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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-30

81 went on in this way until learned
about Tanlac. decided to try this new
Master Medicine and after l had taken
the first bottle l noticed real relief. l
commenced to gain weight and strength
as my appetite became better and my
food began to digest. Now have taken
five bottles of this wonderful Tanlac and
feel like new woman. have no more
indigestion and l am glad to recommend
Tanlac to others who need something for
stomach trouble and to build them up"
Tanlac is being specially introduced in
Belfast at the City Drug Store. Tanlac
agents in nearby towns are: A. R. Pilley,
Brooks; Ames Co., Stockton Springs; l..
c. Dow & Co., Prospect.
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SLOW BUT SURE.

After several months of profound med
itation, the secretary of the navy has
decided that we need more destroyers and
so alarmed by the U-boat menace that he
has actually appealed to congress for an
appropriation to be used for new con-
struction and to hasten completion. The
secretary says: eve must build the de-
stroyers and we are going to do it. They
are the only thing feared by the subma-
rines and we must turn them out.
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Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
G a . TO IA
Corporal Tanner at G. A. R.

Remarkable demonstration took place
at the G. A. R. campfire in Boston when
Corporal Tanner said during an address
on the present war: "The Grand Army at
this critical hour of our Nations history
calls to the youth of America to stand by
President Wilson as loyalty and unswerv-
ingly as we did in our day by President
Lincoln" The $4,000 veterans and their
families rose enmasse, waved flags and
cheered for several minutes.
Speaking of the Kaiser, Corporal Tan
ner said: Gin all the seventy-three years
of my life l never have seen anything
that equalled the fiendish acts of the
Kaiser. He'll will be overrun by the
Kaiser and his cohorts. l shall be proud
of the day when the American boys GO
over the top to defeat the enemy"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-30
A MEXICAN LOAN.

The Mexican Government is seeking a
loan from the bankers of the United
States, and it is generally understood
that the bankers expect our government
to guarantee the payment of the loan
1t is certainly not the business habit of
the financial syndicates to make loans
without ample security of some sort
Mexico has no reputation for honesty
among bankers or anywhere else. If our
government guarantees payment to the
bankers, we must reasonably expect to
collect the debt with machine guns, and
perhaps eventually take our pay in a
strip of cactus desert, south of the Rio
Grande The public does not know
whether the administration favors this
aoan. If it is favorably considered the
terms of guaranty are not divulged, but
1T Is suggested in Washington dispatches
that the loan may be guaranteed if our
government can be allowed to 'tadvise as
to its expenditure, and to have a degree
of supervision" If this means anything
1t leads up to protectorate To secure
payment we are to step in if necessary,
to quell internal disorder and to protect
our creditor from foreign foes. We ad-
Vised Huerta, we advised Carranza and
we attempted to advise Villa in a very
emphatic manner. Our success as ad-
visers in Mexico has been neither marked
nor creditable.
The Mexicans are not like the people
of England, France and Italy, The
masses are, instead, an idle, thriftless
and treacherous people. The better class
OF Mexicans are too much in the minor
ity to warrant very much improvement
IN Mexican conditions for the next sc
years. There seems to be little hope of a
stable government in this generation
At least nine-tenths of the Mexican PEG.
pie despise US, and not entirely without
reason believe us to be towards. We
have enough on our hands Just now tt
deter US from linking up' with Mexico
We have raised Liberty loan and mus
soon raise another to finance the carry.
ing on of the greatest war the world hal
ever seen. Our duty to ourselves an(
our Allies is paramount. We owe moth
ing whatever to Mexico.
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The Purple Martin Family.

He is welcomed when he arrives alone
on dark day the last of April, flying
straight and swift to his old home in the
martin house. He has fought his way
through cold winds and storms and won
the race in the long trip from the South
land, and it really seems that he appreci-
ates the cheer that arises when our look
out cries, Here he comes"
The tired bird loses no time in seeking
rest under his own rooftree, and presum-
ably in his very own apartment
The houses are large and there are
about one hundred and twenty rooms in
the colony. A few other birds follow
their leader within day or two then
they begin to come in earnest.
They are welcomed like the first spring
flowers and we insist that their song is
most musical, that they are the most
cheering and altogether the most beauti-
full thing in the bird world.
This condition continues during the
nesting and brooding time and in the hot
summer nights their happy, musical
chuckle can be heard all night long
soft, social and sweet.
But-one morning about the fifth of
August there is sudden change in their
note 1t is quick and. anxious, some
thing between the note of an English
sparrow and that of lost chicken, with
occasionally a decided scolding sound,
and finally you can see an actual quarrel
taking place.
The harmony of life has been disturbed
by the arrival of hundreds of little mar
tins, and their proud parents seem to de-
velop many new and selfish traits. For
instance, if a neighbours birding alights
on the wrong piazza or pokes his little
head in at the wrong door, they plainly
cry, ''You stay in your own back yard. !"
Little birds are in the air, in the trees,
on the roofs, in the barn windows and in
the grass.
Every pet cat has to be shut up and
every neighbours cat driven away. These
seem to be their only enemies and, if
undisturbed, the young birds can fly out
Of danger within two or three days.
One interesting sight is to see the par
ent birds help and encourage young one
to fly to his nest at, night after he has re-
manned in the grass apparently helpless
! all day. They will get him started fly
ing, then an old bird places itself on each
side of him until he arrives on his high
porch again.
| Well, l began this article in critical
mood, as my ears are nearly stunned
with their racket, but cannot say much
in that line when l consider their Won
derful courage, intelligence, and their
love for the human family.
| | will only say if you build many mar
tin houses you had better locate them
some distance from your sleeping cot, as
from the first of August until their exo-
dus about the twentieth of the month.
there is certainly some loud talking.
MRS. o. E. CLAY.
Citypoint, Aug 8, 1917
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NONSENSE.
Look Out Oar.

The two colored brothers were SEEM
ingly about to come to blows.
"Niggah, don't mess wild me-" warned
one, "cause when yo' do, yo' sure is flirt-
in wild hearse."
Don't pesticate wild me, niggah. re
piled the other, showing a great bony fist
'tdon't fo'ce me fo' to press this upon yo',
cause if yo' do, Ah'll hit you so ha'd
Ah'I separate yo' ideas from yo' habits
Ah'H JUS natchully knock yo' from amaz-
in grace into floatin opportunity.
eff yo' mess wild me, niggah," replied
the other, "Ah'n JUS make one pass an
dere'n be man pattin' yo' in de face
wild spade tomorrow mornin'. "-Atlan-
ia Constitution.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-30
AEROPLANES IN THE WAR.

The important part which aviators are
taking in modern warfare is shown by
the fact that it is not unusual for 100
airplanes to be sent out at one time from
the French army for offensive purposes.
Next year if the war continues, there
will be five times as many and big head
lines will chronicle the work of aviators,
who will carry war far into German terri
tory.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-30
He Won.

"What would you do if l turned you
DOWN." she asked shyly, as they sat on
the parlor sofa
The young man looked straight ahead,
but said nothing. After few moments
of silence she nudged him with her elbow
and said: 'Didn't you hear my question:"
He looked around apprehensively. 81
beg your pardon, he replied. 81 thought
you were addressing the gas. st. Louis
Republic.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-30
Stag Parties.

81 wonder why they call them stag
parties?" remarked the man who had
just received an invitation to attend one.
OTIS probably an allusion to that we'll
known quotation, The stag at eve had
drunk his fill, \" replied his wife, mean
ngly-Houston Post.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-30
FenlaleHelp Wanted

BIG PAY and steady work for girls and
women in large rubber shoe factory; experi-
enced girls earn $40 to SIS q week; inexperi-
free board and room while learning. which
takes about month; live town near large
cities; good theatre; fine working conditions;
company furnishes hall for dancing. athletic
fields, free insurance and medical attention.
Don't decide now; write today for illustrated
booklet-"A good Job at Beacon Falls" Ad-
dress
EMPLOYMENT DEPT,
BEACON FALLS RUBBER SHOE CO.,
Beacon Falls, Conn. SWISS
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BELFAST FREE LIBRARY.

! NEW BOOKS. AUGUST, 1917.
. Sociology.
Ellis, DIN o.
The Plattsburg manual; a
handbook for federal train
ing camps. 1917 800 FL
Root, Elihu.
The military and colonial
policy of the United States.
1916 355 R
Biography.
Dilnot, Frank.
Lloyd George: the man and
his story. 1917 BIZ c 29
European War.
Aiken, Sir Max.
Canada in Flanders. Volume
l. of the Official Story of
the Canadian Expedition
airy Force. 1916 9409 c 16-1
Alexinsky, Gregor.
Russia and Europe. 1917 GAO Al
Beaverbrook, Lord.
Canada in Flanders. Volume
II. of the Official Story of
heCanadianExpeditiona
Force. 1917 94O9l c 1872
Bryce, Viscount and others.
The War of Democracy. The
Allies statement 94O.91 AL
Ellis, Havelock.
Essays in war time. 1917 613.9 Ell
Geraldy, Paul.
The War, Madame. 1917 94oe1 G 81
Graham, Stephen.
Russia in 1916. 1917 T At G rs
Mokveld, L.
The German Fury in Bel
GUM e4o.91 M73
Palmer, Frederick.
My second year of the War.
1917 94O.91 P IS
Rinehart, Mary Roberts.
The altar of freedom. 1917. 940.91 R At
Robinson, H. Perry.
The turning point. 1917 94O91 R Sc
Toynbee, Arnold J.
The German terror in Bel
GUM. 1917 $40. 81 T 66
Wells, Herbert George.
God, the Invisible King 1917 I'll w
Italy, France and Britain at
War 1917 94O91 W.
Anonymous.
| accuse. By a German.
1915 94O91 ks
The Jews in the eastern war
zone. 1916 94O.91 X-4
riction.
Altsheler, Joseph A.
The hunters of the hills. 1916 Al 8-4
Bailey, Temple.
Mistress Anne 1917 B 1873
Butler Samuel.
The way of all flesh. 1916 B 900
Farnol, Jeffrey.
The definite object. 1917 F 229-7
French, Allen.
At Plattsburg. 1917 F89-4
Hall, Gertrude
Aurora the magnificent. 1917 H 143
Lagerlof, Selma.
The Emperor of Portugallia.
1916 L 1873
Martin, Helen R.
Those Fitzenbergers 1917 M 800
Poole, Ernest.
His family. 1917 P 1872
Rldeout, Henry Miner.
The far cry. 1916 r 432
Rinehart, Mary Roberts.
Bah, sub. deb. 1917 Rv47-11
Wherry, Edith.
The wanderer on a thousand
hills. 1917 W sol
Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville.
Piccadilly Jim. 1917 w 81
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TRANSFERS IN REAL ESTATE,

Citypoint, Aug. 8, 1917.
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THE MAINE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

Telephone s76-S oRRlN j. DlchEf'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-13
BIC DAY
IS NEAR
At HAND

Announcements around which hinge
the success of the Hammond Plan are
to be made at the mass meeting Non
day evening n assembly hail Of the
Huehn building. it was announced to-
day. So much interest has already
been stirred in the city regarding next
weeks campaign that an overflow
meeting VIII very likely have to be
held on Monday night. and. if this Is
necessary the public is assured Of
prominent speakers. at any of the
places.
Today requests We're received from
another score Of mothers who want the
professionally trained community
workers to come to their homes some
time during the week to address a
neighborhood gathering Of friends on
the various phases Of the Hammond
Plan.
Prof. T. G. Holden of the Interna-
tional Harvester Company who kindIed
the fire for a community plan and up
lift for Hommond. was to address the
Hammond Woman's club at the Ma
sonic Temple this afternoon, and with
this organization backing the project
and making it the paramount issue in
the citys life there can be no ques-
ton of failure.
H. S Mobley another leader in the
international Harvester Company's ed
ucation extension department, is sched-
uied to address gathering of work
ingmen in the Franklin school in Rob-
ertsdale this evening.
The prospects today were that not
less than 200 meetings. large and
small, would be held in Hammond this
week. With the whole city prepared
for the work a permanent orgauiza-
tion viii then be in order to carry out
the plan.
Dodgers announcing the various
meetings for next week viii be distrib-
uted Monday night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-13
CROWN POINT
WARMIN6 Up
OVER FIGHT
Especial to THE TIMEs.)

CROWN POINT, IND, Jan. H.
Crown Point citizens acting on their
own initiative. have entered the court
fight now waging at Indianapolis, and
viii put up a determined nght TO keep
the court situation in it's present status.
in an effort to retain all the county
seat has in the way Of court facilities.
and keep the court procedure where it
rightfully and constttutionalIy belongs.
at the county seat.
At n public meeting held at the court
house a committee composed Of Attor-
neys Barr. Bruce and Smith. were nam
ed to go 70 indianapolis and keep their
ears TO the ground in the present court
squabble and protect the county sears
interests as far as is possible
Petition from business men. rr.,l.rs.
and taxpayers of lay and profs @
life. are being forwarded to the
tors and representatives at the stale
capital. demonstrating against any ad-
ditional tax burdens being placed on
the already overburdened taxpayers Of
the county in unnecessary courts. and
if the sentiment Of the public is con-
sidered at all by the lawmakers at the
capital they viii act rather gingerly in
imposing an additional burden on the
people
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-13
NEJDL
PLAYS 4
LONE HAND

With James Nejdl. Lake county's SEN
ator from Lake county fighting a lone
hand against all of the county's sena-
tors and representatives. the delegations
Tor and against Gary's court bill re-
turning from the state capital last
night and today. were convinced more
than ever that Governor Goodrich Will
decide the fate of the bill. The Gary
boosters are confident of victory; not 50
the opposition. They admit they are
up against stone wall but ready TO
continue the fight.
The senate committee held open house
from eleven to four O'Clock yesterday
and gave everybody a chance to be
heard. Among other things the com
mittee heard that the court fight was
one Of the issues in the campaign. and
this was the first inkling that the Ham
r1ond, East Chicago. Whiting and Crown
Point delegates had that Senator Tom
Grant and Representatives Edwin
Davis and T. / Day had of this phase
of the campaign. Frank O'Rourke a
democratic candidate for representative
in the late campaign told the committee,
that the court issue was taboo i'll the
campaign and that he did not run up
against it at any time.
Speaking before the committee for
the transfer of room three of the super
Tor court from Hammond and Crown
Point to Gary. We're Mayor Johnson of
Gary. Judge Ora Wildermuth, Attorney
Robert Davis and Senators Kinder and
Grant. and Representatives Harris.
Davis. Day and Sambor.
Speaking against the bill We're form
er Senator Frank Gavit of Whiting,
Maoyr SmalIey, Attorneys w. J. Whin-
cry. Fred Barnett. Jesse Wilson. John
\. Beckman and Frank O'Rourke of
Hammond Attorney Lester Ottenheimer
of East Chicago, and Attorneys Herbert
Barr. Milo Bruce and Martin Smith OF
Crown Point. Attorney J. II. Fetterhoh
and Senator Nejdl of Whiting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-13
HEAVY
DAMAGE
IN BLAZE
Flexible Shaft Co. Making Foot
warmers For Auto LO-
SeS Plant

At two o'clock this morning fire
broke out in the plant of the FleXi-
BILE Shaft Co., 145th and Carey
streets, Indiana .Harbor. Spon-
taneous combustion is the only
theory thus far as to the cause OF
the confIagration. The damage
will amount to approximately
$4,000.
The fire was discovered about
two o'clock but on account OF the
inflammable nature of the ma
terials being used for manufactur-
ne purposes, it spread rapidly and
the building was a mass of flames
bv the time the department ar
rived.
This company is now engaged CHIEF
" in the manufacture of foot warmers
for use in homes, in automobiles. etc.
The device is made from charcoal tar
and coal dust.
The Harbor fire department responded
promptly and worked continuously
from two O'Clock to six o'clock this
morning There are still watchmen at
the plant where the ruins are slowly
smouIdering. The plant houses a good
deal of valuable machinery which has
suffered by falling debris and by water
and it is impossible to estimate at this
time just what the final loss would be.
The manager, L. Aeby. worked com
tinuouly last night and is in bed today
exhausted with work and exposure to
the severe cold. 1t was one Of the
nights when it requires heroism of no
mean character on the part of firemen
who are compelled 70 undergo the ex-
treme cold in garments stiff with snow
and ice. Although they battled under
severe handicap they did good work in
finally bringing the flames under con-
troll.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-13
ESCAPES
DEATH BY
FREEZING
Especial to THE T1mEs)

HOBART. IND. Jan 13-Lewis
Tree. son Of Mr. and Mrs. sam Tree.
had narrow escape from freezing to
death Thursday night. He had spent
the afternoon in town and left for home
early in the evening. At the corner Of
Second and Center street he fell into
tn excavation on the Gordon lot where
Mrs. Gordon is building new house.
Later in the evening neighbors heard
groans coming from that locality in
vestigated and found AIR. Tree uncon-
scious from the cold and nearly frozen
to death. DR. Brink was called, and it
was not until two O'Clock Friday morn
ing that he regained Consciousness. he
also had a badly frozen hand and foot.
At the present writing he is in a seri-
Gus condition. but hopes are held for
his recovery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-13
ENEMIES
MASK IS
DROPPED
He SAYS
Germany According to Emperor
Is Fully Prepared For Fur
ther Sacrifices.
CBy United Press cablegrarn1

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 13.-The
allies purpose to crush Germany
and enslave Europe is now made
clear; but as they have failed in
their months of bloody war and
unscruplous economic fighting to
accomplish subdication of the CEN
trail powers SO will their future ef-
forts fail.
Kaiser Wilhelm thus 5ummoned
up his belief of the entente powers
position in a proclamation to the
German people issued today. In
it he declares his people were
ready for all sacrifices" ard as
serted his confidence in FULL vic
tory over all the enemies and lust
for power and rage for destruo-
ton.
The proclamation reads:
Our enemies have dropped the mack.
After refusing peace with seorn and
hyprocritical words of love for peace
and humanity they now IN replying to
tho United States have gone beyond
that and admitted their lust Of conquest.
The baseness of which is .intensed by
caIuminous assertions.
Their aim is the crushing of Ger
many; ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the allies
power and enslavement of the freedom
Of Europe and the seas under the same
yoke that Greece with gnashing teeth
is now enduring
but what in thirty months Of blood
lest fighting and INSCRIPTIONS economic
war they could not achieve they viii
also fail to accomplish in the future.
our glorious victories and the iron
strength Of viii with which our fighters
at the front and at home have borne ali
hardships and distress fs q guaraut ger
for the future that our beloved Father
land has nothing to fear.
Burning indignation and Holy WratA
will redouble the strength of every Ger
man man or woman whether devoted 10
fighting, to work or to suffering. We
are ready for our sacrifices. The God
who planted this glorious spirit of free
dom in our brave peoples hearts viii
also give US and our noble allies full
victory over all the enemies lust for
power and rage for destruction"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-13

INDIANA HARBOR PLANT GUTTED IN FIERCE FIRE [M[M[c
The Whal-Ylu- MAY
Column
THE NOSE

The nose is an unnecessary
nuisance; one of natures in
suits.
And wasn't the middle of the
face an awful place to put it!
Right out in front where it can
catch cold.
But what's to be done about
it? Nothing. Absolutely moth
ing.
If we could wear overcoats
on them without being taken
for halfbacks; or If they were
detachable, so we could put
them in our pockets and hook
on white rubber ones when we
90 out in the cold. That would
be different. But we can't. Our
noses are stuck fast. They're
forever getting broken, or
smudged, or warty. But thy're
inevitable.
Ii they were even equipped
with automatic shutouts, like
automobiles. Or, better still, if
we'd been born without noses
in the first place. Solid, deco
rative knobs would have done
as well. Think what a blessing
that would have been to cheese
makers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-13
MRS. ELIZA LAWS
TAKEN BY DEATH

Mrs. Eliza Laws, a resident of Lake
county since ante-bellum days. died yes
terday in Hammond at the age of eigh-
ty-one, following an illness which ex-
tended over several weeks. She is sur
vived by her husband. John Laws. who
is Sc. fTe children, eighteen grandchil-
dren and one great grandchild. The
children are William J. and Edwin D., OF
Crown Point; Fremont and Mrs. w. II.
Hammond of Hammond. and Mrs. f. w
Bump Of Battle Greek. Mich. Frank
Laws, a grandson, had made his home
with his grandmother for years and was
an adopted son.
In the death of Mrs. Laws Lake coun-
ty loses another of the pioneer women.
She came to the county before the civil
war and was not only one of the Oldest
residents but one Of the most respected.
she was born at New Haven. Conn. her
maiden name being Norris. was educat-
ed at a convent in Jersey City and mar
ried in 1851. Five years previous to the
outbreak of the civil war Mr. and Mrs
Laws moved from Chicago and settled
at Crown Point.
Thirty years ago the family moved to
Hammond. a village at that time. Mr..
Laws entered the coal. lime and wood
business where the present Consumer
Company is located and continued until
about ten years ago when the couple
moved into the present residence on
South Holman street
The funeral is to be held Sunday aft
ernoon at two o'clock at the residence in
704 Holman street and the remains re-
moved to the vault in Oak HiII ceme-
terry.
The deceased children are Swinburn
Viola, Frances and Walter
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-13

ACCIDENT
At GRIFFITH
Special to TEE TIalEs.1

GRIFFITH. IND. Jan. IA seri-
Gus accident occurred in the Erie yards
here yesterday when brakeman by
the name of Hettfer. slipped and fell
under the wheels Of the engine of the
Erie local.
The young man was throwing a
switch. and losing his footing in the
snow fell with his arm across the track
One wheel passed over his arm between
the elbow and shoulder crushing it to
pulp.
T'r. + \. Malmstone was called at
once and after rendering temporary aid.
took the injured man 10 the hospital
at Hammond. The arm was later ampu-
tated at the shoulder. The young man
was a son of J. Hettler living near
Bolivar. Ind.