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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-03
PREP AIRING THEM
BUTCHER BILL

fJ%rTEp PRESS CAnl EGRANt7
LONDON. April 3-.LudendorG is be-
ginning to prepare the German people
for a very big butcher BILL" Gen. Mau-
rice. British director 81 military op-
erations declared i'm commenting on
the changed tone or the German state
ments
1.-The enemy has been compelled 70
withdraw forty divisions Ct2o 0oo}
our own figures are less than half of
that. From Arras TO tho Disc a condi-
tion of stability obtains
ut is futile TO suppose the operations
are ended To is now earlier than the
beginning of She 1857 offensive The
whole OF the 1913 campaign season IS
ahead.
~Au evidences lis that the German
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-03
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Twelve Brewery Depots and
Ten Liquor Stores Last
to Close in County.

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-03
DRAFT SAVES
THIS MAN

lET A&ETEN PRESS
CHICAGO. April s-The draft Law
today sawed Ralph Lppert. broker
from facing trial with his father II
FL IiDpert. on a charge OF peviue army
officers To secure muniton contrac cts.
Lipuert is now at Camp Grant and the
case against him was continued indef-
inIte1y
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-03

CORN Aa5 &f-##
OATS May Safs April S97.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-03

Coming April % - r. Is
BIRTH or A NATION
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-10
DEPRECIATION OF
THE IRON CROSS

A British Port, Sept. 21.-(Corre-
spondence Of The Associated Press)-
German prisoners captured in the
recent fighting, who have arrived
here, show surprising depreciation
OF the once coveted Iron Cross. One
or them traded his decoration for a
cigarette and an American officer
who accompanied the captives from
France said several of them spoke
slightingly Of the war token be-
slowed upon them by Emperor Will
liam.
A marked change in the demeanor
OF the new prisoners was also notice.
able. Instead of the arrogant and
almost insolent manner which char
acterized their predecessors when
the Germans were sweeping eyerv-
thing before them, the latest contin.
gent seems humble and crestfallen
Almost every officer and one in ten NJ
the men wore the ribbon OF the IRON
Cross.
The tobacco famine which exists
among the prisoners makes It EASY
for American soldiers to collect SON.
venirs. The Germans will part with
almost any OF their belongings for q
package Of cigarettes.
American troops are leaving here
FOR France daily with bands playinr
and days Tying.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-10
GOOD WILL

Not for a long time has the Good
VIII community been so shocked and
saddened as when notified that
Prof" Allen, as he was affection
ately called by the boys and girls at
Good Will Farm where he was prin-
cipal Of the schools for nearly five
years, had died in France on Friday
of last week. Elvin L. Allen did
much to develop the athletic and mu-
steal life at Good Will. being the lead
er of the school orchestra as we'll as
the brass band, both organizations as
a result making a very creditable
showing at many public perfor-
mances. Mr.. Allen had many friends
in and around Good Will who extend
their sympathy to Mrs. Allen in her
great loss,
Owing to the prevailing epidemic
the much anticipated Harvest Week
at Good Will has been indefinitely
postponed; that is, so far as the pub
lie is concerned, as the Supervisor is
taking every precaution. The direc-
tors meeting that was to have been
held on the 18th instant is also post
poned for the same reason. 1t is also
suggested that visitors, who under
normal conditions are warmly well
coined at Good Will, will refrain from
visiting the Farm except in case Of
necessity, the place being practically
under quarantine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-10
Somewhere in France
July 2, 1918

Dear Velma:-
l received your nice letter a week
ago, but have been awfully busy, so
please forgive me for not answering
sooner. If / told you exactly all that
had happened I almost doubt If you
would believe me. But can you i'm
agine some sleepless nights with
shells screaming,-and every minute
exciting, then a long night hike I'M
der fire, then a shell hitting your
team, killing the mule, and wound
ing comrade, another long night
hike, "a hour ride on an open fiat
car, another endless hike, where men
dropped, and lay where they dropped,
completely tired out. then more
shells, another night hike and finally
coming to a veritable paradise. Can
you imagine all that within a little
over a week? We slept when we
could which wasn't very often. But
now we are making up for all the
hardshins in a very pretty town, in a
wonderful old chateau with roses and
ivy on its walls. beautiful garden,
driveways and lots of pretty, shady
corners. There is fireplace in every
room. a piano and fine furniture. 1t
couldn't be more restful if we had
wished it on an "enchanted ring" To
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-10
Editorial Comment
The Shelton in the Sheet,
New York Tribune)

(NeW Ofk IrlDune)
The decline of freak legislation ap-
pears to be one Of the by-products of
war. The sanity brought on by war
time fundamentals is manifesting it
self even in states where the most
fantastic laws are wont to flourish.
Consider the bed sheet law. It is
to Kansas that the world owes the
conception Of enforcing the luxury Of
an S-foot sheet. With infinite wis
dom the representatives of the people
OF Kansas made hotel beds safe for
the slumbering public by prescribing
that each sheet shall be 80 inches
long" That was in April, 1918. 1t
was legislative scoop.
California, smarting under the hu-
initiation of being beaten to this en-
actment by a rival in freak legisla-
ton. held off until July, 1917. Then
it's Legislature decreed that all beds,
except those in private homes,
must be provided with sheets at
least 81 inches wide and 50 inches
long"
The California state institutions.
anxious to please the legislators on
whose bounty they depend, forthwith
ordered sheets 9 feet long, throwing
in for good measure an extra 10
inches above the legal requirements.
The unfortunate inmates of state in
stitutions endured nightly entangle-
ment in their bedding
Now the laugh is on California. It's
law became effective with cotton
goods soaring in price to unknown
heights. With raw cotton at 30 cents
a pound. instead of at 10 cents when
Kansas proclaimed it's prosperity by
Haunting huge bed sheets before
envious neighbors, surplus sheeting
is extravaganza. Now the California
State Board of Control has conclud-
ed that 9-foot sheets must be dis
pensed with in war time. Accord
ingly the board purposes to order all
sheets cut to feet 6 inches, But
that would be in direct violation of
the state law, which makes manda-
tory sheets at least s feet 2 inches
long.
California is in a quandary. The
states where bed sheets are a law
unto themselves await the decision
Is 1t better to obey the law and
waste cotton or to save cotton and
break the law?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-10
The Maine Hunting Season

The Maine hunting season of 1918
to all equipped with the proper au-
thority, whether from within or with
out the State. 1t is also the opening
Of an annual period in which a long
and costly list is compiled Of killed
and wounded, while hunting. 1t is
now therefore the proper time to give
warning to all for care in handling
firearms at home or in the woods,
and to be absolutely sure that it is
game at which you are firing and not
n human.
advice is cheap, etc." but this is
not meant in a light way. but for the
protection of your friends and my
friends in the woods. 1t may be you
who will stop the next carelessly
aimed sportman's bullet. You may
be instantly killed-then you will not
care longer about the subject; but, if
only slightly or severely wounded, it
is safe to say that you will have de-
cided opinions about the careless
hunter, and express them. You'll be
interested, then; why net be now.
enough so to insist on care and eau
ton by others and observe it your
self?
About seven persons lost their lives
during the hunting season Of 1917 in
the Maine woods. Several times that
number were wounded. Some of the
injuries were undoubtedly accidental,
for accidents WI happen. But, the
records o. the cases made at the time
show carelessness to have been the
cause Of too many, and in but few
instances did the careless one pay
the penalty-it was the other fellows
life taken.
1t will be we'll t, be careful.
All persons do not even think
hunting the so-called big game is
worth while anyway. Note what the
Boston Post recently said on that
point:
JUST AS WELL. PERHAPS
The news comes from Maine that
the opening Of the hunting season
finds fewer sports" than usual down
there after game in the deep woods.
both because guides are less numer-
Gus and because the hunters them
selves are either busy in the practice
Of. war or in war-work activities.
We do not think there should be
any mourning on this account. After
all, in times like these there are a
multitude Of things more essential
than the expenditure Of time. money.
energy and ammunition in the
slaughtering Of timid and inoffensive
deer. II it be said that the exercise
and recreation in the open have their
value, mentally and physically, 1t may
be answered that both can be OBJ
tanned in less expensive and more
useful WAYS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-10
OUR BOYS
in
OUR CQUNTRY'S SERVICE

Warren Percival Of Headquarters
company, 18th F. O., A. E. F., writes
as follows to his mother, Mrs. Rose
Percival of Saco who is passing the
winter in Augusta
August. 8, 1918, Western Front.
Dear Mother:
Your fine letter was delivered to
me while l was on the way up the
lines. 1t sure was fine to hear from
you.
Well am writing this letter sitting
in front of the dug out which we
have made practically shell proof.
On our way up the lines the Boche
located us and gave us good she'll
ing, but no one was injured. We
arrived at our position at about IL P.
NJ. and our artillery were sure put
ting up a grand fight, the sky was
red for miles around and made a
wonderful scene. Last night l didn't
get much sleep as the Boche got the
range on our wireless dug out and
shelled us all night with high ex-
plosives and gas. We were putting
our masks on about every fifteen
minutes and removing them as soon
as the gas passed over. Day before
yesterday witnessed wonderful air
battle between the Boche aeroplanes
and our observation balloons. AS
soon as the planes came in sight,
about ten of them. I should say we
opened fire on them but in spite of
all our best shooting they kept COM
ing toward our big balloons nose div
ing, turning up side down and flying
in all the positions imaginable. One
of them made a sharp nose dive fired
his machine gun and the balloon
went up in flames. Our two men
who were up in it came down in their
parachutes. The worst part Of it was
the Boche got away without any in
jury. Later in the afternoon our
planes brought down two Of their
planes and sort of evened matters up.
had to stop writing for two hours
as it was my watch at the station.
Just a few minutes ago fifteen of our
planes crossed the Boche line and
you ought to have seen the fire the
Boche put on them, but not a one was
injured. 1t sure is a great life, some
thing new turning up every minute.
l got the money you sent me. 1t
was awfully good of you to send it
but 1 can't for the life Of me see
where am going to spend it. don't
have much time to write, but will
drop Charlie a line as soon as 1 have
bit of time. You say you wish you
were here. I don't think you would
care for it now as many Of the beau
tiful cities are now laid in ruins.
Address my letters just the same as
before. Let me know when you go
to Augusta. By the way I sent two
of your letters to Aunt Lizzie. Did
you get them?
Will close with lots of love,
WARREN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-10
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
Says Baekache is Sign You Have
Been Eating Too Much Meat

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region
it generally means you have been
eating too much meat, says a we'll
known authority. Meat forms uric
acid which overworks the kidneys in
their effort to filter it from the blood
and they become sort Of paralyzed
and loggy. When your kidneys get
sluggish and clog you must relieve
them. like you relieve your bowels:
removing all the body's urinous
headache, dizzy spells; your stomach
sours. tongue is coated. and when the
weather is bad you have rheumatic
twinges. The urine is cloudy, full Of
sediment, channels often get sore,
water scalds and you are obliged to
seek relief two or three times during
the night.
stefan at once or get from your phar-
macist about four ounces Of Jad
Salts: take tablespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast for a few
days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts Is made from
the acids Of grapes and lemon juice
combined with lithia, and has been
used for generations to clean and
stimulate sluggish kidneys. also to
neutralize acids in the urine so it no
longer irritates, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is life saver for regular
meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive, can
not injure and makes a delightful. e.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-10
THE DISTRICT BOARDS
DISCUSS MANY CLASSI.
FICATION PROBLEMS

Bangor, Me, Oct. "a Joint
meeting Of the two district boards of
Maine was held at the office of the
second district board at Bangor at .
o'clock Tuesday. There were pres
ent Chairman w. S. Wyman. Leslie
r. Mc1ntire and Charles .. Beal of
the first district board; Chairman c..
;. Cobb. A. !. Harvey. Elmer E. Mil
liken and Arthur S. Littlefield of the
second district. board. The advisors
for the two boards were also present
Blaine Viles and Frank S. Adams for
the nrst district board and c.. H.
Bartlett, /. X. Stetson and Guy C.
forter Tor the second district board.
rms meeting was held on account
OF the large amount of work which
mas to be done by the two boards in
classifying for military service the
men who have recently registered be-
tween the ages of 81 and 46. The
members of the boards fully realize
the great responsibility which falls
upon them in the way Of obtaining
enough men to carry on the war and
at the same time, in guarding against
the Gripping of the industries of the
State and obtaining for the govern
ment the greatest possible benefit
from the various products which
Maine Is able to contribute to the
war program.
Most of the afternoon was used I'm
IN discussion Of the various questions
winch will arise in connection with
the work of classification and the
members feel that much benefit to
their work will come from this inter.
change of ideas.
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CAMOUFLAGING
BY THE EXPERTS

Behind American Lines In france,
Sept. Correspondence of The
Associated Press.)-A make-believe
forest stands along the edge of the
road at the entrance to the American
camouf1age station here. 1t looks as
natural as the real woods along the
fighting front, with the shiny silver
bark of the beeches, the rough,
jagged trunks of the old apple trees
and the sprouting tops of the dwarf
willows.
Yet. every tree in the camouflage
forest has a steel core within which
an observer peers forth to watch the
movements Of an enemy or a ma
chine gun is located to sweep forth
from it's hidden recess. They are only
one Of the many strange devices to
deceive and mystify the enemy which
this American camouf1age station is
sending forth to the fighting army.
Camouflage is one of the distinctly
new products of the war, even in the
name, which was used for the first
time by General de Castlenau, Chief
VI oldlL VI NCHeIdl LIE WOTu
is not good French, but comes from
the argot, or French slang. the verb
"camouf1er" being used by French
police to indicate any disguise used
to capture criminals. For example,
detective camouf1ages himself by
dressing as a coachman.
Early in the war the famous por-
trait painter, Giron de Sivela, con-
ceived the idea of Disgusting batteries
and buildings by painting them in
fantastic patterns blending with the
landscape. He laid the plan before
General de Castlenau. who, struck
with the practical value of tie plan
exclaimed "Camouflage" And from
that time the words grew and with it
grew into tremendous magnitude
this art of misleading the enemy.
The American army has been
quick to make a full use of the
strange new weapon Of warfare and
the camoudage plant is one of the
most complete in existence with a
working force Of nearly one thousand
and staff including many of the
Well-known mural artists and dec
orators and sculptors of America. all
OF them engaged in producing these
curious devices by which military art
deceives the enemy.
One OF the officers, Captain Homer
Saint Gaudens is son of the
American sculptor Saint Gaudens.
Another, Major Tracy, is a prominent
architect who did much Of the work
on the Lincoln Memorial. Lieutenant
Barry Faulkner, is an American
mural artist and Lieutenant Sherry
Frey. an American sculptor in Paris.
Sergeant Leslie Thrasher and F..
Earl Christy and Corporal Duer are
well-known American illustrators.
walt Lee is a cartoonist and Ser
geant Murphy is an American mural
decorator whose work is welI-known
in England.
But there must be something more
IMAM stage properties in the produce
tlons OF these artists, they must be
practical and suited to the uses Of
warfare. and it is the part Of Colonel
bennion, head of the camouflage
station to keep these artistic pro-
auctions within practical limits. The
colonel Is an engineer officer with
west Point training, and when any
camoufage is adopted for American
army uses. 1t has the double merit of
being the product of American artis-
TIC skill and at the same time an
practical device from the
standpoint of military engineering.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-10

try to tell Of it only spoils 1t. Some
day I will be able to. We have the
river - to swim in and its altogeth-
er like a pleasant dream. My pretty
little room here would make a dandy
study. There is a bed. writing ia
BILE. chiffonier and a wash stand,
and a big chair. The only thing
that makes me realize that we are at
war is the distant roar of the big
guns and the absence of civilians.
There is no Y. M. c. A. here and
haven't been able to get ink, so
please pardon the pencil. know
you don't mind.
am so fat now that you never
would know me. and about the color
of an African dodger. I never felt
better in my life.
1t gets lonesome, Of course, and it
seems too bad to waste the pretty
walks and all the shady corners. but
c'est la guerre, and it's got to be
done. OF course we are glad Of the
chance.
You probably have heard Of the
death Of Arthur Stowell. a Phi Delt.
at Colby. He was killed in action.
and did wonderful work that night.
After being SO severely wounded, he
practically gave UP his life by refus-
ing to go to the hospital until the
others were taken. His brother is
with us and feels terribly of course.
They were the most devoted brothers
have ever seen.
We hope to see the end Of all this
very soon, and then can tell you all
the things I can't write about. You
were awfully good to write and
surely hope to hear again. very soon.
Please give my best regards to your
mother-(gee. don't l wish l had
piece of that custard pie)-and please
write often.
HAROLD
To Miss Velma L. Bowen, "a State
St, from Pvt. Harold A. Osgood,
Med. Dept, 1O3d Infantry, A. E. F.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-10
DANGEROUS DISEASE

distress and will destroy you unless
they are driven from your system.
Get some GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil
Capsules at once. They are an old, tried
preparation used all over the world for
centuries. They contain only old
fashioned, soothing oils combined with
strengthening and system-cleansing
herbs. we'll known and used by physi-
clans in their daily practice. GOLD
ported direct from the laboratories in
Holland. They are convenient to take,
and will either give prompt relief or
your money will be refunded Ask for
them at any drug store, but be sure to
get the original imported GOLD MEDAL
brand. Accept no substitutes. In sealed
packages. Three siZes.-Adv.
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Save More Daylight.

Who wouldn't put up with q little
more bother. II there is or has been
any. for the sake Of helping win the
var 10 much sooner, by continuing
the daylight saving plan throughout
the winter? It is difficult to find
anyone who can find fault with the
plan 30 far-why won't it help out
still further? The idea has already
been proposed to Congress. backed by
the War Industries Board, and will
receive early consideration. The
New York Tribune touches upon the
question as follows:
DAYLIGHT SAVING IN WINTER
Why not use daylight economically
all year round? That is a question
which the head Of the War Industries
Board, Mr.. B. NJ. Baruch, has just
put up to Congress. At his request
Senator Calder has introduced bill
eliminating that portion OF the day.
light saving law which requires
TGaO1uSIH6nI VI thC SiSNA w SN->~>
time on the last Sunday Of October.
Senator Calder encountered a great
deal Of opposition from the antediiu-
VANS when he brought forward MS
summer daylight saving plan a year
ago last spring. Congress was apa-
thetic. Bucolic statesmen sneered at
1t as a sophisticated scheme to force
the slothful urban population to get
I'D an hour earlier. But daylight
saving meant an important saving in
the consumption of coal and electric
power. 1t was thoroughly sensible
war measure. Yet for ten months
Congress couldn't be aroused to the
point Of approving it.
The benefits Of summer daylight
saying are now universally conceded.
Cannot some of those benefits be
realized by a more effective use of
winter daylight? Mr.. Baruch says
that electric power, badly needed for
war industries, can be materially
conserved by sticking to the hour
ahead of-the- sun schedule.
Manifestly he is right. In the short
winter days the sun in this latitude
does not rise later than 1925 A. M. 1t
doesn't set later than 4.32 P. NJ. The
problem therefore is to apportion the
daylight so that it is spread furthest
over the ordinary working hours In
big manufacturing and mercantile es-
Establishments. Keeping an hour
ahead of the sun Would insure day
light throughout the winter until s
p. NJ, on the average. 1t would fur
nish a complete extra daylight hour in
the afternoon. Against this there
would be for establishments opening
at 8 A. NJ. an offset Of twenty to
twenty-five minutes of sunlight in the
morning for a part Of December and
January. For establishments open
ing at $50 A. NJ. there would be no
offset.
Undoubtedly many people would
grumble about getting up in the dark.
But war is war, and personal and do
nestle inconvenience should yield to
the necessities Of military industry.
Getting up before the cold gray
dawn of winter will become tolerable.
il it helps to win the war.
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PRETENDER EMPEROR
NETTING THE PEASANTS

Amsterdam, Sept. 9.-Bearing 'l
marxable likeness to the late Ell
peror Nicholas. of Russia, a pl
tender who claims to have escaps|
from Bolshevik bondage and to II
the former Emperor, is reported "
Ing to bride peasants in the Vladlp,|
district of Russia to revolt agaw
the Soviet government ACCORDING Il
the Vetshernaya Ogni. Petroeu|
newspaper. The imposter is sac
nave abundance of money and
nave claimed he was seeking re'"
among his faithful pe SAINTS"