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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
LOOKS
FOR HIGH RANK
IN BASKETBALL
Team Rates With Best In
The Conference; Purple
Grid Game Doubtful.

LAFAYETTE, IND. Dec. s1.--Denied
honors in football his year. Purdue
will make a determined effort to out
distance all competitors in the race
for the Big Ten basketball champion
ship. The Boilermakers have a good
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

chance to win. but are not making any
Wild claims
Coach Moioney's men walloped Notre
Dame d%ecisively in the seasons open
ing game. Immediately after tho holt
day vacation they Will tackle some OF
their most formidable opponents, such
as Illinois. Wisconsin. and Ohio State.
Team Looks Mighty Good.
The Purdue team looks as fast and
strong as any in the conference Tilson
and Markley are brilliant forwards,
Smith is an ideal center. and Church
and Whipkus are playing the guard po-
sitions in fine style. When Hart recoy-
ers from = broken ankle. received in
football. he probably viii replace Whip
kus at the floor guard position. Tilson
and Smith are doing some sensational
basket throwing.
The Boilermakers are threatened with
reprissls by Indiana for breaking of
football relations. The Crimson Is
CHRISTENING to cancel the Purdue-Indl-
ana basketball games.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
MILWAUKEE, LIKES
BOXING; THIRD
CLUB ENTERS

MILWAUKEE, WIS. Dec. S1.-The
Milwaukee Boxing club has been ap-
by the state athletic commits
sion. and will shortly be licensed TO hold
bouts. 1t IS the third club 10 be APP
proved for Milwaukee. which indicates
increasing popularity OF the hstic game,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
pomestlc Tranedx.

Janet and grandpa had a disagree.
ment during the morning. and at
luncheon she die not take her usual
seat beside him Grandpa and I are
~unspeakable.' she explained briefly.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

The Cincinnati Reds are mourning
the loss of Morris Rath, upon whom
they had counted to fill ut q hard
hitting infield. The Reds expected
Rath to make a big showing upon his
return to fast company and though
yet it will be in the service Of Uncle
Sam and not on the diamond. Rath
recently wired Manager Matty that
he had enlisted
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By Ii. c. HAMILTON

soon.
By H. c. HAMILTON
Omitted Press STAFF Correspondent
NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-Two kinds of
athIetics-the formal and the infor-
NAL kind-are being carried out by
Walter Camp at Camp Hancock. Aug
usta, Ca. As one would expect from
the influence of Camp, football has
been one of the most engrossing or
sports.
The informal games. Camp told the
United Press. are daily and compul-
sorry.
We have every day a physical train
ing period he said. I'VE devote the
first half OF this to calisthenics and the
second half TO informal and extempo-
raneous competitions under the direc-
ton of one Of our athletic organiza-
tions. These have proved a tremendous
erccess here and the men are most
e~-hu-iastic. They r~-~ist of all sorts
of -ec@s. etc. and c~u@~e-'s games %
~ the -rAn'
Camp Ha~rook has its boxing in
structor. who follows tn enlan Of in
atruction carried out in other cau1ns-
lines up a squad OF recruits and starts
them to shadow boxing. Each blow
has been given a number and Is exc
cuted when the Instructor calls for Il
As fast as the men have learned the
blows thev win be divided into classes.
and will box in classes.
while we cannot make $4,000 star
boxers Camp said. every man viii
about the game. Boxing Is excellent
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

Score cards OF the worlds three-cush-
toned billiard tournament to be held IN
Cubs are 10 be printed in Spanish. De
ORC and Otis. participants. have receiv-
ed their official passports to Cuba from
the states.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
u. SO;
CRANE TECH. 10

VALPARAISO, IND, Dec. 31-Val-
paraiso university Saturday beat the
basketball team Of Crane Technical OF
Chicago, Sc to 10.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

MA~ IS - -
I The Sport Spyg'ass D
~ - - ~

On a lung and grip testing machine
we read: Average lung capacity OF
clerks. $50; of politicians. $50. Aver
age grip of clerks. 1Go; Of politicians.
500. (No needed).
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

Weegham sells North Shore home for
$50. 600. Now we know where he IS get
ting the jack 70 buy baseball players.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

Tom "Beercst" Mcmahon who boxes
out OF Newcastle. Pa. under direction
Of Jimmy Dime is telling how he can
beat Willard. Fans think Dimes pro-
tege is telling a thin story.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

Stranger Lewis was given $1,000 20
meet Zbyszko ard not use his famous
deadlock. Thus If baseball was wrest-
. ling. opposing teams of the White Sox
could fork over a big wad OF ksis IN
order to keep Cicote out OF the box on
his days to pitch.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

Jack Curley promoted the New York
wrestling tournament, hence the sport
public ia not taking the outcome seri-
ously.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

The way the army is gulping the ball
players some OF the teams next sum
mer will be fairly good sand lot ex-
hibiters. The Red Sox have lost their
twelfth man.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

Some Of the big league ball players
are so busy loahng this winter that they
haven't time TO give thought 10 the war.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

next summer when a lot Of these birds
shine on the diamond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

p~ecially adapted to making the men
confident and aggressive in personal
and bayonet fighting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

Fred Fulton's Christmas gift to the
boxing public was a Joke fight. Fred is
such a Joke himself that he Just can't
quit kidding.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

Glorious news. The White Sex leave
Tor Mineral Wells March 16.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

President Baker OF the Phillies finally
found some one who would yes" the
Observation-Disclosures deal. Said party does
not reside in Philadelphia.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

When criticizing Jess willard don't
fail TO sive him credit FOR those two
minutes of his time last summer when
he boxed for the boys at PlRttsburg.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

Zbyszko became certain that
Earl Caddock was IN the army for good
he put In a claim for all the mat titles.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

The alleged challenger's handlers
were twenty-four hours late with an
abb. showing it was no easy matter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
Young is holding out for a bonus,

Carl Nays. the submariue ball hurier
OF the Red Sox. Is xtill a menace to 9TH
er leans. He finished second in the
1917 pitching averages.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

Paddy Driscoll and his Evanston team
will play the Mohawks at Dexter pavil-
ion New Years day. Indoor football is
proving a popular winters sport.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31
ATHLETICS At
CAMP HANCOCK

The following is the fourteenth OF q
series OF articles dealing with athletic
activities n the various United states
environments. The fifteenth will sppea
soon
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

a Happy New Year to You.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

score cards in Spanish no one would be
the wiser.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31


The University Of California is dick
ering with Notre Dame for a game next
fall. He believes his pigskin pushers
can give .the Catholics a real tussle-
Three hundred wrestlers are expected
70 participate in the y. A. 7. tourney
In Chicago Jan. 1917.
Bobby Wallace has signed with the
St. Louis Cardinals. Evidently Cy
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-31

be given as IS
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13
SITTING FOOD FACTS.

The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion finds that the food situation on the Atlantic seaboard is not due to
 narrow policy on the part of the rail-
 roads, as was made to appear by the
 board of trade of Chicago last week. i It has been discovered also that there
 is no actual shortage of food in the
 United States.
 ! Thus two important facts in con 1 lection with the food crisis have ap oarently been disposed of-leaving
 two other possible explanations of .he present unprecedented peace
 prices; speculation and the drain ! from Europe. The Presidents cabi- net discussed the situation the other day and decided that probably the chief reason for high prices was on account of our enormous exports of foodstuffs. Admittedly, however, spec ulation is not unimportant factor.
 Obviously, consumption has outrun production. The 1916 crops of grains and other principal foodstuffs were smaller than that of 1915, but was up to normal. But the American output was not sufficient to supply the home market and in large measure, sustain some of the warning nations. We have not exported enough to cause an act lal shortage at home but enough to bring about new scale of prices.
 Such an opening naturally has giv- en the spectators their opportunity
 and by speculators one does not mean certain "soulless' manipulators exclusively, but farmers and thou sands of other individuals who are taking advantage of the opportunity to hold back food stuffs for higher prices. The speculator may be bootblack with enough money to buy d ton of potatoes for rising market. The gambling element of the situa- ton affects almost every person and such profits as accrues to the specula- tor and the middleman inevitably falls back on the ultimate consumer. The whole bullish tendency of prices and all the causes which conspire to bring it about operate in way to make the freight higher for Jones.
 The Presidents advice to the far mers is to raise more'-which IS good advice if it was sincere and hon. est. Other economists are divided as to whether she lay an embargo on ex- ports or ferret out the "speculator' who is waxing fat on the public's ex- pense. The result probably will be that the economists and leaders will continue to rave and talk until the new crops begin to come in and all automatic readjustment occurs, or the people revolt, take charge of the warehouses and feed themselves.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

ard, Anchorage, and possibly many other cities of the North have enter prising inhabitants who plant gardens yearly and secure enough vegetables for table use for part of the year; but in no part of the Territory that we have obtained data on is farming re- munerative enough to pay the horny handed son of toll for his efforts.
 The efforts put forth by few un- scrupulous boomers at the Railroad Terminus to induce farmers to come to that section should be "set down upon thoroughly by those papers who are not under the domination of these pirates. The Territory's re- sources are great and grand and var cd enough to make wonderful show ing to the prospective settler if he Is told the bare truth. A community built on a tissue of lies and deception is sooner or later bound to fall; but its fall will drag down hundreds of innocent investors who have been de- ceived by interruptions land agents.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13
\ WAY OUT.

IT wouldn't surprise anyone that a suicide epidemic should break out soon. Really, there seems to he no peace, no rest for the weary. Any one considering the worlds present condition will not deny the fact that it looks like war every which way. It does not matter which side one turns, trouble stares him in the face. If it isn't war with guns it's war on our pocketbooks. Either way it's death .hat awaits us-seemingly!
 Let us take our own country: Since the European war broke cit, part of our citizens have been warning against the other part until the latter is about ready to give up in despair. Hunger seems to have driven millions on the verge of rebellion. A few days ago five million dollars worth of food was discovered in warehouses in San Fran cisco, to be used in war against the poor. Potatoes in some of the States of the Union bring higher prices than in England or France. countries which have been at war for the last two years and a half. Yet We pray for a cessation of hostilities. Is starving people better than shooting them? In our opinion to die of hun ger is not bit better than to die of a wound.
 But we reach the acme of absuroity when we face the fact that some of our citizens are begging to help the Belgians while they overlook the starving Americans. Why not beg for our own hungry people? Better still, why not stop 1egsins at all. unite and stop the gun war thus s.op- ping war on our pocketbooks and pre- vent starvation, which is likely to 'cad to a worldwide rebellion. Pro gressive- Miner.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13
I3RE-.>;NG INFIDELS.

THE Missionary Review of the World, published in New York. states that a campaign for the destruction of Christianity is not only under way in New York, but that it's entreneh ments have been thrown out in 8 number of secularizing organizations. These Freethinkers. according to the the Review, are banding themselves lonether and pledging each other sup port in an effort to overthrow the or ganized church, and it believes that legislation should be taken tending to legislate these societies out of exis- tence.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13
TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1917
UNSCRUPULOUS BOOMERS.

ANCHORAGE is sending out in ducements to the farmers in the States exploiting the free land in the Matanuska valley and urging farmers to come to that section. This is crim- inal, and were anyone else but gov ernment officials back of it, the cul- prits would be sent to the peniten- tiary for using the mails to defraud. The farmer who turns his back upon good land in the States and comes to the Matanuska valley with the inten- ton of making a living farming will eventually wind up in Morningside asylum. The climate is too short, the land too poor, and the market not here. It is true that potatoes and cer- tain hardy root crops grow and in fav- .orable seasons reach maturity, but the quality is poorer than in the States.
 Alaska is a wonderful country,--a
 country of vast resources. She will
 supply the markets of the world with her minerals and her fisheries. She will furnish homes for thousands of happy families who derive their in comes from these and interlockin'' sources of revenue; but Alaska will never be a farmers country. Stock can be raised at profit in certain parts of the Territory, and in the vii cinity of Juneau and Ketchikan luxu-
 riant gardens flourish. Valdez, Sew
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

FAIRBANKS will probably have to fight just as hard to keep her court house from going to Nenana as Valdez is forced to do to hold hers from go- ing to Anchorage. She is up against the same proposition. The govern ment is attempting to build town at that end of the road out of mate rials forced from Fairbanks.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13
Officials of House.

A. H. Zeigler of Juneau, was chosen chief clerk of the Territorial House of Representatives. Other candidates for the position were Harry F. Morton and James McKenna. For Sergeant at Arms of the House Thomas E. Williams of Thane and John s. Heck ey of Valdez were the candidates, and Williams was elected on the second ballot. Willard Murane, son of Re publican National Committeeman C. D. Murane, was chosen messenger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

- SOME people use so little judgment that they would give a bald-headed man a hair brush for birthday pres ent.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

THE man who says that his wife never agrees with him is hopeless liar. Every wife agrees with her hus- band if he doesn't want her to.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

A FARMERS idea of bone-head is a man who can't harness horse. And his wife's idea of shiftless woman is one who cannot milk.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

TT IS source of great joy to busy man to introduce two chronic bores to each other and have them get busy on each other.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

THE mass meeting last night brot out many good points. but the best one was that Valdez is determined to fight unanimously for her remaining possessions.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

IT is sometimes hard to determine who do you the most harm-your en- emies with the worst intentions, or your friends with the best.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

LOVE is always blind to the fact that she looks different at five o'clock in the morning from what she does at five o'clock at night.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

THE question of deciding who is our next Delegate is very deep and complicated one. We beg that our people have patience.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

IT SEEMS pretty hard to have the administration kill off all the other towns in this division for the sake of a pet land scheme.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

THE man who has no faith in his home town is a worse plague than an epidemic of smallpox. and should be as promptly quarantined.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

SOME people keep their ears open for the 5 o'clock whistle until they fail to hear Opportunity knock.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

WHY is it that you never see the dictionary nor the bible dog cared and we'll thumbed, in home.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

Grover Hanneman of Cordova. is d visitor in town, having come up to at tend the session of the district court as a juror.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

We have a fresh line of Augustine Kyer box candies at the Candy Kitc..- en. u
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

Mrs. H. P. Sullivan returned last night from a trip to Landlock bay.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

Location notices. both quartz and placer. for sale at the Prospector of. flee.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

Mems, Ladies' and ChIidren's Hose care cn the last boat for the Emro- rum St
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

Fresh candy at the Emporium.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-13

Hot. Point Irons and Electric Appii- ances have now arrived at the Empo- rum. 5t
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-08
.LULl IN FIGHTING
ON WEST FRONT
REPORTS FROM FIELD MAR.
Shall HAIG INDICATE THAT
ANOTHER TEMPORARY DEAD
LOCK HAS BEEN REACHED.
A Number of Raids During the Night
Reported on Each Side--Erench
Repulse German Counter Attacks.

LONDON, May S.-Another dead
lock appears to have been Temporal
rily reached in the fighting along
the Hindenburg line posisitons held
by the British.
Field Marshal Haig's report omit
ted mention OF any major fighting
during last night and early this
morning. reeounting a great number
OF raids on both sides scattered
along a wide frontage.
THE enemy artillery was active at
intervals during the night at a num-
Der OF places, particularly between
Frenzy and Loos.,' the statement
said. ours replied. In the neigh
borhood of Neuve Chapelle and Eau
Ouissart we made successful raids.
Northeast of Armentieres a small
enemy party raided our lines yester-
day evening and after hand-to-
hand fight were driven out. leaving
a few dead.
"a few OF our men are missing.
South of Armentieres another enemy
raid was repulsed. "
Germany is making herculean ell
forts to cement together the crum-
bling pieces of the Hindenburg line
bv reckless expenditure of her
troops blood Numerous counter at
tacks have been made against the
British and French fronts at the
places where the Hindenbnrg de-
fenses have been smashed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-08
THERE rs no DISSATISFACTION
BETWEEN PEOPLE AND GOV.
ERNMExT LEADERS. Is CLAIM.
WILSON IS N ERROR
The President is Said u BE Mistaken
II He Thinks There Are Any Diff
ferences Between the People and
Goyernment--kaiser.s Powers are
Limited.
BY JOHN GRANDESs

BERLIN May S-tvia London)
President Wilson Is at error II he
thinks there is line of distinction
between the German people and the
German leaders, according 10 Ernest
Stressmann. liberal reichstag leader.
"A world war with two million
German volunteers would have been
impossible II there had been any diff
ferences between our people and our
government. he told the United
Press today.
THE breach with America is the
natural result OF an English prOpa-
ganda operated for a score or more
years. When l visited the United
States in 1912 saw what carica-
ture Germany had been made in
American eyes. without knowledge OF
which Wilson's effort to separate the
German people and their government
is inexplicable.
THE German parliament is based
on the freest electoral system in the
world. The kaiser is more limited
in his acts than the president OF the
United States.
America has already fought US
like an enemy Our children are in.
sufficiently nourished because food-
stuffs have not been received from
America, while hundreds and thous-
ands OF our men have been torn by
American shells and murdered in
| American poisonous gas.
America as neutral demanded
| free passage from America for Amer
cans to Liverpool, but allowed Eng
land to hinder American travel be-
tween Hamburg. Bremen and United
States"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-08
CONGRESS, WILL III, ASKED TO
APPROPRIATE ONE BILLION
DOLLARS TO BUILD STEEL
AND WOODEN SHIPS.
TO PUSH BILL THROUGH
Every Item Of the Shipbuiiding Board
and the Administration to be Push
e.l Through Congress as Soon as
Possible-Passage Expected in a
Week.

WASHINGTON, May S.-Congress
will be asked by the shipbuilding
board for an appropriation OF ST.
00o 100000 with which to build steel
and wooden ships with which to COM
bat and thwart the kaiser's U-boats.
Every item OF the ship-building board
and the administration is to be push
ed to the very limit and it is ex-
pected to be enacted into law with
in a week.
The product of all steel, coal and
iron companies of the country, in so
far as they are necessary, Will be
taken over by the government TO
speed the ship-building program.
Work on private contracts will be
stopped and those holding stock fol-
private contracts will be compensate
ID. An appraisement board will fiS
the price to be paid for this stock.
Supplies for bridge building. foI
StGGN shy SSliPCAo Sthb ANNsNi--se
steel articles will all be stopped.
The council OF national deiense
has an inventory of all the steel, iron
and coke plants and OF coal mines
The council will toll off all arti'
eles need in government work. but
it is not contemplated that the plants
will be taken over and operated by
the government. All damages VII
be paid from the billion dollar ap'
preparation.
The congress feels that 1t is tins
duty of this nation to put ship bniid'
ing ahead of every other eonsidefa
ton. However, the program Will no.
interfere with the naval program
Officials are confident the steel IN
dustries will turn out enough pro
duets TO keep every ship yard goins
and 10 supply the new yards.