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FTfWT" FIJI (warmerTfa i r J R Ai i nTcoolep) mm y u VOL. XIL, NO. 56. ""Delivered lfy" TIMES carriers,- 30crr month; on streets aad at xiewsitaads, So per copy; back mmlin 3c per copy. HAMMOND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917 AfLQ 1 CQ) Ii J u i. I FAIR CROWD EXCEED OPENING DAY RECORD - IJ Jl-L 11,4 iOJ TV TT DM1EIB z1!. f"",,UJik yTV j. ! I sistii SHOWER OF RAIN; TRACK IS FLOORED Crown Point In Gala Attire With Hundreds Pouring In By Trains end Autos BULLETIN. Tbe track tv flooded by a heavy ihowtr of rain thin afternoon, causing tbe racea to be called off for the day. (Special to Ths Times.) CROWN POINT, IND., Aug. 22. Thousands of people from all parts of Lake county today throng ed the grounds at the opening of the fifty-ninth annual fair. The first day's attendance will exceed 15,000 and for the three days offi cials estimate 50,000 will have entered the gates. The races started at 1:30 p. m. with sixteen horses .entered in the pacing events and eighteen in the trotting. The purses amounted to $300. Crown Point Is decorated from stem to stern and every train, interurban and automobile disgorges visitors to the fair. The restaurants and hotels do a land office business and the road to the grounds is streamed with automobiles from every nook and corner of Lake county. The Rice Shows are an added attrac tion at the fair this year. PXXZE3 AWABEED TODAY. There are two bands of music, the first led by Barney Young' and the sec ond furnished by the Rice Shows. The fair grounds are never without music. Vaudeville performances are held each evening. The hot dog man, the chap with the balloons, the cane rack fellow and the girls with confetti ere on the job same as usual or more so than usual. The agriculture building, the ladies department, the poultry and stock shows were places of great interest today as Judges were busy and prizes are to be awarded this evening. Thomas Grant of Lowell is president of the fair association; W. B. Stratton. Hobart. vice-president; Edward Black, Crown Point, treasurer: Fred Wheeler, Crown Point, secretary. The judge of stock is James B. Bar ney. Coldwater. Mich.; V. L. Handley. Lowell, is judge of art. and Charles Keeler of "Winimac, judge of poultry. The official starter of the races 13 J. A. Gavit. The judges of the finish is J. B. Peterson. Crown Point; James Ma lone. Valparaiso, and George Miller, Val paraiso. (Ey United Press.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. Answering the pope the United States and the al lies will declare that the only peace pos sible will be one with autocracy ban ished. That interpretation was placed by experts today upon a withering blast from Secretary of Commerce Redfield in a retort to a pacifist letter. It squared with utterances by Premier Lloyd George and Sir Robert Cecil In Eng land. Redfteld's letter was the first formal utterance on the subject of peace, by a cabinet member since the pope's peace proposals were received. It is presum ed that Redfield knows President Wil son's mind. In that case it would indi cate that the president will repeat even more strongly than heretofore his views on autocracy, ruthlessness and intrigue. Of the two opposing ideals of the world autocracy and democracy one must go down before the other. America will wage her war until dem ocracy is triumphant, Redfield declar ed. As these strong statements on Amer ica's position were issued the Japanese commission swept up Pennsylvania ave nue behind an exeprt of craclwAmertcan cavalry. The Japanases were greeted ' at the station by Secretary Lansing and other officials. The Viscount Ishii in a brief speech assxired Secretary Ianslng of the cordial feeling entertained by the Jap anese nation for America. Word was also received at the state department that Foreign Minister Montono in Tokio had informed the American charge that the reception accorded the commission in this country was a matter of "deepest gratification" to Japan. . i PEACE WITH OUT 11 VICTORY SPECIAL SESSION OF LEGISLATURE OFF TZMXS BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAI INDIANAPOLIS, IND.. Aug. 22 Governor Goodrich, through E. I. Lewis, chairman of the public service com mission, announced today there will not be a special session of the legislature as the president has fixed coal prices. In a long statement Issued just before noon the governor voiced emphatic ap proval of the president's action. Prices fixed for Indiana, he said, will encourage production rather than ham per it. "Indiana with the entire country ap proves without reservation the step that has been taken by the president in fix ing the price of coal," the governor's statement declared. LIGHT PRICE HEARING- STOPS TX3IXS BUREAU, AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS. IND. Aug 22. The president's action in fixing coal prices today suddenly stopped hearing on peti tions of electric light companies for permission to increase charges for service. ANTE ID L I Pork Chop, Potato, Ear of Corn, Tomato and Bean Is Royal Flush and Laid on Table Sweeps Stakes Clean, to Use Poker Terms. Sometime ago a story was rrlnted of a man who lived 30 days without eating. It went on to say he dieted thus every year. He certainly believed in prepared ness, for if prices keep soaring many will have to accomplish the remarkable feat, but not from choice. Horrors eggs are going to take an other leap skyward, so an Ohioian farm er says, and meats are growing scarcer. The poor housewife with hubby's pay check is in a dilemma. Friend Herbert Hoover, new food chancellor, is going to ballast prices, it is said, and the house wife is eagerly awaiting the time when she can stretch a dollar bill as she did a few years ago. Flour for instance has shot up to around $3.75 per 50 pound sack and a year ago the same sack sold for 2 and a bit before that the price was much lower, according to A. C. Milne, assist ant manager "of the Lion Store grocery P INDIANA CANAL PLAN Deep Waterway From Lake Erie to Lake Michigan Frowned On. TPIES' DIHEAl' AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Aug. 22. A dispatch from Washington says: "The United States board of engineers to day made an unfavorable report to the House on the feasibility of build ing a canal from Lake Erie to the southern end of Lake Michigan by way of Toledo and Fort Wayne. The report was made by a special board and comprises several hundred pages with numerous maps and illuftratlons. "The board did not consider at any length the proposal to build a ship canal, but did investigate in detail the feasibility of a barge canal. It was estimated by the board that a barge canal would cost approximately $135,000,000 with single locks, and would cost more than $2,000,000 a year for operation and maintenance. A double lock canal would cost about $143,000,000 and about $2,000,000 a year for maintenance." In its report the board said: "The board is of the opinion that the pro posed waterway could not offer rates that would be economically sound and at the same time sufficiently low to attract traffic. Also that the possible returns to the United States from water power developed would be so small as to have little weight in de termining the question of the advisa bility of constructing the waterway." SECOND DRAFT SET FOR Ji. 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. Ja-cry 1 has been tentatively -set for the second draft; the number of men to be cal led will be approximately ToO.nno. With an army of more than 1.200,000 assured, the government is devoting its entire attention to transporting the men already enrolled or drafted to France. The principal problems are being met with much success. CEDAR LAKE RESORT OMOSHOT DOWN Posse Scours Countryside Seeking Mysterious Stranger. (Special to The Timss.) CROWN" rOINT. IND.. Aug. 22. The electric pianos in the resorts that border Cedar Lake were stilled last night and groups formed around the bars to dis cuss the evening's sensation. Jimmy Leathers, proprietor of the "White City" resort and formerly of the Chicago cafes, had been shot twice in the abdo men following a Quarrel over a bet. Meantime Sheriff Barnes and a posse of men scoured the country, for miles in search of M. McConnell, a somewhat mysterious stranger who recently rent ed a cottage near the lake. McConnell, it is said, did the shooting. Leathers is in the Mercy hospital at Gary. His life is despaired of. McConnell and Leathers had quarreled in the latter's saloon and the former drawing a revolver shot twice, both bul lets taking effect, according to informa tion given the sheriff. The shooting took place at 9:45. NO department. "Prices are soaring, but business Is just as good as It was a few years ago." said the grocer. People must live and few are trying the famine experience. King potato has been dethroned for the time being but you can't tell Just how soon grasping food "thieves" will store 'em away age.in for the price to rise, and rise back to $1 a bushel. Xew potatoes are selling now at $1.80 and they're going down, some grocers say. Aa example. Tear ago. 2 mos. ago. Today. Potatoes, bu. $1 00 $4.00 $1.80 Navy beans, lb .12 .23 .21 Peas, lb. 12 .24 .11 Lettuce, lb. .10 .25 .11 Tomatoes, lb. .08 .18 .10 Sweet corn, lb .15 .45 .23 Cabbage, lb. .02 .17 .02 The above prices furnished by the grocery department of the Lion Store. COMMISSION REARS SURCHARGE PETITIONS TIMES' Bl'REAU AT STATE CAPITAL. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Aug. 22. Elec tric light companies of the state will finish today the presentation of their petitions to the Public Service Com mission for permission to place a sur charge on their rates to meet the in creased cost of operation. The peti tions heard yesterday were from the Rockport Water company, the Owens viile Light company and the Boonville Electric Light and Power company, all of which showed the commission that their coal bills had been enormously Increased because of the action of coal operators In boosting coal prices to the highest possible notch. Al though all of these towns are in the coal district, these companies say they have been compelled to pay greatly increased prices for coal. Even companies doing business on the Ohio river, where coal transporta tion charges are low, coal prices have been boosted. M. F. Tennis, general manager of the Madison Light and Railway com pany, said coal prices for his com pany had increased from $2. 15 a ton in July and August. 1916, to $4.50 in the same months this year. George W. Clark of the Oaktar.d City Light and Power company, said hi? coal prices increased from $1.25 to J2.40 a ton, and Oakland City is in the coal district. Today the petitions to be heard are those of the Martinsville Gas and Electric company, the Indiana Utilities company and the Wabash Valley Elec tric company. KOPELKE TO ADDRESS OLD SETTLERS' PICNIC Efforts are being made to make this year's annual "Old Settlers and Histori cal Society" outing at the Crown Point fair grounds, Aug. 29, the most memor able one of years. "Good fellowship" is the keynote. "Bring your basket luncheons and stay the day. Meet old friends and make new ones." read advance notices. Judge Kopelke of Crown Point will make the principal address. Other speeches will be made. The big picnic will open at ten o'clock. Wonderful relics of years ago will be exhibited. IT 111 FOOD IE JAPANESE MISSION rv5 2 T O .4 J titrrm The p::-h , ,.;. 'iky yi't y J,i MUNICIPAL DUMP TO GO, CITY COUJCLTIKES STAND Dave Boone Comes to Front With Reduction Plant for City Garbage as Solution of Unsanitary Methods ". , to Which East Siders Object. A reduction plant ior city garbae which would pay for Itself In four years, was the solution of the perplexing gar bage problem presented to the council last night by Councilman David E. Boone. Rsid-ats near Columbia park have for years resented the "terrible stench" arising from the city dumping grounds. "Something must be done immedi ately." demanded ' Alderman Williams. Mayor ' Smalley appointed a committee to investigate. Last night the first re port was given. Councilman Boone's suggestion will probably be carried through at the next council session, the third Tuesday in September. According to Attorney Boone it now costs the city nearly $14,000 annually to handle the city garbage. A new re duction plant would cost approximately $20,000 and the upkeep and the handling of the garbage "would be less than $3,000 yearly. It is Mr. Boone's plan to take the handling of the garbage away from the city. "I have a man in mind who will take complete charge of the plant and the gathering of the refuse on a ten-year contract. He will modify the garbage into commercial fertilizer and will reduce tin cans and other metals into commercial use. That will be his ONE NON-GDMBATANT SOLM ACCEPTED Hammond Board Accepts 14 More One Has Re ligious Scruples. Hammond's exemption board to date ths week has accepted fourteen young men for service in the new army out of sixty examined Monday, Tuesday and today. Of the fourteen, one will be sent into non-combatant service be cause of his religious scruples against taking up arms. He is Arthur Otto Klussmier, 21, of S4 Russell street, and he had fleeted to accept the gov ernment's offer to allow those having religious objections against fighting to work back of the lines. One married man with two children. Georpe Mangan of Hessvile, refused to accept his right to exemption. The following is the list of thirteen men accepted for service under arms: Paul Lang. 23, 171 Detroit St. Alonxo Jeffery. 23. N. T. C. Camp, Gibson. Walter Mueller. 22. Hessvllle. Ind. George Kereikes. 24. 120 Columbia Ave. Ernest Strickler. 2T, 165 Logan St. Her.ry Younkers. 27. 348 Hickory St. James F. Vanes, 23, Hessville. Jan-.es Grenvillon, 21, 28 Sibley St. Wm. G. Brougher. 30, State and Oakley. Raymond C. Johnson. 23. 94 State St. . Fred Mueller. 21. Hessville. George J. Mangan. 27, Hessville. Wm. F. Rodenhorst, 22, 511 Murray St. , The board of exemption desires to inform those called to the draft who ask exemption that the government no longer provides the affidavit blanks. They may be purchased across the street from the courthouse from Postlewalte. who has had them printed and sells at cost He refuses to make a profit out of the war. GETS REGAL WELCOME arriTal of the Japanese mission in San Francisco. recompense. At the end of the ten years the plant will h.ave paid for Itself long before and will practically be in just as good working condition," said the councilman. New Pumping- Station. The council authorized the board of public works to advertise for bids on oil. electricity and steam engines for a tem porary rumping station for the Calumet avenue sewer which is to be stationed near Michigan avenue. It will probably cost nearly $14,000. At present prop erty owners are remonstrating as their basements are frequently flooded, caus ed by stoppage of sewage in the big out let. Horses Qettltg Hungry. Funds for the maintenance of the city stables have run out. only $1.69 is left. The council appropriated $500 more for its upkeep. Appropriation was made of an addi tional $1,000 for miscellaneous city hall expenses and $1,500 additional for police expenses for the remainder of the year. Jcha Kane Acting Mayor. Councilman John Kane was selected as mayor pro tern in the absence of Mayor John D. Smalley. FRENCH ASK NO RESTRICTIONS (By United Presa.) WITH THE FRENCH ARMY AT VERDUN, Aug. 22. Fired with a zeal that made their charges irresistible. French soldiers, victors In France's greatest blow at Verdun, petitioned their commanders today for permission not to be limited to specified objec tives in their advances. They want to keep on going. In some places yes terday they could hardly restrain themselves from exceeding the limit of their stern orders. SENATE NEARS INCOME FIGHT (By United Tress.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. Sentiment in the senate today began leaning to ward higher income and war profit taxes. The struggle promised to be more spectacular and bitter than ariy recent parliamentary conflict. Those who believe wealth should pay a greater share than provided by the senate finance committee had Senator Chamberlain on their side today. A poll by opponents of the present bill indicated 36 senators favor higher taxes, 42 favor the committee bill and thirteen are doubtful. Senators from farm states favor Lafollettes higher reronue bill. ' "Oldest Employe" Dead. JOLIET. ILL., Aug. 22. George W. Biebcr, 79 years old, said to be the old est employe of the Michigan Central Railroad, died here yesterday. His uncle served on the staff of Napoleon. Hammond-Made Lenses No long waits for your new or broken lenses. We make all our own lenses. S. Silver. Jeweler and Manufacturing Optician, 177 State St., Hammond. Ind. 8-22-1 Ask Yourself How Serve Your Country? You Can OX ARRIVAL IN U. S. 11 KILLED LATEST 1 RAIDS (By trnited Press Cablegram.) LONDON, Aug. 22. Tea enemy aeroplanes raided England today, dropping bombs over Dover and Margate. Lord French, commander-in-chief of the Home Defense Forces, announced that two of the German flyers had been brought down. The raids occurred at 10:15 this morning. Margate and Dover are near the mouth of the Thames. The Humber River and Yorkshire where Lord French reported German airships is at least 165 miles north of the Thames. Hull, one of the great ship building centers in England, is a short distance up the Humber. Late this afternoon Lord French sum marized the casualties as follows: Margate None killed or injured. Dover1 Eleven killed; thirteen injur ed. ' Ramsgate None killed or injured. Hospital and a few houses damaged. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. The first formal uttetance from any member of the president's cabinet or other high official of the gov ernment since the Pope's peace proposal was received came today in a scathing denouncement of peace movements launched in this country. Secretary of Commerce Redfield declared there are two great op posing ideals in the world, the ideals of democracy and autocracy. Germany he styled as a desperado among the nations. President Wilson today turned his attention to framing a reply to the Pope. He probably will have at least the tentative draft ready tomorrow. (By TJtited Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Before the war ends it will be neces sary for the government to take 60 and possibly 80 per cent of war profits, Senator Lodge predicted in the senate today. He defended the revenue bill as it now stands. He also sounded a note that peace at the present time is impossible. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Japan received her first close-up glimpse today of America at war. For the first time since the opening of the world's conflict offi cial Japanese representatives other than regular ambassadors were ir a war capital for conference. The visit of the Ishii commission was believed to hold the greatest possibilities in the international situation. (By Unittd Press Cablegram.) PARIS. Aug. 22 Death of 0. H. Chadwick of Lowell, Mass., and Aviator Biddle, also an American, in recent fighting on the wtst front was confirmed today. Corporal Harold Willis of Boston, a member of the Lafayette flyers, was announced as a prisoner of war of-the Germans. (By United Press.) CHICAGO, Aug. 22. The price of retail coal dropped $1 to $1.5C here today with the announcement by President Wilson that the price of coal at the pit must be reduced. RAZE TOWNS . I RETREAT Victorious Advance of General Cadorna Continuss; fiiv er Runs Red. By JOHN II. II EAR LEY (United r're Staff Correspondent.) WITH THE ITALIAN ARMY IN THE FIELD, Aue. 22. Aus tria's terrible toll of casualties in the continuous Italian advance to day reached 35,000 in dead and wounded, according to headquar ter's estiraates. Italian troops have swept the enemy from the villages of Descla, Britof, Canale, Bomrez and Rosa. All were found smokinc heaps of ruins burned bv the Austria ns and shattered by artillery fire. The Italian poet and dramatist. Ga briel D'AnDunzio, was among a hun dred or more Italian aviate rs who co operated with the land troops in Italy's greatest offensive. bridge: the: river. Crossing of the Isonzo was iilmplifl ed for the Italians by a KUdden fog. The impenetrable curtain shut down before the night and the rtys of Aus trian search lights vainly sought to pierce it. Italian engineers threw bridges across in many places and over this the attacking forces pourod. Other regiments anxious to gret into the fight iiwam the stream, over- whelming" enemy patrols with their bayonets and grenades. The main, body of the Italian troops massed on the far bank li a bloody battle drore the Austrian! from a triple line of trenches. A s .eady artil lery fire shattered the eneny lines as the victorious troops pushed on. SIGHT IXTO DAY. Last night the Austrians desperate ly but vainly counter-attacked. The barrage on both sides lighted the night to day-time brilliance and threw shadows over the rocky lines. Holes in the granite literally mined out to afford protection were bla;k In this radiance of shot and thell while around all wierd shapes and shadows fought hand to hand. It was a night mare of sound and strange distorted figures in the un earthly light of the shells. TRAINING CAMP FOR ARMY BAKERS (Br United Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 22. Army bak eries for troops in training here are to be established at Gettysburg, Pa ; Washington, Syracuse, N. Y. ard Fort Ethen Allen, Vt., by the quartermaster's department. Captain John C. Pegram Is enlisting 1010 bakers. There will be a total of ten bakeries. Later big army bread factories will be placed along the American lines of communication in France. "&lSS5n55r&