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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-10

UAASS w 6AtN"JS, J~ o.
poprzezynane transzami, to, wa
skiemi. to szerokiemi.
Wczoraj wydano dwie move
suggestive. Jedna pochodzi cd
komisarza robot publicznych'
Bennetta, kt6ry poleca, azeby cd
gasp wykopano Sciezki lub koryt-
ka do otwor6w Sciekowych, a o.
ivory tie wyczyszczono co umozli
wi sp}yniecie woody wprost do
Sciek6w. Gdy nastapi odwilz, wo
da moze zalac podw6rza i suite
reny.
Druga siggestya pochodzi cd
szefa stray pozarnej O'Connora
kt6ry poleca, azeby odgarnieto
Snieg cd kazdej pompy ulicznej,
tax, azeby w razie pozaru stra-
zacy ME mieli trudnosci ami o.
p6znienia w zakladaniu wezow.
Komisarz Bennett daf Wczoraj
przyk1ad, jak jego wskaz6wki
trzeba stosowac i re swymi SASHA
damn wczoraj pracowaf mad usu-
waniem Sniegu pred SVEN mie-
szkaniem w Hyde Park.
Sytuacya pod kazdym wzgle--
dem poprawifa sic W ca1em ME
seize. Wczoraj by}y W Stanie tyl-
ko cztery magic wezwania o we
giel w Chicago.
Ulice w Sr6dmiesciu juz costa
fy oczyszczone. Robotnicy zostali
przeniesieni do innych ward. 60
ludzi usuwa snieg obok szk61 pu-
blicznych. Pred koncem tygo-
dnia bedzie dostep ola wozoW we
glowych do so szk6f publicznych.
Ma ~szczeScie szkof ypubliczne ma
ia 10000 ton wegla w zapasie.
Wszyscy rezerwowi policyan--
CT i wszyscy strazacy W liczbie
1000, kt6rzy wczoraj byli wolni,
staneli do piracy z 1opatami.
Kompania o 80 strazak6w mia
la Ia wczoraj przygotowany
bankiet, kt6ry ma dziesiec dni
odfozy1a. 500 chiopc6w z De La
Sale Institute zaciagnieto do
piracy ma Wabash ave. pomiedzy
22-ga a 25ta I'll.
Doniesiono policyi o kilku wy
padkach odmrozenia rak i n6g.
Zaden z mich ME jest fatalny.
ZWYSTAWY ZYWNOSCI.
DIS ma patryotycznej Wysta-
vie zywnoSci, urzadzonej w Co.
liseum przez stanowa rade o.
brony, obecny bedzie guberna--
tor Lowden i jego mafzonka,
Krajowy administrator zyw--
nosciowy Hoover wysfaf p~olece-
ME do administrators stano-
wych zywnoSci, azeby wystaWe
te zwiedzili.
Wczorajszy dzien przeznaczo-
ny by1 ola kucharek. Bardzo VIE
le pan Z wyzszych sfer przybyfo
re swemi kucharkami, kt0re PREY
glada4y sic demonstracyom z
wielkiem zainteresOWaniem i wy
SHY obfadowane rozmaityml
pamfletami. Miedzy innemi by@a
obecna PAM burmistrzowa
Thompson re swa kucharka.
Kazdego dnia pc po}udniu i
wieczorem pr6cz demonstracyi
kuchennych, specyalnie wykazu-
,jacych, jake oszczednosci MOI
ma zaprowadzic W mySl wyma-
gan wojennych, jest takze pro-
gram ma kt6ry sk1ada sic kon-
cert kapeli mathew wraz z mo-
wami wybitnych osobistoSci.
DIS wieczorem n. p. przema-
WAC beda: D. H. Shanahan,
speaker" izby nizszej legislatu-
ry Stanu Illinois, professor E. d.
venport, dziekan kollegium roll
niczego Uniwersytetu Illinois,
V. Olander, sekretarz Stanowej
Federacyi Piracy i p%orucznik A.
N. Naismith, z armii kanadyj-
skiej.
Przewodniczacym bedzie D. E.
Shanahan.
w SPRAWIE BIBLIOTEkA-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-10

Prawie ka3dy polski agent reAf
nosciowy ogiasza sic W DZlENNIKU
CHICAGpsK1M DO niejednokrotnia
przekonai sic. Is tn u~ajlepisj mu
10 opiaci
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-10

DR.. w. 6. SCrIRATER
POLSKI LEKARZ ! CHIRURG
epecyalnie We wszystkich chorobach meEczyfi
kobiet dzieci.
oar Noble nj. Tel. Monroe 1868
6odz Cd otei rano do 9tsi wieoa
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-10

Prrwta kindly IekHrE DOlYkI STATS Q.
ASIA sEo RodZlny ofisowe NJ sxpAls
IocI CElCS':T,SE VEHO
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-10
w SPRAWIE B~IBLIOTEkA-
RIA OLA BIBLIOTEkI
MIEJSKIEJ.

Stanowisko naczelnego biblio-
tekarza miejskiej biblioteki pu-
blicznej wakuje z powodu smier-
c. H. Leglera. Wakans ten ma
bye wypeiniony przez. miejska
komisye sfuzby cywilnej, kt6ra
jest obecnie opanowana przez po-
plecznik6w Thompsona i Lundi-
ma.
Pred tygodniem A! ]. john
son, jeden z czfonkow tel komi-
syi, zrezygnowa} i oswiadczy1, re
czyni to ola tego, re postanowif
starac sic o stanowisko bibliote-
kara biblioteki publicznej i re
ME wypadaioby, azeby by1 cz}on-
klein komisyi, pred kt6ra kan
dydaci ma ten urzad sk1adac be-
da egzamln.
Okazuje sic, re Johnson jest
osobistym przyjacielem Freda
Lundina, zakulisowego doradzcy
burn. Thompsona i re ME ma Ia
dnego fachowego wyszkolenia W
dziedzinie bibliotekarstwa. Zaj-
mule sic polityka i jest wydaw-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-01-10
Te|egramy Najowe'
.,LISTONOSZKI."

Nowy York, 10. stycznia. -
Poczmistrz Pattcn oznajmif wczo
raj, &c piet7astodniowa proba an
gazowania kobiet do, r~oznoszenla
list6w w tenn m~ieScie, najzupei-
r;oiczn miaIa DOWOdZcniC.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

tricks in royals" My partner was an Englishman from the admiralty; our opponents were two officers of an American artillery regiment I was thinking deeply about my first lead when a queer sound came thudding and shivering up from the depths
 Everybody looked up but ordinary conversation went on as usual. Again that noise, dull and jarring, came shuddering up from below. My com- panions continued their game but I confess that I revoked simultaneously with another thump fsom beneath, Then I said in small voice that l tried to make sound calm, T wonder what is happening My yis-a-vis from the admiralty raised his eyebrows and looked surprised that I should ask such a silly question and one of the American artillerymen suggested that "something was wrong with machine ry,"
 By this time the shudders and shocks were becoming quite frequent and the man from the admiralty tid- fly piled up our tricks and said 'I suppose it is a submarine attack; those are depth charges but don't be fright ened"-I swallowed something that seemed to have stuck in my throat and suggested that We should go outside Then some body said. Perhaps you had | endeavored in a foolish, feeble sort of fashion to put it on over my hat. But the circumference of the opening in the life-belt and the diameter of my hats brim did not agree so the man from the admiralty removed the pins I could not find, while one of the artillerymen inserted my head into that curious .eontriyance that looks like nothing So much as three giant sausages joined together, and which are supposed to form a safeguard in the sea And then we went out on deck
 It was really surprising to see how calm everybody was on this our first submarine attack. Curiosity and ex- citement were the chief emotions no- tceable among soldiers and civilians The amazing beauty of the scene that was spread before us-the perfe ,t peace of the calmly glittering sea dotted here and there with strangely camouflaged vessels round which the little destroyers were dashing in a queer ecstacy of speed and then over in the sea distance strange disturb ances of the blue waters that were flung up in monstrous agitated shapes which caught the sunlight as they rose and fell and which gave out strange blurred. booming noises that told us "something was doing. beneath the surface. All these things and many more experiences and remembrances cannot tell now, revived when was looking at those wonderful naval pho tographs at Princes gallery. and I feel rather proud to think that. after all have taken part in one of those amaz- ing attacks that the Huns had pre- pared in order to throw fear and d. struction among the endless proces- sions of men and munitions that Gav by day pass along the highway of the Atlantic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
How England Does It

F TOfi t<eslle s.
 Normal business as usual is not im- possible during the war if England s ex- ample is of any value. One-hah of Eng lands workers-s. GOO 900 men and women --are giving themselves to war. yet all customary work is going on. Were th' United States to do so well numerically our figures would be 100000
 H. N. Casson. writing from London to the Boston News bureau, shows how splendidly England, under the strain of war is carrying on. Not one newspaper or magazine has ceased publication ex- cept one started during the war. ano whose editor was found to be an Aus tran.. Not one manufacturer of any size has closed his works. Not one retail shor of any size has been unable to pay its debts. Not one railroad has ceased to run regular trains or to accept freight. Not one bank or insurance company has brok- en down. There is still golf, football. horse racing and grand opera. England has eadaptedaher business and life to war conditions and is more pros
 perouw than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

Figs for children's ills; give a tea
 spoonful, and in few hours all the foul waste, sour bile and fermenting food which is clogged in the bowels
 passes out of the system. and you have
 well and playful child again. All
 children love this harmless. delicious s fruit laxative" and it never fails to
 effect a good inside" cleansing. Di- fecIfoas for babies, children of all ages and srown-ups on bottle. Re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
Tanks With Cockneys
 m Wartime London
By LADY MARY

London. July z7s-( Special Correspond ence)-We are getting very @pally' in London with members of the American expeditionary force The man in the street and the American soldier frater- nize in the most amiable fashion, and those among us who have any knowl- edge of the other side (which is your side) immediately want to display such knowledge and to show that, after all, we are not such insular, untraveled peo- pie as has been reported
 Coming into town this morning in a crowded bus, 1 overheard a conversation between a "Yank" and the conductor There was rather lively breeze blowing at the moment and the ladies petticoats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
} ]. A. WILKINSON
 Candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture

He is an educated and successful farmer and has lived on the farm for 30 years
 He is stock raiser and breeder of thoroughbred cattle and hogs.
 He is progressive and knows how to encourage and assist the farmers of Alabama to raise maximum food supplies and thereby help win the war.
 He measures up to the require ments of the law, which says: "The Commissioner of Agriculture and h. dustries must be practical and ex- perienced agriculturist. He held this office from 1907 to 1911 and left behind him good record. (Paid political advertisement by T. A
 Wilkinson. Autaugaville, Ala-)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
CHINA RESPONDS ID RED CROSS APPEAL
p, ,000 Chinese Added to the Membership From Shang- hai in Recent Campaign.
 Many Teams Work

Washington, August 10. - Chinese sympathy and friendship for the United states was shown in striking fashion during the last Red Cross drive for funds to carry on the organization $ relief work in Europe. An account of the appeal made in China for aid for the Red Cross was received today from Julian Arnold. commercial attache at Shanghai. saying that the Chinese of all classes responded nobly"
 America was the first nation to so- licit the active participation of the Chinese in war relief work.
 We secured a good strong commit tee of younger Chinese headed by c. T. Wong, former vice president of the Chinese senate" Mr. Arnold said. Flight teams were organized under team captainS, who were American coll Ilege graduates. These Chinese teams worked hard and 25ooO Chinese were added to the Red Cross membership from Shanghai and environs.
 "P. K. Che, secretary of the Chinese Worlds Students confederation, car ried off the honors for his team for the largest number of members se- cured. Gnu Chi-Chien. former minister of the interior, piled up 2000 members to his credit. Chang Chien, former min ister of commerce and agriculture, add
 
 There was also a Chinese woman S team. headed by beautiful Chinese girl graduates from American colleges This team secured over 2000 memberships. Many Chinese schools in Shanghai joined as junior auxiliaries.
 "A number of large Chinese com panies joined with their entire staff ;. The Commercial Press. with 2000 em- ployes came in 100 per cent. One de-
 
 employees receiving less than s15 a month should have 50 per cent of the membership fees paid by the firm, so that all the members of this large con- cern went about with Red Cross but tons during the drive. The Shanghai hotel also joined with every waiter, bellboy and coolie, wearing Red Cross with pride.
 ''The captain of one of the Chinese teams expressed surprise at the gen eral response of the poorer classes to the Red Cross appeal. It was no un- common occurrence to have a coolie on the street answer request to join with such remarks as:
 America has always been the friend of China. She gave back to China the Boxer indemnity and did other things to help us. Now I am glad to join the American Red Cross and help America.
 "A poor man, receiving wages of less than $10 month, sent us from Ningpo, 100 miles south of Shanghai. by courier post not knowing that China has a m odern postal administration. at a cost of 15 cents for delivery and 15 cents for return receipts, $1.5o for mem bership in the Red Cross, He stated that he had heard his friends tell how friendly the United States had been to China and he wanted to join this great society,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
k Look. Mother! If tongue is coated, breafn feverish and stomach sour. give
 "California Syrup of FiSs."

Mother. Your child isn't natu. any cross and peevish See if tongue is coated: this is a sure sign its little stomach. liver and bowels need a cleansing at once;
 When listiess pale. feverish. full of cold, breath bad. throat sore, doesn't eat sleep or act naturally. has stom- ach-ache dfarrhoea, remember. a gen- fie liver and bowel cleansing siiuuid always be the first treatment given.
 Nothing equals "California Syrup Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
Wash Goods Department
 (Third FIoor.)

We all who this seasons select tterns.
 Novelty fabric of silk and linen 36 inches wide taffta pa pateans eans 15sr!ss Psr yard ana novelty $1.2 Manhattan Shing fancy and plain his shi and 0n dollar. 0S kimono Flanneee-Light and dark coor nP also baby .0O White Flannel-32 soft sponge finish, all wool Per J0 Dress Voieln order to close Voile will n sell pretty patterns Monday U eeedys.ss % sas rubber ss ''i yssa $10 GinghamNew fall patterns high standard yard. .1O 36nch PercaleFull wide, soft, heavy quality, 0t fall patterns ,1O Underwear Crepe-36 IT. pink blue and white. d................... Z0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

We are closing out our com plete line of Children's Colored Voile Dresses. These dresses are made in all the hobby styles, values to S7.98, sizes 6 to 16 years. CD no Special Monday .... UJ.OO
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17
LIST TO THIS TALE
OF SOLDIERS TRIALS
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17
SUPREME COURT
DECISIONS ARE
NOW EXPECTED

At STATS ffarr-aE
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. June 1.-THE
supreme court viii begin tomorrow
again 10 hand down decisions Last
week was sturdy week and on Tues
day. Wednesday Thursday. and Friday
OF this week and next * VIII continue
e. hand down decisions Friday. June
5. is the last day before the summer
vacation. which Will not be over until
October f It is possible. however. mat
the chief justice might call the court n
session ait any time during the vaca-
tian period 70 hand down an oaspion
on any case where the circumstances
were urgent enouAa Is require such
an extraordinary session
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17
FRENCH TROOPS
IMPROVE POSITION

HUNTED PRESS e-ABI EGRAa11
PARIS, June I7.-French troops in
proved their positions on the western
portion OF the Marine front. the French
war Office announced today.
German raids in the vosges were re-
pEIsed.
..setween the Disc and the Aisue de-
tal operation allowed the French to
widen their positions and take a hun
dred prisoners and a number At machine
guns.
German raids failed At caur1er's
wood on vosges.r
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17
HERE ON BUSINESS

w ". Hatch, of Goshen and son. "
RAY Hatch. road contractors. were in
Hammond on business today. Mr.
Hatch. ST. is again in good health
and is looking about as fine AZ could
be Ray Hatch. who is I'm the road
contracting business. saws that the war
has caused a slump in his business.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17

Members Of Garfield Lodge No. 500.
f q a II. are hereby notified Of "A
called Meeting 10 be held on Tuesday
evening June 18th. at $50 o'clock, for
the Master Mason degree. Members and
visitors are urged 10 be present.
WILLIS r. FORD. Wor- Mas
G. @. NALLETT. Sec. 6-15-17
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17

The remains arrived al Williams
, morgue sunday
Military funeral services in charge
IF Co ! We're held today from VII
liams chapel a l.3o. with interment
at Gary Oak Hill cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17
LAST CALL.

The Hammond exemption board uFs-
eG ali enty-one-year old reEistrants
to visit the board in Room of the
court house and get their registration
numbers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17
PERSONAL 40
SOCIAL NEWS


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when mrs Aao4ph EalFsch ana MIS- ape
Marks were 70 nave entertained Tor me
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17

LOST-Bill fold: contains s4 and IT.
Happ registrati on card. bet. Norris
Drug Store and Michigan and SohI SITS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17

cars quote p The War Saving.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17
1907 Waterproof

Neponset Floor Covering
IS waterproof from top to
bottom. Lies flat on the
floor without lacking
another Ncponsct feature
f0 remember.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17
Won't Decay

Neponset Floor Covering
IS rot-proof, thick, dur
able, sanitary, easily kept
clean these are other Ne
ponset supenorities to fx
in your mind.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17

Or. and Mrs. J 7. Clark spent satur-
day ana sunday with mrs. sarah Clark
i'm GaIien. Mich
Mrs Abe Marks Of south Holman
street was called 70 Fort Wayne ga ac-
count Oh the sudden death of her moth
er, Mrs l.. Friedman, which occurred
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17

Dorcas Rebekah lodge held its resu-
lar weekly session SATURDAY evening ut
the T. o. @ +, hall i'm State street only
routine business was transacted. yes
terday the lodge held its annual Me-
mortal Day exercises at the cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17

The high school library Will hc onen
every day except sunday from 40 a. m
10 S p. N.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
Americans Fight Hand to Hand.

The most vivid description OF
hand-to-hand fighting l ever heard, 3"
writes Herbert Corey. the war cor
respondent. in Everybody's, came
from an American soldier who was
at Cantigny and yet could recall
no incidents at all. He painted a
scene of utter. mad confusion.
through which men ran and yelled
and shot aimlessly, as it seemed.
A German and an American, run
ming madly, heads down, met each
other full on breast to breast. They
reeled from the shock, glared at
each other for a moment, and each
ran on. A German ran bowling
through the fetid mist. His trench
knife in his right hand was red and
his arm was red to the shoulder.
He tripped and fell.
Then he sang" said the observer,
Just sat there in the middle of that
madness and sang. Some one killed
him"
Other Germans ran away. He re-
ported a curious optical illusion.
The Germans seemed about knee
high" said he, "and their legs
seemed to pump up and down very
rapidly. as in an old chase film,
and yet they did not make speed.
Do you understand me? Their ef-
fort was prodigious but unavailing.
Their clothes looked floppy, some
how. The Americans seemed about
fifteen feet tall and advanced by
huge leaps. 1 stood there and
laughed like hell"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-01
Cantigny an American Victory.

AT headluartcrsE' writes Herbert
Corey in EyerybOdys, they say the
affair at Cantigny was a mere
Strengthening OF the line. 1t would not
do to brag before the French-the
heroes of Nerdun and the Aisne and
the Marne-Of such a pinpriCk to the
BoChe! No doubt headquarters is
right
But, il one considers the attack at
Cantigny from other than a purely
military angle. the story is worth the
telling. 1t was here that the Amer
lean army made its first gain OF
ground in the war against the Ger
man in France. 1t was the first Of
fensive planned and carried out by
the Americans alone. 1t is true that
French tanks and French guns helped.
1t is also true that there had been
much American fighting in the Vosges
and Lorraine, but this affair at Can
tigny was something more than mere
fighting. Small it may have been. but
such as It was. it was a battle.
Most OF all, the taking OF Cantigny
was the touchstone that proved the
worth of the American soldier. The
French onlookers declared he was
magnificent. A week later an Ameri-
can division was thrown into the
breach made in the French lines be-
fore Chateau-Thierry in the fight on
the Marne. The German advance was
stopped short when it ran into the
Yankees who helped hold the road tC
Peric. They would hardly have beer
given the chance If their mates had
failed at Cantigny the week before"