Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 175, Hammond, Lake County, 16 January 1918 — Page 1

THE nTYu TTTnrw" II. Odlrared oy TTB13 c-riiers, 30c i ei month; on streets ana at newsstands, 2.' per copy; back numbers 3c per copy. VOL. XII NO. IT, IfAMMOXD, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1G, 1918

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Rigid Eiict Icanrrow May Be FoHowsJ by Other Stales Regarding Fuel (By United Press.) PF.TnOIT. Inn. TT The most drastic f Mel regulations in ;h" United ttatc?. i: - dudine a nine h-iur bu Jiriess day. will l.-onj cf;v-. tiv c in Mfhigan tomorrow. "i he edict issued 1y the i!3te fu'l administrator pro ides, that all wholesale inrt retail store:', office buildings and . -i : . r places iny be heated, lighted and i.fcn to the public only nine conswiiie hour? except i.'aturda;s when the ! r,-.;t will be twelve kourv '"'her provisions are: Churches raay be heated six hours 'jii.1i week. Theaters must retain closed twentyfour hours on Mondays and Tuesday hnd ail other davs may he heated five hour;'. Restaurants ucoirmg to remain open st nisht may do so .for nine hours but if th!. is done they must close during The temp'ratuie m stores must not exceed 65 degrees. 'Street lighting: is limited to safety requirement . It is 'stimated these provisions will" save l.'.'Oy tons of cowl daily. iras Courts Open After Question- j naire Rush Subsides and! Port is Filled With the! Wreckage of Matrimonial Barks -Now that the questionnaire harest is sbout oei- ib courts have resumed hit tho pcr.t up domestic furry of hubbies and vi-.es has ben loosened in a. Hood of diore petitions. Incidentally t,.; eclcbratcd ten thousand dollar verdict of n jury ix, Judge Toiler's court last year in the case of Clinton V. Kllison of Hammond versus the Gary screw & Kolt Works has been marie secure, for the tm.e being at least. Judge Reiter yesterday overruled a mutton for a new trial. Ellison was Injured when a steel curi.-iu in the plant swept him from the top of a ear. Aiiiun was represented by Attorney JIc--Ueer. Judge Reiter also granted a divorce to John Michael 0f Hammond on grounds of desertion. IJight petitions for divorce were filed in the clerk's office of the superior tourt. es follows: Kathcnne -Dennett vs. A iiliaii Bcurmt. Hammond: Cleveland and Cleelat.d. attorneys. She alleges he showed her pictures of other women and taunted her. Katie RutUcdge s. Aiiiiam L. RuttVd?e. Hammond: J. K. tinson. attor.e; . Cruel treatment Asks custody of three sons and .-.0n alimony. Ruttledge 13 a farmer. Arthur Gedan vs. Let ha cdan. HimT;:r.na; 'm. Price, attorney. Abandonment. a Vincent Novak s. Gladys Novak. Hammond; V. G. !proat. attorney. He alleges she said all she wanted was his money and she didn't love him. Margaret Jjorrow vs. Ttoswell. McAleer. t'orsey fc Olllett. attorneys, she says -he blackened tier eye. Wants Jl.yiO alimony. Minnie Langh-e-i v?. r.dward Lanpbeen. H.;r.i;i:oiid. M. D. & G. AbandonTe.ei.t. Joseph I". JIaas as. lldnj I.'.ia?. c;.-; :; : M. I'. Mc'z, attwrne;. . 11 - u.!;:; d ilie vabarets . Attorney H. Ik "Jrai;ger ;.ai f,j.-,j tfUt it-iinst the Hammond. Whiting & East Chicago Street Railway for Lillian Gren-iidier. The complaint Mates the young lady was thrown off a street car std injured in the lumbar region and Ja.Of") is asked as compensation. The answering of the questionnaires is practically over and those still 'having their Questionnaires unanswered are lequested to visit a lawyer's office where the service will he performed without charge. Today would liaio been ihe lart f(.r films but' for the siorm which has delayed the mails. Enli?t In The Woman's Army Bv Cor.ssrvint; Foods.

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Here and There Echoes of the 1918 Blizzard Kens '. iaor reports "1 degrees h'low zero lat Saturday by the government! t hcrmoinc r at St. Joseph's cvlUge. i One child vas burned to doalh at. ichercrville on Saturday because of an' overheated sov o in the ab?cnci of tl ! mother. " Jacob Sehloer. the veteran Hammond shoe dealer, says that the last storm to compare w ith the one .Hist over was in 1-VS4 when his store w s destroyed by j fire. The Mississippi river at Padueah. Ky., ij frozen y. ?r for the first time in itl history anil the poor are sleeping hi the j ci'y buildings. Chicago is anxiously awaiting a tram of snthrr.cite eoal v.ich has been snowbound near Hammond since last Friday. Reports by phone from Oyer and Pi. Johns today to TI1K TIME? show that tho blizzard has tit d up the farmers and that the oldest of them has never i seen its equal. ; In Lafayette esterday municipal j wagons in charge of police officers Plaited homes and removed eoal for the use of the people -uttering from want of fu-1. The first homo visited was that of a county court judge. The homes oi' wealthy residents were visited. Theatres, saloons, roolrooms and unnceiisnry places where light and heat are used have hecn closed up at Indianapolis until further notice. Coal movements, stimulated to meet tor weaithv residents were Msitcd. I Coal movements, stimulated to meet past shortages, have prevented railroads from returning empty cars to the mines, as a result of future shipments, evctjr in favorable weather, wilt be seriously restricted ' Yietona Holash. 4 5 SO Walsh avenue. Last Chicago, walked from Indiana Harbor to East Chicago last Saturday ind was found m an unconscious condition by Editor J. J. freeman and saved trom j death by being taken into his home. j East t'hicaco's parochial schools have been given an indefinite vacation. Or.ly j 25 children out of the o'.'O enrolled show - j ed up en Monday. : The experiences had by -Pi'. ui J1(.T F. 3. Paucr nnd son? of Indiana Harbor in returning by aula from Rontiae. j Mich., to tHe. Harbor by w ay of Ham- ! mond on Monday were frightfuf. Mail from the fast is beginning to come in to the Hamnond postoffice, but southern mail is still tied up. The Monon is eApericnejng terrible work in getting; through the culs near St. John and Dyer where the drifts are from I! to 10 feet deer1. Movement of coal in and around Chicago is rapidly approaching normal. But storm renditions have deinora"lt;ed movements from the mines in the southern and central parts of the state. John. Ross and Chester Once, three Mulberry, Jnd.. brothers, called to a dying brother's bedside bt Lafayette, have not been heard from since tlicy started on horseback. It is believed they are lost in a huge snow drift. I In and around Chicago there are Lj'J,- ; 000 men out of work ani the situation as far as fuel at the factories is concerned is about as serious as can be i imagined. i Even big newspapers have their trou1 b'.es. Eleven car loads of news print i arc stalled somewhere m Lake county ! for the Chicago Tribune, which is burning up wire in an effort to locate the 1 stock. ' A rennsj Jvania train, which left Chi- ! cago on Friday night, got out of Porter county yesterday and li'iO passenger? , were kept by tfie company at hotels and j boarding houses in Valparaiso. 1 Live stock in oil rarts of trie county ; suffered from the cold and many vali uablc cows and horses as well as num- ! bers of hogs and sheep were reported j as bavins frozen to death. The weather has been fierce tor noises ana some terrible cases of brutality has been reported to THE TIMES and arc being investigated. Jn order to save cattl; that were ' perishing in the yards 7-0 Michigan City j penitentiary prisoners worked like !.heroes to save them and made no attempt to escape. WHAT GARY COURT DOCKET REVEALS Hammond Woman Seeks Dirorce. P.uth Smith, alleging non-support, seeks a divorce frof Irving rnith. If is a Hammond case, filed by Attorney David Boone. A Gary couple have squally v. caik.v. George Miehaely. attorn:;-, fib U j.'..i Vargo'r m:t .-7.-111 -t hi. .To. .'.:inio. L. A. r.-R- Sv si Tor Aui Zill. Ihe Fifth avenue garage has sued three prominent Gary residents for garage bills. Louis A. Bryan, reputed fillionaire'. Is ashed to pay ?7:. 69 gasoline, repair, and taxi bill. Harrison Brigfts is asked to pay $100. 0j garage bill and $.19 11 is asked from K. TJriney. We Hate to Say It, But Unsettled and continued cold tonight ajid Thursday; probably enow flivrrle; lowest temperature tonight about 10 degrees. Continued cold for reve-.al days.

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' PEACE MUST ME AX ENEMY'S DEFEA T." SAYS DR. VAX nYKE Ilr. Henry Xan Dyke. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, former United States ambassador to Holland, and at one time pastor of the Brick Presbyterian church of New 'i ork. declared in a recent address in a .ew or k congregation t hat we must beware of delusive German peace t?.;k. "The greed and treachery of imperial Germany has plunged the world in misery." declared Dr. Van Dyke. "That is what we are- ! righting against and Jet us accent no J peace that does not mean the defeat of the enemy.'' OTTO II 5 USUI OFGEfii Noted New York Banker in Heart of German-Amer ica, Says "Stamp Prus-j sianism From the Land of ! Your Birth. MILWAUKEE. Jan. 13 Otto H. Kahn of the firm of Kahn. l eb & Co. a'dre--'ed a mass meeting m the Auditorium here tonight, appealing foi all German-A mericans to support the Lnited States in the war. The audience v.-i;s composed largely of tie:-n.an-Ai.ericatis. Mr. Kahn said in pait: ' In the gloomy and acc using prorossion of infinite, sorrow and pain :nfiieted on AmTieans of German descent the iron has entered our souls. "We have been wantonly 7-ob'jed of tn' Rl'iable possessions w hh h have come down t-- us through the eenturiee; we have t("!i tendered ashamed of that in which we took pride; we have been mnte the enemies of those .of cur own blood; our ve:y nams carry ('." sound of challenge to the world. "Surety vy have all too valid a titleto ran.; p.mng those most bitterly aggrieved by Frussian.sni. "I do rot seek forgiveness for :;sv German tirth. T am proud of the il- j luptnous conti ibutnns vhich the Ger man peonie have made to the imperish- j able assets if the world Xsh.-imrd of latlvc Urul. "Until tii outbreak of the war I naintained nctte prsinal and business relatiins with Germany. I served in the German army thirty years ago. ' - B it I, am ashanred bitterly asham- i ed of the Germany which stands convicted eerore tne Jr.gli tnounal of the world's Public opinion of having rir, j r.ed and willed the w ar: of the revolt-I I ing deed' eor.mutted in Belsrium end Iro'rlhern France, if the infamy of th j Lu.-uan.a m irdei.. of innumerable vio- ' i'ati'-ns rif the lf.w r.f r.atir.r.s. of abom- ' ' ir.able plotting in friendly .-ountrie : nd sl-amciess aouae o t'.ei.- hcs-.-.itao jv . or ci inie neapea upon n it in (Continued on pase twoA Naticn Extjcc .0 .11 From the Farmers LAFAYETTE. IN"!"1.. Jan, Important work which the expecting cf farmers was outlined at tbe annual meeting of the Indiana Corn Growers Assoeiation today by J. H. Wat"is. president of the Kansas Agricultural college. Manhattan. Kansas. He spoke of the work of increased crop production which farmers must accomplish. Ralph W. Moss, former congressman from the Fifth district, discussed the agricultural problems which are now confronting farmers of the state, especially In connection with transpor- I tation. He urged farmers to build up home markets for their products. rres.dent Georse A. Mcintosh of Wabash college, followed with a discussion cf "Sources r-f Farm Labor." The labor prob'em, which is serious In In diana farm districts now. could be i overcome, he said, only by educating ' Jtoys along agricultural line

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IT DIDN'T TAKE THEM LONG TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS, INS., Jaa. 16. Soma cne started a report in the colored district, Monday afternoon, thai Mayor Jewett was glring coal away at railroad tracks ' on West Walnut street. Within a short time hundreds of negroes bad fathered around two car of soft coal. They came with carts, wheel barrows, bas-

J kets, wash boilers, baby carriages, sleds and bags. Almost In less time than St takes to tell It they had emptied the two cars cf about 80 tons of ccal and had made off with it. The ccal bolocged to the Merchants Heat and Light company, and Mayor Jewett knew nothing about it until someona called his office and told Mm the people were carrying away tho coal. Some cf tho negroes worked fast and made two and three trips to take coal home. Whole families turned out, locked up thsir house and went for the coal. How to recover for the stolen coal Is tho problem that is now confronting the heat and light company, and there appears to be no way to do It, for the aegroea that took the coal are of the irresponsible class. i GOME W DRAGNET OUT; BE PATRIOTIC All, now is the moment c" our revenge. We who walk tu work and carry our lunch, look vv ith ycarm on I 10-cent cigars and smoke stomes. sit -i in the second balcony and have no fur; Jon the collar cf oar. last winter over- j 'coats to us t.e'long"the spoil".-. " i As for the other -0 per cent iiiey J must wirry and fume and fret and pay I i their i,ri come tas. I Chailcs F.onham. head of the sales department of the Northern slates Life i j Insurance Company, was the fict t ! I make a schedule of his affluence with j William r. I.alle: . government agent. ; in the Hammond Federal building toi day. The other plutocrats of Ham mond must follow suite or bing! into 1 the jus. ! It gioes something like this: Persons j earning: more than ?3?5 99 and w ith- j out wives or husbands, as the case may be, and married breadwinners gathering-" in 1.899.99 shekels in ih ' rourse of a twelf thmonth must pay an i income tax. Two hundred dollars add-! ed exemption is granted a married man: for each child. Mr. LaHey's office is on the third , floor cf the Federal building and tax j blank.? can be obtained there. , Misapprehension exists as to the' e f - t feet of the decision of the supreme i ow t i:i the case of Town." vs. Eis- I i.er. handed down Jan. 7, 191.5. In this opinion it wns held that under the Act' oT tX tr.be r -k lT'El. a stock dividend declared by a coiporation Jan. -. 1914.; was not properly regarded as income.' It does not necessar.ly f-;i,-.w, bowever, that no stock div idend are to j he held taxable under the provisions i e. the Ai ts of September S. 1 9 1 . and j October ".1917. 0 j The Act. of Oitober-.l, 19tJ, w ho h j v. iia the only Act before the court in the case, contained no provisions ex- j pressly providing for treating stock j dividends a- income, and the declston f the court was to flic effect j that the Act was not to be onstrued I taxing' such dividends. The court did not decide that such dividends can r.ot be income within the meaning of the lSih amendment, but expressly reiogmzcs that the word income" may have a different meanmtr in the t at u: e from the meaning in the ootisjitution. RAIL SERVICE IS IMPROVED TODAY No Cars to Indiana Harbor Since Friday May Run Tomorrow For 120 hours no cars have entered

1 Indiana Harbor over the Hammond. 10. The j Whiting & East Chicago street railr.ation is j way and a storm of protest by the

public has been growing daily. The last car to carry passengers into Indiana Harbor over the line ran Friday night. Today the traffic had only advanced tr Kennedy avenne. William Koadhouse, 154 State street, Hammond, an employe of the mills at the Harbor, has walked to and from work each day. aettine madder every step. He told The Times he did not believe the street car company had done all it should to re-establish trafflc j The Gary ft Interurban was running 'a few hours after the storm ceased. : whil the 5uth Shoj e resumed serv- ; ice today. The reason the South Shore .has been laid it. it is stated, wns bej cause it burned up .tioors bucking the storm and hed no coal for pow er, Steam roads have resumed regular schedules.

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All ihe allurements of society life in Washington are to be rut asida by Miss Elizabeth Stevenson, granddaughter of former Vice President Adlai Stevenson, and she is leaving the capital to no, not to go to war or do Red Cross work or" to nurse soldiers or to marry one of them, but to take up a course in journalism. She has been regarded as one of the most charming out-of-town girls in the capital this winter and has been identified with the debutante set. .

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The bill before congress to add to tho list of draft chgibles men who have reached "1 since June 5 will add about j l.SOO more men to Lake county's total. I it is estimated. I Allowing 10 per cent of the registrants to each of the ten (yearl classes ! of registrants and figuring that the nw clnss will not be full as it will be mere ly seven months' of mei , the reckoning figure ic 7 per cent. TIME IS EXTENDED Owing to the interest taken in THE TIMES snow scene photographic contest for amateurs, the time for receiving the pictures has been extended until 6 p. m. Friday night. Remember the prizes, $5 for the best, $3 for the second best and $2 for the third best picture by amateur photographers only. You can -send in all the photos you want and the judges will pick the best. THREATENS WAR (By United Press Cablegram.) PITTHOG ;.T .tin. 16 ar on Kour.ian.r unlc.-s that little nation within iv, c .it j -four hours 'releases Russian officers held by her was threatened in an ult.matum served by the Bolshevik! government today. The exact number of r.ussian officers recently arrested by F.oumanlan authorities is not known. FIND BOMB NEAR WARSHIP IHt I nlted Tress.) AN AMERICAN PORT. Jan. 16. A bomb believed to have been placed by a German agent. was found toda.v within a few feet of one of the largest United States battleships in dry idock here. It was discovered by a member of fthe crew-. Written on the explosive is a 2 3 -second ex was inscrioea : i n plosive bomb." Container was in the shape of a telephone receiver about six inches lone. Department of .: i : atrents were called immediately. A daughter wa horn Saturday, Jan. 12. to Mr. and Mrs. It. E. Frymire at tbe home of Mr?. Frymire's parent?. Mr. nd Mrs P. B. Hunt of 155 Faiette street.

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if r On this basis Gary will gain about ; 700 men. East Chicago sbout 4.0. j The decision to reckon future drafts j on a basis of men in class 1 instead of : on a population basis will aid Gary and East Chicago. Aliens and fit t paper aliens are. not in this class and the populations of both towns w ere ovrrestimated w ith result that both cities . had to give more than their share in tire' r... i .1 e, first draft. w Latest 'Bulletins By tnlted rress. lni.VAPOLIi, Jan. IS. Miners attending the convention of Ihe I nllrd Mine Workers of America here, todoy prepared to ruali through "Ith the routine work in order that tbry mlsht Bet back to their places and help mint cunl urKcntlj- needed. The delegate today had a taste of what It means to be without 'coal Tthen all theatre, billiard hslla, bowling: alleys and saloons were closed because of lack of fuel. With the preliminaries oir the convention Rot dorrn to business today. iBy I nlted Tress I Hblesram.'i rUTUOGIIlD, .I::n. 16 Iteleasr of ! M. Dlun.nortl.. Houmanin ti mlnlMer J nrrestrd by tbe Bolnhetlkf nnd ordercd InSS. Teter and T1111I fortrr.s. nam ordered by 1-rnlne today. Ili iictionj follow rd receipt of a form.il protest; by "the entire . diplomatic corps wlio ! held a mfftlns ct the American cm-j bassy. By United Tress Cablegram. 1 (OrEHACE, Jan. 16. Cabinet of HvnRorT has rcsiencd owlnR to its failure to secure necessnry support for Its military progress, according to ti Itudepcut dispatch received here todnj. (Bf United Tress tablearaiu. ) j TOKIO, Jan. 15. Japanese war ships j are on their way to Vladivostok for, protection of allied Interests. The j action follows long; continue! appeals j from Japanese nnd other citizens In the Russiun port for adequate protcctlon not only to their lives and property hut to (erect nuantltles of allied j munitions and supplies. Fighting le- : twecn the UolheIUI ind t o.ick ' has been In pronres snround the city ! for weeks. Congestion on the trans-Siberia rail- 1 rend nod general demoralization of j transportation Is reported to have I cnused an unprecedented tie-up of sup- j plies at Vladivostok. PICKANNINNY BURNS ALIVE 1 (Spaeial taf The Times.) SCHERERWL1E. IN P., Jan. four year old itkninny, George Cope-; land, was burncr rde-ith here jester. ! day while playing wTtJj matche while Jim mammy was absentyv.

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Street Car Rams Auto Truck, Causing Death of Jackie. Four Sent to Hospital, One man was killed, four are In ;. i Margaret's hospital and other passeng ers w ere bruised, shaken and pani' -stricken last night when a Hammond bound street car from South Fark f crashed into the rear of an" automobile ; truck one block north of Kindel's Gro 1 on Ehefficld avenue. ! THE SEAS, j NORVIN FOSTER. 2. Jackie at Great j Lakes Naval Training Station, whose ; parents live at 5464 V. Madison street ; Chicago; chest crushed; leg broken. THE XHJTKES. HARRV ARONSOX, 16, Exchange ' Hotel, South Chicago, owner cf f.sh I market; fracture of left thigh; skin cut. ' OTTO SCHNEIDER. IS. 9447 HousI ton avenue. South Chicago, truck helper, ! right leg broken. JOHN LISXOVITCH, 4, 1708 Augusta street, Chicago; sprained back: skinned shins. MOTORMAN JOHN WEINAND. Conkey avenue, Hammond; cut by glass. VESTIBULE WIPED AW AT. The motorman's vestibule of the street car was crushed like a match box and those who were standing besido thmotorman were the ones injured so badly it was necessary to remove them to the hospital. The auto truck, owned by Calderone & Piazza, wholesale fruit merchants of Hammond, was badly damaged. Blame for the accident has not bee placed. The treet car company claims there was a powerful arc headlight on the car. The sailor boy died upon reaching t' hospital. Dr. C. W. Chidlaw was raKe-' to attend the injured. CALLIAUX A TRAITOR? - o Bjr t ntei Presa.) .WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. That Ec-r-j mer premier Calliaux of France was on j intimate terms with German ambassadors at Buenos Aires .was intimated . . . . in teleerams .rem lorrr.er Amoassaj dor Von Bernstoiff sent from this city j Feb. 4. 1313, given out by the state d"j pjartment today. The statement issued by the siat i department says: j "The department of state commiui;icates to the press the following telegrams sent by Court Von Bevnstoif? . to his government on Feb. 4, IP1S: j "'Number ITS, Buenos A!re I ""Number 21. Calliaux lias left j Euenos Aires after a short stay and is going direct to Fiance evidently on j account of the (undecipherable pass- ; pee) scandal which he regards as a j personal attack upon himself. IN I speaks contemptously of the president .and rest cf the French government j with th exception of Dryan. Ha sees ! througl) the policy of England per fectly. He does not anticipate the complete overthrow of France. He sees in the war now a struggle for existence on the part of England. Al though he spoke much of the Mndiseres1 ions and clumsy policy of the Wilhehn- ' strasse end professed to believe In German atrocities lie has in essentialha ' d 1 v changed hi-i political orlenta- ! tion WHITING FIRE CHIEF IS MUCH PEEVED (Special to The Times.) WHITING. 1ND A false-alarm sent : in from Stieslitz Fark pn Monday al't1 ernoon gave the fire department a hur- , rie.l run over those almost impassable I roads. For emergency two teams of horses were kept at the station, the. auto fire truck being useless in this storm. The four horses were hitched to the fire truck and when the destination was reached Fire Chief Clyde Lampman lost his temper when he found it was no lire, only the malicious work cf boys. He accordingly swore out a warrant for Andrew Gajac. who is said to have turned in the alarm and for Walter Ptoll who is said to have been wIMi him. Both lad.s were released on $50 bonds furnished by their fathers to appear later in answer to the charge. HE WAS QUITE A THIEF By United Tress.) CAMF 1T-NPTON. Jan. 16.--Captain Lewis Whifdcr took $32.S25.51 from th army bank before he killed four men, wounded a fifth and later ended h

iown life, according to official an16 A ; iioiiiu cmenr o:' federal bank esamin-

or?. Although authorities are still fol- ', ir.wins eveiy po-'sible clue ey ; m it ted ' been fu mi, 1 rai. u r.i of the fund;