Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 7, Hammond, Lake County, 9 February 1918 — Page 1
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Qocumem! Said to Have Been Signed at Two O'clock ! This Morning. (By United Press Cablegram.) j COPENHAGPEN, Feb. 9. A ; Teace pact between Germany and; the Ukrainian republic was signed; at Brest Litovsk at 2a. m. today,1, according to an official announce-j merit at Berlin. j Autr.a-Hur.gar4robably was also aj party to this act. I hkrar.ia. formerly a part of the Kus- ; pi. -in empire, embraces part of the tcrri-J tc-ry uf the fid kingdom of rvdand. It, is traversed by the ln!cpr river ami is J one vf the roost feitilc lands in Europe.) Tin' fact l"kraiua is a groat wheat pro-1 d i -1 1 . s region msy a -Ouunt for the pnxioty of the Central J'owcrs to sr- ; ra:e .i separate peace. Permanent i 5'r,pf,jn5 of hostilities with 1. krania v.uW open a prrat source of food tup-; Pv- . ! Two delegates represented the I sram- ! lans at Prest Litovsk. One. composed r the middle class"?, represented the ; smly formed republic, the- other rep-, resenting t!i proletariats was loyal to the r.olshcviki. i
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COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER JUVENILE HEARINGS
IRISHWOMAN FIGHTS WITH SERBIANS AND WINS DECORATIONS FOR HER PLUCK
i Morals Committee Calls I Meeting at Hammond ! Next Week.
HEM8JB0M SON M. J. Mander, Now Motorcycle Dispatch Rider in France.
Mrs. Herbert Shipman. Mrs. Herbert Shipman of Wahfnjtton, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edson Bradley and a favorite in Washington social circles, is now on her way to the front in France to erve as r. Red Cros3 nurse. Several months ago when her hurband left th rectorship of the Church of Heavenly Rest in New York to serve as chapFain at Spartansburs. S. C, Mrs. Shipman began training in a Iew York hospitaU
'ike cor.-.iiii; f- o;i im.;ah of i'-.-;iHint' eoun. il of d.-('. n?t' -..ni: t.;-.-.i .' : pn.-Uurs of t!io i''ii--t jr. K. .Jau.'ii, and Holy Ai.fl';- p.-iruh. ;i,ry. ui.-Jm i'hristfan on'.iroh, 1 1 ru.imoiid. ha? issued ii call for a g.-nt-ral ni. t-tois lj ho h.dd ' ar I'hanihffr of 'ommoree. Hirniii'nd, ! next Thursdaj afternoon at 2 ;.". o'clo.-U. ' Juvenile ilohn'ju' ney Mill be one of th 1 chief topics of dis:uss.:on. ' Xotioe of thv meeting has been issued i a:? fu'Jows: I Gary. Inrl.. Fcl.. T. 1?1S. i
Jx-ar Sir: 'no of the standing rorninittees of the tte and oAitnt y councils of ilefen.'i; throiishout the I,'inted States is a. commit tee on morals. The round uf Defense of Lake County v.'i.-h"s such a committee, org.-uuzed. Tho work wlinh a committee on morals would undertake could ou'..v he determined by the committee itself. J,K ,t i-. ouhl seem that it niiiiht will include delhiit.e effort? to p ro't e patriotic si n! uiujnt and I b'-ing it t beiir aKninst nil. forms of W lossncs a weakening to our vnt.on rt :i tim il";i it M"."l5 ell us 5trritpth to v in th- war. The ncrease m .ni"io!c delinotiercy d'l"
to the war is :i problem th;it should haie the alien! ion of someone. Tluio nic tlotihib'-v? other ways in which a column tre tui moral." could lender aluable :l':ce. A i i 'in.; for the purpose of orpanizmg til' h a committee will be hold at Jtiimm-'iid Chamber of c on i ii f i ce, h MohTnan ' s;reef, Hammond, on Thursday, l'e bruai ;' Jl. at -J::," p. in. Th..r.- will he hirl : p. . chi s Mr. K. C. .M,p.t"ii j 1 ml laca i oli . attorney f. r tho An' i-Saloon Lr.-fSiic, and Mi. ij. I'. Tl.rah.'r of Chit-ago. superiiu.nd nt if the iVmniiU e of Fifieen. l'oilOWllUr the : i'l'll(" tll- Uliesliotl of f'u nuns' tho committee v. iil l.e taken up immediately . Such a roniiniU"- offers clergyive n nn oppoitimity to "do their bit'" toward v, innlr.fi tho war. nnd it is to b: hoped that ou will pian to bo preseiit. If t'.e commnfe ; to prove 'tfective thero must be represented on it a imiiili'T of stroiit; laymen. Will you not therefore bring with you at least two laynoa lioni your oonsrosat ion Very truly your?. CO. i.'Or.NCIb F ikfknsi:. By liev. William Crant Seaman, l'astor MeihKli.-l llpiscopal i hutch. ' t;.u-y . Ind.
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For two years Sergeant Major' Flora Sandes, an Irish woman cfj t are pluck and with an Erin gmile, ! has been fighting with the Serbian j
army. Mte went to berbia wiui an ambulance unit but in an early retreat was cut off from her sisters in
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wounds received in battle. She nas been awarded the highest decoration in the gift of Serbia and has risen to the rank of sergeant major.
GERMANS GET MODE
V. C. Maudcr, ISo Indiana avenue. Hammond, has received r, very interesting communication frorii his son. Walte.r J.. who Is now stationed wi:h tha aviation romowiicr" in, France. lie jS a motorcycle: dispatch rider and enlisted in Montana v, hen the v.ar broke out. The letter n as follow?; Dear Mother and Father; At present we are located in an old monastary, but Just how Ions we will fce quartered hero I do not know as they keep us mo mg from one place to another. I do not imagine for very long though, a? v.e hae no conveniences here to spt-ak of. What time we have t.ren on this ride of the vaiei- we have done quite n hit of traveling nnd have Eeeit a. rcat deal of this wonderful ruined, country.
If we ever co ne Pack alive, it will tak'
me months to tell you what we havo gone through, seen ard done. . Our trip across the Atlantic was withut mishap, but certainly was an enjoyable one. I don't believe any one who has crossed can say that they had a more, delightful and interesting voyRe than we did. We landed in Vlnland and after rcrrsiiniris; there a short. time cre.sjsed the lliiclih channel, wlocli is et3inly a very dangerous strip of Uifer to cross. We. were on the hoknt right and day for submarines. There at--' lo's of Interest injr t!iitii9 T could Xf.'i you but all thos" thiags arc- censored. T am certainly en.ionR the ijf hre wi'h the American tlipeditlonary Force nith the crca'ef-t of pleasure. I am tindof the opiroon that ve v on't be lonp in settling t'llnE' and be borne. With love to all e.nd viil write asaln peon. Ton can send a box. of candy if you want to. rnvT. WAt.Ti.r. .t. mavdeh. 116 Aero Service Souadron A. S. S. C.
FUEL LACK BLAME SHIFTS TO MINES
'Report Shows All of Coal Cars Furnished by Railroad Weren't Loaded.
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j The railroads of Ird are. making (heroic, efforts durine the unfavorable I month of January, furnished most of j the ears demanded for the coal mines I of Ind . a na. j The. reports of the inspection departJ ment of the public ser ice commission. J giving this fact today, showed that all i of the ears furnished were not loaded.
The Id a me for the present, coal jheotage ii shifted, on the face oZ thc.e reports, from the railroads to the mine op"iators or the miners. K. I. !'.i-,j!iai: r.an of the pi'o.le ?ervbe commission, announced today that weekly reports on railroad? v onll
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road and mining operations can be published. For the week ending January 12. there were 14.411 cars required and the railroads furnished 14.0S3 cars. Iowcv.er, only 3n.r;2 cars were loaded at tho mine. One answer of tiie op-
jeiat.os to this statement is that the I radroads do not :nevo the my, from : the mines as fast as they are unloaii- ; ed. and that they fill up the sidetracks jso that all the cars cannot he loaded. ! 1" the. week ending; January 13th. ll.?56 cars were required. were ifuvn-fhed and were r.jr! Toe production for the three w eeks j RCroi die; to statement was 4 ."?.?' tons of coal for the week ending Jan-li-ary 12: 1 C,"'t 1 .0'"'!) terns f..- the v ee'U . ftiiimc Jfnuary 1 and 4 11. Til for the : ( e'. erifiins Janunry -'11.
(By Un.ttec'- Press Cablegram.) I.F.nt.IN (Via Loudon) Feb. ? - Se.me Ante riean prisoffers not taken north of Xiray," the war office accunccd today. Aailable mars fail to show such a town as "Xlvray." It is barely possible that the town is VrvinayK about four miles northeast of St. Mihiel. This would locate it in the American sector as ifficially anneHinccd. A later nMo listed I'riva'e lnehl ilohlberg of c'lncac", as slightly wuinded in action. Fi b. 3.
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IBUFFfTOl ! EMPLOYE i IS KILLED i
Last night about 6 o'clock, a man by
t!ie name of E. llriggs. v. hose home Is in , j Sou'h Chicage., wan killed l.y- a New : York Central west -bound train it tb.e ' , erosstns n.-ar tlvj idanl of the r.uffing- , t"n l'iuveral Portland iVn:int .-. j i Priggs was an employe ot the Fui'fingI ton plant and apparently was on his way home from work. i Tho body was taken to the Lake Shore 'sfl;on and then turned or to 'Burn': .V Median, undertakers. An effort' is ' I l,. mc made to tMdi ielative in youth
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Life in Lake county is just one grand jury after another. Four indictments for murder were returned by tho grim jury in Judge Hardy '3 court at Ilammend which adjourned yesterday and crooks arc not to lia'.e time to take an ea: y breath. It i:- sajd a grand jury is to be called by Judge McMahan at Crown Fuint. Aside from the four indictments for murder tho remaining thirt y -t wo ssued by the grand jury at Hammond were for minor crimes such as robbery, larceny and gambling. Those indict, d for murder follow: Llarl Anderson. Last Chh ago, criargci with killing alter JlmKse.n. I '.en Johnson. Indiana Harbor, charged with hilling Georsc Hutt. ("harlef. X'--lsot.. La.'t chiiago, charged widi murder of hi. wife. Tom Fluoanelo. Haft Chicago, charged with the murder of Tonv Catena. . The Jurymen were John Ml. Feckmnn and Jonas Lautman of Hammond, David Moses of Gary, Arthur Ahrendo of Gary. W. W. Dummon of Crown Foint, and Julius Hess of Hammond The Gary Lvrning Fost incurred the displeasure of the officials by last night printing the names of tv.o tion indicted by the grand jury, it being n rule- of the eouit that no nattier gieeu the public until the arrests have been made. This newspaper has been guilty of the same offens" several times and Lake county judges will get together to stop the practice. The four men indicted for murder nr
(By Vnlted Tress) CHICAGO, Feb. 3. Mobs are threateningto lyiudi Germans in Wilmington. Ill . .-.--cord in? to telephone messages received at the department of Justice here today. Kindreds of men arc demanding that Mayor McAljuter surrender Joseph Uietuicycr. a Gorman miner, allesed to have approved of the Tusean'a sinking. The msyor appealed to the department of Justice fe.r help. Aid i-s bcinrr rent from Joliet. NAMESBEGIN TO COME IN lllr I'nltrd l'resst WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Out of the war zone today came the names of hundreds of Americans raved from the torpedoed transport Ttis.'anin. The na:ues are now hoine sent across ihe water in a stead'' stream and coin-
p l-d f' r publication as rapidly as pe.sslble. Not until tl'e entire 1 i t. ig In cm th.e war depaittnent determine tp,o e who gave up their liv.i. Those thus far announced Include: Kussell 11. Eikeberry. 1110 North Anderson street, Elw ood Ind.; Hay Sam Groenier. STOS State street. Cliicogo.
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DIVORCE CASES FILED AT HAMMOND Fear! Colton vs. John: cruel treatment ( J. W. BrisseyL Louis F. Shoady (. IVIaggie Shoady; desertion. ( W. jr. Frueel. Ella Townsend vs, John W. Townsend; adultry. ( F. BarnetO. A"ilhehnina Gheike u. Herman Gheke: inhuman. (M. M. IJruce). Ella Townsend, wife of a locomotive erigimer. charges her husband with being unfaithful to her. F.ach is fiftyfour yearsi of age.
Extension of time has bi-cn granted in registering alien enemies according' to dispatches sent out by the uo crn:nen this morning and all those v, ho are subject and as yet. have not registered have until next Wednesday evening to do SO. The registration was supposed to be closed today, but owing1 to the large task of making out three separate blanks for each registrant and the hundreds yet to register the time limit was exhausted. This morning at the Hammond police station, the place was fooded with registrants and it is probable that the ivfli win go on until late tonight. In the neighborhood of thioe hundie.j liavt registered.
SELLS CUSTOMER WHISe FOR COLO Then City Marshal Arrests Doctor for Running a Blind Pig.
NO CANDY 1 PUNCH BOARDS ! ALLOWED i CT.OWN" T'olNT. Feb. ?. Hebron. which for a Ions period past has enj joyed the d'.stim tin of permit hub the ' operation of candy pui.eh boards in b.eal stores, has decided on a clean-up ,and today the lecnn marshal visited i'vpiy store having sueh a board and confiscated this device. No longer will jit b permitted in llebi on, and the ' wot ti was done under orders of the I t -iw n boa: d. .
Wheeling Faces Flood.
irtr 1'nltil rrf I WH KILLING. W. VA . Feb. The i 'cit" faces one of th.e wo-t Hoods in i i it. history today. I The thaw of the last two days has 'started huge Ice gorges along- the Ohio j river and weather officials say if they j stop a Moundsvilie. Wheeling will be j flooded. At Wheeling Cieek. fashionable reidenta! f'ti'in lh ft'-, e;- is t.h - r t y -1 v. o ' feet ; Monon Resumes Traffic. 1 LOWFLL. IM'.. f eb. P Tho w re -k two mile south of Lowell was cleared j away about t"n o'clock Thursday nisht
and trains are going through to hieago. All trains yesterday were either auunlled or detoured except m'lk trains w hu-h passeel through liere about 3:00 p. m. tin account of the length of tim required to clear tho track the wreck was a serious one. Fortunately no one w as reported to have been injured.
H. K. HALLAM TO PROVISO H. S. H. K. Haliam, who ha held the position of Manual Training- instructor 1n the I-rammond public schools duringti.e pa" two years, leaves for Chicago . da; where l, br.s a -oep'ed p lucrative .-ffer ii tl same tapacity. at the Pv...!i schooh Mr. Halla.n has made a wide circle of friends during h;s residence In Hammond and they wish him success in his ne-w field.
! HAMMOND IS BEATEN.
peetel to The I lines) CROWN POINT. IND.. Feb. The Crown Foint high school basketball team sprung a surprise in the Lake county high school basketball league last ntRht when they defeated Hammond by a score of ."15-2 7. The gam" nas hoCy contested t h i ou g ho : but H a ni m o n d teas unable t-1 o-et.o-.ne ite b.g lead registeted by the Hub quintet In the tlrst half. Hammond lay their defeat to the fact of not being used to playing: on a small floor.
CFvOX FOINT. IND. Feb.3. Because, he sold two drinks of whiskey to a customer for relief from a severe cold in bis own drug store. Dr. 11. F. Flood of Hf.tron. well known in Lnh.e k:k! Forter counties, ivm last night place! under arrest nf'T a warrant bad been sworn out by Ora A. Dawson, city marshal of Hebron. Dr. Blood was charged with keeping a "blind pig" and the warrant was not served on him until ho went to Valparaiso and gave himself up. He yrimediately gave bond in the sum of S100 and retained Attorney Frank B. Parks to represent him at his trial, which was ,i't for mx! Monday before Judge H. H Loiing- in the poit'r circuit conn. Dr. Wood is faeorhiy Known in Hebron and the residents of the little i!lage are swatting the outcr.me of the trial with keen interest.
(UNFILLED i STEEL TONNAGE INCREASES (By United Frosa.) NFAV YORK. Feb. P The untilled j onno of the Fnited States Steel ror- ; poration increased 96.133 tons over De- ! cember 31. The total unfilled tonnage j on Jan. HI was 9.477.S53 against 9.3SLJ 71 S on December; C1S.SP7.106 on Nov. 30, land 11.474.054 Jan. 31. 1917.
vjtx v i-nj j.xj.jixix TILL MARCH 1 Nineteen days still remain for automobile owners to acquire their 1918 license number a cord ins: to chief of police Austgen of Hammond this mernin and th.ofe not having them by the first of March r-re to bo arrerted and made exa mples of. if they jt re not. able
; to give a Fiiffu int excuse. W are j too lenient w ith those not having their license numbers in time last y ear." said ,Chief Austgen. "and if one warning is j not sufficient I am going to treat them j w ith the law."
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! Vi:;.ts Soldier Son. Ineriat to Tiie t ime. I H ATT Kt.l P.G. MIS.-. Feb. f. : Peter Budmk. of Fast Chicago is here I visiting his son who is a member of Company M of th.e Fast Chicago troops.
DEATH OF BABE.
i After a brief illne's of stomach trouId" Shirley I-:inore. '.ear old daughter j e,f Mr. ard .Mr . Ken' Whit mire. L':".1 Lewis s'.rfe-t. died jr:terda morning. The funeral will he he'd m the home Monday aftrnoon and interment will occur at Oak Hill cemetery.
(By United Tress. ' WASHKIOTOW, Teb. 9-riffhtlng be
twttn Americans and Germans on. the j west front has resulted. In wounding: of j two more of Pershing', men, the war , department announced today. i Six deaths from natural causes also ; were reported. '
(By United Ptbes.) WASHINOTON, Peb. 9. Anti-Austrian demonstrations fcavo taken place in Croatia and Zagred and scores of agitators have been arrested, according t dispatches from Geneva today.
j "Austrian papers received hero, tne
dispatch stated, "admit tnere is great; unrest in Croatia. The Dalmatians deputy to Vienna and the editor ox a Croatian newspaper have been banished for paticipatin? in a demonstration. "Vienna newspapers declare the uprising waw instigated by a masonic lodge." (By United Press.) NEW TOB.X, Peb. D. Declaring the
timo has come to attempt bringing abont ueace. paciflsts, socialists and
radicals among labor men are arranging
a peace conference hero Peb. 16 ana 17. Delegates will be elected, it is stated,' to a similar meeting in Z.ondon. j
(By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Bitter denunciation of Austria's decoration ot soldiers for murders in Servia and Koumanla was mads in the Keichitrat, Geneva dispatches declared today. One deputy charged that the Austrian "on. roanr.rarv instigated most of the raurd-
i ers and that it has the affrontery to J permit wide circulation of postal cards
illustrating these Iniquities. (By United Press Cablegram.) juOUDOJT, Peb. 9. "Enemy patrols were somewhat more active in the sec nnrth of tens last night," rield
Marshal Haig reported today.
(By United Press.) WASHINGTOn, Teb. 9 Following cloaely upon their victory over the ; Turks, northeast of the Dead Sea, the Sheik of Mecca's forces have captured j El Masvas. an Important Turkish town, official war reports stated today. j
(By United' Press.) WASHINGTON, Peb. 9. The railroad administration today was working out what private ownership had failed to accomplish standardization of railroad equipment. (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, Peb. 9. Both Germany and -t,H. iirnait the neace pact with the
I TTV.-atr.la.n remibllc. it was officially an
nounced by wireless today irom Berlin j
and Vienna. (By United Tress.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 Registration ,ite for enemv aliens have been ex-
tended to include Teb. 11. 12 and 13, ac-
' cording to announcement today oy tne
commute on public information. The extension was made to plenty of time for compliance with the law before prosecution begins.
j GARY POLICE
MAKE RAIDS l ,tui'! of Gar;.' police invaded ' -v-ntt-al Africa" last injli' and biouRht , j in "4 men and women for disoideili I conduct, eardplaying and drunkenness! ! ha i g.". '
The most daring robbery in Gary tins jiar look place during the ivight in the heart of the south side business district: when bandit-; looted Henry We liners jewelry vtore. HOS Broadway, and cleaned out the place. They took everything of value that wasn't in the safe, their haul amounting to t4 000. Make Hole la Floor. After gaining entrance to the basement by a front door key the raiders sawed a hole a foot square and got into the store in that manner. Mr. Welincr carried J-.'-no burglary in.-:urcncc. Cut Wires. Foilce found that the raiders had cut the electric wires after entering the building, thereby shutting off light cm. alarm bells. It is thought that '.hey had a boy crawl through' the hole, h -cause of the size. ITegro Hcbber Uses Gun. Several times last evening, due to atmospheric conditions, Cery'g electro lights went out. It was during one c' these dark spells at supper time that a negro bandit attacked JJl.n Frank; t.i front of his home at 1620 Georgia strei t. The negro shot at Tranka twice after failing to get any money from him, but both bullets went astray. Later the police arrested Clarence Taylor, whom they said had a two-ballet derringer pistol in his possession. August Rankin, colored, was arrested on a burglay charge. Jewelry Place Gnarded. Wellne-r's store was not only under the guard of city police, but was periodically visited during the night by patrolmen of a merchant protective police. Mr. Wcllncr is getting up a elcscriptivo list of the robbery.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Early today it was announced at the hospital that Col. rtf'osevc-lt had pasted a comfortablenight. Frevious bullctitis reported that "the outlook is encouraging" and that tho ratient was making satisfactory progress." The former president's physicians were to confer again today, but there was no indication that further operations would be necessary. Dr. Welton Martin reported that Col. Roosevelt's temperature was; again normal, his pulse 78, and- that he was "resting as comfortably as can be expected." He has been able to retain all nourishment and in.- complications have d1--veleiped. WHERE IS TARTAR
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Colonel Gatofsky. What has become of tha last of Russia's Tartar warriors? Tha answer is to he found in no dispatches received since Russia's brief, victorious drive in (Jalicia wren Kerensky ruled. Colonel Gatofsky won fame in that drive with hii band of Tartars. He was chief cf staff for Prince Bagrratan, last descendant of the rulers of Georrria.