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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-25

war will be over before they
reach a port where Uncle Sam
can call them to service.
o o O
Only 26 DRINKS in police
court Monday afternoon. Drug
stores must have closed early
Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-25
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Standing Of the Clubs.

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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-05-17
BOOZE BUSINESS is BRISK

The Tyrone express office seems to
be very popular place for the thirs-
ty Kansas folks since the bone dry
law went into effect in that state. A
good jag of fire water comes in on
nearly every passenger and the most
of it is called for by citizens of Sew
ard county who are forever barred
from receiving it at their home sta
ton. Some of these fine days the
aforementioned b. d. law will be in
effect in Oklahoma and our advice to
the thirsty ones would be to crawl on
the water wagon before that time and
get used to the drouth before it is en-
forced upon them.-Tyrone OBJ
server.
Mrs. Joe auckland came up from
Dalhart Sunday where she spent q
week with her brother during his i'll
ness.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-05-17
WILLIE COLLIER, JR., IN
"THE BUCLE CALL"

Little Billy, ten-year-old son of the
commandant at Fort Mcpherson, a
frontier army post, is loved by every
one in the place. He has one ambi-
ton in life, and that is to become a
good soldier; and one military
achievement he has already learned,
to play the army bugle. 1t is only
the good soldier in him that makes
him tolerate the idea that his father
is to marry again, for he cannot con-
ceive of anyone good enough to take
his dead mothers place. Soon after
the wedding, his father is called to
quell an uprising of the Sioux In
dians, forty miles to the south, and
his new mother is left in his charge.
Then the fort itself is attacked by
Indians. Billy, who has hidden his
stepmother in a cave in the hillside,
suddenly sees that the outnumbered
garrison is about to surrender. Be-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-05-17
"UsE YOUR TRACTOR"


"Help your neighbors" is the key
note of special appeal to tractor
owners issued by Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture Carl Vrooman.
"Every farmer who owns trac.
tor" he says, "owes it to his country
this spring to do all the custom or ex-
change work he can do without ne
glecting his own work. Every hour
that his tractor would otherwise be
idle it ought to be at work helping a
neighbor who is behindhand with his
blowing or narrowing. Make your
outfit work from dawn to dark; make
it work all night if you have enough
operators to fill the shifts. The acre
age to be harvested this fall hangs on
the pillow. Don't let an acre that
might otherwise be planted go I'M
titled because your tractor is in the
shed. Help your neighbors and thus
do your part in strengthening the al
lied lines on the battle fronts Of Eu-
rope"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-05-17
HE COULDN'T PITCH HAY
Applicant for Job on Kansas Farm
Admitted He Was a Little Weak
in Important Department..

Some of the applicants for jobs on
the farms have unusual ideas of
farming, from a western viewpoint.
A Chicago newspaper employment
bureau has forwarded to Governor
| Capper's office several cards filed by
Chicagoans who would work on Kan
sas farms. There are a number of
these men who undoubtedly would
make good hands if given chance,
but here is one whose ideas of work
might not coincide with the views of
the average employer of farm labor.
All the applicants are required to
answer a number Of questions, and
after answering these are allowed to
make remarks. The Chicago gentle
man in question got thru the ques-
tons fairly well.
Yes, his wife could do farm work
but she refused to go to the farm with
him. Yes, he was experienced in
farm work, all his life. Yes, he really
wanted to work. He wanted $40 a
month, room and board. And fol-
lowed with this, under the head Of
remarks"
"Cannot work hard, as pitching hay
or milking cows. Otherwise can do
anything"
"Now wouldn't he make some
farmer" commented Charles Ses-
sions, the governors private secre-
tary, after reading the letter. An
other candidate for farm job stated
that he "could harness horse" A
boy of IS admitted more or less ig-
norance of farm work, but 81 am will
| ing to folio winstructions and learn"
he commented.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-05-17

ton. The low egg production this
spring has been due to the shortage
in laying stock and to the failure on
the part Of poultry raisersato feed
their hens adequately.
Reports from the largest egg buy
er in Kansas show that the egg pro-
duction is from 20 to 40 per cent
lower than it was year ago, and last
years production was below normal.
The government reports 38 per cent
less eggs on cold storage on April l
than at that time last year.
"Give the laying hens more feed"
advises Mr.. Sherwood. "They should
have good feed of grain at night
and all the sour milk they can use
during the day. The farmer should
use the cheapest grain feed he has,
whether corn, kafir, or feterita.
at is too common a practice on the
Kansas farms to let the hens shift for
themselves during the spring and
summer, or, at most to throw them a
little grain. Birds fed in this way sell
dom give a profitable production the
following fall and winter. The most
serious shortage will come next No
vember, December and January, un-
less precautionary measures are TAX
en-.
"Keep on Matching until the first
of July and have an abundance of
young chicks to help bolster up the
food shortage. Well fed chicks will
weigh three pounds in Is to II weeks,
and this is profitable time to put
them on the market. It gives larger
carcass for food and is just as prof
table for the farmer. A three-pound
chick will eat eight to ten pounds of
feed in addition to what it picks up
on the farm. There is money in them
even at the high prices of food.
"The pullets should be well fed so
that they will be ready to lay before
cold weather. Caution should be TAX
en- not to develop small breeds too
early, for pullets laying before Sept
ember Is are apt to mott in the fall,
and thus lose three months ofNegg
production"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-05-17
JUST GIVE US "DIxIEw

If it chances to be war,
Just give US "Dixiev
Don't care what we're fightin' for,
Just give us "Dixiep
That's the tune it orter be
DAYS of Jackson an Of Lee;
Hits the spot with you an me
Just give us "Dixie"
That'll fetch 'em all in line
Just give 'em "Dixie!'
Double quick an goin' fine
Just give 'em "Dixie!'
Let it ring Ger plain an hill -,
With the old time vim an thrill!
"Dixie" s half the battle still
Just give us "DixieT
Mind you how we rushed the fight,
Cheered on by "Dixie?"
Sent the bullets flynn right,
Cheered on by "Dixie?"
One great, glorious country now,
But, il there's to be row,
Whip creation anyhow,
Just give us "Dixiew
Prank L. Stanton in the Atlant'
Constitution.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-05-17
HOW ABOUT YOUR CHICKENS |

Manhattan, Kan, May 16.-The
nation is confronted with serious
shortage of laying hens, and farmers
should do their part in solving one
phase of the food supply problem by
Matching more chicks than usual this
season, believes Ross M. Sherwood,
acting head of the Kansas State Ag-
ricultural college poultry department.
Because of the high feed prices
farmers sold hens last fall that ordi-
narily would have been retained for
breeding purposes and egg produc-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-05-17
Automobile Section

Grace as an accomplish in some by
gone crimes, and eventually per-
suades Remington to join him in one
more robbery. The house selected for
the stealing chances to be one where
Grace is a guest for the week end ;
and she surprises Briggs in the act of
taking some jewels. Remington, find
ing Briggs struggling with his wife,
strikes him down; and in the conse-
quent alarm, poses as rescuer of his
wife from daring burglar, Briggs.
The outcome is rarely thrilling.
At the Majestic May %.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-05-17
NORMA TALMADGE IN
GOING STRAIGHT

Jimmy Briggs, crook, recognizes
in John Remington, a respectable and
prosperous real estate man, his form
er partner in crime, Higgins, who now
is going straight Remington's wife,
Grace, used to be a member of the
gang, too, but for the sake of their
children, both have given up the old
life OF crime. Briggs blackmails Rem
ington under threat of exposure of
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-05-17
w. c. Steward of Liberal and W.

w. C. Steward of Liberal and W.
Spainhower of Dodge City were here
the past week and managed to invei-
gle the editor of the Herald into Civ
ing them am order for "The Most
Beautiful Car in America" as is
claimed by the builders for the
Paige. We will also do a little work
for them in the way of selling the
Paige in this section. The new car
will arrive in two or three weeks at
which time we would be glad to have
anyone who is interested in a Paige
come and see it.-Beaver Herald.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-05-17

thinking himself of his bugle, and
hoping to lead the Indians to believe
his father and the regiment are re-
turning, he blows the charge from a
distant knoll. What happens is one of
the most dashing moments in the
story.
At the Majestic Thursday, May "a.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-07
FARMER COMPLAINS Of
ERIE WAR SCHEDULE
Appears Before State Coun-
Gil Of Defense at Indian
apolis Today.
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, June &c
F. Clausen. of Palmer. appeared before
the state council Of defense on behalf
Of the farmers living in his neighbor-
hood. and presented another phase of
the war situation. Many Of the rail-
roads are abolishing passenger trains
and rearranging their schedules in the
interest of economy of operation. Clau-
sen said the Chicago & Erie railroad
proposed to change the schedule of its
milk train between North Judson and
Chicago so the train would not arrive
in Chicago before 1890 noon. This
would mean a great loss to the farm
ers who ship milk. he said. on account
of the spelling of milk because of late
shipment. and he asked the council to
use its influence to obtain an earlier
schedule for the train. The council
turned the matter over to II. r. Kurrie.
president of the Monon railroad and a
member of the council. who said he
would take it up with the president of
the Chicago & Erie railroad
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-07
SILVER SHELL
NAMED AS J.
BOAT VICTOR
Identity of Ship Which Had
Long Fight With Sub
marines and Who Sunk
One, Has Been Fully
Established.
(By United Press.)

WASHINGTON. June THE Ameri-
can steamer Silver Shell of Wilmington
Delaware is the vessel under the Unit
ed States flag officially reported as
probable victor in a fight with a Ger
man submarine.
The navy department today officially
identified it as the vessel reported as
having exchanged shots with a SUBJ
marine. William J. Clark, chief turret
captain of the U. S. Arkansas, was in
charge of the gun crew that did the
work. Secretary Daniels in commend
ing Clark points out he had come from
the enlisted rank and said promotion
was being considered.
The official announcement said the
Silver Shell probably sank a U-boat in
the Mediterranean May so after a bat
tie lasting an hour and half.
Reports to the navy department from
members of the Silver Shell cleared any
lingering doubt
The Silver Shell is a steel screw
steamer of 1886 tons. owned by the
She'll Oil Company of California.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-07
Old Abe Martin on
the Liberty Loan
(writen
BY
(written For THE TIMES.)
BY KIN HUBBARD

Why should I give tn government a
hundred dollars fer Liberty Loan
when 1 don't even own a auto" said
Upton Bud. After all tn publicity
that has been showered on tn Liberty
Loan it's amazin' how little most folks
seem L know about EN-. Liberty Loan
bonds come in denominations o. fifty
dollars an up. They pay three an one
half per cent interest annually. There
are other kinds o. bonds that pay Ave
an six per cent interest annually, but
after you get through lyin' an worryin'
an tryin' { hold 'em you feel like
burglar. Liberty Loan bonds are nom
taxable an you kin sleep after takin'
one When you buy a Liberty Loan
bond you are not only maxim a safe
investment. but you are doin' somethin'
patriotic You are loanin' your money
L tn government an it's to be used to
sustain tn great armies that are f1ghtin'
fer human liberty throughout tn world.
If you git in a pinch your bond is ne
gotiable. an a number O. automobile
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-07

concerns have announced that they'll
accept them in payment fer cars.
Ever buddy must be made Z feel tn
great task our government has under
taken in enterin' tn war. Even hus-
bands o. rich wives II be conscripted
fer service. Surely those O. us who
have been left behind on account O.
age, or SPAWN" or somethin' else,
should be willin' { do our bit when
we're e git three an one-half per cent
fer doin' it. I've plowed up my
croquet ground an hoisted a three dol
lar flag over tn hen house, an I feel
rather like I'd jest about done my share
in this war said Tilford Moots. t'day.
Doubtless thers many thousands in our
country who have let ther patriotism
lag after plantin' an extra row o.
ptaters or bought a lapel flag TIL
feller who buys a Liberty Loan bond is
only accommidatin his government at
a fine rate o. interest. He's gaining by
it-an he's helpin, too. Theirs too
many folks that haint helpin' T. do
anything in this war but chew navy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-07
INDIGNANT
OFFICIALS
DEMAND
RETRACT
Charge Made That GTaVeT Tank
Works Advised Employees to
Claim Exemption.

IN an article IN the East Chicago
Press. published in East Chicago. yes
terday. the Graver Tank Works. the
oldest industrial plant in that city
one owned and managed by men of
high character. always patriotic and
lofty IN their motives-was accused OF
being guilty Of act OF treason!
A charge OF this kind at this time
is serious matter and one that
should be made only after full and
frank investig CATION.
1t seems that when one OF the Gra-
yer companys employees went to reg
lister in his residence precinct yester-
day he desired the registrar to state.
in answer to the question as to wheth-
er he claimed any exemption. that he
was employed BY a concern building
oil reineries and one that had offered
TO assist the government in ship build
ing, but that the registrar refused to
make notation Of this answer.
The Press than stated that the Gra-
yer Tank Works hsl advised its en-
ployes to claim exemptions and that
because of this the company was
reasonable TO the flag.
This is charge" said Mr.. Bart
lett. works manager, this morning.
that has no preference in this office
over the charge of murder. and to say
that the accusation is wholly unjust
and most serious SANDER is putting
1t very mildly"
The facts are that this company
dust within the last few days con-
sented to an arrangement with a big
ship building concern in the east
which would mean an actual financial
loss to them Of fully $4,000 a month.
The head of this concern is Col.
Goethals. one of the greatest engi-
neers in this country They contem-
plate a contract which will involve
the construction of two hundred bat
tie ships and the use of fully 325, 900
tons OF steel plate. Their represen-
tative came to the Graver people and
asked them what they could do to as
sist in the preparation of this mate
rial Notwithstanding the fact that
the company now has contracts that
are keeping them busy nearly night
and day to their full capacity. and not
withstanding that the profit on the
work now being turned out would
amount to $4,000 a month over and
above what the new contract would in
volve, nevertheless in order to do their
bit and assist the government in Sc
curing a fulfllment OF their contracts,
the manager of the Graver concern
agreed TO put ether work aside and
turn out from three to five hundred
TC01+T1Ia5 - 70 1a 80
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-07
MAMIE DIDN'T LIKE
EARL s CHICKENS

Mamie Freeman. colored restaurant
proprletress at 1924 Columbia avenue
eyed with suspicion the chickens Earl
hunter, negro. proffered her yester-
day morning and refused to accent
them Mamie's husband was away and
Hunter got too intimate and Mamie
picked up kitchen weapon and beat
MIN up. This was the story she told
Judge Prest yesterday when Hunter in
complaint charged her with assault
and battery The court found for the
complainant and Mamie paid a S14 fine.
Later Hunter was arrested by city
police and sentenced to serve ninety
days on the penal farm for stealing
the chickens.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-07
FEED AMERICA
FIRST, HOOVER
TELLS CONGRESS
By ROBERT .. BENDER


Omitted Press STAFF Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, June Con
gress must protect the American
food supply from her allies.
With this warning from both
President Wilson and Herbert
Hoover, food administrator. lead
ers of both parties turned to the
food problem today as the most
pressing problem before the ma
ton.
England's clanor for more food is
growing louder and louder while prices
in this country soar and labor's de-
mand for reduction of the high cost of
foodstuff becomes more insistent.
The president has told republicans
and democrats that ample powers must
be given the food control department or
the allies will be coming to this coun-
try. bidding for American food and
hoisting prices out of sight.
Hoover says adequate machinery
must be set up at once to assure that
Americas markets are not raided and
prices forced up to a point of embar-
rassment to the American people
I'VE must" he says. protect our
selves from our allies to protect our
own people and a. the same time do all
justice by our allies. We must do
every service for them that we can
To hurry action on the bill the house
agriculture committee has struck out
certain features which it was feared
might stimulate long debate on the
measure. authority to fxe certain prices
and standardize certain foodstuffs.
Hoover himself would not attempt
any price fixing except as a last resort
to preserve the country's food supply.
He believes that minimum prices might
serve to stimulate production. Au-
thority to fixe minimum prices will be
left in the measure when it is reported
out of committee.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-07
N0RTHCL|FFE
GIVES j. P.
INTERVIEW
BY +. L. KEEu

n
Omitted Press STAFF Correspondent
LONDON, June Lord Northcliffs
who succeeds Foreign Minister Balfour
as head of the British war mission IN
the United States has departed for
America. In an exclusive interview to
the United Press prior TO his departure
the great publisher said:
Il am not going on a speech making
or banqueting tour. / propose taking
offices down town In New York where
I can confer on the many business in
terests involved in the British and
allied mission.
The high honor conferred/ upon me
by the British government is probably
due more TO the fact that i am very
much at home in. America and have
countless friends there than to any par
ticular merit of my own.
II am hopeful. not only of imparting
any war lessons which l may have
learned to my American friends. but
also to derive ideas which are certain
to be evolved by American natural
genius for invention.
IT feel much difference in succeeding
so important and charming a personali-
ty as Balfour but shall do my best TO
harmonic the work of the allied mis-
sion and 1 may say to facilitate the
enlistment Of as many British subjects
now in the United States as possible.
"On my arrival l will. of course, first
report at the British embassy in Wash
ington."
Northcliffe's one expressed regret was
that his post would prevent him being
IN Europe at the time of the forthcom-
ing Irish convention in which he has
taken such a keen interest.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-07
US. warships Anchor Off French Coast
FAcrokY ACCUSED OF AREAsoN By NEMspAPER@I HOT
ASSOCIATION
GIVES THANKS

chicago, May zz, lsl'-
Mr.. ]. A. Gavit,
Hammond. Ind.
Dear Sir:
Your Official Report No. 6s6, dated
May 10th. on recruiting for Officers
Training Camps received. for which
please accept our thanks.
We sincerely appreciate the splen-
did work done by you IN securing
applications for these camps and
also wish to express to The Times
our appreciation of the substantial
help given by publicity in their
columns. To the patriotic co-opera-
tion of all who helped in this work
is due the success attained at Ham
mond.
In whatever work the War De-
partment may call upon US to per-
form we trust we may again have
the active cooperation of all those
who so ably co-operated at Ham
mond for the first camps.
Again thanking you. we are.
Yours very truly.
Military Training Camps Assn. Of
the L. s. Central Department.
WHARTON CLAY.
Executive Secretary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-07
GET HOT
RECEPTION
IN PORT
French JubiIate Over Arrival Of
US. Fighting Boats Con-
VOying Wheat.
tBy United Press cablagram.,

PARIS, June 7.-American war
ships have arrived and are now
anchored off the coast of France,
an official announcement said to-
day.
lie Matin announced that the
vessels conveyed from the United
States great transport loaded
with wheat.
Dispatches from French port de-
clare the American vessels were ac-
corded a tremendously enthusiastic re-
ception. Here IN Paris all newspapers
rejoice IN this latest evidence Of Ameri-
can aid to France.
Official permission Is granted today
to announce that great preparations are
In progress for the disposition of Amer
tcan troops when ever they shall arrive
Camps have been surveyed and assign
ed. aviation parks laid out and complete
details mapped out for General Perish
tng's expedition at whatever time It
may reach French soil
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-07
HIT PEDDLER'S WAGON

A south-bound street car struck a
peddler's wagon on Holman street. in
front of the police station about 1
o'clock this afternoon. throwing the
driver to the ground. The peddler. E.
Larson, $50 Sheffield avenue, was taken
to st. Margaret's hospital. His scalp
was bruised The wagon was splinter
ed. The horse escaped.
Spectators who saw the accident de-
clare that it was no fault of the street
car men that the wagon was hit, but
owing to the imprudence of the driver