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The Washington times., 1917-04-06
GIRLS SALUTE MEN
WHO WEAR UNIFORM
Fifteen Young Women Organize
Order to Show Respect for
Patriots Garb.

Just at noon, when workers in the
Colorado building were going to
lunch, a soldier passed the entrance
Immediately a group of young wo-
men coming from the building be
came silent. Fifteen pairs Of heels
clicked sharply together and fifteen
shapely hands were raised to as many
hat brfms In salute. The soldier. al
though not comprehending, saIuted
and passed on. The girls, with happy
smiles, resumed their chatter.
The saluting soldiers will be a Gus
tom among these girls, who at a
meeting held yesterday organized the
Order of True Americans to show
respect for the uniform OF their
country's soldiers.
There are fifteen girls employed in
office 915 Colorado building, who are
members Of the new. order. The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted by
them: Resolved, That when the
girls and. women OF the District see
a uniformed soldier on the street, they
salute him, indicating respect for the
boys and men who are so willing to
answer the call Of the flag we love
so WELL"
Officers elected were:-President
DR.. J. V. Down; vice president, Mrs.
w. A. Waterman; secretary. Miss Ma
tilda Blank, and promotion chair
man, Mias Eta J. Powell.
I'VE believe IL is only fitting for
girls and women-those of this city,
especially-to show in some small
measure their deep respect for the
men who are so willing to sacrifice
so much for their country" said Miss
Blank. I'VE are sure that our action
will not be misconstrued by men
noble enough to wear their country's
uniform.
Every woman should feel that IL
she cannot aid the Government by
personal efforts, she can at least. by
the seemingly unimportant act of sa-
luting uniformed soldiers, sailors,
and marines. show her approval OF
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
ORGANIZE new UNIT
Men Of Fairfax County Meet te
Form Company for Army.

Plans will be made this afternoon at
the Fairfax county court house to form
a company to be enlisted in the new
army to be formed by the Government.
Every citizen in the county has been in
vited to attend and take part in the
meeting.
Speakers this afternoon will be r w.
Moore. Col. Robert E. Lee, ]. F. Barber.
Capt. s. r. Donohoe. d. r. Mackall. and
r. r. Farr. They win set before the
people the need Of forming a company
as rapidly as possible.
The meeting Is the result Of an in
formal conference held recently at the
residence of R w. Moore. Governor
Stuart was reached by the telephone
and expressed his approval OF the prof.
est.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
ROBBER LEAVES S208.
Took Only $25 From Cash Box He
Found.

SEATTLE, Wash, April Ga burg
lar whose bump OF selfishness lacks a
lot OF being fully developed entered
and ransacked the home OF Mrs. Maud
Craig one night recently. Using a
pass key to gain entrance, the burg
lar searched all Of the rooms in the
house before a cash box was found
hidden behind a bathtub. The box
contained $233.
Only S25 was taken out OF the box
and II was left with the lid open.
where the burglar counted out the
money. The balance was found in
tact by Mrs. Craig when she hurried
to the hiding place upon returning to
her home and realized from the un-
locked door and the disorder OF the
house that a robbery had occurred.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
FINGER PRINTS AID
WAR ON CRIMINALS
New York's System Is Now Ex-
tended All Over the
Country.

NEW YORK, April 6-New York;
police department is now supplying NOR,
than loo towns, cities. and prisons will
information and data on criminals. Som,
time ago the department offered thil
valuable service free to any police fore,
which would forward its finger print
Of prisoners Responses have come from
Maine to California New York State
towns which accepted the offer have
freely acknowledged that the exchange
OF service has helped them materially
In apprehending fugitives from justice.
Because Of the war situation and the
general unrest the police are anxious to
keep a watch on criminals and take into
custody such as are at large. Crooks
have often been able to slip through
the hands OF small town police forces
which lacked a finger print system.
Out Of town police forces which are now
exchanging their prints with the city
have been aided to apprehend many
such criminals.
Army and Navy Adopt System.
The army and navy are now taking
finger prints Of all men who enlist so
that In case OF death or illness the VIC
tim may be identified. The police de-
partment at one time aided the Govern
ment in this work. but today the army
and navy have their own print system.
Anyone" Inspector Faurot said.
after a little instruction and prac-
tice, can take a persons finger i'm
pressions successfully. To learn how
to classify them, however, is a differ
ent matter. 1t requires a knowledge
OF finger prints. Our department. has
reached such efficiency that in four
minutes we can take a prisoners i'm
presstons, make a research for his
former Impressions, and place his
typewriter record before you"
Inspector Faurot told of a prisoner
who was brought to headquarters.
When his assistants looked up the
prisoners record they discovered his
prints had been sent from Belgium,
where he was wanted in an $50 900
embezzlement Finger impressions OF
a man arrested in Sydney, Australia.
for the shooting of a policeman there
were sent here. His impressions re-
vealed that he was wanted for MUIR
der in Boston.
Laborers Are Registered.
Many employers of labor today
have finger prints taken of their en-
ployes for Identification. Laborers
who work in ditch gangs wander
from one place to another so that
their Identities frequently become
lost.
The police department now. has
more than 250.OOO finger prints of diff
ferent individuals on file. It has
prints from Egypt and China 1t also
receives prints from the State REFORM
atories and prisons, from the magis-
trates' courts and courts OF special
sessions.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
STARTS DENTAL CLINIC
craneh-Tyler Home, and School A.
ISOLATION Takes Action.

Declaring that the proper care OF
the teeth OF children as 9 prepared
ness movement at this particular time
is invaluable, Miss Jane Lockwood
yesterday asked that the Cranch-Ty
Ter Home and School Association con-
slider plans for q dental clinic.
It was pointed out that since the
army maintains dental clinics for its
soldiers. the real preparation for war
should be by making the children fit
mentally and physically. A commit.
tee OF the association as formed to
start the clinic.
Affiliation with the Mothers Con-
gress was adopted Mrs. A. Goodson
was elected delegate, with Mrs. H.
Prummer as alternate.
A resolution asking for the estab-
lishment OF a coaching school for
backward pupils was adopted. Miss
Mabel Towner. director OF the Vir-
Einia avenue playground, asked that
mothers permit their daughters OF
twelve or more to exercise on the
Fairgrounds.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
HEAVY MEAT EATERS
HAVE SLOW KIDNEYS
Eat less meat if you feel
Backachy or have Blad-
der Trouble.

No man or. woman who eats meat
regularly can make q mistake by
flushing the kidneys occaAionally,
says q well-known authority. Meat
forms uric acid which excItes the
kidneys, they become overworked ed
from the strain, get sluggish and fail
to filter the waste and poisons from
the blood, then we get sick. Nearly
all rheumatism, headaches, liver trou-
BILE. nervousness, dizziness, sleepless-
ness, and urinary disorders come from
sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in
the kidney or your back hurts or IL
the urine Is cloudy, offensive, full of
sediment, irregular of passage, or at
tended by a sensation OF scaldinR,
stop eating meat and get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any pharm-
Rcy, take a teaspoonful in a glass OF
water before breakfast and in a few
days your kidneys will act fine. This
famous salts Is made from the acid
OF grapes and lemon Juice. combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to- flush and stimulate
the kidneys, also to neutraiIze the
acids in urine so II no longer causes
irritation, thus ending bladder weak
ness.
lad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injhre; makes a delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink which every
one should take now and then to keep
the kidneys clean and active and the
blood pure. thereby avoiding serious
kidney complications,-kdvt
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
O-MILLION ARMY
is OBJECT OF BILL
War Departments Defense
Measure contempIates voIun-
teering and Drafts.

The new army bill, framed by the
War Department to meet the emer
gency of war with Germany, looks to
the recruiting OF 1000, 900 men with.
in a year and 100000 in :wo years.
The bill was made public today i'm
mediately following the passage by
the House of the war declaration.
1t was prepared. by the general
stan and approved by the President.
It contemplates the raising Of a huge
army by a selective draf: or conscrip-
ton, and the filling UP Of the regular
army and the national guard by vol
unteering and by draft.
Draft. II Necessary.
These are the steps contemplated
by the bill to give the country a great
fghtinE machine:
Expansion of the present regular
army to full war strength OF 287. 900
men and 11.700 officers. This is to
be by volunteering and by draft II
need be.
zThe national guard will be quickly
called into service and recruited up
to about $4,000 men and 10000 Of
ficers by volunteering and draft II
necessary.
Supplementing these will be a re-
cruit organization for each unit.
making an additional 100000 men un-
der training, but to be held In re-
serve to I'LL gaps in the active army
as needed.
To the regulars and guard. amount
ing to over 500, 900 men and $4,000 Of
hcers apart from the reserve will be
added in August or early September
500. 900 of the new army. to be OBJ
tanned by draft. after all men be-
tween nineteen and twenty-five have
been registered.
The Exemptions.
From the call, those supporting de-
pendents or needed in civil life Will be
exempted. From regulars and the
national guard will be drawn loo, 900
officers and non-commissioned officers
to train this force.
In the time between now and Au-
gust or September, when the new army
will be called, the regulars and guard,
recruited to war strength. will be
subjected TO intensive training of a
sort unprecedented in this country.
A year hence, a second 500, 900 Will
be called and additions made to the
force as needed. By that time the
machinery for training will be per-
fected and q million men at time can
be trained IL needed. In q year and
a half. or two years at most. the ma
tion should have 1000, 900 men under
arms.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
Will HOLD JOBS EoR RECRUITS

NEW YORK. April 6.-All employees
Of the Broadway Trust Company who
enlist for the war will receive their
full salaries while away and will
have their positions held open for
them on their return. The directors
OF the company yesterday authorized
the officeps to assure the men that
this would be done.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
BLAZE DAMAGES TRUCK.

Fire shortly after o'clock THIS
morning did $500 damage to the auto
mobile delivery truck of Harry F.
Dismer. Fourteenth street and Park
road. in the garage at 3215 Eleventh
street northwest. Engine Company
No. "a extinguished the blaze.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06

the step taken by the President and
Congress. Let us. hope that the
women OF this city all feel the same
toward the uniform as we do"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
loyALTy AN EASY .

AT a Jewish banquet held in Omaha the other day
one Of the speakers touched upon the most important
features or our national life.
He said withtsplendid force that loyalty il easy in
the United States, stating in briefest form a tremendous
truth. This leads an Omaha paper TO say that loyalty
is 50 easy in the United States it is cause for. marvel
thar anything savorfng OF disloyalty can exist. TO be
true 20 our country and its free institutions requires
only that the citizen be true 70 himself.
No government since the Garden of Eden has bur
dened its citizens more lightly in time Of peace than
does ours. One Of our national characteristics is that
we have asked al OF our government. and have returned
but little. Nowhere has freedom ever had such interpre-
tations as here. and nowhere was ever individual liberty
and personal rights more sacredly guarded or jealousy
preserved to all
In time of war Ill is a common duty, a mere matter
Of self defence. that we stand firmly together against all
foes. Mental twists or bias that find expression in sedi-
tious acts or words are beyond understanding and are
The more iniquitous because they are aimed against
The best government man has ever framed.
Being loyal is the easiest and lfghtest burden that
is laid on the citizens OF the United States.
Sometimes things are too easy. Perhaps that's why
some people you know and we know may find them SO
hard 10 do.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
LET Us 90 MORE THAN OUR SHARE.

The first pictures OF our boys as prisoners OF the
Germans are before us. Their authenticity is undoubted
for they appeared first in Welt Bid a German propa-
ganda organ.
These pictures are d study. There is nothing about
their manly. outstanding. wellclad bodies for them Of us
to be ashamed of. one young chap stands in the center
OF a group Of Boches straight as an arrow. He is hat
less. and a shock OF wavy hair brushed back a la L, S.
and he might be a king. as be confronts what are undoubt-
eddy German officers.
on the chops of these lads are amused smiles, as
if they were saying. We got you. One Boche almost
all boots and myoptic glasses views his superior off
Ger in a questioning way as If he were'asking what shall
We do with them.
All, well. Huns, he who CHATS last CHATS best. You
are having your day-the day o. our boys will come and
when it does you'll chew the bitter cud and drink gall,
bank on that,
AS we look at these L. 5. boys of ours. far of in
that land Of savagery. something grips the heart We
swallow something and choke back something. We who
are left behind to say our godspeeds to those yet to go
and who may also be interned in prison camps, let US
grid on the armor as it is for us 10 do. in other ways
than fighting, and do more than our share for these
boys Of ours among aliens and much aliens.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
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A HAPpY NEM NEAR

Let us not look upon the New Year with doubt and
foreboding. but hopefully and happily. What of veal or
woe is to be conceived in it none of US know and the
InscrutabIe's wisdom in arranging human destiny that
way none may doubt
The past can only be dealt with now as a memory;
for some Of US a sad memory perhaps. but sadness and
sorrow We cannot carry around with US eternally. we
must lay them aside gently and look to the future with
hope for the happiness IT may have in store for us. II
there is no hope for the children Of men there is nothing
but impenetrable darkness.
What the New Year may bring forth. is after all de
pendent in a large measure on what we ourselves make
out OF life. hence our happiness in the months to come
rests with our own way of living it. If we shall so live
IN the New Year as to get out Of it the greatest amount
OF good for ourselves and others, we shall not have
passed through it in vain. If We shall see to il that we
are ever ready to stretch forth = helping hand to others
when they need help, 1918 cannot fail at its close to have
been a happy year for US.
For the world it will be a vital year: we should lend
our every aid and whole-hearted effort to our govern
ment and its allies that the war in which they are en-
gagged may be successfully prosecuted.
Warts at present our chiefest duty. everlasting peace
for the nations Of the world the ultimate goal That
goal we win never reach until our enemies are defeated.
Through the year born tonight our eyes should look con
stantIy towards that goal.
Coming nearer home, the pursuit of all those things
in life that do not make the communities in which we live,
and the homes in which We dwell, better and happier,
should be abandoned. We welcome 1915 with that end
in view. Let US make it the best year we ever had. best
in ali that the word can possibly imply.
1t is this kind of a New Year that we wish for all
To our friends and patrons who make this newspaper
possible We desire to extend our gratitude sor their sup
port and encouragement in the year just closing, it
shall be our aim 70 be worthy of it in the New Year. and
so with sincerity and regard we extend to them all our
wish-the happiest of New Years for 1918.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

Mrs. J. Russell of Indiana boulevard,
visited friends i'll Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wiekhorst OF Rob
erts avenue. arc entertaining friends
from Chicago.
Miss Ellen DriesIman Of the East
Side. visited al the Plau home of Myrtle
avenue
Mrs. Christensen OF Amy avenue. en-
tertained relatives from Louisville. Ky
Mrs. GoIding Mrs. Freeze. Ethel Berk-
man and Mrs. J. Blsul, ST.. attended
the B~aecabecs' district convention at
Gary.
Mrs. BurreII Of Roberts avenue, is en-
tertaining relatives from Michigan.
Mrs. Peginer. Mrs. Kascil and SON
william, visited at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Moore Of Hammond.
Naomi Biaul Of Roberts avenue. had
her tonsiis removed by Dr. Timm.
Mrs. c. Benson and mother, Mrs.
wheeler. are visiting relatives at Lee
roy. Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford of Roberts
avenue. attended the theatre in Chi
cage.
Miss Lillian Plau Of Myrtle avenue. IS
Mrs. c. Buohler of Lake avenue. RI
ftertained a few trends in honor of her
son Carts third birthday.
on the sick list.
II. + Eggers was p Grown Point bus
mess visitor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

ONE woman was telling
ouly
WEIGHED three pounds when
SHE was born and
IT made her look
WHEN a little woman in the corner
GAsPED out, My! Did you live"
EVERY now and then
WE have a bit Of luck
YESTERDAY We found that ever
If Mr.. Hoover makes every day
meatless
WE can still go out
IL the beautiful lawn. We didn't
make
LAST summer
AND dig up enough bones buried
there
By the dogs ON cur street
TO keep our flock OF two alive IN
soup for
A FEW weeks
1T isn't a very happy New Year for
those who are
WAITING to see Mayor Brown
PASS the plums
AT this sme of the year they will
probably be canned plums.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
PUNISHMENT FOR SPIES.

During the Revolution Washington executed. or re-
fused to interfere with the execution Of, Major Andre
captured as a spy. and he was a gentleman compared
with the scoundrels being run down in this country
any day, spreading sedition, plotting with bombs and
doing many other things to hamper the Government and
terrorize the public at large.
Why are they when captured red handed not shot?
indictments have no ter-ors for these nefarious vii
lians, and only swift punishment VIII stop this defiance
Of our laws and our country. II four or five hundred or
these paid scoundrels and plotters were summarily ex-
ecuted the Government would soon be relieved Of wor-
ries over alien activities within our midst.
We are almost 10 a man back Of our president and
the Government with our loyalty. our lives. our means
and our patriotism. The only criticism is the way the
German spy menace is being handled.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

shall not forbear TO accustom America
to this point of view"
It depends on the political situation
when German diplomacy shall hold
the time fit to put a value on the Ger
mans of Venezuela and their interests
By taking possession Of a harbor. and
thus do the cause Of peace and the de-
velopment Of the country the best ser
vice. But nothing can be done and
Gernan emigration should be directed
ta south America unless the question
whether Germany means simply 20
obey the American order Of hands off
in south America is first answered in
the egative--W Winter. Die Deut-
schen in tropiscben Ameriks. 1900. Pr
IS. 81. 81. II viii be noted that this
Was written just three years before
President Roosevelt had occasion to
rebuff the German Government FOR its
evident designs on a Venezuelan har-
Dor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

or course we wouldn't want to get
by without
WISHING you the happiest New Year
you ever had.
THE present day styles
ARE quite a change from the old
fashioned
HIGH necked waists
WHEN it wasn't necessary
FOR a girl to wash her neck clear
down to
THE point Of the Y neck, as in the
interest Of good reporting
WE see they sometimes do.
DESPITE
IT'S many short
SHORT conings one
CAN'T help loving human nature.
THE only butter
OBTAINABLE in Berlin is canned
AND it is one or the few German
ltENLAuf5GAA1
THAT are stIll very strong
MOST Of the butter used at the
r%estoroHg where
WE snatch our food
COMES from Berlin.
ONE thing we always
FANCIED about life in Eden
Is that Adam never had to worry
about
HOW he was going to pay
FOR Ewes winter suit.
SOMEHOW
WE imagine that whenever a
BOCHE ~poison-gas squirter IS killed
1T must put old Satan TO
SOME trouble
TO find a corner in hell that's
HOT enough for him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
Is THIS SOCIALIST RIeHr2

Schneidemann. the noted German socialist. con
dennis the people OF Kaiserdom out Of his mouth.
In a speech which he made recently he declared
that "s9 per cent of the German people want peace
All right, sir. then the Kaiser and the Prussian auto
Gratis that rule Germany are superior to the will Of the
German people. There lies the case against Germany
that it is held in subsection by an irresponsible Govern
ment that knows no law and no restraint except su-
perior force. and to that test it challenges the world
in devastating war and immeasurable destruction Of life
and property. And % per cent Of the German people
sanction irs methods.
Is SchneideEan right or are we wrong?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
The DOC SHOULD lave BEEN THERE.

Since Jim Kelley left the Chicago Tribune we never
quite got over being bored in reading it Once in a
coons age it says something worth while. We are quite
in sympathy with lis expression of regret that DR.. HAS
eden was not on hand when the Kaiser was born. Who
isn't fed up with his interminable rawlings and bias
phemous claims to kingship with Jehovah?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
7

Mrs. Buehler, ST.. Mrs. schaaf. Sr-
Mrs. Tom Rafter and Mrs. Charles Egg
gers visited Robert Atchison al tile Lake
Side hospital.
Mr.. L.ahayne. Sr,. Of Croker. visited
at the Atchison home on Lake avenue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

and 1 will not mix in affairs outside
of America. and gave US the right 70
set I'D q doctrine of a greater Germany
against that of a Greater America
European interests and with them the
German lie in America in case NC have
the power to make them good. We
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

OUTSIDE OF being secretary of the treasury. head
of theLiberty Loan work, director general OF railroads.
general chairman Of the Federal Reserve banks. head
of the rural credits bureau. chairman of the federal high
commission, and dictator Of patronage. Mr.. McAdoo has
not had very much to do.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

The moral sanction Of the Monroe
doctrine disappeared on the day when
the tresty for the annexation of the
Philippines was signed BY Mckinley.
Thereby America broke the tacit agree
ment. DO not nix in AmerIean afIaIrs
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
What Ais Germany
Bx SAMUEL II. HARDING
rrnfc..ar Of European Ilstorr. indiana Lni.er.itr.

Selections from German speeches and printed utter
ances showing the state of mind which caused the
war. Chiefly from publications of the Committee
on Public Information, Washington, D. G..