Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 161, Hammond, Lake County, 28 December 1917 — Page 1

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Allies Decline to Consider Proportion Advanced by Huns Through Stove Pigeon, (BULLETIN.) (By Waited Press Cablegram.) TAXIS, Sec. 20. France will refuse to negotiate any German- contrived reace such as the terms announced by Premier Csernta of Austro-Hungary provide. Toreign Minster Pinchon declared today In. the chamber of deputies. The declaration was received with treat a-rplanse. (By TJalted Press Cablegram.) LOXDOK, Dec. 28. The allies object In continuing the war is not imperially, c or Indicative "but is for the future freedom and peaco of mankind, Premier Lloyd George declared today in a letter iu the laborite war aims congress. "The question of fresh declaration of our war aims Is constantly kept in view." "the rrtmier said. "But such a declaration will only be issued in agreement of the allies. "The ideals for which we are now fighting are. the same ns those when Britain entered the war." l.lov.i George's letter followed an orcnifig speech by Arthur Henderson, British labor leader, who declared the 'lies must defnitely renounce any desire for concuest and urged a restatement and clarification of war amis. Henderson urged the labor congress .ali-d specially to discuss war aims to n.dopt rresident 'Wilsons outline of war i l.'jectt ts. GUftTEMlUS RftZEDBY QUftKE U. S. L;gation and Consulate Damaged; No Americans Killed. WASHINGTON. Iec. 25. An earthquake, general throughout Guatemala yesterday, caused a Its of frnn ten to lorty live3 and extensive rrorcrty damage "in Guatemala City, the state department was' advised late today in a rable d!ratch from the American charge there. Xo mention was mad-3 as to damiS9 in the interior. The American legation was damaged, hut it is still habitable. The American consulate aiao was damn pod. Shocks starting at 10:"fi Christmas iitorninK continue! almost without cessation until the time of filing the !ast message yesterday afternoon. The second m'ssaee '"'J the city was rapidly being demolished, and thai the deaths did r.ot ir elude any members of the diplomatic corps or other Americans. "Wireless, cables and telegraphs have !.n interrupted, railroad lines cut and hundreds of dwelling-houses ruined. NEW CASES. i'ROWX POINT. INC., Dec. 18. The following cases have been filed in the Lake Circuit Court; Spec. Perform. HVm. J. AVhinnery) Emma J. Granger vs. Clarence I. Hoffman and Padie C. Hoffman EXPECTS TO BE CALLED IN PROBE i1- v " o t 1 tVy.'-.V 1V.-V6 t ' John A. Donald. John A. Donald of Staten Island, N'. Y., expects to be called before the senate, committee investigating delay in the shipbuilding prop-ram. Donald has been a member of the U. S. shipP'ir.j; board since its organization.

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KAISER IX CLOSEUP GA RUED AS TURK

W 7. Kaiser ilhe'.m This unusual photo of the kaiser as taken in Constantinople during his recent diplomatic visit to Turkey. He is wearing a Turk fieM marshal ! uniform. MYSTERIOUS BLAST IN HAMMOND PLANT Windows And Doors Blown Out And Machinery Is Wrecked Early Today. A manipulation of levers, whether by careless workmen or outsiders is not known, early today caused an explosion at the Hammond pas plnt of the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric comran. doing damage which may reach $3,000. The plant is located at "Wilcox and Hohmsu streets. At five minutes after three o'clock the city Vibrated Willi the shock of the explosion of the b'at main which carries air from the blower to the pas machines. The levers had been adjusted so that the gas could back up frni the machines. Window 3 and deors were Wovn out, the blower wrecked and other serious ilarnog done but fortunately no one was hurt. For three hour?! tie manufacture of gas was f i,ipr""l w biie repairs were made. During that period the city was rupplied ft cm the reserve store in the holders. There, wasn't a piece or plas the siie of a soup plate left in the building. HURLEY ELOPES TO mi POINT i'Realty Broker Again Em- , barks On The Sea That ! Is Full'of Subs. CROn.V POINT. 1XD.. Dec. Ignoring his solemnly uttered advice -f only a few years a 5.1. J. Prime Hurley, former realty broher. aga-ti has embarked on the sea of matrimony. "With "Miss Katherine P.ar:i'. a stenographer. lie obtained a niarrias" license at Crown Point e?f":day. It was to r.a". e been a secret, but many secrets leak out. fome years ago Mr. Iluiy wa. sued for divorce In Chicago. Then he yp.jh,. as follows: "Always remembr that beauty ;s onlj- skin deep. Even if the g 1 I of you:- dream? is possessed of p. $100,000 nose, don't stand for t'n-. spider and fly game. My advice to 'stay single. ;md if things b. 4; in to get serious, e.-t. " The frs: ::-. Hur'.c . w l.oi.i lie uri w'.r:i he r tctcJ iicr from drowning, ''hi-',"'! itity and obtained the deil0 n'3( lamed as beanty wiiix the $100,000 nose,'' because jir. Hurley averred its perfection was worth that sum when compared to the nose of a famous .professional model whose services commanded high prices. ! Beaten By Fellow Workman I E VANS VI L.LE. IN !..." Dec. 2S. 1917. I John Hanke. employed in a hoe facI tory here was given a severe beating I today by several of his fellow- work- ! men for refusing to satilte the Amer ican flag. CROWN POINT. 1XD.. Dec. ;s. Tae 1 boa i d of county commissioners are in ! session today 10 clean ur th balance j of ih y ear s business, it being the last 1 time Auditor Simon will meet with that bod v

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i Hammond Distillery Which 1 In Last Few Years Has Paid Uncle Sam One Hundred Million Dollars Is Forced Out of Business. A Philosopher's View. "I accept the situation philosophically for Z am nothing. if X am not patriotic. The fate of the Hammond Distilling company Is merely a small incident by the side of the great world war and the vast problems that confront this government in the Conduct of Its part of it. At this time I am more interested in the winning of the war. That's all X have to say. "JOHN E. TITZfrEXALD." The Hammond Distilling company, one of the city's fnest assets, a plant worth half a million dollars, was yesterday knocked down under the 8uctioneer'" hammer for scrap, fetch. ig $65. 50" Tlio United States fo eminent and the state of Indiana yesfrday put out of business a thriving rnanufa, turlnp institution. vhch. since it was founded a comparatne few years ago, has paid the V. .c. in revenues almost one hundred million dollars a Mini so vast that it is almost incredible, but the company has the books to show for it. COXJNTT AND CITY A LOSES. To the state of Indiana, the county of Lake and the city of Hammond the company has paid hundrfds of thousands of dollars in taxes besides. It has paid to huuWreds of happy and wellkept employes another vast sum for wattes. To fatnieis. coopers and other smaller auilliary dependants with whom it dealt a stream of gold has flowed from it. Its leading product was alcohol used for manufacturing purposes. P. "W. MEYN GETS IT. There were nine bidders for the riant and some spirited bidding en the part of the scrap and junk dealers until the figure S6.-j.o00 was reached when the hammer fell and the plant and its ((Mitiou-d I'll pa;e two. REHEARSALS START FOR MIHSTRELS r.chcarsals began last night for the big Red Cross benefit the .Shrine Minstrels, which rrak Temple will pre sent at the Tie l.uxe Theater on Monday, Tuesday and "Wednesday nights. Jan. T t It. 8th and Oth. Some forty or fifty of Hamirond's? best sinsrers and dancers, including; fifteen joung ladies of this city, are nightly giving thfir time and energy for the singing of the latest sor.gr. rslong with rome -pcoialy writCm numbers, and the dancing of the latest t l-p3 from the rcent Broadway shows, tinder the direction of P.alri' 11 Hamilton ami Alex. T.obK of the Urrn Production company of Chicago. Patriotism, minstrelsy", musical comedy and vaudeville are all skillfully woxen into-the two and a half hours' entertainment which the Shriners will present. The thrillers are entliusiaslic about its prospects, t. Mi ! : of the lodge attended the first rehearsal last night and have pronounced the m-.terwi! ;i.mong the best ever offered in the annual classic of music and mirth. Tim cast has also been pronounced oil" of the best and the specialties, which along with the cast will be announce.? later, are unusually novel. i:ce-'tioi;rliy '..- . - 1 ;: i';. and ioviui.it..-; v. ill l': used throughout the .nine production, which with its excel1 iu cast, will make this amateur revue the thing it ought to be a "scream" from start to finish. The advance tickets may now be obtained from any ShrinT or at any P.ed Cross headquarters, and these may be exchanged for resertcd seats at the Masonic Temple, beginning "Wcdnesday morning. January 2 at 10 o'clock. Kvery ticket goes toward the Jted Cross and when they nsk you to buy one don't forget that the mone goes towards our soldier boys. ALLEGED SLACKER. (By I nited Press I fl.HVF.LAXU. Dec. Zt. 191T V4liam C. Thompson. 51, Gary, was arrested here today on a charge of having failed to report at Gary for examination for the f.rmy. He will be taken to t'amp Sherman. 'hillicothe, 1 .. where he w ill be cei titled in!o the National army.

THE U. S. A. RAILROADS By nuifj-tr-r , all American railways under Director General MeAdoo 1 ho preatest rilroad in the world was formed toty. Number of employes, about 1.700..OOO with an equal number in related locomotive, freight ear and other plants. Miles of track, about 250,000. Number of mllroad companies, about 700. ? All cara in service, 2,500,000. Capital stoci unci funded debts, $17,000,000,000. Gross annual eperating- revenues, $4.000,000,00 O-ross anual operating expenses, $3 000.000,000. Tons of annual freig-ht, 1,500.000,OOO. Passengers carried yearly, 1,250,-000,000.

"PURE GOLD" HOLDEN - TO SJPEAKSATURDAY Address To Be Made By The "Hammond Plan" Evangelist. I" f. l .;. Hrdden will gne an address at the Ch ni'oer of Cmnmcne tomorrowevenmp. Prof. Holdou will p-l-c.ir in behalf o the "Ihimmom) Plan" organization. Jesse 'Wilson will gie. a re iew of the iv:.rk accomplished since its organization. I.at't January lie International Harvester Company -uuler the direction of Prof. Hold ii conducted a. great campaign in Hammond in which ocr l."00 people wore iu attendance at the different meetings. These meetings were generally enthusiastic and resulted in a great deal of good. They give Hammond a unique ami prominent position jn the iio life of the country. TEN BELOW ZERO OH WAY HERE I.xpect -e-ro weather tonight. It may be 10 below tomorrow. The mercury dropped from .11 above; zero at S o'clock last night to S at Z o'clock this morning. This was the -valuing issued by the weather bureau last night. The fore-! caster declared that by nightfall the mercury would pass the zero mark on a ; downward glide anl Saturday would j bring a very void spell, in which the' temperature knight drop to 10 degrees1 be.uw i.ero. 1 1 It will remain cold o-er .'Sunday and j Monday at least Then a moderation may be expected. Western Canada is feeling idasts that arc ;! jlcgt-ce below zero and the cold breezes are headed for "htcago. They will be moderated considerably before tonight, however, when they will probably reach here. NEW TRUCK COMPANY f llr I nHed Press TOl.EDU. Dec. CS. 101" A million and ; half dollar company Ts being orcranizrd here l,- ,. h P.ies to operate "11" bund rod mot-r trucks in long; distance freight hauling business between Dctriot and Cin innati. and ( hicago and f'e eland. Th- tru-ks will be operated in ro;ip "f five. A 24-hour sched.ilc beiwerr Chicago and Toledo !s planned. EX-PRESIDEXTS DAUGHTER TO WED to, -n T A s 5 1 . s Miss Esther Cleveland. The enpapenfrit has been recently announced of Esther Cleveland, daughter of the former president, ("Irover Cleveland. t$ Captain Bosanquet of the Coldstream puards. who has been decorated for valiant service.

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Dritish soldiers after trench raid wait for Red Cros. The longest minutes of the war are those spent by wounded men lying: In the trenches waiting for Red Cross ambulance men to take them back to base hospitals. The Tommies in the photo have already received ft ret aid.

IISPEGTORS A lt.0'-if bunding will be ere-:-ted at f'CO Fields avenue, r.ast Hammond, for the Standard siccl Car woik?, by the' Mellon Stuart Company of Pittsburgh.) according to n city bail report today. P is said the building will bo used! as hcndnua r: c 1 p of government officials font hero to inpect war supplies made, l-,v- flirt r'ntiuisn, I It will be a frame structure, 73xo7x0 COMMISSION GIVES RAISE IH' I nllnl Press! INI TANA Pi 'I. I:-. Dec. IS The Indiana Public Sen i, e Commission today gi anted alio'it one-half of the increased faies .ifk'-ii by the 1'riion Traction company operating in many cities of j central Indiana. Straight. five-cent J fare for the cties of Muncie. Anderson and Marion were piovided for. ThisJ is the first decision on petitions on increased fares asked by intertirban com- j panics in the state and is taken as an indication' of what will be done w ith requests for increa.-cs by other inteiurban lines. HOOVER FAIL 1 TO APPEAR II l tilted Press-t i VASHIXtiTf'S'. Dec. i'S. HUT. Pood I administrator Hoove,- failed to appear 1 before the Senate sugar investigating; i committee t"day as requested, angering I members of the committee. 1 1 loovr's' i 'oinoil in a letter said the i a d m ini s t ra 1 o r bail Xm ' 11 1; lied to New ! Vol k C'terilu t" attend ii important con f f : . n. c "ii li.nnage. He said Hoover I w mil. I be back early next week and wo ;!i no clad to testify. ENJOYING j BALMY BREEZE ! While Hammond is shivering. Clar ence Herbcr. former clerk in the Hammond cily treasurer's office, and Fred Gescheidler, former cashier of the GaryHeat, Dight Water Company, brother of Howard Gescheidler of the Hammond Trust & Savings Company, are enjoying balmy southern weather in Florida. Herber and Gescheidler enlisted several wefk:-. ago ar.d are now stationed at Camp .Joseph If;. Johnston, twelve miles from Jacksonville, . Tn their letters received today by friends theysaid the camp is incomplete and was not in readiness for their arrival. They said they spent Christmas day in Jacksonville with Dr. and Mrs. P.ell of Hammond who are visiting there. BANK ARE CLOSED. ; (By I lilted Presa 1 PETROGRAD, Deo. lS. 1917. All private bank.? in the city incluling some! foreign bran, lies were closed by or- I der of the Bolshcviki government to-J day. Soldiers and sailor. occupied the! building. Manv dirci.r. werej mie?tcHI i '

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4 Latest bulletins (By United Press Cablegram.) WITH THE AMERICAN A KMT IN TRANCE, Sec. 28. Two American soldiers, members of a wood cutters' division, were killed on a recent moonlight evening when a German aviator dropped bombs on their camp. Both victims of the raiders were privates. Becent nights have been ideal for raiders. A brilliant moon lights np the snow-covered country like a midnight sun. Aeroplane motors are occasionally heard all over the- American zone. Tor the most part the soldiers boyishly hope for a visit from the raiders just to relieve the mcnotcay of every day drill. . (By United Presa Cablegram.) AMSTERDAM, Dec 28. Russian peace negotiators hay accepted Count Czerlns peace terms as the basis for general peace discussion and will renew the conferences at Bhest Zdtvosk next Wednesday, according X.0 word received here today via Berl'ru Czernin asked for immediate regotiatlon of matters effecting Russia alone. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. The next j draft call including deferred percent- j ages cf the first quota as yet not cal- j led out will be made tinder the questlonnalre classification. Provost Marshal ! General Crowder announced today. There i will be no further formal call therefore j before Feb. 15, he said. This means! that men included in the deferred per- ! centage of the first quota most of which : Is now Sn camp, w:il enjoy the ben3ts j of the questionnaire classification end j will be drawn only as they come under Class 1. Men selected nader the eld regula-! tions continne to go however, when : needed to make up deficiencies. TJeeision ; to await clarslfication of oil men b?fre making another fermal call was reached because of the need for special classes of service. i 1 , 1 ZEPPELIN FAILURE BT W. "S. TOREST. (By United Press Cablegram.) WITH THK FRHNCH AKMIRS IN THK FIELD. Dee. Germany's Zep pelin program, announced with boastful pride in 13H. stands .1 dreary failure todiy. Accurate figures available to .he Crated Press show that of fi f t y -t h ree Zeppelins put into commission suo-e 1H4. thirty-live have been totally destroyed, two have been , ba.fi v dima'ii and put out of commission, two possibly destroyed now missing, one temporarily out of commission, thirteen remaining in service (eight of which are detailed to tlv North Sea. two to the P.nltic and three as experimental shchoo": ships.) Raids over France, England and Belgium have, cost the Germans seventeen Zeppelins, eight have been accounted for in England, five in France and four in Belgium. Accidents by fire, wind and lightning have desrrocd at e, cifcht in Germany.

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5E Wild Stories Sent Oyer Country About Extent of Damage Done, An explosion at the Inland Ste plant at Indiana Harbor about tc't ; o'clock this morning resulted i.: perhaps fatal injury to one ma.;. ' Serious injury to another and lesser injuries to five or six other men. The damage to the bi-products plant where the explosion occured ' will reach several thousand dollars and stories of the affair were far more serious than the event itself. THE WOSST INJURED. HAKRT T. SHIVERS, aged foreman, "7116 Kuclid avenue. Indiana Harbor. HARRY T. HEWITT, aged CO, 462 Hickory street, Hammond. The wildest imaginable stories were circulated over the Chicago and CaVumet manufacturing district regarding the extent of the explosion. One was-that a thousand men were killed and that ambulances were coming by wholesale from Chicago to carry the dead and dying to hospitals. The explosion occurred about ten o'clock and happened from a leak in a gas feed ripe in the bi-products department of the coke shop. It looked serious for a time because the clouds of smoke and gas fumes overpowered a number of. men temporarily who afterwards recovered. Calls for Indiana Harbor ambulances were sent out and it was a half an hour "before an inventory could be taken of th damage to employes ar.d the buildingGreat work was done by the firemen and the giant mill's efficient safety department. Inilmotors were in readiness to resuscitate the overcome. Shivers, who is a foreuitin, was badly burned and he may die. PeWitt is alsn quite seriously burned. Hoth, men were conveyed to Mercy hospital in Gary. A number of other men were slightly burned and taken to the Inland's Emergency hospital. The building where the explosion occurred is a fire proof building and" the. damage will probably be covered by ten or fifteen thousand dollars. TWO GARY SOLDIERS KILLED IN FRANCE Two more Gary soldiers have been killed in action in France while serving" inthe Canadian army. The heroes are. James MaeKensie, ."61 Harrison street. and Arthur Robertson, 63'i Maryland street. Mrs. A. A. MacKenzff? who gave h"r husband and three sons In the war service today cot word that one of th bos. James. 2? years old, bad died in the battle of Vimy Kidge. K fell when Uieut. James Van Atta. also of Gary, was killed. Younk MacKcnzie left Care early in the war and joined a Canadian regiment. His father is serving as captain of a British transport; his brother. Colin, is an officer, while the youngest brother. Godfrey-, is with the Indiana brigade at Hattiesburg. Miss. Robertson, who was killed on October 31. was employed in the Gary steel mills and was the brother of Mrs. J. A g e n . WAS UXDER FIRE IX FRANCE, BACK - 1 1? 4 f . ... '. At it" "s"s8!5j' 1 : ... : : Min Klsie Stevens. Miss Elsiff Stevens, who ha been onder fire of German puns in France where she has been with an Amcrg ican hospital unit, is spending a three-week holiday fu.rIou.ph with her parents in Hoboken, N. J.

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