Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 75, Hammond, Lake County, 11 October 1918 — Page 1

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ALLIED $293,345 is Lake County's Quota fox Welfare Camp Drive in November. CO. ORGANIZATION. County Chairman Capt. H. S. Norton, Gary. Vice Caairman W. T. Hodges, Gary. Secretary A. B. Dicison, Oary. Treasurer' L. "W. HcNainee, Qary. Chairman. Calumet District C. H. 33oo;ley. Chairmaa North District George Zanaitior. Fifty of Lake county's leading ar v.i rk.-rs from Gary. East Chicago. Hammor.d and Crown Point met last night at n dinner held at the Hammond Country i"-!ab in a preliminary organization meeting for the groat allied war work drive for Lake county which begins Nov. 11. T. R. Earr of New York sent from national headquarters enounced .that Lake county's quota is $236,345.00. A GOVEP.I72IENT PKOPOSITIOIT. The meeting war presided over by F. A. Tarry, of Hammond, and the importance of the coming; drive developed after the New York speaker and Cart. H. S. Norton, of Gary, as county chairman, outlined the big undertaking which Is a governmental proposition and transcends in importance all other war work for Lake county beginning early next month. The seven beneficiaries In the allied welfare work drive which has been united by order of President Wilson in one drive instead of seven are the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the K. C the Jewish Welfare Board, the Salvation Army, the War Camp Community Service and the American Library Association. Kach of these war bodies will receive their prorva bare at the conclusion of the national drive which is for $173,000,000 end the greater portion of which goes to the Y. M- C. A. THOSE WHO ADD3ESSZD MEETISG. The speakers at the dinner were: Y. M. C. A. A. P.. Dickson. Gary. Y. W. C. A. Mrs. W. F. Hodges. Gary. K c. J E O'Neill. East Chicago. .T-wish Welfare W. Feder. Gary. ' Camp Com. L. L. Bombcrger, Ham-r-imil. Salvation Army-Library Work T. R. Itirr. New York. Mr. Dickson, who has just returned f-om "Y" work in France gave a very J rue-resting talk on his experiences in France. CO-OFEP-ATIOIT PEOM WOKEN. Mrs. Hodges, who is district manager for 'the Y. W. C. A. work, told of the " Continued on pn.je ten.) NEW PERMITS ST STANDARD Tho following building- permits have been taken out with Building Commissioner Vis by the Wells Brothers Construction Company for the government to be built on the Standard Steel Car Company addition in Hammond, and to be finished by December 12: Fifteen story and a half , frame cottages, to cost $31,750, on lot A.. Eleven story and a half brick cottages, to cost $75,036, on lot B. Seven story and a half brick cottages, to cost $70, $54, cn lot C. Six story and half frame cottages, to lost $53,640. on lot C-l. Six story and a half brick veneer cottages, to cost $23,070, on lot D. Twenty-seven story and a half frami cottages, to cost $33,630. on lots E. E-l snd E-2. Fourteen two-story frame cotages. to cost $53,158. on lots F and F-l. TVMir ttnrv and a half brick and stucco rottases, to cost $27,36S, on lots G and) 3-1. Seven story and a half frame cotages, to cost $32,630, on lots H and II-1. Seventeen one-story cottages, to cost $51,340. on lots I and 1-1. One one-story frame cottages, to cost f24,323. on lot J. AMERICAN TROOPS CAPTURE COTE-MARIE TRY t;nited Pr.Ess.l WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Capture of rote-Dame-Marie by the American forces on the left wing of the Meuse. tbo taking of more than 1.000 prisoners and continued advance on the right ban& of the river. Thursday, were reported today by General Perihinsr. ,

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Br United Press. 1 INDIANAPOLIS. 1X1)., Oct. 11. The state election commission here todayruled that unnaturalized Germans. Austrians and. Hungarians will not be allowed to vote at the November election. This, it is said, will aff 'Ct about 30,000 voters. Lake county with many foreigners in manufacturing plants will bo greatly affected by the ruling. Aliens from neutral countries, it was ruled, are not affected by the order if they have already procured their first papers. ADD INDIANAPOLIS The flection commission declared the constitution of Indiana provides aliens who declare their intention of becoming citizens and take out first papers can vote. Tliis, however, is interpreted as meaning friendly aliens "as it is inconceivable that alien enemies would be granted the most sacred right of citizenship." All Public Gatherings in Indiana are Absolutely Forbidden til at Least Midnight of October 20, Latest Ruling. Times Bt-real. At State Capital. INDIANAPOLIS. IND., Oct. 11. All public gatherings in Indiana are prohibited at least until after midnigrht, October 20, by order of the state board of health, which met in full session at the statehouse Wednesday afternoon. The order may be continued after that date if influenza is still widespread in tho state. The order is Intended to replace a less stringent one issued Sunday night from the state board offices, as an emergency action on advices from the surgeon-general at Washington. The principal points in the order Include also the following provisions: Ventilators and windows of street and interurtan cars must bo kept open unless the weather Is stormy oj. unless the outsido temperature drops below 56 degrees. Ventilators In steam railroad cars are to be kept open all the time. Public gatherings are- meant to include cchools, churches, theaters, places of public amusement. Local health officers at any place may interpret tha order so as to include poolrooms, howling' alleys, clubs or dry beer saloons wherever crowds congrregata. It is not intended to prohibit juvenile outdoor sport gatherings, euch as footcall, hasoball and the like. Coughing or sneezing, except under protection of handkerchiefs, is prohibited. Spitting promiscuously is prohibited also. Daily reports of the disease must be made. OSXJEa TO HEALTH OITICSRS. The full order as it went out to health officers today follows: Whereas, epidemic influenza, a dangerous, communicable disease, is now epidemic in Indiana causing deaths daily, and Whereas, The United States public health authorities have emphatically advised that all public gath- ( Continued on paiie ten.) GROWN POINT PIONEER DEAD Special To The Times. CROWN POINT. Ind., Oct. 11 Crown Point lost one of Its oldest living pioneers, Mrs. Mary Kussmaul. last night from pneumonia, Se was 76 years of age and wan born in Crown Point. A husband and five children survive her. Mr. Kussmaul is 84 years of age. and will be mournetaoinshrdlutaoinu The decedent was highly respected and will be mourned by a host of friends. Her children are: Georgre. Jacob and Mrs. Wm. Hoffman of Hammond, Martin and Henry of Crown Point. The interment will take place on Saturday morning from the home at ten o'clock.

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Well, ihs Old U. S. Will fiever . Agree to Any Peace Negotiations Like This. I'NTTrin rp.Esa Cablegram. LONDON, Oct. 11. Germany's ! reply to President Wilson, accordj ing to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Express today, will be as fol- ! lows : "Germany will evacuate Belgium and France providing peace nego-; tiations start in a neutral country I before the evacuation is completed! and providing the allies give their j assurance that German territory,! including Alsace-Lorraine and Polish Prussia v.-ill not be demanded. . "During peace negotiations German troops are to remain in Russia and Roumania." IT TIKES 11 LAWYER TO Cm II LAWYER Dave Has Got by With a Lot of Things Worse Than This. It looks as though the biggest squash trial in Hammond's history would be held before lonKAccording to Attorney W. J. McAleer the Lirgo.u squash raised in i Lake county this year weighing over thirty pounds was stolen out of his automobile. Well, not exactly stolen, er, let us sr.y, taken. At any rate. McAleer claims that he brought the squash in from the country and left it in his auto standing In front of the Hammond building. By some manner or means thq squash got Itself transferred from McAleer's auto to Dave Boone's car. Dave says he didn't know how the squash got in his car so he took it home and sat it on the porch. ALLIES MAKE FINE PROGRESS nN-iTcr Press Cablegram. PALIS, Oct. 11. 3:55 p. m. French and American troops have made additional important gains in the Champagne .';nd Argonne regions. Tho Americans ore reported to be north of the GrandI re pass and to be advancing north in the region. North of Argonne the French are about two miles from Voucieres. In Pieardy, P.rltish and American troops have penetrated the ArOLigny forest east of Bohain. BRITISH MAKE SPLENDID GAINS fl'NTTED I'PFS CABI.KORAM. WITH THE BRITISH IN FRANCE, Oct. 11. British. French and American troops pressing on after the retreating enemy between the Souche-z and the Oise are spreading ou.t fan-like and enlarging the gigantic wedge they are driving into the heart of the German armies. The British are now only ten miles from Valenciennes. They are also reported four miles west of Douai. The British are beyond Le Cateau. Low flying allied plane3 are exacting heavy toll from the masses of retreating enemy. Tho Americans are pushing on and have er countered stiff resistance in Domanialo-Andigny forest. To the southward the French are battling along I the Sambre-Oi.se" canal and have ap- ! preached to w ithin, five miles of Guise. EITEL MENTIONED AS SUCCESSOR Br I'xited Press. WASHINGTON", Oct. 11. Prince Eitel is prominently mentioned in Germany as successor to the throne In case the Kaiser abdicates, m diplomatic cables declare. Put a larger Service Star on your Pockelbcok.

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The main objective of the gTeat ririvc of the British and Belgian fo rces in Plander3 is to capture the German naval bases, Ostend INHUME. 1 Steve Touclio of 20S 119th street. Whiting, with another Whiting man. whose name could not be learned, were riding on Toucho's motorcycle last night about 40 miles an hour west on Indianapolis boulevard when they ran into a peddler's wagon, also going west without lights. Both men were very badly hurt. Youcho was bleeding from the ears. Ib? had his arm broken ar d a large hole was found in his thigh. The men were taken to St. Margaret's hospital, where they are not expected to live. The peddler ran away before the Hammond police, who had been called, arrived so that his name was not learned. COMMITTEE GIVEN 1 A telegram received today by Peter W. Meyn of the County Council of Defense from E. W. Wlekey, who is representing the County Council of Defense of the housing committee, sent to Washington. D. C. states that the mission has been achieved. The committee composed of W. J. Murray, president of the East Chicago Chamber of Commerce; Jesse Wilson, president of the llammod Chamber of Commerce and Wickey have secured a federal license for the housing committee appointed by the two commercial bodies with jurisdiction throughout North township. The housing committee will therefore have authority to issue building permits according to the war needs. HEAVY FIGHTING IN ARGONNE rt'viT'T-r Press Cableoram. WITH THE AMERICAN" FIRST ARMY. Oct. 11. Heavy fighting is continuing in the Argonne region. The Germans are being pushed completely off the heights north of the bend in the Aire river east of Grandpre. The enemy is constantly throwing' in fresh divisions but latest reports indicate the Germans have only about six fre.sh divisions left. Prisoners since Tuesday have reached 7.000. All German lines of communication are under constant bombardment from aeroplanes and artillery. FORCING FURTHER HUN RETIREMENT United Press Cablegram WITH THE BRITISH IN FRANCE, Oct. 11. Cavalrj', tanks, infantry and artillery of the British, French and American armies are forcing the German retirement today, on the whole front from Lens to Kibemont. There is stiff enemy machine gun opposition at some points. In one place the Germans used an open air shrine as a stronghold. One American division passed through Bonhain at a great speed today to hurl itself into the fighting in the Aandigny forest.

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EETING s Street scene in Ostend. and Zeebrugge. The Germans have i j used both as submarine bases in j j conducting their undersea cam- j i paigTi. Loss of either or both will 1 FRANCE HOW 'By United Tress WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. America j now has reached nearly 2.000,000 men in troop shipments from her shores. General March announced today. More than 1.000,000 men now are in France, March sid, and shipments are continuing. To insure victory the war department change,! the draft ags so that 2.CO0.GUO men might be in France as son as possible and asked raoro money for supplies and ordnance. The capture of LeChateau. March said, brings the allies within the most strategic town of Abknoye. the great junction point of two railroads comprising the chief artery of communication of the German forces in Belgium and France. Constant pressure in tha above region, he said, is keeping the Germans constantly on the go. From Sept. 1 to 30. March said, the allied armies captured 2.S44 officers, 120.192 men, 1.100 guns and more than 10,000 machine guns. From July ISth to September 13th they captured 24$,434 men, 3.633 puns and vast quantities of other weapons. These figures do not include tho Palestine bag. March located specific units as follows: 91st division in the training areas In France; 33ri division also In training in France; 147th in Vosges on the line. The third division was reported in the Marne attack; the C2nd pioneer infantry, the 320 th field artillery and the 82nd division were reported east of the Argonne October 7. NEW MOTOR EXPRESS COMPANY The National Motor Freight and Express Co., is one of the region's new enterprises that plans to grow and branch out continuously. The company is incorporated in Indiana for $30,000. R. L. Ilerzinger is president; M. Kovachi, vice president, and 15. F. Worrell, manager and secretary. The officers are at 914 Chicago avenue. East Chicago, and the concern is operating four motor buses between Chicago and the cities of the Calumet region and into the rural districts to the south. It serves manufacturers, merchants and farmers, j. YANfc TROOPS TAKE ST. SOUPLET Untted Press Cablegram. LONDON. Oct. 11. American troops completed the capture of Vaux-Andigny n A ct c;riirlet veslerdav evenintr. Kteld j Marshal Haig reported today. ! FIRE AT STANDARD. Fire In the forge shop at the Standard Steel Car plant last night did damasre estimated at J3.000. The fire attacked the roof. The report that a boiler explosion caused the fire Was denied by Chief Nill who stated the cauee hai? not been determined but an investigation was being conducted.

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Men, Women and Children Sent to Their Doom Without Any Warning Whatever, TERRIBLE STORY OF HUN ATROCITY U-vited Press Cablegram. AX ENGLISH PORT, Oct. 11. Tales of atrocity rivaling the most piratical deeds of German submarines, were told here today as the story of the sinking of the Japanese ship Hirano Maru oo which S00 persons are believed to have perished. The attack of the submarine was without warning. The boat sank so fan that an American destroyer rushing to the scene succeeded in rescuing only twenty-nine persons from the water. The submarine remained in the vicinity attacking the destroyer while rescuing the stricken persons. Depth bombs were fired and the U-boat fled. Among the drowned were five Japanese women, two nurses and three children. HOW KAISER BILL WANTS PEACE Bt Uniteo Press. AN' ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. 11. Two hundred and forty-three men. Including American army men detailed to caro for torses trebeli j-f tJyiy. been-- slain." mainly by shell fire when'the tl. SV steamer Ticonderoga, formerly a German vessel, was torpedoed and shelled 1.700 miles off the Atlantic coast. Stories of destruction related by survivors revealed relentless murder by tho commander of the U-boat. Watching a torpedo enter the side ot the ship after she had been forced tc leave a convoy, the submarine commander fired on the ship as she tried tc get away and at the range of a mile began spraying her with shrapnel. Th guns of the vessel were shot away. Th U-boat guns tore the life boat of th vessel into splinters. One boat was lowered while the sut hurled shells at it. 408 DIE WHEN MAIL STEAMER IS TORPEDOEE United Press Cablegram. AN IRISH PORT, Oct. 11. Four hundred and eighth rersons are believed to have been lost when the Irish mail steamship Leinster was tcrpedced and mule off the Irish coast Thursday. Tho ship was torpedoed in quick succession ar.d disappeared within a short time. Men fell by the score, either killed or badly wounded, as they tried to go over the side of the sinking ship. As the vessel was disappearing men in one boat successfully launched tried to pull away as a hurricane of shells burst over them and in the men in the water. One man swam to the U-boat which was less than a quarter of a mile away, begging the German lieutenant to stop. He was at the point of a revolver ordered to swim away. The boat was then ordered along side of the raider which tied it by a line. Conversation was in progress when suddenly the officers disappeared into the U-boat and the submarine submerged. Naval intelligence officers refused to allow the soldiers and sailors who were saved to tell the story after they were landed but they had told it before they landed while aboard a British ship which brought them into port. HUNS SET FIRE TO VOUZIERES United Press Cablegram. PARIS, Oct. 11, 10:22 a. m. The Germans are retreating hastily northeast from Cambrai toward Denain and Valenciennes. East of Cambrai the allies are beyond Le Cateau. East of St. Quentin the French have reached the Oise at Houteville and are nearing tho Grand valley and Guise region. The enemy has set fire to Vouiiers. The Franco-American advance between the Argonne and the Meuse is continu ing. ALLIED TROOPS REACHGRAND PRE By FRED FERGUSON (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST ARMY, Oct. 11. French troops co-operating with the Americans in the Argonne have reached the outskirts of Grand Pre. Further to the left the French have seized the railway station at the western approach to the Grand Pre pass, thus controlling the great cuts through the Argonne massis. The Americans to the eastward have reached Sommerance and occupied another larga section of the Brunhilde line. Double Quick Time for the Loanl - ' -