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The Lake County times., 1918-07-15
Situations Wanted.

ANTED-Situation: 1st aid: trained
only Al position considered; best ref
erences. Address A q. Times. 7-12-3
WANTED-Position as housekeeper by
an elderly lady. Mrs. Allen. r r (
Box SO. Phone 1272-Y. East Hammond.
7-12-2
The Lake County times., 1918-07-15

The meat division has prepared
the following lis OF beef by-products
which may be served at any meal
without violation or the regulation re-
stricting the consumption OF beef;
Heads. tongues. tails. livers. hearts
tripe. feet. barreled beef. potted beef.
beef loaf. chilli con csrni and beef
trimmings Beef trimmings made in
to bologna, sausage and frankfurters
need not be conserved.
The Lake County times., 1918-07-15

Maximum canning with minimum
OF sugar" is the seasons slogan OF
the food administration. The house
wife is being urged to avail herself Of
the numerous publications issued by
the United States department OF agri
culture giving instructions as how
best TO proceed with the preserving
OF fruits and vegetables with the least
requirement of sugar.
The Lake County times., 1918-07-15

FOR SALE OR TRADE room house.
"a and IL u acres so forest and fruit
trees; other Fruit. Lowell Ind L. D.
Want. 5es Adams ST, Apt. AS, Gary
7-t1-6
The Lake County times., 1918-07-15

Get the habit; pay less; buy
fer cash; at the Hammond
Furniture Co, 242 E. State
street. Look for the clock in
center Of sign = j. Arkin.
Mgr. '-as-''
The Lake County times., 1918-07-15

FOR SALE = Ice from car
.at Howard and Plummer
avenues. VIII deliver to all
parts Of city. VIM. Sielaff.
phone 1929. Hammond. 5-1S-a
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
HOUSE IF LORDS |S
 IN FAVOR IF BILL
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

LONDON. April 1.-The house of Lords today passed the second reading of the governments man power bill.
 The Marquis of Lansdowne. discuss ing the bill, heartily welcomed the measure.
 "Our duty he said, lis to help en- courage the gallant army to the utmost of our ability. 1 feel so strongly on this point that I am quite ready to throw to the winds many old notions and antagonisms, and I believe this can be done without harm to con- sistency or the pledges of the govern ment. It would be very different under less serious circumstances.
 T could, however. have wished that the government had fixed the age limit lower, and 1 can not help thinking that the extension of conscription to Ire land is very doubtful wisdom, while it is still more objectionable that this part of the question should be linked up with home rule.''
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
HUNS CONCENTRATE
 FUR AM|EVS DRIVE
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

OTTAWA, April 17.-An attack is impending between Bailleul and Wyt- schaete. says Reuters correspondent at British headquarters in France in a dispatch received here tonight
 The correspondent adds that the British are maintaining their positions at Boyelles, south of Arras.
 Telegraphing form French headquar- ters, Reuters correspondent says of the operations in the Somme region:
 The Germans are concentrating north of the Somme, indicating that they have not yet abandoned hope of reaching Amiens. The French have maintained the lead and their artillery has been keeping up a steady lombard ment of the enemy front line, while we are simultaneously organizing our own positions.
 The part played by the French ar tillery in stemming the German on- rush remains to be told. The Germans failed to keep pace with us in bring ing up his batteries especially his heavies. and even now he has not made
 good the disparity '
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
GERMAN

Republican Associated Press Leased Wre BERLIN, April 17-The
  which battlefield Flanders battle PoeIcapee Iangemarck have been taken"
 The official statement issued by general headquarters today eads of battle Passchendaee advanced it's lines Beceiaere and Gheuvelt
 North of the the early under Sig the village of Wschaete drove the village
 
 retreating WuIverghe back the Douve brook.
 Baeu and the stubborny defended point of support cappe Baleu; Meteren captured By the strong English by the French vany endeav of Theira attacks broke with the heaviest osses'
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
South of Ridge Line Holding Like Granite
Offensive at Arras Resumed

The line in front of Arras has again been the scene of fighting but here tn, British took the offensive and drov. the Germans out of British trenches which had been carried by the enemy In the Picardy sector there has beer lively artillery engagements between the Somme and Disc rivers, but only patrol encounters are reported off. cially.
 Farther south only raiding opera 1 tions have been going on.
 Turks and Russians Fight
 The Turks announce that they have taken the city of Baum, on the easterr shore of the Black sea. They report strenuous fighting before the Russiap defenders of the city were driven out. Baron Stephen Burian von Rajecz has succeeded Count Czernin as foreign minister of Austro- Hungary, coming back to. the office he relinquished De- cember 23, 1916.
 Allies Advance in Macedonia The Macedonian front has again be, come active. Greek and British troops | have advanced and driven the leu. tonic allies from seven towns along the | Struma river, on the eastern end of the line. French forces also have been active in this theater of the war
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
GENERAL MAURICE,
 BACK FROM BATTLE,
 LINE, |S SANCU|NE
Republican A. p. Leased WireJ

LONDON, April 17.-'1 returned last night from France said General Maurice at the outset of his talk with The Associated Press.
 The situation yesterday was very anxious. The Germans had taken Bail leul, Meteren and Wytschaeta and had brought four fresh divisions into action against us. If the enemy could have maintained that pressure there looked to be vital danger to the ridge of heights which include Mount Kennel and which is the backbone of OUT de- fense on the northern portion of the battle front. But the news last night and today is better.
 General Maurice then referred to the successful British counter attack in the neighborhood of Wytschaete and to the British withdrawal in the Ypres salient and continued:
 Situation is Anxious"
 What of the whole battle situation? Our army has been going through a se- we're strain. The situation has had it's critical moments and still is decidedly anxious.
 The British army is playing the role which it often has played before. It is fighting a Waterloo while Bluecher IS marching to the battlefield. Multiply the battle of Waterloo a hundredfoId and the situation at noon in that battle corresponds to the situation now in the great world battle.
 No Reason For Despair
 The British army is under a terrible hammering but providing Bluecher is marching to the battlefield there is no reason for Encouragement.
 Tt is unpleasant business standing the hammering but so long as we can stand it the only question to be asked Is: what is happening to Bluecher; what has become of the reserves?
 Although the French army is larger than ours we have taken the strain of these battle off them. There is no reason to be in a state of despair if the situation is regarded from a broad point of view and if We regard our great sacrifices rightly as a necessary part of the great drama"
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
THINGS LOOKING
 BETTER |S WORD
 OF A. ?. WRITER
English Withdraw to Take
 Rink Out of Line Over Passchendael Ridge and Make Move Unmolested
Republican A. P. Leased Wire1

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, April 17.-(By the Asso- ciated Press)-Things looked dis tincty better today from the allied standpoint as result of the British withdrawal in the north, which elim- mated the great salient that bulged out over the Passchendaele ride sys- tenn. The defending troops this morn ing were sitting snugly in prepared positions along line running a little east of Ypres after a secret and or derly night retirement with which the enemy interfered in no way.
 More Than Holding Own
 In the meantime the British were more than holding their own in the fierce struggle in the Wytschaete- Bailleul sector, where the progress of the German troops had threatened the defenses of the wide flung salient to the north. Wytschaete today was re- ported to be again in British hands but such was the nature of the struggle here that it would be useless to make a definite claim at this time C D. m.)
 The British official report of later date announced the loss for the second time to the Germans oI Wytschaete.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
WASHINGTON |S LOOKING FUR REPLY FROM
 ALLIES IN FORM IF b|C COUNTERAT TACK

cates the belief of the German com manders that their position will be un- tenable unless they can widen it in that direction.
 Press dispatches noted today the growing fury of bombardment. along the whole line. No explanation of the purpose of the gunfire was made. The allied commander-in-c chief. General Foch, may have ordered the lombard . ment preliminary to a counter strcSe. Its extent would make the actual front on which he proposed to launch his effort.
 Little to Indicate Move
 There was nothing otherwise in the days dispatches, however, to indicate that a counter blow was coming.
 There was little effort to disguise the fact that the Ypres situation is viewed with apprehension. The fact that a re- adjustment of the British lines to the east was made necessary. was re- garded as proof that the position had been shaken under the weight of the German attack. The extreme caution with which the British ars now fram- ing official reports transmitted for publication also was noted as possibly significant.
 None of the statements, allied or German, carry any explanation of the events they report which show the significance attached to them When the British fifth army was badly cut up in the initial German onslaughts as since disclosed to parliament, noth- ing appeared in the British statements which indicated what was transpirine or the grave danger that threatened them.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN
 NEW YORK STATE |S
 STRUCK HARD BLOWS
Republican A. p. Leased Wlre]

ALBANY, \. r., April 1.-The liquor traffic received a hard blow in New Nqfk state tonight with the announce mcnt that more than a majority of the S9 cities holding local option elections had declared not only against the saloon, but also against the sale of liquor under any conditions.
 With only one city-Geneva-in doubt. the returns showed that the drys had triumphed in twenty munich palities, while eighteen decided to con- tinue the traffic in alcoholic beverages.
 Of the three second class cities in which the elections were held, Bing- hamton voted dry. while Syracuse and Schenectady remained in the wet column.
 The cities voting dry were:
 Auburn. Batavia, Binghamton. Can- anadagua, Corning. Cortlandt, Elmira, ru,ton, Gloversville, Hornell. Ithaca Jamestown, Johstown. Middletown, Norwich, Salamanca, WGtertown, One onta. Oneida and Plattsburgh
 Those voting to license the sale of liquor were:
 Amsterdam. Beacon, Glen Falls Kingston. Mount Vernon, New Roch- elle. Newburgh, Little Falls, Lockport Ogdensburg, Clean, Port Jervis, Rome Syracuse, Schenectady, Tonawanda and Oswego.
 Schenectady with a complete count retained the saloon by a majority of 2202 The vets carried Syracuse, the largest of the cities voting on the liq- uor question by approximately 10000
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
CONv|CTS TAR AND FEATHER D|SLOYA[
 OFFICER 0F ARMY

SANTA FEE, \. NJ, April 17.-Ma jor John M. Birkner, a federal prisoner here, this afternoon was tarred and feathered by the convicts in the state penitentiary and was rescued fy the assistant warden and prison guards just as the convicts were about to force him to kiss the Americap flag.
 Like Lamb to Slaughter
 The entire episode was carried out so quietly by the prisoners that th6y had almost completed their purpose when the guards learned of their work War den Hughes had permitted Birl Ter to go into the prison yard for e. ,rcise While convicts nearby were IAading hay into a stable one stepped up to- him, tapping him on the shoulder and asked that he step inside the stable. He complied and was stripped of his clothing. The convicts then coated him from head to foot with tar which was being used to repair a roof and then covered him with feathers which they had ripped from their pillows and secreted for the purpose. They then tied a rope around his neck and led him into the jail yard toward the flag, amid cheers, jeers and shouting, which attracted the assistant warden and the guards. His rescue followed.
 Got His Just Deserts Birkner served in the national guard 1 of Nebraska for g years. He is said to be of German birth and served as s boy in the German. army.
 In a charge made against him in the federal court he is alleged to have said, i among other things, you can't beat 1 the Dutch" and "the Germans can sink transports as fast as they are sent out" He was indicted in the fed eral court and held in s5,000 bail, which he was unable to furnish.
 Birkner, at the time of the alleged | seditious talk, was in the medical corps with Nebraska troops at Camp Cody, N. NJ.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

WASHINGTON, April 17.-For the moment the German drive at the Brit ish line has localized on the sector running from Bailleul around to the eastward of Ypres and military men here are watching with eager interest the British counter attacks on this narrow front, where further enemy sue cesses probably would mean the evac- uation of a large stretch of territory.
 Line Bends at Right Anqle
 While the British official statement that the lines east of Ypres had been withdrawn and readjusted on a new front did not give the position of the new line. it is known that the general trend of the British lines on this northern flank of the great battle now IS represented by almost a right angle. Troops which faced due east only a week ago are now fighting on a front that extends in a general east and west direction and they are facing south. From the lines to the east of Ypres the British have been swung back on 12 mile front with the Ypres positions as the hinge of the move ment. That hinge now forms a broad salient into the German lines which they are trying to flatten out.
 Left In Strong Position
 Should the German effort fail, it is believed here the British will be left in strong strategic position. By a counter attack from Ypres they might re-conquer all the ground lost in this northern extension of the battle front The desperate nature of the attacks aimed at the capture of Ypres indi-
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
FRENCH

Associated Press Leased Wre) 17-There bombardnen today north according the office tonight but infan of the statement reads:
 infantry during the of the The first lines and several villages the Montdde batteries efficaciousy artillery and carried concentration of fire the positions
 IS and 16 German airplane brought down. additional machines destroyed April 12"
 "Ths morning the Germans attacked advanced Blankaert and succeeded in securing foohoid in number Of
  bout 500 remain in hands"
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
OFFICIAL STATEMENTS
ENGLISH

(Repubican Associated Press Leased Wre LONDON, April After footing today the villages of Meen and Wyhse the British forced to make second retirement according Field Marshal Hag from France tonight French added The of the
 Ths bombardnents practically the whole of the Lys battle front and from the of Niepp Wytschaete followed by infantry All these
 
 counter attacks reported the morning the villages of Men and Wytschaete but the face of continued hostile attacks unable maintain their positions there French operating with the British on this front.
 British nothing report"
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
HELL IS
 LIFE IN PATH OF
 DRIVE OF ROCHE
Correspondent Moves About with Civilians Driven to the Rear from Peaceful Homes by Guns of Huns; Nothing
 Is Left for Vandals to Use; Women Whose Husbands Are Fighting Move Families Away from Their Homes

prehend it. Its awfulness has numbed their brains.
 Their All is Burning The correspondent found a little family group crouching beneath huge British howitzers held in reserve. Their eyes were fastened on the mounting columns of smoke winch rose from the village whence they came. There were no tears and no words but the express sion on their faces was like that of one just condemned to die
 Guns Mean Protection Why they stopped beside the great guns was unexplained. Possibly it was | because it gave them a sense of protec- tion from dangers out beyond. Many of the refugees know only in a gen. eral way whither they go; they are fol- lowing the lead of military guides like sheep fleeing from a storm. A few cherished belongings are all they carry with them and they cling to these des- perately as their last remaining pos sessions.
 Have to be Driven Out Hundreds of Flemish homes have been shorn of their protectors who have been called to the French colors and for these this has been a time of uouple terror. some of the peasants, | indeed, clung to their cottages amidst the crashing of shells until British sol diers led them away. Some have died by their hearths before tsey could be removed A host of these people must have realized their danger, but numbers refused to be dragged from the homes which they have been keeping so pa tiently, awaiting the return of hus- bands or brothers from the war. There were many pitiful cases of homes. in which there were bed ridden invaIids. whom their friends had no means of removing without help from the sol diers.
 Paralytlc Left Alone
 It was only yesterday that a British official photographer. who was re- cording the history of the war on his film. discovered a helpless paralytic Iy- Ing Tn house which had already been
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Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
ALLIES ABANDON LINE
 NEAR PASSCHENDAELE
Orderly Retirement Made During Night For Purpose of Strengthening Lines; Huns Claim
 Occupation of Poelcapelle and Langemarch

 the | O have during the which allied The British not only have held all the ground which they defending Tuesday but struck Metern Wytha and held did British om villages.
 Germans Claim Capture of Poecapene and Langemarck   that the British Tn left the officially orderly probable that will than effect Just the British lines been withdrawn
  malcb, the result of the British Battle Deepened in Intensity During
 
  of
  Wulverghem. This also, has confirmed. o Holding
 
  of do
  of fir
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
Republican A. p. Leased WireJ

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, April 17-(By the Associated Press)-It is difficult for one in the British war zone to adjust himself to the new conditions here. It all seems like a horrible dream-this spreading German blight across the cultivated plains of Flanders, with their ancient, picturesque villages.
 Peaceful Farm Lands
 It is but little more than a week since one was free to motor quietly along highways leading through Mer- vile, Bailleul and a score of other near places which never lost their charms. Then peaceful farm lands lay freshly turned ready for the spring crops. The battle lines were not far to the eastward, but death and de- struction seemed remote with walls of khaki clad men guarding the land. Lit tie lads stood at attention by the roads and saluted as the motors passed the old men and women beamed welcome from the doors of their cottages.
 Plague of War Descends
 Within d few days all this has been changed The plague of war has de- scended on the country side. No one meets his civilian friends-the little folk and the aged-from many hamlets making their way back along the broad highway leading westward from the tide of invasion which is driving them from all they hold dear.
 It is a Living He'll
 They look back on the rolling fields that separate them from their little world. By day a bank of grim, gray smoke from burning hamlets and from myriad beIchinp ouns marxe tho zone along which are struggling the splendid British soldiers in their efforts to block further inroads of the Hun. At night the skyline is sometimes a lurid blaze as consuming flames leap up from a hundred homes and great cannon vomit volcanic fire. It is a living hell. It is a part of heretofore untouched Elan ders going the way of the devastated regions of the Somme, and so the gen tie peasant folk stand and look or wan der on. As they go they cannot com
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
PEACE MOVEMENT IS
 STARTED IN AUSTRIA

LONDON, April 1.-The Cologne Gazette. according to d dispatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph company. prints report thata strong peace movement is developing in Aus Of the resignation of Count Czeinin, She Austro Hungarian foreign minister
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
CAMP SHELBY HIT
 BY SMALL TORNADO
Republican A. p. Leased WireI

HATTIESBURG, Miss, April H. Private Vaughn Beekman of Marion, Ind. was killed and a score or more soldiers and civilian workers were injured, some seriously, late today when a tornado struck Camp Shelby, near here. The men injured were struck by flying debris.
 The tornado swept a path 70 feet wide through the camp, dwelling small buildings and inflicting proper ty damage estimated at several thous- and dollars.
 The ordnance building of the 151st infantry, a Y. M. c. A. hut and a partly constructed wing of the base hospital were destroyed. according to reports given out tonight.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
LIEUTENANT FALLS
 TO DEATH IN BAY

SAN DIEGO. Cal. April lI.-Second Lieutenant Quinn w. Mattern of 1lo South William street. Dayton. Ohio. was killed here today when the air plane in which he was practicing for his reserve military aviator license went into tail spin and fell 1900 feet into San Diego bay. Neither machine nor the aviators body had been recov- cred tonight
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
AVIATION PRISONER
[RepubIican A. p. Leased wire1

WASHINGTON. April 1.-The state department was advised today that Thomas Hitchcock. Jr.. of New York, an American aviator who has been missing for some time, is a prisoner al Saarbrucken, in Germany.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-18
Has Gone to Limit

FL PASO. April 17.-"The United States has gone to the very limit in dealing with Mexico in an effort to maintain friendly relations with that country Secretary William G. Me Adoo declared tonight to an audience which completely filled Liberty Hall the new county auditorium which has seating capacity of five thousand
 There is not the slightest reason why we should not continue at peace with Mexico if Germany will only keep ler meddling spies out of that repub- lic,' the secretary continued.
 Reckoned Without U. s.
 But Germany, in trying to deal with Mexico and give her the states of Ari- zona, New Mexico and Texas. reckoned without Uncle Sam. 1 would like to see the autocratic tyrant that could wrest three states from out of the American flag. l would even be curi-
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