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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
Gas SODA TANK
EXPLgDES, ONE DEAD

George Gudortes, an employe at the
Sanitary Bottling works. 1913 Waiting
street. Indiana Harbor was almost in
stantIy killed last night about o'clock
when. a gas soda tank which he was
handling exploded.
Pieces Of the iron tank flew in all
directions, several hitting Godortes
and mutilating him badly. AS soon as
possible he was taken to the office of
DR.. Robinson, but died before any help
could be given him
The interior of the place was wreck
ed. windows shattered and the con-
cussion felt for several blocks in every
direction.
Gudortes and a fellow employe had
just filled the tank with gas and water.
George was placing the tank in posi-
tion, and according to his employer
steve Barlus. must have shaken it.
when it flew into hundreds of pieces
Burns & McGuan cared for the body.
The victim of the accident was middle
aged and a widower
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
Under Fire, Whiting Boy
Sabes Life of Companion

stretcher- bearers to the rescue, when
second shell exploded. badly wound
ing ono OF the stretcher-bearers, six
feet from where Gavit stood. With the
other bearer he continued and learned
that the general and his staff had es-
capped 2 moment before. He then turned
his attention to the wounded stretcher-
bearer and with the other man started
to carry him to the bomb-proof abrt
when a third shell struck within
twenty-five feet. At each explosion
Albert had been Knocked to the ground
and after the last one he rose only
with the greatest effort. Finally he
managed to get to the abri with the
wounded man. The officer. noting AL
berts condition. ordered him taken to
the hospital
Prior to the incident recited above
young Gavit had worked SO hours on
and four off without sleep. "a on and
FIVE off without sleep. "a on and Is off
without sleep. and u on.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
J. BOATS
OFF NEW
ENGLAND
Distress Signals Wirelessed
by Steamers Tell of 0per-
ations of Divers Hundred
Miles off U. S. Coast.

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Sept.
15.-A British freighter arrived
here today with reports that she
had picked up wireless messages
asserting that a submarine had
been attacking a merchant steam
er less than a hundred miles off
Nantucket.
Officers on board the freighter
declared the message said the yes
sci was being attacked by sub
marine shell fire. The distress
signal was flashed constantly. Not
all of the wireless call was de-
ciphered.
Another British freighter arriving
today said warning had been received
that a submarine was in the western
Atlantic ocean. Unconhrmed reports
reaching another port indicated still an
other ship was attacked by a German
sub somewhere off the New England
coast.
a steamer (name withheld) reported
she intercepted a wireless message
from a ship off the coast saying a Ger
man U-boat had been sighted. She was
about to give her location when calls
suddenly ceased. Repeated efforts to
locate her failed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
TRIAL BEFORE HARDY.

The case Of the Hammond Home &
Investment Company versus Mrs. Mary
Nichols is on trial before Judge Hardy
in the superior court 1t was filed four
years ago Attorney J. K. Stinson is
appearing for the plaintiff and Attor-
gey Peter Crumpacker for the defend
ant.
The investment company which con-
sisted Of J. X. Stinson. William Ahl-
born. George Dobbin, Carl Bauer and
N. RothschiId bought up the remaining
lots of the Helberg addition between
Calumet and Howard avenues in 1910
and when surveyed found a house on
the east twenty-five feet of the west
fifty feet Of lot I3. it is stated That
Mrs. Nichols had purchased the east
twenty-five feet and built her house
on the wrong lot is the claim Of the
plaintiff The trial will probably con-
tinue until Monday noon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
special to TIE TIMEs.D

WHITING. Ind. Sept. 15.-Albert
Gavit, SON OF ex-senator Gavit Of Whit
ing. is in a hospital at the French
front recovering from shock caused by
the concussion of exploding shells
back OF the lines in the fighting around
Yerdun.
The Lake county boy. who Is in the
American Field Ambulance corps at
tached to the French army. has writ
ten that the French advanced to a
depth OF two miles on an eleven-mile
front. taking 5000 prisoners with
comparative slight loss. and recaptur-
ing positions IN a day which the Ger
mans secured only after months of ef-
fort.
Albert was at the front waiting for
a load OF wounded soldiers when a
she'll struck a building in which it was
presumed a French general and his
staff were housed. He went with two
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
WILLIAM G.. SHEPHERD


Omitted Press stan Correspondent.) }
PETROGRAD, Sept. 15.-Korni-
loft misjudged Russia; therefore
he must die, it appears.
His fate had not been officially
decided today. He had not form
ally surrendered. But Petrograd
sees only two courses open to him
suicide or surrender and both
mean death. for it was Korniloff
who decreed punishment for re-
VOTERS in the army and put it into
effect.
It was at the Moscow conference that
Korniloff planned the coupe. I believe
the idea sprang full grown into his
brain at the moment when the COM
nlander stood on the platform in the
city hall and was acclaimed hero by
cheers of bankers. merchants manu-
facturers. intellectuals and other prom
inent citizens. He expanded visibly.
But three hundred men-representing
the armed citizens in majority-remain-
ed silent although they were jeered by
the crowds They had been elected by
the soldiers at the front and workers
throughout the nation.
Thus it happens that when Korniloff's
troops met those of the provisional gov
ernment forty miles from Petrograd
there was no fighting but the men on
the two sides fraternized. They under
stood each other.
Before his own eyes Korniloff saw
his common soldiers arbitrate the diff
ferences Of a nation Kornilon and his
officers were powerless.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
kNOERzER PLANS TO
SEND AMBULANCE

Lieutenant Joseph a. Graham. cor
oner Of Lake county, may be in COM
naand of an ambulance corps before
leaving Hammond If the plans Of
George Knoerzer. superintendent of
the Champion Potato Machinery Co..
terminate successfully
It is Mr.. Knoerzer's tentative plan
TO organize q corps here to go with
Lieutenant Graham. The corps viii
consist of two drivers. one mechanic. a
doctor and one assistant besides the
lieutenant A Ford machine with a
regulation body large enough to carry
eight persons will be purchased. It
will cost about $1,000.
The lieutenant has not yet received
official notification to report for duty
but he expects 10 be called within the
next three months. If Mr. Knoerzer's
idea is carried through the ambulance
corps will leave when ne goes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
GRAND JURY
INDICTS RIOTERS

The eight men arrested on the
charge of riot in connection with the
disturbance at the Balkan hotel the
first of the week when the Serbian and
Montenegrin commission from France
were making patriotic speeches to in
duce foreign born Americans to enlist
in the war forces OF this country and
all who had not become citizens TO go
back to Serbia and enlist. were before
the grand jury at Crown Point yester-
day and were indicted on the charge Of
assault with intent to kill.
The case in the city court on the
charge OF riot will be heard this af-
ternoon. Meade & Royce are assistant
prosecutors and J. H Conroy will de-
fend.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
JIM WHANG SAYS
SHOW IS A BEAR

There's some scream of a show COM
ing to the Hammond Orpheum. Mon
day. sayeth affable Jim-James Mich
elstetter. boss of the new show house
yes Stree" he expostulated. I've
an act coming that viii knock EN- cold
It's a whang. Bet your life"
The act Jim Whang" refers TO is
Albert's polar bear act. Seven big
white honest to goodness" bears from
the north pole region--and the most
surprising thing about it ALL so jim
says. is that he helped to train them.
yet. Albert and I discovered the
mysterious mountain of Fabrication in
those polar regions. That's where we
caught Fable, his biggest bear After
we got through having her pull our
sleds we trained her She's a bear
Besides the 'bawrs" the Temple Trio.
Paul Eearl. a clever comedian, Burke
and Elso in The Sailor and the Tailor"
and Violet and Charles. an aerial act
complete one Of Yin whsng's" best
shows.
At Deluxe.
Mary Pickford is Charley's big hit
for next Monday. Tuesday and Wed
nesday. Charley is q brother or jim
and is as good at picking pictures as
his vaudevillian brother is choosing
acts.
Mary in "Rebecca Of sunnybrook
Farm" a six-act screening. is without
comment as Miss Pickford needs little
of that. 1t is one of the biggest sue
cesses that little lady ever participat-
ed in.
Following Mary comes another big
strike. George M. Conan in The Seven
Keys to Bald Pate" Thursday and Fri
day.
Manager Charles Michelstetter is ar
ranging for some of the biggest hits
screened to play here in the near fu-
ture.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15

NEW
INDUSTRIAL.
HIGH SCHOOL

Hammond's $3.50. 600 Industrial high
school is the last word in construction
and equipment.
Hundreds of people thronged the
great halls and class rooms last night
when the doors were thrown wide open
for public inspection Of the school
From all sides came unbounded praise
Each department. so complete in itself
drew much admiration from the citi-
zens
And the great school Is not yet fin
ished There are two wings. three
stories each. an auditorium seating
/ 200. a boys gymnasium and two
large swimming pools yet to be built.
The additions will probably cost nearly
$50 600.
= few OF the outstanding features
are:
Two dynamos to furnish electricity.
A complete vacuum system. No
brooms used.
Complete heating system.
Modern conveniences.
A $3.50 blue print machine in the
mechanical drawing department.
Brilliantly Illuminated halls and
rlass rooms-the drop-light effect.
-
rooms. vocational departments.
An automatic telephone system for
the building only.
The card index system perfected by
Miss Florence Burroughs, secretary to
Principal Frank McElroy. with his
aid was pointed out as one Of the most
ingenious methods used in the Amer
lean schools today. Location OF g stu
dent at any time during the day and
his standing now and for the past ten
years can be learned in but few sec
ouds.
The building. with its additions. will
handle the increasing number OF stu
dents for % years. IT is thought
Superintendent McDaniels and Prin-
cipal McElroy received many con-
sratulations for their part IN giving
Hammond an institution that IS on
par with any in the country.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
FAMOUS SURGEON
OPERATES; HERE

DR.. Frederick Mueller of Chicago
a famous surgeon. performed a diff
cult operation at St. Margaret's hos
pitaI yesterday.
Fourteen years ago this fall DR. Lor-
enz was brought to America from
Vienna to operate on the daughter of
Ogden Armour for congentiaI maIforn-
alton and DR.. Mueller vas the assistant
to the renowned European surgeon
brought with him. DR.. Mueller re-
mained in this country. Following the
Armour operation DR. Lorenz perform
ed a number of similar operations and
Dr. VIM. Weis Of Hammond was in at
tendance at them. He brought DR..
Mueller to Hammond yesterday for
the same character of operation which
was performed on a year-oId child.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
MORE AID FROM JAPAN
tBy United Press.)

WASHINGTON. Sept. 15.-Japan
viii divert as much tonnage as she
can spare to Atlantic routes. Arrange
ments for this new cooperation be-
tween Japan and the allies are being
completed by the state department and
formal announcement of the program
is expected within a few days.
Certain japanese shipyards will be
used for building British ships and
japanese merchantmen used for trans
porting supplies across the Pacific to
Russia
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
MOTHER ON POOR FARM
SENDS SON LAST DIME
He Is Found Dead With Her
Letter of Love Ills Only
Possession.

The greatness of mothers love for
her child was shown by a letter found
IN the pockets of Michael Brit. a hobo
who was found dead this morning be-
hind a shed near the corner Of State
street and Morton court. He had
dropped dead during the night.
Dear Mike" the letter read. "all
have is ten cents. Take it. I do hope
Nike, you will start to live a better
life" and with caressing words the let
ter from the mother who IS an inmate
OF the county poor fanm ended.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
BRITISH GRIP
TIGHTENING
Csy United Press cablegran.)

LONDON. Sept. 15.-British troops
forged a tighter grip on positions east
OF the westhoek in the Ypres sector
last night. Field Marshal Haig report
ed today.
Failure of a strong enemy attack
yesterday evening northeast of st. JUL
Ten against ground gained during the
day by the British was also reported.
The assaulting wave was caught un-
der a barrage fire and completely dis
persedl
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
THREE FLEE HOBART
JAIL THROUGH ROOF
One Prisoner Who Couldn t
Climb Left Behind in
Jail Delivery.

HOBART. IND. Sept. 15.-Three
auto bandits" escaped from the Ho-
bart Jail early this morning through
the roof. They were arrested with g
fourth bandit" yesterday afternoon by
Marshall Fred Rose. The fourth was
confined in a stronger coop and is still
there.
Marshall Rose picked up the four
men. thought to be Italians or Greeks
on suspicion. It was learned the two
automobiles in which they were riding
had been stolen from Toledo. Ohio
They were FIVE passenger Overland cars
and had been run less than 1000 miles
each.
The man in Jail will be charged with
grand larceny.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15

TO have declared war or not, is impot-
ent. a democracy which cannot ac-
cept its own decisions. made in accord
ance with its own laws. but must keen
on endlessly discussing the question
already decided. has failed in the fund
amental requirements of self-govern-
ment; and If the decision is to make
war the failure to exhibit capacity for
self-government by action will newt
ably result in the loss Of the right of
self-government.
But. after the decision in favor Of
war the country has ranged itself and
the only issue left for the individual
citizen is whether he is for or against
his country. From that time on argu-
ments against the war in which the
country is engaged are enemy argu-
ments. Their spirit is the spirit of re-
bellion against the government and
laws Of the United States.
The men who are speaking, and writ
ing and printing arguments against the
war now, and against everything that
is being done to carry on the war are
rendering more effective service to Ger
many than they could render in The
field. The purpose and effect of what
they are doing is so plain that it is i'm
possible to resist the conclusion that
the greater part of them are at heart
traitors to the United States and viii
fully seeking to bring about the tri-
umph of Germany and the humiliation
and defeat Of their own country.
The same principles apply to the de-
cisions Of numerous questions which
arise in carrying on the war. ANY at
tempt to discourage volunteering or to
oppose conscription is an attempt to
hinder and embarass the government
Of the United States in the conduct Of
the war and to help Germany bv pre-
venting our government from raising
armies to fight against her"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
BABE FALLS FROM
WAGON; IS KILLED
-Four Year Old Daughter of
Ridge Road Farmer
Meets Death.

Irieta Jansen. four-year-old daugh-
ter OF Bert Jansen, Ridge road farmer.
was killed last evening when she fell
underneath the wagon on which she
was riding with her parents. The rear
wheel passed over her skull. The
family was returning from the cab
bage patch.
The funeral will be held Monday
afternoon at o'clock from the resi-
dence. Burial will be made at Ross
cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
HOUSEHOLDS TO
GET COAL FIRST
(By United Press.l

WASHINGTON. Sept. 15.-"Luxury
industries" viii be forced to wait for
coal until households and necessary in
dustries are supplied under plans today
of the fuel administration.
Coal shortages are to be relieved and
production stimulated.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
(Rv United PrAaa.N

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-The navy
department hearing Of the reported
submarine attack off Nantucket talked
with the commandant Of the New York
naval district and instructed him to
board the British ship bringing the
news and get full particulars of the
British captains story.
The only information the depart
ment had was that the skipper had
told OF intercepting the message when
he arrived in port The department.
planned also to get in touch with the
Boston naval district.
There has been previous reports of
visits Of German submarines to this
side of the Atlantic since the trip of
the U-53 to Newport year ago. All
these reports. however have turned out
to be erroneous.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
GARY BRIDE OF TWO
MONTHS TAKES LIFE

Mrs. Margaret Baumgartner. 30 years
old, 429 Harrison street. Gary, the two
months bride of Paul Baumgartner.
died at a hospital yesterday following
her swallowing a bottle of poison. It is
stated that the young woman ended her
life because she was respondent. fear
ing consumption. The remains were
shipped to Wheeling. w. Va. for burial
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
WANT TO SELL YOUR
HOME?

We have nearly sold out our entire
list of good bargains. Properties are
now moving rapidly. If you want to
sell quick. list your property for sale
with the hustling agency of Frank ].
Wachewicz. Telephone 1917. cor. Oakley
and Plummer Avenues. Open evenings.
9-14-2t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15

PETROGRAD. Sept. 15.-A demo-
cratic republic at once as the solution
Of Russia's internal difficulties was de-
manded in a resolution approved today
by the local council of workmen and
soldiers. The vote was 279 70 1l5.
The formal proclamation announcing
this decision demanded immediate de-
livery of all landed proprietors proper
ty into the hands of peasants commit
tee, introduction of employees control
of all industrial production and dis
tribution. naturalization of all import
ant industries and ruthless taxation Of
capital with confiscation of war profits.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
CONSIDER
RECOVERY
DOUBTFUL
Physicians Administer Salt Sol.
utIOn TO Stimulate Weak
ening Heart
TINES BUREAU
AT STATE CAPITAL.

AT STATE CAPITAL.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Sept. 15.-GOv-
ernor Goodrich, who has been ill of
typhoid fever is sinking.
Physicians late today administered
BnIt solution to stimulate the gov
ernor's heart. His condition is bad
as could be. The cIrcuIatory trouble
means that the governors heart is
showing signs of weakening.
The governors physician in n state
ment today saids
"GOvernOr Goodrich is seriously I'll
and the final outcome will depend on
the absence of complications and his
Inherent power to resist the depicting
effects of the Infection. We can hardly
expect Sny great reduction in tempera-
fure or Improvement of his general
condition before the end of four or five
days. His temperature now varies from
IO2 2-1O to 1O3. His heart rate is from
So to 81 and his respiration from Is
to 20.1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
ROOT INDICTS GERMANY
AND FLAYS ALL PACIFISTS

Pacifsm was branded as traitorism
last evening by EIihu Root. former
secretary of state and Americas recent
representative to Russia, when he stir
red a crowd of 5000 protestors against
Bill Thompson to patriotic fervor at
the Chicago Coliseum last night
Among those in attendance from Ham
mond were Judge V. s. Reiter. Attorney
L. L. Bomberger. DR.. H. E. sharrer
and Harvey Gostlin.
Mr.. Roots address was a perfect in
dictment of Germany.
In defining the attitude of citizens
toward the conduct of the war and in
cidentally what constituted being a
traitor. Mr.. Root said:
THE declaration of war between the
United States and Germany completely
changed the relations of all the inhab-
itants of the country to the subject Of
peace and war.
Rights Have Changed.
Before the declaration everybody
had a right to discuss whether the
United States should carry on war
against Germany. But the question of
peace or war has now been decided by
the president and congress. not sud
denly or rashly. but advisedly. after a
long delay and discussion, and patience
under provoeation, after repeated dip
lomatic warnings to Germany known to
the whole country. When such a de-
cision has been made the duties-and
therefore the rights-of all the people
of the country Immediately change. 1t
becames their duty TO stop discussion
upon the question decided and to act.
to proceed Immediately to do everything
in their power to enable the govern
ment Of their country to succeed in the
war upon which the country has enter
ed.
"A nation which declares war and
goes on discussing whether II ought
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
PICNIC
AT COY'S PARK

The annual harvest picnic lis to be
held at Coy's park Sunday. II is one
of the last picnics OF the season. Prizes
will be given for the best pumpkins
and other farm products.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
RUSSIANS ADVANCE

PETROGRAD. Sept. Is. - Russian
troops continued on the offensive on
northern fronts today.
The war office announced occupancy
OF Kronberg. Many prisoners were TAX
en- and Russian advance posts we're
thrown forward two-thirds of mile.
The statement also announced oc-
cupancy Of Pelas, Keitzen and SisseraI
and an advance toward Lemberg.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
FIRE ON TROOP
TRAIN; -FOUR
SOLDIERS HIT
CEy United Press.)

STEUBENYILLE O.. Sept 15.-A
volley of shots was fred by unidentified
persons into a troop train as 1t passed
through Wingo Junction, 3 miles west
of here today. Four soldiers were
wounded. one seriously. The shooting
was under cover Of darkness. The
names of the soldiers injured were not
given out.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
BASE BALL

Hammond Ball Park Sun
day, Sept. 10th, Hammond
VS.. Galligans, 3 o'clock
sharp. s-l4-2
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
RUSS SAY
KORNILOFF
MUST DIE
Suicide or Laws Vengeance
Await Rebel Leader, Sen
timent in New Republic
Following Surrender of
His Troops.
BULLETIN.


Omitted Press Cablegram-)
PETROGRAD, Sept. 15.-GeneraI
KOrniIOff and his principal accompIices
have been arrested, the government
was Informed today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-15
THE WEATHER.

Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and
Sunday, moderate winds, mostly north
east.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-29

in default Of $4,000 bail. Others
also apprehended in Chicago and
held in default OF $4,000 bail were;
Richard Brazier OF Chicago.
Spokane and elsewhere, member OF
the general executive board Of the
T. w w.
George Andreychine Of Chicago.
Duluth and elsewhere, manager OF
the l. W. W. publicity bureau. Chi
cagO.
Ralph f. Chaplin, editor and
/ manager Of Solidarity"
vladimir Lossieff. Chicago
Bert Lorton. Chicago, manager
recruiting union.
Charles Rothfsher. editor a
Bergumas''. Chicago and Cleveland
Charles Plahm, Chicago and De-
troit.
Herbert Mailer. Seattle and Chi.
cago.
After the first automobile load.
had reached the federal building
more persons were taken into Gus
tody until approximately $50 had
been brought in 20 be questioned
Sixteen were taken in a second
descent on the I. w. ". headquar-
tiers.