Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 18, Hammond, Lake County, 27 April 1918 — Page 1

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French Regiments Defended it I To Their Death. They Refused to Surrender. UXTTEr PRFSs fABLRSRAM. fPv WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMM.S) WITH THE BRITISH A Rill E 3 IN ; fEANCE, April 27. The Pleach regi- j snents ordered to defend Mount Kent- j ir.el "to the death" against the German's j teriCic flanking attack, yesterday obeyed j the command to the letter. Entirely eur- ' rounded by Germans the French held out j for "more than eight hours, slaughtering j whole companies of the enemy as they ; swarmed up the stern slopes in the face cf The French macine gvm fire. A flood of gray clad troops finally swept over the top, obliterating the dofenders, "as a heel would an ants nest." Lite the old guard at Waterloo this French regiment died it did not surrender. f-TTf:r Press Cabi.e-ham LONDON, April 27. "The enemy is held everywhere," Field Marshal Haig announced today. '"On the whole front north of the Lys the fighting yesterday was of the severest character. Repeated enemy attempts to develop their advantage of the previous day failed. Following hours of uncertain battle the enemy's advance was blocked with heavy - casualties to them i "North of Kcmmel village after a pro-l--.ti ?! and fierce strug-gle the positions r r-iinc 1 ours. In the ri.lpo anl wnod to the south-ivr-st of Vu"riti'ill'! the enemy again fivi!y a",-k"l but was cmpWdy rej '.i;r'f. Wo tof.k huti3rc-ls "t rrisencrs. fphiinp on the I front nnd in 'l,e urichlK'rhoo'i of Oivenchy late " nla y w-n us forty prisoners. ' South of th" Sonime In the afternoon pur rvenint: we iltair,el advantages in th" Ilanani ai:l Vil!pr?:BrMonn"ux Ffcti. r?. Our i r i ' i .01 li.re totaled fijfi. wo advanc-'J our rosi'ions at C'-r-Iflin r,fint in ti:e In'lrr ccrtion?. Host'If r.ttarA? with tatihs v rc broken up and faihd t ror"In I-oc-i-o to th.-- UaOlyet the fenny nfsauU aatnst t)i Frern-h positions v.rre rr'ff'l v. iMr f xlrTii-1 vtoif ne f,r tlire nttneks ver latn off with Evt le tii" i o rtnan-3 suceoded in taking I.o re v.lhtp". n ilv I'vpnin,' t!i allies rnuiiter at1arl.nl and drove the enemy out of the villace which is now hi Id by the French. .At other points in t li..- even ins the fn't.iy was repulsed." THE PLEi A"" State "'riTr.. IN 1 iIAXAp. I,IS. 1XP.. April 27 E. A. Tnrpm. nppaar'ntr for the Hammond. ' AVhl'ins & East Chicago Street Hail road ; dm pany. had an uncomfortable hour befcr-- the Mate board of tax oimmis- ' sion'r? y ee;-day because of rjuect ion end c ri lc i'-n.s by members of the board? v ho combat te.i . argunient for a low vahia ' i ti. The r:et nrnincs of the road last year 1 were ?4?.f2. w liile the , a r before they were $7V,2e. Tlie inci-cace f.-,r ln.ct year , over the year before was 14', per cent. ' The Lake ,.urit y cities Irivc been very i r.otivw indii"-t r;a I y. and this condition w-as reflect vd i:i an increase in gross and i r.e carn.ngs. Mr. Turpiti said, howevf-r, ! that for the first three months of 131s ' the company has run behind J - O.'O", and j he thought on th:3 account that the, ho.-irl should relieve the company from a 1 hish n'uatien. 1 The -valuation made this yfr are1 haed on ';; ! yr-ir's business and tlnanif 1 001, .ij' ;. ci. and not on this year'. : Jiemb'rs of tic- board barged Mr. Turpi!! v. i h trying to 1 n reduction on last yr-Ti's i!iano:i by sh.owing an un-faor-b!.' condition this year. They 1 tr.'.d him he w-ouhl be in next year try- i ins to use the condi-ion of this year for a lower valuation, nnd would thus be Feekimr a lowt r valuation for two years, though o:ie of them was evidently very profit able. TAXPAYERS NOTICE. "lty Treasurer's office will be open until p. m. from April L'fMh to May 6th Inclusive. WALTER F. PIELFELIC 4-27-1 City Treasurer. "Peace on enrth. Good Will to Men" frnii never written by Kalnrr Wllhelm.

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Gen. II. S. Ilorne. General Home is in command of one of the British armies that havo been meeting the brunt of the German attack around Ypres. While his army has triven some ground he has made the Germans pay with a dead body for every inch taken. EDS WE Lake county must have 25 mor voting machines for there are now 96 precincts in Iake county and only 70 machines. When th! voting machines were bought a year a;o there were only 70 precincts In 1-ake. County, but there have been so many new people who have come to the big Lake county rities !n the last year that it was found necessary to split the 70 prerincis up into PS. "The siniatin Is impossible." said a Lake county man today. "We should havo at least C6 more maehines and two extra for emergencies. There can not he a fair rount when some r.f the precincts vte machines and others have the oil fashioned ballot iiifr." At a meetinsr of the county council at Crown Tomt next week this matter wili be presented and an effort will be made to secure re-.v machines and get them h' re in time for the em otion. The following are the prccini ts j Lake county which will and wif. not have machines: f. - Y. East Chicago Hammond Gary I. Whiting North Township '"aUimet Township H-. bait Fioss Township . St. John Township Hanover Township Center Township Winti, Id Tow nship Cedar Creek Township. West Creek Township Eag'.e Cre, k Township. h IS 1 . 21 5 L 2 L 2 1. 2 1. 2 7 2 17 IT I'S 4 1 1 1, 2 WEST HAMMOND BOYS ON GRIME SPREE Chief Nitz Arrests Two Who Had Given Railroad Consilerable Trouble. Chief N'iz of the West Hammond police ai rest i three boys in connect ion wit It the ri ;.;-'i i y oi" the Irniana llat'.'ur lie, mlya-.v offioe last Mnivlny night. Th" boys wore Charles Clnton. ttis Indiana avenue, 11 years old, William Dura. 77S Michigan avenue. 17 years old. and Fail Vo!;n-, West Hammond. 15 y , ars obi. Charles i'iaton, the 14 ye.r oid boy t'.ld the $ that l;e bad li'fn em ployed as a messenger at the If. t. R R. office tint -.1 a few day aso but was not 10 ikins there now. 'la ton had ' -on;e down to i I a m m uid. Saturday. April ! pit! met Car! Grady. Then they walked to Gibson where they waited until the watchman looked up. after which they bloke the window and stole two suit cases, a bum b of street car tiikeis and two dollars in mom y. in legular dime novel fashion they then w ent to the. Monon bridge tower j w here they broke in and remained j until chased away by the watchman on Monday. The boys then caught a freight to Kfiit'.and. Indiana. where thev remained until Wednesday. Their next trip was to S.-hneider. wber thev broke into the station. Here they .st.de pop, ciackers. 1 ut glass and stockings. They can.c back t ,- Hammond on Friday mortunsr and were arrested in Wc.-t Hammond at seven o'clock in the morning by Chief ,(z who found them on the stiect.

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Indiana Harbor Man Drives With Flat Tire and Very Serious Accident Occurs on the Baltimore & Ohio Tracks Last Night. At 2:55 yesfrdny afternoon while! Maynard Johns, n C 1 3 Hemlock street, j Indiana Harbor, with four passengers; was driving west on Chicago avenue i one of the front wheels of his car he- j came entangled in the ft reft car tracks ; and th-s car overturned, throwing the j pasesengers violently to the pavement . and severely injuring th women oc-u- ; punts. Hesicics Mr. Johns there were the car his wife, Mrs. Carrie John. w ho? spine was injured; Mrs. Leona Smith, who Is injured about the head; and severely bruised; Mr. Pearl Miller of Kokomo. In l , whose scalp w as torn, and Mr. Bartee. bruised. An automobile com in? behind, driver unknown, picked up the women and they were rushed to St. Margaret's hospital, where they are under the care of Dr. , I'rkov. $.' 'h1cago avenue. ; It is said that the accident was due : to, the fact that Mr. Johns was driving wall a flat tire and hurrying to get to1 a garage. The accident happened at the R & C tracks near the Republic null. HO. PERSON HAS BONDS HERE Lake County Registers for Third Loan 46,755, Buyers Taking $5,556,950; Quota Nearly Doubled. Lake county already has furnished more subscribers for the liiird L'hertv oan than it d.d tor th two preceding ones ron-.bined. We ar fast approaching: double quota in th'.s loan, $",..:. ;.!. Ml being registered. Quota is JS'?' Oo"''. Subscribers In the first loan were ln.e.iie,. in the second "1.'147, v,-hil- In the third so far 4 1, 7. "7, have bought as compared with .12.2".,': in the First two loans combined. "This is v ery f at ;sf aotory as final results ale not so much in mop.-y pained, hut the number , stockholders interested 111 the government. Fhint t hleatro I, end. East 'h:cag- continues to maintain her lead of Iake county oiti-., h.iv :ng registered a total of $2,137.n(ft. Garyis second with 51 t v 1 oA. and Hammond third with $::'."i,0'Mi. Hammond is rpe,-ted to go over a million and Whiting will show up better. i tyer. Highlands. Livvell, have ni. leady doubled t'.ie'r 'piota. TRAFFIC TO BE CURTAILED IN THE WEST Br t"viTi:r, Pure? WASIIIMlToN. April 27. As American forces le-nttniie to pli". a growing part in the vast cattle oversea , the eliain en t r n po r t a t o oi here is rapidly assuming great proport ions. As one result orders fuithe;- curtailing passenger traffic, pa it icula i ly in the west, are expected. NINE VOLUNTEERS. Enlisted m- n who are to a v Hammond Monday thiough Sergeant Web b. s office follow-: Aloysius J. T. Hoffman. 120 Clinton street. Cavalry. Pay M. Colgiove. 4.10 Ollribia avenue, ordnance Corp?, Kalph Giesgersen. IlnflanS, 111., Kngineer Corps. John J. Reynolds, Kansas C;t. Kans.. Coast Artillery. Harry Keehn, Wanatah. Ind. Cavalry. John Murphy. Whiting. Ind . Hospital Corps. John H. Callahan. Ind'ana Harbor. Ind . Kngineer Corps. Toney Judis, Indiana Harbor, Ind , Hospital Corps. Maurice Miller. Indiana Harbor, Ind. Ca val ry . Kobt. A. Harrington. Ch.-srton, ordnance corps. Tlnn'i af rcti aril .our nntlnnal anil flnnncl.il future buy them. F.verr bond aold rneanas nen nnll itrlifn In the kalner'n coffin. . . . .

Thirty-three young men from Lake county arrived at I'urdue University. Lafayette. Ind., today where they will be trained for important positions in the aero corps and as soon as graduated sent to France. Special qualifications f,-r the branch of th service were made by the exemption hoards in selcung from the applications for voluntary inductions the one to take the course. It is presumed the men are to be trained to take charge of repair crews assigned to work with aero squadron" and that advancement will lie rapid for those displaying ability. Many are expected to apply for training as fly f is after completing the course at Purdue. Collie are to be taught repair of aeroplane motors, ignition, carburction and the other sciences of aeroplane construction, and operation. The soldier students will he in uniform and under military discipline. Those who left from Lake cmity follow ; Hammond Richard p. Milhkan. John J. Kingston. Edwin Fitzgerald, Jron.T. T;ium, Ceorge W. Mauck and David Po; ner. ( Posncr took the place of Malcomb Galvin. the football player who is ill at a Chicago hospital). Gary Carl c. Dennewitz, A. H Sfebbens. IT. S. Deighton. K. P. O'Brien, t'arl Parr. Frank DeWitt. I f. P. Williams. P'red Take. Wcyman Alger. Pan; Aaronson. Forrest Ft-ighncr. Farnard and Carl ' li ecnv ergr r. East Chicago Clarence Beach. Jacob PIum.'T.thal. William Donovan. Harrison Spaueb. John McMahon. Homer Whitak Edward Keil and Jcseph Mulhollarid. Whiting: George Hornett, James Griffith. Crown Point William Glover and Leslie J. Parry, reporter for The Timls at Hammond. Lowell George Deathe.

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t'NiTEr rrr.?i Cabix'Hiav IINPON', April 2 7 Two Lritish destroyers defeated five Austrian dcrtroy(r.i in the Adriatic, tic i;ritlsh admiralty announced today. "Two of our dest rovers in the Adriatic engaged live Austrian"." the report said. "The oncViy fbd to Itiiraz.s.i for shel'T. Five more P-ntish and two French destroyers j-:n-d in the pursuit toward Inirazzo which cut imK d until .after midnight after Monday. 1 mr casualties w.-re sevn killed and niiK-tfii wounded. British air forces raided the sea plane base at Purnzzo Tuesday and apparently were successful." y. S. TOLL (Rt Vnitf.d Pmfss.I WASHINGTON. April 27.- The great west front battle is beginning to takeits toil of Aiu' rienn tight. Tr. General IV rsb.ing's .asualtis today showed 1.i3 names, iroludmg 11 kill, d in action. 47 severely woumbd. '!7 lithliy wounded and two missing. In addition four died. of accident and two of disease. one captain and three lieutenants are listed among the severely wounded. Among the slightly wounded were Ghaplam William .!. Farrdl and three lieutenants. Today's IL-t is bt'.iee.l to contain ihe itiiner! of many w ho were In the Sei. heprey light as Chaplain Far re I! had previously been reported wounded in gallant action th-re. CONCERT FOR THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE An artists' concert is to be given by the member!' of the faculty of the Hammond Milsical Crdlege for tlie benefit of the American Alliance ;,t Liberty Hall, Monday evening. May 6, with a charg" of admission of twrniy-hve cents for adults and fifteen 1 'Us for children. The KrS3 proce. els vvill go into th American Alliam'e fund to secure speakers for free pa'ri 'tic meetings at Liberty Hall. The American Alliance desires to bring to Hammond men of national reputation and needs ftuds to carry out this program. FIRE THREATENS PACKING "YARDS" A fire which threatened the entire yards section broke cut last night at the fdant of the Hammond Packing Co,. 4."th street an 1 Racine avenue. A stroua wind induced Fatialion Chief John Costello to send out a 4-11 alarm. Damage was Slfi.fifiO. The hre started on the fifth floor in the men's washroom, cause unknown.

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More Than $700 Dropped into Flags Carried by Elks and Red Cross Women. Concrete evidence that Lake county's third liberty loan celebration at Hammond yesterday was a s-mcess despite the threatening weather is seen in the fact that with lit to- solicitation those in attendance added $2'V"''' to Coir subscriptions am! during the parade threw- S"7 1 f into the lb d Gross flags. Liberty hall was to s:n.-iH to accommodate the crowds nsorts.ig. afternoon and evening, and dining the parade many were unable to find an unoccupied point of vantage. There were thousands of visitors in the city from all parts of Lake county, Gary, East Chicago, Whiting, Crown Point, Lowell. Highland. Dyer, St. John, Hebron, Griffith, Hohart. Munster, Miller and Ilessville were represented in the parade who-h Latest 'Bulletins Edited Pkess Cablegram. LONDON, April 27. Special dispatches declared that Holland has yielded to ore of Germany's demands that of the nse of the railway across the province of Umbnrg-, bivt has stipulated that It shall not be used for mlUtary traffic. JI'vtTKt' rnns Ccnt.t.;r.M 1 LONDON, April 27. Diplomatic information from HoUand emphasises the extreme gravity of the situation. The German press in an ag-gressive tone indicates that Germany will not recede from its course and Is deliberately pickinga quarrel. lUNtTCD rriEss "'AW F.IRAM. PARIS, April 27. The French war office announced today that there Is "no change" on the Hangard-Villcrs front. A bombardment continued on this front throughout the night. The German at. tack on the railway west of Thennes (two miles west of Kangard) where American troops are fighting with the French, failed. There was severe artillery fighting- on the right bank of the Meuse. irvtTEn Press Cablegram. ZURICH, April 27. A May day strike throughout Austria-Hungary has been decided upon, it was learned today. May day is the European Labor day. Fir T'viteh PT.rss WASHINGTON, April 27. "Increditable falsehood" was the answer of Gen. March, chief of staff, to German statements that American aviators are being sent abroad in hospital ships registered as non-combatants. Br UviTrr Press. WASHINGTON, April 27. Germany has not served an nltirr.atnm on Holland, according to Dutch officials here today. FosslblUeles of a break between the two countries was regarded as slight.

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9 flfVt - 1 iff y T"VV" " rv f 'r, t , t.Jj?j$$tt' .ri.KSt IV ; a , -: v .w jC'- fi2twas led by the Jackies" band and drill corps ani featured by the appearance of a tank, miniature railway engine, cannon, and a boat. Lilly Sunday's great patriotic address is stiil being talked about and the Jackies' concerts in the afternoon and evening- were unqualified successes. The magnitude of the ccbbra'ion was a compliment to County Chairman Hay and Hammond Chairman Sharror who arranged it. At Liberty Hall last night the walls fail !y bulged under the strain of the great au Ii nee that crowded in to hear the Jackies' band and see ihe drill corps. The Ja kies gave a popular -on.?ert and aiparintly enjoyed themselves as much as the delighted audience. Tlie drill corps was composed cf six bronzed giants. The evening was an Inspiration. Following the concern C. J. Sharp made an appeal for the purchose of liberty bonds to bring tlie day's saies up to $2a, (Kin. The largest single sale was to St. Joseph's church whieh took ?Lonn worth of the bonis. Keports that Hollan.1 had placed an em-barg-o on the exportation of tin and tin ore from the Dutch West Inelias has been denied. It was said, however, that a ' Ucense has been imposed on those pr- j ducts but that this Is thoroughly In I keeping -with custom and is not a re-1 i suit of the United States requisitioning i J Dutch ships. United Pnnss Cablegram. TOK.IO, April 27. Japan has offici- ' ally decided to assist the allies by sup plying as much as possible of allied tonuagre requirements. Within six months there will be placed at the disposal of the United States twenty-three vessels cf 151, 1G6 tons. Japan w-ill pay the ship owners the difference between the American price and the higher Japanese charter rates. I Uvitei Press Caf.ixcp vv ZURICH, April 7. Dr. Von Seidler, Austrian premier, has resigned agr-in, according to Austrian advises j received today. It is also rumored j that the Alstrlan Crown Council will j be conveked. J Premier Von PcydlT tes-gned a few i da gs ago, but it was reported that Em- i peror K.arl had refused to accept bis j resignation. ! United Tress ("apleoram 1 PARIS, April 27. "If the allies cannot brsaS the German lines they can leap them and victory will come to the entente through the air," General Verraux declared today. "The victory which Germany beUeved always lay just beyond her grasp has been sn ;hed , away by the French, British, Italian and American airmen. 'With our air squadrons we have chattered traditions of former wars we have broken the miUtary formulas cf previous years when strategy won battles." DON'T ASK CENTRAL FOR TIME AFTER MAY 1 TlcRinninsr Mac fiist the I'lr.-aso Telephone e-eimpany will disieintinue the praetic of giving correct time over th telephone. ""Jet your watches and clocks repaired.

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Bulgaria and Austria Fighting Over Chickens That Are Not Yet Hatched, . War Review Hindenbmgr' sweep to Tprei from the south has been checked temporarily at least by the wall of human bodies Interposed by the British and Trench. The whole northern portion of the Flanders battle fiont from the Lys river to th9 Ypres-Comlces is ablaso with desperate fighting-. But the enemy , advancod tfter prolonged struggle that carried them through the barrier of hills down Into the lowlands two miles south of Ypres on the western edge of the high, ways. It Is half a mile west oi the Ypres-Comlnes canal. In Plcardy the Pranco-Brltlsh forces not only continue to block the thrust towards Amiens but are improving their positions by counter attacks. Halg said that more than SCO German prisoners were taken In the region of Hangard-en-Santerre and Villers-Bretonneux yesterday afternoon end evening. The British navy has been active again, this time In the Adriatic. The admiralty reported that two British destroyers engaged five Austrian ships and forced them to fie for shelter. Br United Phes? WASHINGTON, April 27.Thun'der of giant guns on the west front today is drowning a Teutonic quarrel of growing seriousness at the rear of the German Empire. Official dispatches to the Italian ambassador and through French and British channels disclose that Bulgaria and Turkey are fightinover expected spoils which German papers now warn must go to neither bat on the contrary must be taken by Germany. Bulgaria deinartTs the conquest (Continue.! on pa"geflveT) m 1 THICK OP IT BY JULY 1 Rr Uvitep Press 1 WASHINGTON, 1). c, Arril 17. Unless the German drive is stopped by July 1 the war must be won by the allied navies, Senator Lewis declared in a spe..ch on the Overman empowering bill. "Unless we cannot only stop but turn the Germans by that date the war must be transferred to the uncoiuiuered an! invincible navy which with our allied navies will bring tho,ietry America deserves." Lewis said. IF' declared intimation from allied countries that the United States had fallen down in getting men abroad constituted an unfair accusation. "The reason v o haven't more, men on the battle line is that when we entered the war our allied representatives here urged that for a year we send no men. It is not the fault of congress or the America n government." Senator Gallagher declared that Lewis was wrong and that Joffre asked for as many men as tlie United States could send. Lewis then declared that Quick passage of the Overman empowering bill would give the president power to speed up work in all departments wether they pertained to land or naval war-, fare. A plea was made by Senator Lodge to exempt the federal reserve bank in the scope of the bil. declaring that it was one of the few governmental clenartments that has worked smoothly. Interference at this time might start a panic. LUKE COUNTY TROOPS Mar soon cross sea Washington dispatches indicate that at least six division. will lie hurried to France in May end as the "Sth. Camp Shelby, is one (if the be. t trained it i ; believed that the Indiana national guard brigade will be moved. The tjlst infantry of this brigade and 35th division, include Co. F end Co. L of Gary and East Chicago, respectively.