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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-25

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-25

pound ever since and give you nv pe
mission to publish this letter. Mis-
Flo KELLY, 476 SO. 14th St, Newarl
n. J.
The reason this famous root and her
remedy, Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetab
Compound, was so successful in Mis-
Kelly's case was because it went to tt
root of her trouble, restored her to
normal healthy condition and as resu
her nervousness disappeared.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-25

Put a larger Service Star on your
Pocketbook.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-25
Put larger Service Star On you
Pocketbook.
4 NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydi
E. Pinkharn's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.

Newark, n l. For about thrs
years l suffered from nervous breal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
ITALIANS GIVE AMBULANCE.
Local Colony Presents District Red
Cross With Equipped Motor Vehicle

Italian residents of Washington Thurs
day afternoon presented to the Dis
trict of Columbia Red Cross a COM
pleteIy equipped motor ambulance, tn.
gift. presented through Anthony Cami-
netti, commissioner of immigration. lat
local Red Cross headquarters, 18th
street and Massachusetts avenue, being
a token of appreciation of members
of the Washington italian colony for
the organizations part in war relief
work in Italy
The presentation was made before a
large audience of local and national
Red Cross officials and members and
representatives of the Italian colony.
The gift was accepted by Miss Mabel
Boardman for the District Red Cross.
The fund for the purchase of the
ambulance and equipment, which
amounted to $1,000 was raised by
special committee under the leader
ship of p. Radice, other members
being F. Ghiselli, DR.. Massiglia, Lorenz
Dix Giorno, Vincent Maranzeno. G. Fon-
tana, L. Perna and Ferdinand Sari.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

Bud" Fisher" the cartoonist, who
draws Mutt and jeff, and the biggest SAL
airy ever paid a newspaper artist-more
than 100000 a year. has just been made
captain in the British Army.
Fisher, who has always been interested
in soldering and who campaigned in
Mexico with Gen. Villa in 1915, when he
was made a captain in that army, at
tended the last Piattsburg camp. He was
commissioned lieutenant in field artillery
and assigned. to Camp Meade.
Fisher found that it would probably be
some time before that division got abroad,
and he was anxious to see the "show." so
he recently offered his resignation in the
American Army. which was accepted by
the Secretary of War. He was then offer
ed and accepted a commission of captain
in the British Army.
LAS / figure it," declared Capt. Fisher,
after receiving his new commission and
rank, I'VE are all fighting for the same
thing, and what l wanted to do was to
get overseas. 1t makes no difference
whose khaki you wear. l would like to
have gone with the Americans. but ] had
this chance for foreign service imraedi-
ate1y, so 1 grabbed old Opportunity by
the front hair"
Capt. Fisher has been appointed to
Lord Beaverbrooks staff and will start
for overseas in about two weeks. He is
going to take Mutt and Jeff to the
trenches with him and will express his
impressions of the bitches and the tin
derbies through these two famous Ameri-
cans. 1t is felt that Mutt and jeff in
overseas service will be a great tonic to
the American reading public and to the
soldiers in the trenches Fishers pictures
will be circulated among the English
speaking troops on the western front, and
they should serve to cheer the defenders
of democracy. for Mutt and Jeff will be
sharing their troubles and their laughs.
There is an axiom abroad that only a
man in uniform can kid the war;" as
Capt Bruce Bairnsfather' of the British
army has done. The British war office
considers his work of great value as a
tonic and keeps him on special service in
France. Bud Fisher is now in khaki
and will take two real American friends
abroad with him-Mutt and jeff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
The Bank Deposit Charge.
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the Editor OF The Star:
One of the most amusing things we
have read lately is B. Clusters defense
of the poor banks in connection with
the bank deposit charge. When We
consult the bank statements and note
the large surpluses that have been &C
cumulated by the banks, it appears that
the banks hardly need Mr.. Clusters
help. No doubt they have also paid sat
isfactory dividends right along and
given their employees large bonuses at
the end Of the year as is done in other
places.
1 am competent to say that a hun
dred-dollars-per-m salaried man
with family will have to deny himself
many things to accumulate hundred
dollar bank account at the present time
in years time. Now, the banks pro-
pose to take advantage of his helpless
ness and take away Sc of this. We all
find it difficult to keep even just now.
Why should the banks be especially
favored?
Mr.. Traceweu was right in saying the
bank deposit charge win not promote
thrift. Many of us will cash our sal
airy checks instead of deposfting them
and when you have the money in your
that you would not if in the bank.
Many of US, on the other hand, will
carry our deposits in banks in our
home towns. The banks here will get
the checks from other sources and the
work will not be lessened. A year ago
l saved $50 per month from my salary.
Here in Washington, under present
conditions, can save but little.
1t does not seem wise business pol
icy. The smallest accounts often grow
into large ones. 1t has cost me $500 in
two months getting settled in Wash
ington and my account is below tine
hundred-dollar mark, but it often runs
from five hundred to a thousand for
several months. Because of the many
patriotic appeals this does not occur as
often as formerly.
This bank charge will make a big
differences when the next bond issue
comes, for many will legitimately say,
I'VE cannot invest and also keep up
our bank balance" If the banks have
invested SO heavily in low interest
bearing bonds as to require additional.
income, why not discontinue paying in
terest on checking accounts? The in
creased expense account will hardly
make them fail. r. ]. MARTIN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
The Middle-E Entrance Germ Spreader


1 have for some time intended to get
in word of commentator for your
outspoken condemnation of the' side
entrance street cars. Every word of
your editorial article was true, and
needed. and you might justifiably have
said more. Why does the health Of
ficer allow such cars to be used? There
is absolutely no ventilation except
right around the conductor, and when
crowded they fairly stink. There is
great show of ventilators, but they do
not ventilate, like sjanitors who do not
tanit." If you ask a conductor for
window to be opened an inch in the
ends OF the car you will get no COM
pliance. and often sneer or insolent
reply. for I have tried it and seen it
tried many times. You feel like hold
ing your handkerchief perpetually over
your nose to keep out the pestiiential
air. The only cases Of grip / have ever
had 1 caught" on these cars. It is the
only place this side of France where
you need a gas mask, for it is the only
place that / know Of where you are
forced to stand fattened like pumpkin
other people. 1 should like to Hnow
who could wonder that so few respond
to the shouts of the conductor to Move
up front" or back. whence it is ALMOST
impossible to extricate yourself until
your car has gone two blocks beyond
your destination, and when you do YOUR
topcoat is minus some buttons and the
belt, il there was one, hanging by a
thread. My back buttons have to be
replaced at least every other day. Least
of all. can you blame the big fat man
who Invariably takes up his stand in
the middle of the aisle as near the door
as he can, spreads his newspaper and
sticks. forming an impossible barrier
to the Tins" or "outs" from the ends
up front" or back" His bump of eau
ton is properly developed and he
knows enough not to risk his buttons,
conductor or no conductor. / am sure
the few persons who have written an
proving the side-door cars are such as
get on before the cars become crowd
ed. get seat and do not have to get
off until the crowd has thinnd out You
can quite cheerfully move up in the
end-door cars, for you are SO much the
nearer to your exit, which is then HARM
less-to your buttons and your temper.
Now I want to know why these side
door cars should not be great success
as express cars only. II loaded near
some government building or point of
congestion with only those living far
| out, and then no stops for local pas
sengers made until beyond some given
point far out, certainly there would be
| more comfort and more expedition.
p. HOWELL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
SOCKS MOSTLY NEEDED -
BY BOYS COVER THERE''

Sweaters, mufflers, wristers and other
wearing apparel of the knitted sort are
appreciated more by the boys "over
there" than folks back home who make
them probably realize. Just how these
articles are pressed into service is de-
scribed in a letter which DR.. William
Tindall received from his son Philip,
who is an officer in the 161st Infantry,
which includes a number of organiza-
tons and individuals formerly in one
of the District regiments. The letter
says. in part:
1.-The socks came some days ago.
Really, if my folks are inclined to knit
things to send me don't think Of any
thing better that they could knit than
socks. l have a sleeveless sweater, a
helmet or two, I believe: several pairs
of wristers and muller. While I
have lots of socks. there is no knowing
how fast 1 shall wear them out. They
will be of service in summer as well
as winter, because 1 have to wear the
heavy kind with my so-called trench
shoes. The latter are very heavy and
hurt the feet unless protected by heavy
socks.
81 have had very little occasion to
wear my helmet, as we have had no Bit
ter cold weather since we arrived here,
New Years day. We had snow for a
couple of weeks and slight freezes at
il6ht uP until ScIy iCCchlly, Dut lHOSc
helmets are so warm that they are I'M
comfortable in anything but very cold
or windy weather. I wore mine few
times on the ship coming over when it
was windy and once since I reached
here when 1 was riding on a motor
truck in the wind and rain The
sweater have worn quite a lot. The
mufflers I have never worn, as the
weather has not been cold enough.
AS a matter of fact. the men who
owned mufflers have nearly all had
them converted into caps with fancy
tassels or tufts at the top. They roll
up the bottom and are very much ia
vored, though not regulation and not
to be worn at formations or fatigue
duty, of which we are doing a good
deal. The men who own them wear
them almost to the complete exclusion
of the regulation hat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Mentions other Projects.
BOOKBINDERs TO CELEBRATE.
Concert and Carnival on Sixty.
Eighth Anniversary.

The sfxty-eighth anniversary of the
organization of the Journeymen Book
binders Society of the District of Co.
lumbia, which is known as the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Bookbinders,
Local No. 4, will be celebrated with a
concert and carnival April at Pythian
Temple.
of William Charles Connor chairman
of the committee on arrangements; Jo-
seph H. Hurley, corresponding secre-
tary; Edward J. HaZen, financial secre-
tary, and John H. Fox, treasurer.
The committee in charge consists of
Frank C. Meredith, Alfred c. Lind
strom, John w. Haslet. Charles c.
Benker, James ]. Conroy. Timothy F.
McKenna. Bernard J. Collins. Ernest
r. Taylor, Walter H. Oliver, John
Bernd George w. Beamer and Harry
Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
ASSA|LS BORLAND
8-HOUR PROPOSAL
Representative Austin 0p-
poses Longer Day for Fed
eraI Clerks.
INDUCES IN SARCASM

Representative Austin of Tennessee
made a speech in the House yesterday
replying to Representative Borland' s
remarks Friday on the proposed
amendment for an eight-hour day for
government clerks. Mr.. Austin said
that for several years Mr.. Borland had
made it his hobby, in season and out of
season, and he hoped the gentleman
would devote his attention to some
projects of economy more worthy of
his efforts.
Mr.. Austin said the amendment is I'M
necessary inasmuch as it is within the
power of any head of a department to in
crease the working hours by stroke of
the pen whenever the government service
demands it. He said the heads of depart
ments can be relied upon to see that the
work is well done.
Mr.. Austin said only Friday he saw
one of these clerks dragging himself along
to his office by the balustrade, feeble as
he was, trying to get to work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
BILL FAILS TO CHANGE
STATE COUNSELOR TITLE

+. The legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bill, pending before the
House, does not include an ur-
gent request of Secretary Lansing
that the title of counselor of the State
Department, now held by Frank L.
Polk of New York, should be changed
to under secretary of state" Twice
before Secretary Lansing has made
this suggestion to Congress, but op-
position killed the idea.
"The title of counselor" Secretary
Lansing told the appropriation COM
mittee, Conveys no meaning to for
eign government. They think he is
purely a legal officer. He becomes
acting secretary of state in the abb
sence of the Secretary. He is as much
an adviser on policies as he is on law.
He is more of a political legal adviser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
JOHNSON WAVES rule.
Has No Disposition to Displaoe Ap-
preparation Bills to Consider
Anti-Rent Measure. {;

Although it is announced that he is 10
have the support of Majority Leader
Kitchin in asking for a special rule
for consideration of the so-called john
son anti-rent profiteering bill. Chair
man johnson Of the House committee
has not yet decided when he will ask
for this rule.
He said yesterday that he had no dispo-
sition to displace any appropriation
measures. The first opportunity he sees
for consideration following an appro-
priation bill before other general legis.
lation he proposes to ask for the spe.
cial rule. If this action is delayed un.
til close to District day in the House
he will not ask for the rule at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
WAVES DRAFT EXEMPTION.
Count James Minotto, italian, De-
clares LoyaltY-Ready to Fight.

SANTA BARBARA. Cal. March g.
Count James Minotto has made the an
nouncement that he has waived exemp-
ton from the army draft. passed the
special examination and qualified for
service. 81 have no information what
soever," he said. "other than press dis
patches regarding any government &C
ton in my case today. I feel absolute
ly confident that any investigation on
the part of the government can only
prove my innocence and will show that
in any thoughts or actions I have had
nothing but the most loyal and devoted
feelings toward this country. which 1
consider my home. 1 am in the first
call under the draft and. although l am
an Italian, have waived exemption,
and only last week the Santa Barbara
exemption board qualified me for mill
tary service. shall be only too glad to
respond to khe call of my adopted coun-
try"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Two.Thirds Rule and Prohibition.

To the Editor OF The Star:
The official bulletin of Thursday. Feb.
ruary 81, 1918, contained the following
statement:
Representative McLemore of Texas
yesterday introduced a resolution d.
recting the judiciary committee to con-
slider the question Of the constitution
atty of the vote by which the House
recently passed the national prohibi-
ton constitutional amendment. MI.
McLemore contends that the vote wAs
illegal and unconstitutional because
two-thirds OF the House did not give
the resolution their support He called
attention to Article Of the Constttu-
ton, which provides that the Con.
members of both houses shall deem 1t
necessary. shall propose an amendment
to the Constitution The vote by which
the resolution was submitted to the
people was only two-thirds Of those
voting. Mr.. McLemore stated. but
should have been two-thirds Of tho
entire membership. The constitutional
amendment passed the House by q vote
of 2S2 to 1928. The total membership
of the House is 435. two-thirds OF
which is 290. There are several vacan.
cies.r
Without doubt the contention of the
representative from Texas is ground
less because wise parliamentarians
of the rules under which a parliament
airy body was working read two
thirds of the body the appreciation Of
two thirds of those voting answered
the requirement, thus preventing MEM
bers who feared to declare themselves
from spelling a two-thirds vote by
simply absenting themselves. To hold
otherwise would render it almost i'm
possible to secure a two-thirds vote.
A careful study of the whole context
of the Constitution itself will also show
that Mr.. McLemore's contention is
without foundation, and it is obvious
that the representative has overlooked
the fact that the identical question was
passed upon and decided by previous
Congress. By referring to volume S,
pages 1927, 702S, of Kinds Presidents
of the House of Representatives" he
will find that Congress there decided
that "the vote required on a joint reso-
luton proposing an amendment to the
Constitution is two-thirds of those vot-
ing Ca quorum being presently. and not
two-thirds of the entire membership"
1 doubt if the present Congress will
oyerrule such a substantial and logical
precedent. GEORGE L. SISSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
KISSES WIFE BY FORCE; HELD.
Court Decides John Macdonald Guilty
of Assault and Battery"

! NEWARK, n. J., March John Mac
Donald of MontcIair- stands convicted
today of assault and battery for kiss
ing his wife by force.
NO husband has a legal right to kiss
his wife by force" Prosecutor Mott told
the jury which tried Macdonald on the
charge. That act, I assure you. is
pure assault and battery in the eyes
of the law"
Macdonald, it was alleged, forcibly
obtained the kiss after his wife had re-
fused to make up The jury convict
ed him in fifteen minutes. Sentence
was deferred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
CAMP RULE HITS SALOONS.
Half Of Liquor Houses in Rock Is.
land Closed by Edict.

Revised regulations concerning the
sale of liquor within the zone of a MILL
tary camp has resulted in the closing
of more than half the saloons and
Wholesale liquor houses of Rock Island,
H., according to a statement issued here
by Raymond B. Fosdick, chairman of the
War Department commission on training
camp activities
Enlargement of the definition of the
term military camp" TO embrace ord
nance training camps as provided in the
recently devised regulations is respon-
sible for the dry zone, which has been
drawn for q half-mile radius about the
ordnance xtraining camp situated at
Rocf Island
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
REMBRANDTS ON EXHIBITION.
At Metropolitan Museum Of Art for
Month, Beginning Tomorrow.

NEW YORK. March IA rare collec-
tion of Rembrandts works will be
placed on exhibition at the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art for month. be-
ginning on Monday. it was announced
today. The collection. one of the larg-
est of Rembrandt's works ever assem-
bled, consists of famous paintings.
drawings and etchings. and it is loaned
to the museum by ]. P. Morgan. c. B.
Eddy. Fritz Achelis. S. s. Rosenstaum,
Felix NJ Warburg. Theodore de WITT
and Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Baerwald.
Among the masterpieces in the coll
lection are 'HThe Hundred Guflder
Plate" Christ Presented to the PEG.
ple," 1.-THE Three Crosses" and The
View of Amsterdam"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

have failed to meet the physical test
given to insure fitness for the hardship
of trench life and the conditions of
this intensive war.
The number of graduates Of training
camps who failed to make good, fell
more than per cent below the est
innate of the adjutant generals office.
These young men seem to realize the
seriousness of their responsibility. and
have SO borne themselves that the low
number of courts-martial has received
favorable comment from veteran
officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
GUST PHILIPPINE ALIENS.
American Firms Discharging Ger.
man Workers; Five Arrested,

MANILA March All Germans en-
loyed by American Arms in the Philip
pines are being discharged. The gov
eminent is vigorously prosecuting per-
sons for pro-German utterances and
deporting Germans who are taking
seditious or unamerican attitudes.
Five of the leading Germans in Manila
were arrested yesterday. and others are to
be apprehended immediately. All will
be deported during the present month
on a transport sailing for the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
IVY Lee to Bring Red Cross News.

Ivy L. Lee. assistant to the chairman
Of the Red Cross war council, is now
in France, where he will remain for a
brief period in order to secure the full
detail of the American Red Cross work
American public. 1t was announced to-
day that Mr.. Lees work abroad will
be confined entirely to Red Cross mat
terx.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Mr.. Borland Interrupts.

THAT was pay day he was there"
said Mr.. Borland.
Mr.. Austin said that Congress had
neglected to provide a retirement law
for the aged and infirm clerks and now
Mr.. Borland would add to their distress
by putting on longer hours of labor.
Mr.. Austin made a plea for the govern
ment clerks, who, he said. are living in
a part of the country where prices are
highest and where everything has adj
vanced but their own. salaries. They
have no representatives in Congress, al
though, he said. they are taxed and
send their sons to the war.
Mr.. Austin referred in a sarcastic
way to Mr.. Borland's interest in econ
omy by recalling Mr.. Borlands adj
vocacy of immense appropriations for
the improvement of the Missouri river
from his home town to the Mississippi
and two hundred million dollars for
improvements on the Mississippi river
Mentions Other Projects.
Now, he said, Mr. Borland advocates
a bill for the construction of vast
system of highways from the Atlantic
to the Pacific with side lines on every
Indian trail. He begged Mr.. Borland
to abandon his attack upon the clerks
of Washington and devote his energies
to some project of real merit in the
winning of the war and the carrying
out of democratic measures of economy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
CITY ITE1la

Gunpowder Tea. sec, 30 Lbs. Potatoes,
75c; Onions, Sc; can Pineapple. Csc:
can Peaches, zoe: Peeled Evap. Peaches.
zoe; Large Prunes, Ice; Large Herring.
Sc: Fat Mackerel. 15c; Sugar Corn,
121sc; Lima Beans, tic; 2f-ox Van Camp
Whits Meal e Rsa 1 aasS,tt ss saaS ase
Blue Label Coffee, Csc; Star Cocoa, CSC.
412 4th Sc. and all the J. T. d. Pyles
Stores.