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JUST A MOMENT ! LIKE TUOTTER is thinking sorl- ; -,:;. - lv f ! iaing his sons', "t'p Ju:nitol I Nf-i;:.." sung in tho melody of "Way . pown Yoinlcr" ""Ofij righted Wh.i can ; v. r:!f th miio tor a brother! aicon;-i-ii:.in; i.t " t 4 to !'r' m N'-w Yot U on hi'i .-r !-'-. V-r.i:- jrii Heor:i. . roo:i: i.-it S;;r.l:;.- at miduib-h. ' r. a u ':y.- f - i". n: -'ii and rl;" j-y. N'l W ar.il forlorn. Ornii-T 'h!t.-U. r's 1: x fry y'able nsn y b- i! -t !.! :n ! -xvn nnt M.n!a .bin n-.-iy e err." bncU into b:s on n i r:i::i rn:!;r'T.r.Y. t.ow in The n :i t.'.y bustr." ir o bis .! r?. irx :b-jti::K for t !: r.rni rn-j f ' he- fir ar t.t:-.5 1 r.-:.r.ht t.) Har.un-xr.1. N.-. t rf iiii .::;.- :::c; r.nti it rax 5-. u ii;;n:;y .p.-.-il. v i a ro x . . i vr.'ir-.' x . srcit . i.ga.';.'d in rU 1 fuf r-iiiff abctit 'h ! 'iii-jer xxatr tbat Ir.nce fct"!d li MAYER r.bDI.V and his brtb- r.ci c:i'.on nre J' v r or nt ratrjois. T!i V, f r- t; i X . tt lib! t;, lift. to "x:I fo-- t I,:bfrty Hal! b.-nff.t laft i-i.rbt and t o ry ore x'f ib.-'tn. ONE ef The pre flfit Sifrb.t on i-'a St. i? did John Miibkan's flsb.it.K ;;. and barb . rv day b. :" ds f t pro rj! btr a.i b KINGWILL o- the Sir.-.pl-x ba-...-XX-h-. tha t, r ice overifas xx ;o, tiia hc-t b.-tt. rs said r.iab" y. i think C ;. ba t giad get tbxr.i. ONE of th.? bst r.opt-?:; r.-,.'n lr. ?br i ct n t .-.ti oonnrr n nfl f i n.'i Tlx XX ft ? in all their complex Vscs is wc!!. v- Ar. -.i,r ' ' ' I DON'T 5 o u the outr-5it'. r-' Kins nbout." fa:- f t be n;an xxi-.-..r.:- n "Thoy rin xva1.; r.r. Snr.b?y --.n.! r is r.n prohib; i'.'n rf tii Mrc. ' i I siM . r.r m c fnrirw nnv 'irixe Xcr Tied Crc.-s funds, is still trying to pot hi? as5 father ever bore from EuLS-ia una wys it's a he ri Job. FILE HASTINGS, th" w. k. dirt seller -or.teur. xx bo is axx a:t:r.R bis ca'.i. i lias f-o'ai bis rid h.xrse tin' of raxxr tha? r.otb- ! t to .-jif-T-o-trt 'i Hi REV. HAWTHORNE, rrrtar of St Ibaub.. Mralf.s brortdy x b"r.ex-er the (. FutixJay gasoline, j.robibitlon la n.x r.tmn-j ed. i rtdb-ts fuller i-evs now. j FRANK GREEN. Wert Hammcr.i J t ft-rtinK authority, is runnini? for Matt- j r and the boy y it t.ut Green. it r is n-at hnvnvHAM i- lookin? d.-oido-rx-i m the mouth .is alao is C 'Jar Ea? The a sol me edict bits them both a bbaxx bt btlwecn the eyes. "WHETHER Dave E.r,e-y will tret f-xt.Mtr inn tbts vear t.eotr.s to ht m?:y considcrins tr.e annual event.. t. tt Mrn.AY. the contractor, ke'rs hrat lrr thin wall from his son. Kalpri. ox e r:-e.as: Dab Era in fine shape but can't tret in the scrap. I want to right and they're boldlnc us back." EVERT timr Judge E. V. Arace statts iron tho office about four o'clock, he'll j toil vou he's coin? home to mow bin t - " " ' " i.-xa xoiui.itao.ao. ..v .oC j;r course mow almost r.o-.v. :-: LIBERTY HALE'S roll of honor has j rompieitu unun ' ncn o. , - . - 1 . .0 . V, - .1 . .1 ... an Jesse ... vx nson. it :s a ar.dy and Architect Berry is belr.E I aaised for his work. I GUT SAMPLE, tor years a linotyper j on The timls. nas soia ns residence j and will move bis family to Gary here 1 ho is xvorktr.e on one r.f the newspapers ; there TOM HA RLE Ihinks that the Hamrtoiid Labor Lay parade xx;;t be or." of j ,:''- l'eft an' ln rcs'e-n x-erxpody puts n.s mix u.urr 10 tnc , ' xxnoei. . i MOF.R15 DOESON. of the ;o.-a; ,-or.s-, tabular-.-, was busy as a one armed shxxasher today rutting the fear o f I ; 1 the law into a bunch of seiners be cartared on the ("alunit-t riv " ' : THE TIMES' bulletin board is the j real live spot, ln town these days. With mat!V as ;a to 50 interested war fans' around it all the time pedestrians have j to take to the street. "THESE fishermen who fi up in Wis ronsin now," says John McCune, the expert artist with th" casting line, "go f up too late. June is the time to xihip 'em out of the lakes." ! F. It. SCHAAF is busy at Gary these days and his counstl in banking: matters has been eagerly sought during the Nx-rthern State Bank contretemps.

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v.J That xiaar and it? a : ?ti al: i ic 3 are irat broiitht to thts cttmiry by f'-.'p? from Franc i - story I'.M bv bo-r;-Ivas.at-aub .Tr . ton of Ge-.-rpe Eufama'ii 'he tobacconist, 11 hn p:;t in four hour.5 In Hammc-ntl n h-a wa y ! i 'k 1o Nexx York f re in N'c-'.x- Me-xi,.-o. Prix.are Kiub'.ii'il- took 1 !.- ed and -)C.li-3horb.el A ine-fix r.n roa.,c 1 : .ieo xxa-ck from N w Y.ak to New where they xxil! b b'i:lt up. The doufrhhoys bad Just b'-'ti broatht back f j '.am I th firinft line and if the people of re aec-n there 17 boy3 suffer and could ha-e s.ten their condt- ; tion there would be no treub!e to ral.-e i t a ten billion dollar Liberty Lean to dfeat t!,e dirty Hun than there would a J y. -. ar ! r 111. ; Y"ouf.K Ku.-sn-.aul. x'ho enlisted in th" 1 serxiee- !',st Febiuavy. i.-. attached to tito ! bae: i-.ospitai soinexxhere in . i It baa mueii to do with th." re con strut" I t ton an s t eptioti of the returning . : xxounaeet. i t: a liannnon.i xoans iv.au hl, w oxi l-in-a.f up to a r. r-om-h'.e ir,. a-,U ia r,.a sxcrota'ty ta bis ,,,., r,,,i-,,i A , 17 , x a ,n a He was a: xv Mex ,. -o vexv Mexico x h. re th-ar tpofed - luiiits xxi. i be rcnftxe.a to nc-.-ia:: ftusa xx'i'.I be renewed to health I n-.aul too'.! the men through x roxvt , , , th,, throJ,-!, Or-wn roint ! .... tv tin x lv.--. .and - uxra-ez- : c. t niz' a. r, -turned from thf xxest on 1 Saturday and spent a fc w tioiirs xv it a rents on bis way bark to New York ! The Hammond boy told of some iearluit wouM, ,hat have been received by' American soldiers r. aw hick here and tV, ,,., ,. r. construction that is bxiti don. .! YANKS TAKE HUN MEASURE , tllr FfrKiison 1 itli the Amcriraat) The series of b-ca: operations in - j tiatcd by both sides on Cat Aisne- front! has resulted tn x'lolent niriitincr 11:0114 the Vesle. More than b.-a Oct mans hava been raptured. American art-i-tlery in the ..pen hurled shells toward j.him: gun At.

'.4... 4 May Prove Indiana 's Chief ' --t V , ?. GOODRICH. This aft'-r-uor a'r-fj. C .VO e'cb-ek an auto tr:ivk litdoi.rt.iiE: a : Kennedy Eaiindry C'omp.vr.y, 14 5 Sibby street, II..:nmond. xxb.ib crivlr.- nana on Hoh-M.-ia strett. in fren; ef the I. ion store, tiruc.-tt a liit-e bey rf abot.t 10 or 12 ca'-j of as knockinsr btr.i doxxn and runr.ir.s over him. T;.-t brtv was i : -l.rd tip by the driver ' to t.ae oti.ce or rr. . A. wb.er': it was u.-.i that hi5 rj:. "n n!;h rr !:i th IT : th ..to'-o.n: :t ma- r. -. 1 : - n pc??-bb:- bairn ; " - " " FURTHER TRCUBLTl IN MEXICO tpr En:tf.' Tft-b 1 ALE"?. An: . Aa- Or.e -.-and an aia r lift at j oun was f.red io:os3 t'.- bo ; okTock :ff?t. tiiekt cs 'r. i n .x e a ed to Mexican shot.-, ' no , n ; d he-.e tedty r-u.-ta. I a t-.tal o about ! -hots was ftrd , Tlie AtTierit ar.F di! r."t r'rly uriiil U. S. TROOFS DOING WELL CNITCP FK1SS CASZ.r.ZBAM 1 r 1 T.a ; x , 01 x 1 - 0 - , . . j j ; o... xvtth i.rrr.t ! a r; tr ; rx x .aranv n--fi ao : ,-o r-r-t - - - i -'"'i important sector north of Chaxig-ny. j Their H.-.-t clash ith the Ik-! s wa.- n loeaii opera. ion in xiausrh - sfa; and 100k! boys were entire, y su ; a r.un. ox t of r.ers. A German counter attacks was r plo'ely reptilsed. n-.:y b.-n-brded American artillery xto. ' ne enemy i last r.iga:. ; TST WTTTTTfl PnTTHT! 1 FIND BLIND PIG iSFE.-lAt. To Tnn T 7 WHITING. Ind. .Vac 2? The Wh.tir.s police conducted a band ra,r raid on Tuesday night at which liquor was set'urx-d from the foiioxx-in: saloons: ' Waiter Kozloxvskv. W!i:t Oak av j nut-. Louis I'auniclca. Indiana br.ule- ) vard. and Gears-' Co- i-.a i ef Kr S:. Their trials will xv held tomorrow 1 1 afu. rn,,on AUSTRIAN TROOPS ARE REPULSED kip. w 1 1 ' Austrian -f the T-aiian :: xvr. r (Pace today.

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P5? ""1 F3 oni i mil r.or srman asuaities Sicca Oifens;f3 Gegan Eslirnalsd la Be Half a Million. :. no. aux. -t. i p. ra.rjritb ! :..,,, rr reported to have taken FtaIVr: t.ct:.v t i;:i. uw:. -if, 4 ,, ti.FrrBrh -xf 'itfnprr. Jeo.-nro Vyon c:,4 H-, '.:'.- ta!i.-.T. y.:.i.r:t- -'. 4 ft. :--:i.!i rti-I a.rixai-2 trnvy.s f. t ri U!.-:;- .. rr. ;x!s. :!fttr .and tfte '.'..-.c Vo"p. fi.-oarhias the f Iie:r.in.rr-:.a?,-r, -r. itix MiilaaKfrlas h i.rrm.m.x l.ri. i-raoin rector and fx!r rix c.-. ror l"Tn in: :n thf rt-clon of Jiiilsnx-. :E--r t.x---v 1 Hy MMI.-.KTT WITH THE -dISII,bi:AiTbe C.-.naaiaas ara witi-'r. a mile of UvUe. Kr aa Staacoait. Thoy rtSit tho nir-:t cltirJt" rut a T.:isa of auo.;:a . r:r"-;'-0 l llc:i t7 t:te Cexsiaa?, f!3-.-.3 ttro tbousaafl yorj v ..cr;.c tttuael rv.tiiUit.g- frcci Eouie. ;c-tvt -o tl-.o iear-se river. A-:-::;:;u-; have capta.ea ru!i. - ---- ;ccoutr, Asce.v.Iers md Believ r.;e no .-.- -.v.'.libt three ii'cs of tlia -outu ef r-tieine. ryafa 3raiasrt t joS Ciiicby. an iii.i pent ecv oi -J-pauirie. Washington! 1 auc'3 j Twenty to twenty-:ivc thousand I German prisoners constitute Amer ica's portion of the great allied ! haul of 112,000 captives since July 1st, according to careful estimate by war department officials today. The last American official figures on American totals were 17,000 towards the end of the Sois-sons-Reims struggle. AfUr that time several rrlzabU b were-, made- and prisoners have bren com In in eontinuotir-ly since the f.ght- ! in? d'f.d down .-'. c ff icer stiir.a'ed tne rieai and w-undd in rornrarinen with the prisoners taken to run more than three times the. captives. German oasuaHi.-s are as a whole believed to run 1 half million or more. German xras reported in March rcadv 'o sacrifice a r.-ibi.-.n r more men ta sre.-mp'.jsli br aim. German morals is now at a lower ebb than ever. Oifioers say fhju It proved by tha !ncreasmplv !arex number cf prisoners 'he British h.9 v taken. Some of them hox-.e.i a remarkable willingness at being takn. "Whether sorr. plan will be mad for bringing German prisoners to America is a subject w-ar department authort- ;' 3 decline to discuss. It is known hoxxexx-r that 'he matter has txea uaci'r se-ric-us dtscusaion. FALL OF KOYON HOURLY EXPECTED By iHLLER rb-VTEJ PRrjSS CABLEORAM. PARIS, Aug. 23, 11 p. m.French troops are fighting In Noyon, according to report3 receivc 1 early today. The town is hotly defended by machine guns. It is already outflanked from thf northwest. The French have enlarged their hold on the west bank a( tu C.--, rar.al fivpf a win. j ! front south of Peror.ne. The German retreat Is reported to 1 ha-, e- been precipitated at sonie. point bast right. There is every indication that the enemy 9 retreat whl not halt before it reacav s !he. entire Hir.denburt. line, aitbaauth the Forbes ere Tesistm tenaciously in tho vicinity cf Noyon Fall of that toxxn expected hourlv remove th- i-ast strong defense bef'r 'uisgard. live miles to the north, it l. behex ed. Ilu&l cf tb Nesie the nghtinc wa? pitvtm.ly heavy. A hure amount of rna-te.-ial was captured in tats resion nor'n of Soissor.s. the f.etniins ciinemir to ciotiunating positions at Cuffies and Juvinyy. The tlcrmans are reported to be cre.Tly strengthening their positl. ns at Kb Gohain forest xhich is regarded aa aire a-iy among the best defenses on 'be xx cstern 1 rx nt. War Savings enlistment June 28. dsy.

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