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HE BLASTS Buildings at Frankfort Hear Pliiladslptiia Are Blown Up Early Today. (By United Press.) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8. Five buildings at the Frankfort government arsenal here are in ruins, two workers are dead, and 30. including several women, are injured following a series of five explosions at two o'clock this morning. Two employes have not been accounted for. No statement regarding the cause of the explosion would be made by officials at the plant. Workmen gave the explanation that some one dropped a three-inch shrapnel shell which exploded when the concussion cap struck the floor. Another report was Uiat a six-inch shell into which powder was being pressed in the high explosives building exploded. The two bodies were burned beyond recognition. NINTH MD FORBIS Fight On Carrying of Concealed Weapons Supported by Officials. The carrying of concealed weapons has been mainly responsible for twentytwo murders in this county so far this year and Coroner GrahanVs crusade is getting the assistance of County Prosecutor Clyde Hunter, as well as W. F. Forbis, police chief, and William Dunn, city Judg at Gary. "Tie limit.' "Out police make frequent 'frlsklngs' of suspected citizens." said Chief Forbis. "All who 'are found carrying guns, knives, or slugging apparatus are arrested. I have asked the judge to give them the limit." Frotbcutes Them. "There Is no excuse for carrying concealed weapons. My attitlde Is will known," said Prosecutor Hunter, who personally attenis to Gary city court, the largest criminal court in Indiana. "Judge Dunn has been pretty Btiff with offenders. Because of the war and the cheapening of human life certain people think they can go armed and personally execute any one who disagrees with them or crosses their paths. The law will attend to such criminals." V. S. Oa Watch. It Is also understaatl that the foderal government has its eye on the concealed weapon proposition in Lake 'county and Thsj Times has it from good authority that as a result of certain war moves U local courts and police officials will be asked to operate along drastic lines in suppressing the carrying of concealed weapons. GARY FAMILY POISONED B! INFECTED MEAT Members of Aid. Philipps Household and Guest Are Laid Out by Veal. Members of the household of Alderman W. C. rhilipps, 552 Jackson street, Gary, as well as a young lady guest from Laporte, were made seriously ill by infected veal bought in a meat market in Broadway. Resides the alderman, Mrs. Philipps i.r;d the guest, their daughter was also made ill. Mrs. rhilipps suffered the most, and physicians called "in found it necessary to use opiates to relieve the terrible paroxysms of pain that resulted from the intestinal cramps. For awhile lives of two members of the family were endangered by the effects of the vitamines. The members of the family blame the veal for the trouble. In the past certain Gary butchers have been on the carpet for the meat sold as well as fish embalmed with formaldehyde. BASE BALL Hammond Ball Park Sunday, Jake Stahls vs. Hurleys, 3 p. m. sharp. Scores of the Hammond-Albany reported every 3 innings. 9-6-3 Enlist In The Woman's Army Ey Conserving Foods.

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DISTILLERIES CLOSE TONIGHT; ' HMIMOID COMPANY TO-HEDPEI

(Br I'nited Press.) WASHINGTON'. Sept. 8 America's distilleries ordered closed to save (rain were turning out their last spirits tolr. At 11 o'clork tonight all fermentation most cease by order of Herbert Hoover. Although distillation of spirits fermented at the last moment permitted, no unnecessary steps will be allowed. The distillation must be finished by Tuesday. At eleven o'clock tonight the Hammond Distillery will cease the manufacture of whiskey and close down for repairs. The plant is to be completely gone over and put into shape for the manufacture of denatured alcohol and to fill government contracts. New yeast tubs are being put . in and extensive repairs are planned. It will continue in the manufacture of goods other than beverages. ALLIES B y iiitio Several Large Steel Corporations Defined in Relation to War Profits by Government Report. WASHINGTON. Sept. 8. In connect on with the senate's consideration of the war revenue bill a report, prepared by the government, went , into some literesting things concerning war profl.e. and several large steel corporations are defined in relation to the terrific prices they exacted in a time of pressure. Thb Times herewith outlines the repart in substance: Solid Business Situation. The report expresses the opinion that "our commercial. Industrial and financial condition today la far stronger and more solid than It was a fcvr months ago, when prices were careeniig toward the blue sky and when our country and our allies were being forced to pay for the things which we and they are obliged to have to win t'lia war, and when two, three and In come cases four times as much was asked as ought to have- been charged. Reviewing the first two and a half years of the war, before the advent cf the United States into it, the report asserts that "our present allies fiund it necessary to purchase in this country billions of dollars' worth of supplies of all kinds foodstuffs, guns. 'boats, equipment and ammunition and that their orders were placed in competition. At the same time the sellers were also paid greatly excessive profits on account of the alleged (Continued on page three.) CALUMET AVE. BRIDGE LET AT Hll County to Sue Bonding Company for Difference of $9,000. (Special to Thb Times.) CROWN POINT, Intl., Sept. 8. The county commissioners have let the contract for the erection of a, Scherser lift steel bridge over the Calumet river at the avenue of that name in Hammond to C. L. Phillips of Chicago for $85,000. Phillips has been notified to appear at the county seat September 12, when the contract will be drawn up and signed. Two years ago the Phee Construction company received the contract for the building of the bridge for $76,000. The company failed to fulfill its contract. The United States Surety and Guaranty company of Philadelphia was on the bond of the Phee Construction company and it is on the bond for C. L. Phillips. The county is preparing to sue the bonding company for the difference in the price of the second contract and the first $9,000. It is expected that the contract when drawn will stipulate that the bridge be finished wdthin a year at the most. The plans and specifications are the same as in the first contract. 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. -e-s

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Two fruit brandy distilleries run by foreigner saloonkeepers in Gary go out of business tonlgnt. LAWRENCEBURG. IND.. Sept. 8. The Rossville Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company, the Greendale Distilling and Cattle Feeding company and the William P. Squibb & Sons' Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company discontinued mashing grain yesterday, and the last fermenter will be dropped today in accordance with the new food law. Practically all of the departments of the three large distillerfes will be shut down Saturday before. 11 p. m. and nearly 200 employes will be thrown out of work, at least temporarily. Victor M. OShaughnessy, of the Rossville company, said the company will repair its plant and put it in good order in the hope of resuming business again in the' near future.

NEUTRALITY VIOLATION UNCOVERED

Swedish Legations at Beanos Aires . Acted as Pawn In Argentine Plot (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. The subtle workings of a plot in which Sweden violated neutrality and carried sinister messages between Count Luxburg, Argentine German charge of affairs, and Berlin were revealed by, the state department today. Luxburg insolently advised his home . office that it disregard Argentine's demands in the U-boat situation. He counselled that Germany refuse Argentine's pleas and if necessary call in Spanish mediation. Most daring of all his recommendations was that Germany compel Argentine ships to turn back or to sink them without leaving any traces. The Swedish legation at Buencs Aires forwarded his messages to the Stockholm foreign office as their own official messages. This was a distinct violation of neutrality which is likely to result in a break In relations between Sweden an1 the United States. Argentine, now that she sees Germany's schemes, is expected to plunge into the war. Luxburg sarcastically referred to the acting Argentine minister of foreign affairs as a "notorious ass and anglophile." The communications bore on Argentine's protest in the Monte Protegido. Luxburg had access to news of the secret session of the Argentine senate for on July 3 he cabled in his code that the acting minister had declared Argentine. would demand that Berlin promise to sink no more Argentine ships. The penalty was to be a breach. On July 9 he again advised no concessions by Germany desiring his government to "sink Argentine ships or turn them back." STOOL PIGEON FLOORS MASKED DESPERAQD A "stool pigeon" caught a notorious culprit known as the "East Hammond desperado" last night as the man entered Rudolph BlaJ's saloon, Forsythe and Summer streets, presumably to "stick up" the bartender. The lower half of his face masked with a red bandana handkerchief, the "desperado." gun in hand, opened the door. As he stepped toward the bar the "stool pigeon' hit him on the head with a blackjack. Officers Bunde. Einsele and Gordon responded to the call and took the .man to jail. A revolver and a blackjack were found on him. He is charged with carrying concealed weapons. Evidence of other crimes he is thought to have committed is being gathered. Felix Miller Is the name he gave th police. He said he lived at 355 Park avenue. Burnham, is 27 years old and married. ' KAISER AT RIGA. United Press Cablegram. AMSTERDAM. Sept. 8. Kaiser Wilhelm is at Riga celebrating the capture of the Russian Baltic seaport, according to dispatches from Berlin today. The emperor reviewed his troops there and. distributed decorations.

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HOST OF PROSPERITY Poverty in Region Through Squandering Man Earns $12 a Day . for Months; Now 111 and a County Charge. "There is almost as much destitution In Lake county today as there was two and three years ago," said Miss MaryW. Lindley, secretary of the Associated Charities at East Chicago, this morning, "notwithstanding the fact that every man who wants work can get it and can earn good money. "Just the other day a sick man was sent to the hospital as a county charge although for a number of months he has been earning $12 a day. and his family is now threatened with eviction because he Is about eight months behind In his rent. "More of my time is taken today with domestic relation cases than It has ever been before." Miss Lindley then went on to explain that there was a certain class of people that can't stand prosperity, and that extra wages only meant to them extra money to spend in drink and gambling. Whenever a husband deserts his wife or refuses or neglec'.s to provide for his family whenever children are not receiving the rroper patrnal care, whenever wives prove unfaithful, whenever, in fact there Is any phase of domestic Infelicity, Miss Lindley and her able assistant. Mrs. C. E. Bowen. are place Jn charge of the case. -- Most of these matters are settled out of court but a good many are taken direct to the circuit where Judge McMahon takes them in hand and invariably succeeds J,n some way in bringing order. If not honor, out. of chasos. As secretary of the Associated Charities. Miss Lindley is not giving out any orders except to widows and orphans or where long sickness has afflicted the family of the applicant. She is given excellent support in all of her work by the industries. Some of them are paying the man s salary to ihe wife and some use their moral influence to compel employes to support their families. four wind Tl BOYS Jill MIMES Daughters' of Works Board Member Volunteer; One Goes to Central America. Six more Hammond young people have enlisted. . One starts for Central America October 1. The others feo into training this month and then will go wherever duty calls them perhaps to Europe, or maybe to Asia or Africa. A farewell party was held for these young people last night. There were games, songs und refreshments, then each volunteer told why he had enlisted and where he was going for trainingi The one going to Central Americn was formerly a teacher in the Lincoln school in Hammond. Miss Louise Carter. Shi, like the other fire, has volunteered for service In the world-wide missionaries. Two of the others are her sisters. Miss Myra Carter and Miss Ruth Carter, all daughters of Barney Carter, a member of the , Hammond board of public works. The founn young woman is Miss Lillian Forch of 319V Sibley street. The two young men are Theodore and Earl Adams, sons of Rev. F. H. Adams, pastor of the Baptist church. These youtg people are aK graduates of the Hammond high school and members of the' Baptist churcl The Adams brothers start next Tuesday for Denison university at Granville, O. The following week Miss Porch will enter the Baptist Missionary Training school in Chicago. The fourth week of this month the Carter girls will enter Franklin college, at Franklin, la. Miss Louise Carter is to speak on "Why 1 Go to Central America." tomorrow mominfr at the Baptifct church. Her destination is Santa Ana, and her coworker will be Miss Petrana Staminova, a Bulgarian young woman who speaks seven languages and is now learning the eighth, Spanish, the language spoken In Central America. Miss Staminova will sing Sunday morning and a service of consecration will be conducted for all the new volunteers. Twenty-two young men have gone out from the Baptist church to Uncle Sam's ' army and navy, and now the church is rejoicing over these olx young peeple who have offered their lives for service In the army of reconstruction and regeneration.

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LIEUT. STEW AKT K'KIE. Lieut. Stewart A. McHie, Co. G, 19th infantry,. U. S. army, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McHie, is bow with his regiment at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, where he is preparing for "Somewhere in France" with a record eclipsing his training with the first Fort Sheridan officers' training camp, where he won his spurs and was recognized for his aptitude in military work. Lieut. McHie is a graduate of the Northwestern Military Academy at Geneva Lake, and went out of school with a brilliant record and high honors. His father. W. A. McHie. is president -of the Lake County Publishing company. ,

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TWO DEAD IN EXPLOSION By Vrilted Pres. PHILADELPHIA, Sep 8. Two men ere reported to have been killed and twenty-two injured in the Frankford arsenal here today. Several are reported-missing. Unofficial reports are that the explosion was caused by accident. Four explosions followed the main one. RAIDS AND PATROL FIGHTING I'nited Press Cablegram. LONDON, Sept.- 8. Only raids and patrol fighting occurred on the front tday. Field Marshal -Haig reported. Near Gavrell the British made a sac. cfssful night raid. Northwest of St. Julien there was night patrol fighting. T. ere was heavy enemy shelling around Langemarck, the report stated. IIIS1MI LOSSES TOTAL 1: (United Press Cablegram.) LONDON. Sept. 8. Austria has lost t least 120,000 killed, wounded and taken prisoners by - Italian forces since August 19. according to semiofficial dispatches today. Prisoners alone total more than 30,000. Fighting has continued violently around Monte St. Gabriel and south of Hermada. St. Gabriel was still a stumbling block in the Italian offense. Fighting in Hermada sector was a series of desperate counter-attacks by the Austrians. who evidently feel the menace to Trieste the strongest and has massed the forces to repel the advance. PACKERS CONFER. By I'nited Pre. CHICAGO. Sept. 8. Packing interests of the country today formulated plans tn "solve the meat problem." It is un derstood they contemplate a similar contract to that entered into by Food Administrator Hoover and the millers. CHICAGO AVIATOR KILLEDIN FRANCE United Press" Cablegram. PARIS, Sept. 8. Corporal Everett Buckley of Lafayette a!r corps, a resident of Chicago, was ki'.led Thursday morning in an attack with two fellow American flyers, according to word received here today. FINDS DIAGRAM OF A MILITARY CAMP (Special to Thb Times.) LOWELL Ind.. Sept. 8. W. W, Dickinson, living near Low elL founl a

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' c' "', ' ' V - '. -t r i - -- ' ' - mm NO DRIVE ON . PETROGRAD I'nited Presa Cablegram. AMSTERDAM. Sept. 8. The Germans are unlikely to continue their offensive toward Petrograd, according to an important personality quoted today by the Politiiien. RESIGNATION ISACCEPTED By United Press. WASHINGTON. Sept. 8. President Wilson will accept the resignation of Dudley Field Malone. New York port collector, who resigned because ha disagreed with the executive suffrage portion. Malone said that in campaigning the' west last fall he told the women he would do his utmost for suffrage and contended that the present democratic program of letting the states decide is unsatisfactory. sheet of paper in his orchard containing what he believes to be the diagram of a military camp and information as to the number of troops, etc. While no great importance is credited to it, Dickinson does not believe it the work of a school boy or local talent. PENNILESS DYING AT LAST He Begs Marshal to Shoot Him and He Is Taken to County Asylum. (Special to The Times.) CROWV POINT, IND., Sept 8. William Doyle, 61, is to die among friends. Driven from city to city because of the loathsome disease a cancer of the face and neck which is eating his life away, he has at last found succor. Lying on a railroad road-bed in the outskirts of Crown Point yesterday, Doyle begged Marshal Piatt to shoot him and end his suffering. He was Instead taken to the county asylum and his suffering relieved by medical attention. It was the first treatment or sympathy he had received, the man told authorities as tears streamed from his eyes. He cannot live but a few weeks. He has" been penniless for years. Steel at $67.50 May Be Government Price NEW YORK. Sept, 8. Financiers whose information is usually accurate, made the statement today that they had advices from Washington to the effect that the government will fix the price of steel at SS7.50 a ton and of copper at 25 cents a pound.

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First Lieutenant William Fitzgibiions Slain In German Raid On France. Br WILLIAM F. SIMMS (United Press Staff Correspoadent.) SCENE OF THE BOMBARDMENT OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS IN FRANCE, Sept 8. Four Americans were killed when German airmen deliberately bombed American hospitals on the French coast The men killed were: First Lieutenant William T. Fitzgibbons, Kansas City. Adjutant to the colonel, commanding the Harvard hospital. Private Leslie G. Wood, Streator, 111.Rudolph Rubine, jr., of Nev.York and Oscar Letuge of Boston. In addition to those killed three fir.'t lieutenants were wounded as well as s;k privates and one nurse. The officers are the first to be ki! ! on land since the United States entered the war. ATTACK 2EX.XSESATE. The above United Press dispatch carries .the first American casualty li?t of the war. A visit to th scene of this ruthless attack by the Germans brought conviction that the bombardment of the hospi'al .was deliberate.. ... .. Enemy air planes flew over the hospitals more than once during the daylight hours. The hospitals were clearly distinguishable and in addition th. landmarks are such that they coul ! be easily mapped by an aviator. In addition to the bombs which we.--dropped on the hospital served by th-? Harvard and St. Louis units, one largo bomb was apparently aimed at the Chicago hospital. FIRST LESSONS .IN IKffl LIFE AT GAMP TAYLOR TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE C API T AIi. INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. Sept. 8. Indiana soldiers of the national army ai Cap Taylor, Louisville, are learning a lot of things about army life, according to W. H. Blodgett, staff correspondent of the Indianapolis News, who has mace the following list of these things: They cannot go more than a. mile from, camp without leave in writing. Officers have leave of absence. Enlisted men have furloughs. Courtesy among military men is indispensable to discipline. Lnlisted men can win a certificate oi merit by some deed of valor. The certificate carries with J2 a month extra pay. Officers must be saluted whether in uniforms or not. When an enlisted man without arm3 passes an officer he salutes with tn hand farthest from the officer. Only the President, the secretary of war. the commanding officer of a department or the sentence of a genera! court martial can give an enlisted man a discharge before his term of enlistment has expired. No court-martial shall sentence any soldier to be branded, marked or tattooed. Whosoever relieves the enemy with money, victuals or ammunition or knowingly hs rbors or protects an . enemy shall suffer death. Any officer who uses any profane oath or execra.tion shall, for each offense, forfeit t.nd pay $1. No officer or soldier put in arrest shall be continued in confinement more than'eight days;, or until such time as a court-martial can be assembled. No person in the .military service shall be punished by flogging. The soldier Is; financially interested in caring for his clothing. Smoking in the heat of the day or on the march is depressing and increases thirst. If a soldier comes into tam much exhausted a cup of hot coffee Is the best restorative. "When greatly fatigued it is dangerous to eat heartily. The feet should be bathed or mopped with a wet towel every night to invigorate the skin. Unpeeled fruit should never ba eaten. Never rest in wet clothing. Thorough training of the individual soldier is the basis of efficiency. By absenting themselves without authority from their commands soldiers destroy one of the principal objects in maintaining an army. (By United Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 8. Among the cases" which, will be heard by the state board of jjardons at its meeting, starting Sept. $1, will be that of "William Levy, sentenced from Lake county July, 1816, from one to eight years rfor larceny.

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