Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 193, Hammond, Lake County, 8 February 1918 — Page 1

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HAMMOND, INDIANA.

FRIDAY, FEB Ii TARY 8, 1918

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A MACEDONIAN CRY. Washington, D. C, ret. S. Editor TIMES: Tub greatest patriotic serrice to V. S. shipping ocard Is needed. We must enroll two bundled and fifty thousand United States shipyard roluateers. -ne men should caroU now, then wait until caUed to work at shlp- " "owe -names of county registrars so that men may know where to enroll. Please carry the news In your story that men deslrin? to enroll can write direct to me at Washington ffiTin? their name, address and occupation and I will advise every man who vrrttes me how to enroll.

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EDWARD IT. HUB. XT, Chairman V. S. Shippisg Board.

The nation s imperative need for -v!, tr. buih-: incrcriant

v ith which to transport men and sup-

Xlies to Franc? and overcome w.. , marine menace, is to bo told by the Four J

M.rnt, Men of LaUe county in vac

....... ih benefit or the United;

S-aies rub'.Jc Service Kecerve. , harles F.. Fov.Kr of Indiana Harbor I, the county registrar of skilled vorkmrn desirms to or!: for Uncle Sam. Attorney 1. J. Moran i? '.e registrar at

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! John I.. .Sullivan

pc-insr , ilea Mi f, ': i est ;of h'.ni

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a.1 a rather i"n-

oUint ir.an Jjst Vrfote hi? i heart uisea.oo at his :u hinrtrn, Mjjj. The picture itli gray b;r and :nij?tac!i

o:st mind of anv !usiiist of recent

years, at le.st he liad ilcvtloped inteilectual powers in his later years j that would hav c d.T.e c rtJr. lu men wiili creater opportunitie!". ,

FUEL SITUATION Domestic nssvs being taken cave of. Weather a great help. Partial paralysis continues in steel business. Unable to give assistance 'to factories. Washington must aid Standard Steel car works, Hammond, with contract for S60.000.COO worth of artUlery mounts, shut down because of lack of fuel. East Chicago-Indiana Harbor and Hammond chief fuel sufferers. O-ary and country districts get mere coal for domestic r.3ers. Telegram from Washington states that fuel administrators have no authority to close saloons where no fuel or light is used, but patriotism of saloonmen is appealed to to obey spirit of ths law. East Chicago saloonmen comply, several cat saloons remain open. T. It. Evans appointed assistant fuel administrator of East Chicago. Indiana Harbor. Ingwald I.Ioo, Gary administrator, malutain3 an agent (whose expenses ar paid by coal dealers) at coal mines and this enables Gary to get shipments ruehed through.

I LAWDEO II

99 o! Those Saved in Hospitais from Exposure, Great Etforl Mada to Get Accurate News,

(Hr Lnitrd Presn CahlrKranl.t BELKAST, IHELA.M), Feb. S The

j TUKcanin cieatli roll may lie reduced by j a" h n nil red by 1 .in dins of KurMtorn ne I other points It nut entiniatrd hrre thi j afternoon

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the liftt !s 2K).

'b estimate of

The fate of a taube. In one of the French cities near the front the townspeople gather about this relic and exult over th triumph at represents. It was once a taube. But its adventurous Gennan flier came too clo.?e to the trenches of the

i renuii. .a rrencii ace went aroit, mere was a short battle in the a:r, the taube cams down mounted on a truck, as have been scores of others, and set up in the French town as a relic.

a WTeck. It was

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jLake and Porter County;

County Farmers Lift Ern1 A 1 1 "I T . 1

cargo Affainsi xne ljocai!

Towns.

Spectre of a coal famine still hovers over this county of Lake and the only point that can be said on the -bright side of the situation is that domestic users of fuel are

i being taken care, but on a hand-to-i ...

noma basis.

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Auc yidin sieci ana iron ana

I other munition industries continue

at half basis or less and in some

t instances are closed down altoi

gexner Decause tr.e rusn ot war preparations, however vital they are, must stand aside or else people will freeze to death in their homes. This is the nummary of fuel conditions in the county, gleaned from the

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ISOIE TIRED MAKETALKS

Latest bulletins

story is iOT TRUE

(BULLETIN.) -

, utnucrsoa oi uary Has received

a telgram from his son, Lieut, rioyd Henderson, that he was detached from Tnscania at hour of sailing thft' P- Maltoa received telegram that her brother Ll.ut. Melton Quilling, to AtUntic port but held from .amng and was not on Tuscanla.

Crystalized Sentiment Against Street Car Service Bodes 111 for Line. Meeting Well Attended.

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l.ak"! end Porter county farmers who

J ship milk, have called off for the tune he ins the eight-day famine they imp"E-

J on CJ.T-j-, Ifaintrcri, Kast ''l.i'.aso and 'oc.il towns in connection with the ttriUc aainst the Clucas-'- diiipanl"." and iy torm.rrov.- there 5h.-ulJ bo the usual

" of lacteal fo kI.

dealers, lioncvf r, are to i.on-

In tlie nieaii-

to fijrht

he ChicaKo milk di.f t ribu tin Cfrpora-

j-or(tion"?. JT-! tln o:i a

) All the tim.) local dealers were will

but

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Kr.cwn i"-"1""""- - ; tinue to pa v the. ohi pri

sn.t owner .l one m wo jnc thp farmors ,V1 cont!nic

far:r in ir.d-ana. mx '- . ""' . i . ( I"l l.cff.t after Slib-

" -- . , tion"?. jnsifiinif o:i a lower price.

mittin? lo an o,itMU"n .. at.- n-nV ha,1 liecn. it was

" '" ' .' ' .. I ins to pay tlie oM jrice a?il the farm

il.oi'trli' on tne way 10 iccn!.

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ooi.v lixiimt's hi veiiuMits. uif.o"-. iO'-v

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The f-.inerai arrangements have

da v. Mr. Jt-jrk leaves two son 5, Tfoward of r.neviile. I'all.. and Fieil of rown Point, besides a wi.low. He was 67 years of aee and married Miss F.llen '"arl in ivT5. H was born and raised In Crown Point, and esteemed by ever! -rn who knew him. ir- ...,.1- ,lirt ' r r Tr- ; , inf'.rr! fv nTrl-

culfjre, rt'TK raising and ra rip ins. ano

waft r. t line irnv t n i ' 1 1 r i ' i a. 1 1 1 r . -3T1.T grcepy ct,.rf her0 whicli he rolo t ;,nd then i 'turned to take t.p his ex-lensi-.e faiminar interest.-". . He nns a republi;nu in pel. ties, a i student of conte mperary history, a man ! f very delightful personality, a kind

ne;ar,oor ana a sowi citizen. He was c splendid citizen and will be widely motirncd. Tlie sympathy of rh" ton;hip goes out to the bereaved family.

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x t milk. .; received today. Ix.en get tins but

Gibsoi' is to liae a rival.' News was released for the first time today of the plain for construction of the world's !a;-KFt inier-chansre terminal yards between llono vv.od mid Harvey, 111.. jut acrrs from West Himmond. The pur-

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' chase of m largo tract of land near Ilari . .... tii in 1,. ..ti ,ifiili. 1,- the Illinois

l'"c i Central, record in? t.' in formation rej reived hy the 1 Ins ti fi fr- & V..os real ' e state company in Hammond this morn

ing. The, size oT the traet of land nurehnerl hns not been learned. b"it from

)., ; i7,e i.f the. jard'' planned, if will

o-er thousands of ni-irs. There are e 'lie fiSM i-rm ily liniiip? in r. II. the . o;i-j : t nieti..ii of fen- t b" rt.iifrd at once..

i Tor ca i s 1 1 ibson lion C'f hems I'.i ;i rds in 1 he i co : and Homcw ood. 1' 1 the? Male line, v. i

j deta il. I The p'ans. call for

as had larj;. ,-t TV. bill. PVOjeet :-u rpu:-:s

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. lion of the Austrian cabinet has been ; tendered to Emperor Karl, according to i Vienna dispatches here today. The Krupp works. Germany's, famous munition plant, is being put underground

i

pened to take care The work of c!

the i rd.1?. Many fed and few ones ?f the. traffic, ii-in"; the land and

C.tizt-ns f Hammond last lsht vented pent up wrath, against the Hammond street car service. At the transportation meeting in the couit house at wh'.th the; committee on .-'.rects, alleys and franchises sat in j jdgment, black deeds were hinted by patron of th- traction line. What with talks of rioting, dynamite and disappearance of lontr lengths of track between two fun?, the future was painted in a rich crimson. Thero was enough hand writing on the vall for any corporation to :-it tip and take notice. It appeared the

I consensus ot tne gatner.ni,' that the

cr.mpany could he depinded on to (urn.

I ish unaided tne g xril'f for poor f i v-

ice altoecther it wa mentioned irr-I-

i -li.tita ! !v llio f I . r- f s ; n o . , i '. .-. ,-i V u ; 1

road? to cross between tpdiana Haroor end ",ast C!iie;ii,'o, and met of the cars have been put out of commission during the blizzard w cither. Auk loub!e TrarU. After th" meetintf over;, body felt better for havlnr had an rpportunity t pet ;t cut of t'neir system, even though the presence of ladies prevented them rtvealins a few choice tliejujrht and even the fact that they waited forty minutes for a car to take them homo didn't lower th- hi'h spirits. As a resuit of the li'Miin the cm-

i.iltee on street", alb ys. and fran-

chise is prepared to amend the petition lo the slate utilities board with prrinissie.n of the council as a whole to include the following (l"mai1?: I.. 1 .oubl-t rack on Hohman street from th" r:er to Pouglaa street. A switch at Carroll street on Hohir.in sircft. . P.lr- 1: s'gnahs on single tracks. 1. Chiciigo cars routed to fhi.-t Hammond. .". 'C-.tensi-.n of liii" from Tia-t il-.m-

r.'l in west fe.a'e o. t-;an.la:rl ;eel

Car plant.

ejtv loop Ffrv.cn us rr the rr

a venu"

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isinn! petition. 7. Pouble tracks on all streets where city puis down pavements. (This applies largely to 1 ".Oth sneet and Conkey axenue w iiiC'l l ave; h'K'.l Sfi'.V crs and poor pavements.)

(By United Press.) WASHINGTON, reh. & The closing order was lifted, in North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida and Louisiana, ow. ing to moderation of weather. Tho order of preference la coal shipments will remain effective. (By United Press.) WASHXTTOTON, Teh. 8. Army health conditions continue to improve, according to the weekly report of Surgeon General Gorgas today. The total dead In all army camps for the week ending Teh. 2 was 173 as against 169 of the preceding week. Pneumonia took 117. Three hundred and three new cases of penomonla were reported in all national army camps against 301 the week before. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, reb. 8. Arab forces

iDr Vnltrd I'res NEW YORK. Feb. S. Following irresponsible rumors of Col. Roosevelt's condition the superintendent of the Roosevelt hospital issued the following statement at 11 a. m.r "Every report from Colonel Roosevelt's room say he Is Improving: However. If another abscess shoulei form it might be a different story. At present lie is far front being a dead man. At 1:43 p. m.. the superintendent announced the Colonel was rl'K'htly better following a turn for the better.

A report flashed about 2 o'clock in different cities of the Calumet region that'former President Theodore Roosevelt was dead is 'denied authoritatively by the United Press. The story is due to the re-

cooperating with the British, hut nndsr; p0rts tat Mr Roosevelt's COndicommand of the Sheik of Mecca have ... , . , completely defeated a Turkish army op-! tion 13 rather SCnOUS following a era'ing southeast of the Dead Sea, offi- seCond operation for abscess in his clal dispatches received today state. ; In a battle beginning January 30 the ( head. Arab tribesmen virtually annihilated the '

Turkish force, capturing 300 prisoners, including the Turkish commander In ctiof and his staff, the report says. The Turkish loss in killed exceeded 400. Eighteen machine guns, two mountain guns and large amounts of booty fell into the hands of the Araos. WASHINGTON. Teh. S. With more than 9,000 cars of wood and steel this building materials lost in ths freight traffic jam, the whole ship building program is threatened. Materials on hand

will last about a week. Chairman Hurley j rjsh of the shipping board announced today. !r,,on

Officials have been unable to locate i v...h,7a1b Af t rt t-c Tli vail T n ft Ti'hn.rcre I

UUUU. nu. .- -- - ' is still in effect and the daily flow cf shipments is gradually decreasing. One thousand cars of steel plate are tied up at manufacturing plants and may not bo moved for a month. The problem cf housing shipbuilders also is delaying the work, while a bill

carrying an appropriation for this pur-! that readied England

pose is slumbering in the senate finance j not on the Tnscania. committee. Large quantities of material! James v'labby lias not learned whether

was on the ill-fated

available for building houses can not his son Johnny

be utilized until congress appropriates ; j;inp or not.

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fi. A o,tv loop pcrv.ee i; r.:

from State street to "onhe;.

over Calumet avenue asked for

i ..-.t- v rT- Tvn Veb. S. - T.ee T

MVI' oo , ....... no.e of Stoney Island. eniner. probably wi 1 do- e.f injuries suffered tori? v when a freipbt train with two entities, or. the Nb ket Plate, crashed into a passencer train at Purr Oak, ne;u Knox. Block .signals were hidden by the re?. Tho freight train ran past th block. Earimore, who was pinned beneath his eneine. was scalded severely by ecapin?r steam. He was a ',,.mv resident of Fort Wayne. Frank

Pap pert, of this was p. In eii- j e.-...- ihA r -hi ! f-iin. Ik tii fr.ini !

I,.. a.i .ie.:,'ied i.tul oms.u' va : eliiii-jco - v. - dee. ! l'v

for fear of American air raids, accord ing to word brought here today of pas

senders on a ship. From well informed ! will join it more

J pa-angers the following uticensored : . , i facts and opinions are irlcaned: ' KTTVt'XT' TPTP TTTT "hid.

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'is the first news of the monster ards; Councilman Heekleman of the couni that has been published in the Calu-!(';l committee, presided at the meeting I met ri'gion. It is nuite evident that this an1 Councilman Frank Martin acted as ! will be a boom to West Hammond,) secretary. The other committeeman

'Homcwood and Harvey. 111., and in fact "B v.ounc,! man ainei; j;eilley

Hy J. W. PEGLER

(United Press Staff Correspondent.) i WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN PRANCE. Tcb 7 (delayed). German j shells today were seeking out the '. camouflaged American heavy guns. This ! afternoon tho enemy's heaviest guns j monotonously and persistently hurled J their big projectiles where they believed I

I REPORTS BILL

June fi.

the American guns hidden. Nightly pa-j t also reported the following: trols police No Man's land the entire' Changing methods of nppoi tinning width of tho sector. Last night one pa- j draft quota in districts w hero there trol returned with a mansr rifle aban-iU a large alien registrati do. doned apparently by ait enemy sentry. i Creating: a nurse cors in the United

t States army and prescribing- methods

(By United Press Cablegram.) ; of appointments and pay. LONDON, reb. C The United States ! .

(BULLETIN.) lVnltea Fres C-lirram. BELFAST ICELAND, Teh. 8.Two train load, of survivors were sent to a military training camp ia England today where they will nndergo training a. soon a, lo,t eqa-pment can be replaced. The majority were medical men, engineers, foresters and aviators. Major Wade, ssnlor American miii.-

1 officer aboard the Tnscania, was saved. T TV fro

, """" cn.iy two aboard, today told of their experiences. "We were immediately surrounded by men swimminj in the icy water." ont of them said. "There were only two men in our boat who could rcw but wt took all swimmers into our boat until it was loaded to the danger point, other boats also were moving around nearby, picking- up men." (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Two thousand and thirty-five survivors of the Tuscacia have been landed at Irish and Scottish points, a navy department cablegram announced today. This included officers, men, crew and passengers. The report however is apparently incomplete. Navy Gets Some News. The navy department statement follows: "The navy department today received a cablegram announcing 7S officers and 1.2T4 enlisted men of the army who sailed on the transport Tuscania. had been landed at Puncranna. Ireland, that sixteen officers and seamen of the crewhave been landed at Earne and that approximately 7S0 officers and men of tho army have been landed at Islay, Scotland. Many in Hospitals. "In addition about 03 soldiers and members of the crew- are in the military hospital at Londonderry. Ten soldiers are in a. hospital at Ixmdonderry and nine soldiers and two of the crew are in the county infirmary at Londonderry." "Our reports are very skimpy," sail Secretary I'aniels today, "and I have no confirmation of the British statement that the submarine also was sunk. 1 hope it is true." 210 Reported Missing. Official dispatches to the war department lists 113 Americans and 3V passengers and crew as missing a total of : 1 11 .

JAV0RAI5LY ' ' department cables state a tot.-l of ".'in; have been landel on the lri-h

(and tcoMisn coasts, leaving approii inatcly ;;62 of the American troops, pris-

fencT'' and crew unaccounted for. Of those landed ninety-nine are reported i nhospitals and well cared for. The list of lost can not be completed, it is now believed, for several days. The coasts of tho Pritish isles aro being combed for information from fishermen and townspeople in the belief t'vit more will be added to the lists of survivors.

TUSCANIA MISSING

Ti e parents and sisters of Joseph L. McKee fear for the safety of the younff soldier who was a member of the 215th aero squad aboard the transport Tuscania which was sunk off the

coast Tuesday. I.ate this aftcrWashington reported McKee's

name was not on the list of rescued which, however, is only partially compiled. Private McKee is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McICee. of 13 Waltham street. He onliilcd at Indiana Harbor April Cth. Mr. and Mrs. D. Ilirsch today learned that their son. Eucien, was on a boot

safely, and was

Ily t nitcd Press U ASIIINGTOX. Feb. S. The "-r.ato military ce.mmittee today favorably reported the iull eaUinsr for registration of men reaching the age of 21 since

losely together.

The speakers includ-rl

T. J. Felseeker. C. J. Ol

sub campaign in th"

.erman army are

Germany plan;

Pnciiic. I yertmns in the

increasing. American prisoners are treated worse than British or French. Holland has lot two mcntns or provisions and may en'er the war unless the United States and the allies supply her need?. Fear that the sh;P brought Herman fundus to Holland to ruin American v. he si v.;;-' reported i.iif ! f '!! for the

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' boarded dollar is a slacker. A dolspent for Thrift Stamrs is a patriot.

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toot 1". paste. The elaborate r a iv :r a t ion was necessary because the vessel elid not touch at Hal fax.

lr. William K. N.clioi-, Principal McF.ii'oy of Cue Jiiirh school, j. l itr-

.uhl. George K nor?.r r and Ma or own.

ExMotormnn llenrd. ' V. Xichols stated that for four years before he studied medicine he was a motorman and therefore was in a position to know- what lie was talking, about. He charged the management of th street car company with inerfieienry and criticised because the crews of trains were n- t nrrested ;or block '!;; cri.! -m.",. He ;.,'d wah 1 I!; i ill ii -Vo. : ! '- if r.l ;". ' (',,!- kf a-,Mi.o oud Ii''!,'..; ,i e.-r f .r a

Heaths, meall.rs. w !,eai less. lii;li t - j ,'-u' !, :"vr! "'r'1 :11a',y boanhne, n less clays ves. Put no thrift less days.jrtr lhc cppos.le direethm in order

Buy W. S: f?. j

must assume the greater part of the CjTg DATE FOR burden of maintaining the allies man , "DO A T PJT)

power in Europe by the end of this year, l u n. j. uxi -r

1 1. C. Long. I Geddes, first lead or tne actnurauy

son. Pen Wolf, declared today.

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VITH 16-YEAR OLDS

iWy nilrtl I'rtvsl WASHINGTON, Feb. S. Germany has musl"red part of her II year old boys, the official war report today stated. These boys who ordinarily would rot be called for two or three years have been mobilizing for some time, th re-

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(By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Tcb. 3. A dispatch etate reb. 7 and received from Stockholm, and unconfirmed, says all allied embassies and diplomatic representatives have been expelled from Russia and are en route to Sweden. The state department said the last word from Ambassador rrancls was a dispatch dated reb. 2.

(By 1'nltCfl Presx CnlilcRram.t TICEE. ENGLAND. Feb. $. "Ti e

boat could be killed by Angu.'t nation hedd ; out," Admiral Sir Jpllieoe deeuared today, fie ep fcer that the Ibiiish are in for time for a few months.

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foiin ssed bad

ROOF CAVES IT BUFFING

WELL, PIGS IS PIGS

T ! '"At Fi 1. L,f . beat' 11. 53 1-3 a pound

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iCemtinued on j-agc nine)

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nisr. .purchased from the

ing estate at Martinsville, Ind

.on as , . ; a n - id Ji'"i."eO 1 n -montbs-e.id Gos.ard breed-

This is the first time any Pritish naal afficials has set a definite date as the sroal in the anti-sub campaign. II was formerly commander of the Pritish trranri fleet. I III I.I E l l . t I It, I ntlrrf Prrt t nbSeurnni I XMSTKIIIUM, Feb. . Turker ttI never conclude n acpnrate ncacc nt iidjr price. Ihc Tnrkiah foreign minister declared, ncording lo dispatcher.

A se rious ai cid-mt. is re pe.rtpd fr.cu PutTingion where the concrete roof over the new power house caved in yesterday when the thaw set in. Two men are said to havo jumped from tho second story of the structure when tho first rumbling were beard. Ono cf the men suffered a broken bg. Ii is said that the cement was ?ifird

land laid last October and Trox pet.,? p. ! being dry. AVii'ii th" wet snow b:.s--n thaw out the fro.;t the collapse ,-p

iowed. The stritctuTC was being prepared for the installation of tho machinery and th cement company suffers bis lose.