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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13

EAST SIDE READY TO
WITHDRAW OBJECTION
AS Soon AS it Receives Off
ciaI Word AS to Gov
ernment's Plans.

East siders are not opposing
street ar line on Columbia avenue"
stated William Lynch. a member Of the
Eleventh Ward Improvement Associa-
ton" as soon as we are satisfied that
the government don't want the line
on Calumet avenue all opposition Will
cease"
This statement today i similar to
one made In the council earlier in the
week by Councilman Anderson OF the
Eleventh Wand
As yet the East slders have no Off
cial word from, the sovernmcnt regard
ing its plans AMI feel entitled to keep
the issue open as 20 tho Calumet ave-
nua Inc un.1 Uncle sa~l svcaks.
Having cunlpaigned fcr years for =
ear line On Calumet avenue to WI. IN
IT :ccls tat't1ed '7e East Side does
not 2t Cpose 70 run when s9meone says
"Boah"
T7s brn=l'rs has besn done by the
city council which refused to hold Up
the Mcmahon franchise odrinance
pending developments. Its hasty ac-
ton has been termed by some an ef-
f,rt to get DRY and make political
tiltber.
The public viii not be deceived how
ever. The fight on the street car com
pany was started by The Times years
ago and taken up by the John Smalley
administration Credit is due Smalley
and his city attorney John Gavit who
! filed the petition to the Public Service
Commission Of Indiana. The result OF
the hearing which the new city attor-
ney's law partner conducted can not
be construed into anything bordering
on victory
/ The action OF the government IN tax
ing a hand and ordering and financing
| improvements and extensions OF the
street car service was due 20 one
thing and one thing only-the activ-
/ tiles OF government ordnance officials
at the Standard Steel Car plant 1t
was the recommendation Of the ord
/ nance officers that secured govern
ment aid. with the assistance Of W. J.
+ WINERY andS Sother members OF the
/ Chamber Of Commerce housing COM
/ mittee- The only one IN the present
administration who has had any iniu-
ence IS Mayor Brown.
! When a government official or a
| government communication informs f.
| Siders that the government does not
want the street car line on Calumet
avenue nothing more will be heard
/ from that section Of the city for Calu-
met avenue boosters are for America
/ first and Calumet avenue second
/ The speech anent Holman street was
not made BY William Lynch but by
Albert Gehring at the Eleventh Ward
/ Improvement Association meeting on
Thursday night. The Times was in
+ formed TODAY
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13

HALL TO Be
HEATED
Donations Of Material Are
Asked by a Committee
Which Has Worked Hard
on the Proposition for
Two Months.

Chairman r. II. Nellie Of the Liberty
Hall heating committee has made an
extensive report To the directors of
Liberty Hall which was accepted by the
board and the work of the committee
thoroughly approved and its duties con-
tinued
Perhaps no committee in connection
with Hammond's most important war
function has been as laborious and nee
essary as the heating committee. he
cause unless the heating of the plant
is carried out. it Will be Impossible to
hold meetings there beginning next fall
and the stupendous work now being
carried on in the many Liberty Hall
offices-Red Cross Liberty Loan. Re
cruiting. Food Conservation. Boy Scouts.
American Alliance Liberty Guard. Sol
diers and Sailors Parents. Girl Scouts
and many other activities-would be
left in the cold.
Chairman Nellie reported 10 the board
that his committee had succeeded In
getting the school board to furnish the
heat If the plant was put in and it is
this plant which the heating committee
is now after. The steamhtters' union
has patrioticalIy offered its fine service
{ 10 put the ltdAA III III houES-
The following material is necessary:
Pipe f. in: 164 ft in: As
#. in; 500 it, 3 in. ESQ 1t. 2ls in:
412 f. in. 400 #. IL in: 200 #
in
Fittings-oO in. L; 90 IL in. I:
so ? in. +; S 4x1la in. T: Il 3x1is
n. T; 3x1la in.xx2 in. T. 4x1Isx
3 in. T; . 4x21ax x3 T; Ski T; 42ia
in.X1 in. T. l 6x4x4 in. IT; 6 in. l..
1 sx3x21a in. T: in. 45: 80 in.
nipples in. long RI; so Ilz in
/ nipples in long RI, in L.
2i3x2 in. l.; % xxi in. T; in. T:
/ 6N4x4 in. T.
Two 4 in. gate valves with compan-
| ion hanges; one 3 in. gate valve
with companion hanges: one in.
fange union: twenty-five 100 it.
! radiators: nine 50 f. radiators; 100
! f.. 1 in. pipe straps, 10 bags abestos
/ cement; material for ventilation. air
shaft 1900 ft. YP ceiling: - 2x4xI2
#; 10 bbls. Portland cement: yds.
/ torpedo sand; s yds crushed stone.
Now it is up to the manufacturers,
/ business men and people of Hammond
to contribute this material A. NJ
/ Turner and Tony Taper have already
I contributed radiators. All persons hav-
ing any Of the above material arc re-
! quested to notify the chairman OF the
/ committee Immediately.
I The plant must be put In soon.
| Now get busy.
/ 1t is a patriotic duty
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
PRISONER
CAPTURED IN
GENE Terry
ESPECIAL To THE TIMES.


CROWN POINT. IND, July 13.-War-
den Thomas Platt and Sheriff Barnes
had an exciting half hour at the jail
last night about s O'Clock when three
negroes tried to escape as Sheriff Barnes
and Warden Platt were in the office Of
the Jail talking over the arrest Of a
pickpocket George NIcKewen in Chicago
today. While the turnkey was taking
McKewen to a cell TO be locked up the
three negroes made their escape. War
den Platt caught two Of them. but the
third, VIII Harris. Of Indiana Harbor.
escaped. Sheriff Barnes followed in hot
pursuit and would have shot the fellow
but fearing 70 injure an old man who
was directly IN the path Of the negro,
who got as far as the cemetery when
he was captured by the sheriff The
negroes have been in jail but short
time and are desperate characters.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
HERTLING
PEACE BALLOON
IS USELESS

WAsHINGTON, July 13.-German
Chancellor Hertling's peace balloon is
useless at this time, American officials
declared today. Whether or not he is
serious N trying to draw a peace
offe. from the allies. his efforts are
vain. they declared. adding the allies
are determined TO press on to victory.
Some believe the austrian and German
internal situation IS growing worse
References TO Russia were evidently
intended as a sop to that nation. in
line with the German policy Of getting
control OF that country. 1t was re
called that Germany more than once
has preceded a military effort by q
peace offensive.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
HENRY MERz STATIONED
IN ROMANTIC OLD CASTLE
Moats, Battlements, Secret
Chambers and Under
ground Ways.

Recall the days when Knighthood was
In fower-the great castle and the vine
clad cottages Of the village nesting at
its side On the wings of fiction you
are carried over the moat and the
bleached bones of soldiers Of a rival
house who fell in the vain effort to
mount ladders under a rain Of steel
weapons hurled from the battlements
by the defenders.
Bushes in bloom shield the dents of
battering-rams at the foot of the
weather-bea walls.
Through the chained and heavy gates
you slip unobserved and down dark
barren halls into a great room where
the faint rays of light enter between
the iron bars Of an aperature on the
walls a great height above.
The Lord Of the Maneir is swash-
buckling back and forth and terrible
curses fall from his lips and echo
through the room.
BY the might Of my arm ye shall
become the bride OF the Duke of Bevo." "
he roars, swinging his sword above his
head.
The white-robed girl. her pale beauty
framed by the sunbeams falling from
the shaft overhead. presses back against
the long mahogany table
Mercy. father. Oh, may I die before
marry that old fossil love Jean the
Knight Of Lily"
You know the rest. The armored
knight and his black charger. the un-
derground entrance, the fight with the
guards. the perilous ride. the wedding
at the monastery. At the wayside inn
the raging Lord of the Maneir over
takes them The duel. over the body
Of her dying lover the bride Of an hour
falls sob5ing. The innkeeper wrings
his hands and cries out that such a
deed should be done to bring disrepute
upon the tavern From the fallen knight
the lord tears away the frantic daugh-
ter. Into the carriage he forces her.
shouting Tomorrow ye become the
bride Of the Duke of Bevot'
What kind OF a story is this. any
way You ask Wen. to explain, Henry
Merz. son of Mrs. L. Merz 80 Warren
street. has written home that he IS
stationed with field hospital outfit in
Just such 2 castle. one Of the Oldest in
France. There are underground passage
ways. secret chambers. great halls and
thirty-five rooms.
p. S.-The villainous Lord of the
Maneir was a Hun.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
FRENCH ADVANCE
IN ALBANIA

HUNTED PRESS CRBLEGRAsI
LONDON. July 13.-French forces in
Albania are now driving northward with
apparently the same speed that charac-
terized the Italian advance in the first
days Of the offensive.
The Italian reports show. have slack
ened their progress TO give the French
on their right a chance to advance their
line and maintain practically a straight
front from Lake Skumbi to the Adriatic
The Italians were aided in their ad-
vance BY comparative level terrain bord-
ering the seat while the French have
been forced to move forward over an
extremely mountain country.
Despite the -Austrians temporary
check in the center the French continue
their progress.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
Hey Ruoe."

Hey Ruoe.
IT, perchance. you should hear that
clarion call tonight at the carnival in
West Hammond stop not to await
events but set forth with haste and
ere you have passed the sand dunes
and entered the broad acres of LaPorte
county the sound of heavy canonading
will reach your ears.
Let 1t be known that Hey Rube'
in the jargon OF carnival rats IS a
synonym for murder. assassination.
mayhem and manslaughter-
RESPECTABLE As HI.
An old carnival man explained It
all TO a reporter as they moved with
the crowd through the grounds of the
show which the West Hammond city
council threatened 70 close yesterday
because Of gambling and indecent
dances. The lid was on last night and
the roll down" games closed while
the wild women" performed very
tamely indeed.
AS one Hammond fellow seeking ex-
citement remarked in disgust, This
show IS as respectable as H.
The reporter sought confirmation Of
the cid carnival mans statement that
tonight. the last OF the engagements
the Objectionable features would be
IN fun blast after nine or ten O'Clock.
LOADED FOR BEAR.
The girl shows are toned down to-
night" the reporter said to the young
man with blood-shot eyes, selling tick
cts to the Girl IN the Weu' and add
ed What Happened"
Haven't you seen the roasts IN the
newspaper? questioned the ticket sell
Ter. The cops made us cut it out
But come around tomorrow night. We
are going to put II on right then"
Kind OF wild evening. eh2'
"Ya. we expect lot of drunks too.
and we're prepared for them. All this
outfit Is from the west most of them
from Butte. and We carry guns. Were
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
CROP PROSPECTS
IN STATE GOOD

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, July 10
Prospects for record breaking crops in
Indiana this year are still good. despite
the frost which seriously damaged corn
and other plants in the northern part Of
the state, according to reports in the
hands Of the United States agricultural
experts here today
The oats and wheat harvesting has
progressed well. according to the re-
ports. the tail end of the season now
being mended in the northern part OF
the state. Reports from fields where
the threshing has been completed, show
an exceptionally heavy yield of wheat
That most farmers. whose fields were
hit by the frost are looking forward to
a good crop of soy beans. millett and
other substitutes was indicated
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
THE FRENCH IN
FRESH ADVANCE
LLNIrEp - CARLEeRAMl

TJNITED PRESS IABLEGRAMI
PARIS. July 13.-The French advanc-
cd more than a quarter Of a mile be-
tween the 0ise and Montdidier. the war
office announced today. Prisoners
we're taken in raids north Of the Avre
between the Oise and the Marine and
in the Champagne region on the
Plcardy front the French advanced a
mile and quarter on a front OF three
miles. capturing Castel. The advance
gives the French possession OF the
heights dominating the Avre river.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
Today In the
Great War
JULY 13, 1917.

JULY 13, 1917.
German Reichstag reported. on
strike. MichaeIis succeeds Beth
mann-Hollweg as chancellor.
JULY 13, 1916.
British officials announce that the
British assault, now progressing in
Picardy, is but the forerunner of a
great blow, and threaten TO keep up
an incesgant rain Of shells upon the
German Lines. British advance on
Somnae.
july Is, 1915.
Germans gain ground IN assault on
Souchez. Ru1nania on the brink of
war, IS offered important concessions
to join Germany or remain neutral
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
MIRBACH
ASSASSIN
+? EXECUTED
rBx UNITED PBEss.l

STOCKHOLM. July 13-M. AleXan-
drovitch. one Of the assassins of the
German ambassador. Mirbaeh, has been
executed according to reports today
1t is reported Germany VIII also de-
mand execution OF two social revolu-
tionaries. one a woman. Riotins is
reported in Petrograd which is also be-
ing swept by cholera.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
ADVANCE
IN ALBANIA
CONTINUES

UNITED PRESS IABLEGEAM.J
ROME. July l3.-The advance in Al
bania is continuing. semi -official
l. +atesnent today declares. The enemy
is making only sporadic rear-guard
resistance He has abandoned and fail
"A to dest~cp abundant war materials.
The population of Berat hailed our
troops as Hherators.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
GERMAN RAID BREAKS DOWN

TBY UNITED PRESS
WASHINGTON. July 13.-"In the
Chateau Thierrv region trench raid
attempted by the enemy Friday broke
down with losses under our fire." Cen
eral Pershing reported today
yesterday CThursday) our aviators
shot down hosul machine in the region
of Thiaucourt.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
PERSHING REPORTS
II CASUALTIES
- TNIrEp PREss. ]

WASHINGTON, July 13.-Seventy
one casualties were reported by Gen
eral Pershing today as follows:
Killed. IA; died of wounds. l; died
Of accident. ?; severely wounded. As;
missing. 6.
The marine casualty list totalled 33.
Killed in action. IL; died OF wounds,
), severely wounded. II.
B. T. Strain. Greensburg Ind. killed
and Sergt c. II. Horton. Macy. was
wounded
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
FURTHER NEWS OF
HINDENBURG DEATH

AlNit ~ mss "A i1-@t-N1tt A-sl
AMSTERDAM, July 13.-Rumors of
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg death
have been revived by Belgian newspa-
pers. one says the reported death was
the result of stroke following q stormy
interview with the Kaiser regarding the
offensive against Paris.
Field Marshal Non Hindenburg, ac-
cording to the Cologne Gazette wrote
the following to General Won Rocht
president of the Maumburg Fatherland.
Things are going well The arm
chair strategists must allow a breathing
space which is indispensable when bat
ties last eight days or more
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
THE LAST NOTICE.

All alien women who have regis
tered must go to the Hammond police
station at once and get their cards as it
IS past time to get them and all alien
females found not having the cards
will be arrested and interned until
after the war. this law viii be strictly
nforced
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
Z EXTRA
POLICE At
CARNIVAL
Chief Of Police Nliz Of W0Si
Hammond Prepares to
Enforce DeCenCy.
CHIEF NITZ TO
KEEP LID TIGHT

Chief OF Police Nitz CT West
Hammond stated today that twelve
special officers under his direction
will police the carnival tonight to
prevent a return Of gambling and
indecent dancing on getaway
night"
7 VIII have an officer IN avery
show" stated the chief
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
Won DINDY AGAIN
REPORTED DEAD
~ TNIrrn PREss.l

WASHINGTON. july lS--On the
heels OF the reports emenating from
Dutch sources yesterday that Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg was i'll. stock
tckers hers today circulated a rumor
that he is dead As the death OF Won
dindenburs has been repeatedly re
ported recently officials are skeptical.
Yesterdays reports OF Hindenburgs
illness said Ludendorf has assumed
command.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
BOOTLEGGERS
ARRESTED AT
LOWELL TODAY
tsrEc1AL To THE TIuEs.l

LOWELL. Ind July 13.-WIliam
Thompson OF South Bend and his
chauffeur. Harry Weaver. were arrest
ed this morning by Marshal E. z.
Duckworth for transporting liquor
from Kankakee. Ill. into Indiana.
Their destination was South Bend. In
the automobile We're found thirty five
gallons Of whiskey. The prisoners
were turned over to the sheriff al
Crown Point.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
1000 BoLsHEvIKI ARRESTED

UNITED PRESS CABLEGRAMI
COPENHAGEN, July 13.-Counter-
revolutionists. surrounded and captured
1000 Bolsheviki Red Guards who had
just arrived on the Murman coast. it
was learned here today. All were dis
armed and then allowed to return TO
Moscow
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
OPERATIONS ON
FLANDERS FRONT

TUNITED PRESS CABLEGRAM.1
LONDON. July IA special minor
operation by English and Australian
troops on the Flanders front resulted
in Capture OF s6 prisoners and a few
machine guns. The British casualties
were lighf
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
THEY WE'RE OUT
OF GASOLINE

TUNITED PRESS CABLEGRAMI
WITH THE AMERICANS July 10
Exhaustion Of their gasoline supply
and heavy winds are believed to have
forced the five American bombing
planes TO land in German territory.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
MANY TRUCKS
GO THROUGH

a string Of loaded army trucks two
miles long went through Hammond
early this morning headed East. there
being fully 200 cars in the train.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13
URGE ALLIES TO
HASTEN AID

TBT INITED PRESS
WASHINGTON. July 13.-Declaring
that the Moscow revolt has been sup
pressed by the Germans and that the
brave Czecko-Slova troops are seric-~
" menaced by the combined Bolshevik-
Teuton forces, Russian embassy Off
cials today pleaded for immediate action
by the allies in Russia.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13

Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick the
Hun
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-13

Continued on page hveJ
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-01
Jas Supply Held Up by
Freezing Pipes in Homes

Users of gas throughout the city
sere placed at considerable incon-
enience during yesterday and last
light through the freezing of the
Moisture in the gas pipes running into
heir homes. The first trouble of the
zature was reported Yesterday MORN
zng, when users oil gas found that
8 here was no fuel in their gas stoves
Ehen they began 10 cook midday
heals. Evening found a great many
ONES throughout the city lightless,
ue to the freezing of the moisture
4 the pipes.
Workmen sent ont by the gas COM
sany worked until late hours last
light opening up the pipes. In some
ases the trouble was in the pipes in
he house, in other cases in the pipes
eading from the mains to the cell
lrs. The trouble was general
throughout the city, and unusual
mounts of coal oil and candles were
Consumed throughout the evening.
The trouble usually manifested it.
elf by the complete cut off of the
as flow. In some cases the lights
continued to burn in utful flares and
s =plutters. Often the flow of gas re-
umed itself. thus letting off a sup
4 ly of unlightcd gas into occupied
ooms. Where quarter meters were
sed, gas consumers reported that
lore than one quarter was put in
E he meter by patrons who thought
heir gas supply had run out.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-01
DEBTNFIVE TIMES
GREATER THAN AT
STARTING OF WAR
Instability Only About One
Fourth That of England
or Germany
EXPENDITURES HEAVY Y
Army Demands to Be Met
With Great New APP
preparation

Washington, Jan. 1.-The United
States enters the, New Year with a
national net debt of s5,615, 900, 900,
more than five times greater than
when it entered the war nine months
ago, but only one-third of the debt
which promises to develop by the
first of next year. The debt per
capita is about $51 and the percent
age of debt to estimated national
wealth is 21a per cent.
The treasury financial summary
statement, issued to-day for the first
time since last June 80, shows that
actual disbursements during the first
half of the fiscal year have fallen far
below the estimates, particularly for
the military establishment. An enor-
nous prospective increase in War
Department expenses, for munitions
and materials contracts to be filled
in the spring. will raise the govern
ment outlays at that time, but off,
cials feel some doubt that ordinary
disbursements will reach the $12,-
316, 100000 estimated for the fiscal
year ending next June 80.
Each of these three principal de-
M rfr 1oC nd nnnfranfc
for which big expenditures will have
! to be made within the remaining half
of the fiscal year, however, and the
aggregate of these is the uncertain
clement which make it impossible to
determine at this time precisely how
many additional Liberty Bonds must
be issued between now and next
June so.
Great as the national debt seems
! to this country whose debt before
| the war was only little past the
! billion dollar mark, it is only about
| one-fourth that of either Great Bri-
| tain, France, Russia or Germany
! The debt of all of Americas cobelli-
| gerents is about $4,000, 100000 or
| IA per cent. of the estimated wealth
| of those nations. and the Teutonit
! allies debt is about $4,000, 600, ,00O
or 2S per cent. of their estimated
! wealth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-01
More Than a Billion Is
Needed to Meet Demands
of u. S. Army and Navy
By Associated Press

Washington, Jan. 1. - An urgent
deficiency appropriation of approxi-
mately $1,33S. 200, 900 for the Army.
Navy, food administration and other
government war work will be asked
of Congress soon after the holiday re-
cess.
The largest item will be one of
s1,27S,5OO.O0o for the Army, includ-
ing 100000. 900 for the quartermaster
corps for supplies; s45O.OOO,OOO for
ordnance. and s14O,OOO.OoO for engi-
necrs.
The Navy Department already has
asked for $4,000, 900 deficiency ap-
preparation.
Besides these deficiency appropria-
tions contemplated, the War Depart
ment already has asked 1,123,000,000
additional to the regular estimates
already submitted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-01
Road of Duty and
Patriotism Is Clear,
Says Lloyd-G George

London, Jan. Premier Lloyd
George. in his New Year message to
the nation, appeals to all at home to
do their utmost for the cause for
which the democracies of the world
are leagued together, especially by
practicing economy and saving
money to lend to. the government.
His message concludes:
ITO every civilian / would say that
your firing line is at the works or Of
flee in which you do your bit; the
shop or kitchen in which you spend
or save; the bank or post office,
where you buy your war bonds. To
reach that firing line and to become
an active combatant yourself there
are no communication trenches to
grope along, no barrage to face, no
horrors, no wounds.
THE road of duty and patriotism
is clear before you. Follow it and il
will lead ere long to safety for our
own people and victory for our
cause"