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VOL. XIII, NO. 214.

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THE TIMES' (Bureau at Slaf Capital for A 11 Legit, lathi News.

HAMMOND, INDIANA.

FKIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1919.

INTERNATIONAL. NEWS ( I'LL LEAiED WIRE SEIiVICE.

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THE LEAGUE BROADLY

Six Battleships Steam Dot To Convey Wilsons Ship Into Boston Harbor

Sitting On the Lid Tough for Doughboys A 'Flop in a Shack on the Old Calumet Better Than Feathers in a Castle on the Rhine Says Times Reporter in Germany.

Griffith Boy is Cited for Brave?y

Bulletin. fTJy International Ifiwi Service.) WASHINGTON, Ten. 21. President WUion will sail on his return trip to France about March 5, It was announced at the nary department today. In a wireless messag-e to the department, Commander McCauley, of the George Washington, stated that the president had given orders that the vessel be held la readiness for his reti.ru, ..ailing from New York on or about f-a-; .ate. The Goorge Washington would" arrlre at Boston not later than noon on Monday, he added. The president, It was stated, would leave Boston Monday night and he at work In the executive offices here on tbo following morning. BULLETIN. (By International News Serrlcs.) WASHINGTON, Teb. 31. That President Wilson's speech in Boston next l.Tonday, If it deals with the league of Nations, will treat the subject very broadly and not go Into the more minute details of the subject, became apparent today when It was announced at the white house executive offices that the president has let It be known that he will speak extemporaneously. Ka conveyed this information la a wireless message to Secretary Tumulty at the same time requesting that arrange, men's fee made to allow him to deliver his address early as possible in the day. Consequently, Tumulty announced, he will hare the aster lag set for 'between 1 and 3:30 o'clock la the afternoon. It was stated that the president probably would speak for about 45 mln. tttes.

This Is the second of a new series of letters from Germany by Cph X. J. Parry, others will follow In succeeding editions of this paper. Prom CTX.. X.. J. PAEE7 (Times porter.) Osann. Germany, Army of Occupation. 315 Am. Tn. 90 Div. ARTICLE II. THE civilian newspaper boys with the Army of Occupation of which I am r.ot. have it different than the common soldier newspaper hoys, of which I am. They can go right ahead with their stuff. I have to write mine on the breakaways. It has been four days since I started this. Now after four days of drill Lord how we have to drill and non-com school at night I'm continuing about the eats the enemy has. Tells of Dissatisfaction. - In an attempt to study the existing food conditions in Germany, I learn that there is considerable dissatisfaction in the larger cities. It is al"nost disruption among the denizens. They have no farmers to raise fond there and the farmer hangs on to his stuff. Keeping up the larder for the future there it Is again. One can easily be misled by outward appearances. For instance.

according to the weekly food records of Coblenz. the food supply Is being diminished front week tn week. It pets less every week ami is not replaced. Count up the Ounces. For the week ending January 5 the ration was as follows: bread. 4 4-5 ox.; cereal. 7 ounces; potatoes. 7 pounds; meat, 7 ounces; soup stock. 7 ounces, and margerlne. 2 ounces; no sugar, nor jam whatever and honey substitute. The week previous the ration was double, meat. 14 ounces; 5 ounces of Jam and seven ounces of sugar In addition. They have to depend upon the market less than the question of shipment. This must be remedied in a short time or It will grow worse. Humors Float In Air. We are still in Osann. It looks like a lengthy stay. All sorts of wild reports are nipped in the bud: the best thing to do is to disr- gard them all. but listen, the Yank soldiers composing the Army of occupation are certainly a lot of homesick boys and don't let them tell you any di:7 ; nt. Take it from me. While we ;.r- wv'.l aware of the fact that theic is st;ii a job for us to do we would much rathi r be riding a hammock on ti.e briny deep than "sitting on the lid." That's the expression we use. (Continued on page three )

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PREMIER CLEMENCEAD'S

CONDITION IS CRITICAL

HOT CHASE BY POLICE IS SUCCESS

(By International News Service.) BOSTON, Feb. 21. Six U. S. destroyers steamed out to sea today to give President Wilson his first welcome home and to escort to this port the steamship George Washington, on which the president and his party are returning from the peace conferenct. The six speedy fighting hips are the Gamble, Meredith, Harding, Paulding, Walker and Conyngham. They expected to reach the (Continued on page srx.)

Cleveland Express Held up At Marks Plant by Audacious Negro.

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' Two nrrT'vs who gave their nstrs and addresses as Bess Cox and Jsmes ISoden of 2976 State street. Chicago, were arrested at the Marks plant In Indiana Harbor last night by Captain George H. Hall of the plant officers, after an exciting chase. The negroes were found robbing an express car, a part of the Cleveland express on the New. York Central lines, which reaches the Marks plant at 12:30 midnight. Five snots were fired at them by Government Officer Keed, but they got away by dash'.ng past the guard into th Marks plant. Captain Hall and his guard then rounded up all of the men in the plant and discovered the negroes, who again broke away. They climbed the hlsh iruard fence around the plant, but were captured by the captain and lodged in the Jail at Indiana Harbor. In the Marks plant later was found ten silk dresses and five coats, about 100 worth of goods In all, which the negroes had taken from the express car. COMPLETIulTof C. M. & G. ASKED

COAT OF MANY POCKETS; 27 IS TOTAL EVAXSVII.LE, Intl., Feb. 20. (ifonce Haym-a, a nesrro -whose home Is In K van ville. was arrested Wednesday night hy the poller at Henderson. Ky., twelve miles from here. Iluyne wore a speelolly nuide coat that contained twrnt.v'Vf perkrts the Inside, fc.ich pocket contained one pint of whiskey, the police say. The nrjrro admitted, they y. that he had the coat made to order to convey liquor Into Indiana territory for the purpose of blading- the officers.

I.OLIS HAHKLNHIUtK. GRIFFITH. Ind., Feb. 21. Relatives of Louis Harkenrider. Cited by the French government early in 191S for gallant conduct in the war have heard from him In Enters, Germany, where he is with the Second Division. This is the division that turned the tide at Chateau Thierry. Young Harkenrider TiHes that the division expects tf be relieved joun and that he is looking anxiously toward his return home.

(By International Ntwi Service.)

PARIS, Feb. 21 (By Wireless.) . Premier Clemenceau's condition; is critical. Three of the mosti eminent specialists in Paris were! summoned into consultation on hisj

case today. "Nothing can be said now," was the statement made after the first examination. It was learned from an authoritlative source that fears were felt that embolism would develop. It was embolism that caused the recent death of Theodore Roosevelt. The patient's temperature rose today.

This was taken to Indicate that the j

crisis had already been reached or was near at hand. WIZ.X. BE INSANITY. Insanity will likely be the defense of

i Smile Cottin. the man who trk'd to

assassinate Iremier Clc-menceau. It was learned today from Cottin'p mother that

his great grandfather and a cousin both died in a madhouse. Any such plea.

however, will be vigorously opposed by the government on the ground that the would-be assassin is a self-confessed disciple of Rolshevlk principles and therefore a dangerous man to be nt large. Cottin Is described by friends as a wiak-minded laborer, whoje head has been turned by reading too much anarchist literature. Cottin's father was affiliated with a. labor union in Compiegne where the family lived, until the bombardments of lest spring. The shadow of the attempt upon M. Clemenceau's life fell with the force of a heavy pall upon all of the influential statesmen here for the peace conference and reached out even beyond borders of France with its effect. By his masterful rftrsonality and his long years in public life, the apfd premier had reserved a niche In the public mind that few men ever approach. The blow at Clemenceau was generally regarded as an attack upon the very peace conference itself. '

25,000 ENGAGED

"LEGGING" WHISKEY 9 Nine Hen lose Lives, Autos Wrecked By Score U. S. Defied In Amazing Deeds

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Traffic Expert Urges Trackage, to Bring Kew Line to Milwaukee.

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letlon to Milwaukee of the 4'hlcnifo. ... ,, , . .. Milwaukee A: Cary railroad, nn unftnlshrom Indianapolis today came th , ,. , ,., ,, , .mI It n- now extending from Ielm.ir.

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of the appellate bench returns . . . " ford. Ill-, is advocated by ,-.rg mmond the first of April to re- . - ... ,r.trr- l.n. . ' JJchrnedf-r. manager of the tranic lu-

reuu of the Chamber of Commerce. Kighty inibs of trackage mut be built before the Chicago. Milwaukee & liary road can enter the city. Connection of the road to Milwaukee 'will Kive this city nn unexcelled openIng to the south, southwest and around 1 cvian to the east, x plained Mr.

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fnter private, life he will be a member of a new law firm to be known as Ibach, (lavlt. Cravens and Stinson. Judge lhach and Mrs. Ibach are nw 1n Florida, the Jude having completed elRht years on the appellate bench the firyt of January. Ucfore he become of the appellate rmirt Judge

Ibach bad practiced law continuously I gcrirociler.

In Hammond for twenty years. VTonld Bring Good Roads. It is said at the state capital tat t "The Chicago. Milwaukee ,t: Gary while In Indianapolis Judge Jf.neh roa,i -when completed wlt'i a tirmln.il In mnde more friends than any other j Hwaukee can lead Into t!. city nt public man during that period in that Kst live additional railroads." said Mr. city. ( Schroeder. The firm of Ibach. Oavit. Cravens , "Aside from the Soo line and Illinois and Stinson will occupy a larse suite i Central if adequate terminal facilities of offices across the. east end of the1 can be offered in the way of an invita

tion to other roads the C. 1!. & Q.. the

f.fth floor of the Hammond building. The offices are now bein built and will be ready for occupancy by the first of April. When completed they will be. as larRe and finely appointed as any suite of offices In Indianapolis cr Chtcatro. The members of the firm are all well known and successful attorneys. John Oavit was city attorney under Recker and Smallcy and represents the New York Central and Indiana Harbor Pelt railroads. K V. Cravens has practiced In Hammond ten years and Is the attorney for the N'ickel Plate. Michigan Central, Rennsyl vanla and Wabash railroads. J. K. Stinson Is a director in the C.tlxens National and the West Hammond bank and stockholder In the American Trust & Savin Hank. He Is counsel for the Citizens National and thn West Hammond banks.

Atchison and the Chicago and Great Western will enter the city. "The opening of this channel of traffic will result no tonly in improved service but will be nn Impetus to stimulate production here to supply the Kreater demand from the south and northwest."

BANKER TAKEN IN SEATTLE

(By International News Service.) CHICAGO. lVti. 21. Infectives from the state's attorney's ofTiee will leave here late today for Seattle. Wash., to return William Mannon Orissom. forRank of Commerce and Savlnes of this city, nrrested in Seattle Inte yesterday Ir. conection with the alleged Juglinjr,

of JIOO.O'iO of the bank's funds.

THEY FELL ON EACH OTHERS NECKS, THEY DID Hammond Boys, Separated for a Year Meet at Newport News Yesterday. a Damon and Pythias in the person of Gardner Vorhees and Jake Rrusel of Hammond separated for a year after they had left high school together to enlist In the war fell on each other's necks in Newport News yesterday. It was a great meeting, according to telegrams received by their relatives last night. Gardner got in Wednesday night and Jake yesterday, both on different boats. They had some stories to tell each other. Pals in high school the two lads marched away to war the same day. Vorhees. however, went to Kurope first and was In the heavy artillery, a waggoner In charge of an outfit at the wlndup. Rrusel went all over the U. S. from bere to California before he went ovrrseis. Roth boys wefe In France. Jlobrl'im. Rusemhuf g. A1c apf wr "tiabl tn f of )r Irom each other ovcrsnH. They even came back to the 1'. S. on different transports, but tlo hope fr strike Hammond as they left it together. dastarjdlyTw. w. crime charged (By International News Service.) CHICAGO. Keb. 21. Railway officials are today Investigating what they believe is an I. W. W. plot to cripple railway service of the country. Iite last night Theodore Kutx was arrested when caught rilling Journal boxes of railway locomotives with sand. He Is believed to be an aprcnt of the I. W. W. plotters and Is held for violation of the sabotage act. Wlien questioned Kutz refused to Implicate others but said. "It Is being done In nil parts of the country."

BORAH ATTACKS

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Senator Says League of Nations Idea Is Greatest Triumph Britain ' Ever Scored.

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BERGER AND HIS PALS GET BAIL (By International News Ssrvics.) CHICAGO. Feb. 21. Congrcssmanelect Victor Merger and his four associate Socialists sentenced to twenty years In the federal pri( at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas, late yesterday by Federal Judge I.nndis, are today at liberty on bonds of $25,000 each, for which Socialists and friends In Chicago scheduled property valued at $600.00 1). Twenty-five men and women signed the bonds for Rercr. Idwln St. John Tucker, Adolph Germer". J. Iuis Knirdahl and William Kruse. the Socialists found guilty of obstructing the draft and interfering with war activities.

MI'XCIK I.uke W. IurTy. an Indianapolis state senator, addressed the Commercial club here last nicht. and spoke on the proposed new road law

for Indiana.

(By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. "The League of Nations constitution is the greatest diplomatic triumph of three centuries for Great Britain," Senator Borah, of Idaho, leading opponent of the League of Nations, declared in the senate this afternoon. "The constitution, as approved, is lifted almost bodily from that written in January by Gen. Smuts, one of the leading statesmen of the British empire," he declared. "There is not a section of the Smuts constitution that is organic or vjtal thai is lefT out." Rorah declared tbaf the recognition of the Ilrltlsh dornlnlops nS separate natl"f If t fcf "f enormous trnnortanee.

' Vh:it tloes it tiieari .'" be .-.sited. "It J means that when this League of Na- j tions gets down to work Kngland will J

nae one vote. Canada will have one vote. New Zealand will have one vote. Australia bae one vote. South Af rica will have one vote and America, founded by the toll :m. I patti of our forefathers. its system preserved i)r..iiiii : hundred years, will have one

v ot !" The constitution, ns It is framed. Ro-i rah sab!, pledges the Cnlted States to ! xuar;tnteeng the territorial integrity or1

the Rritisli empire, whoso possessions cover one-fifth of the inhabitable ureas ..f the globe. . "Surely no one will belittle this tri

umph for Rrltlsh diplomacy," he shout- ; fd. ! Rorah demanded that the League of i Nations constitution be submitted to the' American people in a general election be- j fore they are pledged by the president) fiid the senate to support it. He bitterly attacked former President

Tnft. who said the adoption of the con- . Mltutlon would not abrogate the Mon- j roe doctrine or the W.'ishtngfbiiian poll- , cy of no entangling alliance. j ' The Knclish press as a unit regards ' the constitution as abrogating the Mon-i roe doctrine. I.loyil George said Kng- I land could concede much, if It were able I through its concessions to draw Amcr- 1

ica away from Its traditional foreign policy. , "Japan seml-of ftcially rinnounced that the constitution abolishes the Monroe doctrine. The Rrazilian minister nt The Hague announces the opinion, why are the American people told it docs not?"

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General Mangin on a visit to a French occupation base. General Manpin, the famous French leader, is shown here at the bridge en the Rhine occupied by the French forces. The general, who is said to be the most popular in French army circles, is being greeted by his colleagues near Mainz, the French occupation base-

LEO ON HUNT FOR TA!M

He Will Get Them a Show and Don't You Forget it; That's Leo's Specialty.'

Ioo Knoerzer. lmpressario of the Hammond Automobile Show. March 10 to li, is bending every effort to secure a company of the best entertainers Chicago affords. No one is a better judge than Leo. lie has list) ncd to the chortlers and string hands for years and can tell a song booster from a prima donna. a Mock away. Tin- Job of securing talent for the show could have been assigned to no one more capable. And with plenty of cash to back him up. Leo is sure to produce a "knock Vm dead" cabaret performance for the multitude to rave about. . Motorcycles and accessories are also to lit) exhibited at the auto show. One of the wonders of the show will be the mechanical mosquito that Walz. a motorcycle dealer, will Introduce.

AGED MAN DIES AT HOSPITAL Jeremiah Rrennan. 83 years old. died Jast night at St. Margaret's hospjtaL Mr- Pfennig, who Rved In Hammond fT the last ten years and had made many friends leaves to mourn him two sons. Jerry and Mike Rrennan of Hammond. The remains will be shipped tomorrow morning by Undertaker Rurns to Reedsville, Wis., to be buried in their family lot.

RIOMINGTON This city will, in all probability, hold an election to guide city officials if the Indiana state legislature passes the Sunday movie bill, once defeated in the senate.

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CHAPTER-COUNCIL INSPECTION

An event of much interest to Hammond Masons occurs tomorrow when John J. Glendennliig. grand inspectcr for Indiana, makes bis annual visit to Hammond. Commencing a 4 o'clock Hammond Chapter No. 117. R. A. M.. will confer the M. K. I. degree for the approval of Inspector Glcndennlng. Supper will be served after the work and at 8 o'clock Hammond Council N'o. 50, R. & S. M., will confer the council degrees. Willis R. Frd is high priest of he Chapter ami T'lysses ;. I'etrle mnstcr of the Council. A large attendance is expected from Hammond anil surrounding cities

HOUSE BILL PASSES. International News Service. "WASHINGTON, F b. 21 The $73.fOO.OOO railkoad control appropriation bill was oassetl by the house today by a vote of 272 to 13. The bill provides for the appropriation of Hr.n.nnn.noo 'IS recently asked by Director General of Railroads Hlnes, to f!)ld tT the revolving fund of $,'00.OuO.OOu for the railroads under federal control, previously appropriated.

SADIE NOW IN POLICE CUSTODY (By International News Service.) CHICAGO, Feb. 21. Mrs. Sadie Henderson Churchill, 31 and extremely pretty, and who New Orleans authorities claim was the "lure" of the "million dollar syndicate" of sure thing race gamblers credited with bilking southern tourists out of J3.0OO.000 during the past four months, is today In custody of the police.

STILL FIGHTING THE POLES (By International News Service.) I.ONIoN, Feb. 21 Germany is again defying armistice conditions, according to Information received here. The Germans have not ceased hostilities against the Poles and according to advices from Warsaw, infantry and artillery attacks were In progress on the eastern frontier on Wednesday

(By International News Service.) TOLEDO, O., Ten. axWrecked automobiles by the scre line the aixty all road between this city and Detroit today, all wrecked daring a mad race In last Bigot's blinding snowstorm to rash whiskey with an estimated valne of $2,000,000 Into Michigan, following the aridUgaa suxeme court's decision maiinf necessary a search and seUure war. rant before offioers can searcb persons suspected of taking whiskey i. to that state. It was impossible for local carats and motor men to meet the demand for machines today. It is estimated that 10,000 whiskey-runners are ma. rooned in this city unable to find means of transportation for themselves and their cargoes of whiskey.

(By International Kews Service.) DETROIT, MICH., Feb. 21. Defying and ignoring the fact that the United States government had taken a hand in the attempts to halt the importation of lirjuor into Michigan, the tidal wave of booze from Toledo to petroi't, which has raged for three days Jid fights sho-ved so signs of abatemeft if undreds "oTlTTwrriles . left early for th oasis in Ohio to bring in more of the joy producer. It is estimated that since the state supreme court decision which opened the floodgates to John Barleycorn on Tuesday was handed down, more than a half million gallons of whiskey has ben brought into Michigan. 35,00 ABB BUST. Twenty-five thousand men, women and children are engaged In the rumrunning game and the Plxle Highway between Toledo and this city has been re-christened "The Roulevard de Boose." Thousands of automobiles make the round trip one to three times dally and every conceivable means of transportation Is ultillred in bringing the liquor Into the state. Tolice are making occasional arrest, but the local courts refuse to hear tbe cases since the government has teken a hand and the only Inconvenience suffered by those arrested is the confiscation of th?ir stock of boose. TH1II DTE IN ATTEMPTS. Three rvetrolt men sacrificed fbclr lives at the altar of alcohoj late Thursday when the automobile In which Irjey were returning from Toledo with s cago of whiskey was wreckod a collision with an lnterurban car a few milfs at of the etr. The government action la the circumstances Is based yn the Reed amendmfff to Jhe bone dfr law. which roy1df bonvT ftnttl) . r transporting alcohol ll.junrs - Jj.t territory. The state legislature is In session and a bill was Introduced yesterday by Senator Lewis Intended to plug' up the holes in the state prohibition law. but ho action can be had for at bast, ten days, and the rum-runners will continue to make hay while the sun twines. TR ATTIC LINKS STAMFH1 iD. Fteam railways anj electric lines were taxed to their limits. Liquor dealers' stocks were depleted In record time and hurried calls were sent out to surrounding town- nd vljlages for fresh Mtii!tes. Tollce arrested forty of tbt, runners and confiscated whiskey valued at $500,000. Police estimates today place the number of runners operating between this city and Detroit yesterday at 20.000. FALL DECLINES

WILSON INVITATION

Practically for Some Reason A3 Did Senator Borah. International News Service. WASHINGTON.Feb. 21. In declining President Wilson's Inv itation to dine at the White House, Senator A. R. Fall.

republican, of New Mexico, did so for practically the same reason rut forward by Senator Rorah of Idaho. His telegram declining the Invitation, made public this afternoon, urged that the president address his message to a Joint session of the house and senate "instead of two committees of those bodies at a secret meeting." ',