Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 131, Hammond, Lake County, 22 November 1917 — Page 1

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England Rejoicing Over Greatest Victory ot the War. its By XS Xh EEES United Press Staff Correspondent.) LOXDOX. Nov. 22. Cambral. center of six railways, chief dnpot city for the German communication lines In central Franc was under fire cf British guns Htoday. Its usefulness as a German base Is ended. Xot only has the Hlndenburtf line been broken utterly but ' lha vitally Important communicating line likewise has been smashed. All Britain celebrated today. There was a holiday spirit i- every smiling face. Just a little mere reercnce to the uniformed soldiers in the streets because their brothers vers -working the modern miracle of war over there end wildest enthusiasm among the Tommies themselves. Newspapers of raid British Journalistic history delved into remote type boxes to blare the victory across their pages in American streamers. The victory was regerded as one of the greatest strokes of the war. It was achieved because British strategists had the courage to try something new in the catalogue of war. General Byng and his co-workers so minutely worked out the battlo rlans that they had cavalry massed and ready for. action. A few dajs ago a leader would have been called insane had he figured on utilizing mounted forces rt gainst trench work. But Byng figured it and he figured right. Official reports today told how in many case they rode full tilt at the charge 'on German artillery sabering the gunners and rupturing field pieces. Cavalry was credited with the capture of two illagcs. . OTHER OFFICIAL IS TO WED Yesterday THE TIMES printed the jiews of the arproaching wedding of Miss Alvina Krausse to John Killigrew, probate commissioner, both of Hobart, which is to take- place on Thanksgiving day. Another Thanksgiving day wedding will be that of Miss Ethel North of Miller to "Ward Calder, chief deputy clerk of tho Gary superior court. But let our society editor tell about it: Another wedding which will take place, the 23th will be that of Miss Ethel North, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John North of Miller, to Ward Calder, deputy clerk of tho Gury superior court. The ceremony will take place at the Tom North home, which is situated on a bluff projectiiig almost directly over the Grand Calumet river, just to the right of thg bridge as one approaches the lake. The Rev. Lundahl of Chicago will officiate at the wedding which will take place at eight o'clock in the evening. Mr. Calder and Miss North are Gary pioneers, and are both well known and popular. They will take a short trip after the marriage, and will live in Miller until a home can be rrocurred in Gary. If You Think THE TIMES Is Doing Its Bit Your Support Is Always Welcome. New Premier of France. it f - V? . i PBCrfCB .QtORGCS CLEI-tENCEAU Senator Georges Clemenceau, who lias been the greatest critic of the war. and the most feared editor in France, has become premier. He is the most interesting of the many men to l.av hHd the position during the war and the world is anxious to learn if he can handle the French situation. He is spvonft-six years of age, but $s vigorous as most men of less than sixty. This is due to his care of himself, r

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AVI4TOR FRED MOM.. Trivate J. Murphy was delegated by the Hammond boys at San Antonio. Texas, to write The Times that Fred Moll. 63 "West State street, AVest Hammond, has become an aviator at Camp ' Kelley, and received a silver medal from his sergeant for bravery. The Hammond aviator has made ten flights in the last two days, says his admirer in the letter, and will leave for France I soon. The writer adds: "All the bo3"s at the camp like Fred land lie is the most popular boy In '.camp." SINGULAR CASE HEARD INDIANA rOLIS, Ind., Nor. 12. Denouncing as an unnatural parent and. therefore, Impossible, a father who swears he will not support his daughter in case her husband is called for war. the appeal board for the Third Indiana district has refused to grant exemption to Elde "Wagner of this city. Wagner's father-in-law, James C. Blacklidge of Kokomo, filed an affidavit stating that lie would refuse to support his daughter if Wagner was compelled to go to war. The appeal board says in its finding that Elacklidge is worth anywhere from a quarter of a million to a million dollars; that he is a widower who maintains a household, and that Mrs. Wagner is the only child. The board says it is ridiculous to think that Blacklidffe would refuse to support his daughter, and that it is all a scheme to shield Wagner from conscription. The board said: "In the presence of such facts any affidavit of unwillingness to support his only child in case the conscript is held for service is palpably insincere and untrue and must be disregarded. Any other view makes the affiant an unnatural father, which Is incredible. To file such an affidavit" is trifling with the board. The board found that the conscript's wife will be supported in entire comfort and even luxury. "The conscript has worked up his case carefully and is ready in explanation of its various points. His own father Is able to support his wife, but he also makes an affidavit of unwillingness. Viewing the whole case in the light of the actual facts, it may well be regarded as a combined attempt to shield the conscript from serving his country in his turn and tf compel the government to call another man out of his turn to serve and perhaps die in the conscript's place. AUSTRIA! TEMPTS GARY GOP Sixty dollars vs. Duty. This was the chance Officer Arthur Ahrends of the Gary police was offered in a smooth way by John Pchlensky, an Austrian I. "W. W, who was h-ld to the Federal grand jury by United "States Commissioner Charles Surrriso yesterday as a slacker. Enroute to Hammond from Gary jail

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this morning Pchlensky intimated thatfor larceny. It is said Forth stole h- would like to get "that J50 I've'rora the Monon railway shops at La-

got coming to me at Aetna." "Why;" asked the officer. - "Well. I've got $10 in my pockets and you might take it away from me and then lose me," answered the tricky alin. fVhlensky failed and was taken to Federal prison yesterday afternoon by Ueputy United States Marshal Frank Barnhart with another slacker, Verne Hedenath of St. Louis, a negro. I BANK ROBBED. By Inited Press.) t LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Nov. 22. Yeggs j blew the state bank at Francisville i early today, securing $5,000 in Liberty bonds. $4?0 belonging to the Y. M. C. A. and all the bank's cash. The amount is not known. They escaped in an automobile.

Rules for Health Preservation Laid Down by Dr. Ellis at Luncheon.

"I'M FOR FOOT BALL," SAYS ELLIS "I'm for football and I'm urging it this year in the high schools." said Dr. Horace Ellis, head of the public schools of Indiana. "Seventytwo per cent of the men flying for democracy with our army are football men. "What do they care for a broken arm? They're used to it." The simple life at the most complex period of the nation's history was urged in a talk at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce this noon to business men at the weekly lunch by Dr. Horace Ellis, state superintendent of public instruction. That the bulwarks of business should be stalwarts as well was the theme of his talk, and he plead that the business, man have the same regard for his health as for carrying on his affairs and those of the town, city and state. He prescribed a fewsimple rules for keeping fit at a time when the country is making great demands on all of its men, civilians as well as fighters. In outline, his recipe for good health and longevity was as follows: 1. Deep abdominal breathing. 2. Drink not less than two quarts of water a day. 3. Eat green vegetables, fresh fruits and less meat. 4. Rub body briskly with soft towel for three minutes on rising. Dr. fcllis pointed out that these four suggestions are for the aid of the function of elimination of waste matters which the body throws off through 1) the lungs, f2) the kidneys. (S) intestines, and (4) the skin. "There is nothing on the hearts of the American people except the winning of this war." the speaker declared. "It is our duty to keep ourselves fit. It Is just as holy to have stalwart physical frames as -intellectual and spiritual." THOMAS C01CTE0 SENTENCED Special to The Times.) CROWN rOIXT. Ind., Nov. 22. Criminal trials following grand Jury indictments are being rapidly disposed of in the Eake Circuit court. There have been three trials so far and three convictions. Yesterday Joe Thomas was convicted of forgery after being indicted and the jury didn't take very long to find him guilty. Thomas was sent to the penitentiary for a two to fourteen- ear period. SMALL DISTILLERS . BHWTO SERVE Government Will Give Them Equal .Chance With the Larger Firms. (Special to Th Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 22. John p;. Fitzgerald, a distiller of Hammond, Ind., and F. O. Fitton of Indianapolis, a corn grower, departed for Indiana last night after having spent a couple of days here In further conference concerning the use of the frost-bitten corn of Indiana in the manufacture of denatured or commercial alcohol. They conferred with representatives of both the food administration and the war industries board and obtained assurances that the Indiana distillers will be given j an opportunity to bid on the denatured alcohol which the allied governments j are using in the manufacture of fmunij tions. Heretofore the larger and organized distilleries of the country have i had a corner on these contracts. ELECTRICIAN IS ARRESTED Hammond police upon information from Lafayette authorities yesterday arrested Ralph Forth, an electrician, fayette. Hewas taken in custody by Officers Warner and Lute at the Hammond Monon supply department. Forth was returned to Lafayette todav. Veteran Refuses Aid; House Painted Yellow XI.X.IOTT, IOWA, ffor. 82. Th house of W. W. Adams, veteran of the civil war, was painted yellow here last night. Mr. Adams le said to have malntamined that the peo. pie are doing- too much for the sol. dlers now compared with what was done for the hoy In the 60s. He la lao said to here refuted to hnj Liberty bonds on that account.

The Norton-Harjes ambulance unit in France. One of the first American contingents to see service in France is the Norton-Harjes ambulance unit that fias been taken over by the American army under General Pershing. The unit has done heroic -work in tending, the wounded and many of its members have been awarded the Croix d Guerre for their bravery.' Upon America's entrance into the war several of its men joined other branches of the service. The men shown in the picture, from left to right, are: Mr. Norton, chief of the unit; Mr. Kemp, manager; Mr. Cardoia, engineer, American army; Mr. Osborne, Frank Mayor and Frederick A. Kramer.

WHERE WILL NEW POPULATIOH LIVE? Momentous Question for Leading Men of City to Solve. On n treaCth of the nfw of (he fBO.OOO.OOO Tcr rttntrnct publUhed In The Time, Superintendent MrDanifl of the (hmlirr of t'omrfnerce ttt.i authorized today to appoint a committee to Inquire Into housing; needs. lie appointed on that committee Judse V. 9. Heiter, Attorney W. J. Whlnerj- and Attorney Jesse "Wilson. "With every big employment agency in the United States assembly ins the thousards of skilled mechanics which are to be put to work at a Hammond industry which has a $30,f01.000 government war contract, officials are at work on the problem of housing the men. Orders from the state board of health to remedy Insanitary living conditions and prohibit violations of the housing laws complicate the task at this time. Remodeling of company houses at East Hammond and general improvements are planned, but these will not increase the housing facilities. Vacant houses are almost unknown in Hammond today. Building operations are at a standstill for the winter. Between two and five thousand men will be brought to the city this winter to work on the government contracts, and where they will live is a question. Men without families will be able to find rooms, but there are few houses for the new families. The SOO-foot building which is a part of the preparations at the local industry for the war orders Is about finished and actual work on the government contracts will start very soon. The influx of men will be gradual but great for the next three months. FATE OF CHAUNCEY. ( By I nited Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. The transport Rose practically cut the United States destroyer Chauncey in two, the navy department announced today, giving details on Monday's collision which cost twenty-one lives. She Believes in Farming. - ...v. . . ..v.f.'V f, i ?

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Miss Eleanor Hill Weed of WashI ington. granddaughter of the late I Representative Ehenezer Hill of Con necticut, believes in intensive farming. This summer, with eleven other giris. she helped cultivate the large Yassar college farm of 8n0 acres. She did everything from handling a plow to harvesting the.crops

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'S FORGES With Clean-Up Week Facing. Him, Commissioner Is at Wits End. ' Under orders from Mayor Smalley to rut an extra force and double teams and instructed by the government to weigh the garbage, yuperintender.t of Streets John Kuhlman is in a quandary because of the shortage of men. The fat salary of per diem doesn't tempt labor in Hamnffnd and hasn't for more than a year and there has been a consequent shortage of men on tho street and alley department. Mayor Smalley declared by reclamation yesterday that the wek of Neov. 22 would be clean-up week and instruct ed all residents to clan up their premises and deposit garbage, etc., in the nllcys. This is done at the solicitation of the state board of health which has ruled that insanitary conditions exi.t in Hammond which must be remedied at once. Latest 'Bulletins i (lulled Press t'ublegrnm.) j (nPEMIACEX, Nov. The Bol'shevikl press iicency declared In a message received here that "all of Kfrfnkj' troops" hnd surrendered. The I Urnlninn Government, It Tra stilted, had sent 1K0.OOO troops uKninst (.enernl Kaledlne. the C'ossaek leader opposing; the Bolshevik!. By Inited Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. American army officers who have returned to Washington from France knew the British were nlnhninir tn n.. 4nnk. nn an unprecedented scale in the A rrns offensive nnd kept the secret. One of these officers described the tanks to the I tilted Press today ns monsters of a size undreamed of before their first successes In the war save a high British commander the "hunch" for this week's tank drive. ( I nited Press Cablegram.) PARIS, Nov. 22. General Petnin's troops held fast today to the ground gained In yesterday's offensive near (raonne. The attack was a concentrated localized assault covering n front of hr.lf a mile and aimed nt very strong German positions. All objectives were attained to an average depth of about a quarter of n mile. Intense artillerylng was reported In this sector today. . (I'nlted Press Cablegram.) ROME. Nov. 22. Sanguinary repulse of enemy attacks around San Marino in which Italian troops took prisoners and machine guns was reported In today's official statement. Around Monte Pcrtlcn. the Teutons made three fruitless assaults. A number of attacks between Brentnx nnd the Pinve rlvex were similarly unsuccessful in the fare of n strong Italian defense. On the Asiago plateau In particular the enemy made n vigorous i assanlt enrly In the nlsht against three j points and were .driven back. i desperate bom i:. ov. !. even

enemy attacks during the last r.n hours pausrhrty and Andreta Hothermel. flung naainst Italy's defenders be-joary: Jess Keepcs. Gary, and Mildred tvreen the Piave and Krinta rivers ; Kaz3a Wazkea, Wis. have been repulsed. F.t fry Inch of"

the Italian line holds firm despite the enemy's most violent, effort. J'resh Itulian divisions from the iKonso front have been placed in posi tion for the strongest defense t Venice. ' J (I'Blted Press Cablegram.) j WASHtXf.TOX, Xov. 22 Supplies j are now moving to Russia nnV vvlll

not be halted, the trar trade board officially announced today. "With the war board statement of the government's attitude toward Bussian supplies came a significant change of sentiment at the Russian embassy here today. Ienine and Trotsky are pictured by embassy officials not as fJerman inspired reactionaries but as sincere, patriotic well-meaning visionaries.

(I'nlted Press C'ablesram.) COPKNHAGEV, Nov. 22. "ForelKn Minister" Trotsky of the Bolshevikl forces has sent a message to all the allies asking a revision of their war alms and threatening that If his request is not answered the Bolshevlkl Mill consider themselves Justified In making; a separate peace. A messaKe to this fflect vras received here today from Haparanda. (United Press Cablegram.) BERLIN, via London. Nov. 22. "On the tvestern bank of the Sehale the enemy was driven hack on Aorui and Fontaine. Notre Unme," declared today's official statement. "On the eastern bank we forced the ; enemy's depcrture to positions south j of Itumilly. In eonnection with the Fnslish nttnek the French attacked tirtnrrn C'rayonne and Berry-Au-Bne, and fighting; continued throughout the day. Northeast of SaIHe Aux Bols a French- nest remains. Elsewhere the enemy was repulsed In hand-to-hand fighting." By United Tress.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. That Ban Johnson's suacestion for exemption of his; lengue busehall players "should be the beginning: of his end" was the official view expressed nt the provost marshal "cenernl's office today. Johnson's Idea was extremely unpopular with General Crowder's elosest advisors nnd was rejected ns the "worst kind of precedent." BY J. W. PEGLER AMERICAN FIELD II E A DQ FARTERS IN FR N ( E, Nov. 22. The first congressional medal of honor for "conspicuous bravery" may ;o to a young; lleutennnt from Wyoming. It was expected ot headquarters today that General Pershing would innke such a recommendation for the ofI "r'r"s rescue of one of Ms men from "No Man's Land" tinder heavy German lire. Normal nrtillerying end rifle firing continued over the American sector today. AMERICAN TANKS TO BE THE BEST (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. The latest improvement in British tanks will be found in American leviathans no' being prepared for General Pershing's forces. Originally adapted from the American caterpillar tractor the American tank will bo even greater as a fighting machine than the British, officials intimated. - American artillerymen today saw in the great British victory possible relief for the Italians of the Teuton pressure. NEW MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED 'Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT. Ind.. Nov. 22. Th2 following marriage licenses were issued here yesterday: Barney McKenna and Clara Rosenhaum. Whiting. Ind.; Wm. N. Knapp and Frances Shinn. Hammond: Steve Todor and Victoria TIanzl, Indiana Harbor: Andrew K. Anderson and Liljlian Tifieh. Kast f!ary; Christ Tappas ; snil Couli Cannony. Gary: Alonz. FOOD DIRECTOR IS APPOINTED (fly I nited Press. INDIA N A FOLJS. Ind.. Nov. 22 Joseph Kramer was appointed food adrtinistrator of LaForte county tday. A man was recommend-d for I-ike county but not appointed.

BRITISH VICTORY GIGANTIC

Cavalry, Tanks and Infantry Rnmble Over the Enemy's Lines Today. BULLETIN. (BV WM. PHILLIP SIMMS. At some points on what used to be the Imnregnable Ilindrnburg lines British troops this afternoon had penetrated more than eight miles. No late official announcement has been made of prisoners nnd guns taken. My personal estimate from numbers reported by various guard companies is that more than lO.OOO Germans hnve been taken. (BULLETIN.) LOUDON, Not. 22. Brltlili troops Swept to within two and three-quarters miles of Cambral today, .field Marshal Hals: reported: "W attacked and captured rontalne Notre Dame Tillage. Prisoners were taken yesterday eTCHing-. rontalne Notre Same Is a village cm the main Bapanme-Cambral road two and three-quarters miles from the German depot city. BY WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the British Armies Behind Hindenburg Line, Nov. 22. Victorious Britain today pushed on with her triumphant smash of the Hindenburg line. Tanks, cavalry, infantry all were closing steadily around Cambrai. The great war machine rumbled over the enemy just as the tanks' first crushed the way through the German lines. The Tommies now are almost within grasp of the German depot as this dispatch is written. Eyery hour makes the British Tlctory more grlg-antio In its scope, mora astonishing la its conception and execution. Xn some sections of the battle front the flgrhtinff is now practically In the open. British cavalry has been in action. The intricate trench defenses of the Hindenburg- line and Its subsidiary lines have in many cases been stormed. literally delirious with joy, 500 clTilians repatriated to Prance by the British stroke, came back from the front today. They had been removed hurriedly by tho Germans and then abandoned in a small town. Prom their stories and reports b7 captives it appears that not a German had knowledge of the attack until the tanks loomed over their heads. Then they literally blow up in panic. Trench civilians Just behind the lines describthe officers and men as running' around like chickens with their heads cut off. New Head of Standard Oil Company a Young Man Walter C. Tea?le, who has beennio president of the standard e i 1 company of New Jersey, one of the giea'cxt corporations n earth, is only tMit; -nine years of age. Ho worked his way up. Mr. Teaglo succeeded A. .'. Bedford, who was elected chairman of tho board of directors of the C!:npany. Mr. Teaple was born .'n Cleveland, O., graduated from Cornil! university, and since then has been enslaved in the oil industry. He has eppnt much time abroad becoming familiar with the producing and marketing situation in all parts of the wov'd and eventually became head of the 'Standard's export department.

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