Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 174, Hammond, Lake County, 15 January 1918 — Page 1

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EFUSES TO Trotzky Demands to Know Why German People are Not Represented, (By Cnited Fraaa Cablegram.) PETXOOBAD, Jan. 15. Arrest of all members of the Roumanian, legation j here today caused a sensation amons j the diplomatic corps. (By United Press Cablegram.) ; vi-Dnmi An. .7 n . KmiUa ' troop, are leaving the Roumanian front .I !!. . "J!!rffc. rilro-ad. are liter-! " , . . sVtyThousTnd men on Wednesday of lasteek paseed one station. Tulp-j meat and rlilea are discarded by the : r.tnrninff troops. The Bolsheviki today brought six , ,,r Patrofrad. eruisers up the :Nava to nsar i-etrogra, . presnmably to have the guns handy in j rasa the constituent assembly proves! troublesome. iBj Inind l'" tnWram.i AMSTERDAM, -Ian. 13. ttusso-Ger-j -.an pec necottations apparently are , ,-ieadlo-ied again today, according to '. ! spatches from r.rest Eiiovsk. ia Hor- j .! n. Tho German delegates insist on , the Central Fo-vera retaining the.r nP . n occupied territorie; in li'Jssia. Fol- j lowing- Gen. Hoffman's refasal to evacu- . j,,. C-vjrland. 1-ivon and nig-i for teehnical adnani.-tratr'e seasons the ! nMr sittin? . adjourned. Date fur; poeeiole resuTP'ion wa rot -fid. The Germans declared omplete ?u -,:atlon by their trovps could only fol- ! low th Russian demoralization because I f.T,-iBe to -;dden changes in the Rus-, s.an governraental system the Hujfianf ; -.r.'.ght s-ddnly ass'jnio the offensive. ; The-- asserted evacuation applied to i jegior.s of F.uss'a stilt part of the' .tcs actually nc-gofatin: at Er est ! J.iiovpU. inrryins out the previous Gei- ! -;.a:i .stand a to C'ourland. Livonia and Foland. Kcreisn Minift-r Trot.-kv de- : - ,?nded to know why r-i repreu-Mita-iCS O " tlie PCOP.C c:v v. i nii'j .- ggeited inviting- tl.ei Tl. German : presentativ6 postponed discus-i-jn of the u e j 1 1 o n until later. JURIES FOR EMI COURTS ARE CHOSEN (Special to The Times.) .-ROW.N I'OINT. INP.. Jan. 13. Th f'.:ic ir.S juries hac been drawn li i'" jury eon.misaion'-rs. but hae no been called by the court-. Hammond or Oarj Grand Jury. Dai id D'lUcy. Hebron. .lames Thomas. 5th avemi. Gar . . Aihson I. I'rown, l"asl Chicago. V. AY. D--r.ni:;'-u, Crown T'omt. Superior Court No. 1, Petit Jury, Jan Korcst Gorrnely. Lowell. Harry CsrlHii. Ilamnioitd. c has. Hough. Hebron. J. C. Underwood. Millc'i j. Sthn-.clto'-, Hcbnrt. .lohn J. Dreeicn. has i. iucago. "hrist Ilomarcn. llamtiiond. I "crest O. Lee. Crcfton. "m. T.ally. tJar-. icseph Ih-frie;-. F.ast Gary, lnd. I'hse. Tarchcn, Cro-An F"mt. f;eo. H. MillT, Lo" ei. . Suyericr ct. No. 2, PC-It Jury, Jan. T'ua., Wa!!T Schiliir.K. I.ov. oil. ibe rt FtM-k. East Chicago. Herman fPiiiri?. Giant J'.-rh. T.' loc Sterner, 7-3 F.ro.-id-n aj . Grv. 1 ;. T. Fhares. ll.'.nn.iond. t'red L. r.a!diin. Car:-. Lloyd G. Aal'xt-r. lUbrof. t;. F,. Dva'if, Indiana Harbor. John Larscn Jr.. Hobcrt. Albert Koepke. Gary. "Win. C. Frohl, Hammond. Superior Ct. No. 3, Petit Jury, Jan. T'm. George Kawling. Hammond. Howard Tont, Indiana Harbor. August i;inspahr, Lowell. II. XK Diddie, Crown Foint. 'Vftpk Allir-on. AVhiting. Clarence Houk. Crown Feint. .ta-ob Krortivijk. Gar;,. Peter Schneider, M-:iri!l i'i. i;H Maybaurn. Crown Foint. John Tanko. Indiana Harbor. Harry Montgomery. Gar. Wir.. Austgen, Griffith. THE WEATHER

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Falr and Continued CO'id toniglit in 'ro the members. The mayor willj , ... , , , .aptuiint a member from the council an! and probably Wednesday; lowest jCI,? from ,he board of public safety to! temperature tonight about zero;'-'1 ' 11 thc a,iv,;"ir' board of the Cham- j , : her of Commerce. i

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BENEATH JBMjl WHEELS L. J. Reed, Foreman at Grasselli Chemical Plant," Killed at Station. ' I'cUow employes of the Grassei'.s Chemical Co.. yesterday afternoon wi'.j r.essed the death of I.. J. ed. a fote- ' i-.a:i, and v.-ere powerless to present the i casualty v hen a snow bank brushed the ! young man from the steps j a suburban ! tram ami caused lum to roll beneath i ths whe-'s of a coach. It was half an , , hour before the bad'.y mangled body ' could be extricated. : Kecd was boarding th five o'clock ! Lake Shore train lor Chicago at th j ' Crasselli station and as the tram began I to men e stood on the steps. The snow j was banked five feet high so close to i tho rails that Reed was knocked from I : the tram. He fell against the bank and j rolled down, grasping- in ain for a I handhold. , The remains were taken on a bob. sled to the IJurns undertaking establishmerit in Hammond, and will be shipped ; to Hemlock. X. Y.. for burial, lived ,' was tweiuy-scven j ears ci aye aici uu- , msrn ,1. He va5 a member of th Troy. N. Y.. lodge of lllks and was on; Ibis way u the Ulde lodge No. 4 m: i Chicago vhen he met with the fa-li cd r.t. Harms l.vd in Hammomi ; - - , '7 - f, ' "J V!,U a L"!c ' ' It's death was the second kiWinr of a , because of the ttorm. l.ouis Goc e .a , killed Sunday night when he slipped on ; the :.mo-.v in front -f . Motion engine.. His funeral is to b'- held from 171 Con-) ke;-'. avttrac. Thursday afternoon ot 2:"0 ; to t.'ak Hill cemetery, the Ke. Weil of--! ficiatinp. EAST GH1GAGQ TIES UP SOUTH SHORE Iuterurban Expects to Be Running Cars to Chicago Tomorrow. The South Chore iuterurban after givi ing such good service curing the snow j storms of Inst week hop-- to be able to rc.-unic its Cli;i.v.go ier ue on Wedi nesda;. . The iouth Shore succeeded in making two round trips Sunday between S-'outh i Bend and Gar. About tlie same numiber of trains is cspfctcd to make the ' trip today. ! The company reports the vert conditions at Last Chicago. The snow ot a week ago is what is giving the trouble ' now. After clearing u a y most of the 1 snov fall of Saturday, the hard j a-kn; , snow of a v.-eck ago t lay pro ed a big ' obstaele. The big sno-.v p!o ,v h id no ! effect upon this and thi. niorning "he j company ret its smalb.r plow at w'orlc. ; This I love i:3 capable of getting down : next to the brick in the Last Chicago ipacmer,ts. and it is pved it will prov c effective in the clearing process. ! The ?ouM Shore cloi-5 not expect to 1 resume ('hicage, ser ieo for another day 'or F.'o. A big S'lni? is at work digging ; ; ict of Gary, and in th meantime service -will be g:rn between South Fend : end Gary. SAUER KRAUT FOR MAYOR L -m-.'i.-m -mm. iSmff. sniff .. Th ' clerks in City Treasurer F.ie lefeld s office yesterday around won time began lo v.orry. The sumptuous odors fiom below cere taxing their appetites. The i-.i;. f.tej-y wn explained i. hen M i;-or j;,i ri llron n, Clii'"f of poi,e : Austgen. Captain I'teorKe Uanlon. per-s'-'-inl For' hert. Faililf Tro.-t. .Bob I .it w . and. of C'Mir-e. the reporter, dived into .m over-fiowitis dish of siut kraut ond ' sp-'irc ribs in the viuael room, tiooii. tlie mo.-.a hall. Chief Austgen had cooked sonic of his own shut kraut and h-id iiivi'c-d the maycr to dinner. It vis some feed, the mayor said, and it ir , h;n'rd that immediately aft' r the chief v.-i-! tt-sured that he v.ou'd lie retained at the lo. ad of the police department. CLEAN UP OR SETTLE Are joa a "i.o.v slacker .' If ; on are jour nam" may appeal i-t the police court role and an eight dollar tine Kbf-csscd against .'cu. This morning Maynr Fron n sent a bill to a property owner living in LaForte v hose v alks had been cleared He will be asked to ray for the clean- ' ins. If he doesn't it will be added to his taxes. This procedure will be lowed against sll property owners who i j do not clear away the snuw frosb in ' i front of their vioant lots. Fort v men ork'.-d today cpt-rnnc I streets. All railroad and street ,-ar 1 lines through the city hae been cleared. ! WILL MEET TONIGHT - '. Mivpr Pan Frown's r.ew city council , Mill hold it second meeting te'iiizhL A board of public works ill be ehos- " If You Think THE TIMES Is

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YARMOUTH BOMBARDED F f; i VI SEA i H; lolled I'ress Cablegram I LOXPO.V, Jan. 15. Three were killed and ten injured last nisbt when Yarmouth w a.. bomhird'vj from the sea. Lord French, directe" of hern? defense, announced today tircnty shells were hurled into ibe port, doing little damage. The shelling lasted (S'-e minute. The, statement does not sreci.'y whether the shelling 'w as done by a i cruiser or sirinarine, bit he la'leri appears morelikely. SOUND TIE BRASSES, BANG THE DRUM, MASON f m , . Wdld 'S CliampiOll Tyler IS to Be Feted at 25th Anniversary of Service. t'orne .Jacob jr. Kaspcr. ei stwlnle T-rd of fh Miui'T of Lake Front Fa l k and tylor of th- 'larfi-'d r,tjf of Masons, into tho 1 . rc ! is h " twent.-fi-. e ar Jake has guarded the inner shrine of the craft. mstHution and ray steriee of frcentasonery in Hammond, gaining; ever snon, degrees, cryptic and chivalric and rites. Scotiiii and domestic. Fe it knewn that h.e has served long and :; tht-Iiy'and is at last to be rewardWednesday evening at a celbrajtmrt of his t wrnty-1"f th anniversary of tyler-ship in the Masonic temple. F-ae!: in the haly. on days when Ma- . sonry wa y,-';ng in Hammond, Tyler , Kasper l'a'Ti expert in the art of : '"ppii'ii the breath of the applicant ! for ailnii'fioi;. i em -ins from the per- . son of the brother : -1 1 lirearmi as ; ere deerie. unnecessary and ejecting ' the obstreperous frm corid -story v:nilii'.i-f with no lor t motion and l'ti'e prs rm-Btioii. F.ut the d a! of tm.e 1 iis j hi ?'!:. t s'.:nd:y chances and row tic- t; l"r a'-' pt3 in esperanto the . f-!ui : matrons I h'lSVRTld ord and tells nquiring J i; the telephone that their w ! 8 r n t there have passed ino can't be tie ran: dtiturb'4-. anctorium and Tak' evtder. is 'he pre and t!m '., the test, the final ncjusive. aryuroent. ibt:nr frau lias no Fro"i V.itn ir.e r appeai. A n d in t -, e n t ; liw ne r been ;ncnn :nee in the "i -arter of lie n-.ade t'-,e fa'.'il i?'a 0 e ears ii to err. Not i e of repp ,n N". Mr.-.. : our hu.-bnd did not come o lodge t'.r, is!; !. ' Alw ays is bis rep!; ii' ii.ii' : "lie s prod-n? the ean-J '.' 'tii a forked dagst: sad heating: the fnd 'neat'n trie- feet of the barefooted candidal? and lodge won't be oe er mt;! w eli pm rudnish: '" li. J a r. e ; no r i e r f. tiie pi -ii.- that vviM t;"i at the annis ersat c p.,-. r i ow e , e,, ; n z A 1 1 d 1' ', ! c II lie fl a y trior wortny be ' ur-'n c e 1 e b ration j udg- r.en ' oilier-- w h o ' and picks : ' t. e : i c 1 1 1 ,ie r: stands the !ro v.d- h deteefj at tie r.f a; t !--o'.l- from the rnvefl for beim S;. T'ctei 1 4 an amateur "at on I and ;i the worried wives ho esll from 'he ladies' side of Heave, lie w:i; soothingly rply. "Ys. Mrs. oi-.- Imsbr.nd has enter"! into hi renard.-" Whether that reward bo inerate or tropical he will neglect to siiy. spairm? tlie fair a'ngels anguisli that th.e info mish? give DRAFT BOARDS UNDER SCRUTINY, I Br t nited Press. ' INDIANAPOLIS. -Un. l.V-The woil: yf Indiana draft boards wmt 'jndc the scrutiny of the United States erand jury here t"dn; . rcall'd by Judze V.. Anderson at t.'ie ret'ie.t of the ? -renment in e ?t i sxa t o : whien e-.ideree of wholesale ft a-i'l wa r;::d to ha, f been found. Part ieu'ci r atieri'. on v. -tl be d'rtcted r- ard the F.ia:;nh di--ti ;.-t board i f Indianapolis, v.- hi eh deals with a. lartre j foi-ifin eiement. lderal officials have oeen tn'.ormea oy many persons that they were allowed exemption on j

I false sroundi and that favoritism w as The raid probably marks the opeiiI shown. Arrests have already been ins cf general reprisals by the British j made. ! for the German air attacks on London

j iv'-;SAME TARIFF AS STEAM LINES I Hr I nlted Press.) . WASHINGTON. .Ian. 1 5. Permission ; t hi" tariffs for increased rates to (equal tiiofo ,,f jrej-.n railroads in the i same territoiy was Kianted tlie Cinmnati. Georgetown i- Portsmouth rail-

i''Sd to tlie Fort Wayne fi- Northern j i" petuibed over the threatened BritIndiana ..Traction ('.. and the Fot tjish raids. . Wayne & Pecat ir Traction Co.. by the . Karlsruhe, which is the capital of inteistate commerce t om n: ""Sion to- ! the grand duchy of Baden, several da;-.' i times has reeei-.ed viMtations from ... (allies airmen. It is situated about

SCHOOL NOTICE s'. liou! 'Mil I'fiiMf t,.mori . Jan tb. N ; : . ; school will lesume its 'irk Monday, .fan. -1m. C. M. McDANlKL. I'-' I'K't of School.

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WIIEX YOU GET YOUR CRISP NEW LIBERTY BOND YOU'LL HAVE CONCRETE PRODUCT OF WORK THESE WOMEN DO

l;n M4 f I ' r.OTTf F L'A M, Jan. 13. -After F war I intend to go to ''anida. You ou?" t'-j a s at rtawon t throw rtone, at rr., -will ; The Geiman crown prinee toi group of v.-ounded Friti.-h off i Fix la Chapelle. awaiting i.an tion home. Th Canadhin fi'.-mt c p officer t J whom l.e addressed the v l-i J- answercd are 5-n'rtsnien "a na da . l.P,t I b "Ye-.'- s:iid Hi prin ,e v e yr-u like u iijt'r spo;-t. ' H" t'dd a oo'li Af ro-in he should not have come into the " -o r at all. He asked a Mind pn'al" about h plan' for the f Jture. The Tommy e i e , i . "I'll grind a Vnrre'. ot ?)" Three Maff effo-ere a'-eori-.par.ied t!:e prin -e t ho was ejim tly dressed ;n an oidmary ."f.i1 e n n i ii-ii-,. The erov. n prince v. a ra'hc-r li'-vouj. hut spoke sx rcpathefi. alij- about the F" litis 1 1 we-nnded in tl-.e hej.pit.ij shed. I: is thouarbt he went to Ai J j, Chaneile 'o meet, th e i by the d w j t !i . e i.,ei- i an Fr.tis'u for th f X''h'in--'tn lie talkAt d . n n h J dispensed eiaret. th prin'-e's m iva'e bmn-l ! tn'l'- capt'iped Fritish offjeers. i who tfirwards drew lots for the i a souvenir ! of the pi-in- e The box- a picture in his h'enth s Head ILisBRITISH 01 KARLSRUHE REPRISAL , LONDON. .Ian. 15. A ..-(.csf l dy iielt air ia.l has been mad" at Karl rule. according to a Friti-.h official! ..om.ntinicatio'n issued last mgiit. 1 land other petitions of England. fjuring the German i.aids several weeks ceo jne F-ntisn demand ror reprisals became so insistent that the government promised to make them wten it could spare th.e necessary machines from iar operations. The French already hai e condui ted r. number of reprisal raids on German tities. and recnnt repoits from A-u-fterdani said th Germans were greatfifty miles from the French border nnd iias a population of between 7J."o and lOCC't'll. "Let Us Pay 7ith Ottr Bodies For Our Soul's Desires." RooseS3 Heaver, ,

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: ' , WOT-y-tV.WIIKibij Jit's (Dy United I"rr. Vi AMII.NGTOX, Jan. 15. immediate! rrgistrntlon of all men n ho haie become -I jmr oia iner June a, nil.,; j Has proposed tocliiy in rrnolutlon In. f troi5oeel ln(o the senate by notor , j t homlirrlnln of Urrison. The resolu- j j tlon voulil odd 500,000 wen to he na. tionnl erm-e. It In ctlnated. It la fn. j dorsej ! eerrtarj' linker. The resolution itiis one of a croup of measures designed to ndd to America's s military cflfectlvenesn. I Another mensure proi ided that nlien i population be take-i Into conslderntlon in flturliin quotos under the draft larr. j Chamberlain's bill mill romptitr quotos n the havis of number of men In elain one. Aw aliens, ns Tell ns clllrmn, i ' hnd to reslsfer, this viould take in the entire population. T he same measure removed let" I oh. staeles to the -drnftln of mm In the r class In vihlrh they are placed by their answers to the "estionnnlre. ! enotor Hitebeoek, of Nebraska, toj iray Introduerd a bill to strike from the list of army ond naiy deserters those -who deserted in peace times. The bill -would restore them to cltl. rrnshlp. Many of those the bill Yrould ! n"rt are now confined In military and ' natal prisons. The purpose of the mensure Is to increase the naval nnd l"l",nr.' ir,T9, -riiaiur iinrnrurH ". lipvrs most of these affected Trill return to army service. ' ' ' United Tress Cablegram.) I MSTFIim M. Jan. 15 A meeiinR of the l'ntherland. .iunkerltrs party, nt j Jrn.i STtia receptlr transformed Into a : peaec ronffrfnre, nceordlnR to the j l.eipsijt Vol1 7eltunc today. Four j thousand persons In the audience sforr.i. ed the platform, ousted th p.-in-I.er. j man speakers and odopted resolutions i declaring for peace negotiations. j Illy Vnited Press.) j Vt ASHIM'.TOV Jan. IS The trail of a beautiful noninn, believed to be the ; chief necompller of Walter Spoornmnn, alleKCd Orman spy liriifennnt, noir jn. der arrest. led soifrniiifiit ajsents hrousli the fields of 'sorlnl and nillilary life in the east today. -Wealthy titlr.ens of Baltimore- and other cities are known to be involved. Mnc prrsons, one a woman, are bcinp held for examination. poormanu refuses to talk. Firlnc a mnoiiif at thc nrmy aviation Held near Aorfolk. Vir.. is believed to have been one of the objects of the intrigue. ' The part the womiw played was kept j serrct hjr the authorities. Opcrutl-iesi are ivntehinK a Baltimore music teaeb. j er, n woman, today. 0 COAL AT EAST GHICAG! The coal situation at Fast Chicago i? as desperate as any rommu..,"r in the region has had to experience. The ,'choo! board was compelled to notify the patrons today tliat the public .-hoo! would bo closed until next Monday and perhaps indefinitely. Last Sunday th--. chief nt' police confiscated a" cf r of coal in the P. A- O. yards and parceled it out !o th fuelless people.

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9 y Above t Women counting bonds in government printing: office. Below Close-up of a folder. Women are working strenuous hours at the government printing office to hurry the production of the Liberty bonds for which you subscribed in the campaign last November. They ere turning out your crisp, new certificates of patriotism --that is. if you "came across" for ..ome of the bonds. The women in the bigger photo are "wet counting'" the bo:nds. Tho "wet count" is the third process in the manufacture. The other photo shows one of the women folding th bonds. BROWN TACKLES AL i Great Need of Teams j Seen By City's Mayor---is May Commandeer 'Em Mavor Pan Drown lias issued orders "that -coat must he conseo ed" the city's chief executive is doin? a world of good in relieving what came near being a coal famine. Although not acute the coal situation in Hammond at the present time, according to Mayor Frown today, is serious. "Conserve coal,'' is the by-word. .rent ed of Teams. t More teams are needed to haul coal, !the mayor , said. The pr'atest shorte lie? m the lack of adequate deliver: nii-. Four city tea-rs were bus ' today hlpins coal de-nlers. Tegterrlay the Hammond over sre sleds to u. Pair;tinned in delivering coal, and the Lion ,ftore offered to j help. Unless more aid is given immediately the :na; or aid toda;. that! teams would likely be commandeered until the situation is relieved. Private ! tearna are paid for their services. ! , -,.-rl 111 , ' 1 " " ua-cl -'"- I 1,1-.. -, Voio hfpn ordered i 'n' ei-il- , 1 u" ... -i gate coal cellars Derore ucin erins. i;. the householder ha? enongh coal to last four or five days he mil not dei liver but take it to some home that is n urgent need. "It will be useless."' ! th mayor asserted, "for people to or!der coal if they have from four to five days.' surplus on hand.' I In dealinsr out the coal tlie mayor i said that cverv one would be treated I . , 1 a i : ii e , ; lU.Pnrn Ashes l ayor. ! The mayor said today that from 1 to 2-" per cent of tiie asli'e thrown ! out conta'nrd coal that could be reburned. "If th.e people w ould t'.-h'irn J I heir coal less waste w ould result. ! Ashes concentiate the heat nnd hold, it. I have burned .ashes for i cars ( alone with coal and have found that it: is tiie most praetkable way of oci- i ser'i"ig." he said. A meet ins of cos! dealers with FjcII Adminiist ratov I-- P. Dinin5 and c ty: e-fficials ua to -ae '-een held this ' afternoon. Definite i a ii i 'oi .etion n w e ; e t .-, h u -' e ' to r"ii-ie the situal hern discussed. i " I T)P,Y SUNDAYS T LrJ, Vr.'t-, rt ' HEREAFTER? OH, PERHAPS Hammond saloonkeepers are worried today in the fear that their places of 'business are to be closed eah Sunday i hereafter, tlie closm : Sunday bein? a : nreoedont. In closing the .lioons ?unday. howevc'-. Mayor It row n stated it ' vj 5 an emcrsen-y to pet the public o,.1 te clean the sidewalks and streets ; and preserve the coal supply. The j mayor had nothing to say r-cjiding the current teport I ; THESE MEN ACCUSED ! Fdward Wilde from Clcvelafid was ; caught after he had stolen a ladies' i coat from the W indsor hotl and sold , it at Green wa'id'i- second -hand ste.re. I II.-. v.-ill he tried Jan. 1S on the chunrtof petit larceny. He r, arrested ; Saturday' by police Catpin I anion and , Detective P. mde. ! r:alph Werntz. Frisioh lnd. was picked up by Detective Fund" in Su : : me i ! nor I room. He will b tried on Jan. for petit lui'-'ti,'.

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Steel Production at Standstill as Washington Orders Coal Rushed to This RegionExpect to Resume Operations Soon. (BULLETIN) HKIS BUSEAU, AT STATE CAPITAI.. INDIANAPOXIS, WD., Jan. 1S.TH .Marlon county fnel itmin!ct.0,. aeized ten cars of coal consigned to the : IUinola Steel company at Gary and -will lusmoure tnem amon XndianapoUa families. In the wake of a month of storms, featured by live years fall of snow in ten days and the worsl jtieup of transportation in the hisj tory of railroading, more than thirty thousand men arc idle in Lak& county today. In the entire Calumet region fifty thousand men j are not working. j The shortage, shifting from the homes to the plants, has caused suspension of the making of steel at Gary and Indiana Harbor and halted the manufacture of munitions in East Chicago and Hammond. Fully fifteen thousand men are without work at Gary. From the Fuffineton emerf w.ri.. i to the Aetna Guncotton factory not a j wheel i3 turning: in any of the pl ins. I The six thousand employes of the VJ j land Steel coni;-iny have exprrienet jsocral days of snow shoveling aa i idleness. The Standard Steel far cerpany oi iiamrnond is practicallv shut down. Upon re. eipt a car of rn,il the w, I- onkey Printing A Fublishm pint-: at Hammond resumed operations today after three days shutdevn. Twetri cars of coal for tho. plant are ton?. whre in transit. L". J. Fuffint-ton, president of the L"i:nois tfcel and Indiana Steel companies, last night declared that no relief vain sight. He did not know, he ralC, "here coal and coke were enminp from. The lo-at supply has ben cxhaute.j for nearly a week. Most, of the steel plants, he declared, virtually closed down last Friday and Saturday. The Illinois St-el company alone, employing betwe.,1 J.Of-O and P. 000 run, has net ms'lc: a round of iifd t.,r,r, j than iwentv-four hour." U in other I bf. ,t n,...m .. , - e - t . ' -- 1 ' I I 1 1 111 I It Lrij l i i . tCojitinued on page six.j MAIL RELIEF IS SIDE TRACKED FOfl FREIGHT (By BASIL MAJXT.) WASHINGTON. P. C, Jan. 15. People who complain about the mail bemi; . late may just as well take u suodnaturedly. The frigid winter wtaihci is not the only cause for late mail. If your ma:! was late this morninlliere is no use to pet mad about it, might just as well be patient nu- cpcet 1 1 to be late lor many other mornings, for Uncle Sam mu.-t smash up ihfreight blockade before he con turn his attention to re-!ie ing mail and puc-rim-er congestion in the interest of winning the war and while the freight, blockade is being broken mails -will gen erally bo late. Thc tirst blow in smashing th". fr-ish'. I b'ockado v ill" be to clear out terminal-, i Then as rapidly ns pof.i"o3e mail aiul passenger service will be restored. ' Fostoifice officials arc pcsjiriMCtic 1 about the mail situation. "More than 400 trains have beer, eliminated," Assistant Secretary I-'rocgor asid. "Many of theso were, what v e know as 'mail trunk lines.' By cliscontinuflig these trains mail is dclait-1 fceveral hours between qur largest citie. "The department believes the situation could be relieved by tho crcatio.i of a few solid mail trains connect mi: great population centers aneJ ghen tinright of way so their schedules can b ; maintained with absolute precisi;"i. t c would rather have -one solid mail tiain a day on a "T-hour schedule beween New Tprk and Chicago that ice could count on being on lime TTan half a dozen running frm live lo seven hour? late. "During November 90. COO mail trains missed their connections. In Pccombc r 100. QOn missed connections and caur-ol ' mail dla Thc situation is c. en worse now." i Lut in addition to the rail ; it n t i.n the postoffice department should realize its own shortcomings and try to remedy j them, for it is certain that, mail delay,, ! are far greater than the railroad sityation alone justifies.