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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
CASTLE TENTH
AVIATOR KILLED
IN j. 8. IN WEEK
Famous Dancer Who Became
Airman Dies at Fort
WOrth-RepOrt Enemy
Agents Active.
Irt.rnat.onaI News servIce:

International News Service:
FORT WORTH, Tex. Feb. ID
Vernon Castle, famous dancer and
member Of the Royal British Fly
ing corps. sacrificed his life today
while trying 10 avoid collision with
another machine at Benbrook field,
the government aviation camp.
Castle was making descent
with an American cadet who had
been placed under his instruction
When 40 feet from the ground it
became evident his machine would
collide with another which was just
i'm the act Of landing and Castle
quickly attempted a sharp turn.
technically known as the Immel-
man turn"
The aeroplane failed To respond
10 the emergency action and crashed
to the earth. killing Castle instantly.
His companion escaped injury
During the flight Castle occupied
the front seat of the machine used
for the demonstration instead of
the rear seat which is usually oc-
cupied by instructors and this is
believed 10 have interfered with his
handling of the control levers.
Recent deaths of aviators in
Texas and oklahoma camps gave
rise 10 the report that enemy spies
were at work i'm the vicinity OF the
camps. officials refused to comment
upon these rumors. stating that in
every case OF accident an investiga-
tion was made.
Was English Born.
Although known as Vernon Cas-
tie only on the stage the dancing
airman's" real name was Vernon
Castleblythe. He was born at Nor
vich. England. May .. 1887. lie
dtted himself for "a civil engineer,
but the footlights lured him and
ne began his stage career.
Castles first appearance OF note
was with Lew Fields i'm THE Girl
Behind the Counter In 1901
shortly after. he and his wife began
appearing i'm public as a dancine
team. They danced I'm the most
exclusive private homes. created
new steps that caught the fancy of
America and became national
celebrities.
When the war broke out Castle
Quit the STAGE which is said to have
brought him an income Of $4,000
week and enlisted i'm the Royal
British flying corps
other AviatOrs Killed
others aviators killed within the
past week are: Lieut. Peyton 9
March. jr. son of Mai. Gen. Peytor
a.. March chief Of STAFF of the
United States army az Fort Worth
Lieut.. Wray and Cadet Porter. al
HicksdeId near Fort Worth; J. T
Rogers and r.. B. Cooley az Mem
phis. Tenn; Lieut.. L. r. Plummer
az Lake Charles Ia. Lieut. Egher'
Mexican. at Jennings. la: Donald
w. Gleason. killed yesterday AT
Houston. Tex. and Lieut. Clifford y
Murray OF the royal HyiuE corps
killed yesterday at Fort Worth
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
MAY CONSCRIPT
SHIP BUILDERS
Attitude of Carpenters To-
ward Hurley Telegram
Will Decide Action.
InteraatIonaI News service !:

International News Service.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-Deter-
mination of the question of con-
scripting ship workers will depend
largely upon the effect Edward n.
Hurley's telegram to William L.
Hutcheson president of the car
penters' union, advising" the ship
strikers 10 90 back 20 work will
have on Hutcheson and his follow
ers.
shipping board officials are blam-
ing HutCheson as the leader of the
striking ship workers. for the acute
situation that has arisen on the eve
of the wage adjustment boards
findings IN the wage controversy.
Hutcheson is declared TO have de-
manded of Hurley a separate settle
ment for his men without regard to
a general adjustment of the entire
labor question affecting ship yards.
some Feel Confident.
Samuel GOmpers and other off,
cials of the American Federation Of
Labor are credited by the shipping
board with doing everything possi-
Bile to hold the carpenters in check
until the wage adjustment board
can make its report.
There was feeling today Of con-
ddence at the shipping board that
Chairman Hurley's telegram 20
HutcheSon might have the effect of
awakening the strikers TO a realiza-
tiou of their duty toward the SOL
diers already i'm France and those
whose transportation there depends
ON rapid completion of the shipping
program
Con~Cription IL Possible.
Despite this optimism the ship
ping board has no intention of al
lowing Hutcheson or his men to
tri1e with the government While
zone step at "A time" is the policy.
and the effect OF the Hurley tele-
gram will have is awaited with con-
ddence. drastic action Will be taken
unless the strikers Immediately re-
turn 90 work
This may take one of two forms
All ship yards may be taken over
hy the government and labor con-
scripted. or ship workers of the
draft age who have been placed in
the deferred classes may DE certified
for immediate service-and then be
put back at work in the ship yards
i'm uniform.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
BREAK RECORD IN
BUILDING WARSHIP
Type Formerly Built in 20
Months Now Nearly Fin
iShed in Four.
international News Service /:

WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-A rec
ord in warship construction was es-
tablished in the building Of the L..
s. s Taylor. the successful launching
of which at Mare Island yard was
announced by Sec'y of the Navy
Daniels today. The vessel. which is
of the latest destroyer type, was 66
per cent complete when she Slid
down the ways four months after
the laying Of her keel. Before the
war 20 months were required TO
build a destryer
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
MOURN LOSS OF son.

international News Service.
BLUFFTON. Ind, Feb. 15.-Mr
and Mrs. Thomas Brickley. who re-
side on a farm near here, today
mourned the death OF their son,
whose death from pneumonia IN
France was announced last night
BY the war department
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
MnIIn HTNk RnAn-

IUfrTUHtIHHuI NeVs ~rrVI".|
GARY. Ind Feb. 15.-The In
diana public service commission to-
day began hearings here iu the pc
fiuon of hcndh0lders 20 junk the
CARY Connectiu- Railway the inter-
urban line linking Gary and Wall
paraiso-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
DIES OF MENINGITIS.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. Feb IS -
capt. Milton J. Lchty IS wears
old. q physician. OF Cleveland. chief
Of the tuberculosis examining board
an Camp Zachary Taylor died today
OF spinal meningitis at the camp
hospital.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
BURNED TO DEATH.

international News Service
LOGANSPORT Ind, Feb. 15-
James St. Clair. 20 years old. was
burned 70 death early this morning
when his home took fire and burn
ed to the ground. The cause Of the
fire is unkr own.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
DEFICIENCY BILL
WILL PASS HOUSE
WITHOUT DELAY
Chairman Says Things NeCeS-
Sary Are Transportation,
Storage and Shipping.
international News Service:

lMLfIudlAoL14 news NtIFlGe-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Three
things are essential to enable the
United States to throw in the bal
ance the effort that will win the
war. Swagar Sherley, Of Kentucky,
chairman of the house appropria-
tions committee today told the
house. They are transportation.
storage and shipping, he said.
Sherley took the floor 20 deliver
his first speech as chairman of the
appropriations committee, present
ing TO the house the record break
ing billion dollar urgent deficiency
bill He spoke an hour and a half
explaining the bill in detail TO the
members of the house.
on the basis of the gigantic ap-
propriatiOns his committee was
asked TO make, he said, he could
have inaugurated an investigation
of practically every department of
the government. He did not under
take so sweeping an investigation,
ne explained. because the appropria-
tiOns asked for are urgently needed
and such a probe would have held
them up two or three months.
What Government Must Have.
Therefore / do not attempt to
attack or to defend the administra-
ton in its prosecution of the war, F"
Sherley said. Il come to tell you
only what the government must
have. From the survey my COM
mittee has made l am convinced
that our success in providing three
things will measure our success in
the war. Shipping we all know is
the first essential; transportation is
the second and storage is only a
little less important"
His committee had been asked
for no appropriations either for
transportation or shipping, Sherley
said, but it had been asked for
enormous sums for storage facilities
in this country All that had been
asked was given, he said. and he
hoped the house would not allow the
100000, 600 appropriation for this
purpose to be altered.
j he SloIdSt dppl obi 4dNAblAo Nhl
ried in the bill would provide facil-
tiles for storing all the war mater
ials this country is now producing
for 80 days at the seacoast and for
six months inland, Sherley eX-
I planned Had such facilities previ-
ously been provided there would
have been no necessity for DR. Gar
fields program Of "workless days"
nor would railroad traffic have been
congested to the degree il has, with
the resultant loss in efficiency.
Expect Action This Week.
Sherley said at the outset he had
+ hoped the bill could be passed by
/ Saturday night. There will be no
concerted opposition TO the measure
and when the debate began IL
seemed altogether likely that it
would be out of the way by the end
of the week. Some efforts are eX-
pected TO increase or decrease some
/ of the appropriations carried, but
I on the whole there will be more dis
cussion than amendment and the
bill will go TO the senate for action
7 practically as it was introduced in
the house.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
FAMILY ILL FROM COCOA

Intern lti0nal News Service
BLOOMINGTON. Ind. Feb. 15.-
Mrs. Ezra Ctterback and her two
children are III today from ground
glass in cocoa they purchased from
a huckster. Indiana university chem
lists are analyZing the cocoa.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
CHILDREN
MAY HAVE DIED
IN NUNNERY FIRE
Flames Sweep Through Mon
treaI Home, Where Wound
ed Were COnvaIeSCing.
International News Service:

International News Service:
MONTREAL, Que, Feb. 10.
-FOrty-one bodies Of the chill
dren who perished in the fire
which destroyed the Grey nun
merry here had been recovered
today and it is feared the death
toll will increase as the work
of searching the ruins con-
tinues. Latest estimates place
the number of victims still
missing as high as so.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
THE WEATHER

INDIANA - Fair and colder TO-
night. Saturday fair. continued cold.
LOWER MICHIGAN 49, Probably
snow fiurries tonight and Saturday
continued cold
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07
SPANISH INFLUENZA
CAUSES HER DEATH
Popular Young Whiting
Woman Victim of Epi-
demic Yesterday.

WHITING. IND, Oct. Spanish in
fuenza was the cause Of another sad
death in Whiting yesterday morning.
when it claimed Miss Sophia Wenger.
age "A years. who passed away at her
home in Davidson place.
Miss Wenger was an estimahle young
lady and was a graduate Of the Whiting
high school For the past seven years
she has been a vaiuable and trusted
employee in the Office Of Henry S. David
son and was elected an officer Of the
Whiting Savings & Loan Association.
being assistant secretary. h was at
her post Friday evening. but on Satur-
day was very i'll. On Sunday morning
she appeared to be resting very easily,
being asleep at 10 o'clock. Fifteen min
utes later the mother again went to
her dau ghter's bedside and found that
life was extinct.
Miss Wenger is survived by her moth
CT. Mrs. r. H. Wanger; her sister, Car
RE, who entered a convent several years
ago.: her sister. Miss Pauline Wenger, Of
whiting, n another sister. Mrs. Joseph
Krieger. Of Gary.
The funersl viii be held Wednesday
and will be in charge Of Undertaken
Owens. Services will b at the Sacred
Heart church on Wednesday At 9 a m.
Interment will be at st. Joseph's ceme-
terry, Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07
DEATH OF E. II. VOSS.
(CpmUunicated.1

The large circle OF Hammond and
Hegewisch friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward II. Voss were deeply grieved BY
the death of MIR. Voss who was in serv-
ice at Camp Grant. Rockford. ILL.,, and
died there Oct. 4 Friday evening, at S
p. m. Mrs. Voss was Miss Lilly Mag
danz or Hammond.
The young couple were married June
II. 1918, and made their home at Hege-
wisch with Mr.. Voss' parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Voss. 1870 Brandon
avenue. Mr.. Noss was the only child Of
his parents and was called to his
heavenly home above very young. at the
age of p years. 10 months and . days.
He was q young man Of sterling quail
ties. the highest of all a young christian
and lead an example Of a young life
time and was a very faithful member
of the Lutheran church at Hegewisch
where he was born and raised and edu-
Gated in the parochial grammar school
courses in the high school and a course
of art and penmanship.
Sept. 9th he answered the call of his
country for service at the camp where
he passed away. Obedient and sacrihc-
ing as in all walks of his life he serv-
ed four weeks to the day there The
parents are deeply grieved over the loss
of a very dutiful son. the young wife
Of a dearly loving husband, relatives of
a beloved member the community the
great promise Of q good citizen. He died
the death Of a brave soldier hero, alone,
away from ali loving ones.
Funeral arrangements are not com
pleted awaiting orders from the camp.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07
MILITARY
FUNERAL

The funeral of William Foster, 1891
Melville avenue. East Chicago. the col
cred soldier who died Of pneumonia fol-
lowing an attack of influenza at Camp
Custer. will be a public service attended
with military honors and will be held
tomorrow (Tuesday) at ten O'Clock in
h lobby Of the city hall.
The address will be given by Rev. J.
NJ. Howard, colored pastor at Indiana
Harhor. The body. which is in charge
of Undertaken Huber. will lie in state
in the city hall corridors from nine until
ten o'clock when the service Will begin.
Soldiers viii act as pail bearers and
the procession to Oak Hill cemetery,
Hammond. will be escorted by officers
from the department OF city police,
There will be a firing squad and a bug
lar in attendance.
A committee of citizens has charge OF
the preparations n they are extending
an invitation to the whole community,
irrespective Of race. color or creed. to
turn out to the service tomorrow morn
ing and do honor to one of our colored
men who thus has given his life on our
own soil to the upbuiiding Of our army
This committee consists of Abe OF
tenheinaer. John Tinsley. ]. Q. Sinclair
Frank Callahan and r. NJ. Royce.
The deceased has been in service only
about n month. He leaves q wife only,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07
GARY WGMAN'S
ASSAILAnT ARRESTED
John Sims Heldin Chicago.
Accused Of Crime Last
Summer.

a negro by the name Of John Sims.
who has been identified Is the assaiI-
ant of Mrs. William Davenport at East
Gary last summer, was captured Satur-
day and is now being held in Chicago.
The negro refuses to come TO Indiana
without extradition papers.
Last summer Mrs. Davenport at East
Gary was viciously attacked By a burly
negro who made his escape. Upon de-
seription of the negro given BY Mrs.
Davenport officers Of the law have been
working on the case ever since. Deputy
Sheriff Fred Stultz. through another
negro acquaintance of Sims. got a cley
on Mrs. Davenport's assaiIant. Sims
worked at the East Gary foundry and
Immediately after the assault left for
East Chicago where he obtained work
under an assumed name. After a few
days in East Chicago he went to Chicago
under his right name and wrote TO his
former landlady, a colored woman. liv-
ing at So West 18th avenue, Gary. stat
ing that he would never return to Gary
and that he wanted her to go to a Gary
cleaner and send TO his address in Chi
Gag two suits of clothes he had left
with the Gary cleaner. The woman con
hded in Sims negro friend who confded
in Sheriff Stultz who traced the address
of Sims in Chicago. the arrest being
made on Saturday.
Sims fights being brought to Indiana
without e~xtradition papers from the
governor of Illinois. Sheriff Stultz will
leave for indianapolis today to obtain
the governors warrant when he will go
to Springfield for extradition papers to
bring Sims to Indiana.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07

manned indoors. But yesterday Paris
sauntered out early and the churches of
all denominations were filled to over
flowing.
St. Gervais church. which was dam
aged by the shell from the long range
German gun on Coco Friday. has been
sufficiently repaired to permit it's doors
to be opened. and worshipers focked
thither to the shrine where once women
and children praying for Frances Hber-
alton were sacrificed. But if it was
prayers for the dead that were sung at
st. Gervais on Good Friday it was TIE
Deums and hosannas of victory that
Ahated TO the heavens yesterday.
As Paris emerged from the churches
it overlooked upon the cheerful bouIe-
wards or sought temporary abode In
cafes bathed in sunshine and every
where one heard no longer the familiar
and hopeful cry of I'VE shall get Them
but the satisfied and contented excIa-
nation: w have got them"
Unconditional surrender charaeterizes
the general comment. 1t is felt that
Germany and her allies have not gone
far enough for an armistice. and that.
although they have stated that they are
willing to talk peace on President viii
sons plans. they AVE not shown sub
mission. such as was forced upon Bull
garia.
Germany wishes to stop the war at
the moment she is going to be beaten.
and knows it," a Figaro. Let u
suppose the proposition is accepted. I'm
mediately In Germany there would be a
delirium Of JOY. The people are cleo
triiied and the kaiser has retaken them
into his hands. The humiliation of
having demanded peace would disap-
pear rapidly. He becomes the hero of
heroes. He has resisted a world coali-
ton"
we are on the road to victory says
LHomme Libre. w will not let them
stop US. An armistice is not possible
at the point at which we now are.
Macmillan of Baden's propositions for
peace are insufficient. We would not
be satisfied with autonomy for Alsace-
Lorraine. We want r%eparation for the
past and guarantees for the future
Macmillan is silent on these two i'm
portant points. The war continues
Germany is in despair. She begins tc
feel the anguish Of her defeat"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07
OHIOAN SPEAKS
BEFORE VI. C. 7. U
Grathwell Substitutes Bry-
all at State Gathering
at Richmond, Ind.

RICHMOND. IND. Oct. AT the
forty-hfth annual convention of the In
diana w. c. T I. yesterday. Samuel
GrathweIl of Cincinnati. associated with
the Ohio dry faction. delivered addresses
afternoon and evening. taking the place
of William Jennings Bryan, who was
unable to appear.
On the New Democracy Against
Kaiser Booze" Mr.. Grathwell said the
German atrocities and outrages can be
traced directly to beer. He cited the
famous statement Of Emperor William,
The nation that drinks the least beer
shall win the war" Saying that in
temperance of the Germans led to ex-
cesses and wanton crimes. War pro-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07
CHICAGO
CRUSADE
GOING ON

That Mayor Mccormack Of East Chi
caEo vas not playing to the galleries
when he advised the soft drink pro-
prietors that the sale of whiskey must
cease was in evidence again Saturday
night and Sunday when several raids
by Chief Williams and his officers re-
suited in the confscauon OF about fifty
SALONS Of the very booziest kind Of
booze.
The fun started Saturday evening and
after getting the goods on several men
operating in what were saloons a re
spite was taken unul Sunday morning
when suspicious were confirmed in prac-
tica1ly ever place visited.
The following men were placed under
arrest; Ignac Dzidowicz. Lithuanian.
50o1 Barring avenue; Frank S~tiglitz,
Croatian. sol Emlyn place; Joe Balta.
hungarian, 500 14Srd street; George
Szateika, Lithuanian. 4945 Barring ave
nue., Thomas L~estakaukas, Lithuanian.
4948 Barring avenue; Rad K-osanovich,
622 151st street; George Bloskey, 702
151st street kasimir Woznicki. 1852
Magoun avenue; Tony Kairis. 500S Bar
ing avenue; John Flora. 4749 Melville
avenue, and two Rounauians. who were
picked up at the Lake Shore station
with about a gallon apiece in their pos
session.
This is the third time hat Tony
Kairis has been arrested, the two previ-
Gus arrests resulting in a fine in each
case. He is now on bond to appear
before the federal court as a result of
prior Investigations.
John Flora Melville avenue, had over
$1,000 on his person when searched at
the East Chicago station. As Mayor
Mccormack said. however. What profit
teth a man if he maketh thousands of
dollars and ands in the penitentiary2'
City Judge Cohen will hear the above
cases as fast as he can get TO them on
the calendar.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07

number of cases being too small to be
so considered.
DR.. Hurry wished IT made plain that
the measure was taken wholly as a pre-
tentative against an epidemic. The raw
ages of the disease in other cities and
the manner in which it has swept
through Germany. Spain and other Eu-
ropean countries and through many
army units of those countries. The dis
ease was prevalent in Germany during
May. June and July.
Plenty of fresh air and sunlight. with
exercise, are the best p~reventives. &C
cording to Or. Hurry. He advocates
clearly surroundings and warns against
the use of brushes in busting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07

state health board offices to every coun-
ty health official in Indiana asking that
schools. churches. amusements of all
kinds and all public gathering places
be closed indefinitely.
DR.. Hale, in announcing the order.
said hi ii was taken as Il preventative
measure against an epidemic of infiu-
enza in the city such as has marked
many cities in the East. and in view OF
the fact that Surgeon General Blue. in
a Washington dispatch. recommended
such action wherever an epidemic
doomed.
AS the order will be in effect indeh-
nitely. notice will be given through the
press as to the date schools will be
resumed.
The theaters and moving picture
houses will close in compliance TO the
request.
Germs Readily Transmitted.
DR.. Hurry. in explaining the action Of
the board. said that the influenza germ
ia transmitted in crowds very readily.
School children and others are carriers
Of the germs. he said, although often
seemingly unaffected.
When asked concerning the length OF
the epidemic. Or. Hurry said that its
course was approximately six to eight
weeks. a recurrence in some cases being
noted. He would not say, however. that
the closing order would be IN effect for
any such length of time, as the city is
not in the clutches Of an epidemic, the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07
HANLON WINS o

George HanIon Won out again Satur-
day in the weekly shoot Of the Ham
mond Rife club after tying with Ed
Dibos and Fiala with 40 out Of q posi-
Bile so at zoo yards. Hanlon made AZ
on the shoot-of.
The scores: Hanlon, 40; FiaIa. 40.
Dibos, 40: Schultz. 90; VIM. Glute, SO;
~Sboczynski. 81: Myers. 55: Chas. Glute.
IS: Spurgeon. SO: ThieI. 80. Talzman. 81;
Dohson. 20: Friedley. 8.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07
STATION
FOR PENN. RY

The Pennsylvania Railroad Co, began
work in East Chicago his morning on
one or the finest freight stations that
the Calumet district affords.
1t Will be Commodious. conveniently
arranged. equipped with the necessary
offices and with modern filing equip
ment.
1t is to take the place Of the siruc-
ture that was located on Tod avenue
and that burned down a year ego. J. J.
Dresser, agent. says that 1T will be a
structure that the city as well as this
company will be proud of. More com
pIete details later.