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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-23

one case IN particular In a southern In
diana county where the owner Of 800
acre farm refused to operate his farm
or 70 rent it TO anyone else, because he
said he did not need the money. and II
he operated his farm and made money
out Of it he would be compelled to go TO
the trouble of bothering with the income
tax. The man said he aid not want any
thing 70 do with the income tax. 4
widow who owns thousand acres OF land
in one Of the richest southern Indiana
counties also has refused to cultivate
her land this year or 70 let anyone else
do it, Her name will go TO the federal
authorities unless she changes her mind
These are but samples Of the class that
will come under the law.
In his letter to county councils OF de-
Tense Christie SAYS:
The National Council OF Defense
Joins with the Food administration and
the United States Department OF Agrf-
culture in an urgent call for larger
production or food in 1918 These de-
partmeuts emphasize the Importance of
eliminating all Stacker acres 1t Is de
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-23

sired that every available acre OF agri-
cultural land be made to produce food
stufs this year The Indiana state coun-
ell OF defense joins in this demand
Many reports have come TO the state
council indicating that there are farms
and tracts Of lands in towns which are
not likely to be cultivated in 1918 unless
SOME definite action is taken to have
the owners realize the importance OF
either operating these lands themselves
or renting these lands TO others who
viii plant them. The county council or
defense is urged to appoint A committee
20 list all OF these farms and other
tracts in the county for which arrange
ment has not been made for cultivation
this year. The council should then call
upon the owners TO show why these
lands are not 10 be cultivated They
should be cultivated by the owners or
should be rented at a reasonable price
to someone who viii handle them. II
these owners fail TO show a reason why
these lands are not cultivated and viii
not rent the lands for use during the
season. the county council is instructed
TO forward the names Immediately to
the office Of the state council. The state
council viii then forward the names to
the United states government which
through proper offices, will proceed to
take possession Of the land and use IL
for the production Of food This is a
most important matter and should re-
ceivs the Immediate and earnest atten-
ton Of every county council"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-23

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-23
LAND STACKER
IN FOR TOUCH
EXPERIENCE
TI71ES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL

INDIANAPOLIS I>D. March &C.
Land slackers are fin for q rough season
@t the hands Of the government. accord
ing 10 the announcement made by g. l..
Christie state food director. ar the
meeting Of the state council of defense.
christie said ne had received official i'm
formation from the Department of Agri-
culture at Washington that any farmer
dir farm owner who refuses TO cultivate
his lands and raise crops this year or
who refuses TO allow someone else TO
farm ths land will he placed IN the
same elsss - alien enemies and that The
government viii take possession Of their
farms and operate them.
Christie said he was informed that
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-23
CHILD OF STEEL MAN
NEEDS BETTER AIR

c r. Hillstrom. former postmaster
OF Chesterton but now in the employ
Of the steel company at Gary, has
been obliged to move his family back
to Chesterton from Gary on account Of
the poor health Of his daughter, Hazel
Her physicians said it was necessary
for her health to have the country air.
and Mrs. Hulstrom was out here last
week and took lease on the Bowser
home on the west side. They expect
~ farec about NY~f1 !.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-04-25
WHAT GERMAN VICTORY WOULD
MEAN.

Contributed by ARTHUR TRAIN
to the National Security Leagues cam.
pafgn Of Patriotism. Through Educa.
tion.)
A German victOry-Or an incOnclu.
sive peace-would mean the ultimate
realization Of the German idea that
Germany for the good of the world
must rule the world. This has been
taught in her universities as philOso.
ply and in her pulpits as religion
The German nation unquestioningly
accepts it and intends to force the rest
of the world to accept it. This they
call "kultur," which they claim is
"above morality, reason and science. ~
Kultur teaches that there Is only
one sort of right-that of the stronger
1t argues with speciOus profundity
that in the relations Of nations with
one another there can be no such thing
as truth or honor. Frederick the Great
taught that the Germans must make II
their study to deceive others in or.
der to get the better of Them" Fred
erick William w. 20 years ago said
that all written constitutions were
only scraps of paper" and Beth.
mann.Hollweg in 1914 referred to The
Hague convention in the identical
words. The 'scrap of paper idea is
an old one in German diplomacy.
The Germans believe themselves to
he nation of supermen and the Kais-
er the war partner-nOt Of the God of
humanity. but the "guter alter Gott''
of the Pagan NOrth-the War Cod
who revels in the shrieks of women
and the torture of children. in blood
shed and cruelty. II am his sword,
his agent!" declares William Hohen-
zollern. LET all the enemies of the
German people perish! God demands
their destruction-God, who by my
mouth bids yeu do his will!'"
To accomplish this divine" will the
German military authorities believe
that any means are justifiable-the
moving down of crowds of helpless
civilians with machine guns. the cut
ting OF Of the breasts Of women, the
batterinY in of the skulls of the
wounded with rifle butts. BE as ter
rible as Attilla's Huns! ordered the
Kaiser" ut is better to let hun.
dred women belonging to the enemy
die Of hunger than to ret q single Ger
man soldier suffer-" IAN prisoners
are to be put to DEATH" ordered Gen.
eral Stenger in Belgium Writes .
Bavarian private: During the battle
Of Budonwiller I did away with four
women and seven young girls in five
minutes. The captain had told me to
shoot these French sows, but pre-
ferred to run my bayonet through
them"
This is the concrete result of what
the Germans call 1.-THE Religion Of
Vnlor"' and 1.-The Gospel of Hate"
Saws u.~ - their spokesmen: Must
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-04-25
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poinss Of last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condemned for
Hasty PerusaI.
lIazelton.-The local Home Guards

llaZelton.- local Home Guards
have received their new uniforms.
Rugby.-The Rugby city council de-
clared Mrs Rose Deisle elected alder
man to succeed former Alderman Nc
lavish.
.lamestown-A. F. Borchert has
left for his new home al Rochester.
Minn., where he will become county
agent for Olmsted county.
Fargo.--The season for stealing
cars did not open at Fargo very aus
piciously. Two cars reported stolen
one night were recovered the next.
Dickinson.-Word from France an
nounces that the body Of Matt Drew,
Dickinson's first war martyr. was
buried near Toul and his grave mark
ed for Identification.
Dickinson.-Governor Lynn ]. Fraz-
Ter, scheduled to speak before an audi.
ence at Lefor, was arrested for driv.
ing a car with 1917 license, belong
ing to Adam Lefor of Lefor.
Parshall.-Mrs. A. Larin has resign
ed her position as postmistress Of
Parshall. The increasing work and
present long hours have made the
work too heavy for the duties of a
woman, it is said.
Fargo.-The North Dakota w. C..
T. u. will hold its annual convention
in Bismarck on September 20 and %.
Mrs. Maude b. Perkins of Syracuse,
~ Y, has been secured as the con-
vention speaker.
Valley City-An unusual social
event took place here with the cele-
bration of the Goth wedding anniver.
sary Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Van Mid
ellsworth, who were married on
March s, 1858, at Geneseo. N. Y.
Grand Forks.-The strike of local
streetcar motormen and conductors
came to AM end when the Grand
Forks Street Railway company &C
coded to the mems demands for rec
ognition of their newly organized
union.
Jamestown.-Oscar Moxness. strik
ing match to look into gasoline
tank to see the amount of gasoline
knows more about gasoline now than
he did before. He is now anguish
ing in hospital and will most prob
ably bs forced to get along with one
eye hereafter.
Sentinel Butte.-Sentinel Butte
with . population Of $50. is q 100 pei
cent Red Cross town, not only II
every person in town q member o.
the Sentinel Butte branch, but also Z
majority Of residents in the sever
townships tributary to town, giving
the Sentinel Butte branch . member
ship Of S07.
Dickinson. have reached
Dickinson Of the capture by the Ger
mans Of Adelbert Morey. who wen,
to the front a. q member Of Com
pany K Of Dickinson and later Wal
transferred to Company A Of Bis
marck. Morey is said to have beer
captured after having been wounded
Bismarck.-Frank Milhollan, finan
cial secretary Of the Bismarck. Typo
graphical union, district organizer fol-
the American Federation of Labor
and vice president of the North Da
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-04-25

roy, educational director If the league.
On this faculty already are: DR.. w.
T. Hall Of Princeton, Profs. w. B.
Munro and w. 81. Schofeld Of Har.
ward, Dr.. Tranklin II. Giddinsu Of Co.
lumbia, Prof. G. 81. Van Tyne Of the
University Of Michigan, Miss Eta v.
Leighton, vocational Instructor in the
Passaic. n. J., public schools, and
Prof. Charles Hbbey Of the University
Of Colorado.
Leland Stanford University, the Uni
vsrstty Of Oregon, and Hamilton and
Williams Colleges have alse promised
to assign q man to participate In this
WORK, and other additions to the "fac.
ulty" will b made in the near future.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-04-25
Shot BY Own rraa

Alfred Mier, an aged farmer, who
resides alone ON his farm near Ben.
netts Corners, nine miles southeast ol
Berea. O., set trap for the thieves Ia
his barn by running a wire from the
door to two revolvers. He had been
missing tools from the barn. Recently
he forgot his trap and stumbled
against the wire. One Of the revolv.
ers was discharged and the bullet en-.
tered his leg just below the hip. He
was taken to Cleveland hospital in q
serious condition.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-04-25

kota, Federation Of Labor, vas In.
dorsed by the Bismarck Trades and
Labor council for . place on the
sion.
Donnybrook.-D IL doomed at
Donnybrook--at least for the period
Of the war. The young ladies of the
city are quitting dancing cold and
announce that a party will be held
for every dance billed. They posi-.
lively refuse to dance while their
brothers and sweethearts are fighting
and dying for them in the trenches
in France
Buffalo Springs.-A fracture of the
leg was the only injury sustained
Mat Becker, farmer living about
seven miles south Of here. Becker
/ was working in the field when some.
thing went wrong with his engine and
/, he crawled under the tractor to in.
vestigate. While beneath the ma.
chine it started.
Cogswell-Sargent county, with a
quota Of $125,0OO for the Third Lib.
erty Loan, reached its goal in the
first three hours and will easily iou.
BILE its quota in the final count. Wv.
ian township. settled almost wholly
by Germans, doubled its allotment the
first day. Nine precincts in the
county doubled their quota the first
day and Shuman township went over
the top with 260 per cent.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS George
N. Young urges that North Dakota
barristers who formed an advisory
committee to extend free legal assist
ance to registrants in making out
their missionaries offer similar free
advice to North Dakota farmers who
now desire to take advantage of the
general orders, enabling them to draw
upon the training camps, canton.
ments and army posts for an emery.
ency supply of farm labor
Bismarck.-Governor Lynn J.
Frazier has accepted the resignation
Of Col. Charles H. McVey as mem
Der of his military advisory commit
tee. Colonel McVey, who is military
instructor at the University OF North
Dakota at Grand Forks, was appoint
ed member of the governors staff
last summer with the rank of col
onel. Colonel Mcvey's resignation
had been asked for by Governor Fraz
Ter after charges had been preferred
against him that he had directed ar
attack on the state administration
and Governor Frazier personally II
an address at Surrey, N. d.
Dickinson.-opie Read. the famous
American author, will be one Of the
attractions ct the Dickinson chautau.
qua the coming summer.
Fargo.-North Dakota's Third Lib.
srty Loan allotment has been sur.
passed BY. l4.50o.ooo. The total for
tho state 10 more than 9ll.ooo.ooo.
Faryo.-Thieves entered the ath.
lstic directors office 1t the North
Dakota Agricultural college recently
and stole IS baseballs and four
Louisville slusgers."
acknowledgements Lynn J. Ffaz.
isr has reappointed ". p. Portsrheld
Of Fargo . member Of the state board
Of pharmacy. Mr.. Porterdeld has
served one term on the board.
Valley City-Benjamin L. Setter,
OF this city lie dead somewhere in
France from wounds received while
driving an ambulance. He was one
Of the well known young men Of Val
ley City.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-04-25

KIltur build its catiIe0fa!a on hills Of
corpses. seas Of tears and the death
rattle Of the vanquishsd1 Yes, It
must ~
If Germany wins the war the Unit
ed States will either be paying tribute
to the Kaiser or German soldiers will
DO bayonetting American girls and wo-
men in Jersey City rather than take
the trouble to shoot them.
II Germany wins all our ideals Of
truth. Justice and humanity-which
We call Chrlstian-wlll be trodden
down into bloody mire Under the iron
heel Of the Kaiser's armies, and the
coming generation will be taught that
there Is no God but the merciless God
Of Battle, who speaks through Ger.
many's treacherous tongue and BY her
BRUTAL sword.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-04-25
Doing Leads to SEEING

This day thou knowest ten com.
manded duties-seest in thy mind ten
things which should be done, for one
thou doest. Do one Of them: this Of
Itself will show thee ten others which
can and shall be done Know thy work.
and do it!-Thomas Carlyle.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-04-25

Pretty Fair for One Day.
Fifty dollars and sixty cents was
one days wages made by two coal
miners at the Burrows coal mine, near
Clarksburg. w. Va. They loaded A
cars and received S1.15 q car.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-04-25
NATIONAL PATRIOTIC
EDUCATION FACULTY
Organized by Security League
From Professors Donated
by Big Colleges and
Universities.

A National Patriotic Education Fac.
ulty, composed Of eminent professors
released on full pay by their colleges
and universities. who vii, tour all
parts OF the country doing promotion
work In connection with the National
security Leagues great campaign of
PATRIOTISM Through Education, is be-
ing organized by Dr. Robert NJ. McEl-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-29
WHO'S Who
in SUMTER
COUNTY?
FOREST FIRE
FIGHTERS IN MOVIES

A forest fire allowed to burn may
mean fewer airplanes to fight the
Hun If you prevent a fire you may
save the very tree that Uncle Sam
needs to build the air fleet.
Forest fire, the great menace of the
wooded regions Of the country, is the
subject of motios pictures to be ex-
hibited by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture at the Georgia
STATE Fair.
The pictures show how very easy
it is to start fire; quite unintention-
ally, by throwing aside burning
match, then the discovery Of the fire
simultaneously by forest ranger on
patrol and forest guard at look
cut station on a mountain top The
story is completed by the heroic eff
fort required to stop the flames, the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-29
TERRIBLY SWOLLEN
Suffering Described As Torture
Relieved by Black-Draught.

Rossville, Gains. Kate Lee Able. Of
this place, writes: "My husband is an
engineer, and once while lifting, he 10
jured himself with piece Of heavy ma,
chinery, across the abdomen. He was
so sore he could not bear TO press on
himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He
weighed l65 lbs, and fell OFF until he
weighed 10 lbs, in two weeks.
He became conshpated and 1t looked
like he would die. We had three different
doctors, yet with all their medicine, his
bowels failed TO act. He would turn up
a ten-cent bottle OF castor oil, and drink
il two or three days in succession. He
did this yet without result. We became
desperate, he suffered so. He was swo!-
len terribly. He told me his suffering
could only be described as torture.
| sent and bought Thedford's Black
Draught. made him take a big dose,
and whenit began TO act he tainted, he
was in such misery, but he got relief and
began to mend at once. He got well,
and we both feel he owes his life to
T'hedford's Black Dr2ughi."
Thedford's Black raught viii help you
10 keep fit. ready for the days work.
TfY I'll NC-l5l
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-29
$40 POUND PIGS.

With corn above so cents hogs eat
their heads off very quickly. The
hog that takes two or three months
to get on full feed never brings you
a profit.
When you are ready to put your
shoats on feed, begin with the B. A.
Thomas Hog Medicine. Use regularly
and watch your shoats round out
into fat hogs In nine months-hogs
going well over 200 pounds and as
high as 240 pounds. Figure the aver
age feeding and you will see why the
B. A. Thomas medicine is good in
vestment. Try feeding out your hogs
on this plan and if you are not more
than pleased, we will refund the cost
Of the medicine. Sold by G. E. Buch-
anan, Americas, Ga. ADV
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-29
FOY HOTEL-WILL
REMAIN Open
IN SEPTEMBER

Sherwood Thaxton, proprietor
of the Foy Hotel at Indian
Springs, has just announced that
he will keep that we'll known
and popular hotel open until
about the middle of September.
The last of August and first
part of September are said to be
the most delightful months at
Indian Springs and this announce
ment will be of pleasure to its
many friends.
Mr., Thaxton has enlisted in
the Naval Reserve but will not be
called for some time yet, but af-
ter the season is over viii be To-
Gated at the Naval Training
Camp at Chrleston. adv.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-29

provision made by the Forest Service
for fighting the fire, the rushing of
men from nearby towns and the final
conquerIng of the confagration, but
not until twenty houses are destroy
ed in IL town bordering the burning
forest.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-29

Boiled Ham (sliced) pound ..... soc
Pork Backbone, pound, ..... zoe
Pork Spareribs, pound, .... .30c
FORK. mound .40c
Frankfurters, pound, ............2 8c
Beef Liver, pound, ...............2O zoe
Shipped Liver ...................2 3c
Fresh tripe, pound, zoe
Breakfast Bacon
In cartons (best grade) b.. .s5c
Pork Sausage
Home made, pound, ........4O c
Mixed Sausage, pound. ........25c
Mullet, pound, ...................1 loo
Trout, pound, ................2 zoe
Spanish Mackerel, pand. .... zoe
Perch, jack, etc, 2lb foT ......35c
FRANC MANGUM,
Sumter County Food Administrator
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-29
OFFICIAL FOOD PRICE SCHEDULE
ASKED BY u. 5. ADMINISTRATOR

This List effective week. beginning Monday,
AUGUST 26, 1918.
Purchasers that pay
prices stated bee the
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-18

greater proficiency than one is accus- toned to see in the human The orlY exceptions to this rule are the clowns. 20 of them, funny ones. too-tor a cir GUS wouldn't be complete or true to tradition without clowns.
 Prominent among the great feature acts presented are | om, Dick and liar ry. performing sea lions. Then Train CT Capt Stonewall and his assistant Sandy This remarkable man has travelled the high seas for many years and obtained his pets from the Alas kan shores Sampson the aviation lion that rides to the top of the tent surrounded by shooting sky rockets. Big Bill the wrestling grizzly. Mar tha tiorine and a troup of Persian leopards iaeuars and pnmas. Manel Stark and a group of Royal Bengal aud Siberian tigers The horse riding lions and bears High diving dogs and mon keys and the Barnes troupe of edu cated worlds premium horses and po- nies. 1l0 of them Miss Vera Earl. for years with the Bostoniau opera com pauY, now lamiiarly known as tne
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-18
GERMAN PAPER SEES BANK
 RUPTCY FOR EUROPE

Amsterdam, Sept. 7,-Washineton dispatches indicating the attitude O the American government as to the Austrian peace offer are prominently displayed in all German newspapers.
 This precipitate rejection of the Vienna proposal does not discourage us" says the correspondent of the Norde Deutsche Allegemine Zeitun2. "The Americans want to take the lead. Now as before they preach force which t0 to lay Europe iE ruins. We shall have to wait to see whether Americas allies will allow themselves to become intoxicated with this doc Urine of force or whether they will rec ognize the fact that an lnterminahly protracted war will lead Europe to ruin and leave only one claimant to the bankrupt estate"
 Nothing is known in competent cir cles ill Berlin regarding the Londor report that German has made a sep
 arate peace proposal to Belgium, ac- cording to dispatches received here from Berlin.
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EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA
 AND PNEUMONIA IN EAST
SIXTY TWO DEATHS OCCUR IN BOSTON WITHIN TWENTY
 FOUR HOURS

Boston, Sept l7.-lnflnenza ana pneumonia caused more than seventy deaths in New England within 24 hours ending tonight. In Boston there Wers 35 deaths from influenza, including three naval men and 27 from pneu- monia In BrOckton and nearby towns where the shoe factories have been badly crippled by the spread of the disease, r deaths from influenza were reported.
 The American Red. Cross tonight is sued mobilization call for nurses. All nhrsese enrolled in the Red Cross and awaiting orders were required to report at once to the headquarters Of the New England division of the so- ciety here
 In the first naval district 175 cases were reported
 At the Headquarters of the second naval district in Newport, li. T.. il was said that there are l97 new eases In the district and l50 among the civilian population Of Newport
 At the forts in Boston harhor it was stated that all the hospital beds were occupied hy influenza patients