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VOL. XII, XO. 1S3.

HAMMOND, INDIANA,

FIJI DAY, JANUARY 25, 1918.

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Delivered toy TIMES earners, 300 pet month; os atrets and at nwtitli, a per copy; lack numbers 3c pr copy.

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LAKE COUNTY CASES FOR TRIAL

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HERE'S THE LATEST! (Special to The Times.) WASHINGTON, U. C, Jan. 25. Learned today that resident Wilson will issue proclamation designating Mondays and Wednesdays w h e a 1 1 e s days. Tuesdays meatless day, Saturday porkless days, one meatless meal and one wheatless meal everv daw

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SIGNING THE ARMISTICE AT B REST-L I TO VSK

Election Cases Set Feb. 26 and i

Will Be First To Be Triad &y Judge Anderson

TIMES BUBEAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. ' il!ANAW01,IS. IN I'.. Ja:.. 25. -Thirty-svon ri tminal cases, involving i ;(-;o p riti!. iiK-i'idmsr eleven rcs--:i-r;is of Indlnnapohs. were set for ' -ial today in th- fedora t district court

i'y Judge A. V. Anderson

The first of tii' ra?fs to be tried will

be tint r-gainst sex en l.ske county Krub!:can.. indicted on a charge of r!' mud con -piracy in the 1516 election. Thi use v.ll begin February -5. which ''-'-I be svhi after t!i completion cC the r'v Indianapolis roil fraud case, nsio!v!ng Joseph K. Bell, formerly major ' the city, and others, which is to begin next Vuca-laj . 4, About Aciivlttea la Gary. In? Lake county case centers about ' nei i v r. m Gary, find the defep-i--ts Reswoil O. Johnson, formerly u:c- of Gary, "ml six other county off:in!. or men li'gh !!! the it'-publican t'on in coul These n:-u are: V, i'liain A. For bis. Clarence .f. r.' nol.-tt. Howard flay. .Tames Black, .'lot itri.v and Cce-re Scl.aaf. ?;x Torre Haute, persons of promt,...,,re po'ticnl or otherwise are p.-.-iong those r3v3 are set lor rial. William V.. Hors'ey, prosecuting

of Vigo county, is ciirra "1" u "V

LOVE COLD; COUPLES ASK FOR DIVORCE

County Fuel Council Eules Against Opened Heatless, Lightless Saloons,

He Said Sweetest Music to

His Ears Would Be When My Coffin Hits Ground."

ttorney

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FIR3TJ0L0IER LOSS Derwood Dickinson, Born and Raised There, Dies Somewhere in France.

"e9 pot a boarder And he's very fond of ma, 1 vender why, I vender v uy ? . Para doesn't lik" h:rr.. And he doesn't like rara. I onder why? Papa says he wishes That the cuss would gi '.ur Hut the rcom would be laraut . And that wouldn't ps J" ,c'o ma-tns she. decided Tii.-.t the boarder'd better stay, 1 wonder w!;y, I wonder why?'' OLD SOX;. Oxer in Franc the tM-ers rot between battle?. That may U. reason why some married men prefer .ar t. married life. "L'ad (her hti3ba!:d eiways war.'ed

Mrs. Bessie Brown of Ham

mond stated in the court of Judge

Mayor of thv ritirs f Hanimontl, WhtliriK. tlant liii'iisro anil (ary nlth the fuel admlulitralorsi. arc in olun fa the office of Major MoCoritnu'k of tlie Trrln ( Mle" Into thl uftornoon. drbntinx the vo.i! liorfnK problem.

1 "O." council of Laks coun'y fuel ad- i minis! ratora yesterday oted down a! proposition to modify their rules so as j !: permit the, I.Tko county saloons to 1 remain open cn Mondays providing they f i'lseJ neither fuel nor heat. In seme'

rsrts or 11:9 rcur.try saloons, under the 'j'irfied ruling-, rema.n open under thes ond-.tJons. but local federal fuel authority h.s power to supplement it with further re'.ricllor.s if the occasion demands it. Eaat Chicafp Fleafli. Mee'.injr late jestorday at the Commercial club the fuel administrators listened to a letter from East Chicago 'nKti men ai:l cn frof Pr,siient E. I. i t'.Jiiii'-ll of the Fast ChicaS'i and Indlana Harbor Li-iuoc Dealers' esroc!alivii, askmfe ! b,i allowed ' remain cjotl under the lishiiesr-heatless condit :on. Tew Cottld Keep Open. As a metier of fac', were general dispensation Elver, to saloon men probably

few could kep open. KegV.attons pro-

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This Ls the first photogrraph to reach the United States of the eigring: of the armistice at Brest-Litovsk, TJecember 15, which opened the way for peace negotiations between Germany and Russia. On the left side of the table are the central powers' representatives; on the riffht the Russians, among whom is a woman. The man signing the document is Prince Leopold of Bavaria,

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ANGLING FOR PEACE.

ERIE WILL

; Uleiter today. 'H told m 1 didn't hav aiti,- Trtar'"dmlntstra tors allow saloons !a damned bit of sense. He ?ld j to be open in busln-ssless Mondays that sweetest music to his ears voulrt toj thero bo t-.o h-at used in thi bulldtnfr :heri my coffin hit tbe ground. 1hAt housing: the. bar.. That would shut off j he, fpit !n my fee-" . 'most saloons as turnlnc off of heat

Well. John, the hubby 3rd plaintiff In .;, endanrer riies in ibe r of the !

th suit for divorce, said somethins

about finding friend wifo embracing a boarder', that she was in the company of her former- husband and produced letters sho had written to a Mr. Pic ten and a Mr. Thompson at KushviUe, Ind. She told the court she wrote the letter to borrow money that rhe might leave Brown and bo Retf-suprorl!nK. And so the merry mclango continued, Mrs. Brown, supporting her cross-complain' for divorce as against his petition. John is an electrician. Mrs. Haydta Secure Decie. Mrs. Mary Ellen Ilayden of Hammond, formerly of Lowell v'hero she

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(Hy United Press.) . j. WASHIX'iTON". Jan. 23. The On -, i Iral Empires are anjtltnjr f-r further :

i d;cusslon with the I'nifrd Ftafj and i the allies but are. not yet ready t- .o far enouf h to brinT peace, now. ,

That conclusion was. drawn by in,r-i national epert tcd.- from tb TTrtlinsr end Szernln replies to President ' Wilson's and I.loyd decree's speeches.

Alsace-Loraln seemed the balking! Knock wood. point. i Hurry to rress. boss, before they take Germany mntfed no intention of ; that precious coal pile away from us "riKhtiiiR" or "re-ojiiderin" the ag-aln. wrongs done to France as demanded by j Maor Dan Brwn this afternoon, foltlio British and Amerb-an stateyntn. low tng the morning session of the board

COAL SALE

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(Special to The Times.) LOWELL, 1XD., Jan. 25. Lake county has lost another of its gallant sons i:i the war with Ccrmany. Word has i"-c,i received lure from P.yrcn Dickinson, of Goodinsr, Idaho, that his son.

P'T wood r.ickinson. ! ad died in the U.twas very prominent in the

- sorMo ,n France from micu monia. I ties of the town, v as granted a liecree ,

i erwood was born

e;,d a fw years apo moved to Idaho! with the fami!, where he held a re-; -.ponsibl" position with a banking firm p.; iht r'ace. Dickinson vent to France with an' Mfiho company of soldiers a few weeks so. The dcecssed was married and; !rn-.c 9 a wite to mourn his death. The: Dickinson family hae a large number;

of relatives ar.u lriends here, who will deeply s mpa'hi?e with the family. He v. as the grandson of Mrs. Conrad Ebert. ' ! n.sr in Lowell.

fBy United. Fri Cablegram.) SKX,nr (Via Amsterdam and London) Jan. 25. Pillip Soieldemann, majority aocialist leader, Utterly disagreed wtth some points la Chancellor HertL log-'ii outline of Qirmmr'i views and t 'WUeon and .Xdoyfl Oeorr peeclie. After HertUmr finished lpeeJang to the main Xetchstag committee Scbeldemaaa voiced h.'a fiisagreement. He declared

the submarine warfare which had drawn

America Into the wax had felled. SchelOemann. declared his regrets that ChanceUor Hertlin had net regarded Preeifleut Wilson's message a an honest declaration lookiny to peace. He likewise disapproved of HertUng' statement that Alsace-torraine stating his belief that If the Beigian qnestlon was cleared the Alsace-tovraJB matter could he solved. (By United Press.) UTDIANAPOUS. Jan. 23. Expulsion of I. "W. "W.'s from memherahlp In the United Mine Workers of America unless they immediately drop their interest in I. W. W.-ism was provided in a resolu

regarded as a distinct concession indi-J tended by local railroads to deliver cars tion adopt ea y aieg-xes w vum nuneating that Germany has modified her j of coal stoi-p.-i in transit to local deal- j er's convention here today. The reso-vle-ns of Pelghim. Czernin's spo.-h Tf, the crisis of the coal famine is be-tlntion declares that members of the

union must not hold membership in any labor" body not affiliated with the American Federation of tabor.

of directors of the 'hember of Commerce? a which grac concern was rcsr-i-tf-red over the coal situation, announced that the Erie railroad' mountain of emergency coil had once moie

i Gain Za Coal. ! County Administrator Feur v ho p-

j sided at th weekly council, hard his Her reply was to the first five points of district assistants report the felloling the. Wilson speech was fully unticipnti ton! conditions: i ed. Her nnswers to th sixth and Gary: Mr. Moe 1360 tons on hand; eighth points were regmded BS a subtle i gain 2ZJ tons over l3t week: S0S7 tons appeal to P.ussin and France, to talk

in transit. I peace Indepemje-titlv ''Ut scornful r'-jec- j been placed at the disposal of the coni Hammond! Mr. Bcmlng S55 tons on j tion of her statement that she cannot ; sumers of famine-stricken Hammond, j hand; Ht'O tons loss. (talk of secession cf Alsace-Lorraine ; This time it will be left to the dtscreI Crown Point: Mr. Simon 440 tons on i will be the French answer. As for Hus-j lion of Agent lVct-M to say when the

a lid; zi'J tons gained; HiO tons-in tran- sia she appears temporarily uniavor-, situation nns oeen reiieveu ana tnc lories

able to any more peace parleys with i supply shall be withdrawn. Germany. With ameliorated weather lessening

effort c.x-

Latest bulletins

The answer on the seer:'h point was the consumption and everj

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East Chicag-o: Mr. P.urdick 4S0 tons on hand; SCO tons gained; 1203 tons in transit. Kobart: Mr. Kiiligrew S2 tons on hand-- 1? tons earned; SS2 tons in tran-

i sit. was more conciliatory than Hertllng's j Sieved to be passing. It is duo to the j Whitings Mr. Evans 366 tons on ' but rcTthorit ies do not be'iovo the Teu-action of the Eric railroad lu-once more

hand; 366 tons gained; S33 tons in tran-ton feeling genulnij enough to bring placing its ?oft coal on the local marsit. peace. Tho influence of internal dlffl-iket or rather, deciding not to wjth- ! culties however is seen between the! draw U as was stated yesterday, that

G UVN EMEU CRO WX NOW FITS TOMMY

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IND., Jan. 2a- jonu Jan55 years, a trackman near

the tower at Porter,, was struck by a train at 2 o'clock this morning and instantly killed. The body was taken to the undertaking establishment of Bird '& Groff. In Chesterton, and Coroner Lewis of this

city was notified. Coroner Lewis went i to Chesterton this afternoon to conduct!

HIRER ISSUES I

lines of the s-rcech

I immediate relief is in sight.

STATEME

an iinuest. j According to witnesses to the acci-1

dent Janowskl evidently did not see the; train and he vas struck as it backed! At the request of Edwin P. Demtng onto him. Fuel Administrator, a special meeting Janowskl is survived by a wifo and i cf the Hoard cf Directors of the Chamseveral children. j hor of Commerce was called at 10:30

LIEUT. O'BRIEN IS AT LOWELL TONIGHT

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(Special to The Times.) LOWELL, IND., Jan. 2?.. Lieut. Pat O'Brien will deliver a speech here in the Crand theatre tonight. The tickets for the speech are selling fa t and by right will all be sold. The pri'-e of admission. 50 cents general admission and 75 cents for reserved seats. The local band will furnish music for the evening. O'Prien's speech at Myimcnce vas great and no doubt will be long remembered by those attending here.

to consider ways and means of supply- ! :ng the people with coal, and also to esflst Mayor Brown and the Fuel Adjm'nlstraior in their wrk f censoring i deliveries of coal, and seeing that coal lis equitably distributed throughout the j city. Mr. Dm!nr reported to the Board of . Directo-g of the Chamber of Commerce I that the rumors and statements to the

effect that Win. Ahlborn & Company I was charging a higher price for coa?)

received iroin tlie rrie tiauroan com- : pan;, than should be charged was whol

ly unfounded; that as a matter of lact Mr. Ahlborn was f umfshing soft coal to the people of Hammond st 30 cents per ton than the orders cf the County Fuel Administrator required; that Mr. Ahlborn's company was in

GET A JUDGEMENT. The Rooms Manufacturing Company secured judgment of $''5 nnd costs in a default of pa-rr.cnt case scam.-t R. Xlever in the Hammond city court today. , Jtldeo Klotz fined two drunks $1",

each in criminal actions.

Hard Coal Too. j Jn addition to the supply of bitumin- ; otis coal from the Erie railroad, tho Erie I Coal Storage Company, at the behest of

(By United Press Cablegram.) J.OITDON, Jan, 25. Hot fightintf between Bolsheviki troops and Roumanian troops is in progress and communication between the Roumanian front and Petrograd is cut off, dispatches recelv-

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Chancellor Says Certain Prin

ciples Voiced by Lloyd George and Pres, Wilson Are Accepia&e, (BULLETIN.) (By United Press Cablegram.) AMSTERDAM, Jan. 25. Severe rioting on Wednesday and Thursday in Berlin was reported in dispatches received here today. One report said that mob3 were marching in the streets demanding peace. It was regarded as of great significance that Thursday's newspapers had not arrived today from Berlin as usual. (By United Press Cablegram.) AMSTERDAM, Jan. 25. Chancellor Hertling told the main committee of the Reichstag Thursday afternoon that the speeches of Lloyd George and President Wilson contained "certain principles' acceptable to Germany, according to Berlin dispatches here today. However the German chancellor demanded that the allies scr.-J forth new proposals as the prcscn. outlines were "concretely unsatisfactory." Hertling recognized a change 'of "tonein both President Wilson's and Lloyd George's utterances but objected because the British premier still looked upon Germany as a criminal. Cessation of Alsace-Lorraine could not. be discussed and many of Lloyd George's conditions were badly masked anncxationism absolutely unacceptable to Germany, he said. Hertling demanded England rellrfquish certain strongly fortified points aloi g sailing routes such as Gibraltar, Malta, Aden, Hong Kong and the Falkland Islands. Hertllng's demand that England relinquish Gibraltar an dother fortified points along sailing routes is the very

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Mayor Brivn and Fuel Administrator i ad here today from Petrograd declared.

The Cossak military government has permitted General AlexietT to form a volunteer army for the defense of the consituent government, it was declared.

STIRS OUR U'OMEX TO HELP WIX WAR

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WOOD IS NAMED.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. Kepubli

Company In supplying; this coal to the I people cf Hammond. Mr. Deining also gave the exact price at which the coal I Is belnar furnished to Mr. Ahlborn by I . u Vri T?1!t-o1 omrriv t Vi a n

Major W. A. Bishop. To Major W. A. Bishop, V. O, D. S. O. and M. ., hos fallen the crown worn by Captain Guynemei up to the time of his death. - Official reco'cis rive the British airman credit for";'orty-seei irm '.i p'iatie brought down." Major Bisho;.. la thi country on recruiting: duty, is coins lck to arid pome more to nis score.

can senators and representatives in . dellverlng. the sSTne to the consumers

1 coal, which prices are as follows: i Cost to Mi". Ahlborn from the Erie

Railroad Company ?5

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Joint conference named the members of i and the amount of prorU which Mr. Ahl

the republican congressional campaign ; born v,as receiving for handling

committee. Nominations for membership from some states, including these without republican representation in the con-

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i )f ming, will permit its great store of : anthracite coal In Hammond to bo I drawn on in emergency. The Erie has j sufficient soft and hard coal to supply

j 1 lammonu lim'-nniteiy uui ii. is iricu j the roadroat nnd Its coal company would

j rather not ten tnc ecu nut. is doing a I philanthropic act. Mr. Ahlborn is also

a philanthropist. The saft coal being supplied by tlie Erie through Mr. Ahlborn was accumulated lor an emergency supply to be used at the roundhouse and to coal engines. The hard coal is stored by the Erie Coal Company for distribution to dealers in the central states. The special meeting of the board of directors was called at the request of E. P. Peminir, the fuel administrator, to consider wsys and means of sleviating the situation and assist in supplying the people viih coal, and Mayor Erown and tho furl administrator in the work of censoring deliveries of ooal and seeing that the distribution is equitable. Mr. Doming reported that rumors and statements to the effect that William Ahlborn Company is charging a prlc" higher than should be charged are wholly unfounded, and that as a matter of fact. Mr. Ahlborn is furnishing the coal SO cents cheaper than the price that would be permitted by the county fuel administration. Mr. Ahlborn, he said, is doing this of his own free will for the benefit of tk.e citizens. Jesse Wilson, Mayor Erown and E. P. Demlng were appointed a committee to draft a statement to the public regarding the situation and take such steps as necessary to aid in obtaining a coal supply, it not being known at that time that the Erie had decided not to cut off its soft coal 6upply tonight.

gress, were not ready arid they will be passed on later by the committee ltTS TTio. m.mhsr selected from In

diana was Congressman Will It wWd j of l.sfa ' e.

"L"t Us Tay V7!:!: Our Podlei i For Our' Soul's Desires."- Roose-; I as Heaven. 1

Cost of delivery

Cost cf weighing, per ton 05 Allowance to Mr. Ahlborn for profit and overhead expense for his responsiMlit v in bsndlinar the coal 50 I'ctr.i pri-e to consumer, dellveredf 7.1 When lea than ton add Sac for de(Continued from pes one?)

Miss Mabel Boardmon. Miss Mabel Boardrjan, o the American Red Cross, has recently appealed to the American women, canine upon them to rouse themselves more thoroughly to their obi irat ors and '. subordinate pei--orel iesires to the great ratior.al reed. :"4is Boardman's most recent photo?rph shows her in her service uniform.

DON'T LIKE SHEEP KEEPING IN GARAGE "They are keeping sheep in a garage at 80S Jefferson street." said a woman s voice over the wiie at the Gary police station last night. She complained to Sergrnat Dowling that the sheep made more noise than a fhver, smelled worse than gasoline and hurt her peace in general.

If You Think THE TIMES Is Doing Is Bit Your Support Is Al

ways Welcome.

(By United Press.) CHICAGO, Jan. 25. The Chicago board of trade committee announced shortly after opening today that all contracts for January corn in store are closed on the baslo price of 81. aa per busheL All trading in January corn is discontinued. (By United Press.) WASHXHOTOIT, Jan. 23. Early this week American soldiers on the Preach front were In action on several occasions, General Pershing- reported to the wax department today. Pour were killed on Jan. 21 and 23. Three of these have been previously reported and the fourth, Pershing cabled today, was Private Pred P. Thompson of Georgetown, 111. I7o details were given. (By United Press.) WASEINDTOK, Jan. 25 Edward J. Stetinius of N w York, J. P. Morgan's aid, was today appointed general supervisor of all army purchases. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 35. Secretary of War Baker today asked Senator Chamberlain formally for an opportunity to make a statement before the senate military committee to give the complete summary of "what America hie done in the war' In the letter to Chamberlain the secretary held that justice demanded that a statement made in view of the sac. rifloes and the spirit of otTicers and men of the army and business men who have given their aid to the government in this time of stress. He also suggested that the people of the country sre entitled to aa answer. Baker's request was mads with direct sanction of President Wilson. He will delve into topics heretofore untouched by the senate committee's testimony to prove his contention that a vast work has been done on a broad scale. Every can of food put up this summer helps make food shortage , next winter impossible.

BOY SCOUTS

DOING THEIR BIT Boy S'outs of America are distnbu -ing for the government thousands cf war information booklets this week. The Hammond Scouts are delivering the booklet, Tho President's Flag lsy Address, v ith evidence cf Germany's plans, to every resident of the city. The pamphlet Is an extremely intcrestii i; one and deserves tho full attention -f every citizen. Other booklets are sent free of charge upon the request of the citizen.

HEIRESS' HUSBAXD - IS MADE BAROX

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Baron I'ajjet. Aimeric Hujth Taget, husband of the New York heiress who was Paulina Whitney, has made a baron by Kine Georpe of England.