Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 20, Hammond, Lake County, 11 July 1918 — Page 1

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Had Been Arrested For Drunkeness By Hammond Police Early This Morning, Dr. Paul Buchanan, a colored doctor, living at 1724 Washington street, Gary, was killed beneath his own automobile shortly before noon, between Hammond and Gary. Witnesses say that Buchanan was going at a high rate of speed and seemed to lose control of his steering gear. The car, a Dodge, turned over on the unfortunate man and the accident was uncovered by a Gary and Interurban crew. AEEESTED FOB CBTTNMNNESS. Buchanan was arrested early this morning at Gostlin and Clark streets In K:nimond about five o'clock by Officer Fandrel of the Hammond police. He ws driving his car eastbound and had evidently come from Burnham. Notic,:!E that the car -was swaying Fandrei V. 'if-ved the driver, who was Buchanan himself, was drunk and he made him ?: ! and took him to.the police station. Before Judge Klotz in the Hammond c!-v court the negro was fined $15 and vt fpr drunkenness. He appeared to ho in pretty fair shape and made no r-r.es about being drunk. It was 9:30 wh-n he left the police court and started off in a hurry for Gary. He drove f,n on Summer street past the Hammond Malleable Iron Works and it was two miles beyond this point where the podge machine was found in the ditch. Tht: road is good along this point and tempting to speeders. Later Developments show that Buchanan and two other car owners, all negroes, had been spending the night in Purnham. One of the car owners Fmashed into a telephone pole and Buchanan was trying to help the fellow oyt when arrested. Buchanan had been drinking heavily. He thanked the judce for letting him off so easily after he Had paid his $15 fine out of a roll of money. WRECK VICTIMS The Showman's League of America is to erect a monument in memory of the victims of tlie Wallace & Hagcnbeck circus wreck rear Hammond. The granite, monument is to stand twenty feet high, and is to have the figure of a Ufe--zed elephant Standir.K on two bases. ,rn one side will be inscribed "Showman's League of America Rest."' On the other a design showing the helping hand cf the league. The monument will stand in th; league's lt. Woodlawn (v-inetery. Trofcssor Josef Riltmyer is th" sculptor. THE! HID THE WHISKEY JUG Former Gary Bartender Is Held in Crown Point Jail by Sheriff. t?rrjrtt. To Thf Tivrs 1 rnoWN POINT. I N D. , July 11. Scherrr i M people d not propose to li.i v-?. ths r.'iiictity of their pl-.cid town iC'late.l iy booze carriers. Not so you could notice it. Three men in a touring car which hnd broken down near there were seen to hide a three gallon Jug under a bridge this morning. Th- matter was reported to the sheriff's office here and Barnes' deputies found the machine, the jug and three l ien. The owner of the machine was Mike Padzak. a former Gary bartender. His mates were Mike. Glovich and Milan l.ompnr. Sadzak gave a $."0rt cash bond for trial. The others are held in jail. RUSSIAN CZAREVITCH IS KILLED? rT'viTEO Press Oarlegtm. cOFF.N'H AG F.N, July 11. Renewed report? were received here today that Grnd Puke Alexis, the former Czarevitch has been murdered. These reports said h was killed by a bomb thrown by a bolshevik! soldier.

ID BOY BIOL! WOUNDED la General Pershing's list of casuallies today there appears the name of S. K. Kenololas. East Hammond, but efforts of Times reporters to locate his family have failed. A telegram came from the war depart ment to James Leka. 246 Martin avenue. ! announcing the wounding of Kenololas I in action. I.eka is the soldier's nearest relative or friend to be notified in case j of accident, but no trace even of Leka , has been found. I The Martin avenue Is evidently an error for Morton avenue. Inquiry of the Greek colony and in coffee houses show he is unknown to them. Alder- ! man Sam Skufakiss. who knows nearly ; everyone in East Hammond, does not ' know him. Western Union messengers were unable to find the address. A ' visit by Times reporters to the cxemp- ; tion board's offices was equally fruit- I less. J IflLL THEY How North Township Cities Lost Through Raw Work on Part of Their Councils in Re Street Car Franchises. Two cities of North township have on two occasions deplorably bundled their transportation questions in both cases resulting In irretrievable loss to the community. In view of the fact that through government agencies the street railway company is again going to be before the people for franchise rights with tlie view of making much needed extensions it would be well to consider the mistakes of the rast. Bow East Chicago Suffered. Follow Ing the purchase by the Baldwin Locomotive Works o,f its East Chicago site. President Samuel Vau Clain made it plain that he would only commence the construction of the riant providing certain extensions were made of the then existing street railway facilities. The problem of the labor market was as important then as it is now. When the new Baldwin plant was completed the management wanted to be sure that the employees were going to be able to get back and forth to thiir work. There were certain influences In the East Chicago city government at work, however, that were contrary to th del Continued on page fourteen ) DtM$TROT WSJ SUCCESS Food Demonstrator Cornell Gives Test Before a Large Crowd. The attendance at the demonstration or! war breads given by the Home demonstration agent at Liberty Hall yesterday would have made a delightful film for the picture man who cheers the boys "over there" with seenes of the food army of women at home. The demonstration was gh en under the auspices of the All Saint's and St. Joseph's churches, and the expressions of pleasure in the breads bakel were indicative cf the spirit of loyalty r.nd patriotism. CHAMPION BRITISH AVIATOR IS KILLED I rt'NtTE!) Tress Caso : ram 1 I LONDON. July Ml. Major McBudden, probably the champion aiator of the Pritish. was killed when his machine fell from a low altitude just after leaving its hangar in France. He had more than 54 air victories to his credit and had won all the military decorat ions. OH, THEY ARE GOING TO RESUME TRADE RELATIONS f Tvttet Press r ABi.":e;nAM. AMSTERDAM!, July 11. Germany and Austria-Hungary are confidently preparing for resumption of full trade relations wl:li the allied countries as soon as pence Is restored, according to a Vierni dlspafh.

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While Brothers, Offer Up Lives for Flag, Are Debased by Presence of a Filthy Exhibition. TWO CARNIVAL FOLLOWERS ARE UNDER ARREST Two carnival follower have been arrested In West Hammond, the first as a slacker and the second as a pickpocket. The alleged slacker Is .lield by Chief of Police Nltz pending: Investigation of his claim that he registered In Pennsylvania and answered his questionnaire. The pickpocket wis taken to Chicago fcy deputy sheriffs. There is a dirty carnival going full blast in West Hammond this week and West Hammond's war board is blind, deaf and dumb. Gambling, depravity and shocking indecency seen by young boys and girls of tender years are featured at the Barkoot carnival whose press agent denied to THE' TIMES that such conditions existed. GREAT f THIOS THERE. A little girl, her hair in a Mary Jane ribbon, came skipping down! the sidewalk, singing shrilly,! "Hootchy-Kootchy Don't " and the reporter as he passed felt assured he was nearing the carnival on Wentworth avenue in West Hammond which has provoked storms of indignation in two cities. Throngs, consisting of many nice Hammond boys and girls, whose mothers don't know where thev ore. surged within the ln horse-shoe of booths and tents and th scene was bright with lights and 1 o r while the m u s f c of a band and the (ties of barkers on the ballyhoo stands with supgestiie cells stimulat -d th senses. The "K. O. Barkroot. World's Greatest shows." appeared to th new arrival to he "bigger and better" than the average carnival and an ordinary proletarian amusement. THE MOXEY ROLLS I. The c-omplet circuit of the enclosure revealed the show f consist of a merry-go-round, a ferns wheel, a Jerky ride called. "The Whip." twenty gamblins games and ten attractions ineluding Hula Hula. Wild West and Oriental dancers And every plate was dfing a capaiity business. Crowds swarn;:r,g in good-naturedly over the rough ground were composed largely of young men w ith a considerable portion giggling gills. TRKAT WAR AS JOKE. That the nation's destiny hung in th balance, that 2.j') Hammond and West Hammond boys were marching face to face with death, and that sacrifice was the clarion call of the hourwere thoughts foreign to the environment. The War-Saving drive lagged both in Hammond and West Hammond, but this multitude ws devoting its energy and n oney to the pleasures of peace in time of war. But, the reporter soliloquized, the war workers must have recreation. And so he investigated i I'M ok now iv D(r.. The Hula Hula dance to which women were admitted was only cheap and vulgar and .he"t". S. A G:rls'' the same. The latter was ju.-t a slander on the I'. S. A. and girls both Th Seciety Circus. Th Al gator Girl. The Invir.g Girl. tb wrestlers and others of the kind amounted to nothing more than a minimum f amusement for a maximu cf expenditure. Put (h i icn of the thing started where the six "Oriental Girls'" danced for males nn' . The coarseness and vulgaritv of the exhibition car. not be described. The affect on the adolescent and boyj crowded the tent can only be imagined. APrEMKl) TO SI.CIOlS. Only the piece-de-resistance offered more for the salacious. By paying fiftfen rents and war tax male patrons were given permission to rl'mb a steep fight of stairs and rrowiabrvit a railing to look down upon "The Upside Down Girl Who Dances on the Wall." By an arrangement of mirrors the woman, life-size, appeared to be standing perpendicular on the wall. She was dressed in red tights. At first the thing was silly, the woman takinsr postures announced to the "Morning:" "September Morn.' "Maidens Prayer," etc.. but finally she danced. Yet West Hammond permits it It (Continued on r8M two.)

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Marines on western frcr.t donning gas masks. Every soiditr makes a high cas helmets have hrer. donned the ' squd of Marine , in an American dive for his gas mask when an men ro about their tasks with the sector on the western front hastily outpost sounds the familiar pas protectors on until the danger is donning its ks masks which were tittack ajarni. As soon as :ht , passed. The pictu.e shows a . handy cy. -

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JU1Y 11, 1917. Germans drive through British lines north of Kleuport, on the Belgian coast. Gain 600 yards on mil front. Russian are chaslnff Anstrlans In Hallcz neighborhood. JVO.r 11, 1916. British announce their capture of 7.50O iiiscneis and first Una German defenses "n ei?ht-mile front. Also recaptura cf most of Trones wood. JULY 11, 1915, German offensive in the -veit breaks down, and troops are reported as bcin;f moved from this front to the east. Italians advance near Trieste. ITALIANS CONTINUE ADVANCE l'N:Tr:t Press 'at;;.f. ;rv ROME, July 11. The Italians coninuing thir adance in Albania are forcing 'he Austrian b.i .kward toward "he Skliumhi iier, the Italian war ofice announced today. "In Albania wc trt continuing our ndane" the statement saif. UP TO HER OLD TRICK Br 1'xiTF.n Press WASHINGTON. Jui- 11. Germany has revoked tin important army order Issued several !as ago for the dispatch of twelve di-. isiov.s to the Italian front from France, according to cables to the Italian embassy h re tod;iy. The report is from Swiss sources and the Italian command suggests that it may l" false. PERSHIXG CHOOSES FIRST ARMY HEAD efc pr. Brig. Gen. B. S. Foulois. Brip. Gen. Benjamin S. Louloi. formerly chief of the air service of the American expeditionary forces, has been detached from that post and appointed by General Pershing as head of the air service of the "First Army." He will now be in active command of the aviators at the front. Co'or.e! Robert N. Paddock will have Foulois' former post.

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HAMMOND BDY FATALLY HURT ATJIIST CHICAGO Cecil Newell Thrown 'Neath Wheels of a Moving Street Car. Cecil Newell, 200 Michigan avenue. Hammond, the 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Newell, was badly injured at East Chicago last night while attempting to beard a moving street car at the corner of Forsythe avenue and liOih street. Tho young man is employed at one of the plants on 151st street and was on his way home when the accident occurred. He attempted to Jump on the car just as it was making the turn. In some way he lost his footing and was thrown beneath the wheels. As the came to a stop the young man was Pinned underneath. A crowd of inen getting off. tha platform did not wait for the motoiinan to start the car. but took hold of :t and lifted it bodily from the track while others removed the boy as trently as possible from his perilous position. Several women fainted at the Mght which met their gaze. The victim had Ills back badly bruised, his right hip bone broken, his left leg fractured between the knee and ankle and his right leg split partly from his body. As Newe'l was being lifted from the tracks Richard Bales, 1203 Beacon street, driving near, came to the rescue and the injured boy was placed in the automobile and hurried to St. Margaret's hospital in Hammond. Before leaving the scene the conductor of the car Ora Grove, 561 State Bine street. Hammond, called up the Easi Chicago police station and Captain Sterling and Officer Kerr responded. Infestigition seemed to indicate that no one was to blame for the unfortunate accident except the young man himself. The father said last n'ght that the boy's chance of recovery was very slim. Mr. Newe'l stated that when Cecil reached the hospital his week's pay, $27, was missing from his clothes. The finder of the money is asked to send it to the boy in care of the father. SENATE UPHOLDS KELLOGG By I'nitf.d Press WASHINGTON". July 11. Condemning without reservation any plans which would give Postmaster General Burleson censorship over the telegraph messages. Senator William Smith of Michigan today latnched a bitter attack in the senate on the resolution empowering the president to take over the telegraph and telephone lines. Smith's attack was the opening gun of the opposition. It was the first time Burleson has been mentioned openly in such strong terms on the floor of the senate in connection with the tdegraph resolution. Senator Smith intimated that Burleson had censored mail within the I'nited States. This intimation was challenged by Senator Lewis of Illinois. By a vote of 47 to 21 the senate upheld Kellogg's contention that the American pfop have the right to petition congress and have their petitions received. Senator Watson of Indiana introduced an amendment to the resolution exempting telephone and press association wires from operation of the resolution. MITCHELL IS BURED. fBr United Pnr" 1 NEW YORK. July 11. The body of Major John Purroy Mitchell, former mayor, was laid to rest today. An impressive military funeral was held and thousand.-" lined the streets. Among those paying a trjbute of respect to the dead aviator were Theodore Roosevelt. Joseph Tumulty, and I Lieut. General Bridges of the British army. Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick the Hun.

Latest "Bulletins rt'MTED Press t'm c;mji.l LONDON, July 11. Twenty airmen brought flown tea German planes, July 9, and anti-aircraft g"uns counted an. other one out. Three British machine were lost. Seventeen ton of Tomb were dropped on eneni7 positions. ll'VITEO PlESS ("BI.r-.eAM B.022E, July 11. "An enemy attack on Canove on ths Asiago plateau," was repulsed, the war office announced to. day. "In the Brenta valley there was hostile artillery. ' CRT- I VITED PPESsl j WASHINGTON, July 11. "Tha day j passed quietly at points occupied by our soldiers," said General Perr king's com. munique. IB- I'vrTEi Prhss 1 WASHINGTON, July 11. Crop prospects indicate America this year will be ready to meet the war demands for food without difficulty, the federal re. serve report showed today. Confidence in the business section Is marked in every section. Tremeaclons crops in the middlewest have caused a labor shortage in that region. The weather so far has been the farmer's ally. General business condi-ions in federal reserve districts throughout the country how Increase In trade and industry, gross earnings belnj greater. H'NtTED Press t'lii'.r.nniM.! LONDON, July 11. General Kotxiloff, former commander-in-chief of the j Russian army and one of ths principal ' anti-Bolsheviai leaders, has proclaimed I his willingness to recognize the soviet, j Korniloff mazes the one proviso that j negotiations shall be opened with the , allies. ! L'NiTru Tress Cablegram. j STOCKHOLM, July 11. Stirring: j scenes were enacted during the pai- ! soviet congress at Moscow, according' to ' Fetrcjrrad newspapers received here today. 1 With German Ambassador Mlrbach in j one section and representatives of the ' allies in another box a speech denounc ing- Germany caused a stir. "The Germans have come to Ukraine to ET oread. They won't gst it," he said. "We have blown up all trains loaded with supplies. A traiaload dot. ing: toward Mixolaleff has been blown up. The Germans will be wiped out la Ukraine." After stating- the Brest LitovEk treaty was formed at the expense cf Ukraine the members of the left and rlffht rose crying:, "Sown with the Brest Xitovsk treaty." Tha shouting: continued, the flclegrates cryiny, "Down with Miibach." I. eon Trotzky t3ld the delegates the government was opposed to the offenses of the Sed Guard. H'nitko Press Cabi.E'Tiam.J STOCKHOLM, July 11. Allied inter. vention is the only means of saving: the democratic reign In Russia, according to the special representative of the so. clal revolutionaries of the right who arriving from Fotrograd declared his party had definitely decided on this policy. Germany Is not now concealing that I her chief aim is to restore the old reign : throughout Hussia, he asserted. VIENNA MAKES STATEMENT i VIENNA. July 11. "We have organized our new defensive line in Albania." i the Austrian war office annunc d to- ; iay. "A French company, feeling it3 j way down the valley of the Icvioi. was repulsed." NOTICE. There will be an important meeting of th Eleventh Ward Improvement Association at Koegler.s, 503 Calumet avenue, tonight to discuss th Calumet avenue sewer nnd street car question, j The mayor, board of public w orks and a Washington expert will be present.

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Fresh important Gains on 60 Mile Front May Change Aspsct of Entire War. n.viTi;" Pf.ess Cablegram 1 LONDON, July 11. Italian forces aided by British, Albanians and French are sweeping northward across practically the entire width of Albania which may be one of the most important military and political offensives of the war. According to the latest dispatches the allied troops in addition to making important gains on the sixty mile front are threatening the Bulgarian west wing. The main military objective is the old Roman road connecting Monastir with the sea at Durazzo, possession of which would permit free movement of troops and supplies directly from the Adriatic into southern Serbia and would seriously threaten the enemy's hold on a great portion of that country. The offensive has far reaching aspect. The advance will have Its effect en Bulgaria which is now. low in morale. Th? mrt significant angle however is the probable effect on the southern Slav , nations , cf Austria, already on th : verge of revolt. FRENCH ENLARGE THEIR GAINS fl'viTEo Press Cablegram. 1 PARIS, July 11. French troops enlarged their gains between the Aisne and the Marne, taking the village of Corey, the war office announced today. "We captured fifty prisoners, including one officer," the statement said. "Two raids in the Champaigne netted ten prisoners." British troops again advanced south of the Soinme, improving their positions east cf Villers Bretonncaux last night. (It was here that Australians and Americans advanced on the Fourth of July.) "We improved our positions slightly," the statement said. "Enemy artillery fire was directed at our positions on both nides of the Somrncr. Our troops made successful raids in Flanders, capturing some prisoners and a machine gun." j UKRAINE IN BITTER REVOLT I BITTER REVOLT i ! n'viTprn Tress Cablegram. ! STOCKHOLM. July 11. Ukraine is i in a state of country-wide revolution. ; according to dispatches received here today. The Germans are pouring in reinforcements which now have reached ft total of 420. 001 men. The peasants , have several small armies of 13.000 to 20.000 each, all well armed with artil- , le ry and machine guns. The fight Is ' due chiefly to the surrender of land by , the Germans lick to the landlords. This revolution in Ukraine, feather with the increasing power of the CzeckoPloveks in the east, necessitating diversion of considerable portions of German troops, may account in some measure for delay in resumption of the west front offensive. j RE CAPTURE STEAMER FROM SUBMARINE I rUvtTEO Press Cart.egr am"! ! COPENHAGEN. July 11. A Norwegian destroyer recaptured a Norwegian ! steamer which was being taken into (port by a prize crew from a German j submarine, according to dispatches re- : ceived here today. HEALTH CONDITIONS AMONG TROOPS FINE fBv Uniteh Press 7 WASHINGTON. July 11 General health conditions among troops in this country continue very satisfactory, th tvar department announced t"day. SAYS SUBMARINES ARE CONTROLLED rUviTEr Press Carlegpam. LONDON, July 11 "The submarines are now controlled." Sir Geddes, first, lord of the admiralty declared today In opening the official exhibition of naval photographs. "Fewer are operating now than f"r some time past. The depth charge hi changed the hunters Into the hunted "