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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11
RAILROADS
MAKE MONEY

WASHINGTON. July IA net ex-
cess of revenue over expenditures of
more than s1o4. 100000 during May.
1917. on IFS out of 1856 railroads in
the United States. was shown in a re-
port Of the interstate commerce COM
mission today
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11

Unless excessive and unwarranted
estimates made of the population in
Lake county exemption districts are
changed to the same fair basis that
persists in the rest of the state this
county stands to give twice as many
men to the draft army 1t should.
The government estimates the popu-
lation OF Gary. East Chicago and Lake
county on basis that their most opti-
mistic boosters ever dreamed of APP
preaching. Its estimate falls slightly
short of all Indianapolis and Marion
county. and Gary alone is credited with
having twice the population it should.
Even Terre Haute and South Bend are
rated lower than East Chicago and
Fort Wayne and Evansville aren't much
higher. With the exception of Indi-
annapolis Gary is asked to give more
men than any other city or county in
the state. As for Indiana the state as
whole is rated as having a population
of $4,000 less than the first estimate
The brunt of the burden is shifted to
Lake county,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11
SEVEN DIE IN STORM.

ORTONVILL4E, MINI, July H.
Seven persons are believed dead today
following the overturning of a launch
on Big Stone lake in a storm last night.
Ole Tranbere.. engineer. chung to parts
Of the wreckage, holding a 12-year-old
boy with him. They drifted mile
to land.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11
THE HIGHEST POINT
OF PERFECTION

Is reached in lens making in the con-
struction of and making of the ONE
PIECE and KRYPTOK Invisible Lenses.
S. Silver. Manufacturing Opiction. 1T
State St., Hammond, Ind. Till
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11
E X I r A
AMERICAN
SHIP SUNK

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE
American ship Kansan, 1913 tons,
has been sunk with a probable loss
of four lives including one Ameri-
can. The armed guard master and
survivors have been landed, the
state department announced this
afternoon.
The vessel was valued at $3,O0O,-
600 and carried cargo of food and
steel valued at 100000.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11
LAKE CO. LIFE
INSURANCE

The amount of life insurance paid out
in the cities of Lake county in 1916 as
shown by the Insurance Press is as fol-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11
NEW SUB CHASERS
(By United Press.)

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE United
States is having 900 submarine chasers.
10 feet long each, built. the navy de-
partment revealed today for the first
time. Some of the chasers will be ready
in the next month of two.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11
Penalzing Americans.

Besides this hard blow from the war
department the native and naturalized
Americans of Lake county are hit by
the reported ruling that aliens and first
paper aliens, the latter being able to
vote in Indiana. are exempt. In Gary
this means that out of II 900 registrants
some $500 native and naturalized
Americans must bear the brunt of the
military burden while over $500 other
men, who are earning big wages and
for the most part unmarried escape all
the obligations of citizenship. As the
ruling now stands il is feared practical
ly every native and naturalized Ameri-
can in Gary will be drafted for war
unless he is excused for some vital
reason. However. a bill in congress
now provides that foreigners must take
out citizenships papers in SO days and
thus be amendable to the draft or else
be deported to their own countries.
where they will be speedily sent to the
trenches.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11

The Red Cross the symbol of
cause wide as the world and high
as Heaven.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11
fYur1Errr.,

(By United Press Cablegrarn.)
LONDON, July 1.-THE British gov
eminent today TOOK steps to punish Of
hciaIs responsible for the failure of the
Arst Mesopotamian expedition. a new
course of inquiry was instituted in the
house of commons to hear the charges.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11

Ask Yourself How You Can
Serve Your Country
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Enlist In The Woman's Army
BY Conserving Foods.
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Latest
bulletins

(By United Press Cablegram.)
PARIS, July 11.-Repulse of German
raids around Saptgneul in the Cham
paign, was reported In today's official
statement. A number of prisoners were
taken
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-11

taken.
(By United Press Cablegram.)
LONDON, July 11.-Direct hits on the
Turktsh-German fleet in the Golden
made in an arerial attack against the
Turhsh-Gorman fleet In the Golden
Horn, according to admiralty announce
ment today. The attacking squadron OF
aeroplanes suffered no losses.
Direct hits were observed against
other ships and big explosions resulted,
the admiralty continued
"Thc enemy was completely surpris-
ed," the statement said sour attack
was from heighth of 500 feet"
The Golden Horn Is a narrow inlet Of
the Bosphorous separating the main
part of Constantinople from Galata and
Pera- The air raid must have brought
the British naval hiers over the city Of
Of Constantinople itself. This would at
least have forced them to travel 800
miles in the air over the Dardanelles
and Sea Of 1armora to have acconap-
nshed their feat-l5o miles in each di-
rection.
(By United Press Cablegram-)
attack around Rieuport, Belgium, sue
on a front Of 140o yards, General Haig
reported today.
Gen Haig said that the bridges
across the User and other water ways
had been destroyed, isolating the Dunes
sector near the coast and opposite Lam
bartzyde.
"rhe enemy gained tho positions tenn
porar1ly," he added. Counter attacks
urove him back"
CIV United Press CableSraua.)
PETROGRAD, July 11--Gen. Korrail-
OF today drove still further into the
split in the Austro-0erman lines the
wedge of Russian invading forces which
he has inserted south OF Leuberg. Hadcx
has already fallen to the victorious
Russtau onslaught. The German army
Of Gen. Bothmar has been separated
from the Austrian forces under Gen.
Kirbach.
(By United Press Cablegram.)
BERLIN, July 1l.-Capture OF 1,25o
English prisoners in taking an enemy
defensive establishment between the
coast and Lombartzide, was announced
by the war department today.
fBy United Press CabIegranl.)
STOCKHOLM, July 11.-Sweden to-
day instructed her minister at Berlin to
lodge formal protest against the tor
pedodng of the swedish fishing vessels.
fBy United Press cablegram.)
BUENos AIRES, July 1l.--News as
surauces regarding the United States
export license plan served to modify To-
cal irritation aroused over the original
announcement. No official announce
ment is yet forthcoming. Officials ex-
platned they were awaiting formal adj
vices from Washington.
(By United Press Cablegram.)
MONTIvIDIO, July IA United
States fleet which put in here today
was accorded an enthusiastic reception
by all officials.
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CIV united Press Cablegram., /,

PETROGRAD, July II. = Russia's
armies of the northeastern front were
still advancing through the wedge be-
tween slle Germans and Austrian lines
around Lemberg today.
The war office statement confirmed
the taking Of Ealicz, key to the GaIac-
ian metropolis, and declared that Gen.
era1 Kormilofs's forces were advancing
west from the left bank of the Lomnica
river.
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CIV united Press cablegran.)

LONDON. July 17.-Ger1nan Chancel-
lor Hollweg has decided to fill vacancies
in the German cabinet with certain
members of the Reichstag and to cre-
ate new ministry of labor to which
a Socialist will be appointed, according
to an exchange telegraph dispatch from
Amsterdam.
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(By United Press.)

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE steel
companies of the nation probably will
arrange before night with government
heads to fix a general price policy on
steel for war work which will be more
satisfactory to the government than
present rates. This was indicated at
the meeting of government steel men
today.
CHICAGO. July 11.-Police today are
holding eight men said to be powers in
the Janiors union. in connection with
the wrecking of three buildings by
bombs last night. The black hand IS
suspected to be responsible for two of
the explosions. One person was killed
and several others injured.
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(By United Press Cablegram.)
MONTIvIDIO, July IA United
States fleet which put in here today
was accorded an enthusiastic reception
by all officials.
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Cd.
HARD HIT
BY DRAFT 7
War Department Estimates
261,5 ,587 Live Here and
Will Make Quota From
That.

Total of county----261,5s7
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NEW ARREST
IN SPY PLOT
IS REPORTED
NIGH 7
Herman BareCka, Another Ger
man, Jailed In East Chicago.
CIabaugh on the Job.
(Bu'LLErIN.)

(BULLETIN.)
East Chicago police are confident tina.
the new arrest they made last uiglls,
Herman Barecka, Will lead to new ar
rests in the German spy case and I'M
po-tant developments are expecte~-
within a few days.
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The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
OLD PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

"A medicinal preparation like DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root, that has real curative
value almost sells itself. Like an endless
chain system the remedy is recommended
by those who have been benefited to those
who are in need of it.
DR.. Kilmers Swamp-Root is physi-
clans prescription. 1t has been tested
for years and has brought results to count
less numbers who have suffered
The success of DR.. Kilmers Swamp
is due to the fact that it fulflls almost ev-
cry wish in overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder diseases, corrects urinary troubles
and neutralizes the uric acid which causes
rheumatism.
Do not suffer. Get bottle of Swamp
Root from any druggist now. Start treat
ment today.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
ALL MEN ATHOME SHOULD
PREPARE FOR WAR

The first test man is put thru for
either war or life insurance is an eXami-
nation of his water. This is most essen
tial because the kidneys play a most i'm
portant part in causing premature old age
and death. The more injurious the pois-
ons passing thru the kidneys the sooner
comes decay-so says DR.. Pierce of Sur
gical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y, who further
advise all people who are past thirty to
preserve the vitality of the kidneys and
free the blood from poisonous elements,
such as uric acid-drink plenty of water
sweat some daily and take Anuric, double
strength, before meals.
This An-u-ric is a late discovery of DR..
Pierce and is put up in tablet form, and
can be obtained at almost any drug store,
For that backache, lumbago, rheumatism,
rusty joints, swollen feet or hands, due
to uric acid in the blood, Anuric quickly
dissolves the uric acid as hot water does
sugar Take a little Anuric before meals
and prolong your life. Send 10 cents to
Dr. Pierce for trial package of Anuric.
Large package 60 cents.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03

that started to mOlt before September
Is. Usually early molters are poor
producers, and birds that molt late
require a shorter space of time in
which to regain their vitality than the
early molters. Late molters produce
eggs during the fall when they are
high in price, whereas August and
at that season Of the year. They both
start laying at about the same time
the following spring.
2. Heavy producers among breeds
having yellow shanks have lost their
color pigments by the end of the lay
ing season and the shank has become
very pale, whereas those birds that
are not heavy producers have main
tanned a strong yellow color through
out the year. This test can best be
applied to the Leghorns and to the
| lighter varieties, although it is also
true to some extent with the heavier
varieties.
3. The general expenditure of money
is made by the poultry raiser during
the spring and summer when he is
growing his young stock. 1t has fur
ther been demonstrated that a hen,
after reaching maturity, can be main
tanned at a profit for at least two
years and certain breeds can be main
tanned for an even longer period of
time. It is therefore suggested that
the owner of the general purpose
breeds, such as the Rhode Island Reds
and the Plymouth Rocks, should main.
tain his flock until they are two years
DID, and the man who keeps the light.
er breeds, such as the Leghorns, will
find that they will return him a profit
through the third laying year.
4. Birds that are four or five years
old should be eliminated from the
farm flock. These hens have q ten
dency to become overfat and very slug.
gish in disposition. The abdominal
wall often breaks down and in many
cases the feathers appear ruff1ed and
/ the birds present a very unsatisfac.
tory appearance. The scales on the
shanks of a pullet or a One-year-old
hen are smooth and regular, while
those on an older bird are larger and
more serrated and much rougher in ap
pearance.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
Answered..

The mOtorist was looking disconso-
lately at his car that lay helpessly on
it's side on the border of a small plow-
ed field. 1t had obviously skidded off
the road.
Presently a passer-by of the genial
kind that will ask senSeless questions
came along.
Hello! Have you had an acci-
dent?"
mo-" returned the exasperated mo-
torist. "I've just bought a new car,
so 1 brought the old one out to bury
it in this field. Got a pickaXe and
shovel in your pocket you could lend
me?"-AnsWerS
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
Has a Job He Can't Quit.

Jim Garry believes that if you don't
like a job, quit the job. Jim enlisted
in the Sixth regiment and sOldiered
for II days, when he got leave to go
home. A few days later the Sixth got
back Jim's uniform, and the whole
outfit. A note accompanied it. 1t
read:
"I've thought it over and decided
don't want to be q soldier. SO l quit
now. My outfit is on the way"
But the soldiers job is one job you
can't quit when you want to. SO Jim
is back in the ranks, trying to like It,
Toledo NewS-Bee.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the in
f1ammation of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation in the bronchial tubes,
inspiring a good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy expectoration
in the morning. Made and sold in
America for fifty-two years. A won
derful prescription, assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil
lied countries. ADV.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
NEED TO GUARD AGAINST ROUP
Disease Most Frequently Caused by
Poorly Ventilated House.

One of the most common diseases
of the farm poultry flock during the
autumn is roup. This disease is fire.
quently found in damp, poorly ven-
tilated houses and is most often con-
tracted by birds that are poorly con-
veloped and of low vitality. Fowls of
this type frequently get roup and are
the means of spreading it throughout
the flock, Obviously, prevention should
consist of eliminating the weaklings
from the flock and providing a house
that will be dry and free from drafts,
but well ventilated. AS an additional
prevention against this disease as
much potassium permanganate as will
remain on the surface of q dime should
be added to each gallon of drinking
water and kept constantly before the
fowls. This acts as an antiseptic and
will help to keep the birds in good con-
ditiOn. An attempt to cure the indi-
vidual of rOup is not advisable, for,
although in the majority of cases,
there may be an apparent cure, the
danger of reinfectiOn is great and fire.
quently such birds cause the disease
to spread throughout the flock. The
safest policy is Immediately to remove
from the flock and kill such birds as
show the first symptoms, which are
easily recognized by Watery dis
charge from the nostrils or eyes.
1t is advisable at this time of the
year to be on the constant lookout for
the presence of mites on the fowls,
and particularly in the poultry house.
These insect pests not only lower the
vitality of the birds, and thus render
them liable to disease, but their pres
ence has a decidedly bad effect on egg
production. Frequent spraying of all
cracks and crevices of the house and
the under sides of the roOsts with
kerosene or per cent carbolic acid
will greatly help to eradicate mites,
and thus add to the comfort and gen.
eral health of the birds
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
PREPARE FLOCK
NOW FOR WINTER
Fall Months the Time to See to
Proper Housing and Health
of Fowls.
LOOK TO THE POULTRY HOUSE
Dryness and Proper Ventilation Two
Requisites for the Comfort and
Health Of Birds-HoW to
Pick Winter Layers.

With the arrival of the fall months
special attention should be given to
the mana agement of the farm poultry
flock, especially with regard to the
housing and health Of the fowls. At
this season Of the year when the days
are growing shorter and the nights
longer, the fowls naturally spend more
time in their quarters than during the
summer, consequently more attention
should be given to the cleanliness of
the poultry house, and the droppings
should be removed more frequently.
Since the fowls now spend more time
In the poultry house, care should be
taken to see that they are not crowd
ed. Frequently the crOwding of chick
ems has q decided detrimental effect
on their health and ofttimes it mate
rializes into an epidemic of rOup or
some other disease throughout the
flock. To prevent such a condition
should be thinned out so as to allow
them three to four square feet of floor
space per bird. depending upon the
size of the fowls and on the length
Of time they are confined to the house,
as Influenced by the arrival of winter.
For example, a home with a floor
space Of IA by 20 feet provides suffi-
cient space for about seventy fowls
Of the general purpose breeds, such
as the Barred Plymouth Rocks, or
about ninety fowls of the Mediterran-
ear or smaller breeds, such as the
LeghOrns.
AS a general preventive against dis
ease, such as rOup, etc., poultry houses
should he we'll ventilated but free from
drafts; that is, the backs and sides
should be tight, allowing the ventila-
! ton to come from the front of the
building. An inspection as to the con-
dition of the roof may lead to the dis
cOvery of leaks, which if repaired in
time will insure a dry house for the
fowls during the winter. Dryness as
we'll as ventilation is very important
as influencing the health of the fowls.
! II is a good policy at this season of
the year to remove the dirt from
houses having earthen floors to the
depth of about six inches and fill in
| with fresh earth. Such practices as
these not only embrace good manage
ment but add to the general health
and comfort of the fowls.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
More Than One Way.

Everyone at the club thought my
hat was lovely, DEAR" said Mrs. Holt
with a beaming smile. "Of course it
was not expensive. 1 only paid 500
for it, but it is quite as lovely as Mrs.
Ringley's, which cost her nearly $50"
"But the Ringley's are able to own
a more conspicuous pew in church
than we are" faltered her husband.
"Well," she exclaimed, radiant,
"they can't come in any later than we
can !"-Grit.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
HOW TO PICK WINTER LAYERS.
Physical Characteristics Enable Poul-
try Raisers to Eliminate Loafers.

Physical Characteristics Enable Poul-
try Raisers to Eliminate Loafers.
The introduction of the trap nest
has completely changed the status Of
the poultry business in the past few
years Instead Of selecting our lay
Ing birds at random we now have GER
tain and rather definite external phys
lcal characteristics which enable the
poultryman to make rigid selection
and to Gull out those hens that are
not good producers, to eliminate the
toafers, and thus increase his profits
and at the same time materially de-
crease his feed bill
The following named factors can be
Utilized by the poultry raiser in Gull
ting cut his flock of hens that have
come through one or more laying sea-
sons:
l. Sell for market purposes all. hens
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
500 Reward. 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. 1t
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation of the disease.
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health apd assists nature in
doing it's work. $4,000 for any case Of
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
He Got the Blind.

A tradesman in a certain town put
a box outside his shop, labeled "For
the Blind" A few weeks later the box
disappeared.
"Halloa! What's happened to the
box for the blind?" he was asked by
a friend.
ooh, I got enough money" he re-
piled, pointing up to the new canvas
blind that sheltered his shop window
"Not bad, is it?"
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03

medicine put up without alcohol-ingredi-
ents on wrapper. Liquid or tablets. All
Druggists. Tablets 6Oc.
An easily procured vegetable pill is
made up of May-apple, the dried juice of
the leaves of aloes, and the root of jalap,
made into tiny pellet and coated with
sugar. 1t was first put into ready-to-use
form by DR.. Pierce nearly so years ago.
Almost every drug store in this country
sells these vegetable pellets in vials for
30c-simply ask for DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They have Dr. R. V. Pierce stamp.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
WHEN LOOKS DARK to any weak

or dlllng WOiHans
DR.. Pierce's Favor
lte Prescription
comes to her help.
For "female COM
plants" pains, in
ternal infiamma-
tion or liberation,
bearing-down SEN
sations, a n d all
chronic W e a k :
n e S sc s and de-
rangements, this is
the proven rem
edv IT'S thn ODIv
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03

If the surplus cockerels, not needed
for the breeding flock next spring,
have not yet been marketed, dispose
of them now. Market the old hens as
soon as they stop laying.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03

The various hotels and amusement
places in Great Britain employ over
$1,000 women.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
Accounted For.

'Did you find Jessie in when you
called unexpectedly"
eyes; that is how I found her out"
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03

No, Herman, the family tree of the
scrub lady isn't necessarily a scrub
oak
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03

The wise man goes on still hunt
for opportunity instead Of waiting for
it to call.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03

Porto Rican women may be given
the right to hold office, but not to
vote.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
Explained.

"There is meat in everything that
advertising man writes"
"Then no wonder he comes so high"
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
Distant.

'Is your wife hard to please?"
''I don't know; | have never reached
that STAGE
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
Actively Employed.

care you employed at present?'
eyes, sir; lookin' for work. ."-Bos-
ton Transcript. "
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
Characteristic.

She-Did you say something?
He-NOthing.
She-How like you.-The Lamb.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-03

Smile on wash day. That's when you use
Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes whittier than
snow. All grocers. Adv.