Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 69, Hammond, Lake County, 7 September 1917 — Page 5

Friday. September 7, 1917.

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COMINO EVENTS. The D. A. M. club will be entertained this evening- by Hiss Aurilla Wilcox at her home In Detroit street. Mrs. D. A. Shuck will open her home at 435 Michigan avenue this evening for the meeting of St. Agnes' guild of St. Paul's EpiBcopal church. The members will bring their sale packages. The Humane society will hold Its regular meeting Monday evening at 7:20 o"clock at the Central school. ATTEND TAIS. City Controller Auby, City Electrician Jarvin. and Charles Schonert attended the Kankakee fair yesterday. Sergeant ..William S. Welch and wife will attend a banquet at Oliver hotel. South Uend, tomorrow evening, given in honor cf the Fort Wayne recruiting party. The marriage, of Mrs. Mattie Bonney to F. G. Alward was quietly solemnized Monday, Sept. 3rd at Crown Point. The ceremony was performed at high noon at the First Presbyterian parsonage. Mr. and Mrs. Alward have returned to Gary and are at home at 60S Connecticut street, where they have an apartment all in readiness. Mr. Alward is -employed in the offices of the Gary Steel company. Mrs. Alward has made her home in Gary for the past five years. She formerly lived in Hammond and was employed in both the Lion Store and Ituhstadt's department store. She is a sister of Mrs. Winifred S. Shearer of East Sibley street. Mrs. Louise Stuppy entertained several guests with the members of Circle Is'o. 2 at the regular club meeting yesterday afternoon at her home in Stata Line stret. There were guests for bIx tables, the honors among the guests going to Mrs. Anna Lelsman, Mrs. John Spinner and Mrs. V. fchwigert. The club prizes were won Mrs. M. Jung, Mrs. Henry Eieker and Mrs. William Bieker. Perdo was played and at the conclusion of the games the hostess served a dainty collation. In two week3 Mrs. L. Ward of State Line street will be hostess to the club. A pleasant afternoon was spent by the members of the Stitch and Chatter club as the guests of Mrs. J. A. Wolf at her home In Summer street, yesterday. The members brought their needle work; and during the afternoon they were served with a prettily appointed two course luncheon. An all day meeting of the L. O. T. M. Social club was held yesterday at the home of Mrs. Oscar Peterson in Michigan avenue. The members worked on the quilt which will be raffled In connection with their card party to be given on the evening Sept. 18th. The proceeds from the sale will be given to the Red Cross. The hostess served her guests with refreshments and a pleasant social time followed the work meeting. Mrs. Harry Hatfield presided over the business meeting of the South Side W. C. T. U., held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. S. E. Wiltsee, 210 Detroit street. Plans were made for the county meeting, to be held at the Monroe street chapel in two weeks on Thursday beginning at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The election of officers was an important feature of yesterday's meeting and resulted as follows: President Mrs. E. B. Cross. Vice president Mrs. O. N. Kiger. Secretary Mrs. J. G. Milliken. Treasurer Mrs. Charles C. Sprout. Delegates to the state convention at Anderson on Oct. 19th Mrs. Cross, Mrs. Kiger, Mrs. Sprout and Mrs. Wiltsee. The domestic science department had charge of the program yesterday afternoon at the first meeting for the year cf the Baptist Women's union at the home of Mrs. George Atkins in Warren street. Mrs. M. T. Smith lead the discussion and gave a very interesting talk on "Home Making." The musical program included a piano solo. by Miss Dollie Knotts and a group of songs by Miss Edythe McConnell. The work of the Red Cross was presented by Mrs. William Myers and the members of the union voted to devote the first and third Tuesdays of each month to work for

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NEWS the Red Cross. The hostesses for the afternoon 6erved a two course luncheon and forty or more members present enjoyed a social half hour. LODGES. There will be a meeting this evening of Hammond chapter. No. 120. Women of Mooseheart Legion at th-s Moose hall. Dorcas P.ebekah lodge will hold its regular meeting Saturday at the I. O. O. F. hall. METHODIST CHITS CH MXETINO. The pastor of the Methodist church desires to announce to his people that tho fourth quarterly conference will be held by Rev. M. H. Anpleby in tho church auditorium tonight, beginning at 7:30. It will be an open meeting and all members and friends of the church are invited to be presint. Reports for for the year's work will be niado by the heads of all departments and by the (pastor. Every member of the board is urged to be in his place. This week's meeting of the Tine Street Ladies' Aid society took place yesterday at the home of Mrs. John McLean. The members brought their needle work and spent a pleasant social afternoon. Mrs. J. H. Stmpktns was elected vice president of the society to succeed Mrs. Lyons, who has moved away from Hammond. Mrs. Theo Claus, Mrs. Buehring and Mrs. N. Landvgot were hostesses at the meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of St. Paul's Lutheran church yesterdayafternoon. The meeting was held in the parlors of the church in Clinton street and a number of members were in attendance. The afternoon was devoted to quilting and needle work and at the close dainty refreshments were served. Complimentary to Tiilie Von Borstel, whose marriage to Hugh E. Carroll will be an event of this month. Miss Edna Hartman was hostess to several of hei friends at a handkerchief shower lasi evening at her home 803 Walter street The. rueats were entertained with contests and cards and during the evening a buffet luncheon was served. J. T. Stamm. Chiropodist. Phone :53 for appointment. Evenings only. Suite 412 Hammond Bldg., Hammond,' Ind. 9-4-lrno My present location is 316 Hammond a t MrConnell. dentist. 9:6:tf Mr. and Mrs. M. McGinley of El Paso, Tex., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Young of 10 State street for a few weeks. W. E. Byrns left last evening for his home in San Francisco after his visit with Mrs. M. Byrns and family of Plum. I mer avenue. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Jtiagaman oi xveuwood returned last evening from several days' visit with friends and relatives in southern Illinois. Tomorrow they will motor to Kankakee, 111., to attend the auto races. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Kerber. US Fayette street. Hammond, at the Gary hospital on August 26th. a son. John Redmond, who is in the United States navy, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. J. W. Slater, at her home in East Sibley street, for a few days. Mrs. D. D. Dermody and sister, Miss Jessie Davis, are the guesta of Mrs. J. D. Dermody of Ambl?, Ind., for a few days. Doss Kerley of LeXolre, Tenn- has returned to Hammond to accept a position. He wilt make his home at 255 Oonkey avenue. William Earl Price Is home 'on a twodavs' furlough, the guest of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Price, 49 Doty street. Miss Ollie Dix has resigned her position as teacher in the Lincoln school to go to Panama. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Moonshower, Mrs. A. Golden, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Eckman, and Mr. and Mrs. S. Thorson and family have returned from a few days' motor trip to Willlamsport. Attica and Lafayette, Ind. "Let Us Pay Vith Our Bodies For Our Soul's Desires." Roosevelt. Keeping You Well of all impurities. This old remedy Is a wonderful purifier and tonic, and has no equal for keeping the blood rich and pure. It builds up the appetite and tones up the entire system. S. S. S. is sold by druggists everywhere. It has been successfully used for more than fifty years, and people in practically every state testify to its great worth. Write for booklets and free medical advice to Swift Specific Co.. Dept. 0-69. Atlanta. Ga. PHONE 633 HAMMOND. (Native Beef Pot Roast, per lb ....19i2 Hamburger Steak, .ground to order, per lb 22 Sauer Kraut Cabbage, per dozen 40 1) HEFNER

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VISITED MOTHER. After a visit hero with her mother, Mrs. Mary Kidwell. 557 Madison ureet. Mrs. T. E. Haynes has returned to her home at Buffalo, X. Y. JOINS WIFF. F. R. GrlRham, 4 43 Adams street, has gone to Elmira, X. Y., to join his wife, who has been visiting; for two months there. EXTERTA1X1X G SITEK. Attorney and Mrs. Emmet White. Eighth avenue and Polk street, are entertaining Mr. White's sister. Mi Marion White of Haymarket, Va. KXTEH SCHOOL. Walter and Davli Houren. sons of Attorney and Mrs. R. E. Houren, 113 East Forty-third street, have gone to Plymouth, Ind.. where they will attend school. ATTEN DED Ct. VEXTIO.Y. Mrs. M. M. Grciner of the Brandt arartments. Sixth avenue and Van Buren street, returned yesterday fnm a chiropractors convention at Davenport, la. MIIS. CAM,. Mrs. Kenneth Call of Harrison street left today to visit her parents at Xoblesville, Ind. RETl-RXS FROM COLORADO. Mrs. H. H. Highlands has returned from an extended trip to Colorado. HERE OX MOTOR TRIP. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Dooge of Tyler street are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Docge. who are here on a motor trip from Grand Rapids. Mich. NATIONAL ARMY OP IHDMIU 'ASSIGNED Lake County Men to C09th Engineers Assignments Made. LOUISVILLE. KY-, Sept. 7 AU the Indiana men will be here, it Is expected, by Saturday evening an dhey will then be put into companies. The Three hundred and thirty-fourth infantry will be made up of men from Indianapolis, Marion county, Hendricks, Spencer. Dubois. Perry, Crawford, Harrison. Floyd and Clark, Orange and Washington counties. The Three hundred and tweaty-fifth artillery will be made up of men from Boone, Hamilton. Clinton, Tipton, Toward, Carroll, Cass, Miami and Fulton counties. The Three hundred and ninth trench mortar battery wiU b made up from South Bond men. The Three hundred and ninth engineers wilt be made up from East Chicago, Gary, Lake, Starke and Laprte counties. The Three hundred and ninth ammunition train will be made up from Terre Haute. Vigo county and Clay and Sullivan counties. The Ninetieth provisional Indiana training battalion will be mad! up from Greene, Knox and Davies srountles. The Tenth provisional Indiana training battalion will be made up from Morgan, Owen. Monroe. Mnrtin, Lawrence, Johnson and Brown counties. The Eleventh provisional Indiana training battalion wiil be made up from Jackson, Scott, Jennings, J'fers-ti. Bartholomew and Decatur counties. The Twelfth provisional Indiana training battalion will be made up from Switzerland, Ohio, Ripley, Dearborn, Frarklin, Fayette and Union. The Thirteenth provisional Indiana training battalion will be made up from Madison, Hancock Shelby and Rush. The Fourteenth provisional Indiana trainingtobattaHon will be made up from Randolph. Henry and Wayne. The Fifteenth 'provisional Indiana training battalion will be made up front Grant. Madison and Delaware. The Sixteenth provisional Indiana training battalion will be made up from Blackford. Weiis. HuntingTon and Wabash. ' The Seventeenth provisional Indiana training battalion will be made up from Ft. Wayne and Adams and Jay counties. The Eighteenth provisional Indiana training battalion will te made up from St. Joseph, Marshall. Elkhart and Kosciusko. The Nineteenth provisional Indiana training battalion will be made up from Lagrange. Steuben, Noble, Dekalb, Whitely and Allen. TO LATE TOO CLASSIFY FOR SALE Chandler seven-passenger 1K17; used three months; must be sold this week; best pri.-e takf-s it: cah. or part cash and rest in nine notes. Car at Loop Garage. I'hone 21 or 437. Hammond. P-7-2 Our Optical Trade Is growing steadily all the time. There's a reason. It's this: we never fail to get the exactly right Glasses for oar customers. Our test of the eyes is as effective and accurate as the latest methods can make it. tmic nrp nTpfise our natrons, and thus our optical trade grows and. grows. Can we be of assistance to you? Hammond Optical Parlors 141 EAST STATE STREET. Hammond, IndUnder new management.

BOY SCOUTS OF THREE CITIES IN TRUCK MEET

The Tri-City Boy Scout track and field .raeet Is scheduled for tomorrow cf-.ornoon at Harrison park. Hammond. Hammond. Gary. and Indiana Harbor Bry Scouts will participate. About forty boys are t-ntered m the meet. A silver cup. K'ld and silver medals end other award! are offered. The ::Vrt Is in charge of James MacgUIre. ar;istant scout onaster of Troop I., Hammond. The dashes, runs, hurdles, 2uir.ps and all other regulation events vill b 2 run off." COLO FEET; SOLOfER BOLTS TWICE; CAUGHT Stanley Kocal, one of the members of Company L,, Fast Chicago, decided yesterday that he couldn't stand the strain, and so he surreptitiously left the "armory and hiked off to parts unknown Oillcers of the company reported the desertion to the police and Stanley was finally picked up and returned to the ofik-ers of tho company. Later in the day. this private again fret cold fept and in order properly to restore the circulation he again took a sprint and. eluding the officers of Company T,., got away. j But his dreams or a happy time at home did not last long. The hour was too into to fill his place even had military law permitted it. and so the police again combed the town, and Stanlej was put in a cell at the police station and kept there until the train pulled out this morning. EAST -CHICAGO KJfJTO BE 0EP0RTE0 Three men and the First Trust & Savings bank of East Chicago' are bonded to the United States of America in the sum of $1,000 to insure the departure for Russia of one Max Kozel. On the bond are Faul and Louis Kozel besides Max. . Kozel upon being examined by the physicians assisting the draft and exemption board and being declared eligible for service became angered and used language against this government such that he was immediately locked up and turned over to the government inspector. Bragdon. Bragdon, in behalf of the government, agrocd that if Max would leave the country and would give a good and euff.ricnt bond in the rum of J10G0 to provide surety on the agreement there would be no further action taken. Tho bond was furnished and Kozel is now bound to leave the United States just as soon as he can arrange to do DEFEAT WEALTH CONSCRIPTION AGAIN (By United Prens.) WASHINGTON". Sept. 7. The senate today again defeated wealth conscriptiomsts by rejecting. 19 to 5a Senator LaFolletto's amendment Increasing Income tax rates s es to raise f'543.000.62X fioes THE RIGHT KIND AT THE RIGHT PRICE. BOYS' SHOES All Eolid 52-50 an.! - S3.00 GIRLS' SHOES "Best yel" to - - S3.00 CHILDREN'S SHOES Sines Si to 11 -52.00 and 2.50 fvEDS The ideal slipper for early Fall. Misses' SI. 25 chiid-s - si!oo BARGAIN SPECIAL THIS WEEK ONLY. Women's N'ifty Champagne and Gray Kid Pumps All sizes. Your cholr S1.15 Sccres of other amazing values. HAMMONDS LARGEST BOOT SHOP 163 State St., Hammond. 5i . jra SPECIAL Saturday Only FUDEG NUT CARAMELS 15? A POUND 15 Delicious candies made from the purest and choicest products. Our ice cream ' and sodas are the best. Hammond Candy Co. 166 State Street Hammond, Ind.

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000 more than the finance committee's plans. LaFoliette's amendment provided for a 50 per cent sur tax upon incomes of 1 1.000.000 or more, but its heaviest increases were put upon incomes of $50,000 and $300,000.

LEAGUE HOLDS FINE MEETING The regular meeting: of the "Progressive League" of the E. C. Minas company was held last -evening-, and was a most enthusiastic one. A splendid feature was the forming of a "National Service League" within themselves, to establish an honor roll and to look after the comforts of the "boys who have and will be' called upon to don the khaki (there are already five in the training can-ip) not only comforts, but to keep in touch with them by news and letters from Jiome regularly. The men will furnish the materials and the young ladies 'iU do the knitting. A generous amount was instantly volunteered by the men, Mr. Minas personally giving it a rousing boost. They are hoping to extend this service even farther than their own members before tho winter is over. "WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND" Lost From Grandma. Johnny's Troubles IJrgln. Johnny Vanhilst, 12 years old, came over from Rosa Station to Gary yesterday to call on his grandma. After a nice meal, at which green apple pie was served, Johnny went up town with his grandma. At 8 o'clock last night Johnny was In dire luck for these are the things that happened to him: 1. Johnny got separated from his grandma. 2. ire couldn't remember her address. 3. He found he lost his car-fare and couldn't get back to Ross. 4- He didn't have any supper. The world looked pretty blue when a good Samaritan came along. He toy ! Johnny up to police headquarters where Capt Matthews, who has kids of his own, saw that the lad got a warm supper and a nice bed. This morning Probation Officer Jones set. out with Johnny to help him home. COURTSOIEN. The Hammond and Gary Superior courts will open Monday for the September term. At Crown Point a grand Jury Is to be called. It is believed the grand Jury will investigate the killing of Jimmy Leather, Cedar Lake Innkeeper. COLD WEATHER AIDS INSIDE BUILDING They have taken In a couple of hundred dollars in fees at the plumbing Inspector's office at Gary during the -past few days. Building Commissioner Walter Dougan explained that rainy weather caused contractors to turn their attention to inside work. Hence Ithe big rush for plumbing permits. FOR SALE Best offer takes my practically new 1917 Ford. All new tires. Absolutely will be sold today. Can be seen at 67114 Hohman St. WiU take 1916 Ford as part payment. my rink j-

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Happenings of a Day In AV. S. McClaren, Hobart; Frank Liston, Lowell, and Georso Schavey, Hobart, were the first contingent of soldiers to be sent to the training camp at Louisville by the local corscrlption board. Five per 'cent of the quota was called and these three men left for their destination on Thursday. Another call will be made on September 19, when fourteen more will be sent for military service. Owing to the cool evening the band concert was not as well attended as usual. Xew marriage licenses have been issued as follows: Wayne L. Miller. Vivian Williams, Fast Chicago. Peteo Duda, Veronika Lekandra, Fast Chicago. Hugh E. Carroll, Tillie Von Borstel. Hammond. Tony Dernacoplas, Marie Syx, Gary. Mike Kish, Julia Kish, "Gary. Sanford Dales, Helen Lamphier, Crown Point. D,ean Parady, Pearl Earl. Gary. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Margison and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Volk and fami'ies attended the Kankakee fair on Thursday. The funeral of George Rettig, who was killed in the motorcycle races at Laporte on Monday, was held at" St. Mary's Catholic church on Thursday morning and was one of the largest funerals ever held in the city, many coming from the surrounding country to pay their last respects to this popular young man who had met such an untimely death. Mrs. Peter Barman, living west of town, has sold her farm to Ernest Kuehl. The farm consisted ft sb.tv acres and brought a good price, Mr. j Kuehl paying $140 per acre. 1

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Lake County's Lively Capital Mrs. John Keilman of Hammond, Mrs. Lizzie Rettig. Philip Rettig and Bart Rettig of Chicago, attended the funeral of George Rettig today. Eert Worsley has returned from - a short visit with Hammond friends. Crown Point was visited by a severe electrical storm on Wednesday evening aobut 10 p. m. The lightning and thunder was very severe and the rain fell in torrents for about an hour, flooding the streets in the low places. Miss Frances Grimmer has returned from a short visit with friends at Michigan City. Mrs. Jennie Ward Wheeler reports that the work of the Women's Service League has been somewhat handicapped by tho non-arrival of the service cards, which are for thosa women who wish to volunteer to aid the government In any line of work in which it may need tho women later on. It is not known just when the cards will arrive, but it Is hoped that Just as many women will pledge themselves and the campaign be as successful as the food conservation one was. County Clerk Wheaton had to refus to grant six couples licenses on Wednesday on account of them being under age. This is the largest number In one day, but hardly a day passes that some couple is refused a license on that account. The Lake County Council of Defense will hold a meeting on next. Monday afternoon at the court house, when matters relative to that hody will be taken u", :urh n? Boys' Working Reserve, leu. -Minute Men and Women's Service League. Arms or Hands made a bsatttlfuf AGENCY FOR THE HAMMOND, IND. n 206 Conkey Ave 4i i

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