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HAMMOND, INDIANA.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1918.

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Only Three Members of the City Council Declare in Favor of Columbia Avenue Line As Found Necessary By Government.

Some f ne morning the Hammcnd city ' dads triU arie from their downy coaches J to discover a street car l'.ne marked ; "V. S. A." on Columbia avenue to the i Standard Steel Car plant, and they will j fcratch their pates and say. "Verily. , how can thi3 be? TVe were a?in it." ; Th-s grey wolves of the council last ', evening filled the air with oratorical howls foliowinsr Introduction of the franchise embodyin? the government's transportation needs, sent to them for j consideration by the supine Board of j "Works which sought to shirk its duty, j it being the function of the board to J consider, revise-, pa3s or reject con- j tracts of the kind and ask th council' only for ratification. No decision was ' reached by the council last night ex- 1 cert to send the franchise to a com- j niiUee of the whole, the council to j meet Monday evening for debate. But j h council, with the exception of Mar- 1 tin. Reiiley and Skufakiss, appeared! swayed by the Calumet avenue interests j that refuse to he reconciled to the fact j hat the war department has found j Columbia avenue more advisable for the J extension, in view of war needs, and J thst the one and only object In con- j

f-tructm.g the line is to accommodate

munition makers and speed up produc- I

tion of arms to "pft the kaiser." No Chang's of Heart.

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LONDON, July 17, 8 p. rn. -American and French troops counter attacking on a four mile front : south of Dormans have swept the j Germans back nearly two miles,; bringing the enemy bridges across ; the river under artillery fire, it was! learned this afternoon. Remaining German positions :

j south of the river have thus been j j reduced to a precarious foothold, j ! The enemy yesterday advanced ' three miles south of the river to .

Fesligny, five miles east and south j of Dormans. The German positions i there are menaced by the French J

! and American counter attacks to

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i Un':tko Fkess Cablegram. 1 Champapuo front. The ra-rapapers say j j PARIS, Jnly 17. Paris newspapers he was attacked Sunday by a German : report today that the .eroplane pUoted. squadi-oa while returning from a patrol'

by Lieut. Qaentin Kooievelt, son of Col.

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front on the Chateau Thieiry front. He atiddesly lost control of hi' machine

Theodore BooseTelt, was brought down iio'Tinir probably recalved a mortal

That the attitude of the council had In ttmei daring an lr battle on the wound.'

undergone no change was indicated at h opening: of the meeting when a motion mad" by IteiUy to reconsider the city attorney's street car franchise, rushed through at the previous meetins, was lost. The council then ordered the street car company to replace wooden poles on "West State street with iron poles, pave Indianapolis bouleard between the tracks with brick, and elsewhere comply with their old franchise by raving between the tracks. "The street car company is !n the habit of stopping cars on West State f-'reet for ten or fifteen minutes," stated Councilman Highland, 'and with autos rarked at both curbs the street is Impassable. 1 do r.ot think it is, asking too much to have them park their street cars on Morton court. The street car company is not doing Its duty in paving between its tracks. They are runn.nfr over our streets and not payinfr a cnt and asking a new franchise when the " (Continued on pase six.)

ROOSEVELT ! IS GREATLY i

AFFECTED

BV t'X!TEt FRnss XEtV TuRK, July 17. Col. Theodore Roosevelt was greatly p,f?ectd at the news his son Quentin is missing, after an air flgtht on the Champagne front, telephoned h'm today. He said he would have nothing to say until he had received official notification. He is expected to have something to say la'-er in the day.

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Last night about 10 o'clock on auto j coivaininir two men and two girls, boar-' ! inj th license tag: Ills. 231RT. hit a man : I at Forsth avenue and Canal bridge!

in East Chicago. Aft. r hitting tne man. who was seri- j ousiy injured, the occupants of the car j picktd him up. rut him in ihoir car and ( took him away with them. j The rolice called up St. Margaret's ;

i hospital and found that no one nai

been brought there, and it is thought j by the East Chicago police that they j may have thrown the man in the canal j and gone on. Inquiry at other hospitals' failed to result in any clue and the j

police will drag the cans;.

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RECKLESSLY . INTO FRAY

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Throw Themselves New Breech

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LONDON, July 17. The second day of the stupendous German drive has developed a battle of the utmost

! ferocity. ! The "Allied troops have hsld their own. The GerImans have had a few local successes but at awful cost ito themselves.

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YANKEES ANNIHILATE ENTIRE

"D A T"T A T TOT I the JIarne. the names of Lake county!

; boys will bo found thereon.

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trorps fichtintr op the Mai nn Jny 15. completely annihilated -r.e Gr;nan ; battalion, killing, wounding or e&pt'ir- , insr every man of the force. General Torching reported today. This slaughter aocoir.pllshed when j the Americans counter attacked. r- j suited in the enemy being thrown back j

to the river and the counter "low a complete success." Fershlng reported.

GLAD HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY

Bt Tnitki'v I'nEfs.1 OTSTEK EAT, July 17. Col. Roose-; volt is glad today that his jounpest son. j

Quentin. had the chance to render some

'service to lna country before be was cf V. S. killed in ban!" with German aviators in

boys from Hammond, Whiting. Indiana i Franc-. ' ,,nio)'n'o wrllidT on T are c1;!!

ic trie tl.;.-u-f:t of the fcht- i i,.,. ...... .

Inp. The mn are made up largely of mid ile-wej t. divisions and the 12th and

17th field boys.

artillery include many local

1 tha t he got . : : he chance i his country wa s in him I t he colonel

,- the front and that he had to "render soin. service to j arid to show the stuff that j before his fate befell him."! said. i

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; "ENEMY HELD EVERYWHERE" I'.vtTED Press Cablegram J j PARIS, 4 p. m., July 17. A sitj uation in the Champagne was auj thcritatively pronounced "excslknt" in the middle of the afternocn today. i The enemy is generally held ! everywhere, it is said. More hard : fighting is expected but the general i impression is that the German efI fort will not continue long. ; The Germans attacked the Americans at Prunay, seven miles southjeast of Rheims, five times, unsuc- ! cessfully.

TERRIBLE GERMAN CASUALTIES ESTIMATED

i rrxiTTP Frfss Cablegram. ! LONDON, July 17. German ; casualties in the new drive have ; reached nearly 100,000, according to authoritative estimates.

While passing through South Chloapn yesterday on an Indiana Belt freight

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train. C. C Uppinghouse. of the Belt road, while

special agent I

revolver, accidentally fired it. The bullet knied Alex Pi;, s. aged 12. 13433 r.ulfalo avenue in a pasture. Uppinghouse was arrested at Gibson and taken to South Chicago where he gave bond.

HUNTER CHUNK WORKING' GIRL'S CAUSE

II3r I'xitep Prkss 1 WASHINGTON, July 17. One hundred and seventy-three casualties were reported hy General rrr.-htng today: Killed In action. S3, died of wounds. 16; died of disease. 4, died of aeroplane accidents. 2; d'ed of ardent. wounded severely 95; missins. 3; prisoners 1. The casualties of the latest offensive have not yet begun to come In.

1SJN ACTION Standard Steel Worker Is Killed in Action on the Balkan Front.

The first death of a Hammond soldier on the. Balkan front is that of Despot Miskeliich. 1100 Columbia avenue, on

I May C5, I ? 1 S , when he was killed in , action. i Miskollich fell at Ruiparia's hands

THIRD INSTALLMENT DUE TOMORROW rni Tnitkm Press. WASHINGTON. July 17. The third installment of the third liberty loan is die tomorrow. Treasury official said today the installment will total approximated $ 1. 5000.000.010.

Should single women receive greater increases in pay than married men? Councilman Frank Martin sajs not. Hollus Hunter, one of tho Citizen Tarty workers, says yes.

When the ordinance to Increase the i

pay of the young lady clerk of the city controller's office from $73 to J100

per month was

"We only recently raised married men In the treasurer's office $10 a month." said be. "It is hardly consistent and fair to the married men asking raises to give a sinple woman a raise cf $27." Holm Hunter, who was seated among the visitors In the gallery, and is not a councilman or city official but very close to the administration, arose.

"Yes. you did raise the fellows $10 a

month." he

POPULAR THEATRE

MAN TAKES STAR j when the V. S is not even at war with , assault.

. I Bulgaria and his death is one of thv of

1 reasons that the V. S. should declare

ar on her. i "PP. 'R'rJnTT PTTSK

NO NEED OF RESERVES I'vited Press Carleiram. r.XHIS. July 17. Allied troops already in the lln and those reserved immediately behind the front were sufficient to break th now German drive, according to dispatches received here today. When the enemy attacked there was no necessity for hurried tesroupinp of men to withstand the

due to the continued arrival

fresh American troops.

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To The Timf.

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Wheeler who opened the' new Hartly Theatre at East Chicago and managed it for one year has taken the manage-

! ment of the Star Theatre at Whiting.

jr wheeler Is well known In the Calu-

The Hammond Serbians who in

hero was one

spectacular

THE HUNS BACK

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marched away on the 26th of April, 1917. i from the Standard Steel car plant to go f United Press Caslegram to the Serbian front via Canada and I LONDON. July 17. Except In the

'met district, having managed nouses in I France. I -"-- -w .- i u. and Indiana. Harbor. The I Seven men went from U00 Columbia i pane was only fluctuating in charac-

read. Martin objected.! , , ,v,itinlr mav .iwvs he sure I ,.. Milmli was the first to die. I ter up to noon. The French have al-

e hio-h class show under Mr. Wheel- i Advices to his friends yesterday say lie , ready recaptured half , the territory

BATTLE GOES ON WITH FURY rCN:-Ef Preps Cap'.egkam PARIS, July 17. The battle is proceeding furiously in various i sectors along the whole fifty mile

j battle front in the Champagne. The ; fighting is particularly violent contractors who has ! l nf it. ...i a :

r-ric I.und. one of th" best known o f Lake county's

.v. - hitrline- 1 n Northern Indiana than any other one t

prooaoiy put u- ih'-it ..... 0 - - . t . man including schools, countv asylum s, libraries and other edifices, Is now a ; cans alter Clearing their Own SCCtOr member of Co. C, S.xih Uegiment, V. S Engineers Mr. I-und writes his family ; Qf theGermans are aiding th who live in Hammond that ho is in th e Toul sector and has had seme el . , , , brushes with the enemv. Mr. I.und en hoted over a year ago end though at an French tO their right.) Other bata'h ho could not" have been aii d in the dmft for ''"o't'ot ! tIes are Proceeding between the couldn't stand the idea of a Prussian m ihtansm and decided that he had to get , h 6 in it himself. H-; is billeted in a deser ted mansion and writes that the V. S. i Maine and Rheims and east of armv is going to get the kaiser as sur e as two and two are four . He will be ! R. At Yav ihr Her home Christ ma, on a furlough after a n arduous year with the V. S. -r.Cinr-. ; -ims. At no point ha e the Uer-

. j mdiis miue any consiaeraoie gain. GERMAN PRISONERS -The French positions everyARE DISCOURAGED where are being maintained," the

; war office statement says.

IMPOSSIBLE NOW TO SURPRISE ALLIES

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PEDESTRIAN HIT BY CHICAGO AUTO

n killed while flxhting. He leaves a

wife and damghter in Serbia,

TSpectai. To The Times.! WHITING. IND.. July 17. William

Czcrosk. a resident of Myrtle avenue.

.M 'avA thav a r nln? n nnk..i..U o a run n . r nryA Irtiured !

ALLIED AIRMEN

ARE SUPERIOR!

they lost in the rush. In some places reoccupjlng' their original front line.

WILL STRENGTHEN THE RUSSIANS

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In St. Mar-

r.uit. If you think you can fill these ! yesterday by an automobile owned and j

places " "Mr. Hunter is out of order." Martin interrupted, and the mayor sustained the objection. Hunter sat down. The council voted "yes."

driven by Emmet Wheeler.

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itaret's hospital with a broken leg and violent e!r fighting of the war on the

Uvjtet PPEsa Cablegram WITH THE FRENCH. July 17 Allied airmen have clearly maintained their superiority- in some of the most

scalp wounds. $500 bond.

Wheeler is held under

Ch&mpegne continues.

front. Th ale activity

Bt United Press. WASHINGTON", July 17. American government officials are expecting th" western offensive to strengthen the al

lied position in Kusisa.

Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick the Hun.

LONION. July 17. One of the -hief ru in the lack of success in the

German fifth and most ambitious drive THE FIELD, July 17. Ger

this year is the great improvement in the allies' intelligence works. This is due largely to o.ir steadily growing aerial superiority which renders even partial surprise at this time impossible. In the preparations the extent of the American participation can not now be entirely revealed. Even if the present offensive is merely checked instead of definitely stopped it must so far be considered an Inglorious defeat in as much as that despite the lengthiest and most elaborate preparation none of the German objectives have been attained. The net result his been only isolated penetrations on comparatively lightly beld positions at the heaviest cost. The

early suppostion that this drive. was probably a side show now seems an

error British ana i-rencn mimrj u-

thorities generally agree that developjments show that German concentration i on both sides of FJieims was too great : to allow effective operations anywhere else.

REPULSE HUNS ON

I man prisoners taken m the Cham-:

Dacne fiehtine are fatigued and dis- f united press cablegram. J? or tt f,re of their new , LONDON, 1 :30 p. m., July 17.-

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drive. Some blame their officers for lack of success. The commander of one battalion said the men remained safe in the rear and

sent the citizen officers to their L

death.

I Buy all the War Savings Stamps you can for cash and pledge yourself to the limit in future purchases.

YANKEES TAKE 500 PRISONERS BVI.r.ETIV. IBt United Tress. WASHINGTON. July 17. General Pershing today cabling under date of July 15. reported that east of Chateau Thierry where the Germans crossed the Marne American forces counter attacked and drove th enmy back, "taking 5rt0 prisoners." "In the Vosges five trench raids attempted by the enemy broke down under our Pre," he added

The situation on the Champagne front is authoritatively declared at this hour to be "still good if anything even more satisfactory than last night." The Germans delivered five se

vere attacks on the sixteen mile front in the Suippe valley region last evening but were repulsed with heavy losses. The French and Americans 'lost no guns and their casualties were extremely light. The German estimate of 13,000 prisoners in the new drive is declared to be grossly exaggerated.

Dollars and Determination spell doom for kaiser. Buy War Sav

ings Stamps.