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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
TAX PAYERS TAKE HEED.

The county is getting so big that the
rush the last two weeks at the County
Treasurer's- office at Crown Point is
getting nearly beyond control
In order to prevent the long waits at
the last the Treasurer's office has pIac-
ed tax books in every city in the
county The fee for paying at these
places is very small. and by going there
YOU will not only get the best of at
tention. but will avoid the long vexati-
Gus waits.
You are urged therefore to go to any
of the following places which is nearest
you and pay your taxes. The jam at
the Crown Point window the last three
days will be terrific. Keep out of it if
you can.
You can pay taxes at these places:
HAMMOND.
American Trust and Savings Bank.
J. S. Blackmun & Co.
Hammond Savings and Trust Co.
Lake County Savings and Trust Co.
Paul B. Lipinski.
Northern Trust and Savings Bank
Ullrich and Bick.
GARY.
American Citizens Bank.
First State Bank Tolleston.
Gary Trust &; Savings Bank.
International Trust & Savings Bank.
South Side Trust g. Savings Bank.
HOBART.
All three banks.
DYER.
First National Bank.
LOWELL.
Both banks.
WHITING.
Bank of Whiting.
First National Bank.
First Trust & Savings Bank
EAST CHICAGo-INDrANA HARRoR.
Citizens Trust &Savings Bank.
Jos. w Dunsing.
D. w. Dupes Co
Frank DeBriae & Co.
Chas E. Fowler & Son.
First Calumet T. & S. Bank.
First State t. g. s. Bank.
A. P. Lesniak.
Realty Brokerage Co.
j. Kalman Reppa.
L. w. Saric Co.
Smith Bader Davidson Co
W. 3. Van Horne
(Signed)
NJ j. BROWN.
Treasurer
r. b BRADFORD.
Deputy Treasurer.
,.3ril 17-ca-aIay :.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
STOLEN CAR
IS DESTROYED

big Hudson touring car, bearing the
license tag S5434 Illinois. was found in
ditch on Burnham road near ST An
drew's cemetery last night afire. 1t
was totally destroyed. Occupants had
escaped. 1t appeared that the machine
was going at a great speed when it ran
into the ditch.
West Hammond police link the find
ing of the car with three others which
were found near the same place in the
last six months. Facts are the same.
The other machines were without own
ers and no reports were made to the po-
lice Investigation found that the three
cars had been stolen. Police believe
that the car found last night is a stolen
one and are investigating.
1t appears in each instance that the
car was run into the ditch purposely.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
GAS COMPANY
GIVES MEN BANQUET

A banquet was rendered by employees
of the Northern Indiana Gas COMPANY
TO eight of their force who have enlist
ed and will leave tomorrow morning
for Fort Wayne, at the Chamber of
Commerce last night.
The young men who Will leave are:
L. Raymond Cosgrove, l. b. Gray, w
A. Hasse, A. w. Hammond, r. z. Nc
knight, z. W. Price, II. Z. Stratton and
p. I. Swanson.
Addresses were made by Jesse f.
Wilson, president of the Chamber of
Commerce. and Sergeant Welch. local
recruitingN officer. Short talks were
given by each of the recruits.
Vocal selections were rendered by G.
w Clark and Miss Esther Schroeder,
accompanied by Miss Caroline Hess.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
NAMES CLERKS
FOR THE BOARD
Especial to THE T1nEs.)

CROWN POINT, IND, May 2.-County
Clerk Wheatop, member of the county's
conscription board, today announced
the people appointed to serve as clerks
on the conscription board.
Gary: First. E. ". Raynor; second.
R. A. Kellar, third. ]. 9. Harris; fourth.
A. r. Roy; fifth. Lewis Dupetz; sixth.
W. P. Cottingham: seventh. H. L. Jor-
don: eighth. Charles L. Gatz; ninth,
Fred Seibright; tenth. G. H. Carrouth-
ers: eleventh. Q. B. Kennedy; twelfth.
F. J. Sheehan; thirteenth, W. H. Dee;
fourteenth. Roy Parryy fifteenth. W. E.
Graham. sixteenth. Julius Schurer;
seventeenth. H. John Bennett; eighteen
tn. John Lepp; nineteenth, Joseph Ca
ter: twentieth. John W. Scott; twenty
first. Theodore Yakomass: twenty-sec-
ond, D. r. White; twentythird, Frank
Spychalski; twenty-fourth, Antoine Mis-;
twenty-hfth. J. Lewandowsky; twenty
sixth. Andrew Lawrence; twenty-eighth,
Walter Good; twenty-ninth. John Kes-
eric; thirtieth. 7. NJ. Porter; thirty-frst,
W. ]. Williams; thirty w. j.
Welter; thirty-third. J. w. Heffelhnger.
whiting-John Dacy. William Stahl.
o. e. McHenry. NJ. Reshan. jr.. A. Il.
GLADDEN.. Frank N. Long, Z. a Mizo.
J. E. Brinker.
Crown Point-William Kindberg, Jose
A. Beattie Fred A. Ruff. Henry Batter
man, Warren Stilson.
Hobart-Roy Mcclure, ". II. Hollis
ter William Guyer. II. T. Quinnel. T.
Olander. Frances OalSes.
Ross Township-Aleck Boyd and Lee
Hunter.
Eagle Creek. Pierce.
Cedar Creek-Wm. McNay. II o.
Burnham and Charles Beed.
stsJohn. Jacob Schmal. Henry Bat
terman and Doffin.
West Creek-H- B. 1Cyer, George IS.
Bailey. Earl Pulver.
winfeld-David Stuart
North-Charles Karsten. Herman
Meeter and &C. w. Jansen.
Calumet - Percy H. Tagart. H. H.
Holmes.
East ChicaFo--William Jappeson. T.
Campbell. Hazel X Groves, A. p
Brown. Joseph Wabes. NJ. II. SiIverman.
Evert williams. John Roberts. Phillip
Mann. George Fuss. Wewis Aedy.
Thomas f. Roberts. Meyer Aranoff. Nick
Mayor John Tolmie. John F'arovitch. D.
w. Dupes. B. c. Lukens. NJ. T. Stern
berg.
Hammond--w. A Buehl. Hamilton
Hazett, Tom Vrury Frank Habercorn.
William Rose. John B. Keeler, Jacob
Brusel. Frank DuComb. Matt Ludwig.
Fred L. Wyman. Edward A. Aubry, John
P. Smith. Joseph Thoma. Willis r. Ford.
Jacob Lurie. James Turner. H. Il. God
frey, George NJ. Eder. James Prire,
Henry Lundt, Frank Martin.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
ALL MEN
Of NATION
A|UENABLE: |:
Proclamation VIII be Issued
During Summer. War Depart
mentS Busy With Plans
BY United Press.

WASHINGTON. May Machinery
for drafting into the service the hrst
levy of 100000 men is being worked
out by the war department
The local electoral system of the
township and precincts VIII be utilized
for the task of registering and fixing
exemptions.
Although the details are far from
completion .the system in general viii
be as follows:
On day designated by proclama-
tion. probably before September /, all
the men of the nation between the ages
set in the conscription bill. viii be>or-
dered to present themselves at the
polls and register themselves.
They viii be given cards designating
the number of the class in which they
viii be called for examination
IT IS planned to use the local police
facilities to seek out "slaclAers' who
fail or refuse to register
Under the bill a heavy penalty VIII
be fixed for failure to register.
As each class reports the men on
empted. munition workers. mems with
dependents. men engaged in Industries
vital to the militar. machine. and ag-
riculture. will be weeded out
After that the remainder MIL again
be sffted BY physical tests and the unit
rejected.
Then another class viii be examir-
ed until all of the men Of the nation
physically fit and not subject to exemp-
tion will be determined.
It Is believed the jury wheel system
to determine the first levy Of the lot
will be used.
They viii then await orders to go 10
the training camps
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
INSURANCE
SCANDAL IS
PROMISED

PIrTSBJRG, May 2--One Of the
greatest cleanups in the history of wild
finance as investigators under State In
surance Commissioner O'Neil delved in
Ia the books OF the Pittsburg Life &
Trust company. O'Neii said 1t -as evil
dent the concern had been wrecked.
Within two days. he said, a group Of
New York promoters headed by Attor-
ney Clarence Birdseye got control Of
the concern and milked it for 81. 900. 900
through dummy directors. Warrants
have been issued for Birdseye. George
Montgomery. Albert Moore and Alfred
Iseury of New York. and w. ID. Ne
Question and man named Watson.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
WHITING MAN J
SAVED FROM DEATH
Especial to THE TIMEs.)


WHITING, md May &c. E.
Maunder of Ohio avenue was miracul-
ously saved from death or permanent
injury by Lawrence Smith on Monday
morning. when the former attempted to
alight the rapidly moving Lake Shore
train bound for Chicago. Maunder lost
his hold and was thrown off again and
had it not been for Smiths quick work
in pulling him from under the train
there would have been serious results.
AS it was. however. Mr.. Maunder had
his face badly scratched and was taken
home in Chas. Naef's machine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
Latest
Bulletins
CBy United Press.)

CHICAGO, May 2-JOseph Mueller.
81, was arrested today in the Federal
building by government agents after
he had muttered threats against United
states. officials. Mueller was I'm the
postmaster's office when apprehended- d.
He had a long sharp file i'm his pos
session md is believed to be dement,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
tBy United Press cablegram.,

AMSTERDAM, May 2.-Germany has
lost 100000 killed in fighting to date,
according to statistics complied by DIR.
Naumann and announced in a recent
lecture In Berlin, 1T was stated in ad-
vices received here today.
Nauman estimated that If this stag
gerfng total of killed and the decrease
In the German birth rate the total Ger
man population has ben reduced by
3,s00,O00. The surplus of females over
males in Germany, he figured. had been
increased 100000 to 100000.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02

DIR. Charles E. Parsons, one of the
leading chemists in the service of
the government, has been trans
ferred from the bureau of mines to
the war department where he has be-
come chief chemist. He is most
widely known for his work on radi-
um. He has been abroad studying
the fxaticn of nitrogen and is prac-
tically in charge of the govcrnncat's
experiments with nitrogen plants
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
tBy United Press cabIegram.)

LONDON. May 2-EngIand's present
national debt Is $1s.499. .20O. 900. accord
ing to figures included I'm the budget
introduced In the house of commons
today by Cbahcellor Bonar Law.
To take care of this vast indebted
ness the budget presented today car
ried no new forms of taxation but
there were three increases. Among
the increases was fixing a duty of so
per cent on excess profits of manu-
facturers and an advance of shilling
and ten pence ON tobacco.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
lRx United Pre..l

WASHINGTON. May 2.-The house
today passed the army and navy ap-
propriation hill of S2,sc7 sos, 1858, the
biggest of its kind in the history of
the world by 362 to 4. London, a So
cialfst, voted against the bill. -.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
tBy United Press CabIegram)

AMSTERDAM, May 2-The Berlin
socialist newspaper VOrwaerts, today
flatly confradicted the announcement
yesterday of the Berlin Tageblatt that
Chancellor Ho1lweg Is to make an
nouncement of Germany's war aims in
the Refchstag tomorrow.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02

Fair tonight, Thursday increasing
cIoudiness and some what cooler. prob
ably followed by rain by night; wind
northeast and increasing Thursday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
fBy United Pres. CabIegraml

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 2.-Evacu-
alton of Mush by the Russians and
their retirement to the north was an
nounced today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
WHY BE SATISFIED

With inferior optical service. when you
can get the best optical service at :
silver. Jeweler & Optonctrist. I77 state
St. Hammond. Ind 5-2-I
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
tBy United Pres. CabIexram.,

LONDON, May 2.-Another night of
fnaction. 70 far large engagements
were concerned, was reported from the
British front today by Field Marshal
Haig.
"Between st. Quentin and Lens there
was mutual artillery firing at night"
the statement said. "fn the neighbor-
hood of FauauiSart German rnidinS
pnrty WINS repuIsed''
ON the British 'front.' the halt In mr.
io- operations has extended ovcr three
days. In tic FncfDss 'afie c.0n- t;fe
S-.-y,r tl.c ts.t< c coafIat.er.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02
WANTED

BOYS over Il years Of age 70 deliver
telephone directories. Apply at Chicago
Telephone Company Exchange. f5 Rim-
bach Ave. q. m. Ma, sTd. 5-o-1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02

LONDON, May %-EngIand's WIZ
cabinet IL now considering compuis-
ery rationi=E scheme. Esptaia Bath
.urst of the food cor-ral department,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02

Three years more of war" is the
opinion of Sir Ernest Shackleton,
amous Antarctic explorer, who has
just left New York to join the Brit
ish forces at the front. He declares,
however, that Germany is already
beaten in her objects and cannot win
the war.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-02

announced in the house of commons
today.
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fContinued on paEe two.l
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CONTINUED on Lage tvo.'
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-11
MORE HORRORS
IN BRADSHAW
MURDER CASE
Child May Have Starved Be-
fore She Was Killed
THREE HELD FOR CRIME
County Officials Believe Body Was
Buried Last Month and Later
Exhumed.

st. Johnsbury, Aug. 11-An intima-
ton that little Alice Bradshaw, whose
body was found ON the border of a
swamp a mile from her home Thurs
day night, may have been starved be-
fore she was killed was given by At.
torney-General Herbert G. Barber last
night. Mr.. Barber declined to make
public the results of the autopsy per-
formed on the body yesterday by B,
II. Stone, the state pathologist, and
c. K. Whitney, his assistant, but he
limited that there were indications
that food and water had been with.
held from the eightyears-old girl,
who had been left a cripple as a re-
suit OF an attack Of infantile paraly-
sis. Portions of the body were sent
to Burlington for further examina-
tion.
II was also understood from the at
torney.general that the county Off
cials who have been investigating the
case since the girls disappearance
on July suspect that the body had
been buried and later exhumed and
carried to the spot where it was ac-
cidentally found Thursday by a farm
er moving grass. 1t was pointed out
that the swamp where the child was
found had been searched carefully
many times by large parties of men
and that as no effort at concealmeni
had been made, discovery would have
been inevitable.
As result of the recovery of the
body charges the first degree murder
have been lodged against Miss Eta
May Hicks, Mrs Alvin Kenniston and
John Kerwin all of whom have beer
under detention without any forma
charges against them. Miss Hicks
who was housekeeper for John Brad
shaw, the girls father, and Mrs. Ken
niston, neighbor, have been under
detention since their alleged confes
sion July that they had killed tn,
child because she was bother. Ker
win, farm hand employed in tn,
vicinity of the Bradshaw home. wai
taken in custody by the police few
days later.
Attorney-General Barber returned
to Brattleboro last night, leaving tn,
case in the hand of State Attorne!
James b. Campbell II was under
stood last night that the evidenc'
which the county authorities nov
have will not be brought before tn
September term of the grand jury, a
had first been planned, but that tn
three persons now under arrest woul,
be brought before the Saledonia coul
ty court at its December sitting or a
a special sessiento be held earlier.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-11
SOLD|ERSMUST
ALLOT TPARTPAY
INDEPENDENTS
New Feature of Army lnsur-
anCe Measure
AT LEAST $15 A MONTH
Nations Fighters to Be Given lusur-
ance at the Rate of So on
$1,000.

Washington. Aug. 1.-THE admin
istrations program for insuring sol
diers, sailors and marines was placed
before Congress yesterday in identi-
cal bills introduced by Senator Sim
mons of North Carolina and Repre-
sentative Alexander. Committee
hearings will be held soon and the
measure probably will be taken up
in the Senate and House as soon as
the war tax bill has been disposed of.
In its general features the insur-
ance program varies but little from
previously announced outlines, the
chief innovation being the proposal
to compel men and officers to allot a
minimum of SIS month out OF their
pay to dependent wives and chill
dren. The bill proposes to vest in the
war and navy departments authority
to compel such payments. Authority
also is proposed to- compel the men
to be insured, to deposit at per cent
interest, with the government and at
the discretion of the war and navy de-
partments so much of their pay as Is
represented by the difference be-
tween the $15 family allotment and
half their regular pay.
Provision is made in the program
for the payment of government allow
ances to families of men in the ma
tons armed forces. The proposed
allowances vary between IS and $50
monthly, according TO the circum'
stances of the dependents and would
be in addition to the sum allotted un
der the compulsory allotment feature
of the bill.
Indemnities for partial and total
disability would vary from mini
mum of $40 a month for priyates III
| to 5000 for higher officers. The edu
cation OF injured men in vocations
by which they could earn livelihood
also is provided for.
Under the terms of the bill soldiers
sailors and marines would be enabled
| to obtain insurance on their lives
| during the war in sums from $1,000
| to 100000, the government taking tbs
risk and the men paying premiums
| The rate would be approximately 81
per $1,000 of insurance and the pre-
miums would be payable by install
ments out of pay
The cost of carrying out the pro
gram is estimated by Secretary Nc
Add at approximately $l76,OOO,OOO 70
the first year of the war and SSSO,OOO
900 for the second. The bill provide
no method of obtaining this sum AM
bond issue to cover It may be dc
termined upon later.
When disability results in death
dependents would receive from Sl5 I
$50 a month, the sum again bein
rated according to the circumstance
of the dependents This feature G
the program is regardless of the II
surance which the man or officer
may take if he wishes. paying tn
premium therefor himself
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-11
254MOREMEN
SUMM0NEDFOR
AUG. 16-17-18
Expected That This Viii
Complete Filling Quota
MISSING ONES APPEAR
Exemption Claims Cannot Be Heard
as Affidavits Are Not Yet
All Filed.

The local board of exemption is to-
day sending out notices to the next
$50 men of the draft list and it is
hoped that this will prove enough
to fill the quota.
This brings the whole number sum
moned up to sos and 1t is possible
that few more will have to be call
ed. This depends on the exemptions
granted on the ground of dependency.
The consideration of exemption
claims cannot be taken up until the
last of next week as ten days are al
lowed to fill affidavits in support of
claims of exemption.
OF the new men being called today,
the first S5 are directed to appear at
the courthouse here on Thursday.
August 16; the third group of "a on
Saturday. August 49,
Two men who we're summoned for
Thursday and did not get their notice
came this morning and were examiy-
ed. They are James Patrick Hanni-
gan Pownal and William ]. Walsh of
SALISBURY.
Mr.. Hannigan was working in Sara
toga and his notice did not reach
him until Friday Mr.. Walsh Is en-
ployed on the Boston e. Maine and
was out on emergency work and fail
ed to make connections in getting
back.
The local board this morning re-
ceived letter from Amos p. Bishop.
jr., of Readsboro, withdrawing his
claim of exemption. He is only 21
years old and is married, but states
that his wife will be cared for II he
goes into the army and therefore he
thinks it is his duty to not ask for
exemption.
1t is stated today that a considera-
Bile number Of those who have not
asked for exemption cannot be COM
| PEELED to so as they are aliens If
this is so. it will reduce the accepted
list still further.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-11
is GOING TO FRANCE
President Benton to Work For Ma
tional War Council.

Burlington, Aug. 9.--President Guy
Potter Benton Of the University of
Vermont has been asked by the Ma.
tional War Work Council to so as
soon as practicable to France with
three or four other american educa.
tional leaders to spend the coming
year in exercising general supervision
over the activities of the council in
that country.
The proposition was taken up at a
meeting of the university trustees
this afternoon at which twothirds of
the members were present The
board unanimously voted to donate
the services OF DR.. Benton for one
year TO the council, his salary to be
continued, on the ground that while
working In France among American
troops he would be doing work laud
able to the university, the state and
the nation. He will receive no salary
from the war work council.
During the absence of Or. Bontor
the administration of the university
will be in the hands of the board o.
deans, with Dean G. H. Perkins, vice
president as acting president
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-11
A[[|ESDENT|NG
lines HELD BY
''s<$yAR|ANS
Gains on Positions of Crown
Prince Rupprecht
NOW FIGHTING IN MlRE
British and French Offensive Held
up for Nearly a Week by
Rainy Weather.

London, Aug. 11--Both the British
and French armies facing the Ger
mans in Flanders have again struck
hard blows at their antagonists and
been rewarded with further gains in
the line of Crown Prince Rupprecht
OF Bavaria. While the fighting has
been only on isolated sectors it
seems evident that the heavy artillery
duels that are in progress all along
the front from Nieuport to the Fran
co-Belgian border are the forerun-
ners of resumption of the big al
accompanying mire stopped almost at
its inception more than week ago.
Driving eastward from the sector
of Ypres in the early dawn yesterday
Field Marshal Haig's men took all the
German firstline positions east of
Hooge between F'rezenberg and the
Ypres-Menin road including the viii
lage of Westhoek, and held them in
their entirety, Notwithstanding the
usual counter.attacks launched by the
Germans under an extremely heavy
'barrage fire.
To the north near Bixschoote and
Langwarck the French troops have
captured several farms held by the
Germans and also have taken num-
ber of machine guns from them.
While these gains are characterized
as Slight, they, nevertheless, are
another step forward eastward the
Ostend-LilIe railroad toward which
the British drive from Hooge also is
pointed.
On the long-neglected front near
ST. Quentin the Germans have deliv.
b cred surprise attack of consider
able proportions, but were unsuccess
full in gaining ground anywhere ex
cept at few weak points in the cen
ter of the French line
Likewise along the Aisne front
the Germans have delivered on
slaughts against the French, but
here also they met with defeat Al
several points the Germans managed
to make their way into isolated tren
ches, but they met death later II
hand-to-hand fighting or were captur
ed.
Aside from the front in France, lit
tie fighting of moment is taking place
except in Galicia, Bukowina anC
southern Moldava. In all these sec
tors the Germans and Austro-Hungar
ians are declared by the Berlin wa
Office to be continuing their gains
Southeast of Czernowitz. the capita
of Bukowina. the Germans have pene
trated the Russian frontier positions
Farther south, fighting with the allies
they have taken high positions be
tween the Trotus and Putna valleys
and in southern Moldavia in the re
gion of Fokhani they have throw
their forces across the Suchitza rive
on wide front.
British laborites at conferenc
In London, by vote of nearly 20 to ]
have decided to send a delegation {
the coming international socialls
conference at Stockholm.