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HAMMOND. INDIANA,
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1918.
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TWO MORE
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Indiana Harbor and E. Chi
cago Families Today Are
Mourning Loss of Their
Sons on the aBttlefields
of France.
Two more Lake county boys have
iven their Uvea for their country and
the news brings with sad force the fact
that though the war is over the casual
ties are not.
George Miesch. an Indiana Harbor
young man belonging to the marine
corps, is one more added to the toll of
lives sacrificed for their country. Such
as in the information received here
yesterday by his folks who live at 3427
Elm street. He died of wounds receiv
d in action. Nov. 1.
Killed U Action.
Jerry Noor, 493S Tod avenue. East
Chicago, received a telegram this morn
ing advisiting that his son. John Noor.
one of the first to enlist In Co. L, was
killed in action ctober 4.
John was born in Chicago and would
have been 23 years old on .October 29.
He was a young man highly respected
by all who knew him and very com
panionable among his friends. AH re
ports indicate that he was a good sol
dier as well.
SZember of Pamous Co.
Almost from the first moment that
Co. V was proposed, he decided to get
Into the game and it was apparent that
he desired as soon as possible to get to
the front. He enrolled very early in the
organization and .hen. last spring,
sixty of that valiant band of East Chi
cago boys were selected to go overseas.
John was" among the number.
He was for three weeks In the' great
Slurne drive and came through without a
scratch. 'Where he was fighting at the
time of receiving his mortal wound Is
Unknown.
Another Bon In Service.
About two' weeks ago Mr. Noor re
ceived a short letter from a hospital
nurse signed as John would sign It yet
the handwriting made it evident that
the young man was not able to write.
The letter contained the young man's
monthly salary and said that he was In
a hospital but that he was getting along
all right and was feeling good.
Mr. Noor has another son in the serv
ice. Mat Noor. aged 21, who entered the
training station for auto mechanics at
V.'inona Lake near Warsaw. He was at
that point when last heard from, a
couple of weeks ago.
Besides Mat, there . are four other
children. Ted. aged 15; Anna, aged 17;
Tina, aged 13, and Lena, aged 11.
UNIQUE LAW SITUATION
EXISTS JVTJfALPARAlSQ
Hammond - Hessville An
nexation Suit Develops
New Angel.
A noel situation exists In the cir
cuit court at Valparaiso where the
Hammond-Hensville suit was taken
from Lake county.
The attorneys went to trial Monday
on the injunction suit of the city of
Hammond against the town officers
of Hessville whereby the metropolis
claims that the village incorporation
and annexation of the district be
tween Standard avenue and the Little
Calumet river is illegal. The defend
ants filed a demurrer that quo war
ranto proceedings were the proper
agreed with the defendants. Judge
remedy and the city of Hammond
Harry Crumpacker sustained the de
murrer. In view of the fact that Judge Rel
ter in the superior court at Hammond
had previously ruled that Jnjunctlon
Instead of quo warranto was the prop,
tr proceeding a unique situation ex
isted, two judges, ruling differently on
the same question. To expedite mat
ters, Judge Reiter withdrew his rul
ing on agreement of attorneys and
Judge Crumpacker that both -procedures
would be taken. As a result
Attorneys McMahon and jConroy for
the city of Hammond have submitted
evidence in quo warranto proceedings
asking by what right the officials of
Hessville hold office, and Injunction
proceedings, seeking to oust. them. At
torney Fred Crumpacker appears for
the officials of Hessville. The argu
ments will be heard Monday.
By securing a ruling of the court on
both proceedings ':he records will bo
complete for the supreme court to pass
Upon.
NEUTRALS WANT
BLOCADE LIFTED
Bt United Press.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Neutrals
are expected to urge a lifting of the
allied blockade, according to diplomat
ic Intimation here.
For our boys over there.
Til;
NEW COUNCILMAN
STRONG FOR BROWN
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II. S. YOOKIIEIS.
The newest member of the Hammond
city council is 11. S. Voorheis. elected
alderman-at-largu to fill the vacancy
created by the death of Fred Hop
mann. A resident of Hammond for
twenty-six years Mr. Voorheis has
been a staunch republican aad is the
proprietor of the Tri-C;ty Taxi and
Dray Line. He is a resident of the
second ward and an admirer of Mayor
Brown.
"This council has had a hard row
to hoe." said Councilmau Voorheis last
night to a reporter. "There are no old
war horse politicianas in it and at
first they had to get the lay of the
ground. I don"t see how this council
can be blamed for the condition of
the streets. During the war public
Improvements stopped. I think the
council has done well a,nd 1 think the
mayor has doe splendidly"
EMENT STIRS
UP UUCBJESE1UEHT
Little Patriotis Are Grieved
Because They Cannot Give
As Much As Companions.
4
Hammond is thoroughly stirred up
over the entrance of a war fund drive In
tho city schools by way of what Is
known as the Victory Boys and Girls
movement, a national organization.
There is much, resentment among par
ents with from two to five children In
school by reason of the fact that In
some schools teachers gave the children
to understand that they were not pa
triotic unless they pledged $5 apiece for
the Victory Boys and Girls. Many
families gave their children a dollar
apiece to contribute and as a number
did pledge themselves to give $5. this
aroused a feeling of chagrin on part
of the children who could not con
tribute that much. Many of them came
home in tears and there are some
mighty Indignant parents In the town.
There were three classes of pledges and
three kinds of buttons and cards and
as it is a mighty hard thing to make
children understand why there were.
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preferred cards and buttons, plenty or
heart wounds were given as a child
whose father is a poor man can have
Just as much pride as a child whose
father is able to give more. It is believ
ed by those in a position to know that a
great deal of harm has been done by the
Victory Girls and Boys movement into
the public schools and they declare that
the solicitations should have been made
outside of the scnool.
BODY OF INFANT
FOUND ON BLVD.
The body of a newly-born baby boy
wrapped In a towel and an old news
paper was found in the ditch at Indi
anapolis blvd. and 115th street this
morning by Miss Lucy Emken of 700
Indianapolis blvd.
The Hammond police were notified
and the body taken to Burns' morgue.
The body is beiieved to have been
brought out from Chicago during the
early hours of the morning in a ma
chine. DON'T FAIL TO
COME TO LIBERTY
HALL TONIGHT
The people of Hammond are cordla
ly invited to come to Liberty Hall to
night to hear James Ia Fieser, of
Cleveland, head of the Red Cross Home
Service Department, tho most . import
ant war body now active. He has a
message which everyone should hear.
This Is the annual membership meet
ing Of the Hammond Red -Cross 'and
all members should make it a point
to be present without fail. The meet
ing will begin at 8 o'clock.
JUDGE TUTHILL
IS NAMED
Roscoe Klper of Boonville. senator
elect, and Harry Tuthill of Michigan
City, representative-elect, were namel
Monday by Governor Goodrich as the
members of the first legislative com
mittee to draft bills incorporating re
publican platform measures to be pre
sented to the next General Assembly.
The-committee will have charge of
drafting the bill which will propose
making the office of attorney general
appomtlve "Instead of elective. Both
members of the committee are former
circuit court judges. Within the next
few days they will hold a conference
with Attorney General Stansbury, the
Governor and others relative to the
measure.
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Mother Dies Fighting Val
iently to Save the Lives of
Husband and Nino Chil
dren, Dreadfully 111 With
Pneumonia.
South of Hammond in a little farm
house on the Gnfilth road late yester
day a mother died of influenza, leaving
in the same room the husband and nine
children all terribly ill of the dise&se.
The woman, Mrs. Eeinder Van TIL
fought death to the very last to wait on
her sick babies. The world will never
know the heroic struggle she put up to
save the lives of others, losing her own.
The Influenza epidemic was never
tamped out in Lake county, health au
thorities state! today. Twenty-five new
cases have been reported at the Wallace
school and seven at the Rivereldo school
in Hammond. And in many instances
the new cases are in families where the
disease has been transmitted from one
member to another over a period of sev
eral weeks.
Six Hammond physicians reported this
morning the number of new cases in
their care as follows: Oberlin. 35;
Miller, 12; Groman, 12; Campbell. 9;
Gil son. 9; OstrowskL 9.
Closing of churches, schools, theaters,
etc.. Is not expected to be ordered, how
ever, by the Hammond board of health,
but daily fumigation of schools and the
aters may be instigated at once. Thea
ter managers are expected to enforce
prohibition of spitting. Sneezing and
coughing by having offenders leave the
house, and to provide proper ventila
tion. V
The Hammond city council at meet
ing lest evening declined a suggestion
by Councilman Patrick Reilley that the
aters be closed for a month ami recom
mended daily rumlgation of the play
houses instead. The action followed
reading of the. report from Dr. W. A.
Buchanan, secretary of the board of
health.
The health department reports for the
period of October 1 to November 15:
"Births, 115; deaths. 227.
"Deaths from influenza and Its com
plications, 190." Total deaths during the
preceding like period. 66.
"Sanitary Inspections, calls to houses
for relief and other calls for inspector's
department, 820.. Cost of department as
per warrants made out " during time.
J776.
"While all doctors did not report their
influenza cases available data makes me
believe there were about 4.000 cases In
Hammond" since October 1, ranging in all
gra4es of severity. The most dangerous
complications were pneumonia and In
volvements of the heart. Many lives
were no doubt sacrificed because the pa
tients refused to go to bed early enough
in the disease and to follow doctor's in
structions to remain quiet. Cases treat
ed with serum have not seemed to pro
gress more favorably than those with
out it.
"In my opinion we are too lax. In our
segregation of Influenza patients. Pub
lic opinion is very hard to mould when
it involves their dollars or Infringes
upon their usual habits. The general
public has not fully realized the viru
lence and great danger of influenza.
Great suffering followed in many cases
from poor housing conditions and from
too free use of alcoholics. "We appre
ciate more fully the lack of hospital
facilities In Hammond. Our municipal
activities in regard to the care of our
population have lain dormant. No In
terest has heretofore been taken. Had
any developed it was immediately over
whelmed by obstructionists and false
economists, until a great epidemic
caught us absolutely unprepared as
were the allied armies in 1914.
"Respectfully,
"DR. W. A. BUCHANAN. "
OF
cues ii success
Street Car Companies Get
By With Less Confusion
Than Was Expected.
The G. & I. as It goes into Hammond
now brings passengers over a different
street. Hammond's busy street car
transfer corner was shifted a block and
the routing of Its street cars radically
changed this week with less confusion
to the public than mleht be expected
and Gary passorieers are learning their
new starting point easily.
Starting Sunday cars from East Chi
cago and Gary went west on State street
and cars from East Hammond and cars
to Gary, east on Sibley street, forming
a new loop. Incidentally cars from
Chicago started looping the loop.-W5Qfh"
on Hohman. west on Sibley, north- on
Morton court and east on State street
to Hohman. -
The rerouting brought the crowds to
Hohman and Sibley streets which is now
the transfer point and relieved traffic
conditions. It amounts practically to a
double track from Hohman .street to
Calumet avenue and on Hohman street
from Sibley street to State street. The
Improvement In the service is noticeable. 1
MLY HALF MILLION -FQBUtt
COUNTY
Magnificent Showing Made
by Gary and Hammond
in United Drive.
The United War Work Campaign bas
brought the greatest outpouring of
moiey for benevolent purposes ever re
corded to the history of Lake county.
Out of ten districts In the county, six
reached 100. per cent or more on their
allotment early yesterday evening, Gary
leading with a wonderful record of 240
per cent, Hammond coming tecond with
150 per cent. Hobart third, with 118 per
cent and Griffith fourth with 107 per
cent.
I'st Chicago and Whiting were also
within the charmed circle and are now
going strong with every indication of a
whirlwind finish. Lowell and Dyer were
so close to 100 per ce.)t that they are
.rc bably "over" by this time.
A. B. fcickson. county campaign man
ager, speaking of the results said. "The
result of this campaign is significant of
the wonderful generosity of the people
not only in Gary but all over the coun
ty. It is also proof of the arrival of a
great new era when men of all na
tionalities, beliefs and affiliations will
work together for the comruon good of
msn." He also paid a tribute to the
organizing and promoting ability of the
various chairmen and their associates
whose fine work made possible the rcc
orcL ISarly yesterday evening the figures
were as follows: ;
Bait Chicago $ 85.000
S 85.000.00
75.000.00
1.000.00
29.000.00
240.000.00
8.000.00
11.800.00
6.006.93
1.025.00
1.587.00
808.00
Hammond 60.000
Highland-Munster . 1.500
Whiting . 27.000
Gary 100.000
Crown Point 13.270
Lowell 12.389
Hobart 6.937
Dyer-St John i- '1,692
Gr. fflth t 760
Total 1297.638
"Contributed by Hobart
working in Gary.
$468,201.93
residents
FIGHT (f
SE
IS BITTER
BY Vnitko Press.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. So disturb
ing Is he progressive stand against re
publican "old guard" control of the
senate that Will H. Hayes, chairman of
tho republican national committee, will
come to Washington tomorrow, it Is
said. The fight today is on 'Penrosism"
as applied to the taxation policy of the
government during reconstruction and
afterwards. Before he convss It Is said
Hayes will have received a letter writ
ten him by a leading progressive. In
sisting that Penrose be eliminated as
possible chairman of the finance com
mittee after the republicans take con
trol. March 4.
Senators believe the election of Pen
rose would constitute adoption by the
republican party as one of Its policies
the Penrose Idea of taxation which is
the raising of most of the revenue
through a protective tariff while big In
comes and profits go practically un
touched. BREWERS'
"BLACK LIST"
IBt United Press.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. The so
ca!led brewers' "black list" cropped
out toda at the meeting of the senate
Judiciary sub-committee Investigating
brewers' activities when Hugh F. Fox.
secretary of the United States Brewers
Association, admitted that the mem
bers were advised to give trade pref
erence to "those who weie their
friends."
"We" are engaged In what was prac
tically a war and didn't consider it
good business to throw business to
those unfriendly to Us" Fox explained.
He objected to tho word "boycott" in
this connection.
Con espondence was submitted tend
ing t- show that a number of automo
b'.l concerns, various large business
enterprises and the Western Union
TeW'S'kph company were placed on a
Mfcfk list because of utterances ' un
friendly to the brewers on the part of
executives In the firms. Fox admit
ted authorship of several letters pro
t;stlns agfinst discharge of drink
ers. -
HEAVY CASULTY
FOR GERMANS
fBT United Press.
.-COPENHAGEN. Nov. 20. Total Ger
man casualties for the war were 6.
07C too, according to the Berlin Vbr
waer..;. These included 1,680.000 killed,
4.0)0.000 wounded, and 490,000 ta"Ren
prisoner.
GERMN ADMITS
DEFEAT AT JUTLAND
Br United P.ess.
NEW TORK, Nov. 20. Germany ad
mits defeat in the battle of Jutland for
the first time through an article in the
Berliner Tageblatt by Capt. Tersius,
German naval critic. Hitherto the Ger
mans had also declared this a great victory.
NVILHELM WEARS SMILE
PICTURE ONE OF
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' Ex-Kaiser Vilh elm, at right, with the Hetman of Ukraine Skoropadeki, his
"equal" before Wilhelm abdicaied.
This photo 'is one of the last taken of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm before his
downfall. The kaiser's hair is gTay and he made no attempt to hide his
short arm. Before the war the court photographer adr i'Jy pcs'id h:m so
his short arm wouldn't show.- His good one had to do all the fancy posing
in the picture. The photo shows Wilhelm with the Hetman of Ukraine
. Skoropadski, considered WUhelm's "equal" in ruling: circles until Wilhelm
abdicated- . .
FREEDOM OF SEAS
BIG QUESTION
CBt United Press.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. "Freedom
of the seas in peace andwar. " prom
ises to be the foremost point of con
tention at the peace table.
Determination of details of this
principle to be enforced under the
great League of Nations constitutes
President Wilsons's main reason for
going to France to attend the peace
conference, his friends declared to
da. .
The president's attitude In regard to
f redom' of the seas has been propound
ed In his various speeches, his friends
declare. His position embodies the
following:
No discrimination between nations
in shipping facilities.
No bocotts except when necessary
as disciplinary measures.
Exact definition of what constitutes
contraband goods and reduction of this
list to the minimum.
BERLIN WORKMEN
MAKE DEMAND
Bt United Press.
"WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. The Berlin
workmen and soldier's council demanded
Tuesday night that a general workmen
and soldier's congress be summoned In
stead of a constitutional assembly.
Chancellor Ebert and other moderates
tried vainly to alter .the, council's atti
tude. UNITED WAR
FUND SWELLED
Bt United Press.
NETW TORK, Nov. 20. Pledges ca
bled from foreign countries to the na
tional headquarters of the United War
Work campaign added $1,270,000 to the
fund and brought the amount subscrib
ed to date to $156,665,058. The central
department has reached its quota while
the eastern department has pledged 78
per cent of its allotment.
COTTON SENATORS'
MAKE APPEAL
Bt United Press.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Cotton
states senators today appealed to Presi
dent Wilson to remove the embargo on
export of cotton. In a letter to the
president, they pointed out that 600,000
bales of cotton are tied up in American
ports while a serious shorta"ge" existed
in European countries.
STANDARD HIRES
CAR BUILDERS
The Standard Steel Car plant is tak
ing on men- at the rate of fifty a day,
it was stated today. While the ord
nance department is said to be slowing
down the car side Is picking up and
keeping things even in the employment
line. The men hired are car builders.
AT THE ORPHEUM.
The Ben Hassen Arabs, Rose and
Hendricks, comedians; Ray Dawn &
Co.. singing and whistlin; Vera Clayton,
novelty girl .and Ruth Roland. in
'Hands Up," are at the Hammond Or
pheum Theater for the mid-week, start
ing today.
Send the Home to him.
BUT IT'S FORCED ;
HIS LAST IN UNIFORM
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SHOULD
War Expert Says It Is a
Question Only of How
Little Food Should Be
Given by the World.
By J. W. T. MASON.
UNITED PRESS WAR EXPERT.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20. The demo
cratic movement In Germany may be
seriously impeded and perhaps fatally
handicapped if America and the allies
undertake to satisfy the hunger de
mands of the German people.
The world cannot deliberately let Ger
many starve, but without permitting
famine to exist, the democratic nations
should compel the German people to
know what partial hunger means for a
long time to come. The Germans at
home have not had the foil taste of war.
Their territory has not been invaded ex
cept for a small part of east Prussia
and they know the personal moaning of
the conflict chiefly because of food de
privations. The German militarists are carefully
watching for an opportunity to return
to power. The fact that Alsace-Lorraine
and Prussian Poland are to be ta
ken from the German empire Is not pre
venting the militarists from counting
upon the future territorial expansion of
Germany through the : annexation of
Austria. The German people have rot
shown any spirit of conversion to paci
fism, except such as had been forced on
them. The new government at Berlin
has not removed a single high militarist
from his post of authority.
If, under this condition, the German
nation, is fattened by plentiful supplies
of food, there is good reason to believa
the militaristic spirit will be revived and
the German people will again become a
world menace. Hunger is a good tonic
for German democracy. Hunger for
many months ought to be enforced upon
the German people. Not starvation, but
hunger. Enough food should' be with
held from the Germans to cause them to
taste a little of the suffering they have
brought upon the rest of tho world. It
ought not to be a question of how much
food should be sent to Germany, but
how little.
GARY MAN
IS SLIGHTLY
WOUNDED
The casualty list sent out by the
War Department today contains the
name of Gustave E. Robertson, V28
Connecticut street, Gary, and lists
Private Robertson among the slightly
wcunded.
BE vEPT
HUNGRY
TUBE CO.
TO
National Decides to Carry Out
to Carry Out Plans Made
Bet ore United States
Entered War,
Eerection- of a new plant ia
Gary, the cost of which wUl be
$25,000,000, has been decided on
by the National Tube Company,
which is i. subsidiary of the United
States Steel Corporaticx .'
Flans for the establishment had
been made previously to the en
trance of the United States into the
world war, but it was not known
until today that it had been de
termined to proceed with the pro
ject. Expressing confidence In the future
Industrial outlook, officials of the con
cern have announced that It Is ths In
tention to build four, blast furnaces and
other departments. About 6.000 men
are to be employed In the plant. Con
crete docks and foundations for Iron ore
unloaders already had been constructed
previously to the conflict with Germany.
The headquarters of the tube company
are at Pittsburg.
The American Car and Foundry Com
pany, which was ready to start con
struction of a new $10,000,000 plant here
befors the war, also is planning to car
ry, out Its progranvit Is understood.
Construction probably will be begun
early next year. The company alraady
has acQulrsd a site for the factory.
Za .addition to Tubs Plant. .
Improvements contemplated by the
Steel Corioration. in - addition to the
tube plant, call for the expenditure of
about $15,300,000. Tbreo hundred new
coke ovens also are being considered,
the cost of whioh would be several mil
lion dollars.
While al! of Gary steel mills and
auxiliary industries have been directly
affected by the war, due to the great
amount of government work that they
were going, there will be no cessation
in the demand for labor as a result of
the changed conditions, according to
business men in touch with the situa
tion. Readjustment of machinery In
soma of the factories has resulted in ths
laying off of a few hundred men. but
these already are being absorbed by
other plants.
The Aetna Explosives plant hers as
told in The Times last week has laid off
300 men as a result of the cancellation
of war orders by the French govern
ment, but these men were at once taken
Into the steel plants which are now call
ed on to fill domestic orders. The Cary
sheet mills, which had a government
order for one million steel helmets, will
make other kinds of sheet metal.
J.
in wiisiiGTor
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Represen
tatives Sanders, . Kraus, Wood.Moores
and Fairfield, who have returned to
Washington, are receiving congratu
lations from ther colleagues In Con
gress on their re-election. Congress
is working on low speed now, but the
members are fairly swamped with cor
respondence which accumulated dur
ing their brief absence while they
were in Indiana to vote. Senator Wat
son has returned to Washington, but
Senator New is up in Michigan, for a
bit of recreation before settling down
to the grind In Congress. The Jun
ior senator Usually bags a deer or bear
on his Michigan trip.
W. J. McAleer of Hammond, has
called In the director general of rail
roads to obtain authority for the con
struction of a spur track to a new
oil field in Wyoming that is being de
veloped by the North Central Oil Co.,
financed largely by Lake county men.
The stockholders include State Senator
Thomas Grant.
GRIFFITH LADY
DIES OF INFLUENZA
' Lalnke VanTil. 38 years old. wife of
I Reinder VanTil of Griffith, died at
their home of Spanish influenxa.'
There are at this time nine other
members of the family 111 with the
same disease at the house.
The funeral will be held from their'
residence Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock. Interment will be held in
H.'ghlAtid cemetery.
Und i taker Emmerllng in charge.
TO ANNEX AUSTRIA
TO GERMANY
United Pkew Cabmoraji.
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 10 The Aus
trian delegation has begun negotia
tions in Berlin for annexation of Ger
man Austria to Germany, according to
advices received here today.
Winter nearly here. Give to
soldiers' relief agencies.
BUILD
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