Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 62, Hammond, Lake County, 22 August 1918 — Page 1

PI! I iMfr&dr storm" PERIOD VOL. XIII, NO. o2. Delivered ty TIKIS carriers, VrO pi month; on streets and at newsstands, 2a per copy; baci number, 3c per co7. HAMMOND, INDIANA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1918.

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nipipn 1 8 y y r 11 mm Ciiairmsn LeniFiglils to Prevent Gaiiini 18 ani 13 Year 0 d Men a! Tiiis Tims I'.;.- U. C MARTIN" VASKINGTON, Aug. 22. ConTC3j loda;.' shoved aside all other V.zkz and tcok up the great man-' rcv.-er bill. Leaders in both houses, uttend to speed passage of this measure to provide the men tor America's program for smashing t '.c German war machine next year. Unheeding the p'.eas of Chief cf ITtafi: March end Secretary of War' r-iirer, Chairman Bent and ether members of the house military committee ere prepared to fight for the amendment preventing the: cailin:; of men of IS and 19 until ! ali older men are taken. j Vr.-.F rtiri.i of I.':n: -nJ U.rtipLc I" i . - ,.: .::- .'. ::.t i.-:ue. riC:,:;i.;?l: a- j ;-a-l;: ;.-. i.-r--. 1 r l v, n if tit, Is: .rr.'l IJ y.-ar ."!! h-'ul lint ! i ia5T. il It; , rt ,hi v. ill - ;n sirvic vilk;n i a car an;. '. .v. i i T r.:'. tni.-i!.-.fr,t i:" froivncu upon V-! ,ijr it v. ..:". i lev- ,;t t.-.:i:..; of olit- . i- r.r.l yu;-.,-; n... r.-a i-'l.cy w hioh t ; ... r ,. ii rai'i:-.-.- .-.t i:a.- heartily c nUorscd. j ,r,,:;i, r rbjf.. 1 :i i.- that it w;'.'. ir.votvc j ,...,fi. n-.o.-r wuk f..r th-.- drr-ft authori- j ; . r:---y l.rn of ! li ? I" -IT P-";li v ,;M : n .:r.ly ir.l'rf.'rr-of !-ri..;rr.. an-i t.-: t tis- iU-;-truct:o:i :t. j '.: ; : i" w ' f "-rir. ' Tlv other wr.trov..r: al r i'"'s in ri.e j v,.j; th. -i:i'i-;-tril; :-;n-:.fJir.c:;t. so-: ....!,-,(. i:!.,-r h:i." 0.' v '.;.:! :t a: r: r r.t. h;. i .f ! :v:r.:- : r.t'.ust ri.a '. c- . . r. t,,:l r.i :-., '. P'.inut,-- they i'i:' ( nnrflTi tsnifliL Lzck of Interest in Indiana Registration Is Giving Leaders of Both Parties a Great Deal of Concern All Over the State. At .""tate Capita:.. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Aug. 22. Leaders of both big political parties here are extremely distressed ever the reports reaching here from ail parts of Indiana that Hoosiers are not registering to vote next November. The condition is not confined to the voters of any one tarty, but extends through the rank and tile i f both Democrat.and Re pul.'.it'ai..-, and airt-ady has assumed serious proportions lit the r.nnds of lead, rs h--re. who aie de--riv.incd that the forthcoming election shall see no d.3i"ya! p rsor.s elected to office, re -ardie ss of ulu-thcr they are Democrats or Republicans. SITUATION IS 32KIOTJS. The : ltuation with regard to registrations is very ior."u; in Marion county, one political workc r high in the councils of the R.-publican state administration, announc.r.s today that he had made an in veM iga t ion in one ward here, which showed that less than fifty oter have rc-gisiered. although the ward boa.-ts of a tot.il of more than Ooit vot ers. Th" war situation, of coure. ir. rerponsible f"r t.-.e apathy of the people of the state tinea rds politics. There has Continued on rate flv.) Parents' Association. The Soldiers' and Sailors Parents. Association will meet nt o'clock Thursday evening. Aug. 22nd. at Liberty Hall. All -jir r.:?. members and non-members are- rtquesied to be pi ...sent. p.u.-inest; oil importance. J. T- HT'TTON. President.

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Hammond Cafe Man In Camp .j,m 'Mini E r-i j" t 4 A M i i.''c N ? j ha. ''u-v : ' , t v - '. c.v irf ' . : "T.i i r- i i in -nil tmf-. . iinis torn i.o. This .:- Christ u .'u ' ir.arw.zer of the Hotel Majestic Cafe and fn of tl;e ix.-t kr.ovep. (Irepk-Arr.ericaa rest..'..rant men in Hammond. He is now at Camp Taylor. .".Cra Company. Training l'.attalior., and is a real soldier. Manager I'oupulos. as he was. kejt los; iii his best men in the service, until or.- day the word came that he ha J t- pro h. f SOLDIERS' WIVES WITH AFFINITIES LOSE ALLOWANCE r.'iscr.ve ry br t ':: p."'!ice cr federal ! -iTei-.t.- thnt the wife "f a soldier has an ,,:Yinity will m an th.e forfeiture of ' h : al!otmei-.t. insurance, and allowance ; from the evverr.mc ti t ; Orders n.sucd from "a.-'iiir.eton. D. ! " , recjuefft the aid e the police to suppre:-." iie.lttion of the isi'-ral cod-.. K cry . a.-'- .f immorality invoHms wives of ;itilicrs i.. to he reported to the local I .civ-rtir.-.c r,t representative of the war ri: i; insurance. Attorney Clarence , Ilrt.-i h. oar;. . io the Uak ' county held examiner. i I'pon the arrcrt and conviction of a soldif r's v. ife on chars.fr- of niisct-n.luet. i the bureau of war n.-k insurance will i !epr:; her of her K.eriiir.ent allot1 n:"r.'. BOLSHEVIKI ' DECLARE WAR ON THE U. S. rr.v I'NITED IT EPS VAfitlNiiToN. Any 22. The Ilrhcviki pove rr.mr nt having declared a state of viir to exist between the Vmted i.tt.s a'. Uussi.l. the lee conul lowe;i t the An-.f ri' an R.ic and turneel over the arei-os to ttf N'orwc Rinn consul, it ir- reported This is the first specitic relr.cnif of a stiit.- of war between tiv"l"i .1.- hf viki and thi- country. jVICTORY RESTS WITH BRITISH ft"x:TEr Press C a Fi.Ein a m. LONDON. Auft. 22, 4 . - " p. jn. Aichiet : le Graed. the farthest ptunt in the Brit- ; u.h advance north cf ilie Ancre. has j changed hands several x ;r.v. r. but is now i firmly held by the r.rnish. -DID GERMANY I REFUSE SPAIN? t'VlYEP PKES5 ClBLEr.KAM GENEVA. Auft. 22. The Berlin correspondent for a Madrid newspaper understands that Germany refuses to accept the Sranish ultimatum, ace ording to information received today. I OMAHA MAN IS ELECTED j Br Vnite: Press I PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 22 Clarence E. Adams of Omaha. Neh.. was today elected commandvr-m-ehief of th G. A. R WANTS HIGHER RATES NOW Times Eiseai'. At Stats Capital. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Aug. 22 The Hammond. AYhitir.g and Eatt Chicago ixilwav company has filed a petition j with the Utilities Commission to in crease tr.e street ear tares in Mammon i. Whiting and East ;kU"asr. from 5 cent? to 7 cents and te, give school ch.ldr",n lr far""

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Mike Miller, When He Has Paid a Heavy Fine MayHead the Lesson. Mike Miller of S.Mcy jtrcet, Hammond, w hvse mind runs to brs-ualuy It ilis actions ytttcrJay arc any i-ntcrinn, was arrested yesterday affinoon b Officer I. ute on complaint of two well kr.uwn Hammond gir!. Miller war arrested in Karri-on rark .after inruliiujc tht.e yirls who belong to one ,-.X Hammond's tj-.ort respected fanulie.-. Miller was fined Jl 1C C' by Special Judpe Morthland ir. the Hammond city couit this n-.ornirK and richly deserved it. The punishment irr ted nut to him ouyht to be a 'erron to other fellows who invade the city parks on no mora! mission. IB. S. WALTERS : HES1CNSJIS POSITION ; Northern Indiana Gas Co. Vice President Will Return to South Bend. Vice President 15. S. "Valter of the Northern Indiana Gas & Hlcctrle Co. in this district has resigned his connection.-, with the company and will return to South Bend where he v ill be engaged in commercial activity of another nature. His resignation takes effect September 1. Mr. Wti'.trr's successor will be M. O. Pell Plain, formerly connected with the Sracuse Lighting Co for a number of years, with an extensive experience in public utility operation. fr. Walters has made many friends in Hammond who will reg-et to hear of his decision to leave the city. He is one of the directors of the Hammond Country Club. DEFENSE COUNCIL BOOSTS THE SHOW (Wednesday's Patriotic Eetertainment Brought Before the Directors. i Hammond's local defense council the i directors of Liberty Hal! held their 'meeting yesterday afternoon. The 1 meetiiio nights have been chanpred be- : cause of the fact that : ome members of i the council are in attendance usually at ; the mcetir.K of the Lake County Council j of Defense. The mat.fr of the Liberty : Hall Honor Roll of which Jesse K. Wilson is chairman was brought up- Mr. j Wilson submitted a design which was 1 accepted. The cjuestion of the patriotic : entertainment for next Wednesday night ; was discussed by the defense council j and further plans for boosting it were set in motion. The idea of the enter-t.-imnent has met with great favor and ticket:, to the affair are being sold on J every street in the city. it will be a j high-class show throughout and no one ! in Hammond can afford to miss it. The nmisters of Hammond are. in charge of the sale of tickets and have already begun work on the.r congregations. RED CROSS TO GIVE ASSISTANCE fEr I'SITED rsESSt WAeKIXGTON. Aug. 22. The American Red Cross and allied armies in Siberia will give, the first economic assistance to the people of Russia. After the arrival of General Craves, leader of the American forces at Vladivostok, the initial step is to provide food and clothing to the Czecho-Slov ak troops and to the Russian people who are willing to be policed by the allied armies. The oncoming bitter Siberian winter, coupled with the financial situation in Russia, is temporarily holding up actual dispatch of the economic mission. CAPTAIN REPORTS U-EOAT I Br I'NiTf.n Press ' AN ATLANTIC TORT. Aug. 22 The I captain of a steamship reaching this port today said a torpedo had been fired ; at his ship off Nantucket. He turned i and sped away. lie saw no submarine. MANGIN REACHES AILETTE RIVER rrxiTcn Pnrss Ca3lecram TARIS. Aug- 22 General Mangin's troops have reached the Ailette river n the. r advance Fighting continued last night on th whole front from th legion of Lassigny to the neighborhood jf Soissons. The French captured tt. Paul Aux Bois. passing to the northward and reaching the Ailette at LaQuincy-La-Ragge. This represents a total advance of nine miles s.nee Saturday. Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick tha 'Hun.

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Twice has the Mame been the scene of fightir.fr. which each time has halted the Germans' attempt to reach Pari?. The last battle is believed to have been the turr.irtpr point in the wax. These pictures ST. N IN HURT ! IN AUTO ACCIDENT1 ?i e.-ia:. To The Times J ST. JOHN". 1X1). Aug- 22. John Miller, jr.. a garage mar., was struck by an engine, of the C. I. .v P. If. R. last night while driving a roadster. Miller sustained three tvactured riiis. his head was cut by glass from the- windshield and several f-eth w ero knocked o-it. The accident ocurrcu on the Crown Toint road and the C I. & S, crossing. The speed of the engine was nut sufficient to turn Miller's car over. "TRIUMPH" STILL AT LARGE By U.vit A CANADIAN Aug. 22. The Can i:r TRnss ATLANTIC FORT, idian steam trawler Triumph, turned lto a pirate man-of-war by German sa was still prowling near here early ted have added a fifth list of smacks she torn. liors from a T-boat. the fighting: banks ay and is believed to training ship to the has sent to the botTAKE 100,000 HUNS IN MONTH i ! rr.viTErj Tress (' r.'.r-,ni j PARIS. Aug 22 Sim e the .-tart of the counter offensive, Julv IS. the al1,ps have talvcn 1 eo. '"lOfi prisoners, according to the P.eho de Paris. ANOTHER U. S. REGTIN RUSSIA P.r T'mted Press WASHINGTON. Aug 22 The C3rd regiment from Manila has arrived at Vladivostok, the war department announced this afternoon. ACTIVITY ON ITALIAN FRONT IS RENEWED United Press Cablegram ROME. Aug 22. Renewed activity along the whole Italian front was reported today. START WORK ON EXTENSION Laborers are tearing up Columbia avenue preparatory to laying the street car extension from Sibley street to Morton avenue and the work is to be rushed, the street car company announced today. The company has re plated the wooden poles on Wist State str.it with iron poles. Before the war the iron poles cost $2S apiece and now they cost $70. HEARING POSTPONED. The hearing of the petiti en of the Northern Indian Gas Electric company for authority to increase gas rates, which was set for hearing at the court house. Hammond, Tuo.-day. Septe mher lnth. 1D1S, at ln a. m., has been indefinitely postponed

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show some cf the results of the terrific fightinjr there. The upper i ore shows French soldiers aiding their own wounded and caring for j some of the thousands of Germans wh.o fell wounded into the hands of , SETTLERS WILL MEET WEDNESDAY The Lake County Historical and Old Settlers' Association will hold their annual meeting at the Lake county fair grounds at Crown Point on Wednesday. August 2. On account of the war there will be no fair in Lake county this year and the h.storica! meeting will he turned largely into a "Home Coming' meeting. The . A. R and Civil War Veterans will also meet on that date and everybody is invited to come and bring their baskets filled with good things to eat and make a large reunion of old-time acquamtanecs and friends in the beautiful grounds, and those who cannot bring baskets will get refreshments on the jreunds. The business meeting to elect officers and transact business of the association will be held at 11 o'clock and the literary and amusement program will be held in 'he afternoon. ! RUSSIAN PROBLEM TAKEN UP Br United Press WASHINGTON. Aug 22. The allied nations with Russian co-operation are rapidly formulating1 direct aid to the Russian problem Creation of an entente council at Archangel has been completed. A similar body ' is to be i reated at Vladivostok. These pointwill be the center of direct diplomatic aid The diplomats and Russia commanders will constitute the council at Arc hangel. At Vlntiivrfc tok General Graves will represent the U. S : Chas. Elliott will represent Great Britain: M. Mathudaira will represent France. The military commanders of the allies. Russia end Czecho-Slovaks w U hold seats in the council. Additional troops are being sent to Vladivostok and the French eruiner Kersamt has arrived to augment naval forces. FLOYD GIBBONS HOME By United Press." AT AN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug. 22 With his left eye covered with bandages and his left arm in a s'.m as the result of German machine gun bullets. Floyd Gibbons. Chicago war correspondent, arrived today. He said he had h.eaid nothing about the Distinguish! J Service Cross which eablr. dispatches said had been awarded him by the French government. He brought a message from Marshal Foeh to the American people. TO ADMIT REFUGEES. fF.r United rrE?; WASHINGTON. Aug 22. President W:lon te-dav n-l"ed congyss to par.f- a resolution admitting to this count r rf:icees from war stricken lands.

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the French. The lower picture shows French soldiers bringing in a frroup of German prisoners, a small part of the thousands taken during the allies' great counter offensive. COMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS Br United Tress WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 Recommending one man control cf aircraft production, speeding up of production, encouragement of inventions and reduction of profits on future contracts, the senate aircraft committee today submitted its report to th military affairs committee. Waste, of money and lack of a common p., Ley in the war t found by the investigators. However, while many disappointing results were disclosed, the committee reports. "Ws are reaching a period when quantity production of planes may soon be hoped for. Three minor causes for the failure of the aircraft program to measure up to the army's needs were declared. 1. The placing of production control in hands of. those ignorant of aeronautic problems; 2 Subordination of the program to the Liberty Motors.: 3. Failure to adopt policy o producing, tried European machir.es in greatest quantities possible. These mistakes, the reporter declares would probably have been avoided if placed under control of one mar.. 31 BODIES IDENTIFIED. By United Tress FLORENCE. Minn . Aug 22. Thirtyone bodies, taken from the rums of cyclone-, swept Tyler were Identified today. The death toll may run higher. The governor was appealed to for aid and home guard companies from near by towns were ordered to the stricken town. Supplies were also sent. Doctors and nurses responded to the call. FRAPELLE SCENE OF HARD STRUGGLE United Press Cablegram "J WITH THE AMERICANS AT THE FRONT. Aug. 22 American airmen tombed enemy positions near Flabeauville yesterday, making seve.al direct hits and returned safely. An American trench in Alsacs was heavily bombed last night after which German infantry attempted a raid. It was repulsed. BRITISH ATTACK ON ENTIRE FRONT United Press Cablegram LONDON. Aug. 22. The British attacked on the whole front between the Ancre and the Somme at 4:43 this morning. Field Marshal Hai; announced he uornianf, iftej fruitlesslv counterattacking north of the Ancre yesterday, ugain launched heavy assaults in that vicinity this morning. Between two and three thousand prisoners were taken in this operation. Further advances were made last night in Flanders. You'd like to take a punch at the kaiser you say ? Then buy a Thrift Stamp,

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Britigh Attack Hear Eapaume is Gcing Good, Huns Fighting Desperately, United Press Cablsoram PARIS, Aug. 22, 4:00 p. m. The French have crossed the Ailette on a mile front between Champs and Guny and are pushing toward Coucy le Chateau. In the Coucy le Chateau region a German division prepared to counter attack but a lightning French attack forced them to retreat. They fled in a panic throwing the division immediately in the rear in confusion. -Voyon is rapidly being envclope-d i is now outflanked from the east F-..-eh troops are ready to cross the O,canal. Ihe Divette river is rtitlrelv in the hands of the French. Mangin s mn sre near Mamcamp. northwest of So-,,,,--the Germans attempted a couai.Va tack but were repulsed J!?: Sty hy ore ' -"encn advance spre , i terror among the Germans. NOYON EVACUATION . IS EXPECTED PARIS, Aug. 22, 2:00 p. m. The French are closing in on Noyon, the bulwark of the German line! from two directions. At some places they are only a few hundred yards from the town and are heavily bombarding it Noyon is declared already untenable and its evacuation by the German is momentarily expected. Fighting is continuing along a front of thirty-five miles on both sides of the Oise. Allied aviators report considerable disorder and apparent preparations for a big retiement. thin t?6"1 far,y-elrtt ho8 more than 15.U00 German prisoners and a va--t guantuy of material have, been taker.. The trench after taking Lassignv Passed a mikaad a half west of Noyon. BRITISH ATTACK "GOING GOOD" . r'ED Tress Cablegram W ITH THE BRITISH IN FRAVCr Aug. 22. 12:55 p. m.-Th attack on the high ground between Albert and Er:y was reported as "going good." Fighting conditions today were Ies favorably than yesterday. There was no mistake, the sun was hot. Tho Germans are opposing General Byng's advance north of the Ancre with the upmost desperation With the Briti-h only six miles from the Hindenburg line at one point today the enemy is crow-aing the back road- w ith adc itionai tioops coming up. Six divisions (72.000 men) wi identified yesterday The Germans us their heaviest guns throughout night. Apparently the German the high command does not intend to permit further advance towards the famous line w ithout determined resistence. The Arras and Albert railway has been reported the scene of the fiercest fighting, the British being required to clear out dugouts in the embankments alon? the 1 whole portion reached in their attack. Many dead Germans are reported. The j Borhes are undoubtedly able, to make a 1 , .if- i ..i- .... sMtii. oaititi against any crrort to reach i Dapaume. NURSE DIES BF T Chicago Woman Falls Vici tim to Excessive Heat Yesterday. Mrs Jul. us Phelps, 52 years old. of 4MS South Athenian avtpu. Chicago, came to Hammond y-sterday to take a position as nurse at 4.v'i South Hohman street. While on the porch there Mrs. Phelp.was overcome by the heat and died almost at once. She leaves two sons in South Bend and one daughter in Chicago. The funeral will be hold tcmorro--v r. fir moon from Emr.terlir.g's chapel at r. o'clr 1;. in! r-rm nt in Oak H.l! ce::ieterv. Undertaker Kmmerling h-i vii rhn ree