Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 249, Hammond, Lake County, 19 April 1918 — Page 1

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HAMMOND, INDIANA,

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1918.

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GALLANT BRITISH DEFENSE

PRAEGER, LYNCHED PRO-GERMAN,

LIVED IN GARY: WAS UNDESIRABLE

Von Hindenburg's Latest Efforts Blocked Though He Pours New Troops In Slaughter, .

Bf ALEXIN. ST United Tf.ess. WASHINGTON, April 19. The BritIsh defense against the grreat Oerman drive ts considered by mlUtary men hero mi ens cf the most gallant ia all his-tory-Entente officer said frankly toflay that had not the British stood firmly, often Cyiny to the last man, the trugrsle might have ended by now with a Teuton victory. The Germans have sacrificed heavily. Military men estimate their losses at

from 400,000 to 500,000. The rltlsa L

have lost heavily. The Trench are tryJo? hard to relieve the terrific pressure on the British. This was seen In the Amiens sector. The Trench have succeeded la a email way against the enemy. It is toped they will be able to create a coasideratla diversion. (F.r I"r.TTE." pr.r.ss.l Fy u. r. w.n explkt.i NEW YORK, April 19. Blocked in the center of his Flanders drive,

Betrayed Benefactor; Was Sentenced to Prison; a Woman Trapper.

However much Robert Paul Prager, pro-German lynched at Collinsville, Ill., was guiltless of the charge the miners placed against him yet revelations concerning his past when he was a resident of Tolleston, Gary, which have been dug up indicate that he was an undesirable citizen. Prager would have made a successful Prussian officer. He was a thief; he ruined a young girl; he robbed his benefactor. During his stay in Gary, where Prager advocated Socialism and was against the

United States government, he was ill part of the time, suffering from a disease brought on by his indiscretions. The whole history of his stay in Gary reveals a sordid tale of crime and treachery. Even after Prager was paroled from prison he violated his promise. A HUMAN VIPER. Confirmation of the identity of the man

lynched at Collinsville and the covict at Jeffersonville reformatory was made by Chief Staton of Collinsville. A check up by The Times on the Gary police records and interviews with the people with whom Prager resided in Gary brought out the tale of his treachery. GIVEN PITY. Prager, penniless, was taken into the home of Albert Gracik, who in 1912 lived at Martha and St. Joe street. Tolleston, Gary. He worked In a Tolleston bakery, but for weeks was ill. Mr. and Mrs. Gracik cared for their sick boarder although he was unable to pay them for weeks. And this is how Prager repaid them. One day Prager disappeared. So did $300 worth of jewelry and other valu-

Oi LOAN SLICKERS

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Lake County to Double Its Quota, But the Slacker Is to Be Dealt With According to His Deserts, Say Officials.

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THIS OPPORTUNITY

KNDCKSJNCE II YEAR

The more ycu get for your dollar the more you have conserved your resources. The 11. ore you conserve your resources the more resources you will have to back up your country. And the more you conserve and rave and give the Quicker the war will be won . That is why IXdlar Day next Tuesday is a patriotic move on the part of tho men-hams of Hammond. It is the biggest bargain event of the year; an occasion wh'n the dollar's purchasing

Vn Hinrlonhiiro- rnntirilies tO flail! power is at lis zenith.

s, J Sci,nti5t3 us that on a certain day

away at the noruern ana soumern banks of his wedge. The only result of this pressure is an ever growing enemy casualty list, it is shown by Haig's official report today. The report indicated that the German assaults are being beaten back everywhere and that many of them, are being broken up by artillery fire before they can get under way. Tin Trench, are assuming a more

dominant Dart in the western front 1 will hae exclusive ue or mi i"""'"Mn the

flshtlntr. Net enly hare their reserves ; output. That men's increased cost and ! .Iot)lP

appeared in great force cm the Tlanders j the opportune time to buy 1 row

battle field but they are taking the Initl- 1

atlve before Amiens.

Trench artillery pounded tho Oerman

TEACHERS

. ''UI1G WAGE"

Most Poorly Paid Skilled Labor Organizes to Press Petition.

The denian of the teachers of the Hammond public schools for "a living wage"' having been flatly refused by

strcned re

in January tho titioieney of the human

I cing is the greatest. There ts a day In the board of education, a

summer when the sun shines the long- j ,at ,ans!, , p nw f.xjst. est. And there is one day each year in Thft tea-hers ar ,.rKan!r.d as the Lake county when the dollar buy s th? j Hammond Grade Teachers' Association most and that is Dollar Pay next j wi(h l,!ll,y.t member. Th-y new Tn.day. ; receive a minimum wasre of $77.30 a The advertisements in The Times tell j :l. ,nth anJ a miixim.Jin v y?r Only the preparations the merchants have ; R few me pettin the maximum. East made f-r the biff drive on their store? ; chl..ajfo 3nrl Wbitinff public school by the thrifty patrons. I teachers are th lowest paid of the Ton can make 110 mistake by bu ing j cit (rs f'f ai)v sUf, jn ,h( r(gi,,n now for future us-. War prb e w ill be ; Th t,.a, ho,.s rk n:PC a ila?f felt in many lines shortly, especially in n-;0n!-MS a far w.th n,, ,,rv fr,r rh,;. clothing. The go-.ernment has w"!;n3,, i;a.tr allrt vai.,alin, Th

cer in trims anu um.i n .' scale of 577. ."i a month

p;i"d w mi unnorms 101 uir nm.... . . , teacher lias two rf. liars

ciotntng

it is isouse cleaning tunc a.iu iru;

I 1 . if. tMnrs of nil kinds that

! .'o into the comforts of a home. The

positions in ricardy on a front of morel family needs new outfits. It is time to

that

ar.

I BE3TT DOM TO DAT

than flft-r miles iu one of the heaviest i replenish for

Vicmbardments ever laid down 07 the and Dollar Day is the opportunlt;.

.in., TTnaVilo to rtetermine from what ! knocks but once a

cuarter the assaults would come --ic Oevmacs were caught when the Trench

suddenly swept forward on a front of ;

four miles along the Avre. The rrencn took Castel, the poln of the Germans' nearest approach to Amiens, a distance tf eight and one-half miles. The Berlin official statement that the British had been driven hack of Steen-

beck

much

age distance fallen back in the Ypres region was less than two miles.

neam t h a ' a 1 day to live

:"ar around. P.. aid. room, laundry and other Jlvine "i-

P'ns's of a S' hoo) teacher are n-, Jess than Jl.V a vec v. Pjie must dress

well. She should re pensation f t Iit se en'erencies and the

Ttie teachers bel ic e that heir labor :s deervin of snore than a bare existence To quabfy for the p.,r.j r ;.ris

Lake county Is going to nearly double or perhaps actually double Its third Liberty Loan quota according to County Chairman Hay. With $4,275,500 already reported and subscriptions yet to come in from the big steel companies of Gary and their several thousand employes the chances are that Lake county will make the splendid record of having doubled its qu ota. The outlook is that Gary alone will eojual he total quota asked of the county. Chairman Hay looks for Gary, now credited with $1,238,500 to show at least $?.R00.00O and rossibly more than $3.dr.n,0i'0 when steel subscriptions are reported. No later reports have been made to county headquarters by the chief chairmen of Last Chicago end Hammond city organizations and when these come in

j it is expected that present figures will

bo further advanced. . Some Slacking. Taken as a whole the county has done splendid, but a few neighborhoods are slacking. One township has fallen down is has a district in a city and these two places as well as a few other localities in Lake county will be the subject of a conference. To Report On Slackers. The county chairman has received a supply of yellow cards, which are to be used for slackers. Pursuant to orders of the government a registry will be made of those who refuse to buy bonds, giving the reason therefor. Contained on the yellow card Is the

following statement to the government: Ton are advised that the person named has declined to help our gov. ernment's war activities, refusing the purchase of third Liberty Xoan bonds. In addition to this cards have been received: which will enable city committees to index every resident as to income, wealth in personal and realty holdindgs and amount of bonds bought. To Keep Card Index. Kach loan sees the Liberty organisations better organized. Kor instance, in

' Gary this loan sees the Keeping up of a

v enousli com- I f!"'' index on every purchaser. It is ics1'-. save foe ! planned to keep a card index on the

fut ir. pa-t three loans. I nis will enable the

committee to see how much bonds each buyer has. In the meantime many details are to

GREAT BAND FOR BIG DAY Dr. H. R. Sharrer, chairman of the Third Liberty Loan committee telephoned The Times late this afternoon thct he had been surcessfal In ettlnr the Great Lakes Military Band, the finest organisation In f I e I'nlted States nnd the rrack drill corps for Hammond's bin parade nnd patriotic demonstration nest Krldny, the occasion belnx the day Gov. Goodrich has Issued a proclamation eppearing elsewhere In this Issue. This Trill be the MaKeat demonstration Hum mori d has ever had nnd a monitrr meeting: Is to take place In Liberty Hall.

Latest Bulletins

TBt T'n-ited Press. WASHINGTON, April 19. Three enemy aeroplanes have been brought down for every alUed aeroplane lost In the western offensive, an official dispatch received here today stated. Each day enemy planes are brought down by the score and nearly 100,000 pounds of explosives are dropped on the enemy organisation behind the lines. On March 26 not less than 56 hostile aviators were brought down and 24 obliged to retreat. rCvr-rED Press Cablegram. XiONDON, April 19. The Oerman attack on the OlvenchyHobecq front In which eleven divisions or 125,000 men participated did not gain an inch, according to French dispatches received here today. The Oerman dead were heaped in piles. TBr fvtTEO Press. I CAMP TAYLOR, XT., April 19. Tour hundred men from Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky who have been attending the officers' training camp here were awarded commissions today.

GIRLS GET UP AND

LET CUTIE S T

T::. ITell Him You're Glad He Is

Not a Rough Rude Fellow like Pal Who Enlisted.

HUNS SUFFER

FEARFUL LOSSES

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i h e y fill they have a 1 1 e n d " d j or normal school;. A hundred

, Pionth :n these dr f'f hi h pr;. os I I ,5 not an uur-aonril.;o d-unincl. J The same board of education that i balked at bavins Libei ty Hall buiH on' 'the Centra! m!i,,.,1 grounds and finallvi

was persuaded to turn the property; over to the city and let the city as- ' sume the responsibility is now clos'nsr

its ears to the peas cf Hammond school teachers for a living wage. The school teachers will don i t less find full public support in piea?in2r thir demands 011 the refractory hoard. bit a upEr.TT novo r.cAr

:uked out for the fourth loan, which

oil. -pes h" v

dollars j expected to come in October. 1 BCI A LIBERTY BOND TOTAT

fl'NiTED Press Cablegram. 1 WITH THE 11BITI5H ARMIES I5T FRANCE, April lt. Aside from Hals' withdrawal from the aknard liSschendale pocket the British line today looks pretty much as It did three days ago. On the high ground north and east of Glvenehy as this Is cabled there Is some Germany activity. Von (uat Is dogged I y trying; to flank Dethune but apparently Is unsuccessful. The shelling of the British grans Is deadly.

BT T'NITED PPESP. WASHINGTON, spill 19 General Pershlns hns sent over a call for more American marines. As result of the honse military committee today voted to Increase the corps from .10,000 to T.I.OOO so the marines stationed here may le sent. The committee orlalnally sronted nn Increase to Ml. OOO but I railing's cnll led Secretary Daniels to add ilo.OOO, more.

CO

COUNCIL

IBt United Press. J W As-HINGTON. April 19. The failure of farmers to release by May 15 approximately 50.000,000 bushels of nbrat the surplus from the 191" crop itIII result In the government requisitioning: It. authorities stated today. Available heat for markets Is now only about half the amount coining In ln Jnnuarr. Food officials estimate

I that this vast amount Is being hoarded i j even after an ample amount hns been j

' kavrd for seed and personal ue. I he ! officials haie been given full power

to sciie vihent held Tilth unpatriotic intent.

One Hundred Million Dollar Contract Is Jeopardized Unless City Interests Itself In War Plant,

. ;.l-v7.rc. 1 i about recruitin

,-,.!. ..wt!lt l.v th eni-mv in fiehtiiisr ! v'n,M

1,,-t'ore ijivenihy and elsewhere only se1 m-ej a limited footing at one or two

i society was organizea vy j- . j iuuvh

Sergeant William S. Weh h tai

at Liberty Hall las

to 2ii) parents and sisters il j

i soldiers and sailors. It was the. Inrg- j jest attendinfr meetinjr of the Soldiers ; :and bailors' Aid association pince that!

- FIRST OVERTIME

! MADE BY

S GULLED

"The

j-'ield Marsha! Haitf reported today

eii'T.iy suffered heay losses from our srtil'ery tire before opening his assaults. io?tilc attacks south of Kemmel

tv-.-o repulsed yesterday. Others in the: evening al o nerc broken up by our I artillery and machine gun tire. j

i (liu rent n rnnn nn isinrs i, t 0 0 rn"i:) were employed m unsuccessful Hacks yesterday on the- Iivenchy-sjt. i:at.t fc.tor. "With tii" exception of irutual arttl-1-ry firinc the battle sectors last niiiht v ere comt-arat i v. 1 y ejuiet on the Pritish f'-on'. A f. w prisoners and ma. liine (tutu -were captured." ui 1 a i:ih:rit r.o'D Tot'AT NEW MARRIAGE

LICENSES ISSUED

Special To The Times. rnonvx POIXT. IXD, April I? The foll-iwiiiK new- marriage licenses were issued yesterday: Ueo It. 'A- Hers. Hammond, and Lizzie r.thel -- 11; :m. I.owcll. t.'avl Joiui-'Ci a::d Ktc.c.ia Johnson, Arthur Sehu'.t. 1 'row 11 JN. aini i;i.,mcr r.niond. Ciicaco. A,ei sbI. Indiiuia Harbor, and Loiii. ('hiCMf. ( 'ii !''a C'.c Kb miz 1 .f mdri ". i . ;. and Ut-.ler KarInnski. llamt.icnd. harlcs Mariatt and Alico StanFfield, Gary. John T.ewandoski and Josephine Zopenskf. ary. I!C t .V tlBFKTT FMl TOril FAMOUS SURGEON ORDERED OUT (P.T l'NlTFl' PUCS?. WASH I X(iT X. April 1:1 Major W illiam Miio, famous surgeon, has been ordered to active service in the medical corps. His brother, also a major, began active service several weeks ago.

i Tho perfrennt told the mothers, fathjers and sisters of the bo;.s. in service I that it is time they begin to treat slaoki ers and the parents of slackers w itii

tin; disdain due them. He d vised that 1 vour.e man with no legitimate excuse

' for not enlisting or 1 'aiming r. xc ..ipt 10:1 land the parents who hold their sons back ifiom service be made: to fce.l the weight j of public sentiment. I According to i.h sergeant, this is how th-. irls should treat the slacker: ' Stand -up and, offer him a seat la a ! street car. j Yellow flowers as favors at dances. Urge him to Join tha knitting- classes ; at the Bed Cross. ' Compliment him on being so ladylike i and not P. rougn rude fellow 1-ka his ;irienel who joined tha army. BUT A I.lFr-TT BOVD TOt-AT JAILED WHEN HE FAILS TO APPEAR

STEEL WORKERS :

lifpucni, To Tke Times. 1 CilOKN POIXT. I NO.. April 1?. Austin K. aip. a young fanner lirinc just cast of f'roivn point, is in Jail and

in serious trouble. Young Craig failed 1

Tll llll ;II;M, P. prll l. IMfTerenccs hftnrrn the llrtblehcm Steel to. and Its c-oipln.'e have leeu m jiistcd. Dcnintid, of the employe for time nnd a half for overtime, nlsht shift included, and double time on holidays ere It ranted. --rit a t-nrp.it "vr TrcrITALIAN TROOPS ARE ARRIVING !P.t- Ivitei, l'nr;ss 1 WASH 1 NGTOX. April 1 ! Italian troops lire now arriving in France preparing to fight with tho allied armies A considerable force has been moved and more probably will be sent. ;t was officially stated today. The advance cuard readied France some da: a ago, it was stated. 7 T I PERTT HOM TOt'AI BIG CITIES FALL DOWN

io slc-v up v. ben ordered by the oxenir

tioo honrd and gave himself up later.;'

His aiti:iide will have to be explained to the federal au t liori t ies. As he only has one hand he would not have had to tight, so that his conduct is bard to explain,. St I A L1EEBTT BOND TOCAT . That's the Place for Him. MIXXKAPOLIS. April 19. J. O. Bontall, socialist candidate for governor, found guilty Tuesday of violating the espionagcH. was sentenced today to five jears in Leavenworth penitentiary.

fRr I'nited pF.r.ss. VASillX'iTOX. April 9. Rural dis-

I 1 i a in (- ;i todnv ;irr- c;i '-r 1 r,

the bulk of the Third Liberty T.oan

drive. The eiieini tial announced today was $l.ll.."10,ftjit. it was clearly indicated that d ia ppoin Viient was felt at the showing of many of the larger ci t iec. srT A ItRECIT BONO ToruT

Drni.IV Ireland. April 19. A manifesto declnrlns Irish conscription In n violation of the rishts of small nations, has been lsued by n conference of the Irish party. Mnn F'eln. Irlh people re exhorted to the utmost' resistance.

PREPARING FOR A BIG ARMY

TBT X ' S1TEM FBESf.l "WASHIXOTOX. April Tb.e quarter master general's ofTiee is preparing equipment for an army of S.SOO.OOO men i ntbe held or training camp by the end of 1 fl S, it developed today. Estimates for congress provide for an increase in the armeel forces of a million men during the next fiscal year.

Special, To The Times iT.OW.N" POIXT. IXD., April 15. Auditor Cr. M. l'oland has called a spe-

ieial session of the county council for i the f.rst two days of May and matters j which has been hanlgng fir? for some- , time will bo disposed of. The matter of ( financing the Lincoln Highway will be I the first business to come before the.

ouncil. An appropriation of $73,000

! for one-half payment, the other half to

e paid by the government, will be asked

. for. This highway has been selected as a I military oad and th government asks its construction. If possible to get the tuberculosis ' 'Hiuw.riuni question settled as to the ; legality of procedure and the county ceimmissioners recommend Hs construction an appropriation for a modern sanitarium on the cottage plan may be asked for by the Lake County Council of Defense as a war measure. BUT A I.IBEBTT r.'CD T01 AT FREE LOVERS ARE DISCHARGED By Uniteh Press CHICAGO, April 1?. W. I. Thomas, I former University of Chicago professor, ' and Mrs. P.. M. Granger were dischargi ed today after appearing to answer to a i charge of breech of the peace. ; The couple was arrested two weeks ; ago in a Chicago hotel and the woman ; was taken to the professor's home where i Mrs. Thomas cared for her in the interi val before appearance in court. At the 1 last minute the charge of breech of the p-ace was tiled instead of the original charge of disorderly conduct and the

court held it did not apply to the offense charge in the bill of particulars. Mrs. Granger met Thomas in NewYork shortly after her husband had saib ed for France. BUY A iTlSIBTY BOND TODAY WELL, HE'S RIGHT. BY United Prfibs. BOSTON. Mass.. April 19. Secretary Daniels, speaking at the navy radio school at Harvard University today said the Allies never will lay down their arms until the German menace to the world has been removed. "Frisrhtfulness cannot afright us." be said. 'Defeat here or there can birt strengthen our determination."

By T. A. Parry, Editor Timss.) ; STARTLING ocular evideace that; the United States government is preparing for a long war wasj given in Hammond yesterday when j it was authoritatively stated that; the Standard Steel Car Company, of Hammond, which the long arm; of Uncle Sam has reached out and ; yanked in for war purposes, is be-; ing developed for five years usage j by the United States government and will be entirely metamorphes- j ed into a war plant. j Take a msata.1 Jog- with me to the

Standard and read a story with the bark on. If there are any seven wonders of the Calumet region, the Standard Is ace high. You can't get away from It.

The evidence, as I saw it, is both i

ocular and auricular, but a blind man could almost .see it and the

deaf hear. j Huge Plant Transformed. The Standard Steel plant is be-j ing made anew, second only in size and importance in Lake County, toj the Indiana Steel plant at Garyj

and hurry-up orders have been received to bring it up in all its functions to an amazing degree of war

efficiency and organization. - - - ; Just Think What It Means. j Few people are aware, and fewer peo- j pie seem to care, that the monster Ham-j mond plant has been awarded the lg- j gest single war contract ever let in the; whole United State?. "We take a lot for j granted in Hammond let the big things 1

go unheedeel and fuss and ttew over little things. This contract was fe-r one hundred million dollars nnd though its filling meant almost the entire rehabilitation of the Standard, the finished product, one of the most important war ncccssi-

! ties, is already being turned out night

and day by thousands upon thousands, and it will take years to t.H it. The thing is so big that the mind the minds of our big men don't grasp its exigencies. They take it, we repeat, for granted. This contract was taken by the Standard officials right out of the hands of that powerful steel organization known as the Midvale combine and we might as well say right here that Hammond CAX lose it. Getting ready for it? Why. of course they're getting ready. Is It Too Deep For Us? The activities at the Standard are something phenomenal and amazing in their scope and there are not a dozen men in all Hammond's thirty-five thousand population that have the faintest Idea of th? immensity of the operations at the bis plant. They Just don't get it at all. To go back a little when Hammond was dedicating its Liberty Hall a mysterious fire destroyed 1 j palatial rassenger cars, worth $2i.ft0 apiece, situated in a building that it took ;i loan ten minutes to walk around. It was a fire loss of one million dol-

Gerir.any w ill launch another offensive I Jars, yet contracts have be-en awarded

in .Tune, either on tip

in Italy

Br Ukited Tress. WASIIINGTUV. April 19. Italian troops will soon slart for France. II was officially announced at the Italian embassy here. today. Tables from the embassy said that forces of Gen. Dins are to fight with the Itrltlsh, French and Americans at 1'lcarilj.

PARIS, April 19. Bombardment was reported In the region of Castel and Mallly-Hnlnevul today by the French war office. In our attack last nlsht we destroyed machine nun nests and prisoners total B.10," the statement said. "Our Successful surprise attack north of Beronvaus, north of Verdun gave us several prisoners." til A LinEKTr BONt T3T A I PREPARING FOR NEW OFFENSIVE AN A TLA XT TO POUT. April 1?.

west front or to the Austin Co. builders to duplicate

if the present drive is check- 1 the structure in steel in if) days' time.

ed. according to Lieut. Gen. Prigss, of tiie British army who arrived here today. He predicted a series of crisis throughout the year and asserted the present offensive would not be decisive. "The. war has resolved Into a question of man power." he said. -Germany Is trying to force a decision before we r'aV our trump the American army. "With its back against thn wail you

ran iook mr ..di6 a to lisIIl , L ( coniprehension

out to tne nnisn. 'Passchendaele Ridge was a g-ift from the Germans and created a dan

gerous salient. Bad weather preventA th ff-eneral staff from realizing tt i

" ... .r-.'rany

a anger lari j c 1 . na ruiiciiiin 1.5 not serious." Btr 4 I.IBERTT BOND TODAY

t

The loss of that great structure was permitted to be as much consequence to the Standard as the burning of jour hen cocip would be to you. Other New Structures. Then again, all sorts of new buildings are going up there. Tho splendid ordnance plant, where the very finest machinery made, is turn

ing out munitions so fast that it dazzles

was put up this year.

A quarter of a million dollar brick hotel as classy as they are made Is rear completion, for the use of the high salaileei workers employed by the com-

WAKE UP! "Proof that hit3 you right between the eyes is obtainable in the Standard district that the U. S. expects it to take five years to lick hell out of the Hun. Today, where a few years ago bullfrogs croaked in the quagmires surrounding a disused race track over which the smoke of gypsy campfires spiralled, the Standard has built a city to accommodate twelve thousand workers. Hammond people are so provin

cial and shut In that they have no

more iaea or wnat is going on out at Esst Hammond these days than the Eskimos have of the home chatter that goes on around your supper table tonight. "A building is being put up In 40 days that will take a leggy hustler ten minutes to walk around; a magnificent $3C0,OOO hotel is nearly done; Washington is building 200 house3 for an emergency for the Standard, but 5C0 more are needed like a fat man climbing five stories needs breath. Government inspectors are punching stamps night and day In shells that are being rushed abroad from the Standard in shiploads; high salaried men and U. S. army officers are flocking to Hammond to help with this Herculean job and, believe me, some of them don't know where they are going to sleep. 'Money is being spent like water out there. It drips through a goiden sieve. Uncle Sam is spending one hundred million dollars in just one contract at the Standard. For Lord's sake, business men, let that seep through your brains snd then sit up and take notice. lf Harnmond doesn't get busy and do what must be dene to house the thousands of spenders that are on their way, Uncle Sam will put a message on the wire that will cancel the contract and divert this glut cf gold so quick it will make ycu dizzy. 'Are we going to sit and gabble and jabber and chatter and do nothing about this housing proposition for the Standard? Men, here's where Opportunity has made the Big Noise on our Door!

THREATENED

THE PRESIDENT

Br U.vrTEr. Prfss. CHICAGO, April 19. Albert Hilkens, IT, threatened to kill President "VVi'son zy a bomb or if drafted and sent to France to go over to the Germans, according to a report made to Federal officials here teiday. He was held under $5,000 bond for a hearing next Friday. BUY A LIBERTY BOND Tor A Y Kvery bond sold iiennns new nnll driven in the kaiser's coffin Let's ell set In on the bis drive. It's either his coffin or yonrs

The most important news, relative to the operations of the Staiuiard in Hammond, was brought back from "Washington yesterday by officials of Ihe company. This was to the effect that

the Standard 13 to have governmental JED CROSS

aid in nousing some or its new employes, the most vital sud pressing need of the big plant today. It Must Have Houses. The Standard needs bouses for the thousands of new employes who are coming on every train to make their home sin Hammond. It is losing valuable employes that will not work where they cannot live and the matter is one of immediate urgency. Four men last night Just packed up and got out. No place for them to live. Couldn't bring

their families here. Merchants fion't get any of their money. AVhy, men, it' you only know how much these bigwaget people mean to your stores, your churches, your schools, your city treasury! The big plant presents a scene o? Industry there days that is but a drop in the bucket to what is to go on there for years to come. A City Within A City. It fairly Perthes with the military and with government ordnance inspectors. Tho C-f acre tract, w h re iic a raco track was built, is a hive of human energy. A city with in a city is growing up as if by magic on the southeastern eonfincst of Hammond. The officials of the company are building for the future. AVith Uncle Sam they se-nie a. five v ear war and arc building ami eejuippiug with only that cud in vbjvc and as you enter the various buildings, vvliicli.arc ns hard to get into almost as the kingdom' rf Ueav en. the Standard Steel plant of Hammond bristles with its kinship to the grim war "over there." It is r.ot only a matter of civic importance to us, it is a patriotic duty. The government neeeis these munitions that are f being manufactured here, re needs Hammond, it needs Hammond help. The city administration has a chart-te to bring home the bacon by providing proper park facilities out in this district. These workmen must have a breathing place. street work and In fact a'l municipal improvements should be acted on immediately. M hat are ou going to do about rill thepe, thines? Xow is the accepted time! Btr A LIBERTY BOND T'TAY

FIRST AID COURSE TO BE GIVEN

A course in First Aid will be jriven at the Red Cross headquarters In the Hammond building, brglnnimr April 2C. The classes will lie held on .Monday and I'riciy evenines for five weeks. A tuition fee of three dollars is charged for the course, registration now open at 504 Hammond building.