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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-27
ANNOUNCEMENT

wish to %nnounce the PENN OF
sanitary dental parlors in the Artemis
Bldg. 151 State street. All work guar
anteed.
.2-a7-4 DIR. w. +. sPIrLER.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-27
Mothers, Learn All
About Your Babies

Mrs. Joachitis. visiting nurse OF ths
Gary Goodfeliowshjp club. will address
mothers on Babies ard small children
Thursday night al 24th avenue school.
admission is free.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-27
HAD NARROW ESCAPE

CROWN POINT. Ind. Feb 27.-He-
bron narrowly escaped having a SER
ious accident Saturday. Henry Hogan
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-27
OBITUARY.

Mrs. Kettle Stahl. wife or less Stshl.
2o7 Indiana avenue. Hammond. died at
81. Margsrets hospital last night. The
cause Of her death is attributed to
heart trouble. The deceased is 81 Years
ears old and besides her husband is
survived BY two children. Funeral ar
r~angements have not been completed
After suffering from a stroke of par
alysis. Mrs. Bertha. sos Plummer ase-
nue.. Hammond. died at the residence
lats night. Her husband died about q
year ago. She was So years old and
was an old resident or Hammond Sew
eral married children survive. Funeral
arrangements viii be later.
The funeral Of Louis Peters. - wears
old. the pioneer and we'll known West
Hammond resident. viii be held at the
residence at 30s state street THURSDAY
afternoon at one o'clock. Following
services at the home. the body will be
taken the the Friedens Evangelical
church where the Rev. Well viii con
duct the services at 1870 o'clock. IN
torment viii be made in the family
lot ct oak Glenn cemetery.
The funeral of Daniel r Raymond.
6sS Holman street. viii lie held at the
st. Joseph church tomorrow morning
THURSDAY. at eight O'Clock The Rev.
Father Berg viii conduct the requiem
high mass and interment VIII be made
in the ST. Joseph cemetery.
TIE infant daughter or Mr.. and AIRS.
Charles L. Ganser, 327 stbley street.
died at ST. Msrgaret's hospital this
morning The funeral was held this
afternoon and interment was made at
st. Joscph's cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-27

MAKE WAR on WASTE AND WAL
LOP THE KAISER.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-27

Nern Richter OF MontpeIIeT, q, and
Raymond kidd Of Peru, Ind. visited
over Sunday with Mr.. Richter's sister,
Mrs. c. G. ssusaman and Mr.. Sausar1an
Of Garfield avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Rothschild heHe isft
Hot Springs and are at Jacksonville,
FIa.. where they will remain for 2 .eH
weeks.
Desrite tho inclemencv OF the weather
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-27

Following the lodge session last even
ing Of Golden Rule Council No. l p. OF
l.. there was sn enjoyable social hour.
Refreshments were served.
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
LABOR FOR FARMS.
Agriculturists Should Apply to County
 Farm Bureau in Hartford

Hartford, July 2.-The task of supplying labor for Connecticut farms is Q continuous routine which is en- gazing the thought, time and re- sources of various government agen- cies intent on securing a maximum production of food as a vital contri- button to the winning of the war. Some of the methods followed to se- cure results, were outlined today by David Elder, field representative of the United States Employment Serv- ice, and Senator Elijah Rogers, farm help specialist representing the Unit ed States Department of Agriculture in Connecticut. Both officials are working in cooperation with the Connecticut State Council of De- fense and it's local agencies.
 Mir. Elder keeps constantly in touch with the sources of labor supply and places workers where needed about the state. MT. Rogers devotes his time to cooperating with the farm CTS and County Farm Bureaus in as certaining where workers are needed and in what number. One official at tends to the supply end of the em- ployment problem and the other the demand end. Their work is so inter- related that they have their offices together under the direction of Leo A. Korper federal director for Con- necticut of the United States En- ployment Service at Room 25, state capitol, Hartford.
 The farmer who is searching for farm help will apply at his County Farm Bureau if he follows the new plan of calling on the agencies that are alive to his interests. He may communicate with the bureau by mail or telephone, or may apply in person. If a branch office of the U. s. Employment Service is more con- venient he will apply there.
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
Meets New Britain Man.

May fl.
 Just at present there are two air planes overhead. We don't often stop to look at them, as they are always high in the air, but these two are very low and so the noise is louder. They are U. s. machines with Liber- ty motors. You speak of the hate for the Boche. Do you know the reason for the strength of the Boche army? It is because hatred for everything not German is instilled into a man from childhood. That hatred is fast growing in the Americans. It is al- ready in the other Allies. It is what will win the war.
 "Cy' Wilbor of New Britain had dinner With me last night. He is in Y. NJ. C. A. work. It was just by chance I happened to meet him. | was just going out of my room, to go across the street and ] almost ran into him. We sat and talked nearly all night and then when he tried to get into his hotel it was locked, and all the banging we did wouldn't bring anybody. I asked him to come back and stay with me. It sure seems good pie you know. We had a great time. At 6 A. M. he left. He was on his way to the front. He asked me to have you call up his mother and tell her about it. He is to be stationed to the right of where I was last Aug ust, about half way between there and the largest town clear to the right
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03

yesterday two packages and a paper. It is very warm today. We have a thunder shower about every night and that cools off the air fine My room is very comfortable Madame keeps it closed up all day and being a stone building, the heat does not penetrate. Madame was telling ne about a French prisoner who has just escaped from Roche land He is a nephew of hers He says the people arc really very hard up. Hardly any bread or meat and that paper clothes are being worn. The offensive has proved a failure in the eyes of the Roche at home. The people aresget- ting restless and clam bring for peace He says if the military leaders can not pull off something pretty soon that trouble will start. Now you hear lots of stories, but I have reason to believe this is about true. He says they had only two meals q day and nothing but underClothes to wear, Hospital trains are sent through the cities at night and no one can get 10 look in them. The authorities say they have only a few Stragglers in the coaches. and they are in reality filled with BOche wounded. You will re- m ember that as long ago as Septeln- Der l wrote you I took a card away from a Roche prisoner and it said dogs were even SCarCer in Frankfurt and Vienna for eating. We all know Fritz is hard pressed, but they still have thousands of men, so the Allies have a big fight on their hands for a time yet"
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03

of us were away. I had a chance to
 go to a town I had never been to be- fore, and so asked for the trip. We
 stopped at a wonderful chateau. It is owned by a countess. There are many nice walks around it, shrubbery and flowers. I told the doctor who
 was with me, he could leave me there for the duration of the war. And what meals! I had three eggs, steak, toast, tea, potatoes, etc. It sure Is one fine place. It was an ideal day for riding too, nice and warm. We drove about 150 kilometers and got back about 10:30 F. M. We have not had any mail for several days. On account of the drive the trains are nearly all taken off. One of Madame's sons is home on permission and so when I have time at night we go out together. He is a lieutenant in the engineers Last night we went to a movie at the Y. M. C. A. This is the first movie I havt seen for long, long time It troubles my eyes. As he cannot speak a word of English, I had to translate all the headings in the picture. Believe me this was some job. They only show a minute and so much slang is used that it Is
 necessary to change the slang into English and then the English to French. I sure had my hands full,
 now I can tell you. Yesterday one of the most popular men at the garage was taken to the hospital. We think he has had a stroke-he is paralyZed on one side. He is an Englishnan and was an inspector for the Pierce Arrow people in the States. The news today about the drive looks lots bet ter It is only to be expected that the French would be driven back a little when 55 Boche divisions are thrown
 in at once. The reserves are up now, and the Boches are being held. It will merely be another case of the Marne'. Here is a good one. Tn town the Boches are on one side of the river, American and French on the other. Most of the houses have
 been shelled down. One however,
 was still standing with four windows facing the river. The blinds were closed. There are three bridges across the river. Fritz started an attack across the bridges and the French opened up on them but were being
 driven back. Suddenly the blinds opened and four American machine
 guns opened fire. The Boches were. moved down in fine style and then turned tail and ran.
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
Kaiser Is Not Scared.

May 28.
 "As you will have seen in the pa pers last night, the offensive started yesterday morning. We knew it the night before it started, from reports Fritz is not gaining much. Do you honestly believe that the U. $. has the Kaiser as scared as you write. I am sorry for you if you do. You are due to a strange awakening. The Boche are still going strong. The people at home must not think the war is won. To do so means slow ing up in work at home. Yes, I have seen more than if I was in the army. There are not many Americans who have been on the three fronts and along the entire French and Ameri- can fronts It has been a great eX- perience. Sometimes ] feel sorry I left college, feel that I ought to have stayed and finished my last year. Then when I think of conditions over here, and the experience that I have had that | could not get in 100 years of college, I feel satisfied. What is worrying me now is what I will do when I get back. Everybody will hate work. This life makes us lazy. We lose our am bitiOn and just live from day to day. The French and British will be worse off than the Americans because they have been in lOnyer'
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
Many Draftees Across.

June /.
 "I have been so busy for the past few days that I have been unable to write. From appearances we are due for a lot more work. AS you know the Boche drive has started again. I would like to see an American pa- per, right now I'll bet there is some excitement all right. Some excite ment and worrying all for nothing. You must not worry as everything will come out all right. Fritz may have made some advances at first, but just wait. Things are not as bad as they look by any means. We are not worrying about the outcome at all, we know how it will end.
 "I am alone in the office, one man is in Paris and the other is sick. It is harder just at this time as we are expecting orders that will affect the whole garage. I am afraid I will not get in on the excitement as l did before. when on the British front. Very likely you will not get much mail for a time, as the drive is taking everyonc'S attention. Trains arc all given up to the troop movement Please do not worry though, I will be all right.
 "Yes, New Britain sure did come through good on the drive. Better than would be expected in city made up as it is, of working people. You say the U. s. gas mask is the best We'll the Americans are using the English mask over here. It is not as good as the TisO French mask. It is possible to talk in the TisO, and not possible in the English mask. I have not seen an American mask, but it will have to go some to beat the latest French mask. Yes, it is too bad we were not in the war about two years before. The men are com ing in very fast now. We have been at the great numbers of drafted men over here. A whole di- vision went through today. I can't tell you the number, but they have not been in France very long. Does it look as though the Boche are ter rlblv frightened with this drive on? That is the mistake the Americans l are making. Even the new men over here seem to think they will be in ] Berlin by July. Yes, ] am still sta ! cI0ncd in the same town and from all 1 2ppearances guess I am stuck here ! for the rest of the war I do long to 1 get in on this I want to see moro l Boche go west. Yes, please keep 1 ,IippinCs on the way
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
FAIRGROUNDS OPEN MONDAY,

The city playgrounds will open Monday. Tho Bartlett playground will be in charge of Frank Egan and Miss Mary Cox; the Burritt school grounds will be in charge of Walter Kopf and Mrs. Kophins; the Smalley grounds will be in charge of David WaskoWitz and Miss Florence Dougherty; the East street grounds will be in charge of William John son and Miss Mae Begley; the Smith school grounds will be supervised by Joseph Kehoe and Miss May Byrne Warren Slater will have general su- pervision and all workers will meet at the mayors office at f o'clock Fri day.
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03

lines. The French sailors work the French naval guns. There were sev- eral of us sitting out in front Cf the
 Y M c. A. when some of them drove by in an old buggy with a worse looking nag. You should have heard the chaffing. Yells of Hey, Jack, look out you don't get submarined', 'Swab down the deck, Jack. etc. Then the Jacks began chafing the soldiers All in good part of course. Well the third Roche drive has been
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
New Edison Terrifying Gas.

May 8.
 ''I wish I could get a picture of my room and send it to you. It is on the ground floor and opens on a garden fenced in by the iron fence seen in the picture you have. I have fine French bed and a large table, (din- ing-roOm table), an arm chair and straight back chairs, ? clothes clos cts. a side-board and wash stand. Madame cleans the room every day and if any buttons are off, or clothes to be mended I leave them out in sight Following the French custom, they (Madame and her daughter) drink tell Oil<e teal every night at about P. M. They always ask me in to drink with them. It is not as strong as tea and ] like it better.
 Well, what do you think of the tanks? There are some American tanks near here and French ones also though not quite as big as the British tanks. Tell me about the masks you are making. Are they dog face or English, or are they for the new Edison gas? Have you heard about it? When Fritz gets a taste of it he will be ready to quit. These masks we have now are no good at all for Edison gas. They say it practically petrifies a person. It is necessary to wear prepared outfit from head to foot. I'd like to be up and see Fritz when he gets his first taste of it."
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03

I read an article in the paper the other day. It ended like this, Tt will take centuries to erase the hatred of the Boche from the heart of the Frenchman.' That will be true of every Allied soldier. The people in the States will never come to hate as we CO.'
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03


 ''I am still waiting for some mail. A car has been broken into and so now it is sealed up pending an 1rTeS- tigation. I saw Dr. Niel yesterday. He has just returned from the States. He said all through New England hundreds of people asked about their boys over here. He was thought great deal of here. I wish he was going to be stationed here again. He sure is a fine man. I have a very lazy time of it now. I get up about A. M Have breakfast with Madame and get over to the garage about 7:3O, give out stock and arrange in coming stock, etc, have lunch from 12 to 1:3O and do the same in the aft ernoon, until 6. Then l am through for the day. Have dinner at and fuss around my room from to or go across the street to the Y. Then I drink tell with Madame and go to bed about 9:30. I get lots of sleep. It is almost like home. Wonderful meals and the incest people to live with. I guess that is the reason I am getting so fat. Madame sure gets me everything. I never want for thing in the eat line.
 "Where I have been getting my bread for the past or 4 months there are five or six French girls and they have only just found out that I am an American. I didn't know l spoke French so we'll as to be taken for Frenchman. One of the girls had been in the States fifteen years and could speak English. Nothing ever happens now, not even an air raid. I have been stationed in this town since last November and have never seen a Boche overhead yet. The 'Alerte' sounds about every clear night, but that is because the Boche are crossing the lines. This town is not of military importance, so they don't come here. We are about 20 miles from the American front. The present battles are not on this front, they are in Flanders and Picardy as you have read in the papers. That is about 200 miles away"
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
"June $.

1 "June 6. "Yesterday we sent out several l cars on an urgent call, and five trucks ] left here this morning. The sad part 1 of it is I have got to stay.
 "Yesterday at the last minute we got call to send trucks out this morning. That meant another fellow and I had to make all the arrange ments, get passes for cars and men, arrange for equipment and repairs,
 etc. It was P. M. before we got through, and I was over here at 6:3O A. M. today. We got them off in fine style. Then on top of all that I had
 a carload of supplies come in. I had to open it up. check it up and then
 issue it out again. I'll bet I wrote
 my John Hancock more yesterday
 on orders than in a year before. You
 say mothers wouldn't have war.
 We'll neither would civilized men.
 Boches are not human and so it is up to us to trim them. However, it IS
 for mothers and wives that the men are at war, that is, on the Allied side. On the Roche side it is for military power alone.
 "Yes, ma, I think I, and also all the other boys over here, made a leap, from 9 quiet, possibly gentle person, to a sort of savage intent on getting as many Boche as possible. Is that not so? It is true that I have had more experience than if I was in the army. Tn the trenches the danger is in an attack only. That only hap pens once ill while. In the ambul- ance we all had to drive over roads pounded by the Boche, without even a chance to lie down on the ground Therefore I think I have seen more and possibly grown to hate more Yes, we get quite a bit of general news in the papers. Be sure and tell me what outfits the different fellows come over in. Then I can look them up. This is fine day"
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
"\IaN O6

May 70.
 ''Why should you worry about my being in Paris when the long range gun only fires every 15 minutes and at the front several hundred every minutes. It was really funny to see people take out their watches and when time for the next shell to come in began to conjecture where it would land. I really never can describe the attack. It. is impossible without the noise of the guns, rifles. machine guns, shells and wounded. It was a great sight, and the best part of it was, I had a chance to fire a ma chine gun. I know I got some Boches, as they were so thick all the gunners have to do is point straight ahead and pull the trigger. Many, many trains of troops are going through here all day and night. The Boche have not started on their new drive yet, but we all know it is com ing, and when it does Fritz is going to get more than he got the first time"
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
s'tTov %

May GO.
 Last night I had dinner with Dr. Smith. He was my doctor at the hos pital last October. He came in about $ P. M. and suggested that we go back to the hospital and fix up feed. It is about four miles from here so we walked down. Then we fixed it up with a friend of his who has a small cafe. We got there about 7:30. Then, as it was 9 o'clock when we got through, and Smith has to be off the streets at that time, we climbed out the back window He got to his barracks the back way. walked down the street, then back here, four miles again. That makes a walk of eight miles just for a feed. It was worth 1t thought. We had a fine time. Smith Is going to an off, cers' school in two days. He has lust received his commission as a doctor in the army. We have been having some real hot days. l am not com- plainine though, it is better than win ter Madame gives me my thermos bottle full of boiled water every dav Pretty good, don't you think so? We are planning a big time for the eve ming Of Decoration day. Ten of us are going 10 have a feed and Celebra- tion.''
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
HUNS HARD PRESSED
 BUT NOT DEFEATED
Allies Will Win, But Buell. Warns
 Of 0Ver-COniidenCe

Letters received by NIr. and Mrs. r. H. Buell. of Winthrop street. from their son, William Buell.. an ambul- ancc driver with the American EXpe- dltlonary Forces are full of optimism regarding the outcome of the world war. Buell. writes that if the Ger mans continue in their offensive, there will be no one left in Germany but women and children. He also states that he met Rev. Mr. Miel of Hartford pr. Miel spoke in this city during the winter, shortly before re- turning to the front. The French have stood the hardships of war for four years and they are still in it to the fnish," is the opinion of the young ambulance driver.
 His letters, covering the activities from May ? to June 12 follow:
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
May 19.

May l9.
 'Today I received 12 letters, the first in a long time. I have just had my picture taken in an English res- pirator. The one I had on the Eng fish front and later on the American front, if it comes out good, I will send one home. How l wish I had a cam era and films. I would like some of these views around here. It is de- fendu to have a camera here. Well if had a chance to return to the States on furlough, all the U-boats in the sea wouldn't make me back down. I guess if I got through the period at the front, I will get back 0. K. I have always said it would be just my luck to fall downstairs, or get hit by an auto and go west while back here miles away from the front. Do you think the men over here have any doubt as to who Is going to win the war? Every one knows!
 "Wilbor and Platt are the only ones I have seen lately. Platt is stationed in this town. My clothes fit all right now as they were made for winter wear and by putting on B. v. D.s I am smaller and they fit better. Of course I won't say they fit me cor rectly. This is war, not ball"