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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-03

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Element Of the railroad pruhlen
nj this session Of congress viii b"
practically impossible. Leaders 81
both houses declared today.
They based the assertion upon "A
hurried survey 90 tho situation. fol.
lowing President Wilson's request In
his message that congress evolve a
plan OF railroad control which viii
eliminate evils that existed when the
government took the lines nH a war
measure.
Senators Smith South Carolina.
Underwood. Alabama, CummlnH.
Iowa. and Representatives Esch and
Sims. members OF the interstate com.
mcrco committee of the two houses.
ooncurred In this view.
They. and practically all other
members OF congress. agreed heartily
with the presidents assertion that
the roads cannot DO turned back un.
der pre- war conditions.
As 10 the degree OF modification.
the views ranged from complete gov
eminent ownership and operation 10
slight changes in existing laws.
No Plan In Mind
Senator Smith and Representative
Sims. chairmen 81 the two commit.
tees. stated they have no plan In
mind for attacking the problem.
which the president puts aauarcly up
20 congress.
Within a short time they VIII call
meetings % their committees 70 out.
line the specdlcst way % dealing
with the matter. In view q the pres
Ment'H iutimation that undue delay
By congress would lead him 10 turn
the railroads hack just aa be took
them
IL Ia my clear Impression that the
president intends. II there Is no lex,
lslstion In the near future. 90 restore
the roads 20 their owners" said sen.
ator Underwood 1T iH a physical
i-npossihiIity for there TO b. any beg
islation at tho present session. II
therefore Seems obvious that the
presidents attitude viii rrHHit in
throwing this problem mp
% the new congrcsa l.o 10.
publloana win contro
Urges Open Mind
Senator Cummlna who after
March I. succeeds senator Smith ar
chairman Of tho Interstate commerce.
committee. said congress should zap
preach the question with open minds.
ready 20 bear all that IL y bc said
and willing 10 view II from every
standpoint. and then decide without
fear. favor or prejudice. This DOES
not mean that members should dis.
card their convictions. but II dnea
mean that We must hold our Judg
ments subject 20 the change which
investigation. argument and reason
may require"
Cutu-nins urged Immediate opening
Of n pssinstikinE pruhc upon which 10
hasc action. Ho Is generally regard.
ed as favorable 90 public owncrahlp.
Representative Each. who. on
March Z. becomes chairman az the
house committee. said
The railroad probe should h.
made by tho Joint committee former.
~ headed by senator Sowlanda II,
Is the only body know Of which has
even made a start on an inveatig-a.
ton along the required lines. It's
life ends January 1. but u could D.
extended"
Esch Is member Of this commit
toe. which already has gathered more
than 1000 pages OF testimony regard.
Ing railroad operation.
4 do not believe hr said. that
the government should retain any
powers such as u now has. such "a OF.
dertng interchange Of service. distri.
button of equipment and re-routing
By shortest routes
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-03
WILD RUMORS STIR
SOLDIERS TO PANIC

have been train that was loaded
with food Tor soldiers at the front
In that case. within few days.
thousands OF troops AZ the front viii
be facing starvation and they too.
will start Tor home as best they can.
Railroad Systems Are nemoralifcd
Before long the railroad syatcms
are filled with stolen trains. SEIZED.
ules arc abandoned Train orders
sent hy station masters while the
rifles OF the fugitive soldiers are held
at their heads become worthless.
T'rainloads OF soldiers meet Some.
times thcrc are collisions in which
many are killed. At other times the
soldiers ON each train fight each 9th.
err for the right OF way. killing Vigor
ouSiy until ono trsdnload or tho 9th.
er wins. Then the losing train hacks
up to the nearest switch and lets tho
winner pass.
Station masters who refuse 20
send satisfactory orders, or who try
20 prevent groups OF soldiers from
selzing trains at stations. are killed
outright IL L. estimated that over
500 station masters were killed In
this fashion during the Russian rout
At each station the soldiers aught
and hustle for food
BEING penniless. they steal H.
\ panic grows IN each mans
mind. AZ he secs food getting scarccr
and scarcer and as the delays on
the railroads become greater.
Panic Conditions Spread Rapidly
81 want TO get home before |
starve and before my family
starves." l heard desperate men SAY
in the stations in Russia. Wlld ru.
mors. born OF panic. so about among
the disordercd millions
At last the ruut becomes giant
panic in which the men no longer
try TO stick together II becomes a
case OF each man for himself In
desperation. each man becomes a
sort OF highwayman. Carrying his
rife and plenty OF ammunition. he
seizes whatever he needs
Trains OF all sorts are covered
with men In uniform They break
tho windows to hang on 90 the
sashes. They ride on the couplcrs
and on the platforms and roofs.
At a certain tunnel entrance. near
Moscow. not train passed that did
not leave several dead men along
side the track desperate. home going
men who had been brushed Off the
car by the tunneiroof The under.
taker in tho little town nearby
made a small fortune By burytnF
them at government expense.
The mails practically stop. Let.
ters between the fleeing soldier and
his home cease altogether. The
home folks. in the villages and cities
fall into panic. The regular dis.
tribution % food By train c~ascs.
In Russia Il was stated that many
soldiers would not get to their
homes for years. some. never.
Dispatches from Germany Indicate
that many OF the German soldiers
are going home in this sort Of rout
Stories Of soldiers being brushed
from car roofs give n sidclight that
makes the German hegira look de
cidedly Russianesque.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
.BATTLER A GOOD
TRIAL HORSE FOR
JESS CONTENDER
Californian Must Have the
Goods if H Polishes Of
Crafty Ring Veteran,

NEW YORK. Aug. Ie.-Jack Demp-
sey is carded to meet good old Batting
Levinsky IN a six-round bout at Ebbets
Field tonight. when a big boxing show
for the benefit Of the knights OF Colum-
bus war fund is to taxa Ulace.
The encounter IS presumably includ-
ed in the announcement Of the show:
All guaranteed fights" That being
true. It ought to produce a real line on
the ability OF Dempsey. He claims the
short bout is his dish having trained
on the four-round affairs in California.
IF he can stop the Batter inside Of
six rounds he Will be doing something
no other fighter has been able TO Go. at
least. in recent years. Lebinsky IS not
as young as he used TO be. but If Demp-
sey can tip him over he will be comp
fishing something greater than stopping
the lantern-jawed Fulton.
Advertised As Plight"
Accepting the word Of The promoters
Of the show that II IS TO be a real bout.
i ought to be a good scrap. We hope
that after II is over we will not have to
listen 10 innuendoes that Dempsey held
Levinsky up; we hope. too. that unless
the announcement Is altered. il does
not turn out to be a hippodrome. If It
is to be purely an exhibition. they
should say so in advance and then no
one can have any kick afterward.
Any one Of the headline bouts an
bounced for the show would be suHi-
cient to carry IF the evenings enter
tainment If II IS a real contest. but ell
the thirteen or fourteen advertised
bouts put together will not Offset one
.hippodrome if the fight fans are coaxed
out under the pretext that they are go
ing to see the real thing.
Benny Leonard. for instance. IS an
I nounced to meet Harry Pierce in one
bout. II is 10 be hoped that the light
weight champion does not come on with
a Daniel O'Leary act, such as he pre-
scented with Willie Jackson at the last
Garden show.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
AT
CAMP A SHOW

CAMP GRANT. ILL. Aug. 16.-Ftve
~knockouts. a genuine grudge fight and a
wrestling bout featured the boxing card
last night in the huge open air arena at
Camp Grant. In the grudge fight Sergt.
Borenar Of the military police sent
Sergt. Halliday OF the same unit down
for the count of nine in the third round.
Private George Brando of the 161st de-
pot brigade was given the decision over
Private Saxo of the same unit after nine
minutes of wrestling. All the remain
ing boxing bouts were between n~ovices
of the 161st depot brigade. Results:
Private Adduce knocked out Private
Krummel. Private Stephina won over
Private Ben De Corah. Private Yerio
won over Private Lewis at 125 pounds.
Private Kay got a technical knockout
over Private Kai. Private Sadroskey
won a technical knockout over Private
Volt. Private Gore draw with Private
Beck. Private Manti knocked out Priv
ate Blexrud
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
CHICAGO
AFTER THE
VICTORY

As stated In wednesday nights
TIAfEs East Chicago and Hammond will
play thsir second game Of the series
next Sunday afternoon at the Hammond
ball park.
hat East Chicago is determined to
be returned the victor in this contest is
shown by the fact that they have sign
e a new catcher who has recently had
6 tryout with the Chicago Cubs. Ed
die" Hanley. who has been seen in Ham
mond before with the Roseland Eclipse.
IS the peppery little backstop that hAs
been slated 70 receive tho slants Of
Morgan in next Sundays battle. Han
ley was secured from Gary where he
has been catching good ball for the past
Jew weeks after he wound up his sea
son with the Chicago All Nation team
Of whom he was both the catcher and
manager. HanIey viii he remembered
by the Hammond fans as the liveliest
little backstop that ever caught g game
on P~e-duhn's diamond. When here last
with the Roseclipse he was the life OF
tho team. chuck full OF pep from start
to finish. East Chicago IS fortunate in
having procured q man Of his celibsr
for the rest Of the series.
As for tho balance Of the Twin City
club there are rumors ahost that Babin
viii play first base in place OF Schwenke
and a new man viii be seen in right
field. but as there is still some doubt
about this change il Is believed by
those on the inside that East Chicago
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
d TEAMS TO
BATTLE IN RING

BATTLE CREEK. MICH, Aug. IS
The 10th infantry. which has been sta
toned at Fort Sheridan. and the 10th
infantry. which has been at Fort BenJa-
min Harrison. are to meet In a competi-
tive boxing show as a feature Of q Camp
Custer day celebration at Liberty Park
a lake resort near here. on Saturday.
The affair is a benefit for the camp ath-
Ietic fund and in charge OF Floyd A.
Rowe. camp athletic director. Last
week the 40th defeated the 10th in a
boxing show at camp and the contests
resulted in such rivalry that another
card was decided upon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16

viii line up the same as last Sunday
with but one change and that Is Hanlcy
IN place of Brennan as the catcher.
The batting order followsi simon. 2b;
Davis. cfi Bloom. s.; schwenke. 1b;
Babin. IF: Thomas. 81, Potts, III Han
ley, c; Morgan. p.
Owing to the absence OF NIostil. who
has left to Join the Chicago White sox.
Hammond will have 10 d another man
to their inneld and the revised batting
order viii look as follows; Callan. If;
Walliser. %: O'Neil. rfi Nei-. Sb;
knight. SIS; Thompson. 1bi Rhode, CT;
hudson. c, Reynolds, p.
This IS without a doubt the best look
ing aggregation that Hammond has had
together ell season.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
TWO SOX TOLD To
GET JOBS SEPT.

BOSTON. MASS. Aug. .1s.-Arnold
(Chick) Gandil of the White Sox has
been instructed by his draft board 70
secure an essential occupation by Sep
TENDER l.
Memo Liebold has been given the
same orders. Their notices inform
them Aug 81 will be their final day of
grace for baseball. In Gandlls case,
the board evidently feared he might
want to indulge in a worlds series af-
ter the season closed. Considering the
standing Of the White Sox just now,
Chick VIII not rave to worry about the
worlds series.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
JACKIES' NINE
LOSES STARS

GREAT LAKES. ILL. Aug. Is-Man-
ager Phil Chouinard Of the Great Lakes
baseball team has lost two OF his star
players, George Halas and Paddy"
DriscolL Both have been forced 10 give
up activity upon the diamond because
OF the press Of duties in the officers
material school which they have enter
ed. HaIas was an athlete who hrst
geined fame on the University OF hi
nois football aggregation. while Drls-
coll made a name for himself on the
Northwestern university eleven and
nine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
L ASK
FOR WHITE

Fort Sheridan probably will be the
scene Of e big lightweight match on
Labor Day. The bout most desired by
Civilian Director o.. S. Gooch involves
Charlie White. boxing instructor at the
fort. and Sailor Friedman the ambitious
West slider. The Sailor is anxious TO
close, and 1t is claimed White has finally
decided TO take on his young rival. II
White balks on the proposition Gooch
will endeavor to sign Richie Mitchell of
the Great Lakes naval station for Fried
man.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
JACK VS.. JESS.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 1s-Parties
representing Jess Willard and Jack
Dempsey are here 70 close a six-round
match IN the open air for Labor Day
or some other early September date. 1t
is said the catch IS a practical certain
~ right now. OF course. It will be a no
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16

Better to have War Savings
Stamps in your safe than the blood
stained hands of the kaiser's
hordes at your throat.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16

Lin Yaw. a Chinaman of Indiana
Harbor. was sent to Federal jail for
selling ard distributing smoking opium.
Th.s was q result OF q raid by Chief
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16

On his last Trip to Hammond. Deputy
L. S. Marshal Wicker took three
prisoners to the federal Jail at Indianap-
oils. John Ganesh. a bartender from
over the State Line thought he could
Peddle whiskey in Gary. He tried to
bride the Gary policeman. giving him
$50. which the officer turned in at the
station. No Ganesh is in the L. S. jail
awaiting action Of the federal grand
jury in November. he being unable to
give $1,000 bond required by Commits
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16

decision affair. as verdicts are not per
mitted here. Part Of the receipts viii
60 TO some worthy wa- fund.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
Games Today.

Chicago at Boston
Detroit at Washington.
ST. Louis at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at New York.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
EOD G =
- -
0E4 GhD @r1 49, esq.,
A-s4ER1CAN LBAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Chicago. 6; Boston. g.
New York. s; Cleveland. ..
Washington. G; Detroit. ?.
st. Louis. 7; Philadelphia. :.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
COAST"
HE SAYS, THERE AT
THE r

Continued from page one.l
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16

Philadelphia at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
New York at Cincinnati.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16

EoEterAay's Results.
Cincinnati. s; New York. 5.
Pittsburgh, 3; Brooklyn. !.
No other games scheduled.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
Duplicates TWO DRAYMEN.

Piechocki also implicated two dray-
men of Indiana Harbor who brought him
the whiskey from West Hammond. and
they will both be arrested today by the
United States marshal on federal war
rants.
Piechocki was arraigned in the East
Chicago police court recently and dis
charged by Judge Cohen.
Now that Piechocki was protected
in the city court. he Will be more zig
~orously prosecuted In the federal court"
said Special Agent Green today. Now
that It seems to be impossible TO get
convictions in the East Chicago city
court. Chief Williams is assisting Spec
ial Agent Green Of the federal govern
ment and the defendants are being
bound over in short order by Commits
sioner Surprise. The files in the federal
building show that more than twenty
complete confessions have been made to
the special agent. signed and sworn TO
and II will be up to Judge Anderson Of
indianapolis to do the rest next Novem-
Der.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
GARY BARrENDER TAKEN.

williams of East Chicago and internal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
SOLD BOOZE as s1DEL1NE.

James Hutchinson and William O.
King tcolored) OF Gary were apprehend-
ed bringing a cart load Of whiskey from
South Chicago. King admitted owning
the jitney. paid a fine of $50 in the Gary
city court and then was held under bond
by federal authorities. Hutchinson
couldn't give bond and was taken to IN
dianapolis by the deputy marshal
Hutchinson owned a barber shop. but
admitted selling whiskey as a sideline.
He made a full confession to Special
Agent Green.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
cHrNK IN

laws against Importation of liquor into
Indiana.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
GARY PLAsTERER ARRESTED.

Steve Ardale and Leopold Fisher Of
South Bend were each held TO the grand
jury. Each signed a full confession Of
bringing a large quantity of liquor into
the state for South Bend thirty ones
and gave bond for appearance in federal
court. His wife is night maid at the
Oliver Hotel. South Bend.
Anton Chirko of Gary. a plasterer.
went to South Chicago with his little
Ford 70 bring some whiskey for himself
and friends. He paid a fine of $50 in
the Hammond city court and now awaits
the federal grand jury under $500 bond.
Anton made a full confession and said
sspe,-er again
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-16
HARRoR MAN NERvY.

Theodore Piechocki of 1914 Cedar st.
Indiana Harbor. went before the L. s.
district clerk at Hammond yesterday 90
take out his first papers. Theodore was
born in Russia. has a wife and five
children and for over seven years has
been running a saloon in Indiana Har-
Dor. Theodore arrived in the United
States in 1898 but has been too busy in
the saloon business to take time to get
his full papers.
Special Agent George w. Green hap
pened in" the clerks office and whep
he saw that Theodore gave his oconpa-
ton as a proprietor OF sole drink
place" put the proposed new citizen on
the green carpet. Within a few min
utes q partial confession was made and
later when Chief of Police Williams ar
rived from East Chicago. Piechocki
made a full confession before L. s.
Commissioner Surprise and was locked
up in the Hammond Jail while the chief
and Special Agent Green went to raid
the place, About 40 gallons of wh@key
were found in the basement and brought
to the Hammond federal building. There
rra-a f,-e hottIes on the counter
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16
lRr K MAITERN.


DUBLIN (by maiD, May 1.-THE
big sensation In the passive political
rebellion in Ireland came when the
clergy and bishop of the Catholic
church openly took sides with the
ti-conscript!onists. They had long
been doing so in private and some In
public, But now for the first time
the Irish Catholic church officially
committed itself to an arti govern
ment movement which brought 1t
into an unholy alliance with every
seditious element in Ireland. includ-
ing syndicalist (or !. w. W. labor
organizations, the churCh's most
open enemy in the fight for popular
influence.
1t is said that had IT not been for
this action of the bishops there
would have been a rebellion with
hloodshed three weeks ago. Ua-
doubtedly the association OF the
bishops with the movement did have
a restraining influence at the time;
but it has given enormous impetus
to movement that is deliberately
neutral and effectively pro German.
Individually and collectively the
clergy have lent themselves to the
purposes OF passive rebellion. They
have used the churches AS meeting
places for government propa-
ganda; they have used them as local
treasures for the rebel fund. Col
lections for this fund have been
taken in hundreds OF churches, J.
have seen farmers and farm workers
throw one-pound notes Give dol
lars) into the collection plate at the
door Of the church as II they were
pennies. At this church, in a little
agricultural town of l,40O people, the
sum of 81, 500 was collected on that
morning alone.
Long Time Uniting.
Many of the clergy had a long way
to travel before they could come
into line with Sim Fein. After the
rebellion of 1915 priestly comment
was sharply divided. There were
sympathizers with Sim Fein, but
there were also priests who publicly
called the Sim Fein leaders mur-
derers. Many OF these same priests
are now Sim Feiners themselves.
Three weeks ago there was every
indication that a general rising was
i'm minent Wild stories were being
circulated by rebel agents OF a con
templated blowing up of bridges,
cutting of telegraph wires. arrests OF
leaders and general preparations for
measures. The priests
were active in checking the spread
of those stories and from thai mo-
ment gave their energies to directing
the movement away from armed re-
hA1 la
ance. In this they have been ex-
traordinarily successful. to judge by
the practical preparations for pas
sive resistance which are being made
all over the country, including plans
for hiding and feeding the young
men and using the school children
as scouts, the latter after the prece-
dent set up by the organizers OF the
threatened Ulster revolt against the
governments home rule bill of 1914.
The following instructions issued
by a parish priest, typical OF the
parochial preparations to resist con
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16
HUNS HOUSE THEIR
PLANES UNDERGROUND
Camoufiagcd Hangers with Dummy
Camps Some Distance OFF Lat
est Move TO Fool Allied
Airlncn.


These are unhappy days for tho
German flying men, Not only are
they confronted by overwhelming
numbers when they take to the
higher attitudes. but even when rest
ing in their shelters many miles
from the battle front they are sub
tected to the attacks of enemy air
men.
Almost four years Of continuous
warfare has disclosed the fact that
the German is slow to put new
ideas into execution. SO il is not
surprising to hear that the German
aIrmen have resorted to the same
device as their brothers in the first
line trenches, namely, underground
shelters and hangers as protection
against hostile attacks. II is learned
from allied intelligence officers that
at many points on the western front
the enemy is husily engaged IN
building underground hangers and
quarters. And this. after all, Is
nothing more than carrying out their
programme on a far greater scale