Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 184, Hammond, Lake County, 28 January 1918 — Page 1

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VOL. XIi, NO. 184

HAMMOND, INDIANA,

MONDAY, JAN U AT I Y 28, 1018.

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More Snow and Still Colder Weather Predicted; Little Hope of Relief Is Seen. Traffic Almost Paralyzed.

(BULLETIN.) TXATIIl Unsettled and colder tonight aad Tuesday; probably low nurrtes; lowest temperature tonight about 5 degress; wind freih northwest. (By United Press.) j ' 'HTCAGO, Jan. 23. Sncw again para- j ived traffic In the middle w'.'t today and eest ef the Mississippi river upset h saving- affected by fuelless Monday., The snow and cold wavt extended from i the Keck Mountains to the Atlantic! seaboard. Little freight was being mov- j

i and passenger trams w ere hours late. In many cases schedule? were annulled. . 'cal was given the right of way. Weather bureaus held out lime nope for .'-lief, predicting continued snow flurries r.d rert) tmrrature by night. Milwaukee with seven inches of snowall over night, making 50.6 inches since January 1 was practically isolated. The sverage nilddlevresterrj winter snowfall already has been es.i ceded fifty per :nt. A f"ur inch mow fall today was reported from Kansu, Oklahoma and .Mis-?"uri, halting traffic, causing suffering, but benefitting the winter wheat. "Many Illinois towns reported fuel short-

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Premier Wekerle of Hungary. Dr. Sanders Wekerle, premier of Hunjrary, has been asked to rsisrti, kecordinsr to unconfirmed report from Budapest and Vienna. His position is an unenviable on between the crown and the kaiser demanding the -war be pushed ar.d the people cryir.tr for peace.

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5vu th Bond. I lid , Januniy 26. 1 3 1 S. Kd .tfr Times I r.foiinn t'.n hn curie to the War-Saviric corini;'te for Tr.iuna tht in certain lily a saloonkP7er a5liei1 Var-Saiin? Stamps m payment for irink. Th" tules of til" Tieasury Depart:nent dcn.ar.d iUfc vVar-Pav-li.Kf Stanij-s n! all he attached tt a et!f)cat. On th- 'ertificate the onri'ri tia.-ne i writtan. They fire not t r:i nsferah I" and if tranferred ro'iid only secure his money forcing t!;e r"al owner 3 nam-j. Th tVar-Sai mgs Stamps aro intended as a means for savjntr. Bui if it b.-o:;.s tictr.'ja ry for the ownto use his savings n hich he has I'.it in 1 h"!f si a rinn the g.iverr.nien t lias jirovirh .! th.at they must be cashed b'- the owner at the postoffice (titiiesa they have been registered. 1 in wh.ch cao then at the piston-. -e. wheie leglsiered. on 10 days' riotit-o. The only excepMon to tiiis is in th case of death or dlsabilitv of the owner, or in case, of child! en, when the slate law, J. T). olivi:h. State ire,-t"r.

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The St. Andrew's Catholic church of West Hammond, was destroyed by f.re Sunday afternoon with a loss of Jo.OOl1. covered by$IP.000 insurance. The f.re was discovered a few minutes after ihe congregation had departed at t h close of the morning service. The church burned frcm 12:43 until shortly before dark, the efforts of the "West Hammond and Hammond ft i departments beint; of no avail. The origin of the Are is be-; lioved to hae been ciossed electrical wires. , j The "West Hammond auto fire truck' was unable 1o reach the scene, of the : fire, becoming- stuck in prow drifts on W'entworth avenue. The lismmond de-j prnients managed to pet through the ' drifts and arrived late because, of the j sno-.y. The water pressure was eryl low. . i

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240 Are Rescued; Ship Rac- : ing to Port; No Figures On Loss of Life.

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MONDAY TRANQUIL

Sol only tie letter but t.:.e sp lit of in Garfield f'J?V.es Monday ob-.-va throughout Lake -:.;r.ty ts- , vith only a few ieoiat - ' v'olation.--, fo;:.. d. and none of th" ivr ' c n" i . "ned. fuel administrators were l"S'nn.r.j t . ,e- rift in the cloud.- am by the V itt.-t of the s-r ct-si t : e tii? con n "its- can tit the l-y ' r h:maelf. Hr-veve: the srvcr- . ;.ti.ei. extendinsr over the tveei; ha- ... (tse.l the co-ismnp:',on of .a", ru.l , . ; i rv has bn m-ido m .': .! ;f .'.o It v. th additional la'l of ?.'' r": : ... o'ri'.iins- reo:e f?und very dlf- :; h"a! tte.' ;i"m fc-irday t-e-f the ('iill,.'irs v'.nd. nspecla!-x-hi- this ti ne iii '.if.'ir."-; ha .ns hot , f-jrna Twic?" the ii.'.r;r.a; sjp- . ..f coal was us-?-i Sin'ii. loons, cga; stctes. department offices and th majority of , l . w vt .... .e t'-.ti'. . Theatres r. -.'.'. .rn.i c:.-8'5 tonio. r

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Will Be Used to Operate Express Conveyance Between Chicago Zone Cities.

LONDON, Jan. 23. The Ancania, 13,000 tons, of the Cunard line was torpedoed off the North Irish coast Saturday morning. Forty passengers and more than 200 of the crew have been saved so far. No reports of loss of life have been received. The liner was not sunk and it is said that the chances of her being saved by beaching are good.

HOUSE CLEANING IS URGED Ity l nited rre. A5H1.NGTOX. Jan. l An ;miiiedl-s--housed' an .us will he undertaken .-.-jr. fpricrn: trsd1" commission to ri:"c f'ivt';--r l'-ak r,f imp'Ttan; in- .-.-.-.-.! :r-r.. i.n ofLial at !ent i 3,iv siaf-d to po. ' i."tte: s i-i.t imearthd in f r f -;;i'ago meat packers show th t in us; it. 118. the packers ot;i:nl o;,i ncret '.' o "opy of a c ntof Representative Doortt;.'-, U?nss. urg'.nK probe of t'ae packing ii-.tjses. Henry Vender. J. cd--n Ariiiour's personal secretary, is ooli'eri ha', e named the official I'-sponsiMe the leak during the testimony.

(By staff Correepoadeat.) WAVKLGAN', ILL,., Jan. Co. The Chicago, aukegan and Hammond Transportation Cornpai.y. the ambitlou? project of VUlJam I.. O'Conne!!, treasurer ' of the O'Conncll-Maniy Motor Truck Coiwpan; , and his associates, will have as one of its aims the conservation of fuel, it also will serve to relieve railroad congestion n some degree. I'aper? of Incorporation for this, the first motor truck ir'isht line in the middle west and one of the first in the L"nltd States, were granted last week and application has been mad-: to the Stato Fublic Utilities Commission for a certificate of convenience and necessity, which probably will be printed ono at nc. after which a schedule of raeand times win be ri!"d. rirst rreig-bt "Road." Motor trucks have been used extensively in this section for express transportation, but this marks tho first movement t'-nard freight lau'ms on s'Kh a

TliS KILL s mum

Ti.ice :;.en Tier- killed and or.e itijured : esterday when a New Tork Central passenger trniti ran Into a gang of snow slioveler? at 97th street. The killed were: Trank Coritzlewicher. i'aul Fokm.in and Frank Burkhardt. ail of F.dgerton. Ohio. The injured man was. V. A. Vfiser. also of Kdfrert"n. He may die. V!tnsses said the inert wcie blinded by the snow.

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GEN. WOOD IS REPORTED INJDREO War Department Gives Out Story Today That Is Hurt in Action.

WASHINGTON'. Jan. 2$ The War Department yesterday gae out the following statement. A cable dispatch from tlia headijnartera of Gen, Perahiag- Juat recelred etatedjoat . accidental explosion, oceurrtn yesterday, adlled At Traacb soldiers aad injured MaJ. Oea. Leonard Wood aliffhtly ia tbe arm, Lieut. Col. Charles T. Kll. bourns in, the eye aad Maj. Kenyoa A. Joyca ia the arm." Secretary Baker has cabled Gen. I'ershing for full details. K!o soldier? wero wounded in action January CI and All arc infantrymen. Gen rershtr.g also reported eighth deaths from natural causes. News of the, wounding of Major General Wood, commander at Funaton, Kan., and the injuring of two of his staff. Lieut. Col. Kllbourne and Major Joyst, caused officials here t. believe that n fresh announcement of American participation of actual battling, will be forthcoming soon. Their belief was strengthened by reports of Gen. Beshirij of five infantry meu being kickd or wounded in action. How these incidents occurred was unrevealed. AVood and hs staff officers is thought to have been wounded at a point on the aliierl ba'tic line. The casualties of the past week indicato that a portion of T.e Ameiicnn forces may be finishir.p their tri'nlr. with front line experiences. It is. likely that the cases resulted from patrol clashes and trench raids.

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6. DOLAN, CHIEF, IS KILLED

Serft. G. S. Peacock (marked X), the brother of Mrs. W. A. Robinson South Bend, Ind. In an official Britiih war photosfaph recently appearing in news papers throughout the country, Mrs. W. A. Robinson of South Bead, Ind., discovered her brother, Serfrt. G. S. Peacock, who had enlisted with the Canadian forces early in the war. Shortly before seeing the photo Mrs. Robinson had received a letter from her brother with some account of the very incident pictured and mention of the commanding officer of the battalion who may be seem on the left of Peacock in the photograph holding a bag.

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The Kas'ka has been seen, which means an early spring. The kaeeka is I ke a kalifa. only larger ,nd -lacks th red stripe so vhav-acteristi..-of the America or ordi'i" h e k a 7-e k a is never seen outside ,.f Hammond, which is why so fenpeople love this f o: est sona-ster. I; is 'risky to take Hammond's woid for an early spr'ng. but there 1 no other way to be sure unless - we send an accredited correspontent t- see the bird, which would be expensive. And besidc-5. Hammond miarht b' ibe o'lr representative to say tint he had seen the fcwl when h had not. for th3 kazeka is Hammond's cnlv claim to fame, and they are Jealous of her. So we -must take the early spring on faith, and also that sweet harbinger, the kazka. Vhere ignorance is bhs 'tis folly tolly to be wise. The aboi e story is a bold nature fake: The Journal has in its stark ignorance confounded tha kar.eka with the. blueeyed blaioopus. the real harbinger of sprine. which feeds nocturnal!:-' on the blizzard berry. This little plant pushes throuch the snow early ni Kebruary. announcing its. rMAiu- i.y throwing cut pink te-n-A At. Al i'U h im In the w ind, aitractlnj' ttoi ks of ljlai-.oopus. The music of the l-lazoopus turd 1. s.-enic. which the Vaiieka rnaks a noise i,k a null register.

( i "o-,tin.i-d mi use three.) AGED MAN FOUND DEAD B e. 1 e ' r; to h a v e succumbed to heart failure. Pav;d "". Filler. year? old. was found dead in h!s r"m at P i j n; in r avenue in Han-.r.ionJ yesterday. Mrs. Millikec. who fcird the body af'rr failing to get a respond o her repeated calls, called tho police end Officer Trost mad) ;in investipat'en. The man had ten ill U-x more than a iear. The body na? removed to a local mnrgrue and funeral arransr;vrnt are bcinjr held pending ihe inquest which to to be held Vi"e,mj-day

I. Shortridge, Government Inspector at Stock Yords Sustains Skull Fracture.

MILLER RETURNS FROM FRANCE F W Mitl.-r. -40 I-ctiiot street, Harimond, is home after seventeen months in France' where he was engaged in the car building; industry. Mr. Miller is an official of the Standard Steel Car Company. He states that lie had no perilous adventures in Fran e and was kept v ery busy. "There i.s more published news of th' wnr in the United States than in France." said Mr. Miller, "and the reople her are peihaps better informed fqsti 1"

I. fhortridge. for nearlv twenty-five years a government inspector, was srlously injured Saturday evening at the I'tiuii Stock Yard., f'htcaco, where he was employed at th plant of Swift ACo. when he fell striking his h-ad end sustaining a fracture of the rkulh Mr. Shortridgo is at the Wesley Memorial Hospital and the last report from h:s bedside was that he had not regilned Ct15Cl'ltlfl'? Mr. f.hortri'tec is a in'-mber of the Masons and an elder in tho First Christian church of Hammond and is well known in Crown l'oint end 'Lowell hav -ir.s resided in lake coun'y for ear. The seventy-three- vears of hi? life have been spent in Fort-:'. Jasper and I.ak" count i ?tid for .-.boiit 10 year? he his resided at ii '"ondit street, Hamnioml.

MADE NO PRETENSE I By I nitc-1 Pros. I CHICAGO. Jan. I'.--t "h ' rag o l ia-le no preten:.e today of observ.np Bros:, dent Wilson's new food p; oclama iirni. No attempt to enforce the new "e.s" daysi will be made by fo-..d administration officials until nst wee'K-, ae.-ord-ing to Robert Stevenson, assistant initio is administrator. He w-ciared thej intended giving people time for readjustment.

DEATH OF WIFE OF NICHOLAS KELAVOS

Catherine Ke'lavos, wife of Nicholas Kelavos, proprietor of a poo! room on State street, died Saturday afternoon in St. Margaret's hospital. She was 37 year of age and i.s survived by her husb'i'id and r ven small children.

j tins and .Km. B .- eoh.s a - biorlicis ,,f ; the derciiscd v,;.ru.iM. 'i'ne fuiiejal 1 to be held Wednesdaj aftejnooii at 2

o'clock from the late res'dene in 2" State street St. John cetneierj.

CROWN POINT ROAD IS AGAIN IDLE

t'-RoWN Bi'itNT. 1NT., Jan. I! -Ilav-ins Just dug itself out of an eight day t;eup which cost the company in the neighborhood of sever! thousand dollar?, cars on the Gary and Interurban cperatinfe between Gary and Crown Point are now idle ag&ni. The last csr to read". Crown Point was last Friday night. Those employed i:i Gary from here are cither compelled to travel via the Erie to Hammond and thence, to Gary over the South Shore, or stay in Gary for the time being. The hicrh winds during- the past three days ha refilled the deep cuts between here and Gary to a depth of four or five fc-t and in some pin.'"-" the snow has th if ted to this .J j.: u ,',r si v. eral htindt'd fen. 1; mav i.e anoihoj week hefoie another ai is gotten tl.ro-uf--

AEROPLANE ACCIDENT I By I nlted Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. Fif?t, I,i- ; tenant Jack M. Wright. -.v YorU C.ty. j w as killed "in a-n aeroplane accident in : France." General Fershing --ai-led the ! war department tojav. Firs L.i-i9t;i. ant H A. F-ro-a n. Cn.'ituiat:. r'i.:.-'. 1 was wounded T'ec. ol vhi! :n action i with British fores. Three death? fr-mi i natural causes were repot ted as follows: i Nit re Annabe'.le S. R'-berts. Madison. ' N. J. ; T'riva'o Hueberi 1.. K.'''nlvrie. t"i;er;on.

Biivate Far' M. Morns. Vvni:r5. JUDGE TAYLOR ! PASSES AWAY i B I lilted Press. ; FT. WATNF1. 1KB.. Jen. "S Judge .Robert S. Taylor, SO. one" of the lend- ! ir.fr lawyers o' Indiana, died at ills i home here today. He was stU! acfiv a 1 in the practice of his profession, j Three years aso he resigned from j the Mlssiss'ppi River Commission, of J which he had been a member thirty

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(By United Prasa.) WASHINOTON, Jan. 23. The Uaited States will hare more than. 500,000 men In Trance early this, year and more than a million and a half ready to aead. Secrotary Baksr told the military committee this afternoon. i (By United Presa Cablegram.) riTKOOKAD, Jan. 28. The Boli shevtki announced this afternoon that it j would not enter into further negotla. I tions wdth the TJaralnlaa Sad hut that ! it will fig-nt. S The Roumanian council at KlshieO and ! fonrteea officers haT been arrested fcy i the Bolshevlki. j (By United Tress Cablegram.) AJW3TEKDAM, Jan. Sa Eiht ressela were lost recently ia tha hurnln? of a shipyard near Bremen. (By United Press.) "WASHINGTON. Jan. 28 "rewe by the sword" will be Germany's neat great effort to answer the growing- unrest among the peoples of the Central Empire. 1 Secretary Baker in his weekly reriew : today stated that Germany la ahont to I launch a great attack, both by land and sea against her enemies, t Tebruary 1. the llrst annirersary of ! Germany's inauguration of ruthless ! warfare, may he set lor her neit U-boat exploits. I j (By United Press Cablegram.) ! A COAST TOWS IN THE COUHTI ior AtTTJUM. IREiASTTJ, Jan. 38 : More than 200 passengers and creur of the Cunard Idner, Andanl. landed hera ' Sunday afternoon. Tha cre-w was in a i pltlfrJ ccr-dltioa. Soma of the patsengc;s sufff i-ca severely from exposure. ; Two babies wero carried ashore by sall- ' crs. It was reported that the exxlo- ! ion of the second torpedo killed five ' stokers. The saving of so many passI engers was due to the crew being ready , for boat drill. The sub w;i seen at 20 yards distance, i ! (By United Press Cablegram.) ' XONDON, Jan. 28. In the Xheaish industrial districta disturbances havs i occurred, according to reports from The Hague. The dispatch asserted machine guns had been distributed to troops at i Knlheit. Ko further details were given. (By United Press Cablegram.) ' AMSTERDAM, Jan. 23. German Porelgn MJnlster KuehJmann flatly dis- ' .o-.fl a.pnsxatton principles in his

trian minister, '-Czemla'a rrateraal Kiss to Wilson." (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 An American patrol vessel operating in European waters ran on a rock, Jan. 35, while driving through a heavy fog, tha navy department announced today. The vessel probably will have to ha abandoned. There were no casualties, the report added. j (By United Press Cablegram.) I AMSTERDAM, Jan. 28. Open demand that the German people revolt to "save themselves" and reference to tha kaiser as p-ermany'a hangman" was made by the Deutsche Tag Seitung in copies

of the raper -received here today. The paper is the organ of the Agariau conservatives speaking for the landed class and not heretofore regarded as ia tha slightest degree radical. (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, Jan. 28, British airmen who raided Mennheim, Thursday night, caused terror In that city, according to Geneva dispatches to the X.ondon Pally Express today, quoting travellers from Germany. One of these, an injured Ger. man, arrived &t Easle, despite police orders, he said, terror stricken people ran out into tlve streets half clothed. The British raiders scored a direct hit on the barracks. After the raid travelers declared crowds assembled and shouted "Iown with war; giva us peace."

Box Car Feuds Result in Slaying of Region's Most Noted Railroad Detective Last Night. In the bitter war on car thieves, who have terrorized the region by their boldness for years past, two persons are dead, both well known a.11 over the Calumet region, and another lying at the point of death as a result of two revolver battles between car thieves and railroad police last night. The battle in which two met their death occurred at Franklin Park, while another was wounded by gunshot on the B. & 0. near the State Line at Roby. Two arrests have been made. TBS DEAD ARE: BARNET W. B-OLAN", 260 Sibley st . Hammond; chief of detectives. for the I. IF Belt Railroad. PETER J. MA LONE Y, 53-1 Bishop street. Chicago; chief assistant to Bolan. TBI INJUUEDi "WILLIAM "WINTERS, switchman; ehot through the side and le: taken to a South Chicago horltal. DOtAN WIDBIT KNOWN. Dolan la one of the n-.ott famous ro,i(i detectives working out of Chicaso either east or west and hf death created a profound sensation. It had long been predicted1. Reports of wholesale car thefts st the Franklin Bark railroad yards took Dolan and his deputy Bcter Malonev there yesterday. They had conferred with J. J. Gee. yardmaster, find Otv

AEROPLANE COLLISION.

I By tnlted Press CaMesrsral SANTIAGO. Jail. -:. Tw o aeroplanes collided at North I.-land today at a height of ."Oil feet, erJ?hifijr earth and killing- both pilots, tl ie believedArmy authorities refused information.

CAN INCREASE RATES. By I nitril Press Cahlegrantl WAiriXC.TfN. .Jan. IS T;ie Kmchts. f Pythias lmis was allowed to inim." insurance rates by a decision f the supreme com t.

ASKS PEOPLE TO REBEL. (By United Press Cablegram.) AMSTERDAM. Jan. IS. I "re in p; that the Cerinan people revolt ngaint socialism was oicd in ;i copy vf the. l"iitschc Zeitur.sr of the junkers received hot o tod.iy. The artlc'e demanded that the people rebel to ;iivo theniyr.-lvr.

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TWIN CITY BOYS CHOSEN OFFICERS WASHINGTON. Jan. 28 The fallowing Indianians have received commissions In the officers reserve corps, the commissions to date from Jan. 21, T!S: HeJmuth C. W. Ernst. 7-0 ';r,--,So - vr. n.ie. K-! fi.cmv: 11" l.c, :u 1

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speech before the main Reichstag com- i meaning tJie Kauer. Tho newspaper apmittee Saturday. He said: j pa rent ly voices the genera! tear of Tha declaration cf Couat Vestarp ad. j junkers that the Kaiser and Hertlmg are vocates seizuro cf toi-ritory bsed oa ; sarrenderirg to dman1s cf the pcopl our militarr successes. Such an atti-

tnda for the Imperiel Coceratneat is l Lmpossthle." j (By United Tress Cablegram.) AMSTERDAM, Jan. 23. Charges that j Count Csernin had sent his address to President Wilson in advance af delivery j were made in German annexationist

circles here toaay. He was denounced ! for his hints of negotiations with Pres. ; l.ient W!lspn. It was declirad that tbe i offer endangers German life and inter-

est. "We do not trust Zzeroin," com- ; 1 mented a German newspaper. The Post 1 Enlist In ihe Woman S Armj i heads its violent attack on the Aus- By Conserving Foods.

MUST TELL WHY. (By United Press.) ROCKFORF-. ILL-. Jan. :s. Forty married men will try to give their- excuses for beins benedicts. They have been summoned to appear beforo the federal appeal apent to prove they n)r not wed to escape military jservioa, F.a h c'runicil e-v-mpt ion 1e-ati.- of a ic i-c n ' w 1 ie.

(Continued on pace thrr-". 1 BAKER IS ANSWERING HIS CRITICS

(By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. CS. Dcciarinus that "every man in the thirty-two national guard and national army camp? is ready now to be sent to France whenever needed," Secretary of War Baker today appeared before the senate military committee and etruck back at his. critic?. Baker said he appeared to offset the iiilp'ress.ion send abroad that the war department has fallen down. While admitting the war department ha.s made errors Baker insisted that errors wherever found had been corrected ,IU" mediately. Ho denied any favor had been granted individuals. He paid timli tribute to aniu- officer? and civihuiui In the war department. The national army was called out n advance of adequate Mipplto-s of armr to give tre men a chance to accustom themselves to military discipline, t-i living together, and learning soldierly habit?. All these things, he raid, hid to t Ieerno.-; and did not need to van on full equipment of rifles. "Every man 111 France ha? his on n pun." Baker said, "and is trained to u felt. Many time? a? many men are now 111 Frances as onsinally planned. ;ucral Pershing hirnr-'ii' doci'l'd against the Lewis, machine cun for land worK.' Piker read a letter from Mary Reinhart who has visited practically ail Ihe camps. He said she felt that something should be done to i-easure the country. "On November , 1 40 machine p ; vwee sent to each training cam,.. "tVir army in France," Baker de-! red 'now large and to be much larger will have the type of artillery ; wants and neerla. "Three hundred G-m.-ii an tt-ai : 1 1 a 1 ; guns will be. tmned out monthly in this country. "OfJcial reports based on careful information show that army hospitals in many cases are the equal of civilian hospitals and are all In splendid shape. Exceptions are due to natural f ra.".I: : i" of human nature," Eakcr asserted, "and not to breakdowns in the system. The war department Is trying to ferret out inefficiency which Js illustrs'.ed by the recent court martial oT two medical reserve officers. "Tonnage is the crux of the who!situation and th's country is utv French artillery ' save ships f..-oil;-'-:-supplies "The allies uigcrt troops befo.-e an . -thine: else, saving: P'rainc and Englsnd would supply us with artillery,'' iia aid. ,

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