Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 145, Hammond, Lake County, 10 December 1917 — Page 1

MAKE IT A REP CR9SS rrnirTr COLD WAVE iLJi CHRISTMAS VOL. XII., NO. 145. 'Delivered ty" "TIMES carriers, 30o jer month; oa streets and at newsstands, par copy; back number 3c per copy. HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1917. hi

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Training Camps in Sunkissed Texas Where They Are Still Playing Baseball Look Good to Young Men Now Who Are Enlisting by Dozens. Some of these days. And it won't be long. V They'll call your name. And you'll be sone. Tho last mil post has been passed rid the final spurt is on in the enlistment, derby- Over a hundred will leaveGary this week, as many go from East t'hlcago. Indiana Harbor and Whiting, ends cue hundred and twenty-three are ready to depart from Hammond. In the Hammond honor roll are boys from Crown roint. Lowell and Hammond. And mere are joinins hourly. By Thursday midnight 'ho last hour volunteers tfatwecn the ages of 21 and 51 can be sent away Lane county will givu 500 men tb the service. "lie, Tot The Balmy Souta." New recruits hugged the stove in the otttce of Sergeant 'Welch at Hammond his momir-s and yearned for the warm Texas sun and the balmy gulf breezes at tho training camps they are soon to see. "Me for the south," declared a new arrival with half-frozen ears and sti!T fingers. "1 understand they are playing baseba'll in Texas now." That expiatns why a majority of tho men are enlisting; in the aviation corps. The training camps for tht branch of the service are in 'the southern part of Tevas and the recruits will be trained thie throughout the winter. The service looks mighty good now that the below zero weather makes life a burden up north. Tom Croak and Tom Tague. the latter a boxer, are among the thirty young men who enlisted this fore"noon. The enlistment fever is spreading so rapidly in Hammond that thert is no telling where it will stop. The young men who have vo ations in Civil life are teeing that It is to their advantage to pursue them in the army. The pro-German stories that enlistment of 'men or draft age will not stop the tifteenth and that all branches of the service are not open have been put lown for the infamious He3 they are. Now is the opportune time. The Good Old V. S. A. is making its last appeal for volunteers of men 21 to 21. And Lake county is doing its part nobly with no thought of the sacrifice. It will go down in history for the glorious part it has played. How Would Tom Look la a Uniform: The schedule for departure of Hammond men follows: Today, 21. Tuesday, 23. Wednesday, J 7Thursday 32. The names of the thirty young men (Continued on peg two ) FI1E IS GOING TO FIGHTF0R AMERICA Married Men With Families Are Beginning to Enlist . in Hammond. Men with appropriate names are nowentering the service. George W. Fite, 119S Van Buren street, and an insurance man with offices in the Hammond building, has enlisted in the aviation corps and leaves tomorrow for San Antonio. Fite turned down a $350 a month Job as distriet'manager for an insurance company in the northwest territory in order to fight for the Grand Old Flag. He has a ftunily and is one of the first of the manded men with children to go. Fite was one of the organizers and officials of the Acme Realty & Underwriting Company. rwo other married men enlisted today. They aro LaGraff Green, son of Judge Frank Green, and one of the Hammond football team. The other is Benjamin James. THE LAST DAY. (By TTnited Press.) WASHINGTON'. IXc. 10. Today -1s the last day that draft registrants can enlist In the reprular army without a certificate from the lrf' board embracing a waiver of depend -ncy claims. The navy and marine corps, however, will remain open to them if the? can show that thev will not be amonir ho first 100 or 150 men to be certified by each local board in the next draft. Registrants who seek to enter the service as array field clerks or commlsnioned officers must also obtain permission from their local board. Enlist In Tlic Woman's Arraj By Cnservinj roods.

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APPROVE WILSON'S WAR STAND Hammond. Ind., Dec. 10. Editor TIMES: The following telegram was sent by Bohemians in Hammond: President VVoodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C. Hammond, Ind.. branch of Bohemian National Alliance approves with enthusiasm declaration of war against Austria. We congratulate you on your vigorious stand and promise you our absolute loyalty. FERDINAND VALKOUN. WOLF PETEREK. RWEYS 0L1TEER T All of the Lawyers in Lake County Line Up for the U. S. A. and Trial of Cases Will Be Discontinued During the Busy Period of the Questionnaire Starting Dec. 15. The attorneys of Lake county- -as a man today volunteered their services without compensation other than the glory of the work and are being Organized to efficiently assist the thousands of registrants for the draft to answer the questionnaire. Forty-three lawyers ef Hammond took the oath this morning at a meeting in the superior-courthouse and are now associate members of the legal advisory committee of the draft board in that city. The same procedure is to be taken in the other cities of the county. The lawyers are practically sacrificing their civil business fcr a period of from twenty to thirty days as the courts are to be clored starting next Monday until the questionnaire is answered. Starting the fifteenth of this month, the last day in which a registered man can be enlisted and sworn into the service at the headquarters in Indianapolis where all Lake county volunteers go first, the local draft boards will send out the questionnaires to each j registrant at the rate of five per cent each day. The questionnaire must be answered and returned within seven cays. The prime necessity In answering the questions is truthfulness, for any deception will be severely dealt with b ythe. government. To be truthful the registrant must understand the questions and when there Is any doubt in his mind he should consult an attorney. The attorneys have agreed to do this work without compensation. There are 1,000 registered men in Hammond, over 6. 000 in East Chicago and 10.000 in Gary, minus those who are now enlisting. Each draft district has an advisory board. The Hammond advisory board consists of Judge V. S. Reiter, L. L. Bombcrger and John F. Rellly. Judge Reiter presided t.t the meeting today which was continued until next Thursday. Lawyers Prepare Carefully. In - the meantime each lawyer is to study the questionnaire and to become thoroughly familiar with It. John Gavit and. W. J. McAleer were appointed a committee to consult with Judge Crumpacker of Valparaiso on declaring a vacation in court while the work Is under way and they went to Valparaiso on the noon train. The members of a ways and means committee for the Hammond attorneys are Messers. i Peters, Whinery, Boone. Bruce and Coni roy. It is probable that the committee will decide to have five or ten attorneys , stationed at all times at the draft room tn the superior counnouse 10 assist registrants. Any registered man upon receipt of the questionnaire which will be mailed him may go to any lawyer in the countand apply for aid in answering the i questions. If he mas ne can answer ! the questionnaire will rut him in his ' classification for the selection of the ! draft men in January. I WHITING MAN 1 PASSES AWAY (Special to The Times.) WHITING. INI.. Dec. 10. Henry William Bder. age 57 years, passe away at the homo of hl daughter. Mrs. Edward Lar-tthor. U12 Myrtle avenue, on Satrr-y ftmoon at 1 p. -v. rfer an ext from b-oehttls. In o Mrs. T.xTssrhor he Is s'o 'tirvlred by a son "".A Krto'her it""1'''. Mrs. Alonso Marts all of Robertsdale. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 p. m. under the direction of Undertaker Heydan where service will be preached by Rev. Plats of the Evangelical church et the home of the deceased. 1J12 Myrtle avenue. Interment wll be at Oakhill cemetery, Hammond

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in id, UL 5 CAPTURED (By United, Press Cablegram.) LONDON. Dec. 10. Jerusalem has fallen. Capture of the Holy City, Christianity's most holy spot, by the British expeditionary forces under General Allenby was announced here today. ! Eonar Law, chancellor of the evcheiiuer, made the announcement in the house of commons late today. ! The news spread qpiclily throughout. London.' It was heralded as a good; omen. The most cherished Christmas j gift which could be given to the world of democracy and the host fighting for Christmas justice and peace and freedom is this gift of the holy city to the world of Christians again after having been held by the infidel hordes for four centuries. Two bodies of British troops, Eonar Law said, surrounded the city and cut it off from the Turkish general lines of communication. The city then surrendered. Bc-nar Law said hat on Saturday the British attacked the Turkish lines southwest and northwest of the city and drove the enemy from these positions. General Allenby will make his formal entrance into the city tomorrow. The capture of Jerusalem brings the holy city under Christian control again for the first time in 401 years. During all that time it has been under the sway of the Turks. Since the founding of the ancient city about 1400 B. .C, it has been fought over, captured, razed, rebuilt under file li. poiif a- Uzen armies in wars and struggles dating 1000 B C. down to the crusades of the eleventh century. British armies began their sweep up the valley of Palestine from the Suez Canal early last spring.. Almost unnoticed and overshadowed by the terrific conflict on the west front first General Murray and later General Allenby pushed steadily upward against the Turks. Jerusalem's fate was sealed when this British expeditionary force on Nov. 1 captured Gaza. Immediately after taking the ancient city of Eeersheba. Gen. Allenby sent his forces rapidly north and a fortnight later they took Jaffa, the old city of Joppa and seaports to Jerusalem. Bethlehem, where the Savior was born, lies a scant six miles due north of Jerusalem, and is presumably also now in British hands. Jerusalem's fall will be a tremendous blow to Turkish morale, according to belief here today. Loss of this shrine of Christendom, possession of which has been the boast of Moslems for centuries, will have far-reaching effect throughout Turkey. ' DEGREE Hammond council, No. SO. R. & S. M., celebrated their semi-annual reunion at the Masonic temple on Saturday afternoon and evening, Dec. 8. The first two "degrees were conferred in the afternoon and the super-excellent was given in tho evening. Thirty men were useJ in the presentation of this degree which Is the most elaborate in the rite, and the following candidates were enthusiastic over the beautiful work which can only be secured in Lake county at Hammond: C. N. Gragg, H. L. Baughman, F. L. Hunt, I. G. Mansfield. E. A. Pulver, V. K. Roberts. C. M. Sanders, C. R. Sherard. F. W. Strickland, all from Iowell; R. B. Bradford and F. tV. Kobelin of Crown Point; X. A. Emerson and Wm. Rough t, of Whiting; V. J. McRae and J. R. Andrews of East Chicago; R. H. McHle. R. O. "Wlnckler, J. A. Miller, (. R.' Greenwald. Jr., D. Nichols. C. H. Sylvester. H. Peterson. R. Loveridge, John B. Doll, W. Hunt and C. H. Stewart of Hammond. The ladies of the Eastern Star served a 6 o'clock dinner that was greatly enJoyed and "Willis R. Ford, illustrious master and Wm. M. O'Brien, past master of the council, received many compliments for the splendid arrangements and exemplification of the work. . fc-trstjits"filed. . VALP RAIS . IND.. Dec. 10. Four suits from Lake county wor fid on a change of venue In tho office of the county clerk They were: Peter Haralovlch vs. National Croatlon Society of U. S. A., for a Judgment of $960; Henry .Horner Co.. vs. Steve Nagn, Judgment suit for $204.19; Refd, Murdock company vs. Turlik R, Lnrg-ura, John Rosa and Angelo Largura, and the Cltlseiis" Trust and Savings Bank vs. Thjraii O'Connell.

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REGIONAL SUBZERO DEATH TOLL ' AND ACCIDENTS Workman killed at Gary. BeTn dronnfd when sUlp goeo down in Zake Kichlg-aa off Hammond. IUn bad fires at Xast Chicago. Oa VusdobI minor factory destroyed. Trosen pipes delay work la Cain, met region steel mills. Fuel famine causes much sneering. Bias at Hobart causes call for help to be sent to Gary. Many fires at Gary, lo families drlTen into street by one blaze. Traffic demoralized. rnnt rur r ion t halted, schools clof-ed, telephone wires' down with tho suffering of thousands i of people is the result of the first cold j I snap in, Clumet region. ; And the forecast reads "colder." Railroads are from oni hour to ten j hours behind i Xick 1 Plate. schedule and one. the running through Ham-j ' j mond. had partially abandoned servicu"j ! this morning. Tracks are said to bo I now-bound d"tvn stite, beyond l.a-! ifajette. cauiirg delay on the Monon I lines, (iary street car service v.as slow j I setting started. Little trouble was evi- ; j dericed in Hammond although the j j schedule was behind time in the south- j errf part of the city early this morning! ! &n account of a fire. j Jt is estimated that nearly ! men are thrown out of work io. ooo : in the j region on account of tlm extreme cold. 1 Two Hammond schools were forced to ! close this morning1 on account of lack of heat. Central school was not adequately heated. Pipes bursting in the Columbu school caused delay - there. About 0u children j-re-k4pt from their studies. The trouble, however is otily temporory and classes are expected tomorrow. Long distance wires are causing most oV the telephone company's trouble. Little trouble was noticed in local service, it was asserted from the wire chief's office. The' cold contracts the copper wires and breaks them. Poor Are Suffering-. Thousands of poor people are suf-, fering from the cold. Tho Salvation j army is helping hundreds of fam"iiis. j as are the aid associations but there is j a great deal more charity work than can 1 be done. Coil is rather scarce, and with food prices rising the rr?or ere finding j it hard to make ends meet. j Be a. "Good Teller." ' B-? a "Good Fellow" this Christmas, is the slogan being promulgated. The Salvation army is preparing to send big Cfiristmas baskets to the poor and they ask the aid of the public financially. Food and clothes will be accepted gladly. As usual churches will observe Christmast by aiding the poor as will different societies and clubs. Tea Below the Coldest. Thermometers on the outskirts of tho cities are said to have registered 10 below early this morntng. The weather kept the fluid well under 5 below all day yesterday. Pipes bursted, houses were shut up except one or two rooms and few people ventured out on pleasure bent over Sunday. THREE FIRES; GNE HCME Id DESTROYED i Zero Weather Causes Destructive Blazes in Hammond Over Sunday. The curtain-raiser to winter which was blown off the Ice-clad north across the lake and over Northern Indiana, i .-esulttd in three fires in Hammond, j Tho home of Mrs. Henry Tallman. a ! widow living at 436 Indiana avenue, ' was destroyed by a blaze started when an attempt w-as made to thaw ut frozen water pipes. The fire which occurred today would have spread to adjoining buildings but for the work of fire departmenta.The loss is placed Et $2.50, including furniture. Assistant Chief Nill found $150 In gold coin in the debris of a dresser and turned it over to Mrs. Tallman. It was practically all she saved. Fire originating with an overheated furnace destroyed the boiler room of the United Boiler & Heating 'company Saturday night, ard Departments -, 8 and 4 succeeded in saving the remainder of the plant. The loss i $2,000. Some damage was done by a fire In the kitchen of the Albert Ross home at 390 Piurr.mer avenue yesterday, due to an over-heated stove. V Vf A, y "t Charles Schonert. city engineer, left for Columbus. O.. today where he will Joint the engineer corps. Schonert was a member of Engineer Lyon s staff for six years. Police Board Meets. Regular order of business wbs transacted by the Hammond board of police eomrr.lsslcners this afternoon.

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HANDSOME FIRE-FIGHTER IS C The John U. Smalley administration will soon have an opportunity to dis - piny one of its last improvements for j the city of Hammond, j The new $3,235 White motor combination hoso and pumper will arrive before the first of the year and a demonstration will be made in charge of A. H. Gibbons. Chicago salesman. The fire truck is the last word In efficiency. It is a four-ton truck and carries 1.500 feet of hose and over 500 gallons of water. The pumper will throw water on top of any building In the city and can draw water from a water main or river.- It Is made by the. White Motor Car company, Cleveland. O. STORY IS RELATED BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, Dec. 10. One small group of British Tommies held a whole German divisions at bay in one twist of the great Cambral battle. The story did not come out tn Its whole heroic detail until today. In the deep dry bed of the Nord canal this little group of British made one of the finest stands In the war. As . V. a i . r m ana nntt TfA fntn fViA rtnal tli. mo urn...... - - - - Brltlsh surged forward around a sljgst curve. They hurled bombs and closed with the enemy in a hand-to-hand scrimmage of bayonets, borabj, sucks clubs and flats. The Germans were unable to stand 'the gruelling man to man fight. They retired. The British right on. They took two heavy howitzers and two twenty-sevens, dragging them back to a strategic point. The Germans rallied and came back on the determ ined little British group. The Tommies stuck their German field pieces; down for a Rat trajectory and began firing. The target of human bodies in the German attacking wave was too perfect to miss. Wounded British soldiers refused to (be removed back of the firing line and be.-fred to be allowed to continue. The little band wa- finally forced to retire, hut when they did go every soldier iade it a point to carry an extra rifle . help get away machine g-uns. When Vie Germans occupied their ground they did not find a pound of stuff left. UNFILLED TONNAGE. (By United Press.) NEW TORK, Dee. 10 Unufilled U. B. steel tonnage totalled 8.S87.105 on .ot. e'.v coTnparru -"run s.uu,0J0 on uct. SI. and 11.0SS.S4 Jon Nov. 3? a year ago. Jt itn announced toda.

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Latest 'Bulletins By ED L. KEEJT (United Press Staff Correspondent.) LOITDON, Doc. 10. Premier Lloyd George will respond to the recently Increasing popular demand for a clear explicit definition and an up-to-date elucidation on war alma. There is every reason to believe lie (wdll make suca a statement wltnln the . next few days. It may come In the commons Wednesday. (By United Press' Cablegram.) PETEOORAD, Dec. 10. The executive committee of the peasants' council today issued a manifesto repudiating an armistice with Germany and strongly appealing to the people against the Bolshevikl and aealnst separate peace with Germany. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Deo. 10. Tho t bad apparently given up today the last of the rescued from the torpedoed destroyer Jacob Jones, leaving the death toll at 65 officers and men ana one captured by the attacking submarine. Be sens lists Indicated that 44 officers and men had been brought ashore safely. (By United Press Cablegram.) A2STESDA2, Sec 10. Emperor Karl of ' Austria-Hunfary has gone to the southwest front, according to Vienna dispatches. (By United Press Cablegram.) FAKXS, Dec. 10. Violent artillerylng on the right bank of lie Meuse at Chambrettes and in Alsace was reported In today's cffic.al statement. (By United Press Cablegram.) tOHDON, Dec. 10. Two German raids driven off was all Halg Las to report from the British front today. Southwest of LaEasBee one of the German raids was driven back before it reached tne Brmua lines. At Klein I ... . . a. uieoeto anumcr raiding party was r9ported. By JOSEPH SHAPLEN (United Press Staff Correspondents.) HAP ARAN DA, Dec, 10. The Eolsheviki are ready to agree to a coaUtion government, according to word ! brought from Petrograd by courier to. i day. j I Returns from the Russia wide election showed the Trotzky-Xenlne govern ment that they had been overwhelmingly rejected by the Russian people at large. Their majorities in Petrograd and other large cities were completely reversed In the rural communities. Taced with this knowledge the Bolshevikl had agreed to submit to the authority of a central committee of workmen and soldiers and farmers. (By United Pre.) ROME, ' Iec. 10. Teutonic troop tr driven In nlht out of the whole C'apofilo positions on the Lower Plate river and tbst point recaptured by Italian traopn, todny's official vtatement asserted. The Italians achieve their victory early lt nlitht. Xorii enemy support lines were seea In hasty flight. ;Th enemy suffered severe losses In killed end tblrtr-nve killed end thlrtr-nve prisoners were lake.

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Conditions in Russia Menses to Aliies Germans a! High Wafer Mark. (BULLETIN.) (By United Press.) WASEISOTON, Dec. 10. Xi startlngly frank fashion Secretary Bukei s weekly war summary warned the nation not to minimize the danger of tie newly massed Teuton hordes oa tl;e west frosit. The statement amounted to notice that with the added forces Grmaay fcas Cjrawn from ths east front she coaj-i. utes a graver danger than ai any tlre in the last two and a half yaars. " (By United Press Cablegram.) RUSSIA IN BAD SHAPE. L0ND0N, Dec. 10. The ;;.:- sheviki are gaining control of th-: Siberian railway and are likely ;j reach Harbin, according "to vcid reaching here today. Control of Harbin and the trtu:., Siberian railway system woulv. open the vast resources of Manchuria and Siberia to German influence in the event of separate peace. Hope of ironing out the Russian situation in London's view rested upon! success of the revolt raised by General Kaledines and Korniloff, officially reported in a prociai"nadon"drtiie BoTsheviki. Every indication was that the Eolsheviki are making a last desperate effort to jam through thou peace with Germany before bei. jverthrown. ANARCHY IS REPORTED. By BAX.PK H. TURNER United Press Staff Correspondency TOKIO, Dec. 10. Vladivostok , Russia's principal Asiatic port ani gateway for the trans-Siberia; railway with Amur province have both declared their independence, according to reports received hert today. A provisional government has been established. Loss of this port -to the Bolsheviki or to any other Russian faction not representative of the whole nation is a serious one to the allies because of the vast quantities of supplies and munitions stored there. Anarchy is reported throughout this part of Asiatic Russia. HALIFAX GERMS SRISTEI (By United Press.) HALIFAX. Dec. 10. All German citizens of Halifax are being arretted today. They were ordered takeu into custoday regardless of sex. Sevi-n men and one woman had been arrested up to a late hour last night and others aro being rounded up as raridly a;i possible. The surviving -officers and crews of the steamers which collided have been ordered arrested, alsb. Rescuers were working In a downpour of rain today and every indication is that the death tell may be increased over the estimate of 2,noo rather than decreased. The dominion government has apr,roprinted ? 1.000,000 for immediate relief work. Bodies have been brought to Cie general morgue in blocks of 60 and 100 at a time. Some arc being gradually identified. The city is practically under martial law. Relief ur.lls from Massachusetts and Maine wljich have arrived have been assigned quarters and are w-orking heroically. 'Finance a Fighter,' Is Indiana Slogan MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., Dec. 10. "Finance a fighter" Is a new slogan adopted here. - Medical men l,ae agreed to treat free of charge to cure physical imperfections in men rejected In the draft The sifters of St Anthony's hospital will furnish hospital attention at cost, to be psid by patriotic citizens.