Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 258, Hammond, Lake County, 29 April 1918 — Page 1

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u Foch Set sTied With Hon Losses, Will Strike Yet. DruxTiv tUNITEP t'KFSS " ARCEr.RAM LCNUOIT, Arril 29. The Germans were striking on practically the entire "lanc'.ers battle front today, rlcld Marshal riaig- reported. Troni Kle'.erea to Yocrrnszeele, a distance cf more than ert miles, infantry attacks were de-velc-oinaf under cover of a terrific bom. hr.rclrr.ent cf hih explosives ana gas shells. The southern part of the rianders theater from Givenchy to Nieppe Fore3t, a ten mile front, was also under heavy ar-illery fire. At the same time the enemy began shelling the British lines on the ten rr.ile front between Arras and Xers constituting about half cf the sector separating- Flanders and Ficard7 battle fronts. 1 fTMTr Tress Cablegram LONDON, April 29. The German drive in Flanders has been resumed after a lull of twenty-four hours. ' After a complete ceasing of infantry operations on the entire bat tle front following the desperate fighting of Friday, Hindenburg struck northward, .agamst , Ypres, again Saturday afternoon. The official statement cf yesterday sh--.w ed the r.riiish still holdine t hern, my st Vnrliif r--o:o while the Frt-.i . h arc su11-055f.il':.- defending Lo--re. T!; only prt cr'?f made by th" rmens .ts ;i voluntary retirement by th? British cast .f Tpres. This retirement was f M'-ntiy made on a. front of pheu: four miles and is only a slight recession from the former retirement aio-.ig this lir.c. The Germans claim to have occupied Hooge, a mile and a half cast of Yrre. South of tlie So mm" there is artillery activity from Yillcrs-Brc tonneux southward to thv I. nee river. The French nar rfio reported the repulse of i;-n:isn otfi.Us 'vi'.-ro American troop? arc fishtir.g n'nr Vertun. F'-'Ch is rnoto.l -is In-ins ;ati.-nd with the ,Tt.-- nt which the allies are k.ilnz Geii.-nrs pnd 1 1 ' 1 1 .I. I'l-'iily to strike. H- paid the a'.i "have the Germans v J.rr? v. c v.-ir.t th,' i-i and there is no ,'oi;l.t we can keep t!;fin thcie a groat le;, ionccr than is healthy for him." rrSH dispatches from the r.ritish fr...,t 1-ear rut Fc. h's hciicf that Ilinde;.!n:rs is sMfferins t rcmcndc'ii losses. PLAN FOR BIG I C. WAR DRIVE If COUNTY ivun;ls of Knights of Columbus In Gary, Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago, assisted by prominent citizens, r.cxt Sunday will launch their drive to (oikct funds for the army rccrca:ion huts. Gary Holds Meeting-. Gary is already fairly well organized n:id headed by W. V. Hodges work has b. i n planned. Kniglils. business men and industrial execmives met at the i.'on-ir.er' ial club Saturday night to make preliminary arrangements. On Tuesday evening they meet again at K. of G. hall. The women will meet at H"ty Angels ehurch. Gary's (juuota is $in.on, but it is expected to taise twi-e that much. Tha Gary district will also include Hobart. Jliller and Turkey c'reck. Twin I'i'y council h.-is le.arr.td that Fast Chicago's quota is $.j.Kin, but it is il-.t'ii'led to double that, too. li BADLY INJURED Noble Morrelli. a member of the l.ard ef Works of East Chicago, suffered a very serious accident Saturdayfit the Fast Chicago garage when a big: truck in the hands of an inexperienced driver backed into him and Jammed him against one of the supporting posts of that building. His left arm was broken in three places and he is now In St. Margaret's hospital under the care of Dr. George Bicknell. In order that the arm may be held rigidly in a certain position he is confined to his be,. Th report is that the arm. though severely injured, is doing as well as could be expected and that the bones will probably knit together satisfactorily. In Vncle Sam's Fighting Armj BONDS VS. BOMBS. Buy Ponds

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SEE POWERFUL SLUED VICTORY If DUTCH WAR Allies Would Have Chance to Conduct Direct Invasion of Germany.

Tiy .T. tV. T. MASON ( rXITEP TRUSS WAR EXPKRTA M1W YORK, April C? The entire offensive plans of the allies may bs chanced over to the overwhelming disadvantage of Gcrmary. if tlie militarists diplomats in Berlin compel Holland to enter the war to defend her sovereign riphts. With the Netherlands as an assoelat? I in the war. the allies would bo confront -'d ui'h the possibility of conducting: a direet masi..n of I'lcrmany from th; Dutch border, toward Trtmen and Ilanij burg. ! If the Dutch could hold the Germans along the frontier ui.tll the arriial o" heavy allied re-infercements Cerinany's j military situation soon might beeoma precarious. Hindenburg- might well bfore ed to shorten his line in France t- ; pic.ide tli necessary troops for the doj fense of German territory. j Should a situation such as this arise., it is highly probable America would sup j ply a large part if not most of the' troops for operations along the Dutch I frontier. The ferrying of these troops aeross the North Sea to Holland would present difficulties because of the length of the journey, which would mean a run of about lf-0 miles through a submarine-jrifested zone. Nevertheless the problem of transportation could be solved by the us? of a sufficient number of destroyers and patrol boats. The danger to Germany if Holland enters the war with the nllies is well un1 derstood at Berlin. The Hohenzollern 1 militarists, however, are sheuvinp a spirit of rechicseness under the blind of . th-iir .cesser ion it th avejt front. Their effort is to obtain a diplomatic initiative as an accompaniiii' nt to tin ir military initiative. The questions at issue between Germany and Holland are not of sueh a ia! rtecpsrity as w ould warrant a condition of war. SHERIFFS WITH AXES BATTER IN RESORTS I Eight Notorious Houses of I i West Hammond's Ten- ! derloin Raided. Eden has disappeared from the book of Genesis and has located itself at West Hammond Faul M. KamradC mayor of West Hammond, says so. He v as asked yesterday about a raid by Sheriff John E. Tragr hist Friday night which resulted in the arrest of four disord-rly houses, eighteen women ami eight men. and the Chicago Tribune say s : "Why. West Hammond at its worst, according to the mayor, was a charming little town where a murder occurred only r.ow and then and a hundred or so steel workers got drunk of a Sunday. Lid Down Tight. "Now the lid is down tight. Testercay was the quietest Sunday that ever rained upon the wet boundary of a dry territory, or the dry boundary of a whichever way yo-.i want to say it. Hegewisch, which shares with Strat-ldrd-on-Avon the distinction of being the hon-c town of a celebrity, and Ilurnham. a mecca for thirsty ones, put on a Sabbath simper and glistened in virtue. In all three towns the moving picture houses hung out their S. K. '. signs, opened the ventilators wider and prayed for air. "But getting back to West Hammond. It seems that as far as immoral womn are concerned, according to Mayor Kamradt. they are liable to light in anynice, quiet place. Their practice In West Hammond, it appears, was the reprehensible one of taking up quarters in private homes. "This prevented the police force from descending upon them and hurling them Into the jail. No po'.lce force with any pretense of culture would do such a thing. They flourished, quiet but flagrant, until a meddling citizen wrote a letter to State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne. Mr. Hoyne passed it on to Sheriff Traeger and the sheriff descended. Mayor Kamradt hints that the sheriff's methods were crude, though undeniably efficient. It appears Mr. Traeger armed his cohorts with axes with which they beat clown the doors." POLICE RAID DISORDERLY HOUSE Captain Hanlon with Officer Kuntz. Carlson and Ben. made a raid on a disorderly house at f5 Plummer avenue last night and arrested two women and one man. all colored. They were Pam Perry, owner of the house and Josephine Price, Plummer avenue and Gertrude Alexander, 39th avenue. "h!oago. A fine of tf9 4'" for the three of them was paid by Sam Terry and they were released

C. A. MEN ON TORPEDOED BOAT j NEW YORK. April 29. The Y. j M. C. A. here today made public ' the names of fifty-eight of its ! workers who were aboard a steamer reported lost in the submarine zone yesterday. Arthur Hunger-! ford, an American newspaper man, j was in charge of the party which ; was enroute to the front for army j work. All were served according to the local association. ' U. S. TRANSPORTS ) IN COLLISION j fBr t"NiTFt T'nrss. i WASHINGTON, April 29. Two i American transports were damag- j ed in a collision at sea, the navy ' department announced today. Both j vessels have returned safely to an Atlantic port and no lives are reported lost. The two vessels were under convoy w-ithout lights when the acci dent occurred, the official an-1 nouncement stated. Neither was; i seriously damaged but both were ; ordered back for repairs. A board of inquiry will be appointed to make a thorough investigation of the accident, Secretary Daniels said. HUNS PLAN NEW TREACHERY j f Br T'xitko rr.tess.l WASHINGTON, April 29. Diplomatic advices today indicate j that Germany is laying plans for a 1 ! tremendous propaganda effort di1 rected toward a split in the British: i-and French allies in the west. This ! offensive of treachery is being as' carefully planned as was the gigantic military effort in Flanders i and Picardy. From the beginning of the j propaganda assaults it appears) j Germany will follow two courses in : I France offer to arrange for settle- j ; ment of French loans to Russia j I now apparently lost and stir up j j dissatisfaction with England for : "starting the war and then not do-! I ing her part." j ! Advices here indicate that much ! Of the new propaganda is coming! from Switzerland. FISHERMEN GET UP A PETIT Hammond sportsmen have rallied to the help of the harried lish in the Kankakee river. Thov have joined hands with sports men in Gary. Valparaiso. Robertsda b"-. i Eennselaer. and Crown Point, to stop j game wardens from seining the Kan- j kakee and ruining the fishing. j These are the only fishing grounds j in the county now and if the game j wardens have th'ir way, there won't! be any fishing there. , The fishermen are getting up a pcti- , tion which may be i'rmii 1 at Grant) Hunter's or J. W. Millikan's. This pe- j tition will be sent to Goernor Goodrich asking him to order seining stop- ; ped. If you have a drop of honest sporting blood in you, go to either place and sign do it today! NEW CASUALTY LIST IS HEAVY ; Br United Press. WASHINGTON. April '29. The casualty lists containing a total of 136 (names were issued by the war department today upon receipt of report? from General Pershing. The casualties ' included eighteen killed in action, thir-

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eighty-seven wounded slightly. four missing, two dead from accidents and one from other causes. PREACHER NAIKED IN GARY DIVORCE Attorney A. C. Huber bar filed in Gary Superior court in behalf of Albert Morrow, suit for divorce from Mary Morrow. The complaint gives the name of T. J. Boon, saicj to be a minister in eastern Illinois. Boon and the Morrows are colored.

OFFICERS AXD CREW OF GERMAX SUBMARINE 17-58 FIRST FOE CAPTIVES TO REACH AM ERIC AX

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OfScers and crew of L'-58 at Fort McPhcrson. Ga. The first German prisoners to reach American soil have been taken to the war prison camp at Fort McPherson, and they are here shown just inside the first barbed wire gate at the camp. These men were made captives when American Jackies rescued them from the sea after the destroyer Fanning sank the submarine U-6. The officers in the proup pu.mled by the marines are Capt. Gustav Auberger, Lieut. Otto von Ritge:;, Lieut. Frederick Muller and Warrant Ofiicer Henry I'.opko.

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; Between a Hundred and Fifty and Two Hundred Men ; to Be Called From Hammond in May, it Is Estimated. Ken In the draft will have a chance to fight with their skill rather than the bayonet. Men of every craft are wanted by tho government;. Apply to tha exemption board, Room 3, Court House. Hammond may prepare Itself for th biggest single draft of tho war to date. While not officially announce. I. it is coming nevertheless, within two er t h rce wcei. may be f,,r ia ,-r for j Elven men are to leave Wednesday j and six others the last of the wek. Th j iie-ven men certified f...r S'T ic arc to' report at the draft room in the court ' house nt 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon nii'l they will have on the 1 n : 1 5 morn-! ins Motion train for Louis,l!e, Wednci.- j da y. I I he men w ho lett last w eek expressed their thanks to the Red Cross, the Elks and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The eleven men certified for service and the reserves follow : Reserves: Earl G. Sturdevant. Lawrence Cramer. Frank Banfiglia, Wm. C. 1 Hisey, Ptanlslau Olsowy. Charles f 1. ibborn. Clarence I,. Hodgren. Max A.

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Kuhn. Prank Steven. Arnold Kunert. j fnc ,-,n a campaigning trip now. I Walter S. Payis, -. Eckstein. Frank j ' M McIr,,vv lth.-r reason for declin- ; H. Voik. Jacob Aukncr, Willis Jarchow. I . . ,., , r ,t, :,,;, of..,,f,,ri,.

Wm. Van Ixnns. Frank Campbell. 53-1 Hehrnan street. Brunswick, li'1 Sibley street. Paw i ' nee E i b ba igh. 23 4 Ind. Ave. Harold I'lei ke. 77T Claude street. Arthur Tlcti. f.r' I'.al'imot avenue, John I.. Roth. '.2 State street. John E. Cons -nl. Meadviile. Mor.t, John Murr.'V. f'- Pluuimer Ave, Tony Reingold, sin Francisco, Theo. Patron. 140 Sibley street, Robert E. IPs?. 6 4" Ann street. MILWAUKEE MAYOR VETOES BOND PURCHASE MILWAUKEE. Wis, April 23 Mayor ' Hoan. socialist, late today sent to . the common oonr a veto of a resoOution providing that the city . s..'i(i,ii.ii worm "i i-wriv nonns l no ! mayor declared the resolution should i be so amended as to provide for its ; legalization by the Legislature . and ing a war tax on war profits. WHITING BOY TO EE OFFICER !r FORT SILL. Oklah . April 2S. Grad

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Hammond Manufacturer Is Not Sufficiently Recovered From Illness to Make Senatorial Campaign; He Will Run Next Campaign. Frank B. Mcllroy. president cf the ! Melrov Belting & Hose Co., of Ham- ( 1 mend, has been compelled, partly by 1 reason of poor health, to withdraw f rem I the race for joint senator at the republican primaries. Wt rd comes from Biloxl, Miss where 5' v -. Vi Mr. Mcllroy has been sojourning since a I serious bronchial attack last winter j made it necessary for him to go south ,nd seek a less rigorous climate that ,., r.hvsician has cautioned him against I .), uncertain weather he would experiillS 'o t.jiii j . .... , . . ... is that he prefers to represent Lake county exclusively in trie enuLo j.cicad , of the four joint counties. All his interests are- in Pake and two years hence he- will seek the nomination for Lake county senator alone. Friends of the Hammond manufactur- . er regre t his determination to withdraw I from tho race for they figure that he would be just as valuable an asset to the senate aa he is to Hammond where he has been located for ten years. He j has a magnificent plant in Hammond j and only recently purchased a block of land between Sohl and the I. II. Belt next to his plant and is now organizing a corporation to erect buildings and maufacture a line of automobile accessories. This new industry will employ I a large number of hands. ''HUNS THREATEN N. Y. AND EVEN INLAND CITIES xt-TTT HAGUE. April :rt The Vosiehe Zeitung alleges that it learns! ' jirectly from Paris that the whole ' . i . - - --.erioan coast i pact iiri i v - The paper says thatMajor Havers I de hirer that an air ran on .ew- j ptk -'v pns iMe but probable, and -many is build. tv? special subto carry airplanes which can ! dismantled. Each airplane would then drop ion kilos of explosives on the roofs of NewYork and would even penetrate 450 kilometers inland

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tBf t'NiTED Press WASHIMiTOX, April AdmlnUtrntion force backing the Overman empowering bill scored ngaln in the 5enj ate lliis afternoon rrlien the iallingj er amendment barring the government jprltlnK ofTIre from the provision of 1 rhU bill glvM the president power to speed up the work In nil depiirtments j during the wp.r. A plea for the government printing office, federal reserve land other departments which have worked fairly smooth since the war hesnn, bus been made by various senators. IBy T'xiTEn Ff.ess WASHINGTON', April 2 St. Demand i that oonsres look Into charge or xil.nm.riil nrnlitfriniz- criminal ne&lect I nn , mrricler.cy," In carrying out lni,rira.s ir proBram. n3 mde In jthr ennte toihiy by Senator Urandesee ! ojr , (.,! jout. irxtTF.D Press Cable 'in am. LONDON, April 29. The total British casualties resulting from lart week's raid on the German naval bases were 188 killed, 16 missing and 384 wounded, according to sn official statement of the edmiralty. P.T F!Te: Pf.es WASHINGTON, April 29. Germany intends to present to Sussia an ultlmatrts clemandiag the release of all German prisoners in' good turn and offers to return all Russian prisoners invalided. Germany intends to take Petrograd !f the order Is not complied with. Exited Tress Cablegram AMSTEKDAil, April 29 "The kaiser watched the Xemmel battle early Thursday morning from an advanced position," Jfarl Rosner, the kaiser's favorite war correspondent, declared In the Xokal Anzeiter. Eosner says the kaiser followed the details of the battle by eyesight and telegraphically, marking them down on his map. He remained on tha battle front until afternoon. Uniteo Fpess Cablegram PARIS. A-oril 29. Repeated German j aitack, ln Hangard Wood were repulsed, the Trench war office announced toj dayI1 There was heavy artillery firing on both sides of ViUers-Bretonneaux and in the region of Lassingy and Noyon. !A German surprise attack failed north of Gravesnes. French forces penetrated German I lines near Corbony and ln Upper Alsace. GRANTS PHONE GIRLS 10 PER CENT RAISE The telephone girls will get a ten per cent raise In pay beginning May Z. the Chicago Telephone compa Chicago Telephone company anr.ounoed yesterday. Increase in the cost of living caused the company to give the raise in spite of Increased cost of materials and operation due to war conditions. The increase will be offset by cutj ting off extra service, such as the r e.Ct Ciafl daltv r,Mo fr- fl- tO-,, r.f the ! clay. Officials of the cor i any were opi posed to eliminating this i n essential j tartly d e - I feature of sej vii e, but rep

eided it must go. IDON'T ASK Sergt. Wm. Welch and Arty. P. E. .tX. Poone are resting today. Their ftr-nu- ! CENTRAL FOR TIME ous work for the past two we-ks in pre- j Beginning May first the Chicago Telparing for the( great Liberty Pay pa-;ephone company will discontinue the rade yesterday showed the extent cf j practice of giving correct time over the. their labors and they are both deserving telephone. Get your watches an?j of great credit and prai'e clocks repaired

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American Troops Hold Sector In Hear! of World's Most Ferocious Battle. Bt-;.LETIN Pviteo Pr.Ess Cablegram WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FLANDERS, April 29. The French in the Kemrnel region who were shelled all last night reported a violent bombardment beginning early today. Later an S. 0. S. signal indicating an attack and calling on the artillery for support went up from this part of the line. Two similar calls were received from the region of Ypres and later from Locre. At three o'clock this morning the Germans began a hurricane bombardment cf the Pritish and French lines from Tpres yoathward to th Eys. At fHe a. m the shelling became extraordinary intense. The Germans were opening lire Ly sectors beginning at the north. As this is cabled it is too early today to describe any of the developments. (By FRED FERGUSON.) United Pf.ess Cablegram WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN NORTHERN FRANCE, April 28.--Arnerican forces are now fighting beside the French in northern France, holding a sector ia the heart of the world's greatest battle. This announcement is now possible after three weeks of silence regarding troop movements. Iniantr, artillery, machine gunners and other branches of the service are in line. The Americans face the Germans at the peak of a German salient. The outposts are only TOO yards apart in tomt places. At some points the American positions are maintained in shell holes. The entire country here is open and rolling with very few- woods or screening facilitirr. and no trenches. The entire problem is one of open fighting. The G'Tman artillery which is active j,i shelling all roads and villages within range is visible from an American observation post. j Although the French characterized i this sector as quiet the rresent fire is the heaviest the American have yet faced. The skies are ablaze every night with the flash of guns and the air quivers with the roar of artillery and exploding shells. As the high explosives pound the American lines the soldiers dive into shallow cover of shell holes. One American outfit carried its fines into the front line although flying in a water proof case Old Glory is on the battle line. (By CARL GROAT.) Bt United Press WASHINGTON. April 2:h In addition j to the men now in training at canton- ! merits or those already selected for j service "very large quotas" will be rej quired in the immediate future to till j the gaps inflicted in the west front j drive, according to the war department weekly summary issued today. "The outcome of the present operations in the west depend on man power." says tne statement. cjurs is tne lmi perative mit i i-raviuing rriiac..nn'nt. l"or th" armies m trance. We must be l" 'ul "''" thoroughly and methodically trained. This warning was taken today as cno intended to prepare the nation lor calls I even larger man inose listen lor the coming month or two. Touching for the first time officially on the presence of American trocps with the French east of Amiens the summary says : 'They have acquitted themselves well."

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