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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07

IS REDUCED

The Mandel estate who entered re-
monstrance IN the paying of $4,000 as
sessment levied against them in the
$4,000 west side Gary sewer have been
but slightly favored by the appraisers.
c. d. Davidson. Harvey Watson and
Fred Seabright. appointed by lodge
Reiter TO estimate the right and just
assessment. In the appraisers findings
they have reduced the assessment from
$4,000 to s63,474.15. difference from
the original assessment of s1.525.S5
which will be paid By the city OF Gary.
the Mandel estate paying the court costs
and which ends the legal squabble.
Attorneys Davis and Fox represented
the city Of Gary. Harvey Curtis the con-
tractors interests and Judges Norton
and Wildermuth the Mandel estate.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07

The Rev. Theo. Claus viii preach the
festival sermon at Bethlehem church
Sunday morning. This is the church
dedication service.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07
NOTICE.

The Woman's Guild OF St Paurs
Episcopal church Will serve dinner
from $50 to 1880 p m. Tuesday, De-
cember 10th, at the church Tickets soc.
I2-7-1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07

The history committee Of the Ham
mond womans Club will meet Monday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Fred
Barnett. 81 Elizabeth street. Mrs Oils
Langley will have the program in
charge and the subject for the after
noon will be Comparisons of the Older
and Newer Immigrant"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07

At her home in Henry street yester-
day afternoon Mrs. H. Gram was host
ess TO the members of the L. o. T. NJ.
Social Club. It was thimble party and
after devoting some time to their needle
work the guests We're served with re-
freshments.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07
STANDARD VS.. STEAM
ROLLERS TOMORROW

The Standard Athletic Club OF Ham
mond will clash with the fast HeimSe
Steamrollers. also Of Hammond to de-
eide the championship or Hammond.
These two teams played at to tie
last Sunday at Morris Park This
game is to be played on the Harrison
Park gridiron at $50 sharp There
might be some changes in the lineup
Of both teams. The Standards are
confident of winning Sundays battle
by a big margin.
This is expected to be quite thrill
ling game from start to finish The
Standards got very bad record this
year. losing four games. winning one
and playing one tie game. The stand
ards viii use the following lineup:
j. Collins ..L E. aoininnin
j Collins, L. E.; Pouch. L T.; Jur-
chalk. L c.; Salvczynskf, C.; Lundquist.
r. G.; Bialka. r. T.; stodola. r. E.;
Radzimsl1i. @ b; z Collins. l. H;
Daniels. B.; Chmielewicki. r. H;
and captain.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07
PERSONAL ~ |
SOCIAL NEWSI
CoM-Nn EvENrs

Mrs. G. H. Austin. Elizabeth street.
will entertain the Embroidery Club
Monday afternoon at her home
Mrs r. f Moran Of Truman avenue
entertained on Wednesday evening com
ELEMENTARY to her sister. Mrs. o. ".
Weber of Gary. formerly Miss Helen
Corey of Hammond. The home was
decorated in the holiday colors of red
and green ana pretty luncheon favors
were given the guests. Five hundred
was played during the evening and at
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07

mas readings BY Mrs George Summers
of Indiana Harbor. an article by Mrs.
". A. Stout. vocal selections by Mrs.
Franklin Moore and Miss lone Reynolds.
a talk by the Rev. ]. c. Parrett and
a read, The Secret Of a Happy Day
by Mrs. Kline. A program of sacred
music was also given on the Victrola-
The Irving school auxiliary of the
Red Cross met at the school yesterday
afternoon to re-organize and elect off,
GERS. Meetings will be held every Tues
day and Friday afternoon. with Mrs.
Robert Duncan instructor Of sewing and
Mrs. Robert Mclean. Instructor OF knit
ting on Tuesday, and Mrs. News, sew
ing instructor. and Mrs. Boutwell,, knit
ting Instructor for Friday The follow
ing are the officers: Mrs. Frank Grove,
chairman; Mrs. Romstock vice chair
man; Mrs. J. w Thompson. secretary.
and Mrs. Bishop. treasurer.
Mrs. James Dickson had the members
of the Friday Afternoon Club as her
guests yesterday afternoon at her home
in Highland street The guests brought
their needle work and during the after
noon prettfly appointed luncheon was
served Mrs. D. r. Taitt of Indiana
Harbor Will entertain the club at its
Christmas grab bag party in two weeks
on Friday afternoon.
The history committee Of the Ham
mond woman's Club will meet Monday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Fred
Barnett. 81 Elizabeth street. Mrs. Oils
Langley will have the program in
charge and the subject for the after
noon will be Comparisons of the Older
and Newer Immigrant"
The domestic science committee viii
entertain the Hammond Womans Club
at luncheon and Christmas party Sat-
urday. December 18th. at the Masonic
Temple This is the annual guest day
of the club and each member may bring
one guest. Reservations for the lunch
con must be mad by Wednesday. Deem
Der 18th. Each member and guest Is
asked to bring some trihe for grab
bag.
The Rev Thee Claus will preach the
festival sermon at Bethlehem church
Sunday morning. This is the church
dedication service.
A Fellowship Social was held last
evening BY the congregation Of the
First NJ. Z. church at the church par
lors in Russell street. There were
talks by DR.. DeBra of Gary. W. c. Bel
man and NJ VI. Towle emphasizing the
Centenary Movement Of the church The
program included reading by Miss
Marguerite Geib with piano accom-
painment by Miss Adele Dunbar and
vocal Duet BY Miss Dunbar and Mr.
Wiedergott The affair was largely at
tended and was enjoyed by the many
guests
Hammond Chapter No 100, Women OF
Moosheart Legion. held an important
meeting last evening The election Of
officers took place and there was bal
loting on candidates. Next Thursday
afternoon a card party will be given at
Moose hall and plans for IT were com
pleted at the meeting last evening. The
officers elected. follows. Senior Regent.
Mrs. Pauline Smith; Past Regent, Mrs.
Lillian Duva1l; Junior Regent, Mrs.
Jennie Harrington Chaplain. Mrs.
Mabel DeVerger; Recorder. Mrs. Anna
Young; Treasurer, Mrs. Raver.
Hammond Chapter. No. $40. Order of
Eastern star viii hold its annual cleo
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07


course luncheon was served There
We're covers for twenty-five. Among the
guests We're several from Gary and Chi
cage.
NOTICE.
The Home Service Section OF the Chi
cago Chapter, American Red Cross. has
appointed Mrs. Harvey Cleveland as its
representative in West Hammond. Mrs
Cleveland viii receive all requests for
aid or advice. ana will care for emery
encies until a worker can come from
headquarters.
Telephone Hammond 1072M or ad-
dress Mrs. Harvey Cleveland Hirsh
Stein Crossing. West Hammond. Illinois.
12-4-7
The Womans Guild OF st Paurs
Episcopal church will serve dinner
from $50 to 1850 p M. Tuesday. De-
cember 10th, at the church. Tickets soc.
12-7-1
A pleasant afternoon was spent by the
members Of the Oak Leaf Embroidery
Club yesterday as the guests of Mrs.
John. Wolf Of East State street Mrs.
Fred Wolf was entertained with the
club members. Needle work was en-
ioyed and in conclusion the hostess
served a dainty collation.. In two weeks
the club Will hold it's Christmas grab
bag party at River Glen Farm. the home
Of Mrs Hal Young.
e
Mrs c. Kirchheiner celebrated her
ffty-eighth birthday anniversary yes
terday by entertaining several friends
and relatives at her home. $40 Calumet
avenue. The guests were entertained at
luncheon and dinner. Blue and white
was the color scheme at the table and
there were covers for Mrs. Ockenholt,
Mrs Peterson and Mrs Amenthorp Of
Chicago Mr. and Mrs. William Bireh-
heiner and children and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hatfield and children.
At her home in Henry street yester
day afternoon Mrs. H. Cram was host
ess 10 the members of the L. O. T. NJ.
Social Club. II was thimble party and
after devotinE some time to their needle
work the guests We're served with re-
freshments.
The Christmas meeting or the Wom
ans Missionary Society Of the First
Presby terrain church was held at the
home OF Mrs. Virgil s. Reiter in South
Holman street yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Minnie Kline and Mrs T. W. Ober
line had the program in charge. The
meeting opened with a devotional serv-
ice conducted by Mrs. Edith Griffin af-
ter which there was group of Christ
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07

The time is getting very short to
buy w. S. S. The Lake Co. quota
is $40 per capita.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07
To LATE too CLASSIFY

FOR RENT-4-room bungalow with
bath electric and gas, hot water, fur
mace heat. garage. 8 ton OF coal in base
ment Cheap for renter. 346 Ash St
Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07

the conclusion Of the games four
course luncheon was served. There
We're covers for twenty-five Among the
guests were several from Gary and Chi
cago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-07

FOR SALE-Small soft coal heater
reasonable zee State Line ST. Ham
mond. 12-7-It
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

can sector is rugged, judging from press
accounts The country thereabouts is
hilly, woody, broken, damp and extremely
cold. To Americans arriving in what they
have always heard Of as "sunny France -
it must be desolate country, indeed, re-
marks Rene Benjamin, writing in the
Paris Journal:
They arrive-these big soldiers with n
nonchalant air-in our harsh Lorraine, rude
and naked, robust and poor. Their eyes, ac-
customed to shield themselves against the
flare of the sun, open wide in astonshn1ent
at the poverty of the villages-the low,
earthcolored roofs the acrid dung heaps
at the doors, and the walls from which foul
ness drips Then their minds, appealed to
by the hard lot of our race, soften at the
thought that the heavens are not kinder to
a country for which they know so many men
have given their lives"
The location of the American sector is
also not without Importance in the gen
era] scheme of Allied transport. Accord
ing to Secretary Baker, the Americans
have already constructed 600 miles Of rail
road to help supply the sector. Moreover,
congestion of ports in Northern France
by shipping from England probably also
had to be considered in the selection of
this sector and the present American sea
base. However, these objections are part
ly counterbalanced by the nearness of the
sector to Germany, particularly because
the American front will be highly suitable
for air operations against Germany
When not in the trenches the Ameri
cans are billeted in small French villages
behind the lines, many pictures of which
have been sent home by correspondents in
the last six months. A striking difference
is noticed, however, by writer in the
Paris "Journap between the attitude of
the poilu and that of the American toward
these homely barracks The Americans
like things clean, it appears. In fact
They change the aspect of every house
which they enter. Our men sleep in the
eranares or the stables; they install them
selves IN the straw or mingle with the ami
mails, and they have as companions of their
dreams the chalk coored mouse and the
spider. The men from America, on
the contrary, sweep, scrape and scrub. They
purify the stable and whitewash the gran
ary. But they create a void wherever they
clean up. The spirit Of poesy fees when
they empty the garrcts They do not want
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

are the American troops now facinp Ger
mans across No Mans Land? The location
CT the sector, as yet officially withheld. is.
nevertheless. relatively certain "In the
nelghborhood Of the Rhine Marne canal.
near the Lorraine frontier, in front of
Nancy and Lunoville, stands Pershing's
small army is the way one editor puts it.
Another account locates the front any
where between St. Mihiel and Epinal
This region has been quiet ever since the
first month of the war, when the Germans
were defeated on the Grand Couronne
before Nancy.
incidentally, the Americans are actu-
ally nearer the Rhine than any other AL
lied troops, except the French who hold
small corner Of Alsace. According to
'The New York Evening Sun" thew are
facing Germans at q point about midway
between the great fortresses Of Metz and
Strasburg, and any appreciable advance
would drive q wedge between those two
cities and put the Americans within strik-
ing distance of the Rhine itself. In addi-
ton it is historic ground the Americans
hold, for there also occurred some of the
sharpest fighting in the Franco -Prussian
War
Similar vagueness exists as yet as to
the extent of the American sector That
it is of considerable length is indicated,
Gays one journal, by the statement that
IN the artillery clashes of the last week
the guns in one burst Of firing spoke
along several kilometres of front. More
over the casualties suffered also occurred
at points some distance apart
In climate and topography the Ameri-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

making this quotation did not speak of Lin
coin. the American Lincoln has outgrowo
'he boundaries of nationality and towers as
world figure, standing in the forefront Of
world crisis, his words full of world wis
DOM
when the eyes Of the immortal emancipa
tor closed in death, Stanton. his great war
secretary, exclaimed, Now he belongs to the
ages which was but another way of declar-
ing, NOW he belongs to humanity, because
lie IS the enshrined reality of democracy.'
And to-day the nations enlisted in tn.
grim and final struggle against autocracv find
thelr sustaining inspiration in the spjritun1
leadership of Abraham Lincoln.
France. who copied our institutions il,
i''o' England, who has erfranchised her sub
Jocts; emma, who arose against the Man
churlan dynasty and built republic mould
ca on the Constitution Of the United Statss
s!adly acclaim the democracy of Lincoln.
"nle IN the midst of the successful striyinps
OF Russian democracy up from the night Of
centuries of oppression, the bright p.,id;nc
star which illumines its pathway and glorifes
lts goal has been the deeds and political
creed of Abraham Lincoln
And it is the spirit of Lincoln which loads
the United States to-day in the holv crusade
o. freedom IN which Rave enlisted. and il
VIII be the Spirit of Lincoln in Arms that
"i' ieau 'he Allied hosts to glorious and
"hal victory over the foes Of democracy.
And ii you would know the secret of this
invisible leadership; if you would find the
chly explanation behind this new and thrill.
ing uprising among our own people for the
protection of humanity, have but to rcfar
You TO the two-minutc address that Iinco1n
delivered at Gettysburg, which to dav belonrs
to the world 0e'
You remember those immortal words. .Tbs
world Will little note nor long remember
"nat we say here, but it can never force+
"hat was done here And then he went
On 20 express the hope that out of the blood
OF 'hose VINO had given their lives for their
country tins nation might have new birth
OF freedom, concluding with those words
which President Wilson has already Quoted
una "h1ch every speaker everywhere during
this war will quote. You remember tbem
mat government Of the people by the nao.
PIE PIE and Tor the people shall not perish from
the earth '''' '0''i
AM If Lincoln were here to-day-and
believe he is "0
somehow l seem to see his serene snir;t
'oohlhg oown upon US from the summit of
s"ese american centuries, and thus lookinc
an" hs'ehlhg ne hears that prayer which he
-" .n e'eo at gettysburg trembling upan
.ne ., ups OF all the liberty loving nations Of
tne "orid' the prayer for new birth ~,
,reeaom' and that government of the noon,a
oy 'ne people and for the people shall no.
Perish from the EARTH No'
:. IN the light Of that prayer. nv fr;erds
1t IS not difficult to understand the mcarino
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

raid is also comparative. Over line of
front Of approximately 120 miles, such as
is held by the British, trench raid is a
local incident. And when it comes to a
line of more than 800 miles, such as the
French hold the incident is even more
localized. But on front of, perhaps
four miles, as held by the Americans at
present. a trench raid rises to major i'm
portance. For there are big battles on
line of 120 to 800 miles, while four r-milc
BATTLE
The time will come when American
troops will be fighting big battles For the
present trench raids are their lot and
trench raids are important to them and big
with Importance to the nation, for they
show the metal of the American soldier
and teach the nation what to expect in the
big fights to come.
Another reason why Americans get such
detailed accounts of the little raids on the
American sector is that both the French
and English governments have always
been particularly liberal to American jour
nalists. The censors on the other side will
pass many things for an American paper
that would not be allowed to be printed il
French or English paper. They will
often say to American newspaper men,
when some really big engagement is going
On: "Be careful not to overestimate the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Abraham LincOln=T0-day

THE spirit Of Abraham Lincoln, like
government "of the people, by the
people and for The people," has not
persisted from the earth. Perhaps the
name OF no other great American hero of
the past has been so frequently on the lips
OF people during the present world strug
gle as that of Lincoln This note of Lin
coins supreme contemporary interest was
especially emphasized in an address de-
livered few months ago by DR.. John
Wesley Hill, chancellor of the Lincoln
Memorial University, of Cumberland Gap.
Ienn.--an institution, by the way, which
is said to have been the first to respond Of
ficially to President Wilson's appeal for
volunteers. The address above mentioned
ran as follows:
"At the Battle of Marathon, the Atheniaos,
outnumbered ten to one by the Persians.
achieved memorable victory and the saliva
ton OF their country, because, as the fable
runs, the spirits of Castor and Pollux, their
national heroes, led the Grecan charge.
Ihe annals of every people are full of in
stances showing how the inspiration of the
heroic dead has stirred the hearts of patriots
" Hoole ana triumphant action.
1T has remained for America ia produce q
hgure which, embodying the typical charac-
terlstlcs of our democracy, makes appeal to
the sympathies and the aspirations of all
mankind, wherever and whenever ENGAGED in
the struggles of liberty against despotism
In very true sense, and it is perhans
the most striking fact in the entire history
OF the present war, the cause of the Allies
finds its deepest inspiration in the character
the principles, the convictions. the ut+er,nco
ana the achievements of Abraham Lincoln.
Lloyd George, the foremost English states
man of the day, finds the most perfect rx-
pression of the soul Of the present contest
Tor the enfranchisement of Europe in tho
words OF our backwoods President. which ho
quotes as the justification Of the Entente
policy
IN the opening paragraph of his inaugural
address as Premier he says: Il would like r.
quote the we'll known words Of Abraham Lin
coin, we accepted the war for an object
worthy object; the war will end when that
OBJECT mas been attained Under God hone
1t VIII never end until that time."'
Those were the words uttered by Lincoln
NJ the height Of our own Civil War and those
are the words which are ringing out to-dav
over the worldwide battlcfeds of the nres-
eht incompatible struggle, SOUNDING tbe
death knell of tyranny and ushering in tho
reign of liberty.
le Is noteworthy that the great Premier in
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

refused to go to the rear to have thai,
wounds dressed, and at least one wounded
man after having his wound dressed re.
turned to the front line, where he remained
throughout the night"
Several men were caught at a listen.
ing post just outside Of the barbed wire
within forty feet Of an enemy listening
post, by the German barrage:
"'Then hell broke loose said one of III.
men there. For fifteen minutes the enem,
broke hundreds Of high explosive IT'S around
the post and the surrounding ground cutting
off the men there. Two of them were killed
in the first few minutes.
Another man who was at the post told
the correspondent later, as he was lying in
cot in field hospital, that he saw four
Germans approaching out of the fog as tn.
barrage lifted. He brought his automatic
rifle into play and saw two of the Germans
fall. He kept on firing until she'll spnters
hit him in the head and arm.
The last l remember in the time before
reached the hospital said another wounded
man, is seeing something moving through
the fog. l determined to get some Ger
mans, and put my life to my shoulder. bu,
never pulled the trigger There was deaf
enng explosion behind me. Frozen earth
ice, stones and shell splinters came my way
"lnspection OF the scene of the raid showed
tlat the ground was ploughed up by the ex
plosion of Shells"
So at last, remarks The Cleveland
Plain-Dealer," though it may be very
short, there is an American sector:
"America is fighting with American SOL
diers as we'll as with American food ano
American munitions. American boys ar,
standing shoulder to shoulder with French
OF British or Belgians. sharing the hardship
and the perils of the common cause More
than ever before is the reality of war brought
home to the American people More than
ever before the American people are deter
mined to make the war as brief as possible
If for no other reason, to bring home the
hoys who are to-day holding the American
sector somewhere in France"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

Importance of this" But if in the same
conversation the question arose of some
thing that related to American activities.
the correspondent would be left strictly to
his own devices, and the censor would
raise no question of the Importance with
which the subject should be treated
The French and English governments
adopted the attitude that the American
people were used to certain thing and
the American correspondents knew what
that thing was. Very we'll, let them have
1T IN their own way. And so, the Ameri-
can people all through the war have al
ways got from the other side of the water
what neither the French nor the English
could get
Yet it is mistake to think that such
little things as trench raids receive no at
tenton from the French and English
papers. 1t often depends on whether tho
particular raid is fortunate enough to have
journalist at hand to he it's historian.
A trench raid in which a dozen men take
part will get a column and half or two
columns with pictures in French paper.
IT there is some one to write the story, and
the French paper will be mighty glad tn
print it. The trouble is that there are so
many of them that the newspaper men
can't get around. But when they do pick
up the story of trench raid they make
good copy of it.