Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 77, Hammond, Lake County, 14 October 1918 — Page 1

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nnairr juwruo u. S Dept. of Justice Head Finos Soldier in Barracks Wiio Aeaosas J. Patlcn John Fatten, the "boy mayor" or Burnham, was arre5t9d again yesterday afternoon in connection ' viih the wholeca!e robbing of ireigbt cars in the Calumet regies,' for -a-hich more than, thirty have been taken into custody. He was released on $3,C00 bonds vhen ar-, raigaed before United States Com- .. i:sioner Leva's F. Mason. The arrest of Patron cause. i widespread iensaticn on both sides of the state line. lie denies ail the charges made against him. Patton was arrested and released once' before on the same charge and as-j serts the charges worry him only ' bcca.use of his family. ' Clafcaug-h Tell? tlie Story. . j. ArcTcilr.? t.- Iiuiioti G. CUbnueh. heaJ j i f t1i l"";i'. bureau of invpstigstion ' ' lh ib-pr-rtitK'iH cf just ice, a conft-ssicn as been obtanicd froi i Hen C'hakfii. or.u f tli ailcpod thieve-, which not ontj j impiimts the Uurnliain niayur. bat! rames ha as actn.ilb :a-. h s aporin- ; ...,.. r.f tlif robborics. It is i rhnrmi that muoh of the freight mder was eartel iv Hurnh.nn niy h whro it V3S "I'OUKUi " x Jiivu. ( iTc-w tha Gang Worked. : i-bikc!i tobl me." Ci.-ibauph said, ''thnt j h" jo!tv-d the in -I ': -'!vl r,""r''' ' then until be was rr-Ft-l S-r-t'-mler ; on i'nf t'vo.) 51 Ml TOWNS CEPM9 RU1H5. IN FOREST FIRE i Wisconsin-Minnesota, Holo- i caust, Sweeping Whole Section With Big Loss. By 1'n:tkd Press. 1 i DII.ITII, Oct. 14. More than 5.00,,rriciuv li-tve prrithrd In forcit flre. FtJil?" !mt number of liodien have been j rrrorrril. lTore are eosmnK In. 14J ::re '. Oi:lutJ moraueh. 1 he property li 1 pui.(K,liflO. ir..OK uiil-s of forct land hss been detroyel. OULUTH. Minn , Oct. 1C. With prob;buy SCO persons d?ai. thousands home13S and without clothing, and with prop- I rrty daniape mounting far into millions'. s.r dollars, whole sections of northern ! Wisconsin and Minnesota timber land to-r.-ght are smoulering. fire stricken trees with only the charred ruins of ebandoned. depopulated towns to accentuate the general desolation. The bodies of 73 victims lie in Puluth morgues. Hundreds more along the roads leading to Duluth and Superior lay uhere they were overtaken by the fire. Twelve thousand homeless and penni- " JCcntinued on pafr twoTT 300 FLU CASES IN GRDWH FOIST Special To Thb Times.! CROWN POINT. IND., Oct. 14. Dr. J. K. Blackstone of the local board of health reports that there are close to S00 cases of Spanish inf.uenza and pneu-I monia in and around Crown Point and j that the quarantine will not bo lifted j until the disease is thoroughly under j control and no danger of further contagion. GERMAN ATTACKS ARE BROKEN mr T'vitkd Press.! WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. Strong- and j repeated enemy counter attacks on both j sides of the Meuse Sunday were broken by American forces. Gen. Pershing reported today. "American divisions continue to participate in the successful operations under command of the Britleh, couth of La Catteau and of the French In the Champagne," the statement said.

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Soy Mayor of Burnham Is Arresed 'r, . ' '& if .MftA -CO CUV,: k f ;m;v: ri lit. Hi JOHSPT PATTON Clarion Cry for Relief From Sisters of Comes St. Margaret's Hospital; Health Officers Find Anv lieaitn unicers mu any Number Of Needy Cases, ! 3l!,""!,on4 eolc do not som xn sl the seriousness of the influenza epidemic: whivh is taking a hie toll. There seems to be no decrease in tho nu:iib r of cases and overworked doctors are at their wits end to care for the city's tick and dying. They have been working night and day for nr.-irlv ft month and are almost IX.lttUr.t0( st. Margaret's Hospital has about 33 little children who have or are just recovering from pneumonia. A great many of them have lost their parents. Tlnff children are from one day old up and the hard worked Sisters, not ( heint prepared to take care of so many (little ones, declare that they are in very Ureal need of all kinds of clothing. Anyone' liavin? ciotning- ot any Kind I or bed cIothinxT. not only for the children but clothing for older people as well, will do a great good by sendincr'them to St. Margaret's Hospital, where they will be greatly appreciated and used to the best a'l vantage. As the city health department has found many needy cases where people arc in and without proper medical aid Mayor Brown feels that there may be others not yet reported. Ha asks that myone knowing of any cases of sickness or need to let him know at once and he will see that they have food, coal and all necessary care. NEW ATTACK IN FLANDERS fU.VlTEO PRETS3 C-abi.EGRA?'. LONDON, Oct. 14. The Belgians and i British begran e great attack in Fhn13n. n Tin XT... .11 says: "The attack U said to be progressing well." A NEW CRISIS IN GERAMANY (L"y;TED Phess Cableoram.7 LONDON. Oct. 14. A new political crisis In (ipnriany, according to rumors reaching here today, has arisen. It is said that the socialist are demtndlnf; the resignation of Prince Max, the new chancellor.

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M Glew Wlialever is Given to j Coolants, Wilson Sileni1 On nteolion. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Secretary Lansing tonight Iwiil let the nation know 'what may be expected from ! President Wilson in ...reply -to the German note. No indication whatever is given las to the nature of the Pres ident's response. By K. J. KINDER (Un.led rre?a Staff Oorrespondt nt. WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 14. 5:00 p. m. The hope was expressed here today that the president will refuse to negotiate with the Central Empires as long as the Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs rer i , main in power. Telegrams poured ! in demanding unconditional sur- ' render. The President has conferred! with Secretaries Lansing, Baker and Col. House regarding the plyMany telegrams were receIved disagree;ne with the staternent made by Secretary McAdoo at Chicago that the acceptance of the terms amounted to unconditional surrender. POLICE MID STATE ST. E Five People in Alleged Resort Booked and Fined in City Court. Ch'ef .Austgen and fcis men who have been watching the house at 27 State street for a long- lime swooped down on It last night and captured a quintette who couldn't satisfy them for th- reasejn of their presence in i the hojsc with a shady leputation. . api-iin siii'cs an-i unii-cr t lanni, pan. who made the raid arrested Nellie Reynolds of "2 Plummer avenue; Arthur Hunt of 27 State street; John Leonard of 656 Maywood avenue; August Luebbe, of 27 State street, and Paul Koeins of 120 Clinton street. The charges were statutory. Each of those arrested were fined $20 in the Hammond city court by Judge Klotz. FRENCH FOLLOW UP ATTACK iWy Miller). ft'viTEP Press Cablegram PAR.1S. Oct. 14. The French are quickly followin.ar up the German retreat along the 20-mile front between LaXere and tho Argnnne ridges. The whole Laon front is evacuated and the St. Gobain forest defense is crumbling. The French have captured a dozen additional villages. The railway leading from thence is Intact and great siaises of war material have been cap-tared.

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One hundred Serbian children, .xnada-orpha A by th varr wjilbe jriven prooct homes, clothes and food by English farmers. The RIENDS DENY THEY HAD BEEN (HIN6 Injured Men Were Going j to Cemetery, Say Friends j When Hit by St. Car. i Denying that the five injured Indiana' Harbor men hurt in a collision between' their auto and a H. w. & i:. c. car werej undor the influence of liquor notwith-j ' standing: the declaration of the authoriitl . ir friPnds ,sist that lhey were ------- i solng to Oak Hill cemetery to arranci for a funeral and were hit by the caton a turn. The occupants of the wrecked car were : Frank Sabo, driver. AVest Pullman. F.ruised on face and arms; otherwise unhurt. i iniel Sekcly. Indiana Harbor. Injured on lower part of body and legs. In bed. Zigmond Mate. Indiana Harbor. Sku)l fractured. In critical condition. John Kr.-i7.nak, Indiana Harbor. Injured on face and internally. In hospital. Denes Gcrrrely. Indiana Harbor. Bad' I sprained. 1 inr in bed nt home. ! Steven Sose. Indiana Harbor. Slightly bruised on face. GEOBEE CALDWELL GETSJICOraCT Hammond Superior Courthouse Builder to Build Concrete Boats. - Georg" W. Caldwell, president of the Cald well-Marshall Company of Colum-j bus. Ind.. engineers and builders, who erected the Hammond superior court-j house, is on his way to Washington mull New York in the interests of a big goveminent contract. Tho Caldwell-Marshall Company is one of four concerns selected by the government to construct 20 mammoth concrete boats for the transportation of grain through the New York state canal, w hich passed into federal control with the rail roads. Mr. Caldwell says the canal which was recently completed, is to be a waterway lor b,uuu ooais tno gov n merit is building. These boats, which weigh S0n tons, will have a capacity for SftO.'iOO pounds of grain. In construction they ore designed fl.r ocean travel if necessary. It is estimated that one tug will pull four or five concrete 'boa's carrying os much grain to the seaboard as a train of 30 cars. Each boat will be 150 feet in length. 21 feet wide and 12 feft deep. The canal runs from P.uffa'o to Troy, N. Y. The boats nre being built at Tonawnnda. N. T. WIFE DESERTER IS ARRESTED Otto Smeloer ef Richland. "Wis., was arrested by Gary police Saturdsy night on the ehrgre of wife desertion.

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REFUGEES GET HOMES Serbian orphans arrivinj in London. children have arrived in England 1 ani wrlHw?-smt to therf aTms.The-'r' photo shows seme of the little i victims being welcomed at the i HUNDREDS VISIT BULLETIN BOARD Fully two thousand people visifd The Times bulletin board yesterday to get the facts about Germany's answer to Wilson's note of inquiry and the Washington dispatches that came during the day were eagerly perused. The hope that President Wilson would give Germany to understand that nothing else than unconditional surrender would be considered was voiced on all sides. SEE. BAKER WEARY, IS HETURHE1 (BV GROAT) WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. That whatever the result of the peace proposals are, supplies must be rushed to France and the people must support the ar my's victory, was the message today j of Secretary of War Baker, just returned from a seven weeks' study of the westein battle line. He rmnlusizwl the fact that there must be no letup. "The Fourth Liberty Loan must go over the top.'' Baker said. The secrej tary's associates predicted an Ameri-can-Allied victory within a short period, providing the loan is overwhelm-! inaly - tibscribed. "The people t home have a solemn, responsibility for their share in the; i linal rci vilt. Mr. Baker declared. The secretary returned horn-; vestcr - day and scenic 1 worn and weary from the strain of work. His first thought was of the men. "Our boys are magnificent," he declared. "It is a smiling army, this American army, even the sufferers smile; all over France is their smile; St has spread the cotitr gion of pood i hecr. Spe;il:iiiK the St. Mihiel drive the Vecretary revealel that more than 2.f0 guns wer-i i oLt ci.tr;. ie,i tl'ere. Baker regards bis trip as a success. FRENCH REACH CITY OF RETHEL! ! I'MTEn Pr.nss Cablegram.! i PARIS, Oct. 14, 5 p. m. Despite re

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serves of strong machine gun defenses in the Bensmy-Loisy. the French have crossed th" Guise-Laon railway at Barantom-Bugny, according to reports from the battlefront this afternoon. In the Champagne General Gmiraud's men have reached the south outskirts of Ret he!. r

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Waterloo station, Londonjby Sir. Charles Waketleld and the wife of the Serbian minister, who cared for them o:t their arrival. l Bulletin.! ! W. S HI CiTO , Oct. 11. The eoun-. j try may rest anred that tta'- I'resij dent will do nothing: in thin mtnatlon jobleh Trill Trraken the advnntnsrs Ruined by the victorious allied nnnles In the field. cld Senator Axhhumt, of ! Arizona, today, following a conference i vritb 1'resident Wilson. U'.viTKn Pkess Cablegram LONDON, Oct. 14 General opinion with regard to German's reply to Wilson's note of inquiry is summed up in the statement that ! there is doubt as to Germany's sin cerity. They believe an unbinding armistice a fatal policy. BITTER BATTLE EAST OF ARGONNE IUxited Press Cablegram. (By Taylor) WITH THT AMERICAN ARMIES, Oct. 14 Heavy German attacks east of Argonne today were broken by the American counterattacks. An intense artillery battle rages between the Aire ad the Meuse. It continued through the night and is growing in violence. American artillery is blasting out machine gun nects which opposed tho American advance between the two rivers. FRENCH 18 MILES NORTH OF RHEIMS j p-.viTCii Prkss Cablegram.! I PARIS. Oct. 14 French troops are ! keepins in contact with Germans on the enemy's whole line. The French have reached Chatteau-Torcin. IS miles northnorth of P.heims. HUNS PUTTING UP STIFF RESISTENCE f 'ntt eh Press Cablegram.! LONDON, Oct. 14. German counter- ! attacks delivered in force on a wide ffent east of the Salle river near Solisrail were repulsed. Haig reports the British partcls pushed forward southwest of Valenciennes. Ground was gained at a number of points near Douai. JJJJ INJURED IN EXPLOSION ! As the result of an explosion of i l.emi- , i cals contained in a barrel which was' being handled at the plant of the L". S. I Metals Refining Company. East Chicago. ! Tee Piolmrdson. a colored man. vh gives his address as 5711 Wahnh avenuc. Chicago, was very seriously injured. Richardson's facp n id head were out j by flying splinters, many of which wero j imbedded in the flesh. His te.tli were ! knocked out. Ins jaw bfne broken and ' great gashes made in bis eh in and neck. Dr. George W. Miller, the surgeon in charge, took 52 stitches in hrin?in; the lacerated parts together snd fixing up the man's jaw.

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Washington Has No Faith in Sincerity of Germany's Reply, Senators Want Crushing Defeat. BULLETIN, j WASHINGTON, Oct. 14Acceptanca by Germany of th demands cf tlie lUes fcr reparation and restitution and guarantees In addition to the fourteen principles of President Wilson before any agreement is entered into for discussion of armistice is demanded in a resolution introduced today in tie Senate by Senator Thomas of Colorado. Bt-LLETIN-. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Turkey to. day asked the president to take upon himself the task of re-establlihin peace; accepted Wilson's fourteen peace terms as a basis for negotiations and requested an immediate g-eneral armistice. IBLI.nTIX,X,,.,. . WASHIWOTOIT, D. C Oct. 14 Tb official German text was deilTerett to the Frcslfiant at 12:15 p. tn. todaj by tiie Swiss minister. I Br !;.-7TEr Press ! WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.Germany's unconditional surrender was demanded in the Senate today as the only peace terms acceptable to the American people. Senators Brandegee of Connecticut, New of Indiana and McCumber of North Dakota emphasized that the only way to insure a real victory was by a crushing defeat of the German army. WIXSOIT NOT BOTJTTD BT IITQTIKT. It is pointed out that the President in making his inquiry of Germany stated specifically that he would be bound in no way by the answer of Germany. Therefore he is now in a position to either flatly refuse to consider a reply or to lay It before the allies. MUST CONSIDEB, ALLIED OyiNIOH. He is expected to be guided by opinions expressed in allied dispatches. In diplomatic circles there was en idea that an armistice Is Impossible because of the. lack of faith in the Hohenzollerns. ALLIES MTJST AFFSOTE. Ar.' action - now taken will be the placing of the reply before the allies for decision. If he should even agre to this it would have to be approved by all the other allies before any peace could be regarded as imminent. The belief here is that if any acceptance is possible it should be accompanied by stronger guarantees of good faith on Germany's part. NOTE SHOULD BE REJECTED. By Cniteo Frkks.1 WASHINGTON. Oct. 1 4. Declaring that he had "no confidence in Germany or in her provisions" Senator Chamberlain of the Senate Military Committee today said: "The German note should be rejected. "Whether Germany's reply is a promise of unconditional surrender or not I am in doubt and there should be no doubt in any mind," the senator declared. LUXEMBERG APPEALS TO PRESIDENT WILSON T'vrTrn Press Cablegram AMSTERDAM, Oct. 14. The government of Luxemberg has appealed to President Wilson for protection. Luxemberg demands that its territory be evacuated by Germany, which has trampled the principality under foot ever since the beginning of tho war. ALLIES DOUBT ANSWER'S SINCERITY Washington', Oct?' 14. The German reply was to have been delivered at the State Department by Swiss minister at 11:15 a. m. fl'vtTEi' Press Carleorav, PARIS; Oct. 14, 12:05 p. m. France is unanimously determined not to negotiate with Germany until the latter's power to do harm is ended.