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SLACKERS D. S. Will Pay That to Civilians , tor Each Slacker Rounded Up. WASHINGTON", Sept. 27. First - Biers toward the apprehension of national army slackers were taken yes- ! terday when the war department authorized th announcement of a reward of J50 ta be paid civilians for the de-11-ery of any person liable for; military service, to the nearest military 'reservation or cantonment camp. This reward will be paid to any person cot in the military service of the United States, including all local, county and state police authorities. The war department expects to see immediate results from the offer, since

hundreds of men selected for servicesate of Queen's university and studied

have not answered the call. After "Fini-Sheet Men." , This is the first move in a campaign that is intended to become nation-wide in the search for the "pink-sheet men." t as the national army slackers are called. They are termed "pink-sheet men" for the reason that When they failed to appear their names were placed on a pink sheet and they were certified for service. Although the complete plan for the roundup of these men has not been made, it probably will include operatives of the department of justice as well a:i agencies of the war department. "When th complete plan is ready the police in every city in the nation and constables in the rural districts will be asked to begin a search for the men who have not answered the call. The search will be systematized possibly under the direction of the bureau of inestimation of the departme nt of Ju,tice, so mai on 6-.-n-jr , . for rece.vinR addresses of men who have left the vicinity in which they registered and throygh which information in regard to men who are attempting to evade service may be used to run them down. Many Evada Service. While no estimate of the number of men who have evaded service is available, it is known that the number is high, especially in the more thicklypopulated cities where the floating population is large. In the state of In(Continued on page ten.) .Si PORT East Chicago Men Named on Committees for State Federation of Labor Convention---Labor to Aid U. S. Defense. AXDERSOX, IN'D.. Sept. 27. The 400 delegates to the thirty-third annual convention of the Indiana State Federation of Labor yesterday afternoon adopted a resolution pledging the cooperation'of the federation with the national labor defense oincil movement. A resolution declaring that 'officers of the federation should be elected by a referendum vote of the entire membership was introduced by Harry Lentz, a miner of Terre Haute. It will be voted on today. A resolution requesting the federation to co-operate with the postal employes' labor organization was laid on the table until today. C;ty Cierk Collins and the Rev. J. "V. rotter welcomed the delegates to Anderson. I'resident C. J. Kox of the federation responded. President Fox Makes Report. In his annual report distributed among delegates. President Fox reviewed the efforts of the federation officers against such legislation as the garnishee law. injunction law and jitney bus and also mentioned the efforts made to' obtain the enactment of the anti-injunction act. compensation measure and shop law. 'His report mentioned an effort made by federation officers to have Governor Goodrich call a special session of the Legislature to take up ( Con tTnued "on" pa ge ten. ) NOTICE. Notice to Elks: Resular meeting at the lodge room at 8 o'clock tonight: initiation and other Important business. All Elks are urged to attend. R. C. SLATER. o.;7.i. Exalted Ruler.

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t Jf v ; : ... - 0 4 v , DR. J. A. GRAHAM. Dr. J. A. Graham, was born in Canada. county coroner, He is a graduIn Edinborousrh and London. He Jias made jeven round trips acVoss the Atlantic. Came to Hammond In 1907, was elected coroner in 1914 and re elected in 1916. LAKE COUNTY MEW BANQUET LIEUT. GRAHAM jEnligted CorOIier IS GiVdl a Farewell at Hotel Mee on Eve of Departure for Departure for Service in the United States Medical Corps. Representatives from all parts of Lake county, including county and city officials, last evening toasted Lieutenant J. A. Graham at a banquet in his honor in the Hotel Mee, Hammond. The sacrifice of the physician in leaving the office of coroner with a threeyear unexpired term, his wife, children and a lucerative practice, was eulogized by speakers as indicating the spirit of a true American and a patriot. Dr. Graham goes Saturday to l'ort Harrison with the assurance that he will soon be sent to Frame. - .so power but the power of good, no iaw but the law of God that is what Uncle Sam is going to pound into Germany." said Lieutenant Graham when called upon by Toastmaster Frank Gavit of Whiting. "It has been the honor of the branch of the service of which I am an emJ hryo member, the United' States medical corps, to give the first officer to the country on the fighting front of France. x (Continued on page two.) LAKE COURTT'MEN LAGKJTI ENGLISH Gary, Hammond and East Chicago Drafted Men Having Hard Time. ' CAMP TAYLOR. LOUISVILLE. KY-. Sept. - 7. Lack of ability to speak and understand the English language, and therefore to understand the purpose of military training, displayed by some of the men from the Gary. Hammond and Whiting districts m northern Indiana is causing considerable trouble for those officers who have these men in hand. The army-officers in asigning the rious quotas went on the theory that a rretty good bunch of fellows would come from northern Indiana and therefore many of these men were assigned to the engineers. Put since many of them do not understand English, training them is slow business. HURT IN SILO ACCIDENT (Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT. IND.. Sept. 27. James Murray, a young man living on a farm east of town, was seriously hurt on Tuesday when he was working with silo tillers, the air pressure in the silo cutter caused an explosion, the parts of the cutter hitting the young man on the head and rendering him unconscious, and at this time is in a serious condition.

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TIMES BTJKEATJ AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 27. At the convention of the County Commissioners' association of Indiana, held here, plans of formulating road maintenance were discussed. "Indiana is burdened t laws, which to be charitable, are peculiar," declared E. B. Schmidt of Laporte, Ind., in an address, "Brick Roads in Indiana." "Millions have been wasted by poor inspection." continued Mr. Schmidt, who pointed ouan Indiana law providing that the road inspector must be appointed from the township in which the road is being built. He advocated skilled engineering inspection to see that the people got 100 cents for each dollar spent in road building. Old style gravel roads are no longer satisfactory, said Mr. Schmidt, pointing out that roads must be permanent. The modern" brick road is the best of permanent roads, he asserted. These roads, he contended, though costing much at first, are in reality the cheapest because they last, with little cost for maintenance. TRACTION GAR HITSJJJTOMOBILE Three Women Suffer Serious Injuries as Result of Carelessness. (Special to The Times.) LAFAYETTE. Ind., Sept. 27. Thre women are in a serious condition in a" local hospital here as the result of (injuries received yesterday when a traction car on the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern traction line crashed into an automobile in which they were riding on the Jackson highway, twelve miles east of Lafayette. There were five persons in the car and they were on their way from Lafayette to Frankfort after spending last night in Lafayette. "William Weideman. a wealthy Frankfort grain dealer, was driving the car. With him was Mrs. Leona Hinton of Frankfort: Miss Delia Morecraft of Frankfort; Miss Mary Leslie of Monticello and a man who could not be found after the accident. Wetdernan was not seriously injured. Mfss Leslie's left lep was broken in two places. Mrs.- Hinton suffered a broken arm and a leg. and was severely cut and brmsd. Miss Morecraft's Jaw and left hand were broken. FIVE .SUBBED IN THREE BLOODY BRAWLS One man is believed to be dying and four other persons are in serious condition at Gary as the result of being stabbed. rireman Stabbed. James Lynch. 302 Tyler street. Gary, is at Mercy hospital and may die from knife wounds in his side and stomach. Frank J. McAllister. 337 Tyler street. Is held by the police for the stabbing. It is said that a quarrel followed a board bill that McAllister owed Lynch. George Oskito and John Phillips carved each other up at 1616 Madison street last night. The police surgeons attended to them. This morning Charles Gordon had his right arm sliced into ribbons and Florie Thomas, both colored, was stabbed. Roth were attended by police surgeons. Gordon was arrested, but was removed to his home. KM. UMPLEBY GETS . ANOTHER GDMHMD Major J. A. Umpleby, formerly captain of Company F, First Indiana infantry. Gary, but lately in command of the Third battalion. Fourth Indiana, in-

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i miHiu the 13Dth United States heavy artillery, has again been transferred. The major has been made commander of the 139th machine gun battalion, composed of four companies, a total of 7t8 men. This battalion will be h wrparate unit of the Seventy-sixth brigade. Thirty-eighth division. First Lieutenant Otto Lindgren of, Gary, will be the adjutant. Kentucky troops will also be added to the battalion. The First Indiana infantry becomes the 151st United States infantry, the Second the 152nd United States infantry First two battalions of the Fourth infantry become the 139th artillery, while Major Umpleby's battalion is assigned as designated while two battalions of the Third infantry become the 132nd field, artillery, an! the Third battalion a depot battalion. All of the Indiana troops are at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss.

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The state department's revelations from the papers seized in the office of Wolf von Igel at 60 Wall street. New Tork f"it- elt.w 4 hat lii.nrornn Cmirl I -' - i Justice Daniel F Cohalan of New Tork City, advised the German government 1 Many Lake County Men Ask President for Exemptions. (Special to The Times.) LAPORTE. IND. Sept. -7. The following Lake county men whose appeals to the district board were turned down have appealed to President Wilson: Gerardo Gonzales, Gary; Spiros Marages. Gary; Dow F. Lenihurg, Hobart; Otto 'lfeine, (by his mother), Gary: Luka Belkoff, Gary; Frank Zolotz. Gary; Harry Frame. Crown Toint; Anthony Ploski. W. H. Allen and 51. L. Doering of Hammond have been exempted from service on industrial grounds. The women of Hammond are still talking of the fall fashion show at the E. C. Miuas department store yesterday arternoon. In fact it will furnlsn material for conversation for sometime to come, to say nothing of ideas of what is being worn this fall. The entire store was especially prepared for the event. The window decorations were never more attractive and all departments had been arranged to participate in the big event. The prome nade on the. second floor of the big store was tilled to capacity of sitting and standing room for both per formances of the fashion show in which) six models participated. The decorations were in ferns and ralms and an orchestra provided music. The gowns, suits, skirts, furs, millinery and shoes were in every model from the "misses" to the matron and in all prevailing vogues, patterns and texture. Everything displayed was from the stock of the store and the fact that there was no duplicity of garments and the widest variety sho.wn indicate the store is better prepared than ever to serve the public. The silver tone, bronze. Pekin Blue and Balsam Green were among the shades most popular I with the spectators. The new pompom ! cloth was in evidence. The gowns I ranged in price as h gh as Jt.". the furs to J223. the cloth coats to $55. but the store is especially strong in the medium pnice goods and is maintaining its record for splendid values. Miss Luella Moyer. buyer for the ready-to-wear department. was in charge of the fashion show. "We were never in such an advantageous position to serve the people." said Mice Moyer. "We are featuring wearable things of the highest class at the most moderate price." The show was the most pleasing and best attended the store has ever held. We can make immediate delivery of Dodge and Chevrolet Touring Cars. Bohling-Hachnel Auto Sales Co.. Douglas &. Hohman Sts., Hammond. Ind. 9-26-4 Enlist - In The Woinan$ Army 3y Conserving Foods. .

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want to make air raids on England, though Justice Cohalan denies he sent such a message: that Captain von ra pen, military attache of the German emhassy, was concerned in plots of vioMcnCli jn the United States; that Jeremiah O'Leary. and George Sylvester

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5 tftV W.M. PHIL1IP SIM.) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES I-V THE FIELD. Sept. 27. IlrltUU troop held fat to their victories today after a nlsht of inoenmint repulse of German counter-attacks. I The whole Ypres sector was ablaze with artillery, trench mortars and crrnmie explosions. Prisoners pour Ins ! hack of the linrs were heartily Kind to emerge from the fighting alive. Havnrian troops whd opposed part of the ilritlsh advance on the six-mile front declared they were sick of war. They claimed that the losses of their troops were hgylirr than those of the Prussians whose battles they Mere now forced to flslit. Still others declared thr.t unless peace comes soon the German's high command may have difficulty in keeping all its troops in the fighting. This latter statement of serious discontent is completely belied Iy the stubborn Grnnun defense which the recent nxhllnK has developed. J. W. PEGLER. (I'nlted Press Cablegram.) AMERICAN A It I X HEADQUARTERS, I'rnnce. Sept. -7. American nriny engineers sleeping In their barrnrks hnve been under fire from Gerli an airmen. Not an American was liurt despite the machine tun fire from the air which riddled the barracks roof and walls. The Sammies took refuge In dugout. There they sat In groups some in pajamas and others just plain nakeil and content ly played poker, by rnndle-liaht until the rnlders were dispersed. (This is the first time the barracks of nn Amerlcnn army contingent has been the object of n German nir attack.) WILD PURSUIT Of AUTO THIEF EfJOS WITH HIS CAPTURE H. J. Schreib. 63.1 E. Work street. Blue Island, a retired farmer, and Otto K. Schreib. his son, who is general storekeeper for the Indiana Harbor Belt Railway at Blue Island, captured a man who attempted to steal their automobile last night but not without the younger of the two Blue Island men being injured. The Schreihs told the police today that they had brought railroaders to a union meeting in Hammond in their automobiles last night, and had occasion to drive in one of the cars to the Loop garage. Young Schreib's car. a Ford, was left standing on Sibley street, near Hohman. When the father ami son came out of the garage in the elder Schreib's auto, they saw the son's car going west on State street driven by a stranger. They gave pursuit and young Schreib drew a revolver, covering the driver of the stolen car. Schreib. junior. sfee.-d on the running board of hi3 father's car as they raced west and at Wentworth avenue forced the other driver to stop. The boy jumped to the pavement and was thrown, cutting his left hand badly and injuring his head. But he kept the gun in his right hand and was on his fet in a minute, covering the auto thief. The latter gave hi3 name as William Coleman of Detroit, and told the police he would plead guilty. Young Schreib was attended by Dr. Chidlaw. Coleman was given a sentence of one to fourteen years in Jeffersonviile by Jddge Reiter,

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JtRCW C UAHf Vicreck of New Tork City were mentioned in connection with other German plots; that J. F. J. Archibald and Edwin Emerson, said to bo American newspaper correspondents, received $3.000 and $1,000 respectively for the ' work they did for the Germans. 9 - By'T-ntted Press.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. Representative Heflin of Alabama today demanded immediate appointment of a house committee, before which lie can denounce members of congress who In his opinion have acted disloyally. In n impassioned speech he mentioned Senator Lnfoliette and Representatives Ilritton and VI ison of Illinois, Bare and Norton of 2orth Dakota, and linked an investigation so he could ascertain whether there were any connection between their action in congress and the slush fund. (By I nlted Press.) CHICAGO. Sept. 27. Detectives from States Attorney Hoyne's "office raided the offices of the Milk Producers' association, confiscating - records and serving warrants on all the arfttccrs. oho were tnken before the grand jury. The association, which includes milk producers in Northern Indiana controls practically all of Chicago's milk supply. A few days ago the association raised the price of milk to dealers. (By I'nlted Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 Reduction of brend prices will lie recommended by the food administration, Herbert Hoover officially announced today as soon as the Federal Trade Commission has made its report into the cost of making and dis( rihut ion of bread. By I'nlted Press.) XEW YORK, Sept. 27. Mnety-one Germans cmiKht in the government's raid aaninst enemy aliens were taken to Ellis Island today and interned. Guarded by sixty Federal officers they were transported In patrol wnjrons. (United Press CahleKram.) BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 27. Destitution and der.th marked the continuation of Argentine's nation-wide strike todny. Vtany infants and InTnlids have succumbed because of the milk famine. Violent clashes between strikers and police have been reported. Industries of the city were nt a standstill. (My United Press.) VALPARAISO. Ind., Sept. 27. Dr. C. T. Wilson, secretary of the temperMice force, speaking before the Northwest Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, today predicted the next session of conKress would pass the nation-wide prohioltion amendment and that It "ould be ratified by the states. (I'nlted Press Cablegram.) ROME. Sept. 27. Restoration of Rlica and "::II other Russian territories now held by the Germans" was "explicitfly" suggested in the Pope's appeal, according to a Vatican announcement to the United Press today. The announcement was tnken to mean thr.t Germany must relinquish her plans for c Kingdom of Poland. The - Pone will view with active displeasure any attempt In Germany to restrict the liberties of Matthias Er.erherger, the clerical liberal leader, or the C atholic press which 'is firmly supporting a non-annexation program, Germany was told today. (I'nited Press Cablegram.) LONDON, Sept. 27 Four separate and distinct German counter blows delivered with terrific force and strength against Hnig's nenly won positions in the Ypres sector were flung back by British defenders last night, the British commander reported today. The enemy struck at the British lines cot of Tower Hamlets and the St. Jutirn-Gra rnstafel road between.

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E J & E WKclis Controls All II S, Si ( el Feeding Tracks Figures In Strike. (EU11ETIIT.) Mayor S. O. Johnson, is trying1 to arrange a conference between the switchmen and the railroad officials this afternoon to settle the strike. (BULLETIN.) (By United Press.) SOUTH CHICACrO, Sept. 27, Folic raided a salocn near the Elgin, Jollat Eastern Belt railroad, early today, where twelve switchman wero celebrating" the strike The switchmen and proprietor were arrested. The former wero charged with disorderly conduct tnd the latter with keeping his place open after hoars. (BULLETIN.) (Ey United Press.) CHICAGO, Sept. 27 The vice-president's office of the E. J. & E. SallroaS today issued the following- statement: "About seven o'clock some t flirty-fire or forty BVTitchmen employed ia our Gary yards refused to go to work without an increase of approximately fifty per cent la waffes. Oar superintendent advised them he had no authority to adjust a matter of this kind but if they made the tiemaud ia the usual way the matter would be takon up with the proper officers." The monster' steel plants of the United States Steel corporation at Gary, South Chicago and Joliet are crippled in many departments due to a walkout during the night of switchmen of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern railway, the steel corporation's interplant railway, whose grievance is said to be one concerning wages. Ceasing work not as members of a labor union but as individuals it is said that the walkout was due to the failure of the steel trust to" raise the wages of the switchmen, although other employes have been granted repeated increases. "WAGES THE CAUSE. Working 8 hours a day the switch(Continued on page ten.) - . four and seven o'clock. AH of the assaults were defeated. Ilattlefront dispatches today indicated the fighting was almost continuous along the six-mile front over which the ifrltish registered their success yesterday. The enemy made violent counter-attacks to regain lost ground. Zonnebeke was held firm against strong enemy nttneks. At several places the Germans succeeded In reaching the British lines, but later were ejected. HEMSTEAD. L. I., Sep!. 27. Russell Starks. member of the Indiana reglj ment camped here, will not get to go to r ranee. He received His first wound early todny when n train he was trying to ride ran over his foot. OPEN JEWELRY STORE. Hammond is t" have another Jewelry store to prove the old saying, "Gals, there is always room at the top.' W. X. Xewton and Eugene C. Carroll are buck of the enterprise. They are both well known to the people of Harrjinond In their respective lines. Mr. Xewtorj is an expert watch repairman and Mr. Carroll is a graduate of Northern Illinois College of Optometry. ! Elsewhere in this paper is an an nouncement of their opening Friday evening at 1SS State street. TWO ARE SUFFOCATED. (By United Press.) GREEXC'ASTLE. IXD., Sept. 27. Stanley uch. Hammond. - Ind., and Charles ClafTin, Alexandria, Ind.. were suffocated while working in a lurge silo at the state farm here today. Three others narrowly escaped death. Arrested as Slacker. Joseph Casi, 566 Morton avenue, was arrested by the Hammond police today on a charg-; that he fraudulently claimed exemption when he registered for the draft. The police say Gasi was married a week ago and also has a wifi in the old country. CITY BRIEFS. Suit for divorce han been filed by Hazel A. Kellar from Harry Kellar. AV". J. Lotz is her attorney. Xight school officials desire to announce tha". the enrollment fee of $1 is to show good faith of the pupil and if he or she attend 75 per cent of the classes it will be returned. The Soldiers an dSailors Aid Socie meets tonight in Room 1 of th , supor or courthouse.