Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 16, Hammond, Lake County, 13 April 1918 — Page 1

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WITHDRAW MILE WEST OF MERVILLE

HUNS FIND THE GOING

FRY STIEF

Fighting Genera! Along the Whole Front Showing That Enemy Is Desperate In Attacks.

rs U. S. DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTA TION

(fey WM. PHILLIP SIMMS.) RENEW U. S. ATTACKS. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, April 13. The British front after continuous fighting all day yesterday between La Bassee and Messines ridge (a fifteen mile front) was withdrawn west of Merville early this morning and rested along the' eastern edge of Nieppe Forest. Nieppo Forest extends westward for e;x miles from the vicinity of Mervnie. Its eastern edge- is abut a. vni'.e vest of MerviP.e and runs fr-n the I.ys canal northward to Vieux-Ee ruuin, a distance or sevm

i.-.i.es. : Masked German divisions are exerting j great pressure toward Ballleul from the i south determlndedly attempting to mat a wider 'breech In the British front in i

order to imperil tue troops holding- the Fasschendaele sector where Ypres is lo. catcd and the Messines ridge Repeated enemy attacks between Glvenchy and Locoa failed. The Germans gained a footing in. Neuve-Eglise but were held everywhere south of La Eassee while some enemy strong" points were stormed near Givenchy.

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DEGI510N DEFERRED . FOB WEEK

SCOUTS

PARADED TO LIBERT! ILL

Col. L. T. Meyer and F. D. McElrov

were the proudest men In Hammond I last nignt, and they had good reason to

be.

PRESIDENT AND MRS. WILSON REVIEW TROOPS ON FIRST DAY OF LOAN DRIVE

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Times EniEr,

Roy Scouts of Hammond, East Chicago

At State Capital. land Indiana Harbor were covered with INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Apru plory last night at Liberty hall. It was

! 13. There will be no decision of r,ov coul ri,Klu n':i r"d of 3,000 j .... t persons were present. There was a ! the Supreme COUrt m the prohlDl-; i;oy 0-,ut parade headed by the police. ! tinn ri hpfnr. wppk from next cr;,ck tirurn corps and tho 15oy Scout

The court has taken a

Carl FL Grsy. Carl R. Gray, director of transportation of the United States railroad administration, besran his railroad career at the telegraph key. Since that time he has been president of the Great Northern and Western railways. His home la la Baltimore

unci!.

Tuesday. The court has taken a; .rhes rorn(irkable f;r3t a

receSS Until that date, and no busi- ing work of the scouts was demonstrated .,, , . jOP;c:nBc. l'-v members of the troops under dlrecness will be transacted or decisions, of Sl,lltmastpr ,, c

Comniissirncr McElroy. The audience

,,,, 1 .. ,:n "s lllal ioy scouts or AmtrWhether the decision will come.ira polJ ,:3ifl00lO0 of the flrst Jssue of on that date no one knows. It may ( liberty bonds and $io2oo.ooo of the . ,, second together with disposing: of thrift or it may not. But there is a gen-, s(amr,F aiding , thc f(l0d con)5erva.,on eral belief that the decision Will not mpaigns and doing other work vital

to trie wmniniir tlie war. Scout Coni-

handed down in the meantime.

be long delayed, because o the importance of the case and the very great interest in its determination. BOOTLZOOEK3 ABE BT7SY. Keports coming in from over the state sy that boofiegKors nre busy in nifiiiy

places, and the (.fficers ar? n their trail.

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n-.issioner McElroy presided at the mertine. V."ith this patriotic record the Itoy Seout movement won many friends in the adult audience present last evening. rtev. Floyd Adams, dean of the movement in Hammond, told how the first troop was organized a few years ago and stated that the problem ba

j one of securing scoutmasters rather

imports indicate also that many rr- , u,an scuts. There are. scores of br,v.

I sons who laid m supplies of to.-ze be-jin every part of Hammond who want to j fore the state went dry are using It upSbeeome Boy Scouts and ail that Is nee- ! rapidly, and it is point-d out that thy ' os-4fy is for some man who hasn't forj are likely soon to find theniselves out ofj gotten, his boyhood to volunteer to lei liquor and dry ns a bone. In some; come a scoutmaster. j Places, it Is said, they nro giving litt!! Th ,. ... .

of Mrs. Eugene Cooper favored the

auuience witn a canipiire son, -The Song j

ot me upon j;o!vl.

That there is likely to ne a

of coal this coming winter unless about 40 per cent of the season's supply is bought this summer, was the opinion that prevailed at the county meeting of the fuel administrators he'd in Gary recently. It seems that there wiil be a demand for an escsj product, on this nxt winter and that such excess cannot possibly lie provided for unss pe. pie buy

e coal tills j;iwmr.

. . - . I 1: ; 1 rn'B.ivu t ttr,.ri. coal statement today indicated tne uer-, yards have not storage capacity for mane Via VP made little DTOereSS iE 1 their wlnf-r's supply and that th- or.'y

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parties in their homes and serving booze I to their guests v ho can't gtt it anyI where else. I SALOONMIN IN A PANIC.

.., i ers in this city have been In a panic the! thir'e, tthjr la a,n(1 do

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REPORTS AR

EIGOURHC

The Monsy to Lick He Hin is Rolling in (rem Every Part of Old Lake,

SIXTH DAY OF DRIVE. East Chicago $1,500,000 nammond 35.600 Gary (city sales only) ?19,000 Whiting 3S5.C09 Crowa Poiat 120. XO lo-Tell ' 77.0Cn Hcbart CZ,OC-0 frer 19,000 G-riC-h a.eP Htgh-aad 7,;C0 j KCunste- 6. 0 j East Gary x r,cc i Elack Oai i rC3

President and Mra. Wilson reTiewing the 7th division of the national army from Camp Meade at Baltimore.

Th r.oya Sotits

HUNS HELD BACK.

NEW YORK, April 13. Haig'j I and t

th-.nif that repet it'.oTi

nte

the last twenty-four hours, west oi

Messines. The repulse of an enemy ; rast .... ' part of

attack west of Merville snows British are holding there also. The German attempts to r

Amiens from a point ten miles tc.

p:

liter at f tlrsj on the

rc-vent r.xt v

of the exper;-r.cea r w ill Vie large s to rag

attack west of Merville shows the, ron5e tyjentiy everybody who has

( storage capacity or who can prov'd storage capacity are 8dv:.e,j to store

The German attempts to reacr this summer just u the oral th.-.t they

can possibly handle.

-Pri LiBET.TT S-NT TT.4T

the southwest is being fraustratecj :::"T: tdJ INDIANA SOLDIER TORTURED

nonading north of the Somme, probably around Albert. The west front from the Ypres- '

Comines canal southward to the Oise

last two or three days The jr,w requlr-

d them to dispose of all of their liquor j before midnight on April 12. Some of; them had stocks on hand north as much;

as 5:0. 'Km. , good many so-,i out or shipped their remaining liquor nut of the state before thnt time, Sime others, however, decided to hob! their liqour in stornge Iitc until nltr the decision of the- supri n.e court, their hope being that the. court nncht knock out the prohibition law and thus enable them to reopen ihrir saloons. COURT REFUSED INJUNCTIONS.

When they found that a decision wm ! not coming down in. time some of the ' saloon keepers asked the circuit court to1 i.-sue an injunction to restrain thej sheriff or the chief of police from seiz- : 1 ing their liquor. The court refused to prant the injunctions, and there was n! grand last roinute rneh to pet liquor out of reacli. 'M'-'St of it went iit ofthe state- late a, night. The j-e-t of it went here, tio one Knows, but :t is gone. - - r.i r a tmrnTT r, ir topat

demonstrated the

The buglers

I were Herbert Hiftchms. leader; Donald

Hesler. Alfred Highland and Roswell I'isborti. The signallers were James lie'.'uire, leader: Ptartinc I.und. Herbert

j Hutehins, lunald Hesler and Tinkham. 1 The oath f'f alU-giancc was given by

Henry Kuehi.., .ludson r. I'reernan. national field seout commissioner, made an Interesting talk on the fioy Scout movement.

"There isn't a single 'Don't in the ,s-out program." h- said. "It's all 'do.'" j We find thai a boy can get just as I muc, satisfaction taking a tin can off a I dog's tail as in puttiiiar one on." Ham

mond is now after 1.000 I!...y Scouts. The male chorus furnished music. The invocation was i livere.l by Rev. J. C.

r.nrctt and the benediction by Kcv oe.zy nski. bit 1 j.:pestt bond topai

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Latest bulletins

WELL KNOWN

IS

has now practically welded Into one con- j Another ReaSOll Why We

Want You to Buy Liberty Loan Bonds.

IN GERMAN PRISON CAMP m

FOR GRIFFITH-HAMMOND

tlnnous battle line. This Is seventy-five miles in an air line hut along the advance of the Germans It probably measures twice that distance. The hardest lighting still continues on the new front iu rianders where the enemy Is trying to reach BalUeul and Bethune. In Picardy the Germans are again driving against Amiens and the Trench admitted enemy progress there la yesterday's fighting. The Germans are he. coming more active in Lorraine. An extensive raid against allied positions in Apremont Torest, four miles east of St. Mihiel yesterday was reported In the French statement and United Press dispatches from the American front. The enemy gained a slight foothold in advanced positions hut later was ejected 1 na counter attack by American and Xvcnch troops. !1'm:i;!i I'ress Cablegram. BRLITISH LINE HOLDS.

Respected Mother of Prominent Hammond Men Goes to Long Rest.

fSPF.criAi. To The Times GRIFFITH. Ind . April 13 Tl:

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SOUTH BEND. IND.. April 1 i Cap- ! J tured by the Germans and forced to un- ! dergo fiendish torturo;, his no4 and left; i ear being cut off, "tieforo being placed;

: in th- Hun prison camp, is the fate that

! lias befallen a soldier who enlisted in j j the United States army from WaKarusa.j j Ind. The name of '.he young man is bn-j

' ing withheld for fear that the. Huns ill j avenue

I go even further in their terrible cruelty, j Thc information v.ns rocched by the ; young man's parents 111 a note which , was concealed in the works of his watch. ; The timepiece r'uehed the father of the i soldier several weeks -Ago. but was not ! accompani-d by any explanation. l:c- ! cently while attempting to make the i watch run the note was found concealed j in the. works. It said: "Am captured by

a s o ! -. a s

iy of late. , Smith, and he

pas-Ham-

I.een very uncord. ng to A has '.jeen si,.

II'vittd Tress C a bi.ec,rau. PARIS, AprU 13 "The Germans have renewed their attacks in the Apremont Porest" (American Tonl sector), the French war office announced today. "Americans co-operating with ns fought vigorously, breaking down most of the enemy's attempts. Forty enemy prison, era have been taken In this region slnci yesterday. "Between Montdidier and Noyon (a twenty mile front) there were heavy bombardments. North of Orvillers-Sovel two enemy surprise attacks failed.' "Rheims has been bombarded continually and partly se on fire. Allied troops affaln hold the entire village of Hangard-

en-Santerre, tea miles southeast of J Amiens. Counter-attacks drove the ! enemy completely out of the village." i - 1 Unitlu Tress Cablegram i Two men, two women and two children were killed and fifty persons were

injured in last night's air raid on England, Lord French, commander of the home defense forces, announced today. One American soldier In an English coast town died of shock during the raid. PARIS, AprU 13. Eleven persons were killed and fifty Injured la last night's air raid on Paris, It was officially announced today. The raid began at 10:15 p. m. and continued forty-five minutes.

mo ml and 0

n t i s; act lifddin

cessful in arranging with 1'red Troy who formerly ran hi bus line hr-tween

, Hammond and C hi. ago Heights to run

the bus daily between SherrerviJle, Griffith. Highland and Hair.ond. by way of the Lincoln Highway, Junction avenue. Ridge road. Calumet and Human

The bus will !eave a?!

i (United Fbkss Cablegram. LONDON, April 13. Tour air ships i participated in last night's enemy air t raid, Lord Trench announced today. 1 Two planes penetrated inland a few i miles, another reached the midland ! counties while the others Jew over the ! northwest coast. Bombs were dropped ' in the open country, inflicting slight

S a. m.. 1 ,.. from Griffith . and f' : " 11 p.

Ik re to-

t AvnnM a , t, t, the Germans. Would like to tome home. LONDON, April 13. The Brit- ,,ut yoll woll!d t WBIlt me. My nose ish are holding at all points on the. and left ear are cut off." , ... , . , . Frevious to the receipt of the watch Flanders fighting front and in one! the T,artri, of th0 U1,-S VIOtlm r.., i,.

place adavneed slightly, Field Mar-' b tt-rs from him reguiari , itt . j j ! The Information given on sh-il Haip- rpnorten tnrlav. I .. ..

" 0 - - r - j- j jay was received ly Airs. l.. -n "We advanced slightly and tOCel'fl" ISIO Mishawaka avenue. r . r. , ! BCT A LTEEUTT BOND IOP1I

a iew pribuiicis) year resiuoert, Haig said. "East of Locon the enemy in a strong

attach succeeded iu entering the line at I certain points but was driven out and ' a second attack wis bea'ea off. "Heavy ajhtlng around Ncuve-Eglise ' and Wulverghem, which began yester. j day, is continuing. An enemy attact was , repulsed we6t of Merville early last ; night. I "South of the Somme in the neighbor. ' hood of Hangard-en-Santerre positions j into which the enemy had forced its way were regained by a Franco-British coun. j ter attack. 1

"North of the Somme enemy artillery was active." fit a iiHcnrr cond t.jiai

lows: Sherverv ille at ind 6 : 1 " p. m.. anil S:i: t. n.. 1:1.". p. n

for Hammond, reluinirifc at vi. :n.. and -:;!') j. m. A .pecial lun will be r.i.ei'Griffifh and Sheri ervlll.- on ii-.rning.s. leaving Griffith at turning at : o'clock. The V.e in operation beginning morning. April ltb-if

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m. at m.

Gap

.KB.M 1 ARMIES

U a. m.. be? ween Sunday 7:3", veil n e will Pun day

NOT MANY GERMANS RESIDE IN ST. L

V.OMJ TOi'iAT

CAN GET SEED CORN AT BANKS ! iSptno. To Th:: TrM-1 CROWN I'OINT, INT'.. April 1.1. Any! one wishing seed corn can secure same by making application at any one of the following bank1; itt I,ak"-i county, says; Virgil Mood, tho emergfiicy dciiiuiist ration agent for Lake county: First National. Crown I'omt. State National, Lowell. j First National. Dyer. j State Hank, Ilobart. j

Mrs. Jacob A. Wels, a well known and

respected resident of Lake county during the past 60 years, died at the residence at 17 Douglas street in Hammond this morning at 2:30 o'clock after a brief illness. Her death is attributed to a general break down. The last time Mrs. Weis was up and around was a week ago when she attended the funeral of the late Mat Boney. S1C was confined to her bed a week ago today. Her condition was not

thought to be critical until towards the last. Members of her family were present at her bedside.

.-. Ul nrr ..eUsm,.. , THE FRENCH

Mrs. Weis has always heen a very ac-

tive woman. She was 69 years old. When a girl of 09years she came to Brunswick. Ind. with her parents. Later the family located at Crown Point. Ind. and 25 years ago Mrs. Weis came to Hammond with her husband. She was a very active member of the St. Margaret's hospital Sewing Circle which she organised 15 years ago. She was also a members of the Ladies' Rosary Society of the St. Joseph church, the Third Order of St Francis and Ladies' Auxiliary

ot the K. of C. Besides her husband she is survived by four sons and five daughters -- Joseph Weis, West State street druggist; Dr. William D. Weis. former secretary board of health; Harry Weis, Hohman street

druggist, and Carl Weis. The daughters

are Mrs. J. D. Arnold. Mrs. F. Prairie, Mrs. Joe Emmerllng, Mrs. Daisy Young and Miss Julia Weis. She also leaves 23 grandchildren and one great grand-

P. Geisen. of 'AIR RAID Ui A 1 XX TUJjL..

CAPITOL . ITCHES

Br United Thess. WASHINGTON, April 13. The most trying days of the war are just ahead army officers agreed here today in the light of General Haig's and Gen. Maurice's statement that a new crisis has been reached. It grows increasingly that Germany will move the fleet aiiead of any allied offensive. America will have men In the struggle and if Amerians are not now included it Is certain they will he in the line and in force. Army men took pride in the fact that Americans fighting with the French have aided them as revealed by thc French official statement. That Bailleul may have to be yielded was the general belief here. The vastness of the German effort is evident by Haig's statement that one hundred and six divisions have been used by the Hermans.

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and fifteen German divisions of the total 200 divisions on the west front have already been engaged. Seventy-five of

these divisions have been withdrawn on j account of losses which have averaged j .VAnt 2.50O men to the division. It is '

thus possible to estimate the total minimum of German losses at COO, 000 men

1 1

1 pfs!" Cablegram.

ntTGHOS AIRES. April 13. President

Irigoyen in an interview with the Unit, ed Press today made the following statemeat : "Argentine's sympathetic approvals has followed the United States step by step. I personally have followed every

1 move of President Wilson and have read

the aims and purpose of tha United States with a feeling of the greatest of admiration." BUT A IIEERTT BOND TODAT

This corn is yellow 'White Cap, csr child and her sister, Mrs corn, comes from northeastern Pennsvl Cedar Lake.

vama. It was purchased by Federal au- The funeral will be held at the St. thorities and will be. sold "to formers Joseph church Tuesday morning at ?

at cost, which will be, about $5.50 -per o'clock when the requiem high mass will '

bushel delivered in Crown Point. be celebrated. Interment In the St. pit a I.IPERTT bond to pa t Joseph cemetery.

J30LSHEVIKI IN GARY IS REPORT That an organiiat ion en" BolsheviUi is existent in Gary is a report authorities have. It is said that thc Rolshivik gang is opposed to the Liberty loan.

Br United Press ST. LOUIS. April IS. St. Louis has a smaller pvr centage of German born residents than many other large cities of the United States, despite a prevailing to the mnirarv. according to

statistics compiled by the Chamber '-f.HUN'g FALL IN HEAPS. Commerce. Instead cf "the most Germany city " LONDON, April 13. "Tou could have in America the Chamber of Commerce ch,t them down wi,h yfMlr phut., calls it "the most American city in tho cakj a wounaed machine-gunner in decountry." ' ' scrihintr how the Germans attacked on

According to the figures St. Louisl, western front, according to th cor- ' Frank Ha ley. general counsel for foreitrn born comprise only li per cent i respondent there of the Daily Mail. the trades and labor unions of Indiana, of the population as compared with S3 - nred straight int.. thrn and they J i.-: to deliver an address to organized

per cent in 1'etrou; o4 m leveianu, oO-WPnt down in. heaps, yet we could not j labor at Liberty Hall tonight. The

stop theiu. It was one down and another come on. We pumped bullets Baby into them until our bodies ached." 4-12- ! BIT A I.1BE1ITT BOND TOPAT

BCT A tIBERTT BO!CD TOPAT BIG LABOR MEETING AT HALL TONIGHT

in Chicago, net lc each

and So in Boston. a imcnri pond today for White Leghorn

Chick. Lion Store basement.

meeting at the h?.ll will follow a street parade forming at Oakley and Plummet avenues and led by a band of the American Federation of Musicians,

TUvitea I'kkss Cablegram. PARIS. April 13. Nine men and flfteoji women were killed, and sixty-two persons injured in last night's air raid over Paris, it was officially announced this afternoon. BUT A riBERTT BOND TODAT EXPRESS TRAIN IS WRECKED Br United Press. ALTOONA. PA.. April 1 3. ThcLehigh express of the Pittsburgh-Eastern railway train of the Pennsylvania railway was wrecked at Dix Station, at 1:30 today. Many were reported injured. BCT A i.ibep.tt r.OND TOPAl-r Your Dollars Mean More Tower

Br United Press. NORMAN, OKLA.. April 1 Z. Thirty-five boy inmates of thc Oklahoma state insane asylum here, were missing in a fire of unknown origin which destroyed three wards early today. One hundred and twenty-five otht rs wore carried from the buildings. The missing ones are feared to have perished in the flams when the building collapsed. They were physical

weaklings and were unable to save themselves. but a t:bebtt bond topat YES, ONE LIAR ( BELIEVES ANOTHER United Press Cablegram AMSTERDAM. April 13 Kaiser Wilhehn has telegraphed Emperor Karl the following according to a dispatch from Vienna: "Accept my heartiest thanks for jour statement repudiating the French Premier's assertion. I hasten to assure you that, not for a moment have I doubted that you have made our cause yulir?. "Our enemies unable to prevail hon

orably, resort to the lowest and most sordid methods. It is our duty to grapple ruthlessly and beat them in all war theatres." BCT A tlBEKTT ECSD TODAT BRITISH LOSE IN AVIATION

By United Pfhss.

Lake county is going to sell live million dollars worth cf Liberty bonds in the present drive and perhaps more if unofficial information obtained today is any indication. She will do this, easily if every city, town and hamlet, as well as the farmer does his duty. There must be no cessation of activity no resting on the oars. It is known that there is intense rivalry among the fourth north Lake county cities and some surprises are said to be in store. WAIT NEWS FB.OM GABY. Lake county, already well over the., top, awaits word from the great steel plants of Gary as to what the subscriptions of the 13,000 steel workers i,re to be. It was said that no figures will be given out until next week although City Chairman S. J. "Watson thought it possible some might be available during the day. City sales teams of Gary have shown their figures above tho ISOO.OOO mark, having $S19.000 at the close ,.r

j business yesterday.

MILLS LIKE SEPAEATE CITY. Liberty Loan work in the steel mills Is carried on as though the drive is hi a separate city. The Illinois Steel company and other subsidiaries each have their sales manager, staff of clerks doing tabulating and each foreman and department superintendent is a salesman. These men know just what each workmen can buy and if they don't buy and can buy the announcement as to the penalty will be made later on. But thc steel workers arc stated to be showing a fine disposition. HAY CALLED TO CAPITOL. State Director Wad has summoned County Chairman 71. G. Hay, Jr.. to Indianapolis for a conference. Mr. Hayis expected home tomorrow. WONDEItrUL WHITING. Whiting already has 3.594 subscribers and J395,000 pledged and is still going. Crown Point, with 1.110 subscribers and about $120,000. cxpectedMo go well over the top today. Other places not yet up to the quot i are preparing to make the kaiser and hi:; hores next week. The following report was made early this afternoon as the minor Gary industries : E. J. & E. Ry. $102,000 . Aetna Mill 34,200 Gary Bolt & Screw 100.000 Union D. Steel S?,000 BtT A I.IBERTT BOND Tor a r KILLS SELF AT CHICAGO HOTEL

t "'y

CHICAGO.

U.VITiJlJ Pkmss.I April 13. William H.

Stead. 60, of Ottawa, R!.. state director of trade and commerce, was found dead in his room at the Great Northern hotel today. Police believe he committed suicide by shooting. A revolver was found at his side and there was a bullet wound in his forehead. Stead registered at the hotel April ll from Springfield. III. He w-is nttorney general during the Denen administration. BCT A LIBEBTT BOND TODAT LIBERTY LOAN TOTALS TODAY Br United Preps '! WASHINGTON. April 13. Liberty Loan subscriptions at the end of the first week of the twenty-eight day campaign totalled $3-33.423.100. aci-i.nl-r. rr ,-, Pflr-ll - - . . . . ,,.... .....

" piled today.

IU.T A IIBERTT po.ND TOPAT OF COURSE 'SNOTHNGNEW

WASHINGTON. Apil

.13.- Official

information not hitherto rr,a3e public

showed the British suffered great losses in airdromes and avia'isn during the Amiens drive. While they rescued machines, much equopment and some permanent buildings fell into German hands. BCT A IJBEBTT BOND TODATThey're crucifying soldiers. Stop the Hun by buying Bonds.

United Ptifss Cabi.ehram. LONDON'. April 13. German gun fir-had-scored a direct hit on the Amiens cathedral. BCT A LIBEBTT BOND T"AT STEEL SUB. REPORTS EARNINGS

The Chicago. Lake Shore and r..i'ern, in its annual report for the year ended December SI. shows; Total earnings. $1.S3S,207: general chireej:. J,"7.".420: deductions. $'3S.03; net income, $524,703.