Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 38, Hammond, Lake County, 1 August 1919 — Page 1

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put BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY LOCAL R A I N H I -J U A JLiLJLJ UTTESN All SETS rCIL LEASED WIEE SERVICE. On streets atd newisttfi3 r.i per ccpy. Delivered by carii?r 1n HamruoDd and West Hammond, 50c per month. vol. Xiv. NO. us. l-'inoAV, AUnrsT i, imo. HAMMOND, INDIANA. IP BP? 3 iU m -1 A Ri $' l-i fcV1' L La iJ Li Wj xN "op Sett.1? tt wit 3 x! i htAA -i A. j ,2jk

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Declare That Investigations Bo No Good and Show They're Silly. iiTr?MT'ONL NEWS SERVICE ; SEW " YORK, Aug. 1. The housewives of the nation came into he fight against the high cost of '.iving today and through the National Housewives league, made an ;.ppeal direct to the White House fcr relief. Mrs. .Tu'.un Ilrath. rrcsici.t of the '.-.-a( in a !--t'.r t5 rrcsld.-tu Wil.-nn . r -rr;b'd living rn!:t:' ''. - th -x 't - -hy: "A mc-natc to tht Anur:i-a:i !' - 'he h.-a;th of the- r . r'-C an-1 to t'---.ihiMty of thp ii at ion." CAUSE FOS EIOH PSICE3. You wi!!. of tours... in yfur dr.b-T-...Sons." continued the !.-tt-r. -take into --,v.5idcration the pru-T- of wh.-at r.--ru. and our orKai'-s.'''1"- ,'1,?:rt's ; ,-,rhasi:p the ropition it has taken n : --r.r.rd to the r-rici of thisc f-andattioftnl ; rrMucts. In our do" :!: rh t r. s we h'.vv..,,.,, to holiove That the maximum t of wheat now b.-irr received -o farmer, and the pymivithetic r-r:c? of corn, are fundamentally the reason f..r the high price of many commoiit'.-s. ; -Xhe farmer mu" receive his gruar-.n-tfP but I ask whether the billion dollar, fursidy cannot be used In BO-.no wiy t j iftir . Uik-i.-5a&ijS!'r.-!--- -. - .- -L I?TVXSTIOAT10S3 PIPH.. Mr- lieath declared thit the nt-,-rmally high prices for wh-at and corn: ar fundAmc-nuly fsrRtbl lor r -ph cost of foodstuffs. Inve-s'lTations will do no pood." said; Vr Heath. -?ince 151" we have sc.n nvtigation fellow investigation wstn. .-.orotonous regularity and every V.ame . ,o of them cost us money and brought ; d-n the prico of things not one penny.; - don't want iavesf.ga'son: w r".ion. j SAYS WHEATS TO 3I.AI.rE. I -Entire blamt for th h'gh cost of .jv- , ,r can he !rc'ly traced to wht-at. , ,-om is svmcathetically hish prf v,use cf wheat which n.ake live sto ; v.;ch nd follows through oxery ether f-.d prodrict. M' ' f mu?t c-rr-. ! H"adiuartrs of the '.fu- has direct-i Pvtrv state conization to systerr.ati-r,-v bombard its. congressional r-pro- ; nta'ixes with demands for action until f -metlung is d.ne. ( 1 ILHUIIi WHERE IS OURS? Other Cities Get Cheap Food, But Our OfTicails Seem too Busy. t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! " IOeiANSPORT. Ind , Au?. 1 The V.. n cost of living here is to be rivn a staggering bb v.- with'-n the next w o-ek Two car'oads of canned e-vids f.nl meats have been r at. -has. -.! and v-;-.l be offered for sahi by the city fj r wholesale pros. Mayor James I. T-i rr.es and cent r- lie r C J. M.t.reevj returned from Chicago early this r.o-rn.r.yr after bidd.r.s in f.v.. eirloads of government t anr.ed stood s on Monday. The purchase is fXf.e'i-.i to crrtve here not later tr.l-. August 5. The consignment will con-dst v-f can-ni-d peas. corn, string beans, tomatoes, end baked beans ar.d smoked and sa'tffi meats. Mayor Barnes 1--la-,--d to. day that he expected to he ir.'.e to off'r this food at a pric.- ran--:.;; from r5 percent ur. : r.c ret i.i price of the same goods or similar in the 1 -: ! market. The poods will be sold from the oar. A '-o pa and can of tim.itoes W.ll r e r-t i for ten cer.ts; a p.-o.ind and four ounce can of corn or p. a 'or ten ts: s ran of string beans for u'; -nts. trd bacon at 35 cents a pi.tmd. CALLS MILK PRICE OUTRAGEOUS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEPVICEi '"HICAGO, Aug-:st 1. Milk and cream prices advanr-l one .-e:.t per c. iart :n Chica-ro today, -,;i r-'ai! milk dealers Joining in the t rrecm--r.t ?" increase prices. The j.. alers d- elarthe advatice in retail prices is necessary because of the ,u t.c-n of d t'ry farmers in in: reasing the w i-.o'esale prie e-s. Frederick Oiekson. assistant f. S. d. strict attorney, bran !-d the inct-ase as -out rage--us" an-l de-..!ar--d an immediate investigation would be made Fnder the ex-sting s-ale? milk will e:i at I.i cents per quart ;nst-oi ! of the price of 14 cents that has prevailed for several months. Cream prices Advanced from 15 to IS int per half p.nt.

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0 . r. s AS ,'. ; n t n '.l-.i .i t ric a! and o per I'v'.zi i -a'.-:: they hoard th.it Oscar H.am.mt r-: c.'.i hc-e:i ..--r.t to a private spit..! in New York a -.id that thtre. was iiuo of th.s ur.jsual ti.an's rt- -c-. vry Mr. Harr.r.-.erstem, -r.ir a ..ir r.-.ak;-r, founded ani made- a ..-s f one of the st fatr.ous .. -.! ' !e.:?v5 in the :..-:r.-;)oU.- an i tt.-n i' -o-ot 'he Metropoi.ta:; trrr:t. He r:t I'ie and lott a.vcral fcrturo-s. DID YGU : HEAR THAT T'-..T-'e." R. THA''" f r. VS-. ME. s"N" oou'.-l got evf ry vote of j the Uoy t'ecuts for pr.-.sid-.-nt if the y , could v H.? for hirn. AVhufs- fh- answer? i I-"ie gulb.-ns of cream 'atup --t :."-dHr Iak the oher d.i y.

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fcr I shi-o's thaat Crown Point th-is n-...r. I Dlh la Mh it HAN KLIN is such an ert- ! thusi-istio itard-ner tout it- has orfcred to ttik- cu e of f,:iy parde n w hose ow n., r iToes on a xacati.-n not 1 iiif. r i'a:: tiira-' weeks. i A. 1. SP'irX. the new rrii-ioij-a; of rhH:i inm.or.d i.ih s lieul. ha a arrr.ij fr.'i.i Miur.ea;.f.l;s to j ::: thii.-is ;u hap- f..r nehoed next month. i FORMER CONG Rlh-'S MAX JOHN It. j FilTiiRNhV, of Or.mn I'.-'nt. was in, iiaiiitnoiid !ol:.y . ) basin, es. Mr. I '.; - ! urson was e .hairu.an -f tli- L ik-' County ' Council of Def-nse j GEORGE LOCKLIN and family expect to sp-r.d th- winter so California and wtli bo am our the iirst ihuimtotid r,.,-.rO.- l.-i r 'i a f,,r t!..t I.i.-... FISHERMEN in and about Hammond1 are much owreised ov r the ts-w law ! requiring licens.s to fish and ix-;t th.C a.ir to be taxed next. i HANS DERNER. examiner in charge of thv; Han.ns .to', e-mplox ir.cnt bureau, has rec(i.'d th welcome tip from some source or oth-- r that he is to have a vacation of oee work, and maybe tw-. this n-...nth. CHIEF WILLIAM NILE, of .;e fit-' d.-partm. nt. thought East Hamrnoad ! I... 1-h- ihi wer..- .ttin.ir bu-v til- e.tii-r oi.ii-i'.y ni;-;: c " iiiinu rocati. o.s with tha south part of town stopp-d sudd-nl y. , It pfo-.-ud that l.-iboi. rs on ii-.o t-'-piion-; t-xeivat;, n ua-ik uii H liliimi s r 1 e-. t had ! i ut a "-ahi- a. id.-ntaiiy. 1 OLIVER ! CGHE::TY. custeaiian of H immoi.'d b-a. h batiihouso. says he ..olid put in a r- ef.iintioii for ar.oth-r ' ' 1 if h- hn.. w s. m. one wouldn't steal right av.av. '. A. LONHAM. the in.eirar.cr- man. in just bark fr-.ta a Iva.n-iy I vama visit. Zi-- j . as .iuiti- ill tii-.d cam- m ar sending t j Hammond for a doctor. ' uily "ne gues. '. H. conp.oy ai-.l tlio missis ba -iieht .an a liio tri" and Jt e h.as be. ai iv i-a no: th. : iiaii-- ..f s.-a-sickness to- 1 ast tv. , :: y-f;lU!- hours. I 'It. ROMAN OSTLOWfKI is the only man m ! i..in nieii.i is far as is known v. ho v- r got ,-t !.. king a. no t. "Wh .a " bv siieut'.i. g at it. and wo have several . itu ssi s. 1 RILL M.-ALEEit is back from sault soo. Mar:-, chit-o- he wont on his annual vacation ai.J i' isi.'t at all necessary To say th-.' it was sunie vacation. MIKE LAVEP.MAN and Jor. Worland isiitd Cdar Lake last r.ight by ami and r- ca'-i-d th--- ti ne wh-n they roif.-. there- on a tand-m bicycle. FRANK LRIETZKE. of the- F. S. Bets Co., has hardly yet recovered from tjio shock of reading- in a Chicago newspaper that' both he and his wife.- w. re dead as a result of an auto tragedy.

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Pay For License? If y.i ir. V.::v c'inty and havi c : i r. tr.f fnr 'i fi.-r. I-v i-r. ?o to any ; nsta'.!t- m hi:.'. u.v. it back to j -Who.--v.--r ';ti.-t . .1 that Ksh l.w a? It J tl-poart ! n i!:.- Times 'i-t rday ne - t i.i -r.o:!,i !.iuer th-f morning referir.jr to .i story :r wh;-h it was stated t That all re.-idehts of the county must J hr.ve hi-eoe? in order to fish in Lake j eoU:,t;-. j H.-ro i. the law" a:d ti.f attorney. :;'.-!-. nsr to l!;e p:s--e in the 1?14 rev!- j feon i f tiio statutes. j Z12V. H .--.!-!. ts' !:-cr..-P to hunt. j !t .!-!.! II unlawful for an v r.crs.-.r! w ho is a res. d.-nt of the s'at. of Ir- ' ;:na to hunt or ft.-!i any when- with:i t!;e S.;t-- !:..:.:in:t without firM c-i-urlr.j .-; n.-. do so. ar.-i ) :r.ny ti er; !..;nt ...r n.-rt or.iv during the 'he respect ;v..- -.i r.-d.-. of the ear ! w hn it si .." b.- h--.'-f-.l to do .-.'. ; . . . ': '. M: the.-, that any ; : : ? -n :r,..-. - -h in t:-- ee -.nty i :i cent t h e r . t . '.r'-vii ;r-er sUti: j ;, . : .- Ir.. id-d. iortr.er. .al all! (,.:oi:i n u:oh; !:.- ac- of e.g:ht--n. ir : tii- w if, :' a iv. .in who ha: pro- i i i -.- d a ! o.-ii..,. the- i-rov! s : n s j f this seot.on ha!l he permitted to fu-h onl e w:th--ut . c ;r:np a license"; "Ne w you s. when a person rends j j ;:-t tlie first pa rt fro tot ft api cTS ' that ev.T-.ni- : r. t :. state nr.ist have ; a lie. -use- :i, or h r to :.sh. But when yi-u read don n tow ards the end you f.n.1 1 hat p;-" ifton v. ( h h .-ays anyone can j 'is- n h .5 own aliacent co-.;nt!s t p.- : .'.o j t i cons--. i Why ju;-t st.-r iay before your pa- ; was paid ! two fellows ennie a;i hoi e all ..ut of breath ana' said ! : .-.at si. mo of thi ir aruaintances had; boon arrested for t'.shmg without a li-j --nsr and wanted to know if they ' ....... I -r.ouhi cre-r ; .censes. i iooKe-1 it tip and told them th license wasn't nec essary and if they got arrested Just r.-i t.-.f t-a know l lM'l-4tW'Ut - t -IlC -..i4-6iMUi.4 h;l,- been making arrests ar.d I -el- ;;crse? ho ntade to f-tu:n tiie j ,,..,,"- ONION LEADERS ! CONFIDENT j Prophecy Made That Street j Car Strike Will Be Over j at Midnight. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE', HICA; '. Aug. b Predictions that employos of the Chicago surface and 't a ted railway line? will vot to ac- . ept the i - :v.proa::se offer ef their employers at a referendum tUction bein? held today, was confidently made hy union leaders today In the event that th.- prediction is fulfilled it is exI eCted street-oar s-r ice will be resumed by midnight tonight. Hallotins in the refere-n 1 am "-lection befran at ..daht o'clock tins m.orn,r.g and will continue until fo-r this morning. I'roon off iciala announceu that if the men vote to return to work street cars will be in operation within five or six hours after the balloting ends. The referendum election !s the outcome of the efforts of William P. Mahon. the International president o! the Amalgamated Association of Street and Eh ctrioal Railway employes. Mahon ord-red the referendum after declaring the strike of the car men illegal and is using all his power to bring about a favorable vote. Local union b-abis and heads of organized labor in Chicago are backing Mah-m and deinan.lir.sr that the , fiV:- ,.f a .-.tthricnt submitted hy the 3:i- -et car ..,mpani-s after conferences u'th Governor l.owdoi ar.d the state oibUe utilities corn.iiisir.on he accepted. It h- the .-.-nteniion of the union leads that the mass meeting which rejected the compromise offer was stamped.-d by radicals and that a large ir.f.Jority of the car men were in favor of acceptir.fr the offer. It is tr. v,,i-s of those conservative employs that are counted on today to defeat ... -rwhe.lmir.jtly the radical element. OTtG-ANIZATIOlTS ARE MERGED r-lhawintr a meeting of members of he Calumet Missionary Society and the Congregational church of Hammond, -it w-as decided to nterjre their meetings on the North Side. Henceforth th- organization will be l:n-wn as the Centenary Methodist Kn'.-'cor-al church. The tomb'.ntd conyregation gives the North Side a tl.eiri?hir.i new church from which much :s t-xperted. At the Sunday school last Sunday e:s-lity-one were present and still greater attendance is predicted for this Sunday. Mr and Mrs. C H. Lasater of the First M. E. church are greatiy interested in the Sunday school work and are doing all they an to assist the new school which Is held each Sunday at ten o'clock in the Lincoln school. Church services are 1 eh at 7:43 Sunday evening at thCorgregation i! chap!

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Carpenters Are Out and Further Tieup in Con struction Work Is Expected Tomorrow. V, mjr operntions in !).. .-nl-i-et region i-raeti, ally c.-ase.l l.,st niitht as tar as carp.-nt.- -ork is con.-ern.d and a sU'! furth.-r ii..-u;i of construction is expo, ted by Saturday night. Refusing ' ho'"i t!l:' off' r c'r the contractors to ieav!- th- pre,.nt difficulty to a ooir.niittee to 'htvsh out while work omfnued. the carp, ntei-s hud do-n thejr t,,o!s yesI i urn evin!r.fr ind thi jobs are- d-ad -'mm th-; in- n I'.a.-e asKin.? for a raise in wafre-s ?a.-a and one-half rents per our. i ins the contractors nr. Wl.Ullg io pr.-j-r proj,r,j -j. 'V ill srive t.-it-r-i th s-iraneo that thev will not v.j; t..r farti.er imreases at unox-i I ect : ake - ail'T I ne fr:i ; ) -- lU'n'rai-ls bae.l -s yers ?:a the r- x i ' mg v a 1... It is lilt ib- r'tood that at the special ; iiKf.-.m. e,r t.ie bricklayers in Hammond; giorV wag d--mnnds for Si per hour; will 1.- rlrav.ii up to be presented to the' contractors whi..h will further contpli-i Cilto ni.'i t t. ! S. M -nih. rs of the Em ployr rr association ' are he!';, specai meeting this afor- ' noon to dise-'ss t'j" sittiativt:. The af-' fair is tah'iorn-. v-b ,,,( S1,,. r.'r0por- i tions as ti'Sion ofVm chicaKo and it is i predicted :? v.ouldVin nd , ,ho sn,nc i Tenner yfru-s wlni,ral shut-down of all f period. ! t-;nce tile -hii-3Kit. lockout hea.irae cf. ' feclive the region has been f.aaderi with : 'radespten from Chicago but although : there las a great dc-rnand for such men--hey could not find work owing to the ; fact that a uacc sett lenient was pfnling; hero. Many of !V-w fail in? to secure: work at their trade hi-, n driftel ca ' down stare with 'he i::ter.io:i of locat-; ng in sraii.-r town where thef i3 some building activity. ; In Chicago there i a. movement on foot arnopfr the union men to set up; ?om of their members in business ss; contractors and then life th. ir injur..:- J ; tions affainst the lurch, r handb-d b j j ciich tea il order houses as irs-Roe-i j 'luck & Co. and Montgomery Ward & Co.! At present union men will not work on; I jobs on which the. materia! is furnisheel t j by theses houses and they are now- the ! only luinbi r '1 alers ;n Chicago selling. I to the pubiic. The -amo condition will t prc a:1 in t he Indinna niis if the cm-1 : p'cyrr- tins n f terr.i'.jn vte in f-ior of. ; the lockout. ; i BLACKJACKS . COME HIGH! ! William King. negro, who lives at J 37-13 u abash avenu.-. i lr.cago. was j arrested yesterday ,-... Ph.: miner ve- I lie. Hammond, hy 'aptain Strong of i lie Hammond police i arc. d with . iiri-y in; .-onceai-.i weapons King, who in.l hha. k jack with j t v .Tadsre K!o;y. NEW PICTURE OF PRESIDENT? NOPE VieifaMe,- .. . .. . - , i. " a t-'. -V' . --,:-.vi. N- - - J 4 J.:t?..,.,1 a ? James J. McCabe. j James ,F. McCabe is the comporer of what he terms American music , for "My Country 'Tis c-f Thoe." The j uir now used is the tunc of "Gcd j Save the Kins:." McCabe wrole t'r.a , r.ew air because he felt that public 1 lec-Iins cailed tor Arr.e;-jcan music lo.r the ppce. McCabe hails frcm New York where he is district superintendent of rchools and prominent in music work. His resemblance to President Wilson is remzrkabla end he has been mistaken on mar.y occasions lor the chief executive

How Deal In Sugar Happened

"Why. the H. c. of L. has got How old is Ann?' skir.ned off the boards," remarked a wage earner in Gary yesterday, when asked when h.: thought that foodstuffs was going to quit searing. "Guess it's all in vain." lie said, with a roar and gnashing his teeth. 'I'm going to hat-g cut the red flag. " I know why we are raving hign prices fe-r commodities and litre's an ixample which I can prove. "Yestrrdav a carload of sugar was shipped to Gary by a Chicago commission merchant. "Now, all that the commission rr.erhant did was to sit at his mahogany desk, probably dictate a leter to his prety blond typist, maybe, use the telei r... i rder a car of sugar shipped to Gary. i you guess w hat 'he commission merchant made coit of the deal?" he said to the reporter. "Just 'our cer.ts a pound and a totil of spyor) on the car. just think of it." Well, the reporter did think. Yertorday susar was quoted on the market at fourte-n cuts a pound. To make .. prof.t of four cents a pound the commission man evidently bought it at ten cer.ts and shipped it he-re. at probably fourteen cents a pound. Tibs is part of the hoarded u?ar that Gary is tody tOing fifteen and sixicn cents a pound for. Coffee, potatoes and other commodities are. soaring dally and while the commission merchant profiteer sits back in his plush back chair and laughs the poor n-.f'i:'..'man pays the fiddler. This story was told to reporter in confidence and he promised r.ot to disclose any names. The informant know what he was talking about. And what will became of nil the nvestigations hy congress and the senate. Probably go to the waste basket like t herest of them. HAMMOND MEN VOTE AGAINST IT Basing their opposition on the fact that a f.at eight hour dav at e-xty-fve i ,-iits per hour will mean practically no increase in money for them over the rid wace. Hammond street railway employes are believed today to b- voting asrainst the company's offer bv a large majority. In the referendum iote by employes on the proposition the balloting is being done at the separate barns instead of the Chicago headquarters ei the association where the strike cote was taken MXnday night. Men of the Hammond. Whiting & East Chicago lines began voting at S o'cloeX tins morning and it is intended to l:ae all ballots in at 4 o'clock. After the . ount the vote will be taken to headquarters at Chicago where it is .pe.ted the final count will he announced before n:ne o'clock this evening. Harney- A. Carter, representative of the Hammond branch, when questioned regarding the outlook this morning said: "I'm. afraid the Hammond boys are going to vote it down." Mr. Carter yesterday made the rounds of the majority of the barns in Chicago and found the sentiment pretty evenly divided It will be difficult to pred.et the Chicago vote in advam-e but it practically Is certain - that the Hammond men will go on iccord as opposed to the wage increase offered ay the companies. Mr. rnrter explained that under trie Id .rfli of fortv-eight cents a man workm? eleven hours as they generVly did would draw $5.2S. whereas, cider the flat ei ;ht hours at sixty-five they will get only Jo aih time and one-half 's offered cents thou: for ov.-itime. men do not expect t.. .. ..-i.-i man v chance. to worK tO Of il 1 " r 1 overtime. "The strike ivas called because we. were not making a living waiie." savs Mr. Carter, "and the men l.e'ie are not willing to return to workat a wage which will be even less tKan the old rate. Wc are glad to wm the eiKht hour day but we must have an adequate wage " CRAMER WORKS HARD FOR SHOW Pei-srer.nt Robert Cramer. In charge of the Hammond recruiting station is working hard to get everything ready fo- the air service exhibition which is to be held in Hammond from August If. to August 1". Secretary G. I Smith of the hoard of education has granted permission to use the ground of the Central school for showing the work shop and spare parts of the airplane. Yesterday evening It had practically been settlsd that the aviators could use a big field on the Schruir.m farm near State Line street as a landr.g field. AVIATOR WAS DISAPPOINTED INTERNATIONAL NEWS SESVICE1 MINNEOLA, I I.. July 31. Roland Rohlfs. aviator, who reached ah altitude of 30.700 feet yesterday setting a new American record, das disappointed today. "I wanted to go up 35,000 feet," he declared. -I'll have to try again." The worlds altitude record 33.133 fee-t is held by Adj. Vasales. a Frenchman.

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s 4 t -f-V ... I f St., t r ' f j After P' r -i.a:: v ;: i.tions uiiii.ii ied tin Chicago, iiov.-ir.oi of Illinois, or ,U r. ,! 'i the stat- gun.-is: that even if the p-d handle the situation, the riii : cling Frank Low den. the '- ! . . : ..n :,-n H. do. iarcd . - were able t o h- -.. d t he pas.!.--r. :...:- orces prcte life at. MEW STRIKE INVOLVES rnr STESi ROADS Five hundred E. J. & E. shopmen in the mechanical department of the railroad at the Gary yards walked out this mornin-r, asking for a 6Sc-85c scale. A big mass meeting is being held thi; afternoon. ! INTERNATIONAL Nth-S SEHViCr. CHICAGO. A us. 1 Ck.i ac -ad .-.th-r i ities within a ra.i. js ,..f -' t w-rc hit sudd-nly today by ... .-'ri' . of between 25.00" ar.d 'a'M.oo, r.aio .ad vhotworkcrs. The strfiie m-nne. s th niaintenance de-partm. nt ;' (-.., r aiiroa i entering the ity. Iocal leaders declare ib.,-t 'he tr:).is likely to bce.iiv-.- r. v icn-i ;u "c -p.. which event several hundr.d ii. isar.d railroad shop-men would be- effected. Practically ev. ry s'.-or. r-.iir..ad in the United States would be involved. The strike whs called at 10 o lock and ! il eludes. ioctm lans. in i . n is t .-. shc-t-j tin ml workers. bo; i. -r-m.-tk. r? . b'.ackl smiths and various class-s of h. 1 pers. i J It was reported here that several thou sand sien tn similar posit ions . n soui.':rr. ram roads centi ri-iy in Atlan'-i a!-. had joined in th- strike. The strikers are asking that demand-? presented to the railroad au ivtitustr.it Km in September, lbv for e;-,h: w ci-n's an hour for mechanics of each. cr.Ct and iixty cents an hour for all Oa.-ses ;; helpers be graiit-il. Failure - th- railroad administration to .-ol.iu.-i these demands was the immediate cause of thstrike. Officials of the unions ar- .'.lid to be in conference wit a railway aJir.u.istravion lieads. in Washington todav. but th . lit. -ii de-eided not to ,-ivai; th- ..tit.-ouic-of these eouf.-rences. HAMMOND MEN VISIT SCOUT CAMP Enormous Appetites Had by Leading Citizens Awes the Boys. 1SPECIAL TO THE TIV.ES! CEDAR LAKE. Ind , Aug. 1. A notable event in the history of the lit y Scout summer camp here at Thist 1 w ait poln last night was the visit of the Court of Honor and Scout Council from Hammond. A calvacade of Haght cars brought about thirty of the leading men of the city to give the camp the once over and be guests of the boys. It was a big and little boy evening and de'it-ht-fully spent. A royal feast was orved the -visitors, bringing into public vi-w of the awed Scouts the rapacious appetites of Dr. G. L. Smith. I-Tark Re-tz. Peter W. Mfyn. George Hannauor, Judo? Theodore Klotz and V. S. Commission.-r Charles Surprise. Examples of Scoutcraft in the shape of a tree sheL.r. rustic bridge, axe work and the Scout drills fascinated the big boys. The Court of Honor made Wasson Wilson an ambitious and clever young Scout a first class scout nd a number of eonr-r interesting events were recorded.

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Amazing Jump in Prices in Few Years Startles the U. S. Officials. WHERE WILL IT END? WASHINGTON, A.'" 1. Siac , 1913 the c?t of foofl iss advanced fcig-hty-ehjat per cent. mmwi. -- , ljursau of lhor . ,., . . levfcsicu loday. Eurinsr this period articles which ir.crasocl one hnndved reir j cent or mere were: out. ur, xw per cent; per!: chops and h-.m, 1C3 per cent each; bacon, 1CT per cert; potatoes, 111 per cent; ccn. meal, 125 per cant; flour, 127 per cent and lard, 154 par cant. During- the past year alone focd increased fourteen per cent. Onions increased 133 per cent prunes. 53 per rent; cofTee, 41 per cent; pctatoej, 31 per cent; cheese, 23 per cent; eg-B'. Ze per cent; butter, 24 par cent; lard. 23 par cent; sngrar, 16 per cent; mili 15 per cent; and Sour, 12 per cent. Since December, 1915, thero has been rn arerag- iticreace of 120 per cent in the cott of wearinj apparel. 45 per cent fcr fail and lifrh 125 par cent for furniture and Ptrnish. inc-s. and 35 par cent in miscellaneous irticl03. (EtTIiiETIIT.) John Edwin Nevin .7" " PONDENT r N SERVICE TASHirGTO:i, AU3T. 1. The existkihirh cost 6f livirff .rill bo forced fiotrr Every available ag-ency of the g-overc-ment r.crr is being- utilized to reach th!result. Tiat wa the position assumed by At. terney General A. K'tchell Fainter, fcl-lovring-an hour's conference at the white house executive offices today. Kdiscussed ways ana means of procedure witb Joseph IP. Tumulty, President vr! .- son's secretary, who later placed all cf tlie facts before the president. f !TeovAT!ON,L f EVVS SERVICE ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. Th government's first conceited driv.' aganist the high cost of living wi" on today. With President Wilson him?:!? squarely behind the campaign to bring down the cost of the necessities of life, with congress aroused to the necessity of enacting remedial legislation; with five cabinet members enlisted in a co-ordinate '. effort to bring relief and with thr war department about ready to dietribute its $120,000,000 food surplus by pacels post the belief the: there would be a sharp break irprices in the very near future wc." held in official circles here today. JVST EMERGENCY MEASURS. The distribution of the unity fo was. however, but f.n emergency me,-, tire. The $120,000,011 surplus re pr -s.-utir.g but a little more than ini dollar's worth of food for every man. wo. -an and child in the country, wav .. , ceded to be but a drop in the buch. When this has been exhausted, it wo. -lointed out the situation ordinary.' would revert to where i' stood b-fci. the distribution. However, the temporary relief, it was pointed out. ra-u ! cine at a time w hen means for effe'-t impermanent relief -was being tnaprc 1 uby various government agencies ti-.! alight, even bridge the pap. And in th-. meai. while, it was believed in soin-. 1'ic.rtcrs. an effort might be made b. food purveyors to meet the government -.licc-s. CABINET TO ACTf Another "special" cabinet meetir.K ws' o be held early next week. The sessb.r. vest, rday attended by Pecretari-s Pa'.n-.er. Cla Houston. Ih -d field and Wilson, together with Chairman t'nher. of the Federal trade commission ano Railways Director Hines was cal direct instance of President Wilson. Continued on page eight.) STRIKE OF SHOPMEN LOOMING NEAP INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' CHK'AC'O. August 1. A strike '; railroad .--hop-men of whom there an more than 10",0etO j.a Chicago and v -eirity. was in prospect today through, the failure of the C S. railroad administration to complete negotiations with representatives of the men. Increase I wages for machinists and helpers is the big issue in the nesrotiatiwr.s which have been in progress since Jan. 1. W. J. Kerin. member of the execut've committee of the Federated Shopmen's Union, said today that unless the roe n hear from Director-General Mines today a strike will he issued. He added that the men and the railroad administration hat .. understood for some time that a strike would bo called Auk u st 1, unless the wage scale was granted Are you reading The Trnes?