Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 182, Hammond, Lake County, 24 January 1918 — Page 1

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Officials Now Begin to See Need of Unserving Hsalth of Nations' Children: t (By Unifed Press.) WA'Hl.VGTO.V. Jan. -4 Startled at the rhvsieal defect of American man hood revealed by the selec th toi eminent beginning serv ice. i the day nf prit the first anniversary of Amen-, ra's eutranc; Into the war, will Inaug- j urate a "children's ; ear" devoted to sav-j lrg and benefiting 100.000 children. Approximately ten million women in , the c ountry -.vill be furnished cards by j ihc federal children's bureau and through the council of national defense; ud vill be called upon to abide by the. regulations. They arc: First. Immediate registration of j births so that nursing and medical aid j may bo provided where the parents are financially unable to obtain it. S-roi'.J. Proper and thorough care be" phvsiciau and rublic health nurse f.'r cvrrv -woman during confinement.. Third. " Children's conference where j tobies can be taken periodically and: weighed and measured and clinics where , sick children may be treated. j Forth. Organization of states and tities dr.i: us or bureaus of children s. liygler.-. 1'ifth. 'wird;! of th" milk supp. :,d distribution of the proper share of 511 ilk for every cnuci. STT'h. An income mani.is u'-tim nv tng etandards possible. DOCTORS RAISE PRICES;

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; : Four Dollars For Every Call After Nine 0' Clock At Night. Seeing as how the government raised he pay of soldiers from $1" a month to j:;i) and everybody has more money lhaji the y know what to d-j with nnyvy. tho Hammond n-id Wc.-t Ham7 iond Medical Pciy thi- week an nounce a new increas e in tcs. This j ViH brighten up the Monday closc-clow n. , It will cost you Sl.Oy of your inflated I f-alary hereafter to go In end tell the doc cbout ho-.v Jou feel and ha-.c him order you to drink lots of water and j eat rrunes before retiring. i If he calls at your house during the ! rly time the charge will be ?2.j0 and j after nine o'clock at night, 54.00. The high cost of gasoline, automobile i tires, castor oil ;tnd quinine, and th9 ! 1'ocr doctors have to g-t t heir's some-1 v here. Now that the barber's demand j fort y cents for a haircut and twenty for,' r shave and ar" 1'nb'e to ask a dollar, for a haircut and shave so as to not' both, their customer, with the change,.

j ccr.eml raise .nil the way sroup I is in; f,rer-Pn:-way it matters little. l..c-! Elijah Osier. 100 years of age, a vetj,T in are seldom raid. j Tan of the civil war and .-no of the I'hvsiciar.s are not required to clese "arly e ugineers of the L. . & M. ?. K. K. llniKlm? I v o.de r c.f the fuel admini?- ' Oosnpany. died here Sunday, and serv -

relieve th" coal fhortage they have vol-j t;nfeeied not to keep office hours, on! Monday, excepting when necessary for emergency cases. This rule Is to be tonttnued until the fuel stringency is tel ieved. The custom of closing offices on "Wedriedav evenings will b continued. GOES TO EUROPE IX Y. If. C. A. WORK I Arthur 1. Harris. This 15 a l-ew portrait of 'Arthur ?.!. lfar'ri?, of Harris, Forbes fc Co., New Vork bankets, who is on his vav to France to direct aetiviticjt.of the V. M. C. A.

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(By WZZ.Z.ZAK AL3JOIT WOLFF.) T HI.r.K is m.it enough real to meet th- demand ;cm arc going to make for it this winter. Tiiat is tiiic, in spite of the fact that tin re is m this 1 country a practically inexhaustible sup)'ly of coal. It is in the country; that's .mst the trouble. It's undf r-gi oumi. arid enough :s going- to stay nude rground to make a gap of fifty million tour be-, fween what yruhieed and what you can Probably you have felt 'he pinch nl- : ready. If jou l.vc in a city apartment house, the Janitor has probably tola you, 1 when you kicked about cold radiators, i that he had to shut off his furnaces for i part of the day for lack of coal. T. u'll i hear that again before spring! If ou . live in a house of your own, the chances j are ten to one that you have heard all , -ibout the coal shortage from your loeal dealer and that your cellar fives e idence of it. ; The shortage is mighty tea'. It is '. l'kely that before there i.s any real im- : rrovement conditions n ill again be as ' bad as those that f:'.led the newspapers with-scare headline? j,, December. If you manufacture anything in a plant that depends upon c.-al for power, or if GOAL IS On Agaig. Off Again. The Kri" railroad, or rather the Erie! i.'nal Company, has once more changed 1 it? mind. It was announced this at'trnoon at the Milliam AMborn office! exclusive agents f.-r tho Lrie Con "nmnon. tv,at n,n f,vmis Vo iinn.frt,, ' coal rile would be taken off the market t o in o rr i w. tYhere the j.sno people holding orders fr, Mvr,,. rt.e.. fnr . no ! witt -et filed is an unanswered problem. I the rate coal was hauled from the: ;Tds today only a small portion of these orders will be llhd by tomor1 Mayor Tlrown when informed this afi icrnooii ot ine r.rie s r-naiige cl ininu tn r at once to try and rcrurc an r- i

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i-n-ion ,.f the ii,e The Ike County Trades - La!K-r At the Chamber of Commerce this -"cuncil last night heTd Its semi-annual mon a hundred business men gave a;ieoticii of officers with th- foilowmg vote of thanks to the Krie fer its great I revuit.? favor in ouermg the coal to the people! ''resident. Tom Itarle, teamster: llrst of the e-ty and prev cm ins un i versal vice prer.idcn t. On t T .a t .-h, meat cu t ters ; .,f.v..i.,. -ri-e vote ..r 11 ri.-s m-, vli,i. : second vice j, re s i .IK t . K. Lister, musi-

ite.l bv Mayor Jtrow n. and Akent Ik-j Weese was included. In tli" meantime err, i .i-ic it. ci over tlir. ,rlT ,-,f .-oat charge,) nlorn Company nt the J7.4 . bv the ,'. - rate. LAKE COUNTY'S OLDESTurn ic nmn! mnii iu ULnu East Chicagoan Dies at the i Ripe Old Age of 105; 53 1 When War Began. v. :-e held ' esterday lnotning. Mr 1 ler was born in New Albanv. X. T.. per,. P. 1S1- and has been on : active man all his life. Lor the la.st 'twelve years he lias been a resident of I tris city and a .familiar 11 sure on its 'streets until within a few d;'vs of his I death. j The leaves a wife 71 years old. and i three sons: W alter and Irving of this i city and Howard of South Lend, The re- 1 ! mains will be shipped to South r.cnj ! for burial. WHOLESALERS LOCATE IN WEST HAfflBi A. .1. Campbvl!,, f ?tate street leased a bu.ldins, 0 by 26" f""! t L. Wolff Manufact-.rinpr Co pt 1: h C t'hicag-o. which wll op - r v holes .'c d'.st'-i'ici f is. st:,-:.f-u the f.r-rt f F,-"o- j 10a-v. Tit" :-i:A'.'i!' from Sout'.i Ch:c,ir., to K..vtii '.end will be covered 1 the branch 'in charge of Charle.t , i'eirv. general tr.a naser, and AV-.lliatn t fiiaiifi-n, office manaijer. The c-'ir.pan -.nanufactui s plumbins and heating- sup- j plies. The building it will occupy is wt j riumi-.,er and Lincoln avenges, 'Ast 1 Hammond. ' J ! BURN HAM BUYS j A FIRE TRUCK (Special to The Times.) RLT.NHAM. ILL.. Jan. 2 J. Th i lage of Btirnham last night contracted for fie purchase of a lire truck from .the I'h.impion TiiK.lv l'o., of Hammond. ; to cost Sl'.vi.io. The village boasts that .all it streets are paved v. ith asphalt ai.el have sewers and water and its city h-ti! is thoroughly modern.

you work in such a plant, it's entirely, risible that your plant v. ill share the

fate of those thst have already been obliged to shut down 1 cans of riifficulty m getting coal. "Uhy is thf-e a shoitage iilirn th mines arc full of coal? How about the 1'uei Administration in "Washington? You want answers to these questions. There is a coal shortage because it is impossible to move all the freight the1 vai!rcad3 ha-, e b"en asked to carry. 'oal has to take its turn, and coal cars j have been caught in the worst freight blockade American railroads have ever j

known. Tliat. very briefly, is the answ- j minous coal men say than using no ir to the first question. 'more equipment an! no more labor thatn The Fuel Adiministratiori. headed toy ' at iTesent. they could produce T20.00".Vr. Harry A. UarflelU. is working hard ; COO tons of coal iT they could get railto bring relief and to see that you get ! road cars enough to handle that output, coal. It is doing pretty good work now , They i sn't get enough cars, too. Put it set out. it ias created.; Zt Isn't Coal That's Scarce, with a false premise. At the outset the i It H bituminous coal that is causing-

Oovermrnuit b.lieed. mistakenly, that j its chief problem w ith regard to coal was to sat e our money; to kj down' the price of coal to jim this winter. The1 real problem w;is t make sure of a supply of coal lug rnotigh to meet your , demand, nt uny price. The difference between lo eminent control of food and j ! TEAMSTERS iT COAL SLACKERS, IS REPORT j Committee Reports Results Investigations to Trades and Labor Council. Teamsters and their union today ; stand absolved from alt blame for the ; delay in cortt delivery iti Hammond dur- : ;.:g ami follow mg the blizzard. ' A committee appointed by the Lake i'"ounty Trades Labor council last ; night reported that as a result of ai thorough investigation it had been i learned that in no instance had i tcaniter re.fu.-e.! to tak out a team, but team o ners had re fused to permit their teams out because of the inclement weather. Moreover the teamsters union let down the bars a week ago and i permitted team owners to employ anyl"ou - VL "-v l'r U""J" ""l ! " 'Irttc teams hauling coal, so as to fa cilitate deliveries. it appears tuat m teamsters and t Vie i r union have done about everything they -ru!d. If th;.i-e lias been any irregularities of induct it has not been with the knowledge, of the union or a majority of its members, and very probably by ronunion drivers. ciar:: th.rd v president, v . iveiiey, iga nnakcrs: secretary. Joe Kasper. engineers; treasurer, Carl Mullen, pain'f rs: trustees. ji-Tiry uaou-r, j.;iii:-.cr.-. , trus'.ecs. Il.-riry Oabler, painters: Latch and L. Lawell. firemen. i Tins is the twenty-fourth consecutive I election of Joe Kasper as secretary. He I has served twelv e years. LOWELL TO RAVE A BIG TIME Will Entertain Lieutenant O'Brien of British Air Service Tomorrow. (Special to The Times.) 1 LOW TILL. IN'D., Jan. 2i This city! will hav the time of its young life to-j night when Lieut. Tat O'Lrien of the i Lnglish aviation coirs whose escape! from Germany thrilled the whole world after experiences that are simply amazmc will' speak at tho Grand Theatre on! Friday mght. j Lieut. O'Brien's sister, Mrs. VVsrlcy. ; lives near here and he is on a visit with : her. so ompanie d by hhs mother. In! fact the O'Brien's may be said to hi as iniifii Indiana as Xilinois residents. j Lieut. Gov. K.dgar Bush of Indiana p- t j oils accepted I sence of Gov . i oieetoig and an invitation in the ab- ! floo.irieh to pre nl- at the the Lowell committee.! h- ade.J by l-'rat-.k Maloy. has arrnn-e.; a program which v ill pack th? they're. ' mons-ter crowd is expected l" s-e ,-itid . hr-ir the daring aviator whom a German -iirman t-hot down from the clou-la at a distance of .n,1l" feet. I GERMANS PILING UP TROOPS (By United Press Cablegram.) i LONLoN, Jan. 24. Trotncndous con- ! centration of German troops on the western trmii anu possiaiiiiy 01 an 1 . . . . 1 i .) 1. , ,...fA,f f HI l.i illlrtt.. Cic i.tn.'i jo-ie i'ia.i by ti,e famous otitic. Cel. Betinzton. writins In tee London Post. The Germans have concentrated in the west which is more than the combined forcef the tUies." he declared. "Their j 1 forces arc- increasing at the rats of j i seven to fifteen divisions monthly and! it is possible the total may eventual;: ' grow to it'O or 20 divisions. ' HANDCAR DISABLED. CHOWX POINT. Jan. 24 A handcar in ch.'arge of Hel Hart, section foreman, was demolished near Hebron by a Panhandle train. It had been left on the tii-.ck wliili a short call waa being made at an operator's towr. The ac-i-ih nt hai.pene.l on Monday.

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of fuel was that Hoover, tackling the food problem, never had any illusion?. JI always knew that supply, not price. was th.j t.ij rroblem, an. I that it , wouldn't lie ;Kf- to attack prices until 1 he liad made sine cf enough food at j any price. In the coal year 1317-1 9 1 S, from .sprtr j to April, the estimated production of bituminous coal is 563.000.0P) tons: nearly 50.000.f'f." more than that of the previous year. The estimated demand, checked up by many authorities is 610.000.000 tons. The Government itself bitui i V 'J .3 O , V V ' . " ' " V I . 113 . 1 1 1 V 1 ... . ill the. trouble If you depend on anthracite, you needn't worry. There is enough of 'hat. and there are curs enough to men it. There will be r.bout P4.nrtn.nrn) tons of anthracite this year ."gainst last year's SO.fx'0,000. Hut the chances are that you depend on soft coal for heat, ni-.d thst the factories in vour !- STARTLING ASSERTION BY A (BULLETIN.) (By United Frees.) WASHINGTON, Jan.. 34. The Cham- i berlain war cabinet bill was referred to the senate military committee today without opposition. It will he reported favorably and the first hly fight will start when the attempt Is made proh - I ably tomorrow to fctiry it In the naval ! committee. (By United Press.) WA PHrNtrTO'S"; atr."t J "P-ssint ilsoii is in ignorance of ' the truth 'about his v.sr government while terri ble calamity faces not only America but tht v hole world." 11 " i-' imwr t.iiaii2i-i win today in the ! charge t'iat.

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senafe to the president's i god," or perhaps Attorney I'eter Crumhc v.as "distortinst the j packer. THE TIMES opposed the sani-

truth." He f;aid the president did not know- the truth and could not get from the lips nearest him b ause these men were too busy to get jr 0r remember it if they did. He charged that Laker did not tell the whole truth before the military committee. Declaring that "no man on j O til 1 t'l JOOISIOOI .dll A-' JI II'-' 1IUM1 telling tho truth according tr. the dictates of my conscience" le demanded I thai America retire to "innocuous r!e net uric' men in the ii;i!ifrrv- r-s;tnh-, lishmrnt who have failed to come up. to the needs of the sitwa't ion. "For t went v-tl v c 5 ears." Chamberlain said, "f have" served mv state in vari - jus capacities. In all that time I have iievvr hail my" veracity questioned or my integrity impeached and I e.avc been through as bitter campaigns aa have fallen to the lot of men." NEY. COMPANY. CHICAGO. Jan. - (.-The Chicago. Waukegan and llatn neind transportation company applied before the Illinois j utilities 1 ommission today for tilieate to permit the -,JC of v e ho les in moving- freight. a rer mo lot hummers drug bargains on pace 1-24-1 SHE WANTS TO GET 25.000 XUHSES a ? 4 (T-V -ttfii scT 4 r tl,-, '1 0 1 it Miss Dora E. Thompson. 'Die war work of Miss Dora E. Thompson is to get 25,000 trained women for nurses. She is superintendent of ths army nurse corps and exercises supervision over the navy nurse corns as well.

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oalitv vse it. The acute situation In New Tork in I.'mbr was dun to in-

tbilit. u cot snthrarito. but it bi caused by ice in the harbor and pear-by yard' and snov in the city streets. If you go to the- bottom of the troubl. it is coal cars, not ccal, that are j scarce. Suppose you are a manufactur- j 'r of pianos. nd the freight cars you ! laic ordered from vour railroad don't tjrn up. You'll be annoyed, but you'll keep your factory going. niid-Etore the! pianos you ha-.e ready for shipment until the cars come. It would be the same! if -ou'werc making office luruiture, or j window lihades. or any other itonpcrisli- ' able, but it's more delicate than ou would think. If you store it iu the' open, it disintegrates verv fast. Also it's highly susceptible to the germ that ; causes spontaneous combustion. Coal burns rather easily and upon slight pro- ! vocation. i So. if you mine. coal, you can't np or mining when freight, cars are ic- ' laved and t ile up the coal against their j coming Mines aren't laid out that way., If there are no cars, your mine has to ! shut down unt.l they come and ore iiu-! (.Continued on page four.) DEMIGOD A . demigod appealing to rub'.ic prejudice and clouding the honest merits ' of the casa with a fight on a. man who wanted a Job was the instrument which defeated the sanitary district plan four.years aco. according to Attorney 1'rank I Havit of AVhltfnir he, unfiku tliis noon .... , ,, at the members council luncheon of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. It is not impossible that the speaker referred to THfcZ TIMES as the "dejninry district in UK because it consid- " , ered the project premature. Mr. Cruinpacker was active against it. "Think of an intelligent people voting') on a proposition like that." said Mr. Cavlt. "That is what will be dene as, long as we let a demigod run the, streets." i

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The attorney opened his remarks by j " saying that the biggest demigod thatj (By United Press.) rides the country today is the man who' AN ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. 24. S. appeals to public prejudice and that O. S. calls from the steamship Bay Kerthere wasn't any clear-cut honest ! ran of the Bay Steamship Company of

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t before. He conclude! py saving muijiate yeiieruay, 11. wm i:iu. j. hu uiI 'Whiting voted very strongly in favorlsage said the vessel had lost her life-

! of the proposition he asked every man tcj consiuer ie 10 ij . Mayor Kodges Speaks. Preceding Attorney javit. Mayor Hodges of Gary indicated the willingness of his city to cooperate with the other cities of the district in working out a unified system of sewage disposal. He warned against the Chicago Lark Commission strongly saying, "I have heard reports that some of Ve commissioners are not the men they lousrht to be as public offic ials and to be , I.. lMnr- i,i, lim " on ne cuaru hi tj-onnb -..w. J "I am willing as mi official of Gary, tald Mayor Hodges, "and I Citv is willing to join with know- the the other i municipal!! ies cut jointly." and wi'rK. this pr.blem (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. Eastern weather forecasts promise moderation in temperature except in northern New Luglaiid. P.apid unraveling of the (freight tangle is expected to follow mild ! eat her and the embargo. Little freight v.nt moving today, t'reation of zone d is - I t ri'ouuon centers was expected today.. ' Stricter enforcement of heatless MemIdays is expected net week. Wholesale land retail food stores will be ordered ' closed- at noon. Local administrators 'arc given discretion in enforcement. NEW CASES i"N CIRCUIT COURT CLO'WN POINT, lowing; new cases Circuit court: Jin. 24. The folwcre itled in the is un acoun Th' lawyers' "oI I-"-operative Publishing- Company It. K. J'eddieordi Franklin T. Fetterer. 09 On account', the M. I.. Nelson j Furnitur Co ft. K. 1'eddo ord) vs. i ' Herman P.. Pfiughaf. 123'J On note: Edward Scheldt. Kdi vrard Keilman R. H. PeddiL,rd I vs. Kmiiia Krei'de?

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SEES RAILWAYS' A SS I ' R ED S I rCCESS ..rv . i. A' iy ::'- Frederick D. Underwood. Frederick D. Underwood, pre? ider.t of the Erie railroad, one-time Wisconsin farmer boy. believes the government control of railroads will result in preatcr earnings, more efficiency and .stoppage of labor troubles. Latest "Bulletins ( R v TTTiIrl PrMfl ft.i'hlAirraTTi.l ! IONDON, Jan. 24.An official denial ; of the report that the Austro-Hungarlan ' government has been overthrown, wis issued in Vienna today, according to tUs. patches from the Austrian capital. I Dispatches from I'ctrograd did not iato the government had been overi ' hrowti, hut reporte hut, reported the orcaniatiou ! of a revolutionary cabinet, (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Keports to the navy department that ground glass has been mixed !n the candy output of two ft m riTvnl-iri0- tlv sailnrq. lfl Sec. retary of tho Navy Daniels today to shut off temporarily navy candy sup. plies. Officials thought it advisable to stop the supply from all candy firms until investigation is made. The ban temporarily will be lefted as soon as extra precaution to insure safety are taken. i toudou, were picked up off the coast 1 boats and was in distress. Naval cen - sorshlp prevents further details. The Lavsteamship London. Kcrrau if H . -i 1 0 is a tons steel : built in tie vv (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Unorganized labor, clerks and workmen, will get a j hearing from the national railroads soon. J (By United Press Cablegram.) ! ..LONDON, Jan. 24 Field Marshal j Eaig had nothing special to report. (By United Press Cablegram.) NOTTINGHAM. ENG., Jan. 24. The ! labor party in session here today adopted i a resolution condemning three labor ! members of parliament for their votes ! favoring a weekly wage of twenty. live t shillings for agricultural labor. (By United Press Cablegram.) NEW GLASCOW, N. S., Jan. 24. Eight bodies had been recovered from the Allan coal shaft here today following an explosion in the mine while 100 men were at work. Eleven escaped by fleeingwhen they smelleel smoke 011 aa upper level. Sm-11 hope is held tor the SI known to have been in the mine J when the blast came. j (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, Jan. 34. There was no con- ! firmation here of the wireless report of , a revolution in' Vienna. ! i (By United Press Cablegram.) i COPENHAGEN, Jan. 24. Austrian socialist leaders are ezperienclng difficulty ; In controlling extremists of their party, : according to delayed messages received ' today from Vienna. The dispatches ic- i ported 200,000 Viennese still striking. The strike continues in prtlal force at Budapest. ! HAMMOND PLUMBER ASSIGNS TIM TS Bl HKl. M STATU APIT M.. Wajiii, Bond. of plumber, formeily o filed a voluntary ptit in the federal district liabilities at J11.C70.: at I -id i.i tict ! . a ' Hammond. ha on in bankruptcy li'iirf. listinc; liis - and hi assets MEETS ON THURSDAY. Troop one, i:,,y hereafter on Thvrsdav ef Satuiday-, begintiiiiu l'i.t Baptist ch'ii'h mf-tead at the

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News Comes from Differenl Sources, Germany Playing With Fire, Street Fighting Is Reported. (BUiLETIK.) (By United Press Cablejrain.) PETROQEAD, Jan. 24. A revolution has broken out in Visnna, a vrtreloS3 messagre to tho Bolsherikl declared today. The revolutionists were said to have proclalmeel a provisional cabinet. The message was recei-j-ed at Bolsheviki headquarters and made public hy the uaier foreign secretary. ( B VI-IiE TIN. ) (By United Frees Cablegram.) COPENHAGEN, Jan. 24 "The Ger. man g-ovemment is playing with fire. Germany's situation is but little different from Austria's. Fhllliu Scheidemann, leader of the German majority socialists so warned the German authorities in 9- speech before the main committee of the B-eichBtag reported In the socialist organ Vojrwaerts. (By United Press Cablegram.) COPENHAGEN, Jan. 34, Sensational rumors of street fighting at Budapest 1 aad 7.11eBB an5 of tho Proclamation of a ; "puou ay nw were revealed in . kuusbmoj a vu4U3i org an vorwaerts. 1 recelvea iere today. According- to thf i""i'" ucn, upeaiiiig Deiore th Reichstag main committee, assailed the German government in these words: "The whole world knows of the gen. eral strike in Austria-Hungary only th German people did not know of it. This resulted in sensational mmgxs in Bud. apest aad Vienna and in reports of a repablio at Pragne. We salute the action of the Austro-Hungarlan proletariat aad express our warmest sympathy, merman labor, where necessary. I wiU use lts fuU to combat effortsto prevent an early peace based on un derstanding and right.'' Wednesday evening-'s issue of Vorwavts was its first s.nce the three-daj suspension recently meted out to it bj the German government for printing news of unrest in Austria. REPORTS CONFLICTING (By United Press.) AVASHIN'-.TOX. Jan." 24 Conflicting official reporis receded by the government left au'horilies in doubt as to tho iirue situation in Austria. Official advices for two 'weeks have sheiwn increase in tho movement to,ward uprising in Austria. Today the state department was trying to get official word on United Press reports from I'etrograd of Bolshevik! wireless messages that Vienna was revolution swept. Swedish reports by way of Germany to tho state department stated tho Austria strike had stopped under an agrcemeru. with ihe government. Otherreports showed warnings from citizen's bodies both in Berlin and Vier.ni cnunseliing the govcrnnf-nt to go slow- :n arousing the ange,- (,f je people. The dual government has inscr'ce; notices-in newspapers commanding ofi'icialr to be civil to the public on penain of reineival from office. The AustOar pre:- has been full recently of bitter" letters' from German and Austrian w omen. HIT BY STEEL. cnow.v r 01 N'T. While l' c I 1 nlley v way der hi --. tower r a --! ..f H -hr 01 ' i v e threw e : i TNT' . Jan L't as driv mc h. rai from t'ne A. n. a i)assing loc.. ' "f ;'e.l f,t hoI Tt mi: sed Fred, : 1 e Ci'P'iil e 1 . however, and dlsab'eC FAMOUS ACTRESS IS SERIOUSLY ILL Vet S, Anna Held. Anna Held is reporteel seriously ill fn a Milwaukee hospital. She is sufferinp with neuritis. Her eyes made her an idol on the stag-e and she recently sijrned to appear in one moi for S.n,0in.

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