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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-12
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Washingtonians are advised by the
Pablo Health Service to wear mss'<s
20 prot,c themselves and others
against the influenza germ. iSe nuni
Der of new cases and deaths ATE II
crcasins every day. The masks 5ug-
gcsted by the service will be s. ar
;anged that it can be. readily slipped
over the mouth: and nose when crtec-
ing a cror ted street car or going into
a crowd of any description.
A German submarine was sunk OILY
a few niles. from the Atlantic coast
yesterday ~ a shell from a Brazilian
steamer, The second exploding as 1t
struck the U-boat It tore the lrder-
sea craft practically in two, and sent
a geyser of water nigh in tn" air The
submarine was about a miis distant
when sighted. The steamers gun was
immediately trainei upon it. II; flrst
shot hit ri:e water and r%icochc:eJ e'er
&c enemy. but the second ven: true
to its n,aIH
Alleging that she had been decelV-
ID into marrying a negro who proved
also to be a former convict, Mrs.
Sadie Estelle Saunders yesterday
,rought suit in the equity courts It
he District of Columbia to have her
marriage to James Saunders annrl'
ed. The complaint 1ecites that he
As 4 white man, of good char:c-
or, and as such applied to the cierN
the common pleas in Baltimore,
,Id., for , marriage license, giving the
of petitioner and Estelle Crit
in.
Cholera is slowly spreading il ber-
in Notwithstanding the preventive
taken, a Berlin dispa:."h
states. Seventeen cases were reported
october S, and fifteen deaths occurred
from the disease.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-12
GROCERIES

Butter and Eggs, received from the
valley of Virginia Tuesday and Fri
GAYS. Best roll butter IS cents per
pound. Star hams, SO cents per pound.
A. nice line of groceries sold on small
margin. j. E. PURCELL, 1T South
Henry Street. Phone 567w. 241-3t.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
A PRETENrious PROGRAM.

The East Chicago chamber of commerce has decided
upon big objective the work of the ensuing year
that from the state assembly such legls-
laton as possible the purchase of the water
plant by the municipality.
understood that the city administration is very
much in sympathy with this plan providing some way
can which will make this purchase pos
sibe mandamus filed by NJ. e. Critics, city attor-
ney pending the superior court in an effort to
find some means whereby the filtration plant can pc
secured 1t is with the city in possession
plant and properties of the water company such
equipment as needed for supply pure drinking water
could be obtained.
Among the replies the questionable recently sent
out to members chamber of commerce this matter
of plant and pure water headed the list OF
necessary things be done this year for the welfare OF
the community.
Other activities mentioned by members are-securng
north side park for end of the city reduction
Of retail prices what they in nearby cities the
construction of system connecting the cities
this region: support in the construction and
equipment of welfare station in Calumet and a com
muny house for East Chicago; enforcement OF santa
ton and state prohibition secure wider sup
port of the of improvement Of parks
streets and schools; wider cooperation in work,
especially in the enforcement of the work or fight
order: etc
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
ARE THEY FIGHTING?
know" etc.

The proIIuns who wont to sheer and that
the British are not fighting permitting the col
onials do the lions share not keen now TO
malign British.
The official British figures give that the British
officers from August 1914 the
toalled $4,000; the year 1916 they
bered $4,000 in 1917 they reached S0O0OO and the
(estimated) brought casualties
OF 100000 The year 1918 will total all previous years
The total of the foregoing figures reaches
100000.
Of this number oneffth must be dead while another
half million manned and broken that they cannot
ever agan become useful citizens.
Louis Tracy, the novelist. puts it this way If the
dead and wholly war-shattered youths British
Empire could march down Fifth avenue in New York
in platoons of twenty in palid host could
pass from Central Park to Washington square in ten
long days
The details of British losses are appalling During one
month in France in 1917, $4,000 Britishers were killed
in the first IL months of officers and 81 900
killed British ranks
This doesn't look if they Rugged the sideIines
while the colonials did the fighting Even now with the
Allied offensive in full swing British are letting no
opportunity slip by TO fight and more ground
Since the beginning of July, two months ago the
British casualties have averaged from 600 TO 900
week Men of so so fighting the front trenches
and not only France but England is being bled white
Though there 100000 Americans in France.
neither the British waiting until all the
Americans trained fgh-they braveIy pitching
in and bearing casualties as they keep on winning
while America gets ready for finishing touch
The next time YOU hear proHun saying the British
are not fighting report him to the Department of Justice
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

"You would be surprised at the regu-
larity with which enlisted men write
home. the anxious inquiries as to home
folk and friends. his interest in all his
old civilian friends. his thoughts of 9TH
ers and his good wishes for them. For
all this on his part. l am sorry to say
those to whom he writes are not answer
ing his letters or appeals for news
These same people. most likely are busy
attending all manner Of meetings, knit
ting socks. etc, and convincing them
selves to their satisfaction that they are
doing their lot What the enlisted
man wants is news from home. Sooner
or later. unless he gets It, il Will make
very n.tie difference whether IL comes
or not Tell all your friends TO pass
the word along that the men over in
the trenches who are doing the fighting.
want news from their homes. Tell your
church workers. welfare workers and the
like to get on the job and keep their
overseas church members. ETC. closely
Informed Of everything that is going on.
This is the way to keep them in the
straight and narrow path"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
ARE you PATRIOTIC?

All patriotic and girls who are not employed
in necessary work at home training either at
school in special work Should be finding where
they find place to help in the present emer
gency.
Girls in Hammond may find plenty work in num-
Der of industries in their home unless they
poyed in necessary service elsewhere Girls and women
in East Chicago, Indiana HarbOr Gary have oppor-
tunities in various lines of in their own town
Some concerns. hitherto employing only men in their
production departments are preparing to use women in
couple of weeks because of the scarcity of This
will become more and more and Miss Stone of
the T. s. Employment Service East Chicago is anxious
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
TIE APPROACHING SALE OF BONDS.

It is probable the day that the next Liberty
loan campaign opens which is September 2S the new
government bonds will be ready in the banks for i'm
mediate delivery how far il has progressed here
is unknown the organization for putting over
the next loan has plan under which person able
to do so is voluntarily 10 central point
and without being solicited and there
give in his subscription II is believed that in tbs way
should be obtained without anybodys
being asked 10 perform his obvious patriotic duty The
man who has the money to do may we'll set himself
up as example to all about him by going forth on
September IS. the first day which the opportunity is
him. and buying all the Liberty bonds he is able
purchase paying the cash and getting the bonds. Not
only will be getting the matter off his mind. but
may incite those about him to take similar action
ought not, really, TO be necessary to ask anybody
buy national bonds The patriotic well the
of good, sound business judgment should the
advantage him in bonds investment You would
wish somebody to plead with you accept s104 %
800 would you? Then why expect anybody do It
in this case?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
- - - - - - -
MCCORMICK, PATRIOT, WINS.

If. as appears be true this writing Illinois has
defeated Big Bill" Thompson in the senatorial to
day should have been made holiday and the Stars
and Stripes should fly from eve% and pole.
OF course as was forecast, Chcago the sixth German
city in the world voted nominate Thompson and hence
Chicago be bitterly disappointed and may its
prominent proGermans atired in sack cloth and ashes
sign of mourning. Chicago may have all Of
the unspeakable Bill but the OF the country ondl5
hopes that it will hear of him for ages at
least until spring when Of he will again
for mayor and be nominated course. is the mys-
terry of decade how supposedly intelligent city like
Chicago stands for Thompson but the old song ran,
There are things we cannot understand. viii
know" ETC.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
Francis EnEIehaupt. one of the very

Francis EnEiehaupt, one of the very
finest young men OF Indiana Harbor.
TO offer his services to the government
the day after war was declared. lies
in a base hospital in France. having
been gassed. He is the son Of August
Englehaupt of Block avenue While
the young man is unable to write him
self. owing to his weakened condition.
letters come through his comrades and
the nurses who have assisted in his
care. Many rumors have gone anoat
&c garding the nature Of his illness and
for this reason his own story of his
true condition. written in a letter of
very recent date, is given out for pub
LEGATION.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
In MenOrianl


cake c0unys
hH8o1 Ind ' So S 95sasd TT of oo j. r M - June Il,
SAl WFls4 Wins aeF t5 ed a .i Fl I fi m july l3i 1917
ARTHUR BAsELER
RTER East Chicago: killed in Franc Sept T.
5o1pTi RHT5v Nm AIIH Cary. killed at VTny Ridge
Harry cUTHRERT Iarbo killed at Fl Bliss Tex Dec To-
INV, DO DIeIINScN Lowell; died
THOMAS v RADCLIFFE in france Feb
cRP EDWARD N @ IN a B0I k March = on psdosd boat
nRFeT ' sTIFI Whiting Camp
CLIFFORD PETIT 20 f. lSlst Inf Cp Shelby TYPHOID March II
PAUL FULTON Toueston dedM ar Texas April s. 1918
gosF PR sI0TIFF Gary killed avia 1918
kIEUT IRA B lNo
2 BRcII HIGHS Cary: ord died Philadelphia
. MIsEJIG Hammond KILLED on Balkan front May IS 1918
TE FRx TUcEa Ra i Ind IN f s1sn a ' F sn ISIS
JOHN MAeuIREs France June 81
AnRAM FRY cara Gy ,ss Camp Camp Tay9[ Ky. June rs
HAvEY Harrison Hammond I Navy;
1Ep S SR61 wSs54ysT July IL in war zone
cRP GEORGE ALIEN Gary killed
WILLIAM sTENDERsoN Lowell s Navy; drowned
HAROLD eooDRTcH %ePrlrte ~ killed. NED IN action Franc. "a,
CHARLES 9UIGLE5 Ind IIarbo killed
CHARLES Of wounds FTa, M ,,
sERGT MARCUS ITP4 died Wounds received
PvTE JOHN SANTA hn killed iea in action France 1918
FRANK sTANsIAWstlI Ind ITarb. cav Stle n
oscAR s sh chicago while on urush Aug
FLIEzo Ts1oRAs Indiana in action
fAAP P co P2 2f,o Gary F a killed in
H , wFIsoT Car win canadians France J '15'
A~ANf-NOf u A.; died
France Aug -+O"A
MIKE STREET, East Chicago Co in action July1
Somew
In FIarbo nisted
Jul y
f MAsE East Chicago n
DUEPPE France 5 July 1sls
CORPORAL JOHN NESTOR missf
GEORGE BIAIc next Of kin Andrew Cary. ~
JOHN GENICIANK4IS o kin VIM Ellis 1c5st-ra
ing eJuIv21
HOMER FRIEND Co L rnissi
l. mis-
reported missing Franc
". mond kiIedn
FRANK MIoTKA West Hammond Ar Dough.
an.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
|, Gnrr Mcrcy hospitnI nur.c.

leave next Sunday for army hospitals
somewhere in the United States to be-
gin their career as Red Cross nurses.
The nurses going are: Misses Mabel
Keoush. Catherine Cross. Marie HALEY.
Helen Adams and Dorothy Carroll
They will not know their destination
until their transportation arrives next
Saturday and they hope to all be sent
Ia the hospital OF the three Mercy
hospital nurses already in the service,
one. Miss Sullivan. is now in New York
preparatory to sailing. The other two.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
Lieut.. George MikeIs. former we'll

'tVFHe MIkeIs, FORMER well
known Wabash college football player.
who left college at the end OF his
junior year to enter the officers train
ing camp. has been promoted to a cap
taincy. Lieut.. Mikels has been with
Company F. 151st infantry. stationed
for the last year at Camp Shelby, Hat
uesburg. Miss Since his promotion 70
oaptsincy Mtkels has been ordered to
report at Camp Sheridan. MONTGOMERY
Ala for assignment with the esth In
fantry OF the 9th division now being
formed there. Mkels was guard in
football and pitcher on the baseball
team.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
LIeutenant oscar swnn.on Who visIt:

ed Gary last week was one Of the hun
dred second lieutenants to graduate
from the officers training camp at
Camp shelby two weeks ago and re-
ceived an assignment with the 3Sth d.
vision Seventy-three others received
assignments to Camp Pike. Arizona
Lieutenant Swanson is now attached
to the 151st Infantry at Camp Shelby.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

get the girl power of the Calumet region
line.
There is necessary work, other than munition work,
be done in this community and the men are being
called greater numbers to the women to keep
efficient Let each woman over
eighteen herself if she effectively occupy each
day she should find necessary job at once
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
Daniel Smith. son ~

Daniel Smith, son of MIR. and Mrs.
D. Smith of 1929 Hemlock street. and
with the motor corps. 449. was sent
across from Fort Oglethorpe. Ga, and
his parents received word that he has
safely landed on French soil.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
John A. Hook. from Highland. Ind.

now stationed at Camp Sheridan. Ala.
has received his appointment from the
war department as lieutenant His
company commander congratulated him
on being promoted from first class pri-
vate to corporal, then sergeant. then
supply sergeant and now lieutenant, all
in the last six months This is a fine
record and Highland is mighty proud
OF Lieut.. J. A. Hook.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

Lieutenant L. L. Larsen member of
20 b. 57th Engineers. A P. O. 702. and
one OF the army's popular artists writes
MS parents in Connecticut street. Gary.
that things with him are pretty lively.
that he is kept busy. He sends two
pictures Of scenes in Paris-the his
toric towel Of Eiffel and lie PaIais
Elysee boulevard.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

YOU know there are plenty of people
IN this community
WHO have got it in their noodles
THAT II they don't lead the
PARADE it won't be much of a pro-
cession.
For PHYS sake no. We said that
FASHION favored the coatee
NOT the cootie.
OUR guess is that if women wore bar
rels
THEY would cut the bungholes above
THE waist line.
KAISER SAYS Kultur is al stake but
THE poor nuts who are ruled by him
FEEL as if a square meal was at
stake.
WE suggest that Clerk Wheaton down
AT Crown Point
HAND cute little white feather
TO all the old bachelors
WHO rushed down there to get Il
censes
THIS week early.
AFTER reading of these hun atrocities
in Belgium when Won Kissing
RULED there
WE hope the devil IS putting
COAL under him these days,
1T seemed as if we had eaten so
MUCH plaster Of paris
BEFORE Mr.. Hoover allowed the bak-
ers
TO use more wheat in their bread
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
BITS YOUR LIBERTY BOND WILL DO.

If you buy 800 bond Of the fourth Liberty loan
you lending the United States government enough
money feed soldier in France a little more than
months.
Or you have furnished enough money to give him
a complete outfit OF winter and clothing ncud
ing shoes and stockings. and slicker and and
blankets. with enough left him with good
revolver. You have done that much to beat back the
Hun.
1t takes S35 to him with rife with a
bayonet it. and if you buy second 800 bond you
him this rife and 1000 cartridges for it,
there will still enough your money purchase
good sized bomb to throw in a dugou or demolish
machine gun together with the Huns operating it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

Private Ed Larsen. Hammond, of the
lzth F A. writes from France that
he is having a rest after several weeks
of hard lighting. He is with the sec
ond division. who have captured about
10000 Germans His brother. John. Is
at Camp Dodge. Iowa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

: THAT we feel on the inside like cast
of Donizette. the discus tosser.
HOW would it do to sanctify
FRENCH hospitals in the eyes Of the
! hun bombers BY
| PAINTING Anheuser Busch beer
signs
ON the roofs?
IF the neighbor women ever get to-
gether these days
WITHOUT discussing the natural de-
pravity Of man or the
MERITS of lard or cotoiene We would
fain be
APPRAISED.
IF we were not so heart and soul
WITH our brave italian allies
WE would simply raise hell when they
CHARGE US six cents for an apple
THAT is so sour it reminds US of an
old maid
WHO was asleep when opportunity
Knocked
AT the front door.
THE wifi, nothing. if not tart in her
views
ON being told that a certain
DAMsEL had refused US once in mar
rage retorted that
SHE respected her good judgment
WHICH you will admit is going some.
CLOWN PRINZ says he is not fire.
eater
YOU mean not so much Of fire-eater
AS you was. don't you clown?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

w. X. Hill. civil engineer Mt the
Inland Mill before his enlistment has
had official word sent here that he and
his company have gained the other side
safely
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
The fornner battaIIon to which Rob-

ert w Bruce Of Crown Point belonged.
mas completed its preliminary training
and the boys have been sent to various
lines OF work. Robert was sent to the
school for on-commssioned officers
He is delighted. His address has been
slightly changed. Private Robert w.
Bruce. Co. V. Camp 5. y. c. 0. Schol,
Paris Island. So. Carolina.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

walter Jordan, another onward
looking Hammond boy. son of former
city clerk. Thomas E. Jordan, has been
promoted from first class private to
corporal He IS back in Boston AMI
is studying for the officers training
school he expects to be sent to with
seven other high mark men. Walter
is with Headquarters Company. He
has been enlisted about a year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

Corporal Paul II. Matkowicz, BY. Co.
$50. A. P. o I'll. A. f. F. via New
York. is another well known Hammond
boy in France who has made good
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
Clarence f. MiIier. of 44O4 Nor

CLARENCE r. N1IIer, OF 44O4 NOrth-
cote avenue, has been transferred from
Valparaiso. Indiana. to 46th Signal
Service Co. University Of Vermont.
Burlington. Vt Clarence was an en-
ploye of Inland Steel Co. president of
the Epworth League of Calumet Dis
trict and fourth vice president of the
East Chicago league. He will be glad
to hear from any OF his friends.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
Harold BrorneII. wu,o,o w.

Glen Surprise. Clayton Davis and Geo
stuppy left Lowell yesterday morning
for Lafayette. where they will take
the examination to enter the govern
ment student training camp which Is
being conducted at Purdue University.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

Daniel J. Prochaska. al Engineers
Med. bet. A. E. F.. via New York" is
the address this fine Whiting young
man wants you TO remember.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

"afFeH = Myers famous end on The
Little Giant football teams several
years. has received a commission as
first lieutenant in the tank service Of
the United States army Myers won
his commission in the tank training
camp at Gettysburg. Pa
Buy Thrift Stamp and lick the
Hun.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

Thomas Stack, Hammond. whose ad-
dress is Northern Bombing Group. F.
A.. has been in France since June %
He writes that 1t IS very cold.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

When good old Joe Pawlovski. 81
Eng. co. d. 20 Platoon. A. F. F. gets
his Times today he will know his mes
sage has been answered.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

Letters are coming to THE
TIMES from overseas in the last
mail by swarms. Our friends must
have patience. Well get them all
in. lust watch.-EDITOR.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

1T is being found out" says the Springfield Republ
Dr. Garfield knew business before he adopted
educational work" 1t found long ago. may
add that the business which he is the
ness.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

sergt. Glenn l.. HidInger, Co. F, Pr.
Bn. Engineers. NJ r. Fort Benjamin
Harrison. Is a well known Lake county
boy stationed at Indianapolis.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

Lieut.. Harvey r.. Phillips. Saumur
Artillery School. a f F. Is the new
address for a popular Hammond boy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

THE woes of prosecuted Germany Surrounded by
foes seeking her destruction" nothing compared
with those of American liquor interests.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12
GeorEe MuIcnher. a rnnnr c. y,

'e"rke HuIchhey, young Gary at
torney, will leave for Camp sherman at
Chiliicothe. Ohio. this week to swell
the stan OF the knights Of Columbus
building.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

WE have bigger tobacco crop. too-another CON
tribution to victory
ATTILA the original Hun. was licked at the Marine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

Misses Callahan and Murphy. are i
base hospitals in the United states.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

Herman Mueller. Hammond, f. NOV
stationed with Battalion 26, F. A
Camp Mcclellan. Ala
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

Walter and Frank Hart. brothers.
continue to write interesting letters to
their parents in Hemleek street from
somewhere in France.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

lie factories by standardizing their output
conrive keep up quantity production. but the
sumption of fabricated steadily waning
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

THE Germans beginning to suspect that W.
really have few in France
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

Frank II. VoIk. 314 Cavalry. Troop r.
Fort Bliss Texas is a Hammond boy
who anxiously awaits the Times each
day
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

1T doesn't matter whether Hindenburg is dead
not reputation is dead The punch of his army is
gone There are no more Hindenburgian victories
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

A COMPANY has been organized in Denmark for the
manufacture of spinning material from Nothing
startling. This country has been consuming yarns
cured from George CreeIs Official Bulletin for
year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-12

BugIer JOS. Dedinski, Bat. A. P. O..
T33. A f F., via New York Is the
way to address a we'll known Whiting
hnN