Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 58, Hammond, Lake County, 25 August 1919 — Page 1

Dollar Day In Hammond On Tuesday

MES BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY Ob streeta ad aa-wsBtaafls 3e per copy. BellTered toy carrier Is Ktmmond and Wert Hammoad, 53a per month. tITTESNATIONAIi NEWS mii LEASED WIBE SEB.VICE. VOL. XIV, NO. 53. MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1919. HAMMOND, INDIANA. QODUQ Vukal lai had IhI ACK, TELL THEIR EXPERIENCE

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TELL STORY op bandit: Thrilling Experiences of U. S. Aviators While Lost in Mexico are Described. 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) JIARFA, Tex., Aug. 25. The first de tailed story of their experiences while he.id captives by the Mexican" bandits vas given the International News Service today by Lieuts. Peterson and Davis, I". S. army aviators, -who returned to Marfa Sunday after leading the Amerian punltlx-e expedition into Mexico in a futile chase of bandits. Lieut. Davis, frequently prompted by Lieut. Feterson, dictated the rollowlng: "I left here at 9:30 Sunday morning 'o make a patrol of the border from LaJstos to Bosque Bonita. We reached LaJatos at 1P:3S and proceeded up the Rio Grande. We vert through Presidio Capt. Leonard Matlock an4 followed -what we thought was tha IV. j GratiOe but which we later learned x-s the Conchoss river. Our mistake rtti tr thfr su-nllr-n rendition of the! river, which made it appear larger than the Rio Grande. "We traveled up the Conchos river until 11:30 a. m. when we observed a railread crossing the river. This railroad was not shown on our map and as we had been in the air for two hours we de cided to turn for home. After spending II. cr 20 minutes looking for the boutn-i ern Tacific railroad and falling to locate IT- we iurn?u oacit iu trie iive-r ior another look at the railroad bridge. ' While we were crossing the mountains the engine of our plane suddenly became a mass of smoke then stopped, j W were up 4.000 feet but managed to) slide to a mesa on top of a small moun-j tain, the only lavel spot we could see. The only way to save our lives was to' pancake the ship and wreck It. The) ship was a total wreck, but we escaped! injury. "We crashed at Sunday. At 1:30 we took a compass from the lirplane and with a canteen on t y atout one-quarter full of water we started to walk to

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wards the railroad. W walked for twojance and he and Mrs 1 ours in the heart of the dy. Onr wa-i New York on Sunday.

ter supply was ge-tting ! so we j second Crown Point man that Chairman bar.don-d the hunt for the railroad Hays has emrh'yed. Maurice MeKe-nzie. bridge and staMed down an old river! former reporter in the circuit cmrt, bed hoping to find water. At p. m. we: having been with Mr. Hays for tho pa.t found a small poo' of water in a w orn i two yen rs as private secretary and look. W e soo i drank all of this. j prov ed himself very valuable to the na--e. continued our tran.n until II p. hional chairman. T!1. Th.-ti vv tried to go to sleep. We j . .

. -uld not sV-m We- v, e rCofitlnuod on pat - too thirsty. S1X ( rnon ;ai II iVi 1 1 N i i W AN uusiu limn VICTIM OF AUIO j State' Harrv J Cuniunmg'-r. W street. Hammond, sustained a broken leg and wrist when ho was struck by ooiooiol.ile at 1. Seentv-rifth s-re-et and South Shore drive early yesterday morning. The people .lid not stop to giv in the :,uomori!e assist an.'c. He hos was taken to ih" I'M ul. I'c-rt I. nrhorn E. CHICAGO MAN " DRUNK IN AUTO. John tirapos. 142n T )id ave.. East Chicago, was arrested yesterdav by Off ic r Hanlon at Gostliu n.nd Waha h charged drivinc 'n--hinv while, he was

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nd war' fined S25 and c...-ts in the viiy court this morning.

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M RIDE Reckless Racers Returning From Rout, Drive Car Into the Curb. Six persons were badly hurt and ! a seventh is fighting for her life in ' a Chicago hospital as the result of . another one of those early morn-, ing Burnham rides yesterday. Every effort was made to keep ; the accident a secret. ! "Within an hur after the accident . and before daylight aided the discov- ; ery of th accident all of the injured ha1 been removed and the scrapped ; car had been taUen away in a derrick ; car. The police were nt ntifi. J. I The injured are: j Carrie onuellr. 20. 4951 Pherldan ! road; fractured skull and internal in-, juries; at the Lakeview Hospital. ; Florence SmMh, 21. 4STS Magnolia ! ave.. multiple cuts and contus!ons, se- : verely wrenched hack. Treated at j hospital and removed to home. Irene Slerm. 2. 4S7S Magnolia ave ; : severe contusions about the face and : hands. Treated at the hospital and I lemoved to home. Ethel Bronn, 1?. 4S7S Magnolia ave.. ' deep scalp wounds, fracture of finger of left hand and bruises. Hospital to ; home. 1 O. H. RatledKe, 30. 4842 Iake Park ! av.; severe contusions and laceration of head; hospital to home. Frederick Melntoah, 26, 144S East Fif O'-fourth place; severely sprained : shoulder, cuts and bruises: home. j Armx Colllaa 28, 4553 Xorthweatern J avenue, cut by flying Rlass and bruls- j . er about the head. Hospital and tnen 1 home. I TWO ALTOS I RACE ! According to Miss Smith the party ; was returning from an early rnornln? , ride to Burnham and making very fast ! speed. About two miles above the ' accident scene Rutledge. who was driv- ; ini?. passed a car which was also going at a fast pace. The car which had been passed and j In which were several men Immediate- j ly put on speed and could he heard j gaining on the Rutledge car. The i speed of both were Increased as the j race spirit developed, and ust before j Grace street was reached a continued j honking of the second car Indicated I that It wanted to pass. ' The car driven by Rutledge swerved j violently as he attempted to turn to-, ward tha curb. It struck the curb, careened Into a post and turned com- j pletely over. ; I WILL HAYS PICKS OFF ANOTHER I j CrOWTl POUlt Boy ACCeptS National Chairman's Offer and Goes to N. Y. (SPECIAL TO THE TIMES) CROWN IOINT. Ind.. Aug. 25 Vincent Toukey, court stenograrher in the circuit cr.urt at Crown Point, receive 1 a telegram from Maurice M' Kenzie on Saturday offering him a tine position with Will Hays. Republican chairman. at the national headquarters in New Turk City. The orT- r was a very flitterir.g one and Mr. Youkey wired his acc.p.- . Toukev left f-.r This makes ilie STANDARD MEN HURT

IN MO SMASH1LSorHEARs "

Two Standard Steel Car employes were irly killed Columbia avenue and Michigan Central crossing yesterday afternoon They ;ire Wa'ter Uoe.-zynski need in. Morton nvenuc. and Erar.k Storming, aged is. 43 Colur.bia ineitt They were n un ?u, waiting for :i irt-igui 10 pass. i ur gate-man mif fi me . gates ami uiev went on crrectty in too path ef a fa't p;isenger train. Both boys jumped and the ear was smashed to pieces. The youths were cut by wreekag-i aho-it their headf and were j takijn to Ir. p.. .1 Chidlaw's oft i -e for ( treatment. , !rev. eeall dies A TMISHAWAKA MISIIA W A K , IM.. AIG. C5 The Beall. 71. one of the f.ii't widely known Methodist pastors I 'm the state, is dead here, today.

Passengers Miraculously Escape as Train Crashes Through High Trestle

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Photo taken just after the wreck shows Mir?.ct.'iotis escapes Trer had by Eassenjers of the fast Seminole imited train of the Illinois Central, from Jacksonville, Florida, to Chicago, when the engine of the DOLLAR DAY TOMORROW . Tomorrow is Hammond's annual Dollar 'Day sale. Merchants have made big preparations for it and expect patrons from near and far from all over Lake county. There will be more autos in Hammond tomorrow than at any time in its previous history. Railroad trains on the Erie, Monon, Michigan Central and Nickel Plate will be packed with country people. They may rest assured that they will never again have such bargain opportunities presented to them as the merchants in the advertising columns of this paper today have put on for their special benefit. SUGAR AI 11 CENIS HAM N i Suc?r must 1-- S'drJ ,er eleven cents r.er T.onnd. ai-coi d i ii i to .vi:r.l received in Hatnt.iond fro n Iiist; .t Attorney. Slack, this m -rnine. Several ilbni-

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mond merchant re being informed i r n receiver tomorrow before Judge' that the Susi.ii- eqiiarisation hoar! hid Norton nt Crown Point. Opinion among; 'established ten and eleven cents as the lawyers seems u he divided on the; ! "fair pi ce" for wholesaling and retail- merits of the city's suit. Thc opinion! ng p'igtii. called up.-n So.-' ial Afentji'- expressed by some that the court j ; Rab'oitt and n.!:ei if that meant that it sl-oubl grant the petition a once, which i

l -i. I to he sold at that price or l it 'was merely ;i su crc slifn. Mr. Itahhitt i i:.-,s.-ed th. inqu'ry u to th- district nUorn :-nd this morning the t el-s; i am, was received stating that th" tiv.ee shou: 1 he . .--.. --d . That s. ttied it mid trie men w v o were quest'omng ha . e r iri.-ol to .ibide by the r'lline. SHOPMEN If WAGE FLEA ; I 1 l'JTERfTIONL NEWS SERVICE! 1 WASHINGTON". Aus. 25. NegotiaHons lie!" en thc railway shopmen and j the railroad adminislra tion will be con,.,,,e.i at ihf white house this after noon when President Wilson wiil receive Railways Director Miner and represent - ati.es of the men. Thc negotiation for a wage increase. which were opened when the unauthorii ed strike of the shopwerkers came to end. have been carried on tor four days, , e-vecniive ses-ion. The president can -. celled several afie-rnoon engagements in order that he might receive' the ,.oU - feres and hear report of their pro - gress to date.

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train crashed through a thirty-foot high trestle at Leeds. Ala., eighteen mils from Birmingham, leaving the acsCi.e car poised on the end of the structure. Only the What W. B. Conkey Says. "I think it is an outrage." said W. B. Conkey. president of the W. I?. Conkey Co., one of the first plants to put Hammond on the map. "that a city of the enterprise, energy and importance of Hammond should st back and permit its industries to be jeopardized and its business mei penalized by beinsr without street car service and no definite prospects of its resumption. Are we moss bac:s in Hammond '.' Have wc not nun with pep enough in them to get together at an indignation meeting and force this thing to a speedy issue? Mut we set the city hack a dozen yars? I think it is high time for the civic bodies, the manufacturer?!, the business men and tho;e who have til interests of the citv at heart to get together and see whether two or three- men in the city council can kill the town." i Nothing has developed over Sundav i in the street car strike situation which j would lead to the hop.: that service will , he resumed In Hammond, Whiting and ! nst 'hienso this week. Neither the ' eilv or the company has made anv f- ; fort to re-open negotiations since the ' special meeting of the council was held Si.nday evening. n-th suje iiroo apparently setthd bs-ck t await the outcome of the hearing , woun iirnnamj o:-an in- resumption oi

STREET CAR ! DEADLOCK I UNBROKEN S !

service at once provided tl reco iv er St rong and im.cers n . anu r . ;t:.ius the wage demands of the no n. ; man. and Waiter J. Devme of Stat cM., Others s.-,v that the city was no cl.an.-e ' Hammond, by Captain Strong and offined that even t houghs the ' court grams' eers H and V. Hcsterman. Most of the petition. The company can go into! ;hc men said that one drink put them the federal court and enjoin him from ', to the Uah Awful stuff they're sell.ng

tihitig control of the line. This wi ' viian more delay. Furthermore, wh.ivi'.vcr action is taken in Hammond is not (binding upon the other two cities and

unless the cars can operate over thij officer Talmateer; Fil'.x Graff o: Cnesj entire system favorable action by either j tCrton by officer ralmateer; Gus Kuehl, ' city would be useless. i ,- 4905 Kostner Ave., Chicago by offii Members the city council as well t.,.,. Modjeske. Frank I'arn. of 411S lm-

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r-any are but ;onbole(; the moment the y j ;i,aT1 of 'i'l Irvine Ave., I hicago. by appear upon the rtrcets by people an- Mffj,-.or Pal.niteer and Kavmond StUlaTlous to learn when the cars wi'I run bower of Whiteland. Ind.

once more, their nerves. It is beginning to get 011 ! In reply to the usual question this morning, a street ear man said. "Wc should be glad to come to some - ' agreemen whereby we should he allowed j to resume service, but we do not wish f ! promise terms which we cannot fulfil' I Any agreement mu'i " naseei on in. nipai-y s actual possmumes. - : I JUDGF- KEITFER DIES AT CAPITAL I INDIANAPOLIS. IXD . APG, .". ! Judge Ernest F. Keith. r. ru'j.rani jo" the Superior court, is deal follow ins a 'tons breakdown

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hanging oer the end cf the bridge, fact that the train had just left the station at Leeds and was proceeding slowly orevented a disaster. As it was, one periou as lulled and four injured. HAS WILD j And As a Result the HamPolice Station is Almost Packed. Vestere the Hammond police department had the biggest dav since the . , ,. " , country wtl.t d.y. it wa, one o f the biggest ua; s that Buriinain -er had as well. Besides gambling. llie s:x m-n arrested for ! men were arrested for, heing disorder, six for driving trucks! ion the boulevard and nine for being j drunk, and one man and woman on statutory charges. Those ariested for being drunk and i fined 1 to o and costs in the Ham1 mond city court tins morning by Judge ' j Klolz are John Shaughnessy of the I Hammond Hotel by officer Hesterman, I Herbert Leuthow of 4140 Crow fort j Ave, Chicago, by officer He&terman : J. tjrelin of 4726 Olcot tvenue. East Chii cRgo, b officer Hanlon, Jay Kelly, of ! 10052 Aven-ie L. Wouth Chicago, hy sfft1 ior Hanlon. Elmer Peterson, of 10015 ' .'i venue XI., South Chicago by Officer Hanlon: Steve Musty og 451 Cedar St., i Hammond, by Officer Hanlon, Alix Gaj sliar of East Chicago, by officer C. I'an--ri: Joe Salkowski of East Chicago by ( fficer Fandri: John Orgos. of 'Chicago by officer Hanlon. East -rhr.ee .-. r-rete.l idini-scil with hems- ; .'.sordcrly and fined $S each, by Judge Klotz rre Pat Williams of 4211 XIagoun Ave.. East Chicago, by officer Hanlon; John White of 70S East Chicago Ave.. East Chicago, by Officer Hanlon; Sam . j e M.,nmm 4 ' Fast I ' Vl w V f i ! ItPlUlU O. it,-..-.,, . r. . by e-fficer Hanlon; Robert C Mitchell, of 59 State street, Hammond, by Capt. ll there The men arrested tor arivng trucks on Calumet boulevard are Peter Hast - hnsr of 4510 Wallace street. Chicago, by - j n Ave., by officer B -ll: ""harles RnersMANY LABOFERS ARE WANTED. jobs for seventy-five laborers were waiting without nif-n to till them this morning at the V. Employment office in Hammond. I nadd ti' n to these ere calls for two achin'sts. two tin--ii-!iith. two men to erect washing tia-L chines, a boiler raker, a fireman, a tool aker. a valve asfmhbr. a waite.- mil u waitress. you reading Thc Tr'jes?

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SUNDAY

STRIKE PICKUPS

i JI'lx'JK xn tr?5 t n iun-u i inteiisud spectators at the 4:30 regi-j mental inspection yesterday afternoon.' MK. AND MRS. HENRY GUTER . fL"TH, of Elkhart, visited their son i itussell. who is a private in Company K. I SOLDIERS were treated to a moving j pu ture show and lecture on Panama, at j the barracks Sunday evening. FRED MJDDLETO.V. of Hammond, dropped in i-n the Ell. hart bunch Sunday and found a number of old friends. II. tormerly resided at Elkhart. IT IS about as hard for a camel t.. pass through the eje of a need-! as it is for anyone to gel anj v. hcr-j in the' strike zone without a pas--. j OfTTCEit 1SIVGER hus quit Srmokin poor clears and is cirrying good ones in his pocket. I-'or t! c reason ask Mayor skufakiKH, of the standard Uistrict. ONLT one ioliciiian v.-as stationed At, Columbia and Mortal! axe. jcterday and: v. hen he awr.cd once, that was th. only i txcitv-nient of the dai . j ! A. JIlTJtAT TLTINEn. who used to I ! shcritT. issit;d Or vtrik- z..nc !i thu aftcrnoun and recalled i v ti- the ccklifchts he used to li:vt t break up. PRIVATE "Ji: TXiV LEE. f Likhar'. as short un underclothes. He washad l is only suit Saturday afternoi't:. pulled ttiem wot at: ( the:-. : t'-od in the sun until they dried. THE soldiers expeel to remain most i oi the week at the plant, but of course; have no means of knowing Just when they will be returned. All of them arc. anxious, however. -ncd.ator by Alderman Sam Skufakiss. ; bat the officer war. of course, not cm- i powered to act and had to decline the 1 ff ( . FRED L. PEICK. the federal labor! commissioner, acting mediator in the : strike, wa-.; once a. member of blc lndiaiVi , legislature w hen Barney Carter, of i Hammond, was a representative. i THE Standard district's pretty girls I jand tat babies were out .o abundance ! jesterday aftertioon and the strikers ire- : i pr-tty proud of both the girls and the! babies. two or three men to congregate at any j one given place . in the ttrike zono. j Judge Baker's injunction permitted cniy I tivo to congregate. j MEL T. WHITMER. of o!ihon. is in I command ef the mess hall mid he con-I I siders his job far more lii.por'.snt than ' Cen. H. R. Smith's and privately tho troops all think so. ! melt, s-impson. of the Gary miii-j ;tia. is so well equipped with luxuries by 1 iliis feminine relatives that i' makes thq i Union city boys mighty lonesome to think they are s-o far away from home. i 1 . ' : .1 T'"' " out. He says if he could have the trade! ( f 0dirrK and can., . t A j i . . .. , ,. . , . . would be over mighty soon. THE recreation officer has roundel up three pianos for the amusement of i the men in quarters. One of them, a player loaned by Cardigan Eros. if i Oary. keeps up a continual round of j jazz. " j THE delay of P. C. Jenks in returning from Pittsburgh was due to the fact that he was compelled to stop off in Cleveland on his return to attend a business conference there.

col. .josnrir u. Harrison, who thrcc 0CIU raiSit. lo thc !aborers and ngns all the passe?, has a daughter who othcr concessions which had been secu--teaches in the Glen Tark schools. One od through previous conferences. This of his sos was killed in the great war nrws was sajJ to be announced by Mi. and he has one son who is Lieut. Col. f.elck lt w as not orifirrned. Harrison, now overseas. j As a resuU the ,erIin of bittcrners

CARL MOTE, w ho has been with j l-'ranl; Litschert. Gov. Goodrich's private' 1 secrMa :y en the grounds for several! I da vs. U- secretary of the Public Service ' Commission and ! 1 mi cimi finn -a .-j s in rir-ro an old 1 r:ewapapcr man

CHIE1' AUSTGEN sh pped '.fTi-.er several of the men who occupied i"lBorchcrt back to the Lake Front Park j lasrcs build by the governmonl. T ! . ' beach and Oscar finds it infinitely more j notices from the. housing corporT.ti v, agreeable to see that no one gets fresh) gave no reason for tho eviction. ''u with the nnette Kcllermans than 'oi signed by E. Edgar Shookman of th'.

fict shot tip or beaten by the rude tr.?. strikCOHMBIA AVE., between Morton and Standard, on which Coy's Park is located, was the most traveled thor oughfare in the county yesterday. Be-j sides the strikers passing back and I forth hundreds of autos. motorcycles and ; bicvcles passed in an unending stream. I xo accidents were reported, though sevoral were narrowly averted. IT IS a cinch that some of the strikers are getting better acqu.iinted with their families than they have in some time. One was sen on the porch of a company house yesterday afternoon folding up a piece of white cotton about inches' square diagonally and pinning it on tho nether -linib of a fat and sassy kiddie, who didn't fancy the operation 11 darned I hit. A reporter didn t want io srr ncr.: the safety pin stuck. ! ACCIDENT TO ! HAMMOND PEOPLE Mr. r.nd Mr. I. K. Bauchke, o; 31 East Stste street "and Mr. and Mrs. John Schmelig of Hammond, naa narrow escape from injury at 3tl: av?nue. west of the Bolt line in Gary, yesterday, when the machine skidded into a telephone pole, breaking it into. Na one was injured.

MEETINGS FRUITLESS

Gen. Smith Angered at Evicr tion Fake Story, Finds It Untrue. What Gen. Smith Said. "The report that wholesale avic- ' lions are r'amed by the Standard i-te-I Car C.tii.any is wholly without : foundation. I inquired of Mgr. Yincctt this afternoon as to its truth ! or falsity and he denied it. It is on i a Par with the story that the Standard had brought in 400 strikebreaker ' by boat utterly false. It is regret- j table that such stories as these aro 1 started because they do a lot c.f harm. Thcr.; may be isolated eases I v.hcre the C. S. Housing Corporation f wishes vacation of a house for rea- 1 sns of its own. but I feel sure thai i (he Standard does not plan evictions i by wholesale." ! (BTTX.X.XTXX.) 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WDIANAPOUS, lad., Aug. 33. Th, eleven companies of state militia no. g-nard. duty in Hammond a h recalled j Wednesday, (Jot. Jamaa F. &oodrielt aid today. No word had yet teen r. ' caiyed regarding tha outcoraa of a oferenee aciadnled for noon today, daeigned to end the strike at the Standar 1 J I 0Tn0V ' dinars apparently mlgt uo ,0B iOOIJ IS j th fth day of tha taiUUa'i occupation ci ji&minond. . . . . denial by Aajt. Gen. H. B. Smith , that 'whnlral 'triUim - ; iv.wu.ua ai v; vuutemplated at the Standard: the der tj- i r j- T P31 Of Federal Mediator F. L. f'eick to Chicago J the retuTB of aVi, Hft ... j auvui tu uuic bllilicrs D3CK 10 work this morning and the return f P G. Jenks to the negotiations, wpr thp rtio-h cnt c in , 4 Steel Car ike during the pa 24 hdurs. Although i? had been reported S.'.nday ar. the meeting of striking en ployes of the Standard Steel Car Co. at Coy'i par); that P. G. Jenks, assistant to President Hansen, had J refused the offices of Federal Coffii missioncr rrea. heu-k- a; mediator . . and that he would handle the mat- , . ter himself, negotiations are about . . OX.D COMMITTEE AT WOBK. lne ola mediation committee compo--- ! rJ of Mayor Brow n. Sheriff Barnes and Alderman ku'akiss has once more taken up the matter. At the meeting of the strikers it was Slated that the efforts of Mr. Fcick r.c.i been futile and that lie had been unable to arrange a meeting between the unicn committee and company officials. I' was further stated that Mr. Jenks in a conversation by long distance telephone with Mr. I-'eick had announced that th company had withdrawn its offer cf a among the men in East Hammond was more pronounced than it had been for some time. This was increased bv th rumor th. t! ic company had decided t. ! houses and that the i. s. Mousing Co; -' poration had already sent notices ' L'. S. H. C. was sent to Steve lan. 1"2 Highland S. Assistant to the President P. G. Jenkr reached Hammond this morning am! r: once went to military headquarter for - ja conference villi Adjt. Gen. Mi':.--(Continued on page five.) FOR GARY MILITIA Members of Company I of Gary, ne-w doing active duty at the Standard Stet' Car Works strike at Hammond, are not going to lack entertainment, smokes and the comforts of life if thc folks at horn,.have their way about it. The old faithful Y. M. C. A. came .0 their rescue yesterday when A. B. linkson, general secretary of the "Y." Rav .- p.n interesting lecture on the Panama canal and it was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The "Y" sent over a lot'of smok as well as writing raper, envelopes and ink and tomorrow wives, mothers and sweethearts will be getting letters direct from the boys in the trenches. Arrangements are being made teda.' for moving picture entertainments nr.-! I this week the. soldiers will be abb- e .see their favorite film stars before th?. a order ol lights ouc is given ny trie "man in charge of quarters." The "" also sent over a big batch of athletic mat. - rial and today some members of CVrr pany I are tossing the first bnseball th.' I hey have had in their hands in years.