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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22
COUNTY COUNCILS CAN
MD DEFENSE BODIES
Stansbury Says it Is Legal
to Appropriate Money for
Patriotic Purposes.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, April 19-Ele
Stansbury. ettorney-generaI. in answer
to a question OF NJ. E. Foley. chairman
Of the state council of defense, has rul-
ed that county councils may make rea-
sonable appropriations direct for the
county councils Of defense to be used
for war purposes. Gilbert Fl. Hendren.
chief OF the state board of accounts. in
pursuance OF the ruling. has prepared a
classification OF counties according to
wealth and population and has specified
the amounts that would be regarded rea-
sonable appropriations for each OF the
classes.
The attorney-general in his rJi1ing. re-
cites the fact that the national council
OF defense was created by act OF con-
gress August 10. 1917. This law" says
the attorney-general. rs intended TO be
broad and comprehensive ana 20 enable
the people, through organization. to
meet the needs OF the war
should Ea liberal
The ettorney-gene says we must
understand that a state of war now ex-
tsts so that In constituting laws, with a
view 10 prosecuting the war. courts nor
individuals should be captious but
should be liberal in finding way. under
the law. to aid the war" Recent court
opinions are quoted in favor Of a liberal
construction for war purposes. The at
torney-generaI then says:
Il believe this Is the true and pa
triotic theory of constituting laws in time
OF war. We find, under the federal stat
ute and the Indiana laws, abundant au-
thority to say that there is law au-
rhorizing the board of commissioners to
ask for such an appropriation as men
toned by you. and the county councils
have authority not in conflict with our
supreme court decisions to make such
an appropriation as they may deem rea-
councils OF defense in procuring from
the people the doing Of their part in this
great conflict.
Question OF Pay.
You also requ ested my opinion az TO
whether bills should be presented to the
commissioners for all OF the items for
which such money would be expended.
IT would not be a reasonable con-
structfon to say that for each paper of
pins or box Of tacks purchased in that
work a. bill should be filed with the
board of commissioners. / think it could
be much more effectually used by max
fngs an appropriation direct to the coun-
Gill; and n would not be improper for
the board of commissioners to require
an accounting at some future date by
the county council of defense"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22
FOOD DIRECTORS
MUST HELP LOAN

Emphasizing the present paramount
Importance Of the Third Liberty Loan
drive. Herbert Hoover. federal food adj
ministrator. has addressed a telegram
TO DR.. Harry Z. Barnard. federal food
administrator for Indiana. calling his
attention to the duty OF the entire food
organization TO support in every possible
manner the distribution of the bonds.
The Hoover telegram follows:
DR.. Harry z. Barnard,
Food Administrator,
Indianapolis. Ind
we are reminding you that the Unit
ed States Food Administration organlza-
TONS both national and state. are COM
mitted to do their utmost to cooperate
with the Liberty Loan forces. While in
no way relaxing your food activities We
rely upon your exerting every effort to
insure the success OF the Liberty Loan.
HERBERT HOOVER"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22
ST. JOHN

Another one OF our patriotic farm
ers. John P. Schaefer has taken out
$500 in liberty bonds.
The little son OF Frank Leinen who
has been very low with gpasms, is
slowly improving.
Mrs. Valentine Kohl and grandchil-
dren. Nora. and Mrs. Smith OF Ham
mond. are visiting here with Mrs. ia
COB Schmitz and family.
Mrs. Nicholas Schultz received sad
news on Wednesday OF the death OF
her brother. in the hospital at Chica-
go.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22

started a Thrift card.
Mrs. s. Messenger has gone to Pitts
burg for visit.
A daughter arrived at the home of
Mrs. NJ. Hays Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Karsten is quite Ill at
her home on Martha street.
Mrs Eelman's sister. Margaret IS Wis
Ting here this week
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22

Mrs. z. Tiff is visiting In East Chi
cago today
The c. Y. P. Society will hold an
important meeting at the school Tues
day evening.
Arbor Day Exercises were held Fri
day Afternoon at the Hessville school.
Several trees were planted.
a VERY interesting letter was re-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22
Given by "The Dancing Trio"

ceived by Robert Howard from his
father who Is somewhere IN France
Mildred Luchene returned today af-
ter several weeks visit with relatives
in Schneider.
Thomas German was quite painful
1y injured while at work Thursday.
James Boland. although unable to be
in school liz innrnYinR
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22

The children OF rooms three and
four have two hundred and thirty thrift,
stamps. Room four is one hundred
per cent room. every pupil having
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22

Harold ousby. Mrs. p. Luchena and
Mrs. ousoy were Heasville visitors yes
terday.
The children OF room one have four
hundred and sixty-f1ve thrift stamps
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22

A Liberty Loan Bond is purely an In
vestment. paying \ per cent interest
semi-annually. Buy one todayi
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22

m Take South Shore Lines from East Chicago, Indiana
Harbor and Gary to Calumet Ave Hall blocks south
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-12

to make cannon or rifles. Nor skilled
workmen. The most experienced man.
ufacturers said that it would require
from year to a year and half to
build and equip Il rifle factory and to
train workmen to operate it.
Also that two years would be neces-
sary in which to build plant for forg-
ing. assembling and finishing heavy
artillery. First of all. the machinery
for such plant would have to be de-
signed and then constructed. That
would require additional time. Never
theleSs, although war was declared in
April. 1917. thousands of rifles. better
rifles than are used by the French or
British armies, and as good as those
of the Germans are being manufac-
tured. and American artillery of large
caliber will soon be blasting an o.;en
road to Berlin.
Explosive shells. tractors. tanks and
special motor equipment have been de-
veloped by the ordnance department and
are being purchasd by Col. McEoDerts.
The Huns introduced gas as one of the
agencies of warfare. At first it was
released and the wind drove it to the
French and British trenches. Now it
is loaded into projectiIes and fired from
cannon to poison the batteries of the
allies.
Chemists and engineers have pro-
duced an American gas and Col. Nc
Roberts has contracted for shells that
are to carry it into the gray waves Of
robbers that are battling with the
troops of Petain. Haig and Pershing.
So ends this inadequate story of a
part he has taken in the great achieve
ments of the Army-a part that he
never mentions and which the writer
has uncovered by piecing together what
other men have said and are saying.
Copyright. 1918. by James b. Morrow.)
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HSEAT ON THE STYX leng Reported By NIss John knd

IT have a notion Bill would cultivate
late hours and early rising II you'd
do that every night for month.
julius"
where do I come in. doctor?" asked
Ananias. Il wouldn't mind taking
hand in this business myself"
Good for you. Ananias. good for you.
old boy" laughed Aesculapius. I'VE
can At you In nicely. We can rig up a
pretty little act for you in which you
will rise nightly at the kaiser's bed
side and greet him as a brother. You
can stretch out your bony fingers and
seize his hand in your cold. dank.
clammy grip and say to him: Brother,
/ was something of liar myself.
And the minute you've said that weu
arrange to have you struck by light
ming. 1t will split you squarely down
the middle. and as your right side falls
one way and your left the other you
can roar in his ear: Behold the fate
of him of the worthless word
Really. gentlemen" continued the
doctor there is no end to the posi-
bilities of this thing. Moioch eating
the young; Tarquin being pelted out of
Rome for rape by an outraged peo-
pie"
'Oh, come now, come, Aesculapius."
protested Frederick the Great Il adj
nit that as a Little Lord Fauntleroy
my boy Willie HohenZollern leaves one
or two things to be desired, and as a
copy-book hero he's some failure. but
you mustn't go too far. He may be
overambitious and arrogant. and
trifle careless of the lives of other peo-
pie. and perhaps his word needs few
affidavits to supplement its credibility.
but rape? No, no, William has stop
ped short of that"
Sorry, Frederick. but Bill has got to
answer for that. too said Aesculapius.
He may not have turned the trick in
person. but by proxy he is the guiltiest
ravisher in the history of the world,
and every woman who has fallen a vic
tim to his organized brutality rises up
to accuse him. And why not? He sits
in his palace at Potsdam and glories in
the victories of his men on the field Of
battle and calls them his victories, does
he not?"
LAS they are" said Frederick.
"Granted," said Aesculapius. But II
their glories are his glories. IL their
honors are his honors, then equally
must their shame and dishonor be his.
That which he condones he must accept
responsibility for. Wherefore let Tar
quin go with the haunting party also
to Williams bedside. giving a vivid
representation of his contemptuous ex-
pulsion from his one-time capital. and
as he cringes before the contempt of
civilized Rome let him haunt banner
in the kaiser's face inscribed:
"'Behold the fate of the despoiler of
woman""
And as a grand finale to this show"
said Richard Occur de Leon, II have
just one suggestion to make. Finish
it off with haunt by the dying Herod,
despised of all, suffering from a loath-
some disease. frustrated in his at
tempts at suicide, and saying in his
last breath:
81. too, have murdered little chill
dren.'"
IT decline to serve," said Herod. "Ab-
solutely. No use asking me-"
IT hardly thought you would" said
Richard, contemptuously. Birds of
feather flock together"
ION the contrary" said Herod. This
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ander and Caesar has just given me a
clue as to course of treatment that
would be most effective. If 1t be true
that haunted by the gaud and glitter
of your record he has been inspired to
reach out his paw to seize the world.
/ don't see why some Of the rest of our
noble army Of spooks down here can
haunt him in such a way as to throw
and elegant vacuum he calls his SOUL
"Haw calculated Capt. Kidd. That
sounds pretty good to me. Anything I
can do. for instance?"
YES" said Aesculapius. Lets see.
Kidd-they hanged you in chains. didn't
'Ugh-yes," said Kidd They sure
did. and I tell you. doc. it was the
most painful experience of my some
what painful career"
We'll. there's the idea in a nut
she'll" said Aesculapius suppose you
haunt Bill in his dreams with a vivid
ly realistic rehearsal of that unpleas-
ant experience. When he tries to
sleep. let him. and then the minute he
drops off bangle yourself writhingly
before him. and as you do SO point
the accepted honey finger of all ghost
stories squarely at him and say:
Behold the fate of him who MUIR
dered the helpless on the sea-"
DO YOU think it would do any GOOD
asked Kidd.
1T might make a dent in Bills mind
If you did it seven nights week Tor
seven weeks" replied Aesculapius.
Then after you had grooved that idea
into the imperial cerebellum Maxi
milan here might take up the job, with
a dress rehearsal of himself standing
up against an adobe wall while dozen
plugged him full of lead. If MaXmil
ian would join the hunting party and
do thing like that with persistent
regularity it might help lot. especial
ly if just as the volley was fired at
him he should pull the long finger on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-12
Platinum is FIVE TIMES
MORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD

quite certain that the use of platinum
in jewelry will cease as soon as the
present stocks of jewelers. are used up.
The government has hesitated to take
over these stocks because it would
throw out of employment many thou
sands of men employed in that trade
This related to an order affecting plati.
mum which was issued by the Secretary
of War February % last. In March the
principal spokesman for the jewelry trade
announced that the action of the govern
ment in communicating raw and metallic
platinum had been generally misunder-
stood and had been the subject of mis-
representation by many writers. 1t was
said that the government had requisition-
ed only raw and metallic platinum in the
hands Of importers and refiners and would
probably ask the manufacturers to sur
render a part of the metal they owned.
It. was distinctly announced by the rep
resentatives of the jewelry trade that
platinum jeweiry has not been the sub
ject of any order by the government nor
have the dealers in platinum jewelry been
brought under the order in any way"
So much confusion resulted that the
Council of National Defense issued the
following: In issuing ordnance requisi-
ton No. $40, communicating crude or
raw platinum now in the hands of inn
porters or reffners of this precious metal.
it is to be understood that this comman-
deering order does not apply to or inter-
fere with the purchase by the consumer
of any manufactured articles containing
platinum. This explanation is made so
that the public may clearly understand
the pu0pose of this action by the govern
ment.
Russia has been one of the chief sources
of the supply of platinum, and the Ger
man munition makers are now drawing
their supplies from that part of the worii
Platinum. weight for weight. is wa1th
five times as much as gold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-12

whatever stunts you please with you.
living chariot, but you'll have. to Ges
an understudy for me. A burnt cnlin
breads the fire. I've tried that ooo
once. and never again s,,d
well, L can't say 1 blame you: sa.o
Achilles. The way you skidded over
the Trojan plains the day of the orig,
inal performance was some sklo, anu
I never envied you your END OF tne
stick. 1 only suggested 1t as a posi-
hiiitv never dreamed of 1t as prob
"Well even at that we can fix it,"
said Leonardo da Vinci. Get me a
bale of hay and a bolt Of jute. ana a
Hector that'n look so like the real
thing the kaiser will never know the
difference"
said Phideas. Instead of camounag
ing a Hector, let me sculp you wood
en- kaiser that looks so like Bill HIM
self that Bill won't know the diner
ence, and let Achilles break the speed
record with that in tow la Hector,
labelling it:
"'Behold the fate OF presumptuous
might"
Il suppose I'm about due for some
thing on this program. said caesar
gloomily.
you could be very effective, julius,
said Aesculapius. land my idea of your
contribution is very simple. You could
spread yourself out on royal purple
catafaloue, and lie there with a dozen
or more daggers sticking up out OF
"a sort of animated pincushion.'
suggested Cassius, with heartless
laugh
Exactly" said Aesculapius. spread
out that way you could haunt the
kasers dreams for a week or two,
raising yourself up on your Slbow
every hour, and addressing him with
"'Behold imperious Caesar
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Framing 1t Up for William

of the earth" persisted Socrates, che
won't sigh because there aren't any
more worlds 20 conquer. but he'll go out
and find a few, and before long we'll
find him rafting his saber at his side
Don't get blasphemous, Socrates" in
terrupted William Penn, holding up his
hands in horror.
Pm not blasphemous. Penn" said Soc
rates. Bills Colt isn't my God any
more than he is yours Bills Colt is a
Colt that Bill has created himself. in
his own image, a cruel. crafty lnsti-
gator of arson. child murder and rape,
with made in Germany etched all over
him. While this fight is on Bill is pay
ing him a great deal of 1attering at
tention, spelling his name with cap
ital G, and all that, but take it from
me. gentlemen, when the war is over.
and Bill suddenly realizes that he has
done it ali himself. Mr.. Made-in-Ger-
many Colt will walk the plank, just as
Bismarck did before him."
There must be some remedy for this"
said Napoleon. How about it, Aescu-
lapius?~ he added addressing the doc
tor Cant you think of something to
cure the world of this bilious attack
Eyes. / think 1 can replied Aescu-
lapius 1--WE been giving the matter
some little attention for some time. and
Socrates remark about you and Alex
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-12
. HERE was considerable
group of noted shades stand
ing in front of the war bulle-

0N HERE was coHSioei ooie
group of noted shades stand
ing in front of the war bulle-
q tin which had been installed
in the reading room of the Household
on the Styx.
'It looks to me-" said Ghengis Khan,
as he took in the situation in Russia.
::as If Bill of Potsdam was beginning
to bulge over into my bailiwick."
"Yes," said Attila. gloomily. "Hav-
ing swiped my laurels. he is now out
after yours. l have sickening feel
ing down in the regions Of my vermi-
form appendix that when the last page
of history is written Potsdam Bill Will
be found to have you and me backed
off the map dispensers of barbara
cruelty and general cussedness. He is
the Typographical burglar of the uni
verse.
What makes me positively ill.," said
Bonaparte. "is the sense of Importance
the whole business inspires in me. I'd
like nothing better than to take hand
in this fracas. so that I could be In at
the finish. but here we are, tied up in
the land of the shades and utterly I'M
able to move"
):
'T feel the same way. Napoleon" said
Caesar. I'm fact, I've been thinking OF
taking my laurels down to the wom-
ans exchange and swapping 'em OIL
Tor a pair of worsted slippers or any
old thing that they happen to have IN
stock. I'm beginning to believe that
fhere's nothing in military glory, any,
how. we strong men of the past are so
powerless to help lash Bill to the mast:
A great physician discovered a medical
principle. and for a thousand years
after he passes on that principle con-
tinues to battle against the vicious on
great poem, and forty centuries later
1t is still an inspiration to mankind in
combating failure and despair. So: too.
with the scientist. Calico is fighting
fore. but you and I. Boney-what are
we? Pack numbers. both. contributing
nothing to the commendable effort of
the world to push Bills face out
through the back of his head"
Worse than that. julius. worse than
that" said Socrates you've helped
William rather than your own people.
because along with Alexander and
others you started Bill on his dreams
of conquest. You lads in your small
way blazed the trail of ignobIe ambi-
ton that Bill is now travelling over, and
nine-tenths of his arrogance and con-
ceit is his imperial heritage from you.
One of Bills chief faults is that he's
got the idea in his head that he is
Xerxes, Charlemagne. Alexander, Gaze
sar. Napoleon Bonaparte and Trotsky
all rolled in one. and l tell you right
now that if he wins this f1ght--'
(which he won't" said Washington.
well. if he does. and becomes master
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ssW :::$::: :'.::;::
" " '.Yet 1T was a beautiful
yet it was a beautiful,

road three years ago." answered Girot.
A hundred meters back. tripping In a
gully filled with stones and mire, they
had stopped T. grope about in the dark
for the contents of their bags, the
straps Of which they had broken in
falling, and on the double-quick had re-
gained their places in the ranks The
cIInking of the chains on the covers OF
their mess platters kept time with their
awkward trot as they chung to the
beaten paths, their feet swollen. their
ankles weary. They resumed their even
march at last in the midst of the strug-
Cling troop, and Girot began to talk
YES" broke in Foulard. Il can see
it :, Ey minds eye-your village:
spintered stone, tst c 7na thu eeams
villages"
Perhaps. all the same, there will be
something left" sighed Girot. 1T is a
big village and that makes it more
difficult to wipe it out altogether. Do
you hear the sound of running water?
river. We are going to go down hill
for about kflometer and we shall
leave on our left TIE farm of Roche
au-Roi. as they call it. At this mo-
ment, If they know we are coming. my
old parents ought to be getting i'm
patient"
you have family down there?'
YES My father. my mother and my
young sister, who is nearly seventeen"
1t was getting daylight To the east
vague illumination f1ickered in the
sky. The country began to disclose it
SELF forlorn, uprooted. gashed with deep
wounds. INSTRUCTED with RACED trees.
leveled posts and twisted tangles of
barbed wire. There was no sound but
the slow reverberation of the regiment
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ing Helping them are a regiment of en-
gineers and battalion of 500 signal men,
Behind the front are transport trains
for ammunition and supplies, hospital
units. heavy cannon, tanks and reserve
artillery.
by Col McRoberts must be kept 1t the
highest point every moment that T. di-
vision is facing the enemy and mus. be
ready for use instantly. In weapons alone
division of troops must have $4,000
rifles, 1900 pistols, 223 heavy machine
guns. 76S automatic rifles, sc anti-crail
machine guns. so field cannon, "a howit-
GERS. 36 trench mogtars and u one pound
guns
Ammunition must be provided for every
gun and rifle and enough more to con-
sttute a reserve for emergencies Also
the troops must have bombs hand
grenades. rockets, signal lights and other
pyrotechnics for trench warfare; he'll
NETS. knives canteensfi haVersacks cart
ridge belts. bandoleers and mess equip
ment.
All of these things are purchased by
Col. McRoberts. He buys the machine
guns and drop-bonbs used by the air
craft forces. and the automobiles, trac-
tors and ammunition trucks used by
the land forces. Motorized machine
shops for field service and great per-
manent shops for repairing gun car
riages and battle equipment and for re-
lining cannon must also be provided.
Now multiply all this gear by forty or
a hundred and the result will be the
approximate outliGes of Col. McI2oberts'
gigantic task. Up to date he has bought
100000 rifles. 1850. 900 automatic pis-
tolls and revolvers. more than three
billion rounds of smali-arms ammun;-
ton. 100000 machine guns, $500, 0OG, 900
worth of field and heavy artillery. 49,
900 motorized vehicles costing sl75.-
100000: 100000 artillery shells at a
IolI
100000 pounds of explosives, $50. 900, 900
worth Of leather equipment and 500,
100000 worth of trench fighting tools
and materials.
Great Plants have been built for the
manufacture of fireworks. ammonia, nj