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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18
FRONT
PARK PLAN
PLE:ASES
All Gary Thrilled People
Pray for Sight of Their
Seven Miles of Water
Front.
DISTRICT CAN
USE ITS LAKE;
GARY CAN II.

Chicago found the Lake again sun
day. 1t IS evident that the city never
again will forget the Lake-the won
derfuI find Ct last summers record
hot spen--aad that each year viii
bring increasing demands Tor bath
ing facilities. Sunday brought its
interesting sights and revelations.
1t is estimated that over $4,000
patronized public and private
beaches. That is too large a number
for strict cleanliness and full health
protection. Chicago needs vastly
greater bathing facilities. II half
the Lake front presented bathing
facilities it would not be too much,
says the Chicago American
SO can Hammond use it, so can
whiting, so can East Chicago, but
GARY CAN'T.
The U. S. steel corporation has
seen to that.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18
NEWS FROM GARY
BOYS AT WAR FARM
Especial to THE TrmEs.)
Durham Oak Lawn Farm, Wayne. 1

Durham Oak Lawn Farm, Wayne, III.
July 10. 1917.
The week of Friday the 18th seems
to have been our Jonah week Joe Stew
art had to go home on Wednesday with
a case of tonsolitis. We hope he Will
be back soon. "Syr Whitaker stuck him
self with a pitchfork on Thursday and
had 10 lay off Friday and Saturday. He
is back at work today. Friday and Sat-
urday the big hay forks kept acting up.
The car ran off the track twice and one
of athe dogs broke. Friday. Saturday
the tripping button came off of one of
the tracks. After We had changed the
fork so that could be fixed the big
inch rope was cut by one of the pulleys.
The 12-horsepower tractor, used TO pull
the hay into the barn broke down Fri
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18

day evening and we had to use horses
to pull it UP on Saturday. We don't
believe in hoodoos but--we are glad the
week of Friday the 18th is past and we
still on the job.
Theodore Leilienthal Davies brother.
Joined US this morning. He has been
working on Billiards. farm for some
time.
Bernard Sold was in Gary Saturday
and Sunday
Hard as it is. the boys like the hay
ing better than hoeing corn. There is
considerable rivalry as to who shall go
out to fight the hay after the loader
Sunday the boys We're at Elgin and
visited Wings Park Side Dairy and
Wings park. one of Elgin's beautiful
city parks.
r. NJ. LADD.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18
BY PROF. p. G. HOLDEN.


ad peppermint tansy poison heoc son ornngg
n
to
The problem rid of weeds keep them
will h disposed OF
Use arm foodstuns not
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18
STRANGE DEATH
OF HARBOR MAN

Coroner's investigator Green of Ham
mond today began an investigation into
the death of c. A. Mccormick, 2S years
old, who was found injured in 145th
street by G. and I. traction crew and
brought to Mercy hospital, Gary. Mr..
Mccormick died in a little while.
The injured man was found shortly
after ten o'clock and the trainmen did
not know whether or not he had been
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18
cannot afford lawns.

city workmen cannot afford lawns.
But relief is in sight Mayor Johnson.
Park Commissioners. Kate Wood Ray.
Frank Borman and Louis Glueck are go
ing to insist that the people get a bit OF
lake frontage before it is too late.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18

WASHINGTON. July Is. = Patents
have been granted to the following Lake
county men: Kent w. Barylett of Ham,
mond, liquid treating apparatus; Frank
Orth of Indiana Harbor, regeneration
constructions Elmer NJ Summersbay of
hammond. milk bottle holder.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18
HESSVILLE

There will be a special meeting OF the
Concordia Young Peoples society and
Ladies' Aid society at the Hessville
school. Thursday evening at o'clock
which all the members are urged to at
tend.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18

Gary peopleN are thrilled over the
possibility Of getting park on their
lake front. one perhaps OF 100 acres
Mayor Johnson's announcement that he
would ID. all in his power to get a beach
breathing spot has won the approval not
only Of steel workers and business men.
but their wives and children as well.
Appeal to
Stockholders.
Gary has seven miles Of lake front,
owned by the steel corporation. which it
has reserved for its use The park
board viii negotiate with the directors
and stockholders of the entire corpora
ton. putting up TO them the question
of the peoples right in the matter. One
hundred sores will be asked for pur-
chase. While the park board has power
to condemn land and would be sustained
by the lower and upper courts. because
a judicial body would recognize that the
people cannot be deprived Of their in
herent rights to enjoy and possess all
the advantages that comes from seven
miles of lake coast there isn't the least
bit of a disposition to interfere with the
needs of legitimate Industry
OF all the seven miles OF lake coast
that the corporation now owns and
from which the people of Gary are
barred from seeing it is known that it
has 100 acres OF frontage it could give
to the people. And. il is pointed out
what it would lose by selling 100 acres
it could make up 10-fold or even 100
fold as it is constantly filing UP the
lake and paying the state SIS an acre,
for land that is easily worth $4,000.
Not To
Prejudice Mills.
Persons who have heretofore prohted
by opposing a lake front park IN Gary
are circulating reports that Mayor John
son wants the park on the tube site.
This is untrue. Land is on one isolated
portion near the northeastern limits of
the city. 1t will IN no way interfere
with the tube site.
People
Now Suffer.
During the war months Gary people
undergo great hardships by being barred
from their lake front. They can neither
go there to battle. hsh or engage in boat
ing. Wan babies and little children in
the crowded foreign quarter have no
obtains on the lake front. Nurses and
doctors have often pointed out how the
city's health would be improved if
water front fresh air spot could be had.
Steel workers sweltering at the furn-
aces in Gary have longed for the right
to use the lake.
Workmen
Have No Chance.
The nearest place Gary people have to
use the lake is at Miller beach. five
miles from Gary postofice. But this
place is only for the wen to do or the
steel officials. Workmen cannot pay the
nifty cents bus fare require for each
member Of their families nor can they
afford the twenty-five cents charge to go
into the water.
Gary has the second largest frontage
of any city on Lake Michigan. and it is
the only city whose people cannot even
get to see their lake or have the use OF
their harbor- The only direct advantage
Gary people get from Lake Michigan IS
the water which the steel corporation
sells to them at profitable rates. so
profitable that a large portion Of the j
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18

injured by their car. The remains were
taken to the Williams and Marshall
morgue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18
COST FARMERS OF UNITED STATES MILLIONS


best able - cope with
difficulties Is The weed
which survives. Weeds
are oundant seedeTs.
A single f-lans of
shepherds purse may
produce as many as
$4,000 seeds; squirrel
tail produces 200 to
1000; plantain may
bear 3.0oc per plant
foxtail, from 1000 to
5000 seeds; stinkweed,
10000 seeds the Rus
sian thistle from 100000
to 100000 seeds; one
mustard plant, one and
one-half million seeds,
and so on. Compare
these prolific soil rob-
bers with our food
producing plants.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-18

The Red Cross symbol of a
cause wide as the world and high
as Heaven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
A Home Recipe For
Removing Wrinkles

Who will blame the modern woman
for trying to look as young and at
tractive as she reasonably can? Why
should she be placed at disadvan-
taze in numerous ways by wearing
wrinkles, if she can avoid these hate
full marks of advancing age? Few
women. however know what to do to
effectually rid themselves of wrinkles
or sagginess. Most of the advertised
preparations are unsatisfactory and
very expensive. But a very simple
and harmless home remedy, which any
woman can make, will work wonders
wh~re all tho reateat preparations fail
Buv IN once of powdered saxolite
= INV drI- tore. Dissolve the whole
ou~o~ n q 'ea1f pint of witch hazel
~ni usa 3 q wish lotion. The results
are practically instantaneous. Marked
improvement is noticed Immediately
after the very first trial. Wrinkles
and sagging are corrected and the face
feels so refreshed and snll9-lil<A---Asas
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
GREAT LAKE STEAMSHIPS.

The first steamboats, on the Great
Lakes were launched 101 years ago
on Lake Ontario. Tow craft operated
by steam were constructed in 1916 on
the shores of the latter lake, one be-
ing the Ontario, built at Sacketts
harbor, n. Y, and the other the
Frontenac,, which was launched at
Jamestown, Canada, on Sept. Z, 1916.
The Frontenac was one of the finest
steamboats, afloat at that time. She
cost $75, 900, and was of 700 tons bur-
den, her length of deck being 170
feet The Frontenac was placed in
operation 100 years ago making three
round trips each month from Kings
ton to York and Niagara. Capt
James Mckenzie, who had had ex-
perience in the British navy, was
placed in command. The Frontenac
was in service on Lake Ontario for 10
years, and soon had several rivals for
the lake trade. A fare of $15 was
charged from Kingston to Niagara
for first class passengers, but deck
passengers were carried for 1915 a
head The freight rate was -four
shillings per barrel bulk" The first
steamship on Lake Erie was the
Walk in the Water, which was
launched at Black Rock, near Buff
falo in 1913.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
Judge Keogh in Service,
New Move in Fair
Case To Be DELAYED

Owing to the fact that Attorney
John Keogh of Norwalk has entered
the service of his country, there has
been request for delay in filing
motion in the case of William F. Fair,
the Darien resident who was found
guilty in the criminal, superior court
here last spring of killing Margaret
Fair.
Attorney Candee of Norwalk stated
to the superior court that there has
been no time for the new counsel to
confer with Fairs family, who live
in Michigan. Fairs counsel wished
to file a motion to correct the finding
of Judge Burpee, who presided ovaz
the trial. On account of ATTORNEY
KeoGh's absence. Judge Burpee has
granted an extension of time until
Sept. 20 for the filing Of the motion.
This is step toward taking an ap.
peal to the supreme court
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
Jail Sentence Hats xa8
Oratory of Man Held
in the City Court Pen

Thomas O'Connell off New Haven,
who claims no decendancy from the
famous statesman and orator, Daniel
O'Connell, when his name was called
in the city court yesterday to an
swer to a charge of drunkenness /,
stepped to the bar and assuming
theatrical pose, delivered himself as
follows:
your Honor I look unto this court
as my protector. Within the confines
of my narrow, chilly cell"
Here the prosecutor interrupted
O'Connell's oratorical flight to ask
why the defendant got drunk. O'Con-
nell thought a moment, then ignoring
the question he proceeded to finish
his address. With dramatic sweep
of his arm he began again as follows:
81 was driven to this sinful life of
inebriacy-''
Here the court cut him off to i'm
pose a 10 days Jail sentence an ac-
ton which perhaps has lost to pos
terity an edffying classic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
PATRICK COTTER,
A MODERN GIANT

Fable and legend tell us of the
giants of long ago, of their huge pro-
portions, their superhuman strength,
and, in order to give an added touch
of frightfulness, of their more than
superhuman appetites, which. so>we
are told, especially when we are
young, did not stop them from de-
vouring little children. Modern giants,
ion the other hand, have been found
to be sickly, feeble-minded persons.
whose span of life was usually very
short
Such was Patrick Cotter, who died
lat Clifton, England, 113 years ago to-
morrow, Sept. 8, 1904. He .Eas eight
.eet seven inches in height. Cotter
was born in 1851, of poor parents,
whose stature was not above the
common size. When 10 years of age,
a speculative Snowman bought him
| from his father, for three years, at
$50 year. On arriving at Bristol
with his proprietor, Cotter demurred
at being exhibited, without some re-
Enumeration for himself, besides the
mere food, clothing and lodging stip-
ulated in the contract with his father.
The Snowman, taking advantage of
the Ubiquitous law of the period, flung
MS recaIc1tranC giant into a DEBTOR s
prison, thinking that the latter would
soon be terrified into submission. But
the circumstances coming to the ears
of benevolent man, he at once prov
ed the contract to be Illegal, and Cot,
ter, being liberated, began to exhibit
himself for his own profit, with such
success that he earned ESQ pounds in
three days.
Cotter had the showman's appre-
citation for a good name, and consid-
ering. the name "Cotter" not appro-
pirate for his business, he added
"O'Brien" to it. With this he imme-
diately Joined the ranks of the de
cendants of Irish kings" Here is the
! handful distributed by the giant:
Just arrived in Town, and to be seen
in comodious rooms, at No. L Hay
market, nearly opposite the. Opera
House, the celebrated Irish Giant,
Mr.. O'Brien, of the kingdom of Ire
land, indisputably the tallest man
ever shown; he is a lineal descendant
Of the old puissant King Brian Boz
reau, and has in person and appear
ance all the similitude of that great
and grand potentate Etc, etc"
o++~- o''as O'Brien, conducted
himself with prudence, and having
krealized a small competence by exc
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
Soap Box Orator
of Hartford Wanted
For Draft Evasion

Hartford, Sept. Especial Agent
H Lane Of the Department
of Justice has learned that Edward
M. Appel, the soap box orator who
was arrested here August 80 for
breach of the peace while trying to
make a seditious speech, and was sem
fenced to 35 days in the Hartford
Jail, failed to appear before the ex.
emption board in Schenectady, N. Y.
in connection with the draft. Mr..
Lane has notifsd the = Schenectady
board and it is expected that the
board will claim the man when his
Jail sentence expires.
Appel claimed to be a Boston law
clerk and when arreste he had much
to say about the rights of free speech
Mr.. Lane found that he registered in
Schenectady on June 5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
CATHEDRAL AT
RHEIMS WON'T
Be ABANDONED
Cardinal In Charge Still Hopes
1t Can Be Restored
for Use.

Paris, Sept Suggestion are be-
ing publicly advanced as to the des-
tiny of Rheims cathedral. Discussion
centers on whether it should be re-
stored as a cathedral, transformed IN
to some sort of a national memorial
dedicated to those who have lost their
lives in the war, or left as monu-
ment to Teutonic barbarisn1. The
question cannot be definitely decided
perhaps until the German guns nave
been driven from Fort Brfmont ana
the final condition of the historic
fame, after so many months OF bonn
bardment, can be ascertained.
Meanwhile Cardinal Lucon, Arch
bishop of Rheims, who has remained
beside his beloved cathedral through
out the bombardment, is firmly deter
mined that Rheims shall always have
its tenople. 1--WE shall repair the
Cathedral" he has said. "It must be
so. We have casts of its statues, and
colored photographs of it's glass. Our
architect, at risk of his life, is work
ing under the damaged archs to save
what can be saved.
1.-THE day will come when the doors
will again be opened for religious
services. for hold fast to one thing
above ALL that the cathedral where
the first CHRISTIAN KING OF rance was
christened shall remain the first
church of France,
81 protest with all my energy, and
1 shall never cease protesting against
any project that seeks to make
Rheims cathedral into some kind of
a museum or metropolis. Those who
have such ideas do not consider what
Rheims is for the church, for France,
and for the whole world. Al, n
proposals are impossible.
With one suggestion only. tllal
has been made, can I associate my
self with all my heart. Let there be,
every year, a solemn celebration in
the cathedral which has suffered so
from German rage. in memory of
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
STATES CROP
OF RYE TO Be
DOUBLED SOON
Defense Council Starts Cam
paign to Meet Bread
4 Crops Demand.

4 definite campaign to double the
tcreas. of rye IL, Connecticut was
s>Snched today by the suo-commit-
te~ of the Connecticut State Council
~ Gsfense. committee of food sup
ply which is taking up the question
OF rye and wheat in Connecticut:
The committee, which consists OF
!. 3seph p. Chamberlain of Middle
bury, w. L. Slate of the Connecticut
Agricultural College. and Walter w.
Holmes of Waterbury, met today at
the headquarters of the Committee
of Food Supply and mapped out the
complete campaign. They plan to is
sue an appeal to estate owners and
others who may have land available
for the planting of rye, asking them
TO materially increase this years
acreage. A poster is being prepared
to be issued by the Committee of
Food Supply setting forth the essen
tial. points in the campaign.
This action is in response to the
request of the federal government
that each state make a SPECIAL effort
to increase certain crops in their
state to meet the national need for
bread crops. Connecticut is called
upon to double her acreage of rye.
The following letter was issued today
to the farmers of the state:
a The Secretary of Agriculture in
his campaign for increased food
grains, has asked Connecticut to plant
sixteen thousand acres of rye. This
involves an increase of eight thousand
acres over last year, and inorder to
obtain this amount we are obliged to
call upon the owners of large estates
who have the equipment and facili-
ties to plant very largely.
Rye Is a very important bread stuff
In Italy and in the other allied coun-
tries. and it's shortage is shown by
the high price, $1.85 per bushel, as
compared with $50 of a year ago.
1t winters successfully in Connecticut,
and the labor expense for its produc-
ton is minimum If you have plow-
ed your meadows thist year for pota-
TO, rye is good crop as part Of the
process of getting them back into
grass, as 1t can be planted after the
potatoes are harvested. The best re-
suits are obtained by sowing between
September LIST and October 18th, but
II may be planted later if necessary.
II possible, we also urge you to
plant winter wheat. Congress- has
promised that the price for 1918 shall
be at least $500 a bushel, so that
there can be no doubt about the f.
nancial return. Furthermore. wheat
can be used in feeding poultry on
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07

your own place, SO that it's value to
you is greater than the market price,
If you can turn it into eggs.
If you have difficulty In procuring
seed, write to this committee, which
will see that you are supplied. A
pamphlet on Wheat and Rye is en-
closed. If you desire further Informal
ton, the committee will be glad to
communicate with you. ~
May we ask you to write us inform
ing us of the number of acres of rye
and wheat which you planted last
year and will plant this fall. Remem-
Der that planting an acre of rye or
wheat is one way of helping to win
the war. and this appeal is made to
you as patriotic duty to help our
state do its part in filling the flour
barrel of the United States and the
Allies,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
Today's Anniversaries

Uncle Sam began to coin money on
Sept. 7, 1892, when the mint at Phila-
delphia opened for operations. The
coming was done by horsepower un-
til 1915, when steam power was intro
duced. President Lincoln on Sept.
Z, 1867, proclaimed an amnesty for the
Southern officials. There were few
exceptions. Jefferson Davis, who had
been imprisoned in Fortress Monroe,
was soon afterward arraigned for
nigh treason, and released on bail,
His trial, fixed for November, was
postponed, and never came off. The
first. international yacht race for the
americas cup was held on Sept. z,
1885 between the American sloop Pur-
1tan and the English cutter Genesta.
The vessels fouled. and the race was
put off until the 18th, when the Puri-
tan won.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
ELIZABETH ST. LEGER

The Hon. Elizabeth St. Leger was
the only female who was ever inltla-
ted into the mysteries of freemason-
ry. She was the daughter of Lord
Doneraile, a jealous freemason. She
obtained her n>:usual honor ~ con-
irving to place herself SO as to watch
the manner in which a member was
being initiated. She was discovered
just before the conclusion of the cere-
monies and was at first threatened
with death. She was saved by the
entreaties of her brother on condi-
ton that she would go through the
whole of the ceremonies. This she
consented to do and thus became a
freemason.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
PUNISH BISHOP

Lisbon Sept. THE Official Gaz-
cite has printed a decree prohibiting
the Bishop of Oporto to reside for
two years either in his own diocese or
in the neighboring one.
The Punishment is decreed as a
punishment for having authorized
some novices to take the veil. thus
transgressing the Law of the Separa-
ton of the Church and the State.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
OBSERVE LAFAYETTES
BIRTHDAY IN BOSTON.

Boston, Sept. THE birthday of La
fayette was observed yesterday by a
memorial service at the Cathedral Of
st. Paul. The French consul, J. C. J.
FIammand, was present and his flag
was displayed on the porch, where
trumpeters and vested choir rem
dered the Marseillaise and other
hymns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07

those who have died for the safety
of the country and the freedom of the
world. The whole, Catholic world
would join to found such a perpetual
mass, and I hope that God will spare
me to celebrate it myself for the first
time't
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07

OF course those quotations that
they print from the country news
papers are not any less funny when
you get out to look up the paper in
the directory and find there's no such
publication.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07

Sabine Barroso, Brazilian Minister
of Finance, resigned, following a Sc
ries of newspaper attacks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07

1t is believed the censors will allow
the German people to read the address
and the signature of President Vii
sons letter to the Pope
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07

American college men began a.
course in training at Cambridge, Eng,
for the aviation service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07

hibiting himself, retired to Clifton,
where he died at the very advanced
age, for giant, of AT years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
BREAKFAsT BECOMES FUNCTION

London, Sept. 7.-Breakfast as a
political and social function is being
revived. Premier Lloyd George used
a breakfast party to announce the
success of the Paris conference to q
party of Frenchmen and has had
numbers of breakfasts at 10 Downing
Street when business is freely discuss
ed. Lord Rhondda also invites busi-
ness men to breakfast when impor-
tantl plans are being arranged.
Radicals in Russia carried the new