Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 209, Hammond, Lake County, 27 February 1918 — Page 1

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1918.

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DECLARED War News from 41! Fronts Grows More Serious as Oncoming of Spring Weather Is Noted.

Piano Salesman Tells of His Experiences in the Allied Trenches Fighting for the Freedom of the World.

Ouch! This Way Out and "Watch Your Step The Old Man Says a Mouthful to These Two Unfortunates Chaps With One Foot in the Grave.

! F All It A It IS LEADER OF STAGE j WOMEX'S WAR RELIEF SOCIETY

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(United Press Cablegram.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Feb. 27. Sixty-one American soldiers, gas victims, lay in the hospital today following a night of horror. Five others were killed in the attack. Many of the hospital cases include artillery men. victims perfectly ksipusb. Three were killed and nine overcome in the first attack. A second attack ten minutes later added to the suffering. A chlivl could not be more helpless than these Americans in the hospital. Kery effort, inoi ling letting and use cf oxygen was made to relieve them. DOCTORS CURSE GERMANS. Doctors cursed the Boches for every moment the'rnen suffered: " Th victims were in a hospital recently bombed repeatedly, and the doctors declared the f.!;al act they might expect from the Huns was an air raid while the gassed j.ien were slowly passing out. The gas attacks began early Tuesday r-nrning and continued throughout the day. JAPAN IS READY. (United Press Cablegram.) LONIXN". Feb. 27. -Should the r.usEO-Gcrman peace be actually concluded it goes without saying that Japan will take the most decided steps." Foreign Minister Motcno is credited with saying before the Japanese house of representatives Friday, in dispatches received today. -The fullest understanding exists with Great Eritain, America and the other allies." ha declared. GERMANS HURLED BACK. By JOS. SHAPLIN (United Press Staff Correspondent.) FETROGRAP. Feb. IT. The Germans have been hurled back at Vltobsk and t:ghteen miles from Oraha. (Vitebsk is the capital of the province of that name. GOO miles south cf Fetrosrrad. Oraha is thirty miles south of Vitebsk). F.nthusiasm for. the defense of the revolution is growing and rjp are leaving in constant streams for the front. Two hundred thousand proletariats have enrolled. The battle of Pskoff ended with a l;u??un victory. They have succeeded in removing most of the vaat supplies into the interior. RAIDS ARE REPULSED. (United Press Cablegram.) FARI3. Feb. 2 7. Two strong German raids were repulsed in the Chemin des Dairies regions (where the Americans pre aiding the French) the official statement said today. In the Champatgne region tho Germans twice attempted raids after bombardments southwest of Rutte-Du-Mesnil (where American artillery is located) but were thrown back. There was mutual artilleryir-g around "hepry Wood and Avucourt. Nancy was bombed by enemy airmen. There were some victims. HAIG REPORTS RAID. (United Frees Cablegram.) LONDON. Feb. i:?. Hostile raids v ere repulsed last night near St. Quentin. in the neighborhood of Buliecourt and cast of Vermelles, Field Marshal Haig reported today. Both enemy and British artillery was actne northeast of Tpres this morning. JAPAN IS NEEDED. WASHINGTON', Feb. 27. Japan Is ready to act in Siberia, if 'rnnn rtc nvity spreads there and into the fsr east. n. cording to sources close to the .!? nsn??" embassy today. The United Fres is informed that Japan knows the seriousness of the Siberian situation and is ready to furtill her obligation to the allies. There is a growing feeling in diplomatic quarters ihst Japanese intervention will be needed.

Wilfred Hughes, resident manager of the Story & Clark I'iano Co.. at SC2-S4 Oakley avenue, Hammond, is back homeagain after serving in the trenches, where remarkable to say. he never saw a German. His experiences as related to a reporter follow: "T am mighty glad to be ba. k." said he, "because modern warfare is really a hellish thing, and from the time our battalion landed at Havre across the Channel and a couple of 'Jack Johnson's.' as we called tlietn, came sailing through the air from almost twenty miles up on the German coast and almost obliterated our entire battalion there in Havre to the trip homeward

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The "Old Man'' is a typical Hammond American whose breeches are somewhat shiny and home well furnished. Ha is loved by his wife and daughters despite the annoyance of having the pater entertain company in shirt sleeves. In summer he wears suspenders with a belt and in winter a belt with suspenders. An only son is in France, he owns as many liberty bonds as his business will furnish capital to ray for and will drive a flivver the coming summer for war economy's sake. Whether flivvers are economy or not 13 nothing to do with the story. Th other evening at church the Old Man noticed 130-pound football heroes sinking "Glary, glory h,a!lejluiah." which was perfectly all right. The next evening he found them seated comfortably in the only really comfortable chairs m the house. calling on the daughters. The Old Man "horned in" on a conversation about the prospects of the White Sox and the class of this j ear's Follief . "I see", said he apropos of othing they had referred to, "that about SCO boys from Hammond are in France and our soldiers are being lulled almost daily in this here affair with the kaiser. I suppose you boys are in the draft?"; A pause. "I said. "I suppose you boyg are in the draft..? "Yes. sir." replied the biggest of the

twain, "at least I am. Hut I got bad

feet and I haven't been well this winter and I'm working at a war industry." "Well, now ain't that too bad." replied the Old Man. "No one would think you had a foot in the grave to look at you. Did you have much trouble getttn' in a munitions plant? I understand there's ejulie a demand for them jobs, especially by the young fellers of your calibre. What about jour tide kick?" "No, sir: jes. ser; that is I'm in the draft too", said the other. "But I got dependents. I support my mother." "Any brothers?" "Yes. sir ". "How many"? "Four. But my mother depends on me mostly". "Uh huh", un huhed the Old Man. "Never mw the like of it. The recruiting sergeant tells me the town is full of joung men supporting their mothers, and young husbands supporting their vives who ar working too. The women of this town can do more good for their countrv- by letting go of their son's coattails than anything else I know of. No, I don't care about my daughter going with a feller that's liable to die 'fore morning nor having a boy spend money on her who needs it

for his mother so I guess that about lets ou chaps out. Well, I'll be going to bed now. It would be a good invest-, ment for someone to buy you two for

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ffr what you think you're worth.. Good night".

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Geraldine Farrar in a patriotic role.

Geraldine Farrar. one of America's most prominent operatic stars, has been appearing recently in a truly patriotic role. As a leadinfr spirit of the Stage Women's War Relief society Miss Farrar is found at the headquarters most every day doing valuable work for the soldiers and sailors. The operatic favorite is very adept at the sewing machine and turns out excellent work. She is one of many distinguished women of the stage who are devoting a big part of their time to patriotic services.

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Schererville Can't Stand the Deathly Stillness Any Longer, However, and Is Coming to the Fore With a F d Accident.

TAPPER Hi DRAGKERT RESIGNP0L1GE BOARD Step Out to Give Mayor Free Hand in Running Department.

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bound when we heard the S. O. B. calls ; from the dying 'Laurer.tic' I found very i i little of the pomp and panoply of war, j

but a great deal of v.hat Sherman said it was. "The affair at Havre was surprising to say the least, for we hardly expected to get into any trouble at all until

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aeroplanes: then found out that !t was , Fiit.'.'g guns way up near 0?tend. A' j Gini-h;-, I saw my flrpt and only real j action. We were ordered to attack at in the affinoon. At : Ifi the; German released cas clouds. Whn the.

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NEW COMPANY IN GARY TIMES BIRF.AL ' AT STATE CAPITAL. j INDIANATOMS. Ind . !"eo. IT. The Mineral Water Salt Company of Gar;, has been incorporated with a capital of $10,000. It will manufacture and j sell a minora! water salt treatment i composed of chemical salts. l:rc tors are Judson F. B.-vorth. Lou Bos- j worth and Robert C. ItanKiu. 1

perlal to The TIm FCHERERVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 27. Ten of the world's greatest artists today lie broken and shattered along the country-side near Schererville following a disastrous automobile accident. The names of those knocked Into Infinitesimal atoms follow: Mme. Galli Cure!, Harry Lauder, Geraldine Farrar, John McCormack. S'g. Caruso, Alma Gluck. John Sousa. Fritz Krelsler. Schuman-IIeink, Muratore and Marv Garden. The horrible accident happened Sunday but Sclierrervillp's town Journalist was b-.sy with f2 10 ppring what Monday and th world did not learn of its los until today. Farmpr John Stephen and family were homeward bound In a buggy when F. C. Force, 33S1 block avenue. Indiana Harbor, sped up from behind in one of thse high powered F-d automobiles and crashed into the rig. The damages consisted of three buggy wheels brohen. severe bruises t'j the pride and phanks of the horse, the breaking of ten darnd good talking machine records by M me. Galli Curi i. Harry I.a;idr. etc.. and the wrecking of a eom-crtina. The damage to the accordion included ymnMiing of the hexagonal heads, the loss of three octaves and the corrupting of the double bass. The go-to-me-eome-from-me was also put out of commission. Take it all in all it was a pretty bad accident and ought to be put in the paper. Farmer Stephen was pretty mad but LaForce agreed to pay $l'.'j for the damages. This wont settle for the humiliation to the former's horse, however. Imagine having the whifflettee rammed into you a fuot and a half.

The resignations of Antcn Tapper and George Drackert effective March 1 are in the hands of Mayor Brown, It was announced today, and have been accepted by him. Mr. Tapper and Jlr. Drackert have been commissioners for eight t-ears. Mr. Drackert Is the oldest resident of Hammond, having been born here 63 years ago. Jlr. Tapper has resided in Hammond 39 years. They are two of the largest property owners of the city and before becoming polio commissioner Mr. Tapper never held a public office. Dr. Drackert was for a few years a member of the city council. The resignations were voluntary, it is stated, and designed to give the mayor a free hand. Tapper and Drackert are known as two of the staunchest friends of Chief of Folice Peter Austgen. The remaining commissioner is Oscar Krinbill. Mr. Tapper Is given the credit of stopping prizefighting in Hammond. In this he had the ready support of Mr. Drackert and the commissioner preceding Mr. Krinbill.

(By United Pie.) INDIANAPOILS, IND.. Feb. 27. The government in the Lake county election trials has rested its case. Clerk Wheaton, former Auditor Simon, W. J. Lynn of Gary and Sergeant Bucklin closed. Bucklin closed 4 cabarets on orders transmitted by Nestorovich. Twelve other cabarets were allowed to run because they were run orderly.

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Dr. Dwight Mackey Made Militia Certain HOBAKT. Ind. Feb. 27. Roster of ihe Indiana militia. iued by General ?:i:ith, list's Dr. Dwight Mackey of this r'a'e as a regimental infirmary officer with ranV of certain

MILK SITUATION

CAUSES FARMERS 1 TO SELL COWS; !perlnl in Tbe Tfnws CROWN POINT. Ind.. Feb. C7. Lake ;

county's milk production grows less i each day. The farmers are drying up j cows and sellinjr them for slaughter. Butchers in the rural districts report

their business to be twice that of normal times. The farmers declare they cannot sell milk at the present prices and realize a profit. Somo claim they cannot feed the cattle for what the milk brings them. At Schererviil two milk producers this week sold ten cows ea h and a total of foj-ty milk cows have been sold for slaughter recently.

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Mayor Brown today cald upon every loyol citizen of Hammond to attend the. American Alliance meeting at the Masonic Temple tomorrow e'vening at which Sergeant Vaan of the Belgian army, and Duncan Clark of the Chicago Post, are to speak. "I urge every patriotic citizen to attend the meeting." stated the mayor, "and hear the truth of the war from one who has bee-i on the battlefields of France for threo years."

UOVT THROW VOIR FOOD 1 THE ALLEYS. BIT SAVE IT FOK OIR AL. MRS.

Indignant citizens are oiir,g their! sentiments against the new city admin-' istration for the neglect of the street ' cleaning department in taking some ac- i tlon to clean up the streets and alleys of j Hammond which at present are in a! filthy condition. ; At the last session of the council Alderman Patrick Reillcy offered a sus- ' gction that some action be taken to:

clean up the streets atiTi allej3 and made a motion that a committee be appointed to in estimate whether or not it would be cheaper to advertise for bids to have the streets cleaned or the city do it Itself. This is the only action that has so far been taken by members of the council to clean up the streets and alleys and was voted down. One need not go far to see that the city as a whole is in a filthy and un

healthy condition and unless something j is done very soon there will he a plague j of epidemics and contagious diseases, j hile the Mrects fjre in a little better

condition, most of the alloys are nearly unpassable with ashes and other rubbish. The street claning department is now only using two double wagons and five dump carts where there would not be a sufficient number if there were triplethat number employed. Nineteen men are tjow in the employment of the street cleaning department.

(By United Fress.) INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 27. The government continued evidence today in the trail of Rosweil O. Johnson and six other former Lake county official. The testimony was attended to show that defendants threatened saloonkeepers if they did not court the Republican ticket in 1916. declaring that they would have saloon licenses revoked. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Thirty men probably lost their lives when the U. S. naval tug Cherokee hit the rocks off the Atlantic coast. Of the forty aboard five officers and thirty-five men ten have been landed at Philadelphia. Four dead were picked up by steamships. (United Frets Cablegram.) LONDON. Feb. 27. Telegrams have been received from the British embassy in Petrograd dated Wednesday. (This indicates that the F!riti.h ambassador at least had not left TYtrograd today.)

Dy the United rreii Lancaster, o., Feb. ;t. chas. mcNaughton, 7". committed suicide at his h'imo late last night by drinking poison, after having forced his grandson, hawrtncf. 8. to drink a portion of the dr'ig. Both were found dead when Mrs. MeNaucrhtun returned home late in the evening. In a note the man complained of a pain In his head but did not explain why he killed his grandson whose ra tents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry JlcNaughton live at Hammond, Indiana, The only Harry McNaughton in Hammond is a machinist at 357 130th street, .ind could not be reached by phone ot

3:30 when the dispatch of the tragedy was received. The family has lived In Hammond severay years, coming from

! Ohio. The city directory Kives the -

j name as "McNaughten." The postof1 flee, telegraph companies and police ! (station were quizzed with no knowl-J edse eivon by them as to the family. armed cars are Included. Moscow baa ; sent 70,000 troops to Bdologoe, a small town 30O miles west of Moscow, and the same distance south of Fetrog-raO. j (By United Fress.) j PORTLAND, ORE., Feb. 27. Six X. W.' j W. men were sentenced to thirty days in j prison and ten more held for investiga

tion here today following1 seizure ot literature in a recent raid that tended to show plans for embarrassing army

j work by obstructing spruce and fur pro- , duction.

(By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The Wash-ington-Philadelphia-New York aerial postal service will be started not later than April 15.

Latest 'Bulletins

(By United Fress.) "WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Mors than six hundred persons were crushed or burned to death when the grandstand at the annual racing meet in Hongkong

! collapsed yesterday, the state depart- . ment was notified today. No Americans ! are known to have been injured. i ; (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 The war de. j partment today announced the retire. ment of Brig. General James Parker i who has been in charge of Camp Custer, j Gen. Parker was commissioned a lieuj tenant of cavalry In 1872. He Is hon. I orably discharged from the national I army.

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(By United Press Cablegram.) BERLIN (Via iondon) Feb. 27. "North of Dorpat 157 miles northeast of SUga we captured two retreating regiments," said the German official statement today. "South of Jiteman we pressed as far as Bebrd, 85 miles south of Tltmar," the statement said. (By United Press Cable-Tram.) LONDON, Feb. 7. An American destroyer brought la survivors cf the hospital ship, Glenard Castls, sunk in the Bristol Channel yesterday, the British admiralty announced today. The Glenard was outward-bound. Eight boats with survivors are still adrift. The Glenard Castle sank in seven minutes. (United Press Cablegram.) PETEOOfiAP, reb. 27. Ten detachments of revolution army troops headed by executive committeemen have gone towards Tskoff, it was semi-oaT-cJally announced today. A number of

(United Press Cablegram.) : ! LONDON, Feb. 27. The fate of occu- i I pied Russia, regardless of any Russian j J or Roumanian peace treaties, will be de- ' cided at the general peace conference, : Arthur J. Balfour, foreign secretary, ; ! told the house of commons today. ! 1 j ! (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Frank T. j Walsh has been named by labor repre- j ; sentatlves as their choice for repre-1 sentative of the public on the labor-capi-; tal planning board. The board will be-

jin work next Wednesday. (By United Press.) WINNIPBG, Feb. 27. The Grand j Trunk Pacific is to be nationalised. The i Canadian Pacific will be privately oper. . ated. Stock wll be taken over in the I national railroads and heavy taxes ini- ' posed on private lines. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 President Wilson is waltiny upon Count Cxerin's ; expected reply to his last peace mesi sage before shaping his future course 'as to another statement.

(By United Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Feb. 27. Following instruction of Judge Anderson in the Federal court today dismissing the jury and directing a verdict of not guilty, the seven city and county officials of Gary, Ind., defendants in the election fraud trial, were released. TIMES BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Feb. 27. "He isn't right and he will stay closed until he gets rig-ht." declared Koawell o. Johnson, mayor of Gary. Ind., during the 1316 political campaign, in referring to a Serbian whose saloon-cabaret had been closed by the police, said Judge Charle L". Oreenwald of the Lake superior cour testifying as a witness at the Lake county poll fraud conspiracy trial of Johnson and six other Republicans. Judge Green wald's testimony closed the first day of the trial, which was marked by rapid progress, a Jury being obtained, opening statements of both prosecution and defense being made to the jury, anda score of witnesses being examined. MANY CAPITAL MEN ON JUR.T. The jurors will remain together during the trial, being quarterered at the Federal building, attended by court bailiffs. The presence of so many Ind:anapolis men on the jury is accounted for by the fact that the epecial venire was exhausted and deputy marshals had to call a number of talesmen, all of them residents of the city. The men on trial beside Johnson are William A. Forbis. chief of police under the Johnson administration: Clarence JI. Kcnolett, former city sealer and secretary of the Gary Kopublican city committee in 1317: Howard JI. Hay. chairman of the Gary Republican city committee In 1917; Matthew J. Brown. Crown Toint, former Lake county treasurer; George O. Schaaf, living near Whiting, and James Black, living near Lowell. Lake county commissioners. K1SKXN ASKED CE-NWALD WHY. ' Johnson's remark as testified to by Judge Greenwald was made in a Gary street in reply to tho judge's inquiry why Mike Misken's cabaret had been closed, Misken having asked Greenwald, a few minutes before, to learu from Johnson the cause of the closing. The government contends that the cabarets of Serbian leaders were closed because they did not support the Republicans. These leaders were intimidated and the threats arid actions cf the defendants ly harrassirTg the Serbian leaders in turn affected the whole Serbian vote in Gary, according to tha government. How the saloon snd saloon leaders figured in politics was indicated by the government's evidence, several of the liquor men appearing as witnesses before the jury. The attempted line-up of these saloon men, which the government charges to the men on trial, caused tha poll fraud indictment against them. ORLICH FIRST WITNESS FOK US. Steve Orlich, a naturalized Serbian, who was a Gary saloon keerer In 13 IB, was the first government witness. He is a leader In the Serbian colony at Gary. A short time before the l?li election, Clarence Renolett. city scaler in the Johnson administration, who Is a defendant, visited Orlich's saloon, accompanied by Howard Hay, another defendant, who was at the time chairman of the Gary Republican committee, and Glen Harris, a Gary lawyer. . "Renolett called me aside and asked me in the same funny way, 'Why in the h don't you get out and do something,'" testified Orlich, adding that lie protested he was doir.g all he could politically, which Renolett denied with tha 9scTtion, it was testified, "we're going to close you up: you know who I am and what I can do." Orlich explained that he rsn a cabaret in the backroom of his saloon where men and women were entertained" by music while they drank. SAY3 CABARET WAS CLOSED. "My place was closed right after that." testified Orlich. referring to the closing of the cabaret after Kcriolett's visit. The cabaret was closed several days until after the election, it was testified, and meanwhile Orlich was tuhpoenaed as a witness before the federal grand jury into the Gary political situation. "What happened when you were subpoenaed?" asked Sir. Slack. ".My cabaret wa.3 closed again," answered Urlich.. "Who closed ;wi up" "Two officers." In the orofp-examination, the defense brought out from Urii. h ihnt. he said to Rencdett, "don't you kr.-w I'm a Republican and want to do what's right?" The defense also brousht out that Orlich borrowed money from a brewery to go in the saloon business. . "That's one reaon the state i. in fa-

Ivor of prohibition." rfmarkrl Judge AnI dcrson. Orli-h said he is not in tin saloon business because "1 wrs chased out by i politics." Oi Ih h testified on re-d!r"i", rvirmrMtjou that Iio.-wf:!l O. Johnson, thrn ! mayor of Gary, visited his saloon durI i Continued on Page Seven. J