Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 45, Hammond, Lake County, 9 November 1918 — Page 4

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The United States Demands an Unconditional Surrender.

THAT ARMISTICE CANARD. That this newspaper unwittingly, and certainly to Its latense chagrin, misled its readers because of its premature publication of an armistice arrangement between the allies and Germany is a matter to it of utmost regret. That it was imposed upon with hundreds of other newspapers does not lessen that regret. The Times has taken no small pride in the absolute dependability of its foreign news since the Sarajevo assassination and by the vigilant and zealous exercise of care in Its news service has during the four years of strife acquired a prestige for reliability far more precious to It than gold, because the latter cannot buy confidence of its clientele. Many times during the past few weeks of volcanic diplomatic disturbance when kingdoms have fallen like tenpins, it has declined to be stampeded by wild rumors. The fact that the United Press has always been cautious in its service and ultra-conservative in its reports from the theater of war makes the regrettable incident of Thursday easier to understand. The hundreds of. newspapers using United Press banked on the armistice cable because they had no reason to doubt it. It had been as much above suspicion as Caeser's wife. This paper even then proceeded with caution. The stock ticker news, the first two wire flashes,' the screaming factory sirens, the news that a hundred cities were already celebrating were not convincing. The Times awaited the second, and even the third verification, from the United Press before reporting the news. When the state department announced that the news was not confirmable and that it was in ignorance of any signatory pact among the warring powers, the Times was on the street immediately with that news and stopped plans for further celebration on the part of the public. We can offer an apology for neither U. S. !C. Admiral Wilson nor the United Press. The story was a canard. The cables undoubtedly delayed the news agency's explanation and qualification of its point-blank statement that an armistice was signed, but that the first news came from President Howard of the newagency himself, and Simms, one of the most reputable war writers in Europe, makes" it all the more inexcusable. The first cable should have said that Admiral Wilson reported the signatories. An admiral in a seaport town far from the scene of negotiations i3 not. infallible, nor is a crackling wireless, and even a bare "it-Jn-reported-that" would have saved the country from news which though sent in the best of faith and with laudably ambitious motive, might havsbeen disastrous. The first thing that an editor pounds into the head of tha tyro reporter is that he must be sure of his facts, and certainly the head of the United Press should have been sure of his In an international crisis when the world wants fact Instead of fiction. It was a blundering hoax.

THE CRY OF AMEHRICAN MOTHERHOOD. Here is the plea of a mother which is worth the deep est consideration. We believe that it voices the. feelings of the majority of American mothers whose boys are overseas. If it i3 it deserves publicity. The men of the county who, because of the damnable peace talk, are let-' ting up in their efforts should heed it. The letter is from Mrs. Wm. J. Starr of Wildwood, N. J. and it was written to Mr. R. H. Edmonds, the editor of Manufacturer's Rec ord. He has given us permission to reprint it: Wildwood, N. J., October 23, 1918. Mr. Edmonds I am not writing to you, I am speaking to you, and to men who will hear my message through the thunderbolts of your pen. Since my last letter the war has assumed even greater proportions in my life, for now all of my four eons are under orders; my youngest sen has answered the call of his country. The hour is heavy with destjny, heavier than when Genrral Haig called out to the world, "We are

lighting with our backs to the wall." Germany haa sent to us another note so full of hypocrisy and transparent deceit that it seems us if no citiztn of Aiuurica with the interests of civilization at heart could pive It even a pausing thought. And y-t there are many who are anxious ami wait with dread the outcome. With four sons in tho service I believe the power is given me to interpret the hearts of women. Do men know what we are suffering? There is a knife thrust In the heart of every mother in America today, and yet have sou heard one word from any one mother that to assuage her grief she would ask for an armistice or a ponce which, would leave Germany unrepentant? God forbid! Our crusader sons would i-hamo to own our motherhood were we to fall so low! 1 am down here by the sea. Every day I go to the market with my basket. It is a novel experience, for it brings me in contact with all classes of women. This morning I waited my turn, for a little, old lady had precedence. She was pitifully poor; her hair had blown wildly about her face. She was wrinkled and her eyes were dull and her hands were trembling. She was one the crowd would pass and never see. She talked to the marketman. I overheard, "I got a letter today, Mike, and two postal-cards from Jimmie. Ah, that boy! He Is a fighter, Mike. He pays he is a-runnin' them. And he Is in the front. But, Mike, I've been readin' in the paper that they're talkin' of peace " Then all the age seemed to fly from her eyes. A flush ran to the roots of her hair, the little trembling hands clenched. It was the last flame of her life that sprang into fire that moment. She took Mike's arm, and I saw that she shook with a deep emotion "Oh, Mike, you don't think they will be stoppin' Jimmie before he gets to Berlin?" I left the shop and all plans for my noonday meal, and went with a rushing spirit down to the lonely beach where I could talk undisturbed with my Great Companion. A vast immensity was about me. A terrible expanse of sea and boundless sky. I turned in every direction, and it seemed to me that from every zone I could hear those unexpressed cries of dauntless women those who are old and lonely and poor, who have noone to speak for them, yet in whose souls there burns the divine fire of courage which has always been given to women to posses. I felt the spirit of their sacrifice, and I knew it was a sacrifice which would endure to the end of time. I gathered together all of their silent tears, all of their mute prayers for victory, all of their heroism, all of their silences, which are greater than the deed3 of the mighty, and I put them into a golden chalice There by the lonely sea. in the immensity, in the glory of a new day, I lifted my arms to Heaven, and I cried aloud and my voice was heard above the roar of waves, for those others were with me, those who watch and wait and pray for victory, those gathered with mo, a vast companv of the unexpressed motherhood. "Oh, God!" I cried, "don't let them stop Jimmie till he gets to Berlin!"

THE DUTY OF THE HOUR. We hope fervently that the events that are now taking place in Europe will not permit the people of Lake county in its every city and town, on every farm and cross road to forget for a moment that they must put their hands in their pockets and contribute within the next few days for the welfare and comfort of our soldier boys abroad. These boys will not be home till next year and perhays longer and our duty to them is by no means ended. America,' united in one vast, embracing organization for the soje purpose of service to our fighting men which will raise their morale and strengthen their arms for a speedy victory of democracy, is the objective of the United War Work campaign. In a stirring appeal issued from the United War Work campaign headquarters. Dr. Mott, who is chief executive of the Y. M. C. A. War Work Council, has called upon all men and women who love America to stand together and merge their strength for supportin gour soldiers, sailors and marines, now battling for the right. Belief that Americans will be a unit in upholding the men. in arms with full financial backing for soldiers' welfare work was forecast by the speed and single Handedness with which the seven great war work organizations at the request of President Wilson merged their drives into the United War Work campaign for the week of November 11-18. These organizations are the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A., War Work Council of the Y. W. C. A., the National Catholic War Work Council of the Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp Community Service, the American Library Association and the Salvation Army. With the endorsement of the government they are seeking a combined fund to continue the great war work for our fighting men in camp, on seas and in the war zone. This war work does not mean work with cannon or gun, it raeans police duty, rehabilitation, relief and succor for the suffering. Lake county, we believe, will respond nobly. There must nothing be allowed to interfere with a generous response. .Let us take off our coats and do the trick in one day ana do it to our honor and glory. It is for our love of the boys' overseas.

THEY WON'T BE TOLERATED. There Is a rumor afloat to the effect that the Deutsche Bank intends, after the war, to move Its main fore'gn financial headquarters from London to New York, the design being to erect a fine building for Its housing in the American city. In this way the Deutsche Bank directors, doubtless, intend to rebuke London and to compliment New York. But they would do well to feel their way very carefully before tkaing decisive steps in this enterprise It is true that the government and people of the United States were exceedingly careless about the rlanting of German institutions on their territory before the war, but recently they have been rooting most of these out, and, unless they are as gullible as the Germans think them even yet, they will keep them out. The temper of the United States Is very deceptive If there is going to be any toleration In the country hereafter of German establishments of any kind. German banks. German insurance Companies, German manufacturing plants, and German breweries must in the future, unless sentiment greattj changes, find sites and opportunities elsewhere, says the Christian $ince Monitor, and those sentiments will be pretty closely subscribed to all over this country. Thu sooner Germans realize that the less trouble they wiH store up for themselves.

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THE most amazing thing about tha flu epidemic TO us is that Theda Bara escaped It A3 we see In tho pictures she Is still running AROUND without any clothes on thus being LIABLE to catch flu germs In A SCORE of places. WE haven't seen the German armistice terms BUT wo are ready to bet any of our DEAR girl friends 100 to 1 THAT the Huns won't like them. OUR guess is that a LIEUTENANT'S wire must think the captain had SOME kind of a political pull. PROBABLY there la nothing THAT depreciates the valuo of a bath than A SPELL of cold weather. KINO of "Bavaria wants to SUPPLANT the Kaiser Or course the allies will object to changing ONE nut for another. "WE read with a good deal of Interest that the GERMAN mint Is working overtime NATURALLY the kaise and bis SIX sons want a bit of change before

decamping. A "WORTHY correspondent wants to know WHY we object to the Germans at the peace table SIMPLY because we never BELIEVED In letting one criminal try another THAT'S why! AFTER all a prima donna's life must BE a sort of a sing-song affair. "WE understand THAT the cats on TTebb and Ruth streets HAVE decided to award a CROIX DE GUERRE to the neighbor's cat whose kitten over-subscriptions to the VARIOUS war drives for the past year have broken all previous records. NOTHING Is more annoying to a man who believes IN minding his business THAN to have the whole neighborhood talking about HIM especially when there IS some ground for it. AS the election has gone against them OUR old-fashioned democratic friends who USED to bring us a Jug of hard-cider ABOUT this time of the year "WILL probably froget all about It.

Mr. and Mrs. William Koch of Hammond have four sons in the service and if the war continues the fourth will don the uniform. Steve, IS; Leo. 19. and John. 22, are warriors and Ed, 2 4, is waiting to le called. Leo with Troop D. 6th cavalry, secured a seven day furlough at Bordeaux, France, and visited his brother, Sergt. John Koch. Co. I. 35th engineers, at La Rachelle. and sent his mother a big riUow top with the picture of General Joffre. Steve, who la at the V. 8. rifle range at a Maryland camp, is recovering from an- operation.

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John Brown, formerly enaTlneer at the Inland Steel powerhouse, who enlisted May 25. is now with the Ordnance Detachment at Penniman, Va.

Herbert Lloyd, formerly of the yard department. Inland Steel, Is now with the 16th Sqn.. at Vancouver Barracks, Washington.

Bryee Gumbert, formerly a roohr and catcher In the Inland sheet mill, is now with Co. D.. 26th Inf., A. E. F.

BUI Johnson, who haa been transferred from the marine corps at Paris Island. S. C. to the Great Lakes Training Station as a bomber, visited a few days this week at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. George Elkins at Gary.

Glen Bcataln, formerly of Gary and business partner of Merle Kitchen, has teen promoted from a private to the rank of sergent. He is attached with the 9th Co., 3rd Barracks. 160 Depot Brigade, and stationed at Camp Custer, Michigan.

A letter from Private Chandoa 8. Ragon. formerly of tha Emerson school and later a foreman at the Marks Manufactoy and now a member of the Marine Corps, says he Is feelics fine and happy over there. He Is still at the same place, as when he wrote a month ago. enjoying camp life and Y. M. C. A. entertainments but lamenting that the prospects are that he Is not going to get to the front after so much drilling. He ?aya, "I would Just like to get one craxlt at those square heads'before reurninar home."

Candidate Bert Cannady, fornwr assistant city engineer of the city of Gary, who eome time ago entered officers' training schol at Camp Taylor, writes Gary friends that he has been promoted. Together with seventy other recruits Mr. Cannady was called for special duty the first step toward officers' commission. In his letter he states that army life Is agreeable and pleasant, but however he la given enough hard work to keep him Interested.

IovelI wton, of Crown Plont, who recently enlisted In the medical corps of the U. S. army, was called to Washington. D. C, on Tuesday. For the present he will be stationed at the Walter Reed hospital In Tacoma Park.

Mr. and Mr. Georsre Emmerllne; of 99 Russell street, Hammond, are In receipt of a letter from their son. Louis, who Is In the U. S. Naval Untt saying he was in the best of health. He asked that his friends write him at the following address U. S. S. Wyoming, care Postmaster. New York, N. Y., Box 2. . Harry C Miller, Hammond boy, is on the IT. S. steamship Rigndana. In a letter to Hammond relatives he said there wre Ave hundred men on the ship, and that they subscribed $54,000 In the last Liberty Loan drive.

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( apt. J. W. Iddlnsa. -I. C, of Lowell, who has been In training at Fort Riley. Kansas for the past four weeks, has been transferred to Camp Cody. New Mexico. His brother. Lieut. M. H. Iddings. D. R. C. who has been stationed at Camp Funston, Kansas and belonging to the Tenth Division, expected to cross seaa this week.

Word comce from across aeaa that L D. Williams of East Chicago, with the motor truck assembly corps, has arrived and is safe and well. He is the aon of Mrs. L. D. Williams of Beacon street.

Dr. David John, of East Chicago. having received his commission as 1st lieutenant, was called to report for duty at Camp Riley, Kansas and left for that assignment yesterday. Mrs. Johns and their babe will take up their res.dence with the Joseph Hartleys, Sr., her parents, to await the termination cf the war.

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Geo. Flaher, employed In tie steel company offices, Gary, has wricten messages to his sisters, Mrs. W. P. Causer and Mrs. A. G. Robinson, Gary, notifying of his aafe arrival over seas. He is a member of the tank corps.

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Mr. and Mr. W. J. Davidson, 754 Harrison street. Gary, have received a card notifying them of the safe arrival overseas of thlr son. Corporal Jack Davidson. Corporal Davidson Is a member of the original company F, which went from Gary.

Harry Jones, formerly of the Jonea Brothers Real Estate Company, Gary, writes his brother. William Jones. Harry is now a sergeant In the 242nd Aero Squadron, which Is stationed in Scotland, bound for the service In France. He has written a snappy letter telling of all the sights that he Is seeing In the land of the fighting Scots. He Is feeling fine and has been seeing a lot of the country since arriving over there and intends to see a lot more before returning to the good old U. S. A. He enlisted In the air service from St. Louis, but was taken away from his original outfit and attached to the 243 Aero Son.

Jamen Allen, formerly employed at riant 2. of the Inland Steel, is now a sergeant with the Can. Aux. Med. Corps Exhibition Camp, Toronto, Can.

Word haa Just been received from headquarters at Indianapolis that the Rev. E. J. Mungovan. formerly of Ind. Harbor, has been appointed representative for Porter county of the National Catholic War council for the United War Work campaign.

Serajeant John Canner. Whttlnjr, haa been home from Ft. Adams. R. I., on a short furlough visiting at his home in Cleveland avenue. On his way back to camp he has been s-sslgned the mission of stopping at Albany, N. Y.. to take a prisoner back to camp.

Mrtirm. Geo. Sauter and Fred Boae from Camp Custer, were In Kobart on Tuesdsy. visiting- with relatives.

Arthor Fom, of a faintly, well known In the Calumet region. Is reported as doing nicely at St. Aanthonys hospital, Michigan City. Arthur was at West Point Military Academy and came home to attend the funeral of his brother. While here he was taken 111 with Influenza, and had to be taken to the hospital at Michigan City. He will soon be able to return to his camp.

Mr. and Mra. C. P. Dncomb of Sonth Bend, have received word that their son, A. Noel Ducomb, now in the students' army training camp at India university. Bloomington, Ind., has been chosen to enter the officers training camp at Camp Gordon. Atlanta, Ga., on November 15.

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