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LOiOl
HEARS OF
ATTEMPT
01 KARL
Amsterdam Bourse Gives
the News Today Hot
C ntirmed
LONDON, June 22. An
unconfirmed report on the
Amsterdam Bourse declares
that an attempt has been
made to assassinate Emper
or Karl, according to a Cen
tral News dispatch from
Amsterdam.
900,000
U. S. MEN
IN FRANCE
fB I'viTKn Puss 1
WASHINGTON, June 22 The United
States has passed the so.OO point in
r-rews overseas from American embark
ation point and are five months ahead
of schedule. according to General
March, chief of staff today.
As for the general lat.on 'ieneral
March said the Central Powers are he'd
hut a renewal of the dr;ve is momen
tarily expected He also praied the
Americans who participated in the
I.isent struggle.
I'ons'd'ring the Italian s. nation he
aid there too. the Teutons are being
)-! Th Austrian advantage. ha
pointed o it, had bn offset by flood
wh'ch carried out the entire Austrian
r- sde system.
Sven temporary hridse. have been
built Since them. Of the 900. ooft men
in France. lJ.OiO are Marines. March
revealed The lull on the French front
!s adva ntaaeor.s for the Allies because
It permit them to replenish th"ir man
fw't. Th Americans, he said, are
sridT.jt much to this line. The total
trenp.i include these in France and on
the high sea.. combatant and non-com-tatant.
In his praise he included the
colored troops, national guardsmen,
rtgulars and marines.
CLAIM BATTLE
HAS BEEN WON
ff'-'-irr. rT-r3 Ca.I.K3RAM.1
ROME, June 3 2. "It Is now permis
sa?! t stats that the battle has been
'n." V'reinier ii!ando deriaref jn the
ihamber of dp'jt;es last night. The
bunt announced foda-. The premier
s-s:d that ;n presirjr the counter offen
ive at both points where the Austrians
crossed the Piave the Italians have
made additional Important gains. That
tie renewal of the drive southward
fiotn the mountains Is imminent was
ndn.ated in the p-emier's declaration
that the enemy is atherins all aatl
able men on that front.
46 D!0; 125 INJURED
(Cor.tlnusd iom raee one.)
pe.ia!. fo cars were telescored and
mashed to smithereens. It was from
i.-vs debris tliat most of the wounded
who m many cass were fearfully
maimed were akfn. ("me of the per
formers. Jo t;o-1, one of the most
noted clowns In the country, va thrown
cut of the third coach which had al
ready beifun to binze. 5HU1 remainlnir
in the coa-h were his wife and two
children. Mrs. Ooyle he'd out one of
the children to her husband. "Oh. take
me para. I'm burning." the two year old
said. Coyie fell in the burning embers
and his v i and both children were
consumed before bis eyes. Co; le was
pulled away from the Are but is not ex
pected t live at St. Mara-arefs hospital.
The cries of the burning unfortunates
were pitiful. Some were pinned in the
debris in plain view cf those who bad
escaped. Fire Chiefs Nill of Hammord
and Grant of Gary made superhuman
efforts to get water. They and their
men carried some from an adjacent
farm house but thv micht as well ha. e
e t
spu in the flames. Th cries grew
fainter and faintr and th. burning
woodwork with the mattresses of the
three-tiered berths made a funeral pyre
for the unfortunate men. women and
children. By this time a wrecker had
amved and the Circus train flats bear
tn the equipment was dragged away
from the holocaust. The rescuers be
gan to arrive by the s-ore and bodies of
Ka dead, in many cases burned to frag
ments, were put in funeral ambulances
from Gary, and taken to morgues there.
F.ight bodies, three of them women,
were burned to the torso.
Th empty troop c?rs were attached
t an eagine and loaded with the
wounded, over ICO, and taken to Gary
hospital. About twenty wounded were
taken in Hammond ambulances to Pt.
Margaret's hospital. Four of them died
in the hospital. Two of the injured died
on thj train going back to Gary. This
train was like a shambles. Circus em -pioyes
were there with broken backs
and fractured skulls.
The engineer of the Michigan Cen
trai train was buried in the wreckage.
The flreman was dned and was last
seen running towards the woods in an
effort to escape.
Harry Whipple, the Michigan Central
train dispatcher. left Michigan City
with the show last night and ts among
the missing.
Among thos missing and believed to
have been killed are circus star per-
iurmrs wnojf names nave been known
to more than one feneration of circus
goers.
Tha Ottreil family of bareback rid
ers, the celebrated Kooney- family of
riders, the Meyer family, known the
world over for their mastery cr wild
heaata, all are believed to have died In
the wreck.
Trapese artists, aerial norkers and
the other thrillers, as well as the man
agers of thi? show, could not N found j
when tho survivors were checked up. !
Most of tho in the Pullmans were j
the stars of the sho. and it u among j
them that the heaviest loss of life oc- !
curred. The ballet, composed of more t'
than JOO girls lost many in killed and !
injured. I
All the circus "hands" in the wreck I
were riding on the fist cars with 'he j
equipment. These were the cafe men.
canvas men and general helpers with i
the jhow.
Some of the survivors. panic-stricken
and running away barefooted In thir
night clothing, wandered to rear-by j
houses, where the occupants, ten. fled !
when they learned the wreck was that i
of a circus train and fearing lions and I
tigers were at large in the countryside.
opened their doors to admit the suf
ferers. They did what they could for the vic
tims, giving rough medical aid to the
slightly injured and furnishing them
with what oiothing the could lay hands
on.
Fei-- of wrd animals a needless
Derails all the menagerie was in a
tram ahead of ih performers' special
ThV- roaring tint had awakened the
villagers was only that of uneasy ani
mals on the ir.inf. and they were well
ahead of the v reck
Most of these who wandered f i oro the
scene of the wreck were found and e"e
taken hack dazed to he relf train
Sot'is, it is hli-ed. mi; h- l."ued
amors: th.e missing u ho yet w t!! h-
found in houses near the re. k Many
of the women required opiate before
they could be quieted.
LITTLE JOE COYLE'S
LAST WORDS, "PAPA,
HELP ME OUT"
("Vmtinued from page one.)
Edd e Ward worked her-.... al'y ;o tes
cue his partners.
One of the ghastly sih: foiiowiiiK
the wreck was the sight of wo men.
not identiiied. who were caught between
two of the coaches, jammed together
with mattresses about them The trai
tresses caught fie and the terrible
countenances of the doomed men were
framed in the rlame. like mar: rs burning-
at the stake. Their screams sound
ed above the moans and xiotn- of all
others about then-.. They were cremated.
Uon Mcore. a clown, fit t -two scars
of age, and one of tho veterans of thi
Hagenbach and Wallace shows. was
found by a reporter in th (lary Gen
eral hospitil where twen'-s: if 'he
less seriously injured were taker., many
kept there only because tiny have no
clothes.
' I was asleep in the first of the four
coaches, next to the fiat cars ;n the
train." sa.d Moore. "The ftasb awoke
me and I realized we ere hems tele
scoped. I grabbed a pillow and ht Id ii
over my face and ftlt mxself b-nng
drawn up into a knol. Vhn I came
lo my scnes I felt the body of a naked
person over me a corpse, someone was
breaking glass and it ftll on nie. Final
ly, after what seemed hours. 1 saw the
face cf Etr.il Swire, far above me. One
by one people over ine w f-re removed
and finally Swire grabbed my hand. It
seemed impossible for him io pet me
out as I was almost helplessly pinned
down. I heard that awful cry. Fire
coming' and felt the stiffling heat and
1 believed I lost my ni.nd. Hut that
brave, true pal. Emil Sw it" sun k with
me although the flames wre hot about
him and I was saved. I then helped
plucky Mrs. "Spec" F.r.os rescue her
husband. He was fastened tight and
covered by blood. Then 1 saw Joe C'oyle
crazed because ho could nu rescue his
wife and children. They had joined the
show to be t i t li him a few days and
jr.ir.j; to leave for their home in
Cincinnati. .. today."
A. F. Robert .. ticket .-eiler with the
cir",i. was in the last sleeper of the
circus train.
"The first thing I remember.'' said
Itober's at the Gary General hospital,
"was timbers fail'ng about me. I was rvt
imprisoned and escaped easily. J
saw peupie 'turned a'Ue m one attest
flaming hell of tortured souls and con
niri'd flesh. God. the awfuiness of It.
And how brave were the injured who
aided m rescues " I do not knuw h"
was killed Mrs. George Frown, w if
"f the trainmaster, had hr ankl
broken. Fr-d l.egpitt. bos wardrobe
man escaped, and Immanuel. a candy
seller had his Ick crushed The f'erick
r?rnthr.. who do a havr lifting act.
were both bnd!y injurd. hut at !st
two f-f the thre escaped."
According to F. E. Billiard, superin
tendent of sir-eying cars with the cir
cus, the wreck must have occurred at
eleven minutes after four o clo. k. His
watch stopped at that time and a it
is of a good make and had always been
reliable he is sure it must have Btoppcd
when the crash came.
THOUSANDS OFSIGHTSEERS
II
I
1L
Street Cars Jammed; Roads
Crowded with Machines;
Hundreds See Bodies.
Thousands of pp ftocl.ed to th
jrjnp of the wjeri at Ivar.'noe just
east of the crossing- of the Michigan
Central and the P. J. A- E. railroads.
All day Ions the roads in the trin
ity were l.ned wih machines. tlr"a!
crowds of curinj sight-seers of Ham
mond. Gsry and hearby towns watched
workmen remove the remains of the
lour wrecked sleerers and tk away
charred bodies. Tt was 10 o'clock be
fore the fire was extinyu'shed.
Michigan Central trains were lined
up to Gary and Hammond on both side
of the wreck.
Every doctor in the noi-th end of the
county was attending the wounded at
the hospitals whore they were earned
by trains, met by ambulances, jitneys
and by police patrols. E en the Gary
fir trucks were pressed into service.
Hammond and Gary practically sus-pend-i
business. News of the wreck
spread like wild fire. Collections of
clothes were taken for the survivors
whose efforts wre destroyed bv fire.
One of the jrrewsome sights of ihe
wreck was the fngrhfened end injured
negro circus ron s: a bou ts dancins: in
sanely about ire fire, stark naked, and
many of them covered wnh blood. They
were finally wrapped in blankets tak-
from the berths of the t went y -
taken tf,
huddled ;
Gary hospitals where they
j rorUed ny w tv t t hey bad be-n throt'h
ii ml
!1.
Ihe
with
Me:,
if-r A InerurbHn i.n- crowded
t te com. ne and go.un s:ght-s, ers.
and bos c'.uns to ihe end" r ih.
m oi ti-r lo t ransfii-irte,! i .
s.-.- rie
HITS INSURANCE
COMPANY HARD
i
j '"'a--; ;
I i y-l i:. ,
K .
i a 1 1-1 1
"e,i ,
i d1 d'lW'Ti TP e r;ll- I
I
a ij,, ce in S ushitiKti.fi. "a
'tit
j the fi ; f t .ir'ivp -n K ? i-i m.. rid Me
j insures a I the hiifh p-iced atai .-f the
J .rc.is nd has I2." p.d!cj-s ...it. It w ill
I h h i cou p3n . i he N r; h .'!iiet i.-an
Aco'dent ''itiipinv hard, as ilmns' all
I the silled i aii. c.i p.l.c.es in h.si co'n-
SHE MADE A
DISGUSTING
SPECTACLE!
The cl e i-1 i and t r s - - r, a ' I.eVnsinK i
I en
i
one
itne p-tiab!e "kcv.te-s." a- th-v are;'" t to .j. the matinee for there wa
j called in circus pat'Ian.-e. were sln-tvn r.on They were lia n by luruuitt
j'ti the roadh. d for car lengths Ti.v i
included women's hats, .'nilin
f ai
descriptions and th little th nps that
people whoso homes n re inner their
hats h. 'd so desi. i -no cf (h- d'--Ut.ng:
scenes was a voice woican
vvho picked i.p a woman's hat and t. t
it cn her painted head and did a dan.-e
one the risht of wav w here m.iny had
been killed It was Iearn(.,j tj,at she
was from Ga-v.
CHICAGO OFFERS AID
-The
Orcapo hoaid r ' health
1 1.
noon '.-ailed r-r A H.ichsnan. s. --
retaiy n the Hammord bosr-J c,f hPHi!h
and a k-- i if doctors or nurses wer
nenei;. fin.v-inst any as.-ist.tn
sible
po
! WHIPPLE ESCAPES.
l Fred V.'hipp'e Mi--h Ban 'ntsa!
'trainmaster fKr.rr-i killed, escaped with
inj'int ii was learned !(; v;is
on tn -a noose attached to th
f tne circus train
I "S
2 INJURED WOMEN
AT GARY HOSPITAL
Two won, en from the circus train
iie very serio jslv injured at the liary
Mercy hospital. Ore is M r. i;r..-r
W. Krowii and the other Mrs. Finos.
i HAMMOND MAI?
KliEW PERFORMERS
i
i .moni?: t- fl-s et the wreck fnl'.iw
jn.? up the Jo.-to-s. jinnee and fircn'ti
I were ipoi tecs for The Times and Will
j Tfastincs. w ho w a we'l ucq,aini cd
' -ith Tsnv r-f the performers. hn iig
spent a tivn wee',.
vis t at Frem-h I.iclc
last w inter w-hei e it was l'l epnrinc to
j K'i out on the load Hastinas was muh
affected a' the
appaliitur fato
sights and the j
of his friends.
THESE WERE
tlAT)r CJT t-i T3 TTi T C I "i"'!1 m jitneys to hospitals and ooc
XlAiVli 3110,1? ti Kb J ,, s ,..-,;.,.. The severely injured
t m. inhered fibont fitiv.
i efr,so tne rn'v h' i tr. e r i. s th-n- 'rx
i onni'i'iin ix' i ! h the traaredv when
liai-l Plank fern. Jnd . eiicli: ca-
ienartiis atiead c.qrne on he s-enc tw
hurs aVerwnrd and sa r! l;e h-id yp
'iiioi.ch it a'.; He ad hec-n s'eepm
on a (r. n ' h e r r-w n a ss n , a n had
n a no s'lrpr's'ny expt im-a. Me
was 'n a !' d -a on a flat jr-' one
'-er ienartl-, a'vnv from -he hurnms; i-nri
and sipf th ii;ah the entire stnashup.
FAMOUS
EQUESTRIENNE
IDENTIFIED
At S'e fart's rr.otpue this
r?e r"rrit, IMit-e. i'otl:el. t
most famous harehack rider was iden- ,
jt'fled h
w.i- around her j
Ine, k. It contained her name on a card
and some valuahles. She was a hiRh
(salaried performer and traveled with
j her brother and his wife.
THIRTY BODIES
! TAKEN TO GARY
TPv
OAItT. Ind
I'viti rrtFsl
June 13. At least fortv.
I s'X persons were killed when the army
j equipment train on the Michigan Ccn
, tral railroad crashed l:adon into a cir
! c :s train near Hammond More than
Is hundred were injured. Thirty hodies
hse ben brought to fliir". Fi re broke ,'
nut in the wreckage and many bodies
were chaced b vend recoanllion. fnh-
are Vielieved to l'e in the debri.
Hosnitals in surrounding towns are
filled with injured. Doctors and nurses
THE TIMES.
wouldn't yoi stop it if you could ?
! from t'hicago half been dispatched to
j Ac ording to railroad men the cirru
were se nt to s-; fjar.. The Mv-i'pment
i tiain which was said to be n.nninkf
at a fp- ti'l vf fifty miifs an ho:;r rah
j eel into the cmc us train and wreckage
i na h illed hundreds of feet
DEATH LIST MIT
GROW OVER RIGHT
"1 i i rued
ror
paRe one )
; y the i t rturned u 1 lAnips in the
laM three coaches. The general man
ager's car had eieotrw lik-rlting while
tho utile's wt-re euu'pp'd w.th cl
iamps it w.is tat-d.
Hecause of fi i-nds i.nrnif nie de
set tin the show, it is utateil. Ki e
nh.w e, f,., breakfast end only three
a' d'nne.. the chef reported.
Ml lh-
tents were i.p at the .ic-i.h
his al't i r.' -! v. iMi tlo- rx
the T.ig Ton" in whi.'n t ho
ls gn en. There wi-:-e gieat
o-.ind the show grounds h'
I Ei ( iinds
I . r nt o -n c,
' hnW
'iij-i a
i ,
i OVER ITT TNT)!? T.TJ
INJURED MEN
TAKEN TO GARY
(Continued from pace one.)
safety a score of
and both rec-ived
head to foot.
In the estilu
three itejrro porters
Injiii---! companions
amf-il liinns from
c.f .!.. ,-. ! stood
,' th' . -i ,P , troop
tram that crashed !nt.. i',-.e i-ircus
1-cpers. They looked at tli-ii- burned,
hands helpless! . These roij ed boy s
ft-OTii Texas hid been Hinongr th-j rirst.
rescuers nd they risked their own lives
in helping others tc, escap.v
"Ah didn't know what to do fut,"
on id 1'rank Clemens of Ft. tVorth. who
wih I. 1. evils and V. Iioilen made up 1
the trio. J
Beg- to Die. j
"The fust woman ah nme to kept 1
cryma 'touch m not, touch me not' and
the fust n-nu said. 'bt trie be, I'm dytna "
We saw women burning nine and thir
wi-i'd hs a'lrost d-o-c n-e mail rh,
ln'. it was so horrible ah can't j
about it. Ah will never work on a j
trnin atfain boss, never." i
The negro, his face lined with terror
nnn .!'!-- d by th pam from his burn- j
ed band", became incoherrent. '
In the roaches were naked negroes.
circus wnrners clothe, i in underwear
pajamas r.(l I'ih' sh'ris. tind nearly all
were writhing in pn'ti
The death rattle couid be heard in
many of the berths
When the train rca !-e1 South Broad -way.
Clary, nil !-e n niti-i iances in th"
city were waiting tcpihT with half a
hundred .Sttjjey hiis.si and commandeer
ed ina'hines. Willi t(e first Injured
taken from the iinin .bcto-s rushrd to
the Mercy, lienors! and Steel Company
hosi'its Is.
I'or forty-five tmn ito" hmiian forms
I wero handed off th' rear roach onto
Isi'et.hfrs with maticled faces and
limbs appearing beneath the Pullman
blank' t .
Of the injured fifty were
bb
to
were
walk, with assist a in-e. and there
lircineiir I.. SuretM. Kalama xoo. ft
liiniT of the troop train, escaped un
it, rut-el but bis tii email, whose name
cou 'd not he i carped v. "i - sex ereiy in-iur-ccl
an onr iiejtro porter killed. .T. VI.
Meyer. S17 Michiaan street. Michigan
''iiv. was the conductor "r the troop
i ra in.
V. ?. Whipple, traminr.s: r. w as in the
nav car attached to t rear of the
circus train and it is feared he was!
killed. His home is at Michigan City.
MENAGERIE IS
NOT HARMED
:ri"Mi : The ntenaserie of the Car! Hapen--.virld's
j t,,.rk shows was unharmed by the
k as It was in the first -section
w rec
lot the tra'.n.
The first section of the tram con
sisted of 28 coachs. including- six pas
senster coaches and the second section
which was the one wrecked, had "0
coaches. including four passenger
coaches. Roth sections carried diners.
STILL REMOVING DEAD
.At eleven o'clock the wrecking: en
gines ere still removing debris from
the track while another crew were
working with a fire horse to put out th
tire which had broken out afresh
As tlm tanjtled mass of iron and
smouldering timbers were lifted away
by the immense cranes, other human
bodies could be seen beneath the rutns.
Fifteenth aenue was lined for fully
half a mile with standing automobiles,
many of which were from Illinois,
, Thousands of people crowded the ropes
looking iu awe gtruck wonder upon the i
friiii Siht. A force of pntroltnen were )
r cti s t h tit 1 at work holding back the!
crov.-.l I
The r.eus spread rapidly nd people )
from points iMjny r lies .t.v" v-re j
imi'iix the visiters liar:', I. .iond. :
Kaft CI.u.Hf5o. IitUi-'iiia Hailmr, '..mtirg !
nu ou. i c.Mj.ig" ui iii!MiiiK i! Be qucnaa.
INCOMPLETE
LIST OF BADLY
WOUNDED
WILLIAM BURNS, 14 Monroe street, ;
Locsport, N. Y. I
ANDeil IEAMAN, Readiny, Pa., a i
clown. j
JACK EAIT7, Pern, Ind. i
QEOROE TS.. KOOCMAN, 1620 W. '
If.th RtrAAt
MA. ANDERSON, CHAHLE3 AXLEN,
no address. I
CHAS. EOBIKSON, 630 East Broad. '
, way. Washing-ton. j
WALTER RAINEY. (colored Chiiii- :
cothe. '
LEON KOORE, Eeflance, O.
T. E. BDLLABD, Baraboo, Wis. !
JAKE WOOD (colored), 154th w.
Long- st., Columbna, O. i
OEOROE BROWN, Denrer, CoL
PARSON WADDEIL, first assistant
boss.
CARL GREEN. 116 Ljrsander street.
Detroit, Mich.
WILLIAM STREETER, no address.
i CHARLES BROWN, 352 Elm street, J
' Buffalo.
Buffalo.
W. S. TRTTMBILL, 127 Mass. street,
Spring-field, Mass.
O. H. JOSS, Sydney, O.
i DEWEY MUNLEY, Lexing-ton. Ky.
; CLARENCE HITCHCOCK, Lexlcg-ton,
i Ohio.
Veil. DAILY, 43 Bradford st Proyl-
cience, R. I.
A. BALL, no address.
HENRY LOHNSR, Toledo, O.
WM. MICHEL, Eoarer Palls, Pa.
J. KUNEE, no address.
LEON MOORE, L. LEWIS. JOE COT,
IiON MOORE AND ART ADAIR.
LIST OF DEAD
IN HAMMOND
ARTHUR DIERECR,, strong- man.
JOE DIEBECX, strong- man.
MAX DIERECK, strong- man.
HARRY MILLER, electrician.
BESSE CAVANATJOH, aerial per.
former.
SEB CATANAUSE, electrician.
MRS. JENNY WARD, aerial per.
loimer.
MRS. COYLE AND TWO SONS.
CHARLX3 ROONEY, bareback rider.
POUR UNIDENTIFIED DEAD, threa
men and, one woman.
FORMER TIMES
EMPLOYE WITH
THE SHOW
Inquiries wcte tunde- today rea-ardins
! Gerald Hart'ierode. formeily of Gary
'and Hammond, a former employe of
The Times, wlio whs wiib tho circus.
Young- Hartl'rodo was seen at West
H'ldcn. Ind. where the circus winter
ed. There ho conversed with Or. T.
J. Toner of Gary.
PUT BLAME
ON ENGINEER
Pt T'mtfp rnrs.l
f'Ht'"A;'. .Tune 22. 'facers n' the
Mil hian Central today advapced 'he!
bciief that th" cnincpr of tl'.e equip- t
i::ent trmn was ded before be a reik
occurred general I'lis.-crifif r Ascnt
I i,flnn aiH
"In no other wuy can T account for
the fact that be lftncred 11 dancer
sians. He ran past two h'ock signals.
wo red light signals and the usual;
fuzee. The engineer is intssinff. t '
believe he is the only member of the j
crew ni
a H c.'
NOTK The oilier mciii'n"1
t in-
Ciew loll n l ' .1 fc n l"'l Lr liie ColsirieCT
was not killed.
TRIES IN VAIN
TO SAVE BOY
Lon Moore, the HaBenbach and
Wallace circus clown, was crying
when a Times reporter approached
him on the relief train.
"J. Coy le lost bis family." he raid.
-The little boy. oh. if 1 could
only have saved that, little fellow.
God. bow Euaiene Eno's wife worked
to get him out. God. but she had
the strength of six women And
she saved him, just befoie the fire
reached the place."
LENINE RESIGNED?
ZURICH, Jrtn 22. The Dent aches
Tagsblatt declares that Klcbolaa Lenin
tha 3olshTiil prima minister resigmsd.
Thera Is bo confirmation
sourca.
from aay
j tt a TUT'M'rVrT
YOUNG PEOPLE'S
ELOPMENT
fSppi-'Ai. To Tut: T:iK3.
lil'FFAl.. . -V. V., .l;ir,f ' 'harles
fl'iyni'ind Kpker and Mary M. Flaherty,
both of Hammond, lr.d. end Fpker's
sister. Miss Jessie M. Krker of Hain-
n,n,j anfc Charles I
East thlcago. Ind.
F'unkhcuser of
urcd marriage
licenses this afternoon h. re at the city
clerk " office. The tw t, cmjo:esi were on
an auto tour and had been any from
home for a week.
THRIFT CAMPAIGN
jWar Savings to Be the Sole
War Cry in Gary for
- a Week.
On is readv to star
m rnir.g cm another r.tv
i ampaicn in the interest
v:n the war acainst ;'n
6ra r ?.londay
w i .1 e pat riotic
rf ne'.pingt to
' Mnn. Next
ivi'.'i; ,4ry will pledge iievsrif to huy
War Savings stamps. Hundreds of
patriotic workers me to start out early
M- ndiiy morning: ft.-ni t'.te Commeicial
ci.tb to tsit as nearly as possible ev
, . ... j-,,..-s in in the city outside of the
j industrial plants and special cam-
i paigns aie to be conducted within the
j industrial plants by tf4e industrial com-
j initteea.
! A!! c ty capta.r.s and woi Iters are
I ,i.-ked to meet Campaign Manager
j Harry Ha',1 at the O - ti.t.ie rcial club
' Monday morning bet .veeu s:.;o and J
j o'clock to lc'ive t.icir supplies and
j :ina! instructors for tb- r pan in
iWaiy's J 1 .Oi'ii'-Omi iir:w. The teams
! have been assigned th- ir specal ter-
ritory and the canvass is to be thor
ough. The patriotic c tizens of Oary
are urged to co-operate to the fullest
possible extent in being prepared to
meet the xx-orkers and make the larg
est possible pl.dfjc.s for the purchase
of War Savings Stamps dtit'n- the . c
inaintler of 1 St 1 A .
Women's Teams Off.
The- women's team will xco' k in tat
t ' . den t .a! sections of the city while
tho c'ty men's teams xx:il push the
canass in the business section. The
following; women captains. represent
ing tt-arns from numerous Gary wom
en's organ. zations, wei announced to
day: Mrs .1 P. Fox, Ga-y Woman's
o.'ub; Mrs. ' araill. Coii"re club, Mrs.
K'.nne?. Civic Service ciuh; Mrs. for
mat, I . .. R ; Ms. Ivlunipner. Oaiy
Musical club. Mrs. .lor.n Redmond,
I'atholic Women's league; Mis. M Nus
baum, ladles' Auvliary of Temple Is
rael. Mrs. Keck. First Y u ; r egrat .1 ona!
f!;ii,-clii Mrs. Mo: can. I"i i s? Presbyte
rian church. M' s. . M. Williams,
'hr'st Kpiscopul (hiiicii, M--S fCahan.
T'-mpk- Petin-1 ; Mi- M V. G'.-n, First
Itaptist chttrcli; Mrs. A I'. Wicks, x'en-i-al
Chris; inn ohuich: Mrs. Han'.ey.
Jefferson J'-hiwI Pa r f n f -Tea diet, s as
sociation; Mrs. 1.. Huke. Glen Pa: k
Pit ren I -Teachers' association: Mrs.
Hammond. I'n t-d IVcsbyteu tan ch'.nch,
Mips Prudem-e Wood. Allied Relief;
Mrs. Sarver. I.nwrlish Lutheran ciiuicn;
Mrs. P. W. Seyl. Ambridge Red I'ross
unit. -Mrs. .1. Heyclorn. Eastern Star;
M:. j .1 Roberts. Toll-ston Red Cross
unit; Mrs. R'-ayton. Fitst Methodist
chtirch. and M:s. Mead, teachei s of
i l '.
The captainr of the men's team?
iv - announced sx.tal days ag-o.
Tin" should place about forty c:iy
ii ms in the riid .Mmnlav and scores
. .." workf ,'.. Tins o : t n iz j t io n co-ope: -
' .ii iift mill ine ;;ij;i.niai T' aui.s f noiiia
i make a wonderful jshow:njr next week,
j Kach team captain is to ieport at
t ue t. ommerciai cuio nery da v be
tween It and 12 o'clock in tije morning,
beginning on Tuesday morning. On
account of the work s-arl-ug on Mco..
,iiy morn or no team t ports are ask-
! The
A Wonderfu' Meeting.
grtat patriot;..: in.f ting: at the
I
Gary theater last nigiu made a liline
prelude to the big- War Savings Stamp
drive ar. J ihe large audience in at
tendance heartily ppre iated the
strong- address delivered by Dr. Frank
Uerins of Notre Dame. Mr. Hering's
address was a strong appeal for pat
riotism aid sincere loyalty to the prin
ciples fot which we a-e fighting.
City Chairman Hall of tne War Sav
ings Stamp oampaien presided and in
troduced the speaker. Mi. Oliver,
state campaign manager, w a.s present
at the meet ins. Tho Gary Red Cross
nurses occupied places of h no- on the
platform wiih the members of the war
savings executive committee. team
captains and i or.tmi t lee ci.a - m-'i.
li'MTF.n Fr.KSS l".n BIKOR A34.1
FAE.IS, June 22. Oermaa raicij were
repulsed in the reg-icn of Eollolj and j
Kactebraj-l and in Msaac. Trench troops j
took a German on'post capturiay a i
number of prisoners.
June 22, 1918.
PAST I JW
TOI1 A Y
GLADYS BROCKWELL
THE DEVIL'S WHEEL"
Show.ngr how the ou! cf a woman
rules the underworld of J-rance.
TOMORROW
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
"THE MATRIMANIAC' '
The Coolest Place in Town.
RPHEUM
Theatre Ei
HAJCMOBD, DtD.
Our Summer Policy:
First five day pictures. Satur
day and Sunday Vaudeville.
peclal Feataic Attraction
Today and Sunday
p. B. BF.rtr, PKESEXT?
"Keep Moving
A Minlatore Mualral Tonaeay.
10 People 10. . Mostly Girla.
speclnl Scenery, Catchy Music.
The Regos Brothers
terlal Gymnasts.
Billie Bowman
Character Comedienne.
Belmont's Warblers
f m!la( ion.
Doorman & De Glenn
After the Maeqnernde.
Com ins Monday and Tuesday
"SIN? OF A3IBITION."
BeLuxe :: Theatre
TODAY
"God's Countryand
The Woman"
Eig-ht A.ts
Manager's decision: A ci
nicturf.
SUt'VAY
Mary Mhss K nler
- in -
"A Bit of Jade"
And Toto in ' Thf; Junk Man."
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
10 acts
Alice Joyce and
Harry Morey
"Within The
Law"
pki.i i. n nut r.
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We sire Registered Optome
trists and Examine Your
Eyes without the use of
Drugs.
Hammond
Optics! Oo.
141 E. State St. Hammond
Ho more v&skUvs
fxr my wife----
they shorten, life s
We are
always
at Your
Service.
Phone 134
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