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fifliArr M5'j Uoun Dofsn Chnfl u lc Hi a r fiais ussii oiiui from Running Board of Car by Burnham Speeders, BuixrTix. T tnllrt holes have been found In the fas! of I ouls Simbalnaoa who admit taking; Officer Kaychnelta home, about ' three o'clock last nlsht, bat ifar that It wiiB over 30 minute before the - officer nsi found dead and tbat ho nuit have been killed nfter he left him. It la now thought by some that Hajchnieta havlog sot Into the taxi to bo home may have found some liquor and when he tried to put the driver under arrest thct ho was hot and before dying: tried to shoot the driver as one shot hod been fired from his sun. A mysterious murder unparalleled in the annals of crime in East Chicago occurred this morning at a few minutes after three o'clock when police officer Charlie Rajchruetz, one of the best known officers in the Calumet region, was shot in cold blood not far from his own doorstep". Within ten minutes after the fatal shot was fired, the dead body was found in the street by G. G. I.lorgan.-depUty' constable, who- was4 cut on business connected with his office. TIVE llELD AT STATION. i'ive people are held at the East Chlcaao police station on suspicion of beir.K implicated !n the affair. At Kobertsdalj, within about a half hour or less from the time of the f.ndir.sr of the body. Chief Williams and one of his men. Captain Ilybecki, placed under srrest four young people from Chicaeo who were driving a car that is said to have been seen speeding away from the Fcene about the time of the tragedy. These four are: Gus Nelson. 261G Prairie 6ve; Edward Martin, 3243 South Cana! St.: Winifred Carr. 37S3 drand blvd.. and Alice Rogers. 263 Washington blvd. ASSISTED TOR SPSEDISOf One report is that Officer Hajchnitz had arrested these people for fast and reckless driving and was probably shot from the running board. Louis Simbalmos. taxi driver, from (Continued on rage ten ) GIRLS IN DOUBT FOR P05SESS10NDF CLOTHES Gertrude Jenkins Sues Lillian Johnson for Garments Left By Soldier Boy. Who Is the g!r! he left behind him T'e.at Is ft ouest'.on to be deeded b i rhe Hammond city court in th su:t j of Gertrude Jenkins vs. Lillian Johnson for possession of tn dollars werth j cf ladles clothes said to have ben left by John Muholar.d of Hammond who was recently inducted Into the army Attorney Harvey Cleveland represents Gertrude and Attorney H. E Granger Is Lillian's lawyer. The atAinv fees are already greater than the original cost of the garment? i said, and the srirls evidently attach sentimental importance to thsni. I c-ordin? to the story Muholand ! tiar.sferred his affe-tiens and th-j r!-.the3 from i?rtrua? l v before he Wt. Lillian shf GENERAL HAIG REPORTS RAIDING j LONDON. Aug ist 1. Siieeessful raiding operations and artillery were j reported today by Field Marshal Haig. i AVGTJST 1, 1317. Erltlsh and French gain mora ground In new Belpiura effsnsive. AUGUST 1, 10Z6. Garmans counterattack fiercely In Somme rcrion. Zepplins and airplanes bombard Eagllsh const towns. AUGUST 1, 131-3. Austro-Germass drive back Bus. slans la five engagements. AUGUST 1, 1914. German? declares war on KuspJi Invades Luxemburg-.

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v i--jo fRr Vn-ited rr.Ess.l WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. The nation must steel itself for the ' shock of the first great casualty list, according to officers today. From this brief announcement it is thought that the first great casuaity list is ready to be given out. These lists, while not disproporticnate to xne scope or me recent t cent totals and win hrinjr the war home to America as nothing else. these officers pointed out. j American casualties for the en- j tire war to the end of July total I more than 14,000, so far as an-' nounced. Ordered From Florida to a Panhandle "Y" Tower Near Crovm Point Mystified Lieutenant Is Still Waiting. f!T-IT, TO Ttf; CnOWX POINT. IND., A us. 1.--Why did the w:ir department Maurice W liMfir., l ? "rdr r Lieut. ; A . f ronv Florida to r V. t.iv. : tTiilrs c?ist of this is) ace? Th-re 15 no army post there. There is nothipsr there but a prairie r.nd a viow of a t rairU; and I.ieut. W'ciiistein is puzz'.vd but h is await ins further ord'.-rs and a clearing up vt lh" mystery. H33 Interestlnj Story. The officer is a handsome young New Yorker whose adventures in seeking the post the L". !?. A. intend.. J for him is in teresting. Just now ho Is a. Va'paralsn He ha ! been there several days awaiting a telegram froni headnuariers Lieut. X!. Weinst'-in. whose home is In New Y.-.rk. was in Florida, and there received th-? teloKr.i::! order to r' p,-rt to ( ontinued on page t :i ) ! AUSTRIA PREPARES FOR Or Erl Si V l n."NlTF.rv Fr.r.SS rABI.Ii5E.Ut ROMK. August 1. The Austrian apparently are pre par ins for n counter offensive, in Albania, according to d!pcuhes t-iiay. Ti-.eie are heavy re'nforoeme r.ts on way to the front. Th-: enrni ' is r a r t i c :1 a rl y active on the ?in'een roi! front near Nuehi v'r.'ie they (are raaf?!' tto-ps patr.-.-r"a it"m tr.. :,ntire r. : .r.rni o.jii'..tu i '.' fi. A nn TTT TS lirikO X IJ-IIjO INCREASE PETITION Ti:rs B' REAf. INDL'-NAPOLIS. Ird., Aug. i v,whf. n Indiana Cas A- Comig for imonel. pany has f.led a Petition aski an increase in gits- i i-s a :m. Whiting ar.d Fast Chicago from $ll'1j to fl.-" for domestic consumers and! from rents to on ccn- .or a.i Kas . ronsun-eu imu a. na ........ -.4w.v- " - . a mon'h. , I MONEY BURNED WITH H03ART HOUSE rsprcm. To TiiF Ttmfs ! IfORART. Ind., Aug. 1. Fifteen hun-! dred dollars in currency was destroyed j yesterday 'Alien a one-story frame house j on the outskirts of Hobart hurried to i the ground. How the fire s'artcd was; ! r.ot learned. The money belonged to ; ; the residents, who were away from the . building at the time. 1.1? house was j owned by J. C. Cavendrr, a Hobart i banker. E. C. MINAS STORE ADV. T':i E. C. Minas Department Store advertisement, usually to be found on tiic back page, is today en page 7. Are you a War Saver?

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! Make Considerable Proarres Toward Rheims-Sois-sons Road. j l United TnEis Cablegram. j PARIS, Aug. 1, 4:00 p. m. New j ; advances by the Americans and i iirench were reported over r. large part of the Rheims-Soissons battle front today. The allies went forward between Oulchy le Chateau and Fere and made consideable progress toward the Rheims road. South of the Courmont-Fismes road the Americans also hurled the Germans back. On the right flank of the salient th Americans are making progress toward the Ardre vallev in the regi ion of Viile en Tardenois. i HUNS CALL UP EVERY MAN. j fl'N.'TEr I-'r:-"3 Cablegram ! THE HAGUE, Aug. 1. Gerj many is calling up every man that t can be spared, according to inI formation obtained from that counj try through various souces. j Of 200,000 employes at Kupp aboutt 40,000 are said to have been i called to the colors. ; German press comments on the west front defeat continue to be dictated by officialdom. ! "Foch's 'break through theory''! has not yet been realized," one pa-j per says. une is justmea m 1 speaking of German success." WILHELM'S LOUD TALK. Cabi.kgp.am AMSTERDAM. Aug. 1. "The American army's numerical superiority does not frighten us," the kaiser declared in a proclamation addressed to the German army and navy today. j "De3n;,-e the effors of the' jvorid's greatest naval powers our;

CJ-OOatS, sure cf SUCCeSS, are at- ; N- oragun. of Lebanon, l red A. Sims, jtcr heavy fighting, the French war oftacking the vital forces which are ; of Indianapolis, and Thil Zoercher. of -flee announced today. Streaming acrOSS the Sea tO the aid ' Indianapolis, also spoke "right cut" in i Attempted enemy raids in the Vert p0v I discussing reasons why such arbitrary '. ejUn sector and elsewhere wor unsucOi. O-r tnmy. action had been taken. "Too much ' ceSSfuI. T,rr tt-t-t, TrtTor- '.politics, with members of eaeh political,

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li. r-T. I 'li irir'Ti iiwim iiiiiii'tr'. Ludendorff. After the first few weeks of the German offensive the German morale was high. They jeered at American fighters. HUNS SENT IN HUGE NEW ARMY f t'NtTEP Press Cablegram. i.onIm.N. 3.4." p. m.. August 1 von j-.uge German army under General i.-jon nas neen tnrown int.. tr, s-ois-scns-Rhe:ms pocket, it was learned thi. a it erne TYPHOID EPIDEMIC IN BULGARIA n-v-.T-, Tr- r-.c,re,.. i

. . ( 'tion had shown that, the count v assessor Slovak troops have raptured Rlcaterextremely CCpreSSea as a result dj(1 not COR1c to meetings of the board j mburg:. according to .a Moscow dUthe Crown Prince S failure and:of rf.view ur.t.I lat in the morning and ; patrh receded by way of r-illn. General Foch's stacrerins: reply to : that h and some other officials did not !

i AMSTERDAM. August. 1 A " serious man machine was shot down in these j epidemic of typhoid has broken out n : combats. Fifteen other German plan; ! Bulgaria, a-cciding te travelers from however weie destroyed while the adj that count:-:-. 1'-" depa rture from the : diti-.nal Britirh l-?ses amounted to only i ti-tintr-.- of King Ferdinand is alleged ! -S1X- ; to have been due to two cases of ty-j Various enemy positions were beavil .- j phold in the. royal household. I bombed.

LLOYD-GEORGE ON TH. i BATTLE n'N'TErv Press Oaft,s-,ra v. LONDON". Aug ist 1. -The enemy t I fighting t- impose his economic terms r-n th allies. " Premier I.lvd George in A. speerh derQr5 tniiay. er riio-p," He will nev-

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Faris never tires of honorinjr the American trooca quartorei in or passing througa hat French city. Tke heroes of Ca'ntigny, ChateaaState Tax Board Added Millions in Assessment to Total Personal Property j Valuations for Taxation! t Purposes. ! Time- Brr.r.Af. At Stte CAriTt.. INDIANAPOLIS. IND, Aus;. 1 The Indiana state board of tax commissioners, in a report made public Wednesday, added millions of dollars to the total personal property valuations for taxation purposes in Allen, St. Joseph. Va tide rburg. Lake and Whitley counties. In the four larger counties of the state tax officials had sent tax duplicates to the state board, show ing that the amount of personal property, valued for taxation Purposes, was much Ie?s than last year and. after hearings conducted b: the i stat.- board, and other Investigation. a,h,tra7 1!,crcass ,a a!,,,T" ,s - fc,,n"'rd. xh, hnar(1 n,ml(0r!, r j party to blame," wns given as one of. the big reasons for the condition, which necessitated an increase of 10 per cent. Ion all personal property in Pt. Joseph ! county. In Vanderbutg county, meanboard members said, investiga- - -- ,

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taxing conditions in Var.derburg count?. a member of the sate board showed j that in each of the counties surrounding j Vanderburg. viz: Warrick. Spencer. Poseph and Gibson, valuations of perContinued on page ten 1 BRITISH BOMBING PLANES SUFFER ("mted Press Cari.eor.m LONDON. Aiigust 1 Destruction seven British airplanes in bitter figh ins while on bombing expeditions wa reported today by the British air mln:'.stry which stated that only one Ger300,000 FOR THE AUGUST DAFT Bt T'MTEn Press WASHINGTON. August 1. Three hundred thousand more draft men will be called to the colors durinsr August. according to present plans of the provost marshal general.

Thierry and other battles are showered with flowers ar.d the streets rinjr with cheers whenever the soldiers march alone. The

N'T GET HELP HERE.J0 OUTSIDE !How City Clerk Rose Ex plains Plight of City Administration. Hammond people are wondering how many more af the city clerk's relatives who live In Illinois aze to be put on the municipal payroll. j Jack Si;-rcl of Hegewisch. Billy's j uncle, is manager rf the Hanmond bathhouse. He gave his address as th same a? Liliy s Billy's siste-r is employed by the city Now comes r.udolph Hansen, bre-ther- ! in-law of P.ose and a resident i.f West : i Hammond. Hansen has been made a ; 1 city fireman stationed at No. 1 departj merit. He- gave his address as the ?;.me : as Lilly's I Billy's house must be fairly well filled ; up. j l And yet he has a pood side to his j ' story. "Wo can't get hilp in Hammond," j ' said Mr. Rose to The Times, "so what j 1 are we going to do. If there is any man ! who wants a ,vb as fireman in Ham- ' monit he can set it. At the bathhouse ' ' it is the same way. V. he is t lit re in j Hsrauwni responsible, who wants that j ; je.b tor three memtns. icii me. 'HUN ATTACK NEAR RHEIMS REPULSED : ! rt'MTnr press cablegram .omhw-e.t' of" Rheims" w as repulsed afEKATERINBURG TAKEN BY CZECHS H'MTEn l'i.E3s Cablegram 1 AMSTERDAM, August 1. CzechoGERMAN TRICK M'M run PrtEss Cavi.e-.ram. s. v e s t i man XTAMM-.K. Spain. Augrust 1. -In:at:r.n has disrloyt-d that the Gersubr.iartne t"-56 which arrhfd un der it. own power, has been in communication with other U-boats at sea. it was announced here today. WE'RE FEEDING THEM MEAT AND THEY LOOK IT IP.v PviTEn Pkfss.1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. The food American army boys are getting now is assuring them fine health. In the w ake of data showing mortality and sicknes? rates lower in army camps than in i:i?t civil communities, came word today that the average soldier pains r.in pounds after entering the service. Moreover, according to Mai. J. R. Murlin. it is sound flesh that will i "stick." 1 The American soldier's meat ration, Is pound1, w hich is higher than that of his British. French or Italian brothers-in-arms. is making him quick on his feet. or. to spak the medical lingo. "gives him quick delivery of maximum energy."

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UJfl MAN Of, DEFENSE COUNCIL Lake County Council Council to Have Seat for One.' INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. Aug. 1 Lake ! county and other industrial centers in i I the state are to hae labor represent- : j tion on the. county council of defense, the state council of defense has de cided. Lake county .3abe.r men some weeks ago were among thoe 1 demanded J representation. I Whether a ban ought to be placed on j chautauquas; the placing of a labor j representati". e on each ef the county 'Councils of Defense: rroftteerinR in fertilizers; recommendations in the matter j of f reposed new cor. -1 rue tion work in i manv parts of the state. sr.J a number ! of other subjects were cor.sklfred 1 th S'.ate Council of P-.fcr.se at its meeting- in the State House yesterday, The council members Sjt the most part were decidedly in favor of properly conducted chautauuuas. but they held in abeyance for a time a controversy over w hether the Tippecanoe- County council did right in disapproving pronosed chautiuquas st Pay ton and darks Hill. The council will obtain an au- i thoritative opinion in th-: realtor from , the' Council of National D.-f- nse-. j ALLIED HELP IN RUSSIA UNDER WAY WASIIINGTC'N. A us us The great r Russia i I v roprram ror :i.:.ra at a definitely under wa 'any official annour.c c.u-..tly. without lent t- date. Th.United States. Japan dispatched troops to more will soon air: agreed to the Ameri oi i.ayiana have Yl.vlivojiok and i c. Japan has ; m fin for eceinomic aid, s-;.- p ited 1-y a f rier, to prot e c t the s. 1 interests while the pro gram is being put int- effect. Official announcement of tl.e wh.-le project awaits only final wcrd fr r.i Japan on several nv.r.'-r p ints. FRICTION STARTS IN NEW WIRE CONTOL rBr I"v:TCr Pftnss. WASHINGTON. A i.-ist 2. The first day of governmental control of tele giaph and telephone wires brought one :oent protest to w:r director Lewis when tcdogi-.ar hoi s f.--r the Western 1'nion in Atlanta. Oa . c.Tr.pla ;ne(i . aeainst discharge of operator" there. The Western l"ui--n. it w as declarei. arnouccer; ;t. attitude toward the un- , . , l.n men was unchanged and ront-.n-ied !- ni?' i:arg-a i ;,'.;iu ours, ni lngov ernment in si t la T : n s jimiiar th one which v. ill be drterm has nr J in .oil Atlanta ini liry. U. S. TROOPS GAIN THEIR OBJECTIVES CN-iTF!-. wITH THE I '.-: rss v- Fi.-p.A m 1 i M FR IC A N ARMIES IN i FRANCE. August 1 American troops struck a stain las, night at the apex of

the Allied advance- on the lower por- ! tempting surprise stta tion of the ?.-.i?sons-Rhei:r.s salient, rinht bank of the M"i.. storming ti e heiahts between Serinjes j -,nd .ei-gv. They gai-. d their ob.iec- HUNS TRYING

li e-s. The Sammies ndvanced behind an Amer.can made urc.kp cloud. They were preceded by a series of heavy rolling barrages. The advance was made possible by an allied attack in the sector east of the Americans small Go: man i i r e ri out EIG SALE Or ETAKDAE3 CtJ4UTT MUSliISTS, IEIDAY AND SATUH.DAY. SEE AD ON PAG2 5. LION STOHE. 8--1

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; First fiaflonal m Firs! Trust to Tfieir Coolro!; Total Resources 53,500,000 RESOURCES OF E. C. BANKS . HEADED BY COL. RILEY Basources of tfca xirst sratioaal and rirst Trust and Savings banks, control of which has besn acquired by Col. Walter J. RUey and C. A. Westterg, and of the rirst Calum Trust and Savings and the n--t State of Indira Harbor, whic Ke"r3- - We.tbeiff and their associates, a. as follow, th9 flrtlrBS lsl ;al" laSt published (cose of business June 23): statemect rvr.c . "-"-aAA AT-.esctii-ccs, S1.1S1 nc.sic rr-r . 25.10; decapital . SXOOOOO; .I.;1'-4' , CB" Bcscurces, 53-13,107 41; capxtai, 50.ooo; .arpia.. siocV TheEe imitations also show en -2xes and ether ltma a. . S13.359.C3 is incUcated. ' Announcement was made t "lay of h a, two Last ( J-'irst National and t a.ca-.'o b;:nk . ti, e Kirst Trust Savings, the eontroiliwhich w ere acquired 'bv Riley and A. v.c.v(,,. lii ,'irst Jll Col. Walter J. Kast rliie:ir,i oaiiKtrs. who boush out IiHu J. Ra.jop ! inning. As a result of the and Mr. AVestrert: h lia n; C'O). r:y si-icnt ai.-I t)y j vi'--J resident, respec pr- -''!:. 'T two n;or a i'l of w i.jc, thry e cmliraee one. miMiiks, n;f:k:ng ou r j nr- ,!!'-' head j tiouai ana three 5 I a f e . ilk?. ACQtTIRE STRATEGIC COENE1R. Taking over ef T.-j,.tt .,ti. Hank and th j also bring f. berg control '',0st vahiabi. - .. . . -.-,..H Messrs. of y.K-r Riiry ar. j :!s probably th. an.i mot contra h ite in Lake coi;;i!v. it c s i ; e a t 'ago and aii.l.i tl;,. e (.f the noruie.ast eorn.-r of l-'orsythe avenues t-n wh: three-story building, the t'vrt lv.i 1. - -r-i . .. C! h - i-..-. j,,. op, -ty covers f ,- it, ""hi..,. ... . . .-s. ' ' ' l ... . uvuu". i,.i. tee-t jp Fors.M nrs avenue-, and 73 f. t-t in Kxehance S0.rco,oco srsonarT-? a vi-nuc In his en pa ..-! as president of f. -jr i. .inns, in i.io city -.f I.a..t Ch ,-o Col. Riley is th institutions sources of in i' ! c-.ecutie c-i:-: r of iave comhiti'il re ns, that ot upwards of $.1..-..: o.rtii.;,. , proximating S3 "m i i.e.a ca Mi! p'-us ant-nint in fo ... posits a: t.i! end icxciusne of over f 000 ..-lrniiu-s a: i , 1 ; . i , i ..... . . .. ; 1U lie ot.'tc-r two ba i n ii s neaaea t.y Ji.-fsr?. R:i-y and Wcstbcrir are the First fd;in:rt Trust and Siv". ings Rankir.l Indiana Harbor. SUCCEED G. J. HADES. The templet U-n of today's deal marks a relax-'ion hi La-t Chicago nr.;. r.cia 1 affairs on the part of Mr. Lad--r, !- r a prcmin.r.t figure i:i Caium'-t legivi ban!. ing and busin.-s- .a::;;!!-?. i'miineyesight has compelled Mr F.ad-.-r at nines tr, sees r. .iet ire-m f .- se ron-(Con-inu.-d on j aire- nine.) FRENCH TAKE HILL NO. 205 j ' ... , O NiTnr rr.ns? Cafi.kkam j WITH T H K FP.r.NCH AT tj?t; i FRONT August 1. ienral Mancmi's motn:rg. t'jking and Rosy, froin le. end cspturir.ar hour of cabling, i proctrr-ss' armv ir-'t attacV ! th!? "0. east r-f w her. Fisme ic v isihl Cramoiselle. At th the attack was still it Other troop took N r V.'o. ols ;i ",e sal Thr," i nt sr u t h pas t e.f Ci? -.Shout the French rg-s. front .Germans are again usins I heav ,!.-. They are nsMcces- f u'l v at - th-? us a 1 n g TO DIG IN t'.viTrn rr.Ess CAPi.n-jRAM WITH THE AMERICAN ARMV IN FR VNCR. August 1. V.-.on. The Germans in an effort to hold their presn hncs are reported to he attempting it dig in. These operations are rreatly hindered by allied artillery. Th" enemy has undertaken no infant! y action pince yeftrdai;.- afterro n. Their artillery fire j s lighter ar.d their air a''ivi,y i?