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SHU c 0 Y WARMER rvmai WEATHER 1 Deliverea-W TIMES carrier. 300 pet month; on streets and at newsstands, te per copy; tack numbers So per copy. VOL. XII., NO. 128. HAMMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, NO Y EMBER 19 1: EI Lro o AMERICAN ENGINEERS DOING RIG WORK ON WESTERN FRONT 1 ill Pi (?fi FF) sn If? R""4 mj-4 NIl- CuA Ljl Lai ! Neighboring Counties Fail to Raise Minimum Quota in 2nd Liberty Loan Lake County Oversub scribes Two and One-half Times. THANKS THE TIMES. Treasury Department, Washing-ton, Nov, 17, 1917. THE TIMES, Hammond, lad. On behalf cf the Woman1 liberty Loan Committee I -want to extend to you our heartfelt thanks and ap preciation for tha splendid coop- a clon rou grave cs In obtaining1 nation-wide publicity during" the Liberty Loan campaign Just closed. Toura very truly. MBS. WSI. Q. M'ADOO, Chairman Woman- I.'.bert7 Loan Committee. T',;e masnificent showing made by !.s count; :n the second Liberty l.onu 'S a testimonial to the superb or frmzaaon that patriotism of the fo V'e ?s a whole.. Lake county bought i,-ar;y one-tenth cf the state's mmi :vum Hiiota. It oversubcribe.l that cj a two and a half times. When Si. '.toe. .-our.'.y with tlif? great city of 5-outh I'.end didn't even raise its mint mam quota: when Torter and Jasper, c.;r neighboring counties, fell below the mark, it is seen that Lake county made a magnificent record. The. record as sent today to THE TIMES from the V. S. Treasury is as follows i 'our.t y. Pubsc'pt'n. llin. Quota. Adams ' 2?.S.iO J ilt.ngn j Alien 3.261,130 3.055.920 j i:arthoiomtw 751.600 571.200 j Benton 354.000 3M.1S0 Blackford 650 -57,040' aoone 6'tS.S0' 542.641) Brown 10.53't 114.240; 'rroll 'T.7o."0't 456.960 : Cass 4.2-,.. 04 2,4 50 ,m7.- 812.900 656.HS0 c'imon""" 799.950 714.000 ! Itearborn l."62.'"H 399.S40 j Decatur 624, goo 428.400 1 IVKaib 444.05.1 514.0SO. Ielaare 3.055.950 1.U3.M0; Kikhart 1.049. 350 1.142. 4O0; .-ayCte 544. f0" 371. ISO j Fountain 529.500 4-5.520 i-ranklm 40".S5o 2 5.600 Fulton 229.400 342.720 Grant 1.519.95,. 1 199.520 Hamilton 521.10.. 62S.320 Hancock 43S.55.. 399. MO Hendricks 34. o 428.400 rnry 9 75.050 656.880 Howard 1.31 2. sr..': &S5.3S0 Huntington 693.65.1 771.120 , jasper 229. 000 L'57.040 j LAKE 5,163,400 2.170,560 LaPorte 1.40S.x5ft 1.285,200 j Madison 2.O7S.950 1.313.760! Marion 15,332.200 IO.0S1.6S0 Montgomery 010.05'. 734.560 Newton 313.500 237.040; Porter 36S.050 4 S3, 520; Pulaski 106.7O0 257.040; Bmdolph tMS.ooo C3S.SS0 : St. Joseph 2. 320. 050 2.399.040; o:nr!;f. 93.500 22S. 4S0; Tirpeeanoe. 2. 103. 550 1 .4 85.120 i ViK 2.95.630 2.570.400 J Wabash w jO4.3O0 685,440 Wavne 1.764.200 1.142,400 n'hite 362,200 399,840 1 MEATLESS MEATLESS BANQUET Members of the Indiana Society of which a score of Hammond. East Chi cago and Gary men belong, will pay honor to her eons and grandsons in the fight in forces of the United States, Dec. in the, Congress hotel at the annual banoiet. which will be meatless and wheatless. Patriotism will be the key note of the aftair, according to Wilbur Dr. Xesbit, chairman of the program I committee, and the picture of the, sol-1 dier tinder General Pearshlng, who fir ed the first gun cf the war for his country a Hoosicr from South Bend ; will be, showh. William A. Heath, president of the federal re?er ban'.. :s chairman of the invitation commit tee Rnd Charles Weeghman is chair man of the. banquet committee. WHITING ENDS DRIVE TUESDAY .neclal to The Times. WHITING. IND., Nov. 19. -The Whit ing Y. M. C. A. w'ar fund campaign will clote Tuesday night, the Standard Oil company pay day. Two lots will be -old at auction for the benefit of the fund that night. WhiCng is endeavor ing I'"1 make her donations $10,000. Build a room in your attic. Use Bestwall. Paxton Lumber Co. ms-tf i GIRLS AVENGERS I 'Recognized in Two Autos, I They Drop Pursuit of Of i cers of the Law. Two automobiles loaded "vi'.h rro!i ; trailed a machine in v.-hi eh Assistant State's Attorney John Byrne and police officers rode to Burrbam Saturday in cnnnccilon -with the assault on (Iracn , Lytic, a state witness in a murder case.; The redicemcn kept their hand' on j fheir revolvers and the crooks' ma- chines finally disappeared. "I knew them to he crook?, for I '. recognized some of their faces,' said Mr. Byrne. "Captain Smith of Soutn , Chicago and Scrgennts, Cansclvw. Stoft sn'l Kerns of Oak Bark kept their eyes on them and were ready with their guns." Frank Hitchcock, owner of the Burr.- j ham Inn. was taken to the r.tut..'s at- ; torneys office tor interrogation. Three of his waiters identified Thomas Ho ban. a saloonkeeper and former bailiff, j and Albert Chase, who have been held since Thursday as companions of the girl, who was at the inn on Wednes- , aay night. ( William t'onroy. whom the: girl accused of taking her to -the inn upon their return trom .Minneapolis. also is held. Folow ing a night at the inn. the girl said Frank Mcllrlar.e. who Is being sought: Hohan and 'hase took her in an automobile, beat lier with a ham mer and threw her out f the car near ' Purnham, supposedly in an attempt to. kill her and prevent her testifying acalnst Lloyd Bopp for the murder Policeman Herman Mallow of 0k Park. Aft r t" ire found guilty Bopp was grranted a new trial. Th girl and McTjrlane were with I'.opp at the 'irr.e the policeman was shot. Two men were ki'led in accidents trt, u a mm nr. a m in-m K toct vent v-fnur hn... t . . . . , i.t r.ariy tn s morn-.ng p ei x jvif.rnow.M, , -r.A- t - r- 1 oi.. ; 1-00, Inoiana aveiiue. Kensington, bak- . erv truck driver, was irtantlv killed I when a fast Michigan Ceitr.l passenger train crashed into! the iaachine be driving t Fo'-c-v t hi jivunirp crnsinr. The " , 7 top of his bead wtessevered. The mi- 1 chine was demolished Klemowski droe for the M. A'gmiin dicz bakery, Kensington, and was on his delivery route. He was 22 years old and single. Victim cf Motcrtst. Manuel Gonzalez, a laborer at .Koby, is thought to have been run down by a motorist as he alighted from a street car at lOSlh street on Indianapolis boulevard last night. He v as found, by Police Officer Hoilbeck. Gonzalez, a Mexicon. died instantly, his body be ing badly crushed. N'o clue to his 'murderer' has been found. j Green is invest igat- j ' . j Deputy Coroner ing both deaths. CITIES MUST RGE LAWS State Board of Health Sends Out Important An nouncement. i (By Unlteo Press.) i I ND1 ANA POLLS. IND., Nov. 13. j i-tate nousing laws in ijai, v lining, Hammond. East Chicago find Indiana Harbor must be enforced. the state board of health today informed the boards of health of these cities. The state board will take charge of the clean-up campaign unless the local boards immediately remedy the "gross insanitary conditions " FALLS FRDM APPLE TREE TO HIS DOTH i the policeman was shot. i Killer I 1H MOTOR, i i HnninrriiTP! HI 1111 111 A ) u i i r y . ; nuusuLii I u; i un. in me sum or s 10.- ; (J,,wn in the history of the school as a (Special to Tho Times.) i oft" WflS -led 'h? superior court, at thing to be proud of and held up as ST. JOHN. I.ND., Nov. 19. Mathew Hammond today by Pauline Huckaeko sn exa mple of future patriotic elti Scherer. fifty-one years of age and un- vf- thf Hammond. Whiting & Kast Chi- ,,,. married, of this place, was fatally in- j cago Railway Company. The- complaint iured l'ridav afternoon at Plac. Oak!""eges mar. on the oth of May Miss where he was employed by F. It. ; Scheldt. While trimming an apple tree Schcrer fell eight feet to the ground, His collar bm! and an arm were broken and he sustained internal injuries which caused his death at St. Margaret's hospital. Hammond, yesterday morning where he was taken in an Kmmerling ambulance. The. funeral is to be held from the S:. John church Tuesday morning at tn o'clock to the St. John cemetery. WAR TAX 2 CENTS; RAISE 5 CENTS At some or the Gary movie houses the 2-cent war tax clamped on to 15 cent admissions, which would make 17 cents, ha caused th owners to iaie the price of adrnission to 20 cents. The two-cent war increase was taken as an excuse to boost the price five cents. Of course, the house now pays the war tax of two cents, but it gets three cents for doing this. Greatest Campaign in City's j History Comes to a Close j With More Than Tenj Thousand Dollars Over: Quot?, and Everybody i Jubilant. Twenty-four thousand dollars, the amount given to the T. I C. A. war fund represents what the people of Hammond spend for the luxuries of life Ik vcrBKfs, tobacco, candy, gum. magazines, taxicabs. etc.. In one day. Hammond has harvested another bumper crop of patriotism. Today the " " -v- r ii;na workers piled up a r . . j- t . . . . j surplus of f 10.fii.ft over the allotment j j asked of the city in the great drive made j ! by the district which doubled Its quot. j ! Mnr than 2nd workers at the last ' j noon lunches of the. campaign celebrated j x"" 1 tctory t his noon and gave th? final. I'i'o. n snowe.i a trtaj oi more t riajt : $24,000. Of this the bis- sums wr c-i-o,, ' - i b.v industries, employes of industries' -!-d stores, school children and "mothers. wic, nl sweetheartJ" so that every j patriotic nun. woman and child in the IciM' is represented in th Ei. irr Todav's total vas $4,000, itemerj R, j follows; j Autos and ga-apes. $7; hunk". . ' stores. $11: industries. Jl.roS: rhyst.--ians. $?0: taiiroads. $.".$3: schools. 23!; ' Slick Tolls, fraternities, $170; ri'yi employe... $ioo: oos'offj, . einp!o.vf . ' "'4: Mrs. Patten's commi'tee. $731. Tl.e ' contributors to Mrs. Patten's committee were Hammond Woman's club. $5: Tay-( lor Chain Co.. $40; St. Paul's Lutheran! church. $13: Conkey Company girls. $.-,o: I West Hammond schools (additional ": Hessviile, Munster. Saxony, and : j Highland. $78. Deserve Great Praise The workers are, deserving g re a t praise. L rider the loderslm of George Hannauer. district chfr.-man nl ti i inarrer anil Rv, Shsro. vi,-e i.hairin ' bey devoted their time for n w ir L- no , . '"'ting their ow n affairs f..r those of the 1 'Por T,,e ' ' . ' ,h t.on. The worn-! "t'T ! m" " ,ftdiP ,th "V VM ho ved m.k tuncneons an ate their Pwt stdendid- iV T Mil I inimnr mu y LLC . A nt OF CO. ENLISTS FOB WMi 1 Al PnrTc 97 TToarl f TTiV. " t t "vuw i liuu ; bard Steel Foundries, to Go to France. Lake county's youngest millionaire is going to war. Al Pack. 27 years of age. vice presi- drnt and secretary of the Hubbard Steel foundries of East Chicago, has enlisted in a basehospital unit organiz ed among the wealthy young men of Milwaukee. He will leave in tecembr for the front. He is unmarried. , j Besides bis own services Mr. Pack' h.s donated a White automobile am-j ru la nee. two three-ton Packard motor) i trucks and his Peerless eight touring ' j car. i Mr. Pack maintain' a home at Last1 I Chicago and one at Pittsburgh. He has ! a vacht on the Great Lakes which cost, i u is said, more than 1,15.000.00. Ifis! i , . . . . . . . , . piani is woiivins rngnt ana uay on war contracts. Mr. Pack's secretary. Bernard Rost- way. will go with his employer. HER CLOTHES GATGH FIRE ON STREET CAR ; $15,000 Asked in Suit Filed Today in Hammond Superior Court. iit e - A ! . . - . - uucKicK. was riding a street car be tween Last Chicago and Hammond when! the toroiley became disconnected. It is ' stated that sparks flew from the eiec- i trical devices in the car and the young! lady's eloihing caught fire. Her lees were severely burned. GAS EXPLOSION AT CROWN POINT (Special to The Times.) CROWN POINT. IND., Nov. 19. A fire, originating from an explosion of a gasoline can, resulted in the destruction of a garage in the northeast section of the city shortly after 8 o'clock Saturday evening. The building wag owned by E. Bixoman and the loss is estimated at $15n. A man whose name wss not learned was severely burned about the hands and arms in taking sn auto out of the burning building. The fire de partment did not arrive in time to save anything. rA- .r- i f- (, :,lA '- i!,c .-viiifinan e..'gmt-i.-r5 now ,-r,.., a ,,-o. ..ju-ii ui tn? orK (ji in? .Americans nas Deen ir.e photograph shows the commanders of the American engineers on the scene NEW U. S, CASUALTY . REPORTS (By United Prese.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 10.--Two Amer ican scldiiers were killed and six wound- ; ed in an engagement last Tuesday night, ; General Pershing reported today. The. killed were: . ' J FEROEANT JOHN F. CZAJKA. Mil- ... mn- itp ctivi 1 V( V Ii 'V, i ' ... 1 ............. . 1 !!,.. , Los 4. t . . Severely wounded: ' Friv Ka'"' V- X"'!'n,!' Harn.burg. Pa. Private Francis P.leviue. F.ckman. W. 1 Va rtown, Pri t.e Kdward F. Cain Kali Logan. Mount Car- Slightly wounded j Sergeant. John A I mel. Pa. - This is the second ca from actual lighting- with the Ger- engagemen; took pla- e on mans. The t!ie niht of Nov 12. Pershing's report 'Pie no details. Whether the Amen cans were the aggressors cm- were ar- j tacked by another German "shock party" j , was not indicated in the war licpail-j i merit's announcement. ! i I'nited I'rtFs reports from th front j ' last weok told of further casual. ties j among the Sammies in the trenches 1 bordering "no man's land" and of in- juries Hi Americans from an explud-J ! ing shell. j I It is believed todaj's official an-: i nouncenu.-nt deals with these hut, no ! mention was made of an engagement ' i in which Germans ware believe dkille.i as ,he rrs reports stated. GRIFFITH JUVENILES GIVE NICE SUM .Special to The Times.) I GRIFFITH. Ind , Nov. 1 J. A fine display of patriotism was manifested I here Friday when the pupils of the school .spontaneously stepped forward and contributed 35 to the V. M. C. A. war fund. The whole arTuir was ac complished in a few minutes and the sacrifices made to do it would put some oider citizens to .shame. Small lads could scarcely get into their pockets fast enough to haul out the pennies that bad been hoarded for marbles. th nickels that had been 1 sa ed for candy and the dimes that ! Lad been kept to buv other'oherished i article. The 'bier pupils brought forth unexpectedly quarters and half dollars, and even dollars, which they had earned by one moans or another. Keen their home savirsrs banks dis gorged their contents that their own ers might go to the limit in showin-T 'their loyalty to the boys at the front I our boys. I If w. n erreat event, and will go i GRIFFITH SENDS CHRISTMAS BOXES GRIFFITH. Ind.. Nov. He The fund which was c ll?cted to send Christ- I mas boxes to c.tir soldier boys w as kd'!"ii to that collected at Schererville and the total was divided equally among the "boys" from both places. Six from SrhererviUe are now in the army and fifteen froth Griffith. Candy, catse. writing paper, stamps, tobacco, hanf-kerchiefs. etc.. were placed in each box and mailed yetrday. The boys who will participate in this good cheer from home are Karl. Glen and Dale Sicafus. Clarence Hut chins. Don Chalfant. William Miller. Charles Miller.' Charles McFarland. Peter Osborn. Thomas MeNannv. Stan ley Trving, Lewis Harkenrider. Ben Moss, Tor.y Miller. Andrew Wagner, from Griffith, and Peter Retpiinger, Arlie Reiylincer, Jacob Sweiizer. Ray mond Miller. John Swets and Joe Austgen, from S?hererv;n e. 7 J Commanders of the American engineers in in r ranee nave reen criinir excellent (By United Pren Cablegram.) WITH THE ITALIAN" AUMY. Nov. j 13. The Piave river line still j Today, with what seemed the most desperate pressure the enemy has yet exerted the Italiaji lines liold-ftrm. I n- jten.se fighting was in progress along the! w hole front a , ir,i.r,i .rtnun. in.i ,,. 1 t er.snerced with 1 1 nrk s a o.l omntfr. 1 - , - - . , attacks , , 1 l i I '8s reported today that where taj few Points Atistro-Gernia n fores had , sueeedod in forcing a orinr a ferj 1 da s ago the vigor cf the Italian at- iai.K. coii?,i j uvtea ineir p.'smons s( i they were menaced with annihilation. ! The p.o greatest centers of the fight - . 1. -1 1 ........ . v.j ing today wi re on the Asiago plateau ' ' fa'" to the north and in the middle oO the Piave line. .Momentary breeches In . j the front hs be n plugged at every j PO'.nt except a t t agtre. me enemy lias, ! suffered terrible lo.nses from this plus?- "'"s pi wess, "u-r n mri i which annihilated whole units com j prerscd by Italian jire:-sure. At Kagare the enemy still retained toe-hold. The Teutons were clinging l desperately to a few hundred feet of j i river bank under terrific fire from! ! massed Italian batteries G. HANNAUER BR. HITS, TIES, CPU The Railroad Workers Go Over the Top and Stick His Nibs Frightful. " In a moment of great magnanimity, George Haannaued, general manager of the Indiana Harbor Pelt Railway, and chairman of the V. M. C. A. war fund drive in the Hammond district, made a generous proposition to the sixteen members of the committee, to solicit y funds from the railway employes. He promised them that if they raised a thousand dollars he would give eali e a j,ox of bon ons and a silk tie and! ITAlli LIE IS ! H0U1G: i if they raised $2,000 he would present .are In complete jKiwer in IVtrogrn.l, each with a silk hat and a box of bon t hnncellor f the F,rhuipr llonar bons. In view of the, impossible $3.-:1.nv told the hr.nr of entn-nons trda. ooo they were tci get a silk hat. bon1 bons and a siik tune apiece. t nlled Pres l ahlrsram. The members of the committee were; ho.IK. ov. i. Tti enemy un William O'Brien, C G. Sota. S. I" aMe to mlvmiw aninkerp," ynn tte ve Tlio'npson. If. A. McConneeil. H.' Lo e- I por iifd from t!te war offire fo!:tT. eridge. C K. ILnrhman. F. N. Hickok. H. , On the pluin oir vigilance stopped B. Anderson. C. K. Thomas. K. M. Wil-tHe enemy from renewing his attempt cox. J. C. Xonlan, A. B. Fromn. C. Kim- to cross the Kivrr Piave. Around Mt. brough, S. F. Johnson. K. C. Kidd, A. M. , Tombereenr :ind lladercche violent con Stutsman and L. J. Helman. eentrntions of artillery prevented our The record they made follows: counter nltack. Around i.igo in Nov. 14 $ 601.75, new ofienwives nf occupied advanced Nov. 15 712.40 , enemy trenrties, taking sii efflcers anil Nov. 16 .. 1.497.?-2 Nov. 19 510.RO Total $1,322.77 Mr. Hannauer now owes each of the workers a silk bat. a box of bon b"ns and a silk tie. If the boys bad raised a few more dollars they would hnie a full dress suit coming. Note to Chief Austgen Don't pay any attention to reports of box-car rob beries at Gibson this week. ELKS LOVE FEAST. The F.Iks' venison "love feast" Sat urday night will long be remembered by "brother Elks." Hammond Elks Invited many out-of-town guests to their temple for the feast which was well within the food conservation limlt3 and a "spangled" time was had. It was in the form of a cabaret 'w'tJ( numerous local and professional vaudeville acts perform ing. The venison wa a gift from Deputy (Sheriff Char!s Whittak-r. 4"l !L.-r'.S-i-'X. -4 1 14 France. T.orK on a front where enpineennar construction cf railways. A recent of their work r ear the British line. By TTnlted Press.) j POTiJE, Nov. 19. "The euemy is tin-j able to advance enycrfcera," was the report issued from the war office to- J day. (By United Press Cablegram.) ; J. W. PEOiSlt. j AMXKICAN FIELD HEADQUAST EK.E. PRANCE, ITov. 10. Araertcr.n ar- tiliery observers are fancier fire In Trench observation, the ranglny of artillery j front. Accompanied by French "teach- . era tfce Americans are learnlr.3' under arTntlt-v i observation, tho ranffln? or artouery -.,t, ,, from a.hove of 0r- h,4 psf .0" ,rOW ' G"r j Ra .t Colaciaen. l.lf-V ! " " - ..irAariw h..n fj i or a "srnaoi ox sau- j - " - f sage-work" for Americans. French and; j American observation balloons will be i moil to train a bi? corps of men for this , highly specialized work. j j (By United Press ablegrai. , AZSSTBmDAK, Kov. 1?. One ana; j possibly two Oerman destroyers -were i,t vrith most oi tne rae-mcers oi tneir crews in tho Cght with the British na val forces off Hslig-olanu. Saturday, travelers fror.i Germar.y said today. (By United Press Cablegram.) STOCKHOLM, Nov. 19. Provisional i fovernment forces have stopped their ! march towards Petrograd, according to i rDmgtriiiii todav from the Knssian cat). ! itoi. j ! The decision not to attempt invest-1 ! ment of th city was due, it was report- I ! ed, to continued ignorance cf the truth I t as to Premier Keransliy's whereabouts. Exports indicate th revolutionary com mittee's influence is extending- throng-bout all cf north Kussia. Tha capitol is reportod normal. By 1'nlted Pre. W A SB I liTO. -Nov. l! t.rrmnn retirement oil the Ilnmle front Tins 'reported officially to the Belgian lega. ! tion todnv. "The enemy Is nhandon inic fortified farms on the 1 er left bank, j Mowing up elaborate and Intricate con. I crete redoubt." nid nn oftU-liil n. noiineement. Belgian detach men n c. copied the position. 'caused severe h. ' e to the enemy nod captured re of j prisoners, I nlled Press . ablrr rnm. l.o.XnoN. Nov. l!. The Ill tremists -0- men firi-oner. Sou . Ii nrcl from Qufro numerous enemy forces ore at tucking Mounts Monfenera and Tnmha." I nited I'rens C'n hies ram. I.OMmv. ov. lf. I.Vatti of f.eneral Mnndc, British eommnnder of the Men poti;iiiln expeditionary forces, on un. d'y nniifoneed today. He vras re. ported 111 Invt week. By t nlted Pres. WASHINGTON. Not. '. Maximal. Ists have taken oxer nil power In Mos. eow nfter n veek of fighting, xn.'d n message from the (mrrican consul to the atatf department today. A second message from Ambassador Frnnein nt Tetrogred aald the Moscow fighting bad been 'severe. ll Americans in lns eovtr ore safe and there lias been no harm to those in I'etrograd. As pre. eairtlonary measure, however, I'rnneia advised nil unattached women anil mnr. rled men vtlth ehildren to qnit lle city. KerensUy, snid the wxau' from Cran ci. nppenrs to be ii fugitive, while got. ernment departments are closed cr op. erated without chiefs. I ... . 1 t Latest 'Bulletins J l : j Poor Showing Made fcy Oilier Counties in District Make Lake's Record Stand Out. BULLETIN. 1 lie IImraoni!-K:i; hirnlo-W bit lnr ilitrict thi noon reported tbnt lis ; V. M. . vnr fund nubscripl ion bad i renebetl i.:?,tHH. AKMY.ITAV7 Y. SI. C. A. CAMPAIGN, FIRST IJTIMANA DISTRICT. District g-oal SH5.O00.C0 Total to Saturday night $146,633.68 Gary -3 9,905.85 3,689.00 3,200.00 3,000.00 3.0O0.00 200.OO 10O.00 825.00 50.00 f32.369.85 . l,49.O0 S00.C0 P33.00 78.00 56.23 $ E2,6S7.e.l 24.000.00 11,000.03 14,000.00 10,OOOO 2. 400.00 1.500. OO 600 OO 33S.00 S116.4S5.E3 13. 163. 60 4.C03.00 5.00C.C3 5.360.C0 1.725-00 1.0CS.23 ! Hammond : East Chicago ! Indiana Harbor j Whiting- i Crown Point j Lowell ; trrifflth. ! Hobart . I Lake Conntr La Forte County. Jacpsr County Ne-"ton County.. Porter County. Starke County Pulaski Connty District t0tals.S25.883.30 $146,669.63 That the total subscriptions to the Army and Navy T. M. C. A. campaign in the f. st district w ii! far exce-d ? 1 oO.iiiio. on was assured by the report received by District Manager A. P. Dickson in Gary Saturday evening. Th total at that time stood St45.669i6S with excellent promise for large returns to day. Final report for t'n Gary campaign is to h. undo at a dinner tonight at the Centrn I Y. M. C. A. in the steel city. Hammond's big clot-ing report is to be announced this afternoon and reports from all other parts of the district -ciU be made this afternoon. Saturday nitht the first district tot.al was $4.VvO. in excess of the totil reported at tlu-' lime for the I nd ian.i polls district a;-,.) the state total in Indiana late. Saturday afternoon had reached $94 2, 1 4.00 wit ii i goal of 1.oij0.ooo.oo. Incidentally Lake, loumy took lf place on the state Honor Pol! yv.Mei -day. having passed its npportiottrm-it'. and the fh e Calumet industrial ci'u .s with total pledges ;, estorday emouVting to S5O.0O0.90 put the county over i,d le J the district "Over the Top" will, lb soldiers and sailors fund. Some sections of the f.rst district gi e promise of the best reports of the en tile campaign today or Monday and everything indicates that the district is just really getting its stride during tl.i oast two days. In some rural districts the campaign esterday tool: form that prornies a gleaning for our bo;, s in kahki. WHITING MAY GIVE $10,000 (Special to The Times.) Will TING. IND., Nov. 1?. WhitinR has now over-subscribed her $7,00" quot; in the Y. M. C. A. war fund and .John J. Keeller who is in charge feels that Whiting can easily subscribe $P. f'l'0. The committee of lyi. persons are very active aril find ready responses to their solicitations. Th two lots which have been donated will be auctioned off tomorrow night at 7 o'clock at New York avenue and 119! h street. These, lots located on Sfhrage avenue, being near the tic-v Sinclair Oil Pelining Co., are bound lo be er valu able. They are 50 feet. 25 feet each. The la:U bid on Saturday was that af Mrs. Mary i i'Ko t e of Stiglltz Park who bid $110. The auction tomorrow night prom is- s to be eiw exciting. The drii in lining closes loner row nigh i. YOU CAN SELL LENS TO U. S. I"r,li.- t .oil- lens. Unb- Sam's Signal corps is sending out hurry call.- over the country through the mayors of the cities and towns to enlist thorn in buying lens for photos r ph ic purposes. M.-.yor John D. Pmalley of Hammond received a letter today from the e.ji;i. headquarters at. Washington- rqi!"si inf,' that be inform liis polieo force ;., circulate literature in studios, photo dealers and pawnshops in an effort to alleviate the great shortage for serv i eabl- lens u liich are urgently ne.-le.; for "spying." "The camera 5 the re of the arm'-.'-Lenses cannot be bought or made f.-isr enough to kef., ,M1 -.villi the demand. Lenre?: of S'j ,;i:e a(r prfld m'.xtl'. The government will pay for t!'"'ii. Lens ate to he sent n rare rf Hi" pboleprap);,,. division of the Signal Corp?. Mills Building annex, Nali ington. 1 1. i. Visits Serjeant Welch. Major Thomas F. Ryan, l ead of In diana recruiting stat'en. visiter Hammcnd ypstrrdav. He was the g!ic t of Sergeant S. Welch, Plans for a. "drive" for recruits are being formulated. Welcome Knight nf Psthians to dis trict meeting at Gary. November 20ih Prominent tir'.nd Lodge officers will speak. 11-19-