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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09
Result of war.

The fight between the council and the
mayor began after the steel trusts po-
litical department. which helped to
elect Johnson, fell out with him. The
council also quarreled with the mayor
over vice questions and whom Capt.
George Nestorovitch was dismissed
from the police force the Serbian alder
men got into the fight They were de-
termined to impeach Johnson and tie
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09

John Sehmal transacted business in
Elgn. Ill. on Saturday.
Miss Honora Blocker of Chicago,
spent Sunday here with her parents.
Mrs Barbara Pfeiffer of Whiting.
spent Sunday here with her sister. Mrs
John Pfeiffer.
Alfred Specht and his two daughters
OF Chicago visited Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Math Brick
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Klein and chill
dren, Hilda and Harry. spent Saturday
and Sunday with relatives in Chicago
Mrs. Roy Weaver spent Sunday with
relatives at Hammond
Mrs. Ribicki OF Hammond, spent
Monday here with her mother. Mrs. Bar
bara Spanier
Dance at Spring Hill Grove. Wednes
day, Jan. 10th. Free dancing. 1853
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09

the valley as il flows along.
The construction of the ditch or
rather canal. will be no small engineer
ing feat Some OF the biggest engi-
neers in the country We're called into
consultation and for time the lock
system was seriously considered.
Where the Lake Shore railroad
crosses the water way the canal is
thirty-five feet deep and seventy feet
wide at the bottom The Lake shore
viii have to build an eight foot bridge.
which it claimed would cost it $4,000.
This amount it sought to have assessed
against the property.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09
"CY" HOWELL ON
THE JOB AT GARY

Cyrus Howell. president OF the I'LL
nois Improvement and Ballast Com
pany, which is the contractor for the
Illinois Stel Company and the Gary
Land Company and purveyor extraor-
binary OF Stag to the road building pro
jects in Lake county, was a visitor at
the Gary city hall today. Howell wait
ed in the ante room of Mayor Johnson.
The cit yof Gary is soon to let a
100000 sewer contract. but whether
the steel company's contracting auxiI-
larry wants the job or will get it re-
mains to be seen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09

BELLl.:-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it. 25c at all druggists.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09
READ THIS TESTIMONY
Of 4 MICHIGAN DRUGGIST

am satisfied that DR.. Kilmer's
sv-arnp-Root is a splendid medicine for
kidney liver and bladder ailments, Ny
customers have used it for catarrh or
Inflammation of the bladder and rheu-
excellent preparation for these troubles
and recommend il to those who are SUI
fering from such complaints. Every
person is a friend to Swamp-Root who
has tested its value.
Very truly yours,
r. J. SPOFFORD, Druggist
Oct 8, 1916. Lupton' Michlgah-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09
Children Who Are Sickly

Mothers who value their own comfort
and the welfare of their children. should
never be without box Of Mother
tFray's Sweet Powders for Children. for
use throughout the season. They Break
up Colds. Relieve Feverishness. Consti-
patton. Teething Disorders, Headache
and Stomach Troubles. Used by Moth
ers for 20 years. THESE POWDERS
NEVER FAIL. Sold by all Drug Stores.
25c. Don't accept any substitute. Sam
pie mailed FREE Address, Mother Gray
- = RnA Y
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09
ASTHMA SUFFERER

Write today, I will tell you free OF
charge, of a simple home treatment
for asthma which cured me after ply
sicians and change of climate failed
| am so grateful for my present good
health. after years OF suffering. that
want every one to know OF this won
derful treatment Mrs. Nellie Evans
Box SIS. X. &. Des Moines. Iowa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09
HARRIS IS
CHAIRMAN

INDIANAPOLIS. IND. jam 81.
Glenn Harris. Of Gary. chairman of the
committee on organization Of courts, to
which all court bills are referred. is
lawyer Gary will have bill for the
removal of one of the Lake county
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09

superior courts. now at Hammond. to
Gary. Otis Cook. one of the Democratic
members of the committee. is n Terre
Haute lawyer. Terre Haute also is
asking for an additional superior court,
because OF the congested condition Of
the docket of the present superior
court there.
Railroads Committee Chairman.
Edward G. Davis. of Lake county.
who is chairman Of the committee on
railroads. is a lawyer at Crown Point.
Lake county has more railroads than
any other county in the state. Walter
j. Behmer. Of Logansport, the ranking
Republican member. is a locomotive en-
ginecr.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09
JOHNSON
ROUTS HIS
ACCUSE:RS

The scheduled plans of the Gary
common council to file charges against
Mayor johnson that would lead to his
Impeachment petered out last night.
1t was declared in adjourned session
that there was no foundation at this
time for the grave charges ordered
made against Johnson and less grievi-
Gus ones against the safety commits
sioners. Alfred Carlson and X, NJ. Burr.
L wish to say that we investigated
along the lines which we proposed and
we found that the safety board con-
cluded to give George Nestorovitch
trial. to prefer charges and to give him
a hearing according TO law. That being
the primary object Of the proceedings
taken by the council this committee has
come to the conclusion that there is
no foundation for the charges at this
time" announced Chairman Houren of
the police investigation committee.
Thereupon the council withdrew and
500 persons gathered in the room filed
out of the place. some of them cheer
ing When Mayor Johnson got the
news he held a reception in his private
office
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09
railroads Committee Chairman.
ST. JOHN

Mr.. Clifford Of Savannah. Ill. who
took carload of live stock to Chicago.
stopped of here on his return trip Fri
day. and spent the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. James Patten
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09
CROWN POINT

Mrs Norman. mother or Mrs. Joseph
Heinrich. living with her daughter on
East Joliet street, died yesterday at
the advanced age Of 81 years. The re-
mains viii be taken to Dubuque, Ia,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09

Prove What Swamp-Root VIII DO For
You
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.
Binghamton, \. Y, for a sample size
bottle 1t viii convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information. telling about the kidneys.
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention the Lake County Times.
Regular fffty-cent and one-dollar size
bottles for sale at all drug stores
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-09
pi1aa Cnred bal 6 10 bal DAVIS

Druggists refund money If PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure Itching. Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding piles. First APP
plication gives relief soc.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-15

Stanley St.: Arthur D. Tnels1a Maple St.; Harvey L1tlirop
 son, 121y Maple St.: Emile
 bot. 4e Whiting St.: Emedy 5S Tanguay, 45 Sheffield St.; sW1af Witt Thomas, 74 Pearl St.;
 Frederick Trostel, BPS Maple
 bert Gedney Tuthill, l45 Napai Nick Papas Taousania, S11 pa3
 Frank Joseph Urban, 4OS East John Uitz, 134 South Main Gt.
 Robert Cummings Vance, 169 pie St.; Walter William YogeL Sheffield St; William voikht, Maple St.; Somon velitzkin. ] ChS St.; Carl Valentine, 10 Lilac z Alindo Verrilo.s 209 Cherry St.: Jda stone Vance. 159 Maple St.. Leo ter Walters. 1s Cherry St.
 Albert Wordan, 16 Pine St: Welch. 264 Elm St.; Frank WI 3S Whiting St.; Merritt Thomas M CT, 434 So. Stanley St.: Andrew incius. 404 East St.; Charles WSe 301 East St.; William WlriticI1. Belden St.; Henry Frederick Winn 70 Fairview St.: Clifford Leroy COX, 426 Stanley St.; Edwin Wa4 68 Franklin Gq.: Thomas WhitG wilborgs, 24 Franklin Sq.; wachhoclter, 132 Cherry St.; JQtkl wasik, 132 South Main St.: Stuny Wiecyk. 315 Park St.: Walter Au4 Wickstrom. 476 Stanley St.: EH1 Wagner, 412 South Main St.; ChAxI Arthur westman, 120 Fairview Leon E. Wolfe. 113 4, Fairview Harry Gustave Wiberg. 19S K1@ St.; August Wolf, 402 Stanley Charles Robert Wenz, g Fairx St.; Fredvfck Jacob Whapiea, East St.: Bernhard Julius >Wlckstx 476 Stanley St.: Joseph B. Wiscll1 96 Whiting St.; Thomas Ward. East St.; James Edward Whitl1 50 Whiting St.: Andrew WoicielE Lilac St.: Joseph Carl Wrato9M1 479 Park Ext. William Angnst sN ll track. s5 Kelsey St.: Carl AH1s Westman, 47 Belden St.: Joaeph helm W1lhelmson, S76 East St; Elbert Wilcox, 126 Fairview St.: 9 Ham Wright, 12S Cherry St.; 3N William wenx, 2S Fairview 6Esfa roy Henry Wilcox, 12 FAfrv1ews John Thomas Ward, IT,, 76 P1paN St.; Frank Wortcheclk. 286 NApla Lewis Alfred weinstien, 43 GIL St.; Walter Henry Whitman. 161 pie St.; Andrew Alrysuss Wil1l4 25O Maple St.; Bernard Charles y9: sky, 50 Fairview St.; F1eder!c @ Wall, B Vega St.: Howard MIL Woods, 80 Pleasant St.; MIL! Burnham Webster, 1s1 Cherry a
 ;. Joe Hamphurst Yosan. n 1[6 St.; John Youknot, 23 Shedaol6 simon Yoinn. S6 Maple St.; LaWYA Coothers Yerges, 111 NGaDla 8E; tanas Yakas, 57 Whitman. sas
 loses Zigman,. 144 Plea1a14
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24

~ EGARDLESS the repeated that the
II the slightest blame the weakening the
which suffered the the onzo
leaders have persnenty held the thought that pope and
Repeated demands been the definite
the leader the Roman church The New York Tribune
lead editorial Germany and Austria promised temporal
Italy for the the established favorable to the
central
Pope Benedict ncca which he declared he would
who considered jerusalem the
Of the Turk Catholic Austria already has made the that
Jerusalem the the dual monarchy concerned
The ouokW stand Rome the question Palestine and the Holy
seemingly taken without regard the Cs9or Kaiser vii
helm be the best demonstrating that and word of the
Has had only the and oeS mind
Al the cncyClca Will that Pope Benedict
dcpendcnly Austrian influence what he does
Undermined Italy by harassed by
plies confronted by which oubecd her for the big
British French divisions pressure
Italians the lines OF for the
and freely
Italy has stood the
Look map particularly the vital strip Mt Grappa
Aago roughly marks the territory
this vital the Italians the attack twice
days and have made
We had little from the tn o Italy
but information that the has buckd
the pickering between organized all German mahna
tons and determined to through
Gcrmans lines of life this Italian Her NadS
Alpine that blocked by slides
Ice len her whole the fc
for four months
danger Italy weeks Germany, Italy
w. M H.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
A WISE ORDINANCE.

7 OVAL CITIZENS will not be bothered by the ordinance
which the commission plans to enact to enforce the OBJ
Of wheaess and meaess days and prevent other
sedtious action and words Those who are doya shoull
be bothered in rough way and disregard OF the food
regulations may we'll he classified form Of sedition
Just this counrys greatest weakness is too much
tolerance toward those who hinder this country or give
encouragement to its Patience has ceased he
. virtue in such instances, and city can do no more
worthy deed than help the federal authorities unity tho
nation for action. The individual should also help by
making himself committee of report any nirsction
Of this ordinance other regulation which has bear
ing on the war situation Our enemies are not all in
Europe and those at home should be dealt with by home
authorities.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.

A ! SUCH A TIME, when Christmas bills are headed
toward the happy home, it may prc,umptuous to
suggest saving money anything and might refrain
hut for the fact that the government asks this saving and
also needs the money The war savings stamps arc OF
good investment because of their safety and
because they put the way to owning desirable
securities But more important than that is that they
encourage the thrift habit and il ever a nation needed
such encouragement it is this, Not all persons spend
thrS OF course and the cost OF living does make sur
plus impossible to many and yet there few so poor
they cannot make start in this small way and the start
IS often the most difficult step toward savings account
competency Try to prove this by making the start
and incidentally helping the government
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24

has son who makes big money as a
chauffeur OF all acroplane
When a girl is selecting husband
II seldom occurs to her that a good
dancer may make a poor proudCr
The lads in the trenches are not en-
titled to all OF the sympathy The man
who is trying to support SIX children
nowadays on a small salary is entitled
to some OF it,
When mans pipe gets clogged up
he raises more Cain than II It was his
throat that was clogged I'm.
One of the joys OF married life is that
the later you get 10 he'd the earlier
your wife will get you up to explain
how it happened
Sometimes the children get the idea
that Father is mean and grouchy when
the truth OF the matter is that the poor
devil is merely hard up
We never knew OF a man who was SO
ornery in lie that someone wouldn't
throw bouquet on his coffin when he
died
What has become Of the old fash
oned man who was afraid he might he
buried alive and who had his grave
rgged up with signaling apparatus as
a safety first preCaution
No man believes in ghosts And vet
he doesn't care to read ghost Norie,
before going to bed when he is in the
house alone.
And we never saw a mail order bride
who didn't look the part
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
THE BLIND WHO WILL NOT SEE.

PECENIll little group of women were meeting
IN this city to urge the cause of equal suffrage and
listen to the narration OF tic ordca Of their champions
had undergone while pcketng the White House and stop
ping at the leading jails IN Washington However, The
short and simple long and complicated annals Of the
uiis not the subject pi this article It prelim
nary conversation particularly the remarks o woman
while awaiting for the regular order oi business which
aroused the patriotic irc of chance observer This
woman bcwallng the war, and part in it, and
pressed wish that she could have been Aunt Sam before
the trouble started Vested with governmental authority,
she would she said have placed an embargo ON alt Amcr
ican exports, and thereby aycrtcd the war
And thereby although she did not say IT, pa, ed the way
for Pru,,an victory and guaranteed the spread Of German
kuur around th, widespread world The blindness of
those who will not see, smctimes pa,,c+ understanding
Hers seemed to he sort OF Bolshcylh point Of view
which sees human lite more important than anything
else Apparently she cannot because she will not, that
tins war /, being fought in Europe that 1t need not be
fought here again that she and other American women
may be spared those horrors than death which have
bctaen the outraged women OF France Belgium Serbia
and Italy.
There Is, OF course to argue with her kind to
explain the self evident truth that despite our lasting
gratitude 10 France and our natural sympathy for Britain,
America really went into this for her own defense
that it with the allies after while alone with
lesser chance Of victory Either that or submission and
oblivion
But there Is occasion Tor gratitude in the fact that
few women like that; that most Of them understand
why they giving and husbands brothers and lovers
to the cause and therefore give them braycly with pain
but sIs with pride They will stand this ordeal OF fire.
as the Canadian women have; those gallant who
have suffered much yet their ballots to vote for war
tn ,,r, ,b.;r a,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
INDIANS SHOULD FIGHT.

OBJECTION to service under the sclccNe draft, made
by Cheyenne apd Arapahoc Indians OF Blame county
will not meet with the approval Of the general public
Dodgng the draft whether the Stacker be white man
red black is destined to grow in d,,avor and the lot
Of the Stacker whatever hi, color scheme is going to be
cast in unpleasant places That these Indians base their
objections the ground that they not citizens of the
United States will not prove convincing argument par
tcuary since the department OF tho interior has decided
they citizens, this Tpniou having been handed down
in connection with the first draft And even were their
status not thus established would still be their duty
help the nation in its crisis
II the Indian has been denied o tho civil rights
is claimed he has. the pleasant other hand been
granted special privileges which than offset such
restrictions II true that he is merely ward OF
the government he is such privileged ward he should
fight for his guardian state Finally, he is upScttinH ira
don and history by refusing to fight the drop OF the
hat other slight provocatlon Black Kettle would roll
in his grave and the shade OF Sitting Bull shNcr
with shame at the thought OF Indian refusing battle
Like all others called, the Indians should fight and per
haps than others, they being the oldest Americans.
And in the matter Of warfare least has called
the Indian an incompetent
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
OLDST0RIBS
INNEWTYpH
Prom IRE TIHBS PILES

Twenty Years Ago.
Yesterday number oi university
student, passed through the city While
here they reused the town with IN;
university yell
Mrs. Horace Wilson is spending the
holidays with her grandparents ir
Fayetteville, Tenn.
Al Jennings, in jail at Nuskogcc iul
train-robblng, has ordered a pair d
trousers from his III Reno tailor
Wanted-A girl for general house.
work. Inquire at 80 Third street
Misses Frankie Lowe and Rachse'
Creighton entertained Mr. William
Thompson OF Norman Yesterday
Fifteen Years Ago
White cloth gown, trimmed with fur
are the sine qua non OF smartness.
Needy poor who desire assistance
will leave their names at police head
quarters.
District Clerk Byron D. Shear will
spend the holidays in Washington d,
{ Accompanied by Mrs Shear, hc
departed yesterday
The production Of no play has eteF
been more highly appreciated by the
people Of Oklahoma City than was that
Of "For Her Sake" staged in an ad-
mlrable manner last night at the
Brook, theater The great Russian
and Siberian drama was realistically
staged from start to finish.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24

LUNG mCLuht Gays
\ small hoy often promises himself
that when he gets old enough to he
boss his meals will consist entirely Of
dessert
Most any man can make a woman
change her name But mighty few men
can make woman change her mind,
II doesn't matter how often she gets
married, a woman is always surprised
TO find that matrimony is different
from what she expected
When woman wishes to retire from
the world she enters convent When
a man wishes. to retire from the world
he either marrieS a famous woman or
gets himself elected vice president
The old-faShioned man who thought
It was impossible to live on air now
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
"Saue the Waste and Win the War;
OWEN AND GORE.

A STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE does not always
reflect the opinion Of the rank and file OF the party IT
represents Sometimes the rule works the other way and
the committee forms opinions for its people and IN other
instances those entrusted with the paryS guidance find
themselves at swords points with their prolctarla who
merely do the voting But in the tentative plans OF the
democratic state central committee OF Oklahoma to IN
dorse the congressional record Of Senator Owen and to
demand the resignation Of Senator Gore would they
echo the sentiments Of their party and most OF the
are less partisan since this war began than in the old days
when domestic problems were prominent in the egl,
latiye forum
Oklahoma has had to blush for the position taken by
to feel as If LaFollee German represented this
patriotic people in the senate nscpcscnted them for
there has been doubt to the loyalty Of the great
majority the president and his policies. His bcated
turn TO vse for war with Austria insufficient offset
a dsagreeable past and il the state committee asks his
resignation such action will be somewhat in the nature of
a popular appeal
Senator Owen, on the other hand has conducted him
soud He has supported the administration times when
Il was entitled and needed support and has been
source Of discontinue to his constituents Such course
quite properly wins for him the Endorsement Of the com
mittee, and the approval of all Americans who clearly
grasp the vital need Of united support in winning the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
RIppuNdRHYNFS
B1MH Mdson~
1CopytTgtr = i9l7 ,
PLAYING THE GAME.

IT HE men whove studied thing,
like these, who'yc studied them
IN forty ways say We can help
things DER the seas by having sundry
meatlcss days They say, Cut out the
wheaton bread, one day a week, AMI
eat corn pone lap up less sugar when
you're fed, and help to make the foe
man groan' 1t isn't much to ask. gsd-
zook,, and to refuse them were
shame; so let's instruct our gifted cooks
to read the rules and play the game
! eat a rooster once a week, which
braces me to play my harp; again |
go down to the creek and lariat a cod
or carp When to the table ! repair,
in solemn state three times a day, and
sec loaf Of white bread there, |
Sternly order it away. | say TO nephew,
aunt and niece, Go slow on butter and
on lard; the allies now are needing
groaSe-wc must not cat 1t by the
yard The government is most polite;
1t asks us kindly to rctrench, and help
our own men in the fight, and exc the
British and the French. Yet some
there are who give no heed, who laugh
polite requests to scorn; they don't
propose to curb their greed, and live
on hens and fish and corn. They hang
around in every town, you'll see them
anywhere you look and Uncle Sam is
writing down their Surnames in his
little book
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
Where the Mayflower Landed

(IAke Charles, La, PressD
II is the biggest and most important
thing that has happened in this country
since the Pilgrim fathers set thcu feet
upon the rock at jamestown IN 1910.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
Abbreviated

See here" demanded the Guy Edl-
tor. what does thi, Inc in your story
mean You say here The g,rl wore
an ski" What the HEX do you mean
by ski,
An abbreviated skirt OF course re
Piled the Bright Reporter
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
I

"lt says here that wooden cars are
responsible for most OF the railroad
accidents" said the Old Fogy
THAT So'" commented the Crouch
II always thought it was wooden
heads
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
First Thing

what would YOU do II YOU were In
Ny shoes" asked lgnatL Dine,
/ answered with Il cheerful grin, .
ia go and get n shine"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
Ouick Ivan tho Knout !

Why /, a red headed girl like 500
SUIT Of clothes,
Because she IS a reddy paId Billie
Wood
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24
The Reason

81 see that old Sldhoke has failed in
business" said Smith. What kind OF
a store did he run, anyway"
"One OF those places where they arc
always out Of what you want but will
have IT next week replied Brown
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-24

Perhaps wonens skirts also regulated by the time
honoted law of supply and demand Mere man can only
guess at that sort of thing