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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-08
Left to right, above: Mrs. Franklin
X. Lane, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
and Mrs. Thomas X. Marshall.
Below: Mrs. David F. Houston.

Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is busy in
the White House making sheets, pill
lowcases, pajamas and other hospital
supplies for the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall, wife of
the vice president, has organized the
wives of the senator's, and they are
meeting weekly TO sew for the Red
Cross. Mrs Franklin K. Lane, wife
of the secretary of the interior, and
Mrs. David +. Houston, wife of the
secretary of agriculture, are also
actively engaged in Red Cross work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-06-08
Buy A Liberty Bondl
Has Supplied Pitch for Centuries.


An interesting natural phenomenon
of the island of Zante in the Ionian
sea, is a shallow spring on the bay of
Kerr. where both pitch and water bub-
bic up. The pitch has been used by
the natives in caulking their boats
since the days of Herodotus.
Are You Patriotic2 Then Buy a
Liberty Bond?
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

"Why don't you tell her the whole
~thing?-the whole filthy story?" he
asked. "She'd never look at him
again. You're crazy about her. l
haven't got Il chance. 1t would give
you one"
Il want her, God knows" said X.
But not that way, boy"
The five thousand dollar check from
Mr.. Lorcnz had saved Palmer Howe's
credit. On the strength of the de-
post he borrowed money at the bank
with which he meant to pay his bills,
arrears at the University and Country
clubs, ii hundred dollars lost throwing
aces with poker dice, and various small
obligations of Chrtstine's.
The immediate result of the money
was good. He drank nothing for Il
week, went into the details of the new
venture with Christine's father, sat ut
home with Christine on her balcony in
the evenings. With the knowledge that
he could pay his debts, he postponed
the day. He liked the feeling of a
bank account in four figures.
Christine had been making a fight,
although her heart was only half in
it. She was resolutcly good-humored,
ignored the past, dressed for Palmer
In the things he liked. They still took
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
TO PLACARD DIRTY PREMISES
California City Adopts Unique Plan to
Raise Standard Of Cleanliness in
Residences and Business Houses.

The city of Alameda, Cal, has adopt
ed a unique plan to raise the standard
of cleanliness in residences and bust
ness houses. In future the sanitary
condition of the various premises is to
be shown by placards bearing the in
scriptions "Clean," "Dirty" or "Filthy."
Those places which do not satisfy the
board Of health will be placarded as
dirty or filthy until they comply with
the demands of the authorities.
This action was decided upon by the
board of health, which appointed a
committee to post the placards and to
care for the general health of the city.
The board of health intends to inspect
not only the business houses but also
the private residences of the city and
to aflix the placards to every house in
the city. Those residences which can
be designated as 'clean" will not be
placarded, but those in which sanitary
conditions are disregarded will be des-
ignated as dirty" or filthy" until the
house owners remedy the conditions,
upon which the placards will be re-
moved.s
As the board of health has arbitrary
powers under the city charter, the pla-
cards must remain on the houses or
places of business until the board Is
satisfied hat the conditions therein
are sanitary. If any householder tears
down the placards, the extreme pen-
atty of the law can be enforced.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Superstitions About the Cat.

In its mental and moral processes,
aloof and mysterious, the cat has
been regarded since time immemorial
as possessing attributes suggesting the
supernatural. Thus one Is not sur
prised TO find it a %favorite companion
of witches. The japanese look upon
it in Il similar light, and one of the
folklore traditions of Nippon relates
TO a demon cat that returns to earth
once in each generation to kill a men,
Der Of one of the noble families of
that Countrywide Nebishima, whose
name is associated with a celebrated
pottery-in revenge for some ancient
slight to the feline tribe. 1t is a theme
about which more than one japanese
stage play has revolved.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
HOW TO SELECT AUTOMOBILE
General Suggestions for Man Who Has
No Special knowledge on Subject
to Guide Him.

Some sound advice is given by the
general manager of a large automible
concern to the man who wants to pur-
chase an automobile but has no special
knowledge on the subject to guide him.
"Just at present." said the manager,
"the status of the stock car is creating
considerable attention. A stock car is
the product a manufacturer makes to
sell the public. 1t is not a freak car
with q striped chassis or a specially
built gear ratio. 1t is not tuned up to
perform stunts. 1t Is the same car in
every particular that any man can buy
and drive anywhere-on sandy roads,
steep hills or in city traffic. 1t will not
climb trees nor burn up the track. A
car can very easily be built to make
100 miles an hour, but a car Of such
high gear ratio cannot be used to ad-
vantage in city driving.
ut is best to gst a complete demon
stration of the Car you are thinking Of
buying. If you are interested in speed,
have the demonstration step on the &C.
celerator and open her up on a fair
straightaway. If you want to find out
how she will act in the traffic jam of
the city, make him try her flexibility
under such cont lions as you expect to
find when you drive your car in daily
service. After the demonstration, if
you have any doubts, get the opinion Of
an engineer or any other motorcar ex-
pert"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
UPPER BERTH HAS IRIS JOYS
Some Compensations Offered to the
Sleeper Who Has to Roost
Close to the Roof.

Aside from its proper function, an
upper berth may be put to n number
of excellent uses. If you wish to sur
pass as n knockabout comedian, sew
eral nights spent in an upper berth
will fit you admirably for the work.
Returning home from several days of
travel, you will be able to aStonish
your wife and admiring ~neighbors
with II select showing Of cOntortions.
If you don't feel able to qualify as the
boneless wonder, the bumps on your
head will get you a circus job as the
human mos There have been ex-
perienced upper berthers, or feminine
upper berthas, who could reach an up
per berth without criticism from the
sleeper below. Once attained, there
Is a detachment and seclusion about
an upper berth that Is said to make all
the difficulties of ascent worth while.
One enjoys peering over the curtain
rail at the porter below. The little ex-
hilaration of 1t all moves one to tap
p~layfully what appears to be the bald
head of a neighboring sleeper. One
looks about and considers that an up
per berth isn't such a bad place after
all. Good place to hunt for q setting
of hens eggs. Wouldn't a hen that
wanted to set enjoy an upper berth
Maybe she could sleep there.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

their dinners at the Lorcnz house up
the street. When she saw that the
haphazard table service there irritated
him, she coaXed her mother into get
ting a butler.
The Street shifted at the butler be-
hind his stately back. Secretly and in
its heart, it was proud of him. With
Il h~alf-dozen automobiles, and Chris,
tine Howe putting on low neck in the
evenings, and now Il butler, not to
mention Harriet Kenhedy's Mimi, it
ceased to pride itself on its common.
~plhccness, ignorant of the fact that in
its very lack of affectatiOn had lain
It's charm.
On the night that Joe shot Max vii.
son, Palmer was noticcably restless.
He had seen Grace Irving that day for
the first time, but once, since the motor
accident, The girl had a strange fas.
clnation for him. The sight of her
walking sedately along in her shoI.
girls black dress had been enough to
set his pulses racing. When he saw
that she meant to pass him, he fell
into step beside her.
Il believe you were going to cut
me-. Still in the StOre?"
"Yes." And, after a seconds hest.
tatlon: I'm keeping straight, too"
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Bristol Has City MANAGER.

The adoption Of a city manager by
the town of Bristol, Tenn, with a
population of about 10000, may not be
of the highest Importance from a po-
litical viewpoint except for one reason
it adds to the evidence that the city
manager idea is spreading, leaving the
inference almost q certainty that it is
a question of time only until admins
tration by city manager is taken up by
the biggest cities as well as the smaller
towns. The choosing of a manager for
Bristol for a term Of three years prom
ises that the plan is to be given a fair
test which it should have if any COM
parison that will be satisfying is to be
made between the towns old political
system and the new. Unless a man.
ager is allowed the necessary time to
work reforms and present results, the
handicap would probably be too heavy
and in case of failure would register
a mark against the city manager un-
justly.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
URGE UNIFORM Law
MEASURE TO BE OFFERED TO
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
FOR ITS APPROVAL.
Proposal as Outlined by Chairman YELL
lott of Legislative Board Is De.
signed to Reduce Number Of
Auto Accidents.

"Many of our motor vehicle laws
lawyer has difficulty in understanding
them, and the ordinary layman gives
up the task as hopeless" comments
Chairman Osborne l. YellOtt of the
A. A. A. Legislative board in the intro
ductory of the uniform traffic law
motor car owners will offer to it's mem
bers for adoption in their respective
states.
"The fundamental principle as to
the use of the highway is that every
one should be permitted the greatest
possible freedom which is consistent
with the rights Of Others" continues
Mr.. Yellott, who then goes on to say:
consequently every person employ
ing a vehicle which may injury
to others unless reasonable care is
used, should be. compelled by positive
provisions of the law, rigidly enforced,
to employ a degree Of care COM
mensurate with the risk involved to
others under each particular cOndi-
ton which may arise. At the same
time he should not be bound down and
hampered by minute restrictions not
reasonably necessary for the prOtec-
ton of other highway users.
"FOr these reasons, fixed speed lin
its and other similar arbitrary require
ments are omitted, and for them has
been substituted a series Of rules of
the road, in the more important of
which we provide in effect, that when
ever there is reason to %apprehend in
jury to others, the person in charge of
the vehicle shall take especial precau-
tons to see that such injury does not
occur. Under this theory each situa-
ton which arises must make its own
law. That law is, wherever there is
danger of accident you must avoid it.
"The uniform traffic law is not sub
mitted as in any sense the final word
in traffic legislation. Traffic conditions
OF our highways are changing almost
daily with the great increase of the
use Of the motor vehicle, particularly
the motor truck. Hence traffic regula-
tons must necessarily, for a long
while yet to come, be largely expert
mental. Old ideas Of regulation which
have stood the test Of actual expert
under modern conditions should
be retained.
"Those which have been tried and
found to be failures must be cast
aside. New ideas must be substi-
for these latter. Such new
ideas must, in turn, be put to the test
of actual experience. If they prove
successful they will be retained. If
they prove to be failures they will have
give place to still newer IDEAS"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Hometown
WIDE PIAZZA ADDS TO HOME
Part That Is Rooted May Easily Be
Converted Into Sun ParIor During
the Winter Months.

A good wide piazza or porch adds
greatly to the comfort and beauty of
most any home. In order to serve the
best purpose it should be wide and
built around several sides of the house.
This will insure a cool, shady spot to
hang the hammock on a hot summer
day for rest and reading. A piazza
should be at least seven feet wide and
may be as deep as IL feet. It is not
necessary to have all the piazza COW
cred with a roof. 1t Is a good idea
to have the part which is to be rooted
over so constructed that by the cree
ton of glass sides a sun porch can be
provided for winter use. In the win
ter a piazza which is entirely rooted
tends to shut off light from the first
floor. For this reason the piazza roof
should be high, extending to the bot
tom of the second floor windows.
In the summer the piazza may be
covered with an awning, or a vine
%trellis, which on nights when there is
little air stirring does away with the
lcclilS VI ClOSeIleSS OlIlcTWlSo OCcu-
stoned. 1t is a good time to be fore
sighted when ordering the piazza to
tell the architect that it should be
made so as to be screened for the
warm season. A fine piazza is some
times a discomfort from the presence
of flies or a swarm Of mosquitoes or
moths.
For a bungalow or summer cottage
the salt water screens made of
copper wire are best as they corrode
less from contact with the sea breeZes. |
Ordinary black screens should be
painted two months before they are
intended to be put in use so that the
paint may have time to harden. When
windows are put up in the winter
window sashes should be
painted with black paint wei the red
which is at on in the fac
tory and has little preservative quail
.ty in it.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Shade for PENNSYLVANIA HiahWays.

The Pennsylvania state department
of forestry and the state highway de.
partment have completed arrangements
for cooperation in planting shade trees
and fruit trees along the state high.
ways. The trees will be grown from
seed by the forestry department in its
nurseries, transplanted in areas set
aside for the purpose, then turned over
to the highway department when they
have attained suitable size. Good
roads organizations will also assist in
the planting at that time. The spe.
cies already t~ransplanted are Scotch,
white and pitch pines, Norway spruce.
Douglas fir, sugar maple, white ash,
white elm, black cherry, honey locust
and European larch.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
Ileaky Plugs.

Leaky plugs can cause a lot of
trouble that is very difficult to trace.
They will make a motor miss at high
speed or on heavy pulls, but will per-
init it to run quite properly to all in
tents and purposes, under ordinary
conditions. The principal trouble is
cracked or porous %porcelains, which
allow the h~igh-tension current to
ground without jumping the spark
gaps. The only remedy is to fit new
plugs that are known to be in good
condition, and to be careful not to
crack the porcelains in Tightening
them in the cylinders.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

One of the most interesting exhibits in the PanAmeican aeronauuca.
show in the Grand Central palace was the Curuss "autopane" q unique
combination of a n automobile and a airpane, which will not only run
over the ground but at approximately fortyhve miles per hour is designed
to leave the surface of the earth and fly.
The main body Of the auto-piano" bears q marked resemblance to q
automobile, but it is fitted with three wings, which are attached just back
Of the side doors which allow entrance to the interior.
These wings vary in size, the largest being at the top and the smallest
at the bottom. The machine rests on four wheels, the two front ones
The interior resembles very much a modern sedan or small limousine
and is beautifully upholstered in tapestry. The control mechanism, located
in front of the single pilots seat, Includes the rudder, aneron and elevator
controls usually found in a n atrphne, as well as a set Of instruments for
recording speeds, elevations, angles and other data of interest to the ava-
tor. Just back of the pilots seat are two passenger seats.
The machine is equipped with an cightcylinder 1OOhorse-power Cur
tis motor, which will drive the auto-piano at a maximum speed of 65
miles per hour through the air. The wing spread is 40 feet, and the length
over all is q feet, and it's vertical height is slightly over ten feet.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

Sidney held out her hand to him.
"What should | do without you, X?
She asked wistfully.
"All you have to do is to want me.
His voice was not too steady, anC
he took her pulse in n most business
like way TO distract her attention from
it,. But, as he r0se from the chair be
sid" her low bed, she put out her hano
to him.
*"
"l rS. dear"
"llc was out with C%arlotta. II,
promised, and he broke his PROMISE
There may have been reasons. Sup
pose We wait until he can explain"
"lIow can he eXplain!' And, when
h" h"sitated Il bring all my troubles
to YOU, as if you had none. Somehow,
| can't go to Aunt Harriet, and of
course mothcr-Carlotta cares Il great
deal for him. She said that | shot
him. Does anyone really think that 2
'Of course not. Please stop think
ing"
She stirred rcStlcSSly.
"What time is it,"
'lIalf-pNSt six"
81 must get up and 90 on duty"
IL" was glad to b" stern with her.
He forbade her rising. When the
nurse came in with the bclatrd ammo
mia, She found X. making an arbitrary
ruling, and Sidney looking up at him
~mutinously.
Miss lag" Is not to 20 on duty to-
day. She is to stay in bed until fur
tlrr orders"
every well, Doctor EdWardcs."
Th" confusion in Sidncy'S mind
cleared away suddenly, X. was Doc
tor ElWardeS, 1t was X. who had per-
formed the miracle op"ration-K. who
had dared and perhaps Won. Dear
H., with his steady eyes and his long
surgeons fingers, Then, because She
seemed To see ahead as well as back
III" past In that flash that comes
t" the drowning and to those cover
ing from shock, and because She knew
that now the little house would no
longer he home TO X, she turned her
into her pillow and cried. Her
world had fallen indeed. Her lover
was not true, and might he dying; her
friend would 20 away to his own
world, which was not the Street.
Is. left her AT last and went back TO
seventeen, whore Doctor Ed still sat
BY the bed. Inaction was telling on
him. If Max would only open his eyes,
50 Ii" could tell him what had been in
MS mind all these yearS-his pride in
aim, and all that.
With Il sort of belated desire to
make up for where he had failed, he
'ut the bag that had been Max's bette
loirc on the bedside table, and began
o clear it of rubbiSh-odd bits of
iirty cotton, the tubing from II long
~StethoScopc, glass from Il bro
Ken bottle, II scrap of paper on which
vas Il memorandum, in his iIlcgible
to send Max Il check for his
graduating suit. When X. came in,
10 had the old dog collar in his hand.
"BplOnged to an old collie of ours
'e said heavily. "MlIkman ran over
and killed him. Max chased the
and licked the driver with his
'wn whip"
His face worked.
Poor old Bobby Burns.' he said.
We'd raised him from Il pup. Got
i'm in II grape basket"
The sick man opened his eyes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

SOME AUTOMOBILE HINTS

: If you should get a suit Of
/ clothes thoroughly wet, you
: would not roll it up tightly, put
!. it into a tight-fitting bag, and
: leave it in that condition until
Z it became dry. Such a procedure
!. would ruin the clothes. If the
I top Of your "a gets wet, and is
then folded and the slip cover
! put over it, the result is the
same Is it would be with your
. clothes. 1t makes no difference
. whether the top is made of panta-
|. sote, cravenette, khaki or mo-
> hair, the result is the same in
!. each case; just is soon as the .
, drying-out process begins, the
. top starts to rot, and the very q.
> next time that the top is raised d.
!. it will probably leak around the .
; seams and stitches.
See that the top is always thor .
oughly dry before it is folded. .
Even when dry, 1t is a good .
idea to raise the top at least .
once a week and keep it stretched !
in its natural position for a day. .
BY following these sugges- 1
tons, your top will last a great !
deal longer than if carelessly !
handled. !
If you use your car Irregular 5
ly--if you allow it to stand idle I
for several days at a time-then !
be sure to observe this caution: i
Do not start the motor, after 1t 8
has been standing idle as above !
noted, until you have injected a :
spoonful of cylinder oil into each !
cylinder, either through the 8
spark plug holes or the printing I
cups. :
4 4 4 q q a =
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
CHAPTER XIII.

Max had rallied well, and things
looked bright for him. His patient
did not need him, but X. was anxious
to find Joe; 50 he t%elrphoned the gas
office and got II day off.
For the present, ut least. KS re-
vcalcd identity was safe. Hospitals
keep their secrets well. And 1t is
doubtful if the Street would have
been greatly concerned even had it
known. 1t had eve heard of Ed
WardcS. of the Edwurdcs clinic, or the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
"cIean.Up Roostersn oraanize.

A Society of Cleanup Boosters" has
been formed in Philadelphia. There
are no dues, no fees, no fines. no ex.
pense Of any kind for members. They
sign a pledge: II will be a Cleanup
Booster and help keep my city clean.r
In return they receive a tag to hang
on the front porch, reading: Il Help
Keep My City Clean" This is sent
free by the city highway bureau.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
To Paint MsnifoId

An excellent preparation for paint.
ing the exhaust manifold of the au-
tomobile can be made by mixing tur-
pentine and flake graphite. Saturate
a piece Of waste with the mixture and
then rub it over the metal while it is
hot. A beautiful polish will be i'm
parted to the pipe.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

Edwardes operation. Its medical
knowledge comprised the two Wilson's
When, as would happen soon, it learned
of Max Wilson's injury, it would be
more concerned with his chances of
recovery than with the ann of it.
That was as it should be.
But Joe's affair with Sidney had
been the talk of the neighborhood. If
the boy disappeared, a scandal would
be inevitable. Twenty people had
seen him at Schwitter's and would
know him again.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
The Motor CvIinders-

All cylinders Of the motor should
have equal compression. A faulty set
of piston rings in M cylinder will
cause a motor to run ~irregularly. II
compression in n cylinder is weak,
a d~isagreeable poundwill result, which
is not only annoying to the driver but
injurious to the whole mechanism,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
ProIono Life Of Sests

Seat covers prolong the life Of the
upholstery and give cars a greater sec
ond-hand value than If the upholstery
has not been protected. This added
value alone is often more at the end
Of the a than the original cost
of the covers.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23

If the paint on a car is not too badly
cracked and Clipped, it may be made
to look almost as good as new by
cleaning 1t perfectly, and then revar-
nishing 1t with thin spar varnish.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-23
PLENTY Of IL

From a boys essay: pain tells us
that all is not right where the pain
is. There are many kinds of pain,
enough for everyone to have sorne."-
Boston Transcript,