Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 304, Hammond, Lake County, 9 June 1919 — Page 4

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THE TIMES. Monday, June 9, 1919.

THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS BY THE LAKE COUNTY PRINTING & PUBLISHING COMPANY.

The Lake County Times Pally except Saturday and 8undny. Entered at the postofflce In Hammond. June 28. 190. The TIn.es East Chlca go-Indiana Harbor, dally except Sunday. Entered at the postofflee In East Chicago. November 18. 1913. The Lake County Times Suturd.iv and Weekly Edition. Entered at tho pon'.offlce in Hammond. February 4. 1314. The Gary Fventng Times Pnily r-xrert Sunday. Entered st the postofflee In Gary. April tS. 1912. All under the act of March 3, 1873. as second-class matter.

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for drinking purposes. All during the war, when at the instance of Hoover this country discontinued the manufacture of intoxicating liquors, '"in order that Europe might be fed," Europe was going merrily ahead producing her usual supply of beer, ale, porter and strongw drinks. The Europeans, ignoring the fact that America had gone on short rations and was using substitute bread, deliberately took hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain and converted it into alcoholic drinks for the debauching of the people in time of war. They are preparing to do the same thing next year and the estimable Mr. Hoover smilingly assures us that America from her abundance will cheerfully contribute to Europe's want. And so we will, but, not cheerfully to Europe's debauchery. A pretty bit of business it is when bread is made dear for the poor in America in order that the wife-beaters of Europe may wallow in their beer and booze, declares the Fort Wayne News.

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There is only room for one flag in Lake county ar.d that Is the Start and Stripes. There Is room for only one language and that is the language of the people of the United States. BE FAIR TO THE INDUSTRIES. From a business and prosperity standpoint there are two ways of "jamming up the works," to use a slang but expressive clause. One is by industry slowing up o? It own vollition and the other is slowing up industry by forces not within its control. Both have the same result depression and hard times. If inddstry becomes convinced that It is being made the goat and knows that it is being crucified, it naturally follows in consequence that it must protect itself. The Calumet Region is an industrial center. Only because of its magnificent chain of industries has this district become the most important in the state. It does not take a prohpetic eye to see that ill a very few years It will become the most important manufacturing district in the Middle West, a position formerly occupied by the Calumet Region in Illinois. Over a decade ago South Chicago used the iron hand Jn dealing with the Illinois Steel Company. The corporation asked a favor which the city could have easily given, but it refused. As a result Gary was born and outh Chicago lost the greatest industrial prize of a century for no other reason than the pigbeadedness of its officials at that time. Indiana gained an industry which revolutionized this corner of the state in more than one way. We hold, no brief for the Indiana Steel Company at Gary- Its mention here is incidental. It is a factor in Lake County's progress. So is the Standard Oil Company of Whiting, and the Inland at East Chicago, and a dozen other monster plants that might be mentioned. Our contention is that these industries as a whole make for prosperity in Lake County. Here is a geographical division the home of nearly 200,000 people, entirely dependent on industry. Its progress and wellbeing depends on industries' progress and well being. What burt9 industry hurt3 the people of Lake County both directly and indirectly. There are four hundred industries in this region, so it is unnecessary to comment further on what they mean to it. The new Indiana tax law has revolutionized the assessing all over the state and it has hit some of the industries hard- We find generally that the industries have no objection to being assessed at a fair cash value as provided by the new law, but some of them have appealed to the county tax board in an endeavor to readjust the assessments made against them on a true cash value basis. These hearings are vital and important. The action taken by the county tax board is such that it may have a. large bearing on the immediate prosperity of Lake County. If it be shown that certain factories are over-assessed the board will remember that it is not the purpose of the new tax law to hang a millstone around the neck of industry in Indiana, The object of the law is to get a just and equitable assessment for all taxpayers. 'To stifle industry and orpresa it will defeat the very object of the new tax law.

GRAIN FOR EUROPE. Herbert Hoover comes ambling to the front again with the declaration that Europe will require an importation of something like 800,000,000 bushels of grain to Vee her through this year. We assume that Mr. Hoover speaks as the purchasing agent of the Allies, a position he secretly held all the time he was serving as our national food administrator, so what he says may be accepted as prejudiced by allied Interests. Certainly there will be no great plunging on the part of this, country to come up to Mr. Hoover's requisition. At least there should be none. There is one matter in connection with this demand for grain by the European nations that is entitled to consideration here, and that is the fact that a large part of this form of food is not used for food by the Europeans, ft is taken by them and converted Into beer and alcohol

AN EDITORIAL WITH A KICK IN IT. D. L. Ortowski of Hammond, editor of "Free Russia," a Chicago daily newspaper printed for Russians, is not in sympathy with the bolshevist movement and does not hesitate to say so editorially. Neither does he believe that the Russian-American population of this country should be blamed indiscriminately for the recent bomb outrages. If a better editorial can be written than one in the columns of the Hammond editor's publication can bo found we should like to see it. Editor Ortowskysays: "We have no strong words sufficient to express our condemnation of the crazy element which resorts to criminal methods in dealing with the dominant and influential people- There is nothing more harmful for the workers than to resort to the use of so-called 'direct ac tion. It only proves one's guilt of being wrong. "This kind of business should particularly be condemned by immigrants, who should be glad that they have found a refuge in a free country. It is ungrateful to abuse liberty. If you are American citizens, you have a right to express your dissatisfaction through the ballot box. If there are enough of those that are dissatisfied with the present government, it may be replaced by the kind of government the majority of people want. If you regard yourself as a Russian citizen, again you have a lawful way of expressing your wish, your protest. You are a guest, and should value your refuge Only American people have a right to regulate their affairs. "You may protest against injustice, you may organize yourselves, you may join labor unions, you may jofn socialistic parties if you wish, bu tdo not violate the people's law."

THE GERMAN CHOICE. No one need be deceived by any delay in the signing of the peace treaty. The Germans may argue and hedge and quibble but they will sign. They have no choice between signing and not signing. Their only choice is the one indicated in a recen speech by Lloyd George: "We say to the Germans: 'Gentlemen, you must sign. If you don't do so at Versailles, you shall do so la Berlin.' " The Germans may possibly force the Allies to take the harder and more drastic course- It would be too severe a blow to "German honor" to have the allied, diplomats go to Berlin with armies at their backs, and there, in the capital of Germany's glorious imperial days, compel the acceptance of humiliating terms at the point of the bayonet. Those proud Germans will prefer to perform their disagreeable task at Versailles," from which vantage point they can better keep up the bluff among their own people that it is & "negotiated peace" that, in spite of its severity, they have acted as statesmen rather than automatons. In either case, nobody will expect the Germans to fulfill the conditions except under compulsion. But that is another story.

CORNERED AGAIN. Once more the Democrats have admitted a deception practiced upon the American people- The Department of Labor has just made a report upon the subject of negro labor and makes special comment upon the shifting of colored people from the south to the north in 1916. In that comment there is not a word of intimation that the drift of negroes to the north had any political bearing. But during the campaign of 191(5 Josephus Daniels' paper and a multitude of other Democratic papers were publishing startling articles about the chicanery of Republicans in causing colored emigration for political purposes. There were covert remarks about tthe determination of the Department of Justice to run down the reports of colonization of colored voters, and in the same connection the Washington correspondent f the Raleigh News and Observer, Mr. Daniels' paper, said, "I am in a position to state with authority that evidence of a plan to use the negro at the polls to boost the Republican vote in certain doubtful sections has been found and turned over to the Department of Justice officials." The canards about colonization served their partisan purpose, just as other Democratic deception has aided in keeping the "kept-us-out-of-war" candidate in office. And many people still accept Democratic propaganda at face value.

BOYHOOD ALWAYS WITH US. Wars happily pass and have their ending.- But boyhoow is always with us, boyhood with its zeal for play, its elemental love for the great outdoors, its strong gang instinct, its hero worship, its paspion for achievement, its vivid imagination, its quick harmonious responsiveness to the "highest." if the right chord is touched, its perennial need of captaincy. It Is this kind of boy probably the only kind of boy there is that scoutmasters are asked to lead "over the top" in scouting. It is literally "active" service, and volunteers are needed now and always. '

THE Germans complain that the peace terms wil) keep them working for a generation to pay for the war. Well, they worked for a generation to start it, didn't they ?

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feeling EXTRA generous HE would have let us hae a bite out of a welnl. WE asked a returned soldier ABOUT the food he ate overseas and he said "WELL, It made us want to smash the boche all right" SO we thought we'd better not inquire further. WE have tried to give the Impression that we think the June brides LOVELIER this year than they have ever been but It has SO far not brought a single piece of wedding cake. WHERE Burleson made his big MISTAKE was in not doing WHJfT he's trying to do now when we WERE fighting the Germans THE war is over row. OUR beloved pastor who is nothing if not BROADMINDED SATS we should be generous towards our ENEMY over the Rhine AS he has been able to ascertain that NONE of the churches they destroyed WERE of his denomination SO it really didn't make much difference. WE doubt very much IF any sane man could follow a red flag AFTER eating a quarter section of STRAWBERRY shortcake absolutely smothered IN berries and cream. THERE is an Interesting case In an eastern city WHERE a telephone girl first crack

GAVE a subscriber the number he called for BUT further investigation showed THAT the phone girl was arranging to elope WITH the subscriber AND he was calling to see about getting a taxi TO catch a train. THE Sterling (111.) Gazette advertises for rent: -4 "TWO rooms for single men, modern, no children" UP to you to make your own comment. WHEN a fellow falls in love THE girl can always help him out by MARRYING him. SOME wives would never think of opening their HUSBAND'S letters UNLESS the letters happened to be marked "personal." WHAT has become of the OLD fashioned hous'keeper who used TO crimp the edges of her home-made pies with her THUMB nails. OUR idea of affinities for a good match WOULD be the man whom you know has had EGGS for breakfast AND the girl whose face is nicely powderraged WITH flesh 'color and THE back of her neck unwashed and tanned. WELL, folks, we guess the divorce papers will be filed WITHIN the next 24 hours OUR private boudoir near the coal bin being closed FOR the season WE sat In the little rocker In a certain other boudoir last night WITH our feet on the bedspread which had just BEEN changed THE only dispute Is now over the matter of alimony.

'TENTION! Here's Buddy!

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

Here's fellow that wishee the war was not over, and he Is in the army too. He is Lieutenant-Colonel Clyde F. Driesbach. of Fort Wayne, now with the Three Hundred and Fifty-second Infantry. Eighty-eighth Division, stationed at Bonnet Meuse. France. In a letter to Harry B. Smith, AdjutantGeneral of Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel Driesbach says the ruins the Three Hundred and Fifty-second ha seen makes him wish the war was not over. Germany must be made to pay. be declared.

Hoy Whlteley, Co. C 10th-Engineer and a Gary boy. arrived in Chicago last Thursday and has gone to Camp Grant where he wilt receive his honorable discharge and he will arrive in Gary today to tell of his thrilling experience among which is tow hi company of engineers held up a bridge on their shoulders in front of the Huns while the infantry was crossing the Meuse.

:. training; rarapa for reserve officers will be conducted by the war department this summer. Secretary Baker today informed Charles B. Pike, chairman of the military training camps association. Funds for the transportation, subsistence and clothing of the students are lacking, the secretary raid, adding that unsettled conditions might prevent many desirable civilians from attending, even were the camps established.

Jane 5 aw more than per cent. of the army demobilized. 2.271,7fi officer and men having received their discharge. On June 3 there were only 694,745 American soldiers on European soil. Brest continues to be the leading embarkation point, 49 per cent, of the men passing through there, while New Work had received 71 per cent, of the returning troops. Enlistments up to yesterday had totaled 4S.023 and already more than

five battalions .hava been sent overseas to replace men of tha A. E. F., Gen. March stated. During the- three weeks ending May 31, 61,323 discharged soldiers applied for positions and of these 40,591 had been -placed, according to figures submitted to the war department.

An overseas soldier stopped la the Y. M. C. A. at Oklahoma City and stepping up to a secretary said: "Sir. can you furnish me with a place to sleep for the night? I've Just gotten off the train and am anxious to sleep away from noise." The attache explained that all he had left wag a cot. "You'll have to sleep on that," he said. "That's satisfactory," replied the soldier, a gleam of satisfaction lighting up his face. "No ap'ology necessary do you think I've been sleeping on feather beds?"

Robert Toojnbe and his twin brother, of Atlanta, claim Jointly the honor of being the youngest soldiers in the American army "overseas." They Joined the service at Ellis Island. X. Y.. July 5. 1917. when fourteen years of age. Both were in the twenty-third infantry, second division and both were wounded twice while fighting in the Lorraine sector.

fl" army nurse and 21 officers and men of the A. E. F. have been awarded the distinguished service cross by Gen. Pershing, in the name of President Wilson.' the war department announced today. The nurse. Jane Jeffry, although wounded during an air raid on a hospital, refused to leave her post unt.l the patients had been cared, for. Her home is in Newmarket, England. Among ihe officers and rren honored were: Second lieutenants Robert Gilmer, (deceased). Anderson. S. C: John M. Millis. Catlettsburg, N. J.,- and Harry W. Heacox, No. SOS Warren avenue. Indianapolis, Ind.

Private Peter J. Baranowakl, of Hammond, who has been overseas for nearly a year, has arrived at General Hospital No. 51. Carlisle. Pa., convalecent. from a debarkation hospital at Camp Merritt. N. J.

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battalion; Service Battalion 317; Service Battalion 318. less Company B; 7th and Sth service companies, 43rd company; 20th engineers; Company D, 516 engineers service battalion; 15th balloon company; 41st aero squadron; Supply Company 332; Balloon Company 16; Field Remount Squadron 335; Mobile Hospital 3; Evacuation Hospitals 9 and 22; Camp Hospital 111; Companies A, B. C. D and headquarters, medical and dental detachment, 329th service battalion; Sanitary Squads 56, 22, 23 and 27. Company D. 343d service battalion; Companies B and D, 2Sth engineers; field and staff, headquarters and headquarters company 2d regiment, air service mechanics; Field Remount Squadron 305; 42nd company, headquarters company, 9th battalion, loth engineers; Company C, 109th engineers; Company D, 530th engineers service battalion; Company C, Service Battalion 315; motor truck company No. 414; Base Hospitals 53 and 9; salvage squad No. 24: 403d teelgraph oattallon; 115th field battalion, signal corps; Companies K and I 816th pioneer Infantry; 17th and 22d depot service companies; Baker Company 311; Mobile Laundry Companies 807 and 308: Camp Hospital 107; Troops I and L 3d cavalry: 402d telegraph battalion, signal corps; 731 and 74th companies, transportation corps; headquarters detachment, 15th grand division teelphone corps; 75th. company, transportation corps; headquarters, S battalion, and 28th company; 20th engineers veterinary hospital No. 9; Company D. 544th engineers; 47th and 152d aero squadron; hospital train No. 40.

Captain Jnd Hawden, of Lowell, who has been stationed at Camp Dod.se, Iowa, visited his sister, Mrs. Alva Wood, and other rtlatives here Saturday and Sunday- He has recently been transferred to Camp Custer. He went from here to Camp Grant, III., to inspect some government horses.

reached home last week and Private William Dahlman responded to "roll call" at his parents' home last Saturday evening, and you can bet the bet the boys and their relatives and friends are happy again.

One hundred Czecho-SlovaJcii, who have been fighting the Bolshevik on the Siberian front all wounded and many wearing the Russian cress of St. George, arrived today from Vladlvistok on the way to their new homeland. They were greeted by a delegation of their fellow countryman, headed by Col. Vladimir Hurban, military attache of the Czecho-Slovak embassy at Washington, and taken to war camp community herHquarters where they will rest for two weeks.

Two transports, heavily laden with troops, reached Boston dock today. The soldiers on the President Grant ,rom Brest, under command of Col. Brown, an engineer officer, include units of the Twenty-first and 604th Engineers. There in casual companies from Brest and St. Algnan; also base hospital S2.' comprising seventeen officers and 340 men; veterinary hospital No. 11, bakery companies 334, 335 and 344; military police company 72. base hospital unit No. 1. three officers and 127 men; evacuation ambulance companies 4. 32 and 69. evacuation hospital 10. camp hospitals 3. 49 and 94. mobile hospital 10. the 109th and 116th mobile veterinary sections, butchery company 310. mobile ambulance company 61, and sanitary squads 9 and 18. Thirteen casual officers of the 305th Engineers are also among the passengers. The Winifredian, also from Brest, has on board eighty-three- officers and 2.344 "men of the Twenty-third Engineers and a number of military naval casuals.

Henry Olaen. son of Mr. and lrs. A. Olsen, of Highland, has returned home from service overseas. He served in the aviation section.

Walter Wesae and John Wernicke, of the 132nd Co. A. and James Prlckett of the 33rd division, Carl Maurer, of the 3rd Engineers, all of Dolton. returned home the early part of this week,. The boys are tanned, healthy looking veterans and their home folks are proud of them.

The taste of war to Yoasur America In Hammond seems to have been palatable. Enlistments in the army, navy and Marine Corps recruiting stations in the c:ty show a steady weekly increase and would seem to sQggest that the American, youth, like Oliver Twist and his empty bow cries for "More, re." to the possibility cf continued or renewed active service for Uncle Sam. This is especially true of the navy. Sixty per cent, of the men are less than nineteen years old- Three per cent, accepted during the psst week were honorably discharged soldiers.

John Relnke, of the 132nd Inf., Co. A, who was wounded in the hand and leg with sharpneil. Anton Sfcieman. 132nd Inf.. Co. A. and William Slieman all of Riverdale, returned to Riverdale Srom Overseas this -week. ', Herbert McGram, who was stationed on the Mexican border, also returned home Monday.

The war developed two llentenanta in the army for Dolton. Herman Faden and Harold Gundaker and one ensign. Robert Haney in the navy, and "Bob" returned home this week with an honorable discharge. He is on the reserve

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Max Pollack, one of the old Co.' Lvf boys from East Chicago, was a pleasant caller at the Times office this morning. He has been home for several days, after 28 months of service, 13 of them overseas and has a wound stripe and two service stripes. When he was wounded he was brigaded with the French at the beginning of the big drive last July. He will rest for a few weeks before entering civil life again.

Mr. and Mr. F. G. Cray, of 22 Sibley street, Hammond, are Jn receipt of a letter from their son, Charles H. Cray, from New York, stating that he was leaving on his second trip to France. He Is a second-class carpenter on the troop ship Orizaba.

Felix Shabolskt, of Dolton, Is one of the latest boys to arrive home. He came In Thursday afternoon with his army equipment, helmet, etc., strapped to his back, smiling and happy.

Corporal Irving Chayken, of Hammond, who was released from his outfit to do work on the Jewish War Board in Paris, is back again with the 2nd division In the army of occupation, waiting for the word to come home, which h hopes will be ' this month.

SULLIVAN A memorial serviee In honor of the Hamilton township men who made the supreme sacrifice in the world war will be held at the ChristIon church -'n this city Sunday, June

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