Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 251, Hammond, Lake County, 22 April 1918 — Page 4

THE TIMES

SCENE FROM BIRTH OF A NATION AT DELUXE THEATRE IN HAMMOND FOUR DAYS, STARTING TODAY

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Write and Then Write Again

By GEORGE ADE

Monday. April 22, 1918. wee . uuijuua

to a hotel and placed th lgn there. Then It was placed on nveral housi fronts. AVhen tho.-te in the homes and the owner of the hotel buy bonds th Blg-ns will be taken down.

It Is "mall day" at a camp in France, killed or wounded. He feel the same The bnjs are crowding up to a hole in as you dr alio it gettlnK shot up. the wall and r-achinK out for the -pre- i Don't compel his immediate relatives Uus letters as a iiii.Mf-r clutches for i to do all thf writing. Iet him know

Koid. Thpy Li'iiiiun

may have marched through and they are within three

that all of his friends are thinking of hlni and strong for hir.i. Probably newspapers in wrappers

hours of Taris. but what Is a sec- j will not not no throiixh to the camps

with the

ondary metropolis compared

old home town? The Russian situation frnd the views of I.loyii ;-orii:e and the crop prospects In Italy measure very small alongside of news about father and mother and Aunt Iib and the local ball t'-arn and the plrls who sit on the front porches nrul knit. t'.'in you put yourself In the place of the boy who has to hack away with these words singing In his ears. "Ferry, kid. but there's nothing for you " All the others squatted around, simply eutinn up the. messages from back

there, and he off by himelf, blue

indiKo, wonderinK what is the idea and why they have forgotten him.

If you know a boy at the front, write to him. Don't wait for a month after he proes away or It may he. two months after he says "goodbye" before he jrets the f.rst letter. Send the letters chasIiik after him soon as he starts. Make them cheerful and don't he afraid to put in all the local irossip and the fool cnt-and-doK news of the neighborhood.

as promptly as letters, so clip out of

the newspapers oil the. items that you know will interest him. and add some editorial comments of your own. and

send them first-class.

Drop some kind of a messasre into the post every few days so that, even ;;liowinK for delays and slde-tracklnp. he will not have to wait through lond stretches of lor.Iiness. with no cheerful KreetlriR from the people who are in his thouphts every day. VVhen a lad is thousands of miles away from home for the first time, his sentimental regard for all of his

aa'kin and cronies becomes hugely mag

nified. He waits with an aching heart for the letters from home. Don't throw him down. Iet him f.nd at least one happy letter in every mail.

HOW ORE TOWNS HITS BOND SLACKERS

ITIHttlNG. MINX.. April

fused to buy liberty bonds.'

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Many a happy home in this city can trace its prosperity to the want ad page.

jIOut of employment?

C Want a better job? GJMiss Opportunity is one of the most interested patrons of the want ads. She may be calling you today through these columns.

im0nTet1mm.y,, V," "'iV""1 "b?'Jt i'iK,n"'HS ,rfr,"1 u" nlsht " iva,e i SSSmamammmsaamtm'm Mm. Tell htm he s all right and that and business properties in this town. I you're proud of him. which turn out the ore for the Oary J No need to nrire hlrn to avoid being steel mills. A crowd of 2n men went '

INTERSTATE HIKES SPLENDID RECQRQ

SUNDAY WILL j GIVE KAISER HIS ON FRIDAY

Employes Subscribe Nearly One Hundred Thousand Worth of Bonds.

(Continued from page one.)

Hide celebration because of its Liberty 1 1 a It which was built in a day for war work and war meetings. liberty Hall, with a seating capacity of four thrusand, can accomodate a crowd of nearly S.OyO and is the largest auditorium in

By ROBERT S. SMITH. j lhctCPU' Uy, " ,"ectlnss f j ty Pav will be held. The Interstate Iron A Steel Co. '5 em-; ... . Iillv Sundnv will arrive in hammon.l ployces have gene over tha top. With Rt 9:30 and spt.ak Rt Liberty Hall at less than 1,000 men. from office bT 10:"f. Rodeheaver is ti lead a chorus

they have subscribed to tha third i seventy voices. me jacnies djuu

j will bo on the job all day. 1 MONSTES PARADE IN P. M. In the afternoon thort: is to be a great

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the attack v. as completely rt puls-

72 AMERICAN CASUALTIES Ft T'-iTi:r rnnrs WASHIN'iiTOX. April 22 Seventytwo casualties, announced by the war department Today showed ten killed in action, five dead of vound, tour of disease, one of nr. ii. nl, two from other causes, forty-two woundd slipchtly, seven severely wou:id"d and one previously n ported missii.g- now reported killed.

up, they

Liberty Loin

Some of the men have contributed veTy liberally, realising the prosperity they are enjoying, brouffht about by this Terrible war. end not being: subject to raft. the tkilled vorkmen have taken cut bonis to the amount of J1.290. $1,000 nd $500. All the foreign-born workmen, consisting of Roumanian, Austrian, ; Slavish find Polish oonrstrlea. have" declared the;- 1c yaity and patriotism to Inrlv S:.rn by : .'bficribinff very liberally! tO'the third loan. I

About four hundred of the workmen 1 from the different departments assembl- , d et the plant Sunday, March 30th, vrhen efr. V,. C Davis, superintendent exrlained the object of the meeting. Ha , Introduced Mr. Mazwiak of Chicago and j Mr. Lambert of So. Chicagro, addressed j the employees in the matter of their 1 duties as American citizens to do their j bit by subscribing liberally to the third , Liberty Loan. j From the result of this meeting: on Saturday. April 6th. there was marked up on the bulletin board $ r? t . t ift 0 and a ! mark was set for J60.PO0 before the cam- , pairn end-'d. To the surprise of all, tho ; pubf.'ritSc-ns have gone sway over tho '..: :it." the br'letm board on iuil 1 ?th (!;ovcJ $ 7 1 . : Til- Interstate Iron A ;";e'--l cv. to j.how their appreciation ; iubfciited $li.fH)'"' to the above amount j :o be taken out of the Kast Chicago , State Rank, makinif a i..;d total to J

late of $S6.C;0. and 52 men in the gov irnment services. How's that for a record?

parade with a division fur eery city, town and hamlet of Lake County. The towns and cities are all expected to have honor tints and to date all nro over the top with a sitiKl'! exception. In the eicnintr there will be a tfrent mass meetingat Liberty Hall. Each town chairman in the. county will make a ten minute speech in r porting to tin.- c un-

i ty chairman the success of tnu loan hi

th-3 individual districts. HEW YORK EEATEK OUT. New York City wanted Hilly Sunday. Friday, for an hour. He was to be taken to New York on a special train to leave Chicago at the conclusion of his Thursday evening service at the Sunday tabernacle. The railroads h.ad agreed

to take the special through in record 1

time and after an hour's talk in NewYork City Hilly would be whisked back to Cl;ic.-io. He declined to make the trip, liif-.tead he. is coming to Hammond because the building of Liberty Hal! appealed to Hilly immensely. It is right in line with his ideas .f "irettlnp there" and "'put'imr it over." ICO EELIGIOK 3UET KAISER. I :1! 'i! talk w ill ! purely patriotie rind j..-t r lit.-ie-.is ri-- 1- e;iMiu to i fiiinond to ti- the Kfiisir 1cm. Accompanying the .Jaekies' Hand will be a drill corps. The band and corps ure to head the parade. After' the evening concert of the band at Liberty Hall the drill corps will give an exhibition.

GERMANY ADMITS 5,000,000 CASUALTIES ft'NiTKn Press Cahmmram PARIS, April 22. 'P r.v.nn writ. is estimate the prrnnd total of German kil-l'-ri and prisoners, addinir those dyiiiK

1" iiiress anu wonnits an-l trie rasi.ttes 1

m cr-ioni.ii and r.fi-al !;Kh'-,nsr, at S.'iea,- " ' 0 - Karl R'.eistreu, a German military writer, declares ;h.-!'. li- G-Tman losses on the west front b.-twe, ; August, put end August. 1:g7, totalled 2.i"t 1.UC1 In killed and prisoners, on the east front !" sold '!,,- total Killed tind prison, .-s were 1,4s i.nr.o.

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FLAW DiSGGVERED ID STATE DRY

Kokomo Judge Holds One Can Store Booze and Escape Conviction.

1 Wills of the Kokomo city court will hold j this afternoon, in deciding the case of 1 Henry YViiburn, colored, chnreed with I

having a barrel of beer in his pf-ssession aft-T the ten-day limit set in the newlew, he informed local newspaper men today. rirst Jurist to rind Tlaw. Judge V.ills said he had reached this or-lnie-ii after conferences with a number of mi tr.bers of the local bar. He is the lirst jur-st to advain-e the opinion that there is any flaw in the prohibition law. Section fixes tin" amount of intoxicating li'-nr which a citir.en may have on hand ten days after the law ivnt into effect. It provides that not more than one gallon of intoxicating liquor, other than beer, may be held by any citizen, and not more than twelve quarts of beer. The law states that possession r-f any amount in excess of these stipulations shall be prima facie evid -nee of the guilt r-f the person so holding it of having it in his possession for the purpose of violating the law. Judge Wills said that he has reached the oop'dusW.n. with oth-.r members of the bar, that the section leaves the assumption that the possession is fr the 1 urposo of violating is left open to rebuttal anil that it throw." the burden iij.cn the state of proving that tiie ii-uc r -. a l.- ld fur the purpose of violating the law-. If the ac-ru.-ed person can successfully comnat th- ,-harge of the st-.te that the excess liquor v. as not lo-ld for the purpose of sale, barter or gift then they can not be found guilty, the jurist contends. The- star- did not prove that Henry Mhurn had the liquor for th- purpose of violating the statute in the local case ,-itid so ho will be found lad lilty. Judge YVills told the newspaper men. LAKE MICHIGAN TO OHIO CANAL PROJECT

TO LATE TOO CLASSIFY

WANTED Men to unload coal by the ton. Appiv, S2. Calumet ave. Hammond. 4-22-2

WANTED Truck Driver

PLAN OF CAMPAIGN UNFOLDED (Continued from page one.)

Scarpe has been comparatively the quietest of any of the sectors in the two big fighting rents for several ... T,i v.r. ,i-lf h

0.- -l 1 i 1 I weCKS. ine j- la noc. o.ni.e .0 o. ijJJ.OU per WeeK; Stead I thf. exception of brief lulls has been the

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.NOTICE TO N'O.V-RESIDEXT. THE STATE OF' INDIANA. UKK COUNTY. IN THE LAKE SITKRIOK COUKT. MARCH TERM. HMS. I K1MONICA i.IEAN) RHODES AND DAVID RHODES HER Hl'SRAND VS. I.E.N A VACCARO, ET Ah. CAUSE NO. i;do. action to PARTITION OF REAR ESTATE. Now oracs the Plaint ill" by Geo. Eder. attorney, and tiles their petition h1. rrin, together with an affidavit of a competent person, showing that the de-vvlel-'tn'.s Lena Vac.-aro. CHm Vaocaro. tier husband, Theresa. Soiionenian and Albert Sonem-man her husband, are not residents of the State of Indiana. Said defendants are therefore- hereby notified of the pendency of said action and that the same will stand for trial at the next term of said Court, ami that unless they appear and answer or demur therein, at the calling of said cause, on the 24th day of June. A. I 191. the same being the 37th day of the next term of said Court to be begun and held in the Court House. Kcxun No. 2 at Hammond, in said County and State on the 2d Monday of May, A. D. H'lS. said action will be heard and determined in their fibsence. IN V.ITXESS WHEREOF. I hereunto ,et my hand and affix the Seal of paid Court, at Hammond, this 2d day of April, A. IX V.UX. HERPERT I.. WHEATON. Clerk I S. C,

April

scene of almost continuous tightinK since the drive started there Apr!! !. On the Pioardy drive below- the Somme the French have made several successful local attacks east of Amiens and the sector from Montdidier eastward has seen innumerable raids and artillery engagements. Haig in his official report today described a strong enemy attack in the neighborhood of Mesnil. which is located on the Amiens-Arras front about eleven miles north of the Somme. BUT A I.mKRTT JOSH TO PA T BRITISH IMPROVE

THEIR POSITIONS

United Press Cabi.e--.ham. LONDON. April 22. "We improved our positions during the night in the

1 HerS-1-.rei unmru. eeo-i n;,, , v east of Amiens, and in the Albert and '""i v--S' j N

Robeoq sectors," Field Marshal Haig reported today. "South and north of I.ens midway between the Picardy and Flanders battle fronts we conducted a number of successful raids. capturing prisoners and machine guns. In difficult sectors there was considerable artillery fighting The enemy shelling was directed chiefly astride the Somme and Ancre rivers In the Pens sector, and in the neighborhood of Festubert and the upper Niepp forests. "A strong local attack was made by '.he enemy last night in the neighborhood of Mesnil, four miles north of Albert, and was accompanied by heavy slv-i;inr. After sharp lighting during which the enemy captured an advanced

cape Conviction.

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What Your Dollar will do at this Big Compulsory Piano Sale

Wo have boon summoned by the eourt to vacate thid store within 5 days, whirli means that we Anil cither have to place our great stock of Pianos and Player-Pianos in the storage until our beautiful new store is ready for oceupanoy, or offer such slaughtering inducements to the piano-buying public that will enable them to buy either Piano, Player-Piano, Grand or Phonograph at practically their own price and tonus. THIS BEAUTIFUL STOCK OF INSTRUMENTS CONSISTS OF NEARLY ,1? PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS AND 37 PHONOGRAPHS. Any $550 Player Piano can be purchased at this sale at $370.00 Any $600 Player-Piano at 400.00 Any $650 Player-Piano at 445.00 Any $700 Player-Piano at 485.00 Aiiy $750 Flayer-Piano at. 500.00 Any $SC0 Player-Piano at 550.00 Any $900 Player-Piano at 625.00 Any $1,003 Player-Piano or Electric Mel5etroila 675.00 Any $900 Flayer-Piano, Combination, Electric, Automatic and Tredal 650.00 Any $300 Piano 165.00 Any $350 Piano 210.00 Anv $400 Piano 265.00 Any $450 Piano 300.00 Anv $500 Piano 350.00 Any $550 Piano 365.00 Any $600 Piano 410.00 EVERY PIANO OR PHONOGRAPH PURCHASED AT THIS REMOVAL SALE WILL BE SOLD ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS: One dollar down. No interest on payments. 'Forms to suit your own personal convenience. Beautiful bench (duet) to match players. Full selection of any rolls from any catalogue. Free tuning, scarf, instruction book and an exclusive exchange privilege at any time within three years, with .'ill payments applied and your piano backed up with the best iron-clad guarantee that any piano manufacturer or dealer in the U. J. can give in the sal of an instrument. Xo dealer or manufacturer can show you a more handsome stock of strictly high grade Pianos or Player-Pianos than you will rind in this stock at this time. Piano men, dealers and manufacturers who have seen our pianos say emphatically that they never saw such remarkable veneers and exclusive styles. If vou ever intend to buv a Piano, Plaver-Piano or a. ' Phonograph do not allow this opportunity to slip hy. Xo reasonable offer refused from responsible people. J. M. WILCOCKSON MUSIC CO. 152 STATE STREET, HAMMOND. ORPHEUM THEATER BUILDING. OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK.