Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 86, Hammond, Lake County, 20 September 1918 — Page 1

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FAIR -i. j-. ft weather XUrera by TIKES crrter, 40 p VOL. XI IT. NO. cU HAMMOND, iVDIAXA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918. month; on troetB and at newsstands, So per copy; "back numbers, 3o per copy. DON'T LET CITIES GO TO DOGS." HODGE

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ID CLASS ! CITY HEADS' ! CONFERENCE i - ,

important Meeting Held at In-j oianapolis. War Finances j Countered In Rela- - tion to Cities. Times B'T.-iav. At State Capital. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Sept. 20. "I don't believe that Indiana, cities should be allowed to go to! i the dogs because we should do all; we can to win the war. It isn't j necessary," said Mayor W. F.; Hodges of Gary yesterday to sec- j j end class city officials. j The meeting of officials of cities ; cr the second class in Indiana held: here in the city council chamber adjeurned late yesterday after conferences cs to the revision of II- . 1 1 i cense tees so as to derive as large, -5 ro-i-e-m-o, j: rvi:h1f fmm that' source and also to make such fees! in cities of the secondciass. rXITASTCZAXi MATTERS SJISCTJESED. other matte-s relating to lijrislation j signod to help the cities out financial- ! 1' . specially v Kile the v.ar is on. were' !iscus-.d. Ii was the cons ?n?as of orin- j i":i that the citi s a .',": to 1 will dei iv j ;:ret fcoe.J from the organization and it j Is probable that the movement will fxr.ii to an organization of cities of all , 'aff: to the end tV.ax uniform and! r-e. ?? r;- municipal legislation may hj j h-1 '."-.--iftf r at the hands of the Irgls-I rovr. ciTrzn -arpitzsri.T-r). The -oiMes r,-.r.r.?ei.te! at thr meeting v , r. cva;is. ill". Torre Hniii". "t. Y'-v n--. ".t Hi-fi .piiili P-end. Kvans- '. .'.!- v. a.' r-M'f s- i.ted by Mavor Posse, 1 1 minima A n u a ii u.iu?.: pci-i. nt t -ok pH :e on ;,-r rsierday afternoon, which, it in the .'. ilh of Mi . Adclr-itot ! r -.: 1 Ic-gev. i.-ch. In sorn ' man- j ' jiiiaii:". .er which h:,s not yet i.eo;, explamed the wotrtan. who is S3 : cars of as,e. was ' thrown or f'.l from a niotorcycV v.hich! ! he was riding w ith hep husband. Shfc ; was ta'.-en to the hospital by in Burns,: wlio happened to pass the seen of the j aeeident. It was tounrt by l'r. t.. I one-. lil'S si who attended her. that the mil was fractured. m- I SHE WAS COUNTING

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SUFFtHS A -FATAL SiiT:

PEANUTS lii M5EHERTi;

. NCW Girl at len Cent btOre Is Conscientious Enough for Anyone. i Tl-.is is a ft'tv about a t"n cnt .'tore, u new sirl clerk. Bill Fehrman. semi-annual inventory and carrying out orders to the letter. Bill Fehrman. manager of the Woo!worth store on Hohman street employed a bright young lady with little ex-p-rience and much enthusiasm. Her duties, he told her. would be to help tak" inventory. j Down to the basement Bill marched the ' new clerk. Kverythln;: in this , place has to be counted, he said, with i a sweep of the hand, and the number j of articles nut down on paper. t Two days later Bill asked his as-j Flstant what had become or tne new rirl. The assistant didn't know so William started a search He found h-v in a far corner of the basement where tr,Pre were several barrels of p?anuts She was starting on the thi'd barrel. "There were 1T.S?2 peanuts in the first barrel. Mr. Fehrman." said the injn.triiMia vmnt; lady. "Shall I count them twice to make sure I didn't mis j sny?" . j

Whadda Mean "Afford?'

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IT ON THE JOB Well Known Hammond Woman Said to Have Found the Sugar Card B u si n es s Disgusting When She Couldn't Put One Over. Miss Margaret Pirie the efficient and -versatile young woman in chars.! cf the general orfkes at Liberty Hall came across a new one esterda y. Sr.e was a nicely dressed. soft speaking woman and she asked for a si car curd. There are only several liundred women each day asking for sugar cards, but Miss Pirie thought she recognized her. "How n;any sugar cards have you had this summer?" Miss Pirie asked. "Oh, I think two," the woman said. "When?" Quizzed Miss Pirie. "One in August and one in September." retorted the woman. "Wh'yi in September?" persisted Miss Pule. "On. early in September." snapped the sugar card applicant rather nettled at Miss Pine's persistency. 'Didn't I give you a sugar card yesterday . Miss Fine said in her sweetest voice. The woman then lost all hr patience and sho.vod her cu'ors by saying: "How the hell did you happen to remember lie?" and retired in high dudgeon. Wc may add. without her sugar card. MM Iff C Uf I ) A!L Id IlLLU RUT fllin Till Mill Cook and Lake County Officials Decide to Hold Up Burial Permit. Thi is a story without an end. j Gvot no Aspiao. 21!. Madison street. Gsry. is linked up at the South Chicago police station, charged -with manslaugh ter. The five chilt-r-- and the widow of Martin iMmbeo. 1 " ."1 4 7 Houston avenu". H?gewi?oh. II!.. ar - holding a wake for Simbeo. who died Saturday at St. Marsarf!'. ho'M'i'a'. llt ntmonii after b. 'i-i st ".; U by A?.iia-:'s motorcycle on i rid..;. . -.he l.'th. Put lb . re ar.iii-1 be a funeral for Sinibeo un'il a buri'.i p?rra:t is i-sued. v.'oron r Hoi'fman r"jii.ts to issue a t'ooh count y bur.:;l perr.-.it because, he sa-s. it i a "riuer.tior.abl-!" death and the roan 'died in Indiana. Or v. rter 'Irec-n refuse? to issue a L&',o county (Ind.) perm It Iiecat.se there has been ro inr, i st. Attorney John ,T. realtor, who re present r Aspiac. refuses to permit hi? cliei.t to be tai .N oThat Lake eials i do. on mi -thf re s just Kllfl I'C f two : Il.C is liana for art ir.oio st. t-o er.d to this story re it stands r.ow. while k county authorities, off;-! iter., try to decide whal to! WHUT WILL Wi m HEXT TIME? Booze Carnofleurs Use Women; Sheriff Barne's Gallantry Gets Results. srE'-ML To The Times.1 ;ic,i.,Xi. .Sept. zO. Hon. 'She; iff Lew Karne' gallantry netted him two fair prisrners. is a story that is be:r.sr t e, i i a,-'tt h-r". ttecently Harnes pasuito containins two v.-ome;i in near here avol offered h' hel'-'. liiie seeking; to looate toe treoihle the ' offo-ial. who of muiif, w as in plain :c!othP. found sundry quart bottles ot whisky liidden in the , ar. Sheriff Barnes toi.k the two women. Mrs. Theresa Szaber and h"i daughter. Apnese.

lii Crwn Point, where they were lock- ! fifty American airmen swooped down up in jail :nt:l the fine fine and eosrs on a road crowded with Herman s"lame'iintiiia to ne.aly $2')"i. a . essed by j cliern durinp: the advam e mto the St. Mavoi Haves, wr paid hi friend" M.hi'l sector, dt opping bombs and facfrom ('li;crso. It is said tio-r th wo- ir? machine puns, according to stories men w ere related to a ne.fo: ious South of America's first personally conducted Bend ilnd ) blind pier keeper. j battle. ! Th Germans wre r"treatinfr alonsr

jQCT .12 IS LIBERTY DAY j rBT t-NTTEn Press 1 WASHINGTON", Sept. 20. The presi-I dent by proclomation today named Oc- j toper 12 as Liberty Pay and requested ' the citizens of the United States to c!e- j Irate the discovery of America in order to stimulate the Fourth Liberty I.om. j I 7,000 LIBERTY MOTORS DONE BT T'VtTEP PSKSS WASHINGTON. Sept. 20 Nine inch and larger calibre puns can now shoot into Metz from American positions, members oX the house military affairs committee said thy were told by the war department today. Pepartment officials were quoted that 7. C00 liberty motors had been turned out of which ".500 went to the navy and the r.'ilies and the remainder to the army.

fO MAKE WORLD

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.OLL0FltOKOK XE.AIIK PAEICH, Hammond; reported to Tltir53 las.t vreeic. KILLrB. H03AET II. 3ES, Ileg-swiEch ; iillsd la uc Ion lii Prance. i DR. T.l im DIES THIS MOflHING Well Kiiown Hofccrtsdale ProfesEional Man Dies After Paralysis. r?rr.--!t. To Tt.F Timi-.?. nonnnrui,i;. i n d.. sep. :o Iieath clai-md one of Robert s.Jalc's pioutirs artv this mor'iii:g in the pr rwn of Dr. T. W. Kohr. i-rhaps one ,.f th be.-' known professional men in the towns-blip. He wa formerly secretary of the Ilamniond l'card of Health and -!rs Kohr is now a member rjf the i-,ub-

lic hbraty bard of Hammond. Pr. Kchr,""'

was a me nl i r of the Lake v.'oun Medi-! al Association and much esteemed by nii.-mbers of his profession. lie had lied in Robert s.lale ov r '! years and v I 75 yeats of age. Several weeks ago hoi suffered a paraUtie stroke. He recovered cnoii-'li to be up but has been ste.-,d-ilv :revi:i: weaker, li'fids the wnl-nv n r'nnrrhter. Ksta. mourns bis loss. Ho was a mtnili'-! fellow orders. if the Masonic and Odd150 YANK AIRMEN IN RAID i rrstTEtl TRFSs ! IONDt'iN. Sept. 2 1'-abt.e.-.ram.I -One hundred and ! two main roads. th dispatch said. One I of these was closed by American fire I and the Germans were all sent down the other ror.d with the result that they were seen and attacked by the Americans, Republicans Register. Republicans can register to vote at four coiners at Hohman and State Sat urday. 9-20 -ept 217 from 1 p. m. to 10 p. m. COMMITTEE. To the Democratic Voters: P.etrister tonigrht at John Perner'". corner Fayette and Walter streets and at Ri'erside school. I nlets vru register now you cannot ', vot in November. lemocratlc Co. Central Committee. Whadda Mean "Afford?"

SAFE FOR HOHENZOLLERN DEMOCRACY

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m ii vtTFt) prks i.Aii.tuK.v)i,i LONDON, Sept. 2U. Allied trccps are advancing on a thirtyfive mile front in Macedonia, according to dispatches received frrm the Salonika battle field today. The Serbians have crossed the! Cerna river capturing Mrewshko. The fighting front has been videned until it extends between fifteen , BERLIN CLAIMS MR VICTORIES : l LMTEt. PPKse l.-.VBI-E-.RAMj ! BEKi.IN, x a l.o-!Jon. !op.. ; ,,.,-, n.-o vvfre brought d -wn between I I the JlfHSf aid Mos-elle riveis from. S.pt. V. to IN t.ic " ianncunrd K.day. on) i o c. . , planes v.eie l,.,st in tnat period. 11 :lse of allied attacKS nfiwefii mnigton and Somme rivers yesrda v was i e; ci t: METZ PAPERS TELL OF BOMBARDMENT '.NTFLO l'B?:? ("ABT.E.-.nAM. J MsT!-2tlAM. Sept. :. Met z newspiblished on etticial staioment Papers ! say.no tiat for several rtays me ci has berntmder bombardment trom ".i- . .. rone-e :riins. The ptateinent s-i d sm-I a bombardment had lone been . expected BARON BURIAN DENIES AUSTRIA'S WEAKENING VITF.n PRFSS l'A:!.E1l!AMl AM.-:F.nicM. Sep. 2.-. Baron B'lr'.an. Aistrian f'-r-ifin minister, address r.K thr German deputies in the Reichsiat dtlared Austria's peace proposal had be.n lonft considered. He said that thre Tas no weakening of the Central Power!" allicnce. CAN'T AGREE ON A NAME Br FsiTEn Prr.ss EVvNSX iBI.K. Ind . Sept. 2" The War .Mothers convention hre today was mable to azree on a name for the ors;atizationAfbr debatins: all day yesterday over the bylaws and rules, the location of lcadquartei s and the qualification for membership no definite decision was rea ehed. Ab-iut every state delegation has put frr-.cid its candidate for president ef the -ircamzation. lut a larger Service Star on your Poiketbool-

ana seventeen miles. Near Lake Doiran the Eritish and Greeks are moving forward on a ten mile front. The British official communique from Salonika declared that the Bulgarian trench system in that region had been captured and the city of Doiran is now safely held. BRITISH RECAPTURE MOEUVRES ( L'XITEPI.ONI " 'N'. S ITf.ss Cablegram. 1 .pt. .'''. British troops recaptured Jlofuvros in an attack last right. Field Marshal Haig announced Kightjns: continues There were local f:'sacraents cm other part. of the battlefi-ent. The British advanced their lines a mile in the I.empire-Epehy sector in the face of strong opposition and heavy artillery fire. ! FRANCE REPLIES i rn O a TTomn T a H'mteli Tress i.'asi.eo,F!m.; PARIS. Sept. I'l't France's reply to the Austrian note handed to th" Swiss I minister consists of Premier Clemcniteau's speech to the senate. j ORDER BRITISH TO GET OUT IV'NtTEn I'nrss Cablegram.' MSTERL'AM, Spt 21. The Soviet povernm"nt has requested the British ii-plomats to leave Russia immediately, recording to Berlin diplomats. HUN MILITRY TRAIN BLOWN UP UviTED Press Cablegram COPENHAGEN. Sept. 20. Ukraine insurgents have blown up a German military train and have captured ten villages. 6'-cnrd!n,i to dispatches from Pet rsrraod. ' The Bolsheviki troops are retiring from Grasnofimsk. DOUBT'S VOPICA'S ARREST rBr t'NITED Pfss.1 WASHINGTON-. Scot. 2 The stat department expressed doubt t-day in the absenee of official information of the truth of th reports of the fri cf Ambassador Yop-.ci. pow at. Jiffy. Roumapia

BOY BUYS GHMRMJH

Waiter Johnson, Young Lad fn In!an1 Steel Plant, Has Bond cf Every issue Now, The first of the Fourth Liberty; Loan bonds sold at the Inland works of the Republic Iron & Steel company, East Chicago, Indiana, was taken by little Walter Johnson, ths office boy. That manly youth, by far too young and too small to carry a gun in his Country's honor and service, has proudlyjLtid patriotically taken a bond from each issue that has been made and is the possessor of a generous supply of War Savings Stamps also . This true son of America measures his ability to buy bonds right up to the very last cent of his income. To him the honor of his Country is sacred. The himdless arms of Belgium children a painful reality and his respect for the purity of womanhood is eloquently typilied by his devotions to the memory of the pood mother whose grave he decorates with flowers. Bet the man who is inclined to say with cowardly lips. 'T can't." think of this ycuth who can -orepo nearly all the pleasures of youth that he may be able to buy Stamps and Bonds. To him those things mean the destruction of brutalityy, the happy return of our boys, the re-uniting of broken homes, the gathering of orphans under a kind and protecting hand, an eternal peace and the honest diffusion of American ideals throughout the world. Walter is the son of Mr Henry Johnson who is justly proud of him and we.l he might be, for every good man on earth honors such a youth. To one of such a spirit Old Glory is more than a symbol of freedom and prosperity to a sinple nation. It means the world's honor and political salvation. It is a shame, that "Uncle Sam" has not a special badge for such a case, so that all mieht know the wearer to be one whose whole heart, soul, blood, bone, fiber and muscle are dedicated to the honor and glory of America and the uplifting of the human race. Our b st hits off to little Walter. WHAT CITY WILL GET THE HONOR? What town, city or township in Ia.ke county will hav e the proud honor cf hrv -ing a battleship or battle tank named after it when the Fourth Liberty Loan is c er. The 240 communities which make the best record in obtaining subscriptions to the fourth Liberty loan will have the privilege either of naming one of the ships being built for the government, or it namir.g a tank that is to participate in the western front fighting. Announcement of the plan was made tcnight by the Liberty loan publicity bureau. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the presiu. nt, who has been naming the ships, has agreed to allot 120 of the vessels for li e purpose of the national contest. Each of the twelve federal reserve clistric's will be assigned ten ships And ten tanks, and the conditions of th? contest within the district will be determined by the reserve bank These may be bised on total or proportionate subscriptions, size of per capita purchase, or number of subscribers. The only requirement is that the tank or ve?ei shall be named after a town. city, township, cr county. The size, interest ra!. ard other terms of ttie ior'h Libeity ban were considered today by Secretary MoA loo in onference wiih bis treasury ar'viser-. An annou nc ment probably will be mad'! this wo'i. Whadda Mean "Afford'"

- Goufify Chairman V, F- HoSses

Complsies Count Organization Toilay. Having his preliminaryncrganization all over Lake county effected Chairman W. F. Hodges u? Gary, directing the 4th Liberty Loan drive for Lake county today called a meeting of all the chairmen in Lake county for Saturday after noon at 3:30 at the Hammo nd Country Club. Quotas for the several cities and communities are to be given out. That the quota for the drive in Lake county will be seven million dollars as announced in THE TIMES was given out officially this morning by Chairman Hodges. The itinerary for Senator Watson's tour in northern Lake county has been finally fixed. He reaches Lake count y from Chicago next Monday morning. He will be the leynuter for the fourth loan drive. At imon he will address factory rotn at East Chicago. In the afternoon he will speak at Gary and at S o'clock at nigh' he will speak at Liberty Uali in Hammond. Eoth Gary and Hammond are fixing for big meetings. The county loan organization is as follows : William V. Hodges, county chairman. Gary, Ind. Benjamin Hayes, vice-chairman South Township cities, Crown Point. H. M. Johnson, vice-chairman North Township cities. P. A. Parry, county publicity director. Hammond. Lowell Distiict. includ'ng Cedar Creek. West Creek. Eagle Creek; Albert Foster, chairman: Peter A. Berg, vice-chairman. West Creek Township George Bailey, sub-chairman. Eagle Creek Township Horace Gormley, sub-chairman. Winfieid Township Sir. Love, of L'Roy. St. John Township A. W. Stommel. of Dyer. Hanover Township Emil F.ugi. of Cedar Lake. Ross Township. West Precinct -Alex Boyd, of Merrilville. Center Township Claude Alimnn Crown Point. of Hobart District, including east pre cinct of Ross Township John H. Car pentcr. of Hobart. Whiting Fred Smith, of Whiting. Last Chicago Walter J. Riley East Chicago. of Hammond Dr. H. E. Sharrer. of Ham mond. Highland Herman Meeter. of Kigh land. Gary Walter L. Plew. of Gar v. MRS. J. J. FREEMAN'S FATHER IS DEAD Special To The Times nOCHKLLE, 111.. Sept. 20. Lewi? Bennett Heath died here yesterday after an operation at the Rochelle hospital, while on a visit to his niece. Louis Bennett Heath was the father of Mrs. J. J. Freeman of Indiana Harbor and Mrs. Frank Francouer of San Francisco. He live at 21 IS Montrose avenue. Chicago and fought through the entire Civil War. carrying a bullet in his wrist to this day. He celehrat-j his golden weddinj? anniversary a year ago and is survived by a widow- and two daughters. He was born in Windsor. X. Y. The funeral will take place from Giaoeland chapel in Chicago tomorrow p. m. CAPTURE OF BAKUS CONFIRMED fT'VITFn PPESS rtfLMP.AM AMSTERDAM. S'pt. 0. -OccUpa t ion of Baku, the Caspian oil center by Turkish ' forces, was officially confirmed in a disj patch received from 'onstant inople 10. day. The city was captured by Tartar volunteers w no nan nvn operating .1 the Caucasian .front. A Tightwad Patriot is the worst thing that was ever made.