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HP10TI71 1 id JPi JUL. Jra-lX M t CFE DOUBLE! SO THEY MAY SMILE AND SMILE AGAIN! I FAIR WEATHER VOL. XIIT, XO. 132. Delivered by TIMES carrier. 40e peiT month! on atreet and nt nrnitnndi, 2e I per OPTI hack nnmhcin Se copy. HAMMOXT), INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1918. ass $s a m sub- ' JBS 8B5 3P TO AR ACTIVITIES WILL N (mi TNi MES r pfflSiipiiw OT BE ABANDONED SOONfliiRimnair WDUSTR Y SiY Large Activities to Garry On Until Peace is Signed WKcS May Be Long Hence. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. The j Various larger instrumentalities ! having to do with the making of I war are to be continued through the armistice and until legal peace J is proclaimed. Authoritative announcement to this effect was made yesterday. It sets at rest various rumors to the effect that numerous activities were to be abandoned at once. INDUSTRT A30TJT THE SAMS. The government would have the peo X'.c cf the United States know that an armistice docs r.ot necessarily end the V sr and that until the peace treaty is Signcii by all the nations concerned the v.-tr will still be on from a legal sland- POiiit. Some of the war activities will be flowed up, but the present thought Is thai things shall go on pretty much as they have pone on rending the outcohie o' the peace conference. This means j that the shipping board will continue to build ships nt the rate at which they) re row baing built, that the aircraft board will go aherl with th program i it is carrying out, that the food admin- j Islration will continue to urge the pec- : jrie to conserve foodstuffs in order that j the huugry people throughout Europe j may be fed. that the fuel adrninistrc Tion'wil! continue to supervise the min- . S:ig and distribution of coal, the council j of national defense will continue to ex- j ercise its functions, and so on down the; Pne. j SUNDAY WC3K STOPPED. . Orders stopping all overtime and Sun- j csy w ork on government w ar contracts i v ere authorized yesterday after a con- J ference of Secretaries Baker and j lianie'.s and Chairman Hurley, of the: thipping board. j The readjustment of labor and Indus- try of the country which had been oc- , .spied in war work will be undertaken: vi conference with the departme nt of i 3:'. 'nor ar.d the war industries board, with ! i: : ic-w to bringing ab'iut the readjust-i i icr.t with the least dislocation of la-j br and the greatest facl'.ity possible J "7 i 'Continued oi pasre seven.) , iriiTirorr! HIS SOLDIER SON. - i THEN HE'S ARRESTED j i t The disagreement between Matin T.iron and Mrs. Mary Batycik. 138 AVa bash avenue, over possession of an en larged photograph of his son whom she raised has been settled out of court. City Judge Klotz this morning gave the in terested parties tn opportunity to come n- en understanding. P.iron's son is in Trance and recently stnt a photo of himself home to Mrs. Katycik who acted as a mother to him following the dath of his mother. Mrs. liatycik had the photo enlarged and one iay P.iron visiting her house to learn if she had received word from his boy saw the photo and took it. The fact that it bad cost Mrs. Batycik $1S to have the picture enlarged and framed didn't seem to disturb Hiron so the woman had him arrested on a charge of petit larceny. The Judge told Firon that a copy could be made of the picture and this arrange ment was agreed upon. STREET RAILWAY MTC HEARING IN PROGRESS President Talma'ge of the Hammond. Whiting & East Chicago Railway oc- j cupled the stand today In the hearing j before Commissioner Edwards of the j Public Service Board in the petition of ; the street car company for an increased ; rate of fare. Talmage declared that the high cost; of material, labor and poyer has taken , the profit out of the street car business; nnd that -Jn order for the company tcj , rerve the public It must have a higher, fare. Joliet, Kankakee, Aurora and 30'J, cities in the country have six and seven j cent fares since the war started. The improvements being made by the company. Including the Columbia ave nue extension, were war measures but will be completed now that the war Is over. Attorney Fred Crumpacker represent ed the city. Attorney Jesse Wilson the Chamber of Commerce and Attorney McMahon the city. Vour money will buy doughnuts and chocolate for the boys in the wet trenches in Franc-. Indiana Republicans Much Concerned Over Organi zation of Next National Congress and Are Alive to Party's Best Interests. Times Bureau. Ay y,-'n: capitai- INDIANAPOLIS, IND.. Nov. 13. Leading Republicans here are much concerned over the organ iaztton of the next national congress and particularly arc discussing how the newly elected Indiana congressional deltgation will line vp when the reorganization comes. The majority of the Republicans of the state, it is declared here, who arc thor oughly alive to the best interests of the party, are very much in favor of the defeat of the "old guard" In the reor ganization process. The defeat of the. "old guard" would mean that Repre sentative Mann, of Illinois, would not be selected as Speaker of the. House of Representatives and that Boies Penrose, of Penns lvania. would r..- be selected for the chairmanship of the .important finance committee of the senate goals at which the "old guard" in the Republi can party throughout the country al ready is aiming. Complete reconstruction of the fossil ized rules or Ihi senate also Is being Continued on page eight.) PRESIDEN1 WILL PUSS ON DRY U.S. 'Wartime" Prohibition to Go into Effect, Anti Liquor Men Say. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Whether the United States shall have "war time" prohibition now the war is over, Will be up to the President to decide In a few days. The Scnaf is t-xpecferr to recede' this week from trte insistence on the Pomerenc p.nti - rent profiteerinsr amendment to the agricultural bill, carrying- the prohibition rider. The bill then will be sent to the President. Senator Fmith of Georgia announc ed today that the bill would be called up for action Friday, when he would move the recession. He said the rent profiteering situ ation in the District of Columbia would be dealt with by continuing the Sauls bury resolution in effect until the end of the war. Rumors that the President will ve to the bill were discredited by dry leaders today. They insisted that the amendment will become a law. It 'forbids manufacture, distribution and sale of liquor after Jy 1. 1913. for tho period of the war, continuing during the demobilisation of troops. LOWER PRICES SEEM TO BE NEXT IfJ OROER Trade Tapers Off Awaiting the Readjustment That Is Coming Soon. NEW YORK, Nov. 11. Bra.-treet' says: Trade continues to taper off. rumors of peace, effects of influenza, the election holiday, and light buing re sulting from warm weather having re passed operations, and at the same time there is a strongly denned tend ency to mark time while trying to sketch out the probable breadth of .re adjustments to follow the peace now apparently in sight. In fact. the roseate outlook in Europe, with prema ture reports of Germany hiving accept ed terms submitted by the allied powers, have already taken form in the unsct tlcment of grain and cotton prices, in cancellations of some orders, in the holding up of contemplated plant exten sions, and in higher prices for securi ties. Economizing and the absence of young men from the lists of buyers, also hve made for some increase in supplies of merchatidist. and in view of the inevitnble defeat of Germany, irre spective of what th;t country may do in quibbling over terms, the general dis position is to shy away from placing orders when the potentials suggest low er prices, at least until readjustments have been worked out. Weekly bank clearings, $5,250,026,000. BILL SAYS HE HAS NOT FLED PUn'iteo Press Cablegham. AMSTERDAM. Nov. 13. A statement was published here today to the effect that the former kaiser wishes it to be known that he ha not fled but de parted merely so the government might not be embarrassed B WOUriDED IN BATTLE Adrian Clevinger Is Taken From Battlefield to a French Hospital. fP -n'-if. To The Times t LOWKLU IND.. Nov. 13 "Wounded for the second time in battle. Adrian, the plucky son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Clevinger of this township., has written a letter to his parents from a French j hospital telling of his second experience" in action. He was wounded on the battlefield.! but said his wounds wero not severest but would make necessary for him to- be sent home as soon as he was out of) the hospital. This Is the second time;j Adrain has been wounded and It seems j that lie has had about his share. His ) parents hope that he may be home by Christmas. GROWN POINT Henry Griesel, Formerly Prominent in Business, Is Dead. ("Smciii. To The Times. CROWN POINT. IND.. Nov. 13- The death of Henry Griesel of this place re- j moves oue. of I-akc county's oldest liv- ! ing pioneers. Mr. Griesel was S4 years j of age. He was born in Germany and! is one of two brothers and two sis-j tors. John is dead and Adam is in business In South Chicago. Mrs. Ft I or Itorst and Mrs. Catherine Horst are the sisters. Five daughters and two sons were born to the Griesels. Mrs. J. B. Meyers, Mrs. Otto Hilcebrandt and Mrs. Herman Gosch. The unmarried daugh ters are Rertha anil Clara. The two sons, John and Will, are both dead. Mr. Griesel kept a furniture and undertak ing establishment here for 25 years. The funeral arrangements hare not been j inadc. KILLEDJTFORSYTHE Sixth Fatality for First of Week in This Locality . Caused by Collision. rSFtvrAL. To The Times. WHITING. IND.. Nov. 13. Thomas Hambasic of 715 Schrage avenue. 21 years of age, was killed at Forsythe on Monday evening when his motorcycle was hit by an auto truck. Hambasic's funernl will be in charge of Undertaker IJaran. Two friends of the drivers who were riding with him, one on the rear seat and the other in the side car were In jured. Their names could not be learned. THE FOOD ANSWER GERMANY WILL GET TBT United Pke8?. Uy Robert J. Ucnder. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 3. President Wilson Is ready to consider 'favor aby" the supply of foodstuffs to Ger many if he can be assured order is and will continue to be maintained there. This reply is being sent Ger many in answer to her appeal forood. The only other condition was that there be a guarantee of equitable dis tribution. The German appeal delivered ester day to the S'vis minister ?aid: "The German government urgently requests ihe president ! the United Statei to inform Gtrman Chancellor Ebert by wireless whether he may .-1 be assured that the government of the United States is ready ti send food stuffs without delay, if order is to be maintained in Germany and an equit able distribution is guaranteed." The main portion of the answer as given by this country through Secre tary Lansing said: "At r. j'int fffion of the two hous es of congress on November 11 the president of the L"n!ted States announc ed that the representatives of tho associated governments in the supreme war council at Versailles have by unan imous resolution assured the peoples of the Central Empires that everything that lsossible will be done to supply them with food C"d relieve the dis tressing want that is In so many places threatening thfir verv lives: and tha steps are to be takn immediately to organizs these efforts at relief in the same systematic manner that thev nr organized in the case of Belgium. Furthermore" the president expresd the opinion that by the use of idle tonnage of the. Central Empires it ought presently to be possible to lift the fear of utter misery from their oppressed population and set thetr minds and energies free for the great and hazardous tasks of political con struction which now face them on ev ery hand." It is more blessed to give than to receive, Ml nnm P mwmsm f m jMLL UtiHILu ft,!! i iJIkl PeODOCTOi , J; B S- 'T Tl-i F&fl J ' ' i n m i uikb tania i i I Lmmmmm qt vital U mL I8IM ! mm lu uu Var Stopped So Suddenly That Government in Full Stride of Preparation had not Arranged for Demob ilization. Dy CARL D. GROAT (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. Pract ically every deta'il of the demobilization of the American army, the evacuation of training camps and the stopping of war work remain to be worked out. Secre tary Baker disclosed today. The war ended so suddenly with the war department in full stride on prepa rations for pushing on next spring. If necessary, that no time has been found to make full 'plans for the return to a peace footing. Baker Indicated. Baker, his aids and general staff, are studying various problems presented by the cessation of hostilities. Tho only policy thus far decided on is that noth ing shall be done abruptly or in any way likely to upset labor conditions. Orders to prevent launching of work already contracted for but not officially begun arc new going out. The return of colleges and high f-chools to a peace footing along with the fast return home of men now In training offers additional problems. Baker said. The return of troops over seas. Baker said, will depend solely on reports from Pershing and Bliss as to conditions on the other side. Honm RECEIVED THE PESCE MEWS (By LOWELL MELLET.) AT THE ALLIED FRONT, Nov. 11. (Night, Delayed) The arrival of peace at the front was not like anything you have Imagined. There was practically no contact with the enemy. The last real fishting was at Ath. early this morning. I traveled through Ath end eight miles beyond and did not see a single German. The enthusiasm which the troops might be expected to show, was absent. The news was spread by aero plane, dispatch riders and word of mouth. The men continued their work. I told a sergeant. "Very good, sir," he said. There was a pause, then: "Thank you for that, sir," and th?n Inal'y warm ing up, said: "It's the beit news In the world, sir." A French soldiers told of the armis tice terms replied simply, "Mercy." At the news an aged woman stared unbelievingly for a moment then fell on her knees besides tho road. After praying for a moment sho arose, end with her tear-stained face quivering with emotion, stammered the explana tion: "My son." There were r,o cheers from the am bulance men bringing the victims of the morning battle. Ath was evacuated at 5:10 this morn ing. Civilians paraded the streets, dancing around the list German pris oners taken by the Tommies. I had hope! to catch a sight of the German line. b'?t there were none. NOTE NOT OFFICIALLY RECEIVED Br Un'ited Press WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. The state department proposed to make public to day the German note of yesterday ap pealing for American assistance to gether wivh this government's answer. The second note reported by the press j asking for a quick peace conference has not been officially received. JAPANESE "Y" TO AID NIPPON ARMY K. Tamamoto. general secretary of the T. M. C. A. in Tokyo, Japan, says that at least twenty Japanese Red Tri-f angle workers will be sent to Siberia to : work with the Nippon army. The Jap-' an. V. M. C. A. has ra!sd SOMtOO -en.' or iij'iut 1250,000. to establish thu work j of the organization in Siberia. t "I am informed that already thefe are' 50.000 Japanese in Siberia, and there may be more," Mr. Tamamoto recently told Wilbur L. Messer, general secretary of the Chicago association now affiliated with the United War, Work Campaign. "The Japanese F. M. C. A. will endeavor to instruct, entertain and elevate the minus o. the Japanese soldiers. It will arrange "or adequate huts and dugouts and wil. pattern its work after that of the American Y. M. C. A. in France. Have a heart. GIVE DOUBLE. By CAB& O. GROAT. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Soldiers will be discharged from service only as fast as their local boards can find jobs for them, ac cording to plans now being worked out by Provost Marshal General Crowder andyet to be approved by the war department. Each draft board will act as au employment agency. A list of pre-war occupations of the men has been saved and the first step will be to ask the former employer if he will re-employ the soldier. All employers would be asked to list their labor needs with the labor boards. Commanders of training camps would be advised as to the need of men under the new ruling and those coming under the trades specified would be released immeciately. IfLATEST NEWSl CflllTlfll 1 i WHAT HAPPENED j TO CROWN PRINCE?! U.vjted Press Cablegram. THE HAGUE. 13 Reports per sisted today that the former Crown Prince was shot dead in Belgium on his second attempt to cross .the frontier. His brother, Prince Adel bert, who was with him, is said to have escaped. SAYS HE WAS KILLED. (I'sitkd Press Caeleoham. BERNE, Nov. 13. The body of Frederick William, former German crown prince has been found covered- with bayonet and ' bullet wounds on a military train bound for the Dutch frontier, it was re ported here today. SAYS HE WASN'T KILLED. United Press Cablegram. PARIS, Nov. 13. 1:30 p. m. The former Crown Prince arrived in Maastricht at 4 g'clock yester day afternoon, according to a dis-j patch from Rotterdam today. j WAS ARMISTICE SIGNED THURSPAY? United Press Cablegram. PARIS, Nov. 13. The newspaper Le Matin, describing the arrival of the German plenipotentiaries explains that the night they were presented to the French lines (Thursday) Major Bour bonbusset said to General Winterfleld on behalf of General Pebeny: "The misunderstanding must be im .Hiatriv cleared uv. The army re ceived this afternoon three German 'jarliarr.eutaiy officers who assured us the armistice was signed. Now oper ations are continuing.' General Winterfield replied: Undoubtedly. But I see in that on. ly an error of interpretation." Readers cf The Times will re member that it was late Thursday afternoon (European time) that Admiral Wilson made his an nouncement to the United Precs. GERMAN GARRISON MUTINIES bulletin-. United Press Cablegram. LONDON. Nov. 13. 1:30 p. m. Neutral travelers arriving here today reported the German garrison at Brussels has munitied and some officers have been killed. WILHELM TO LIVE AT CORFU Vxited Press Cvelei-jram. AMSTERDAM. Nov. 13 Count Wil liam Hohenzollern. the former kaiser, plans to make hfs permanent residence at the Aschllleon Palace on the Island of Corfu. It was stated by well in formed persons today. EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY Uvited Press Cablegram. ROME. Nov. 13 Delayed An earth quake in the Florence of Forli district has csufM the greatest panic, it waf reported here today The shocks were extremely violent in several places. In St. Sofia, a church collapsed killing eight persons. GERMAN SHIP IS TORPEDOED I'vited Press Cablegram. AMSTERDAM. Nov. 13. Workmen and soldiers have torpedoe the Ger man training ship Schlesion. It was re ported here ttJa'. GIVEN BY E. H. GARY Head of Steel Corporation Sees Even Greater Pros perity if the People Will Exercise' Prudence and Courage. NEW YORK. Nov. 13. Elbert II. Gary, head of the United States Steel Corporation, yesterday warned the American people to be on their guard against "economic demoralization, de pression and possibly par.ies" which might accompany readjustments after a world war. Begs People to Be Careful. In a statement issued before he de parted for Washington to confer there today with the w ar industries board regarding steps necessary to return the steel trade to a peace basis, Mr. Gary cautioned the public to "exercise pru dence, deliberation and courage." as "much depends upon the attitude and the speech of men." He added that "it i is easy to precipitate a feeling of de moralization and no more difficult to develop a sentiment of confidence and erenity." Asserting that although there would be reduction In purchases for military purposes which might interrupt the con- j duct of general business, Mr. Gary as serted that there would still be "a normal and certain volume erf business." Any attempt to secure more than a prop er share of this business, he said, would Impede rather then tccelerate ( Continued on page eight.) WANT NOV. 11 A NATIONAL HOLIDAY Br United Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. A joint resolution declaring Nov. 11 a national holiday to be designated as "Victory Day" was introduced in the house today by Representative Hicks of New York, a member of the house naval aftairs committee. A resolution making Nov. 11 a holiday In commemoration of the ending of the war has been introduced In the French Chamber of Deputies, according to ad vices from Paris received today. NEW RULING FOR DRAFT BOARDS IBr United Psess.J WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. A new rul ing by the provost niarsnal general to day sent to local draft boards through out the country provided that all trie draftees who have received their ques tionnaires fhatl return them to the lo cal board though they need not be di ed out. The crdcr yesterday was that &.U questionnaires in the hands of the men who hid passed their thirty-sixth birthday on September 12th last, should be filled out and returned and all oth ers Ignored. To clear up any confu sion General Crowder today ordered that all the questionnaires' should be returned to the boards unsigned. GERMANY GETS 24 HOURS MORE TIME i United Press Cablegram ,-a wireless dispatch from Taris today an-j nounced the allied high command had : informed the German high command; that a supplementary twenty-four hours had been added to the time for the' evacuation of Belgium, Luxemburg and j Alsace-Lorraine. BRUSSELLS FREED mriTn ttttit-i tt- ! United Tress Cablegram. DUNKIRK. Nov. 13 Brussels will be freed this week, it was announced tO"!'' r Local Cities Filled With Fac tories Wfiose Output is Ab solutely Necessary Af ter Retfjushneri Now that the war is over the business men of the Calumet reg ion must turn their attention to the problems of readjustment. Re construction is not the word. Only the devastated sections of Europe wrill have those problems to face. OVB. OWN PROBLEMS. But our problems of readjust ment will be great enough to en gage our serious attention for at least two years to come. Industrial re-adjustment will not be complete until our army has been complete ly demobilized and the men have become re-engaged in productive effort. Our immediate problem is that: To what e.tent will the region suffer from this priod of readjustment? To de termine that wc must analyze our pres tent industrial activity. The four principal industrial activi ties of the Calumet region, in the order of their importanVe. are: 1. The production of steel. The building of railway equipment. 3. The refining of oil. . The manufacture of chemicals. While it cannot be classed as an in dustry, the operation of railway termin als results In the employment of )rie numbers of jnen. Since the beginning of the war th procJliction of guns and munitions has been engaged in by a number of indus tries in Hammond and Fast Chicago The first result of the termination of the war th-n will be the cancellation of such contracts. NO SEACTIOK EXPECTED. But this will not cause the reacUon in the local industries that might W expected for the following reasons: 1. It is the opinion in well informed circles that where materials have been purchased and contracts are well along towards completion that such contracts will not be cancelled. 2. Only a small part of our indus trial activity is classed as munitions troduction. In the east, where whol. communities have been given over to the manufacture of war supplies the reac tion will be greater. 3. While the steel Industry Is classed as a war industry because a great per centage of Us output goes Into the man ufacture of munitions; the reaction in this Industry will only be temporary for rbe reason that thousands cf building (Continued on page seven.) CABINET PRESIDENTS APPOINTED LWited Press Cablegram 1 PARIS. Nov. 13. Herr Hirnch and Herr Stroebet have, teen appointed presidents of the Prussia political cab inet, it was reported from Berlin, to Cay. Dr. Solf and Dr. Van Scuch are re maining in their present offices. Prices Lccpold of Lippe has abdicat ed, it was reported. ROUMANIA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY (U.vtted Press Cablegram. ZUK1CH. Nov. 13. Koumania has declared war on Germany, according to a Bucharest dispatch to the Frank furt Gazette. A dispatch from Jaesy said the Roumanian government Is sued an ultimatum to Germany Satur day giving the German army twenty four hours to evacuate. Tho time limit expires at 9 o'clock Sunday morning. HERE CROWN PRINCE IS AGAIN United Press Cablegram 1 COPENHAGEN. Nov. 13. Tho WolfT bureau, official German news agency, announced today that the form--crown prince Is with his troops at the i fron AUSTRIAN EMPEROR LEAVES VIENNA .ry'ITE" PitEss Cablegram BA&LL. Nov. 13 Emperor Karl and his family have left Schonbrum Palace on the outskirts cf Vienna, according to the Vosslsche Zeitung Presumably their destination is Switzerland. PERSHING DECORATES JOFFF.E ll'sirr.n Fre Cat.:.;. ;rtv. PARIS. N.;v. 13. On beh.iir ! iuer.t Wilson. Generr.l !- sl,in;.r ic-'s decorated Marshal Joffru w ith the ,ji -.-tineuished service crots. V;