Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 73, Hammond, Lake County, 5 September 1918 — Page 1

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139 Acre Trad to Hammond s Eordsr Line BougM for Cook Go, Forest Preserve Nsgotiatloas Oonsuina Six Months i West Hamrr.-r-.d and Hammond are to- , rhav assured of a beaut : fill rrt. j acre? jr. extent sr. 'J .".r.s S.Oj . t o ; by th- loo,: j . a r C-.r.ty lmt 1'r'Jfrv,' of the rnf.ro vim'. i rL'l;e f .:iuir.s ir .a r i..., , , fr-f't to Fu;-r,h.im .-ivcuu". a disftni.e j r.'-r'.y a n'!'. ju west of Knwr-od j er.'l Clr.du!-- Park. TV.-- do--:, w'uch is th !ars-?t trans- : eot'.on in real e-sta .i in the Iclnlty of J Kar.-srr.ond since the Ea! of the site of , , th Standard -Sfel Car Co. twelve vcars . ... ' . , Rro. wa-made positiI af fr six jaoulin : Z T of rc-KOtiation by Samuel K. Markn:an. , ..... t j o ... .. -...J cttonded to tho local details, and Ri?'? T.. Vv-.od5. st-crtary vf ih" firm of Ha' jr.e:-. V'"od &; '.. whi mad all of ;"- - . r "t ' '' ... f ' -i . i ) . -.CL. -V. t I'KTlllI HH1MIKHI.. p-rbmissions and n 1 1 : n '1 ! to the real t - t a t ( end r f the rb a ! . Last fia-urrtx th- deed? to the riht T lie--:.- of land in 1 he tract wer i-l-'ii-t 1 in --. c i i w wrh the i'hienco Ti'l-i A- - -c, e r.H in! n Tud-d-i v of this wc-ki j '1 ov:.,-rs nf t h la-i-1 nn.! tl,o j n ,-,, i '.-eyed ar- as follows : Chv.is ; i"a;:s-n arid hi wif- I., na 1 '1 a u ssen ! n : 5.-T s,-.i I. ia tb-nntcir. t h i r t v -ii ve I p , mbrn.-ina l!v v -.,i! rxt-ndmB j V . ... .. .... , , .. .-, i .... I ... in r- 1.:".- ;-.;i.-t. ; S 'it',. 1 i M---r kinan and A. .T. Catrp-; I . tm I 1 cr "h '.':-.. I'.'Tin n-r-'f 3-ldv -ird S ,hitt..y. . tcht n.-r's: I love ; 3' firhrnm. -!ht -o V."i!i::im T. - f- :, rur:-,, i iaht a. r--s: XS'illtar! A l-'ra?'-- 1 .It . f.voitty tsct-es, nti-i (i"o .! o-kman. li.tr y- rv:-e- --tr.iiii.v.-!-. '-n-c.ch all of j tli- O" ll'-s -p t. -'11 -t'cs 1 --p J s ei-ep; il-.jT th - sti-hrutn tut tc t s. What Is a rcrert Preserve? The p-p.-.p. t ty conveyd is the tln-Tt f i a-, of wool's ir. ea-t-in 'i,iok r-iir.ty, j , v, pc-or-L e s-ud'i-d the work of th - ('o.r.ty i t ' v l-'orest Preserve r--m-1-. . - i-irt and l-.eni f-w people reniij-.e . l-.i tlos nil--!- - l-l..a".s t.i t'r-.-- on-. West Hat-iiuond nn-1 tt t; iviii'torinrf .1 i 1 3 ,. . n - ...... t v. r-s. Indeed tl-.e .-pt ire ' '" i u n, .-1 I'-it-particularly North township, benef.- s The p poper t y ara-r.red is fenced in. 5t.. per.- and conifer .-' a t ntis are b:i:H. l- . .,!.i a iti'-ro-.. i t:::-.-ih the prop rt .. i i r 1 1. 1. iti'"- fo-i t-iitt- ar'- itoi a 1 l--l th--t;, s nr. t- c.cfi-d from tiros and - t'vr ;-,- -oes i.n 1 a k-'per is placid in ii'iii 1 v" I n - v. am -us re-i-rvc c. e.; of which t'v r. "re v.ow 15.. , ,11 be , i, no, te.i up i-h i;nriti -in -ri'- hiul-var i thr. o t re a Cf-'s ar.vn I t 'h TJ-i t-.p will have ft;, easiei-a : rtoitius r.t the A'.", st Hamn. -ul pr.-s. r ft th - t -a! p-ivroso ,; th-se. pre- i s.-v-s is 1 -P. 1-1 a rdi; .:rourol f.-r t In- i j....p..j.-; a place- w here a ma:-, can r;o and ! t il..- h-s .pr.r.er for a ill; '.s i.iiip.s wtth- l rn -it in- ri It is on - of the i ... y b n p-1 p- .a t : of t'

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ta j Lawrence Mulvey Dies j From Wounds Received j . -r-p , 111 iiCtlOll, War JJepart- . j - TT. , i mem vises xiis luobiiei. Lav. rer.c" Miicy. cr.'.y son of Mr. and Mr51. i.-rar.k JIu'. ? rn-vio th man tn s j-r'-mc ?i r::w i'T n:& country. -p;-,, fr,'.;nlnj tIt?rartt was rceivrd by his j"opio from thf War ncpartmnt. jr. rrank Mtuvey, 234 Indiana Ave. Karamond, Ini. Deeply regret to Inform you that It Is officially reported that Private , , . . Lawrence Blalvey, Infantry, died , . . , - , . , Auyust 1st, from wounds received . , action. Hands acting- the Adjutant General. I..a .vr, nor, had h" !ivd until nxt Sunday, v.ou'.d hao h'Ti n:,'' pf :i yfars cf nzf. '.r: was -no of Ilai',m 't, i s tin1 l is d a'.h brines th- war asmn home t ! i 'ifi. -I jus'. f'Pl us if I had : 'n:r.s r.icv t , live 'or." said his iior-br.-K"ii nil :!;' r m a Times rriortor. r,',w i list n.y only b-y is jtonc." Lavrfi), o JIu'vcj . u'nrn war brokf o-it v.i':i . rns.anv in Aj-ril. HIT. didn't si;i i it- ! it aiiy 1 ni r than h- oould h:i. i.' rniisjo.j in Co. I., at F.a't Chioago Thro ,!is af'op war was n r,niiur.oilii. i 1 is training was r coivcl a' Ha't:r- ! 1'ri'. a: Mu!v.? imi? a c'ikoi:' M -i - Hi-fiinn. a:: ! ' h r is an :t- r ar til" (jrasii.i Lake County Probate Com- , missioner Had Another Narrow Escare. I'lin rCi!i;rrew nitn:s.-;o-ier of Lake , secretary f the Lal:e ca u o.mmittw. who ri u t.d' ro, tr nn op. rati. d his life to, to pntr th n-'v-l ..if leers' tr.-npiiK sehool. vest ,-ra e 1 m faro. I ii .- i. li n f I .-1- loin - n e

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- (p: - - d for t h.. t:-.-. ;.. Mr. KiHizrrw was a p.asseneer on a tr,i- oar in from of t,e Chica-o p,,s--!tv . .fe,, ,- vest, .day afternoon v. he n th- 1. . W. explosion wTiirifit Windows in , a r were wreck. -d and P:isej:Rci

throw n into a ranic. Mr. KiH'Hrew I .-.sea p.-l ui.hui m.-il. Underwent Operation. S.-i r'tiry KiMicr'-iV, who t or, of I the most prominent tf the youn i,-iw'.rs ot in c-iunfy. sovrrai w-v!.s a ro underwent a major operation a' i M-rcy h-ispit il. lar. This was sue - .. ssful Naval ofC;,ers ha 1 a Hised Mr iillii:rew tii.a' l-- would b.- arret ie( if ic uu-k-i w.-iii it:- ni.i.. jiii " he tmdcrwi-nt the mdaati-.i operation j Aft - r cons ult a t iiui with his wife, who, I was Mis:; Alvina Krai:s.- of Hol,ai" be1 fore !i--r ianrriafre las. vear. Mr Kiili- !

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arrow subtniite,; to tie op, ration. j . 1 Yest.rd.ay afternoon !. was success-, T) tlu-ee eligible younc men who .are ful in 1- in-.- a--c:it-d for the officers' j pIO,ir),.te,rs of the Host l-'-i rn i t -ire -Co.. i ratiiine srlool tit Municipal Ffer. "c: - "nj - :;n !:,. t Sta'e street, ha v imr .lectd -:,.-..co. Afrr Severn! months of Ira ir me j ,.ti to serve their roun'ry in a more eshoped to be romir.issioned an ens in n js rn, ja , ,,oruption tlian the r-tail bnsr m to- nival establishment. 'toss p. i of ere bl y in the army an auri - t ion sal- w ill be conduct ed -b- kiinninir

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j Elmer H-'l.1'iinn. I yea : s old. h.-dov e J ' on of William L. and l.ot'te Holdeman I of 11 I. ni street, rhica-i. but for-ni-rly of Hammond, .lied Tuesday at Chiraito lie- pit al. j The fun'T il will be held Fridav after-roo-i at o'eock f r-Tu the Jackson l i .-l. irtt-l pin churih m ar W rst.rn av ictnieiit in Il'mwo ul ioihI'tv. iiue Voj i-r,nn i.-trv t!-s fall unless ci) ar- , - istere l. It ! uh'iean Ilr-jt :st ra : ion j !-- r.-' Tu i !av. fo- the .-;ty cf Hit.- ' r.i.-n-l. Are you r;strtcdv D-4-4t i

TRY TV!TF.r FfcEss. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 5.! Congress this afternoon passed a; resolution empowering the Presi-j

dent to make a dry territory zonej around all shipyards, munition! plants and war work plants. A dry j zone is usually 5 miles in depth,! but the president will fix its extent.! Senator Erandegee declared that' this will mean practically every j community in the country will be come bone-drv at once if the Pres-; ident exercises the authority the resolution gives him. Thls m ,naS9 welt Kams, Bum. ham. Hegewisch and In fact all of Cook (county dry If the 5-mile rone appUes. ) It will mare Chicago dry, too. Indiana Harbor Business Man Held up in Jackson Park Waxes Wroth Over Treatment Given Him. ; A 1 1 b.oti ch the thief trot about $.nn ; .-.jich from Harold Kord of the l-v,rd j ! r'l'imbinc ar. 1 H'Tin.- -.., Indiana Hir- ! b' i . who v. a s held up in Jackson Tark Ja fi iv days ago, .-r hi-- w h- ::.i!n bis ruise stoio i rash reinr.irc 1 v.-i; h the Ju-r r-r the ft of petfne away wrh his I ,:irl as v.- : It sTt:,, tint Mr. Ford had 'ak-n his "iHdy friend. M: s I.ambei-j-. of Ave. J liast Si'i -. out f.-r a little .i--riil - and ir.v" a' : hi st a aery t:io.cra'e r-,-- at an :inf-e- j inier.te.l ..iin' m I I'-ks-.n Park, a holdu; nrm ;,p;-r-i if! .and c. .in p.-l !.-! th- i : ouiiK man at t!.-- potn! of c-un t hold ! I i:p hi Inr.ils. Hir--:-l had about $h . i whi'h the hiirlr.va n-an confiscated. i i Tin n, -is if t-. x.M insult t., injury, j Mho holdup loan otibied Ford out. not ' i ir:lo i lie ill i f-r's s-it imnsclf and c..r.;' i dt o.e a , a wi'Vi til-- li.i still .a b:i .'-- . tt 1: ui" -r so !,-'T. lie 1 b.-i . -r i - !

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led car v .as f-uii-l about f-.ur bbrH- J j flop) til" youtiS bilv'j b.on e and .iial lb-hart. probate : . i,, in :p, il'H:t io .Mr. K-r.l th- j irruit court atidj y,,,-,K lad-.- w -a - st ill there, county n'-pub'.i-'t Kitrhtfully M r. l'otd w a ; t.-rv tndi-s- I

nan. ib- r -j-.-i-l' d the matter to the ll,it t'hua,; i i i 1 i in the h,,p.. that i s, ,,,,,, ,.,. sj -!..,..,.... 1, i 1 s of t !:! t d- f- V ;ll'-ti! i ;i-"-:M -i;ii" h.-f and h:ui a bs--n that would !-:, 1, him that h" mtcl.t ak- m-.'iie wlti tiipuni-' but that to indnap a cul rightfully . l,.-l.-ni;,;n lo ..,. -f our home boys would not b t. derated ; - - ' BEST FURNITURE CO. GOING BUT OF BUSINESS . ! ' I Ucti011 Sale tO 30 Held Xtirflllff I VI ri -ting iriaay at 2:Z0 p. m. I-'tidav at I'tH'i p. m. li - jouns m-n ,,,,,, . ,, .... ... ii ifc' ,i 'iijii .i. The .ntire stork of medium and Fish t rnd- furniture, rufrs, stov es, talkma niai-liii!'-s. pian.-s, c,---,iii,ir maeliine.s and household f ,: rr.ish i ncs will be s-!d ati a'au - tiri

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is poinc out of bitsin-ss You anre.t xct lus fall unless you ,,.;r,ir,.H t-. T-,i-bli,-ai, r-ciitnili.m I t,-,, ni Ti..-s,iav f. r the (.'it v of llai.imend. Are yru F -"tr ;:- ere,! ? t'-4-4 Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick ths Hun.

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PAY OR FIGHT" TO BE MOTTO WHEN I THE NEW WAB REVENUE BILL IS LftWj Average Man to Be Affected From Time He Gets Up I in Morning Until He Goes to Bed Good-bye to J the Five and Ten Cent Soda and Five Cent Chew- i ing Gum. ' j

WASHIXOTX. ?Tt 5. A survey of the $.n'a oofi.i.fi.i war revenue- bill, 'he! ' most drastic tax measure that nn Amer: cm contrross Ii.-i , r l. rn nsUr-1 to .-nact. shows that ai'lvuch lonsunipt i---n - and breakfast-table tsxes ha been lnrKely Kept mil th--.1. the a .-i-HCf fnan will be hard hit by the b..! and; will kpolv .on after the bill jrors into . , . . j ! i-'l-vt mat he ! lavitii; his jar; toward i help, nff carry r-n the w u- in liun-i-e. j The hiji affects the aura--" man frm , the time he , in th.- m.-rnirc un'il ' he will l'ui'l that 1-e will be 1 ennv , re and a :m v '.). ! i.-i -i me a a "doll tr or t w o now a nd e. .an! finally when 1 he navs hia in otue tax sew r.a! or nn re dollars m .-.- or . l-r.-e luiops. t he an-iount dcpcndine on b. is state of afflu- , eiic ati-1 his hard w-,k d-ii,ii-; th.Keen accord of Your Incsme. , In the first pia.e , a, h loan t.uist keep ti.-ti k of hi- vt arly ino-m-, - rytbinu d. d I t into; -, si c-, - .OLL0FfiOTOI? it L ike i-iiiinb men are on le llli.:l rnxllllMv ii-t toilny. tlini'lUlM- .I-1KS I'llTUST . tttli-r liraie lnilinnn ll:ir-lor hny h:i een pifrflv noumlnl some" here In I'rsinep. nciitriiinii to infrmii ion rrrriveil from the n:,r lep.ail mrnl ::nl not jet reportrd In tlir tnsimlt lit. t orporal .lamr l'ileit:i. "nn of M r. nr.. I Mr. Knlpli l'otetn. 41l 1"."lil ;uniir. one of the hrxt known a nil nio-v ioiub'r oii:iit railroad men lit tin- Harbor. Is the newest lirtim of the linn. lie enlisted n je:ir tiiio the linii of .lni nnd was !: member of t o. It. f-th Infnntrt. The rnmlly heard from him last In M:i when he h.-iH been restlna nfter lone sort li t- in the trenches. Pis sister reports to the 'I lines tint no further pa rl i.lilars h:ie lieen heard from hint or of him. 81 MOVE TO HAMMOND South Side of Calumet Re rrion Becoming Great gion Becoming Grea' Home Site Location. j N'ltnhers r f In j h a v e put i tia sed and etc planning i Harbor pe.-p!--e-s in Hammond : .lev e into t hem. ! The: i.-ople in. I. i i-- the Newton Her:--Mr. and Mis M Movr, ti-.e eii broff s. : der FFirk'naers. f. ' 't t i Spc! ase f a ii - lip and M ' - T. i"-ix and Mr. and The lmbi-f. wt.l "i'fiipy th "'"''" " FiicK.ne- : eis have puri hased a i on-.e m I'rti'Kr rt street. I r. nr.d Mrs. C...X wfii liv I in .'e-nwood and -vl r. and .Mrs. Kr.oseilivvc nurrhasr-il a liome nn I e t ro u I street. itfo -ehas- will, erect a h-mi

near the c-iur.try Club. The Hem- ! the ,olshviki. aerordmc to reports br.n-5 have scld tl-.eir property at the 1 from Moscow. A revolt at Erjansk was Hari-'r. AM '.he n'-w comet s will con- j suppressed, martial law proclaimed and tinue in ioisin-ss at the Harbor, how - : lifty-'hree anarch:s's arrested, the adpver. I vises said.

KAISER EXPLAIN THIS

Americans bringing in Hun prisoners. prisoners after cne of the recent ; ena cements in the Franco- , American sector in the western 1 miincRt, stafo and municipal bonds. ! H:s pokT w innir.es or his successful . ra o bms, if ho ha Mich, must bo count-; od a- incoii-o. The ii..:!,-ir that h pots, old k is must bo counted: bis 1'" -id ro r't8 from here and there I 1 iiiu.it all fro m on his y.-nrly income. The I seo-e mtit ho accurately kept for the; 1 IT". n t vra: N-xt winter fach niaii will b.- railed on to till out hi income tax stte,ni nt and later he wilt rerejvo ; iimire fj-itn the ir-- crnment as to what 1 lie i-ucs ur.ib r the law. Travel and Shipments. j if your ri- h a-irt should die and leave! on r. lwqtK of J.in.Mi'.n. .and s-ranper; thirds have 1.,1.,-cn.d. toil will have ,o ; pa trie s ; .-rr.ni'-iu 3 per cent, of that aicouni. .lusie of state taxes. Ifj .vK, .-. .-.v t' i.i-.- i c: -i t -i v l.i tin - t 4 rua Ciif.irnm.llf - - . , . ,' a -t on , n a mou n t rF.,u to , n- i re n t "! '-vi"Those wl. tl.av! must pay or, their i-i.oi ., '. ' raiiro.a-1 ticK,i': ati'i extra on t r i unman ticket-, which, by the way. will ,,, t loss in the way of taxs than last TContlnued en pace flv.j CUll ft WW piTy .IIIIIUUIIMI1 I III! Illl I UIIU H IIIU I Ull Ul I I .Only 511 Registered; Gener al Apathy to Be Victim of Drive. neport, today from ,he rr i.f ra t mn board s.it;n- at Crown point show t ha t th-re are io due. just ."11 voters in the . ry of 1 la um-i -n. i -1; : st -red to vote out ot a voting in lion of 1.1.'. u!.at:--f at th last fir At 1 1 primaries iast 1 spnmi t!'et- were only 1.411 votes east 'm the entire rtfv of , I n ,,i ,t,-,inl I,,., ml a ales th- k- iii-ra! ap.alhv whi, h the!' r'lfre r-tl7.eps feels as t. everi-isinir I ' Th- toi-ublican eis-inizaiinn are to be b'artii.'- coin ni. tuied fop the hi ilrn" ih-v are iHKiit -s loi on. Tuesday, tin l"h of Seplen.her. to register the Ke p-ubiioan v..,. i s of th" ri: v Th- re will 1 !.-. em. n: places and wiilinrr helpers that tiifie will be po oxcufor any iter tu-ini refused his rit;iit of suffrage l November 4th. ihr-.tich lack of bcin.r e: t st --red. j Hammond voters who do not avail thn, reives r.r this opportunity w.n Jeitii-r have to make the trip to Crown I iiim to register whr.- the board sjts m session ti'l "ictolu r "th, tindt r the prc-ent law. e-r else- b- classed as a vote skaei.-r. AVtth a i-iik! sman, all state iMioers except Kovrrnor, about one-half th-- 1 ' -l isla t lire, almost ail the rounty otiiel-ils and al! tow jiship officers to be fluted this year, it b. hooves every pai t no, li It:-., 11 to set fistere and do , his duty as an el-rtor. j TTB1, WQTTV'C! TTTM ARE ARRESTED Pxitei Frf.ss i-m,p;tu.l . .vi i I . i . i - i 1 , .-..-m. e. . , , h-,hii." i Alex 'Kerensky have been arrested by

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theater of war. The Americans have taken thousands of prisoners as well as a Iarpe number of puns. THE TWO THINGS THAT MUST STOP "I want to say a good word for THE TIMES," said a city hall official this morning, "with reference to its profiteering expose and also the articles regarding the alien enemies who are working at high wages exempting themselves from the draft while our boys give their lives abroad for liberty. These are two th.igs that must be stopped and our government should find means to stop them. If the people and all the newspapers all over take up these wrongs they will be stopped. Keep it up." GERMAN AGENTS NEW PEACE DOPE Jt'S'lTEn Fress Cir.i.Eir.tit 1 ; ROM E, .ePt. 5. l'ahan newspaper correspondents irT Mi'itzi'rianri report I, ., (;f.,. acen-s are ,!a,lv ,-!m,l.,t. ..... t ins reports that Cermany is ready to . onrhide peare. Tliis peace, they adise. would beon the bases of the evac- j nation of France .-r;,. Hrlsium. The Hermans, limy say, are nsnhist pasin;' an ind-mnity and are luilin; to accept ! jthe British i.aborites vi. ro,,,t re-ard- j j lnjf Alsace and Lorraine This is with! the provision, however, that is. the i. ihabitants of these provinces vote to de - t ci'ie tneir own ia'e wi.y ,in so tinner .. Herman supervision. Italian aspirations ar- ignored, they report. DON'T BE TOO EXUBERANT rr.NiTF.r- rnnss Cuit.r.irtAM PAKIS, Sept. 5. Advismc tile Amerii.an pie ..pie attains! ex u he ra t ion rei, ntr. .,in.i i,,.r,ti.m r. !R rdinK the possib, 1 it ,. s of an earlv ' tormina t ion of tlie war. a hith miiitarv fiirial. th- impot I a nc- of whose j-.-.si-tn-r. forbids the mention of his name.

ave an enrouranitij: s-atcment out to-; yond Vauxeere. Flanry and Faslieux. ay. H.acoch-s and Fismette fell into Ameri"It is certainly cood to know the Am-' can hands through a ftankinc movement, rican people ate cry rni-h elated over'

I I the work f th- .i.na-i i,an army over! 11.!-. ii sail. i i lien,-, -mi , s - i 1 1 a t liiev do not let their spirits rise, too . , ., Kipn. BRITISH WIN IN FLANDERS

T.ox!ioNKCep?a:-Th: f a m on s Fl oe, - j S0Utherit flaIlk f the Picardy batsteett v-iias" in Flam lei s has been tak- tie front the French line is pushen hv the Braish, Field Marshal Haiar i . e . , , . r, ported today. inS forward nourly, according to iiiii no fi.-!, southeast cf Messina wjadvices from the front today. The Flanders, has beer, raptured hv the! , . , . . . . i.-r.tish. . me hundred prison,.," were ! advance is so steady that it is lmtakpn. j possible to olitline the present lo-

FRENCH ARMIES nr a Tn n a tv I'N-ITl-r PHES3 '.(Kt.r.TtAM.1 r.V151.. !2:2ft p. n I'ios-.r? in on Ham. strikiiiE. atw,ard t flank th-1 new Herman iio?:t:e-ns ai.-ove tli f.te and advanrins rr-tthward ftom the '.'esie in pui,iit of the retreating ei---lry. the Fren-h armies sa.ned steadilv durins; the nidit. the war office announce.! today. Notice to the Public. Feiinnlngr Saturday, Pept. 7, Barbr ?hops in Hammond. Fast Chi ago and Indiana Harbor w'l close -at 10 p. m. on Saturdays. Barbers' Local I'nion No. 322 9-4.5.6.7

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Big Guns of U. S, Forcss Fore" Hun Withdrawal. Enemy Destroys His Stores, Bt'UT.TTN fl MTEH ''".P'.C-,?..iV ' POME, Sept. 5 Intense art Ills.-? f-Shtingr on the whole Italian frrnt v-.i; announced hy the war office tcd .-. There wag moderate patrol work. j Er:.!.nTI.v n XITtf l'rp - CirriSAMEE3II5, via London, Sept. 5. WlVi drawal of Oerrnan defenses from j Vesle river was announced today. t.n-T.T.FlT-N ri'vtTFr t rns- 'ai.f; -.p r ' LONDON. Sept. 5 American sr.' Sritish arj still closoly follOTvin? tir tteviran withdrawal In the Xys talicr... It was learned here this afternoon. Thn cnmy has lost enormoun material '. every description. Fy FRED FERlf?ANt'MTEr, FPKSS Cl.E.lPU'l WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE, Sept. 5. The main German forces have retreated across the Aisne. The American artillery is forcing the pursuit and is over the Vesle. Bridging material is being rushed forward to be used in crossing the Aisne ar.i the OiseAisne canal beyond it, if enemy withdrawal continues to the Chemin des Dames. American patrols are filtering down the slopes of the plateau north ct tie Veslt. There is sor-.e German shelling and bitter resistence is being made by machine gun companies in the ravines on the northern slope. Fires continue at various points where the enemy, is destroying his stores. The pressure north of Sojse-ms where American and French are moving eastward in th'tr fiankmc movement was steadily P'Hintaiiv d today. American -mllt-iy participated with the French in sweepins th" plateaus over which th. Cf i maris are retreating. The maia force f f the American treys in this i pei a:i in have reached the top of th" phi I ' a u. YANKS AND FRENCH IN BIG VICTORY Fy Fr.F.n I'KR'H'SON ll'N'TFt. I'llKSS C.sBI.ECiRAM.l WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE, Sept. 5. Americans and French who swept across the , yesje rivef oa a wjde front are practically half way to the Aisne today at the furthermost point of their advance. As the enemy troops fall back toward the Chemin des Dames positions they are being steadily followed uo. Kear cuard actions ronI ti'ni'P tvi'to nrp;;iirp frnm th( Amfr. . . lCdnS d.iU rienLI.. At last report th-- Arrican? were beHUNS BACKING UP TO ST. QUENTIN Fy Vv F.HP, M1LLFF. ri'NtTKn Press ' a Bi.EOJ:Af. j sePl- lu:-u a- m I North of the Oise river on the ! cation of the foremost troops. The Germans are withdrawing ii, ins Mil c.Liui. vi wv. ui.111111, a cording to captured prisoners. Jussy, Chauny and LaFere ar-; in flames. On the Vesle fron' the Germans are now half way to the Aisne. ALPHONSO'S NEW DECREE r'-'NiTTtn I'FIF.SS CaBI.F.'IAM. MAPRIfi. Sept. f. A royal d-cre made public today suspends all jrurantees far liberty of the pros. The premier is conferring w i:h the king.