Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 56, Hammond, Lake County, 15 August 1918 — Page 2

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THis TIMES. Thursday, August 15. if US. Wilson Thanks the Lutheran Synod 400 Ministers, Many From Lake County Attend the Meeting; Local Men Are on the Advisory Board. Bunnell Auto Sales Company Incorporated at $100,000 !JG STA STEP-BROTHER KILLEDIN FRANCE Sergt. W. Keefo of Pittsburg. Pa. killed In action. Is a step-brother o! James Handy, a machinist at th Heg. ewisch car plant. He has three othej brothers. Tom. Frank and Dave :n si. vice over thero. Handy lives at ;.': State Line and would he over :j.r too if he duin't have a family. IJHiEF DEAD W. B. Cowan Expires at Wheaton With Excessive Heat Symptoms. r

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LA PORTE. Ind.. All. 15. The Lutheran Synod, attended by more than 4'i0 ministers, tacrurs and lay dflegat? from Indiana. Ohio. Kentucky, ar.d Wst Virginia, ha? adjo'irned aftfr a f k's teislon. The outsandinK feature of the o.-nf erince was the adoption of resolutions pledKinic the upport of th cynod. which i. composed of German Lutheran congregations. In the war ajcainot the mother country of

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L E. N. KupneH, pre.;fint ar.d manager of the Flunnell Auto Sales t'o.. 50fii'S Hohman street. Hammond, with esrablishments in Gary and Kast Chicago, stated tt.day the firm hereafter will carry the Ford. Franklin. Hudson "nd Maxwell cars exclusively with nn( or two lines of auto trucks The shop is equipped with $5001 worth of modern machinery to facilitate service. fj that the synod is working amom the negroes in eleven states The synod has a staff of sixty wri;ers amontf the colored people and last year spent $5'Urt in this missionary woi k. After adoption of a res-'1 ".t ion reccc.imci.d'.r.f: the t t-p'.hitiivn of n spei. ;al sc hool visitor th- synod unanimously elet'd rrincipal A. stcllhorn .-.f Indtanapoli to the position. The foilowjnrr Indiana .nerc?:;!' i'-n .ere grantrd siulxidifs for tiK- trin-; ear: Alexandiia nnd A rs.i, $..'. Bloomington. $1C"'"1; C..I u.-.i.ia c.t.v, $3'.!0: Dewberry. :; 1 ; i I sl... ro. $.;); Gary. JSOO; Kokomo, $;: M.viii!.an City, $132; North Vera $300; Purr, $275; Mo(Y land. $275; d Mid ro:-tr$ 1 Browns' own, $2o tVoodlirazii. $60. Officer Are Klerted. The election of officers les'ilied as f o! 1 o w s : Treasurer. Pa'U F. Wolf. Ft. Wayn-: secretary, the R-v. M. K ret z::-. .r. :. of KendalivlKe. InJ.: district n1-. ,.n board, the P.. v. Paul Kleini..; ;: teacher. Herman Peer and Kari May,- . all of Cievelani, ft.; advisory mission board for northern Indiana and northern nhio, the lv. F. W. Amgsganss, Cc;i i; mbu s. lnci. aril he Itv. E. F.ggers. S' ;. n.o;;r. Ind.. loard of relief, the P.ov. W. C, MoiHfi; Tea h -er. II. Rahn and H. Jhs.. all of Indianapolis: school board. Tetcher K H Floeprin. Fort Wayne and T-i, b, r Theo. Ko.-h of Cdumbus. Ind ; (ifTo i.u 'isitors for thr ee yeirs: Cine . nnntl -ircuit. the It,-, a. F.sio-r. Aurora, Ir.d ; Evansviil circuit, ilie Itev. P Clnussfn. Vincenr.es. Ind.; Hiir.mond circuit, the Iv. E. R. Scholke, Hohar. Ind : I.itporte circuit, the Rev. P Kickstaed. I-npoi t". Ind . Ft. Wa ticircuit. 'h Rev. H. K4.!jv t. NEW BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED The following building permits have been taken out with building commissioner Vis: 25'.'0 cottage at S3 Fields avenu" hy F. Rifknvich. $400 building at 142 and f'laik street, be I. lnois Car Co. $2500 cottage at 5i2 E?m street by J A. Scott. jlOOi cottnge at 321 Hi-kory street by A. Stuck. $!2"0 cottage at f07 Kane avenue hy 11. Herald. $"!5u0 cottage fit 10 Doty street bv ,T D. Smith. $2700 store at 75 Thornton street bv Hawk and Sbarrer $2500 cottage at 115S Myrtle nvenu by M. Jima. Jjnoft cottage at 510 Lyon stieet by P. J. Moorehead. $30"O cottnse at 437 Lyon street !v P. J. Moorehead. $3000 cottage at 433 Lyon stte-t bv P. G. Moorehead $3tVifi oottige at 4f0 Lyon street by P. G. Moorehead $3000 cottage at ,'31 Lyon street. !,v P. G. Moorehead. $2500 cottage t 47 Ha ton s.reet by J. A. Sidwell. RETURN FROM LELAITD FUNEAL M 1 and Mrs. John W. Deer hace returned from Minneapoli. Tdirn. whither they were summoned by rn.on of the deatli of Mrs. M. N. Ld-ind. Mrs. Dyer's sister, v.-ho '.-f,s railed very suddenly. She bad been subject to heart disease for some time. Mrs. Leland had often been Mrs. Dyer's guest in Hammond and had many acquaintances hre She was a woman of noble character and very hlsrr.lv esteemed bv a wide circle of iroiirnniK friends in many cities, who will extend their sympathy to the bereaved husband and family. GERMAN RAID IS REPULSED By I "nit en Frf:ss.1 PARIS. Aug. 15. Artillery fighting between the Avre and the Oise and the repulse of a (ierman raid cast of Phelms were reported by the. French war office today. SCHNEIDER GOES TO FRANCE SOON August Schneider, engineer in charge of ordnance work at the Standard Steel Car plant and one of the officials who has been with the company since the Hammond plant was built, is going to France to have charge of a war plar.t. Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick the Hun-

Bunnell started in the automobile business in Hammond four years ago this month with a capital of $1600. He is just moving inio his new $65.H" auto building in Gary, one of the most modern in the state. His company's total investment in Hammond. Gary and East Chicago is more than $200,no. The Kiinne',1 .Auto Pfiies Co., has J ist !"fn incorporated at $100,000.

FRENCH CONTINUE PROGRESS t'MTEr Press Cabi.ecram PARIS. Aug. 1",, 4:05 p. m. The French are continuing th"ir infiltration of the German n.;itions in the Use vnlley nnrth and east of nibeootirt. Their outposts arc established in the onb-r (in Kinprinz and I'reslincourt. hey have also reached the southern art of ourscants forest. German artillery is heavily gassing assigny grove. FIREMEN ARE CALLED OUT This morning the Hammond fire de-i-;nit was called to 4 40 Plummcr jveiiu- where they put out the tire in the bed room, the mattress having caught fire .from the spark of a cigarMte. Not much damage wa3 done. MABEL NORM AND IN VENUS MODEL "The Venus Model'' is a bright, sparkling comedy-drama In which laugh'er. surrrise and thrills are intermingled. Beautiful costumes, wonderful settings and a strong love story are the ingredients which produce a play even better than any in which Mabel Normand has yet been presented by Goldwyn. As the girl who designs a striking bathing suit which puta her first on a sound financial basis and later inioos the jrirl to the position of head desigm'r. Miss Normand has a part which enables her to display her gifts as a (oniedier.ne to the fullest extent. The Venus Model will be fdiown at the Del.uxe tonight. CONTINUED ACTIVITY ON ITALIAN SECTOR I vtk: Plkss Cah:.C'-rm.1 RO.me. Aug. 15 Continued activity ;r. various sectors of the Italian front w.is reported today bv the war office. "In the Tonale region fighting con-t-nued lively until yesterday morning," the s'ate.rent saul "It was normal today." CROWN POINT DRAFT BOAFvD BUSY Simv ia;. To The Timhs ! CROWN POINT. IND. Aug. 15. Chief 'lerk Donnaha o.f the IochI board announces that out of pearly 6n0 men examined in C!as 1 there remains but 12 while men and 2 negroes, after the oiota of 7S nun to leave during the month of August has been filled. 400 men liHie bit. Tie- foib'Wing is the list of entrainm"pi for th month of August: 2 men for Cincinnati. .. Aug. 15; 3 men .for Indianapolis. Aug. IS: 11 men for Camp .Sherman, "duo. Aug. 26; 4s men for Camp Custer. Mich.. Aug 2d: C, colored m.-n for Camp Dodge. I'es Moines, la.. Auk. 22. 3 nun for Valparaiso University. .urr. 2S; 3 men for Camp Dodge, la.. Auk. 30. 53 GARY DOCTORS HAVE REGISTERED Of the fifty-three physicians in Gary all of them 'i-v.-tci 1 their miestionna.res of th ir ;;gc. physical condition and experience before the township ! council .. f dvfet-.se sitting in the Com mercial Ciub yesterday. Chairman Hart .1. Curtis states that the registration was m -re than satisfactory. One lady physiclin. Dr. Mabel Fauids, registered. GARY LIQUOR VIOLATORS Wojuek Kasrt-rak. 1750 Massachusetts street, this morning was arrested with a Ifirgi quantity of liquors in his possession which was confiscated and brought to the station. The offender was placed under arrest and furnished bonds to aprear for trial in the Gary city court. Other liquor violators arretted are: Mike Pado, 729 Pennsylvania street; Charles Trbovich. 41st and Pierce St., and Lazo Trbovich, 1101 Broadway. Better to have War Savings Stamps in your safe than the bloodstained hands of the kaiser's hordes at your throat.

WHITING. IND., Aug. 15. William B. Cowan, prfsidtfit of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana and a close friend of John r. Rockefeller, died yesterday at his residence in Wheaton. The excessive heat of the prist we. k is believed to have contributed to his death. Mr. t'owar. was bf years old. He had been associated with th" company of which he waK i resident since its foundation, and to him is given a large part of the credit for its g.-owth from a small refinery to a corporation valued at many millions. Mr. Cowan leaves an estate valued, according to his friends, at more than $2,000.00(1. His wife died two years ago. They bad no ihiKlren. Funeral services wl!! be held from the residence tomorrow. The burial will be in Cleveland.

SHORTAGE OF FUEL VITAL tBr I'NITED Prfss J WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. Shortage of fuel threatens to hamper vital war work and Is causing anxiety to officials of the industry board and fuel administration. It wan learned today. Conferences are on to devise means, of stimulating output, one proposal hoin to open new mines close to plants threatened with shortage. BRITISH AVIATORS CONDUCTING RAIDS United Phess CabieoramI LONDON, Aug. 15. Hrilish aviators in addition to rendering important aid to other brum hs are conducting numerous raids into Germany. According to the air ministry nintty-six excursions into the enemv territory were made durins duly. Fifty-eight tons of bombs were dropped on Somrne bridges, railway lines and junctions within the past twenty-four hours. FRANCE GETS ADDITIONAL CRrlJIT fU I'MTr.n Press 1 WAFHINGTON, Aug 15 France was extended an additional credit of $200,omO.OOO by the r. h. today. This makes a total of two billion, sixty-five million advanced to France. HIGH GERMAN ASSASSINATED IL's.TEn Press Capi.ecb av AMSTERDAM. Aug. 15 Heir Von Senbuseh. Germam sheriff in the district of Wenden. Livonia, has been assassinated, according to a Riga dispatch today. The murderer is reported to have escaped. BEHNKE HAS BEEN APPOINTED ri'.viTFn Press Cablegram.! AMSTERDAM. Aug. 15. Vive Admiral Behnke hes been appointd admiral Von Cfttell as German minister of Marines, according to the Weser Zeit ling. 31 CONVICTED IN "KEEP-CLEAN" GARY DRIVE Sanitary Inspector W. R. Porter secured 31 convictions last month in his vigorous campaign to "keep Gary Clean." by enforcing the garbage can ordinance. Twenty-four cases were dismissed and nine continued. Eieht homes were quarantined during the montli ar.d two released. BLACK OAK'S ' NEW TEACHER BLACK OAK. IND. Auk. 15 Miss Ida Dorsett. of Michigan City, has accepted the position of principal of the Black Oak school for the school year of 1918-19. The term will bepin on Sept. 3. Miss Dorsett taught in th public schools of Marion. Ala.. during the 1S17-K school year. WOOL NOT WASTED IN SUCH A FROCK y fcr a-',' -:4 I i 1 t J- I t '1 American designers have long been doing their utmost to eliminate waste on all apparels, but this frock seem3 to be the ultimatum. Not one unnecessary inch of material has been used. The SKirt, sleeves and bodice are as tipht as possible and cut on the straight lines. The deep black frinee is used to camouflage the scant of the akirt.

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40i, 93 55 156 4H 73V 47 69 1; 57 6SVj l'U HtO-V 106 Vs 89 44 24 S3" fil 103 'i M 24 4 S Vs HO', 124 61', 1 3 Chgo. Mil. and St. I nu l. S. Steel Union Pacific Itah Copper Willys Overland 1 VEAL 5O-C0 lbs. 20-321C. 60-&a lbs., 21 li 22'.,c; 90-lia )(-,.. 221s23IIc; fancy. 24c heavyweight kidneys, 15 a 17c; coarse. 12-I7 15c. POTATOES Cars. 20; rex . $2.15 2.35. CHICAGO GBAJN rTJTTjB.ES. CORN Aug.. 1.60 T; Oct.. $1.53: Sept.. i 2i,. OATS Aug.. 6";c; Oct., 70c; Sept., 59S()C. CHICAGO XIVE STOCK. HOGS Receipts. 2",00u; market, steady and lower: rou.-rh, ? 1 7 05 17.75; light. $19 0019.75; pigs. 1 S.OO ft 1 S.50 ; bulk. Jlh .001 19.50. hutch r. $lS.90jf 10.55; packing. $ 1 7. 75 'a, I S. 75. CATTLE Receipts. 1 3.000; market, dull and lower: beeves. f 1 0.00 g 1 8.SS ; cow s. S7.25 n 1 4.25 : s'o':kers-f eeders, $7.5013.00; c-inifTS. $'i 50 'i 7.50; calvr-s. $16 75 17.50; buM h.ers, $7,259 14 25. CHICAGO FSCDtrCE. Rl'TTER Creamery extras. 44Ur; creamery fl.rst. 44:jc; fusts. 35's 42 ic; seconds, SOU 41c. EGGS Ordinaries, 35 i f? 3n ' ; r; firsts. 37 3 Sc. LIVE POULTRY Fowls. 2729Uc; ducks. 25c; geose, 16c; springs. 30c; turkeys. 30c. COUNCIL RATIFIES CONTRACT (Continued from page one. years. Then he sat down and voted for tho franchise. Councilman Hopman's 'aye" was so weak the clerk couldn't hear it and 'he gallery had to help out. The excuse of the opposing councilman that thirty-five years was too long a period for the franchise to run is hard to explain in view of the fact that they voted through in an evening the McMahon franchise ordinance which gave the street car company both Calumet and Columbia avenues for the same length of time. In other words, thirtyfive years was all richt for McMahon. bjt too long for the government. The motion for final passage of the franchise ordinance was made by Councilman Rcilley and seconded by tun?ilman Ileckelman. A motion by Councilman Martin to have the Board of Works report nt the next meeting of the council on the advisability of tho city purchasing a supply of coal to be sold to the public 1n rases of emergency next winter, was passed. Councilman Martin explained that the city will not have the F.rie Company'! coal p i 1 e to draw on this winter as it did last. City Clerk Hose stated this afternoon that the franchise had heen signed by tha major. You'd like to take ct punch at the kaiser you say? Then buy a Thrift Stamp. BIJOU TODAY HELEN GIBSON In Her Latest Railroad Drama "The Payroll Express" Also Two Roel Comedy "WHO'S WHO?" pASTIMg TODAY "THE AMERICAN GIRL" in "The Secret of the Lost Valley" Also a Two Reel Comedy. "Freed." TOMORROW CHARLIE CHAPLIN Comedy "CHASE ME, CHARLIE" LYNDORA HOTEL Owned by Standard Steel Car Co. COLUMBIA AVE., HAMMOND, IND. DOLLAR DINNER DANCE Saturday Evening August 17th 8:30 to 12 p. in; Music by Branch's Orchestra Dinner 6 to 8 p. m. A. M. VOIGHT, Mgr.

DEATH OF CHILD. Iouie May Wr.ght. two weeks' olf child of Mr. tnd Mrs. Wr-trht of 7 i ileal street. Hammond, died at f-.i Hahnnenian hospital in Cr.icae-o ii. 1 rniTiK. Funeral arrangements hava r.-.t been made. Fndertaker E;r.rr.erling h.is charge . '. 1 ne remains.

"R A T? V WD A XT riTnn Irene Nrav. two -nrrk.3 clii da;i:h;e--'. Mr r,nd Mrs. Benjamir. Nta-. of ! K 1 i n evenUe ,j;:i a, their home ;.,.-r r.nrht. The f,;nera! will b held r.-.m ry.:r 1 orae this r.fternoon. Interment n rt HessviFe cemetery. I'r.d'rUkfr Em-'-.erhng in charge. ARRESTED FOR GAMBLING j Le Williams and Henry .Tor.e wpi j irrested hv Officers Heterman and I Fandree at the C. O. rounl h- use for sramhiin and fined $15 ea h i Ha mm md city court this morn--.tr i i.y J Ki -7 HARBOR MAN HELD FOR INVESTIGATION George Anifantts, an Indiana Harbor man, is bMng held at the Gary city jail for federal investigation. Other federal prisoners are: Bischway Tomovich of Chicago and John Matzek, 1216 West 16th St., Gary. NOTICE. Pprinkling hours from today as flo vs : . to 7 p. m norfh of Michigan C frai Railroad. 7 to 'i p. r.i., soutu ct Mu-higan Cer.tr; Railroad to Con key avenue After S p. rn. south of Conkey avenu X'sers of water arc also requested t keep all faucets closed. Police officers have been instructed 1 report all violations. PAXIKL. FROWN. Mayor. Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick the Hun. res Theatre Etti BIG EXTRA FEATURE Today and Friday THEY'RE ON THEiR WAY Berlin ui 3 I fluoric AND ALL HELL CAN'T STOP THEM. A thrilling, dashing, smashing success, with FRANCIS FORD From the cool, calculating destruction wrought by the agents of the? hun in our land to The utter desolation on the fair fields of Fiance, this vivid drama will carry you. Admission Matinee and Night 10c, 15c, 20c. Theatre, Kammond TODAY Mabel Normand in 'The Venus Model FRIDAY AND SATURDAY August 1G and 17 Special! Manager's decision: One of the best iicturps we have brought to Hammond. Don"t miss it. The first appearance on the screen of the noted English Actor Sir Johnston Forbes - Robertson in "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" Complete in Six Acts. SUNDAY America's Greatest Actor, Stage or Screen William Famum in TRUE BLUE Six Acts. MONDAY AND TUESDAY Clara Kimball Young in her latest "The Savage Woman" COMING Hearts of the World Sept. 1st for One Week. Popular Prices, 25, 35, 50c, Matinee and Night.

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