Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 66, Hammond, Lake County, 27 August 1918 — Page 1

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Delivered ty TIMXS carrier, Oo pe month; on streets and at newsstands, 3o per copy; back numbers, 3o per copy. VOL. XJH, NO. 66. HAMMOND, INDIANA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 19l8. o n U L2jU

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1LESMI TERRITORY One Thousand Huns Gathered In By British In Mornings Bag, " rVJfiTED Press Cablegram PARIS, Aug. 27, 3:00 p. ra. Magnificent wcrk was done by the French yesterday. The armies of Gen. Mangin captured 1100 Huns. The French advanced a mile east of Bagneux yesterday and repulsed a desperate counter attack east of Chavigny. French troops advanced towards Roye this morning repulsing more counter attacks in that region. The German are fighting with desperation. rt'NiTED Press Cable-ram. TARIS. Aug. l'-OO P- rn. Gen. Mangin has won possession of hin eround outh of Crecy-au-Mont from where the German position north and j east of Soissons are being: h-avily, helled. Thee positions are now sub-j Jeeted to a double fire as they are also bvinsr fcheil from the French lines along th Aine oast of Eoissons. A.lons the whole active front the French continue to secure jumping oft places for fu'.ure operations. CANADIAN TROOPS VICTORS. ... TT .rcG rmi.f.RiM.l inlnnv" An. 27. Canadian troops j " w.rnirmirt carried their ifr.e east of Guemerpe. Kield Marshal, Hail announced today. j A counter attack forced the British back irom Lor.pueval. The counter at- j tark was broken up ana t.ie iir.v.,,. l v U'rtj re-es'ahi:?hed east of HU'h.v-.ot. OARY Mi ISi BADLY BATTERED UP B! T Charles Morado Worst Sight Ever Seen Around the Hammond Station. Two Gary men, Levink Yalevchar of ? Burgus Hotel and Fred Romans of 2 dams street. Gary, were arrested yesterday by Officers F. Hesterman ani Fell, charred with assault and battery. These men are said to have Jumped cn Charles Morado. a Mexican, also of G.rv, knocking him to the ground and throwing rocks at him. cutting his face up badly. Talevchar and Fred Romans were ach fined $100 and given a Jail sentence of ten days. Mrado was the worst looking specimen of battered up humanity ever Seen there. He was a mass of bruises and he sentence givn his maltreaters was certainly deserved. HEN LEAVE GROWN POINTJOR GAMP Draft Board Inducts a Big Squad into Service at Camp Sherman. Spxcial To Thb Times. CROWN POINT. 1ND.. Aug. 27. The following men left Crown Point for Camp Sherman, Chillocothe. Ohio, on Monday, having been inducted into service by the local board: Frank Barman. Chicago. Eric E. Pearson, Hobart. Henry G. Burnham, Shelby. Wm -C Cook. Crown Point. Emil Doepping. Crown Point, Bernard Govert, Cedar Lake. John E. Haskell. Shelby. Delbert Hayden. Lowell. Flyn Koch. Hobart. John Lucas, Crown Point. Jos. Mueller. Lowell. C. Harvey Smith, Crown Point. John G. Tobin. Crown Foint. James H. Wilson. Hobart. War Savings June 2S enlistment day.

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Says Good-bye to Hammond 1 1 j. ' sit : i "V?v It't ' i4 tlXUT. WJI. WELCH. It Is new Lieut. Welch instead of Sergmnt. if you please. He's now on his way to France, is this true-blue patriot. Last night he and his v;fa were honored guests at an impromptu jf arewell Jlnn-.-r at the Five F-ir. Cafe of j Carl Lunilgren. Hammond. Lieut. Welch left immediately nftr the dinner for an Atlantic rort to embark for oversf? duty on the line. Litit. Welch was the recipient of a wrist watch, as Hammond s gift to a true soldier and Mrs. Welch was presented with a handsome traveling bag. Kvery guest pres ent responded and enlivened the oeca- j slon with wit. humor and rathos. Those j present at the dinner were: Messrs. I and llesdames William Welch. J. D. ! Pmalley, J. T. Hutti.n, J. K. Stinson. W. J. U'hinery, E. G. Si roa:, J. f. Conroy, j W. J. McAler. Kd ?imon. Harry llinas j and Mrs. R. ?. McAleer. Mrs. J. Leary, ' Miss "Major" I'irie, Miss Sprngu-, ! James Armstrong ani David F.. liuone. I County Liberty Loan Leaders Meet Tomorrow in So. Bend for District Organization; Delegations From Calumet Begin to Attend. PU3LICITY CHAIRMAN IS APPOINTED Will H. Wade, Indianapolis, director of sales for Indiana In. the 4th Liberty Lean, today notified P. A. Parry of Hammond that npoa the recommendation cf County Chairman H. Q. Hay hs had been, appointed chairman of publlal'y for take coun ty for the rourta Liberty L-aa. Mr. 1 Parry accepted. I Liberty Bond leaders of Lake county from the bfs cities ar to get their first dose of pep and ginger tomorrow at the Oliver Hotel jn South Bend when Will H. Wade, director of sales for Indisna in the. fourth Liberty loan campaign, and other members of the state headquarters staff of the loan drive, will meet to mak. the preliminary organization plans for Lake and other counties will be laid. Eoosl9rs Wide Awake. The plan for the fourth campaign in Indiana is to bo built in many counties on the belief that Hooslers are alive to their responsibilities to the Liberty loan and that they will voluntarily subscribe to the fullest extent of their abilities when the campaign Is opened. Therefore many county chairmen are beginning the organization for the sale of the bonds and about S-ptembcr H it is expected the organizations of the majority of counties will, begin work to impress on every man. woman and child in these counties that Indiana expects to go "over the top" Saturday. September 2S, the official date for the start of the lfan campaign. Publicity Start Sept. 14. Publicity and speaking features for the Indiana campaign will begin September 14. state, headquarters for the loan have announced, and arrangements art being made by Marcus S. Sonntag. of Evansville. chairman for the southern counties of "the state, which lie in the Eighth federal reserve district, to correlate the publicity division of the southern counties with that of the (Continued on page five.)

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JUST A MOMENT COURT Reporter Harry Folk is another of the regular guys who Just can't get two licks of work done unless he ; sees how the war's going, j

C. n. Payne, one of Kaufman & ' Wolf's right hand bowers, is never hap- j pier than when he's brc-akin in about' 400 extra girls for a big sale. I "ANYBODY who thinks that a banker doesn't have to get up early and stay late nowadays had better try to keep tabs on a few of them I know," said M M. Towle, Jr. JESSE WILSON, president of the Chamber of Commerce, went to visit his son who is in the Roy Scout Camp at Cedar Lake and praises the idea of the outing very much. THIRTY-EIGHT fish in Wolf Lake is Eddie Gochringer's record in two hours and all it cofct him was a few worms. Yet some people go to Wisconsin and don't catch that many in two weeks. WILLIM EARLE. one of Hobart Township's big men. was in the city yesterday on business. He is a member of Orak Shrine and rounded up a j number of friends. JOHN F. SAWYER, now in the Winston law offices in Chicago, has been here on a visit and shooting a little golf at the Country Club. MGR. R. HAMILTON of the V. S. cigar stores has lost his right hand man Henry McHenry. Latter has gone to take charge of the U. S. Cigar Stores at Gary. CITY JUDGE THEO. KLOTZ is putting the city hall on the map with a hot-dog suit of "summers" these days, thereby exciting the envy of the other officials. B. S. WALTERS, who leaves for South Bend next month, his old stamping ground, says he will realize his amhltion to go into busines for himself there. GEORGE R. STREETER, the veteran publisher, is working hard to get ready Tor the press his latest effort Hammond's great honor roll for the war. D. E. BOONE, co-worker of Lieut. AVelch. who has le-ft Hammond for France, regrets to have. Welch leave the city. "He was a great patriot. saia Boone. "GUESS it won't make the Turks sick ' of this war nor nothing." said Alderman Frank Martin when he rend about bombing Constantinople. CHARLES MOORE, one of the Hammond Chapter's high officials, has received word that his brother has ben made assistant adjutant in a training camp "over there." HAMMOND'S latest Chinese restaurant on State street has "caught, on" in good shape- and its handsome equipment Ijir.gs many people to dine there. "AIN'T we giving them hell now?" said C. CI. Bonham, the big insurance agent. "I hope they don't surrender before we get to the Rhine." "OH. I Just got to get In it." says Carl Smiley. "I figure that though I am over the draft age I ought to be over there licking those Huns." R. H. McHIE. chairman of the Liberty Hill heating committee, and whose Job is a steam-wlndT, sees his way clear now to get all the apparatus reeded ANOTHER well-rosted man In war reading Is W". H. Spellman who says that "We must not let them (the Germans) rest for a minute. If we keep hammering away there's nothing to it." TOM JORDAN, veteran in politics, but no longer, is now a loop worker again. "Have sold my hoiise and never realized how hard it is to get an apartment in Hammond till now. SERGEANT WM- WELCH leaves i Hammond with a full heart and a prin-? in the city for the war work it nas none. "I shall always remember Hammond fondly," says the Sergeant. OFFICER WARNER'S definition of a drunk in the city court the other day caused the Judge to sit up and taknotice. It was "snoozled". which is the acme of accurate, expression. AUGUST SCHNEIDER of the Standard Steel Car Co. may be sent to France shortly to superintend the construction of a huge ordnance plant for the. French F. C. DEMING. ft director of the First National Bank, who has been ill for several months, is slowly recovering and is now able to be out of Goors a rart of the time. HENRY BURK. the South Hohman street grocer, is another one of those early birds who reads the war news at six o-clock when other peorle are dread ing the alarm clock. j CITY CLERK BILLY ROSE, in addi- ! tion to his other numerous duties, has taken on another bunch of trouble in boosting registration. "Its got to be done." saH Billy. LAKE County's surveyor. Ray Seeley, Capt. Ray Seeley Is at Camp Humphreys in training and majbe you think Capt. Seeley won't go after those Huns hard when he goes over. HAMMOND movie-goers liked the Fourth of July pictures at the DeLuxe but kiced like the deuce, because the pictures were run too fast. Why show soldiers running in a 6treet parade just to get a new bunch in the theatre.

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I The lir.e of American troops ar riviDR in France is almost an end one hundred war savings stamp workers from every city and town in! Lake county gathered at the Hammond t prTre'sfh'":1.11'1,0 'T', T progress or lh sale of stamps in Lake county aij to hear a thrilling recountai staroTea Srou? Cart. ?ta(n wnt t th frr-nt ani ?erv - his boys KH.ed. one of them before hi, very eyes. He told tales o German atrocities that would harrow the hart and said that none of ,he stories have been exaggerated

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Harry iiaii of Gary yrded at theifor overseas shipment and use are dinner and the matter of the failure of j Lake county to j lodge its quota was i now at their highest point and discussed it was prised to start a j precautionary measures new drive for Set. 10 and to have a r J week of ciearinc up and this proposition must be taken at once to prevent is still open Some of the sale leaders j cVinrtSp-e feel, however, that his phn should not be carried out and it is a oinch that the j Tractors and motor trucks en4th Liberty Loan leaders will not! , r . . countenance any such step on the part Sed ff transportation are HOt 1TIof the. W. p S. leaders, it certainly ill j eluded, also doctors' autOS. The infringe on the 4th Lrn and jam it up. . . c j t. i it was feit last mght that less time ? administration refrained from mak-

should be given to entertainment at the meetings and more time to discussion and action cn the sale of the stamps by the workers and leaders. Buy a Thrift Si3mp toc'ay. GOT BIG PAY FOR IIUN PROPAGANDA klJaa George Sylvester ViereckGeorgre Sylvester Viereck, an American citizen of German blood, is said to have admitted to federal authorities that previous to the entrance of the United States into the war he received large sums of motif y j ituiti titer uciHipu vi . ci x.iinri: i iu rpreaa nun propEganaa m tr.is country. He was the editor of a paper which before the war he called the Fatherland. After America entered the war he changed the name of his sheet to Viereclc's American Weekly. Re admits that he is kin i the kaiser.

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TROOPS STILL POURING if: 4 i American troops arriving in France. less one. Every registration ' means thousands of more men Br United Press. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. The U. S. Fuel Administration today banned the use of pleasure autos, motorcycles and motor boats east of Mississippi river to permit rerr r plenishing the stores of casoline. !The has diminished the' 1 gasoline stores. The order will re-i j m3m 111 effeCt Untl1 the St0reS 3re built up. -r? i a- i .1 , Fuel 0"Cials Say that the shortage is not serious but that demands ing it mandatory but rather appealed to the patriotism of the people. ;.. , . , , . . I'11- - uidt.umr- uscu i-t rcpur wym j by public Utilities are exempted. , , . ine orucr goes, nuo ciicct next Sunday. THIS DEI (IT LARGE ONCE MORE EL PASO. Tex. Aug 27. The Villa bandits caused the death of 100 persons and the wounding of 6j more when they wrecked a National Ilailway train on the brink of a canvon near Tepelnuanes, according to official reports today from Chihuahua City. The bandits clubbed to death the Carranzista soldiers guarding the train. PEASANTS FIGHT HUNS T'NtTEn F'RKSS C RIEORAM 1 STOCKHOLM, Aug. 27. An army of 40,000 peasants are fighting against fi combined force of Germans and L'krains near Skvira. according to newspaper dispatches received here today. The railroad strike continues. In the Ukraine Russian diplomats returning from Kiev report that as soon as German soldiers leave any district the workmen desert their factories and (organize resistence. LOST. Diccharg papers from the Canadian Army. Return to Mr. Goyette, Dollas Hotel. East Ciiicag-o; reward-

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INTO FRANCE "V-x-T-:-'-.'-. "a i--- W s 4 7 , 1 z V made available to keep this stream flowing. Bulletin. WASHINGTON, Ail. 27. German artillery ahelled a Bed Cross bath house and other buildings in the rear of the Betelsn lines, kllllna: 23 perkons, nenr oC rrhom Were iwnttr Injuring sixty. PROFITEERS KEEP UP THE PRACTICES Frank O'Rourke, city food administrator of Hammond, does not propose to be j charg,i by ?om, Hammond profiteers. for he has done, he says, all in his power tS stop it. Mr. O'Rourke declares that the prices In some cases are unfair and higher than the prices charged in Chicago and in fact all around us. His investigators have checked up prices for the same commodities In Hammond groceries and find a wide variance in prices. He has checked up on the dealers and knows what he is talking about. Several weeks ago a federal investigator came quietly to Hammond and found that the prices were wrong. His orders were to County Administrator C. A. Westherg that the dealers should be notified that Chicago pries should be charged here and it was decided to send a scale of prices to the dealers showing jtnem wnat tney couin cnarge tor cer , commodities. "As far as I know. "11 Mr. O'Rourke. "this has not been done yet. though I know Mr. Westberg !s 8n extrempIy bu5y ma.n HAVE YOU LODGING FOR SCHOOL IflnnlilS?! Scarcity of Board Calls Out a Macedonian Cry From School Authorities. While there has been a general response for rooms for ta'hrs, there is a scarcity of places to board. Between now and next Monday there will be between ISO and 170 teachers in Hammond. More than 150 of this number must find places to room and board. It will be impossible for teachers to room in some parts of the city unless they can find some place to get their meals. Anyone who is willing to board teachers should phone 415. USE 70 DIVISIONS. United Press Cablegram. LONDON. Aug. 27. Since August Sth Germans have used 70 divisions on the west front between the Scarpe and the Aisne. Democratic Meeting Tonight At the Jefferson Club Rooms at S.OtH p. m. Interesting topics will be up for i discission. All interested Democrats i are uit,(d tc attend. DEMOCRATIC CITY CENTRAL COMMITTEE. 8-27 Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick ths Hun.

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Hnn Lines Cross Fired in Soissons Sector, French Score Towards Roye. Bulletin-. J United Pkes C3leoraj: PAitIS, Aug. 27, 2:00 p. rau The Pirtf Matin today published, tie statement that not a single German remained it Eapaume. U.viteo Press Cablkgram WITH THE BRITISH IN FRANCE Aug. 27. One more surprise today lengthened the list the British are visiting upon the Germans on the Somme. At 3:00 a. m. today another six square miles were added to the battlefield taken by the British. The Germans were not expecting the attack. The surprise came when the moon broke through showing Canadian and Highlanders surging to the attack. Passing through Arras I saw about 1,000 prisoners headed bjt. - dozen offi cers. Their general physique was poor in comparison to those taken j ill tfitfTIOTtll. RACE FOR ROYE. United Press Cablegram. PARIS, Aug. 27, 6:00 p. m. The last German position before Roye was broken by the French this morning and they are now within less than a mile from the town which is also threatened by the British. It is a race to see who gets it. Resumption of the activity is reported in the Noyon. The French are also attacking along the Ailette and pursuing southward to Couch7 le Chauteu. AMERICANS ACTIVE IN THE WOEVRE SECTOR UN'TTEr Press Cablegram BY FRECH J. T. TAYLOR. WIT HTHE AMTRICAN ARMY IX FRANCE. Aug. 27 (Night). American patrols have the beet of some encounters In the Toul and Weevre region In the Toul sector an American patrol killed and wounded four borhes. I'uring & patrol encounter in the Woevre an American was wounded 16 times by machine gun bullets. This is considered a record for wounds American airmen at Conslans Funday bombed a railway truck knowing it bore ammunition and damaged a round house. 40 bombs were dropped. -AH our machines returned safely. i DIRECTS MAKING OF Col. John T. Thompson. Col. John Taliaferro Thompson Is directing the manufacture of small arms, rifles, revolvers, etc., for Uncle Sam. He produced the newarmy rifle. He has increased the production and standardization of the weapons. He, his father tsJ. &oa re gaduates of West Poia

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