Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 52, Hammond, Lake County, 5 January 1918 — Page 1

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Sentiment Abroad Favors Statemsnt Pledging All Allied War Aims. (By TJnlted Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 To hearten ; tt Russians anil thwart the Oeratos the proposed allied restatement Pi war ! alma t likely to be hastened. That vai the general thought in ' diplomatic quarters today although , American officials she little lifht co ' what la beneath tbe surface, j (By United Frees.) NEW TOKK, Jan. i. "It can be stated that the aliics will in the; near future; issue a joint declaraticti of var aim?." declared a special London isbk printed lod3- by ths New York Time?. "This is at the present moiafnt," The Tunc? quoted an unnamed informal;!, "is under considers, icn and its cai't contents and the moment and method of publication must of necessity depend upon a meeting of tho minds of the different allied government?. Jt l? certain however that the declaration will now be made." More than a mouth sro exclusive Vn!td Pr-? dispatches from London reported sentiment crystalizmg there for ?. repledgmg of var aims by the allies m a single statement which would hf subscribed to by ail. The United Pre -5 dispatch explained such a joint declaration was favored by President Wilson a move which would make entirely rlear to all tbe world and par-ti-ularly to democratic Russia exactly where tlie allies stood, t Turkey Gets in the Game. (By U cited Press Cablegram.) rtiTROGKAD. -Ian. 5. Turkey is willing to grant Nssia free passage, through the Dardenelles during the remainder of the war but holds all her front irs should be restored to their status of b?fcre the war according the text of the Ottoman peace term? a? announced today from Bi est-Litov: k. The Turkish delegates outlined their terms as follow-,; First. Turkish frontiers to be the same as before the. war. Second. Agreement by a convention a.; to future sea trad". Third. Individual war losses to be refunded. t'curth. Territoiial safety and development of Persia, to bo . guaranteed on the basis of entire independence. Fifty. Free passage for Russia through the Dardenelles and the Fe?phorns during the war. Siith. Limited mobilization for national defense. DAVIDSON TO ERECT 200 HOMES Oprrlal 1 The Timn) WHITING. IM, Jan. 5. H. ? Pa . idon. Whiting banker and real estate iealr whose r.pera t ior.s are xteni'. e throvghout North township- will ere.' homes in V1m.ng this ycai tin ough the firm of Smitli-I-JadT-Da v id .sen IRENE THEN GOT. Tr?ne Griswold, i- r-c-ar? old. a religious fanatic wad arreted last evening for vagrancy. She didn't know iv here she 1 v ed. Fed ice told her they riidnt care as Ion at as she got r.-:t of Town. Sh said she would. JAIL COUXTESS WHO HOLDS FUNDS - ' i jM " it .ffl'.VCountess Tanin. Countess Tanin, minister of public Instruction in the Kerensky cabinet, has been convicted of misappropriation of fund3 and sentenced to ira-prisonment.

EXVOVS LEAVE IX liHITISH SHAKE-UP

V V 1 ' - Ik... Sir Cecil SpririR-Rice (.above) and Lord Bertie. The recently announced retiremer.ts of Lord Cecil Spring-Rice. British ambassador to France, does not indicate a change in British policies according to London adv ice?, but are the moves of the British government in puttip.c fresh blood into a department that is Said to greatly reed it. While the work of Ambassadors Spring-Rice and Bertie has rot been unfavorably criticized.it has t.en felt in YAfr.'n British circles that the British interests abroad could be more safely entrusted to the hands of men in closer touch with the modern worid and who have not "lived in an atmosphere utterly remote from the realities of things today or who look with disdainful eye cn commerce." TJertaian Dai.ika might have been despondent lat nik'ht; ho might havei felt sorry for ;h- Kaiser and again he J 'might ha-.o her-n jut lain drunk when : he fa'-tene.i a piece r.f eopper Avirei ! around his re. k and hung himself in a; she. iieh-ml his rooming house. ,LI 'ak sir-e'. ."'iii.n.ond. He was found dead: ' tiii? r-o- ning. i Damka w a s ?? vea: old and w orked i at the Simpb-x. He :.? -;iid to Tiave a .wife aril. li ohiidren in Au.-t ria Han-: i cary. lb- v.i'l b-- buried tomorrow aftI r i-noon at oak Hi!! cemetr ry. SDBRY CHIT GO SAYS MIL TURNER ! I He Is Glad However That Friend Haan Is Near Top ! I Of U. S. Army. i Fx-Shei:ff A. Murray Turner has receivd tin invitation from his friend ExjOiptain W. G. Haan. now lit Waco. Te.. j hiddin bmi ,.'oino dowti and throw a I'g jvrr the I'nrst j.ie-r- of horseflesh this j si l" of tii- ltso Grand-. j rrobably th- r-v-;.ii'ri!'f, h" 1 tcvv a financial magnate will ne-t be able to accept the bid of 'he ex-captain v ho i? now a major general, I". S. A., altho he a:i straddle a horse rj well I as he did in the e-ld days when M'hj.Gen. Haan v as jut plain Will, and Canker Turret- was just plain Murray. Wniv the invitation ,-ame to- n-v ? that p.ii sa d ier-'j-ne ra 1 Ilaan had been , i-ade a major-genera I fnl that his di vision would soon b- called p France. ; Send THE TIMES to your ' soldier boy. Let him see how vs i left behind arc backing him up.

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; Program For Shrine Affair Given Out; Big Crowd Exi pected From All Parts of Countv For Three Day - , Affair. All the Jollies" -Jollity, Gaiety, Joy. i i Love. Laughter. Vim. Zest. Sparkle.' "W ! and their tiny elfi.sh brothers and; Miters w.il rtorm t lie citadel of Old i I King Gloom Monday, when the .Nobles i of t'rah Temple release the fetters at j the !) Luxe Theater in the first of three ! rights of the w lid's, abandon of liiinr ' trclsy, musical comedy and vaudeville i cf r t'.nnol loose on a commuu.ty. j Its. the Jollier, of 191." the grrate.-t . ; sl.o-.v event of its kind ever flaged :n ' 'Hammond. ,i.d for three r.ihls thisj 'Fun god will rule. Mondav. Tuesday: j and "VVednvsday nights three nlstits or j unmitigated, unending laughter. The j seat sale, that nmst important even lL i vou're to be among the fortunate I of !)i"-e ner!'. o-ma imes is now c.'in; oil I at the Mi.-onic Temple " Tis no mere amateur mmstrrl ?how jjou will behold. Instead, the finished! ! product, v'hi. h has been attained after; j long d,i; s and nights of constant and. expect training, v. il I offer a polirh-id ensemble of the ilwt artistr.v. Seer.-! !trv aiT.l eoitumc-s will be the finest pes-i 1 s ble to be turtod out by expert scenic i and costume or'ists m the windy 1 of Chicago. ' Here's 1 lie cast and seem' m w m ' they jippea. : ! Programme. Grand Minstrel. First Far'., entitled. . "llarmon -Land." Interlocutor Judge Virgil S. neiter. i End Men-br. II. F. Sharrer. Sid Kaufman. F. K. r.tirns. Dr. V. M.. Shank- ! Im. G. L. Adkins. Harry V Margenau. lorn II. lTf r.tz n'i v m .-.i ism n i Balladtsta Geo, W. v'lark. John JIc1 Xeill. Louis tto. !:?? Harvey. ! Harmonists 11 .ILs t '.-.Hunter, AV. A I .stout, br, IZ. M. Sh.inklm, C. P. Kruns- ; don. I'anftl. Mooihcad. 1 'r. G. L. plinth. Ir. W. li. Davis. Chester A- Lock wood Hoy r?. Ponsib. L C. Smith. Theodore '. Klotz. C. A. Smith. L. F. Lehmann. S. F. Allison. The?. Dixon. Dr. V. M. Pi j. W. Stewart, Ilalph Loy, 1 1. J. Millies and H. H. Jewett. Program of Muslcalltumbeas. Opening Overture '"Down n Louisiana'" Company i Down South Lv 'rv body's Happy" Win. Siartsntan " I May Tie Gone for a Long. Long -r,r,,.-" .John McNeil! a.. Viound" Lo,,id . ith tbe Ma- j ll?rr,n l.ine .Marl'. .lnl Klllil U Harry Margenau If You Had All the orld and t Its Gold '.co. vv . t tart Some 1)110 Flse May F,e There While I'm Gone" C L. Adkius Id Fe At Homo If They'd Let Me Join the Army"-Sid Kaufmtn Mo'her. Dimo and Tou" Hej s Harvey of the Frc n Co. I Am t ITopaied for That" Dr. H. K. Sharrer .-end .Me Away With a Smile".. . . ... Louis Otto l3i The r.ag Time KcfiimTit F.nd Men ibl The Stais and Stripes ForCVPt- F.ntire Company 'intermission During which a select1 number will be rendered. Act II. ere 1 Introducing some novel i leas, i od'ville. musical comedy offermgs : i a 1 opening i 'horn ( h W hat a Night t , STfli GDNTRAGT BOOMS E The Cliicago machinery trade is much I brisker ' because of the heav y orders ; placed by the Hammond plant of the ! Standard Steel Car company, which has '; a 5O.O0O.iUiO munitions order from Uncle Sam. Howitzer rart? are to be made for the artillery service. ; isosides ordering v ast quant it ir? of I machinery, meeting new additions includin a ma bine shop f.Mt loot hng ;and -50 fe'-t wide the company's rush program calls for a hotel and 1C'.1 more dvv riling?. GIRL SUES BANKER. i INDIANAPOLIS. ' i ' I " 'ill- f f Lond' i .... - iJan. f, Miss Amy n. England, at pre?todav filed a breach, against' Alan Gray, of Evansville. Ind . ent '. :l . . of pt-. mi ! n: il i :on; ir suit a n k ei f.'l- ."J..".''.!"'. r..tl,r SioaMi'i is asked . William, chargmsr that !it:l- f..r Alan's change of h i i ' . r I h e ;-. h 1-. V. n .' -s .-"'0iii .-.r.'. ;-lion. wealth family O'Connor i? a I o - i -ay ' :i K'. a :isv il daughter of a r e the j le. Miss a former professor of mathematics at Dublin ' Fniverslty and has 1wn brother? in t h Frit i ?h rmv.

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TO BAR MILLED Senators Watson and New Appeal in Behalf of City I Against Alien Mayor. "u ..siii."';t v. a tors Watson ami . L . Jan. Z' nf Indiana a.- Ked President "Wilson o.-tcrday to taUe step? (e. pieNrii!. Fred '. Miller, born in this ccaii'rv of CJeinrm paren's and without final nnturahzHtion (.apors. f rtu brr.-tniir.g mn or of ! j cli is . n Citj , Ind., next Mondiy. They urce.i that f'sulaj" ons gov err.;ng enemy aliens be cdiang- ! v to prevent them no... holding public offne. i j Court Without Potrer. j Proceedit:gs were instituted in the' Federal oisirict court m Indiana recently to prevent Miller from assuming of- i (''. but l'ed'eial -ludie Anderson, a-! . tnotiga criti-ismg tne vitiiens "f the j city for electing a man . offi; e who .was nor a ci'i.e,-, .lecided HiT under Ihe J ; law he w ns po ert.-i 1. in'eifere i An arpeal war- ro.ade h.c a group of' Mo bican c'i'y o: t i.:ci i :i to the Indian l sei-Ht.-r ) tirf ioc pre- id' nt to take o. Miller slid to have : s on .c ai t : i taken out hn first naturaiisa ion p.Tfier?.. .' The d'-partment of Justieo pointed out th-i' 1'nnel fial's Mat--!i';l .Stolen mij;!it revoke Miller-! rcrrmt. if so dirt cied. in

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i su 'ii action. LEAGUE MIT ASK CLOSE OF SALOONS ; Thinks Schools Ought To Be Kept Open and Saloons and Shows Closed. (V. TJ. HUDBIESTON.) , Gary Central Labor Union had nearly i one hundred rlctprat ,a,,r? ik.-... ! sentatives in mt-ndan.-. at it ni.nnff I m Bttendan at l inen Labor headquarter? in the Feuer building last nicht at it? smoket. j Addresses were made by .T A. Lechner of Hammond, gnieral organizer for i the Machinists" union: L. T. ilenley ot Milwaukee, general otl'ioer of TeamsI ters and Chauffeurs tin ion: J. A. Scani nel. genera! organiser of tlm toot anl Mice orxers union: F. II Metz of lrid. of the Carpenters union. business manager of the lnterurban Journal, and Charles Fox. president of the Indiana State Federation of Labor. Lach speaker w as libera Mv arnlauded. Child Labor Laws. Mr. I.e, hner told of the fight for child labor law?, begun in and passed in Hi1!, a matter of j 'ar in accomp- - .ir,: to:r;i;de' u"" - r . ... ., . ... lie dwelt on the fact that the good m labor organization is not solely for the individual but its fruit ;s also to be reaped by posterity, tuid that it is up to each individual m an organization to put forth his best efforts to firry the work ahead. Mr. Healey told of the Labor Forward movement in Milwaukee and paid Tits compliment? to the misguided pari - fists of the country. He stated that he knew no other country and asked union me n l" get Pelimd the go eminent, m sucn a va; mat no questions as to labor ? attitude vvilrari?e w hen the settlement comes after the war. Mr. Scannel, in his talk, told of the great advantage to the government in that organization ha? made it possible to assemble skilled workers from all over the country to a designated duty j w hen the gov ernincnt offi.-ials all for hea 1(special tradesmen throush the I quarter? of the orga ni '.a,t ion. Mr. Metz. Peine well known locally, told of the progrcs? of organijation woi k in South Fend now under w ay there and vailed on Lake eo'.inty to assist in the work. "Want Defense Representation. Mr, Fo.v in his remarks, went into some detail in telling of the work of the State Council of Defense, of which j he is a member. lb- slates the sole j aim of the council is to guard and promote the inleretts cf the government fror.f all angle? looking to the early settlement of the war. Mr. Fox stated that it was -the order of the state council that a member of organiz ed labor be placed on each county board i so that the worker should be represent-j el thereon. but in a few instances. which it was thought would be correct - ed later, the mandate had not been car- j ried out. He told of the manifestly tin- j tair auvaniages iliac wire oeint; its-o, by organization, not composed of i workers, which were bem turned down, as Is st as they cam- up. and urged j union men not t" impos- any eondi-j G-iir that will lehotmd to lheir credit; in anything Put n mir ario patri."!mann. r Mr. l'ev (..se.l - retnarks With an appeal for all lo. als to affiliatiwith the State, Fedeiation of Labor. President Hartsteiu presided at the 1 rssion and a nnoiine-.l that a seeial meeting "f Gary Central Labor union will be held lint Friday night and at the meeting of January IS. eleetioti of -officers will b- held. igar mid soft drinks were served rbirins the course of : Inst night'? inert in-. . i Notwithstanding rep-Tts lo Ihe i.ntrary the Gary public schools will resume session? on Monday. Januaiv 7, dsp':t th eoa! si'uation. This anro'inemeni was mde loday.

HATS OFF TO FIRST SAMMY TO , GO OVER THE TOP. IX FRAX'CE

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j The first American to go "over the top" and out across No Man's Land I is Lieut. Walter H. Shafer of Chicago. In a recent letter to friends in Chicago Lieutenant Shafer told of the event that won him the distinction. He

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terjant Shafer is well known a3 a football player and was formerly a star halfback on the University of Chicago eleven.

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! Brown Appointee Discharg - - ed By Smalley Administration Before He Had Bedl Appointed By May-Or-EleCt. j i..m the . e of the in.au c ui ation . Mayor-elect Dan Lroun and the other ietorious citizens" party Candida t? s. a i char?" was made of a more serious na j tur than those .- ... . . . , . . . icaTurm in' rceeiu tt ts i.otri'v political campaign pa pv onr, 0f ti10 j :adcrs of t! citizen?" part v that pay-roll padding had been discovered in the city hall under Mayor!Pmalley'r; regime. A teporter invest igat - J ed thoroughly and the facts as, given by; Icily officials are a? lollows: Louis Fret; specher. newly appointed; foreman of the water department by: Mavor-eleet Dan Frown, was employed i until the day before yesterday by the; city as timekeeper for the water depart-', men!. F.reitspeeh-r whs dischargee! by j the board of work? Thursday morning : be. nuse of informal charges made to the, be-ard by tlo- water -Ink at the regular meeting of th- b'.-.rd elnes-day. The eleik told the board that. p. re it -sp-cher had for several works put in ; sity-fKo hours time a v, , t k. without i variaanc- and that his suspicions had i been aroused but that lie had had noih-i lng 4-unervte to base them on until tircj timekeeper put in time tor ( i.ristmas vvlien be' liad not worked that day. Lreuspecher via discharged and paid ofr". the time for Christmas day being deducted. This occurred before the appointments were announced by Mayor-elect Crown.! - j QJJI JJJ) JURY " j IS CALLED ! t IN I ' I A N A I '' 1 LIS. Jan. .1. The fderal ? j grand .iury has been -alle.i to meet ,lani uaiy 1 " to investigafe -lun-gef; that i cMinptii'ii board- in various pails off th- flat's pyities to wlt'desalt" ! Irraiid. ; I ; RULING ON RAILROAD MEN WASHLVG'I't 'N. pp.;.r? j'.r- no; tt -, -Tinif nt r iiiploy ee rmneti t ii.i ssi H'-r Railroad rmonsidered guvompiling g-v -for the draft. be ! n : '11.' Provost Mnrshnl ''rowdf ruled today. I If You Think THE TIMES If, Doing Its Bit Your Support Is Al- : i ways Welcome. i

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surprise attack on the Germans. Lieu Latest Bulletins BY WB. P. SIMMS. .(By United Press Cablegram.) WITH THE BH.ITISH ARMIES IN rKASTCE. Jaa. 5. Lightweight in the final rounds of a finished fight, the Britisa ana oarman armies tmnngr tne nrsx few days of this new year have return. ed to matuai sparrinr, each watching: for a lead. ! They are easing tip after the terrible j blQV.- In recent alaughters. toy uiuibu rteis uain zurich, Jan. 5. central toy uwnu rteis wiii!noi. Powers delrrrn Uc r . t it t-n 1 t, ir tn Trct T.HaacV n.rlar the impression that there would be tin. j mediate resumption of peace negotla;tlon with Russia, arrived to find not a ' single Russian delegate there, accordI lng to Vienna cUspatches today. Instead th delegates received 'telegrams askingfcr transfer oi all future negotiations i to Stockholri. (By United Press Cablegram.) c a -. n -r w -. ra j. uiaaviiifi. u A u. u. jlbcoh nj T.ifi n ni , i Finland's independence from Russia, was

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; council, tne king presiding. CIIIXESE PRFU IER it -'l'nrit t 1 C ,;." li J , ' I ) US .n -r?w General Tuan Chi Jui. General Tuan Chi Jui is not only th'e premier of China and the minister of war, but he serves also a? the chief tf stafT of the Chinese army whenever there is need of him in that capacity. A recent photoeraph shows him at a review of hi forces.

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Entente Aims Fully Announced Last Night by Premier Lloyd George. By ED Xi. XEIS (United Press Staff Correspondent.) LONDON, Jan. 5. Britain V, answer to Count Czcrnin's terms of peace for the central powers were j emphatically announced to the world today by Premier Lloyd George in a speech at the Brit.'." j laborite "man power" conference. j The premier's speech is the fir-t of j ficial and formal reply to Count Zcrmn't j peace proffers. ; The n-itish premier laid down thrci cardm.-il principle? on v.hieli Lritam and the allies would be willing to tall. ' of peace. '1'etore permanent peace mn coine." j the j rimc n.lnister said, " three Condi -i tions must be fulfilled. I "First, the sanctity of the treaty must j be reestablished. j "Seeond. there must be frritorta ; setileinfiit? based on the consent of th 1 governed. ! "Third, there must bo created sorm ! international rgamza'ion to limit th" ! burden? of armament and dimini-b in- ' probability of war." ' It was, that Britain and her allies arc ! fighting: i First. Not for the dec-traction or ; disruption of Germany. Second. Not to destroy Atistria-llut.--i gary or Turkey. j Three. Not merel; to alter or de- ! stroy the imperial constitution of G'l -1 many. 1'ouith. Not to take Turkey's land i. that arc predominately Turkish from J them. j Put for these principles: i First. Complete re-etoration of li- " j gium. j ceeona. Jieparation as 1ar as posfi- ! ble for devastated towns and cities. Third. Neutralization and na'ioua'- ! ization of the Dardenelles. j Fourth. Reconsideration of tie j "great wrong" done to France in 1S71i referring to A Isacc-Lon aim . I Fifth. Establishment of an n.depondj cut Poland comprised genuinely of i Polish elements because this is necessary to the stability of western Ihirop. . Sixth. Arabis. Armenia. Mesopotamia. Syria. Palestine a n en i it 1,,1 i., ! Keparate national ronAionf. Seven. Of Ru?sia the Pritish sttu niau eft tho future ff Ul( dc( Mon , , th Russian people theinelvc i ' nieht. Inliabitants of African co!.-..,-j jcs to be nla.-e." nn.t.i minl.i : acceptable to then. selves for the 'mn. i pose of preventing eMi0itation for tl . benefit of European capitalists and vi European govermnf nt?. i "It w ill stand by the French detno. - rnev to the tlr-ath." l.ln.t ,rc-r .1.-. ! ctared. "It t.-j difficult to speak of Ru sia w ithout suspension of judeme.-r Rucsia can be saved only by hep om, people." The rremier s speech i the f.r't of -- ad fnrmi1' reply to Count Zm:n ra ,'1 Peace 10 trie am- !. nS j nounced through the Russo-Gcrmn negotiation? at Prest-Litov sk. "U hls heQn a -venr s,nro 1 'reside! Wilson asked the belligerents i.!-...- ti... : ...... ... were fighting," Lloyd George cuitint.o i. jet r. i The premier pointed out Gerniaiiy'n j repudiation of reparation a? contain.-,' I the 7-rrnin statement. He added tha I Belsluni autonomy was- subject to thi nations leaving Turkey to decide the 'fate cf the Arabs, Armenians and S ri ians vChile the central powers were ie jmanding the restoration cf their Afr. : can colonies. i "All principles cf self deterniir.a'p-n j here vanished into thin air." be ass-rt-I ni. The r.ilie?" rr rpi irrment ? are; j Complete restoration ed' Belgium at, i I reparation as far a? possible for all 1 devastated towns and land. THREATENS RUSSIA j IB? I' tilled Press Cablegram AMSTERDAM. Jan. 5. "Russia muv I take the consequence? on herself if s'v j breaks off pra-e negotiations.- was tinI veiled threat of lit i man militate hi otv s J contained in a semi-official dispatch j f roni Berlin todV . The message rmphasized that a rupture would" n: change the military or political silupj tion. j German new supers received beie (,,- day all warn against a-ejiiiesen-r inthe German government In the Kussisrt pi-epo?als fc.r oroifet enee of so-'ia I is t4' at Stoexhejiri. alle-ing si:-h .-e.n fere nee would be under Pritish influence. On January 1. a general salary in- ! rrrase went into effect among employe- ! of the Standard Oil Company ef Indi- ; ana. Advance? averaged nbtit '- n per rent. ,

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