Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 59, Hammond, Lake County, 19 August 1918 — Page 1

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'Special Agent of theDepartmenfc of Justice Arouses the Ire of East Chicago Judge Over Latter's Inp terpretation of the Law. f ' Suig Hyman Cchen of East Chicago !! akes decided objection to the statement made about the conduct of his court by , Special Investigator George Green in fh following letter: j "East Chicago, Ind.. Aug. 13, ins. I 'Editor Times: I "Dear Sir: In th columns cf your t saluabla rarer of date Friday, August IS. 191S, I read ihere Mr. Green was quoted considerably on the general ! moral status of the city of East Chiicago and la particular on an attack of my conduct on the bench. It is not : customary for a court to reply to any . K'.atements made out of court, but men ; who hold similar position to Mr. Green. ' neigh their words carefully, and as a result thereof, their statements are givrn great weight and consideration. That the public may now see for themselves that in this respect Mr. Green is different from the general run of men in government service, I will now rroceed to answer his unjust, sensational and spectacular criticism. "I will say for Mr. Green that as a critic he has proven himself a paramount failure. He first states about the houses of ill fame and other forms (Continued on pR kx. HHAHGUL QUESTION ITS THE GIT! Greatest concern is being manifested by members of the city council over "Hammond's financial condition and will largely concern the municipal fathers Tomorrow evening at the last August s-ssion when the financial budget for the ensuing year is up for passage. The '-vy is to remain the same. $2. CO per hundred. The council may ask the legal department of the city to petition the superior court to set aeld the injunction to prevent the city transferring money from The water fund to the general fund as a loan. This injunction was secured by members of the Citizens' ticket when they were officers-elect before the old administration had passed out. As a result the present administration found Its own hands tied when it went into ofre. With plenty of money in the wale r fund it was compelled lo go to the banks and borrow its own money at 6 I er cent while it was getting only 2 per cent from the banks for the money; m four per cent loss. In other words the. water department puts its earnings r.d surplus into the banks at 2 per cent and the council borrows It from the ranks at 6 per cent all because of an Injunction secured after a bitter political campaign. Under the towns and cities act the council can not raise the levy for general purposes which has been at the maximum. Jl 25, for some time. If the Injunction were removed the water levy could be raised and sufficient revenue gained through the waterworks department to keep the city going. Some councilmen want to reduce the appropriation for the city sealer's salary Xrom $1,200 per year to $500. An ordinance will be introduced to have the street car company refuse to carry any man in an intoxicated condition. The f.'thy condition of Hohman street in the down town district may be brought to the attention of the council. FURTHER PROGRESS IN FLANDERS United Pp.kss Cablegram. LONDON. Aug. 13. Further rrogress In Flanders and penetration of the enemy liner, in the Arras sector was, reported by Field Marshal Haig today. A German attack on a front of more than two miles between Meteren and Outtersteer.c in an effort to win back ground was completely repulsed. GERMANS OCCUPY RUSS CITIES I'mtek Press C kbleuram. Zl'RICH. Aufr. 10. A'ltebsk is occupied by a German force as well as Smolensk w ith the approval of the bclfheviki. a Warsaw dispatch declared loci ay. FRENCH TROOPS MAKE ADVANCE !lNITBl I'RESS CBI-EilRAMl LONDON. Auk- 1 9. -i -0 P- Freneh troops hae advanced two kilometers between I-asMKnv and the Oise. reaching Hamel, according to reports this a f ternoon. L. S. TAYLOR APPOINTED IBt Vnitei Press. J AVASHINGTi iN, Auk. 1 9. U S. Taylor today was appointed federal manaser t the rulman car lines by Pireeto--Genera! McAdoo. His headquarters will h In Chicago.

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GARY STREET GAR HITS Ml AUTOMOBILE Two men were slightly hurt at nocr. last Saturday noon when a Gary street railway car bound for Indiana Harbor struck an E. J. & E. freight train west of Gary. The street car. which hit the freight train broad side, was considerably damaged an! the few ethers in the oar escaped injury. The two injured men were brought to the Mercy hospital at Gary. 174 AS! LICENSES 01 STATE Lake County Saloonkeepers Secure Licenses From the Government to Sell Liquor State Watches Plan Closely. Despite the fact that Indiana Is dry. 174 dealers in Lake county have secured licenses from the federal government to sell 11-juor. While a minor portion are druggists, entitled under the prohibi tion act to fill doctor s prescriptions for imuur. me majority are former saloonkeepers. For the first time in history, Peter J. Kruyer, collector of interna! revnue. has made known the names of those securing federal liquor licenses. It is explained that the federal government has no law preventing liquor licenses being granted in dry territory. But that does not conflict with enforcement of state laws, including the Indiana prohibition measure arid the federal law against transportation of liquor from a wet to a dry state. Of 2S1 federal liquor licenses taken out in the Sixth Internal Revenue dis trict (which includes Indianapolis) 174 j were secured by Lake county dealers. I While the Internal Revenue Depart-, ment Is required to issue federal licenses to any persons who apply, the holding of a federal license is regarded as prima facia evidence under the state law that the possessor is operating a blind tiger unless a state permit to sell alcohol has been obtained from the clerk of the Circuit court. Only licensed pharmacists are permitted to obtain a state rermit after making affidavits (Continued on page six.) JOINS UP TWO BATTLE FRONTS tUMTEP Tress Cablegram. LONDON. Aug. 13. The attack between the Oise and the AUne. by the French which Joined up the main battle fronts was started r.t six o'clock Sunday evening, it was learned today. The advance seriously threatens th-; German positions eastward along the Ai.sne, it is declared Since. Saturday the French have a1vanced their line a mile and threequarters on this front. French pressure continues on the front west of Roye where a number cf German prisoners were taken and also northeast cf Canny-Sur-Matz. Death of R. C. Schmidt. Richard C. Schmidt. 46 years old. of V7 Kane avenue, died at his home Saturday . a fi ernoon of heart failure. H? leaves besides his wife. KUa F. Schmidt, a mother. Augustine Zicrkaud:. and two sisters and four brothers to mourn him. Mr. Schmidt was a member of the Moitke T.odse T. O. O. F., Eneamprient l.odfre. German Rebecca Lodge. Trainmen LodRe and Switchmens' lodKe. The funeral will be heir! Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock then from the Kinmanuel's EvrniRflica! church on Sibley street, at 1:30 o'clock, interment in Tolleston cemetery. Undertaker Em-n-.erlinff in charge. Death of Anna Winkler. Anna AA'inkler, 13 year old daughter 'j Mrs. Francis AA'inkler of 773 Hohnan street lismmond. died at theis home vesterday morning The funeral v. U re hld Wednesday nioi n.itg at e.rht e' link at St. Joseph' chm-ih. in:?tmnt in St. Joseph's eemetet ., P'nder'aker Emmerlmjr i-i Charge

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SECTOR IS Allies Take More Than 3,000 Prisoner In Last 24 Hours A'one (United Press Cablegram. PARIS, Aug. 19, 4:00 p. m. The French are in the suburbs o Roye. The British are carrying out a flanking movement north of Roye while the whole Roye sector is shaking under artillery action. Fresh German divisions have arrived and the enemy is making a desperate effort to hold the town. On the Oise-Aisne front the French have re-occupied thirty square kilometers of territory. They re aiming at envelopment of Ourscamp with resultant control of all roads leading northward to Noyon. In the last twenty-four hours the allies have taken more than 3,000 prisoners. 80 DIVISIONS CAN END WAR BT t'NITED Prbss WASHINGTON. Aupr. 19. Ziehty divisions of American troops in France under the new manpower bill ran end the war successfully in 1019. Chief of StafT March told th military committee today. March declared the large American f.rce could break the Oerman lines wherever thv would He sa'd. hnwe er. that the prosrrnr.i by the war department for Sn divisions !n this country by June was absolutely r.ecessary tsuccess: prosrrution the war. March stated the army abroad and here totalled 3.M2.11:. including 277.S54 drafted men to be railed durin-T August. March follower Baker whos test'monv dealt with th proposition or men of IS in the new draft. Baker sa!d he planned to put the men of is in a special classifiratton and defer their calling until the last MARLATT A HAMMOND MAN X. G. Marlatt. cf Hammond, is one of the I. VV. V. who was convicted In Ch!eoKO jesterday after a lonsr trial Marlatt was nn engineer and a pirominent B. R. T. before he allowed himself tr, drift '. nio the vagaries of I. AV. W'ism. SCHOOL TEACHER FIND ROOMS GONE A le inured and forty school teachers return'.i',' to Hammond liter the summer vacation are finding as they befci'i t' .irrit e that re.o.-ii are mighty sraire and they are up apain't it for r.uai c rs. DEAD SOLDIER OF ROSS BELONGED TO GARY CO. F AVord is received from East Chicago that Harold Goodrich of Ross township, who was reported kiliei last week, was a member of Co. F of Gary at one time, and after receiving his training in the old Co. F was transferred to a regular army unit, as was the most of the men of the original company. FORMER RESIDENT VISITS GARY C A'. Gough. former Gary business man and manager of the Glenn Park Lumber Company, but now of Akron. O., visited in Gary the last week. THREE MEN BADLY BURNED, ! IMPROVING The three nvn burn-1 last Tuesday when a pot of molten slag exploded at No. 1 open hearth are reported as recovering at the hospital. Seventeen other men received minor burns and nineteen were exposed. The kaiser it at bat. Strike him out by buying War Savings StamDs. Buy a Thrft Stamp tocTay.

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L Here is shown the first batch of Germans captured by the American troops at th.3 start of the Ameri DEATH OE MBS. MARGARET BISGHDFF Respected Woman Settler in Chicago for 55 Years Passes way. Mrs. Margaret Eischof?, one of the arly settlers of Chicago and a survivor of the Chicago fire, died Saturday at St. Margaret's hospital a't-r an illness of two day?' duration. She w as eighty years of age. Two daughters survive Mrs. Bischoff. whose husband. John Bischoff. preceded her in death ten years ago. The daughters are Mr?. J K. Meyers. SI Warren street, with wh :-m Mrs. Bisifhoff li-ed the past four years, and Miss Tiilv Bischoff. e.f Chicago. The funeral will be held fro-n the ?t. (Joseph church at ten o'clock tomorrow morning to Chicago by automobile with burial in the t. B n:face ceme-t-ry, St. Iavrenee and Clark streets. , Undertaker Kinrr.c rling ill be in charge. Mrs. Bischoff was a me Tiber of the Old Settlers" Society of Chicago, she had lived in that city fifty-seven year. GERMANS IN DESPERATE RESISTANCE ri'viTrn Pkf.ss "AE;.Fr,RAM.l i r A PTS Anc 10 Tho f:r.rinan! are desperately resisting at Roye preparatory to the supreme effort necessary to extricate themselves from their dangerous positions. Meanwhile the enemy is construeting an unusually powerful defensive line to protect Nesle, six miles northeast of FRENCH ADVANCE IN NEW DRIVE U'mted Press Cab:.e-,s.im FARIS. Auk. 19. noon. The French in a new drive between the Oise and the Aisne yesterday advanced n miie and a quarter on a front of more than nine nubs, establishing complete ccnnertion between the Pieardy ani Aisne-Vesle battle front, the French war office announced today. The drive was made between Cariepon; and Fcntency. The important pialeau west of Manpoel was cccupied by the French. They also reached the southern border of the AudiKnicourt ravine and captured Neuvren-A'ingre. They took 1.700 1 risoncrs. There was violent artillery fighting; on both sides of the Avro yesterday. Eixnt hundred additional prisoners were taken in t!.U" region. 'RUSHING aid ! TO THE CZECHS j Br Unitep Press I WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. AA"lth the j Siberian winter approaching entente governments are striving to rush aid t l uccno-Movaiu ana a:a tnem to withstand the hardships ahead. Tkse troops who have been making a vigorous stand in the heart of Russia ar? practically ithout food, cloth ins or munitions and are frantically appealing to the allies. Relief is being; held up by the difficulty in organizing the economic mission. NORMAN APPOINTED. The Board cf public works has appointed AA'illiam Norman as street commissioner to take the place left vacant by the resignation of AV. F. Brunt.

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si' is 'V? im i cans' drive on the western front: The U. S. military police are l.rineir.ir them in from the lines Big Bunch of Hammond Boys Have Left Camp Taylor for Alabama; 250 Draftees Are Now Scattered Far and Wide. Thousands of Hammond peopie saw the famous Cno odd leave tho city on the 2Srd of July. T:ie Times is glad to jret the following splendid letter from Musician G. L. Hidinjrer conc-rrninfr "Dynamite" and the bunch m ho have ieft fer Alamaba: Camp Taylor. Aug. 17. 1315. Editor Times: Please, publish this if no trouble to ou. these names who have left here for some southern post in Alabama, for artillery service. The. spirit of '7(1 still remains with the ;or odd men who left Hammond on 2.rd of last month and a soldiers' fan-wtli was the only thing that marked the. departure of these men from Tav lor for anuihcr camp. All were glad to be going. Most all of the Hammond bo;, s have left here or have been transferied to other duties av.d som-; twenty will remain here for duty for a w hile. A'e have our great Dynamite now and she is sure some "kid", the friend of officers and men combined. Everybody savs something complimentary about her etc. She is after the Kaiser s goat. Quite a number of the boys' names may be missing in this list but with apologies. I did the best a soldier could do. Hoping this is in time for Monday's publication af the raper. AVe all remain true Hammond citizens and soldiers of and for the United States of America. And we won't come back Till it's over, over there. Respectfully, in uniform. MUSICIAN ;. L. HilDlNGER. 33rd Co., rlh Br... 159 Dep. Brig.. a Camp Taylor. Ky. Left for southern post, possibly In Alabama artillery: I'aul Bock T. Graft Beekman L. Hodgman A. Anderson G. Anderson V. Magadercc J. Croswick F. Miller C. Miller L. Arnold C Bowman D. Bo v ie AV. Whitn.oie F. Carey H. Towle Haeke t C. Griswold Hansen Berry Peiling M. Hepncr 1 .r .r . - . ' I lendcrson Ki.-oy Kinney F. Reese it. Black Hamilton Pimm 1. Johnson T'ossard Godrey I. ;ar,. r. iluicnza J. Johnson MONTENEGRINS ARE ALLIED WITH THE ZECHS IfUxiTEP Press CablesiRai!. ROME. Aug. 19. Montenegrin troops .till fight at the si le of the Czech units luti the Italian front, it was announced ! today.

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a. wj.c-m.oV(... 9 throuch a rieserted villacc. police are members of the first division. CROWN POUT DRAFT BOARD GULLS QUOTA jCamp Sherman and Camp Custer to Get These Lake County Young Men. Special, To The Tik; CROWN- POINT. Ind.. Aug. 1 - -The .'oHowmg men have been called for service to report next Mond v. A up. They vviil entrain for Camp Sherman. ChiUf-othe. O., and Oarr.p Custer, at Battle Creek. Michigan. Alfred Haskell, Furnharn, !!!.". Herbert Henry Smith. Crown Point . Harold J. MeCann, Lowell; Edward A'an Ki'lan. Grown Po-nt. Joseph H M Grujre!. Griffith: G--or.Ee John I.auerr.a n. Cedar Lahe; Edward Hotiiy k't,?maul. Crown iv-ir.t. Frank McCiaufrhoy. Crown Point, Frank L. F.ootv, Hohart: William .1. Schuifz. Crown Pr.inl; Henry E. Boiger, Beecher: Walter Hahn"l. Crown Toint: John Continued on pasre six) SOMEHTING FOR BILL TO WORRY By Uxiteo Psf-s. WASHINGTON. A up. 13. Grave political difficulties between Germany and Austria in regards to the Polish question are seen in entente diplomatic ciiclcs here. No final decision over Poland was reached at the meeting of the kaiser and Emperor Charles, authentic advices from European capitals state and this has widened the breech between the two empires. That the Austrlcns were tefused a Germanized Poland with an Austrian emperor is the fear expressed by the kaiser press. CROWDER ISSUES SPECIAL CALL rCT UNITES' Pr.ESS WASHINGTON. Aug, 15. Provost Marshal Genera! Crowder today issued a call for 5.703 white registrants for special grammar schoo instruction. The. men will entrain Sept. 12. Indiana, 515. A'olur.tary enlistments will be accepted on this call until August :s. '.VIENNA CLAIMS ITALIAN ATTEMPTS FRUSTRATED rU.xiTEr Tress Cablegram. VIENNA, v ia London, Aug. 19 "On tiie Piave an Italian scouting- part'. was frustrated." the Austrian war of. fee announced today. 56 HUN PLANES BROUGHT DOWN (United Press Carle-tram I LONDON. Aug. 19. Destruction of five German aeroplanes and a hostile observation balloon vvas reported today in the official air ministry communique. Three British machines fa:'ed to return. Th rteen tens of bombs were dropped on various objective TOO BAD IT FAILED. r United- Press CAr.LEr-.nA.vi. ZURICH. Auu. 19. A bomb was thrown f.t the chief of the German secret police in Warsaw but the attempt failed, according to a dispatch. A German patrol k.lled two of lh would-be assassins. Infantry and cavalry are patrolling the streets. Many arre ! have been made in this vicinity of the attack.

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Rioters Stone Homes of Wealth and Rice Depots and Attack Gersha Girls. f Br I"N:TF.r rr.r-? 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. ID. rood rioting in Japan threatens to develop into a polUk.ii remit ur.'.cs-. prompt steps are tf.kiri by tin- Tikio kvc rnmcr.t to pr-'-v ide tii.e fiir tiie rrpt;Iace. rn.ord:nfr till's tiiioif icKii '.iov here today. German r.fents ! lie v orki.i?r anions? the masses t- stir t. iis-.riitr. i'. is believed Anti-annxat;onits who protested Japan's intervention ia Siberia are also bc'ievcd to be in.-tisators cf the revolt. Officials here refuse to draw conclusi.M.t. That the Ocrmati class revolution i spreading i. retrarded pessib!. I )f tails of the ri ''tins are nrrt i::gr se -oral das Ir.te but l.iteJt information here attributed the immediate outbreak to the ford "-ituat'or.. liioters are re -peried to haw stoned '.he hemes of the a'thy, t rtaking into restaurants and i ice i'"j''ls f.nd at tacking .;c-ishn girl as they roil? ihrougli the ;lreets I'redic' ic us are .-.i-tr here that a s---ei-i! crisis is last aprrc-aohinr. NOT TAKEN UNLESS NECES3A2 IBt United .T'::ir-F." AVASniNGTON. Aug. lit.- Men o ' i; will riot be taktn iiUo the ari.iy until ! is- al.solutt ly necessary, decretal-.' , ; v.ar Baker told fi.. !:-u?f. militar;.- sf. fsir. commit tee t..d-y in oprnirv? htarmgs cp the new in mi power. Raker and Chief cf Staff March emphasised that even if the men cf 1 were taken last they would begin calling them into the art.iy by next spring an 1 that probably th - whole new class 1 jiild be exhausted by r.ext June. Pi;e class-ideation of men ever .11 wi' ve an txceedr.;.l;, lonx; process and : !""y be r.eccs;..iry ti take son-.e men of :S before the men above. .12 are classified. Raker said. Tins he gave as hi -easen for opposing any provision that o'i!d shackle the viar department's povee r. Senator Gore. Oklahoma, today intrcJuced an amendment to the manpower mil intended to defer the draft of men jr.der 21 as along as possible. It pro.ides that no man under that age shall re drafted for military service until in the judgment of the president ail older men so far as consistent with public interest have been taken. It further provides that the same shall apply to th 13 and HO classes as well as the IS year eld boy. General Crowder, he said, is preparing regulations lock in? to two classifications. One includes men from 11 to .It, inclusive, and these men will be called first. Thi o.her includes mn above 37. SPAIN NEARING WAR'S BRINK ! By Uniteh Press WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. Spain is nearer the. brink of war today. Pip'o mats are pointing to the recent Spanish rote annount ing that German ships ir- ! terned in fpar.'' forts will he seized as compensation for U-boat sinkings, j This is regarded as in effect an ult:j matum and may lead to an open rupture ( between Germany and Spain. GARY MAN HAS 10 GALLONS Faul r.-ilrugae of Zi2o Adam street. Gary, was arrested yesterday by Officer Lute on Harrison street, charged with violating the liquor law. aldrugas l-.ad ten gallons of whiskey in his automobile. The trial will be held ;n the Hammond city court tomorrow morning before Judge Klotz. ITALY REPORTS i PATROL ACTIVITY l.'NITEn PftESS C.ABI.Ee;RAM ROME, Aug. 19. Patrol activity on various portions of the front was reported by the Italian war office today. MEET THURSDAY TO FIX DRAFT AGE rev Unites) Press "! WASHINGTON. Aug. 3 9. The senate today agreed to terminate its recess and meet Thursday for consideration of the man-power bill fixing the draft age limit at 1" to 45. No objection was made by any senator when Chairman Chamberlain of the military commit see asked for unanimous consent to resume regular business at that time. Members of the committee, hoped it may be possible to consieler and pass the bill by Saturday night. NORWEGIAN BOAT IS TORPEDOED Br United Press. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. Sinking of the Norwegian bark Nordhav, 100 miles off Cape Henry, by n German submarine, was reported today bv the navy department. The crew of IS were picked by a naval vessel.