Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 231, Hammond, Lake County, 27 March 1918 — Page 1

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LIBERTY DAY TO BE BIGGEST DAY IN CITY'S HISTORY

FORCES OF CITY OilTE FOR CAUSE

No One Left Out in Plans for Liberty Hall and Liberty Loan Which Are Being Carried Out With Great Enterprise.

Wagging Tongues Set

Farm Towns by Ear

NOTICE TO ALL. Alt patriotic cltJcena of Hammond are hereby notified In time tbnt they re expected to dUplu the Stara and Stripea In front of or about their residences and business bonnes on April 6th. Liberty Dny and the flrat nnherr of onr entrance In the war. M. A. MMrRELL, V. II. lILiWTonD, 1. 13. SPEAR, 1IARRV MARGE.VAV. Decorating; Committee.

RENSSELAER, IXD., March 27. Wild-eyed rumors emanating from tongues unknown, caused Intense excitement In Rensselaer Monday, when a deluge of rumors came Into the city telling: of the wonderful successes of the allied army against the Huns. Kenssclaer and surrounding towns were litterly swamped with reports telling how the aliies had turned the foe, dealing them severe blows. The reports were so favorable that Immediate visions of the wars end came into the minds of all. Rensselaer was not , the only town that was a victim of these wild rumors, for Goodland, Monticello, Motion and other nearby cities had their fill during the day. It Is reported that a Chicago daily put out an extra shortly before noon corroborating the reports. Indianapolis and Chicago verified the news which reached Rensselaer and there seemed to be no reason why the bulletins should not be accepted. Tho rumors spread like wildfire throughout the day and all were readily accepted, as the reverses of the allies at the hands of the Germans during th past few days had put fvryorrc in any-

1 thing but a pleasant state of mind. hence one and all w ere more than willing to accept them. By midnight the I tiding had reached such proportions ; that they bordered on the ridiculous. ' and there was aroused In the minds of all a vague suspicion that perhaps there i was very -little truth in the messages. ; When the city dallies arrived and there ; was nothing to substantiate the state- , ments it dawned upon one and all that j the country was in the throes of rumor j mongers. Perhaps the most ridiculous story i ushered forth was to the effect that the British and French lines had given 'away before the llun drive, and that j Gen. Pershing and 10,000 men had

closed in behind the foe. capturing 100,000 of them, but suffering great losses themselves when they became the victims of the French, who had their gun? so elevated that they were shooting

over the German lines. This story came from Goodland, where It Is sal 1 the populace absolutely refused to go to bed and hung around the tickers until j the early hours of morning. Following this story everyone decided to call it I

n day and quit. j

APRIL 7 DESIGNATED AS "PATRIOT SUNDAY"

LIBERTY HALL: LIBERTY LOAN The latent developments In the campaign for the Liberty Hall and the Liberty Loan for Hammond follow : Liberty Hall all materials at eoat to be paid for by aoorenlr pro(ir.ras. Carpenter contractors to asxiat in co nat ruction. Plana made for parade of bond buyers. Governor Goodrich sought to deliver dedicatory address. Women workera organize at meetins; last evening:. ClergTmen of all denominations! In city at meeting; "today agree to de-" liver "Liberty Loan" aermon on Sunday.

THIRD L0A1 DRIVE Will

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Lake County Plans to Go

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Ti, Liberty Hall an liberty Uan general staff, headed by Dr. II. K. f-harrer. Hammond's city chairman of the iniuending drive, wa busily engaged today in preparation for Hair.inrid' greatest patriotic advance. At the. Central school building where ire great tabernacle is to be raised, the piles of dumber are growing hourly and men are at work with teams grading the ground to put in place the b:g suporting timbers. Dr. Pharrer this morning made Vnown Y.is plan for meeting the cost ef the tabernacle without interfering

with the Liberty loan drive. 'While j TVe labor of architects, the superin- j lendents of eon?tructlon, carpenters,! y.l:i:nber.-, electricians, firters and joiners, painters, etc., will be donated, cost j price must be paid for lumber and oth- i er materials. It will require so much j 1 miber the yards could not be asked j t'j donate it. They have agreed to give j

! at wholesale prices. Souvenir Programs. To pay for the tabernacle beautiful aouvemr programs are to be printed In color. They will consist of a frontispiece drawing for which a contest ts now being held In the art department cf the Hammond high school, the history of Hammond's patriotic work in enlistments and the liberty loans, t'.aniea of the workmen who are donating their services tod then the tiames of the citizens paying toward the construction of the tabernacle. To have your name included in the list of the patriotic people who are helping to pay for Liberty Hall you w.'.l be required to give five dollar.? toward the fund. Upon the payment of Ave dollars your name will be included in the list and printed In the big program. Thosuands of copies are to be printed for circulation among the crowds at the dedication and to to sent to Hammond boys in the army, navy and marine corps to show them the folks at home are doing their bit too. The "Big Five" agency force of the (Continued on page flve. "

AVIATOR JOHN LEWIS WINS mUS DUTY He Is Now a Range Finder of the Air, Doing Yeoman Work for Democracy.

POSSIBLE QUOTAS FOR LOCAL CITIES

Possible Liberty XiOan quota (minimum.) Gary $1,650,000 Hammond 900,000 East Cldcfo 1.050,000

Lake county's Liberty Loan regiments are all ready for the third drive, scheduled to begin April 6, and while Secretary McAdoo is only calling for three instead of an anticipated six or eight billion loan the feeling is that the county will go far above its quota. In all parts of the county there is much enthusiasm. While Last ChicagoIndiana Harbor and Hammond have set a pace, Gary is picking up. Other towns like Wilting Crown Point and Lowell arj showing ginger and this time the farmers promise to make even a bigger showing. Gary to Ea?l Parade. City Chairman S. J. Watson and Publicity Director Don Van Liew are pushing plans for Gary's big drive parade, which will be held on opening day from 2:00 to 4:00 p. m. It is expected to have 40,000 men. women and children in line.

SIMPLEX MAN REBUFFS LIBERjnOLICITORS Soliciting for Fund not Allowed in Plant Employing Patriotic Americans.

WILL BE SUCCESS.

Banking interests east and west have declared that the next Liberty Loan of 13.000, 000,000 will be readily taken. Some have not been satisfied with the rate, and other criticisms have been made, but these objections will be passed along and the bonds be made popular with investors. The interest rate of 4'i per cent is higher than paid by savings banks and that it is generally attractive was shown by the heavy dealings in the present Liberty loan 4s on the New York stock exchange. The sales were around S25.000,000, making a record for transactions in government bonds. The price was firm, opening at 07.00, against a close of 97 on Monday. It advanced to 97. ?S. and while in the late transactions

rBrM.ETis".l At 3 o'clock the ten man assigned to raise $6,000 for space In tha souvenir program to par for tha tabernacle reported they would have S3.000 In cash, by evening and tha balance tomorrow. Headed by C. C Bonham. the energetic chieftain of the Xorthern States Life Insurance crew, the patriotic committee who are giving up their time to soliciting for the Liberty souvenir which it to pay for the expense of erecting Hammond's great Liberty Hall, a bu.Ming which hasf put Hammond on th map from the Atlantic to the Pacific have- already raised J1C00. They expect to get $6,000 in the ext forty-eight hours. That is news that the soliier lads "over there" in France will be glad to hear. But here's soi.e news they won't be glad to hear. The soliciting committee met with one rebuff today, though it was only one. The air was congealed when they called at the general offices of the Simplex Hallway Appliance Co., the local branch of the American Steel Foundries corporation. This is the plant of which R. P. I.nrr.ont is president and his son recently came home from France with an arm shot off by the Germans. A representative of the committee found this reception all the more amazing in view -of tho plant's executive head's patriotism. The temperature of the office was freezing and the solicitor was given the cold shoulder in an unrnistakeable manner. He was informed by C. K. Bauer, the works manager, that he would not be permitted to solicit among the workmen, but would have to wait until the men came out of the plant. It is in Mr. Bauer's office where August Relohers. Hammond's newly deposed police commissioner is employed.

Gov. Jamea P. Goodrich has pro. claimed Sunday, April 7, as Fatriot Sunday, In tha following proclamation: "Tha people of Indiana, In com. xnon with the people of other states, are again entering upon another critical phaae of our war actvlty. They ara again about to be called on, by subscribing liberally and generously to tha third Liberty Loan, to furnish the sinews of wai for our hoys who are bravely facing tha common enemy In order that tho ideals of American liberty and development shall not vanish before tha consuming fire of a merciless and conscienceless autocracy. "Tho sacrifices already made, only forerunners of greater sacrifices to come, have taught si many things. We have learned that the people at home have Important duties to perform, as wars are waged now not between armiee, but between nations. We have learned that If the war is to be won, America must change from an extravagant to a frugal nation, and that the resources thus saved must be converted into assets which can be used against the enemy. "X know that these facts have been well learned by the people of Indiana, because our beloved Hooaler state has led the way In practically every phase of war activity in the number of volunteers, In her support of the Red Cross, the Liberty Loan and the other great war movements. "And Indiana, Z feel sure, will go over the top in the third Liberty Loan campaign about to begin. But to do this It will be necessary that every Hoosler divert some time from his every-day occupation and donate It to the success of this campaign. Indiana is organized aa never before for the success of this movement. Politics has been laid aside, aU differences have been forgotten. The work of providing the funds which will back up our boys In their fight against power-made autocracy Is in every mind. Every great organization In the state Is lending Itself to the important task at band. "In order that the people of Indiana may realize the Importance of this third Liberty Loan campaign when our armies are facing a military crisis, and in order that there may be a determined start In Indiana to this essential work; "Therefore, I, James P. Goodrich, governor of Indiana, at the beginning of the second year of the war of the United States against the central empires, do hereby proclaim Sunday, April 7, 1918, as Patriot Sunday, and do request and' suggest that ministers In the churches of Indiana, and leaders of people everywhere, utilize this day to launch the all-important third Liberty Loan campaign, and Z do further, suggest to all of the peo. pie of Indiana, that they devote' as muoh time aa poaaible In all of the preceding and succeeding days of the campaign to make the third Liberty Loan In Indiana a tremendous success. "In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state of Thdiana, done at the capitol, In Indianapolis, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1918." JAMES P. GOODRICH, (Signed) Governor. By the Governor, (Signed) W. A. XOACH, Secretary of State.

Bert E. Escher Who Is Candidate for Assessor

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Allied Counter-Atlack May Ee

Expected Shortly, Flghtlni

Hoi N3ar Albert,

Bert E. Escher of Hammond., assessor of North, township,- has announced his candidacy for re-nomination ,or that office". Probably no man in Xorth township has assessment matters in the territory at his finger's ends like Mr. Escher. His experience lir the office makes him an invaluable man therein, and his friends over Xorth township are enthusiastic for his continuance in the office. Mr. Escher's second name is Efficiency, and he has demonstrated.

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again, that all his time is given to the conducting of assessmenJ,affaJrs. in the township. He is, and always has been, a dyed-in-the-wool republican. He has always been on the firing line for the other fellow and as a republican organizer his friends want to see him kept where he can be of the utmost service in party councils. Mr. Escher is one of Hammond's pioneers. Ho has grown up with the Calumet region end knows vaules like a book.

Latest Bulletins

attacking St. Quentin was killed In action Friday, according to dispatches received here today. I Blotlnitz probably Is a cable error for Elottwitz. ' TBr United Fress.1 XEW TOmt, Marrri 27 "The news continues heartening," u cable from the llritlnh vtar office to TlrllUh officials here atr.ted today. "Our enenitea

United Tress Cablegram. LOIIDOIT, March 37. "In the neighborhnorl of Brat as a result of enamv at-

tacks astride the Somme yesterday af- or PPnrenily checked on the aouth ternoon. we were forced back a short Th"' ,s Indication to be-

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. - . . ., v . , ..... . I' " r mrt. ifc II era! alarkming of the drive In notleenlile, probably due to exhaustion and the necessity of bringing: un nrtiller.T

A renewal is expeetrd bnt n reaplte ia j

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ri'N-iTfcn Press Cablegram By VM. PHILLIP SIMMS WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES AT THE FRONT, March 27. The British are holding the line west of Albert, fighting every rod, accord-

jing to reports at the moment of

cabling. The British apparently retired west of town yesterday afternoon. (This is the first news cf the retirement, Half's report stating the eituutio;i there was unchanged.) 'With the desert of the Somme field now crossed the fighting will begin to offer some advantages to the British who have communica-

! tions behind them. The wooded

hills, valleys and towns, will offer gojd screens. TIGHT HOT NEAR ALBERT. The. fighting is heavy between the converging Ancre and Somme rivers, It is hottest south of Albert where one Haig division was reported holding its

own early last night. During the after

noon a fierce attack north of Albert v. as beaten off and northwest of Colincampa an entire German patrol was capture i. The enemy is reported heavily shelling the line between Hamel and Heau-mont-Hamel. At 4:33 this afternoon report that they were In Hewuturne was unconfirmed. Likewise a rumor that German armed cars are advancing lacks confirmation. ' SITUATION IS TJNCHAITSED. This morning the enemy was attacking in the region of Aveluy Wood, north of Albert. Further north the situation was unchanged except for an attempted raid west of Arras. All roads in the Somme converge on Amiens but Hindenburg'a efforts t reach that place are meeting with doubled resistence. Tho weather whh perfect until shortly before, sunrise wheu the sky was overcast.

j distance," Field Marshal Haig reported i today. Ee also reported further local j figbtlnr north and northeast of Albert. "The situation here is unchanged," he

said. "South of the Sommo a heavy attack against our new line was repulsed after severe fighting. At one point in the neighborhood of the river the enemy forced his way Into ocr positions but

- Br United Pbe??. f. ASHIXGTO.V, March 27

OR. HOWATT GIVES 100 BOOKS FOR THE SOLDIERS

The largest single contribution Vsf ! books to the "library for soldiers" was! ( announce. at tho Hammond public 11-; J brary today upon receipt of 100 vol- ' j limes from Tr. W. K. Ho watt. Dr. Ho-' ! watt has one of tho finest private libraries in the county. ! ThTe are no-v 300 books for soldiers' j on hnd at the library nnJ donations are asked Horn the people to Increase it tr ' J.00O.

F. W. SWITH IS CHAIRMAN OF DYER Hammond Men Organize Farmers for the Coming Loan Campaign.

Senator-

was driven back by a counter attack." crIticim of 1he ar nmi,trntlon

I wns renewed today vtben Senator Jone of Washington, scored President Wilson for his Isolation. Jones declared congress la "making nn antorrnt of the president."

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Xow that you people at Gibson and in other offices and plants of the district are all swelled up about the promotion your soldier and sailor boys nrr- getting, listen to the hunch in The Tives office a minute. We're Just as cockey as you are, every bit. John Louis, son of L. W. Louis of The Times. Is an aviator "over there." Today word comes that he has passed a machine gun examination with 100 por cent and has been selected from his company for the work cf airplane observation. This is one of the Jobs that require a lot of head work and the nerve, of an Apline guide or a North Tole explorer. It will be John's duties io fly over the German lines and get the Boche's number so the Sammy gunners will know where they are shooting. He is a range finder of the air.

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GROW". SAYS MM

J. Wesdey Keed and John M. McClay. members of the tabernacle construction committee cf which P. W. Meyn Is ahairman. met with carpenter contractors of Hammond last evening. Each contractor agreed to take charge of a unit of eight men. There will be thirty units. "We will buiid the Liberty Hall between sunrise and sunset," stated Mr. McClay. Billy Sunday's committee

boasts of building the Chicago taber-j nacle in six weeks. We will build Lib-j erty Hall Saturday, and while not so,; large it will outclass their building! in appearance. Como and see it grow." i

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PESSIMISM!

Spk.:ui. To The Time?. DTKR. I.VU., Match 27. Representative citizens of this place and farmers from the surrounding country whetted their appetites for war service last night when at an enthusiastic meeting held in the basement of the church presided over by Harry M. Johnson, the Hammond banker, arrangements were made for the third Liberty Loan drive. T. K. Boone and Sergeant Welch of Hammond were speakers at tho meeting and stirred up the red-blooded with vigorous patriotic talks. Frank W. Smith, a young farmer, was made chairman of the Dyer campaign. The agricultural element in the township is going to be strong for the loan.

I United Press Cablegram. PARIS, March 37. "Enfeebled by considerable losses and forced to slacken his efforts tho enemy was chacked everywhere yesterday evening and last night," the Trench, war office reported today. "The valor of our troops, who defended the ground foot by foot. Is above all praiae. "We hold the line from Schnell to Bevraignes and north to Lassigny and southward to Noyon and the left bank of the Oise. "An lntermltten bombardment Is con. tinning along the whole front."

War Review

fl's-iTED Press Cablegram.

FARJS, March 27. "Only a few , French divisions are engaged," the subsecretary of war declared today. "The ; hulk of the French army is awaiting j events."

United Pbebs Cibi.eoham MOSCOW. March ZT. Ituuian no let force hive recaptured Nlcolalenn and Keraan, It was officially nnnoanceil today.

tUviTED Press Cablegram. j LOXDOX. March 27. The seventh'

day of the big German drive finds no reason for pessimism and increasing reasons for confidence of which the following are outstanding: Although they have gained most of the territory they have lost since 191!. the Germans are three or four days behind their "time table." The indications are now that the enemy's main object a wedge between the French and British cannot be accomplished. The new- Junctioning is most firm. Tho Allied reserve army Is not yet participating, presumablj- awaiting a favorahlo opportunity to strike the weakest point in the lengthening German fianks. All authorities agree the British retirement la ordeYly. There is no flight or panic. They are maintaining their allignmer.t througout. It Is stated that most of the losses in men and materials have been rjaced

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j UN'iTF.n Press Cablegram. j 1 FRED S. FERGUSON. ! j WITH THE AMERICAN AKHY IN , FRANCE, March 2G. Tho American frcnt continued quiet today but the army is prepared for any action tha allies may require. ' , American artillery shelled St. Baussant (about a mile and a half hehing

the aerman lines ) ana mere several encounters between American patrols and enemy listening posts.

Two Americans entered a German j trench In daylight, encountering a dozen i of the enemy. They exchanged several ! shots, killed three of the Germans, and withdrew safely.

A message was received by Sergeant W. S. Welch today from Adj. Gen. McCain of the war department at Washington. D. C, stating that Prvt. Tony Wlsniskl of West Hammond has been slightly wounded in action In France March 2 3. The telegram added that Anne Duskl. 132 166th St., West Hamnrwl. be notified. Messengers could not locate a woman of that name at that address.

WASHINGTON, March 27. "Determ- ! ination to fight on without counting the ! costs until the freedom of mankind is safe," was cabled President Wilson to- , day' by Field Marshal Haig In answer ; to the president's message of confidence. I

A hoarded dollar is a slacker. A dollar spent for Thrift Stamps is a patriot, ices will tske place Sunday

MOSCOW, March 27. The tTkarainlan- ! Bolshevikl forces have recaptured Odes- ; sa from the Germans after a bloody ' fight, according to an official telegraph agency dispatch received here. The Black j Sea fleet co-operated.

rt'VTTCn PRPSa CBI.FC,r!M. AMSTERDAM, March 27 Gen, Ton Blotlnlts commanding a German division

Hindenberg's wep machine is grinding' to a pause under the bat. tering of the allies and the exhaustion cf day and night efforts, both British and French statements Indicated today. No appreciable weight of reserves has been flung into the path of the enemy advance. The diminution of the German driving power, there, fore, appears to be due to enormous casualties and fatigue. The French statement says the army of the en. emy was "enfeebled." At the same time the expected allied counter attack Is alluded to by both German and French. The Berlin Vorwaerts calls attention to the fact that the French hold strong reserves south of the penetrated area ready for a flack attack. The French sub-secretary of war says only few French divisions are engaged, the bulk of the French army "waiting events." He adds that the most powerful British reserves are Just arriving. The French maintained their po. sitiens on tho south bank of the Oise the only point from which the allies have refused to move under the German, attack. It is here the Germans are exposing their left flank to attack on a frontage of 15 miles. The allied counter offensive, according to the most obvious strategy, will be struck along this this line. Any continuation beyond. Albert In the direction of Amiens must require an added Impetus, however, which Hlndenberg at this time appears to lack. The British commander reported tho repulse of a heavy enemy attack south of the Somme last night, but admitted a short retirement in the neighborhood of Bray,

IS M 1 ALBERT

TBrLLlCTIX. LONDON, March 27. 4 p. m. The enemy is In Albert. We hold the railway embankments on the western outskirts. f I'vited Press Ca BLMniM. LONDOX. March 27. 'Ion. Maurice, director of military operations, announced today that information was received at 1 p. m. that the enemy in ft night attack drove the British back as far as Mericourt and Sailly. South of the Somme, he said, they also captured Morancourt. "The situation Is less critical than at any time in the last three days," Cellared Gen. Maurice In summing up the report. "This morning comparatively small re-enforcements arrived. Wo captured Morcourt. advancing as ftr as Proyart. Eleswhere the line is stoady. "The enemy advanced slightly at different points. "Our airmen last night dropped 22 tons of bombs on enemy reserves at Bapaume and Perrone. "Our total losses in guns have been about 600. "German estimates of prisoners are likewise exaggerated. "There have been two critical momen's. Saturday the enemv crossed the

jTortillf, seriously endanger'n? th sep

aration or our forces r.ortn of th Fomm". But the gap was tilled. "Monday they broke through and too); Martinpuch and Couroelette. Again the gap was filled. "The enemy has been definite" checked north of the Smm-?. Their troops show exhaustion. Tles-rrs. however are corning up north of Albert. "South of the Somme fresh enemy attacks are expected. "The battle is far from over. Othecrisis is possible but the time in on our side. The enmy is further fieri the rail head. His lines are congesting, creating difficulty in moving. "Our reserves, especially the French, are coming nearer and nearer the battlefield."