Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 65, Hammond, Lake County, 26 August 1918 — Page 1

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EGARDING U.S. AEROPLANES SHOCK PUBLIC

AIRCRAFT PROBE IS ft

REUELAT10

Senate Report Shows That Program Has Been Failure and That Public Has Been Deceived.

JUST A MOMENT SCARCITT of rooms in Own for Incoming school teachers reported. Otto Gersbach ready to Rive tip his room for

! one.

THE fvtr-remir.i.ffnt Feter J. Lyons !s doing well in Chicago and is sorry he didn t get out of politics years ago. ; PAVE ATKINSON", a Tel! known ! Hammond lawyer, has the law skinned : to Ucath. He has an important position J at the Standard that's far better. j WHAT with running a hank and a I coal yard Larry Cox has nothing else to j

do except to kill about a thousand spar- . .

rows cery mgnt ior supper. j i AND you take H. M. Johnson, too j

dam busy to go fishing. Every time he thinks of a vacation some bank clerk is drafted and he has to break in another.

Booze? Yes, Gallons of it m Front of Hammond Federal Building

AS if George Hannauer didn't have anything else to worry about his young son had to go and fall out of a tree and break a leg ar.d McAdoo, well, he ha

1 his troubles loo.

6 HTK G-T ON. Aug- 2 The air- I craft report cf the eenite committee on j HAROLD CROSS the w. k. reporter j

military affairs sets forth a se.ies o started flffi od know where, last night

astounding facts, which newspaper cor- , on & ,jnle vacatlon He's looking for

OLD HINDENBURG LINE REACHED

Vvtted Press Cablegram LONDON, Aug. 26, 4:00 p. m.

attack

IGEWERAL i BUTTLE

RESUMED

respondents have dared only to hint at ( BOn,, pjttC where there's no newspaper

frr a long time. The truxn regnu.us the airplane situation has not been m-ho!ly a secret, determined as the administration and the men in charge of operations have been to kep it from the public The merry camouflage of Secretary of War Eakc-r has deceived no one with anything like a working knowledge cf things on the inside, nor have lonesome and sporadic attempts to blind the public to real conditions by means cf an isolated airplane performance of which no one knew anything but the press agent concealed the underlying facts.

Story X" W Jr,w on'

... i Vi eTT-ed an ungracious, al-

tm u mi. - - . . i ' mA rn rnnahle PI

pave r; nterpreta ion. for men who ! of a man who has nothing -to do. He s h.ve fS the blundering cours, of J bui!d.nS a b.u.iful hotel for Hammond S aircraft production board to lay j for his vacation th.s year and it locks ' heir knowl.dge before the public. So like a l.gntnouse m a fog.

incredible has been tfte situation rr- i vcaled to the eyes of private investiga- , . . . . - ; .v eii-riii business !

tors ana in i. . . ,. ..,

way from Fort Bliss to give it a look.

have varied much naa tney yjrun n... German origin. It is with a sense of

disappointed relief therefore, if th term ronvtvs anything, that newspaper cor-

LAWKENCE HARF.1S. Hammond's r.ow Boy Scout administrator, never had a more strenuous summer in his young j life than this Camp Cedar Lake says. THESE are strenuous days too for old Joe Hutton. He has to run to The j Times bulletin board every half hour to

see how big the latest bag of Hun prisoners is DAVE BOONE was scared to death he wasn't going to have any vacation this year, but he did He took a trip to

South Bend and was bac' in 12 hours.

TONY TAPPER is another example

. .... i j - o A- r etjrtlncr a np w-f anrlcd ooen air saloon. Yes,

Oh see the men! wnat are tney aoing t b - . they areNot. This is only one of the many loads of "evidence" that is being regularly unloaoed -t the Hammond federal building and coming from Indiana Harbor and East Chicago. The liquor, which is being confiscated by government agents, will be held for evidence at the November term of the Federal court. After the Federal trials, are over it will be put to good use by being reconverted into alcohol for use of the boys in th? various army hospitals. . -

lne iinusn in xncir new duai

along the Scarpe have reahced thei old Hindenburg line it was learned j ftUleS SmaShSOg NeW GS

this alternoon. iney amvea at.

thft Wotan section of the line at

Monchy-Le-Preux and Guemappe, five miles southeast of Arras on the Cojeul river, capturing both villages. Wanicourt and Carney also are reported to have been captured. The attack in the Scarpe sector was made between Fampaux and

the heights of Neuvile-Vieasse. a front of about three miles. The British are now reported to have

made good progrc-rs east of Henineland

Mory.

man Defensive, Huns' Resistance Is Utterly Futile.

JAKE DIAMOND, the w k. fruiterer.

who have attempted to do business with ,

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BOOSTED AT CLUB Capt. Staten of Canada to Address War Driver Leaders This Eve.

between Croiselle and Bapaume.

Bulletin. LOXDO, :5 p. m. The British In yesterday's fighting; advanced alone te north bank of the Sommt as far a l.onirufTal, less then three miles eat of (omblm, according to a Renter" despatch from tke front today.

Tf.nan.fi.Tits and others, who long have

been doubtful of the aircraft program have read the report of a responsible senate committee and found their suspicions in large measure verified, their own collection of facts duplicated. The report cf the committee could have been drafted almost word for word by out-

RALPH TENNANT is considered one

of the best raisers on his side of War

ren street. No sooner did a new boy

come than he started out on his lawn landscaping.

Thi evening at the Hammond Coun

try Club a dir.nr will be given to all j

the chairmen of the W. S S. drive anas

ior

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HERB LAMPRELL is another busy man. Besides turnin; out glue for Vncle Fam's aeroplanes every war activity that comes along wouldn't re complete without him.

i i number of prominent war workers

j th purpose of stimulating further in-j

v iLast Saturday Is Red Letter ; Workers vvill be present from Gary, j

: Hr.imnd. Whiting, tast v nice go. t DaV ill HiStOrV Of Indiana , ana Harbor. Crown mint. Griffith. I J 'Lowell. Hobart and other rarts of the i

TTarhnr When FirSt X Ur- ; -ou.".t v Captain "Staten or Canada w no Tc T irrhtpd '' di-Wed for life himself will be present nace J.b iJlliU-u. ; ar,drf;,s lhP thmng. He is direct from ; thf battle field in France.

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YOUNG GIRLS HEAD OFF IN

KPL0S1QN

A shocking accident occurred at West Gary last Saturday evening when one young girl's head was blown off and her v ti a riou'v injured by the

explo?ion. cf a gasoline tank. The parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Groves, who live in a tent at Ninth avenue and Dearborn street, were away from home at the time snd it Is thought the children were playing around a 50gailon tank of gasoline with fire when it exploded, blowing off the head of Helen Groves. 13 years old. and fatally Injuring Harry Groves, a brother.

SLATED TO BECOME LEAGUE PRESIDENT

If I

WHENEVER he has a chance to see Gen. W. G. Haan's picture. A. Murray Turner will eo a mile to see it. The

two were schoolmates and only Mr. Turner's long legs kept him out of the army. FETE DAVIS, who is a real epistolary god-father to a dozen Tanks, gets up every morning at 6:00 to see if the boys over there haven't taken Berlin during the night. 'T.nsH I'm hoDing the grass stays

green all winter," said old H. "W. Marden, "because if the grocery prices keep raising I'm going to do a little Nebuchaknezzar stunt." FD P. DEMING. who is sbout the only real live golfer Hammond has left, is figuring out that he may have to play

the whole Mich. City team alone. vpdvk STUMERS' family must be

away. He was seen last night getting ftntid of a big stake in a local cafe.

HAMMONDS Harrison Fark is a thing of beauty and a Joy forever. Herman Holtz has certainly done wont'i3 there this year.

IT sorta embarrasses H. E. Sharrer to

have his father come up for a visit and

have the old gentlemen out on the front porch reading the paper at 6:30 a. m. as Doc snores above. CAMBRIDGE CITT is a place that will live long in the memory of Tom Oberlin who has Just returned from his annual Studebaker trip. "BOXING will be the greatest sport . . w.v.n t Vi ti'b r 'n fivpr " SavS

I in A!ntra .... .. ... - j old Top Clabby. AVe think you're right

at that. Dad.

t-aturoav. ahuum -h', ,

portant dsy in the history of the Marks Manufacturing Company plant at In-j diana Harbor. j On that, day, surrounded by eminent . men from many s'.-rtior.s of 'he country. , . m i . . fa r-lr nrinri- !

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FIS

Clapped in Jail at Chester

ton After He Had Been

Caught in Cottage; Pal Escapes; Fred Koelpin Born in Berlin.

MARCH AHEAD RESUMED. ft'NITEn Psess Casi-K&ram.

LONDON, Aug. 26, 4:00 p. m.

The French have capture Freamcy-Le-Roye, three miles north of

Roye, it was reported today. Between Ailette and Aisne the

French have made a slight advance and taken four hundred prisoners.

The third' army's attack had this!

morning progressed a depth of two miles on a front of slightly more than 4 miles within a few hours it was learned. The British extended their drive

farther northward into the Arras sector Along the Scaxpe jivet three o'clock this morning Field Marshal Haig reported "good pro

gress.

Capture of Frawreull was announced.

The British line has Peen advances

farther cn both sidea of the Somme ana addition.tl progress had been made to-

w ard Maricourt.

Bulletin WITH THE BRITISH ITS FRANC F., An. 26 Moving swiftly ta sosae places and crushing stubborn resistance In others, the British are advancing along the whole extent of their nr Somme llne from the region ot Arras to southward of the river from which It takes its ncme. The day's end also saw Bcpauine near the citadel of an almost straight line instead of at the apex of a sharp angle. Blxletijc United Press Cablegram FA&X8, Aaj. 6, 4:00 p. in Oranre

Kill and Mouchy-1 Brsaux ara reported to bare been captured la G-en. Brag" attacks. Btlletiv J United Pbe6 Cablegram 1 FAU8, Aug. 6, 3:00 p. m. Heavy artlHarytiig between tba Alsce and Ailette aad in the Bouvraigae't raffle ta reported.

pal

stockholder, started the fire under

VISITED BT BLAZE

blast furnace No. 1. tho. first furnace, of

Fred Koelpin. aged IT. living at 437 Logan street. Hammond, who says he is an alien enemy and was born in Berlin. Germany, is in the bastlle at Chesterton. Ind . and federal officers are giving Koelpin the double once-over. Incidentally they are looking for Wm. r.ninmbeck of Hammond, aged 1?. who

:r:"ranTm:ar;a;becur:d;WeIl Known Place on' Wolf j i, at East cho.

to build them. ; Fourteen mo lths ago. where this ( furnace now stands was n depth of j

! fourteen fret of water. The. land has ,

been made and this million and a nair j dollar improvement finished practically! within a year. i

The Marks o. tr.is n."inum i another expensive improvement, the, .m.rtinn of a large tunnel under the

Lake Is Badly Damaged by Fire.

tracks that intersect their properties.

Wm. Gruener. proprietor of the ititin? and fishing resort on Wolf

Lake near the site of the old G. H. Hammond ice house was the victim o? a bad fire started by incendaries last

week-end

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! Hi, hont house b:!idings. boats.

! rovs. lines, etc.. were burnd to the j

! water's edge. The buildings alone were j

covered bv insurance. The rlre depart-

v-neloln worked on tne section. i-

enlisted, so he says, from Hammond

i s months in camps and oa

- the Mexican border. Then he was dis

charged when he fell from a horse. His father works for Golden Bros. With Golumbeck. Koelpin laid off Thursday and went to Dune Park, then to Wavvriv Reach. Here the couple were detect-

Krkintr into a cottage. Koelpin was

.a nni.imhcck sot away. Koelpin

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v,a o revolver anu a mre. i - -

13 .a aitTncr the arrival

ran. 1 ney oi" i.t- .. - .

of federal officials.

ment were unable to pret to the scene

In time to do any material good Mr. Gruener. a day or two before, found one of hi best boats on the railroad . ..... j

track cutting throusn tne iaaa an- i it was -Ut-'rlv r;:in-i. Since the canal

has been put in. Mr. Gruener's place has become a great favorite with duck hunters and fishermen and he fieures that some one has it in for the popularity of his place.

AMERICANS

AGAIN ACTIVE

By FERGUSON United Fress Cablegram WIVH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE. Auk 25 (night). The U. S. troops advanced their line a third cf a

mile on a front of a mile and a quarter immediately east of Fismes driving the Germans und capturing what had been an advance post. At the time of cabling Infantry clashes are in rrogrcss. the boches resisting ruthlessly. A heavy enemy barrage failed to dislodge the Americans. Only seven prisoners were taktn. Tho Americans r.ow hold the railroad on both sides of Fismes. American controls are maintaining constant contact with the German lines harrassins the enemy's positions day and uigb.t.

United Press Cableorak PARIS, Aug. 26, 4 :00 p. el The battle was-xestuned" today on. a large scale between the Oise and Aisne rivers today. The French are pressing on northward and east of the Ailette sailent to force the defenses east on Noyon and west of Coucy-le-Chateau. They ar opening the way for a decisive drive. Strong forces have pushed across the Ailette and Coucy-le-Chateau is already outflanked from the north. The Germans are resisting energetically along the ridge and north

of Coucy and east of Bangneux the French troops have progressed eastward beyond the Soissons raiJ-way.

longer sweet to Mrs. 1SS Plummer avenue.

j SAM. n.lS I IXWAUt u or .-n i j what to do these days. He has nobody

but civilians to give . ameis to as an i. friends have gone to war.

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THE boys over in West Hammond say that. Mayor Kamradt is the hardest hearted old thing. Paul still has the lid Jammed on tight. WALT CONKET, who is now in New Tork. says he'd like it there if the guys out there didn't play golf in their bare feet. THE most faithful attendant at the I.ibertv Hall director meetings Is Tom Harle. The boys are going to give Tom

a nice Xmas card for his good work.

Life was no Maude. Gross.

Hammond. Th poor woman felt v i,.nr with the v

cruelties. c. .1,,, rrmn2 She c'.OSOll

and windows in her kitchen and turmM on all th, burners in her gas s'ove and "aid down on the floor to -,ek the last "vhtrr.'ei.hbors found her she was dead She. was SS years old The dead woman is thought to have end,.d her Ufe au-. of unh-PP.

She had just receipt-.. - ; . .t ..ml iii Xew

General ii""i'""

her young son

TURK TURNS DOWN HUN "POISON" COIN

LIGHTNING HITS

GRIFFITH MAN

SrrciAT. To Thb Times GR1FITH. Ind . Aug. 26. The fine new bain on the Thomas Hayward farm east of town was struck by lightnins turning the entire contents. The smaller buildings were saved by hard work but a horse, and pig also were burned. It is a b-.g loss to the. owner and Will Austcen. the tenant, as there was but little insurance to cover it.

nable to battle .-rid and its

doors

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that

ness.

the Citizen

Tnnai nirtr n. Pa

had lost hid foot by amputation Reci-ntiv she had started suit .for aivorcainst her husband who had been -CoSrG":" has charge of the case. ALLIES BOMB CONSTANTINOPLE

John Heydler. National league critics are wonderincr H the mogTila of that circuit will have nen-e enough to overlook Secretary John Heydler when they meet next winter to pick a successor to John K. Tener, resigned president. The jreneral belief is they cannot afford to overlook him unless, as someone has remarked, he is too capable. Heydler carried all the ;reEpoz!s!bi!ittes of the presidency

IF a circus doesn't come to town soon Bill Hastings is goinK to have a hell of a time squaring himself with a lot of kids he hired to water the wampus last wsek. ' DAVE HIRSCH will never be satisfied until he nets a cable from Lucien at Berlin announcing that his son aided In capturing the kaiser.

OFFICER BORCHERT is versatile. He is just as efficient a traffic squad ruler as he was a desk sergeant and he

handles the Four Corners like an artist.

Cahleo.p.am

M jTERllAM,

alr "squadrons attacked Constantinople j

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POLA IS RAIDED. Bt United Press TinvtF; Auc 26 American airmen

raided the sieat Austrian naval base of Pola on the Adriatic the admiraltyannounced today. Durine the fiehtini? one airplane fell Into the sea. Other airmen dived and rescued the pilot and then destroyed the darafgei ma-

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GIVE OUT BAD NEWS

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MANGIN PUSHING ON. " TUvited Press Cabl.egrai. PARIS. eg. 25. 10 a. m Wi'.'s French artillery is smashing up the new German defensive positions preparatory to a crossing of the Oise, east of Noyorw,

i Gen. Mangin is pushing methodically on

I Coucy le Chateau ia the face of a firce

resistance. Tho Germans have fortii.td the north band of th Oise.from Noyon to Chauny. At some points the enemy is counter attacking.

You'd like to take a punch at the kaiser you say? Then buy a Thrift Stamp. PRESIDENT UNITES HONDURAS FACTIONS

Bt United PrCps WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. Prussian

the uer-

l2,000 ARE REPULSED.

Bt United Press VLADIVOSTOK. Aug. 26. 12.000 enemy troops attacked the allied right (lank on the I'ssuri river Sunday night and were completely repulsed.

Wednesday night, acc

here.

ordinK to officials j

ANOTHER REVOLUTON.

I'vitfp t'Rr.ss v.pu-.-.j AMSTERDAM. Au(C. 26. Newspapers , report a revolutionary movement In j Vladimn. 30.1 white guards were killed , Newspapers say that 20 persons were j -.hot in Pctrograd. i

i A with assassination when he turn

Tv a Thrift Stamp and lick the 1 ed down offers to spread Hun propa-

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Hun

Salih Gonrdji. Salih Gourdji, former president ot the Ottoman official news agency, is a refugee in this country because he refused to seil his ideals to the German eoveramsnt. He was threaten-

REICHSTAG TO MEET.

it-aders are now preparing

man people for another winter of war. according to diplomatic advices here today Thev are. warning the Germans there will be more fighting and sacrifices as a result of the reverses in the field. Germany however, continues restive Reports of strikes, dismav over the growing size of the American army and alarmists rumors are worrying officials. It is true our last operations have not been attended with the success we. had hoped. The Prussian minister Is quoted as saying in the Morgenpost. "We have experienced some set backs and let us confess we have suffered a defeat." Spreading of alarmist rumor is punished by a fine in one German city.

II'vited Press Cablegram. rOPEXHAGEX. Aug. 26. The Ger-

man Reichstag w ill meet ir a short time to discuss foreign and international and political questions according to the newspaper Germania. Chancellor Von Hertling. the newspaper says intends to make an important speech at the opening session.

i ganda.

1914.

He fied to this country in

WHITING MAN

IS ARRESTED i Paul Plhenes of 445 Fred avenue. I Whiting, was arrested on Forsythe aveInue by Officers Denis and Galvin and ' charged with assault and battery

WILL ASK A RECEIVER.!

The Northern State Bank o.f Gary was closed today by the Auditor of State pending application for receivership in the Lake Superior Court. There are sufficient assets to cover all liabilities. Bad loans are said to be tne cause of the closing. All the other Gary banks are i nexcellent shape says Auditor Klaus. REVOLUTION NIPPED. IUniteo Press Cablegram AMSTERDAM, Aug. 2 A Moscowdispatch declares that a revolution for August 2nd intended to prevent the despatch of troops to the Czech front, was frustrated and the leaders, it wa? said, w-ere executed-

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Dr. Francisco Bertrand. - Dr. Frr.ncisco Bertrand has ucceeded in unitinjr the warring political factions in the republic of Honduras, it is believed. Bertrand became president on the death of General Manuel Bonilla five years ajro. After the overthrow of the Bavila jrovemment in 1911 he erved as head of the provisional government one year.