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ot Police Niiz of West Hammond Prepares to Enforce Decency. CHIEF NITZ TO KEEP LID TIGHT Chief cf Police Nitz of West Hammond stated today that twelve special officers under his direction will police the carnival tonight to prevent a return cf Rambling and indecent dancing on "get-away night." "I will have an officer in every .how," nated the chief. Hey Kube." If. parchance. to'J should hear that clarion can rom&nt ai inn caimi '."! W est Hammond stop not to await j events but set forth with haste and J ere you xiave paesea mf tana canes and entered the broad acres of LaPorte county the sound of heavy canonadins will reach your ears. Let it be known that "Hey Kube"' in the Jargon of carnival rats is a synonym for murder. assasination. mayhem and manslaughter. RESPECTABLE AS II L. An old carnival man explained It j all to a reporter as they moved with the crowd through the grounds of the show which the West Hammond city council threatened to close yesterday bcause of gambling and indecent dances. The lid was on last night and the "roll down" games closed while the "wild women" performed very timely, indeed. As one Hammond fellow seeking excitement remarked in disgust. "This Bhow is as respectable as H 1." The reporter sought confirmation cf the old carnival ioan'j statement that tonight, the last of the engagements the objectionable features would be in full blast after nine or ten o'clock. LOADED FOB IER. "The girl shows are toned down tonight." the reporter said to the young man with blood-shot eyes, selling tickets to the "Girl In the Well" and added. "What Happened." "Haven't you seen the roasts in the newspaper?' questioned the ticket seller. "The cops made us cut it out. But come around tomorrow nizht. We ere going to put 1t on right then." "Kind of a wild evening, eh?" "Ya, we expect a lot of drunks too. and we're prepared for them. All this outfit Is from the west, most of them from Butte, and we carry Runs. AVe're Continued on pase five.) Former Laporte Got f by : r

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PS, SDWAPO . EUUELY Dr. Edward A. Rumley, publisher of the Evening Mail of New York City, is here shown in court, where he was held in $35,000 bail on the charge of perjury in connection with statements to the federal custodian of alien property. The basis of the complaint was that he bought the newspaper with more than a million dollars furnished by German Ambassador von Bernstorff and Dr. Heinrich Albert

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EAST SIDE READY TO As Soon As it. TLpcpavps. Offi cial Word As to Government's Plans. 'East SIdera are not opposing a street ar Una on Columbia avenue." stated William Lynch, a member of the Eleventh Ward Improvement Association." as fcL'on as we are satisfied that the government don't want the line on Calumet aer.ue ail opposition will cease." This statement today is similar to one made in the council eai'ier in the week by Councilman Anderson of the Eleventh Waid. As yet the East S!der? have no official word from the v ornm--n. regarding it riant anl feel i-nti'.'ert to keep the Issue open ;is to tho Catumet avenn.i line un'.'l Uncle fr.i -aks. Having a mv'ii ened i'.r yrars fr .1 I iMr line rn Calumet nv-.-ue to wh'.'l 'it id! i r. T'i-Cil "e Eist Zuit? ,V'5 tn-t :"i r.i.jc to run when romeone aa s ,"bv h." i Ts h:vi l'.5 his ten cone by the (city ccur.c'I which refused to hold up ! the MoMahon franchise odrinance -pending developments. Its hasty aci tion has been termed by some an ef- ' f rt to get g.ory and make political ; li.M'.ier. The public will not be deceived however. The fight on the street car roraI pany was started by The Times years I ago and taken up by the John Sinalley administration. Credit is dje Smally and his citv attorney John Oavit who j filed the petition to the Tublir Service Commission of Indiana. The result of the h'-irinr which the new city attor ney's law partner conduced can not be construed into anything bordering on victory. The action of the covernment in taking a hand and ordering and flnanclr.gr improvements and extensions of the street car service was due to one thin? and one thin? only the nctivSties of covernment ordnance rfficiali at the Standard Steel Car plant. It was the recommendation of the ordnance of;eers that secured povrnmnt 'aid. with the assistance of W. J. Whinery andothr members of the Chamber of Commerce housing committee. The only one in the present administration who has had any influence is Mayor Brown. When a government official or a government communication Informs E. Siders that the government des not want the street car line on Ca!umt avenue nothing more will be heard from that sect l-'.n of the city for Calumet avenue booster are for America first and Calumet avenue second. The spee"!i ;nent Hohman street was not made by William Lynch but by Albert Gehring at the Eleventh Ward Improvement Association meeting on Thursday night. The Times was Informed t3da THE LAST NOTICE. All nli.n women who have registered must go to the. Hammond police station at once and gt their cards as it Is past time to get them and ail alien females found not having th card" will be arrested and interned until after the war. this law will be strictly enforced. Man German Money 1 V'fi V.....',,,.j;,.fl -a

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Donations cf Material Are Asked by a Committee on the Proposition for Two Months. Chairman XI. H. MoIIie of the Liberty ! Hall heating committee has made an ' extensive report to the directors of : Liberty Hall which was accepted by the board and the work of the committee thoroughly approved and its duties continued. Terhaps no committee in connection 1 with Hammond's most important war function has been as laborious and ii"c- 1 essary as the heating -un:nitt'e. be-' ' unless the heating cf the plant ', is carried out. it will be impossible to ; hold meetings there beginning next fail : and the stupendous work now being oarrit-d on in the many Liberty Hall ' offices Red Cross. Liberty Loan. Re- S cruitlng. Food Conser t.tion. Boy Scouts. I American Alliance, Liberty Guard. Sol- i diers and Sailors Patents, Girl Scouts J and many other activities would be ' left in the cold. j Chairman McHie reported to the board j that his committee had succeeded in 1 getting the school board to furnish the j heat if the plant was put In and it is this plant which the heating committee Is now after. The sleamfHter' unlou. has patriotically offered its fine service to put the plant in in 24 hours. The following material is necessary: Pipe 2:' ft. 6 in : Ifil ft. 4 in.; 45 ft. 4 in.; 30 ft. 3 In.; 2o0 ft. 2'i in : 412 ft. 2 in.; 400 ft. 1'. in.; 200 ft. 1 in rittlnffs ?0 1 In. L; 30 li, ln. i; S'i 2 in. L: 6 4xlU in. T; 11 ?,l'-3 if;. T; 2 3x1 '-i inxx2 in. T; 1 4xlJx .1 in. T; 2 4x2'2x3 T; 2 r.xl T; 4 2 i In.xl in. 'f; 1 6x4x4 in. T; 6 S in. L; 1 3x3x2 . in. T: 1 3 in. 4.; 30 1 in. r.;i pies 4 in. lung P.L: 30 x-t in. nipples 4 in. long RL: 4 4 in. L; 2 2;,x2 in. L; 22 2x1 in. T; 1 6 in. T; 1 6x4x4 in. T. Two 4 in gate valves with companion flanges: one 3 in. pate alve with companion Range.-; one 6 in. flange union: twenty-two 109 ft. radiators: r.lno lr ft. radiators; 100 f. 1 in. pipe straps; 10 bags ahestos cement: material for ventilation, air shaft; lOAfi ft. TP ceiling: 21 24xl2 ft.; I1"' bbls. Portland cement; 6 yds. torpedo sand; S jd? crushed stone. Nmv it is up to the manufacturers, business men and people of Hammond to contribute this material. A. M. Turner and Tony Tapper hie already contributed radiators. All persons having any of the above material are requested to notify the chairman of the committee immediately. The plant must be P'tit In soon. Xow get busy! It Is a patriotic duty. MYSTERY A 25-pound can of black blasting pow- : der was founl yesterday on the north side of the plant of the Sinclair Oil Ket'm.ng Company r.ear the R. ; O. : tracks. East Chicago. , A couple of boys reported to Police j OffiCT Prank Loda that they had fViund j this powder and had left It undisturbed, i Officers at once went to the point and found the can as described practically 1 full of powder. There was no fuse, how- ; ever, and no indications that the powder war to be used for any ultejrior pur- ; poses. In fact, the can was old and looked weather beaten. Whether it had : boon at that location for some time or whether a can of this nature had been secured for reasons unknown is as jet ' a part of the mystery. i Tho can was brought to the office of i Chief of Police T. D. Williams and the powder will be examined in order to ascertain just what its explosive rowers ar? and the materials used in its compos'tion. The finding of this can of powder caused considerable excitement inasmuch as it was seen at once that It. might be fraught with grave possi-1 bilities. i URGE ALLIES TO HASTEN AID TRt 1'vtTED Press. WASHINGTON", July 13. Declaring that the Moscow revolt has been suppressed by the Germans and that the brave Czecko-Slovak troops are seric ly menaced by the combined BolshevikTeuton forces. Russian embassy officials today pleaded for immediate action by the allies in Russia. Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick the Hun

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ini I II DRAGN Mgr. Hes& (Public Service Co. Trapped Without Draft Card. Pf-echt. To Tup; Tivns. CROWN' POINT. IN'D. July 13. Manager Dan Hess of the Interstate Public Service Co, of Jhis city got aught in the draft dragnet which is being used in Chicago to comb the city for slackers on Friday. Manager Hess was in th- city on business and had neglected to take his proper credentials with him and was ph ked up by the police as a slacker and sent to the department of justice for identification. The department called up J- A. Ponnaha and explained thit th.-v had detained Mr. Hess and wanted Mr. Donnaha to verify Hess' staternnts that he had registered and was m goo.l stand. ng. Ponnaha told the department that Hess was certainly no slacker and Hess' friends are haing n god bit of fun over his discomfiture. Hess says he'll never forget th" litle pasteboard ng:m. never aBft(n! He is going to cat wi'h it and sleep with it until the war is over. MIRBACH ASSASSIN ? EXECUTED TPy T'NTTEti Press 1 STOCKHOLM. July 13. M. Aletwindrovitoh, one of the assassins of the Oei man ambassador, Mirhacli, has been executed, aeci'i ding to lipoits t -'ia It i;i reported ' imanv will also demand ex, ;:, on .f two sc.-ial revotationaries. one a woman. Rioting is icported in Petrograd which i.- also being swept by cholera. ADVANCE IN ALBANIA ! CONTINUES I ft'NITED PrtEPS CAnt.EHP.AM. I ROM K. July in The advance in Albania is continuing. a semi-official . atement today declares ' The enemy ' i making only sporadic rear-guaid resistence. He has abandoned and failiid to dest-r,. abundant war materials Ihe populu. ,on of iierat haiied our troops cs liberators." THE FRENCH IN FRESH ADVANCE t United Press Cabi.ecbam. PARIS, July 13. The French advanced more than a quarter of a mile between the Olse and Montdidier, the war office announced today. Prisoners were taken in raids north of the Avre between the Oise and the Maine and in the Cbampaigne region. On the Picardy front the French adva-iced a mile and a quarter on a front of three miles, capturing Caste). The advance gives the French possession of the heights dominating the Avre rier. GERMAN RAID BREAKS DOWN ! Rt T'viTEn- Press.! WASHINGTON. July 13. "In the Chateau Thierry region a trench raid attempted by the enemy Friday broke down with losses under our fire," General Pershing reported today. "Yesterday (Thursday) our aviators shot down a hostil machine in the region of Thiaucourt." 2,000 BOLSHEVIKI ARRESTED fCviTED Press Cablecram 1 Luri-.-MUiit., JUiy i. i.ounirrrevolutionists. surrounded and captured 2,000 Bolsheviki Red Guards, who had Just arrived on the Murtnan coast, it was learned here today. All w ere disarmed and then allowed to return to Moscow.

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3 &3 PRISOMEB CAPTURED GEMETERY fSPE'-iAt, To The Time CROWN" POINT. IXD., July 13.--War- ! den Thomas Piatt and Sheriff Barnes j had an exciting half hour at the jail i last night about fi o'clock when three j negroes tried to escape as Sheriff Barnes and Warden Piatt were in the office of j the jail talking over the arrest of a j pickpocket. Gcoi g; McKew en in Chicago .today. While the turnkey was taking i MiKowen to a cell to be locked up the ithiee negroes made their escape. Warj den Piatt caught two of them, but the . third, will Hart is, or Indiana jiarnor. : escaped. .Sheriff Barnes followed in hot i pursuit and would have shot the fellow I but fearing t : injure an old man who I was directly hi the ji.ath cf the negro, ' w ho got as far as the cemetery when . he was captured by the sheriff. The negroes have ! m jail but a short time and are desperate characters. BOOTLEGGERS ARRESTED AT LOWELL TODAY Sr-BciAt. To Tub Times.! LOWP.LL, Ind.. July 13. William Thompson cf S..':th Rend and his chauffeur. Harry Weaver, were arrested this morning, by Marshal 13. E. Puckworth for transporting liejuor from Kankakee. 111., into Indiana. Their destination was Fouth Rend. In the Automobile were found thirty-flv? gallons of whiskey. The prisoners were turned uur to the she-riff at Crown Point. FURTHER NEWS OF HINDENBURG DEATH fl'vtTKn Press Cab:. icon m AMSTERDAM. July 13. Rumors of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's death have been revived by Hclgian newspapers. One says the reported death was the result of a stroke following a stormy interview with the Kaiser regarding the offensive against Paris. Field Marshal Von Hinder.burg, according to the Cologne Gazette wrote the following to General Von Rooht. president of the Maumburg Fatherland. "Things are going well. The arm chair strategists must allow a breathing space which is indispcnsible when battles last eight days or more." FRENCH ADVANCE IN ALBANIA fl'V'TEP Pr.K-s CvRLEi.r.AM. LONDON. July 13. French forces in Albania are now driving northward with apparently the same speed that characterized the Italian advance in the first days of the offensive. The Italian reports show, have slackened their rrcgress to give the French on their right a chance to advance their line and maintain practically a straight front from Lake Pkumbi to the Adriatic. The Italians we-e aided in their advance by comparative level terrain bordering the seat while the French have been forced to move forward over an extremely mountain country. Despite the Austrian temporary check in the center the French continue their progress. 'MANY TRUCKS GO THROUGH A string of loaded army trucks two j miles long went through Hammond early this morning headed East, there jbein? fully 200 cars in the train.

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ows in New England JULY 13, 1317. Cterman Reichstag reported, oa strike. Idchaelis succeeds Eeth-mann-Hollwej-; as ctancsUcr. JULY 13, 1916. British officials announce that the British assault, sow progressing la Picardy, Is but the forerunner cf a great hlo-x, end threaten to keep tip an Incessant rain cf shells npoa the German lines. British advance on Scmine. JULY 13, 19X5. Oeraans gain ground ln assault on Souchez. Etimadr. on tli3 brlai of war, 13 offered important concessions to Join Germany cr remain neutraL HENRY HERZ STATIONED IN AOMUNTICDLD CASTLE j Moats, Battlements, Secret Chambers and Underground Ways. Recall the days when Knighthood was In flower the great castle and the vineciad cottage3 cf the village nestling at its side. On the wings of fiction you are carried over the mat and the bleached bones of soldiers of a rival house who fell ln the vain effort to mount ladders under a rain of steel weapons hurled from the battlements by the defenders. Bushes in bloom sh.eld the dents of battering-rams at the fcot of the weather-beaten walls. Through the chained and heavy gates you slip unobserved and down dark barren halls into a great room where the faint rays of light enter betweei the iron bars of an nperature o.-i the walls a great height above. The Lord of the Maneir is swashbuckling back ind forth and terrible lurses fall from lus lips and echo through the room. "By the might of my arm ye shall become the bride of the Duke of Bevo," he roars, swinging hi.s sword above his head. The white-robed girl, hc-r rale beauty framed by the sunbeams falling from the shaft overhead, presses back against the long mahogany table. ''Mercy, father. Oh, may I die before I marry that old fosll. I love Jean the Knight of Lily." You know the rest. The armored knight and his black charger, the underground entrance, the. fight with the guards, the perilous ride, the wedding at the monastery. At the wayside inn the raging Lord of the - Maneir overtakes them. The duel. Over the body of her dying lover the bride of an hour falls sobbing. The innkeeper wrings his h;-.rds ami cries out that such a deed should be don: to bring disrepute upon the tavern. From the fallen knight the lord tears away the frantic daughter. Into the carriage he forces her. shouting. "Tomorrow ye become the bride of the Duke of Bevo!" What kind of a story is this, anyway. you ask. Well, to explain, Henry Mcrz. son of Mis. L. Merz. S3 Warren street, has written home that he Is stationed with a field hospital outfit in just such a castle, one of the oldest in France. There are underground passageways, secret chambers, great halls and thirty-five rooms. P. S. The villainous Lord of the Maneir was a Hun. Buy W. S. S.

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Chicago People Hue Unusual Experience White Reluming Willi Auio Smash Victims, ISrr.ciAT. To The Timk" 1 LOWELL. IXD. July 13. While returning to Chicago from this place where they had gone to bring back relatives who had narrowly escaped death in an auto accident. George Lamc-r of Woodlawn and his bister, Mrs. M. II. Jeniiess-, miraculously escaped with their lives when their auto turned over in a ditch pinning them beneath the machine. With them were the passengers who had just been through a bad auto smashup. They were: Lois Penrod. a'.-'l IS; ry.rcth;.-, agod 11: Helen, aged and Virginia. 2. Gi'bert Jenness, son cf Mrs. Jenness. was also in the ca r. Beside bruises and a bad shaking up none of the party was badly hurt and all are expected to recover. Another singular coincidence is noted. They were rescued by .friends of theirs from Lnglewood who were rassing in an auto and whom they had no idea were within 30 miles of them. The machine was dragged to a nearby farmhouse and the party reached home morn dead than alie. CROP PROSPECTS Iff STATE GOOD TFr Pntted Pkess.1 INDIANAPOLIS. IND., July 13 Prospects for record breaking crops In Indiana this year are still good, despite the frost which seriously damaged corn and other plants in the northern part of the state, acording to reports in the hands of the United States agricultural experts here today. The oats and wheat harvesting has progressed well, according to the reports, the tail end of the season now being mended in the northern part of the state. Reports from llelds where the threshing has been completed, show an exceptionally heavy yield of wheat. That most farmers, whose fields were hit by the frost are looking forward to a good crop of soy beans, millett and other substitutes was indicated. HERTLING PEACE BALLOON IS USELESS By Vx:ted Press WASHINGTON". July 13. German Chancellor Hertling's peace balloon is useless at this time. American officials declared tod,-.y. Whether or not he is .-e.ious in trying to draw a peace offe.-. from the allies, his eftorts are vain, they declared, adding the allies are determined to press on to victory. Some believe tho Austrian and German internal situation is growing worse. References to Russia were evidently intended cs a sop to that nation, in line with the German policy of gettine control of that country. It was recal'ed that Germany more than once ha.i preceded a military effort by a peace c ffensivc. VON DINDY AGAIN REPORTED DEAD Br PviTEn Press WASHINGTON. July 13. On the heels of the reports cmenating from Dutch sources yesterday that Field Marshal Von Hindenburg was ill. stock t ckers hers today circulated a rumoithat he is deal As the death of Von Hindenburg has been repeatedly reported recently officials are skeptical. Yesterday's reports of Hindenburg's illness said Ludendorff has assumed command. PERSHING REPORTS 71 CASUALTIES IBt United Press WASHINGTON, July 13. Seventyone casualties were reported by General Pershing today as follows: Killed. 14: died of wounds. 1; died cf accident. 2, severely wounded. 4$; missing. 8. The marine casualty list totalled 33. Killed in fiction. 11; died of wounds, 5, severely wounded, IT. B. T. Strain, Greensburg, Ind., killed and Sergt. C. H. Horton, Maey, was wounded. THEY WERE OUT OF GASOLINE United Press Cablegram. WITH THE AMERICANS. July 13. Exhaustion of their gasoline supply and heavy winds are believed to have forced the five American bombing planes to land in German territory. OPERATIONS ON FLANDERS FRONT United Press Cablegram. LONDON. July 13. A special minor operation by English and Australian troops on the Flanders front resulted in fapture of $8 prisoners and a few machine guns. The British casualties were light.