Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 18, Hammond, Lake County, 7 June 1919 — Page 4

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THE TIMES. June 7, 1919.

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There is on!y room for one flag Lake county and that Is the Stars and Stripes. There Is room for only me language and that is the language of the people of the United States. - , i - - - DO NOT CRUCIFY INDUSTRY. The amazing intelligence comes to us by way of the state tax board that Lake county's assessment this 7ear reaches the stupendous sum of fire hundred and fifty millions of dollars, and that Marion county, con taining Indianapolis, one of the richest cities In the Middle West, only fifty million dollars more. Of this sum of $550,000,000.00, North township is assessed over one-third. If the new tax law brings results of that kind and permits Lake county to be stuck for almost as much in assessment as a county twice as populous and twice as" rich, the taxpayers are not going to have much respect for Marion county assessments and a law which permits such a radical discrepancy in taxation. The Board of Review now in session should remember that the new tax law was not devised to crucify industry In the Calumet region, but simply to equalize assessments. We do not believe that there Is a single industry in the county that will object to a just and rentable assessment, but to compel an Industry to be assessed for a greater amount than its balance sheet .shows 13 neither Just nor equitable. The theory of the law providing for the equal assessment of all property at its actual cash value is correct, but when property is assessed at more than its cash value the tax law is thereby brought into general disfavor. We believe that the county tax board, a board of review as it is more familiarly known in Lake county, witl recognize that the hearings that come bpfore the board, assessment values in Industry and business, are deserving of careful scrutiny and attention. The Calumet region is an industrial center. The very lives of the people, i. e., their bread and butter depend upon the prosperity and continuance of industry. Throttle industry and what remains? For nearly four years now the operating of a manufactory has not been a bed of roses; the government called upon it with out cessation- It made no bones about making demands and they were respected. The war hit industry hard. It exhausted its resources to serve Uncle Sam in a hurry and had turned over its plants for government purposes, only to have them when operated on an entirely new basis, thrown into confusion again by the signing of the armistice. Now comes along the new tax law, and to some of them add? a monstrous burden, a burden which they are frank enough to declare is more than they can carry. The cities of Lake county ask the gentlemen on the county board of review in these vital hearings to be just and considerate of industry.

GOING BACK TO FARMS. It was said, when demobilization began, that mos; of the .army men who came from farms would not go back to them. They had gained the spirit of adventure and felt the lure of cities. Rural life would have n more charms for them. This idea has fpread until it is generally accepted. But it is proved false by a care'-l survey made in army camp3 by the department of facts were discovered in a Virginia camp where nearly half the troop3 were farm boys. All the men discharged during the three successive weeks in April were questioned by the investigators. Altogether, about 5 ,'000 were interviewed. It was found that 9S.2 per cent of those who came from farms were going back to them. Sentiment for farm life was made almost unan imous by the fact that most of the remaining per cent were not returning simply because they were dis ahled and unable to do heavy farm work, or because they were not farm-owners, but farm hands, and considered it too late to get employment for the seasonMoreover, two per cent of the men discharged who were not farmers expressed their intention of going on farms, so that the farms may be said to hive gained more than

100 per cent of the men called from them during the war. The preponderance of returning farmers is not so overwhelming in reports from some of the other camps, but it is evident that almost without exception the big majority are going back. In a Georgia camp, for example, out of 3,291 farmers, 2.342 announced their intention of returning to their Jobs or homes in the country. In another camp 96 per cent of the farmers were doing likewise. This Is about what might be expected in view of the great interest shown by soldiers in the government's public land plans. It is a good sign for the future of American agriculture.

THE TRIANGLE. Really, there are only, three great Democrats Watterson, Harvey and Bailey. In the Socialized Democracy there is only on leader Wilson- It remains to be seen whether the Democratic party will return to following the banners of Watterson, Harvey and Bailey or continue to wander along the circuitous path made by the wabbly Woodrow.

BLUNDER OF RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. When the railroad administration threw a monkeywrench into the cogwheels of industry, which were beginning to revolve, it gave to the country the most per

I feet frustration that could be found of the destructive

power of government ownership Even the mismanagement of the telegraph and telephone systems and of the postoffice itself as now conducted, which many had thought to be the highest proof of the unwisdom of government ownership or management, does not equal in this respect the action of the railroad administration in its petty squabble to break down the price of steel, which would mean to break down tht wages of this country, resulting in something! akin to Bolshevism chaos. An action of this kind would never have been taken by the railroads of the country had they been under private control. It is possible that here and there two or three railroad managers of narrow vision would have held off and refused to buy steel except at a lower price, but broad men of great constructive power would never hare permitted themselves to be hampered in this way. They would have seen the need of acting quickly. They Would have seen that the losses by holding back and halting the wheels of business would be far greater than the small difference in the price of the gteel as between their views and those of the steel producers. They would not have haggled over an insignificant issue while the safety of , American business and that means of American civilization was in the balance They would not have been among the classes who could fiddle as did Nero while Rome was burning. But the railroad administration, dominated by a small group of men set in their ways, 'thinking only of their own narrow side of the case, utterly failed to take a broad Tiew of national and world affairs. If they had been willing to sacrifice themselves in the estimation of the public in order to show the utter futility of government control, they might be entitled to credit for their unselfishness, but no one can possibly imagine that this was the motive which dominated them. They simply held the dollar so close to their ryes that they could not see that beyond that dollar were the mighty factors which might overturn all civilization unless we can by employment and prosperity in America and by a continuation of high wages save this country from becoming the devil's greatest workshop. It is inexpressibly lamentable that the men who dominate the railroad administration in this issue- made a blunder of such tremendous possibilities for evil. They cannot too quickly reverse their position if they want to do their part, to the salvation of American business and American civilization, decrares the Manufacturers Record.

MONEY MAKES THE SCOUT GROW. Three hundred and eighty-six thousand American boys today are enjoying the immeasurable benefits of the Boy Scouts of America organization. Approximately nine million six hundred and fourteen Lousand more American hoys, that is. all the remaining youths of the country between the ages of twelve and iwenty-one years, should hive an equal opportunity to share in the benefits. The only reason that a majority of our American boy? are deprived of their just share of this inspirational .service that makes for good citizenship is that the Boy Scout organization is without sufficient fund3 to extend its work rapidly. The' organization would deny no boy the training and delights which are a part of its prograr. if it had the money to extend these privileges to all of our youth. The organization hollU forth its training in, open hands; given the money to make delivery possible, that training would be made available to all American i with a view to reaching as many of these nine inilllon and more boys as possible that the Boy Scout organization during the week of June 8 to 14, will make n nation-wide campaign for one million associate members. These member will be admitted to the organiza t!on at one dollar or more each and the money thus obtainedan dit must be obtained will be applied solely toward extending the Boy Scout work among more boys. Any man or woman is entitled to become an associate member. It should be every adult's pleasure to en roil as a liberal supporter of thla great work.

EAST CHICAGO is to be congratulated on its step forward in the matter of parks. That is one thing East Chicago needs more than anything else practical application of the City Beautiful idea. Get the people to live in East Chicago.

'TENTION! Here's Buddy!

TO THE POWERS THAT BE The Boys Want to Come Home I . ' Get 'Em Home Toot Sweet!

The latest advlre from Lieutenant Grant Schlieker, of East Chicago, Is at present stationed at Chatanago Park. T-nn., is that there is a great probb'l'.ty of hU going across seas at a vry early date, such was the information Imparted through a letter received here yesterday bv the J. J. Davis, from Mrs. Schlieker. who Is their daughter. In the event of the husband sailing across seas. Mrs. Schliker will coma io this oify and vist for some time and possibly may Join her husband at a later date providing that his assignment is for the duration of any' length of time.

Jack Davidson, On ef Mr. and Mrs. TV. J. Davidson, 74 Hsrr.son street, Gary, arrived home Frtdav morning glad to once more he with h'.s parents and greet his friends. Jack was in the infantry in tht 79th division and was overseas !ght months.

- Sergeant Mil F Vale, a Oary soldier, who has been in Franc for more than a year with the sanitary corps of the SCth division has telegraphed G. M. Semmes at Oary of his arrival at Nw York. Segt. Vale before his enlistment in 1917 was employed with the Commercial Securities company. He expects soon to receive his dicharge. Word that Robert SaaJth, Warren street, Hammond, had returned from France was received by the Rooster club members at their party Thursday evening at the Hammond Country club and they cheered him.

war department. Headquarters first squadron and troops A, B. C, D and I of the Second Cavalry: Field Remount Squadrons 81T, 31. 229, 345, 334.331 and 32S; 241th Military Police Company; Depot Service Company No. 9; Laundry Company No. 521; Headquarters Regiment Supply Depot, First Army. If eadquarters Detachment 321st Perv.ce Headquarters; Transportation Corps Companies No. 117, 119. 120. 140, iU. I2, 130 and $45 and S74; Base Hospital No. Ill; 331st Service Battalion.

in tha Temple of God. most purely. On million associate members are to be recruited during Boy Scout Week. They are to coma from tha big cities and remote country hamlets alike, from very place where people congregate, largely from tha moat holy of such places tha church. The need of such a membership, such financial auxiliary is Imperative, for, aa great as this movement is. It as yet embraces but one twenty-fifth of the eligible boyhood of tha nation. . The boys can be secured by millions. They want Scouting. They plead for it! Their applications for Scout member

ship pour into national headquarters at the rate of a thousand a day! But troops cannot be formed without red-blooded. God-fearing men to serve as Scoutmasters and assistants. This leadership cannct be obtained without tha necesaary funds for supervision for extension. j An tha moat demorratlc of funds, the most American of funds, will come frorn a great interested aasoeiated membership, who give, not only their dollalrs, but their hearta and svmDathiea as wiell:

who fel. In the giving, that in prepar

ing these, r,n whom its future rests.

tha nation Itself will be rrepared!

fvdavrrd 9rhrelbr of St. John, returned home from Texas on Thursday with an honorable discharge from tha army. His work was setting up wireless instruments In aeroplanes.

Almond Row Parkin, is tke name of a baby born today at a hospital at Kendall villus. Hi,s (mother, formerly Miss Annie Adele Leonard, of Beach House. Penalth, England, fell in love with an American sailor boy. Francis Parkinson, who was chasing Hun submarines and stopped occasionally at th town where his bride resided. They were married two years ago. but Sailor Parkinson st'.ll had a Job on the V. S. S. Cormorant, sweeping mines in the North Pea. But he finally persuaded hts superior officers to grant him a furlough that he might bring his pretty English wife to America. A furlough was granted him and today the couple was speeding westward on a fast New York Central train when suddenly orders came to stop the tratn at Kendallville and have an ambulance in waiting. A few minutes later Almond Rowe Parkinson, weight ten rounds, breathed a good long breath of Hoosier air and the parents smilei. The father must start on his return Sunday to his job of sweeping ml nes in the North Pea.

Hammond Friends of Jack Cb minings another Times non-com. with the JSlnd f:e'd remount squadron will be glad to learn that his outfit has been designated for early convoy.

Tke aniline; of ten more transports from French and British ports, bringing home 22,941 officers snd men of the A. E. F. is announced hy the war department. They follow: The S'.boney. with 4,04 from Brest due at Newport News on June 10th; Liberator, with 2.S11, from Brest, due at New York on June 117: the Mount Vernon, with 5.954 from Brest, due at New York June 11: the Amphion, with 2.47. from St. Nazaire due at Newport News. June 16: the Alaskan, with 2.124. from St. Nazairle. due at New York on June 15; the Floridan. with 1.791 from St. Naiaire. due at New Tork June 14; the Peerless, with 2.32S from St. Naza.re. due at New York June 14; the Santa Malta, with l.9l from St. Naxaire. due at New Tork June 14; the Lapland, with 17 from Liverpool, June 2. for New York; the West Hosackie. with 2 from St. Naiaire, June 2. for New York. Assignment of these organizations to early convoy is announced by the

Two I-owell boya. who have fceea ersas for about a year arrived home last night. Arthur Foster, who was in the artillery and Carl Ruley, of the infantry, arrived on the aame train. Foster's arrival was a great surprise to his parents as they were not expecting him for some time.

Two transports hrlngdns; home R.POl srldiere. were given a noisy and enthusiastic welcome when they arrived at. Boston. Aboard the transport "Magnolio was Br g. Gn. V. A. Alexander and headquartera and units of the 19th division, composed mostly of Texas and Oklahoma men. A Texas delegation, headed by Mrs. H. C. Price and T. H. D'ixon, greeted the Texas soldiers down the harbor. On the battleship New Jnsey was 1,354 officers and men. most of them from Erie. Pa., Mayor K'tts. with representatives of civic organizations from Erie were on han4 to give the Erie boys a welcome. Engine and boiler trouble delayed the New Jersey In her voyage across tha Atlantic and she went into dry docks a.'ter the troops were debarked and hsd entrained for Camp Devens.

Voice of the People

inswsirAjne wot to bxaxb. East Chicago, Ind., June 6. Editor Times: With reference to article published in the June 8th issue of yonr paper, relative to the fumes which issue from our smokestacks, beg to advice that there are erroneous Ideas conveyed in this article. The fumes in question are harmless. In fact, they act as a purifier of the air. and are in that way beneficial to the community. Numerous tests have been made by tha leading chemists of the country, and during the war an inspection was conducted by officials of the War Department. In no instance waa it found that the ingredients of these fumes were injurious to humanity, vegetation, furniture or anything else. These fumes are entirely free from metallic contents. We are not using any chemicals in our plant, whatsoever, that are injurious to either nature or humanity. It is our desire to eliminate these fumes, and with that end in view we have been, and are now, conducting experiments in an effort to And a proceaa which will result in the satisfactory solution of his problem. As soon as we are successful in securing the proper process, we will Install same at once. In order that this matter may appear in the proper light, we would appreciate your publishing this information in the next issue, of your paper. Tours very truly, V. S. REDUCTION CO. L. A. Wiltsee. (Th IT. S. Reduction Company intimates that this newspapers Is making accusations about the fumes, which is not true. The East Chicago Chamber of Commerce met to hear complaints against the company and we gave the news of that meeting. If the company has a bone to pick it is with the reoplc. not with this paper. It knows nothing of its fumes and it s article was purely a news story. EDITOR.)

A X.XTT Or AJPrmXOXATXOl. Editor Times: i I want to thank you for the valuable newspaper advertising given me in the present campaign for recruits. ,Your method of putting before tha public the opportunities which tha army jjow offers young men, is unsurpassed .by any other newspaper I have ever read. Tour co-operation can only be measured from reports that show the Hammond recruiting office led every city In the state of Indiana during the month of March, beating the Indianapolis office regardless of their superior office force and territory. During the rnonth of April this office was third, defeated only by a small score by Terre Haute and Indianapolis. For the month of May this office took second place again, running close to Indianapolis. You may estimate the superiority of your publicity by the fact that several cities in Indiana, although larger in population than Hammond and having several men in the office, are walking in the rear rann. In the very near future I am going to ask The Times to assist me In putting before the young men in this territory, especially those graduating from high school this year, the many golden opportunitiea now being offered by the college in khaki the New Army. I should like very much to talk to fathers and mothers who have a boy they are deeply interested in. I believe if these parents could be made to understand just what the new army is offering, why then our Uncle, to whom we are all thoroughly devoted, would experience no difficulty in obtaining the required number of amibltious, industrious and energetic young men that are wanted in the new army. Please weigh my gratitude to The Times by results, putting this office far ahead of any other in Indiana. And I would not hesitate to say in the United States, if results are to be .measured by the population. Again thanking you for past favors and co-operation. I am sincerely. ARTHUR G. CRAMER. Sgt. G. S. I.

Why the Churches Should Support the Boy Scouts By JAMES E. WEST Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America

BROCKDORFF-RANTZAU says he "will sign no scrap of paper." Can it be that those Germans are reforming?

A GERMAN-AMERICAN who had his name changed from "Kaiser" to "Ebert" now wants to change it again. He faund there wasn't enough difference.

"The- War Is Over. But Our Work Is Not:" This is the cry of the Boy Scouts of America, th cry of a movement that now comprises almost 400.000 American boys and a hundred thousand leaders; the cry of a mighty army of organized boyhood that amazed the country by performing the Herculean task of selling $300,000,000 worth of Liberty bonds. 150.000.00 worth of War Saving Stamps, locating 20,000,000 feet of walnut lumber for the war department, collecting enough fruit pits furnish the necessary chemicals for half a million gas masks, distributing 30.000.000 pieces of government literature, and serving as boyhood has never been known to servo In various capacities for the T. M. C. A., t'n American Red Cross, the Knights vf Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board, the Salvation Army, the American Library Association, and hundreds of other worthy agencies during the war. Such a cry cannot pass unnoticed! And especially so in the light of the achievements enumerated, for surely when boys, "mere youngsters." csn weld themselves as solidly into the history of our great triumph as the Scouts of America have done, their fa.r-flung challenge to be of service during the days to come cannot pass unheeded! It shall not: Such Is the determination of the big men of the country, who, undr the leadership of the Hon. W. G- McAdoo. former secretary of the treasury, have banded themselves into a National Citizens' Committee to secure 1.000,000 aasociate members of the Boy Scouts of America in keeping with the proclamation by the president of the United States calling upon the people to observe the Period beginning June 8th and continuing to June nth as Boy Scout Week. This week is to be far more than a "drive." It Is to he a seven-day dem-

Letters from Soldiers Written to tho Homo Folks From This Side snd the Other S& of tha Water.

onstration cf gratitude in appreciation of what the Scouts did during the war; it will be dedicated to the 10,000.000 boys of Scout sge to whom the benefits of Scouting shuld be extended; it will aim to arouse the people to the necessity of training the youth of today for the responsibilities of citizenship tomorrow. And behind it will be every race and creed, every agency of service the coun

try can muster every school, every club, veery church. j The churches particularly will lend;

their support to the movement, for. f.rst of all. eighty per cent of the vast number of Scout troops are connected with churches. As the Rev. Franklin D. Elmer of the Northern Baptist Convention, has said. "Scouting binds the boy to his church and affords mutually helpful opportunities for th church to serve him and for him to serve in his place. The troop of today may be built Into the church of tomorrow." The religious policy of the Scout movement Is consistent with the best of ecclesiastical principles. In all matters of faith the boy is directly under the guidance of his parent church. No religious teaching is thrust upon him from the outside. No attempt is made to wean him away from his proper religious environment. Scouting turns the boy toward his church and home instead of drawing him out of it! It is endorsed by every faith and creed. It is approved and generously supported hy Catholic. Protestant and Jew alik. It is thoroughly American, thoroughly religious. It teaches boys to live to live as God intended they should. The philosophy of "don'tism' has no place in the creed of Scouting. It la a movement of expression, not repression; expression through constructive imagination In the woods, under blue skies, on long, winding roads, out where nature is

most beautiful, where the soul works as

From, Carl Lennertz. Paris. Sunday. May 11, 19. My Dear Mother: Just to greet you on this day, especially dedicated to our Mothers. I hope you are well and happy. Am still In Paris, but will leave this evening for Tours, and after spending a day there will return to St. Dignan. 8urely had a wondefful trip. I arrived here Monday morning. May 6. Spent two days here, one day at Chateau Thierry and one day at Rheims.. Then I came back to Paris and spent yesterday here, and will also stay today. Saw many beautiful and Interesting things while here. Also spent one at Versailles. Was there Wednesday afternoon when the peace treaty was handed to the Germans. Quite a memorable day to be there. Went In the room where the treaty of 1871 was sia-ned and the first emperor of Germany was proclaimed. This Is also the room where the treaty of 17?1 was signed, freeing the American colonies from Enrland. But there really is too much to write. Will tell it all when I get home. Here in Paris I was in the Notre Dame Cathedral. Saw all the treasurers of the church all the receptacles, where the Crown of Thorns is kept in. and the nails and past of the cross. In fact there were a hundred Interesting and beautiful things to see. While in Chateau Thierry I went to Bealleau wood, where the Americans had the first and such a very hard battle. Also took in the Hindenburg line around Reims. Got a couple of pieces of glass from the windows of the Cathedral. Reims is absolutely Shot to pieces. Not a building left of It. The weather has surely been Ideal for my trip. Was very fortunate to get to go this week. Certainly was an expensive trip to travel as an officer, but I am well satisfied with my trip. Everything Is so expensive here in Paris. But it is an opportunity of a life time and well worth the money. Love to all, Lieut. Carl Lennent.

From Werner Meissne.

Bad Bertrich. Germany. May 12. 1919. Dear Folks: f Well. I feel more like writing tonight than I did a few' days ago, for the reason I wrote such a short letter was that I was sure disgusted. What over? Oh! everything, but I'm over that now for I got good news I am coming home. Tes, I know when, and I'm not going to spend another birthday on this side of the pond you know where it's going to be; right in Whiting. Ind, for I'll be out of the army sooner than that. If things are as I planned. I'll be home on father's birthday, and that's not very far off. And If I am O. K. when I hit New York I'll not wire home but will Just Jump in on you. I'm sure the everyday ways of home Suits me fine and you don't have to have any flxtngs-up when you know I'm coming. The way I want to come in is about six o'clock some morning when everyone is in bed and rout them all out. It's going to be soon for wa are ready to pull out of Germany not later than the 25th of this month (May) for Le Mans and we'll only he there thre;; days and then we fre off for the race across the water. fr I have seen enough of this side. My motto is now, "See. America first." and when I get home I think I will idle about for a week anil then get down to brass tacks. Oh. won't that be a wonderful, wonderful day. Oh. boy! it's just the way I feel. Was thinking I'm a few letters short froi.j you. mother didn't you get the photo of myself and the other two bo;-s that we'r taken in Nice? Aunt Kats received the on I sent to her. Had & nice cheerful letter from LaPorte. but whs nlrady cheered up by the g.io-1 news. Oh. I'm sure bum on spelling tonight, it's fast writing always, but I jsuess you can make it out all right. Will close now with Loads of love to all. WERNER.

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