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Evening journal., 1918-08-27
By the United Press

BY the United Press
LONDON, Aug. 27-Canadian troops after capturing Wan
court carried their lines of Guemapp Field Marshal Hag
announced today
counterssck forced the British back from Longueval
and High Wood The broken
at that point and the British positions re-esabhed of
High Wood.
Yesterday afternoon and evening there fighting
the field Of the old Somme battle between
southwest of Combes and Bapaume also the noard the
statement said.
"The comter-attacked repeatedly, in strength ncu
ing great losses, but unable to arrest progress
English and Welsh troops pushed through Montauban flour
miles west of Combe along the of the ridge capturing High
Wood and reaching Longueva At the latter village the
$50 p M, forced back
"a mile and half west of Longueva and High Wood
We broke the attack again advancing and established
lines well of High Wood.
Early IN the night the enemy counter second time
but driven off bg rifle fire before reaching positions North
Of High Wood the comter-attacked
10y Ga mile and half southwest of Bapaume) pressing
$50 yards where they stopped"
Evening journal., 1918-08-27
BY FRANK J. TAYLOR

United Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 26.-
Nigh-Americsn patrols had the best of
Toul and Woevre regions today
In the Toul American patrol killed and wounded
Boches During patrol in the Woevre American
doughboy wounded sixteen places by machine gun bullets
Ten struck him between the knee and the waist his
calf and three his He will This believed
stue record number of wounds received during
mihing without causing death.
Another American soldier despite face and a stomach
wound from grenade fragments
ently against being returned to the dressing station
American amen again raded ConHans Sunday bombing
tracks, blowing ammunition damaging
house. Forty bombs dropped All machines
safely despite terrific aerial baage and with German
planes
Evening journal., 1918-08-27

Your abilities, if offered through the
Want Ad market, will bring richest re-
tUrns-Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-08-27
HONOR CROSS FOR ROOSEVELT

BY the United PreSe
LONDON, Aug. 27.'-Kermit Roosevelt
has been awarded the military cross
for his services with the British army
in Mesopotamia, 1t was announced to-
day.
Roosevelt was a major in the motor
service in MesOpotamls. Recently he
obtained a transfer to the American
army receiving a captains commission.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

WE fear that mems neither garments
FOR women viii never be a great
hit as
THE dear things are not
BUILT SO thcy can
SLIP their hands into hip pocket.
with
ANY degree Of comfort
WHEN old Abe Martiu is down
hearted
AND needs a good laugh
IE just goes to some
siIoEDEALER
AND asks hin, why shoe. cost SO
much.
IT'S q blame rood hin Ter
SOME Of these actresses that they
ARE only appearing on the screen or
ELSE they would freeze to death 50
little do they wear.
WHENEVER We hear 81 some es-
teemed woman
DRAGGING about making three or
four
MEALS FOR her family out OF one
LITTLE chicken
WE feel as if We would hate ike
sixty 10 he = dog around that house.
CAN'T you remember
WHEN YOU used to eat around the
bad place in the apple
UNTIL there wasn't anye
a kid has TO be mighty dun about
whom A
FBW cute things can't be said
PROVIDED Of course the father Is
4 BIT Of a wag.
WE too have often wondered
WHY some guy doesn't cross = car
Tier pigeon
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

WITH a parrot
so tho bird can deliver his message
osany.
SPEAKING OF learning the hddle. It's
like learning other things
DID YOU ever think
THAT you'd have to piay second
fiddle for
AWHILE before you can become
AN expert
COURT awarded an Eastern woman
DOLLAR a week aiimony.
THE wifi raised her eyebrows at his
and
SAID ~of course money isn't any
thing IN life.
WHEN we read some OF this war ad-
vice we are almost
TEMPTED 70 oner a reward
FOR the most idlotic suggestion
along the
HoW-to-win-the-war-line.
JERSEY wife SAYS she finds it cnica-
cious to
SPANK her husband.
PURELY a geographical matter.
IT would never do in Homewood.
EXPERT just in from the front
SAYS the war will end in six months.
wHADDJA know about that
JUST as we were thinking OF a nice
fishing trip those fellows viii
BEGIN limiting at peace
AND keeping US with our ears to the
ground.
HAVING worn all our
XMAS neckties once we are
ABLE TO took people in the face with
@ clear
CONSCIENCE and a look OF
INFINITE relief.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

and his high position for the prevalence of the ideals of a true, genul
Americanism.
But what was so ardently and so whole-heartedly desired was not
be. Our country had to take up the arms that we're forced into her hanI.
had no choice but to grasp and WELD the weapon wherewih to defend L4
honor, to vindicate the right and the justice Of her cause, and 10 insr
a triumph that will be the victory Of civilization and humanity.
In the solemn hour, then, when her fortunes are at stake, when sI
that she has stood for, and stands for, is jeopardized by the hazard o.
impending warfare, will not her sons hearken TO her call. will they no.
buckle on the aTmor Of the conflict and, rushing to her rescue. lift high
her glorious banner Of liberty and justice? Our president having spoken,
and our national representatives having spoken, the response to the voce
of the authority they embody viii be that we viii rally around our flag
with the completest fulness of devotion, and with loyalest hearts AMI
sturdiat arms place all that we have and all that we are, at our country
service.
do, in a word, what our fathers have done in this loved republic of ours
from the time it was set up among the nations, and at every time that
a hostile hand was lifted against her in the sweep of her benefcent, go-
rous career among the peoples of the world. Our path of duty lies clear
before US May the blessing of Almighty God enable US to walk in it
steadfastly and unwaveringly to the end.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11
Voice of the People
TELLS or PALESTINE,
Editor TIMES.

Editor TIMES.
How can one knowing the history OF
every great nation write an item such
as Palestine a Disappointment 1t is
anything but this to the Zionists. 1t is
the realization Of all their hopes that
Palestine should again 90 into tho hands
or its true possessors. the ewish peo-
pie.
Those who have studied history will
agree that Rome or any other country
was not built in 8 day. At the discov-
cry OF America, Columbus did not find
the land Of America already cultivated.
fourishing with prosperity. and every
thing ready for him to take possession
OF. He did not expect this. Neither
does the Jew expect this of Palestine.
Ho is satisfied that his foremost dream
has become n reality. that the lana
without a nation has been restored to
rightful owner is at last the true pos
SCISSOR of his fatherland. Palestine.
The author of the editorial on Pales-
tine a disappointment fails 10 see how
we can get enough Jewish coIonists to
begin life anew in tho new country. Had
he studied the history Of the Zionist
HtA ~ saw Aa@A AMEikA years ne h0IiQ
have learned that for that number Of
years, colonies have already been estab-
ushed there. and that the number Of
Jewish settlers going over there in the
next years will only be limited by the
amount Of transportation available.
The author further states that Pales-
tine has no industries. History tells us
that Palestine Is rich alone in its vines.
and fruit trees, to say nothing OF the
silk worm culture. growth Of wheat. snd
the propagation Of ~geraniums for the
distillation of perfume.
we, the people Of the Jewish race. are
willing to give our time. our money. and
n necessary. our lives in making Pa1es-
tine a land Of and OF industry.
not rich alone in its stored past. but in
its present, and above all. its glorious
future.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

department and its minions at Gary appears to regard
as a crime.
These policemen. know the various elements in
Gary's shifting population. They know The secrets Of its
foreign quarter. Day and night they have been on
guard: faced death. Their patriotism 10 The Emitted
States government has been shown BY their vigor in
maintaining vigilance. squelching munition plots. sup.
pressing peace" meetings and apprehendine over one
thousand deserters, Hun propagandists. and military
delInquents They have actually been important cogs
in the secreta service
YET these trained men. officers backed bv experience,
must give way 10 green hands in 5bfs time OF crisis.
II is a mistake. and the United States government shows
how if regards The situation by having an army officer
suggest to these policemen that the5 continue 10 give
The nation the benefit OF their experience by Immediately
getting on Uncle sans payroll
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

ed States should draw labor from the
islands OF the sea and the o rient. and
that every business man should stick
a sign over his desk reading. Germany
is winning the war"
! wonder what he means by those
statements? From all newspapers.
Germany is losing every Gay. and while
it may take three or -four more years
to whip the Central powers. the defeat
of the German autocracy is a sure
thing.
The drawing Of labor from the is
lands of the sea and Africa alone caus-
cd a lot Of trouble and bloodshed in
this country, and If M Gary thinks
that the people of this ountr are
fools enough to make the same mis-
take he has one big think coming to
him. Of course it would be a big thing
for the steel trust and other large cor
porations ii have a lot Of ignorant peo-
pie whose standards OF living have beer,
Of the lowest TO take the places Of the
workmen of this country. who have
set a standard of living much higher
than that set by those whom he wishes
10 bring here so that the profits OF the
steel trust and other corporations may
wax fat.
The ~orientals he speaks OF bringing
70 this country can live on what a
workman of this country would starve
! to death on. and as the wages OF labor
IL set h. what it costs labor TO live.
the would be 2 good invest
ment for Mr.. Gary ana others Of his
kind. who believes that labor is a just
prey for those who live in luxury on
that which labor produces.
A man with the Intelligence OF Mr.
Gary is supposed to have should know
better than even TO think that the
American Iaboring men and women Will
stand for another period such as we
had in this country before the war of
"~sfxty-one" to "s~ixty-fve." Through the
whole talk OF Mr.. Gary ran the one
thought of profit. But excessive profit
in times like the world is facing today
IS reason. and those who are planning
and talking of ways and means to
make more profit at the expense OF hon
est labor are themselves OF the worst
kind and the most severe punishment
should be dealt out to them by the
government.
War is a horrible thing at its best,
but when men wage war for the sole
purpose OF enriching themselves. it be-
comes worse than horrible. and even
worse than what General Sherman said
var was. and no person on the earth
cares to 20 TO the place that sherman
said was war. StilI II there is such
a place as Sherman said war was. such
men as Gary. who believe in making
profit out OF the blood OF the working
men Of this. or any other country. viii
only be going to their right home il
they land in the place that Sherman
said war was. and that is hell.
w. J. DANIEL.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11
WHY GARY IS BUILDING OCEAN LINERS.

The emergency that prompts the need and the sit
uation that so many ships are to be duplicated in design
allows a half hundred inland bridge ard tank shops
cc become the fabrieating plants for turning out ocean
liners. The metal is freighted to the seaboard and
assembled al the ship yards working under the direc-
ton of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. a government
organization.
One of these inland ship-building fabricating in
stiiutions is the American Bridge plant at Gary. It uses
the steel from the Gary steel plant and punches In
plates. shapes and other structural matrial. The next
step is the assembly at the ship yards. Besides Gary.
Indiana Harbor and South Chicago. which also hav,
plate mills, are aiding in this work. South Chicago
has a ship yard on the Calumet river. which assemble
and launches ocean-going f~reighters: and ali the plate
mills Of the region help TO turn our sidings for sub
marines and destroyers.
A fabricated ship in the words or President Robin
son Of the Merchant Shipbuilding corporation. which
assemblies the Gary-fabricated vessels. is one "on which
the work Of punching and shaping the plates and 10
some extent assembling and riveting. is done in a fab
rieating shop. ordinarily employed for bridge or tank
work, as distinguished from the usual practice OF doing
it in a shipyard punch shop Mr. Robinson further
adds that the construction Of fabricated ships makes
It possible 10 have the steel work done BY those who are
specialists in he line Of fabricatins steel with ali the
special tools and labor-ssving devices at their disposal.
Il relieves the mind Of the shipyard operator from the
multitude Of detail that goes with such work. reducing
his problems 10 those of engineering. erection. riveting
and assembling by the vorkmen, and by the installation
of other units Of outfit and equipment The manufac-
tured ship is q commercial possibility only if duplicate
ships are built
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11
GERMAN FORESIGHT.

German purchasers Of hides in Argentina have be.
come 50 active and the buyers are Offering such high
prices thar American and British competitors for leath-
GER stocks have been forced to meet an increase in
price recently of T. per cent. The most interesting
feature of this German buying" saws u. :. Councul
General Robertson. is that the German buyers insist
that they are buying for the account Dc the German
Government preparatory to the cessation of hostilities 4"
Whence il is evident Mat what opponents Of postwar
tariff preparedness Of the United states have to say
to the effect that Germany is industrially paralyzed. must
be taken with q srain Of salt The Germans have the
money. the organization and the foresight to take care
of postwar conditions, and they are going ahead and
doing it, The Democrats aver that We should wait until
the war had begun before discussing natters Of NUM-
ton and matrial Failure 10 prepare now for postwar
commercial competition viii be quite as effective in
keeping a food OF foreign goods out Of the American
market. as failure 70 make any preparation for the
first two and q half years OF the European war was
effective in keeping US out OF that war. we want tariff
preparedness. and now.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11
UNCLE SAM WANTS THESE ZEN.

Tho city Of Gary has had itself sternly brought
10 attention BY the war department, which l. eager to
enlist the services OF twentysix policemen. onethird Of
the department, Summarily dismissed after years Of
service when the new administration went into power.
There IS no civil service on Gary and men, trained in
police work, backed by years Of service, who have
contributed regularly Of their earnings to the police
pension fund, from which they viii nov derive no bene
ht. are ousted withous notice. 1t seems that their
chief ofense is that they have been politically indie
pendent. which is something that the steel political
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11
IN
MEMORTAM
BLOOD POISONING
RamLs's Wizard Oil ssfs first Aid TreatHsni

How often lockjaw and blood
poisoning result from the neglect
of a slight scratch or little cutl Ham
Inns Wizard Oil is = safe and cHec-
tive first aid treatment. 1t is a pow
erful antiseptic and should. be ap-
piled Immediately TO wounds of this
kind to prevent danger of infection
1t IS soothing and healing amt
quickly drives out pain and milan
nation in cases of sprains, bruises.
cuts, burns, bites and stings. Just IS
reliable, too, for stiff neck. sore feet.
cold sores, canker sores, earache and
toothache.
Get it from druggists for so cents.
1t not satisfied return the bottle and
get your money back
Ever constipated or have sick
headache3 Just try Wizard Liver
Whips, pleasant little pink pills, 90
cents. Guaranteed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11
BERTHA TAUssIG.

The above writer hes totally miscon-
strued the purpose Of tho editorial. We
are perfectly familiar with the Zionist
movement and its goal. and sought 10
convey that Palestine gives no prospect
in itself as an industrial and manufac-
turing country. All honor 70 the Jewish
love Tor Palestine. but we have Vet 10
be convinced that one OF the busy and
dominant factors in our national de-
velopment at least VIII emigrate to the
land he loves and whose capture from
The Turk has caused such JOY in Chris
tendon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11
1T DIDN'T HURT, U

At P~lattsburg army camp Bud Fisher
who draws Mutt and JEFF for news
papers and movies. has won his spurs
as an officer. Recently the students
were put through hurdle exercises
mounted on the l~ivliest horses in the
camp. Fisher got over the first hurdle
in his initial lessin. but At the second
he was thrown and rooted up the dirt
with his face. The riding master came
up and inquired with = smile: Did it
hurt YOU Bud2' Fisher snapped back:
No. but il didn't do me any good
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11
Mr.. GARY'S SPEECH.

To The Editor:
MIR Gary. head Of the great steel cor
poration. in an address TO the CONNER
cal club OF Chicago. aid that the Unit
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11
Lake COuntv'S
Roll of Honor

Lake Gounty's dead in the var
with Germany and Austrsa-Hun-
gary:
ROBERT MARKLET. Ham
mond; drowned off coast of New
Jersey. May IS
ARTHUR BASELER. Ham
mcnd: died at Lion Springs. Tex.
of spinal meningitis, August %.
JOHN SAMBROOKS. East Chi
cage; killed in France. Sept. IS
ARTHUR ROBERTSON, Gary:
killed in France. Oct. 81.
LIEUT.. JAMES VAN Alta,
Gary; killed at Vimy Ridge.
JAMES MAC KNIFE. Gary:
killed at Vimy Ridge.
DOLPH BIEDzYKI. East Chi
cago; killed in France. Nov. 27.
HARRY CUTHBERT LONG.
Indiana Harbor; killed in acct
dent at 1t. Bliss. Texas. Dec. 10.
EDWARD c. KOSTBADE. Ho-
bart; killed by explosion in
France. Dec. -.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11
America Compelled to Take Up
the AIMS Forced Into Her Hands
By CARDINAL FARLEY

Our country is at war. The fateful hour La
struck, fraught with momentous events. Solemn is tho
thought Of it, and though reachless still the import ~
1T, yet inexorable are It's demands. Long and anxious
had we hoped that our land would not be drawn ,
the seething vortex which has engulfed so many Of ii
nations OF the world Long and anxiously had v
hoped that the lurid flames of war would not cast the
baneful shadows upon our shores. Our governma
withheld no effort to avert the peril, while our preside
the whole aseendancv Of his great intalLa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

LILLIAN RUSSELL, the beautiful. SAYS 10 live
in the past is % become old AT that we can't help
thinking Of how cheaply We used 70 get coal two years
ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

DESPITE their energy the Chicago bank bandits
do not seem to have gotten in as much as some Of the
Chicago beef masnates.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

Mr.. WILSON'S peace terms are an that could be
desired but it i too bad that lie couldnt have slipped
in something about restricting the allies and Teutons
from using garlic.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

IF Mayor Hodges Of Gary can only be saved from
his friends his road viii not be SO rocky.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

ENCKEs come is back again saws an exchange
And for that matter 50 are the %chilblains.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

SOME debtors seem 10 be observing more payless
than usual.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

WHAT do We fathers amount to anyhow see
what the Toledo Blade SAYS.
According to the femeinists the father is
only a casual parent. They had to give the
poor fellow some recognition, if only enough
TO establish responsibility
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

Enlist In The Womsn's Army
By Conserving Foods.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-11

SOMETHING else 10 worry about. Ohio state Jour.
nal says:
The income tax blanks haven't come yt
and We suppose the government printing office
has 10 attend to the really essential things first.
such as The Congressional Record and that fun
ny little paper George Creel gets out.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-15

in the social scale. 1t does not help
him one whit to explain to his soldier
companions that he went to the fin
est schools in England The only
thing his comrades are interested
in is the finished article; and if it
isn't a man, mans man, they'll
take prompt steps to effect the de.
sired development
The consequence has been that
some who were first are distinctly
last, and the last first
A year of this life will help the
young nut" to find his feet. He
will discover his true worth by COM
parison with other men, and thus the
boys grit is tried and tempered
He becomes finished article and
in his turn helps educate the new
ly recruited nut"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-15
,een cast, and it is to go on.

been cast, and it is to go on.
1t was well for Lloyd George
to emphasize the unselfish ends
of the allies warfare, in this su-
preme appeal. If our purposes
were selfish-if there were a sin
gle misgiving anywhere regard
ing their purity and their lofti-
ness-we could not perseyere on
this path Of blood and bitterness.
1t is because we know that we are
in the war "to recover freedom
for the nations which have been
brutally attacked and despoiled
and to prove that no people, how
ever powerful, can surrender it.
self to the lawless ambitions of
militarism without meeting retri-
button, " that we have the moral
initiative today, that our will TO
victory increases and strengthens,
while the moral force Of the cen
trail empires falters to its fall. In
such a situation, we do not loud
ly call upon the name of God, as
does the blasphemous kaiser in
this fifth-year appeal. In Lloyd
Georges message, the piety Of
the allied nations is asserted in
the thought and the will of right
and Of the love of man. This is
the modern man S praycr-the
prayer of sacrifice in the service
of humanity. The appeal of the
kaiser, recking with barbarous
lip-devoton, is in reality an APP
peal to Baal
The word which the British
premier utters is all the more rev
erent because it vaunts nothing.
The battle" he says, "is not
yet won !" 1t is not. The legions
of the enemy are still strong, |
their skill immense, their craft
and guile enormous. We have |
TO fight their concentrated divis-
ions and their peace intrigue as
well. Plenty of work yet to do
much precious blood yet to Of
fer up. The work will be done.
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