and absurd. When It Is proposed to end it by reform which the German people have demanded for years, the proposition deserves to be welcomed." GOVERNMENT ISSUES WHEAT CROP 'REPORT (By Vnlted Press.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 7. The condition of the spring wheat crop September 1 was 71 2-10 as compaxed to 48 6-10 '& year previous, 74 the ten-year average, and 68 7-10 on August 1. the Agri cultural crop reporting board estimated today. The total wheat production for spring was forecast 250,000,000 bushels against 236.000.000 the August estimate; 15S, 000.000 the production in 1916 and 264,000,000 the 1911-1915 average. Estimating the winter wheat production this year 417.000,000 bushels the entire wheat crop was forecast to be 66S.000.000 bushels against last year's 640,000,000 and the 1911-15 of 806.000.000 bushels. The per- acre yield of spring wheat &nd corn were estimated &t 13 1-10

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n Is Called By Death w - i' WEEELEB. decedent was born in West Creek town ship. He moved with his parents to Crown Point when but a child. For 35 years he has edited and published the Star and made it one of the best week lies in the west. He was a kindly humorist, a veteran of the civil war and very widely known over northern Indiana. He was once postmaster of Crown Point for five years and for a long time was a member of the school board. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. (By I sited Press.) LONDON, Sept. 7. Arrival of fresh reinforcements, some of them believed to be German divisions, Increased the ferocity of the battle on the AustroItaiian fronts today. What Is described ns the most bitterly contested b.-Utle ever fought In this theater of the war is now racing over nnd around Monte St. Gabriel. The heights dominating this point have changed hands again and again, neither side being able to successfully maintain Its ruined and rocky slopes against the other. (By Vnlted Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept.' 7. The depart, ment of justice announced today that Attorney F. G. Bailey, Indianapolis, and a Salt Lake lawyer have been assigned to Chicago to aSKist Vnlted States Attorney Clyne In preparing; Indictments following recent I. -W. W. raids. bushels and 26 8-10 bushels respectively. Forecasts for other Important crops were: Oats, 1,533,000.000 bushels (flve-year average, 1,230.000.000); white potatoes. 462.000,000 bushels (five-year average, 363.000.000); apples, 177.000,000 bushels (five-year average. 214.000.000): ha v. 91.700.000 tons (five-year average, 86,600,000). NEW DRAFT OF HALF MILLION THIS WINTER (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Two million men in active service and training camps by June 30, 191S, Is the plan of the war department. Another draft of 500.000 men this winter" is planned. This became known today when statements of Secretary of War Baker and expert advisors before the recent hearing of the house appropriation committee were printed as a public document. By October 10 the department expects to have 1.500.000 men under arms. If sufficient equipment and accommodations have been obtained another draft will be recommended by the president. Leave on Fishing (?) Trip. H. M. Johnson of the Citizens' German National Bank and P. A. Parry of The Times left today for a fishing fortnight in Northern Wisconsin. The fishing is said to be very poor in Wisconsin this season, declared both .men in a signed statement prior to their departure, though friends Insist both men are back lashing.

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n lfl'5 FULL GAP1TAL Lloyd George Confident That Russia Will Repair Machine Under Fire. (BULLETIN.) By Wm. G. Shepherd. PETROGRAD, Sept. 7. Petrograd Is preparing for a possible German attack. All Busslans are called on to do their duty. Troops are passing through the streets enroute to the front. But the populace remains quiet and no panic is apparent. Riga's fall Inspired the city with determination to fight. Wholesale arrests in the counterrevolution plot, attracts much atten tion. Grand Duke Jeam ConstantinoVitch, son of the former Csar's uncle. and the Grand Duke Constantlne are reported to have been taken Into custody. (By Vnlted Press.) BIRKENHEAD, England. Sept. 7. "America has never known defeat and on thie occasion, too, she will triumph," was the confident declaration of Premier Lloyd George here today that swayed a great crowd to thunderous applause. , The British premier admitted news from Russia was "disquieting," but he declared his complete confidence that Russian leaders would "repair the machine now under fire." Lloyd-George spok in accepting the freedom of the city. "German attempts to show dissension among the allies on the east and west failed," he declared. "Germany only declded to Invade Russia with the sword because her other method failed. "The Russian revolution postponed an allied victory. We had expected an earlier recovery but we must be patient. "We are less concerned for the effect of a Russian failure on the war than with its effect on the world's democracy. "Russia's leaders are now repairing their machine under fire. I am confident they will succeed." The premier reiterated his oftrepeated defiance of the German submarine campaign, declaring that he was "absolutely convined that the submarines will never be able to bent down the empire's strength nor the allies" hopes." SUBMARINES Are invisible war craft. We make Invisible bifocal lenses in Kryptok and one-piece. They are marvels of lens manufacture. We would like to show these to you. S. SILVER, Jeweler end Manufacturing Optician, 177 Ptata St.. Hammond. Ind. NOTICE. September Red Cross War Fund payments are due. Your prompt attention is requested without further notice. FINANCE COMMITTEE. MASS MEETING! Of Citizens Party at Franklin School Auditorium, Robertsdale, Friday evening. Sept. 7. 8 p. m.. Fourth ward in city of Hammond. All persons interested in a clean and progressive administration of city affairs are specially invited. Dan Brown, candidate for Mayor. Hon. C. B. Tinkham and other good speakers will be present to discuss th political issues. Hollis G. Hunter, Secretary: Wm. W. McMahon. Chairman. HE WOULD TELL MORE FACTS OF NATION'S CRISIS S. Stanwood Menken. G. Stanwood Menken, president of the National Security league, believes that the heads of the government should inform the people mora accurately of the grave cnsi3 now facing the country. The mere issuing of official statements is not sufficient. Mr. Menken believes the people "should be told the, solema facts in. open taoetiux."-

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