Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 145, Hammond, Lake County, 29 November 1918 — Page 1

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First Contingent of Veterans from France in Hammond for Thanksgiving Day Make Homes Happy, Indeed. In two Hammond homes Thankfeglv- j inff was made mcmornhl hv tho rptnrn ! c-f soldier sons from the fighting front In France. Private John George greeted his home town with a happy smile, a cheer and a -aie of crutches yesterday morning when he" arrived just in time for. a. turkey dinner with the folks at 6S3 Wrbsit a v-enua. . 1 There . were tears in the fys of. Thomas George and his wife as ihy embraced their brave son who had enlisted the Fourth of July. 1017. although ; forty years of age'artdout of the draft. At hi post as crossing watchman for ihe Monon railroad at Clinton street the fstber tonv anppfl rod tho r.rnn1est man ' In Hammond. All day lone admiring friends. were visiting' with Private John George and listening to his stories of lite war,-- And the women folks at 653 Webster - a venue showered affectionate) attentions on the bachelor hero. : i-. ' . , " "I vJOHN GEORGE. 13 Xeft Ont of Co. X. .Enlisting July 4, 1917. John George was sworn into service at Ft. Thomas. Ky., July 7th in Co. K of the nth Infantry. He was trained at Syracuse. X. Y.. and reached Liverpool. England. 1 t. 2. It was in April of this year that "Co. K of the 3th" found itself where it wanted to be at the front-with a chance at the hoche. For weekp 011 the Marne it was in the front line trenches nnder fire, chaffing at the delay in the, start of the offensive. Then tlw hour came and Co. K went over the t'P. There were eighteen men left of the oO soldiers of the company when the roll" was called and John George with his left left shot off just above the knee was one of them. He had fought vnlintuly for jut an hour anil a liali whoi n explosive machine gun bullet struck his leg. Then he was started on t'e torturous journey through field hospitals ha.-k to the base hospital where the l"g was amputated. . Private Georg-e is home on a fifteen day pas from Ft. Pes Moines. la.. ehere he is being given the best care F,ncle Sam can provide. He appears in the best of heaitn and spirit?, jovial and 'uncomplaining. . Sodarea Bullet But Not Tin. diaries Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs Jacob K. Smith of 35 Doty street, formerly a receiving clerk at the Lion Store. 1 anollier volunteer Hammond soldier at Ft. He? Moines. Smith enlisted in Xo ember. 1!M7. and whs rejected at the training camp necuse of l,:s physical condition. Vntlaunted he volunteered before the draft hoard and was inducted out of his turn. Sent to Houston. Texas, he trained in the sisnal corps ami sailed from New Tork to Liverpool, reach. ng Frame in April with Co. C of th.; lOSlh Field Sienal battalion. Twenty-two days from the time he puv foot on French soil he was st the front, brigaded with the British at Albert. In three months the line was advanced nine miles at that point. Tl-e i ihe flu instead of n bullet got Smith nnd he was sent to a hospital. As In innny cas-s the influenza attacked his heart und he is now under medical treatment. Smith received one copy of Tub Timf.-j while in France, the copy telling of the wreck 'of the Hagenheck-Wallace, circus train in which seventy people last their lives. . "I read every line, every word and every letter in that paper," said S.mith. There are parts of It I have memorized. I kept it until it wa worn and ...;n so that it couldn't be read. Out in the Irenches and dugout, repairinr: lines of communication v.n'ier tire, a id Jiving in mud and w ith oniy the ,osolated. city of Albert to look at about as cheerful as a funeral pyre that paper

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Pershing Trooper, 3 Years in Army, Dead in France

..... . . - . - . - -T .. :' "' " ' - s . r-f n. P1TRICK M. GETZINC.KR. It was a sad Thanksgiving for relatives of Patrick M. GotzinE'-r of Hammond. A message from the M'ar Department etated that he had died of vrieumonia !n France Oct. 21, nearly 22 years of age. It teas the second time the hero had been mentioned in the disrafhes. Iat April he was wounded and on the Joth of August went back to the firing line. Patrick Getzinger had been In the army three years. He had neen in active service with General Pershing in the U. S. harder and in Mexico. He was a member of Troop B, 3rd V. S." Cavalry and went with Pershing to France. He had served in France thirteen months. Besides his mother. Mrs. V Kerner, of Hammond, he baa a brother. Thomas, in the, U. S. -Army Academy at TYest Pojnt.- tvro brothers in Srmth Bend Herbert' and Joseph, a, brother, Iavid. and a aUtcr. Mae. in Hammond. . A locst of frirrds mourV." the . gallant Hammond boy. MRS. FRANK DORSEY CULLED BY DEATH I Victim of After-Effects of -r n 01 ri.-XT -1 t innuenza, one ouueieu Two Months Ago. One of the saddest deaths that has shocked the people of Hammond for some time was the sudden death yesterday of Mrs. Anna Porsey. 34 xers old. wife of Attorney Frank J. IKrsey, of 771 Beall avenue. Hammond. Attorney and Mrs. Horsey and their daughter went to Chicago last Sunday to spend the day with Mr. Dorsey's brother, and Mrs. Horsey was taken ill with pneumonia and was taken to the West Side hospital on Wednesday mornin? xvhere she died Thursday morning of pneumonia and acute dilation of the heart. The deer-dent had infuenza about eight weeks -ago and her heart was left in a weakened condition. She leaves besides her -husband one daughter. Marie. 13 'years old, her mother, Mrs. .Marie Kuntzrnajin ltuchholz and one sister. Mrs. James Campbell to mourn hnr. The funeral will be held from the family home tomorrow- morning at 9 o'clock. Father Barrett will officiate. Interment will be held in OaU Hill eeme-. tery in charge of undertaker Hums. SEND Id NAMES FOR AMATEO CITY What Do You Think New ; City Should Be Chris- ! 1 tened? Send Answers. j Tou- that the question of amalga- ; rmition of Hammond. East Chicago; 1'id Whiting has attain been revived, j it is generally lecognized that none; of the names w ill do f-.r the amaiga- j mated city and a new name is wanted. I so that it can be incorporated in reg- ( i istration. j What name d you believe the amalgamated city should have and why? The Times would like to hear from its subscribers on this point. The Jct- ' tcrs must be brief and cannot be over 50 words in length. For instance, here i one from a well known Him; "mond man: As a freeholder who has traxre'ed 6S,(0O miles by auto In the Northern and Pacific Coast States, in a great many places people I w.'Uid not Know when I spoke of Hammond. East Chicago ..j- Indian Harbor, where they were, but I knew Calumet I'istri.-t at once, 1 suggest the name (should we amalgamate Calumet City. Every ! one will know that. I Touts for Calumet City. Tnd. I H. M. GODFREY. The War Savings Pledge Card is! a little note written to Uncle Sam to fissure him that you are with! him in the war and that you intend j to stay to the finish. j

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Describes Bravery of : Modest Whiting Corporal T.MES Reporter Meets Up With Corp, Tommy Kuldoon - of Whiting at Bordeaux, Yanks Appreciate How the People Back Home are Standing By Them.

How Corporal Tommy Muldoon of Whiting, one of the first Lake county boys to go overseas, while serving his red-hot field piece at Soissons was hit in the shoulder by a piece of Boche high explosive and calmly walked to a dressing station when all but two out of his squad were put out of action is described by Corp. L. J. Parry, enlisted Times' reporter, in the continuation of his story from last Wednesday as follows: THE COINCIDENCES OF WAIL (Continued from Wednesday.) October 2. Strange coincidences happen in war time. The woods are fuH of ihem. This afternoon a copy of Tub Timk reached m and I said '"Welcome to our city." Ton don't know what the home paper means to a shave-tnil. Well, anyway It was dated Aug. 21 and in Jt was a story telling of the wounding of Corporal Tommy Muldoon of Whiting. j I had the pleasure of meeting Tommy! right after we landed at Bordeaux. H'i. was a "blesee" (wounded) no longer and; PLAIT TO (By A STATr CORRESPONDENT.) PHILADELPHIA, PA., Nov. 27. j No stone is to be left unturned! by the East Chicago and Indiana; Harbor Water company in its de-j termination to build a filtration sys- j tern for its plant at East Chicago; at the earliest possible moment. j The company is now making ap-j plication to the Council of Defense, j the priorities order board and the; Finance Committee in Washington! for the construction of the plant. The tiltration plant for which the) comppny has already spent i IO.OOi) for, materials and plana would have been! ho built long ago had it not been for: politics hi Fast Chicago. j COOPERATION IS NECESSAET. j The facts were brought out in an in-j terview with Mr. C. H. Geist. president j of the company, at his offices here at! the solicitation of a representative of j Tub Times. Mr. Geist deplored the, lack of harmony over the situation and j said that there was no question as to ; the construction of the plant provided there was cooperation among the' people, the water company and the city ad- . ministration. In his interview Mr. Geist j said: ennwMT. KILLED PRANCHISE. "While Dr. SchlieUer was mayor, Ij advocated and agitated the building of j ihe filtering plant, but it was necessary j for us to" have a franchise passed by the j Hoard of Public Works and the Council or Hast Chicago The franchise was drafted fiui submitted 1o the Hoard of Public Works, and was passed by them, but it was turned down by the Council. This made it is impossible for us to build the plant, because in this franchise we had n clause permitting us to iutall meters on all consumers, for the reason that it Is not possible for. any eompanv to pump filtered water, unless it is metered, as the. wos'e of water, particularly in Last Chicago, is tremendous. OEIST ANXIOUS TO BUJLD. T believe we are actually pumping there today tw ice, the .amount of water pecessarv to 'supply the inhabitants, without waste. Dr. Schlleker was very much disappointed, but politics had already become injected into tno suuai 1 was dronped at that time. It ? ion. was taken up later on by another ad ministration. f was exceedingly anxious to build this plant at that time because it xva possible to finance the proposition. That plant at that lime could have been "built for half the cost that it can he built today, and the market was-all right for securing the money, but politics again appeared, and when I talked about a new franchise again, we xvere not able t i-ome to any agreement with the politic'ns of Fast enn-ago. PARTIES ARE DEADLOCKED. 'The administration t that time said. 'We will simply compel you to build a tQintinued n paga flva.)

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had just left the. hospital. There he had met Eric I.und of Hammond, the first man he knew.that he had met since going overseas eiglit months before that. TOMMY DIDN'T WANT TO TALK. We had been to i "T" concert where some Yankee girls were singing and you can't imagine how good an American girl look3 to a Tank soldier. They were the first I had seen since leaving New Tork and we all felt like going p and hugging them. When we got back to barracks we found Tommy Muldoon. One of the lads said to me: "You know this fellow, don't you, Corporal." I didn't know Tommy but I knew his brothers when I worked at the Standard Oil plant in Whiting but we parleyvood. I spked Tommy questions ahd he aid. "You think you're back on the old sheet don't ou? I'll talk if you don't repeat what I told you." Well, I didn't promise him and after he got through I invited him back the next night. IN CKATTSAV TEIEXST (BATTLE. Tommy Muldoon is a man who doesn't brag. He's oner" of the kind tt people who'll tell a stofv the same way a dozen

times. He hadben injured bat longed tox get back to lU battery anil do some more and bkievt- ine when he gets back into action, he'll do it. Tommy was one of. the first Lake county toys over here. He was at Continued on page two.) - , RollofHonoi? : . Tla THaaakayiriar taterral fcroug-ht sifcd nawa to BTa X.ak county famUWs I from tha War Department; two daad and ! threa mitring- ia actlom. Two Crowa Pt. j men receirtd wonads, wboti erioumn are not rt datermlaoa. WOUNDED IN ACTION: ROBERT J. EDOERTON. Crown Point. CORP. ED. J. POX. Crowa Polat. MIS3INO IN ACTION. CLARENCE J. P 17 R CELL, Indiana Harbor. HARRY E. WIN STRAND, Z. Chicago. BERT A. STATER, Oary. DIED OP WOUNDS. ALBERT O. MIESCH, Znd. Harbor. XILLED IK ACTION. GUISEPPE PILEORINO, Gary. LOUIS HDTT GASSED . IN ACTJNjfl FRANCE Word Received From Base Hospital by Parents of Hammond Boy. Mr. and Mrs. Fred It. Mott, SiTrt H oilman street, have received a letter from their son. I.ouiH. saying that he. is at a base hospital in France, able to be up and around after being gassed while in action 011 the Verdun front. The letter bears the date of Nov. 3. Iouls has seen o. great deal of action. At one time he narrowly escaped death when a machine gun bullet passed through his pack and lodged in his belt. TWO KILLED; ONE BADLY HUBT IH AUTO ACCIDENT Train Hits the Machine at Street Grade" Crossing; Tragedy at Huntington. Ifl'NTINGTON. Ind . Nov. 29.Two persons were killed ahd one was injured seriously .when r.n automobile in which they were riding was struck by an Frie train. The accident occurred at the Tipttn street grade cossing in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Clias. Knowlton are the dead, while Mr. Gladys Kddingri'ld, their daughter, was hu.rt. All. lived at Ttoanoke and had come to the rity to visit Mrs. Clem C. Crabhe. another daughter, who. 'is ill at a local hospital. At the time of the accident thev were on their way horn. LIBERTY FUEL, THE LATEST Br HxiTun Pi-.r.-s. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. "Liberty fuel," vastly- cheaper than gasoline, an possessing many advantages over j that prodiK-t ha.t been invested by officers of the war department and is now being produced in -large quantities, tt became known today The fuel Is the result of more thim five months of experiment. Exhaustive tests have ehown that the new fuel iB adapted to all kinds of motor vehi-j clea. engines and airplanes.

Here's Mooney, Whose Sentence Is Commuted By California Governor

J .... -"( .- .-t r Thomas tAtliAllbMO, CAL... Nov. 29. The sentence of Thomas J. Mooney, sentenced to be handged Dec. 13 in connection with the deaths of ten persons from a bomb explosion In San Francisco during the Prepared ness'- day parade Jnlv 191, wajCconmuitcd by Govs W,, P. Stphns yejtejdni to imrjrisijncie)--. for life afterTrresidcnt Wilson had .dcd for It. Mooney, from his cell in "death row" at San Quentin penitentiary. Issued a statement , prMesting against Gov. Stephens' actiotx in commuting his sentence. His statement said in rarf: "Gov'. Stephens, it is my life you are dealing with. I demand that you" revoke your commutation of my death sentence to a living, death. ' I prefer a glorious death at the hands of ray traduccrs to a living gravel I am innocent., HAMMOND MEN: HOME AS CAMPS . DISCHARGE MEN S Frank O. Heed, a shoe salesman at the E. C. Minas store, who made many attempts to enlist and finally was successful has returned home from "Camp McArthur. at yVaeo, Texas, where he wa a member of the officers" training class. Before v entering the officers' training school Keed was a sergeant, in the cavalry at Fort Bliss. Tom Honqtiist of Hammond, who was In the cavalry at Fort -Hftss and is now at the Waco officers' training school, is. expected home next week. Keed and Ifonqiiist have been dismissed from service. Had the war continued they would have seen service in France shortly, in' all probability. CHILE - PERU SQUABBLE IS UNSETTLED Bv UNITED rES. NEW YORK. Nov- 20. The dispute between Chile and Teru has not been settled " and no. amicable agreement between the two countries is in siaht. according to a stafement made today by Mr. Carlos Castro Ruin. Chilean consul general of New York. He denied that he had given out any statemnt that - the controversy had been iettied. He said, however, that both countries were quiet, according to his latest advices. WORKMEN ISSUE AMANIFESTO I rxiTEP Press Cahi.eoeim.1 BERLIN. Nov. I!. The workmens and soldiers executive council has issued a manifesto in contradiction of the right of Totsdani workmen and soldiers to summon an imperial workmen's and soldiers' conference. The council further Authorized the rnembei s " of Chancellor Ebert's ministry to exercise power but reserved for itself the right of final approval. MEET TO DISCUSS ARMISTICE CSITEO rr.F.S -OABI KfiRA.M.J AMSTERDAM. Nov. 29. The Cologne (laaette says that representatives of Great Britain. France and the United J S'tates soon will nrrivc In Herlin to 'discuss armistice o-.:estionj." AUSTRIA'S LOSSES IN THE WAR - fl'.viTEr . Tress Cabi.bhram. COPENHAGKN. Nov. 23. AustriaHungary's killd and wounded in the war totalled 4.noO.Ofi. according to data received here today. The total Austria dead was fr'ip.tnio, in!nding ! 7. M0 ' officers. The wounded totalled! 5.:i'0.0t0. Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick the Hun. ' .

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.'' i v" 4 ' ,7 4 J. MOONEY I demand a new and fair trial or my un conditional liberty through a pardon. If I were guilty of th crime for which I have been unjustly convicted, hanging would be too good for me." . In ronr.lnrion jloor.cj- appealed , to "workers" to continue lhelr: interest in lys behalf... ... riefHa! r the; t-'nit'.-fl-Sia'es. Supeme court Tsov. 38 to review the sentence of hanging Imposed upon Thomas J. Mooney ended court action in a case that excited international interest. The death sentence parsed upon him was for the murder of Mrs. Myrtle Irene Van I.00 of Merced, Cal.. one of ten persons killed by the preparedness, day bomb. Four others were indicted with him on ten counts of murder, but his case was singled out as an issue by labor organisations of several Countries. FELT Blfjp ABROAD Religious Services in American Camps; Towns Declare Holiday. WITH THE AMERICANS ADVANCING TOWARD Till: RHINE, Nov. 2R. Two and a half' million Americans throughout Franco and in Luxemburg and German Lorraine yesterday observed the most solemn and heartfelt Thanksgiving since the birth of the nation. In thousands of 'camps scattered from (.err.iany to Spain there were religious services, feasts and . frames. Those In the front line -along the Moselle and Saurr rivers, awaiting word to march into Prussia, had a holiday. , Many of .the, .messes. lacked turkev and ' flixings." but the Salvation Army and Red Cross girls -made pjrs and doughnuts -ahd "the quartcrmasf crs sent up extra rations. V " ' Discipline-was . relaxed slightly during . the dnjv. .The villages w here the .merioans were quartered' also deejared a holiday, decorated their homes and shops , with evergreen and gave receptions to the officers. SUPPLY OF WHEAT ON HAND NOV. 1 Br CxiTER Pr.Ess.l WASHINGTON. Nov. .Commercial stocks of wheat on hand Nov. 1st amounted to 1'74.D2.,910 bushels, two and a half time as. large as those Of a year ago and on increase of 51.9'ST1 over the stocks of October 1, the agricultural department announced today. These stocks do not represent the entire commercial stocks on hand and does not include those, held by farmers. It was held by 12.53S firms. Commercial -stocks of othar cereals November 1. were:. Coin. 17,123,74 bushels; oats, . 73,773.204 .bushels; barley, 34,462.573 bu.hels; rye 15.113.135 bushels. PATROLLING RIVER BANKS fi'MTKn PRK-iS C.Fr.E'-,P. AM LI'XKMBCRG, Nov. 1-9. American troops are patrolling along the Moselle and Shut rivers, awaitlnsr orders. The German villages on the opposiic bank appear to be almost deserted. HELPS LABOR SITUATION fBT I'vitki Pr.rss. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23 Commutation of Thos. J. Mooney "s death sentence to, life imprisonment is regarded here as likely to compose materially the labor situation.

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SAYS LOSER PIT PAY Kaissrfn Arrives in Holland With Twenty Trunks and in High Spirils,

fUxiTEti Tress Cablegram. LONDON, Nov. 29. "Germany must pay the costs of the war to the limit of her capacity," Premier Lloyd George declared in a speech here today. "The principle always has been the loser pays. We must proceed on this principle in regard to Germany. "Peace must be sternly just. Germany , will not be permitted tc pay the indemnities by dumping cheap goods in, this country. "I will not lead the government if I am to be subjected to the old party's conspiracies and intrigues," the Premier declared in referring to the elections in Great Britain. WHY SO FEW TRUNKS? FNiTF.n Tress Cahi.eowam. LONDON, Nov. 29. The Miror's r.otterdant correspondent says the former Kaiserin garbed in a drab overcoat nr rived. in Holland yesterday morning in high spirits, ' accompanied uy the wife of the German "rnln-itta:, .t-'Th'! Hague riTerr-n.Hrorc"d To Amefongen" Castla" f where hiy. Joined the former Kaiser: The Ka iserin's luggage is said to have consisted of twenty trunks. IWOMElf PLAN j PEACE CONFERENCE ! fBr I'vitcd rKrss.l j WASHINGTON, Nov. "3. A big I peace conference of women is plsr.nnl tor February in Holland, with delegates present from, all countries, including Germany and Austria. The session if finally arranged n ill he under the auspices of the international emmittee of women for permanent peace, of wli1.h Miss. Jane Adams, of Chicago, is president. Mi.s Adams and Mrs. Lewis F. r-t, wife of the assistant secretary of labor, questioned Secretary Lansing today ns 10 the propriety of the session. He informed thm that he saw no objection now to the congress, according to Miss Adams. A meeting of the executive committee, will be held in Boston Monday. The purpose of the organization, according to Miss Adams, is mainly to move world opinion as to women's position on questions affecting a durable peace. KARL ORDERED TO GET OUT rt"N-iTKr Pbesj Cabt.ecp.m. COPE N HA G EX, Oct. 2!. -The Austran government has ordered former Emperor Karl .to leave the country because of anti-revolutionary agitation by conservatives, a dispatch said today. BOLSHEVIK REPORT VICTORY ; I'NiTEO Taiss Cablegram. - S1UvM1VI..1, -NOV. JJf. uoisneiK forces are reported to. hare, captured three important cities in Northwestern Russia. A report from Lemberg says the Poles -destroyed 690 Jew ish houses and killed thousands there. SOLF MAY RESIGN. ll'MTEn Pr.ESS CBr.F.;r:.M RERUN. Oct. 23. The cabinet is considering the question it the resignation iif Foreign "Minister Solf, Secretary of State Krzberger and Secreir.ry of Finance Scheklenvann. SOLDIERS' COUNCILS INVITED I;.v:ted Pr.ess Cabuhram. THE ; HAGUE. -,Xov. 29r Soldierscouncils on all fronts have been notified to send delegates, to a special meeting at Baden liec.v 1st to' discuss participation in planr for reorganization of the I German government, according to disi patches recived today. DEATH OF A. W. BURNETT A. W. Burnett, 73 jears old, died at the home of his son, Harry w. Burnett, of 210 E. State street, last night after several weeks' illness. Mr. Burnett who has many friends in Hammond, was formerly of English Lake. Ind., and leaves to mourn him besides his son, Harry, one daughter. Mr. Mattie Moss of Peru, Ind., five grandchildren anad five great-grandchildren, thr -.j brothers anad si sisters. The remains will be taken to Manor. Ind., at S:15 on the C. O., Thursday morningr to be burleJ in their family lot. Undertaker Burns will b ta char-.