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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

Alvin Eaton and Melville Brenner. of
Whiting. We're home from Great Lakes
Training Station. over sunday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

BENJAMIN r. Moss. Of Hammond. with
the 10Sth Engineers. has arrived over
there and IS IN good health.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

David Wells. GarE, with the Medical
Corps. at Camp Dodge base hospital.
Is here or a farlough and a visit 70
Mr. and Mrs. Powers II Monroe ST.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

Mrs - KeiIman. Dyer. received
a letter from her son Herbert. who
belongs % Company p. 132nd Infantry.
now in France. stating that he Is still
in good health and not yet within
hearing distance Of the German guns.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

Guy TIlton and Andrew Cutler. Low
eil' who are stationed AZ the camp at
Purdue, visited here yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

Mrs. Wilbur wilson. I127 Harrison
street. Hammond. received word today
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

OrIo AIyea Lowell, left yesterday
morning for Chicago. where ne has
enlisted in the marines.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16
Arthnr Henarickson. Mhitlnc- rho

TN hitinH' VINO
was called home from Fit Smelling.
MINI. by the serious illness OF his
mother. Mrs. John P. H-endrIckson.
has been granted a five day extension
Of line
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16
cInrcnce n. rehodo. Hnmmnnd. nf Az

Main Hospital, Great Lakes Naval
Training station. spent a forty hour
Liberty leave in Hammond visiting his
wife and parents at 2e0 Michigan ave
nue..
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16
Louis Reuter-. Hammond. Conn

Louis Reuter-, hammond,
3. First Prov. BIN. 156th Depot Brig.
Camp Jackson. s. G.. wants the Times
Ia see where his pals are. Here goes.
Louis.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

Free legal and business advice for al
men In the military service and their
tainliies Al home wherever they may
De soon VIII be available The war de-
pArtment has that a COM
piete system for the purpose n1 wis
0elHg worked out by the j~udge-advo-
eate-seneral ~ the army. the Ameri-
can Hea Cross. the council n national
defense and the American Bar Asso-
cation Men IN camps OF il the field
are advised by the division or camp
Judge advocate. where the problem
must be settled at the man home the
home service section of the Red Cross
Will handle ID, with the assistance Of
a local legal advisory organization.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

Alfred McFnrIIn. whiting. Company
s. 2nd mr.. Bn., 15s Depot Brig, Camp
sherman. Ohio. writes his people that
he likes the army work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

Kenneth sheets. Lowell. who Is sta
toned * Indianapolis. visited his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs william Sheets
here YESTERDAY.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16
WHERE T IR9
News Of Lake County Boys In Uncle Sans Service
w A<A DOING
HERE and OVER There

they were oil packed Up to leave for
france as soon as the order came.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

Edward Thiei and Eberhard Dewes.
ST John. have been called to service
and will leave July p.
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Larger Pald-Up Circulation Than Any TWO Other papers
In the Calumet Region.

II you have any trouble getting The Times make com
plant Immediately to the Circulation department
Tue Times VIII not be responsible for the return OF
any unsolicited articles or letters and Viii NOT notice aaoay-
nous communication. Short signed letters OF genera
interest prInted at discretion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16

Word hns been received that sergt.
L. n. Haley. Merrllyillo. Detachment
lloZ Aerial Replacement Squadron.
American ENpedltionary Force. France.
has arrived safely He says the wealth
et ~ ideal there. that the boys are
working hard. and that they expect
10 come back and tell Of some OF
their great experlencea.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-16
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IN
NAEMORTAM

Join the War Savers army.
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wEsT HAMnGoND.

JOSEPH s.. LIETZAN. West
Hammond. U. S. Field Artillery.
Killed IN action. France. April
FRANK 0IIOTKA. West Ham
mond. Z. S. Field Artillery: died
at Douglas. Ariz. Jan. II. 1918.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
HATIOH NAY BE DRY NEXT YEAR
Senate Agriculture Committee Agrees
to Amendment Prohibiting Liquor
Traffic After January 1.

Washington, July e.-LegisIatfon
providing for practically absolute pro-
hibitiOn during the war was reported
TO the Senate today after the agricul-
ture committee had agreed to drastic
changes in the Norris amendment to
the $11s000,OOO emergency agricuI-
turd appropriation bill by which the
sale of distilled spirits, beer and wine.
except for export, would be prohibit
ed after next January 1 and the manu-
faeture Of beer and wine stopped af-
ter November L
Consideration OF the uncontested
committee amendments TO the emer-
gency measure was resumed today
and dry leaders had hoped to reach
the prohibition amendment, but con
sideration Of the telegraph-telephone
resolution prevented
As originally proposed, the Norris
amendment would have prohibited the
sale Of distilled liquors and the manu-
factu1e of beer three months after the
agriculture bill became a law The
sale Of wine, however, would not
have been stopped.
Under the amendment as reported
today the removal Of distilled spirits
held in bond would be prohibited af-
ter January I, except under regula-
lions prescribed by the commissioner
Of internal revenue with the approval
Of the secretary Of the treasury. The
commissioner also would prescribe
regulations for the sale and distribu-
ton Of wine for sacramento, medici-
nal or other non-beveTage purposes.
The changes had been discussed for
a number Of days, so when the COM
mittee met today action was practical
~ by unanimous consent without q
record vote
By fixing a definite date after which
the sale would be prohibited Of all in
toxicating liquors, members Of the
committee believe that any charge Of
discrimination would be avoided.
They say wine growers would be en-
abled to dispose of this years crop
while brewers could make use of
their entire supply OF malt
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
HUN U-BOAT RAIDERS BACK
by Submarine Off Cape Henry
Had Valuable Cargo.

New York, July Herman sub
marine activities have been resumed
off the United States coast.
An American liner from Chile, ar
irving here today with eighty-five pas
sengers and a cargo Of $500 tons of
nitrate for munitions, was attacked
by a U-boat off Cape Henry Monday
night. TWO torpedoes were fired with
out warning, but both missed by a
narrow margin.
The attack took place about three
hundred and fifty miles off the coast.
Passengers believe the submarine had
warning Of the liners coming with its
valuable cargo and lay in wait for it.
The first torpedo sWished down the
side of the steamer. Benito Alvarez
OF Buffalo, N. Y, was one of those
who saw it.
Immediately thereafter an alarm
was given on the ship and passengers
were hurrying to the deck when, less
than minute later, a second torpedo
passed so close to the stern that it
barely cleared the propeller. The
submarine, however, was not seen.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
MAY BREAK THE SHIP RECORD
Twenty-Three Vessels Ready in One
Week Indicates Great Output
for the Year.

Washington, July 10.-CompIetion
of twenty-three ships of 122,771 dead
weight tons in the first week Of July
made a total Of 222 new vessels built
under the direction Of the shipping
board. This aggregate tonnage is
1,415,022. OF the new fleet 21S YES
less already are in actual service.
The July production is at the rate
Of more than 100000 tons for the re-
mainder OF the year and if this pace
is maintained the years output will
be close to 100000 lightweight tons
The first weeks total in July COM
prised fourteen requisitioned steel
vessels, with an aggregate tonnage Of
los, 271, and four wooden ships Of
1880 tons.
A total OF 124 wooden ships have
been launched to date. Twenty-four
steel ships have been built on con-
tract, the remainder being reQuisi-
toned vessels.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
HUNS OWN NEW YORK PAPER
Treasurer of New York Mail and Ex-
press Accused of Having Used
German Money.

New York, July 9.-Dr. Edward A.
RumeIy, vice-president and treasurer
of the Mail and Express Company,
publisher of the New York Evening
Mail, was arrested here tonight in the
office Of Attorney General Lewis,
charged with perjury in a report to
A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property Gus
todian The complaint against Doctor
Rumely charges that in making a re-
port to the alien property custodian
he failed to disclose his relation with
Count Won Bernstorff, German am
bassador to the United States, and
DR.. Heinrich F. Albert, commercial
attache of the German embassy.
The warrant was issued by a fed
eraI commissioner upon the complaint
OF Attorney General Lewis, who had
been conducting an investigation for
some time into the affairs Of the Mail.
The attorney general charged Rune
" purchased the stock of the Mail
and Express Company in June, 1917.
from Henry L. Stoddard, and that in
doing so he acted on behalf Of the
imperial German government.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
APEACEFUL DRIVE PLANNED
Business Men With Materials and
Armed Guard to Test Sentiment
Of the People.

Washington, July 10.-Entente gov
ernments, through their embassies in
Washington, are now fully advised Of
the views Of the Washington admin
istration as to the best means OF car
rying out President Wilson's pledge
to stand behind Russia" 1t is un-
derstoOd a project is taking shape
which, it is hoped, viii counteract
German influence and lead the people
to rehabilitate themselves without
exciting distrust of the unselfish mo-
tiVes which lie behind it.
The proposal to send American
business men to Russia to carry ma
terial aid to the people, with armed
guards TO insure the safety of the
personnel and supplies from German
aggression, has assumed a new phase
through the injection Of the idea to
make the commission and armed
guards international in composition.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

With the recovery Of four more
bodies, the death list OF the steamer
Columbia disaster was increased to
eighty-four. Possibly fifteen bodies
are still in the water. Three of the
last four bodies recovered were found
floating in the water.
-TuIsa's war-savings stamp bank at
Fourth and Main, said to be the hand
soonest institution Of the kind in the
West, will open for business in few
days All materials that went into
the building and the labor were do
mated.
Bruce Cameron, superintendent Of
transportation for the United Rail-
ways Company OF ST. Louis, has been
indicted on a charge OF second degree
burglary and larceny in connection
with the theft June Is OF petitions for
a referendum vote on the United
Railways franchise ordinance.
Twenty year sentences In the fed
eral prison at Fort LeaTenworth were
given to four conscientious directors
to army service by court-martiaI at
Camp Grant near Rockford, Ill, re-
Gently. All are from Chicago.
Secretary McAdoo, who went to
California several weeks ago, after an
attack Of throat trouble, advised Rail-
road Administration officials at Wash
ington that he has entirely regaine5
his health and has been making a tour
OF inspection OF railroad lines and
terminals on the Pacific coast
Lieutenant Sullivan and Mechanic
Doyle OF Barron Field. Fort Worth,
Tex, were burned to death near Ard
more, Okla. late the other afternoon
when their machine fell into a nose
spin while ascending
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
MANY DEAD IN RIVER DISASTER
Steamer Columbia, Crowded With tx
cursIonists, Turns Over in the
Illinois River Near Pekin.

Peoria, Ill, July S.-MouTnful, sob
bing mothers and fathers lowered
close to the edge of the slow moving
Illinois river at Wesley City all
through today until darkness made
their quest seem hopeless. They were
the real sufferers of a river disaster
the sinking of the excursion steamer
Columbia early Saturday morning
the biggest inland water tragedy since
the Inflated Eastland turned over in
the Chicago river three years ago.
After a day spent in collecting the
dead, many citizens of Pekin, excited
by the narrowing scenes, tonight
gathered in saloons and other places
and threatened to wreak vengeance
on any of the ships officers they
should find in any way at fault for
the sinking.
A heavy storm, accompanied by
high wind, broke tonight and fears
were expressed that the steamer
would break to pieces and release
bodies still in the wreckage, to be
swept downstream.
Precautionary measures against any
mob violence were taken by the po-
lice. Extra patrols were thrown about
the streets.
Bodies to the number Of three-score,
and these mostly women, girls and
children, have been taken from the
water near the iIl-fated ship, whose
superstructure is visible above the
surface only few feet from shore
There are many still to be sought,
maybe a hundred more, There is no
way to check. Besides the crew, it
is known there were 497 persons
aboard when the steamer left Pekin
Friday night for Al Fresco park, fiji
teen miles up the river. How many
escaped when the ship careened and
toppled over like a wounded animal,
will not be known for weeks. Every
morgue in Pekin and in Peoria is full,
and store rooms are being used in an
effort to identify bodies. Not more
than a score of them have been
claimed by relatives.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
BANDITS HOLD UP
The KATY LIMITED
Thirteen Masked Men Loot the
Express and Mail Cars of
Train Near PaOIa, KS.
THREE PERSONS WERE SHOT
TWO Employees of Road and a Woman
Shot by Robber-Posse Starts
in Pursuit.

Kansas City, July 11.-Three per
sons were shot and the mail and ex-
press cars looted about 1890 o'clock
last night when the southbound
Texas Special of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas Railroad was held up by
a gang of masked men at Koch, Kan,
a mile south of Paola, forty-seven
miles southwest of this city.
The train had just passed on to a
side track to permit passenger train
No. 26, northbound, to pass when the
train was boarded by thirteen armed
men who ordered the engine crew to
cut out the mail and express cars.
Early reports from the hoIdup say
that the gang ran the detached cars
about one mile north and then es-
capped in motor cars.
Wounded Taken to Hospital.
Mrs. L. D. Williams, a pas enger,
was shot through the right shoulder;
R. E. Carter of Parsons, Kan, fire
man, was shot in the left thigh, and
E. G. Witcher, train auditor, of Par
sons, Kan, was shot in his left ankle.
They were taken to hospital at Par
sons, Kan.
Word of the robbery was taken to
Paola by James Noakes of Kansas
City, conductor of the train. Sheriff
NJ. A. Stevenson of Osawatomie, with
a posse of deputies and special agents
Of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, i'm
mediately started for Koch, and are
said to be on the trail OF the bandits.
No Estimate of the Booty.
The train left Kansas City at 9:15
o'clock last night bound for Southern
Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas points
as far south as Galveston. The
Katy uses the Frisco tracks between
Kansas City and PaoIa and the hold
up took place just beyond the point
where it begins to use its own rails.
No estimate of the amount of booty
obtained by the bandits was obtain
able last night.
Conductor Noakes in his report to
the railroad company declared the
bandits were all masked and that the
affair was evidently carefully planned
in advance.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
SCORES DEAD IN
RAILROAD WRECK
Chattanooga & ST. Louis Trains
Collide HeadOn Near Nash
vile, tennessee.
INJURED FILL THE HOSPITALS
The Engineers and Firemen Of Both
Trains Are Victims-Fire
Followed the Crash.

Nashville, Tenn, July lot is now
believed that fully one hundred per-
SONS were killed in the wreck Of two
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
trains near here this morning.
Between twenty and twenty-five Of
the victims are white men and wo-
men. The others we're negro laborers.
In one car everyone was killed.
There are said to have been several
women passengers in this coach.
Their bodies are still in the wreck
Nashville hospitals are crowded
with the injured, who number more
than eighty. AS the engineers and
firemen Of both trains were killed,
the cause of the collision may never
be known. One Of the trains is said
to have disregarded orders.
Hundreds Aid in Rescue.
One OF the trains, which met head
on, was eastbound from Memphis and
st. Louis, while the other was from
Nashville to Memphis.
The railroad rushed relief trains to
the scene of the wreck, and in a short
time hundreds of men, including IN
injured passengers, were working to
rescue the victims.
Mrs John w Thomas, widow Of the
late John W. Thomas, president Of
the Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis Railway, arrived on the scene
as soon as the news of the wreck
reached her. She brought bandages
and worked heroicalIy with the in
jured. Many young women assisted
her in the work
Fire Followed the cresh.
Both engines, three baggage cars
and six passenger coaches were de-
mOlished by the impact of the COLI
sion. Fire starting from the boilers
consumed two coaches.
The passengers aboard the demol-
ished coaches included two hundred
negroes on the way from Memphis TO
this city to work in the powder plant
here.
Lieut. Don Long of the United
States Aviation Service is among the
injured. His body was badly crushed
Longs home is in this city. R. a.
Davis of Hickman, KY, suffered in
ternaI injuries.
Eighty-one persons had been taken
to hospitals here at noon. A number
Of these were only slightly injured.
The majority are negroes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
TO PERFECT A LABOR PLAN
Conference Called to Meet in ST. Louis
Soon to Consider the EN-
ployment Problem.

Little Rock, Ark, July 11.-GoT-
errors Of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennes-
see and Kentucky and representatives
Of the head labor office Of the United
States employment service have been
called to meet at St Louis July Is
and Is to thresh out details of the
government drastic labor program,
which becomes effective August I.
C. c. Kavanaugh, district superin-
tendent, announced here today after
August 1 every employer employing
one hundred or more men must get
his labor through the United States
employment service and every man
seeking employment will be required
to show discharge from his last en-
ployer. Standardized wages viii be
fixed by the government.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
COAL RATIONS FOR AMERICA
Allowance Will Be Sufficient for Com
fort, Fuel Commissioner Says
Punishment for VioIators.

Washington, July s-Rationing Of
coal to householders was announced
tonight by the Fuel Administration as
among plans designed to prevent
threatened shortage Of coal next
winter.
Each domestic consumer viii be
allowed only as much coal as is found
to be scientifically necessary to heat
his, house to SO degrees, provided
every conservation rule has been
obeyed. The allowance for each
householder, the announcement said,
will be sufficient for comfort
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25

This has been the hottest and driest
June on record N Kansas, according
to S. d. Flora of the state weather
bureau, Of any year except 1911, and
had an excessive amount of sunshine,
as shown by summary of the re-
ports of 127 weather bureau stations
covering daily conditions in every
county. The average temperature was
IL degrees higher than that of May
preceding and 6 degrees higher than
that of June a year ago. While no
new high temperature mark was set
the month was Il record breaker for
June on account of the unusual pre-
valence of temperatures of 100 de-
grees or higher, which occurred on
from ten to fifteen days in many To-
calities. The highest temperature
reported was III degrees at Chapman
on the twentieth and the lowest SO
degrees at ST. Francis and Brakeman
on the thirtieth. The average rain
fall over the eastern third of the
state was 1.59 inches; the middle
third 1876 inches; the western third,
O.97 inch, and for the entire state,
1.35 inches, which is sos inches be-
low normal
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25

Happenings of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
DRAWS A FINE DISTINCTION
Topeka Draft Board Decided Farming
by Proxy Not Sufficient Ex-
cuse for a Reaistrant.

A fine line of distinction was drawn
recently by the district appeal board
relative to two registrants and their
obligations for army service under
the draft regulations.
Albert Elon Medium of Chautau-
qua county owns 48O acres of farm
land, but does not farm it himself
He is a young man of more than ordi-
nary means, in fact wealthy, but he
handles a large number of cattle, buy
ing them in the spring and selling
them off of summer pasture. Despite
the fact that Medium is a stockman
and so contributes to the food product
of the country the district board rec
commended him for service on the
grounds that he could not in the strict
est sense of the word be c1assed as
either a man who raised or fed stock.
On the other hand, Guy Hatcher of
Emporia, in Lyon county, was grant
ed deferred classification because he
contributes a food product directly to
the market. Hatcher feeds from 200
to $50 hogs the year round upon gar
bage he has contracted for with the
city. He buys 25-pOund pigs and sells
when the hogs weigh around ESQ
pounds.
The members of the board admit
the line between the two cases is very
finely drawn, but strict Interpretation
OF the regulations convinces them that
the intention of the government to
fill the various quotas without inter
fering with the food production of the
communities warrants the ruling upon
the two cases.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25

Don VanWormer, slayer Of Martin
c. Moore, sheriff OF Morton county,
was denied the right to plead self de-
Tense by the Kansas supreme court
Vanwormer must serve life term in
the Kansas penitentiary for murder in
the first degree He is now at Lib
srty on a bond of $4,000.
VanWormer lived at Rolla, Morton
county, and IN an alteration with q
man named Perkins, a shotgun be-
longing to Vanwormer was dis
charged. Perkins was shot in the
face, but not seriously injured.
Sheriff Moore went to the VanWormer
home to make an arrest, but did not
have a warrant. Vanwormer refused
to go to Jail without a warrant and
the sheriff went to a justice Of the
peace and obtained warrant for Van
Wormer. When he returned to the
home, Vanwormer and the sheriff got
into a row and Vanwormer escaped
from the sheriff.
Moore went to his car and got re-
volver. Vanwormer ran into the
house and got his shotgun. AS the
sheriff stepped on the porch Van
wormer fired through the door.
In the trial Vanwormer made plea
of self-defense on the ground that he
had been arrested by a constable for
disturbing the peace and that the
sheriff had no right to take him away
from the constable The court held
resisting arrest could not be self-de-
Tense except in the case where the
officer used undue violence.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-25
CUT PRICE or COTTON GOODS
of From 20 to 80 Per Cent
in the Products.

Washington, July 9.-Prices for cot
ton products, showing reductions OF
from 20 to 80 per cent as compared
with quoted market prices were ap-
proved today by President Wilson.
The prices we're agreed upon at con-
ferences between the price fixing COM
mittee Of the War Industries Board
and a committee representing cotton
goods manufacturers.