Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 82, Hammond, Lake County, 16 September 1918 — Page 3

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Letters from Soldiers Written to the Home Folks From This Side and the Other Side of the Water.

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From Walter Veitli. To Miss Mamie Veith. of Hammond I from Walter H. Veith, Co. 15th, F. A., A. E. F. . : France. Aug. 24. 1J1S. I lar Sister Mamie: I I tl-ought that I would drop you a few ! more lines, as this Is my last day her... J in leaving tills afternoon for the front, i I have sure had a very nice, rest and a ! f.re time. I mailed you a few postals ' and hope that ou will receive them all! O. K. . j May, I am so rested up right now and I feel so good that when I get ha ok on 'he front I van Just lick about ten i l'-rhes at one time. I I have been boating, swimmlns an 1 ! climbing mountains. Have icoked nil : over the Alps. This is sure a line plaoe , for a rest. i "Well. Mamie, how Is mother. Jimmle. ; Arthur, sonny, sister and all? Hope that everybody is feeling as go. -.J as I ' am and if they are I'll say they are all ' lu fine health. I

Say. you never do say anything about i the piano. How is it? IV you play It very often and do jou g music rll? for it? . yea Teddy, is he still alive? Well, sis. I don't knowmuch to write about, oiily l.ad a very line time and t o get lui' k v. i'.h the ho s front arid hit the bodies any more i rid how is of so that I will be finin ei another vere lid C K'-i-l 1 the Will there. wriie you nfc-ain when I Se Close with love to all. WALT Ell From Dr. Ellwitz. To Eagles' Lodge. Hammond. Remount 3. Ease Pec! ion 7, A. F. O. 73.-,, A. K. r. An sr. -2. ID IS. F. O. E.. 123. Hammond. Ind. pear Prothers and Friends: I' ha5 taken me a rather lensr time to inform my lodge what has become of t : . e ; st ill OS y,-u have oft times heard. l't:tr late than never. Throiuth my i!',ir wife you may have heard that I, as many others, am doincr my share t bring this conflict to be sure we a an oariy close, and i doing it over here i row. I am a "rst lieutenant and chie etcrir.arian of this H .-mount, which car ies about IO.OOij animals, and you can test assured we have plenty to do keep.nsr the waeon trains and ammunition trams surpi'.ed with horses. I've made two trips to the front with horses and believe me. boys. thit is an hr.r.est to God war. and no fooiir.fr, and to my thinkinp. the people in the United States cannot do too much for our young l-ojs over here in the way of comfort, boys; yes. Just boys they are, but darn their little hides, they fjjrht like demons; ro ver a flinch, never a whine, it's "feet's d-i get 'em boys"' and away they go They are sll young men. but one of hese boys that knows his pun and baynt is a match for any three to five fJermans. I say, friends, don't let them tell you we are not winning; it's slow, say for me to be patient: we are getting: them at the rat of about 1.000 a day find that helps.' To be sure, we are losing: some men. but. not compared by any means with the Hun loss, both men and equipment. I arrived In France In April. My first impression of the country was not a very good one. but as time went on and I became acquainted with the people, their lanpuagre and their methods. I saw many little hings which show that the heart of the French people i aught but haoI: their customs are quaint in ways, "ill they can easily be overlooked. The French are dandy fighters and now that rv Americans am with them, nil h ' '-uldn't stop a drive that this co-r-blna-ti.-.n make. I ,h!nk next fall will see the wind-up of the Hun and his repime. He is already whining- about the shoe the United States is making him wear, but it will pinch mighty hard this win'er. AVe hate them and their atrocities like a jar head mule hates a rattler, and the boys are not taking any chances witii them. Here is one of the stunts they pulled: carrying machine guns on litters with P.ed Cross bearers, the dirty hounds, and 'hen when a bunch of Americans or French get together they set it up and cut loose: fine, is It not? Here is another: While attempt inp to surrender, hollering "Kamerad" with his hands above his head, he was working a machine pun with a tread mill apparatus with his feet. Real nice, oh? So you Fee what we are up against. They set bombs as they retreat in everything bureau drawers, steps, hay piles, etc., also nice poison canned poods. Fine Hun friends we have. If I could kill about 20 with a machine gun they could have my hide. The country is pretty well rounded to rdeces. but that which la not in the 5 ' "''j j " --iv, ?- - 'i i r ; : 5 H 1 This FTuesday,

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many places his to visit and many things ..f real interest. ! Kncl.'sed tlr.d a clippin.K out of an 1 Ensii.:'a paper. I found Joe Ltetzan's; picture in the paper and it sure made; me fee bad, for I Uticw the boy as I did many orh,.rs in West Hammond, j The V. M .. A. ami It-'! i 'ross are! doms wonderful w ,-rk for the boys and i they deserve every consideration. The; boys miss randy and cigarettes, and! above nil. pleas.' say for mo that p.ny j rersf n in Hammond woo has a boy or .'ri nd at the fii-nt ovir here and ,1 s nt write to him at l. 'i-t tube a .-., i Is r. in, i a) 1 1 it. a i run.-. These bovs; fn't speak French- --it's ail mlhinff to , hern and h-y r.e-'d home ti- letters. many of tlom. It's very hard to be j over here and foroptton not pleasant picture carl to K'reet 3 inr we li.'po you are well; ro do i:i:i for tho beys over here in e v. 'on a i t sayrs. for af:r th war he will b f orp-', : or abused and shunned, but he is l'Kht(r "". t;nd dying Just for you all who I now bow jjratid it is to live in a coun try like I", f. A. We ar in to win. dear brothers, and wo will, or none 0f uS I v. ill retuin. The thins now look pood! for us over here; we are wlnnii but. ' pr y. ih not be to.-, anxious for no I illl!, k a rbs. or t ,- fre.pient battles, j for it's cf,i t ion our s n'rais are usin"r. ! I have, retained pood health sine be-' !nic her? and my work carries me into 14 hours of many days, so I'm not idle. I have five other ve'erinaries with me and I need them all. Remember me to Joe T.tetzan's parents and pivo them my h nrtfelt sympathies. Joe. like many of our boys, died rlgrhtlnp. II-' was a 4nd Piv. boy. I think, and they had qul'e a bit of flth'ine tills last year. Regards to Judsre Oreen. S. J. Farkcr. F.lsner and Hoc F.brisht, and the rest of the good old !"o- ers. I'd Just love to set down up in the old hall for jus- a whole dv. It would be mere pleasure than I've seen sinre September, 1317. I will close now. Hoping my letter was of some interest to you all and wishing that af'er the war I will be able to be with you nil at a session which j will embody nil the old friends we used I to know. With best wishes to my Brothers ?7j2, I remain Fraternally yours. DR. W5I. F.I.T.WITZ. 1st T-ieu.. V. C. N. A., Chief Veterinarian, Ilemount N'o. S. Fasp Section Xo. 7. A. P. O. 735, A. E. F., France. CHADS TO REIGN BECAUSE TEAMS IBEJjjlf OF KEN 1918 Battles to Be Test of Coaches Because All Will Start With Bunch of Green Material. Football makes Its official comeback this afternoon with the start of sanctioned practice by candidates for varsity squads of the Bijr Ten colleges, and sport enthusiasts who mourned the un- ' ! timely demise of baseball, another war casualty, will find considerable cortso'a-tic-n in vva'chinp the moleskin-clad athI' tes at play. lint instead of the serenity that marked the early stapes of other seasons, chaos will reign during the first fewweeks o the 1011 campaign and maybe longer. The l-45 draft law and Us application to college students will be the principal cause cf the uncertainty to which war conditions that wrought havoc to the plans of baseball officials also will contribute. There probably Isn't a coach in the Western Conference who knows exactly how many veterans he will have at his beck and call. Not a team will have three, from present indications, but the lack o,f seasoned tin. her isn't disconcerting the athletic rhiefs, n this condition will govern all squads and thus tend to equalize the elevens. A Test for Coache. The 191S campaign will undoubtedly bring cut forcibly Just how skilled a tutor is. as all the coaches will start from scratch with a batch of green timber, and the most proficient instructor will pet the best results. Men who made their coaching reputa- ,.. ; ' . jyy b ; , ill

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LAFAYETTE, IND. Sept. 16 To what extent will military discipline and intercollegiate athletics mix? That is the question perplexing athletic authorities, faculty and student body at Purdue university as college opens under its new military regime. Nobody s. :v.s to know for certain wheiii, r the football schedule will he played, nor is it .-ettltd just how- mudi time will be sp, nr in the prepo ra t 'on o.' a t am and who mil play on the eleven. ,'ie F. 'I o:m 11. head ca-!i last r.r. will not return this year. It is understood that h- umUl not renew his ror , ract at the 10 17 rat,-, so :, -cided to remain in the -,',. MaJ. F.dwaid Jackson. 1". S. A, In charge of the Purdue university army training detachment, in all probability will be the military director of th- t-'.'i-dent army training corps at Purdue ao w, U This m.-ans that b- will have genera! charge of some ;.r,ie1 or "J1"1 s-., -.k- turn who v.il i'f.n';':--' prar' le.-illy lbe entire stu l- '.'.t ho ly f .f the l.-niv-r-i-in t ir' vl th i: berV.lp of amp Purdue. hiet I. Maj. J WASHINGTON". September 16 Cageball, one of the latest additions t.-, the lontr list of traminp camp sports conducted by the war department commission on training camp acttvi'irs. bids ci- ir.,m one of the most popular athletic diversions the soldiers 1 and sailors. Cageball combines the play value of several p It has t lie i rush and tlrii football, the exeirmpi moments of basketball. and the rus i hustle and tussle of the class rusn. The came, can be played by a d 7.en. a hundred or a thousand men: i.iere it no limit to the number of players. Thus the weak and undeveloped may hay the same experience, pleasure mil prot'.t that is given to the skilled nthbt who plays on a team whose players are limited. And the aggressive fighting spirit, so invaluable on the battlefield, is stimulated. According to Lieutenant Emmet Dunn Angell. U. 85. N. K.. who developed the game and introduced It at. tho Great Lakes naval training station. Great Lakes. 111., the rules of the game are simple and the equipment is inexpensive. The ball is from twenty-four to thirty inches in diameter, inflated and can-as covered. The goals are two r.et capes, twenty to forty feet in length, four feet wide and eighteen Inches deep, made of rope and stretched between cross Rtm and uprights thirty to fifty feot arart. The teams endeavor to pet the ball into the opponent's cage. The ball may be batted, punched or thrown, but mut j not be kicked. According to Lieutenant j Angell it is an inspiring sight to witness several hundred men surging in a body across a neiu. cacti i-nn , ,,,,t tr r-nnoh the ball toward the I enemy cage. Tootball Is Thrlvlnsr. Football will be played on an extensive scale this autumn in the Sixth naval district, the headquarters o which are located at Charleston. S. C. According to Walter D. Powell, district athletic director of the navy department's commission on train camp activities, the tlons by rounding up a flock of prep and minor college stalwarts will not be able to continue such practices this time, owing to the horde of stars who now are In service. ' While the War Department has an- ; nounced po.-itivrly that it is in favor of football as long as it does not interfere with the activities r,f the college training course, the government alrfady has frowned on the cross country schedules that some universities were addicted to. Games with neighboring rivals are - he only available e-.ntests for 101 tepms. and this means that schedules framed -n the ante bell um plan mut be Junked. This phase of the War Department's stand will nt interfere preatly with ihe Big Ten pchoo"., however, but about a dozen games will have to be canceled on account of the dis,ance and loss of time in the student-soldier involved. """WIT rw -- ( ;. - , ?...- , 6t I -t H 1 9 f V?i "TV f-l. " a -.(t" V" w Y- i .j .... : . -

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of sit sports, -.at ion, I roll, In d:she said ;e 'ports and .lesired to keep them !;, iru; Just as fur as possible. There is plenty 'f material for a strong prldiron apKroga i,,n. At Camp Purdue there : e mrn in f,rmy service 1 roin many of the Um Ten ,'e!ii-Rrs, includii.f; Illinois. Chicago. Miii'if st i. Wisconsin. Northwestern, Iowa find Indiana, ftom Notre Iame. M,-,,uii. ",'mversity of West Virginia. I 'niverslty of North Dakota and other lust in,, ions. Li'-ut K. V. Tanei- w,!l have do-rir.- rf the athletic act iv it ies. If it :s po.-sible to have :, Purdue team, representing the camp and university both. Arthur (Hut, hi Scanbui. Chicago cr-ach. who was to have, been Coach '! lonnells assistant this .r;y.,.!i. will be beau coach. IT-,f. Ol:f r I'. i 'ufs is athletic director. The utars of last year's freshman team who were expected to form tie-nucie-.s 'ar n re ma r k:. 1' y s'ronir vr-rsity , lever., pr.u n'.ir.jj a strictly tiniversity ram, v.-n In 'be field, .are nearly !! in military service. organization of footba teams in every unit lias already bt pun. Plans, liave been made f,,r ,p,,- formation of a representative enmp r-;:n which will meet sii'-h soutbi-rn colleges as South t'arolina. Charleston, t'niv tr siry oi i-inniu ami a,,-r;-a iHriuia-.n. as w. i: as several ot me army camps in ,eorp. ia. nn'l sou in v aroiina. lie- teams will le personally coacne.i by -Mr. 1'imtil, who is a i. -inner n cori'dii gridiron star and organizer cf theletios at Western Reserve university, rrac'ice will begin about September !". and the f.rt games are scheduled for October 1. Patriotio Baseball, A series of baseball game, the proceeds of which are to be given to the war department commission on training camp activities for supplying athletic equipment to the soldiers and sailors in camp, is being conducted in Canton. . by the Greater Industrial Hascbail League. More than 5.000 tickets at J I each have been disposed of among the workers n the Industrial vlants of tinOhio city. The last of the series was played September 14. The games are pis? d between the Hoover team, of North Canton, champion of the second round of play in the Industrla! League, and a team of stars picked from the five Canton teams of the circuit during the last five weeks of play. The winnlp team will be preserved with a silk American flag. The tickets are a feature of the series. A drawing f baseball is in the center of the bit of pasteboard, wi'h a background r-f red, white and blue, stripes. The printed matter on ihe baseball reminds the purchaser that the proceeds are for the athletic fund of the war department commission on training c.-imp activities. The peries is tirder the supervision of the National Baseball Federation. ILLINI SEE FOOTBALL IS HEMS TO TRAIN MATERIAL FOR ARMY I'RRAN'A. IIX, Sept. 11. That football will be one of the means by who !: R.fiftn members of the stuin' nim training r-.rps will be mal fit is the belief the Vniversity of lllufi:, v . ; -ojfch Poh Zuppke plans t be Kin pi-'o -lice tniui-iri nw as ortpinally plant"., Treparatlons to ttansform t'.m iinive,sity Into a great training camp are proreeiiinp. I'lans involve takinp o-.er a II i fraternity and club houses and vario is i other expedients. This means that i normal .ollff life will ro by the bonr,l bur it is believfil that football will f:it a place in the hardening cutrleii Coach Zurip8 an Optlmls R,-,h ZuppUe Is opt Itntisttc that fowill not be frowned on. 'Vol. Ib'b- . rr I. 1-tees, chairman of the edncat e-n-i 1 e. ,: nm it tee of the war departnrent, oo Vuff. .11 declared himself in favor of ini tercnlepiate athletics." said the coach. He hoped the colleges would pusli p, tn ercollegiate and lrtramural athletics. I hope football will be continued, bei ise I cannot imagine a belter came to .;. . , . ,l ftffntlnt. rointitte of meri." I el-',. ,0.' ,.-o,

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i;,w5f Ilanlon was again the winner the weekly shoot of the Hammond !,. (lull Saturday afternoon with a re ,f 4 1. Frank l-'iela and ('has. ute vith 4f each pave him a stronK rut". 7h scores: Ilanlon. 41: Fiela. 4'; , ' .-:- r.lute. 4'V Whitakrr, ?: In.bose. : Phil SvhiiUdt. ST; Art Schutz. ST: v. ni. r.lute. 3T: K. Fr'.ediey. 3T: John j Si-urscon. ?.(: Ilavnc. 35: 1,. T. Meye 4: :eo. Xist. 34; I'd r.ranirer. leff-Ms, 31: Thiel. 2: Iobs'U, Kn-.erzer. 26: KJer, 16; Proh 14. A POWERFUL S2MI-PR0 LEAGUE IS IN MAKING '.'I.KVF.I.ANP. pept. 16.- A meetine of the Kxeouttvo Committee of the National Haseball Federation to organize a powerful semipiofes tonal baseball lea r no nexi year to take the place of the jn-'ecr-ional pame to a certain extent, which was scheduled for here estcrday. "as postponed for two weeks. The m.-et-will be held the afternoon cf the i na! came .for the championship Nntior.al Baseball Federation, and in the city thit game is rlayed. A Tightwad Fatriot is the worst thins that wk' ever made.

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t .1 7- -f vi. Here is a stunninjr grown which pains its effect by conibirt'iig two different materials in black and white. Black satin end white silk popl.n are used. The distinctive skirt ronsista chiefly of four panels edged vith very deep fringe and lined with white poplin which form an overEkirt. The unt'er part is made with a de-p border of white reachir.j: far above the knees. A beaded rose appliqued at th belt pive3 the only touch of color ta the costume. DYER NEWS Alices Agnes and Julia Hoffman and Iluth Stomtm-l left, yesterday morning to toi.'lnue their studies at Lake Forest, 111. Misses Eleanor Schafer and Elizabeth Tcautemacher spent Sunday with their p;i rent s. After .spending two weeks' vacation with friends atidrelniivrs, Aliss Esther Oettler returned to Hammond Sunday. Airs. Andrew IVshal and children returned to tle-a- home .Sunday, after spending a tv i i k with h--r mother, Airs. Xclblinp. ,-f Chicago. H-nry I'.ohrofen passed; away at the home of Mike loigcr.3 Sunday morning efter a prolonged i!lnes3 cf many months. He was 9 years old and has i.iaJe his home in Dyer for the past 16 years. The funeral services will be held af the St. Jos'-nh church at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. NOTRE DAME DROPS W.-J. BECAUSE OF LONG TRIP NtiTRi: DAAII1. 1XD. Sept. 15. Washington and Jefferson will be dropped f r m Noire Dame's sob edit !e benuse of the government's crier to cancel long 'rip f r football gtmes. TRICKS OF THE TRADE They vnjl d molt of your work ia drying vegetable and fruits. Writ for tho free book usued by the National Wr Garden Commission, WashHgton, D. C, enclosing 2 cents to pay postage. "-'.e"Y"T Miiii ' "'-' f

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