Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 83, Hammond, Lake County, 26 September 1917 — Page 1

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Report Is That Two German Submarines Were Sunk1 by Ships, FROM AN ATLANTIC PORT. Sept. ZS Trr mb attacks on a steamer carrying 5MXM) American troops wera repulsed oft Fastnet. and another attack on a ship carrying 2,500 Canadians was defeated and two l'.-boats are believed to have been sunk, passengers arriving here from England said today. Botn attacks were within the last two weeks. The steamer carrying the Americans flies the British flag and in one of the biggest afloat. In the first attack a torpedo passed close astern. Then the gunfire mode the l"-boat dive. Next day a I'-bout appeared in the Irish Sea. A small British destroyer ts said to have sunk the sub. Twelve hours later another liner carrying Canadians was attacked by a sub in the Irish Sea. It was sunk. Soldiers on the transport decks saw German sailors carried out in the sea. Several were later picked up.

H. ft. FELDES OF GIBSON RECEIVES COMMISSION

Folks out at the Gibson railroad yards and offices are a trifle stuck-up Just at present. R. A. Feldes, assistant engineer, maintenance of way. has be?n commissioned a captain in the engineers officers' reserve and is all dressed up in a uniform. He leaves for Fort Leavenworth. Kan'.. Saturday.

TEDDY FULL OF PEP? SURE

(By United Press.) CHICAGO. Sept. :6. Col. Roosevelt left here for Camp Grant. Rockford. full of rep. Just as he was boarding the train he espied a soldier In uniform. He asked his name. "Sergt. Epgen. scout post, Co. C, signal corps." was the response. "Good, glad to see you." said Roosevelt. "Do you know I have three boys In France in the service?" Roosevelt will speak here tonight.

CITIZENS PARTY SUPPORTERS MEET

Two hundred and forty-three men and women were in attendance last evening at the mass mesting of the second and eighth ward voters held by the Citizens' Farty. Attorney Peter Crumpacker and Attorney H. E. Granger 6poke. Attorney Milo Bruce presided.

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HE WAS NO SLACKER

This is the best non-exemption story to date. Man was called by draft and showed up before examining board. Doctor asked him if he wanted exemption. ' "No siree, not me!" Asked whether he had any dependents, he studied a moment, then said: "Well, I've got my wife and the four children. Of course my wife isn't very well, and can't do much. But she gets a little help from her mother and my mother, who live with us. My father-in-law he's got rheumatism and my dad's about the same. They can't do much, and just live with us. My wifes two sisters, they seem pretty poorly most of the time, and have to live with me. And, of course, my sisters are there, too, and " "And you don't want exemption?" the chairman of the board asked. "No siree, not me! I ain't no slacker."

ARE YGU GfiREFUL WHEN YOU Oil YDUH AUTOMOBILE?

IHTJRXED THROUGH WINDSHIELD ; ALEXANDRIA. IXD.. Sept. Z6. Dr. ! Otto King of Huntington, a member of the state council of defense, suffered i numerous bruises about the face and

body when he plunged through the windshield of his limousine car five miles north of Alexandria; Mrs. King suffered a fracture of the left arm above the elbow, and Miss Helen King and Miss Anna Merle Kilkie of Huntington, and Miss Lcsh of Merkle. were all badly shaken up when the King automobile turned over in the ditch after a collision with another machine at a road crossing.

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As the sun went down las; night Jews of this region, in common with those over all the United States, will enter upon the observance of Tom Kippur the Day of Atonement. In prayers of repentance, and fasting they villi spend the ensuing twenty-four hours in devout devotion. As for sges Jews have celebrated Tom Kippur. both the orthodox and the reformed of the faithful observed it for it is their holiest day. All the synagogues had continuous service today. Many Jews fasted from sunset last night until sunset today. "It is the day when Jews seek forgiveness from their neighbors and their God, and expiate their sins with God and man," Rabbi Hirsch said.

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LANSING, IXD., Sept. 26. R. A. Gilbert, Dolton, 111., a.id Dan Gallagher. Riverside, III., were held to the grand jury yesterday under $3,000 bond each, charged with stealing automobile tires from a freight car in the Blue Island railroad yards. Paul Werner of Blue Island, arrested with them on a charge of receiving stolen tires, was held in $1,000 bonds. Gilbert and Gallagher were arrested while in a freight car from which a number of tires had been removed.

APPEALS TO MEN FOR SGQUTMASTERS Who Will Help Hammond Boys Become Scouts? Men Wanted.

Fifty toys applied for membership in a new Boy Scout troop at a meeting last evening in the Irving school, held for the purpose of organizing scout work on the north side of Hammond. The meeting was opened by the singing of "America" by the boys and those of their fathers who were present. Levi Golden talked to the boys of scout work and complimented Mrs. Carrie P. Herndon, principal of the Irving school, on the interest she has displayed in the work. There Is a need of scoutmasters, Mr. Golden said. "If we can get the men to act as scoutmasters we can organize three or four scout troops on the north side at once."

We can make immediate delivery of Dodge and Chevrolet Touring Cars. Bohllng-Haehnel Auto Sales Co.. Douglas & Hohman Sts.. Hammond, Ind. 9-:6-

. 8ALOOHIIIPIES ATTXNTIOW. Special meeting Thursday. Sept. 29. 2 o'clock. All saloon men should attend without fail. Very important. 5-26- FRANK YOUNG, Pres. Hammond Saloonkeepers Assn.

Every can of food put up this summer helps make food shortage next winter impossible.

CAS 32CXDS I1T DITCH. BICKNELL. IND., " Sept. 26. Mrs. Fred Clanahan was seriously injured, when an automobile in which she and her. two sons were riding skidded into a ditch, throwing her over the front of the car, breaking three ribs, a knee and injuring her back. The other occupants of the car escaped uninjured. One of tho boys was relieving the other in driving the machine, which was running at a high speed, when the car struck the ditch. CASS IN COLLISION. TERRE HAUTE, IND.. Sept. 2C Miss Harriet Kimball, visiting friends in Englewood Grove here, suffered a broken ami when an automobile she was driving crashed into a roadster somewhere between here and Brazil. Her sister was uninjured.

1I1G 11 FOUND AT CAPITAL

Chief Struss of the East Chicago police department leaves for Indianapolis this afternoon to brlng back Mike Tompa. 633 Schrage avenue. Whiting, who is unbalanced mentally and who is held by the capital city police on the charge of vagrancy. Tompa is the man who, several months ago. attempted to cross the New York Central bridge between Indiana Harbor and Whiting against the command of a federal soldier who was Jn guard duty there. Tompa even went so far as to attempt to take the soldier's gun away from him. He received a blow on the head with the butt end of the gun and then gave up the attempt to cross the bridge. He was picked up by the police when it was discovered that he had no registration card. Turned over to the federal authorities, he was indicted by the grand jury and sent to Indianapolis for trial. Upon examination before Judge Greigor. Tompa was released. He wandered around Indianapolis and was picked up by the police there and jailed. The society in Whiting of which ha is a member got busy and through Chief Struss finaly located him. At their instigation the chief is going today after Tompa and restore him to his home.

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CONGRESSMEN GET MANY GEftTH LETTERS tly Inlted Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 6. A siege of death letters is upon congress. Senators and representatives who have exposed pro-German and I. W. W. agitators are receiving scores of threatening communications.

INDUS WHERT CROP

Governor's Condition Shows Improvement, His Physicians Say Governor Goodrich had a very good day yesterday and indications were that he would pass a restful night, it was announced last night by Dr. E. S. Hunt, the Goodrich family physician, at the Methodist hospital, where the governor is ill. A bulletin issued by Dr. Hunt at 9:30 o'clock read: "The Governor had a very g-ood day and was slightly Improved over his condition yesterday. There was no extension of his trouble. Indications Me that lie wi!l have gvod night's rest. His temperature today reached the same maximum as yesterday, but it subsided tonight., as it has for the last three nights, when he had a very low temperature."

TIMES BtJBJEAU AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 16. Indiana produced in 1916 a total of 18.649,26$ bushels of wheat on 1,522.509 acres. These figures are given in a report just Issued by H. A. Roberts, state satlstician, who. by the way, will be out of office on October 1, because the legislature of 1917 abolished the state bureau

of statistics.

These figures are interesting in view of the campaign that has been in profress in Indiana, under the direction or the state food director, G. I. Christie,

for a large increase in wheat acreage for the 1918 crop. Figures for the 1917 crop are not yet available, but it is estimated that he total crop of wheat in Indiana this year will run in the neighborhood of 24.000,000 to 25.000,000 bushels. It Is the aim of the state food director and the object of the campaign to Increase the 191S crop to at least 30.000,000 bushels, through the means of larger acreage planted and a higher grade of seed wheat. Prof. Christie believes that the 1918 crop will reach th high figure at which he aims. The report of Statistician Roberts also shows that in 1916 the Indiana corn

crop amounted to a total of 133.795,790 (

Dusneis irom 4,43,111 acr. x 1 j 1 tlt for 1917 are not yet available, but it is certain that the crop will be larger than last year. Prof. Christie is also campaigning to get the farmers to plant a larger acreage of corn next year. Indiana in 1916 produced 48.863.703 bushels of oats on 1.782.215 acres.

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Judge Daniel F. Cohalan. An agitation has been started in New York to impeach Daniel F. Cohalan, a justice of the New York supreme court. According to a recent disclosure of the government, Cohalan asked the German embassy in Washington to telegraph to Berlin advice on the Irish revolution, as "the services of this revolution may decide the war."

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4 By Vnlted Press.) WASHINGTON', Sept. 28. By " the end of 118 America tiIII hove a merchant fleet of more than l,0O ships, aggreaatlnn: 9,2O0,n0O tons for overseas trade, the Vnlted States shipping board announced today. At present the shipping; board Is operating 575 hips. - (By I'nlted Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. That the former Aaatrlnn ambassador, Dumba, took nn active hand In trying to sret the I nlted States to declare an embartco on munitions In 1915 as proved by papers In government possession noi announced today. These documents shown that he abandoned hope of grttlna; the munitions em bar ico vrhen President Wilson declared nxalnst it. Instead he wrote hln government he was In favor of trying for nn embargo on munitions when shipped aboard passenger ship. He expressed the view that Secretary of State Bryan and '"bin Democrat followers may favor such a scheme.

(By Inlted Press.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 2a. Menacing labor yards and shlp-hutldlna; plants and the coal Industry will be adjusted soon, ofnclals here declared today. In the threatened bis strike in Seattle shipyards the government shipping board's wage commission Is striving; to reach a satisfactory scale. The men have been urged to nwalt Its recommendation. (By Inlted Prcss.fi ST. PA I I,, Minn., Sept. 26. Senator Itobert 91. Lafollette of Wisconsin today faced possible criminal prosecution as the result of his address at the big meeting of the Non-pnrtlsan league here last Thursday night. The Minnesota Public Safety commlulon has asked the district attorney to investigate I.afollette's speech, and If anything disloyal was found In It to begin formal action against him. PETItOGRAD, Sept. 28. Premier Kerenaky returned from Russian army headquarters today in time to stop a great deal of agitation . in political circles. Many of his supporters felt he should be here at the start of the pan-Runslnn Democratic conference and were criticising hln delay In returning. It Is stated todny that a majority of the Russian Democratic organisations now favor a coalition cabinet. Reports from ZIbong told of n fresh outbreak there with numerous excesses.

(By Vnlted Press.) SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 20. "The only thing which can prevent the strike of 14.0O0 Seattle shipyard 'employes next Saturday In the granting: of their wage demands, declared Secretary A. Miller of the Metnl Trades t'ouncil here todny. Miller nnld the men would not agree to arbitration by the shipping board or Its adjustment committee or by a committee selected by the men and the yard owners.

(By Vnlted Press.) PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 26. All Portland shlp-bullders were willing to abide by Federal adjustment of the ship-yard strike today. Following a conference between the heads of eleven plants and city authorities, the shipbuilders Issued this statcmentl "The shlp-buildcrs have every confidence In their government nnd are willing to nblde by any adjustment their government may moke." (By Vnlted Press.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. America's war against Germany Is costing S2.O00OOO an hour, treasury experts figured today. The war bill the first year will be eighteen and a half billion dollars. At this rate the war per month will cost sr.O.OOO.OOO a day. The .Allies to date have borrowed S2,43t,400,0OO at (he rate of $13,000,000 a day. (By Vnlted Tress.) FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON. Ind.. Sept. 211. The Firnt Indiana regiment entrained todny for tamp Shelby nt HattlcNburg, Minn. Officers of the regiment had protested to the rallroadn and to the Central Army department itt Chlengo before leaving against TsnvliK to make the trip In day coaches. Three Indiana regiments were scheduled to leave this week. The Fourth left yesterday. It was agreed by the National Guard officers that they were willing to make the trip In dar coaches provided all regiments were forced to use them. The Fourth was provided with sleepers yesterday nnd the First and Third given day conches.

MALE QUARTETTE SIN95 "JOHN OF ARCH," ENLISTS

A male quartette of Hammond boys that cal.ed itself "The Hoosier Four" was broken up today when the members enlisted. James Rogers, tenor, was rejected however. R. D. Elder, lead, joinod the engineer's corps; J. L. Mathews, baritone, went into the merchant marine, and Leslie J. Welty. basso, the quartermasters corps. The boys enlisted through the office of Sergeant Welch. Sergeant Welch is now sending enlisted men to Indianapolis instead of Fort Wayne. Recruiting headquarters are at the capital. All men go by way of the Monon. The members of the quartette are singing patriotic songs to aid recruiting until time for them to leave, probably within a few days.

WELL KNOWN FACT Tou csn get any lens from us much quicker than you can possibly get same from any wholesale house. . We make all our own lenses. S. Silver. Jeweler & Manufacturing Optician, 177 State St., Hammond, Ind. 9-26-1

New Battle Is In Ypres Sector and Good Progress Has Been Made.

(BY WM. PHILLIP SIMMS.) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE., Sept. 26. Full success was attained by Ansae nnd British troops in tbe Zonnebeke region today when the great British push was resumed. The Ansae swept forward, taking the whole of the firnt objective. Headquarters reports say that the English troops to the right of the Ansae have been equally successful. (I'nlted Press Cablegram.) LONDON. Sept. 26. Field Marshal Haig started another offensive today. "East and northeast of Tpres at 5:50 this morning we attacked on a wide front, making good progress." he reported. The British assault is the third great drive which has centered in the bloody Ypres sector in two months. It comes on the heels of bitter fighting which was the aftermath of a British success on both sides of the Ypres-Menin road. Haig's report does not definitely fix

the "wide front." Last week's drive, which was also described as east of Ypres, extended four miles on each side of the road. British forces gained nearly a mile in this drive. Then came German counter-attacks. Last night reports from Haig detailed a day of bloody encounter, hand to hand, in which the British repulsed the to assaults. The British offensive was regarded in London as heralding fighting; of a fierceness heretofore unequaled on this front.

LAKE CO. GETS SHARE OF MELON $19,419.13 Is Our Share of State's Collection of Auto License Fees.

(Special to Thb Times.) CROWN POINT. Ind.. Sept. :?. 'County Auditor Simon has received a warrant from Indianapolis for $19.419.83 out of the state collection of auto license fees for the county road 'fund as Lake County's share. The slicing of a $967,316.91 melon to be divided among the ninety-two counties of Indiana took place in the office of the Secretary of State yesterday. It was the July semi-annual distribution of the road fund accumulated out of the proceeds of the Indiana motor vehicle law. The counties share equally in onethird of the fund. Another third is divided among the counties in proportion to the number of miles of frea gravel and macadam roads they have, compared with the whole number of such roads in the state. ' The other third goes to the counties in proportion to the amount they contributed in the way of registration tax.

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President Hipolito Irigojea. Hipolito Irigoyen is president of Argentina, the South American republic which according to recent reports is mobilizing for war. Although Irigoyen himself is opposed to fighting Germany, sentiment thera is so strorg for a break with the Teutons that it is not believed he can prevent it. Irigoyen, who is a selfmade man and immensely wealthv, was elected in 1916 for a term of six years.