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Chancellor Mlchaells Makes Announcement After Reichstag Meeting (Sj United Press Catlefrtm.) COPENHAGEN'. Sept. 29. Germany has not announced her willingness to evacuate territory she now occupies. Including Belgium, Chancellor Michaells announced, according to Berlin dispatches today. After the meeting or the main reichstsg committee yesterday the dispatches said Michaells made this formal announcement: "The statement that the imperial gov ernment has already communicated to a hostile government announcement of its willingness to evacuate occupied territory, thus abandoning the most valuable advantages for reace and negotiations, is untrue. "I declare that the imperial government's hands are free for eventual peace negotiations. This also refers -to Belgium." This disclaimer above evidently refers to a story eminating early this week from Berlin announcing receipt of official dispatches there in which Germany agreed to share in indemnifying Belgium and to evacuate occupied land under certain conditions. MEyOMlTEO Foxal Re-Named President of Indiana Federation of Labor at Anderson. ANDERSON. Ind. Sept. SS.-Terr-i Haute's big labor leader. Charles Foxal. was without dissent re-elected to the office of president of the Indiana State Federation of Labor yesterday. The other officers are to be elected today. Hammond has two on the nomination list. John Daley, of Fort Wayne: Arthur Lahr, of Lafayette, for first vice president Second vice president, Charles M. Hall, of Anderson, and Joel Messick, of MarionThird vice president, John Wagner. of Hammond, and D. J. Williams, of Trre Haute, and William N. Shaw, of Elkhart. Fourth vice president. David Trbelding. of Indianapolis, and James A. Lechler. of Hammond. Fifth vice president. T. N. Taylor. of Terre Haute, and Alden B. Hattery. of Indianapolis. Secretary treasury. Adclph Fritz, of Indianapolis, and Harry Lentz. of Terre Haute. Help Your Country By Buying a Liberty Bond! NAMED WILSON'S MILITARY AIDE 1 if ' , . K C 1 I,' ,V : -iv ?''.?! C J Mr- C. S. Ridley. Maj. C S. Ridley has been appointed by the president as engineer officer in charge ofpublic buildinga and groups in Washington, and military aide to the president. Major Ridley is the youngest officer ever chosen to serve in this capacity, being only thirty-four years old and but twelve years out of West Point. He will be responsible for the expenditure of millions of dollars in public buildinprs and park improvements in Washington. He succeeds Col. W. W. Harta, who will command s regiment in Franca.

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(By United. Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. Moves to oust Senator LaFollette from the senate opened today with the introduction by Senator Kellog. Minnesota, of resolutions adopted by the public safety commission of Minnesota demanding LaKollette's expulsion. Resolutions were referred committee on privileges and to me election

.mir jvewog imroaucea me reso.u- i represented by Attorneys Mc XTeer. Dortion without comment. "I shall make,sey & cillett of Hammond and Royal no comment whatever." he said. 1 I have i ir ln f (-w Th. ttnmPv

just received the communication." Vice-president Marshall laid before the senate four messages addressed to him urging impeachment and expulsion of LaFollette. These messages also were referred to the privileges and elections committee. One from Washburn, Wisconsin, urged his impeachment. Another from Washington, D. C, urged his expulsion. A third from C. W. Cannon. New York City, read: "I have a son now in the aviation corps in France fighting for his country, i flag and world freedom. As a good American citizen 1 ask impeachment of Mr. LaFollette." The fourth from P. M. Jones. Washington. D. C. protested against, "Utterances of Senator LaFollette at St. Faul. Minnesota, as coming dangerously near to treason." IFollette was not in the senate 'when the resolution and messages were presented. He evidently did not "know what had been done, or if he did. he displayed no hint of his feelings. Few members of the senate knew what was in the resolution as it was not read. The agreement by which it was presented made it appear like the 'ordinary petition, many of which are presented daily and the most of the 'senators were talking among themselves without knowledge of Kellogg's action. As the news spread, senators Fathered in groups in the rear of the chamber. LaFollette, whose was on the aisle in the first row, was entirely isolated. !A few minutes later the senate went "into executive session. , 27 DEAD IN 0U01 COLLISION Passenger Train Tears Into Empty Troop Coaches at Siding. KELLY VILLE. OKLA., Sept. 19. Bodies of seventeen negroes, seven white men and three Indians have been taken from the wreckage of St. Louis & San Francisco train No. 7, which collided head-on with an empty troop train, one mile southwest of here early yesterday. It is believed that several more bodies are still in the debris. The passengrer train was to have taken a siding at Kellyville to let the troop train pass, but pulled out of the station before receiving the orders, it is said, meeting the troop train head-on at a bridge across Folecat ('reck. The engine crews of both trains escaped Injury. The fireman of -.he troop train is said to have gone insane after the wreck. THIRTY SLACKERS III JAILEO About thirty slackers or deserters now in the county and city jails of Lake county will be delivered to the nearest army post by the United States marshal within the next few days. Hearings have been held before United States Commissioner Charles Surprise the past three days with Milton W. Mangus, U. S . attorney; Mark Storen. Frank S. Ream, deputy marshal; George H. Bragdon, special agent of the department of Justice, and other federal officials present, indicating that the government intends to leave nothing undone to put down sedition, revolt and un-Americanism which may hamper the prosecution of the war. Following are some of the results of federal cases heard by Surprise: For selling liquor to soldiers in uniform: Victor Mlchal, saloonkeeper of 137th street, Indiana Harbor, and his bartender, Joe Plntver. -were each held (Continued on page five.) , AT SEATTLE. (By Inllrd Prean.) SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 29. Ten thousand ship-yard workers and metal workers In shops doing contract work for ship-yards, went on strike here today. AT CLEVELAND. (Br United Pre.) CLE VT LAND. . O.. Sept. 29. Strike of ten thousand lake seamen Monday is almost certain. George E. Martin, secretary of the Lake Seamen's union, announced this afternoon. AH efforts to avert the walkout have failed.

TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR VERDICT Jiny In Reiter's Court Out All Night On Damage Suit.

After being out all night a jury in the court of Judge Reiter at Hammond, this morning returned a judgment of ; $10,000 for Clinton E. Ellison. 119 fay- ; -tte street, against the Gary Screw & j Bolt Company, for damages. Ellison was for the corporation were Bamberger, Peters and Morthland of Hammond, and Angerstein of Chicago. It was a hotly contested case and on trial two weeks. Ellison was employed as a freight conductor for 'the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. December 4, 1915, when he was injured while riding on top of a box car out of the plant. A corrugated iron door fell, sweeping Ellison from the top of the car. SAIGO Hammond Food Administrator Receives Commission From Herbert Hoover and Prepares to Begin Campaign. Would you by any act of commission or omission be responsible for a Hammond soldier boy. or any Sammy for that matter, going hungry in France? That is the question Frank O'Rourke. who today received his commission as Hammond food administrator under Herbert Hoover, is asking the people of Hammond in an effort to arouse them to full appreciation of the seriousness of the food situation. Meatless and wheatless days face the United States unless there is an immediate general practice of sacrifice and saving. The food conservation problem is as serious as that of raising an army. The United States is making preparations for a three year war with three to five million, soldiers in France. And what will be the condition at the end of the first year if there is danger of shortage this fall? One hundred and twenty Boy Scouts are enlisted in the aid of the food administrator of Hammond. They have two things to do at ence: 1. Enroll the women of the city on service cards so the government will have a record. There is no intention to draft these women for service but the government wants to know w.are it can call upon volunteers. The second measure to be taken is to enroll every boy in the city from fourteen years of age to majority lor the boys' working reserve. The response of the Boy Scouts under their leader. Levi Golden, has been splendid and indicates they are taking the situation more seriously than many of their elders. There is need of men to act as scoutmasters. There would be 500 scouts in the city instead of 120 if i the men would come forward to lead them. "I have no intention of trying to tell people what they shall eat or how much." said O'Rourke today, "but I expect first to call all restaurant, hotel keepers and boarding house keepers together to have a serious talk about the serving of veal, mutton and spring chicken. "We need the wool, the beef and the full grown chicken. People should eat more corn bread, fish and other foods that there Is no scarcity of. We have to send beef and wheat and wool clothing across to our soldiers in France. Ignoring these facts and continuing wasteKiay mean that some of the sons of Hammond people may go hungry in France." "THEY'RE MAKING MONEY FOR YOU (By United Press.) DENVER. COLO., Sept. 2S. The Denver mint, supplying the sub-treasuries at St. Louis. Chicago and New Orleans, is working three shifts of eight hours each these days, in an effort to double its normal output of silver coins. The plan is the result of orders from Washington. t meet the unprecedented demand for silver coin, due to the influence of the war on financial markets and to the heavy fall crop movements. The local mint last year turned out 1.014.400 half dollars. 3.270.400 quarters, 264,000 dimes, and 35.955.000 pennies. HYATT ROLLER IN HAMMOND, OCT. 4 The "Hyatt Roller," the 1900 model White Buick that has been driven 161.500 miles on a set of Hyatt Roller bearings a verified record" will be at Chicnfto Oct. 1. and at 10 a. m. on that date reach Hammond under escort of John Schmuesser & Bros.. Buick representatives in Hammond. 'The car was dis covered recently In FlainvlUe, Kan.

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Left to riglit, above: Senator Robert La Follette, Representative Baer and Representative Hefiin. Below: Representative Britten. Official Washington is stirred by charges made by Representative Thomas J. Heflin of Alabama, who told the rules committee of the house, investigating vo Bernstorff's "slush fund" to influence congress. F SHOT BY HUNTER (Special to The Times.) CROWN TOINT. IND., Sept. 29 Little Edna Schneider, a farmer's daughter living four miles east of Crown Point, lijs at the point cf death in a Gary hospital. The ball from a hunter's rifle lodged in her head last evening in an accidental shooting that has caused the sheriff to IToId two Chicago Heights men under $3,000 bonds awaiting the outcome of the child's condition. They were hunting without license and were on the farm without permission, it is said, and in case of her death the man who fired the shot may be held for manslaughter. Fred Helsin, 46. 1305 Circle Court, Chicago Heights, and Henry Kreiger, 300 East Fourteenth street. Chicago Heights, are held under bonds which they furnished. Heising told the sheriffs he fired at a squirrel's nest in a tree and the ball must have glanced striking the girl. Edna, seven year old daughter of August Schneider, and four little sisters were at play in the pasture when she was shot. Heising is a photographer and Kreiger the steward of the Elks club at Chicago Heights. The condition of the Schneider girl is not alarming, it was stated this afternoon, and she w ill recover. THINGS GROW WORSE IN ARGENTINE (By TJalt ed Press Cablegram.) BY CEABLES P. STEWART. BUENOS AIRES. (Via London). Sept. 29. Martial law throughout all Argentine to preserve order in the utter paralysis of practically all business caused by the general strike was imminent tonight. New strikes are occurring almost hourly. The tie-up has spread to many industries, heretofore only partially affected. During the night, strikers again cut the trans-continental teiegraph wires, for the second time Isolating Buenos Aires from the outisde world excepting by cable to London. It was understood tonight that President Irigoyen is preparing a message to congress formally stating that Germany's apoloretic explanatory action in the Luxburg case eliminates all reason for a rupture with Germany. The Central and South American Cable Cpmpany's offices at New York today claimed, Jo be working without interruption to Buenos Aires as far as invy were aware. GASPARRI IN DENIAL. (Br United Press Cablegram. I ROME. Sept. 2!). Denial that he called President Wilson':; plans for international peace "a dreain." was made by Cardinal Gasparrl. papal secretary of state today. He informed the United Press that he was not merely misquoted, being of mind contrary to the allegation but he emphatically denied having made such a statement. TEN ARE DROWNED. (Df United Press.) HOOMA. U., Spt. 20. Captain Tho Pallatin of the fishing steaner Wanna and his crew of nine, were drowned near here yesterday in the hurricane m-hich swept the gulf coast. The bodies were found today.

hj r Li m llilM (Br United Press.) SAN rilAXCISCO, Sept. SO. All ship builflinx and other plants of the San Frunriseo bay reopened today after Bavins: been closed for two vreekx by n strike by 2,r00 members of the Iron Traden council. Committees of the employer announced this action today after a conference. (I'nlted Press Cablegram.) LONDON, Sept. 2. Two tiermnn aeroplane of a squadron of twenty Wlhch unsuccessfully attempted to rnld London last night, were brought down by British defence. Lord French announced today. 'Every resource was utilised In beatlnc; back the invaders by air craft guns and a fleet of Drltish air crafts. From unofflcinf accounts It appears the raiders did not succeed In penetrating, the outer defense of London. They hastily dropped a few bombs with little damage over southeastern counties. (By I'nlted Press.) ST. LOf IS. Sept. 29. Overlooking of orders was responsible for the death f twenty-two persons and Injury to probably more than a score when a passenger train on the Fisco lines crashed head-on Into an empty troop train between Kelly t lile and Keyburn, Okla., late yesterday, according; to a statement Issued r.t tbe Benerol offices of the road here today. (By United Press.! TVASHtNCiTON. Sept. -. Vice Chairman Steven of the shipping board, conferred today with representatives of the Lake Seamen's union from the Great Lakes In an effort to avert the strike threatened next week. Probably four thousand men will be affected If the strike takes place. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. Two more deaths In the American expeditionary forces under General Pershing were announced by the war department today. The casualty list Includes Private W. C. Sullivan, Infanty. died Sept. 24. of spinal meningitis. No emersency address given. Benjamin Hayward, Savannah, Ga. Private Traoey, engineer, whose death was reported yesterday, died of a fracture at the base of the skull following; an accident while on duty. (By United Press.) DENVER. Col., Sept. 29 Praying for forgiveness as she knelt at the side of Patrick Henry Riley, her husband, Mrs. Km m u Illley, sent a revolver bullet throuKh his brnin as he lay sleeping early today. Mrs. Hlley then wnlked across the street with a revolver In her hand nnd surrendered. Riley was a street car motormnn. He came here several jenr ago with his wife from Paris, Tenn. Mrs. Riley declared that her act was the result of III treatment by her husband. ' She said she quarreled with her husband when she arose to prepare breakfast this morning. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. Sept. -3 "Not a youna: girl In Belgium above seventeen years old has escaped misuse by German authorities. according to Baron Vnn der Noot de Mnorsel in a report to tbe Red Cross today. "No one can Imagine the sufferings of the Belgium people, said the Belgium no-

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4fej?' vsthat he could name thirteen or fourteen members of the two houses who have "acted in a suspicious manner." The men actually named by Representative Heflin are: Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, Representatives Britten and Mason of Illinois, and Representative Baer cf North Dakota. All those mentioned except La Follette have indignantly denied the chorees. iilrman. "The people are actually deprived of everything-. They are living front hand to mouth. They watch week by week for the American relief ships to brine them supplies. They kneel before the stars and stripes and pray to It as they would to the flag; of a church.'' (By United Press.) NEW VOItK. Sept. 20 All opposition by Mayor Mltchel to the candidacy of William Bennett of the republican picket was dropped today when Mitchel nnd Bennett appeared before Justice t.ofT In the supreme court and asked for an order declaring Bennett the nominee. Mitchel said he would take no further steps to claim the republican nomination. (United Press Cablegram.) LONDON. Sept. 2. All news agencies were nppralsed by a message from British general headquarters dated yesterday nnd signed war correspondence not to expect any news from the British front. This may Indicate a temporary closing down of censorship due to some great move by Field Marshal Halar. During the last few days the drum fire of British artillery on the Vpres front has been extraordinarily violent. j (By United Press.) NEWBKRN, N. ('., Sept. 2 Five al- , lolled anti-draft agitators nnd hench- ! men of Tom Watson. Georgia publishI er. were arrested at Lowland today by I revenue officers. Three of the men ' lire cbnrised with dynamiting the Loir. , land postofflce. Anti-draft offenders were reported arming to resist furth er arrests. 166 1 JAILED Mere Arrests Are Promised In Cities Over Country. William D. Haywood and eight other leaders of the I. W. TV. were jailed by federal authorities last night In default 'or bonds ranging from $10,000 to ,25.- ' 000. I They were the first arrested following return of indictments in which the federal grand jury accused ICS officers and members of the society of conspiring against the government. These -e th men arrested: William. X. Haywood, general secretary and treasurer. Hi chard Brazier, Spokane, msmber of executive council. George Andreychino, Duluth, manager publicity bureau in Chicago. Saiph H. Chaplin, editor and manager of Solidority. Vladimir Losgieff, Chicago. Bert X,crton, Chicago, manager X. TV. W. Xecruitlng Union. Charles Rothnsher, editor A Bergumkas. Charles Plahm. Chicago and Detroit. Herbert Hahler, Seattle and Chicago

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Nigh! Superintdnilant One of Six Who Died at Blast Furnaces. Six men were killed by gas daring the night while working at the blast-furnaces of the Gary plant of the Illinois Steel company. The dead, include Emory Padgett, night superintendent of furnaces, who was well known as baseball player. THE DEAD. EMORY PADGETT, night supt, G. PHILIPOVICH. T. MARSOVICH. MERKO LAURICH. J. APPRILL. . ODELL HICKS (colored.) Use Fulxnotors. It is thought that a pocket of gas formed in tho six-foot wide pipe tha men were cleaning and that when the soot was pierced that it broke through. Within a short time after the deadly fumes entered the room, where the men were working, rescue work was started. First aid was applied and then the men were rushed to the steel works hospital. Here pulmotors were used for four hours, but without avail. Mr. Fadgett. who was well known In baseball circles, lived at Sydney hotel. It is said he was to have been married soon. The young official's father resides at Tennyson. Ind. Hicks, who is colored, leaves a wife and baby. Georga Philopvich also Haves a wife and child. The other four victims -were unmarried. Sad scenes were witnessed at the Williams morgue this morning when relatives and friends of the dead men hastened to the morge. Among the early arrivals was Chief Deputy Coroner Greea of Hammond, who at once instituted rigid investigation. PENH VISITED By HUHCIE (By United Press.) NEW ORLEANS. LA.. Sept. J9. . Pensacola, Fla.. and its environs early today were lost to the outside world. How this section of the gulf coast fared in the West Indies hurricane w-hich flared up out of the south yesterday, was still unknown as accounts of damage were being taken in other sections. Rescue steamers were being made up today to go to the relief of the isolated towns. Every attempt is being made to reach the Pensacola by wireless. Gulf Port and other southern Mississippi towns in the storm patch weathered the seventy-five mile gale with a few uprooted houses. Last reports were that Pensacola was battling a hundred mile gala. Mobile weathered a ninety-six mile gale with a property damage of $365,000 and no loss of life. Today the hurricane was taking a northeasterly course. Storm warnings were posted from Jacksonville to. Fortress Monroe and along the West Florida coast. All the inhabitants of Menteur, La., on the coast , evacuated that little town except two old negroes who declared they had never been away "from hyah" and would not go now. No damage was done and today the runaway inhabitants were straggling home. Traffic has been resumed on all roads in the gulf section. The Louisville & Nashville road which in 1915 suffered a $2,000,000 damage escaped with nominal damage. ST'S ' SOU DEAD The six-year old son of"Rev. Simion Mihaltlan. Roumanian priest, 3611 Elm street, Indiana Harbor, was run over by the Independent Brewery truck last night and" instantly killed. It seems that the lad was riding on a wagon and jumped off right In front of the truck. He was knocked down and the rear wheel of the truck passed over his head. So far as can be learned no blame attaches to the truck driver. The body is being cared for by Eurnes & McGuan. We can make immediate delivery of Dodge and Chevrolet Touring Cars. Bohling-Haehnt I Auto Sales Co.. Douglas & Hohman Sts.. Hammond, Ind. 3-26-4