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Troop Train on Pennsylvania Road Hits Automobile and Two Die In Crash, Two persons were killed and seven injured as the result of automobile accidents in and around Chicago yesterday. The most serious accident occurred At the Pennsylvania railroad grade crossing at One Hundred and Thirtysixth street in Indiana Harbor, where a troop train ran into an automobile truck. Instantly killing the two occupants. The list of the casualties follows: TUB DEAD. KICHOLAS CIRCUS. 2S years old. 3625 Block avenue, Indiana Harbor; killed when troop tra:n hit auto truck. JOSEPH MOSEXA, 42 years old. 191S One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street; killed in same accident. MDHDH T L.AFATETTE. IXD-. July 23. Miss XIary Albaugh. 21, daughter of J. J. Albaugh of Flora, lnd , was killed last r.isht by a Monon passenger train at Battleground. Albaugh was driving his car. but Miss Albaugn. John Weaver, 2S. nd Miss Fern Minnus, 17. were fatally Injured, the reports states. Both sustained fractured skulls and were internally injured. THREE iESTS " IN FREIGHT GAR JHIEJES QUEST Th colony of thirty alleged freight car thieves who piied their traffic in the neighborhood of Burnham and who are being entertained at the government's exDense in the South Chicago police sta tion, was increased by three recruits yesterday. j One of the. prisoners brought in gave his name as Charles F.osenfteld. 8314 Houston avenue. "While the man was heing searched in the station he made a dash for liberty which led the police through alleys, over fences, through war gardens, and across a railroad track before he was finally recaptured. Two other suspects, whose names were not revealed, were brought in from Hammond. HI BATH-HOUSE MANAGER He Is Uncle of Billy Rose, City Clerk and His Name Is John Sippel. Taxpayers, meet Mr. John Sirrel of Hegewisch, who is manager of the Hammond municipal bathhouse. Mr. Sippel is an uncle oi "William (Billy) Rose, the city clerk. Mr. Rose likes his uncle so much and is so interested in seeing that ho makes good as bathhouse manager that he spends a great deal of his time at the lake front. Billy and Jack are great little, pais. For eigiitcen years Mr. S;.-! conducted a grocery at Hegewlsch. he told a reporter yesterday, but he now claims Hammond as his home. He must have moved to Hammond recently because he couldn't tell the reporter his street address. Put he was positive It was the same as Billy Roses address. COSTS U. S. FIFTY MILLIONS A DAY Br I'XITED PKKSS.l WASHINGTON. July 29. America's war bill has reached $13,935.S77.00 with expenditures during the first twentvseven days of July reaching $1,339.699,000 and estimated expenditures for the whole month of $1.4SS.50o.nco. This nation is now paying ojt approximately fifty million dollars a day or ovr two million dollars an hour.

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iOY ON CASUALTY LIST Andrew Kyros Is Severely Wounded. Farmer Lad Is Missing. Andrew Fyros. 344f Pennsylvania! avenue. Indiana Harbor, son of John ! --i Fyros. is ono of the gallant Harbor I boys who is reported by the War Dej partment to be severely wounded in j France. He is a member of the ma chine gun battalion and no further particulars were obtainable about him. Martin P. Kadilyag, a farmer boy who lives betwe-en Crown Point and Kouts along the Erie railroad was reported among the mistir.,? yesterday by the M'ar Department. Private Win. P. Kooy, of Polton, near Hammond, related to a well known family has been killed in action. Bravery of Walter Klarnm, While Wounded Brings Him Croix de Guerre in French Hospital. Bulletin-. 1 Mrs. Anno I.letxirn of West Hammond, motber of Joaeph I.letzcn, the htro of that place, killed In France, today received the distineuished service cros civen the family for the heroic deed which cot Joweph his life. It was awarded by the French government. "WASHINGTON'. July 23. How Walter Kiamm of Hammond. Ind.. was one of thirty names who received the croix de guerro last May for gallant conduct, courage and coolness in action against the enemy during the occupation of a sector by the marine brigade Is described in a communication frcm France made public today at marine corps headquarters. Presented In Hospital. Of the total number cited for the decoration, only eleven wero present. Three were killed in action, sixteen were wounded and in the hospital. The crosses for those wounded were presented to them in the field hospital. The ceremonies took place within sound and range of the German guns, hidden by the sheltering trees of a dense forest, snd In a heavy morning mist and drizzling rain. Host In Anonymity. Censorship regulations prohibit mentioning the names of the officers a major, first lieutenant and three second lieutenants. The; major received the (Continued on Fage Five.) COUNTER ATTACK IS REPULSED By F. S. FERGUSON rt"N-ixj:; Press Cablegram. WITH THE AMERICAN' ARMY IN FRANC. July 20. noon. The first counter attack in any great force against the Americans since the German retirement began was made today on a front of more than two miles east of Fere. It was followed by severe bombardment of the; whole line but was completely repulsed. The Germans suffered severe losses along the whole line. More than 30il German dead were found piled in a single narrow ditch. In a direct rush the Americans captured a foot hrldg-e across the Oureq whicii was g-uarded by machine guns. The retreating Germans were shot down as they clamored up the opposite banks. The Americans are continuing northward and north eastward towards Fere-on-Tardenjis and are improving their positions they took yesterday. On the north bank of tho Ourcq at some points where German defenses were not completely wiped out enemy artillery is heavily bombarding Serings a mile and a half east of Fere-on-Tardcnois (Nesle) two miles cast of Seringr;. There is heavy Boehe machine gun fire in the NVslo forest. The cable does not make clear whether Serings and Nesle have been captured or whether the Germans have abandoned the towns and are firing upon them to prevent allies occupation. Either situation presents a greater advance. BANKINGAGREEMENT IS REACHED Et V.viteo Pfess.1 WASHINGTON. July 23 The state department announced today that an agreement has been reached with a group of American bankers whereby loan will be made to China. British Japanese and French bankers, it is hoped, will be associated with the American group.

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This photograph is the first to arrive here showing the Americans in their first important fight. It was taken just before they hopped from their trenches for their clash on Cantigny. where the Germans first learned Americans could fight. The photo was made just as they started on the run for the German positions.

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Meeting of Indignation at Action of Board of Education Held at Riverside School This Morning. Janitors of the ten Hammond public school buildings at a meeting In the Riverside school this morning issued an ultimatum to be served on the board of education that unless E. F. Stonebreaker be retained as supervisor of buildings and grounds and they receive pay for overtime their resignations would become effective immediately. They request an answer by August 1. The dismissal of Stonebreaker by the board of education and notice to the janitors that they would not receive pay for night work caused the indignation meeting to be called. Every janitor in the employ of tiie public schools was present. In view of th-i fact that Stonebreaker, employed by the year, had been given only a week's notice that his services would no longer be required and the position was to be abolished, the janitors were not disposed to temporize. Not Consulted. Working from early morning until late in the evening the janitors felt that they should have bo n consulted before the board decided that they would not receive overtime pay for kecp.ng the schools open and the. fires going nights for public and patriotic meetings this winter. A. J. Dreesen and J. F. Krost were the members exf the board who voted to do away with the supervisor of buildings for "economic reasons." passing the motion over J. P. Brunei's "no." The public may not know the valuable rervices Stonebreaker has performed and the money he has served taxpayers but the janitors do and they beUevf Superintendent McDnnitl and the board of education should. Evidently one member of the board. J. D. Brusel. does, for he not only vr.ted against discharging Stonebreaker but was present at the meeting of school janitors this morninsr. The other members of the board, although invited to attend, were absent. Stonebreaker has protected the interests of the. taxpayers of Hammond as zealously as only a man of his abilities could. He has remodeleel many of the buildings without (h? nid oX architect or contractor and seen that coal or other supplies delivered by contractors were strictly up to specifications of the con(Continued on r'lge seven ) 300 KILLED IN EXPLOSION ri'MTrn Pnrss C"ari.fc;r am ! ZURICH. July 23 Tre Plauen Burgomeister has announced 232 persons were killed and 4S injured in the recent explosion which destroyed a munition factory there. Dispatches to this j effect were received today from Flauen MUNITION STRIKE ! IS SETTLED j United Press Cablegram LONDON. July 23 Striking muni- j tion workers in Coventry, the center of j the present disturbance, decided at a j mass meeting today to resume work irr.med iatelv and accept the govern- j merit's offer oif mediation. Most of the unskilled workers have already re- j mined work.

. w. u THOUSANDS OF BATHERS DRIVEN Ml BEACHES ! Storm Does Extensive Dam age, But it Breaks Severe Heat Wave. Thousands cf bathers at the Hammond. Whiting. Indiana Harbor and Miller lake front beaches were driven out of the water, street car service crippled, telephones thrown out of commission, streets floods, trees stripped of their branches, sign boards wrecked, crops beaten to the ground and crowds of people drenched late yesterday afternoon by a miniature cyclone, accompanied by a heavy rain. The storm broke with little warning. At he Hammcnd lake front its fury was tho greatest. Guests on tho lake side o:' tho Hamnund Eeach Inn left their dinners and f.cd when windows were shattered by the wind. Five minutes before the storm over 2.000 pepole had adorned tho bathing beach. Most of them sought shelter before its full force v. as felt, but Life Guard John Gill wai kept busy for several minutes rescuing girls and women. He brought four to s-hore in a state of utter exhaustion. One was unconscious and a member of the board of works rushed her home in his automobile. "Th momentum of the wind was so great that nearly all cars of the Hammond. Whitins & East Chicago, and Hammond and South Chicago lines were put out of commission. Two hours after tho storm twelve had been towed into the car barns completely out of commission, the force of the wind having played havoc with their motors. Easements in Hammond were flooded. The storm was le:,s severe at. Gary and Miller than at Hammond. Whiting and Indiana Harbor. DOCTOR IX COLLISION. Dr. E. S. Jones of 1239 Harrison, while on his way to attend Mrs. LaVioiette during the storm last evening was driving down Hohman street when ho was run into by a machine driven by Tern Hayes of Blue Island, who was dr-vins West on Clinton street. IT. Jones Machine was very badly d.-maged but no one !n either automobile way injured. NEARLY DROWNED. Eicile LaViolette, wife of Hubert IaViolette. of 2S Russel street. Han-i-ond. while bathing in Lake Michigan y stf rday afternoon with her husband. w.ih ovorcome by the heat. Mrs. LaViolette would have drowned had it not been for th fjulck action cf her husband in rescuing her from the water, as it tor.k two hours to bring her to consciousness. JTTI.Y 29, 1317. French censorship announces Gerair raid cn Paris injure two women. XarensSy starts for front, to confer with army heads. JULY 23, 191S. Russians report they nave taken 350,000 prisoners since spring. JULY 29, 1915. German empress, obeying fcer lord and master, appears at Neidenbnrg, Polish frontier, for entry into Warcaw, but her husband is unable to escort her into the city, owing to presence of the Sussias army. JULY 29, 1914. Kurt la mobilizes 1, SCO 00 men. Wllbjlm summons his war chiefs.

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Druggist Denies 600 Pounds of Sugar Were Seized at His Store by Food Administrator Frank O'Rourke. Druggist Carl Nelson says that Frank J. O'Rourke. federal food administrator for Hammond, did not sei;:o COO pounds of susar at the Nelson drus store in Hammond. Administrator O'Rourke states that he did and moreover that he has filed a complaint against Nelson with Dr. Barnard, state .food administrator. O'Rourke states that on Saturday he visited Nelson at the latter; store and with the authority of the United States government notified him that all sugar over ten pounds for medicinal purposes, in his store, was not to be used or sold and would be disposed of by the food administration. "I have filed a complaint with Dr. Barnard at Indianapolis, state food administrator, on the way in which Mr. Nelson has acted since hj rcccicd instructiems that his sugar was to be sold," stated Mr. ORourk this morning. Following is a copy of the letter which gave O'Rourke authority for seizing the sugar: United States Pood Adrainistratlon, Federal Pood Administrator for Indiana, Harvey Everett Barnard, Ph. S. Indianapolis, Ind. rrank J. O'Uouxie, Federal rood Administrator for Hammond, Hammond, Ind. Dear Mr. O'Rourke: Replying to yours of the 25th Inst., beg to ad. vise you that all druggists who have more sugar on hands that they seed for medicinal purposes only, which should not take over tea pounds per month, should to sold by you to any retailers needing sugar and who have not used up their allotments. Those sales should be made without profit to the druggist and you can take up the certificates, or in(Continued on pace flv. Latest Bulletins By United Press. WASHINGTON, July 2. Capture of SrrlnxeK, Nesle, Frrgy, one! Honcliers by American forces wus reported today by General Fersliins. under date of July 2S. ', United Press Cablegram BERNE, July 29. Brend strike nre In progress In or.ie parts of Austria nnd Germany, according to nmnpaptn received here today. United Press Cablegram PARIS, July 2. Noor. The French i war office today reported no chance north of the Marne. Four hundred ! prisoners were taken yesterday. United Preps Cablegram. LONDON, July 2 The Italian advance in Albania Is being: closed up by tUe extreme hent and by attacks of malaria fever. Weter is also scarce.

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ALLIES REACH VILLE-EN-TARDENOIS United Phess Cablegram. LONDON, July 29, 4:40 p. m. Allied troops are fighting in the southern outskirts of Vill-en-Tardenois, the main German defensive point on the southern and eastern edge of the SoissonsRheims salient. Grand Rozy on the western edge of the pocket has been captured and Franco-American troops have progressed several hundred yards north of th village. The Germans are defending Ville-en-i"., stmn-lv. resisting on the t line from Chambrecy southward, it was learned this afternoon. The Beches also attacked allied positions on Hill "1S1" southwest of Rhe-ims but were repulsed. ijermans are reported to be burning the . villages of Query Hosse. Tanmiers, and t nam e on uie line uclw and Soissons. Tho French took Buzancy yesterday, capturing two hundred prisoners but were unable to hold it. HUNS FIGHTING DESPERATELY I'vted Press C abi.e.-.k am. 1 WITH THE FRENCH IN THE I FIELD, July 29, 1:25 p. m. The 'Germans are fighting desperately to retard the Franco-American ad- ! vance northward from the Ourcq. Repeated enemy attacks on Sergy last r.ight and early today re?ultd in 'ihe village changing hands four times, i remaining- in th possession of the i French. South of Sergy a German guard j division attacked the Americans who I firmly held their lines and inflicted j enormous losses. 1 The French firmly established their I newly won positions north of Fere-en-Tardcnois. ! . In the wood east of Camplat, south of j Ville En Tardcnois the French captured much material including a number of 77's and 150 s. A terrific artillery duel continues along the southern end of the salient. The Germans are using huge quantities of gs shells. I WANT SOLDIERS Bt United Pri:s WASHINGTON. July 23 President Wilson and Secretary Baker are trying to evolve a plan to permit soldiers to vote. Owing to the fact that voting machinery is provided by the state the problem confronting the military authorities to permit parteularly congressional election votirj? is a most difficult one. It is known however, that the preside-nt is anxious to bring about a solution cf the difficulty if possible. 15 NEW SHIPS WERE LAUNCHED LAST WEEK Br United Press WASHINGTON, July 2!. Launchings from American shipyards during the week ending July 25 totaled 15 vessels, aggregating 72.459 tons. Eight ships were completed during the! same week, bringing the total number j of completed ships since the shipin board was created to 25(1, totalling 1, GOO. 000 tons. Buy W. S. S.

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iusfralian Troops on Two-Mile Advance Between Somms and Ancre Rivers, Br.- LETIN-. T,t'TED Press Cablegram PARIS, July 29, 4:00 p. m Sweeping northward from the juurcq irencn and Americans are jnow within eight miles of the j Fismes, the important German conjcentration center on the Vesle j river. . Desperate fightinaz is under wav in the new pocket between Ourcq and the Vesle where the Germans are strongly covering their retreat. In some places the Americans and French have pushed several kilometers beyond the Ourcq. Bulletin ffviTKn Press CableghjiI LONDON. July 29.-Australian troops advanced on a two-mile front between the Ancre and the Somme, capturing two lines of German trenches and taking one hundred prisoners. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy while the Australian casualties were light. A number of machine guns were captured. Canadian troops also made two successful raids. ALLIES CROSS THE OURCQ. fU.vtTEr. Pr.Ers C.b!.b.-,rm 1 WITH THE FRENCH IN THE FIELD, July 12:45 a. m. French and American troops have driven the Germans entirely out or the important concentration center of Fere and have crossed the Ourcq. The Franco-Americans also have token Ronchcres and ViUers Ogron. Ira was captured only after a de; dejper;: struggle. The allies also advanced their lines to the left and right of Fere, takiiiET the two above mentioned (owns. Thg Germans are expected to put up a stiongtight in the neighboring wood. Tho advancing allies are finding their path strewn with a remarkable number of enemy dead. CROWN PRINCE IS RETREATING M.-ntted Fir.:.s Oaclkram. WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE, July 28, 11 p. m. The German Crown Prince is rapidly retreating toward the Cirse and Vesle rivers and may fall back clear to the Aisne. The advance across the Ourcq was the biggest American success since the start of the drive. The Americans steadily advanced nil day yesterday through a heavy rain. At nine o'clock this morning American machine guns were placed just outside of Fre and were sweeping the avenues of re'reat from the ci'y. Two main points of resisten'-e were encountered. The Americans swung forward a mile and a quarter to a mile and three quarters after disposing of on 2 line of machine gun defenses before encountering tho next. The general withdrawal from the bottom of the pocke-t took place. Friday nib.t and Saturday. The Americans captured many largo dumps of large and small calibre shells along the north and south roid in the Fere forest. Numerous machine guns were captured. FRENCH-AMERICAN ADVANCE CONTINUES li'vii.;' Tress Cable-ram. LONDON, July 29, 1:40 p. m. The French and Americans have advanced-three miles on a 20-mile front since Sunday noon. It was learned this afternoon from an authoratiative source. The allies now hold all the Reims-Dormans highway and ths whole north bank of the Ourcq. The German retreat continues from the lower end of the pociet, but the enemy is resisting consistently. Ardre valley southwest of Reims and south of Soissons the Americans are engaged la heavy fiyhtins in the latter repion. Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick tha Hun.