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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-26
SAYS HIS PRESCRIPTION
HAS POWERFUL INFLUENCE
OVER RHEUMATISM
. Ceut of Anyone'E Money un1sse
A1enrhu Completely Ranishss Al
Gheumstto Pains and TT1ngeB.

Mr.. James H. Allen suffered for years
with rheumatism. Many times this ter
rlble disease left him helpless and unable
10 work.
He finally decided, after years Of
ceaseless study, that no can be free
from rheumatism until the accumulated
impurities. commonly called uric acid de-
posits, were dissolved in the joints and
muscles and expelled from the body
With this idea in mind he consulted
physicians. made experiments and fnailV
compounded a prescription that quickly
and completely banished every sign and
symptom Of rheumatism from his sys-
TEN.
lie freely gave his discovery to Others
Who took it. with what might nc called
marvellous success. After Years OF urE-
ing he decided TO let sufferers every
where know about his discovery through
the newspa pers. Druggists handle
AlIenrhu in this vicinity with the under-
standing that they viii freely return
the purchas Sc money to all who state they
received no beneft.-Adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-26
Nature Says

Il can remedy most ills, and
help you to escape many all
ments. if you give me timely
aid" Naturally, Nature prefers
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Poar anu you nave uet Vu a., yum love,
and 80 on. The percentage for the
banker is large If every square il
played, but If the crowd is partial to,
say two squares, he has to trust to
luck. The banker generally wins.
The game Of House" is very popular
also. 1t takes two men to run it. This
game consists of numerous squares Of
cardboard containing three rows of
numbers, five numbers to row. The
numbers run from one to ninety. Each
card has different combination.
The French "estaminets" in the VII
lages are open from eleven in the morn
ing until one in the afternoon in ac-
cordance with army orders.
After dinner the Tommies congre-
gate at these places to drink French
beer at a penny glass and play
"House."
AS soon as the estaminet is suffi-
ciently crowded the proprietors of the
House game get busy and, as they
term 1t, form school," This consists
OF going around and selling cards at
franc each. If they have ten in the
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nounc1ng rnat our company wOatu open
up that evening at the King George the
Fifth theater, on the corner Of Ammo
street and Sandbag terrace. General
admission was one-half franc. First
ten rows in orchestra one franc, and
boxes two francs. By this time our
printed programs had returned from
London, and further announced that
on the night of the first performance
program would be given free of
charge to men holding tickets costing a
franc or over.
We had an orchestra Of seven men
and seven different Instruments. This
orchestra was excellent, while they
were not playing.
The performance was scheduled to
start at p. m.
At s :15 there was mob in front OF
our one entrance and it looked like
big night. We had two boxes each ac-
commodating four people, and these
we Immediately sold out. Then
brilliant idea came to Ikey Cohenstein.
Why not use the rafters overhead, call
them boxes, and charge two francs for
q seat on them? The only difficulty
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twenty of us were sent on trench
raid, only two Of us returning, but !
will tell this story later on.
said it was big happy family, and
so it is, but as in all happy families,
there are servants, so in the British
army there are also servants, officers
servants, or 80. 81 as they are termed.
In the American army the common
name for them is "dog robbers" From
controversy in the English papers.
Winston Churchill made the state
ment, as far as I can remember that
the officers servants in the British
forces totaled nearly two hundred
thousand. He claimed that this re-
moved two hundred thousand eXcep-
tionally good and well-trained fighters
from the actual firing line, claiming
that the officers, when selecting man
for servants duty, generally picked the
man who had been out the longest and
knew the ropes.
But from my observation find that
large percentage of the servants do
go over the top, but behind the lines
they very seldom engage in digging
parties, fatigues, paradeS or drills.
This work Is as necessary as actually
engaging in an attack, therefore think
round work of the two hundred thou
sand is about equal to fifty thousand
men who are on straight military du-
ties. In numerous instances, officers
servants hold the rank of lance-corpo-
rails and they assume the same duties
and authority of butler, the one
stripe giving him precedence over the
other servants.
There are lots Of amusing stories
told of 20. S."
One day one Of our majors went into
the servants billet and commenced
"blinding" at them, saying that his
horse had no straw and that he per-
sonally knew that straw had been is
sued for this purpose. He called the
lance-corporal to account. The cor.
poral answered, "Blime me, sir, the
straw was issued, but there wasn't
enough left over from the servants
beds; in fact. we had to use some Of
the 'ay to 'elp out, SIR" i.L
1t is needless to say that the serv-
ants dispensed with their soft beds
thnt particular night.
Nevertheless 1t Is not the fault Of
the individual officer. 1t is Just the sur
vival of q quaint old English custom.
You know an Englishman cannot be
changed in Q day. 81,
But Tie avGrage EnGalsh odicsr b Q
eood spoSe. He viii ~ - n IN aAn0
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Gufry's primary reader, which gave me
an opinion of an Englishman about
equal to '76 Minute Mans backed up
by Sim Feiner's. But found Tom
my to be the best of mates and a gem
tleman through and through. He never
thinks of knocking his officers. If one
makes a costly mistake and Tommy
pays with his blood, there is no gen.
eraI condemnation Of the officer. He
Is just pitied. 1t is exactly the same
as it was with the Light Brigade at
Balaclava, to say nothing Of Gallipoli.
Neuve Chapelle and Loos. Personally
I remember little incident where
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CHAPTER XIX.
On His Own.

Of course Tommy cannot always be
producing plays under fire but while
in rest billets he has numerous other
ways of amusing himself. He is n
great gambler. but never plays for
large stakes. Generally, in each COM
pany, you will find regular Garfield.
This man banks nearly all the games
of chance and is an undisputed author
ity on the rules Of gambling. When
ever there Is an argument among the
Tommies about some uncertain point
as to whether Houghton IL entitled tc
Watkins sixpence, the matter is taken
to the recognized authority and his de-
cision is final.
The two most popular games are
"Crown and Anchor" and "House."
The paraphernalia used in "Crown
and Anchor" consists of piece of can
vas two feet by three feet. This Is
divided into six equal squares. In these
squares are painted a club. diamond,
heart, spade, crown, and an anchor,
one device to square. There are
three dice used. each dice marked the
same as the canvas. The banker sets
up his gambling outfit in the corner OF
a billet and starts bally-hooing unit, a
crowd Of Tommies gathers around !;
then the game starts.
The Tommies place bets on the
squares, the crown or anchor being
played the most. The banker then
rolls his three dice and collects or pays
out as the case may be. II you play
the crown and one shows up on the
dice, you get even money, II two show
up. you receive two to one, and IL three,
three to one. Il the crown does not an
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and listen respectfully to Private
Jones' theory Of the way the war
should be conducted. This war ID
gradually crumblins the once insur-'
mountable wall of caste.
You would be convinced of this IL
you could see King George go among
his men on an inspecting tour under
fire, or pause before a little wooden
cross in some shell-tossed field with
tears in his eyes as he reads the in
scription. And little later perhaps
bend over wounded man on stretch
er nattinp him on the head.
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More than once in II hospital / have
seen titled Red Cross nurse fetching
and carrying for wounded soldier.
perhaps the one who in civil life de-
livered the coal at her back door. To-
day she does not shrink from Lighting
his fag or even washing his grimy
body.
Tommy admires Albert of Belgium be-
cause he is not pusher of men; he
leads them. With him it's not case
of take that TRENCH" it IS "come on
and we will take IT,
1t is amusing to notice the different
characteristics OF the Irish, Scotch and
English soldiers. The Irish and Scotch
are very impetuous, especially when it
comes to bnyonet fighting, while the
Englishman, though n trifle slower,
thoroughly does his bit; he is more
methodical and has the grip of bull
dog on captured position. He is
slower to think; that is the reason why
he never knows when he is licked.
Twenty minutes before going over
the top the English Tommy will sit on
the fire step and thoroughly examine
the mechanism of his rifle to see that it
is in working order and will fire prop
erly. After this examination he is sat
isfied and ready to meet the Boches.
But the Irishman or Scotchman sits
on the fire step, his rifle with bayonet
fixed between his knees, the butt Of
which perhaps is sinking Into the mud
the bolt couldn't be opened with
team Of horses it is SO rusty-but he
Spits on his sleeve and slowly pollshes
his bayonet; when this is done he also
Is ready to argue with Fritz.
1t is not necessary to mention the
colonials 1.-THE Canadians, Australians
and New Zealanders), the whole world
knows what they have done for Eng
land.
The Australian and New Zealander
is termed the "Anzac," taking the
name from the first letters Of their Of
fetal designation, Australian and New
Zealand army corps. ..4
Tommy divides the German army
into three classes according to their
fighting abilities. They rank as fol,
lows: Prussians, Bavarians and SaD3
ons. .l.
ITO be Continued) p -
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vas how were the men to reach these
ooxes. but to Ikey this was mere de-
tail.
He got long ropes and tied one end
around each rafter and then tied lot
Of knots in the ropes. These ropes
would take the place Of stairways.
We figured out that the rafters
would seat about forty men and sold
that number Of tickets accordingly.
When the ticketholders for the boxes
got glimpse of the rafters and were
Informed that they had to use the rope
stairway, there was howl of indigna-
ton, but we had their money and told
them that if they did not like it they
could write to the management later
and their money would be refunded;
but under these conditions they would
not be allowed to witness the perform
nnce that night
After little grousing they accepted
the situation with the promise that II
the show was rotten they certainly
would let US know about it during the
performance.
| Everything went lovely and it was
bowling success, until Alkali Ike ap-
peared on the scene with his revolver
loaded with blank cartridges. Behind
the bar on shelf was long hue of
bottles. Alkali Ike was supposed to
start on the left of this line and break
six of the bottles by firing at them with
his revolver. Behind these bottles
piece of painted canvas was supposed
to represent the back Of the bar, at
each shot from Alkali's pistol man
behind the scenes would hit one of the
bottles with his entrenching tool
handle and smash 1t, to give the i'm
preston that Alkali was a good shot
Alkali Ike started in and aimed at
the right of the line of bottles instead
of the left, and the poor boob behind
the scenes started breaking the bottles
on the left, and then the boxholders
turned loose; but outside of this little
flasco the performance was huge sue
cess and we decided to run it for a
| week.
New troops were constantly coming
through, and for six performances we
had the "S. r. o. sign suspended out
side.
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OVID TIT: TOP
AN Al1Epl(AN SOLDIER
WHO WENT =
AQI1lUl GUY NFNIpEY
oYNoPsls.
MACHINE GUNNER SERVING N FRANCEE-

! CHAPTER I-Fired by the news Of the
sinking of the Lusitania by q German
submarine. Arthur Guy Empey. an Amer.:
can, leaves his office in Jersey City and
goes to England where he enfists In the
British army.
CHAPTER iI-After period Of train
Zee and soon finds himself in rest billets
s'somewhere in France" where he first
makes the acquaintance of tho ever-pres-
ent "cooties-"
church services at the front while a Ger
man Fokker circles over the congregation
CHAPTER IV-Empey's command goes
into the front-line trenches and Is under
dre for the first time.
she motto of the British Tommy. III you
arc going to get 1t, you'll get it. SO never
CHAPTER v1-Back in rest billets. En-
psS DsSerist FstS his first experience as mess
CHAPTER v11-Empey learns how the
British soldiers are fed.
CHAPTER vIII-Back in the front-line
trench. Empey sees his first friend OF the
trenches "go West"
CHAPTER IX-Empey makes his first
visit to dugout in Suicide Ditch"
CHAPTER X-Empey learns what con-
stitutes a days work. in the front-lne
trench.
CHAPTER XI-Empey goes lover the
top" for the first time in charge on the
German trenches and Is wounded by q
bayonet thrust
CHAPTER XII-Empey Joins the sui
eide club" as the bombing squad Is called.
CHAPTER XI1f-Each Tommy gets an
official bath.
CHAPTER XIv-Empey helps dig an
advanced trench under German hre.
CHAPTER XV-On Listening post in
No Mans Land.
CHAPTER XVI-Two artillerymen put
one over, on Old Pepper their regimental
commander.
CHAPTER XVII-Empey has narrow es-
cape while on patrol duty in No Mans
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CHAPTER XVIII.
STAGED Under Fire.

Three days after the incident just re-
lated our company was relieved from
the front line and carried. We stayed
in reserve billets for about two weeks
when we received the welcome news
that our division would go back of the
line ito rest billets" We would re-
main in these billets for at least two
months, this in order to be restored to
our full strength by drafts of recruits
from Blighty.
Everyone was happy and contented
at these tidings; all you could hear
around the billets was whistling and
singing. The day after the receipt of
the order we hiked for five days, max
ing an average of about twelve kilos
per day until we arrived at the small
town of o..
It took us about three days to get
settled, and from then on our cushy
time started. We would parade from
8:45 in the morning until u noon.
Then except for an occasional billet
or brigade guard we were on our own.
For the first four or five afternoons I
spent my time in bringing up to date
my neglected correspondence.
Tommy loves to be amused, and be-
ing Yank, they turned to me for
something new In this line. taught
them how to pitch horseshoes, and this
game made a great hit for about ten
days. Then Tommy turned to Amer
lea for new diversion. I was up in
the air until happy thought came to
Nnu ,nf xrit TO al lat
Tommy in as an actor?
One evening after lights out" when
you are not supposed to talk, l impart-
ed my scheme in whispers to the Sec
ton. They eagerly accepted the idea
Of forming stock company ana
could hardly wait until the morning
for further Details
After parade, the next afternoon I
was almost mobbed. Everyone in the
section wanted part in the proposed
sketch. When informed them that 1t
would take at least ten days Of hard
work to write the plot. they were bit
terly disappointed. Immediately got
busy, made desk out of biscuit tins
In the corner Of the billet, and put up
sign "Empey & Wallace Theatrical
Co." About twenty of the section,
upon reading this sign. Immediately
applied for the position Of Office boy.
i accepted the twenty applicants. and
sent them on scouting parties through
out the deserted French village. These
parties were to search oil the attics for
discarded civilian clothes. and any
thing that we could use in the props
Of our proposed company.
About five that night they returned
covered with CRIME and dust, but load
ed down with miscellaneous assort-
ment Of everything under the. sun.
They must have thought that I was
going to start department store.
Judging from the different things they
brought back from their pillage.
After eight days constant writing !
completed a two-act farce comedy
which called "The Diamond Palace
Saloon" Upon the suggestion Of one
Of the boys In the Section I sent proof
Of the program to printing house in
London. Then assigned the different
parts and started rehearsing. David
Belasco would have thrown up his
hands In despair at the material which
had to use. Just imagine trying to
teach Tommy, with strong cockney
accsnt, to impersonate Bowery tough
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Never can tell when you'll mash =
finger or suffer . cut, bruise, burn. Or
scald. Be prepared. Thousands rally
on Dr.. Thomss' Eclectic Oil. Year
druggists sells II. SOC and e0e. .
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Presidents Hand
on Peace Door
Continued from rsgs One

Continues from Fnge Vne
expect to do less. The fourteen points
mean what they may be interpreted
to mean. and for four years Germany
has been anxious to sit down at n coun.
sci table with her foes. Certain points,
especially those with regard to Alsace
Lorraine and Prussian Poland are spe.
cific enough to trouble her. but from
the rage of Dernburg and Hindenburg
IL IL evident that Pan-German views
no longer have the weight they once
had.
As to the characterization of Ger.
many no one knows just what the
Presidents views are. They have been
officially explained recently IN a way
that contradicts the implication of his
third question. His closest advisers
are said TO disagree as to what his
intent is and should be- But IL is
likely that he will score an easy tri.
umph here.
Germany is known to have taken big
steps already toward subordinating
the military to the civil authorities.
and in other ways toward increasing
popular participation in the govern
ment. These, steps have not been sufti.
clently explained. Mr.. Wilson's ques.
tion will give Prince Max an oppor.
tunity to explain them.
The role OF balance of power will be
easier and more agreeable IL Germany
Is democratized. II is not likely that
question three will cause difficulties.
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Allies CrliynbIe -
Hindenbilrg Line
Continued from Pare One


its western continuation, the Hundlng
line, Is In danger.
To complete the days work, Franco
American forces moved up OH the right
flank of the Meuse. won back place.
famous in the Nerdun struggle and got
IN line with the Americans on the left
bank. who are thus relieved OF the
CALLING thanking fire which had prevent
ed them moving forward.
The German position has been rem
dered considerably worse as result Of
Yesterdays fighting. In the opinion Of
ihe military commentators. ajor de
Civrieux, in the Matin, points out that
the strategic conditions alone do not suf-
hce TO indicate the importance OF the
battle, which, aims more than ever at
the destruction of the enemy. either
in direct combat or by mapouver The
German losses have been enormous and
not only IN prisoners: In a single section
of the British front two fresh German
divisions thrown into the furnace melt
ed away in a few moments.
General Ludendorff delayed his gen.
eral retreat so long that, in the view OF
the critics, he Is in danger of leading
back merely the remnants of his army
to the famous glacls which protects Ger
many.
Major de Civrieux asks: This pre-
cipitate demand for an armistice--does
it not spring from II vision of Disaster
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
SEE COUNTER STRATEGY
IN PRESIDENTS INQUIRY
By the associated Press
U'a.I,tn no,

BY an adroit diplomatic move, Pres.
ident Wilson has laid a trap for the
German governmental heads if the
peace proposal made by Chancellor
Maximilian was in the least insncere
This was the view of officials today as
they studied the communication ad.
dressed by President Wilson yesterday
TO the German Chancellor.
Confronted by the strategy Of Ger.
man diplomacy. tho President in the
view Of officials. has countered with
strategy, Just as Marshal Foch has
met the military tactics Of iIindenburg
and Ludendorff with superior strategy
And vet, in his communication. the
President has left open the way to
peace.
The President by calling upon
Prince Maximilian for information as
to whether he represents the German
military masters conducting the war
or the whole German people, has com.
PEELED the new Chancellor and those
associated with him to render TO the
world an explanation "a to their real
position. Through the communica-
ton sent yesterday the last hope of
the German militarists to point to
the Allies as waging a war of eXtermi-
nation is considered as having been
removed
At the same time the President in
words, the meaning of which cannot
be controverted. has notified the Ger.
man Government that it's proposed
Suspension of hostilities" cannot be
granted while a German soldier re-
mains on Allied soil. The German
Government must state TO the world
whether II will accept the fourteen
terms previously laid down by
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THE PRESIDENTS INQUIRY

Foloino Secretary communication
Presidents transmitted through the seis charge
darahs Washington:
SrI the behalf OF the President
from the German Govern
the President instructed by the President TO request
following the Imperial German
Chancelor
Before making the Imperial German Govern
candid and straightforward
the President Of the United
states himself Of the meaning the
the Chancellor Imperial Chancellor that
the Imperial German the terms laid down by the
its object
the practical details
their application?
The President with regard to the suggestion Of
cessation
the armies Of those
their so
manfesl would depend
withdraw
where from invaded territory.
constituted authority
quest frune ever of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
AMERICAN SHIPYARDS
SET ANOTHER RECORD
IS Vessels, Totaling 269,330
Deadweight Tons, Built
in September

Washington. oct. 2.
American shipyards again have broken
all records for the delivery of ships
In month According to figures made
public by the shipping board seventy
five completed ships. aggregating
S6a,33o deadweight tons were turned
over to the Government in September.
Seventy-four OF these vessels were butt
in this country and one in Japan.
The previous high-water mark in de-
liyeries OF completed vessels WAS
reached in August. when 3s9,Sl3 dead
weight tons OF new shipping were
turned over by the builders.
The American deliveries in September
greatly exceeded those from British
yards for the same period. a cable
message yesterday gave the figures on
British deliveries for September as
23i.635 deadweight tons.
The 3Gs.S3o deadweight tonnage
added TO the feet under the American
flag Is made up az follows;
|, Twenty-three redusitioned steel
ships of an aggregate tonnage of l4o,-
240.
Twenty-Five contract steel ships OF an
aggregate tonnage Of 110.730.
Twenty-nine wooden contract ships
Cncluding three composite ships) of an
aggregate tonnage Of 102,665.
One steel ship built in Japan OF an
/ aggregate tonnage OF $685..
I Three or four more ships. it is un-
derstood, were completed and delivered
/ in September. but the official report has
not reached Washington.
{ Figures also show twenty-six ships
were delivered during the week ending
! October 4. including Ave requisitioned
steel ships of 25.50O tons, twelve con-
/ tract steel ships of 64,s60 tons and nine
wood and composite ships Of $4,000 tons.
To date the grand total of deliveries
to the shipping board amounts to 1913
ships of a tonnage of 2,2sO.43i dead
weight. This total il made up of 200
reouisitioned steel ships of 1,5s6,s3l
tons. seventy-eight steel contract ships
of 463,600 tons and sixty wood and
composite ships of 100000 tons