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OWELL Daring Birdman Finds Hun Guards Easy anil Grosses Border to Safety, (SpeciaJ. to Tlx 8 Timet.) LOU-ELU IND, Nov. 24. Lieutenant Alva. O'Brien has escaped from a German prison and Is safe behind the British lines in France. AH Lowell rejoiced last night when a terse cablegram brought the news. It was an official telegram Jhat told cf O'Brien's latest adventure but no details were given. To say that Mr. Maggie O'Brien, th- young- mans mother, who lives with her daughter Mrs. Ben Worley south of Lowell, has bcrn shocked and reshocked in the past few years is rutting it mildly. Her fon enlisted in the English Hoy.nl Air Corps prior to the entrance, of the V. S. into th-s war. Ho had In and UU6 many thrilling experiences and escapes from death. Then word came to Mrs. O'Brien on Aug. 17 of this year that her son while making a flight near Verdun with a companion encountered a flock of Hua (Ivors, O'Brien's companion escaped but O'Brien was given up for last as the ether English aviator reported seeing his machine fall. Tho terrible news prostrated the mother and she gave her boy up for dead. East September, however, she was dumbfounded to pet a telegram from the English government savin H was in receipt of a note smuggled out of a German-prison stating that O'Brien was uninjured in his fall but was in a German prison. No further word had ckiiic from him until last night's cablegram. Further details of his escape are anxiously awaited. (Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT, IND.. Nov. 24. The convictions on the. criminal docket after grand jury indictments are assuming a big toll. The grand jury convictions In Judge McMahon's court yesterday were: SS62 tVm. Hunt, grand larceny, $363.00 and costs; 1 year penal farm; disfranchised 5 years. S334 John Kvatovich. assault and battery. $23.00; 5 months in penal farm. 3J95 Joseph Glorgi, petit larceny; 1 year at penal farm; JiiO.OO and costs: disfranchised for 5 years. SS6S John Moycr, burglary in first degree; 10 to 0 years In Jeffersonville; disfranchised for 10 years. 4101 Van Lewis, petit larceny; $180.00; 6 months at penal farm; disfranchised 1 year. 3333 John Kozlowski, petit larceny; $1.00; 6 months in penal farm. ADVANCED IN j SERVICE OF TJ. S. ' i hihv"n-rifafli;'''fttrfi''ii j S2EGT. HAEOID HAMMOND. It is Sergeant Harold Hammond now. Tlie young Hammond soldier, v lio nHsled May 14, has been promoted and his mother, Mrs. Walter Hammond, and admiring friends are delighted with the news. Harold writes interesting letters of army life. The remarkable thing is that Harold was advanced from private to sergeant without being a corporal, indicating marked ability.

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I nitert Pre CaMrcram. WITH THR 11KITISH AHM1KS IN ' THE KlttM). ov. 24. ticneral HalK 'today fought hl nay back to within i two miles of C'nniliral. The rrrm::iin were hurled bnek upon Fontaine otrr Heme. The town 1 in flnnifH. The German are falling bark upon Provllla, n mihurl) of Cnmbral proper. Fontaine Notre Dame J believed to hare been evarnated entirely by the enemy. Henperate fislitlng hns marked the continued advance of the BrltUh, but 1 they h.-.vc pushed the nose of the I wedise throtiKh the Hlndenbnrc line I to within two miles of the Germnn J supply eenter. ' I"nlted Press Cablegram.) j ROIE. Nov. 24. Failure of powerj f ul enemy thrusts delivered on the ;'front from the Aslaao plateau to the j Hrlnta rlrr In the face of stubborn Italian resistance was reported In oWay's official statement. On the Lower Pir.ve the war offlre 'reported extremely heaty enemy cnsii- ! altles. fin ESTRDYE SINKS U-BOAT (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. American destroyers havo accounted for another l'-boat, according to dispatches from Admiral Sims, today. -While the American patrol vessels maneuvered with the submersible, damaged by a depth charge, the U-boat sank. Apparently the U-boat's crew perished, although no mention is made of this. The names of the Americans vessels which figured in the engagement were censored temporarily. A depth charge, dropped by an American destroyer, apparently damaged the U-boat. She. was tour hundred yards away when the look-out first sighted the periscope. Subsequently she emerged and the. destroyer opened fire. The U-boat sank just as the destroyer managed to pass a tow to her. The American patrol boat drove full speed over the spot where the periscope was scon at the same time dropping a depth charge, evidently disabling the U-boat. The official statement said the Uboat appeared on the service shortly after the American boat let go the discharge. Apparently disabled the diver floated about 1100 yards away. The American immediately opened fire. A siuilar victory, which probably saved transports in a convoy was made public today in Secretary Daniel's refusal to accept decorations for American officers raj'ticipating. 010 01 (Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT. IND., Nov. 14. A very disastrous fire occurred about 8:30 on Thursday night when a large barn belonging to K. II. Ilixon, and rented from him by Harry Collins, was burned to the ground and contents destroyed. Six: fine horses, 4 cows and a dozen valuable pigs were burned besides over twenty towns of hay and other grain, harnesses and other articles too numerous to mention. t is supposed tha fire was started by tramps as the flames originaU d 'from the inside. The firo department was not called as the water system is not installed over the Erie tracks, where the bftrii was situated. The fire could he seen for miles around as the sky was lighted brilliantly by the flames. Nothing was saved as the fire had gained too great a headway by the time It was discovered. The barn and Contouts were insured in the Farmers' Mutual. GROWS 2 INCHES, GAINS 17 POUNDS AS A SOLDIER In sev n months of service. Corporal P. S. Schroeder of Hammond, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schroeder. 302 Johnson street, gained two inches in height and seventeen pounds in weight. He is home on furlough. MUST NOTIFY DRAFT BOARD Ail oung men registered for the draft in Hammond, including those who have been examined, are under instructions to notify the local board of their new address If they have moved since they r wintered. This order is imperative and neglect will cause trouble. VIdress Paul I.ipinski, 500 Hohman street.

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Recount at Crown Point Defeats D. D. GriffithRepublican Treasurer of Whiting Elected by One Vote. (Special to The Times.) "WHITING. I XP., Nov. 2 1. --By the recount of the election votes in Crown j Point yesterday Michael Kozacik. demo- ! era tic candidate for city treasurer, j gained three votes, thus electing him

over D. I, Griffith, republican, by two , - VX otes who on election night the returns ! grand Jury. showed had defeated Kozacik by the I Prior to this. Senator Nejill and small margin of one vote ' j. corse .lr-:rd of Whiting and Ray Mr. GriffUh. the prat city treas- i 'r " " cred before jJudjse McMnhon to test the Validilv of urer. has been in office lor the ast j hp indictments nalnt them. They fourteen j ears. He w as so popular j "ore that three of the grand Jurywith both parlies that for several cam- """" coerced Into signing the nr

paigns no candidate would consent to oppose him. This year, howovr, the democrats put up Kozacik who owns a saloon on Front .street. He had formerlv served rm ttir. 1 .. conceded irom the very beginning that the contest would be a close one. In the other recounts there will be no change other than those made election right. N. C. Douglas, republican, and present city clerk tiled for a recount against John Tokarz. Tokarz originally had a majority of 45 votes over Douglas and gamed eleven more by the recount, thus ! giv in- him a majority of fifty-Mx votes.! Attorney T. J. yulliian, democratic; candidate for city judge against Attr- j ney Koy K. Green who also demanded a recount, gained 2 votes. This gave j Green a majority of TS -which before i was SO votes. j Frank M. Long, rcpublica ncandidatej for alderman at largo against John; Duffy, gained 1 vote in the recount, thus giing buy only twelve majority which orisinaly was thirteen. Monday will be return day on these cases. SCREWS ROUT E1RLSVABDUCTDRS Trio of Young Men Attempt to Shanghai Village Belles of Schererville. (.Special to The Times.) SCHEHERVirXE, Ind.. Nov. 24. Piercing scrcarr.s cf a terrified girl, struggling in the arms of ruffians, aroused pastoral Pchererville to action late yesterday and frustrated a wholesale abduction being: executed by three fashionably dressed young men. The Misses Katherine and Margaret Kedar and Katherine Schweitzer, the village belles, were the girls who fought off the villains who sought to spirit them away in a big limousine driven by a liveried chauffeur. The young men first attracted attention when they entered Schererville's saloon and ordered Manhattan co.ktails. 'While the bartender frantically searched through the White House cook hook in t lie kitchen and the dictionary for the incredients of the desired drinks, they posed about the saloon in citified manner. After their thirst had been quenched the trio walked out of the saloon. They waited until the three pirls who were coming down the street passed between them and the car, and at a given signal pounced upon the young women In startling fashion. The Rirls fought them off, but would have been r verpowered and forced into the ear had the screams not attracted help The young men fled. - Their identity is unknown Miss Kc-h welter lias a badly swollen wrist as a result of the attack. CENTRAL HEADS IN CONFERENCE (By United Press Cablegram.) ' ROME. Nov. M. Kaiser Wilhelrn of! Germany. Kmperor Charles of Austria- ' j Hungary. Czar Ferdinand of Pulgaria ! and Knver Fasha of Turkey w ere rej ported irt conference on the Italian J front today in Swiss dispatches receiv- . , ed here. A new central powers" agree- ' ment particularly as to Germany's and! Austria's division of the spoils of war ; w as understood to be behind the meeting. I NEW FACTORY. A $12,000 factory building is to he erected at Ilobertsdale by Van litter Prothers. contractors, for the Great Western Smelt ins Works

Defamatory Article in Gary Paper Cause Seeley and Girard Say Three Grand Jurors Were Coerced. (Special to The Times.) CROWN' I'OIVT, !., No,. 24. Ry mMi II Af thf r'fnin.. . 1 i - pPlnlc rPrentIy , (h. t.ary I;vpnin!I 1'ost concerning: Senator N'edJI of " bltiim, .ludje Mrtlahon in the Lake circuit court today granted chantte dictments. Judge- McMahon refused ai sustain this contention. Twen'v-one have enlisted and left for cantonments in the. J-ist three days and ten more have signified their intention to leave before the middle of next week from the Hammond remit ing station, according to figures given out today by Sergeant William K. Welch. Pro-German rumors that it costs money to join Uncle Sam's forces was first brought to the attention of the j .-! K'-.jnt .i H-iv udja io wneri a young i man asserted he would Ii!e to join the I army "but didn't have enough money." "What do you mean?" fiuaried the officer. "Why. my expenses and my uniform. An old soldier told me it would cost about $45." This sort of rot is spread by proGerman propagandists to hinder enlist ments. j After Dec. 14. draft registrants cannot l volunteer. I Names of the men that have left Yolj low : Hoy W. Jacobs, Ed J. McFaddon. Car men Rynald. Tony. Prhowallo, Kosaro Trihnzio, Krnest Dixon. Oscar McDoniels. Trafton Pagshoff, Paul Lubcngulh. '"arl Neidscke. Kalph Ness, Koy Flder, Jordan Barrett, George McLean. James Conway, Floyd Graham, Charles Snolson, lville "Walker. James 15. Johnson, Joseph Wegnott, x., 0 Kubadh and Philip Novak. Those to leave: William I.awson, T Pimbach avenue; Kmmet Dunn. Thayer, Ind.; Deploy Wood, Wist Hammond: George Suppes, Hobart: Fred Malon, 4P,S Sibley street; Howard Kcgined. Hammond: William MeNarra. 263 Hohman strt; Albert Prown, Hammond: Frank Cockrell. 614 Oakley avenue; Harold Teedee'r. Hammond; Krnest R. McCoy, 56 Sibley t street. The Installation dinner for the incoming officers of the Hammond Country club will be held next Monday evening at 6:30. President II. C. Millers administration Is expected to be a big .success and he- will announce his committees at the dinner. A largeattendance is experted and all members of the club should turn out and .ee what the new officials have on their minds. Build a room in your attic. Us Bestwall. Paxton Lumber Co. 11"2 To Arms Your Country Calls. Enlist In The Woman's Armj By Conserving Foods.

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r ft ,w ' y r ' - r. EICHAED Company A. First. Indiana militia, was mustered into service at 0ry-4t ni. stht by Col. C. A. Gerrard. ranking officer of the new- militia, and 1.' 'it. Cd. D. f. Simpson of l.'lkhart. Thc ceremony, where ninety-six men entered state service, took place ;A Military r.ail. The company is commanded by H. JJ. Snyder, who a,! tended a business men's training camp at Flat tsburg. Cap. Snyder's lieutenants are Dr. K. IX Skeen who belonged to the cadet corps of thUniversity of Nebraska, and J. G. Scbless of tbe America" P-ridge Co.. who served in tho rotmsylvs.nia militia. Dr. W . J. oV. formerly f Company V. BY CAEL 3. GF.OAT. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON:, Nov. St. The Husslan embassy here'broka eff ell r.lleg-. lance to the Bolnlievifci coveraracnt this afternoon. In a message to Secretary Iiansinsr, Ambassador KakametioSf declared that he would remain at his post but had authorized every member of the embassy staff to leav. Several attaches and Russian diplomats have resigned. Oean Sociine, first secretary, has appliedx fcr admission In tho American inny. Several cf tho embassy naval and military staff will effer their services to the United StatC3 soveraraent. The yjr. ssian embassador stated he would "in the fnture continue In not recognizingthe Eolsheviki or similar povemment whica woul.l'break loyalty to s'a's allies on participation ia the war." EY WILLIAM PHILLIP SI20IS. WITH THE BRITISH A It THE 3 IN FB.ANCE, Nov. SI. Crown Princo Kup. precht put forth every ounce of his army's strength today to stem the Brit, ish advance on Cambrai. The German depot city is full of German troops. Aviators reported Its suburbs bristling- with massed field ffuns. Hurried defenses are beinff thrown up in every direction. Ger. many do. not propose to surrender it without the most desperata resisteace. (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, Nov. 21. Ganccral Plumer was today announced as commander cf the British forces in Italy. Lieut. Gen. Sir W. Marshall was named to succeed the late Gen. Maude as British commander of the Kesopotamlan expeditionary forces. (By Uuitcd Press Cablegram.) FETROGKAD, Nov. 24. Russian soldiers have already abandoned their advanced positions against German and Austrian troops on the eastern front, according to a newspaper printing dispatches asserting- that the Unssicns were preparing- complete evacuation of Tamspcl. (By United Fres3 Cablegram.) BEBXIN (Via London) Hcv. 21. Thirty British tanbs w?rs ' shot to pieces" in the British r.ssauit around Cambrai, today's war off ico statsment declared. (By United Press.)

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P i 1 -r 1 $ Si ' -A 4 SCHAAF, JS. fill ILITIfi SERVICE 1 GARY top sergeant. The following are sergeants Dr. H. Cr Jla n k htr - f ornrly of the regular army: Jam.-s Dovne. formerly of the Wisconsin nati-inal guard; Jefferson Wi Hiatus, and Wiiiiam Drown, a Spanish w ,i r etcr:.n. D-.-;r,s will be he'd t,n Mondays and Fridays (evening hours) for the present. It is planned to devise a social program for the winter. I.Uut. Col. :'iir.psjti is a brother of Private V. '". Simpc-on, who in civil life a Gary b.aiil-;.: r. Today Cols Gerrard and Simpson went to IIoLart to muster in the company hf re. (Ey United Tress Cabletrram.) I.CNDOIT, Nov. 4. runner rains r round Cambrat we: a reported by Field r.Iarjha.1 Haid today. He announced successful operation In tho drive toward the city around Eonr. len voocl v.bere after severe lijhticg- Im. portant tlortfnatiaj ground was carried by his troDps. An important spur forminrr an observation point ever a sector of the Kindenburg- line wa3 cr.ptv.red. In the neighborhood of 3-11 acourt further ground was ctptursd tlr.ring- the niffht. (By United Brass Cablegram.) COPXirilAan-r, Sov. 24. Pormal ne. g-ofations fcr an arrnistice have been opened or. the eastern front between the Germans end liussians, according- to disXiatches received today. SAM GOMPERS EE-ELECTED liri'TAbO, N. Y.. Nov. 21. Samuel Gompcrs wai re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor today at the closing session of the ft derot ion's thu ty-sc entli annual conventlcn. COMMISSIONED NEXT WEEK FORT I'.F-NJ.VMl.N- HARRISON. Ind.. Nov. 21. Men who will be awarded officers' commissions at, this training camp passed In final review before Lieutenant Colonel Reid, commander of the car.-.p; Governor Stanley of Kentucky, ai d Adjutant General Smith of Indiana, today. Tho men will turn In their equipment Saturday and Sunday. Commissions will be. awarded by Col. Reid starting Juesdny morning. Names of the successful candidates will be made public In two divisions the first eight hundred Tuesday afternoon and the remainder Wednesday morning. WHITING DRAFT AIDS NAMED INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 24. Jess K. Kschhach, state conscription agent, met Friday afternoon with Dr. Jo.seplr Rilus Eastman, who -has been appointed by the federal government to assist the national army officials in Indiana In obtaining medical examiners for drafted men in each district in the state. Mr. Eschbach said he hoped, as a result of the conference, to l.n able to appoint the entire ; t of medical official.-, who w i 11 serve lr this capacity ;n Indiana. The following have been named s attorneys to assist t'm registered men: I-ike County, Division 1 Roy E. Green. John ". Iluil. J. It. I'etterhoff, all of Whltlr.tr. IBANK CALL IS ISSUED. ! business November 2u

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Yonng Banking Wizard Acquires Possession of Splendid Finaocial Froparty. FIRST NATIONAL LARGEST IN GARY The First National Bank of Gary is the largest In the steel city and Iake County and In resources Is ahead of its nearest competitor by nearly a half willica dollars. Its latest statement Issued September 11 and, published on September 17 is as follows: HESOU2.CX3. Loans . 3 855,562.53 Overdrafts l 74.74 Bonds and investments. l,955,223.rr Building' and fixtures 45,000.; Cash 710,435.CTotal resources 53,566,301.07 : LIABILITIES. Capital 5 200.0OO.0C i Surplus and profits 57,962.25 ; Circulation 200,000.00 Deposits 3,103,319.27 Sividens unpaid 19.50 : Total liabilities.. $3,566,301.02 I J F. Richard Schaaf Jr., Ham mond's young Napoleon. of finance,, president of the Citizens' National Bank of Hammond, vice president of the Bank of Hammond and a stockholder in Several other banks in Lake County, yesterday bought the controlling interest in the First National Bank of Gary and was elected president thereof at a special meeting. The First National of Gary, practically a four million dollar institution, is one of the big banks of the northern part of the state. Mr. Schaaf succeeds Thos. . T. Snell, whose stock he bought as president. There will be no other changes made in the directorate. E .C. Simpson will continue to actively direct the affairs of the institution and Mr. Schaaf will go on presiding over the destinies of the Citizens National of Hammond. I NEW PRESIDENT A j FINANCIAL GENIUS The meteoric rise of F. R. Schaaf Jr.. who buys banks like apples, in Pake County'3 financial World. has been phenomenal. A few years ago be wa working in the offices of the Standard Oil Company at Wrhiting for $15 a week. By sheer pluck, consuming energy end the shrewdest acumen, he rose rapidly. He entered politics and was very successful. President Taft made him postmaster of Hammond. Suddenly ha invaded the banking field. He built up the Fast Chicago Bank, became its president and then got into the CitizensNational of Hammond. He sold his Hast. Chicago interests at a splendid profit. Other banks in which he bocame Interestd arc the Highland Bank and the First National of Whiting. Although not active in the I.alie County political field, Mr. Schaaf was one of Gov. Goodrich's advisers and after the latter was elected was made a major on the governor's staff. He lives in a modest home in Robertsdale and has only one hobby golf. ! HISTORY OF THE BANK I 4. It is said that the First National Bank of Gary, now the largest in the city, came into being a3 the result of Thomas T. Snell accidentally overhear-' ing a conversation in 1916 in a Chicso hotel to the effect that the steel trust was about to found a new city in Gary. Young, having won laurels in the banking field at Elkhart, and possessed of plenty of money Mr. Snell then and there decided to found a bank in the new community. He at once wired to Washington, got priority on the name "First National Bank" and was sustained in the matter. BEATS STEEL MAGNATES. In doing this it is said that Mr. Snell "put one over' on the shrewdest financiers in steel circles. From what can be learned the steel magnates, who later founded the Gary State Bank, had intended that it Ehould be the First National Bank. But Mr. Snell beat them to it. The bank was organized on November 5. 190G, and it had its first bom in Broadway, where the Brellahan shoo store now Is. Mr. Snell. was elected its (.Continued on page five.)