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INTERNATIONAL NEWS TTJX,X. LEASED WISE SERVICE. Oa street and newsstands, 3o per ccpy. Delivered by carrier In atr iiv r -1 and West Hammcnd, 50c per month. FAIR WE ATM VOL. XIII, NO. 297. THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1919. HAMMOND, INDIANA, j

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Wiisn Treaty Is Again Given Germans Thsy Will Get 48 Hours Only to Sip. John Edwin Nevin fstaff correspondent i h. service) PARIS, May 29. The big four today received two copies of the German counter proposals to the : peace treaty and immediately began considering them. ' Experts upon the inter-ailied commis- , p .ns were called in and work upon the . .-'li-.-d reply was begun at once. The! !!!' will be handed to German;," very! r' -rtly and is expected In contain ma- I t'rial modifications of the terms of : P' ice as originally drafted. . WILI. GET 43 EOUE3 OHtT. j When the, treaty is again handed to ; t'v Germans they will be told that the j f!ior to negotiation is closed until they : nvcept the terme in principle and agree ', t : sign. It is understood that they will j ! allowed only a very brief time limit )n which to reply, possibly not more j than 4 3 hours. ,' iLLIID DE1EUATES INDIGNANT. j The allied peace delegates are very j r'-:. h incensed at the fresh display of I i if curtesy by tlie Germans in publish- j 1iicc the text of their counter proposals j ni sending it bro.-dcast before its delivery today. In discussing this action, j delegates today recalled the fact that j C.unt von Broekdorff-Rantzau did not rie to his feet in addressing the allied del'-sates at tii first ietiog-Ta.tVAC failles, and o;her little acts of apparent F'udied discourtesy. PXENAKY SESSION HELD. A plenary session of the peace confT.nee was held this afternoon and the t t of the Austrian treaty, which is to tv handed to the Austrian delegates tomorrow was communicated to the smaller nations amor.g the allied and assof nod powers. Capt. Tardieu interpretthe text, which closely follows that f the German treaty insofar as the surrender of Austria's resources and her s-iiipping is concerned. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LONDON. May 29. Premier Schelde- . riann has communicated Germany's ounter proposals to the alliad peace t'rms to forty German leaders in the . - ancellor's palace, said a delayed CenNews dispatch today, quoting the r!inr Zeitunp. The Zeitung states that mcst of the onnan delegates In France, will return Immediately, but that Count von Erockdorff-Rantzau. h'ad of th- Ger;nan delegation, will remain at Versailles. fBAKER WANT TRAINING IN j THE SCHOOLS tlNTERN ATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' W.VRHINGTON. May 29. Estahllshrn'nt of a national system of mllitary trainlnft :n the country's h!?h schools r "-lieges and universities was favored Secretary Bak'r before the house ;rn-litary arairs committee today. Secretary Baker pointed out "the pi eat educational value" the arm had possessed durlncr th war for millions ?f American men and boys. He explained that he did nt wish however. 1r, commit himself to any permanent future military policy for this country until the peace treaty had been signed end ratified and peace conditions acuall re-establi.hed. An American army of 500,000 men for the fiscal year 1919-20 was recommended by the secretary. MELLEN SUIT' IS DISMISSED r INTERN ATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 P1TTSF1ELD. Mass.. May 29. Chaa. F. Mellen. former president of the Nev Tork. New Haven & Hartford railroad, ras made a financial settlement with his wife, who was accused of writing Knd!y. Kitten." letters to a New York man. and all litigation between the two s nded. it was stated today. There has been no reconciliation, but lli-s. Mellen's divorce action, in which sh- asked $500,000 alimony, has been i iTiissed. The sum the railroad execu'ive paid his wife was not revealed. M'Mien said he settled to avoid further unpleasant notoriety for his children. SUFFRAGE GOES OVER. INTERNATIONAL NEW? SERVICE! WASHINGTON. May 29. The senate adjourned until Monday noon without any reference being made to woman suffrage, which therefore goes over to next week. NOTICE. Conforming with its usual custom there will be no issue of this paper on Decoration Day so that it's employes may observe the National holiday. THE PUBLISHERS.

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OVATION TO GEN. HAAN AT DINNER Sergt. Lucien Hirsch Says 32nd Division Loved Him L ike a Father. i A splendid ovation was tendered Maj. i Gen. V.". G. Haan. U. S. A., today at the I ClnmbiT of Commerce luncheon, who ! w ith his brother. Dr. Wilbur Haan, of I Aurora. Ill . was a guest of hotior. Am ; unusually l'irge crowd was present and listened to Gen. Haan vl rapt p.tteni tion. President Jesse Wilson brought A. M. Turner forward ar..l ihe latter 4 h j? v.i;tv -1 4 If , A 1 SERG. I. H. HXKSCK. Introduced Gen. Haan. sayincr he would be welcomed in any part of the U. S. "I am proud cf him," said Mr. Turner, "for he wears the same size hat that I do." Gen. Haan spoke of his pleasure In coming to Hammond and paid a tribute to his brother Nicholas his preates' booster-and to Mr. Turner, his closest friend. In speaking of the SCnd Division he was proud to say that the men who were able to come home were cleaner, finer and better men than when they went away. If all troops had been like those of the "L'nd there neve- would have been a court martial necessary. He declared that 90 per cmt of the trouble with his soldier was caused by drink. He praised the organization of the I". S. and said it was the preat factor in winninp the war. "After the battles," Gen. Haan said, "when I walked over the battlefield and snw my tine yountr men lying there I envied them, for I 'felt that they were fitrhtinp for the noblest cause in the world.' Sergt. Lucien Hirsch. a member of Gen. It.ian's division, who has just returned, told of the high esteem in which the enlisted men held Gn. Haan and said they lovd him like a father. H. S. CADETS TO DINE WITH GEN. W. G. H Crown Point Will Be Scene of First Lake Co. Ovation to Noted Warrior. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT, lad . May 29. It ; will be the first home-coming in years' for Maj. Gen. W. G. Haan and at the , first of the informal affairs given in j his honor a dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Allman will take place tonight at 6 o'clock. The High School Cadets of 1882 th.t is those that aro lft will salute their old commander at the Allman home and will dine with him. Gen. ( Haan will be given a taste of the deep regard in which he is held by the former cadets as this was the beginning of the General's military career and he has risen so high in military circles his former associates fel proud to have him with them. Among the members of the High School Cadets that will be present at tonight's t banquet are: Major General Haan A Mutrar Turner Hammond: IllV- T I'larl f-vnm-n lnlnt- Vlnrrv II I Nicholson, Crown Point; Alonzo, Shoup. Chicago; Adolph Etling. Waukegan; Joseph W. Weis, Hammond: Nat L. Smith, Crown roint; Herbert S. ' Barr, Crown Point; Dr. A. S. Warner, Chicago; Charles Jones, Chicago: Win.- D. Brown. Shelby; John Heiser, Hammond; Claude W. Allman. Crown Point; Wm. Kry. Chicago: Neil Drown. Shelby; Julius Schroeder. Crown Point; Dr. Geo. Haan, Aurora; Nicholas Haan, Hammond. NOTICE. All stores, members of the Hammond Grocery Assn., will be closed Friday, May 30th, account legal holiday. 5-2S-2t F. J. MOORE. Secy. . Art you reading The Times?

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PRESIDENT'S MEMORIAL MESSAGE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 WASHINGTON, May 29 "Our thoughts and purpos now are cona. cratod to the maintenance of tn UTjerty cf tha world and of tna union cf Its people in a single comradeship of Uberty and of rifht." This passage, contained In a memorial day raessagre front FresU dent Wilson to "my fellow countrymen," Teas generally Interpreted here a3 reiterating' tlie president's coafl. dence in the future cf the league of nations. The mssag-e, made public at the trhite house executive offices today foUoTrs: 'My feUow countrymen: Memorial Say wears this year an added significance, and I wish, if only by mil. sago, to take part with you in lt observation and in expressing the sentiments which it inevitably uffffests. In observing the day we commerorate not only the reunion of our country hut also now the libera, tlon of the world from one of the most serious clangers to which free government and free life of men were ever exposed. We have buried tho gallant and now immortal men who died la this great war of libera, ticn with a new sense of consecration. Our thoughts and purpose now ave consecrated to the maintenance of the liberty of the world and of the union of Its people in a single cvomradeship of Uberty and of right. It was for this that our men conscientiously onored their Uves. They came to the field of battle with the high spirit end pure heart of crusaders. We must never forget the duty that their sacrifices has laid upon us of fulfilling their hopes and their purpose to the utmost. This, It seems to me, is the Impressive lesson, and the inspiring mandate of the day. "WOODUOW WILSON." TO A TREE Dangling from the limb of a tree with his knees barely six inches from tho tjround. Stanley Winiarczyk, an eged residfciit of West Hammond wis found dead jestcrtlay evening in the woods southwest of the Hammond Country Club. Regret for the fatal step evidently i.tvrr entered his head as it would easily have been possible for him to have btood on his feft and remove the ropa which encircled his neck. He just choK-c-d himself to death. The old man had been living with his son in West Hammond for some time. Recently he lost his job and it seems ihe folks at home nagged him for not working. This evidently preyed upon his mind until he decided to end it all. He was last seen alive at 9 o'clock going south on the road towards the grove. At 4:30 o'clock the West Hammond police received the report that his body had ben found in the woods. Tho coroner's inquest was held this morning, the verdict being suicide. WILL MAINTAIN 5 DIVISIONS IN EUROPE Future of American Army Is Still Undecided, SayBaker and March. I INTERNATIONAL NES SERVICE WASHINGTON, May 20 The future of the American army in France is still J undetermined. Secretary of War IJaker j and Gen. Marsh, chief of staff, today ; told the house military affairs committee. On the request of President Wilson two divisions, which were scheduled to be withdrawn from the army of occupa-' tiou will be kept In Europe, Gen. Mars stated, it is now the plan of the war department to maintain five divisions in Europe until peace terms have been def initely settled. The war department has not been informed what the military obligations of the V. S. will be under the peace treaty. Gen. Marsh declared. Both the secretary of war and Gen. Marsh insisted that it will be necessary to maintain an army of 500.000 during the coming ear. although they anticipate that the army may be reduced below- that number before July. 1920. Secretary Baker declared that demobilization is now far ahead of the war department's program. "Between two and three hundred thousand more men have been discharged than we had hoped to have demobilized at this time." he said. LAKE CO. CAN NOW BUILD ROADS (TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CARITALJ INDIANAPOLIS. May 23. The state board of tax commissioners heeded the protests of the farmers from the south part of the county today and authorized the commissioners to issue $48,000 wort!) of bonds to improve the three roads wanted in the south part of the county.

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j Summer and Fall of Great ; Activity in Agriculture j and Merchandise Is Prelicted Now. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, May 29. A i summer and autumn of unusual ac-: ' tivity with many indications of "business prosperity, especially in I agriculture and merchandise and to some degree in manufacturing," ! i is forecast in May reports oa business conditions from practically all . ! federal reserve districts, made pub- ! lie by the federal reserve board ' ; today. , ' ; During the month there has' been a noticeable upward trend in' business, it was stated, with evidences of great activity in certain lines, especially those related to the leading retail trades which have released the buying power held back during the war and the first months after the armistice was signed. HE ACTION MAT COME. According to the board the country how seems to be pasir.K through a pertoToT" f re & e xT'en d ! t u i e "or en f o rc e d reaction from the economy and business j restrictions during the war period and ! should the present activity prove to be! based pr.ncipaiiy on these causes, a reaction may be looked for when these forces have spent themselves. j Boston reports that "manufacturers, a.i'l 1 1 Xli 111 li'.wij au iM1 t are doing a Krg business and bueisi who withheld orders awaiting lower prices are now- purchasing heaily be-j fore costs adance further." GOOD REPOIT FROM N. Y. In New York district business read- j Justments has gone forward e.nd the; pressure of the retail purchaser, work- i ing from tlie bottom, has forced act- j ivlty into' the branches of industry j where doubt had prevailed, because of the high coat of material and labor. ! Cleveland -eports: ''Ve are ho longer, awaiting prctperlt y ; It. is already with' us. Dusnesi is breithing easier." In the Chicago district: ' business in , almost all iines has continued! active: retail trade is still on the increase anl. i holesale nerchants report increased volume of ttade." j St. Louis reports that the volume of ! business is sufficiently large to indi- ' cate the enrmous buying power which I high farm prices, wages jtnd the pro-! duction of the war period have created. ; OPTIMIST JC IN WEST. Kansas City people are mere optimistic than at any tim this year. Con-; dltions at this time .ire rgardd as i favorable for prosperity for many j months to come. Dallas f--ert: th-t 'business has; reached ! period of prosperity which 1 was not expected but. yet f'llly appreciated." URGES RECOGNITION OF WAR WORK OF SALVATION ARMY Senator James E. WatsonAmerica's gratitude for the work af the Salvation Army in France and Eelfrium is voiced in a resolution introduced in the United States senate by Senator James E. Vatson of Indfana. The resolution confers upon Miss Evansreline Uooti, commander of the Salvation Arm,' in America, the honorary rank cf tolonel in the U. S. army, and further recommends that a Distinpruished Jervice Medal be awarded to her.

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Saturday next. W. G. Paxton, president of the bank, and Frank Hammond, cashier, through whose energy and determination the new banking home has been opened are recognized as men of affairs

in the city who have always made good and they without doubt will ' Columbia Haii in west Hammond Acbring a larger patronage than ever to the popular bank. j cording to members or the comm-ttee . &f t 1 . ,. . . enarge tin:; was to he a I.lu affair s

Cashier of New Hammond Bank if '7 - " '-' rSANK HAMMOND. ARMY PASSES FUND WANTED NEW YORK, May 23. The Salvation Army has reached and passed $13,. 000,000 fund being raised for home ?er 'te, ai-ccroirg to reports received at headquarters at the closing todav, though New York is more than $200,000' bthind her ouota.

C 'r tributions received tod;f- includ-i WASHINGTON. May 23 Woman suf-; crowd, saw, the struggle start and reed $1.0i0 from Marcus Leow $1 009 i fl was scheduled to pop up again in j turned to help Kosmala. As he neared from from William Randolph 'nearsi. ! t,ie senate today, but largely for the ' the side of his partner he says Bentley and $0,000 from Cornelius V-ind rb it PurPse of affording the proponents and ; raised a bottle to strike Kosmala from and Mrs Vanderbilt ' i opponents of "votes for women'" an op- j behind. Spencer fired, hitting Bently in , j portunity to agree on a program for the knee.

maw nir,PTr,-PT? Awn llii.V X UrilVljtl AViJJ woman killed;' f'NTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! . LACO.N1A. N. H ' .. . (i. Richardson. L. ant Commander W S. N.. was instantly killed and his four j compandors in an automobile met death when their car was struck by the White Mountain express at the crossing at Winnsquan this afternoon. One of the dead was a woman who for thirty years was a teacher in Au- I burndale, Mass. i SUES FOR DIVORE. Gladys Yuille has filed suit in the Hammond superior court for divorce from her husband. Charles Lynch Yuille. They were married November 4, 1!13, at South Bend, and separated May 2i. 1019. Mr. Yuille is manager of the Western Union. Cruel treatment is olij- i

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4 4 . 4 - . -.. . ; . - t 3CTON. home in the Hammond building GIVEN SOME ADVICE Cummings in Chicago Today O J Predicts Democratic Victory of Course. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS. SrRvirn CHICAGO. May 23 Broad intimation that the democratic party will seek success in the 1?20 election STuarely upon the record of party achievements und"r the direction of President Wilson, uos given here todny by lienor S. um):'ings. national rhainnan. in his address before the meeting of democratic leaders. He predieted a democratic vieUry. "The democrats of the country must begin an active, militant lamraign." fummings declared, "in order that the L. S. may continue to enjoy progressive legilsation and administration. I look forward to 1320 with the utmost confidence, not because of the righteousness of our cause, but because cf the party achievements under the direction of President Wilson. "It Is manifest that the republican party has again fallen under reactionary leadeiship. The choice of committee heads in the new house of representatives is very discouraging to every progressive election while tli-i ; election of Senator Penrose to. head th finance committee", indicates ! of leadership to expect. j vfjr-T A fJ QTT'P'F'T? A C "P ! "U1,1W O U X X XViiUTj UX JN OXiJN ATh I301AH3S SM3N 1VNOI1VNH31NI ;nxt weck- "hcn the fanious Susan BAnthony amendment was expected to! be passed in the upper cnamper. Senator Hoke Smith. democrat, of 1 j Georgia, leader of the opposition, said j,hat he was in accord with Senator ' Watson, republican, of Indiana, chair- ' I . .. man of the new senate woman suffrag e committee, that the senate g- t down to I the final disposition of the amendment by the middle of next week. Senator Watson hoped to have the amendment (called up for consideration not later than Tuesday, next. . j TTTT1PT' "PTT7V AT BANQUET Judge W. A. Fuzy cf East Chicago, )i memoer or tnc Hungarian L nivers tClub of Chicago, one of the city's n',;et organizations, will attend a banqjt t!vn in the Red Room of the Hotel T.aSii;e on Saturday evening at --vn ('cluck. R. H. McH.e of Hammond w 11 be rne of the guests at the jd.aiu c t.

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FMACHINISTS Attempted Rescue of Dancers and Attack On Officers Cause of Shooting. Death was an unwelcome star actor at a West Hammond stag I banquet early this morning. He j brought with him his usual props- ' unbridled license, guns, drink "and defiance of law and order. When j he finished his act there was no encore; the banquet hall was a j shambles; men couldn't see one : another for acrid gun smoke; the j dance floor was slippery with blood and ambulances busy. ; One man was killed, another S seriously wounded ; riot calls sent ' to both the Hammond and West i Hammond police stations. TV' 1 West Hammond police station was J filled with hootchie dancers and j revelers, arrested as witnesses. The coroner's inquest was a sensational affair this afternoon. As is usuaf there Is a wide divergent '' tiion as to the justification of tho t Hammond police who claim that :ii : ir in danger of their live!. 1!' rubers -if the bamjuetting guests call ith-j shouting T'iiiiu ".nurder. ; Tii' victims are: MIGHAIU. HEMPHILL 05. Higiilaridr. Lid. Married and the father of live hiUrj;i. Killed itif tpntly. W. ". LLXTLLV. Ln'lewood ai e.. and Ninth st.. West Gary; knee shattered. HOW ATF AIR WAS CONCriVED. Hammond Machinists' Lcal 209 h d arrajlEed to itavn a ;lTr l,n,lf.,,,, a July 1 would rob thso stags t.f much of their ropuiarity among the men. The entertainment committee through a ; vaudeville booking agency in Chicago ! had hired four girls, "Salome Dancers" they were called, to add to the merrirmnt. - Word reached the police station at about midnight that the dance was getting pretty raw- so Officers Spenser and Kosmala were sent to the hall to investigate. Kosmala savs he tried to j fHln admision at 't entrance but was refused. He explained that he was an officer and was supposed to watch in on public meetings of this sort j in order to see that no "rough stuff was i rulled off." ! ENTERED BALL THKOTJGH SALOON. j Falling to get in at the front he went through the Lietzan saloon and entered the hall through a connfetlrg door. One of the dancing girls was putting on an especially vulgar exhibition, he says. pr he commanded her to stop. In srite of the expressions of disapproval fronj the crowd of perhaps 2f' ; banquet ters he made the girls go into 1h" dressing room to don sufflciem clothes in order to be taken to the police station. TWO GISX. ESCAFX. Two of the girls embraced the opportunity to escape by a window leading from the dressing room while the others. May Smitt. 22 E. Ohio state.. Chicago, and Awanna Treveaur, Banger Hotel, Chicago, announced their readiness to accompany the officers. The. policemen entered the dressing room to bring out the girls which was a signal for the disorder which followed. Beer bottles rained against the door and shattered above the heads of the men. CROWD AHMED WITH BOTTLES. The crowd surged forward armed ! ith more bottles and Kosmala sayf It

the tjpjwas impossible to move forward wrh j the girls. j As the crowd closed in shouting;, "Get

jtnem: oe; mem. ivosmnn was seizru ,y Hemphill w ho w as a pow erful man ' much larger than the officer, bpencer J trying to force his way through the DREW GTJN TO SAVE HZMSZI.r. Kosmala in his struggle with Hemphill was forced to his knees whereupon the crowd began yelling, "Kick him under the chin." He says they Jammed about him trying to get at him with ieet and fists and finally to save himself he drew his gun and fired. The bullet entered Hemphill's left shoulder ' jurt back of the armpit and apparently , was deflected by the shoulder blade to the heart or one of the large arteries. ; for the man staggered and fell dead. SEVEN AKSESTSD AS WITNESSES. Immediately following the shooting there was a hush then the crowd once more pressed forward but the officer held them off until reserves arrived from the police station and cleared the hall. Seven men were picked up as witnesses for the inquest and taken to the station with the two girls. The hall was littered with broken bottles, overturned tables and chair" and blood smeared the floor and furniture in a flood. The dressing room door

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