Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 107, Hammond, Lake County, 24 October 1917 — Page 1

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mm Liberty Day Sales Expected to Fatten Sum ty Night or Count is Shamed, (fly United Press.) WASHINGTON', Oct. 24. TMl Is X.irtj Pay. The halfway mark has been reached In the S5, 000,000,000 Liberty Bond march. I'ae United Press idea ct a Xiherty Bond Christmas present became of the most potent appeals with endorsement j , of tho hig-host govsrnment officials and the country's bacilli gr and industrial J leaders. ( Secretary KcAdoo challenged the j country to "make this Liberty Day an ominous cno for the Kaiser. Let us j Kia-e it tho beginnir-ff of the end of i military despotism and inhuman warfare. To2ay the American public is oa ! trial." j TOTAL BOND j SALES LAST NIGHT ! Cary 2523 East Chicago 934 W Siting 1SSO Hammond 1111 Crown Point 53 loweU 23 Hobart . 43 Dyer 13 839.200 , 333,330 j 315,000 . 311,550 J 26. 500 ; 25,400 i 9,700 ! 1,300 ; Total Gi22 51,942,050 Lake Cour ty is over two million dollars shy on its second Liberty Loan Bond sales quota. And yet Lake County is beginning to understand. Lake county fathers and mothers are beginning to cry, "Back Up My Boy." The mites of the roor an 1 hard-pressed are putting to shame the checks of the well-to-do. There are more dry eyes thin wet eyes in the crowd but If the yellow blood does not predominate over the red bloo.1 somebody must dig and dig deTThough Lake County is only 5 per cent subscribed she now ranks second of In. liana counties in total amounts of Liberty Loan subscriptions on the second issue, according to Chairman H. O. Hay, Jr.. of Gary, who Is hustling the sale for the county. If Lake County lags for an hour she Will not raise her quota. Pon't lt it be said of you that TOt'R HEART "WAS STIRRED TOO LATE. One more we tell you that these bonds pay 4 per cent. They are not mere Liberty Bonds they are plain, old-fashioned UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BONDS. Nobody short of the Angel Gabriel himself can impair their value. They will b- UNDERWRITTEN in th blood of Lake County boys, Indiana boys and boys of all cities. Tou can buy them on easy terms. Any bank or trust company will buy . . .. . - . t -. .i r, -i . thrt Tnem ror vou. tin.. i-.. b-irk one dollar a week on the fifty dollar ones and two dollars on the hundred j Xlar ones and so on up. j "We are past threatening. Can t you hear th voices of the mothers pleading in chorus to you "BACK VP MY TOT?" Saturday noon will be too late. Make It today phone your order come in handle it anyway. I5,it. hurry. Even the seconds on your watch are priceless now for each means an American life. LIBERTY BONDS ARE CURRENCY! larly Bonds are the equivalent of j currency In Hammond. i The Straube Piano company has an-I nouneed that it will accept Liberty! B nds for 100 cents on the dollar on pny lnstru-rr.ent up to any amount and ftlve change. HAS MICHAEUS QUIT POST? (By United Press Cablegram.) I.ON'nON", Oct. 24 A wireless press Tnespage received today from Amsterdam asserted that Chancellor Mlchaeli had placed bis portfolio in the kaiser's hards. The tory was other sources. not confirmed from p-;FtTT. John Volpert has sent President Wilson three ears of corn with red. white and blue grains, which he K.-ew in his garden. He Is keeping his process secret, but next year promised to distribute his samples. He said he took a white grain, a red grain and a biue grain, pressed them tightly tog-ether and planted them.

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n 5 I - BLACK ITCH 15 corviiNG WHAT ABOUT IT? Hammond, Ind., Oct. 24. Mr. Well-to-do Man, Easy Street, Hammond, Indiana. Dear Sir: Do you know that the men and women of this city who gain their board and keep by their daily toil are likely to prove themselves more patriotic than you in the purchase of Liberty Bonds? Do you know that the boys at the front who have placed their lives between you and danger have bought more Liberty Bonds proportionately than you have ? Mr. Well-to-do Man, the soldiers and the day-toilers expect you to buy Liberty Bonds to the point of inconvenience as they have done, they want you to either come cross or go across and if you do not do either they want to know why. W. C. BELMAN, Local Liberty Bond Chairman. Match for the "Black "iVatch" Kilties tomorrow. Thp;. -u'lll arrive in Hammond at 9:30 j and w ill bv -.f?urt?l ' ih; C'h amber of , Coromprpp by tho V. drum ari'l bugrlo rorp?. At noon they will have luncheon with the members' council. At 4 o'clock thf if will be a ilemonstra '!!) , in front of th-j C'nir.i hiht school. At' j o'clvck the TCi'.ties will he the irtiosts ', at a Country club c'inner. At 7:3'" tlioro is to be a. bi street rrade, speeches ' and demonstration. At 10 p. m. their visit will end. j Tourir.fr the cour.try in connection with I'r.cle Sam's recruitintr carnraiBn i the Kilties ex pec . U enlist a few good roWiers here. 7 rider the nttsplres of the A tterienn Alliance th fntnK'.ts K;!ties and their b .tvl of se ven l ; Kfiprrs were urp..,l to c.me to Hanmion 1. Atlotney Da.-id Titene, prcsid'.MH .if 11-.:; AlUanc.-, lias c!-..r(re of arriniv men's. ! is the plm i' I'.'-.rg lis mm .mi's liberty loan "drive" n-u'er fuccH bv oush tomorriv nl-rht rlong with the f r".riotic demoi:slr:itl--i. Prominent . mors will addesa the people. 'Bulletins Illy I'nlted Pres. NEW TOSX, Oct. 24. Count Von BemstorT, secret representative in America, all his records and papers constituted part of a rich haul announced by the secret service today. The representative -was Baron Von Recklinghausen. Sis papers, it was hinted today, g-ave a complete record of German plotting in the Irian rebeUion, plannea for a new revolt and showed the source of a great fund of German propaganda n!oney. They were under close scrutiny today. In addition the secret service arrestcd ."General" Z.alm MoUowi, one of the.

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by its "tip" to the British authorities j aided the taking into custody at Halifax, TS. S.. cr Dr. Patrick McCarton, another .'

Sina rein leader. "Pile arret with full netting him from : to twenty per ovtdenca tateu In connection therewith j cent Is squirming. However, he is to show that the American secret aervice ! I1 "smoked out" this week. W. C. undoubtedly moved In time to prevent j f?el ma n, city chairman, lias celled toconsnmmatlon of plane for another tether a committee of twelve tr.fi who

Dublin revolt next Eaater. (By United Prea Cablegram. j LONDON, Oct. 24. Violent German ! connter attacks against newly won Brit, j Ua and Trench positions around ' Houthoulst wood has been fruitless, - Hal? reported today. One such -ltfor ous counter blow was launched by tne ' enemy at the point of Juncture of the i Prench and British yesterday. It was completely repulsed, i "Since Monday," Half concluded, "seven counter attacks have been made i and none have materially the enemy." gained for Democratic Meetings for This Week "Wednesday. Oct. 24 Wallace school. Thursdav. Get. 2.i (Jem theater. 9:5 i State street: Calumet Auditorium, corner Calumet and Hoffman streets. The public is invited to come and hear the real issues of the campaign honestly and fearlessly discussed by piominent speakers. 10-24 GEO. R SHEERER. Chairman. H. J. GESCHEIDLER. Becy. WARSAW. Warsaw is suffering from a milk sbortage due to tho action of the Winona Lake dairy in suspending business. The Bnyder dairy has been unable to meet the demand. Families where there are children are receiving first consideration.

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Through the efforts of about th'rty husinessmen. who canvassed the city all day, Hammond was sriven. a chance to redeem it"lf f rem the shame of beinK H slacker city. At noon these campn isnir turned in reports which promised 5 2 '. (V.n. f..r there was brink buyinir by people who did not wait to be solK-itd. Hy.niKin today, rone of the campaigners had come across a valid arfT'iment from anybidy as to why he or she could not buy a bond. Few of them were turned down. The pr.rty interviewed already had a bund or subscribed f..r one then ami thcre. Nobody wants to !.- a slacker in th ! sight of his nitriibor, not even the Chinamen, for the latter have placed ' a R-oodly subscription in Hammond. ! Hummer avenue Is not a prosperity I row, but the committee canvasii.tr 'that thoroughfare this forenoon Wil- ! Ham Hastings. Dr. J. T. Clark and Henry Oenkey found more than Si t"1' worth of subscriptions. Among the subscribers was tho owner of a little tailor shop, a negro, a Japanese che'. land a Swedish g'rl who bad been in this country but three wer-ks. If necessary the committee will pubDishonor roll to hr.w up the nn.ney slackers. The little fallow as a rule oon-.os across when solicited, but the b'g fellow who has investment will talk "colj turkey" to this cla. of money slackers. Who thev are can

easily be ohtained from the Hammond (driving; power and the irresistible push Clearing House association. i f,f the French forces completely swept The ladies promise to go f n r beyond t-'" Germans off their feet. The powerthe $50,0:10 mark before the week s ! f '! Malmaison fort, depended on by the over. Already their suli.riptioni total ', f effectually to bar all progress $4S.noo, Mrs. O. C. F. Matthies. citv i '''v' n t!, plains n? Laon was taken.

chairman of the ladles' loan committee. announced today. Another inspiring hoort for Hammond are the subscription that are coming in from the soldier boy in the various camps. The Jewish Ladles" Aid society placed a subscription of $."00 instead of $30. iv a . previously Announced. DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS Expounding good reasons why Mayor .lohn V. Smalley and his ticket should he re-elected, prominent speakers last night at 317 Thornton avenue and at Riverside school held the attention of several hundred people In the interest of the Democratic ticket. WAI.LUE SCHOOL TONIGHT. Mayor John P. Smalley, Frank Martin, Frank Hitchcock. Attorney J. K. Stlnsort and others will address a mass meeting at Wallace school tonight. Vital questions will be discussed and 't Is urged voters will attend in order that they may acquaint themselves with the real issues of the campaign.

1i GUEST FREflCH VICTORY V nlted Press Cnblegram. ' PARIS, Oct, 21 Prisoners In i Trance's grat victory on the Aisne i front today reached S.OrtO. includingl.'oj o filers, avid these of the choicest i of the Crown Prince's group. Today's i official statement said, they had been .identified as belonging to eight separate Germarl divisions. I Three f ull . i "gi ment a! staffs were included in the prisoners taken, j Two German reserve division suf- ' f.-red heavily. I "East an.l west of tVrny," the Mate- : ment continued, "artillery was most 'active. On the right bank of the Meuse ; throughout the night there was intense : ai Cilerying. ; "Northeast of II ill 34 1 an enemy atItack was thrown back in severe fightling, except for a footh..id which the : enemy gained on one of -our fortified works." tli neral Pershing witnessed the great 'French victory In the battle of the Caverns. Today lie penetrated deep into the conquered zone. French tanks had a brilliant share in the master stroke on the Aisne. Thy participated in many of the attacks and to tln'in was given credit for the taking of Guilan farm. Importance of the French stroke on the Aisne grew today. General Petaln's brilliant coup was hailed as one of the greatest victories achieved by French forces since Verdun. The suddenness of the assault, its tremendous pu, h an important gain at tin's particu Pr1' Point suggests the most dangerous menace towards me ufniian-aela city I of Laon. INDIANA BOY IS ANTILLES VICTIM Clinton Lad Goes Down, Victim of Diabolical U-Boat. (By United Press Cablegram.) Bl'LXOS AIRES, Oct. 24. Sinking of the American steamer Santa Illena with 24 lost was reported In dispatches re ceived from Spain today by La Xaelon. j TV,- .n. ...., ,, , i near Ferrol and that the captain and one sailor were the sole survivors. La Naclon adds that the Santa Elena was one of the German ships seized by the L'ntted Btates.

These photographs show the steamer Antilles, which was sunk by a German submarine on her return trip from France, where she had taken a large number of American soldiers. Some seventy men lost their lives. The ship was unloading troops in France. The upper photo shows her just making her dock, and the smaller shows her tied up with American troops at the stern cheering. Have you bought your Liberty bond to help U. S. avenge her? IT ELECTION TO BE CONTESTED Citizens Ticket Headed by Present Regime, Opposed by Former Sheriff. CROWN TOINT, IND.. Oct. 24. There are two tickets in the running for i citv election in Crown Point, namely. the Citizens' ticket 0nl Citizens' Party on the ballot for reliction on the citizens' ticket: Mayor Edward A. Krost. City Clerk H. V. Parry. City Treasurer Edward C. Glover. Councilman 1st Ward D. V,". Vincent. Councilman 2nd Ward Cyrus Hay. den. Councilman 3rd Wared John II. Lehman. Councilman 4th Ward Claude W. Allman. Councilmen-at-larpe Earl J. Crawford and E. H. Hixon. To members of the Citizens' Tarty are: Mayor Frnjamin V. Hayes. City Clerk Raj me nd Mir.as. City Treasurer Arthur Volk. Councilman 1st Ward Geo. Fatch. Councilman 2nd Wanl Herman Fox. Councilman 3rd Ward Geo. Randolph. Councilman 4th Ward Chas. J. Tinkham. Oouncilmen-a t-lavge John Eowman and Geo. Lctz. EAST CHICAGO IN TIE, TRENCHES Fast Chicago's Liberty Loan bond sale at midnight last night totalled $33i.O00 with easily a hundred and fifty thousand dollars more in sight. There are three subscriptions unoificially reported which will be made iithin the next 24 hours. One of these is for $3.".000. another for $50,000 and a third for $10,000. In addition another big subscription is expected from a well known institution which will come in before the loan is finished. East Chicago and Indiana Harbor people are working like Trojans to bring the city's Quota up to the amount set for it. Spend Less and Save More; This Is Way to Win War We must all spend less and save more. Unless the people practice thrift the nation will not thrive. Thrift is vital in war times. It is of supreme importance now, when we are still far from the climax of the greatest war in the world's histf r; ' Not only must wj save to win the survive. Enlist In The Woman's Army "By Conserving Foods,

A Peek Through the Periscope At the Hasnmond Polilioa! Situation

ARTICLE NO. 2. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. I The mayor of Hammond should be a man with the breadth of view sufflI cient to grasp the LARGER PROBLEMS of the city; especially those which arise in our relations with the neighboring cities, j Hammond is a great big diversified city. It has Its Lake Michigan fronti age with harbor possibilities, a Lake Front park and pumping station. It has ! o I I j: ..... i ,

. n.i ucniicu nmnumi-iunny cisini-t wiin prooiems peculiar to industrial development. It has a business district that soon must expand to greatly enlarged proportions. It has north side, east side and south side residential districts which are developing so rj.pidly that the problem of the extension of public ultilities Is an Increasingly complex one. Then there is the large area south of the present limits of the city that will soon become a portion of Hammond, involving problems cf sewer and water extensions, policing and fire protection. Some of the larger problems that will have to be taken up and solved intelligently by the city administration that is soon to be elected are as follows: AMALGAMATION Over on the lake front, Robertsdale, the extreme northern suburb of Hammond, and the city of Whiting are divided by Atchison avenue. The silly procedure of building one sewer on the Hammond side of the street and another on the Whiting side of the street has at last led to the joint pumping of this sewer by the cities of Hammond and Whiting. In the same locality Smith-Bader-Davldson Co. of Whiting are developing a high grade residential subdivision in Hammond territory. ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS CONTINUALLY ARISE AS A RESULT OF THIS AREITRARY DIVISION OF TERRITORY INTO TWO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. THE SITUATION BETWEEN HAMMOND AND EAST CHICAGO IS SIMILAR. Mayor Smalley has declared himself in favor of the elimination of these useless and arbitrary boundary lines. Democratic councilmanlc candidates are getting in line behind the mayor in favor of this great movement. NOW WHAT ARE WE TO EXPECT FROM BROWN IN SUPPORT OF AMALGAMATION? He has not declared himself. The people do not know where he stands. No man can be elected mayor of Hammond solely on the policy of opposition to the powers that be. He must 6tand for something constructive, as Mayor Smaliey dcea. TRACK ELEVATION Hammond's railroad problem is a tremendovs one. The city is literally cut to pieces with radiating railroad tracks. Street cars are delayed, the business district is cut in two and the highways of commerce are congested and dammed up with pedestrians and wheeled traffic by passing trains. A UNION DEPOT problem must be worked out. Railroad yards must be removed fron the heart of the city, factory service tracks must be depressed under the streets. These re the immediate problems that must be met and solved. Then expert engineering advice must be secured with the object in view of solving from Hammond's point of view, and not that of the railroads entirely, the great engineering problems that must be met when track elevation comes. Furthermore, a sinking fund must soon be established to provide Hammond's proportionof the cost of track elevation. It may be ten years before track elevation will become a fact, but there is TEN YEARS' WORK AHEAD preparing for this great improvement. HAS ANYBODY HEARD DAN BROWN ADVANCE A FEASIBLE PLAN FOR APPROACHING AND SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF TRACK ELEVATION? HIS FITNESS FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR DEPENDS UPON THE MANNER IN WHICH HE TACKLES THIS BIG JOB. STREET RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION Most cf the neighboring cities of Hammond are experiencing tremendous industrial activity New plants are being built that will employ thousands of men. HAMMOND IS THE LOG'CAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE FOR THESE MEN. Hammond does not care where its citizens work; it IS interested in where these workers live. Hammond's country club, its large area of developed P t P lend.d schools, its high grade residential districts make it the Ideal place for these teeming industrial workers to live. r,, cirTriRv TO BUT HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET FROM THE FACTORY TO THEIR HAMMOND HOMES? This points to the fact that development of street railway transportation between Hammond and its neighboring cities is probab" the most important problem that is coming up for final solut.on " thMro2nDYSEmaflf.V Has already taken steps which have not only broucht results but which promise to result in the double tracking of Calumet avenue The Indiana Public Service Commission has been appealed to J uZ.'nrf'l ne ds will be argued out before that body in the near future. IN THE M E ANT Im E TH E S T R EE T RAILWAY COMPANY HAS CONCEDED THE DOuI-E TRACKING CF STATE AND HO H MAN STREETS IN THE ,.,.--.i m dmCIMFSR DISTRICT.

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(Look far ertictc rv. - Waiving hearing Miro Mitrovich. president of the Montenegrin H.-rald of Detroit, Mich., nnd E'.iza Pa liehevieh, secretary of the paper, were bound over to the Federal grand jury by United States Commissioner Charles Surprise yesterday for their part in the attempted slaying of the Montenegrin recruiting mission in the I'nit.-.l States. They were taken to the Federal jail at Indianapolis by Ieputy Marshal Frank Harnhart. This makes five men held to the action of the grand jury by Commissioner Surprise for the assault upon the mission at Indiana Harbor. Sept. 12. The publishers were arrested at Gary. CHARLOTTE'S ROMANCE ENDED j The romance of Charlotte Morton, 15 years oin, v.oiic-.fo- .ji. Chicago, was brought to an abrupt ending in Gary last niht when she was taken in tow by the police. The girl's parents notified the authorities that she was on the midnight Pennsylvania train." Detective Sergeant Linn was detailed on the "t.-e and upon going through the train found the girl. She nudged down in her seat in her effort not to be seen. At the police station she told of her plan to run away and be married at Fcrt, Wayne, Lnd. Her mother arrive later and took her back to Chicago. To Arms Your Country Call.

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niluisu service - n ri TV COU i ri i - - . nnuuun THE LINE WAS BUILT ON THE ? Next to Smallest City in County Is One of Heaviest Purchasers of the Liberty Loan in State. WHITING. Ind.. Oct. 24. The Oil city's Second Liberty Loan record will cause Whiting's name to be emblazoned as a shining star in Lake county history. The smallest city in this district save one. Whiting has oversubscribed her quota by over $100,000. Her total is now $315,000, and the rumber of bond-buyers is at present 1,6 30. showing that, though Whiting hasn't a lot of big factories to fall l ack on, she has as loyal and patriotic t a crowd of citizens as there are any where. The women of Whiting have subscribed $15,000, mostly in $50 and $100 bonds. Many of the Standard Oil employes have not bought yet. but are going to do so today and tomorrow, and Whiting expects to buy $400,000. Liberty Bond Best Asset; Good as Cash in Bank To the business man and particularly the farmer: Liberty bonds are as good as cash at any time. They are preferred security at the bank for loans for carrying: on your operations.

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