Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 181, Hammond, Lake County, 23 January 1918 — Page 1

rnn STORM PERIOD VOL XU, NO. 181. Delivered by" TIMES carriers, 30o pe month; on streets aad at newsstands, ti par copy; back aumbers 3c par copy. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 191S. PEOPLE

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Men, Women and Children Carry Oil Tons ol Coal In Wild Scramble for Fuel, Ti.erda" a gang cf mem women and children, in Indiana Harbor, equipped with basket?, hags, dishpans. sleds and tones made a raid on threo cars of coal standing on the IZ. J. Sr E. track. The coal was consigned to the L'niversal J'ortiand Cement Co. at Buff ington. Befoto the police were notified and culd get en the job. many tons of coal were cained away. Twenty -six were rrcsttd. Straras Said Care. At tiie polic station, it was said that the report had spread that these three ars of coal had been p.acetl there for the benefit o? the poor people of that ct:on and that the coal, was free to tvery one v. ho could cany it anav. As a result, the "poor" people tame -in .irovf?: the cars literally tniinncd with iCotiunued on page six.i mm Governor is Interviewed in Washington; Says Coal Problem Is Largely Transportation at Present. WASHINGTON. Jan. CO. Uo eruor Goodrich departed last night for Indiana after a day occupied with many engagements. "Within nn hour of train una he went before the senate manufacturers committee, by invitation, for brief testimony on the coal question w hich has been under investigation. The last thing he did before hurrying for the tram was to hold a twenty-minute-conference with Senators New and Watson and former Senator Ilemenway. jre&umably to discuss the s'ate and national political situations. Instead of repeating his impressions about tho coal problem the Governor referred th committee t testimony he av before a -i rtrres.jionn 1 committee (Continued on pag six.) 1,000 TONS GARY GOALGDNFISGATED Chicago Seizes It As Steel City People Are Aa the Freezing Point. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 23. Coal con. fiacatioa. T?y county fuel aumtalatvatcra la Indiana eaded Tuesday. Firat a general order from Erans Woollea, state fuel administrator, permitted his deputies to se'ie commercial fuel la traaslt regardless of lt destination, but as the fuel shortage situation cased Mr. Wool, lea limited the confiscations to the county, and with the expiration of Tuesday thle latter power ended. . Ia the future, unless conditions damand a possible rene-.ral of the cor-3s-catory authority at the clirsctlon of the etate administrator, coal . will be cup. plied through the state administration to meet emergencies B3 they arise from week to week. It was learned t"day that fully l.OuO tons of coal conslgn'-ii t.- '.iary had ben si;ed in Chicago and tint seticn was taken iu the windy city a: a timj tiie iomcstic s'iprly had giver, out in th" 'steel community and . v. as f of'd to depend upon it1 i -n im 'i ml"f red front muni inn plants. Ccl ArriTiasr. Coal is beginning: to arrive, but slowly, into ;ary and several dealers have sot. a f-w cars. Threat of Ingwald Me, i:y fu"l adiniristrator, to tk-- ovrr the coal busi-im-js in the city, i-; spurring the dealers to further .-.-.-op rotten and to imt be lax cettitix in ears. M Mop vsniel the;u they m-itn'i ib'pfnd upon th' I'm! -.f;cer'n efforts to tet in i "Lit Us Fay WltTi Cur 3odics For Our Soul's Drsirers." Rooseas Ilsaven.'

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Bathing Suit Freezes to Her Lake to Hut, But What Valparaiso, fnd, .Jati. ;.- "Diana of the Sand Dur.;." v. hose real ' nam is Alice Gray. j r.w the v'liet attraction m northern T'orter ooun:. Fc-r more th.-vi n year she lias made her ' home in th sand dune? north cf Ckesterton. and lives a most primitive out-or-d-jur life. She has net let the severe 'cold uav or snow interfere with her ;daiiy pluns'S in the waters of Laic Michigan, and w:th ice piled about 'forty feet high along the bank, w here 'it has been blown ashore or washed in. she take? her dip daily. The maid ' of the sand dunes, living alone in her hut, builds a roaring fire in her shack. ; then dons a crude bathing suit, ami makes her way through the snow, ice j and sand to the shore. After locating a. ; holo in the -ice piled almost half a j hundred feet high, she goes through to the open water, '.hen plunges m. After la few minutes she is ready to con-.e out, ; and long before she is able to reach her ' hut hr bathing suit becomes a solid j piece of ic. the came front Chicago luo years ' ago. and ever since has made her home alone In the dune?. Sh was formerly (Special to Tfca Timet.) i "WHITING 1XD.. Jan. 13. The Oil I city is inordinately rouU or u I.ed , ! Cross record. j ! The report from the I.ahe Division i News shows that "Whiting is th only j ; chapter in Indiana and T.line i flag chapter as a result of ; to be a Christmas membership drie. ' Ten chapters in the states of In- : diana, Ohio and Kentucky making the j largest percentage of gain ever their a'aoUnient are each to receive a flag i snd are denominated fas charters. The report show3 the following chpters v.ith their percentage: Middletown. O. Alliance. O. I Millersburg, Ky. I Whiting. ' Itid. j Rosedale. ind. ; Wadsvorth, O. Akron, O. I Auburn. Ind ! East Liverpool, O. ! SturgiF, Ky. :i7 u HOT'c :oorc 176 173'i ISO 130r 141c,c H'jej PLANTS REOPEN; PRACTICE ECONOMY OF COAL SUPPLY I Strictest economy in coal ccnsuniption v as programmed in all Lake counI ty industries reopening today after the ' fr--? days of enforced idleness brough' j about by railroad congestion and fuel ; shorts ge. j With an ai trtge of f. da;, s' supply on hand the. industries threw ipen their doors to envious emploes. It was adnut ted thit the coal shortage m the J home;- has became mm h nior wcut-s j than in the rlants t h.ile the railroads ! have plenty of coal. i Industries vhieh operated during the i live days under special government per- ! mit were the Inland and Gary steel j mills, Graer Tank Works." F. P. Eetz 1 Co., Standard Steel Car Co. Western i Crain tWu.-ts Co., Udn nr l Valve Co . ! Standard Fcrgings Co.. Standard Oil Co., ichapin Comptsny Bn'l n--id-Murdoch5. WE MUST HAVE OUR FISH STORY CllOWN POINT. IND.. Jan. :;.-So eager are the carp in the Kankakee riv er to get a breath of fresh air that they are easy prey for the ilshermen. and tho market at Kouts is well supplied for meatless days. F.udolph Kuss sold a hundred pounds of the fish over the block at five cent? a pound. William Manfoid. a. farmer, hauleel two sleighloads of the carp to his hoc". The fish have struggled so 1 aid to reach the rivr from a bayou that they had literally piled up. and Mr. Manfoid and his farm hand gathered them in. When a hole i3 cut in the ice in the bayous or the river the fish almost jump into the nets by which they are scooped up. !" ; DEATH OF MRS. TinnnTiPPTV ! M: s. C!:ails A. Douaherty, SS yea t old. 45'.' Bauer tret. d:d th niomirg a. St. Joseph's hospital. She is sur- i e ived by fle children Rnd her husband. F.ir'ia! wiil be r.iafle at Mount l'vei ' t emei'ery. Chfcag;o. FrUlay.

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Body As She Walks From Cares She B-r-r-r ! attending the but was s'rich hr physicians cover. By h door I.t ;'he Urn er .;y of Chicago, i with ' uhcrcjlosis. and aid he never could rer s her primitive ont;Iai:ns to hae cntirtly : recovered. " the is now e i jv is a stror.g. lobir comes t j Forte r h. tod health, and youns lady. 'he 1 v.alkintf. where he ' ": 1 then carries her buys hr su; plies, athings bn- U. !he bi and indulge." in the '. ys a lot of cand . : ivuries. She ta;s she is not afriiJ to live alone in the wilds, a '.id for hr o"n pro- ' .tcction ker 3 S'od supply of guns, on hand. t-he also has the reputation of being an excellent ho. atid frequently lake- hunting jaunts, com in $ . heme with rabbits, etc. Her escapades have been mterest'iig the people of Toner county, especial!.'. , those living in the north end. for moie than a year, and her las: feat is startling and a surprise. Many persons ha ve braved the almost impassable roads t : se her take her; plunges in the ice. and ai'.o to see the ' big i'-e serge that has piled up very high alor.s the banUs of the beach, and' at AVaveriy. Soft Coal Put. On Hammond Market This Noon at $7.45 ! a Ton, an Incresae of $1.25 ! While Demand Is Greater Each Passing Hour. ! 'Heatles.? r.;j::l'' following voskiess j da: s this r.:ornirg sent additional hundreds of people to the Hammond city hall (for coal orders. They nere informed by Me :r Krotvu that tl 10,0'JU staci I of coal i(i the Erie railroad yards would I be on the market ttt no'-n bv arrangements of the William Alilborn Compan v and the railroad. The Kris Coal Sioragf (Vmpany absolutely refused to dis!ose of the coal through anybody but the Ahlborn Company because cf contractual relations v. ith them for ten jears. The coal will be sold and delivered f'-r $7.43 a ton. The difference which j esterday tied up the coal has ended in the folo-Aing agreement: The Erio will sejl the coal to Ahlborn at So. 15 a ton. 'Heretofore it was offered at $4.13.) l'ifty cent:- will be charged by Ahl- ! Lorn for "handling." I Five cents will be charged for wcigliThf cost of d'di-cry is $1.50. j The dealer's protit is 20 cents. The total cost to the tonsulne- thercj fore reach's $7.4a l.l'o advance, j With other dealers out of coal there ' is no placa else to go. It will be at leas' ' i two das before other dealers ran fil orders. The daily consumption of coal j in Hammond can hi estimated at 500! te-r.s. Ahlliorn'3 marg.n on each ton fori handling, etc., is $;.5rt. AVhen a. reporter ailed William Ahl- ! horn en the telephone and inquired about the strange s'ate of affairs Mr. Ahlborn asked ih' was talking and upon being told said he was too busy and hung up the receiver. E. 1'. I'eminsr. Hammond coal administrator, state today that Mr. Ahlborn is not making any money out of the transaction and thit while th government allows the dealer $;.6r' a ton hs is taking only $;.3C. Mr. Ahlborn i exclusive agent for the real. Other deal-I crs can buy through him only. Mr. I'tminc says that the price. $7.43 per ton. is only for emergency- eoa! and .that th regular price o-f. of the dealer's . , yards is 5 -0. No Soft Coal j A reporter asV-j Mayor Frown this .question yesterday afternoon: j "If I provide a wagon and team and perform tti5 labor can I get an order from you for a ton of coal?" The major's reply was in the affirmatie. The reror:er called on Agent DeWeesc of the Chicago & Erie and asked if he would sell a ton of coal nt J.i.l,";. Mr. PeWeese replied in, t'se negative, saying that the purchase would have to he made of Ahlborn & C. the njrents for the Erie- '.'.! Comnany. Mayor Krmvn's ofuce at the city h-ili prestnted one of th- n-e.it -raordinary pictures ever e-:n in th" city. "We've had no coal for a week," one woman cried. "My babies are sick. Tim only heat we have in the house is. a, cas stoee. W'-'re freezing. Ite; you. 'roiine." The crow.? fil ltd the office of th mayor, the outer office- and the corridor. FALLS: IS INJURED. Mrs. Henry Klee. 15.1 Grove street, fell and broke her leg just bov the ankle y-s:erday an treacherous walk.

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.Nicholai Lcninc is inset in the photograph, taken in front of the Winter Palace at Petrograd when Lentne ai speaking. The stand, not in the photo, is off to the left. The crowd of Tvorkingmen and soldiers which gathered belore the Winter Palace in Petrograd recently to hear Prime Minister Nicholia Lenine numbered thousands. The photograph shows part of it. The hup-a sijrn above the palace entrance reads: "Long Live the International."

NOG (By United Fress.) WA.SI 1 1 Nil TON, Jan. C.Ten billion dollars must be raised before June CO. Director Gene-nil McAdoo testified be1 fore the hou'.'c interstate omnierce 'oua;. . Congressional delay :n passins , itie railr-sid legislation will serlousl hamper this gigan'lo work and isi dangering the flotation cf the next en" lberty bond, lie warned. "Savings banks and other depositories of the aicrage man hold more than 51.v00,000.'00 in railroad securities, sufficient to -srell failure for tho next Liberty loan unless the holders are assun-d by legislation tl'.at tlx government is guaranteeing these securi! io," h'- s-iid. "I therefore beg you to exjTdite tiiis measure." By l nltcd l're I WASHINGTON. J"The gieat ; American rations. kitchen is goir.sr on stricter With the return to Washington toda- ; of Food Administt ator Homer it wisi I stated a me.yeincnt v.: he launched ' immediate!" to create tto wh.eat'.ess , , . . Mr meatl-ss n pe-rklesx dav each distribute,! to thei housewives of the country pledeirsr thm to support the r;ju!a t i-n. Meantime Hoover i ill l-a'U-y before Congress to have legislation passed empowering him to enforce absrevance of these days. Hoover's bill proi ides control over the sale, vise. .Tianu iactura and distribution of food to any person conducting a publie rutins place or any either manufacturing producer or distributor or other person. Cnder this classification Hoover plans to leaii every person v.-ho ictuses to comply- wuh the recu- ' lstions. Pend-i passage of the ;.jH observance the bill a vill be pcnalt y vol ihtary ISO.; y o u i d I'lHl ! X mont hs im pris nmnt penalty for v iolations. Mayors of Region at Thursday Lunch I Mayors McCormick of Ka". "hi-ago. j .Schraa of Whi'ins. Hodn of Gary, land Brown of Hammond a re to he in attendance at the Thursday noon lunch of the Hammond 1 . namaer e.t commerce and Mayor Hodges i to sneak regarding Gary's .po;,.n arnt a n 1 1 a r v district th

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iBr I nited Press Cablegram. ) PETROGB A n, Jan. S3. Delayed dispatches from Hret-I'itoTnk. received today told of.n formal protest to the peace ronffrfnip hw t.cnrrnl Hoffman In vtliloh he declared h- woulil bp compelled to vrithdrnTv the (rrmnn comral"lonrr. (By TJaited Press Cabie3r."ain.) LONDON, Jan. 83. Southeast of St. Quentia there were encounters between hostile raiding' parties and patrols, Tielrt j Marshal Hair reported today. Three ; mea were reported missing:. South of LaBassee aa attempted eaemy raid was i i drivea off. (By United Tress Cablagram.) PETKOOKAD, jaa. 23 Breakiag- off of peace negotiation was forecast by the BolsueTiki newspapers today. The Bolshovikl view is that tho only thingaccomplished has been the uamaksiag of the lmpearialiatlc aature of the aaemy's demands. Official reports of the Bolshevlkl claimel Tictortes over the Ukrainian troops aad occupatioa of Poltava by the red g-uards. The Ukrainians are retreatlagr, the report said, and decisive battle la expected ahoatly. The Bolshevist have been laformed that the general peace strike at Vienaa is due to the ataad of the Ceatral Powers a Brest Idtovsk. (By United Press Cablegram.) i ! PABIS, Jan. 23. Oermany ia recalling , her submarines to their base preparatory j to adoptiag a new plan of campaign, acI cording- to reports reaching here today, i i a. nnrKt1nn war 4hfet tha drier anfe. ! marines are to be replaced by new steel 1 U-boat cruieers with larger funs. ! (By United Press Cablegram.) I AJISTESDAM, Jan. 23 Chancellor . ! Hertling- aad poreiga Bllnister Kuehl- j ' mann had aa audience with the kaiser ' i Tussday, according to Berlin dispatches j j today. Presumably Hertllng'a long- de- ' j layed speech to the Reichstag was dis.; ; Tntilminn flfturwi rflm r.r.lv. - " ; " " , "" i u - , ' W.V .....j ovsk aegotiationa. It was stated he . OT" " .v. . , y, d to the Seichsta? main committee before his return to Brett Idtovsk.

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suspension was the penalty drawn by the aocialist organ Torwaerts of BerUa, for priatiag Austrian strike views aad declaring that German laborer were la agreement with the Auatrians. Ilspatchea from Berlin brought the news cf the authorities' action today. (By United Press Cablagram.) BSKLIK. (Via X,ondan Jan. S3. French attacks north of Souata and northeast of Avauconrt were beaten back ia hand to hand flghtin?, today's official etatemeut asserte. German infaatry penetrated French positions east of Melaaconrt and took many prisoners. (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, Jaa. 23. Two steamers sunk ia the Mediterranean about Dec. 31 caused a losa of 718 lives, the secretary of the r.dmtralty aaaouaced to. day. He also annouaced another ship was sunk ia the mouh of the Mersey I with a loss of 40 Uvea the latter part of December-

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j Pershing Men Die in Action I With German Soldiers i Yesterday. (By United Press.) ; WASHINGTON. Jan. IS - General - rer. tiing reported toia- that three j Americans were killed in action -Rith the Germans yesterday. The Dead: rr.IVATU ALUEKT COOK. West Almond, N. T. miVATE HAF.KT V. GAK.MAX, Cataie ba. A'a. rniVATE LEO I1ADI, Cleveland, Ohio. Fershing's report carried only the fact that the men killed in action. Clashes between American and German troops are becoming frequent, one having been killed Sunday. It i3 assumed they were minor patrol skirmishes along tli sectors where the Sammi.s are In training. Private C). HarrlcR. Franklin, Ky., reported yesterday as having died of gunshot wounds on the twen'y-second Is believed to have been wounded Punday. Scien deaths froni natural causes also wero reported. s SSIS IT'S MISTAKE (By United Pre INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 3. G.-m i lared that he believed th" ind: r: suspension order was n mittfV.e ad'-orated a general seven he'ii for the duration of the war in pla the closing: order. He also v. a a n d dav Midi against the spread of F.o-shivi-in the Fnited tat".". "That tv e would be crawling- on our bellies at. the s at of the Kaiser as nrc the people ol Uussia" of the Bolsheviki in An. erica had their way. In defenelinc the war w ork cf g '-' crnmenl officials Gompers stated that if 'lie people did not expect mistake th'-y txpectcd the impossible. 'T have no brief to ,pouk for the troernment of the Fnite-d Elates or any of its member?.' he said. ' ' know they are prompted by the si eat purpose that America, shall win and to io justice to her people during the ytrucgle. They are" men of great ni"ntal pow piand exeeptiorial a'-hievem' n t s. 'I have heard talk ejf plar-in distincuished men in full p r in various positions and there wasn t one an whose rairie wp.. rur nt ie.iv- d v. 1.,-. Jiae or Ween known to elo a pi eat public service f'f express a tlousht f.-.j- th benefit of labor. ' Never were tho affairs of the country in moie competent Lends than now. " iii'in power f.-r winning th w r v is ml', o, aterl."

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Railroad Situation Grows More Serious, Embargo Will Las? Wilh Frigid Weather, BOBEKT J. BENSZB (United Press Staff Correspcadent.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. Director General McAdoo struck again today at the paralyzing j forces gripping the national railHe declared an ernjiargo on all freight shipments except food, fuel and necessary war supplies over several big eastern trunk i lines. He further declared that re striction of passenger traffic mus: come soon. To this end he favored increased passenger rates and if need for greater travel . reduction developes thereafter passenger trains will be further curtailed. McAdoo's order followed reports frorxi the weather bureau of more snow during the next 24 hours in the central east and lake states. His embargo will last only until the weather moderates, he stated. (BULLETIN.) (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 Passenger rates may he Increased soon to curtail traffic on the aatioaal railroad during the war aad passenger trains may be removed even further, Director General McAdoo told the house interstate commerce committee today. He had been called before the committee to explain what has been done and what will he j done to reUeve freight congestion in the east. McAdoo said decided reduction of passenger traffic is necessary. He said a halt had been called ia curtailment , of passenjer trains for the present, however, becauae many state commissions had instigated wholesale slashing of this service. Before passenger service can be reduced much more, he said, the 'travel must be decreased. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. "3. A temporary embargo of all freight except f jod. fuel and war supplies vas ordered today by Director General McAdoo en HiPennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh, on the Baltimore c Ohio cast of t'ie Ohio Fiver, and the Philadelphia and Heading read.. McAdoo s action followed insistent demands by tho fuel adniinist ration. It was declared vitaj if material and listing results in breaking the eastern freight jam were to be acomplishr i. McAdoo toot: the step because he agreed it nas absolute-iy necessary. Threatened tie up of the ship building program and intense suffering at many points influenced his decision. The embargo. MrArtco deciated, would latt. only until the weather moderate 1. The war supplies which are exempte-l from the embargo will be cnly those specifically designated by the. war department. Tlies-?. 1'ne:? will ccncer.tra' -on movement of coal into'New England. New Tork Harbor arid other points and en returning cars to mine?. NEW CASES IN CIRCUIT COURT ) (Special to The Times.) CFOy.N POINT. IND. Jan. 2T.. The , foiowing n'-'v ascs were filed in the. en -J cult court : ICHS ' f. J Smith) Appall iro n i e'emmr's r-.urt. Adrian L. "ourtright vs. Foard ef Commissioners ol" I Lak County. 1."7 'D. M. Kinder) C. of V. from C. C. Obrad ' Farovich v;. Iie.llert L'. Schofiold. HOW THEY GET COAL IN KOUTS CLOWN POINT. IND. Jan. 25. -- When Kouts people needed -osl th.-y he lped tliemselei 10 R portion of sdxty -eight c:,j!oad- that stood f-'-r flay s near that" place. Some weighed what they ;,, cured and then deposited wiCi the ban'; the amount e-f 113 valu- . Othcru t the fuel on the promise, to j-ny plan But the railroad which had the r-osi-signh-ient 111 trust had nothing 10 f, in the matter. The coal is billed to various cities in Illinois. J. J. Ovcrnnrr has been making efforts to get two carloads from the snowbound train that he may supply the ,rr of his ?oviun.n. A BAD FALL. t'rsoie ;.!i-no,ni. while carrying- m-ik i from Joe irag:as fruit ."tore yesterday slipped on the yi.ir.Walk In front I of the Hain Tiond Tiust Savings Imni. The can fell on his band. Two ffnzcr.? ! w re token off