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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
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REGISTER FOR DRAFT
Married Men Do Not Ask to
Be Exempted From Mill
tary Service.

Don't married men desire TO be ex-
empted from military service in the
conscript army?
Fourteen men of military age who
are non-residents have registered dur
ing the past three days in Hammond
via the United States mail and of these
only four have asked for exemption.
Three desired to be excused because
of physical defects while the third
stated he was the sole support of his
family.
But the others-nearly all married
ARE willing to go if called. They ap-
piled at the clerks office in the SUI
perior court for registration. Under
the law non-residents may take this
course of registering. The applicants
answered all questions asked and the
register cards were Immediately dis
patched in the mail for the home ad-
dresses to be put on the registers at
those places June s.
The married men either took II for
granted that the state of matrimony is
itself an excuse or desire to be draft
ed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
SHOOTS FLEEING WIFE;
{ THEN WOUNDS HIMSELF
Man Will Probably Die in
Attempted Murder and
Suicide.

Walter Gaffney. so. shot his wife.
May. %. in West Hammond today noon
and then turning the revolver on him
self fred shot which entered below
the heart and VIII probably result in
his death at st. Margaret's hospital
The woman WILL i've. She was- shot
in the arm.
Three weeks ago. according to in
formation obtained by Chief Nitz Of
West Hammond. Mrs. Gafney left
her husband in Chicago and came to
West Hammond to live with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. August Hillman, at
120 State street She had had Gaffney
arrested in Chicago and he was out
under bonds.
This 3oon Gaffney entered the Hill
man home. revolver in hand. May. L
came down to kill YOU" he said Mrs
Gafney screamed and ran past him to
the street. He followed to the door
and fired four shots. Her arm drop
ped helpless to her side and she sank
in a faint. Gafney turned the pistol
an himself and fired, aiming at the
heart. The bullet missed that mark by
less than two inches. The wound. how
ever. is believed to be fatal.
Gaffney has not regained conscious
ness His wife is in a room near his at
the hospital.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
M'GARRY SALES
LARGELY ATTENDED

TIE John E. McGarry jewelry auction
sale is the talk OF the town and on
Monday will enter the second week
store. The sale has become not only
a fashionable fad but is largely attend
ed because of the genuine bargains OBJ
tanned.
The purpose of the big sale is to
prepare for the complete remodeling of
the shop which is to include a new
front, and to make room for an entire
Hallmark stock Mr.. McGarry is one
of the 64S Hallmark jewellers in the
United States who go to the factories
and dictate the price. cash in hand. He
intends no longer to buy OF jobbers and
states that through the Hallmark as
sociation he can buy IS chesply as the
jobbers He will clear out everything
OF his up-to-date stock to put In
complete Hallmark stock. he states.
and the patrons of the auction sale are
getting in on a good thing
The sale is being conducted by John
+. Turner and A. E. Gates OF New York
City Mr. Gates just returned from
Palm Beach where he conducted a big
diamond sale. over 100000 worth of
gems being disposed OF.
The sales at the McGarry store on
Holman street are held at 2:3o each
afternoon and 7:3o each evening.
All goods sold during the auction
are guaranteed. the same Is is jewelry
sold at the McGarry store any other
time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
WHO SHALL REGISTER,
WHEN AND WHERE,
AS TOLD BY WILSON

All men between ages of 81 and so.
Inclusive mist register.
ANY persoh failing to register or who
registers falsely shall be guilty of a
misdemeanqr.
In case bf temporary absence from
his legal residence. a man must regis
ter by maiR
Hours of registration shall be be-
tween a. NJ. and Z p. m. June 5. 1917,
at the registration place in their home
precincts.
Those who are too i'll TO register are
required to apply for instructions be-
fore June 5 as TO how they may regis
ter by agents.
Those absent from home on June S
shall. when in cities of over 10000
population. apply TO the city clerk of
the city wherein they may be sojourn-
ing.
The registration day. while not q
holiday should be made "a great day
Of patriotic devotion and obligation.
when the duty shall lie upon every
man to sees to it that the name of
every male person of the designated
laAs ia writfan ON thA List of hannr." :"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
s" CURVE
SCENE Of
ACCIDENT
Conductor and MeChaniCian
Meet Their Fdte Between
Crown Point and &C.
dar Lake.
Especial to THE T1MEs.)


CROWN POINT, IND, May 20.
The famous letter IS" curve on
the old Cobe cup race course claim
ed is first toll of death yesterday,
after being the scene of number
less accidents to automobilists.
Heretofore while many cars
have been demolished, it always
turned out luckier for the driver
and up to yesterday no fatalities
had occurred.
Yesterday afternoon, however. while
James Foley OF 4727 Langley avenue.
Chicago. accompanied by G. H Grady.
4705 Cottage Grove avenue, in big
eight-cylinder Cole car were attempting
to negotiate the treacherous turn the
car went over the embankment turning
turtle and instantly killing Foley.
Grady was quite badly injured about
the face and body but was luckily
thrown clear of the wrecked car. Foley's
neck was broken and his chest bones
fractured. his injuries causing almost
instant death. Foley was a street car
conductor in the city, operating on the
Cottage Grove avenue line for nearly
20 years
Grady was employed in the Cole Mo-
tor Co works in Chicago and is said tg
have been mechanician for one of thb
drivers in the Cobe races here. Both
men had been to Lowell in the interest
of the automobile business and were Re
turning to Chicago when the fatal atcci-
dent occurred. The coroner's inquest
had not been held as yet.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
INDIANA CITIES ARE
AFTER DISTRICT CAMP
CBy United Press.)

INDIANAPOLIS May 26.-Indiana
cities presented their claims for the
divisional camp of the Ninth army dis
trict at a meeting of the army board
appointed to select a camp site. Col
Edwin NJ Lewis is chairman Of the
commission appointed to hear the
claims of various places for the camp
1t VIII be located in Indiana or Ken
lucky and the kentuckians have al
ready had an opportunity to present
their side of the question.
Many Indiana cities are after the
camp. indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Co.
lumbus and Evansville were among
those having representatives at today's
meeting. Cities in the southern part
of the state are making a strong plea
for the camp on the grounds it would
be centrally located for this army d.
vision--which comprises Indiana and
Kentucky.
Army men wish TO have II located
close to a fairly large city in order
that supplies may be purchased and
handled and a place of recreation Of
fered for the men while they are in
training.
Indianapolis has offered Riverside
park as a site for the camp. Grounds
adjoining Fort Benjamin Harrison and
another site on which the Indianapolis
motor speedway is located were also
suggested by the Chamber of Com
merce.
The government must have at least
2 600 acres for the reservation and
would prefer at least 5000 acres in
order that an artillery range may be
used. A stretch of at least two miles
is needed for this The army board
will make its recommendations to the
war department and the final place will
be announced In Washington early in
June. The camps will be used first
for the national guard mobilization
and later for the conscript army.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
CAUTION

Business men of this vicinity. who
regularly each pay day cash Standard
Oil Company Undiana) pay checks as
an accommodation to their customers.
have recently been made the victims of
unscrupulous persons who have put in
to circulation worthless, imitation
checks with forged signatures therefor.
and in an effort to prevent in the future
such deception, all persons concerned
are cautioned to first examine our pay
roll checks. One feature of protection
which surrounds our payroll checks is
indicated by the words STANDARD Oil
Company" water-markcd in each check
at intervals of about / Il in. Under the
circumstances all persons handling our
checks are cautioned 70 protect them
selves by this examination.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY,
tINDIANA). 5-2s-6
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
MAY st.
SALE IS
SUCCESS

The big May street lot sale which has
been in progress today and will continue
tomorrow between the hours of eleven
in the morning to six in the afternoon
is already a demonstrated success. &C
cording to the late reports received from
Hastings Woods & Co. the agents who
are offering the property for sale.
While there are still many desirable
lots left close to Carroll street on May
street and also on Becker and Bauer
streets the sales yesterday exceeded all
expectations. and many choice lots were
sold.
The fact that street after street in
this locality has been built up with at
tractive homes that the ne w20-acre
haywood park. only two to three blocks
away. is being planted with trees and
schrubs. that the new $500. 10000 man
ual training school will be opened dur
ing the coming September. all add to
the interest in this property.
In discussing the matter today a rep
resentative of Hastings. Woods & Co.
said: Every lot on May, Carroll, Bauer.
Becker and all streets north of this
property have been sold by the original
owners and ninety percent Of them are
built on. This means that there is solid
development right up to this property
and that these lots must. in the very
course of events. be the next to de-
veiop. Many of them are already built
on. This is. accordingly. no pioneering
project. This is what is making this
sale one of the most active that the
city of Hammond has ever known.
THE proposition Of offering lots with
all assessments paid in full is making
a great impression for the reason that
many purchasers of lots in other sec
tions of the city have had to pay end
less assessments before clearing up
their property. The idea OF selling prop
erty clear of assessments is common in
Chicago but not in Hammond
THE proposition becomes one. simply.
of the amount of the original purchase
price. Nothing to pay after that Is
taken care of. In time most Hammond
property will be sold on that basis
After tomorow's sale it is expected
that practically all of the remaining lots
in the subdivision will be cleaned up.
The Columbia avenue frontage has been
taken off the market and will not be
sold This is business property and will
not be marketed until the rest of the
subdivision Is sold out and a least par
TALLY built up.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
Girl Refuses to Recite
deutschland Uber Allies

SOUTH BEND. IND, May 26.-Be-
cause she held 1T little less than high
treason for an American girl to recfte
the poem ~Deutschland Uber AlIcs,-
Miss Lem johnson. a pretty ST. Joseph,
fMfch.) high school girl. has been dis
missed from her German class and may
not receive her credits. That the board
of education had taken this action re-
fusing Miss Johnson permission TO re-
enter her class after temporary expui-
sion bccsme known Wednesday after
noon md caused considerable comment.
Miss johnson was willing to rectte amy
other German poem. but hRtIy refused
TO recfte the one assigned her.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
BY JOHN H. HEARLEY.


tBy United Press CabIeEram.)
ROME, May 26.-The ItaIiS< troops
today stood victorious as the masters
of the vast fortlication system which
Austrians have been constructing ell
winter to bar the way to Trieste and
LaiBack. Last November Cadorna
pushed a thrusting salient forward I'm
the Carso and his objective Trieste was
made plainly apparent TO the enemy.
Then came the grip of winter i'm the
mountains. forcing a cessation of mass
ed fighting activities. Through all the
SHOWS and billiards the Austriaps y
worked uncensiDgIy, fortffying against
the Italian wedge. following out vast
underground passages, ccmcDting rock Y
barrfcades md bring up artillery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
PLANT VICTIM
OF A FIREBUG

That his fireworks plant was inten-
tionally destroyed was the opinion of
Louis DeRudder, owner OF the DeRud-
der fireworks plant near Roby. which
was utterly destroyed Thursday by an
explosion and fire. at the coroner's in
quest this morning.
Mr.. DeRudder said that the building
which first blew up was practically
empty of powder and explosives and
could not have exploded without being
set afre.
A watchman was killed. another man
thrown 100 feet and several girl en-
ployes injured in the explosion which
shattered windows In radius of
mile and could be heard as far Gary.
The plant is total loss. which is es-
timated at $4,000.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
TWENTY SIX DIE
IN KANSAS TORN ADO
GBy United Press.D

WICHITA. KAN. May 2s.-Twenty-
six bodies. victims of thef tornado
which wiped Andale. town twenty
Two miles northwest OF here off the
nap late yesterday, have Peen recov-
,red and identified today, while every
rain from the stricken section brings
in additional injured Officials be
usve that the death liyt will reach
.horty--one Other bodies are believ-
I'd TO be in the wreckage which Uttered
The land for miles. Many of the scores
f injured are expected 70 die.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
Man Killed by Fall From Speed
ing Gar Last
Night

The toll of motor deaths at Gary has
been increased by one more victim
There are two more on the injured list.
AS a result of the latest death due TO
the speed craze the police have received
stringent orders TO arrest all speeders.
regardless of who they are. and ten citi-
zens have already been gathered in.
Falls From Car.
4 machine whirled around the corner
at 2Ist avenue and jefferson street late
yesterday afternoon. In it were several
men AS the car swung into Jefferson,
street one of the passengers was spillssd
out.
When aid reached the man he twas
found unconscious. He was rushed TO
Mercy hospital. where he died in "a short
while.
The police learned that the victim .
name is Slogan Parrpovich. 1885 Madi-
son street. They are LOOKING for the
man who drove the car. ~ is said he is
a bartender.
Two Are injured.
Jacob Miller. 1895 I Broadway. and
Steven Ladonie. esp Monroe street
were injured last efening while riding
ON a motorcycle. : Millar's machine
crashed into an 5adto driven by julius
Grathouse. es2 fBroadway. The police
took Ladonie t3 Merey hospital.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
J RAIDERS
SHOT DOWN
BY BRITISH
Sixteen German zeppeIins and
AeropIanes Deal Death
From Sky Yesterday
BY ED L. KEEN

Omitted Press stan Correspondent.
LONDON, May 26.-Death-deal-
ing German attacks by sixteen
enemy air craft, resulting in the
killing and injuring of scores of
women and children and followed
by battles in the clouds between
British and enemy machines, yes
terday marked the bloodiest aerial
attack on England since the wars
opening. Details were revealed to-
day in admiralty and home defense
statements.
The c 'ualty list was officially
fixed at seventy-six killed and one
hundred tnd seventy-feur injured.
Twenty-seven women and twenty
three children were among the
dead and forty-three women and
nineteen children among the
wounded.
Royal flying corps machines which
arose to battle with the invaders as
they winged their way across England
downed three of the Germans Royal
naval air service planes at Dunkirk.
called into action Immediately. swung
into battle array above the channel.
Here a series Of thrilling encounters .oe-
Cured One British machine gave bat
tie with three of the enemy air craft
and shot one of the trio down. The two
sped on with the other raiders to en-
counter More naval planes over the
Belgian coast. Far aloft the two forces
sailed. maneuvered and fought
Before the enemy forces could escape
two twin engine machines were shot TO
the ground. OF the sixteen air craft
participating m the raid three were
therefore accounted for.
(The home defense statement named
the raiders as aircraft" which might
be either aeToplanes, Zepplins or both)
Assuming all casualties in this raid
were of non-combatants the total num-
ber of civilians killed since the start of
the war by German air raids-Zepplins
and aeroplanes-is raised to 305 killed
and 729 wounded.
The only other raid which approached
this present one in destructiveness OF
human life was that of March 81 1915
Six or seven Zepplins took part in this
raiding force and their depredations ex-
tended over six eastern counties the
victims totaliing f1fty-nine killed and
one hundred and one injured
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
Latest
bulletins
nv nited Press.l

WASHINGTON, May 26.-The senate
finance committee today relieved the
auto manufacturers of the proposed tax
of per cent on their sales and trans
ferred the burden to the auto owner.
The committee also Topped OF the house
provision heavily increasing taxes on
incomes over $4,000.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
GERMANS ATTEMPT
EXPLOSION AT RIO


tHy Z nftfd FreNs taUItEfHhsJ
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 25.-An at
tempted dynamitting of a government
depot near here today by Captain Ven
ding and eight German seamen from
the interned German ship Coburn, caus-
ed tremendous excitement and added
to the war spirit against Germany The
Germans were arrested.
How near Brazil is to a declaration
of war against Germany was indicat-
ed by todsy's announcement that the
Brazilian fleet is now patroling the
Atlantic The Brazil congress con-
tinued its secret discussion of the In
atrnational situation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
DIES OF DROPSY
Especial to THE TIMEs)

WHITING, IND. May 25.-Mrs. Mary
Homuth. a daughter of Grandma
Wuestenfeld. died from dropsy this
morning. She was Chicag go resident
but was well known here. She was So
years old.
Mrs. Homuth is survived by a hus-
band and a son
The funeral will be held next Mon
day afternoon. Complete burial ar
ra-n9 Amants have not as yet been made.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
GRANGER G!:TS $1,000
VERDICT At VALPO
Especial to The T1MEs.)

NALPARAIS, IND, May 26,-A YER
dict of $500 was returned by a jury
IN the Porter county superior court
yesterday afternoon fer the plaintiff in
the case of John Romanchek versus the
Schulze Baking company of Chicago.
Romanchek. whose home is in Gary. was
represented by Attorney II. z. Granger
of Hammond. The Gary & Southern
Traction company was named as de-
fendant with the baking company but
no verdict was returned against it. The
attorneys for the defendants were Pet
ers of Hammond. Wildermuth of Gary
Dan Kelley of Valparaiso and Cravens
Of Chicago.
Romanchek was injured when a
Schulze Baking company truck struck
a wagon on which he rode and pushed
1t in front of Gary & Southern car in
Gary, according to the evidence intro
duced by the plaintiff. He has been un-
able to work since he was hurt
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26

PARIS, May .26.-Further .progrcss
around Mount CorniIIet and taking OF
100 German prisoners there was report
ed In foday's official statement. No
general offensive movements were de-
tailed. Along the Chemin des Danes,
the. war office said. there was consider
able artillery fire. West of Ccrny two
German attacks were repulsed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26

LONDON. May 26.--SliEht improve
ment of the British position to the
right of the River Scnrpe was report
ed by Haig today I'm statement reveal
ing a continued general IulI of the
western front. "<orth of CouzcacOurt
and east of Armentieres at night hos
tile raiders were repulsed.r he said.
ITO the right OF the Scarpc posi-
tions were slightly Improved. At night
between CroisilIcs md the ScHrpe hos
tile artillery Increased"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26

J. p Dudy. a tower watchman at
the Michigan Central railroad cross
ing at Madison street. Gary. was
found dead sitting in his chair. by w.
E. Brown. a member of the Salvation
army. at o'clock yesterday. This
makes the fourth person found dead
in Gary in the last forty-eight hours.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
THE WEATHER

Thunder shovert this afternoon or
tonight; probably f@liowed by fair SUM-
lay, somewhat wa inner tonights cool
er Sunday; fresh fsoutheast to south
winds shifting to fvester1y.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
Bloody Aeria! AttackOnE England
GERMANS RAIDLoND0N KILL SCQRS OF WOMEN And BABES
one KILLED, ONE INJURED AS AdHo o7ERrGRNs3 RARFRs
RED AS AUTO OVERTURNS


United States army officers in
charge of the training of the officers
RESERVE corps at Fort Benjamin Har-
Tison, near indianapolis, express
great pleasure at the progress being
made by the men. The embryo off
GERS are already beginning to have
the look of veterans, though they
have been in training only since the
middle Of the month.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26

BERLIN (By Way of London)-May
2S-Complete repuIse of British forces
in a battle at Laon announced in
today's official statement. Prisoners
and machine guns were taken by the
Germans.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
CALLS GRAND JURY

judge Greenwald OF Cary superior
court this afternoon isued a call for
the first grand Jury which is to con-
vene next Tuesday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR OLD SOLDIERS

memorial service is 10 be held at
the Hammond Christian church at IL
o'clock tomorrow and the veterans of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26
AUTO SLAUGHTER CONTINUES;
ONE DEAD, Z HURT At GARY
SHOCKING DEATH
TO OHIO FIVE
tBy United Press.E

AKRON. OHIO. May % fFive young
people two girls and thSee men. were
instantly killed at midpjjsht at Mantua.
near Ravenna. wh94 an automobile
was hit by an Eyfe train. one man
was injured. PsSfts of the automobile
track. 4
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26

NEW YORK May 26-Answerfns the
call of Major General Goethals, steel
kings of the United States enlisted un-
der the flag of Americas emergency
shipbuildfng program and 1T assumed
the protentious of reality for the first
time. An army of workmeD today
started putting the first emergency
sbipyards into condition across the
river from Newark
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26

the civil war under the G. A. r. banner
are planning to attend together with
the Spanish-American war soldiers, the
Women's Relief Corps and a squad of
national guard under Major Noble.
The old soldiers will be taken from
the superior courthouse to Sibley street
and Calumet avenue in automobiles
where they will form in line of march
and walk to the church. led by brass
hand. The children of the Sunday
school will line streets and wave flags
in salute. The Boy Scouts are to act
as marshaIs. Rev. c. j. Sharp will de-
liver the sermon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26

ROME, May PA total of 22,41o
Germans and Austrians were taken
prisoners by italian troops during their
advance along the Julian front between
May ~ and May 25, according to Of
ficfaI figures announced today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-26

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