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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19

SECTION
WOP NOW!
Generation of Track Walk
ers is Past - Hammond
Factory Anticipates Labor
Shortage and Markets
Labor Saving Machines.

Behold The Observation-Disclosures
tIou gang.
The generation Of Irish railroad track
worker is gone. So are the Swedes
The ranks Of the little dark skinned
Italians are thinning out. and the south
cru negro track worker is coming north
TO work in the mills. The recent immi-
grafton restriction law passed by con
gress viii further restrict the supply of
labor Under these conditions it was to
be expected that the American mechani-
cal genius would come TO the rescue
and 1t will. beginning this week.
The Railway Motor Car company Of
America. whose plant was formerly the
property The Fitzhugh-Luther Locomo-
tive company of Hammond. long ago.
anticipated this shortage in the labor
market. The result is a kerosene pro-
PEELED vehicle 10 be manned by one or
two men. which mechanically does the
work of twelve or fifteen men.
The company which located in Ham
mond with Chicago capital last fan Will
send out its first product this week
This little machine has demonstrated
that with it two men can tamp more
ties in a day. than 15 men; one man can
splice more rails. saw the rails, driu the
holes etc, in one day than Is men; one
man can drive more spikes in one day
with this machine than can fifteen men
by hand 1t can be used to haul rails.
ties and bridge timber viii saw the lat
ter. in fact do everything a section gang
vii do. except say -Yo HEAVIER"
The machine IS SO light that one man
can put it on and take it off the tracks.
The one man mechanical section gang
is not the only product Of the company.
The plant is also being equipped 10
build small kerosene burning Iocomo-
tives capable of hauling fifty cars. and
small passenger cars. capable Of hauling
nifty passengers With these engines
and cars. the company hopes to fill the
demand Of the smaller railroad com
panies. and interurbans for whom the
cost Of regular steam power is prohibi-
tive These kerosene burning. engines
the company figures viii cost less than
half in the operation per mile, compared
To the steam trains
Like other Industries the company
this winter was Handicapped by the gen
eral car and coal shortage. but work
progressed even under these adverse
circumstances. with about forty persons
employed in the plant. Plans arc all
ready completed for an additional fac
tory building 100 by 500 feet in its di-
mensions, which is to be equipped with
wholly new machinery.
The present factory site includes IA
acres of land. with two and half miles
IF switch track. and five factory build
ings.
The company is capitalized at s1.5oo.-
coo common, fully paid and non-assess-
able stock. Thus far the whole project
has been financed by the sale Of stocks
for which the officials and department
heads and employees were the principal
subscribers. a limited amount of this
stock is still to be hand w o. Worth.
a veteran railroad civil engineer. is the
superintendent Of the plant
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19
THIS MAN
SEES RED
IN CONGRESS
German Newspaper Makes Bit.
ter Attack On u.s.. AM
baSSadOT Gerard.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 The
BIG question in Washington in the
Cerman-American situation drifted
today from What will President
Wilson do?" to What viii the
president and congress do?"
Despite strong pressure in the
interests of keeping congress quiet,
it was admitted the heretofore IN
der-surface rumbling Of Bryan fol-
lowers and pacifists may break out
At any time into a storm of debate.
During the past two weeks propa-
ganda pressure of paChsts has been
openly displayed and the mail OF
congress members each day con-
tains more literature.
Congress members who have
frankly expressed pacifist and pro-
German tendencies in floor
speeches are much impressed with
reports from Austria that officials
there are hoping for a complete
congressional airing Of German
American relations.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19

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IS NAMED

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19
QUESTION
AROUSES
THE: NATION
viii Congress Break Out In
Debate Over Course In UNI
ted States to Take?
(By United Press1

WASHINGTON. Feb. -.
There are 100000 spies in the
United States, Senator Lee Over
man declared on the senate f4oor
today during debate on the esPion-
age bill for protection against the
operation Of spies and malfactors
in time of war.
4 am told" Overman exclaim-
ed, there are now 100000 spies on
United States soil.
Overman as a member Of the
judiciary committee in charge Of
the bill has been in close touch
with the department OF jus-i1c
which drafted the measure.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19
Latest
Bulletins
By United Press.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-Demand
for the release Of the seventy-two
American Yarrowdale prisoners
now held in Germany has been made
to the imperial government. The
demands were sent Saturday. Sec
retary Lansing IN making announce
ment added that late yesterday aft
ernoon the department received
word from Berlin "the prisoners
would be released shortly" Tt is
not believed this communication was
a reply to the governments demand
since so quick an exchange would
not have been possible. It is be-
neved to be a reply to an inquiry
made several days ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19

These submarine chasers are so feet
long. IL feet beam and draw but AZ
feet of water thereby making torpedo
attack Ineffective. With 500 horsepower.
in their motors they attain speed Of
twenty-five miles an hour and can turn
in their own length The intensive.
quick "stabbjng" attack of these boats
mounting 3-inch raDifi-are guns as
pounders) ON their forward decks. has
been the dominant factor of the anti
submarine defense. Their cruising
radius is 200 miles at twenty-five miles
per hour and 1.5oo miles at fourteen
miles per hour. manner by ten officers
and men. Their sea-keeping qualities
are such as TO allow for a sea patrol Of
ten days duration
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19
(By United Press.)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. A
though unchanged the German
American situation was generally
regarded by officials as more hope
full than at any time since the
diplomatic break two weeks ago
The United Press can say the
President has no intention at pres
ent of going before congress ID
discuss the situation.
No overt act has yet occurre1-
The purpose Of the president IS IN
changed however. and he does no
intend to pause in the work of pre-
pairing because there appears to be
a slump in the daily work Of u
boats.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19

Great Britain has a brand new navy
made up of $50 submarine chasers"
built secretly by the Submarine Boat
Company on the St. Lawrence River.
Battleships have been abandoned. and
it is definitely known that Great Britain
IS building no more Of them The sub
marine chaser has taken their place and
the builders believe the score of Ger
man submarines now at work around
the British Isles VIII soon be driven
away.
The contract taken by the American
corporation was for the construction of
$50 chasers in $50 days and the last
lot was received i'm Great Britain just
before the new German ruthless war
fare began.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19
YARN GETS
WISCONSIN,
PUBLICITY

Copies Of the Milwaukee Evening
wisconsin giving more publicity to the
old -cock-and- bull story about sinking
Gary have been received here in the
following story:
That the United States Steel
corporation is the buyer of q large
strip of land between St. Francis
and Cudahy is the latest bit of gos-
sipj regarding this mysterious deal
The rumor is that the harbor at
Gary. Ind. where the corporation
has a large plant. is constantly FILL
ing with stand. and that 1t is
planned to make no more additions
To that plane but instead TO build
plant here as an adjunct Ac-
cording 10 reliable source the
South Park Land company. which
sold ninety acres to Arthur IT,
Black Of Racine, representative Of
The mysterious buyer. received
$3.50. 600 in cash. Seventy thousand
dollars has been paid to other sell
ers. according to the same authori-
ty. Most OF the money has been
raid through the Corn Exchange
National bank Of Chicago"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19
unfted Press cab1egra11,.

BERLIN Cvia Wireless), Feb. 10.
"A dense fog over the western war
theater greatly hampered lighting
activities yesterday and last night.
Operations of reconnoitering were
the only enterprises. The enemy
scouting efforts failed. q number
Of prisoners were brought in by
German scouting parties. The Off
cial statement said: There were
skIrmishes Of outposts and isolated
artillery fire and two hostile aero
planes were shot down on the Mace
DOMAIN front"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19
PROPOSES WAR BILL
TO CLOSE SALOONS

/ WASHINGTON Feb. ia bII to
| authorize the president OH the seore-
/ tary Of war to convert liquor distilIer-
les into munition plants Will be intro
duced i'm congress by Representative
Randall Of California in event of war.
Representative Randall announced to-
day that he was drafting such bill
and would offer it at the first sign of
trouble
The bin VIII authorize the com
Wandering OF distilleries and wiu en-
power the government to regulate the
hours during which saloons may be
kept open or to close them entirely.
SULLIVAN -NowIin Co.'S. g. was
drowned Wheo he fell hesd5r-t into a
we'll
EI.UFFToN -Tha Caurr=I Farmers'
institute Was hrll Aer- today
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19

attack ON former American 4 M
bassador Gerard was made in TO-
days issue of the Berlin Ta&es
Xeitune, dispatches asserted. Count
NOn HeventhIov. prime advocate
of nntf-American rcxtIessness. was
the author Of the attack. He
charged Gerard used his position
HS diplomatic representative 10
transfer information to America 10
ultimately reach London md Paris.
The article nssaiIed American cor
respondents stories and concluded. /.
.'Thank henYen, Gerard has gone"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19
BY United Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Members
of the crew Of the French steam
ship Guayne arriving here today
from Bordeaux, reported the de-
struction Of a German sub which
attempted to sink her OF the coast
eof France. The story was told
aboard the ship, but officers declined
to confirm it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19

WASHINGTON, FEB. %. The
Mexican embassy here received
communication today from the Bo-
nvian government calling upon all
American nations TO join In a con-
ference TO deal with complications
growing out Of the German U-boat
war. The communication denounces
the ruthless warfare.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19
United Press cablegram.

British steel screw steamer of 3,9o3
tons, registered at London, has been
sunk. She was owned by (. Thorn
as RadcHf & Co.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Beginning
tonight the port Of New York viii
be closed at nightfan. NO vessels
viii be allowed to arrive Or depart
during the night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19

Raymond T. Baker. of Nevada. has
been named by President Wilson to
be director Of the mint. Mr.. Bakers
home is in Reno, Nevada. He was
private secretary to George T. Marve
when the latter was Ambassador 20
Russia and was at one tine warden
u . NeNaea penItentIarg.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19
United Press cablerrana.

LONDON, Feb. le.-The okmat, Il
British steamer Of 4,389 tons, reg
istered at Sunderland and the prop
erty Of J. westoll, was SINK today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19

HI-NTTNGTON-F Farmers of Hunting
ton county met here today for their an
mual Institutes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-19

CB, l nitei press aIlIceram.l
ANS1l.RD NN, Fch. t.;.-N ioIepi
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
PRODUCTION OR DESTRUCTION
By r. W. Barber


 Amidst the excitement of these days it will be well if we give atten- ton to the voice of wisdom.
 Patriotism is one of the greatest virtues. But patriotism is not al- ways armed with a rifle. neither is iis possessor always a target for bullet. That this is peculiarly the ease just at this time is brought forcibly to our minds when we begin to sOberly study our condition
 When a state of war was declared by Congress this country was al- ready facing eXorbitant food prices and on top of that comes the dis courasing prediction of a fifty mil lion bushel shortage in the 1917 wheat crop. We are also threat ened with a shortage in the potato crop, due to the almost prohibitive price of the seed.
 Again. bear in mind that it K the purpose to lend every possible support to the allies, and if this policy is followed there will be very little failing off in exports
 President Wilson has said that he does not want to disturb the indus tries of the country where il can possibly be avoided. Nevertheless, Ienistments are sure to disturb them to a considerable extent especially the agricultural interests, from which field recruits are always largely drawn in warfare.
 Hence the importance of the food problem looms even greater than that of fighting, and the man behind the blow is destined to be as great patriot as the man behind the gun
 Thousands of farmers in this country have for years followed a policy of limiting production. This has come about gradually and from various causes. The scarcity of help was one cause, but the greatest has been the low prices heretofore pre- vailng for farm products. The lat ter however, is al an end, and the policy of curtailment should be abandoned In fact, our plain duty now is to provide food for the na- ton, as this is the foundation of all preparedness. Men and guns are powerless without it,
 Spring planting is just opening lup over much of the country, and the truth should be forcibly driven home to every person who owns portion of the soil that it is his bounden duty in this emergency to make that soil produce to the limit of it's capacity. The Almighty has blessed us with fair land and a wonderfully productive one. We are facing a struggle that may tax our resources and our strength to the utmost. We will Dc criminally neg ligent if we relax in the least our efforts in food production.
 Let us all bear in mind that in the eventful year of 1917 PRODUCTION will be as truly patriotic as DE- | tSTRUCTI0N.
 The man behind the blow will be as truly the savior of his country as the man behind the gun.
 Our duty calls to us in clarion tones. Let us face it without an in- stant of hesitation.
 Let EVERYBODY produce SOME | THING.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12

signs much thought. recognized their impSrt, but his mind was filled with his own anxieties and he rode smart ly back toward Calabasas, because he was not at ease over the puzzles in the trail. When he reached the depression where the horsemen had, without any apparent reason, turned south, he halt ed. Should he follow them or turn north to follow Pages wanderings? If Page had been scared away from the gap, for time, he probably had no in- formation that De Spain wanted, apd De Spain knew his cunning and per. sistence well enough to be confident he would be back on the gap road, and within the cover of the mountains, be- fore storm should overtake him. On the north the brown curtain had risen fast and already enyeloped the farthest peaks of the range Letting his horse stretch its neck, he hesitated a mo- ment longer trying to decide whether to follow the men to the south or the wagon to the north A woman might have done better. But no good angel was there to guide his decision. and in another moment he was riding rapidly to the south with the even, brown, misty cloud behind him rolling higher into the northern sky.
 ,Continued Next Week.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
Serve Your Country at the Dinner
 Table.

The July American Magazlne prints an interview with an author ity on the food question, and this man says:
 "Cut down waste We are throw ing into our garbage pails enough foodstuffs to keep countless people from starvation. Do you know that it would take four hundred thou sand acres of wheat land to make up the loss sustained if only one slice of stale bread a day were thrown away in every American household!
 "'The cities are the center of ex- lravagance. You who live there have got to lead the way Otherwise, It IS no use to preach food thrift to the millions of rural folks who are com paratively thrifty as 1t IS.
 If you can't serve your country at the battle front you can serve her at the dinner table. Give up your suppers after the theater, your midnight lunches after a party. Every time you eat late evening meal you are taking food from the hare cupboards of our fellows across the ocean,
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12

can do, or can't do, when I set eyes on the old scoundrel. He's got to tell the truth-that's all l say now. If he lies. after what he made my mother suffer. he ought to die like a dog-no matter who he is.
 aI don't want to break Mans heart. What can do? Hanging him here in Sleepy Cat, if I could do it, wouldn't help her feelings whole lot. If l nould see the fellow" De Spain's bands. spread before him on the table, drew up tight. "if could get my fiA- gers on hls throat, for a minute, and talk to him, tell him what l think or him-I might know what 1 would want to do--Nan might be there to see ana judge between us. I'd be almost will ing to leave things to her to settle her self. 1 only want what's right. But, the oath that recorded his closing threat was collected and pitiless, "lf any harm comes to that girl now from this wild trip back among those wolves God pity the men that put it over III WiIc out tIt NutiC 0tASaFN-N tf-e.--f
 have to swing for it right here in Sleepy Catl'
 John Lefever, Jeffries, Scott in turn ..al< him in hand to hold him during three days, to restrain the fury or ms resentment, and keep him from riding to the gap in a temper that each of then knew would mean only q tragedy worse than what had gone before. Even three days of tactful representa- tion and patient admonition from cooi- headed counselors did not accomplish all they hoped for in De spain's atli- tude. His rage subsided, but only 'o be followed by settled gloom that they knew might burst into uhcon- troIlable anger at any moment
 A report reached McAlpin that Gaie Morgan was making ready to return to Music mountain with the remnant or sandusky's gang. to make demana on Duke for certain property anu partnership adjustments. This runol he felephoned to Jeffries. Before taak- ---
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
PLAIN QUESTIONS
 re MENA PEOPLE
Every Mena Reader Will Admit the
 Soundness of the Loaic.

Would Mena people recommend Deans Kidney Pills as they do if the medicine were mot reliable? Would they confirm their statements after years have elapsed if their experiences did not show the reme- dy to be deserving of it? State ments like the following must car. ry conviction to the mind of every reader:
 s. Badt, merchant, 606 Seventh St., Mena, says: ''Doan's Kidney Pills are certainly the best kidney medi- cine I ever used and many people to whom I have recommended them speak in the highest terms of their curative powers. I suffered from backache for a couple of years and finally used Doan's Kidney Pills. They fixed up my kidneys in good shape"
 OVER FIVE YEARS LATER MT. Badt said. We still use Doan's Kidney Pills occasionally and al- ways with tiIc same goud results. I am never without this medicine in the house"
 Price 50c at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney pills-the same that Mir. Balt has twice publicly recom- mended. Foster Milburn Co, Props, Buffalo, N. Y Adv
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
@c0oD TACKTICKs."

Give the ticks ticket to the dip ping vat.
 The days of cupping for blood are over r-dip that tick.
 How much of your feed is going to fatten blood-sucking ticks?
 The more ticks, the fewer pounds of meat, quarts of milk, pats of but ter.
 A dipping vat may not be able to float a battleship, but t can feed the navy.
 Every dipping vat is solid foun- dation for the nations food store house. ( If you really believe in efficiency, take ticks off and put leeches on do the same work, but faster.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
NAN o7 o
 MUSIC MOUNTAIN l By rank II. SDedrmdn Author of Whispering Smth-

Long before you get this I shall be spee9ins toward the gap. I am going 10 uncle Duke to get from him the ex- act truth. Uncle Duke is breaking-has proken-and now that the very worst has come, and we must face it, he will tell me what l ask Whether l can get him 70 repeat this to you, to come to you. to throw himself on your pity, my dearest one, l don't know. But 1t Is for this I am going to try, and for this I beg of your love-the love of which | have been so proudl-that you will let me stay with nm until l at least learn everything and can bring the whole story to you If I can bring him, l will.
 And l shall be safe with him-perfectly safe. Gale has been driven away Pard- aloe, ] know l can trust. and he will be under the roof with me. Please Co not try to come to me. It might ruin every thing. Only forgive me. and I shall be back with what l hope for, or what I fear, very, very soon. Not till then can l bear to look into your eyes. You have better right than anyone in the world to know the whole truth, cost what it may Be patient for only a little while with NAN.
 It was Jeffries who said, afterward, he hoped never again to be the bearer of letter such as that Never until he had read and grasped the contents of Mans note had Jeffries seen the bundle of resource and nerve and sinew, that men called Henry de Spain, go to pieces. For once, trouble overbore him.
 When he was able to speak he told Jeffries everything. Ut is my fault" he said hOpelessly. "I was so crippled, so stunned, she must have thonght-I see it now-that I was making ready to ride out by daybreak and shoot Duke down on sight. It's the price a man must pay. Jeffries, for the abil- ity to defend himself against this bunch of holdup men and assassins. Because they can't get me, I'm q gun man"
 NO, you're not a 'gunman.
 "A gunman and nothing else. That's what everybody, friends and enemies, reckon me--a gunman. You put me here to clean out this Calabasas gang, not because of my good looks, but because I've been, so far, fraction of a second quicker on a trigger than these double-d---d crooks"
 Jefrries, from behind his pipe, re- garded De Spains random talk calmly.
 q do feel hard over my fathers death," he went on moodily. "Who wouldn't? If God meant me to forget 1t, why did he put this mark on my face. Jeff? I did talk pretty strong to Nan about it on Music mountain.
 q did feel, for long time, I'd like to kill with my own hands the man that murdered my father, Jeff. My mother must have realized that her babe, if a man-child, was doomed to a life of bloodshed. I've been trying to think most of the night what she'd want me to do now. l don't know what