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BRITISH TROOPS 1 Batile on Fifty-Mile Front, Italian Patrols Ten Miles Over Piava Rivar. Bulletin. 1 I.ONDOV Oct. 211 Austrian armlf In Italy hate been benten back on aj twenty mile frc-nt northeast of the PImve. The BrltUh tenth army baa Tvept four miles beyond the river. Italian on the left hive drlua the enemy back toward the mountains. More than !,000 prisoner h :vr been taken, making a totl for four day of more than ltf,004. United Press Cable gram WITH THE ITALIANS IN THE FIELD, Oct. 29. The Italians are now advancing on a continuous front of sixty kilometers, 374 miles, extending from east of Mont Spinoncia to Rocandelle. The Austrian lines have been completely pierced east of the Piave. Italian patrols already have crossed the Monticano river, nearly ten miles beyond the Piave. A number of additional bridges have been thrown across the Piave and these are constantly being added to. Across these bridges light infantry and other units poured all night long, in Increasing numbers, to take up the pressure against the enemy where his line had been shattered. ROME, Oct. 29. Italian and British troops continuing their offensive in the Piave region have broken through the Austrian line on a wide front, the Italian war office announced today. The battle is proceeding on a front of about fifty miles from the Asiago region to a point on the Piave between Treviso and Oderzo, the Italians and British are across the Piave on the whole thirty mile front. CHICAGO REPORTS STMETS ARREST Hammond Man Accused of Robbing Bunnell Auto Agency. Special To The Times.! CHICAGO, oof 29 A man declared to be Louis R. Starkey, a former, automobile filssman of Hammond. Ind.. who wa sarrested after an auto chase' in which shots were fired at detectives near X. Paulina street and "W. Chicago avenue late -last night. Is beiny held for the Hammond authorities. According to the police word was received two weeks ago that Starkey. employed by the E. X. Bunnell Auto Sales Company, had taken one of the company's cars and after collecting $iOO of the company's money had left Hammond. BAD WEATHER ON THE MEUSE By United Press WASHINGTON'. Oct. 29. Capture of a number of German prisoners in a raid on the enemy's lines and the bringing- down of three German planes hy American aviators was reported today by General Pershing. "On the Verdun front the day was marked by heavy artillery fire on both sides of the Meuse." the report said. "Despite poor weather conditions American airmen were active in front of he first army."

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Gives Life for Country HERBERT KEILMA:l. Herbert Keilman, one cf Dyer's boys ; vho was employed for years In the grocery department of the Lion Store in Hammond and enlisted from there, gave his life for his country on Sept. 1 in Evacuation Hospital No. 6 in France. He was severely wounded in battle two days before that b?ing a member of the 132nd infantry. The sad news of liis death w as sent his mother at Dyer. Mrs. Mary Scheldt Keilman. through the nurse who attended Mr. Keilman in his last hours. His last wish was Tor her to notify his mother. Two weeks previous to the death message Mrs. Keilman received a letter telling how he had barely escaped death by shrapnel. Tieces cf the explosive tore through his overcoat, "but I'm too lucky," he wrote. Mr. Keilman received his military training at Camp Grant at Rockford. He was well liked by his associates and his friends are saddened by news of his death. His death is the second gold star for the Lion Store, Joseph Lietzan of West Hammond being the other. ACCEPTS CALL TO BROOKLYN r.ev. Floyd H. Adams, for 6even years pastor of the First Baptist church of Hammond, will become pastor of the strong Place Baptist church of Brooklyn. X. Y., December 1, preaching his farewell sermon in Hammond November 21. Xews that Rev. Adams had accepted a call to a larger field and presented his resignation to the board cf deacons of the Hammond church today caused the community to feel itself irreparably the loser, for his ministry here has resulted in many permanent benefits. Chief among the things of general service is the community center building at East Hammond, for which plans have been drawn and appropriations made. As soon as a permit is secured from the National Council of Defense construction of the institution will begin. One of the finest edifices in the region was biiilt by the. Hammond congregation during Rev. Adams' ministry. It repre sents an investment of $60,000. FiveJ hundred members were added to the congregation and missions established by Rev. Adams in East Hammond. AVest Hammond. Burnham, North Hammond and Calumet. Mrs. Adams, who has been prominent in church and club circles, and children will go with Rev. Adams when he lea'es for Brooklyn. The Strong Place Baptist church is one of the oldest and largest Baptist churches of New Tork, and on last Sunday celebrated its seventy-first anniversary. Rev. Adams will have four helpers and one of these will be Miss Lieuez Harrison, his secretary here, who will accompany him to Brooklyn. "I have enjoyed my work in Hammond and the response of the people, not only the church but the community has been a great joy." said Rev. Adams today. "It has been the hardest and happiest rastorate of my life." Rev. Adams came to Hammond seven and a half years ago from Lebanon. Ind. A portion of his 21 years of ministry were pent in Oregon. FRENCH EXTEND THEIR GAINS United Tress Cablegram. PARIS, Oct. 29. The French extended their gains between the Oise and the Serre last night, the war office announced today.

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-JJSt JUVENILE Shocking Moral Delinquency of Girls in Knee Dreses Are Told in the Police Court; Many Arrests to Be Made. The Hammond police are investigating charges of shocking juvenile depravity, the tcenes of which It is declared, have taken place in Harrison Park at arious time?. Boys and girls of wll known families are implicated ar.d show an amaz.r.g disregard of parental solicitude for the welfare of their children. Several arrests have been made and others are forthcoming and the Juvenile court at Crown . Poiat.; will hv several fresh cases of Hammond Juvenile delinquency to try within a few days. Even the police hardened as they to charges of moral delinquency on the part of offenders have been startled at the charges made against a number of young- girls and boys accused of orgies a la naturel in Hammond's pretty residence district park. TF.e girls implicated are between the ages of 11 and 12 and the boys accused of shocking conduct with them in the neighborhood of 16 and 17. One girl of 11 when questioned at the Hammond police station by Prosecuting Attorney Clyde Cleveland this morning told a story that would shame the lips of a hardened street walker. Apparently it is a case of one bad apple in the barrel despoiling the others and the revelations that are expected in the juvenile court when the evidence is heard will not furnish elevating reading for a moral community. The parents of the children are blamed by the police for their moral delinquency and they have shown a shocking disregard for their duties as fathers and mothers. CALUMET AVE. JPLAGE RAIOEO Capt. Strong Heads Raiding Party to An Alleged Blind Pig. Last night Captatn Strong and Officer Einsele of the Hammond police made a raid on the place of Herman Green at 433 Calumet avenue and arrested five people. Those arrested were Herman Green, charged with running a blind pig: Lillie Green, his wife, charged with selling liquor to minors; Pat Lupton, Albert Mines and William Todd, who were charged with violating the liquor law. The Hammond police have been watching these people for some time as it is said that they have been sellingliquor to soldiers. Their trial will be held Friday night. WILL R. WOOD CIVES . HIS VIEW ON ISSUE A prominent Hammond man sent the following message to Congressman Will R. Wood yesterday morning: "Hon. Will R. Wood, M. C, "Washington, D. C. "Honor and patriotism of majority of American voters and national safety itself demand most vigorous campaign to defeat unparalleled executive usurpation and audacity." In the afternoon he received the following reply: "Am glad the people of our district resent the autocratic and partisian appeal of the president. (Signed) "WILL R. WOOD. M. C." United Press Cablegram. COPENHAGEN. Oct. 23. The federal council has approved the bill amending the German constitution as passed by the reichstag. according to a Berlin dispatch received here today.

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GIRLF01D East Chicago Mystery Is Cleared Up This Morning When 15-Year-01d Ethel Johnson's Body Is Found in Canal. Ethel Johnson, the fifteen year old girl who ran away from home on 144th street. East Chicago, on the morning of October 22. was found this morning J floating In the canal Just east of the Forsyth avenue bridge. There is a house boat on the canal at ; that point and during the night the body had floated in between the house boat and the dock. It was discovered about sevea o'clock by an occupant of the house btC Mrs. May Kohflke, who notified some men at the Indiana Box Co. plant. The police were called and Officers Gould and Balint responded. Huber's ambulance picked up the body and took it to the undertakin-g rooms. The youssr lady was clothed just hs she had left home with the exception that her shoes were off. It seems to be cear case of suicide induced by some trouble at home. The story is that her mother. Mrs. Johnson, had threatened the girl' with punishment and that Ethel had resented fhe reprimand. The police believe that when the girl left home on that eventful morning, she went from her home near the Edwards Valve plant, direct to the B. & O. railroad bridge across the canal and threw herself into the dark waters many feet below. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. ALLIES TO United Press Cablegram.! LONDON, Oct. 23. .(By British Admiralty Wireless). By resolution unanimously adopted last week at the conference of French. Italinn Ttpleian urA British sections of the inter-allied par-1 liamentary committee the following ! points were brought out as a means of world management: Close and cordial relationship between the allied nations until the danger is past. Reparation for a society of nations looking to a durable peace. Reconstruction of Central Europe on a basis of nationalities, each people determining its own destiny. Transfer of enemy tonnage to make up for that lost by the allies through submarine warfare. Constituting an inter-allied air force by means of common industrial control. Inter-allied legislation looking to the organisation of definite air routes. HAMMOND BOYS APPOINTED In the names of the Indiana men in training at artillery central officers trainng school. Camp Zachary Taylor, the following Hammond boys have been recommended for lieutenants: Frances Clifton. 1019 Hyslop Place sergeant; Arthur Green. 421 Drackert street corporal. At the central officers' training school. Camp Lee. Va., Groman Wilson of 46 Carroll street, has been recommended for a lieutenancy in the infantry. FRENCH TROOPS IN ADVANCE ' United Press1 Cablegram.LONDON. Oct. 29. trench troops advancing along the right bank of the Lys have reached the railway between Petaghen and Waerghem. Field Marshal Haig reported today. "Apart from artillery activity and patrol encounters on other parts of the front there is nothing to report."

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- .v.'" : ..;.sr. .... 1 . ....... v. -Jt, at 11. WiWAiwiiMW.iiinwi'.apviiiimwum'y,:v"-' JCyL. Miss Florenct Bullad. of Glens Falls. "T. Y, r. American ReJ Cross nurse, has been cited for the French cross of war. The official citation declares: "She has shown lmperturable sangfroid under the tno&t violent bombardments during March and May. Despite her danger she searched for and comforted and assisted the votinded. Her attitude was especially brilliact on July 31, -when bombs burst near." Miss Bullard left for overseas duty with the American Ambulance corps Id Decern ter. 1916. and has been tn active service since her arrival In France. For some time she was on duty at the A me: lean Amtulance Hospital at Neulliy. France, as a Red Cross nurse, but since the entrance of America Info the conflict she hss been In service In the field hospitals. "If you could see the stretchers coming In by the hundreds", says Hiss Bullard In a recent letter to UFIGD

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Bulletin. BERNE. Oct. 29. "The world war will not last longer than a few days: we must arrest the vain flow of our blood," declared the socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, which is now regarded as virtually a German government organ. By United Press. WASHINGTON, Oct 29. As one after the other of the Teuton vassals crumble the stronger grows the feeling everywhere that only unqualified surrender will be the mandate of the Versailles conference meeting today to formulate an armistice program. Officials declare if Germany does not yield she may be able to fight for years wjthin her borders, but that if she capitulates peace will come. REPUBLICANS PROUD OF THEIR WAR RECORD Times Bureau. At State Capital. INDIANAPOLIS. 'Oct. 29. The Republican state committee today issued a statement saying that reports from all districts show- a substantial Republican plurality in the election next Tuesday. The Republicans are proud of their war record and voters will endorse this record it is confidently predicted. United War Worjc campaign Nov. 11-18.

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5 SURPRISED London of Opinion That Austria Has Completely Surrendered Allies' Armistice Terms Eageriy Awaited, United Press Cab!.f:.;p.im 1 COPENHAGEN, Oct. 29.'-'Cc:n-menting on the Austrian note, German liberal newspapers say there is no use to complain and that Austria's action was no surprise to Germany. "We must regard Austria as definitely out of the war." is the concensus of German press cornmerit. Austrian - newspapers consider the alliance with Germany as finally broken. United Press Cablegram. LONDON, Oct. 29. The Austrian note to President Wilson is equivalent to surrender in the opinion of well informed authorities and press of London. The Express says it is informed from authoritative sources that the allied conference at Paris soon will present to Germany the terms of an armistice which it is believed will include the occupation of Metz, the Krupp's arsenal at Essen, and other fortresses of the enemy. It is believed in diplomatic circles that the publication of the allied armistice terms will lead to hoisting of the white flag of surrender by the enemy forces. United Press Cablegram LONDON, Oct. 29. Reports pouring into London from The Hague quoting Berlin newspapers expose of a military coup d' etat planned hy General Ludendonf and Field Marshal Von Hindenburg to block concession to President Wilson. Exposure of the alleged plot is believed to have forced the resignation of Ludendorff and to have started a movement also to oust Von Hindenburg. Members of the reichstag and the socialist press daily demand abdication of the Kaiser. A Dutch newspaper says it is persistently rumored the German armies will retire behind the Rhine. Dusseldorf will be German headquarters. Civilians are stampeding from the Lower Rhine region and "Westphalia. A dispatch from Budapest says the stormiest demonstrations are beinp enacted there, similar to those of 1S4S. th dite of the Hungarian revolution. HUNGARY HAS REVOLTED United Press Cablegram. COPENHAGEN. Oct. 29. Hungaryhas definitely revolted and formed an independent antl-dynastic state under the leadership of Count Karolyi in co-operation with the Czechs and Ju-go-Slavs, according to a Vienna dispatch. Karlyi who - was listed head of th" national council was given an ovation upon his arrival in Budapest. He told the crowd which numbered thousands that Emperor Karl had refused his program for a greater degree of separation from Austria wherefore an independent state was necessary. REVOLUTION IN MONTENEGRO United Press Cablegram ZURICH. Oct. 2. A revolution has broken out in Montenegro, accordingto dispatches received here today. The revolutionists, which Include Albanian soldiers, have seized three towns.

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