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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-08

Mayor Trown save . brief and very
much 10 the point business tax a. the
opening of the session. announcing ne
would expect every department head 10
report TO him once a week. lie then
made known Ais committee appoint
ments and the council began discus
sion OF tho pressing topic Or how to
rid the city of two feet OF snow. secure
fire protection and open the avenues
OF transportation.
In line with 1he ID .tor.sl N last
n Ehts Times the council ordered the
police department 10 arrest the snow
slaekers who neglect 10 clean The snow
off sidewalks ia frcut 81 their homes
places Of business oe vacant property.
The motion was made by Councilman
Reilley who stated that people who
nave plenty of money To hire the work
done have made no attempt - clean en
the snow. Commiss. oner Brunt report
ed the police had called up a groat
many OF these people and given then
twenty-four hours notice. The mayo
suggested that some Of the citizens Z
to work earl in the morning ana
Relley replied that the people vino arr
negli gent arc those who 80 10 work
when they feel like it being inde
pendent "T paid TO have 'lnv walks
Leaned Off" said ReHley, and these
people arc no better than am
Not q hftw raplied ttga r7aso,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-08

7 vas moved b. NJ. ReiIlo, that
the matter bc referred to the board 81
safety, and the mayor called for vote
having those in favor mold ZIP their
light hand.
To ten the truth, said Ma 81 Brown
Il think II is up 10 the water works
superintendent to take care OF t.'
e d.dnt know t came under NJ,
jurisdiction, said Superintendent of
the Waterworks Biociie. but nm do
VIVA I can- have four men
\ motion b Councilman Martin that
the vsterv-orks suDe rinta2 cent b. en-
powered 70 aid in cleaning snow ava
Continued on page ivc0
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-08
Consider Fire Peril.

Councilman Martin suEgcsted that H
vas necessary the snow drifts III the
streets be broken up so the IRE depart.
me1t could get through. Councilman
Hechlcman stated he ventured that tho
snow was SO deep ono FIRE plug out OF
six could not be located and that il
was 1h duty of dremen ~ get out and
uncover the fire plugs ~ don't agree
with Mr. Heckelman, said Nj Hop
man. the arcmen should be in the
station
The hremen 90 out in the summer
and paint tho fire plugs" said AZ.
Retlley, and they should take care
Of them II the wintcr time
1Docs Il seem reasonable" asked
Mr.. Hcckelman, that hremen should
be cooped Up n the station and then
go out and oans nlai the IRE plusse''
NO matter Il there are 10 be
change Councilman Reiller began.
What's that Nj Reneye' asked
the mayor.
NO matter if there afe to be
changes, and don't know that there
are continued NJ. Reiney. 1t IS the
duty ot The chief to look after the
plugs. II the fine underwriters AK
the rates youH get busy"
"AVe are short on freinen and theg
sot less pay than n othor cites and ID
IS not their duty to get ont and shayel
snow stated Mr. Iiopmann.
Il don't want e be jumping I'D here
al the time," said Al Re;lley. "but Fl
is the duty Of tho chief . see that
this is done II ne hasn't got the men
let him hire them. Ii d hadn't been for
Captain Hanlon the night Of the IRE
on Wilcox avenue. the whole place
would have burned MP. The IRE plug
was frozen and he found another one.
Fire plugs won't freeze in winter #
the5 are shut or tisht X is tile
chiers place 70 sec theg are in good
condition. j believe the heads Of n
departments should report direct 10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12

relations between the contracting parties will be entered upon immediately after the ratification of the peace treaty. The widest possible admittance of the respec- tive parties to consuls is to be reserved for special agreement
 Art g. The contracting parties mu- tLally renounce the reimbursement of their war costs-that Is to say, the state expenditure for carrying on the war, as we'll as indemnificatlon for damages; that is to say those damages suffered by them and their subjects in the war as through military measures, including all requfsi- tons made in the enemys country.
 Art 6. The respective prisoners of war will be permitted to return home as far as they do not desire with the ap- proval of the state concerned, to remain in it's territories or proceed to another country. The regulation of the questions connected herewith will follow by means of separate treaties provided for it in article s.
 "Art T. The contracting parties under- take mutually and without delay to en- ter into economic relations and organize an exchange for goods on the basis of the following prescriptions:
 q. Until the 31st day of July of tke current year reciprocal exchange of the more important surplus sup plies of agricultural and industrial products will be carired out as follows for the purpose of covering current re- quirements--the quantities and sorts of products to be exchanged will be settled by a joint commission to sit immediately upon the signature of the peace treaty; prices will be regulated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12

by the joint commissions; payments will be made in gold on the basis of 1000 German imperial gold marks as the equivalent of 462 gold rubles of the former Russian empire or l'E9 Austro- Hungarian gold kroner IS the equivalent of 393 rubles. 7S kopeks of the former Russian empire. The ex- change of goods fixed by the joint commissioned aforementioned, which commission will consist of equal num- ber of representatives of both par ties, will take place through state central bureaus. The exchange of those products which are not fixed by the aforementioned commission will take place by the way of free trade, according to the stipulation of pro visionaI commercial treaty.
 % So far as it is not otherwise provided. the economic relations be- tween the contracting parties shall continue provisionally and in any case until the conclusion of final com mercial treaty. But until the termina- tion of a period of at least six months after the conclusion of peace between the central powers as well as the Uni- and the European states at war with tho central powers, as wei as the Uni- ted States and Japan on the other part, certain prescriptions are laid down as a basis of relations.
 As regards economic relations be- tween Germany and Ukraine. the text of the treaty prescribes what parts O. the Russo German commercial and shipping treaties of 1894 and 1901 shall be put into force. The contract ing parties further agree to maintain the general Russian customs tariff of January 13. 1903
 The treaty also provides (section 3 which parts of the Austro- Hungarian Russian commercial and shipping treaty of February ,, 1906, shall be maintained. and adds:
 All the parties agree that all ar ticles transported across the territory of either party shall be free of duty. Trade mark agreements are resumed and the contracting parties agree to support each other in restoring rail- way traffic. Economic relations pe- tween Bulgaria and Turkey and Ukraine are to be settled according to the most favored nation definition until definite commercial treaties are concluded
 If the period provided for in the first paragraph of section 2 should not occur before June 30, 1919 each of the two contracting parties is freo from June 30, 1919, to give six months notice to terminate the prescriptions contained in the above mentioned sec ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12

lions of dollars could be raised for the government before the close of the pres ent fiscal year, June 20. In order to facilitate the floating of the great loan it was in his view vital that industries should be speeded up. should be able to earn every penny possible, and that there should be 10 curtailment of wages. It is the secretarys hope that many thousands of those who receive wages will contribute some part of them to the next liberty loan. But if the wage earn CTS lose pay one day out of the six for the next 10 weeks, they may not be able to subscribe as much as they would like to subscribe to the third liberty loan.
 One of the reasons ascribed by MT. Catchings for the sudden and extraor- dinary action of Dr. Garfield can be discovered in the necessity for hasty de- cisions which are inevitable as long as there is lacking machinery for central planning and control over the separated war activities of the government. The business men of the United States are practically with unanimity in favor of central control.
 There is no doubt that among indus trial leaders and business men the feeling in general that the closed Monday or der was a mistake, and yet the faithful observance of it@has been so general as to make it clear that business and in dustry of all kinds in the United States are ready to follow the lead of the gov ernment. even though that leadership may appear to them to have been mis- taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
HERE'S TO ALABAMA

4 recent bulletin by the food pre-. paredness bureau shows up old Ala bama in it's true form.
 The bulletin shows that Alabama produced more than enough corn to meet all it's requirements. The state crop was larger than that in Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana or Texas
 Alabama produced more peanuts than any other state. These were ground up and used as live stock food
 Alabama produced more peanuts than any other state and practically all the crop went to the making of oil.
 The hay crop of 1917 was three times that of 1916.
 Alabama produced more velvet beans than any other state. These were ground up and used as live stock food
 Alabama produced more sweet pota- toes than any other state and two and one-half times the amount in 1916.
 Alabama produced more sorghum and cane syrup than any other state except Louisiana.
 Jefferson county produced more sweet potatoes than any other county In the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
MATTER OF HISTORY

hynia and Gallcia which was in the full
 tide of success under General Korniloff
 when disaffection among her troops broke | out and stopped the effort dead.
 l Since August, last, Russia has figured
 in the great world conflict as military | factor only by reason that she still held
 numbers of German and Austrian troops
 on her frontiers. awaiting the forces of i Reorganization within to bring about her 1 final dlsintegration. This process, strug- gled against In vain by Kerensky, was l constantly accelerated by virtue of the divided authority set up al Petrograd. ! The council of soldiers and workmen. rep | resenting the proletariat, and claiming virtually supreme power, finally In No venber, last formally took over the pow CT it had long in fact exercised. The rest is comparatively recent history Un- der Lenine and Trotzky an armistice was brought about on all Russian fronts on December 4, and peace negotiations with the central powers were opened at Brest-Litovsk on December 23 The cen tral empires agreed to adhere to the general principles of no annexations, no indemnities and self-determnation of peoples and there was held open to the entente powers the opportunity of join ing in the negotiations and have them league up to a general peace. No favor was found for this proposition among the allied nations, however, the good faith of the Germans in particular in making this offer being doubted. This doubt was later found by the Russians themselves to be well founded.
 Notwithstanding this, however, the negotiations were continued. Meanwhile Russia was fast splitting up. District after district declared it's independence, Finland and Ukraine being the notable examples. The Ukraine opened separate negotiations with the central powers and these eliminated last Saturday in the signing of peace agreement.
 Whether the continuation of the Ukrain- ian negotiations in peace treaty was the determining factor in inducing the bolsheviki to declare the state of war at an end is not at all clear as yet.
 It has been made fairly clear. how ever, that Germany had no idea of yield
 ing to the bolsheviki on the question of evacuation of Russian coupled terri tory which had been the sticking point in the negotiations, and that she was preparing virtually to ignore the bol- shevik as long as she could make peace with the Ukraine and secure the open ing of the frontiers to the rich grain growing province controlled even nom- inally by the Ukranians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
TheNewCalomel Fine for Colds and Grippe
Calotabs, the New Nausealess Calomel, Breaks Up a Severe Cold Overnight.

Physicians and druggists have at last found quick and dependable remedy for colds and grippe. One Calotab on the tongue at bedtime. with a swallow of water-that's all. Next morning your cold has vanished and your liver and entire system are purified and re- freshed without the slightest unpleas- antness or interference with appetite diet or work.
 Doctors have always contended that calomel is the best medicine for colds bronchitis and la grippe and the first medicine to be given in pneumonia and acute levers. The new calomel Calo- tabs. is purified andrefined from all of the sickening and dangerous effects and with the medicinal virtues vastly Improved
 Xalotabs are sold only in original sShled packages. price 35c. Your drug gHt recommends and guarantees them a1d will refund your money if you are mt deighted.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
Funeral Services of Thomas E. Morris at
 the Family Residence

The remains of Thomas F. Morris, Jr., who met his death Sunday at the aviation field. Lake Charles, La, ar rived in Birmingham last night and were taken to the Johns Undertaking establishment. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the residence of his father Thomas E. Morris. 1915 Cottonwood avenue. Interment will follow at Elm wood.
 The deceased met his death by the burning of house in which he was sleeping, which caught fire. it is sup posed, by the overturning of an oi. stove. He was civilian instructor at the Gerstner field aviation camp at Lake Charles where the United States aviators receive training.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
Cured His RUPTURE

-f was badly ruptured while lifting a ellink several years ago. Doctors said l11N only hope of cure was an opera tit5y Trusses did me no good. Finally Itot hold of something that quickly afd completely cured me. Years have nfssed and the rupture has never re- f1rned. although I am doing hard work e1a carpenter There was no opera :. fibn. no lost time. no trouble. I have nXthing to sell, but will give full infor- p bte cure without operation, 1T you 3s2ite to me. Eugene NJ. Pullen. Car p2nfer, 11-D Marcellus Avenue, Man and show eise to any u others uus ha sh's afe ruptured--you may save life or IT least stop the misery of rupture and t1e worry and danger of an operation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
If This Mirror Drops

From the Popular Science Monthly
 A three by four inch mirror, which Is intended especially for use in the trenches. is made of special metal which contains a high percentage of nickel. It will neither rust nor cor rode.
 The surface Of the metal is highly polished and reflects almost as we'll as glass It is protected by a soft lined case into which it fits.
 It is usually carried in the upper left hand coat pocket, where it does excellent survice as a shield, being sufficiently strong to divert glancing bullets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
USE VICTORY. FLOUR

Housewives can use Victory flour on all wheatless days, according to ruling of R. M. Hobbie. state food ad- ministrator Victory bread is made of government regulation flour-that is, flour containing at least 20 per cent of substitutes for wheat.
 The new order provides that rye flour will not be considered substi- tute for wheat flour on and after March 3.
 The order on wheatless days affects all restaurants, as well as household CTS. MT. Whitaker pointed out and is broad application on the wheatless day idea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12

Russia steps formally out of the war
 by act of the bolshevik government, which seized the reins of power in Petro- grad last November, and almost immedf- ately opened peace negotiations with the central empires. The authority of this government seems virtually unquestioned at present in northern Russia and the
 reutonic powers have already assured the cessation of even nominal nostinties along virtually all the remainder of the orig inal long line in the east by signing peace with the Ukraine and isolating Rumania
 Although cutting little figure in the war for nearly 9 year past, Russia s great, indeed vital, part in the conflict comes forcibly to mind as the circum- stances leading up to her exit are re- viewed. Becomes a belligerent on Au- gust l, 1914, through Germany's declara- tion of war upon her. her troops wers soon sweeping through east Prussia, creating a diversion which hampered the Germans in their first dash through Bel gium and upon Paris. Though disas- trously defeated by Hindenburg at Tan nenburg, she rallied quickly and by win ter was ndmmeTlnS aRaln at the Ger man borders and her great armies over running Austrian territory in Galicia were at the crests of the Carpathians and threatening an invasion of Hun gary.
 It took the bulk of the Austrian armies and large proportion of Germany's vir- tually an entire years campaigning in 1915 to break Russia's hold on Galcia, drive her out of Poland, and the lower Baltic territory and force her arms un- der Grand Duke Nicholas to the line at Brest-Litovsk, the scene of the recent peace negotiations, formed the keystone Beaten back but not yet disorganized she fought through 1916 creating havoc among the Austrian armies in Volhynia and Galicia and in Asia Minor, driving the Turks out of virtually all Turkish Armenia.
 The opening of last year found Rus sia under the old bureaucratic regime virtually at the end of her either Her oppressed, war-worn people were ripe for the revolution and in March. 1917, came the crash, the deposition of En- peror Nicholas and the formation of the first provisional government Under Kerensky as minister of war her armies in July, 1917, began an offensive in Vol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
Russia Formally Declares
 That War Is Now Off
tcontinued from page one)

fixed commission, according to ethno- graphical conditions, and with a regard to the desires of the population. Should the Ukranian peoples republic yet have cen mon frontiers with another of the, powers of the quadruple alliance. special agreements will be made thereon.
 'sArt. 3. The evacuation of occupied ter ritories will begin immediately after the satisfaction of the present treaty. The manner of carrying out the evacuation and transfer of the evacuated territories Will be determined by the plenipoten- tiaries of the interested parties.
 "Art. 5. The diplomatic and consular
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
Worried

From the Detroit Free Press.
 q don't know what I'll do if my boy has to go to war"
 T wounldn't worry so much if were you. Perhaps he won't be drafted"
 T know but I just can't bear the thought of him ever having to go."
 "That is a fear that all mothers have to face Has your son regis tered?"
 Dear me. no, not yet Byt I,n just worried to death for fear that some day he will be called away from me-"
 ''How old Is your boy?'
 Just six months old yesterday, and the loveliest boy that ever was born.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
An Unregenerate

From the Washington Star
 You look better since prohibition came along"
 ''I feel better admitted Uncle Bill Bottletop. T believe the little trip l have to take every now and then in or Ger to obtain few bitters is kind O good for my general health
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
DEATHS

Thomas Parr-Funeral services of Thomas Parr, which were to have been held yesterday, will be con- ducted at o'clock this afternoon from the residence of his daughter, Mrs, w. J. White, 1927 Nolan ave- nue, the postponement being made in order to give relatives living out of town the opportunity of being present. MT. Parr was 70 years old and was one of Birminghams pio- neer citizens He was an active mem Der of the Church of the Advent. Dr. Middleton Barnwell will officiate and interment will be in Elmwood James Wesley Davis-Age 77, died at his residence near Dora yesterday morning. MT Davis is survived by two sons and three daughters. He was for many years a prominent member of the Methodist church for over 50 years, and was a Mason and Confederate veteran.i Funeral arrangements had not been con- pleted yesterday pending advices from sons and daughters in Texas and Arkansas.
 Howard Arledge--Aged Al, died yes tcrday at the family residence a, ,lrondale. Funeral services will be held at noon today from the resi- dence with interment at Bass ceme- tery. He is survived by his father. Mary Effie ZOphie-Aged years. died at the residence of her parents, Mir and Mrs. William r. Zophie. 490J second avenue. south. Funeral serv- ices will be held today at o'clock from the residence with interment at Forest Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
Good Training

From the Yonkers Statesman.
 Church-I see by the paper that girls in Passport, Me, are earning as high as saz week packing sardines
 Gotham-Bet you a new hat they'll have those girls over in New York be- fore long, working as conductors in the subway cars.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-27
Are We War Crazy? We Are!

German Admiral Won Hintze, mouthpiece OF the
German war party which wants to save itself from
the rising tide of German revolt by bringing loaf
of ha1-baked peace to the Teutonic table, accuses
the United States of being crazy.
The admiral hit the nail squarely on the head
We are war crazy. And will remain war crazy
until the blot of Uboat piracy has been wiped out
Until Belgium is restored. Until Serbia, Rumania,
Flanders Russia are freed. Until the lid has been
fastened tight the coffin of German aggressions
and Hohenzollern dreams of worldwide conquest,
military and commercial. Until the imperial Ger
man government longer considers treaties as
scraps of paper. Until that government is over
thrown or so thoroughly renovated that further
progress of civilization and democracy may contin-
unimpeded
We are so crazy, Won Hntze that we're
going to tax ourselves eight billion dollars this
year and loan to our government double that
amount. .--
We crazy that will draft our boys
and our mddle-aged men.
We crazy that will fight to the
last dollar. the last day and the last man for lib
crty and honor. precious in eyes than gold
and life.
We crazy because we are right and We
know il, and because you are wrong and we know
IL
But are, withal not so war crazy as the
Germans when they started this horrible war in
cold blood