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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28

important to know whether the DanK
Ia that particular city viii be open
that day. Does any one around the
PLACE know whether January S is a
bank holiday in Picking or Athens or
Cape Town? Usually no one. does.
It's hard enough to keep tabs on the
81 holidays rampant In these United
States. It therefore becomes neces-
sary to send an expensive cablegram
to get the Information. This sort Of
thing happens o once. but many
times, In every banking house with
an extensive foreign business.
Among the holidays established by
custom the occasion Ii generally the
anniversary Of an important political
event or the birthday Of q national
hero, Such holidays are therefore 10
cal. while church holidays are for the
most part general. The former class
prevails in the newer and more DEM
ocrat1c countries, while the older ones
conflne themselves largely to the
church fasts and festivals
Where Holidays Are rhlckes&.
Contrary to the popular notion, the
new democracies Of the west enjoy a
greater number of holidays than their
sister nations Of the eastern hemi-
sphere. OF the 81 nations or depend
encies listed Brazil leads, with "a
holidays. The United States, with
"a, is q close second, although she,
unlike Brazil, practically ignores the
church days. Another popular delu-
sion is shattered when we find that
France has only Is formally observed
days and Italy only %. We had sup
posed the Latins always outdid 10 in
this particular. Among the other bel
ligerents Germany, 1t is presumed,
will observe 20 days next year, Great
Britain 16. Japan IL and Russia II.
In most of these countries numerous
local holidays ordinarily observed
have been abandoned during the war.
The study of holidays is fascinat-
Ing to the historian. Those Of our
own country offer a particularly rich
field. II one knew the meaning Of all
the half a hundred days celebrated In
the United States, with the collateral
events connected with each. he would
be well versed ii the nations history.
One OF the first surprises in store
for such a student 10 to learn that the
United States has no national holi-
day. The reader wkdll ct once think
Of Fourth Of July and OF the Presi-
dents Thanksgiving proclamation.
But not sren these are national. Acts
Of Congress and Presidents pro-
nouncements IN this respect apply
only to the District Of Columbia and
the territories. The states, usually
follow suit. but % : matter Of cus-
tom only and not Of law. Here 10 .
chance to win soms bets from your.
friends.
Am>,sea,, Ned Lstter pay~.
a,. a%seis.1 .,e '9ssl as,.a.'e & =, ..s s,sA =, :.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
Only 81 Days in 1918 in
Which the Worlds Bust
ness Is Not Interrupted
Somewhere BY HOLIDAY,
and Sundays.
CURIOUS HOLIDAY FACTS.

f.t NFa-. a. ~
There 10 no national legal hoI- /,
iday In tho United States. /,
Massachusetts, does not OBJ /,
serve New Years Day a. a I,
legal holiday. I,
Five Christian countries do (,
not observe Christmas % a 10 +,
Gal holiday. /,
New Years Day 10 the only !,
holiday observed throughout the
world. /,
Eleven different dates are OBJ /,
served % New Years Day In ,
dihsrsnt' paris Of the world.
international busIness will b !,
lntsrfsrsd with BY holidays or +,
Sundays on 2e1 days In 1918, a. /,
these Isl days being holidays.
This leaves only a. days In /,
which universal banking bust- ,
mess 70 possible. F.,
November, with 2e holidays ,
IN different parts os the world, ,
leads the months
March, withs 10. has the few. !,
set holidays.
Brazil leads the nations Of the /
world with e. holidays. /,
The United States comes nsxt ,
with 81. ,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28

alAE man plays or prays the
XA/ worlds business will be in
wv terfered with on 28l days
during 1914 In n+hny
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

be prohibited and factories should be closed Il j. abb
surd put forth argument. Tor the street
companies be ordered their street with
windows and well ventilated and it will not hurt
people to ride in open street than in open
automobiles Factories usually well ventilated, and
be better ventilated orders Of the board of health
and aside from this there few factories where the
workers anywhere closely congregated as
they theatres other places OF public
gathering where the people sit close together and even
to inhale the emanations from each other In reality II
possible very greatly lessen the number Of Of
influenza the State Indiana and with it the number
OF deaths if municipal and county boards Of health
the proper orders preventing the eongregatng
people together much possible
Statistics show that pneumonia is very common
complication OF influenza, and in the where the
influenza has PLAYED havoc deaths from pneumonia
have been 40 per With such record before
it is nothing short of criminal careessness the
part of boards of health if they do adopt
reasonable measure to stamp the disease The closing
of the public schools theatres churches and ban
large public gatherings for a few weeks viii be
severe hardship. and in the interest public health
closing order of that kind is iustihabe and under cir
cumstances, with the threatened epidemic before
should wait until the disease has actually developed
before taking such precautionary Journal
diana State Medical Association.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
STATE BOARD "wAseLY.v

The Indiana State Board of Health has been a little
wabby in its decisions covering the present epidemic
of influenza One minute county and city health
given understand that they must close schools
theatres and church. and put ban public meetings
OF every kind; and the an order goes out
that boards of health shall their
sumably good deal of of kind another
is brought to bear upon boards health and no doubt
it is difficult to promugate and enforce rules that
interests However, state board of health our
county and municipal boards health should take the
stand that this is time for temporizing time
be wabbly in decisions the right thing done
Influenza is present in Indiana and rapidly spreading
dreadful 1t carries with only frigh
full morbidty. but alarming mortality. The disease is
communicated and widely disseminated every locality
where people congregated together and in view of
the existence of influenza cities and camps in close
proximity to Indiana also the presence the disease
within the confines state it is the imperative
duty of boards health measures to prevent the
spread of the disease 1t is idotc nonsense to talk about
waiting until the disease really gets into certain com
munities before adopting preventive measures Whv
lock the barn after the horse stolen?" or course
theater and moving picture will howl when
the closing order hurts their pocketbooks but are we
going place the pocketbooks OF few theater and NOV
ing picture managers ahead health of hundreds
and perhaps thousands people, Some ministers com
plain because churches closed but there is no
true religion in any minister who will be willing to sub
Iect his parshoners real that threatens their
health and their lives know of ministers who
have complained because public have been pro
hibed Is it any have private funeral follow
ing death from than it is have private
funeral in the of smallpox scarlet fever? Com
plant also has if theaters schools and
churches closed then the riding should
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
THE SOUTH RuLEs-7HE NORTH PAYS.

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has issued
showing the proportion of population each
that subscribed the Third Liberty In Illinois
than % per of the population subscribed.
North Carolina only 33 per subscribed. Yet North
Carolina has the Craftsmanship OF the Ways and Means
Committee in the House and of the Finance Committee
in the Senate-the two most important committees in
Congress Illinois has craftsmanship in the Senate
James Hamilton Lewis being chairman Of the Committee
Expenditures in the Department Of State and one
Craftsmanship the House. Representative SABBATH being
And the Democratic Senator and the Democratic
Representatives from Illinois helped bring about that
situation. They into the Democratic that
shaped the committee assignments. and they voted to
have the assignments approved They into the
caucuses knowing that the South would dominate and
that they white chips be counted for the
usual Democratic program Lewis asks reelection with
the knowledge that if he shall be reelected he cannot
possibly any that change the power and
influence of his state in important committee member.
ships If reelected he Will help strengthen the hold
the State Of North Carolina upon egisa-
ton He will help continue the dominance OF
only S.3 per of whose population subscribes
Liberty Loan his more than Is per cent
of whose population subscribed He effrontery
to before the people of Illinois and ask be re-
elected with full knowledge his part and the part
of his constituents the effect his his
present for a period Of years there are
lot of Democratic leaders in Illinois who will the
record and advise the reelection Of Lewis spite
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
UNITED STATES REVENUES

The internal revenue collections for the fiscal year
ending 30 last toaled S36720OO0 The collections
the preceding year SSO00oO0OO This years
lectons exceed by nearly s2OoooOOoO the
when the measures were passed by Congress
last year.
-Four thousand persons employed in the work
and the total cost of the collection only S2000000
The patriotism reused by the contributed largely
success Of the work, taxpayers
co-operated with the Government.
A determined effort will be made to bring book
evaders in every of the country The Treasury
already has evidence against large number who have
sought evade and by checking up and
with data the Government expects finally dis.
and punish many tax evaders well recover
large amounts Of revenue ILLEGALLY withheld.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
- - - - - - -
The United States Demands
an Unconditional Surrender.
oERMANvs PEACE souAwks.

The that filters out from Germany sources by
way of pro-German Sweden and pro-German Holland
does encourage the prospect of immediate peace.
One day story is given and the next day is de
MED thing Americans do is sit
tight and backing up the boys there that
they may prosecute the its bitter end.
At the request of Walter s Rogers. acting director
of cable censorship the United Press last night
carried the following editors.
Apparently European centers full
all sorts of reports TO the attitude Germany
ing take regarding President Wilson's
communication. The press cable censorship will
prevent the entrance this country of messages
of this character. On the other hand your atten
is called to dangers which may arise from
emphasizing unconhrmed reports. Playing of
of this kind not but have effect upon the
Liberty loan campaign and upon the public attitude
toward the war"
This paper has all along discounted Germany's wild
rumors and peace camoufage 1t stands reason
that the Beast of Berlin is going his
and his all without desperate fight for it. and
is going to make believe that this peace dis
cussion Germanys not intended to have its
feet slowing up Americas preparations Peace
may be great deal than think for but the
chances are that it is long long way off yet
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
FAVORS The WAR.

There is told story of good lady the days
news, who is Catholic and accosed BY her priest
because she had many functions that she for
getting church duties The good priest did OBJ
ject 10 her being work He heartily in favor
of that. but thought it good time remind the
woman that she growing lax in her church duties
She replied she little lax. Yes grow
ing negligent she admitted but just think she said TO
the good father L have husband in the and he
sends $50 a month. and two who soldiers
and they send So apiece. that makes $50 month
which is than I ever got in my life and the
pope to stop the war"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17


WE have saved up
WONDERFUL lot Of government
BULLETINS and useless official
DOCUMENTS that have been sent US
,,po,, ,,-.a,t..,
k>-n ,.,.4 900, =. -. n.ror r,,.,,-
co,rP ! .,,.,a
then,
vr bone "a bear another crsc,,i,,
sound soon and may y
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
WHOSE WAR Is IT?

Democratic Congressman says that it is suggested
that Republican House should be elected as check on
the executive. and he thinks the President needs
check The trouble with the Democratic Congressman
is that he misstaed the suggestion Republicans have
made A Republican congress is desired a spur TO
executive action and check waste Of funds We
spur the administration Of such lethargy as
that which shackled the Shipping Board and TO
place check such ruthless of funds that
exposed in the aircraft asco That is OF the pur
pose of Republican Congress- Then a Re
publican Congress to plan and enact sound economic
policies for after the The purpose
Of the Republicans be fasifed by Democratic mis-
statement-the people well the loyal support
which the Republicans in Congress have given TO the
program. Good Lord. aren't the Republicans work
ing their heads off to win this war?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
Edward H. Paine. formerly of the

Edward III. Paine. formerly of the
Northern State Bank. Gary. who left
a short time ago for the artillery Of
ficers training camp at Camp TAYLOR.
Ky, writes that he enjoys the train
ing very much He tells Of the siren
uous ordeal that he passed through
III the first tests to weed EN- out
and that many of the fellows faint
from the great strain His address is
Candidates z. H. Paine. 18th observa-
tion battery. fourth battalion. Z. A..
& Q. T s. Camp Taylor. Ky.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
Here and Over There

i. W. Mnson, Hammond. came home
from Valparaiso camp Monday evening
on a thirty hour leave. lie visited
his wife. who is i'll a the home OF her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield S.
shearer. AS East SibIey street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
Arthur Mayhnk of Miller, brother Of

Mrs Clarence Bretsch Of Gary left
yesterday with a contingent Of men
from Crown Point for one OF the spe
cal training camps in southern Indi-
ana. lie has been assigned to motor
transport service and viii receive a
course OF intensive training that viii
fit him for almost Immediate service
overseas. Mayhak is a brother Of Pfi-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

stoves are being placed In all the
tents Of the sixth regiment at Camp
Taylor This does not indicate that
the men VIII be under canvas through
out the winter but is done to temper
the chilly nights.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
Rnnhcll Mood. former Emersol

school student. Gary. now in the stu
dent training corps Of DePauw Uni
versity. in a letter to Gary friends
he SAYS French and English officers
returned from the front were instruc-
tors and Instead Of learning French
the school authorities advise them to
learn German. for # they went over
at all By the time they arrived at
the front the allies would be in Ger
man territory and not in France.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
In MeInOriam
q in ths war with aermauy and strtaHunrarr,

Lake
PENIS 1iAoN Ind Ilarbo died at r. oslshorDs Tenn June IL
s ws5T Whiting = ta h ao iI nstt Of a agx Is
ARTHUR August rs
ARTHUR ROBERTSON Gary killed in FraEse Oct 81
2oLPII BIEDzYKL chicago: killed Nov. p.
@ HgNDIEI Cary killed avia &C. at Everman Tex Dec m
1G LONG Ind iabor killed at Ft Bliss Tex Dec 10
DwRD e L@ dd s9H,oDsgG in Franc Ds D. '
THOMAS Y RATcIIFFE
cRPI. EDWARD SULLIVAN killed
AsPIH Gary @ % ep n ay9r o sTS @.
CLIFFORD PETTY hammond 8 cslals DIED 6elr re A
FULTON roneston died MARIA Texas Aprl 1918 rex p
y6s S a Cary Killed at aya San Antonio aprn 'l"
LEFT IRA B KING
z BIRCH HIGFTs n
PAUL GALL Twp
J T0 sl :; oa,g ouss killed
ABad FRY Gary 1s July a.
HARVEY HARRISON sinking Of
LEROY cRowNovER France July IL
VII GEORGE ALL Gary: killed in action France July
b END S lowell e 5 Navy drowned at submarine
GOODRICH Merriyl killed in action France Jul, y, ~.
CiAis oUIGEY Ind Earbor killed July 10
CHARLES BAzIAl wounds Franc I'M, a
eaTs killed. saI IN fse1yed June France
whiting; in action France fTan9e 5u 1918
f1f cav. killed in auto &C.
sovE fndisna .F 41 r11sh M AaE ,a,
J MeAvoY cary isf s a ss Infantry killed
coIToRPE Gary; died in France of d y s. -,
SuIvE2 hammond 1sa "A s a3sa fF Fs5 july,
rance Aug.1 49, it0N' wounds in
STEVE sTF1PI East Chicago. n July 10
JOHN coLvI i1s@ona N l cam B h snes July n
f; in action
GEORGE p BRANNON West
Nf-1t< iN-f.BhI~ Whiting u A. in Julv15
coon Cary killed in action F s9s July July Il
ItiOS LISTER Hammond NJ a Camp
ARTHUR q WlsttAAN Hobart A
THEODORE sCHAEFER Whiting;
u LLOYD COLEMAN Crown PugetS
4 JOHN kRAN Gary; killed in
JILlAN FRITZ Whiing Camp Taylor n
BENSON spanish
CampIc
PETER RENO Gary sherman influenza Der
PERCY SURPRISE Lowell Camp parish inh
LIEUT. Camp Custer
w D PETERSON Lowell nhuenza, Oct -
JOHN WEsTEIiOUT
IRTEL1 WILLIAMS inf Aberdeen
KILBOUFtNE
East ;Sonaew
z. missn IN faction
o. A. DUEPPE Hammond
CORPORAL JOHN NESToR Gary
GEORGE BEAl1 next Of kin Andrew Kocalka
GENICIANKIilS Elisa. 1C5s
gsnce July n
HOMER FRIEND Co L. East Chicago. Missing july
STEVE sAIFAS Co L. East Chicago: missing July
LEON ANGosTIN Co l. East Chicago action July Is
POSWANKI, / miss
Jul France
Indiana mss
CLEMENT BEAM Crown Point: n France Jufy2
GERMAN
JOS s. LIETzAN w Hammond F. killed April -
W s f A. died
CASHIER wARRAS. France ~
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
MarkIe 4. HURT. cary. has recei

MarkIe 4. HURT. Gnry. has received
his commission as second lieutenant in
the chemical warfare service.
Mr.. Dan Abel, Hobart. IL home from
camp on q few days furiough. He is
visiting with relatives al Hobart
scrEt. John J. Naxinot. saith Divi-
sion 309 Engineers Regt Dept A f
F.. would like to have his friends
write him some news for he does not
get the Times to read
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
The drafting department. of tn

Standard Oil Company added two new
stars to their service flag on Tuesday.
There are now fifteen stars. The two
new stars are for p. l. Krauel. OF
Whiting and G. w. Binder. 1875 For
est avenue. Hammond. both drafts
men at the local plant Mr. krauei
left last Friday having been called
for service in the ordnance depart
ment. in which he enlisted last Feb
ruary Mr.. Binder has received his
call to become a Y NJ. G. A secretary.
He served his last day on Tuesday
and viii 80 10 Chicago for n month :
intensive training After this ne viii
take q brief course in New York and
expects then to leave at once for SER
vice overseas Mr. Binders family will
remain in Hammond during his per
iod or service his mother coming 70
make her home with his wife and
son.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
Walter Robdc Hnmmond =,

waiter Rohdc. Hammond, writes
that it was some hot" the other day
while he was moving for the eighth
time since he's been at Camp Taylor
Rohde's new address is Headquarters
Co, 2lst Bn., F. A. r. D. Camp Tay-
Tor Walter figures that If he had to
pay for room and board in advance.
he would be out a snug sum Of change
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

taking care OF the sick Curly
thinks they have the "ru" under con-
troll now For about two weeks SOL
diers have been dying at the rate Of
sixty per day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

Clarence ". MuehIberEer of Ham
mond. who has been doing diagnostic
analysts during the Spanish influenza
epidemic has returned to his detach-
ment headquarters at the second Co
LIST Development Bn. a Camp Tay-
lor. Ky
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

Charles c. Gordon, of indianapolis.
has been promoted to sergeant, first
class and assigned TO special duty buy
ing land for the new camp at Camp
Knox.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

Mrs. c. ". Linsenmann at a Siberian
port Arthur was employed at the Cit
izens National Bank in Hammond be-
fore he went into the service. He is
in the infantry.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

Mrs. George EIISins, 544 Adams at,
Gary. has received word of the safe
arrival overseas Of Charles +. Craw-
ford Soldier Crawford was one OF
the first to enlist from Gary
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
Lieutenant Donald cavit. SON of ,

and Mrs. John a. Gavit. Hammond.
who is stationed at camp Hancock.
Ga. writes home that the influenza
condition at the camp is greatly inn
proved.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

Capt. Russell J. Ryan. formerly
lawyer Of Indianapolis. is now Ma
or Ryan. having just been promoted
lie was graduated from the Ft Ben
jamin Harrison school
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
Iieut. CIyde Ff.hcI. Gnry. who has

been spending a twenty-day Through
from Fort Clark. Texas. with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. p. 7 Fishel. 22l
West Seventh avenue. will leave on
Wednesday for his station TO await
permanent assignment Lieut.. Fishel
was commissioned at the end Of the
fourth officers camp at Fort Bliss.
Texas
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

Mrs. Frisk. Hammond. has received
word Of the safe arrival overseas Of
her brother. William Pruchnicki. His
address is Co F. sos Engineers. End
Battery A. e r.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

.homas Manion. n truck driver. and
John Houghton, an empIoye Of the
Tribe Of X, Gary the former living
az 523 Washington street. Gary. and
the latter living at Hobart, left yes
terday for the service Manion VIII
take course OF intensive training in
a motor school in Chicago and HouEh-
ton viii serve in the motor truck
transport service
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
TO wen known hammond boys are

recuperating in hospitals. Charles 3.
Haase Is at base hospital Camp Wads-
worth. s. C.. and II F. Stratton IS at
post hospital Fort DUPONT. Del
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

Thco. GoehripEer Is now MT Finer
gency hospital No. ?. giving soldiers
pills and cough syrup and IN genera
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

vate Oscar Mayhak. 500 Aero SQUAD
ron. A. E. F.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17
,rr. and Mrs. Henry KeiImnn. G77 ry-

Ter street. Gary. received word Mon
day announcing the safe arrival OF
their son. Sergeant Fred z. Keilman,
overseas Sergt Keilman has been
stationed at Texas camp for over
year He is with the advanced
school detachment SSth division.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

Jack Gill, Hsmmond's athlete and
life saver. leaves for New York sat
urday 10 stay there six DAYS and thece
TO France as an ambulance driver
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

Word h.. been received by Mr. and