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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-12

purging OF the old.
Four years ago we saw the con-
scripts Of the French Colony at Swan
sea set out for the defense Of their
country-not a man missing. They
toresaw the grim struggle that was
70 satur1te the soil or France with
the blood OF the best OF her sons and
did not blanch. To a Frenchman the
call or country is an appeal direct Ia
the soul. 1t Is irresistible. And since
then we have seen our own stout
hearted lads marching away IN bat
t~alions. companions and drafts, to
hold the fort for human freedom. un-
I'll the free peoples or the universe
realized tho peril and marshalled their
forces. From August 1914 to the pres
ent day our young manhood has been
streaming to the battle fronts. much
Of II destined never to flow back
again. From the four corners OF tho
globe the best Of tho British race has
boon Fastening 70 tho fray.
And now come the 1.-the and the
lusty Americans from their homes
thousands OF miles away. For they.
too, have heard the call OF freedom.
assailed and imperilled. 1t Is not in
he light. irresponsible spirit or the
mere parader. committed to a picnic or
military promenade. hat they come.
but as crusaders. sobercd and sad
dened end yet inspired for lofty deeds
by the example OF their brothers in
France. The latter have opened a
new chapter in the story OF the Re-
public. and henceforward, until the
war is done and tyranny has been cast
down, II will go on adding leaf by leaf
which. when completed. VIII form the
golden book or North America.
The Americans a hundred and fifty
years ago fought for a charter that
gave the peasant a career. knighted
all the sons of toll. opened all the
paths 70 fame. and put the star OF
hope above the cradle Of the poor
mans babe" In that struggle. which
represented tho dawn of modern lib
erty. our forefethers. misguided BY a
stupid king and . foolish government,
we're ranged on the wrong side. IN
tho sixties Of the last century the re-
public. as We know II. was formed IN
tribulaticn and suffering upon a
broader charter. which declared tina
all men. regardless OF race or color.
are born equal. The Federal Armies.
like those now being welded together
In the West-and a fragment OF which
marched through our old streets to-
day-fought not TO ensiave but to
free. not TO destroy. but to save. not
simply for themselves. but for oth-
ers. not for conquest, but FOR con-
science. not only for America. but Tor
every land and every race
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She Took


Ny wife had what the doctors call
catarrh OF The stomach for IS years
Had to diet carefully and suffered
much. She has now taken one bottle
AdIer-i-ka and feels perfectly Wen"
(Siened) i. r. Parker. Brock. Texas.
Adler-f-ka expelts ALL gas and sour
ness. stopping stomach distress IN
STANTLY. Empties BOTH upper and
lower bowel. flushing ENTIRE alimen-
tary canal. Removes ALL foul matter
which poisons system. Often CURES
constipation. Prevents appendicitis.
We have sold Adler-i-ka many years II
is a mixture Of buckthorn. cascara. Elyc-
crime and nine other simple drugs. otto
Negele. druggist.-Adv.
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From Charles Duff.

somewhere at the fOnIr
oct. is. 1915.
Mr.. and Mrs f. Dun. 90 Losan ST..
Hammond.
Dear Mother. Father and AL.
lust a few lines TO Keep my prom
Use and make up for lost time.
7 received a letter from Lena SAYING
she IS going home for a vacation.
Well I was out souvenir hunting
today and found some German SOU
venirs but not any. 20 send home.
some days we have to go up to the
trenches behind the doughboys wien
they'd advance and you're taking a
good chance Of being picked Off. I
was with -four other fellows from our
battery and we went in a town and
Just got there when the Germans
opened fire. II was pretty hot and he
shells were falling all around us and
shrapnel was plentiful. There was a
hell along the road and we would drop
n the ditch etwee the Hill and the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-12

mail man, is again on the job, tempo
rarily. James krooswyh. who has been.
carrying mail since July. has quit. Dick
Huisinge is expecting his discharge
from the army soon when he will be
back on the route.
Raphael kraay and his sister, Mrs.
zigman. were in Hammond Tuesday.
= \ large number of army trucks pass
ed. through here Monday and Tuesday,
also five Red Cfbss trucks.
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For Burning Eczema

Greasy salves and ointments should not
be applied if good clear skin is wanted.
From any druggist for 35c, or S1.O for
extra large size, get a bottle of zemo.
When applied as directed it effectively
removes eczema, quickly stops itching, and
heals skin troubles. also sores. burns,
wounds and Chatting. 1t penetrates, cleanses
and soothes. Zemo is a clean, dependable
and inexpensive, penetra ting. antiseptic
liquid. Try II. as we believe nothing you
have ever sedis as effective and satisfying.
The E w. Rose Co. Cleveland. o.
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MUNSTER

Mrs. John Blinke left for Flint, Mich.
Friday for an extended visit with
her sister. Mrs. Harry Jansen.
The influenza is spreading again and
a large number Of families are i'll here.
The parochial school has closed as more
than ninety pupils were absent.
Joe Munster. our former congenial
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Letters from Soldiers
Written to the Home Folks From This Side and the
Other Side of the Water.
hy your company.

by your
II anybody around the old town ever
asks about me. you might say that
| am on the Job. have seen everything
there is to see in the war game. and
can only say the game must be played
out to the finish. so that absolutely
under no circumstances whatever can
this thing happen again. There Will
be hundreds OF books written on this
war; there will be thousands Of stories
told obout the war. and 1 believe there
VIII be some few million people come
back who have been over here during
this war. but no one Will ever know
about IL unless he. himself. has seen II.
1t beggars description and surpasses
the widest flight In any mans fancy.
1t is the pers6nihcation Of life and
death. and I believe the only possible
means OF establishing a real civili-
Eation on the face OF the earth.
Hammond naturally seems a long
way OF. but / often think OF my
friends there. Some day / viii swing
on the train and drop in to tell you.
just my little part of his great war.
I am.
Yours very truly.
c. r. CORBIN.
South Wales Daily Post. Thursday.
Thursday. Aug. 1. 1918.
oUR AMERICAN BROTHERS.
The people OF Swansea today have
been privileged TO take part in the
conservation OF a new brotherhood or
man. They have been conscious more
or less vividly OF a great change that
10 coming over the world. Now they
can say they have seen & in part Wis
uGll-ed II the march through the
streets OF the stalwart young sons or
ire Western Requisite. From evil
good may come"-sometimes. The
Kaiser and his encourage OF fellow
criminals wrought better than they
knew when causing and precipftating
the ~ArmaEeddon. For out or the
wreck OF homes. the devastation Of
provinces. the killing and the maim-
ing. the agony and the tears will
emerge a sweeter. more wholesome
existence for humanity. God works
In Mysterious ways his wonders to
PERFORM and the creation OF a new
world may have needed a preliminary
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From Harry Drackert.

NCrInern ItUsSIa.
September 80. 1918.
Dear Folks at Home:
Well here I am In Northern Russia
! among the tall timbers and swamps.
for that is about all ] AYE seen Of
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OCCUPATION OF
TOWNS OVER

UNITED PRESS CABLEGRAM1
LONDON. Dec. II british Admiralty
neutrality-suspicious. Of German
towns under the terms of the armis-
tice is nearly completed.
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BOCHES BOMB

-. Continued from Page one.l
Shading of Brooklyn, Miss Mary Nc
Cadlish of Atlanta, Miss B4nche Gil
bert of Cleveland. and Miss Constance
Cook of San Francisco.
While the raid was in progress they
went about cheering the patients.
Altho many serious cases OF SICK ana
wounded were aggravated because
they had to be moved, the nurses had
to carry them to the lower floors and
the cellar.
s.It was an exciting time" said Miss
Scott, but there was no panic. Some
of our boys actually slept thru it all.
altho their beds were showered with
broken glass"
This attack took place on Corpus
Christi eve-the religious feast day
on which the boches obtained i'm
rnunity for their own towns, thru the
intercession of the vatican, following
of Cologne.
Hospitals Clearly Marked.
Special care had been taken clearly
to identify the hospitals and great
crosses were marked on the ground.
The area bombed is entirely a hos
pital settlement
: American aviators, preparing for a
flight to drop flowers on American
graves as part of the Memorial day
Hun attack.
- I'm addition to flowers for our boys,
L guess we'd~better take along some
thing for the boches," said one. 1T
will be the latest bombs we've got
decorated with forget-me-nots."
= In striking contrast to the boches'
barbarity were the touching Memorial
day services yesterday. French women
and children were the principal par
Elephants. In a cemetery near an old
church, in village back of our lines,
Salvation Army workers placed flag
on each grave.
French Helped Celebrate.
Prior to the services, scores of
French women children and old men
Joined in a procession, headed by a
band playing American hymns.
After the funeral Grafton and prayer
by the chaplain. the children smoth-
cred the graves of officers and soldiers
alike with flowers. French mothers
and fathers and soldiers from the
trenches wept, unashamed.
Closer to the line there is a ceme-
terry which none dares approach in
daylight, owing to enemy shellfire.
But the graves there were not forgot
ten. The Salvation Army provided
flags which the soldiers carried up to
the graves at night, in addition to
flowers from the nearest village.
American airmen also carried flow
ers in flights last night, dropping them
on the battlefield, in honor of the men
who fell before Cantigny.
Owing to a bomb hitting an ambu-
lance which was travelling at night, all
eyacuations from field hospitals have
been ordered to cease except in day-
light save in exceptional emergencies
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GET COOLER WEATHER



Of the year The mercury this morn
ing stood at 81 degrees and was sched-
uled to go to 80 or over during the
day. This day in 1899 the mercury
stood at SO degrees and is the lowest
ever recorded on this date. The
highest temperature on record for to-
day was 80 in 1918.
No rain has fallen in Topeka during
the last twenty-four hours.
Kansas now is .thoroly soaked
from cover to cover" Every county
in the state has been given the bene-
fit of the spring rains: In the last 4S
hours the so-called "dry" territory in
the western sections has been drench-
ed. Dresden received ESQ inches,
Goodland, liz, Scott City. 3.26, Phil
llipsburg 3.38. Utica 2.12 and Garden
City 1852.
All rivers in the state are still fall
ing slowly with the exception of the
Smoky Hill, which, at Abilene, has
reached a stage of 1902 feet, a rise of
eight feet in twenty-four hours, and
still continues to rise, due to the rains
west of there. AS it takes a stage of
20 feet to make the river bank full,
no apprehension is felt. The Kaw is
now down to 80, a fall of 500 feet
since yesterday morning. and will con-
tinue to fall slowly.
The wind this morning was blowing
twenty miles an hour from the south,
and will remain so during the day.
when it is expected to shift, bringing
cooler weather.
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Huns Now Within Few Miles
: of Objective.
Pushing Forward Desperately
in the Center.
ARE HELD IN CHECK ON SIDES
Berlin Claims the Capture OF
~ $4,000 Prisoners.
French Still Hold Outskirts OF
scissors.

London. May 31.-The German
drive in the Aisne region is now CEN
tered in an effort to reach the Marine
river it is indicated in the night Of
ficial statements.
baChecked on the wings, the enemy
Is striving desperately to push the al
lies back in the center, where strong
French reserves are being concen-
trated.
The Germans are now within a few
miles of the famous river. The French
communioue admitted the loss OF
Fere -en-Tardenois and Vezilly The
former is eight miles from the river
and the latter six.
ITO the south of Fere-en-Tarde-
nois, we are fighting our way toward
the Marne," the German war. office
declared.
lust how far south of Fere-en-
Tardenois the enemy has progressed
was revealed in neither the French
nor the German statement.
"a Huns Claim $4,000 Prisoners.
S-The Berlin communique claimed a
total of $4,000 prisoners taken in the
present phase of the offensive, to-
gether with a large amount of ma
terial, including ammunition. pro-
visions, railway trains and an aero
drome full of airplanes.
On the right lflankA the Germans
now occupy La Neuvillette ana BETH
eny, north of Rheims, and have
thrown a semi-circle about that city,
being within two miles on the east,
north and west.
a. On the left wing, the French still
claimed to hold the western outskirts
of Scissors, altho the Germans pushed
forward about a mile and half north
of that city. strengthening the line so
it runs straight north and south be-
tween Coucy-le-Chateau and scissors.
How the Line Runs Now.
1.-The Aisne battle front now appar-
emily runs from Coucy-le-Chateau
southwark thru Juvigny and scissors
to Hartennes, southeastward thru
Beugneux to Fere-en-Tardenois, east
ward to Vezilly, northeastward to
Brouillet, eastward to Thillois. north
eastward thru Champigny to La Neu-
yillette and eastward to Betheny.
on the Flanders front, the French
improved their positions east OF
Dickebusch lake by local operation
last night. Elsewhere the British and
French fronts were quiet.
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the allied force which inspires the
confidence of all the military critics.
To take victorious advantage of the
success they have so far gained, the
Germans must succeed in bending
these two hinges, and all their efforts
to do this, up to this time. have been
vain.
Another reason for the confident
feeling is the arrival Of allied reserves.
Besides the mention in the official re-
port of the beginning of Intervention
by these reserves, the Echo de Paris
in a dispatch from the front filed at
3 a. m today reports that the reserves
are arriving on the battle ground with
artillery and auxiliary services. Their
entrance into action, the message re-
ports, is being effected methodically
without any display of nervousness.
General Foch and General Petain are
working intimately together, it adds,
to meet the serious situation.
In commenting on the intervention
of the fresh forces, L'Homme Libre
says it does not appear doubtful that
the enemy has reached the extreme
point of his advance and that he will
encounter the allied reserves care
fully withheld until a favorable mo-
ment shall arrive for a counter at
tack
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turning to the east so as to approach
Rheims from the south. This STRAIT
egg would entail the capture of Viii
len-Tardenois, four miles southeast of
Brouillet and two miles to the west
of the Ardre. N HT
Advance Is Slower.
The Ardre rises in a small lake,
four miles north of the Marine, at
Epernay. 1t flows northeastward, con-
verging with the Vesle at Fismes
The German progress has been slow
er and more difficult for the past sew
eral hours, owing to the steady, ar
rival of French reserves. The enemy
apparently has beer entirely checked
at most points on this front. His eff
forts now seem to be concentrated in
driving toward Fere-en-Tardenois, as
a part of the attempt to take Rheims.
Every German regiment engaged in
the southern drive advances in sue
cessive bounds.
Have New Attack Plan.
Four companies are in the front
rank each time. Each company has
four portable machine guns, with one
in reserve. Each regiment, in addi-
ton, has three machine gun compa-
MES, possessing twelve machine guns
apiece and three mounted trench NOR
tar companies, which have a new long
range weapon.
AS each wave of four companies
leaps forward successfully, it is able.
to precede itself with a machine gun
barrage, while the portable trench
mortars dislodge the allied machine
guns and wipe out the centers of re-
sistance.
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Morning Grain Gossip.
(Furnished by the Topeka Board of Trade

Chicago, May 31-The Tribune: Grain
Corn traders ere as bearish as they can
be. The lower prices go, the more bearish
some of them appear 20 get. The prices
dropped to the lowest of the season We'd
nesday, showing losses of 23%c on June
and 221ac on July from the top. Practical
" every holder Of corn futures has a loss
The short interest has increased consider
able able and there has been heavy liquidation.
nesday was in the FACT that the situation
looks SO discouraging that it could not
get much worse and the corn market has
z way Of rallying when ever some thinks
it is impossible The weather reports
report corn condition were not as favorable
Wednesday that large settlements had been
made in May oats. 1t was also said that
the big shorts are practically in and it
would be no surprise to see collapse in
the market today, the last trading day
in i. May Expectations are that deliveries
of cash oats today will be large. Oats
that cannot be put into storage will be
New York, May 31.-Financial News Bull
letin: StOcks-Outlook: While the gen.
eral market as a whole promises to be an
| irregular trading affair temporarily, there
are indications Of a revival of bullish ac-
tivity in some of the industrial specfal-
ties. Pool channels bullish on Am. Ice,
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tinues around Cantigny but neither
the enemy artillery or infantry has
been able to make any impression on
the American defense.
Lively fighting also has occurred in
the Luneville and Toul sectors. In
aerial fighting northwest of Tou1 one
American aviator fell prisoner to the
enemy. Two German machines were
destroyed and another sent down out
of control. In northern Italy there
has been no infantry activity of mo-
ment The artillery duel there is less
violent
London, May 31.-Activity by the
German artillery in the Villers-Bre-
tonneux sector east of Amiens and in
the Albert region to the north is re-
ported today by the war office. There
has also been lively gunfire from the
enemy lines on the Flanders front
between Festubert and the Clarence
river.
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NEW HUN ATTACK
CONTINUED from Page One,

CONTINUED from Page one.l
minimize the Importance of the Ger
man advance. Gabriel Hanotaux, in
the Figaro, compares the strategic
situation with that on the eve of the
battle of the Marine. All the COM
mentators, however, express conf
dence that the high command will so
dispose the allied troops as to re-
store the situation, which LHomme
Libre> considers to have reached its
maximum point of gravity yesterday.
The Petit Parisien says the govern
ment officials who saw the army
Chiefs yesterday. returned in the even
ing still confident, which 1t regards
as a good sign.
e. Confidence stu Reigns.
: 1t is resistance of the two wings OF
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Huns Want Rheims.

BY HENRY WOOD.
With the French Armies in the
Field, May 31.-The Germans are de-
termined to capture Rheims.
Held up by the British to the east,
north and west of that city, the enemy
plans a wide encircling movement to
the southeast, hoping to surround it,
military authorities believed today.
To accomplish this, the Germans
are expected to increase their pres
sure between Brouillet ard Janvry,
with the intention of breaking thru
along the Ardre river and following
this valley southeastward, gradually
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and July $1.345s to $1.35 were followed by
a little rally and then a decided setback.
After dropping more than cents a
bushel, the market recovered to a moderate
extent as a result of profit taking by shorts.
The close was unsettled, 1%c to 2%c net
to 81 32M.
OATS-Oats went down grade with corn.
II was sald the larger shorts IN the May
were out of the market. After opening 1hc
lower to &c advance with July 65Hc to
65Hc, the market hardened somewhat
and then underwent d material sag.
PROVISIONS-Provisio weakened ow-
ing chiefly to a decline In hog values. De-
mand was very slow.
Advances took place but were not well
maintained.
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1ODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, May 31-COHN-Fresh low price
records for the season were reached today
in the corn market. Hot muggy weather,
just the kind to promote termination and
growth, gave an advantage to the bears.
Enlarged receipts counted also as a de-
pressing factor. Opening figures, which
ranged from the same as Wednesdays fin
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RHEIMS MAY

CONTINUED from Page one.i
troops still maintain their hold on
Cantigny despite German counter at
tacks. The Americans in their sue
cessful advance captured PAP prison.
ers, latest reports say. Fighting con-
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Dr HsdR1an "a: %mporis, %; Eureka. e !;
Fort Scott, SO Garden City, 81; Goodland,
.6S Hays, 20 lola, 80 Lawrence, o4; Lib
eral, 30; MCPHERSON. -; Macksville, Oh !;
Manhattan, Oh; Phillipsburg, LIS; Scott
City, LIS; Sedan, -; Utica, LILO; Hutchin-
son, 80.
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Kansas City, May 31.-HOGS-Market
steady to Zoe lower. Bulk Of sales, $16.25n
butchers, S16.25@16.45; light, $16.25@l6.4 40
pigs, $15.5O0 1850
CATTLE-Receipts 1000 Market steady.
Prime fed steers, $16.75G17.25; dressed beef
steers, $l300@16.60; western steers. $4,000
l72S southern steers, 50 00@16.5o; cows.
and feeders. ss.5O@15.50; bulls, sso0Gl2. 90
calves $S.5O@13.0O.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 Market steady.
Lambs, $15.5OQ20.40; yearlings. $4,000
1900; wethers, S12 O0@16 50; ewes. $1iOOG
1900; packers and feeders, $7OO@17.OO
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Wall St., New York, May 31.-STOCKS-
Leaders made partial improvement during
the first hour, but fell back more extensive
ly later the reversal accompanying further
disquieting war reports. The few gains of
the outset were entirely cancelled, Steels,
Shippings and Specia1ties losing 1 to 3
points ON increased activity which evident
" included liquidation Of long accounts.
Fractional rallies set in at noon. Liberty
31s's sold at 90 81 to $3.50, first As at 94.10
to o. II, and the second As made a new
low record on the break from 94.16 to 81,
also the AS on the decline from 9104 to
81.
Stocks were again Influenced at the open
ing of today's market by the war situation,
speculative interests awaiting further news
from abroad before making definite COM
mitments. Initial quotations were irreg-
lar, showing a majority OF losses among
cialties, these ranging from l to points
before the end Of the first half hour; Union
gaining a point, while Reading lost that
much. Liberty bonds continued reaction
airy, the AIS making the new low record
Of 97O2.
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New York, May 31.-BUTTER-Market
weak. Creamery higher than extras, 43A@
44c.
EGGS Market Irregular. Fresh gather
ed extras 371a@3sc-
CHEESE-Market steady. State fresh
specials, 23c.
POULTRY-Alive, strong; dressed. firm.