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Evening star., 1918-07-14
AT THE H0USEBOAT ON THE STYX WV

that's what a neutral is. He may say
he is one because he is a Swiss. and
has got to stand by the administra-
ton, but you needn't tell me that way
down inside Of his heart any red
blooded man 10 really a neutral in this
fight Tell may be Swiss. but he
isn't cheese"
you've got to Judge a man by what
he says, Samson" said DR.. Johnson;
Not always, Doc" protested Mach
iavelli. ''On the contrary. in diplomacy
speech is especially designed to con-
ceal thought"
"Righto, Mack" said Samson.
you've said Bomething. I never knew
q dipsomaniac yet who meant what he
said and I'll bet any man here a nice
little million-dollar long-dissance
Bertha against a jaw-bone either Of
himself or some other ass that
William Tell in spite of his pretend
ing to- be q neutral in his heart Is
dead against Potsdam BID and his
whole gang Of murdefous thugs.
Evening star., 1918-07-14

Hero he comes" said Napoleon. as
Tell appeared again in the doorway.
i've got q little scheme in mind to
prove just how much Of . neutral Tell
really is. Let's try 1t on, Hello. Tell.
old man-won't you come and join the
crowd?'
Swiss, hesitating q bit It'd like to
yery much. but being . neutral I
didn't suppose I'd be Welcome"
"Oh, sit down." said Napoleon. push
ing q chair over to Tell. I'VE all know
you aren't q neutral inside, so come
along. It isn't a. = neutral. but as
Dead-Shot Bill Of Gessler Gulch. that
we welcome you. How's your aim
these days: steady?"
Perfectly" said Tell. II shot eigh-
teen dried pease OF the top Of my
mother-in- laws head before breakfast
this morning. at a thousand yards,
without singeing a hair"
MY Zeus" cried Socrates. what
q temptation!'
.And the day before" continued
Tell, "out Of SIX barrels Of apples con-
tanning nve hundred apples apiece. I
Evening star., 1918-07-14

can lie still. soak up heat without
having to think of Dr. Garfield or the
coal barons. and let the world whizz.
and whirr. and culver. and quake, and
he not give tinker's whoop, unless
by some miserable chance the culver
and quake shakes him OF the wall.
when he exerts himself just hard
enough to climb back on the fence
again. He could go through a presi-
Dental election and not even know
who was running. and II some
sanguinary cuss were to commit q
murder in the garden where his wall
was located. he wouldn't even
whisper. much less yell for the po-
llce. He's just quiet selfish little
lizard. with no moro fight or real
principle in him than a powder-puff."
81 getcha. Boney," said Samson
Hes ono q them me forever guys"
-
you've hit it exactly" said Napoleon.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
NEUTRALITY OF THE NEWT

as between two anupathetio ele-
ments.s
How vurry interesting! n never
should have suspected 1t was as bad
as all that" said Samson, gazing
blankly into the doctors faca I'm
SO glad you have made 1t so clear
He's q sort OF sawmill that cuts
down the middle. and eats soft clams
that it?@
II cannot furnish you with defini-
tons and tho brains ito understand
them at the same time. SIR" retorted
johnson. icily. L.
I'm quite sure Of that Docs re-
Evening star., 1918-07-14


M seated in the midst Of group
NJ Of distinguished warriors. phil
osophers and miscellaneous
common garden immortals, at the house,
boat on the Styx discussing conditions.
when William Tell. the famous Swiss
lberator and sharpshooter. passed by,
qufver Of arrows on his back and
his bow swinging gracefully from his
broad shoulders.
Now there" said Napoleon. as the
sturdy form Of the great Swiss disap-
peafed through the doorway. .there
goes Q man that can't understand.
and Who II I possessed goat would
surely get 1t. He's really a great man.
and over on the other shore he was as
brave a. the best Of US. never afraid to
speak out in meetin'. stanch friend
of Libgrtas, Fraternitas and Demtasse.
taking NO back talk from clod or kaiser.
and yet In this biggest fight for free
dom Ihat the world has ever known
trail TOR reasons Of policy. but how the
dickens . man who Is master of his fate
and captain Of his soul can be neu-
trail stmnps me. unless his backbone
has been amputated. and bar Of soap
inserted In Its place"
yet which is the right side to take"
observed Socrates. Making up ones
mind isn't always quite as simple as it
seems, Boney."
mo. I suppose it isn't. especially II It
Is one Of these large and elegant sixty
horsepower think-tanks like yours,
Sockey," returned Napoleon. From
what I have seen Of your mind as 1t
rambles along the highways Of thought
and slxids over the morasses Of per-
rlexiV I should think it would be .
regular divvle of a job to get it as
the gears working smoothly and the
spark plug plugging with the required
scintiIlAnce: and If you changed 1t only
once q month as you do your shirt
it must take at least half your time
getting Il buttoned up again. fore and
model. Soc You are a ten-ton motor
truck Of thought. a supercamion Of
mentality, whereas tho rest Of US are
nothing more than mere rlnabouts Of
sentiment, and, as Solomon might have
said. fiivvers can jump in whefe trac-
20 I'm not as heavy as an that
laughed Socrates but I will say this
that never make up my mind on
any general proposition without first
debating that proposition thoroughly
18th myself, going over every phase,
angle and aspect of it. considering
With dno care the valuee Of each and
every ramiication. big and little. and
them
Leaving it to xanthippe," inter-
.ected Shakespeare.
We'll. said Socrates IT must admit
that my wifes opinions have some
weight with me. but at any rate I am
not given to too quick judgments. II
wero asked to settle some great
problem such, for instance, as which
.ame nf9t, the chicken or the egg. I
should not give voice to a snap judg-
inent that I. might later have to re-
wise, speaking onhand as 50 many
] eople do. should ponder. investi-
gate and discuss
I'm other words you'd open the egg
Evening star., 1918-07-14
Public Health Nurse
Conserving Child Life.

MISS MARY BEARD, registered
4vA nurse. Massachusetts, child con-
servation committee. in her address at
the conference of the state and pro-
vincial boards of health of North Amer
ica. held in Washington. said:
The foundation Of a child conser-
walton program lies in saving the
lives of mothers and babies and as
suring the babies a healthy start
This can best be done through the
agency of the public-health nurse. be-
cause she will be the first to recognise
and bring to the attention Of the com.
munity for correction any serious con.
ditions detrimental to the health of chill.
dren.
The Massachusetts, committee on
child Conservation has outlined the
following baby hygiene program:
First, the enforcing Of birth regis-
tration laws. Without prompt and
thorough birth registration the neces-
sary care immediately after the birth
Of the baby cannot be assured.
Second: the providing Of prenatal
care and instructions: This care.
skillfully and thoroughly given. Of
fers the surest and quickest returns
in the saving OF lives. The Boston
District Nursing Association has
proved this again this year. Ten per
cent of all registered births in
Greater Boston received prenatal vis-
its from the nurse. Among those vis-
tied the infant mortality rate in the
first two weeks of life was 11.s0,
whereas the rate in the correspond
ing period among babies. where pre-
natal care had not been given, was
s4:1s. a reduction Of more than two
thirds"
Third. the providing Of adequate
nursing and medical care at confine-
ment.
Fourth. the providing of .syste::.
sick baby and the young child until
1t reaches the school age and comes
under the care Of school authorities.
More than one-third Of the cases
from which exemption from the draft
in Massachusetts, had been granted
because of physical defects were due
to causes preventable in early youth.
Here is an amount of waste and in
efficiency which no country at war
can afford.
Side by side with this medical pro-
gram in Massachusetts, an education
program is being carried on. Preven-
tive medicine is still comparatively
new science, and 10 to a large extent
unrecognized in its relation to mater
nifty and infancy. Its possibilities and
actual accomplishments in this con-:
rection must be presented clearly and
repeatedly to the public, SO that the,
demand for this care shall be SO uni
versal as to insure its being supplied.
During the last year. when public
health nursing has had SO many un-
usual demands made upon 1t. the
Rockefeller Foundation voted to al
low the national Organization for pub
lie health nursing a grant OF $4,000.
$40 600 and IS 60O respectively for
1918, 1913 and 1920. because it is the
belief of the foundation trustees that
standards Of public health nursing
are necessary to be promoted at this
time in public health development.
'"The next few years will see great
advance in this direction. for the fed
eral public health service and the Ma
tional Red Cross are rapidly advanc-
ing public health nursing work. and
one never finds great expansion Of
any valuable work without the recog-
milton and adoption of standards"
Evening star., 1918-07-14

first and after comparing what you
found there with the teeth of the
hen you'd decide which antedated the
other" put in Carlyle with q sly
wink at Solomon
= IF the chicken were a rooster I'd
know also that the egg came first.
having a tolerable familiarity with
archaeological rules Of precedence"
srinned the philosopher. But the
point Is that pending the inquiry I
should remain neutral"
. What is a neutral, anyhow, Doc?
asked Samson, turning to DR.. john
son. II was some fighter in my day.
but at school spent moro time with
the foot ball squad than with the
thought throwers. I was q blue devil
at the shot-put, but a Molly in the
mental marathons."
X
/ "A neutral" said DR.. johnson. 'fs .
featherless biped that either hasn't
any mind to make up on a given point,
or having one. is 90 lacking IN dis
artmiuating Sendtidns land, fixed fprans
sipaes n. to be -uhwaHngstos talkes sides
Evening star., 1918-07-14

you've hit it exactly" said Napoleon.
Evening star., 1918-07-14

APOLEoN BONAPARTE was
seated In the midst Of q group
Of distinguished warriors. phil
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-24
SNN FEINERS
ARE UNEASY

UNITED PRESS CABLEGRAM1
DUBLIN. May 24.-Sinn Feiners and
nationalists are uneasily awaiting
the governments next move. Many
young Irishmen are enlisting in the
American army. Meanwhile the gov
eminent Is rounding up the last OF
the alleged plotters and arrested a
dozen yesterday. The evidence against
the alleged plotters Is awaited. 1t
may widen the gap between the Sim
Feiners and nationalists. The Free
mans Journal declared: The refusal
Of the government to allow represent
atlves Of the Irish people to forward
an appeal TO President Wilson. who IS
champion OF the rights Of nations. un-
less the appeal is censored by the mil
itary governors Is notice 70 the al
lies that the principles for which
they are lighting do not apply to Ire
land"
other newspapers say that the Icrd
mayo uncertain Of his reception IN
Americ1. does not wish to go there as
has been r!anned
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-24
WILSON IS
GIVEN FULL
DRAFT POWER

WASHINGTON. May 24.-Unlimited
power TO draft men within the ages pre-
scribed by the selective service act was
granted Secretary of War Baker yester-
day by the House military affairs com
mittee.
The committee adopted an amendment
to the military bill allowing the Presi-
dent to take any number Of men in any
fiscal year under the present 5raft law.
observing the order OF classification.
The text Of the amendment follows;
Provided. that the authority con-
ferred upon the President by the
act approved May Is. 1917. entitled
an act to authorize the President
to increase temporarily the mill
tary establishment of the United
States is hereby extended so as 10
authorize him during each fiscal
year to raise by draft as provided
in said act and acts amendatory
thereof the maximum number Of
men which may be organized. equip
ped. trained and used during such
year for the prosecution Of the
present war until the same shall
have been brought to a successful
conclusion"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-24
BIG GUNS ON
BOTH SIDES STILL
By FRED s. FERGUSON


WITH THE AMERICANS IN
PICARDY, May 23.-It is the Ger
mans move but he apparently is
gathering his wind after the recent
severe artillery pounding he re-
ceived. There are no more indi-
cations when the offensive will be-
gin than heretofore.
Working parties and troop move
ments can easily be observed to-
day by Americans. The guns on
both sides are silent.
The Boche is so Jealous in guarding
against raids at night that he gives the
impression of being unusually nervous.
The salient around Montdidier and
Cantigny is marked by the constant
flare of German rockets and flaming
onions"
A low mist hung in the valley tonight
and clouds shaded the brilliant moon re-
ducing the air bombing The quietness
of the past three days has encouraged
the stout hearted French farmers to
venture out to work in fields.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-24
COAL WEEK SET
FOR JUNE 8 TO 8
Announcement Of Plan for
Uniting the Dealers
and Purchasers.
June ; to 8 will be coal week.

j
This was announced today in bulle-
tin sent out by State Fuel Admins
traitor Woollen to the county fuel ad-
ministrators. The administrator went
into considerable detail concerning the
regulations. so the purchasers may
know exactly what can be demanded
Of them by dealers. 4 part of the bull
Ietin follows:
Neither operator nor retailer may
charge extra for coal specially prepar-
ed and cleaned unless he has first OBJ
tained from the United States fuel ad-
ministrator a permit to so charge.
\ jobber may not collect more than
the mine price unless he is licensed and
is acting by appointment as the agent
Of the purchaser. in which event he
may charge a commission not exceeding
Is cents per ton of 1000 pounds Of
bituminous coal or 30 cents per ton Of
2240 pounds of anthricite.
No Hcensee may add any charge to
the mine price Of coal owned by him in
which he has any direct or indirect in
terest.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-24
HINlDENB e BuF3G and Pres. VIII SON IN 2
RHH&A nnHnn Hnhnn HmnHn @HHnH -
OCEAN LINER Sails FOR EUROPE
FROM CITY Of EAST CH|CAGO

company the chug-chug of the giant
FORCES attending a huge cannon in its
birth throes temporarily drowned out
the hoarse voice Of the siren. More
bridges were raised for the trim craft
and as It came TO the end of the canal
steel workers at the Mark plant and
those on the opposite bank making war
steel at the Inland Steel works saw
the ship make its way into Lake Michi-
gan. That ended the first leg of the
steamers long trip via the lakes and
the Welland before the propeller churns
the salt and cold water OF the North
Atlantic.
In little while the steamer. with
her nose northward, became a row of
dotted lights and strollers in the lake
front park at Whiting-the city whose
products the ship transports overseas
and the night workers at the Inland
blast-furnaces finally saw the darkness
Of the night swallow UP the lights.
Thus went out Of view for the time
being a ship whose crew has no fear of
either German submarines of their mine
fields
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-24
Red Cross and
the Cripple'S
Fifty Dollars

Is there anyone who grudges
a contribution to the Red Cross?
Listenl
In a construction camp on the
I. H. Belt at Burnham yards, c.
T. Krimbrough, 118 Detroit ST..
Hammond, roadmaster. was So
Letting for the Red Cross.
He asked the camp boss how
much he wanted to give and
then noticed a crippled semi
clubfooted chap peeling po-
tatoes.
Kimbrough not wanting to
slight the cripple said smilingly,
How much do you want 20
give?"
why III give $50" he an
swered with a smile.
you MISUNDERSTANDING, said
Kimbrough. I'm not selling
Liberty bonds. This is for the
Red Cross"
"I know it." said the cripple
reaching into his pocket for
little wad of bills. I've been
saving this for the Red Cross.
I cant fight but I can give"
Kimbrought felt something
gulpy in his throat. and brave
Louis Tirb. aged IS, a cripple
getting 500 month cooking in
a railroad camp is just as much
a sacrificing hero as if he was
facing the Huns.
Here's a cripple who gave
$50, nearly a months salary to
the Red Crossl
We ought to be ashamed of
ourselves
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-24
THREE NEW SALOON
LICENSES GRANTED
w. Hammond City Council
Increases the Number of
Drink Parlors.

Three new saloon licenses were grant
ed last night by the West Hammond
council which also passed an ordinance
intended to properly regulate the pros
porous liquor establishments of the city.
James Finneran, Lawrence Jaworski and
John Miotke were the men to whom Ii
censes were granted.
The saloon restricting ordinance
which goes into effect in ten days ord
ers saloons to close at eleven o'clock.
abolishes the wine rooms. prohibits
music or anything that passes for music
in saloons and puts stop to the prac-
tice of bartenders serving drinks out
side the saloons to autoists.
The near-beer parlors were placed un-
der a 500 yearly license. This ordi-
nance. it is stated. was aimed at J. J.
Marshal. a West State street saloon
keeper whose license was revoked after
his place had been raided for being dis
orderly. Marshal continues to keep
open. selling soft drinks. He must now
pay a $500 license or get out Of the
near-beer business.
The Law and Order league last night
submitted to complaints which the coun-
ell acted upon. discharging Policeman
John Peters and temporarily revoking
the saloon license of Mrs Mary Flynn.
Peters was charged by the league with
neglect of duty and Mrs. Flynn with
selling liquor on Sunday. The council
will conduct a hearing in the latter case
tomorrow afternoon at the city hall to
determine whether the revocation of the
license shall be permanent and at the
same time grant a hearing to Andrew
Esser whose license was revoked.
The eleven o'clock closing order cuts
two hours of the time saloons may keep
open except Saturday nights when it
stipulates they shall close at u o'clock.
Heretofore the closing has been at one
o'clock
Mayor Kamradt appointed a commit
tee which IS to investigate speculation
in saloon licenses.
The saloon restricting ordinance
also provides that a building occupied
by a saloon cannot be used for saloon
purposes for a year after the license
is revoked.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-24
RED CROSS
DRIVE IS
LAGG|NC

Chairman A. Murray Turner's Red
Cross workers are today cleanig up
the odds and ends in certain parts Of
the city and putting new energy in
the campaign in hirtherto untouched por-
tions. Treasurer George Clark's to-
tails last night were about $4,000 and
It is pointed out that some eXtraordi-
nary work IS yet to be done before the
city goes over the top. There are a
number of people in Hammond who
show no mediation whatever to con-
tribute to the second War Fund and
il is this problem that confronted the
revision committee this morning. They
are determined TO smoke out this ele-
ment. all Of whom can afford to give
something to the noble Red Cross fund.
What action viii be taken to bring
these people into camp the committee
is not prepared to give out for publ
cation as yet.
The four-minute men who are going
around 20 such towns as Griffith, Hess
Vile. Munster and Highland. report
that the smaller communities are max
ing gratifying progress and predict
that everyone Of these places will more
than contribute their quotas HessviIles s
big meeting Is to be on Monday night
II is again forcibly urged BY Chair
man Turner that each person in Ham
mond should make himself a committee
Of one to get some other person TO
contribute. The rooms at Liberty hall
are open day and night for the recep-
tion Of friends There are only "a
houses left TO finish the work. Twelve
thousand dollars more must be contrib
uted. The slogan is, Everybody in the
work"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-24
SUITOR FOR
GIRL 6 HAND
MURDERED
Calumet Scene of Strife for
Pretty Italian Girl; One
Man Is Killed. His AS
sailant Is Arrested.

An argument between two claimants
for the atteUtions of one Of Italy
fairest daughters in the Calumet region
resulted in a murder committed last
night in East Chicago at the corner of
Melville avenue and 15oth street, Calu-
met Tony Bruno. an Italian. 1885 Mel
willie avenue, shot and instantly killed
Frank Gesnoldo. also Italian.
The first intimation of the tragedy
was when Officer Frank Polgar. on
Alexander avenue. heard the shooting
He ran to the scene and upon his ap-
proach Bruno ran toward him with gun
uplifted. Polgar succeeded in capturing
and disarming his man before the gun
could be again discharged. It was
Harrington and Richardson. 80 cahber
revolver.
DR.. TownsIey was at once called but
the injured man was dead when he ar
rived. Gesnoldo was shot three times
once in the left breast. once in the
right breast. the third shot entering ms
mouth and penetrating 70 the base OF
the brain IIuber's ambulance was call
ed and he was taken to the morgue on
Forsythe avenue.
Chief Williams and officer Kerr ar
rived just as Polgar had arrested MS
man The prisoner was taken direct 10
the East Chicago police station and up
on being questioned said that he shot
in self-defense. There were two wit
nesses to the tragedy, neither Of whom.
however being near enough to discover
who was the first aggressor.
1t is said that the two men are
suitors for the attentions Of a young
Iadv in Calumet and that the trouble
arose over Jealousy.
Deputy Coroner Green arrived in East
Chicago this morning and made rec
ord of the case. Inquest will be held
at once
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-24
RUSH
NEW MEN
TO FRONT
Lloyd George In Edinburgh
Speech Tells of Wars
Progress TO Date.
UNITED Press CAnLEoRAx.1

EDINBURG May 24.-"The next
few weeks will be a race between
Hindenburg and Wilson," Premier
Lloyd George declared in a speech
today. "The Germans are strain
ing every muscle to reach their
goal before Americas help is avail
able.
I can honestly say the British
government has sought every hon
orable means for an outlet from
this war. We are dealing with
reckless Prussian depotism which
is out for plundeT and pillage.
Their latest treaties restrain Ger
many as little as when Belgium
was invaded"
The premier saIa Americas entrance
into the war has not Yer eoualizad
Hussias collapse. The America ha
SAID has given the allies about one
hfth the number of men Germany uas
able TO transfer to the west front when
Russia withdrew
But on the eve Of the great German
attack, he said. those best acquainted
with The prospects are most confident
OF the results. The submarine is stilI
menace but no longer a peril. 1t is
stilI formidable for inhicting injury bur
II cant win or lose the war"
Lloyd George also praised General
Foch as a brilliant man of profound
knowledge upon whom the allies could
rely.
The Russian collapse and submarine
war are special adversities with which
the government has had TO cope. LLOYD
George declared.
The submarine warfare was unnre-
cedented and unexpected even from
Germany. In 1916 we doubled the nro-
duetion Of ships In 1915 we hone 70
triple and quadruple it. The invfncible
vaIor of naval and merchant sailors
with their skill. ingenuity and resource
fuIness has overcome submarine diff
culties"
Lloyd George said Allied sailors had
pursued the submarine relentlessly.
The premiers declaration that an ad
HtlraIty report shows a record destruc-
tion OF submarines during April was
greeted with cheers
In April there was the highest out
put of shipping since the submarine
warfare was begun" the premier said
For the first time production exceeded
losses That is not a broad record IN
a government whose faults have been SO
freely advertised The Allies are now
building ships faster than the enemys
consumption"