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BATTLE II THE AIR FORTRUTH
Huge Wireless Apparatus Shoots I Truthful Messages to the German Trenches, 1. Br CASX. D. OB.OAT ' (United Pren Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. The United States is using a new and subtle weapon in warring against German a propaganda of truth. Nightly, there is a battle in the air a struggle of huge wireless apparaus, centering ft Sayville, L. I.. Nauen, Germany, and Lyons, France, while at the same time cables buzz with messages intended for foreign consumption. Formerly. It was the Nauen station that spread misleading propaganda as to Teuton purposes. Now. the Sayville station under American control is shooting forth truthful messages to offset this insidious matter, sending to Franc for relay to Russia and elsewhere. f inding that Germany was outman..,,r!nr all thfl allies and tne Lnitea States In malicious propaganda this ! covcrnmnit determined a definite - campaign of education, and to date has labored chiefly in converting Russia. Kurnanta. Austria, and Switzerland to; America's side. Perhaps the most startling attempt of any though not so labelled was 1h president's message to. congress. In this, the president sought to wean Austria from the German side, as officials viewed it today, while at the same time hi ypealcd to German liberals to overturn Ilohcnzollornism. The government has enlisted tho aid of bani?hcd Germans in Switzerland, men "ho f ivor republic, to help spread this doctrine into Germany, while as in the past allied filers will drop copies In German over the Teuton trenches. AVlth the Russian situation, the administration has difficulty in communication, inasmuch as the Bolsheviki control the main arteries out of Moscow end retrograd- However, constant news matter showing the American viewio beirisr sent to Russia via France, and is being distributed us rrsi I ir may. The American military at-, taches", apparently acting under Am-j bssrador Francis' individual instructins ! hiv undertaken Independent ( propa-I Rsnda there, but arrarently with boomerang; results. SwitzerWind. a hotbed of German propaganda was being flooded with evil tal-s about American intentions. but ihi? has been offset by n official communication to Switzerland showing there will be no overruning of Swiss neutrality. Meantime Rumania is being heartened by promises of ArnTiCrtn aid and actual contributions in the way of loans. " CHRISTMAS MAIL RUSH ABNORMAL Army of 300,000 Toils Night And Day To Keep Above TJie Tide And All Records Are Shattered. WASHINGTON, Dec. S Three hundred thousand postmen are tolling night and day to deliver America's holiday mail the biggest in history by Christmas eve. "v "And it they suited." said Otto Traeger. asslsrant posYroaster general, today, "it will be because America did Us Christmas shopping early." Mail movement records have been shattered since mid-November, Praeger fa id. Pillions of tors of bundles, boxes, l-irkages and letters have ben stnt to thir d"s' :n.tt ions, despite wsr-lime cb-s-. ides. ' Trains ComiKa'n',.eeraS. Whole trains of car?, up.;ts of iVie c.i re fully worked out transportatlo'i protram have been commandeered by the government. A ten-car train was grabbed by the war department at New York within the last twenty-four hours. Merchants have over-burdened the parcel post by breaking up large express shipments on accoun. of express "ingestion. HAMMOND IS EASILY BEATEN Hammond high's basket five In its frst play for the Northern Indiana i harripionship was easily beaten by the veteran Valparaiso high at Valparaiso
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It's the soldiers' Christmas this year. Even the children will take second place. Christmas is going to come not only to every soldier in an encampment or cantonment in the United Slates, and to every sailor on shipboard or in port, but also to every man in a prison-camp, and to every man in uniform, somewhere in France, or anywhere else in the service. They will all celebrate Christmas, through the efforts of the r. M. C. A., in cooperation with other organizations. Not one will be left out on Christmas. There will be Christmas trees, not only in every y. M. C. A. building In the United States where men in uniform come, but in the base camps In the training zone in France, and even behind the trenches, where the Improvised, angels on the top houghs shake with the reverberations of the German guns, and carols are sung to the accompaniment of exploding shells. There will be gifts, wrapped as daintily as if they were intended for somebody's best g'rl, for many of the men who haven't I gotten any from home, when they come Into the T. M. C. A. huts on Christmas Day. And men coming wet and 'coldfrom the trenches will warm themselves around real Tuletide logs In the fireplaces in the Red Triangle huts. Scrubby Christmas trees with carefully-saved bits of tallow candles as
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INDIANAPOLIS. Pec. :2. Fred C. Miller,' a subject of the German emperor, and mayor-elect of Michigan City, who has een gnted a permit to stav . - roLa.uuueu vy prosiaeni s war proclamatlon, was yesterday made defendant of a proceeding In the federal district court in Indianapolis that seeks to keep home from takting the office, to which he claims he was legally elected. J4artin T. Kruegrr. present mayor of Michigan City, brought tho action against Miller, and has asked Judge A. DENIED BY M1D0 No Foundation For Reports It Will Be Eight Billion At 4V Per Cent. "WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. Emphatlo . denial that the nest Liberty loan willj be for S. 000. 000. 000 at 4 per cent was; made yesterday by Secretary ef the I Treasury MeAdoo. The denial was em- ' bodied in a formal statement, as fot-j lows: "! "The report that the next Issue of Libert bonds will be JS. 000. 000. 000 and j at 4'i rer cent Is wholly unfounded. I i wish I could make the. patriotic news- j papermen of America realise how mis-! chievous and hurtful to the interests of j the country such speculative statements : are. hen a decision nas Deen reacnea about the next Liberty loan it will be officially announced. Meanwhile all other statements and rumors may be disregarded." NEW BOARD TO DOME FRQIHjjJY COUNCIL Mayor-Elect Brown to Make Radical Change in the Makeup of Body. f r hi r o pu ic j Hammond's next board works is to be of and by the city council. Maor-eleet Dan Brown today announced that the three members of the works board will be appointed by the City council from that body and each will receive 300 salary additional to the $150 annual pay of councilmen. "The board will be made up of a representative of organized labor, n democrat and a Citizens' representative." staled the mayor-elect. "The labor member will also represent the Citizens ticket." Mir. Brown stated his appointment!" are not ready for announcement. It is stated in political circles that the .new mayor was in session with party memlv-rs erterday regarding appointments. Those v. iio aie ins'.d the Vnoney, it :s :sid. are as follows: City attorney W. W. McMahan. Controller Harry Broetges. City engineer W. F. Bridge. Chief fire depart ment W ill jam Nill. Chief of police Peter Austgen. Street commissioner A. Schwelgert. Marriage Licenses. (Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT. IND.. Dec. 22. The following new marriage licenses "were granted today: Albert Anderson. Calumet. Ind., and Carrie Martin, Kast Chicago. Ind. Louis Blackmon and rermelia DawkIns. Gary. Ind. Robert Conley. Chicago, and Catherine Moss. Griffith, Ind.
PROPOGANDA AGAINST GERMANY
for Soldiers their only decoration will bring the holiday spirit for a time even to (he prison-camps in Siberia. where the , Bethlehem story will be read In T. M. C. A. huts, and an orchestra made up of the prisoners of war will play "Holly ! Sight" on instruments of thetr uv n j making. Secretaries will greet men who speak no English with "Mrry Christmas:" and they will understand.! No children in the I'nited States are j more excited over their Christmas prep- ; arations than the rrlsonrs of war over: theirs. I Thousands of packages addressed ! merely to "Some Soldier. Somewhere in , France." left the Atlantic ports on the early November boats. The movements : of the troops over there make it unlikely that some of the personally-addressed presents will get to the men j by Christmas "Day, but as far as possl-j b!e the T. 51. C. A. will see that none; of them are without a gift. The sol- ; diers and tailors who are still in trie L'nit'd States will be equally well looked after by the holiday spirits. i Christmas is made up as much of givJ ing as of getting, and the various T. M. C. A. buildings at the encampments lately have been the scenes of feverishly busy bundle Trapptng. rarer and twine have been furnished by the As sociation, and the men have been encouraged in every way possible to remember the folks at home. MAY B. Anderson to issue an Injunction against Miller seeking to assume office. Henry M. Dowling of the law firm of i Miller & Dowling, appeared before Judge j Anderson, immediatel yafter the filing of the petition and asked that a date be set for the hearing of the case on the question of Issuing a temporary order of restraint. Dec. 51 was set by Judge Andrson as the date for the hearing of the cane. , 860 Totes Cast Br Aliens. It 1 alleged that Miller's election would not have been possible had it not (Continued on Paae Seven.) ORGANIZED Ninety-Four Companies In Indiana's New State Militia Ready For BusinessGary And Hobart Only Lake County Cities That Are Represented. TIMES BU1EAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Dec. :2. Plans are practically completed for the final organization of the First Brigade of Infantry. Indiana State Militia, to take the place of the Indiana National Guard, which has been taken into the zeaerai service. Jliirty-six companies': will be required to form the three regi- I ments that will constitute the brigade. I and thirty-five of these companies have ' been organized and have either been i mustered in or the dates for mustering I j have been set. I Tho tr,irt"five companies are located! as f0i0w g. Indianapolis, four: Cam- ! bridge City. Snelbyville, Gary, Hobart, Oakland City, Madison. Evansville. Marion. Rockville. Bloomington. Elkhart, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, Richmond, Lebanon. Attica. Goshen. Hartford Citv Valparaiso. Argos, Muncie. Plymouth J ri.,,.. 4 erre Jiauif. --Miuerson. l rinceton, 111cennes. South Bend. Auburn, Newcastle. t- . . 1 i T : City. one company will he rhrxn, , fill ..n - - v .ii uic IUU j complement of thirty-six that are reJ quired for the three regiments of the S brigade, and Ci unmix r ot companies I m piocess ci organization and which !are .linoring for charters from the ofJ lice the adjutant general is so large (Continued on page seven.)" " 0, THEY ARE SLACKERS, TOO (Special to The Times.) INDIANAPOLIS IND., Dec. "The girl who Insists on a box of fine candy from her beau is just as much a slacker as the boy who empties the sugar bowl in his coffee cup. The woman who throws away stale bread and fat meat, the farmer who allows part of his land to lie idle, the banker who will not help i the Liberty Bond sales, the soldier who plays sick when the battle is on. are all of the slacker class." Federal Food Administration. There's the story, says the Indiana State Council of. Defense today, and It is' as true as ever stated.
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CLOCK OF BOMBED CATHEDRAL FALLS UNHARMED
A curious freak of the war. Thougfi the beautiful French cathedral shown in this recent British official photo was completely ruined after a German bombardment the clock in its steeple fell to the ground unharmed. The British soldiers, one of whom may be seen standing sentry in the picture, regard the circumstance as an ominous one for Germany and declare that the clock indicates the hour of the German doom. Germany's destruction of beautiful religious edifices continues.
THE SHORTEST DAY. Tterflay wu tu briefest day of the yearly round, and was the official opening of the engagement of that notoriously tad actor, old Hard Winter. Judging1 Ty performances of the mercury during the last two weeks, he has been giving- some realistic rehearsals of his act. The sea. son promises to he a one-actor show, as the old fellow is not getting the proper support from Heaping CoalBin, the other .important principal In his cast. According to advices from the 3!1slon headquarters at Cleveland, Indiana foday le-ds the division in the Xnus Red Cross drive and Ham-mond led the district, whi-h includes all of Lake coun ty. The Red C'ro.s Service flag Is the most prominent thins in Hammond now. Its display in w ir.dows Is (incepted as th evid"nce of patriotism and nobody of course wants to be a slacker in this respect. The drive is to continue on Sunday. It will b an excellent dny for the house to house canvasser and the big wind-up is to come Monday. But there must be .more volunteers for tomorrow. During the week Just closing about a hundred and twenty-five workers gave all or part of their spare time to the noble worlt end the result Is that last night Hammond had- 7.103 member. Its allotted quota is 7.400 members. At the beginning of the week the Hammond chapter had R.I6S members. Ste curb the auto bandit evil ps to will be taken at a meeting of all police chiefs, mayor, and hankers in and Brr,ur"1 hkag.i Wednesday morning in the office es of the sheriff of Cook coun ty. Chicago. Police heads in Lake county all receiea notiiicat .u.n.i fiom Chief Olto Piltz of the LaCianSe authorities aski.iy iVm to attend the conference. All the poli'.e chiefs in the region will attend. HOW ABOUT RUSSIAN Al ITALIAN PEOPLE? Hot about the Russians and Italians of Hammond? Attorneys and court attaches on the advisory board sidtnK rcRistrants in answering the questionnaire complain that Russians end Italians claim exemption without ground and do not want to take out citizens papers. How about it, Russians and Italians of Hammond Are row indifferent in this war? A noble example hase been set by the Polish people of Hammond and West Ham.iT.ond who have ent hundreds ef their sons. A majority of the 1.300 men and beys who lave enlisted in Hammond were Polish.
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7 - vt. ) y.v; -a&i)t io : (By United Press Cablegram.) PETEOQRAD, Dec. 22. A great battle In the streets of Petrograd was reported today. Tour army corps refused orders of the Bolsheviki to lsave the city. The Bolsheviki sent other troops against them. The Cffhtlny is still in progress. (By United Press Cablegram.) PETKOOXADrUec. 82. TTkrainian forces have taken over the Boumanlan and southwestern front and have united under a Bussiaa general, according to wod received here today. Immediate arrest of the general has been ordered by the Bolsheviki government. (By United Press Cablegram.) AMSTERDAM, Dec 22. Denials that aennany will repeat her "peace offer" were registered by the Cologne Gazette. (By United Press Cablegram.) FAB.I3, Dec. 22. Germany's newest peace proposals, now beinsr drafted, contemplate peace on the basis of the status quo, accordlna- to special dispatches. Foreign Secretary Xueblman will offer ' the evacuation of Belgium with guar antees" probably meaning- Indemnities and will announce retirement from Prance and Italy in exchange for Ger. many's colonies and guaranteed of freedom of commerce. The question of Turkey, it was stated, is to be left in II GENTLEMEN BE SEATED; DR. SHARRER ROW ARE YOU THIS EVENING?'. Orak Shrine is to give the annual minstrel show at DeLuxe Theatre. Jan'uary 7, 8 and 3 for th benent or tne Red Cross and the Joe Bren Producing Company has been engaged because of its success with previous shows for the order In Hammond. Every dollar above expenses is to be divided between the various Red Cross chapters in the jurisdiction of the temple, acording to the membership of the shrine in each locality. The Shrine's array of talent includes I nearly all the Veterans and many newvoices. MAY PREVENT HUNGER LATER lNDIAX-VroLlS. Dec. 22. "Don't hypocrite of yourself by displaying a' food card In your window and ignoring ( its purport In your kitchen." urges the Indiana State Council of Defense and Dr. Harry T.. Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana. "Let your window card be your conscience. The Hoover .creed your guide. Jt not only eases your own mind, but may be the means of preventing a gnawing hunger later on." NEW CASES IN CIRCUIT COURT (Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT. IND., Dec. 22following new cases were filed in The the La;e Circuit court here today: 12361 Appt. of trustee; Arthur TV. Tobias. Fred C. Btll. Chas M. Poague (Pattee & Johnson) vs. Richard Thomas Dais, Lenore S. Davis, his wife, et al. , 12362 Arthur M. Tobias. Lemuel B. Patterson (Pattee & Johnson) vs. Richard Thomas Davis, Lenore S. Davis, his wife, et al. If You Think THE TIMES Is Doing Its Bit Your Support Is Always. Welcome.
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sFkh 1 the background with hope of interest. ing- England in a trade. BT J. W. FEOIiIB(By United Press Cablegram.) PAKIS, Dec 22. Part of the Sammies wil 1 have their Christmas turkey aud mince pie even if the special shipment of these products haven't arrived. The quartermaster's department j aouttc4 was Jnst enough tnrkey and mince pie left over from Thanks. giving to feed 100,000. Who the lucky 100,000 will be was an all-absorbing topio today. However, the quartermaster Is endeavoring to make up for the deficiency by purchases from the French. When the American supplies arrive the supplies will be returned. (By United Press Cablegram.) ZURICH, 'Dec 22. "Rectification of the frontier" is the Invariable phrase used by the German press in discussing Germany's peace with Russia. Apparently it was this demand for Russian territory which caused the deadlock at "rest Litosk. (By United Press.) NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 22. Stock tickers nd brokerage houses are circulating a report that the monster Krupp munitions works in Germany are afire. No confirmation of this report has reached the United Press by cable. FIVE ARE HURT IN ACCIDENT As the result of nn automobile accident List niffht at the Illinois Steel tracks. IS.mth Chicago, five people from tndinna Harbor are in the hfpit.!l suvio of them badly hurt. Aittiougii trie unormaiion available is ' meager et it is kr.onn that the car contained I'aul I'cpovich. 3454 Guthrie street whose arm was broken and who suffered bid lacerations about the face and head; Mrs. Tony Ptepanovich of Guthrie street, and Vasil Laganskl, C713 Cedar street. The party were driving to a hospital in Chicago to see some friends and were hit by a big touring car, the machine in which they were riding being practically demolished. The extent of the injuries of the four people with Popovich are not known. YOU CAN GET YOUR FLAGS Quite a number of those members of the Indiana Harbor chapter of the Red Cross who are entitled to service f!a.?. have not been supplied as yet and to save Croe and provide as.iint any omission?, such members are requested to call at the chapter headquarters p.t P.re station No. 2. corner of Guthrie and Elm streets. These flags indicate the number of memberships held in .the family and are centered with a white star when all jof the members of the family hold membership?. I CROWN POINT. IND.. Dec. Those Crown' Point residents -who haiei
not joined the Red Cross will have an : opportunity this coming v eek. as both WABASH, IND., Dec. 22. Two firethe Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls jnt'n were,- injured and ten others were will start a systematic campaign for knocked down when an acetylene tank new members and the re-enrollment of I exploded during a. fire at the Tyner gr-
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FIGHT GABY
GOAL FIRE Blaze in Half Million Ton Pile Contested (nch by Inch 100,000 Tons Loss . is Faced, ! With a possible loss of 100,000 ! tons and the deterioration of as 'much more the dormant fire in. one of the United States Steel corporajtion's coal piles at Stockton, near iPine beach, Gary, will be fought i systematically and the blaze will be contested much on the. order of gaining ground on the European battle fronts. The smouldering fire, which has given the corporation trouble for months and which was believed to have been extinguished by the cold weather, has- broken out along quite a stretch. For a third of a mile the giant coal pile, 60 feet wide and as high as a two-story house is emitting spurts of fire, steam and smoke. At the west end of the giant volcano the top blaze is said tobe consuming coal at the rate of hundreds of tons. FIGHT IT INCH BT INCH. With the breaking out anew of the bla:e the corporation has begun a systematic fight on it. USE BIG METHODS. Freight (rains, giant steam shovels, powerful electric cranes, sand barricades the size of a hill, trenches and other methods are beinir employed. Tftiinload after trainload of coal is being removed to rafter zones, and while much of it is badly used up by tho heat a large iihare of It con be put to other uses. Building of a pumring station and the laying of pipe I ns is under way and when high pressure water streams ere available this with tho segregation of coal Into units will, it is believed, etop the flames. Coke nnd other coal, raid to amount t. 1,000,000 tons, stored nearby, is In no dancer from the flames. FUEL ADMINISTRATOR THERE. William t. lreuer. county, fuel administrator, Ingwnld Moc, his deputy for Gary, and a TI.MF.S reporter were at Pine beach yesterday from v here they viewed the methods of attack hems used on the fire. Mr. Peuer, however, has no jurisdiction over industrial coal. Other steel plants in tlie region have had spontaneous combustion troubles with their coal reserves, and this is believed to be the cause of the Gary blaze. Chief Grant of the Gary fire department said that his services had not been called in. Experts say that the fire may continue for months with a loss that will run into more than 11.000,00. GO OVER TOP FOR RED GROSS (By United Press.) CLEVELAND. O.. Dec. 22. Indiana. Ohio, Kentucky, comprising the lake district i nthe Red Cross membership drive acquired their Quota of picmber todav by more than 200.000. figures f.oj day show the three states have a tojtal membership of 1.732.000. Indiana's I total is 511.000; Ohio. Siti.OOO. and Kentucky, 213,000. The drive closes Mon- ! day. HAMMOND Hammond boasts of four complete Red Cross schools, numbering over ISOi children. Irving. Lafayette. Washington and Columbia schools now carry the RM Cross banner signifying that ever student is a junior member of the American Red Cross. The Columbia school with 2H children became a banner school through a series of entertainments dramatizations of school studies. Mrs. Polkman was secretary of the "drive." Miss Edith Barger is principal of th school. TWO FIREMEN HURT AS TANK EXPLODES
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