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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
LAKE Cd.
MOOSE At
RECEPTION

On Sunday afternoon June 2. twenty
lodges OF the Loyal Order OF Moose Of
Lake county and northern Indiana in
GLIDING Hammond lodge. L o. O. NJ.
will tender a public reception TO the
members OF the Moose war fund COM
mittee a. the Ashland boulevard au-
ditorium. Ashland and Van Buren,
street. Chicago
The Moose war fun committee has
recently returned from Europe where
they were directing the disposition Of
the Moose fund Of 100000 for tho es-
adjustment OF relief stations in
France.
A patriotic program Will be given
at the public reception. the principal
feature Of which viii be an address BY
ex-Congressman John y. Lentz Of Ohio,
entitled, "A Free Man. q Free Nation
and a Free World" Mr.. Lentz. who
was a member OF the committee. dsllv-
cred this address IN London just before
the committee sailed for home and Il
was acclaimed by the English press as
the greatest speech made by an Amer
lean during the period Of the war.
There will also be an address by d.
rector General James J. Davis, en-
titled. The War Through the optics
OF an American" Mr.. Davis will de-
scribe the experiences of the committee
in England. France and Italy and viii
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
WAR REVENUES.

The President appeal for increased taxation is
made on the ground that the revenues already provided
win not be sufficient to carry the Treasury through the
coming fiscal year. But so far. it Is interesting to note.
this country has already provided a fair proportion of
the means to carry on the war through taxation and in
creased revenues.
The amount raised in revenues and increased tax
alton, estimated to aggregate 100000 900 by June IS,
next, is approximately 256 per cent of the gross amount
that viii have to be raised for the prosecution of the war
since April, 1917, namely s15,6 0,000,O 900.
This percentage is the same in respect of Great
Britains wartime finances. Since August 1. 1914. Eng
land has raised by new revenue 7.225o00,00O pounds
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
RED CROSS
CAMPAIGN
JUNE ord

Owing TO the unexpected demand for
a large number of nurses. the enroll
ment campaign announced for Tune 10
will begin June ;. This announce
ment reached the Indiana State Council
OF Derense today from the LAX divis-
ion Of the American Red Cross. A fur
thor announcement game that "all plans
must be hsstened." In $50 of the 355
chapters OF the Lake division. active
campaigns Will be waged for enrolment
and for the listing Ct students for train
ing schools. County clerks IN Indiana.
with whom all registered nurses arc
listed. have been asked by Miss Mary NJ.
Roberts. director OF the bureau Of nurs-
ing at the Lake division headquarters.
o report all tabulated information in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01

She raised 5.3TS.o 100000 pounds through net borrowings.
To raise a quarter OF the war finances by means OF
increased revenues and taxation. as We have done. Is in
accordance with the sound principles enunciated by the
President and leading bankers when We entered the war.
It would seem, therefore. that the Government has no
cause for complaint But President ilson's appeal
for increased taxation is based upon the fact that the
sums to be raised for the prosecution of the war in the
future must. inevitably. be heavier than they have been
in the past. In other words, it viii require still larger
revenues TO maintain the same sound proportion as com
pared with the funds raised by borrowtng-Wsn St
Journal.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
cAssUS BELL.

IF Pa don't start a war I will said the clown
prince.
So daddie did
Old kings warred with kings over their mutual lady
friends.
Better. but still inadequate.
How foolish all these. while good war causes bios
som and go TO seed all about,
Who ever started a war over the guilty practice
Of sweeping out while one is gulping down his silverty
bacon and verithin coffee? over noisy inhalation of
food at the next table? Ever hear OF international
slaughter over hens in war gardens?
No, and never will as long as kings and capitols
have marble domes!
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
THE BATTLE 44Ffl EMPEROR
By Henry Wood

each attacked on a front Of one mile
usually with three regiments Of men
massed elbow to elbow. although in
some cases only two regiments were IN
the front line, with on regiment IN the
rear. Each division was sustained by
its own artillery. consisting of IL bat
teries Of field guns and six batteries OF
heavy artillery Of si0-millimeter cali
bre. Each regiment usually fought with
its three battalions placed one behind
the other. Each battalion had likewise
a massive depth formation. the a:[
wave consisting Of two companies with
six light machine-guns; the second wave
at 10 0yards behind being supported by
heavy machineguns, while the third
wave at 200 TO 900 yards in the rear.
was supported by MOUNTED trench NOR
tars. The mounted trench mortars were
apparently designed for lighting the
tanks. by shooting torpedoes directly
into them. The troops carried with
them six days provisions.
GERMAE LOSSES.
From the very moment of the attack,
the Germans sustained losses that obliE-
ed them to recognize in their official
communiGue Of March %. that our
losses have remained within the normal
limit. In certain places where particu-
larry violent combats have taken place.
our losses have been heavier" From
prisoners and other sources II has been
established. as examples OF the German
losses. that by March % the electives
Of the First division of the Prussian
Guard had been reduced to an average
OF 30 men per COMPANY. The 62d divi-
sion at that date had lost 500 men. The
45th Reserve division had lost 40 per
cent Of its electives, and the 5th divi-
sion so per cent. The 1st reserve divi-
sion of the Guard lost 30 officers. The
% battalion of tho 234th division was
completely annihilated at Boisleux-
Saint-Marc. The 1st battalion of the
140th division was reduced the first day
to "a men. IS underofficers and ; OIL
GERS. Similar figures have been official
~ established for scores of other units
engaged.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
THE TEST BEHIND THE
LINES.

The wornen of this country are
young yet IN gathering. EheY do not
know what tt means to have their
homes destroyed, their children est
or killed before thotz eyes, or driven
into slavery by the Germans. they
do not know how 1t feels 20 huad1e
In q cellar all night, expecting 3
bomb every moment TO fail en- the
buildtng over their heads They do
not have TO stand IN line long hours
In heat and In rata waiting zoK a
nleage ration Of food, and then
sometimes 70 hnd they have waited
In vain and go home empty handed
and hungry. Whether or not they
Will have to endure this depends up
on the manner IN which they use n
food supply now. Lloyd George eff
England IS responsible for the
statement and &c comes after foar
years Of war ezperte1cos "only as
per cent CT h anal victory Will be
due 70 the army and navy, brave and
wonderful as their feats may be.
TIE larger part VIII be due to n
courage, endurance and supreme
unseIfshness Of those behind h
lines"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01

tell OF MS trip over Paris and Verdun
in q French military aeroplane.
The student band OF Mooseheart. the
Moose educational institution near Ba-
tavis. Ill. will be brought to Chicago
for the reception and Will furnish the
musical umbers Of the program. There
will be no admission charge, The Ash
land boulevard auditorium seats five
thousand.
An invitation has been extended to
Governor Frank Lowden. who is a
member Of the order. 20 be chairman Of
the day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01

car People at station horrible. German Red
Cross refused TO give US anything. One woman
brought a glass of water and just about to hand
il over spat in it
(b) We'll dressed women. prominently in
these scenes OF brutality at stations Rows of
school children would be drawn UP chanting
choruses of abuse At Torgan a woman leaned
out of a railway first class carriage and spat
in an officers face. The German Red Cross was
particularly cruel. They showed food to starv-
ing prisoners observing, not for English swine
They brought food. soups and water to the depot
platforms and emptied it thereon to taunt the
Cc) The degradation of the Red Cross by
the German women was shameful"
Cd) The German transport drivers were
most insulting and frequently spat on US"
(eD At one station we asked two Red Cross
ladies' for a glass Of water. She laughed and
said: Not for English swinehunds'
IN When we asked for food Of Red Cross
workers we were spat at and our mugs knocked
out Of our hands"
20 The Red Cross women treated US Wiley.
They came to the train windows with coffee and
sandwiches to taunt the starving and then took
them away. at many places splitting at US"
(d) The German Red Cross took out the
German wounded and gave them every atten-
tention, but spat at US
GD They poured what was left of the drink
ing water on the platform without giving US
any"
% The women were venemous in prevent
ing our obtaining coffee. water"
tk) Red Cross women spat in the soup be-
fore offering it to us"
Cd AT intervals parties of Germans would
prod us with bayonets, spit on us and come into
the cars carrying out the vilest and most in
decent practices
(m) The conduct of the German Red Cross
was very bad, especially TO the British
(n) AT every station civilians abused US.
They spat on US and the women tried to scratch
US"
(o) The German Red Cross gave food to
the sentries but seorned to give US any
(p) We saw German Red Cross nurses. The
only thing I remember was that som of them
spat in our faces
C) got nothing but shameful treat
ment from the German Red Cross
t) None of our wounded were attended
by the German Red Cross"
(s) The German Red Cross nurses dressed
the French wounded but refused to dress the
wounds Of the English"
After reading these terrible anidavits and the u
intable particulars in many Of them people will a
avs be unable TO disassociate the German Red Gro.
Id German kultur from spit They will remember the
ntributions TO II with disgust
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01

Guiding the names. To the chapter
nursing committees Miss Roberts has
sent full campaign Instructions. the
dominant note OF which is. convince
the nurse employing public hat 1t must
spare eligible nurses 70 the Red Cross
which serves as a recruiting agency to
the army and navy nursing corps
The quota for the Lake division is
1900 nurses. The popular support Of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
Lake Cot1nty's
Roll of Honor
.zzwTYT6k NrmE

x~
~~
Lake CouEty's dead IN tns war
with Germany and Austr1%Hnn.
gRrys
ROBERT MARKLEY. Ham
nond Crowned off coast of New
Jersey. Nay %.
DENNIS HARMON. Indiana
Hareor; ptonaine poison. at Fort
C~glethrope. Chattanooga. Tenn.
June II.
JAMES MACKENZIE. Gary; XIII
he'd in sction in France While
lighting with the Ieth Scottish
Rifles: May 3. 1917.
KARL WBLSBY. Waiting; u.
6 I. Died at Fort Sam Houston
OF spinal meningitis. July %,
1917.
PRANK M,AELEY. Indiana
RaFborl killed. in France es Bat
Gie Of Lille. aug. Is.
ARTHUR BAsELEK- Ham
u1ond: died at lion Springs. Tex.
of SPINAL meningitis. August 90.
JOHN SAE&kOOhS. East Chr
Eagei killed III France. Sept 1s.
ARTHUR ROBERTSON. Gary.
killed In France, Oct 81.
LIEUT.. JAMES VAN Alta.
Gary killed at Vimy Ridge.
JAMES MAC KNIFE. Garyi
killed at Vilny Ridge.
DOLPH BIEDZTKI, East chi.
eago; killed in France, New. ~.
E BURTON HURDLEY. Gary;
killed In aviation accident a.
TaliafeEro fields, Everman. Tex
Dee. /. 1917.
HARRY CUTHBERT LONG.
Indiana HarbsrI killed in acct
dent at FIT. BlisA Texas. Dee. 10.
DERWOOD DICKINSON, Low
ell; died somewhere in France. of
pneumonia. Dec. Il.
EDWARD c. ROSTBADE. Ho-
bart; killed by explosion IN
France. Dec. %.
THOMAS V. RADCLIFFE,
Cary killed somewhere IN France.
Feb. "a.
FRED SCHMIDT. Crown POINT
died OF pneumonia in Brooklyn.
March 7. after being on a torpedo
ed
CORPORAL EDWARD II. SUI
LIVAN. Gary killed somewhere
in France. March s.
MICHAEL sTEPICH. whiting:
Camp Taylor: pneumonia. March
IA.
ROBERT AsPIE. Gary; Co. F.
Hist infantry; Camp Shelby ty-
phoid: March II.
CLIFFORD E. PETTY. enlisted
at Hammond. Jan. 8, in U. s. cav
airy. Died at Delrio. Tex. April
PAUL FULTON. Tolleston.
died in hospital. Maria. Texas.
April 6, 1918. Sergeant. machine
gun battalion. sth cavalry.
VICTOR SHOTLIFF. Gary.
killed at aviation camp. San An
tonic. April Is. 1918.
JOSEPH BECKHART. Gary.
died at an eastern cantonment;
week ending April 20. 1918.
LIEUT.. IRA B. KING, Cary;
reported killed in France. April
Fl. 1918.
NEWELL PEACHER. Gary;
Graves Registration Unit a04.
died in New Jersey. 1918.
Z. BIRCH HIGHBS. Gary. or
dnance department. died in Phil
adelphia. 1918.
WEST HAMMOND.
JOSEPH g.. LIETZAN. West
Hammond. L. S. Field Artillery.
Killed in action. France. April
q.
WOUNDED.
ROBERT M. BEATTY. Ham
mond. Trench mortar. Franco
Feb. 26.
r. A. SPARKS, Highland.
Trench mortar. France. Feb. 81.
HENRY BRAKEMAN, Hemmond;
9Th engineers. France. April I.
EUGENE NJ. FISHER. East
Chicago; severely wounded April
p, 1915. by shrapnel. while in e
trench in No Mans Land.
JOSEPH ADAMIC. Indiana
Harbor. Artillery. France. May
4.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
TIE GERMAN RED CROSS.

During the early years of the war an immense
amount OF money was sent from this country 10 the
German Red Cross. In the Calumet region, hundreds
Of Americans contributed at picnics and public gather
ings. collections were made and liberal was the response.
It was assumed by the contributors that the German
Red Cross was patterned along the lines of the noble
organization started by that gentle Englishwoman. Flor
ence Nightingale during the Crimean war.
This assumption by Americans seems to have been
%unfounded. The chief mission of the German Red Cross
according to ahidavits secured by this paper consists in
the splitting in the food and faces of English prisoners.
This paper is in receipt of copies of 76 afidavits
from the report OF the transport of British prisoners OF
war 10 Germany. verified and read IN parliament. They
are the most shocking and vilest tributes imaginable TO
the beastly Huns. Many of them are of course imprint
able in newspapers.
The following excerpts from exhibits are mild exam
pies Of German Red Cross Treatment given British
wounded and starving enroute at stations to German pris-
on camps. Remember that most OF these men had been
in these filthy trucks for days suffering the tortures of
the damned for food. water and treatment of their
wounds:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
REMEMBER wAAT WE SAID ABOUT TAEMa

Just what became Of all those yellow haired
young men and foolish young women who rushed to
Crown Point a year ago to get married before the draft
law became effective is best told in the following dis
patch from Chicago:
of those who married to dodge the draft have appeared
in the Court of Domestic Relations. Nearly all have
sent to the army"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
TN
MEMORTAM

the Red Cross as manifested by the
generous subscriptions to the second
war fund drive. IS expected TO reassert
itself in this drive for the number Of
nurses needed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
FORMATION OF GERMAN BATTLE
FRONT.

For the purpose OF producing an abso-
lutely Irresistible shock that would car
~ them through the enemy's lines and
permit them 10 engage in a big open.
decisive battle in the rear. the Germans
employed a density Of troops, not only
facing the enemy. but extending to a
degree OF depth rearwards never before
attained. Of the nifty divisions engaged.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01

INPATIENT.
We don't blame impatient" for being sick. The
coal situation is a fright. The [. s. coal administration
is deluging this desk with its publicity matter warning
people to get their coal in now. There are literally bush
els of this publicity in one shape and another. and this
paper believing it to be its bounden and solemn duty
to help the government has simply printed these Gar
field warnings as a matter of patriotism.
Coal dealers assure US that they can't get coal.
One of them has over a thousand orders for coal on his
books for at least twenty thousand tons of coal. show
Ing that consumers are needing the warnings and have
put in their orders but they can't get the coal in the
bins because there is practically no coal in the market.
Impatient must not blame this paper. It is not
in the coal business. We suggest that he send his pro
test TO Dr.. Garfield and put a few of his biting questions
to that functionary.
Don't blame the poor newspapers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
- - - - -
PUT BLAME WHERE 1T BELONGS.

Why do you keep eternaly Dining the
warning into our ears to buy coal now? You
make me sick. Don't you know that you can't
get coal? I have had an order in for hard coal
for two months and can't get it. Why don't you
lay OF that stuf2
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
ARTICLE ".
ARTILLERY PREPARATION.

So great was the Importance which
the Germans attached to the secret ar
rival OF their troops on the battle line.
that the artillery preparation which
lasted for a few hours. was begun at
4 80 o'clock on the morning Of March 81,
while the troops that were to be engag-
ed In the attack we're still on the march
towards the front. Following an ex-
trenely intense and violent artillery
preparation. including barrages I'm which
a large proportion OF gas shells was US
ed. dense concentrated fires on the
enemy's battery zone. and heavy fire on
all the routes leading up to the English
front and the zones In the rear. the first
progression Of infantry was made at
9:45 on the morning of March Il The
infantry leaped from the trenches IN
several successive waves. the first wave
being ordered to attain its objective
absolutely regardless Of loss. and with
out stopping TO wipe out machine-gun
nests or centers of resistance IN its rear.
As soon as the infantry was installed on
the objective assigned to II. II had orders
to open e barrage with m-achineguns n
rifles at q distance Of 1000 yards ahead.
with a degree of intensity calculated TO
paralyze the enemy and wipe out It's re-
serves. The second wave Of assault in
the meantime was to dash over the
heads of the first wave for the conquest
of the second objective. This method
was TO be continued indefinitely. the ad-
vancing troops being accompanied by
light artillery and mounted trench NOR
@a~z
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-01
Larger Paid-Jp Circulation Than Any TWO Other Papers
In the Calumet Region.

II You have any trouble eating The Times make com
plant Immediately to the circulation department..
The Times VIII not be responsible for the return OF
any unsolicited articles or letters and viii ut notice anony-
nous commune tons. Short signed letters Of general
interest printed 1t discretion.
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

Members OF the District OF colum-
oia Committe on the Third Liberty
Loan today are working with a mass
OF figures In an endeavor to tabulate
approximate totals of subscriptions
made by WashinEtonians during the
first week OF the big drive. Optimistic
sentiment as to the success OF the
loan here Is voiced y,those in charge.
There were 92.500 purchasers In the
second loan. With the population In
creased about 10000 since that time.
John Poole and other committee mem
bers hope to obtain 125.OOO subscrib-
ers this time. and double its quota
Gypsy Smith. the famous evanEel-
ist. will speak for the loan tomorrow
snd Tuesday nights at the Billy Sun
day Tabernacle, Champ Clark, Speak
er OF the House. and Rev. Charles
Wood. Church OF the Covenant, pre-
siding.
DR.. Frank W. GunsauIu.. Conxrs-
gational!st orator from Chicago, will
lead a meeting tomorrow evening al
First Congregational Church. In the
Central High School auditorium, Jus
tice Mccoy. District Supreme Court,
will preside over a gathering OF fac
nlty. alumni. and students OF District
institutions backing the
loan.
The Washington times., 1918-04-14
BECAME BURGLAR
TOAVENGE J|LT|NG,
SAYSC. H. CURREN

That IN . spirit OF revenge he re-
sorted to robbery because he had
been Tilted by his flancee. whose af-
fections he asserts were alienated by
another, was the novel excuse given
today to Headquarters Detectives
o'Brien and Mullen by Crawford H.
Curren, twenty-seven years old. en-
ployed in the yards OF the Washing
ton Terminal Company.
Currsn was arrested last night on
charges OF housebreaktng and theft.
He IS alleged to have stolen s35 and
jewelry belonging to orin Heflin. q
street car conductor. and from the
young woman with whom he was In
love. who both have lodgings at the
boarding house OF Owen Groves. 2S04
Fourteenth street northwest
Until recently, when he was Tilted,
Curren said. he lived at the Four
teenth street house. On the night the
theft occurred, occupants OF the
house found gas flowing from several
brackets in the halls. Curren. how
ever. denies turning on the gas.
He will have . hearing In Police
Court tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

RISE TODEMANDS

/ LONDON, April Like electric current Haig's
flight the as flashed through the ranks of the weary
out-numbered British army Flanders at moment when
its fate and the fate of the allied hung upon thread
Galvanized by new, undreamed of strength battered
and bodies these Btishers four days
and four nights in continuous battle against crushing Odds
rose to the demand of the hour.
''There must be retirement their chief had ordered
They went him better Far from retiring they leaped
toward inspired by that supehumar force and snatched
valuable slices of lost ground back from the foe.
All along that crucial 'front.' between La Bassee canal
to south of Ypres their resistance stened stifening
STILL and the spirit of the aggressive high today-the
Poius coming
Not that the crisis The situation still is precari
The foe with demoniacal fury is pushing his super
drive tooth and nail Now never is the -gritting
Letmotf of his every onslaught-the auto stimulus of
his every
The Washington times., 1918-04-14
PYNEST INCUBA
IS BEING BROKENUP
BY SECRET SERVICE

The German espionage headquar-
ters for this hemisphere has been
definitely located by the Emitted
States Secret Service In Havana The
principal agents operating from 1t
are Latins directed by Germans
Several leaders are under BurveIl-
lance and Cuban government off,
cials. working with American Secret
Service agents. are about to put an
end TO the usefulness OF the Havana
location. Key West, Tampa, and
New York have been principal oper-
ating points OF Latin spies.
The Lansing exposure OF German
Swedish Intrigue in Mexico was the
death knell OF German espionage In
that country. A new base vas found
necessary. A letter that fell into the
hands OF the Secret Service from a
La in in New York ami directed to a
house IN Havana. con-
tained a code message, as follows:
United States has established
transport sailing point at - =" CIV
Ing the name OF an embarkation port.
Several New York ard Havana
agents are in custody. The malls
were the principal medium OF :om-
between the States and
Havana. The information was for
warded to Spain and then wIrelesse6
to Berlin.