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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
A DAGGER
IN THE BACK

That's the woman's dread when she
gets up in the morning to start tina
days work. oh. how my back aches"
GOLD MEDAL Harlem OIL Capsules
taken today eases the backache of to-
morrow-taken every day ends the
hackache for all time Don't delay.
what's the use of suffering? Begin
taking GOLD MEDAL HARLEM OIL
capsules today and be relieved tomor-
row. Take three or four every day and
be permanently free from wrenching.
distressing back pain. But be sure 10
get GOLD MEDAL. Since 1926 GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM OIL has been the Ma
eionei Remedy OF Holland the Govern
ment OF tbs Nethe rlands having grant
ed special charter authorizing its
prepare ton and sale. The housewife
Of Holland would almost IS soon be
without bread as she would be without
heE Real Dutch Drops as she quantity
calls GOLD MEDAL HARLEM on Cap
suiss This is the one reason why you
VIII ind the women and children Of Hol-
and so sturdy and robust
GOLD MEDAL are the pure original
saarlem OIL Capsules imported direct
from the laboratories in HARLEM Hol-
land But be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL. Look for the name on every
box Sold by reliable druggists in seal
60 Packages at csc. SOC and s1ef
Money refunded II they do not ho
you Accept only the GOLD MEDIA
~ others are inaitations.-Adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
CHILD MARRIAGE ENDS
IN DIVORCE COURT
To- Year Old Bride, Daughter
of Inland Mill Superinten-
dent, Granted Decree.

Mrs Blair Wilcox, the sixteen-year-
old boarding school girl who startled
East Chicago society with impetuous
elopement and marriage last fall. is
again Miss Thelma Potts after five
tumultuous months Of matrimony. She
was granted a decree OF divorce BY
Judge V. s. Reiter in the superior court
at Hammond this morning and the
restoration of her maiden name. ". J.
Murray representa- the plaintiff.
Miss Potts is the daughter of Charles
T. Potts. superintendent of the Inland
steel mills and resides with her parents
at 1886 Hemlock street. She was edu-
Gated at two seminaries. is accomplished
in music and has talent for painting
on the stand Mrs Wilcox told the
court her boy husband contributed Ave
dollars 10 her support in FIVE months
and on one occasion slapped her when
she refused 70 go to the movies with
him She left her husband and return
cd TO the parental abode and believes he
is now in training for the army at
Columbus barracks
Mrs. Wilcox was very modishly dress
ed in brown. She is blond and decidedly
pretty.
The elopement of young Wilcox and
Miss Potts took place October IS of last
year Mrs Wilcox told the Judge today
that wilcox had no employment at the
time they We're married but previously
worked at the Inland mills.
When married she was Is and the
boy Il.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
AID. MAN KICKED
BY HORSE
CONTINUED from Page one,

that he was kicked in the head when
he was boy and can only get relief
when he takes little red-eye they
didn't know what it was.
Lesser has been identified as the
afrable young slicker who slapped Fred
Upham Joyously upon the shoulder in
the Blackstone grill back in February
and then slipped a check to Marc Matile,
head waiter who stood admiringly by.
has been pinched. The check. for SIS.
was bad. The smooth young man got
$3.50 besides a 1896 repast. which was
good
The check took a journey to The bank
and came back. A little stream of SINH
lar ones began to dribble into the Illi-
nois Trust and Savings hank. supposed
~ signed by julius Rosenwald or G. NJ
Loeb. as fancy took the maker.
Pick Up Trail In *. c.
Private detectives were set to work
in Kansas City, where an arable strang
er had begun TO prosper on worthless
checks Signed Lieut. W. II. Monroe. L.
S. v, aeronautic division"
Circulars bearing photograph of the
stranger were sent out ana one teli into
the hands of H ". Sumers. owner of
the Gary hotel. who took the police into
his confidence.
So Lesser will be arraigned in Chi
cago today:
When / was a boy I was kicked on
the head by q horse he said. The in
jury I sustained seems TO be perma-
nent and every little while 1 have q
feeling that my system is paralyzed
My only relief seemed to come from
taking a bit of liquor to sort of wake
me UP. That's how 1 started drinking
and 7 was under the influence when
did this thing for which they have ms
locked up"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
HAMMOND
DRIVE NETS
GOOD SUM

Fifteen hundred dollars to date is
the result of the first trench drive or
the Hammond district In it's efforts TO
raise $4,000 TO be used in establishing
Y. Nj. c. As in military camps.
The district includes East Chicago
Indiana Harbor. Whiting, Crown Point.
Hobart, Gibson and HAMMOND. The
campaign started at a meeting OF rep
resentatives OF the different cities at
the Chamber of Commerce last Friday
night and Will terminate Saturday
night. II is expected that the amount
raised viii exceed $1,000. Gary set a
state record by raising $1,000 in a
few days.
The following amounts were raised
over sunday: East Chicago. $500; In
diana Harbor. 500; Hammond, $500,
Gibson. $500; Whiting. 500, Hobart.
$50; Crown Point. $50.
Indiana is to raise sl50.00o OF the
grand total to be contributed over the
country. 100000 which is needed in
erecting association buildings in mill
tary mobilization camps.
When soldiers are sent TO Europe the
y NJ c. A. camps will accompany them.
This work is authorized by an execu-
tive order OF President Wilson and has
the same essential standing as the
Red Cross.
Churches of all denominations are
given fun privileges OF the Y. NJ. c.
camps
Contributions can be made at the
First National banks of East Chicago,
Hammond, Indiana Harbor and Hobart
J. J. Keller will receive donations at
Whiting.
new Y Nj. C. A. building is being
erected at East Chicago for the in
fantry encampment there
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
WHITING
LAUNCHES
RED CROSS
Especial 70 TIE TIMEs.O

WHITING. IND. May 21.-The Whit
ing chapter of the Red Cross Society
was launched in a meeting at the Whit
ing library on Saturday night. Mayot
w. f. Schrage was elected ex-officio diN
rector. The other directors elected,
were Mrs Jessie Curtis Smith. John M
Thiele. Mrs. G. Cash. Joseph J. Chillay
Julius Szudinski. Starr Stowell. DR.. Il
J. Lauer. Frank y. Gavit John c. Hair
Frank 3. Lewis. DR.. Mycrick. Mrs. John
Schaub ST., Wesley Tharp. DR.. r. L.
Humphreys and Beaumont Parks.
At a meeting held yesterday Beau
mout Parks was elected chairman: vice
chairman. Mrs. Jessie Curtis Smith;
secretary. Mrs. G. Cash; treasurer. John
NJ Thiele.
a campaign will now be made for
members, every one in Whiting and
Robertsdale being urged to join. fifty
members having already been secured.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21

oh. hearts Of fair Hoosierdom, hear ye
my cry.
Come 10 me. rescue me-help e'er die
Fer civilization its grasp on me holds.
Help eef my wonder sof nature are
sold
Gather me unto your hearts that adore
The fairest OF lakes that dashes upon
ny shore.
Beauty Misunderstanding wonders
complete.
Oh. magical city, g close 70 my feet.
oh. hearts OF fair Hoosierdom. lest
YOU forget.
VIII remind you OF what 7 possess.
Fair Nature has planted her throne in
my heart
so. OH Indiana. now do you your part
The honk OF the wild goose. the whip
poor-will's call
The calm of contentment that steals
over all.
The twitter of song brd-the chatter
o. squirrel.
All in my dominion-all live in my
world.
Oh. hearts Of fair Hoosierdom. know
Va I hold
Myriads Of bIossoms-fruits all untold.
Trailing arbutus. violets. golden rod.
too;
The grandest OF fernneries-elder-
berries blue;
Ny swamps cutie cranberries. mint
wintergreen.
on hills the sweet sassafras and black
Thro' me winds the trail that in days
Made the East and the West and the
Central all one.
and know
does owe
Her Riley. her Audubon. Johnston and
Iiay.
All the flowers Of literature be in my
So bow to my sturdy. strong oaks and
my pine
Give reverence TO men Of the past
that are thine.
For I hold as a scepter the pen and
the poem
For fair-minded writers make Nature
their home.
Oh. hearts Of fair Hoosierdom. to all
appeal
To hunter. to nimrod to workers in
steel:
To dweller in city. TO men Of the soil
To parents and children. TO .laborers
who toll,
To rich and to poor. TO satire and
sage
I urge you to hearken e'er unto that
cage
OF mankinds destroyers I noiselessly
glide
And leave you in waiting and sorrow
abide.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
CH|CACO REGRETS
Loss OF GARY
Says Poor Foresight Kept
Gary Out of Chicago's
Boundaries.

turing Gary.
IF Chicago had been more far
sighted and liberal in its policy Gary
would be located in Chicago today in
stead OF in Indiana. said Commissioner
of Public Works Bennett yesterday 70
the council committee on harbors-
Its members and several other alder
men had put in several hours inspect
ing Lake Calumet as site for an IN
dustrial harbor The immediate ques-
ton up in the acquisition of the ripar-
ian rights from the shore owners.
No one was inclined to criticise the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
CABINET TO
BE INCREASED
BY CARL D. GRoAT.
United Press stan correspondent

United Press stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. May 21.-President
Wilson's cabinet will soon be increased
bv three new portfolio members-sec-
retsry of food administrations. secre-
fary OF munitions and supplies and a
secretary OF transported ion-according
10 official belief here today.
Action BIZ the senate in limiting the
powers OF the council of national de-
tense so that much Of the work now
being done by the a dvisory committee
OF the council VIII be shifted back d.
rectly TO the shoulders OF the cabinet
has made new posts in the cabinet
Imperative. officials declare. The SEN
ste did not Ike the council of defense.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21

to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she had taken it with good
results. / did so, MY weakness dis
appeared, | gained in strength, moved
into our new home, did all kinds of
garden work, shoveled dirt, did build
ing and cement work. and raised hun
dreds of chickens and ducks. / can
rot say enough in praise of Lydia E
Pinkham s Vegetable Compound and
ie these facts are useful you may pub
lish them for the benefit of other
women Mrs. M. 0. JOHNSTON, Route
ID. Box 100, Richmond, Ind
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
DRAFT REGISTRARS
MEET TO-NIGHT
Gary Consumption Board
Orders Meeting to Be
Held at Club.

Members of Gary's CONSUMPTION board
today issued an order that the 81 pre-
cinct registrars named by the board 10
serve on registration day, June ;. meet
this evening at O'Clock at the Com
mercial Club.
Explanation Of the work and duties Of
registrars will be made by Commits
sioners John A Brennan. T. J. Toner
and y. /. Brown.
The boar6 at a meeting at city hall
this morning decided to perfect plans
for the enlistment of volunteers 10
serve as clerks and typists on registra-
ton day.
THE TINES has been asked to publish
the following notice by the Gary con-
scription board relative to the register
ing on June of all males who have
passed their 2lst birthday and who arr
not yet 81:
Registration Day June s, 1917.
All male residents of Gary with
out exception. between the ages of
81 and so inclusive are obliged TO
go to respective places of registra-
ton in their precincts and register
on that day. The penalty for fail
ure to comply with this Law is i'm
prisonment for one year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
OHIO MAN KILLED
At CARY DEPOT

Howard Spencer. SIS years old. OF
Bridgeport. O. lost his life Saturday
evening at union depot in Gary. His
body was found on c1e New York Cen
trail tracks just east of the train shed.
Tow Spencer was killed IS not known
's neck and shoulder were broken and
arm was severed at the elbow. The
.dy was found by two men waiting for
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
ASK FOR and GET
HOrIick's
The Original
Matted Milk
Substitutes Cost YOU Same Price.

detailed on the cage and rounded up
the three alleged miscreants SUNDAY
afternoon. Rock and Derlof live on
Hoffman street. and Keller lives on the
corner OF 149th and Ash streets. Der
lof is the elder of the three. being
about II years old Keller lie thought
to be about 10.
The boys are 10 be questioned ~
Chief Of Police Austzen tonight. what
disposition win be made OF their case
is not known.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
Registration Day June s. 1917.
FORGERY CASE
ON TRIAL AT
HAMMOND

The case OF the State VS.. Joe Wilson
of East Chicago. charged with forgery
was placed on trial before a jury in
Judge Hardy's court at Hammond to-
day. The prosecuting witness. Jacob
Nrbancic. saloonkeeper. who alleges
that Standard Oil Company check
for s40.2s payable to Cletus Stoner was
fraudulently cashed by another than
Stoner. Wilson is accused Of cashing
the check.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
BOYS CHARGED
WITH MISDEMEANOR

Cecil Rock, IL years old, one of Mrs
Carrie P. Herndon's character witnesses
in her trial by populace." and two
other boys. Joseph Keller and Joseph
Derlof. are charged by the police with
stealing carpenter tools from a new
house being built on Hickory street.
valued at SIS.
1t IS said that the theft occurred
SATURDAY night Officer Warner was
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21

the 9:17 west-bound train.
The remains were taken to the
Williams and Marsahll morgue and
from papers in the clothes a card ad-
dressed to Howard Spencer Wheeling,
w. Va. lead TO the location of the dead
mans wife at Bridgeport and to his
identity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
GARY WOMAN
SEEKS DIVORCE

Attorney Clyde Hunter Of Gary. -
day filed in tho superior court a. Es-r
mond a petition for divorce Tor R8rh
DonneIly from Joseph Donneiiy or sts
uatory grounds. The couple war MAJ
rled in August 1913. and separated
April II OF this year. the complain
states
Petition for divorce for Lillian JOIN
son OF East Chicago from Alexande
Johnson was filed BY Attorney j W
Brissey
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21

Governor Goodrich announced that
bankers have come 10 the aid. OF the
state in financial matters. making spa
cial session of the legislature practical
~ unnecessary. He said he probably
would not call an extra session.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21

from my age that
when goin G up
stairs | had to go
very slowly with
my hands on the
steps, then sit down
at the top to rest
The doctor said he
thought / should
have an operation,
and my frie n d s.
thought I would not
live to move into
our new house. My
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
Miuer's Antiseptio Oil Known as
Snake Oil
M3nrfaS

Try it right now for Rheumatism.
Neuralgia. Lumbago, sore, stiff and
swollen Joints pains in the head. back
and limbs. corns, bunions. etc. After one
application pain disappears as if by
mi gle.
A never-failing remedy used intern
ally and externally for Coughs. Colds.
Group. Sore Throat. Diphtheria and
Tonsilitis.
penetrating remedy known. Its prompt
end Immediate effect in relieving pain
is due to the fact that II penertates to
the affected parts at once. AS an Illus
tration pour Ten Drops on the thickest
piece of sole leather. and II viii pene-
trate this substance through and
through in three minutes.
Accept no substitute: This great Oil
is golden red color only. Every bottle
guaranteed: 25c and soc n bottle. or
money refunded Kaufman g. Wolf
Hammond.-Adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21

method Of settlement
Arend Van Vlissingen. W h has
been the agent for the city in negoti-
ating with the property owners, ex-
planned the settlement proposed is no
different from what 1t was a year ago.
Others who spoke were Chairman Lit
tier OF the harhor committee. and Al
dermen Block and Woodruff.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
Danish Kitchen
Work and Worry

Work and w orry
and save your strength for
the strenuous days of Spring
and Summer when the body
is making an effort to throw
off the toxins of a heavy
Winter diet. Shredded
Wheat Biscuit is the best
food tonic because it supplies
everything the body needs
with the least tax on the
digestion. 1t Is a vim-mak-
ing, energy-creating food,
containing all the nutritive
elements in the whole wheat
grain with just enough bran
to keep the bowels healthy
and active. Two of these
Biscuits with milk make a
nourishing meal at a cost
of a few cents. Made at
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21

Its reasons are political Members OF
the advisory committee were appoint
ed by the president without the ira
ditional advice and consent OF the SEN
ate"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
CLIMBED Stairs
ON Her HANDS
Too iii to Walk Upright. Operation
Advised. Saved by Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

This woman now raises chickens and
does manual labor. Read her stury:
Richmond, Ind.-"For two years I
was so sick and weak with troubles
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
GRIFFITH
MISS PENS
A POEM

The following verse was written by
Ida NJ. Hendrix of Griffith. Ind. and
contributed 70 The Times.
"THE CALL OF THE DUNES"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-21
HOME TEAM WINS
Score:

Mutuals -------o OOo1 o-s
Hammond 80 0 , 0 0 80
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-16
A Mine of Quotations.

No single poem in the English Ian.
guage perhaps has contributed so
many lines that have passed into cur
rency of quotations as Gray"s famous
Elegy, says the Kansas City Star. 1t
is veritable mine of epigrammatic
nuggets that have enriched the
language of orators and writer's and
become such familiar property that
their origin is almost forgotten and
they seldom now receive the credit
even of quotation marks. Here are
a few Of them that will be recognized
as old friends:
THE short and simple annals Of the
poor"
"Rich with the spoils of time"
"The paths Of glory lead but to the
grave"
"And freeze the genial currents OF
the soul"
Full many a flower is born to blush
unseen and waste its fragrance on
the desert air"
Some mute, inglorious Milton.
some Hampden guilty of his country's
blood"
Hands that the rod of empire might
have swayed."
"The applause of listening senates
to command"
1.-THE noiseless tenor Of their way"
Far from the madding crowds
ignoble strife"
Even in our ashes live their won't
ed fires.
"a youth to fortune and to fame I'M
known"
ITO wade through slaughter to
throne"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-16
Mrs. w. w. Bradshaw and so

Mrs. W. w. Bradshaw and son
Charles, and grandson Harry Glenn
ons of Athens, Mo-, were callers in
Croton last Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Palmer and
Mrs. Alice Batten visited at the
Shafer Anthony home near Athens
last Sunday.
John L. Johnson and family, Jesse
Camp and family visited with Frank
Rider and wife near Arson, Mo-, last
Sunday.
The M. E. Ladies Aid was enter
tanned by Mrs. Ethel Cecil near An
son last Wednesday. For a short
program, the twenty-first Psalm was
read from the graphaphone, also a
sermon by Madison c. Peters and a
song, coates Ajar," from the grapha
phone. Everyone enjoyed the after
noon and hope to get invited there
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. George McCarty and
sister Katharine of Vincennes visited
in Croton Sunday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-16
INNOCENT OF
TRIPLE MURDER
Accused Man Tells Story OF Four
Highwaymen Killing Busi-
ness Partner and
Family.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, July 16.-"Be-
fore God, I'm innocent. My hands
are clean of this" exclaimed George
Tompkins, Jr., when arraigned today
on a charge of murder. He pleaded
not guilty.
In the Office of the Ebensburg jail,
the prisoner stood as he listened to
reading of the information charging
him with the murder of his business
partner, Edmund HUMPHREYS, ST.,
Mrs. Iiumphries and Edmund Humph-
ries. Jr., yesterday near Carrolltown.
Tompkins' version of the triple kill
ing is that while he was riding with
the Humphries family in their ma
chine, four masked men attacked
them as they were changing tire.
He said he tripped and fell over a
stone, so the gunner thought him
dead and continued shooting at
Humphries, who fed. HUMPHREYS
body was later found in a cornfield
and Tompkins carried all three
corpse sto Carroltown.
Although Tompkins said the shots
were fired from distance of sixty
feet, powder burns were found by
the coroner on the victims clothing,
There were other alleged discrepan-
'cies in the accused mans story.
No Motive Known.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa, July 1s.-Deepr
est mystery surrounds the motive
for the murder of Edmund Huinphries,
Sr., his wife and their thirteen year
old son, Edmund, near Carrolltown,
this county, Sunday morning.
George TomDkins, business asso-
ciate of HUMPHREYS, is a prisoner i'll
the county Jail at Ebensburg, charg-
ed with the crime.
The police are proceeding with
their investigation on the theory
that business differences was the
motive for the crime. Information
has reached the authorities from
source that has not been dfvulged
that HUMPHREYS was dissatisfied with
the manner in which Tompkins had
been conducting the Philadelphia
business of the Newborn Coal COM
pany, in which both were interested.
Tom2kins had come to Carrolltown
to become a member of the company.
but a pending deal made necessary
the return of both men to Philadel-
phia, where they were to have ne
gotiated certain contracts today.
1t is said the men quarreled Sat
urday night, but Tompkins denies
this. asserting that there had never
been any trouble between them. He
clung to his original story that the
crime was committed by masked
bandits.
The murder of Mrs. HUMPHREYS and
her son is ascribed by the authorities
To a desire of the slayer to cover up
the murder of HUMPHREYS.
The revolver with which the muir
ders were committed was found by
county police officials today near the
scene of the crime.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-16
A Mans PRAYER.

The Billboard: We do not know
who Homer Mckee may happen to be,
but certainly Homer McKee's prayer,
as published by the Kansas state
board of health, Is something that
would be worth while for all Of us to
consider; and If we commit the prin-
ciple to heart We cannot go far astray.
Here it is:
Teach me that 90 minutes make an
hour, 16 ounces one pounl and 100
cents one hollar.
Help me to live so that can lie
down at night with clear con-
science, without a gun under my pill
low and unhaunted by the faces OF
those to whom l have brought pain.
Grant, 1 beseech Thee, that 1 may
earn my meal ticket On the square,
and in doing thereof that I may not
stick the gaff where it does not be-
long.
Deafen me to the Jingle Of tainted
money and the rustic Of unholy
skirts.
Blind me to the faults of the other
fellow, but reveal to me my own.
Guide me so that each night when
look across the dinner table at my
wife, who has been a blessing to me,
will have nothing to conceal.
Keep me young enough to laugh at
my children and to lose myself in
their play.
And then when comes the smell Of
flowers and the tread of soft steps,
and the crunching Of the hearse's
wheels in the gravel out in front Of
my place, make the ceremony short
and the epitaph simple: Here lies
q man"