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The courier-index., 1919-07-25
Only So Schools
Oppose Taxation

Reports received by the depart
ment of education from 4,044 of the
5.151 school districts in Arkansas
show that only 50 voted against
school tax at the recent election,
it was announced yesterday. More
than one-third of the total number
of districts in the state voted the
maximum of IL mills.
The taxes levied are as follows
~ mills, 1,734; 10 mills 435; 7 to
9 mills, 965; 5 mills, 746; 2 to 4
mills, lis.
"This is by far the best record
Arkansas has ever made in voting
for school taxes" said William E.
Lasseter, deputy in the office of John
l.. Bond, superintendent of public in
struction at shows that this state
is fast coming to the front educa-
tionally. In my visits over the state
| find that practically every man,
woman and child is keenly inter
ested in the public schools.
"The results of the recent school
election are very gratifying to the
department of education. The dis
tricts will be enabled by this in
crease to build bigger and better
schools, employ more teachers and
otherwise improve the efficiency of
their schools"
The reports from the 1,107 dis
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Surrender Stills
On Judges Offer

Jasper, July 19.-About dozen
stills have been brought to the
county court house at this place
n the result of charge to the
Newton County Grand Jury on
July by Circuit Judge J. Nj. Shlnn,
who said that if the persons who
were engaged in the manufacture
of wild cat whiskey in Newton
county, would stop making whiskey,
surrender themselves and their whis-
key to the sheriff, and quit the
manufacture of the "moonshlne"
permanently, reform and become
good citizens that he would deal
with them as lightly as possible and
endeavor to keep the federal author
tiles from taking them up for vio-
lation of the federal laws.
It is said that within a few hours
after Judge Shinn had delivered
his charge to the jury telephone
messages began to pour into the
Sheriff's Office from various parts of
the county, informing the sheriff
that the person speaking was a wild
cater that wanted to reform, and
wanted the sheriff to come and get
bis still, which was ready.
Judge Shinn's instructions to the
Grand Jury with reference TO the
illicit making and selling of moon
siine' whiskey were the most Wig
orous and exhaustive that have been
delivered in Newton county in
many years IL is said that much
wfiiskey has been made in the
county since prohibition went into
effect in Arkansas and has been sold
IN adjoining counties as well as in
Newton county. Judge Shinn's
Charge seems to have electrified the
moonshiners of the county, and pen
etrated into the remotest sections
where stills were in operation.
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FRANCE HAD 1oo-MILE GUN

Paris, July 10,-While giving evil
dence before a committee of the
chamber of deputies investigating
the Briey question today, M. L..
Bourgeois, chif engineer of the
navy department said that at the
time Paris was being bombarded by
German long-range guns he had de-
signed cannon with range of 100
miles which could be put in position
in an hour.
M. Bourgeois stated that previous
to that time he had urged upon AL
bert Thomas, then under secretary
of state for war and munitions, the
Importance of bombarding the Briey
iron works and had been asked to
design a long range cannon. His
plans, however, were sent from one
committee to another, and the order
to manufacture it was not given
until February, 1918. The gun was
ready for action at the time the ar,
mistice was signed, he said.
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aSrnlIest Still" Is
Found In Kentucky

slls Tenn.-The smaness
n NM ' -s,Sord has just been sel1ea
= PARK City, suburb o. GeH g..
= Ksy,a~ville. BY Deputy Ineerhsi Nc
-. 49, Collector ]. A. Higgins ID
He has captured 3 mons I h.au
80 u-,tb > capacity OF only aoous
go 80 onsrf Higgins states, noWeVel
~ ! rasn could soon get rlen oP-
lie. '.-o+;,,er snch still. as he might keeP
s. 49, o. e. few months. No arrests
a |. - bean made. but Higgins IS on
h ~ ,,,l>o,t for the men thought 70
~ ..Ss,,,,rS;ble for making ana OPP
- enc the outfit Ii was located
- ane Of the quietest streets III
~ part CIV but the supposed owner
had fed :; design
The still was unsual IN oeslgn
and workmanship. Ii was MADE IRON
Sn,au cans. buckets, etc. Inc man
na~t Of the still was nothing more
por less than one gallon syrup
bucket a hole had been cut In the
detachable lid and small funnei
inverted and fitted over the hole ana
soldered. A short piece of copper
nine. the only copper in the outnt,
ran from the tip of the funnel and
made a curve back downward, the
total length being about six inches
A small rubber hose, about one,
half inch in diameter, connected
the still with the equally crude con-
denser. The first part of the con-
denser was a pint corn or tomato
can. This was supported over an
other syrup bucket, and was con-
nected to it by a small metal tube.
These were placed in three gallon
wooden bucket.
Higgins states that the maker OF
the outfit evidently understood the
fundamental principles of making
whiskey, but expresses the opinion
that he was merely experimenting
on the little outfit, with the ex-
pectation of making larger outfit
later.
1t is the opinion of Higgins that
the still was used but little, it at
all. Refuse from the outfit could
have been run in a sink, he states.
Higgins has caught numerous
varying in capacity up to
Ito gallons.
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TWO ALFALFA EXPERIENCES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Progressive Farmer)


To show the great value of alfal-
ia as grazing crop for hogs, one
farmer told me the other day that
he sold O450 worth of hogs from his
three-acre patch. He fed these hogs
no additional feed at all with the
exception of running them on some
velvet beans for about so days. Be
sides the amount sold he also killed
enough hogs for his own use. One
farmer who has five acres of aifal-
ia has already cut three tons OF
hay per acre.-R. H. Lennon, Coun-
ty Agent, Fairfield, S. c.
| have been trying to grow al
falfa for several years but have met
with little success until recently.
NV son on his return from college
and ! decided to try it again, fol-
lowing explicit directions laid down
by the government, and we feel that
we have met with some success.
We now have four acres with a per-
feet stand; one acre is three years
old and three acres are two years
old The one acre was cut five
times in 1918. Have cut the whole
four acres twice this season, and
have attempted to approximate as
nearly as we could the amount of
hay obtained from these two cut
tings and our estimate is that we
have harvested not less than seven
tons of alfalfa hay from these two
cuttings. | would add that unless
"a man makes up his mind that he is
going to give it careful attention
it is better for him not to attempt
to grow alfalfa, for he is likely not
to succeed ID. F. Efrd, Lexing-
ton, S. c.
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PLAN EXCELLENT PR0CpI
FOR SCHOOLMENs +

Fayetteville, Ark, July Il.
week of July 21-26 has ben
ed as Schoolman's Week at h
versity of Arkansas summer
During this week special I'D
will be given to the proUa|
school men and women and u
lures will deal particularJ |
school work.
DR.. II. o. Dietrich, suMl
dent of schools at Kane, Pa, I
a consulting specialist d I
renown as well as one Of The I
known school superintendenh 4
country, will speak twice III
"Modern Educational Pad
DIR. Dietrich will, during the
week of his stay at the UnH'
give his time to conference
superintendent and memb1
boards of education who are 4
in for the benefit Of his adHn
Among other speakers VIC
been secured for the week az
Bond, state superintendent 4
lie instruction; A. B. Hill, d
of vocational training; SuFs
dent r. II. Hall Of Little ROD
Superintendent John H. ROs1
Stuttgart.
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PAICE-DETROTT MOTOR CAR COMPANY. DI
The Karicofe Company

mated in the past two years. AT
present club members are only rails
ing pure bred fowls, producing
infertile eggs, and by cooperative
shipping are receiving 5 cents a
pound for live poultry. Some OF the
club members are prepared to sell
pure bred birds, according to Miss
Ruby Mendenhall, home demonstra-
tion agent
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WHY STYLE MAKERS ARE RICH

The women certainly have a hard
tame picking out their clothes. If
u IS different from what other peo-
PIE are wearing it is all out of style
and If it isn't different it lacks in
dlvidual taste.-Yazoo City Sentinel.
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tricts not yet heard from y,
pected to show proportionsts !
es in school taxes, Mr.. LasseH'
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BETTER FARMING HINTS

Noted Speakers For Farmers Short
Course
FAYETTEVILLE, July 24.-Many not
ed speakers will appear on the pro-
gram for the Farmers Short Course
to be held at the College of Agrl-
culture at Fayetteville August Is
%, according to Dean Martin Mel
son. who has just received communl-
cations from Bradford Knapp, chief
of State Relations Service South, U.
S. Department of Agriculture, stat
ing that he will be present August
10, and from George M. Rommell,
Chief of the Bureau of Animal Hus-
bandry, who will be on hand Aug
ust 20. w. R. Gardener, professor
of horticulture of the University of
Missouri, will be here August 81,
and Hockelman, farm specialist,
August % Other out of the state
speakers are still to be heard from.
The program promises to be the
best ever put on in. the state. The
10 county agents will attend the
meeting accompanied by a delega-
ton of farmers from each of their
respective counties. 1t is expected
tnaC 4UU Will De present.
ssss*E
Arkansas Leads in Crop Value per
Acre
Little Rock, July 24.-In spite of
the statements to the contrary Ar
kansas leads other states by a wide
margin in crop value per acre for
cultivated land. Ohio being the only
Stl tn n
to government statistics for 1918.
The following figures should answer
statements that have been given to
indicate that Arkansas farmers do
not know how to farm and are using
poor methods:
Arkansas, SAC; Illinois, SAL; Iowa
$38; Nebraska. $21; Indiana, Al;
Ohio, $4S; Missouri, 1872; Kansas
SO; Oklahoma. $50.
Monticello Agricultural College Buys
Fine Holsteins
Monticello, July PA fine foun-
dation herd of Holsteins was recent
ly purchased for the Monticello Ag-
ricultural School by Frank Horsefall,
president. This herd consists of a
fine bull and two cows. These ami
mails were bred by the animal hus-
bandryi department of the College
of Agriculture, Fayetteville. The
cows belong to the advanced register
and one of them made a record of
593.58 pounds of butter and 14762. 8
| pounds of milk in 365 days. The
bull, Arkansas Tidy Prince No
251112, is the son of the second
prize aged bull at the Minnesota
State Fair in 1917 and was only
defeated by the Grand Champion al
the National Stock Show the same
year His dam is the Arkansas
champion dairy COW, Madison Jen
ME Friend, number 130661, alsC
raised at the College of Agriculture
Fayetteville She has a record o.
641.08 pounds of butter and 1879
pounds of milk in 365 days.
Winners in Boys Clubs
Batesville, July 24.-Earl Best o:
Dota, stood highest among all tn,
members of the boys clubs of tn
state for total profits during tn,
past year, according to w. J. Jer
nigan of the extension division o
the University. Earl Best made hi
record by producing LOG 1-2 bushel
of corn at an average cost of
cents with total profit of $1693s
Raymond Woodell of Mendag stoo
second by producing 40 bushels o
peanuts with total profit of $13'
Bessie Francis of McGehee stoo
first in the cotton club and mad
800 pounds of lint with a profit 0
S110.65.
\ Ashley County Leads in Poultry
Hamburg, July 24.-Ln a year
\ time Ashley county has increased il
poultry club membership from Sc
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ATLANTA WANTS u. c. v.

Atlanta, Ga, July 21.-At a meet
ing of citizens today, called by
Mayor Key, it was unanimously de-
cided to invite the United Confed-
crate Veterans to hold their annual
reunion in this city. The definite
date was not decided upon, but the
reunion probably viii be held the
latter part of next October.
MILLER LUMBER COMPANY
the place TO buy building material. II
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-11
WOMAN ACCUSED
Of SERIOUS CRIME
Matte Hough in Jail on
Charges Brought by Boy
and Young Girls.

one of the worst cases the Hammond
police have been confronted with IN
long time is the case Of Matte Hough,
alias DeBriae, now in jail charged
with contributing to THE delinquency
cf two Hammond girls
The Houeh woman lives at 1oi 1ndi-
ana avenue. and is - >ears old. After
an examination By Police Natron Pfef-
Ter. she was also charged with con-
tribgting to the delinquency of sixteen
wear old William Howell. who had
lived with her some cine Young How
ell told the police he could set money
from the Hough woman any time he
wanted She had been given nearly a
hundred dollars by the mother OF her
former husband to spend On little
daughter and instead, used Il all on
trip 70 New York.
The testimony OF witnesses as 70
what took place in the Hough place
cannot be printed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-11
DID YOU
HEAR THAT?

BANKS closed omorrow-Ltncoln's
birthday.
BOARD OF education meets tonight
Present your apphcatIcu tcr & diploma
l.. L. BONBERGER. Jesse wilson.
Jos. Conroy and \. n. Turner are at
tending the Peace League meeting in
Chicago as delegates from Hammond
Mr.. Wilson was at luncheon Of the Ill
Bar Assn. vest
THE boosters are throwing & little
party tonight for members and ladies.
1t is a Yictrola dance and luncheon.
THE arst snow since the holidays fell
this morning but soon disappeared.
MRS. Anna L.etzan. mother Of Jos.
Lietzan. v ho was the first ". Hammond
boy to die in action. and was given
cross for bravery. has been sued by
Ernest MiSus for $1,000. Mi6us claims
her auto ran him down v hiie lie was
bicycling
JUDGE BEITER today defaulted the
$1,000 bond of Louis Seaman. junk
dealer. charged with receiving stolen
property.
A JURY in Room this morning
found Fred Brine. er. Q blacksmith.
living on Sib St guilty Of receiving
goods valued az $500 stolen from the l.
II L. The sentence is l to il years.
CAPTAIN GRAHAM. late of France.
is once more DR.. Graham. After
months vacation the physician has re-
sumed practice.
EUGENE CARROLL. IS back again At
his store-Carrol and Newton, jewellers.
at ls5 State ST. Eugene was a seaman
ON the l.. S. S. Folarlapd and while at
Bordeaux met his kid brother. Gerald.
CHERRY" THE TINES telegraph
operator. claims to have originated the
greatest idea since Columbus conceived
the world 20 be round Hc sprans it on
the reportorial dept
FRIENDS of the participants are
talking of holding the Hemstock-Von
Frank ten-round boxing bout in the gym
Of church. At that y would probably
draw better than q sermon.
AFTER a month and half in the
southwest Atty. Joe Mead is back at
the bar.
II. d STUDEBAKER and Walter J
Twirame. state field examiners, are 60
ing over the accounts in the clerks Of
nee at the courthouse. making the an
nual examination.
sUPT. MCDANIEL wouldn't permit
Principal McElroy on the platform al
the graduation exercises and the seniors
arc going TO demand that McElroy be
invited to the stage this year.
DR.. HOwATT says he was responsi-
bic for Mcdaniel getting new three
wear contract before his old one had sX-
pired.
ARTHUR LINSENMANN OF West
Hammond has returned from Siberia
whore he was stationed with L s.
forces.
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q yr1oxp mAceRIrF
Z. y. $. s.ar corrssponasnt)

Il. ". S. E.aG Correspondent
LONDON, ENG, Feb. liking
George, in an historic speech touch
lug upon the supremely important
questions affecting the vital life OF
TIC United Kingdom today opened,
the most important parliament OF
the past hundred years.
The scene in the house OF LORDS
vas sombre, lacking the usual bril-
:ant display because the court IS
s-il in mourning Tor the death Of
..e Youngest son Of the king and
queen. Another contributing ele-
nont was the desire to make the
o-ent symbolic of the states au-
thority.
VITA the natou confronted BY grave
1Co7finUc- On page hve)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-11
SOLDIERS CHARGED
WITH THEFT
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Fea. 7. :
s. large number Of enlisted men have
rce7 placed under arrest al Fort Og-
Icthorpe. charged with Wholesale
thef;s of auto tires from the quarter
masters stores.
These arrests follow other arrests
or enlisted men charged with riding
the mails at the post. Thousands OF
dollars north of tires are said to be
involved Two negroes in the city
have also been arrested charged with
disposing Of the tires.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-11
PROTEST AGAINST
ENTENTE'S ACTION
IN RE PRISONERS
Mass Meetings Held in
Berlin Are Very Bitter
Against the Entente.
BY ALFRED q. ANDERSON
(T. ". S. star Correspondent. }

BERLIN, Via London. Feb IL
Thousands Of persons attended two
mass meetings here on sunday after
noon % protest against the entente ac-
don in Withholding German war
prisoners
A. the same Time thousands OF oircu-
lars signed BY the peoples league,
charging the entente with having brok-
en- their promise TO the German armis-
tice delegates to repat7iate the German
prisoners in allied countries.
Postwar Imprisonment is equal 20
slavery" the circulars said shame on
every man tolerating human violence
and dcuble shame upon those tolerating
il uaon their ovo countrS
ON of tbe r-ss meetings was held
at ,he E, r3lu T,>change the other at
6uscne CiHc.e
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-11
MORE TO BE
DEPORTED

vAsHINGTON. Feb. H. Hundreds
o, anarchists and Bolsheviks VIII he
deported from the l. $. as soon as
shipping is available. Senator King Of
Utah assured the senate this afternoon
following conferences with officials u
the department of labor
King statement came after senate
Jones ~ Washington had presented
petition calling upon the goFeCnment
- deport a aliens who had taken ont
first papers. but had renounced them
because Of the draft
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-11
POLES REJECT 1T.
RY ALFRED q. ANDERSEN,
international News Service star
CorreBpondent

BIER LIN VIA LONDON. Feb H.
The Prussian demand that the Polish
treops on the German border be retired
and deinobilized has been rejected BY the
Polish peoples council at Warsaw
The Polish council declared that an
army IS indispensable to combat undis-
ciplined bands of Russian prisoners.
The Prussian government win be held
1-cSponsible for any further bIoodshed.
it was said
An appeal was made TO the Polish na =
tion % defend their wives and children
and the hearths and homes
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-11
AN AVALANCHE
OF NEW BILLS
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INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 11.-An ava
lanche 81 bills were presented in the
senate OF the Ind ana legislature this
morning. Tbirty-Hve bills were pre-
sented including a measure by Sena-
tor Masters OF Indianapolis. which
would repeal the registration act 1t
does not provide for substitute, the
various registration bills now before
the legislature providing fer this. This
loan shark" bill passed b. the house.
was introduced in the senate
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SEATTLE, WASH, Feb. IL
Metal trades council leaders today
settled down for long fight for
their demands of basic shipyard
wage OF $S, 81 and So in place of
the Macy board award which car
ries a minimum wage of $4.16.
$4,000 WORKERS IDLE.
1t is freely predicted by labor
men that no change will occur il
the situation until March 81 when
the present agreement with the L.
S. Emergency Fleet Corporation
expires.
with the general sympathetic strike
declared Off at noon today. $4,000 ship
ward workers are sti1 idle. That rhe
IConfinued on naFs Tinel
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-11
KNOTTY
PROBLEMS
BEFORE It.
King George In Historic Speech
Touches On Vital QueS-
tiOnS For Empire to
Settle.

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tBy International News Serytoe)
LONDON, Feb. l2.--FulhlTnent OF the
yledges given 10 the trades unions en-
couraElng a settlement OF labor troubles,
creation OF n ministry Of health, pro-
posed legislation for a simp4hcasion Of
The procedure in she house OF commons,
reclamation Of land and other important
questions were outlined BY King George
= opening parliament with an address
from the throne today.
7 rejoice particularly that the powers
assembled at the peace conference have
agreed 10 accept the principle OF
Ieagrs of nations, for It IS by progress
long thai road hat I see the only hops
Of saving mankind from recurrence Of
hs Foou-gc Of war" sn1d King George.
Reviewing the situation at the close
of the war, King George declared that
IL order 20 reap che full fruits Of VIC
4ory and safeguard the peace Of thc
1-orld adequately, an army must be
maintained.
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News Nuggets
Now IT, S Hard Cider.
(Ry InternationaI News Service. }

ALBANY. y. y Feb. I1-All at
-emp,s TO get around prohibition by
She use OF hard cider VIII be barred
in New York IL bill introduced in the
assembly Is passed. 1t declares cider
ondrlntable If il has stood a month.
The vets got back al the drys by i'm
troducing bills defining as intoxicating
beverages any liquid conta ming ten
percent alcohol.
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fBy International News Ssrvioe.l
WASHINGTON, xsb. 1I,-"The Rus
sian Rolshevtki would destroy the o. g.
government Just as quickly as II would
destroy any other government that did
not meet their theories" declared Dr.
VIM. Chaplin Huntington, Of Elizabeth
n. J., On the stand before senaae propa-
Eanda investigating committee today
AS former commercial attache Of the
United States embassy at Petrograd. he
was called TO give the committee IN p
formation about conditions in Russia to
enable them TO deIvs into the charge
that the insid4oua propaganda OF the
Rolshev1h is being spread throughout
the U. s.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-11
MANY BUYERS AT
DELINQUENT SALE
IsPEcIAL To TIE TINES

CROWN POINT, Ind. Feb. 1.-THE
sale Of delinquent taxes at the court
house on Monday drew a good sized
crowd crowd and some lively bidding
was heard on some OF the valua abIe
property in different sections OF the
county.
Julian Touche. T z. Patee. f C
Glover. Joseph Brown Herbert John
son. Raymond Rudolph. Dan Stub Jul
iu- Gretsel and Judge Kemp We're the
heavy bidders. several of the above
oidding m property for persons una 0le
% attend the sale.
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Shimmy Dance Barred.
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NEW ROCHELLE. \. I. Feb II. =
Shimay, the dance OF the Barbary
coast on the Pacific. the New Orleans
underworld. Chicago and certain
Broadway shows. is shaking staid New
Rochelle A priest objected to the
wiggling among young folk in the re-
creation center or public school. Now
sven the fox trot is banned.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-11
$4,000 ARE
STILL IDLE:
IN SEATTLE
SHIPYARDS
"RumOr BOISheyiki Would
Destroy U. S. As Quick As
Any Other Government

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CHICAGO, Feb. 11.-Every radical
movement made In America in recent
years, including the Seattle and Butte
disturbances, was engineered from l. ".
w. or Bolshevtk headquarters in Chi
cage, r. J. Barry, acting head Of the
investigation bureau OF the department
Of justice declared today.
At the same time Barry said Chicago
need have no fear on this account as lit
is easy 20 keep our eyes on these outfits
and watch every move made at their
headquarters"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-11
BILLION DOLLARS
FOR THE ARMY
International News Service.

WASHTNGTO&, Feb 11.-Approxi-
mately s1O00.00o00o is to pc provided
for the American military establishment
for the next fiscal year in the army aT-
rropriation bill the house military ar
fairs completed this afternoon. it was
learned from members Of ING committee.