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The Washington times., 1917-12-23


MINIATURE BY AMELIA KUssNERJ
When The Times Tobacco Fund for Soldiers started
Mrs George j. Gould sent in contribution of Five Hundred
Dollars. She sends second contribution of Two Hun
dred and Fifty Dollars
Women who read this newspaper will be interested in
the above miniature of Mrs Gould with of her children
Mrs Gould the mother of Seven all living Her oldest son.
Kingdom is in the army and has worked his way up from
private to sergeant.
Her second son. Jay worlds champion court tennis
player is on an American bateshp somewhere in European
waters
One soninlaw is in the English army, in the Amer
can army.
The verses that follow were written by Ella Wheeler
Wilcox after seeing this picture OF the mother of
children:
Sons and Daughters.
Bv ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Sons and daughters seven Riches, talents beauty
Beauty and good health; Comfort, pleasure case;
All the gifts of Heaven, On the Shrine of duty,
And earth added wealth NOW are offered these.
Sons OH land and water Once we talked of classes
Khaki-clad and fit; Middle high, and low;
Every lovely daughter NOW uhe whole lands masses
Glad to do her bit But one purpose know.
Just to be deserving.
OF Columbia PRAISE
Serving serving serving,
That's the thought these days
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for the
Glowing Fire
By MABEL DODGE.

MIN, OaACh!
l. Snip, snapl
Sputter, crackIe, and
erickle! That's what the fire said
last night when the wind began to
blow and threaten and weep and
wall and sob down the chimney
and say: Here 1 am-old Mr..
Hawkins, from Windy Creek-and
I've come to tell you that winter
Is on the way.
"O-oo-oo-now yo-oo-u - now
don't you wish it was June?"
And / said:
NO, 1 don't. I'm glad it's De-
cember.
Hearts Sing Again.
"S-i-n-g-S-i-n-g!" What was
that? 1t was like a voice, soft
and musical and clear. It seemed
to come from the very heart Of
the fire. There it is againi Sling
-" I know what It is. It's the
sap in the log singing about the
day when the log was young and
vigorous and alive in the green,
green woods, and the violets bios
somed and the wind-howers nodded
In the shade.
The deep green wood and the
shadows, and the little squirrel
scolding like a virago from one Of
the limbs, the grateful cool Of the
shady afternoon after the heat and
hurry Of the day.
The brown stream that laughed
in such friendly fashion over the
stones, and the talk that We had
together, my old, old friend and /.
We hadn't seen much Of each
other for a long time, for a wag-
ging tongue made mischief and
she thought that I thought, and
thought that she thought, and there
we were, two great simpletons, al
lowing q careless gossip to come
between the friendship Of years.
But this day We met by chance
in the old forest, where we had so
often walked together, and we sat
down at the foot of the great tree
and talked. At first we were polite
and rather cool and then all, at
once my friend said:
Did you really say 1t about me?"
And / answered her:
Did you really believe It about
me?"
We cried like a couple Of silly
schoolgirls, and were friends again,
and we sat and talked for hours.
She remembered what day of the
month It was and what II meant to
me-oh, none OF the new friends
ever suspected that-and when she
heard about the little trip l made
to the South, she knew, she said,
where II was that / was going,
and why, and she sent to me,
across the silence and the anger,
her love and her kindly wishes.
The Old Song.
I noticed that the little ring she
had always worn was gone, and
she told me how she broke it, and
how she had put it away for her
little girl to wear when she is old
enough, and we talked Of the day
she first had the ring and We
laughed and cried and we're happy
together, we were foolish old
friends, who had permitted an idle
gossip to bring bitterness into
something that was real and true,
as nothing the gossip could ever
say could be real and true.
Soon after that my friend was
gone-she was tired, they said'
and lay down to rest, and she
never spoke again.
How glad l am we met and
talked together in the old friendly
way that afternoon in the deep
green Of the sheltering, friendly
woods.
What a voice 1t is, that voice
of the sap singing in the wood
when the fire begins to heat the
lOgsl
"S-i-n-g, s-i-n-gi" I love to hear
the sap singing in the glow OF
the fire.
- dssat Britain rights EessrVsaS
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HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL GOODWIN.

other corporations brings the local
telephone company an income not
counted by the eompany's attorney
in presenting the plea for q raise n
rates.
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that clearinghouse keepers be re-
quired to charge their customers By
weight. Each boarder would step on
the scales before and after each
meal, and a Government checker
would be there to see the records
were kept straight.
THOMAS D. BARNES, Of s2s n
street northwest, makes the per-
tinent inquiry:
Shall the business Of the Govern
ment and the people be conducted to
suit the convenience OF the street
car systems?
Or shall the street car systems
be conducted to suit the convenience
Of the Government and the people?
There are young 1CoBtsR SOoFktAg
IN the Department of Agriculture
for SS5 month. am told of OHe
IUho has studied and Is Hot0 cont
peteRt to accept thousand dollar
q year position IN another branch of
the Government, but cannot take it
under the ldU preventing trdHsfsTs
from one department to onOthsr?
Is this fair?
One of the best Christmas pres
ents MAJOR PULLMAN could pre-
sent to Washington would be a set
of signs PROMINENTLY marking
the spots where special automobile
parking regulations are enforced. /
know the police department has no
money for signs, but that's 3 mere
detail. It can get some, and the
thanks Of hundreds Of persons en-
barrassed by police arrests will be
forwarded to the majors office.
And while they are getting money
for these signs, why not get little
more and give to LIEUTENANT
HEADLEY a motor car. That man
has to cover too much ground to be
without adequate means Of trans
portation-
If the railroads are endeavoring b
discourage passenger traffic, they
could adopt no better course than to
keep on duty one certain ticket agent
at an office not far from Fifteenth
and G streets. II that particular
agent has given q courteous answer
in a week, III buy him q cigar.
GEN. JACOB CoxEY. of Massil.
Ion, Ohio, who led a far-famed army
into Washington several years ago,
dropped into our off ungterday
afternoon
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You remember Joe:
Lewis Celebrated
Double X
Philadelphia Cough Drops
Five Cents q Package"
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OLD DOC BEELER, the traffic
physician sent here from New York
to find out what's the matter with
Washington street cars, reports
that he has spent anxious hours by
the bedside Of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company and finds
there Is no sign OF pulse movement
except at the mention Of dividends.
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People are queer. The gas COM
pany asks for . 81 per cent raise n
rates, which win allow the company
to earn 11.25 per cent on the yllua-
ton Of the plant, as figured bv the
Public Utilities Commission.
The telephone company asks for .
10 per cent raise, which viii allow
them to earn next year LESS THAN
ONE PER CENT, according to their
own figures. The telsphona COM
pany figures that without the raise
IN 1913 1t win lose 2.167 per cent.
With the raise It figures q profit u
.OO933 per eent-which Is less than /
per cent.
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The suggestion that Governments
ownership be applied to public utili-
ties starts many people to thinking.
For instance. I received yesterday Z
letter from "a SUFFERER" asking
me to agitate the question OF an
Executive order to certain apartment
house owners to enforce . proper
standard Of heating.
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CHARLES HAMILTON recalls
that CHRIS ABNER ran a tobacco
store at Ninth and = streets years
ago; that opposite was standiford,s
drug store, where the Washington
Loan and Trust Company now
stands, and that those establish-
mnts were great rallying places. ].
FRED KELLY was always among
those present.
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WALDO HIBBS says this situation
has parallels all over. Raise the
price Of fancy shoes to twenty dol
lars q pair and no one objects. But
put the price Of bread up one cent
and hear the howl.
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Yet at the opening Of the gas hear
ing scarcely q man was there to
represent q civic association.
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And at the telephone hearing the
public popped up on all sides, and
went after the telephone company
to smite 1t hip and thigh.
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When It comes to Red Cross worR
G. P. LIGHT Is a heavyweight.
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The telephone company wants
an increase in rates because Of
war business. The gas company
wants an increase in rates, and
says it cannot make money at
the present prices. The telephone
company has to spend hundreds
Of thousands Ct dollars to accom-
modate the Government here.
The gas company asks the Pub
lie Utilities Commission to allow
an increase in its rates to private
consumers, but can the Commits
sion force the Government to
pay more than 20 cents a thou
sand feet?
Now, would It be right to allow
the private telephone user to pay
the hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars for the big Government tele-
phone installation?
And would it be right to let
the gas company charge you and
me $1.20 q thousand so that the
Government buildings can get
gas for 20 cents?
Keep those questions in mind.
Also think over the suggestion
that the Government take over
ALL utilities in this city for the
war period at least.
"BATTY" GLEASON writes me tha.
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And ITALIAN JOE ran a little
stand somewhere near there.
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FRED s. WALKER says: 'HoR
that we have reached the point
where we can get no coal, Just I'M
agine the fix we would have been IN
had we never had q fuel adminiS-
tration- Gosh"
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Queer, I think. And Jet I remem-
Der the Public Utilities Commission
reduced the price Of electricity after
hearings at which not one member Of
the general public was present; and
It was only at the personal sugges-
ton Of Commissioner Brownlov
that any editorial comment was
made by any newspaper.
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DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER
NORRIS in khaki. / saw him at the
District building Friday. He is a
major now, and looks it.
The Washington times., 1917-12-23

GEN. JACOB CoXEY, Of Massil.
Ion, Ohio, who led a far-famed army
into Washington several years ago,
dropped into our off 71TfsydaZ
afternoon.
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More people are affected BY the
gas rates; more poor people are af-
tected BY the gas rates than By the
telephone rates The differences BE-
tween the proposed increases Is biz.
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COMMISSIONER

brought out an interesting fact at
the telephone hearings. He found
cut that the holdings Of stock IN
The Washington times., 1917-12-23

BILLY SUNDAY will not stand
for babes in arms in his tabernacle.
Going the Scriptures one better, /
should say.
The Washington times., 1917-12-23

'BATTY" GLEASON writes me that
he would like tc be enrolled as a
member Of the Maurice wolfe's
Swamp Poodle gang.
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WARREN oFFUTT wants me to
announce that the Western High
School Alumni Association will hold
a rally and get-together meeting at
the school on the night Of Deem
Der 81.
The Washington times., 1917-12-23

ISAAC GREGG suggests that 1
ask "Who remembers the Six Little
Tailors?"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
GOODRICH CALLS
FOR SANE FOURTH
Governor and Fire Marshal
Asks That AL Fireworks
Be Prohibited.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND. May L.
Gov. Goodrich and Horace II. Friedley.
state fire marshal. today began a move
ment for a safe and sane Fourth Of
July in Indiana REQUESTS were sent
to every city of the state by Mr.. Fried
ley asking that the use of fireworks and
all explosives be prohibited this year
in celebrating the Fourth. with each
letter was sent a copy of a model ordi-
nance TO prevent the use OF explosives
and fireworks and Mr.. Friedley asks
hat the ordinance be enacted at once.
Gov. Goodrich. in his letter. states
his reasons for asking prohibition Of
the use of fireworks. He says.
Allen enemies might take advantage
of the opportunity to use explosives in
destruction of bridges and other public
and private property; material used in
fireworks can be used in munitions:
there is no doubt of the suffering and
injury caused through the use of fire.
works: millions OF dollars OF property
have been destroyed and it would be a
calamity this year to destroy a ware
house; that this year all municipalities
should prohibit the use or fireworks.
toy balloons and other similar devices
and that it is the patriotic duty Of all
citizens to assist in this work"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
New Corn Remover In Big
Demand Says Druggists

since the virtues OF ice-mint As 8
corn remover became known IN thiI
country druggists have been having az
Extraordinary demand for this prod,fc
and IT is predicted that this sumr~,
women VIII wear smaller and preftiei
shoes than ever.
The fact that this new discovery
wnicn - made from a Japanese prod.
uct: VIII actually remoye corns-roots
ana ali--ond without the slightest pain
or soreness. IL Of course mainly re-
saIe.
you apply Just a little on a tender.
aching corn and instantly the soreness
Is relieved. and soon the corn Is sc
snriveled that IL may be lifted out with
the nng ers-root and all.
toe-mlnt Is a clean. creamy. snow
Wniie. non-poisonous substances and
Wiii never fnfame or i~rritete the most
skin.
Cutting or pairing corns often pro-
ouces blood poison and people aye
warned to stop IL.
Just ask in any drug store for n
email jar OF ice-mint which will cost
niue yet IL sufficient to rid Ones feet
OF every corn or cailous. You'll like IL
fmrnensefy-Adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
MADE
BY USERS
Continued from Page one,

county business men and other resi-
dents appeared att he hearing at Gary
today.
Commissioner Edwards expected to
spend the day at Columbus and fomor-
row will go to New Albany. Commits
sioner Corr was at Logansport his
morning and went TO Peru this after
noon Tomorrow he will go to Kokomo
and Marion.
Richmond and New Castle coal con-
sumers told their troubles 70 Commits
sioner McCardle. He will be at Fort
Wayne tomorrow, Evansville Saturday
and Terre Haute on Monday.
Following these sectional meetings
the commission will probably hold a
hearing over several days in this city.
With the Information thus gathered
and with that given out by coal mine
operators it is expected thai the body
will have sufficient information re-
garding the true conditions to issue ord
ers TO prevent any repetition Of tho
coal famine of last winter.
IT is also believed that the commits
sion is gathering information TO present
Gov. Goodrich which may aid him in
deciding what stand he VIII take on 4
bill proposed for the special session Of
the legislature providing for the state
to take over all Goa mines-or at least
control their output.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
NO SEED FREE
At WASHINGTON
Special to THE TIMEs.)

WASHINGTON. d. c.. May 17.-No
seed for free distribution nor for sale is
at the %dosposal of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. The depart
ment. however. through its committee
on seed stocks. is receiving daily tele-
graphic and other reports as to avail
able supplies of seeds of crops for late
planting. and will assist in locating
seed stocks for localities where short
ages exist. The committee is co-operat-
ing with state, local, and commercial
agencies in an effort to secure better
distribution of seed and to encourage
plants of all important crops.
Information regarding shortages and
surplus stocks should be addressed 10
#. A. Oakley. chairman. committee on
seed stocks. u s. Department Of Agri-
culture Washington. D. c.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
COMMON BRICK Up
50 Ia PER CENT
Gary Building Walloped BY
Big Increase in Price of
Material.

Probably because everything else is
being raised in price more or less need
lessly. builders say. Chicago common
brick has increased 81 PEI thousand. +.
o. B. Cary. h means IS instead of
IS. F. o. Il. or around SO in quantities
les than car load lots when delivered to
the Job by supply houses.
Face Brick Up.
Face Brick recently went up 81 per
thousand. having had a previous raise
of 81.
Many contractors were caught un-
protected on the new quotations having
figured on the old price. 1t is said that
an ordinary 2-famify flat building will
be increased 500 in cost by the new
price.
In 10000 common brick could be had
in Gary at half the price it is today
and at a lower sum in Indiana Harbor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17

These men of all political faiths. in
Guiding Central Scott. chief OF the gem
eral staff of the United States army,
and Admiral Glennon of the navy. will
go TO Russia TO welcome the new re-
public. The commission is headed by
former Secretary of War and State
Elihu Root. but il contains a labor
man In the person OF James Duncan,
vice president of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor. and a socialist in Charles
Edward Russell OF New York. The full
list of members follows:
Elihu Root. republican, OF New York.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17

GUARD TO
MOBILIZE
TIMES
AT STATE CAPITAL.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, May lit
viii be a busy month for the member
OF the Indiana national guard between
now and the fifteenth. of June. getting
ready TO respond to the call for mobil-
ization of the national guard of the en-
tire country. IT was said that the rea-
son the unofficial announcement or the
date for mobilization was announced
was that the government wished to give
all of the members plenty of time to ar
range their affairs so they could leave
for the front.
1t is said that the Indiana national
guard will mobilize at Fort Benjamin
Harrison, and that there the regiments
will sl be brought up TO full war
strength while the regiments are also
being made ready for whatever service
may be assigned to them.
One hundred and seventy new build
ings are TO be erected at Fort Benja-
min Harrison for the accommodation of
$4,000 more men than are now IN the
officers training camp. These facilities
are expected TO take care of the regi-
ments of regulars that are to come
there and of the Indiana national guard.
Must Erect New Buildings.
Contractors are having a hard time
TO get workmen to put up these build
ings. They are advertising for 1000
carpenters. 500 plumbers. 800 ~electri-
clans. 100 concrete fnishers and 500
Ia borers. and they offer union wages.
with time and a half for overtime over
eight hours and they will work the
men twelve hours a day. Thus the men
will get fourteen hours pay for twelve
hours work.
national guard will remain at Fort
Benjamin Harrison. but It is pointed out
that the national guard will be ready
for active service tire months before
the conscripted army is ready.
1t IS said that the Indiana troops
called 10 the colors under the conscrip-
ton act may not be assembled at Fort
Benjamin Harrison, but that they may
be sent to some other place. 1t has
been announced at Washington that a
Of army officers has been ap-
pointed to select 8 site for the mobiliza-
ton camp for the Indiana and Kentucky
troops. who will compose the Seven
teenth army division. Fort Benjamin
Harrison will be crowded with the ma
tional guard. the regular and such 9TH
er forces as may be placed there. and
there would be no room FOR the new
army. The new camp may. and likely
will be, located in Kentucky.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
FIRE THREATENS
CLARK STATION

Clark Station in the northwest pari
Of Gary was menacted by a serious
blaze. which destroyed three dwellings
early last evening and which was pre-
vented from doing further damage only
by the hard work of Gary hrmen and a
bucket brigade of citizens. Firemen
under Chief Grant and Assistant Chief
Adam Seifert were handicapped because
of the lack OF water mains. Chemicals
were without avail. A pump was dis
covered at the Allies military remount
depot and this afforded some warer.
Caused by a gasoline stove explosion
in a tenement occupies by Greek labor
ers the blaze entirely destroyed the
building. which is owned by Mrs. Lena
Rehbein. 1T spread TO two houses own
cd by Mrs. Bertha Brown. The first oc-
cupied by James Moss was ruined and
the second occupied by Charles Some
balm was almost completely Quilted. In
all the loss was $500.
Mayor Turns In Alarm
Mayor Johnson. who was passing
through Clark Station in an auto, turn
ed in the alarm.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17

chairman.
Charles Edward Russell. socialist
leader and writer. OF New York.
James Duncan. vice president of the
American Federation OF Labor, or Mass
achusetts.
Cyrus Mccormick, Chicago, manufac-
turer.
Charles r. Crane. manufacturer. dem
ocrat. of Chicago.
Samuel r. Bretron. banker. OF New
York.
John r. Mott. New York. secretary
international committee. Y. NJ. c. A
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
MEET
AT EAST CHICAGO

= A number OF large users OF coal met
last night in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms. East Chicago. TO make
arrangements for a representation at
thte meeting OF the state public serv-
ice commission at Gary this afternoon.
a statistical survey or the users and
dealers was attempted by the Cham
Der. but only about half OF the coal
users responded and none OF the coal
dealers.
The information gathered was taken
to Gary this afternoon and placed be-
fore the commission.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
WOMAN DIES OF
DELIRUM TREMENS

a drunken woman was picked up on
sumner street yesterday afternoon by
the police and taken to St. Marearet's
hospital. She died early this morning
OF delirum tremens II is thought that
her name is Elsie Kerwin. Her address
is nknow
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17

will have as good a chance as though
planted earlier. Country ministers
yesterday in commenting on the ab-
sence OF members of their fIocks at
church said that the farmer who now
takes advantage of every possible oo-
portunity to Increase the food supply
is engaged in the practice Of the hign-
est form OF religion. City a~utomobilists
driving through the county said farms
displayed all the s~cticity OF a week
day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
GUARD OFFICER
GOES TO CAPITOL

Capt. J. A. U-Sleby OF Company F.
First Indiana infantry. Gary. has gone
to Indianapolis on business. While
there the captain expects to visit the
officers training camp at Fort Benja-
min Harrison and pay his respects TO
Major X. NJ. Burr and Capt. A. P. Mel
ION nf Gary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
ORDER DRAFT BOARD
MAKE UP CHANGED
TIMES
AT A CAPITAL.

INDIANAPOLIS. ND. May IL
Governor Goodrich today received an
order from Washington TO remove citi-
zen menbe of each county and city
CONSUMPTION board and appoint a ply
stefan instead. This removes Walter
Riley of East Chicago from the Lake
ounty board.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
WANT
TO JOIN ARMY
snecial to lie TlMEs)

'opeIidi ~ n ~
WHITING. IND, May 1T.-Three
youngsters ran away from
their homes 70 join the army and Were
found here by the police and their
notified. They were William
aged "A: Arthur Leynard 1s: and
Issdore Reichinan, 13.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-17
MUNCIE
L o ON SUNDAY

Delaware county, Muncie farmers
very generally spent Sunday blowing,
sunup to sunset, owing TO the
necessity Of taking advantage
OF every possible hour for this purpose
now. A prolonged season of wet
weather has greatly delayed farm and
work of all kinds. but with or
luck. corn that is planted nov