The Lake County times. [volume], March 14, 1918, Image 1

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COLDER
WEATHER
'I lie Boy who helps tend a fciirdcn.
Kroir u pl or rnlie poultry
liootln at the Ociniana with tin
blic o run as Ills older brother
who kim to France.
VOL. XII, NO. L'20.
HAMMOND, INDIANA,
THURSDAY, MAKCII 14, 191S.
"Oefivored Ey" "TIMES" cafriirC3bV j
month; on streets and at newsstands, is
per copy; back numbers 3c per copy.
.
Boche Bombs' Rill American Girl
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p f p f f m
PLEAS FDR
SPEAKER AT ALLIANCE
I LITTLE MOTHER FINDS
HAPPINESS AT LAST
UNIQUE MORTAR IS PERFECTED TO THROW BOMBS
WITH LOXG WIRE TAILS INTO TRENCHES OF ENEMY
Lecturer of the National ; Catherine, 9, and Richard, 4,
Council of Defense Will
Talk This Evening.
Will Live With Grand
father on Farm.
Cities of Region to Joins
Hands Saturday at
Hammond. ;
Peiegates from the Gary business y
rt.niiations in session at Commercial
r'.wh lasl ii.sk'- si led ; ici.tral com
p.i'.'ee. ar.-J w.ed fcr a p"n of legional
eo-or. ration in the p'.e: U th scvem-
m e : i i f
fur?.
Ti.c Amet lean Alliance o Hammond
a: its iceeting this evening in the cham
ber of cur.incrce w 111 lay plans for de
fense and security worn in thu city.
Mt i.ibors of l rl'iatito ij! be, cn'.'.ed
upon hy Fitsil,-,. p. E. Boone for short
tri'iks.
Mil. "Welch lits secured n. speaker of
J e evening. Mr. Harriet llowani of the
National I'vimoil of liefer.se. .f Iihn- is.
Mr?, Howard litis a thorough unifr
siuicling ol' the work of such an organi
sation us the American Alliance and is
a speaker of ahititv. Theodore Mcoie
will be the soloist, of the evening.
11, ..am
ai'i for iioSam pur-
(!-f committee. constMing
' four member?, the mayor included,
vi'.i be resent ,11 the regional eonfer
f;i,'c to be held at chamber of commerce
at 10 p. t;i. Saturday.
Data Is Wanted.
V. F. Feucr. head of the Commercial
r ubs commit lee. ealWl the tretine; to
c r;r. delescc.s from the club, the ham
1 of commerce and retrl estate t--';:ru
s 1 hir,? preser.t. Mayor V". I'.
! ;c"3 was jnade chairman and Peter
i.anib secretary. IleFides Hod ire? the
central eommitte conists of (.'hairman
3'ev.pi- of the Con-rnercial cltlb coinniti-f-",
Chairman Tsadore Ferguson of the
eha'n-.htr of toir.merce, and Chairmati
j. rederuk AV'o 'd of the real estate rs
rhan?e. The? :f.c-n are specially in
F'r'ictef! to Rather tista. bill all oon.n-n-te-s
ate asked to he at llamnior.d.
East Chicago Plan Praised.
Mt. Wood praised Ea.t .hieas-s live
viri rork in arpa!i:.8 to AVushitiKtcn
fo i sail Gary should gather data on the
Far Chicago plan.
Mr. FerRuson said that rre?ident F. F.
,-!;;r.iki of (h chatr.beer learned at
V.whlrg'?n that Corgres?;r-an Wuo.1 is
,"r" ir.'frested i-i securit. data as t-t
inftbilitv to get iM. The visit of
-V. K. Knott. "W. J. Whtt.ery and Mr
Ohamski to Washington' was discussed.
From the trip it was gleaned the sov-
ern-nftit wants a regional va. instead of
s-attered effort. j
TROTZKY TALKS OF
ORGANIZING ARMY
ttJy Vr.ltetl Press
WASHINGTON. March It. I.eon
T r o t z k y is t a 1 k : r. c " f oreanizma; an
arr.y under "iron discipline' to f.slU the
(tfrnuns.
Tirs wa s ti; fpoit of Atuhassador
I'ran.-'.J in a rbi t - th" stat depart
t -,rnt. He -ad Trotsky was very sensi-i-ve
over the report the allies con
i -:;-p!a"-a erf ring Siberia.
A'i'horit ies here regard the messau"
i significant in i i v of Trctzky's split
v. ith Ienirie wlto is tryiner to head off
tiTnfilion to 'he German". The form-
r foreign seretary of the llolsheviki
r . i.iently lelie ( the reue 5 of the
war with Geriiiany cannot b avoided.
INSPECTOR FOR
MMiSSH
E
Hearing of City's Petition
Against H. W. & E. C.
Continued Saturday.
I. F.. Matthews, inspector for the
public service commission of Indiana,
readied Hammond today and with
Mayor Brown went over the Hammond.
, Whiting- & Eart Chicago street railways
line.
Comnuss oner ,'IoCtrdl? will return to
Ilanunoi.u Friday eienlntr to continue
the hearing 'a' tho petition ..f the city
for better servr :e nd an txtensh-n on
rahinuf avenu? from State street to
C.-nkey aver.ue. The hcarinc will proh-Eiilj-
concluded Saturday night.
Th n-.otiierintr instinct of a J-uar
hi girl added pathos to a divorce case
f otherwise sordid detail in Koum - ,
f the superior co.irt at Hani :nr.d es- ;
rday aflernoC'ii. 1
All day lonjr tw attones had s-.e.isht ;
j to reunite the father and mutli- r .f ,
Catherine and Hichard. aged S and 4. re- '
spe-;i ely. t'atherine was in -court villi
1h r mother H.sie "nder of ll;:v'!. 1
' hut the father w ho had taken the hoy
with li'm sifter the separation did not""'
britic the. rhihl in his i-us'.ody to rr.urt. ;
.TudEe Wi.sson of Monticilio, piesnl-
! ini; the absence of J idne J lardy. h aril 1
' ihe etd'iice of Mrs. Snyder in ss;;.iyrl ,
' f h-r om'la;r;t cf drunl.r-m.es. cruel;
. ; reatnient, noti-suppvi t. etc. The little
'dauKhter sat with downcast ecs. ;ih
! paii little atlcjition to the proceed in if s. ,
j The legitT phrases of Attorney 1 . II. !
! ri'f.p.e for the mother, and Attorney Jo- ;
; srh t'onroy for the father had little j
! riesnitig to her. The strain of the day ;
! v as terrible aid a disappointment grew'
biager and bigger in her little heart un-
' t:I finally she sobbd ahuid.
; Judge Wass-u. rno'-pd by the child's
. '.ears, and urged by both attorneys, took
her into h ambers where she poured
forth her heart's earing.
' '1 want to see tny little brother," sh
sobbed.1 "I want to take care of him'
i and be with him. He's been away so
j long and father didn't brinr him here j
; today and. oh, I'm so unbar r.'"
j udge .U'asson cleared h! throat and;
i had s..r.ic trouble with his eyeglasses. '
(Then he lesuiued i.is fjuesiii.nng. Fir.-.
ally a ray of light appeared. L.ittl- j
i Catherine and Kichard have a grand- j
! father on a farm in Ohio whom they
j love dearly. Yes, Catherine would be !
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PARIS RAID
DEATH TOLL
i Zeppelins Again Menace Eng
land; Enemy Flyers
i Are Shot Down,
Firing: barbed wire entanglements bj mortar.
The latest tale of war machinery's advancement is the tale of the wire-tailed bomb thrower. It is a unique
teortar which has just been perfected and which hurjs five rolls of barbed wire 200 feet in the air. When the
nd of the wire falla in an enemy trench its weighted end, which is a bomb, explodes. The barbed wire unwind
and twists in every direction and plays hob with any moving troops in its path.
(United Press Cableiata.)
I'Ah'IS. March it. One AtncrJcan
n uas killed and .m ....
' ''" and woman were wounded in 5I- n
i ay night's ruid over Paris, it was learn-
el tody.
i The dead , woman was Miss Winea
j Can-dire Martin. Z2. of Kockville. Long
j Fland. a V. M. c. A. worker. She was
j one of six p. rson' killed in the hospital
1 struck by a borr.b.
! :,Ir- w- ' ' I hillips and a Mr. Sa!Zrr
I were wounded.
j rh" tolal casualties were 100 kill-d
: and fi wounded.
EfflOCiTS OF LAKE COUNTY EAST CHICAG
WILL il FULL TICKET COLD TO PA
AVE. SCHEME
Last Chance for Draft
Men to Select Service
This is the lact chance for rgit ered
v.fii to volunteer and slert the branch
f rrNi'i! they e?ire, before 1-. next
d-r.rt. the Unmntond exemption board
r,:inomeed today.
Two hu:iur'"l a'lyd a!;ns were called
j "lay for physical examination. There,
f r e nearly "o0 aliens in Clas I. Most
. ' thetn ate allied aliens rid can bo
inducted into service.
MONTENEGRINS FREEH,
IN A FEDERAL COURT
IXDIANArOLl?, 1ND.. March 14.
Thirteen Montenegrins on trial in the
Fnl'.ed States District Court here on the
charge of conspiring to obstruct the
Fnited States in its military prepara
tions were discharged yesterday after
noon when Judge A. H. Anderson direct
ed the jury to return a verdict of not
guilty.
The court held the government failed
to prove the defendants obstructed en
listment '
The defendants were accused of hav
ing assaulted Milosh Ivanovitch and
George Moukmirovitch. members cf a
Montenegrin commissi. m which came to
this country to advocate a union or
southern Slavs in Europe arid incident
ally advising their countryman to Join
the America!! amy. The accused men
s;d the trouble they had with Ivano
vitch and Moukmirovitch was due 'o a
difference of opinion concerning Balkan
pol itlcs.
Five cf the drfendan's live in De
troit, where they publish e Montenegrin
newspater; two live in Chicago, one in
Alaska ami five in Indiana Harbor,
where they were arrested following a
riot at a mars meeting.
jhapp with her grandfather if Richard Bo()m f J)r y J Toner'0f j rh.rn
, rould go to. ltd
Ar,,J that " "hrrC lh?1 8r 0in' 11 rior-Tr nnrsrr I ..Lf.L.
wasn't such a hard case to settle after
all. nltheuKh two lawyers snd a judge j
worried all day. They w eren't con-i
cerned greatly about the father or
mother who refused to live together. It
was the children they thought of.
And so Catherine is to take care of
Richard once more and grandfather will
take care of her.
SHEPHERD TELLS HDW
HE HIT SAWDUST TRAIL
His Conversion to Allied
Cause a Part of Interest
ing Experiences.
, haps he might, if needed to add weight
I to the ticket.
re is some talk of having Ex-
Ira I.. Wildermuth seeking the
nomination for judge of Eake superior
i court, room ".
Sr. Toner for Congress.
j Friends of It. T. J. Toner of Gary
jZEPFEtlNa AGAIN OVER LONDON.
(United Press Cablegram )
, EOXDu.V. March !. One man, or
! woman and three children were killed m
i -ast night's nir raid over northeastern
FriKiand. it. was officially announced to.
! , :v- '"'uses v.ere demolished and
j thirty others damaged.
j (Thi, js lho r.onil Zeppelin ralJ on
t Lnglan.l within twenty-four hours
j Tuesday night's raid which resulted in
the death of cm, woman by shock was
j the first attempt since October.
A delegation cf business men from
Calumet avenue, Hammond, was before
i.aKe county democrats intend to1 n,i ..r .... . . ,.,i , i, ..ui o,t -Fast
name a full ticket despite reports to the' The doctor, who has served as president i Chicazo withdraw its remonstrance to
- - ...... of the Gary' iledlral society, comes from! tha-lmprovement of Calumet. avi.uu at
r
contrary.
This is the statement of County a family that has been successful in. county expense.
Chairman r. C. Finerty of Gary.
I
politics. Dr. Toner is one o the front i rrank Kockler. as chairman of the del-
Mr. Finerty said in regard to reports; rank orators in Gary and is well posted
that he might run for sheriff that per-ion congressional legislation.
REPULSE ENE2XT CRArT,
T7nlted Pres3 CablegTam.)
EONDOX. March 14 An r-nev-
the East Chii ago rhambr of cmim-tce ,f wr tliu Tpres-staden ratlwav w-k
pulsed. Field Marshal Haig reported to
day. Southwest of Ephy raiders enter
ed enemy- trenches end . brought back -one
prisoner.
There was mutual artfileryins south
west of Cambrai. Hostile artillerying
...creasea near Xouve Chapelle
Faucuissart.
and
German Machines Fall. !
i i
(United Press Cablegram.) j
IiNPOX, March 14. Two British j
sea planes cneoutitorinir fivo enemy air- j
craft over the southern rrirt if the.
North Sea Tuesday. dstroynl one and;
drove another down into s'n after a hot .
hour's engagement. The British ma-
chines rtturneri safely.
SAMMIES ARE READY
TO FIGHT ANYTHING
VALE FLIER IS
KILLED IX FRANCE
BOY JOYRIDERS
GOME TO GRIEF
Mr. W. ft. Shepherd, staff correspon
! dent "of the Fnite.) I'ress. who has h'en
on the various fronts since the begin
ning of the war is to speak under the
i nu spices of the Times for the benefit
of the Bed Cross at the First M. K
; church of Hammond the evening of
i March 19th.
j Recently in telling "THE W A T A IMS I
;OF THE NATIONS" he confessed bis'
early indifference, as an American j
. newspaper nun, to the issues of the ;
j war and his gradual conversion t' th j
! side of the allies. He wat tlo- "lieu-
jtralest of th" neutrals" till he putj
i the question Professor l'eburck as!
i to v hv the G-nr.ans should send their
(United Press Cablogram.)
BERLIN, via I.oiid..n. Mnrch 1 i.
Three airplanes ,f nn enemy squadron
j n.vitig toward Freiburg w re brought
'down, the Berlin war office announced
j today. -
German troops sent to n.bssa In
agreement with the Kussian govern
ment occupied the town after a battle
with Kiisian bands Mohlownnka.
By FRED S. FEROUSON
(United Press Stair Correspondent.)
I AVITII THE AMERICAN AEMY IN
j FP.ANi'E. March 13. The American
; ,rA"P" re redy "to attack anything."
The commanding officer of the Ameri
can forces in the Euneville region so
stated today in a message lo the
' folks.
egatlon, reported that the Hammond
board cf works was about to pave Chi- j
cago avenue. Hoffman street and lolst j
street from White Oak avenue to Calu- j .
met avenue or beyond: that the comity j ATTACK HOSPITAL SHIP,
had agreed to build a first class road j (United Press Cablegram.)
on Calumet avenue; that the Hammond j EONIxi.v. March 11. The hospital
city administration was favoring amal- j ship Guildford On s tie returning to its
gamat it'll and that the two cities had a j home port w nh imuiy si. k and wounded
common interest in securing elevation also with h r I'.eej Cross signs showing'
of tracks in this region. was unsuccessfully attacked hv a sr.h-
Iti the light of "-op ration along; marine in Bristol channel Sunday. Two
other lir.es the delegation felt that torpedo- s w.-rc fired at the ship, the sec
East Chicago should not stand in the ' ond badly damaging her bow. '
way of this improvement. j
No satisfaction, however was 'btain-i .
ed from the directors of the East Chi- TONS OF DYNAMITE
caco organization.
The reply as made that
East
I
Kaiser As a Turk.
home . Chicago chamber disapprov ed of any hu- j
I nrAiMDnnt wilhio the coroorat.- limits f-f i
He said the troops are in excellent ' eiti'S at count y expense; that East Chi-
condition and that their nervousness cago would he required to pay between;
lias passed, following the recent trench ; 50 and 53 per cent of the cost and that
raids. j inasmuch as the street was bordered by
Crack German fighting divisions are' valuable property it was not thought
oppose ej to the Americans in this sector' that nnv real hardship would be placed '.
including dismounted uhlans. One sali-''iP"" abutting property owners if they j
fnt bombarded pr-parat'rv to Satur-' ' re eompclV d to pay fur this improvc-
1 tl'OOp;
ahead in
massed formation.
knowing that tnry
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. v-
Three Hammond bovs have been re
sponsible for the three automobile thefts
In Hammond during the past two weeks,
the police believe. This was disclosed
v. ith the arrest of the boys today. They
are Carl W. Grady. 15, 573 Calumet ave
nue: Charles Clayton, 11. 41 Indiana
avenue; and Jvhn Sohro'-cr. 10. 433
Truman street.
The escapades in auto stealinir start
ed lat week when they took the Ford
ear belonging to M. prevo and drove
it to Gary wh- re it was left in a garage
it is charged. Following tins th' y took
Pr. Win. Nichor's machine and after
driving it n far as Gibson ah.-i ndoned
it. The I'crd ear of n Mr. M- lb.- wns
abandoned on Calumet a'.'ini.-. The
lad just wanted to "joy li.ie ' it
said.
i e sending them
to vh.ieoar death. They must. he
thought, have some sublime reason. J
I'rofesor I' -ibdviiU spread out some j
naps on the table and pointing to var-iu-;
countries with a ruler, said: "In
the first plate, nil thi talk about this'
being a biological war is not true. c
day's raid has n-.w been itlininl, n, ,1 by
th" memy. Th Bo. bes intend' d mere
ly to hold the positions in the rear of
this point.
The lust thirty-six hours in the Tcul
sector have been the- quietest since ;t
v. as taken over by Americans.
Five cngftieirs repairing wire m
t angb" me nts in No-Man's Land encount
ered ten German patrol scouts on thi?
front. Th.y lulled two of them and
the others fied.
FOUND AT HOG IL.
triy the I nlted PresO
WASHINGTON. March 14. Two hun
dred and forty-five pounds of dyna
mite enough to cripple the whole
pl-im was discovered at different
places in the Hog Island shipyards. I
IJ. Kennedy, engineering the shipyards
.-aid today.
Six hundred guards now watch tin
plant.
mi nt 'he seine as property owners on I
Forxyth avenue paid for their improve-I
, .... ;TJ. S. CIVILIANS
The Hammond d-legatioii consisted of A"Rt? H A "PTTTP VT
Mayor Brown, Oscar A. Ami
Grhring. William Ileikn r
Knoc rc r.
ersonAlbe rt
and I.-. oi:ard
:,lH,e Plenty ot ,-..:,, in Germany .... f, v - 'J Ti' A S H i N G T o N, March 14-Ameri-
,he German people and we have nafn- tff i ' 1 cans of .he Rainbow Oivision wallop.
,al re,orces m abundance l but o,r ,' y4U 't v ed the Germans whe they sent out
! schools are so fine and they , e turn- A i TTf'; H', 1 strong sot tie., the nicht of March 4th
iK .mt jr.'-. rpiendldl; educated :;oun g. J. W --' -:j;ond lr.,0.vr (ff,cia, eommenda-
..i-Mi lent we HUlt loive l,r v.- fr. mies LJ'.Aj.Aiv -j 1 V t . , ... . it- . .. . ... . ,
FIRST WHITING DRAFT
E
( Tlr the I tilted l'rcs
PTO 'Kl 1' I.M. March 14. A nutnr'r
,'f A;nt"-i'."iii and British citizens sail
;rg fro. a Finland on n neutral vess-1
were captuitel by Ger roans, accord in
to d isp.-i tches today. Those cf rr.uita ry
e taken to Gov-
T"
i ree. it i- said, will
i nniiy and interned.
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Ensigi Curtis Read.
The 1318 da?3 at Yale has Just
l eid memorial services f .r ,ri cf its
i umber, rln.-.in Curtis rtead. who
was kilicd in Kranre in lh- aviation
serviie. Kead's father is William
A. Read. New Y:rk ';ar.!;r. The !ar
was assistant manager cf the Yal
football team.
REV. ADAMS TALKS
AT NQQN LUNCHEON
r.ev. Flo:. d Ada-.-, jar-tor of the F.it
Baptist church, i.ia.ie an audress at the
c'namher of rommerce luncheon this noon
in whb h ho sponsored the American
cantonment system of training sol
diers, r.cv. Adams recently return
ed from seven weeks spent at Camp Cus
ter. Mich.. whre he made forty-two
talks to the soldiers. Th camp has n
capacity of 40,000 men ami is to be
doubled in size making it the laigest
canionmer.t in America, the minister
stated. He praised the work of the T.
M. C. A. in taking the home influence to
the camps.
The clergyman told of the visit cf a
veteran French soldier to the camp,
showing that the American soldiers have
to learn when they reach France of the
taeties of modeiu warfare. Tb French
ofii:. weighing !1'5 pounds, requesteu n
Sanuii;-. --5 pounds. te thrust a bao;i-t
at him.
FOOD FOR FIGHTERS FIRs T.
; th. oughou t tne woihl where tn'y an
'exrci?e the'r tletits." With his filer
he pointed out how Germany must
: han 1'ersia. Syri: the railway to Bag
idad; f irther pn..iin in Africa anel
I'hina. "Not a w orJ of humanity in it;
' e,ni e ',,l !r. id :nii: ."'id
t'.-.".l .1 t.. C.-iT , ',1 ;ean I daw
:ue thn' livnun:. hr.l ..tr.i-'. d e. : t j..
hip tie v.ortd and I'nat !.e; J
fi at hr s.-h'."!- wee 'iff.
There 1 s"'. the gre.sn ..f Geinuti i 'jl-t-jr.
I got the O'l-ti-an n ar aims, and
t hit the pro-ally sawdust trail and 1
hove been on it cvr since.'' He dcid
; (ri that what is v anted is a world won
;,.s. hy hrnin power than by heart paw -
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General Pershing cabled the war de
partment today.
"Enemy attempted trench ra'ds
Monrini of the f: f t y
1'ershing w ired.
at
Tb-het fo
The Ti iu--
Ho hi in;
ff i
th
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lla uniond
ii ml drug
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-ft
"Itepulsed with heavy losses to the
enemy; our losses light, no mis;ng
r prisoners.''
General I'ir.iid. c-r i ma no . n g the !h
Fi fn'tv. arm.'. , congratulated the di is-l-.n
commander on the vv a y n which
'loops i. pulsed laids
Tim Kainhow liisioi liie first big
American unit to leave for France, was
composed of picked guardsmen from
alrimst e.eiy state.
T0 RATIFY THE
He Was Holder of No. 258, ;
the First Number Drawn j
for Conscription.
CIVIL WAR SUITS
FOR HUN CAPTIVES
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LIBERTY LOAN LEADER W
15 AHU
I At a r.'.eetirK of the clearing bous
'association yesterday anernen it was
decided that th on. man qualified to , a&
put over the next Eiberty loan wit
Vp bst results is Pr. H. K. Sharrer
All present were unanimous in th
decision.
Pr. Sharrer was elected eity chair
r.an. He needs no introduction t the
necnle ..f Hs'ir'tmid and his a'nlitv to
! cai r tl voi-gh a r t.-cessful csmpjian
'll'O Oee:l il'li.vll'llil.'U.
ln -err
, Jf I"! N
GERMAN PEACE
By JOS. SHAPLIN
I (United Press Staff Correspondent.)
i I'ETr.OGP.Al . March 1 :;. Eatifica
I tien of the German dictated peace
! with immediate preparations for a revo
j lutionary war is a foregone conclusion
! when the pan-soviet conference con
i yencs at Moscow tomorrow, in view of
j the conipromi-e effee-ted by the various
fact ions.
! Tlie congress which was to have r"n
vencil Tuesday also will decide on a
i permanent change of the capital from
Petrograd.
Here you see Kaiser Wilhelm as a
staff officer tif the Turkish army, hong
before the war he was appointed by
! !: r;ey an .ff -r in t he a i my. h'Jt I
1-.- e:;..l ii..' ria in;!)! :il ,ri! ,,., 1,1 the1 Pill'h
! honor until t war . 1:11'. Thi pj,..-j ports will be ihi
lltl.:l BI'lTKIt THIN II ELI t 1 oc 1 a oh has b. en 1 iu.uia'fd anion th agteenienf OS
'HIE SAMMIES ii ET BERLIN. Moslem 'y Monday
ULTIMATUM ISSUED.
(By United Press.)
"WASHINGTON. March 14. The Fnit
ed States and Great Britain have tiotl-
I'.e.l !,e Netherlands :- run,, nt that . ,,ev
bins m .;.o 11. :.n a'o, oiK til" of
e r unlet-s t ,
(Special to The Times.)
AVHTTING. IVI. March 11--Mik
Stepich, age 117, the fust man drafted in
Whiting and holder of the fmcus rium-j
her 2e. the first numb, r ri 1 a n 11 for con- '
script ion. had a very bi 10 f mi'.inryj
lareep. j
Stepich went into seri.c in July j
when he was sent to Camp Taylor. Ky. ;
By many who were there it wr. s. said he j
wan making a fine soldier. The coM win- j
t her. however. worked havoc with;
Steph-h's health and on February 15 he,
was released fiom service. A shoit time!
after ariiving home, the returned sol-j
di r was taken to St. Margaret's hospital ,
suii'ering f rum tvphoid pneumonia. This!
illness, it is said, developed a tubercular
condition which caused his (hath iu a
very short time.
Stepich is a Creation and is married,
ha ing a wife in Europe.
The funeral was iu charge of Fnder
taker Koran, services being he'd nt the
Crnalinn church in Indiana Harbor. In
terment was at Oak Hill cmo;! ry. Hammond.
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V'!:,
aitlmg tonnage is reach, f 1 Conn: v Chairman
REPUBLIANS TO
OPEN FIGHT MAR. 20
Eake count- republican primary can
elidates last night nt their meeting at
headquarters in Gary set March 20 as
the date for opening headquarter:. They
also voted to place more dependence in
a p-r space for advertising instead
iiwcinjs. hj.:idbi!;-i and petcaid-.
whlih c!e not r-: h as mane people.
Miles Norton pre-
hJed.
V "O.. ; Jit j - ;v , .
' '
Ur. H, E. Mec'.tling.
The old blue and crray suits of Ci" i
var day; will be worn by the C-er-mans
w"ho are taken prisoner by out
Sammies. But the suits will havi
been dyed a khaki. They have beer
reposirtr in warehouses for half ?
century but are to he refurbished by
the war reclamation servi-e of tn--povernment
at the head of which V '
been plaeeei lr. H. Mecn'ir.c of
Lcuisviile. Ky.. president of the Na
tional Asotiation of Cleaners uiJ
Dyers.