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Three hundred nurses in the Noun
tain division now are enrolled In the
Red Cross >nursing psrvice. and nearly
800 already have been assigned.
George II. Lacosks. -. cadet aviator
was killed ut Taylor field ct Mont
gomery. Ala. when his plane went In
20 nose dive.
The eleven men who were charged
with murder in connection with the
lynching Of Paul Prayer. enemy allen,
were acquitted by jury ut Edwards
Vile, III.
Warehouses Nos. 20 and "a at the
United States arsenal at st. Louis
wsre destroyed by fire with loas Of
army equipment stored there esti-
mated BY the police at more than S.
100000.
Mrs. Sarah Cabiness. negro. and her
sons. George, Peter. Cute, Tenola and
Thomas. are dead. and her daughter.
Bessie. II probably fatally wounded as
the result ola shooting affray at
Huntsville. Tex.
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ThirtHogh officers and msa q the
American sxpsdit1onasV forces have
been cttsa ~ thsif divisional CO.,
nandsrs u diviaioaAl ordsrs for gAl-
lantfy.
A. . result q the visit of Emperor
Charles to ConstantinOple. the sultan
has consented to give Austria REIN
foroements Of reserves. Il was re-
ported at Zurich.
Emperor william has conferred
upon Crown Prince Frederick the star
Of grand commander Of the royal house
Of Hobsnsollern. with swords. . Berlin
dispatch announces.
In the Memorial Day exercises in
the rear Of the American sector in
Picardy small American nag and
flowers were placed on each grave OF
an American soldier.
Destruction of two submarines with
in half an hour By an American de-
troyer off the coast of France was re-
ported By an American ship arriving
at an Atlantic port from the war gone.
The latest German barbarity CON.
sists Of Q man trap similar to q bear
trap, discovered In No Mans land By
Corp. Leonardo Manser and Sergt. Vic
tor L. vaupel, United States engineers.
The endemic which "a sweeping
over spain. a disease which someyhat
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SPORT.

Joplin won q twenty-inning game
from st. Joseph on the st. Joseph
grounds. by scoring two runs in the
final inning. the final count being 3
to /.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, famous
Chicago Cub pitcher. now soldier at
Camp Funston. and Miss Amy Arrant
Of Omaha were married at Manhattan,
Kan.
Sailor Kirke. well known to Denver
fight fans. who served four. years IN
the navy and was discharged. has 70.
enlisted. He will be sent to the coass
for duty.
Carrying top weight. 1872 pounds, ].
K. L. Ross Broomstick.E ugenia Burch
colt Cudsel. ridden by Jockey L. Lyke
and the favorite In the betting. won
the sixth running Of the Kentucky
handicap ut Douglas park at Louis
vile. KY, in handy fashion.
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ABOUT the WAN.

The fifth successive counter attack
against Cantigny was repulsed BY the
Americans with losses for the enemy.
Two Of Germany's newest and lars.
est submarines OF the cruiser class
were sunk May II and Is. near O.
braltar.
The British In the regions OF Arras.
Lens and Bethune are keeping up their
trench-raidinG operations against the
Germans.
The Germans In their Champagne
offensive In France have reached the
right bank OF the River Marne on q
ten-mile front.
The Germans have seized and taken
into Swinemunde the Dutch steamship
Jantje and sailing vessels Maria ia
coba sind 6ersine.
The transport ship Leasowe Castle
has been sunk BY an enemy submarine
the British admiralty announced. One
hundred and one persons were
drowned.
On the front between Scissors and
Chateau Thisrry the Germans occu-
pied Longpont, Corey, Faverolles and
Troesnss. but later were driven out
Of these places By energetic French
counter attacks.
After desperate resistance and fight
ing In the streets. lasting several
hour. the French evacuated Scissors.
which the Germans occupied, accord
ing to the official announcement from
tho Paris war office.
The aerial activity over the terri.
tory Of the German advance u most
intense and French airmeu have
dropped many tons Of bombs on en-
envy targets In addition to bringing
down nineteen German machines.
The seventh day Of the new battle
found the allied line from Scissors TO
AAelms. although II had been bent
back ct various points, mot 20 hard
prsesed - on previous days and seem.
ingiy more capable Of resisting the
enemy's onslaught.
Fighting their way along the River
Marine. the Germans have reached a
polnt 70 the west Of Chateau hierry.
French troops hold the western por.
ton OF the city. On the eastern side
OF the Champagne salient the Ger
maas have succeeded in crossing the
Rheims-D ormans road south Of Dizzy
violaine and ville-en- Tardenois.
The French troops In . counter at-
tack west Of Nsuilly-St. Front drove
back the Germans. and also In m At
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London.-The movement in Russia
IN favor Of the cause Of the allies il
increasing and has been strengthened
by President Wilson's recent declara-
ton of sympathy for Russia, says a
Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Ex.
press. The Russian democracy also
b enthusiastic over recent steps taken
BY the British government to show its
frtendship. Following the discovery
OF counter-revolutionary plot, q
state OF siege has been declared At
Moscow.
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Although It cannot be said that the
Germans in their new offensive have
been definitely stopped, there is. new.
ertheless, q marked iminution In tho
speed with which they started out, and
their gains since Saturday have been
relatively small when compared with
those Of previous days. SO great have
been the casualties suffered that the
Prussian guards division. the pride
Of the German crown prince-is de-
clared to have been withdrawn from
the battle.
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Boston.@LWool-Scour basis:
Texas-Fine u months. 3I.72@1.7s;
fine.'8 months, $1.500155.
Territory-Fine staple. $3.50: half
blood eombing. yI.s561ss; three
sighths-blood eombins, Sl.4001.45; fine
eiothins: ,i.5sS YYsso'' ''he medium
Pulled Extra. s1.so41.ss: "A, S1.7o
0L80; A supers, $1.6081.65.
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MIsCELLANEous MARKETS.
Prices ouoted for Metal

New Observation-Disclosures.
Copper-$23.12h.
Bar Silver-99xc.
st. Louis.-Spelter, $40.
(London.-Bar silver. 4sKd per OF.
Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates, 50
per cent. 3z0.o0@23:5o per unit: crude
sent: ils.oo01a,so; 10 per cent. ss.4oS
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HUNS CHECKED At SCISSORS.
French Rout Foe on Paris Road and
Reeapture Favsroliss.

Rseapture Favsroliss.
Paris, June 4.-The battle in France
WAS resumed with great intensity
Monday, according to the war office
announcement. The ,Germans, with
fresh troops, attacked between the
Disc and the Ourcq with redoubled vio-
lence. THE Germans have been
checked west Of So!ssons." continues
the statement I'VE recaptured Fave
ROLES. In the region south Of ville-en-
Tardenois, the Franco British troops
maintained all their gains north Of
Champlat."
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New York.-Cotton-July $3.50: DC.
tober, 24.38; December, 24.1s; January
24.07; March. 1855. Middling, Sole.
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Kansas City, Mo.-Butter-Cream
lsc; firsts. 37hc: seconds, asXc: PACK.
ing. csc.
Egg-Firsts. CSC; seconds, Csc,
P1ultryE-Hens. 23c; roosters. tic:
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0oloRAD0 NEWS M0zn

/ C0e0f000 mas been c8AleO On % 10
vide 1.706 men IN June for the nation
n army. Word to that effect was ssn
TO local boards By Provost Marsha
John Evans. There are two calls On
10 for 800 men, the states allotment
toward the $4,000 ordered by Provost
Marshal General Crowder. They VII
entrain for Camp Cody. -Deming. N. H.
during the fiveday period beginning
June ~. Eleven eountiea need supply
no men. They are Costilla. Douglas
jackson. Lake. Logan, PHILIPPE. Pueb-
10 (except Pueblo city District No. ~
San Juan. Sedgwick. Warrington and
Yuma counties. The other call 10 for
FOG registrants who are gramma.
school graduates to take . special
course I'm auto mechanics at the State
Agricultural college In Fort Collins
June Is.
Through arrangements Of the war
camp community service board. Lieut..
Pat O.Brien visited Fort Logan and
told the Officers and men OF mis- ex-
periences In absenting himself from .
German prison train. Lieutenant o.
-. g.. .h.s :. .,-.v, ,n.ints,ned his
. .e h',,,o. 80 r..non.ibIe for
his being there to tell them about 1t.
for no one could have passed through
the seventy-two days of hardships:
swimming rivers, living in trees dur
Ing the day and travelling by night, on
rat,ona n ha sound In the fields il he
rad mot vent the hrishtor aide of tho
e.nerienca besore him That was to
eet ON friendly sou.
,s.
800 49,,
a. sr..tar sn,ri, ~ .oiemn,,v than
axar h.sor. csish,.tad Mamorial d.y
w,th a. ,r,s,c ~ hsrd. ana nvine
r.g. .-,,h ,,ovsrs ana .erx,ce. ~ .sd
.ion,,,c.n.s Az -,,h nr.ver. Tor
v,c,orv An th,. .r..ta.t ~ wars vi.
..rto,,.,- n.r,sr I.,d q. -res,b n,
horn.. ~. ...... - ~. h.roo.
sleepins now in Franco. fallen In the
So. e.. s.~~A~
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navy yard. seid two U.boats had been
sighted off the Virginia capes.
Washington. June L-Germany at
last hes brought her submarine war
fare to the chores Of the United
States, apparently in . forlorn hope
Of striking telling blows on this side
Of t.e Atlanti, and of drawing home
some of the American naval forces
from TIE wpr zone where the U-boat
menace il being slowly but surely
strangled to death.
In the attacks upon coasting YES
sells almost in sight of the New Jsr-
sey shore, navy officials see frantic
Admission from Berlin that the sub
marine has failed American armed
power Is rolling overseas in ever-in-
creasing force. despite the utmost ex-
ertions of the undersea pirates off toe
coast Of Europe.
Up to q late hour Monday night the
destruction Of six sailing craft. the
tanker Herbert L. Pratt and three
coastwise steamers was the record OF
losses officially reported to the Navy
Department. The steamers lost were
the Carolina. the Winneconnie and tho
Texel. The crews Of some Of the craft
destroyed rave been brought into
port with story Of eleven days i'm
prisonment ABOARD an enemy sub
marine.
Monday night Secretary Of the Navy
Daniels summarized the Information
reaching the department ~ follows:
Navy Department reports show that
the following vessels have been sunk:
Jacob M. Haskell, schooner. 1862 tons.
hailing from Boston, sailing for Nor.
folk, II In crew, no passengers. Isabel
B. Wiley, in ballast; net tonnage GIL;
crew 8. Hattie Dunn Of Rockland, Me-;
net tonnage 365; in ballast; sailing
from Charleston. Edward H. Cole of
Boston; tonnage. 1895: in ballast.
bound for Norfolk, crew Of eleven.
Herbert L. Pratt, steamship oil
tanker. sunk about five miles south of
Overfalls lightship, off the Delaware
coast, thirty-eight ON board; thirty.
eight on board; thirty.seven Of the
crew rescued and landed at Lewes;
one lost. ..r
All the crews Of the above named
vessels, except the one man lost from
the Pratt were rescued.
1T appears that the schooner Edna
which was found bottom up severa.
days ago and towed into Lewes. Del
was also a victim Of the auhmarine
The crew Of the Edna have been land
cd in New York. The master of thu
Winneconne picked up the crew Of tn,
Hattie Dunn
Meanwhile departmental reports
from naval districts along the Allan
tic coast showed feverish activit,
among the patrol fleets. From. al
along the coast armed craft are con
verging on the spot where the enem!
was last reported. seaplanes are pa
trolling the air seeking any trace.
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Lln&Nd.
New York Cotton Prices.

Duluth, Minn.-Linseed-S3. Julv.
&3.s5; october. $355h bid.
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HzDES AND PELTS.
DRY Hides.

fOUnQ
EIint. butcher. h.. $50
Flint. bull and stag. ID. .1ec
Ennt, culls and glue. lsc
Horse i hides DE- ons.haii to tw ;.sSrds
price OF green salt.
49, Grssa Settled. Cured HIDES.
Under 80 lbs. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Glue hides and skins. lb........ 100
Bulls and stays. Id. ............ 5000
Part cured, 10 10 less
Green. &c lh. less than cured.
Dry Flat Pslts.
Wool pelts. ID. ,la@ $50
Short wool pelts. It'd I0o
Butcher shsarlings. No. I, Id, TIC
No. > Murrata sheartngs, lb. l0c
Bucks, saddles and pieces at value,
Ta1l0W and Grease.
Prime rendered tallow. ID. 81 100 II
No. tallow. lb. .....H....., H06 III
No. : tallow, lb. .......,,,. OH 10
grease. i6. $500. amy .oso 10
Calf and Kip Green salted.
s 81; f. is:t:@ :ii::s Il Il
Pssssns: each :::::::::::::: 1.asQ1:so
Hers. NJ ~ each s.::::::::: s.sS$e ss
glue and pony. each. $50 q 400
Colt. each &C., 500 so
Lamb and sheep; each .....s .so92.so
spring lamp. eacn ....... .l59 AS
Shearhngs. each ............ 100 so
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Norfolk, June NAVAL officers
here said last night their reports IN
dicated five German submarines had
been operating along the Atlantic
coast. end that two had been sighed
off the Virginia capes. Rear Admiral
Flet her, commandant Of the Norfolk
navy yard. said two U-boats had been
sighted off the Virginia capes.
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broilers, 45c. -
Chieaso Grain and Provision Prices.
01.s5; No. 4 yellow. S1.47. '''
9atsENo white. 73h @75c: stand
Rye-No. ., $3.50.
Barley-$1.05@ $50.
Timothy-S5. 90 a 500.
Clover-$1s.00@28.o0.
Lard-$24.07. ~. e..
Ribs-$20.65 @e1.1g. "a
Butter. EgSs, Potatoes and Peultry.
-Butter-Creamery. %A@41c.
:. Eggs Ftrsts. 500 SIC: ordinary
nrsts 26h @2sc: at mark. cases In
,cluded. 200 31c.
Potatoes-Wisconsin Michigan and
e1.15 01.26. -
Poultry-Towla, $50.
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TEN US. VESSELS
SUNK BYu-BOATS
LOSSES CONFINED TO UMARME0
sHIPs IN RAID OFF NEW
YORK HARDoR.
AIRMEN JOIN IN SEARCH
HUN RAIDERS SENT TO ATTACK
U. Q. TRANSPORTS KEPT FROM
GOAL ~ GREAT coNvoYs.

western N.v.p.p.r Union New. Service.
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q y oTArIo n .

Fruit.
Apples, Colo. new fancy, boz. ESQ q $50
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-19
CAME
IS SEEN BY
THE CROWD
Contest RepIete With Thrilling
Plays and Fans Get
Their Coins WORTH

In game that was complete with
thrills from start to finish Hammond
yesterday defeated East Chicago by the
score Of 5 to . IN the second and decid-
ing contest Of the series. Now that
East Chicago is out Of the way Ham
mond viii take on Gary as their next
victims \ series Of three games IS now
being arranged with the steel City ag-
gregation to definitely decide the cham
pionship of the county or rather tho
northern Indiana title
Getting back TO yesterdays scrap
with the lads from Twin City It sure
was some battle replete with plays
throughout that VIII probably never
again be seen on the local diamond. The
big feature stunt OF the afternoon was
a fast triple play staged by Walliser
knight and Thompson IN the eighth
inning. Hanley, the East Chicago
catcher was first up IN this frame and
after he scratched a hit to Knight
Walliser missed a perfect throw from
Hudson 70 force Hanley on Norgan's
bunt and this put runners on frst and
second with nobody out Simons was
sent UP to sacrifice but after fouling
off the first pitch and then swinging at
high ball for a secod strike he finally
connected squarely and drove q line
drive directly into Wauiser's hands
with both baserunners on the run Wal
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stage PLANNING
MAROON ELEVEN
Midway Coach Sees No Rea-
son for Uncertainty Re
garding Grid Sport.

A. A Stage. the old man OF the Mid
way. IS going over plans and specilca-
tons for a 1918 Maroon football ma
chine Just as he prepared for teams OF
ante bellum days. The doubt regarding
the future Of football which envelops
many schools IS totally lacking at the
University of Chicago and, judging by
Stages statements. there is no reason
at all for any uncertainty.
"Oh, yes" Stagg answered to a ques-
ton regarding Maroon gridiron plans,
we will have a team as usual No. I
don't expect that the 1915 draft law
will interfere with our plans for a num-
Der of universities and colleges through
out the country. including Chicago. have
been designated training camps by the
government Boys in these institutions
will be detailed to their own schools
for training when they enroll under the
selective service act. and they will be
trained there until they are ready
Thus. I believe that the draft viii not
result in any great upheavai in college
life. and I don't think football or other
sports and recreations will be seriously
affected"
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User tossed 10 Knight, who quickly re-
turned the throw TO Thompson thereby
completing what IS thought to be the
only triple play ever staged on the local
diamond II certainly was n quick piece
OF work and the ball was handled fast
and Clearly by every man involved in
the play.
Just like last Sunday. East Chicago
started as If they were out to make
million runs. but fell short after the
second inning when they scored their
second and last run of the game. same
as in the FIRST contest. Seems though
Reynolds tightens up after the first two
frames as the Twin City lads were at
his mercy most all the rest Of the way.
In the first inning Simon started of
with a clean hit to right field, was sac
riaced 10 second by Davis and then
after Bloom struck out and Schwenke
was hit by a pitched ball Babin came
through with another single to right.
scoring Simons with the first run Of the
game On the throw home. Babin tried
to so 10 second but was an easy out.
Hudson to knight. Thomas popped out
weakly to Thompson 70 start the second,
but not so with Potts who got hold OF
one Of Reynolds spitters and sent It
sailing over the right field fence. Some
drive, especially for right hand hitter
and youngster at that AS Potts trot-
ted around the sacks the East Chicago
bugs went into spasms of Joy while the
Hammond fans sat there dumbfounded
as they didn't seem to realize what had
happened In fact II looked Ike Potts
was a little surprised himself to think
that he could clout a homer off Of Big
Jim Reynolds when none OF Chicago
senipros have been able to turn the
trick this summer
After Pottsys four base smash Han
ley went out on an easy roller but Nor
gan cracked out a two-base hit which
O'Neil got his hands on but couldn't
hold. He recovered the ball in time,
however. 10 relay it to third and caught
Morgan trying 70 stretch the blow 10
three bases. II looked like bad base
running to try and make three sacks on
hit that was good for only two. After
this inning East Chicago didn't hardly
have a look-in except for the eighth
frame when Hammond pulled Reynolds
ont Of hole with the triple play al
ready mentioned.
Morgan BANKED Hammond in the
first three innings. pulling out OF some
tight holes with the help of his inAeld
GaIan. first up for Hammond. walked
on four straight balls. went to second
on a short passed bali. was advanced to
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Hammond Beats e Chicago; Is After Gary

third on a neat sacrifice by Walliser.
only to be thrown out at the plate on
ONeiIls hot roller to the shortstop- On
hit aad run play Mes got a blow that
Simons wa sIucky to knock down. send
ing O'Neu TO third Mes stole second
but knight wound up the inning with
ground ball TO the third baseman.
In the second after two were out Hud-
son got hit by a pitched ball and
Reynolds scratched hit over second
base sending Homer to third. Jim went
to second on the throw in, but both
runners were stranded when Gallan
popped to schwenke. After one out in
the third O'Nen singled only to be
doubled up on Mes line drive to Simon.
The East Chicago fans applauded loudly
on this play.
After plugging along for three
innings without a run Hammond finally
got busy in the fourth and tied the
score on three clean hits and an error
by the catcher knight first up started
of with Il single TO right but was
forced at second on Thompson's tap TO
the pitcher. Right here IS where Sugar
Handy, the darkhorse who was playing
centerfeld in place of Rhode. came
ing in "Shug" pasted a line drive over
his head sending Thompson to second.
with Hudson at bat Hanley threw wild
to catch Tommy mapping. so both he and
Sugar moved up a base when the ball
rolled to centerAeld. with the infield
drawing in Hudson singled to left send
ing both runners and tieing the score.
Red went to second on the throw home
but got no farther when Reynolds
popped to the second baseman and
Wauiser went out on a slow roller 10
the pitcher after Gallan had walked.
Hammond broke the tie in the fifth
after two men were out. ONeil first up
cracked out a two-base hit but Mes
struck out after getting himself in a
hole with two strikes. trying to bunt.
Knight followed with another hit to left
sending O'Neil to third. Thompson. next
M hit TO the pitcher and ONeil was
out a. the plate. knight who had stole
second moved to third on this play and
scored a minute later when Sugar
Handy zot his second hit a grounder
back of third base. too deep for any
possible chance Of play by the short
step. with Handy on first and Thomp-
son on third these two birds tried TO
null off double steal but Tommy was
an easy out at the plate on Simon's re-
lay TO HanIey.
Hammond went out three in a row In
the sixth, but in the seventh they added
another marker on ONeil's single and
Mes double. In the eighth the locals
scored again after two men were out
Hudson, who was on base because Of a
helders choice on his roller to Thomas
which retired Thompson. scored all the
way from first on Reynolds long double
to the club house. After this incident
GalIan politely wound mp the inning and
obliged by striking out
Aside from Reynolds who pitched his
usual good game the stars Of the day
were O'Neil who again led the club with
three hits. one Of which was a double
Knight looked good in the field at
bat and on the bases. Sug Handy was
there with two timely blows and Red
Hudson also helped with his wallop at
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-19
De PALMA WINS
ALL FIVE RACES
Italian Triumphs Over Stars
and Breaks 4 Worlds
Auto Records.

sHEEPSHEAD BAY. y. Y. Aug "a
Ralph De Palma of Italy. sprint cham
pion of 1917. captured the first interna-
tional sweepstakes on the Speedway
track Saturday afternoon IN five
straight heats. He also hung up four
worlds records in accomplishing this
feat.
Ralph Milford took second money.
with Dario Resta third. Arthur Duray
was four and Ira Vail hfth.
The Ave heats were Of two. ten. TWEEN
". thirty and fifty miles. respectively
with flying start in each. The win
ner was decided on the point system.
The final standing was:
De PaIma---------D uray ----------- s
Mulford----22.N Vail ----------- 4
Resta ---------l9
The purse was divided as follows:
$1,000 to the winner 5000 to the Sec
ond. $4,000 to the third. $500 to the
fourth. and $500 10 the fifth
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-19
You Can't Rub Il Away;
Rheumatism is IN the Blood

tisrn until you cleanse your blood Of
the germs that cause the disease.
S. S. S. HAS never had an equal as q
blood purifier and scores of sufferers
say that it has cleansed their blood OF
Rheumatism, and removed all trace
of the disease from their system.
Get a bottle Of S. S. S. ct your
drug store, and get on the right
treatment to-day. If you want spe-
ciai medical advice, you can obtain it
free by addressing Medical Director,
% Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-08-19

CINCINNATI O.. Aus. 19.-There
will be a worlds series. 1t viii be played
on scheduled time and all arrangements
will be made for It when we know for
what cities to make arrangements, said
August Hermann Saturday. Il have
been besieged by queries asking me why
arrangements have not been put under
way when the season is to end so soon.
How. may I ask. could any plans be